80 HYMENOPTERA. 
51. MyZIneE VICINA. 
Plesia vicina, Guér. Rev. Zool. (1838) p. 57.42. 
Hab. Not known. 
Genus 8. MERIA. 
Tiphia, pt., Rossi, Faun. Etrus. u. 69 (1790). 
Bethylus, pt., Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 236 (1804). 
Meria, Illig. Ed. Faun. Iitrus. ii. 107 (1807). 
Tachus, Jurine, Hym. p. 154 (1807). 
1. MERIA TRIPUNCTATA. B.M. 
Tiphia tripunctata, Rossi, Faun. Etrus. i. 69. 831. t. 4. f. 10. 
Latr. Hist. Nat. xiti. 268. 3. 
Panz. Faun. Germ. 47. 20. 
Spin. Ins. Lig. i. 81. 4. 
Bethylus Latreillii, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 237. 4. var. 
Bethylus tripunctatus, Panz. Krit. Revis. i. 134. var. 
Meria Latreillii, Illig. Ed. Faun. Etrus. ii. 107. 831. t. 9. f. 10. 
Latr. Gen. Crust. et Ins. iv. 114. 
Klug, Beit. zur Nat. 1. 199. 1. 
Westw. Proc. Zool. Soc. (1835) p. 53. 4. 
Meria tripunctata, Latr. Gen. Crust. et Ins. iv. 114. 
Van d. Lind. Obs. Hym. d’ Eur. 286.1. 
Guér. Rev. Zool. (1840) p. 363. 1. 
Lucas, Explo. Se. Alger. iti. 287. 
Tachus dimidiatus, Spin. Ins. Lig. ii. 31. t. 1. f.19. 
Meria dimidiata, Lair. Gen. Crust. et Ins. iv. 114. var. 
Van d. Lind. Obs. Hym. d@’ Eur. 286, 2. 
Meria rufiventris, Klug, Beit. zur Nat. ii. 200. 3. var. 
Meria nitidula, Klug, Beit. zur Nat. 11. 199. 2. var. 
Meria Millefolii, St. Farg. & Serv. Ency. Méth. x. 294. var. 
Hab. France; Italy; Germany; Spain ; Portugal. 
2. Meria SPINOLA. 
Meria Spinole, Westw. Proc. Zool. Soc. (1835) p. 
Meria rufifrons, Guér. Rev. Zool. (1840) p. 368. 3. 
Larra rufifrons, Fabr. Ent. Syst. 11. 222. 7 2 
M. Guérin considers this species identical with the Larra ru- 
fifrons of Fabricius, but that is said to be from India, which ren- 
ders the quotation doubtful; and the size of M. rufifrons is given 
as 7 lines, that of M. Spinole 10 lines. 
Hab. Sierra Leone. 
53. 2. 
