INTRODUCTORY PAPERS ON ICHNEUMONID^. 15 



cher. Mesogona oxalina* ; (Rogenhofer) Gir. 



Hadena pisi ; Marsh. H. dentina, Xylitia 



rhizolitha ; Bignell. Cucullia scrophulariae ; 



Siebold. C. lychnitis; (Goossens) Gir. C. 



asteris : Speyer. C argentea* ; Brischke. ? C. 



arteraisise* ; Grav. Toxocampacraccse; Kriech- 



bauraer. Cimbex femorata, Clavellaria ame- 



rinae ; Boucbe. 

 fuscicornis, Holmgr., from Litbostege nivearia; Raynor. Leucania 



obsoleta, Auarta myrtilli ; Brischke. 

 t&TB&tus, Brischke, from Eupithecia succenturiata; Brischke. E. cas- 



tigata ; Brischke, Bignell. E. virgaureata ; 



Bignell E. vulgata ; Fletcher. E. absyn- 



thiata ; Brischke, Bignell. E. lariciata ; 



Brischke, Bignell. E. abbreviata ; Bignell. 



E. exiguata; Brischke, Warren. Drepana fal- 



cula, D. unguicula Brischke. 



Absyrtus, Holmgr. 



Fulvo-testaceous ; eyes and spot between the ocelli blackish (male and 

 femalej. 1. luteus, 3 — 3|- lines. 



Holmgren described this genus and species in his ' Mono- 

 graphia Ophionidum Sueciae' (p. 33); it does not appear to be 

 rare. He there points out that it is mixed with Mesoleptus 

 testaceus in collections. It is also much like Paniscus virgatus ; 

 but may be distinguished from the former by its pectinated 

 claws ; and from the latter by its subrotund metathoracic 

 spiracles, and by the inferior tooth of the mandible being longer 

 than the superior ; the neuration of the wings also differs. The 

 Absyrtus does not appear to have been bred. 



Campoplex, Grav. 



A. Back part of metathorax concave (males and females). 



a. Abdomen entirely black. 



* Scape of antennae pale beneath. - - 10. viyrtillus, 5 lines. 

 *^= Scape of antennae not pale beneath. 



f Legs yellow ; coxae, trochanters, hind femora, apex of middle femora, 

 and base and apex of hind tibiae black. - nobilitatus, 6 lines, 

 tf Legs red; coxae, trochanters, apex of hind tibiae and tarsi dark. 



7. ebeninus, 2^ — 4J lines. 



b. Abdomen more or less red or yellow. 



* Middle of abdomen and part of legs yellow. 



f Spaces between the punctures of the mesopleura reticulate. 



1 (part), falcator, 7| — 10^ lines, 

 ft Spaces between the punctures of mesopleura smooth and shining. 



1 (part). oxyacanthcB. 4 — 8i lines. 



