ICHNEUMONID.E. — MESOLEPTUS. 213 



Me. sericeus. Gravenhorst, ii. l*. — Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. Gen. 714. 3, 

 Blackj clothed with a delicate griseous pubescence ; mouth testaceous - 

 antennae porrect, fuscous, ferruginous beneath and testaceous at the base • 

 abdomen narrower than the thorax, somewhat clavate, the basal segment 

 long and very smooth, and all with the extreme edge somewhat testaceous; 

 legs slender, testaceous, with the upper side of the hinder coxse and of the 

 posterior femora brown-black ; wings iridescent ; cellule irregularly 3-an- 

 gular, subpetiolated. 

 Taken, but very rarely, near London, in June. 



Sp. 4. limitaris. Niger, pedibus rufis, ore rufo aut Jiavicanie, antennis subtiis 

 testaceis, segmentis uUimis albido murginatis. (Long. corp. 2| — 4 lin.; Exp. 

 Alar. 4§ — 6\ lin.) 



Me. limitaris. Gravenhorst, ii. 14 — Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. Gen. 714. 4. 



Black: mouth yellowish, or red, mandibles fuscous at the tip; antennse 

 porrect, the apex recurved, fuscous, reddish beneath, the basal joint some- 

 times yellow below ; thorax occasionally, with a dot before the wings, and 

 a spot on the breast, chestnut; scutellum sometimes reddish; abdomen 

 fusiform, the 4th to 7th segments on the lateral edge and on the extreme 

 margins whitish; legs red, with the 2 or 4 anterior coxae and trochanters 

 yellowish, tibiae yellowish, posterior sometimes fuscescent at the tip ; hinder 

 tarsi fuscescent; wings ample, hyaline; cellule 5-angular. 

 Not very uncommon : found in July near London. 



Sp. 5. infernalis. Niger, tihiis anticis etfemorum anticorum apice rufis. (Long, 

 corp. 21 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 4 lin.) 



Me. infernalis. Gravenhorst, ii. 16. — Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. Gen. 714. 5. 



Black : antennae rather above half the length of the body ; abdomen scarcely 

 narrower than the thorax, oblong-ovate, clavate, the basal segment a little 

 dilated towards the apex, the remainder with the margins somewhat glau- 

 cescent ; legs moderate, anterior with the femora red, black at the base, 

 tibiae red, posterior obsoletely testaceous within; wings hyaline, iridescent; 

 cellule 3-angular, petiolated. 

 Found near London in June, not common. 



Sp. 6. Evanialis. Niger, abdomine subcompresso, pedibus rufis, coxis nigris, 

 tarsis posticis nee non tibiarum posticarum apice fuscis. (Long. corp. 2 lin. ; 

 Exp. Alar. 3| lin.) 



Me. Evanialis. Gravenhorst, u. 16. — Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. Gen. 714. 6. 



Black : antennae rather shorter than the body ; abdomen lanceolate, slightly 

 compressed, narrower than the thorax, the 1st segment a little narrowed 

 towards the base, longer than wide, 2nd and 3rd with the extreme base 

 slightly chestnut ; legs moderate, red, coxae black, reddish beneath, posterior 

 trochanters black at the base, hinder tibise at the apex, and their tarsi 

 fuscous; wings smoky-hyaline; cellule small, somewhat orbicular and 

 petiolated. 



Found, but very rarely, at Darenth wood, in June. 



