EXETASTES. TEGONA. 25-1 



of $ somewhat shorter ; basal flagellar joint nearly double the 

 length of the second. Thorax stout and gibbulous ; mesonotum 

 distinctly and evenly punctate, metathorax rugosely punctate, 

 strongly sulcate centrally, with the area? obsolete and the spiracles 

 linear. Scutellum convex and strongly punctate, black. Abdomen 

 glabrous and nitidulous, fusiform and laterally clavate, as long 

 as the head and thorax or slightly longer, black ; basal segment 

 quite twice as long as broad, gradually subdilated apically and 

 punctulate laterally, with the tubercles a little before the centre ; 

 second and third segments rarely obsoletely badious, transverse 

 and of about equal length, with the following segments shorter ; 

 terebra about half the length of the basal segment or one-sixth of 

 the abdomen. Legs normal ; bright fulvous, with all the coxae 

 and trocbanters jet-back ; hind ones longer and stouter, with 

 their tarsi, except usually their fifth joint, and apices of their tibiae 

 infuscate. Wings usually considerably clouded, with the stigma 

 and radix piceous or ferruginous ; the tegulae blackish ; areolet 

 hardly petiolate and emitting the recurrent nervure from near 

 its centre ; uervellus intercepted far above its centre. 



Length 9-13 millim. 



KASHMIR, 8000-9000 ft., vi.Ol (Col. Nurse). EUROPE. 



This species is rendered abundantly distinct by its entirely 

 black abdomen, Avhich rarely has the second or third segment 

 apically castaneous, the terebra nearly half the length of the first 

 segment, and its elongate pulvilli. It is one of the largest 

 Paloearctic species of this genus and I am unaware that its range 

 has hitherto been known to extend outside Europe, 



Brischke (Schr. Nat. Ges. Danz. 1882, p. 198) describes the 

 cocoon as " cylindrical, with a thin shining black double cuticle." 



It is said to be very common in Central Europe in woody and 

 grassy places upon umbelliferous flowers from June to August, 

 sometimes upon Angelica sylvestris in September, and rarely found 

 as late as the beginning of October ; it is a well-known parasite 

 of Folia oleracea according to Van Vollenhoven, and Brischke has 

 bred it in Prussia from Envpusada balsamitce. I was surprised 

 to find a male in Col. Nurse's collection, taken in Kashmir. 



Genus TEGONA, gen. nov. 

 Teffona, Cam. MS. 



GENOTYPE, T. rufipes, sp. n. 



The genus has all the superficial facies, the large areolet, sub- 

 compressed abdomen, exserted terebra and scabriculous meta- 

 thorax, of E.retastes, but materially differs in the conformation of 

 the clypeus, which is not transversely impressed but subcontinuous 

 with the face, strongly elongate, beak-like, laterally straight and 

 concave apically ; the cheeks also are elongate and longer than 

 the basal width of the mandibles ; while the tarsal claws are so 



