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HYMENOPTEEA. 
On the preservation and examination of wasps'-nests : A. Rouget, 
Pet. Nouv. p. 348. 
Habits of wasps : J. Anderson & J. Hardy, P. Berw. Club, vii. p. 127. 
Pollutes gallicus and diadema nest in old domestic utensils on rubbish 
heaps at Dijon : Rouget, Pet. Nouv. p. 269. 
PoUstes. Aggregation of clay nests in Maryland : P. R. Uhler, Am. 
Nat. vii. p. 678. 
Polistes canadensis, L. : nidification, H. Lucas, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) 
iii. pp. 106-108, pi. iii. figs. 10, a & h. 
Polistes hadia, Gerst., figured in Y. d. Decken's Reisen, iii. pt. 2, 
pi. xiv. fig. 1. 
Vespajaponica, Radosz., nec Sm , = mandarinia. Smith; V. simillima. 
Sm., = auraria, Sm., worker ; Polistes cliinensis, F., = higlamis {diadema) ; 
vars. of P. hehrceus, F., and novara'., Sauss., are described : F. Smith, 
Tr. E. Soc. 1873, pp. 197 & 198. 
Vespa crabo, media, sylvestris, rufa, germanica, and vulgaris, Polistes 
gallicus and diadema : economy fully discussed, and the specific distinct- 
ness of the two latter afiirmed in opposition to Sichel, by A. Rouget, Mem. 
Ac. Dijon (3) i. pp. 164-200. V. gennanica occurs in Texas: E. T. Cres- 
son, Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. iv. p. 248. 
Vespa sylvestris nests in the ground at Dijon : Rouget, Pet. Nouv. 
p. 268. On V. germanica and vulgaris and parasites, id. I. c. p. 335. 
Masaris edwardsi, sp. n., Cresson, 1. c. p. 87, California. 
Eumenes sinensis, Smith, Cruise of Cura5oa, p. 462, pi. xlv. fig. 3, $ , 
N. China ; E. fraterna, id. Tr. E. Soc. 1873, p. 195, Hiogo ; E. helfragii 
and holli, Cresson, Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. iv. p. 232, Texas : spp. nn. 
Rhynchium ardens, sp. n., F. Smith, Tr, E. Soc. 1873, p. 196, Nagasaki. 
Odynerus texanus, clusinus, p. 234, evectus, designatus, p. 235, delicatus, 
cultus, p. 236, verus, p. 237, ductus, fusus, p. 238, firmus, p. 239, geminus, 
p. 240 (? =■ firmus, var.), manifestus, colon, p. 241, fundatus, p. 242, aus- 
trinus, hellulus, electus, p. 243, Cresson, I. c. Texas ; 0. {Symmorphus) 
captivus, F. Smith, Tr. E. Soc. 1873, p. 197, Hiogo : spp. nn. 
Lionotus caspicus, sp n., Morawitz, /. c. p. 295, Krasnowodsk. 
Pterochilus fausti, id. Z. c. p. 296, Krasnowodsk ; P. texanus and laticeps, 
Cresson, 1. c. p. 244, Texas : spp. nn. 
Polistes perplexus (? = ruhiginosus, St. F., var.), p. 245, generosus 
(? = p)€,rplexus, var. [!]), texanus, p. 246, hellicosus, variatus, p. 247, 
spp. nn. id. I. c. Texas. 
OflABRONIDiE. 
S collides. 
Myzine and Plesia : general observations by Gerstiicker, in V. d. Dec- 
ken's Reisen, iii. pt. 2, pp. 336 & 339. Elis (Dielis) soleata, Gerst., fig. 4, 
Myzine xanthocera, G., fig. 5, figured, torn. cit. pi. xiv. J/, hamafa. Say, 
= costata. Say, $ ; Cresson, Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. iv. p. 200. 
Elis regina, Cress., = xantiana, Sauss. ; id. I. c. p. 202. 
Typhia fuscij)ennis, punctata, p. 183, rufimandihulata, ordinaria, agilis, 
p. 184, spp. nn., F. Smith, Tr. E. Soc. 1873, Japan. 
