16 MANDIBULATA. HYMKNOPTERA. 



Sp. 1. pilicornis. Corpore utro-cccrulescente, alis pallid'e nigricantibux, apice 

 dilutiorihus, pedUms nigrix aibldo-vestith, aniennis elangufh nigris nigro- 

 ciliatis, areola suhmargiiiaJi tertla apice superiore producici. (Long. corp. 

 2| lin. ; Exp. Alar. 6 Hn.) 



Hy. pilicornis. Leach.- Sieph. Caral. 325. No. Z16Q. 



^lue-black; antenna black, very long and slender, scarcely thickened at the 

 apex, and ciliated with black ; wings pale dusky, paler at the apex, the 3rd 

 submarginal areolet produced on the upper apex ; legs black, with a whitish 

 pile. 

 Taken at Coombe wood in May, apparently very rare. 



B. Antennae elongate, subclavate in the females, and nearly glabrous :— 

 HylotomAj St. Fat\ 



1 Sp. 2. Berberidis. Corpore atro-coeruleicente, alis coerulescente-fuscis, abdo- 

 minis segmento ultimo venirali {infemina) forcipis instar producto. (Long, 

 corp. 4lin. ; Exp. Alar. 74 lin.) 



Hy. Berberidis. Klug.—Steph. Catal. 326. No. 3757. 



Body blue-black, rather slender ; wings bluish-brown; abdomen in the female 

 with the terminal ventral segment with a process resembling forceps; 

 antennae black, slender. 

 Found by Dr. Leach in the west of England. 



Sp. 3. Anglica. Corpore atro-caerulescente, alisalbidisfuscescentesubnebulosis, 



antennis pedibusque nigris, his albido villosis. (Long. corp. 4 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 



7^ lin.) 

 Hy. Anglica. Leach.— Steph. Catal. 326 No. 3758. 

 Head, thorax, and abdomen shining blue-black ; legs black, with a whitish 



pile ; antennae also black, rather stout; wings whitish, slightly clouded with 



brownish. 



Taken at Darenth wood in May ; not common. 



Sp. 4. enodis. Antenna, capite, thorace, abdomine pedibusque atro-cceruleis, alis 



atro-carulescentibus, apice albo-hyalinis. (Long. corp. 4—5 lin.; Exp. Alar. 



9— 10 lin.) 

 Te. enodis. Linne.—'Ry. enodis. Steph. Catal. 326. No. 3759. 

 Antennae, head, thorax, abdomen, and legs, shining blue-black ; wings also 



blue-black, with the apex hyaline and white. 



Rare : found in the vicinity of London, and in the west of England, 

 in May and June. 



Sp. 5. violacea. Atro-carulea, albido-vestita, alis hyalinis, subfuscescentibus, 

 macula substigmate fused. (Long. corp. 5 lin.; Exp. Alar. 10 lin.) 



Hy. violacea. Klug.—Steph. Catal. 326. No. 3760. 



Deep shining blue-black, clothed with a whitish down; tibiae and tarsi 

 blackish ; wings hyaline, slightly brown, with a darker spot on the disc 

 near the stigma. 



More abundant than the last, though not common : taken occa- 



