204 MANDIBULATA. HYMENOPTERA. 



Black : antennae fulvous beneath, with from 1 to 3 of the basal joints blsck ; 

 abdomen with the 2nd to 4th segments red, the 2nd and 4th sometimes with 

 a blackish spot on the back, 5th generally quite black, or with the extreme 

 margins, or 2 spots at the base reddish, or chestnut ; legs moderate, 4 anterior 

 pale red, or fulvous, with the coxae and trochanters black, these last occa- 

 sionally fulvous beneath, the middle femora often fuscous without, and their 

 tibiae at times yellowish beneath ; posterior black, with the extreme base of 

 the femora ferruginous, and the tibise mostly reddish in the middle : the 

 anterior femora are sometimes black towards the base; wings smoky- 

 hyaline, with the stigma fuscous. 

 Also found in June near Hertford, and in the vicinity of London. 



Sp. 213. rufilimbatus. Niger, segmentis 2 — 4 riifis, macula dorsali nigra, ore 

 nee non latere ivfero femorum et tibiarum anticorum Jlavis. (Long. corp. 



3 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 5 lln.) 



Ic. rufilimbatus. Gravenhorst, i. 603. — Steph. Numeii. 2d edit. col. 137. 



Black: mouth, clypeus, and a dot on the inner orbits yellow; antennae beneath 

 with the basal joint yellow, the remainder rusty-brown ; abdomen with the 

 2nd and 3rd segments red, with a large dorsal spot, 4th with all the 

 margins, and 5th with the dorsal edge red ; legs black, anterior with the 

 tibise and tarsi, and the lower edge and tip of the femora testaceous or 

 yellow ; middle with the apex of the femora and sides of the tibiae testa- 

 ceous, the extreme base of the hinder femora and of their tibiae reddish ; 

 wings somewhat hyaline, iridescent. 

 Scarce : found near London in June. 



Sp. 214. mitigosus. Niger, segmentis 2 et 3 totis, sequentibus margine, rufis, 

 tihiis rujis. (Long. corp. 2\ lin. ; Exp. Alar. 4J lin.) 



Ic. mitigosus. Gravenhorst, i. 604. — Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. col. 137. 



Black : antennae ferruginous beneath, with the 2 basal joints entirely black ; 

 abdomen with the 2nd and 3rd segments red, with the sides and extreme 

 margins of the 4th, and the edges of the following red ; the 2nd occasionally 

 with a black transverse fascia ; legs with the 4 anterior femora fulvous, 

 with the coxae, trochanters, and the convex side of the femora at the base 

 black ; posterior black, with the extreme base of the femora and the tibiae 

 red, the latter black at the tip, and at the extreme base. 

 Taken at Hertford and at Coombe wood, in June. 



Sp. 215. picipes. Niger, pedibus abdominisque basi piceo-rvfis, hoc apice 

 castaneo-nigro, antennarum annulo albo. (Long. corp. 2g lin. ; Exp. Alar. 



4 lin.) 



Ic picipes. Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. col. 137. 



Black : palpi and mandibles reddish ; antennae pitchy, with about the 10th to 

 14th joints white ; abdomen with the 4 basal segments light pitchy-red, the 

 3 terminal ones pitchy-black, faintly edged with a lighter tint; anterior legs. 



