74 MANDIBtlLATA. HyMEXOPTEEA. 



legs yelloW;, with a slender black line on the apex of the femora and along 

 the 4 anterior tibiae and tarsi, the posterior tibise with a line at the base, and 

 the apex black, having a yellow ring towards the tip; tarsi fuscous^ 4 

 anterior ones palish at the base of the joints; wings hyaline, with the 

 nervures and stigma fuscous. 

 The male has the legs scarcely streaked with black, and the pale markings 

 predominate throughout. 

 Rather scarce : found at Darenth wood towards the end of June. 



Sp. 3. antennata. Supra nigra, capite thoraceque flavo variegatis, subius tola 

 Jlava. (Long. corp. 4 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 9 — 91 lin.) 



Te. (All.) antennata. Klug.—Steph. Catal. 336. No. 3908. 



Above black ; antennae with a pale line beneath ; head yellow, variegated 

 with black ; thorax black, varied with yellow as in the foregoing ; collar 

 and wing scales yellow, the latter black at the tip ; abdomen black above, 

 the sides and under part entirely yellow ; legs pale yellow, the 4 anterior 

 with a short black streak at the apex of the femora, and a fine line down the 

 tibise and tarsi ; posterior femora with a short black streak at the apex 

 within ; tibiae with a black line, interrupted towards the apex ; tarsi black 

 above, with the base of the joints pale ; spurs yellow ; wings hyaline, very 

 clear, white; nervures fuscous; stigma fuscous, with the base pale., 



Male nearly similar, but the legs, especially the posterior, are darker. 



Also rather scarce : found at Darenth wood, and in its vicinity, in 



June. 



Sp. 4. variegata. Plate xxxviii. f. 3. — Supra nigra, Jlavo-variOj subius Jlava, 

 pectore macula utrinque'nigra, femoribus tibiisque posticis rujis. (Long. corp. 

 4i lin.; Exp. Alar. 9| lin.) 



Te. (All.) variegata. Klug.—Steph. Catal. 336. JVo. 3909. 



Black above; two basal joints of the antennae pale ; head yellow, varied with 

 black on the crown ; thorax black, or variegated with yellow, as in the 

 foregoing species ; collar black; wing scales yellow, black at the apex; 

 abdomen with the margins of each segment above yellowish, the colour 

 dilated triangularly in the middle of the back; 2 anterior legs pale yellow- 

 ish, with a black dot at the apex of the femora, and a streak of the same on 

 the tibise and tarsi ; intermediate pale testaceous, with a similar spot and 

 streak ; posterior bright testaceous, the apex of the tibiae and the tarsi 

 black, the basaljoint of the latter pale at its insertion ; posterior coxse large, 

 with a black patch on their inner side ; breast with a black spot on each 

 side ; wings hyaline, the nervures and stigma fuscous. 

 Apparently very scarce : I have a specimen that was taken at 



Darenth wood, and another found in Devonshire. 



