i 4 o M. W. R. de V. GRAHAM 



aeneiventris (Fin.) in stems of Senecio jacobaea L. ; but the specimens on which his 

 record was based appear to be lost, and I cannot check the determination of the 

 parasite. Imagines of thoracicus appear May-Sept. 



NOTOGLYPTUS Masi 



Notoglyptus Masi, 1917 : 181. Type-species : N. virescens Masi, by designation of Gahan & 



Fagan, 1923 : 98. 

 Notoglyptus Masi ; Peck et al., 1964 : 36. 



Only one species is known from Europe ; the type-species N. virescens was described 

 from the Seychelles. 



Notoglyptus niger Masi 



Notoglyptus niger Masi, 1917 : 181, o*- 

 Notoglyptus niger Masi ; Erdos, 1948 : 38, $. 

 Notoglyptus niger Masi ; Boucek, 1961 : 67, o* $. 



Type material (not seen). Holotype <$, Italy, Liguria, in Museo Civico di Storia 

 Naturale, Genoa. 



Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Italy. 

 Biology. Unknown. Imagines June-Sept. 



CRYPTOPRYMNA Forster 



Prosodes Walker, 1833 : 371, 374. Type-species : P. ater Walker, by monotypy [pre-occupied 



by Prosodes Eschscholz, 1829]. 

 Cryptoprymna Forster, 1856 : 52, 56 [n. n. tor Prosodes Walker nee Eschscholz]. 

 Cryptoprymnus [sic] Forster ; Thomson, 1878 : 17, 22 [invalid emendation]. 



Cryptoprymna Forster 

 Cryptoprymna Forster 

 Cryptoprymna Forster 

 Cryptoprymna Forster 

 Cryptoprymna Forster 



Ashmead, 1904 : 330, 332. 

 Schmiedeknecht, 1909 : 375, 376, 380. 

 Nikol'skaya, 1952 : 248. 

 Boucek, 1961 : 71. 

 Peck et al., 1964 : 40. 



Peck et al. (1964 : 40) stated that there are two species of Cryptoprymna in Europe. 

 Although my available material shows a fair degree of variation, this seems to be 

 within the range of one species, atra (Walker). 



Cryptoprymna atra (Walker) 



Prosodes ater Walker, 1833 : 375, <£. 



Prosodes ater Walker ; Haliday, 1841-1842 : v, pi. C, fig. 3, ?. 

 Cryptoprymnus cavigena Thomson, 1878 : 22, $ $. 

 Cryptoprymna atra (Walker) Boucek, 1961 : 71. 



Type material. Prosodes ater Walker. In the BM(NH) three specimens stand 

 under this name ; two are Stephens specimens and not syntypes, whilst the third 



