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Mantispidcs. 
Brauer describes the metamorphosis of Mantispa styriaca (Verh. zool.~bot. 
Gesell. in Wien, xix. pp. 831-840). The eggs are pedunculated as in Chrysopa. 
The young larv£e appear in early autumn, are elongate, with well-developed 
legs, and hibernate for a period of about eight months on bark &c. About 
April they disperse, and seek the nests of various species of spiders, especially 
Lycosa, into the egg-bags of which they penetrate, feeding upon the eggs, 
without interruption from the parent spider. After moulting they assume 
n totally different form, becoming short, thick, and nearly footless, and in 
June become pupro, contained in a cocoon, appearing as perfect insects in about 
four weeks. Brauer draws a comparison between the habits of the larvro of 
Mantkpa and the so-called hypermetamorphosis of those of Sitarts, Meloej 
Cecidomyia destructor^ &c. 
Osmylidce. 
According to MTjACHLan (Entomol. Monthly Mag. vi. p. 26) the genus 
Farmu, Walker, =/^/iowc, Newm. Osmylus 2 JunctipefimSj Walker, should 
form the typo of another genus. Chrysopa pubicosta, Walker, should be 
referred to Osmylus as an aberrant form. 
Climacia, g. n., M^Lach. l.c. p. 21. Allied to Stsyra-, the subcostal area 
with one transverse basal veinlet ; the series of gradate veinlets well defined. 
Type Micromus areolaris, Hagen (wing figured). 
hilar hornei, sp. n., M‘Lach. Ent. Monthly Mag. vi. p. 240 (apex of abdomen 
figured), N.W. India. 
Hemerobiidee. 
According to MTjAgiilan (Ent. Monthly Mag. vi. p. 27), Ileiiwohius 
setosulus, Walker, is a Megalomus ; H. tasmania:. Walker, is a Micromus. 
Packard (Guide, pp. 611, 612) describes and figures the larva of Hemero- 
hius occidentalism Fitch. 
Neuronema, g. n., M'Lach. 1 . c. p. 27. Allied to Megalomus j 13 sectors in 
anterior wing, of which six are emitted by the radius, and seven from a sector 
running parallel to the radius. Type Hemerohius dccisus, Walk. 
Drepanopteryx berothoides, sp. n,, MT^ach. 1. c. p. 22, Australia. 
IIc7ncrobius perparvus, sp. n., M'Lach. l.c. p. 22, Texas. 
Chrysopidee. 
M'Lachlan (Entomol. Monthly Mag. vi. p. 26) notes that Chrysopa 
mosambica, Walker, is a Nothochrysa, ands=W. variegata, Burm. (=also C. 
rufostigma, M‘Lach.). 
Wormald (Entomol. Monthly Mag. v. p. 261) records the occurrence of 
Chrysopa tenclln, Schnd., in England. 
M‘Lachlan (Ent. M. Mag. vi.) describes the following new species : — 
Chrysopa cxul^ 1. c. p. 23, St. Helena ; C. punctmervis, 1. c. p. 24, Texas j C. 
7iigra, ibid., Cape-Verde Islands ; Nothochrysa evancscens, 1. c. p. 26, Sarawak ; 
N. ferruginca, I, c. p. 26, Sarawak. 
Clvrysopa vv’idmervis, sp. n., Jakowleff, Hor. Soc. Ent. Ross. vi. p. 126, 
Volga district. 
