HctewfUjiKi ((Jul Fossorial Ilijincnoptcva. 241 



$ differs in being larger and more robust, with a 

 much wider abdomen, the 4th, 5th, and 6th segments 

 with long bristly hairs above, and all the segments hairy 

 beneath ; coxae and femora hairy ; posterior tibiae serrate. 

 Length 15 — 18 mill. 



2. affinis, V. d. Lind. Nouv. Mem. Acad. Brux. iv. p. 237. 



Like fiiscus in colour, but with the front legs entirely 

 black in <? ; ^ prothorax very sharply angulated pos- 

 teriorly ; metathorax not pilose ; wings with a distinct 

 dark apical band, extending to the edge of the 3rd sub- 

 marginal cell; abdomen rather longer and less shining 

 than in fasctis, apical segment beneath widely rounded 

 at the extremity, not emarginate, and fringed, carinated 

 at the base ; 6th segment depressed, emarginate at the 

 apex. Length 9 mill. 



? differs in being stouter and larger, with the 

 posterior margin of the prothorax arcuately emar- 

 ginate ; abdomen covered with a fine white silky j^ile, 

 apical segment with long black hairs. Length 10 — 15 

 mill. 



Hah. — Eare. Chobham, Eipley, Weybridge, Southend, 

 Deal, Walmer, and Norfolk. 



3. exaltatus, Fab. Syst. Ent. p. 351. 



<? , head and thorax black, finely punctured ; prothorax 

 very deeply emarginate posteriorly ; metathorax and sides 

 of the mesothorax more or less silvery ; upper wings 

 dusky towards the apex, sometimes with a clearer spot 

 beyond the 3rd submarginal cell ; cubital nervure ex- 

 tending to the exterior margin of the wing ; abdomen 

 with the 1st and 2nd segments and the base of the 3rd 

 red, the rest black ; apical segment beneath largely 

 rounded at the apex, punctured, and pilose ; 6th segment 

 smooth and shining at the apex, and slightly emarginate, 

 with an impression on each side bounded by a smooth 

 raised line ; legs black, front tibise red on their anterior 

 margin ; coxte and femora more or less silvery ; inner 

 calcaria of hind tibia3 very long, more than three-fourths 

 as long as the basal joint of the tarsi. Length 9 mill. 



$ differs from the <? in being more robust and 

 having the wings dusky at the apex, with a clear round 

 hyaline spot beyond the apex of the 3rd submargmal 

 cell ; cubital nervure almost reaching the margin of the 



