INSECTS 



AREOLARII {continued) 

 MiCROGASTERiDEs {continued) 

 Genus, Apanteles, FOrst. 



— ordinarius, Ratz. Exeter 



— congestus, Nees. Bred from Hadena pisa, and at 



least a dozen other noctua. The cocoons are 

 often mistaken for a spider's nest 



— Bignellii, Marsh. Bred 26 July, 1883, from 



Melitaea aurinia 



— limbatus. Marsh. Bred from Abraxas grossulariata 



— rubripes, Hal. Bred from Geometra papilionaria 



— rubecula. Marsh. Bred from half-grown larvae 



of Pieris rapae, June 



— glomeratus, L. The well-known parasite of both 



species of the white cabbage butterflies, Pieris 

 brassicae and rapae 



— sericeus, Nees. A solitary parasite bred from 



eight different species of Lepidopterous larvae 



— spurius, Wesm. Bred gregariously from Melitaea 



aurinia and several other larvae 



— Geryonis, Marsh. Bred from Ino geryon, June 



— zygaenarum, Marsh. Bred from Zygaena fili- 



pendulae, July 



— jucundus, Marsh. Bred 24 June from a larva 



found on oak 



— caiae, Bouch6. Bred from Arctia caia, 4 July; the 



caterpillar was found at Torcross, 20 June, and 

 produced 180 parasitic larvae a few days after 



— juniperatae, Bouch^. Bred from Odontoptera 



bidentata, April, and from several other larvae 



— nothus, Reinh. Bred from Antidea badiata and 



other larvae 



— diificilis, Nees. Bred from Bombyx rubi, August, 



and other larvae 



— punctiger, Wesm. A female captured, 24 June, 



at Bicklelgh 



— lictorius, Reinh. Exeter (Parfitt) 



— falcatus, Nees. Bred from Leioptilus microdac- 



tylus, June 



— dilectus, Hal. Bred from Gracilaria syringella, July 



— zanthostigmus, Hal. Bred from Swammerdam- 



mia caesiella, and from Diurnea fagella and 

 other larvae 



— praetor. Marsh. Oreston Quarry 



— emarginatus, Nees. Bred from Depressaria ner- 



vosa, August, from half-grown larvae 



— obscurus, Nees. Bred from Ebulea crocealis ; a 



solitary parasite 



— viminetorum, Wesm. Bred from Elachista mag- 



nificella, June ; singly 



— sodalis,Hal. Exeter ; Teignmouti .■ hrvie giegiiious 



— albipennis, Nees. Bred from Leioptilus micro- 



dactylus ; a solitary parasite, recorded from a 

 dozen other species 



— impurus, Nees. Bred from Tortrix forsterana ; 



gregarious 



— naso. Marsh. 'On the sandhills at Starcrois' 



(Marshall) 



— gagates, Nees. Yelverton, 2 1 August 



— Halidaii, Marsh. Bred from Hedya neglectana 



— longicaudis, Wesm. Bred 18 August, from 



Laverna subbristrigella 



— fuliginosus, Wesm. Bred 16 July, from Graci- 



laria syringella ; a solitary parasite 



— sicarius, Marsh. Bred from Sericoris littoralis, 



19 June 



— octonarius, Ratz. Bred from Cleora lichenaria 



and other larvae, June and August 



AREOLARII {continued) 

 MiCROGASTERiDEs {continued) 



Genus, Apanteles, FOrst. 



— astrarches. Marsh. Bred from Lycaena astrarche, 



13 May 



— abjectus. Marsh. Bred from Lophopteryx 



camelina ; larvae gregarious 



— immunis, Hal. Bred from Pseudoterpna pruinata 



and other species ; solitary parasite 



— caberae. Marsh. Bred from Cabera pusaria and 



other larvae, April and June ; solitary parasite 



— popularis, Hal. Bred from Euchelia jacobaeae 



and other larvae ; gregarious. July 



— fraternus, Reinh. Bred from Aspilates ochrearia, 



September ; larvae, gregarious, forming an 

 alveariform mass of cocoons 



— triangulator, Wesm. Bred from Dasychira pud- 



dibunda, August 



— pallidipes, Reinh. Bred from Plusia gamma and 



other larvae ; gregarious 



— bicolor, Nees. Bred from Gnophos obscuraria 



and other larvae ; solitary when host is small 



— formosus, Wesm. Bred several times from 



Uropteryx sambucaria in May. The larva on 

 emergingfrom its host builds up a rigid peduncle, 

 at the top of which the cocoon is formed 



— callidus, Hal. Bred from Abraxas grossulariata 



and other larvae ; gregarious 



— lateralis, Hal. Bred from Eupithecia assimilata 



and other larvae ; gregarious 



— vitripennis, Hal. Bred from Boarmia repandata ; 



the caterpillar not half-grown 



— fulvipes, Hal. Bred from Miselia oxyacanthae, 



June, and from at least a dozen other species ; 

 larvae gregarious 



— cleoceridis. Marsh. Bred from Cleoceris vimi- 



nalis, June ; gregarious 



— gonopterygis, Marsh. Bred from half-grown 



larvae of Gonopteryx rhamni ; solitary para- 

 site. Cocoon, bright orange-colour, firmly 

 attached to a twig 

 Genus, Microplitis, FOrst. 



— Spinolae, Nees. Bred from half-grown larva of 



Acronycta alni, August. Cocoon, pearly green 



— ocellatae, Bouchi. Bred from Smerinthus ocellatus, 



populi, and tiliae, in May. Cocoons, greyish 

 brown, rough, closely agglutinated together 



— vidua, Ruthe. Bred from Taeniocampa incerta ; 



solitary 



— tristis, Nees. Bred from Dianthaecia cucubali. 



May ; gregarious 



— spectabilis, Hal. Bred by D'Orville, Exeter, 



from Dianthaecia capsincola 



— mediator, Hal. Bred from Cerastis spadicea, 



June, and several other larvae ; gregarious 



— mediana, Ruthe. Bred singly from not half-grown 



caterpillars of Taeniocampa stabilis and others 



— tuberculifera, Wesm. Bred singly from young 



larvae of Taeniocampa miniosa, June 

 Genus, Microgaster, Latr. 



— Alvearius, Fab. ' Bred seventy out of Boarmia 



repandata, 26 June 



— posticus, Nees. Bred from Porthesia similis, July 



— flavipes, Hal. ' Bred from Boarmia gemmaria 



and Amphipyra pyramidea, July 



— minutus, Reinh. ' Bred from Cleora glabraria 



1 Cocoons arranged in an alveariform mass ; how they are 

 constructed is described in the introduction to the Braconidae. 



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