JOURNAL 



JOpiD JQopfe 6!ntoraoIogiral Horiplg. 



\^ol. XII. MARCH, 1904. No. 1 



Class I, HEXAPODA. 



Order I, HYMENOPTERA. 



A LIST OF THE HYMENOPTERA OF THE PHILIP- 

 PINE ISLANDS, \A^ITH DESCRIPTIONS 

 OF NKW SPECIES. 



By William H. Ashmead, M.A., D.Sc, 

 Washington, D. C. 



Considering the extent of the Philippine Islands, extending as they 

 do over 1,200 miles of territory, our knowledge of the Hymenopter- 

 ous fauna is singularly meager. More attention should be given to 

 collecting these important insects. Since the islands came into the 

 possession of the United States much material has been sent to the 

 National Museum, and vv^ith the hope that more attention will be given 

 to the collecting and study of this order in the Philippines, I give be- 

 low a list of the known species, and describe most of the new species 

 now in our collection. 



The vast majority of the material, upon which this contribution is 

 based, was received from Dr. P. L. Stangl, U. S. Army, and Father 

 W. A. Stanton, of Manila. 



Father Stanton's contributions to the National Museum, not only 

 in this but in other orders, are especially valuable, and he has been 

 eminently successful in discovering many new species in genera not 

 before recorded from the Philippines. 



I have arranged the list in systematic order, according to my 

 scheme of classification, and have enumerated all families, whether 



