260 ON THE SPECIES OF PLATYGASTER. 



articuli 1°. ad 4 um . rufi : metathorax abdominisque segmentum 

 l um . scabra, obscura : abdomen nitens, laeve, pilis nonnullis 

 albis hrrtum, thorace paullo longius et latius ; segmentum 

 2 um . glabrum, basi scite sulcatum : pedes run ; coxae piceae; tarsi 

 apice picei : alse albidolimpidae ; squamula? piceae. (Corp. long. 

 lin. §— 1 ; alar. lin. 1|— 1|.) 



Far. /3. — Antennae articulis 1°. ad 4 um . supra pallide piceis. 



Far. y, Far. j3, similis : meso- et metapedes supra picei. 



Far. c, Far. /3, similis : metafemora supra picea. 



Far. e, Far. /3, similis : meso- et metapedum femora et tibiae supra 

 picea. 



Far. '(. — Antennae articulo 5°. piceo. 



Far. ij. — Antennas articulis 1°. ad 5 um . rufis. 



Far. 6. — Antennae articulis 5°. ad 10 um . piceis. 

 Found in August by Mr. Haliday, in marshes and grass in 



drains, at Holywood, Ireland. September; on grass in fields; 



near London. Isle of Wight. New Lanark, Scotland. 



Sp. 80. Plat. Vestinus. Mas. Prcecedenti similis, brevior, 

 alee f usees. 



Ater, parum nitens, subtilissime punctatus, fere glaber : oculi ocel- 

 lique nigro-picei : antennae nigro-piceae, capite thoraceque paullo 

 longiores ; articuli 1°. ad 4 um . rufo-picei : metathorax abdo- 

 minisque segmentum l um . scabra, obscura : abdomen nitens, lasve, 

 thorace paullo longius et latius ; segmentum 2 um . glabrum, basi 

 utrinque impressum : pedes rufi ; coxae piceae ; protarsi flavi ; 

 ungues et pulvilli picei : alse fuscae ; squamulae piceae. (Corp. 

 long. lin. | ; alar. lin. If.) 

 September; near the Land's End, Cornwall. 



Sp. 81. Plat. Nisus. Fern. P. Osco similis at ejus dimidio 

 minor. 



Ater, parum nitens, subtilissime punctatus, fere glaber : oculi ocel- 

 lique nigro-picei : antennae piceae, corporis dimidio multo longiores, 

 validae ; articuli 1°. ad 4 um . rufi : thorax subtus et utrinque laevis, 

 nitens : metathorax obscurus, punctatus : abdomen lasve, nitens, 

 glabrum, thorace paullo longius ; segmenta l um . omnino 2 um . que 

 basi scite sulcata; 3 um . et sequentia pilis nonnullis albis hirta : 

 pedes rufi ; tarsi apice picei : alae hyalinae, albidae ; squamulae 

 rufo-piceae. (Corp. long. lin. \ ; alar. lin. £ .) 

 Found near London. 



