232 Rev. T. A. Marshall's inonocirapli of 



6. Microplitis doJens, n. s. 



Atra, palpi fuscis, pedibus rufo-testaceis, femoi'ibus intermetliis 

 luaximani partem, posticis totis, nigris ; tarsis infoscatis. Alse 

 quales M. tristi, fuscse, aut perpaulo pallidiores, nnilto tanien 

 saturatiores quam spectahili. Feminae antennae longiores quam 

 tristi, filiformes ; maris corpore longiores, setaceae. Caetera 

 onmino ut in sp. prascedente. 



Deep black ; palpi dusky ; legs rufo-testaceous, three-fourths of 

 the middle and the whole of the hind femora, black ; tarsi infus- 

 eated. Wings like those of tristis, fuscous, or less deeply tinged ; 

 but darker than in spectabilis. Antennae J more than three- 

 fourths the length of the body, filiform ; those of the ^ longer 

 than the body, setaceous. The rest as in the preceding species. 

 (7 5 . Length, 1^; wings, 3^ lin. 



The clear testaceous tibiae and the longer antennae of 

 the ? distmguish this from tristis, Nees; from spectabilis, 

 Hal., it differs in size and in the colour of the wings. 

 There are four specimens, one male and three females. 

 The (? belongs to Fitch's collection, and is ticketed 

 "spectabilis, Hal."; it might pass for a large var. with 

 unusually dark wings, but corresponds better with the 

 three females. One of these is in the same collection ; 

 the other two were taken by me, at Milford Haven and 

 at Nunton, Wilts. Their wings are very dark, and the 

 characters above noted, distinct. 



7. Microp)litis spectabilis, Hal. 



Microf/aster tristis, var. y, Nees, Mon., i., 169, S ? ; 

 ill. tristis, var. 1, Wesm., Nouv. Mem. Ac. Brux., 

 1837, p. 39, c? ? . 



M. spectabilis, Hal., Ent. Mag., ii., 236, ? . 



M. 2^((rvulus, Euthe, Berl. ent. Zeit., 1860, p. 139, 3' ? . 



Black ; palpi and legs rufo-testaceous ; femora more or less in- 

 fuscated, anterior coxae fuscous or testaceous ; belly pitchy at the 

 base. Wings nearly hyaline, with a testaceous, or sometimes a 

 dusky, tinge ; squamulae, ncrvures, and stigma fuscous, the latter 

 at the inner angle determinately yellow. Antennae ^ $ longer 

 than in tristis, sometimes rufescent beneath. Head and meso- 

 thorax granulated, obscure ; scutellum more shining. Metathorax 

 somewhat produced, rugulose, reticulated, and carinated. Abdomen 

 smooth and shining, only the 1st segment minutely punctulate, 

 snbquadrate, with parallel sides and smooth apex, which is broadly 

 rounded. Tercbra very short. ^ ?. Length, 1:^; wings, 3 liu. 



