90 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 



THE ENTOMOLOGY OF VANCOUVER ISLAND. 



JVotes on Eig/ity Species of Hymcitoptcra Collected near Victoria., 



Vancouver Island, in 1882. 



BY GEORGE W. TAYLOR, VICTORIA, B. C. 



(Continued from jiage 80.) 



Sphegidce. 



29. Sphex apicalis Harr. A^ery common on flowers, especially in July. 



30. II elegajis Smith. m it n 



31. Ammophila communis Cress. Also very common later in the year. 



32. It conditor Smith. it n 



Formicidcs. 

 We have seven or eight species of Formica, but only the three follow- 

 ing have been examined by Mr. B , and so I will insert no others in the 

 present list. They are all abundant. 



33. Formica herculatiea Linn. The winged form is to-day (May 12) flying 



in countless numbers in the sunshine. 



34. t Pennsylvanica De Geer. Very common. 



35. It fusca Linn. Very common. 



36. My r mica incompleta Prov. I have taken but one or two specimens 



of this insect. 



Chrysidce. 



37. Chrysis ccernlans Lepell. Only one specimen. 



38. Hedychrmn violaceum Lepell. Very abundant. 



Chalcidce and Cynipidce. 

 I have entirely neglected these families so far. 



Brac07iidce. 



39. Br aeon obliquus Prov. Two males in June. 



40. Macrocentrus mcllipes Prov. Rare, July. 



41. Phylax pacificiis Prov. Very common in the early spring. 



42. II niger Prov. n w 



43. Platysoma tibialis^ Prov. One specimen only in July. 



