Catalogue of British Ichneumonidce. 429 



Limneria {Anilasta, Th.) teucrii, n. s, 



Segmentis mediis rufo-cingulatis, pedibus rufis basi nigris, tibiis 

 albicis, posticis apice et ante basin nigris, tarsis fuscis basi pallidis. 



Head transverse, slightly narrowed behind the eyes ; antennae 

 of male about as long as the body, female about three-quarters, 

 almost filiform, slightly thickened in the middle ; face subquadrate, 

 a little narrower than the forehead, covered with fine white 

 pubescence. Thorax longer than high, opaque, finely punctured ; 

 mesopleura dull, punctate below, striate in front of disc, which is 

 rather smooth but not shining ; metathorax with three superior 

 Bivesd ; supero-medial area pentagonal, as long as broad, sometimes 

 almost triangular, sometimes the lateral areaB are imperfectly 

 subdivided ; postero-medial area somewhat shining, transversely 

 rugose. Abdomen longer and narrower than the head and thorax ; 

 1st segment slightly curved, post-petiole longer than wide, sides 

 almost parallel ; 2nd segment of female a little longer than wide, 

 of male one-third longer than wide ; 3rd segment of female almost 

 quadrate, of male longer than wide ; remainder transverse ; aculeus 

 of female about one-sixth the length of the abdomen. Wings with 

 an areolet; recurrent nervure received sometimes before and 

 sometimes behind the middle ; external radial slightly curved ; 

 transverse anal nervure not divided. Legs moderate ; claws of 

 hind tarsi distinctly pectinated at the base. 



Black ; mandibles, palpi, and scape beneath yellow ; 2nd seg- 

 ment of abdomen towards the apex chestnut, extreme apex black ; 

 3rd segment chestnut, apex broadly and base narrowly black ; apex 

 of 1st segment of the female obscurely red ; the red on the male is 

 often very obscure. Front legs reddish yellow, coxae black, tro- 

 chanters yellowish ; middle and hind coxae black ; middle trochan- 

 ters yellowish, more or less black at the base ; hind trochanters 

 black, extreme apex pale ; femora red ; tibiae and tarsi yellowish 

 white ; middle tibiae brownish at the apex ; hind tibiae, apex, and 

 before the base above fuscous, apex reddish beneath ; apex of 

 tarsal joints fuscous, apical joints almost entirely fuscous. Ventral 

 fold of abdomen yellowish, stained with brown. Stigma fuscous, 

 slightly paler at the base ; tegulae yellowish white. Male and 

 female. Length, 5'5 mm. 



Bred by Mr. W. H. B. Fletcher and Mr. Bignell from 

 Pterophorus teucrii ; its transformation takes place in 

 the inflated skin of that larva, or it makes but a very 

 slight transparent cocoon within it. 



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