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Hagen, H. A. The Tarsal and Antennal Characters of Psocidce. Ent. 
M. M. xix. pp. 12 & 13, and Psyche, iv. p. 52. 
In Atropina, the young have only two- jointed tarsi, whereas in the 
adults they are three-jointed. So long as the larvae have two-jointed 
tarsi, the antennae have also fewer joints. Some genera ( Catcilius , &c.), 
commonly considered to have only two joints, possoss a small aborted 
third joint, as occurs in many Coleoptera. 
. Beitrage zur Monographie der Psociden. Famille Atropina. 
S. E. Z. xliv. pp. 285-322. (The figures were published in S. E. Z. 
xliii. pi. ii. ; cf. Zool. Rec. xix. Ins. p. 261.) 
An elaborate monograph of the Atropina. The author admits the 
following genera, viz. : — Atropos (A. divinatoria , &c.), Tropusia (g. n. 
for A. oleagina , Hag.), Clothilla (for C. pulsatoria , Ac.), Lepi [dd\ notus (for 
L. inquilina , Heyden, &c.), Hyperetes (for II. gueslfalicus , Kolbe, &c.), 
Sphceropsocus ( S . Jcuenowi, Hag.), and Psoquilla (P. margine-punctata , 
Hag.). The paper concludes with an analytical table of genera, and 
a lengthy historical and bibliographical dissertation on the “ Death 
Watch” (“die Todtenuhr”), in which the question as to whether an 
audible sound may really be produced by these minute and soft Atropina, 
as by. Anobium , is discussed. Interesting details on the geographical 
distribution of many of these insects are giveu. A condition of Clo- 
thilla pulsatoria, in which the imago possesses ocelli, is described. Linnd’s 
Termes fatidicum is resuscitated, and referred to the genus Ilyperctes , 
but only from the original description. Clothilla picea , Mots., is trans- 
ferred to Lepi[do\ notus, the two genera being differentiated anew. 
Kolbe, H. J. Ueber das Genus Myopsocus und dessen Species. Ent. 
Nachr. ix. pp. .141-146. 
A discussion as to the affinities of the genus, with descriptions, partly 
reproduced, of 9 species, of which 1 is new. 
. Ueber die Racen des Psocus taprobanes i Hagen, in Ostindien. 
L. c. pp. 152-154. 
The species is divided into 3 “ races,” viz. : — taprobanes, Hagen (Cey- 
lon), cosmopterus, McLach. (Singapore and Malacca), and bengalensis , 
Kolbe (Bengal). 
— — . Ueber Mesopsocus aphidioides, Schrank, und Elipsocus laticeps, 
Kolbe. B. E. Z. xxvii. pp. 235-238. 
Maintains the distinctness of these, and enters into long and minute 
redescriptions. 
. Neue Beitrage zur Kenntniss der Psociden der Bernstein-Fauna. 
S. E. Z. xliv. pp. 186-191. 
Stated to be supplementary to Hagen’s paper [c/. Zool. Rec. xix. Ins. 
p. 261], on amber species, from materials in Kiihl’s collection. An 
enumeration of these fossils is given, and also speculative calculations 
as to the comparative frequency, or otherwise, of certain groups in the 
amber period. Elipsocus abnormis, Hag., is considered to be a Philotarsus. 
