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23. Lampronota bellator. B. M. 



Lissonota bellator, Grav. iii. 106, 60. 

 Ichneumon bellator, Grav. Uebers. n. 3743. 

 Ichneumon coracinus, Gmel. Syst. Nat. 2704, n. 317. 



24. Lampronota semirufa, n. s. B. M. 



Pedibus rufis. Abdomine castaneo-rubro , disco segmentorum plus 

 minusve nigro ; aculeo fere longitudine corporis. 



Head: moulh pale testaceous. Antennae slender, filiform. 

 Thorax: a yellow line before the wings broadest in the middle. 

 Wings : stigma darker than the scales, which are pale ; costa 

 fuscous ; areolet orbicular, incomplete. Legs red. Abdomen 

 chestnut-red; first segment with a deep channel towards the base; 

 its disk with a large black spot ; the remainder more or less simi- 

 larly marked in the centre ; the terminal segments more obscure. 

 Aculeus nearly as long as the body. Length 3 — 4 lines. 



Var. 1. A white dot on each side of the scutellum. 



25. Lampronota varipes, n. s. 



Abdomine rufo ; basi et apice nigro. Pedibus posticis nigris. 

 Foem. — Aculeo abdomine paulo longiore. 



Head : mouth obscure, ferruginous or stramineous. Antennae 

 filiform, half the length of the body, recurved. Wings smoky hya- 

 line; stigma and costa pitchy; base and scales somewhat pale; 

 areolet orbicular or nearly so. Legs slender, testaceous ; the coxae, 

 trochanters and hinder pair black ; the apex of the tarsal joints fer- 

 ruginous. Abdomen chestnut-red, black at the base and apex ; 

 first segment nearly the breadth of the thorax, a little dilated 

 towards the apex, which is concolorous with the second to the fourth 

 and fifth joints. Aculeus rather longer than the abdomen. Length 

 4 lines. 



In Mr. Desvignes' collection. 



Subgenus 15. POLYSPHINCTA. 



Polysphincta, Grav. 



1. Polysphincta varipes. B. M. 



Polysphincta varipes, Grav. iii. 117, 64. 



