252 Peter.Smali parasitic on "Musca larvdrum^ 



Oxybelus uniglumis (insects remarkably scarce there). — 22d. Near Oak- 

 hampton, Dartmoor, &c.: Argynni,? Paphw, in great plenty. — 26th. At 

 Torquay: Cistela sulphiirea, in plenty; Ophonus angustatiis, Lycae^nrt 

 Argioliw, seen j Medeterus n. s. ? on rocks nearly covered at high water. — 

 27th. At Dawlish : Musca meridiana. — 28thr At Glanvilles Wootton : 

 iVoctua promissa, bred. — 29i;h. At Glanvilles Wootton : iVoctua sponsa, 

 bred ; and B. coryli. 



Aug. 1 1th. Acilius, in our pond ; the first I have taken for thirteen or 

 fourteen years ; A'octua punicea. — 14th. At B. Caundle : Saw L. Argi- 

 oXxxs. — 16th. Lophyrus rufus § , bred ', they all pupised on the 2d of June, 

 and they continued to breed till the 16th of Septe)nber. — 17th. Vanessa 

 cardui, Tortrix populana. — .31st. Cassida anglica. 



Sept. 2d. Vanessa Atalanta ; saw two of Colias Edusa. — 6th. Two 

 larvae in a case (Penthophera ?). At Stafford, Dorset : Saw some Mymars 

 (Bombus Burrellanz^^). — 8th. At Dorchester : Hemerodromia monostig- 

 ina. — 12th. Cassida anglica and Chrysomela quinquejugis, Galeruca vi- 

 burni, Phryganea echinata, Simaethis lutosa, Tortrix trapetzana, Curculio 

 sp. V Dromius 4-guttatus, ^ombyx cceruleocephalus, bred. — 16th. Bred, 

 iVoctua lambda. — 17th. Plutella asperella and dentella ? Peronea stri- 

 ana, Tinea sp. ? — 19th. *S'argus flavipes, Corixa dorsalis ? — 23d, Ache- 

 rontia A'tropo,y, brought here by Mrs. Williams's gardener. — 25th. The 

 Penthophera larva appears to be spun up. — 30th. /chneiimon, bred from 

 -B. caeruleocephalus ; larva of Geometra lichenaria ? spun up. 



Oct. 12th. Geometra pennaria ^ and $ , bred. 



Nov. 4th and 14th. Tortrix caudana, worn ; Z^ampjris noctiluca $ 

 brought by John Bolt. — 24th. Tinea like anastomosis, in our window. — 

 30th. Saw Scatophaga sp. ? 

 . Dec. 1st. Sarrothripus punc, window. — 2d. $ J56mbyx populi, bred. 



Art. VII. An Account of the parasitk Musca larvhrum preyed on 

 by parasitic Pteromali, ivhile both were in the Body of Fhalcena 

 Bombyx Caja, By Edward Newman, Esq. 



Sir) 

 During last June, I collected a number of the pupae of 

 that splendid moth commonly known as the garden tiger 

 (Phalae^ia J56mbyx Caja Linn.) ; my object being to obtain 

 varieties for my cabinet. I preserved them in damp moss, 

 in a common breeding-cage covered with gauze, after the 

 customary plan. On opening the cage-door one morning, 

 three or four flies [MCiscse] made their escape ; and, flying to 

 the window, soon became so mingled with other flies (pre- 

 viously there), that securing them would have been useless, 

 as I had no means of ascertaining their identity. I con- 

 cluded they were parasites ; and on examining the pupae of 

 P. ^ombyx Caja, found two of them perforated, from which 

 the flies had evidently made their escape. This circum- 

 stance was too ordinary to attract notice ; but a few mornings 

 after, I found the whole of the gauze in the interior of the 

 cage covered with minute hymenopterous insects, which were 



