146 [December, 



The following species from Borneo, of which I have only seen a 

 single specimen in the collection of the British Museum, appears to be 

 undescribed : I propose to name it E. Lacordairei. 



ExoPHOLis Lacoedaieei, spec. nov. 



IS. ovata, parum convexa, punctata, nitida, nigra ; elytris singulis 

 7-costatis, iridescentilus, apice fuscescentihus. Long. 15 lin. 



Head in front rounded, thickly punctured, with the very slightly 

 reflexed margin and a discoidal spot smooth. Thorax as in JE. 

 hypoleuca, but less arched, more thickly and rugosely punctured, 

 with a mesial longitudinal smooth line, which is slightly raised. Scu- 

 tellum punctured. Elytra Sg times as long as the thorax, gradually 

 enlarged towards the apex, where they are somewhat suddenly deflexed ; 

 each elytron with seven smooth iridescent costse ; the first nearly 

 entire, terminating very little short of the apex, broader than the 

 others ; the second short, abbreviated before and behind, broad towards 

 the scutellum, diminishing towards the apex of the elytra ; the third 

 and fifth narrow, springing from the base, and uniting (with the fourth) 

 at the sub-apical callosity ; the fourth and sixth costse incomplete and 

 irregular ; the seventh complete, lateral ; interstices strongly and 

 rugosely punctured ; the apex rugulose, fuscescent, sparingly powdered 

 with fine white scales. Anterior tibia) very slender. 

 Habitat, Borneo. In Mus. Brit. 

 British Museum, fifepi. 4t7i, 1867. 



ON SOME BKITISH CYNIFIBM. 

 BY THE EEV. T. A. MAESHALL, M.A. 



(^Continued from page 126.) 



In a small consignment* of Gynipidce sent to me by Mr. Parfitt, of 

 Exeter, I find a specimen of Neuroterus fumipennis, ,^ , not yet de- 

 scribed. It exactly resembles the other sex, except in having longer 



* Among the insects referred to is a genuine Cynips reared by Mr. Parfitt from "woody galls near 

 the base of oaks." Although no existing description exactly fits this specimen, it may possibly be the 

 C. ilicis of Fabr., Piez., 145, No. 10. " Atra, nitida, thorace pedibusque pallide flavis." 



Cynips —^—— ? 



Head, prothorax, and scutellum rufo-testaceous, coriaceous, hardly pubescent ; declivity of the meta- 

 thorax, and the abdomen, black. Legs testaceous; coxae, and a line on the middle and hinder femora 

 and tibiffi blackish ; tarsi broken off. Antennae 14-jointed, testaceous, the last 4-5 joints black. Eyes 

 fuscous. Head large, as broad as the prothorax, sub-rugose. Prothorax transversely rugose, the parap- 

 sidum suturiB very distinct, Scutellum coarsely rugose-punctate, red, bordered all round with black; 

 In the black hinder margin are two smooth foveoloe. Abdomen two-thirds as broad as the thorax, 

 raised and compressed at the apex, which foi-ma a sharp carina above : shining black, reddish laterally 

 at the base. 0?ipositor testaceous. Wings hyaline, the nervures pale testaceous, except the apical 

 half of the sub-costal, the basal transverse vein, the base of the radial cell and the outer side of the 

 areolet, which are black and incrassated. Long, 1 ; alar. exp. 3 lin. 



