240 Mr. E. Saunders' Synopsis of 



(13) 16. (J ; mandibles simple or with a wide triangular 

 basal tooth ; 3rd joint of the antenna not nearly 

 so long as the 4th and 5th together. J with 

 the abdomen not densely clothed either with 

 red or black hairs. 



(22) 17. ^ ; mandibles simple ; face clothed with black or 



brown hairs. J ; scopffi fulvous or golden. 

 (21) 18. Posterior tibias in $ dark, with fulvous hairs. 

 (20) 19. Species large ; face in ^ with brown hairs, or 



mixed with black. J with black mixed with 



brown . . . . . . . . . . . . nigro-cenea. 



(19) 20. Species small ; face in both sexes clothed with 



black hairs . . . . . . . . Gwynana and bicolor. 



(18) 21. Posterior tibiae in J clear testaceous . . . . angustior. 



(17) 22. (J ; mandibles toothed outwardly, or face with 



pale pubescence. J ; scop£e brown or ochreous. 



(26) 23. Face in ^ with white haus ; mandibles with a 



large wide tooth at the base ; hairs of the 

 thorax in J dull ochreous-brown ; abdomen 

 densely covered with ochreous-brown hahs. 



(25) 24. Larger. $ with the mandibular tooth simply 

 triangular. J with the third antennal joint 

 longer than the next two together . . . . lupponica. 



(24) 25. Smaller. ^ with the mandibular tooth wide 

 and dilated, blunt at the apex. J with the 3rd 

 antennal joint only just as long as the next 

 two together . . . . . . . . . . pnecox. 



(23) 26. Face in ^ with pale hairs ; mandibles with only 



a small basal tooth. J ; hairs of thorax bright 

 fulvous-brown ; abdomen not densely hairy, or 

 with fulvous-brown hairs at the base, and the 

 ajoex black. 



(28) 27. 3' ; vertex of head subquadrate ; mandibles only 



angulated at the base. J with the hairs of 



the abdomen more or less white . . . . helvola. 



(27) 28. (^ ; vertex of head not subquadrate. J without 



white hairs on the abdomen. 

 (30) 29. ^ with the mandibular tooth shorter ; 3rd sub- 

 marginal cell less narrowed above. J ; scopffi 

 black-brown . . . . . . . . . . vuriaiis. 



(29) 30. ^ with the mandibular tooth longer ; 3rd sub- 



marginal cell more narrowed above. J ; scops 

 fulvous-brown . . . . . . . . . . fucata. 



8. Anclrcna florea, Fab. 



Fab., Ent. Syst. ii., p. 308; Smith, Cat. Brit. Hym., 

 2nd ed., p. 30. 



Head and thorax ])lack, in the <? with ochreous hairs, 

 in the ? with brownish hairs. Wings sHghtly dusky. 

 Abdomen black, closely and distinctly punctured ; 1st and 

 2nd segments more or less red at the apex. Scop^ of 



