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Drtinus Tarkaconensis, n. sp. 
D. niger, segmento l"*", 
ore, antcnnarum articulis 2 
hasalihi(.s totidemque apica- 
libus, nifis ; alis fusco hi- 
fasciatis ; femoribus nigris ; 
tibiis tarsisque rufis, ilUs 
linea nigra superne, his wpice 
nigris. ? . 
Long. 3i ; alar. exp. 3 lin. 
Hah. Hispaniam horealem. 
Antennae aterrimse, ar- 
ticulis 2 primis cum basi 
tertii, duobusque ultimis 
totis, testaceis. Oris partes 
cum clypeo, oculorumque 
orbitsB internaB anguste, 
testacese. Caput reliquum 
nigrum. Vertex subtiliter 
rugulosus, carina longitu- 
dinali ocelloa cum clypeo 
conjungente. Collum (quo 
scilicet caput prothoraci in- 
seritur) testaceum. Pro- Bryinus Tarraconemu, Marshall, 
thorax aciculatus, subobscurus, niger, lateribus et basi incerte rufesoens. Meso- 
thorax et ecutellum nigra, lineato-rugosa. Metatborax niger, fortius rugoso- 
punctatus. Abdomen elongato-ovatum, laave, nitidum, subtilissime parcius 
punctulatum, apice decurvum, acuminatum ; nigrum, segmento primo (praeter 
petiolum marginemque posticum), piceo-rufo ; ano testaceo. Femora omnia 
(antica fortius) clavata, nigra, apice ipso rufo ; tibiae 4 anteriores rufse, linea 
extrorsum nigra, posticae nigrae, basi ipsa rufae ; tarsi antici rufi, unguibus raptoriis 
pallidioribus,* medii et postici testacei apice fusco. Alee hyalinae, bis fusco 
fasciatae ; nervi fusci, basi et medio decolores ; stigma nigrum, dimidio basali albo; 
spatium etiam latum sub stigmate albidum, enerve. — T. A. Makshall, Milford 
Haven, November Isi, 1867. 
Capture of Ncuronia clathrata, a Trichopterous insect neiv to Britain. — Amongst 
my captures of last season aro three specimens of a Phryganideous insect, which 
my friend Mr. B. Cooke tells me is Neuronia clathrata of Kolenati. They were 
taken in Bishop's Wood, Staffordshire. — Joseph Chappell, 18, Sheffield Street, 
Hulrae, Manchester, 24:th December, 1867. 
*#* Through the liberality of the captor one of these specimens (they are all 
males) is now in my cabinet. It is one of the most striking of the European 
* The right-hand anterior tarsus in the fig. has the raptorial claws open. In the left-hand anterior 
tarsus, the stout, curved, and strongly toothed inner claw is shut down upon the fourth and third 
joints; its point litting against a sort of " trigger guard " springing from the latter. — B. C. R. 
