78 LOPHYRUS PINI. 



green, not white, and the base of the legs is spotted 

 with dark green. The thoracic legs have shining black 

 plates, the head is roundish, claws reddish-brown, 

 marked with variable spots on the face and vertex. 



In Germany there are two broods in the year, the 

 first between the middle of June and the middle of July, 

 the second in the autumn. 



The parasites recorded from the larvae are : Hemiteles 

 eryngii, Ratz. ; Exenterus oriolus, Htg. ; Campoplex 

 argentatus, Gr. ; Mesochorus laricis, Htg. ; Tryphon 

 laricis, Htg. ; T. impressus. Gr. ; T. leucostictus, Rtzb. ; 

 T. lophyrorum, Htg. ; T. scutellatus, Htg. ; T. tenthredi- 

 num, Sch. ; Tachina inclusa, Htg. ; T. bimaculata, Htg. 



I have only seen two specimens taken by myself at 

 Rannoch, where the species was also taken by the late 

 Mr. Hislop. 



Continental distribution : Sweden, Germany, France, 

 Russia. 



Obs. According to Stein (1. c.) the Lophyrus frutetorum, Fab. (sec. 

 Htg.), is a little known species, the larva of which is distinct and is 

 described and figured by Hartig. 



Seventh abdominal segment in front of saw with 

 a triangular incision; broad, wide; for the 

 greater part black. Legs black at base ; 

 femora (especially the posterior) more or less 

 black. Antennae nineteen to twenty-jointed, 

 (species 4, Pini.) 



4. LOPHYRUS PINT. 



Vol. II, PI. VI, fig. 1, ? ; 1, a, 6, Trophi; 1 e, d, Ovi- 

 positor ; 1 e, Antenna of ? . Vol. II, PL XII, fig. 

 7, Larva; fig. 11, Cocoon. 



Tenthredo pini, Lin., S. N., i, 556, 8 (1758) ; F. Su., 390; Fab., 

 S. E., ii, 112, 28 ; Walck., Fn. Paris., ii, 37, 

 14. 



Hylotoma pini, Fab., S. P., 22, 7; Fall., Acta, 1807, 198, 3. 

 dorsata, Fab., Spec. Ins., i, 408, 15 



Tenthredo pectinata-major, Retz., De Geer, 74, 317. 



