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red ; sheath pale, the nervures paler and the antennae 

 shorter. 



According to Westwood the ? oviposits in the 

 apple bloom. The larva then takes to the young 

 apples, inside of which it lives. When the apples 

 become as big as walnuts they fall to the ground, 

 carrying the grubs along with them, which then creep 

 out, and enter the ground where they pupate, this 

 taking place at the end of June and beginning of July. 

 A similar account has been given by Dr. Ebrard de 

 Bourg and Delacour de Beauvais (cf. Kaltenbach, 1. c.). 



This may be (and no doubt is) a common species in 

 gardens, but I have only seen Stephens' specimens 

 (from Hertford) and a specimen taken by Mr. Joseph 

 Chappell in the Manchester distinct. West wood's 

 observations were made at Hammersmith. 



Continental distribution : Sweden, Germany, France, 

 Holland. 



2. HOPLOCAMPA FEREUGINEA. 



Tenthredo ferruginea,~Pz., F. G.,90, fig. 9; Lep., Mon., 115, 337. 



Hylotoma ferruginea. Fab., S. P., 27, 24. 



Tenthredo brunnea, Klug, Berl. Mag., viii, 16 ; Htg., Blattw., 



277, 38. 



Selandria ferruginea, Ste., 111., vii, 47, 7. 

 HopLocampa ferruginea, Thome., Opus., 277, 2; Hym. Scand., i, 



201, 3 ; Andre, Species, i, 325, pi. 



xviii, fig. 1 (im.) ; Cat., 41,* 1. 



Reddish ; the posterior edges of mesonotum and metanotum black ; 

 tibiae and tarsi pale. Wings yellowish, with a broad brownish band in the 

 middle ; stigma blackish at base ; the apex and nervures reddish-yellow. 

 The vertex and mesonotum finely punctured ; mandibles piceous. 



The $ bears three black marks on the mesonotum, and a smaller 

 one on the vertex. 



Length 2 2 lines. 



The puncturing on the mesonotum is much closer 

 and deeper than in the succeeding species ; the colour 

 of the body is redder, the body less shining, and the 

 brownish blotch in the wings affords another good 

 mark of separation. 



