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* ( B .) hymen of ter a. 
Apid^. 
Andrenides. 
Melitta curiosa , Mor., is to be transferred to Andrena, where it will 
form a special group ; $ described : Mor., Hor. Ent. Ross. xix. p. 181. 
Andrena compta , Eversm. (= orenburgensis , Schmiedekn.) ; sexes, 
variety, &c., described at length : Arn., Hor. Ent. Ross. xix. pp. 282-285. 
Note on A. apicata, morawitzi , &c.; Ent. Nachr. xi. pp. 81-83. 
JSi'ew species :— 
Augochlora eamure , p. 213, tupacamaru , p. 214, Uruguay, Holm., An. 
Soc. Arg. xviii. 
Ecplectica'cucurbitce , Am. mer., id. t. c. p. 204. 
Camptopceum prinii, p. 210, amargosi, p. 211, Uruguay, id. t. c. 
CiLissa nigra, Rhone Valley, Friese, Ent. Nachr. xi. p. 85. 
Apides. 
Schmiedekuecht (308 a), pp. 899-976, completes his tabulation of 
species of Osmia , and gives detailed descriptions of 23 species. 
The double role of the sting of the honey-bee ; Psyche, iv. p. 251 
(translated from the German).—A new Bacillus (B. alvei) is the cause of 
the disease of the hive bee hitherto known as foul brood ; Cheshire, E. R., 
and Cheyne, W. W.. J. R. Micr. Soc. (2) pp. 581-602. 
Ein sehr lehrreiches Nest des Bombus terrestris , L. ; Hoffer, Wien, 
ent. Z. iv. pp. 84-89.—Nests of Bombus alticola , mendax, and pomorum 
var. mesomelas described ; id. Kosmos, xvi. p. 291.—Note on Bombus ger- 
staeckeri, Mor., dealing with differences of habit in the twq sexes ; Dalla 
Torre, Zool. Anz. viii. p. 691.— Humble-bees on the Pampas; Sci. Goss, 
xxi. p. 54. 
Xylocopa violacea : organs of flight ; Amans, Ann. Sci. Nat. xix. pp. 
91-109, pi. viii. X. coronata (== forbesii, Kirb.) ; Rits., Notes Leyd. Mus. 
vii. p. 54. 
Epeolus luctuosus , Evers., redescribed, p. 286, and laminss genitales 
figured, pi. xii. ; Arn., Hor. Ent. Ross. xix. 
Radoszkowski describes and figures the copulatory organs of the males 
of numerous species of Phileremides ; Bull. Mosc. lxi. pp. 359-371, pis. 
i. & ii. 
Mouth and sting of Melecta punctata ; J. Micr. & Nat. Sci. iv. p. 258, 
pi. xxii. 
