i,Errnoi>TERA Fi!o:\r lapland, 29') 



her children, aliout three weeks before nnr visit, when it had been 

 quite connnon in the birch wood close to the hotel, l-'.nbla lapponica 

 had been taken about the same time. l\rehia Uijca. — Seven g and 

 6 $ specimens, all from Bodo. The insect was over on the low ground, 

 near the sea, but might be taken in fresh condition on the 80th July, 

 in the hills at the back of Bodo, at 700 to 1,000 feet elevation. The 

 specimens, though small and dark, mostly approach the typical 

 K. Ill/I'd of Central l^jurope, though others show some tendency towards 

 /','. curi/ali', which probably has but little value as a species. ( 'alias 

 jHilacno. — One male and one female of this species, taken by ])r. 

 Chapman, who kindly presented them to me, in a marsh, near Elvenaes, 

 South Varanger, August 6th. The male is distinctly paler than the 

 type, but it is also worn. The female has the dark marginal bands 

 paler and narrower than the type, and is certainly crossed by faint 

 Avhitish lines, but not more so than in some Swiss specimens. The 

 specimens would probably be referred to the var. lajijioiiira, Stgr. 

 Aj/lais iirtirdc. — I have also, since our return, bred a considerable 

 number of .h/lnis urfirar var. palaris, some of Avhich ai'e very dark 

 indeed. The larvie were collected by Dv. Chapman, at Harstad, 

 Elvenaes, Hammerfest and Tromso. Most of the pupse were subjected 

 to temperature experiments, but those which emerged in the tempera- 

 ture of a cool room at about 68*^ F. (the weather being cool at the time), 

 are very much darker than the type. The dark border of all the wings 

 is rather broader than usual, and the blue spots are very conspicuous, 

 especially on the hind-wings. The fulvous ground-colour is darker 

 than usual, and the black spots are considerably larger, and the inner 

 marginal spot tends to join the central costal spot, giving the fore- 

 wings a banded appearance. One specimen is remarkable as having 

 reached the perfect state with a larval head. Its wings are mucli 

 crumpled. 



I have no moths other than those taken by Dr. Chapman, but I 

 found two larvae feeding on birch at Elvenaes, which have since turned 

 to pupae, and which I believe to be iVv-s-.s/rt lap/ionaria. 



Hymenoptera from Lapland. 



By EDWARD SAUNDERS, F.L.S., F.E.S. 

 The Aculeate Hymenoptera captured by Dr. Chapman at Vadso 

 and Elvenaes, from August 4th — 9th, are as follows : — ^ Psit/ii/nis 

 quadrirohir, Lep. ; fi ^ V,spa jinnri/icct, Fab. ; 2 J^ , 1 ^ . 1 $ Jloiiilnix 

 lapponirus, Fabr. ; 2 5,1$ JJuiiibus jondlns, Kirby ; 1 J J-lmiihiis 

 (((jrortiiii, Fab. ; 4 ^ lUimbuH pratorum, Linn. ; 1 ^ IlrDiilnis stmioisis. 

 Fab.; 1 ? L^>y//6/^s• sp. '? This last specimen puzzled me. It is too 

 large- for a 2 !>• soivcnds, and yet the cheeks are too long for II. 

 ffrrrstris, and not long enough for Jl. /idifondii. I fear it is one of 

 those cases where the name must remain in doubt. lUnnbus is a 

 difficult genus to study, and, without the J , it is often impossible to 

 name a species. There are, I fear, no special observations to be made 

 on the specimens. They are just like those one would take in Scotland 

 of the same species. 



By Rev. T. A. MARSHALL, M.A., F.E.S. 



Both the IchneumonidiP are new. The following are the des- 

 criptions of the two species ; — 



