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and apex ; hinder pair fulvous at the base and extreme apex. 

 Tibiae and tarsi pale fulvous ; the hinder pair of the former black 

 at the apex, the latter fuscous; base of the first and second joints 

 pale. Abdomen narrower than the thorax ; apex of the first seg- 

 ment, and from the second to fourth pale yellow ; fifth to seventh 

 black, occasionally with a faint dorsal pale spot on each. Length 

 4 4^ lines. 



Far. 1. Base and apex of the fourth segment fusco- ferruginous. 



Far. 2. Apex of the fifth segment yellow. (Allied to /. lucta- 

 torius, Grav.) 



This description is given from the examination of twenty speci- 

 mens, taken at the same time and place. 



127. ICHNEUMON BINOTATUS. B, M. 

 Facie flava. Segmenlis 1 3 flavo stramineis ; 20 dorso binotato. 



Ichneumon binolatus, Desv. 



Head: face and outer orbits yellow. Antennae porrect, the 

 length of the body ; first joint beneath with a yellow dot. Thorax 

 with a faint yellow sulural line. Scutellum yellow at the apex. 

 Wings: stigma and costa fuscous; scales testaceous. Legs: 

 anterior femora and tibiae on one side deep fuscous, the apex of 

 former and the under side of the latter pale straw-colour ; tarsi ob- 

 scure ; hinder legs black ; tibiae with a whitish streak towards the 

 base. Abdomen : first segment glabrous, apex yellow ; second with 

 two blackish dots on the disk ; the apex of the third with a bi- 

 sinuated black fascia ; fourth to the seventh black, the extreme 

 edges pale ferruginous. Length 4 lines. 



Far. 1 . Second segment, the greater part fuscous at the base ; 

 the third cloudy at the apex. 



SECTION VIII . Scutellum pale. Abdomen red, or red and black. 



128. ICHNEUMON FUSORIUS. B. M. 



Ichneumon fusorius, Linn. Faun. Suec. n. 1598. <^, $. Grav, 



Pede. n. 71. Wesm. Tent 24, 9. 



< . Ichneumon fuscus, Linn. Syst. Nat. xii. 933, n. 21. 

 $ . Ichneumon similatorius, Fab. Ent. Syst. Suppl. 221, n. 55. 

 $. Ichneumon lentorius, Panz. Faun. fasc. 71, t. 11. 



