192 Mr. E. Saunders' Synopsis of 



the tarsi in the ^ , also white ; two spots on the pro- 

 thorax, the tubercles, and the bases of all the tibiae in 

 the 5 , white. 



Head and thorax very largely and coarsely punctured 

 in the <? , more finely in the ? ; face subelongate, very 

 narrow between the eyes in the 3 , and covered in that 

 sex with white hairs ; both sexes with the space between 

 the eye and the base of the mandibles unusually long, 

 forming a distinct cheek, being nearly as long as the 

 width of the base of the mandibles ; scape of the antennae 

 in the <? short and slightly thickened ; thorax, especially 

 at the sides, with short pale hairs ; 1st segment of the 

 abdomen very shining, with a narrow line of silvery 

 hairs on each side at the apex, very largely and remotely 

 punctured in the 3 , finely, very shallowly, and rather 

 remotely in the ? , the punctures in the latter sex being 

 sometimes scarcely observable ; 2nd and following seg- 

 ments in the S' less strongly and more closely punctured 

 than the 1st, in the ? extremely finely punctured ; apical 

 segment in both sexes with fine short grey hairs ; the 

 genital segments of the (? of quite a different form to 

 those of any other British species ; the stipites are very 

 elongate and narrow, fringed with long hairs at the apex ; 

 the sagittae are very short, and from beneath there 

 extends a narrow clear testaceous i^rocess dilated at the 

 ^.pex into a wide spoon-shaped form ; this latter is 

 the ventral valve of the 8th abdominal segment (see 

 pi. vii., fig. 10) ; legs with short silvery hairs. Length 

 6 mm. 



Hah. Common in many places on flowers of bramble, 

 &c., especially near the seaside. 



7. Prosojns confusa, Nyl. 



Nyl., (Kevisio), Not. Sails. Faun. Flor. Fenn., Forh. 

 ii., p. 232 =z imnctulatissima, Smith, Cat. Brit. Hym., 

 2nd ed., p. 10, <? . 



Very like the last in the general appearance of 

 the ? , but both sexes may be distinguished thus : — 



<? rather larger ; mandibles with a white line ; face 

 wider, without long white hairs. Antennae entirel,y 

 black, or with a yellow line on the scape ; thorax much 

 more finely and closely punctured, the interstices dull ; 

 metathorax finel}' and longitudinally rugose ; 1st seg- 

 ment of the abdomen finely and shallowly punctured, 



