430 Mr. Bridgman's additions to Mr. Marsliall's 



long as the body ; face covered with silvery pubescence. Meta- 

 thorax with five superior arese ; supero-medial pentagonal, scarcely 

 longer than wide, open behind ; postero-medial not concave. Post- 

 petiole of 1st segment shorter than the petiole and two and a half 

 times wider, one-third longer than wide ; sides sometimes parallel, 

 sometimes rounded, a slight longitudinal furrow at the base of the 

 post-petiole more or less distinct ; 2nd segment about one-tlmd 

 longer than wide ; 3rd transverse ; aculeus about one-third the 

 length of the abdomen. Areolet of wings varies from almost 

 sessile to petiolated, the outer nervure generally imperfect ; re- 

 current nervure received beyond the middle ; transverse anal 

 nervure of hinder wing not divided. Claws of tarsi simple. 



Black ; apex of 2nd segment of abdomen, the whole of the 3rd 

 and the 4th, more or less red. Legs red ; front and middle coxae 

 generally slightly fuscous at the base and yellowish at the apex, 

 hind coxse black ; trochanters yellow, hinder ones general^ with 

 a fuscous spot within ; extreme base of hind tibiae yellowish, apex 

 slightly fuscous ; apex of tarsal joints more or less fuscous ; last 

 joint of middle tarsi fuscous ; mandibles yellow ; stigma and 

 nervures brown ; base of wings yellow. Length, 4 — 5 mm. 



Bred by Mr. C. J. Boden and Mr. W. H. B. Fletcher 

 from Choreutes scintillulana. 



This insect seems to me very near Limneria cognata, 

 Brischke. 



Limneria reticulata, n. s. 



This insect, I have no doubt, is mixed up with L. 

 exareolata, Eatz. The description in Katzeburg (Die 

 Ichn., iii., 87) is very meagre, barely more than that of 

 coloration ; whilst Holmgren's Mon. Oph. Suec, 96, will 

 do equally for this species or exareolata. The difference 

 lies in the punctures of the mesonotum and mesopleura. 

 The species I have retained the name for has the meso- 

 pleura distinctly and coarsely punctate ; in reticnlata, 

 indications of punctures are barely visible, and the 

 mesonotum is only reticulate, whilst in exareolata the 

 reticulations are coarser and punctate, the male more 

 strongly so than the female. Holmgren makes no 

 mention of the antennae of the male, which are unusually 

 long. 



This species was bred by Mr. W. H. B. Fletcher, in 

 both sexes, from the larvae of a Tortrix which he found 

 on the flowers of Corniis in 1884. The other species — 

 L. exareolata — he bred from Coccyx ustoiiiacidana. 



