SPHEGINA. . 301 



dominal spots equal in size. rar. y. Third pair of abdominal spots 

 obsolete. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



3. obscuripennis, Mg. zw. iii. 199. 4 (1822); Ztt. — 7ii(jripennis, 

 Mg. Viridi-a!nea, capite nigro-cyaneo, antennis nigris apice fuscis, 

 alarum venis transversis fusco-nebulosis, abdomine cupreo fasciis dua- 

 bns falvis ornato, pedibus fulvis, tarsis posticis fuscis ; Mas. alls fuscis, 

 feraoribus ferrugineis; Foem. alls cinereis, abdominis apice fidvo-bima- 

 culato. Long. 4—11^; alar. 7-8 lin. 



Greenish-feneous. Head bluisli-black, covered with hoaiy bloom 

 excepting a stripe on the crown and a black shining scapula on the 

 epistoma. Antenna? black ; third jomt brown. ScuteUum ffineous- 

 black ; a blue tinge on the thorax behind the base of each Aving. 

 Wings with a dark brown stigma ; transverse veins of the disc clouded 

 with dark brown. Halteres yellow, with tawny knobs. Abdomen cu- 

 preous, adorned with two tawny bands, one at the base of the third seg- 

 ment, the other at the base of the fourth. Legs tawny ; hind tarsi brown. 

 Male. Whujs broicn ; alula? tawny ; femora ferruginous. Abdominal 

 bands narrow. Tern. Wings grey ; alula? yellow. Abdomen with broad 

 bands and with a tawny spot on each side of the base of the fifth 

 segment. 



Not common. (E. I.) 



3. scutellata, Mg. zw. iii. 198. 2 (1822). ^nea, antennis piceis, 

 alis fuscis, venis transversis nebvdosis, abdomine fascia pedibusque 

 flavis. Long. 4 ; alar. 1\ lin. 



iEneous. Antennas piceous. Wings broion ; stigma dark brown ; 

 transverse veins clouded with ('ark brown, Halteres luteous. Abdo- 

 men with a yellow band on the base of the fourth segment. Legs yellow. 



Rare. In the British Museum. (E. I.) 



Genus XXX. SPHEGINA. 



Sphegina, Mg. zw, iii. 193 (1822) ; St. F. et Srv. ; Mq. ; Ztt.; Zll. ; 

 Rdn. Milesia p., Fin. 



Antenna articulo quarto dorsali. Alee areola subapicali Integra apice 

 rotundala, lobo axillari indistincto. Abdomen petiolatum. Femora 

 postica crassa. 



Head semicircular ; epistoma contracted, with no scapula, obliquely 

 truncated in front ; peristoma oblong, narrower in front. Labruni some- 

 what narrower towards the tip, which is notched. Lingua acute. Max- 

 iUic subulate, liardly half the length of the palpi. Palpi curved, cla- 

 vatc, ])ubcscent, almost as long as the labrum. Labumi long, cylin- 

 drical. Autenuie porrcct, somewhat nutant, 4-joiatcd ; first and second 



