TENTHREDINID^. TENTHREDO. ^5 



B. AnteuncB moderate, rather stout; hinder legs not remarkably elongated, 

 a. Body more or less depressed. 



Sp. 5. nassata. Luteo-testacea, ore clypeoque luteis, dorso fusco vario, scutello 

 lineaque infra Jlavescentibus. (Long. corp. 4— GJ lin.; Exp. Alar. 8g — 12 

 lin.) 

 Te. nassata. Linne. — Steph. Catal. 336. No. 3910. 



Testaceous, with a luteous tinge; mouth and clypeus pale luteous; thorax 

 slightly ferruginous on the disc, which is occasionally varied with fuscous; 

 scutellum and a line beneath yellowish ; abdomen testaceous, with a black- 

 ish line at the base of the 2 or 3 basal segments, and sometimes some dusky 

 dots down the back ; legs testaceous, the coxa sometimes varied with black ; 

 wings hyaline, with the nervures fuscous, stigma brownish, with the base 

 pale. 

 The male has the 2 basal joints of the antennae, and the disc of the thorax, 

 variegated with black ; the nervures of several of the basal segments of the 

 abdomen are also frequently black. 



Extremely abundant on flowers throughout the metropolitan dis- 

 trict : common also in other parts of the country, during the end of 

 June and beginning of July ; also in Scotland. 



Sp. 6. melanorhoea. Luteo-pallida, vertice nigra varid ; thoracis disco fusco, 



scutello pallido, abdominis segmentis macula dorsali fused. (Long. corp. 5 6 



lin. ; Exp. Alar. 10—12 lin.) 



Te. melanorhoea. Gmelin. — Steph. Catal. 336. No. 3911. 



Pale luteous; crown of the head varied with black; discof the thorax fuscous; 

 scutellum pale, with a yellowish tinge ; abdomen with a fuscous spot on 

 the back of each segment, sometimes very broad, and forming transverse 

 fasciae ; legs pale luteous, immaculate ; wings hyaline, with pale neiTures, 

 the stigma dusky, with the base pale. 

 Not common ; found within the metropolitan district in June. 



Sp. 7. Rubi. Ferrugineo-lutea, vertice, thoracis dorso ahdominisque segmento 

 1-mo nigris. (Long. corp. 5 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 10 lin.) 



Al. Rubi. Panzer Faun. Ins. Germ. Init. xci.f. 14. — Te. Rubi. Steph. Nomen. 

 2d edit. col. 127. 



Rusty-luteous : antennae with the 2 basal joints above blackish; crown black; 

 thorax with the disc dusky, with 2 oblique pale streaks ; abdomen with the 

 basal segment black, the 2 following with black dorsal spots, the rest with 

 a minute black dot on each side ; femora striped with black above ; wings 

 hyaline, yellowish, with the nervares fuscous, the costa and stigma luteous. 

 Also scarce ; found near London, and, I believe, in Norfolk, about 



the middle of June. 



5p. 8. fulviccps. Nigra, cupiie laieo-fdvo, vertice nigro, labia scutelloquefluvis, 



