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DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW CANADIAN ICHNEUMONID^. 



BY E. T. CRESSON, PHILADELPHIA, PA. 



1. Banchus flavescens. — %. Pale yellow; a bilobed mark behind 

 antennae, extending between tbem downward upon middle of face, band 

 across vertex from eye to eye, covering ocelli, posterior margin of occiput 

 maxillary palpi, two apical joints of labial palpi, antennae above, stripe on 

 middle of mesothorax, dilated anteriorly, a stripe on each side over the 

 wings, basal suture of scutellum, base of metathorax, broader laterally, spot 

 on each side of pleura posteriorly, posterior ooxse within, their femora beneath 

 apex of their, tibise, and a broad band at base of four basal segments of 

 abdomen, black; antennae longer than body, slender at tips; scutellum with 

 ^ an acute dusky spine ; wings, hyaline, faintly yellowish, nervures brown, 

 stigma and costa pale honey-yellow ; posterior coxse and femora stained with 

 ferruginous; abdomen shining, short, apex broad, truncate and compressed. 

 Length five lines. 



Ilab.— Ottawa, C. W. (Mr. Billings.) Coll. Am. Ent. Soc. 

 ^ 2. Banchus BOREALis. — %. Pale ferruginous, shining; orbits, clypeus 



mandibles, palpi, and four anterior legs yellowish; stripe down middle of 

 face, spot beneath eyes, two spots behind antennas, band across vertex from 

 eye to eye, covering ocelli, posterior margin of occiput, three broad stripes, 

 sometimes only one, on mesothorax, basal sutures of scutellum and meta- 

 thorax, spot on pleura beneath, posterior coxae within and at base beneath, 

 line on posterior femora beneath, and a sub-basal fascia, sometimes irregular, 

 on second and following segments of abdomen above, becoming less distinct 

 on apical segments, black; sometimes the pleura is black with a large fer- 

 ruginous spot on each side ; posterior tibise dusky at apex ; wings yellowish- 

 hyaline, subviolaceous, slightly dusky at apex, nervures brown, stigma and 

 ^ costa honey-yellow; antennae brown above; scutellum with an acute spine ; 

 metathorax rugulose, posterior angles prominent ; abdomen smooth and 

 shining, first segment with prominent stigmatic tubercles. Length 5 J lines. 



Hab. — Ottawa, (Billings); London^ (Saunders). Coll. Am. Ent. Soc. 



