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Sphseroderma fuscicornis, n. s. 



Subrotundata, convexa, rufo-testacea, nifida, antennis extrorsum fus- 

 cis, oculis nigris, thorace elytrisque fortiter punctatis, facie inferiori 

 rugulosd. Long. 1^ lin. 



Hab. Chinese Tartary ; collected by Mr. A. Adams. This species 

 approaches very closely to our -S'. cardui ; it is somewhat smaller and 

 more rotundate, the outer half of the antennae is dark fuscous, the 

 lower portion of the face is rugulose as in 8. cardui, but the facial ridge 

 is less narrowed and obtuse at its apex, the facial plates being shorter 

 and not triangular ; the thorax is rather shorter and more transverse, 

 its punctuation, together with that of the elytra, being precisely similar 

 to that of cardui. 



NOTES ON INSECTS INHABITING THE REED, AND THEIR PARASITES. 

 BY F. WALKEE, F.L.S. 



The natural history of Lipara lucens was first observed in this 

 country by Mr. Winter, and when he communicated to me his researches 

 on that and other insects of the reed, I sent a notice of them to the 

 Entomological Society in 1861. 



In the Verhandluugen der Zoologisch-botanischon Gesellschaft 

 (18G3) xiii., 1251, there is the following article: — " Memoire sur les 

 insectes qui vivent sur le Roseau commun, Phragmites communis, Triu. 

 {Arundo pJiragmites, L.), et plus specialement sur eeux de I'ordre des 

 Hymenopteres, par le Dr. J. Giraud. This author enumerates the 

 following species, and describes their character and habit : — 



1. Lipara lucens, ^g. 2. Polemonliparce, Giraud. S. Ptero mains 

 liparcB, Giraud. 4. Tetrastichus legionarius, Giraud. 5. Oymnopoda 

 tomentosa, Meg. 6. Pimpla arundinator, F. 7. Hemiteles liparoi, 

 Giraud. 8. Polemon melas, Giraud. 9. Pachyneuron formosum, Wlk. 

 10. Pleurotropis fascialis, Giraud. 11. Lipara similis, Schiner. 12. 

 Cecidomyia inclusa, Fraueufeld. 13. Callimome lasioptera, Giraud. 

 14. Tetrastichus arundinis, Giraud. 15. T. gratus, Giraud. 16. Ceci- 

 domyia ph'agmitis, Giraud. 17. Lasioptera Jlexuosa,'Wvn.n.evtz. 18. L. 

 arundinis, Schiner. 19. Plupehnus Cordairii, Eatzeburg. 20. Platy- 

 gaster 2)hragmitis, Schrank. 21. Ghlorop>s tarsata. Fall. 22. Oscinus 

 pusilla, Mg. 23. Leptomyza gracilis, Mg. 24. Agonioneurus locusta- 

 rum, Giraud. 25. Trypoxylonjigulus, L. 26. Mesoleptus sanguinicollis, 

 Grav. (Tryphon). 27. Omnlus auratus, Dahlb. 28. Macronychia 

 anomala, Zett. 29. Osmia leucomelana, K. 30. Gephus arundinis, 

 Giraud. 



