Heterofiyna and Fossnrial TIi/iue)wpfrra. 229 



red. The number of spots on the [ibdonien is very 

 variable. 



? with a small white spot on each side of the ih'O- 

 thorax, the abdomen having the 2nd and 3rd segments red, 

 the 4th and 5th each with two lateral white spots, and the 

 6tli with a white spot in the centre. Head and thorax 

 dull, rugosely punctured, clothed with a fine short white 

 pubescence ; prothorax sharply truncate in front ; wings 

 slightly clouded ; abdomen distinctly clavate in the ,^ , 

 somewhat oval in the ? , with the apical segment sharply 

 pointed ; surface shining in the 3' , somev.diat dull in 

 the ? , rugoselv punctured in both sexes. 

 Length 9— 12 mill. 



Hah. — Common in many places. On palings, &c., 

 Wandsworth and London district ; Norwich, Yorkshire, 

 Devonshire, Kent, Hants, &:c. 



2. davicornis, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. x. vol. i. p. 574 

 {Ajns). Fig. Smith Brit. Foss. Hym. pi. ii. fig, 6. 



Very like the preceding, but differing in the shape of 

 the antenna of the 3' , which are longer, and have the 

 two apical joints much thickened, forming a distinct 

 club. The ? may be known at once by the colour of the 

 abdomen, which wants the red band of ^-punctata. 



Hah. — Herefordshire, Nottingham, Birmingham,Wake- 

 field, &c. I have never taken it myself. 



SCOLHD.E. 



TiPHiA, Fah. (PI. VH. fig. 13). 



Syst. Ent. p. 353. 



May be known at once by the very elongate thorax, 

 sharply truncate at the anterior margin of the prothorax 

 and the posterior margin of the metathorax ; the latter 

 is elongate and nearly square, with three raised dorsal 

 lines ; wings with two submarginal cells ; tibiffi and tarsi 

 hairy and mnltispinose. 



(2) 1. Larger, radial cell incomplete in J ; ^ with the 

 1st segment of the abdomen transversely cari- 

 nated at the base . . . . . . . . . . femorata. 



(1) 2. Smaller, radial cell complete in the $ : ^ with 

 the 1st abdominal segment not cariuated at tlie 

 base .. .. .. .• .. .. .. minutu. 



