208 Ins, 
NEDROPTERA. 
ventral spongy branchiae ; the eggs number about 3,000, in masses on 
trees overhanging water, &c. ; the larvae undergo about six moults, their 
motion is backward. In Chauliodes^ the eggs have a longer peduncle and 
are not enveloped in gelatinous matter ; the skin of the larvae is smooth 
(rough in Coryclalus), the last pair of spiracles is on the tips of a pair of 
contractile filaments. 
Myrmeleonidce, 
Bbischke, C. Ueber das Eierlagen von Myrmeleon. Ent. Nachr. v. 
pp. 29 & 30. 
Myrmeleon formicalynx^ auctt. {formicarius^ L.), after having been 
pinned for some time, deposited five small white eggs, of an oval shape, 
and agglutinated together ; after several days the larvae escaped through 
a round hole. In a second instance also, only five eggs were laid. 
Taschenberg, E. Die Arten der Gattung Myrmecoleon, Br., and Asca- 
laphuSy der zoolog. Museums der Uuiversitat Halle. Z. ges. Naturw. 
(3) iv. pp. 174-231 (pp. 216-231 concern Ascalaphidce). 
Consists of somewhat detailed descriptions of such of Burmeister’s 
types as exist in the Museum (including species named in MS. by Klug), 
and of a certain number of other species, mostly described without 
specific names. The author does not show that he is acquainted with the 
literature of the subject outside the few works cited. The only supposed 
new species to which a name is given is Acanthaclisis puntifera (sic), p. 191, 
Eliva Jononga (W. Africa). 
Ascalajphidoe. 
Taschenberg, E. [Vide Myrmeleonidce^ supra.] 
Commences with a table of genera according to Brauer in 1868 [the 
author does not appear to have been aware of the Recorder’s Memoir of 
1871, cf. Zool. Rec. viii. pp. 401-403]. 2 species are described and 
named as new, viz. : — Ilaploglenius macuUpennis^ p. 218, and argyro- 
pterus, p. 225, both from Eliva Jonango (W. Africa). 
Osmylidce, 
Psectra diptera at Strasburg ; McLachlan, Ent. M. M. xvi. p. 94. 
Pseudo-Neuroptera. 
Thysanura. 
Parona, C. ,Saggio di un Catalogo delle Poduridi Italiani. Atti Soc. 
Ital. xxi. pp. 559-611. 
A descriptive catalogue worthy of being styled a monograph, com- 
mencing with generalities, a discussion of affinities, classification 
according to the views of various authors, and especially of Lubbock 
(whose system is mainly adopted), and an extensive bibliography. No 
new species are described, but details for 40 Italian species are given, 
with full synonymy. Following Lubbock’s system, these are distributed 
