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Psyche 7:306, 1894.

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306 f'+S YCI7E. [November 1895.
In this species (aZboå´pilu.~~?n the
male does not always come out of the
nest when the female brings a spider.
Perhaps the nest is enough larger than
in rubrocinctum to accommodate them
both comfortably. As a usual thing,
however, he enters on the back of the
female. The spiders brought by albo-,
å´pilosu arc larger than those used by
rztbroc/nc/zm. They sometimes bring
such heavy specimens of JSpeli-a insul-
aris that they are carried with difficulty, the wasp alighting and dragging the
spider into the hole instead of flying
directly in, as usual.
Mr. W. 1-1. Ashmeail has noted that
aZ6opiloswm stores its nest with aphides but in the cases that we observed they
used only spiders. There can be no
mistake on this point as we more than
once took the spider from the wasp as
she was entering the nest. In a recent
letter Mr. Ashmead says that his notes
were made in the field, and that it was
probably a case of mistaken identity on
his part.
We sometimes found the parasitic
Melittobia fly in the nests of rubrocinc- turn, and from two nests we reared tlie
common fly Pachyophthalmus ad-
ft-072s.
Wc do not know how many nests
are stored by the fernnlc in one season, nor the length of time taken in the
development of the young. Two nests,
scaled up on June 30 and July I are at
tlie present time, August 31, still un-
opened.
The interest of the wasps in family
affairs seems to flag' in the second week of August and we saw nu new nests
started after the fifteenth, so that it is probable that after that time the hard
working little creatures enjoy a well
earned holiday on the blossoms of the
aster and the golden rod.
We are under many obligations to
Mr. W. H. Ashmead for his kindness
in naming for us both the wasps and
their parasites. His name is a suffi-
cient guarantee for the correctness of
the identification.
THE LARVA OF HARRISINA CORACINA CLEMENS. BY HARRISON G. DYAR, NEW YORK, N. Y.
Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell has sent me larvae of a Hurrisina found on Vitis vimå´fer at Las Cruces, New Mexico. Mr. Cockerell
takes the moth of II, comcka commonly on the same vines, and also a few H. metallica; but he does not think that these are the larvae of the latter, as they are so much more rare. With this conclusion I agree, as the larvae differ too much from our H. meri- cam to be those of the closely allied H. metullica.
Larva. Shaped as H. americana, thick,
flattened, the head retractile. Yellbw; cer- vical shield, warts on joint 2, a band on joint 3 covering the three upper warts and the two lower ones also black; a band on joint 4 and on 5 to wart vi; a band on joints 6, 8, 10 11 and 12 to the spiracle and the I
aiiiil plate black, including the short hairs. Purple patches extend between the bands on joints 5 and 6, running forward to cover the lateral area of joint 4 to the band on that .




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segment and in a rounded point siibventrally nearly to the foot; edging the band of joint 8 in front, widest at the tower edge of the band; between the bands on joints 10 and I I ;~nd edging the band on 10 in front in the same manner as the band on 8. Wart xi-ens ow, flsiLteiied, rather large, covered with short black hairs. Warts i and ii consoli- tared, iv and v consolidated, normal for the highest Micrulcpidopterous type (Antliro- ceiitia). '
A sack-like evagiriatcd pouch on joint 2 helow and behind the subventral wart. A
series of paired interseg~~~ental dorsal, and single larger inkei-segmental lateral gland~ihu- lots. pale in the purple markings. Thoracic feet light brown. Head shining brown-
lack. The spiracle oti joint 5 is a little higher up than those on joints 6 to 12, but the wart above it is not modified. Around the spiracle on joints 6 and 11, a- circular inflated area is situated, that on joint n pro- jsctitig below in ?I lip-like prolongation. Width of bend about I mm.
ENALI-AGMA FICTUM Morse
This species was described (Psyche, Aug. 1895) from a single dry example of each sex. Fresh specimens obtained this summer ena- ble me to better chai'actcrize the coloration of the male. In flight the living insect is a very noticeable species, the head and thorax appearingoof a. vivid red. The eyes are deep cinnabar; postocular stripe and pale puts of the thorax light vennilion, palest on sides; legs and sides of segments I, 2,3, ofabdomen yellow flushed with red; sides of 8, 5, 10, rufous. The $ is yellow and deep greenish black. A. P. Morse.
In my article in Psyche, August, 1895, on the gall of Rhodites tmnidt~s, a mistake was made in the determination of the gall-pro- ducer. My thanks are due to Prof. C. P.
Gillette for calling my attention to this error. The gall described in the above article be- longs to R. bicdor. The mistake occurred inadvertently in writing down a list of deter- minations, before they were sent me.
C H. Tyfw Townsend.
EDWARDS'S BUTTERFLIES OF N. A.
In the 16th pan of his Butterflies of North America, which appeared early in October, Mr. W. H. Edwards ha5 given us one of the most important and interesting of tliis third series. The three species selected for reprc- scntalion are Parfinssins smi,ilJer,s, Safyms charm and CJiionolias g'i@s. Every stage of each isrepresented by the usual wealth and beauty of illustration, which were we not now accustomed to it would strike us with amazement, excepting the last species of which the chrysalis and the last half of the larval life are yet unknown. As to Parnas- sins, no such illustration of EI species of the genus has ever been attempted. This Pwt is pi~rtic~ihirly valuable, since Mr. Edwards hns enriched his text with ab~~~idnnt observations and field notes from his correspondents, t-o that Parriiissius extends to 16 quarto pages and Chionobiis to 11. There is much inter- esting new matter regarding the formation of the abdominal pouch of the female Par- nassius and figures are for the first time given of Scudder's peraplasl, the supposed male implement in Us forination. The Chi- onobas portion contains remarkably full
comparisons of the habits and distribution of three species of the genus: gigas, califor- nica and iduniz, hi-gely from Mr. W. G.
Wright's notes, in justification of their belief in the distinctness of these three forms, denied by Elwes.
Another p?.rt will presumably conclude the series, butwe must express the hope that the indefatigable author will be encouraged by extended subscriptions to begin another
series forthwith.
Material is not lacking.
Mr. C. 1-1. Tyler Townsend writes us that his future address will be Las Cruces, N. Mexico.




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