266 Mr. E. Saunders' Synopais of Britisli 



anterior and intermediate legs testaceous ; the femora 

 above, the tarsi and the apex of the intermediate 

 tibiae, fuscous, or in some nearly black ; posterior legs 

 black, with only the base of the tibias paler ; head and 

 thorax rather thickly clothed with short adpressed golden 

 hairs, and covered with large scattered punctures ; wings 

 hyaline, nervures and tegulge testaceous ; metathorax with 

 a well-defined triangular basal area, carinated in the 

 middle, the margins of the area outside are radiately 

 striate, the sides of the metathorax are covered with 

 short whitish hairs ; abdomen irregularly punctured ; 

 apical segment in ? with very large coarse punctures ; 

 tibiffi with a few spinose hairs. 

 Length 8 — 9 mill. 



Hah. — Sandy places in summer ; Deal, Lowestoft, 

 Southwold, Eritli, Hampstead, &c. 



DiDiNEis, Wesm. (PL VIIL fig. 32). 



Bull. Acad. Eoy. Belg. xviii. No. 10. 



=: Alijson, Shuck. 



Somewhat like Harpactus in form, but more slender, 

 the metathorax longer and truncate at the apex, with 

 prominent angles, the 2nd submarginal cell petiolated, 

 and the apical joint of the antennae in the <? shaped like a 

 crescent. 



1. lunicornis, Fab. Ent. Syst. Suppl. p. 249. Fig. Smith 

 Brit. Foss. Hym. pi. iv. fig. 5, g- . Curtis Brit. Ent. 

 xiii. 584, ? = Kcnncdii, Curt. 



Mandibles pale, with the apex piceous ; antennae 

 piceous beneath ; black, basal segment of the abdomen 

 and the base of the 2nd in the <? and the two basal 

 segments and the base of the 3rd in the ? red ; wings 

 with a brown band near the apex, covering the radial, 

 2nd submarginal, and part of the 3rd discoidal cell ; legs 

 piceous ; head shining and very finely punctured in the 

 (? , dull and more coarsely so in the ? ; apical joint 

 of the antennae in the ^ falcate ; thorax very closely 

 punctured ; metathorax parallel-sided, with a lanceolate 

 enclosure at the base, bounded by an elevated ridge, 

 irregularly rugose within, radiately rugose outside, with 

 a short dentate spine near the apex on each side ; abdo- 

 men shining, finely punctured, 3rd and following 



