BRITISH CHRYSIDID,E. 159 



Ichneumon semiauratus, Fab. Mant. 269. 127. Ent. System. 

 II. 184. 210. 

 Id. splendens . Fab. Ent. Syst. Sup. 229. 211. $ 



Cleptes splendens . . Fab. Piez. 155. 3. 

 Ichneumon auratus . . Panz. F. G. 52. I. ? Cleptes. 

 Panz. Krit. Rev. II. 95. 

 Id. semiauratus, Panz. F. G. 51. 2. $ Cleptes. 



Panz. Krit. Rev. II. 95. 

 Id. id. Rossi. II. 8vo. 78. 790. 



In the male. Head, first joint of the antennae, and thorax, of a 

 brilliant metallic green or blue, and very much punctured, espe- 

 cially the vertex and the prothorax ; the metathorax rugose : 

 the wings slightly fuscous, with an iridescent reflection ; the 

 nervures piceous : the legs testaceous, excepting the femora, which 

 are all of the same colour as the thorax ; but the posterior ones 

 are above testaceous, which becomes fuscous towards the apex : 

 the extreme tip of the coxae, the four posterior trochanters, and 

 the extreme base of the femorae, are red : the tarsi dusky : the 

 abdomen shining testaceous, with tbe marginal half of the third 

 segment black, and the fourth and fifth of a steely-blue. 



In the female, the head and thorax are of a rich coppery-red, or 

 gold-colour, less deeply punctured than in the male : the antennae 

 testaceous; the eight apical joints fuscous: the wings with a 

 clouded fascia passing over the base of the space apportioned to 

 the submarginal cells and the discoidal cells, and another dark 

 cloud towards the apex : the legs entirely testaceous : the abdo- 

 men the same, except the black margin of the third segment, as 

 in the male, and the fourth of a metallic blue or green : ovipositor 

 exserted. (Length, 3 — 3^ lines ; expansion of the wing, 5 lines.) 



This species has been found all round the metropolis. 

 Mr. Westwood once took it in numbers at Chelsea ; it has 

 occurred near Southgate, captured by Mr. Walker ; and it has 

 been taken in the Regent's Park. I have taken males this 

 year at Old Brompton. St. Fargeau considers that it is para- 

 sitic on a Tenthredo. 



Sp. 2. CI. nitidula. Rossi. 



Latr. Hist. Nat. T. XIII. 236. 2. Le Pelet. An. du 

 Mm. VII. 119. 2. Fab. Piez. 154. 2. 

 Ichneumon nitidulus. Rossi, II. Fab. Ent. System. 184. 

 211. Coquebert, 19. PI. 4. Fig. 5. 



