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Type material. Type (? holotype) in coll. Forster, Naturhistorisches Museum, 

 Vienna (not seen). From the description there seems a possibility that it might be 

 an abnormal specimen of laetum Walker. 



Probably Germany. 

 Biology. Unknown. 



Seladerma nobile Delucchi 



Seladerma nobile Delucchi, 1955 : 47. 5 1 . ¥■ 



Type material. Type (? holotype), in coll. Forster, Naturhistorisches Museum, 

 Vienna (not seen). 



Delucchi (1955 : 47) in his key to the species of Seladerma (s. str.) separated nobile 

 from laetum Walker on the basis of characters which I find to be variable in laetum. 

 S. nobile is said to have the sixth funicular segment subtransverse, the basal cell of 

 the fore wing nearly closed below, the trochanters and hind femora fulvous, and the 

 propodeum in profile evenly convex. S. laetum (female) is said to have the sixth 

 funicular segment subelongate, the basal cell of the fore wing open below except 

 apically, the trochanters dark brown, the hind femora infuscate, and the propodeum 

 in profile strongly convex and nearly pointed in the middle. The above characters 

 noted for laetum hold good for many specimens ; but I have some in which the basal 

 cell of the fore wing is completely closed below, and one in which the hind femora are 

 wholly fulvous. The sixth funicular segment in female laetum varies from quadrate 

 to slightly longer than broad ; the propodeum in profile is most often as described by 

 Delucchi, though sometimes it is evenly curved as described for nobile. Thus, whilst 

 nobile may be a valid species, it cannot be satisfactorily distinguished by the charac- 

 ters which Delucchi mentions. 



Distribution. Not certain, but the type female probably came from Germany. 

 Biology. Unknown. 



Seladerma gelanor (Walker) 



Miscogaster Gelanor Walker, 18396 : 31, <J. 

 Seladerma gelanor (Walker) Graham, 1963 : 72, <j>. 



Type material. One male (probably holotype) in coll. Greville, Edinburgh, 

 labelled " Miscog. Gelanor Wk. n. sp. Fide Wk. Edinb." and " Greville 1936-50. 

 288." 



Britain : local, apparently a northern species ; I have records only from 

 Scotland, Greville coll. ; Perthshire, Lawers, 17.vii.1952 {Graham) ; and Yorkshire, 

 Malham, 17.viii.1955 (W. D. Hincks), see Graham (1963 : 72). 



Biology. Unknown. 



