MACROPHYA BLANDA. 127 



15 (14) Abdomen without a reel band. 



16(17) Mouth white, pronot urn black. H&niatopus. 



17 (16) Mouth black, pronotum yellowish-white. Panctum-album. 



Lanceolate cellule with a short, straight ncrvurc, wings hyaline, 

 infuscatcd at the apex, stigma black. Thorax strongly punc- 

 tured, scutellum gibbose. Clypeus and labrum convex. Ab- 

 domen black with a broad red band. Legs black. Transverse 

 medial nervure received close to basal (Species 1 and 2). 



1. MACROPHYA BLANDA. 



Tetithredo Wanda, Fab., E. S., ii, 119, 59; S. P., 36, 35; Pz., F. 

 G., lii, 9 ; Ixv, 9 ; Klug, Berl. Mag., 

 viii, 111, 76; Lep., Mon., 98, 277; 

 Htg., Blattw., 292, 2. 



liyustrina, Fourc., E. P., ii, 24. 



cylindrica, Fab., S. P., 32, 16; Pz., F. G., Ixxi, fig. 7 ; 

 Spin., Ins. Lig., i, 56. 



cognata, Fall., Mon., 48, 17. 



lacrymosa, Lep., F. Fr., pi. 6, fig. 7 ; Mon., 101, 285. 

 Allantus blandus, Ste., 111., vii, 63, 17. 



Macrophya blanda, Evers., Bull. Mosc., xx, 40, 1 ; Tasch., Hym., 

 14; Thorns., Opus., 295, 1; Hym., 

 Scand., i, 251, 1 ; Andre, Species, i, 

 343; Cat., 46,* 38. 



var. brevicomis, Gradl, Ent. Nacht., 1878, 

 239. 



Black, mouth at the side, apex of labrum, apex of two anterior 

 femora and tibiae in front, and a large spot on the posterior coxae white ; 

 the third to the fifth abdominal segments red. Head and thorax 

 opaque, almost glabrous, strongly punctured. Wings almost hyaline, 

 with a faint smoky tinge at the apex ; costa and stigma sordid-fuscous ; 

 the lower part of the latter being paler than the upper. 



The c? has the whole of the mouth, the entire anterior tarsi, femora, 

 and tibiae in front, basal half of hind femora beneath, and coxae at the 

 apex, whitish. The red abdominal band is very much narrower and 

 rarely encircles the whole body. 



Length 6 6 lines. 



Ab. a. Abdomen entirely black. 



Mr. F. Smith tells me that this is a common species 

 in the west of England. It is taken by Mr. Dale at 

 Glanvilles' Wootton, and according to Stephens is 

 common in the London districts. Norwich (Mr. 

 Bridgman). 



It is of wide European distribution, being found in 

 Sweden, Prussia, South Germany, Hungary, France, 

 Switzerland, Italy, and Russia. 



