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INSECT A, HYMEN OPTERA. 
Agaonides, 
Gen. obs. pp. 59 & 64. Coquerel’s figs, of Apocrypta and Sycocrypta repro- 
duced, p. 68 (these again reproduced, with an abstract of Walker’s remarks, 
by Newman, Ent. v. p. 899 et seq., under the absurd heading of “ Answers 
to Correspondents”). Chalcis ? exploratory Coq., is an Idarnes, p. 60. 
Sycobta, g. n., p. 60. Mandibles long and curved, as in Scleroderma, but 
more allied to Sycocrypta, though having eyes and wings. S. hethyloides, sp. n., 
p. 61, Hindostan. 
Idarnes transiens, stabilis, p. 62, pteromaloides, p. 63, Hindostan, spp. nn. 
Allocera, Sich. Parasitism on Psyche {Lepid.) recorded, and economy dis- 
cussed ; Lucas, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) i. p. 12 et seq. 
. Eurytoma longipennis, Walk., is recorded by J. Ritsema, Tijdschr. Ent. (2) 
vi. p. 149, as reared from a gall of Psamma arenaria : cf. Arch. N4erl. v. j 
Ent. V. p. 264. 
Isosoma: Walker (Zool. s. s. vi. p. 2429 et seq.) recapitulates published 
observations on habits, incidentally referring to other genera. 
Decatoma meZ/ea, Walk., Pteromalus fidviventris, W., and a sp. n. indicated 
under the name festucce, are reared by MoncreafF from stems of Festuca ovina j 
Isosoma hyalipenne, W., from galls on Triticum repens, and Callimome 
macroptcra, W., from boat-shaped galls on Primus spinosus, probably made 
by Cecidomyia : Ent. v. pp. 239 & 240. 
Eupelmus : Giraud, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) i. Bull. p. xviii, records the 
larva of a large sp. of this genus as devouring eggs of Bombyx yamamai, on 
the authority of Gu^rin-Meneville, 
Pteromalus cordairii, P, 2 itz.,— Eupelmus degeeri, Dalm., cf : Giraud, ibid. i. 
p. 414. 
Pteromalus puparum : a parasite on Pieris rapce, dubiously referred to this 
sp., is recorded from N, America by Liutner, Am. Nat. v. p. 724. •, cf. Canad. 
Ent. iii. pp. 158, 235. 
Trichogramma evanescens, Westw., is parasitic on eggs of Smerinthus 
populi : Ent. v. p. 368. 
Pi'oglochin [better -w], g. n., Philippi, S. E. Z. xxxii. p. 288 (?=Cerco- 
belus, Hal., sec. auct.). P. muculipennis, sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 289, Taf iii. f. 8-3c, 
Valdivia, Chili. 
Allocera unicolor, sp. n., Lucas, 1. c. p. 16, pi. 1. f. 2-2c?, Oran. 
Chalcis insolita, sp. n.. Walker, 1. c. p. 6, Tajura. 
Isosoma vitis, Saunders, i. Rep. Ins. Ont. pp. 109-111 (described and par- 
ticulars of its injuries to grape-seeds given). 
Eupelmus dcadce, p. 413, Montpellier, from eggs of a Cicada (P plebeia. 
Scop. ; cf. Reaumur, M^m. sur la Cigale, v. mem. 4, pi. ix. f. 14, who pos- 
sibly refers to E. memnonius, Balm.) ; splendens, p. 416, ? Montpellier, parasitic 
on Pathyaspis aceris ; and bifasciatus, p. 418, Voslau, Lr. Austria, ? parasitic 
on Zygcena : Giraud, 1. c., spp. nn. 
Brachygaster ? valdiviana, sp. n., Philippi, 1. c. p, 289, Taf. 3. f. 4-4a, 
Valdivia, Chili. 
Trichogramma (?) minuta : under this name Riley, iii. Rep. Ins. Mo. 
pp. 157-159, f. 72, refers to and figures an apparently new sp., parasitic upon 
the eggs of Limenitis disippus, in the Mississipi valley, 
