KLEDITOMA SUBAPTERA. 231 



of Foerster's " genera." The antennae come nearest 

 to those of K. pygmaea, but they have not a defined club. 

 It is the largest species in the genus. 

 London district (Rev. T. A. Marshall). 



II. flings abbreviated) shorter than the abdomen ; the an- 

 tennse with a five- or seven-jointed club (= Nedinoptera) . 



Synopsis of Species. 



1 (2) Antennae with a 7-jointed club ; the wings hyaline, with black 



nervures ; the legs blackish, piceous at the joints. 



Halophila. 



2 (1) Antennae with a 5-jointed club ; the wings subhyaline, the ner- 



vures fuscous, the legs dull reddish. Subaptera. 



23. KLEDITOMA SUBAPTERA. 

 PL XI, fig. 1, 3. 



Figites subapterus, Walker, Ent. Mag., ii, 117. 

 Kleditoma maritima, Thorns., Oef., 1861, 398. 



Black, shining; the legs dark testaceous; wings scarcely hyaline. 

 Antennae longer than the head and thorax united ; the third joint more 

 than twice the length of the fourth ; the fourth and fifth joints longer 

 than broad ; the sixth to eighth as broad as long ; the ninth and tenth 

 wider but narrower than the apical three, which are much thicker. 

 Abdominal hair-fringe small. 



The <$ has the antennae longer than the body, the third joint 

 thickened and incised and twice the length of the fourth. The legs 

 are darker, being almost piceous. 



Length If mm. 



This species lives on the rocks among seaweeds, 

 and is said by Walker (1. c.) to run very fast, and, 

 when touched, contracts its antennas and legs, and lets 

 itself fall from the rocks. 



Marshall (Ent. Ann., 1874, p. 121) says, " The 

 males, I believe, are able to fly, and frequent flowers." 



Common at Torquay; Plymouth; Milford Haven 

 (T. A. Marshall). 



