94. 



[April, 



rather shorter than the third ; thorax much tlie same as in O. Forsteri ; abdomen 

 reddish-yellow, with a black longitudinal dorsal stripe, narrow in both sexes over the 

 two first segments, being not wider than the space between the two central setffi on 

 the edge of the second segment. In the male it continues of the same width to near 

 the bottom of the third ring, where it spreads out and covers the fourth segment. 

 In the female (whose abdomen is shorter and rounder) the black stripe is dilated, 

 and covers the middle of the dorsum of the third segment, as well as the fourth 

 segment, leaving the sides of the third, and a little of those of the fourth, however, 

 always red. The bases of tlie third and fourth segments are encircled by a wide 

 white band, and the base of the second also by a narrow one. Not common. 



G. TRiFARiA, Zeller. 



The males of this species very closely resemble those of O. capitata, but differ 

 in the following particulars. The abdomen is more translucent, and the narrow 

 longitudinal black band extends of the same width to the apex, leaving the fourth 

 segment red on tlie sides like the others ; the circular white bands are also very 

 narrow on the edges of both the second and third segments, but form a wide wliite 

 patch on the sides of the fourth. I do not know the female of this species. In 

 Miss Prescott Decie's colleotion, and also in that of Mr. Billups, the latter specimen 

 was captured at Dulwicli. 



G. LATERALIS, Zeller, Zett., Riid. 



This species differs from Q. capitata by having the abdominal stripe twice as 

 wide, and not straight on the sides ; it is dilated at the top over tlie first segment, 

 and a little again on each side opposite the junction of the second and third seg- 

 ments, finally spreading out and covering the whole of the last ; the sides of the 

 third segment are entirely red, as in Q. capitata, which this species closely resembles, 

 except by the width and shape of the abdominal stripe, and, as pointed out by 

 Kondani, by the middle setse on the border of the third segment of the abdomen 

 being placed a little more forward than the others in the same row, so that they arc 

 placed on the disc, and not on the edge. This is not an uncommon species, I have 

 received several from Mr. Bridgman, captured in Norfolk, and Mr. Bignell sent mo 

 one some years ago, which he had bred from a Lepidopteron. 



G. ORNATA, Mgn. 



This species differs from O. lateralis, by having the thorax usually more dis- 

 tinctly striped by four black bands, and having the abdominal dorsal broad stripe 

 still wider (in the male), straight on the sides, and only continued to the base of 

 the third segment, when it expands and covers the whole of that ring (except a 

 small patch on the side), as well as all the fourth segment. The white transverse 

 fascia is rather wider upon the fourth segment than upon either of the others, but 

 that upon the second is the narrowest. Not rare, I have received specimens from 

 Mr. C. W. Dale, and also from Mr. Bridgman. 



