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notice exists were bred by Curtis singly from half-grown 

 larvae of Acronyda runiicis, L., taken at Dover. The 

 confused account of them given in B. E., 321, No. 1, 

 seems to mean that three of the parasites became pupae 

 in August, two of these hatched in September, and the 

 third remained a pupa till the following May. One of 

 these was the <? described by Haliday. Curtis saw in 

 them the il/. deprhnator, FaL and Panz., which is in- 

 correct ; neither is Panzer's fig. (F. G., Ixxix., 11) a ? , 

 as he states it to be. On the Continent the species is 

 better known ; Nees had a <? from Berlin ; Piuthe a male 

 and two females from Freienwalde and Danzig ; and 

 Pieinhard speaks of a plurality of specimens examined 

 by him. 



11. Microgaster scoticiis, n. s. 



Niger, palpis, ventris lateribus jnxta basin, segmentique 2di 

 margine utrinque, flavo-testaceis ; pedibus cum coxis 4 anterioribus 

 rufis. Femora postica apice summo, cosseque posticae, nigra ; tarsi 

 omnes rufi, unguiculis fuscis. Alffi subiumato hyalinse, squamulis 

 testaceis, nervis fuscescentibus, stigmata fusco ; fascia sub stigmate, 

 et apice, paulo obscurioribus. Antennae crassae, corpore fere duplo 

 longiores. Caput nitidum, vix punctulatum. Mesothorax et 

 scutellum confertissime punctulata, vix nitida. Metathorax piuic- 

 tato-rugosus, carinatus. Abdomen breve, coxis posticis cum tro- 

 chanteribus non longius ; segmentis 1 — 2 punctato-rugosis, 3tio 

 exarato. Segmentum Imum vix longius quam latius, basi exca- 

 vatum, perpaulo angustatum, longitudinaliter canaliculatum, apice 

 rotmidato-truncatum ; 2dum 3tio parum longius, hoc nitidum 

 qi;idem, sed tlistiucte exaratum et vage punctatum ; ca?tera Itevis- 

 sima. Areola cubitalis 2da subcompleta. Calcaria postica crassa, 

 metatarsi dimidio longiora. 



Black ; palpi, sides of the belly near the base, and lateral mar- 

 gins of segment 2, flavo-testaceous; legs, with the 4 anterior coxtc, 

 rufous ; hind cox£e, and extreme tips of the hind femora, black ; all 

 the tarsi rufous, with black claws. "Wings subhyaline, slightly in- 

 fumated ; squamute testaceous ; nervures and stigma fuscous, the 

 latter darker ; a blotch under the stigma, and the apex of the wing, 

 also darker. Antennae stout, almost twice as long as the body. 

 Head shining, scarcely punctulate. Mesothorax and scutellum 

 very thickly punctulate, hardly shining. Metathorax punctato- 

 rugose, carinated. Abdomen short, not longer than the hind coxae 

 with their trochanters ; segments 1 — 2 punctato -rugose, 3 faintly 

 rugulose. Segment 1 hardly longer than broad, excavated at the 

 base, and very slightly narrowed, longitudinally canaliculaled, 



