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INSECTA. 



Hymenoptera. 



Torre, C. G. de Dalla. " Catalogus Hymenopterorum hucusque 

 descriptorum systematicus et synonymicus, vol. viii., Fossores 

 (Sphegidce)." Leipzig, 1897, 8vo. 



A continuation of the Catalogue of Hymenoptera described to 

 date, in which reference is made to 304 South African species. 



Buysson, E. de. " Voyage de Mr. E. Simon dans l'Afrique australe, 

 Hymenopteres." Annales de la Societe Entomologique de 

 France, 1898, pp. 351-353, 1 plate. 



Forty-two species were collected, 22 of which prove to be new, 

 and 2 genera are created for a new Braconid and a Tiphiid ; 

 the plate contains one whole figure of a new species and several 

 details. 



Cameron, Peter. "Description of Two New Species of Mutilla 

 from South Africa (Mutilla cegrota and M. carsoni)." Mem. 

 and Proc. of the Manchester Literary Philosophical Society, 

 1897-98, part 2, pp. 1-3. 



Peringuey, L. " Description of Some New or Little Known South 

 African Mutillidce in the Collection of the South African 

 Museum." Annals of the South African Museum, June, 1898, 

 pp. 33-93. 



Contains a description of 87 species. So far as then known, 

 the South African species exceed by 12 the Mutillida of 

 British India, including Ceylon and Burma. The two sexes of 

 9 species only out of 139 are ascertained. 



COLEOPTERA. 



Distant, W. L. " Coleoptera Collected in the Transvaal. Family 

 Cetonidce." Annals and Magazine of Natural History, vol. xix., 

 sixth series, 1897, pp. 575-579. 



Contains a list of the species captured by the author number- 



