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nigris : mas thoracis lateribus et regione circa scutellum nigris, (Long. corp. 

 3 — 4| lin. ; Exp. Alar. 5 — 7^ lin.) 



Ic. sticticus. Fabr. Ent. S. Sup. 229. — Me. sticticus. Steph. Nonien. 2d edit. 

 Gen. 714-. 16. 



Fulvous: face and mouth yellowish; tip of the mandibleSj eyes^ ocelli, and a 

 quadrate spot on the forehead black, the last occasionally ferruginous in the 

 female ; antennae porrect and black, with the 2 basal joints beneath fulvous, 

 and the 6 or 8 following fulvescent ; of the female incurved at the tip, fer- 

 ruginous, but above, especially towards the base, dusky ; thorax with a dot 

 before the collar and on the breast black, and of the male with the margin 

 of the scutellum more or less black, the raetathorax black, red above, the 

 scutellum and a transverse line beneath yellow; abdomen oblong, faintly 

 compressed at the tip ; peduncle black at the base in the female, entirely 

 black in the male, and sometimes the 1st segment, except the margins, the 

 same ; ovipositor black ; legs fulvous, anterior coxse paler, the hinder tarsi 

 and tip of the tibiae, and sometimes a line on the coxae, blackish ; wings 

 hyaline ; cellule 3-angular, subpetiolated. 

 Not common : taken at Hertford in July. 



Sp. 17. trimaculatus. Fulvus, cculis ocellis pectore maculisque 3-bus thoracis 



dorso nigris. (Long. corp. 3 lin.; Exp. Alar. 6 lin.) 

 Me. trimaculatus. Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. Gen. 714. 17. 

 Fulvous : mouth and face paler ; eyes and ocelli black ; thorax with a spot on 



the breast and 3 large ones on the back also black ; scutellum fulvous ; 



abdomen elongate, slightly compressed at the apex ; legs pale tawny, coxa; 



and trochanters paler ; wings hyaline ; cellule 3-angular, scarcely petiolated. 



Found in June near London ; scarce. 



Sp. 18. luteolator. Testaceus ; oculis, ocellis, nee non thoracis et segmentoruvi 

 pluriinorum dorso nigris. (Long. corp. 2f lin.; Exp. Alar. 5 lin.) 



Me. luteolator. Gj-avenhorst, ii. 42. — Sieph. Nomen. 2d edit. Gen. 714. 18. 



Testaceous : head subglobose ; eyes and ocelli black ; antennse porrect-* 

 fuscous, testaceous at the base beneath; thorax black on the back, with 2 

 longitudinal red streaks ; scutellum red ; abdomen lanceolate, the basal 

 segment entirely black, 3rd entirely fulvous, 2nd, and the 4th to 7th fulvous, 

 with the back black; legs rather slender, pale testaceous, the hinder tarsi 

 and tip of their tibise fuscous ; wings hyaline, iridescent ; cellule 3-angular, 

 somewhat petiolated. 

 Also rather scarce : taken in June in the vicinity of London. 



Sp. 19. flavopictus. Niger, facie scittello et tinea ante alas Jlavis, abdominis 

 medio pedibusque rufis. (Long. corp. 4 lin.; Exp. Alar. 7 lin.) 



Me. flavopictus. Gravenhorst, ii. 33. — Steph. Nomen.2d edit. Gen. 714. 19. 



Black : face and mouth yellow; mandibles black at the tip ; antennae slender, 

 curved at the tip, the basal joint yellow beneath ; thorax with a line before 

 the wings, hooked in front, a transverse streak beneath the wings, and 1 



