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Phileremiis algeriensis and var. B, Radoszkowsky, 1 . c. p. 31, Algeria. 
JEpeolus fallaxy Morawitz, Verh. z.-b. Wien, xxii, p. 387, Italy. 
Ccelioxys mandihtdarisy Ohevrier, 1 . c. p. 487, Nyon ; C. fcersteri, Morawitz, 
Ilor. Ent. Ross. viii. p. 211, Dalmatia, Epirus ] C. obtusispinay Thomson, /. c- 
p. 277, Gothland. 
Stelis rtijicornis, Morawitz, 1. c. viii. p. 210, Rhodes. 
Tetralonia radoszkovsidiy id. 1 . c. ix. p. 60, Saratov ; T. alhirufay Radosz- 
kowsky, Hor. Ent. Ross. viii. p. 193, Samarcand. 
Anthopliora dmticruSy Morawitz, Yerh. z.-b. Wien, xxii. p. 356, Creuznach ; 
A, rogenhofcriy id. Ilor. Ent. Ross. viii. p. 201, Tinus, Rhodes; A. nigri- 
corniny p. 45, descrticolny p. 48, Astracan, gracilipeSy p. 46, Derbent, Caucasus, 
id, ihjd. ix. ; A. fedchenkoiy Radoszkowsky, ibid. viii. p. 189, pi. vii. fig. 2, 
Samarcand. 
Xylocopa valgay Gerstacker, S. E. Z. xxxiii. p. 276, Bozen, Crimea, Syria, 
Trieste. 
JBo7nbus vorticosusy id. 1 . c. p. 290, Cracow, Greece, Roumelia, Dauria. 
Vespid;e. 
Inlandsche sociale Wespen,” by H. J. van Ankum (Groningen : 1870), 
has not been seen by the Recorder. 
Stjnagris calidax economy described, from Natal. Taschenberg, Z. ges. 
Naturw. xxxix. pp. 1-6. 
Belonogaster sp. : described (not named) and habits recorded, from Natal : 
id. 1. c. pp. 18-20. 
Polistes gnUicus. Radoszkowsky, Ilor. Ent. Ross. viii. Bull. pp. v & vi, 
indorsing Sichel’s opinion, that P. diadcma, gcoffi'oyiy pictioVy biglumisy and 
hucharensis are merely varieties of this, the only European species, which is 
also spread over Africa and Asia, also refers P. cJiinensisy F., Sauss., from the 
Himalayas to it. Differences are attributed to hybridization. 
Vespa crabro : specimens from Europe, Siberia, and N. America are cer- 
tainly specifically identical, whereas V. orientalisy from Asia, differs from it 
in the structure of the genital organs. F. Smith, P. E. Soc. 1872, p. x. 
Vespa germanica. Note on nidification by H. J. van Ankum, Arch. N^erl, 
V. 1870 (sop. Abdr.). 
CRABRONIDiE. 
Btizus annulatitSy Klug, cJ described, from Astrabad. Radoszkowsky, Hor. 
Ent. Ross. viii. p. 198. 
Observations on various species of Ampulex, Pricnotiyx, SpheXy Pseudo- 
sphexy Chlorion, StethorectuSy PodiutUy PelopceuSy Ammophila, PepsiSy Priojio- 
cnemus {Priocnemis, auctt.), Agenia, PogoniuSy PompiluSy Planiceps, and Cero- 
palesy from the district of La Plata, in connexion with Taschenberg’s paper 
in Z. ges. Naturw. xxxvi. : H. Bunneister, S. E. Z. xxxiii. p. 239 et seq. 
Ammophila sabtdosa : defective neuration in fore wing : C. Ritsema, 
Tijdschr. Ent. (2) vii. p. xxxv. pi. 12. fig. a. 
Pelopoeus chalybeus and spirifex, from Natal : habits &c. noted by Taschen- 
berg, Z. ges. Naturw. xxxix. pp. 11 & 12. 
Pompilm (?fmcus). F. Karsch, Z. ges. Naturw. xxxix. pp. 441-462, pi. iii., 
