206 BRITISH ICHNEUMONS. [Ani^u/ia 



38. tripunctata, Bridg. 

 Limneria tripunctata, Bridg. Trans. Ent. Soc. 1886, p S.'il, 9 . 



Black with the head transverse and posteriorly subobliciue; face trans- 

 verse and mandibular teeth of subequal length ; palpi and mandibles 

 rufescent flavous, with the latter infuscate at both extremities. Antennae 

 a little longer than half body, with scape immaculate. Thorax somewhat 

 dull ; metanotal areola as long as broad, parallel-sided with costulae 

 obsolete and petiolar area not concave ; mesopleurae somewhat dull with 

 very fine trans-striation. Abdomen immaculate black, as broad as thorax 

 and a little longer than head and thorax ; basal segment normal, with 

 postpetiole about as long as and two-thirds broader than petiole, laterally 

 rounded, with three distinct foveae at its base ; second segment quadrate ; 

 remainder transverse and laterally pubescent, broadest at apex of the 

 fourth segment ; terebra a little longer than basal segment or about a 

 third of the abdominal length. Legs red ; coxae and trochanters black, 

 with extreme apices of the latter rufescent ; extreme apices of hind tibiae 

 nigrescent, with their base (? or base of their dark apices) rufescent ; in- 

 termediate tarsi apically infuscate. Stigma stramineous, tegulae flavidous- 

 white ; areolet petiolate, apical radial abscissa slightly curved, nervellus 

 entire. Length, 5 mm. 9 only. 



"The three pits in the postpetiole readily distinguish this from any 

 other Limneria I am acquainted with, although the same character is 

 found in two other insects belonging to the allied genera of Casinaria 

 and Sagarifis, viz., C. scmiaila, Gr., and S. incisa, m.," says Bridgman. 

 From the description alone it appears most closely allied to Angitia 

 combiuata, but this position must be regarded as tentative. 



This female was captured at Peckham during May, and no one has 

 hitherto reviewed it. 



ANILASTA, Thomson. 

 Thorns. O.E. xi. 1887, 1168. 



Body more or less distinctly stout, never very small nor with the face 

 silvery-pilose. Head transverse, anteriorly triangular, with the vertex 

 not broad ; cheeks somewhat elongate and not buccate, with the costa 

 inflexed ; clypeus convex, apically rounded and margined with small 

 lateral foveae ; mandibles narrow towards their apices and usually 

 together with the palpi pale, with teeth of equal length ; peristomium 

 small, eyes internally emarginate. Antennal flagellurn generally elongate 

 and stout, becoming apically attenuate ; scape not very often pale beneath. 

 Thorax stout, higher than broad, not cylindrical; mesosternum nearly 

 always transverse; metanotal carinae usually strong, with the areola very 

 frequently transverse and angulated. Abdomen very often centrally more 

 or less broadly red or castaneous; petiole with lateral sulci distinct and 

 evidently narrower than postpetiole, which is subquadrate with its sides 

 not rounded and lateral scrobes distinct; second segment not or hardly 

 longer than the third and not transverse; seventh rarely incised in 9; 

 terebra sometimes extending beyond anus but rarely as long as or longer 

 than basal segment, with valvulae apically dilated and pilose. Legs and 

 their unguiculi not stout, with tibiae often externally spniulose ; claws 

 pectinate. Wings with the stigma somewhat narrow ; areolet usually 



