114. cephus. 357 



12. Cephus albomaculatus. 



Cephus albomaculatus, Tischbein, Stett. ent. Zeit. xxxvii. p. 59 

 (1876). 

 Hab. Ragusa. 



13. Cephus uiger. 



Syrex niger, Harr. Exp. Ins. p. 94, pi. xxviii. fig. 2 (1776). 



Sirex troglodyta, Fabr. Mant. Ins. i. p. 258, n. 17 (1787). 



Astatus troglodytus, Panz. Faun. Germ. Heft 83, pi. xii. (1801) ; 



King, Mon. Sir. Germ. p. 49, pi. vi. figs. 1, 2 a, b (1803). 

 Cephus troglodvtus, Hart. Blattw. p. 360 (1837). 

 Cephus troglodyta, Costa, Faun. Nap., Cef. p. 3 (1860) ; Thorns. Hym. 

 Scand. i. p. 321 (1871). 

 Hab. Europe. 

 a-g. S 2 • Britain. J. F. Stephens. 



h, i. $ 2 . Britain. 



k-o. S 2 • Germany. J. F. Ruthe. 



p-r. 2 • Zurich. H. Buchecker. 



14. Cephus linearis. 



(Plate XIV. fig. 7.) 



Tenthredo linearis, Schrank, Enum. Ins. Austr. p. 343 (1781). 

 Cephus quinquefasciatus, Steph. III. Brit. Ent., Mand. vii. p. 104 



(1835). 

 Cephus faunus, Thorns, (nee Newm.) Hym. Scand. i. p. 319 (1871). 

 Phyllcecus faunus, Andre, Spec. Hym. i. p. 543 (1881). 



Exp. al. 10-11 lin., long. corp. 5-6 lin. 



Black, face and abdomen shading into chestnut ; two yellow dots just 

 within the eyes on the vertex, and two more just below the antennae ; 

 between these last are two small oblique stripes on the clypeus. 

 Collar bordered behind with yellow ; a yellow triangular spot at the 

 base of the abdomen, and one on each side of the metathorax ; a 

 small yellow dash on the hind coxae. Abdomen compressed ; segments 

 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, and 9 edged with yellow belts behind ; segment 2 with 

 only a yellow dot on each side. Legs testaceous ; femora blackish. 

 Wings hyaline, with yellowish nervures. Male with the face below 

 the antennas reddish yellow ; a spot in the middle of the clypeus, 

 another on the labrum, and a streak below each antenna, traversing 

 the whole face, black ; abdomen cylindrical, and with a yellow dot 

 on each side of segment 5, instead of segment 2 : otherwise as in the 

 female. 



Hab. Europe. 



a> b. 3 2- (Types of C.quinque- Bristol (?). J. F. Stephens. 



jaseiatus.) 



15. Cephus pygmaeus. 



(Plate XIY. fig. 5, C. atripes; fig. 6, C. pusillus.) 



Sirex pygmasus, Linn. Syst. Nat. i. p. 929, n. 7 (1767). 

 AstaW pygmseus, Klug, Mon. Sir. Germ. p. 50, pi. vi. fig. 3 (1803). 

 Cephus pygmseus, Hart. Blattw. p. 361 (1837); Costa, Faun. Nap., 

 Cef. p. 4 (1859) ; Thorns. Hym. Scand. i. p. 322 (1871). 



