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together in one nest, but it is still doubtful if the latter is a true para- 
site ; W. Breitenbach, S. E. Z. xxxix. pp. 241-243, woodcuts. 
Neiv species : — 
Colletes farinosa and squamosa^ F. Morawitz, Hor. Ent. Ross. xiv. 
pp. 96 & 97, Caucasus. 
Dasy colletes hirtipes, F. Smith, Tr. E. Soc. 1878, p. 7, Otago, New 
Zealand. 
Hylceus ibeXy Morawitz, 1 . c. p. 99, Caucasus. 
Megacilissa mexicana, Mexico, and electa, Georgia, E. T. Cresson, P. 
Ac. Philad. 1878, p. 221. 
Macropis frivaldskii, A. Mocsary, Term, fuzetek, ii. p. 119, Hungary. 
Halictus alpestrisy corvinus, and truncaticollis , Morawitz, 1. c. pp. 90-92, 
Caucasus. 
Nomia fugax, id. 1. c. xiv. p. 93, Caucasus. 
Andrena carinata, p. 62, ramnculoruniy p. 64, fuscocalcarata, p. 66, 
tomentosa, p. 67, sexguttatay p. 68, truncatilahris, p. 69, paliuri, p. 71, 
rotundilabrisy p. 72, bisulcata, p. 73, cordialis, p. 74, tenuis, p. 76, formosa, 
p. 78, laticeps, p. 79, sylvatica, p. 81, melanura, p. 82, salicina, p. 83, 
jugorum, p. 84, inconstans, p. 86, id. 1. c., Caucasus. 
Melitta curiosa, id. 1. c. xiv. p. 60, Caucasus. 
Cilissa budensis, Mocsdry, 1. c. p. 120, Buda. 
Apides. 
Osmia and parasites; J. Lichtenstein, Feuil. Nat. viii. p. 91. 
Ceratina. Notes on captures of hibernating species near Marseilles, 
and on their peculiar odour and sexual distinctions ; F. Ancey, Pet. Nouv. 
ii. p. 114. 
Epeolus mercatus, Fabr., redescribed ; E. T. Cresson, Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. 
vii. p. 88. 
Euglossa cordata. Observations on its nest. It is probably not a 
parasitic species. H. Lucas, &c.. Bull. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) viii. pp. cxlii.- 
cxliv. 
Flowers frequented by hive and humble bees ; T. Me. Gann, Sci. Goss, 
xiii. p. 44. 
Dalla Torre, K. W. v. Bemerkungen zur Gattung Bombus, Latr. 
Ber. Ver. Innsb. viii. pp. 3-21. 
He enumerates the Bombi found in Tyrol and Upper Austria, and 
describes the nests of several species. The following varieties are 
described : — B, hortorum, var. meridionalis, from the Southern Alps, 
p. 13, B. terrestris, var. angustifas [c] iata, lineatifasciata, and neglecta, 
from Tyrol, p. 14, and B. mesomelas, var. wendica, from the Isel Valley, 
p. 15, and B. terrestris, var. semiferruginosus, from Upper Austria, p. 20. 
Radoszkowsky, O. Essai d’une nouvelle methods pour faciliter la deter- 
mination des especes appartenant au genre Bombus. Bull. Mosc. liii. 
pt. i. pp. 76-91, pis. ii. a & ii. b. 
Consists wholly of a table, giving the results of an examination of the 
length of the palpi and wings in the various species (c/*. his former 
