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68. Cis boletr, Scop. 
As to Nees’ synonymy of Meteorus atrator, Curt., cf. his 
Mon., 11,399. <Astichus arithmeticus, Forst., is also recorded 
as parasitic upon this beetle by Dours (Cat., 107). Ceph- 
alonomyia formiciformis “were taken by Mr. C. J. Pool, 
in burrows of Cis boleti, in fungus from Epping and 
Enfield” (Ent. Rec., 1907, p. 260). 
68a. CIS PYGMAEUS, Marsh. 
Donisthorpe found some specimens of Cephalonomyia 
Sormiciformis, near London, “on a tree infested by Cis 
pygmacus” (Ent. Rec., 1907, p. 260). 
688. CIS FUSCIPES, Mell. 
“ Plastanoxus Chittendeni, Ashm., parasite de Cis fuscipes 
dans des champignons,” in America (Kief., Proct., 1, 236). 
69. Cis laminatus, Mell. 
Kieffer (Proct., 1, 235) says the parasite of this beetle, 
already mentioned, belongs to his var. swlcata, 
72a. ERGATES FABER, Linn.* 
Dalla Torre gives Sichelia (Xylonomus) filiformis, Grav., 
as having been bred by Ratzeburg from this Longicorn 
(Cat. Hym., iii, 383); we fail to follow him. 
728. PHORACANTHA OBSCUBA, Don.* 
The peculiar Megalyra fascipennis, Westw., has been 
seen by Mr. Rowland Turner to actually oviposit in the 
burrows of this species at Mackay, in Queensland (v. v.), 
W. W. Froggatt tells us (Australian Insects, 1907, 90) 
that he also has bred the same parasite from larvae of 
this genus. 
72y. PIESARTHRIUS MARGINELLUS, Hope.* 
Froggatt adds (did. cit., 89) that he has found as many 
as fifty Aulacus apicalis, Westw., “each enclosed in a thin 
parchment cocoon, all matted together in a single cavity ” 
of this longicorn, upon the larvae of which they had preyed, 
in Australia. 
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