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So much confusion has been created by the misapplication of 

 synonyms that I shall not attempt to unravel them, which is 

 the less necessary as Mr. Shuckard will fully investigate them 

 ill his Monogra})h on the Fossorial Insects. In the mean 

 while the reader may consult Vander Linden's Obscrv. sur Ics 

 llijmcn. (P Europe and an excellent paper of Le Pelt. St. Far- 

 freau's in the 1st vol. of the Jivi. de la Soc. Ent. de France. 

 " Gorytes is distinguished by the 2nd submarginal cell re- 

 ceivino- <2. recurrent nervures, and the following divisions form 

 as many genera in the Count's paper. 



Gorytes. Anterior tarsi simple in both sexes. 



1. mystaceus Linn.—Panz. 53. 11 ? .— campestris Linn. mr. 



the V. flavicincta Don. 13. 468. 1. is evidently an Ich- 

 neumon ! 

 I have found both sexes on young oaks the beginning of 



June in Coomb-wood; it is abundant at Hampstead and High- 



frate and at Glanville's Wootton, Mr. Dale. 



2. quadrifasciatus Fab. — Panz. 98. 17 c?. 



Hi«d)o-ate, Mr. Shuckard, to whom I am indebted for spe- 

 cimens. 



3. arenarius Panz. 53. 12. I have never seen a British specimen. 



EuspoNGUs Le Pel. Anterior tarsi ciliated in the female. 



4. Libitinarius Curt. 



I took a male on flowers in a marsh at Horning, Norfolk, 

 2kh of June; it is found also at Battersea, Hampstead and 

 Hijili^ate. 



5. quinquefasciatus Panz. 53. 13 ? . I know this only by the 



fiijure. 



6. laticinctus Le Pel. 



I have a female from the collection of the late Mr. Lee, and 

 another has been taken in the New Forest. 



HoPLisus Le Pel. Antennae obtuse in both sexes. 



7. quinquecinctus Panz. 72. J 4. — ruficornis Lat. 

 I have never seen a British specimen. 



Lestiphorus Le Pel. 10th joint of antennee concave above 

 in the male, filiform in the female : basal joint of abdomen 

 forming a pear-shaped petiole. 



8. bicinctus Rossi. — Curt. Brit. Ent.pl. 524 S - 



The specimen figured stood for many years in my collection 

 as an unique Insect, but Mr. Shuckard has lately met with 

 a female taken in the New Forest by Messrs. Harding and 

 Bond. 



The Plant is Schcenus {Cladiinn Schrad.) mariscus (Prickly 

 Bog-rush). 



