of neio species of TenthredinidcB, ^-c. 401 



thorace fequilongum ; femora postica, tibiae apice tarsisque 

 quatuor antenores rufa ; ate fuliginosfe. 



Body black, convex. Head and thorax finely pnnc- 

 tured slightly shining. Head as broad as the "thorax; 

 h-ont deeply excavated as usual. Antennae black, fili- 

 form, mserted near the mouth, shorter than the thorax. 

 Prothorax about four times as broad as long. Sutures of 

 the parapsides distinct. Paraptera and scutellum large. 

 Metathorax with three keels. Abdomen elongate-oval, 

 smooth, shining, subsessile, acute at the tip, about as long 

 as the thorax ; first joint as long as the five following 

 together. Legs black ; four anterior tarsi, tips of tibife 

 and hind formora red, the latter incrassated. Wings 

 smoky-brown ; veins black ; humerus a little more than 

 half as long as the wing; ulna about one-sixth as lono- as 

 the humerus ; radius and cubitus extremely short. 



Hah. — Hiogo. 



^ . \ Genus EuRYTOMA, Illig. 



\ -^ \. Eurytoma antica. 



Female. — Nigra ; antennae subfiliformes, basi lute^e ; 

 prothorax longissimus, antice latior ; metathorax sulcatus ; 

 pedes lutei, femoribus tibiisque apud medium j^iceis ; alte 

 diaphanas, corpore multo breviores. 



Female. — Length 2\ — 2| lines. Body black, long, 

 slender, convex. Head slightly shining, finely jaunc- 

 tured, somewhat broader than the prothorax. Antennae 

 black, nearly filiform, much shorter than the thorax; 1st 

 joint luteous, slender, linear ; 2nd small, subcyanthiform, 

 mostly luteous; 3rd — 8th linear, successively decreasing 

 in length ; club fusiform, a little longer than the 3rd joint. 

 Thorax dull, finely scabrous. Prothorax large, subquad- 

 rate, slightly Avidening from the fore-border to the hind- 

 border. Scutum of the mesothorax a little shorter and 

 narrower than the prothorax, with well-defined sutures of 

 the parapsides. Scutellum rather small. Metathorax 

 tapering hindward, with a middle longitudinal furrow. 

 Petiole short, slender, distinct. Abdomen elongate-fusi- 

 form, quite smooth, highly polished, a little narrower 

 than the mesothorax, and about as long as the Avhole 

 thorax ; 2nd segment much shorter than the 1st and than 

 the 3rd ; 4th larger than the 1st and the 3rd ; 3rd as long 

 as the 2nd; 6th longer than the 4th. Legs luteous; 

 femora and tibite piceous, except towards each end ; fore- 

 tibife occasionally wholly luteous ; tarsi with piceous tips. 



