ICHNEUMONID.E. MF.SOLEPTUS. 219 



fuscous ; wings somewhat hyaline ; cellule 3-angular and somewhat petio- 



lated. 



Rare : taken at Darenth wood and in the New Forest, in June. 



Sjj. 22. ruficornis. Niger, scutelli apice et abdominis medio riifis, pedibus 

 anterioribus testaceis, posticis nigris, irochantcribus straniineis, tarsis tibiisque 

 rufis, his apice nigris, facie Jlaud. (Long. corp. 4 — 5 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 7 — 8 

 lin.) 



Me. ruficornis. Gravenhorst, ii. 43 Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. Gen. 714. 22. 



Black : face and mouth testaceous, mandibles black at the tip; antennae curved 

 at the apex, rusty-brown, reddish beneath, the basal joint yellowish, or red ; 

 thorax frequently with a reddish spot beneath the scutellum and a yeliow 

 dot below the wings ; scutellum at the tip fulvous or testaceous ; abdomen 

 with the basal segment black, 2nd sometimes black on the back, 3rd and 4th 

 red, with the edge of the latter and all the remaining segments black, and 

 in the female slightly compressed ; legs rather elongate, 4 anterior fulvescent, 

 with the coxae and trochanters straw-colour ; posterior with the coxa3 black, 

 trochanters straw-colour, black at the base, femora black, tibia? red or testa- 

 ceous, with the apex black ; tarsi reddish ; wings smoky-hyaline ; cellule 

 somewhat petiolated, irregularly 3-angular. 

 Taken near London in June ; not common. 



%]iV. Scutellum black: abdomen red, or red and black. 



Sp. 23, spheginus. Niger, areola 5-angulari incompleta, capite thoraceque 

 griseo-villosis, tibiis testaceis, abdomine medio rufo, petiolo longissimo temii> 

 (Long. corp. 2|— 3 lin.; Exp. Alar. 4—5 lin.) 



Me. spheginus. Gravenhorst, ii. 49. — Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. Gen. 714. 23. 



Black: head and thorax clothed with a griseous pubescence; palpi pale; 

 antenna; brown-black, reddish beneath, with the basal joint entirely black; 

 abdomen rather slender, oblong, basal segment black, pubescent, supported 

 by a long slender linear peduncle, which is a little dilated towards the apex, 

 and furnished with acute lateral tubercles ; 2nd a little dilated towards the 

 apex, longer than broad, 3rd subquadrate, remainder transverse, 2nd to 4th 

 red, rest black ; legs moderate, 4 anterior with the coxs and trochanters 

 black, the femora pale red, more or less black at the base ; tibiae and tarsi 

 testaceous; posterior wings somewhat smoky-hyaline; cellule 5-angular, 

 open, the outer nervure being deficient. 

 Of this very distinct insect I took a pair at Hertford in July last. 



Sp. 24. lajtus. Nige?', abdomine rufo, basi nigra, tibiis femoribusque anterioribus 

 testaceis, his basi nigris. (Long. corp. 24 — 4 lin.; Exp. Alar. 5 lin.) 



Me. Isetus. Gravenhorst, ii. 50.— Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. Gen. 714.24. 



Black : mouth pale ferruginous ; mandibles black at the tip ; inner orbits 

 occasignally yellow ; antcnnte fuscous, reddish beneath, with the basal joint 

 totally black; abdomen slightly petiolated, narrower than the thorax, 



