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The head and thorax may have brassy tints ; the 



relative proportions of the blue and green in the 

 abdomen varies. 



ICHNEUMONID^E. 



Ichneumon ardates, sp. nov. 



Niger, scutello flavo ; abdomine rufo, flavo- et nigro- 

 balteato; pedibus rnfts ; alis fere hyalinis, stigmate flavo. $, 

 Long. 13 mm. 



Hab. South India. 



Head coarsely punctured ; the inner orbits in the 

 middle broadly, and a mark immediately below the 

 antennae, rufous ; the palpi pale yellow. Antennae short, 

 thick, the 13 — 14 basal joints pale yellowish-testaceous, 

 the apices deep black. Thorax black, except the scutel- 

 lum which is pale yellow ; closely punctured ; the pro- 

 pleurae closely obliquely striated except at the top. The 

 lower part of the mesopleurae coarsely punctured ; the 

 upper shining, irregularly shagreened ; the metapleurae 

 closely coarsely irregularly striated. Median segment 

 closely rugose ; only the supramedian area clearly 

 defined ; it is a little wider than long, slightly narrowed 

 from the middle; the apex in the middle a little dilated 

 inwardly. Legs, including the coxae, rufous. The narrow 

 part of the petiole rufous ; the broad apex with a 

 yellowish band, the sides black ; the raised central part of 

 the apex closely longitudinally striated. The sides of the 

 gastrocoeli stoutly striated. The second segment is 

 entirely rufous ; the basal half of the third segment and 

 the whole of the fourth black ; the apical half of the third 

 yellow, with a reddish tinge ; the apical segments pale- 

 yellow. 



