204 Ins. 
NEUROrTERA. 
Nirmus sulphureus, Giebel, Z. ges. Naturw. (2) xiii. p. 528, on Trogon^ 
S. America. 
Menopon caudatum, id. 1. c. p. 529, on Galbula rujicauda, Bogota. 
Thysanoptera. 
ScuDDEii, S. H. The tertiary Physopoda of Colorado. Bull. Geol. 
Surv. (2) No. 4, pp. 221-223, 1875. 
Redescribes Palceothrips fossilisj and adds the following: — 
Lithadothrips vetusta (g. & sp. nn.), p. 222. 
Melanothrips extincta^ sp. n., ibid. 
TERMITIDil*]. 
Hagen, H. A. The probable danger from White Ants. Am. Nat. x. 
pp. 401-410. 
A popular article on these insects in general, and on Termes fiavipes in 
particular. The author especially recommends that all rotten and 
decaying wood be removed from places frequented by the insects, and 
that this should be done in winter. 
Termes lucifugiis. Perris, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) vi. pp. 201 & 202, 
has observed the habits of this species in the Landes, and is of opinion 
that Lespes’s observations are correct ; he was able to watch the de- 
position of eggs by the “ little queens” {petites reines). In May, or the 
beginning of June, innumerable swarms of “little kings” and “little 
queens” left the nest and took to flight, as he considers, to form new 
colonies, pairs seeking suitable places where eggs are laid to be hereafter 
developed into “ kings ” and a “ queen,” thus forming the foundation of 
a true Tormitarium. In the “ Bulletin” attached to the same volume, 
p. ccxvii., he records analogous observations on Batermes Jlavkollis. 
EMBIDiE. 
Larva of a species found in an orchid-house near London on the 
roots of an East Indian species of orchid, and asserted to be injurious to 
the plant, with figures ; W. H. Michael (with note by J. O. Westwood), 
Gard. Chron. (n.s.) vi. p. 845. 
PsOCIDiE. 
Rostock, M. Psocidenjagd im Hause. Ent. Nachr. ii. pp. 190-192. 
An interesting notice on species found in the writer’s house in Saxony, 
chiefly introduced with fire-wood, and also bred in the thatch ; includes 
a large proportion of the European species, one is noticed as new. 
Phyopsocus, g. n., Hagen, Bull. U. S. Mus. No. 3, p. 52. Ocelli absent ; 
antenna) 26-jointed ; maxillary palpi with the apical joint large, truncate ; 
tarsi 3-jointed, the terminal two joints equal ; wings four. Type, li. el- 
lipticus^ Hag., 1. c., Kerguelen’s Island (introduced ?). 
Elipsocus cyanops, sp. n., Rostock, 1. c. p. 192, Saxony. 
