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intermediate and posterior tibiae strongly spinose. Abdomen 

 slightly pubescent, the basal segment with a transverse ovate 

 spot on each side, the second segment with a narrow line, 

 yellow. 



A single specimen of this species was taken in Devonshire by 

 Mr. S. Stevens; the typical one in the British Museum was 

 probably taken in the same locality. The four following species 

 were also very probably taken in Devonshire by Dr. Leach, but 

 there is no record of their capture. 



4. Oxybelus bellicosus. 



O. niger, flavo-maculatus ; mucrone canaliculate, ad apicem dila- 

 tato et emarginato. 



Oxybelus bellicosus, Oliv. Encycl. Meth. viii. 595. 9. 

 Shuck. Foss. Hym. 110. 4. 

 Van d. Lind. Obs. ii. 36. 7. 

 Dahlb. Hym. Europ. i. 269. 167. 

 St. Farg. Hym. iii. 217. 8. 

 Lucas, Explo. Sc. d'Alger. iii. 262. 



Female. Length 4^ lines. Black, and closely punctured, the 

 abdomen delicately so ; the apical margins of the joints of the 

 antennae rufo-piceous ; the mandibles pale yellow, with their 

 tips ferruginous. Thorax : the scutellum semicircular, with the 

 margins slightly reflexed, and having a central longitudinal 

 carina ; the metathoracic spine curved, grooved above ; the 

 apex dilated and slightly emarginate ; the collar tubercles and 

 the bifid squama at the posterior margin of the scutellum yel- 

 low ; the wings subhyaiine and iridescent, the nervures piceous, 

 the tegulae rufo-testaceous ; the legs rufo-testaceous, with the 

 coxae and trochanters black, variegated with yellow ; the ante- 

 rior femora within, and the intermediate and posterior pair 

 with an internal line, yellow; the base of all the tibiae yellow. 

 Abdomen slightly pubescent ; the basal segment with a trans- 

 verse ovate spot on each side, and the three following with a 

 transverse narrow line, yellow. 



Shuckard has described the typical specimen in the British 

 Museum as a male ; it is certainly a female. The habitat of this 

 insect is not known. 



5. Oxybelus 14-notatus. 



O. niger, flavo guttatus ; mucrone metathoracis brevi obtuso et 

 emarginato. 



