106 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 
is figured by Curtis (‘Farm Insects,’ woodcut 15,-6); and there 
is a figure of H. formosus (fragilis) in Blackwall’s ‘ History of 
Spiders’ (plate xil., figs. BB). 
The species of Hemiteles appear to be very varied in their 
parasitism, many seem to be almost polyphagous; compare 
especially the various hosts from which H. areator has been 
bred. Many species are known to be certainly hyper-parasitic, 
and Brischke has recorded that the female H. fulvipes (= socialis, 
Ratz.) lays its eggs in the Microgaster cocoons (Deutsche, Ent. 
‘Zeit., xxi. 287). This is not always the case, as the Argynnis 
pupa, from which H. melanarius was bred by Mr. Bignell, was 
filled with eighteen honeycomb-like, thin, brown cocoons of the 
Hemiteles, distinctly showing it to be a direct parasite. 
The following table of hosts will be found to include insects 
of five orders, and several species are commonly parasitic in the 
egg-bags of spiders. 
2. furcatus, Tasch. from Dianthcecia cucubali; Bignell. | Chrysoclista 
schrankella, Fitch Coll. Gracillaria phasiani- 
pennella; Threlfall, Fletcher. Laverna 
epilobiella (? ex Ascogaster cocoon); Fitch. 
L. decorella; Marshall. Ananteles cocoons 
ex Zygeena filipendule; Bignell. 
5. imbecillus, Gr. ,, Fumea intermediella, Brd. (= nitidella, Hof.)* ; 
Siebold. Apanteles glomeratus ex Pieris 
brassice ; Bridgman. Rhodites eglanterie ; 
Taschenberg, Reinhard. 
7. necator, Gr. », Limacodes asellus; Kirchner’s Cat. Penthina 
cynosbana or Spilonota ocellana; (Brischke) 
Ratzeburg. 
11. oxyphimus, Gr. _,, Cymatophora ocularis; Marshall. Cynips kollari 
galls; Billups. Anobium infested oak-bark ; 
(Wissmann) Ratz. Dug out of old post, in 
which were both coleopterous and hyme- 
nopterous larvee ; Parfitt. 
13. similis, Gr. » Pardia tripunctana; Giraud. Psyche calvella ; 
Siebold. Coleophora hemerobiella ; (Goureau) 
Dours’ Cat. Lithocolletis spinicolella ; Elisha. 
Microgaster; (Bouche) Ratz. Microgaster ex 
Lasiocampa pini* ; Brischke. Cynips kollari 
galls; Billups. §Epeira diadema; Gir. 
Spider’s nest; Bridgman. 
14. fulvipes, Gr. », various Microgaster cocoons ; generally. Hyper- 
parasitic on Pieris brassicae, P. napi, Vanessa 
urtiew ; Brischke. Vanessa atalanta; Bridg- 
man. Zyvgeena trifolii, Euchelia jacobee ; 
Brischke. Liparis dispar; Ratz., Gir., 
