IC!lNKUMOXIl),E. ICHNEUMON. JQ'J 



.ghiibusque segmeii.to7'um 4-7 al.Ms, segmeiiiis 2 et 3 rujis, summo margine 

 nigris. (Long. coip. 5\ — 7 lin.; Exp. Alar. 10 — 11 lin.) 

 Ic. Sartorius. Gravenhorst, i. 308. — Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. col. 134. * 

 Black : antennae involuted, with the 7th to 15th joints, more or less, dull white 

 above ; thorax silky, with 2 whitish dots at the base of the wings, and a 

 minute one before them; scutellum white; abdomen with the 2nd and 

 3rd segments pale saffron or red, with the extreme margins black, 4th and 

 5th with the dorsal margin, 6th and 7th with a dorsal spot, white; legs 

 black, the anterior femora sometimes rusty at the apex, tibise and tarsi pale 

 or ochreous beneath, posterior tibiae generally with a pale spot beneath ; 

 wings smoky-hyaliue ; stigma pale saffron, costa and scales black. 

 Not very uncommon within the metropolitan district in June and 

 July. 



Sp. 109. atripes. Niger, aiitennis subpallide annulatis, piincto infra alas, mar- 

 ginibusque segmentorum 6 et 7 alblis ; segmeritis 2 et 3 ru/is. (Long. corp. 

 6 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 10 lin.) 



Ic. atripes. Gravenhorst. — Steph. Catal. 349. JVo. 4432. 



Black: antennee with the 8th to 14th joints ferruginous beneath; thorax with 

 a white dot below the wings ; scutellum white; abdomen with the 2nd and 

 3rd segments pale red, the extreme margin of the 3rd red, the 6th and 7th 

 with a transverse marginal white line, abbreviated towards the sides ; legs 

 with the anterior tibiae and tarsi red, fuscous above, the middle dull ferru- 

 ginous, above black ; wings smoky-hyaline, with the stigma red, costa and 

 scales brown. 

 Found, but very rarely, near London. 



Sp. 110. uniguttatus. Niger, puncto dorsali segmenti 7-imi albo ; vaas seg~ 

 mento 2 toto nee non 3 hasi rufts : foemina segmentis 2 et 3 rttfis. (Long. corp. 

 6 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 9| lin.) 



Ic. uniguttatus. Gravenhorst, i. 310. — Steph. JSomen. 2d edit. col. 134. 



Black : thorax of the male with a white dot below the wings, and sometimes 

 another before them; scutellum white; abdomen with the 2nd segment red, 

 the 3rd in the male black, with the base and sides red, in the female red, 

 with sometimes the margin black ; the 7th with a small dorsal white spot, 

 occasionally nearly obsolete in the male ; legs of the female with the anterior 

 femora beneath rusty-red ; of the male, the anterior red, with the coxae and 

 trochanters black, or black, with the tibiae beneath and tips of the femora 

 yellowish, the middle either black, or with the apex of the femora and outer 

 edge of the tibis reddish ; wings smoky-hyaline, with the stigma dusky or 

 reddish, costa and scales black ; the last in the male with a white dot. 

 Also rare : I have an example which was taken near London in 



June. 



Sp. 111. ornatorius. Niger, segmentis 2 et 3 riifis, viarginibus nigris. ultimis 



