HYMENOPTERA. 
427 
Allied to Typhlopono ; abdomen distinctly constricted at all the junctions of 
the segments. Sp. S. stali, sp. n., Mayr, 1. c. p. 895, taf. 20. fig. 8 ( $ ), Brazil. 
(Myrmicides.) 
Tranopetta, g. n., Mayi’, Sitzungsb. Wien. Akad. liii. Abth. 1. p. 612. Al- 
lied to Aphcsnogaster ; anterior wings with one cubital cell; antennse 11- 
jointed, clavate, joints 8-11 gradually increasing in size. Sp. T. sp.n., 
Mayr, 1. c. p. 614, fig. 14 (antenna), Venezuela. 
TyphlaUa ceylonica^ Mayr, 1. c. p. 606, Ceylon. 
Myrmecia pumilio, Mayr, Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. inWien, xvi. p. 896, Sidney. 
Ischnomyrmex exasperatusj Mayr, Sitzungsb. Wien. Akad. liii. Abth. 1. 
p. 606, fig. 12 (antenna), origin unknown. 
Macrotnischa aculeata, Mayr, 1. c. p. 607, and M. africana, Mayr, ibid.. 
Gold Coast. 
Lcptothorax nudus, Mayr, 1. c. p. 608, Fiji Islands j L. curvispinosiiSj Mayr, 
ibid. fig. 13 (thorax). North America. 
Monomorium specularis^ Mayr, 1. c. p^ 609, Upolii (Navigator’s Islands). 
ThcidoU occanicttf Mayr, I, c. p. 610, Fiji Islands ; P. tasmanicnsisy Mayr, 
1. c. p. 611, Van Diemen’s Land. 
Pheidole sculpturatay Mayr, Verh. eool.-bot. Ges. in Wien, xvi. p. 897, 
Caffraria ; P. innotatay Mayr, 1. c, p. 898, of unknown origin ; and P. punctu- 
lata, Mayr, 1. c. p. 899, Caffraria. 
Cremastogaster erecta, Mayr, 1. c. p. 902, taf. 20. fig. 12, Island of St. 
Joseph. 
Solenopsis capensis, Majrr, 1. c. p. 906, Cape of Good Hope. 
Cryptocerus patellaris, Mayr, 1. c. p. 907, taf. 20. fig. 16, Brazil ; C. notatiis, 
Mayr, ibid. taf. 20. fig. 16, Brazil. — Cryptocerus crmaticeps, Mayr, Sitzungsb. 
Wien. Akad. liii. Abth. 1. p. 616, fig. 16, Columbia. 
Strumigenys godeffroyiy Mayr, 1. c. p. 616, Upolu. 
Chrysidid.®. 
Of this family Taschenberg (Hym. Deutschl. p. 148) tabu- 
lates nine genera, but remarks of two of them (Elampus, Spin., 
and Notozus, Forst.) that they are separated upon very slight 
characters, and, indeed, pass one into the other. The characters, 
of many of the German species are given. 
The oeconomy of the species of this family which live as parasites in 
bramble-stems is noticed by Giraud (Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4® s6r. vi. pp. 492- 
493). See p. 417. 
ICHNEUMONIDiE. 
The insects of this group are divided by Taschenberg into 
three families, Ichneumonida, Braconida, and Evaniidoi (see 
p. 416). Of the first he recognizes 131 genera in Germany, of 
the second 89, and of the last 3. 
Stephanas and Megischus. Sichel (Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4® s6r. v.) publishes 
a revision of these genera, with the latter of which his genus JBothriocerus is 
identical. He treats the genus Stephanas as including two subgenera, cha- 
racterized as follows (/. c. p. 471) : — 
