266 Eev. T. A. Marshall's monograph of 



longer than in the preceding ; 2d abscissa of the radius not quite 

 obsolete, punctit'orm, being the upper side of the subquadrate 

 areolet. Terebra as long as the abdomen. $ J . Length, 2 ; 

 wings, ^h lin. 



Distinguishable from the last onl}^ by the shorter tere- 

 bra, and a small difference in the wings. Third abscissa 

 of the radius straight ; 2d cubital areolet quadrangular, 

 narrowed towards the stigma ; radial areolet larger. It 

 is also very like Microdus cingnlijjes, Nees, but, besides 

 the generic distinction, the latter may be known by 

 having the areolet stirrup-shaped and petiolated, and the 

 hind tibiae whitish. 



W. H. B. Fletcher bred a ^ from Euchromia mygin- 

 dana, Schiff., June 18th ; Snellen three males in July 

 from Chrosis riitilana, Hlib. ; Brischke, from Clcodora 

 striatella, Unh. ; Bouche, from Pyravsta jnirpuralis, L., 

 according to Eatzeburg. Three males were taken by me, 

 and two males and three females by Bignell, in Devon- 

 shire ; three females in Scotland, by Cameron. 



5. Agathis nifipalpis, Nees. 



Agathis nifipalpis, Nees, Mon., i., 129; Wesm., Nouv. 

 Mem. Ac. Brux., 1837, p. 24, <y ? . 



Black, shining ; maxillary palpi, except the base, and legs partly, 

 rufous. Wings fuscous ; areolet subsessile. Segment 1 striolated. 

 Terebra longer than the body. ^ J . Length, 2 lin. 



First joint of maxillary palpi wholly, and 2d at the base, black ; 

 labial brownish black. Abdomen subrugulose at the base, not 

 carinated. Legs variable ; fore pair testaceous, their trochanters, 

 and femora beneath at the base, black, their tarsi (and those of the 

 middle pah-) fuscous, the 1st joint testaceous ; middle legs black, 

 their femora at the apex, and their tibiae, testaceous ; hind legs 

 black, tibiee testaceous, the apex black. 



I have seen but one of this species, which Curtis 

 (Guide, 2d ed., column 116) rej^orted to be British, and 

 in his collection. Taken originally by Nees at Sickers- 

 hausen, and by Bonelli in Italy. Bred by Brischke 

 from Nannodiii HermanncUa, Fab. Elisha reared one 

 ? from the same victim, July 6th. 



