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to this species ; it was beaten from an old oak in the Wilverley 

 Inclosare, in the New Forest, June 14th, 1907. 



E. apicalis. — Two females of this beautiful species (figured by 

 Curtis, B. E., pi. 476) were beaten from oak on July 2nd, 1904, 

 and the same date in 1906 in Cutlers Wood, Freston, and an 

 alder carr at Eeydon, both in Suffolk. 



Peeilitus, Nees. 



(10) 1. First cubital and discoidal cells not separated 



by a nervure. 

 (9) 2. Eadial nervure apically strongly arcuate. 

 (8) 3. Abdomen entirely or apically black. 

 (7) 4. Stigma infuscate or nigrescent. 



(6) 5. Metanotum with distinct areae. . . cerecclium, Hal. 

 (5) 6. Metanotum rugulose throughout, with no 



areae ....... athiops, Nees. 



(4) 7. Stigma pale testaceous .... bicolor, Wesm. 



(3) 8. Abdomen mainly or, at least, apically 



testaceous ...... secalis, Hal. 



(2) 9. Radial nervure apically hardly arcuate . brevicolUs, Hal. 

 (1) 10. First cubital and discoidal cells separated 



by a nervure. 



(12) 11. Radial nervure ending exactly half-way 



between stigma and apex . . . falciger, Ruthe. 



(11) 12. Radial nervure ending much nearer apex 



of wing than that of stigma. 

 (14) 13. Hind femora and tibiae testaceous throughout rutiliis,'Nees. 



(13) 14. Hind femora or tibioB more or less nigrescent strenuus, Marsh. 



P. cethiops. — This is said to be a common species, but I 

 possess only a single male, swept from a hedge-bottom at Laken- 

 heath, Suffolk, July 13th, 1899. 



P. bicolor.— Besiumoni has given me several females of this 

 species, which he found commonly on the sand-hills at Kilmore, 

 in Ireland, on August 10th and 23rd, 1898. 



P. secalis. — I possess a female captured at Felden, Herts, by 

 Piffard. 



P. riitilus. — Also taken at Felden by Mr. Piffard. Several 

 females occurred to me by sweeping beans in a field at Wicken, 

 Cambs., June 7th, 1902. I swept a male at Ipswich on July 3rd, 

 1895 ; and took a female on my study window at Monk Soham 

 as late as October 10th, 1906. It is doubtless an abundant 

 species, and I suspect it of preying upon species of Sitones. 



P. strenuus. — The only male I have seen was captured on a 

 flower of Foeniculum vulgare on the coast at Alderton, in Suffolk, 

 September 3rd, 1899. 



MiCROCTONus, Wesm. 

 (6) 1. Metanotum finely carinate centrally. 

 (3) 2. Median nervure of anterior wings obsolete conterminus, Nees. 



