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ZOOLOGICAL LlTEllATUKE. 
CoCCINELLIDiE. 
Coccinella hi&sexguttata. Frauenfeld (Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. in Wien, xviii. 
p. 886) describes the larva and pupa of this species, which he found on 
the ash. 
Epilachna glohosa (Schneid.). Frauenfeld notices the metamorphoses of 
this species (Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. in Wien, xviii. p. 161). 
Coccinella Qnarmottani, sp. n., Fairmaire, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4® sdr. viii. 
p. 601, Biskra. 
Scymnus pharoides, sp. n., Marseul, L’Abeille, v. p. 215, and S. (^Nephus) 
syriacuSy sp. n., Mars. 1. c. p. 216, Beyrouth. 
HYMENOPTERA. 
A. Separate Work. 
Ormerod, E. L. British Social Wasps : an introduction to 
their Anatomy and Physiology, Architecture, and general 
Natural History, with illustrations of the different species 
and their nests. London, 1868, sin. 8vo, pp. 270, with 14 
plates. 
In this work the author gives a good scmipopular, although 
rather verbose, description of the structure, characters, and 
habits of the British Social W asps. 
B. Papers ptiblished in Journals ^c. 
Cresson, E. T. Catalogue of a Collection of Hymenoptera 
made by Prof. F. Sumichrast near Cordova, Mexico. Trans. 
Amer. Ent. Soc. a^oI. ii. pp. 1-38 : May 1868. 
Contains a list, with descriptions, of Ichneumonidje. 
. A list of the Ichneumonidae of North America, Avith de- 
scriptions of new species. Part I. Trans. Amer. Ent. 
Soc. vol. i. pp. 289-312 (October 1867) ; and Part II. 
Ibid. vol. ii. pp. 89-114 (July 1868). 
. Catalogue of a small collection of Hymenoptera made 
in NeAv Mexico during the summer of 1867. Trans. Amer. 
Ent. Soc. vol. i. pp. 375-388 : January 1868. 
. Descriptions of North- American Bees. No. 1. Proc. 
Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. vol. xii. pp. 165-171 : December 2, 
1868. 
Contains descriptions of species of Colletes, mostly ncAV. 
Desborough, J. G. Observations on the duration of life in 
the Honey-Bee. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1868, pp. 225-230. 
Dietrich, K. Beitriige zur Kenntniss der im Kanton Ziirich 
einheimischen Insekten. Zwei- bis vicrundzwanzigste Cen- 
turie. Mittheil. schweiz. entom. Gesellsch. vol. ii. pp. 347- 
372 : July 1868. 
