101, TENTHREDO. 323 



antennse black, clypeus yellowish. Fore wings dusky hyaline, with 

 green nervures and blue and green reflections, especially towards 

 the base ; bind wings hyaline. 



Hah. North India. 



a, b. 2 • (Types.) North India. Capt. Boyes. 



190. Tenthredo coccinoceras *. 



(Plate XII. tig. 11.) 



Tenthredo coccinocerus, Wood, Insects Abroad, p. 388, tig. 188 



(1874). 

 Tenthredo metallica, Cameron, Trans. Ent. Soc. Load. 1876 } p. 466. 



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



Brilliant metallic green ; abdomen above blue ; antennae purple, 

 rather long, with an unusually long basal joint : tibia? and tarsi 

 mostly puqile. Fore wings smoky hyaline, with green nervures, 

 and blue and green iridescent reflections ; hind wings hyaline, 

 slightly clouded towards the tips. 



I I'th. North India. 



a. b. 2- (Types, i Darjilhig. Messrs. Schlagintweit. 



1 '. » I . Tenthredo ( ? ) coxalis f. 

 Tenthredo coxalis, Smith. Journ. Linn. Soc., Zool, ii. p. lit; i L858 

 Hab. Singapore. 



D. South-American Species. 



192. Tenthredo (?) delicatula. 

 (Plate XII. tig. 8. | 



Exp. al. 5 lin., Long. corp. 2| lin. 



Head and antenna' black: prothorax above and at the sides, 

 mesothorax above (except a large shining black spot in front and 

 one on each side Dear the base of the hind vrings), and scutellum 

 bright red: postscutellum, cenchri, and a line behind the first seg- 

 ment of the abdomen paler crimson ; abdomen, undersurface, and 

 legs light brown. Wings smoky hyaline, with brown nervures: the 

 division between the first and second submarginal cells nearly 

 obsolete. 



Hah. Venezuela. 



a. $ . (Type.) Venezuela. E. Dyson. 



* So named on account of its purple (!) antennae; but a name once given, 

 even if erroneous, cannot be set aside. 



1 There is no i'Iup to the genus of this species in the description. It is. 

 perhaps, not a true Tenthredo. 



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