268 (May, 



Konig., xvi, 79. Nematus stenogaster, Eoerster, Yerh. ver. Ehein., xi, 

 339, pi. 6, fig. 46. Nematus pleiiralis, Thorns., Opus., 628, 32 ; Hym. 

 Scand., i, 117, 41. I captured this insect on the banks of the Shin, 

 Sutherlandshire, in June, among birch. It is very closely related to 

 -Z\r. caprece, Pz. {Kirlyi), but differs in the granulated punctured 

 pleurae, less shining body, of which the ground colour is decidedly 

 reddish, the pale yellow legs and sordid luteous stigma. The head 

 also is broader in comparison to the length ; it retreats more inwardly 

 before and behind ; the eyes project more, the face is longer and 

 whitish-yellow. The legs are longer in proportion, and the femora 

 hare only a short thin black line on their apical half. Brischke sus- 

 pects that the larva feeds on the as])en. 



Nematus ttjegidus, Zaddach, I. c, 82. 



= pallicerus, Thorns., nee Htg., Voll. 



Two specimens of this rare species were sent me by Mr. C. W. 

 Dale. It belongs to the same group as the last mentioned species, 

 but it has the colour much lighter, being light reddish, with very 

 little black. 



Nematus arcticus. 

 Thoms., Hym. Scand., i, 134, 62. Taken by Mr. Joseph Chappell 

 in the Manchester district (I presume), and by the Eev. T. A. Mar- 

 shall. The only British species with which it can be confounded is 

 rumicls, from which it differs in having the antennae longer, thinner, 

 and not entirely black, the wings likewise wanting the yellowish tinge, 

 while the incision in the clypeus is deeper. 



31, Willowbank Crescent, 



Glasgow : March, 1878. 



NOTES ON PEMBEOKESHIKE TINEINA. 

 BY CHAS. G. BARRETT. 



I have hitherto abstained from contributing any notes on the 

 Tineina of this county, more especially because I have found it im- 

 possible to ascertain, to my own satisfaction, the names of several 

 species belonging to different genera, some of which, indeed, I believe 

 to be novelties, but, as it may take a long time to prove this, I think 

 it better not to defer any longer a short notice of some other interest- 

 ing b])ecies. 



