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Campoplex jnponicus. 

 Black ; the third, fourth, and the hasal half of the fifth abdominal 

 segments rufous. Wings hyaline, the stigma and nervures black, the 

 areolet triangular, appendiculate above, the pedicle being not much 

 shorter than the branch of the first transverse cubital nervure ; the 

 recurrent nervure is received in the basal third of the areolet ; 

 the anterior femora and tibia) testaceous in front. Female. 

 Length 12 mm. 



Kobe, Japan. July (George Lewis). 



Front and vertex closely, the face and clypeus more closely but not 

 so strongly, punctured ; they are thickly covered with long, fuscous 

 hair. Mesonotum closely and uniformly punctured, and thickly covered 

 with short, fuscous pubescence. Scutellum closely, rugosely punctured, 

 sparsely covered with pale hair ; the post-scutellum is, if anything, 

 more strongly rugose ; the apical slope of the scutellum is longer and 

 more obliquely sloped than the basal. Median segment closely, 

 irregularly transversely striated, the middle at the base more weakly; 

 at the apex the striation is coarser. Pleurae coarsely closely punc- 

 tured ; the mesopleurffi at the top and in front of the coxaB striated ; 

 the punctuations on the metapleurje above the keel run into striations. 

 Abdomen thickly covered with white pubescence, smooth. Sheaths of 

 ovipositor black, dilated towards the apex, covered with white hair. 



NOTES ON THE HYMENOPTEEOUS FAMILY MICEO- 



GASTEKIDiE. 



By Claude Morley, F.E.S., &c. 



No more introduction to this ubiquitous family is necessary 

 than to say that it is constituted of those nasty little black 

 " flies," which are all too often bred by lepidopterists, more 

 especially from such hosts as Abraxas grossulariata and Pieris 

 hrassiccs ; everyone knows Apanteles glomeratus and Microgaster 

 glohatus Iby sight, if not by name. My object in publishing these 

 notes is, however, to draw attention to hymenopterous parasites 

 in general, and to point out that their economy is far less per- 

 fectly known (and consequently more worthy of study) than is 

 that of their hosts and victims. I shall at all times be very 

 grateful to lepidopterists who will send me their unwillingly bred 

 parasites, and will do the utmost in my power to name such as 

 may appear of interest to the breeder. The Microgasteridse does 

 not belong to the Ichneumonidfe, but to the Braconidse ; and it is 

 to Marshall's ' Braconidesd'Europe ' that I owe the identification 

 of the following species, which have at various times been most 

 kindly sent to me by Eev. C. D. Ash, Eustace Bankes, E. C. 

 Bedwell, G. C. Bignell, Dr. Capron, Dr. Chapman, Miss E. 

 Chawner, H. J. Charbonnier, W. G. Clutten, Dr. E. T. Cassal, 



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