88 CATALOGUE OF 



10. EPHIALTES MEDIATOR. B. M. 



Ephialtes mediator, Grav. iii. 256, 115. 



9 . Ichneumon scurra, Panz. Faun. Germ. 92, t. 6. 



Pimpla mediator, Fab. Piez. 117, n. 23. 



1 1. EPHIALTES RUFICOLLIS, n. s. B. M. 



Thorace dorso et pectore rufis vel fulms. Pedibus fulvis ; coxis 

 anterioribus flavis. Abdomine nigro badio ; segmentis nigro 

 annulatis. Aculeo longitudine corporis. 



Head : face with a silvery pubescence ; mouth ferruginous ; 

 palpi pale. Antennae half the length of the body, obscure red 

 towards the base, the apical half much lighter. Mesothorax : scu- 

 tellum, a line below it and breast red ; a dot before the wings red- 

 dish yellow. Stigma and base of the wings pale testaceous ; areolet 

 triangular or oblique. Legs fulvous or red ; the four anterior coxae 

 yellow ; hinder tarsi fuscous. Abdomen linear ; first segment quad- 

 rate, or nearly so, blackish, punctate ; second segment elongate ; 

 third to the fifth of equal length, but longer than broad, rufo-piceous, 

 the margins of each shining black, underneath pale yellow. Acu- 

 leus very slender, as long as the body ; terebra red. Length 5 6 

 lines. 



Subgenus20. RHYSSA. x 

 Rhyssa, Grav. 



1. RHYSSA PERSUASORIA. B. M. 



Rhyssa persuasoria, Grav. iii. 267, 119. 



Ichneumon persuasoria, Linn. Faun. Suec. n. 1593. Degeer, i. t. 



36, f. 8. Sulzer, Gesch. t. 26, f. 12. Gmel. Syst. Nat. 2618, 



n. 16. Panz. Faun. Germ. 19, t. 18. 

 Pimpla persuasoria, Fab. Piez. 112, n. 1. Step. Mand. vii. pi. 



xxxix. f. 1. 



Genus 6. METOPIUS. 

 1. METOPIUS DISSECTORIUS. B. M. 



Metopius dissectorius, Panz. Faun. Ins. Germ. 98, 14. 

 Metopius sicarius, Grav. iii. 291, 1. 



