154 BRITISH ICHNEUMONS. [Glypia. 



^ not quite as long as, of 9 one-third shorter than, the body ; flagellum 

 black above and rufescent beneath. Thorax immaculate, mesonotum 

 strongly and evenly punctate throughout ; metathoracic basal areae shin- 

 ing, complete and distinct ; lateral areae somewhat sparse'ly punctate ; 

 areola subglabrous with the costulae fine and apical areae wanting ; 

 petiolar area not short, its basal carina indistinct. Abdomen black with 

 the incisures rufescent ; first segment with the carinae basally distinct 

 and becoming obsolete two-thirds from the base ; the second and third 

 segments a little broader than long ; terebra about as long as, or slightly 

 longer than, the abdomen. Legs red with the hind tibiae infuscate at 

 apex and before the whitish base, their tarsi concolorous with the base of 

 the joints pale, and the fourth and fifth joints of equal length ; claws 

 pectinate. Wings with the tegulae stramineous and stigma pale testa- 

 ceous ; transverse anal nervure intercepted about one-fourth from the 

 bottom. Length, 9 mm. 



This species is very similar to G. resinanae, but the head is broader, the 

 frons coarsely punctate, the clypeus densely pubescent and the stigma 

 paler. 



Both sexes, Bridgman tells us {I.e.), have been bred at Worthing by 

 Mr. W. H. B. Fletcher from Ephippiphora scutellana, and are probably in 

 the former's collection at Norwich. I possess three females of this 

 species, two of which I took in a very wet part of Surlingham marsh in 

 the Norfolk Broads on loth June, 1901, and one was bred from 

 Ephippiphora grandaevana by Mr. E. R. Bankes at Hartlepool on 14th 

 July, 1899. There is a female in Bignell's collection from Coccyx 

 strobilella in spruce fir cones collected at Rannoch. 



14. filicornis, Thorns. 

 Glypta filicornis. Thorns. O.E. xiii. 1351. s 'i \ cf. Bridg. Trans. Norf. Soc. 

 V. 70. 



Somewhat shining and a little curved. Head constricted behind the 

 eyes ; clypeus apically covered with long and dense pubescence ; frons 

 mutic and cheeks not elongate. Antennae of 9 hardly attenuate apically. 

 Thorax immaculate ; metathoracic costae not very distinct. Abdomen 

 not broad ; basal segment apically or nearly entirely rosy, with the dorsal 

 carinae distinct and extending nearly to its apex ; second to fourth seg- 

 ments only very slightly broader than long ; terebra almost longer than 

 the abdomen. Legs not very stout ; coxae and trochanters red or basally 

 nigrescent, hind tibiae infuscate at apex and before the base ; hind tarsi 

 with the three first joints basally pale testaceous, the fifth much longer 

 than the fourth. Wings normal. Length, 5 — 6 mm. 



This species is closely allied with G. vulnerator and 6^. haesitator. It 

 appears to differ from G. Hticata only in the more distinct and elongate 

 petiolar carinae. 



Mr. Fletcher first found this species in Britain (Trans. Ent. Soc. 1889, 

 p. 436) having bred a female from birch catkins, doubtless containing 

 microlepidopterous larvae, probably at Worthing. I have not seen it. 



15. tenuicornis, Thorns. 

 Glypta tenuicornis, Thorns. O.E. xiii. 1340, ? . 

 The smallest species of the genus. Head rounded behind the eyes 

 with the vertex not broad ; frons mutic, convex and obsoletely punctate ; 



