The larva lives upon the Caterpillars of Nod. {Acronycta) 

 Psi, not N. pyramidea. 



5^6'^. AscoGASTER Wcsm. Eyes smooth : a suhtrigonate radial 

 and 3 cubital cells, the \st separated from the external dis- 

 coidal cell by a distinct nervure. 

 * The cuirass in 3 distinct pieces: entirely open beneath. 



1. rufescens Lat. — dentator Pawz. 88. 14. 

 14th Aug. off rushes, Stilton Fen, Mr. Dale. 



** The cuirass of one piece, the sides bent under the body. 



2. Consobrinus Ce/r/.G. ist edit. no. 10. Slender like ^. rzz/^es. 



Black ; antennae 33-jointed, brown, underside at base, trophi and legs 

 ochreous, hinder legs with the coxae blackish at the base ; apex of thighs 

 of tibias and tips of all the tarsi fuscous : metathorax 4-toothed : wings 

 brownish on the disc, with a white transverse line, stigma and nervures 

 pale brown : length If line. 



3. pallidicornis Curt. Guide, 1st edit. no. 6. 



Blackish; antennae 32-jointed, underside ochreous to the middle: thorax 

 4-toothed : legs ochreous, coxte, underside of anterior thighs and the whole 

 of the others, excepting the extreme base and apex, terminal portion of 

 hinder tibice and all the tarsi, pale piceous : in stature and wings like No. 2. 



4. quadridentatus Wesm. June, Shotover near Oxford. 



5. varipes Wesm. & 6. instabilis Wcsm. I possess. 



7. fulviventris Curt. Guide, 1st edit. no. 9. is I believe only a var. 

 oi A. instabilis, with the back of the abdomen subferruginous, the apex 

 fuscous, the underside entirely ochreous. 



8. Esenbeckii Curt. — pulchellus Guide, 1st edit. no. 8. 

 Black, head large, palpi fuscous ; antennae very long, of 39 joints, taper- 

 ing greatly to the apex, basal portion ferruginous, 1st joint piceous above : 

 thorax bidentate : abdomen ochreous, a dot at the base, a line across the 

 middle, and the apical portion brown : wings fuscous, basal half white, 

 with the nervures ochreous: legs black, tips of antei'ior thighs and all the 

 tibife, except the apex of the hinder, bright ochreous : 2^ lines. 



July, off grass in meadows, Glanville's Wootton, Mr. Dale. 



I have named it in honour of the Professor to whose able 



works both entomologists and botanists are so greatly indebted. 



SSQ. Chelonus. Vide the characters on the preceding page. 



1. oculator Fab. — Pan:::. 72. 3. Common on umbellate flow- 

 ers, grass, sedges in ditches from July to September. 



7. Wesmaelii Curt. Black, pubescent, head punctured, trophi ochreous; 

 antennae setaceous, as long as the body and 34-jointed ; thorax strongly 

 reticulated, metathorax with 2 short teeth at the angles : abdomen reti- 

 culated, oi-ange, with a triangular black spot at the base, nearly reaching 

 a black dorsal stripe, arising from the apex, which is black : wings fus- 

 cous with a white horseshoe line round the stigma, which is brown as 

 well as the nervures : legs bright ochreous, coxae and trochanters piceous, 

 tips of hinder thighs, tibiae, and all the tarsi, except the basal joint, fuscous. 



This male I took at Tollsbury the end of July, and have 

 named it after the Professor whose monograph has essentially 

 assisted me in the investigation of this tribe. 



8. basalis Curt. Black, minutely punctured, pubescent: antennae 16- 

 jointed ; metathorax bituberculate, with 2 carinae down the back, slightly 

 toothed at the apex : base of abdomen ochreous : wings slightly fuscous ; 

 stigma large and darker : legs black, tips of anterior thighs, tibiae and base 

 only of hinder ochreous : not 1 line long. 



For this species 1 am indebted to F. Walker, Esq. 

 The Plant is Carex rcmota, from T. C, Heysham, Esq. 



