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2. punctum, F. E. S. iv. 351. 159 (1792) ; Coq. ; Schell. ; Oliv. ; 

 Latr. ; Fal. ; Meig. ; Mcq. ; Zett. stigma, Pz. ! Fn. Ix. 21. cynipsea, 

 Desv. Nigro-viridis, antennis fuscis, alis hyalinis, abdomine pur- 

 pureo basi aureo, pedibus rufa. Long. lf-2 ; alar. 2-2J lin. 



Blackish-green. Head black in front ; face red. Antenna brown ; 

 arista black. Sides of the thorax, scutellum of the metathorax, and 

 abdomen shining, the latter coppery-purple, gilded at the base. Wings 

 limpid. Halteres yellow. Legs red; posterior femora with brown 

 bands; hind tibia3 brown; tarsi and middle tibia3 with brown tips. 

 Var. ft. Male. First abdominal segment reddish-green. Var. y. Male. 

 Fore femora and anterior tibiaB with brown bands. Var. 8. Fern. Ab- 

 domen with purple bands. Middle tibia3 and hind tarsi brown. 



Generally distributed. (E.) 



The following additional species of Sepsis have been recorded 

 as British ; some of them are probably mere varieties : 



1. fulgens, ffoffm. 



2. flavimana, Meig. 



3. hilaris, Meig. vivida var? Desv. 



4. maculipes, Walk. 



5. concinna, Walk. 



6. ruficornis, Meig. 



7. nigripes, Meig. nitida, Desv. 



8. violacea, Meig.pygmaa var.? Desv. 



9. ornata, Meig. 

 10. duplicata, Hal. 



Genus II. ENICITA. 



ENICITA, Westw. Class. Ins. i. 148 (1839). Sepsis p., Meig. ; Curt. ; 

 Zett. 



Metathoracis scutellum bene determinatum. Ala immaculate. Abdo- 

 men pubescens, subpetiolatum, convexum, arcuatum, incurvum, seg- 

 mento primo longo. Pedes graciles, pubescentes ; tibiaB subarcuata?. 

 Mas. Abdomen cylindricum, apice cornubus duobus instructum. Fe- 

 mora antica subtus dentata et spinosa. Tibiae anticte subtus bidentatce. 

 Tarsi intermedii dilatati. Fcem. Abdomen longi-ovatum. Pedes 

 simplices ; metatarsi basi compressi. 



Scutellum of the metathorax distinct. Wings unspotted; costal vein 

 ending on the hind border at a short distance from the tip of the wing ; 

 subcostal ending at about one-fourth of the length ; mediastinal ending 

 at hardly beyond one-third of the length ; radial ending at three-fourths 

 of the length ; cubital ending at the tip ; prsebrachial diverging from 

 the cubital between the transverse veins, very slightly converging to it 



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