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Holmgr. A single female of the genus Creinastus, at present 

 unidentified, was bred from Retinia pinicolmia, Dbld., by Mr. 

 Adkin, the larva being from the New Forest. Mesochorus 

 confusus, Holmgr., was bred in some numbers by Mr. Adkin, 

 from Cidaria sagittata, Fb., both sexes being represented, he 

 also breeding a single female of Mesochorus anomalus, 

 Holmgr., from an unknown host ; these two species of 

 Ophionidse are hyper-parasites. Exetastes osculatorius, Fab., 

 was bred by Messrs. Adkin and South from larvae of 

 Retinia pinicolana, Dbl., both sexes being represented ; 1 3 

 specimens oi Bajic/ms ')noniliatus, Gr. (7 males and 6 females), 

 by Mr. Croker, its host being Trachea piniperda, Panz. ; while 

 from Chcsrocampa porcellus, L. Mr. Adkin bred a male and 

 female of Banchus falcator, Fab. A male and female of 

 Euryproctus nigriceps, Gr., were bred by myself from the 

 pupae of the saw-fly, Trichiosoma betideti, Cam. ; it is only right 

 to say that I am indebted for this handsome species to my 

 friend, Mr. Winkley, who, I think, collected the pupae in the 

 neighbourhood of Wandsworth Common. Mesoleius for- 

 mosus, Gr., was bred by myself from pupae attached to a 

 poplar leaf, and collected by Mr. South in Normandy, and to 

 whose generosity I am indebted for the same. Mr. Frohawk 

 has also reared several of the same species from Gonepteryx 

 rhamni, L., the larvae being from the New Forest ; a solitary 

 male of Cteniscus succinctus, Gr., was bred from Boarmia 

 abietaria, Hb., by Mr. Barker; of the genus Bassus, but two 

 species were bred, and both by myself, from pupae found in 

 my own garden at Peckham : one a very handsome and 

 abnormally large female, Bassus albosignatus, Panz., the other 

 being a male of Bassus latatorius, Fab. A male of Pinipla 

 instigator, Fab., was bred by Mr. Barker from the larva of 

 Hadena oleracea, L., while a male of Piinpla scanica, Vill., 

 was bred by myself from a pupa of Zygcsna filipendulcs, L., 

 found attached to grass in Headly Lane. Mr. Adkin also 

 bred a very beautiful female of Pinipla octdatoria. Fab., its 

 host being Pcsdisca sordidana, Hb., the larva being from 

 Forres ; a single female of Pimpla brevicornis, Holmgr., fell to 

 Mr. Wellman's lot from the larva of Aciptilia galactodactyla, 

 Hb. ; a single female of Glypta flavolineata, Gr., was bred by 

 Mr. Adkin from the larva of Cidaria sagittata, Fb. To Mr. 

 Elisha falls the honour, however, of breeding the only species, 

 as far as I know, new to science, since my last paper, in Glypta 

 rubicunda, Bridg., both sexes of which he seems to have bred 

 freely, its host being Argyrolepia viaritimana, Gn. ; this 

 species was described by Mr. Bridgman in a paper read 



