TENTHRKDIXID.E. Al.T.ANTUS. 6/ 



bright testaceous ; legs also testaceous or ferruginous, the 2 anterior tibia* 

 and tarsi palest, and with a black streak behind ; the 4 posterior tarsi with 

 the terminal joint whitish, and the hinder coxae with a large white spot at 

 the base; posterior femora and the base of the others sometimes black; 

 wings hyaline, with fuscous nervures ; the stigma testaceous, with the tip 

 fuscous. 

 Male with the abdomen beneath entirely testaceous, and the apex above from 

 the 3rd segment, which has a pale dorsal spot ; the anterior legs are whitish 

 in front, and all the femora are white at the base, and the coxa have a white 

 spot. 



Extremely common, on flowers in June, throughout the metropo- 

 litan district ; also taken in Devonshire and in Scotland. 



Sp. 29. Colon. Niger ore, maculdque duplici ad basin coxarum poslicarrim albis, 

 abdominis apice, pedibus alarumque squamis rufts, stigmate fusco. (Long. 

 Corp. 5 — 5J lin. ; Exp. Alar. 10— 10§ lin.) 



Te. (All.) Colon. Khig.—K\\. Colon. Steph. Catal. 335. No. 3889. 



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

 on each side of the basal segment, the four terminal segments red ; legs also 

 red, the femora with a black line on the upper side ; tibiae with the apex 

 and the tarsi dusky ; at the base of the posterior coxae is a small white dot ; 

 wings hyaline, with the nervures and stigma brown. 



The male has the 3rd to the 7th segments of the abdomen pale reddish. 

 Rather scarce : taken in June near London. 



Sp. 30. Coryli. Niger, ore maculaque duplici ad basin coxarum posficarum 

 albis, abdomine medio rvfo, alis stigmate paUido. (Long. corp. 4^ lin.; Exp. 

 Alar. 85— 9 lin.) 



Te. Coryli. Panzer.— AW. Coryli. Steph. Catal. 335. No. 3890. 



Black ; the 4 terminal joints of the antennae, mouth, clypeus at the tip, and 

 base of the mandibles white ; abdomen with an ochreous spot on each side 

 of the basal segment; the 4th, 5th, and 6th segments dull testaceous; 

 femora black, 4 anterior tibiae and tarsi white, with a black streak behind ; 

 2 hinder testaceous, with a white spot on the last joint of the tarsi, and a 

 larger one at the base of the coxae ; wings brownish, with the nervures 

 fuscous and the stigma pale. 



The male has the 4th, 5th, and 6th segments of the abdomen, and the 4 anterior 

 legs pale ; the latter have a black streak behind. 

 Taken in June, within the metropolitan district. 



Sp. 31. bipunctulus. Niger, labro, punctulisque binis ad basin coxarum posti- 

 carum albis, pedibus piceo-variis, alis stigmate fusco. (Long. corp. 5 — 5} lin. ; 

 Exp. Alar. 9-^—10 lin.) 



Te. (All.) bipunctula. Klug.— AW. bipunctulus. Steph. Catal. 335. No. 3891. 



Black: apex of the antennae, labrum, and base of the mandibles white, tip of 



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