98 MANDIBULATA. HYAIENOI'TERA. 



Antennae luteous ; head black, with a streak behind the eyes yellow; palpi 

 luteous; mandibles testaceous; thorax black, with the margins of the 

 collar yellow ; the wing- scales, scutellum, and spot behind also yellow ; 

 abdomen black, the 2nd segment faintly edged with yellow ; anterior legs 

 entirely yellow, posterior the same, with the base of the femora and the 

 coxae black; wings hyaline, with the nervures yellowish, and stigma deep 

 black. 

 Found at Birch wood in June. 



Sp. 4. funiipennis. Nigra, antennis fuscis, basijlavis immaculatis, alls suhin- 



fumatis. (Long, corp, 5 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 9§ lin.) 

 Ly. fumipennis. Curtis, fo. 381. — Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. col. 129. 

 '^Antennae fuscous towards the apex, yellow at the base, without any black 



spot on the upper side of the 1st joint, and the wings are stained brownish, 



instead of a yellow tint :" otherwise similar to Ly. Sylratica. — Curtis, h c. 



Taken in a garden in Norfolk, by Mr. Curtis. 



Sp. 5. pratensis. Capite thoraceque nigro Jlavoque variis, abdomine nigra, 

 margine ferrugineo. (Long. corp. 5 lin.; Exp. Alar. 10| lin.) 



Ly. pratensis. Fabricius. — Steph. Catal. 340. No. 3969. 



Head and thorax black, varied with yellow ; abdomen black above, with the 

 sides more or less yellow, beneath luteous ; legs luteous, the femora black 

 at the base above ; wings hyaline, with the nervures and stigma yellow ; 

 antennse dusky luteous, with the basal joint black at its origin. 

 Rare : taken at Darenth wood in June. 



Sp. 6. marginata. Nigra, capite testaceo vertice nigro, collare thoraceque subtus 

 pallide testaceJs, abdomine testaceo marginato, pedibus pallidis. (Long. corp. 

 5 lin.; Exp. Alar. 10 lin.) 



Ly. marginata. St. Fargeau Mon. 12. — Steph. Nomen. 'Zd edit. col. 129. 



Head and antennae pale testaceous, crown black ; thorax black, with the 

 collar and under surface pale testaceous ; abdomen above black, with the 

 margin alone very narrowly edged with testaceous ; legs pale ; wings 

 hyaline. 

 Also rare ; found in Devonshire and in Pembrokeshire, by Capt. 



Blomer. 



-f-Sp. 3. Cynosbati. Nigra, pedibus testaceis, posticis nigro alboque annulatis. 

 Te. Cynosbati. Linnc. — Turton (!) — Ly. Cynosbati. Steph. Catal. 340. 



No. 3978, note. 

 Antennse, head, and thorax black ; abdomen linear and black ; legs testaceous, 



the posterior ones annulated with black and white. 

 Indicated by Turton as British, but without any authority. 



