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78. Macrophya nigropicta. 

 (Plate X. fig. 12.) 

 Macrophya nigropicta, Smith, Tram. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1874, p. 377. 



Exp. al. 12 lin., long. corp. 5 lin. 



Head yellow ; a large irregular roundish black spot on the vertex, 

 enclosing the ocelli, and sometimes marked with two small yellow 

 spots in front ; it throws off a small projection in front, and a broader 

 one behind ; and there is also a black spot on each side of the latter, 

 extending to the back of the head, which is wholly black, as well 

 as the antennae. There is also a rather large black spot behind each 

 eye. Mesothorax above and midclle of pectus black ; prothorax, V- 

 spot, two large impressed spots behind, sometimes scarcely separated 

 from it, scutellum, postscutellum, and lines running from the scu- 

 tellum to the front and back of the base of the fore wings, all yellow. 

 Abdomen yellow, with a black band at the base of all the segments 

 above ; saws, and two short streaks at their base, black ; legs yellow, 

 intermediate tarsi blackish above ; hind femora at the extremity 

 above, and hind tibiae and tarsi (except more or less of the base of 

 the former), black. Wings hyaline, faintly tinged with yellow towards 

 the extremities ; nervures fuscous ; lanceolate cell with straight cross 

 nervure. 



This species is more like a Tenihredo than a Macrophya in shape, 

 colour, and markings, but has the long hind coxae of the latter 

 genus. 



Hah. Japan. 

 a, b. 2 • (Types ) North Japan. K. Fortune. 



B. North- American Species. 



79. Macrophya abbotii. 

 (Plate X. fig. 14.) 

 Exp. al. 12-13 lin., long. corp. 6 lin. 



Black ; abdomen with segments 3-5 rufous, both above and below ; 

 also segment 2 beneath, and the hind coxa3 beneath, in the male 

 only. Legs piceous or rufescent ; wings violaceous, with blackish 

 nervures. 



This species may possibly be identical with Tenthredopsis atrovio- 

 laceus, var. cinctulus, Nort., described from female examples only ; but 

 there is no trace of a white spot on the coxae. Norton would pro- 

 bably have mentioned its absence, had it been absent in his spe- 

 cimens of cinctulus ; for this spot is present in atroviolaceus, var. 

 tardus, between which and the typical atroviolaceus cinctulus would 

 be intermediate. 



