Genus LVI. ICHNEUMON. 



GENERIC CHARACTER* 



Antenna filiform, or setaceous, with more than 

 thirty articulations. Mouth armed with jaws, 

 without any tongue. Palpi four. Abdomen 

 in most species joined to the body by a pe- 

 dicle, or stalk. Sting projecting, and en- 

 closed in a cylindrical sheath composed of 

 two valves. 



General Observations. 



The following are the Linnaean divisions of 

 this genus : 



1. With the scutellum white, and the an- 

 tennae with a white ring. 



2. With the scutellum white, and the an- 

 tennae wholly black. 



3. With the scutellum of the same colour 

 as the thorax, and a white ring on the 

 antennae. 



4. The same as the preceding, but the an- 

 tennae black and setaceous. 



5. With the antennae yellow and setaceous. 



