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new Neotropid genus, fig., 24. — Weynier, G. Some new Neotropidae, 

 I pi., 24. 



HYMENOPTEKA.— Aiiglas, J. Preliminary note on the internal 

 metamorphoses of the wasp and the bee ; lyocytosis, 13, Jan. 27. — 

 Anon. Bees and the knowledge of the weather, 84, Feb. i. — von 

 Buttel-Reepen, H. Are bees "reflex machines?" E.xperimental con- 

 tributions to the biology of the honey bee, Biologisches Centralblatt, Er- 

 langen, Feb. 15. 1900. — Cockerell, T. D. A. A new oak-gall from New 

 Mexico,* 4. Also* see Hemiptera. — Delfln, F. T. See Coleoptera. — 

 Forel, A. Hymenoptera, vol. iii, pp. 137-160 [Formicidae],* 15. — Id. 

 Ants collected by Her Royal Highness Princess Therese of Bavaria on a 

 journey in South America, figs., 24.— Hanilyn-Harris, K. Partheno- 

 genesis and the part it plays in the development of the honey bee, 125, 

 Jan. II, 18 — Janet, C. Anatomy of the thorax of Myrtnica rubra queen, 

 figs., I pl.,Memoires Society Zoologique de France, 1898. — Id. Tegumen- 

 tary glandular system of Myrmica rubra ; various observations on ants, 

 figs., Paris, G. Carr^ et C. Naud Editeurs, 1898, Svo. 30 pp. — Id Sting of 

 Myrmica rubra; apparatus for closing the venom gland, figs., 3 pis. 

 Paris, G. Carr^ et C. Naud, editeurs, 1898. Svo. 27 pp. — Konow, F. 

 W. Analytical tables to identify the hitherto described larvae of the Hy- 

 menopterous suborder Chalastogastra, 92, July i. — Krieger, K. On 

 some Ichneumonid genera related to Pimpla* Sitzungsberichte der 

 naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Leipzig '97-'98. July 14, '99 ; rec'd. 

 Mar. 8, 1900.— Knlag"in, N. The influence of temperature on the eggs, 

 larvae and pupae of bees, 92, July i.— Ludwig, F. Ants in the service 

 of plant distribution, 92, Feb. i.— M., D M. A battle royal [of queen 

 bees], 125, March i.— Oudenians, J. T. See Coleoptera— -Petri, L. 

 See Diptera. — Plawina, O. The revenge of a wasp, 84, Jan. 25. — 

 Kiidow., Some buildings of the Hymenoptera, 84, Feb. 8.--Riib- 

 saamcn, E. H. See Diptera.— Smith, J. B. The life of a digger bee, 

 figs.. Popular Science, New York, March, 1900.— Terre, L. On muscular 

 histolysis of the Hymenoptera, 13, Jan. 27.— Id. On the histolysis of the 

 adipose body in the bee, 13, Feb. 17.— Wassmann, E. See Neurop- 

 tera. 



We have received a specimen of Catocala mnubens var. scintillans 

 from Coban, Guatemala. This gives quite a range to this species. — 

 Henry Skinner. 



Mr. R. J. Weith, of Elkhart, Indiana, has sent a specimen of Tabanus 

 americamis and also the imago and pupa case of what we take to be 

 the common house-moth. The larvae of the moth fed on the Tabanus 

 and the imago emerged from it. We have also had museum specimens- 

 of Lepodoptera injured by the larvae of this moth and do not believe such' 

 injury is uncommon. Mr. Weith has not observed such injury before in^ 

 an experience of many years as a collector and would like any informa- 

 tion on the subject. — Eds. 



