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Maldon in July ; Capron finds the species at Shiere, 

 near Guildford. According to Eeinhard, Sichel's col- 

 lection at Paris contains a set of 10 reared from the 

 larvae of Triplax russica, L., by Lespes. The whitish 

 cocoons of the parasites are attached to the bellies of 

 the larvae. 



12. Meteorus punctiventris, Ruthe. 



Meteorus punctiventris, Ruthe, Berl. ent. Zeits., 1862, 

 p. 25, $ ? . 



Black ; variable ; clypeus, moutli, palpi, mesothorax sometimes 

 in part, 2d abdominal segment, and legs, flavo-testaceous ; hind 

 coxae sometimes more or less piceons ; antennae not paler at the base, 

 only the radicle testaceous. Wings subhyaline ; squamuhe testa- 

 ceous ; stigma fuscous, more or less determinately pale at the base ; 

 recurrent nervure falling into the extreme apex of the 1st cubital 

 areolet, subinterstitial ; 2d cubital areolet not narrowed towards 

 the radius. Tracheal grooves distinct. First abdominal segment 

 punctate in the middle longitudinally, rimulose at the sides. 

 Terebra as long as the abdomen. S 2 • Length $ If — 2| ; wings, 

 3— 4 bin.; ? 1J — If; wings, 2 1—8 lin. 



Var. a. 2 • Mesothoracic sutures, the space before the scutellum 

 into which they connive, and sides of the prothorax, testaceous. 



Var. p 1 . $. Stigma fuscous, hardly paler at the base; 2d abdo- 

 minal segment fuscous at the sides. 



Var. y. $ J . Face, orbits, and sides of the thorax obscurely 

 rufous. Antennae fusco-testaceous, darker towards the apex. 

 Ruthe's two specimens. 



Head black, only the clypeus and sometimes the lower part of 

 the face, testaceous; vertical orbits in one specimen with an 

 indistinct rufous line. Thorax either entirely black, or the sides 

 and disk testaceous, but so that black patches remain upon the 

 3 mesothoracic lobes. Four posterior tarsi, and tips of the hind 

 femora, with their tibiae, subinfuscated. Both sexes vary con- 

 siderably in si/.e, but the smallest J was bred together with the 

 others, leaving no doubt of its identity. 



Head as wide as the thorax, rounded behind the eyes; face 

 somewhat transverse, narrowed beneath ; clypeus shining, mode- 

 rately convex. Antenna' $ 31 — 32-jointed, setaceous, longer than 

 the body; of the ? 28— 29-jointed, longer than the head and 

 thorax, the ante-apical joints as broad as long. Pleurae shining, 

 sparingly aciculated. Metathorax intricato-rugulose. Abdomen 

 as long as the head and thorax, equally attenuated at both ends in 



