ENTOMOLOGICAL CABINET, 



PSILUS ELEGANS. Jurine. Curtis. 

 Diapria elcgans. Latr. Steph. 



Black : head nearly globular and very glossy : eyes 

 rather minute and placed near the mouth : ocelli 

 three placed in a triangle nearly in front of the head . 

 antennae reddish yellow, longer than the body, mo- 

 iiiliform with the basal joint long, the remainder 

 verticillated, or furnished with hair about the centre, 

 of each joint : thorax, at its junction with the head, 

 rather narrow, but increases in breadth where the 

 wintrs arc inserted, and then decreases at the foot- 

 stalk of the abdomen, glossy and without punctures : 

 abdomen ovoid, black and shining : wings with only 

 a short costal nerve, which does not reach the 

 middle : legs reddish yellow. 



Expansion of the wings 2 lines ; length of the 

 body I line. 



Inhabits hedges and various plants. 



All the insects of the family, Proctotrupidce, are 

 exceedingly minute but very numerous; and it is sel- 

 dom the case, but that, after beating a bush or tree, 

 some of the species may be found in the net of the 

 collector. They are best secured in (pulls with cork 

 stoppers or in a phial, with a quill passed through tin 

 cork and n stopper for the quill : it is also necessary 

 to put a little dry grass or fine stems for the insects 

 fo crawl upon ; they may also be found frequently in 

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