134 Ins. 
HYMENOPTERA. 
of each of which is given : — Ccelocrabro (capitosus, Shuck.), CrossoceruSj 
St. Farg. (palmarius, Schreb.), Hoplocrahro {^-maculatus^ Fabr.), Blepha- 
ropus^ St. F., (serripesj Panz.), Anothyreus, Dbm. [lapponicua, Zett.), 
Thyreopus, St. F. (peltarius, Schreb.), Ectemnius, Dbm. (spinicollis, Herr.- 
Schaff.), Solenius, St. F. (vagus, Dahlb.), Clytochrysus, Moraw. (canifrons, 
Thoms.), Crairo, Fabr. {i-cincta, Fabr.), Thyreus, St. F. {clypeatus, Linn.), 
and Ceratocolus, St. F. {alatus, Panz.). 
Crahro pterotus, Panz., recorded as new to Britain, and redescribed ; E. 
Capron, Ent, xi. pp. 242 & 243. 
Crahro (Ectemnius) rugifer, Dahlb. Remarks on its habits ; it pro- 
visions its nests with Henops gibbosus, Linn., a rare Dipteron in Belgium ; 
and it is attacked by a small Hymenopterous parasite of the family 
Pteromalidce. H. Tournier, OR. Ent. Belg. xxi. pp. xv.-xviii. 
Rhopalum alhipes, sp, n., F. Smith, Tr. E. Soc. 1878, p. 7, Otago, New 
Zealand. 
Pemphredon flavistlgma, sp. n., C. G. Thomson, 1. c. p. 192, Sweden. 
Mutillfd^. 
Mutilla europcea and stridula are parasitic on a Bembex and Dasypoda 
plumipes, respectively ; J. Lichtenstein, Feuill. Nat. viii. p. 35. 
Mutilla hungarica, F. Note on its stridulation ; A. H. Swinton, Ent. 
M. M. XV. p. 118. 
Smieromyrme, g. n., 0. G. Thomson, Hym. Scand. hi. p. 108. Pore 
wings with the basal uervure running into the postcostal nervure far 
before the stigma ; mesonotum with the impressed dorsal lines entire ; 
mandibles bidentate at the tip, with a short projection beneath in the 
male. Type, Mutilla rufipes, Latr. 
Formicid.®. 
Dewitz, H. Ueber Bau und Entwicklung des Stachels der Ameisen. 
Z. wiss. Zool. xxviii. pp. 527-556, pi. xxvi. 
Contains a detailed account of the structure of the sting and poison- 
apparatus in Formica rufa, a comparison with those of other ants and 
bees, and an abstract of the observations of other authors. 
Emery, 0. Catalogo delle Formiche esistenti nella collezioni nel Museo 
Civico di Genova. Parte seconda. Ann. Mus. Genov, xii. pp. 43-59. 
Eighty-six species from Europe and the Mediterranean Region are 
noticed, several of which are described as new. Occasional woodcuts of 
details are given. 
. Liste des Formis de la Collection de feu Camille Van Volxem, avec 
la Description d’une esp^ce nouvelle. CR. Ent. Belg. xxi. pp. viii.-x. 
Forel, a. l^tudes Myrm4cologiques en 1878 Partie), avec I’ana- 
tomie du gdsier des fourmis. Bull. Soc. Vaud. xv. pp. 337-392, 
pi. xxiii. 
The first part of this paper contains elaborate anatomical observations 
on the “ gizzard ” of various genera of ants. The plate contains anato- 
mical details. The author adds the characters of the 5 families which he 
