HYMENOPTERA. 
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(p. 48) = $ (Grav.) ; P. corruptor (p. 49) =c«%^>^os^^s $ (Gray.); 
P. ahcrram (p. &2) = ahdominator, var. 2 (Grav.) ; P. regius (p. 53), 
Cryptus. Taschenberg describes the following new German species of this 
genus: — C. dentatus (1. c. p. 73) =spiralis S (Grav.) ; C. varians (p, 76) ; C. 
claviger (ibid.) j C. germari (p. S3) = a])paritorius, var.? (Grav.) ; C. opaciis 
(p. 88) ; C. melanopus (p. 04) ; C. varicoxis (p. 97) ; C. alhus (ibid.) ; C. gra- 
cilis (p. 98) = gracilis, var. 2 (Grav.) * ; C. duhius (p. 99) ] C. anmdipes (p. 100) j 
C. hrachgsoma (ibid.). 
Cryptus ducalis, Smith, Proc. Linn. Soc. viii. p. 6.3, from Morty. — C. 
ctihensis, Cresson, 1. c. p. 21, and C. ? ornatipennis, Cress, ibid., fig. 4 (wing), 
from Cuba. — C. samiee, Packard, Proc. Post. Soc. Nat. Hist, ix, p. 345, 
and C. smithii, Pack. 1. c. p. 346, parasitic on Sarnia Columbia (Smith), from 
Maine. 
Ilemiteles. Taschenberg describes the following new German species of 
this genus: — II. furcatus (1. c. p. 12\)=(cstivnlis, var. (Grav.) ; II. simillimus 
(p. 124) = s?‘m?7w, vn,r, 3 (Grav.) ; II. coriarius (p. 12.5) ; II. incertus (p. 131) ; 
II. castancus (p. 132) —palpator, var. 3 (Grav.) ; II. eiflindrithorax (ibid.) ; 
II. gravenliorstii (ibid.) = melanarius, var. 2 (Grav.) j II. varicoxis (p. 134) ; 
and H. niger (p. 136). 
Cresson describes five new Cuban species : namely, Ilemiteles mcolus, 1. c. 
p. 22 5 II amoenus, 1. c. p, 23; II. hicinctus, 1. c. p. 24 ; II thoracicus, ibid. ; and 
II suhjiavescens, ibid. 
Ischnocerus abdominalis, Cresson, 1. c. p. 26, from Cuba. 
Mesostenus. Cresson describes eight new species from Cuba : namely, 
Mesnstcnus rohustus, 1. c. p. 25 ; M. strcnuus, 1. c. p. 26 ; 31. farsatus, 1. c. p. 27; 
31 zonatus, 1. c. p. 28 ; M. suhtennis, 1. c. p. 29 ; 31. semialhns, 1. c. p. 30 ; 31 
Jlavescens, 1. c. p. 31 ; and 31. pusillus, ibid. 
3Iesostenus arrogans, Smith, 1. c. p. 63, from New Guinea. 
Stilijnus ohscurus, Cresson, 1. c. p. 259, and S. P compressus, Cress. 1. c. p. 200, 
from the Colorado Territory. > 
Rhyssa instigator, Smith, 1. c. p. 65, from New Guinea. 
Ephialtes jjectoraliSjI^YiQcIyXiQ, Schr. kbn. phys.-okon. Ges. zu Konigsberg, 
Jahrg. V. p. 178, E. geniculatus, Brischke, 1 . c. p. 179, and^. /acme's, Brischke, 
ibid., from Prussia. 
Epliialtes rufescens, Cresson, I c. p. 38, from Cuba. 
EijTiialtes occidentalis, Cresson, 1. c. p. 269, from the Colorado Territor}% 
Pim 2 )la. Of this genus the following species are described by Smith : — 
P. ohnoxia and P. diligeJis, 1. c. p. 64, from Morty ; P. nigricornis, 1. c. p, 64, and 
P. interceptor, 1. c. p. 65, from New Guinea. 
Pimpla. Cresson describes seven new species from Cuba: namely, P. ru- 
fonigcr, 1. c. p. 35 ; P. ciihensis, ibid. ; P. obscnrafa, 1. c. p. 30 ; P. nubecula f, 
ibid. ; P. consimilis, 1. c. p. 37 ; P. tricincta, ibid. ; and P. bicincta, 1. c. p. 38. 
Also Pimj)la tenuicornis, Cresson, 7 c. p, 237, P. pcdalis, Cxess. l.c. p. 268, 
and P. fulvescens, ibid., from the Colorado Territory. 
* The adoption of this name cannot but lead to confusion. Taschenberg 
refers Gravenhorst’s C. gracilis, with its var. 1, as a var. of C. fugitims, and 
retains the name for this species, because it is certainly distinct from both.” 
t P. terminalis in text, /. c. ; P. nubecula in Corrigenda, p. 196. 
