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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
mendax (Rey), p. 459, France, Russia, Austria ; P. pranina (Boh.), ibid., 
Sweden j P. dispar, ibid., Spain, Sarepta j P. mtdsanti, p. 460, S. of France ; 
P. megerlei, ibid., Austria ? ; and P. freyi, p. 461, Spain. 
Agallia alhovenosa, Fieber, 1. c. p. 462, Spain ; A. aliena, Fieb. ibid., Car- 
niolia j and A. ohsoleta, Fieb. /. c. p. 463, Andalusia. 
Aphidid^. 
Boisduval (Ent. Hortic. pp. 235-299) describes at considerable length 
the structure and habits of the insects of this family, with especial reference 
to those which abound in gardens &c. He indicates (p. 253) that Aphis 
pyri (Gour.) is not Koch’s species, and proposes to name it A. pyrastri ; he 
notices (p. 254) a probably new species found on the quince, which he calls 
A. cydonice, and describes two new species. Boisduval also gives (pp. 284- 
298) a list of the species described by Kaltonbach, with brief characters and 
occasional notes. 
Walsh publishes (Pract. Entom. ii. pp. 37-44) a popular account of the 
history of Apdiides, with remarks upon their insect enemies. 
Plancuon (Comptes Rendus, Ixvii. pp. 688-594) gives a detailed account 
of the history of a species of Plant-louse injurious to the vine, to which he 
gives the name of Phylloxera vastatrix. 
Phylloxera. A species of this genus is said to have done much mischief 
to the vines on the left bank of the Rhone, from Arles to Orange. Lich- 
tenstein, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1868, p. Ixx j see also p. xcvi. 
Eriosoma lanigera. A. E. Verrill remarks upon this species, and espe- 
cially notices the occurrence of winged individuals (Pract. Entom. i. p. 21). 
Hamamelistes, g. n., Shinier, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. i. p. 283. Fore wing 
with two discoidal veins, first branched, second simple ; hind wing with one 
simple discoidal yein ; wings flat in repose ; honey-tubes short or obsolete ; 
antennjB short, 3-6 jointed. Sp. II. cornu, sp. n., Shimer, 1. c. p. 283, and 
II. spinosus, sp. n., Shimer, 1. c. p. 284, Illinois, in galls on Hamamelis 
virginica. 
Aphis ilicicola, sp. n., Boisduval, Ent. Ilortic. p. 272, South of France, on 
the evergreen oak j A. {Fordo) myrmecaria, sp. n., Boisd. 1. c. p. 278, among 
garden-pots, in hothouses, &c. 
Phylloxet'a coi'tioalis, sp. n., Kaltenbach, Verh. naturh. Ver. preuss. Rheinl. 
und Westph. 1867, p. 44. Red, head and mesothorax and scutellum black, 
antennfe and spots on the neck brownish; abdomen pyriform, with short 
tubules ; legs pale yellow ; wings very large, limpid, shagreened, the last two 
branch veins originate close together from the anterior one, and not from the 
marginal vein. In great quantities on the bark of an oak. 
Periphyllus laricce, sp. n., Haliday, Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1868, p. xi, cum 
fig. p. xii. North of Ireland (on the larch). 
ALEURODIDiE. 
Aleurodes. Signorethas published (Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4® s^r. viii. pp. 369- 
402) a monogi’aph of the species of this genus. He indicates the bibliogra- 
phical history of the genus, which he characterizes, and of which he de- 
scribes the following known species : — A. proletella (Innn.) = chelidonii (Lat.), 
pi. 10. fig. 3 ; A. brassicce (Walk.) ; A, lonicerce (Walk.) ; A. carpini (Koch) ; 
