304 MANDIBULATA. IlYMENOrXERA. 



eeous, claws fuscous, posterior legs black, with the base of the tibiae 

 reddish ; wings smoky-hyaline ; cellule somewhat regularly 5-angular. 

 Found near London in June ; not common. 



Sp. 22. variabilis. Niger, segmentis 2 et 3 nee von femorum anteriorum apice 

 rvfis, tibiis rufis, posticis basi apiceque nigris ; foemina antennis basin versus 

 rufis, ovipositore brevi. (Long. corp. 2| — 3§ lin.; Exp. Alar. 4 — 7i lin.) 



Phy. variabilis. Gravenhorst, ii. 705. — StepJi. Nomen. 2d edit. Gen. 722. 



Black : head rather large, especially of the male; palpi and middle of the 

 mandibles rusty ; antennae black, scarcely above half the length of the body, 

 of the female incurved, the basal joint fuscous or red, 2nd to 6th rusty, 

 remainder fuscous ; metathoras of the male slightly bispinose ; abdomen 

 oblong-ovate, rather narrower than the thorax, the basal segment black, 

 aciculated, somewhat linear, 2nd and 3rd red, 4th either wholly red, or red, 

 with the apex black, remainder black, the terminal one with the margin 

 whitish; 'ovipositor scarcely the fourth part of the abdomen in length ; legs 

 of the male with the coxae and trochanters black, the 4 anterior femora black, 

 red at the apex ; posterior black, with the base and inner edge red, tibiae 

 red, posterior wholly black, or at the base and apex only ; of the female the 

 4) anterior are red, the femora blackish towards the base, the coxae and tro- 

 chanters sometimes black above, posterior black, trochanters at the apex, or 

 wholly, red; tibiae occasionally red in the middle; the legs vary in being 

 red, with the coxae dusky, or black, with all the femora and the 4 anterior 

 tibiae red ; wings smoky-hyaline ; cellule 5-angular. 

 Not uncommon in the vicinity of London ; found also in the New 

 Forests Salop, Scotland, Src. about June. 



Sp. 23. vagabundus. Niger, abdomine rufo, petiolo nigro, tihiis femoribusque 

 rufis: foemina antennis rufo iestaceis, articulis ultimis et 1-nio nigris. 

 (Long. corp. 2|— 4 lin. ; Exp. Alar. 3| — 7 lin.) 



Phy. vagabundus. Gravenhorst, ii. 735. — Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. Gen. 722. 23. 



Black: antennae of the female with the 3rd to 13th joints, or most of them, 

 testaceous-red; male generally with rather acute spines on the metathorax; 

 abdomen red, the petiole more or less black ; ovipositor above half the length 

 of the abdomen; legs of the male rather slender, of the female stouter, red, 

 with the coxae and trochanters black ; tibiae of the female slightly ciliated 

 externally, posterior pair of the male dusky at the tip ; tarsi in that sex 

 either all, or only the 4 posterior, blackish ; wings smoky-hyaline ; cellule 

 rather irregularly 5-angular. 

 Not uncommon in the vicinity of London, during the summer. 



Sp. 24. gravipes. Niger, segmentis 1-4 pedibusque rufis, antennis S-coloribus. 



(Long. corp. 2§ lin. ; Exp. Alar. 4§ lin.) 

 Phy. gravipes. Gravenhorst, ii. 740. — Steph. Nomen. 2d edit. Gen. 722. 24. 

 Black: mouth tawny; antennae with the 6 basal joints tawny-red, 7th to 11th 



white, with a brown dot, the rest black ; metathorax with 2 rather acute 



