200 Eev. T. A. Marshall's monograph of 



3, broader than 1, with two basal impressions, and, like the rest, 

 smooth and shining. Terebra as long as ^ of the abdomen, the 

 valves compressed and, viewed laterally, very stoi;t. ^ ? . Length, 

 1 ; wings, 2j lin. 



Three males were bred by Bignell, singly, from Ela- 

 cJiista magmficdla, Tengstrom, June 30th. Two males 

 and two females by W. H. B. Fletcher from Lita instahil- 

 ella, Dougl. According to Eeinhard, also bred from 

 Elachista adscitella, Staint., and from mines of E. aires, 

 Staint., on Aira ccsspitosa. Cocoons glossy white. 



41. Apanteles sodalis, Hal. 



Microgaster sodalis, Hal., Ent. Mag., ii., 246, ? ; 

 Apanteles sodalis, Reinh., Berl. ent. Zeit., 1881, 

 p. 42, <? ? . 



Black ; base of the belly pitchy, subpellucid ; tibiae, a]^ex of fore 

 femora, and base of 4 posterior tibige, rufo-testaceous, in the ^ 

 more narrowly. Wings whitish hyaline, stigma didl stramineous, 

 or testaceous, with a fuscous border. Mesothorax and scutellum 

 punctulate, shining ; metathorax rugulose. Segment 1 twice longer 

 than broad, with parallel sides, truncate, rugulose ; 2 broader than 

 1, half as long as 3, and, with the remainmg segments, smooth and 

 shining. Terebra as long as ^ the abdomen ; valves subclavate. 

 Valvula ventralis not surpassing the anus. ^ ? . Length 1^ ; 

 wings 3|^. 



Haliday had only one ? , which he compares with 

 obscurus, Nees, probably a small specimen. The pale 

 stigma of sodalis somewhat resembles that of xantho- 

 stigmus, Hal., but the latter insect has the mesothorax 

 more shining, and the 1st segment broader. 



Four males and seven females were bred, April 21st, 

 by C. J. Boden, from Solenohia inconspicnclla, Staint. 

 I captured a male and two females in Birch Wood, and 

 a ? near Teignmouth. Parfitt has also taken the 

 species at Exeter. According to Eeinhard it has been 

 reared by E. v. Stein, in Bohemia, from a Tortrix 

 feeding on the alder. Brischke also bred it from a 

 Tortrix. Cocoons white, silky, gregarious, and sur- 

 rounded with wool. 



