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greater size; from morosus by the greater size and 23- 

 jointed antennae. D. rohustus and inflexus, described by 

 Eeinhard, have the terebra not longer than the abdomen, 

 but in both of them the cubitus of the hind wings is 

 angulated near the base, which is not the case with the 

 present species. 



Described from a $ and ? taken by Billups at 

 Peckham, in September. 



4. Diospihis morosus, Eeinh. 

 Reinh., Berl. ent. Zeit., 1862, p. 332, 3" ? • 

 Black, with black palpi. Face punctulate, almost dull ; clj'peus 

 rounded. Anteunee c? J 21-jointed; 3d joint narrowly testaceous 

 at the base. Distinguished from oleraceus and capita by the 

 radial areolet, which is shorter and narrower, not longer or broader 

 than the stigma, and ending a little nearer to the stigma than to 

 the apex of the wing ; 2d cubital areolet shorter, its imier angle 

 somewhat produced, and hence the sides are not quite parallel. 

 Fore femora at the apex, and tibiis, rather pitchy-testaceous ; tarsi 

 and apex of hind tibiae fuscous. Otherwise like capita. $ $ . 

 Length, 1 ; wings, 2^ Hn. 



Billups has found this species at Peckham, and I have 

 taken it at Niton in the Isle of Wight. 



5. Diospilus speculator, Hal. 



Diospilus speculator, Hal., Ent. Mag., iii., 135, ? ; 



Eeinh., Berl. ent. Zeit., 1862, p. 333, 3 ? • 

 Taphceus irregularis, Wesm., Nouv. Mem. Ac. Brux., 



1835, p. 193, <? 2 . 



Form more slender. Black ; prothorax rarely, and abdominal 

 segments 2 — 3 frequently, piceous or testaceous ; mouth, clypeus, 

 and base of antennae broadly, testaceous. Face punctulate. 

 Antennae filiform, 27-jointed, those of the J as long as the body, of 

 the (J much longer. Metathorax finely rugulose, reticulated. 

 Wings narrower than in other species, fumato-hyaline ; stigma and 

 nervm-es fuscous ; radix and squamulte rufous ; 2d cubital areolet 

 contracted above, forming a truncated triangle; radial areolet 

 much longer than the stigma ; radius straight. Legs testaceous ; 

 hind pair more obscure, generally with a fuscous spot or line on 

 the upper edge of their femora near the apex ; all the tarsi tipped 

 with fuscous. Abdomen obovate, lanceolate, hardly longer than 

 the thorax ; 1st segment reticulato-rugulose, bicarinated at the 



