Catalogue of British Ichneumoniihe. B55 



wide, uo joint quite quadrate. Thorax but little longer than high ; 

 metathorax slightly coarser than the rest of the thorax ; supero- 

 medial area about twice as long as wide : postero-medial area 

 divided into three spaces ; lower half of mesopleura finely rugose, 

 upper half smooth, with rather scattered punctures. First segment 

 of abdomen slightly curved : post-petiole nearly twice as long as 

 wide, sides somewhat convex ; the 2nd segment about as long as 

 wide ; the abdomen moderately compressed. Aculeus about two- 

 thirds the length of the 1st segment. Legs moderate ; hind tarsi 

 longer than the tibise. Radial nervure almost straight, but 

 decidedly incurved towards the base ; transverse anal not divided. 

 Black ; scape and mouth reddish ; legs red, hinder coxfe black. 

 Abdomen : apical margin of 2nd and side of remaining segments 

 castaneous; stigma and nervures dark. Female. Length nearly 

 5 mm. 



Three females, taken by Mr. Bignell in the neighbour- 

 hood of Plymouth, 1884. 



Dicolus insectator, Foerst. 

 Uebersicht d. Gatt. u. Art. d. Fam. d. Plectiscoiden, 

 97, ?. 



Mr. E. D. Marquand has taken at Penzance, in 1883, 

 what I believe to be this species. Foerster's descriptions 

 are far too short (consisting of only a line or two) to 

 remove all uncertainty. 



Proclitus (jrandis, Foerst. ?. 



L. c, 116 ; Brischke, Die Ich. d. Prov. W. u. 0-Preuss, 

 95. 



At the end of September I took, in the neighbourhood 

 of Norwich, a female Pleetiscus which agrees with 

 Foerster's description of P. grandis. These descriptions 

 are contained only in a short table. It also agrees with 

 Brischke's description of his Proclitus grandis, Foerst. ?. 



Mesoleptus gracilis, Holm. 



Holm., Mon. Tryph. Suec, 103, 8 ; Suppl., 375, J , ? . 



I have taken a Mesoleptus at Horning Ferry, Norfolk, 

 which I believe to be this species. Mr. G. T. Porritt 

 has also sent me the same insect ; they are females, and 



