ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [July, 'l2 



Kirkaldy. I have secured hilaris abundantly on golden rod, 

 and have beaten it from wild cherry. Of course, it does not 

 necessarily follow that these are the food plants. Of N. penn- 

 sylvanica nothing appears to be known. 



In connection with this finding of a European species thus 

 far North, I venture to comment on the record of Pyrrhocoris 

 apterns from New Jersey. If the fact be taken into consid- 

 eration that it was found not far from the landing place of 

 European vessels, the explanation of its presence there is sim- 

 ple. What more natural than that a few ova, or even hiber- 

 nating adults, may have been brought over in hay or straw, 

 which, thrown overboard, drifted to a favorable location and 

 breeding ensued. It- would be interesting to ascertain if the 

 bug has succeeded in establishing itself in the locality of its 

 capture, a thing possible to any of our enthusiastic New Jer- 

 sey friends. 



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A new Chalcidid from Guatemala (Hymen.). 



By T. D. A. COCKERELL, University of Colorado, Boulder, 



Colo. 



Although Mrs. Cockerell brought home a large number 

 of bees and wasps from Guatemala, she obtained only a single 

 species of Chalcididae, but this a very remarkable form, with 

 the abdomen greatly produced. When I undertook to deter- 

 mine the genus with the aid of Ashmead's tables, I failed to 

 place it ; it clearly belonged to the Smicrini, but according to 

 the Ashmeadian system, the genus appeared to be new. I 

 prepared a description, and sent the type to the National Mu- 

 seum. Immediately after doing this, I received a specimen 

 from Mr. J. Rodriguez, of Guatemala City, with the state- 

 ment that he had raised a number from a lepidopteron, and 

 had sent some to London, where they were said to belong to a 

 new species of Conura. I was satisfied that the insect could 

 not go in Conura, which is not one of the Smicrini at all, and 

 Mr. J. C. Crawford is entirely of the same opinion. Mr. Craw- 

 ford writes, however, that he would place the insect in Eus- 

 typiura Ashm., with which it agrees, except for the fact that 



