120 CEPHUS TABIDDS. 



Apparently not uncommon. London district, "Wor- 

 cester (Fletcher). 



Continental distribution : Sweden, Germany. 



5. CEPHCTS PHTHISICUS. 

 PL III, fig. 7, ? ; fig. 8, 3 . 



Cephus phthisicus, Fab., S. P., 251, 5 ; Lep., Mon., 21, 61. 



pallipes, Htg., Blattw., 302, 9 ; Thorns., Hymen. Sc., i, 



320, 3 ; Evers., Bull. Mosc., xx, 64, 6 ; Andre, 

 Species, i, 527, Cat. 65,* 10. 



cultrarius, Htg., 1. c. 363, 9 ; Evers., 1. c., 64, 5. 



immaculatus, Ste., 111., vii, 107. 

 phthisicus, Kirby, Hym., i, 360, pi. xiv, fig. 3. 



Black ; mandibles, knees, tibiae and tarsi, testaceous, apex of hind 

 tibiae and the greater part of the hind tarsi black. Wings subhyaline, 

 recurrent nervure interstitial ; transverse median nervure almost inter- 

 stitial. The head and mesonotum are sub-opaque, finely punctured. 



The c? has a broad yellow band on the fourth, fifth, and sixth abdo- 

 minal segments, and the anal segment is also more or less yellow ; the 

 antennae are usually brownish at the apex and the anal segment. 



Length 4 5 lines. 



Not common. London districts, Hertford, Bristol 

 (Stephens). 



Continental distribution : Sweden, Germany, France, 

 Italy. 



6. CEPHUS TABIDUS. 

 PI. Ill, fig. 9. 



Sirex tdbidus, Fab., S. E., 326, 8. 



Astatus tdbidus, Klug, Mon. Sir., 59, pi. vii, fig. 3, a, b. 



Cephus tabidus, Fab., S. P., 252, 6 ; Lep., Mon., 20, 57 ; Ste., HI., 

 vii, 106, 9; Htg., Blattw., 363; Taschen- 

 berg, Zeits. Ges. Natur., xxxviii, 306 ; Costa, 

 F. N., Cef. 8; Andre, Species, i, 535, Cat. 

 66,* 26 * 

 mandibularis, Lep., Mon., 19, 54. 



Tenthredo longicollis, Fourc., E. P., ii, 578, 45. 



Black ; mandibles, fore knees and tibiae and tarsi in front, yellow ; 

 a longish spot on the side of each abdominal segment (the whole forming 

 an almost continuous band) luteous ; wings hyaline, costa fuscous. 



Length 4 lines. 



