Mr. J. E. Gray on a new species of Ichneumon, 49 



minea erecta v. adscendentia, pedunculata. Strobili crassi, compacti, 

 erecti, pedunculo anguloso, rachique crasso sublignoso. 



Sectio II. Gymnothyrsus, Spach. 

 Floratio subhyemalis, foliorum evolutione prsecocior. Amenta e 

 gemmis aphyllis prodeuntia, jam exeunte sestate prseterita evoluta, 

 propterque perulas mox deciduas nuda, sub anthesi paniculam aphyl- 

 lam, ramulum praeteriti anni terminantem sistentia ; foeminea sem- 

 per masculis infra posita. 



* Amenta fceminea racemosa {in qudvis gemma). Folia breve petiolata* 

 scepius (turionalia saltern) angulosa. 



A. GLUTINOSA, Gaertn. Fruct.— Guimp. et Hayn. Deutsch. Holz. 

 tab. 180. — Hook. Fl.Lond. tab. 59. — Betula Alnus, Linn. — Engl. 

 Bot. tab. 1508. — Betula glutinosa, Hoffm. Fl. Germ. — Alnus com- 

 munis, Duham. ed. nov. II. tab. 64. — Alnus vulgaris, Rich. — 

 Foliis insequaliter denticulatis, v. serrulatis, v. crenatis, viscosis, lu- 

 cidis, subtus punctulatis, ad nervorum axillas tomentosis (raro gla- 

 berrimis), ssepius obtusis. Samara obovata v. suborbiculari, alis 

 superne ampliatis, loculamento subdimidio angustioribus. 



a. vulgaris. — Alnus glutinosa auctorum. — Betula emarginata, 



Hoffm. Germ. — Alnus emarginata, Kroch. Siles. — Alnus glutinosa 

 emarginata, Willd. — Alnus nigra, Gilib. — Alnus macrocarpa, Lodd. 

 Cat. ! — Foliis obovatis, v. obovato-ellipticis, obtusissimis, plerum- 

 que emarginatis, basi cuneatis v. rotundatis. 



/3. subrotunda. — Alnus subrotunda, Desfont. Cat. Hort. Par. ! — 



Alnus denticulata, C. A. Meyer! Enum. Plant. Caucas. — Foliis 

 obovatis v. obovato-subrotundis, obtusissimis, haud emarginatis, 

 basi cuneatis. 



y. acutifolia. — Alnus oblongata, Willd. — Betula oblongata, Hort. 



Kew. ed. 1. —Alnus barbata, C. A. Meyer ! Enum. Plant. Caucas. 



— Foliis ovalibus,v. obovatis, acutis, v. subacuminatis, basi cuneatis. 

 Z. pinnatifida. — Alnus glutinosa laciniata, Willd. — Foliis ob- 



longis, profunde pinnatifidis : segmentis semi-lanceolatis, v. sub- 



falcatis, acutis, integerrimis. 

 e. quercifolia. — Alnus glutinosa quercifolia, Willd. — Foliis ob- 



longis, obtusis, sinuato-lobatis, lobis rotundatis. 

 £. oxyacanthafolia. — Alnus oxyacanthifolia, Lodd. Cat. ! — Foliis 



lyrato -pinnatifidis, v. sinuato-lobatis, oblongis, v. obovatis ; lobis 



rotundatis, v. obovatis, crenatis. 



VIII. — Description of a new species of Ichneumon (Herpes- 

 tes) discovered in Spain. By J. E. Gray, F.R.S., &c. 

 To the Editors of the Annals of Natural History. 

 Gentlemen, 



Capt. S. J. Widdrington of Carlton having lately sent to 

 the British Museum, along with a fine specimen of Felis Pai*- 

 dina of Oken, an Herpestes which was found with the lynx in 

 the Sierra Morena in Spain, I have been induced to send you 

 Ann. <Sf Mag. N. Hist. Vol. ix. E 



