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Sp. 2. curvator. Niger, pedibus rvfis, cellula longepetiolata. (Long. corp. 2i 



lin. ; Exp. Alar. 4 lin.) 

 Ich. curvator. Fabricius, Ent. 177.— Ex. curvator. Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. 



Gen. 716. 2. 

 Black : palpi straw-coloured ; antennte rather above half the length of the 



body, the tip curved ; thorax somewhat cylindric ; abdomen as long and as 



broad as the thorax, slightly sessile, oblong, shining, a little thickened at the 



apex, the basal segment with 2 obsolete elevated lines; legs short, red; 



wings ample, hyaline ; cellule irregular, obliquely-transverse, with a long 



peduncle. 



Not common : taken in June near London. 



Sp. 3. podagricus. Niger, pedibus rufis,plerumque macula coxarumfemorumque 

 nigra, celluld subpetiolaia. (Long. corp. 2\ lin.; Exp. Alar. 4 lin.) 



Ex. podagricus. Gravenhorst, ii. SM.— Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. Gen. 716. 3. 



Black: palpi dusky straw-colour; antennae curved, rusty beneath, a little 

 obscure towards the apex; abdomen rather thickened at the tip; legs dull 

 red, coxae black with the apex reddish, 4 anterior femora for the most part 

 with a small black spot exteriorly, and the hinder pair with a larger fuscous 

 one ; wings hyaline ; cellule obliquely-transverse, and somewhat sessile, or 

 slightly petiolated. 

 Not uncommon in the vicinity of London, and in Salop, in June. 



Sp. 4. .Slthiops. Niger, solis tibiis rufis. (Long. corp. 2^ lin. ; Exp. Alar. 

 4| lin.) 



Ex. ^thiops. Gravenhorst, i. 693.— Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. Gen. 716. 4. 



Black : mouth rusty; antennae a little curved, rather longer than half the body, 

 red beneath towards the base; thorax cylindric; abdomen smooth, shining, 

 the basal segment rather dilated towards the apex, 2nd to 5th of equal 

 width, 2nd quadrate, remainder somewhat shorter; legs with the anterior 

 tibiae red, the middle rusty-red, posterior fuscous, rusty-red without ; tarsi 

 red, posterior rusty ; wings somewhat smoky-hyaline ; cellule rather large, 

 3-angular, nearly sessi!e. 

 Found in the vicinity of London in June, and in Salop. 



§ II. Anterior wings without a cellule. 



Sp. 5, mansuetor. Niger, pedibus antennarum, basi, et vracula faciei, rujis. 

 (Long. corp. 1|— 2| lin. ; Exp. Alar. 2\ — 4 lin.) 



Ex. mansuetor. Gravenhorst, ii. 339.- — Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. Gen. 716. 5. 



Black : palpi straw-colour; face very protubei-ant, with a red spot of variable 

 size ; antennae shorter than half the body, curved at the tip, fuscous, beneath 

 red or ferruginous, dusky towards the apex; thorax rather cylindric; 

 abdomen somewhat silky, oblong-ovate, a little thickened at the apex, and 

 the basal segment a little dilated towards the tip, 2nd to 4th somewhat equal 

 in width, the margins of the segments sometimes chestnut; legs thick and 



