214 ON LEUCOSPIS. 



uiiica magna subquadrata infera nigra : oviductus abdominis 

 segment! 1™^ medium attingens. (Long. corp. 6-|- lin.) 



Coquebert's figure of the femoral spot, exhibits its precise 

 form as in my insect. 



It appears to me, from the Fabrician character of L. gigas, 

 " aculeo longltudine abdominis," that King has misapplied 

 the specific name ; that his L. grandis, " aculeo abdominis 

 longitudine" is the Fabrician L. gigas, and that consequently 

 a different name ought to be given to his L. gigas. 



Leucospis, Shuckardi. Mas. Nigra, collari bifasciato, 

 scuto mesothoracico in medio tnaculis 2 oblongis, oviductu 

 abdominis basin non attingente, femoribus posticis 6-den- 

 tafis. (Long. corp. 5| lin. ; expans. alar. 9| lin.) 



L. gigantem coloribus mentiens, sed magnitudine minori, statura 

 graciliori notisque aliis distincta : caput nigrum maculis 2 rotun- 

 datis inter oculos, et partem superiorem canaliculse frontalis flavis : 

 mandibulae basi rufescentes : antennae nigrae, articulo 1™°. (nisi 

 ad basin) fulvo, 2'^°. nigro, 3''". et sequenti, etiam extreme apice 

 rufeseentibus : collare flavo-bifasciatum, fascia antica ad angulos 

 anticos pauUo dilatata ; mesothoracis scutum in medio, maculis 

 2 parvis oblongis, et ad latera utrinque vitta subcuneiformi 

 flavis ; mesothoracis scutellum lunula lata flava ; metathoracis 

 prgescutum*^ dentibus 2 parvis munitum : epimera metathoracica 

 fere tota fiava : abdomen thorace paull6 longius, segmento 

 1™°. fascia lata, 2^°. fascia angusta, 3*'°. fascia subangusta 

 flavis, omnibus in medio interruptis duabusque anticis ad latera 

 abbreviatis, denique lunulis 2 (fascia 3*'^. multo minoribus) 

 apicalibus flavis : oviductus niger, abdominis segment! 1"". 

 medium attingens : coxae anticae et intermediae nigrae, posticae 

 nigrae, angulo supero apiceque subtus (at leviter) flavo notatis : 

 pedes 4 antici fulvo-flavi, femoribus basi obscurioribus ; femoribus 

 posticis interne piceo-nigris, apice fulvis, externe flavis, macula 

 magna rotundata infera nigra, dentibus 6 nigris munitis, 1"^°, 

 brevi acuto, 2^^°. omnium longissimo acuto, reliquis longitudine 

 decrescentibus obtusis ; tibiis et tarsis posticis fulvis, illis linea 

 interna nigra : alse fuscescentes, costa saturation. 

 I am indebted to W. H. Shuckard, Esq., a gentleman 



who has devoted much attention to the study of the 



e According to the nomenclature of the thoracic segments of Mr. MacLeay, it 

 is the metathoracic praescutum, (post dorsolum, A'. S,- S. or metathoracic scutum, 

 And.) vvhicli is toothed. 



