ON THE SPECIES OF TELEAS. 369 



Far. B. — Mas, pedes omnino rufi. 



Far. e. — Fern, tibiae rufo-piceas ; genua, tarsi et protibise rufa. 



Found by the Comte de Castelneau, at Paris ; by Mr. Hali- 

 day, in August, on marshy heaths, in the Isles of Skye and 

 Arran. Summer and autumn ; near London, Isle of Wight, 

 Dorsetshire, Devonshire, South of France, &c. 



Gen. VIII. — Sparasion. — Latreille. 



Caput subquadratum, antice in aciem transversam acutam productum : 

 mandibulas arcuatae, longae, angustae, bidentatas ; dentes sub- 

 aequales : maxillae breves, latae, intus apice lobatae ; palpi 

 5-articulati, longissimi, filiformes ; articulus l us . gracilis ; 2 US . 

 brevissimus ; 3 US . longi-cyathiformis, 1°. longior ; 4 US . I 1 , longi- 

 tudine ; 5 US . inulto longior : labium subpentagonum, ligulam 

 obtegens ; palpi 3-articulati, mediocres ; articulus l us . longi- 

 cyathiformis ; 2 US . brevior ; 3 US . fusiformis, 1°. multo longior : 

 oculi laterales, sat magni : antennae 1 2-articulatae, apice graciliores, 

 mari capitis thoracisque longitudine, fern, paullo crassiores et 

 breviores ; articuli approximati ; l us . fusiformis, longus ; 2 US . et 

 3 US . longi-cyathiformes ; 4 US . brevior; 5 US . et sequentes ad ll um . 

 cyathiformes ; 12 us . conicus, angustus, acuminatus : thorax 

 ovatus, convexus : pro- et metathorax brevia : mesothoracis 

 parapsidum suturae conspicuae ; postscutellum tuberculum fingens 

 subacutum : abdomen sessile, sublineare, planum, basi et apice 

 angustius ; segmenta 6 dorsalia subaequalia conspicua, totidem 

 ventralibus aciem fingentia : pedes validi, curraces ; femora et 

 tibiae subclavata ; tarsis articulus l us . multo longissimus, pro- 

 tarsis subtus arcuatus ; sequentes ad 4 um . longitudine decrescentes ; 

 5 US . longior; ungues et pulvilli parvi : alae pubescentes, irides- 

 centes, mediocres ; proalis nervus subcostalis ad costae medium 

 stigma fingens et inde ramulum emittens angulatum, in alae 

 apicem porrectum; metalis nervus subcostalis unicus simplex. 



Sp. 1. Spar, frontal e. Mas et Fern. Atrum, protibice apice 

 subtusque rufce, tarsi picei, alcefuscce. 



Sparasion frontale . Latr. Hist. Nat. des Crust, et des 

 Insect. XIII. 230; Gen. Crust, et 

 Insect. IV. 32; St.Fargeau et Ser- 

 ville, Encycl. Method. X.443; Cur- 

 tis, Brit. Ent. VII. 317; Nees ah 

 Esenbeck, Hymenopt. Ichnelim. affin. 

 Monogr. II. 260. 



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