162 DOLEKUS VESTIGIALIS. 



2. DOLIBTTS VESTIGIALIS. 



Dolerus vestigialis, Klug, Berl. Mag., viii, 305, 242; Htg., 



Blattw., 236, 22 ; Evers., BuJl. 

 Mosc., xx, 24, 10 ; Ste., 111., vii, 

 88, 9 ; Thorns., Hym. Scand., i, 

 280, 2; Cam., Fauna, 17, 6; 

 Andre, Species, i, 272 ; Cat. 34,* 

 28. 

 rufipes, Lep., F. Fr., pi. 9, fig. 5 ; Mon., 124, 367. ? 



Black; abdomen shining; thorax semi-opaque; the whole of the 

 femora, four anterior tibiae, and hinder tibiae at the base, red ; vertex 

 and upper part of pleurae strongly and roughly punctured ; mesonotum 

 punctured, but scarcely so deeply and roughly as the pleurae ; breast 

 finely punctured. Antennae short, thick, attenuate at the apex; third 

 joint longer than fourth. Abdomen shining, smooth, the apical segments 

 whitish at the junction ; on the back of the second and third at the junc- 

 tion, are two small white marks. Tegulae black, grey, or white ; labrum 

 rarely white ; palpi pale red. Wings whitish hyaline, costa and stigma 

 black. $ and $. 



Length 3| 4 lines. 



I have taken this insect (which does not seem to be 

 very common) at Dunham Park, Cheshire, and Mr. 

 Bridgman takes it at Norwich. 



3. DOLERUS TEIPLICATUS 



Dolerus triplicatus, Klug, Berl. Mag., viii, 295, 221 ; Htg., 



Blattw., 282, 4 ; Eversmann, 

 Bull. Mosc., xx, 23, 3 ; Thorns., 

 Hym. Scand., i, 286, 16; 

 Andre, Species, i, 263; Cat., 

 32,* 3. 

 ? trimaculatus, Lep., Mon., 121, 358. 



Dosytheus triplicatus, Ste., 111., vii, 84, 8. 



Dolerus lugubris, Gim., Bull. Mosc., 1844, 125. 



Yeilowish-red ; antennae, head, breast and lower edge of the pleurae, 

 three large marks on the mesonotum, and metanotum between the 

 cenchri black. Head and thorax densely covered with a greyish pile ; 

 head deeply and coarsely punctured, the punctures on the mesonotum 

 are scattered and fine, on the breast deep and rather coarse ; antennae 

 shorter than the abdomen. Wings with a faint fuscous tinge ; tegulae 

 red in front, black behind. ? and <^. 



Thomson describes the <$ as having the basal segment of the abdomen 

 black, but this is not the case with the specimen I have seen, which 

 does not differ materially in coloration from the ? . 



Length 4| lines. 



