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than the body, yellow at the base ; joints a little longer than theii* 

 petioles. JFings d'ujhbly ceneons-yellow, in sorae aspects almost lacteous, 

 with grey pubescence ; veins yellowish ; transverse veinlet joining the 

 middle of the subcostal vein ; anal vein and its second branch fonning 

 a slightly obtuse angle. Ovaduct short, retracted, with two small some- 

 what rounded valves. 

 Lives in decayed wood. 



144. Capreae, Winn. Linn. Ent. viii. 291. 80 (1853). Fulva, 

 facie nigricante, palpis albis, antennis 14-articulatis fuscis cano-verti- 

 cillato-pilosis, thorace fasclis tridus lulls nigris, alls amplis albidis, costa 

 uigro-cinerea, abdomine obscure, pedibus nigro-fuscis, femoribus basi 

 alljido-flavis ; Mas, antennis corpore brcvioribus, articulis lougi-petio- 

 latis ; Fern, antennis corporis dimidio fere brcvioribus, articulis non 

 petiolatis, pectore nigricante, oviductu mediocriter longo lamellis nullis. 

 Long. |— 1 lin. 



Tatcny. Face blackish. Palpi white. Antennae fourteen -jointed, 

 brown. Thorax vnth three broad black strijies. Wbujs whitish ; trans- 

 verse veinlet joining the middle of the subcostal vein ; second branch 

 of the anal vein curved to the hind border. Legs blackish-brown ; fe- 

 mora whitish-yellow at the base. Male. Antennae shorter by one-third 

 than the body ; joints as long as their petioles. Fern. Autennse hardly 

 half the length of the body ; joints sessile. Pectus blackish. 0\'iduct 

 of moderate length, without valves ; first and second segments thick. 



Lives in pustule-shaped galls on the leaves of Sallx Caprea and 

 S. aurita; is transformed into the pupa beneath the leaves. It is 

 probably the same as C. Cajjrea, Hardy, Scot. Gard. iii. 45 (1854), 

 reared from rosettes of Salh) Caprea. 



145. graminicola, Kaltenbach, MSS. ; Winn. Linn. Ent. viii. ^92. 

 81 (1853). Albo-fiava, antennis fuscis basi flavis cano - verticillato - 

 pilosis, thoracis disco pectore et metathorace uiyro -fuscis, alls amplis 

 Umpidis nigro-cinereo-pilosis, venis fuscis, costa nigro-fusca, pedibus 

 fuscis subtus flavidis ; Mas, antennis 19-20-articulatis corpore brcvi- 

 oribus, articulis mediocriter petiolatis, abdomine nigro-fusco incisuris 

 albo-flavis; Fcem. antennis 19-articulatis corporis dimidio aequalibus, 

 articulorum petiolis brcvioribus, abdomine fulvo longissimo fasciis latis 

 fuscis, oviductu brevi albo-flavo lamellis nullis. Long. 1-li lin. 



Wkitish-yelloto . Disc of the thorax, pectus, and metuthorax blachish- 

 brown. Wings limpid ; transverse veinlet at a little beyond the middle 

 of the subcostal vein ; anal vein and its second branch forming an 

 almost right angle. Legs brown. Male. AnteniicU nineteen to twenty- 

 jointed, shorter by one-third than the body ; joints about twice the 

 length of their petioles. Abdomen blachish-brown, 2oith whitish-yelloio 

 sutures. Fern. AntenuEC ninetcen-jointed, half the length of the body ; 

 joints about four times the length of their petioles. Abdomen tawny, 

 with broad broion bands on tlw hind borders of the segments. Oviduct 

 short, whitish-yellow ; tip broad, without valves. 



