172 LONCHIDIA MACULIPENNIS. 



segment densely pubescent ; abdomen compressed, the base of the second 

 segment not striated. 



The c? (teste Giraud) has the antennae filiform, the flagellum reddish 

 beneath, if anything longer than the body ; the abdomen more pedun- 

 culated, and the legs have a clear red. 



Length 22*5 m.m. 



The cJ I have never seen, and it has only been found 

 by Giraud. Commonly distributed in England and 

 Scotland. 



Continental distribution : Sweden, Germany, Aus- 

 tria. 



Genus LONCHIDIA. 



Lonchidia, Thomson, Oef., xviii, 413 ; Foerster, Verh. z.-b. 

 Ges. Wien, 364. 



Radial cellule open in front ; cheeks not margined ; pronotum with 

 a gradual slope from the apex to the head ; a fovea at the base of the 

 scutellum. Parapsidal furrows weak in front, more distinct near the 

 scutellum. Areolet obsolete; cubitus seldom complete. Antennae 

 13-jointed in $ , thickened towards the apex ; in <$ slender, longer than 

 the body, the third joint incised. Body shining, the base of abdomen 

 pilose. 



A well-marked genus. It contains at present three 

 European species, the two known from Britain, and 

 L. lissonata, Thorns,, from Sweden. 



Synopsis of Species. 



1 (2) Wings with the greater part of the radial cellule and a spot near 



the apex fuscous ; the apical six joints of antennae indistinctly 



thickened. Maculipennis. 



, 2 (1) Wings entirely hyaline, unspotted; the apical five joints of the 



antennae distinctly thickened. Clavicornis. 



1. LONCHIDIA MACULIPENNIS. 

 PL VIII, fig. 9. 



Lonchidia maculipennis, Thomson, Oef, 413, 1. 



Figites 'maculipennis, Dbm., Onych., pi. ii, fig. 1 ; Skand., Hym. Fauna, 

 13, 1. 



Black; semi-shining, closely pubescent, sparsely punctured; parapsidal 

 furrows narrow, almost complete ; legs fuscous ; wings hyaline, more or 



