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infractorius, orator'ms, }iotatorius {mediatorius), eqiiitatorius, vacla- 

 torius (amhiilatoriiis), occisorius (marginatorius), negatorius {orna- 

 torius), and Panzeri (lahoratorius) are given by Panzer. Both 

 Curtis and Stephens figure the rare A. amaior'uis. Wesmael 

 figured tlie abdomens and hind tibise of A. conspurcatus with two 

 varieties, and of his A. novltius, which is a variet}'- o{ A. margine- 

 guttatm, in his plate illustrating the ' Iclmeumones amblypygi 

 Europsei' (Bull. Ac. Brux. Append. 1853—4, pi. ii., figs. 5 — 10). 

 In Vollenhoven's ' Pinacographia ' ten species of Amhlyteles are 

 figured on plates 7 and 27; of these A. palliator'tus, armatorius 

 {fasciator'ms), notatoniis, vadatorius, occisorius, sputator, and 

 repentinus are British. Marshall removes A. alticola from the 

 genus Proholas, Wesm., amongst the Platyuri, into Amhlyteles ; 

 both sexes of this species are figured by Wesmael on his plate 

 illustrating the ' Ichneumones platyuri Europrei' (figs. 1 — 3). 



Mr. Marshall has followed Wesmael throughout in his arrange- 

 ment of the species, and no references to Holmgren's ' Ichneu- 

 monologia Suecica ' will be found, as probably the catalogue was 

 compiled before the appearance of his second part (1871). 



The economy of Amhlyteles is similar to that of Ichneumon. 

 The following is the list of hosts : — 



1. palliatorius, Gr. from Smerinthus ocellatus : Marshall. Acher 



ontia Atropos ; Marshall. 



4. monitorius, Prt»5;. „ Smerinthus populi ; Giraud. Perigrapha 



cincta=!= ; Kriechbaumer. 



5. armatorius, Forst. „ Vanessa Atalanta ; Marshall. Saturnia 



carpini ; Marshall. Xylophasia rurea; 

 Brischke. Mamestra brassicse ; Brischke. 

 Agrotis segetum ; Marshall. Tryphaena 

 pronuba; Brischke, Butler, Noctua 

 xanthographa ; Mosley. Phlogophora 

 meticulosa ; Taschenberg. 



6. infractorius, Panz. „ Agrotis tritici (aquilina, Hub.); Rondani. 



7. araatorius, Miill. „ Noctua ; Giraud. Bred by S. L. Mosley 



(no host given). 



8. oratorius, Fahr. „ Noctua festiva; Vollenhoven. Aplecta 



nebulosa ; Bignell. Noctua ; Brischke. 

 12. notator'ms, Fa br. „ Tryphaena interjecta ; Gir. T. orbona; 



Kriechb., Fitch. 



14. crispatorius, L. ,, Macaria liturata; Bond. 



15. equitatorius, 6^r. ,, Trachea piniperda; Panzer. 



17. glaucatorius, F«ir. „ Cucullia verbasci; Brischke. C. artemisise*; 



Brischke. Anarta myrtilli ; Brischke. 



18. pallidicornis, Gr. „ Noctua; Wesmael. 



