54 MAND1BULA1\A. HVMEKOFTERA. 



Sp. 37.pulchella. Nigra subnitida, coUare utrinque pedibusque teslaceis, abdominis 

 segmentorum jnarginihiis late albis. (Long-, corp. 4 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 7 lin.) 



Se. pulchella. Steph. Cutal. 332. No. 3864. 



Black, slightly shining : collar on both sides pale testaceous ; scales of the 

 wings the same; abdomen with each segment above and below broadly- 

 margined with white, the apical one luteous ; legs bright testaceous ; tarsi 

 entirely fuscous; wings hyaline, pale, with the nervures brownish; the 

 costa and stigma pale. 

 Rare : found near London. 



Sp. 38. uncta. Nigra subnitida, collare utrinque alho marginato, pedibus 

 pallidis. (Long. corp. 2| — 2| lin.; Exp. Alar. 5| — 6 lin.) 



Te. (All.) uncta. Klug.—S,e. uncta. Steph. Catal. 332. No. 3863. 



Black, slightly shining : antennae shorter than the abdomen ; mandibles 

 brownish at the apex; thorax with the collar on each side edged with 

 white; abdomen with a slightly glossy pile; legs pale, a little dusky at the 

 apex of the tibiae, and the anterior tarsi faintly brownish ; wings pale, 

 hyaline, glossy, with the nervures, costa, and stigma, pale brown, the basal 

 scale whitish. 

 Also rare : taken near London, and in Devonshire, in June. 



Sp. 39. biloba. Nigra, ore collare utrinque pedibus alarum squamis pedihusque 

 pallide testaceis, thorace ferrugineo, macula biloba nigra postice, mandibulis 

 nifis. (Long. corp. 3§ lin.; Exp. Alar. 6 lin.) 



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



Head and antennse black; mouth pale testaceous; mandibles rufous; thorax 

 with the collar pale testaceous on each side, the disc bright ferruginous, 

 with a bilobed black patch behind ; abdomen black, its extreme apex above 

 luteous, and below somewhat pitchy ; legs pale testaceous, with the hinder 

 tibiae whitish, their tips dusky; posterior tarsi also whitish, with the apex 

 of each joint dusky ; wings very clear hyaline, with pitchy nervures, and 

 brownish testaceous costa and stigma. 

 Taken in the vicinity of London, in June, but apparently rare. 



Sp. 40. ovata. Capite thoracisque lateribus punctato-scabris, nigra subnitida, 

 thoracis dorso rufo, geniculis albis, alis hyalinis medio transversim subinjus- 

 catis. (Long. corp. 4 — 4^ lin.; Exp. Alar. 8 — 85 lin.) 



Te. ovata. LinnL—^e. ovata. Steph. Catal. 332. No. 3859. 



Head and sides of the thorax ruggedly-punctured ; of a somewhat shining 

 black ; the thorax above broadly and irregularly rufous ; abdomen black ; 

 legs black, with the knees white; wings hyaline, slightly suffused with a 

 transverse fuscous cloud in the middle ; antennae black, with the 3 or 4 ter- 

 minal joints streaked with white. 

 Not very uncommon in June at Darenth and Birch woods, and 



occasionally found at Coombe and near Hertford^ 



