A HISTORY OF NORFOLK 



IcHNEUMONIDiE [continued) 



Acrodactyla degener, Hal. Norwich, Briin- 



dall 

 Clistopyga incitator, Fab. Norwich 



— rufata, Holm. Brundall ; only one 



female 

 Glypta monoceros, Gr. Brundall 



— ceratites, Gr. Generally common ; 



reared from larvae of Phycis betulas 

 by Mr. Atmore 



— vulnerator, Gr. Mouiehold, Lynn ; 



reared from larv^ of Catoptria scopo- 

 liana by Mr. Atmore 



— hassitator, Gr. Moiisehold, Lynn 



— teres, Gr. Norivich 



— mensurator, Fab. Eaton 



— incisa, Gr. Earlham, Lynn ; reared 



from larvae of Penthina picana by 

 Mr. Atmore 



— bifoveolata, Gr. Generally common 



— resinans, Retz. Lynn ; reared from 



larvx of Retinia turionella 



— flavolineata, Gr. Eaton, Brundall 



— flavipes, Desv. Lynn ; parasitic on 



larvae of Tortrices 



— trochanterata, Bridg. Mousehold ; zhout 



heath, June 



— pictipes, Tasch. Earlham, Lynn 



— genalis, Moll. Lynn ; reared by Mr. 



Atmore from larvae of various Tor- 

 trices 



Lycorina triangulifera, Holm. Lynn, one 

 male taken in May, 1887, by Mr. 

 Atmore ; very rare 



Schizopyga circulator, Panz. Not un- 

 common 



Lampronota nigra, Gr. Bawsey Heath, 

 Lynn 



— caligata, Gr. Lynn, Earlham 



ICHNEUMONiDii {continued) 



Lissonota variabilis, Gr. Lynn ; reared 

 from larvae of Penthina picana 



— parallela, Gr. Earlham 



— bellator, Gr. Generally very common 



— commixa. Holm. Generally distributed 



— cylindrator, Vill. Common everywhere 



— insignita, Gr. Eaton 



— sulphurifera, Gr. Generally common 



— femorata. Holm. Earlham, Brundall 



— linearis, Gr. Momehold 



— leptogaster, Holm. Norwich, Strump- 



shaiv ; common in autumn 



— carbonaria. Holm. Lynn ; reared from 



Retinia turionella 



— transversa, Bridg. Earlham 



— unicincta. Holm. Brundall, Eaton, 



Earlham 



— errabunda. Holm. Brundall 



— vicina, Holm. Earlham 



— dubia, Holm. Lynn 

 Meniscus setosus, Fourc. Sparham 



— agnatus, Gr. Earlham 



— impressor, Gr. Generally common 



— suborbitalis, Gr. Brundall, Momehold 

 Phytodietus segmentator, Gr. Norwich, 



Lynn, JVroxham 



— coryph^us, Gr. "I ^ „ 



, -"^ A \ Generally common 



— obscurus, Desv. J •' 



Cryptopimpla blanda, Gr. Earlham, 



Buckenham Ferry 

 CEdimopsis scabriculus, Gr. Moderately 



common 

 Stilbops vetula, Gr. Earlham ; May 

 Zygonomus pilicornis, Gr. Earlham 



— securicornis, Holm. Earlham 

 Apanteles stauropodis, Marshall. Norwich ; 



reared from a larva of Stauropus 

 fegi 



COLEOPTERA 



Notwithstanding the fact that some eighteen hundred different 

 kinds of beetles are known to occur in this county, not one per cent, of 

 that number are at all likely to attract the attention of the non-entomo- 

 logical observer. In the house, Blaps mucronata, a dull black insect about 

 an inch long, of slow movement and unpleasant odour, with its body 

 drawn out into a short point behind, shares with the cockroaches 

 {Blattidce) the name of' black-beetle.' The ' ladybirds ' {Coccinellidce), of 

 which we have fifteen different kinds in Norfolk, are deserving of 

 mention from the fact that they are largely instrumental in counteracting 

 the ill effects to vegetation arising from the extraordinary fecundity 

 of the plant-lice {^Aphides) ; in their larval as well as their adult state 

 they feed upon the latter insects, and as they are generally found in 

 the largest numbers where the supply of food is greatest, they not 



