52 MAXDIRULATA. HYMENOrTERA. 



Sp. 29. alternipes. Lcevis, nigra, pednm anteriorum tibiis, posticorum geniculis 

 pallidis, alls albo hyalinis. (Long. corp. Sg — 2| lin.; Exp. Alar. 6— 6| lin.) 



Te. (All.) alternipes. K/ug.—Se. alternipes. Steph. Caial. 332. No. 3858. 



Smooth and black, shining : antennse scarcely longer than the thorax ; man- 

 dibles brown at the apex ; anterior legs with the tips of the femora and the 

 tibise yellowish-white ; tarsi dusky ; posterior legs with the knees alone 

 pale; wings whitish hyaline^ with the nervures and stigma brown; in the 

 2nd marginal areolet is a minute central black dot. 

 Not common : taken near London, at Darenth wood, in June. ' 



Sp. 30. atra. Nigra nitida, antennis thorace longioribus, pedibus fuscis anticis 

 antice testaceis, posterioribus geniculis subochraceis alisj'uscis, apice hyalino. 

 (Long. corp. 2§ lin. ; Exp. Alar. 5\ lin.) 



Se. atra. Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. col. 126. 



Shining black : mandibles reddish-pitchy ; antennse longer than the thorax ; 

 legs fuscous; the anterior testaceous at the front and extreme tip of the 

 femora, and the front of the tibiae ; 4 posterior with a slight ochreous tinge 

 at the joints ; wings rather deep fuscous, with the apex pale ; nervures and 

 costa black, stigma brown, and in the 2nd submarginal areolet a small 

 fuscous cloud. 

 Also scarce : found at Hertford in June. 



Sp. 31. parvula. Nigra, subnitida, alts hyalinis, pedibus alarumque stigmate 

 pallidis, antennis longitudine abdominis. (Long. corp. 2 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 

 44 lin.) 



Te. (All.) parvula. Klug Blatw. 119. — Se. parvula. Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. 

 Appendix. 



Black, slightly shining : mandibles pale testaceous, black at the tip ; the last 

 segment of the abdomen above yellowish ; legs pale, the apex of the tibise 

 and of the tarsi dusky ; wings hyaline, the nervures and stigma pale, the 

 3rd submarginal areolet small ; antennae as long as the abdomen. 

 Taken in June at Darenth wood. 



Sp. 32. pusilla. Nigra subnitida, pedibus pallidis femoribits basi fuscis, alis 

 hyalinis, subobscuris, antennis ahdomine brevioribus. (Long. corp. If — Iflin.; 

 Exp. Alar. 4— 4J lin.) 



Te. (All.) pusilla. Klug.—Se. pusilla. Steph. Catal. 332. No. 3855. 



Black, slightly shining: mandibles dusky-brown at the apex; legs pale, with 

 the base of the femora alone dusky ; the hinder tibiae at the apex and the 

 tarsi being a little stained ; wings hyaline, somewhat obscure, the nervures 

 dusky-brown, stigma large, round, and blackish; in the 2nd submarginal 

 areolet is a black dot ; antennae shorter than the abdomen. 

 Found at Coombe wood about the middle of June : scarce. 



Sp. 33. cinxia. Nigra nitida, pedum tibiis basi albis, alis infuscatis, basi sub- 



