520 DESCRIPTION OF SOME 



der polished petiole ; the oval compact abdomen ; the short con- 

 cealed ovipositor, and the few and clearly defined nervures of the 

 wings. It differs very much from Cynips in the structure of the 

 abdomen, and the nervures of the wings, and has more resemblance 

 to Figites ; but the latter has the antennae formed differently, the 

 scutellum tuberculate, the petiole very short, the abdomen com- 

 pressed, and the nervures of the wings generally more developed. 

 There are some species which will form a new genus : they have 

 thicker antennae than Anacharis, and a rough, punctured, and 

 much shorter petiole, &c. The latter are not uncommon on hedges 

 and lime trees, &c. during the summer and autumn ; they run 

 very rapidly, and are probably parasitic. 



Sp. 1. Ana. tinctus. Mas et Fem. Petiolo abdominis cir- 

 citer longitudine, pedibus fulvis aut Jlavis, alis minimi 

 fulvo tinctis, nervis ferrugintis, extimo piceo. 



Ater aut aeneo-ater : antennas nigra?, subtus nigro-piceae : petiolus 

 mari abdominis longitudine, fem. paullo brevior : pedes fulvi ; 

 coxae nigrae ; metatrochanteres piceae ; metafemora a basi fere ad 

 apicem ferruginea ; ungues, pulvilli et metatarsi fusci : alae hya- 

 linae, minime fulvotinctae ; squamulae et nervi ferruginea ; nervus 

 extimus transversus crassus, piceus. (Corp. long. If — 2 lin. ; 

 alar. 2|— 2h lin.) 



Var. /3. — Mas, antennae nigro-piceae, subtus ferrugineae ; articuli 

 l us . et 2 US . nigri : metafemora omnino fulvo. 



Var. y. — Fem. antennae piceae, subtus ferrugineae; articuli l us . et 

 2 US . nigri. 



Var. 3. — Fem. antennae fulvae, apice fuscae; articulus l us . niger, 2 US . 

 piceus : pedes flavi ; coxae nigrae ; tarsi apice, ungues et pulvilli 

 fusci; metatarsi fusci, basi fulvi: alae nervo longitudinali basi 

 flavo. 



July; near London. September; Isle of Wight; Ma- 

 chynlleth, North Wales. 



Sp. 2. Ana. typicus. Mas et Fem. A. tincto similis, pe- 

 tiolo brevior e. 



Aler aut ameo-ater : antennae nigrae, subtus piceae : petiolus longi- 

 tudine | abdominis : pedes flavi ; coxae nigrae ; metatrochanteres 

 picei ; Jem. metafemora basi ferruginea ; tarsi apice ferruginei ; 

 metatarsi marl ferruginei, fem. fusci : alae subhyalinae, nonnun- 

 quam minime fulvotinctae ; squamulae et nervi ferruginea ; nervus 



