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iridescent, the nervurcs and stigma black ; the tibiae and tarsi reddish-yellow, the coxae 
spotted with yellow. Abdomen ; the three basal segments black above ; the four following 
segments reddish-yellow, the rest black. Eemale, length 5 lines. 
j lab. — Sind valley, Kashmir. Taken in August. 
55. Tenthredo eallax. 
Eemina. — T. luteo-testacea ; vertice , antennarumque basi maculis nigris ; ctlis hyalinis. 
Pale ochraceous-yellow ; the abdomen with a slight silky gloss ; a minute black spot 
on the scape, another on the basal joint of the flagellum, and an oblong black macula 
on each side of the ocelli on the vertex ; the wings hyaline and iridescent ; the nervures 
fuscous, the stigma and costal nervure testaceous. Eemale, length 5 lines. 
Hab. — Sind valley, Kashmir, and Murree, Punjab hills. Taken in August. 
56. Tenthredo nigro-maculatus. 
Eemina. — T. lute a ; capitis vertice thoracisque maculis dorsalibus, necnon abdominis tinea 
interrnpta nigris ; alls hyalinis. 
The insect pale luteous ; the antennae black above, with the apex of the joints, the 
scape beneath, and the flagellum beneath beyond the third joint, luteous; the inner 
margin of the eyes near their summit, and a large spot on the vertex, enclosing the eyes, 
black. Thorax ; a triangular black spot anteriorly, an oblong one on each side opposite the 
tegulae, and an oblique one on each side behind them ; the wings hyaline with the nervures 
fuscous ; the costal nervures and the stigma pale testaceous ; the legs with a narrow black 
line above. The longitudinal black line on the abdomen above is slightly interrupted by a 
very narrow pale margin on each segment ; the entire insect pale luteous and immaculate 
beneath. Eemale, length 4 lines. 
Hab. — Sind valley, Kashmir. Taken in August. 
This insect closely resembles the Tenthredo sc alar is of Europe, and probably, when 
living, is green marked with black ; the European insect changes, more or less, from green 
to pale yellow, particularly when collected in spirit. 
Family . — ICIINK UMONILJE. 
57. Ichneumon bimaculatus. 
Eemina. — I. niger ; pedibus, abdominis segmentis tribus basalibus ferrugineis ; metathorace 
bimaculato ferrugineo. 
Black ; the basal half of the antennae pale ferruginous ; a line on the face close to 
the inner margin of the eyes, which is narrow above the insertion of the antennae, and 
which expands into a large macula below it, a transverse line on the clypeus, and the 
mandibles, ferruginous. Thorax ; two oblong spots on the mesothorax, a minute one on 
the scutellum, the tibiae and tarsi, ferruginous ; the posterior tibiae fuscous at their apex ; 
