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(Fig. 2). So far as I have been able to observe, when parasitism 

 takes place, all the eggs in a batch are affected. 



For the excellent photographs which accompany this article I am 

 indebted to the skill of Mr. Hugh Main. 



56, Cecile Park, 



Crouch End, N. : 



January 8>-cZ, 1917. 



FAUNA OF STXEFOUDSKinE- ICHNEUMONIDAE. 



BY CLAUDE MORLEV, F.Z.iS., F.E.S., &< . 



I have recently had the pleasure, thanks to the kindness of 

 Prof. Carr, of looking through a collection of Ichneumonidae made in, 

 and in the vicinity of, the town of Lichfield during the year 1916. 

 Considering how poor a season was that of last summer, the collection 

 is very full, and a capital piece of work for so restricted a period. 

 Staffordshire is one of the most neglected counties of England as 

 regards Ichneumonidae ; and, excepting only some casual captures 

 effected by Mr. Tomlin and other Coleopterists at Cannock Chase, 

 and a few by the Birmingham Entomologists, I can recall no 

 published records thence. Consequently it is of especial interest to 

 extend our Knowledge of their local distribution, as evidenced by the 

 following Lichfield insects. The nomenclature is that of my British 

 Catalogue of L>15. 



Protichneumon fuscipennls Wesni. ; Coelichtieumon fuscipes Gni. iind 0. im- 

 l)ressor Zett. ; Steiiichneunion trUineatus Gm. (many) ; Crat ichneumon rvfifrons 

 Gr., C. dissimilis Gr., C .fabricator Fah., C. annidator Fab., arid G.fngitivus Gr. ; 

 Melanichneumon leucomelas Gui. ; Barichneumon ridibun dus Gr.. B. bilunulaiiis 

 Gr., B. lepidus Gr., and many ^ $ (first described by mo in Ent. Mo. Majj., li)Oi, 

 p. 37) B. heracleanae Bridgm. ; Irhneumon violitorins Gr., J. co7ifusorius Gr., and 

 I. albiger Wesni. ; Chasmias motatorius Fab., Ctenichneumon castigafor Fab., 

 Amhlyteles palliatorius Gr., and A. armatorius Fiirst. ; Eurylabus tristis Gr., 

 Platylabus pedatorius Fab., Herpestomus brunneicornis Gr., Phaeogenes ophthal- 

 micus Wesm., P. bellicornis Wesm., and P. macidicornis Steph. ; Dicaelotus 

 pumilus and D. cameroni Bridgm. ; Colpognathus divisus Thoms.,and the aberrant 

 Alomyia debellator Fab. 



The Cryptinae included Microcryptus arridens Gr., M. nigrocinctiis Gr., and 

 M. labralis Gr. ; Glyphicnemis projligator Fab., Phygadeuon exiguus and P. fu- 

 mator Gr. ; Hemiteles necator Gr. and H. laevigatus Ratz. ; Pezoviachus instabilis 

 Forst. and P. fasciatus Fab, ; Stilp^ms gagates Gr., Atractodes exilis Hal., and 



