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ADDITIONS TO THE BRITISH ICRNEUMONID^. 

 BY EDWAED CAPEON, M.D., F.E.S. 



Pezomachfs pilosus, n. sp. 



Pitchy-black, with diffuse, longish, bristly hairs ; base of antennae, 

 upper surface of the thorax, and first segment of abdomen, lighter ; 

 legs red ; aculeus barely so long as first abdominal segment. 



? . Head dull black, wider than thorax ; antennee stoutish, thicker beyond the 

 middle than at base and apex, joints three and four subequal, two to five yellowish- 

 red ; prothorai entirely black ; mesothorax with upper part pitchy-red, with a 

 blackish spot in the middle ; metathorax slightly ridged each side, in the middle 

 smooth and somewhat excavated j its upper part reddish, with sides and sloping part 

 black. First abdominal segment rather long, gradually widened behind, pitchy-red, 

 with a narrow black band just behind the projecting spiracles, which are situated 

 between the middle and posterior third. Abdomen shining piceous-black, with 



diffuse, long bristly hairs, between which the surface appears very finely areolated. 



Length, 5 — 6 mUl. 



A very distinct species, recognisable by its bristly hairs which 



also clothe the thorax. 



Shiere, 1887, three examples. 



Choein^us teicaeikatfs, Holmg. 

 Holmg., Disp. method. Exoch. Scandin., p. 77, tab. II, fig. 12 ; Thorns., 

 Deutsch. Entom. Zeits., xxxi, 1887, p, 202. 

 Shiere, both (5^ and ? , 1887. 



HoLOiiEEisTTJS TENUiCDrcTus, Eoorst. 

 Foerst., TJebersicht der Plectiscoiden, p. 81. 

 Shiere, two ? . 



PiMPLA VAEICArDA, n. Sp. 



Black, apex of abdomen red-marked ; legs, anterior pair, reddish- 

 yellow ; posterior, with base of femora, apex of tibiae and tarsi, darker ; 

 aculeus about one-sixth of abdomen. 



? . Head scarcely wider than thorax ; antennae two-thirds length of body, 

 black, yellow beneath ; thorax closely punctured ; metathorax with distinct areas ; 

 abdomen almost cylindrical, 1st segment longer than the 2nd, which is slightly 

 transverse; 2nd to the 4th, black above, with a very narrow yellow apical edge; 5th, 

 reddish-ochre, with a triangular black mark in the centre ; 6th and 7th entirely red. 

 All the segments yellow beneath; coxae black; trochanters yellow with black marks. 



Shiere, two ? . 



I sent this insect, as well as the ^ezomaclius, to Mr. Bridgman, 

 who considers both of them to be undescribed. 



Shiere : February 'drd, 1888. 



