ON THE SPECIES OF PLATYGASTER. iioo 



articuli 1°. ad 3"™. rufi : sciitellum pubescens, apice piceum : 



metathorax et abdomen basi utrinque albo-pilosa, ille seaber ob- 



scurus : abdomen ovatum ; segmentum 2*"". glabrum ; 3"™. et 



sequentia parce albo-hirta : pedes rufi ; coxae picese ; meso- ct 



metapedum femora tibiseque apice, ungues et pulvilli picea : ala3 



subfuscas ; squamulse piceae. 

 Fem. — Antennae nigrse, capita thoraceque paullo longiores ; articuli 



l"^ basi 2"^ que apice fusci : coxae nigrae. (Corp. long. lin. 



§ — ^ ; alar. lin. 1 — 15.) 

 Var. /3. — Mas, antenna? articulo 1°. rufo, apice supra piceo : femora 



et tibiae omnino rufa. 

 Far. y. — Mas, mesofemora omnino rufa. 



Var. I. — Mas, antennae nigro-piceae ; articulus l"^ basi rufus. 

 Var. £. — Mas, Var. Z similis : antennas articulo 1". subtus rufo : 



mesotibicK omnino rufae. 

 Var. l:,. — Mas, antennae piceae; articulus l"^ rufus : mesopedes 



rufi ; metatarsi rufo-picei. 

 Var. 77. — Fem. profemora apice picea. 

 Var. d. — Fem. meso- et metapedum femora et tibiae apice nigro- 



picea. 



July and August; near London. September; Isle of 

 Wight. Penzance, Cornwall. Found in Ireland, by Mr. 

 Haliday. 



Sp. 29. Plat, scelionoides, Haliday, MSS. Fem. P. Furio 

 gracilior, alee angustiores. 



Ater, nitens, laevis, parce pubescens ; oculi nigro-picei : antennas 

 piceae, corporis dimidio paullo longiores ; articulus l"^ rufo- 

 piceus ; 2"^ apice flavus : scutellum, metathorax abdominisque 

 segmentum 1"™. pubescentia : abdomen longi-ovatum, thorace 

 dimidio longius ; segmentum 2'"". glabrum ; sequentia brevia, 

 subaequalia : oviductus flavus : pedes rufi ; coxae piceae ; meta- 

 femora et tarsi apice rufo-picea : proalae subfuscae ; metalae fere 

 limpidse : squamulae obscure rufae. (Corp. long. lin. | ; alar, 

 lin. 1.) 



Var. jj. — Abdominis segmentum 1""*. et acies rufo-picea. 

 Found in Ireland, by Mr. Haliday, 



Sp. 30. Plat. Belus. Fem. Prcecedente brev'ior, antennm 



nigra, 

 Ater, nitens, Isevis, parce pubescens : oculi nigro-picei : antennie 



nigree, corporis dimidio paullo longiores : scutellum, metalhorfix 



