220 HYMENOPTERA ACULEATA. 



? with the mesonotum shiniug, very largely punctured, 

 propodeum much as in the $ , abdomen as iu villosuhis, 

 but the margins of the third and following segments only, 

 testaceous. 



L. 7-8 mm. 



Hastings and Guestliug. I know of no other localities. 



H, IsBvis, Kirh. — This species, of which only the ? is 

 known, is very distinct, it is rather larger than villosulus, 

 the mesonotum is punctured very much as in that species, 

 though not quite so remotely, but the abdomen is distinctly 

 larger, and practically impunctate, the tarsi also are 

 testaceous. 



L. 8| mm. 



The only British exponent of this species was taken at 

 Nacton, Suffolk, as recorded by Kirby in his Monographia. 



H. breviceps, Saund. (J brevicomis, 8aund., synopsis, 

 iiec Schcnchj. — (^ smaller than villosulus, mandibles, 

 labrum and apex of clypeus yellow, antenuie pale beneath, 

 only just reaching to the scutellum, mesonotum more 

 closely punctured, wings with the second submarginal 

 cell much wider than in villo-siilur', propodeum radiately 

 striate at the base, abdomen short, all the segments closely 

 punctured, and clothed with greyish pubescence at the 

 sides, ventral segments clothed with short hairs ; apex of the 

 tibifB, front of anterior pair, and all the tarsi whitish. 



5 easily known by its wide face, which is wider across 

 the eyes than long, its largely, closely, and deeply 

 punctured mesonotum, and the testaceous nervures of its 

 wings, the basal segment of the abdomen is very shining 

 and punctured at its apex, all the others are punctured, 

 their margins widely testaceous. 



L. 6 mm. 



Woking; Chobham ; Bromley; Hayling Island; Guest- 

 ling, near Hastings. 



H. punctatissimus, Schenck. (longiceps, Saund.). — 

 Head and thorax clothed with greyish hairs, the former 



