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5. claviventris, Holiiigr. 



Ciisiiiaria clai'ivciitns, Holmgr. Sv. Ak. Handl. 1S5S, p. 49; Tlioms. O.E. xi. 

 1099, c^ ? . 



Black witli the centre of abdomen broadly, femora and tibiae red, with 

 the latter apically black thou«^h not white-marked in the hind pair. 

 Length, 6-8 mm. 



The centrally intercepted nervellus, the straight apical radial abscissa 

 hardly longer than the basal, irregular areolet, continuous basal ncrvurc, 

 black mandibles and tegulae render this a conspicuous species. 



It was thought to be not uncommon in central and northern P^urope by 

 Thomson and is recorded from Sweden, France and Belgium in July. 

 With us, however, it would seem extremely rare, and was first discovered 

 as British by Bridgman (Trans. Ent. Soc. 1S89, j). 421), when Porritt bred 

 both sexes out of Scodiotui /nlgiciria. It was not subsequently noticed till 

 the 28th August, 1905, when a single male occurred to me on the flowers 

 of Aiigilicd sylvcs/ris, growing on the banks of the Lark River at J^arton 

 Mills; and on i6th September, 1912, 1 took the female at ]\umburgh in 

 northern Suffolk. 



6. moesta, Grcro. 



Caiiipoplcx iiioestits, Gr. I.E. iii. 599, 3 . Casinaria inocstn, Woldst. Bull. 

 Acad. Sc. I'etersb. 1876, p. 391, cT ; Thorns. O.E. xi. 1100, <? ?. Limneria 

 moesta, Bridg. -Fitch, Entom. 1885, p. 207, i . 



A black species with the abdomen centrally red, all the tibiae basally 

 pure white and the front ones stramineous. Length, 6-8 mm. 



Our only species with the abdomen broadly red and tibiae white- 

 marked, easily recognised by the elongate apical radial abscissa and 

 basally curved basal one, the long and stout antennae, red third to fifth 

 segments with apex of second usually concolorous; the posterior tibiae 

 are not red-marked and the second segment is nearly d(,)uble length of 

 the transverse third. 



It extends to southern Jiurope, but is always rare; Giraud bred it in 

 BVance from Noctucllac sp. in 1877, and Bridgman tells us (Trans. Ent. 

 Soc. 1881, p. 158) that Bignell has raised three males from the common 

 Hybcrnia progcmmaria and //. (hfoUaria. I have two taken at Shere by 

 Capron and a female found at York on 28th June by Beaumont, all bred 

 out of their hard, dull, ochreous cocoons with black bands on either side 

 of the central pale zone ; Tonge has given me a Surrey female, captured 

 in 19 10; and Lyie has beaten the cocoon from blackthorn in the New 

 Forest and bred it from so different a liost as Bombyx neustria there. 



7. ischnogaster, Tliotiis. 



CoDipoplcx tcniiivcntris, var. I, Gr. I.E. iii. 482, <j ? ; Holmgr. Sv. Ak. Handl. 

 1854,? {ncc Gr. typ.). Casinaria tcntiivcntris, Holmgr. lib.cit. 1858, p. 49 ; 

 (^fv. 1858, p.325, (/■. C. incsozosta, Holmgr. Sv. Ak. Handl. 1858, p. 50, j [ncc 

 Gr.). C. isclniogaster, Thorns. O.E. xi. 1101, j ? . 



Black with the tegulae and mandibles pale stramineous, the femora and 

 tibiae red, the hind tibiae bifuscous and basally whitish. Length, 

 7^-9 mm. 



All the British nxords are given under the name C. /otinrr/i/r/s, Orav., 



