ATHALIA SPINARUM. 307 



in Clydesdale, Dumfriesshire, Rannoch and Sutherland- 

 shire ; have seen specimens from Berwickshire, Aber- 

 deen, and in England it has occurred in the London 

 district, Glanvilles' Wootton, Norwich, Gloucester, 

 Worcester and Manchester. 



On the Continent it has been recorded from Sweden, 

 Lapland, France and Dalmatia, and no doubt it is 

 very generally distributed over the north and north- 

 west. I have seen a good many German specimens. 



2. ATHALIA SPINARUM. 

 Plate XIV, fig. 2, ? ; Plate III, fig. 11, Lar. 



Tenthredo spinarum, Fab., S. E., ii, 110, 20 ; Klug, Berl. Mag., 



viii, 127, 1 ; Zett., I. L., 339, 3. 

 centifolia, Pz., F. G., 49, 18. 

 colibri, Cbr. B., 434, pi. 50, fig. 1. 



Hylotoma spinarum, Fab., S. P., 26, 21. 



Phyllototna spinarum, Fall., Mon. Tenth., 27, 1. 



Athalia spinarum, Leach, Z. M., Ill, 126 ; Dbm., Prod., 62, 9 ; 



Claris, 16 (lar.) ; Yarrell, Proc. Z. S., 

 ii, 67; Ste., 111., vii, 42,1; Curtis, 

 B. E., 617 (details); Farm., Ins., 

 37, pi. B (lar., &c.) ; West, Int., ii, 

 102 ; Evers., Bull. Mosc., xx, 34, 

 1 ; Voll., Tidj.Ent., 109, 111, pi. 9 

 (im., lar., &c.) ; Zool. S. S., 9067 ; 

 Tasch., Ent. Gart, 150, 63, figs. 36 

 and 37 (im. and lar.); Newport 

 Prize Essay ; Fraunf. Verb. z. b. 

 Ges., 1866, 839; Thorns., Hym. 

 Scand., i, 173, 2 ; Kalt., Pfl., 32, 

 36, 41 ; Andre, Species, i, 287, pi. 

 xvii, figs. 2, 4 and 5 ; Cat., 36,* 5. 



spinarum, var. Orientalis, Cam., Tr. Ent. Soc., 1877, 90. 

 c&ntifolia}, Lep., Mon., 24, 71 ; Ste., 111., vii, 42, 2. 



Luteous, covered above with a dense whitish pubescence. Antennas, 

 head (except the mouth, which is white and covered with a whitish 

 pubescence), the mesonotum at the sides, metanotum, apex of tibiaB and 

 the joints of the tarsi at the apex, black. In front of the mesonotum 

 the black colour forms a triangle, the base being in front, and there is a 

 faint luteous spot in the centre of the metanotum. The scutellum is 

 luteous. Sheath of saw black at the apex and very hairy. Wings hya- 

 line, with a fuscous tinge at the apex and yellowish at the base ; ner- 

 vures (except at the base, where they are yellowish), costa and stigma 

 deep black, the latter is luteous at the extreme base; tegulae luteous ; 

 palpi pale testaceous ; the upper edge of the pleurae below the wings is 

 black ; the mandibles piceous ; the blotch is large, pale yellow. 



