TENTHREDIXID.E. — LYDA. 99 



Sp. 7. varia. Ferruginea, capite luteo nigro vario, tliorace nigra luteo vario 

 abdomi?iis segment is 1-mo toto, 2-do, 3-tio, 7-iimo, 8-vo, basi nigris, femorihus 

 tibiisque luteis. (Long. corp. 4§ lin.; Exp. Alar. IO5 lin.) 



Ly. varia. St. Fargeau Mon. 9. — Faun, i^.* jtiZ. li.f. 4. 



Antennse ferruginous, paler beneath ; the basal joint luteouS;, with a black 

 streak above ; head luteous, varied with black ; mandibles luteous, with 

 the apex ferruginous ; thorax blacky varied with luteous ; scutellum also 

 luteous; abdomen ferruginous, with the 1st segment entirely, the 2nd 

 except the margin, and the 3rd, 7th, and 8th at the base black; legs luteouSj 

 with the tarsi pale ferruginous ; wings hyaline^ with fuscescent nervures, 

 and yellow stigma. 

 Not common : found in the vicinity of Darenth wood in June. 



Sp. 8. fallax. Lutea, vertice, thoracis dorso, sterno, abdominis basi et apice 

 nigris, segmentis intei-mediis anoque testaceis, antennis tarsisque testaceis. 

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



Ly. fallax. St. Fargeau Mon. 13. — Ly. tfeniata. Sieph. Nomen. 2d edit, 

 col. 129. 



Antennae luteous, with the base luteous, and a faint dusky line above; head 

 pale luteous, with the vertex entirely yellow, in some a faint yellow lunule 

 behind the eyes ; thorax black above, beneath and sides luteous, with a 

 black sternum; abdomen entirely luteous beneath, above with the 1st and 

 2nd segments black, the 3rd black, with a testaceous spot on each side, 4th 

 and 5th testaceous, with the base black in the middle, the rest black, with 

 testaceous sides, and the apex also testaceous; legs luteous, with the tarsi 

 testaceous ; wings hyaline, with the costa and stigma luteous, and nervures 

 testaceous. 

 Also scarce : taken in Scotland, at the end of June. 



Sp. 9. hortorura. Atra, ahdomine medio rvfo, scutello pedibusque pallidis. 

 (Long. corp. 5i lin. ; Exp. Alar. 10 hn.) 



Ly. hortorum. Klug ?—Steph. Catal. 340. No. 3973. 



Antennae luteous, the basal joint black, and the 2nd testaceous; head black, 

 with a minute yellow dot on the inner orbit of the eyes on the crown ; 

 mandibles testaceous ; thorax black, with the wing scales and a spot before 

 them yellow, the scutellum and a spot on the metathorax whitish ; abdomen 

 black, with the 3rd to the 5th segments, the margins of the 6th, and back 

 of the 2nd bright red ; the 3 intermediate with a minute black dot on each 

 side; legs whitish-yellow; wings hyaline, the nervures pale testaceous, 

 stigma black. 



* It may be necessary to state that the references to this work in my 

 Catalogue were made from an actual examination of a copy (now in 

 Mr. Hope's possession) in the winter of 1828. 



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