324 ICHNEUMONIDJE. 



represent little more than thyridii. With the exception of its 

 Mesochoroid areolet, which is quite distinct in this subfaimlv, it.< 

 whole facies is Tryphonid. 



231. Dyspetes praerogator, L. 



Ichneumon prarogator, Linnaeus Syst. Nat. 1758, p. 565; id., 

 Faun. Suic. 1761, p. 405; Fabricms, Piez. 1804 p 99 ; Junne, 

 Hvm 1807, p. 107; Gravenhorst, Nov. Ac. Acad. 1818, p. 2o ; 

 Olivier, Encycl. Meth. viii, 1792, p. 191 ; Thunberg, Mem. Ac. 



vohon vrceroqaior, Gravenhorst, Ichn. Eur. i, 1829, p. 687 ; ii, 

 p 127 ; Stephens, Illus. Mandib. vii, 1835, p. 232 ( d 2 ) 



Mesoleius prcerogator, Vollenhoven, Tijds. Ent. 1877, p. *. 



Dyspettis praroyator, Thomson, Opusc. Ent. ix, 1883, p. 899 (J $ ). 



A black species, with white pubescence and the mouth and legs, 

 except usually the hind ones, red. 

 Head transverse, but not abruptly 

 constricted posteriorly, occiput 

 acutely emarginate centrally ; 

 frous and face distinctly punc- 

 tate ; clypeus subglabrous and, 

 except basally, testaceous ; man- 

 dibles and palpi concolorous. 

 Antennas as long as the body and 

 filiform, black, becoming rufes- 

 cent apically. Thorax black, dull 

 and immaculate, with obsolete 

 notauli; metathorax closely punc- 

 tate, with the areola elongate, not 

 discrete from the basal area and 

 Fig. 89. emitting no costulse ; lateral 



Dyspetes prarogator, L. carinae entire, and the small peti- 



olar area discrete. Scutelhim 



black and not margined. Abdomen shagreened and hardly shining, 

 fusiform and apically obtuse ; second and third segments sub- 

 impressed transversely before their apices, and obliquely in their 

 basal angles; basal segment scabriculous and more than double 

 the length of the stout terebra. Legs red, with the coxa? darker ; 

 hind legs usually entirely black. Wings hyaline or flavescent, 

 with the stigma ferruginous ; areolet transverse and large, hardly 

 sessile ; basal nervure continuous, and the nervellus intercepted 

 slightly below its centre. 

 Length 7-11 mi Him. 



SIKKIM : Darjiling, 6000 ft., ix-x. (E. Brunctti Ind. Mus.). 

 EUROPE. 



This is a very abundant autumn species in Europe, frequently 

 found on umbelliferous flowers ; it extends throughout nearly the 

 whole continent, but nothing appears to be yet known respecting 

 its economy. 



