266 MANDIBULATA. HYiMENOPTERA. 



red ; coxae generally black at the base, the hinder pair occasionally entirely 



black ; wings hyaline. 



Abundant in the neighbourhood of the metropolis in the summer, 

 at Hertford, Darenth, &c.; also iVi the NeAv Forest, Norfolk, Salop, 

 and other parts. 



Sp. 6. coronatus. Niger, pedibus riifis, tihiis posticis basi pallida, scutelli apice, 

 punctoque ad radicem alarum, albidis, fascia faciei stramined. (Long. corp. 

 2—3 lin.; Exp. Alar. 3i— 5 lin.) 



Ex. coronatus. Gravenkorst, ii. 342. — Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. Gen. 716. 6. 



Black : palpi and a transverse curved line beneath the antennse straw-colour ; 

 thorax with a streak or dot before the wings reddish, and sometimes a faint 

 whitish line below the scutellum, the apex of which is more or less whitish ; 

 abdomen of the male sonaewhat cylindric, and narrower than the thorax ; of 

 the female as broad as the thorax, somewhat fusiform, the margins of the 

 segments at times obscurely chestnut ; legs rather slender, tawny-red, the 

 hinder tibiae sometimes pale at the base, and the base of the posterior coxse 

 occasionally black ; wings somewhat hyaline. 

 Not very common : taken at Coombe wood, and in the New 



Forest and Salop, in June. 



Sp. 7. lentipes. Niger, pedibus fulvis, tibiis albis, posticis apice fusco, scutello 

 apice rufo, facie et thor ace Jlavomaculatis. (Long. corp. 2J — 3 lin.; Exp. 

 Alar. 4 — 5 lin.) 



Ex. lentipes. Gravenkorst, ii. 344. — Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. Gen. 716. 7. 



Black : face yellow, with a black dot, or with a yellow band, notched below, 

 in the middle ; antennse fuscous-red, straw-coloured beneath, with the basal 

 joint totally black ; thoi-ax with a line before and below the wings, a spot 

 before the neck, and sometimes a streak beneath the scutellum whitish, tip 

 of the latter the same or reddish; abdomen somewhat silky, the extreme 

 margin of the intermediate segments reddish ; legs tawny-red ; tibiae white, 

 or yellowish, 4 anterior tawny at the tip, the extreme base and apex of the 

 hinder fuscous ; wings somewhat smoky-hyaline. 

 Scarce : taken in June near London. 



Sp. 8. femoralis. Niger, pedibus crassissimis rufis, antennis subtus ferrugineis. 

 (Long. corp. 2| — 3^ lin. ; Exp. Alar. 4J — o| lin.) 



Ich. femoralis. Fourcroy, Ent. Par. 396. — Ex. femoralis. Steph. Nomen. 

 2d edit. Gen. 716. 8. 



Black : palpi straw-coloured or brown ; face reddish, or bay, beneath the 

 antennse ; the latter half the length of the body, curved at the tip, rusty or 

 brownish beneath; abdomen as wide as the thorax, oblong, the basal seg- 

 ment a little narrowed towards its origin, and channelled ; legs very much 

 thickened, red, the anterior pair of coxae sometimes black, and the hhide 



