2 Mr. F. Smith's descriptions of neio species 



margin of tlie vertex to a little beyond the ocelli ; an 

 angulated ferruginous spot at the sides of the vertex 

 touching the eyes ; and three small ones at the insertion 

 of the neck. The posterior margin of the prothorax 

 yellow ; the mesothorax with two oblique stripes inclining 

 inwardly and uniting at its posterior margin, a lunate spot 

 on each side of the scutum, two ovate ones at the base of 

 the metathorax and three small ones at its apex, yellow ; 

 a large oblong spot beneath the wings, and the legs, 

 yellow ; Avings pale fulvo-hyaline and splendidly iridescent ; 

 the tarsi pale ferruginous. 



ICHNEUMONID^. 



ICHNEUMOXIDES. 



Cryptus pcnetrator. 



Length 4 lines. Head and thorax black, legs and 

 abdomen ferruginous. The orbits of the eyes, slightly 

 interrupted at their summit, the anterior margin of the 

 clypeus and the mandibles, yellow ; a ferruginous spot on 

 the scape of the antenna3 in fi-ont. Thorax : the margins 

 of the prothorax and the tegidre yellow ; the anterior and 

 intermediate coxa? and trochanters yellow in front ; Avings 

 subhyaline and iridescent; the stigma ferruginous. Ab- 

 domen smooth and shining, the apical margin of the first 

 segment yelloAv. 



Ophionides. 



Ophion ferrugineus. 



Length 6 lines. Ferruginous, smooth and shining. A 

 narrow yellow line on the loAA'er portion of the inner orbit 

 of the eyes and a broader one behind them, not extending 

 to their simimit. Thorax : the tubercles, and a large 

 spot above both the intermediate and posterior coxfe, as 

 well as the scutellum, bright yelloAv ; the spots above the 

 posterior coxas are tubercidate ; wings hyaline and iri- 

 descent, the nervures black, the stigma ferruginous. The 

 apical segments of the abdomen slightly fusco-ferruginous. 



Ophion inutilis. 



Female. — Length 4 lines. Ferruginous, the eyes and 

 tips of the mandibles black. Thorax shining ; the meso- 

 thorax finely punctured ; the metathorax opaqiie and 



