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the cocoons, a small black Pteromalus. Another common hvper- 

 parasite, also from Abbots Wood, is Pesomachus agilis. 



Dor salts, Nees.* 



Not hitherto noticed as British, and I am slightly doubtful in 

 referring to the species, a single female taken at angelica blossom 

 in the New Forest in late August, 1914. This insect agrees well 

 with Marshall's description,! and also with that of Wesmael,! 

 excepting that the abdomen is not quite so noticeably testaceous 

 as mentioned by them, and there is not a distinct longitudinal 

 carina on the metathorax ; there is, however, very pronounced 

 striolation which might easily take the form of a carina in a 

 well-marked specimen. The sides of the second cubital areolet 

 are not thickened, and the cell is open outwardly, there being 

 only a faint indication of the closing nervure. 



This is not the M. dorsalis of Spinola,§ which is a synonym 

 of Microplitis ocellaUe, Boucbe. 



Tiro, Eein.ll 



A small compact species, at first sight greatly resembling an 

 Apanteles. The inner angle of the stigma is yellowish, the 

 areolet practically complete, and the first abdominal segment 

 broader than in any of the preceding species. It is, perhaps, 

 nearest to M. svffoliciensis, Morley. 



I captured a male on the Gog Magog Hills, Cambridge, on 

 August 8th, 1917. 



Suffoliciensis, Marl.U 



Very distinct and easily recognised from Morley's description. 

 It shows no very close relationship to any other Microgaster 

 known to me ; in the female the first abdominal segment is 

 broad, and narrowed from the middle to the truncate apex, while 

 the second segment is scarcely more than one-fourth the length 

 of the third. Morley described the species from a specimen bred 

 from a larva of Nothris verbascella taken in Suffolk, and he has 

 very kindly sent me for examination three females and one male 

 bred from continental N. verbascella and Hastula hyerana. The 

 cocoons accompanying these insects are somewhat similar to 

 that of M. crassicornis. 



Suhcompletus, Nees.** 

 Considerable confusion exists regarding this species. Nees, 

 in the original description, tells us the terebra is two-thirds the 



* 'Mon. Aff.,' i, p. 170. 



t ' Brae. Europe,' etc., iv, p. 526. 



I ' Nouv. Mem. Ac. Brux.,' 1837, p. 37. 

 § 'Ins. Lig.,' iii, p. 151. 



II ' Berl. ent. Zeit.,' 1880, t). 357. 

 II 'E. M. M.,' 1902, p. 4. 



*• 'Mon.,' i, p. 165. 



