CYNIPID^ TBNTHREDINID^. 
Ins. 137 
Additions to the British list ; P. Cameron, Ent. M. M. xii. p. 226. 
Allotria halterata, Thoms., ? = melanogaster^ Htg., with wings imper- 
fectly developed ; id. 1. c. p. 227. 
Additions to Marshall’s list of parasitic British Cynipidcn, including 
Cerbptres arator^ Htg. ; id. P. N. H. Soc. Clasg. ii. pp. 323 & 324. 
Supplemental notes to the late F. Walker’s List of insects inhabiting 
Oak-apples by E. A. Fitch, Ent. ix. pp. 34-42. Parasites from Cynips 
kollari\ F. Walker, 1. c. pp. 62-64 (posthumous). 
Jumping galls. Observations on a gall “ Quercus saltaforius,'^ which is 
moved by the enclosed pupa of a Cynips^ and makes a noise like rain 
pattering under trees infested by the insect in N. America. Am. Nat. x. 
(quoting Riley), p. 218. 
Diastrophus mayri, sp. n., H. Reinhard, Verh. z.-b. Wien, xxvi. (SB.) 
p. 12, bred from Potentilla argentea, Austria. 
Andricus schrcecicingeri, sp. n., F. Wachll, Verh. z.-b. Wien, xxvi. 
p. 713, pi. xiv. figs. 2 & 3, on Quercus cerris, Vienna. 
Aphilothrix kirchshergi, sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 714 (= Cynips gemmea, Oir., 
Mayr, of which only the. gall was hitherto known), W. Galizia, Moravia, 
Vienna. 
Xystus musti, sp. n., C. Rondani, Bulletino del Comizio agrario Par- 
mense, 1876, and Bull. Ent. Ital. viii. p. 83, parasitic upon Drosophila, 
Italy. 
Aulax graminis, sp. n., P. Cameron, P. N. H. Soc. Glasg. ii. pp. 321-323. 
Larvae found in cells in the roots of a grass (either Triticum repens or 
Arrhenarthum avenaceum), in Scotland. Chalcididous parasites also 
mentioned. 
Urocerid.?e. 
Sirex gigas. The larva eating through bullets in cartridges at the 
Grenoble arsenal ; Feuil. Nat. vi. p. 89. 
Tremex smithi, sp. n., P. Cameron, Tr. E. Soc. 1876, p. 470, N. India. 
Sirex xanthus, sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 471, N. India. 
Derecyrta deceptus sp. n., F. Smith, Tr. E. Soc. 1876, p. 474, 
pi. iv. fig. 6, New Zealand. 
TENTHREDINIDiE. 
S. C. Snellen van Vollenuoven, Tijdschr. Ent. xix. pp. 268-277, 
in the 19th part of his work “ De inlandsche Bladwespen in hare Gedaan- 
tewisseling en Levenswijze beschreven,” describes and figures the life- 
histories of Selandria candidata, Fall., pi. x., Nematus crassulus, Dbm., 
pi. xi., Selandria albipes, L., pi. xii., figs. 1-7, and Nematus luridiventris, 
Fall., pi. xii. figs. a-e. J. W. May, Ent. ix. pp. 3-8, 247-261, continues 
his translation of former parts of this work. 
Observations upon species occurring at Kingussie, Scotland, and their 
food-plants. Trichiosoma lucorum produces a decided humming noise, 
and the males fight in the air. Larvm of Tenthredo dispar and T. meso- 
mela described. P. Cameron, P. N. H. Soc. Glasg. iii. pp. 86-90. 
