British Braconid^. 47 



identical ; the other synonyms are less certain. Haliday 

 reared some of his specimens from the pucerons of Avena 

 sativa, the oat, which pucerons were probably Siphonophora 

 granaria, Kirby ; and others from an unnamed aphis 

 infesting HypochiBris radicata, cat's-ear. The numerous 

 specimens in the Bignell collection were bred out of 

 Siphonophora iirticm, Kalt. infesting Urtica dioica, stinging 

 nettle. 



Siphonophora urticee, Kalt. infesting Urtica dioica, stinging nettle. 



„ rubi, Kalt. „ R^ibus fruticosus, bramble. 



Siphocoryne xylostei, Schrank. ,, Lonicera j^firicli/menum, wood- 

 bine. 

 Aphis scabiosse, Kalt. „ Scabiosa succka, clevil's-bit. 



„ myosotidis, Koch „ Myosotis palustris, forget-me- 



not. 

 „ cratsegaria, Walk. ,, Crataegus oxyacantha, white- 



thorn. 



The only hyperparasite obtained was the apterous 

 Cynipid Allotria cursor, Hartig. 



13. Aphidius ervi, Haliday. 



A. erv>i,'H.sd.,lih.cit., 100, ^ ? ; Marsh., lib. cit., p. 575, 



^ ? ; pi. xix, f. 3, ? . 

 ? A. constridus, Nees, Mon., i. 20, $ . 

 1 A. Profanes, Wesm., Nouv. M^m. Ac. Brux. 1885, p. 75, 



Var. 7, $ . (partim). 



$ Very like the preceding. Black, with the 2nd suture pale ; 

 face and prothorax testaceous or ferruginous ; palpi yellowish ; 

 some females present the more sombre colouring of the males. 

 Antennae 19-21 -jointed, slender, almost as long as the body, black, 

 with the 1st joint and the base of the 3rd testaceous. Metathorax 

 carinated in the middle, rugulose posteriorly, indistinctly areated. 

 Wings hyaline or slightly infumated ; squamulae and radicles dull 

 testaceous ; stigma yellowish, brownish after death ; nervures 

 ferruginoxis brown, cubital continued to the end of the 1st cubital 

 areolet. Legs flavo-testaceous ; hind coxse infuscated above at the 

 base ; 4 posterior tarsi slightly infuscated. Abdomen narrow, 

 lanceolate, compressed towards the apex, somewhat variable in 

 colour, all the sutures being occasionally pale as well as the whole 

 of the apical segments, as in the preceding sp. ; 1st segment 

 nearly linear, three times as long as broad, with tubercles situated 



