238 ON THE SPECIES OF PLATYGASTER. 



Var. e. — Fern. Var. y, similis : pedes ferruginei ; trochanteres, 



genua at tarsi flava. 

 Var. '(. — Fern, antennae nigro-piceae ; articuli 1"^ et 2"^ pallidiores: 



pedes picei ; trochanteres, genua et tarsi ferruginea. 



May to September ; on grass in woods ; near London. Isle 

 of Wight; New Forest, Hampshire. New Lanark, Scotland. 



Sp. S5. Plat. Abas. Mas et Fern. Piceus, prcecedente 

 gracilior. 



Piceus, angustus, nitens, Isevis, parce pubescens : caput nigro- 

 piceum : oculi ocellique nigro-picei : antennae piceae, corpore bre- 

 viores ; articuli 1"'. et 2"*. rufi, hie basi et ille apice rufo-picei : 

 scutellum dense pilosum, apice pallidius : metathorax abdominis- 

 que segmentum 1"'". pubescentia, obscura : abdomen nigro- 

 piceum ; segmentum 2"'". glabrum : pedes rufi ; ungues picei : 

 alae fuscae, longae, ciliatae ; squamulse rufae. (Corp. long. lin. 

 I — I ; alar. lin. | — 1.) 



Var. /3. — Mas, antennae fulvae ; articulus 1"^ flavus : thorax 

 subtus et utiinque pallidior : metathorax abdominisque segmen- 

 tum !"•". pallide picea, 



Var. y. — Mas, antennae articulo P. apice supra piceo. 



Var. L — Mas, alae subfuscae. 



Var. e. — Mas, antennae articulis 1°. ad 4*"". rufis : metathorax abdo- 

 minisque segmentum 1"™. rufa. 



Var. y. — Fern. Var. /3, similis: antennas piceae; articulus 1"^ 

 basi et subtus flavus : metapedum femora et tibiae apice picea. 



Var. 7j. — Fern, antennae articulis 1°. et 2°. flavis : pedes flavi. 



Var. 6. — Fern, antennae articulis 3". ad 6""^. rufis. 



July and August ; on grass in woods ; near London. New 

 Lanark, Scotland. 



15. Mas. — Antennae filiformes ; articulus 2^\ longi-cyathiformis ; 

 3"*. mediocris ; 4"^ magnus, 3°. approximatus ; 5"^ et 6"^ cya- 

 thiformes, hie paullo latior ; 7"^ et sequentes adhuc majores, 

 aequales ; 10"'. acuminatus, 9°. longior : thorax ovatus ; meso- 

 thoracis parapsidum suturae conspicuae : metathorax abdominis- 

 que segmentum 1""^ bene determinata : abdomen spathuliforme, 

 thorace longius ; segmentum 2'"n. ejus plus dimidium occupans, 

 basi scite sulcatum et utrinque impressum. 



