434 Mr. Claude Morley on the 



circled hind tibiae, the pale marking of which does 

 not extend down the leg, etc.] 



H. brevicornis. Thorns.* France. 



H. niger, Morl.f (1.) Norfolk. 



H. sundevalli, Holmgr. I have not seen this species ; 

 recorded from Devon, in September (cf. Trans. Devon. 

 Ass., 1898, p. 501). [= scabrosus, Desv., $.] 



H. reflcxns, Morl.-f- (2.) Isle of Wight and Surrey. 



H. incisus, Thoms.f (4.) Apparently rare ; Surrey and the 

 Isle of Wight, in August. 



If. ruficomis, Holmgr. [= ? sttspiciosus^risch.] * Sweden 

 and ? Prussia. 



H. pumilus, Holmgr. (15.) Common from June to Sep- 

 tember; Cheshire, Herts., Suffolk, London (Wimble- 

 don and Blackheath), Surrey, Isle of Wight. [ = 

 thoracicus, Desv., $ = ? pichts, Grav. part. One $ I 

 examined possessed a distinct areolet in the left wing 

 but no trace of one in the right.] 



H. dimidiates, Schr. (45.) Abundant, May to September ; 

 Scotland (Crockston and Bonhill, Dalglish), Suffolk, 

 Herts., Sussex, Surrey, Hants., Isle of Wight and 

 Cornwall. [= pidus, Grav., Holmgr., Thorns. = 

 planus, Desv., £ £ (£ = var. b, Thorns.).] 



H. longiventris, Thorns, f (1.) The only male I have seen 

 was swept in a marsh at Brandon in Suffolk, July 4th, 

 1903. [ = pnmilus, Holmgr. part.] 



H. crassieribs, Thoms.f (6.) Apparently not common, 

 August and September; Suffolk, Sussex, Surrey. 

 [ = fissorius, Holmgr., nee Grav.] 



H. strigator, Fab. (1.) The only specimen of this species 

 I have seen was swept from herbage in Henstead 

 marsh (Suffolk), August 28th, 1898. Said to have 

 been bred from larvae preying upon Siphonophora 

 absinthii. [This $ is very like that of H. tarsatorius 

 in facies, but — besides the distinct areolet and 

 scutellar coloration — the second segment is longer, 

 coarsely longitudinally strigose with the thyridii 

 obsolete ; metathorax rugulose and much narrower 

 above the hind coxae, with the petiolar area centrally 

 striolate and bearing some traces of a basal area ; 

 head narrower behind the eyes, with the vertex 

 much less emarginate ; face more distinctly punctate 

 with the epistoma more prominent and cheeks 

 shorter ; clypeus similarly excised centrally but 



