ICHNEUMONID/E.— ICHNEUMON. 169 



ginous, the tibiae and tarsi all pale saffron ; wings yellowish-hyaline, with 



the stigma and costa pale safFronj the scales yellow. 

 This beautiful insect appears to be very rare : I remember to have 

 seen but 4 specimens only, 2 in my own collection, and the others in 

 those of Messrs. Davis and Newman ; it is found near London, and 

 Eabricius describes it as a British species. 



Sp. Hi. septemguttatus. Niger, orhitis internis oculormn, punctis ad alarum 

 radicem, maculaque segmentorum 6 et 7 albis, femoribus anterioribus apice 

 riifis, tibiis rujis, posticarum apice nigro. (Long. corp. 5^ lin.; Exp. Alar. 

 9 lin.) 



Ic. septemguttatus. Gravenhorst, i. 320. — Steph. Nomen. '2d edit. col. 134. 



Black : palpi and middle of the mandibles red ; clypeus with a double straw- 

 coloured spotj and inner orbits whitish; basal joint of the antennae beneath 

 white; thorax with a dot before the wings, a streak below them^ and the 

 scutellum white ; abdomen with the 2nd and 3rd segments red^, the 6th 

 with a dorsal spot, and the 7th entirely white; legs with the 4 anterior 

 femora beneath and at the tip red; tibiae red, the posterior black at the 

 tip, tarsi red, hinder dusky at the apex ; wings smoky-hyaline, stigma pale 

 saflTron, costa reddish, scales black. 

 Found, but very rarely, near London. 



Sp. 115. subcylindricus. Niger, ahdomine snhcylindrico segmeniis 2 et 3 rujis, 

 6 et 7 macula, alba, femoribus anterioribus tibiisque rvfis : foemina antennarum 

 annulo albo ; mas facie Jlaua. (Long. corp. 6 lin.; Exp. Alar. 10§ lin.) 



Ic. subcylindricus. Gravenhorst, i. 321. — Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. col. 134. 



Black: antennae with the 11th to 14th joints white above; thorax generally 

 with a minute white dot beneath the wings ; scutellum white ; abdomen 

 rather narrow, somewhat cylindric, the 2nd to 4th segments of equal width, 

 the 2nd and 3rd red, the 6th and 7th with a white dorsal spot; 4 anterior 

 legs red, with the coxae and trochanters and base of the middle femora 

 black; posterior black; tibia and tarsi red, the apex of the first dusky ; 

 wings smoky-hyaline, with the stigma red, costa fuscous, scales rufescent. 

 Taken near London, very rarely. 



Sp. 116. punctus. Niger, orhitis internis oculorum punctis duobus ad radicevi 

 alarum, puncloque segmentorum ultimorum, alhis, segmentis 2 et 3, nee non 

 lateribus aut basi i<-ti, ruJis, tibiis anticis stranmieis. (Long. corp. 5§ lin. ; 

 Exp. Alar. 10 lin.) 



Ic. punctus. Gravenhorst, i. 325. — Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. col. 134. 



Black: palpi reddish; inner orbits white; antenna? with the basal joint 

 whitish beneath ; thorax with two indistinct streaks or dots at the base of 

 the wings; scutellum white; abdomen thickly pimctured, basal segment 

 with its apex chestnut, 2nd and 3rd dull red, 4th reddish on the sides, 5th 

 entirely black, the following with a white marginal dot, and the 7th entirely 



