40 Rev. T. A. Marshall's Monograph of 



5. ApMdius abietis, Marshall. 

 A. ahietis, Marsh., lib. cit., p, 565, $ . 



■ $ Black ; face, prothorax, and furrows of the mesonotuni, dull 

 testaceous ; abdomen piceous, cinctured with distinct yellow bands, 

 the anterior the broadest. Head somewhat wider than the thorax ; 

 oral parts and palpi dull testaceous. Antennse nearly as long as 

 the body, 21 -jointed, black with the two basal joints testaceous. 

 Thorax testaceous beneath ; posterior portion of the pectus black ; 

 scutellum fuscescent at the extremity ; metathorax beset with white 

 hairs, and bisected by a wide and deep channel. Wings hyaline ; 

 squamulse and radicles stramineous ; stigma large, triangular, 

 blackish, like the nervures ; 2nd intercubital nervure colourless ; 

 cubital nervure not visible beyond the end of the 1st cubital areolet: 

 Fore legs testaceous ; 4 anterior coxae of the same colour ; hind 

 coxae black ; all the trochanters testaceous ; intermediate femora 

 and middle of their tibiae, fuscous ; hind femora and tibiae black, 

 the latter testaceous at the base ; their tarsi black. Abdomen 

 shorter than the head and thorax ; 1st segment slender, linear to 

 beyond the tubercles, which are situated somewhat before the 

 middle ; condylus dilated from its base, so that the extremity of the 

 segment is twice as wide as its base ; this segment is black, dull 

 testaceoiis at the base ; 2nd segment yellow, infuscated in the 

 middle towards the base ; 3rd yellow as far as the middle, the rest 

 piceous ; following segments piceous with a yellow band at the base 

 of each ; abdomen truncate at the extremity. Terebra hardly 

 exserted, its valves conical, stout, black. ^ Unknown. Length, 

 1^ ; exp. 2^ lines. 



The unique ^ above described was bred by Bignell 

 out of Lachnua pini, L. infesting Abies cxcelsa, the spruce 

 fir, as well as several other kinds of conifers. 



6. ApTiidius pini, Haliday. 



A. pini, Hal., lib. cit., 96 ; Marsh., lib. cit., p. 566, $ $ , 

 pi. xviii. f. 6. 



5 Black ; face and prothorax impure testaceous ; a pale indeter- 

 minate spot on the 2nd suture. Head very broad ; oral parts and palpi 

 dull testaceous. Antennae black, with the two basal joints fusco- 

 testaceous beneath. Mesonotum very finely wrinkled and punctulate, 

 not shining ; the ordinary furrows distinct, as well as an additional 

 channel between them, which does not extend to the scutellum ; 



