Reunion houses a large variety of ichneumon wasps (Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae). Three of them were first described in 1846 by G.A. Brullé: Eriborus pallipes (Campopleginae), Netelia melanopus (Tryphoninae) and Xanthophenax xanthomelas (Pimplinae). The first two are both common and variable in coloration, though their original French written description is too laconic to depict this intra-specific variability. Here are therefore proposed their redescription in order to help further identifications
