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of the male occasionally with 2 white dots at the base of the wings, or 1 

 obscure one beneath; scutelluni white; abdomen with the 2nd and 3rd 

 segments red, 6th and 7th with a white dorsal spot ; legs black, with the 

 tips of the femora red, posterior entirely black in the male ; 4 anterior tibiae 

 of the female at the apex rusty-red ; posterior of the male red, the apex 

 black, sometimes yellowish beneath ; of the female red, the middle yellow- 

 ish, the apex fuscous ; tarsi red; wings yellowish-hyaline, stigma and costa 

 red ; scales dull straw-colour, or reddish. 



Not common : taken occasionally in the vicinity of London, in 

 June. 



Sp. 93. stramentarius. Niger, segmentis 2 et 3 tibiisquejlavis, his apice obscuro, 

 annulo antennarum albo. (Long. corp. 6—7 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 12lin.) 



Ic. stramentarius. Gravenhorsi. — Steph. Catal. 349. No. 4440. 



Black : inner orbits yellowish, or reddish ; antennae with the 8th to 16th joints, 

 more or less, white or yellowish, reddish or straw-coloured beneath ; thorax 

 occasionally with a streak beneath the scutellum, or 2 dots at the base of 

 the wings, whitish or yellow; scutellum the same; abdomen with the 2nd 

 and 3rd segments yellow, the 5th, 6th, and 7th, with a yellow spot on the 

 back ; legs black, with the 4 posterior at the apex ferruginous or dull 

 straw ; tibiae yellow, 4 anterior generally red at the apex; the middle pair 

 sometimes black at the tip; posterior with the apex black, the base some- 

 times ferruginous; tarsi ferruginous, hinder pair with the tips of the joints 

 sometimes black; wings rather yellowish-hyaline, stigma pale saffron, 

 costa reddish, and scales red or brown. 

 Rather scarce : found in June and July on flowers, near London, 



and in the north of England. 



Sp. 94. terminatorius. Niger, segmentis 2 et Sjlavo-stramineis, incisurd nigra, 

 tibiis Jlavo stramineis apice obscuro, annulo antennarum dlbo. (Long. corp. 

 G—Ql lin.; Exp. Alar. II4 lin.) 



Ic. terminatorius. Gravenhorsi — Steph. Catal. 349. No. 4441. 



Black: palpi generally rusty at the apex, and mandibles red; frontal orbits 

 faintly yellowish or ferruginous ; antennae with the 9th to 16th johits, more 

 or less, dull white, rusty beneath; scutellum straw yellow; abdomen with 

 the 2nd and 3rd segments yellow or pale saffron, with the incisure black ; 

 5th, 6th, and 7th with a yellow dorsal spot ; legs with the 4 anterior femora 

 more or less red or ferruginous at the apex ; tibise yellow, sometimes mixed 

 with ferruginous, the 4 anterior with the apex fulvous or rusty, the posterior 

 with the tip black; tarsi reddish or yellowish; wings yellowish-hyaline, the 

 stigma and costa pale saffron, scales red. 

 Not uncommon within the metropolitan district, towards the end of 



the summer. 



Sp. 95. cerinthius. Niger, segmentis 2 et Sjlavis, incisurd nigra, tibiis Jiavis 



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