2 MAXDTBULATA. — HYMIINOPTEBA. 
Plate XXXIX. fig. I . 
Hhyssn Persuasorla. $ 
Rii. Niyra albomacidata, segvienlis intermediis maculis duabus latera- 
libus albis ; pedihitsfuhis, posticis tibiis tarsisque fuscis : — mas. facie 
alba; fern. 07-bitis oculorum albis, aculeo corpore longiore. (Long. 
Corp. () — 13 lin.) 
Ich. persuasorius, Linne. — Rh. persusoria, Steph. Cat. No. 4012. 
Black, spotted with ycllo-R-ish white: intermediate, and sometimes the 
basal segments of the abdomen with a yellowish-white spot on each side : 
lees fulvous, the hinder tibiae and tarsi fuscous. 31ale with the face 
white ; female with the orbits of the eyes white, the ovipositor longer 
than the body. 
The figure represents the male of this rare species of the natural size : the 
crossed lines having been erroneously annexed thereto, in lieu of being 
attached to the figure of Schizopyga analis. 
Taken at Weybridge ; Coombe Wood ; near Kimpton, Hants : 
and York : but rare. 
Plate XXXYI. fig. 4. 
Arotes albidnctus. $ 
Ar. Niger segmento primo albidomarginato, femoribus fibiisque ante- 
rioribus sitbtus testaceis. Mas. facie flava, antennis subtus fulvis ; 
fern, annulo antennarum albo. (Long. Corp. 6 — 7^ lin.) 
Ar. albicinctus, Gravenhorsf, Ich. iii. 148. — N. S. tarsahs, Steph. 
Cat. No. 40nf). 
Black : the basal segments of the abdomen edged with white ; the anterior 
tbighs and tibiae testaceous beneath. INIale with the edges of the 2 basal 
segments of tbc abdomen, and the tips of all the tarsi white, antennae 
reddish beneatli : female with tlie tijis of the binder tarsi, and a ring in 
the iiiiildle of (lie antennre wbito. 
Many years since, I once observed this fine, and apparently rare, 
insect, Hying in plenty at Darrnth Wood in June; J fortunately 
secured a pair. It is the only species of the genus. 
