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was rendered unproductive by the severe cold which occurred at 

 that time, scarcely an insect being seen. I however obtained 

 Anisodactylus poeciloides at Bembridge, and Aepus marinus and 

 Philonthus sericeus near Ryde ; also a few maritime Homalotas, 

 Tachyusa uvida and sidcata. 



When the intense heat set in, beetles entirely disappeared, and 

 for the last month I have taken nothing except one Ily abates 

 nigricollis in a sand-pit. 



Among other insects the following may also perhaps be worth 

 notice as having occurred in this neighbourhood : — Badister 

 sodalis, not very uncommonly ; Bledius opacus, in plenty ; one 

 or two Prionus coriarius, Agrilus angustulus and laticornis, 

 Corymbites bipustulatus and its variety with entirely rufous 

 elytra ; Myrmedonia humeralis and limbata ; Hydrobius strigosus, 

 by sweeping in the evening ; Coccinella obUterata, in fir planta- 

 tion ; Homalium pygmcsum and iopterum, Ltemophloeas ferrugineus, 

 Salpingus castaneus and Lissodema 4-pustulata, Mardellistena 

 lateralis was very plentiful during the summer, and varieties 

 occurred almost entirely ochraceous. I have once taken here, 

 also, a single example of Agathidium confusum, Bris. 

 Shiere, Guildford, August 19, 1884. 



INTRODUCTORY PAPERS ON ICHNEUMONIDIE. 

 By John B. Bridgman and Edward A. Fitch. 



No. V.— OPHIONULE (continued). 

 Anomalon, Jar. (including Agrypon, Forst.) 



A. Antennas from half to three-fourths the length of the abdomen (male 



and female). 

 a. Posterior discoidal recurrent nervure (fore wing, fig. 2, q. r.) 

 interrupted by anal nervure [r. t.) in or a little below the middle. 

 * Forehead with a horn just above the antennae. 



f Scape of antennas entirely yellow. - 5. bellicosum, 5 — 6 lines. 

 ft Scape of antennae yellow beneath. 



I Abdomen red ; apex and back of 2nd segment black ; hind coxae 

 black. ------ 1. xanthopus, 5 — 6 lines. 



H First segment and back of 5th to 7th black ; hind coxae red, extreme 

 base black. ----- 4. ruficorne, 5 — 6 lines. 



** Forehead without a horn ; joints of hind trochanters of equal length 

 below. 

 § Scutellum convex, or slightly depressed. 



