286 PHYLLOTOMA VAGANS, 



Phyllotoma ochropoda, Thorns., Hym. Sc., i, 177, 2 ; Cam., 



Proc. N. H. S. Glas., ii, 318 ; 

 Andre, Species, i, 235; Cat., 

 28,* 3. 



Black, shining; inner orbits of the eyes, labrum, clypeus partly, 

 palpi and trochanters, white. Legs pale yellow, verging to testaceous ; 

 coxae and base of femora black. Wings dark smoky, apex hyaline. 



The g has the antennae thirteen-jointed, thicker and longer than in 

 the ? ; the two basal joints are white, the others dull brown ; the face 

 has a greater amount of white than in the ? ; the pronotum, pleuree 

 and tegulae are clear white ; the base of coxee, trochanters, extreme base 

 of femora and the under side of abdomen white. Wings almost hyaline, 

 with a faint cloud in the middle. 



Length 2^ lines. 



From nemorata and aceris, ochropoda may be known 

 by the colour of the legs, the black tegulae and prono- 

 tum (in the ? ), and the greater number of joints in 

 the antennao. 



The larva mines the leaves of the aspen (Populus 

 tremula) in the autumn. 



Apparently a rare species. "Worcester. 



Continental distribution : Sweden, Germany. 



4. PHYLLOTOMA VAGANS. 

 Plate VI, fig. 5, Larva. 



Hylotoma vagans, Fall., Acta. Holm., 1808, 47, 24. 



Emphytus melanopygus, Klug, Berl. Mag., viii, 275, 185 ; Htg., 



Blattw., 256, 4. 



amaurus, Klug, 1. c., 186 ; Htg., 1. c., 265, 5. 

 Phyllotoma melanopyga, Kalt, Pfl., 620; Toll., Tidj. Ent., i 



(2nd Ser.), 196201, pi. 8 ; 

 Ent., No. 102, 7074. 



microcephala, Healy, Ent., No. 60, 177. 



vagans, Thorns., Hym. Sc., i, 178, 3 ; Cam., Proc. 



N.H.S. Glas., ii, 319; Fauna, 

 23, 2; Andre, Species, i, 236, 

 pi. xiv, figs. 5 and 6; Cat., 

 29,* 6. 



Antennae about the length of the abdomen, ten to twelve- jointed, 

 black, pilose, the two basal joints of nearly equal size, the first having a 

 short pedicle at the base, the third double the length of the fourth, 

 which is longer than the second basal ; the remaining joints to the 



Eenultimate become a little shorter, the last is conical, thinner and 

 mger than the preceding. Head not much narrower than the thorax, 

 much broader than long ; eyes projecting, front depressed ; frontal and 

 vertical sutures distinct ; clypeus notched ; labrum semicircular, slightly 

 pubescent. The colour of the head is black, save the inner orbits of the 



