Catalogue of British Ichnciimonidce. 371 



trochanters (these sometimes black marked), and squamulse, yellow 

 bind coxis and trochanters black, sometimes yellow at the apex. 



Male and female. Length about 7 mm. 



Bred by Mr. W. H. B. Fletcher from Eudora murana, 

 Eannoch ; Cramlms contaminellus, Worthing ; and Eudora 

 mercurella, Worthing. 



The scutellum of the female is often entirely black, 

 and all the yellow marks are sometimes all but absent 

 in the male ; one male has the yellow spots replaced by 

 red ones. I sent this species to Prof. C. G. Thomson, 

 and he retm-ned it as L. higuttata, Holm., or what he 

 considered that species. I think it cannot be Holm- 

 gren's species, because he says that the segments after 

 the 1st are somewhat wider than long, whereas in this 

 species the 2nd and 3rd are decidedly longer than wide ; 

 and besides, Holmgren makes no mention of the black 

 hinder trochanters. These two points are present in over 

 forty specimens of both sexes which have been bred by 

 Mr. Fletcher. 



Lissonota nitida, n. s. 



Abdominis medio, pedibusque rufis, trochanteribus posticis nigris, 

 aculeo abdominis longitudine. 



Somewhat shining; face and forehead finely punctate, interstices 

 reticulate, between the antennae smooth and just above finely 

 rugose ; head transverse, behind the eyes oblique ; antennte aboiit 

 as long or a little longer than the body, filiform, not attenuate at 

 the apex ; apex of clypeus rounded. Mesonotum not trilobed, 

 finely punctate, interstices almost obsoletely reticulate ; mesopleura 

 the same, reticulations more distinct ; a few pu-uctiu-es on disc ; 

 metathorax somewhat finely rugoso-punctate, slightly depressed 

 in the middle. First segment of abdomen about two and a half 

 times as long as the width of the apex, with fine transverse acicula- 

 tions ; 2nd rather longer than wide ; 3rd rather wider than long, 

 almost free from sculptm-e (with strong magnifying the same 

 sculpture may be seen as on the 1st) ; aculeus about as long or a 

 little longer than the abdomen. Areolet of wings triangular, 

 narrow, and subsessile ; transverse anal nerviire opposite, divided 

 one-fourth from the bottom. 



Black ; apex of clypeus pale yellowish. Apical one-fourth of 

 Ist segment of abdomen, 2nd, 3rd, 4th entirely, bright red. Legs 

 red ; hind trochanters black, anterior ones fuscous ; apex of hind 

 tibiae and tarsi slightly dusky. Cocoon thin, white, and semi- 

 trimsparent. Female. Length about 0-5 mm. 



