286 TENTHRBDINID^J. 



shoe ; soutellum very large, square, and yellowish, with a reddish- 

 brown spot on each side ; abdomen shining mahogany colour, seg- 

 ments 3-7 stained with black on the back, and segment 9 yellowish ; 

 legs pale yellow, base of coxse black, hind legs darker. Wings yel- 

 lowish hyaline, with dusky nervures ; costa and stigma yellow ; 

 hind wings with a submarginal nervure parallel to the hind 

 margin. 



Hab. Japan. 



a. <$ . (Type of species.) ToMo. Montague Fenton, Esq. 



25. Tenthredopsis atroviolacea. 



Allantus atroviolaceus, Nort. Bost. Journ. vii. p. 255, n. 36 (1860). 

 Tenthredo atroviolaceus, Nort. Proc. Bost. Soc. ix. p. 120 (1861) ; id. 



Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. ii. p. 239, n. 33 (1869). 

 Tenthredo atroviolaceus, varr. cinctulus et tardus, Nort. Trans. Amer. 



Ent. Soc. ii. p. 240 (1869). 



Hab. North America. 



a. ^ . New York. E. Doubleday. 



b. 2 • United States. 



c. 2 • (Var. tardus.) United States. 



26. Tenthredopsis attracta. 



Tenthredo attractus, Nort. Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. ii. p. 240, n. 34 

 (1869). 



Hab. English Eiver. 



27. Tenthredopsis semilutea. 



Tenthredo semiluteus, Nort. Proc. Bost. Soc. ix. p. 121 (1862) ; id. 

 Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. ii. p. 240, n. 35 (1869). 



Hab. United States. 



28. Tenthredopsis confusa. 



Tenthredo confusus, Nort. Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. ii. p. 241, n. 36 

 (1869). 



Hab. United States. 



29. Tenthredopsis 14-punctata 

 Hab. Virginia. 



Tenthredo 14-punetatus, Nort. Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. i. p. 143 (1862) ; 

 id. Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. ii. p. 241, n. 37 (1869). 



