112 Ins, 
BYMENOPTERA. 
Megachile centimcularis noticed; Le Nat. iii. p. 390. 
Encera concinna, Grib., redescribed : Magretti, Bull. Ent. Ital. xiii. 
pp. 255 &25G. ' 
Xylocopa cestuans, Linn., recorded from Socotra; Kirby, P. Z. S. 1881, 
p. 649. X. inconstans, Smith, noticed ; Girard, J. Sci. Lisb. viii. p. 226, 
and Capello & Ivens, De Benguellads Terras de Idcca, ii. p. 365. 
Bombua. Variation discussed ; Schmiedeknecht, CB. des Irmischia, 
1881, No. 10, Ent. Nachr. vii. pp. 321-323. Bombi lying under trees 
disabled by birds, OcypuSj &c. ; Nature, xxiv. pp. 335, 357 & 358. Cap- 
tured by flowers of Cypripedium acaule ; Kellicott, Bull. Buff. Soc. iv. 
p. 31. B. ligusticuSj Spin. (= scutellatus, Jur., = ? argillaceus. Scop.), 
is a local dimorphic $ of B. ruderatus, Fabr. ; Dalla Torre, Zool. Anz. iv. 
pp. 335-337. B. pratorum and muscorum appropriating wrens’ nests ; 
Stein, B. E. Z. xxv. p. 223. B. soroensisy Fabr., noticed; S. S. Saunders, 
Ent. M. M. xviii. pp. 160 & 161. 
Trigojia mirim [sic]. Habits, economy, and intelligence ; F. Muller, 
Kosmos, X. pp. 138-140. 
Apis mellijica. Honeycomb constructed on an unsheltered wall ; 
Eaton, P. E. Soc. 1881, p. xxxi. Royal jelly supposed to contribute to 
the fecundation of the queen bee ; E. Kirby & Robinson, Am. Bee Journ. 
March, 1881, Bull. Apic. Suisse romande, May, 1881, p. 134, Bull. Soc. 
Vaud. (2) xvii. p. xlix. Note on variation and odour ; Lucas, Bull. Soc. 
Ent. Fr. (6) i. p. Ixx. If the wings of the queen-bee are clipped, only 
drones are produced ; bees will not, touch sound but only damaged fruit : 
McCook, Rep. E. Soc. Ont. 1880, p. 16. Old exhausted bees said to 
commit suicide by voluntarily casting themselves out of the hives ; Luby^ 
P. R. Dubl. Soc. (2) ii. pp. 600-608. 
New species : — 
Panurgus cavannce, Gribodo, Bull. Ent. Ital. xiii. p. 161, Calabria; P. 
proximus, E. Saunders, Ent. M. M. xviii. p. 168, figs. A & B, Portugal. 
Ccelioxys spinosa, Hewitz, B. E. Z. xxv. p. 197, pi. v. figs. 1 & 1 A-c, 
Porto Rico. 
Crocisa pantalony id. 1. c. p. 198, pi. v. figs. 2 & 2 a-e, Porto Rico. 
Eiicera confusa (Kriechb., MS.), Gribodo, L c. p. 164, Calabria. 
Bomhus tilingiy Kamtschatka, p. 217 (p. 75), incertus (? = tunicatuSy 
Smith, ? = niveatus, Kriechb., and ? = montanus, pt., Radoszk.), Cau- 
casus, p. 229 (p. 92), schrenclci, Amur, p. 250 (p. 123), uralensis (= 
rufescensy Eversm., nec Lep., and = eleganSy pt., Radoszk.), Ural, p. 262 
(p. 141), Morawitz, Bull. P^tersb. xxvii. (Mel. biol. xi.). 
Yespid^E. 
Daiim, 0. E. L. Nagra lakttagelser rorande Gettingar. Ent. Tidskr. 
ii. pp. 97-100, & 115-117. 
Wasps do not pair during flight, but on a level surface. Special atten- 
tion is called to various points relating to their habits, which require 
further investigation. 
