TENTHREDINID^. CIMLEX. J 



Head, thdrax, and abdomen black ; legs the same ; tarsi, antennse, and basal 

 membrane of the abdomen luteous ; wings hyaline, with the apex and 

 second submarginal areolet fuscous. 



Extremely variable : some examples have the sides of the 3rd to the 6th 

 segments luteous or yellow, or a portion of the segments edged with, or 

 entirely luteous, or occasionally ferruginous. In some the tibiae are black, 

 in others luteous or pale fuscous, and the claws in some rare instances fer- 

 ruginous; the coloured apex to the wings varies in intensity. These 

 varieties occur in both sexes. 

 Not very abundant : found at Darenth and Coombe woods : in this 



last locality I once captured nearly twenty specimens one morning 



early in June. It has been found in Scotland. 



Sp. 3. pallida. Fusco-lutea, thorace pectoreque nigricantibus, abdomine pallide 

 luteo incisuris atris, antennis pedibusque pallide luteis, alls hyalinis apice 

 areolaque costali secunda fuscis . (Long. corp. 6| lin. ; Exp. Alar. 17 lin.) 



Ci. pallida. Steph. Catal. 324. No. 3736. 



Dusky-luteous, with the thorax and breast blackish; abdomen pale luteous, 

 with the base of the segments black, antennae and legs pale luteous ; wings 

 hyaline, with the costa, the second areolet anteriorly and the apex deep 

 fuscous. 



This insect resembles the foregoing in its wings, and Ci. Griffinii in the colour 

 of the abdomen and legs : it may be a very extraordinary variety of Ci. 

 varians. 

 Taken in June near Colney-hatch at Hollick wood. 



tSp. 4. decemmaculata. Violascente-nigra, antennis tar sis et memlrand abdo- 

 minali luteis, abdomine segtnentisS — 7 utrinque macula (J.ntermediis 6 majo- 

 ribus)Jlavd. (Long. corp. 10 — 11 lin. ; Exp, Alar. 21 — 23^ lin.) 



Ci. decemmaculata. Leach. — Curtis, v. i. pi. 41. — Steph. Catal. 324. A^o. 3737. 



Violet-black; head, thorax, and abdomen beneath black; antennae, abdominal 

 membrane, and tarsi luteous ; abdomen above with a yellow spot on each 

 side of the 3rd to the 7th segments, the six intermediate ones being largest; 

 wings of a slightly tawny hue, with the apex and second marginal areolet 

 darker. 

 Found near Windsor, but very rare. 



Sp. 5. Griffinii. Lutea, pectore saturatiore, abdomine Jlavo segmentorum inter~ 

 stitiis nigris, alts subjulvescentibus, areola secunda costali saturatiore. (Long, 

 corp. 11 lin.; Exp, Alar. 18—21 lin.) 



Ci. Griffinii. Leach — Steph. Catal. 324. No. 3738.— Te. hitea. Donovan, 

 Brit. Ins. v. vi. pi. 324 $ . 



Luteous ; breast, and sometimes the base of the abdomen slightly, darker or 

 fuscescent ; abdomen yellow, with the interstices (or base) of the segments 

 black, and with a dorsal line composed of ferruginous, or fuscescent dots ; 



