112 Ins. 
HYMENOPTERA. 
Division of labour among Ants ; W. W. Bailey, Nature, xx. p. 244. 
Ants feeding on honey contained in leaf -glands of Catalpa bignonioides ; 
J. A. Ryder, P. Ac. Philad. 1879, p. 161. 
On the marriage-flights of Lasius flavus and Myrmica lobicornis^ &c., 
H. 0. McOook, P. Ac. Philad. 1879, pp. 140-143, Ann. N. H. (5) iv. 
pp. 326-328. 
McOook on the Parasol Ants of Texas ; G. T. Bettany, Nature, xxi. 
pp. 17 & 18. 
Formica fusca^ Lasius fuliginosus, and L. niger. V. Hagens points out 
their differences ; Hetcerius is commonest .in nests of the first, but 
although found sparingly in those of several other species, the writer 
doubts its occurrence in those of L. fuliginosus. Ent. Nachr. v. pp. 259 
& 260. 
Formica sanguinea and fusca. Battle between the inhabitants of two 
nests ; M. Treat, Am. Nat. xiii. pp. 707 & 708. 
Formica exsectoides. Notes on habits, mounds, food, &c. ; McOook, 
P. Ac. Philad. 1879, pp. 154-156. 
Camponotus pennsylvanicus. Mode of oviposition, longevity of the 
queen ; id. 1. c. p. 140. 
Myrmecocystus mexicanus^ Westw. Habits, &c. ; id. 1. c. pp. 197 & 198, 
Ann. N. H. (5) iv. p. 474, and Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. vii. p. xxii. 
Tetramorium ccespitum. Combats and nidification, with remarks on 
the fertilizing influence of Ants on the soil ; id. P. Ac. Philad, 1879, 
pp. 156-161. 
Cremastog aster lineolata. On the adoption of an Ant-queen ; id. 1. c. 
pp. 137 & 138, and Ann. N. H. (5) iv. p. 252. 
Eciton mexicana. Habits ; P. de la Llave, Nat. Mex. iii. pp. 247 & 248. 
Atta. A species found at Pisa collecting small snail-shells, J. J. Weir, 
P. E. Soc. 1879, p. xlix. ; A. barhara^ mode of harvesting seeds, G. H. 
Bryan, Sci. Goss. xv. p. 238 ; A. cephalotes, its habits ; the decayed leaf- 
beds from a distant ant-hill are the best protection against its ravages, 
R. B. White, P. Z. S. 1879, pp. 713-715 ; A. insulariSy Gu^r., larva with 
abnormal development of a leg, H. Dewitz, Zool. Anz. ii. pp. 134-136, 
woodcut. 
Pogonomyrmex barbatus ; wearing away of mandibles, McOook, Tr. 
Am. Ent. Soc. vii. pp. x. & xi. P, occidentalism Cress., is a harvesting 
Ant, id. 1. c. pp. xxii. & xxiii. 
New sjpecies : — 
Camponotus basalism F. Smith, Second Yark. Miss. Hym. p. 9, fig. 1, 
Kashmir. 
Formica simulatay Pdmir, Yarkand, p. 10, defensor and Candida^ Pamir, 
and fraterna, locality not indicated, p. 11 ; id. 1. c. 
Stenamma gallarumm Patton, Am. Nat. xiii. p. 126, note. Found in 
galls of Gelechia gallcesolidaginis, Riley, and Cynips spongifcam Osten- 
Sacken. 
Leptogenys insularism F. Smith, J. L. S. xiv. p. 675, and Descr. New 
Hym. p. 228, Island of Oahu. 
