SCHIXOLOM A. HETEUOriiLMA. 405 



clypeus more strongly elevated, though not more distinctly 

 bilobed, and the internal cubital nervure is emitted from the 



submarginal very much nearer 

 the radial nervure, which is less 

 curved at its base. 



I have also seen three males 

 in Westwood's collection at Ox- 

 ford, taken in " India " by 

 Boys. This is a considerable 

 extension of its known range, 

 which was previously supposed 

 to be confined to Europe, 

 throughout which, however, it 

 is sufficiently frequent ; it is 

 very common in Britain and 

 the Oriental examples differ 

 in no way from British speci- 

 Fig. 113. Schizoloma amicta, F. mens in my collection ; it has 

 frequently been bred from 



Bombycid moths and rarely from pupae of Noctuids, to which I 

 believe it to be specially attached, since I have frequently 

 received specimens bred from Aplecta nebulosa, Tr.' 



Genus HETEROPELMA, Wesm. 

 Heteropelma, Wesruael, Bull. Ac. Brux. 1849, p. 120. 



GENOTYPE, H. calcator, "Wesm. 



Head somewhat constricted posteriorly, closely punctate and 

 densely pubescent. Antennae shorter than the body. Thorax 

 closely punctate and somewhat densely pubescent; notauli 

 distinct; metathorax reticulate rugose with no carinse. Scutellum 

 deplanate and longitudinally canaliculate. Legs slender with the 

 hind ones elongate ; hind metatarsus at least thrice as long as 

 the second joint ; claws geniculate and not pectinate ; d with the 

 two basal joints of hind tarsi spatuliform. Brachial cell extending 

 to centre of first cubital cell, with the brachial and discoidal cells 

 of equal length ; second recurrent emitted from external cubital 

 beyond the submarginal nervure; lower basal nervure slightly 

 postf urcal ; nervellus intercepted at or above its centre. 



Range. Europe, North and Central America, India, Burma, 

 ^Formosa. 



This is a genus of only some half-dozen species, of which the 

 type alone occurs in Europe, the remainder being American. 

 Geometrid and Noctuid moths have been instanced as its hosts. 

 I have seen all our indigenous species. 



The genus may be instantly recognised by the extraordinary 

 length of the basal hind tarsal joint. 



