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Description: Korrelationsanalyse zwischen Wettervariablen über mehrere Perioden und dem Zuckerrübenertrag an verschiedenen Standorten KATASTER-BESCHREIBUNG: Bildung von Wetterindexsummen über mehrere Monate im Vergleich zur Betrachtung einzelner Monate ergab keine höheren Korrelationen, höchste positive Korrelationskoeffizienten von 0,61 zwischen der Niederschlagssumme des Zeitraumes Juni bis August für den Standort Dedelow, in der Uckermark Brandesburgs. Einflusses der Temperatur auf den Zuckerertrag ergab negative Korrelationskoeffizienten, der höchste (negative) ermittelte Wert liegt bei -0,78 für die Periode Juli bis September, Dedelow. Positiven Einfluss hoher Temperaturen auf den Rübenertrag am Standort Kiel und Düse KATASTER-DETAIL:

Description: Sammlung historischer Informationen und Dokumentation des bäuerlichen Erfahrungswissens Kulturpflanzen von der Prähistorie - 20. Jahrhundert KATASTER-BESCHREIBUNG: KATASTER-DETAIL:

Description: The new genus Lianus of subfamily Doryctinae (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) is described and illustrated. The differences from other genera of Doryctinae are discussed. Both included species originate from the Atlantic forest at Campos do Jordão, São Paulo State, Brazil.

Description: The Pterophoridae (Ochyroticinae, Deuterocopinae, Pterophorinae (Tribus: Platyptiliini, Exelastini, Oxyptilini)) species of the Neotropical fauna are reviewed. The species are redescribed. Moths are illustrated in colour for the first time, their genitalia are illustrated in line drawings. The examination of type specimens revealed the presence of four new synonyms: Platyptilia juanvinas Gielis, 1999, is a junior synonym of Platyptilia gravior Meyrick, 1932; Platyptilia jonesi Gielis, 1996, is a junior synonym of Platyptilia semnopis Meyrick, 1931; Oxyptilus maleficus Meyrick, 1926, is a junior synonym of Leptodeuterocopus neales (Walsingham, 1915); Lioptilus parvus Walsingham, 1880, is a junior synonym of Lioptilodes albistriolatus (Zeller, 1871). During the study of much new material 40 new species were discovered: Leptodeuterocopus tungurahue, L. angulatus, L. panamaensis, L. duchicela, Sochchora mulinus, Melanoptilia nigra, Platyptilia spicula, Stenoptilodes maculatus, S. agricultura, S. heppneri, S. medius, S. altiaustralis, Postplatyptilia nebuloarbustum, P. antillae, P. caribica, P. uruguayensis, P. pluvia, P. seitetazas, P. transversus, P. carchi, P. boletus, P, ugartei, P. drechseli, P. corticis, P. zongoensis, P. vorbecki, Amblyptilia landryi, A. kosteri, Lioptilodes altivolans, L. arequipa, L. yungas, L. salarius, L. cocodrilo, Michaelophorus margaritae, M. bahiaensis, Geina integumentum, Capperia browni, Buckleria brasilia, Megalorhipida paraiso, M. dubiosa. In the larger genera the species are arranged in groups. For a distinct group of species a new genus: Melanoptilia is proposed. A comprehensive checklist of the species has been made. To facilitate identification a key is presented to the genus level.

Description: A bibliography of the family Braconidae/Hymenoptera: Ichneumonidae is given for the period 1964-2003. It is an addition to Shenefelt's bibliography (1965), which covers the period 1785-1963. In total 10,436 references are listed.

Description: The European species of the genus Helorus Latreille, 1802, are keyed and illustrated, with special reference to their distribution in The Netherlands. Three of the four European species are newly reported for The Netherlands. The description of a new species from Sulawesi (Indonesia) is added: H. celebensis spec. nov.

Description: Two new genera of Entedoninae are described from Afrotropical region. The genus Janicharis gen. nov. (type species: J. africana spec. nov.) is described from Cameroon, Nigeria and Madagascar. The genus Hakuna gen. nov. (type species: H. matata spec. nov.) is described from Uganda. Both genera have a rather characteristic habitus and a peculiar propodeum bearing large anterolateral strips. A new, but yet unnamed, species of the genus Trisecodes Delvare & LaSalle, 2000, is recorded from Cameroon. This is the fi rst Afrotropical record of this genus, originally described from the Neotropical region.

Description: In total 32 new species of Tenthredinidae are described from Vietnam and 18 new species from Indonesia: Nesoselandria albotonkinensis spec. nov., N. albeotegularissima spec. nov., N. devriesiana spec. nov., Anapeptamena achterbergiana spec. nov., Neostromboceros nigrogiganteus spec. nov., N. gracilioides spec. nov., N. alboclypeatus spec. nov., N. daoensis spec. nov., N. phuongensis spec. nov., Abusarbidea bicoloristigmata spec. nov., Eusunoxa alboapicalis spec. nov., Neopoppia tonkinometallica spec. nov., Abeleses vietnamensis spec. nov., A. metallotonkinensis spec. nov., Heptamelus tonkinensis spec. nov., Athlophorus devriesi spec. nov., Rhopographus vietnamensis spec. nov., Xenapatidea hematothoracica spec. nov., X. devriesi spec. nov., Allantidea achterbergiana spec. nov., Neothrinax nigrotonkinensis spec. nov., Indotaxonus flavissimus spec. nov., Darjilingia vietnamensis spec. nov., D. tonkinensis spec. nov., D. hoangliensis spec. nov., Ferna achterbergi spec. nov., Monophadnus bicoloritonkinensis spec. nov., Eutomostethus phongdiensis spec. nov., Eutomostethus albotegularissimus spec. nov., Tenthredo octomaculatus spec. nov., T. tricoloritonkinensis spec. nov. and T. danangiensis spec. nov. from Vietnam. Neostromboceros pleuronotatus spec. nov., N. albopedissimus spec. nov., N. flavopedis spec. nov., N. rubroguinealis spec. nov., N. rubromalayensis spec. nov., Eusunoxa malaya spec. nov., Emphytus danumiensis spec. nov., Hemibeleses sulawesiensis spec. nov., Neopoppia irregulata spec. nov., Tenthredo nigrosabahensis spec. nov., T. djampangensis spec. nov., Neothrinax kaindiensis spec. nov., N. excavata spec. nov., N. gedehensis spec. nov., Abeleses metallojavanus spec. nov., Caliroa nigrojavana spec. nov., Nesoselandria sulawesiensis spec. nov. and Athlophorus achterbergianus spec. nov. from Indonesia. Monophadnus glaucus Enderlein, 1919; Monophadnus sumatranus Enderlein, 1919; Amonophadnus nigripennis Benson, 1935; Amonophadnus nigrojavanus Haris, 2002; Corporaalinus azureus Forsius, 1925; Corporaalinus cyanescens Forsius, 1925; and Corporaalinus jacobsoni Forsius, 1929, are proposed as new synonyms of Monophadnus rivalis Konow, 1906. An identification key is added for the known Tenthredinidae of Borneo, Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi and New Guinea.

Description: Two new host records for Exasticolus fuscicornis (Cameron, 1887)(Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Homolobinae)are presented with detailed larvae morphology and other biological information.

Description: Thirty species belonging to 16 genera of the family Braconidae (Hymenoptera) are reported from Greenland. Seven are new species described and illustrated below: Dacnusa groenlandica spec. nov.; Aphidius tarsalis spec. nov.; Praon brevistigma spec. nov.; Blacus (B.) groenlandicus spec. nov.; Cotesia crassifemorata spec. nov.; C. fascifemorata spec. nov. and Microplitis lugubroides spec. nov.

Description: The little-known monotypic genus Paracyphocrania Redtenbacher, 1908 (Phasmatinae: Phasmatini) is reviewed and now comprises two species: P. lativentris Redtenbacher, 1908, and P. tecticollis (Redtenbacher, 1908) comb. nov., which are redescribed and illustrated. A neotype is designated for P. lativentris which is newly recorded from Sulawesi.

Description: Vestalaria vinnula spec.nov. (holotype male, southern Vietnam, Lam Dong province, Blao, 1962) is described in both sexes and compared with other species of Vestalaria May, 1935 (= the Vestalis smaragdina - group), which is ranked as valid genus.

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Description: A new species of the genus Artocella van Achterberg is described from Spain. On the basis of its substantial sexual dimorphisim, the differences between the two previously known species of this Turanian-Mediterranean genus, which had each been described from specimens of only one (and differing) sex, are reassessed.

Description: Dasypoda intermedia spec. nov. from Iran is described. Its description fills a gap of our knowledge of the East Mediterranean fauna of the genus Dasypoda. The West Mediterranean Dasypoda species are well known but the eastern species lack convincing records. Moreover, D. intermedia spec. nov. is a very interesting species from a phylogenetic point of view. It shares some characters common to subgenera Dasypoda s. str. and Megadasypoda Michez, 2004, which provide further evidence for the close relationship of both subgenera.

Description: Thirty-one species of the family Platystictidae of the Philippines are revised, i.e. all species recognised, excluding the species of the Drepanosticta halterata-group. The following new taxa are described: 16 species in Drepanosticta Laidlaw: D. acuta spec. nov., D. aurita spec. nov., D. centrosaurus spec. nov., D. clados spec. nov., D. flavomaculata spec. nov., D. furcata spec. nov., D. hermes spec. nov., D. krios spec. nov., D. luzonica spec. nov., D. malleus spec. nov., D. myzouris spec. nov., D. paruatia spec. nov., D. pistor spec. nov., D. quadricornu spec. nov., D. rhamphis spec. nov., D. trachelocele spec. nov., two in Protosticta Selys, viz. P. lepteca spec. nov. and P. plicata spec. nov., and three in Sulcosticta gen. nov., viz. S. striata spec. nov., S. pallida spec. nov. and S. viticula spec. nov. The status of eleven previously described nominal taxa is established. One, D. septima Needham & Gyger, is doubtfully considered a synonym of D. mylitta Cowley. Based on a preliminary phylogenetic analysis, the species of Drepanosticta are divided into informal species groups. Most species of the Philippines have affinities to species of Sulawesi, the Moluccas and New Guinea. Several species confined to Palawan have sister-group relationships with species from Borneo. The affinities of various other species confined to the Sulu archipelago, are unsettled as yet. The species of Platystictidae here assigned to Protosticta Selys are presumably not closely related to the type species, P. simplicinervis Selys from Sulawesi. However, a better placement has to await a more detailed phylogenetic study of the family. For three species the new genus Sulcosticta gen. nov. is erected. These species are closely allied based on the structure of the appendages, but should have been assigned to different genera if based on the present generic definitions. Many species here described have small distributional ranges, a common phenomenon in Platystictidae. Since most forests in the Philippines are heavily under threat or have already disappeared in the last fifty years, several taxa described in this paper should be considered under threat of immediate extinction.

Description: In this part the remaining 78 species of the genus Pepsis, belonging to ten species-groups, are described and figured, and their phylogenetics and biogeography are discussed. 14 of the species are described as new: P. achterbergi spec. nov., P. adonta spec. nov., P. boharti spec. nov., P. caliente spec. nov., P. dayi spec. nov., P. esmeralda spec. nov., P. ianthoides spec. nov., P. jamaicensis spec. nov., P. krombeini spec. nov., P. martini spec. nov., P. multichroma spec. nov., P. nanoides spec. nov., P. wahisi spec. nov., and P. willinki spec. nov. Three species-names, P. infuscata Spinola, 1841, P. lampas Lucas, 1895, and P. thoreyi Dahlbom, 1845, are recalled from synonymy. The following 293 names are newly synonymized (the valid names are listed first): P. atalanta Mocsáry, 1885 = P. nitens Mocsáry, 1894, P. mocsaryi Lucas, 1895; P. inclyta Lepeletier, 1845 = P. mutabilis Lepeletier, 1845, P. vagabunda Lepeletier, 1845, P. cupripennis Taschenberg, 1869, P. violaceipennis Mocsáry, 1885, P. clotho Mocsáry, 1888, P. spengeli Mocsáry, 1888, P. sickmanni Mocsáry, 1888, P. nireus Mocsáry, 1894, P. atrovirens Lucas, 1895, P. cerastes Lucas, 1895, P. pygidialis Brèthes, 1908, P. guaranitica Brèthes, 1908, P. parca Lucas, 1919, P. atahualpa Banks, 1946, opimicornis, Haupt, 1952, atropos, Haupt, 1952, azurea Haupt, 1952; crassicornis Mocsáry, 1885 = P. sappho Brèthes, 1908, P. nitocris Brèthes, 1908, P. vivida Brèthes, 1908, P. arechavaletai Brèthes, 1908, P. lynchii Brèthes, 1908, P. operosa Brèthes, 1908, P. ataraqua Banks, 1946, P. splendida Haupt, 1952; P. sommeri Dahlbom, 1845 = P. azteca Cameron, 1893; P. xanthocera Dahlbom, 1843 = P. nigrescens Smith, 1855, P. fulgidipennis Mocsáry, 1885, P. juno Brèthes, 1908, P. ismare Banks, 1946, P. nigroprasina Haupt, 1952; P. seifferti Lucas, 1895 = P. cornuta Lucas, 1895, P. moebiusi Lucas, 1895, P. stygia Lucas, 1895; P. luteicornis Fabricius, 1804 = P. strenua Erichson, 1848, P. tinctipennis Smith, 1873, P. citreicornis Mocsáry, 1894, P. venosa Banks, 1945, P. alector Banks, 1946; P. asteria Mocsáry, 1894 = P. luridicornis Brèthes, 1926; P. convexa Lucas, 1895 = P. humeralis Brèthes, 1914; P. helvolicornis Lucas, 1895 = P. bahiae Brèthes, 1914; P. vitripennis Smith, 1855 = P. obscura Lepeletier, 1845, P. amabilis Mocsáry, 1885, P. centralis Cameron, 1893, P. margarete Lucas, 1895, P. venezuelae Kaye, 1913, P. aeneipennis Banks, 1946, P. helenae Haupt, 1952, P. coeruleoviridis Haupt, 1952; P. fumipennis Smith, 1855 = P. pallidicornis Mocsáry, 1885; P. amyntas Mocsáry, 1885 = P. vicina Lucas, 1895, P. clarinervis Brèthes, 1908, P. amyntoides Lucas, 1919, P. eurydice Lucas, 1919; P. dimidiata Fabricius, 1804 = P. vittigera Lucas, 1897, P. argentina Brèthes, 1908, P. sanctaeannae Brèthes, 1908, P. virgo Brèthes, 1908, P. externa Brèthes, 1908, P. transversa Brèthes, 1908, P. cordubensis Brèthes, 1908, P. banghaasi Lucas, 1919; P. menechma Lepeletier, 1845 = P. elegans Lepeletier, 1845, P. dubitata Cresson, 1867, P. prismatica Smith, 1855, P. advena Mocsáry, 1885, cinctipennis Mocsáry, 1885, P. guatemalensis Cameron, 1893, P. nestor Mocsáry, 1894, P. nigricornis Mocsáry, 1894, P. auranticornis Lucas, 1895, P. fruhstorferi Lucas, 1895, P. concolor Lucas, 1895, P. cerberus Lucas, 1895, P. euchroma Lucas, 1895, P. nigrocincta Lucas, 1895, P. mordax Lucas, 1895, P. inermis Fox, 1898, P. roberti Brèthes, 1908, P. janira Brèthes, 1908, P. cultrata Brèthes, 1908, P. novitia Banks, 1921; P. decipiens Lucas, 1895 = P. similis Lucas, 1895; P. minarum Brèthes, 1914 = P. pulchra Brèthes, 1914; P. basifusca Lucas, 1895 = P. angustimarginata Viereck, 1908; P. chrysoptera Burmeister, 1872 = P. exigua Lucas, 1895, P. smaragdinula Lucas, 1895, P. nebulosa Lucas, 1895, P. karschi Lucas, 1895, P. anisitsii Brèthes, 1908, P. indistincta Brèthes, 1908, P. dimidiatipennis Brèthes, 1908, P. chloroptera Brèthes, 1908, P. culta Brèthes, 1908, P. recta Brèthes, 1908, P. tornowii Brèthes, 1908, P. schrottkyi Brèthes, 1908, P. itinerata Brèthes, 1908, P. miniata Brèthes, 1908, P. spegazzinii Brèthes, 1908, P. paulistana Brèthes, 1914, P. chloe Brèthes, 1914, P. coronaria Brèthes, 1914, P. semilucana Haupt, 1952, P. bruneipes Haupt, 1952, P. brachynotus Haupt, 1952, P. diagonalis Haupt, 1952, P. discrepans Haupt, 1952; P. elongata Lepeletier, 1845 = P. purpurascens Smith, 1855, P. fuscipennis Smith, 1873, P. longula Banks, 1946; P. australis Saussure, 1867 = P. centaurus Lucas, 1897; P. cyanescens Lepeletier, 1845 = P. micans Mocsáry, 1885, P. jucunda Mocsáry, 1885, P. balloui Banks, 1946, P. diversa Haupt, 1952; P. lampas Lucas, 1895 = P. venturii Schrottky, 1902; P. nitida Lepeletier, 1845 = P. lucidula Smith, 1855, P. vaualba Smith, 1855, P. pruinosa Mocsáry, 1894, P. cylindrica Lucas, 1895, P. andina Brèthes, 1908, P. dilatata Brèthes, 1908, P. holmbergi Brèthes, 1908, P. concava Brèthes, 1908, P. ephebus Brèthes, 1908, P. vaga Brèthes, 1908, P. fuscobasalis Brèthes, 1908, P. cordata Brèthes, 1914, P. impatiens Brèthes, 1914, P. tricolor Brèthes, 1914, P. joergenseni Brèthes, 1914, P. cleone Brèthes, 1914, P. dorsata Brèthes, 1914, P. aretheas Brèthes, 1914, P. lassonis Lucas, 1819, P. consors Banks, 1946, P. interrupta Banks, 1946, P. analis Haupt, 1952; P. seladonica Dahlbom, 1843 = P. deuteroleuca Smith, 1855, P. kohli Lucas, 1895, P. venezolana Brèthes, 1908, P. burmeisteri Brèthes, 1908; P. cybele Banks, 1945 = P. weberi Banks, 1946; P. thoreyi Dahlbom, 1845 = P. lurida Lucas, 1895, P. euterpe Brèthes, 1908; P. flavescens Lucas, 1895 = P. periphetes Lucas, 1895, P. limbatella Brèthes, 1908, P. discoidalis Brèthes, 1914, P. limbatica Brèthes, 1914, P. militaris Brèthes, 1914, P. cavillatrix Haupt, 1952, P. arcuata Haupt, 1952, P. recterugosa Haupt, 1952, P. adversatrix Haupt, 1952; P. nigricans Lucas, 1895 = P. troglodytes Brèthes, 1908; P. montezuma Smith, 1855 = P. quitonensis Packard, 1869, P. sibylla Mocsáry, 1885, P. circe Mocsáry, 1885, P. occidentalis Cameron, 1893, P. peruanus Lucas, 1895, P. fulva Lucas, 1895, P. nessus Lucas, 1895, P. fusca Lucas, 1895, P. andicola Cameron, 1903, P. chilloensis Cameron, 1903, P. patagonica Brèthes, 1908, P. fasciculata Brèthes, 1908, P. pisoensis Strand, 1911, P. pacifica Brèthes, 1914, P. huascar Banks, 1946; P. completa Smith, 1855 = P. quichua Brèthes, 1908, P. comes Banks, 1946; P. smaragdina Dahlbom, 1843 = P. thunbergi Dahlbom, 1843, P. lara Mocsáry, 1888, P. satrapes Lucas, 1895, P. nupta Lucas, 1895, P. erynnis Lucas, 1895, P. fraterna Lucas, 1895, P. diabolus Lucas, 1895, P. mystica Lucas, 1895, P. thalia Brèthes, 1908, P. brasiliensis Brèthes, 1908, P. pallida Brèthes, 1908, P. iheringi Brèthes, 1908, P. dromeda Brèthes, 1908, P. sepultrix Lucas, 1919, P. strickeri Lucas, 1919; P. discolor Taschenberg, 1869 = P. sinnis Lucas, 1895, P. jujuyensis Brèthes, 1908, P. modesta Brèthes, 1908, P. comparata Brèthes, 1908, P. neutra Brèthes, 1908, P. terebrans Brèthes, 1908, P. procera Haupt, 1952, P. plaumanni Haupt, 1952, P. ogloblini Haupt, 1952, P. deletrix Haupt, 1952; P. limbata Guérin, 1831 = P. richteri Brèthes, 1908, P. polita Brèthes, 1908, P. limbella Haupt, 1952, P. artemis Haupt, 1952; P. basalis Mocsáry, 1885 = P. erdmanni Lucas, 1895, P. basinigra Haupt, 1952; P. infuscata Spinola, 1841 = P. niobe Mocsáry, 1885, P. sagana Mocsáry, 1894, P. incerta Banks, 1946; P. hyalinipennis Mocsáry, 1885 = P. subruficornis Haupt, 1952; P. festiva Fabricius, 1804 = P. pulchella Lepeletier, 1845, P. solitaria Smith, 1879, P. gallardoi Brèthes, 1908, P. hora Brèthes, 1914, P. amok Lucas, 1919, P. riojaneirensis Lucas, 1919; P. gracilis Lepeletier, 1845 = P. diana Mocsáry, 1885, P. hecate Mocsáry, 1885, P. spathulifera Lucas, 1895, P. sphinx Lucas, 1895, P. ierensis Banks, 1945, P. alceste Banks, 1946, P. scalaris Haupt, 1952; P. mildei Stål, 1857 = P. charon Mocsáry, 1885, P. cyanoptera Lucas, 1895, P. dryas Lucas, 1919; P. filiola Brèthes, 1914 = P. denserugosa Haupt, 1952; P. ruficornis Fabricius, 1804 = P. saphirus Palisot de Beauvois, 1805, P. violacea Mocsáry, 1885, P. hexamita Lucas, 1895, P. omniviolacea Haupt, 1952; P. brunneicornis Lucas, 1895 = P. glabripennis Lucas, 1895; P. purpurea Smith, 1873 = P. pan Mocsáry, 1885, P. parthenope Mocsáry, 1885, P. sagax Lucas, 1895, P. clypeata Brèthes, 1914, P. consimilis Banks, 1946, P. laconia Banks, 1946; P. viridisetosa Spinola, 1841 = P. eximia Smith, 1873; P. viridis Lepeletier, 1845 = P. errans Lepeletier, 1845, P. chlorotica Mocsáry, 1885, P. excelsa Lucas, 1895, P. selene Lucas, 1895, P. fimbriata Lucas, 1895, P. calypso Brèthes, 1908, P. fluminensis Brèthes, 1908, P. argentinicus Strand, 1910, P. mimetica Brèthes, 1914, P. garbei Brèthes, 1914, P. erecta Brèthes, 1914, P. tandilensis Brèthes, 1914, P. meridionalis Brèthes, 1914, P. minor Lucas, 1919, P. basifulgens Lucas, 1919, P. nebulosipennis Lucas, 1919, P. purpurea Lucas, 1919, P. koerberi Lucas, 1919, P. inimicissima Lucas, 1919, P. debilitans Lucas, 1919, P. itapaca Banks, 1946; P. aciculata Taschenberg, 1869 = P. nero Lucas, 1895; P. atripennis Fabricius, 1804 = P. flavilis Brèthes, 1908; P. ianthina Erichson, 1848 = P. fulvicornis Mocsáry, 1885, P. sirene Lucas, 1895, P. balboae Lucas, 1919, P. herodes Lucas, 1919, P. curti Lucas, 1919; P. nana Mocsáry, 1885 = P. mapiriensis Lucas, 1919, P. vinciens Lucas, 1919, P. ilione Banks, 1946, P. moesta Banks, 1946, P. orestes Banks, 1946, P. amautas Banks, 1946, P. inaequalis Haupt, 1952; P. hirtiventris Banks, 1946 = P. viridaurea Haupt, 1952, P. aequalis Haupt, 1952; P. auriguttata Burmeister, 1872 = P. aurimacula Mocsáry, 1885, P. flavicornis Mocsáry, 1894, P. guttata Lucas, 1895, P. incendiaria Lucas, 1895, P. pubiventris Lucas, 1895, P. planifrons Lucas, 1895, P. lestes Lucas, 1895, P. villosa Brèthes, 1908; P. sabina Mocsáry, 1885 = P. astioles Banks, 1946; and P. purpureipes Packard, 1869 = P. chlorana Mocsáry, 1885, P. antennalis Cameron, 1893, P. sulcifrons Cameron, 1903, P. carinata Brèthes, 1914, P. equatoriana Brèthes, 1914, P. angusta Banks, 1946. Keys to all forms are given. The mimicry-groups of P. atripennis Fabricius, 1804, and P. completa Smith, 1855, are defined and described and a comparative account of mimicry based on all four mimicrygroups in Pepsis is given. Lists of excluded species (with their current taxonomic placement and depository where ascertained), unplaced names, and a nomen nudum are given.

Description: A new species of the genus Allobracon Gahan, 1915, from Brazil is described and illustrated. It is the first green species of the genus and of the subfamily known. A key to the species is added.

Description: A supplement to the “Revision of the genus Paratropus Gerstaecker” (Kanaar, 1997) is given. Additional faunistic data are presented. The following four new species are described and figured: P. angulifrons (Malaysia: Sabah), P. strigosus (Cameroon, Ghana), P. tenuis (Indonesia: Sumatra) and P. transvalensis (South Africa: Transvaal).

Description: A new species of the genus Phaenocarpa Foerster (Hymenoptera: Braconidae: Alysiinae: Alysiini) from the Atlantic rainforest in Brazil is described and illustrated.

Description: The genus Mama Belokobylskij, 2000 (Braconidae; Euphorinae) is re-assessed and the type species is compared with three similar species: Microctonus cephalicus Provancher, 1886, Microctonus reclinator Ruthe, 1856, and Euphorus spiniscapus Muesebeck, 1936. The results are discussed in relation to the use of taxa based on one specimen (“monotype taxa”). Problems concerning our knowledge of important groups of Euphorinae are outlined. The context of the peculiarly tangled taxonomical situation, which this paper deals with, is considered to be widespread in parasitoid taxonomy, and should be borne in mind in current studies of parasitoid biodiversity assessment.

Description: Two new species of the genus Pambolus Haliday, 1836, (P. leponcei spec. nov., and P. pilcomayensis spec. nov.; Braconidae: Pambolinae) from Argentina are described and illustrated.

Description: Bitomoides gen. nov. (type species: Bitomus latus Papp, 1999) is described and illustrated. In addition Phaedrotoma recondes spec. nov. and Chelonus lukasi nom. nov. are validated.

Description: A new species of the genus Aleiodes Wesmael, 1838 (Braconidae: Rogadinae: Rogadini), A. declanae spec. nov. from New Zealand is described and illustrated. It has been reared from Declana floccosa Walker, Cleora scriptaria (Walker), Pseudocoremia suavis Butler and P. fenerata Felder & Rogenhofer (Geometridae: Ennominae.

Description: Goellneriana deckerti gen. nov. & spec. nov. (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Phymatinae: Macrocephalini) from Namibia is described and illustrated. Keys to the tribes and to the Afrotropical genera and species of the subfamily Phymatinae are included, a checklist and a distribution map of the Afrotropical ambush bugs is added.

Description: Three new species of the genera Megischus Brullé and Stephanus Jurine from China (Hymenoptera: Stephanoidea: Stephanidae) are described, illustrated and keyed. Megischus ptosimae Chao, 1964, from Fujian is redescribed and the specimen from India described as M. ptosimae Chao by van Achterberg (2002) is renamed as M. alveolifer spec. nov. and the Malaysian specimen of M. ducalis Westwood listed by van Achterberg (2002) is described as M. ducaloides spec. nov. M. ducalis Westwood, 1851, is reported for the first time from Cambodia, which is the first report after its description. A key to world species of the genus Stephanus is provided.

Description: The genus Taractrocera is distributed throughout the Oriental and Australian Regions. It contains 16 species, of which two, T. fusca and T. trikora, are described as new in this paper. All species are briefly characterized and the new species are described in full. The phylogeny of the genus is inferred, based on an analysis of morphological and genital characters, both of males and females. The biogeography of the genus is discussed in relation to the phylogeny. The genus has an Australian origin. After some diversification in Australia it dispersed into Asia, in or before the Miocene. It dispersed in the reverse direction, probably before the late-Miocene emergence of the Banda Arc and the Moluccas, 5-6 Mya. Three species are adapted to high altitude, one in the Himalayas and two in New Guinea. Apparently the adaptations occurred independently in the two areas. In New Guinea the high altitude species may have simply been carried up by the Pleistocene and recent uplift of the mountains. Possibly helped by the lowering of the sea-level several times during the Pleistocene, one Australian species colonized some of the Lesser Sunda Islands relatively recently.

Description: Neptihormius gen. nov. (type species Neptihormius stigmellae spec. nov. from New Zealand) is described and illustrated. It is a parasitoid of Nepticulidae and the first record of Nepticulidae as host for a member of the subfamily Hormiinae and of basal cyclostome Braconidae.

Description: Two new subgenera of the genus Xynobius Foerster, 1862, from the Southern Hemisphere are described and illustrated: Paraxynobius (type species Xynobius granulatus spec. nov. from New Zealand), and Sulcynobius (type species X. latisulcus spec. nov. from Sulawesi). One new species of the genus Ademoneuron Fischer, 1988, is added: A. yasirae spec. nov. from Indonesia (Halmahera).

Description: The venom apparatus of Pseudoyelicones nigriscutum van Achterberg, 1997 (Braconidae: Rogadinae) is described and illustrated. The venom apparatus morphology of Pseudoyelicones is closely related to that of Bulborogas van Achterberg. Therefore, we propose a sister group relationship between these two genera.

Description: The species of the genus Euagathis Szépligeti, 1900 (Braconidae: Agathidinae) from Wallacea and Papua (including Northeast Australia and Solomon Islands) are revised and keyed. Thirty-three species are recognized, of which 11 are new: Euagathis brevitibialis spec. nov. from Papua New Guinea; E. dejongi spec. nov. from Indonesia (Sulawesi); E. fuscistigma spec. nov. from Papua New Guinea; E. kendariensis spec. nov. from Indonesia (Sulawesi); E. maculata spec. nov. from Papua New Guinea; E. mellifacies spec. nov. from Papua New Guinea (Bougainville Island); E. mellisoma spec. nov. from Indonesia (Papua); E. minutoides spec. nov. from Indonesia (Sulawesi); E. novabritanica spec. nov. from Papua New Guinea (New Britain); E. raymondi spec. nov. from Indonesia (Papua); and E. toxopeusi spec. nov. from Indonesia (Papua). Euagathis maculipennoides nom. nov. is a new name for Euagathis maculipennis Szépligeti, 1902, not Brullé, 1846. Agathis etnaella Cameron, 1907, is a new synonym of Cremnops variceps (Cameron, 1907) and Euagathis papua Cameron, 1906, of E. novaguineensis Szépligeti, 1900. New combinations are: Biroia cameroni (Enderlein, 1920); Cremnops papuana (Cameron, 1907); C. varipilosella (Cameron, 1911); C. variceps (Cameron, 1907); and Zelomorpha maculipes (Cameron, 1911).

Description: Six new genera of the family Braconidae (Hymenoptera) from China are described and illustrated: two genera of the subfamily Agathidinae: Facilagathis gen. nov. (type species: F. spinulata spec. nov.) and Cremnoptoides gen. nov. (type species: Cremnops pappi Sharkey, 1994); one genus of the subfamily Helconinae: Mangshia gen. nov. (type species: M. elongata spec. nov.); two genera of the subfamily Pambolinae: Plesiocedria gen. nov. (type species: P. intermediata spec. nov.) and Apocedria gen. nov. (type species: A. nodifer spec. nov.) and one genus belonging to the subfamily Opiinae: Opiolastes gen. nov. (type species: O. hei spec. nov.). In addition two new species are described: Facilagathis macrocentroides spec. nov. from Zhejiang and Cremnoptoides furcatus spec. nov. from Jilin.

Description: Regressionsanalysen zu Beziehung Erträge und Klima, Auswertung langer Datenreihen, Beschreibung des antropogenen Anteils KATASTER-BESCHREIBUNG: Einfluss der Witterung (Niederschlag und Temperatur) auf den Ertrag KATASTER-DETAIL: Delta Tmit (Februar bis Oktober) +, dann Erträge (Ackerbohnen) -; Delta T (März bis Juli) +, dann Erträge (Ackerbohnen) -; Delta Niedmit (Februar bis Oktober) +, dann Erträge (Ackerbohnen) +; Delta Nied (Juni und August) +, dann Erträge (Ackerbohnen) +; Delta Nied (April) +, dann Erträge (Ackerbohnen) -; Delta Tmit (Februar bis Oktober) + und Delta Niedmit (Februar bis Oktober) +, dann Erträge -; Delta T (Juni) + und Delta Nied (Juni) +, dann Erträge -; Delta T (März bis Juni) +, dann Erträge (Spargel) +; Delta T (Mai, Juni) +, dann Erträge (Spargel) +; Delta Nied (Mai) +, dann Erträge (Spargel) -; Delta Tmit (Februar bis Juni) + und Delta Niedmit (Februar bis Juni) +, dann Erträge + Delta T (Mai) + und Delta Nied (Mai) +, dann Erträge +; weitere Informationen zu Sommergerste, Sommerweizen und Klee: siehe Artikel

Description: Zusammenhang zwischen der Niederschlagshöhe und der Nord-Atlantischen Oszillationen und ihre Auswirkungen auf Weizenqualität KATASTER-BESCHREIBUNG: Die Nord-Atlantische Oszillationen in einem um 6 Monate vorgezogenen Zeitfenster im Winter beeinflusst die Höhe der Niederschläge im darauffolgenden Sommer und damit die Weizenqualität, schwach signifikanter Zusammenhang für die trockensten und die feuchtesten Sommer für alle Regionen im Vereinten Königreich, aber auch für große Teile Westeuropas und Skandinaviens KATASTER-DETAIL:

Description: Review über die wichtigsten biologischen Prozesse, die den Ertrag von Winterraps bestimmen. Beschreibung verschiedener Modelle KATASTER-BESCHREIBUNG: Einfluss der Temperatur auf das Pflanzenwachstum KATASTER-DETAIL: Delta T (Frühling) 〉 5°C, dann Beginn Wachstum

Description: New and lesser-known amphipods of hard substrates in the Delta area of the Netherlands (Crustacea: Amphipoda: Gammaridea) The distribution of 27 new and lesser-known amphipod species of sublittoral hard substrates in the Delta area in the southwest of The Netherlands is described. Data from literature on these species are scarce and/or not readily available. They are supplemented with results from recent investigations of mainly sublittoral hard substrates. Of the 22 marine species only nine occur offshore as well as inshore. The others seem to be restricted to inshore man-made coastline protections. This probably reflects the scarcity of hard substrates further offshore. Four invasive species were recorded in the brackish and freshwater part of the Delta area, two of them of pontocaspian origin.

Description: The expansion of the range of the spider Argiope bruennichi in the Netherlands (Araneae: Araneidae) Argiope bruennichi (Scopoli, 1772) is one of the biggest and most colourful spiders in Europe and therefore easy to recognise, even by non-specialists. The species has expanded its range in Germany and Belgium for several decades now and reached the south of The Netherlands in 1980. After the discovery of the first female in the south of the province of Limburg more specimens were found in this region in subsequent years. Later the species was discovered near Herkenbosch, about 30 kilometres to the north. Over the last years the expansion continued rapidly and now almost 300 records are brought together. The species has become widespread in the southern and eastern part of The Netherlands. In 1995 a leap of some 70 kilometres was made, from Limburg to the southern parts of the Veluwe. The years 1998 and 1999 were very good for Argiope, both with over 80 records per year. It is suggested that this expansion is related to the warm and sunny summers in the nineties.

Description: Nests of the carpenter ant Camponotus ligniperda in the northwestern part of its range (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) Camponotus ligniperda (Latreille, 1802) is a rare ant species restricted to the eastern part of the Netherlands. Most records relate to a low number of workers. In this paper the species is reported for the first time from the province of Drenthe. Some ecological features of the groundnest are compared with the only other recent nest in the Netherlands. Both nests are located under a decidious tree which protects them from excessive precipitation. In contrast with reports from Germany and Sweden, nesting sites in buildings and houses are not known. It is suggested that the low chances for settlement in our country are due to the wet atlantic climate as well as competition with larger Formica species.

Description: Zusammenstellung der Literaturstellen zu den Witterungsaufzeichnungen bis zum Jahr 1700 KATASTER-BESCHREIBUNG: KATASTER-DETAIL:

Description: Analyse des Klimas und der Witterung in Bezug zu den Maiserträgen des Versuchsfeldes KATASTER-BESCHREIBUNG: KATASTER-DETAIL:

Description: Lunar surface material was studied for its content of viable microorganisms (aerobic and anaerobic, fungi, and viruses); the effect of the lunar surface material on the growth of microorganisms and its interaction with somatic cells of mammals was also observed. No viable microorganisms were detected; the samples exhibited neither stimulant or inhibitory action on the growth of microorganisms, and also showed no cytopathogenic action on tissue cultures. A suspension of lunar surface material particles was not toxic when parenterally administered to certain laboratory animals. The particles were subjected to intense phagocytosis by connective tissue cells in vivo and in vitro.

Description: A description is given of instruments for determining the friction properties of the surficial layer of lunar surface material returned by the Luna 16 automatic lunar station, as well as the friction properties of its analogs: andesite-basaltic sand and basalts. The experimental method and results are presented.

Description: Results are reported on an investigation of the mechanical properties of the lunar surface material sample returned by the Luna 16 automatic station. The study included determination of the specific weight of the surface material, the nature of its disintegration, and the determination of its compressibility characteristics, shear resistance, and bearing capacity. Quantitative data are presented on mechanical properties for the lunar surface material, many of which are determined for the first time. The instruments and experimental techniques are described.

Description: Thermal and electrical properties are reported of lunar surface material returned to Earth by the Luna 16 automatic station and its terrestrial analogs studied in a vacuum and in a helium atmosphere. Study of the lunar surface material and its analogs showed that their specific heat capacity and electrical properties are similar in value but the coefficients of thermal conductivity differ. The results are compared with data on thermal and electrical properties of the surficial layer of the Moon obtained by indirect radiometric methods, and with results obtained for samples of lunar surface material returned to Earth by the crew of the Apollo 11 spacecraft.

Description: Density, specific heat capacity, and coefficient of thermal conductivity were studied on a sample of lunar surface material returned by the Luna 16 automatic station. The study was carried out in a helium-filled chamber. The density of the surface material when freely heaped was 1.2 g/cu cm, and when shaken down -- 1.7 g/cu cm. The specific heat capacity was 0.177 + or - 0.010 cal x g/1 x deg/1. The coefficient of thermal conductivity in the material was 4.8 x 10/6 + or - 1.2 x 10/6 cal x cm/1 x sec/1 x deg/1.

Description: Thermostimulated exoelectronic emission of eight fragments of regolith returned by the Soviet Luna 16 automatic station was studied. The nature of the exoemission glove-curves was determined by particle type. Fragments of breccia, sinter, slag, anorthosite, glass plate, and leucocratic gabbro after the first heating disclosed a single exoemission maximum, whose temperature position is in the range 115 to 200 C. The data obtained indicate the complex and inhomogeneous energy structure of some regolith fragments. The presence of surface states capable of forming sorptive bonds can be assumed for most particles. The exoemission of anorthosite, olivine, and the glass spherule is due to the presence of formation defects at their surfaces.

Description: A secondary electron multiplier was used to study the thermostimulated exoelectronic emission of particles of lunar surface material returned by the Soviet Luna 16 automatic station. The natural exoemission from fragments of slag, glass, anorthosite, and a metallic particle was recorded in the isochronic and isothermal thermostimulation regimes. The temperature of emission onset depended on the type of regolith fragment. For the first three particles the isothermal drop in emission is described by first-order kinetic equations. For the anorthosite fragment, exoemission at constant temperature is characterized by a symmetric curve with a maximum. These data indicate the presence of active surface defects, whose nature can be due to the prehistory of the particles.

Description: Results of measuring the specific magnetic susceptibility of regolith are presented. The data indicate that regolith samples from the Sea of Tranquillity and the Sea of Fertility are similar in order of magnitude of the specific magnetic susceptibility. Several stony meteorites of subgroup L have a similar value of this quantity. After comparison with artificial analogs, it can be concluded that the bulk content of ferromagnetic minerals in regolith samples is 3 to 4 percent.

Description: A high precision investigation of a metallic fragment from the lunar material returned by the Soviet Luna 16 automatic station revealed three characteristic temperature intervals with different kinetics of solid solution decomposition. The following were found in the structure of the iron-nickel-cobalt alloy: (1) delta-phase and alpha-ferrite of diffusional, displacement origin in the grain boundary and acicular forms; and (2) martensite of isothermal and athermal nature, acicular, lamellar, massive, and dendritic. The diversity of the shapes of structural constituents is associated with the effect on their formation of elastic distortions and various mechanisms of deformation relaxation processes.

Description: Observations of local variations in the intensity and spectral composition of the cathodoluminescence of lunar regolith are described. These variations are caused by structural features, by the kind and quantity of the material, and by the admixtures. In addition, cathodoluminescent emission is also associated with a change in the temperature of the lunar surface. Periodic diurnal illumination and darkening of the moon is responsible for a temperature gradient normal to the lines of longitude. These observations made of regolith, using a scanning electron microscope with an attachment for temperature variation, simulate the indicated thermal changes of the cathodoluminescent properties of lunar material.

Description: Transmission spectra in the 2-25 micrometer region were obtained for samples of lunar regolith returned by the Luna 16 automatic station. A comparison of the Luna 16, Apollo 11, and Apollo 12 samples showed that the infrared transmission spectra of regolith samples from the mare regions are similar and characteristic of basic basaltic rocks. The absorption bands show up in the vibration region of the SiO4 groups. No water and OH groups were found in the samples based on the spectrum. Spectra of regolith samples calcined at 1000C showed changes that can be interpreted as changes in the spectra of irradiated crystals (especially distinctly for the Luna 16 samples).

Description: Polarization measurements with a telescope for the degree of polarization of light reflected by planetary surfaces, and comparative measurement of terrestrial minerals, meteorites, and returned lunar samples are reported. The polarization curve plots of the dependence of the degree of polarization on the phase angle V are plotted and compared with each other to determine the optical characteristics of the planetary surfaces.

Description: Polarimetric properties were determined for the L-16-19-1-116 samples, weighing 0.087 g. The measurements were made for five wavelengths between 3540 and 5850 AU. In addition, the normal albedo was determined for each of these wavelengths. The albedo for the measured sample was slightly lower than for the typical material of the dark lunar maria and in addition, there was a well developed branch of negative polarization, which resembles the branch obtained for carbonaceous chondrites crushed into powder, and the branch obtained for the powders of several terrestrial basaltic and ultrabasic rocks.

Description: Measurements are made of the indicatrix of scattering of lunar surface material with an indicatometer that has a spread of the illuminating beam of less than 0.5 deg and of the detected beam of about 1.5 deg. The results are compared with the indicatrices for the lunar mean obtained by terrestrial telescopic measurements. It is concluded that the main features of the reflection of light by the moon) (rapid rise in brightness with approach to the full moon) are accounted for by the microrelief caused principally by grains smaller than a millimeter.

Description: Spectra of reflection, emission, and transmission of regolith returned by the Luna 16 automatic station were investigated in the 1.8-13 micrometers region. A reflection maximum was shown to be present in the region 3 to 5 micrometer, along with a corresponding minimum in the emission coefficient. The spectra were interpreted based on a comparison of the optical properties with the chemical and structural properties of the regolith. The regolith in the entire array of properties in the infrared region differs appreciably from terrestrial objects. Spectra of diffuse reflection and the spectra at angles of incidence 0 deg and angles of reflection 15 and 30 deg with samples of the regolith returned by the Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 missions revealed a similarity of the infrared reflection characteristics of the regolith from different lunar mare regions.

Description: A diffuse reflection spectra analysis is reported for regolith returned by the Luna 16 automatic station and by the Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 expeditions. The spectra of the specular reflection of Sea of Fertility regolith, as well as the spectra of diffuse reflection from polished sections of lunar rocks from the Sea of Tranquillity and the Ocean of Storms have no well-defined structures and are close to each other. The lowest reflectivity is exhibited by the Sea of Tranquillity regolith, and the highest -- by the Ocean of Storms regolith. A weak absorption band with a maximum near 1 nm is noted in the spectra, corresponding to the Fe-2(+) ion in the octahedral position in the lattice of regolith mineral constituents. When the indicatrix of scattering of the regolith was recorded, a specular component was detected.

Description: The Luna 16 automatic station returned from the Sea of Fertility a 35 cm long column of lunar surface material. 1 g of the Luna 16 lunar surface material, taken at a depth of 22 cm, consists of fine material: surface material and fine fragments of rocks from 1 to 4 mm in diameter. Analyses made on 17 mg of the fine lunar surface material are presented. The results obtained for the Luna 16 surface material are plotted on the diagram of the isotopic evolution of strontium and show that this surface material is most depleted of radiogenic Sr-87 of all the known lunar surface materials and that the point characterizing Lunar 16 lies somewhat to the right of the line corresponding to an age of 4.6 billion years.

Description: By averaging the absolute age of lunar regolith materials from the Sea of Fertility for the fine regolith fraction from the core zone V, an age of 4.65 10 to the 9th power + 0.4 10 to the 9th power years was obtained, employing as the primordial Sr-87/Sr-86 ratio 0.69884 (ADOR). Also close to this age value is the age estimate based on the Pb-207/Pb-206 ratio. Using the value 0.69898 (BABI) as a primordial Sr-87/Sr-86 ratio reduces the calculated age of the fine regolith fraction to 4.25 X 10 to the 9th power years. The fine fraction of lunar regolith from the Sea of Fertility is also characterized by a minimum addition of radiogenic Sr-87, a minimum Rb/Sr ratio, and a maximum K/Rb ratio compared with analogous lunar material from other points.

Description: Using an electron scanning microscope and a high voltage microscope, a study was made of the radiation damage and structure of micron sized grains and grains separated from the 200-mesh fraction of the L-16-19 surface material sample. Then the structural features were compared with those found by studying with the same techniques grains separated from 20 different samples of lunar dust taken from the Apollo 11, Apollo 12, Apollo 14, and Apollo 15 collections. The L-16-19 sample is similar to the most intensely irradiated samples returned to earth by Apollo craft.

Description: Tracks in crystals of feldspars, olivines, pyroxenes, and in several fragments of basalts from a sample of Luna 16 lunar surface material were studied. A high track density, exceeding 10 to the 8th power cm/2 was found. The tracks were produced mainly by iron group nuclei of cosmic galactic and solar rays.

Description: Samples returned to earth by Luna 16, were studied with a high voltage electron microscope for ultramicroscopic features. The following amazing features were noted in particles of surface material returned in all the lunar trips: A very high density of tracks of nuclear particles, ultrathin amorphous shells, highly rounded forms, and amazingly good ordering of crystal lattice. These features were used along with calibration experiments in solving the following problems: (1) determining the energy spectrum and chemical abundances of the very heavy nuclei in the solar wind and in the solar cosmic rays; (2) studying the past activity of the sun; (3) obtaining data on lunar dynamic processes affecting dust particles; (4) analyzing composite effects caused by penetration of solar wind into the lunar surface material; and (5) establishing the existence of the ancient lunar atmosphere and magnetic field.

Description: Preliminary data from an investigation of tracks in olivine crystals, separated from the five zones of a lunar surface material core, are reported. The gradients of track densities, their lengths, and their angular distribution were measured with an optical microscope. Throughout the core depth (35 cm) crystals bearing traces of exposure to low energy solar cosmic rays were found, indicating the occurrence of mixing processes in the surficial layer of lunar surface material. The age of the occurrence of the samples investigated on the lunar surface, calculated from the track density, is in the interval 0.7 to 16 million years.

Description: Using a scintillation gamma spectrometer with shielding against anticoincidences, the content of the natural radioelements (K, U, and Th) and long-lived cosmogenic radioisotopes (Al-26, Na-22, and Mn-54) in a sample of Sea of Fertility regolith was determined. Based on the content data of natural radioelements, an attempt was made to classify this sample in the scale of petrochemical types of terrestrial rocks arranged in accordance with their silicic content and alkalinity. Within the frame of reference of calcium-uranium systematics of lunar samples, a comparison was made of the K/U ratio obtained for the Sea of Fertility sample with analogous data for other regions of the moon. Also discussed are problems on the depthwise distribution of cosmogenic radioisotopes along the regolith profile.

Description: The activities of cosmogenic isotopes Al-26 and Na-22 in two samples taken from different depths of the lunar regolith core returned by the Luna 16 automatic station were measured by scintillation gamma spectrometer. The measured activities, when recalculated to the time of sampling of the lunar surface material, are: Al-26 - 62 + or - 8 and 54 + or - 9; Na-22 - 42 + or - 8 and 48 + or - 9. Depthwise distributions of the activities of these isotopes in lunar rocks of different types indicate the presence of a considerable depth gradient of activity near the surface caused by the fall off in the fluxes of primary and secondary cosmic radiation. The absence of this gradient in the measured samples, along with data on the tracks and content of inert gases, as well as the granulometric characteristics of the regolith indicate that the surficial layer of the regolith at the sampling site underwent mixing.

Description: The origin of isotopes of inert gases in lunar surface material was investigated from the standpoint of the isotopic two-component status of inert gases in the solar system. Helium and neon represent the solar wind component, while krypton and xenon are planetary gases. Type A gases are trapped by the material of the regolith in the early stages of the existence of the solar system and were brought to the lunar surface together with dust. The material of the regolith therefore cannot be considered as the product of the erosion of the crystalline rocks of the moon and in this sense are extralunar. The regolith material containing type A gases must be identified with the high temperature minerals of the carbonaceous chondrites.

Description: The content and isotopic composition were studied of inert gases -- He, Ne, Ar, Kr, and Xe -- in samples of lunar regolith returned by the Luna 16 automatic station. The samples were taken from depths of about 12 and 30 cm. The high concentrations of inert gases exceed by several orders their concentrations observed in ordinary stony meteorites. The gases in lunar regolith were a complex mixture of gases of different origins: Solar, cosmogenic, radiogenic, and so on. Solar wind gases predominated, distributed in the thin surficial layer of the regolith grains. The concentrations of these gases in the surficial layer is several cubic centimeters per gram. The isotopic composition of the inert gases of solar origin approaches their composition measured in gas-rich meteorites.

Description: The O2 content in the No. 16/078 sample of lunar surface material returned by the Luna 16 automatic station was determined by activation using 14 MeV neutrons. The O2 content in the sample is 42.1 + or - 1.2 weight percent.

Description: The abundance of the following elements in the L 16-19 No. 118 regolith sample, zone V was determined by isotopic dilution using a mass spectrometer equipped with a scattering ion source: Li -- 9.8, Be -- 1.2, Be -- 2.6, and Ti -- 1.92 percent. For comparison, these same elements were measured in samples of surface material returned by Apollo 11, Apollo 12, and Apollo 14, and in the terrestrial reference standard diabase W-1. The content of Li, Be, and B in the Luna 16 sample is nearly the same as in the Apollo 11 surface material. The surface material returned by Apollo 12 and Apollo 14 contains two to four times more of these elements. However, the abundance ratios of Li, Be, and B are remarkably similar in the surface materials from the four different lunar regions. With respect to basaltic achondrites and especially with respect to chondrites, the lunar basalts are enriched in Li, Be, and B up to 100 times.

Description: The isotopic composition of alkali and alkaline earth elements in the Luna 16 regolith was investigated by the method of thermionic emission, without chemical separation. The isotopic composition of the lithium in two regolith samples did not differ (within the limits 0.5 percent) from the mean of the terrestrial reference standard. At the same time, the observed difference (1 percent) in the isotopic composition of lithium between the samples requires further investigation and confirmation. The isotopic compositions of K and Rb did not differ within the limits of experimental error from the isotopic composition of the reference standard.

Description: The content of He isotopes is measured in two samples of the lunar surface material returned by the Luna 16 automatic station. Both samples consist of a fine fraction of lunar surface material and were samples from zone A (sample 3-2k) and from zone V (sample 9-1r). The value of He4/He3 and the concentration of the He isotopes are identical for both samples, within the limits of experimental error.

Description: Common gases from inclusions in glass fragments and spherules of lunar surface material returned by the Luna 16 automatic station were investigated by the adsorption volumometric method. Inclusions from eight particles were analyzed. A gas mixture from the inclusions had two- (CO2 and H2), three- (CO2, H2 and N2 + inert gases), and (H2S, SO2, and NH3), H2,N2 + inert gases, and four component (H2S, SO2, and NH3), CO2, H2, and N2 + inert gases, compositions. Hydrogen in all analyses was 10 to 95 volume percent. Diffusional exchange with the terrestrial atmosphere was absent. An unexpectedly high density of gases in the vacuoles was obtained. The initial volume of the bubbles when the vacuoles were breached even rose 2.5 times and decreased in the limits of 2.3 to 54.5 times. Various possibilities for the formation in the lunar surface material of glass fragments and spherules are discussed.

Description: From comparing the mineral and chemical composition of regoliths with the compositions of primary magmatic lunar rocks, it is shown that mare regolith is enriched in aluminum and depleted in iron, titanium, and chromium. This effect cannot be accounted for only by the admixture of highland anorthositic material. The entire array of geochemical data points to the considerable role of depth-wise differentiation of the magmatic material in forming the composition of the primary lunar rocks and, naturally, the composition of the regolith. During regolith formation, processes of the effervescing of magma as it outflowed at the lunar surface were of primary importance. Impacts by micrometeorites represent another important factor.

Description: Distribution regularities of copper, scandium, molybdenum, tin, lead, and iron group elements were investigated in basaltoid rocks of lunar and terrestrial origin. Samples of various regolith zones taken in the area of the Sea of Fertility were analyzed, along with samples of basic and ultrabasic rocks of the East African Rift for their content of the trace admixtures listed. Data obtained on the abundance of copper, scandium, molybdenum, tin, lead, cobalt, nickel, chromium, and vanadium in Luna 16 lunar surface material were compared with the abundance of these elements in samples of lunar rocks returned by Apollo 11, Apollo 12, and Apollo 14, with the exception of scandium; its content in the latter samples was considerably higher.

Description: The direct determination of mercury by the atomic fluorescent method is described, involving the pulsed thermal atomization of powdered samples when the mercury is vaporized in argon at normal pressure. An increase in the mercury abundance in the regolith of the surficial layer with decrease in grain size and with variation in depth was noted, from 6 minus 1 million the surficial layer to 9 minus 1 million percent at a depth of about 30 cm. It is shown that in conditions simulating lunar day, at temperatures of 130-150 C up to 15 to 20 percent of the mercury is vaporized from a 2 mg regolith weighed sample, and thus the hypothesis is advanced that mercury is adsorbed by the surface layers of the lunar surface material during lunar night and desorbed during lunar day. The assumption is advanced that there exists a meridional mercury wind between subsolar region of the moon (heater) and the polar regions (cooler).

Description: Samples of Apollo 11 lunar surface material were studied by the Mossbauer effect. Owing to the small number of other resonant isotopes, all measurements were made with Fe-57 nuclei. The principal constituents of the material were as follows: Iron containing silicates (olivine, pyroxene, and so on), ilmenite (FeTiO3), and metallic iron.

Description: Samples of bulk fractions of lunar regolith from the surface layer A and the deep layer V were measured by Mossbauer spectroscopy with the FE57 nucleus. Metallic iron, ilmenite, olivine, pyroxene (mainly augite), and glasses were found. The iron distribution by mineral phases indicates that Luna 16 regolith differs from Apollo 11 regolith by a lower ilmenite content and a greater amount of olivine, and differs from Apollo 12 regolith by somewhat more olivine. No appreciable amount of iron was found in the trivalent state.

Description: The results are presented of investigating lunar rock samples returned by the Luna 16 automatic station, using electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR). The EPR technique makes it possible to detect paramagnetic centers and investigate their nature, with high sensitivity. Regolith (finely dispersed material) and five particles from it, 0.3 mm in size, consisting mostly of olivine, were investigated with EPR.

Description: Methodological and analytical capabilities associated with spark mass spectrometry and X-ray spectroscopy are presented for the determination of the elemental composition of samples of lunar regolith returned to the earth by Apollo 11 and Apollo 12. Using X-ray spectroscopy, the main constituents of samples of lunar surface material were determined, and using mass spectrometry -- the main admixtures. The principal difference of Apollo 11 samples from Apollo 12 samples was found for elements contained in microconcentrations. This is especially true of rare earth elements.

Description: X-ray electron spectra were obtained of the 2p-levels of Fe, Ti, Si, Al, and Mg, and of the 1s-level in lunar regolith from the Sea of Fertility and the Sea of Tranquillity. The spectra of the same elements were recorded for approximately 30 rock forming minerals, oceanic gabbro, meteoritic eucrite, and several iron meteorites. Analysis of the results based on line positions showed that all the elements studied have the usual degrees of oxidation, and that oxygen atoms are their nearest neighbors. The predominant coordination number of Al is 4. Analysis and comparison of the Fe2p spectra in regolith, various iron meteorites, and stainless steel leads to these conclusions: Metallic iron in lunar regolith is in a highly dispersed state and is unusually stable with respect to oxidation by the oxygen of the earth's atmosphere.

Description: An analysis was made of regolith from layer A of the Luna 16 sample for rare earth elements, by a chemical spectral method. Chemical and ion exchange concentrations were used to determine the content of 12 elements and Y at the level 0.001 to 0.0001 percent with 10 to 15 percent reproducibility of the emission determination. Results within the limits of reproducibility agree with data obtained by mass spectra, activation, and X-ray fluorescent methods.

Description: The composition of a sample of lunar surface material returned by the Luna 16 automatic station from the Sea of Fertility was studied, using nondestructive activation analysis. The structure of the returned surface material is inhomogeneous; the surficial material is thin, quite homogeneous, and the granularity increases with depth. Based on grain size, the sample was separated into five zones. The activation analysis was conducted on a sample taken from the friable surficial layer, zone A. The content of Al, Mn, Na, Cr, Co, Fe, and Sc was determined by nondestructive activation analysis of the sample. In determining Cr, Co, Fe, and Sc, the sample was irradiated for 24 hours and cooled for 10 days. Gamma spectra of the samples were recorded with a semiconductor Ge(Li)-detector and a multichannel analyzer, and measurement data were processed with an electronic computer.

Description: The elemental composition of samples of lunar regolith returned by Luna 16 from the Sea of Fertility was determined by a radio activation method using generator and reactor neutrons, and also by gamma spectrometry with scintillation and Ge(Li) detectors.

Description: Data on the chemical composition of regolith returned by the Luna 16 automatic station and two fragments of basalts from the lower layer of the core are presented. Spark mass spectrometric, primary X-ray spectral, emission spectral, and atomic absorption methods were used in the analysis. The regolith of mare provinces were shown to be a mixture of material of various origins. The source of the material of the mare regolith was principally basalts of the corresponding lunar lava maria. The regolith is genetically related to it. This follows from a comparison of the chemical composition, mineralogical, and petrochemical features of the basesalts and the regolith from the Sea of Fertility, Sea of Tranquillity, and Ocean of Storms, respectively.

Description: An X-ray structural study was made of a lunar spinel sample from the Sea of Fertility. The chemical composition and distribution of cations in the structure were characterized. Interpretation of the experimental data by the least squares method yielded the oxygen parameter u = 0.261 and the isotropic temperature factor 1.09 AU squared.

Description: The content of spherical fused particles in Sea of Fertility regolith increases with decrease in particle size and varies from 1 to 2 percent in the relatively coarse fractions to 3 to 4 percent in the fine fractions. Among the spherical formations was noted a wide diversity of shapes, and the most common are particles that are similar in shape to a regular sphere, which indicates the acquisition of shape in the liquid phase under the action of surface tension. As to color, the most common are the black and dark colored particles. No regularities of any kind were noted in the distribution of spherical particles by core zones. The considerable difference of the granulometric characteristics of the spherical particles and the regolith as a whole indicates that the formation of regolith particles and the spherules included in its composition occurred as the result of different, even though possibly simultaneous, processes.

Description: Scanning electron microscopy was used in studying the morphology and cathodoluminescence of lunar regolith particles. Surface and structure of two groups of particles are differentiated: (1) Crystalline with well defined facets and spalling surfaces, which are grains of minerals and rock fragments: and (2) amorphous, fused, and partially or entirely glazed particles. Local melting of particles and the round openings on their surfaces are attributed to secondary influence on the regolith of factors of lunar weathering and above all micrometeoric impacts.

Description: Determinations were made of the chemical compositions of selected olivine crystals, spherical particles ranging in size from 170 to 350 micrometer, spinels, and magnetic particles. The olivines contain 30 to 50 mole percent fayalite. The spherical particles of various colors are aluminosilicate glasses, significantly enriched in CaO compared with the mean composition of the regolith. The degree of coloration depends on the FeO content and also the admixtures TiO2, MnO, and Cr2O3. Compositionally, the spinel was interpreted to be chromopicotites. Magnetic particles were shown to be complex intergrowths of nickelous iron and aluminosilicates. The composition of the metallic phase of one particle (in percent) was: Fe - 86, Ni - 13.6, and Co - 0.16 in combination with plagioclase and microinclusions of ilmenite in silicate. Kamacite was determined in another intergrowth of Fe, Ni, and Co.

Description: The methods of powder and monocrystal X-ray diffraction served in identifying the mineral composition of gross samples of regolith from different levels of the drill core and about 80 individual regolith particles returned by the Luna 16 station. It was established that the Sea of Fertility regolith includes pyroxenes of the augite-pigeonite series, anorthites, ilmenite, olivines, spinels, alpha cristobalite, iron particles, glass, and several as yet unidentified particles. Crystallographic and roentgenometric data are given for all the lunar minerals found.

Description: Unsorted powder and grains larger than 0.5 mm from the L-16-19-118 lunar sample consisted of eight basaltic fragments, four fragments of breccias (of which one was quite light), one white grain (maskelynite), one chondrule, and slagged dark partially glassy chunks. The mineralogical composition of all rounded particles led to the assumption that they are all of lunar origin; but their presence in the regolith indicates formation of chondrulic meteorites. The existence of several grains of pyroxene coated with a thin glassy film merits attention.

Description: Petrographic and mineralogical features of fragments of magmatic rock of regolith from the Sea of Fertility are examined. The textures and mineral composition vary in relation to the type of rock. More than 50 X-ray spectral analyses of minerals (olivine, pyroxenes, plagioclases, and ores) were made; their chemical composition varies even within the limits of individual rock fragments.

Description: Based on a comparative analysis of the petrochemistry of an integrated sample of gabbro basalts and a fine fraction from regolith returned by Luna 16 automatic station from the Sea of Fertility, with the mean compositions of various types of mare basalts, anorthosites, and regolith from the Sea of Tranquillity and the Ocean of Storms, with reference to several data on rare elements, the nature of the fine fractions is discussed. It is shown that the integrated sample of gabbro basalt from the coarse fraction in the lower part of the core can be represented as a mixture of mare basalts of the Sea of Tranquillity and nonmare basalts of the krip type in the ratio of about 3 to 2. It is confirmed that the compositions of the Apollo 11 and Apollo 12 regolith are complementary with the compositions of basalts and anorthosites of the Sea of Tranquillity and the Ocean of Storms.

Description: Three fragments of holocrystalline igneous rocks of the gabbro type, weighing 30 to 50 mg each, were investigated. The density of the fragments was established with a mercury pycnometer and was found to be 3.05 to 3.12 g/cu cm, with a relative error not more than 2 percent. The porosity was found for the difference between the volumes determined with the mercury and with the gas techniques; for all three samples together it was 13 percent, and the error of determination was 70 percent owing to the small volumes. It can be anticipated that the porosity of the rock in bulk will be higher than the value obtained based on small fragments. The porosity of lunar rocks can markedly affect the isostatic distribution of rocks and must be taken into account when developing models of lunar structure.

Description: The particle size distributions in the 1-1000 micrometer range along the length of the core of lunar surface material returned by Luna 16 were recorded by electrical impulse as well as sieve methods. The measurements are represented in the form of cumulative functions of the logarithm of size versus the logarithm of particle number, and also as the logarithm of size versus particle mass on a probability scale. The former functions at all depths consist of the super-positioning of two straight lines with slopes from 2.10 to 4.05. The second functions are near linear, which together with the closeness of the calculated asymmetries of the distribution to zero and the nearness of the calculated excess of the distributions to unity indicate the closeness of the recorded distributions to the logarithmically normal law. This agrees with the assumption that regolith particles were formed in a process of intensive mechanical grinding.

Description: A study was made of the shape of regolith particles in the 0.5 to 1.0 mm fraction; two parameters were calculated for this fraction: (1) Sphericity -- the ratio of the projection area of a particle to the area of the minimum circumscribed circle; and (2) the ratio of the perimeter of the projection of the particle to the perimeter of a circle having the same width. For comparison, this technique was used in studying geometrical figures and terrestrial formations: sands, slags of present day volcanoes, and crushed basalt. It was established that regolith particles are shaped from the following groups: spherules; breccias and fragments; slags and sinters. Regolith differs sharply from ordinary homogeneous terrestrial formations in the diversity of particle shapes, associated with their polygenicity. Fragments of crushed basalt are less regular than fragments of basalt from regolith.

Description: The design and equipment of a box specially built for working with lunar surface material is described. The box is intended for preliminary investigations, packing of samples, and carrying out a large number of operations necessary for this stage in the study of samples.

Description: A brief description of the morphology of lunar surface material returned by Luna 16 automatic lunar station is given. Adhesiveness of the surface material and its ability to be electrified is noted. Two main genetic groups of regolith particles are differentiated: primary, represented mainly by fragments of magmatic rocks of the basalt and gabbro types, as well as mineralized grains of their constituent minerals, and secondary, particles subjected to appreciable exogenic transformation on the surface of the Moon. The second group, representing more than 70 percent of the material in coarse fractions, includes particles of breccias, sintered aggregates of complex dendritic form, and glass and vitrified particles of varied composition.

Description: The reception and study of lunar material returned by the Luna 16 space station is described. The layout of a vacuum receiving chamber for working with material in a helium atmosphere is examined along with the main operations involved in extracting the material from the ampule and drill.

Description: Results of preliminary investigations of a sample of lunar surface material returned by Luna 16 automatic station are reported. Information on the granulometric characteristics of regolith, its optical properties, types of its constituent rocks, and its mineral composition is given. The chemical composition of major and trace elements for different sections of the core and for the lunar basalt was determined. Isotopic composition of inert gases and of several elements was studied. The Rb/Sr age was determined at 4.85 to 4.25 billion years.

Description: Basalt and single-mineral particles, ranging from 150 to 425 microns, from the Luna-16 sample are studied by electron microanalysis, X-ray fluorescence analysis, and petrographic techniques. Three basalt species of different structure are identified. The structure and composition of the individual minerals (in particular of pyroxenes) indicate that the basalts have crystallized under conditions similar to those established for Apollo-11 samples.