130 The Irish Nat7i7'alist. July, 



ICHNEUMONIDEA FROM THE NORTH OF IRELAND. 



BY REV. W. F. JOHNSON, M.A., F.E.S., M.R.I. A. 



I have continued to collect these interesting insects 

 and give below the results of my work at them last year. 

 I have endeavoured not to record any species a second time 

 from the same locality except where some variation made 

 it proper to mention the species again. The localities are 

 practically the same as in my previous list/ but I had a 

 short time at Bellurgan in Co. Louth v/here I picked up a 

 few specimens along the sea shore. I have once more to 

 thank Mr. Claude Morley, F.E.S., for kind help with various 

 troublesome species. 



ICHNEUMONINAE. 



Cratichneumon dissimilis Grav. — Coolmore roadside among sallows ; 

 a rare species. 



C. fabricator F. var. impugnator Wesm. — Poyntzpass, hill, in June. In 

 this variety the hind femora are entirely black. It is common here. 



Ichneumon xanthorius Forst. — Poyntzpass in my stable window in June. 

 Coolmore on the roadside among herbage. 



I. suspiciosus Wesm. — Coolmore on the roadside. 



I. stramentarius Grav. — Coolmore among sallows. 



I. militaris Grav. — Poyntzpass at flowers of Angelica, in August. Not a 



common species. 

 I. gracilicornis Grav. — Coolmore on roadside. 



Spilichneumon Fabricii Grav. — Poyntzpass in my stable window in June, 

 July and October, in one of my fields at Umbelliferae in June. 



S. occisorius Fab. — Coolmore on the roadside among sallows, a male 

 rather larger than usual. 



Amblyteles oratorius Fab. — Po^^ntzpass. I captured a fine male flying 

 about hazel trees in my garden in June. 



Platylabus rubellus Grav. — Coolmore on the roadside among sallows. This 

 species is not common in Great Britain ; abroad it has been recorded 

 from Sweden, Germany, and Austria. 



Phaeogenes argutus Wesm. — Poyntzpass in my stable window in July. 



P. heterogonus Holmgr. — Poyntzpass at Hogweed in July. Apparently 

 very rare in Great Britain. Mr Morley says " I know of but one 

 indigenous example of this species." Brit. Ich. i., 252. The specimen 

 referred to was taken at Loch Leven in Scotland. Abroad it is 

 recorded from Sweden and is said to occur in Northern Spain. 



P. ophthalmicus Wesm. — Coolmore among sallows. 



^ Irish Nat., vol. xxiii., p. 64, 



