SPHEGINA. 301 



dominal spots equal in size. Var. y. Third pair of abdominal spots 

 obsolete. 



Generally distributed. (E. S. I.) 



2. obscuripennis, Mg. zw. iii. 199. 4 (1822); Ztt. nigripennis, 

 Mg. Viridi-aenea, capite nigro-cyaneo, antennis nigris apice fuscis, 

 alarum venis transversis fusco-nebulosis, abdomine cupreo fasciis dua- 

 bus fulvis ornato, pedibus fulvis, tarsis posticis fuscis ; Mas. alls fuscis, 

 femoribus ferrugineis; Foem. alls cinereis, abdominis apice fulvo-birna- 

 culato. Long. 4-4^ ; alar. 7-8 lin. 



Greenish-aeneous. Head bluish-black, covered with hoary bloom 

 excepting a stripe on the crown and a black shining scapula on the 

 epistoma. Antennae black ; third joint brown. Scutellum aeneous- 

 black; a blue tinge on the thorax behind the base of each wing. 

 Wings with a dark brown stigma ; transverse veins of the disc clouded 

 with dark brown. Halteres yellow, with tawny knobs. Abdomen cu- 

 preous, adorned with two tawny bands, one at the base of the third seg- 

 ment, the other at the base of tJie fourth. Legs tawny ; hind tarsi brown. 

 Male. Wings brown ; alulae tawny ; femora ferruginous. Abdominal 

 bands narrow. Fern. Things grey ; alulae yellow. Abdomen with broad 

 bauds and with a tawny spot on each side of the base of the fifth 

 segment. 



Not common. (E. I.) 



3. scutellata, Mg.zw. iii. 198. 2 (1822). .ZEnea, antennis piceis, 

 alls fuscis, venis transversis nebulosis, abdomine fascia pedibusque 

 flavis. Long. 4 ; alar. 7i lin. 



.ZEneous. Antennae piceous. Wings brown ; stigma dark brown ; 

 transverse veins clouded with ('ark brown. Halteres luteous. Abdo- 

 men with a yellow band on the base of the fourth segment. Legs yellow. 



Rare. In the British Museum. (E. I.) 



Genus XXX. SPHEGINA. 



SPHEGINA, Mg. zw. iii. 193 (1822) ; St. F. et Srv. ; Mq. ; Ztt.; Zll. ; 

 Edn. Milesia p., Fin. 



Antenna articulo quarto dorsali. Alee areola subapicali Integra apice 

 rotundata, lobo axillari indistincto. Abdomen petiolatum. Femora 

 postica crassa. 



Head semicircular ; epistoma contracted, with no scapula, obliquely 

 truncated in front ; peristoma oblong, narrower in front. Labrum some- 

 what narrower towards the tip, which is notched. Lingua acute. Max- 

 illae subulate, hardly half the length of the palpi. Palpi curved, cla- 

 vate, pubescent, almost as long as the labrum. Labium long, cylin- 

 drical. Antennae porrect, somewhat nutant, 4-jointed ; first arid second 



