species of parasitic Cynipidce. 371 



Erisphagia longipes, n. s. 

 Black ; legs with coxae piceous-red, the femora suffused 

 with fuscous. Wings scarcely hyaline ; nervures fuscous. 

 The antennae are filiform, much longer than the body ; 

 all the joints of nearly the same length. Eadial cellule 

 longer than broad, the nervures curved ; cubital nervure 

 extending to near the apex of the wings. Abdomen 

 shorter than the thorax, a little compressed, the base 

 piceous. Pleurae faintly aciculated, the sides of rneta- 

 thorax sparsely pilose ; the rest of the body glabrous. 

 Wings with long cilia. Legs long. Male. Length, 

 1^ mm. 



Only two species have been referred to this genus, 

 namely, E. dcpilis, Gir., and E. curta, Gir., and from these 

 the present species is easily recognised by its totally 

 piceous-red legs, the others having them reddish only at 

 the knees, as in depilis, or the knees and anterior tibial, 

 as in curta. 



Hab. Alsasua, Spain (Dr. David Sharp). 



Melanips femoralis, n. s. 



Black ; the greater part of anterior femora, the apical 

 fourth of middle, and the apex of posterior tibiae and 

 tarsi, fulvous-testaceous ; the apex of posterior tibiae and 

 tarsi more or less fuscous. Antennae nearly as long as 

 the body, becoming very slightly thickened towards the 

 apex ; 3rd joint nearly one-fourth longer than the next, 

 the other joints becoming gradually shorter to the penul- 

 timate, which is not half the length of the last. Sutures 

 on mesonotum narrow, becoming obsolete towards the 

 base of mesonotum ; the puncturing on scutellum is not 

 much stronger than on mesonotum, except at sides, 

 which are rugose ; mesopleura for the greater part 

 smooth and shining ; coxae opaque, finely punctured, 

 except behind, where they are smooth and shining. 

 Abdomen not much longer than thorax, smooth, shining, 

 semisessile, the base aciculated, the hair on it sparse ; 

 nervures as in opacus. Length, 4 mm. 



From M. opacus the present species may be known by 

 its darker-coloured femora and lighter-coloured tibiae 

 and tarsi, by the smaller size of the foveae at base 

 of scutellum, less strongly punctured scutellum, less 



