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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
St^hanus (Jur.) s. str. Posterior femora with 3 teeth beneath j posterior 
tarsi 6-jointed in c? ? . 
Megischus (BruUe). Posterior femora with 2 teeth beneath; posterior 
tarsi 3-j6inted in 5, 6-jointed in c?. The characters of these genera are 
illustrated on pi. 10. Of the former Sichel describes only the Swiss Bte- 
phanus serrator (Fab.), 1. c. p. 472 ; of the latter he describes 8 species, of 
which 2 are new. The known species are : — Pimpla coronator (Fab.), p. 477 ; 
Bothriocerus americanus (Sich.), p. 480 ; Megischus annulator (Brull^), p. 482, 
pi. 10. fig. 6 (details); M. hrasilianus (Westw.), p. 483; Bothriocerus eu- 
ropceus (Sich.), p. 484 ; and Stephanus anomalipes (Forst.), p. 485. The last 
two are probably identical. 
A catalogue of species of Braconides and Evaniides found in Kussia, and 
especially in Courland, is given by Kawall, Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. xxxviii. 
pt. 2. pp. 340—367. 
Qiraud (Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4 s6r. vi. pp. 477-487) notices various species 
of this family as parasitic upon other Hymenoptera, which make their nests 
in the stems of the Bramble (see p. 417). Several of the species (27-34) are 
characterized. 
Mahshall records the occurrence of Pachylomma huccata (Br6b.) in the 
run of Ectohia nigripes (Steph.) in Pembrokeshire. Ent. M. Mag. iii. p. 92. 
Pimpla ocidatoria bred from the egg-bag of a spider by W. Bogers, Proc. 
Ent. Soc. 1866, p. vii. 
F. Low notices the insects from which he has bred species of Bracouj 
Chelonus, Microgastery Polemon, CampopleXy CryptuSy ExochuSy IlemiteleSy 
Mesostenusy Pimpluy and Trogus. Verb. zool.-bot. Ges. in Wien, xvi. pp. 951- 
953. 
CatadelphuSy g. n., Taschenberg, Hymen. Deutschl. pp. 36 & 51. Allied 
to Trogus ; scutellum moderately convex ; wings blue-black, with a yellow 
stigma. Type T. arrogator (Grav.). 
Automalus, g. n., Taschenberg, 1. c. pp. 36 & 62. Allied to Trogtis ; cly- 
peus with the anterior margin straight ; forehead convex ; keel occupying 
only the second ventral segment. Type T. alhoguttatus (Grav.). 
CrytopimplUy *g. n., Taschenberg, Hym. Deutschl. pp. 40 & 66. Allied 
to Phytodietus ; claws not pectinated ; areolet triangular. Sp. Phytodietus 
microtamiusy errahunduSy hlanduSy and calceolatus (Grav.). 
3Iegischus tarsatusy sp. n., Sichel, 1. c. p. 475, pi. 10. figs. 4, 5, and M. ni- 
gricatida, Sichel, 1. c. p. 479, Manilla. 
Iphiaulax pictuSy sp. n., Kawall, Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. xxxviii. pt. 2. p. 340, 
Russia (Kameniecz-Podolsk). 
CuALCIDIDiE. 
The German genera of this family are tabulated by Tasciien- 
BERG (Hymen. Deutschlands) . He follows Forster throughout, 
and admits 170 genera. 
A catalogue of species of this family occurring in Russia, chiefly in Cour- 
land, is published by Kawall, Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. xxxviii. pt. 2. pp. 367- 
372. 
Giuaud (Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4® sdr. vi. pp. 488-492) describes and notices 
the habits of 4 species of this family parasitic upon insects nidificating in 
bramble-stems (see p. 417). 
