6b MANDIBULATA. HYMENOPTKHA. 



sisque posiicis nigricantihus, alishyaUuis, stigmate atro. (Long. corp. 4 lin.; 



Exp. Alar. 8 lin.) 

 Ne. raelanostigma. Steph. Catal. 329. No. 3811. 

 Black ; legs pale, the 4 posterior fuscous, except at the extreme base and 



apex, and the 2 hinder tarsi entirely dusky ; wings hyaline, with the nervures 



and costa fuscous, the stigma black. 



Found near London, in June. 



Sp. 37. ruficornis. Niger, ore piceo, palpis pallidis, pedibus nigris pallido variis, 

 antennis piceo-testaceis, articulis 2-bus baseos piceis. (Long. corp. 2| — 3 lin. ; 

 Exp. Alar. 'H— 6f lin.) 



Ne. ruficornis. St. Fargeau. — Steph. Catal. 329. No. 3814. 



Head black; mouth pitchy ; palpi pale; antennae pitchy-testaceous, with the 

 2 basal joints pitchy; thorax and abdomen entirely black; 4 anterior legs 

 with the base of the femora black ; 2 posterior with the femora black, pale 

 at the base, their tibiae pale, and tarsi black ; wings hyaline, with the 

 nervures, costa, and stigma fuscous. 

 Abundant throughout the metropolitan district, as at Hertford, 



Coombe, Darenth, Ripley, &c. ; also at Dover and in Scotland, at 



the end of June and beginning of July. 



Sp. 38. intercus. Niger, ore, puncto ad alarum basin humerisque pallidis, 



oculorum orbitis posticis pedibusque testaceis. (Long. corp. 2f — 3^ lin.; 



Exp. Alar. 5~Ql lin.) 

 Te. intercus. Fanzer.—Ne. intercus. Steph. Catal. 329. No. 3816. 

 Head and antennae black ; mouth pale ; orbits of the eyes testaceous behind ; 



thorax black, with a dot at the base of the wings, and the shoulders pale ; 



abdomen totally black; legs pale testaceous: wings hyaline, nervures and 



costa pale. 



Also common in the neighbourhood of London in June, and taken 

 at Dover: frequenting willows. 



Sp. 39. gallicola. Niger, nitidus, pedibus totis pallide rufescentibus, squaviis 

 pallide testaceis, stigmate hicolorata. (Long. corp. If — 2 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 

 4— 4^ lin.) 



Ne. gallicola. Westwood MS. — Steph. Nomen. 2d. edit. col. 125. 



Shining black ; legs entirely of a very pale reddish tint, with the posterior 

 tarsi a little dusky ; scales of the wings pale testaceous ; wings pale, the 

 nervures slightly testaceous at the base, fuscous at the tip ; costa pale 

 fuscous, base of the stigma testaceous, apex fuscous. 

 Taken near London in June, the larva forming galls on the leaves 



of willows. 



Sp. 40. proximus. Niger, ore, puncto ad alarum basin tibiisque pallidis, Jemo- 

 ribus tar sisque subfuscis, abdomine subtus lined lutea media. (Long. corp. 

 2—2} lin. ; Exp. Alar. 4|— 5 lin.) 



