270 Mr. E. Saunders' SijnnpsiH of British 



sides clathrate ; front wings slightly clouded at their 

 base and upper margin ; basal segment of the abdomen 

 covered with longer hairs than the rest, rugosely punc- 

 tured, especially at the base, where it is also rugosely 

 striated, 2nd segment at the apex much wider than the 

 first, puncturation finer and more regular, 3rd and 

 following more finely punctured again ; ? beneath with 

 the 1st and 2nd segments dull, covered with a short 

 brownish grey, adpressed pubescence, the 2nd largely 

 punctured near the base, rest shining, punctured ; S- 

 beneath rugosely punctured. 



Length 12—15 mill. 



Hah. — Not uncommon during the summer, and gene- 

 rally distributed. 



2. cdmpcstris, Linn. Faun. Suec. 2nd ed. p. 417. Fig. 

 Panz. Faun. Germ. 98, 17 = Farqcii, Shuck. Foss. 

 Hym. p. 214. 



Differs from the preceding in having the antennae in 

 the (? distinctly shorter, and the clypeus nearly entirely 

 yellow ; the basal segment of the abdomen is wider, and 

 there is a yellow band also on the 4th segment ; the 

 tibiae and tarsi are entirely pale yellow. 



The ? differs in having four wider abdominal bands, 

 the tibiae and tarsi yellower, and the 2nd segment of the 

 abdomen beneath with only a few small punctures at 

 the bas.e. 



Length 9—11 mill. 



Hah. — Highgate, Wandsworth, Lowestoft, &c. ; end of 

 June, &c. 



HopLisus, Lep. (PL VIII. figs. 88 and 39). 



Ann. Soc. Ent. Franc, vol. i. p. 62. 



Differs from the preceding genus in having a complete 

 4th submarginal cell, and in the neuration of the hind 

 wings, as shown in the table of the Nyssonidae. Smith 

 has considered this genus as a part of Gorytes, but all 

 the continental authors keep it distinct, and the difference 

 in the neuration of the wings seems to me to be a quite 

 sufficient cause of separation. 



(4) 1. ]5asal segment of abdomeu not constricted at the 

 apex, its sides gradually diverging in nearly 

 straight lines. 



(3) 2. Band of the 2nd segment of the abdomen not 



wider than that of the 1st . . . . . , . . i-fasciatus. 



