418 Mr. Bridgman's additions to T. A. MarshalVs 



laterally by a slight obtuse projection. Abdomen as wide as the 

 head ; 1st segment somewhat narrow, curved, gradually increasing 

 in width from base to apex, not quite three times as long as 

 the width of the apex ; spiracles placed just behind the middle, 

 this and the 2nd segment with faint indications of reticu- 

 lation ; the remainder smooth ; the second segment about as long 

 as the width of the apex, narrow at the base, sides almost straight; 

 3rd as long as wide, narrower at the apex than at the base ; 

 remaining segments transverse ; abdomen at the sides with fine 

 rather scattered pubescence. Legs moderate. 



Black ; scape beneath and apex of 1st joint of flagellum reddish. 

 Legs dull red, base of hind coxse and middle of hind femora 

 piceous, middle and hind tarsi piceous ; 2nd segment of abdomen 

 castaneous ; 3rd segment black, base castaneous. Female. Length, 

 3 mm. 



One female was taken by the Kev. T. A. Marshall at 



Nunton. 



Pezomachus pulicarius, Gr. 



,y. Niger, segmentis 1, 2, 3 rufo-marginatis. 



Subopaque, finely granulate ; head rather stout, slightly con- 

 tracted behind the eyes, rather wider than the thorax ; antennae as 

 long as the body; 1st joint of the flagellum about four times as 

 long as wide, longer than the 2nd ; clypeus somewhat distinctly 

 separated from the face, romaded at the apex ; space between the 

 eyes and the mandibles about equal to the width of the base of the 

 latter ; face transverse, rather prominent in the middle. Thorax 

 longer than high ; parapsides faintly impressed in front ; scutellum 

 somewhat gibbose, suture at the base finely consute ; metathorax 

 a little longer than wide, with only a faintly defined supero- 

 medial area, which is about as broad as long ; the superior surface 

 separated from the posterior by an angulated costa, which permits 

 the postero-medial area to run almost half-way up the superior 

 surface. Abdomen elongate-ovate ; 1st segment rather narrow, 

 without projecting spiracles, only about one-fourth narrower at the 

 base than at the apex, sides more parallel, and the base wider than 

 usual ; 2nd segment about as long as wide ; remainder transverse ; 

 apex of the 3rd the widest part, this is as wide as the thorax. 

 Legs slender. Wings with a pentagonal areolet ; outer nervure 

 absent ; the cubital nervure with one and the recurrent nervure 

 with two clear spots ; stigma triangular, about one-thii-d longer 

 than wide ; radial cell rather short, outer nervure slightly curved, 

 exterior-inferior angle of discoidal rectangular ; transverse anal 



