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shining, scutcllum opaque at the base. Wings subhyaline ; tr. radial 

 nervure is almost interstitial ; the second recurrent is received very near 

 the middle of the cellule; tegulse black. The antennaB are short, thick, 

 the joints distinctly separated, a little produced at the apices on the 

 underside. ? and $. 

 Length 2* 3 lines. 



Readily distinguished from all the species by its 

 black legs, almost opaque head, short thick antennae, 

 and interstitial nervure. 



The larva, according to Stein, has a bluish-green 

 body, clear lilac beneath and on the sides. The head 

 is clear brown, darker on the vertex, and with black 

 eyespots. Stein found the larvse in the pith of 

 Cirsium lanceolatum, but it is not known if they fed 

 on that plant. 



Very common all over Scotland in June ; apparently 

 not very abundant in the south. Norwich (Bridgman). 



European distribution : Sweden, Germany, France, 

 Russia. 







13. EMPHYTDS PEBLA. 

 PI. XI, fig. 9 <? . 



perla, Klug, Berl. Mag., viii, 289, 217 ; Ste., 111., vii. 

 89, 3 ; Htg., Blattw., 252, 24 ; Bouche, 

 Naturg. 140 (lar.), Kalt, Pfl., 237 ; 

 Thorns., Hym. Scand, i, 197, 15; 

 Cam., Fauna, 21, 8 ; Andre, Species, 

 i, 257 ; Cat., 32,* 26. 

 Emphytus Bohemani, Thorns., Opus., 275, 10. 



Black, covered with a grey pubescence, mouth, tegula?, a broad line 

 on the pronotuin, a broad irregular band on the pleurae, belly, coxa& 

 and trochanters, white; femora and four anterior tibia? and tarsi 

 yellowish-white ; the femora with a reddish tinge ; the four hind 

 tibias and tarsi lined with fuscous ; blotch large, white. Abdomen 

 above reddish, the two basal segments black ; along the sides are four 

 triangular black marks, their pointed ends facing the centre. Head a 

 little punctured. Wings hyaline, costa, nervures and stigma fuscous ; 

 the radial nervure is received a little beyond the second cubital or 

 interstitial. 



Length 2| 3 lines. 



Bouche is the only author who has described the 

 larva. He says that it closely resembles the larva of 





