Since the end of the war the number of persons receiving aid under the State-Federal programs of public assistance has increased almost steadily and the cost of the programs has climbed. The increases, though partly the result of higher living costs, also reflect the greater public awareness of need and the consequent action by State legislatures to provide more adequately for needy persons. Ac...

The Old World doryctine wasp genus Doryctophasmus Enderlein, 1912 is reviewed. Two new species, D. beninus sp. nov. and D. madagascarus sp. nov., are described and illustrated from the Afrotropical region. The illustrated redescriptions of D. ferrugineiceps Enderlein, 1912, D. ferrugineus (Granger, 1949) and D. rubrotestaceus (Granger, 1949) are provided. Lectotypes of Doryctes ferrugineus Gran...