ICHNEUMONID.E. — ICHXEUMOy. 181 



Black: mouth, face, and orbits yellow; antennte with the 2 basal joints 

 beneath the same ; thorax with a dot below the wings, a streak before 

 ascending to the collar, a dot or transverse line beneath the scutellum, 

 margin of the collar, a trilobed spot, or 2 small ones on the metathorax, 

 and the scutellum yellow ; abdomen with the basal joints yellow, with a 

 spot near the tip, and the base of the peduncle black, 2nd to 4th tawny- 

 yellow, the edge of the last sometimes black; 4 anterior legs dull yellow, 

 coxae and trochanters generally black at the base, posterior paler black, 

 with the base of the tibiae yellow ; wings hyaline. 

 Rather uncommon, at least within the metropolitan district, where 



it occurs in June. 



Sp. 145. defensorius. Niger, facie lined ante alas, segmentis 2-4, pedibusque 

 Jiavis, harum posticis nigro-maculatis. (Long. corp. 7 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 

 13 lin.) 

 '' Ic. defensorius. Gravenhorst, i. 408. — Steph. Nomen. 2d edit, col. 135. 



Black: mouth and face yellow; the basal joint of the antennse the same 

 beneath ; thorax with the upper edge of the neck, a streak before, and a dot 

 beneath, the wings, and one below the scutellum, and the scutellum yellow ; 

 metathorax slightly bispinose, with 2 obscure reddish spots; abdomen with 

 the 2nd to 4th segments dull reddish-yellow, with the sides and extreme 

 margins dusky ; 4 anterior legs entirely yellow, posterior with the coxae and 

 trochanters black, yellow at the tip, femora dark yellow, with a dark spot 

 in the middle ; tibiae yellow, black at the tip; tarsi tawny, dusky at the 

 apex; wings yellowish-hyaline. 

 Not common : found near London in June. 



Sp. 146. conspurcatus. Niger, lined ante alas, segmentis 2 et 3 totis, 4 margine 

 medio interrupto, tihiis et latere interno femorum jiavis, tibiis posticis apice 

 nigro. (Long. corp. 7 lin.; Exp. Alar. 13 lin.) 



Ic. conspurcatus. Gravenhorst, i. 409. — Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. col. 135. 



Black : clypeus with 2 minute yellow dots ; thorax with a streak before, and 

 line beneath, the wings and the scutellum yellow ; abdomen with the 2nd 

 and 3rd segments also yellow, generally with an irregular fuscous or reddish 

 dorsal spot on the margins, 4th with the margins interrupted with yellow 

 in the middle; legs with the coxae and trochanters black, the 4 former gene- 

 rally with a minute yellowish dot ; femora black, yellowish above; tibiae 

 dull yellow, posterior black at the tip, and sometimes dusky at the very 

 base ; wings somewhat smoky-hyaline. 

 Also rather scarce : taken in June near London. 



Sp. 147. bisignatus. Niger, facie et thoracejlavo-maculatis, segmentis 2 et 3-4 

 flavis, puncto marginali nigro, tibiis flavis, posticis apice nigro, stigmate alarum 

 fusco. (Long. corp. 8 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 14 lin.) 



Ic. bisignatus. Gravenhorst, i. 410 Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. col. 135. 



