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  basal 
  half, 
  wliicli 
  is 
  covered 
  witli 
  rairmte 
  and 
  close 
  punctuation, 
  

   visible 
  only 
  under 
  a 
  good 
  lens 
  ; 
  in 
  the 
  J^ 
  the 
  2d 
  segment 
  is 
  more 
  

   often 
  wholly 
  black. 
  Terebra 
  subexserted. 
  Length, 
  1 
  — 
  1^ 
  line. 
  

  

  I 
  have 
  not 
  seen 
  tins 
  species, 
  -which 
  is 
  described 
  by 
  

   Wesmael 
  from 
  8 
  females 
  and 
  1 
  male. 
  That 
  author 
  

   expresses 
  a 
  doubt 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  specific 
  identity 
  of 
  two 
  

   additional 
  males, 
  which 
  differed 
  (1) 
  in 
  having 
  a 
  distinct 
  

   carina 
  on 
  the 
  upper 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  face 
  ; 
  (2) 
  the 
  face, 
  and 
  

   sides 
  of 
  the 
  thorax, 
  more 
  shining, 
  and 
  with 
  less 
  rugosity; 
  

   (3) 
  the 
  tubercles 
  of 
  the 
  1st 
  abdominal 
  segment 
  very 
  

   prominent 
  ; 
  and 
  (4) 
  the 
  radial 
  areolet 
  rather 
  longer. 
  

   According 
  to 
  Haliday 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  O. 
  rudis 
  was 
  taken 
  

   by 
  Walker 
  in 
  the 
  London 
  district. 
  

  

  35. 
  Opius 
  ccesus, 
  Hal. 
  

   0. 
  ccssus, 
  Hal., 
  Ent. 
  Mag., 
  iv 
  , 
  215, 
  ^ 
  2 
  . 
  

   Black, 
  hardly 
  shinmg, 
  vaguely 
  punctulate, 
  pubescent 
  ; 
  2d 
  abdo- 
  

   minal 
  segment 
  finely 
  rugulose. 
  Face 
  subcarinate 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  widely 
  

   separated 
  from 
  the 
  testaceous 
  mandibles. 
  Antennae 
  21 
  — 
  24-jointed. 
  

   those 
  of 
  the 
  J 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  body, 
  of 
  the 
  3' 
  longer. 
  Mesothoracic 
  

   sutures 
  faintly 
  traced, 
  punctulate, 
  not 
  meeting 
  behind 
  ; 
  humeral 
  

   angles 
  somewhat 
  prominent. 
  Mesopleurse 
  with 
  a 
  wide 
  rugose 
  

   fuiTow. 
  Metathorax 
  rugulose. 
  Wings 
  hyaline 
  ; 
  squamula 
  piceous 
  ; 
  

   nervures 
  and 
  stigma 
  fuscous 
  ; 
  stigma 
  very 
  much 
  attenuated 
  ; 
  2d 
  

   cubital 
  areolet 
  hardly 
  attenuated 
  outwards 
  ; 
  recurrent 
  nervure 
  

   evected. 
  Hind 
  wings 
  with 
  no 
  vestige 
  of 
  the 
  prsebrachial 
  transverse 
  

   nervure. 
  Legs 
  elongate, 
  testaceous; 
  apex 
  of 
  the 
  4 
  posterior 
  

   femora 
  and 
  of 
  their 
  tibiae, 
  or 
  almost 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  tibiae, 
  

   fuscous, 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  tarsi 
  ; 
  sometimes 
  the 
  legs 
  are 
  altogether 
  

   testaceous. 
  Abdomen 
  $ 
  broadly 
  ovate, 
  subdepressed 
  ; 
  narrower 
  

   in 
  the 
  3' 
  ', 
  1st 
  segment 
  short, 
  broadly 
  obconic, 
  gibbous, 
  rugulose, 
  

   with 
  2 
  basal 
  carinse 
  ; 
  2d 
  segment 
  broadly 
  and 
  minutely 
  rugulose 
  or 
  

   scabrous, 
  obliquely 
  impressed 
  on 
  each 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  base, 
  the 
  im- 
  

   pressions 
  joining 
  to 
  form 
  an 
  arc. 
  Terebra 
  subexserted. 
  Length, 
  

   ^ 
  — 
  1 
  line. 
  

  

  According 
  to 
  Haliday, 
  found 
  rarely 
  in 
  damp 
  meadows 
  

   of 
  England 
  and 
  Ireland. 
  

  

  36. 
  Opius 
  reconditor, 
  Wesm. 
  

  

  0. 
  reconditor, 
  Wesm., 
  Nouv. 
  Mem. 
  Ac. 
  Brux., 
  1835, 
  

  

  p. 
  134 
  ; 
  Hal., 
  Ent. 
  Mag., 
  iv., 
  213, 
  <? 
  ? 
  . 
  

   Black 
  ; 
  face 
  carinated 
  ; 
  clypeus 
  black 
  in 
  the 
  $ 
  , 
  rufo-testaceous 
  

  

  