neio or little known British Ili/menoptcra. 117 



I presume that Thomson's Kleditoma hexatoma* is the 

 same as Hartig's species of the same name, although 

 Thomson does not make any mention of it ; at least there 

 does not appear to be any great difference between the 

 descriptions of the two authors. 



Giraud f describes another species with a 6-jointed club, 

 which is probably the same, the only difference being that 

 it has more red colour on the legs. 



Charips microcera. 



Under the above name, there is in the collection of the 

 Rev. T. A. Marshall (who has very kindly lent me all his 

 parasitic Cijnipid(B for examination) a little species which 

 had belonged to the late A. H. Haliday, by wdiom it had 

 been named ; but seemingly has never been described by 

 anyone. 



The specimen is old and not in very good condition, so 

 that it would not be very easy to draw up a proper descrip- 

 tion from this solitary specimen. Fortunately, however, 

 I this summer succeeded in capturing eight specimens in 

 the south of Scotland, thus giving ample material for 

 determining its systematic position. My specimens were 

 taken on the banks of the Ken above Dairy, at Colvend 

 on the Kirkcudbright coast, and one example near Dum- 

 fries. Curiously enough all I have taken are males, that 

 being likewise the case Avith Haliday 's specimen. 



In Foerster's generic arrangement it comes into his 

 family ^' FigitoidcB,''^ and in the table given (/. c.) at 

 pp. 363, 364, would belong to X d.d. k, and comes therefore 

 nearest to Sarothrus, from Avhich it differs in the perfectly 

 smooth, shining, unfiuTowed thorax. Dieccura, the next 

 genus to Sarothrus, may be known by the absence of a 

 hair fringe on the second abdominal segment, Charips 

 having one, while, on the other hand, Diec<sra has two 

 holes at the base of the scutellum. 



Antennre as long as the body, 14-jointed, the 3rd joint 

 curved, longer than the 4th. Eyes bare ; mesonotum 

 and scutellum smooth, shining, glabrous ; the former 

 without any furrows, the latter without any depressions at 

 the base ; somcAvhat oval in shape, and, compared to the 



• Oef. 1861, 388, 5. 



t Verb. z. b. Ges. Wien. 18G0, 1-13, 25. 



