Anilasta] BRITISH ICHNEUMONS. 211 



is only known from Palsjo in Sweden. But Schmiedeknecht rejects the 

 above hosts and quotes only the three following, which seem far from 

 satisfactory to me, for Rridgman in introducing the species as British 

 (Trans. Ent. Soc. 1881, p. 160) shows considerable hesitation: "I have 

 taken a Linnieria in this neighbourhood, which agrees better with this 

 insect than any other I can find described ; the only difference is that 

 Brischke says ' the disco-cubital nervure angled, with a short nervelet ' ; 

 in my specimens, although the nervure is angled, yet the nervelet is 

 absent. I have also seen the same same insect bred by Mr. Bignell from 

 Cidaria pyraliatay His neighbourhood is that of Norwich, yet this 

 species is omitted from his 1894 local list altogether, which argues mis- 

 identity, and Bignell in i8g8, so far from citing the above host, simply 

 tells us that he bred it in the middle of June from Boannia rohoiaria and 

 early in July from Amphvdasis prodomaria in Devonshire. Tacniocampa 

 popiileii \-\^.d earlier (Entom. 1885, p. 19) been added to its hosts. 



6. ruficincta, Grav. 



Campoplcx nificinctiis, Gr. I.E. iii. 580, j' ? . Limiicria ruficincta, Holmgr. 

 Sv. Ak. Handl. 1858, p. 79 ; Brisch. Schr. Nat. Danz. 1880, p. 164 ; Bridg. -Fitch, 

 Entom. 1885, p. 207, i ? . Anilasta riifocincta. Thorns. O.E. xi. 1170, i ? . 



Not very stout and black with the second and third segments usually 

 nearly entirely, sometimes also part of the first and fourth red, terebra 

 extremely shortly exserted ; femora red, tibiae flavidous with the hind 

 ones white, their apices nigrescent and a band before their base more or 

 less piceous red ; basal half of hind metatarsus also white, as are their 

 calcaria ; trochanters red, or in ^ stramineous, with only basal joint of 

 the hind ones black ; mesopleurae very finely alutaceous, with subnitidu- 

 lous speculum ; radial nervure apically elongate ; tegulae white ; scape 

 and ventral plica not pale. Length, 5-7 mm. 



This and the next species are known by their distinctly rcd-markL'd 

 abdomen, dark ventral plica, elongate antennae, narrow capital vertex and 

 short fenestra, which does not reach centre of recurrent nervure. 



A common species throughout probably the whole of Euroj)e in July 

 and August, often on umbelliferous flowers ; it is said by Brischke to have 

 been raised froni pupae of Earias c/orana, AW/i/a sp., DianlJuucia Echii, 

 Hadaia porphyria and CucuUia lanaccli. It is twice recorded from Atiar/a 

 7)iyrli//i\ both larvae and jnipae (Proc. S. Lond. Mnt. Soc. 1896, pp.83, 86) ; 

 from larvae of both }fvliolhis dipmaa and DiaiilJiaicia irrci^iilaris at Tud- 

 denham early in August (E.INI.M. 1907, p. 80; cf. EntcMU. i88j,p. 140); 

 and by both Barrett and Fletcher from P/crophonis plai^iodaclvhis (Entom. 

 1883, p. 66). It is sullicienlly connnoii with us : Brimdall, Earlham and 

 Aylsham in Norfolk (Bridgman) and Bignell's capital list of Devon hosts 

 is: on 20th April from Ai^ro/is agal/iitia, on 5th July from Heliophobus 

 popularis, on 8th from Picrophorus tciicrii ^wA Ii/lopia fascian'a, on 19th 

 from CuctilUa verhasci, on 3rd August from Diantliania lucubali, on 13th 

 from Cuciill la gna phalli, ox\ 25th August and 1 3th September from //iw/fw 

 senna, and on zXth September from Auarta myrtilli. Caj)ron bred it 

 in Surrey from its brownish white and subcylindrical cocoon of 6 x 3 nmi. 

 with an irregular and sometimes faint black circle midway between the 

 centre and apices, which appears to have been spun within the skin of 



