128 MACROPHYA NEGLEOTA. 



2. MACROPHYA NEGLECTA. 



Tenthredo neglecta, King, Berl. Mag., viii, 112, 77; Htg., 



Blattw., 292, 3. 

 blcmda, Schaef., Icon., vii, fig. 5 ; Fall., Mon., 47, 16. 



Schae/eri, Lep., F. Fr., pi. 6, fig. 4; Mon., 98, 276. 

 Allantus neglectus, Ste., 111., vii, 63, 18. 



Macropliya neglecta, Evers., Bull. Mosc., xx, 40, 2; Tasch, 



Hymen., 14; Thorns., Opus., 295, 

 2 ; Hym. Scand.,i, 251, 2 ; Andre, 

 Species, i, 367; Cat., 46,* 39. 



Black ; the second to sixth abdominal segments red ; the anterior 

 femora and tibiae white in front. ? and $ . 

 Length 



Yery like the last species, but smaller, the mesonotum 

 and head scarcely so strongly punctured ; mouth black ; 

 the red band on the abdomen broader. There is 

 no mark over the posterior coxa3, while the wings are 

 darker and the antenna, if anything, shorter. 



A common species in the midland and southern 

 counties of England. 



It has the same European distribution as blanda, 

 but is much commoner. Nothing is known regarding 

 the earlier stages of these two species. 



Lanceolate cellule subcontracted; costa and stigma yellowish. 

 Abdomen with white markings on sides and anus. Legs with 

 white on tibise and tarsi, the rest black ; a white membranous 

 spot over hind coxse ; scutellum convex (Species 3). 



3. MACEOPHYA 12-PUNCTATA. 



Tenthredo 12-punctata, Lin., S. N., Ed., x, 558, 25 ; F. S., 1559; 



Fall., Acta, 1808, 101, 32; Pz., 

 F. G., Hi, fig. 8 ; Fab., E. S., 

 ii, 119, 56 ; S. P., 36, 32 ; Rossi., 

 F. E., 724 ; Spin., Ins. Lig., i, 

 57, 14; Klug, Berl. Mag., viii, 

 122, 91 ; Lep., Mon., 100, 282; 

 Htg., Blattw., 294, 13. 



fera, Fab., S. P., 38 ; Coqueb., Icon., Tab., 3, fig. 7 

 Lep., Mon., 242, 82. 



Allantus 12-punctatus, Ste., 111., vii, 61, 10. 

 ferus, Ste., 111., vii, 61, 11. 



