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also to be able to contribute something towards the habits of the 



This new species is exhibited to-night and was reared by 

 myself at Jacksonville, Florida, in October, 1887, from the eggs 

 of Clisiocampa americana Harris. 



I submit the following description : 



Centrodora clisiocampae, sp. n. 



9- Length, 0.6 mm. Polished black; ovipositor about two-thirds the 

 length of abdomen, with the tip white; antennae biannulate with white; 

 basal two-thirds of front wings fuliginous, the apical third hyaline. 



Head transverse, wider than thorax, antero-posteriorly thin, the vertex 

 somewhat acute; cheeks, clypeus and trophi yellowish-white ; the tips of 

 mandibles black; flagellum subclavate, biannulate with white. 



Thorax subrobust, very little longer than wide, the pronotum visible 

 from above as a transverse line, the mesonotum wider than long, with 

 distinct parapsidal furrows, the scutellum semicircular, the metanotum 

 exceedingly short, scarcely visible from above; anterior wings fuliginous, 

 with the apical third hyaline, fringed, the marginal vein long, as long as 

 the submarginal, the postmarginal not developed, the stigmal very 

 oblique, clavate, about one-fourth the length of the marginal; hind wings 

 likewise with a long marginal vein and with the apex and hind margin 

 with long cilia; legs brown, trochanters, bases of tibiae and tarsi yellow 

 ish-white. 



Abdomen broadly sessile, oval, about as long as the thorax, depressed 

 above, convex beneath and terminating in a long ovipositor. 



Hab. Jacksonville, Florida. 

 Types in Coll. Ash mead. 



FEBRUARY 2, 1893. 



Vice-President Ashmead in the chair. Twelve members and 

 two visitors present. 



The following persons were elected to corresponding member 

 ship : Rev. T- L. Zabriskie, Flatbush, L. I., and O. F. Cook, 

 Hnntington, L. I. 



A paper by Mr. H. G. Hubbard, accompanied by the exhibi 

 tion of specimens, was presented by Mr. Schwarz as follows : 



NOTE ON BRATHINUS. 

 By HENRY G. HUBBARD. 



Two species of the genus Brathinus have been hitherto known 

 from the eastern United States. Both species range from central 



