18 SECOND YARKAND MISSION. 



No specific difference can be found that will separate this insect from the European species ; 

 the sexual organs of the male are precisely the same as those of V. germanica. Ahout fifty 

 species of this genus are known ; they are widely distributed, and are insects that are 

 almost universally known. Twelve species inhabit Europe ; twenty are Asiatic, and ten are 

 found in Mexico and North America. 



Family TENTHREDINIDrfl. 



48. HYLOTOMA PUMIPENNIS. 

 Femina. A. corpore flavo ; capite, antennis, tarsisque nigris ; alisfuscis. 



Head shining black, antennae pubescent ; abdomen paler than the thorax ; wings fuscous 

 and iridescent, nervures and stigma blackish-brown ; the legs pubescent, the coxse and femora 

 reddish-yellow, the tibiae fuscous, the tarsi black. Female, length 3j lines. 



Hal. Jhilam valley, Punjab hills. Taken in August. 



49. ALLANTTJS PBOVIDUS. 



Femina. A. niger, capite thoraceque opacis, abdomine nitido; tibiis, femoribus posticis 

 ferrugineis. 



Head and thorax opaque, and covered with strong confluent punctures ; wings sub- 

 hyaline, and having a fuscous cloud on the anterior pair that occupies the two marginal and 

 four submarginal cells ; the stigma and nervures black ; the posterior femora and tibiae 

 pale ferruginous ; the anterior femora towards their apex, and the tibiae in front, pale ; 

 abdomen glossy black. Female, length 6 lines. 



Hab. Murree, Punjab hills. 



50. ALLANTTJS MULTICOLOR. 

 Femina. A. capite thoraceque cupreo-nigris, abdomine purpureo, corpore flavo-maculato. 



Head and thorax obscure brassy-black ; abdomen dark purple above ; the entire body 

 yellow beneath, the legs black with yellow markings. Head semiopaque, the cheeks, clypeus, 

 and mandibles testaceous-yellow; the teeth of the latter acute and black. Thorax 

 semiopaque; the scutellum, tegulae, and costal nervure, and the cell, yellow ; the wings hyaline 

 and iridescent ; the stigma and nervures blackish-brown ; the anterior and intermediate coxae 

 and femora yellow beneath ; the tibiae and tarsi yellow, the former with a dark stain at 

 or near their apex ; the posterior coxae beneath and the basal half of the tibiae yellow. 

 Abdomen ; the lateral margins of the second segment, the apical, as well as the lateral 

 margins of the third segment, yellow ; the sixth, seventh and eighth segments narrowly 

 yellow. Female, length 6 lines. 



Hab. Murree, Punjab hills. 



This species resembles Allantus flavomaculatus of Cameron, described in the " Transac- 

 tions of the Entomological Society of London" for 1876, but it is rather smaller ; the femora 

 are black, and the abdomen has a purple tinge. 



