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PLATE XLII.

FIG . I.

ICHNEUMON RAMIDULUS.

Hymenoftera.

Wings four; generally membraneous. Tail of the females armedWith a sting.

GENERIC CHARACTER.

Ichneumon. Jaws, without tongue. Antennae of more than 30joints, long, filiform, vibrating. Sting within a bivalve sheath.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Tawny brown. Thorax beneath, and extremity of the abdomen,black. Abdomen curved and compressed.

F I G. II.

Ichneumon Raptorius.

SPECIFIC CHARACTER.

Head, thorax, and extremity of the abdomen black; center spot ofyellow on the thorax; and two first divisions of the abdomen brighttoange. Legs black and brown.

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Ichneumons