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obscurus ; mesothorax gibbosus, suturis laevibus ; metathorax 

 sensim declivis, baud truncatus, areatus, lateribus bidentatus ; 

 areas superiores laeves, nitid«, inferiores obscurae. Alae hyalinae 

 stigmate magno piceo, nervis pallidioribus iiltra stigma paene 

 obsoletis ; areola radialis ovato-acuminata. Abdomen ovatum, 

 depressum, tborace brevius ; segmentum lum transversum, acicu- 

 latum, marginatum, rufescens, apice quam basi duplo fere latins, 

 disci carinis duabus longitudiualibus ante marginem posticum 

 deletis ; sutura Ima profundissima ; segmentum 2um Imo ^quale, 

 3tio panic longins, aciculatnm, deplanatum ; Stium lateribus 

 parallelis, marginibus basin versus aciculatis ; caetera laevia, nitida; 

 segmentum Stium medio obtuse carinatum, postice truncatum ; 

 4tum subexsertum, testaceum. Terebra abdominis trientem longi- 

 tudine sequans, nonnibil decurva. Mas incognitus. 



Smaller and more slender than the preceding. Piceous, the 

 head black ; palpi pale ; cheeks descending considerably below the 

 eyes. Antennae ? slender, longer than the body, obscurely testa- 

 ceous at the base, blackish towards the extremity, 23-jointed ; the 

 first 10 joints linear, gradually decreasing in length, the rest sub- 

 moniliform. Thorax compressed, narrower than the head. Pro- 

 thorax pale piceous, punctulate, dull; mesothorax gibbous, its 

 sutures impuuctate ; metathorax not truncated behind, but sloping 

 gradually, areated, the superior compartments smooth and shining, 

 the rest duU; bidenticulate at the sides. Wings hyaline, stigma 

 large, piceous nervures paler, nearly effaced beyond the stigma ; 

 radial areolet ovate, acuminate. Abdomen ovate, depressed, 

 shorter than the thorax ; 1st segment transverse, aciculated, 

 margined, rufescent, almost twice as wide at the extremity as at 

 the base, with 2 longitudinal carinae on the disk efifaced before the 

 hind margin ; 1st suture deeply incised ; 2d segment as long as 

 the 1st and rather longer than the 3rd, aciculated, deplanate ; 3d 

 segment with parallel sides, aciculated laterally at the base only ; 

 the rest of the abdomen smooth and shining ; segment 3 obtusely 

 carinated down the middle, truncate behind; segment 4 sub- 

 exserted, testaceous. Terebra as long as ^ of the abdomen, some- 

 what decurved. Male unknown. $ . Length, 1 ; wings, 2^ lin. 



The only specimen was taken in a meadow in North- 

 amptonshire. 



Ohs. The above may seem a meagre account of this 

 genus, of which 20 species are indicated by Keinhard ; 

 but I have seen no more than 5 of British origin, 

 though others in all probability exist. Some specimens 

 25- lines long have long stood in my collection for atri- 



