ICHNEUMONlDyE. lOHKEUMON. 197 



Rare : found near London, in the middle of June, and in Shrop- 

 shire. 



Sp. 190. apricus. Niger, segmento 2-do nee non angulis baseos 3-tii castaneis, 

 orbitis oculorum internis; punctoque infrh alas albidis. (Long. corp. 4§ lin. ; 

 Exp. Alar. 6 lin.) 



Ic. apricus. Gravenhorst, i. 553. — Steph.Nomen. 2d edit. col. 136. 



Black : facial orbits, a transverse line on the clypeus, and dot beneath the 

 antennae white ; thorax with a dot below the wings and an obscure one 

 before them white ; abdomen with the 2nd segment dull chestnut, and the 

 basal angles of the 3rd the same ; legs with the anterior femora on one side 

 entirely, and the middle pair at the apex, whitish, 4 anterior tibiae whitish 

 beneath, posterior fuscous towards the base ; wings smoky-hyaline ; cellule 

 somewhat 3-angular. 

 Not common : found in June at Coombe wood. 



Sp. 191. melanocastanus. Niger, abdomine castaneo bast nigra, femoribus 

 anterioribus rufis, macula nigra, tibiis anterioribus nifis ; foemina antennarum 

 annulo albo. (Long. corp. 5 — 6| lin.; Exp. Alar. 9 — 11 lin.) 



Ic. melanocastanus. Gravenhorst. — Steph. Catal. 347. No. 4368. 



Black : antennae porrect, incurved in the female, and with about the 8th to 

 14th joints white above, rusty beneath; abdomen of the male narrower than 

 the thorax, the margin of the 2nd segment chestnut, the 3rd fuscous, with 

 the apex reddish, or entirely red, 4th to 6th entirely of a chestnut-red, or 

 with 2 fuscous spots on the disc, 7th totally chestnut-red ; of the female as 

 wide as the thorax, with the apex obtuse and faintly compressed, dull 

 chestnut, with the 1st segment and base of the 2nd black ; legs with the 

 coxae and trochanters black ; 4 anterior femora generally red, with the base 

 more or less black within, hinder pair black, rusty at the base ; 2 or 4 

 anterior tibiae testaceous-red, with the tip of the middle pair dusky, posterior 

 black, with the base ferruginous. 



Sometimes all the femora are rusty-chestnut, with the base black. 



Not uncommon, at Coombe and Darenth wood, in June ; found 



also in other parts of the country, as the New Forest, &c. 



Sp. 192. castanopyga. Aterrimus, abdominis apice rufo'Castaneo nitido : mas 

 orbitis oculorum internis albis ; foemina annulo antennarum albo. (Long. corp. 

 5—6 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 9— lOi lin.) 



Tc. castanopyga. Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. col. 137. 



Deep black : metathorax shagreened ; male with the inner orbits white ; 

 antennae porrect ; female with the antennse incurved, and about the 9th to 

 15th joints white above; thorax of the male with 3 irregular white spots 

 and lines at the base of the wings ; abdomen with the 4 basal segments 

 deep obscure black, the 3 apical ones bright glossy chestnut, of the female 

 with the 2 basal segments deep black, the remainder chestnut-red ; legs in 



