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named or their parasites again bred from recognised hosts 
of the same genus (sensu lato).  Lrssonota catenator,® 
however, one ¢ of which was bred by Bachmann, “from 
an unknown beetle larva, in rotten lime wood” (111. 107) ; 
Spathius curvicaudis, of which Nordlinger bred a single 9, 
from a beetle larva, boring in the manner of Buprestis 
(i. 50), and Péeromalus guttatus, were not so assigned. 
30. Chalcophora mariana, Linn.* 
Dr. Leop. Kirchner, in his 1867 Cat. Hym. Europe, 
p- 107, under Lphialtes manifestator, Linn., writes, 
“Schmarotzer von Luprestis Mariana,” probably basing his 
statement upon Ratzeburg’s record (Ichn. d. Forst. 1. 119) 
that a fine and large pupa of this Pimplid cut its way out 
of an old fir stump, in which, judging solely by the borings, 
larvee of B. Mariana had lived. This record must, how- 
ever, be regarded with doubt since no one nowadays quite 
knows what the Linnean parasite was !! 
31. Dicerca berolinensis, Herbst.* 
We are also indebted to Kirchner (Cat. 115) for the 
record of Doryctes imperator as parasitic upon this beetle ; 
it is copied by Marshall (Brac. d’Europ. i. 229). 
32, Anthaxia quadripunctata, Linn. 
From fir wood, in which larvee of Buprestis 4-punctata 
were living, Ratzeburg (Ichn. d. Forst. 111, 44) bred a single 
2 of his Hzxothecus lignarius *°, which is extremely like 
Spathius brevicaudis, but with the petiole broader and 
parallel nervure different; the latter parasite was bred 
plentifully from the same beetle and locality. Pimpla 
1 That Ephialtes rex, Kriech., rather than EL. imperator, Kriech. 
(as indicated by Schmiedeknecht, Opusc. Ichn. xiv, 1120), was 
described under the name EF. manifestator by Gravenhorst (Ichn. 
Europ. iii, 232) was recognised by Marshall (Brit. Cat. 1872, p. 85), 
and I certainly think the description of the abdominal segments as 
bearing “tuberculo laterali obsoleto” is sufficient to establish the 
fact, especially if excl. indiv. stigmate nigro be added; cf. also 
Thoms. Opuse. Ent. xii, 1249. The Ichnewmon manifestator, whose 
economy is so interestingly recounted by Thomas Marsham (Trans. 
Linn. Soc. ii [1794], pp. 23-29 et pl. iv.) must doubtless be referred 
to the common LEphialtes carbonarius, Christ.—the Musca tripilis 
secunda of old Mouffet, 1634, p. 64—on account of the lack of 
abdominal tubercles and its length not exceeding eight lines.—C. M. 
