100 Rev. T. A. Marshall's monograph of 



Meteorus ictericus, Ruthe, Berl. ent. Zeits., 1862, p. 14, 

 $ 5 ; S. v. Voll., Pinac, pi. xliv., f. 4, ? (and 

 abdomen magnified). 

 M. pendulator, Hal., Ent. Mag., iii., 28, $ ? partim; 

 his $ vars. e, £, are probably M. pulchricomis, 

 Wesm. 

 Zele ephippium, Cur., B. E., 415. 



Variable ; info-testaceous, usually black above, except the head 

 and 2d abdominal segment ; stemmaticum black ; antennae fuscous, 

 the base rufous ; hind tibiae at the apex, and tarsi, infuscated ; 

 valves of the terebra black. Wings hyaline, squamulae yellow, 

 stigma the same or luteo-fuscous, its inner edge often fuscous, 

 nervures fusco-testaceous ; recurrent nervure rejected ; 2d cubital 

 areolet slightly narrowed towards the radius. Tracheal grooves 

 distinct. Terebra not much shorter than the abdomen. $ 5 . 

 Length, 1\ — 2J ; wings, 4^ — 5 Jin. 



The varieties are thus arranged by Ruthe, from 56 

 examples : — 



Males : posterior segments constantly dark. 



Var. 1. Head and mesothorax rufo-testaceous, immaculate ; or 

 the latter fuscous in the middle of the base. 



Var. 2. Head rufo-testaceous ; mesothorax with 3 inchoate fus- 

 cous lines; disk of the metathorax blackish; 1st abdominal seg- 

 ment scarcely darker than the 2d. 



Var. 3. Head the same ; mesothorax with 3 fuscous lines ; meso- 

 pleurae rufous, bounded with black. 



Var. 4. Head the same; entire thorax above infuscated or 

 blackish ; pleurae and pectus rufo-testaceous, or more or less in- 

 fuscated. 



Var. 5. Frons, vertex, and occiput infuscated; mesothorax with 

 8 fuscous lines ; scutelhim paler or darker fuscous ; pleurae and 

 pectus fuscous. 



Var. G. Frons, vertex, and occiput infuscated, leaving (as in 

 var. 5) the orbits broadly testaceous; entire thorax, as well as 

 pleurae and pectus for the most part, fuscous ; 2d abdominal seg- 

 ment yellow. 



Female* : posterior segments more or less testaceous. 



Var. 7. Entirely dull testaceous. 



Var. 8. Only the 1st abdominal segment fuscous; sometimes the 

 metathorax slightly infuscated. 



Var. 9. Metathorax and 1st abdominal segment fuscous; meso- 

 thorax unicolorous, or with 1 — 3 faint fuscous lines. 



