252 Ins. 
NEQROPTERA. 
with which brasiliensis , Burm., nec Gray, is considered identical ; E. (0.) 
ruficapilla , Burm., p. 196; E. (0.) salvini, McLach., p. 198; E. (0.) 
mulleri , sp. n., p. 206, S. Brazil. Pp. 208-212 are occupied by a critical 
bibliography ; pp. 212-222, by an exhaustive consideration of the char¬ 
acters ; on p. 222 the different forms and stages are examined, and it is 
considered that w T inged females are only known with certainty for E. 
mauritanica , and that a wingless 5 is probably indicated for 0. michaeli ; 
on p. 223 the habits are noticed ; pp. 223-225 are occupied by distri¬ 
bution ; pp. 225-229 relate to systematic position and relation. The 
author is disposed to retain Olyntha (united by McLachlau w r ith Embia ) 
as a distinct genus. He maintains that the family is more nearly related 
to the Termitidce than to any other, but shows affinity to Psocina. He 
rejects any close relationship with Perlidce, especially on account of the 
condition of the ovaries, and dismisses in few w T ords Wood-Mason’s 
theory that the Embidce are true Orthoptera in a degraded form. 
Psocidj;. 
Kolbe, H. J. Ein Wort zur systematischen Stellung der Psociden. 
B. E. Z. xxix. p. 266. 
Concerns Brauer’s re-classification of insects, and maintains that on 
certain points the Psocidce are near to Poduridce, and therefore may form 
part of Brauer’s Order Apterygogenia. 
-. Die Borneo-Rasse des Psocus taprobanes , Hg. Ent. Nachr. xi. 
pp. 328-330. 
Concerns a form found by Grabowski in Borneo, for which the varietal 
name fiavistigma is proposed. 
Atropos divinatoria appearing in immense numbers in beds in a house 
in the State of New York ; it is suggested that they were, perhaps, intro 
duced in the straw with which the bed-ticks were stuffed : Liutner, 
Second Rep. Ins. N. York, pp. 198-203, woodcuts. 
Elipsocus cyanops, Rostock, in Scotland, and Ccecilius piceus , Kolbe, in 
England ; J. J. King, P. N. H. Soc. Glasg. (2) i. p. xix. 
New genera :— 
Cyrtopsochus , Costa, Ball. Ent. Ital. xvi. p. 243. Apterous, and allied 
to Hyperetes. Type, G. irroratus, sp. n., ibid., Sardinia. 
Xenopsocus , Kolbe, B. E. Z. xxix. p. 187. Ccecilince. Type, X. liageni, 
sp. u., t. c. p. 188, pi. iv. b, fig. 2, Madagascar. 
New species :— 
Thy lax madagascariensis, Kolbe, B. E. Z. xxix. p. 184, pi. iv.B, fig. 1, 
Madagascar. 
