Catalogue of British Ichneumonidce. 431 



Mesochorus facialis, n. s. 



Testaceus ; abdomine nigi-o, medio testaceo. 



Head narrow behind the eyes ; teeth of mandibles subec^ual ; 

 face transverse ; lower part of face by the side of the eyes and 

 between the eye and base of mandible rather coarsely aciculate. 

 Thorax smooth and shining, rather densely covered with fine 

 white pubescence ; metathorax with five complete areas ; meso- 

 pleura smooth and shining, with here and there a hair-pit in the 

 middle. Abdomen, the sides of 1st segment with scarcely a trace 

 of a raised ridge, the whole abdomen smooth and shining, with 

 scarcely a trace of pubescence ; 2nd segment rather longer than 

 wide ; 3rd slightly transverse ; aculeus not quite so long as the 1st 

 segment. Legs moderate. Wings, internal cubital nervure not 

 interstitial, external radial not straight, transverse cubital received 

 just before the middle, transverse anal not interrupted. 



<? . Pale testaceous ; greater part of antennae fuscous ; lateral 

 lobes of mesonotum with a fuscous streak, a fuscous blotch on the 

 anterior part of middle lobe ; anterior part of upper surface of 

 metanotum blackish. Abdomen black ; extreme apex of 1st seg- 

 ment, sometimes base also, a large central blotch on 2nd and 3rd 

 segments, testaceous-yellow, and obscurely so the apex of 3rd and 

 sides of remaining segments. Legs testaceous-yellow ; hind tarsi 

 pale, apex dark, extreme base slightly fuscous ; extreme apex of 

 tarsi fiiscous ; stigma fuscous. 



? . Like the male, but the upper part of the head and thorax is 

 darker ; the breast and mesopleura are dark. 



Male and female ; length, 4 mm. 



This pretty little species belongs to Holmgren's Sect. I. 

 D. b. **. 



Bred by Mr. G. C. Bignell from Apanteles jjojmlaris at 

 the beginning of June, 1884. 



TRYPHONID^. 

 Eclytus fontinalis, Holm. 



Holm., Mon. Tryph. Suec, 128, 2; Voll., Pinac, pi. 32, 

 fig. 4 ; Brischke, Ichn. d. Prov. W. u. 0-Preuss, 42, 



This species was first sent to me by Mr. W. H. B. 

 Fletcher, who bred it from Pcedisca solandriana. I have 

 since seen a specimen captured by Mr. G. C. Bignell in 

 the neighbourhood of Plymouth this year. 



