78 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



One day at Hunstanton I casually bottled a few Trichopterygid^ 

 off a lodging-house window ; one of these turned out to be 

 T. Guerini, a species hardly ever before taken, and another, 

 Smicrus filicornis, which had never been captured in Britain 

 except by the Rev. A. Matthews. Euthia, and often ScydnuBnida, 

 may be taken in the same way. The corridors of the Crystal 

 Palace are celebrated for this particular method of collecting, 

 and I hope that some of the numerous rising generation of 

 London coleopterists will work them during the coming season, 

 as they will be sure to reap a good harvest. Trichophya pili- 

 cornis has been taken there abundantly; and many good Crypto- 

 phagi, besides hosts of other things. 



If an old log be put on the fire, the windows should be care- 

 fully examined, as numbers of wood-beetles may be found which 

 have been driven out of the wood by the heat. I remember 

 swarms of Hylesinus oleiperda having been taken in this way by 

 Mr. W. G. Garneys, of Eepton. 



In conclusion, I would say, do not neglect your doorsteps. 

 These are often whitened, and attract many good species. Mr. 

 Harris, in this way, took Bagous diglyptm (new as British and 

 rare on the Continent) at Burton, and a short while ago I took 

 Oxytelus insecatus (which has not, I believe, been before recorded 

 from this district) in the same fashion. 



Good beetles, such as Lathridius carinatus, Bemhidium quinque- 

 stricdum, and others may be often found on the outside walls 

 of a house ; and besides all these there are beetles in thatch, 

 beetles in pigeon-cotes, beetles in sparrows' nests in our water- 

 pipes, beetles in all our surroundings ; but these had better be 

 treated of under some other heading. 



The School House, Lincoln, February 1, 1882. 



INTRODUCTORY PAPERS ON ICHNEUMONIDM, 



By John B. Bridgman and Edwakd A. Fitch. 



No. II.— ICHNKUMONID.E {continued). 



Ph^ogenes, Wesm. 

 The females in this genus are generally furnished on the 

 under side of the hind coxse with a distinct process, varying with 

 the species. For the sake of brevity we give a list of the 



