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immaculatum : oviductus rufus, subexertus: pedes flavi ; meta- 

 coxse, pro- et mesofemora et protibiae fusco maculata ; metafemora 

 apice nigra ;' meso- et metatibise fuscae, apice basique flavse ; ungues 

 et pulvilli fusci : alae hyalinas ; macula in proalis prope stigma 

 fusca, abbreviata, sublunaris, ad costam nigro-fusca ; nervi fusci ; 

 stigma minimum. (Corp. long, f lin. ; alar. | lin.) 



July; on grass in woods; near London. 



Family Torymid^. 

 Genus Torymus, Dalman. 



A French species, at least thrice the size of T. obscurus, 

 has the sutures between the scutum, and the parapsides of the 

 mesothorax quite distinct. 



Genus Monodontomerus, Westwood. 



Fern. — Caput mediocre, tborace paullo latius : oculi mediocres : 

 mandibulas fere rectae, intiis emarginatas, apice dentibus 3 vix 

 acutis armatae : maxillae elongatae, intiis apicem versus in lobum 

 productae : palpi maxillares fere filiformes ; articuli 1^^ et 3"^. 

 breves, aequales ; 2"^ 1°. paullo longior et crassior ; 4"^ longus, 

 subfusiformis : mentum conicum, basi subquadratum : labium 

 latum, integrum, <= antice rotundatum et ciliatum : palpi labiales 

 breves ; articulus l"^ mediocris ; 2"^. parvus ; 3"^ 1°. agqualis, 

 ovatus, apice acuminatus : antennae 13-articulat3e, clavatse, 

 tborace breviores ; articulus 1"^. gracilis ; 2"^. cyatliiformis, 

 mediocris ; 3"^. minimus ; 4"^. et 6 sequentes aequales, subqua- 

 drati, approximati, clava ovata, articulis 2 praecedentibus brevier : 

 thorax elongatus, convexus : prothoracis scutellum magnum, sub- 

 quadratum : raesothoracis scutum et parapsides maxima, hse bene 

 determinatae ; scutellum magnum, elongato-ovatum : metathorax 

 mediocris : abdomen sessile, compressum, tborace vix brevius : 

 segmentum 1""\ magnum, sequentia breviora : oviductus ex- 

 ertus : metapedes coxis femoribusque magnis, bis subtus apicem 

 versus unidentatis. 



«^ The description of the labium of the Torijmidcr, in page 115. Vol. I. of the 

 Ent. Mag. is erroneous ; it is short and undivided, both in this genus and in 

 Callhnomc. Perilampiis will form another family. 



