254 BRITISH ICHNEUMONS. 



14. fuscicornis, IVesm. 



r/taeogciies fuscicornis^ Wesm. Nouv. IMi'ni. Ac. I'lux. 1S44, p. 1S9, 9 ; Holmgr. 

 Ichn. Suec. iii. 457 ; Thorns. O. E. xv. 1652 ; Berth. Ann. Soc. Er. 1896, p. 376, {, ?. 



Head very slightly narrowed behind the eyes, blaek ; palpi pale; frons 

 sub-convex and closely punctate ; temples and cheeks shining and re- 

 motely punctate, latter short and sub-obsoletely dilated below the red 

 mandibles ; clypeus smooth and nitidulous. Antennae of $ apically 

 slightly attenuate and often ferrugineous beneath ; of $ filiform, with the 

 fifth flagellar joint sub-quadrate, basal flagellar joints rufescent but central 

 pale band wanting. Thorax black ; mesonotum punctate, notauli hardly 

 indicated ; metanotum completely areated, areola slightly broader than 

 long ; petiolar area discreted and centrally concave. Abdomen black, 

 with second to third or fourth segments red, more or less infuscate in ^ ; 

 the following ones immaculate ; post-petiole nitidulous and glabrous, 

 laterally punctate ; remainder of abdomen finely punctate ; third segment 

 transverse ; terebra slightly exserted. Legs normal, rufo-testaceous, with 

 coxae and base of trochanters and the hind tarsi black ; (? with centre of 

 anterior and whole of hind femora, with base and apex of hind tibiae, 

 black ; ? with apex of hind tibiae, and usually, also, of hind femora, some- 

 times to their centre, black ; hind coxae of $ with a short, oblique, 

 dentiform crest beneath, but no tooth. Stigma and tegulae fuscous, radix 

 white. Length, 6 mm. 



The 3 is somewhat like that of P. melanogonus : the cheeks and 

 temples, however, are more nitidulous and sparsely punctate, the meso- 

 pectoral sulcus is deeper, etc. ; the coxal armature, and the colour of the 

 antennae and of the legs, render the $ distinct. 



The only British record of this species is that of Mr. Bignell, who cap- 

 tured it at Bickleigh, in south Devonshire, on 28th July ; Mr. Albert 

 Piffard has given me a female taken at Felden, in Herts. ; and Mr. Char- 

 bonnier another, which I believe is referable to this species, bred from 

 a bramble stem, possibly bored by some microlepidopterous larva, on 

 April 25th, 1900. Mr. E. A. Newbery has taken it at Shirley, in Surrey. 



15. trepidus, Wesin. 



Phaeogeiies frcfidiis, Wesm. Nouv. Mem. Ac. Brux. 1S44, p. 190 ; Berth. Ann. Soc. 

 Fr. 1896, p. 377, ? ; Thoms. O. E. xv. 1653, 6 ? . 



Head sub-triangular viewed from in front, somewhat rounded and 

 narrowed behind the eyes ; frons closely punctate ; palpi apically pale. 

 Antennae of ? basally dull red. Thorax sub-ovate, black. Abdomen 

 with segments two, three and most of fourth, red. Trochanters and an- 

 terior femora apically red ; tibiae red, the hind ones being apically black ; 

 coxal cristulae of ? very small, hardly discernible. Tegulae black ; radix 

 white; stigma fuscous. Length, 5 mm. 



This species is very like the last-described, but is a little smaller, the 

 vertex circularly narrowed, the cheeks a little longer and not buccate, and 

 the antennae of the S are longer. 



It is not rare in Britain, according to Bridgman, who took it at Hether- 

 sett and Wroxham, in May ; Billups discovered it at Burford Bridge during 



