42 SCOLIADA. 
character and description will agree with almost any re- 
cently disclosed 4 of 7. femorata, or black-legged variety 
of the ¢. I do not know whether there be any sexual 
disparity. 
Sr. 3. minuta. V.d. L. 
nigra, breviter griseo pubescens, tibiis apice, tarsisque rufis, et 
lined intermedia metathoracis ad lineam transversam excurrente 
eo a 
length 2—3 lines. 
V.d. Lind. Obs. pt. 1. 12. 4. 
Head, thorax and abdomen black, with scattered punctures ; 
antenne black above, rufo-piceous beneath; mandibles black at 
the base and apex, rufescent in the middle. The superior sur- 
face of the metathorax with three longitudinal elevated lines, all 
extending to the verge of its truncation; the wings slightly 
fuscous, with the stigma large, and the nervures piceous; the 
tegule piceous ; the legs black, with all the joints rufo-piceous ; 
the anterior tarsi densely ciliated, and the posterior tibize with the 
exterior edge strongly serrated,—the intermediate and posterior 
legs with a thick hoary pubescence,—the anterior tarsi rufescent, 
as well as the apex of the joints of the remainder. ‘The abdomen 
densely pubescent, the terminal segment rufo-piceous 2. 
The ¢ differs in having the antennz and mandibles quite 
black, the tarsi more coloured and the body less pubescent. 
Ob. The nervures of the wings vary much in this species 
from the generic type, for ex. :— 
9 with the first transverso-cubital wanting on the left side. 
Bi Verettsiel e's oie aia) aie ve! IO" e's e\s uleiete le mieietayr ik) = pee 
Dred Meee pn sioteig dete GOS” we v's'sie tein Waele oe) Kies ee 
Shas emeiameteer doy .'i.42 5 Sao bourses, 
and having the commencement of a pseudo-nervure at 
the base of the marginal cell inclining obliquely back- 
wards. 
é 9 in my own and other Cabinets. 
+4+ This species has occurred in various parts, but never 
