ICHNEUMONID.E. TllYPHoN. 253 



little dusky at the extreme tip ; tarsi reddish ; wings smoky-hyaline ; cellule 



small, 3-angular, petiolated. 



Taken near London, not common, in June. 



Sp. 61. obscurus. Niger, abdominis medio castaneo-rufo, pedibus anterioribus 

 stramineis femoribus basi nigrd, irochanterum apice et tibiarum basi rufo-Jlavis, 

 oreflavo-maculato. (Long. corp. 3 lin.; Exp. Alar. 5§ lin.) 



Tr. obscurus. Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. Gen. 715. 61. 



Black : mouth and middle of the mandibles yellow ; antennae short, porrect, 

 blackish above, beneath entirely reddish-yellow ; abdomen silky, broader 

 than the thorax, sessile, basal segment black, 2nd and 3rd each with a 

 faintly impressed line, red, the base of the former with a large black patch, 

 4th and 5th red, the last pitchy towards the apex, the remainder pitchy- 

 black ; legs short, 4 anterior pale yellow straw-colour, with the coxae and 

 base of the femora black ; trochanters all pale yellow at the tip, posterior 

 coxse and femora black ; tibiae reddish, with the apex black ; tarsi fuscous ; 

 wings smoky-hyaline ; cellule 3-angular, petiolated. 

 Also found in June near Loudon : rare. 



Sp. 62. bidentatus. Niger, segmentis 2 et 3 rtijis, pedibus anterioribus iibia- 

 rumque posticarum basi pallide rufo-fuhis, ore j'errugineo. (Long. corp. 3i 

 lin.; Exp. Alar. 6^ lin.) 



Tr. bidentatus. Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. Gen. 715. 62. 



Black : mouth rusty ; antennae scarcely so long as the body, a little rusty 

 towards the base ; abdomen as wide as the thorax, somewhat oblong-ovate, 

 and sessile, the basal segment black, channelled, quadrate, with the lateral 

 tubercles very prominent, and placed beyond the middle, the extreme margin 

 red, 2nd and 3rd entirely red, 4th with the basal angles and extreme edge 

 red, the back and the remaining segments black ; legs moderate, 4 anterior 

 pale tawny-red, with the coxae and trochanters black, posterior black, with 

 the base of the tibiae red; whigs smoky-hyaline; cellule 3-angular, sub- 

 sessile. 

 Scarce : found in July near London. 



Sp. 63. flavomaculatus. Niger, segmentis 3 {et 4) rufis, pedibus fulvis, coxis 

 anterioribus trochanteribusque Jlavis, coxis posticis nigris, ore et maculis faciei 

 Jlavis. (Long. corp. 3 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 5^ lin.) 



Tr. flavomaculatus. Gravenhorst, ii. 252. — Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. Gen. 715. 63. 



Black: mouth yellow, mandibles black at the tip; face yellow in the female, 

 with a short longitudinal black line ; male with 2 yellow dots ; antennae 

 black, beneath ferruginous, the basal joints either black, or spotted with 

 yellow; in the female red, paler beneath, the basal joints black ; abdomen 

 somewhat sessile, basal segment black, 2nd black with the margin red, 3rd 

 red, 4th red with the apex black, or totally black, remainder black, in the 

 female the terminal one testaceous ; legs tawny in the male, red in the 

 female, 4 anterior coxae and trochanters pale yellow, posterior coxa? bla:k, the 



