Heath, Mr. Dale; Stourton Caundle, Mr. D. Serrell; Olden 



Barn, Hereford, Mr. Newman. 



3. intermedium Meig. v. 3. tab. 27. J"- 6. (^. 



" Abdomen black with 4 arcuated interrupted bands and 

 the apex yellow." Meig. 



5. octomaculatum Cu7't. Brit. Ent. pi. 653. ? . 



Black, face ochreous with a black stripe down the middle, 

 and one on each cheek ; crown of the female with 2 pube- 

 scent yellowish spots behind the antennae ; base of seta fer- 

 ruginous : thorax with 2 abbreviated grey stripes down the 

 middle, a yellow interrupted stripe on each side and 3 

 yellow spots on the pleuras : scutel margined with yellow : 

 abdomen brown, with a broad arcuated yellow band on each 

 segment, divided on the back by black spots uniting with 

 the base, and a lunate fascia, which is black also in the 1st 

 segment : nervures and stigma ferruginous, costa yellow ; 

 halteres and legs ochreous, tibiae yellow. 

 August, on heath, by Bourne Mouth, J. C ; near Lulworth 

 and Portland, Mr. Dale ; Stourton Caundle, Mr. Serrell. 



** Eyes pubescent. 

 4. fasciolatum DeG. — vespiformis Fab. — arcuatus Panz. 2. 5. 

 Abdomen black with 4 interrupted and 2 entire arcuated 

 yellow bands, united on the sides, the apex yellow; scutel 

 margined with yellow ; wings immaculate. 

 Rare, taken near Hammersmith. 



6. marginatum Meig. 171. 5. — Harr. Expo.pl. 15.J115.? 

 Abdomen black with yellow pubescence ; the yellow bands 

 interrupted alternately; costa testaceous. 



June, Coomb, Glanville's Wootton, &c. 



7. Scoticum Curt. Guide. 



Black, shining, pubescent ; face yellow with a black stripe 

 down the middle, and one under each eye ; seta ferrugi- 

 nous ; 2 spots on the crown in the female and 2 stripes down 

 the back of the thorax hoary, a broken yellow line on each 

 side the thorax and 2 on the pleurae ; scutel yellow, dusky 

 on the disc : abdomen short, broad and very convex, with 

 an arcuated, interrupted, ochreous fascia on each segment, 

 united on the sides to alternate entire bands : costa yellow- 

 ish, stigma and nervures brownish-ochre; halteres yellow; 

 legs bright ochre, base of thighs piceous ; tibiae yellow : 

 length 4| lines. 

 I took a pair the 23rd of August in the Isle of Skye. 



8. hortensis Meig. 173. 8. — pubescens Curt. Guide. 



Eyes hairy : abdomen black, the yellow bands alternately 



interrupted but united on the sides ; scutel brown. 



I believe my specimen was taken in Scotland. 



The Plant is Hedypnois (Thrincia Roth) hirta, Deficient 



Hedypnois. 



