ALLOTRIA HALTERATA. 259 



Commonly distributed. 



Continental distribution : Sweden, Germany. 



32. ALLOTKIA HALTERATA. 

 PL XV, fig. 1. 



Allotria halterata, Thorns., Oef., xviii, 410 ; Cam., Fauna, 88, 25. 



Reddish-yellow ; abdomen black, the legs yellowish testaceous ; the 

 antennae testaceous, sometimes infuscated towards the apex. Antennae 

 a little longer than the body, but slightly thickened towards the apex ; 

 the third joint longer than the fourth. Wings abbreviated, shorter than 

 the thorax. $ . 



Length 1| mm. 



Not common. Near Glasgow. 

 Sweden. 



The following British species are doubtful : 



Cynips amygdali, Buckton, bred from Aphis amyg- 

 dali. " Body wholly shining black. Antennae pilose, 

 with fourteen joints, each after the third slightly in- 

 creasing in size, the last apical joint the longest. 

 Thorax robust. Abdomen semiglobose, the last ring 

 furnished with an obtuse ovipositor. Wings rounded, 

 the upper wing having only one closed costal cell. 

 Tibiae armed with a strong spur ; tarsi hairy and six- 

 jointed [sic~\ " (British Aphides, ii, p. 150, pi. Ixxiii, 

 fig. 6). Neither from the figure nor from the de- 

 scription can I make out to what genus this species 

 belongs. 



Curtis describes two species : 



Cynips quercus-inferus, L. ? Pitch colour, shining, 

 head and thorax rugose, antennae and mouth bright 

 rust colour ; the antennae fourteen- jointed, wings 

 iridescent, with pale reddish-brown nervures, having 

 an elongate trigonate cellule on the margin, with an 



