CRABRONIDjE. 
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New Species : — 
Tacliytes crythrogastra and procera , id. Rend. Acc. Nap. xxi. p. 197, 
Sardinia ; T. capitalis , Radoszkovsky, J. Sci. Lisb. viii. p. 210, Angola. 
Liris brunneipes , Cresson, Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. ix. p. iii. Colorado, 
Nevada. 
Astata occidentalism Washington Territory, p. iii. nigro-pilosa, Colorado, 
Nevada, ccerulea, Nevada, p. iv. mexicana, Mexico, nevadica , Nevada, 
montana , Colorada, Nevada, p. v., elegans , Washington Territory, Van- 
couver's Island, Nevada, Colorado, bclla, San Diego, California, p. vi. ; 
id. 1. c. 
Bembicides. 
Bembex geneana, sp. n., Costa, Atti Acc. Nap. ix. (11) p. 34, Sardinia. 
Nyssonides, 
Cresson, E. T. Descriptions of Species belonging to tho Genus Nysson 
inhabiting North America. Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. ix. pp. 273-284. 
Tho known species redescribcd are Paranysson armatus and texanus , 
Cress , Nysson aurinotns and quinquespinosus , Say, aqualis, Patt., opu- 
lent us, Gerst., and lateralis , Pack., the rest are new. 
Iloplisus bicinctus , Rossi. Amended description ; Bignell, Ent. xv. 
p. 287 ; cf. also Ent. M. M. xix. p. 163. 
Hyponysson , g. n., Cresson, l. c. p. 273. Subgenus of Nysson with only 
two submarginal cells; type, U. bicolor , sp. n., 1. c. p. 284, Washington 
Territory. 
New species : — 
Paranysson fuscipes , Washington Territory, Oregon, and mexicanus , 
Mexico, id. 1. c. pp. 274 & 275. 
Nysson plagiatus (= aurinotus. Pack., nee Say), Illinois, Nebraska, 
Washington Territory, p. 276, comp actus, Washington Territory, albo- 
marginatus , Nevada, p. 278, aztecus , Mexico, mellipes, Colorado, Dakota, 
Montana, p. 279, zapotecus , Mexico, mcestus , Washington Territory, 
bellus , Montana, Texas, p. 280, basilaris , Georgia, tristis , Washington 
Territory, p. 281, fidelis , Montana, Colorado, rusticus , Washington Ter- 
ritory, p. 282, rujiventris , Montana, Colorado, pumilus , Nevada, p. 283, 
Z. c. 
Larra quebecensis , Provancher, Nat. Canad. xiii. p. 50, Canada. 
Mellinus abdominalis , Cresson, Z. c. p. xxxix., Montana. 
Lestiphorus africanus , Radoszkovsky, J. Sci. Lisb. viii. p. 207, Angola. 
Stizus niger , id. Z. c. p. 208, Angola. 
Grabronides . 
Crabro fossorius dragging an Asilus into its hole ; Waga, Le Nat. ii. 
p. 46. G T . gonager , $ noticed ; Perkins, Ent. M. M. xix. p. 100. 
Cerceris. Supposed new species from Sicily described ; Magretti, Nat. 
Sicil. i. p. 160. 
