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Aphantopus liyperanthus. — Mouchard, July 13th ; Poligny, July 

 14th ; Lens, July 15th. Ab. ccBca — Poligny, July 14th. Ab. vidua. — 

 Mouchard, July 13th ; Poligny, July 14th. 



Canonymplia iphis. — Poligny, July 14th; Champagnole, July 16th. 



C. arcania. — Mouchard, July 12th, 13th ; PoHgny, July 14th ; 

 Champagnole, July 16th. 



C. pamphilus. — Mouchard, July 13th ; Poligny, July 14th ; Lons, 

 July 15th ; Champagnole, July 16th. 



Melanargia galatea. — Mouchard, July 12th, 13th ; Champagnole, 

 July 16th. 



A FEW ICHNEUMONS TAKEN IN COKNWALL, 1909. 



By W. a. Eollason, F.E.S. 



The weather for the year has been on the whole cold, wet, 

 windy, and unsettled, and generally speaking unfavourable for 

 entomology. I have, however, taken a fair number of insects, 

 a list of which may be of interest. All the specimens have been 

 determined by Mr. Claude Morley, F.E.S. , F.Z.S., to whom I 

 tender most grateful thanks for the valuable assistance so 

 generously given. Of the returns sent me to date I have to 

 record forty-six species as follows : — 



Eighteen Species New to Cornwall. 



CcsUchneumon cyaniventris, Wesm. — Three males, near Truro, 

 August. 



C. derasus, Wesm. — Two males, near Truro, August. 



StenicJmewnon trilineatus, Gmel. — One female, Malpas, May. 



Cratichneumon dissimilis, Grav. — Two males, near Truro and 

 Devoran, August. 



Microcryptus abdominator, Grav. — Six males, Callestock, June ; 

 Malpas, July. 



Acanthocrypiis quadrispmosus, Grav. — One female, Truro, October. 



Idiolispa analis, Grav. — Two females, Perranporth, July ; Pen- 

 weathers, August. 



Pimpla robnsta, Mori. — Two males, Calenick, August. 



P. hrunea, Brisch. — Two males, near Falmouth, September. 



P. inanis, Scop. — One male, Calenick, August. 



Glypta luguhrina, Holmgr. — One female, Penweathers, August. 



Stilbops chrysostoma, Grav. — One male, Nansavallan Wood, May. 



Exetastes cinctipes, Ketz. — Truro district and Port Isaac, July and 

 August, numerous. 



Bassus tarsatorius, Panz. — One male, Malpas, July. 



Megastylus borealis, Holmgr. — One male, Calenick, May. 



Exochilum circ2imflexum, Linn. — One, Truro, August. 



Alicrodus tumidus, Nees. — One male, Malpas, May ; two females, 

 Calenick, May. 



Proctotrypes gravidator, Linn. — One female, Truro, October. 

 This insect sharply stung my little daughter, causing a raised white 



