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INSECTS. HYMENOPTERA. 84. Ichneumon. 
84. ICHNEUMON. Mouth with a flraigf 
horny membranaceuus bihd jaw, tl-e 
rounded and ciliatc ; mandibles cm' ^ 
fliarp; lip cylindrical mem bran 
at the tip and emarginate ; jeelers 
equal filiform, fcated in the middle 
lip : antennae fetaceous, of more "a 
30 articulations : Jling exferted, indoif 
in a cylindrical Iheath compoled ot ^ 
valves, and not pungent. 
The whole of this Angular genus arc parafitical, deriving 
nourilhment from other infefts. The fly feeds on the 
of flowers, and « hen about to lay her eggs, perf rates, 
dy of fome rther infeft or its caterpillar, with its 
inftrument at the end of the abdomen, and there dcpofits 
thtf’, after being tranfformed into larv®, prey upon tha 'jlfo 
tines of their fofter-parent till they are again mctamOi'F''''| ; 
into pupa;. The /ori'a is without feet, foft and cylint^*'**' 
• fiufa fometimes naked, fonictimes folliculate. 
Scutil uihitt or yelhvj ; antenna annulate ^ 
yellowifh ; thorax immaculate: abdomen black, ^ 
the fegments with a white dot each fide. 
Inhabits Europe Suloo. Hist, InJ’. tab. lb. Jig. 1 1 . 
Intratorius Scutel white ; thorax immaculate : 2 of the fegriiel’ 
the abdomen with a yellow band. 
Inhabits Barbary ; Urge. Jr ' 
Antennae black, with a whitilh ring in the middle: hg^ ^ ° 
nous, the joints of thchind-ones black. 
k- 
^Molitorius Scutel white; thorax immaculate : body deep blacx* 
blackilh. 
Inhabits Europe. 
Pedatoriut Scutel white ; thorax immaculate ; body black, leg® 
Inhabits Kiel-, lefs than laft. 
AnlenHaehlzzk. with a whitifti band : nuim’s dulky. 
of 
, - Scute! yellowilh ; thorax immaculate : fegment® 
CuJpamtue 5 
Inhabits Europe, 
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