184 Rev. T. A. Marshall's monograph of 



Gregarious. Bred by Boiiche, Newman, and five times 

 by Bignell, from Arctia caia, L., the broods consisting 

 of 4 — 6 specimens. More of these, named by Eeinhard 

 perspicuus, Nees, are in Fitch's collection, together with 

 a brood of 9 males, reared by Eedle from Arctia villica, L. 

 Cocoons dirt}^ white, irregularly heaped together, and 

 without an external web. Very likely Brischke's speci- 

 mens, named by him perspicims, Nees, and bred from 

 Cucullia argentea, Hufn., belong to this species. Possibly 

 also his difficilis, Nees, bred from Arctia caia, L., A. Hehe, 

 L., and Spilosoma fuliginosa, L. ; although this is rather 

 less likely. 



21. Apanteles juniperatcp., Bouche. 



Microgaster juniperatcB, Bouche, Naturg. (1834), 154 ; 



Ratz., Ichn. d. Forst., i., 74. 

 Apanteles juniperatc^, Reinli., Berl. ent. Zeit., 1881, 



p. 34, <? ? . 

 Black ; palpi pale ; legs rufo-testaceous ; fore and middle femoi-a 

 except at the apex, hind femora entuely, black ; middle and hind 

 tibiae black or fuscous at the apex. Wings infumated, squamulse 

 black, stigma fuscous. Mesothorax punctulate, pubescent, and 

 with the scutellum, somewhat shining. Mesopleurae smooth and 

 Bhining. Metathorax and segments 1 — 2 rugulose ; segment 1 

 rather longer than wide, with parallel sides ; 2 subcarinated, as 

 long as 3 ; 3 more or less punctulate at the base, and, with the 

 rest, smooth and shining. Terebra very short. Hind coxae 

 punctulate, shining. Spurs of hind tibiae stout, somewhat longer 

 than h the metatarsus. $ 5 . Length, 1^; wings, 3J lin. 



Very like A. zygcenarum, No. 18; for differences see 

 that species. Distinguished from congestus, spurius, and 

 difficilis by greater size and tinted wings ; from congestus, 

 moreover, by the smooth hind cox^e ; from spurius by 

 the stout elongate hind spurs ; and from difficilis by the 

 2d segment, which is not shorter than the 3d. The 

 cocoons are coloured like those of difficilis, and unlike 

 those of the others. Identified erroneously by Nees with 

 his sericeus ; see No. 15. The insects sent to me as 

 types, named by Reinhard, were in great confusion, 

 consisting of 3 species : juniperatce, Bouche, popularis, 

 Hal., and difficilis, Nees. 



Said to have been reared once from a Bombycid, Laria 

 V-nigru))i, Ij., by Brischke ; otherwise only from Geometrae, 

 and originally by Bouche from Thera juniperata, L., in 



