he includes it in his tribe Oxyuri, under the same section as 

 Dryinus. Nees ab Essenbeck says the antennae are 14-jointed 

 in the males, that the maxillary palpi are 6- and the labial 4- 

 jointed. Jurine considers the antennae to be 13-jointed in one 

 sex and 12-jointed in the other. Now it is very remarkable 

 that none of my specimens agree with any of the above charac- 

 ters, the antennas being all 12-jointed, and the palpi 5- and 2- 

 jointed; how these incongruities are to be reconciled I know 

 not. There are as great differences of opinion respecting the 

 species ; for whilst some describe several, others view them as 

 mere varieties : from the different situations in which I have 

 found them, and from the variety of colour in their antennae 

 and legs, I shall distinguish them as species. Mr. Haliday 

 has ascertained that the Bethyli secrete the larvae of Lepido- 

 ptera in broken reeds which occur on sand-hills, for the pur- 

 pose, it is presumed, of supporting their larvae. The perfect 

 insects are much attached to Syngenesious flowers, sallows, 

 roses, grasses, &c. 1 must not omit to observe, that Epyris 

 cannot be included with the Bethyli. 



1. cenopterus Panz. 81. 14. " Base of antennae and legs fus- 

 cous-testaceous: wings opake, somewhat nerveless : 1 line." 



2. punctatus Lat. Hist. Nat, 13. 229. " Second and a few fol- 

 lowing joints of antennae, and apex of tibiae and tarsi fulvous: 

 superior wings obscure, with a fine white nervure trifid at 

 its extremity." 



April, off" rushes on the beach at Covehithe, Suffolk : June, 

 off* a hedge near Windsor, and in Yorkshire. 



3. fuscicornis Jur. tab. 13, Gen. 43. " Black, flagellum of an- 

 tennae, tibiae, and tarsi testaceous: If to 2 lines." 



Off" bushes Coomb Wood and Shooter's Hill in June. 



4. fulvicornis Oirt. B. E. pi. 720. Black, shining : very mi- 

 nutely shagreened, with a few scattered punctures, except- 

 ing the abdomen, which is very glossy, with a slight chaly- 

 beous tinge : head with an elevated longitudinal ridge be- 

 tween the antennae, which are bright ochreous, as well as 

 the mandibles : superior wings yellowish, with a large yel- 

 lowish-brown space beyond the middle, through which runs 

 a white line, nervures and stigma brown, 2 basal cells per- 

 fect: inferior wings iridescent: legs ochreous, anterior thighs 

 with a brown patch above, the others piceous as well as their 

 tibiae, excepting the base and apex ; tips of tarsi and claws 

 brown. 



August, on sand-hills. Sandwich, on the coarse grass, and 

 in pits not uncommon. 



5. formicarius Pa7iz. 97. IG. " Black, middle of antennae, 

 tibiae, and tarsi pale, stigma obsolete : 1 i line." 

 August, Scotland. 



6. Syngenesiae Hal. Wings short. 



The plant is Anthri^cus sj/lveitris, Wild Chervil. 



