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bred the pretty and fragile Macrecentrus thoracicus, Nees. The pupa 

 oi Odonestis potatoria, L., was held responsible for producing several 

 of both sexes of a very beautiful Pimplid, Polysphincta varipes, Gr., 

 as also several females of Pimpla seanica, Gr., as well as both sexes 

 of Pimpla graminella, Schr. ; and as though this host was not 

 satisfied with introducing three species of Pimplidae, we have again 

 another in the very rare and beautiful species Acrodactyla madida, 

 Hal. Mr. Fenn's next larva, suffering grievous injury, was Eupi- 

 thecia expallidata, Gn., from which were reared both sexes of 

 Limneria incrassata, Holmgr. ; while Eupithecia absinthia/a, Clerck, 

 produced several of the very charming little Perithous vartus, Gr. 

 From Brephos parthenias, L., Mr. Fenn reared two species of Bra- 

 conidae, namely, Rhogas bicolor, Spin., and Meteorus versicolor, Wesm., 

 the latter species being especially numerous ; Mr. Fenn's last para- 

 site-producing larva being Tcenioca/ipa ininiosa, Fb., from which 

 a small company of both sexes of Microplitis tuberculifera, Wesm., 

 emerged. 



Mr. Frohawk is only credited with one species, the very lovely 

 Chalcid, Colas dispar, Nob., which he appears to have bred in 

 abundance from the pupae oi Melitiea aurinia, Rott. 



Mr. Hawes has the honour of breeding one of the finest species of 

 Ichneumonidse in the British list, viz. Amblyteles oratorius, Fab., its 

 victim being the larva of Gonopteryx rhatuni, L. This was closely 

 followed by large numbers of the curious little Bracon, Macro- 

 centnis pallipes, Nees, having for its host the larva of Vanessa 

 atalanta, L. 



To Mr. Mansbridge I am indebted for several fine specimens of 

 Ichneumonidse, and also several dipterous, as follows : — From the 

 larvae of Mafiia typica, L., two fine females of the very uncommon 

 Ich?ieumon lepidus, Gr. (the vdj.fallax of the same author), a male 

 and female of Ichneumon saturatorius, Linn., also both sexes of the 

 very handsome Amblyteles litigiosus, Gr. ; the same species of larvte 

 being responsible for several of both sexes of that common dipteron, 

 Exorista vulgaris. Fin. The next to suffer great injury was the 

 larva of Abraxas grossulariata, L., from which emerged numerous 

 specimens of the last-named dipteron, Microgaster mimitus, Reinh., 

 the smallest species of the genus, and not at all a common parasite, 

 was reared in fair numbers from the larvae of Cleoceris viminalis, Fb., 

 from which also two males and three females of the pretty little 

 Limneria exareolata, RatZj emerged ; and lastly, three males of the 

 extremely scarce Sagaritis incisa, Bridg. 



Mr. NevlU contributes one species in the family Ophionidae, 

 namely, a male and two females of Ophion luteum, Linn., bred from 

 the larvae of Dianthoicia capsincola, Hb. 



Mr. Short sent two species of parasites, one a dipteron, and the 

 other a true ichneumon ; the first-mentioned being Gonia trifaria, 

 Zeller, its victim being the larva of Hadena pisi, L. This fly, 

 according to Dr. Meade, is extremely rare ; it is in Miss Prescott 



