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antennae either red^ paler beneath, or rusty, with the tip fuscous, the basal 

 joint always black; abdomen silky, of the male linear, of the female a little 

 thickened at the apex, and in general with the 2nd and 3rd segments with 

 the extreme margin somewhat testaceous, and those of the 6th and 7th a 

 little whitish ; legs red or tawny ; coxse black, the tip of the hinder tibiae 

 black, their tarsi generally dusky, with the base of the 1st joint pale; wings 

 hyaline ; cellule irregularly 3-angular, and slightly petiolated. 

 Taken, but very rarely, near London, in June. 



Sp. 5. clypeator. Niger, clypeo pedibusque rufis, coxis et trochanteribus nigru, 

 abdomine incisuris 1-i ruj'escentibus. (Long. corp. 4 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 7 lin.) 



Me. clypeator. Gravenhorst, ii. ISl.—Steph. Nomen. 9,d edit. Gen. 715. 5. 



Black : clypeus and mandibles red, face slightly silky ; abdomen somewhat 

 linear, with the 1st to 5th segments a little broadest, the 1st to 4th incisures 

 reddish; legs red, the coxae and trochanters black ; wings rather smoky- 

 hyaline ; cellule somewhat irregularly 3-angular, petiolated. 

 Also found, in June, near liCndon, but very scarce. 



Sp. 6. alacer. Niger, ore pedibusque rufis, horum posiicis apice tibiai-um iar- 

 sisque nigris. (Long. corp. 4^ lin.; Exp. Alar. 7^ lin.) 



Me. alacer. Gravenhorst, ii. 132. — Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. Gen. 715. 6. 



Black: mouth dull red, with the tips of the mandibles black ; antenna; rather 

 longer than the body, with the apex a little curved; abdomen silky, with 

 the extreme margins of the segments somewhat chestnut ; legs rather 

 slender, red, with the hinder tibiae and tarsi black, the former reddish 

 towards the base; wings hyaline; cellule irregular, obliquely petiolated. 

 Taken in June in the vicinity of the metropolis. 



Sp. 7. caligatus. Niger, ore, puncto scutellari pedibusque imjis, tarsis et tibiis 

 posticis nigris, his ante basin rufo-albidis ; mas facie Jlavd. (Long. corp. 4 — 

 5i lin.; Exp. Alar. 7-4—9 lin.) 



Tr. caligatus. Gravenhorst, ii. 170. — Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. Gen. 715. 7. 



Black: male with the face and mouth yellow, female with the mouth red; 

 antennae ferruginous, sometimes fuscous above, the 1st to 3rd joints black 

 beneath ; thorax with a whitish or reddish spot before the wings, another 

 beneath, and sometimes a 3rd beneath tHe scutellum, and a minute dot of 

 the same at the tip of the scutellum ; abdomen rather slender, very glossy ; 

 legs red, posterior pair with the tibise and tarsi black, the former palish or 

 reddish towards the base; wings somewhat hyaline; cellule wanting, or 

 minute, 3-angular, and petiolated. 

 Taken near London, at the end of June. 



Sp. 8. nitidus. Niger, pedibus rufis, trochanter ihus posticis coxisque nigris. 



.(Long. corp. 5 lin.; Exp. Alar. 8| lin.) 

 Tr. nitidus. Gravenhorst, ii. 13i.— Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. Gen. 715. 8. 

 Black : palpi and labrum rusly-red ; antennae slender, shorter than the body, 



