120 THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



[17] 1839.— E. H. Lewis, Proc. Ent. See. Lend. i. p. xliv. (Con- 

 firmation of the above.) 



[18] 1764. — A, MoDEER, " Nagra markvardigheter hos Insectet 

 Cimex ovatus pallide gi-iseus, abdominis lateribus albo nigroque variis 

 alis albis basi scutelli nigricante," in Vetensk. Acad. Handl. xxv. pp. 41- 

 57. (Abstract in German (1767) in same journal, xxvi. pp. 43-9, but 

 I have not seen either. See No. 13.) 



[19] 1855. — MoNTRouziER,-'- " Essai sur la faune de I'ile de Wood- 

 lark ou Moiou," in Ann. Sci. phys. nat. agric. Lyon (2), vii. pp. 91-2. 

 (Relates maternal affection in ScutellerinEe.) 



[20] 1865. — E. Parfitt in J. W. Douglas and J. Scott, The British 

 Hemiptera, i. pp. 103-4 [Acanthosoma griseiim). 



[21] 1832. — [J. Rennie] , " Maternal care of the Earwig," in Penny 

 Magazine, p. 60. 



[22] 1749. — A. J. RosEL, Der monatlich herausgegeben Insecten 

 Belustigung, ii. Heuschrecken und Grillen, p. 92, pi. xiv. 



[23] 1895.— D. Sharp, Cambridge Nat. Hist. v. p. 214 {Forficnla 

 aurlculnria and Labidura riparin), and 517 {Perga lewisii). 



[24] 1899.— D. Sharp, Cambridge Nat. Hist. vi. p. 546 (" Acantho- 

 soma griseuvi'"). 



The latest notices of Ambrosia beetles are found in — 



[25] 1897. — H. G. Hubbard, " The Ambrosia beetles of the United 

 States," Bull. U.S. Dep. Agric, new series. No. 7, pp. 9-30. 



ON THE PARASITIC HYMENOPTERA AND TENTHREDI- 

 NID^ COLLECTED BY MR. EDWARD WHYMPER 

 ON THE "GREAT ANDES OF THE EQUATOR." 



By p. Cameron. 



(Continued from p. 97.) ' 



Laksephna varipes, sp. nov. 



Black, shining ; the legs rufous, the hinder femora darker in tint ; 

 the hinder coxfe black ; the hinder tibiae pale, the apex and a baud 

 near the base black ; the hinder tarsi more or less fuscous ; wings 

 hyaline, the stigma and nervures dark testaceous. ? . Length nearly 

 4 mm. ; terebra, 1 mm. 



Hah. Pichincha, 12,000 ft. 



Antennse dark testaceous, blackish on the top ; the scape paler in 

 colour. Head black, closely and minutely punctured ; the mandibles 

 rufo-testaceous. Mesonotum closely, minutely, and distinctly punc- 

 tured. Scutellum shagreened. Median segment shagreened, most 

 strongly in the middle. Pro- and mesopleurae shagreened, shining ; 

 the meta- closely, minutely, and uniformly punctured. Abdomen rufo- 



* I do not know Montrouzier's forename. Hagen cites it as " P." (Bibl. 

 Ent. i. p. 547), but this is merely an abbreviation for " Pere." He is in- 

 dicated in his papers as " E. P." and " P. A.," possibly " Beverend Pere " and 

 " Pere Abbe." 



