44 MANDIBULATA. HYMENOPTERA. 



Te. Rosae. LinnL— At. Rosse. Steph. Catal. 330. iVo. 3826. 



Head and anteniise black ; thorax luteous, with its disc black ; abdomen also 



luteous, with the base dusky ; legs testaceous, with the extreme apex of the 



tibiae and of the joints of the tarsi black ; wings yellowish at the base, the 



apex pale ; costa and stigma black. 



Found, but not very commonly, at Darentli and Coombe woods, 

 in June and July. 



Sp. 8. annuiata. Lutea, antennis, capite, thorace toto, abdominisque l-mo 

 segmento, tarsisque posiicis nigris, his albo annulatis. (Long. corp. Sj — 3 lin. » 

 Exp. Alar. 5—6 lin.) 



Hy. annuiata. Fabricius. — At. annuiata. Steph. Catal. 330. No. 3827. 



Head and antennse black ; labrum white ; thorax black, immaculate ; abdomen 

 yellow, with its basal joint black; legs yellow, the posterior black at the 

 apex, with the tarsi annulated with whitish ; wings hyaline, pale, with the 

 costa black. 

 Also taken at Darenth wood in June, not very abundant. 



Sp. 9. lugens. Lutea, antennis, capite, thoracis dorso, abdominisque l-mo 

 segmento nigris, alis pedumque tibiis tarsisque nigricantibus, (Long. corp. 

 2|— 3 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 5—6 lin.) 



Te. (All.) lugens. Klug.—AX. lugens. Steph. Catal. 330. No. 3828.— At. 

 Richardi. St. Fargeau Mon. 23 .'' 



Head and antennae black; mouth and clypeus testaceous, with the mandibles 

 fuscous at the tip ; thorax black, with the shoulders testaceous ; abdomen 

 testaceous, with the basal segment black ; legs pale luteous, w^th the 4 

 hinder tibiae and tarsi dusky or blackish ; wings dull fuscous, with darker 

 nervures. 

 Apparently a rare species : it occurs occasionally on umbelliferous 



flowers at Coombe wood, in June. 



Sp. 10. abdominalis. Nigra, thoracis humeris et margine antico, abdomine (Jbasi 

 excepto) pedibusque totis testaceis. (Long. corp. 3 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 6| lin.) 



At. abdominalis. St. Fargeau. — At. Richardi. Steph. Catal. 330. No. 3829. 



Antennae black, pitchy beneath; head black; labrum and apex of the man- 

 dibles testaceous-brown; thorax black, with the shoulders and collar 

 testaceous; abdomen testaceous, with the 1st segment and base of the 

 2nd pitchy ; legs entirely testaceous ; wings brown-black, testaceous at the 

 base, the costa testaceous, and stigma brownish. 

 This also appears to be a very rare species; it has occurred in the 



neighbourhood of London, in June. 



Gekus XVII.— SELANDRIA, Leach. 



Antennw short, 9-jointed, 2 basal joints distinct, somewhat globose, remainder 

 less distinct, the 3rd as long as the 4th and 3th united, the rest gradually 



