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borans Walker. In conclusion, he stated that there are now 
about 240 species of Philippine Hymenoptera in the collection 
of the National Museum probably not over three per cent of 
the species which will eventually be found in those islands. 
Referring to the subject brought up by Dr. Ashmead of spe- 
cies of ants known only from one sex, Mr. Schwarz stated that 
in Cuba the winged forms of some species of ants are brought 
out in enormous numbers by the summer rains. Yet he has 
never, even after repeated attempts, been able to find the 
winged forms of Dorymyrmex pyramicus Roger, the ' ' Lion ant' ' 
of the Cubans, which in that country plays the role of the Guate- 
malan kelep (Ectatomma tuber culatum Olivier) by protecting 
solitary cotton trees from the boll weevil (Anthonomus gran- 
dis) . He had not found it possible to dig down to the real nest 
of Dorymyrmex. Mr. Barber stated that only in one instance 
had he seen $ $ of the common Texas harvesting ant (Pogono- 
myrmex barbatus}. This occurred last summer on the stage 
road between Brownsville and Alice. The ground for an area 
of about 30 feet was densely covered with cT & and $ $ scramb- 
ling over one another. The sight was a novel one, and attracted 
the attention of everyone on the stage. 
Dr. Dyar read a paper, by Mr. Currie and himself, entitled 
"The Egg and Young Larva of Culex perturbans Walker," 1 
after which, in discussing the possible habitat of the larva, Dr. 
Dyar mentioned a suggestion made to him by Dr. Howard, 
which seemed plausible, viz., that the larva may be found to 
live in bodies of stagnant water thickly covered with algae 
situations which have heretofore been considered unfitted for 
mosquito larvae and that its curiously constructed air tube 
may serve to penetrate the mass of vegetation, thus enabling it 
to secure air from the surface. He had not yet had an oppor- 
tunity of testing the theory. 
Dr. Hopkins stated that during the past summer he had dis- 
covered a number of mosquito eggs belonging to the genus 
Megarhinus on the surface of water in a rain barrel at Kanawha 
Station, West Virginia. Only one of the eggs hatched. The 
'Published in Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., vi, No. 4, pp. 218-220, i fig.; 
author's extras published November 4, 1904. 
