190 STRONGYLOGASTER MACULUS. 



4. STRONGTLOGASTER MACULUS. 



Tenthredo macula, King, Berl. Mag., viii, 217, 177 ; Htg., 



Blattw., 301, 11. 

 Sir ongylog aster macula, Thorns., Op., 393, 3 ; Hym., Scand., i, 



243, 4 ; Andre, Species, i, 413 ; Cat., 



51,* 7. 



Black, scarcely shining ; covered with a short pubescence on head 

 and thorax ; clypeus and labrum, tegulse and a broad line on prothorax 

 dull yellowish- white. Abdomen irregularly banded in the middle with 

 dull red. Legs testaceous ; apex of tibise and tarsi fuscous. Wings 

 hyaline ; costa and stigma black, the former fuscous at the base ; trans- 

 verse radial nervure received not far from the third transverse cubital ; 

 third cubital cellule shorter than the second. Accessory nervure in 

 hind wing not appendiculated. 



$ has the antennae as long as the body ; posterior femora almost 

 entirely black. 



Length 3| lines. 



In form and general coloration maculus agrees 

 with mixtus, but the colour on thorax and mouth is 

 more dingy, the legs want the yellow so conspicuous 

 in mixtus ; the head and thorax are not so shining and 

 more pubescent, this being especially noticeable on the 

 pleura, the head broader and the antennas longer. 



Rare. Clydesdale on ferns. 



Continental distribution : Sweden, Germany, Tyrol. 



5. STRONGYLOGASTER MIXTUS. 

 PI. I, fig. 6 and 6 a, Larva ? 



Tenthredo mixtus, Klug, Berl. Mag., viii, 217, 176; Hartig., 



Blattw., 301, 10. 

 Srongylogaster mixtus, Cam., Fauna, 18, 2 ; Andre, Species, i, 



412; Cat., 51,* 3; Thorns., Hym. 



Scand., i, 244, 5. 



Black, smooth, shining, almost glabrous; labrum, clypeus, tegulse, a 

 broad band on the prothorax clear white; middle three or four abdominal 

 segments irregularly marked with red above, the sides testaceous ; 

 apical segments above and all the segments beneath marked with white 

 at the apex. Legs pale red; apex of coxae, trochanters, femora and 

 basal half of tibiae yellowish-white ; tarsi fuscous at the apices of the 

 joints. Wings hyaline ; costa at base pale ; the rest and stigma black ; 

 transverse radial nervure interstitial or nearly so ; accessory nervure 

 in hind wing appendiculated. 



The (^ has the antennas shorter than the body ; the base of the 



