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THE ENTOMOLOGIST. 



12. molitorius. — 1. Protichnewnon laminatoriiis,¥sih., S. 

 11. saturatorius. — 2: (1) Stenichneiiynontrilineatiis, Gme\., 2 . 

 (2) Mehmichneuvion jier scrutator, 

 Wesm., ? . 

 29. fossorius. — 1. Amhlyteles suhsericans, Grav., ? . 

 37. comitator. — 2 : (1) Coelichneumon comitator, Linn., ? . 

 (2) Stenichneumon cidpator, Schr., S' • 

 L" negatorius, Sw. MSS."* — 1. Cratichneumon fabricator, 

 Fab., 3" .] 



2. raptorius. — 1. Amhlyteles neglectorius, Fab., ? . 



3. sarcitorius. — 2 : (1) ? Amhlyteles cerinthius, Grav., ? . 



(2) Ichneumon extensorius, Linn., $ . 

 7. nutatoi-ius. — 1. A representative of the Mesostenini, $ . 

 This exactly corresponds with Frederick Smith's description and 

 figure of Mesostenus alhopictiis (Trans. Ent. Soc. 1876, p. 477, 

 pi. iv. fig. 1) from New Zealand, and later recorded thence by 

 Cameron ; the latter specimen, though not Smith's type, is in 

 the British Museum. The only distinction — a very strong one — 

 is in the terebral length, which is not less than that of the abdo- 

 men. I consider it probable that M. albopictus, Smith (Proc. 

 Linn. Soc. iii. (1859), p. 172), from Key, is distinct. I cannot 

 find Fabricius's species in either the British Museum Collection 

 or in Mr. Eoland Turner's extensive collection of Hymenoptera, 

 in which are some twenty distinct species of Mesostenus {sensu 

 lato) from Northern Queensland. Not a Cryptus, as placed by 

 Dalla Torre. 



9. infractorius. — 1. Amhlyteles infractor lus, Panz. 



10. ambulatorius.* — 1. Amhlyteles vadatorim, lllig., ? . 



27. fusorius, var. j3 pisorius. — 1. Protichneumon erythrogaster, 

 Steph., ? . 



15. luctatorius.* — 1 (only). Ichneumon extensorius, lAnw., ?. 



16. lotatorius.* — 1. A typical-looking black female Ic/mei6??ion 

 (sensu Thorns., though it has more the facies and obtuse anus of 

 Amhlyteles) ; respecting colour, it is only necessary to add that 

 the " thorace maculato" consists of a single callosity beneath 

 the radices, that the apical angles of the third abdominal seg- 

 ment are also red, with the whole legs, except coxae, trochanters, 

 and extreme apices of hind femora, concolorous. It is a stout 

 insect of 12 mm. in length. Undoubtedly Fitch is correct 

 (Proc. Ent. Soc. 1883, p. xxxvi.) in synonymising Priocnemis 

 pascoei, Kirby (Trans. Ent. Soc. 1883, p. 200, not p. 20, as given 

 in ' Zoological Record' et D. T.), with this species. I, like him, 

 have compared the types, and find the variability he refers to 

 mainly in the immaculate scutellum and radical callosities of 

 I. p)ascoei, which also has the flagellum pale beneath ; but its 

 sculpture throughout is entirely identical. The seven other 

 specimens referred to by him include a couple of the under- 

 mentioned male, which differs little, except in also having the 



