402 Mr. W. F. Kirbj on the 
ments (14—17). Male generative apertures paired, and situ- 
ated upon 18th segment of body, which is always behind the 
elitellum ; genital papillte occasionally developed in neigh- 
bouring segments. Female generative aperture single, and 
within the elitellum upon the 14th segment. Two pairs of 
testes, more or less solid and compact^ in segments 11 and 12 ; 
terminal portion of vas deferens on either side connected with 
the duct of a large prostate gland. Copulatory pouches 
varying in number from two to four pairs, and provided each 
with a variously shaped supplementary pouch or pouches. 
Intestine with a cascum on either side in 20th segment*. 
Megascolex, Templeton. 
Megascolex, Templeton, P. Z. S. 1845, p. 89. 
Pleurochceta, F. E. B., Trans. Roy. Soc. Edinb. vol. xxx. pt. ii. 
Sette arranged in nearly a continuous row round each seg- 
ment, only failing for a short space in the dorsal and ventral 
median lines ; elitellum occupying segments 13-20, but not 
developed upon the area which separates the male genital aper- 
tures and papillaE! of one side from those of the other. Male 
genital apertures paired and situated upon 18th segment of body, 
which is within the area over which the elitellum extends ; 
genital papillee two pairs, developed upon boundary-line 
between 17th-18th and 18th-19th segments respectively. 
Female generative pore single or double, upon 14th segment. 
A single pair of testes, branched and racemose, in 12th seg- 
ment ; a large prostate gland on either side in 18th segment. 
Copulatory pouches simple and unprovided with any supple- 
mentary pouches J two pairs situated in segments 8 and 9. 
Intestine with no caecum, but with a series of large compact 
glands arranged in fifteen or sixteen pairs, commencing at 
about segment 106. 
XLVII. — On the Hymenoptera collected during the recent 
Expedition of H.M.8. ^Challenger.'' By W. F. Kirby, 
Assistant in Zoological Department, British Museum. 
The series of Hymenoptera collected during the voyage of 
H.M.S. ' Challenger ' is interesting not only on account of 
several apparently new species having been obtained, but because 
* In two species, P. Sieboldi and P. musicus, Horst (' Notes Leyden 
Museum,' &c. pp. 192 & 194) describes sis of these cieca on each side; 
but in the latter species, at least, they do not seem to be at all regular 
in their presence. 
^Challenger'' Hymenoptera. 403 
most of the specimens were obtained from localities which have 
been but little worked ; and consequently the greater part 
were brought from countries which they were not previously 
known to inhabit. A list is given below. 
HYMENOPTERA TEREBRANTIA. 
Seerifera. 
Tenthredinidae. 
Pter ygophoein^. 
]. Pterygophorus analis. 
Pterygophorus analis, Costa, Ann, Mas. Nap. ii. p. 66 (1864). 
Sydney, May 1874. 
ENTOMOPHAGA. 
Spiculipera. 
Chalcididae. 
EuCHARINJE. 
2. Schizaspidia Murrayi. 
Long. Corp. 1 1 lin. 
Male. — Closely allied to 8. nasua, Walk., from the Philip- 
pines. Head and thorax green, granulated, with a slight 
coppery reflection ; antenna yellowish brown j scape yellow 
beneath ; flagellum with seven long rami before the extremity, 
which divides into two equal rami, shorter than the others- 
scutellura sloping upwards, more shortly constricted than in 
S. nasua, and terminating in a blunt fork, about as long as 
the hrst portion ; abdomen subpetiolated, vertical, smooth and 
shining, blackish green on the sides, and with a broad yellowish 
stripe above, continued round backwards to the extremity • 
legs yellowish. Wings hyaline; subcostal nervure rather thick 
blackish; stigma short, blackish, well defined. 
- Tongatabu, July 1874. 
EvaniidsB. 
3. Evania lievigata. 
Evania Icevigata, Latr. Gen. Crust, et Ins. iii. p. i^ol (1807). 
Honolulu. 
404 Mr. W. F. Klrbj on the 
Braconidae. 
4. Bracon trisignatus. 
Female. — Exp. al. 10^ lin. 
Head, thorax, legs, first and base of second segment of 
abdomen pale luteous ; abdomen whitish beneath ; antennse, 
vertex as far as the antennae, three spots on thorax, the 
greater part of the abdomen above, hind tibige except at base, 
and hind tarsi black ; ovipositor red, sheaths black ; wings 
yellow nearly to the middle, and smoky black beyond ; stigma 
not coloured. 
Zamboanga, Philippines, Oct. 18, 1874. 
5. Bracon stigmaticus. 
Female. — Exp. al. 12 lin. 
Luteous ; head pale yellow ; antennae black, the scape 
luteous beneath ; wings yellowish hyaline for two fifths of 
their length, the remaining three fifths being smoky brown ; 
stigma ivory-white ; abdomen with the first three segments 
luteous above, but paler than the thorax, the remainder of the 
abdomen black above, the last two segments narrowly edged 
behind with white ; abdomen white beneath, except the valves 
of the ovipositor, which are black j ovipositor red, sheaths 
black ; legs red, hind tarsi black. 
Ki Dulan, Sept. 25, 1874. 
HYMENOPTERA ACULEATA. 
PRJED0NE8. 
Heterogyna. 
Formicidse. 
FoRMICINjE. 
6. Formica nigra. 
Formica ntc/)-a, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. x. vol. i. p. 580 (1758). 
Bermuda, April 1873. 
Perhaps introduced. The specimens do not appear to differ 
from the ordinary European species. 
7. Camponotus maculatus. 
Formica maculata, Fabr. Spec. Ins. i. p. 491 (1781). 
San Jago, Cape Verdes, Aug. 11, 1873 j Cape of Good 
Hope, Nov. 1873. 
^Challenger'' Hymenoptera. 405 
A common species throughout tropical and subtropical 
Africa. 
8. Camponotus intrepidus, 
Formica intrepida, Kirby, Trans. Linn. Soc. Lond. xii. p. 477 (1818). 
Sydney, May 1874. 
9. Polyrhachis hihamata. 
Formica hihamata, Drury, III. Ex. Ent. ii. pi. xxxviii, figs. 7, 8 (1773). 
Zamboanga, Philippines, Feb. 1875. 
10. Polyrhachis sculpturata. 
Polyrhachis sculpturatus, Smith, Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., Zool. v. p. 70 
(1861). 
Zamboanga, Philippines, Feb. 1875. 
Previously recorded from Celebes, Salawatty, Timor, and 
Siam, but not from the Philippines. 
11. Polyrhachis phyllophila. 
Polyrhachis phyllophiluSj Smith, Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., Zool. v. p. 69 
(1861). 
Zamboanga, Philippines, Feb. 1875. 
Previously recorded from Sumatra and Celebes. 
12. Polyrhachis latifrons. 
Polyrhachis latifrons, Roger, Berl. ent. Zeitschr. vii. p. 155 (1863). 
Amboina, Oct. 1874 ; Cape York, Torres Straits. 
Originally described from Java. 
13. Polyrhachis neptunus. 
Polyrhachis neptunus, Smith, Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., Zool. viii. p. 69, 
pi. iv. fig. 2 (1865). 
Amboina, Oct. 1874. 
This species was originally described from New Guinea. 
In many of the specimens the antennae and legs are more 
ferruginous than in the typical form. 
Odontomachinm. 
14. Odontomachus hcematodes. 
Formica hcematoda, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. x, vol. i. p. 582. n. 16 (1758"). 
Ki Dulan, Sept. 25, 1874. 
406 Mr. W. F. Klrby on the 
PONERIN^. 
15. Lobopelta diminuta. 
Ponei'a dimmuta, Smitli, Oat. Hym. Ins. B M. vi. p. 89 (1858). 
Zamboano;a, Philippines, Feb. 1875. 
Widely distributed in the Eastern Archipelago, but not 
previously recorded from the Philippines. 
16. Paraponera clavata. 
Formica clavata, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 394 (1775). 
Bahia, Sept. 1873. 
1 7. Typlilopone punctata. 
Typhlopone punctnta, Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins. B. M. vi. p. 112 (1858), 
Cape of Good Hope. 
Myrmicin^. 
18. Aphcenogaster hostilis. 
Atta hostilis, Smitli, Cat. Hym. Ins. B. M. vi. p. 165 (1858). 
Simon's Bay, Cape of Good Hope, Dec. 1873. 
Smith describes the female and the worker minor. The 
pair in the ' Clialleng-er ' collection agree with a series from 
Natal, which I take to belong to the worker major. They 
are much darker than the small specimens ; but the workers 
of this genus differ very much in colour. 
19. Atta ahdominalis. 
CEcodoma ahdominalis, Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins. B. M. vi. p. 184 (1858). 
Bahia, Sept. 1873. 
FOSSORES. 
Mutillidse. 
20. MutlUa diadema. 
Mutilla diadema, Fabr. Mant. Ins. i. p. -Sll (1787), 
Bahia, Oct. 1873. 
Scoliidse. 
21. Dielis Wallacei. 
Male. — Exp. al. 12 lin. 
Black ; abdomen with a steel-blue lustre, the greater part 
^ Challenger'' Hymenoptera. 407 
of the bodj more or less clothed with short grey hair, which is 
especially dense upon the iiietathorax ; clypeus narrowly bor- 
dered below with yellow, and the mouth-parls, above the closed 
mandibles, of the same colour ; mandibles black, the extreme 
tips red ; abdomen with the first two dorsal segments bor- 
dered with yellow behind, the border on the second interrupted 
in the middle ; the third segment is marked with a faint spot 
of the same colour on each side, on its hinder edge ; wings 
violaceous hyaline, with chestnut-brown nervures ; tegulas 
chestnut-brown. 
Ki Dulan, Sept. 2, 1874. 
Allied to D. agilis^ Smith, from Celebes, but quite distinct. 
22. Dielis extranea. 
Exp. al. 11 lin. 
Male. — Black ; clypeus incised, yellow below ; labrum 
yellow, with a black spot in the angle formed by the clypeus ; 
thorax clothed with greyish pubescence ; prothorax and tegulse 
yellow, a black stripe, narrowly edged below with yellow, 
running towards the tegulse, and bounding the yellow colour 
on each side ; scutellura and postscutellum and the sides of 
the metathorax behind yellow ; the lateral sutures of the 
mesothorax may also be yellow, but this is much obscured 
by the villous covering ; abdomen witli the first three seg- 
ments broadly bordered with yellow behind, and most broadly 
at the sides j on the under surface the second and third seg- 
ments are bordered with yellow behind, this colour being 
interrupted in the middle ; wings yellowish hyaline, with 
chestnut nervures; front legs yellow, front femora black 
above ; middle legs yellow above, the femora with a black 
basal stripe above and beneath ; the tibite and tarsi and a 
small spot at the tip of the femora black beneath ; hind legs 
black \ the femora and a short line on the outside of the tibiae 
yellow. 
Wild Island (Admiralty Islands). 
Allied to I), aurulenta, Smith, a Philippine species. 
BembicidaB. 
23. Monedula signata, 
Vespa signata, Linn, Syst. Nat. ed. x. vol. i. p. 574 (1758). 
Bahia, Sept. 1873. 
408 Mr. W. F. Kirbj on the 
Larridae. 
24. Tachytes pomjjiliformis (?). 
Larra pompiliformis, Panz, Faun. Germ. Heft 89, pi. xiii. (1805). 
St. Vincent, Cape Verdes, July 1873. 
25. Sphex maura. 
Sphex maura, Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins. B. M. iv. p. 255 (1856). 
Zamboanga, Philippines, Feb. 1875. 
Originally described from Celebes. 
26. Sphex sericea. 
Pepsis nericen, Fabr. Syst. Piez, p. 211 (1804). 
Amboina, Oct. 1874. 
27. Pelopceus chalyhceus. 
Pelopceus chalyhceus, Smith, Cat. Hym. Ins. B. M. iv. p. 229 (1856). 
Cape of Good Hope, Nov. 1873. 
PompilidaB. 
28. Priocnemis atlanticus. 
Long. Corp. 6 lin. 
Male. — Black, oi-bits (except on the vertex) and mouth-parts 
red ; antennae straw-coloured, scape of a redder shade ; lateral 
angles of the prothorax prominent, and, as well as the tegulse, 
red, shining ; abdomen with a coppery-green lustre ; legs (espe- 
cially the front ones) more or less shading into ferruginous j 
wings with a strong greenish-purple iridescence. 
The female differs from the male in having the greater part 
of the head red ; the green lustre of the abdomen is nmcli less 
distinct, and the wings are of a violet-purple rather than 
of a greenish lustre. 
St. Vincent, Cape Verdes, 1873. 
Allied to P. exasperatus. Smith, from Natal, but differs 
in the colour of the head. 
29. Pepsis collar is. 
Female. — Long. corp. 11 lin. Black, with dull bluish-green 
tints. Face greenish ; antennee : scape black ; 2nd, 3rd, and 
apical joints black above and grey below, the intermediate 
joints yellow. Prothorax black, the sides varied with green 
and bordered behind with grey pubescence, indistinct above, 
' Challenger ' Hymenoptera. 409 
but veiy conspicuous below the black tegulge, and on the sides. 
Mesothorax velvety black or silky green, according to the light. 
Metathorax inky black, with a double longitudinal carnia, 
and transversely striated; abdomen black, tinted with verdigris - 
blue on the upper side ; legs black, violet-blue above ; wings 
violaceous, an indistinct transverse yellowish crescent near 
the end of the radial cell ; face, thorax, and tip of abdomen 
clothed with rather long divergent hairs. 
Bahia, Sept. 1873. 
Allied to P. mutabiliSf St.-Farg. 
30. Pepsi's ccerulea. 
Spliex ccerulea, Linn. Syst. Nat. ed. x. vol. i. p. 571 (1758). 
St. Thomas, March 1873 ; Bahia, Sept. 1873. 
31. Pepsis stellata. 
Sphex stellata, Fabr. Ent. Syst. ii. p. 217 (1793). 
St. Thomas, March 1873. 
32. Pepsis xanthocera. 
Pepsis xanthocera, Dahlb. Hyni. Eur. i. p. 120 (1845). 
San Jago, Cape Verdes, Aug. 10, 1873. 
DiPLOPTERA. 
Eumeuidse. 
33. Eumenes colona. 
Eumenes colona, Sauss. Guepes Solit. p. 70 (1852). 
St. Thomas, March 1873. 
34. Odynerus atlanticus. 
Long. Corp. 4 lin. 
Female. — Black, closely punctured ; clypeus convex, biden- 
tate at the apex ; sides and lower surface of clypeus, a dot 
between the antennaj, their lower surface, especially the 
scape beneath and towards the tip, prothorax above, and 
the sides in front, tegulse, and legs red; mesothorax with 
a shallow and inconspicuous channel above, on each side; 
abdomen : first segment red, with a black spot in front ; 
second segment black above, with the sides, hinder edge, 
and under surface red ; wings smoky hyaline, with blackish 
nervures. 
St. Vincent, Cape Verdes, July 1873. 
Differs from most other black species with red markino-s 
by the black scutellum. 
Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 5. Vol. xiii. 27 
410 Mr. W. F. Kirby o?? the 
VespidsB. 
35. Belenogaster hidentatus. 
Exp. al. 12 lin. 
Female. — Black, mouth-parts pale testaceous ; clypeus with 
the sides emarginate beneath; mandibles reddish, a very narrow 
reddish line behind the upper part of the eyes ; antennas ending 
in a sharp point ; this, the two preceding joints, and the base 
beneath are testaceous ; thorax thickly punctured ; the pro- 
thorax, a large lateral spot below and rather in front of the 
black tegula3, two large spots on the scutellum, contiguous, 
but not united, the hinder part of the postscutellum, and the 
sides of the metathorax above (the middle is black and 
channelled) red ; legs red, coxse black ; abdomen black and 
shining, the petiole ratlier wide at its extremity, where 
it is slightly marked with reddish beneath and on the 
lateral angles ; on the under surface the median line of 
the petiole is iirst carinated and then channelled rather beyond 
the middle ; on the under surface is a small projecting tooth 
on each side. 
Pandana, Fiji, Aug. 1874. 
36. Polistes perplexus. 
Polistes peyplexus, Cress. Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. iv. p. 245 (1872). 
Bermuda, April and June 1873. 
Originally described from Texas. 
37. Polistes aurifer. 
Polistes atirifer, Saiiss. Mon. Guepes Soc. p. 78 (1858). 
Honolulu, Aug. 1875. 
38. Polistes rubiginosus. 
Polistes nibiginosus, St.-Farg. Ilym. i. p. 524 (1836). 
San Jago, Cape Verdes, Aug. 10, 1873. 
39. Polistes for tunatus. 
Long. Corp. 7^ lines. 
Female. — Ferruginous-tawny, with more or less extended 
black markings, and clothed with a slight golden pile. Ver- 
tex black, the colour sometimes extending as far as the 
antennaj, and sending off a branch behind to the occiput ; in 
any case the furrows below the antennge are always more or 
less marked with black. Clypeus subconvex, sparingly punc- 
^Challenger'' Hymenoptera. 411 
tured, and more or less yellowish beneath. Antennae, except 
the base of the scape, blackish above. Prothorax ferruginous- 
tawny, narrowly edged behind with yellow ; mesothorax black, 
with or without a U-shaped pale mark in the middle, often 
accompanied by a small one on each side; pectus mostly 
black, except some pale spots on the pleurae ; scutellum and 
postscutellum ferruginous-tawny ; metathorax either of the 
same colour or black, but always with a wide black groove in 
the centre. When the mesothorax is black there is always a 
reddish stripe on each side of the groove, beyond which is 
sometimes another red mark. Abdomen and legs yellowish 
tawny, the first segment of the abdomen and often some of 
the succeeding segments narrowly edged behind wnth yellow ; 
the first segment sometimes marked with black at the base, 
the second nearly always with a triangular black spot at the 
base, and occasionally the succeeding segments are also marked 
Avith black at the base. The black markings are always more 
extended on the under surface than on the upper. Wings 
subhyaline, iridescent. 
Described from eight specimens taken at San Jago, Cape 
Verdes, on the 10th August, 1873. Not closely allied to any 
known species. 
40. Polistes Madoci. 
Long. Corp. 6 lin. 
Female. — Black ; face ferruginous. Clypeus hairy. An- 
tenna3 ferruginous, black above in the middle of the flagellura, 
the apical portion more yellow; cheeks yellow, with an 
indistinct dusky spot on the lower part. Prothorax yellow 
above, with a large black streak running upwards on 
the sides ; mesothorax black, unmarked ; tegul^e, scutellum, 
postscutellum, two stripes on the back of the metathorax, 
and two narrower ones on the sides, back of the metathorax, 
knees, tibise, and tarsi yellow ; coxte, femora, and hind 
tibiae black ; abdomen black, the first four segments bor- 
dered with yellow behind, both above and below, except 
on the first segment, on which it is hardly continued below, 
but it is continued forwards on the sides of all four segments ; 
hinder segments yellow, tinted with ferruginous. Wings 
yellowish hyaline. 
St. Thomas, March 1873. 
Apparently allied to P. modestus. Smith, and navajoe^ 
Cresson. 
41. Polistes carnifex. 
Vespa carnifex, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 365 (1775). 
Honolulu, May 1875. 
27* 
412 On the ^Challenger Hymenoptera. 
42. PoUstes elegans. 
Polistes elegans, Smith, Journ, Linn. Soc. Loud., Zool. iv. p. 169(1860). 
Ki Dulan, Sept. 25, 1875. 
43. Polistes diaholicus. 
Polistes diabolicus, Sauss. Mon. Guepes Soc. p. 68, pi. vi. fig. 7 (1858). 
Ki Dulan, Sept. 25, 1875. 
44. Polyhia occidentalis. 
Vespa occide7italis, Oliv. Enc. Metli. vi. p. 675 (1791). 
Small nest and numerous specimens from Baliia. The 
species does not appear to vary. 
Anthophila. 
Apidae. 
Denubatje. 
45. Crocisa scutellaris. 
Nomada scutellaris, Fabr. Spec. Ins. i. p. 487 (1781). 
St. Vincent, Cape Verdes, July 1873. 
46. Crocisa nitidula. 
Melecta nitidula, Fabr. Sysf. Piez. p. 386 (1804). 
Ki Dulan, Sept. 25, 1874. 
SCOPULIPEDES. 
47. Xylocopa circumvolans. 
Xylocopa circumvolans. Smith, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1873, p. 205. 
Eucosca Dock, Japan, May 1875. 
48. Xylocopa ceneipennis. 
Apis ceneipennis, DeGeer, Mem. iii. p. 573, pi. xxviii. fig. 8 (1773). 
St, Thomas, March 1873 ; Honolulu, Aug. 1875. 
49. Xylocopa hryorum. 
Apis hryorum, Fabr. Syst. Ent. p. 381 (1776). 
Wok an, Dobbo, Aru. 
Bibliographical Notices. 413 
SOCIALES. 
50. Trigona rujicrus. 
Apis ritjlcriis, Latr. Aim. Mus. Hist. Nat. v. p. 176 (1804). 
Bahia, Sept. 1873. 
51. Apis mellijica. 
AjHs mellijica, Lino. Syst. Nat. ed. x. vol. i. p. 576 (1758). 
Bermuda, April 1873 ; Sydney, May 1874. 
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Annual Report and Froceediugs of the Belfast Naturalists' Field 
Club, 1882-83. Ser, 2, vol. ii. part 3. 8vo. 1884. 
The Report for the year ending 31st March, 1883, completes the 
history of the twentieth year of the Society's existence and work. 
Besides the reports of the several excursions, in which scientific 
research and healthy pleasure appear to have been well combined, 
and of the conversazione and annual meeting, this part contains 
notices of several interesting papers : — on the crannogs at Lough 
Mourne, near Carricktergus (with an illustrative plate); on the 
stone monuments of Carrowmorc, near Sligo ; and on Fungi, their 
properties and uses. Mr. Joseph Wright, in occasional notes, men- 
tions some Foraminifera new to the British fauna, namely Milio- 
litia triangularis, Haplophragmium agglutinans, and Lageiia castrcn- 
sis, the lust hitherto known only on the Australian coast. These 
were dredged by him off Dublin. Also lihabdogonium tricarinatum 
and Pullenia quiiiquelola, dredged by Messrs, J. Wright and F. P. 
Blakwill, the first off Lambay Island, in 50 fathoms water, and 
the second at 45 fathoms about 20 miles off Dublin. A Meteoro- 
logical Summary for 1883, and the Appendix vii., consisting of a 
Supplement to a List of Mosses of the North-east of Ireland, by Mr. 
S. A. Stewart, complete this Report. 
Transactions of the Cumhtrland Association for the Advancement of 
Literature and Science. No. VIII. 1882-83. Edited by J. G. 
GooDCHiLD. 8vo. Carlisle : G. and T. Coward. 1883. 
It must be a question difficult to settle in the minds of many 
working naturalists how far they should feel grateful to the swarm 
of small local societies and field-clubs in all parts of the country 
which bring out their Transactions and Proceedings as separate 
and independent publications. In the districts to which the activity 
of these bodies is devoted such publications are doubtless of great 
interest, and the societies gain much credit by their production ; 
but it is rather haid upon the student to have to keep himself up to 
the C(»nteutii of so man} comparativfly obscure periodicals on the 
chance of the iippearance in tlicir pages, among a mass of material