398 Bibliographical Notices. 



mediocres, usque ad 10"™ pauUatim curtantes ; clava conica, acumi- 

 nata, articulo 10° multo longior : thorax ovatus : pro thorax trans- 

 versus, brevissimus : mesothoracis scutum longitudine latius ; para- 

 psidum suturae vix conspicuae ; scutellum brevi-obconicum : metatho- 

 rax mediocris, obconicus, declivis ; petiolus brevissimus : abdomen 

 longiovatum, cupreum, nitens, laeve, supra planum, subtus vix cari- 

 natum, apice acuminatum, thorace pauUo longius vix latius ; seg- 

 menta subsequalia : pedes fulvi, simplices, subaequales ; coxae nigrse ; 

 mesotarsi et metatarsi flavi, apice fusci : alse lirapidae ; squamulee 

 fulvae ; nervi fulvi ; nervus humeralis ulnari multo longior, radialis 

 ulnari vix brevior cubitali multo longior ; stigma minutum. (Corp. 

 long. lin. IJ; alar. lin. 3.) 



16. Pteromalus Eurypon, fem. Ater, abdomen cupreum, antenna 

 picecB, pedes fulvi, tarsi fiavi, alee limpidce. 



Corpus convexum, atrum, parum nitens, scitissime squameum, pilis 

 albis hirtum : caput transversum, breve, magnum, thorace multo la- 

 tius ; vertex latus ; frons impressa, abrupte decHvis : oculi rufi, me- 

 diocres, non extantes : antennae piceae, subclavatae, thorace longiores ; 

 articulus l"^fulvus, longus, gracilis ; 2"^ cyathiformis ; 3"' et 4"* mi- 

 nimi ; 5"* et sequentes mediocres, usque ad lO"'" pauUatim curtantes ; 

 clava longiconica, acuminata, articulo 10° duplo longior : thorax 

 ovatus : prothorax transversus, brevissimus : mesothoracis scutum 

 longitudine latius ; parapsidum suturae vix conspicuae ; scutellum 

 brevi-obconicum : metathorax mediocris, obconicus, declivis : pe- 

 tiolus brevis : abdomen longiovatum, nitens, laeve, cupreum, viridi et 

 seneo-varium, supra depressum, subtus carinatum, apice acuminatum, 

 thorace paullo longius et angustius : pedes fulvi, simplices, sub- 

 aequales : coxae nigrae ; mesotarsi et metatarsi flavi, apice obscuriores : 

 alae limpidae ; squamulae piceae ; nervi fulvi ; nervus humeralis ulnari 

 multo longior, radialis ulnari paullo brevior cubitali longior ; stigma 

 minutum. (Corp. long. lin. \\\ alar. lin. 2.) 



[To be continued.] 



BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES. 



Flore de VAlg^rie, ou Catalogue des Plant es indigenes du Royaume 

 d' Alger. Par G. Munby ; Paris, 1847. Pp. 120. Six plates. 



This account of the plants of French Africa is the work of a well- 

 known English botanist who has settled in Algeria. It is a valuable 

 contribution towards our knowledge of the flowering plants of the 

 great Mediterranean province. Our acquaintance with the Algerine 

 flora has hitherto been derived mainly from the admirable 'Flora Atlan- 

 tica ' of Desfontaines, pubHshed in 1798. During 1842 and 1843 the 

 botany of Algeria w^as explored by the Members of the Scientific 

 Commission, under the late M. Bory St. Vincent, sent by the French 

 Government. The botanical researches were conducted chiefly by 

 M. Durieu, and have not as yet been published. Mr. Munby has 



