ICHNEtTMONID.E.— -ICHNiEUMON. 1^9 



Sp. 139. oratorius. Niger, annulo antennarum ei tihiarum alho^ segmentis 1 et 

 2 margine, 6 et 1 dor. to albis ; m-xs facie et lineolis ad alarum radicem alMs, 

 (Long. coip. 6—7 lin.j Exp. Alar. 10—11 lin.) 



Ic. oratorius. Pahricius. — /Sitejo/j. CflifaZ. 347. iVb. 4349. 



Black : mouth, face, and frontal orbits white, or the inner or})its only of the 

 female; antemiaj porrect, with the 1st joint white beneath, the 10th to 15th, 

 more or less, white above, of the female incurved ; thorax of the male with 

 a line before the wings, or beneath them, and the scutellum white ; meta- 

 thorax also white • abdomen of the male narrower than the thorax, of the 

 female oblong-oVate, the 1st segment with the edge or a marginal spot white, 

 Snd the same, 3rd, of the male, with the margins also white ; the 6th and 

 7th with a white marginal dot or spot • legs black, 4 anterior coxse and 

 trochanters in the male white ; femora beneath and at the tip, tibise within 

 and at the base, and the tarsi dull white, the tips of these last fuscous ; 

 posterior tibije with a broad ring towards the base, and the posterior tarsi 

 blackish ; wings smoky-hyaline. 



The white markings on the anterior segments of the abdomen vary considerably 

 in different individuals. 

 Not uncommon in the vicinity of the metropolis towards the end of 



June ; found also at Netley, &c. 



Sp. 140. atramentarius. Niger, f acie, anmdo tihiarum, punctoque segmentorum 

 1,2 et 7 albis. (Long. corp. 5| — 6 lin.; Exp. Alar. 11 lin.) 



Ic. atramentarius. Gravenhorst, i. 397. — Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. col. 135. 



Black: face and clypeus white, the last with a black marginal spot; frontal 

 orbits and scutellum white ; abdomen with a small white dot in the middle 

 of the edge of the basal segment, and another on the 2nd, the 7th with a 

 dorsal white spot ; legs with the 4 anterior femora having a longitudinal line 

 and the knees white ; 4 anterior tibise white, with the base and outer apes 

 black, posterior with a broad white ring towards the base; wings slightly 

 smoky-hyaline. 

 Rather uncommon; found occasionally within the metropolitan 



district, but more abundantly in Salop, about the end of June. 



§ VII. Scutellum pale : abdomen either with pale marks, or the segments 

 generally yellow, with the last one always black. 



Sp. 141. quadrifasciatus. Niger, facie, maculis duahus metathoracis, segm.entoruvi 

 1-4 marginibusjjlavis, pedibusf avis, nigra maculatis. (Long. corp. 8 lin.; 

 Exp. Alar. 15 lin.) 



Ic quadrifasciatus. Gravenhorst, i. 402. — Steph. Nome^i. 2d edit. col. 135. 



Black : mouth and face yellow ; antennte with the basal joint beneath the 

 same ; thorax with a streak before, one beneath, the wings, and 2 on the 

 metathorax, and the scutellum, yellow ; abdomen with the basal segment 

 yellow, with a black pedvmcle, the 2nd yellow, half black at the tip, 3rd. 

 yelloW; with the base black, 4th the same, or with a black triangular spot 



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