TENTHREDINID^. FENUSA. ATHALIA. 41 



Sp 1. pumila. Nigra, nitida, alls vigricantibus, pedihus testaceis,femoribus 

 basi nigro-fuscis. (Long. corp. 1| lin. ; Exp. Alar. Sg — 4i lin.) 



Te. (AH.) pumila. Klug.—Fe. pumila. Steph. Catal. 330. No. 3823. 



Glossy-black ; mandibles dusky at the apex ; abdomen with a palish margin 

 to the 2nd joint; legs pale testaceous, with the femora (except at the apex) 

 dusky-black ; the base of the tibiae sometimes whitish^ and wings blackish, 

 with the nervures darker, the costa and stigma l)lack; antennae slightly 

 compressed, as long as the abdomen. 

 Not uncommon within the metropolitan district, on the borders of 



woods, especially about Darcnth wood and near Ripley, in June. 



Sp. 2. nana. Nigra subnitida, collaris margine utrinque nlarumque squamis 

 albis, pedibus testaceis, femoribus basi fuscAs, alis hyalinis medio subfuscis, 

 antennis thorace sublongioribusfuscis. (Long. corp. If — If lin.; Exp. Alar. 

 4 — 44: lin. 



Te. (All.) nana. Klug.Se. nana. Steph. Catal. 332. No. 3856. 



Black, slightly shining ; anterior margin of the collar and scales at the base of 

 the wings white; legs testaceous; with the base of the femora fuscous; 

 antennse about as long as the thorax, fuscous ; wings hyaline, slightly 

 clouded with fuscous in the middle ; nervures, costa and stigma brown. 

 Rare ; found near London : a single example taken on the 20th of 



June last on Forest Hill, Dulwich. 



Sp. 3. pygmasa. Nigra, nitida, alis fusco-hyalinis, squamis pedumque tibiis 

 tarsisque albis. (Long. corp. 1^ lin. ; Exp. Alar. 3i — 4 lin.) 



Te. (All.) pygmsea. Klug.—Fe. pygmsea. Steph. Catal. 330. No. 3824. 



Shining hlack; mandibles reddish-brown at the tip; legs short, with the 

 extreme apex of the femora, the tibiae and tarsi white, the tibise a little 

 darker and whitish at the apex ; wings hyaline-fuscous, with the nervures, 

 costa and stigma darker, the basal scale white ; antennse as long as the 

 thorax. 

 Less abundant than the last ; found about the same period of the 



year in woods : I took a specimen at Forest Hill on the 28th of June 



last. 



Genus XVL— ATHALIA, Leach. 



AnteiincB somewhat clavate, 10-jointed, the articulations rather indistinct, the 

 3rd joint longest, the 4th slightly shorter, the remainder very short, some- 

 what moniliform, the apical joint rather obtuse, with an obscure suture: 

 labrum generally rounded in front: mandibles rather short and acute, 

 bidentate : head transverse : ocelli 3 : wings ample ; anterior with 2 nearly 

 equal marginal areolets, and 4 unequal submarginal ones, the 1st small, 

 subangulated ; 2nd also small, somewhat quadrate, 3rd elongate, irregular, 

 4th extending to the apex; the 2nd receiving 1 recurrent nervure, the 3rd 2: 



