142 lìnllcliiì de la Sociclr Entomologiqnc d' Egypte. 



Miscellaneous Notes on Egyptian Insects and Mites. 



b}' F. ('.. WlLLCOCKS. 



1.— An Ichneumon-fly suspected of being a Parasite 

 of E(tri(is insiilaii(t the Cotton BoUworm. 



A lew (lays ago Ironi some hundreds of bolls 

 infested with luirids iiisulana Boisd, the spiky Boll- 

 worni, and also Gelechia gossijpiella, Sndis Ihe so-called 

 Pink Bollworni, there emerged two Ichneumon flies 

 one of which is exhibited here for your inspection. 

 This insect would seem almost too large, I think, to 

 be a i)arasitc of the Pink liolhvorm, so I suspect 

 that it is an enemy of Ectvias insnlaiKi since to the 

 l)est of my belief no other insects were present in 

 the bolls refered to above. 



In general appearance this Ichneumon resembles 

 a P'unphi or one of the related genera. The antennae, 

 head and thorax are shiny l)lack, wings brownish. 

 Abdomen, punctuate, ferrugineous shading to black 

 at apex, W transverse narrow black bands formed at 

 juncture of the segments. Legs bright ferrugineous. 



The life-history of this insect should prove inte- 

 resting as judging by its long ovipositor it would 

 ap[)ear litted to attack the bolhvorm when it is actually 

 feeding inside the boll. 



