20 Bnlklin de la Sociclc J'Julomolof/iqiic d'iùnjplc. 



last is probal)ly the case, for according lo Spnler, the 

 insect is recorded as feeding on the spun up leaves 

 of Daphne ynidiuin, Tdiìuiri.v, Cilriis, Mc'sj)iliìs and 

 vines. As no previous record appears to exist of tliis 

 insect as cotton pest in Egypt, it is perhaps worth 

 ^vhile drawing attention to it. 



Cnjptoblabes gnidiella Mill. Forewings brown, 

 with scattered silvery while scales, the veins broadly 

 crimson. A strongly curved narrow white transverse 

 band at 1/3, and a serrate wider white band near the 

 lernien. Both bands occasionally very indistinct. 

 Discal dot absent or very obscurely indicated. Hind- 

 wings grey, darkest at the margins. 



The identification has been made by com])arison 

 with a specimen caught allighi at Meadi bj"^ Mr. Dud- 

 geon, and identified l)y the Entomological Research 

 Committee. 



Parasite of Gelechia 



The hymenopterous larva recorded in December 

 as feeding on Gelechia has pupated. The pupa is now 

 shown as proljably belonging to the Pimpla referred 

 to b}" Mr. Willcocks in his paper. 



Monsieur le Docteur Gougli présente aussi des 

 spécimens de Cnjptoblabes gnidiella Mill, et des nymphes 

 du parasite de Gelechia (jossijpiella Sndrs. 



