NEW BRITISH SPECIES, NOMENCLATURE, ETC. 135 



dente, bast S-carinato, carinis distantibus, interstitiis 

 Icevibus ; gasti^occelis conspicuis. Ccetera at in Cerajjhrone, 

 sensu Fcersteriano. 



Triogmus furcifee, n. sp. 



T. 7iigro-])ice2is, nitidus ; antennarum scapo, collo supra, 

 abdomine basi, gastrocmlis linearibus pellucidis, pedi- 

 busque cum coxis, rufo-testaceis ; femoribus supra fusco- 

 Imeafis ; alls abdomine longioribus, fulvescentibus, costa 

 {fere ad apicem alee productci) radioque pallidis, conco- 

 loribus. 



$ Long, f ; alar. exp. 1^ lin. 



Facies of Ceraphron, but with three distinct longitudinal 

 sutures on the mesothorax. Head and thorax with thin 

 pale pubescence, very minutely punctulate, hardly shining. 

 Anteuure as long as the body, filiform, fuscous, the scape 

 testaceous. Metathorax perpendicular, the hinder angles 

 spiniform, and a long stout spine immediately beneath the 

 scutellum. Scutellum large, subtriangular, obtuse, laterally 

 depressed. First segment of the abdomen concealed ; 2nd 

 segment constricted near the base, from thence to the base 

 cylindrical, the basal margin elevated ; three longitudinal 

 carinas, distant from each other, and, slightly diverging 

 hindwards, extend from the base to one-fourth of the abdo- 

 men, their interstices glabrous. The gastrocceli are visible, 

 forming on each side an oblong pale red spot. Base of the 

 abdomen broadly red ; the rest shining, and somewhat 

 pitchy black. The costa prolonged to near the i\\) of the 

 wing, and not ceasing (as in Ceraphron^ at its junction 

 with the radius. Legs testaceous ; hind coxoe subinfus- 

 cated ; all the femora with a dark spot or line above. 



Taken in North Devon, 



