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ICHNEUMONIDES PNEUSTICI. 

 Phceogenes cicutella, Siebold. 



Phceogenes jucundus, ^ , Wesm,, Ichn. Miscl., 65. 

 P. cicutella, Brischke, Ich. d. Prov. W. u. O-Preuss, 

 66, <? , ? . 



Under the head of P. jucundus Wesmael described a 

 male Phceogenes which he had received from Siebold 

 under the name of I. cicutella, and remarked that he was 

 not at all certain he was right, but if he was not 

 Siebold's name must have the priority. Herr Brischke 

 says that the female of jucundus does not belong to 

 P. cicutella, and describes the two sexes of the latter, 

 re-establishing Siebold's name. 



Mr. W. H. B. Fletcher bred two males from Orthotelia 

 sparganella taken in the New Forest ; there was a third 

 specimen, which unfortunately escaped. 



CEYPTIDiE. 

 Cryptus pygoleucus, Gi., S", AgrothereutesIIopei,Gv., ?. 



From Eupcscilia amhiguana Mr. W. H. B. Fletcher has 

 been fortunate enough to breed Agrothereutes Hopei and 

 Cryptus pygoleiicus, this is the first time there is any 

 record of these being bred together, and from their great 

 similarity they are certainly the same species. Brischke 

 bred on two occasions Agrothereutes Hopei from Psyche 

 cases {P. viciella), and because Siebold lored Hemimachus 

 alhipennis, Eatz., also from Psyche cases, and because 

 they were somewhat alike in colour, came to the con- 

 clusion that A. Hopei was the female of H. albipennis ; 

 but it is now certain that this is incorrect. The Eev. 

 T. A. Marshall, in his Catalogue, has given H. albi- 

 pennis as a synonym of H. avidus, Forst. 



Prof. C. G. Thomson, in Opusc. Ent,, describes a 

 species as Spylocryptus dispar, the male of which is C. 

 pygoleucus, Gr., andthe female Pe^o?Hac/ms (Agrothereutes) 

 ahbreriator, Gr. These, I believe, are only associated 

 from structural resemblance, and not improbably this 

 view is correct ; there may be more than one species 

 mixed up with C. pygoleucus, which is a very variable 

 species, or, as Brischke says, probably A. Hopei may be 

 only a variety of A. abbreviator. I do not think this very 

 likely, because Hopei is common, and I have never seen 

 a specimen with any black on the thorax ; and if they 



