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nervure in the hind wings, too, being received much 

 nearer the apex of the cellule, is another mark of dis- 

 tinction. 



The wings differ in the intensity of the brownish 

 colour and of fche blotches ; also the legs vary in the 

 amount of black they bear on the tarsi, and the abdo- 

 men may be entirely black (except the blotch). 



The larva, Rudow says, is found on the alder and on 

 Salix fragilis. He describes it as being uniformly 

 green, and beset with small tubercles. 



Rare. London district (Stephens). 



Continental distribution : General. Common along 

 the Mediterranean. 



9. HYLOTOMA PAGANA. 



PI. i, %. i, ? . 



Tenthredo pagana, Pz., F. G., Heft 49, pi. xvi. 



tricolor, GmeL, Syst. Nat., i, pt. 5, 265, 7, 101. 



nigriventris, Pz., Schaff., Ins., 168, 237. 

 Hylotomaflaviventris, Fall., Acta, 1807, 202, 8. 



pagana, Latr., Nat. Hist., xiii, 134, 5 ; Spin., Ins. 

 Lig., i, 53, 12; Klug, Berl. Mag., vi, 61, 

 11 ; Fall., Mon., 23, 8 ; Lep., Mon., 45, 

 123; Dbrn., Consp., 6, 19; Dbm.,Prod.,77, 

 20, pi. ii, f. 56 ; Htg., Blattw., 87, 14 ; Ste., 

 111., vii, 19, 15 ; Tasch., Hym., 13 ; Thorns., 

 Hym. So., i, 41, 10; Tasch., Ent. Gart., 

 148 (lar.) ; Br. and Zad., Schr. Ges. Konig., 

 iv, 104, 30 ; Andre, Species, i, 44 ; Cat., 

 5,* 16. 



Stephensii, Leach, Z. M., iii, 123, 6 ; Curt., B. E., ii, pi. 

 Ixv; Ste., 111., vii, 19, 14; Cam., Tr. Ent. 

 Soc., 1879, 107. 



similis, Smith (nee Yoll.), Trans. Ent. Soc., 1874, 375. 



dubia, Kirby, List of Hym., i, 64, pi. v, f. 10 ( ? ). 



Yiolet-black, shining ; tibiae and tarsi paler. Abdomen luteous ; 

 blotch large, white; antennae longish. Wings violet-black. Second 

 recurrent nervure received a little in front of middle of cellule. 



Length 2^ 4 lines. 



Ab. a. tf antenna3 pale. 



b. $ and ? tibise and tarsi pale testaceous. 



c. ? . Pleurae yellow (Stephensii). 



