23-1 Mr. E. Saunders' St/iiopsis of BritisJi 



the tarsi ; wings hyaline, dusky at the apex, 2nd and 3rd 

 submarginal cells somewhat square, apical segment 

 beneath carinate. Length 4 — G mill. 



? black, legs red ; mandibles, a bilobate spot on 

 the clypeus in front, a spot on each side of the face near 

 the eye, and a spot on each side of the prothorax pos- 

 teriorly, pale flavous ; wings hyaline ; front wings with a 

 broad dark band near the apex but not covering it ; hind 

 wings with a broad band at the apex ; abdomen with a 

 glossy grey pubescence. Length 6 — 9 mill. 



Hah. — On sandy banks. Chobham; Southwold; Devon- 

 shire. 



3. niqer, Fab. Syst. Ent. p. 350. Fig. Panz. Faun. 



Germ. 71, 19. 



Entirely black ; thorax with a few scattered upright 

 hairs ; prothorax angularly emarginate posteriorly ; 

 metathorax finely pilose at the sides ; wings more or less 

 clouded, with a dark apical band ; abdomen with the 2nd 

 and 3rd segments at the base more or less covered 

 with a greyish pubescence ; ? with the apical segment 

 above covered with long bristly hairs ; <? with the 

 apical segment of the body beneath compressed and 

 carinated ; 3rd submarginal cell generally petiolated. 



Length, <? 5—7 mill., ? 10—12 mill. 



Hah. — Hawley, Hants ; Undercliff, Isle of Wight. 



4. 2>lt(mheHs, Fabr. Mant. i. p. 278 = pulchcr, Shuck. 



^ black, covered, except on the antennae and at the 

 base of the abdominal segments, with a silvery grey 

 decumbent pubescence, which gives an ashy grey appear- 

 ance to the insect ; prothorax emarginate posteriorly, 

 but very slightly angulated ; wings hyaline ; front wings 

 with a dark apical band ; abdomen beneath with only 

 the apex of each segment grey, 5th segment beneath 

 entire, not depressed, 6th formed much as in cJialyhcatus. 

 Length 5 — 7 mill. 



2 differs in having the abdomen wider, and covered 

 with finer grey hairs than the <? , so that it has a grey 

 appearance only at the apex of each segment. Length 

 6—9 mill. 



Hah. — Common in many places. Southend, Wey- 

 bridge, Hayling Island, Lowestoft, Southwold, Deal, 

 Dover, Isle of Wight, Exeter, &c. 



