I06 YORKSHIRE HYMENOPTERA IN 1879, 1880 AND 1881. 



x?Limneria dumeticola Holmgr. York in 1881. Mr. 

 Bridgman says of this "that it approaches nearest the description 

 given by Hohiigren of dumeticola but not exactly," and adds that 

 "it does not agree with any recorded British Limneria" (Wilson). 



X L. longipes (Mull.) One specimen at Holgate near York, 

 i88i (Wilson). 



X L. majalis ( Gr.) One specimen at Holgate, 1881 (Wilson), 



X Limneria, species affinis ruflcincta Holmgr. Among 

 the Yorkshire specimens taken in 1878, which I sent to Dr. 

 Snellen van A^ollenhoven, is one named by him as above, of 

 which no particulars are known (Bairstow). 



X Mesochorus confusus Holmg?: York: caught in the act 

 of ovipositing on the larva of Nematus ribesii'va 1880 (Wilson, 

 Nat., 1881, vi. 153). 



X Exetastes osculatorius (Fab.)^^E. clavator Gr. York- 

 shire specimens bred in 1879 and sent to Dr. Vollenhoven, 

 were returned by him with the name of E. clavator Gr. 

 (Bairstow). 



York, 1879 or 1880 (Wilson, Nat, vi. 153). 



77? YPHONIDES. 

 Mesoieptus typhae Gr. Two in Acomb Wood near York, 

 1 88 1 (Wilson). 



X Euryproctus nigriceps f<?/'.y) York, four specimens bred 

 in 1879 or 1880 from cocoons of Trichiosoma bet uleti {Wilson, 

 Nat, vi. 153). From cocoons of the same insect found during 

 the winter months, bred in 1881, fourteen examples, male and 

 female (Wilson). 



X Perilissus pallidus (Gr.) York, 1879 or 1880 (Wilson, 

 Nat, vi. 153). 



Mesoleius ? species. York, 1881, bred from Crcesus 

 latipes. About the end of June or beginning of July I took a 

 brood of this sawfly, which made up safely in a flower-pot They 

 remained thus until September, when five of them came out as 



Trans.Y.N.U., 1880 (pub. 1S82). Series D 



