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KiEFFER (— ), Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Platygasterinae und ihrer 

 Lebensweise. [A Contribution to the Knowledge of the Platy- 

 gasterinae and their Life-history.] — Centralbl. Bakt., Parasit. u. 

 Infektiomkr., Jena, Ilfce. Abt., xlvi, 24-25, 18th November 1917, 

 pp. 547-592. [Received 20th May 1917.] 



This paper is almost entirely systematic. Keys are given to the 

 various genera and species. These, with their Cecidomyid hosts, 

 include: Synopeas ra/phanistri, sp. n., Prosactogaster floricola, sp. n., 

 and Platygaster cruciferaruni, sp. n., parasitising Perrisia (Dasyneura) 

 mpkanistri in Rhaphanus raphanistrum ; Misocychps betulae, sp. n., 

 and Platygaster betularia, sp. n., parasitising Semudobia betulae in 

 Betula alba and B. pubescens ; Inostemma avenue, sp. n., parasitising 

 Contarinia avenae, Kieff., in Arena pubescens, and C. arrhenateri in 

 Arrhetiaterum elatius ; Sactogaster pisi, Forst., parasitising Contarinia. 

 pisi, Winn., in Pisum sativum ; Leptacis lignicola, sp. n., parasitising 

 Winnertzia pimcola, Kiefi., in Pinus sylvestris ; Misocyclops pini, sp. 

 n., parasitising Thecodiplosis brachyntera, Schwiig., in Pinus sylvestris ; 

 Prosactogaster graminis, sp. n., parasitising Lasioptera graminicola, 

 Kieff., in Calamagrostis lanceolata ; Misocyclops ruborum, sp. n., 

 parasitising Lasioptera nibi, Heeg., in Rubus spp. ; Misocyclops 

 leucanthemi, sp. n., parasitising Clinorrhyncha Icucantheini, Kieff., in 

 Chrysanthemum leucanthemum. 



DoDD (A. P.). Australian Hymenoptera : Proctotrypoidea. No. 4. — 

 Trans,. Proc. R. Soc. S. Australia, Adelaide, xl, 23rd December 

 1916, pp. 9-32. [Received 21st May 1917.] 



The new species described include : — Dolichotrypes idarniformis, 

 sp. n. , from one female found on the foliage of sugar-cane ; Polygnotus 

 australis, sp. n., from specimens bred from galls on the buds of Carey a 

 australis ; Sactogaster saccharalis, sp. n., frequently found on the 

 leaves of sugar-cane. 



Lea (A. M.). Notes on the Lord Howe Island Phasma, and on an 

 associated Longicorn Beetle. — Trans. Proc. R. Soc. S. Australia, 

 Adelaide, zl, 23rd December 1916, pp. 145-147, 7 plates. // 

 [Received 21st May 1917.] 



The Phasmid, Karabidion {Eurycantha) australe, Moutr., is a large 

 wingless species which lives concealed by day in holes in living tree- 

 stems. It selects for its domicile trees which have been already bored 

 by the larvae of the large Longicorn beetle, Agrianome spinicollis, 

 Macl., which by their interlacing borings have been found practically 

 to destroy large orange and Kentia trees. 



Banes (N.). Acarians from Australian and Tasmanian Ants and Ant- 

 nests. — Trans. Proc. R. Soc. S. Australia, Adelaide, xl, 

 23rd December 1916, pp. 224-240, 8 plates. [Received 21st May 

 1917.] 



This paper describes 36 new species of myrmecophilous mites from 

 Australia and Tasmania. Only a few are attached to the ants, the 

 others being largely scavengers. The ant, Ectato7nma metallicum, is 



