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New species : — 
Stizus brevipennisj Walsh, Amer. Ent. i. p. 162, Rock Island, Illinois, 
U.S. 
Nysson variolatus, Oosta, 1. c. p. 72, Otranto, 
Lestiphorus hilunulatus, Oosta, 1. c. p. 76, Oanavese. 
Hoplisus sinuatus, Tuscany, Naples, and IL sulcifronsy Sardinia, p. 81, c/-a- 
verii, p. 83, Bra : Oosta, 1. c. 
Hoplisus eburneus, Chevrier, 1. c. p. 270, Nyon. 
Larrides. 
Miscophus spuriuSf Dbm., =m^er, Dbm. : Thoms. /. c. 
New species : — 
Larrada politay Congonh, and L. semiargentea, S. America, p. 3 j L. ple- 
beia,^, 4, Lagoa Santa j L. nuda, p. 6, Venezuela j L. gastricay ibid., Parana, 
Banda Oriental, Venezuela j X. angustatay p. 6, Lagoa Santa; X. appendiculatay 
p. 7, Congonh : Taschenberg, Z. ges. Naturw. 1870, ii. 
Morphota tridenSy Tasch. 1. c. p. 8, Lagoa Santa. 
Tachytes clypeatuSy p. 10, Parana ; T. scalarisy p. 11, Mendoza ; T. rujicaudisy 
p. 12, N. Friburg, Parana ; T. rhododactyluSy Mendoza, T. setosus, Lagoa Santa, 
p. 13 ; T. fraiernuSy p. 14, Mendoza ; T, cosUdiSy p. 16, Parahybuna, Parana : 
Taschenberg, 1. c. 
Tachytes lativalvisy Thoms. 1. c. p. 242, Sweden. 
Astata lugensy Tasch. 1. c. p, 16, Mendoza, Banda Oriental ; A. gigaSy Tasch. 
1. c. p. 17, N. Friburg. 
Miscophus exoticus, Tasch. 1. c. p. 17, Rio Janeiro. 
Pison ccmvexifronSy Tasch. I, c. p. 18, N. Friburg, Rio Janeiro. 
Bembecides. 
Varieties of Monedula punctata (F.), variously known as arctiatuyjlexuosay 
and decoratay are mentioned by Taschenberg, 1. c. p. 22. 
Bembex citripes, sp. n., Taschenb. /. c. p. 19, Mendoza ; B. ^maculatay sp. n., 
p. 20 (unknown locality). 
Monedula guttatUy sp. n., p. 23, Banda Oriental ; M, notatUy sp. n., p. 24, Pa- 
rana ; M. singularisy sp. n., p. 25, Mendoza ; M, discisuy sp. n., p. 26, Rio 
Janeiro, Parana, Banda Oriental : Tasch. I, c. 
Sphegides. 
Walsh (Amer. Ent. i. p. 164) tabulates the N. -American genera, and 
notes the confusion in names of three “ Blue wasps.” 
Ainmopldla pictipennisy sp. n., Walsh, 1. c. f. 100, S. Illinois, U.S. A. 
Pompilides. 
Lichtenstein (Pet. Nouv. 27, p. 108) records his having bred Pom^iVws 
7iiger from a larva found in July 1869, fixed on the back of a spider, which it 
eventually entirely devoured. He notes this circumstance as a unique 
instance of a Pompilus simulating Ophioiiy ScoHuy and Chrysis in habit, — 
all other species known to him having been bred from cells provisioned by 
the mother. 
