TENTHREDINID.E. DOLERUS. 87 



Sp. 4. cor acinus. Anteimis abdumine hrevioribus, ovatus, cyaneo-niger, nitidus, 

 alishyalinis. (Long. corp. 4— 41 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 8— 8^ lin.) 



Te.(Dol.) coracinus. Kluff.—Steph. Catal. 338. No. 3941. 



Ovate, shining, bluish-black; head and thorax punctate ; mandibles black; 

 metathoracic tubercles whitish ; wings hyaline, the nervures and stigma 

 brownish-black ; antennae somewhat shorter than the abdomen, which has 

 a rich gloss. 

 Not uncommon at Daren tli wood and near Dover, about the middle 



of June. 



Sp. 5. fumosus. Antennis longitudine abdominis, niger, suhpubescens, ahdoviine 



segmentis margine haudpellucidis, alis infumatis. (Long. corp. 4 lin. ; Exp. 



Alar. 8 lin.) 

 Dol. fumosus. Stefh. Catal. 338. No. 3940. 

 Deep black, with a slightly ashy pubescence ; antennae as long or longer than 



the abdomen, which is entirely black; mandibles black; metathoracic 



tubercles pale or white ; wings hyaline, fuscescent, with the nervures and 



stigma brownish-black. 

 Scarce ; taken in June at Hertford. 



Sp. 6. palmatus. Antennis abdomine hrevioribus," niger, subtus apiceque canO' 

 pubescens, pedum anticorum tibiis antice testaceis, alis hyalinis. (Long. corp. 

 4 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 8| lin.) 



Te. (Dol.) palmatus. Klug.—Steph. Catal. 338. No. 3942. 



Black, with a slight hoary pubescence beneath, and at the apex of the 

 abdomen ; this last has a conspicuous irregular white patch on the basal 

 segment; the tips of the anterior femora and the anterior tibite, especially 

 in front, are pale testaceous, the rest of the legs black ; metathoracic 

 tubercles white ; antennae shorter than the abdomen ; wings hyaline, with 

 the nervures and stigma black. 



The male has an ovate white spot on the 5th segment of the abdomen, and 

 sometimes a minute dot of the same colour on the margin of all the preceding 

 segments. 

 Also rather scarce ; found at Hertford in June, and at Darenth 



wood. 



Sp. 7. picipes. Niger, subtus apiceque cano pubescens, antennis pedibusque 



nigro piceis, alis albo-hyalinis stigmate margine dilutiori. (Long. corp. 3^ 



lin. ; Exp. Alar. 74 lin.) 

 Te. (Dol.) picipes. Klug.—Steph. Catal. 338. No. 3943. 

 Black : head and thorax finely punctate ; antennae pitchy-black, shorter than 



the abdomen; mandibles brown at the tip ; metathoracic tubercles whitish; 



legs pitchy-black, with the knees paler ; wings hyaline, whitish, with the 



nervures pale ; stigma brownish, with the edges paler. 



Not common ; found near London, in Epping Eorcs% August 

 1792. 



