NOTES, ETC. 



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ditional information has accumulated ; Dahlbom's fine work 

 on the family has appeared, and that celebrated Entomologist 

 has carefully examined the typical specimens, described by 

 Fabricius in the '^ Systema Piezatorum," and " Entomologia 

 Systematica :" these are principally to be found in the Museum 

 at Kiel ; every species has been referred to its proper genus, 

 according to modern classification. Such being the case, I 

 have thought a short Monograph of this beautiful family of 

 Hymenoptera would prove even more acceptable than a 

 mere record of captures of rarities and new species. I have 

 not entered into all the intricacies of nomenclature; the sy- 

 nonyma adopted I trust will prove adequate to the object 

 proposed, namely, the publication of a series of short descrip- 

 tions, whereby the species may be easily recognised, and such 

 a revision of the synonyma as modern scientific research has 

 rendered necessary. 



Having omitted two species from the list comprised in 

 Shuckard's Monograph, it is necessary to give my reasons 

 for so doing; having had the opportunity of tracing the 

 localities in the registers of the British Museum, I ascer- 

 tained that the Chryds cceru/ipes was taken in Italy by Dr. 

 Leach ; it is also found in Austria and Turkey. The same 

 celebrated naturalist took Chrysis Leacldi in the south of 

 France ; it also occurs in Italy, Hungary, and in Asia Minor. 



I have included in the present Monograph an insect of 

 which I have very great doubts of its being indigenous, the 

 Euchrceus quadratus ; this species, as far as I can ascertain, 

 has occuri'ed only in Italy, Germany, Hungary and Egypt : 

 Shuckard says also at the Cape of Good Hope ; but, on an 

 examination of the specimen from that locality, I do not 

 think the two insects are identical. 



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