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parvae ope conjuncta, scutello haud aliter explicato : postscutellum 

 mesothorace parum brevius basi truncatum dorso planiusculum 

 apice rotundatum : abdomen thorace brevius et fere angustius de- 

 pressum ellipticum (structura qualis Bethyllo) segmentis 7 longi- 

 tudine subaequalibus 1°. basisensim attenuate petiolo vix manifesto : 

 alarum forma fere qualis Bethyllo : nervus subcostalis a costali 

 disjunctus : stigma minutum oblongum in costa media : nervus 

 radialis vix ultra conspiciendus ; cubitalis a stigmate leni flexura 

 discedens mox parallelus prope marginem excurrit, ante apicem 

 alae abrupte desinens areolam radialem elongatam linearem apice 

 apertam designans : areola brachialis anterior acute trigona stigma 

 non attingit ; posterior linearis illius apicem perpaulo superat 

 nervo claudente arcuato : nervi brachiales ultra hunc cito 

 evanescunt : nervus subulnaris c obsoletissimus : alarum posticarum 

 nervi decolores quasi deletae modo subcostalis in alae basi vestigium 

 et alteram adhuc minus in lobo axillari cujus incisura profunda : 

 pedes sat longi, graciliores quam Bethyllo, coxis obconicis tro- 

 chanteribus breviusculis femoribus compressis fusiformibus tibiis 

 rectis pubescentibus calcaribus conspicuis tarsis longioribus 

 tenuibus articulo primo trium sequentium longitudinem aequi- 

 parante unguibus tenuibus acutis integris. 



" Niger hie, abdomine nitido glabro, antennarum articulo 1°. apice re- 

 liquis cunctis pedibusque rufo-piceis, trochanteribus tibiis tarsisque 

 ferruginosis, mandibulis apice ferrugineis, capite thoraceque subtili- 

 ter intricatim punctulatis, fronte vertice pro- et mesothoracis dorso 

 praeterea punctis majoribus sparsis pilisque raris albidis, scutelli 

 disco lasviore nitente, metathorace basi ruguloso linea longi- 

 tudinali elevata postice evanescente, alis subfumato hyalinis, 

 squamulis radice nervis stigmateque fusco-ferrugineis : de sexus 

 discrimine et oris structura intima nil adhuc constat." — Holiday, 

 MSS. 



September; Isle of Wight. Found near Paris, by the Comte 

 de Castelneau. 



Genus. — Bethylus. Latreille. 



Omalus. Jurine. 



Fern. — Caput ovatum, nutans, planum, thorace latius, scitissime et 

 confertissime punctatum, obscurum, pubescens : oculi parvi, 

 subovati, remoti, laterales: ocelli vertice triangulum fingentes 



c " Nervus cubitalis." St. F. &c. 



