162 M ANDIBUr, ATA. HYM ENOPTEllA. 



apice obsciiro, annulo antennai'um alho. (Long. corp. 5 — 6lin.; Exp. Alar. 

 9k lin.) 



Ic. cerinthius. Gravenhoi'st — Steph. Catal. 349. iVb. 444-2. 



Black: frontal orbits very obscurely blood-red; antennee rather slender, the 

 11th to 16th joints white, dull saffron beneath; scutellum white; abdomen 

 ovate, the 2nd and 3rd segments yellow, with the incisure fuscous or black, 

 the last 2 with a yellow dorsal spot ; legs with the anterior femora at the tip 

 and lower edge, and the middle pair at the apex, red ; tibiae yellow ; 4 

 anterior reddish, and the posterior black, at the tip ; tarsi reddish ; wings 

 yellowish-hyaline, with the stigma and costa dull red^ scales fuscous. 

 Rare : found near London, in August. 



Sp. 96. fulvoscutellatus. Niger, scuiello fulvo, segmentis 2 et 3, tarsis ante- 

 rioribus tibiisque riifis, posticis apice nigro, annulo antennarum rufo-Jlavescente. 

 (Long. corp. 6 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 10 lin.) 



Ic. fulvoscutellatus. Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. col. 133. 



Black: palpi fuscous; antennae with the 9th to 16th joints reddish-yellow 

 above, red beneath ; thorax with a reddish streak beneath the wings ; scu- 

 tellum fulvous ; abdomen with the 2nd and 3rd segments tawny-red ; the 

 middle of the edge of the 5th, and a spot on the 6th and 7th, vi-hite; legs 

 with the anterior femora fulvous, the apex of the middle pair rufous, the 4 

 anterior tibiae and tarsi pale red, the hinder pair the same, with the apex 

 black, and their tarsi with the tips of each joint dusky ; wings smoky- 

 hyaline, the stigma pale saffron, costa blacky scales ferruginous. 

 Taken at Birch wood in May. 



Sp. 97. csedator. Niger, antennis S-coloribus, macula faciali et orbitis oculorum 

 rubricosis J segmentis 2 et 3 rujis, ultimis albomarginatis, femoj'ibus ante- 

 rioribus tibiisque rujis. (Long. corp. 5 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 9§ lin.) 



Ic. caedator. Gravenhorst, i. 285. — Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. col. 133. 



Black: palpi pale red; inner orbits of the face reddish; antennae with the 

 apex involuted, the 1st to 14th joints red, the 11th to 14th, more or less, 

 yellowish or whitish above, the remainder fuscous, ferruginous beneath, the 

 terminal ones entirely fuscous; thorax with the margin of the collar and a 

 dot beneath the wings whitish ; scutellum white ; abdomen with the 2nd 

 and 3rd joints red, the 4th whitish on the margin, the 5th with the margin 

 white, and the 6th and 7th entirely of that hue above ; legs with the 4 

 anterior femora entirely, and the extreme base of the posterior, red ; tibiae 

 red, with the tip of the hinder black ; tarsi red ; wings smoky-hyaline, with 

 the stigma, costa, and scales red. 

 Apparently very rare : found in July near London, and in Norfolk. 



Sp. 98. raptorius. Niger, antennis 3-coloribus, segmentis 2 et 3 rujis, 5-7 

 macula dorsali alba, iibiis rujis. (Long. corp. 4 — 6^ lin. ; Exp. Alar. 8 — 

 11 lin.) 



