1905.] 203 



give only antiqua, Fall., and in the body of the work, vol. iv, p. 104, 

 quote antuina, Meij;-., as the type of the genus, vrithout in either case 

 referring to /j«///^^s, Fall., at all. Meade recognised the mistake in 

 his Annotated List before referred to, and corrected the synonomy ; 

 Verrall, in his first list, copies Schiiier, and refers antiqua to Fall., 

 and ill his second list adds palHpes as a synonym, ascribing both to 

 Fallen. All this discussion, however, is somewhat by the way, as 

 in addition to the mistakes about the synonomy, I feel sure that 

 these authors are wrong in uniting the two species. I have for some 

 time had one or two odd specimens of Boeselia put on one side, with 

 notes to the effect that they might be the true pallipes, Fallen, and 

 the fortunate capture of a pair in cop. by Dr. J. H. Wood has con- 

 viuced me that we have two distinct species in this country, presumably 

 pallipes. Fall., and antiqua, Meig. Of these two species antiqua, 

 Meig. {i. e., the one with abbreviated 4.th vein), is fairly common, and 



1 have a good series ; the other, pallipes, Fall, (with complete 4th 

 vein), seems to be very rare ; at present 1 have only seen 5 (^ (J, and 



2 ? ? altogether, and as ill fortune will have it, both the females 



happened to be greasy, so that one or two points remain uncertain. 



The distinctions between the two species are as follows : — 



Antiqua, Mg. Antennae in both sexes with 3rd joint black, and 2nd joint 

 bright fulvous ; abdomen in both sexes unmarked, excepting by the black dots 

 upon which the bristles stand ; scutellum with yellow edge ; base of wings bright 

 fulvous. 



Pallipes, Fall. Antennae in the male same as in antiqua, but in the female 

 bright yellow throughout ; abdomen marked with a distinct dark band on hinder 

 edge of each segment, these are slightly interrupted, and about one-fourth the 

 width of the segments (unfortunately the females being greasy I cannot tell if they 

 are the same in this respect as the males) ; scutellum entirely grey (I anticipate 

 that this may not prove a constant character, but it is so in all I have seen) ; wings 

 not bright fulvous at base. 



On the whole pallipes is a smaller insect, but the largest I have 

 is as large as the smallest antiqua ; moreover, it is a greyer and darker 

 insect, but here again extreme specimens of the two species are alike. 



The seven specimens of pallipes referred to above come from : — 

 Stoke Wood, 6.5.03, Dr. J. H. Wood (the pair in cop. referred to 

 above); Ashperton Park, 30.4.04, <^ , Dr. J. H. Wood; Ipswich 

 District, 3.5.02, (^ , 9.5.01, ?, Claude Morley ; New Forest, 2 (J (J, 

 bred from larvae of Tceniocampa miniosa, F., April, 1897, J. W. Moore. 

 It will be noticed that all these dates are early, while antiqua, so far 

 as I know, occurs in July and August. 



I think pallipes is probably a northern insect, and that since 

 Fallen originally described it no one else has met with it till now. 



