520 Rey. ‘I’. A. Marshall’s monograph of 
I. Pentaplewra angustula, Hal. 
Alysia angustula, Hal., Ent. Mag., v., 229. 9; pl. 
xvii, f. 8 (wing). 
Stigma subobsolete, confounded -with the costa and metacarp. 
Antenne @ 17-, ¢ 22-jointed. @ Black or pitchy ; mandibles 
dull testaceous ; labial palpi 3-joimted. Antenne rather shorter 
than the body. Mesopleurze smooth, with no trace of a furrow ; 
metathorax nearly smooth. Wings hyaline ; nervures fuscescent ; 
radial areolet very long ; 1st intercubital nervure hardly longer 
than the 2nd abscissa ; 1st abscissa longer than the greatest breadth 
of the stigma ; hindwings narrow; pobrachial areolet short ; only 
one transverse nervure. Legs dull testaceous. Abdomen sessile, 
somewhat compressed ; Ist segment smooth, obtusely carinated in 
the middle. Terebra as long as the abdomen, falcate, ascending: 
¢ Antenne twiceas long as the body, slender, black with the two 
basal joints testaceous ; abdomen oval, depressed. Length, 3; 
wings, 13-2 lin. 
Found in England and Ireland, but seldom; I have 
one specimen, captured in Northants. 
2. Pentapleura fuliginosa, Hal. 
Alysia fuliginosa, Hal., Ent. Mag., v., 228, 5; 519,9. 
Stigma oblong, well defined at both ends. Antenne 9? 24-, 
¢ 27-jointed. @ Black, shining; mandibles dull testaceous ; 
labial palpi 4-jointed. Antennz as long as the body. Mesopleure 
with no trace of a furrow ; metathorax short, rugulose. Wings 
subhyaline ; nervures and stigma fuscous, the former disposed as 
in angustula ; 1st abscissa only half as long as the thickness of the 
stigma. Legs dull testaceous, Abdomen compressed near the apex ; 
1st segment striolate. Terebra as long as 2 of the abdomen. ¢ An- 
tenn one-half longer than the body. Length, 1 ; wings, 2+ lin. 
Less common than the following species ; Haliday took 
his specimen in Kent; I have a d from Abergavenny, 
and a ? from Bishop’s Teignton. 
3. Pentaplewra pumilio, Nees. 
Bassus pumilio, Nees, Mag., Ges. Berl., 1814, 
p. 205. 
Alysia pumilio, Nees, Mon.,i., 244, 2; Hal., Ent. 
Mag., v., 228, d ¢ ; pl. xvii, f. 7 (wing). 
