164 CRABRONID. 
its base, pale; the anterior pair ciliated on the exterior, and al} 
the tibize spinose. 
The abdomen subclavate, black, shining, subpubescent, with 
the margins of the segments sometimes piceous @. 
The ¢ has the antenne simple, fimbriated beneath, and differs 
in having a yellow spot on the scutellum; the anterior femora 
yellow above and behind, testaceous in front and black beneath, 
their tibiz black merely beneath; the intermediate femora with 
a yellow stripe above and in front, their tibize with merely a 
black stain behind; the anterior and intermediate tarsi with 
their terminal joint piceous, and a piceous spot on the basal 
joint of the anterior ones; the posterior legs like the 9 ; the 
abdomen longer and narrower than the ¢?. 
é @ in my own Cabinet. 
ti+ This species is a good deal like the Crossocerus 
striatulus of St. Fargeau, but is very distinct. I do not 
find it yet described. I have captured it in the imme- 
diate vicinity of London. 
Sp. 24. Wesmary. V. d. Lind. 
niger, thorace flavo-maculuto, metathorace levi 9. 
length 2—33 lines. 
V.d. Lind. pt. 2. 63. 26. 
Crossocerus Wesmaeli. St. Farg. 3. 783.20 ¢. 
Head black, minutely and delicately punctured ; the stemmata 
placed in a triangle about the centre of the vertex, between the 
posterior ones a slight longitudinal impression, which does not 
pass beyond them, and on each side of them an oblique smooth 
depression, in front of the anterior one another impressed line 
which extends to the face ; the antenne black, the scape beneath 
yellow, its extreme apex (as well as that of the pedicel) some- 
times ferruginous ; the face canaliculated, smooth, and shining ; 
the inner orbits of the eyes, the lower portion of the cheeks, and 
