AGRIONID^. — AGRION. 7^ 



Not very uncommon, in the neighbourhood of the metropolis, in 

 June. 



Sp. 10. minium. Sanguineo-minium, atro-wneo pictum, pedibus nigris. (Long. 

 Corp. 14—17 lin.; Exp. Alar. 20—23 lin.) 



Ag. minium. Charpentier, Horos JSnt. p. 13. — Ag. sanguinea. Steph. Catal. 

 307. No. 3417. 



Blood-red : head brassy-black above, greenish beneath, reddish in front, with 

 two black streaks ; eyes red ; thorax brassy-black above, with a red or 

 luteous streak on each side, the sides themselves luteous, with two black 

 stripes ; abdomen with its first segment black, five next red, with the hinder 

 margin black, 7th red, brassy in the middle, two following brassy, red 

 at the apex, 10th red, with two brassy dots ; appendage black ; legs black, 

 coxae luteous. Female with the abdomen having a brassy-black dorsal line 

 from the base of the 2nd to the tip of the 6th segment, dilated on the apex 

 of each segment, the three following segments brassy-black, the edge of 

 the 9th being red. 



Extremely abundant throughout the metropolitan district, during 

 the month of June ; also found in other parts of the country, as at 

 Dover, in Devonshire, the New Forest, &c. 



Sp. 11. fulvipes. Sanguineum, nigro-aneo pictum, pedibus rtifo-fulvis. (Long, 

 corp. 17 lin.; Exp. Alar. 24 lin.) 



Ag. fulvipes. Steph. Nomen. 'Zd edit. col. 113. 



Head brassy, front red, with two black streaks ; thorax brassy above, with a 

 slightly interrupted yellowish-red streak on each side, the sides themselves 

 and beneath reddish-yellow, with brassy sutures; abdomen blood-red, 

 the five basal segments each with two transverse brassy streaks at the 

 apex, the remainder brassy above, with the sides and apex red ; legs tawny, 

 red ; wings hyaline, stigma pale red. 



Sometimes all but the two basal segments of the abdomen are brassy above. 



Taken at Coombe wood, and near Ripley, in June. 



Sp. 12. Chloridion. Supra ceneum, subtus Jlavescens, abdomine superne leviter 

 subtus et in ultimis segmentis totis caruleo pulveratis ; fceminse thoracis dorso 

 lined picta utrinque abbreviatd punctoque adjacentejlavo. (Long. corp. 164 

 lin.; Exp. Alar. 23 lin.) 



Ag. Chloridion. Charpentier, Horm Ent. p. 14. — Ag. Lincolniensis. Steph. 

 Catal. 307. No. 3418. 



Head large ; front yellowish, very hairy, mouth black above ; crown brassy- 

 brown; eyes very large, anterior yellow, above rusty or red; collar 

 unequal, moderately rounded behind, brassy-brown, sides yellow ; thorax 

 brassy above, the sides and space between the wings yellow ; abdomen deep 



