new African Moths, 155 



Hah. S. Rhodesia, "Bulawayo {Marshall), 1 c? type. Ejrp. 

 30 mm. 



Ichneumejioptera peduncvlata, sp. n. 



cJ . Head, tliorax, and a])domcii black with a silvcry-bluc 

 ploss ; neck with a ring of white hair ; palpi white in front ; 

 frons white at sides ; fore coxre with yellow annulus on 

 inner side, the tibia with yellow streak, the spnrs white; 

 ab(h)men strongly constricted at l)ase and narrowing to 

 extremity, a ventral white band on fonrth segment. Fore 

 wing hyaline, the veins and margins black with a silvery 

 gloss ; a diseoidal bar conjoined to the dark costal area ; the 

 terminal band expanding at apex. Hind wing hyaline, the 

 veins and mai-gins narrowly blacky the cilia brownish. 



flal). Gold Coast, Ashauti, Obuassi {Graham), 1 (^ type. 

 Ej'jj. 16 mm. 



Ichneumenoptera gracilis, sp. n. 



^ . Head and thorax dark brown with a bluish-silvery 

 gloss; palpi yellow, black above; frons white at sides; 

 pectus yellow ; legs brown, the extremity of tibicC and the 

 tarsi ringed with yellow ; abdomen constricted at middle, 

 dark brown witli a bluish silvery gloss and yellow rings on 

 third and fifth, sixth, seventh segments, the anal tuft and 

 claspers very large with lateral white streaks. Fore wing 

 hyaline, the veins and margins black-brown with a cupreous 

 gloss; a prominent diseoidal bar conjoined to the dark 

 costa; the terminal band broad. Hind wing hyaline, the 

 veins and margins narrowly bkuk-brown with a cupreous 

 gloss. 



Hub. Camerooxs {Rutherford), 1 ^ type. Exp. 24 mm. 



Ichneumenoptera flavipectus, sp. n. 



^ . Head, thorax, and abdomen black shot with metallio 

 ])luc ; neck with yellow ring ; patagia with yellow streaks on 

 edges; metathorax with some yellow; palpi yellow, black 

 behind ; frons white at sides ; pectus and legs yellow, the 

 mid tarsi al)ove and the hind tibirc and tarsi blackish glossed 

 Avith blue, the hind til)iie ringed with yellow at middle and 

 extremity, the first joint of tarsus streaked with yellow; 

 abdomen slightly constricted at base and narrowing to the 

 very long anal tuft, each segment with yellow band, the 

 anal tuft with dorsal and lateral yellow streaks, the ventral 

 surface whitish at base and with whitish bands ; win-s 



