134 NEMATUS MYOSOTIDTS. 



Nematus myosotidis, Htg., Blattw., 199, 27 ; Evers., Ball. Mosc., 



xx, 18, 15 ; Thorns., Opusc., 635, 

 76; Br. and Zad., Schr. Ges. 

 Konig., xvi, pi. 6, f. 6, and 1. c., 

 332 ; Andre, Species, i, 196 ; Cat., 

 22 ;* Cam., Fauna, 36, 33 ; Costa, 

 . F. Nap., Tenth., 16, pi. xliii, f. 8 ; 

 Foer.j Yerh. Yer. pr. JHheinl., xi, 

 319, pi. vi, f. 31. 

 pappilosus, Thorns., Hym. Scand., i, 145, 75. 



Black, shining, the mouth, pronotum, tegula?, legs and abdomen, 

 luteous, the latter with a line of broad black bands down the middle of 

 the back; the apex of posterior tibise and tarsi fuscous. Antennae 

 pilose, nearly as long as the body, tapering towards the apex ; the third 

 and fourth joints equal. Head a little narrower than the thorax, the 

 front pubescent, faintly punctured, the sutures very deep and well 

 marked, the pentagonal area distinct ; the tips of the mandibles are 

 black, clypeus deeply notched, the palpi pale. Mesonotum smooth, 

 shining, finely punctured, the scutellum raised ; cenchri large ; sternum 

 smooth and slightly shining. Abdomen scarcely longer than the head 

 and thorax, broadest in the middle, rounded towards the apex, the cerci 

 short, their apices pointing inwardly; the saw projecting, pilose, the 

 apical half black ; blotch very large. Legs long, the calcaria reaching 

 to the middle of the metatarsus, the tibia3 are grooved on the inner side ; 

 claws bifid. Wings subhy aline, with a smoky tinge, the nervures deep 

 black, costa and stigma luteous ; the second recurrent nervure is almost 

 interstitial. 



The has the antennas longer than the body, thicker and more pilose 

 than in the $ ; the abdomen becomes narrowed towards the apex, as 

 does also the black dorsal stripe, which is sometimes very narrow. 



Length 3 3 lines. 



Ab a. ? and . Abdomen black only at the 

 base. 



b as in a, but with a thin luteous band surrounding 

 the eyes. 



This species is easily identified by the half smoky 

 wings with luteous costa and stigma, the very faint 

 first transverse cubital nervure, pilose antennae, and 

 luteous abdomen with its black dorsal line, &c. The 

 abdomen varies somewhat in the amount of black 

 which it bears, as does also the apex of the posterior 

 tibise ; the tarsi are black or fuscous, and in rare 

 instances luteous, and there is sometimes a black mark 

 on the posterior knees. N. MarshaUi, Cam., from 

 Corsica, is closely related to myosotidis, but may be 

 known from it by its body being shorter, and broader 

 compared to its length, the antennas distinctly longer 

 than the body, the abdomen not much longer than 



