PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



OF WASHINGTON 

 VOL. XVII 1915 No 4 



Two HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-SEVENTH MEETING, 

 JUNE 3, 1915. 



The 287th regular meeting of the Society was entertained by 

 the Executive Committee at Saengerbund Hall, June 3, 1915. 

 The following were present: Messrs. Barber, Boving, Caudell, 

 Craighead, Crawford, DeGryse, Ely, Greene, Hall, Heinrich, 

 Hood, Jackson, Knab, Mcliidoo, Middleton, Quaintance, Sanford, 

 Schwarz, Shannon, Snyder, Strauss, Turner, members, and Mr. 

 Pi. M. Garner, visitor. 



The following papers were presented: 



A NEW SPECIES OF CEPHENOMYIA FROM THE 

 UNITED STATES. 



(Diptera; (EstridcE) 

 BY W. D. HUNTER. 



In November, 1910, the late F. C. Pratt obtained a number 

 of cestrid Iarva3 from the nasal passages of a deer (Odecoileus 

 rirginianus texanus) which was shot in the vicinity of Sabinal, 

 Texas. By exercising extreme cart 1 Mr. Pratt succeeded in 

 rearing two adults, a male and a female. In addition to (he adults 

 the writer has in his possession three puparia. and five larvae 

 from the same source. The species has been found to be new 

 and is described herewith. 1 



The only American species described under the genus ('< phenom- 

 yia is phobifer Clark. As has been pointed out by Brauer this 



1 On first examination it was thought to be a Kuropoan form and was 

 referred to as such by the writer, see Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington, XIII, 

 p. 88. 



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