Catalogue of British tclineumonidce. 437 



narrow behind the eyes ; face parallel, very finely punctate ; 

 antennae of female shorter than the body, about as long as the 

 male. Mesonotum very finely punctate ; metanotum finely rugose ; 

 supero-medial area present ; mesopleura somewhat shining, finely 

 punctate. First three segments of abdomen very finely punctate, the 

 remainder smooth and shining ; 1st segment of female about twice 

 as long as wide, 2nd quadrate, 3rd subtransverse ; male, 1st more 

 than twice as long as wide, 2nd longer than wide, 3rd quadrate ; 

 aculeus as long as the abdomen. Areolet of wings pentagonal, 

 outer nervure obsolete ; external radial slightly curved ; transverse 

 anal divided a little below the middle. 



Black ; mouth and apex of clypeus reddish ; female, first three 

 segments of the abdomen red, black in the middle, the band in the 

 3rd segment interrupted ; male, only the apex of the 2nd, the base 

 and apex of the 3rd segment, narrowly reddish. Legs red, coxae 

 and base of hind trochanters in the male black. Squamulae pale 

 piceous; stigma palish brown. Male and female. Length, 3 mm. 



A male and female of this very small Lissonota were 

 bred from Psyche intermediella from the neighbourhood 

 of Littlehampton by Mr. W. H. B. Fletcher. It comes 

 near L. linearis, Gr., but is much smaller, the 2nd and 

 3rd segments of the abdomen are shorter, and the trans- 

 verse anal nervure is interrupted nearer the middle. 



Lissonota distincta, n. s. 



Niger ; pedibus rufis, tarsis posticis nigris, aculeo abdomine 

 paulo longiore. 



Subopaque ; head transverse, wider than the thorax, behind the 

 eyes slightly narrow ; antennae shorter than the body. Mesonotum 

 finely punctate ; scutellum rather shining, with fine scattered 

 punctures; metathorax with very fine transverse rugae; supero- 

 medial area imperfectly defined ; transverse costa distinct ; meso- 

 pleura shining, punctate in front and below. First segment of 

 abdomen about one-half longer than the width of the apex, finely 

 reticulate, with a slight transverse groove before the apex ; the 

 apical margin of this and the two following segments slightly 

 raised and shining ; 2nd and 3rd segments subquadrate, almost 

 transverse, finely punctate ; remainder smoother and more shining ; 

 aculeus as long as the abdomen and metathorax. Areolet of wings 

 petiolated; external radial nervure straight; transverse anal 

 almost straight, divided about one-fourth from the bottom. 



Black ; palpi reddish, a spot in the middle of the mandibles and 

 apex of clypeus yellowish, tubercles and teguhe yellowish white. 



