Pachyprotasis erraticus F. Smith, 1874, lectotype

<em><strong>Pachyprotasis erraticus</strong> </em>F. Smith, 1874, lectotype Current status: a valid species, <em>Pachyprotasis erratica</em> F. Smith, 1874. Original description: " 1. <em>Pachyprotasis erraticus.</em><br>Male.— Length 4 lines. Black, pale yellow beneath. Head : antennæ pale testaceous beneath, and as long as the body ; the face, as high as the insertion of the antennæ, the mandibles, cheeks, and an interrupted narrow line on the vertex, testaceous. Thorax : two longitudinal oblique lines on the mesothorax, the tegulæ, scutellum and two minute spots behind it, testaceous ; wings hyaline and iridescent, the nervures black ; the legs with a black line above, the pectus with two ovate spots, and a longitudinal line beneath the wings (which unites with two perpendicular lines), testaceous. Abdomen : a triangular spot on the first segment, and a short transverse line in the middle of the apical margins of the third and fourth segments, white. <em>Hab.</em>—Hakodadi.<br>This species is extremely like the European <em>P. simulans."</em> Smith, F. 1874: Descriptions of new species of Tenthredinidae, Ichneumonidae, Chrysididae, Formicidae &amp;c. of Japan. - Transactions of the Entomological Society of London for the Year 1874, (3): 373-409, p. 377. Redescription: Kirby, W. F. 1882: List of Hymenoptera with Descriptions and Figures of the Typical Specimens in the British Museum. 1. Tenthredinidae and Siricidae. - London, by order of the Trustees 1: 1-450, p. 278, Plate X. fig. 16.