208 [Soptember, 



BALEARIC INSECTS.— HYMENOPTEB A ACULEATA 

 Collected in Majorca and Minorca (March and April, 1900) by E. B. 



POFLTON, OlDFIELD ThOMAS, AND E. I. POCOCK, WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW 



SPECIES. 



BY EDWARD SAUXDERS, F.L.S., &c. 



Catuponottis Sicheli, Mayr, $ , 2, Monte Sentuiri, near Pollensa, Majorca, 

 April 2nd. 



Lasius niqer, Linn., ^ , 2, Pollensa, April 1st and 2nd. 



AphcE)io(i aster harhara, Linn., ^ , 11, Palma, Majorca, March 24th. testa- 



ceopilosa, Linn., $ , 9, Palma, Majorca, March 24th. 



MutiUn quinquemaculata, Cyr., ? , 1, near Mahon, Minorca, April 6th. 



Elis oiliata. Fab., ,^ , 26, 9 i 1- This species was excessively abundant in the 

 e;rounds of Castle Bellver, Palma, Majorca, March 25th, 26th, and 30th. It was in 

 this locality that the only female out of 39 individuals captured was secured (March 

 25th). Specimens were also obtained fi-om the summit of the Puig de Maria, 

 Pollensa, April 2nd, and from the suinmit of the Talayot of Trepueo, near Mahon, 

 Minorca. The species was tlius never seen except on hills and mounds. The 

 insects flew close to the ground, continually alighting on the earth and stones, E. B. 

 P. ; 3 <? , 1 ? , not localised, Thomas and Pocock, 1900. 



Pompilus niafiru.i, L., ? , 5 (wings very dark), Castle Bellver, March 26th and 

 30th ; below Castle del Rey, Pollensa, April 3rd ; Monte Sentuiri, Pollensa, April 

 2nd. 



AmmopMla hirsuta, Scop., 9,9, Palma, March 24th; Bellver, March 25th, 

 26th, and 30th ; Miramar, March 27th (Hernandez). 



Pelopaus spirifex, L., J ? , Minorca. 



Odijnerus pnrietum, L., (? , 2, Pollensa, Monte Sentuiri, and Puig de Maria, 

 April 2nd ; i? , 2, Minorca, near Talayot of Trepueo, near Mahon, April 6th ; <? , 

 Inca, Majorca, and San Cristobal, Minorca, March and April, 1900, Thomas and 



Pocock. sp. ?, (^,2. I should not like to name this for certain without seeing 



both sexes. Minorca, N. of Port Mahon, April 7th. 



Polistes (jallica, L., $, 5, Minorca, near Talayot of Trepueo, April 6th. 



? , 8, Majorca, Palma, Porto Pi, March 24th ; Castle Bellver, March 25th and 

 30th ; Miramar to Valldemosa, March 27th ; Pollensa, April 2nd and 3rd (very 

 abundant) ; Albufera and Inca, Majorca, March and April, Thomas and Pocock. 



Prosopis, sp. ?, 3 , closely allied to Masoni, Saund., but on a single example I 

 cannot detei-mine it for certain. Pollensa, Monte Sentuiri, April 2nd. 



SpTiecodes ftiscipennis, Germ. (var. with red legs), 3 <? , 3 9, Pollensa, base of 

 Monte Sentuiri, April 2nd (on flowers) ; Castle Bellver, March 25th and 30th. 

 ^ and 2 ? , not localised Thomas, and Pocock, 1900. 



JTaHctus scahiosfp, Rossi, ? , 6, Castle Bellver, March 25tli and 30th ; Miramar, 

 March 27th (on flowers) ; ? , Inca, Majorca, March, and 1 ? not localised, 



Thomas and Pocock, 1900. ma/achurtix, K., 9 , 1, Pollensa, Puig de Maria, 



April 2nd. villosulus, K., 9 , 3, Castle Bellver, March 30th ; Pollensa, Monte 



Sentuiri, April 2nd. sp. ?, 9 , 6, Castle Bellver, March 25th, 26th, and 30th ; 



Pollensa, April 3rd. cephalietis, Mor., 9 , 1, Pollensa, Puig de Maria, April 2nd. 



