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Sp. 20. P. conterminus. Mas. Rufo-testaceus, abdomine 

 postice nigricante ; antennis corpore brevioribus. (Long, 

 corp. 1 ; alar. 2 lin.) 



Perilitus conterminus. N. ab Ess. Monogr. 32, Sp. 4. 



Caput rufo-testaceum ; stemmaticum fuscum : palpi fere quales 

 sequenti, modo rnaxillarium articulus l mi » s . minus abbreviatus ; 

 deinde 2 dus . 3 tius . crescentes : antennae corpore breviores, fili- 

 formes, 18 — 21-articulatae, fuscae basi rufescentes : thorax rufo- 

 testaceus, scuti sulculis impunctatis : metathorax laeviusculus, 

 inasqualis, areis ordinariis ob colorem distinctioribus : segmentum 

 l mum . gracile, medio tuberculatum, dehinc in apicem lineare, 

 petiolo dimidio latius, vix aciculatum, rufo-testaceum : abdomen 

 ovato-orbiculatum, nigrum antice rufescens : pedes immaculati : 

 alae fere ut in P. cerealium, sed areola radialis adhuc minor, quasi 

 semilunata. 



Variat corpore fere toto castaneo vel piceo, segmento l mo . tantum 

 rufo. De femina consulendus N. ab Ess. I. I. conferenda quoque 

 sequentis varietas y. 



Habitat Germaniam, N. ab Ess. ; Hiberniam occidentalem ; autumno 

 pluries lectus. 



Sp. 21. P. secalis. Fem. Niger, antennis basi, ore, orbita 

 pedibusque ferrugineis ; alis hyalinis ; aculeo dhnidii ab- 

 dominis longitudine. (Long. corp. H ; alar. S\ lin.) 



Ichneumon secalis. Linn. Fna. Suec. 1641. 



Fern.— Statura P. cerealium. Palpi discrepant ab illo ; rnaxillarium 

 articulus l mus . brevissimus, 3 tius . 2 do . longior et crassior, 4 tus . 

 adhuc longior, 6 tus . illo brevior at 5 t0 . paulo longior ; labiales 

 3-articulati, articulus l mus . obconicus, 2 dus . et 3 tius . breviores 

 ovati: antenna; 21 — 25-articulata2, corpore parum breviores fili- 

 formes, basi sordide rufescentes : metathorax nitidiusculus vage 

 punctatus : segmentum l™um # f ere ut m m Q efformatum, longitu- 

 dinaliter striatum : pedes ferruginei, coxis posticis basi, tarsis 

 apice fuscis : alas quam P. cerealium ampliores, hyabnae, nervis et 

 stigmate fuscescentibus, radice et squamulis obscure stramineis : 

 stigma late ovato-lanceolatum. 



Var. /3. — Duplo minor (Long. corp. 1 lin.) antennis 19 — 20-arti- 

 culatis. 



Var. y. — Adhuc fere minor, rufo-testaceus, abdomine postice nigri- 

 cante : antennae 18-articulatae, apice fuscae : thoracis dorsum 



