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INSECTA, OIITHOPTEUA. 
Attention is called in P. E. Soc. 1872, p. xxv, to the fact that Mei'ops 
persicus is known to line its nest with the wings of dragonflies. 
LibelluUna. 
Libellula lycoris^ 176, Madagascar or Mauritius, assignata, p. 177, Ma- 
dagascar : Selys, 1. c., spp. nn. 
Oomiihina. Oabot, 1. c., has published (with Hagen’s assistance) a me- 
moir on the immature state of 17 species of this tribe j but only 4 are referred 
to their respective genera without doubt, the others not having been bred. 
The plates (beautifully executed) are supposed to illustrate the following 
genera: — Ocmiphus, Ilerpctogomplius, Macrogomphus, Progomphua, Oom- 
phqides, HageniuSy IctinuSy and Cor duleg aster. 
Onychogomphtis ruptus is redescribed by Selys from perfect specimens. 
Ann. Ent. Belg. xv. p. 29, pi. ii. fig. 12 (details). 
Gomphus epophthalmuSf p. 31, pi. ii. fig. 13 (details), and maachi, p. 33, 
pi. ii. fig. 14 (details), Irkutzk : id. 1. c., spp. nn. 
JSschnina. 
Anax goliath, sp. n,, Selys, R. Z. 1872, p. 178, Madagascar. 
JEschna arundinacea, sp. n., id. Ann. Ent. Belg. xv. p. 30, Irkutzlc. 
Agrionina. 
Agrion concinnum, Johanson, is redescribed from Siberian examples by 
Selys, Ann. Ent. Belg. xv. p. 40, pi. ii. fig. 8 (details). 
Agrion glaciale (Hagen), p. 41, pi. ii. fig. 9 (details), lanceolatum, p. 43, pi. ii. 
fig. 10 (details), ecornutum (? race of mereuriale), p. 44, pi. ii. fig. 11 (details), 
Siberia j hermeticum (? race of mereuriale'), p. 45, Algeria, id. 1. c. \ A. (?) in- 
sulare, p. 179, Mauritius and Bourbon ; mauritianum, p. 180, Mauritius, 
Selys, R. Z. 1872 : spp. nn. 
Agriocnemis solitaria, p. 181, Rodrigues, A. (?)exilis, p. 182, Madagascar 
or Mauritius : id. R. Z. 1872, spp. nn. 
Psilocnemis alatipes, sp. n., M‘Lachlan, Ent. M. M. ix. p. 1 (leg figured), 
Madagascar. 
ORTHOPTEllA 
By R. M^Lachlan, F.L.S. 
Fischer, L. H. Ueber Vitus Graber's Mittheilungeu der Aelm- 
liclikeit der G esclileclitsorgane bei Orthopteren. Verb, 
z.-b. Wien, xxii. pp. 77, 78. 
Glover, Townend. Illustrations of North- Ameriean Ento- 
mology: Orthoptera. Washington, 1872. 4to. 
Consists of 13 crowded coloured plates by the author, with explanatory 
letterpress. The edition is stated to be limited to 60 copies only. Although 
scarcely a scientific work, it may be found of great use to beginners, the 
figures appearing to be sufficiently accurate for the identification of species, 
