76 MANDIBULATA. HYMENOPTERA. 



abdomine segmentis 3-tio ad 6-tam rtifis, pedibus posticis fuscis, (Long. corp. 



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

 Te. fulviceps. Steph. JVomen. 2d edit. Appendix. 

 Black : antennae pitchy beneath ; head of a tawny-luteous, with the crown 



black; labrum yellow ; scutellum and dots beneath also yellow ; abdomen 



depressed, with the 3rd to the 6th segments bright unspotted red; anterior 



legs pale testaceous ; posterior dusky_, with black femora ; sternum pitchy ; 



wings hyaline, with fuscous nervures and stigma, the latter rather pale at 



the base. 



Apparently very rare ; 1 have a single example that was taken 

 near Bristol. 



Sp. 9. ambigua. Nigra, antennis abdomine brevioribus nigris, alis stigmate 

 semialbo, scutello punctisque subscutellaribus albis, abdomiiie medio rufo. 

 (Long, corp. 5 — 6\ lin. ; Exp. Alar. 9 — 9i lin.) 

 Te. (All.) ambigua. Klug.— Steph. Catal. 336. No. 3912. 

 Black : antennae pitchy beneath ; mouth and orbits of the eyes luteous ; thorax 

 with the margins of the collar, a line in front, the scutellum, and a dot 

 behind, luteous; abdomen with the 3rd, 4th, and the basal half of the 5th 

 segments pale testaceous ; femora black ; hinder tibiae yellowish, with black 

 apex ; the anterior tibiae yellowish ; wings hyaline, nervures and stigma 

 brownish. 



Common on flowers, in June, in the woods about London, espe- 

 cially at Darenth and its vicinity ; found also in Scotland. 



Sp. 10. scutellaris. Nigra, abdominis medio pedibusque rufis, ore, scutelloy 

 orbitisque internis luteis,femoribus 2-bus posticis nigris. (Long. corp. 5 — 5^ 

 lin.; Exp. Alar. 10—11 lin.) 



Te. scutellaris. Fabricius.— Steph. Catal. 336. No. 3913. 



Black : aiitennae testaceous, fuscous above ; mouth, clypeus, inner orbits of 

 the eyes, and the scutellum, luteous ; abdomen with the 3rd to the 5th, and 

 the base of the 6th segments red ; legs testaceous-red, with the 2 hinder 

 femora black; wings hyaline, with the nervures pale fuscous, the stigma- 

 darker, with its base pale. 



The male has the intermediate segments of the abdomen of a dirty-testaceous^ 

 and the inusures black. 

 Not uncommon at Coombe wood, in June, and occasionally taken 



at Darenth and Birch woods. 



Sp. 11. Pavida. Nigra, abdominis segmentis 3-bus, pedibusque anticis testaceis, 

 ore, scutello orbitisque internis albis, femoribus posticis nigris. (Long. corp. 

 Sf lin. ; Exp. Alar. 10| lin.) 



Te. Pavida. Fabricius.— Steph. Catal. 336. No. 3914. 



Black : antennae pitchy beneath ; mouth, clypeus, and orbits of the eyes, 

 white ; scutellum also white ; abdomen with the 3rd, 4th, and 5th segments 



