1 86 Mr. p. Cameron on 



1. PiMPLA PUNCTATOR, Linn, Syst. Nat, t i., p. 935-38 ,•; 



Vollenhoven, Stett. Ent. Zeit., 1879, p. 143 = /*.. 

 pedator. Fab., Syst. Piez., p. 1 14-6. 

 Vollenhoven, I.e., records the rearing of this ichneumen 

 from Papilio Pammon ; and says further, " Wahrscheinlich 

 kommt Punctator parasitisch in verschiedenen Insecten vor." 

 The specimens sent by Mr Cotes were bred from the cater- 

 pillars of Cricula trifenestrata in Hazanbugh. The parasite 

 has a very wide distribution, being found widely distributed 

 in the Oriental region and in Celebes. 



2. PiMPLA ZEBRA, Vollenhoven, Stett. Ent. Zeit, 1879. 



p. 147. This has also been bred from Crieula tri- 

 fenestrata. Vollenhoven describes it from Java. 



II. Two Neiv Species of EUCHARIN^. 



The group of Eucharince is one of the most remarkable 

 in the family Chalcididce. Not only are they much larger 

 than usual, but they are remarkable for the extraordinary 

 development of the thorax, the scutellum especially showing 

 many curious developments. Until recently the history of 

 these interesting insects was quite unknown. We now^ 

 however, are acquainted with the habits of two species from 

 widely remote regions ; and, as the various groups of Chal- 

 cididce confine themselves, with remarkable uniformity, in 

 their attacks to the same class of insects, I think that we 

 are justified in concluding that their prey is the ant tribe. 

 The discoverer of this interesting fact is Prof Forel, of 

 Zurich, who, receiving some cocoons of the huge Australian 

 " Bull-dog " Ant Myrmecia forficata, Fab., from Bull Creek, 

 South Australia, had the curiosity to open some of them 

 a,nd found a o and $ of the species I have called Eucharis 

 myrniicicB in two of them, and in a perfect condition, except 

 that their wings had not yet developed. 



So far as I am aware only one other Hymenopterous 



