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shorter than 3, with two impressed curved lateral lines ; the rest 

 smooth and shining. Terebra verj' short. Valvula ventralis not 

 carinated, closely applied to the belly. Hind coxae somewhat 

 shmiug. Spurs of the hind tibiae slender, much shorter than h the 

 metatarsus. S' ? • Length, l;^, ; wings, 2j lin. 



A species remarkable for its colour, and differing con- 

 siderably in structure from any other, though the form 

 of the 1st segment refers it to this section. The meso- 

 thorax and scutellum are depressed so as to be in the 

 same plane as the elongate metathorax, a conformation 

 resembling that oi Bdijta, and often belonging to insects 

 of subcortical habits. 



Discovered by Porritt, who reared many from the 

 larv?e of Chilo phragmitellus, Hiib., inhabiting the interior 

 of reeds. 29 are preserved on one card. Cocoons 

 silvery white, subtransparent, attached singly or in 

 small groups by a few threads to the inside of the reed- 

 stem. 



9. AjKinteles Bif/neUii, n. s. 



5 . Niger, flagelli basi pallida ; palpis, abdomine, pedibusque 

 cum coxis, flavo-testaceis ; segmentorum basi fosca. Alae albido 

 hyalinae costa stigmate nervis fusco-testaceis. Antennae perbreves, 

 capite cum thorace non longiores, submoniliformes. Mesothorax 

 et scutellum confertim punctulata, subnitida ; metathorax leviter 

 rugulosus, subnitidus. Abdominis segmentum Imum latitudine 

 sesquilongius, lateribus pone medium paulo angustatum, margina- 

 tum, truncatum, angulis posticis obtusis, subrugulosum, nitidius- 

 culum ; 2dum transversum, 3tio cequale, Imo latius, subrugulosum 

 vel fere heve, subnitidum ; csEtera laevia. Abdomen apice infra 

 compressum. Terebra subexserta. Valvula ventralis anum paialo 

 superans, ^ . Antennse totae nigrae, corpore longiores, filiformes. 

 Abdomen nigriim ; venter basi pallidus. Femora cum coxis x^icea 

 vel fusca, tibiis tarsisque testaceis. 



5 . Black, base of the flagellum pale ; palpi, abdomen, and legs, 

 with the coxae, flavo-testaceous ; abdominal segments fuscous at 

 the base. Wings whitish hyaline; costa, stigma, and nervures, 

 fusco-testaceous. Antennae not longer than the head and thorax, 

 submoniliform. Mesothorax and scutellum thickly punctulate, 

 somewhat shining; metathorax slightly rugulose, somewhat shining. 

 Segment 1 half as long again as its width, slightly narrowed behind 

 the middle, margined, ti'uncated, the hind angles obtuse, subrugu- 

 lose, somewhat shining ; 2 transverse, as long as 3, broader than 1, 

 subrugulose or almost smooth, somewhat shining; the remaining 



