96 MANDIBtJLATA. — HrMENOrTEEA. 



external ones consists in the 4 hinder tibiae possessing each but a 

 single pair of rather elongate sharp spurs in the middle of their inner 

 edge ; Lyda having in addition thereto a single one placed higher up 

 towards the femora ; the antennae are also very different in the two 

 genera, the body less depressed in Tarpa, the wings not so ample, 

 &c. 



tSp. 1. cephaJotes? Atra, capite maculis, coUaris marginibus utrinque macu- 

 lisque prope scutellum binis, abdoinine fasciis maculisque flavis. (Long. corp. 

 5— 5f lin.; Exp. Alar. 10—11 lin.) 



Te. cephalotes. Fabricius f—Steph. Catal. 339. No. 3963. 



Deep black : head with 3 spots between the eyes, and an interrupted line 

 behind, the margins of the collar on each side, and 2 streaks near the scu- 

 tellum, a dot on the pleurse, the basal segment of the abdomen entirely, and 

 the hinder margin of the 4th to the 8th, and 2 fasciae beneath yellow ; antennae 

 ferruginous, with the 2nd joint and the apex black; legs testaceous, with 

 the tibiae yellow, and the 4 anterior femora at the base, all the coxae, and the 

 hinder pair of spurs, black. 

 Found near Bristol, but very rare. 



Sp. 2. Panzeri. Atra, antennarum scapo, capitis maculis, tho7~acis lobo antico, 

 macula dorsali triquetra maculisque scutellaribus, abdominis punctis lateralibvs 

 fasciisque posticisjlavis. (Long. corp. 5 lin.; Exp. Alar. 10 lin.) 



Ta. Panzeri. Leach.—Sfeph. Catal. 339. No. 3964. 



Black : head with 3 spots between the eyes and an interrupted line behind, the 

 margins of the collar on both sides, 2 streaks on the disc, and 2 near the 

 scutellum, a dot on the pleurae> abdomen with its membrane, and the hinder 

 margin of all the segments — the first 2 interrupted — 2 ventral fasciae, and 

 the legs, yellow; the 4 anterior femora black at the base ; tarsi luteous ; 

 antennae ferruginous, with the basal joint yellow. 

 Taken at Woodland, near Plymouth, by Dr. Leach, to whom I 



am indebted for the species. 



^Sp. 3. Fabricii. Atra, capitis maculis, thorace margine antico, maculisque prope 

 scutellum binis abdomine fasciis maculisque alhidis. (Long. corp. 7 lin.; Exp. 

 Alar. 121 lin.) 



Ta. Fabricii. Leach.— Samouetle 266. (\)—Stepli. Catal. 339. No. 3965, note. 



Black : head with 2 spots between the eyes, the hinder margin on both sides, 

 the anterior angles of the thorax, and 2 streaks near the scutellum, with a 

 dot on the pleurse, abdomen with its membrane, 2 fasciae, a dot on each side 

 the apex and ventral fasciee whitish ; antennae ferruginous, with the 2 basal 

 joints deep black; legs luteous, with all the coxae and the base of the 4 

 anterior femora black. 



Introduced l)y Sarnouelle as British, but improperly. 



