Catalogue of British Ichneumonidce. 427 



rounded, rather longer than wide ; 2nd segment one-third longer 

 than wide; the 3rd subquadrate ; aculeus about one-sixth the 

 length of the abdomen, the whole of the latter covered with fine 

 white pubescence. Wings without an areolet ; transverse anal 

 nervure of lower wuag not divided. 



Black ; mandibles and base of wings yellow ; coxae black, tro- 

 chanters yellowish ; extreme base of middle and basal half of hind 

 ones black ; front femora reddish ; middle ones, base piceous, apex 

 reddish ; hinder pair black ; tibiae pale reddish ; hinder ones, apex 

 and mark before the base dark ; tarsi pale reddish straw-colour ; 

 apical portion of the joints more or less fuscous. Male and female. 

 Length, about 3 mm. 



This little Limneria appears to me to be very distinct 

 from any described species; it was bred by Mr. G. 

 Elisha, after whom I have named it, from either Ornix 

 scoticella or Nepticula aucuparia, 



Limneria gracilis, Grav. ? 



Abdomine subcompressa ; pedibus fulvis, coxis posticis nigris, 

 tibiis posticis apice et ante basin nigris, tarsis posticis nigris, basis 

 rufis ; aculeo longitudine sextae partis abdominis. 



Head above transverse, behind the eyes rather narrow ; clypeus 

 not separated from the face ; teeth of mandibles of equal length. 

 Antennae shorter than body ; 2nd joint of flagellum rather shorter 

 than the 1st. Thorax cyUndrical, much longer than high, nearly 

 twice as long; mesopleura with punctures running into wavy 

 aciculations, disc shining; metathorax long, with five areas above ; 

 supero-medial area elongate, variable in length, not closed behind. 

 Abdomen slender ; post-petiole about twice as wide as the petiole, 

 and about one-third shorter ; sides somewhat parallel in the male, 

 and more rounded in the female ; 2nd segment one-third longer 

 than wide ; the 3rd in the female subquadrate, longer than wide in 

 the male ; aculeus about one-sixth the length of the abdomen. 

 Areolet of wings petiolated or siibsessile ; recurrent nervure 

 received beyond the middle ; transverse anal not divided. 



Black; mandibles, base of wing, apex of scape of antennae 

 sometimes, front coxae of female, front and middle ones of male, 

 and trochanters, except the basal joint of hind pair, yellow; femora 

 red, hind ones often at the base and apex more or less fuscous ; 

 front and middle tibiae pale testaceous, hind pair white, sometimes 

 more or less clouded, apex and before the base black ; front tarsi 

 reddish, extreme apex fuscous; middle tarsi rufo-fuscous, base 

 paler ; hind pair nigro-fuscous, base pale. Stigma varies from 



