80 HYMENOPTERA. 



51. MYZINE VICINA. 



Plesia vicina, Guer. Rev. Zool. (1838) p. 5?. 4 ? . 



Hob. Not known. 



Genus 8. MERIA. 



Tiphia, pt., Rossi, Faun. Etrus. ii. 69 (1790). 

 Bethylus, pt., Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 236 (1804). 

 Meria, Illig. Ed. Faun. Etrus. ii. 107 (1807). 

 Tachus, Jurine, Hym. p. 154 (1807). 



1. MERIA TRIPUNCTATA. B.M. 



Tiphia tripunctata, Rossi, Faun. Etrus. ii. 69. 831. t. 4. f. 10. 



Latr. Hist. Nat. xiii. 268. 3. 



Panz. Faun. Germ. 47. 20. 



Spin. Ins. Lig. i. 81. 4. 



Bethylus Latreillii, Fabr. Syst. Piez. p. 237. 4. var. 

 Bethylus tripunctatus, Panz. Krit. Revis. ii. 134. var. 

 Meria Latreillii, Illig. Ed. Faun. Etrus. ii. 107. 831. t. 9. f. 10. 



Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 114. 



King, Beit, zur Nat. ii. 199. 1. 



Westw. Proc. Zool. Soc. (1835) p. 53. 4. 

 Meria tripunctata, Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 114. 



Van d. Lind. Obs. Hym. d'Eur. 286. 1. 



Guer. Rev. Zool. (1840) p. 363. 1. 



Lucas, Explo. Sc. Alger. iii. 287. 

 Tachus dimidiatus, Spin. Ins. Lig. ii. 31. t. 1. f. 1 $ . 

 Meria dimidiata, Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iv. 114. var. 



Van d. Lind. Obs. Hym. d'Eur. 286. 2. 

 Meria rufiventris, Klug, Beit, zur Nat. ii. 200. 3. var. 

 Meria nitidula, Klug, Beit, zur Nat. ii. 199. 2. var. 

 Meria Millefolii, St. Farg. fy Serv. Ency. Meth. x. 294. var. 

 Hob. France; Italy; Germany; Spain; Portugal. 



2. MERIA SPINOL^E. 



Meria Spinolse, Westw. Proc. Zool. Soc. (1835) p. 53. 2. 

 Meria rufifrons, Guer. Rev. Zool. (1840) p. 365. 3. 

 Larra rufifrons, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. 222. 7 ? 



M. Guerin considers this species identical with the Larra ru- 

 ff rons of Fabricius, but that is said to be from India, which ren- 

 ders the quotation doubtful; and the size of M. ruftfrons is given 

 as 7 lines, that of M. Spinolce 10 lines, 

 Hob. Sierra Leone. 



