112 Mr. A. H. Haliday on new British Insects the male flowers of four sepals, glandular at the margins. Corolla none. Filaments of the stamens very short. Anthers 2-celled : cells separate, elongated, " verruciform." Sepals of the female flowers 3, lanceolate, distinct. Corolla 0. Stamens 0. Styles 3, long, divided at the apex into several slender laciniae. Capsule 3-celled, 3-valved ; cells 4-seeded. Seeds ovate, smooth, brown. Frequent in corn-fields in the Tanjore and Cuddalore districts. The specimen figured is from the neighbourhood of Dindegul. Plate V. Fig. 1, extremity of a spike ; f. 2, one of the stellated ap-pendages from the same ; f. 3, scale with female flowers, magnified. XV. — New British Insects indicated in Mr. Curtis's Guide. By A. H. Haliday. The references are to the genera and species as numbered in the 2nd edition ; and where the Appendix is referred to, the number of the column is added. COLEOPTERA. Calathus nuligena, C. 53. 5. C. subapterus niger antennarum basi thoracis lateribus pedibusque rufescentibus ; thoracis basi utrinque leviter impressa, angulis subrectis ; elytris leviter striatis : m.f. Long. 3^ lin. Under stones on the top of Sliebh Donard, Downshire. Omaseus tetricus, C. 37. 9. Has been lately described under the name Pterostichus gra-cilis, Erichson Kof. M. Brand, i. 72. Hymenoptera. Ichneumon phaleratus, C. 484. 153°. I. ore orbita scutello et segmentorum marginibus albidis, thorace multifariam albido-lineato ; femoribus tibiisque croccis, posticis apice nigris, m.f.; facie albida, m. ; antennarum semiannulo albo,/. Long. 3^ lin. Ireland, on a willow, September. The characters of this species are intermediate between Ichneumon and Hoplismenus. Tryphon hcemosternus, C. 492. 100 b . T. areola nulla ; unguibus denticulatis ; pectore pedibusque runs, tibiis posticis basi albidis, apice et ante basin fuscis; terebra crassa deflexa, /. Long. 3 — 3J lin. On willows, Ireland, May, &c.
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