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7 (6) Fourth abdominal segment without a yellow band, stigma 



fuscous at the apex. 4>-cinctus. 



8 (5) Fore wings without a distinct blotch in fore wings, tegulae black, 



scutellum marked with yellow ; the fourth and fifth segments 

 black beneath; parapsides distinct, head scarcely dilated 

 behind the eyes. Marginellus. 



9 (4) Pleurae marked with yellow marks. 



10 (11) Wings yellowish ; only the hind femora marked with black ; 



hind tibiae and tarsi luteous. Flavipes. 



11 (10) Wings hyaline. 



12 (13) Abdomen with two complete yellow bands; hind tarsi and 



apex of tibiae reddish. Tegulse black. <? abdomen beneath 

 black ; the apical segments yellow above. Schae/eri. 



13 (12) Abdomen with three complete bands; hind tarsi and apex of 



tibiae black ; tegulae partly yellow. $ belly yellow ; the 

 apical segments black above. Arcuatus. 



14- (3) Head and thorax smooth, covered with a silky pubescence. 

 Parapsides deep. Tegula) black, 5th (sometimes 6th) segment 

 yellow all round ; stigma fuscous at apex ; hind tarsi and 

 tibiae reddish. Cingulum. 



15 (2) Antennae entirely black. Head strongly dilated behind the 

 eyes. Head and thorax covered with a long silky pubescence, 

 smooth, with scattered punctures. 



10 (17) Wings yellowish, hyaline, four front legs partly yellow, pro- 

 notum with a yellow border ; pleurae tuberculated. Tenulus. 



17 (16) Wings deep violet-black, four front legs violet-black, pronotum 

 without a yellow border, pleurae smooth. Vidua. 



1. ALLANTUS SCROPIIULARLE. 

 PL I, fig. 2 and 2 a, larva. 



Tadhrcdo scropliularia:, Lin., S. N., x, 556, 12; Fall., Acta 



Holm., 1808, 48, 1 ; Fab., E. S., 

 ii, 112, 29;S.P.,28,l;Geof., 

 H. I., 13; Schr., En., 330, 

 663; Pz., P. G., 89, fig. 10; 

 Spin., Ins. Lig., i, 53, 1 ; Reau- 

 mur, Mem., v, Tab., 13, figs. 

 12-23; King, Berl. Mag., 

 viii, 131, 102 ; Lep-, Mon., 87, 

 25, 3 ; Evers., Bull. Mosc., xx, 

 35, 1 ; Htg., Blattw., 286, 1. 



Allantus scropliularue, Brischke, Beschr., 7, pi. 1, fig. 4 (lar.) ; 



Voll., Tidj. Ent., iii, 99103, 

 pi. 7; Zool. (s.8.), 8653; 

 Bouche, Naturg., 138; Kalt., 

 Pfl., 460 and 462 ; Ste., 111., 

 vii, 57, 1 ; Thorns., Opus., 

 297, 1 ; Hym. Scand., i, 257, 

 1 ; Rudow, Stett., Ent. Zeits., 

 1871, 87, 1; Newman, Ent. 

 Mag., pi. 1, figs. 2, 3; Cam., 

 E. M. M., xvi, 221. 



