1870,1 Ti 
allied in neuration, and in the shape of the pupal spur, to A. sarothamni, 
Loew, which passes its metamorphosis in bud-shaped galls on the twigs 
of Sarothamnus scoparius (Loew, Pr. d. Pos. Gymn., 1850, s. 38, 48). 
CALLIMOME DORYCNICOLA, spec. nov. 
Femina: viridis, nitens, antennis nigris, pedibus pallide fuscis, alis hyalinis, 
oviductu abdomine paullo longiore. Corp. long. sine oviductu, 3 millim.; alar. exp. 
7 millim. 
The larva of this parasite nestles in the body of its victim, gradually 
consuming it, until scarcely more than the skin is left, yet sometimes 
the Cecidomyian larva contrives to assume the sculptured pupal state 
all the same, but there its resistance is at an end; the Ca/limome passes 
its metamorphosis in the Cecidomyian pupal skin, and, when ready for 
flight, pierces the Cecidomyian skin between the wing-cases, and 
afterwards the gall itself, through which it drills a neat round hole. 
South Norwood, S.E.: 11th July, 1870. 
ON THE METAMORPHOSES OF MANTISPA. 
BY FRIEDRICH BRAUER. 
[Extracted and translated from the Verhandlungen der zoologisch-botanischen 
Gesellschaft in Wien, Band xix (1869). | 
Tn 1851, I obtained a female of Mantispa styriaca, Poda (pagana, L.), 
which deposited eggs attached to a peduncle, as in Chrysopa, and in 21 
days the larve appeared. These larve refused nourishment, yet in the 
following spring I found them yet living in the glass in which they 
were contained, but I could not understand what food to offer them. 
In June, 1855, I found in the earth, near Médling, a cocoon with 
double envelope which produced a Mantispa; and in the autumn of the 
same year obtained larvee from eggs, which only served me as alcoholic 
specimens. I had thus obtained a knowledge of the egg, of the form 
of the young larva, and of the pupa, but the manner of life yet remained 
in the dark. 
Seven years later, a lucky find brought amazement to my friend 
Rogenhofer. On the 21st May, he found on the Hundsheimer Berg, 
near Hainburg, a spider belonging to the rich genus Lycosa, which was 
guarding its egg-bag in a hole in the earth, more than an inch in depth. 
Ue took the egg-bag with him, in the hope of breeding therefrom para- 
