APIDiE. 
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Coclioxys hebcscens , Nyl., recorded as new to Finland ; Sahlberg, Mcdd. 
Soc. Fenn. ix. p. 154. 
Osmia aurulenta , Panz., and its parasite, Sapyga punctata , Klug, noticed ; 
Friese, Ent. Nachr. ix. pp. 67 & 68. 0. tridcntata, Duf. & Perr. : habits 
described ; Fabre, Nouv. Souv. Ent. pp. 229-261. 
Clialicodoma pyrcnaicum , Lep. At the suggestion of Darwin, Fabre 
undertook a series of experiments to test the power of the bees to return 
to their nests when carried to a distance; a considerable number returned 
safely : l. c. pp. 99-138. 
Mcgachile curvicrm , Thoms., and willughbiella , Kirby, noticed ; Sahl- 
berg, l. c. p. 137. 
Xenoglossa, Smith. Generic characters discussed, and X.fulva , Smith 
(= Anihopliora holopyrrha , Sich.),andX. (?) pruinosa, Say, redescribed; 
Gribodo, Ann. Mus. Genov, xviii. pp. 269-274. 
Anthophora sp. from Socotra described ; Taschenberg, Z. Naturw. lvi. 
p. 176. A. croceipcs, Morawitz, $ described by him ; Rev. mens. Ent. i. 
pp. 95 & 96. 
Psithyrus , Lep. There are 5 British species, Smith having confounded 
barbutellus , Kirby, with quadricolor ; E. Saunders, Ent. M. M. xix. pp. 267 
& 268. 
Bombus. Relations to clover, cats, and mice ; colour-sense: Sci. Goss, 
xix. pp. 143 & 164. Young $ $ collect pollen during the first year of 
their existence ; Hoffer, Kosmos, xiii. pp. 675 & 676. B. nivalis , Zett., 
recorded as new to Finland; Sahlberg, l. c. p. 164. B. pennsylvanicus 
inhabiting a deserted wren’s nest; Osborn, Canad. Ent. xv. p. 172. 
Mclipona and Trigona guided by tradition in the construction of their 
neats ; F. Miiller, Nature, xxvii. pp. 240 & 241. 
Apis mcllifica. The tongue is a trough on the upper side of the apex, 
and a tube for the rest of its length ; Cheshire, P. E. Soc. 1883, p. xix. 
Fertilizing red clover in New Zealand ; Meyrick, tom. cit. pp. xxix. & 
XXX. 
Yarious notes relative to bees will be found in Gard. Chron. (2) xx. 
Drumming of bees, pp. 44, 45, 76, & 77 ; visiting monkshood, pp. 181, 
182, 213, & 299; bee-plants, p. 306; bee-keeping in India, p. 342 ; bees 
and colours of flowers, pp. 538, 570, 593, & 594. 
The worker-bee does not transfer larvae from one cell to another ; 
Ulivi, L’Economia rurale, fasc. 11 (cf. Bull. Ent. Ital. xv. p. 194). 
Apiarian notes in Argyllshire for 1881 ; Bennett, P. N. H. Soc. Glasg. 
v. pp. 163-166. 
On the secretions of bees ; Friedrich, Ber. Ges. Chemn. vii. [1881] 
pp. 72-76. 
Melectoidcs, g. n., Taschenberg, B. E. Z. xxvii. p. 75. Intermediate be- 
tween Melccta and Osiris ; form of Melecta ; front of the head with 
raised hair. Type, 31. senex , sp. n., ibid., Parana. 
New species : — 
Nomada algira, p. 60, sag ana , p. 61, nielanura , Algeria, p. 62, latcritia, 
Dobrudsha, tenella , Caucasus, p. 63, bispinosa , Hungary, Dobrudsha, 
p. 64, laticrus, Brussa, carnifex , Malaga, p. 66, dolosa , Granada, p. 67> 
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