78 Annals Entomological Society of America [Vol. V, 
J. A. Nelson. Note on an abnormal queen-bee. Illustrated. 
This queen was originally sent from Grand Bay, B. W. I. 
When received she was alive and quite active. It was planned 
to introduce her into a hive to test her fertility, but she died by 
accident before this was done. The dead queen appeared 
normal in structure with the exception of the abdomen, which 
was ovoid in shape, instead of conical as in the normal queen; it 
was also flexed strongly ventrad at the apex, which had conse- 
quently a blunt appearance, like that of the abdomen of the 
drone. The sternites of the 5th and 6th abdominal segments 
were unusually broad and somewhat asymetrical, as was also 
the sternite of the 4th segment. The sternite of the 7th segment 
was the most modified of all, being greatly shortened in the 
longitudinal axis, and almost concealed by the sternite of the 
preceding segment. The notch on its posterior border was 
abnormally broad and deep. The sting had a slight kink 
midway of its length. 
The internal organs were apparently normal with the excep- 
tion of the genital organs. The left ovary and oviduct were 
entirely wanting. The right oviduct and ovary were present, 
but the latter appeared to possess only a single egg tube. The 
spermatotheca was empty. The bursa copulatrix was also 
shortened in the longitudinal axis so that the external openings 
of the spermatotheca and the poison glands were brought close 
together. No characters suggestive of hermaphroditism were 
found. The cause of the abnormalities is unknown. 
J. Chester Bradley. The designation of the venation of the 
hymenopterous wing. Mlustrated. In the higher Hymenoptera, 
owing to certain remarkable conditions that prevail, the full 
application of the Comstock-Needham system of venation 
becomes a very complex matter. This is especially true in the 
case of the hind wings. By certain simple abbreviations this 
complexity is avoided, and the system becomes quite con- 
veniently usable for taxonomic purposes. 
Ann H. Morgan. Homologies in the wing-veins of May-flies. 
Illustrated. (To be printed in the ANNALS). 
A. D. MacGillivray. The pupal wings of Hepialus thule. 
Illustrated. (To be printed in the ANNALS). 
J. Chester Bradley. The wing venation of Chalcid flies. 
Illustrated. The hymenopterous family Chalcidide present a 
uniform excessive reduction in the number of their wing veins 
