TENTHREDINID.E. ALLANTUS. "69 



black one behind each of the femora and at the apex of the posterior tibise; 

 the anterior legs are rather pale. 



Found likewise at Daren th wood in June and the beginning of July, 

 not uncommonly. 



Sp. 35. mandibularis. Niger, mandibulis maculaque simplici ad basin coxarum 

 posticarum albis, pedibus anterioribus rufts. (Long. corp. 6 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 

 13 lin.) 



Te. mandibularis. Panzer. — All. mandibularis. Steph. Catal. 335. No. 3894. 



Black : mandibles white, brown at the tip ; abdomen with a single white spot 

 on each side of the 1st segment at the base of the posterior coxae ; 4 anterior 

 legs bright rufous ; posterior pair black ; wings hyaline, brownish. 



The sexes resemble each other. 



Apparently very rare ; I have a pair which was taken at Daren th 



wood in July. 



Sp. 36. punctulatus. Viridis, capitis vertice, thoracisque dorso maculis, 

 abdomine punctis ad marginem subtilissimis nigris. (Long. corp. 4 — 5Jlin. j 

 Exp. Alar. 8— lOj lin.) 



Te. (All.) punctulata. Khig.—A\\. punctulatus. Steph. Catal. 335. iVo.3898. 



Light green: antennse with a spot on the basal joint and a line on the 

 remainder black; crown of the head with an irregular black mark; thorax 

 more or less varied with black on the disc ; abdomen clear green, the base 

 of the first 2 or 3 segments with a delicate transverse black line, and each 

 segment with 2 minute approximating, or geminated, black dots, on each 

 lateral margin ; the centre of the segments immaculate ; legs with a slender 

 black streak above ; the apex of the tarsal joints dusky ; wings hyaline, 

 with the nervures fuscous, costa and stigma green. Sexes alike. 

 Abundant in June, on flowers, within the metropolitan district. 



Sp. 37. viridis. Virescente-Jlavescens, subtus niger, collare scutelloquejlavescen- 

 tibus, thoracis lateribus pedibusque infra nigro lineatis, stigmate fusco. (Long, 

 corp. 6—6i lin. ; Exp. Alar. 124—13 lin.) 



Te. viridis. Linne.— All. viridis. Steph. Catal. 335. No. 3896. 



Beneath greenish-yellow; antennse and head above black; disc of the thorax 

 black, the sides with a black streak beneath ; scutellum and collar pale 

 yellowish-green ; abdomen with the sides and the extreme edge of each 

 segment greenish ; legs green, the femora and tibiae with a black streak 

 behind; tarsi black ; wings fuscescent, with the nervures and stigma dark 

 fuscous. 



Male with the abdomen greenish, the base of each segment with a rounded 

 black patch. 

 Also very common, within the metropolitan district, in June, on 



flowersj &c. 



