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  FossoRES. 
  — 
  A 
  memoir 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Wesmael, 
  being 
  a 
  critical 
  revision 
  of 
  the 
  fossorial 
  

   Hymenoptera 
  of 
  Belgium, 
  appears 
  in 
  the 
  'Proceedings 
  of 
  the 
  Royal 
  Academy 
  of 
  

   Brussels,' 
  for 
  November, 
  1851, 
  and 
  April, 
  1852. 
  

  

  A 
  description 
  of 
  a 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  Sphex 
  by 
  Kollar 
  (Sph. 
  cairensis) 
  is 
  published 
  in 
  

   the 
  ' 
  Proceedings 
  ' 
  of 
  the 
  Vienna 
  Academy. 
  

  

  A 
  series 
  of 
  "Melanges 
  Entomologiques"has 
  been 
  published 
  by 
  M. 
  Leon 
  Dufour, 
  

   upon 
  the 
  sexes 
  of 
  Mutilla 
  arenaria, 
  upon 
  Macrocera 
  ruficollis, 
  upon 
  Eucera 
  grisea 
  and 
  

   upon 
  Eucera 
  uumida. 
  

  

  FoRMiciD^. 
  — 
  An 
  interesting 
  paper 
  by 
  Mr. 
  G. 
  Daniell, 
  on 
  the 
  habits 
  of 
  the 
  house- 
  

   ant 
  {Myrmica 
  domestica, 
  Shk.), 
  and 
  on 
  its 
  employment 
  for 
  preparing 
  small 
  skeletons 
  

   of 
  Vertebrata, 
  was 
  read 
  at 
  the 
  Linnean 
  Society 
  on 
  March 
  6, 
  1852, 
  and 
  is 
  published 
  in 
  

   the 
  'Annals 
  of 
  Natural 
  History 
  ' 
  for 
  December, 
  1852. 
  

  

  An 
  excellent 
  illustrated 
  memoir 
  by 
  Oswald 
  Heer, 
  on 
  the 
  house-ant 
  of 
  Madeira 
  

   (CEcophthora 
  pusilla, 
  H.), 
  appears 
  in 
  the 
  'Zurcherische 
  Jugend 
  ' 
  for 
  1852, 
  (54 
  Stuck). 
  

   The 
  author 
  describes 
  two 
  classes 
  of 
  workers. 
  The 
  larger, 
  or 
  soldiers, 
  with 
  large 
  heads, 
  

   agree 
  with 
  my 
  genus 
  Solenopsis 
  (Ann. 
  Nat. 
  Hist. 
  vi. 
  86), 
  except 
  in 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  

   joints 
  of 
  the 
  antenniE 
  and 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  mandibles. 
  The 
  males 
  are 
  remarkable 
  for 
  pos- 
  

   sessing 
  17-jointed 
  antennae. 
  

  

  M. 
  Guerin 
  Meneville 
  has 
  described 
  the 
  nest 
  of 
  a 
  species 
  of 
  ant 
  {Mynnica 
  Sallei) 
  

   found 
  in 
  St. 
  Domingo, 
  by 
  M. 
  Salle, 
  suspended 
  upon 
  trees, 
  and 
  formed 
  of 
  a 
  papyrace- 
  

   ous 
  substance, 
  like 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  nest 
  of 
  European 
  wasps. 
  Another 
  species 
  of 
  Myrmica 
  

   {M. 
  cariniceps) 
  was 
  also 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  nest. 
  (Rev. 
  Zool. 
  1852, 
  p. 
  73). 
  

  

  The 
  ' 
  Irish 
  Sunday-school 
  Magazine 
  ' 
  for 
  1851, 
  contains 
  an 
  excellent 
  summary 
  of 
  

   the 
  natural 
  history 
  of 
  ants, 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Haliday. 
  

  

  A 
  memoir 
  by 
  M. 
  Guyon, 
  "Sur 
  I'emploi 
  hemostatique 
  du 
  Nid 
  de 
  la 
  Fourmie 
  bi- 
  

   epineuse,'' 
  was 
  communicated 
  to 
  the 
  Academie 
  des 
  Sciences, 
  June 
  28, 
  1 
  852. 
  The 
  

   nest 
  of 
  Formica 
  fungosa, 
  formed 
  of 
  materials 
  collected 
  from 
  the 
  capsules 
  of 
  various 
  

   species 
  of 
  Bombax, 
  is 
  similarly 
  employed 
  in 
  Surinam. 
  

  

  VESPiDiE. 
  — 
  The 
  publication 
  of 
  an 
  important 
  monograph 
  on 
  the 
  solitary 
  species 
  of 
  

   wasps, 
  by 
  M. 
  De 
  Saussure, 
  has 
  been 
  commenced. 
  The 
  parts 
  already 
  published 
  con- 
  

   tain 
  the 
  following 
  genera: 
  — 
  1. 
  Raphiglossa, 
  Sautid., 
  3 
  sp. 
  2. 
  Stenoglossa, 
  1 
  sp. 
  

   (Rhaph. 
  Odyneroides, 
  Saund.) 
  3. 
  Gayella, 
  1 
  sp. 
  4. 
  Elimus, 
  1 
  sp. 
  5. 
  Zethus, 
  25 
  

   sp. 
  6. 
  Calligaster, 
  2 
  sp. 
  7. 
  Discoelius, 
  5 
  sp. 
  8, 
  Eumenes, 
  62 
  sp. 
  9. 
  Pachymenes, 
  

   5 
  sp. 
  10. 
  Synagris, 
  12 
  sp. 
  11. 
  Montezumia, 
  14 
  sp. 
  12. 
  Monobia, 
  6 
  sp. 
  13. 
  Mo- 
  

   nerebia, 
  2 
  sp. 
  14. 
  Rygchium, 
  27 
  sp. 
  15. 
  Odynerus, 
  90 
  sp. 
  The 
  plates 
  illustrating 
  

   this 
  work 
  are 
  excellent. 
  

  

  A 
  new 
  genus 
  of 
  Vespidae 
  (Ischnogaster) 
  connecting 
  Synagris 
  and 
  Eumenes, 
  contain- 
  

   ing 
  three 
  species, 
  from 
  Java 
  and 
  New 
  Grenada, 
  together 
  with 
  the 
  nest 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  

   species, 
  has 
  been 
  described 
  by 
  M. 
  De 
  Saussure, 
  (Ann. 
  Soc. 
  Ent. 
  Fr. 
  1852, 
  i.) 
  

  

  Some 
  interesting 
  notes 
  by 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  Smith, 
  on 
  the 
  economy 
  of 
  Vespa 
  Norvegicii 
  and 
  

   V. 
  rufa, 
  on 
  the 
  parasites 
  of 
  wasps' 
  nests 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  distinction 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  by 
  the 
  

   organs 
  of 
  generation 
  of 
  the 
  males, 
  appear 
  in 
  the 
  ' 
  Zoologist,' 
  3699. 
  

  

  A 
  number 
  of 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  Hymenopterous 
  insects, 
  chiefly 
  Vespidae 
  and 
  Apidae, 
  

   from 
  China 
  and 
  Northern 
  India, 
  have 
  been 
  described 
  by 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  Smith, 
  in 
  Trans. 
  Ent. 
  

   Soc. 
  Lond. 
  n. 
  s. 
  ii. 
  pp. 
  33, 
  45. 
  

  

  