NKMATUS WHITEI. 75 



It seems to be a northern form, having only been 

 taken in Rannoch and Braemar in June, and very few 

 specimens have been captured. 



Continental distribution : Lapland, Sweden, the 

 Harz Mountains, Prussia, France. 



Nothing definite is known about its early stages, 

 but according to Hartig the imago occurs on pines. 



18. NEMATUS WHITEI. 



Nematus Whitei, Cam., Fauna, i, 25, 29 (1878). 



Black, anal lobes, tibise, and tarsi testaceous. Wings hyaline, the 

 costa and stigma fuscous. 

 Length nearly 3| lines. 



I am only acquainted with the $ of this species, 

 which is very distinct from anything described, and 

 doubtless belongs to this group. It closely resembles 

 the # of N. breadalbanensis, but the head is scarcely so 

 rugose ; the labrum, clypeus, and palpi are quite 

 black, mandibles scarcely piceous, the pleuras not so 

 much punctured, a little smoother, and more pubes- 

 cent ; the mesonotum is shining, the coxaa, trochanters, 

 and femora (except at the extreme apex) are quite 

 black, and the posterior tarsi fuscous. The wings are 

 clear hyaline, costa and stigma fuscous, the third 

 cubital cellule longer and more dilated at apex. The 

 frontal sutures are not so distinct. The body (espe- 

 cially the head, pleurae, breast, and sides of abdomen) 

 and legs densely covered with griseous pubescence ; 

 breast alutaceous, scutellum transverse behind, fovese 

 below the antennas large, deep ; spurs scarcely one- 

 third the length of metatarsus. 



It is very similar to the $ of N. breadalbanensis, but 

 the antennas are shorter, the pubescence less dense and 

 shorter, stigma darker, third cubital cellule longer and 

 more dilated at apex, and spurs shorter. 



Andre and Kirby treat Whitei as the 3 of N. lati- 



