260 ON THE SriXIES OF PLATYGASTER. 



articuli 1". ad 1"™. riifi : metathorax abdominisque segmentutn 

 1"'". scabra, obscura : abdomen niteiis, keve, pilis nonnullis 

 albis hirtum, thorace pauUo longius et latius ; segmentum 

 2^1". glabrum, basi scite sulcatum : pedes rufi ; coxae piccffi; tarsi 

 apice picei : alse albidolimpidae ; squamulse piceae. (Corp. long, 

 lin. 1—1; alar. lin. U— U-) 



Far. /3. — Antennas articulis 1°. ad 4"'». supra pallide piceis. 



Far. y, Far. /3, similis : meso- et metapedes supra picei. 



Far. c, Far. /3, similis : metafemora supra picea. 



Far. £, Far. j3, similis : meso- et metapedum femora et tibiae supra 

 picea. 



Far. 'C. — Antennae articulo 5". piceo. 



Far. r;.— Antenna? articulis 1". ad 5"™. rufis. 



j/ay^ 0. — Antennae articulis 5°. ad 10"™. piceis. 



Found in August by Mr. Haliday, in marshes and grass in 



drains, at Holywood, Ireland. September; on grass in fields; 



near London. Isle of Wight. New Lanark, Scotland. 



Sp. 80. Plat. Vestinus. Mas. Prcecedenti similis, brevior, 

 alafusccB. 



Ater, parum nitens, subtilissime punctatus, fere glaber : oculi ocel- 

 lique nigro-picei : antennae nigro-piceae, capite thoraceque paullo 

 longiores ; articuli 1°. ad 4"™. rufo-picei : metathorax abdo- 

 ir.inisque segmentum P"". scabra, obscura: abdomen nitens, loeve, 

 thorace paullo longius et latius ; segmentum 2"™. glabrum, basi 

 utrinque impressum : pedes rufi ; coxae piceae ; protarsi flavi ; 

 ungues et pulvilli picei : alse fuscae ; squamulae piceae. (Corp. 

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

 September; near the Land's End, Cornwall. 



Sp. 81. Plat. Nisus. Fem. P. Osco similis at ejus dhnidio 

 minor. 



Ater, parum nitens, subtilissime punctatus, fere glaber : oculi ocel- 

 lique nigro-picei : antennae piceae, corporis dimidio multo longiores, 

 validae ; articuli 1°. ad 4"™. rufi : thorax subtus et utrinque Isevis, 

 nitens : metathorax obscurus, punctatus : abdomen laeve, nitens, 

 glabrum, thorace paullo longius ; segmenta 1"™. omnino 2"™. que 

 basi scite sulcata ; 3^™. et sequentia pilis nonnullis albis hirta : 

 pedes rufi ; tarsi apice picei : alie hyalinae, albidae ; squamulae 

 rufo-piceae. (Corp. long. lin. | ; alar. lin. f .) 

 Found near London. 



