150 



REPORT OF NATIONAL MUSEUM, 1901. 



ALLEN, J. A.— Continued. 



(p. 127), Myiobius assimilis (p. 144), OcMhceca 

 jessupi (p. 151), 0. olivacea (p. 152), Attila 

 parvirostris (p. 153), Attila rufipectus (p. 153), 

 Grallaria bangsi (p. 159), Myrmothertdasanctse- 

 martse (p. 160), and Hylophilus brunneus (p. 

 171). 

 ASHMEAD, William H. The Aculeate 

 Hymenoptera of the islands of St. Vin- 

 cent and Grenada, with additions to 

 the Parasitic Hymenoptera and a list of 

 the described Hymenoptera of the West 

 Indies. 



Trans. Eat. Soc. London, July, 1900, pp. 

 207-367. 

 Records the species of the Aculeate taken 

 on these islands by Mr. Herbert H. Smith, 

 gives additions to the Parasitica, and finishes 

 with a complete list of the Hymenoptera of 

 the West Indies. One hundred and three 

 new species are described and 1,291 West 

 Indian species are listed. 



Classification of the Ichneumon 



flies, or the superfamily Ichneumono- 

 idea. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxm, No. 1206, 

 Oct. 13, 1900, pp. 1-220. 

 This vast superfamily is divided by the 

 author into 6 families (Evaniidee, Agrioty- 

 pidse, Ichneumonidse, Alysiidee, Braconidse, 

 and Stephanidse), 28 subfamilies, 64 tribes, 

 and 1,146 genera, tables for all of which are 

 given. In his introduction he says that a 

 difference of opinion always has existed and, 

 in the nature of the case, always will exist, 

 as to what constitute sufficient characters for 

 the erection of genera and higher groups; in 

 consequence, he has recognized many genera 

 which are ignored by some authors. A high 

 tribute is paid to Dr. Arnold Forster's work 

 on these insects, upon which, he states, his 

 own work is almost entirely based, he having 

 restored most of Forster's genera and recog- 

 nized his so-called families as either subfami- 

 lies or tribes. A table of the author's super- 

 families in the Hymenoptera is reproduced 

 at the beginning of the work, and at the end 

 are tables for the separation of the 94 families 

 into which the order is divided. Eighty 

 genera are new. Lists, with references, are 

 given for the genera which are unknown to 

 the author, and for those which have been 

 incorrectly placed in the Ichneumonoidea. 

 A bibliography of genera, alphabetically ar- 

 ranged, is also included. 



Classification of the fossorial, pre- 



daceous, and parasitic wasps, or the 

 superfamily Vespoidea. ( Paper No. 3. ) 



Canadian Entomologist, xxxn, No. 10, Oct., 

 1900, pp. 295, 296. 

 Treats of the subfamily Ageniinse and gives 

 a table for separating the six genera placed 

 therein. 



ASHMEAD, William H. Description of 

 a new genus in the Aphelininae. 



Canadian Entomologist, xxxu, No. 11, 

 Nov., 1900, p. 349. 

 Describes Myiocnema comperei, new genus 

 and species, from Brisbane, Queensland, bred 

 from Lecanium olex Bernard. 



Some changes in generic names in 



the Hymenoptera. 



Canadian Entomologist.xxxn^o. 12, Dec, 

 1900, p. 368. 

 The author proposes new names for sixteen 

 genera whose original names are preoccupied 

 in other groups of zoology. 



Some hymenopterous parasites 



from dragon-fly eggs. 



Entomological News, xi, No. 10, Dec, 1900, 

 pp. 615-617. 

 Gives descriptions of five species, Hypertcles 

 polynemse, Tetrastich us polynemse, Brachisla 

 pallida, Centrobiaodonatse, and Polynema need- 

 hami, all bred from the eggs of species of Lestes, 

 by Prof. James G. Needham. 



Some new exotic parasitic Hymen- 

 optera. 



Entomological News, xi, No. 10, Dec, 1900, 

 pp. 623-630. 

 Seven new species are described from a col- 

 lection received for determination from the 

 Stiidtisches Museum fur Natur-, Volker- und 

 Handels-kunde at Bremen. Six of these 

 species are from the Chatham Islands, col- 

 lected by the director of the Bremen museum. 

 Dr. Hugo H. Schauinsland, and the assistant 

 entomologist, Prof. T. D. Alfken. Two new 

 genera of Braconidse are described, Schau- 

 inslandia and Doryctomorpha, and a table for 

 the separation of the subfamilies of the Aly- 

 siidse is included. 



[Hymenoptera parasitica.] 



Psyche, IX, No. 297, Jan., 1901, pp. 147,148. 



Included in " Some insects of the Hudsonian 



Zone in New Mexico.— II,'' by Prof. T. D. A. 



Cockerell. Eight species are listed, six of 



which are new. 



[Hymenoptera (part).] 



Psyche, IX, No. 300, Apr., 1901, pp. 185,186. 



Included in "Some insects of the Hudsonian 



Zone in New Mexico.— IV," by Prof. T, D. A. 



Cockerell. Six species are listed, two of 



which are new. 



Magrettina, a new genus in the 



family Mymosidse. 



Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., iv, No. 4, May 25, 

 1901, pp. 444, 445. 

 The fossorial wasp, Meria nocturna Mora- 

 witz, from Turkestan, is here made the type 

 of a new genus which is named in honor of 

 the Italian hymenopterologist, Dr. Paolo Ma- 

 gretti, of Milan. 



