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Dryinus Tarraconensis, n. sp. 



D. niger, segmento 1"*", 

 ore, antennarum articulis 2 

 iasalibus totidemque apica- 

 lihus, rufis ; alis ficsco hi- 

 fasciatis; femoribus nigris ; 

 tibiis ta/rsisque rufis, illis 

 Imea nigra swperne, his apice 

 nigris. ? . 



Long. Si ; alar. exp. 3 lin. 

 Hob. Hispaniam borealem. 



Antennae aterrimse, ar- 

 ticulis 2 primis cum basi 

 tertii, duobusque ultimis 

 totis, testaceis. Oris partes 

 cum clypeo, oculorumque 

 orbitsB internaa anguste, 

 testacesB. Caput reliquum 

 nigrum. Vertex eubtiliter 

 rugulosus, carina longitu- 

 dinali ocellos cum clypeo 

 conjungente. Collum (quo 

 scilicet caput prothoraci in- 

 seritur) testaceum. Pro- 



Brylnus Tarraconensis, Marshall. 



thorax aciculatus, subobscurus, niger, lateribus et basi incerto rufescens. Meso- 

 thorax et scutellum nigra, lineato-rugosa. Metathorax niger, fortius rugoso- 

 punctatus. Abdomen elongato-ovatum, lasve, nitidum, subtilissime parcius 

 punctulatum, apice decurvum, acuminatum ; nigrum, segmento primo (praeter 

 petiolum marginemque posticum), piceo-rufo; ano testaceo. Femora omnia 

 (antica fortius) clavata, nigra, apice ipso rufo; tibiae 4 anteriores rufse, linea 

 extrorsum nigra, posticse nigrse, basi ipsa rufae ; tarsi antici rufi, unguibus raptoriis 

 pallidioribus,* medii et postici testacei apice fusco. Alae hyalinse, bis fusco 

 fasciatae ; nervi fusci, basi et medio decolores ; stigma nigrum, dimidio basali albo; 

 spatium etiam latum sub stigmate albidum, enerve. — T. A. Marshall, Milford 

 Haven, November \st, 1867. 



Capture of Ncnronia clathrata, a Trichopterous insect new to Britain. — Amongst 

 my captures of last season are three specimens of a Phryganideous insect, which 

 my friend Mr. B. Cooke tells me is Neiironia clathrata of Kolenati. They were 

 taken in Bishop's Wood, Staffordshire. — Joseph Chappell, 18, Sheffield Street, 

 Hulme, Manchester, 24Wi December, 1867. 



*^* Through the liberality of the captor one of these specimens (they are all 

 males) is now in my cabinet. It is one of the most striking of the European 



* The right-hand anterior tarsus in the fig. has the raptorial claws open. In the left-hand anterior 

 tarsus, the stout, curved, and strongly toothed inner claw is shut down upon the fourth and third 

 joints; its point fitting against a sort of" trigger guard " springing from the latter. — E. C. R. 



