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1. pallidus, Fin. dol. 21. 29 (1823); Ztt, Ferrugitteus, antennis 

 brevissiinis cu>icoloribus, caplte albldo, pedibus pallide flavis, tarsis apice 

 fuscis, alls hyaUnis, vena 'prrebracliiull leviter Jlexa ; Mas. angiistior, 

 hypostoraate angiisto, ano crasso atro nitido, appendicibus tribus, qua- 

 rum duabus iuterioribus subdeiitiforiuibus, ultima magna rotundata 

 tumida ; Fcem. hypostomate nonnihil latiore, ano simplici. Long. 3 ; 

 alar. 51 lin. 



Ferruginous. Face and front icJdtish. Middle of tlie vietathorax and 

 the mesosternuni dusJey. Hypopygium of the male black, preceded by a 

 dusky band of the fourth segment. Legs long, pale yelloto ; tarsi dusky 

 totoards the tip ; femora unarmed; posterior tibice finely spiny, posterior 

 metatarsi more slightly so beneath. 



Rare. In Mr. Dale's collection (E.) 



2. suturalis. Flu. dol. 21. 32 (1823); Mg. ; Ztt. Capite thora- 

 ceque cinereis, antennis brevissimis, scuteUo abdomineque flavis, incisuris 

 angustis fuscis, pedibus pallidis, alis subhyalinis basi angustissimis, 

 vena prabrachiali quarta parum subarcuata in sum.mo apice excurrente, 

 cubitalique parallelis, transversa pone medium ala3 sita ; Mas. hyposto- 

 mate angustissimo argenteo, ani clava deflexa nigra, alis subpetiolatis, 

 tarsis vix infuscatis ; Foim. hypostomate latiore cano, ano simplici Have, 

 alis basi minus angustatis, tarsis apice fuscis. Long. 2^ ; alar. 4 lin. 



Head cinereous. Face white. Antennae yellow. Thorax cinereous, 

 scutellum yellow. Wings darker at the fore edge, nan-owed at the base, 

 almost petiolated in the male, the subapical and cubital veins nearly 

 parallel. Abdomen yellow, with dusky incisures forming narrow trans- 

 verse lines, more distinct in the female. Hypopygium of the male 

 black. Legs pale yellow ; tarsi dusky towards the tip, more distinctly 

 so in the female. 



Rare. In Mr. Dale^s collection. (E.) 



3. Erichsonii, Ztt. d. s. 613. 100 i:\%\V).—quadrifasciatus^., Fin. 

 Ferrugineus, antennis brevissimis concoloribus, capite albido, incisuris ab- 

 dominis nigricantibus, pedibus pallide flavis, alls hyalinis, vena prcebra- 

 chiali leviter ftexa in apice excurrente, ibique cum cubitali paululum con- 

 vergente, transversa in medio alae sita. Long. 2^ ; alar. 4 lin. 



Ferruginous. Face and. front whitisli. Eyes of the male meeting 

 below the antennae. Metathorax with only a dusky line down the 

 middle. Wings hyaline. Abdomen with blackish-brown incisures, which 

 are broader in the female. HyjDopygium of the male black. Legs pale 

 yellow ; fore tarsi in the male short, with the metatarsus longer than 

 the other joints together. 



Rare. In Messrs. Curtis's and Clifton's collections ? (E.) 



4. quadrifasciatus, Fb. sp. l.ii. 448. 69 (1781) ; Gm. ; Mg. ; 

 M(j. ; Flu. p. ; Ztt. — fasciatus. Dull. Capite cinereo, antennis brevissi- 

 mis, scutello abdomineque flavis, hoc fasciis quatuor nigricantibus, 

 pedibus pallida flavis, tarsorum articulis tertio et quarto apicalibus 



