Catalogue of British Ichneumonidce. 369 



the face, the latter elevated in the middle. Thorax not so wide as 

 the head, punctured as on the head, nearly three times as long as 

 wide, not trilobed in front ; metathorax with a transverse suture a 

 little before the middle, without area?, superior surface separated 

 from the posterior surface by a prominent costa. Abdomen about 

 as wide as the thorax and longer than the head and thorax, and 

 widest towards the apex ; 1st segment long and slender, about 

 four times as long as wide, spiracles placed before the middle, 

 post-petiole very little wider than the petiole; '2nd and 3rd 

 segments of equal length, longer than wide ; 4th cylindrical, one- 

 fourth longer than wide ; remainder transverse ; the 2nd has an 

 oblong perpendicular depression ('? is this normal), with a slightly- 

 raised ridge in the middle ; aculeus straight, slender, and scarcely 

 projecting. Legs slender, hind coxae long, hind tibiae with a wide 

 notch before the apex. "Wings without an areolet (very similar to 

 Hemiteles) ; stigma moderate ; external radial nervure curved, 

 forming a slight S ; transverse anal nervure of hind wings obso- 

 letely divided just helow the middle. 



5 . Black ; face partly piceous, antennas reddish, paler beneath, 

 palpi whitish, mouth and clypeus fulvous, thorax above partly 

 piceous, prothorax at the sides and beneath, mesopleura and breast, 

 fulvous-red ; abdomen fusco-piceous ; extreme apex of 2nd, all the 

 3rd, and middle of the base of the 4th segments stramineous, the 

 3rd fuscous at the sides ; legs pale fulvous ; front and middle coxae 

 and trochanters pale straw ; hind cox^ with a slight fuscous mark 

 on the outside towards the apex ; apex of hind femora and tibiae 

 with a slight fuscous stain; base of wings and squarnulse stra- 

 mineous. Stigma palish fuscous. Length about 5 mm. 



Catoglyptus crassipcs, Holm. 



Holm., Mon. Tryph. Suec, 107, $ ? . 



Mr. Champion has taken a male of this species in the 

 London district. 



Catoglyptus pmlchricornis, Holm. 



Holm., Mon. Tryph. Suec, 109, 7, ? . 



Dr. Capron has taken two males of this species in the 

 neighbourhood of Shiere : he says they differ from the 

 female in having the antennas entirely black, the legs 

 rather darker, and the posterior coxae entirely black, in 

 one specimen the clypeus and face are yellowish white ; 

 in the other, a much smaller specimen, the inner orbits 



