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brown trophi. The legs are obscure glassy grey, the 

 thoracic bearing a somewhat curved brown spot, pro- 

 longed towards the ends ; the claws are brown ; over 

 each of the legs is an olive- coloured spot. 



After the last moult the colour is much paler, the 

 back brownish-green, the under side of a browner hue, 

 and the head obscure brown. 



How and when the eggs are laid I do not know ; 

 the insect never appears in the spring, at least, that 

 is my experience ; I have always taken it late in autumn, 

 even as late as the second week in October. Never- 

 theless, Stephens says that it occurs in June and July, 

 the time when the larvae are found. 



It is not uncommon in the west of Scotland. In 

 England it has been found near Worcester, Bristol, 

 the London district, Glanvilles 5 Wootton, Devonshire 

 and Norwich. 



Continental distribution : Sweden, Germany, Hol- 

 land, France. 



8. EMPHYTUS FILIFORMIS. 



Empliytus filiformis, King, Berl. Mag., viii, 285, 223; Ste., 111., 



vii, 90, 8; Htg., Blattw., 251, 15 ; 

 Evers., Bull. Mosc., xx, 28,- 7; 

 Andre, Species, i, 246 ; Cat., 30 * 4, 



apicalis, Klug, 1. c., 285, 208; Htg., 1. c., 251, 16. 



Klugii, Thorns., Hym., i, 194, 10. 



Black, covered with a short down. Tegulaa yellow. Legs yellowish, 

 apical half of anterior tarsi, posterior tarsi wholly, apex of posterior 

 tibias broadly and the coxa?, black ; tibia? pale at the base ; the four 

 apical joints of antenna and cenchri white. Wings hyaline, costa fus- 

 cous, stigma darker ; the nervures are pale at the base. 



<^. Antennas quite black. 



Length 4 4| lines. 



Easily distinguished from all the preceding species 

 by the colour of the legs and pilose head, and from 

 the next species (serotinus) by the black abdomen. 



This is, I believe, not a common species anywhere. 

 I only know of Stephens' specimens which were taken 

 in Darentli Wood in June and July. 



