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better marked indentations. As for the common 

 nigrita, the long third cubital and the short second 

 radial cellule at once separate it. B. monticola, 

 Htg.=/e/7ato, Zaddach, is also related to it, but may 

 at once be distinguished by there being no suture 

 behind the eyes, by the short second radial cellule, by 

 the third cubital cellule being double the length of 

 second, and by the tibiae being all more or less white 

 at the sides. 



Taken among roses at Holgate, York, by Mr. T. 

 Wilson. 



Continental distribution : Germany. 



Black; knees and anterior tibiae testaceous. Antennae short, 

 pilose, third joint about one-third longer than fourth. Trans- 

 verse radial nervure received not far from third tr. cubital ; 

 third cubital cellule much longer than second, dilated, but not 

 very much, at apex; second tr. cubital nervure oblique, not 

 parallel with third which is straight; tr. median nervure 

 received beyond middle of cellule. Accessory nervure in hind 

 wings appendiculated a little beyond the middle. Frontal 

 sutures and pentagonal area well denned ; frontal fovea very 

 large. Head not dilated behind the eyes, an indistinct suture 

 at their middle behind (Species 5). 



5. BLENNOCAMPA MICANS. 



Tenthredo micans, Klug, Berl. Mag., viii, 65, 40 ; Htg., Blattw., 



276, 34. 

 Blennocampa micans, Cameron, E. M. M., xiv, 57; Andre, 



Species, i, 309 ; Cat., 37,* 8. 



Black, almost shining; head, sides of abdomen, and legs thickly 

 covered with long, closely pressed hairs. Knees and anterior tibiae 

 pale testaceous. Antennas a little longer than the head and thorax, 

 stout, thickly and closely covered with a stiff black pile, the basal joints 

 distinctly separated from each other, the apical more closely pressed 

 together; the third joint a quarter longer than the fourth; the fourth 

 a little longer than the fifth ; the ninth bluntly conical ; the antennal 

 furrow very large, deep, somewhat projecting ; frontal suture distinct ; 

 apex of clypeus and labrum truncated ; cenchri large, pale white ; 

 blotch distinct. Sheath of saw a very little projecting. Wings pale 

 smoky ; costa and stigma dark fuscous ; first recurrent nervure received 

 in the middle of the second cubital cellule; second cubital nervure 

 slopes sharply towards the base of the wing, the third' slightly towards 

 the apex. Head thick, as broad as the mesothorax. $. 



Length 2f 3 lines. 



