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SECOND YARKAND MISSION. 
No specific difference can be found that will separate this insect from the European species ; 
the sexual organs of the male are precisely the same as those of V. germanica. About fifty 
species of this genus are known ; they are widely distributed, and are insects that are 
almost universally known. Twelve species inhabit Europe ; twenty are Asiatic, and ten are 
found in Mexico and North America. 
Family— TENTHREDINIDA3. 
48. Hylotoma pumipennis. 
Eemina. — A. corpore'flavo ; capite, antennis, tarsisque nigris ; alisfuscis. 
Head shining black, antennae pubescent ; abdomen paler than the thorax ; wings fuscous 
and iridescent, nervures and stigma blackish-brown ; the legs pubescent, the coxae and femora 
reddish-yellow, the tibiae fuscous, the tarsi black. Eemale, length 3J lines. 
Sab. — Jhilam valley, Punjab hills. Taken in August. 
49. All ant us pro vidus. 
Eemina. — A. niger , capite thoraceque opacis, abdomine nitido-, tibiis, femoribus posticis 
ferrugineis. 
Head and thorax opaque, and covered with strong confluent punctures ; wings sub- 
hyaline, and having a fuscous cloud on the anterior pair that occupies the two marginal and 
four submarginal cells ; the stigma and nervures black ; the posterior femora and tibiffi 
pale ferruginous ; the anterior femora towards their apex, and the tibiae in front, pale ; 
abdomen glossy black. Eemale, length 6 lines. 
Sab. — Murree, Punjab hills. 
50. Allantus multicolor. 
Eemina. — -A. capite thoraceque cupreo-nigris , abdomine purpureo, corpore fiavo-macnlato. 
Head and thorax obscure brassy -black ; abdomen dark purple above ; the entire body 
yellow beneath, the legs black with yellow markings. Head semiopaque, the cheeks, clypeus, 
and mandibles testaceous-yellow; the teeth of the latter acute and black. Thorax 
semiopaque; the scutellum, tegulse, and costal nervure, and the cell, yellow ; the wings hyaline 
and iridescent ; the stigma and nervures blackish-brown ; the anterior and intermediate cox© 
and femora yellow beneath ; the tibiae and tarsi yellow, the former with a dark stain at 
or near their apex ; the posterior coxae beneath and the basal half of the tibiae yellow- 
Abdomen ; the lateral margins of the second segment, the apical, as well as the lateral 
margins of the third segment, yellow ; the sixth, seventh and eighth segments narrowly 
yellow. Eemale, length 6 lines. 
Sab. — Murree, Punjab hills. 
This species resembles Allantus flavomaculatus of Cameron, described in the “ Transac- 
tions of the Entomological Society of London’' for 1876, but it is rather smaller ; the femora 
are black, and the abdomen has a purple tinge. 
