1298 The Zoologist— July, 1868. 



|| Body ovate-oblong. Nectaries hardly twice longer than 



the tail, which is whitish. . . . 29. Punicce. 



Illl Body oval. Nectaries more than twice longer than the 



tail, which is dingy green. . . 30. Consolida. 



ft Body black or brown. 



X Nectaries pale at the tips. Tail luteous-brown at the base. 



31 . Euonymi. 

 X\ Nectaries and tail wholly black or brown. 



§ Tail shorter than half the length of the nectaries. 



|| Middle and hind femora whitish, brown only at the tips. 



32. Hedera. 

 (HI Middle and hind femora black, paler only at the base. 

 11 Third and fourth joints of the antenna; wholly white. 



Nectaries short, cylindrical. . . 33. Intybi. 



UU Third and fourth joints of the antenna? black, hardly 

 whitish at the base. Nectaries loug, attenuated at 

 the tips. . . . .34. Sambuci. 



§§ Tail as loug as half the length of the nectaries, or longer. 

 || Rostrum extending to the hind legs, or at least distinctly 

 extending beyond the middle legs. 



U Body olive-brown. Fourth and fifth joints of the antennae 

 equally long. Wings yellowish. . . 35. Silybi. 



1111 Body black or brownish black. Fourth joint of the 

 antennae longer than the fifth. Wings not yellowish. 



36. Viburni. 

 || Rostrum not extending beyond the middle legs. 



IT Tail greenish brown. . . . .37. Nerii. 



W! Tail black. ' 



-*■ Tail as long as half the length of the nectaries. 



Pupae with no white points on the dorsum. 38. Laburni. 

 h — t- Tail more than half the length of the nectaries. 

 Pupa? with white points on the dorsum. 

 *+ Antenna; white, hardly brown at the tips. Femora from 

 the base to the middle and tibia; white. 39. Pupaveris. 

 ++++ Antennae brown, hardly paler at the base. Femora at 



the base aud tibia? lulescent. . 40. JRumicis. 



AA. Nectaries as long as the tail, or shorter. 



a. Nectaries and tail at least twice longer than broad. 

 a. Body black, or blackish green. 



* Body bluish powdered. Nectaries as long as the tail. . 41. Craccte. 



** Body smooth, or if slightly powdered, then the nectaries distinctly 

 longer than the tail, 

 t Boa y greenish brown. Tail as long as the nectaries. 42. Serpylli. 



tf Body black. Tail longer than the nectaries. 



X Nectaries cylindrical, distinctly shorter than the tail. 43. Genista. 

 XX Nectaries thicker at the base, hardly shorter than the tail. 



44. Euphorbia. 



