. British entomology; being illustrations and descriptions of the genera of insects found in Great Britain and Ireland: containing coloured figures from nature of the most rare and beautiful species, and in many instances of the plants upon which they are found. rtunate in capturingboth sexes, as the males of this family are very seldom known;and Panzer having only figured the female, the male is hererepresented in preference, and the body of the female is givenat the bottom of the plate. Latreilles genus Ichneumon, comprising most of the generainto which Fabricius had divided it (although ver
. British entomology; being illustrations and descriptions of the genera of insects found in Great Britain and Ireland: containing coloured figures from nature of the most rare and beautiful species, and in many instances of the plants upon which they are found. rtunate in capturingboth sexes, as the males of this family are very seldom known;and Panzer having only figured the female, the male is hererepresented in preference, and the body of the female is givenat the bottom of the plate. Latreilles genus Ichneumon, comprising most of the generainto which Fabricius had divided it (although very imper-fectly), must be considered as a family, since it is impossibleto include insects in the same genus so widely different asPeltastes (plate 4.) and our present subject, Bassus; andalthough the long exserted ovipositor gives it the appearanceof a Pimpla, it will be found to be much more nearly alliedto Microgaster and Agathis. There are probably about 15 British species in our cabinetsallied to that figured, but I think only 4< or 5 of them per-fectly agree with our type, and I believe none of their nameshave yet been ascertained. Vaccinium Myrtillus (Bilberry), growing in abundancewhere the insect was taken, has been selected for the plate. Ji/. ci^.^c^^«d321. MICROGASTER ALVEARIUS. Order Hynienoptera. Fam. Ichneumonidae Lat.^ Leach, Type of the Genus, Ichneumon globatus Linn. MicROGASTEB Lat., Ill, Spin., Leach.—Cryptus S^ Ceropales Fab.,—Bassus Panz.—Ichneumon Linn., Fab. AntenncB inserted between the eyes, above the middle of the face,approximating, filiform, very pubescent, composed of 18 joints orupwards, basal joint the most robust, 2nd subglobose, 3rd andfollowing long, appearing like 2 joints united, terminal jointssubglobose, the last conical (fig, 1, the basal and terminal joints).Labrum transverse-ovate, pilose, ciliated, base emarginate, an-terior margin straight (2). Mandibles small, subtrigonate, externally pilose, bifid at theapex which is acute,
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