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small one on the apex of the propleurse and a large one at 

 the apex of the metapleurae, yellow ; the four anterior 

 coxae are yellow as are also the trochanters, the rest of the 

 legs having also a yellowish hue ; the hinder coxae and 

 trochanters are black, the former with a large yellow mark 

 behind. On the abdomen above, the fifth and sixth 

 segments are more or less black. The wings vary in tint. 



Ichneumon lotatorius Fab. 



Ichneumon lotatorius Fab. has been described by 

 Mr. W. F. Kirby {Trans. Entom. Soc, 1883, p. 200) as an 

 aculeate under the name of Priocnemis Pascoei. I have 

 examined the type in the British Museum. It agrees 

 with Ichneumon insidiator Sm., and differs from the other 

 species in having the petiole black ; but /. insidiator has the 

 extreme apex of it yellowish, while /. lotatorius differs 

 from it in having the apex of the hinder femora and of 

 the hinder tibiae black ; the mesonotum not distinctly 

 punctured, and only the second abdominal segment is 

 red, while in /. insidiator the second and third are entirely 

 yellow. 



Smith {Trans. Entom. Soc, 1876, p. 476) remarks that 

 his /. insidiator is probably the ^ of /. lotatorius 

 Fab., but Mr. Kirby treats it as distinct. 



As /. lotatorius has not been properly described I give 

 a description of both sexes here. 



S Black ; the scutellum and tubercles yellow ; the 

 legs and second abdominal segment reddish-fulvous, the 

 front legs with a more yellowish tinge ; the coxae, anterior 

 trochanters, the base of the posterior, the apex of the 

 hinder femora broadly, and the apex of the hinder tibiae 

 more narrowly, black ; the wings fulvous or more or less 

 deeply smoky ; the stigma testaceous. 



$ Antennae short, thick, involute; pruinose towards the 

 apex, the base with short black hair. Head strongly 



