ON THE SPECIES OF TELEAS. 355 



longi-ovatum, petiolatum ; segmentum 1"">. angustiim ; 2"™. 

 longius ; 3™\ adhuc longius ; 4"™. et sequentia brevia : segmenta 

 ventralia I"'", et 2"™. maxima ; sequentia brevissima : pedes 

 longi, graciles : alse pubescentes, ciliatae ; nervus costalis alae 

 dimidio vix longior, ramulum emitteiis in alse disco oblique 

 descendentem etmox stigmate calloso terrainatus : metalae nervus 

 unicus costalis simplex. 



Sp. 1. Thor. metallicus. Mas et Fem. Nigro-ceneus, an- 

 tennce nigrcB, pedes rvfo-picei,alce fusccR. (PI. XIII. fig. 11. 

 fem. fig. 12. antenna ?nas.) 



Teleas metallicus . . . HaUdaij, Curtis, Brit. Ent.\ll. 333. 



Thoron metallicus . . Haliday, Ent. Mag. I. 272. 



Teleas fornicatus, mas. NeesabEsenheck,Hymenopt.Ichneum. 



affin. Monogr. II. 292. 

 Teleas solidus,/^???. . . 290. 



Nigro-seneus, convexus, nitens, Isevis, pilis albis parce hirtus : oculi 

 ocellique picei : antennae nigrse, mari corporis longitudine : fem. 

 corporis dimidio paullo longiores ; articulus 1^^ basi et radiculus 

 rufi : thorax brevi-ovatus, crassus : mesothoracis parapsidum 

 suturae bene determinatae : metathorax punctatus, obscurus : 

 abdomen mari tborace multo longius, /em. acutius tborace plus 

 duplo longius; segmenta 1"™. omnino 2"™.que basi ad medium 

 sulcata : pedes rufo-picei ; coxae nigro-piceae ; trochanteres, 

 femora apice et subtus protibiaeque rufa : alae fuscae, mediocres ; 

 squamulae piceae ; nervi obscure fusci. (Corp. long. lin. I5 ; alar, 

 lin. 2.) 



Var. j3. — Me.so- et metapedum femora et tibiae omnino rufa. 



Near London ; from March to October ; at the roots of grass, 

 moss, &c. ; by the edges of brooks and ponds ; Devonshire. 

 Found by Mr. Haliday at the edges of ponds, among roots 

 of aquatic plants, and on the water, at Holywood, Ireland. 

 The female is much more abundant than the male. 



Gen. V. — Xenomerus.'' 



Mas. — Antennae 12-articulatae, verticillato-pilosae, moniliformes ; 

 articulus 1"^ longus, gracilis; 2"^ brevi-cyathiformis ; 3"^ et 

 sequentes ad 11"'". ovati, discreti, subaequales ; 12"^ teliformis, 



* Hecys, alicnus, fxtpos, pars. 



