304 TENTHEEDINID^l. 



95. Tenthredo xanthotarsis. 

 (Plate XL fig. 4.) 

 Tenthredo xanthotarsus, Cameron, Trans. JEnt. Soc. Lond. 1876, p. 467. 



Exp. al. 1 poll. 6 lin., long. corp. 8 lin. 



Head, thorax, and pectus reddish ; abdomen and legs more yel- 

 lowish, shining ; head below the antennae yellow, punctured ; an- 

 tennas (except the first two joints), eyes, ocelli, a small spot on each 

 side of the pectus, the four last segments of the abdomen above and 

 below, and a line above the hind femora black. Wings yellowish 

 hyaline, with yellow costa and stigma, and fuscous nervuros ; tip of 

 fore wings clouded. 



Hah. Japan. 

 a. 5 . (Type.) Hakodadi. H. Whitely, Esq. 



96. Tenthredo providens. 

 (Plate XL fig. 6.) 



Tenthredo providens, Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1874, p. 382. 



Exp. al. 1 poll. 5 lin., long. corp. 7 lin. 



Black; face, collar, scutellum and postscutellum, and an oval spot 

 on the hind coxae yellow ; more or less of the antennae (especially 

 above), cenchri, and the first three segments of the abdomen except 

 the incisions, the sides of the fourth segment, and the legs testaceous ; 

 coxae except at the extremity, the greater part of the hind femora, 

 and the tips of the intermediate femora black. AVings dull hyaline, 

 with fuscous nervures, and the costa and stigma yellow ; the tip of 

 the fore wings dark brown, with a violet iridescence. 



Hah. Japan. 

 a,b. 2 • (Types.) North Japan. R. Fortune. 



97. Tenthredo fentoni. 

 (Plate XT. fig. 2.) 



Exp. al. 1 poll. 4 lin., long. corp. 6| lin. 



Closely resembles T. providens in size and general appearance, but 

 more slender. Head black ; clypeus deeply incised and very hairy, 

 and as well as labrum ivory-white ; mandibles dirty yellow ; cheeks 

 and a stripe at the back of the head to opposite the inner border of 

 the eyes dull ferruginous ; antennae brown, the two basal joints 

 dull ferruginous beneath ; thorax black, edges of scapulae and 

 tegulae dull ferruginous ; postscutellum, cenchri, and a line at the 

 base of the abdomen dull testaceous ; abdomen shining purplish 

 black, whitish testaceous beneath and at the sides as far as the fifth 



