118 Mr. A. H. Holiday on new British Insects. 



Obs. The maxillae and labium inflected in repose extend as 

 far as the coxae of the intermediate legs. 



Genus Atbactodes, Gr. 

 * Petiolus condyle triplo longior, gracilis linearis. Abdomen elon- 

 gatum, feminis apice tantum subcompressum et truncatum. 

 Atractodes incessor. 



A. abdominis medio pedibusque anterioribus rufis, coxis et tro- 



chanteribus nigris, m.f. Long. 2i- — 5 lin. 

 Var. — Tibiis posticis (etiam femoribus basi et subtus) rufis. 

 Common. 

 Atractodes dionceus, C. 538. 184. 



A. mandibulis (antennis basi subtus), segmentis 2° et 3° basi, pedi- 

 busque rufis, coxis posterioribus nigris, m.f. Long. 2 — 2-i^ lin. 

 Var. — Femoribus posticis (intermediis basi coxisque) fuscis, m. 

 Not common in Ireland, — England, J. Curtis and F. "Walker. 

 Atractodes scrutator. 



A. abdominis medio, mandibulis, pedibusque rufis, m.f. ; antennis 

 basi rufis, m. ; antennis nigris, aut subtus basi rufis, /. Long. 

 2| lin. 

 Var. — Femoribus tibiisque posticis puncto apicis nigro, /. 

 Ireland, Hebrides. — England, F. Walker. 



** Petiolus condylo ad summum duplo longior. Abdomen mode 

 apice compressum, fusiforme ; modo compressum s. subcompressum, 

 dorso fere lineare, a latere lanceolatum. 

 Atractodes vestalis, C. 538. 182. 



A. tibiis testaceis, anterioribus medio posticis apice fuscis ; alis 

 hyalinis areola subtriangulari, m. f. ; abdomine ovato, apice 

 subcompresso, /. Long. 2 — 2^ lin. 

 Common. 



This species might perhaps with equal reason be referred 

 to the genus Stilpnus ; indeed any definite Une drawn between 

 these two genera must be arbitrary. 

 Atractodes gravidus, Gr. 



^.mesothoracis sulcis humeralibus subproductis; abdominis medio, 

 femoribus, tibiis, tarsisque rufis ; abdominis segmento 1° apice 

 sensim dilatato, m.f. ; antennis basi subtus rufis, m. ; antennis 

 validis pubescentibus ; abdomine fusiform! apice subcompresso, 

 /. Long. 3 — 3-I- lin. 

 Rare in Ireland. 

 Atractodes albo-vinctus, C. 538, 183. 



A. abdominis medio, palpis, pedibusque rufis, coxis posticis nigris, 



