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INSECTA. HYMENOPTERA. 
M. comhustay Sm. j economy described, from Natal : Taschenberg, Z. ges. 
Naturw. xxxix. pp. 7-10. M. hreois, Say, figured, and habits noted, by Reed, 
Rep. Ins. Ont. i. pp. 24-26, fig. 22, M. centuncularis ; habits described by R, 
Walker, Scot. Nat. i. p. 222. • 
Anthidium. Walther Schmid, MT. schw. ent. Ges. iii. pp. 448-476, pi., 
describes the Swiss species, giving particulars of external anatomy, analytical 
tables, &c. 4’he plate is of little value. This paper is severely criticized by 
A. MUller, Ent. M. M. ix. p. 05, from whoso remarks it would appear that it 
is founded on unacknowledged MS. of the late W. Imhott. 
Nomada subcornuta, Kby., is separated from lineola, Panz., and jacohcecey 
Kby., var. 6, is attributed to it as its cl; N, cornigera, Kby., is also separated 
from lineola j N. quinquespinosa, Thoms., is compounded of obscura and ochro- 
stoma, Nyl., ochrostoma, Zett. pt., and ? lateralis, Sm., md pallescenSf H.-S, j 
N. Iceta, Thoina.y—albigidtata, var. 6, Il.-S., ? = baccata, Sm. (both are para- 
sitic on Andrena argentata) ; Apis hueophthalma, L., is possibly to be referred 
to N, borealis, Zett. j N. glabella, Thoms., = ochrostoma, 7^oit.,pt. j N. puncti- 
scuta, Thoms. ,? ochrostoma, Mor., ? Kby. j N. villosa, Thoms., ?=ihillana, 
Kby. j N. xanthosticta, }^y.,=ilateralis,Vsmz., certe [in which case either 
xanthosticta or lateralis of Smith requires renaming] : Thomson, 1. c. 
Epeoloides, Gir., recharacterized j maxillary palpi (6-jointed) of E. ambi- 
gnus, c? & $ , figured, pi. 1. fig. 3 j (S & $ of a species in the Vienna Museum 
noted as having only 2 cubital cells. E. ccecidmis, Gerst., nec T.,—fidviven~ 
iris, Schk., = >S'aro/)6Ja fidva, Ewoxsm., =^ambiguus, Gir., cJ. Radoszkowsky, 
Bull. Mosc. xlv, 1, p. 4 et seq. 
Ammobates, Latr., recharacterized : maxillary palpi 6-jointed j those of A. 
setosus, Mor. (adopted for the prior vinctus of Gerstacker, on account of the 
greater applicability of its name !), figured, pi. 1. fig. 1, and of rujiventris, 
Latr., fig. 2 : id. 1. c. p. 7 et seq, 
Ammobatoidcs, Radosz., riec Schenck, is renamed [recti us P<edia'\ by 
Radoszkowsky, Hor. Ent. Ross. viii. Bull. p. xxi (Nov. 1872), and Bull. Mosc. 
xlv. p. 10. In the latter publication, the author severely (and apparently with 
justice) criticizes Gerstiicker’s treatment of this genus; but it seems useless 
to give a fresh name for it in 1872, since Gerstacker has employed the name 
Phiarus for it in 1869. The genus is recharacterized, and the 6-jointed 
maxillary palpi of both sexes of P. ahdominalis and melectoides, and the anus 
of the former, $ , figured, pi. 1. figs. 4 & 6, 6, and 16-166. P. hirsidulus, Ev., 
is corroborated as abdominalis, cj* Euglages seripta, Gerst., s=sP. melectoides. 
Rad. (? Smith), $ ; the author seems to prove that his melectoides \s not idon^ 
iical with Smith’s prior Phileremus of that name [if he be right in this, it is 
not improbable that seripta, Gerst., may have to stand]. Id. Bull. Mosc. xlv. 
i. p. 10 et seq. 
Pasites, Latr., recharacterized : maxillary palpi (4-jointed) of both sexes of 
p. schotti and punctata, and anus of $ of both species figured, pi. 1. figs. 7, 8, 
14-14 e, and 16-156. Biastes, Panz., though prior, is considered irrecogniz- 
able, and B. brevicornis, Panz., is dropped in favour of schotti, F., as Panzer 
himself adopted the latter name, Nomada atra, F., being still considered 
douDifu^ as its cf . Phileremus nasutus, Gerst., = i^ punctata, Schenck. Id. 
1. c. p. 19 et seg. 
Ammqbatoides, Schenck, recharacterized : maxillary palpi of $ 3-jointed, 
