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474) some notes on the habits of the species of Vespa occurring in Ireland, 
five' out of the seven British species are found in that country : namely, Vespa 
mlgariSf V. germanicay V. rufa^ V, hntanmca, and V. holsatica, Vespa 
horecdis and V. crabro are wanting in Ireland. . 
F. Smith exhibited to the Entomological Society examples of Wasps’ 
nests of fantastic shapes artificially produced by Mr. Stone of Brighthampton 
(Proc. Ent. Soc. p. 26). The mode in which the insects are induced to con- 
struct these nests is described by Stone, Proc. Ent. Soc. pp. 33-35. 
Some remarks on the abundance or scarcity of Wasps in particular years, 
and their connexion with cold or wet seasons, as observed near Chichester, 
were contributed anonymously to the Entomological Society of London (see 
Proc. 1864, p. 27. 
Cresson describes the variations to which Masaris vespoides (Cress.) is sub- 
ject. Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. vol. iii, p. 673. 
Masaris zonalis, sp. n., Cresson, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. vol. iii. p. 674, and 
M. margmalisy sp. n., Cresson, 1 . c. p. 677, both from the Colorado Territory. 
PoMPILipJE. 
Smith publishes revised generic and specific characters of Evagethes bicolor 
(S. Farg.) in Ent. Ann. 1866, pp. 90, 91. He also describes the of Crabro 
pahnipesy ibid. 
New species ; — 
Agenia manifestatay Smith, Journ. of Ent. ii. p. 264, from Tunaiitins, on 
the Amazons j A. nobilitataj Smith, ibid, from Para j A. sanguinolentay Smith, 
ibid., and A. femoratay Smith, 1 . c. p. 265, from Villa Nova j A. rujicepsy 
Smith, ibid.. A, volatilisy Smith, ibid., Smith, ibid., and .^4. 
poli^tiformisy Smith, 1. c. p. 266, from Ega ; A. annulata, Smith, ibid.. A* 
viridisy Smith, ibid., and A. aulicay Smith, 1 . c. p. 267, fi:om St. Paul. 
Pompilus imitator y Smith, 1 . c. p. 267, and P. fragilis. Smith, ibid., from 
Ega y P. ichneumoniformisy Smith, l.c. p. 268, from Villa Nova. 
Priocnemis opulenta, Smith, I, c. p. 268, fr’om Ega. 
Notocyphus vindeXy Smith, 1 . c. p. 268, from St. Paul, Brazil. 
Ceropales agilis. Smith, I c. p. 269, from Mexico ; C. luctuosuSy Smith, 
ibid., and C. crassicornis, Smith, ibid., from Ega. 
ScOLIIDiE. 
De Saussure and Sichel have published a valuable mono- 
graphic catalogue (Catalogus specierum generis Scolia, &c., see p. 
456) of the species of the old genus Scolia, in which they bring 
together all the numerous forms which have been described of 
late years, with diagnoses of all the species known to them. In 
the introduction to their catalogue they review Bui’meister^s 
monograph of the Scolice, and object to the nomenclature 
employed by him for describing the venation of the wing, and 
remark that neither the genus Cosila (Guer.) nor Epornidiopteron 
(Romand) appears to belong to the Scoliine type. The latter 
genus they consider to be nearly allied to the Tiphiaiy with which 
