JOURNAL JOpiD JQopfe 6!ntoraoIogiral Horiplg. \^ol. XII. MARCH, 1904. No. 1 Class I, HEXAPODA. Order I, HYMENOPTERA. A LIST OF THE HYMENOPTERA OF THE PHILIP-PINE ISLANDS, \A^ITH DESCRIPTIONS OF NKW SPECIES. By William H. Ashmead, M.A., D.Sc, Washington, D. C. Considering the extent of the Philippine Islands, extending as they do over 1,200 miles of territory, our knowledge of the Hymenopter-ous fauna is singularly meager. More attention should be given to collecting these important insects. Since the islands came into the possession of the United States much material has been sent to the National Museum, and vv^ith the hope that more attention will be given to the collecting and study of this order in the Philippines, I give be-low a list of the known species, and describe most of the new species now in our collection. The vast majority of the material, upon which this contribution is based, was received from Dr. P. L. Stangl, U. S. Army, and Father W. A. Stanton, of Manila. Father Stanton's contributions to the National Museum, not only in this but in other orders, are especially valuable, and he has been eminently successful in discovering many new species in genera not before recorded from the Philippines. I have arranged the list in systematic order, according to my scheme of classification, and have enumerated all families, whether
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