126 NEMATUS GLUTINOSJJ. 



part of metanotum, and a transverse mark on the second or third 

 basal segments of abdomen, black. Head narrowed behind the eyes, 

 three vertical farrows distinct, frontal area not clearly indicated 

 behind, broader than long; antennal furrows deep, ending in a blunt 

 angle and very slightly curved, front sharply projecting between the 

 antennae, face sharply pointed. Antenna3 slightly shorter than the 

 body, black, fuscous beneath, the third joint shorter than the fourth ; 

 stigma green, second recurrent nervure interstitial. Cerci shorter than 

 spurs, which reach close to the middle of metatarsus. 



The <$ has the vertex almost entirely black, the upper side of the 

 body and the mesopleurse black; wings with a faint fuscous tinge; 

 stigma griseous-white ; antennae longer than the body, and apex of 

 posterior tibiae and tarsi black. 



Length 2| 3 lines. 



The larva is cylindrical, from nine to ten lines in 

 length. The head is shining, green, slightly obscured 

 with fuscous on the top, and thinly covered with hairs ; 

 the eyes are situated in a black line which extends to 

 the top and a little below them ; the mouth brownish, 

 mandibles brown, black at the tips. Legs glassy 

 yellowish-green, slightly hairy; claws brown; over 

 the legs is a curved black line. The body is grass 

 green, with a black line on each side at the top, and 

 continued to the tenth segment; directly over the 

 legs the folds of the skin are marked with black. The 

 anal segment is hairy, the tip usually green, but 

 occasionally reddish, and bears short black cerci. 



Feeds on Salix pentandra, 8. vitellina, and other 

 willows. Degeeria parallela, Mg., Mesoleius opticus, 

 GT., and M. holosericeus, R.tz., are its parasites. 



Common in Clydesdale ; the imago in June, and 

 again in August. The larvaB are found between June 

 and October. 



Continental distribution: Sweden, Germany, France. 



55. WEMATUS GLUTINOS^. 



Vol. I, PI. VII, fig. 10, lar. ; Vol. II, PI. Ill, fig, 4, ? ; 

 PI. XXI, fig. 6, Saw. 



Nematus glutinosce, Cam., E. M. M., xviii, 193 (1882). 



virescens, Cam., Sc. Nat., iv, 196. 



oligospinus, Br. and Zad., Schr. Ges. Konig., xxiv, 159, 



141, Taf. 1, f. 2. 



