378 Mr. Bridgnian's additions to T. A. Marshall's 



eyes does not slope towards the neck. It appears to 

 vary in colour ; the single male Mr. Fletcher bred has 

 the margins only of the abdominal segments obscurely 

 red, the coxae reddish brown, apex of hind femora, base 

 and apex of hind tibiae, and apex of tarsal joints, 

 brownish. The abdomen of the female also varies in 

 colour to almost entirely black : one has the coxae red- 

 dish brown. G.fronticornis I have not yet seen : either 

 agree very well with Gravenhorst's description of G. 

 fronticornis. 



Glypta rufata, n. s. 



Abdomine rufo apice infuscato, pedibus rufis, aculeo abdominis 

 longitudine. 



Shining, punctate ; head transverse, narrow behind the eyes ; 

 antennae three-fourths the length of the body ; mesonotum slightly 

 trilobed in front ; nietanotum shining, transversely rugose, with 

 five more or less distinct areas ; mesopleura shining, punctate, 

 punctures very much scattered behind ; 1st segment of abdomen 

 rather longer than wide, keels distinct for two-thirds the length of 

 the segment, obsolete towards the apex ; 2nd and 3rd segments 

 about one-fourth broader than long ; aculeus scarcely shorter than 

 the abdomen. Wings without an areolet ; transverse anal nervure 

 divided below the middle, one-third from the bottom. Claws of 

 tarsi pectinated. 



Black ; apex of clypeus and palpi piceous ; flagelluni beneath 

 red. Abdomen red ; apical segments more or less fuscous ; the 

 others usually with transverse fuscous stains, generally faint. 

 Legs red ; hind tibiae at the apex and before the base slightly 

 fuscous ; apex of joints of hind tarsi fuscous, more or less intense. 

 Stigma of female pale, male pale fuscous, squamulas red ; base of 

 wings yellow. Male and female. Length, 5 — 6 mm. 



Bred by Mr. W. H. B. Fletcher from Eupoecilia notu- 

 lana from Wicken Fen, in June, 1886. 



This very distinct species, in coloration, is somewhat 

 like G. monoceros, but the forehead is not cornuted, the 

 legs are differently coloured, and the claws pectinated. 



Lissonota formosa , n. s. 



Niger; thorace rufo-flavoque maculato, aculeo corpore paulo 

 breviore, pedibus rufis. 



Head transverse, behind the eyes oblique, but less so than in 

 L. variabilis ; antennas not so long as the body. Thorax punctate ; 



