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137. Ichneumon culpatorius. B. M. 



$. Ichneumon culpatorius, Fab. Syst. Ent. 328, n. 6. $. Vill. 

 136, n. 6. £ , $ . GW. Pgrfc. n. 84. 



138. Ichneumon exulans. 



Ichneumon exulans, Grav. i. 522, 216. 

 £. Exephanes hilaris, Wesm. Tent. 17, 1. 



139. Ichneumon messorius. 



Ichneumon messorius, Grav. Pede. n. 86. Id. Ich. Ew\ i. 529, 



219. 

 Amblyteles messorius, Wesm. Tent. 134, 31. 



140. Ichneumon niveatus, n. s. E. M. 



Mas. Ore, facie, parte genarum infera et orbitis frontalibus, 

 niveis aut albis. Collo albo annulato. Scutello vel toto, aut 

 apice solo, punctis duobus apicalibus albis. Segmentis 2 — 3 

 vel 2 — 4 rufis, basi nigris, vel dorso fusco. Coxis et tro- 

 chanteribus anterioribus albis, femoribus et tibiis fulvi-cro- 

 ceis ; coxis posticis nigris. 



Male. Head: face, cheeks, and frontal orbits white. An- 

 tennae porrect, fuscous, gradually lighter; first joint beneath white. 

 Thorax gibbous ; a white ring round the prothorax, nearly extending 

 to the base of the first pair of coxae. Scutellum white on the apex 

 only, occasionally but two confluent spots white. Wings hyaline : 

 stigmata brown ; squamula white ; areolet quinque-angular, irregu- 

 lar. Legs : the anterior coxae and trochanters milky white ; the 

 hinder pair black ; the anterior femora and tibise yellowish red ; 

 hinder pair darker ; the apex of tibiae and posterior tarsi fuscescent. 

 Abdomen 2—4 or 2 — 3, red, more or less clouded at the base, some- 

 times only the apex of the segments red. From the examination of 

 thirteen specimens. Length 2J — 3 lines. 



Allied to /. xanthops and I. albinotatus of Grav. 



141. Ichneumon cinctorics. 



Mas. Segmento 3o abdominis rufo. Facie alba macula magna 

 nigra. 



Ichneumon cinctorius, Step. 111. Mand. vii. 189. 



