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conspicuse : scutellum breve, quasi semicirculum fingens : metatho- 

 rax mediocris, utrinque angulatus : abdomen longi-ovatum, cou- 

 vexum, thorace multo angustius ; segrnentum 1™\ breve, latum ; 

 2™\ maximum ; sequentia brevissima subclavata ; tibiee tarsique 

 gracilia. 



Sp. 8. Ino. Mecrida. Mas et Fem. Atra, pedes nigri tarsi 

 picei, albo-limpidce. 



Mas. — Atra, brevis, lata, nitens, laevis, fere glabra : oculi ocellique 

 nigro-picei : antennae nigrse, easdem Eurytomce simulantes, 

 corpore paullo breviores ; articulorum petioli picei : metathorax 

 abdominisque segmentum 1""*. scabra, obscura ; 2"™. basi scite 

 sulcatum : pedes nigri ; genua et tarsi picea ; propedes picei, 

 j^enua, tibiae apice subtus et tarsi flava : alae albo-limpidae ; squa- 

 mulag et nervi picea. (Corp. long. lin. \ ; alar. lin. g.) 



Found near London. 



** Tarsi tetrameri. 



Genus III. — Iphitrachelus, Haliday. 



Mas. — Corpus breve, latum : caput thoracis latitudine : oculi pro- 

 minentes : antenna; 10-articulatae, nodosae, verticillato-pilosae, 

 easdem Eurytomce simulantes, corpore paullo breviores ; articulus 

 ps. crassus, quasi membrana inclusus ; 2"^ parvus, fere rotundus ; 

 3"^. major, longi-ovatus ; 4"^ adhuc major, dilatatus ; 5"'. et 4"^. 

 sequentes aequales, discreti ; 10"^ fusiformis, acuminatus, 9°. 

 duplo longior : thorax brevis, convexus, paullo longior quam 

 latus : prothorax supra inconspicuus : mesothoracis parapsidum 

 suturse bene determinatae ; scutellum gibbum, fere rotundum, 

 scuto discretum : metathorax mediocris ; stria supra dorsum 

 membranacea, quasi foveas 3 fingens : abdomen longi-ovatum, 

 sublineare, fere planum, thorace multo angustius ; segmentum 

 1"™. breve, membrana tectum ; 2"*^^. maximum, dorsum fere 

 omne occupans ; 3"'". et sequentia brevissima : pedes graciles ; 

 femora subclavata ; tarsi tetrameri, articuli 1°. ad 3"™. longitudine 

 decrescentes, 4^^. 3°. paullo longior, ungues et pulvilli minuti : 

 proalae humerus brevis, simplex, capitatus. 



Sp. 1 . Iphi. Lar. (Haliday.) Mas. Ater, pedes Jlavi, alee 

 fuscce . 



Ater, obscurus, glaber, scitissime squameus : caput breve : oculi 

 ocellique nigro-picei : antennae nigr^e ; articulus 1"^. fulvus ; 2"*. 

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