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SECOND YAEKAND MISSION. 
No specific difference can be found tbat will separate this insect from the European species ; 
the sexual organs of the male are precisely the same as those of V. germcmica. 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. 
'Porn^Y^TENTHREDmil)^. 
48. Hylotoma pumipennis. 
Eemina.— A. corpore jiavo ; 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 8J lines. 
Hab. —JhHam valley, Punjab hills. Taken in August. 
49. Allantus peovidus. 
Eemina.— A. niger^ capite thoraceque opacis, abdomine nitido\ tibiis, femoribusposticis 
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 tihise 
pale ferruginous; the anterior femora towards their apex, and the tibim in front, pale; 
abdomen glossy black. Eemale, length 6 lines. 
Sab. —^Murree, Punjab hills. 
60. Allantus mtjlticoloe. 
Eemina.— A. capite thoraceque cupreo-nigris, abdomine purpureo, corpore flavo-maculato. 
Head and thorax obscure brassy-black; abdomen dark purple above; the entme 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, tegulrn, and costal nervure, and the cell, yellow; the wings hyaline 
and iridescent; the stigma and nervures blackish-brown; the anterior and intermediate coxae 
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. 
