48 IIANDIBUI.ATA. HYMENOPTEUA. 



ferrugineis, alis hyalinis, codu stigmateque pallidis. (Long. corp. 3^1in.; 

 Exp. Alar. 7 lin.) 



Te. (All.) verna. Klug ?— Le. verna. Steph. Catal. 331. No. 3831. 



Head and antennee black; mouth pale; thorax ferruginous in front, with a 

 large black lobe on each side extending to the base, and having a ferrugi- 

 nous spot on the scutellum, behind which is a ferruginous streak ; sternum 

 black ; abdomen black above, ferruginous beneath ; legs pale ferruginous ; 

 wings hyaline, pale, the nervures fuscous, costa and stigma pale. 

 Also, apparently, a scarce species; I have taken a single example 



near London, in June. 



Sp. 12. fulvicornis. Nigra nitida, antennis {totis seu apice) fulvis (^seujuscis), 



pedibus rufo-testaceis, alis hyalinis, costd fused. (Long. corp. 2 — 2j lin.; Exp. 



Alar. 5—51 li"-) 

 Te. fulvicornis. Fabricius. — Se. fulvicornis. Steph. Catal. 332. No. 3854. 

 Shining black ; antennae totally, or the apex alone, fulvous, or fuscous ; legs 



testaceous-red; wings hyaline, with the costa brown. 



Scarce : found in June within the metropolitan district. 



Sp. 13. ephippium. Nigra, nitida, ihorace supra lateribusque sanguineis, tibits 

 basi latt albis, alis subinfuscatis. (Long. corp. 2J — 2k lin.; Exp. Alar. 

 5—5i lin.) 



Te. ephippium. Panzer. — Se. ephippium. Steph. Catal. 331. No. 3839. 



Head and antennae black ; thorax above and on the sides blood-red, with the 

 sternum, the metathorax, and scutellum black ; abdomen totally black ; 

 femora black; tibise dusky-black, with the base broadly white or pale ; tarsi 

 also dusky ; wings somewhat hyaline, fuscous, with the nervures, costa, and 

 stigma black. 

 Not uncommon throughout the metropolitan district in June, being 



frequently found on flowers at Coombe, Darenth, and Birch woods. 



Sp. 14. adumbrata. Scutello Icevi, nigra subnitida, alis hyalinis, medio trans- 

 versum subinfuscatis, tibiis anticis testaceis. (Long. corp. 22lin. ; Exp. Alar. 

 5 lin.) 



Te. (All.) adumbrata. Klug.—Se. adumbrata. Steph. Catal. 331. No. 3840. 



Entirely of a slightly shining black : the scutellum smooth, impunctate ; 

 anterior tibiae testaceous ; wings hyaline, witn a transverse brownish cloud 

 in the middle ; nervures, costa, and stigma brownish; posterior wings a 

 little tinted with brown at the apex. 

 This appears scarce; I had formerly taken a specimen near London, 



and in July last I found a second near Hertford. 



Sp. 16. fuliginosa. Lasvis, nigra, nitida, alis nigricantibus unicoloribus, pedL 

 sericeis, anticorum tibiis mandihulisque ante apicem testaceis. (Long, co 

 2|— 3 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 6—6^ lin.) 



Ihus 



lOng. corp. 



