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Ichneumon Artaxidia, sp. nov. 



Capite thoraceqite ferrugineis ; scutello flavo^ abdomine 

 nigro, basi late rufo-flavo ; pedibiis rufo-fulvis^ coxis tro- 

 chanteribusque nigris; alls cum nervis flavis. $ . Long. 8 mm. 



Scape of antennae dark-rufous, blackish above ; the 

 flagellum absent. Head closely, but not strongly punc- 

 tured ; covered rather closely with pale hair ; the clypeus 

 with the hair longer and paler, and only with a few 

 scattered punctures ; the labrum fringed with longer hair ; 

 the mandibles strongly punctured ; their teeth black 

 Thorax dark-ferruginous ; the prosternum, a large oblique, 

 mark on the propleurae, a large oblique mark on the 

 mesopleurae extending from the base to the apex, a mark 

 on either side of the mesosternum at the apex, the meta- 

 pleurae except the apex above and the sides of the median 

 segment, black. Mesonotum closely punctured ; the 

 scutellum, post-scutellum and the centre of the median 

 segment at the base, yellow. The pro- and meso-pleurse 

 closely punctured ; the propleurae with a few distinct 

 striae at the apex in the middle ; the top of the 

 mesopleurai at the apex and the metapleurse smooth 

 and shining ; the base of the metapleurai with a wide, 

 deep, crenulated furrow at the base. The median 

 segment has no arese, and the only keel is one bordering 

 the apex above ; the sides at the apex between this 

 keel and the lateral at the apex is irregularly crenulated. 

 Abdomen smooth and shining ; the third and following 

 segments black ; the gastrocoeli indistinct. 



Ichneumon ixia, sp. nov. 



Rufus, abdominis apice late nigro, scutello flavo ; alls 

 hyaliniSy stigmate flavo, nervis fuscis. ?. Long. 7-5 mm. 

 Antennse stout, involute, bare, obscure-rufous, the 



