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articulus l"^ rufus ; 2"^. rufo-piceus : thoracis discus rufo-piceus : 

 abdomen nigro-piceum, ovatum, thorace longius ; segmenta 1""\ 

 omiiino 2"™. que basi rufa, sulcata : pedes rufi ; protarsi obscuriores ; 

 meso- et metatarsi apice picei : alse corpore longiores, angustje, 

 fulvescentes ; nervi concolores. (Corp. long. lin, | — | ; alar, 

 lin. U— 1^.) 



Taken by Mr. Haliday, on grass under trees, at Holywood. 

 July ; near London. 



Sp. 12. Tel. flavipes. (Haliday, Curtis, Brit. Ent. VII. 

 333.) Mas, Nigro-piceus, T. ephippii similitiidine at 

 minor. 



Nigro-piceus, subtilissime punctatus, nitens, pubescens : oculi ocel- 

 lique picei : antennae nigro-piceae, corpore dimidio longiores ; arti- 

 culi 1"^. et 2"^. flavi : abdomen ovatum, thorace paullo longius et 

 latins ; segmenta 1™\ et 2"™. omnino 3"™.que basi sulcata : 

 pedes flavi; tarsi obscuriores : alse fulvo-limpidae, angustae, corpore 

 longiores; nervi fulvi. (Corp. long. lin. ^ — 3 ; alar. lin. f — 1.) 



Taken by Mr. Haliday, on grass under trees, at Holywood. 

 September ; near London. Isle of Wight. 



Sp. 13. Tel. Mermerus. Mas et Fem. T. Arato et prcece- 

 dentihus minor et brevior. 



Ater, parum nitens, punctatus, pubescens : caput fere Iseve : oculi 

 ocellique picei : antennae nigrae ; mari corpore dimidio longiores, 

 articulus 1"^ piceus basi pallidior ; fem. corporis dimidio longiores, 

 articulus 1^^. basi piceus thorax fere rotundus : abdomen laeve, 

 nitens, disco glabrum, thorace paullo longius et latius, mari 

 brevi-ovatum basi nigro-piceum, fem. ovatum ; segmenta 1*^™. et 

 2^"". sulcata : pedes mari picei, tarsi tibiaeque basi genua et tro- 

 chanteres pallidiora ; fem. nigri, trochanteres et genua rufa, tarsi 

 picei basi rufi : proalse fuscae ; metalse pallidiores ; squamulae 

 piceae ; nervi fusci. (Corp. long. lin. g — f ; alar. lin. 1 — li.) 



Var. j3. — Mas, abdoininis segmentum 3""\ basi sulcatum. 

 Far. y. — Fem. minor : alae obscuriores angustiores. 



Common during the summer and autumn, on grass in fields, 

 lime trees, &c. near London ; the female inhabits moss in 

 winter. Isle of Wight ; North Wales ; Devonshire. Forest 

 of Fontainbleau. Found in Lincolnshire by Mr. Davis, and 

 at Holywood, Ireland, by Mr. Haliday. 



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