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ochreous-yellow, the femora^ especially the hinder pair, dusky above ; base 

 of the antennae ochreous ; wings hyaline, nervures brown ; stigma pale 

 yellowish. 



Found in the vicinity of London, in Battersea and Copenhagen- 

 fields, about June, but not very common; apparently more abundant 

 near Rochford, in Essex. 



Sp. 4. afRnis. Nigra, nitida, antennarum basi, ore, coJlaris margiiiibus, pedi- 

 busque anteriuribus ochraceo-Jiavis, abdomine punctis Jlavis, alis hyalinisi 

 stigmaie subflavescente. (Long. corp. $ 5 lin. ; ? 7 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 7 — 9 lin.) 



Ra. affinis. Leach MSS.—Steph. Catal. 314>. No. 3530. 



Shining, black : mouth luteous, varied with black ; base of the antennae dull 

 ochreous ; all the margins of the collar more or less broadly ochreous- 

 yellow; legs ochreous-yellow, the four anterior femora with a blackish line 

 above, the posterior pair wholly pitchy ; tips of hinder tarsi also pitchy ; 

 abdomen with minute yellow, or straw-coloured dots, placed in two rows 

 on each side ; wings hyaline, with fuscous nervures, and a very slightly fus- 

 cescent stigma. 



Also taken in June, near London. 



Sp. 5. maculicollis. Nigra, nitida, antennarum basi, clypeo, tibiis larsisque 

 ochraceo-Jiavis, collare fulvescente-ochraceo nigro maculato lateribus luteo- 

 Jlavis ; alis subjlavescentibus stigmaie concolore, nervisfuscescentibus. (Long, 

 corp. 6 5 lin.; ? 6| lin. ; Exp. Alar 6 — 8 lin.) 



Ra. maculicollis. Leach MSS.—Steph. Catal. 314. No. 3531. 



Black, shining : head small, slightly punctured ; base of antennae and clypeus 

 ochreous, the latter with two black dots beneath the antennae ; collar dull 

 tawny ochreous, with irregular black spots ; the lateral margins broadly 

 ochreous-yellow; abdomen with the edges of the segments pale yellow; 

 legs ochreous-yellow, with the base of the hinder femora, and a line on the 

 others above, dusky or blackish; wings faintly tinged with yellowish, with 

 the stigma concolorous ; nervures fuscescent. 



Taken at Darenth wood in June ; also near Coombe wood, and in 

 Devonshire. , 



Sp. 6. confinis. Nigra, nitida, orefuluo, collaris lateribus ochraceis, pedibus 

 ochraceo-Jiavis, alts ht/alinis, stigmate concolore, nervisfuscis. (Long, corp* 

 <J 5 lin.; ? 7 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 8—10 lin.) 



Ra. confinis. Steph. Catal. 314. No. 3532. 



Shining, black : mouth tawny, with a black dot; antennae ochreous at the 

 base, and the sides of the collar the same; legs ochreous-yellow, with a 

 dusky line on the upper edge of all the femora; abdomen with the margin* 



