The Hifiory ^ A N I M A L I 
Ichneumon tibiis fojlicis clavatis. 
The Ichneumon , with the hinder legs clavatecL 
This is a moderately large fpecies: the head, thorax, legs, and antenna are all 
black j the weapon in the tail of the female is long, flender* black, and compofed of 
three hairs 3 the two outer two black, the middle one red 3 the whole is longer than 
the body, and has a white tip at the extremity : the body is of a clavated figure 3 it 
is affixed to the thorax by a flender thread 5 it is black all over, except at the bafe, 
where it is reddifh: the hinder legs are fmall at the top, but the third joint is very 
robufl and large. 
It is common with us on heaths. Mouffet calls it Mufca tripilk 
The other fpecies of the Ichneumon are, 1. The Cottonffiy, or the Ichneumon 
which makes a web of cottony matter, of the fizc of a pigeon’s egg, common on 
grafs in autumn. 2. The Ichneumon, whofe worm feeds on the flefh of the cater¬ 
pillar of the cabbage, living within it’s body. 3. The Ichneumon, whofe worm feeds 
on the aphides of the ferratula. 4. The hairy, bluifh-black Ichneumon. 5. The black 
Ichneumon, with the thighs teffaceous, and the antennas white in the middle. 6. The 
black Ichneumon, with ferrugineous legs, and antennas all over of the fame colour* 
7. The black Ichneumon, with the legs teffaceous, and with the antennae pale on the 
under part. 8. The black Ichneumon, with the hinder legs ferrugineous, and the 
others black, and with the antennas white in the middle. 9. The black Ichneumon, 
with reddifh legs. 10. The black Ichneumon, with the legs and the top of the tho¬ 
rax white. 11. The black Ichneumon, with the legs reddifh, and the forehead pale. 
12. The black Ichneumon, with reddifh legs, the top of the hinder ones only black* 
and the antennas white in the middle. 13. The black Ichneumon, with ferrugineous 
legs, except the hinder pair, which are variegated with black and white. 14. The 
black Ichneumon, with the forehead white, and with white fpots on the body, and 
with the legs red. 15. The black Ichneumon, with black legs, and with four white 
fpots on each fide the body. 16. The black Ichneumon, with the body and the legs 
ferrugineous, and the middle of the antennas white. 17. The black Ichneumon, 
with the body and the legs ferrugineous, and with a white ring on the antennas. 18. 
The yellow Ichneumon, with the extremity of the body black. 19. The black Ich¬ 
neumon, with the body ferrugineous, and black at the extremity, and with a white 
circle on the antennae. 20. The black Ichneumon, with coal-black antennas, and 
with the body ferrugineous, but black at the extremity. 21. The black Ichneumon, 
with the body entirely ferrugineous. 22. The ferrugineous Ichneumon, with the ex¬ 
tremity of the body and the lower part of the thorax black. 23. The black Ichneu¬ 
mon, with the body yellow in the anterior part, and with the joints of the legs black. 
24. The black Ichneumon, with yellow legs, and the body yellow on the anterior 
part. 25. The black Ichneumon, with the anterior fegments of the body ferrugine- 
ous, and the top of the thorax yellow. 26. The black Ichneumon, with brown 
wings, and with the anterior fegments of the body reddifh. 27. The Ichneumon, 
with the body ferrugineous before, and black behind, and with four white fpots on 
it. 28. The Ichneumon, with the anterior part of the body ferrugineous, the hinder 
part black, with five yellow fpots on it, and with the antennas whitiffi oft, one fide. 
29. The Ichneumon, with the anterior part of the body ferrugineous, the poflerior 
part black, and without fpots, and with the antennas marked with a white circle. 
30. The Ichneumon, with the anterior part of the body ferrugineous, and the hinder 
part black, and the incifures yellowifh, with a white circle on the antennas. 31. The 
black Ichneumon, with the middle of the body and the anterior legs reddifh, the 
lower part of the poflerior ones white. 32. The black Ichneumon, with the legs, 
and the fecond and third fegments of the body yellow. 33. The black Ichneumon* 
with white wings, vvith a double tranfverfe line of black on each, the hinder one the 
broader. 34. The long and flender-bodied Ichneumon, with the antenns of the 
length of the body, with clavated legs, and with fetaceous tentacula. 35. The braffy- 
green, elegant Ichneumon, with black, fpiral antennas. 36. The great, black Ich¬ 
neumon, with the extremity of the body red. 
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