14 TENTHREDINIDvE. 



2. Abia brevicornis. 

 (Plate XYI. fig. 2.) 



Abia brevicornis, Leach, Zool. Misc. iii. p. 114 (1817). 



Cimbex splendida, King, Verh. Berl. Ges. naturf. Fr. i. p. 93, n. 9 



(1829). 



Exp. al. 11 lin., long. corp. 6 lin. 



Head and thorax bronzy green. Abdomen green, with the in- 

 cisions bluish ; body beneath with purple and violet reflections. 

 Antennas rather short, ferruginous; labrum and mandibles ferru- 

 ginous ; legs whitish yellow, femora and tarsi stained with ferru- 

 ginous. Wings clear hyaline, with yellow nervures ; a narrow shade 

 below the stigma, and a very slight cloud on the costa before the 

 tip. Male with a velvety-brown patch on the back of segments 4-7. 



Hab. Central Europe. 



a. 2 • (Type of species.) W. E. Leach. 



b, c. S 2 • Germany. Herr J. F. Ruthe. 



3. Abia mutica. 



Abia mutica, Thorns. Hym. Scand. i. p. 28 (1871). 

 Hab. Sweden. 



4. Abia anrulenta. 



Abia aurulenta, Sichel, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (3), iv. p. lxxvii. (1856). 

 Cimbex cuprea, Aich. Zeitsch. Ferdinand. (3), xv. p. 308 (1870). 



Hal. Piedmont. 



5. Abia fnlgens. 



Abia fulgens, Andre, Spec. Hym. i. p. 30 (1879). 



Abia aurulenta, Zadd. Schrift. Kbnigsb. iii. p. 272 (1863). 



Hab. Piedmont, Switzerland, &c. 



6. Abia lonicerae. 



Tenthredo lonicerae, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 559, n. 39 (1758) ; 



{Reaumur, Hist. Ins. v. pi. xiii. figs. 8-10). 

 Abia nigricornis, Leach, Zool. Misc. iii. p. 113, n. 1 (1817) ; Curt. 



Brit. Ent. ii. pi. lxxxix. (1825) ; Zadd. Schrift. Kbnigsb. iii. p. 270 



(1863). 

 Cimbex senea, Klug, Verhandl. Berl. Ges. naturf. Fr. i. p. 91, n. 7 



(1829). 

 Abia (Cimbex) aenea, Vollenh. Tijdschr. Ent. i. p. 144, pi. v. (1858). 

 Abia bifida, Thorns. Hym. Scand. i. p. 28 (1871). 



