igzt. Johnson. — Irish Ichnetimonidae and Braconidae. 105 



In October there were a few fine days, and in the 

 afternoon about 4 p.m. I found quite a number of 

 Ichneumons flying about laurels and renting on the leaves. 

 Mention will be found of the species met with in the following 

 list :— 



ICHNEUMONINAE. 



Stenichneumon ochropis Gmel. — Poyntzpass, field, August, a large male. 

 Cratichneumon sicarius Gr. ^Poyntzpass, field, May. 

 C. annulator Fab. J 



Barichneumon gemellus Gr. var. opticus Gr. (the male variety with the 



scutellum entirely black). — Poyntzpass, field. May. 

 B. incubitor L. — -Poyntzpass a male with white scutellum. teste Dr. A. 



Roman, taken in my field in August ; a female on hill, September. 

 B. lepidus Gr. — Poyntzpass, field, by sweeping, August. 

 Ichneumon sarcitorius L. — Poyntzpass, field, July. Dr. Roman remarks 



that the bands on the abdomen of the male which in our specimens 



are stramineous or flavous are in Sweden white. 

 I. suspiciosus Wesm. — Poyntzpass roadside at. Acton Wood in May. 

 I. terminatorius Gr. "I Poyntzpass, fields, August. 

 I. albiger Wesm J 



I. insidiosus Wesm. — Poyntzpass, roadside. May. 



Amblyteles armatorius Forst. — Poyntzpass, hill, September. 



Platylabus pedatorius F. — -Poyntzpass, females in garden at Hedge. 

 Parsley in May ; males in field at Hog-weed in July. Var. iridipennis 

 Gr. — Poyntzpass, males, in field, in June, female in garden in August. 



Herpestomus brunnicornis Gr. "1 



Phaeogenes ophthalmicus Wesm. Poyntzpass, field, August. 



P. fulvitarsis Wesm. J 



Dicaelotus pumilus Gr. — -Portnoo, sandhills, July. 



CRYPTINAE. 



Microcryptus nigrocinctus Gr. — Poyntzpass, field August, a dark variety 



of the male, teste Dr. Roman. 

 M. brachypterus Gr. — Poyntzpass, field, August. 



Orthopelma luteolator Gr. — Poyntzpass, bred from Rhodiies vosae L. 



Cecidonomus gallicola Bridg. — Poyntzpaiss, field, August. 



Pezomachus cursitans Gr. — Poyntzpass, hill, September. 



Stilpnus gagates Gr. — Poyntzpass, on laurels, October. 



Atractodes tenebricosus Gr.— Poyntzpass, field at Hog-weed, July, August 



A. fatalis Forst. (compressns Thoms). — Portnoo, cliff, June. 



A. croceicornis Hal. — Portnoo ; 1 took three females of this rare species 



on the sandhills in June. 

 Exolytus laevigatus Gr. \ Poyntzpass, at Hog- weed, in fields, in- 

 E. petiolaris Thoms. f August. 



