156 Ins. 
HYMENOPTERA. 
New species :— 
Psaenythia bergii, Uruguay, Holm., An. Soc. Arg. xviii. p. 211. 
Stelis frey-gessneri, Rhone Valley, Friese, Ent. Nachr. xi. p. 83. 
Melissa chairuana , Uruguay, Holm., t. c. p. 205. 
Ccelioxys inconspicua , p. 206, pirata , p. 208, Uruguay, id. t. c. 
Nomada parvula, Sicily, Perez, Nat. Sicil. iv. p. 189. 
Osmia maritima (P = nigriventris , Zett.), Rostock, Friese, Ent, Nachr. 
xi. p. 85. 
Vespidjs. 
Eumenes petiolatus var.: metamorphoses; Ann. Soc. Ent. Fr. (6) v. 
p. 219, pi. iv. E. latreilli , Sauss., nest (woodcut) and habits; Abispa 
splendida, Guer., nest (woodcut), p. 323 ; Odynerus bicolor , Sauss., and 
Polistes bernardi , Le Guil., p. 326, habits ; noticed by Roth, J. L. S. 
xviii. 
Note on a female hornet adopting and rearing the larvas of a deserted 
nest ; Ent. Nachr. xi. p. 218. Vespa vulgaris , note on nest of ; Tr. Norw. 
Soc. iv. p. 50 : on extraordinary large nest of; JB. westf. Ver. xiii. p. 21. 
V. norvegica and V. sylvestris cohabitants of one nest; P. E. Soc. 1885, 
p. ii.—Sting of wasp, structure of ; J. Micr. & Nat. Sci. iv. p. 255, 
pi. xx.— Synagris calida figured at work, with nests ; La Nature, xiii. 1, 
p. 24. 
New species ■ 
Eumenes bispinosus, Dalmatia, Mor., Hor. Ent. Ross. xix. p. 135. 
Pterocliilus hellenicus, Greece, p. 137, eckloni, China, p. 139, atrohirtus 1 
Greece, p. 142, punctiventris , Persia, p. 143, aberrans ) Transcaucasus, 
p. 145, id. t. c. 
Hoplomerus quadricolor, Transcaspian, p. 146, persa , p. 148, mammil- 
latus, p. 149, Persia, caroli , Algeria, p. 151, calcaratus , Transcaucasus, 
p. 153, congener, Greece, p. 155, armeniacus, p. 157, mandibularis , p. 158, 
Transcaucasus, grandis, Persia, p. 159, icl. t. c. 
Lionotus nigricornis , Tauria, p. 160, przeivalsbyi, p. 161, atrofasciatus, 
p. 162, China, tegularis, p. 165, cardinalis, p. 167, cribratus, p. 171, Trans¬ 
caucasus, sulfur ip es, p. 169, Transcaspian, sellatus , Kirghese Desert, p. 172, 
id. t. c. 
Ancistrocerus homarowi, Transcaspian, id. t. c. p. 175. 
Microdynerus bificlus , Tauria, p. 177, alastoroid.es , Transcaucasus, 
p. 179, id. t. c. 
Rhynchinum rotlii, Queensland, Kirb., J. L. S. xviii. p. 324. 
Crabronim:. 
[Of. Kohl (169, 170), Mocsary (222).] 
The following synonymy is given, with full references, by Kohl, in 
Ent. Nachr. xi. pp. 161-166 :— Sapyga similis, Fab., = (*S. rufipes , Costa) ; 
Pompilus ( Larra ) 6-maculatus, Spin., = ( venustus , Wesm., = frater- 
culus , Costa) ; Salius ( Pompilus ) tripunctatus, Dahl., — (P. funereipes , 
