] 04; [October, 



narrow yellow sutural rings. In the S there is a large yellow anterior dorsal spot 

 on nearly all the segments (often inconspicuous in dry examples unless brought out 

 by the application of alcohol or benzine). In the Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg., xvi, p. 139 

 (1873), I stated, regarding M. iiicerfus, Kambur, " probablement la femelle de 

 I'espece suivante " (inconspiemis), but Eambur distinctly states that his type of 

 incertiis is a (? without the " pelote " to the wings. I cannot now decide as to sex, 

 for the type has lost its abdomen (there is no " pelote "), but, according to the colour | 

 of the head, I now believe incerttis to be distinct from incon-ipicmis, and otherwise 

 unknown to me. Hagen (Peters' Reise) thought an East African species might be 

 identical with inconspiemis. Walker's M. seci'etus is closely allied to inconspicims, 

 but tlie head and thorax differ slightly, and the abdomen of the $ has the large 

 spots which exist only in the J of inconspiemis. Attention should also be directed 

 to M. irroratum, Olivier (Encyc. M6thod.), but the description is probably too vague 

 for identification. 



In the Mediterranean district their exist quite a number of small species of 

 MyrmeleonidcB, the synonymy of wliich remains in much confusion, and they are 

 seldom captured in sufficient quantity, owing probably to nocturnal habits. It must 

 liave struck all entomologists who attend to these insects that the perfect insect is 

 very seldom seen at large, although the larvae are very abundant. In the course of 

 my excursions I have never seen the common spotted species (3/. europceus) at 

 large, and the common plain-winged species (M. formicarius) only rarely, yet the 

 larvae of both abound in suitable localities. — K.. McLachlan, Lewisham : 8th 

 September, 1883. 



ANNOTATED LIST OF BRITISH ANTEOMTIII)^. 



BY E. H. MEADE. 



{Concluded from p. 61). 



26. MELANOCHELIA, Rond. 



Gen. eh. — Eyes bare, widely sep.arated in both sexes ; arista bare ; 

 forehead and epistome prominent ; alulets with the lower scale longer 

 than the upper ; internal transverse vein of wings opposite to the 

 termination of the second branch of the first longitudinal ; (auxiliary*) 

 anal vein shortened ; abdomen of male slightly thickened at the apex, 

 and with small sub-anal appendages. 



M. RIPARIA, Fall. 

 The generic position of this species is very difficult to determine, and it has 

 been placed in various genera by different authors. Mcigen left it in his restricted 

 genus Anthomyia, though on account of the Vf'iAe separation of the eyes in both 

 sexes, he ought to have removed it into that of Ccenosia, as he did with the closely- 

 allied species, A. litorea, in which, however, the eyes of the male are more approxi- 

 mated. Kondani originally placed it in the genus whose name I have adopted, 



* In the analytical table published at page 50, it is printed axillary vein by mistake. 



