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Packard has concluded his sketch of the natural history of the Bees 
(Amer. Naturalist, i. pp. 50G-G00). He describes the habits of the Andrencc, 
Nomadcc, and Ilalicti, and figures the nest of A. vicina (Smith), 1 . c. p. 597> 
fig. 1, the larva of this species (/. c. p. GOl, fig. 2), and the larva and pupa of 
Jlalictus 2 )araUehis (ibid., figs. 2 & 3). 
Peckolt has observed that in a hive of Trigo7ia there is never more than 
a single impregnated female or queen ; he has also observed swarming in the 
case of T. 7'ujicrus. He says that the mode of life of these insects is nearly 
identical with that of A^ns mdlijica. Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 18G8, 
pp. 133-134. 
Lucas describes the transformations of Xyhcoim violacca, and figures the 
larva and pupa (Ann. Soc. Ent. Er. 4® ser. viii. pp. 727-73G, pi. 12. 
figs. 4-G). 
Desborough publishes (Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1868, pp. 225-230) some 
observations on the duration of life in the Honey-Bee, and on the number of 
Bees produced during the year. He records an instance of a queen living for 
five years and four months, but thinks that, under ordinary circumstances, 
the limit is three or four years. With respect to the workers no data can be 
given 5 but the number dying in the hive is so small that it is to be inferred 
that the majority fall victims to dangers outside the hive. 
F. Smith remarlis upon Hesborough’s calculntion of the fecundity of the 
Queen Bee, and contrasts it with the results obtained by Hzierzon and the 
Devonshire Bee-keeper.” Ent. M. Mag. v. pp. 71-72. 
Packard has published (Amer. Natural, ii. pp. 195-205) a paper, illustrated 
with two plates, on the parasitic enemies of the Hive-Bee. He describes and 
figures rhora incrassata (pi. 4. fig. 1, and larva and pupa figs. 2 & 3), Braula 
cceca (pi. 4. fig. 4), Trichodes a^daidus (pi. 4. fig. 6, with larva and pupa), Meloe 
migudicoJlis (pi. 4. fig. 7) and the transformations of Mdoe (figs. 8-1 1), Sitarifi, 
Siylops (Styltyis childrc7ii, pi. 4. fig. 14, $ bg. 13, abdomen of stylopized Bee 
fig. 12, young larvEo pi. 5. fig. fig. 6), Xenos pccldiy Gordius subbifurcus, Met'mis 
albicmis, and Mucor mdlitophorus (pi. 4. fig. 15). Packard also notices the 
habits of Apathus ashtoni (pi. 5. fig. 1), Conops, Volucella, and the larva of a 
fly allied to Anthomyia (pi. 6. fig. 5), A^iiheropliayus ochraceus (pi. 5. fig. 4), 
Ncphopteryx cdmundsii (pi. 5. fig. 2), Microgasier nephopterycis (pi. 5. fig. 3), 
Anthopliorabia megachilis (pi. 5. fig. 7), Tteratomus pmtiiami, and a species of 
mite (pi. 5. fig. 9). 
W. J. Beal states that the Honey-Bee visits only those flowers of Ribes 
mn eum which have been broken into by the Baltimore Oriole. The tube 
of the flower is too long for the Bee to penetrate. Amer. Natural, ii. 
p. 380. 
New genera and species : — 
GRstropsis *, g. n., Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1868, p. 253. Antennfe 
clavate, scape shorter then joint 3, which is much attenuated; maxillary 
palpi 6-jointed, joints successively decreasing ; marginal cell rounded at its 
apex, 3 submarginals, 1 a third longer than 2, 2 and 3 narrowed towards the 
marginal, recurrent veins received in the middle of 2 and 3. Sp. CE. pubescensy 
sp. n., Smith, 1. c. p. 253, Champion Bay and South Australia. 
Altered to Gasb'oims by Smith, Proc. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1868, p. xxxix. 
