334 ICHNEUMONIDJE. 



scape; clypeus not discrete, apically rounded and deeply t'oveate 

 at the base on either side ; mandibles largely bidentate, with the 

 upper tooth longer and more acuminate than the lower. Meta- 

 thorax elongate, with no carinae and its spiracles elongate. 

 Scutellum roundly convex. Abdomen with the four basal seg- 

 ments distinctly longer than broad ; the basal elongate and not 

 much widened apically, with almost central spiracles ; terebral 

 valvulaa strongly projecting, stout and straight. Legs elongate, 

 with apices of hind femora nearly extending to anus, their coxsn 

 elongate and fully four times as long as broad ; posterior tibia 1 

 bicalcarate ; tarsi spinose, with their claws closely and distinctly 

 pectinate. Wings with the areolefc quadrate and somewhat large, 

 laterally coalescent above, and emitting the straight and broadly 

 fenestrate second recurrent nervure from its centre ; radial cell 

 narrow and elongate, nervelet distinct ; hind wing with nervures 

 extending to the apex, the lower longitudinal one originating near 

 the top. 



Range. Simla. 



Its author says this genus, the type of which is not in 

 Col. Nurse's collection, "belongs to the CTJBNOPELMINT and comes 

 near to Ctenopelma." 



238. Icyona rufipes, Cam. 



Icyona rujljws, Cameron, Zeits. Hym.-Dip. 1903, p. 340 ( d $ ). 



rf $ . Head black, with the lower half of the inner orbits 

 broadly, the lower two-thirds of the sparsely punctate clypeus, 

 and the cheeks (in 3 ), flavous ; face apically rufescent ; f rons and 

 vertex closely punctate ; palpi testaceous and mandibles tricoloured. 

 Antennae black; of <$ with the scape flavescent, and flagellum 

 piceous, beneath. Pro- and mesothorax closely and uniformly 

 punctate ; metathorax much more strongly and rugosely punctate, 

 with dense short white pubescence. Scutellum closely and uni- 

 formly punctate, with its apex glabrous, nitidulous and testaceous. 

 Abdomen shining and red, with the basal half of first segment 

 subflavescent. Legs red, with the coxae, base of trochanters above, 

 and a basal line on the anterior femora, black ; four apical joints 

 of bind tarsi flavous. Wings hyaline and iridescent, with the 

 stigma testaceous and the nervures blackish. 



Length 14 millim. 



PUNJAB : Simla (Col. Nurse). 



Type. Location unknown. 



I have not seen this species. 



