220 ON THE SPECIES OF PLATYGASTER. 



Far. ft. — Antennae nigro-piceae ; articuli l us . subtus, 2 US . et 10 us . 



apice picei : coxae, trochanteres et femora nigra ; pro- et mesotibiae 



flavae, supra piceo vittatae ; metatibiae piceae. 

 Far. y. — Antennae articulo 2°. rufo-piceo. 

 Far. c. —Antennae articulo 1°. rufo : pedes run" ; coxae piceae; tarsi 



flavi, apice fusci. 

 Far. e, Far. c, similis : metafemora et metatibiae apice picea. 



June ; on grass beneath trees ; near London. New Forest, 

 Hampshire. Mr. Haliday has found it under the shade of 

 trees, once at Holywood, and once in Galway, Ireland. 



** Thorax non compressus. 



*Sculellum productum. 



■fScutellum valde productum, spiniforme, abdomen attingens. 



2. Mas. — Antennae filiformes, corporis fere longitudine ; articulus 

 2 US . ovatus ; 3 US . minimus ; 4 US . magnus, longus, sublinearis ; 

 5 US . parvus, ovatus ; 6 US . et sequentes majores, fusiformes, sub- 

 aequales ; 1 US . linearis, acuminatus, 9°. longior : thorax ovatus, 

 convexus : mesothoracis parapsidum suturae vix conspicuae : ab- 

 domen brevi-ovatum, tborace vix longius ; segmentum l um . 

 seorsum angustum, longum ; 2 um . maximum ; 3 um . et sequentia 

 minima. 



p em . — Antennae subclavatae, corporis dimidio longiores ; articulus 

 2 US . cyathiformis ; 3 US . minimus ; 4 US . et 5 US . mediocres ; 6 US . 

 minor; 7 US . et sequentes majores, lati, subaequales ; 10 us . acu- 

 minatus, 9°. longior. 



Sp. 2. Plat. Tipulae. Mas et Fern. Ater, antennce rufce 

 apice nigra aut pieces, pedes rvfi fusco cingulaii, alee sub- 

 limpidce. 



Ichneumon Tipulse. Kir by, Linn. Trans. IV. 232; V. 108; 

 tab. 4. figs. 8,9; Stew. II. 231 ; Turt. 

 III. 476. 



Mas. — Ater, nitens, fere laevis, parce et breviter pubescens : caput 

 subtilissime punctatum, parum nitens : oculi ocellique nigro- 

 picei: antennae piceae; articuli 1°. ad 5 um . run* : scutellum apice 

 fuscum ; metathorax et abdominis segmentum l um . scabra, 

 obscura, pilosa : abdomen laeve, glabrum; segmentum 2 um . basi 

 bifoveolatum : pedes pallide rufi ; metatibiae tarsique apice picea : 

 alae sublimpidae ; squamulse piceae. 



