ICHNEUMONID.E. — ICHNEUMON. 1^^ 



Sp. 134. triangulator. Niger, thorace pedibusque Jlavo mactdat is, facie abdomi" 

 neque fascia lata macuUsque 4 triangularibus flavis. (Long. corp. 74 Hn. • 

 Exp. Alar. 14 liii.) 



Ic. triangulator. StepJi. Nomm. 2d edit. Appendix. 



Black : face and basal joint of the antennae yellow ; thorax with the margins 

 of the collar, a spot below the wings and the scutellum, with this last 

 yellow ; abdomen with a broad yellow fascia at the base of the 2nd segment^ 

 indented in the middle, and a large triangular yellow spot on each side of 

 the 2 following segments, the terminal segment pale fulvous ; legs yellow, 

 4 anterior femora with a black spot behind towards the base, hinder pair 

 Mack, with the base and apex yellow, and hinder tibiae black at the tip; 

 posterior trochanters black at the base ; wings rather smoky-hyaline. 

 Also rare : found near London at the end of June. 



Sp. 135. erythropygus. Niger, lined ante alas, facie, segmentisque ^-^i^ flavis, his 

 margine nigra maculato, segmento 7 rifo marginato, pedibus anterioribus 

 flavis, posticis nigris, tibiis flavis apice nigra: fcemina orbitis internis oculorwm 

 flavis, annula antennarum alba. (Long, corp. 7 — 7 A lin. ; Exp. Alar. 12 — 14 

 lin.) 



Ic. erythropygus. Gravenhorst, i. S&l.—Steph. Nomen. 9,d edit. col. 135. 



Black: clypeus and face yellow, as well as the basal joints of the antenna? 

 beneath ; thorax with the margin of the collar, a streak below the wings, 

 and generally a line beneath the scutellum, and this last, yellow ; abdomen 

 with the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th segments yellow, with the margins more or less 

 black, especially in the middle, the remainder black, with the terminal one, 

 or the last 3, edged with red ; legs yellow ; hinder coxse black, with a 

 whitish dot at the tip, the trochanters, and 4 anterior femora behind, at the 

 base, the posterior pair in the middle, and the extreme tip of the hinder tibise 

 black ; tarsi fulvescent ; wings smoky-hyaline. 



Female with the inner orbits yellow and the antennae involuted, with about the 

 9th to 14th joints white above. 

 Common within the metropolitan district in June ; found also in 



Norfolk and near Netley. 



Sp. 136. palliatorius. Niger, metathorace subhispino, segmentis 2 et ^flavis 

 apice aut margine flavis, ana flava, tarsis tibiisque siraminea-flavis, Jiarum 

 posticis apice nigro ; mas facie et trochanteribus flavis : fcemina orlntis ocu-< 

 lorum internis flavis, antennis alba annulatis. (Long. corp. 6|— 8 lin. ; Exp. 

 Alar. 11— 13 lin.) 



Ic. palliatorius. Gravenhorst, i. 385.—Sleph. Nomen. 2d edit. col. 134. 



Black : face yellow, or inner orbits only in the female ; antennae reddish beneath, 

 with the basal joint yellow; of the female ferruginous, the 10th to 16th 

 above white, beneath fulvescent; thorax with a streak before the wings, 

 most distinct in the female, a dot beneath and the upper margin of the collar, 

 and the scutellum, yellow; metathorax armed with 2 short spines; abdomen 

 with the 2nd and 3rd segments yellow, the former black at the apex and 



Mandibulata, Vol. VII., Oct. 31st, 183-5. n». 



