38 Rev. F, D. Morice on male terminal segments and 



6. Punctures of basal abdouiiual segmeut above 



much larger and coarser than those of the 

 second segment. Fasciie rather wide and in 

 fresh specimens generally more or less 

 yellowish. Circ. 11 mill. long. (Universally 

 distributed species, ranging from North 



Europe to Egypt, and common everywhere) 30. succinctus, Linn. 

 Puncturation much more uniform and very 

 fine. Fascias narrow and white. A larger 

 species, circ. 13 mill. long. (Mediterranean 

 region) 29. fiiyuhis, Perez. 



7. Sides of seventh dorsal plate of abdomen much 



constricted, making its apex somewhat mu- 



cronate (PL IX, 43rt) Z2. en nt us, Verez 



Seventh dorsal j)late shaped otherwise ... ... ... 8. 



8. All the abdominal fasciie entire, broad, and 



uniform ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 9. 



Some at least of the fasciae are narrow, or 



interrupted, or obsolete ... ... ... ... 12. 



9. Very large, circ. 15 mill. long. Disc of second 



dorsal plate with long pale hairs ... ... 14. hracatus, Perez. 



Much smaller. Second dorsal plate not very 



pilose, apart from its fascije ... ... 10. 



10. Very small, circ. 7 mill. long. Wings opales- 



cent with pale reddish-yellow stigma and 

 uervurcs. Hairs of head and thorax above 

 white ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 11. 



Larger, circ. 10 mill. long. Wings simply 

 hyaline with darker stigma and nervures. 

 Hairs of head and thorax above pale brown 

 (Greece) ... ... ... ... ... ... 3. ctwo^s, n. sp. 



11. Third abdominal segment punctured much like 



the second. Fasciae quite as broad as the 

 si^aces between them (Egypt, Tunis) ... 21. nanus,Yv\.ii&e. 



Third abdominal .segment jpuuctured much less 

 closely than the second. Fasciie distinctly 

 narrower than the spaces between them 

 (Algeria)... ... ... ... ... ... 22. ;j"«u7«s, n. sp. 



12. Si.x well-defined abdominal fasciie, the fifth 



more or less narrowed laterally and the sixth 

 extremely narrow throughout. Circ. 10 mill, 

 long (Greece, and South Italy) ... ... IT. phalerici's, n.sp. 



Either the fascias are more or less indistinct or 

 even absent ; or, if well defined, those to- 

 wards the apex are as broad as those preced- 

 ing them ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 13. 



13. The whole clypeus except its extreme apicai 



margin is strigose longitudinally and strongly 



punctured between the strigte 26. monUiiius, Morawitz. 



Part at least of the sides and apex of the 

 clypeus are smooth with only a few large 

 sparse punctures ... ... ... ... ... 14. 



14. Fasciie almost obsolete ; punctures of abdomen 



intensely fine and sparse, apex of basal 



segment idmost irapuuctate ... ... ... 31. /iiijvnict(itu.-i,'Nyl { — 



(i/piiiii», Mor.). 

 Fasciie distinct, punctures of abdomen, though 

 fine and sparse, are much less so than in 

 hiij)unctr(tiis, and the apex of the basal 

 segment is punctured throughout 25. monaoUcui, Perez. 



15. Scutellum with conspicuous unciform lateral 



processes (PI. IX, 45). Wings dusky. Meta- 

 tarsus posticus very broad 28- (//"fl^f', Alfken. 



Scutellum simple 1*). 



