126 Ins. 
HYMENOPTELvA. 
perpulchra , Mesochorus vitreus , Pezomachus minimus , and Chalcis alcifrons , 
Walsh, Opkion purgatus and Ichneumon suturalisj Say. Cf. also Riley, 
Rep. U. S. Ent. Comm. iii. pp. 12G-128. 
Clarkson describes the cocoons of Ophion macrurum, Linn., Trogus exe- 
sorius, Brulle, Bracon flavator , Fabr., Perilampus sp., and Chalcis sp. ; 
Cauad. Ent. xv. pp. 1G2 & 1G3. 
Sphcerularia bomhi , Lubb., is parasitic on $ $ of Bombus f Apathus, and 
Vespa ; Cobbold, Tr. L. S. (2) Zool. ii. p. 358. 
Wasp from Nicaragua infested by fungus ; Cameron, P. N. H. Soc. Glasg. 
v. p. 4. 
Conclusion of third list of Yorkshire Ilymenoptera , based upon obser- 
vations made in 1879, 1880, and 1881 ; Bairstow, Roebuck, & Wilson, 
Tr. Yorksh. Nat. Union, series D., Articulata , i. pp. 97-111. 
Captures of Ilymenoptera in the South of England ; Billups, P. E. 
Soc. 1883, pp xxx. & xxxi. : in Hayling Island ; E. Saunders, Ent. 
M. M. xx. pp. 86-88 : at York in 1882 ; Wilson, Naturalist, viii. pp. 109 
& 110 . 
List of Ilymenoptera of the Valley of the Saal (665 species) ; Friese, 
Z. Naturw. lvi. pp. 185-218. 
Additions to the list of Ilymenoptera of the Upper Engadine ; Von 
Heyden, JB. ges. Graub. xxvi. pp. 3-7. 
Catalogue of 120 Ilymenoptera (many new) from Eastern Africa; 
Magretti, Bull. Ent. Ital. xv. pp. 241-253 (several species are described by 
other entomologists). 
Preliminary list of Ilymenoptera of Kansas ; Snow, Tr. Kansas. Ac. 
vii. [1881] pp. 97-101. 
Apid^e. 
De Casati, F. B. Delle Bibliografie speciali e particolarmente di quella 
Apistica. Lettura fatta al primo congresso internazionale apistico 
tenutosi a Milano nel Settembre, 1881. Firenze : 1882, 8vo, pp. 22. 
The writer estimates the number of publications relating to the bee 
and its products at 7000 (altered to 8000 in margin). 
Herbert, A. B. Bees and Bee-Culture. Tr. Edinb. Nat. Club, i. 
pp. 62-78 (plate of queen surrounded by workers). 
Hoffer, E. Die Hummelbauten. Kosmos, xii. pp. 412-421, figs. 1-4. 
Describes the foundation and construction of the nests of Bombus. 
Mullenhoff, K. Ueber die Entstehung der Bienenzellen. B. E. Z. 
xxvii. pp. 165-170. 
The writer argues that the regular hexagonal form of the cells is simply 
due to the mechanical effect of the pressure of the surrounding cells. 
Muller, H. Versuclie fiber die Farbenliebhaberei der Honigbiene. 
Kosmos, xii. pp. 273-299. 
Bees in unaccustomed localities are timid, and find honey with diffi- 
culty, but rapidly become accustomed to their surroundings, especially 
under the guidance of comrades. Different bees exhibit a preference for 
