ICHNEUMONID.E. ICHNEUMON. 135 



whitish, the basal one smooth and rather narrowed towards the base ; 

 ovipositor black, slightly exserted ; legs rather thickened ; anterior ochreous, 

 rusty-brown above, the coxae and trochanters black ; posterior pair rusty- 

 brown, with the extreme tips of the trochanters and of the femora, as well 

 as the base of the tibiae and the spines at the apex rusty; antennae filiform. 

 with the tip incurved, basal joint chestnut beneath, 2nd to 8th black, 9th to 

 13th white, the rest black ; wings hyaline, with the costa and stigma black ; 

 scales ferruginous ; cellule somewhat triangular. 

 This is most probably a Phygadeuon. 

 Rare : found near London in July. 



6p. 23. clericus. Niger, facie et punctis ad radicem alarwn albis,femoribus 

 tibiisque riifis, posticis apice nigris. (Long. corp. 5^ lin.; Exp. Alar. 10 lin.) 



Ic. clericus. Gravenhorst, i. l-tO. — Steph. Nomen. 2dedit. col. 131. 



Black : mouth and face white ; labrum and tip of the mandibles ferruginous, 

 with a minute black dot impressed on. the sides of the clypeus ; thorax with 

 2 very minute white dots on each side, one before, the other beneath, the 

 wings ; legs red, coxse and trochanters black, posterior with the apex of the 

 femora and of the tibise, and the tarsi black; wings hyaline, somewhat 

 smoky ; stigma, costa, and scales black ; cellule somewhat triangular. 

 Rare : taken near London in July. 



Sp. 24. canaliculatus. Niger, facie Jiava,feinoribus tibiisque rufis, vertice sub- 

 quadrato. (Long. corp. 5 lin.; Exp. Alar. 7 lin.) 



Ic. canaliculatus. Gravenhorst, i. 141. — Steph. Nomen.2d edit. col. 131. 



Black: head with the crown subquadrate and somewhat transverse, not 

 narrowed towards the neck; face, mouth, and spot on the cheeks white; 



■ mandibles rusty at the tip ; palpi yellowish; abdomen with the 1st segment 

 a little dilated towards the apex, rough, opaque, with 2 elevated lines, the 

 2nd with the base rough, with 2 elevated longitudinal parallel lines, the 

 space between somewhat broadly channelled, the apex and the remaining 

 segments smooth and rather shining ; legs red, anterior with the coxse black 

 above, beneath red, with a yellow spot ; trochanters black, beneath straw- 

 colour, middle coxae black, trochanters as in the anterior, posterior with the 

 coxse black, the trochanters black, with the tip red ; tibise dusky, beneath 

 and towards the base bay; tarsi dusky; antennae porrect, the basal joint 

 white beneath ; wings hyaline, costa and stigma fuscous, scales white ; 

 cellule somewhat triangular. 

 Also rare, and found in the neighbourhood of London, in June. 



Sp. 25. stimulator. Niger, femoribus tibiisque rufis; foemina coxis posticis 

 calcaratis, antennis subannulatis ; mas coxis inuticis, anticis oreque fiavis. 

 (Long. corp. 2|— 4^ lin. ; Exp. Alar. 5 — 6§ lin.) 



Ic. stimulator. Gravenhorst, i. 143. — Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. col. 131. 



Black : palpi and mandibles red ; antennae incurved at the apex, red and fer- 



