BRITISH ICHNICUMONS. 



399 



Note 40 

 Tlicroitid AtiiliJittac is confirmed as 

 British at Kntom. 1909, p. 65. 



Note 41 

 PiMPLA WITH NEW NAME. TllC 



British species described by me (Ichn. 

 Brit, iii., p. 69 — ncc p. 68) is distinct 

 from Pinipht iiicldiioccpluilit, Gra\-., 

 of which we know but a single un- 

 locaHseJ female from Stephens' collec- 

 tion. I have described the indigenous 

 species (Revision of the Ichneumonidae, 

 vol. iii., p. 85) as new under the name 

 Epiitnis citlpator. 



Note 42 

 PiiTiioRiiMus .JiNOMALUs (Traus. Ent. 

 Soc. 1905, p. 420) is said by Dr. Roman 

 to agree with the type oi Epiiinis nigri- 

 sciiposiis, Thorns. (O. E. viii. 755 ct 

 xiii. 1414), and I entirely concur with 

 this synonymy, as far as one is able to 

 judge from Thomson's very short diag- 

 noses; I have again examined the for- 

 mer and find the mandibular structure 

 to be apically bifid, not as in I5assides 

 trifid. 



Note 43 



PiMPLA GALLicoLA, Morl. Ichn. Brit, 

 iii. 78 (1908) = P. vc^icaria, Ratz. Ichn. 

 d. Forst. i. 115 (1844), ii. 90, iii. 96 

 Mr. Smits van Burgst, who has re- 

 cently bred this species from the same 

 host about Breda in Holland during 

 May and June (c/. Tijds. v. Ent. 1911, 

 p. 10), has been so good as to call my 

 attention to this obvious synonymy. 



Note 44 



PiMPLA ULiciciDA, Morl. (Entom. 

 1911, p. 161, i ?) was bred from gorse 

 flowers in the New Forest, alo.ng with 

 the Cecidomyid Aspoiulvlia iilicis, bv 

 Mr. G. T. Lyle. 



Note 45 



It is quite useless to any longer pre- 

 tend to regard Pimpla examinatok. 

 Fab., as distinct from P. fiirioncllui', 

 and I have recently (Fauna of India, 

 Ichneumons, 1913, p. 163) sunk it as no 

 more than a slight colourational variety. 



Note 46 

 Cryjytopiiiiphi (/niiilriliiiciitu, Gra\ . 

 — Unfortunately Tryplion ijiuitliilinvn- 

 tiis, Gr. (I.E. ii. 320; Ste. Illus. M. vii. 

 263) is described a dozen pages before 

 the same author's Piivtohietus ulan- 

 nus ; consequently, the latter name must 

 fall. 



Note 47 



Mciiittciix iiitidiis, Cirav. — Here again 

 lierr Pfankuch tells us (Zeits. Hym.- 

 Dip. 1906, p. 17 cf 1907. p. 155) that 

 the earlier pagination of Trvplton niti- 

 dits, Gr. (I.E. ii. 1.S4 ; Ste. Illus. M.vii. 

 -33), cf , gives it priority over Lissonota 



AGNATA. 



Lissonota frontalis, Desv. (ct 

 Morl. Ichn. Brit. iii. 215), of which I 

 have examined the type in Mus. Brit., is 

 a typical male of M. nitichis. 



Note 48 



I have pointed out (Fauna of India, 

 Ichneumons, 1913, p. 222) that Allo- 

 plasfcr, Est., of 1868, had already been 

 re-described {cf. Ichn. Brit. iii. 226), 

 without either the author's or my know- 

 ledge, by Peter Cameron under the 

 name Tricliopinipla (Zeits. Hym.-Dip. 

 1903, p. 303) ; it is, consequently, now 

 convenient to adopt it. 



The insect recorded by Desvignes 

 (Cat. 68) from ]?ritain undrr the name 

 Pliyfodicfns coriu'niis (cf. Ichn. Brit, 

 iii. 240, footnote) is still in his collection 

 in Mus. Brit, and proves to be Allo- 

 plasta pldutaria, Gr., j . 



Note 4g 



Syzciicfits (Diccrcifops) hicornis is 

 confirmed as Jiritish by Mr. W. H. 

 Tuck, who captured a fine d (kindly pre- 

 sented to me) on 16th July, 1901, near 

 Bury St. Edmunds in Suffolk. 



Note 50 



Ocdciiitifopsis Ops, Morl. — Cf. Mr. 

 Rupert Stenton's confirmation of its 

 occurrence in Surrey by the capture of 

 several females (Entom. 1910, p. 294) at 

 Wimbledon Common 



Note 51 



Exetastes GRACiLicoRNis, Grav., is 

 now omitted from our List. The single 

 pair in Brit. Mus. (cf. Ichn. Brit. iii. 

 306) is from Stephens' collection and 

 nothing but the variety (I expect cor- 

 rectly considered a good species by 

 Pfankuch) illiisor of /:. iiigripcs. E. 

 acthiops is still retained, though its 

 claims to be considered indigenous are 

 hardly stronger. E. crasstis is not 

 British, and was found to be distinct 

 from E. lacvigator by Herr Pfankuch 

 in his valuable paper upon the Graven- 

 horstian types of this genus (Jahr. Vcr. 

 Ins. Breslau, 1912). E. cincfipcs is 

 probably the parasite figured by Albin 



