The following British species I shall characterize, as far as 

 I am able. 



1. H. annulatus Z/Ww.-F. S. n. 1706. — Curt. Guide, Gcfi.698. 1. 



— Kirb. tab. 15. f. 3. 



Black, face spotted with white, posterior tibiae annulated 

 with the same colour. 



Found in the flowers of the Resedae in July, at Barham in 

 Suffolk, and in many other places. 



2. H. annularis A7ri?/ 2. p. 38. 4. — annulata Pajiz. 53. 1. 

 Black, face spotted and all the tibiae annulated with yellow. 

 Found with the preceding insect the end of June and July, 



at Barham and Wrentham in Suffolk, and elsewhere. 



3. H. signatus Pcmz. 53. 2.— Don. 12. 421. l.—Kirb. 2. 41. 6. 

 Black, face spotted fulvous ; basal segment of body with 



the margin on each side white. 



Found with the others, and is common round London. 



4. H. dilatatus Kir. t. 15./. 4. — Curt. Brit. Ent. pi. 37". inas. 

 Black, rather shining, thickly and minutely punctured, 



slightly sericeous : antenna? with the 1st and 2nd joints black, 

 the former dilated and yellow beneath, the 3rd and following 

 fulvous, with a black line above, the face yellow: thorax with 

 a yellow spot before the wings, postscutellum rugose : abdo- 

 men very finely punctured, the short pubescence towards the 

 apex, yellowish : wings slightly tinted, squamulae yellow, fer- 

 ruginous, and black ; stigma and nervures piceous : legs black, 

 tips of the thighs, tibia? and tarsi yellow, the apex of the latter 

 fulvous. 



Found at Barham and at Wrentham the end of June. 



5. H. pallidens Kir. MSS. 



The maxilla?, the 4 posterior tibiae at the base and their 

 tarsi are yellowish. 



Taken 1 believe by Mr. Kirby at Barham. 



G. H. cornutus Kir. MSS. 



Clypeus bidentate ; antennae fulvous beneath ; posterior 

 tibia? with yellowish rings. 



Taken also, I believe, by Mr. Kirby. 



7. 11. geniculatus Leach. — bifasciatus? Jur. pi. 11. Gen. 30. 



If this be Jurine's insect, it is black, the antennae fulvous, 

 the face and thorax with several yellow spots, the anterior 

 tibia? and the base of the posterior of the same colour, the 1st 

 and 2nd joints of the abdomen red, the anterior margins black. 



In the British Museum, and said to have been taken by 

 Dr. Leach in Devonshire. 



Tlie Plant is Reseda Liiteola (Weld or Wolds). 



