4. XIPHYDEIA. 871 



a-i. S $ • Britain. J. F. Stephens. 



h-n. <5 $ . Britain. 



o-r. S $ • Germany. J. F. Ruthe. 



s,t. 2 • Europe. 



3. Xiphydria annulata. 



Urocerus annulatus, Jur. Hym. pi. vii. gen. 10 (1807). 

 Xiphydria annulata, Hart. Blattiv. p. 369 (1837) ; Costa, Faun. Nap., 

 Oriss. p. 3 (1861). 



Hab. Europe. 



a, b. 2* France. 



c. § . Germany. J. F. Ruthe. 



d, e. 2 • Europe. 



4. Xiphydria albicornis. 



Xiphydria albicornis, Harr. Ins. Mass. p. 392 (1841) ; Nort. Trans. 

 Amer. Ent. Soc. ii. p. 352 (1869). 



Hab. United States. 



a. 2 ■ Canada. W. M. S. D'Urban, Esq. 



5. Xiphydria provaneheri. 



Xiphydria provaneheri, Cress. Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. viii. p. 49 



(1880). * " 



Xiphidion canadense, Prov. Nat. Canad. x, p. 233 (1878). 



Hab. North America. 



6. Xiphydria walshi. 

 (Plate XIT. tig. 14.) 

 Xiphydria walshi, Westw. Thes. Ent. Oxon. p. 113 (1874) . 

 Exp. al. 5| lin., long. Corp. 3 lin. 



Black ; abdomen piceous, much paler beneath, where the sides 

 of the segments are bordered with white; antennas 14-jointed, 

 brown, reddish towards the base beneath ; legs rufous ; trochanters 

 pale, the last two joints of the tarsi black; face, including lower 

 orbits, whitish ; the hinder orbital line runs round to the occiput, 

 but does not meet above ; two very slender streaks within the eyes 

 above. Neck pale, with a black streak on each side. Wings clear 

 hyaline, with brown nervures ; stigma brownish yellow; the nervure 

 dividing the third and fourth submarginal cell is incomplete. The 

 first segment of the abdomen is bisected by a pale streak, meeting 

 one which joins it behind. 



Hab. United States. 

 a. <5 . (Type.) New York. E. Doubleday. 



