and Caprijication. 385 



Hasselquist's description of Cynips Caricce is lament- 

 ably deficient in many respects ; while that of Cavolini's 

 Ichneumon ficari us is contained in a memoir not readily 

 accessible (' Opuscoli scelti sulle scienze e sulle arti,' 

 vol. v., Milano, 1782), and is only casually mentioned 

 by Dr. P. Meyer (pp. 564, 580, 583), whose figures, 

 however, supply various supplementary details. A full 

 diagnosis of these Smyrna specimens seems therefore 

 essential ; to which is appended that of a new species 

 of Idamella from Australia, whereof several examples 

 have been found in the figs of Fiats macrophylla — all 

 females with the characteristic ovipositor ; — a species of 

 Sycoscaptella ? Westw., with very elongate tarsal setse, 

 being also met with in these figs. 



Cynips Caricce, Hasselq. 

 (Idarnella, IVesttv.) 



(Ex individuis nuper in ficubus Smirnensibus decla- 

 ratis descripta). 



Foemina. Caput parvum, subrotundatum. Mandibulce 

 rectaa, basi latae, apice bidentatae, dentes parum curvati. 

 Oculi magni, ovales. Ocelli tres, capitis basin versus in 

 triangulo dispositi. Palpi parvi. Antenna geniculate, 

 thoracis fere longitudinem aequantes ; scapo elongato, 

 subrecto, basi constricto apice truncato ; articulo 2do 

 clavato, curvato, prsecedentis dimidio fere breviore, basi 

 tenui ; 3tio 4to 5to minimis, transversis, latitudine 

 sensim crescentibus ; sequentibus quinque scudiformibus, 

 longitudine latitudinem vix excedentibus, basi sub- 

 rotundatis, apice truncatis ; reliquis tribus clavam fusi- 

 formem constituentibus. Thorax gibbus, ovalis. Pedes 

 femoribus parum inflatis ; tibiis subrectis, apice trun- 

 catis, angulo interno calcaratis, unguibus majusculis. 

 Pedes antici breviores, tarsis parvis ; posteriores quatuor 

 elongati, tarsis longissimis. Alee anticce pellucidsB, 

 nitidse, disco setis parvulis instructs, postice circiterque 

 apicem fimbriate ; vena postcostali apicem versus in- 

 spissata, usque costam excurva, ulna (Wlk.) radioque 

 setis elongatis in serie dispositis ; vena cubitali illo 

 breviore in disco dellexa, parum excurva, tenui, vix clavata. 

 Alee posticce aveniae, sicut in anticis firnbriatse. Abdomen 

 dimidio basali lanceolato, thorace parum longiore, seg- 

 mentis sex ; dimidio apicali elongato, constricto, seg- 

 menta dua constituente, quorum primum tubiforme, 



