ICHNEUMONID.^. ICHNEUMON. 147 



Sp. 56. gemellus. Niger, punctis duobus apicalibus sciitelli, duohiis ad radicem 

 alarum, orbitis oculorum, et antennarum articulo 1-mo subtits albis. (Long. 

 Corp. 5 — 6 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 10 lin.) 



Ic. gemellus. Gravenliorst, i. 201. — Steph. Nomen. 2d. edit. col. 132. 



Black : palpi, a spot on the mandibles, atid the orbits of the eyes^, internally 

 and externally, white ; antennae beneath, with the basal joint white, the 

 remainder reddish ; thorax with a dot before and another behind the wings, 

 and scutellum with 2 minute dots at the apex also white; abdomen with 

 the 2nd, 3rd, and sometimes the 4th segments slightly rufescent at the 

 incisures ; legs black, 4 anterior, with the tibiae and tarsi, and sometimes 

 the outer edge of the femora reddish, or straw-coloured, the 4 hinder tibias 

 more or less dusky, with the posterior pair rusty towards the base ; wings 

 smoky-hyaline, with the stigma, costa, and scales fuscous; cellule 3- 

 angular. 

 Found near London in June, not common. 



Sp. 57. binotatus. Niger, facie alba maculci nigra, iho7-acis lined laterali late- 

 ribus scutelli orbitisque oculorum externis albidis. (Long. corp. 5| lin. ; Exp. 

 Alar. 9 lin.) 



Ic. binotatus. Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. col. 132. 



Black: palpi fuscous; face white, with a large costal black patch; outer 

 orbits broadly whitish ; thorax with a broad white streak on the margin of 

 the collar, and a line below the wings ochreous ; scutellum with its lateral 

 margins whitish ; abdomen bluish-black, opaque, and delicately punctured ; 

 legs black ; anterior coxae with a white spot, their femora at the apex and 

 tibis in front also white ; middle femora and tibiae the same, rusty-brown 

 without; hinder tibiae slightly brownish towards the apex; 4 anterior tarsi 

 pale, posterior black ; wings smoky-hyaline, with the stigma, costa, and 

 scales black. 

 Rare : I possess 2 specimens taken many years since near London. 



Sp. 58. dumeticola. Niger, sericeus, orbitis oculorum internis, punctis duobus 

 ad alarum radicem albis, tibiis anterioribus infernejiavis. (Long. corp. 4—5 

 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 8— 9^ lin.) 



Ic. dumeticola. Gravenliorst, i, 203.— Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. col. 132. 



Silky-black : palpi, spot on the mandi[)les, side of the clypeus, and inner orbits 

 white; antennae dull ferruginous beneath, with the basal johit black ; thorax 

 with a mhmte white dot before the wings and another below them ; scutellum 

 more or less white ; abdomen ovate-lanceolate, finely punctured, with the 

 extreme margin of the 2nd and 3rd segments dull ferruginous, or straw- 

 coloured; legs black, 4 anterior, with the base of the tibiae and one side of 

 them, with that of the tarsi, whitish ; anterior femora internally, and middle 

 at the apex, straw-coloured ; tibial spines all white ; wings smoky-hyaline ; 



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