298 Mr. E. Saunders' Synopsis of British 



29. ch/peatus, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. xii. i. p. 945. Fig. 

 Panz. Faun. Germ. 46, 5 {vexillatus) = rexiUatns, 

 V. de Lind., &c. 



Black ; the scape of the antennae in front, and two 

 large lateral spots on each of the 1st four abdominal 

 segments, a continuous band on the others, the anterior 

 and intermediate legs in the 3' , except the anterior 

 femora beneath, the posterior tibiae and tarsi, except a 

 triangular spot on the former, yellow ; the ? has the 

 femora of all the legs black, except at the extreme apex ; 

 the tibiffi and tarsi yellow ; beneath in 3" with a quadrate 

 yellow spot on the 2nd segment, and a narrow band on the 

 3rd of the same colour. Head deeply punctured, triangular, 

 and constricted posteriorly from the vertex into a narrow 

 neck in the 3 , the face very narrow between the eyes, 

 large and quadrate in the ? , sides of the head very 

 hairy in the 3 ; thorax very largely and deeply punctured, 

 much constricted in front in the 3 and elongate ; pro- 

 thorax in the ? with its anterior angles spinose ; meta- 

 thorax rugose in both sexes, with a wide central crenate 

 line ; abdomen largely and coarsely j)unctured ; apical 

 segment in the ? very narrow and acuminate, and deeply 

 sulcate ; front tarsi in the 3 much dilated, the 1st joint 

 with a large subquadrate patella. 



Length 'o— 10 mill. 



Hah. — Weybridge, F, Smith. I have a 3 and ? from 

 Shuckard's collection without note of locality. 



OxYBELUs, Latr. (PL VIIL fig. 47). 

 Prec. Caract. Gen. Ins. p. 129, 

 Differs from the other genera of this family in having 

 the submarginal cell confluent with the discoidal cell, 

 i. e., only separated from it by a very indistinct nervure, 

 the scutellum bearing a wing-like appendage on each 

 side, and the metathorax a curved spine near the base. 



(2) 1. Alidomen covered witli long silvery pubescence .. mncronatus. 

 (1) 2. Abdomen not covered with silvery pubescence. 



(4) 3. Mandibles yellow . . . . . . . . . . viandlbularis. 



(3) 4. Mandibles black. 



(0) 5. Segments of the body less finely ininctured ; legs 



entirely black in { . . . . . . . . nigripes. 



(5) 6. Segments of the body more finely jmnctured; legs 



nut entirely IjJack iu 5 . . . . . , . . uniglumis. 



