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appear to be exclusivelj' parasitic on the larvae of Pterophoridce ; 

 but Dr. Giraud has bred other species from Talceporia, Coleophora, 

 and Argyresthia. 



1. nigricollis, Wesm., from Pterophorus (Aciptilia) galactodactylus ; Barrett, 



Porritt. 



•3. thoracicus. 6^r. „ Pterophorus (Mimseseoptilus) phseodactylus ; 



Kaltenbach ; P. (AciptUia) pentadactylus ; 

 Brischke, " from larva feeding on the large 

 white-floweriug convolvulus, 5th July." Ruthe's 

 Coll., B. M. {? A. pentadactylus or M. mono- 

 dactylus [pterodactylus), pupa preserved). 



Heteeischnus, Wesm. 



Black ; legs red ; antennae white-ringed (female). 



1. hrevicornis, 3 — 3| lines. 



Ectopius, Wesm. 



Black ; spot below the eyes, and base of wings, yellow ; stigma 

 fuscous ; femora and tibise red ; extreme margin of 2nd abdominal 

 segment castaneous. (Male.) - - 1. ruhellus, 3 lines. 



The only British specimen we know of this species is that in 

 the National Collection from Stephens' collection, although 

 Gravenhorst says of it, " Mares copiose legi mense Augusto in 

 umbellatis, circa Cudovam." 



Microleptes, Grav. 

 Black ; legs red (female). - - - 1. splendidultis, 2 lines. 



This species, originally described from a single female cap- 

 tured at Netley and sent by Hope to Gravenhorst, is well figured 

 in Stephens' Illustrations (Mand. vii., pi. xl., fig. 3), from two 

 specimens taken at Charlton, in August, which are now in the 

 National Collection. It is also figured in VoUenhoven's ' Schetsen' 

 (pt. i., pi. i., fig. 6). 



Alomyia, Panz. 



Black ; abdomen in the middle, and tibite, rufo-testaceous (female, 

 antennge testaceous-ringed). The abdomen of the male varies 

 much ; sometimes it is yellow in the middle, more or less black, 

 or quite black. - - - - 1. dehellator, 5|- — 7 lines [a). 



This single representative of Wesmael's Ichneumones hetero- 

 gastri and of Forster s Alomyina is widely distributed, and not 



