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of Epitritus argiolus^ tJm., and now refers Leptanilla revelieHi^ Em., to 
the Myrmicides^ near Stenamma and Liomyrmex. 
On the fondness of ants fov cQYi^inHomoptera (^Formica puhescens and 
a small Myrmica^ associated with Tettigometra and Issus) ; F. Delpino, 
Bull. Ent. Ital. vii. pp. 61-65 (translated Ent. M. M. xii. pp. 10-12). 
Supplementary observations, id. Atti Soc. Ital. xviii. pp. 62 & 63. The 
same author, Bull. Ent. Ital. vii. pp. 69-90 (abstract, Atti Soc. Ital. xviii. 
pp. 62 & 63), in some observations on the nectaries of various plants, 
suggests that ants (and in some cases other Hymenoptera) are the prin- 
cipal enemies of plant-enemies, and that those organs are destined chiefly 
to attract and secure their help. 
31 species enumerated from Finland, Camponotas puhescens^ F., and 
Ponera punctatissima, Rog., being recorded as new to the fauna ; J . 
Sahlberg, Not. Fenn. (2) xi. pp. 310-313. 
Formica ftiliginosa. Nests described ; L. Maggi, Atti Soc. Ital. xviii. 
pp. 83-91. F. mutinensis^ Can., ^ , redescribed and the species differ- 
entiated from F. pallida, Qbh. ; G. Canestrini, Atti Soc. Pad. ii. [1873], 
p. 52. . 
Sima, Roger, == Pseudomyrma ; and the winged female of P. hicolor, 
Gu^r., described and figured ; F. Smith, Tr. E. Soc. 1875, p. 35, pi. i. 
fig. 4. 
Myrmecocystus mexicanus. Details received from J. Krummeck of Sta. 
Fe ; W. Saunders, Canad. Ent. vii. pp. 1^-14, fig. 1. 
Meranoplus bicolor, Gu4r. Male and female described, and figured, 
with neuter, found by Mr. Rothney at Calcutta ; F. Smith, 1. c. p. 34, 
pi. i. figs. 1-k 
Phidole jordanica. A. supposed new species, from Jericho, differen- 
tiated from P. pallidula under this name; F. de Saulcy, Bull. Soc. 
Moselle, xiii. [1874] extr. p. 17. 
Solenopsis orbula, sp. n. (worker), Emery, 1. c. p. 472, Corsica. 
Epitritus baudueri, sp. n. (worker), id. 1. c. p. 474, Sos and Corsica ; 
head, and heads of E. argiolus and Strumigenys membranifera figured for 
comparison. 
Ghrysidid.®. 
Chrysis hriechbaumeri, p. 358, australasice, p. 360, Australia, halictula, 
California, dorice, N. America, p. 359, gestroi, p. 359, macrostoma, p. 360, 
Algeria, spp. nn., G. Gribodo, Ann. Mus. Genov, vi. 
Euchrceus doursi, sp. n., id. Pet. Nouv. (1875) p. 491, S; France. 
ICHNEUMONID.®. 
WoLDSTEDT, F. W. Materialer till en Ichneumouologia Fennica. Bidr. 
Finl. Nat. xxi. [1874] pp. 61-92. 
An enumeration, with bibliographical references and localities, of 67 
species of Ichneumonides, 39 Cryptides, 90 Ophionides, 6 Tryphonides 
(raising the number of that group to 203), and 70 Pimplides from Fin- 
land. Some new species and. unnamed varieties are described, and 
synonymy given. 
