1 10 OiiDER—IIYMENOPTERA.
l.nmnoo ; alKlom,n,s segniontis tribns uKimis nigris ; alis fulvcscontibus, costa stigmatequc fulvis hoc a,,ice
obseur.or, ; apicbus alarum omnium einerfis, cellula secaiula submarg-inali anticavura gutta minuta fusea nubilaque
pavva fuseescente ^•el•.us basin marg-inis interni anticavum ; pedibus fulvis ; tarsiò"posticis obscurioribns
jjong. corp. hn. 41 ; expans. alar, antic, lin. 9.
Habitat ; Amazonia (D. Bates). In IMus. Ilopciano Oxonia.
SPECIES 2—BEACHYTOI I A FUMIPENIFIG^
PLATE XX, FIG. 3.
Fulva : capite nigro, pnnctato; antennis nigris 17-articulatis, articulo tertio 1-vamoso, 4 ad 16nm biramo.i.
ram.s lot,gwribus, abdominis segmentis duobns ultimis nigricantibus ; pedibus fnlvis, tarsis panilo obscuvioribnValls
tumosis basui versus paullo obscurioribns ; costa stigmatoque nigris, cellula secunda submarginali o-nttJ
parva obscura notata. "
Long. corp. lin. 3 ; expans. alar, antic, lin. 6.
H a b i t a t ; Amazonia (D. Bates). In Mns. Hopeiano Oxonite.
SPECIES 3—BEACHTTOMA PICEA.
PLATE XX, FIG. 6 (antenna.)
^ Parva, picea : capite nigro, nitido, punctato ; antennis fuseis, 13-articnla,tis, tertio uniramoso, 4 -12 biramosis
ramis snpens longionbus, ultimo integro ; tborace antice et ad latera, tegulisqne fulyis ; abdomine piceo; pedibn^
antacs luteis; tarsis obscurioribns; posticis 4 luteo-piceis ; tarsis fuseis; alls infumatis, costa sticmateqne
anticarum nigns ; cellula secnnda submarginali gutta parva nigricanti.
Long. corp. lin. 3 ; expans. alar, antic, lin. 5.
Habitat ; Amazonia (D. Bates). In Mns. Hopeiano OxoniiB.
SPECIES 4—BEACHYT03IA '\T:TELLINA. (Klug MS.)
PLATE XX, FIG. 5 (antenna fam.)
Fulva : capite nigro ; antennis piceis 14-articulatis, articulis 4 -13 obconicis sensim abbreviatis, apieali minuto
quadrato; pedibus fulvis; tarsis panilo obscurioribns; alis anticis brunneis apicem versus panilo dilutioribus •
costa stigmateque nigris medioque cellularnm clarioribus, gutta allja in cellula prima discoidali ; alis posticis
pallide brunneis (fojm.).
Long. corp. lin. 4 i ; expans. alar, autic. lin. 12.
H a b i t a t ; Brazilia. In Mus. Hopeiano Oxonia; (olim nostr, ; mecmu communio. D. Klug cuius nomen
meditimi retinni).
SPECIES 5—BEACHYT05ÌA MELAiiOPTEEA, Perty.
(Delect. An. Art. Brasi], p. 130, pL XXVI, fig. 7.)
^ Nigra, thoracis lateribus antice fulvis : alis fuliginosis margine antico et venis nigris ; pedibus nigris, anticis
llavieantibns.
Long. corp. expaus. alar.
Habitat ; prope Amazonum tlumen.
GENUS—L Y D A .
L Y D A F E 0 N T A L I S.
PLATE XX, FIG. 7.
Lata, depressa, chalybeo-nigra, punctata: capite fulvo, macula frontali (ocellos iucludente) nio-ra; antennis
longis gracihbus (abdomen et dimidium thoracis longitudine iequantibus) nigris, articulis duobus basalibns pieeotulvis,
2o-articulatis; collare, tegnlisque necnon punctis duobus pone soutellum luteis, alis fuseis cyaneo-parum
F A M I L Y - T E N T I I R E D I N I D y E . I l l
nitidis, costa obscnre lutea, stigmate nigro; basi prD3sertim posticarum sublimpidis ; pedibus piceo-nigris, anticis
magis piceis ; femorum tibiarnmqne pedum posticorum apicibns calcaribusque rufo-piceis (mas.)
Long. corp. lin. 8.; expans. alar, antic, lin. 15i.
H a b i t a t ; America Scptentrioiialis, arboribns terebenthinis (Raddon). In JMUS. Hopeiano Oxoiiii-e (olim
nostr.)
The mandibles are fnlvons, with the tips brown; the palpi are brown, with the base fulvescent; the
spongiose under snrlace of the tarsi is luteseent.
This spccies is very closely allied to Li/da plagiala—' Lj-da plagiata, atra capite (verticis medio cxcepto),
pedibus abdominisqne dorso luteis ' - K i n g (Berlin Mag. 1808, p. 278, tab. VII, fig. 6 ; Latrcille, Enc. Lléth.
viii, Pamphilius, No. 6; St. Farg. Mon. Tenthr, p. 5), from Baltimore, in North America; but is sufficiently
distinct in having the abdomen not testaceous at the base above, and in the legs being black, not luteous.
King's unique specimen was, however, a female.
I am unable to state the precise locality in North America of this species ; a great number of specimens of
it were, however, obtained by the late Mr, Eaddon from tlie skimmings of barrels of turpentine imported into
London. It is a curious circumstauce thiit all the speciuieiis thus obtained were males.
I t and the following insect differ from all the hitherto described North Americau species of the Genus.
LYDA APICALIS. West^y.
PLATE XX, FIG. 8.
Lnteo-fulva punctata, nigro variegata, alis melleo-fulvis : capite fulvo, vertice plaga magna triiida supra
clypenm transversim conjnncta, punctis duobns pone ocnlos margineque postico nigris ; mesonoto nigro, fulvo
variegato, tegulis iùlvis ; abdominis segmentis quatuor basalibns luteo-fulvis ; duobus anticis macula majori
mediana, tertio et quarto fascia transversa tenni basali in medio interru]ita, segmentis reliqnis abdominalibus
nigris lateribus irregulariter luteis; antennis longis, gracilliinis 38-articulatis, fulvis, articulo basali erassiori
macula media nigra, apieibus fuscescentibus ; pedibus luteo-fulvis, femoribus supra nigris, posticis obscurioribns ;
alarum antiearum stigmate brunneo-fulvo (mas.)
Long. corp. liu. 10 ; expans. alar, antic, lin. 17.
Habitat ; America Septentrionalis arboribus terebinthinis (Kaddon). Plures mares tantum vidi. In ]\Ius.
Hopeiano OxoniiE (olini nostr.)
The elypeus and mandibles are buif coloured, the latter with the tips black, the remaining parts of the
month are buff.
This species is very nearly allied to Lyda tessellata Klug, from Georgia, United States of America
(Berlin Mag. 1808, p. 276, tab. \ l l , fig. 4; St. Fargean, Mon. Tenthr. p. 10(?); Latreille, Enc. Méth. viii.
No. 7); but the abdomen is described as ' ferrugineum, segmentis 2 primis nigris,' and the wings as hyaline.
Dr. King's unique specimen was a female.
GENUS-CEPHUS.
CEPHUS 4-GUTTATUS. Westw.
PLATE XX, FIG. 11.
Niger nitidus, mesonoto punctato, metanoto bicarinato : abdominis segmentis quatuor basalibus pedibusque
fulvo-testaccis ; alis hyalinis, anticis stigmate puuetisque duobus apicalibus nigricantibus.
Long. corp. lin. 4^; expans. alar, autic. lin. 8§.
Habitat; Massaclmsctts (Drake). In Mus. Hopeiano Oxonia;, e Mus. Kirbii.
The head is convex and glossy, with a siuuatcd transverse ridge above the antenna;; the labrum is short,
triangular, and deeply emarginate in the middle of the fore margin (figlie.); the mandibles are tridentate!
the upper tooth being much larger than the others (fig. H i ) ; the maxUl® have two large flat membranaceous
lobes (fig. 11 c) ; the maxillary palpi are six jointed, the joints very irregular, the fifth being very short and
oblique, the sixth affixed close to the base of the preceding (fig. 11 the labial palpi (fig. 11 e) are 4-jointed,