66 ROEBUCK : YORKSHIRE HYMENOPTERA IN 1 878. 



Families ICHNEUMONIDyE AND BRACONID^E. 



See Mr. Bairstow's special report, pp. 68-70. 



The following species are additional to my previous list : — - 

 ICHNEUMONID.-E. 



Ichneumon molitorius L. Recorded as "Found also in 

 Yorkshire" by J. F. Stephens: Illustrations, vii. 159 (published 

 Sep. 30, 1835). 



Mesoieius vw\w^ {Gr.)=^Tryphon riifulus^'SiX.Q.-^\\. Stephens 

 (lUustr., vii. 244, published Nov. 30, 1835) records this species 

 as "Very rare: taken in June in the New Forest, and at Sheffield." 



Rhyssa persuasoria (Z.) Recorded as " Taken at * 

 * *; and York: but rare," by J. F. Stephens in his Illustrations, 

 Supplement, p. 2 (published Aug. 1846). 



CHALCIDID^. 



To the solitary species recorded last year we have a second 

 to add. 



Torymus incertus JPdrst. $ Huddersfield, (Bairstow). 



Family CHRYSIDID^. 

 Chrysis ighita L. This abundant species is only men- 

 tioned to add another locality to its range. Eldwick Glen, near 

 Bradford, J. W. Carter! 



Tribe FOSSORES. 

 One addition has been made during the year. 

 Crabro clavipes L. Huddersfield, (Bairstow). 



Tribe DIPLOPTERA— Wasps. 

 Wasps seem to have been very scarce in 1878: I have only 

 seen two Yorkshire specimens — one of Vespa vulgaris in Leeds ! 

 and one of Vespa riifa from Huddersfield, Bairstow ! 



Trans. Y.N.U., 187s. Series D 



