64 EESULTS PROM GIPSY MOTH PARASITE LABORATORY. 



EUROPEAN REARING RECORDS OF PERILAMPUS.^ 

 Perilampus angustatus Nees. 



This species was reared by Rondani ^ from the wood-boring larva 

 of Anohiimi molle. Gaulle ^ records angustatus as a parasite of 

 Dryophilus inisillus. 



Perilampus auratus Panzer. 



According to Gaulle,^ this species has been reared from the crab- 

 ronid wasps Solenius ruhicola and ^S'. vagus by Lichtenstein. 



Perilampus levifrons Dalman. 



Rondani ^ has reared levifrons from the larvae of the tortricid 

 Coccyx huoliana and also from the codling moth {Carpocapsa pomo- 

 nella L.). Gaulle ^ gives an additional host in Exocentris punctipennis. 

 Dour ■* mentions the first two records, crediting the first to Gouraud. 



Perilampus micans Dalman. 



This parasite was reared by Rondani - from the larvae of Lyctus 

 canaliculatus and Hister picipes. 



Perilampus ruficornis Fabricius. 



Gaulle ^ records this insect as a parasite of HylopJiila hicolorana. 

 Rondani - has reared it from the lepidopterous Halias quercana. 

 Dalle Torre regards violaceus Fabricius as a synonym of this species. 



Ratzeburg ^ refers to a Perilampus which he calls violaceus as 

 follows: * 



Herr Reissig was so fortunate as to rear a female of this species. The host was not 

 determined definitely, but it was without doubt a forest insect. On an oak leaf he 

 found the dried remains of a tortricid larva. The parasitic larva had come out of 

 this and had hung itself by a spun thread. The cocoon has the compact form of those 

 of Campoplex, is two lines long, transparent (but nevertheless of close texture), dark 

 brown, with a somewhat lighter band. The large opening through which the Peri- 

 lampus had gnawed its way is at one end and appears as an irregularly torn circle. 



There seems to be little doubt that Ratzeburg was incorrect in his 

 surmise that this species was primary upon the tortricid. Peri- 

 lampus of course does not spm a cocoon, or even a thread. The 

 cocoon which he describes was almost certainly that of Campoplex, 

 which he says it resembles, and with which his description agrees. 



' Tlie author is indobted to Dr. L. O. Howard for examining literature which was inaccessible. 



a Bulletino della Sociotk Entomologica Italiana, vol. 4, pp. 57-58, ks72; vol. 8, pp. 241-242, 1876. 



3 Catalogue systematique et biologiques des IIym6noplferes de France, in La Feuilles des Jeunes Natur- 

 alistes. 



< Catalogue synonlmlque des Hym6nopt6res de France, in M6moires de Socl6t6 Llnn6ene duNord de la 

 France. 



^ Ichneuinonen der Forstinsekten, vol. 3, p. 221. 



I Translation by the author. 



