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Rhyssa 'persuasoria parasitic upon ^irex larvae, and its habits described ; 
H. J. Ern^, MT. schw. ent. Ges. iv. p. 618. 
Pimpla {Theronia) flavicans parasitic upon Campoplex {Limneria) tri- 
color^ which is itself parasitic upon the Lepidopterous Zercne grossiilariata ; 
P. scanica also found in a small Campoplex cocoon. Brischke, Ent. MB. 
i. p. 159. 
Pimpla graminellce bred from a gall of Nematus viminalis^ in which 
there was no saw-fly larva ; P. Cameron, P. N. H. Soc. Glasg. iii. p. 84. 
Ichneumon perjidiosus, pi. iv. fig. 6, mvectus and conspirotus^ p. 475, 
placidus^ insidiator (? = lotatorius, F., ^), and consanguineus, p. 476, 
exhilaratus and deceptuSy p. 477, F. Smith, Tr. E. Soc. 1876, Nev/ Zealand 
(South Island) ; /. percussor and exploratory p. 274, dubius, p. 275 (P = 
falcatus, Tischh.,^ ), strangulator, p. 283, coniger and cuneatus, p. 284, 
glaucus and immisericors, p. 285, venustus, p. 286, auxifer, p. 288, nemoralis, 
p. 292, Birkenfeld, Crefeld, Vienna, &c., lichtensteini, p. 291, Montpelier, 
vafer, p. 286, Hungary, insidiator, p. 287, Danzig, Tischbein, 1. c. (with 
none of the usual indications of novelty) : spp. nn. 
Trogus mellosus, sp. n., E. T. Cresson, in Wheeler’s Rep. Geogr. Explor. 
W. of 100th M. V, p. 708, New Mexico. 
Mesostenus albo-pictus, sp. n.. Smith, 1. c. p. 477, pi. iv. fig. 1, North 
Island, New Zealand. 
Phygadeuon niger, p. 317, cressoni, p. 318, spp. nn., L. Provancher, Nat. 
Canad. viii., Quebec. 
Ophion inutilis\jle'\ imdi peregrinus\_-num~\, spp. nn., Smith, 1. c. p. 478, 
South Island, New Zealand. 
Limneria croceipes, sp. n., T. A. Marshall, Ent. M. M. xii. p. 194, Scot- 
land. 
Paniscus rufulus, Provancher, 1. c. p. 328, Quebec ; P. perforator, F. 
Smith, Ann. N. H. (4) xvii. p. 449, Rodriguez Island : spp. nn. 
Atractodes singularis, sp. n., Provancher, 1. c. p. 328, Quebec. ' 
Cteniscus rufus, sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 318, Quebec. 
Tryphon clapini, sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 327, Quebec. 
Bassus peronatus, sp. n., Marshall, p. 194, Scotland (parasitic on Ne- 
matus). 
Coleocentrus rufus, sp. n., Provancher, 1. c. p. 316, Quebec. 
Rhyssa antipodum, sp. n.. Smith, Tr. E. Soc. 1876, p. 479, pi. iv. fig. 4, 
N. & S. Islands, New Zealand. 
BrACONID.®. 
IcJmeutes rewm^or, Nees, var. brevis, Wesm., bred from Nematus vimi- 
nalis, L., in Scotland, and queried as specifically distinct ; I. reunitor, 
type, bred from Cladius padi. T. A. Marshall, Ent. M. M. xii. p. 195. 
Microgaster. Observations on economy ; Meline, Feuil. Nat. vi. p. 107. 
Pachylomma [Br^bisson, 1825, = Hybrizon, Fall., 1813] buccatal^-tuni], 
Breb. Notes on its very peculiar habits, hovering over ants and even 
over man ; doubts as to its parasitism suggested. E. Perris, Ann. Soc. 
Ent. Fr. (5) vi. pp. 220 & 221. 
