BRITISH ICHNEUMONID^l. 113 



one specimen nearly entirely fusco-femiginous ; all the trochanters, 

 which are very short, black ; hinder legs black ; the femora regular, 

 and the tibiae not notched; the terminal joint of the anterior tarsi 

 dusk} T . Abdomen nearly cylindrical ; from the first to the third 

 segments punctate; first segment very long, with a transverse 

 depression before its apex ; second segment a little broader, about 

 half the length of the first, with a lunular depression at the basal 

 angles, and a small fovea on each side beyond the middle ; third 

 segment two-thirds of the length of the second ; fourth as long as 

 the seventh ; fifth and sixth short, equal ; the third to the fifth ven- 

 tral segments cultriform ; the terebra inserted in the fifth, colour 

 red ; the ovipositors in the terminal abdominal segments ; the 

 apexes of the whole a little dilated, but ending in a sharp point. 

 Length 7 lines 



In Mr. Desvignes' collection. (Bewdley). 



3. XYLONOMUS PILICOBNIS. B. M. 

 Xylonomus pilicornis, Grav. iii. 833, 9. Curt. Brit. Ent. pi. 353. 



4. XYLONOMUS GRAVENHOESTII. B. M. 

 Xylonomus Gravenhorstii, Curt. Brit. Ent. under folio 353. 



Subgenus 2. XOBIDES. 

 Xorides, Grav. 



1. XORIDES NITENS. B. M. 

 <j>. Xorides nitens, Grav. iii. 847, 13. 



2. XORIDES ALBITAESUS. B. M. 

 $ . Xorides albitarsus, Grav. iii. 849, 15. 



3. XORIDES SCUTELLABIS, n. s. B. M. 



$ . Facie flava. $ . Orbitis oculorum internis flavis. Scutello 



flavo. Pedibus rvfis, anterioribus maris dilute croceis ; coxis 



et trochanterilus pallidioribus ; tibiis et tarsis posticis, $ et 



$ fnigris aut nigro-fuscis. (Aculeo abdomine paulio longiore). 



Head, # face and frontal orbits, $ inner orbits yellow ; 

 palpi of the $ pale; of the $ ferruginous. Antenna slender, 

 subfiliform, half the length of the body; first joint of the $ 



