HYMENOPTERA. 
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number of generic and subgeneric names. Packard also has 
some valuable remarks on the relative value of the characters 
derived from different organs and parts of the body in the Hy- 
menoptera, and indicates the general principles of classification 
followed by him, which are in accordance with the law of ce- 
phalization laid down by Dana, of which the author is a warm 
supporter. 
Philippi, R. A. See Insecta. 
PoEY, Felipe. Destruccion de las Bibijaguas. Repertorio 
Msico-Natural de la isla de Cuba, tomo i. pp. 365-368. 
{Atta cephalotes.) 
Radoskovsky, O. Supplement aux descriptions des Mutilles 
Russes. Bull. Soc. Nat. de Moscou, tome xxxix. part 1. 
pp. 299-303, pi. 9 ; 1866. 
. Description d^un nouveau genre de Cynips. Ibid. pp. 
304-306, pi. 9 : 1866. 
Rondani, Camillo. . Note Entomologiche. Sugk Imenotteri 
parassiti della Cecidomyia frumentaria. See Insecta. 
ScHENCK, — . Verzeichniss der nassauischen Hymenoptera 
aculeata, mit Hinzufiigung der ubrigen deutschen Arten. 
Berliner entom. Zeitschrift, 1866, pp. 317-369. 
SiCHEL, J. Etudes Hymenopterologiques. Premier fascicule. 
Annales Soc. Entom. de France, 4® sdrie, tome v. pp. 331- 
492 : Dec. 13, 1865, and May 26, 1866. 
The appearance of the earlier pages of this paper was noticed 
in the ^ Record’ for 1865, p. 533 ; the later portion, published 
in May 1866, contains the conclusion of the memoir on Phas- 
ganophora and Conura, and monographic revisions of the genera 
SphecodeSj Stephanus, and Megischus. 
Smith, Frederick. Notes on some Hymenopterous Insects 
collected by Mr. Peckolt at Catagallo, South Brazil. 
Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 3rd ser. vol. v. pp. 323-327. 
Wyman, Jeffries. Notes on the cells of the Bee. Proc. Amer. 
Acad, of Arts and Sci. vol. vii. pp. 68-83. 
Zaddach, G. See Brischke. 
Taschenberg (Hymen. Deutschl.) adopts the following general 
classification of the Hymenoptera : — 
A. Hym. ditrocha : Two joints between the coxa and femur. 
I. Abdomen not naiTowed anteriorly, and completely united to the posterior 
part of the thorax, which is not narrowed ; fore wings with a lanceolate cell j 
hind wings with 3 basal cells j antennae straight j ovipositor saw-like. 
1. Tenthredinidce. 
II. Abdomen not completely united, sessile, adherent, or pedunculated in 
