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ZOOLOGICAL LITERATURE. 
Taschenberg, E. Die Sphegidse des zoologischen Museums der 
Universitat Halle. Zeitschr. ges. Nat. Sachs. Tliiir. xxxiv. 
pp. 407-435. 
Contains descriptions of 3 new genera and 28 neAV species. 
Tschek, C. Ueber cine neiie Galle auf Eichen und deren Er- 
zeuger. Verliandl. zool.-bot. Gesellscli. in Wien^ 1869, 
Bd. xix. pp. 559, 560. 
Contains description of a new species of Spathegaster. 
Walker, Francis. Notes on Chalcididce ; and description of a 
new species of Megasftgmiis. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 3rd 
series, vol. iii. pp. 313 & 314 : August 1869 (read 7th June, 
1869). 
Wakefield remarks upon the scarcity and inferior forms of Ilymenoptara 
in New Zealand (Proc. Ent. Soc. Loud. pp. 16 & 17.) 
Antiiopiiila. 
Smith (Ent. Monthly Mag. vol. v. pp. 276 & 277) records the capture near 
Birkenhead of Collates cunicularius (Linn.) = hirtus (St. Earg.), a new Bri- 
tish species ; and (Ent. Annual for 1870, p. 21) describes d and $ of this 
species, subsequently taken in the Isle of Wight. 
Prosopis. MoraAvitz, lIora3 Soc. Ent. Boss. vi. p. -JS, gives the following 
synonymy of known Bussian species of this genus: — P. aimulata (Linn.) = 
dilatata (Nyl.) = borealis (Nyl.) = patellata (Eversm.) ; P. communis (Nyl.) 
s= annulata (Fab.) ; P. confusa (Nyl.) = signala (Nyl.) \ P. rinki (Gorski) S 
s= distans (Eversm.), $ = annularis (Schenck), 1. c. p. 49. 
Cresson (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1860, pp. 269 & 270) redescribes 
P. hasalis and P. qffinis (Smith). 
Ilalictus, Morawitz (/. o. p. 47) gives the following synonymy of known 
Bussian species of this genus : — JI. quadricinctus (Fab.) = tomcntosus 
(Eversm.) ; II. rubicundus (Christ.) = Ajns Jiaoipes (Panz.) $ = nidulans 
(St. Farg.) ; II. maculatus (Smith) = interruptus (Eversm.), II. fidvicornis 
(Kirby) = albipes (Schenck), II. cylindricus (Fab.) = abdominalis (Panz.) = 
fulvocinctus (Kirby) = malachurus (Kirby) = terebrator (Walcken.) = ele- 
yans (St. Farg.) = ruSeZ/ws (Eversm.) = rujioentris (Gir.) = obovatus (Kirby) 
var. = (?) albipes (Fab.), which is the oldest name. II. tiwmlorum (Linn.) 
^fasciatus (Nyl.); II. jiaoipes (Fab.) = seladonia (Fab.), p. 48. 
Smith (Proc. Ent. Soc. Lond. p. 27) describes the earth-cells formed by a 
species of Ilalictus at Cairo. 
Andrena. MoraAvitz (/. c.) gives the folloAving synonymy of knoAvn 
Bussian species of this genus : — A. hattorjiana (Fab.) = equestris (Panz.) $ 
= hcemon'hoidalis (Kirby) = quadripunctata (Fab.) d = elonyata (Imhof) ; 
A. zoncdis (Kirby) cJ = rosce (Panz.) 5 = austriaca (Panz.) (5 ; A. cetii 
(Sclir.) = maryinata (Fab.) = schrankella (Kirby) ; A. ovina (Eversm.) = 
pratensis (Nyl.) ; A. nitida (Kirby) = cansimilis (Smith) = thoracica (Mor.) ; 
A. bicolor (Fab.) = clarkella (Kirby) = dispar (Zett.) ; A. hcemorrhoa (Fab.) 
= albicans (Kirby) ; A.fucata (Smith) = clypearis (Nyl.), p, 45 ; A. prcecox 
(Scop.) (5 = smithella (Kirby) $ — pilipes (Panz.) = helvola (Mor.); A. 
