1867.] Ig7 



punctulato. Oris partes rufao. Antennaa <? nigras, scapo, et interdum art° 2°, 

 rufis ; $ artt. 1 — 8 mfescenfcibus, cseteris nigris. Pedes cum coxis rufescentes, 

 femoribus, tibiisque apicem versus, obscurioribus, tarsorum art° ult° fusco. ^ ? 

 Metathoracis et petioli lanugo fusca, brevis, velutina. Long. J — 1 lin. <? ? . 



The (? is sufficiently distinct from every other genus of Diapriadw by the 

 singular form of the scape. The ? requires only to be discriminated from those 

 genera having, in that sex, 12-jointed antennae. These are Ce^halonomia, Westw. ; 

 Iddotypa, Forst., =Mionopna, Hal. ; Diapria, Latr. ; Loxotropa, Fdrst.,=Basalys, 

 Thorns., nee Westw. ; and Glyptonota, Forst. Cephalonomia, $ , has ocelli, the 

 head much broader than the thorax, and the antennse shorter than the head. 

 Idiotypa and Glyptonota have the parapsidum suturse distinct. Diapria has ocelli, 

 and a distinct fovea at the base of the well-developed scutellum ; also the 3rd joint 

 of the antennae is longer than the 2nd. Lastly, the ? of Loxotropa has ocelli, &c., 

 like Diapria. The present female insect is abundantly distinct from Psilus fucicola. 

 Walk., Ent. Mag., 2, 117, which is a Monelata, F6rst.,=Corynopria, Halid., with 

 13-jointed antennae. I beheve the above considerations are amply sufficient to 

 establish the ? of Platymischus, and to ensure its identification for the future. 



I have some pairs to give away. — T. A. Marshall, Milford Haven, October 

 23rd, 1867. 



Natural History of Devon, by Edward Paefitt. Part ii. Coleoptera (Exeter : 

 W. CLirroRD ; S. Styles; 2s.). 



It is, apparently, the laudable desire of making a starting-point for a Fauna of 

 his county that has induced Mr. Parfitt, in spite of the onerous duties necessarily 

 attending his position at the Devon and Exeter Institute, and extending over all 

 branches of Natural History, to publish the Catalogue now under notice. It is, 

 however, simply as a starting-point that it can be considered of any use ; recording, 

 as it does, only the universally distributed (circ.) 1,000 species, with a few revived 

 Leachian obscurities, &c. Such works as these, — undertaken under great di£B- 

 culties, and probably with the mistaken idea that the application of a certain 

 amount of energy will compensate for a comparatively ti-ifling acquaintance with 

 the subject, — necessarily redound but little to the credit of the author who travels 

 out of his proper sphere. In the present instance, a glance at the " Introduction," 

 and the two pages of Index, bristling with upwards of sixty outrageous mistakes in 

 the names of the genera, will warn the reader that Mr. Parfitt must have had a 

 hard fight in making up his Catalogue ; — an idea amply proved by the very numerous 

 blunders of every kind occurring throughout the body of the work. Under these 

 circTimstances, it seems almost a pity that the author should have considered it 

 necessary to indulge in schemes of classification, and to introduce certain species 

 on apparently no reasonable grounds. We regret the enforced tone of these 

 remarks ; aa the Catalogue may still be of considerable use to beginners in 

 Devonshire. 



Monograph of the British Neuroptera — Planipennia. — Mr. R. McLachlan is now 

 engaged on this work, and will feel grateful to any gentleman who can lend him 

 native examples of the genus Rajphidia, which shall be taken great care of, and be 

 returned promptly. He adopts this method of asking for materials in this genus, 

 because, the species being so very closely allied, it is only by comparing considerable 

 numbers that definite results can be arrived at. — Address, 1, Pai-k Road Terrace, 

 Forest Hill, London, S.E. 



