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Table of Species. 



(6) 1. Hind tibise black or blackish, except at the 



base. 



(5) 2. Abdomen with only 3 segments visible above. 



(4). 3. First abdominal segment not longer than its 

 apical breadth ; tubercles obsolete ( J un- 

 known) .. .. .. .. . 1. pufter, Hal. 



(3) 4. First segment ^longer than its apical breadth; 



tubercles conspicuous ( (^ 2 ) • • . . 2. tibialis, Hal. 



(2) 5. Abdomen with 6 — 7 segments visible above 



( 5 unknown) . . . . . . . . 8. segmentatus, n. s. 



(1) 6. Hind tibife rufous or testaceous. 



(8) 7. All the coxffi black or fuscous, except some- 

 times on the under side . . . . . . 4. fasciatus, Nees. 



(7) 8. All the 00X33 testaceous . . . . . . 5. sigalphoides, n. s. 



1. Calyptus puher, Hal. 



Calyptus puber, Hal., Ent. Mag., iii., 130, <? . 



Black ; legs ferruginous, coxae blackish at the base ; hind tibiae 

 and tarsi fuscous, the former ferruginous at the base ; 1st segment 

 short, stout, punctato-rugulose. Body shining, covered with a 

 close vi'hitish pubescence ; mandibles black at the base. Antennae 

 31-jointed, longer than the body. Wings dull hyaline, stigma and 

 nervures fuscous, squamulae piceous with a rufescent margin. 

 Metathoi'ax punctate, marked with elevated lines forming areae, of 

 which the middle one is pentagonal. First abdominal segment 

 not longer than its apical width, which is twice that of the base ; 

 basal angles obtusely carinated ; tubercles obsolete ; the remaining 

 segments irregularly punctulate, with whitish hairs ; 2d segment 

 about twice as long as the 1st ; 3d segment rugulose at the 

 extremity. Hind coxae nigro-fuscous above ; hind tibiae fuscous, 

 broadly ferruginous at the base, their tarsi almost entirely fusces- 

 cent ; the 4 anterior tarsi at the tips only. Female unknown. 

 Length, 1^ ; wings, 4 lin. Haliday. 



Taken sparingly by Haliday in woods on the banks of 

 the Shannon. Otherwise unknown, and not to be 

 identified with any of the continental species. The 

 synonym Brachistes nigricoxis, Wesm., given in my 

 catalogue, seems now too doubtful to be maintained ; so 

 also Eeinhard's conjecture as to the identity of B. 

 uncigenis, Wesm. However, the form of the 1st seg- 

 ment seems to be the only difference between this and 

 the following species, and it is quite possible that they 

 may be the same. 



