BLENNOCAMPA LINEOLATA. 241 



Tegula}, edge of pronotum, knees, tibiae nnd tarsi white or testa- 

 ceous-white. Antennae usually shorter than abdomen, thickish, 

 third joint longer than fourth. Clypeus incised slightly at 

 apex; frontal furrows almost obsolete. Head dilated behind 

 the eyes, a suture behind them at the middle. Wings hyaline, 

 third cubital cellule shorter (bipunctata), a little longer (rufi- 

 cruris), or much longer (lineolata) than second; tr. radial 

 received a little beyond middle of cellule, or interstitial (rufi- 

 cruris) tr. median nervure received in front of middle of cellule. 

 Transverse nervures in hind wings in <$ at edge of wing 

 (lineolata). Eyes at a slight distance from base of mandibles, 

 but not so high up as in melanocephalus (Species 7, 8 and 9). 



8. BLENNOCAMPA LINEOLATA. 

 Plate XII, fig. 5, ? . 



Tcnthrcdo lineolata, Klug, Bcrl. Mag., viii, 76, 62. 



Selandria lineolata, Za4-, Beschr., 32, fig. 14 (lar.) ; Giraud, 

 Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr., 51, i, 380386 

 (as bipunctata); Kalt., Pfl., 664. 



Blennocampa lineolata, Cam., Proc. N. H. S. Glas., iii, 109; 

 Fauna, 26, 9. 



Black, shining, covered with a close grey pile ; abdominal segments 

 lined with a white pubescence ; tegulse, edge of pronotum, knees and 

 tibiae white ; apex of posterior tibiae and the tarsi fuscous. Antennae 

 shorter than the abdomen, the third joint one and a quarter times 

 longer than the fourth. Wings hyaline, iridescent; the costa, stigma 

 and nervures black ; third cubital cellule much longer than second. 



Length 2| lines. 



This species may be known from alchemillce by the 

 antcnnee being shorter than the abdomen ; the radial 

 nervure is received near the middle of the third cubital 

 cellule ; the second cubital nervure runs parallel with 

 the third and not with the first ; the second recurrent 

 is received nearer the second cubital, and the first 

 nearer the first cubital; while there is the decided 

 difference in the neuration of the posterior wings. 

 From bipunctata it is readily separated by observing 

 that the third cubital cellule is much longer than the 

 second, the opposite being the case with bipunctata, 

 which has it also broader compared to the length ; the 

 accessory nervure in hind wings is slightly longer 

 appendiculated. The $ of bipunctata has the antennae 

 shorter, thicker, and more compressed than in lineolata, 

 and the femora are reddish, lined with black. 



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