PJiohocampa] BRITISH ICHNEUMONS. 137 



2. unicincta, Grav. 



Cainpoplex tmicinctiis, Gr. I.E. iii. 529, excl. ? {iicc Holmgr.). Limneria uni- 

 cincta, Brisch. Schr. Nat. Ges. Danz. 1880, p. 165; Hridg. -Fitch, Entom. 1885, 

 p. 206, i ? . Phobocampa confusa, Thoms. O.E. xi. 1122, i ? . 



Black, abdomen with the quadrate postpetiolc and apical two-tliirds of 

 second set^ment red ; legs red with hind tibiae externallv dull stramineous 

 and both base and apex black, and tarsi infuscate ; underside of scape 

 and the anterior coxae stramineous; anterior legs pale fulvidous. Length, 

 nearly 6 mm. 



Larger than P. crassiiisciila witli the abdomen more sparselv pubescent 

 and strong!}- nitidulous, witli differently coloured legs and postpetiole. 



Thomson gave a new name to the ^ of Grav.'s species, leaving the 

 9, with exserted terebra, unnoticed ; since it is TJinncrio unicincta, (Jrav., 

 that Marshall gave as British in 1870, I prefer to here retain the earlier 

 name, leaving the female for a new one. 



Not common abroad; Germany (Thorns.), Belgium in [uh and August 

 (Tosq.); (iravenhorst's single male was from Helmstedt in Brunswick; 

 Brischke bred it from a geometer larva and his probably distinct var. 

 from those of Vanessa polychloros and V. urticac ; the cocoon, he adds (/.c.) 

 "fast kugelrund, fest, schwarz, braun iibersponnen, besonders in der 

 Mitte, so dass eine Mittelzone entsteht." Fitch tells us (Entom. 1883, 

 p. 66) that it has been raised in Britain from V. tirticae, Orgyia piidibunda, 

 Odontopera bidentaia, Eupithecia reclangu/ala, Phivphorus galactodaciylus, 

 Limacodes ascllus and Acronycta psi ; but all these with A. aini {I.e. 18 84, 

 p. 70), must be regarded with suspicion as ante-Thomsonian, and the 

 last three are given under L. crassinscula by Bridgman in 1894, though 

 the Ptcrophorus is confirmed at Proc. S. Lond. Knt. Soc. 1896, p. 86. In 

 1898, Bignell adds Devon Loniaspilis margina/a, (linmatcbia brumata and 

 Acronycta ligustri to its hosts. 



3. bicingulata, Gnrc. 



Canipoplcx bicingiihitiis, Gr. I.E. iii. 527 ; Holmgr Sv. Ak. Handl 1854, p. 19, 

 (f ?. Liiiiiieria bicingulata, Holmgr. loc.cit. 1858, p. 80; Bridg.-P'itch, Entom. 

 1885, p. 206, ^ ¥ . Phobocampa bicingulata, Thoms O.E. xi. 1122, j ? . 



A black species, with the apical half of the second and third seguKMits 

 red; hind legs with the coxae black, femora innnaculate fuhous, tibiae 

 white and distinctly nigrescent botli apically and basallv; imderside of 

 scape and the anterior coxae stramineous; anterior legs j)ali' fulvidous 

 and postpetiole quadrate. Length, 5-5^ mm. 



Known by the basally narrower petiolar area, glitli-ring speculum, 

 rather longer postpetiole, apically strongly constricted V face, ba.sallv 

 white hind tarsi, abdominal colouration and lotiger discoidal cell. 



The conunonest Continental species and bv no nuaiis iiifr((|vient w ilh 

 us; found by its author in May, June and August ; it is not ( duunou in 

 July and August ill Sweden ; l^elgium and France. l''iteli has recorded 

 it (iMitom. 1883, p. bO) as bred from J/ybcrnia pivgt/niiiaria bv Hignell on 

 1st July in Devon; and (iaulle says from Cosniia tiapczina. Bridgman 

 found it in August at I'.arlham near Norwich, and it is (|ueried from tiie 

 Isle of Man by Marshall (/.(. 1S72, p. 432). I have a go(,)d many speci- 

 mens from I'llliird's lleiis ami C"apron's Surrt-v collei'tions; Col. \'erburv 



