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ON SOME NEW OR LITTLE KNOWN BRITISH PARASITIC 

 CYNIPID^. 



BY P. CAMEHON, P.E.S. 



1. The parasitic Cynipidce described hy Prof. Wesiwood in the Ma//, of 



Nat. Hist., 1833. 



Prof. Westwood has very kindly lent me for examination his type 

 specimens, and this has enabled me to clear up some doubtful points 

 in synonymy : — 



EucoJla crassinerva. This is E. maculata, Htg., as indicated by 

 Dahlbom (Skand. Hym., 1846, No. 20). It forms the type of 

 Forster's genus Psilodora. 



Kleidotoma psiloides = K. hicolor, Gir. = K. rujicornis, Thoms. 



Anachqris riifipes = ^gilips Dalmani, Reiuhard. 



Anacharis fumipennis. This is a hitherto unrecognised species of 

 JEgilifs. It has the scutellum formed as in Dalmani (or, as it must 

 be now called, rujipes), striolata, and bicolorata {cf. Cameron, Trans. 

 Ent. Soc, 1883, p. 374). From the latter two it is readily known by 

 the mesonotum not being transversely striolated ; from ruJlpes by tlie 

 thorax being densely pilose, by the scutellum being somewhat shorter, 

 by the petiole being longer, it being three times longer than broad, 

 and piceous, this being also the case with the base of the abdomen ; 

 and by tbe wings being uniformly smoky. The legs are testaceous. 

 As it is not described in any continental work, I give a description of 

 it here : — 



JEgilips fumipenkis, Westwood. 

 Black ; the legs testaceous ; mandibles piceous-red, darker at the apex ; petiole 

 and base of abdomen piceous ; flagellum of antennae fuscous. Antennae shorter 

 than the body ; thorax densely pilose ; parapsidal furrows shallow, indistinct ; 

 scutellar foveae indistinct ; scutellum obtuse, rugose ; metanotum rugose, tricarinate ; 

 petiole three times longer than broad, striolated ; abdomen shining ; wings uniformly 

 smoky ; first abscissa of radius three-fourths tlie length of second ; nervures fuscous. 



Length, 2'5 mm. 



The following is a synopsis of the British species of ^gilips : 



1 (12) Scutellum conical, not ending in a spine. 



2 (5) Scutellum smooth, impunctate in front and at the sides. 



3 (4) Scutellar foveee obsolete ; legs and antennae bright yeUovf... nitiduJa, Dal. 



4 (3) „ „ distinct; legs and antennae red rujicornis, Cam. 



5 (2) Scutellum rugose. 



6 (9) Mesonotum transversely striated. 



7 (8) Scutellar foveae almost obsolete, mesonotum shining ; first abscissa of radius 



one-half the length of second ; legs testaceous and yellow... 



striolata, Cam. 



