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TENTHREDrNIDJS. 



37. Hylotoma simillima. 



(Plate IV. fig. 18.) 



Hylotoma simillima, Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1874, p. 875. 



Exp. al. 7-10 lin., long. corp. 4-5 lin. 



Blue-black, shining, but much duller than in similis ; antennae 

 black, shorter, ciliated in the male ; legs dull blue-black. Wings 

 f usco-hyaline, less strongly glossed with blue, and much clearer than 

 in similis. 



The form and size of the middle cells of the hind wings vary 

 very much in different specimens, and even on different sides of the 

 same specimen. One specimen from the Amoor was placed with 

 H. similis ; it appears to belong to simillima, but has the basal half 

 of the hind tibiae whitish. It is quite possible that this species may 

 prove to be identical with H. berberidis ; but I have not a sufficient 

 series of the latter to compare. 



Hob. Northern Asia. 



a. $>. Siberia. 



b. 2 ' Amoor. 



c. d. 2 ' (Types of species.) Hiogo. G. Lewis, Esq. 



38. Hylotoma rejecta. 



(Plate IV. fig. 16.) 



Hylotoma ephippiata, Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1874, p. 375. 

 Hylotoma humeralis, Vollenh. {nee Beanv.) Tijdschr. Ent. iii. p. 129 

 (1860). 



Exp. al. 6-7 lin., long. corp. 3 lin. 



Shining blue-black ; prothorax, pleura, and sides of the pectus rufo- 

 testaceous, and the lateral lobes of the mesothorax wholly in the 

 female, and sometimes partially in the male, of the same colour ; 

 antennae black, rather long; front tibiae obscurely ferruginous 

 within. Wings f usco-hyaline, violaceous. 



Hab. Japan. 



ft _ c . g £ . (Types of species.) Hiogo. G. Lewis, Esq. 



39. Hylotoma captiva. 

 (Plate IV. fig. 14.) 



Hylotoma captiva, Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1874, p. 376. 



Exp. al. 11 lin., long. corp. 5 lin. 



Dark violet-black ; thorax ferruginous ; pleura narrowly so ; scu- 

 tellum ferruginous in front, and black behind ; thorax also edged 

 with black behind. Fore wings fusco-hyaline ; hind wings hyaline. 



Hab. Japan. 



a. 2 • (Type of species.) Hiogo. G. Lewis, Esq. 



