BY EDWARD NEWMAN. 485 



Sela. signata. Atra, nitida: utrinque ad proalarum basin 

 linea alba versus capitem tendit ; metathorax maculis % niveis 

 signatus ; abdominis latera maculis nonmdlis griseis ornata ; 

 proalarum cost-areola opaca nigricans ; propedes albidi lined 

 externa nigra ; mesa- et metapedes nigricantes. (Corp. long. 

 •275 unc. ; alar, dilat. '6 unc.) 



Black and shining : a narrow white line extends from the hase of 

 each fore wing nearly to the head : the metathorax is marked with 

 two small, nearly circular, snow-white spots ; the upper segments 

 of the abdomen have grey spots, laterally ; the costal cell of the 

 fore vrings is black and opaque ; the fore legs are white, with an 

 external black line ; the middle and hind legs are black. 



Inhabits England. A single specimen, taken near London, 

 by Mr. Ingall, is in that gentleman's collection. 



Genus. — Phyllcecus, Newman. 



E. Cepho, eel. Latreille difFert antennis brevioribus 27-articulatis, 

 versus apicem nullo modo incrassatis. 



Vide Regne An. V. 277. " Antennis plus grosses vers le 



bout." 



A\'s,o Stephens, M.yW.lOS. "Antennae gradually thickening, 



from the base to near the 

 apex." 



Id Id. 114. " Cgjo/ms differs chiefly from /a»?<s 



in having the antennae distinctly 

 Also, clavate." 



Kirby 8f Spence, III. 517. There are fourteen joints in the 



knob of the antennas in Cephus. 



Phyl. Faunus. Antennae breves, extus liaud crassiores: totus 

 ateiTimus tibiis tarsisque ferrugineis. (3Iar. corp. long. 

 •4 unc. ; alar, dilat. '55 unc. ; fem. corp. long. '6 unc. ; alar, 

 dilat. -825 unc.) 



Antennae short, and not thicker towards the tip : the mandibles are 

 clothed with a golden down : the extreme tips of the femora, the 

 entire tibise, and the tarsi, with the exception of the black terminal 

 joint, are ferruginous : the other parts of the insect are jet black : 

 the wings are slightly fuscescent, and the costa is reddish. 



Two specimens of this insect have been taken by Mr. Ingall, 

 and one by Mr. Stephens, all of them in the vicinity of London. 



