ASCIA. 303 



petiolated. Anterior legs slender ; hind femora thicJc, clavate, armed 

 beneath with slender spines ; hind tibiae curved ; hind tarsi slightly di- 

 lated. Male. Front narrow. Abdomen fusiform. Fern. Front broad. 

 Abdomen obclavate, broader than that of the male. 



1. podagrica, Fb. sp. i. ii. 430. 43 (1781); Shr.; Gm. ; Pz. ; 

 LI.; Fin. ; Mg. ; Mq. ; Ztt. ichneumonea, Shr. i. a. elongata, Shr. f.b. 

 Nigro-chalybea, antennis nigris articulo tertio subtus rufo, alis sub- 

 cinereis fusco-semifasciatis, venis transversis fusco-nebulosis, abdomine 

 fulvo-bifasciato, pedibus fulvis, tibiis nigro-cinctis, femoribus posticis 

 nigris. Long. 2-2 1 ; alar. 4-5 lin. 



Chalybeous-black. Head with a hoary tinge behind and beneath. 

 Antennas black ; third joint red beneath. Wings slightly grey, with a 

 brown band extending from the middle of the costa to the disc ; apical 

 transverse veins clouded with dark brown. Halteres pale yellow. Ab- 

 domen with tawny bands along the hind borders of the second and of 

 the third segments ; fourth and fifth segments aeneous. Legs tawny ; 

 hind coxa? black ; hind femora black, yellow towards the base ; a black 

 band round each tibia, that of the hind tibia much the broadest ; hind 

 metatarsi brown above. War. /3, fern. A notch on the hind border of 

 the second abdominal band. Var. 8, fern. Abdominal bands interrupted. 

 Var. y,fem. First abdominal band interrupted ; second notched. 



Generally distributed and very abundant. (E. S. I.) 



2. dispar, Mg. zw. iii. 188. 4. pi. 27. f. 28 (1822); Mq.; Ztt. 

 ^Eneus, antennis nigris, alis subcinereis immaculatis, abdomine non acu- 

 minato, tibiis tarsisque fulvis, illorum fasciis metatarsisque anticis et 

 posticis nigris. Long. 2 ; alar. 4 lin. 



JSneous. Epistoma covered with yellow down. Antennas black. 

 Wings pale grey, not clouded:, stigma brown. Halteres luteous. 

 Tibiae and tarsi tawny ; tibiae with black bands ; tips of the tarsi 

 brown ; fore and hind metatarsi black. 



Eare. In the British Museum. (E. I.) 



3. hastata, Hms. ; Mg. zw. iii. 189. 5 (1822). .ZEnea, antennis 

 nigris, articulo tertio subtus rufo, alis subcinereis immaculatis, abdomine 

 acuminato, pedibus fulvis, femoribus anterioribus tibiisque nigro-cinctis, 

 femoribus posticis nigris. Long. 2 ; alar. 4 lin. 



Body aeneous-black. Head with a hoary tinge behind and beneath. 

 Wings slightly grey, not clouded ; stigma pale brown. Halteres pale 

 yellow. Abdomen slender ; last segment aeneous. Legs tawny ; hind 

 coxae black ; hind femora black, yellow towards the base ; tibiae and 

 anterior femora with black bands ; hind metatarsi brown above. 



Eare. In the collection of the Entomological Club. (E.) 



