ON THE SPECIES OF PLATYGASTER. X6& 



articuli 1°. ad 3 um . rufi : scutellum pubescens, apice piceum : 



metathorax et abdomen basi ntrinque albo-pilosa, ille scaber ob- 



scurus : abdomen ovatum ; segmentum 2 um . glabrum ; 3 um . et 



sequentia parce albo-hirta : pedes rufi ; coxae piceae ; meso- et 



metapedum femora tibiaeque apice, ungues et pulvilli picea : alae 



subfuscae ; squamulse piceae. 

 Fern. — Antennae nigra?, capite thoraceque paullo longiores ; articuli 



l us . basi 2 US . que apice fusci : coxae nigrae. (Corp. long. lin. 



§—£ ; alar. lin. 1 — 1|.) 

 Var. j3. — Mas, antennae articulo 1°. rufo, apice supra piceo : femora 



et tibiae omnino rufa. 

 Var. y. — Mas, mesofemora omnino rufa. 



Var. o. — Mas, antennae nigro-piceae ; articulus l us . basi rufus. 

 Var. e. — Mas, Var. o similis : antennae articulo 1°. subtus rufo : 



mesotibiae omnino rufae. 

 Var. f . — Mas, antennae piceae ; articulus l us . rufus : mesopedes 



rufi ; metatarsi rufo-picei. 

 Var. rj. — Fern, profemora apice picea. 

 Var. 8. — Fern, meso- et metapedum femora et tibiae apice nigro- 



picea. 



July and August; near London. September; Isle of 

 Wight. Penzance, Cornwall. Found in Ireland, by Mr. 

 Haliday. 



Sp. 29. Plat, scelionoides, Haliday, MSS. Fern. P. Furio 

 gracilior, alee angustiores. 



Ater, nitens, laevis, parce pubescens ; oculi nigro-picei : antennae 

 piceas, corporis dimidio paullo longiores ; articulus l us . rufo- 

 piceus ; 2 US „ apice flavus : scutellum, metathorax abdominisque 

 segmentum l um . pubescentia : abdomen longi-ovatum, thorace 

 dimidio longius ; segmentum 2 um . glabrum ; sequentia brevia, 

 subaequalia : oviductus flavus : pedes rufi ; coxae piceae ; meta- 

 femora et tarsi apice rufo-picea : proalae subfuscae ; metalae fere 

 limpidae : squamulae obscure rufae. (Corp. long. lin. f ; alar, 

 lin. 1.) 



Var. /3. — Abdominis segmentum l um . et acies rufo-picea. 

 Found in Ireland, by Mr. Haliday. 



Sp. 30. Plat. Belus. Fern. Prcecedente brevior, antenna 

 nigra. 



Ater, nitens, laevis, parce pubescens : oculi nigro-picei : antenna? 

 nigrae, corporis dimidio paullo longiores : scutellum, metathorax 



