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that with these we find that the same species of parasite will 

 affect all of the species of the same genus. He further spoke of 

 Caratomus, a supposed Chalcidid parasite of Termes, and of its 

 European and American distribution, and asked as to the European 

 distribution of Termes flavipes. 



Mr. Schwarz replied \ha\. jlavipes was introduced many years 

 ago into the greenhouse at Schonbrunn, and that it was originally 

 described from specimens taken in this greenhouse. He was 

 not aware, however, whether it had spread from this point in 

 Europe. In North America T. jiavipes occurs throughout 

 the austral and transition regions and in northern California. 

 As to inquilines, only very small colonies of termites are likely 

 to be transported from one country to another, and as inquilines 

 occur usually only in main nests, it is not likely that they would be 

 transported, therefore the occurrence or non-occurrence of in 

 quilines is likely to be good evidence of the question of the orig 

 inal home of a species. 



The following paper was presented for publication in the 

 Proceedings : 



A POD-INHABITING LONGICORN FOUND AT THE COLUM 

 BIAN EXPOSITION. 



By F. H. CHITTENDEN and M. L. LINELL. 



Among the Coleoptera collected by Mr. Chittenden at the 

 World's Columbian Exposition, there was one of peculiar interest 

 biologically in being the first longicorn, to our knowledge, breed 

 ing in a seed or seecl-pod. Two perfect adults and a few frag 

 ments were taken from jars containing the pods of one or more 

 species of Enterolobium, a leguminous plant native to Paraguay. 



These pods are reniform, about three inches or more long and 

 nearly as wide, from a quarter to three-eighths of an inch thick, 

 and of a woody consistency. A large proportion of the pods 

 showed the exit holes of the beetles, all but a few having escaped 

 before the pods were placed on exhibition, and it is not unlikely 

 that the longicorn began breeding in them while they were 

 still green. Some of the pods which were cut open contained 

 specimens of the beetles which had died in their cells. Most of 

 the pods had been extensively tunnelled, the castings of the 

 borer presenting the same stringy appearance as those of a true 

 wood-boring cerambycid. One of these pods which was pre 

 served intact contains four exit holes distributed at nearly equal 



