Hau'cospiliis] IlKiriSII UIINICUMONS. 283 



anus, and soniflinii's ilic basal srynu iii discall)', black. -Legs rufcscL-nl- 

 or piceous-llavidous. Wings llavt'scrnl cloudccl, with two corneous marks 

 in the glabrous area; stigma and tegulae rutescent. Length, 18-20 mm. 



Distinct from the two last species in nothing but the nigrescent thorax. 



This seems to be a very rare form of the preceding species, since 

 Gravenhorst knew but a single male, taken by Sturm at Nuremberg, 

 (lauUe gives it as bred from Cafocala iiupia in France, and it is unknown 

 in Sweden. Schm. records it as a rare central European species; and 

 Tosquinet savs it occurs during August and September in l^elgium. 

 Ikidgman and Fitch, however, considered that "it is not rare in l^ritain" 

 and Stephens' figure is excellent, but I can find no mention of an indigen- 

 ous capture. The only example I possess was acquired from the col- 

 lection of the late J. A. Clark, who had no foreign Ichneunionidae. 

 Desvignes' and Stephens' examples arc in Mus. Brit, with three from 

 Marshall's collection, one of which he bred in 1886 at Nunton in Wilts. 



