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



described as " albus, chartaceus," and not pensile. The 

 cocoons described by DeGeer and referred to by Haliday 

 (Ent. Mag., iii., p. 29, note), although pensile, were 

 white, and there is nothing to show that they belonged 

 to ictericus ; moreover, they were obtained from Bombyx 

 provessionea, L. I have no cocoon at hand, but, 

 assuming the figure given by Curtis to be correct, as is 

 most likely, it is pensile, yellowish brown, shining, and 

 semitransparent, like those of several of the following 

 species. 



7. Meteorus pallidipes, Wesm. 



Perilitus pallipes, Wesm., Nouv. Mem. Ac. Brux., 1835, 



p. 21), 3 2 . 

 Meteorus pallipes, Ruthe, Berl. ent. Zeits., 1862, 



p. 16, ? . 



Black; face, clypeus, and orbits of the eyes broadly, rufous; 

 mouth and leys testaceous ; 4 posterior tarsi fuscescent ; 2d abdo- 

 minal segment piceous or subrufous, but often black ; antenna; 

 fuscous, paler at the extreme base. Wings nearly hyaline, 

 squamula? and stigma yellow, the latter often edged with fuscous ; 

 nervines fusco-testaceous ; recurrent nervure rejected ; 2nd cubital 

 areolet not narrowed towards the radius. Tracheal grooves distinct. 

 Terebra as long as J of the abdomen. $ J . Length, 2^ ; wings, 

 5 lin. 



Var. Face and clypeus paler ; mandibles and palpi whitish ; 

 2d abdominal segment testaceous. Ruthe. 



Strongly resembles ictericus, Nees, but, besides the black colour, 

 it may be known by the nearer approach of the eyes in front, 

 whereby the face becomes narrower below than above ; the shape 

 of the 2d cuibital areolet ; and the comparative shortness of the 

 petiole. Antennae 3 ? 28 — 31-jointed, as long as the body, lili- 

 form, nigro-fuscous, the '1 basal joints hardly paler. Under side of 

 the prothorax piceous. Wesmael's specimens had the humeral 

 angles of the iocs. .thorax rufous, which was not the case with 

 Ruthe's, no]' is it seen in the English examples. Metathorax short, 

 convex, almost vertical behind, intricato-rugose. First abdominal 

 segment striolated, more convex transversely, and with a shorter 

 ami broader petiole than that of ictericus', segment 2 entirely 

 black, piceous. or piceo-testaceous. Second cubital areolet Large, 

 little broader than long, not narrowed towards the costa ; 

 recurrenl nervure entering the 1st cubital areolet close to its lower 

 angle. 



