3^ The Irish Naturalist. March, 



Pycnocryptus peregrinator L. — Poyntzpass. June and July, fields with 



sexes. 

 Spilocryptus migrator F.— Tempo bred by Sir C. Langham from Saturnia 



pavonia, Portnoo, June. 

 S. abbreviator Fab. \ 



var. Hopei Gr. / P^^t^^oo. September. cUff. 



Idiolispa analis Gr. — Poyntzpass, July, field. 



PIMPLINAE. 



Pimpla ruficollis Gr. — Poyntzpass, j\Iay, field. 



P. punctiventris Thorns. — Portnoo, September. 



P arctica Zett. — Tempo, May. 



P. maculator Fab. — Poyntzpass, April, in Acton Wood. Portnoo, 



September, cliff, a var. with abdomen entirely black. 

 Clistopyga incitator Fab. — Portnoo, June, on roadsides. 

 Glypta ceratites Gr. — Poyntzpass, August, field. 

 G. genalis Moll. — Portnoo, September, clifi. 

 G. vulnerator Gr. — Poyntzpass, August, hill. 

 G. scalaris Gr. — Portnoo, June. 

 Lissonota errabunda Hlgr. — Poyntzpass, July, field. 

 Banchus volutatorius L. — Portnoo, June, bog road, both sexes. 

 Exetastes guttatorius Gr. — Poyntzpass, July, field. 



TRYPHONINAE. 



Metopius peltator Marsh. — Portnoo, September, cHft, a female with the 



scutellum entirely black. "1 



Exochus flavomarginatus Hlgr. y Portnoo, September. 



E. tibialis Hlgr. 



Homocidus tarsatorius Pauz. * 



H. dimidiatus Schr. \ 



„ ,, ^ 4, r- >■ Portnoo, lune, roadside. 



Promethus suleator Gr. j • j - 



Mesoleius semicaligatus Gr. var. insolens Gr. — Portnoo, September. 



M. aulicus Gr.— Portnoo, June. 



Dyspetes praevogator L. — Portnoo, September, clifi", both sexes plentiful. 



Mesoleius villosulus Thoms. — Portnoo, June. 



M. ruficornis Gr. — Portnoo, September, at flowers on roadside. 



Catoglyptus fortipes Gr. — Portnoo, June. 



var. crassipes Hlgr. — Portnoo, in this variety the hind femora 

 are nearly or entirely black instead of red. It appears 

 to be rare in the British Isles for Morleyi only gives one 

 record for London district. I took several in June on the 

 bog road and elsewhere. 



1 " J^ritish Ichneumons," vol. iv., p. 235. 



