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Second and following segments glabrous, shining, the 2nd testaceous, the 

 8rd and following testaceous suffused with fuscous (the dark intestines 

 shining through). Aculeus as long as the abdomen, red, the sheaths 

 dusky. Fore-wings narrow, not widened beyond the middle ; areolet 

 transverse, open exteriorly ; beneath it is an oblong whitish spot, which 

 also invades the areolet. 



Resembles A. hracJiyptera, Gr., but may be known by the absence 

 of a white ring on the antennae, by the black 1st segment, the longer 

 terebra, and the differently constructed wings and metathorax. 



Two specimens taken, last year and this, near Milford Haven. 



Having captured no less than 8 of A. hemiptera in this neighbour- 

 hood (some with developed wings), I think it worth while to note some 

 of their characters, by way of supplement to the description of Graven- 

 horst, made from a single short-winged specimen. 



Aptesis hemipteea. 

 Pezomachus hemipterus, Gr., ii, 874. 

 Aptesis hemiptera, Eorst., Mon. Pezom., 39. 



A. alis vel hremhus apice infuscatis, his albido maculatis, vel com- 

 pletis, fuscisy fasciis 2 alhidis ; stigmate alho nigrociue ; nigra ; anten- 

 narum hasij segmentis 2 et 3, pedibusque, rufis ; geniculis posticis nigris. 



? Long. 1\ — 2|- lin. {terebra excl.) 



AntennsB with joints 1 — 7 — 8 fulvous ; the rest blackish. Meta- 

 thorax distinctly areated, as in A graviceps {supra), First segment of 

 the abdomen longitudinally rugose. Six specimens. 



Var. $ . Alee ahdomine longiores. 



Fore- wings fuscous ; one-half the stigma, a transverse fascia beneath 

 it, and a large indeterminate apical spot, or fascia, whitish. The neu- 

 ration is that of Hemiteles, to which genus the insects would be referred, 

 if not necessarily identified with the hemipterous form. Two specimens. 



The species of Ceraphrontidce^ almost entirely neglected in this 

 country, have found describers on the Continent in Nees von Esenbeck, 

 Boheman, and C. G. Thomson. The following indications will show 

 the genera and species I have hitherto ascertained to be British, in- 

 cluding a new Megaspilus : — 



I. Antennas ? 11-jointed. 



i. Mesothorax with three dorsal lines. Wings (if any) with a 

 broad stigma. 



I. Metathorax with a bifid spine beneath the scutellum. 



