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Cyrtogaster scotica Walker. There is no specimen under this name. Under 

 Miscogaster scotica, however, there is a series of 2 <$ and 1 $ ; the female clearly does 

 not belong there because no female of Miscogaster scotica was described. It agrees 

 reasonably well with the description of Cyrtogaster scotica and could be its type. The 

 fact that the species-name is the same in each case could have led to misplacement 

 during rearrangement. In view of the slight doubt I am not adopting the name 

 scotica for the present species. 



Miscogaster tarsalis Walker. A series of 6 specimens of which one is probably not 

 original material. LECTOTYPE, the third, a male. 



Miscogaster apicalis Walker. One female, which is designated LECTOTYPE, 

 though agreement with the description is poor. 



Miscogaster tristis Walker. One female, LECTOTYPE. 



Miscogaster semiaurata Walker. 5 specimens (the fifth an Omphale!) LECTO- 

 TYPE, the third, a male. 



Miscogaster costalis Walker. One male, designated LECTOTYPE (possibly 

 holotype). 



Miscogaster philochortoides Walker. One female, 5 <$. LECTOTYPE, one of the 

 males. 



Miscogaster cyanea Walker. One male, LECTOTYPE (possibly holotype). 



Miscogaster brevis Walker. Syntypes, 2 <J. The first is designated LECTOTYPE. 



Miscogaster contigua Walker. One male, LECTOTYPE (possibly holotype). 



Miscogaster linearis Walker. Two males, one of which is designated 

 LECTOTYPE. 



Miscogaster filicornis Walker. Three males, the second designated LECTOTYPE. 



Miscogaster femorata Walker. Types not located. 



Lamprotatus brises Walker. One female, Type Hym. 5. 804, designated 

 LECTOTYPE. 



Lamprotatus cleta Walker. Two males, one female (but the female was described 

 with a query). LECTOTYPE male, Type Hym. 5. 802c. 



Lamprotatus leucon Walker. Two females. LECTOTYPE, Type Hym. 5. 803a. 



Lamprotatus oebares Walker. One female, designated LECTOTYPE. 



Lamprotatus bolgius Walker. Two females. The first specimen is designated 

 LECTOTYPE. The other one is a Cyrtogaster vulgaris. 



Lamprotatus pilicomis Thomson. Syntypes on 17 pins. The fifth pin in the series 

 carries 2 $ and 1 <$ and a label "Lund"; the uppermost female is designated 

 LECTOTYPE. 



Britain, Ireland, Sweden ; no doubt widely distributed in Europe. In the 

 British Islands, it is the commonest species of the genus and may be found almost 

 everywhere, even in large cities (in parks and other suitable places). 



Biology. I have examined the following reared material : — England : Surrey, 

 Bookham, £ em. 21-23. vii. 1955 from Phytomyza nigra Mg. on Holcus lanatus L. 

 (G. C. D. Griffiths); Middlesex, Hampstead, <$ em. v. 1955 from Phytomyza sonchi 

 R.-D. (K. H. Spencer); Oxfordshire, Marston, $ em. 12.iv.1926 from Phytomyza sp. 



