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BRITISH ICHNEUMONS 



iMii 



1. aquisgranensis, Forst. 



Miotneris aquisgranensis, Fbrst. Verh. pr. Rheinl. 1871, p. 92; Thorns. O.E. 

 xii. 1317, <f ? . 



A black species with the head and thorax finely and diffusely pubescent. 

 Palpi and mandibles testaceous. Antennae basally testaceous, of 9 short 

 and i6-jointed, with the seven apical joints large and well discreted, of 

 (J extending beyond thoracic apex with nineteen cylindrical joints; scape 

 short and cylindrical; basal flagellar joint in both sexes shorter than 

 second, and the latter in ^ externally emarginate at its base. Meta- 

 thorax finely scabriculous. Abdomen immaculate, with first segment and 

 part of the second finely scabriculous, remainder smooth and very strongly 

 nitidulous ; terebra flavous, not extending beyond anus. Legs testaceous 

 with the hind coxae mainly or entirely black. Wings of 9 very narrow 

 and of (J much broader. Length, 4-4.5 mm. 



It was discovered in both sexes at Aix-la-Chapelle by Arnold Forster ; 

 and Thomson, who did not find it in Sweden as given by Dalla Torre, 

 records it also from England, whence it had been sent him by Bridgman, 

 who had already correctly named (Trans. Ent. Soc. 1883, p. 169) a male 

 of this species, taken by Mr. E. Parfitt in the neighbourhood of Exeter, 

 where Bignell tells me Parfitt's collection is still to be found. It is cer- 

 tainly rare with us and I have not met with it myself, though my collec- 

 tion contains three females taken by Capron about Shere and one male, 

 kindly given me by Mr. Frank Morey, who captured it in Parkhurst 

 Forest, Isle of Wight, early in August, 1907. 



