8 MANDIBULATA. — HYMENOPTRRA. 
Plate XLIV. fig. 2. 
PrrUainpus micaiis. 
Pk. Viridi-ceneus, suhobscurus, scrobicidato-pnnctatis ; thoracis dorso 
ci/preo aurato ; abdomine ater ; fronte hypostoviateque transversim 
stri.olads. (Long. Corp. 1| — 2lin.) 
Pe. micans, Dahm. Act. Holm. 1820. p. 73. 
Dullish brassy-green, coarsely pimctured : thorax above golden copper : 
abdomen deep black, glossy : front and hj^ostome transversely striated : 
thio-hs brassy-green, the extreme tip testaceous : tibi{3e and tarsi pale 
testaceous. Male of a bluish tint. Hinder tibiae (as in the figure) 
sometimes clouded with fuscous. 
Extremely abundant in June, on new oak paling, about Cara- 
berwell, found in company with Lyctus oblongus and Tillus 
unifaciatus, which last is also at times to be found there in plenty, 
between the 10th and 21st June, in sunny weather. 
Plate XLIV. fig. 4. 
Cratowus viegnceplialu-i. 
C. Atcr tibiis hiteis, copite mnximo reluso. (Long. Corp. 1 lin.) 
Cynips megacephala, Fabrichis. — Cr. megacephalus, Steph. Cat. No. 
.'■..323. 
Deep, obscure, bluish-black : abdomen glossy : legs black, tibiae and tarsi 
yellow : head very large and broad, bidentate in front : wings clouded 
with fuscous. Four posterior tibiae sometimes clouded with brown. 
Found occasionally on new palings near London. 
Sp. 2. Ce. nigripes, Steph. MSS. atcr, pedibus toto nigris, alls hyalinis. 
Smaller, with the legs and tarsi wholly black : wings hyaline. 
'I'akcii ill till' garden at the Hermitage, South Lambeth. 
