DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW CANADIAN ICHNEUMONIDÆ

Extract

1. Banchus Flavescens.— ♂ . Pale yellow ; a bilobed mark behind antennæ, extending between them downward upon middle of face, band across vertex from eye to eye, covering ocelli, posterior margin of occiput, maxillary palpi, two apical joints of labial palpi, antennæ above, stripe on middle of mesothorax. dilated anteriorly, a stripe on each side over the wings, basal suture of scutellum, base of metathorax, broader laterally, spot on each side of pleura posteriorly, posterior coxæ within, their femora beneath, apex of their tibiæ and a broad band at base of four basal segments of abdomen, black; antennæ longer than body, slender at tips ; scutellum with an acute dusky spine ; wings hyaline, faintly yellowish, nervures brown, stigma and costa pale honey-yellow; posterior coxæ and femora stained with ferruginous; abdomen shining, short, apex broad, truncate and compressed. Length five lines.