258 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
of Ichneumonide. Mr. Bridgman first pointed out the error, and 
wrote: “The Hxochus surely cannot be Desvignes’ globulipes, 
because that has an areolet, which this has not.” He then gives 
details of EH. tibialis and E. alpinus, and concludes with “ It is a 
question if such trivial distinctions [the absence of areew on the 
metathorax] have any right to be raised into a species.” Brischke, 
who has returned these specimens as ZZ. tibialis, Holmer., without 
a doubt, says, “ H. tibialis, Holmer., female, appears to me to be 
equal to H. alpimus” (Schrift. K. P-o Gesell. Kénigsberg, x1. 100). 
The case now stands, therefore, that these two females are 
EH. alpinus, Zett., var. tibialis, Holmgr.; and if EH. tibialis be 
a good species it is British. Vollenhoven’s figure (‘ Pinacog.,’ 
pl. 8, fig. 9) of H. tibialis leg, cannot be quite correctly coloured. 
E/phialtes carbonarius, Christ. ?—Three males and one female, 
again bred by Mr. Weston, may possibly be referable to this 
species, but see my remarks at Entom. xii. 116. EH. carbonarius 
appears to be attached to the larger wood-boring Longicorn 
Coleoptera (Cerambyx, Saperda, &c.), and it is quite possible that 
Gravenhorst’s H. gracilis is the Aculeata parasite, and a good 
species. Mr. Bignell also bred one male specimen of an Ephialtes. 
The species with the red prothorax may be Perithous divinator, 
Rossi—a known parasite of Cemonus, Pemphredon, and T'ry- 
poxylon. 
Clistopyga weitator, Fab.—Mr. Bignell bred one specimen, 
but Mr. Weston did not again meet with this species. 
Lissonota sp?— One specimen bred by Mr. Weston. It 
appears to be quite unknown asa British species. Mr. Bridgman 
and Dr. Capron could not determine it, and it is not in the 
National Collection. Dr. Kriechbaumer returned it as “neither 
in Gravenhorst, in Holmgren, or in Brischke, and not in our 
(Munich) collection” ; but on subsequently sending it to Herr 
Brischke it was returned as “ either LZ. carbonaria or melania of 
Holmgren.” So we must leave it; no doubt it was parasitic on 
one of the Tortrices. 
Spathius rubidus, Rossi.—A small female of this pretty 
Braconid bred by Mr. Billups. Both our British Spathw are 
well known as parasites of certain xylophagous Coleoptera 
(Anobium, Hylesinus, &c.), and Bargagli bred it from Phlwotribus 
olee. Giraud bred 8S. rubidus from Xiphydria dromedarws 
(Siricide), and named a new species S. gallarwm, which he bred 
