James M. Carpenter (Dept. of Entomology; American Museum of Natural History; Central Park West at 79th St.; New York, NY 10024, USA).

Current projects: Phylogeny of Aculeate families and various groups therein, with collaborators too numerous to mention "What do you want, at least it's the sister-group of the Ichneumonoidea --- maybe."

Request for help or cooperation: "Now that you mention it, ethanol-preserved specimens of Vespidae s.l. would be useful, and I know all of you followers of Henry Townes have been diligent..."

Museum notes: The American Museum of Natural History recently brought its collection back out of storage, where it had been for several years during compactor constructions.

Collection sites: During a recent (Sept. 1992) trip, Jim drove 3000km through pine and eucalyptus plantations in Misiones, Argentina.