bisects. 2205 



I possess two specimens of this insect, captured in Hants ; there is 

 also one in the Kirbyan collection : these are all that I have seen. 



Sp. 6. Hyl^eus plantapjs, Smith, Ent. Trans, iv. 32. 



Male. — (Length 3 lines). Black ; head orbiculate, closely punc- 

 tate ; the mandibles pubescent ; the antennae yellow, slightly stained 

 with fulvous above, placed on a ridge or prominence in the middle of 

 the face, closely approximating ; the scape considerably dilated, pale 

 yellow, with a black stripe behind, the margins fringed with pale 

 hairs. Thorax, a spot on the tegulae, and an interrupted yellow line 

 on the collar, white ; the wings fuscous, yellowish at their base ; the 

 anterior tibiae in front, and the intermediate and posterior pairs at their 

 base, yellow ; all the tarsi pale yellow, the apical joints ferruginous ; 

 the basal joint of the intermediate tarsi much dilated. Abdomen 

 elongate, slightly pubescent towards the apex, entirely but finely 

 punctured ; at the apical margin of the second segment beneath is a 

 patch or cushion of yellow pubescence, clothing a depression. 



This is a very distinct species, and I suspect very local. My spe- 

 cimens were captured some years ago on Cove Common, Hants, and 

 although I have since searched the spot assiduously I have not again 

 met with it. In form this insect is remarkable : the scape is consi- 

 derably dilated and fringed with hair; the apical joints are of equal 

 thickness, and much shorter than usual in this genus ; the dilatation 

 of the basal joint of the intermediate tarsi is also a striking peculiarity. 



Sp. 7. Hyl,eus punctulatissimus, Smith, Ent. Trans, iv. 33. 



Female. — (Length 3 lines). Black; head and thorax rather 

 coarsely punctured ; the inner orbits of the eyes pale yellow below 

 the base of the antennae. Thorax, the tegulae anteriorly, the tubercles, 

 and the collar laterally, pale yellow ; the wings subhyaline, iridescent ; 

 all the tibiae pale yellow at their base. Abdomen, the basal segment 

 coarsely punctate, the remaining segments more finely so ; a patch of 

 white pubescence on the anterior margin of the basal segment late- 

 rally, frequently obliterated ; the apical segments have a clothing of 

 fine silvery pile, observable in certain lights. 



Male. — (Length 3 lines). Black ; the face, and a spot on the 



scape of the antennae in front, yellow; the apical joints nigro-piceous 



beneath. Thorax coarsely punctured ; the wings as in the female ; a 



spot on the tegulae in front, the anterior tibiae in front, the interme- 



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