INSECTS 



DiAPRIIDAE 



Platymisch.us dilatatus, Westw. 

 Taken under seaweed at 

 Plymouth, abundant on rocks, 

 Torquay, September 



Galesus fuscipennis, Cur. 



— clypeatus, Cur. 



Aneurrhynchus oviventris, Thorns. 



DiAPRIIDAE {font.) 



Paramesius rufipes, Westw. 



— belytoides. Marsh. 



— claviscapus. Thorns. 



— elongatus, Thorns. 

 Spilomicrus nigripes, Thorns. 

 Dlapria conica, Fab. 



— verticillata, Latr. 



DiAPRIIDAE {cont.) 



Basalys fumipennis, Westw. 



Loxotropa tritoma, Thorns. Cap- 

 tured II May, 1 89 1, on the 

 coast, under a stone, in the 

 nest of a small ant, Tetra- 

 morium caespitum. 



— parva, Thorns. 



CHALCIDIDAE 



The Chalcididae consist chiefly of beautiful metallic coloured insects, green and golden-green 

 predominating. Those obtained from galls are certainly hyperparasites. Those attacking pupae 

 are no doubt direct parasites. Chalcids have been bred from all orders of insecta, and it may be 

 safely said that there are hundreds if not thousands in collections awaiting identification. 



Syntomaspis caudatus, Brischke. Bred from galls of 

 of Biorhiza termlnalis and Cynips Kollari 



— cynaeus, Bris. Bred from galls of Dryophanta 



verrucosa 

 Pteromalus tibialis. West. Bred from galls of Andri- 

 cus nudus ; A. ostreus ; A. pilosus ; Neuroterus 

 tricolor ; N. albipes ; N. vesicatrix ; and 

 Dryophanta dlvisa 



— incrassatus, Ratz. Bred from galls of Dryophanta 



divisa ; Cynips Kollari ; and Neuroterus 

 tricolor 



— puparum, Lin. Bred from a pupa of the small 



tortoise-shell butterfly (Vanessa urticae), and from 

 pupa of the small white butterfly (Pieris rapae) 

 Pteromalus omnivorium. Walker. Bred from pupa of 

 small white butterfly (Pieris rapae), and from 

 an unknown noctua pupa, found at Loddisioell, 

 25 July, 1896 



— (unnamed) hyperparasite. Bred from pupae of 



the whirligig beetle, Gyrinus natator, 10 July, 

 1884; pupae found attached to the common 

 rush (Juncus conglomeratus) on the bank of the 

 Exeter Canal by the late Rev. J. Hellins 

 Torymus abdominalis, Pons. Bred from Biorhiza 

 terminalis; Cynips Kollari ; Andricuscurvator; 

 A. ostreus; Neuroterus lenticularis ; Dryophanta 

 longiventris ; and D. divisa 



— regius, Nees. Bred from Biorhiza terminalis ; 



Cynips Kollari ; Dryophanta folii ; and D. 

 longiventris 



— auratus. Pons. Bred from Neuroterus baccarum ; 



N. tricolor ; Andricus ostreus ; A. curvator ; 

 and A. quadrilineatus 



— erucarum, Gir. Bred from Andricus radicis 



— corticis, Gir. Bred from Andricus corticis 



— bedeguaris, L. Bred from Rhodites rosae 

 Callimome dauci, Curtis. Bred from galls on wild 



carrot 



Megastigmus dorsalis. Fab. Bred from Andricus cor- 

 ticis and A. fecundatrix 



— stigmaticans. Fab. Bred from Cynips Kollari 



— giganticus, Kollar. Bred from Cynips Kollari 

 Platymesopus tibialis. West. Bred from Neuroterus 



aprilinus 

 Eulophus gallarum, Nees. Bred from Biorhiza ter- 

 minalis ; Andricus cirratus ; and A. ramuli 



— euedoreschus. Walker. Bred from Andricus fecun- 



datrix. Not appearing until March or April of 

 the third year 

 Eurytoma rosae, Nees. Bred from Cynips Kollari ; 

 Andricus Sieboldi ; A. corticis ; Neuroterus 

 tricolor ; Dryophanta divisa ; and D. longiventris 



— aethiops, Ratz. Bred from Rhodites rosae 



— diastrophi, Gir. Bred from Diastrophus rubi, 



22 June, 1885 



— tristis, Mayr. Bred from Urophora cardui 

 Eutyrtus scaurus, Walker. Bred from pupa of De- 



pressaria nervosa 

 Copidosoma chalconotum, Dalm. Bred seventy-three 



from pupa of Depressaria nervosa 

 Decatoma biguttata, Swederus. Bred from Cynips 



Kollari and Dryophanta folii 

 Perilampus pallipes, Curtis. Captured 5 May, 1897, 



in Bicklelgh Wood 

 Tridymus salicis, Nees. Bred from a hovering fly 



(Syrphus) ; larva or pupa found on lime tree, 



10 August, 1884 

 Cerapterocerus mirabilis, West. Bred 13 September, 



1884, from coccus Eriopeltis festucae, found on 



fescue-grass ; has been mistaken for the cocoon 



of an Apanteles 

 Caratomus megacephalus. Fab. Taken 29 July, 1882, 



on cobwall at Exeter, where several species of 



bees and wasps found a home 

 Encyrtus clavellatus, Dalm. Bred from Cecidomyia 



salicis 



HYMENOPTERA ACULEATA 



Ants^ Wasps, Bees, Etc. 



The climate and geological formation of the county of Devon should without doubt 

 make it a grand hunting ground for the lovers of this section of insect life. Although in and 

 around Plymouth, the residence of the writer, the limestone formation and the granite on 

 the moors do not contribute towards the requirements of these insects, yet the neighbourhood 

 of Exeter must be an ideal place, also the Starcross and Dawlish sand dunes. As the burrowing 

 wasps and bees form the great majority of these insects, it must be a grand home for them, 



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