101. TENTHKEDO. 323 



antennae black, clypeus yellowish. Fore wings dusky hyaline, with 

 green nervures and blue and green reflections, especially towards 

 the base ; hind wings hyaline. 



Hab. North India. 



a, b. 2 • (TjP es -) North India. Capt. Boyes. 



190. Tenthredo coccinoceras *. 



(Plate XII. fig. 11.) 



Tenthredo coccinocerus, Wood, Insects Abroad, p. 388, fig. 188 



(1874). 

 Tenthredo inetallica, Cameron, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1876, p. 466. 



Exp. al. 1 poll. 5 lin., long. corp. 7 lin. 



Brilliant metallic green ; abdomen above blue ; antennae purple, 

 rather long, with an unusually long basal joint ; tibiae and tarsi 

 mostly purple. Fore wings smoky hyaline, with green nervures, 

 and blue and green iridescent reflections ; hind wings hyaline, 

 slightly clouded towards the tips. 



Hab. North India. 



a,b. £ . (Types.) Barjiling. Messrs. Schlagintweit. 



191. Tenthredo (?) coxalisf. 



Tenthredo coxalis, Smith, Journ. Linn. Soc, Zool. ii. p. 116 (1858). 

 Hab. Singapore. 



D. South- American Species. 



192. Tenthredo (?) delicatula. 



(Plate XII. fig. 8.)] 



Exp. al. 5 lin., long. corp. 2 j lin. 



Head and antennge black; prorhorax above and at the sides, 

 mesothorax above (except a large shining black spot in front and 

 one on each side near the base of the hind wings), and scutellum 

 bright red ; postscutellum, cenchri, and a line behind the first seg- 

 ment of the abdomen paler crimson ; abdomen, undersurface, and 

 legs light brown. Wings smoky hyaline, with brown nervures ; the 

 division between the first and second submarginal cells nearly 

 obsolete. 



Hab. Venezuela. 



a. tf . (Type.) Venezuela. E. Dyson. 



* So named on account of its purple (!) antennae ; but a name once given, 

 even if erroneous, cannot be set aside. 



f There is no clue to the genus of this species in the description. It is, 

 perhaps, not a true Tenthredo. 



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