ON THE SPECIES OF PLATYGASTER. 269 



Psilus Boscii . . Jurine, Hymen, 318. 



Platygaster Boscii. Latr. Regne Anim. III. 475; Nouv.Edit. 



V. 302; Enct/cl. Method. X. 150; 



Curtis' Brit. Ent. 309 ; Nees ah Esen- 



beck, Hym. Ich. affln. Monogr. II. 



306. 14. 



Atra, obscura, subtilissime squamea, fere glabra : oculi nigro-picei : 

 ocelli pallide rufi : antennse nigrse ; articulus 2"^. apice fuscus : 

 thorax utrinque et subtus Isevis, nitens : abdominis segmentum 

 1"^™. scabrum, sulcatum ; 2"™. nitens, laeve, glabrum, basi scite 

 sulcatum ; sequentia subtilissime punctata, apice laevia nitentia, 

 i pilis albis parce et breviter hirta : oviductus pallide flavus : pedes 



! picei ; coxae nigrse ; tibiae basi et tarsi rufa, hi apice picei ; meta- 



tarsi supra rufo-picei : alse albo-limpidae ; squamulae et nervi 

 picea. (Corp. long. lin. \ — 1 ; alar. lin. | — 1|.) 



Var. jj. — Mas et Fern, tarsi omnes necnon protibise basi et apice 



rufa. 

 Var. y. — Mas, mesotarsi supra picei. 



On grass in woods, near London ; during the summer and 

 autumn. June ; New Forest, Hampshire. New Lanark, 

 Scotland. Found by Mr. Hahday, on Cerealia, in England, 

 Ireland, and Scotland. 



Sp. 2. Ino. Melicerta. Fem. Abdomen quam P. Boscii 

 H brevius, cornu caput non attingens, alee subfusccB. 



Atra, obscura, subtilissime squamea, fere glabra : oculi nigro-picei : 

 ocelli pallide rufi : antennae nigrae : thorax utrinque et subtus 

 laevis, nitens : abdomen quam P. Boscii brevius, apice minus 

 acuminatum et elevatum ; segmentum 1"™. scabrum, sulcatum ; 

 2"i". nitidum, laeve, glabrum, basi scite sulcatum ; sequentia sub- 

 tilissime punctata, apice Isevia nitida, pilis albis parce et brevi- 

 Pter hirta : cornu caput vix attingens : pedes picei ; coxae nigrae ; 

 tibiae basi tarsique piceo-rufa ; protibiae apice et protarsi rufa, 

 hi apice picei : alae subfuscse ; metalae sublimpidae ; squamulae 

 et nervi picea. (Corp. long. lin. f — | ; alar. lin. ^ — 1.) 

 Var. /3. — Tarsi omnes rufi, apice picei. 

 June and July; near London. 



Sp. 3. Ino. Lycon. Fem. P. Boscii similis, cornu caput 



fere superons. 

 Atra, obscura, subtilissime squamea, fere glabra : oculi nigro-picei : 



ocelli pallide rufi : antennae nigrse ; articulus 2"^ apice fuscus : 



