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back of the 7th j ovipositor as long as the abdomen^ pale red ; legs slender, 

 long, coxse and trochanters black, femora red, 4 anterior tibiae also red^ 

 posterior dusky-blacky internally brown, with the base red, tarsi fuscescent, 

 posterior brown-black, with the 3rd and 4th joints white; wings smoky- 

 hyaline ; cellule quadrate. 

 Taken, in June, near London. 



Sp. 23. leucotarsus. Niger, abdomine rufo, pedum anteriorum tihiis fcmorihus 

 riifis, Ms externe obscuris, tarsis posticis annulo albo. (Long. corp. 3 — 44 lin. ; 

 Exp. Alar. 5—7 lin.) 



Cry. leucotarsus. Gravenhorst, ii. 524. — Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. Gen. 721, 23. 



Black: palpi and mandibles testaceous, the inner orbits generally faintly 

 whitish; antennae porrect, shorter than the body, and generally rusty 

 beneath; thorax with a line below the scutellum, and frequently a dot 

 beneath the wings, and also the tip of the scutellum white ; abdomen rather 

 narrower than the thorax, the basal segment black and smooth, petiole 

 linear^ its apex red, remainder chestnut-red, the 6th and 7th being slightly 

 fuscescent ; legs moderately elongate, 4 anterior tawny-red, with the tibiae 

 paler, coxae and trochanters black, whitish beneath^ middle femora generally 

 blackish without, their coxae frequently of a dull chestnut, posterior black 

 and silky, with the 2nd to 4th joints of the tarsi white ; wings smoky- 

 hyaline ; cellule 5-angular. 

 Also found in June, near London. 



Sp. 24. quadrilineatus. Niger, abdomine rufo,femo7-ibus tibiisque rufis, harum 

 posticis apice nigris,picturis capitis et thoracis, annuloque tarsorum posticorum, 

 albis. (Long. corp. 4 — 6| lin.; Exp. Alar. 5 — 8 lin.) 



Cry, quadrilineatus. Gravenhorst, ii. 535. — Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. Gen. 721. 24. 



Black : inner orbits, part of the outer and a dot on the face, with the middle 

 of the mandibles, whitish ; thorax with the upper edge of the neck, a dorsal 

 spot, line beneath the wings, and dot before them, a dot below the scutellum, 

 and 2 or 3 on the metathorax, whitish ; scutellum white at the tip ; abdomen 

 red or chestnut, the petiole of the basal segment black, the 3rd to 7th seg- 

 ments at times blackish-chestnut ; legs with the coxae either brown with a 

 black spot, or the 4 anterior black, the hinder pair black, with a chestnut 

 spot ; trochanters black ; femora red ; 4 anterior tibise red, yellowish within ; 

 posterior black, chestnut towards the base; tarsi fuscescent, posterior black, 

 the 2nd to 4th joints white, the base of the femora occasionally black ; wings 

 hyaline ; cellule either 5-angular, or subquadrate. 

 Not common : found near London in June. 



Sp. 25. albatorius. Niger, segmentis 2-7 rufis, tibiis anterioribus femoribusque 

 rufis, horum posticis basi nigris, facie, tarsis posticis, thoracis et coxarum ante- 

 riorum picturis, albis. (Long. corp. 5 — 7 lin.; Exp. Alar. 7 — 9 lin.) 



Ich. albatorius. Fillers, Ent. iii. 156. — Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. Gen. 721. 25. 



Black : face, outer and frontal orbits and mandibles ochreous, the tip of the 



