84 MAXDIIiULATA. HYMEXOPTERA. 



Dos. xanthopus. Steph. Catal. 337. No. 3933. 



Head and aiitennse black; thorax bright ferruginous, with the metathorax, 



scutellum, and breast black ; abdomen ferruginous, its basal segment black ; 



femora bright rufous, the 2 hinder pair with the base more or less black ; 



tibia? also bright rufous, their apex dusky ; tarsi dusky ; wings hyaline, 



with the nervures, costa, and stigma black. 



Taken at Hertford in June. 



Sp, 8. triplicatus. Rufo-ferrugineus, capite, sterno, thoi-acis dorso maculisS-bus, 

 pedibusque nigris, alls hyalinis. (Long. corp. 5^ lin.; Exp. Alar. 10 — lOglin.) 



Te. (Dole.) triplicatus. King Blattw. 233. — Dole. 3-maculatus. St. Fargeau. 

 —Dos. 3-maculatus. Steph. Catal. 337. No. 3931. 



Plead- and thorax punctured, the former black ; the latter rusty-red, with 3 

 dorsal spots, placed 1 in front, and 1 on each side; the antennse also black; 

 abdomen ferruginous, with a spot at the extreme apex beneath black ; legs 

 black ; antennae the same ; wings hyaline, with black nervures and stigma, 

 their basal scales rufous. 

 Found in the neighbourhood of the metropolis about the middle of 



June. 



Sp. 9. madidus. Antennis abdomine longioribiis, niger, subpubescens, abdominis 



medio Jlavo. (Long. corp. 4 lin.; Exp. Alar. 8 lin.) 

 Dole, madidus. King Blattw. 233. — Dos. madidus. Steph. Nomen. '2d edit. 



col. 128. 

 Dull black, slightly pubescent ; mandibles brown at the apex ; abdomen with 



the 2nd to the 5th segments bright or reddish yellow, the remainder black; 



legs dull black, with a whitish pubescence ; wings hyaline, dusky at the 



tips ; nervures and stigma black ; antennae longer than the abdomen. 



Found at Darenth wood in June, and near Windsor. 



Sp. 10. timidus. Antennis abdomine brevioribus, capite thoraceque subtilissime 

 punctatis, niger, abdom^inis medio tibiisque rnfis. (Long. corp. 6 lin.; Exp. 

 Alar. 11 lin.) 



Te. (Dole.) timidus. Klug — Dos. timidus. Steph. Catal. 338. No. 3935. 



Black: head and thorax finely punctured; abdomen with the 2 basal segments 

 black, the 3 following red, the remainder black ; legs red, the base of the 

 femora, and of the hinder tibife, and the tarsi black ; wings hyaline, nervures 

 fuscous ; antennae shorter than the abdomen. 



The male has the apex of the 5th segment of the abdomen black. 

 Taken at Coombe wood in July, but rarely ; also in Hants. 



Sp. 11. Junci. Niger, abdominis medio luteo, pedum, tibiis testaceis, alis hyalinis. 



(Long. corp. 3^ — 4 lin.; Exp. Alar. 6^ — 8 Jin.) 

 Dos. Junci. Steph. Catal. 337. jVo. 3934. 

 Black : head and thorax finely punctured ; abdomen with the 2nd to the 6th 



segments bright luteous, the rest black ; anterior legs testaceous, with the 



