164 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



Paniscus testaceus. I have not seen any notice before of this 

 external parasitism of Paniscus, and had previously considered 

 that the ichneumons were internal parasites. — E. W. Andrews; 

 University School, Hastings, May 30, 1882. 



[Compare George Newport's life-history of Paniscus virgatus, 

 Fourc, parasitic on Hadena pisi (Trans. Linn. Soc, vol. xxi., 

 pp. 71 — 77, pi. viii., figs. 18 — 19; 1853). Also see Entom. xi., 

 p. 251.— E. A. F.] 



Odynerus pictus. Curt. — I am now able to complete the life- 

 historj" commenced on July 18th, 1881 (Entom. xiv. 188). One 

 of the larvae, out of the four I brought home on Julj'^ 18th, 

 changed into the pupa state on May 4th, and was then of the 

 same light cream-colour as the larva; on the 16th the eyes were 

 black, and ocelli dark brown ; by the 22nd the thorax became 

 dark ; by the 24th the thorax was black, and the abdomen very 

 dark ; on the 28th the abomen was black, the rings smoky white ; 

 31st, clypeus and bands on the abdomen yellow ; June 2nd, 

 emerged from the pupa state within the cocoon, and apparently 

 ready to commence the business of life ; 4th to 6th, saw it 

 engaged cleaning and brushing itself (within the cocoon) ; the 

 imago emerged on June 7th, and proved to be a male. The 

 second larva changed to pupa on May 8th, and is without doubt 

 a female, the development of which has been very much retarded 

 by the very cold weather : it is still in pupa, all the limbs are 

 hanging free from the body ; at a casual glance it appears like 

 the perfect insect, with the exception of the wings, which are 

 about one-third the proper length, are hanging down by the side, 

 and brought slightly in front of the under side of the abdomen. 

 The insect in the cocoon remains erect, resting on the anal 

 segments of the abdomen, the thorax leaning against the cocoon. 

 The other two larvae produced Chrysis ignita. — G. C. Bignell ; 

 Stonehouse, Devon, June 21, 1882. 



Chrysis ignita, L. — On June 19th I bred this insect from 

 Odynerus pictMS, from larva? taken on July 13th, 1881, in the 

 Plymouth cemetery. — Id. 



Dipterous Larv.e in the Human Subject.- — At one of the 

 meetings of the International Medical Congress, Dr. W. G. 

 Smith stated that a girl, aged twelve, presented herself with the 

 following history : — About three months before being seen by a 

 medical man an ovoid swelling appeai-ed on the outer side of the 



