ICHNEUMONID-E.— ICHNEUMON. 191 



Sp. 179. semirufus. Niger, segmentis 1-4 tihiisque anticis rufis : mas orbitis 

 oculorum internis albis ; foemina antennarum annulo albo. (Long. corp. 3 — 4 

 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 5 — 6 lin.) 



Ic. semirufus. Gravenhorst, i. 488. — Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. col. 136. 



Black : inner orbits^ of the male, and sometimes a dot on the sides of the 

 clypeus, white; antennae somewhat rusty beneath, of the female Involuted, 

 with about the 10th to 16th joints white above; thorax with a whitish dot 

 beneath and before the wings ; scutellum white, or at the apex only in the 

 male, in which sex the abdomen has the basal segment black, with its tip 

 reddish, the 3 following red, the sides of the 5th sometimes reddish at the 

 base ; of the female the 4 basal segments are red, wath the peduncle black, 

 the 4th dusky on the sides, and the remainder black ; legs with the femora 

 black, the anterior beneath, more or less, and the middle at the apex, 

 yellowish or tawny; tibiae red, the posterior pair black at the tip, the 

 anterior in the male yellowish within ; anterior tarsi red, posterior fuscous. 

 Not very uncommon, near London, in June and July. 



Sp. 173. orbitalis. Niger abdomine rufo, apice nigro, tihiis riifis, posticis apice 

 nigro, annulo antennarum et orbitis oculorum internis albis. (Long. corp. 

 3— 4J lin.; Exp. Alar. 6—Q}^ lin.) 



Ic. orbitalis. Gravenhorst, i. 490. — Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. col. 136. 



Black : inner orbits, part of the outer, and a spot on the mandibles, yellowish- 

 white ; antennae porrect, with about the 12th to 16th joints white above 

 and on the sides ; thorax with a minute whitish dot beneath the wings ; 

 scutellum whitish ; abdomen with the basal segment chestnut-red, the 

 peduncle black, 3 following chestnut-red, the margins of the 4th occasionally 

 blackish, remainder black, the extreme edges with a palish tint ; legs with 

 the 4 anterior femora ferruginous beneath, black above and within ; posterior 

 black, with the base red, or red, with the apex black ; tibiae red, 4 anterior 

 more or less fuscous without, and the posterior black at the tip; wings 

 hyaline ; cellule somewhat 3-angular. 

 Apparently rare ; found near London in July. 



Sp. 174. persecutor. Niger, annulo antennarum orbitisque oculorum internis 

 albis, segmentis 2-4 rufis. (Long. corp. 3 lin.; Exp. Alar. 5 lin.) 



Ic. persecutor. Gravenhorst, i. 491. — Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. col. 136. 



Black: facial orbits very delicate and white; antennae porrect, with the 13th 

 to 16th joints white above ; scutellum white; abdomen with the 2nd to 4th 

 segments red, the 7th faintly edged with whitish; legs black, with the 

 anterior femora at the apex and their tibise on the lower side tawny-whitish ; 

 middle femora at the extreme tip and lower edge of the tibise, with the 

 extreme base, fulvescent ; wings smoky-hyaline ; cellule 5-angular. 

 Also taken near London in July, but not common. 



Sp. 175. sedulus. Niger, abdomine rufo, apice nigro, fimoribus rufis nigro 

 maculatis, tibiis rufis posticis apice nigro, orbitis oculorum lincaquc ante alas 



