188 STRONG YLOGASTER CINGULATUS. 



taceous at base; tegulaa white. The antennae are as long as the 

 abdomen. <^. 



The ? has the tegulae black, legs black, with the posterior tibiae at 

 the base, and the anterior with apex of femora testaceous ; the middle 

 of the abdomen (segments 3 6) reddish -brown. 



Length 45 lines. 



A rare species. I have only seen a tf taken by Mr. 

 James Hardy at Wooler in Northumberland. 



Continental distribution : Sweden, Germany, Russia. 



3. STRONGYLOGASTER CINGULATUS. 

 PL XIV, fig. 7 <? , 7a mandible ; PL I, fig. 4, larva. 



Hylotoma cingulata, Fab., S. E., ii, 113, 29 ; S. P., 27, 29. 

 Tenthredo cingulata, Klug, Berl. Mag., viii, 215, 173 ; Lep., 



Mon., M4, 332 ; Ste., 111., vii, 



81, 26; Htg., Blattw., 300, 8; 



Ratz., F. I., iii, 133, 43 (lar.) ; 



Evers., Bull. Mosc., xx, 45, 8. 



linearis, Klug, 1. c., 217, 178 ; $ Htg., 1. c., 300, 9. 



xanthocera, Ste., 1. c., 81, 27 (a&). 



atricornis, 1. c., 81, 28 (o5). 



Sir ongylog aster cingulata, Thorns., Opus., 293, 2; Hym. Scand., 



i, 242, 2; Cam., Fauna, 18, 1; 

 Andre, Species, i, 411 ; Cat., 51,* 

 2. 



Black ; head and thorax coarsely punctured, the former covered with 

 a whitish down; two basal joints of antennae, the greater part of the 

 legs, and a band surrounding the apex of each of the abdominal segments 

 reddish-yellow. Tegulae, apex of the femora and base of tibiae (broadly) 

 whitish -yello w ; legs black at the base; the femora have usually 

 the basal half lined with black above and beneath. Sheath black, 

 projecting, curved and narrowed towards the apex, and very hairy on 

 the lower side. Wings hyaline, yellowish at the apex; costa and 

 stigma reddish-yellow ; the latter is blackish at the base. 



The <$ has the antennae quite black, and the abdomen is pale reddish, 

 except the basal segment which is black on the upper side. 



Length 4 5 lines. 



A somewhat variable species in some points of its 

 coloration. Thus, the basal joints of antennae are 

 almost, if not entirely, black occasionally, and some- 

 times the third, fourth and fifth are luteous ; the 

 amount of black on the femora varies, and the black 

 on the abdomen is frequently pitchy. 



The larva feeds on Pteris aquilina, and more rarely 

 on Polystichum filix-mas. Its body is bright, rather 



