ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES. 513 



1, Melee. Tisiphone. Nigra,- corpore, lateribus fusco- 

 cinereo obscure punctatis ; capite, tibiisque totis nigris. 



Entirely black, with the exception of obscure lighter markings 

 on the side of the metapodeon and octoon ; and two minute 

 cinereous spots on the ennaton within its lateral margin. 

 Taken in the New Forest, Hampshire, by Capt. Blomer, 



and obhgingly lent to me by Mr. Shuckard. 



2. Melee. Mega^ra. Nigra; corpore, lateribus obscure albido 

 punctatis, cajnte tiigro, meso- et metatibiis extrorsumfiisco- 

 cinereo obscure jJtt'ictatis ad basin. 



Black : head posteriorly is slightly tinged with fusco-cinereous ; 

 scutum of the prothorax, anterior portion of the scutum, and the 

 pleura of the mesothorax with a fusco-cinereous pilosity : on the 

 sides of the metapodeon and octoon are cinereous pilosities, two 

 minute cinereous spots on the ennaton and decaton, within their 

 lateral margin ; on the exterior part of the middle and hind tibiae 

 is an obscure fusco-cinereous mark at the base. 



Taken in Herefordshire, in company with Andrena tibialis. 



o. Melee. Alecto. Nigra ; corpore lateribus obscure fusco- 

 cinereo punctatis ; capite fusco-cinereo ; mesoiibiis extror- 

 sum fere omnino fusco-cinereis. 



Black : head with tlie clypeus, cinereous ; the posterior portion 

 adjoining the prothorax clothed with a fusco-cinereous pilosity : 

 prothorax and scutum of mesothorax fusco-cinereous ; scutellum 

 of mesothorax, metathorax, and propodeon black, with black 

 pilosity ; lateral portions of these segments clothed with fusco- 

 cinereous pilosity ; anterior margin and sides of the propodeon, 

 and octoon, clothed with fusco-cinereous pilosity ; the ennaton 

 and decaton each with two minute whitish spots considerably 

 within the lateral margin : middle tibicE, with the exception of a 

 very small space at each end, fusco-cinereous. 



Taken at Epping, Wandsworth, Deptford, &c. ; discovered 

 by Mr. Shuckard to be parasitic on Anihophora Haworthana. 



4. Melee. Clotho. Nigra; corpore lateribus cinereo punc- 

 tatis; capite fusco-cinereo ; meso- et metatibiis extrorsum 

 cinereo obscure punctatis ad basin. 



Black : head, particularly the clypeus, clothed with a cinereous 

 pilosity ; scutal and lateral portions of the pro- and mesothorax 

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