28 MANDIBULATA. — HYMENOrTERA. 



Head, thorax, abdomen, and antennae black ; legs black, spotted with white 

 wings hyaline, pale, with a yellowish stigma ; mouth varied with white. 

 Taken at Hertford in July last. 



Sp. 3. crassicornis. Niger, pedibus testaceis, femorum basi nigris, antennis 

 brevibus crassis, alisfuscescentibus, stigmaU saturatiori. (Long. corp. 3 lin. ; 

 Exp. Alar. 5—6 lin.) 



Ne. crassicornis. Steph. Catal. 328. A^o. 3791. 



Head, thorax, abdomen, and antennse black, the last short and thickened, 

 especially at the base; legs pale whitish, with the base of the femora 

 black ; the extreme tip of the hinder tibise and the entire posterior tarsi 

 dusky-brown ; wings yellowish-brown, the costa pale, and the stigma deep 

 brown. 

 Found, but rarely, at Coombe wood, towards the middle of June. 



Sp. 4. grandis. Testaceus, antennis, capite, thoracis dorso pectoreque nigris, alis 

 testaceis, nervurisfuscis. (Long. corp. 4 — 4$ lin. ; Exp. Alar. 6 — 8 lin.) 



Ne. grandis. St. Fargeau.— Steph. Catal. 328. No. 3792. 



Head and antenna3 black ; thorax testaceous, its back, metathorax, and middle 

 of the breast black ; abdomen pale testaceous, with the base brownish; legs 

 and palpi pale testaceous ; wings testaceous, with the nervures fuscous ; 

 stigma and costa testaceous-brown. 

 Not uncommon at Darenth wood and Ripley in June. 



Sp. 5. pectoralis. Testaceus, antennis thorace maculis 3-bus punctisque 2-bus 

 dorsalibus, sternoque nigris, tarsisfuscis. (Long. corp. 4 lin.; Exp. Alar. 

 6 lin. 



Ne. pectoralis. St. Fargeau. — Steph. Catal. 328. No. 3793. 



Head testaceous, with the crown fuscous ; antennse black ; thorax testaceous, 

 with 3 spots and 2 dots on the back black ; sternum black ; abdomen and 

 legs testaceous, tarsi fuscous; wings hyaline, with fuscous nervures ; the 

 costa and stigma pale. 

 Scarce ? taken at Darenth wood in June. 



Sp. 6. clitellatus ? Pallide testaceus, antennis vertice thoracis, dorso, femoribusque 

 4 anticis basi, nigris. (Long. corp. Sg lin.; Exp. Alar. 9 — 10 lin.) 



Ne. clitellatus. St. Fargeau ?— Steph. Catal. 328. No. 3794. 



Head pale testaceous, with the crown and antennse black ; thorax black, with 

 the shoulders, a streak on each side beneath the wings, and two dots on the 

 metathorax pale testaceous ; abdomen with the base brown above ; legs 

 testaceous, with the base of the four anterior black, and the posterior tarsi 

 fuscous ; wings hyaline, with the nervures, costa, and stigma fuscous. 



This seems to differ from Ne. clitellatus in having the posterior tarsi, costa of 

 the anterior wings, and the stigma fuscous ; in that species, the former are 

 said to be testaceous, and the latter 2 pale. 

 A rare species : found near Camberwell and in Darenth wood, 



towards the end of June. 



