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11 (8) Accessory nervure not appendiculated ; femora black ; third to 



sixth abdominal segments testaceous all round. Mouth 

 black. Femoralis. 



12 (7) Body for the greater part white or greenish-white, shining, 



glabrous. Antennae dilated from the fifth joint ; the second 

 joint as long as the first, not transverse at the apex. Trans- 

 verse median nervure received in middle of median cellule ; 

 accessory nervure in hind wings appendiculated. Stigma 

 white. Delicatulus. 



1. STEONGYLOGASTEE SHARPI. 



Strongylogaster Sharpi, Cam., E. M. M., xvi, 64 (1879) ; Andre", 



Species, i, 410; Cat., 51,* 10. 



Black ; clypeus, palpi, tegulae, edge of pronotum, apex of the last 

 abdominal segment above, and legs, yellowish-white. Wings hyaline ; 

 costa pale, and stigma dark fuscous. The clypeus is broadly incised, 

 labrum fuscous, head and mesonotum slightly opaque, faintly punc- 

 tured, pleurae, sternum, and abdomen more shining and impunctate. 

 The back of abdomen is keeled in the middle ; its apex obtuse and 

 truncated ; the saw does not project. The wing cellules are broader 

 than in the other species compared to the length; the transverse 

 radial nervure is curved, and received before the middle of the third 

 cubital cellule. The antennae are shorter than the thorax and abdomen, 

 and of the usual form. The coxae, trochanters and knees are paler than 

 the rest of the legs. ? . 



Length 2j lines. 



The smallest of the European species, being half a 

 line shorter than 8. delicatulus. 



Taken among ferns at Crickhope Linn, Dumfries- 

 shire, on 14th June. 



2. STEONGYLOGASTEE FILIOIS. 



Tenthredofilicis, Slug, Berl. Mag., viii, 216, 174 ; Htg., Blattw., 

 299, 6 ? ; Evers., Bull. Mosc., xx, 

 45,7. 



carinata, King, 1. c., 216, 175 ; Htg., 1. c., 7 <. 

 Strongylogaster filicis, Thorns., Opus., 292, 1 ; Hym. Scand., 

 i, 242, 1 ; Bold, E. M. M,, x, 69 ; 

 Andre, Species, i, 409 ; Cat., 51,* 9. 



Black ; covered with a sparse white down, abdomen reddish-brown 

 from the second segment, the apical segment light testaceous. Legs 

 light testaceous, femora luteous, coxae black, hinder tarsi fuscous. 

 Wings hyaline, costa and stigma black, the former light testaceous 

 at the base, and the latter luteous on the lower side ; nervures tes- 



