276 Mr. E. Saunders' Si/nopsis of British 



raised and free clyi^eus, which is truncate in front, and 

 not emarginate as in 5-fasciata ; the $ is rather Hke a 

 small arenaria, but differs in having the tuft of rigid 

 setae on the penultimate segment like the preceding 

 species. 



Length 9—11 mill. 



Common. Chobham; Southwold; Weybridge; Walmer; 

 Southend, &c. 



4. sahulosa, Panz. Faun. Germ. 63, 13. Var. = quadri- 



cincta, Shuck. 



Differs from any of the above in having the 2nd and 

 3rd abdominal segments in the ^ and the 2nd in the 5 

 without the black angular band at the base ; the meta- 

 thorax has a yellow spot on each side in both sexes, and 

 its central area is rugosely striate ; the abdomen is dull, 

 and much more strongly and closely punctured than in 

 any of the preceding ; apical segment in the <? strongly 

 emarginate ; antennae fulvous, paler beneath, the scape 

 yellow ; legs entirely pale in the 3' . 



Length 9—11 mill. 



Hah. — Rare ; Faversham ; Canterbury. 



5. ornata, Fab. Ent. Syst. ii. p. 290. Fig. Panz. Faun. 



Germ. 63, 10. 



Yevy like sahulosa, but generally larger, and differs 

 from all the species of the genus in having the basal 

 area of the metathorax smooth, at least on its disk. The 

 Brd and 5th abdominal segments are generally entirely 

 yellow, but sometimes there is a black spot in the middle 

 of the base of the 2nd ; the markings on the other seg- 

 ments are very variable ; femora black at the base in 

 both sexes. 



Length 10—15 mill. 



Ilah.— Common, and widely distributed. 



Philanthus, Fahr. (PI. YIII. fig. 43). 



Ent. Syst. h. p. 288. 



Like Ccrccris in the coloration, but with the abdomen 

 shorter and more oval ; the basal segment scarcely con- 

 stricted at the apex, and almost as wide as the 2nd ; the 

 wings with the 2nd submarginal cell simple. 



