104 HYMEXOPTERA. 



and tibij/; metallic ^reen, th^; tarsi pal*':: riifo-tf;.stacf;oiib ; the 

 i\h(rf'A\\im black ; the anterior femora compressed and pro- 

 duced into a fttoiit spine at their base beneath ; the lateral 

 angles of the metathorax spinose ; wingrs nearly colourless, 

 but with a fuscous stain close to the stij^ma ; abdomen shining 

 golden-red, carmine-n^^I, or in some lights of a fine yellowish- 

 green ; very finely punctui-ed, the apical segment notched at 

 its afXiX. 



This is a local and j-are species ; it has been taken in Kent 

 and in the \ew Forest; some years ago I met with it in 

 »ome numbers at Sandhurst near the military College; again 

 in IHfjl in the month of September I beat three or four into 

 my net at liy fleet, near Wey bridge ; on attempting to lay 

 hold of it with the fingers it falls to the ground, feigning 

 de-ath. 



