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Dr. Ashmead then presented his " Remarks on Philippine 

 Hymenoptera." He named some of the collectors who have 

 sent Philippine insects to the National Museum, mentioning in 

 particular Father W. A. Stanton, who has lately sent in 

 especially valuable material in the Hymenoptera. Dr. Ashmead 

 mentioned some of the works which contain descriptions of 

 Philippine Hvmenoptera. These are very scattered, and the 

 occurrence in the Philippines of species found in India and 

 southeastern Asia, as well as from islands of the Malay Archi 

 pelago, makes the work of naming Philippine insects very 

 laborious and difficult. To obviate this he has in preparation a 

 list of Philippine Hymenoptera.* Dr. Ashmead then exhibited 

 two boxes of Hymenoptera from the Philippines, and called 

 attention to a number of species of peculiar interest. He has 

 found very few new species in the Aculeata, but among the 

 Parasitica there are a large number. For instance, in the 

 Proctotrypidae there were formerly no species known from the 

 Philippines, but he has found one species among some material 

 recently received by the National Museum. In addition to the 

 Stanton collections, a number oi valuable specimens have been 

 received from Miss Clara S. Ludlow. 



Dr. Howard asked Dr. Ashmead if any of the Chalcid-fiies 

 received from the Philippines belong to cosmopolitan species. 

 Dr. Ashmead replied that none of them do, but this is probably 

 because none of the species sent him have been reared from 

 Coccidse. The parasites of Coccidae, as is well known, are 

 largely cosmopolitan. Mr. Caudell asked Dr. Ashmead if any 

 Hymenoptera are listed in Casto de Elera's catalogue of Philip 

 pine insects. Dr. Ashmead replied that there are, but that some 

 of the records are inaccurate. Dr. Gill stated that this catalogue 

 is very poor, since in many cases it is not a record of species 

 actually found in the Philippines, but a list of species which, in 

 the author's opinion, should or might be found there, and also 

 those of the museum under the author's care. 



Dr. Howard asked Dr. Gill whether the fauna shows that 

 there is more than one life-zone in the Philippines. Dr. Gill 



* Subsequently published in Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc., xn, No. i, pp. 1-22, 

 March, 1904. 



