ON THE SCOTTISH SPECIES OF OXYURA 159 



greatest economic importance, all the species comprising it 

 being strictly egg parasites, scarcely a single order of insects 

 being free from their attack." Most of them are of very 

 minute size. Marshall records 61 British species, mostly 

 described by F. Walker. 



TELEASINI. 

 TELEAS, Lat. 

 i. coriaceus, K. Bonar Bridge. 



HOPLOGYRON, Ashm. 



1. cursor, K., Thornhill, April, in sphagnum. 



2. m'gerriimts, K., Clober. 



*3. timarte, Wlk., Bute in June. 



4. bacilliger, K., Ben Clibrich, Sutherlandshire ; Manuel. 



5. ruforwtits, K., Thornhill, in haystalk ; Manuel. 



6. micropterus, K., Eccles, in haystack. 



7. levigena, K., New Galloway. 



*8. mermerus, Wlk., Bonar Bridge, Dumfries, New Galloway. 

 *g. agek, Wlk., Bonar Bridge. 



10. antennaliS) K., Clydesdale. 



11. striatigena, K., Bishopton, Dalmally. 



12. agilis, K., Eccles. 



13. carinifrons, K., Eccles, in haystack; Bonar Bridge. 



14. punctatifrons, K., Claddich. 



15. fimbriatus, K., Clydesdale. 



1 6. Cameroni, K., Dumfries, New Galloway. 



GYRON, Hal. 

 *i. misellus, Hal., Eccles. 



CERAPHRONIN^E. 



A very extensive group, and, as most of the species are parasites 

 on aphidae, of great utility to the farmer and gardener. 



MEGASPILINI. 

 LAGYNODES, Foer. 



*i. palliduS) Boh., Ballantrae. 



2. reflexus, Ruthe, Mugdock. 



3. ri/fescens, Ruthe, Clober, Dumfries, Manuel, Sutherlandshire. 



I have this species from the London district and from 

 Scarborough (D. Sharp). 



