Catalogue of British Ichneumonida. 157 



H. variabilis, Eatz., but from the meagre description (Die 

 Ichneumonen, vol. iii., p. 158) it would be impossible to 

 say it was not that species ; Hr. Brischke, in Schrift. d. 

 natur. Gesell. in. Danzig, 1876, says that H. variabilis, 

 Eatz., is the male of Pezomachus cursitaiis, Gr., and is the 

 male of Hemiteles palpator, Gr., and confirms the statement 

 in I. c, 1878, p. 202, but in neither gives any description 

 of the abdomen generally. Gravenhorst (Ich. Eur., vol. 

 ii., p. 819) says: — "Abdomen capitis thoracisque longi- 

 tudine, maris thorace paido angustius, oblongum " ; in 

 rufocinctus it is rather wider than the thorax. 



Hemimachus rufipes, n. s. 

 Basi antennarum, pedibus, abdominisque basi runs. 



Subopaque, densely and finely reticulate ; head trans- 

 verse, narrow behind the eyes ; cheeks not buccated ; 

 face slightly protuberant, transverse, inner orbits parallel. 

 Clypeus separated from the face ; apex rotundate ; man- 

 dibular teeth subequal. Antennae about as long as the 

 insect ; 1st and 2nd joints of flagellum of about equal 

 length, about four times as long as wide. Thorax nearly 

 one-third longer than high ; anterior part of meso- 

 thorax indistinctly trilobed ; upper part of metathorax 

 about as long as the back part, with two transverse 

 curved lines, but no horizontal lines defining a supero- 

 medial area; 1st abdominal segment rather long and 

 slender ; post-petiole one-third longer than wide ; 

 spiracles rather prominent, one-third wider than the 

 petiole, and a little shorter than it ; 2nd segment rather 

 longer than wide ; remainder transverse, the 4th seg- 

 ment the widest. Legs slender. Areolet inperfect ; 

 transverse anal nervure scarcely ante-furchal, divided 

 about one-third from the bottom ; no trace of nervelet 

 in cubito-discoidal nervure. 



Mouth, base of antennae, and legs red ; two small red 

 spots on upper part of collar ; 1st abdominal segment 

 red, sides to middle of post-petiole stained with brown ; 

 2nd segment entirely red ; 3rd red, more or less marked 

 with a transverse central brown band, sometimes almost 

 obsolete ; apical margin of remaining segments some- 

 times pale ; stigma fuscous ; nervures rather faint. 

 Length, 4 mm. Male. 



I have two males taken in the neighbourhood of 

 Norwich in July. 



