APlDiE. 
Ins. 108 
S. arvensis, Atlantic States, and falcifer^ New England, Patton, Am. Ent. 
iii. p. 230. 
Halictus mongoUcus*^.^ . Mongolia, and nigriceps^ Ordoss, Morawitz, 
Bull. Petersb. xxvi. pp. 365 & 366. 
Nomia latipes, id. 1. c. p. 368, Krasnowodsk. 
Andrena pretiosa, pp. 1 & 52, and fumipennis, p. 13, Schmiedeknecht, 
Ent. Nachr. vi., Thuringia; A. anthracina, Kansu, China, p. 359, mon- 
goUca^ p. 360, genalis, p. 363, and scutellaris, N.W. Mongolia, p. 364, 
Morawitz, 1. c. 
Dasypoda tihialis, id. 1. c. p. 358, Mongolia. 
Macropis ciliata^ Patton, Ent. M. M. xvii. pp. 31 & 33, Connecticut. 
Apides. 
Cook, A. J. The Tongue of the Honey-Bee. American Bee Journal, 
and Am. Nat. xiv. pp. 271-280, woodcuts. 
A detailed account of its structure and functions. 
Dalla-Torre, K. W. V. Unsere Hummel-Arten. Naturhistoriker, ii. 
[Not seen by the Recorder.] 
Frey-Gessner, E. Berichtigungen zu Osmien-Jagd. MT. schw. ent. 
Ges. V. pp. 587-589. 
Corrections of synonymy, &c., in a former paper. 
Layons, G. T. Remarques sur la Ventilation des Abeilles, h I’entrde 
des Ruches. Bull. Soc. d’Acclim. (3) vii. pp. 290-298. 
. Remarques sur I’eau recueillie par les Abeilles. Ibid. pp. 298-304. 
The author’s results are illustrated by several tables, but the papers do 
not admit of abridgment. 
MacLeod, J. Contribution a I’^tude du role des insectes dans la pollini- 
sation des fleurs heterostyles {Primula elatior). Bull. Ac. Belg. (2) 
1. pp. 27-35. 
Two species of Bombus fertilize this plant — one by thrusting its head 
into the flower ; and the other (B. muscorum) by creeping on the flower, 
and piercing the nectary laterally with its mandibles. 
Tomaschek, a. Ein Schwarm der amerikanischen Bienenart, Trigona 
lineaia, Lep., lebend in Europa. Zool. Anz. iii. pp. 60-65. 
The habits of swarms of this and other species of Trigona and Meli- 
pona are detailed ; but these experiments have not yet proved satisfac- 
tory, owing to the difficulty of preserving them through the winter \cf. 
Zool. Rec. xvi. Ins. p. 100]. 
Morawitz redescribes his MeUcta corpulenta^ Megachile desertorum, 'and 
Osmia indigotea^ Bull. Pdtersb. xxvi. pp. 371, 377 & 381. 
Megachile loillughbiella. Habits described; King, Sci. Goss. xvi. pp. 
272-274, woodcuts. 
Eucera hicincta, Lep., noticed; Gribodo, Ann. Mus. Genov, xv. p. 399. 
Melissodes nigripes, Smith, = his desponsa, and his nigripcs, $, 
= his M. (Synhalmia) atriventris, $ ; M. desponsa var., Sm., probably =s 
bhnaculata, Lep. : Patton, Am. Nat. iii. p. 156. 
