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base to just above the apex, over the middle 

 of the dorsum. The underparts are of a dull 

 silvery color. The falces are brown. The 

 palpus is dark with a white spot on the 

 patella and one on the tarsus. (In chioiwgaiter 

 the palpus is jellow with white spots). The 

 legs are brown, the first pair having white 

 marks on the patella and tarsus, and at the 

 distal end of the tibia. 



We have a single female sent to us by 

 Dr. Braun from Algoa Bay, South Africa. 



Rhene BANKsti, sp. nov. 



(?. Length 4.5. Legs 1423, first plainly 

 stoutest, with short fringe of hairs on under 

 side of patella and tibia. 



The cephalothorax is a little wider than 

 long, and slants upward from the anterior 

 eyes. The quadrangle is plainly wider be- 

 hind than in front, is much wider than long, 

 and occupies two-thirds of the cephalothorax. 

 The anterior eyes form a straight row, and 

 are close together, the middle being less than 

 twice as large as the lateral. The second row 

 is close to the first. The sternum is widest 

 in the middle, pointed behind, and truncated 

 in front. The anterior coxae are separated 

 by barely the width of the labium, which is 

 longer than wide. The falces are short, ver- 

 tical and parallel. 



The cephalothorax is dark with two white 

 spots on the cephalic plate just in front of 

 the dorsal eyes, and a curved white band on 

 the front part. There is a white longitudinal 

 line on the middle of the thoracic part, and a 

 good many white hairs are seen on the sides. 

 The abdomen is dark, with six white dots 

 forming a curved line around the anterior 

 end, and a transverse line of white dots in 

 front of the middle of the dorsum. Near 

 the posterior end is a large central white spot, 

 from which a curved white line runs down on 

 each side. There are some scattered white 

 hairs on the clypeus. The first leg is dark with 

 a short dark fringe under the patella and tibia, 



and a white spot at the distal end of the fe- 

 mur. The other legs have white rings at the 

 ends of the joints, and are dark colored, ex- 

 cepting the tarsi and the proximal halves of 

 the metatarsi, which are light. 



We have a single male from Cape 

 Town, sent by Dr. Braun. 



Notes. — Mr. William H. Ashmead's me- 

 moir on the Hymenoptera Parasitica of the 

 Hawaiian Lslands occupies pages 277-364 of 

 vol. I, part 3 of the Fauna Hawaiiensis and is 

 illustrated by two uncolored plates. There 

 are sections entitled : General considerations. 

 Classification of the Hymenoptera, System- 

 atic arrangement of the Hawaiian Hymen- 

 optera, Distribution, Bibliographic, and Sys- 

 tematic account of the Hymenoptera Parasit- 

 ica, the last forming the greater part of the 

 text. 



The descriptions are concise, yet sufficiently 

 detailed; a tabular separation of the species 

 of each genus with more than a single rep- 

 resentative is given in most instances. 



One hundred and twenty-eight species are 

 enumerated; those figured are new. Eleven 

 genera only are considered peculiar to the 

 Islands ; mo.st of the species are new so that 

 a statement as to their distribution can not 

 be made; of the known species, five are con- 

 sidered of Asiatic or Australian origin, seven 

 of North American origin, and five of Euro- 

 pean origin. 



The specification as to families, genera, 

 and new species given on page 2S1 is not 

 quite accurate, and that as to new species 

 is not just to the author. 



Mr. Ernest Hartet contributes to Novitates 

 Zoologicae, vol. 8, no. 4, p. 494-506, an appre- 

 ciative notice of the scientific work of the 

 late William Doherty. A list of the papers 

 based on Doherty's collections is given; also 

 a list of seven articles on butterflies written 

 by Doherty himself. 



Correction; — Page 304, col. i, line 5 

 and line 14 for second read Jirst. 



