A HISTORY OF DEVONSHIRE 



OPHIONIDES {cmt.) 



Genus, Cymodusa, Holragr6n 



— cruentata, Gr. Bred from 



Anisopteryx aescularia 

 Genus, Sagaritis, Holmgren 

 + — declinator, Gr. 



— zonata, Gr. Bred from 



Hecatera serana 

 ® — latrator, Gr. 

 Genus, Casinaria, Holmgren 



— vidua, Gr. Bred from Abraxas 



grossulariata 



— tenuiventris, Gr. Bred from 



Hemithea strigata 

 Genus, Limneria, Holmgren 

 § — alternans, Gr. 

 § — alticloa, Gr. 

 § — argentata, Gr. 

 § — armillata, Gr. 

 * — auctor, Gr. 



— bicingulata, Gr. Bred from 



Hybernia marginaria 

 § — brevicornis, Gr. 

 * — cerophaga, Gr. 



— chrysosticta, Gr. Bred from 



Hyponomeuta evonymellus 



and padellus 

 * — crassicornis, Gr. 

 § — annulata, Gr. 

 § — deficiens, Gr. 

 § — auriculatus, F5rst. 



— lugubrina, Holmgr. Bred Aug. 



from Eidophasia messingiella 

 t — concinna, Holmgr. 



— cursitans, Holmgr. Bred from 



Vanessa atalanta 

 t — robusta, Wolstedt 

 * — ovata, Brischke 



— Kriechbaumeri,* Bridg. Bred 



from half-grown larva of 

 Taeniocampa stabilis 



* — crassiuscula, Gr. 



* — diiFormis, Gmel. 



— dispar, Gr. Bred September 



from Symaethis oxyacan- 

 thella 



— ensator, Gr. Bred from Bu- 



talis grandipennis 



— erucator, Gr. Bred from 



Hybernia marginaria 



— exareolata, Ratz. Bred from 



Vanessa cardui 

 * — exigua, Gr. 

 * — Faunus, Gr. 



— femoralis, Gr. Bred from 



Depressaria nervosella 



— fenestralis, Holmgr. Bred 



from Tortrix costana 

 § — fulviventris, Gmel. 

 § — geniculata, Gr. 

 * — gracilis, Gr. 

 *— hydropota, Holmgr. 



— carbonaria, Brischke. Bred 



from Boarmia roboraria 



1 This flf is mentioned in the introduc- 

 tion and only obtainable by collect?hg 

 half-grown larvae in May on the chance 

 of getting the parasite. 



OPHIONIDES {cmt.) 



Genus, Limneria, Holmgren 



— vulgaris, Tschek. Bred 4 July, 



1 897, from Gonopteryx 

 rhamni (Brimstone butter- 

 fly). More than one-half 

 of the larvae of this butter- 

 fly are destroyed by this 

 parasite 



— clausa, Brishcke. Bred from 



Hybernia marginaria 



— interrupta, Holmgr. Bred 4 



July, 1882, from Taenio- 

 campa stabilis 

 • — combinata, Holmgr. 



— rufa, Bridg. Bred from half- 



grown larva of Bombyx 

 quercus 

 t — arvensis, Gr. 



— rufata, Bridg. Bred from 



Choreutes scintillulana 



— vestigialis, Ratz. Bred from 



Symaethis oxyacanthella 



— borealis, Holmgr. Not com- 



mon 

 * — erythropyga, Holmgr. 

 * — pedella, Holmgr. 

 * — volubilis, Holmgr. 

 * — insidiator, Gr. 

 * — lateralis, Gr. 

 * — longipes, MuU. 

 * — majalis, Gr. 



— moesta, Gr. Bred from Hy- 



berni defoliaria 



— mutabilis, Holmgr. Bred from 



Ephippiphora nigricostana 



— notata, Gr. Bred from Gno- 



phos obscuraria 



— obscurella, Holmgr. Bred 



from Hemithea strigata 



— rapax, Gr. Not common 



— curvicauda, Gr. Bred from a 



sawfly pupa, Nematus galli- 



cola 

 § — pagana, Holmgr. 

 * — assimilis, Holmgr. 



— ruficincta, Gr. Bred from 



Agrotis agathina, and from 

 several other larvae 



— rufipes, Gr. Bred from Eupi- 



thecia castigata 

 § — sericea, Gr. 

 * — sordida, Gr. 

 § — transfuga, Gr. 

 • — tristis, Gr. 

 § — tumiduJa, Gr. Captured at 



Bickleigh, 5 August, 1884 



— Brischkei, Bridg. Bred from 



Noctua triangulum 

 * — dumetorum, Holmgr. 

 * — immolator, Gr. 

 * — floricola, Gr. 



— unicincta, Gr. Bred during 



April, 1882, from Vanessa 

 urticae and other larvae 

 § — viennensis, Gr. 



— teucrii, Bridg. Bred from 



Oxyptilus teucrii 



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OPHIONIDES {com.) 



Genus, Canidia, Holmgren 

 § — pusilla, Ratz. 



Genus, Nemeritis, Holmgren 

 § — macrocentra, Gr. 



— cremastoides, Holmgr. Bred 



May, from fir cones con- 

 taining Coccyx strobilella 



Genus, Cremastus, Gravenhorst 

 § — interruptor, Gr. 

 § — spectator, Gr. 

 § — infirmus, Gr. 



Genus, Atractodes, Gravenhorst 

 § — gravidus, Gr. 

 * — vestalis, Hal. 

 § — albovinctus, Halj 

 § — exilis, Hal. 

 § — bicolor, Gr. 

 § — gilvipes, Holmgr, 

 § — fumatus, Hal. 

 § — citator, Hal. 

 § — properator, Hal. 



Genus, Exolytus, Holmgren 

 * — laevigatus, Gr. 



Genus, Mesochorus,' Gravenhorst 

 t — splendidulus, Gr. 



— strenuus, Holmgr. Bred from 



Limneria Kriechbaumeri, 

 out of half-grown larva of 

 Taeniocampa stabilis 

 § — thoracicus, Gr. 



— conftisus, Holmgr. Bred from 



Microplitis fumipennis, the 

 latter a parasite on Symae- 

 this oxyacanthella, and 

 several other pupae 

 t — gibbulus, Holmgr. 



— gracilentus, Brischke. Bred 



from Limneria vulgaris, the 

 latter a parasite on Gonop- 

 teryx rhamni 



— fuscicornis, Brischke. Bred 



from Apanteles nothus, the 

 latter a parasite on Abraxas 

 grossulariata 



— aciculatus, Bridg. Bred from 



Apanteles glomeratus, a 

 parasite on Pieris brassicae 



— facialis, Bridg. Bred from 



Apanteles popularis, out of 

 Euchelia Jacobaeae 



— graniger, Thom. Bred from 



Exorista vulgaris, out of 

 Abraxas grossulariata 



— temporalis, Thom. Bred from 



Zygaena filipendulae 



— tetricus, Holmgr. Bred 4 



August from Apanteles octo- 

 narius, out of Notodonta 

 dromedarius 



— formosus, Bridg. Bred from 



Apanteles fulvipes, out of 

 Asteroscopus sphinx and 

 others 

 § — dorsalis, Holmgr. 



' This genus are hyperparasites in the 

 larvae stage, living within the bodies of 

 other larvae. 



