398 Bibliographical Notices. mediocres, usque ad 10"™ pauUatim curtantes ; clava conica, acumi-nata, articulo 10° multo longior : thorax ovatus : pro thorax trans-versus, brevissimus : mesothoracis scutum longitudine latius ; para-psidum suturae vix conspicuae ; scutellum brevi-obconicum : metatho-rax mediocris, obconicus, declivis ; petiolus brevissimus : abdomen longiovatum, cupreum, nitens, laeve, supra planum, subtus vix cari-natum, apice acuminatum, thorace pauUo longius vix latius ; seg-menta subsequalia : pedes fulvi, simplices, subaequales ; coxae nigrse ; mesotarsi et metatarsi flavi, apice fusci : alse lirapidae ; squamulee fulvae ; nervi fulvi ; nervus humeralis ulnari multo longior, radialis ulnari vix brevior cubitali multo longior ; stigma minutum. (Corp. long. lin. IJ; alar. lin. 3.) 16. Pteromalus Eurypon, fem. Ater, abdomen cupreum, antenna picecB, pedes fulvi, tarsi fiavi, alee limpidce. Corpus convexum, atrum, parum nitens, scitissime squameum, pilis albis hirtum : caput transversum, breve, magnum, thorace multo la-tius ; vertex latus ; frons impressa, abrupte decHvis : oculi rufi, me-diocres, non extantes : antennae piceae, subclavatae, thorace longiores ; articulus l"^fulvus, longus, gracilis ; 2"^ cyathiformis ; 3"' et 4"* mi-nimi ; 5"* et sequentes mediocres, usque ad lO"'" pauUatim curtantes ; clava longiconica, acuminata, articulo 10° duplo longior : thorax ovatus : prothorax transversus, brevissimus : mesothoracis scutum longitudine latius ; parapsidum suturae vix conspicuae ; scutellum brevi-obconicum : metathorax mediocris, obconicus, declivis : pe-tiolus brevis : abdomen longiovatum, nitens, laeve, cupreum, viridi et seneo-varium, supra depressum, subtus carinatum, apice acuminatum, thorace paullo longius et angustius : pedes fulvi, simplices, sub-aequales : coxae nigrae ; mesotarsi et metatarsi flavi, apice obscuriores : alae limpidae ; squamulae piceae ; nervi fulvi ; nervus humeralis ulnari multo longior, radialis ulnari paullo brevior cubitali longior ; stigma minutum. (Corp. long. lin. \\\ alar. lin. 2.) [To be continued.] BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTICES. Flore de VAlg^rie, ou Catalogue des Plant es indigenes du Royaume d' Alger. Par G. Munby ; Paris, 1847. Pp. 120. Six plates. This account of the plants of French Africa is the work of a well-known English botanist who has settled in Algeria. It is a valuable contribution towards our knowledge of the flowering plants of the great Mediterranean province. Our acquaintance with the Algerine flora has hitherto been derived mainly from the admirable 'Flora Atlan-tica ' of Desfontaines, pubHshed in 1798. During 1842 and 1843 the botany of Algeria w^as explored by the Members of the Scientific Commission, under the late M. Bory St. Vincent, sent by the French Government. The botanical researches were conducted chiefly by M. Durieu, and have not as yet been published. Mr. Munby has
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