VESPiDiE, CRABRONIDiE. Tns, 105 
Polistes poeyi mimicked by the moth Horama panthalon^ Fabr., in 
Antigua ; T. A. Marshall, Ent. M. M. xvi. p. 19. 
Vespa, On the nervous system of wasps ; E. Brandt, Hor. Ent. Ross, 
xiv, pp. ix.-xi. Tenacity of life in the wasp; J. D. O., Sci. Goss. xv. 
pp. 20 & 92. Wasp-stings alkaline instead of acid; A. H. Church, Nature, 
xix. p. 410. Wasp dragging cockroach ; H. Turner, Am. Nat. xiii. p. 710. 
Observations on wasps’ nests ; L. J. Kristof, MT. Yer. Steierm. ; Ent. 
Nachr. v. pp. 130-134, 139-141. On collecting wasp's nests; Ent. Nachr. 
v. pp. 249-252, 300 & 301. 
Polyhia, sp. Nest from Cayenne described and figured ; H. Lucas, 
Am. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) ix. pp. 370-372, pi. ix. fig. 3. 
Euparagia,, g. n., Crosson, Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. vii. p. vi. Allied to 
Masaris (?) ; type, E. scutellaris, sp. n., 1. c., Nevada. 
Eumenes mediterranea, sp. n., p. 85, and varr. Tieri and wce.9^, p. 88, 
Kriechbaumer, Ent. Nachr. v., Tyrol, Dalmatia, Syria, Palestine, and 
Libyan Desert. 
Belonogaster meneleld^ sp. n., G. Gribodo, Ann. Mus. Genov, xiv. 
p. 342, Shoa. 
Polyhia emaciaia, sp. n., H. Lucas, Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (5) ix. pp. 3G3-369, 
pi. ix. figs. 1 & 2 (imago and nest), Brazil. 
Odynerits localis, Kauai, p. 678, mauriis, Honolulu, &c., ruhritinctuSj 
Kauai, p. 679, monianus^ Oahu, congruus, p. 680, dubiosus, Honolulu, and 
agilis, Maui, p. 681, spp. nn., F. Smith, J. L. S. xiv., also Descr. New 
Hym. pp. 134-137. 
Pterochilus mirandus, p. xvii., decorus, zonatus, comptus, p. xviii., mor- 
risoni, Nevada, and biplagiatus, California, p. xix., Cresson, Tr. Am. Ent. 
Soc. vii. ; P. alho-fasciatus, F. Smith, Second Yark. Miss. Hym. p. 17^ 
fig. 12, Yangihissar : spp. nn. 
CRABRONIDiE. 
Maindron, M. Notes pour servir A I’histoire des Hym4nopteres de 
I’Archipel Indien et de la Nouvelle-Guinee, ii. Observations sur 
quelques Sphdgiens. Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) ix. pp. 173-182, pi. v. 
The nests, habits, transformations, &c., of Macromeris splendida, Lep., 
Laj'radamodesta, Tacky tes morosus^ andPisonnitidus, Smith, are described 
and figured. 
- Pompilides. 
New species : — 
Pompilus luciuosus, p. 124, Iwsus, and laieritius, p. 125, Mocsdry, Term, 
fiizetek, iii., Hungary ; P. pilosus, S. Africa, p. 140, ornatipennis, Central 
Africa, rujiceps^ Zulu, subpetiolatus, Gambia, and ahdominalis, Congo, 
p. 141, torridus and fasciatus^ Algeria, frontalis^ Nyassa, and candidus^ 
Gambia, p. 142, proximatus, Algeria, viridicatus, W. Africa, and insidu 
osus, Natal, p. 143, vindex and iridipennis^ Sierra Leone, crudelis, S. 
Africa, and kilaris,, Natal and Zulu, p. 144, sepulchralis^ fervidus, and 
