1921.] e5 



Aculeate Ilymeuoptera in East Cheshire in 1920. — Among- Hymenopfera 

 captured here during the past season, the follovnug are perliaps of interest, the 

 district not being- a well worked one so far as this order is concerned: — Crahro 

 niyrita Lep. (2)j Sphecodes hycilinatus Schk. (not uncommon), llulictus 

 freyyesmeri Alfk. (abundant), H. riifitarsis Zett., Andrena anyustior Kirb., 

 A. fucata Sm. (abundiint), A. kq^ponica Zett. (abundant, gathering much pollen 

 from JRhododcndron as well as from the usual T'acciniwn), A. Jielvola L., 

 A. coitana Kirb. (abundant), A. tarsata Nyl., A. sidiopaca Nyl., Noinada 

 ohtusifvons Nyl. (common), N. lathhnriana Kirb. (common), and Bomhus 

 lappotiiciis F. I am indebted to the Rev. F. D. Morice for confirmation of 

 several of the above. — Ferris Neave, The Clough, Rainow, Macclesfield: 

 February Qth, 1921. 



Pairing of Bombus terrestris in New Zealand. — On November 15th 

 (equivalent to May loth in Britain) I observed two specimens of Bombus 

 terrestris flying together, apparently in copula. One was unquestionably a large 

 female, the other was considerably smaller and presumably the male. Having 

 no net with me I could not capture the insects, which speedily passed out of 

 sight, but I am satisfied that the facts are as stated. I had always understood 

 . that the females of Bombus were impregnated in the autumn, but have never 

 before seen the insects actually pairing. — G. V. Hudson, Ilillview, Karori, 

 Wellin-ton. New Zealand: December 20t/i, 1920. 



1. "Kafer aus deu Famime Tenebrionidae gesammelt auf der 



* HaMBXTRGER DEUTSCH-StJDWEST AFRIKANISCHEN StUDIENREISE 1911'." 



Abhandl. Auslandsk. Hamburg. Univ., Bd. 5, Reihe 0. Naturwiss.,Bd. 2, 1920. 

 By Hans Gebien. (2 Plates.) 



2. "Resultats df. l'Exp^d. Scient. Neerlandaise .\ la Nouvelle 

 GuiNEE," Vol. xiii. Zool. Livr. 3, 1920. Coleoptera. Fam. Tenebrionidae. 

 By Hans Gebien. (3 Plates.) 



Each of these works, as indicated by the titles, Is founded upon the 

 material collected by a scientific expedition, but with this has been combined 

 all other material available during the war, so that each forms a valuable 

 rejiional monograph of the Coleopterous family Tenebrionidae. Not only are 

 the new .species described, many of them being illustrated by detail-figures in 

 the text as well as by the plates, but the already known species from the 

 region under consideration are also listed, in many cases with the addition of 

 more precise descriptions, and their interrelations are given by means of a key^ 

 to the genus. In some cases these keys are limited to those species of the 

 genus inhabiting the region dealt with, but in others the key treats of the genus 

 iis a whole. The introductory sections examine the relation of the local fauna to 

 that of the wider areas involved and are full of valuable hints for the student 

 of the geographical distribution of the family. The Plates are from photo- 

 graphs of ]Sruseum specimens, usually under a low magnification, and, par- 

 ticularly in the second volume named, are remarkable for tlie clearness of 

 detail shown. — K. G. B. 



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