NfitJROftEftA. 671 
Bcrce records his experience of rearing Myrmcleon formicarius from the 
larva. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1805, p. xlvi. 
Some notes on the habits of the larva of Acanthaclisis are' published by 
Ferrari in Wien. ent. Mon. Bd. viii. p. 107. 
Myrmcleon sp. n.,Brauer, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien,xv. p. 904, 
from the Nicobar Islands. 
Fonnicaleo longicornis, sp. n., Bralier, I, c,, origin not stated. 
IlEMEtlOBIIDiE. 
Isoscelipteron. Brauer (Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. in "Wien, xv. p. 1018) indi- 
cates further distinctive characters of this genus, and gives a list of its known 
species, five in number. 
Chrysopa. Wallengren (Qilfvers. Kongl. Vet.-Akad. Forh. 1865) describes 
C. tenella (Schneid.), 1. c. p. 143, and C. pini (Brauer), C. prnsina (Burm.), 
and C. ahdominalis (Brauer), 1. c. p. 144, as species newly detected in 
Sweden. 
Hagen (Ent. M. Mag. ii. pp. 69-60) cites four species of this family from 
Madeira, namely Micromus aphidivonis (Schr.), Hemerohius humuli (Linn.), 
H. no'vosus (Fab.), and Chrysopa vulgaris (Schneider). 
Majitispa perla, var. ictericay Piet., is figured by E. Pictet, N4vr. d’Espagne, 
pi. 4. figs. 6-8. 
Taschenberg (Wirbell. Thiere, &c. p. 204) describes the general habits of 
the species of the genus Chrysopa as destroyers of Aphides, and figures the 
larva and perfect insect of C. vulgaris {1. c. pi. 7. figs. 4 & 5). 
Chrysopa. E. Pictet (1. c.) describes the following new Spanish species 
C. nigropunetata, p. 60, pi. 8. figs. 1-4 ; C. geniculata, p. 62, pi. 7. figs 6-8 ; 
C. meyeri,\\Adi., pi. 8. figs. 6-8; C. guadarramensis, p. 66, pi. 6. figs. 1-4 ; C, 
thoracica, p. 67, pi. 6. figs. 9-12 ; C. granadensis, p. 69,- pi. 6. figs. 6-8 ; C. ri- 
paria, ibid., pi. 7. figs. 9-l2 ; C. monticola, p. 70, pi. 7. figs. 1-4. 
Chrysopa V~ruhrum, sp. n., Brauer, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. in W^ien, xv. 
p. 908, from Tahiti ; C. ncBsonympha, Brauer, ibid., from the island Karnico- 
bar; and C. atala, Brauer, /. c. p, 904, from Rio de Janeiro. 
Chrysopa illinoiemis, sp. n., Shimer, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. vol. iv. p. 208^ 
from Illinois. The characters and habits of the larva and its transformations 
are also described. 
Isoscelipteron indicum, sp. n., Brauer, 1. c. p, 1016, from Ceylon. 
RiIAPIIIDIIDA!. 
GmAUD (Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4® sdr. tome iv. pp. 669-676) indicates the 
difiictilties attending the investigation of the species of Rhaphidia, and the 
confusion which has arisen in the determination of some of Ihe commonest 
species. The rather numerous species described by Stephens will probably 
prove to be either s}Tionyms or varieties of those of Schummel and other 
continental authors. For the three species found about Paris Girard proposes 
the following nomenclature and synonymy -1. R. ophiopsis (IJnn., Fab.y 
Perch.)=7?. xanthostigma (Sebum., Burm.) ; 2. R. schummeli (Girard) = R. 
ophiopsis (Schum., Burm.) ; 3. R. notata (Fab.). Girard concludes his paper 
with a very imperfect bibliography of the subject. 
