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INSECTA^ HYMENOPTERA, 
him, B. opulentus, Gerst., ? =consohrinus, Dbm. ; B. tunstallanus, Drews. & 
^c\].., = harri^ellus,Woj., = ruderatus, F. ; B. distinfftmidus, Mor^w., is to be 
used iovfragrans, Kby., J)hm. ^=pratorum, F., nec L. ; B. sylvarum, Moraw., 
nec lj., = autumnaUs, Dbm., nec F., = equestr{s, Drews. & Sch., nec F., and is 
renamed arenicolw, B. mastrucatus, Gerst., ? ^breviffena, Thoms. 
Gerstacker, I c. pp. 282-298, gives particulars as to distribution, sexes, 
varieties, structure, &c. of B, terrestris, martes, hortorum, suhterraneus, pas- 
ciiorum, Scop, ( — muscormn, L., certe), mesomelas, mucidus, lapponicus, mon- 
tanus, mendax, pi^otens ($ and workers), mastriicattiSy and glohosus. B. 
soroensis should be written sorceensis. 
Apis mellijica. Giotto Ulivi has published a pamphlet (extracted from 
the ' Industriale Italiano,' vi. 1872, nos. 5 & 6, and reviewed in Pet. Nouv. 
no. 61, p. 245), under the title 'Esame critico delle teorie sulla parteno- 
g'enesi delle Api,' in which the existence of that phenomenon in the bee is 
negatived. 
Gyrodroma, g. n., Thomson, Hym. Scand. ii. p. 259. Allied to Chelostoma. 
Types Heriades nigricornis, Nyl. {truncorum, L., nec Kby.), and Jlorisomnis, L. 
New species : — 
Panurgus siculus, Morawitz, Hor. Ent. Ross. viii. p. 215, Sicily. 
Panurginus scidjjturaius, id. I, c. ix. p. 60, Saratov ; P. samarcandus, Ra- 
doszkowsky, ihid. viii. p. 192, pi. vii. figs. 3 & 4, Samarcand. 
Osmia melanura, p. 203, Calabria, clypearis, Corfu, curvipes, S}Ta, &c., 
p. 204, tigrina, p. 206, Epirus, dalmatica, p. 207, Dalmatia, crenulata, p. 208, 
Crete, Corsica, &c., Morawitz, I. c. viii. ; O. grandis, p. 54, Saratov, Amasia, 
princeps, p. 57, Astracan, id. I. c. ix. ; O. aterrima, p. 357, Meran, Dalmatia, 
Sicily, Persia, carniolica, p. 358, Carinthia, IcevifronSy p. 360, Meran, monti- 
vaga, p. 361, Swiss Alps, id. Verb. z.-b. Wien, xxii. ; O. truncatnlay p. 239, 
Sweden, laticeps, p. 242 (?=uncinata, Gerst.), Scandinavia, Thomson, Hym. 
Scand. ii. 
Lithurgus maximus, Radoszkowsky, I. c. p. 191, pi. vii. fig. 1, Samarcand. 
Megachile lapponica, Thomson, I. c. p. 227, Lapland; M. arundinacea, 
Taschenberg, Z. ges. Naturw. xxxix. p. 10, Natal ; M. excellens, Morawitz, 
I. c. ix. p. 53, Tauria. 
Anthidium puhescens, Morawitz, /. c. ix. p. 59, and 3 varr., Caucasus ; A. 
decoratum, p. 492, 6-maculattmi, p. 502, Sion (Leman), alhidulum, p. 495, 
6-lineatum, p. 499, Begniens : Chevrier, MT. schw. ent. Ges. iii. 
Dufourea ccsruleocephala, Morawitz, /. c. ix. p. 61, Astracan. 
Heriades casularum and angustata, p. 505, intermedia and paxillonnn, 
p. 506, Nyon, Chevrier, I. c. ; H. appendicidata, Morawitz, I. c. viii. p. 209, 
Calabria. 
Ceratina ccerulea (?=cyanea, Lep.), p. 490, chalyhca, p. 491, Nyon, Chev- 
rier, /. c. ; C. tarsata, Morawitz, /. c. viii. p. 214, Crete. 
Nomada manni, p. 227, Corsica, Tinus, &c., chrysopyga, p. 228, Tiniis, Ca- 
labria, ^-punctata, p. 229, Calabria, Syra, Corfu, calahra, p. 230, Calabria, 
Morawitz, /. c. viii. ; N. mutica, p. 380, rhenana, and 6 varr., p. 382, similis 
(parasitic on Panurgus ater), p. 380, Creuznacli, id. Verb. z.-b. Wien, xxii. ; 
N. hijida, Thomson, /. c. p. 196, Sweden (ruficornis, Kby., var. a). 
Ammohates carinatus, Morawitz, Ilor. Ent. Ross. viii. p. 202, Calabria; 
Radoszkowsky, Bull. Mosc. xlv. p. 8, Portugal, Algiers. 
