138 The Irish Naturalist. July, 
SOME IRISH ICHNEUMONIDAE AND BRACONIDAE. 
BY REV. W. F. JOHNSON, M.A., F.E.S. 
I have continued to pick up such Ichneumon-flies as I 
met with since m}^ last paper ^, and the following list shows 
the results. At Coolmore I obtained my specimens almost 
without exception at flowers of the Wild Carrot, and 
mostly caught them with my fingers; by going about it 
quietly I was often able to take several from the same 
umbel. These captures were effected between August 
20th and September 20th, 1912. 
At Poyntzpass I took a good many on the roadside 
between my house and Poyntzpass village ; on a sunny 
morning there were sure to be some Ichneumon-flies 
busy at flowers or flitting about the hedge looking for their 
prey. In several cases it will be seen that I obtained 
specimens in moss; these were hibernating, as do a number of 
these insects. Those from Cave Hill and Belfast were 
taken by my late lamented friend Mr. H. Lamont Orr. 
I have to thank Mr. Claude Morley for kind help with 
the determination of many of these insects, especially 
among the Ophioninae. He hopes to bring out the volume 
of his work on British Ichneumons, dealing with this 
section before the end of this year. 
ICHNEUMONIDAE 
ICHNE UMONINA E. 
Coelichneumon leucocerus, Grav. — Poyntzpass, in Augustr 
C. derasus, AVcsm. — Killysavin, Co. Down, in May. 
Melanichneumon erythraeus, Grav. — Poyntzpass, in July, in one of my 
fields, a single specimen. It is very rare in England. The only 
records JNIr. ]Morley gives are from London and Plymouth. 
Bariphneumon bilunulatus, Grav — Poyntzpass, in Februar}^ under loose 
bark on Pinus sylvestris. 
Ichneumon xanthorius, Forst.— Carlingford, in July. 
I. latrator, Fab. — Coolmore, in August and September. 
var. means, Grav. — Coohnore, in September. 
i Irish Naturalist, vol. xvi., 1907. 
