66 STNEEGUS PALLICORNIS. 



scutellaris has the apex of the petiole punctured 

 above. A series bred from the gall of BryojpTianta 

 divisa have the tibiae and the tarsi infuscated. 



Bred in April and May from the galls of Dryophcmta 



divisa, D. scutellaris, Neuroterus numismatis, N. lenti- 

 cularis, N. ostreus, and N.fumijpennis, all of the second 

 year. 



Commonly distributed. 



Austria, Germany. 



6. STNERGUS PALLICORNIS. 



Synergus pallicomis, Htg., Germs. Zeits., iii, 709; Mayr, 

 Yerh. z.-b. Ges. Wierx, xxii, 709 ; 

 Thomson, Opusc, 797. 



— australis, Htg., 1. c, iv, 414. 



— flavicornis, Htg., 1. c, ii, 198. 



— nigripes, Htg., 1. c, ii, 197 (?). 



Black ; the antenna? and legs pale yellow to reddish-yellow ; the four 

 fore femora at base, and the greater part of the hinder, fuscous to 

 blackish ; the basal joint of the antenna?, and sometimes the apical 

 joints, infuscated ; wings pure hyaline, the nervures pure pale yellow. 

 Second joint of antenna? longer than broad; in <$ the third joint is 

 curved, and nearly twice the length of the fourth. Vertex shining, 

 finely rugulose ; the frontal laminae straight, reaching to the hinder 

 ocelli. Mesonotum alutaceous, usually transversely rugulose in the 

 middle, or coriaceous. Radial cellule fully three times longer than 

 broad. 



Length 1*5— 2 mm. 



The antennas may be entirely yellow; the hind 

 tibiae may be infuscated, and the sculpture of the 

 mesonotum shows considerable variety, ranging from 

 alutaceous merely, to transversely striolated. 



It comes nearest to S. Tscheki, from which it is not 

 always very easily separated. The <$ of Tscheki may 

 be recognised by the third antennal joint not being 

 much longer than the fourth. In the ? the antennae 

 at the base are always blackish. The radial cellule is 

 shorter, being not much more than twice longer than 

 broad. It is a very variable, and difficult to recognise, 

 species. 



Reared by Mr. Bignell from Dryophanta scutellaris, 



