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Similar to pallidipcs, and to be distinguished chiefly 

 by the antennae, which have fewer joints, and in the 

 female are remarkably short, and incrassated towards the 

 tips ; it is also a smaller insect. Eadial areolet 

 narrower, and 1st abscissa of the radius shorter, almost 

 punctiform. Metacarpus half as long as the stigma. 

 Legs somewhat stouter, and all their articulations there- 

 fore in appearance shorter. This is unquestionably 

 Haliday's picipes, from his description of the antennas. 

 Eeinhard has given Mieroctonus relictus, Euthe (Stett. 

 Zeit., 1856, p. 305) as a synonym. But Euthe separates 

 relictus from pallidipes by the 1st abscissa of the radius, 

 stated to be entirely obsolete in the former. This cannot 

 be said of the present insects, nor is it mentioned by 

 Haliday. On the other hand, Euthe is silent about the 

 antennas of relictus ; above all he does not say that those 

 of the male are usually 18-jointed, a character peculiar 

 to the present species. It follows that picipes, Hal., and 

 relictus, Euthe, cannot be identical. The Leiophron 

 picipes, Cur., is also distinct ; see the following species. 



Described from seven males and two females taken on 

 the banks of the Usk near Abergavenny, in Leicester- 

 shire, Herts, and Wilts. Capron reports it as common 

 at Shiere, near Guildford ; he has taken five females, 

 one male. 



5. Euphorus coactus, Marsh. 



Leiophron picipes, Cur., B. E., 476, 2, ? (not of 

 Haliday). 



Antennae 5 16-jointed, short, subclavate. Black, abdomen after 

 the 1st segment, legs, and antennae piceous, the last paler at the 

 base. "Wings hyaline, squamuke, stigma, and nervnres rufo- 

 fnscous ; stigma hardly paler at the base, not reaching the 2d 

 cubital areolet ; 1st abscissa of the radius very short ; radial 

 areolet not angulated under the stigma, semiluuate; metacarpus 

 as long as \ the stigma. Mesothorax shining, impunctate ; sutures 

 distinct, smooth, conniving in an angle before the scutellum, and 

 not effused into a punctate space. Metathorax uneven, dull, 

 thickly punctulate. First abdominal segment striolated, gradually 

 widened to the apex, which is twice as broad as the base ; the other 

 segments smooth and shining. J . Length, 1 ; wings, 2 lin. 



Antennae submoniliform, stout, not longer than the head and 

 thorax, gradually incrassated to the apex. Head large, impunctate, 



