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(10) 13. Wings slit,'htly infiitnalod ,. .. 7. sji^ctabilis, llal. 



(1) 11. First, abdominal .segnien I narrow, about 



twice; as long as broad, altonuated 



towards the apex. 

 (IG) 15. Antennre more or loss testaceous .. 8. mcdiuivr, Hal. 

 (15) 1(5. Antenna) black. 



(20) 17. Hind femora rufous ; scutellum tliickly 



punctulale and dull. 

 (19) 18. Segment 2 testaceous at the sides ; 



stigma broadly pale at the base ; 



cocoons greenish white, almost 



smooth <). mediaua, Euthc. 



(IB) 19. Segment 2 wholly black ; stigma uni- 



colorous, or with only a small pale 



basal dot ; cocoons ash-coloured, 



strongly ribbed 10. iulH-rculifeni, Wesm. 



(17) 20. Ilind femora mostly black ; scutellura 



more or less shining. 

 (22) 21. Metathorax punctato-rugose . . . . 11. adunca, Ruthe. 



(21) 22. Metathorax reticulato-rugosc . . 12. horeaUs, n. s. 



1. MicropUtis Spinohe, Nces. 

 Micro(iaster SjnnoUe, Nces, Moii., i., IGG ; Wesm., 

 Nouv. Mom. Ac. Bnix., 1837, p. 41, pi. (wing) ; 

 lUitlic, JJorl. eiit. Zcit., 1800, p. 115, c? 2 (not 

 of Hal.). 



Black ; palpi pale ; belly of the $ broadly pale at the base ; legs 

 rufo-tcstaceous ; coxa;, upper trochanters at the base, hind femora 

 at the extreme tips, and hind tarsi, nigro-fuscous, the last sometimes 

 paler. Scape of the antenna; rufescent (black in the English 

 specimens). Face covered with white piibcscence. Wings in- 

 fumated, squamula;, stigma, and nervures dark luscous, tlio stigma 

 determinately yellow at the inner angle. Head more shining than 

 the mesothorax and scutellum, which are ruguloso-punctulato and 

 dull. Metathorax ruguloso, subreticulated, carinated. Segment 1 

 ruguloso, li times as long as its apical breadth, sUghtly and 

 gradually narrowed towards the base, the apical half convex and 

 subcarinated ; segment '2 uneven, more or less aciculatcd at the 

 base, and with 2 indistinct arcuate impressions before the apex. 

 Terebra concealed. ^ J . Length, 1:,'— 2 ; wings, 4 [ liii. 



Var. 3' 5 . Middh; femora at the base, and Iiiiid femora entirely, 

 black. 



_ The ? in more slender than xaiilhojxis, lUithe, and 

 distinguished Irom that species hy the dark colour of the 

 hind tarsi. Segment 1 is rather shining, Hat on the 

 basal half, and posteriorly gibbous, with or without a 

 faint medial carina. Segment 2 is not always aciculatcd 



