98 BRITISH ICHNEUMONS, [Sagarih's 



common; Capron had a long series from Shere in Surrey; and I have 

 swept it in the middle of June, 1908, at Chippenham Fen \n Cambs, in 

 the middle of July in Beaufort Park near Hastings, at Wilverley and 

 Rhinefields in the New Forest, Stonehenge and (irovely Wood in Wilts, 



7. postica, Bridg. 



Sagaritis postica, Bridg. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1886, p. 350, ? . 



Head subbucate with the face quadrate, genal costa distinct and 

 clypeus apically acuminate ; palpi and mandibles flavous, with teeth of 

 latter equally long. Thoracic notauli obsolete ; mesopleurae dull and 

 partly aciculate, with their disc smooth and shining and a deeply im- 

 pressed anterior sulcus; areola hexagonal, longer than broad and hardly 

 complete apically; costulae distinct. Abdomen immaculate black with 

 postpetiole thrice broader than petiole, longer than broad, subparallel- 

 sided and broadest at the spiracles ; second segment a third, and the 

 third a little, longer than broad ; terebra as long as basal segment ; 

 venter flavous and laterally more broadly infuscate-marked from base to 

 apex. Legs red with coxae black ; trochanters flavous with most of their 

 basal joint black and base of apical joint of the hind ones, together with 

 extreme base of their femora, subinfuscate ; hind tibiae centrally flavous, 

 subpiceous internally before their base; onychii infuscate. Wings basally 

 flavous, tegulae white and stigma pale piceous; areolet petiolate, emitting 

 recurrent nervure before its centre ; nervellus geniculate, and but obso- 

 letely intercepted, a third from the bottom. Length, 7 mm, 9 only, 



"The colour of the legs easily distinguishes it from any species I am 

 acquainted with," says Bridgman. 



"One female taken by Mr, Harwood in the neighbourhood of Colches- 

 ter " (Bridg, Lc). 



8. punctata, Bridg. 



Sagaritis punctata, Bridg. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1886, p. 349, c? ? . 



Head transverse and somewhat oblique behind the eyes; face sub- 

 pubescent ; palpi red, mandibles centrally flavous or piceous with teeth oi 

 equal length; clypeus basally subdiscreted and apically acuminate. 

 Antennae filiform, " subattenuate apically, extending to apex of second 

 segment. Thorax dull ; mesopleurae somewhat nitidulous and finely 

 reticulate, with their disc smooth and shining ; metathorax somewhat 

 short, rounded, with areae subdistinct; areola broader than long, dull, 

 reticulate and obsoletely trans-striate, with apex obtuse. Abdomen 

 elongate-ovate, in ^ subcylindrical ; postpetiole subquadrate, subparallel- 

 sided, about length of petiole and about four times broader, of ^ more 

 slender; second segment a third longer than broad with the third quad- 

 rate in 9 > nearly twice longer than broad with the third elongate in (J ; 

 anus subcompressed ; terebra subreflexed and a little longer than basal 

 segment. Legs slender and red with coxae, except sometimes apices of 

 the anterior, and base of hind trochanters black ; hind tibiae white with 

 both extremities black, and an oval red mark at extreme base above ; hind 

 tarsi black, with their basal half and calcaria white. Wings with tegulae 

 flavous and stigma infuscate ; areolet regular, petiolate and not longer 

 than broad, emitting the recurrent nervure from or slightly before its 



