Catalofiae of British Ickneiuiwnidce. 433 



female yellow, interrupted below by an oval fuscous blotch ; a 

 spot on vertex and base of wings yellow. Legs fulvous ; coxae 

 black ; front trochanters sometimes slightly fuscous at the base ; 

 middle and hinder trochanters blackish, more or less reddish at the 

 apex ; extreme base of tibite yellowish ; tarsi slightly fuscous- 

 stained; base of 1st joint of hind tarsi yellowish, apex fuscous, as 

 well as remaining joints. Two males, one female. Length, 5 mm. 



This small Exochus belongs to Section B. aa. ff. ii. 

 kk. II. m. of Holmgren's Disp. Meth. Exochorum Scand., 

 and differs from the description of E . frontellus ; it is 

 smaller and has no yellow before the wings. 



Bred by Mr. W. H. B. Fletcher, of Worthing, alter 

 whom I have the honour to name this very distinct 

 species, from larvae of Gelechia notatella taken at Wicken 

 Fen. 



PIMPLID^. 



Piinpla strigipleu7'is, Thoms. 



Thoms., Opusc. Ent., 747, 5, a" , ? ; Entom., xvii., 69. 



Bred by Mr. W. H. B. Fletcher from Depressaria 

 heracliana. 



Pimpla similis, n. s. 



Nigra, pedibus rufis, coxis anterioribus nigris, stigmate nigro- 

 fusco. 



This insect in size and shape is extremely like P. 

 hrevicornis, but the thorax is entirely free from sculpture, 

 the abdomen a little more strongly punctured ; the legs, 

 except the front coxse, are clear red, the apical portion 

 of last joint of tarsi is fuscous ; the wings are clearer, 

 the antennae are longer, and the stigma is dark brown 

 with a pale base. 



I have taken a female at Brundall, near Norwich, and 

 Mr. W. H. B. Fletcher has bred both sexes from Ephippi- 

 phora scutidana. 



Glypta lineata, Desvignes. 

 Desv., Brit. Mus. Cat., 78, 18. 

 Var. 1. Female. Thorax entirely black. 

 I have taken this variety in the neighbourhood of 

 Norwich. 



Lissonota errahunda, Holm. 

 Holm., Mon. Pimp. Suec, 58, 27. 

 Taken by Mr. W. Bennett in the neighbourhood of 

 Guestling. 



