1919. Johnson. — lyish Ichneumonidae and Braconidae. 33 

 IRISH ICHNEUMONIDAE AND BRACONIDAE. 



BY REV. W. F. JOHNSON, M.A., F.E.S., M.R.I. A. 



In the following list wiU be found species from the counties 

 of Armagh, Donegal, Fermanagh, and ]\Iayo, though I 

 regret to say that there is only one record from the last 

 named county. I took a good many species at home, 

 but most of my captures were made in Donegal, where I 

 was able to give my whole time to the pursuit and capture 

 of these interesting insects. 



In April I was fortunate enough to capture Ichneumon 

 militaris Grav. again. It is decidedly rare, and I have so 

 far only met with single specimens, and those females. 

 In the same month I found larvae of the sawfiy Pteronus 

 pavidus Lep. feeding on a willow bush on the roadside. I 

 brought some of these home and was much pleased to rear 

 from them Mesochorus confusns Hlgr. and M. dimidiatus 

 Hlgr. 



In August Mrs. Johnson found a cocoon on a Forget- 

 me-not leaf. From this emerged Angitia interrupta Hlgr. 

 I was unable to make out the larva from which it had 

 bred, the crumpled skin merely showing that it was small 

 and hairy. 



I spent a few days at the end of May with Sir Charles 

 Langham, Bart., F.E.S., at Tempo Manor, where I made 

 some captures. He has very kindl}-^ allowed me to record 

 some interesting species which he had captured or bred. 



I visited Portnoo twice, first in June, and then in 

 September, spending almost three weeks there on each 

 occasion. It proved, as I had anticipated, a very prolific 

 locality, and I took many nice specimens there. In June 

 I found the best locality to be a piece of road bordered 

 with sallow bushes on one side and nmning through heather 

 and bog. I call it " bog road " The sallow bushes were 

 a great resort of Ichneumons as well as other insects. It 

 was very pretty to see the males of Banchus volutatorius L. 

 coming sailing along over the tops of the bushes with their 

 long legs outstretched ; needless to say, they were easily 



