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brevius ; pedes sat validi, genubus tarsisque fulvis ; alae anticae vix 

 fuscescentes, fusco venosae. 



Male. — Black. Head and thorax very finely punctured. Head a 

 little broader than the thorax. Antennae rather stout, verticillate- 

 pilose, as long as the thorax ; joints linear. Humeral spots piceous, 

 small. Petiole very short. Abdomen elliptical, convex, smooth, very 

 much shorter than the thorax. Legs rather stout ; knees and tarsi 

 tawny. Fore wings hardly brownish ; veins brown ; ulna about half 

 the length of the humerus ; cubitus about one-fourth of the length of 

 the ulna, longer than the radius. Length of the body 1 line. 



The stouter antennae, and the shorter and broader abdomen distin- 

 guish this species from I. brevis. 



England. 



I. lativenthis. Fwm. — Nigra, gracilis, subtilissime punctata ; 

 antennae subclavatae, thorace multo breviores ; prothoracis maculae 

 laterales albidae, maxima? ; petiolus brevissimus ; abdomen ellipticum, 

 glabrum, nitens, subdepressum, thorace paullo latius multo brevius ; 

 pedes nigri, tibiis piceis, femoribus tibiisque apice tibiis basi tarsisque 

 testaceis ; alae anticae pallidissime fuscescentes, testaceo venosse, basi 

 diaphanae. 



Female. — Black, slender. Head and thorax very finely punctured. 

 Head a little broader than the thorax. Antennae subclavate, much 

 shorter than the thorax ; second joint livid at the tip. Humeral spots 

 dingy whitish, transverse, each occupying about one-third of the 

 breadth of the prothorax. Petiole very short. Abdomen elliptical, 

 smooth, shining, rather flat, a little broader and much shorter than 

 the thorax ; first segment occupying most of the dorsum. Oviduct 

 testaceous. Legs black ; tibiae piceous ; tips of femora and of tibiae, 

 tibiae at the basi and tarsi testaceous. Fore wings very pale 

 brownish, pellucid towards the base ; veins testaceous ; ulna about 

 one-fourth of the length of the humerus ; radius and cubitus much 

 shorter than the ulna. Length of the body 1J line. 



Madeira. 



I. jequalts. Fcem. — Nigra, subtilissime punctata ; antennae 

 graciles, subclavatae, thorace valde breviores, clava fusiformi ; protho- 

 racis maculae laterales testaceae, parvae ; petiolus brevissimus ; abdo- 

 men fusiforme, convexum, glabrum, nitens, thorace multo brevius ; 

 pedes nigri, femoribus tibiisque apice tibiis basi tarsisque testaceis ; 

 alae anticae pallidissime fuscescentes, testaceo venosae, basi diaphanae. 

 I. lineari affinis ; differt abdomine breviore minus acuminato. 



Female. — Black. Head and thorax very finely punctured. Head 



