ICHNEUMONID.E. TUYH-tON. 261 



Tr. pratensis. Gravenhorst, ii. 299. — Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. Gen, 715. 85. 



Black : labrum dull rusty ; antennse rather more than half the length of the 

 body, the 3 or 4 basal joints beneath black, the remamder red ; abdomen 

 sessile, narrower than the thorax, oblong-, red, the basal joint black and 

 channelled, the remainder a little broader ; legs moderate, red, coxaa and 

 trochanters black, the tips of the latter red, the middle femora blackish 

 towards the base without, the posterior rather thickened, black, with the 

 extreme base and apex reddish, tibiae and tarsi red ; wings smoky-hyaline, 

 with an irregular somewhat sessile cellule. 

 Taken in the beginning of June, near London. 



Sp. 86. propinquus. Niger, ahdomine ritj'o, segmenio \-mo nigro, pedibus 

 anterioribus et tibiarum posticarum hasi rufis, antennis subtus stramineis, ore 

 ferrugineo. (Long. corp. S\ lin. ; Exp. Alar. 5§ lin.) 



Tr. propinquus. Gravenhorst, ii. 300. — Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. Gen. 715. 86. 



Black: mouth ferruginous; tips of the mandibles black; antennse nearly as 

 long as the body, with the 2 basal joints beneath testaceous, remainder 

 gradually obscure; abdomen red, with the basal segment black; legs mo- 

 derate, 4 anterior red, with all the coxse and trochanters entirely black, or 

 the middle pair of coxae only black at the base ; hinder coxae black, red 

 beneath at the apex, their trochanters red with a black dot above, femora 

 black, tibise red, with the tip black ; tarsi fuscous ; wings hyaline ; cellule 

 irregular, petiolated. 

 Found in June within the metropolitan district. 



Sp. 87. signator. Niger, segmentis 2-5,femoribus anterioribus, tibii.'.que rufis, 

 harum posticis apice nigro, arcuj'acialijlavo, antennis subtus testaceis. (Long, 

 corp. 3^ — 4 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 5 — 7 lin.) 



Tr. signator. Gravenhorst, ii. 301. — Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. Gen. 715. 87. 



Black: palpi and mandibles rusty in the middle, the face with a semicircular 

 yellow spot, the convex part looking towards the mouth ; antennae, except 

 from 1 to 3 basal joints, tawny beneath ; abdomen silky, the basal segment 

 black, 2nd to 5th red, the 2nd of the male with a black or fuscous spot, the 

 6th and 7th black or dusky, with the margins chestnut ; legs moderate, 4 

 anterior red, coxa? and trochanters black at the base, posterior black, the 

 apex of the trochanters rusty, tibiae the same, with the tip black, the base 

 of the 1st joint of the tarsi rusty; wings hyaline, or a little smoky; cellule 

 irregular, petiolated. 

 Taken in the vicinity of London in June and July. 



Sp. 88. rutilator. Niger, ahdomine rufo, basi nigra, pedibus anterior ihisfulvis, 

 hasi nigra, iibiis posticis basi rufis, punctis 2-bus faciei Jlavis, antennis subtus 

 rufis aut Jlavis. (Long. corp. 3 — 4^ lin, ; Exp. Alar, 6—8 lin.) 



Ich. rutilator. Linne. — Steph. Catal. 351. No. 4469. 



Black : palpi and mouth, and, in the males, a more or less extensive sub- 

 bifid spot on the faccj which is distinctly divided in the female, yellow; 



