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MANDIBULATA. H YMENOPTEEA, 



mostly with the 1st jomt white beneath; of the female with the 9th to ISth 

 joints white above ; thorax with a white dot beneath and another or streak 

 before the wings ; scutellum white at the apex^ or in some females with only 

 2 minute white dots ; abdomen blue-black, of the female somewhat viola- 

 ceous ; legs black, v/ith the anterior femora more or less ochreous ; middle 

 in the males with the tip beneath whitish ; anterior tibiee white^ externally 

 black, with a white ring towards the base ; middle and posterior black, with 

 a white ring before the base ; wings smoky-hyaline, with the stigma, costa, 

 and scales brown or black, the last sometimes with a white dot. 

 Rare : taken near London and in Salop, in June. 



Bp. 70. perileucus. Niger, puncto ad alarum radicem tibiarumque annulo albis : 

 mas or Litis internis oculorum albis ; foemina annulo aniennarum albo. (Long, 

 corp. 5—Q lin. ; Exp. Alar. Og — 10 lin.) 



Ic. perileucus. Gravenhorst, i. "SQl .— Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. col. 133. 



Black : male with the inner orbits and frequently 2 dots on the clypeus white; 

 antennae of the female ferruginous beneath, with the 9th to 14th joints 

 white ; thorax with a white dot or streak below the wings in the female, 

 and before them in the male, rarely one below ; scutellum white ; abdomen 

 slightly glossy, with the 2nd segment of the male sometimes fuscous, of the 

 female with the margin chestnut, apex obtuse ; legs black, anterior femora 

 more or less whitish below, middle at the apex alone ; anterior tibise white, 

 towards the tip in the male the outer side is ferruginous ; middle in that 

 sex beneath white, with the apex black ; in the female with a broad white 

 half ring towards the base, posterior with a broad ring of the same : tarsi 

 of the female fuscous, of the male with the base of each joint somewhat 

 whitish ; wings smoky-hyaline, stigma and costa fuscous^ scales black, 

 sometimes with a white dot in the male ; cellule 5-angular. 

 Scarce ; found in June near London. 



Sp. 71. edictorius. Niger, punctis ad alarum radicem tibiisque albis. (Long. 

 Corp. 6 lin. ; Exp. Alar. lOj lin.) 



Ic. edictorius. Linne. — Steph. Catal. 346. No. 4342. 



Black : antennae porrect, scarcely half the length of the body ; thorax with a 

 spot before the wings, and a streak beneath them, white ; scutellum white ; 

 abdomen oblong, thickly punctured, the 2nd and 3rd segments opaque, 

 black-brown, with the extreme margin faintly chestnut ; legs black, with 

 the anterior femora beneath entirely, and the middle at the apex only 

 whitish ; tibiae white, posterior with the entire apex, and 4 anterior with 

 the outer tip fuscous ; anterior tarsi whitish ; middle whitish-brown ; wings 

 smoky-hyaline, the stigma pitchy, costa fuscous, scales the same, with a 

 white dot. 

 Very rare : found near London in June. 



Sp. 72. biauuulatus. Ni^ier, vrhills uculorum inlcriiis, punctis ad ala?'u?n 



