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Section XI. — Thorax red, or with red and white markings. Abdo- 

 men tricolored or bicolored, apex white. 



162. Ichneumon erythr^eus. B. M. 

 Ichneumon erythraeus, Grav. Pede. n. 104. Grav. i. 632, 273. 



163. Ichneumon ruficeps. B. M. 

 Ichneumon ruficeps, Grav. i. 633, 274. 



164. Ichneumon sanguinator. B. M. 



Ichneumon sanguinator, Rossi, Mant. ii. App. n. 85. 

 Ichneumon ruficollis, Step. Mand. vii. 206, 222. 



165. Ichneumon rufescens. B. M. 

 Ichneumon rufescens, Step. Mand. vii. 207, 223. 



166. Ichneumon nobilitator. 



$ . Ichneumon nobilitator, Grav. Uebers. n. 3727. Grav.i. 627, 270. 

 In Mr. Desvignes' collection. 



167. Ichneumon rubedinis, n. s. 



JRufus. Thorace obscuro trivittato. Segmentis 1 — 5 rufis ; 6 — 7 

 obscuro ferrugineis singulis macula Jlavd. Scutello rufo- 

 castaneo. Pedibus rufis ; coxis fere nigris. Antennis tri- 

 coloribus. 



Head: face, inner vertical orbits, mouth and cheeks red, ob- 

 scure over the clypeus ; the central part of the face rather protube- 

 rant ; palpi and apex of mandibles fuscous. Antennae setaceous, at 

 the apex involute ; from the first to the seventh joints red ; eighth 

 to the thirteenth white, beneath tending to red, the remainder 

 black. Thorax deep chestnut, with three broad obscure streaks. 

 Metathorax black, finely punctate; central area slightly elongate. 

 Scutellum chestnut- red. Wings at the base and stigma testaceous ; 

 scales chestnut; areolet5-angular. Legs red; coxas black or nearly 

 so. Abdomen from the first to the fifth segments red ; sixth 

 and seventh obscurely ferruginous ; the sixth with a small, and the 

 seventh with a larger central yellow spot. Length 4i lines. 



In Mr. Desvignes' collection. 



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