TENTH llEDINID^. NKMATUS. 3J 



Ne. proximus. St. Fargeau.—Steph. CataL329. No. 3815. 



Head, antennae, and thorax black; mouth pale; dot at the base of the wings 



and the tibiae also pale; femora and tarsi brownish; abdomen beneath with 



a luteous streak in the middle ; wings hyaline, with the nervures fuscous, 



the costa and base of the stigma pale. 



Less abundant than the last, but it occurs throughout the metro- 

 politan district in June. 



Sp. 41. niger. Niger, collare, humeris punctisqiie duobus metathoracis luieis, 

 pedibusfusco-testaceis, mandibulis apiceferrugineis. (Long. corp. 2^ — 3 lin. ; 

 Exp. Alar. 5— 6i lin.) 



Pte. niger. Jurine. — Ne. niger. Steph. CataJ. 329. No. 3817. 



Head and antennae black; mandibles ferruginous at the tip ; thorax black, 

 the collar and shoulders, with 2 spots on the metathorax, luteous; abdomen 

 black ; legs dusky-testaceous ; wings hyaline, with the nervures black. 

 Not common : found within the metropolitan district, in June. 



Sp. 42. nigricornis. Testaceus, antennis, vertice, thorace {humeris exceptis) 

 abdominisqiie basi supra nigris, hoc apice luteo, pedibus pallide testaceis, tarsis 

 posticis fuscis. (Long. corp. 4| lin.; Exp. Alar. 74 lin.) 



Ne. nigricornis. St. Fargeau.— Steph. Catal. 329. No. 3818. 



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

 with the shoulders pale testaceous ; abdomen black above, with the apex 

 luteous, beneath pale testaceous ; legs pale testaceous, with the hinder tarsi 

 fuscous ; wings hyaline, with paler nervures. 

 Rare : found near London in June. 



Sp. 43- lucidus. Niger, ore luteo, humeris pedibusque testaceis, tarsis posticis 

 nigris, abdominis segmentis "Z-bus anterioribus m.aculd utrinque testaced. 

 (Long. corp. 4§ — 5 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 6 — 8 lin.) 



Te. lucida. Panzer.— Ne. lucidus. Steph. Catal. 329. No. 3819. 



Head and antennae black; mouth luteous; thorax black, with testaceous 

 shoulders; abdomen black, with a luteous spot on each side of the 2 basal 

 segments ; legs testaceous, with the hinder tarsi black ; wings hyaline, 

 with the stigma black, and the nervures dusky. 

 Also rare: taken occasionally at Darenth wood, about the beginning 



of June. 



Sp. 44. cinctus. Niger, mandibulis apice, palpis, humeris, pedibusque testaceis, 

 tarsis posticis nigris, abdomine segmentis 2-do, 3-tio, et 4>-to testaceis. 

 (Long. corp. 4J — 3 lin.; Exp. Alar. 64 — 8i lin.) 



Ne. cinctus. St. Fargeau Mon. 66. — Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. Appendix. 



Head and antennae black ; mandibles at the apex and the palpi testaceous ; 

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

 2nd, 3rd, and 4th segments testaceous ; legs also testaceous, with the 2 

 hinder tarsi black ; wings hyaline, with fuscous nervures and stigma. 



