32 MANDIBULATA. HYMENOPTEllA. 



omnibus apice fuscis, alls fuscis, apice hyalinis. (Long. corp. 3^ — 4 lin. ; 

 Exp. Alar. 6 — 7 lin.) 



Ne. fuscipennis. St. Fargeau. — Steph. Nomen. '2d edit. col. 124. 



Head black ; mouth and a spot on each side above the eyes testaceous ; thorax 

 blackj with a geminated testaceous spot behind; abdomen rusty-testaceous, 

 black at the base ; legs testaceous, the 2 hinder tibiae and tips of all the 

 joints of the tarsi fuscous; wings brown at the base, the apex somewhat 

 hyaline, the nervures fuscous, and the stigma testaceous. 

 Apparently rare: found at Birch wood, and at Coombe, in June. 



Sp. 21. bipartitus. Testaceus, antennis supra capite thoracis dorso scutello, 

 sternoque et segmento 1-mo abdominis nigris, ore pallida. (Long. corp. Sg — 

 3J lin.; Exp. Alar. 4|— 6 lin.) 



Ne. bipartitus. St. Fargeau.— Steph. Catal. 329. No. 3808. 



Antennae black, testaceous beneath ; head black, with the mouth, clypeus, and 

 a spot on each side on the crown testaceous ; thorax testaceous, its back, 

 scutellum, and sternum black; abdomen bright testaceous, the 1st segment 

 black, or with a transverse streak of that colour ; legs entirely testaceous ; 

 wings hyaline, with testaceous nervures. 

 Taken in July within the metropolitan district, but rare. 



Sp. 22, apicalis. Niger, antennis subtus, ore, clypeo, humeris abdomine {basi 

 excepta) pedibusque totis rufo-testaceis. (Long. corp. 3 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 

 5k lin.) 



Me. apicalis. Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. col. 124. 



Head black, with the orbits above, the mouth, and the antennae beneath 

 testaceous, the latter above black ; thorax black, with the shoulders testa- 

 ceous ; abdomen light red-testaceous, with the two basal segments black ; 

 metathorax with two yellowish spots ; legs entirely pale red-testaceous ; 

 wings hyaline, slightly fuscescent, with the nervures pitchy, the costa and 

 stigma pale testaceous, the base of the latter fuscous. 

 Found near London in June, at Coombe wood. 



Sp. 23. Ribesii. Testaceus, capite antennis supra thorace (^humeris exceptis) 

 sterno abdominisque basi nigris. (Long. corp. 2^ — 3 lin.; Exp. Alar. 5 — 

 5|lin.) 



Ne. Ribesii. Steph. Caial. 329. No. 3809. 



Head black, with the labrum and antennae beneath testaceous ; thorax black, 

 the shoulders testaceous , abdomen testaceous^ with the 2 basal segments 

 black ; sternum black, pleurae pale testaceous ; metathorax with 2 whitish 

 elevated dots ; legs totally pale testaceous ; wings hyaline, whitish, Avith 

 pale testaceous brown nervures, and the costa and stigma also testaceous, 

 the latter of an uniform tint. 



The larva feeds on the common red-currant. 



Taken in gardens in the vicinity of the metropolis. 



