ICHNEUMONID.E.— MESOLEPTUS. 223 



alhis ; foemina anmilo antennarum alio. (Long. corp. 5 — C lin,; Esp. Alar. 

 8—9 lin.) 



Me. suborbitalis. Sieph. Nomen. 2d edit. Gen. 714. 32. 



Black: inner orbits partly white; antennss long, basal joint blacky next 5 or G 

 reddish-brownj 5 following white, remainder fuscous above, reddish below ; 

 abdomen somewhat clavate, the basal segment black, with its margin red, 

 the 2nd to 4th red, remainder black ; legs slender, coxse and trochanters 

 black, 4 anterior femora black at the base, fulvous at the apex ; posterior 

 black ; tibia3 bright fulvous or red, the hinder pair black at the apex ; 4 

 anterior tarsi reddish, posterior pair fuscous, with the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th 

 joints white; wings smoky-hyaline; cellule mhiute, 3-angular, petiolated. 

 Found near London, and in the New Forest, in June. 



Sp. 33. annulator. Niger, abdominis medio, femoribus anterioribus tibiisque 

 riifis, annulo tarsorum posticorum antennorumque a/bo. (Long. corp. 4 lin. ; 

 Exp. Alar. 7 lin.) 



Me. annulator. Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. Gen. 714. 33. 



Black : antennae with the basal joint black, the 10 following dusky above, 

 next 3 white, remainder fuscous, all but the 1st red below ; abdomen with 

 the peduncle black, its apex and the 1st to 4th segments red ; legs with the 

 coxfe and trochanters black ; the 4 anterior femora red, with the base more 

 or less black, tibiae and tarsi pale fulvous ; posterior femora black, tibiae red, 

 with the apex black ; tarsi fuscous, with the 3rd and 4th joints white ; wings 

 hyaline ; cellule 3-angular, petiolated. 

 Also found in the vicinity of London, in June. 



Sp. 34. mirabilis. Niger, abdominis medio, femoribus tibiisque anterioribus 

 ritfis, tarsis posticis annulo albo, areola, cuhitali interni nervura fere snb^ 

 dividente. (Long. corp. 4 lin.; Exp. Alar. 9 lin.) 



Me. mirabilis. Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. Gen. 714. 34. 



Black : mandibles pitchy ; antennae involuted at the tip, dusky-black, the 12th 

 and 13th joints above white, the 3rd to about the 10th reddish beneath ; 

 thorax v/ith a yellow dot before the wings; abdomen with the basal segment 

 black, its extreme margin and the 3 following segments red, the remainder 

 black ; legs with all the coxae and trochanters black ; 4 anterior femora, 

 tibiae, and tarsi light red, the extreme base of the former black ; posterior 

 legs black, with the extreme tip of the femora and an indistinct ring towards 

 the base of the tibiae reddish; tarsi with the 3rd and 4th joints white; wings 

 hyaline, with the external cubital areolet nearly divided by a nervure, placed 

 differently in the 2 opposite wings ; cellule minute, 3-angular, petiolated. 



This extraordinary insect is singularly intermediate between the Ichneumonidee 

 and BraconidfB. 

 Found at Coombe wood in June. 



Sp. 35. regenerator. Niger, abdominis medio rvfo, femoribus iihiisque rufis, 



