&E0EOTERUS POL1TUS. l4i 



B. Parapsidal furrows obsolete. 

 7. Neuroteeus politus. 



Neuroterus politus, Htg., Germs. Zeit., ii, 193; iii, 339 ; Marshall, 

 E. M. M., iv, 125. 



" Minute, black ; mouth, base of the antennae, and the legs dull testa- 

 ceous, coxse black at the base. Mesonotum smooth, shining, without 

 sutural lines or punctures. Scutellum shining in the middle, opaque 

 and punctured at tbe sides. Wings hyaline ; the basal transverse vein, 

 the subcostal, and the base of the radial cell brown, distinct, but not 

 suffused ; the areolet and other veins decolorous, obsolete. $ . 



" Var. — The femora and tibiae more or less fuscous. 



" Length \, alar exp. 2 lines. 



" Several times taken on oak trees in Leicestershire " 

 (Marshall, 1. c). 



The history of this species is unknown, and except 

 by Marshall (1. c.) it has not been described or recorded 

 by anyone since described by Hartig. I have never 

 seen it myself. Neuroterus (Ameristus) parasiticus is 

 said by Hartig to come out of the galls of Andricus 

 globuli. 



