220 ON THE SPECIES OF PLATYGASTER. 



Far. />. — Antennaj nigro-piccce ; articuli 1"^. siibtus, 2"^. et 10"*. 



apice picei : coxae, trochanteres et femora nigra ; pro- et mesotibiae ; 



flavae, supra piceo vittatae ; metatibiae piceae. 

 Far, y. — Antennaj articulo 2°. rufo-piceo. 

 Far. c. — Antennae articulo 1°. rufo : pedes rufi ; coxae piceae ; tarsi i 



flavi, apice fusci. 

 Fai: e, Far. c, similis : metafemora et metatibiae apice picea. 



June ; on grass beneath trees ; near London. New Forest, 

 Hampshire. Mr. Haliday has found it under the shade of 

 trees, once at Holywood, and once in Galway, Ireland. 



** Thorax non compressus. 



* Scutellum proditcttim. 



■fScutellnm valde productum, spiniforme, abdomen attingens. 



2. Mas. — Antennae filiformes, corporis fere longitudine ; articulus 

 2"^ ovatus ; 3"^ minimus ; 4"^. magnus, longus, sublinearis ; 

 5"^. parvus, ovatus ; 6"*. et sequentes majores, fusiformes, sub- 

 aequales ; 10"^. linearis, acuminatus, 9°. longior : thorax ovatus, 

 convexus : mesothoracis parapsidum suturse vix conspicuae : ab- 

 domen brevi-ovatum, thorace vix longius ; segmentum 1"™. 

 seorsum angustum, longum ; 2"™. maximum ; 3*^™. et sequentia 

 minima. 



Perils — Antennae subclavatae, corporis dimidio longiores ; articulus 

 2^^^ cyathiformis ; 3"^. minimus ; 4"^ et 5"^ mediocres ; 6"^ 

 minor; 7"^. et sequentes majores, lati, subaequales ; 10"^ acu- 

 minatus, 9". longior. 



Sp. 2. Plat. Tipulse. Mas et Fem. Ater, antennce rufce 

 apice nigrce aut jncece, pedes rvfi fusco cingulati, alee sub- 

 linrpidce. 



Ichneumon Tipulffl. A7r%, Z?ww. Trans. IV. 232; V. 108; 

 tab. 4. figs. 8,9; Steiv. II. 231; Turt. 

 III. 476. 



Mas. — Ater, nitens, fere laevis, parce et breviter pubescens : caput 

 subtilissime punctatum, parum nitens : oculi ocellique nigro- 

 picei: antennae piceae; articuli 1°. ad 5""^. rufi : scutellum apice 

 fuscum ; metathorax et abdominis segmentum 1""\ scabra, 

 obscura, pilosa : abdomen laeve, glabrum; segmentum 2"™. basi 

 bifoveolatum : pedes pallide rufi ; metatibiae tarsique apice picea : 

 aljc sublimpidae ; squamulae picea?. 



