HYMENOPTERA. 
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tl»o summer of 18G1* by Mr. James Ridings. Commencing with 
the Tenthredinidm the catalogue extends to the end of the Fosso- 
rial Hyraenoptera^ and contains citations of 294 species, of which 
181 are described as new. The largest family is that of the 
Ichneumonid (2 , which includes 131 species; of these 68 are 
described as new, and many of the others were described by 
Cresson in 1864. Of the smaller species there is an almost 
total absence, the Cynipidcii and Chalcidida being represented 
each by a single species, whilst no Proctotrupida* are referred 
to ; of the Formicidce also we find only 5 species, 3 of which are 
described as new. Of Chrysidida there are 16 new species ; 
and of Muiillid(B 22 species, 19 new. The Fossores of all 
families number 93, of which 69 are described as new ; the 
Scoliidcs include 12 species, the Sphegida {sem, lat,) 45, the 
Crabronidce 24, and the Pompilidce 11. 
In an appendix to a paper on some new'Australian Hyme- 
noptera containing a description of a species of Bee with singu- 
larly clavate antennae. Smith refers to some other Hymeno- 
pterous insects in which those organs are of peculiar structure 
(Ent. Trans. 3rd ser. vol. ii. pp. 396-399). The species men- 
tioned will be cited further on. 
Girard called attention to a statement by Hartmann as to the sound pro- 
duced by Pronams instahilis (Savi) as observed by him in Sennaar ; he de- 
scribes it as a sharp cry,” Sichel referred to the sounds produced by 
aculeate Ilymenoptera generally, the buzzing of which he considers to be 
sharper and more intense in proportion to the fierceness of the species. Sichel 
also refers to the stridulation of Mutilla. Goureau maintains that the Ily- 
menoptera produce two different kinds of sounds — the buzzing caused by the 
wings, and a sharper piping due to a vibration of the thoracic segments. 
Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. 1805, pp. xxiv-xxv. 
Bold states (Nat. Hist. Trans. North. & Durh. i. p. 127) that Hymeno- 
ptera generally were rare in his district in 1864, not having yet apparently 
recovered from the effects of the bad seasons of 1860 and 1862. Some of the 
common Bomhi were becoming plentiful, but some rare apd local species 
appeared to have become extinct. 
Anthophila. 
The analytical table of the genera of German Bees given by Taschenbero 
(Hym. Deutschl.) includes 30 genera. No division into subfamilies is recog- 
nized by him. The species are also described. 
Brjsciike gives notes on several species of this family found in Brussio. 
Schr. phys.-okon. Ges. zu Kbnigsb. v. pp. 211-212. 
Sichel (Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. 4® ser. tome v. pp. 331-344) 
publishes a monographic revision of the genus Oxesa (Klug), to 
which he adds one new species, making the whole number 3. 
The true position of the genus he considers to be in the family 
Apid (2 at the end of the tribe of XylocopiteSj near Lestis, but 
