402 Messrs. G. Meade- Waldo and 0. Moiley on 



like all otlicl' Cupressocriui, is of Devouiau age. Tlie 

 resemblance to C. elongatus suggests that it is Middle 

 Devouiau, though it may well be slightly later than that 

 species. The Devonian of the north-eastern region of Spaiu^ 

 says L. Mallada (1898, Explic. MapaGeol. Espanaj tomoiii. 

 p. 5), contains the same genera of criuoids as characterize 

 the system in the Rhenish provinces, viz., in the limestones 

 of Ferrones (Upper Coblentian), Arnao (zone of Spirifer 

 cultrijugatus), and JMoniello (with Calceola, Upper Eifelian). 

 Clearly it must be the last of these, if any, that yielded 

 Ciqjressocrinus toivnsendi; and one may suppose that the fossil 

 came from a bed closely corresponding to the " Crinoiden- 

 schicht " of the Eifel. 



Cupressocrinus toivnsendi appears to be the only definitely 

 described and named species of the genus as yet recorded 

 from Spain. The fact may, however, be recalled th;it 

 D. & P. Oehlert have described some massive brachials and 

 other remains from the jNIiddle (? Lower) Devonian of Santa 

 Lucia in Leon, which indicate the existence of a distinct 

 species, probably allied to C. schlotheimi (1897, Bull. Soc. 

 geol. France, ser. 3, tome xxiv. p. 286). 



LL — Notes and Synonymij of Hymenopfera in the Collection 

 of the British Museum. By Geoifhey jNIeade-Waldo, 

 M.A., and Claude Morlev, F.Z.S. 



(Publislied by perniissiou of the Trustees of the Britisli ^Museum.) 



DuKiNG the past year the large quantity of Hymenoptera 

 from all parts of the -,prld acquired by the late Peter 

 Cameron has become the property of the British Museum. 

 Among them were some 2000 type-specimens. 



Up to the present all the types belonging to the families 

 Apidee, Eumenidse, Vespidee, and Masaridse have been 

 examined and incorporated in the collection ; Mr. Claude 

 Morley has studied a number of the ty})es of Ichneumonidee 

 in the same w ay. 



A number of these prove to belong to previously known 

 species ; notes on their synonymy will be found below. 



Notes on a few species from other sources are included. 



