506 Rev. T’. A. Marshall’s monograph of 
Only noticed in Hngland and Ireland; I find them 
in a marshy meadow near the river Lynher in Corn- 
wall, and formerly obtained them in Yorkshire and 
Wiltshire. 
vi. Cratosriua, Forst. 
Forst., Verh. pr. Rheinl., 1862, p. 265. 
Maxillary palpi 6-, labial 4-jointed. First joint of the flagellum 
longer than the Ynd. Metathorax not carinated; furrow of the 
mesopleure crenulate. Radial areolet cultriform, reaching the tip 
of the wing; radial nervure straight, its 2nd abscissa one half 
shorter than the 1st intercubital nervure; 2nd cubital areolet 
somewhat broader than long; anal nervure interstitial ; stigma 
oblong, rather stout, emitting the radial nervure beyond the 
middle ; recurrent nervure hardly rejected ; pobrachial areolet of 
the hindwings shorter than half the preebrachial. Second segment 
of the abdomen smooth. Terebra very short. 
1. Oratospila circe, Hal. 
Alysia circe, Hal., Ent. Mag., v, 219, 69, pl. xvi, 
f. 6 (wing). 
Blackish, or dark brown, with the front of the head and base of 
the 2nd abdominal segment ferruginous. @ Head shining, ferru- 
ginous, the border of the occiput and middle or greater part of the 
vertex blackish ; mandibles paler fuscous ; palpi long, whitish. 
Antenne slender, longer than the body, 30-34-jointed, pale rufous 
near the base, blackish towards the tips; 3rd joint very long. 
Thorax dark chestnut-brown, shining ; prothorax rufous ; furrows 
of the mesonotum punctulate, converging to a small fovea in front 
of the scutellum ; metathorax blackish, punctato-rugulose, Wings 
hyaline ; squamulze ochreous ; stigma and nervures pale fuscous, 
the latter becoming obsolete towards the extremity of the wing. 
Legs slender, pale rufous. Abdomen spatulate, subpetiolate, 
blackish ; 1st segment narrow, obconic, faintly striolate, with 
scarcely visible tubercles; the following segments smooth ; 2nd 
ferruginous or chestnut-coloured anteriorly ; apical segments and 
belly pale. Terebra very slightly exserted. ¢ First abdominal 
segment almost linear. Length, 14; wings, 22 lin. 
Taken by Walker in the London district, but very 
rare ; it has not occurred since the time of Haliday. 
