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to the apex of the thorax, wings slightly dusky, nervures 

 testaceous, propodeum longitudinally rugose within the basal 

 area, with a deep central channel, outside it clathrate ; 

 abdomen widest at the apex of the second segment, which 

 is finely crenate at the base, apical dorsal valve in the ? 

 densely clothed with adpressed golden hairs, second 

 segment of the abdomen viewed sideways much deeper than 

 the first, and truncate at the base, first and second dull 

 beneath in the ? and densely clothed with short adpressed 

 hairs, second largely punctured at the base, the remaining 

 segments shining, in the ,^ all the segments are shining ; 

 tibiaj scarcely spined. 



L. 12-15 mm. 



Common in many places, and generally distributed ; 

 frequents umbelliferous plants, &c., in summer. 



G. campestris, Linn. — {Fargeii, Shuck., Smith, 8,-c.) — 

 cj differs from nnjstaceus in having decidedly shorter 

 antennfe, a nearly entirely yellow clypeus, the basal abdo- 

 minal segment wider, and a yellow baud on the fourth seg- 

 ment ; tibiae and tarsi entirely yellow. 



? with wider abdominal bands than Mijstaccu.^, the 

 second segment less widened posteriorly, the tibiee and 

 tarsi yellower, and the second abdominal segment ventrally 

 with only a few fine punctures at the base. 



L. 9-11 mm. 



Highgatej Wandsworth; Battersca ; Lowestoft; (Sviiih). 

 Colchester; {Harivood). Bristol; [Thwaiies). Exmouth ; 

 [Parfitt). 



(SuBO. HOPLISU&) 



3. G. quadrifasciatus, Fair. — Black, shining,head very 

 finely punctured, pubescence very short, base of the clypeus 

 in the S , three spots on it in the ?, scape of the antennas 

 and a line near each ej'o above the clypeus, yellow, antennjo 

 ferruginous beneath iu the ? , those of the <? much shorter 



