&6 MANDTEULATA. HYMENOPTEKA. 



Sp. 25. balteatus. Niger, abdomine medio rufo, capite antici alho nigro punc- 

 tata, pedibus rufis, coxis Jemoribusgue supra nigris, stigmate fusco. (Long. 

 Corp. 5Jlin.; Exp. Alar. 91 — 10 lin.) 



Te. (All.) balteata. Klug Blattw. 171. — AI. balteatus. Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. 

 Appendix. 



Black : apex of the antennae and head in front white, the latter with some 

 black dots on the front; the mandibles white, with the tip brown; abdomen 

 red, with the 2 basal and 2 apical segments black ; legs red, the coxae and 

 femora above black ; wings hyaline, with the nervures and stigma fuscous. 

 Rare : taken in the north of England, and in Scotland, in June. 



Sp. 26. solitarius. Niger, ore, scutello, viaculaque duplici utrinque ad basin 



coxarum posticarum albis, pedibus piceo-variis. (Long. corp. 62 — 7 lin.; Exp- 



Alar. 12i— 13 lin.) 

 Te. solitaria. Scopoli. — All. solitarius. Steph. Catal. 335. N'o. 3887.— Te- 



(All.) pelluclda. Klug Blattw. 171 $. 

 Black: apex of the antennie white; mouth and clypeus white; mandibles 



pitchy at the apex; the 1st segment of the abdomen with a white spot on 



each side beneath ; 4 anterior legs with the femora black, pitchy above; 



tibise and tarsi testaceous, with a dusky line; posterior femora black, with 



the tibise and tarsi pitchy; at the base of the coxae a white patch; wings 



hyaline, fuscescent, the stigma dusky. 

 The male has the 4 intermediate segments of the abdomen, and the 4 anterior 



legs beneath whitish. 



Not uncommon in the vicinity of London, on flowers, &c. in June. 



Sp. 27. aterrimus. Niger, ore, viaculaque duplici ad basin ccxarum posticarum 

 albis, pedibus anterioribus testaceo-variis. (Long. corp. 7 lin.; Exp. Alar. 

 12—13 lin.) 



All. aterrimus. Steph. Catal. 335. N'o. 3888. 



Black : tip of the antennae, mouth and clypeus white; abdomen with a large 

 white patch on the sides of the basal segment ; anterior and intermediate 

 legs bright testaceous, the femora beneath and tibiae behind black ; posterior 

 legs black, with a round white dot at the base of the coxae ; wings hyaline, 

 with fuscous nervures and a dusky stigma. 



Male with the 2nd to the 4th segments of the abdomen pale reddish. 



Common, in the neighbourhood of London, about the end of June, 



frequenting flov/ers on the sides of woods, &c. 



Sp. 28. lividus. Niger, ore maculaque duplici ad basin coxarum posticarum 

 albis, pedibus ferrugineo-variis, abdomine apice rufo j alis stigmate testaceo 

 apice fusco. (Long. corp. 6 — 6§ lin. ; Exp. Alar. 12 — 13 lin.) 



Te. livida, Linnc. — All. lividus. Steph. Catal. 335. No. 3892. 



Black : apex of the antennae, mouth and clypeus white; abdomen with a white 

 spot on each side of the basal segment, the 5th and following segments 



