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apex of the femora, the tibise and tarsi pale reddish, intermediate with the 

 femora black ; tibiae and tarsi pitchy-black ; posterior black, with the tip 

 of the coxae, the trochanters and the base of the tibiae pale ochreous, or 

 whitish; wings hyaline, with the stigma blackish, and a faint fuscescen^ 

 cloud annexed thereto. 



The intermediate segments of the abdomen are sometimes pitchy or blackish : 

 probably referrible to a distinct species. 



The larva of this species feeds on the gooseberry. 



Found at Barnet ; also at Darenth, near Hertford, Dublin, and 



in the north of England in June, but not very common. 



Sp. 2. varus ? JViger, clypeo jmlpisque albidis, huvieris piceis, abdominis medio 

 femoribusque omnibus ferrugineis, posticis apice nigris. (Long. corp. Sg lin. ; 



Exp. Alar. 6^ lin.) 

 Nem. varus. Annales Soc Ent. France {De Fillaret) i. 306. pi. xi.f. 8. $ ? — 



Cr. varus ? Steph. JVomen. 2nd edit. Appendix. 

 Black ; clypeus and palpi whitish ; shoulders pitchy ; abdomen black at the 



base, with the 3rd to the 5th, and base of the 6th segments ferruginous; 



4 anterior legs pale ferruginous ; posterior with the coxas black; trochanters 



whitish ; femora ferruginous, with the tips dusky ; tibiae black, with the 



base white; tarsi with the basal joint pitchy; wings hyaline, unclouded 



the costa slightly reddish, nervures and stigma dusky. 



Of this insect I have a single example, which was taken at Birch 

 wood in the beginning of June. 



Sp. 3. laticrus. JViger, palpis rufescentibus, abdominis medio ferrugineo, alis 

 hyalinis, pone medium fascia subferrugineo-fuscescente. (Long. corp. 

 44—5 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 94— lOJlin.) 



Nem. laticrus. Ann. Soc. Ent. France {De VilJaret) v. i. 307. pi. xi._/. 7. ?. — 

 Cr. laticrus. Steph. JVomen. 2d edit. Appendix. — Cr. septentrionalis. Curtis, 

 \.pl. 17.9.? 



Black : palpi reddish ; abdomen with the 3rd to the 6th segments ferruginous, 

 a streak of the same at the base of the and, and a bifid spot on the 7th ; 

 anterior legs black, with the apex of the femora ferruginous in front, the 

 tibiae and tarsi whitish-red, brownish at the tip ; intermediate black, with 

 the tibiae and tarsi pitchy ; the former whitish at the base; posterior black, 

 with the tip of the coxae, the trochanters, and the base of the tibiae, ochreous- 

 white, the latter brightest ; wings hyaline, faintly reddish, with a distinct^ 

 somewhat obscurely ferruginous, clouded fascia beyond the middle, extending 

 from the base of the stigma to the posterior margin. 

 I have one example of this fine insect that was taken near London, 



and a second I obtained from the Marshamian collection : it has, it 



would appear, been taken at Bungay in Suffolk, if my reference be 



correct. 



