476 Mr. F. Smith's descriptions of new species 



testaceous ; legs ferruginous, of a lighter red than the 

 thorax ; the posterior coxa) greatly swollen and yellow 

 above. Abdomen smooth and shining, with the three 

 basal segments red, the rest black. 



Ichneumon placidus. 



Female. — Length 4 lines. FeiTnginous, with the head 

 and thorax more or less black. Head black, the orbits 

 of the eyes white ; the clypeus, checks and scape in front 

 ferruginous ; the mandibles Avhite. Thorax smooth and 

 shining ; tlic prothorax above, and the anterior portion of 

 the mesothorax, black ; the margin of the prothorax, two 

 longitudinal stripes on the mesothorax, the scutellum and 

 post-scutcllum, Avhite ; wings fulvo-hy aline, the nervnres 

 ])ale rufo-testaceous ; the legs ferrnginous, with a white 

 spot on the coxi\3 above, also a longitudinal white line 

 beneath the Avings. Abdomen smooth and shining. 



Ichneumon insidiator. 



]\Iale. — Length 6 — 7 lines. Black ; a yellow spot on 

 each side of the face, and a smaller one beneath the inser- 

 tion of each antennte ; the palpi pale flavo -testaceous; the 

 flagellum fulvous beneath ; sometimes a fulvous spot on 

 the scape beneath. Thorax : the scutellum, tcgida^, and 

 an oblong spot beneath them, yellow ; wings fulvo-hyaline, 

 the nervures and stigma pale ferruginous ; the legs flavo- 

 rufous, the tibia3 and tarsi palest; the extreme apex of the 

 posterior femora and tibiae fuscous. Abdomen : the apical 

 margin of the basal segment, and the second and third 

 segments, flavo-rufous. 



Var. B. — The minute spots on the face, beneath the 

 scape of the antenn:e, frequcntl3^ obsolete. 



This is very probably the male oi Ichneumon lotatorius, 

 of Fabricius. 



Ichneumon consanguineus. 



Male. — Length 6 — 7 lines. Black; the flagellum of the 

 antenna} fulvous beneath. Thorax : a transverse yellow 

 line beneath the Avings ; the stigma and nervures of the 

 Avings ferruginous ; the Avings pale fulvo-hyaline ; the legs 

 fuh o-fcrruginous ; the coxie, trochanters and tips of the 

 ]:)Ostcrior femora and ti])ia3 black. Abdomen : the second 

 and third scffmeuts fuh'O-ferrufrinous. 



