hymenoptera. 559 
ibid. ; B, jyalliventris^ 1. c. p. 301 ; B. croceiventris, ibid. ; B. uniformis, 
1. c. p. 302 ; B. croceus, ibid. ; and B. xanthostigma, 1. c. p. 303. 
The following 23 new Cuban species are described by Cresson : — Bracon 
Tcgnatrix, 1. c. p. 69; B. lativentrisj l.c. p. 70; B. crenulatus, ibid. ; B. vora- 
ffiniSf 1. c. p. 71 ; B.plicatus, 1. c. p.72; B. j)icipes, 1. c. p. 73 ; B. aciculatus, ibid. ; 
B. armatiis, I c. p. 74 ; B. limatus, 1. c. p. 75 ; B. distinctus, ibid. ; B, ven~ 
tralis, l.c. p. 76; B. striatulus, l.c. p. 77 ; B. intimttSj l.c. p. 78; B. dejectifs, 
l.c. p. 79; B. albifrmis, ibid.; B. rnjitliorax^ l.c. p. 80; B. discolor, ibid. ; 
B. ? cincticornis, 1. c. p. 81 ; B. cxigims, ibid. ; B. pusillns, ibid. ; B. centralis, 
1. c. p. 82 ; B. perparvus, ibid. ; and B. fuscomrius, 1. c. p. 83. 
Bracon gravidus, Smith, l.c. p. 66, and B.ferax, Smith, ibid., from New 
Guinea ; B. Jlaviceps, Smith, ibid., fromSalwatty ; B. longicauda, B. difficilis, 
and B. triangulum, Costa, 1. c. p. 70, origin not stated, 
Bogas Jlavidus, Cresson, 1. c. p. 83, from Cuba. 
Megischus hrwnneu^, Cresson, 1. c. p. 84, from Cuba. 
StenopJiasmus. Cresson describes four new species from Cuba : namely, S. 
gundlachii, 1. c. p. 85 ; S. enbensis, 1. c. p. 86 ; S. megischoides, ibid. ; and S. 
pusillns, 1. c. p. 87. 
Ahjsia nigriceps, Cresson, 1. c. p. 87, A. riificoxalis, Cress. 1. c. p. 88, and 
A. analis, Cress, ibid., from Cuba. 
Dorycics. Reinhard describes the following five new species of this genus : — 
D. gallicus, Berl. ent. Zeitschr. 1865, p. 248 ; D. pomarius, I, c. p. 249 ; D. 
pldniceps, 1. c. p. 251 ; D. heydenii, 1. c. p. 253 ; and D. fidviceps, ibid. : all 
European. 
Aphidins. Cresson describes four new Cuban species : — A. fuscoveniris, 
1. c. p. 89; A. longicornis, 1. c. p. 90 ; A.? pallipes and A.? fulvm, ibid. 
Trioxis fuscatus, Cresson, 1. c. p. 89, from Cuba. 
CllALCIDID^. 
SicHEL (Arm. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4® ser. tome v. pp. 345-348) 
commences a monographic revision of the genera Vhmfjanophora 
(Westw.) and Conura (Spin.), and gives the following tabular 
scheme of the genera of the tribe Chalcidoidea^ , introducing 
the exotic forms : — 
I. Head armed with horn-like processes. . 1. (Dalm.). 
II. Head unarmed. 
A. Abdominal petiole short, or nearly wanting, 
a. Antennfe inserted in the middle of the forehead. 
1. Abdomen in $ not caudate, segment 5 and anus normal, not pro- 
duced into a tail-like appendage. 2. Chalcis (Fab.). 
2. Abdomen in $ with segment 5 and the epipygium produced into a 
tail {Conuv(X chatcidiformes, Sichel). 
3. Conura (Spin. s. s.). 
3. Abdomen in $ with segment 5 and the epipj^gium normal, the 
hypopygium alone produced into a tail (Phasganophorcc cholcidi- 
formes, Sichel ; Phasganophora, Westw. s. lat.') 
a. Tail compressed, ensiform. 4. Phasganophora (Westw. s. s.). 
