PTEROMALIDAE OF N.W. EUROPE 139 



Britain, Sweden, local. 



Biology. Reared in England from Phytomyza flavicornis Fin. on Urtica dioica L. 

 (K. A . Spencer and G. C. D. Griffiths). Imagines May-August. 



Syntomopus incisus Thomson 



Syntomopus incisus Thomson, 1878 : 23, $ $. 



Type material. Syntypes on 24 pins. LECTOTYPE ? labelled " Hg " 

 [Halsingborg] on a pale green label. 



Britain, Sweden, not uncommon. 



Biology. Reared in England from Melanagromyza lappac (Lw.) on Arctium 

 vidgare (Hill) Evans, from M. dettmeri Her., and M. acneiventr.is (Fin.) (K. A. 

 Spencer). I have also examined a female which emerged from a stem of Cirsium 

 eriophorum (L.) Scop., on 30.vii.1952, at Wytham, Berkshire. Imagines occur in 

 the field in May and July-August. 



Syntomopus incurvus Walker 



Syntomopus incurvus Walker, 1833 : 372, $. 

 Miscogaster Dirce Walker, 1839 : 195, 3, syn. n. 

 Lampvotatus Phylandev Walker, 1848 : in, 168,^, syn. n. 



Type material. Syntomopus incurvus Walker. Syntypes, 2 $ ; one, bearing a 

 Waterhouse label, is selected as LECTOTYPE. 



Miscogaster dirce Walker. No material found in BM(NH). In Haliday's collec- 

 tion there is a male which agrees quite well with the description and is designated 

 LECTOTYPE ; it is labelled " Dirce " in Walker's handwriting. I have given it the 

 serial number 845. 



Lamprotatus phylander Walker. One male, with the head missing, obviously the 

 holotype ; it bears a Waterhouse label. 



Britain, Sweden, local. 



Biology. Reared in England from Melanagromyza dettmeri Her. and M. tripolii 

 Spencer (K. A. Spencer). Imagines May and July-August. 



Syntomopus thoracicus Walker 



Syntomopus thoracicus Walker, 1833 : 372, $. 



? Syntomopus thoracicus Walker; Haliday, 1841-1842 : vi, pi. J. fig. 3, $. 



Type material. Syntypes, 2 <$. One, bearing a Waterhouse label, is designated 

 LECTOTYPE. 



Britain, Germany, Sweden ; fairly common. 



Biology. A male reared from Melanagromyza eupatorii Spencer, Germany, 

 Heidelberg, 5. v. 1956 (K. A. Spencer) appears to belong to this species. Cameron 

 ( I 935 : 3 00 ) recorded having reared it from puparia of Agromyza (= Melanagromyza) 



