50 MANDIBULATA. HYMENOFTER A. 



Head and antennae black ; mouth pale ; mandibles brown at the tip ; thorax 

 black, with 2 white dots on the metathorax ; abdomen black ; legs totally 

 pale yellow ; wings hyaline, with the nervures dusky, and the costa and 

 stigma blackish; the basal scale yellow: in the 2nd submarginal areolet is 

 a minute dusky point. 

 Common in the woods and in hedges within the metropolitan 



district, in June, especially at Coombe and Darenth woods. 



Sp. 21. Betuleti. Nigra nitida, pedibus testaceis, alls fusco-hyalinis, antennis 



thorace longioribus. (Long. corp. 2J— 2i lin. ; Exp. Alar. 5| — 5| lin.) 

 Te. (All.) Betuleti. Klug.—fie. Betuleti. Steph. Catal. 331. No. 3847. 

 Shining black, with a fine silvery pile: legs entirely testaceous; wings 



hyaline, brownish, with the nervures, costa, and stigma black; their basal 



scale also black. 

 Metathorax sometimes with 2 white dots, a character frequently occurring in 



nearly all the species of this family, and nearly as often wanting. 



Much less abundant than the last ; found at Darenth wood, in 

 June. 



Sp. 22. funerea. Nigt^a nitida, alls fusee scenti-hyalinis, basi obscurioribus, 



pedibus luteis, antennis thorace sublongioribus. (Long. corp. 2| — 2^ lin.; 



Exp. Alar. 4| — 5§ lin.) 

 Te. (All.) funerea. Klug Blatw. 122. — Se. funerea. Steph. Nomen. Qd edit. 



Appendix. 

 Shining black : legs entirely luteous; antennae rather longer than the thorax; 



mandibles brown at the apex; wings brownish-hyaline, with the base 



somewhat obscure, the nervures, costa, and stigma brown-black ; the 2nd 



submarginal areolet with a minute black dot. 



Taken at Coombe wood, but apparently rare, in June. 



Sp. 23. Morio. Nigra nitida, abdomine nigro-piceo, alis fascescenti-hyalinis, 

 pedibus pallidis. (Long. corp. 1^ — 1§ lin.; Exp. Alar. 5 — 5\ lin.) 



Te. Morio. Fabricius — Se. Morio. Steph. Catal. 331. No. 3848. 



Shining black : abdomen pitchy-black ; legs pale, the femora slightly dusky 

 in the middle ; wings hyaline, fuscescent, with the nervures, costa, and 

 stigma blackish ; antennae as long as the thorax. 

 Found, but not commonly, near London, towards the end of 



June. 



Sp. 24. fuscula. Nigra subnitida, alis hyalinis, pedibus testaceis,femoribus basi 

 fuscis, antennis longitudine abdominis. (Long. corp. 1|— If lin. ; Exp. Alar. 



4— 4J lin.) 

 Te. (All.) fuscula. Klug.—^e. fuscula. Steph. Catal. 332. No. 3849. 

 Black, slightly shining : mandibles reddish-brown at the tip ; femora fuscous* 



Ujeir apex, with the tibire and tarsi testaceous ; wings hyaline, the nervures 



