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hmata, p. 106, Calabria ; ftmerea, p. 108, Sicily ; hrutia^ p, 109, Calabria ; 
variolosaj Benevento, geneana, Sardinia, p. 111. 
Crahronides. 
The economy of Trypoxylon is discussed by Eitsema (Tijdschr. Bnt. 2nd 
ser. Beel v. p. 183). 
Crahro Wesm.,=;;?/&(?.9ce«s, Shuck.; C. melanarius, Wesm., = crtr- 
ho7iarius, Dbm. ; C. amhiguus, Dbm. ( 5 = capito, Dbm.), ==* gonager^ St.- 
Farg. ; C. vicinuSy Dbin.,=7;oc?fl/7ric?^5, v. d. Lind.; C. trmisversalis, Dbm. 
[? Sliuck.], = rtw.rm,9, Wcsm, ; C. palellatuSy Dhra.,=peltarms (Schreb,); C, 
ptcrotus, \)hm. y=scutcllatus (Sclieven); C. inUrruptuSy Dbm.,s=:4-cme^ws (F.): 
Thoms, 1. c. pp. 166 et scq. 
Oxybelus mucronatus (Dbm. nec Fab., = 14-Mo^«^t<s, Dbm. nec Jurine) is re- 
named aculeatusy Thoms, ihid. p. 177; O. 3-spinosus, Dhm. y=:ntgripes (01.) ; 
O. hellus and nigricorniny Dbm., = $ fasciatusy Dbm. [cf. Smith, Cat. Brit. 
Foss. p. 166]; O. simplex and Dbm., ==c?M5t«s, Dbm., of which O. 
nigripesy Dbm., is the O. furcatuSy^i.Y ,y — mucro)iatu8 (F.); 0. Ticemor- 
rhoidnlisy Dbm., = 3-.s;wiosw.9 (F.) : Thoms, ibid. 
Diodontus medius and D. tristis [? v. d. L.], Dbm., Moray. ; D. 
pallipes, jyhm., — tristisy y. d. L. : Thoms. 1. c. p. 236. 
Vassaloccus msignis, Dbm. [? y. d. L.], = 6reyec<wm9, Moray.; P. horealisy 
Dhm. y—tm'ionuniy Dbm.; P. singidarisy Dhm. y-= gracilis (auct.) [P Curtis] : 
Thoms. 1. c. p. 237 et seq. 
Crabro mei'misy p. 162, mucronatuSy p. 167, eavifronsmidi planifronSyTp. 173, 
spp. nn. : Thomson, 1. e. 
Pemplircdon podagrieusy sp. n., Cheyrier, Mitth. schw. ent. Ges. iii. p. 268, 
Nyon, Switz. ; P. carinatus and P. clypealisy spp. nn., Thoms. 1. c, p. 236, 
Sweden. 
Cemomrs strigatiiSy sp. n., Cheyrier, 1. c. p. 269, Switzerland. 
Psen distinctusy sp. n,, Cheyrier, 1. c. p. 269, Nyon. 
Nyssonides, 
Stizus speciosus, Drury, is stated by Bryant (Am. Ent. ii. p. 87, fig. 67) to 
act as a ‘‘ horse-guard,” by playing round horses and catching flies attracted 
to them. An editorial note (ibid.') suggests an error in this, as Stizus proyi- 
sions its nest with grasshoppers, and hints that a Pembex, coloured like the 
species aboye named, is most likely intended by Bryant, as the insects of that 
genus store their nests with Athericidce. The habits of S. grandis (Say) are 
referred to, ibid. i. p. 8, f. 3. 
Nysson interruptuSy Dbm. [? necP.'\ — shucUardiy Wesm. ; N. omissusy Dbm., 
— macidatuSy (F.) ; Thoms. 1. c. p. 244. 
Ifoplisus latifrons, Dhm.y=5-cmctus (F.) : Thoms. 1. c. p. 246. 
Chevrier (/. c. p. 272) describes an insect as the c? of JToplisus (Psammoe- 
cms) pimctidatus (St. F.), considering the S attributed to that species by St. 
Fargeau to belong to some other species, and that the author probably esta- 
blished his genus Psammoecius on the peculiar structure of the apical joints of 
its antennsB. He thinks, also, that the ri of Gorytes punctulatus (y. d. Lind.) 
cannot be referred to j^unctulatus (St.-F.), and notes indiyidual yariations in 
Puspongus laticinctus (St.-F.). 
