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M^Lachlan, Eobert. New genera and species &c. of Neuro- 
pterous Insects ; and a revision of Mr. F. WalkeFs Britisli- 
Museum Catalogue of Neuroptera, part ii. (1853), as far as 
the end of the genus Myrmeleon, Journal Linn. Soc. vol. 
ix. Zool. pp. 230-281, plate 8 : 1867. 
— — . Bemerkungen iiber europiiische Phryganiden, nebst 
Bcschreibung einiger neuer Genera und Species. Stettiner 
entom. Zeitung, 1867, pp. 50-63. 
. Notes on British Trichoptera. Entom. Annual, 1868, 
pp. 1-7. 
Meyer, A. Beitrage zu einer Monographic der Phryganiden 
Westphalens. Stettiner entom. Zeitung, 1867, pp. 153- 
169. 
Contains a fcAV remarks on the natural history of the Phry- 
ganidce, and a list of the species found by the author in West- 
phalia, with notes on their habits, occurrence, &c. 
ScuDDER, S. H. An Inquiry into the Zoological Relations of 
the first-discovered traces of Fossil Neuropterous Insects 
in North America; with Remarks on the differeifce of 
structure in the wings of living Neuroptera. Mem. Bost. 
Soc. Nat. Hist. vol. i. pp. 173-192, plate 6 : 1867. 
In this valuable paper Scudder not only describes some fossil 
insects lately discovered in the Carboniferous strata of North 
America, but discusses in considerable detail the peculiarities of 
venation which serve to characterize the different families of 
Neuroptera (Linn.). The paper will be found especially im- 
portant to the student of fossil insects. 
Selys-Longciiamps, — i)E. Notice sur une nouvelle espece dc 
Nevroptere. Annales de la Soc. Ent. de Belgique, tome x. 
pp. 253-255, pi. 2 : 1866. 
Tomes, C. S. An account of a Trichopterous larva. Quarterly 
Journ. Micr. Sci. vol. xv. pp. 248-251, pi. 9. 
Westwood, J. O. Descriptions of new species of Mantispidoi 
in the Oxford and British Museums. Trans. Ent. Soc. 
Lond. 3rd ser. vol. v. pp. 501-508 : May 1867. 
This paper contains also a description of a new Nemoptera. 
M^Lachlan has published (Journ. Linn. Soc. ix. Zool. pp. 
258-281) a revision of a portion of Walker^s Catalogue of 
Neuroptera, including his families Sialidae, Hemerobiidaj, and 
Myrmeleonidse. He indicates the generic and specific synonymy, 
and gives detailed descriptions of some of the species. 
Frauenfeld (Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. in Wien, xvii. pp. 431 and 
415) notices "Several species of this order taken on board the 
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