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a spot on the tegulse, and the base of the tibiae and tarsi yellow ; 

 the metathorax rugose ; wings hyaline and iridescent. Abdomen 

 strongly punctured, the base rugose ; the apical margins of the 

 second and following segments have an abbreviated transverse 

 line in the middle, and a curved spot at the extreme lateral mar- 

 gins ; the latter spot is sometimes ovate, with a black dot in the 

 middle ; beneath immaculate, the margins of the segments 

 ciliated with short white hau's. 



Hab. Albania. 



4. Myzine flavescens. 



Plesia flavescens, St. Farg. Hym. iii. 582. 10. 

 Hab. Central Eui'ope. 



5. Myzine spinosa. 



Myzine spinosa, Fisch. de Wald. Mag. Zool. (1843) p. & t. 1. 

 Hab. Russia (Ural Mountains). 



6. Myzine arcuata. 



Myzine arcuata, Fisch. de Wald. Mag. Zool. 1843, p. & t. 122. 

 Hab. Russia (Ural Mountains). 



7. Myzine gracilis. 



Myzine gracihs, Brulle, Hist. nat. II. Canar. iii. 90. 49. t. 3. 

 f. 19. 



Hab. Canary Islands. 



8. Myzine dimidiata. B.M. 

 Myzine dimidiata, Guer. Diet. pitt. d'Hist. nat. v. 675. \7 6 • 

 Hab. Bombay ; Bengal. 



9. Myzine anthracina. B.M. 



Female. Length 6 lines. — Black, the head and thorax with 

 large scattered pvmctures, the metathorax finely punctured, with 

 a central smooth shining line at its base ; the legs have a thin 

 cinereous pubescence, and have their spines pale testaceous ; 

 wings subhyaline, slightly clouded at their apical margins. Ab- 

 domen shining ; the segments are finely punctured at their basal 

 margins, and with larger and scattered ones towards their apical 

 margins ; the second segment has a transverse impressed line at 



