180 2BGILIPS NITIDULA. 



8 (7) Scutellar foveae deep; mesonotum opaque, first abscissa of 



radius scarcely shorter than the second; legs dull red. 



Bicolorata. 



9 (6) Mesonotum not transversely rugose. 



10 (11) Wings hyaline, thorax not densely pilose, petiole double 



longer than broad. Rufipes. 



11 (10) Wings uniformly smooth, thorax densely pilose, petiole three 



times longer than broad. Fumipennis. 



12 (1) Scutellum ending in a spine. 



13 (14) Mesonotum semi-opaque, transversely striated, petiole much 



longer than broad (in male), foveae at base of scutellum 

 obsolete. Subulifera. 



14 (13) Mesonotum not striated ; scutellar foveae large. 



15 (16) Spine short, obliquely truncated at apex, not one-fourth of 



length of scutellum ; legs fuscous, petiole shorter than 

 broad. Scotica. 



16 (15) Spine long, curved, more than one-third of the length of 



scutellum ; legs and antennae red ; petiole a little longer 

 than broad. Armata. 



1. J^GILIPS NITIDULA. 



PI. VI, fig. 9,3 . 



Cynips nitidula, Dal., Anal. Ent., 95. 



Xylaspis l&vigatus, Htg., Germ. Zeit., iv, p. 416. 



Mgilips nitidula, Gir., Yerh. z.-b. Ges. Wien, x, 173; Rein- 

 hard, B. E. Z., iv, 219 ; Thorns., Oef., xviii, 

 412, 4. 



Black ; the legs bright yellowish, the base of the coxae, the apices 

 of the front four tarsi, and the greater part of the hind pair, 

 blackish. Antennae fuscous above, testaceous beneath. Wings clear 

 hyaline, the nervures yellowish. Shining, the parapsidal sutures dis- 

 tinct, crenulated ; scutellum conical, shining, smooth, slightly rugose at 

 the sides and apex, the latter depressed, the scutellar fovese indistinct, 

 shallow. Prothorax laterally punctured finely, longitudinally striated 

 on the lower part of pleurae. Petiole finely punctured, or little shorter 

 than broad. 



The $ similar, and with the petiole longer compared to its breadth. 



Length 2 mm. 



The colour of the antennae varies, some specimens 

 having them much darker than others. The amount 

 of black on the coxae and tarsi varies also. 



Commonly distributed. Found often in houses. 



Continental distribution : Sweden, Germany, Aus- 

 tria. 



