1 84 ORDER V. Ichneumon. 



the fecond he has fubdivided from the colour of 



their antennas. j 



Geoffroy adds to the Linnaean characters of 

 the Ichneumon, that its antennas are in a conti- 

 nual trembling motion ; that the upper wings 

 are longer than the under ones, and the 

 {lemmata three in number. That author has 

 arranged fome Ichneumons belonging to the 

 lad family, which have the abdomen of an ovai 

 form, under the firft family of his Cynips, 



Linnasus (as has been before obferved) has 

 placed the Eulopbus of Geoffroy under this ge- 

 nus, from which that infe£l differs in its an- 

 tenna, which are peftinated. 



Its larva, from the account given of it by Geof- 

 froy, mufl refemble that of the Cynips ; but 

 Linnseus afTerts that, like that of the Ichneumon s 

 it lives in the bodies of other larvae. 



The fpecies of Ichneumons are not eafily de- 

 termined, the different fexes varying much in 

 their colours, nor can thediftinft fpecific charac- 

 ters be well taken from any other circunv? 

 ftance, * 



Many 



