252 BRITISH ICHiNEUMONS. [Agiypon 



it from I'lauLf, aiul cjuok's J-Jridg.-Fitch, who tell us {/dc. cit. p. 2 2()) that 

 Weston bred it from Ixnh Zygaciia filipcudulac and Z. loiiirciac in J-lngland. 

 I have seen nothing like it. 



2. anomelas, Grav. 



AnoDialoi! aiwiiiclas, Gr. I.E. iii. 680; Bridg. -Fitch, Entom. 1884, p. 224, ?. 

 A. frochanterafiiiii , Holmgr. Sv. Ak. Handl. 1858, p. 25, c7 ; Krieger, Zeits. Hym.- 

 Dip. 1904, p. 174. Agrypon anomelas, Schra. Opusc. Ichn. 1510, s ? • 



Head black with only the sides, or also a small central mark, flavous ; 

 temples immaculate black. Antennae with both scape and tlagellum 

 rufeseent beneath. Thorax black with the mesonotum punctate and 

 somewhat nitidulous; scutellum convex and rugose. Abdomen red with 

 the second segment discally, the second to fourth at least discally, the 

 anus from base of the fifth, and in ^ nearly whole of first, segment black. 

 Legs stout and red with the coxae and trochanters black, as also are the 

 hind tibiae except basal Iv with their femora, and often the anterior, 

 basallv ; hind tarsi spatuliform. Wings distinctly short. Length, 

 12-15 nim. 



Introduced as British b}' Bridgman (Trans. luit. Soc. 1884, p. 42^) on 

 the strength of specimens from Colchester ; and subsequently (Trans. 

 Norf. Soc. 1894, p. 618) he queries it as bred from Rctinia ttiiionana by 

 Atmore at Kings Lynn in Norfolk. It is said to occur in north and 

 central Europe, but I fancy very few specimens are known ; and I possess 

 but a single male, which I found near Ipswich in 1894. Probably neither 

 Gravenhorst's variety, nor that referred to by Erischke (Schr. Nat. Ges. 

 Danz. 1882, p. 137) belong here. 



3. variitarsum, Wesm. 



Anonialon varitarsiDii, Wesm. Bui. Ac. Brux. 1849, p. 131, S ? ; Holmgr. Sv. 

 Ak. Handl. 1858, p. 19; Ofv. 1857, p. 185, <? ? . Agiypon varitarsis. Thorns. 

 O.E. xvi. 1769. A. variitarsum, Schm. Opusc. Ichn. p. 1512. Var. Lafiro- 

 rhycliits, nificoxis, Szepl. Term. Fiiz. 1899, p. 218, cT 



This species differs from my description of Lchrorliychiis laniiconiis 

 only in having the head not posteriorly explanate but roundly constricted; 

 the vertical dots (except in var. nificoxis) pale, the temples usually though 

 not always with no rufeseent mark; basal flagellar joint about double 

 length of second; mesonotum more finely and diffusely punctate, with 

 stronger notauli and radical callosities pale ; scutellum laterally and 

 metathoracic apex rufeseent ; wings subhyaline with nervellus distinctly 

 geniculate below centre, though not at all intercepted. 



Not a common form on the Continent; Belgium in June and Septem- 

 ber, infrequent in Sweden in INIay, and France. I find no mention of it 

 as l^rilish and possess but a single male taken on birch bushes, along 

 with both sexes of /,. liiiiiiconiis, in the Bentlev Woods on 21st May, 1902. 



4. nigripes, Bridg. 



Anonialon nigripes, Bridg. E.M.M. xxiv. 1887, p. 150, ,i . 



This male differs from thai of tlie last species solely in having the basal 

 flagellar joint hardly a quarter longer than the second, in its mainly 



