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10. melanosticta, Grav. 



Canipoplcx inelanosticttis. Gr. I.E. iii. 539,9. Liinneria melanosticta, 

 Holragr. Sv. Ak. Handl. 1858, p. 70, ? ; Hriscli. Schr. Nat. Ges. Danz. 1880, 

 p. 163, cf ? ; Bridg. -Fitch, Entom. 1885, p. 206. Oinnriiit melanosticta. Thorns. 

 O.E. xi. 1132, cT ? . 



A black species with whitish pubescence, the stigma hirge and abdo- 

 men broadly red. Head hardly constricted posteriorly, with mandi- 

 bles except apically and palpi stramineous ; cheeks buccate. Antennae 

 longer than half body, with scape usually testacc^ius biMieath. Thorax 

 with speculum glittering and anteriorly obliquely striate ; metathorax 

 finely rugulose with areola pentagonal, apically incomplete and lateral 

 areae discreted. Abdomen with segments two to seven red with central 

 discal black vittae of varying size, on all or only the apical segments ; 

 petiole always black, rarely with remainder of abdomen immaculate 

 red ; basal segment slightly longer than coxae and trochanters ; post- 

 petiole convex and laterally rounded, double breadth of petiole; second 

 segment hardly longer than broad, and the following transverse; terebra 

 as long as basal segment. Anterior legs red, basally black; hind ones 

 black, with the tibiae very narrowly at their base and broadly in their 

 centre testaceous. Wings with stigma triangular, broad and black, 

 tegulae stramineous ; areolet shortly petiolate and emitting recurrent 

 nervure beyond its centre ; nervellus very slightly geniculate below its 

 centre. Length, 4-5 mm. 



Our only species with broadly red abdomeii, conspicuously large- stigma 

 and the genal costa sinuately continuous. 



A single female was taken by Gravenhorst in Silesia during August, 

 the same sex is rare in Sweden early in September; this insect has been 

 found in Prussia and Belgium in May and July and bred, says Gaulle, 

 from a species of Iiicun<aria in France. It has been recognised as 

 l^ritish for forty years, 3'et the only mention I can find is its breeding by 

 Parfitt (Entom. 1881, p. 140) from Lampronia pratlnUlla, presumably in 

 Devonshire. It must be extremely rare with us sint !.■ the single I'xample 

 I have seen was swept in the cjpen sedge ivw al \\'ii:ken in Ganibs, on 

 7th June, iqo2. 



11. ensator, Grav. 



Campoplcx ensator, Gr. I.E. iii. 576, <? ?, excl. \arr. '2 c'/ 3; Tschek, \'erli. 

 z.-b. Ges. 1871, p. 65. Limucria Ensator, Hohngr. Sv. Ak. Handl 1858, p. 72, 

 ? ; Brisch. Schr. Nat. Ges. Danz. 1880, p. 163. ^ ? , cf. lib. cit. 1890, p. 66 c>/ 

 1892, p. 45 ; Bridg. -Fitcli, Enlom. 1885, p. 2(>7. OniorL^tt' I'.nsator. Thorns. O.E. 

 xi. 1133. ? . 



Head not posteriorly constricted, with mandibles except apically and 

 palpi whitish. Metathorax somewhat feebly impressed with lateral areae 

 completely discreted. Abdomen with segments three to seven laterally 

 red, and ventral plica stramineous; second segnuMit little longer than 

 broad; terebra somewhat longer than basal segnunl. Legs red with 

 coxae, and both extremities of hind femora, black; anterior trochanters, 

 hind trochanteri'lli, with extreme base and broad centre of hind tibiae, 

 whitish ; hind tibiae infuscate at apex and before base. Wings with 

 stigma piceous flavous, and tegulae whitish. Lenglii, 5 nun. 



Known 1)\- till' ((ildur uf the lei^s, the strong lateial nulanolal costae 



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