Catalogue of British Ichneumonidce. 413 



Bupero-medial area transverse, lunate ; postero-medial area wide, 

 imperfectly tridivided ; mesopleiu'a finely punctate, rather dull 

 below, smooth and shining above. Abdomen subovate ; 1st seg- 

 ment smooth and shining, remainder transverse, somewhat 

 shining ; 2nd segment finely punctate, interstices alutaceous, the 

 base almost free from punctures ; gastrocoeli small, space between 

 them about equal to the width of the central area of the post- 

 petiole ; 3rd finely punctate, interstices alutaceous, remainder 

 more sparingly punctate ; genitalia rather stout. Lege moderate, 

 femora stout. Areolet of wings closed above ; recurrent nervure 

 received in the middle. 



Black; a narrow streak on each side of the orbits from just 

 above the antennae to below the eye on to the cheek and side of 

 clypeus, and two small dots beneath the antennce, scape beneath, 

 scutellum, post-scutellum, and tegulee, whitish yellow. Front and 

 middle legs reddish ; coxae and trochanters black, hind legs black ; 

 femora only red, and these are black at the knees. Stigma black, 

 and a piceous spot in the middle of the tegulae. Male. Length, 

 7'5 mm. 



This belongs to the P. j)edatorius group, but differs in 

 the colour of the hind tibiae and transverse segments of 

 the abdomen ; the scutellum and post-scutellum are 

 pale, as in P. iridipennis. Two males were bred by 

 Mr. W. J. Cross, of Ely, from the larvse of Cidaria 

 saggitata, in July, 1888. 



Phceogenes varicolor, Wesm. 



Diadromus varicolor, Wesm., Tent., 211, ^ ? ; Mant., 



92, <?^ ? . 

 D. intermedius, Wesm., Tent., 211, <? . 



This seems to be a very variable insect. I took four 

 males at Gunton, by Cromer, on August 1st, 1887 ; of 

 these four, one is the variety with the middle of the 

 abdomen red and legs partly dark, which Wesmael 

 originally described as D. intermedius ; the other three 

 have the abdomen black, two have the coxae red, and 

 the other has the hind cox£e black ; the mesonotum is 

 shining, with rather coarse punctures ; the metathorax 

 is shining, rugose, the sculpture varying in strength ; 

 the supero-medial area pentagonal, rather longer than 

 wide. 



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