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in shady places during July and the beginning of 

 August on Aegopodium Podagraria. It is bare, lemon- 

 yellow to cinnamon-brown in colour, with numerous 

 oblique lateral stripes proceeding down the sides from 

 a central darker stripe on the back, there being one 

 stripe on each segment ; while before the last moult 

 each segment bears two oblique rows of minute white 

 tubercles. On the vertex is a dark brown longitu- 

 dinal mark ; an arched line goes also from the eyes in 

 front, ending on the top in a trident, and behind each 

 eye is an elliptical brownish ring. 



A variable species in so far as the relative propor- 

 tion of the yellow and black colour is concerned. 



The only British specimens that I have seen 

 recorded are those mentioned by Stephen's in his 

 { Illustrations. 5 



They are stated to have been taken near Plymouth. 



The species on the Continent is tolerably common, 

 and occurs in Scandinavia, Germany, Hungary,. 

 France, Switzerland, Italy, and Russia. 



Antennae long, compressed, a very little thickened at the apex 

 the apex of 6th, the 7th and 8th white two white marks over 

 posterior coxce. Pronotum black. Abdomen black or red at 

 apex or middle. Mesonotum and pleura opaque, punctured 

 (Species 25). 



2. TENTHEEDO LIVIDA. 



Tenthredo livida, Lin., F. ST., 1557 ; S. N. ii, 925, 33 ; Fab., E. S., 

 ii, 116, 46; Fab., S. P., 33, 21; Panz., 

 F.G.,52,fig.6; Schr.,En.,326,657; Klug 

 Berl. Mag., viii, 183, 122 ; Lep., Mon., 83, 

 243; Htg., Blattw., 312, 55 ; firm., Bull. 

 Mosc., xx, 55, 37 ; Kalt., Pfl., 304 (lav.) ; 

 Thorns., Hym. Scand., i, 275,10; Cam., 

 Fauna, 11, 1; Andre, Species, i, 448; 

 Cat., 56,* 25. 



carpini, Panz., F. G., 71, fig. 19. 



albicornis, Fourc., E. P., 22 ; Geof ., H. J., ii, 282, 22. 



maura, Fab., E. S., ii, 116, 44; S. P., 19 ; Lep., F. Fr., 



pi. 3, fig. 7 ; Mon., 79, 235 ; Fall., Acta 

 Holm., 1808, 55, 11. 



