454; Mr. Stephens on the 



6. Cu. ornatus. Hoffmansegg. 



Thorace albido nigro bivittato ; abdomine fusco albo 

 annulate ; pedibus fuscls, genubus puncto niveo. 

 Cu. ornatus. (Hoffm.) Meig. Europ. Zweif. 8vo. v. i. p. 5. * 

 Cu. equinus. Meig, Klass, Sfc. v. i. p. 3. *. 

 One female only of this species has come under my observation^ 

 taken at Hertford ; time unknown. Meigen has changed its 

 name in the 8vo edition of his book, and adopted the appellation 

 given to it by his friend Count Hoffmansegg, as it proves not to be 

 the C. equinus of Linne. 



'• 7. Cu. sylvaticus. Meigen. 



Fuscus ; abdomine albo annulate ; palpis pedibusque 

 pallide fuscis. 

 Cu. fasciatus. Meig. Klass. S^'c. v. i. p. 4. *. 

 Cu. sylvaticus. Meig. Europ. Zweif. 8vo. v. i. p. 6. *. 

 Meigen has also changed the name of this species (of which I 

 liave seen but one specimen ((?), taken in June, at CoombeWood) 

 in deference to Fabricius, who applies the name fasciatus to an 

 American insect in his Systema Antliatorum, notwithstanding 

 the first edition of Meigen's work is quoted by him in the same 

 page. 



+8. Cu. maculatus. Meigen. 



Thorace rufo nigro lineato ; abdomine fusco annulato; 



pedibus fuscis, femoribus luteis 

 Cu. maculatus. Meig. Europ. Zweif ^ v. i. p. 6. *. 

 A very distinct species, and one of the largest of the genus; 

 the only specimen I have yet seen is in the collection of my friend 

 J. Curtis, Esq. who captured it in Suffolk. 



Q. Cu. nemorosus. Meigen. 



Thorace rufo fusco vittato ; abdomine fusco albo annu- 

 lato ; genubus puncto niveo. 

 Cu. reptans. Meig. Klass. S^c. v. i. p, 3. *. 



colour of its frontal crest. I have, therefore, applied the above name as being 

 indicative of its injurious qualities. ?.Iay not lliis be the insect of which 

 Latrciiie says, muscBorum gallicc penlis '? 



