ICilNEUMONID,^. PHYGADEUON. 305 



tubercles ; abdomen with the 4 basal segments red, the margin of the 4th 

 fuscescentj remainder black ; ovipositor about one-third the length of the 

 abdomen ; legs stoutish, wholly red ; wings smoky-hyaline ; cellule 5- 

 angular. 



Not common : found, in June, near London. 



Sp. 25. podagricus. Niger, abdominc, basi antennarum, tibiis et fenwribus apice, 

 riijis. (Long. corp. 5— s| lin. ; Exp. Alar. 5 — 6 Hn.) 



Phy. podagricus. Gravenkorst, ii. 710. — Steph. Nomen. 2d. edit. Gen. 722. 



Black : antennse with the basal joint black, 2 following the same, but rusty- 

 red beneath, 16 next entirely rusty-red, remainder black; abdomen shining 

 red, petiole black ; ovipositor about the fourth part of the abdomen in 

 length; legs stout; coxgs and trochanters black; anterior femora red, 

 slightly black towards the base, middle pair black, with the apex red, 

 posterior black with the tip red, or red with the base black ; tibiae red ; 

 anterior tarsi red, middle brownish, hinder black; wings smoky-hyaline; 

 cellule minute, 5-angular. 



Found within the metropolitan district and in Salop, in June ; 

 not uncommon. 



Sp. 26. erythrogaster. Niger, abdomine rufo^petiolo nigro,tibii» necnon femormn 

 anteriorum apice rufis, antennarum articulis 2-10 ferrugineis. (Long. corp. 

 2| lin.; Exp. Alar. 4| lin.) 



Phy. erythrogaster. Gravenkorst, ii. 741. — Steph. Nomen. 2d. edit. Gen. 722. 



Black: antennse with the 2nd to lOth joints rusty-red; abdomen red or testa- 

 ceous, the basal joint either red with the petiole black, or black with the 

 margin red, the terminal one sometimes slightly fuscescent; ovipositor 

 nearly half the length of the abdomen ; legs black ; 4 anterior femora more 

 or less reddish at the apex, tibiae red; antennse occasionally fuscous at the 

 tips; tarsi red, hinder pair fuscous; wings somewhat hyaline; cellule 5- 

 angular. 



Also found, in June, near London and in Salop. 



Sp. 27. parviventris. Niger, abdomine, femoribusque rufis, horum posticis apice 

 nigra ; tibiis antei'ioribus riifus, posticis nigris, omnibus aulem extra albis ; fcemina 

 antennarum annido albo. (Long. corp. 3 — 4j lin.; Exp. Alar. 4^ — 7|- lin.) 



Phy. parviventris. Gravenkorst, ii. 746. — Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. Gen. 722. 



Black J palpi fuscous; antennae of the male porrect, above half the length of the 

 bod3',rusty-brown ; palest beneath, the basal joint black ; of the female involuted, 

 nearlyhalfthe length of the abdomen; the 6th to llthjoints w^hite; metathorax 

 with 2 short obtuse spines ; abdomen red or brownish, of the male somewhat 

 fusiform, of the female subovate; ovipositor about half the length of the 

 abdomen ; legs moderate ; coxae and trochanters black, femora of the female 



Mandibiilata. Vol. VIL November, 1845. u 



