Catalogue of Britisli IchneumonidcB. 347 



Campoplex femorator, n. s. 



Abdominis medio rufo, pedibiTs rufo nigroque variis, femoribus 

 posticis apice riifis. c? , ? . 



Mesopleiira with the interstices between the punctm'es faintly 

 reticulate, with a distinct vertical costa behind the front coxa3 ; the 

 lower margins of the 3rd abdominal straight. Forehead with a 

 vertical ridge ; face punctate, pubescent ; forehead reticulate, dull, 

 obscurely punctate, behind the eyes somewhat oblique ; mandibles 

 yellow in the middle ; palpi of male yellow, female brown. Thorax : 

 mesonotum finely punctate, interstices reticulate ; scutellum margi- 

 nated at the base only, pixnctate, interstices reticulate ; metanotum 

 shining, irregularly rugose, not coarsely so, much smoother above 

 than below ; supero-external area not closed below ; area dentipara 

 clearly defined, except above depression, in the middle not deep ; 

 mesopleura moderately punctate, interstices very finely reticulate, 

 almost shining ; a distinct vertical ridge behind the front coxae. 



Abdomen : 3rd segment almost straight beneath ; in the female 

 the 2nd segment a little longer than the 3rd, in the male the 2nd 

 one-third longer than the 3rd ; female : apex of 2nd and the 3rd 

 segments darkish chestnut, the latter obscure at the apex and base 

 of lower margin ; 4th obscurely chestnut laterally at the base ; 

 male : apical half of the 2nd, all the 3rd, and basal half of 4th 

 segments red, the latter black above ; 2nd and 3rd segments with a 

 lateral black streak ; the coloured segments of both sexes the same 

 colour beneath, the abdomen smooth and shining, post-petiole with 

 rounded sides ; aculeus of female rather more than one-third the 

 length of the 1st segment. Legs, female : front pair red, cox£e 

 and trochanters black; middle pair red; coxae, trochanters, and 

 basal half of femora black ; hind pair black ; knees and middle of 

 tibiae deep chestnut. Male : front and middle pair yellow ; base of 

 coxae black, and greater part of femora red; hind pair, coxae, 

 trochanters, and basal half of femora black ; apex of femora red ; 

 tibiae yellow, extreme base, apex, and tarsi chestnut. "Wings : 

 areolet rhomboidal, petiolated, petiole about the length of one-third 

 the distance from the radial nervure to the recurrent discoidal 

 nervure, which joins the areolet just before the middle ; transverse 

 ordinary nervure not interstitial ; transverse anal divided below 

 the middle at one-third fi'om the lower nervure, which rims beyond 

 the transverse anal nervure ; sqiiamulac of male yellow, female 

 black ; stigma red, nervures dark. Male and female. Length, 

 19 mm. 



I have seen several specimens from Mr. Harwood, of 



