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Another proof lies in the fact that the insect freely infests the 

 " China tree " (Melia azederach) and also the Cape Jessamine 

 (Gardenia fasminoides) , the former, at least, being native to 

 China. 



Mr. Banks exhibited a box of conopid flies taken within 

 five miles of Falls Church, Va., and remarked on their great 

 resemblance to wasps. Thirteen species had been taken, as 

 follows : 



Physocephala tibialis Say. Common. 

 Physocephala sagittaria Say. Less common. 

 Conops xanthopareus Will. Common. 

 Conops sylvosus Will. Local. 

 Conops brachyrhynchus Macq. Fairly common. 

 Zodion fulmfrons Say. Common. 

 Zodion abitus Adams. Four specimens at Ceanothus. 

 Myopa vesiculosa Say. A few specimens. 

 Myopa pilosa Will. Two specimens. 

 Oncomyia loraria Loew. Rather rare. 

 Oncomyia abbreviata Loew. Common. 



Dalmania vitiosa Coq. One specimen at Ceanothus flowers. 

 Stylogaster neglectus Will. Many specimens, mostly near Ceanothus 

 flowers. 



Practically all of our species, Mr. Banks stated, favor white 

 flowers, but a few occur at willow bloom in early spring. 



Mr. Banks recorded also the capture of an uncommon 

 dragon-fly, Neurocordulia obsoleta Say, near the Chain Bridge, 

 Virginia, last spring. The species had not previously been 

 taken in this vicinity. 



Doctor Dyar, under the title "Notes on Mosquitoes of 

 California," read a paper in which he gave an account of mos 

 quitoes, mostly from the coast region, collected during the past 

 summer. The most extensive collections were made in the 

 vicinity of Los Angeles. On this trip Doctor Dyar collected 

 also along the Southern Pacific Railway between San Francisco 

 and Portland and on the Northern Pacific between Portland and 

 Vancouver, also making a side trip to the Klamath Lake region 

 of southwestern Oregon, and species collected in these regions 

 were alluded to incidentally. 



In discussing the paper Mr. Schwarz spoke of the change in 



