216 MANDIBtFLATA. HYMENOl'TEKA. 



scutellunij white ; scutellum with a large marginal white spot on each side ; 

 abdomen black ; legs with the coxae and trochanters black ; femora red, 

 posterior with the extreme tip black ; tibiae red, hinder pair black towards 

 the tip ; 4 anterior tarsi red-brown, posterior black-brown, with the 4th 

 joint a little paler; wings smoky-hyaline ; cellule 3-angular, sessile. 

 Not common: found near London and at Netley, in June. 



§ 111. Scittelhim pale or red; abdomen either anteriorly red (or pale), or red 



and black. 



Sp- 13. melanocephalus. Rufus, capite nigro, facie et oreflavis. (Long. corp. 

 4i— 5i lin. ; Exp. Alar. 7—8 lin.) 



Me. melanocephalus. Gravenhorst, ii. 28. — Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. Gen. 714. 13, 



Eed : head and mandibles at the tip black, face and mouth yellow ; antermse 

 with the basal joint generally yellow below ; thorax sometimes with a 

 streak before, or a dot beneath, the wings, and the suture between the pro- 

 thorax and metathorax yellow ; legs with the 2 or 4 anterior coxae and tro- 

 chanters pale straw-colour; wings hyaline; cellule irregular, with a short 

 peduncle. 

 Taken at Darenth and Coombe woods, and near Hertford, in 



June. 



Sp. 14. testaceus. Testaceo-rufus, oculis et ocellis nigris. (Long. corp. 3^ — 6 

 lin.; Exp. Alar. 7 — 8| lin.) 



Ich. testaceus. Fabr. Ent. S. Sup. 228. — Me. testaceus. Steph. Nomen. 2d 

 edit. Gen. 714. 14. 



Mouth and face testaceous-red, mandibles fuscous at the tip ; antennae porrect, 

 curved at the tip, tawny-red or dusky, with the basal joint always red, 

 paler beneath ; thorax tawny-straw, or reddish, with occasionally a line 

 before the wings, and the lateral sutures yellowish; scutellum palish, or 

 yellow; abdomen rusty, or tawny-yellowish, somewhat linear, slightly 

 compressed towards the apex, most in the female; legs slender, tawny- 

 straw, with the hinder tarsi sometimes paler ; wings hyaline, cellule irre- 

 gidarly 3-angular, slightly petiolated. 

 Fovtnd at Darenth and Birch woods, and near Dover, at the 



beginning of June. 



Sp. 15. pallidus. Pallide stramineus, oculis oceUisque nigris. (Long. corp. 3 lin.; 

 Exp. Alar. 5 lin.) 



Me pallidus. Gravenhorst, ii. 30. — Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. Gen. 714. 15. 



Pale straw-colour: antennae testaceous-brown, with the basal joint pale straw- 

 colour ; eyes and ocelli black ; legs very pale straw-colour ; wings hyaline, 

 iridescent; cellule somewhat 3-angular, petiolated. 

 Not very common : taken at Darenth wood in June. 



Sp. 1(>. sticticus. Fulvus, scuiello Jlavo, oculis ocellis pectorc et peiioH Jiasi 



