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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
state (1. c. p. 62) that Lapua mtlea (Dough & Scott) = CVmcA' Jlavomarginutua 
(Don.). 
Psallus elegansy sp. n., Jakowlew, Hor£6 Soc. Ent. Ross. iv. p. 158, 
Astrachan, 
AgalUastes pallipes, sp. n., Jakowlew, 1. c. p. 168, Chwalynsk. 
2'eratocons viridis, sp. n., Douglas & Scott, Ent. M. Mag. iv, p. 46, pi. 1. 
fig. 2, Perthshiro. 
Membranacea. 
Goubeau (Insectes nuisibles, pp. 64-70) notices at considerable length the 
history of Cimex lectularuis (Linn.), indicating its characters and the pro- 
cesses adopted for its destruction. lie also describes Reduvhis pet'sonatua as 
one of its enemies. 
Zoamenua aaholce, sp. n., Becker, Bull. Soc. Nat. Mosc. xl. 1. p. 113, Sa- 
roptaj Z. koohi(By Beck, ibid., Saropta. 
Aradm wagnet'iy sp. n., Jakowlevsr, Arbeiten Univ. Kasan, 1864, p. 113, 
Kasan. 
Reduviina. 
Westwood records that a species of this group (probably Enicocephalus 
tasmanicuSj'Woaiw.) dances in the air after the fashion of the midges; it also 
possesses a pleasant musk-like odour. Proc. Ent. Soc. 1867, p. Ixxxvii. 
Douglas and Scott (Ent. M. Mag. iv.pp. 04-06) state that the insect de- 
scribed by them (in Brit. Ilem.) under the name of Nahis Jlavomarginatus= 
N. pilosulus (Forst.), and describe the true N. Jtavomarginatus (Scholz) from 
British examples. 
Apiomerida. StSl (CEfvers. Vet.-Akad. Forh. xxiii. pp. 247-248) gives a 
table of the genera of this, subfamily, of which the following is an abridg- 
ment: — ' 
I. Intermediate tibae with no apical pit for the reception of the tarsi. 
A. Head oval, anteocular and postocular parts of equal length. 
Micbauchenus (A. & S.). 
B, Head elongate or oblong-obovato, postocular part much longer than 
anteocular. 
* Joint 1 of rostrum scarcely, if at all, shorter than anteocular part 
of head ; joints 1 and 2 of antennae about equal ; thorax unarmed ; 
hemelytra extending far beyond apex of abdomen. 
' - Manicocoris, g. n. 
t Joint 1 of rostrum about half the length of the anteocular lobe of 
the head ; disk of anterior lobe of thorax bispinose j hemelytra 
scarcely exceeding apex of abdomen. . Agiiiocleptes, g. n, 
II. Intermediate tibiae with a fovea for the reception of the tarsi. 
A. Postocular part of head much longer than the anteocular. 
* Scutellum transverse, semiorbicular ; postocular part of head slightly 
tumescent, narrowed behind; joints I and 2 of antennae nearly 
equal in length ; hemelytra much longer than abdomen ; anterior 
tibiae ihcrassate, curved Agriocobis, g. n. 
Scutellum ti’iangular, equilateral, or produced at apex. 
; Heniabtes (Spin.) 
( = Trichoscelis, A. & S.). 
B, Anteocular and postocular parts of head of equal length. 
