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This elegant little infect is moil accurately and minutely defcribed 

 by Fabricius*, from a fpecimen taken at Kiel, in Pruflia, and pre- 

 ferved in tbe cabinet of Daldorf. According to Roflius, it is alfo a 

 oiative of Italy. W e believe the fpecies has not been before noticed as 

 an inhabitant of Britain, 



Our drawings are taken from a fpecimen in the cabinet of Mr. W, 

 Leach, F L. S. The fmaller figure denotes the natural lize. 



It fhouid be obferved, that the antennae do not ftri&ly agree with 

 thofe of the Sirex genus in general, the joints being fewer in number, 

 and exhibiting alfo fome lefs material difference in their general 

 ftru6lure. 



* Statura & fumma affinitas S. Cameli. Caput globofum, nigrum lineolis dua£as 

 verticahbus albis. Thorax amice auguftatus, nigerpuncto ante alasalbo. Alae obfcurs. 

 Abdominis Tegmentum 1, 2 nigra, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 rufa, 8 nigrum macula utrinque alba, 

 5 nigrum, immaculatum. 



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