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line at base. Secondaries deep orange-red, with a blackish submarginal 
cloud near apex; fringes as on primaries : beneath, secondaries as above; 
primaries leaden-gray, with marginal reddish streak reproduced, but in 
paler shade; the yellow streak of upper side also indicated on costa in the 
same color, and a central, longitudinal reddish cloud. Legs with the femora 
and' tibiae pale beneath, dark above, the hind tibiae with golden-yellow 
scales above, and with a dark terminal annulus; tarsi inclining to golden- 
yellow, with one dark annulus about basal third, and tips also dark. Abdo- 
men of the same leaden black, banded with rather a dull gamboge or golden 
yellow; anal tuftings more distinctly marked with this last color. 
Described from 3 specimens collected by Mr. E. A. Schwarz at Cocoa- 
nut Grove, Fla., in May, 1887. The larva skeletonizes the leaves of a wild 
species of Ficus, presumably F. pedunculata, and makes an even, fine web. 
Prof. Riley read a short note calling attention to an error in the 
published Minutes of the Am. Philos. Soc. regarding the date of 
the first appearance of the "Hessian Fly." He found on hunting 
up the Minutes that the term " Hessian Fly" does not occur in 
them at all until 1791, long after the Revolution; that the pas- 
sages relied on by Dr. Hagen to prove its presence in America 
before the Hessians arrived mention the u Fly in Wheat," u the 
Fly," or "the Fly-weavil," which refer to Sitophilus oryzce S. 
granarius^m Gelechia cereallela. Dr. Hagen's argument based 
on the erroneous quotations therefore fails.* 
Messrs. Howard, Schwarz, and Smith made some remarks on 
this subject. 
Mr. Howard read a description of an interesting new parasite 
which he proposed to call Riley a splendent. ^ 
Prof. Riley thinks that many of the Chalcids use the antennae 
as tactile organs. 
Mr. Schwarz described the methods of attack of a Tachina, 
pursuing like a hawk a specimen of Ammophila. 
Prof. Riley described the methods of attack of Tachinids on 
locusts, and the .efforts of the locusts to get away. 
Mr. Howard told how Chalcids attack leaf-mining larvas. 
Mr. Schwarz read a paper on the oviposition of Eumceus 
atala as observed by him during the month of May at Biscayne 
Bay, Fla. | 
*See Can. Ent., vol xx, No. 7, 1888, pp. 121-127. 
tThis paper has since been published in full in Canadian Entomologist, 
vol. xx, No. 10 (Oct., 1888), pp. 192-195. 
t See " Insect Life," vol. i, No. 2, 1888, pp. 37-40. 
