250 Mr, E, Saunders' Sy)io2)sis of British 



emarginate ; in the ? acuminate and shining, with a 

 raised hne down each side, the surface with large and 

 scattered punctures ; tarsi more or less red, front tarsi 

 in ? with very long spines ; under side of thorax and legs 

 with silvery hairs. 

 Length 8—10 mill. 



Hah. — Sandy places ; common. 



2. unicolor, Panz. Faun. Germ. 106 — 16. 



Very like the preceding, hut entirely black, except the 

 reddish ends of the tarsi ; both sexes, however, differ in 

 the coarser puncturation of the abdomen ; the 3- has the 

 7th segment simply rounded at the apex, and in the ? the 

 appendix to the radial cell is scarcely visible. 



Length 8—9 mill. 



Hah. — Chobham, Isle of Wight, Hayling Island, 

 Sandhurst, Weybridge, Deal. Eare. 



MiscoPHUs, J urine. (PL VII. fig. 20). 



Nouv. Meth. Hym. p. 206. 



Like a small Tachytes, but differing in having only 

 two submarginal cells, the 2nd submarginal cellpetiolated, 

 and only receiving the 2nd recurrent nervure. 



(2) 1. Head and thorax black ; J with ahdomen more or 



less red at the base . . . . . . . . hicolor. 



(1) 2. Head and thorax bronzy black; J with abdomen 



entirely black . . . . . . . . . . maritimus. 



1. hicolor, Jur. Hym. p. 206. Fig. Smith, Brit. Foss. 

 Hym. pi. iii. fig. 4. 



3^ black, sometimes with the basal segment of the 

 abdomen more or less red. Head and thorax closely and 

 evenly punctured, the former with silvery hairs on the 

 face ; metathorax longitudinally rugose, with a raised 

 line down the middle ; body punctured ; metathorax, 

 sides of thorax, and abdomen near the apex of each 

 segment, with silver}^ hairs ; legs silvery on their under 

 sides ; wings clouded at the apex. 



? rather larger than the 3 , with the two basal seg- 

 ments of the abdomen red ; the extreme apex of the 

 2nd black. 



Length 6 — 7 mill. 



