TENTHREDINID.-E. TENTHREDO. 7^ 



Te. microcephala. St. Fargeau Mon. 80. — Faun. F. pi. 4. /. 1. — Te. fulvipes- 



Steph. Catal. 337. No. 3920. 

 Shining- black : clypeus, labrum, and mandibles whitish ; palpi testaceous ; 



scutellum whitish ; abdomen entirely black ; legs bright testaceous, with 



the hinder tarsi fuscous; wings hyaline, with the nervures and stigma 



fuscous, the latter pale at the base. 



Taken, not very commonly, at Darenth wood in June ; also found 

 in Scotland. 



Sp. 19. ignobilis. Nigra, oreflavo, abdominis segmentis S-tio 4-to et 5-to, pedi- 

 busque rnjis. (Long. corp. 5§ lin. ; Exp. Alar. 10—11 lin.) 



Te. ignobilis. Klug ?— Steph. Catal. 337. No. 3921. 



Black : labrum, clypeus, and mandibles yellow, the tip of the last brown ; 

 scutellum pale ; abdomen with the 3rd, 4th, and 5th segments clear red ; 

 legs also red, the coxae black, the apex of the hinder tibiae and their tarsi 

 sometimes dusky; wings hyaline, with the nervures dusky, and the stigma 

 brownish. 



The 5th segment of the abdomen is sometimes dusky at the apex above, or 

 entirely black. 

 Not very common ; found at Darenth and Birch woods, in June. 



Sp. 20. Coquebertii. Nigra, antennis abdomine subbrevioribus nigris, alls 

 stigmate semialbo scutello punctisque subscutellaribus albis, abdomine rufo, bast 

 nigra. (Long. corp. 45lin. ; Exp. Alar. 8 — 9 lin.) 



Te. Coquebertii. Klug.— Steph. Catal. 337. No. 3919. 



Black : antennse somewhat shorter than the abdomen ; labrum, clypeus, and 

 base of the mandibles white, apex of the last brown ; scutellum and dots 

 behind white; abdomen with the 2 basal joints black, the rest red; legs 

 red-brown, intermediate dusky, hinder ones black ; wings hyaline, with the 

 nervures fuscous ; stigma fuscous, with the base white. 

 Apparently rare : I have a specimen that was caught at Darenth 



wood at the end of June. 



Sp. 21. dimidiata. Nigra, ore, scutello et macidis subscutellaris Jlavo-albidis, 



abdominis apice pedibusque rufis. (Long. corp. 6 — 7 lin.; Exp. Alar. 11 



12i lin.) 

 Te. dimidiata. Fabricius.— Steph. Catal. 337. No. 3923. 

 Black: mouth and clypeus whitish-yellow; scutellum and 4 spots behind 



also yellowish; abdomen with the 2 basal segments black, the remainder 



bright testaceous-red ; legs testaceous-red, with the posterior tarsi fuscous ; 



wings hyaline, with the nervures fuscous, stigma the same, pale at the 



base. 

 Male with the hinder legs black, and with a faint white line on the inner 



orbits of the eyes. 



Common within the raetropohtan district in June. 



