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ington, and more than 200 specimens reared at Washington 

 from June 20 to July 5, from scales taken from the same tree. 



(2) Ablerus clisiocampae Ashmead. Originally supposed to 

 have been reared from the eggs of CHsiocampa, but, with little 

 doubt, in reality reared from some Diaspine scale covered by 

 CHsiocampa egg-mass. Subsequently reared from Chionaspis 

 furfur us } in the District of Columbia, and from Aspidiotus 

 forbesi on pear and apple, from Champaign, 111., the latter 

 rearing by Mr. W. G. Johnson. 



(3) Pcrissoptcrus pidchellus Howard. Originally reared 

 from a Lecauiodiaspis on linden in the District of Columbia 

 in 1879 ; later from a L'ecaniodiaspis from East Atchison, Mo. ; 

 from Chionaspis pinifoliac from Providence, R. I., and from 

 Aspidiotus forbesi on currant at Champaign, 111., the latter 

 rearing having been made by Mr. W. G. Johnson ; now reared 

 in two specimens from Diaspis pcntagona at Washington. 



(4) Prospalta nntrtfcldtii Howard. Originally reared from 

 Aspidiotus uvae by Miss Mary E. Murtfeldt at Kirkwood, Mo., 

 in 1888 : later from Aspidiotus forbesi on cherry and currant 

 by Mr. W. G. Johnson at Champaign, 111., and now reared by 

 Professor Antonio Berlese from Diaspis pentagona at Florence, 

 Italy, received from Washington, D. C. 



(5) There is also one, presumably hyperparasitic, reared by 

 Professor Berlese at Florence from Diaspis pentagona received 

 from Washington, D. C. This is Tetrastichns canadcnsis Ash- 

 mead. 



It now only remains to describe the new Prospalta, remarking 

 upon the strange fact that this presumably American species 

 should have first been reared by Professor Berlese in Florence. 



Prospalta berlesei n. sp. 



Female. Length, 0.73 mm. ; expanse. 1.47 mm ; greatest width of fore- 

 wing. 0.19 mm. Comes close to P. anrantii. Joint one of funicle about 

 as long as pedicel, but slightly narrower; joint two rather shorter than 

 joint one; joint three longer than joint one, and a little broader; club 

 joints subequal in length, and each about as long as joint three of 

 funicle; the basal joint very slightly wider than joint three of funicle, 

 and the terminal joint tapering from near base to its pointed tip. In 

 general effect the flagellum is longer and more filiform than in P. anran- 

 tii. Surface of thorax smooth, General color, a bright straw-yellow ; 



