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Fore wings below suffused with fuscous, the costa and apex tinged with 

 vinaceous, the inner margin whitish. Hind wings below white, the costa and 

 apex vinaceous; a small discal spot. 



Expanse, 22 mm. 



Habitat. Cayuga, Guatemala. 

 Type. Cat. No. 25688, U. S. N. M. 

 Very close to S. emerantia Schaus. 



ERRATA. 



Note. The following errors should be corrected in part 6 of 

 this volume: 



On page 132 drgyria tunuistri^ella should be tenuislrigella. 



On page 140 the end of the description of the new genus Xubida should be: 

 Hind wing with vein 3 from before angle, 4 and 5 from angle or stalked; 6 and 7 

 from upper angle. 



THE IDENTITY OF ICHNEUMON COCCINELLAE SCHRANK 



(HYM.). 



BY R. A. CUSHMAN, Bureau of Entomology. 



In 1802 Schrank described a parasite of an adult coccinellid 

 beetle, of which description the following is a free translation: 



"Lady-bird killer 2155. Deep black; eyes green; head, front legs, and apex 

 of the petiolate abdomen mussel-brown. 9 



Ichneumon coccinellae. 



Habitat: in the already matured lady-bird. 



Observat'ons. The larva emerges from an adult lady-bird through the anus, 

 makes a loose irregular web at the point on the leaf where it emerged, and there 

 assumes the pupal stage. After about three weeks the parasite emerges. The 

 one that I saw was a female, and its ovipositor was half as long as the petiolate 

 egg-shaped abdomen." 



The only subsequent reference to this species under Schrank's 

 name is in Dalla Torre's catalog, where it is allowed to stand 

 under Ichneumon with an expression ot doubt as to its properly 

 belonging there. 



In 1811 Nees described his Brae on terminates, later (1834) 

 erecting for it and one other species the genus Perilitus. Nees' 

 species was subsequently transferred by Wesmael (1835) to his 

 genus Mtcroctomis, and Foerster (1862) erected for it the genus 

 Dinocampns. In 1872 Cresson described his Euphorus scnlptns 

 and in 1889 Riley his Peri/itus cuiiericanits. Timberlake (1918) 



