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2. punctum, F. E. S. iv. 351, 159 (1792); Coq. ; Schell.; Oliv.; 

 Latr. ; Fal. ; Meig. ; Mcq. ; Zett. stigma,z.\ Fn. Ix. 21. cynipsea, 

 Desv. Nigro-viridis, antennis fuscis, alis hyalinis, abdomine pur- 

 pureo basi aureo, pedibus rujis. Long. If -2; alar. 2^-2 J lin. 



Blackish-green. Head black in front ; face red. Antennae brown ; 

 arista black. Sides of the thorax, scutellum of the metathorax, and 

 abdomen shining, the latter coppery-purple, gilded at the base. Wings 

 limpid. Halteres yellow. Legs red; posterior femora with brown 

 bands; hind tibiae brown; tarsi and middle tibiae with brown tips. 

 Var. /3. Male. First abdominal segment reddish-green. Var. y. Male. 

 Fore femora and anterior tibiae with brown bands. Var. 8. Fern. Ab- 

 domen with purple bands. Middle tibiae and hind tarsi brown. 



Generally distributed. (E.) 



The following additional species of Sepsis have been recorded 

 as British ; some of them are probably mere varieties : 



1. fulgens, ffo/m. 



2. flavimana, Meig. 



3. hilaris, Meig. mmda var? Desv. 



4. maculipes, Walk, 



5. concinna, Walk. 



6. ruficornis, Meig. 



7. nigripes, Meig. nitida, Desv. 



8. violacea, Meig. -pygmcea var.? Desv. 



9. ornata, Meig. 

 10. duplicata, Hal. 



Genus II. ENICITA. 



ENICITA, Westw. Class. Ins. i. 148 (1839). Sepsis p., Meig. ; Curt. ; 

 Zett. 



Metathoracis scutellum bene determinatum. Alae immaculate. Abdo- 

 men pubescens, subpetiolatum, convexum, arcuatum, incurvum, seg- 

 mento primo longo. Pedes graciles, pubescentes ; tibiae subarcuatae. 

 Mas. Abdomen cylindricum, apice cornubus duobus instructum. Fe- 

 mora antica subtus dentata et spinosa. Tibice anticee subtus bidentatte. 

 Tarsi intermedii dilatati. Fcem. Abdomen longi-ovatum. Pedes 

 simplices ; metatarsi basi compressi. 



Scutellum of the metathorax distinct. Wings unspotted ; costal vein 

 ending on the hind border at a short distance from the tip of the wing ; 

 subcostal ending at about one-fourth of the length ; mediastinal ending 

 at hardly beyond one-third of the length ; radial ending at three-fourths 

 of the length ; cubital ending at the tip ; praebrachial diverging from 

 the cubital between the transverse veins, very slightly converging to it 

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