80 MANDIBULATA.'— HYMENOFTERA. 



Sp. 22. analis. Nigra, ore, orbitis internis, scutello et maculis scittellaribvs 

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

 11—12 lin.) 



Te. analis. Steph. Catal. 337. No. 3922. 



Black : mouth, inner orbits of the eyes, the scutellum, and 4 dots behind pale 

 yellow ; abdomen with the 3 or 4 basal segments black, the remainder dull 

 testaceous; legs red ; the base of the femora and the hinder tarsi dusky; 

 wings hyaline, with the nervures and stigma brownish, the last pale at the 

 base. — This may be an extreme variety of the preceding. 

 Also common within the metropolitan district in June. 



Sp. 23. femoralis. Nigra, ore, orbitis internis, scutello et maculis subscutella- 

 ribus Jlavis, abdominis apice pedibus ariticis et tibiis intermediis rufotestaceis. 

 (Long. corp. 6^: lin.; Exp. Alar. 11 lin.) 



Te. femoralis. Steph. Nomen. 2.'i edit. col. 128. 



Black: mouth, inner orbits of the eyes, scutellum, and spots behind the last 

 yellow ; abdomen with the 4 basal segments glossy black, the remainder 

 bright testaceous-red ; anterior legs entirely testaceous ; intermediate with 

 the femora black, and the tibiae and tarsi red; posterior totally black; 

 wings hyaline, with fuscous nervures and stigma, the last pale at the base. 

 Taken near London, and at Dover, in June : not common. 



b. Body more or less ci/lindric. 



Sp. 24. socia. Nigra, palpis, alarum squamis abdomine (basi excepto) pedibusque 

 luteis, alis subhyalinis. (Long. corp. 31 lin.; Exp. Alar. 6 lin.) 



Te. (All.) socia. Klug.— Steph. Catal. 337. No. 7924. 



Head, antennae, and thorax black ; palpi and wing scales bright luteous j 

 abdomen with the 2 basal segments black above, the rest, and the edge of 

 the second segment, and all beneath bright luteous; legs also entirely 

 bright luteous ; wings somewhat hyaline, with the nervures fuscous, the 

 stigma slightly testaceous; in the 2nd submarginal areolet is a black dot. 

 Very rare : found near London in June. 



Sp. 25. Geeri. Lutea, abdominis dorso verticeque fusco, alis stigmate pallide 

 tesiaceo. (Long. corp. 34 lin.; Exp. Alar. 7 lin.) 



Te. (All.) Geeri. King.— Steph. Catal. 337. No. 3925. 



Pale luteous : tip of the mandibles, eyes, crown, and ocelli black ; thorax with 

 a black patch in front ; metathorax black on the sides ; abdomen slightly 

 depressed, with the basal segments more or less fuscous at the base of each 

 on the back; the apical ones clear; under surface and legs totally pale 

 luteous. 



The male has the thorax immaculate anteriorly, and the body cylindric. 

 Taken at Coombe wood, at the end of May, apparently very rare. 



Sp. 26. cingulata. Nigra, antennis articulis 2-bus basi riifis abdomine segmentis, 

 primo excepto, mar gine Jlavis. (Long. corp. 5 lin.; Exp. Alar. 9 lin.) 



