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cond and following segments glabrous, shining, the 2nd testaceous, the 
i and following testaceous suffused with fuscous (the dark intestines 
ining through), Aculeus as long as the abdomen, red, the sheaths 
sky. Fore-wings narrow, not widened beyond the middle ; areolet 
msverse, open exteriorly ; beneath it is an oblong whitish spot, which 
lo invades the areolet. 
Eesembles A. hrachyptera, Grr., but may be known by the absence 
a white ring on the antennae, by the black 1st segment, the longer 
•ebra, 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- 
od (some with developed wings), I think it worth while to note some 
their characters, by way of supplement to the description of Graven- 
rst, made from a single short-winged specimen. 
APTESlS HEMIPTEEA. 
PezomacJius hemipterus, Q-r., ii, 874. 
Aptesis hemiptera, Forst., Mon. Pezom., 39. 
A. alls vel hrevibus apice infuscatis, his alhido maculatis, vel com- 
?tis, fuscis, fasciis 2 alhidis ; stigmate albo nigroque ; nigra ; anten- 
rum basi, segmentis 2 et 3, pedibusque, rujis ; geniculis posticis nigris. 
$ Long. 1\ — 2i lin. {terebra excl.) 
Antennse with joints 1 — 7 — 8 fulvous ; the rest blackish. Meta- 
orax distinctly areated, as in A graviceps {supra). First segment of 
e abdomen longitudinally rugose. Six specimens. 
Var. ? . AlcB aldomine longiores. 
Fore- wings fuscous ; one-half the stigma, a transverse fascia beneath 
and a large indeterminate apical spot, or fascia, whitish. The neu- 
tion is that of Hemiteles, to which genus the insects would be referred, 
not necessarily identified with the hemipterous form. Two specimens. 
The species of Ceraphrontidce, almost entirely neglected in this 
untry, have found describers on the Continent in Nees von Esenbeck, 
Dheman, and C. G. Thomson. The following indications will show 
e genera and species I have hitherto ascertained to be British, in- 
nding a new Megaspilus : — 
Antennae ^ ? 11-jointed. 
i. Mesothorax with three dorsal lines. "Wings (if any) witli a 
broad stigma. 
I. Metathorax with a bifid spine beneath the scutellum. 
