300 Mr. E. Saunders' Hjinopsis of British 



Hal). — Littlehampton, one S ; one <? , C. W. Dale ; 

 and one c? , loc. ?, J. B. Bridgman. I only know the 3 of 

 this species. According to Thomson the ? also should 

 have pale mandibles, and the 2nd ventral segment of the 

 abdomen very closely and finely punctured in the middle. 



3. uigripeH, Oliv. Encycl. Metli. viii. p. 596. 



? differs from either of the preceding in having the 

 metathoracic spine narrow and truncate at the apex, the 

 abdomen spotted only on the 1st and 2nd segments, and 

 the legs black, with the exception of the front tibiae, 

 which are fulvous, as well as all the tarsi, the other tibise 

 very narrowly pale at the base. 

 Length 8 mill. 



One specimen, ? , taken by Mr. S. Stevens in Devon- 

 shire. 



4. iniicyojiatus, Fab. Ent. Syst. ii. p. 300. Fig. Smith 



Brit. Foss. Hym. pi. iii. fig. 6 -= argentatus, Cur. 

 —ferox, Shuck. 



Recognisable at once by the fine, narrow, pointed meta- 

 thoracic spine and the silvery pubescence with which the 

 entire insect is covered ; the 3 with a lateral spot on 

 each of the 1st five segments of the abdomen ; $ with a 

 transverse spot on each side of the 1st three segments, 

 and a band on the 4th and 5th. 



Length 8—9 mill. 



Hah. — Bristol ; Liverpool ; Deal ; &c. Not common. 



