CHARLES W. HOOKER. 165 



Ophion intricatus Br. 



Ophion intricatus Brulle, Hist. Nat. Ins. Hym., IV, p. 143, n. 13.. .1846. 



Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., Ill, p. 192 1901. 



" " Szepligeti, Gen. Ins., Hym., 34me Fasc.p. 31, 



n. 104 1905. 



Rufous ; face and scutellutn flavous ; metathorax with confused lines. 



Length, 20 mm. 



It resembles the preceding — O. flavidus — except that the first line of 

 the metathorax, on the edge of the first region, is strongly emarginated 

 in the middle ; the space between this border and the lesser line of the 

 second region is divided into three parts by two raised lines ; this lesser 

 line is angulate, and the part nearest is surmounted by two longitu- 

 dinal approaching lines. The second region of the metathorax is ru- 

 gose. Finally, the discoidal cell is longer than broad while it is scarcely 

 longer than broad in the preceding — O. flavidus. 



This description is not sufficiently definite. 

 Type. — Location unknown. 

 Distribution. — Chile. 



Ophion luteus (Linn.) Fabr. 



Ichneumon luteus Linne, Sys Nat., ed. 10a, I, p. 566, n. 51 1758 



" Fabricius, Syst. Ent., p. 341, n. 75 1775 



" " americana, Christ, Natur. d. Ins., p. 359, pi. 37, 



fig. 5, Amer 1791 



Ophion " Fabricius, Suppl. Ent. Syst., p. 235, n. 1 1768 



" " Gravenhorst, Ichneumon. Europ., Ill, p. 692, 



n. 136, 9cf 1828 



" Curtis, Brit. Ent., XIII, p. 600, n. 1 1836 



" . " Spinola, Gay's Hist. fis. y. pol. Chile, Zool., 



VI, p. 516, n. 2, Chile 1851 



" " Taschenberg, Zeitschr. f. d. Ges. Naturw., 46, 



p. 426, n. 6, Amer 1875 



Ophion luteus Bridgman and Fitch, Entomologist, XVII, p. 179, n. 2.1884 

 " " Phillipi, Festschr. Ver. Natur. zu. Cassel, pp. 17, 



20, Chile (?) 1886 



Riley and Howard, Insect Life, I, p. 155 1888 



Thomson, Opusc. Ent., Pt. 12, p. 1190. n. 1 1888 



Brauns, Arch. Naturg. Mechlenburg, 43, p. 90, n. 4. .1889 



Dalla Torre,* Cat. Hym., Ill, p. 193 1901 



Szepligeti, Gen. Ins., Hym., 34me Pasc, p. 30, n. 28.. 1905 

 Schmiedeknecht, Opusc. Ichn., XIX, p. 1441 1908 



This species is found throughout Europe. 



* Only a part of the extensive bibliography is given here, but all 

 American references and the best European are included ; the rest will 

 be found in Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., Ill, p. 193, 1901. 



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