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Thorax with a broad hooked line, a dot before the wings, and 

 a larger one beneath yellow ; two dorsal parallel lines reddish yel- 

 low, the angles before the scutellura, an oblong spot below and 

 freni yellow ; pleurae, breast and two round spots above the hinder 

 coxae red. Scutellum large, yellow, with a fulvous tinge on the 

 disk. Wings hyaline ; the base and stigma pale ; areolet obliquely 

 triangular, slightly petiolated. Legs elongate, slender; first pair, 

 coxae, and all the trochanters pale ; the posterior ones fulvo-rufous ; 

 hinder femora with a dusky spot at the base ; tarsi and tibiae black 

 or deep fuscous, the latter not so dark towards the apex. Abdomen 

 smooth ; the terminal segments obsoletely glaucous. Aculeus half 

 the length of the abdomen. Length 3J- lines. 



In Mr. Desvignes' collection. 



Subgenus 9. ISCHNOCEROS. 

 Ischnoceros, Grav. 



1. ISCHNOCEROS RUSTICUS. B. M. 



Ischnoceros rusticus, Grav. ii. 951, 327. 



Ichneumon rusticus, Fourc. 426, n. 95. Vill. 190, n. 176. 



Ichneumon compunctor, Panz. ad S chaff. Icon. t. 224, f. 10 ? 



Subgenus 10. MESOCHORUS. 

 Mesochorus, Grav. 



1. MESOCHORUS SPLENDIDULUS. B. M. 

 Mesochorus splendidulus, Grav. ii. 965, 333. 



2. MESOCHORUS THORACICUS. B.M. 

 Mesochorus thoracicus, Grav. ii. 971, 334. 



3. MESOCHORUS TESTACEUS. B. M. 

 Mesochorus testaceus, Grav. ii. 973, 335. 



4. MESOCHORUS SCUTELLATUS. B. M. 

 fUesochorus scutellatus, Grav. ii. 973, 336. 



