The Ichneumonidae of the Maltese Islands have not been previously studied. All the species mentioned in this paper therefore, are essentially new records. AIthough no systematic faunal investigations were carried out, it was felt that publication of a preliminary list of species would be useful. The material studied here was mainly collected between the years 1974 and 1979, and in general represents species encountered more or less accidentally during the course of other entomological investigations.peer-reviewe
