124 Mr.G. Newport on a new genus of Parasitic Insects. 
my paper. With regard to the joints of the tarsi, it happens, un- 
fortunately for Mr. Westwood, that he is in this instance, at 
least, in the unenviable situation of bearing evidence against the 
correctness of his own statements. Ten years ago he published 
in his ‘Introduction,’ vol. ii. Generic Synopsis, p. 73, detailed 
definitions of three genera of Parasitic Hymenoptera belonging 
to the very family,—Chalcidide, proposed also by himself,—to 
which my Anthophorabia belongs; and one of the characters 
which he employs to indicate each of these genera,— Tetracnemus, 
Agonioneurus,—which comprises thirteen species,—and Cocco- 
phagus three species,—is, that their tarsi are “ five-jointed.” 
Thus much reliance may be placed on the scientific accuracy 
of Mr. Westwood’s statements. I have now but to notice one 
other of his unnecessary assertions, of a more personal character, 
and which I could have wished to have believed to be simply ac- 
cidental. He says (Annals, p. 40) that Mr. F. Smith was the 
first to discover the parasitic larva of Monodontomerus, and that 
I have “ attempted to deprive him of the credit” of this discovery. 
I regret much that this direct charge obliges me to state that 
Mr. Westwood asserts in this what is extremely wide of the truth. 
A short notice of the habits of the larva of Monodontomerus was 
sent by Mr. Smith to the Linnean Society a fortnight after the. 
reading of the first part of my paper on the 20th of March in 
which I described this larva; and that notice was read on the 
3rd of April, Mr. Smith the author of it, Mr. Westwood and 
myself being present. Mr. Smith stated in his paper that he had 
found his insects at Charlton in Kent, zn 1848. After this paper 
had been read, I mentioned what I had already stated in my 
paper on the 20th of March, that I discovered the larva of Mo- 
nodontomerus on the 12th of September 1847 (at Gravesend), 
“ that I had informed Mr. Smith at the time of the faci,” and that 
“ some time afterwards, as I learned from Mr. Smith himself, who, 
being present, could correct me if in error, he also collected larvee 
of this insect in the same locality ” (see Gard. Chron. April, 
p- 231). Mr. Smith offered not the slightest remark on, or ob- 
jection to this statement, but tacitly admitted its correctness. 
And yet Mr. Westwood having heard this public announcement 
from my own lips, and knowing that it has appeared in print,— 
as he quotes a portion of the identical paragraph,—and knowing 
also that it cannot be refuted, has ventured to “affirm” the 
contrary. 
I remain, Gentlemen, yours very obediently, 
Grorce Newport. 
