Miscellaneous. 503 



Species. Date when found General Remarks, 



carrying ova. 

 Porcellana longicomis. May 27, 1851. Ova small and of a bright 



orange-brown ; much more 

 developed in some specimens 

 than in others. 

 P. platycheles May 30, 1 850. The ova are larger than in Pi- 

 May 30, 1851. lumnus hirtellus, but of the 

 same bright orange colour. 

 Portunus variegatus ... July 23, 1850. 



P. arcuatus I believe in Janu- Ova red. I have a specimen in 



ary 1850. spawn I obtained from the 



oyster-dredgers, who do not 

 dredge beyond February, but 

 unfortunately I omitted to 

 make a note. 



P.puber Feb. 27,1851. Theova are ofan orange colour: 



caught in a lobster-pot. 

 Stenorhynchus phalan- Feb. 27, May 24, Ova of a dark orange colour. 

 gium. 1851. In the specimen of Feb. 27, 



and one of May 24, the ova 

 were very much developed, but 

 in a second of the latter date 

 very little developed. 



Geographical Distribution of Hymenoptera in Arctic North America. 

 By Adam White, F.L.S. 



" Otho Fabricius first, perhaps, recorded the names of any of the 

 Hymenoptera of Arctic North America. Doubtless Baffin, Frobisher, 

 and other manly navigators recognised humble bees and other bees 

 during their summer voyages, and may have, in print or in manuscript, 

 with sailor-like earnestness, made mention of every such occurrence in 

 their journals. It is delightful to read the notices of flowers and 

 verdure, in their accounts of the hurried spring, summer, and autumn 

 of a Greenland year, of five-sixths winter. Where flowers and verdure 

 abound, even for six weeks or a shorter time, there insects must be 

 found ; — there insects of the order Hymenoptera, the order to which 

 this notice is limited, must occur. Flowers and Hymenoptera must 

 be together. 



" Otho Fabricius records two species of Hymenoptera as being 

 brought by him from Greenland. His book, so admirable a model 

 of a local fauna as to be even now one of the standards of excellence, 

 was published in 1 780. The next considerable accession to our ac- 

 quaintance with the Hymenoptera of British America was made by 

 Redman, who collected in Nova Scotia many fine species now in the 

 British Museum. Some of these, such as Pelecinus, Sirices, Ichneu- 

 monidce, &c, were very prominent species, and are now being worked 

 out in the vast collections of the National Museum. 



" Sir John Richardson and his brave comrades collected many spe- 

 cies, which were lost during their disastrous journey. They still, 

 however, brought many insects to England, and in the ' Fauna 

 Boreali- Americana ' these insects are described by the venerable 

 Kirby. The species of Hymenoptera are very few ; there are only 

 thirty-two altogether, including those of Canada and Nova Scotia ; 



