ANDREXID.r.. ^^l 



than in minufus, and not turned back under the armature; 

 9 with the abdomen more convex than in minidus, the 

 basal segment wider and the apices of the segments almost 

 concolorous, 



L. Gj-Ti mm. 



Near Manchester; {B. Cool-e). Stratford, near Man- 

 chester; (/. R. Hardy). Rugby, not uncommonly; 

 Whalley, near Clitheroe; (J/ocjct?). Wotton-under-Edge ; 

 (i?. G. L. Perkins). 



A very distinct species, but atricont is is rather a misleading 

 name, as the antennte of the c? are quite pale beneath. 



H. minutissimus, Kirb. — This little species is hardly 

 likely to be confounded with any of the preceding ; it is 

 smaller, and in the ? narrower than any of the others, the 

 face in both sexes is of a peculiarly regular oval shape, the 

 mesonotum is dull, strongly punctured, and has an unusually 

 deep dorsal line, the abdomen in the cJ is rather strongly 

 punctured, the first and second segments are unusually 

 convex, and there is a very distinct dorsal constriction 

 between the first and second, the second being largely 

 impressed at its base, there is also a very slight constriction 

 between the second and third; in the ? the abdomen is 

 very narrow, the basal segment is nearly impunctate, the 

 remainder closely punctured ; the legs in both sexes are 

 entirely black, clothed with grey hairs. 



L. 5-5^ mm. 



Widely distributed in the South of England, and probably 

 elsewhere, though not recorded. 



H. tumulorum, Limi. — Bronzy green, head and thorax 

 dull, finely and very closely punctured ; J with the antcnnie 

 reaching to the base of the abdomen, pale beneath, tlie 

 face clothed with grey hairs, and the labrum and mandibles 

 pale; ? with the antenna) ferruginous towards the apex; 

 wings with the nervures pale in both sexes, the propodeum 

 rugose within the area, which is somewhat triangular in 

 the S and subtruncate posteriorly in the ? ; abdomen in 



