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Sp. 24. pavidus. Teataceus, antennis, vertice, thoracis dorso siernoque et maeulA 

 subquadrata bad abdominis nigris. (Long. corp. 2 — 85 liii.; Exp. Aiar. 

 4i— 6 ]in.) 



Ne. pavidus. St. Fargeau Man. 65. — Ne. bicolor. Steph. Catah 329. 

 No. 3807. 



Head testaceoiiSj crown and antennae black; thorax testaceous^ with its back 

 and the sternum black ; abdomen testaceous, with a nearly square black 

 spot on the basal segment; legs entirely testaceous ; wings hyaline^ with 

 testaceous nervures and stigma, the last and costa fuscescent in the females. 

 Taken at Hertford, and in other places within the metropolitan 



district, frequenting gardens, in June: it feeds, I believe, on the 



gooseberry. 



Sp. 25. interruptus. Niger, ore, clypeo, maculaque ad verticem, humeris pedi- 

 busque testaceis, abdomine testaceo segmentorum baseos lined transversali nigra. 

 (Long. corp. 3 — 4 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 5— 6k lin.) 



Ne. interruptus. St. Fargeau. — Steph. Catal. 329. No. 3810. 



Head and antennae black, with the mouth, clypeus, and a spot on each side of 

 the crown testaceous ; thorax black, with the shoulders testaceous ; abdomen 

 pale testaceous, with a transverse black line at the base of each segment ; 

 legs entirely testaceous ; wings hyaline, with testaceous nervures. 

 Common in woods and copses within the metropolitan district in 



June : taken also in Scotland. 



Sp. 26. melanosternus. Pallide testaceus, antennis vertice, thoracis maculis 

 3-bus dorsalibus sternoque nigris, abdominis segmentis primis supra tarsisque 

 fuscis. (Long. corp. 2^—3 lin.; Exp. Alar. 6 — 7 lin.) 



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



Head pale testaceous, antennae and crown black ; thorax also pale testaceous, 

 with 3 black spots on its disc, sometimes closely approximating ; sternum 

 black; abdomen pale testaceous, with the anterior segments more or less 

 fuscous at the base ; legs pale testaceous, with fuscous tarsi; wings hyaline, 

 with the nervures pale testaceous, costa and stigma pale greenish or testa- 

 ceous. 

 Not uncommon at Darenth wood in June ; also found in Scotland. 



Sp. 27. Caprese. Flavus, vertice, thoracis dorso, ahdomineque supra nigris. 



(Long. corp. 3 — 3^ lin. ; Exp. Alar. 6 — 74 lin.) 

 Te. Capreae. i^'aZ.nciM*.— Ne. Caprese. Steph. Catal. 329. No. 3S01. Albin. 



pi. 59. f. g. h. ? 

 Head yellow, with the crown black; thorax also yellow, with its disc black ; 



abdomen yellow, with its upper surface black ; legs pale ; wings hyaline, 



with the nervures yellow. 



Taken near willows, not uncommonly, in June, within the metro- 

 politan district. 



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