272 ON THE SPECIES OF PLATYGASTER. 



Sp. 6. Ino. areolata. (Haliday, MSS.) Mas et Fem. Atra, 

 tarsi picei, ala subf usees. 



Atra : caput et thorax parum nitentia : antennae nigra? ; articulus 

 l us . basi piceus: abdomen nitens : oviductus rufo-piceus ; vaginae 

 nigra? : pedes nigri ; genua et tarsi picea ; protarsi nigri : proalse 

 subfusca? ; squamula? nigro-piceae : nervi pallidiores ; metala? 

 sublimpida?. (Corp. long. lin. £ — \ ; alar. lin. § — f .) 



Found by Mr. Haliday, on grass in drains of the sea- 

 coast, at Holywood, in Ireland ; sometimes, like Ino. 

 Menippus, infested by a small red parasite. 



Div°. 4 a . 



Fem. — Corpus breve, crassum : caput thoracis latitudine : antennae 

 clavatae, corporis dimidio paullo longiores ; articulus l us . gracilis, 

 fere filiformis ; 2 US . cyathiformis ; 3 US . parvus ; 4 US . et sequentes 

 eequales, mediocres, subquadrati ; 10 us .acuminatus, 9°. duplo fere 

 longior : thorax brevi-ovatus, convexus : prothorax brevissimus : 

 mesothoracis parapsidum suturae vix conspicuae ; scutellum tuber- 

 culo simile: metathorax brevis : abdomen ovatum, convexum, 

 thorace paullo brevius et angustius; segmentum 2 um . magnum; 

 l um . 3 um . etc. parva : alse mediocres : humerus ramulum emittens 

 in alae discum recte declivem. 



Sp. 7. Ino. Atinas. Fem. Atra, antenna nigro-fuscce, pedes 

 fusci, alee subfusca. 



Atra, subtilissime punctata, parum nitens, parce et brevitur pu- 

 bescens: oculi nigro-picei : antenna? nigro-fusca? ; articuli l us . 

 basi 2 US . que apice fulvi : abdomen nitens, laeve, glabrum : pedes 

 fusci ; trochanteres, genua, protibiae apice subtus tarsique fulva, hi 

 apice obscuriores : alae subfusca? ; squamula? nigro-picea? ; nervi 

 fusci. (Corp. long. lin. \ ; alar. lin. £.) 



Found near London. 



ff Antennce 9-articidatce. 



Div°. 5 a . 



Mas. — Antenna? 9-articulata?, moniliformes ; articulus l us . validus, 

 fusiformis ; 2 US . parvus, globosus ; sequentes verticillato-pilosa?, 

 valde remoti ; 3 US . magnus, brevi-fusiformis ; 9 US . acuminatus : 

 8°. multo longior, thorax latus, brevi-ovatus, supra planus : 

 prothorax brevissimus : mesothoracis parapsidum suturae vix 



