68 The hish NaHiralist. March, 



HYMENOPTERA. 



BY E. SAUNDERS, F-L-S-, REV. F. D. MORICE, M.A., AND CI.AUDE 



MORI.EY, F.E.S. 



Heterog'yna. — Formica fusca, Linu. Lasius niger, Linn. — Pale race with 

 tibiae without exserted hairs, but nuich larger than ox<S\w2L.xy alienus — 

 two nests at Rossbeigh, June Stli and 12th, and at Carragh Lake, 

 June 9th. L.Jiaviis, De Geer. Leptothorax acervorum, Fab. AIyr77iica 

 riiginodis^ Nyl. M. scabri?iodis, Nyl. 



FOSSOrcs. — Foffipilus plumbeuSjVah. Crabro paltnipes^\S\\\M. C. dimidiatus. 

 Fab. C iv. JuaculatKS, Fab. Oxybelus uniglu?nis, Linn. 



Anthophlla. — Halitttis rubictindus, Chr. H. cylindrictis^ Fab. H. sub- 

 fasciatus, Nyl H. viilosiilus, Kirb. //. nitidinsculus, Kirb. H. punc- 

 tatissiniusy Schk. H. tinnuloriim, Linn. //. leucopus^ Kirb. Andrena 

 albicans^ Kirb. A. tnimitida^ Kirb. A. Wilkella, Kirb. Psithyrus qiiad- 

 rt^olor, Lep. Bo?fibus hortorwn, Linn. B. Jonellus^ Sm. B. iapidarius 

 Linn. 



Tenth red! nldse. — Dolems niadidus. D. nigratits (= fissus). Allanlus 

 arcuatus. NetnaUis lutetis. Teiithredopsis catnpestris. T, tiliae. 7 . Coque- 

 bertii. Taxonus glabratus. Hemichroa alni. Strongylogaster cingulatiis. 

 Pachyprotasis rapcE. 



IchneutnonlddS. — Ichnetimon ter7ninatus^ Gr. We have only previously 

 seen this form from the New Forest. /. gracilicornis^ Gr. female one 

 well-marked example Cratichnaunon coruscaior, Linn., male, a most 

 variable insect. Alelatiichneumon satiguinator, Russi, has been found 

 in nests oi Lasms flaviis. Hciiiiie/es pedcsiris,Vah. Cteniscns flavilabris, 

 Holmgr. ; the Ctenisci prey upon sawflies. Pitnpla instigator. Fab., 

 preys upon a variety of lepidopterous larviE. Schizopyga podagrica, 

 Gr,, probably a local species, fhytodietus coryphocus, Gr, Ischuoterm 

 cornutus, Ratz., parasitic on Longicoruia. 



DIPTERA, 



[The species enumerated below have been identified by specialists 

 in this order. — Eds. /. Nat?^ 



Pachyrrhlna histrlo. Fab. — Glenbeigh, June 3. 

 IVIIcrochrysa polita, Linn. — Caragli Lake. June 20. 

 Hdematopota crassicornis, Walth. — Glenbeigh. June 14. Glencar, 



June 24. 

 Leptis scolopacea, Linn.— Glencar, male^ June 16. Glenbeigh, male, 



June 25. 

 Chrysopilus auratus, Fab. — Caragh Lake, three males, June 20. 



