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Perhaps the largest of the European Ichneumonid 

 and met with occasionally in most parts of Britain. 



STEPHANUS CORONATUS. 

 PLATE XXXII. Fig. 2. 



Jurine's Hymenop. PI. 4, genus 4. 



IN this group the head approaches to a globular form, 

 the mandibles terminate in an entire or slightly 

 notched point ; the thorax is narrowed and elongated 

 in front, and the abdomen appears almost sessile. 

 The antennae are long and slender, consisting of 32 

 joints. The species named coronatus is black, the 

 abdomen dark red ; legs likewise red, the tarsi and 

 and anterior tibiae pale. The insect is usually found, 

 according to Jurine, on dry wood, and, when it flies, 

 the abdomen forms a right angle with the thorax. 



PELICINUS POLITURATOR. 



PLATE XXXII. Fig. 3. 

 Drury's Exotic Ins. Vol. II. PL 40, fig. 4. 



THIS generic group is at once known by the singular 

 appearance of the abdomen, which is very long, nearly 

 filiform, arched, and inserted in the thorax a little 

 above the origin of the posterior legs. The hinder 

 legs are thickened, and the antennae straight and 

 extremely slender. The species above referred to 

 is entirely black, the wings tinged with brownish 

 yellow. It is a native of Jamaica. It is probable 

 that the very long and slender abdomen serves, in 

 these insects, the same purpose which a lengthened 

 ovipositor does in others, enabling them to place 





