174 TENTHREDINID^l. 



40. Monophadnus japonicus. 

 (Plate VIII. fig. 5.) 



Selandria nigriceps, Smith (nee Sinn.), Trans. Ent. Soc. 1874, p. 376. 

 Monophadnus iaponicus, Mocs. Term, fiizetek, iv. p. 268 (1880). 



Exp. al. 7J lin., long. corp. 3| lin. 



Pale luteous ; head and antennae black ; the latter rather short 

 and thick ; thorax darker than the abdomen, with a blackish spot 

 on the frontal lobe ; region of the scutellum dusky ; wings smoky 

 hyaline, rather clearer towards the extremities, nervures piceous. 

 Undersurface with the middle of the pectus as far as the base of 

 the middle pair of legs violet-black ; abdomen and legs pale luteous ; 

 coxae in part violet-black ; extremities of hind tibiae dusky. 



Hob. Japan. 

 a, b. $ . (Types of S. nigriceps.) Hiogo. G. Lewis, Esq. 



41. Monophadnus lewisii. 

 (Plate Yin. fig. 4.) 



Very similar to M. japonicus, but a trifle smaller. Colour warmer 

 luteous, the region of the scutellum dusky ; thorax darker than the 

 abdomen ; nndersurface (coxae included) uniform luteous ; tibiae, ex- 

 cept at base, and all the tarsi black ; otherwise as in M. japonicus. 



Hah. Japan. 



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



42. Monophadnus rufus. 

 (Plate VIII. fig. 6.) 



Monophadnus rufus, Cameron, Trans. Ent. Soc. 1876, p. 461. 



Exp. al. 7 lin., long. corp. 4 lin. 



Eeddish, shining ; ocelli, more or less of the antennae, hinder part 

 of thorax (sometimes also the middle) and base of abdomen black, 

 hind tarsi blackish at the extremity ; pectus black in one specimen. 

 Wings dusky hyaline, iridescent, clearer at the extremities. 



Hab. China. 



a, b. 2 • (Tvp es of species.) Shanghai. B. Fortune. 



c. 2 • Hong Kong. J. C. Bowring. 



B. North- and Central- American Species. 



43. Monophadnus cordigera. 



Tenthredo cordigera, Beauv. Ins. Afr. Amer. p. 97, Hym. pi. ix. fig. 4 



(1805). 

 Allantus barda, Say, Bost. Journ. i. p. 218 (1885). 



