ALLOTEIA CIROUMSORJPTA. 243 



Obs. The Cynips erythrocephala, Jurine (Nouv. Meth., pi. xii, gen. 

 40), is not this species if the figure is correctly drawn. It may not 

 even be an Allotria. Certainly the antenna of the $ does not belong 

 to Allotria. 



7. ALLOTRIA TSOHEKI. 

 PL XVI, fig. 3. 



Allotria Tscheki, Giraud, Yerh. z.-b. Ges. WieD, x, 128, 4. 



Black ; the head red, broadly black on the vertex ; the basal four or 

 six joints of the antennae and legs yellow or testaceous ; wings hyaline, 

 the nervures fuscous. Antennae a little longer than the body, thick- 

 ened towards the apex; in the $ joints three to five sinuated, but not 

 very strongly. Radial cellule moderate, not twice the length of the 

 basal abscissa of the radius ; the latter straight, the second abscissa 

 slightly curved ; cubitus short. Median segment rather densely, the 

 base of abdomen but slightly pilose. 



Length 1 1 mm. 



Differs from preceding in having the vertex broadly 

 black and the radial cellule shorter. It is probably 

 only a variety of victrix. Feeds, according to Giraud, 

 on the aphis of Ribes rubrum. 



Not uncommon in the south-west of Scotland ; 

 Gloucestershire. 



Austria. 



8. ALLOTRIA CIRCUMSORIPTA. 

 PL XVI, fig. 4. 



Xystus circumscriptus, Htg., Germ. Zeit., iii, 351. 

 Allotria circumscripta, Gir., Verh. z.-b. Ges. Wien, x, 127. 



Black ; the basal four or five joints of the antennae reddish-testaceous ; 

 the legs ferruginous-yellow ; the tips of the tarsi black ; wings hyaline, 

 the nervures fuscous. Antennae longer than the body, thickened per- 

 ceptibly towards the apex in the ? ; in what I regard as the <$ joints 

 three to six are curved, the latter feebly ; and the antennae are much 

 lighter towards the apex, and not deep black as in the $ . Radial 

 cellule elongated, its length more than twice the length of the basal 

 abscissa of the radius ; the first abscissa is scarcely straight, and the 

 second is but feebly curved ; cubitus almost completely obsolete. The 

 median segment and base of abdomen with a longish pubescence. 



Length 1 1 mm. 



