306 coxopid.t:. 



yelloio ; tarsi tawny towards the base. Fern. Hind border of the 

 fourth abdominal segment yellow. 

 Ts^ot rare. (E.) 



3. quadrifasciata, Dg. i. vi. 261. 1. pi. 15. 1 (1752); Fin.; 

 Mg. ; Mq. ; Ztt. ; ^An.—aculeata, Fb. ; Gm. ; Shf. ic. pi. 228. 

 f. 8 ! Niff7'a, capite antico jlavo-aurato, tliorace JIavo-Mmaculato, alls 

 sulicinereis ad costam suhfuscis, uhdom'me JIavo n'ujro-quadrifasclato; Mas. 

 pedibus flavis, femoribus posterioribus uigro-fasciatis, tarsis fulvis ; 

 Fcem. pedibus fulvis, femoribus ferrugineis. Long. 5 ; alar. 9 lin. 



Black. Head yellow and gilded in front ; a Irian fjxdnr yellmo spot on 

 the vertex. Thorax with ttco yelloio nearly round ficapnlce ; metathorax 

 gilded on each side. Wings slightly grey, tinged toith brown along tico- 

 thirds of the costa. Halteres yellow. Abdomen yellow, slightly silvery 

 ioioards the tip, toith a black band on the fore border of each segment ; 

 fii'st and second bands broad, and, like the third and fourth, more or 

 less angular on their hind borders ; first segment with a yellow scapula 

 on each side. Male. Abdominal bands narrower than those of the 

 female. Legs yellow ; posterior femora with black bands ; tarsi tawny. 

 Fem. Legs tawny ; femora ferruginous. 



Generally distributed. (E. L) 



4. aculeata, L. fn. 1906 (1761); Mg. ; Mq. ; TAX.—scutellata, 

 Mg. kl. — macrocephala'^ Hrs. ex.! pi. 20. f. 2, 3. Nigra, capite 

 antico flavo-aiirato, thorace ftavo-bimacidato, alis cinereis basi suhfulvis, 

 abdomine fasciis apiceqtie flavis, piedibus fulvis, femoribus ferrugineis nigro- 

 vittatis. Long. 5^ ; alar. 9 lin. 



Black. Head yelloto and gilded in front ; a triangtdar yelloio spot on 

 the vertex. Thorax toith two yellow nearly round humeral scapida ; me- 

 tathorax silvery on each side. Wings grey, slightly tawny at the base. 

 Halteres yellow. Abdomen bluish-black, toith yelloio bands occupying 

 the hind borders of the segments and the whole of the tip ; a yellow sca- 

 pida on each side of the first segment. Legs tawny ; femora ferruginous, 

 toith short black stripes. 



Rare. lu the collection of tlic Entomological Club. (E.) 



5. ceriseformis, (Mgrle.) Mg. zw. ! iv. 132. pi. 36. f. 26 (1824) ; 

 Mq. ; E,dn. Nigra, capite antico flavo-aurato, thorace flavo-hhnaculato , 

 alis subcinereis ad costam fuscis, abdomine flavo-quadrifasciato, pedibus 



flavis, femoribus nigro-fasciatis, tarsis fulvis. Long. 5-i- ; alar. 9 lin. 



Black. Head yelloio and brightly gilded in front ; a triangidar yelloio 

 spot on the vertex. Thorax with ttco yellow humeral scajndce ; metathorax 

 silvery on each side. Wings slightly grey, tinged toith broton at the base 

 and along ttvo-thirds of the costa. Halteres yellow. Abdomen long and 

 narrow ; hind borders of the first, second, third, and fourth segments 

 yellow. CoxsD silvery ; femora yellow at the base and at the tips ; 

 tibiffi yellow ; tarsi tawny. 



Rare. In the collection of the Entomological Club. (E.) 



