224* MANDTBULATA. — HYMENOPTERA. 



posticis apice nigro, annulo antennnrum et tarsorum posticorum alho ; celluld 

 minuta petiolatd. (Long. corp. 4 — 5 lin.; Exp. Alar. 7 — Sg lin.) 



Ic. regenerator. Fabricius, Piez. 83. — Me. regenerator. Steph. Nonien. 2d 

 edit. Gen. 714. 35. 



Black : palpi dull white ; antennffi with the 3rd to 8th joints ferruginous 

 beneath, 12 to 18th entirely white; abdomen with the basal segment black, 

 with the extreme margin chestnut ; 2nd to 4th red, the 4th clouded with 

 black, 3 terminal ones black ; legs red, coxae, trochanters, and claws black ; 

 the tips of the hinder femora and of the tibiae black ; middle tarsi with the 

 3rd and 4th joints white, posterior pair black, with the tip of the 2nd joint, 

 and the whole of the 3rd and 4th white; wings smoky-hyaline; cellule 

 minute, triangular, with a long petiole. 

 Taken at Darenth wood in June. 



Sp. 36. defectivus. JViger, abdominis medio rufo,femorihus tibiisque anterioribus 

 totis, posticis basi rnjis, antennarum, annulo alba, celluld nulla. (Long. corp. 

 4^ lin.; Exp. Alar. 7 lin.) 



Me. defectivus. Gravenhorst, ii. 77. — Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. Gen. 714. 36. 



Black: antenna shortish, curved at the tip, 13th to 15th joints white; 

 abdomen slightly petiolated, the basal segment smooth, black, 2nd to 4th 

 chestnut-red, the edge of the 4th dusky, the remainder black ; ovipositor 

 not exserted ; legs red, 4 anterior with the coxae and trochanters black, 

 posterior black, with the base of the femora and of the tibiae red ; wings 

 hyaline ; cellule wanting. 

 Also found in June at Darentli wood. 



Sp. 37. mundus. Niger, abdominis medio rufo, pedibus nigris, femoribus 

 anterioribus pro parte rufis, tibiis rujis ; mas tibiis posticis apice nigris, 

 antennis subtus rujis ; fcemina antennis rujis, art'iculo l-mo rufo. (Long, 

 corp. 3i— 5 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 6 — 9 lin.) 



Me. mundus. Gravenhorst, ii. 78. — Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. Gen. 714. 37. 



Black : palpi pale ; mandibles red in the middle ; antennae of the male fuscous, 

 beneath red, the basal joint frequently black ; of the female fulvous, the 

 basal joint black, the remainder more or less fuscescent above ; abdomen 

 with the basal segment black, red at the tip in the female, 2nd to 4th red, 

 remainder all black; legs moderate, 6 anterior fulvous or yellow, coxae and 

 trochanters black, and their femora more or less black at the base ; posterior 

 black, the extreme tip of the femora in the males chestnut, tibiae red, their 

 apex blackish in the male, and their tarsi fuscous ; wings somewhat hyaline ; 

 cellule irregularly 3-angular, petiolated. 

 Taken in June near London, and in Devonshire and Salop. 



Sp. 38. rufoniger. Niger, abdominis medio pedibusque rujis, femoribus posticis, 

 coxis et trochanteribus nigris. (Long. corp. 3§ — 4J lin. ; Exp. Alar. 65 — 83 

 lin.) 



Me. rufoniger. Gravenhorst, ii. 80. — Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. Gen. 714. 38. 



