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sionally at Coombe and Darenth woods towards the end of May and 

 beginning of June. 



Sp. 6. caerulea. Corpore-casruleo, alls albo hyalinis, tibiarum, posticarum basi 

 albicante, antennisnigris. (Long. corp. 4 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 1\ lin.) 



Hy. caerulea. Klvg.—Steph. Catal. 326. No. 3761. 



Blue, shining, with a faint whitish pile; palpi yellowish; antennae and legs 

 black, the latter with the tibiae and tarsi paler, the base of the tibiae faintly 

 whitish ; wings whitish hyaline, faintly stained with brownish, and with a 

 darker cloud of the same in the second marginal areolet. 

 Also rather uncommon : taken within the metropolitan district in 



May and June. 



Sp. 7. ustulata. Corpore caerulescente, antennis nigris, mandibulis apice piceis, 

 palpis, tibiis tarsisque luteo-albis, alisjlavescentibus macula costalipone medium 

 J'usca. (Long. corp. 4 — 4^ lin.; Exp. Alar. 7 — 9 lin.) 



Te. ustulata. Linni. — Hy. ustulata. Steph. Catal. 326. No. 3762. 



Body bluish ; antennae black ; mandibles pitchy at the apex ; palpi, tibiae, and 

 tarsi luteous-white ; wings yellowish, with lutescent nervures, a distinct 

 brown spot on the costa behind the middle, and adjoining the stigma: and 

 at the apex is a faint cloud of the same hue. 

 Common on umbelliferous flowers in the woods throughout the 



metropolitan district ; also in hedges, banks, &c. from May to July. 



Sp. 8. Leachii. JEneo-nigra, antennis nigris, subtus piceis, tibiis tarsisque 

 albidis, alis hyalinis pallide fusee scentibus, macula costali pone medium fusca. 

 (Long. corp. 4 — 4^ lin.; Exp. Alar. 7| — 8 lin.) 



Hy. Leachii. Steph. Catal. 326. No. 3763. 



Of a slightly brassy-black ; antennae black, with the under surface pitchy ; 

 palpi whitish : tibiae and tarsi the same ; wings hyaline, of a pale fuscescent 

 tinge, with brownish nervures, a large spot of brown on the costa behind the 

 middle, and a faint cloud at the apex. 

 Found at Darenth wood in June and July, apparently scarce. 



Sp. 9. Klugii. Plate xxxv. f. 4. — Subaneo-nigra, alis fuscescenti-fuhescen- 



tibus, nebula costali saturatiore, tibiis tarsisque luteis. (Long. corp. 3| lin. ; 



Exp. Alar. 7^ lin.) 

 Hy. Klugii. Leach.— Steph. Catal. 326. No. 3764. 

 Of a somewhat brassy-black : antennae black, in the male with long cilia ; 



legs with brassy-black femora, and pale luteous tibiae and tarsi ; wings of a 



brownish-fulvescent hue, with dusky nervures, and a slightly darker spot on 



the costa adjoining the stigma. 

 Supposed to be the male of the following, but I possess both sexes of each 



species. 



Taken at Birch wood, and in the vicinity of Darenth, but not 

 common. 



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