520 DESCRIPTION OF SOME 



der polished petiole ; the oval compact abdomen ; the short con- 

 cealed ovipositor, and the few and clearly defined nervures of the 

 wings. It differs very much from Cynips in the structure of the 

 abdomen, and the nervures of the wings, and has more resemblance 

 to Figites ; but the latter has the antennae formed differently, the 

 scutellum tuberculate, the petiole very short, the abdomen com- 

 pressed, and the nervures of the wings generally more developed. 

 There are some species which will form a new genus : they have 

 thicker antennae than Anacharis, and a rough, punctured, and 

 much shorter petiole, &c. The latter are not uncommon on hedges 

 and lime trees, &c. during the summer and autumn ; they run 

 very rapidly, and are probably parasitic. 



Sp. 1. Ana. tinctus. Mas et Fern. Petiolo ahdom'inis cir- 

 c'lter longitudine, i^edibiis fulvis aut Jlavis, alls mh/ime 

 fulvo tinctis, nervis ferrughieis, extiino inceo. 



Ater aut eeneo-ater : antennae nigrae, subtus nigro-piceae : petiolus 

 mari abdominis longitudine, fern, paullo brevior : pedes fulvi ; 

 coxae nigrse ; metatrochanteres piceae ; metafemora a basi fere ad 

 apicem ferruginea ; ungues, pulvilli et metatarsi fusci : alae hya- 

 linae, minime fulvotinctae ; squamulae et nervi ferruginea ; nervus 

 extimus transversus crassus, piceus. (Corp. long. If — 2 lin. ; 

 alar. 2| — 2i lin.) 

 Var. /3. — Mas, antennae nigro-piceae, subtus ferruginese ; artieuli 



V^. et 2"^ nigri : metafemora omnino fulvo. 

 Var. y. — Fem. antennae piceae, subtus ferrugineae ; artieuli 1"^ et 



2"s. nigri. 

 Var. h. — Fem. antennae fulvae, apice fuscae; articulus 1"^ niger, 2"^ 

 piceus : pedes fiavi ; coxas nigrae ; tarsi apice, ungues et pulvilli 

 fusci ; metatarsi fusci, basi fulvi : alae nervo longitudinali basi 

 flavo. 



July; near London. September; Isle of Wight; Ma- 

 chynlleth, North Wales. 



Sp. 2. Ana. typicus. Mas et Fem. A. tincto similis, i^e- 

 t'lolo breviore. 



Ater aut ccneo-ater : antennae nigrae, subtus picese : petiolus longi- 

 tudine f abdominis : pedes flavi ; coxae nigrae ; metatrochanteres 

 picei; fem. metafemora basi ferruginea; tarsi apice ferruginei ; 

 metatarsi mart ferruginei, fem. fusci : alse subhyalinae, nonnun- 

 quam minime fulvo tinctaj ; squamulae et nervi ferruginea ; nervus 



