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  20. 
  Opins 
  cingulatus, 
  Wesm. 
  

  

  O. 
  cingulatus, 
  Wesm., 
  Nouv. 
  Mem. 
  Ac. 
  Brux., 
  1835, 
  

   p. 
  120 
  ; 
  Hal., 
  Ent. 
  Mag., 
  iv., 
  210, 
  5 
  ? 
  . 
  

  

  Black 
  ; 
  1st 
  abdominal 
  segment 
  black, 
  the 
  rest 
  testaceous 
  with 
  

   dusky 
  margins. 
  Face 
  faintly 
  carinated 
  ; 
  cheeks 
  often 
  testaceous 
  

   beneath 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  short, 
  somewhat 
  raised, 
  not 
  touching 
  the 
  man- 
  

   dibles 
  ; 
  both 
  testaceous; 
  palpi 
  very 
  pale. 
  Antennae 
  longer 
  than 
  

   the 
  body, 
  25 
  — 
  35-jointed, 
  black, 
  the 
  1st 
  joint 
  and 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  2d 
  

   testaceous, 
  or 
  the 
  3 
  first 
  joints, 
  or 
  more, 
  testaceous 
  ; 
  3d 
  joint 
  more 
  

   or 
  less 
  elongate. 
  Mesothoracic 
  sutures 
  effaced. 
  Mesopleurae 
  with 
  

   an 
  impunctate 
  furrow. 
  A 
  punctiform 
  impression 
  before 
  tiie 
  

   scutellum. 
  Metathorax 
  subrugulose, 
  dull, 
  often 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  

   laevigated 
  towards 
  the 
  base. 
  Wings 
  hyaline 
  ; 
  nervures 
  and 
  stigma 
  

   fusco-testaceous 
  ; 
  radial 
  areolet 
  reaching 
  the 
  extremity 
  ; 
  stigma 
  

   elongate, 
  emitting 
  the 
  radius 
  before 
  ^ 
  of 
  its 
  length 
  ; 
  2d 
  cubital 
  

   areolet 
  elongate, 
  attenuated 
  outwards 
  ; 
  podiscoidal 
  areolet 
  imper- 
  

   fectly 
  closed 
  ; 
  recurrent 
  nervure 
  evected. 
  Legs 
  testaceous 
  ; 
  tips 
  of 
  

   hind 
  tibiae 
  not 
  fuscescent, 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  preceding 
  sp. 
  First 
  abdominal 
  

   segment 
  black, 
  short, 
  usually 
  rugulose 
  towards 
  the 
  apex; 
  the 
  

   following 
  segments 
  smooth, 
  shining, 
  testaceous, 
  each 
  having 
  a 
  

   transverse 
  dusky 
  band 
  before 
  the 
  hind 
  margin. 
  Terebra 
  not 
  longer 
  

   tlian 
  the 
  last 
  segment. 
  Length, 
  1^ 
  ; 
  wings, 
  3 
  lines. 
  

  

  Var. 
  1. 
  The 
  dusky 
  bands 
  on 
  the 
  abdomen 
  widened 
  and 
  

   coalescing, 
  so 
  that 
  only 
  the 
  2d 
  segment, 
  or 
  part 
  of 
  it, 
  remains 
  

   testaceous. 
  

  

  A 
  common 
  species, 
  and 
  difficult 
  to 
  separate 
  from 
  the 
  

   preceding 
  ; 
  see 
  remarks 
  on 
  that 
  species, 
  ante. 
  Never-- 
  

   theless 
  it 
  constitutes 
  by 
  itself 
  the 
  genus 
  Nosnj^csa 
  of 
  

   Forster. 
  Wesmael's 
  description 
  is 
  taken 
  from 
  14 
  Belgian 
  

   specimens. 
  

  

  21. 
  Opius 
  irregularis, 
  Wesm. 
  

  

  O. 
  irregularis, 
  Wesm., 
  Nouv. 
  Mem. 
  Ac. 
  Brux., 
  1835, 
  

   p. 
  132 
  ; 
  Hal., 
  Ent. 
  Mag., 
  iv., 
  211, 
  $ 
  ? 
  . 
  

  

  Black 
  ; 
  2d 
  abdominal 
  segment 
  rufo-piceous. 
  Face 
  hardly 
  eai'i- 
  

   nated; 
  clypeus 
  somewhat 
  convex, 
  not 
  touching 
  the 
  mandibles, 
  

   black 
  with 
  the 
  lower 
  edge 
  sometimes 
  testaceous. 
  Mandibles 
  and 
  

   palpi 
  testaceous. 
  Antennas 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  body, 
  24 
  — 
  26-jointed, 
  

   black, 
  with 
  the 
  1st 
  joint, 
  extremity 
  of 
  the 
  2d, 
  and 
  sometimes 
  base 
  

   of 
  the 
  3d, 
  testaceous. 
  Mesothoracic 
  sutures 
  effaced. 
  Mesopleui'se 
  

   with 
  an 
  impunctate 
  furrow. 
  A 
  punctiform 
  impression 
  before 
  the 
  

   scutellum. 
  Metathorax 
  rugulose. 
  Wings 
  hyaline 
  ; 
  nervures 
  and 
  

  

  d2 
  

  

  