TENTHREDINID.E. ALLANTUS. 'Jl 



Sp. 41. lateralis. Coi-pore subcylindrico nigra, abdomine medio ruj'o, lateribux 

 albo,pedibus rufis. (Long-, corp. Sg lin. ; Exp. Alar. 7 lin.) 



Te. lateralis. Fabricius.—AU. lateralis. Stepk. Catal. 336. JVo. 3904. 



Black : antennae pale beneath ; labrum, mandibles at the base, and inner orbits 

 of the eyes yellowish-white ; collar and wing scales the same ; abdomen 

 with the sides white, and the 3rd to the 6th segments red; legs rod ; coxje 

 black, edged with white ; base of femora whitish ; the hinder tibiae at the 

 extreme apex and their tarsi dusky; wings hyaline, yellowish, with the 

 nervures and stigma brown, the base of the last yellowish. 



Male pale whitish-yellow beneath, the upper half of the femora black. 



Taken within the metropolitan district, in June, not uncommonly; 



also near Bristol and in Devonshire. 



Sp. 42. Aucupariifi. Corpore subcylindrico, nigro, coUare utrinque alarumque 

 squamis albis, abdominis medio pedibusque rufis, (Long. corp. 3g lin.; Exp. 

 Alar. 6|— 7 lin.) 



Te. (All.) Aucuparise. Klug.—kW. Aucuparlse. Steph. Catal. 336. No. 3903. 



Black: antennae pale beneath; labrum white; mandibles brown ; margins 

 of the collar and wing scales white ; abdomen with the 3rd to the 6th 

 segments red ; legs red, the hinder tarsi fuscous ; wings hyaline, with the 

 nervures and stigma brown, the latter yellowish at the base. 



The male has a black streak on the femora. 



Less abundant than the foregoing: it occurs at Darenth and 



Coombe woods in June, and in the New Forest. 



Sp. 43. bicolor ? Niger nilidus, alarum squamis albis, abdominis segmentis 

 intermediis pedibusque luteis. (Long. corp. 3§ lin.; Exp. Alar. 6§ lin.) 



Te. (All.) bicolor. King?— AW. bicolor. Steph. Catal. 336. No. 3902. 



Shining-black: antennae shorter than the abdomen ; labrum white at the tip, 

 mandibles brown; collar and wing scales whitish; abdomen with the 3rd, 

 4th, and 5th segments red ; legs red, with the tips of the coxae and tro- 

 chanters yellowish; wings hyaline, with the nervures and stigma brownish. 

 Rare : found within the metropolitan district, at Darenth, &c. in 



June. 



Sp. 44. nitidus. Niger nitidus, abdominis segmentis 3-bus intennediis pedibusque 

 rufis. (Long. corp. 4g lin.; Exp. Alar. 84 lin.) 



Te. (All.) nitidus. Klug.— AW. nitidus. Steph. Catal. 336. No. 3901. 



Shining black : abdomen with the 3rd, 4th, and 5th segments red ; legs also 

 red, coxse dusky, with the apex and trochanters whitish ; anterior femora 

 at the base, and the others at the apex blackish ; apex of hinder tibiae and 

 the tarsi dusky ; wings yellowish, with the nervures and stigma brown- 

 black. 

 Also rare : taken at Birch wood and in Devonshire, towards the 



end of June. 



