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Sp. 16. strigosa. Ater, pedibus, abdominisque medio supra rujis, ore, margine 



collaris, scutello et maculis ad apicetn abdominis Jlavis. (Long. corn. S Si 



lin. i Exp. Alar. 6— 6| lin.) 



Te. strigosa. Fabricius E.S. Sup. 217 — All. strigosa. Steph. Nomen. 2d. edit. 

 Appendix. 



Black: mouth andclypeus yellowish; margin of the collar and scutellum the 

 same ; abdomen with the 3rd and iih segments red above ; the 6th with an 

 elongate yellowish-white spot on each side^ and the 7th with a similar, but 

 smaller^ spot, the terminal joint also whitish-yellow ; 4 anterior legs pale 

 testaceous; posterior bright testaceous-red, with the coxae, base of the 

 tibiae, and the tarsi black. 



The male has the 3rd to the 5th joints of the abdomen red, their anterior legs, 

 and a spot on the breast yellow, with their coxae lemon-yellow. 



Variable : some examples have the 4th segment of the abdomen entirely black ; 

 others with a small red dorsal spot only there, and in rare instances the 3rd 

 segment has only a similar mark, thereby closely approximating to Al. 

 haematopus. 

 Apparently rare: taken at Darenth wood, near Dover, and in 



Devonshire, in June ; also at Coombe. 



Sp. 17. blandus. Niger, abdomine medio rufo, coxis posticis macula alba notatis. 

 (Long. corp. 5^ — 5|lin. ; Exp. Alar. 10| — 11 lin.) 



Te. blanda. Fabricius. — All. blandus. Steph. Catal. 340. No. 3880. 



Black : mandibles white at the base, labrum and clypeus sometimes varied 

 with the same ; abdomen with the 2nd to the 5th segments rusty -testaceous; 

 anterior pair of legs with a white stripe, 2 posterior coxse with a large white 

 patch at the base ; wings brownish, with darker nervures. 



The male is black, with the labrum, the 2 anterior pair of legs in part, the 

 hinder femora at the base, and all the coxae, and a patch at the base of the 

 posterior ones, white ; the abdomen with the intermediate segments ferru- 

 ginous at the sides only : sometimes the posterior legs and femora are 

 entirely black. 

 Abundant on umbelliferous flowers, throughout the metropolitan 



district, in June. 



Sp. 18. neglectus. Ater, abdominis medio rufo. (Long. corp. 5\ — 5%\m.; Exp. 



Alar. 101—11 lin.) 

 Black : mandibles testaceous at the apex ; abdomen with the 2nd, 3rd, and 



base of the 4th segments — sometimes also the 5th — testaceous-red; anterior 



legs with the femora and tibise white in front. 

 Both sexes are alike in colour. 



Also common throughout the metropolitan district in June and the 

 beginning of July. 



