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more strongly laterally; scutellum shining, bearing some 
widely separated punctures ; longer than broad, narrowed 
towards the apex, the sides scarcely keeled ; post scutellum 
rugose ; metathorax rugosely punctured, the apex slightly 
hollowed in the centre, semi-oblique ; there are six arese, 
the supra median horse-shoe shaped, large ; petiole shining, 
impunctate, curved; post petiole longitudinally striated; 
gastrocoeli obsolete; hind coxae rugosely punctured ; areolet 
longer than broad, five-angled ; the lateral nervures parallel, 
complete, the recurrent nervure is received in the middle ; 
there is a small projecting branch on the cubital nervure. 
In colouration it agrees with Haliday’s description. 
Patroclus (Ichneumon) venezuelensis, sp. nov. 
Kufo-testaceous, the face, orbits, and base of four front 
legs inclining to yellowish ; the flagellum of antennae (ex- 
cept a broad yellow ring towards the centre), the base of 
the first to four abdominal segments broadly, the apex of 
hind tibiae broadly and the hind tarsi, black ; wings smoky- 
fuscous, paler towards the apex, the stigma fuscous, testa- 
ceous at the base. Face punctured, the centre projecting 
into a A -form from the antennae to the clypeus, mandibles 
punctured; front broadly, but not deeply, excavated; vertex 
punctured. Thorax punctured all over, but much weaker 
on the pleurae ; the metanotum more strongly transversely 
punctured, on the apex running into reticulations ; the 
metapleurae strongly longitudinally punctured. Tubercles 
on metathorax viewed laterally triangular ; there are no 
areas; and only two complete keels, one outside the spira- 
cles, the other uniting the tubercles. Petiole shining, im- 
punctate, the sides raised ; post petiole strongly punctured 
depressed in the centre (between the continuation of the 
raised sides of the petiole) and laterally. Abdomen closely 
and strongly punctured on the basal four segments ; the 
apical impunctate, shining, somewhat acutely pointed ; 
sheath of ovipositor black at apex; gastrocoeli transverse. 
