new African Moths. 155 



Hab. S. Rhodesia, Bulawayo {Marshall), 1 J type. Exp t 

 30 mm. 



Ichneumenoptera pedunculata, sp. n. 



c? . Head, thorax, and abdomen black with a silvery- blue 

 gloss ; neck with a ring of white hair ; palpi white in front ; 

 frons white at sides ; fore coxa? with yellow annulus on 

 inner side, the tibia with yellow streak, the spurs white; 

 abdomen strongly constricted at base and narrowing to 

 extremity, a ventral white band on fourth segment. Fore 

 wing hyaline, the veins and margins black with a silvery 

 gloss ; a discoidal bar conjoined to the dark costal area ; the 

 terminal band expanding at apex. Hind wing hyaline, the 

 veins and margins narrowly black; the cilia brownish. 



Hab. Gold Coast, Ashanti, Obuassi [Graham) , 1 $ type. 

 Exp. 16 mm. 



Ichneumenoptera gracilis, sp. n. 



<£ . Head and thorax dark brown with a bluish-silvery 

 gloss; palpi yellow, black above; frons white at sides; 

 pectus yellow ; legs brown, the extremity of tibiae and the 

 tarsi ringed with yellow ; abdomen constricted at middle, 

 dark brown with a bluish silvery gloss and yellow rings on 

 third and fifth, sixth, seventh segments, the anal tuft and 

 claspers very lar^e with lateral white streaks. Fore wing 

 hyaline, the veins and margins black-brown with a cupreous 

 gloss ; a prominent discoidal bar conjoined to the dark 

 costa; the terminal band broad. Hind wing hyaline, the 

 veins and margins narrowly black-brown with a cupreous 

 gloss. 



Hab. Cameroons [Rutherford), 1 <$ type. Exp. 24 mm. 



Ichneumenoptera flavipectus, sp. n. 



<J . Head, thorax, and abdomen black shot with metallic 

 blue ; neck with yellow ring ; patagia with yellow streaks on 

 edges; metathorax with some yellow; palpi yellow, black 

 behind; frons white at sides ; pectus and legs yellow, the 

 mid tarsi above and the hind tibiae and tarsi blackish glossed 

 with blue, the hind tibiae ringed with yellow at middle and 

 extremity, the first joint of tarsus streaked with yellow; 

 abdomen slightly constricted at base and narrowing to the 

 very long anal tuft, each segment with yellow band, the 

 anal tuft with dorsal and lateral yellow streaks, the ventral 

 surface whitish at base and with whitish bauds ; wings 



