VESPIDJE HYMENOPTERA fossoria. 
Ins. 215 
Syst. viii ; E. waltceri , Damma I., Kirby, p. 108, Ann. Nat. Hist. 
(6) xiv ; E. pedalis, Lower California, Fox, p. 109, P. Calif. Ac. iv : 
n. spp. 
Icciria grcgaria, habits ; Froggatt, p. ,80, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, ix. 
Ischnogaster rufo-maculata, p. 385, hauxwellii , p. 386, pi. i, fig. 4, Tenas- 
serim, Bingham, J. Bombay Soc. viii, n. spp. 
Ma8aris maculifronSy Lower California, Fox, p. 12, P. Calif. Ac. iv, 
n. sp. 
Nortoria (Ric) sp., nidification ; VON Jh^ring, Congr. Zool. 1892, i, p. 251. 
Odynerus sinuatus, n. var. mutinensis ; Baldini, p. 78, pi. iii, fig. 6, Atti 
Soc. Modena (3) xiii. 
O. saussurei, p. 13, 0. ( Ancistrocerus ) lacunusy jp. Ill, Lower California, 
Fox, P. Calif. Ac. iv, n. spp. 
Polistes chinensis , var. ?, note on | Sickmann, p. 227, Zool. Jahrb. Syst. 
viii. P. tasmanienshy p. 30, facilis , p. 31, tepidus , p. 32, habits ; 
Froggatt, P. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, ix. 
P. ridleyi , Fernando Noronha, Kirby, J. Linn. Soc. xx, p. 541, n. sp. 
Rhynchium furax , p. 339, W. Africa, KoHL; Ann. Hofmus. Wien, ix ; 
R. cupreipennis , Tenasserim, Bingham, p. 387, pl.i, fig. 3, J f Bombay 
Soc. viii : n. spp. 
Synagris amplissima , p. 337, crassipes , p. 338, Tropical Africa, Kohl, Ann. 
Hofmus. Wien, ix, n.spp. 
Vespa : nests and parasites of some K. American species ; ZabriskiE 
(1172). V. crabo, habits, construction of comb ; Janet, C.R. Ac. 
Sci. cxix, p. 1282. V. orientalis, nest noticed ; Stefani, p. 134, 
Riv. ital. Sci. Nat. xiv. 
V. fruhstorferiy Java, Stadelmann, SB. Ges. naturf. Berlin, 1894, p. 89, 
n. sp. 
Zethus poeyi and aztecus are one species, slossonce being a synonym ; 
Patton, p. 140, Canad. Ent. 1894 ; but Fox, t. c. p. 172, gives 
characters for their distinction. 
HymenopterA Fossoria. (Spheqid2e, Crabronidje, 
Mutillim, etc.) 
Classification of the Fossoria discussed, and subfamilies and tribes pro- 
posed for the N. American forms ; Fox, P. Ac. Philad, 1894, 
pp. 292-307. 
Fossors of Saxony; Krieger (611). 
Revision of N. American Larridce ; Fox, P. Ac. Philad. 1893. 
Agenia armatay Chili, Reed (871), p. 22, n. sp. 
Alyson : characters of N. American ; Fox, Ent. News Philad. v. 
A. radiatuSy p. 87, striatus % p. 88, N. America, Fox, Ent. News Philad. v, 
n. spp. 
Ammophila sinensis t Tientsin, Sickmann, p. 217, Zool. Jahrb. Syst. viii ; 
A. femur-rubra, Lower California, Fox, p. 102, P. Calif. Ac. iv ; A. 
chilensis, Chili, Reed (871), p. 25 : n. spp. 
