272 ON THE SPECIES OF PLATYGASTER. 



Sp. 6. Ino. areolata. (Haliday, MSS.) Mas et Fem. Atra, 

 tarsi picei, alee subfusccB. 



Atra : caput et thorax parum nitentia : antennae nigrae ; articulus 

 l'^*. basi piceus: abdomen nitens : oviductus rufo-piceus ; vaginae 

 nigrae : pedes nigri ; genua et tarsi picea ; protarsi nigri : proalae 

 subfusese ; squamulae nigro-picese : nervi pallidiores ; metalae 

 sublimpidae. (Corp. long. lin. ^ — g; alar. lin. f — |.) 



Found by Mr. Haliday, on grass in drains of the sea- 

 coast, at Holywood, in Ireland ; sometimes, like Ino. 

 Menippus, infested by a small red parasite. 



Div°. 4a. 



Fem. — Corpus breve, crassum : caput thoracis latitudine : antenffee 

 clavatse, corporis dimidio paullo longiores ; articulus 1*^^. gracilis, 

 fere filiformis ; 2^^ cyathiformis ; 3"'. parvus ; 4"^ et sequentes 

 agquales, mediocres, subquadrati ; lO^^a cuminatus, 9°. duplo fere 

 longior : thorax brevi-ovatus, couvexus : prothorax brevissimus : 

 mesothoracis parapsidum suturse vix conspicuae ; scutellum tuber- 

 culo simile : metathorax brevis : abdomen ovatum, convexum, 

 tborace paullo brevius et angustius; segmentum 2^"^. magnum; 

 V"^. 3"™. etc. parva : alae mediocres : humerus ramulum emittens 

 in alse discum recte declivem. 



Sp. 7. Ino. Atinas. Fem. Atra, antenncB nigro-fuscm, pedes 

 fiisci, ales siihfuscce. 



Atra, subtilissime punctata, parum nitens, parce et brevitur pu- 

 bescens : oculi nigro-picei : antennae nigro-fuscae ; articuli V^^. 

 basi 2^^. que apice fulvi : abdomen nitens, laeve, glabrum : pedes 

 fusci ; trochanteres, genua, protibias apice subtus tarsique fulva, hi 

 apice obscuriores : alae subfuscae ; squamulag nigro-piceae ; nervi 

 fusci. (Corp. long. lin. g ; alar. lin. |.) 



Found near London. 



W Antennce 9-articulatce. 



Div°. 5\ 



Mas. — Antennae 9-articulatae, moniliformes ; articulus l"^ validns, 

 fusiformis ; 2"^. parvus, globosus ; sequentes verticillato-pilosae, 

 valde remoti ; 3*^^. magnus, brevi-fusiformis ; 9^% acuminatus : 

 8°. multo longior, thorax latus, brevi-ovatus, supra planus ; 

 prothorax brevissimus : mesothoracis parapsidum suturae vix 



