308 [November, 



5. Middle and often hind tibiae yellowish towards 



base (normally) 11. angustipes Edw. 



Middle and hind tibiae not yellowish towards base. . . 10. aureuin, Fries. 



Fenaales : 



1. Hind metatarsi at least partly pale 2. 



Hind metatarsi entirely dark i. 



2. Thoracic integument (normally) with three dark 



stripes on a grey ground-colour ; legs for the 



most part black 8. equinum L. 



Thoracic integument absolutely unstriped; legs largely yellow 3. 



3. Hind metatarsi clear j-ellow, with blackish tips ...10. aureum Fries. 

 Hind metatarsi more smoky yellow, dark beneath 



and on the apical fourth or third 11. angustipes Edw. 



4. Pubescence golden 9. latipes Mg. 



Pubescence dull yellowish or whitish 5. 



5. Radial sector of wings simple ; claws bifid 12. suhexcis^im Edw, 



Radial sector of wings forked; claws simple 13. hirtipes Fries. 



SUMMARY OF DISTRIBUTION. 



Species new to the British List are marked with an asterisk. 



1. — S. ornafum Mg. Common and probably generally distributed throughout 

 the British Isles, though less frequent in the Scottish Highlands. 



*2. — S, variegatum Mg. Gorge of Avon and Cleghorn, Lanarks. ; Bonhill, 

 Dumbarton ; Forres ; Kirkcudbright ; Cowrie and Blairgowrie, Perth ; various 

 localities in Inverness ; Dingwall, Cromarty ; Loch Assynt, Sutherland. Cappo- 

 quin, Co. Waterford ; Wexford ; Newcastle, Co. Down. Aysgarth Force and 

 Kirkby Stephen, Westmorland. 



3. — S. reptans L. Only too abundant in the highlands of Scotland and the 

 Hebrides ; also Bassenthwaite, Cumberland ; and in Ireland at Kenmare, 

 Cappoquin, Newcastle and Louisburgh. 



*4. — S. morsitans Edw. New Forest district ; Enslow, Oxfordshire ; Cam- 

 bridge ; Fakenham, Suffolk ; Aviemore, Inverness. 



*5. — S. austeni Edw. West Moors, Dorset ; Rugby ; near Oxford ; Cambridge ; 

 Barnham, Suffolk ; Felden, Herts. ; Horley, Surrey. 



*6. — S. tuberosum Lundstr. Loch Maree ; Loch Assynt ; Dingwall; various 

 localities in Inverness ; Bassenthwaite, Cumberland. 



7. — S. aryyreaium Mg. (Lundstr.) (= S. nanum Zett. of Verrall's list). 

 Common in the East of England ; also at Bonhill and Helensburgh, Dumbarton. 



8. — S. eqtiinum L. (Edw.) (=^ S. maculatum Mg. of Verrall's list). Probably 

 common throughout England ; has also been found in Ireland at Killaloe and 

 Cappoquin, but has not yet been i-ecorded from Scotland. 



9. — S. latipes Mg. Common throiighout the British Isles. 



