lOHKEUMONID/E. ICHNEUMON. 153 



radiceni ininuloque tihiarum et tarsorum albis. (Long. corp. 5| liu. ; Exp. 

 Alar, 9§ lin.) 



Ic. biannulatus. Gravenhont.—Stepk. Catal. 347. No. 4343. 



Black : spot on the mandibles^ internal orbits, and a spot on the occipital 

 ones, white; thorax with 2 white dots at the base of the wings; scutellum 

 with 2 white dots at the apex ; abdomen with the.basal segment aciculated, 

 3 following rather depressed, slightly aciculated, rest shining; legs black; 

 anterior femora straw-coloured within ; 4 anterior tibiae white, black 

 within, and the apex of the middle pair entirely black; posterior black, 

 white towards the base ; anterior tarsi ferruginous ; 4 posterior brown- 

 black, with the basal joint white; wings smoky-hyaline ; stigma, costa, and 

 scales fuscous. 

 Very rare : found within the metropolitan district, in June. 



Sp. 73. pistorius. Niger, annulo aniennarum et tibiarum punctisque adradicem 

 alarum, albis j mas orbitis internis oculorum albis. (Long. corp. 7| — 8 lin. j 

 Exp. Alar. 12 lin.) 



Ic. pistorius. Gravenhorst, i. 231. — Sieph. Nomen. 2d edit. col. 133. 



Black : inner orbits white in the male ; antennae with about 6 joints towards 

 the middle white ; thorax with a streak or dot before the wings, and in the 

 male with frequently a dot beneath them and the upper edge of the collar 

 white; metathorax white; legs black; anterior femora beneath white or 

 ochreous ; tibise white, with the apex black, anterior and sometimes also 

 the middle entirely white beneath : anterior tarsi of the male generally with 

 the 1st joint white at the base beneath; wings smoky-hyaline in the females, 

 ochreous-hyaline, with a purplish tinge at the tip in the males ; stigma rusty 

 or fuscous, costa and scales blackish, with a white dot on the last occa- 

 sionally. 

 Also rare : taken at Darenth, in June. 



Sp. 74. pallipes. Niger, tibiis albis: mas femoribus albido maculatis; foennina 

 aniennarum annulo et orbitis oculorum frontalibus albis. (Long. corp. 6 — 8 

 lin.; Exp. Alar. 11—134 lin.) 



Ic. pallipes. Gravenhorst. — Steph. Catal. 347. No. 4350. 



Black : mandibles sometimes red in the male, and the inner orbits obscurely 

 pale ; female with the tip of the palpi pale, the frontal orbits slightly whitish, 

 the external red; antennse of the female with 8 or 10 white joints towards 

 the middle, rusty beneath : thorax often with 2 white spots at the base of 

 the wings and 1 beneath ; scutellum white ; abdomen blue-black, with the 

 extreme edge of the margins somewhat castaneoiis; legs black, 4 anterior 

 femora ochreous or ferruginous in front, posterior fuscous, with a pale line 

 above and below, or with a whitish spot at the base ; tibiae white or whitish, 

 the apex sometimes dusky or black ; posterior with the base and apex black ; 

 tarsi whitish or ochreous, posterior pair brownish or black ; wings smoky- 



