PROCTOTRYPIDiE. 
Ins. 147 
Proctotrypioe. 
Platygaster sp. noticed as destructive to canker-worms ; Riley, Rep. 
U. S. Ent. Comm. iii. p. 176. P. sp. destructive to Cecidomyia salicis - 
batatas, noticed and figured ; Kellicott, Bull. Buff. Nat. Field Club, 
March, 1883 ( cf Psyche, iv. p. 79). P. error, Fitch (?), parasitic on 
Hessian Fly, redescribed and figured ; Packard, Rep. U. S. Ent. Comm, 
iii. pp. 219 & 220, fig. 9. 
Microdes carinoides, Cress., parasitic on Eccopsis malana , Fern., redc- 
scribed; Thomas, Rep. Ins. Illin. xi. p. 18. 
Parasierola, g. n., Cameron, Tr. E. Soc. 1883, p. 197. Allied to Sierola , 
but with radial cellule open. Type, P. testaccicornis , sp. n., ibid., Brazil. 
Acropiesta (P) nigriceps, sp. n., id. 1. c. p. 195, Gloucester. 
Cynipidce. 
Beyerinck, M. W. Beobachtungen fiber die ersten Eutwicklungsphasen 
einiger Cynipidengallen. Verh. Ak. Amst. xxii. pp. iv. & 198, pis. vi. 
(abstract, Schlechtendal, Z. Naturw. lvi. pp. 97-102). 
An exhaustive work, containing the author’s observations on 7 different 
species of galls. 
Muller, G. F. Contribution to the Knowledge of Parasitic Life in 
Galls. Translated by B. P. Mann from Ent. Tidskr. iii. pp. 182-186. 
Psyche, iv. pp. 89-91. [Cf. Zool. Rec. xix. Ins. p. 123.] 
Paszlavszky, J. Beitrage zur Biologie der Cynipiden. Wien. ent. Z’. ii. 
pp. 129-132 & 171-174. 
The Cynipidce, being greatly exposed to the attacks of parasites, require 
a considerable amount of protection. The agamous forms are sluggish 
in their habits ; protective resemblance is common among them, and they 
frequently simulate death. Many Cynipidce have a strong odour, gene- 
rally, but not always, resembling that of Cimex. The sexual forms are 
extremely active. Habits, the influence of temperature, and hibernation, 
are also discussed. 
On the habits of the Cynipidce ; Beijerinck, Ent. Tijdskr. xxvi. 
pp. xiii.-xviii. 
Notes on oak-galls at Kew : Rolfe, Ent. xvi. pp. 29-32. 
List of Cynipidce of Hungary (68 species), with notes on habits, &c. ; 
Paszlavszky, Term, ffizetek, vi. pp. 152-161. 
Spathogaster verrucosus , Schlecht., recorded as new to Scotland ; 
Cameron, P. N. H. Soc. Glasg. v. p. 158. 
Cynips saltatorius, H. Edw. Jumping of galls noticed ; Riley, P. U. S. 
Nat. Mus. ii. pp. 634 & 635. 
JEgilips. Synopsis of British species; Cameron, Tr. E. Soc. 1883, 
p. 374. 
New genera and species : — 
Balna, Cameron, Biol. Centr. Am. Ilym. p. 73. Allied to Aspi[do~\ cera, 
Dalm. ; thorax smooth, scutellum not spined, and with only a single basal 
