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with iwaustus, but all the trochanters and front coxae 

 are pale yellow. 



Ctenisciis limbatus, Holm. 



L. c, 241, ^ $ . 



One taken at Brundall the end of June, the other the 

 beginning of August in Cambridgeshire. 



Cteniscus gnathoxanthus, Gr. 



TrypJion gnathoxanthus, Gr., Ich. Eur., ii., 147, 94, ? . 

 Cteniscus gnathoxanthus, Holm., I. c, 231, <y ? . 



Mr. Bignell has taken a female of this very distinct 

 species in Devonshire. 



Pimpla pomoruni, Eatz. 



Ratz., Ichn. d. Forst., ii., 96, ^ 2 ; Tasch., Zeits. 

 Ges. Nat., 267, ? . 



Dr. Capron has taken two females which he believes 

 to be this species. They were taken where Anthonomus 

 pomorum was abundant, and on which beetle P. pomorum 

 is parasitic. 



Glypta parvicaudata , n. s. 



Niger, pedibiis maxima ex parte rufis, segmentis 2 et 8 trans- 

 versis, aculeo abdomine breviore. 



Punctate, opaque ; head narrow behind the eyes ; antenniE about 

 two-thirds the length of the body. Metathorax with five arese. 

 First segment of abdomen longer than the hind coxae, keels 

 extending to just beyond the middle of the segment ; 2nd and 3rd 

 transverse, more so in the female than in the male, the oblique 

 incisions rather deep ; aculeus of female about three-fourths the 

 length of the abdomen ; claws of hind tarsi distinctly pectinated. 

 Transverse anal nervure of hind wing divided below the middle, 

 rather less than one-third fi:om the bottom. 



Black ; palpi pale ; legs red, apex of hind femora obscurely 

 fuBCOUs, base of hind tibiae palish, apex dark brown, indications of 

 a fuscous ring below. the base, hind tarsi dark brown, extreme base 

 of joints palish ; tegulae and tubercles piceous-red; stigma palish 

 brown ; nervures dark. Male and female. Length, about 8 mm. 



These differ from G. consimilis in having the scape of 

 antennje black, tubercles and tegulae red, not pale straw, 



