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COLEOPTERA, HYMENOPTERA. 
Hyperaspidius, g. n., id. I. c. p. 382. Differs from Hyperaspis in having 
the elytral epipleuras not foveolate for reception of the femora. H. vit- 
tiger (= 3-maculatus^ L.), arcuatus, and militaris, Lec. 
Cephaloscymnus^ g. n.. Crotch, ihid. No differential characters given. 
C. zimmermanni, sp. n. id. ibid., no locality given. 
Hippodamia oregonensis,-p.3Q7, Oregon, f ale ig era, Hudson's 'Bsij,ameri- 
cana, Kansas, p. 368, id. I. c. spp. nn. 
Coccinella difficilis, p. 370, Utah, annectens, p. 371, Colorado, id. I. c. 
spp. nn. 
Mysia horni, sp. n., id. I. c. p. 375, Oregon. 
Brachyacantha induhitahilis, Illinois, holli, Texas, spp. nn., id. I. c. p. 379. 
Hyperaspis dissoluta, p. 379, California, Lake Superior, leivisi, p. 380, 
United States, horni, p. 381, California, id. I. c. spp. nn. 
Exoehomus minutus, sp. n., Kraatz, 1. c. p. 195, Thuringia. 
HYMENOPTERA. 
BY 
E. C. Rye, F.Z.S. 
The General Subject. 
Cresson, E. T. Hymenoptera Texana. Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. iv. 
pp. 153-292. 
A list of over 600 species (nearly 300 of which are treated as new) of 
all families (except the Chrysidldoe, Formicidce, and smaller Chalcididce) 
known to occur in Texas. 
Gribodo, Giovanni. Contribuzioni alia Fauna imenottero- 
logica Italiana. Bull. Ent. Ital. v. pp. 73-87. 
Observations on Apidm and Sphegides : 4 new species are described. 
Krapelin, C. Untersuchungen iiber den Bau, Meclianismus, 
und Entwicklungsgeschiclite des Stachels der bienenar- 
tigen Thiere. Z. wiss. Zool. xxiii. pp. 289-330, pis. xv. 
& xvi. 
An elaborate discussion on the structure, mechanical action, and mor- 
phology of the sting, ovipositor, saws, and other abdominal appendages of 
the Aculeata, Entomophaga, trndi PJiytophaga, and especially of Apis melli- 
fica. Figures (magnified) are given of these organs in A2ns, Vespa, 
Ammofihila, Pompilus, Mtitilla, Myrmica, Formica, Cynips, Tenthredo. 
Ciinbex, Sire.r, Bdnchiin, Crypttis, and Pimpla, with much detail. 
