PELECINUS. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Antennae with not more than fourteen joints ; 

 tongue trifid ; neck not apparent ; posterior tibia 

 clavate; abdomen slender, elongated, filiform, 

 inserted at the posterior and inferior extremity 

 of the metathorax. 



PELECINUS POLYCERATOR. Drury. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Black ; antennae with a white annulus ; pos- 

 terior tibia sericeous on the inside. 



SYNONYMS. 



Ichneumon polyturator. Drury, vol. ii. pi. 



40, fig. 4. 

 Pelecinus polycerator. Fahr. Lair. 



PLATE XV. 



N . 



