ON THE SPECIES OF PLATYGASTER. .iol 



thoraceque longiores ; articuli 1"^. basi 2"^. que apice pallidi : 

 tliorax subtus laevis, nitens : metathorax abdomiiusque scgmen- 

 turn 1"'". scabra obscura : abdomen longi-ovatum, nitens, lasve, 

 thorace pauUo longius at latins ; segmentum 2"™. glabrum, apice 

 latins, basi scite sulcatum : pedes picei, unicolores : proalse fuscae, 

 perangustos ; metalse sublimpidse ; squamulse picese. (Corp. 

 long. lin. f ; alar. lin. 1.) 



May; on grass beneath trees ; near London. 



Sp. 73. Plat. Eriphyle. Fem. P. Oro similis, antennis 

 articulus 7"\ sequenlibiis minor. 



Ater, latus, obscurus, subtilissime punctatus, fere glaber : oculi 

 ocellique nigro-picei : antennae nigras, clavatse, capite thorace- 

 que pauUo longiores ; articulus 2"^. apice fuscus : thorax subtus 

 et utrinque Isevior nitidior : metathorax abdoniinisque segmentum 

 1™\ scabra, obscura : abdomen ovatum, nitidum, keve, glabrum, 

 acuminatum, thorace panllo longius et latius ; segmentum 2""\ 

 basi scite sulcatum : pedes nigro-picei ; trochanteres, genua et 

 tarsi pallidiora ; protibias apice subtus rufae : ala? albolimpidee, 

 breves ; squamulae picese. (Corp. long. lin. § ; alar. lin. 1.) 



Found near London. 



Sp. 74. Plat. Evadne. Mas et Fem. P. Philinnae similis, 

 alee obscuriores. 



Mas. — Ater, angustus, longus, parum nitens, subtilissime punc- 

 tatus, breviter pubescens, caput posticum sulcis transversis scite 

 lineatum : oculi ocellique nigro-picei : antennae nigree, capite 

 thoraceque vix longiores ; articulus 2"^. apice fuscus : meso- 

 thoracis parapsidum suturae bene determinatae : metathorax 

 abdominisque segmentum 1"". scabra, obscura, utrinque dense 

 pubescentia : -abdomen subfusiforme, nitens, laeve, glabrum, 

 thorace multo longius ; segmentum 2™''. ejus dimidio longius, 

 basi scite sulcatum ; sequentia brevia, subaequalia : pedes nigri ; 

 genua et tarsi nigro-picea : alae fuscae, angustae ; metalas sub- 

 limpidae ; squamulae nigro-piceae. 



Fem. — Mari similis : abdomen acutius et pauUo longius : genua et 

 protibias apice subtus rufa ; tarsi picei. (Corp. long. lin. 3 — §; 

 alar. lin. \ — |.) 



Var. j3. — Fem. pedes nigro-picei ; trochanteres, genua et tarsi piceo- 

 rufa. 



June and July; near London. New Forest, Hampsliire. 



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