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SECOND YARKAND MISSION. 



iridescent, the nervures and stigma black ; the tibiae and tarsi reddish-yellow, the coxae 

 spotted with yellow. Abdomen ; the three basal segments black above ; the four following 

 segments reddish-yellow, the rest black. Female, length 5 lines. 



Sab. Sind valley, Kashmir. 



Taken in August. 



55. TENTHREDO FALLAX. 



Femina. T. luteo-testacea ; vertice, antennarumque basi maculis nigris ; alls hyalinis. 



Pale ochraceous-yellow ; the abdomen with a slight silky gloss ; a minute black spot 

 on the scape, another on the basal joint of the flagellum, and an oblong black macula 

 on each side of the ocelli on the vertex ; the wings hyaline and iridescent ; the nervures 

 fuscous, the stigma and costal nervure testaceous. Female, length 5 lines. 



Sab. Sind valley, Kashmir, and Murree, Punjab hills. Taken in August. 



56. TENTHREDO NIGRO-MACULATTJS. 



Femina. T. lutea ; capitis vertice thoracisque maculis dorsalibus, necnon abdominis linca 

 interrupta nigris ; alls hyalinis. 



The insect pale luteous ; the antennae black above, with the apex of the joints, the 

 scape beneath, and the flagellum beneath beyond the third joint, luteous; the inner 

 margin of the eyes near their summit, and a large spot on the vertex, enclosing the eyes, 

 black. Thorax ; a triangular black spot anteriorly, an oblong one on each side opposite the 

 tegulae, and an oblique one on each side behind them ; the wings hyaline with the nervures 

 fuscous ; the costal nervures and the stigma pale testaceous ; the legs with a narrow black 

 line above. The longitudinal black line on the abdomen above is slightly interrupted by a 

 very narrow pale margin on each segment ; the entire insect pale luteous and immaculate 

 beneath. Female, length 4 lines. 



Sab. Sind valley, Kashmir. Taken in August. 



This insect closely resembles the Tenthredo scalaris of Europe, and probably, when 

 living, is green marked with black ; the European insect changes, more or less, from green 

 to pale yellow, particularly when collected in spirit. 



Family .ICHNK U MONIES. 

 57. ICHNEUMON BIMACULATTJS. 



Femina. I. niger ; pedibus, abdominis segmentis tribus basalibus ferrugineis ; metathorace 



bimaculato ferrugineo. 



Black ; the basal half of the antennas pale ferruginous ; a line on the face close to 

 the inner margin of the eyes, which is narrow above the insertion of the antennae, and 

 which expands into a large macula below it, a transverse line on the clypeus, and the 

 mandibles, ferruginous. Thorax ; two oblong spots on the mesothorax, a minute one on 

 the scutellum, the tibiae and tarsi, ferruginous ; the posterior tibiae fuscous at their apex ; 



