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--On the twenty-fecond of June I obferved another Ichneumon (w), 
not uncommon, piercing the florets of the wheat. This fpecies did 
not appear to infert its aculeus between the valvules of the corolla, 
but to pierce the glumes of the calyx; to effe& which purpofe it is 
armed with a very fhort one fub-exerted: of this 1 found both the 
 fexes; the male was diftinguifhed from the female by its large eyes, 
placed very near each other, with reticulations unufually vifible. I 
prefume this to lay its eggs in the larvae, but have not been able pofi- 
tively to afcertain the fact. Upon the fame day that I firft oblerved 
this fpecies, our Zchnewmon Tipule made its appearance in great num- 
bers; a ftrong proof that the larvae were now generally hatched. 
Concerning this Jchneumon I have no new remarks to offer, except 
that it muft introduce itfelf within the floret to come at the larvz, 
as appears from its mode of laying its eges (x): fo that thefe three 
enemies of the Z75z/a have each a different method of attacking it. 
The firft undermines its little fortrefs, the fecond makes a breach i in 
the wells, and the third carries it by ftorm (7). : 
 Amongft the infects of other genera that I particularly noticed 
upon the wheat this feafon, the Aphis granaria (x) was common; as 
was likewife a fpecies of C/mex in all its ftates, but I could not per- 
ceive that it devoured our 77 ipula. It anfwers in fome refpects to 
C. lateralis of Fabricius (2), but in others it differs much from it: 
I tue add a 1 defeription ofi it to rene others a at t the end of this letter. 
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(ah Tab. iv. fig. 1o. (x) Linn. Tranf. vol. iti. poli ind vol. iv p. 236. 
(y) On the fourth of July I faw another Ichneumon inferting its aculeus into a floret of 
wheat, but it evaded my endeavours to take it, It feemed much too large to have a 
conneétion with our 77 ipula. 
(z) Linn. Tranf. vol. iv. p. 238, note * 5 
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e Fabr. Sp. Inf. 2. p. 372. n. 209. Linn, $yff. Nat, ed. Gmel. p. A n. $17. 
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