' ICHNEUMONIDiE. — ICHNEUMON. 203 



the base and at the apex, trochanters clear red, femora dusky red, tibiae 

 pale red ; tarsi brownish above ; wings yellowish-hyaline. 

 Also rare, and found in June, near London. 



Sp. 209. parvulus. Niger, segmentis ^ et S femoribus tibiisque rufis. (Long. 



corp. 2 lin.; Exp. Alar. 3| lin.) 

 Ic. parvulus. Gravenhorst, i. 591. — Steph. Nomen. Qdedii. col. 137. 

 Black : abdomen oblong-ovate, as wide and as long as the head and thorax, 



the 2nd segment entirely, and the base and sides of the 3rd, red ; legs red, 



with the coxae and trochanters black ; wings narrow, smoky-hyaline ; 



cellule somewhat 5-angular. 



Not common ; found in June within the metropolitan district. 



Sp. 210. opprimator. Niger, segmentis 2-4- rufis, pedibus rufis, posticis nigro 

 maculatis : mas ore et antennis subtus fulvis ; foemina antennis basin versus 

 rufis. (Long. corp. 2\ — 3 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 4 — 5 J lin.) 



Ic. opprimator. Gravenhorst, i. 595. — Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. col. 137. 



Black : male with the mouth fulvous, and the antennse porrect and fuscous, 

 beneath fulvous; of the female with the 2nd to 5th joints red, remainder 

 fuscous ; abdomen with the basal segment black, with its tip reddish, 3 

 following red, the margin of the 3rd often black ; legs red, posterior with 

 the coxae generally black at the base, rarely entirely red, or totally black, 

 femora either red, with the apex black, or black, with the base red ; tibise 

 black at the tip : all the coxae, and the middle trochanters and femora, are 

 sometimes black at the base. 

 Taken, but not commonly, in the vicinity of London, in June. 



Sp. 211. ruficoxatus. Niger, segmentis 1-3 coxisque rufis. (Long. corp. 2J — 

 3 lin.; Exp. Alar. 34— 4.| lin.) 



Ic. ruficoxatus. Gravenhorst, i. 597. — Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. col. 137. 



Black : antennae curved, rusty-brown, with the basal j6int black ; abdomen 

 with the 3 basal segments red, or chestnut-red, rarely fulvous, or with the 

 base of the 4ith segment red ; legs with the coxae chestnut-red, the tro- 

 chanters either red, or with the base black ; 4 anterior femora either red, 

 black at the base above, or black, with the extreme base and apex, and the 

 lower side, red, the middle pair being generally more black; posterior 

 either totally black, or with the extreme base red ; 4 anterior tibise either 

 entirely red, with the outer side fuscescent, or black, with the inner edge 

 fulvous; posterior either red, with the apex black, or black, more or less 

 ferruginous towards the base ; tarsi rusty-brown, anterior palest. 

 Found at Hertford, in June. 



Sp. 212. mutabilis. Niger, segmentis 2-4 rufis, femoribus tibiisque anierioribus 

 nee non tibiarum posticarum medio, rufis, stigmaie alarum fusco. (Long. corp. 

 3— 4 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 5— 6^ lin.) 



Ic. mutabilis. Gravenhorst, i. 599. — Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. col. 137. 



