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137. ICHNEUMON CULPATORIUS. B. M. 



$ . Ichneumon culpatorius, Fab. Syst. Ent. 328, n. 6. $ . Vill. 

 136, n. 6. $ , $ . Grav. Pede. n. 84. 



138. ICHNEUMON EXULANS. 



Ichneumon exulans, Grav. i. 522, 216. 

 <. Exephanes hilaris, Wesm. Tent. 17, 1. 



139. ICHNEUMON MESSORIUS. 



Ichneumon messorius, Grav. Pede. n. 86. Id. Ich. Eur. i. 529, 



219. 

 Amblyteles messorius, Wesm. Tent. 134, 31. 



140. ICHNEUMON NIVEATUS, n. s. B. M. 



Mas. Ore, facie, parte genarum infera et orbitis frontalibus, 

 niveis aut albis. Collo albo annulato. Scutello vel toto, aut 

 apice 50/0, punctis duobus apicalibus albis. Segmentis 2 3 

 vel 2 4 rufis, basi nigris, vel dorso fusco. Coxis et tro- 

 chanteribus anterioribus albis, femoribus et tibiis fulvi-cro- 

 ceis ; coxis posticis nigris. 



Male. Head: face, cheeks, and frontal orhits white. An- 

 tennaB porrect, fuscous, gradually lighter; first joint beneath white. 

 Thorax gibbous ; a white ring round the prothorax. nearly extending 

 to the base of the first pair of coxae. Scutellum white on the apex 

 only, occasionally but two confluent spots white. Wings hyaline ; 

 stigmata brown ; squamula white ; areolet quinque-angular, irregu- 

 lar. Legs : the anterior coxae and trochanters milky white ; the 

 hinder pair black ; the anterior femora and tibiae yellowish red ; 

 hinder pair darker ; the apex of tibiae and posterior tarsi fuscescent. 

 Abdomen 24 or 2 3, red, more or less clouded at the base, some- 

 times only the apex of the segments red. From the examination of 

 thirteen specimens. Length 2 3 lines. 



Allied to I. xanthops and I. albinotatus of Grav. 



141. ICHNEUMON CINCTORIUS. 



Mas. Segmento 3o abdominis rufo. Facie alba macula magna 



nigra. 

 Ichneumon cinctorius, Step. III. Mand. vii. 189. 



