Heterogyna and Fossorial Iltjmcnoptcra. 297 



27. alhilahris, Fab. Ent. Syst. ii. p. 302. Fig. Panz. 



Faun. Germ. 15, 24 {l('i(cust(»na). 



Black, with more or less of a bronzy tint, especially in 

 the J" . (? with the apex of the scape of the antennae, 

 an interrupted line on the collar, the tubercles, tegulfe, 

 apices of the femora, the tibite and tarsi flavous ; ? with 

 the tegulfe piceous, anterior tibiae yellow in front, all the 

 tibiae yellow at the base ; extreme apex of abdomen 

 testaceous. Head and thorax punctured, the thorax 

 more finely so than the head ; clypeus covered with 

 silvery hairs ; thorax as wide as the head ; division 

 between the mesothorax and scutellum consute ; meta- 

 thorax longitudinally rugose at the base, not sulcate down 

 the centre, basal area indicated by a narrowly-impressed 

 line surrounding it, sides of the metathorax beyond this 

 line rugose, apex below it somewhat shining and sulcate ; 

 abdomen finely punctured, covered with a short decum- 

 bent greyish pubescence ; apical segment in the ? flat- 

 tened above and carinated at the sides, coarsely punc- 

 tured and covered above with short golden hairs ; posterior 

 tibiffi spinose, especially in the ? . 



Length 7 — 8 miU. 



Hub. — Common on Umbelliferie, &c., in many places, 

 in July. 



28. Panzeri, V. de Lind. Nouv. Mem. Acad. Brux. 

 V. p. 69. 



Very like the preceding, but black without the bronzy 

 tint. Both sexes may be known from it by the wider 

 head, which is decidedly wider than the thorax. 

 The S' may be known besides by the entirely black 

 thorax, by the strong spine on the cheek beneath, and 

 the yellow mandibles ; the ? by the yellow mandibles, 

 and clear yellow scape, tibiae, and tarsi, a yellow spot on 

 each side of the collar, tubercles, and sometimes a spot 

 on the scutellum. In this species the yellow seems to 

 predominate in the ? , in the preceding in the ^ . 



Length 7 — 8 mill. 



Hah. — Rare. Darenth, Birch Wood, Weybridge, Isle 

 of Wight, &c. 



