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a parasite which he believed to be Lepidopterous : it seemed to pos- 

 sess the wing-nerves and legs of a Bombyx, and the antennae of the 

 male are described as beautifully pectinated, (Zool. 3269). The exis- 

 tence of a Lepidopterous parasite is extremely curious, and although 

 we should exercise a degree of caution in giving full credit to the 

 statement of a fact so perfectly anomalous, yet there seems no reason- 

 able ground in this instance for supposing that a mistake could have 

 occurred through incomplete or inaccurate observation; and I venture 

 to express a hope that hereafter, when the characters of this insect 

 shall have been more rigorously examined and defined, let its affini- 

 ties be what they may, entomologists will kindly accede to the wish I 

 have more than once expressed, of calling it Fulgoraecia Bowringii, 

 thus making the name a lasting record both of its extraordinary eco- 

 nomy and its talented discoverer. 



In exotic Hymenoptera, Mr. Smith describes a new species of bee, 

 under the name of Lestis asratus (Zool. 3151), but he does not men- 

 tion the country whence he received it. 



In exotic Coleoptera, the following Australian species of longicorns 

 are described as new : — Distichocera Kirbyi (Zool. 3092) D. Mac- 

 Leayi (Zool. 3092), and D. par (Zool. 3122), Pempsamacra pygmaea 

 (App. cxxviii.), Cerambyx pullus (App. id.), Omotes punctissima 

 (App. cxxix.), Rhytiphora Donovani (id.), Acanthocinus lineola and 

 A. plumula (App. cxxx.), Isosceles pigra (App. cxxxi.), Pseudocepha- 

 lus arietinus (App. cxxxvii.), Ametalla xanthura (App. cxxxix.), A.uber 

 (id.), and A. decolor (App. cxl.), and Lamia dichotoma (App. clxxix). 

 L. Helenor (App. clxxx.), from the East Indies ; also Clerus socialis 

 (App. cxxxii.), one of the Cleridae, and Dohrnia miranda (App. 

 cxxxiii.), one of the (Edemeridae, both Australian. These are in the 

 cabinets of the Zoological Society, Mr. Westwood, Mr. Colquhoun, 

 or consigned to Mr. S. Stevens, and all have been obligingly placed 

 in my hands for examination and description. 



In exotic Neuroptera a single species is described as new, Nemoura 

 speustica (App. cxxxii.) from New Holland. 



EDWARD NEWMAN. 



Devonshire Street, Bishopsgatc, November 2D, 1851. 



