18 :\rANDIBlILATA. HYMENOPTEllA. 



Sp. 10. segnientaria. Cor pore nigro-aneo, tibiis testaceo-aJhidis, abdominis 

 segmentis apice tenuissimo albido marginatis, alis hyalinis, subferrugineis, 

 Tiervix muculcque dongata ad apicein Juscis. (Long, corp. 3 — 4§lin. ; Exp. 

 i^lar. 7i— 9 liii.) 



Cry. segmentarius. Panzer. — Hy. segmentaria. Steph. Catal. 326. No. 3765. 



Body brassy-black ; antennae black, with the basal joint whitish beneath ; 

 palpi pale ; abdomen black, its apex with a whitish pile, and each segment 

 with a narrow whitish or pale lutescent margin ; tibiae, extreme apex of the 

 femora, and base of the tarsi pale testaceous- white ; wings hyaline, slightly 

 ferruginous, with the nervures, and a large irregularly-ovate spot at the 

 apex of the costa fuscous. 

 Also rather scarce : taken at Darenth wood, and near Ripley, in 



May and June. 



Sp. 1 1 . cyaneo-crocea. Ctzruleo-vigra, abdomine tibiis femoribusqve posticis, 



apice excepto, Jlavis ; alis Jlavescentihus fascia transversa siigmaiequejuscis 



(Long. corp. 3 — 4 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 7^ — 8 lin.) 

 Te. cyaneo-crocea. Furster. — Hy. cyaneo-crocea. Steph. Catal. 396. iVb.3766. 

 Head and thorax blue-b'ack, shining; abdomen yellow, with its extreme apex 



bluish ; 4 anterior femora black ; posterior tibiae pale yellow, with the apex 



alone black ; tarsi yellow, with the tips of the joints black; antennae black ; 



palpi fuscous ; wings hyaline, yellowish, dusky at the apex, the stigma and 



a transverse fascia, united to it, fuscous. 

 The anterior tibiae are sometimes pale yellow. 



Abundant on umbelliferous plants throughout the metropolitan 

 district in June, and at the beginning of July. 



Sp. 12. femoralis. Cyaneo-nigra, abdomine tibiisque Jlavis, alis Jlavescentibus 



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

 Hy. femoralis. King. — Steph. Catal. 326. No. 3767. 



Head and thorax violet-black ; abdomen luteous, with its extreme apex black; 

 legs pale luteous, with all the femora, and the tips of the posterior pair of 

 tibiae and tarsi black ; antennae black ; palpi dull luteous ; wings pale 

 yellowish, with a brown stigma. 



This is also a common species, and is found throughout the metro- 

 politan district in June, frequenting the same haunts as the pre- 

 ceding. 



Sp. 13. Rosae. Corpore Jlavo, capite thoracis dor so, pec tore, alarum anticarum 

 casta et tarsorum annulis nigris. (Long. corp. 35—44 lin.; Exp. Alar. 7 — 

 9 lin.) 



Hy. Rosje. Fabricius.— Steph. Catal. 326. No. 3768.— Te. Rosae. Donovan, 

 V. V. pi. 164. 



Head black; thorax luteous, with the back and breast black; abdomen 

 yellow ; legs the same, but paler, with the apex of the two hinder tibiae and 

 of all the tarsi black ; antennae black ; palpi luteous, wings hyaline, pale 



