286 lENTHILEDLNID^. 



shoe ; scutellum very large, square, and yellowish, with a reddish- 

 brown .spot on each side ; abdomen shining mahogany colour, seg- 

 ments 3-7 stained with black on the back, and segment 9 yellowish ; 

 legs pale yellow, base of coxae black, hind legs darker. Wings yel- 

 lowish hyaline, with dusky nervures ; costa and stigma yellow ; 

 hind wings with a submarginal nervure parallel to the hind 

 margin. 



Hab. Japan. 



a. S • (Type of species.) ToMo. Montague Fenton, Esq. 



25. Tenthredopsis atroviolacea. 



AJlantus atroviolaceus, Nort. Bost. Journ. vii. p. -■')■'>. n. 'Jii (1860). 

 Tenthredo atroviolaceus, Nort. Proc. Bost. Sac. i.v. p. 120 (1861); id. 



Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. ii. p. 239, u. 33 (1869). 

 Tenthredo atroviolaceus, varr. cinctulua et tardus, Nort. Trans. Amer. 



Eat. Soc ii. p. 240 (1869). 



Hab. North America. 



a 



$>. New York. E. Doubleday. 



b. 2 • United States. 



c. 2 • (Var. tardus.) United States. 



26. Tenthredopsis attracta. 



Tenthredo attractus, Nort. Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. ii. p. 240, n. 34 

 (1869). 



Hab. English liiver. 



'r- 



27. Tenthredopsis sernilutea. 



Tenthredo semiluteus, Nort. Proc. Bost. Soc. ix. p. 121 (1862); id. 

 Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. ii. p. 240, n. 35 (1869). 



Hab. United States. 



2 s . Tenthredopsis confusa. 



Tenthredo confusus, Nort. Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. ii. p. 241, n. 36 

 (1869). 



Hab. United States. 



29. Tenthredopsis 14-punctata. 



Tenthredo 14-punctatus, Nort. Proc. Ent. Soc. Phd. i. p. 143(1862); 

 id. Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. ii. p. 241, n. 37 (186!)). 



Hab. Virginia. 



