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very complete and well worked up ; in fact, some groups con- 

 tain a larger proportion of named species than any other col- 

 lection in North America ; hence I am always willing and glad 

 to name small or large lots of specimens for new or old 

 correspondents, and invite correspondence from any and every 

 one who may be or who may become interested in this very 

 fascinating study, and advice or assistance can always be had 

 for the asking, both in regard to the collecting and rearing, 

 as briefly discussed in these papers, and as well the identifying 

 of specimens. 



The electrotypes of Figs. 17 and 18 were loaned by Messrs. 

 Whitall, Tatum & Co., and of Fig. 19 by the Kny-Scheerer 

 Co. All of the special apparatus referred to in these Sug- 

 gestions can be purchased at reasonable prices from the dealers 

 who advertise in the NEWS. 



On Ropronia garmani Ashm. 



ByJ. CHESTER BRADLEY, Ithaca, N. Y. 



(With Plate XIV.) 



As no species of this anomalous and highly interesting genus 

 has been figured, I thought that a figure of the uudescribed 

 female of R. garmani might prove of considerable interest to 

 those who have not been fortunate enough to see actual speci- 

 mens. The genus was originally described by Provancher 

 from R. pediculata, 9 It has been variously placed in the 

 Evauiidae, Braconidae, etc., and now Dr. Ash mead places it in 

 the subfamily Monomachinae of the family Heloridae, thus 

 allying it with the equally anomalous European genus Mono- 

 machus. This is probably the nearly correct position, although 

 the ovipositor in my specimen does not seem at all that of a 

 Proctotrypoid insect. Provancher originally placed the genus 

 among the Braconidae, but later transferred it to the Helorinae, 

 The general appearance is like that of an Evania, for which a 

 person could readily mistake it, as I did, in the field. The 

 insertion of the abdomen between and slightly above the coxae 

 quickly undeceives one, however. As the female is undescribed, 

 I append a description in full. There are three species which 

 have been treated in a paper on the genus in the Proc. Entom. 

 Soc. of Washington, iv, p. 132. Dr. Ashmead, in his " Clas- 



