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^. hipttslulaliis:, VVesm. lib. cit. p. 1 13, 9. Var. /. in'gn'pes, Gr. I. E. i. 476 ; Fonsc. 

 Ann. Soc. Fr. 1847, p. 402 ; </. Wesm. Bui. Ac. Brux. 1S54, p. 107, 6. 



This species, rendered distinct by reason of the emargination of the 

 metathorax at the bases of the apophyses, so closely resembles the last- 

 described as to need no separate description. It is most closely allied to 

 the var. Goedar/i, always having the anus immaculate and the scutclhim 

 flavous, or in the $ , the latter bimaculated with white. The S has the 

 coxae, femora and tibiae partly flavous and the abdomen elongate- 

 ovate with second, third and part of fourth segments, flavous or fulvous. 

 Length, 16 mm. 



The var. iiigripes has the legs black and the fourth segment immaculate. 



This species has been hopelessly mixed with intricacies of the last- 

 described ; the only British record I can find is Stephens', which is hardly 

 likely to be reliable. He says, " Rather scarce ; taken in June near 

 London." On the Continent it extends from Trance to Italy. 



HEPIOPELMUS, Wesmael. 

 Wesm. Nouv. Mi5m. Ac. Brux. 1S44, p. in. 



Head a little buccate ; clypeus apically truncate ; mandibles bidentate 

 with lower tooth the shorter. Antennae setaceous, strongly attenuate to- 

 wards the apex ; basal flagellar joint cylindrical. Thorax stout, somewhat 

 elevated anteriorly, longer than high ; metathorax sub-entire basally, with 

 the upper areae complete and spiracles linear. Abdomen of $ linear or 

 ovate-lanceolate, of $ elongate-fusiform with the anus obtuse and terebra 

 very shortly exserted ; post -petiole not aciculate, gastrocaeli normal ; 

 hypopygium obtuse, not retracted, hardly covering base of terebra. Legs 

 normal ; tarsi of the $ with no setae beneath, of the $ with shorter setae 

 than in the preceding genus. Wings normal ; areolet pentagonal, some- 

 what narrowed above. 



The position of this genus has long been a moot point ; Wesmael, from 

 its first erection, was doubtful of its right to a separate existence, and noted 

 its analogy with the Oxypygini, especially in the slender bodies of its 

 males ; he, however, retained it among the Amblypygini, in 1854. Holm- 

 gren described it, as above, in 1871, as certainly distinct, though Marshall, 

 in 1872, sank it in the genus IcJmeumon ; and Thomson and Ashmead 

 both recognise it, though Berthoumieu, in 1895, merges it in his genus 

 Amblyteles. 



Table of Species. 



(2). I. Markinj^s flavous ; second segment pale- 

 marked I. VARIEGATORIUS, PailZ. 



(i). 2. Markings white ; second segment immacu- 

 late 2. LEUCOSTIGMUS, Grav. 



I. variegatorius, ranz. 



Ichneumon vancqatoritis, Panz. F. G. Ixxiii. il ; Gr. I. E. iii. 8S8, i[ncc Ilolmgr. 

 Iclin. Suec. i. 120, 9 ; Thorns O. E. xxi. 2401 ; Kriech. Ent. Naclir. 1889. p. 201 ; elc). 

 Ilepiopelmui variegatorius, Wesm. Nouv. ^[om. Ac. Brux. 1844, p. 141, i 9; V'oll. 

 I'inac. pi. xxvii. f. 6, cJ . Amblyteles variegatorius, Berth. Ann. Soc. Fr. 1895, P- 632, 

 (5 9. /. notatorius, Panz. F. G. Ixx. 9, 9 [ncc Trcntep.). I. Jlavoguttalus, Gr. I. E. i. 

 442 ; Ste. 111. M. vii. 185, 6 9 . 



