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ASHMEAD, William H. Ceropales ver- 

 sus Agenioxemis. 



Ent. News, xiii, Dec, 1902, p. 318. 

 Refutes Mr. Verick's views that Agenioxemis 

 Ashmead is synonymous with Ceropales 

 Latreille. 



• Classification of the fossorial, pre- 



daceous, and parasitic wasps, or the 

 superfamily Vespoidea. (Paper No. 

 11.) 



Canadian Entomologist, xxxv, Jan., 1903, 

 pp. 3-8. 

 Treats of the families Sapygidse, Myzini- 

 dse, and Scoliidse. Four genera are tabu- 

 lated in the Sapygidse and ten genera in the 

 Myzinidse. The Scoliidse are divided into 

 two subfamilies, the Scoliinse and the Elidi- 

 nse. Eight genera are tabulated, one, Tet- 

 rascolia, being new. 



Classification of the pointed-tailed 



wasp, or the superfamily Proctotypoi- 

 dea (I). 



Journ. Ke^v York Ent. Sac, x, Dec, 1902. 



(Published Jan., 1903), pp. 240-247. 



Mr. Ashmead divides the superfamily into 



eight families and tabulates the genera of 



the Pelecinidse, Heloridse, and Belytidse. 



Twenty-eiglit genera are characterized. 



-Classification of the fossorial, pre- 



daceous and parasitic wasps, or the 

 superfamily Vespoidea. (Paper No. 

 12.) 



Canadian Entomologist, xxxv, Feb., 1903, 

 pp. 39-44. 

 Treats of the families Tiphiidse, Cosilidse, 

 and Rhopalosomidse. In the Tiphiidse five 

 genera are tabulated; in the Cosilidpe nine 

 genera are recognized, one, Isotiphia, being 

 described as new. Only a single genus is 

 known in the Rhopalosomidse. 



Classification of the gall-wasps and 



the parasitic Cynipoidea. (I.) 

 Psyche, x, 1903, Jan.-Feb., pp. 7-13. 

 Mr. Ashmead separates this superfamily 

 into two families, the Figitidse and the Cyni- 

 pidse. The first is then divided into six sub- 

 families: (1) Figitinse, (2) OnychiinEe, (3) 

 Anacharinse, (4) Liopterinse, (5) Eucoilinse, 

 and (G) Xystinte. Tables for recognizing the 

 genera of the first three subfamilies are given, 

 in which 23 genera are tabulated, one genus, 

 Kiefferia, being new. 



[Review of] Species des Hymen- 



opteres d' Europe et d'Algerie Les Mu- 

 tillides. Par Ernest Andr6. 



Canadian Entomologist, xxxv, Feb., 1903, 

 pp. 49-50. 

 Mr. Ashmead notices and reviews this work. 



ASHMEAD, William H. [Review of] 



Monographie des Cynipides d' Europe 



et d'Algerie. Par 1' Abbe J. J. Kieffer. 



Psyche, x, Feb., 1903, pp. 43^6. 



This represents a review of this work by 



Mr. Ashmead. 



Classification of the pointed-tailed 



wasps, or the superfamily Proctotry 

 poidea. (11.) 



Joiirn. N. Y. Ent. Soc, xi, Mar., 1903, pp. 

 28-35. 

 Treats of the families Diapriidse and Cer- 

 aphronidse. Two subfamilies, Spilosmicrinse 

 and Diapriinse, are recognized in the Diaprii- 

 dse, and 31 genera are tabulated. The Cera- 

 phronidfe are also divided into two subfam- 

 ilies, the Megaspilinse and the Ceraphroninse, 

 13 genera being tabulated. 



Classification of the fossorial, pre- 



daceous, and parasitic wasps, or the 

 superfamily Vespoidea. (Paper No. 

 13.) 



Canadian Entomologist, xxxv, Apr., 1903, 

 pp. 93-107. 

 Treats of the family Thynnidse, which is 

 divided into three subfamilies: (1) Thyn- 

 nidae; (2) Methocinse, and (3) Rhagigasterinee. 

 A table of the genera of the Thynninje is 

 given in which 28 genera are characterized, 

 12 being new, namely, Thynnidea, Zaspilotfiyn- 

 nus, Pseudaclurus, Guerinius, Cephnlothijnnns, 

 Hemithymms, Aeolothynnus, Pseuddrphoptera, 

 Pycnothynnus, Klugianus, Psammothynnus, 

 and Spilothynnus. 



Classification of the gall-wasps and 



the parasitic Cynipoids, or the super- 

 family Cynipoidea. II. 



Psyche, vol. x, Apr., 1903, pp. 69-73. 

 Treats of the subfamilies Liopterinfe and 

 Encoilinse. In tlie former 3 genera are tabu- 

 lated, in the latter 64 genera. Nine genera, 

 namely, Zamischus, Tropideucoela, Promio- 

 moera, Odonteucoila, Trissodontaspis, Dicuroela, 

 Zaeucoela, Pseudeucoila, and Tetraplasta, are 

 described as new. 



A new Oryssid from Chatham Is- 



lands, Bismarck Archipelago. 

 Psyche, vol. x, Apr., 1903, p. 73. 

 Describes Ophrynopus schatmiuslandi, new 

 species. 



Description of a new Apanteles. 



Tech. Bull. New Hampshire Agric. Exp. Sta., 

 No. 6, 1903, p. 229. 

 Describes Apanteles clisiocam,pa\ new sp. 



A new genus in the Vespidfe. 



Ent. News, xiv, June, 1903, p, 182. 

 This new genus is proposed for Vrspn dory- 

 loides Saussure, collected by Dr. W. L. Abbott 

 in Trong, Lower Siam. 



