15i tJuly, 



( ? ), the upper pair approximated and the under close imderneath them 

 and well in view, antennaj small, palpi dull yellow ; wings nearly clear, 

 costa less than f wing length, fringe very long, 1 double 2 + 3, angle at 

 fork moderate ; legs brownish-black to deep black, tibial cilia very fine and 

 niunerous ; male abdomen stout, hypopygium small, without bristles or 

 hairs, the yellowish ventral plate large and nearly reaching in the quies- 

 cent state to the end of the hypopygium, the short and thick anal organ 

 yellow or black 1^ — 1^ mm. simijlex, n sp. 



(To be continued). 



HELP-NOTES TOWARDS THE DETEEMINATION OF BRITISH 



TENTHREDmiB.E, &c. (26 continued). 



DOLERIDES (continued). DOLEBUS, JuR. 



BY THE REV. F. D. MOEICE, M.A., F.E.S. 



(Continued from "page 103). 



FURTHER NOTES ON THE SPECIES. 



Triplicatus, Kl. — The ouly British c? c? I have seen have the 

 thorax entirely black. This form was described by Klug as T. tremula, 

 and Konow employed the name tremtdus, Kl., for the species. But, as 

 the ? had previously been described in the same work as T. triplicata, 

 I follow Mr. Cameron in retaining the name which appears to have 

 priority. 



Madidus, Kl. — This species is called lateritius in the Monograph. 

 But, according to Konow, T. lateritia, Kl., is the ? not of T. madida, 

 KL, but of another of his (^ J* , viz., nliginosa, which seems not to be 

 British. Therefore in this case I adopt Konow' s nomenclatiu'e. 



Ferrugatus, Lep. — The identification of this species (called by 

 Thomson, brevicornis — a pre-occupied name — and by Konow, tliomsoni) 

 with Lepelletier's ferrvgatus is due to Dr. Enslin. I have seen a good 

 many British ? ? of the species, but only two ^ ^ (both of the very 

 dark form var. mlricolor, Knw.). They were taken in Dumbarton- 

 shire by Mr. Malloch, who has kindly given me one of then). 



Anticus is also British, but seems much rarer — at least I have 

 only seen one (^ and one $ (taken by Mr. Atmore in the King's Lynn 

 district). The description by Mr. Cameron of his anticus does not 

 agree so well with anticus; KL, as with ferrugatus, although in Vol. iv 

 he says that our species appears to him to be true anticus KL and not 

 brevicornis, Th., 7iec. Zadd. (i.e., ferrugatus). 



Pratensis, L. — I do not enter into the probably insoluble question 

 whether Linne's actual type of i)ratensis belonged to this species. 



