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been bred from the common oak-spangle gall of N. lenticu- 
laris; and Kaltenbach says it has been bred from Orchestes 
Quercus, by Herr Reissig. We meet with great confusion in 
trying to work out the records of parasitism in Chalcidide ; 
the species themselves are perplexing, and the synonymy 
more so; e.g. Ratzeburg, in ‘Die Ichneumonen, under 
Torymus caudatus, Nees, arranges specimens he had received 
from correspondents bred from galls of A. terminalis, Rh. 
Eglanterie (a rose species), and from galls of Nematus 
viminalis (a willow species); whilst under T. admirabilis and 
T. crinicaudis, besides the oak-gall specimens, he includes 
specimens bred from Tortrix strobilana, thus having three 
specific names for one species, and in one species including 
four certainly distinct. But to return to Kaltenbach’s 
assertion that this species is parasitic in Coleopterous larve, 
which is interesting, we have the following quotation occur- 
ring in Mayr’s excellent and most lucid monograph :— 
“In Von Heyden’s collection there is a female with the 
statement,—‘ From beetle-larva under oak-bark, Bostrichus ?’ 
—which was named C. admirabilis by Dr. Forster. It is 
three millimetres long; oviduct, five millimetres long; blue, 
with a slight green shade; abdomen for the most part violet ; 
legs green, with yellow tarsi; mesothorax very finely punc- 
tate, almost smooth and shining. Although undoubtedly 
this specimen does not differ from the species bred from 
A. terminalis galls, it may be found to belong to another 
_ species, when the above-quoted economy shall be proved to 
~~ be correct.” 
Apart from dwelling in galls various species of Torymidz 
are known to be parasitic on Hymenoptera and Lepidoptera ; 
but these are the only two instances, as far as I know, of its 
connection with the Coleoptera; and here, as in many other 
cases of parasitism, further observation would be satisfactory. 
Callimome abdominalis, Boh.—Cingulatus, Nees (Walker's 
list) and Cyniphidum, Ratz., are synonyms. This species, 
which occurs in many other oak-galls, may be bred in June 
and July of the same year. 
Callimome regius, Nees, = C. inconslans, Wik. (Walker's 
list) = leucopterus, Wik. (Walker's list) = longicaudis, Riz, 
Callimome auratus, Fonsc. = viridissimus, Bob. (Walker’s 
list) = ? parellinus, Wik. non Boh. (Walker's list) = con- 
