A HISTORY OF DEVONSHIRE 



AREOLARII {continued) 

 MicROGASTERiDEs [continued) 



Genus, Microgaster, Latr. 



— marginatus, Nees. Bred from Larentia viridaria 



— calceatus, Hal. Bred from Thera variata and 



other larvae, singly 



— connexus, Nees. Bred from Porthesia similis, Aug. 



— subcompletus, Nees. Bred from Vanessa atalanta 



and Hypena proboscidalis 



— globatus, L. Bred from Lithosia complanula, 



12 May 



— tibialis, Nees. A solitary parasite, bred from 



Emmelesia decolorata and Eupithecia cam- 

 panula ta 



— spretus. Marsh. Bred from Rhodophaea conso- 



ciella, July 



Agathidides 



Genus, Agathis, Latr. 



— brevisetis, Nees. Bred from Coleophora troglo- 



dytella and Nannodia hermannella 



— nigra, Nees. Bred August from Apodia bifractella 

 Genus, Earinus, Wesm. 



— gloriatorius, Panz. Bred from Stigmonota ger- 



marana, July 



— nitidulus, Nees. Bickleigh, lo May 

 Genus, Microdus, Nees. 



— cingulipes, Nees. Bred from a Coleophora glauci, 



21 July 

 Genus, Orgilus, Hal. 



— obscurator, Nees. Bred 1 1 July from Retinia 



buoliana in tips of branches of fir trees 



POLYMORPHI 



EUPHORIDES 



Genus, Euphorus, Nees. 



— pallidipes, Cur. Marsh Mills ; Plymiridge 



— picipes, Hal. Plymiridge, 27 May 



— coactus, Marsh. Taken near Barnstaple by 



Marshall 



— apicalis. Cur. Bickleigh 



— ornatus. Marsh. A single specimen beaten out 



oi hoWy a Ivybridge, z8 May, 1898. Only 

 one previous capture of this insect is recorded 



— fulvipes. Cur. Teignmouth (Marshall) 

 Genus, Wesmaelia, FOrst. 



— cremasta. Marsh. N. Devon (Marshall) 

 Genus, Perilitus, Nees. 



— rutilus, Nees. Osier bed near Longbridge, June 



— felciger, Ruthe. Bred from a beetle, Timarcha 



laevigata, 7 May ' 



— aethiops, Nees. Oreston Quarry, August 



— brevicollis, Hal. Plymbridge, July 

 Genus, Microctonus, Wesm. 



— cultus. Marsh. Nr. Barnstaple (Marshall) 



Meteorides 

 Genus, Meteorus, Hal. 



— albiditarsis, Cur. Bred 13 May from Anarta 



myrtilli. Cocoon, felted, strawf-colour 



— chrysophthalmus, Nees. Bred from Odontoptera 



bidentata. Cocoon much like the preceding 



— deceptor, Wesm. Bred from Crocallls elinguaria 



and several other larvae. Cocoons, white, 

 felted, fusiform 



' It is not usual for an imago to be attacked by parasites. 



POLYMORPHI {continued) 

 Meteorides {continued) 



Genus, Meteorus, Hal. 



— caligatus, Hal. Bred from Eupithecia expalli- 



data. Cocoon, vchite, oval, felted 



— ictericus, Nees . Ivybridge ; Bickleigh. Cocoon, 



white and very thin 



— pallidipes, Wesm. Bovisland and Bickleigh 



— facialis, Ruthe. Barnstaple, Marshall 



— obfuscatus, Nees. Bred from Orchesia micans, 



feeding in fungus Boletus 

 * — punctiventris, Ruthe 



— atrator, Cur. Plymouth District (Parfitt) 



— albicornis, Ruthe. Bickleigh and Exeter 

 * — abdominator, Nees. 



— pulchricornis, Wesm. Bred from Agrotis agathina 



in June ; a solitary parasite 



— scutellator, Nees. Bred from Taeniocampa 



stabilis and several other larvae 



— unicolor, Wesm. Bred from Tethea retusa and 



Orthosia lota 



— versicolor, Wesm. Bred from Geometra papilio- 



nari ; a solitary parasite 



i Bred from larvae of Cis boleti, 

 a small beetle found feed- 

 ing in a fungus (Polyporus 

 versicolor) 



— cinctellus, Nees. Bolt Head and Bickleigh 



— tenellus. Marsh. Bred from Peroneahastiana, Nov, 



— leviventris, Wesm. Bickleigh; Telverton 



— rubens, Nees. Bred from Agrotis tritici. May ; 



larvae gregarious 



— fragilis, Wesm. Bred from Taeniocampa stabilis. 



When the larva leaves its host it spins a single 

 thread about 2 inches long ; thus suspended 

 it weaves its brown cocoon ; soon after it falls 

 to the ground 



— luridus, Ruthe. Bred from Noctua brunnea. 



Cocoons, brown, heaped together, attached by 

 a few threads 



Calyptides 

 Genus, Eubadizon, Nees. 



— extensor, L. Bred out of alder catkins gathered 



25 February 



— flavipes, Hal. Bred from a pupa found on a 



wall at Paignton 

 Genus, Calyptus, Hal. 



— fasciatus, Nees. Taken by Marshall at Barnstaple 



— tibialis, Hal. Bickleigh, June 



Blacides 

 Genus, Pygostolus, Hal. 



— sticticus, Fab. Bred from a cocoon found on 



blackthorn ; solitary parasite 

 Genus, Blacus, Nees. 



— ruficornis, Nees. Bred from fallen oak leaves 



gathered in the winter 



— tuberculatus, Wesm. Bickleigh and Plymbridge 



— tripudians, Hal. Telverton and Bickleigh 



LlOPHRONIDES 



Genus, Liophron, Nees. 



— ater, Nees. Plymbridge 



— lituratus. Clearbrook 

 Genus, Centistes, Hal. 



— lucidator, Nees. ) Captured at Bickleigh and 



— fuscipes, Nees. j Telverton 



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