ICHNEUMON DEVINCTOR. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Black ; abdomen rufous ; scutel, annulus of the 

 antennae and of the tibiae, white. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Body black: antenrm rather short, annulus 

 pure white, commencing at the ninth joint, and 

 extending to the eighteenth : scutel pure white : 

 wings dusky violaceous: abdomen^ with the ex- 

 ception of the first segment, bright rufous : tibise^ 

 excepting at base and at tip, pure white : anterior 

 and intermediate tarsi, with the first joint, white 

 at base. 



OBSERVATIONS. 



This species is not very common. I obtained 

 a specimen in the North- West Territory. An 

 individual occurred in Missouri, that may, per- 

 haps, be only a variety of the present species ; it 



PLATE XXII. 



