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English sparrows nest on his grounds and that he had not seen 

 one upon his Euonymus bush. He had carefully considered all 

 possible means of transit and had concluded that the young 

 must have crawled the entire distance to have appeared so sud- 

 denlv and in such numbers upon a previously uninfested plant. 

 He further stated that there are no ants whatever upon the bush 

 and that he had never seen ants attending Ghionaspis euonymi* 

 on account of the lack of honey dew. Mr. Ash mead stated that 

 ants undoubtedly do attend and transport young Diaspinae, and 

 that although the honey dew is comparatively slight it is still 

 present with these forms. 



Mr. Schwarz exhibited a remarkable species of Rhodobaenus 

 which he had found alive at Fortress Monroe, Va., in May of the 

 present year. It differs strikingly from any species yet found in 

 North or South America, to whjch countries the genus is re 

 stricted. It is a question whether the insect was brought to that 

 locality by some of the vessels participating in the naval review 

 which occurred a short time previously, or whether it mav be 

 called a North American insect. The coast region from the 

 capes nearly to Florida, he stated, is practically still terra incog 

 nita to entomologists, so that the form mav possibly belong to 

 our fauna. 



