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A Supposed Mymarid Parasite of Tabanid Eggs (Hym., Dip.) 

 From a mass of tabanid eggs obtained from the margin of a stream 

 at Butler, Illinois, July, 1910, a mymarid near Alaptus issued but the 

 specimen was lost. A number of Phanarus tabanivorus Ashmead also 

 issued from the same mass. The mymarid probably came from the 

 eggs. 



Records of Parasites and Predators of Spider Eggs (Hym., 



Dip., Aran.). 



I had collected the following references, which should be brought 

 together, though not complete: Acoloides emertonii Howard (Bull. 45, 

 U. S. Nat. Mus., pp. 171-172; Insect Life, II, p. 202); Acoloides 

 saitidis Howard on Saitis pulex (Insect Life, IV, p. 124), on Phydip- 

 pus morsitans (Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington, II, p. 300) ; Aeolus zabri- 

 skiei Ashmead (Bull. 45, U. S. Nat. Mus., p. 175) ; AradophagffTfas- 

 ciatus Ashm. on Pityophthora querciperda Swz. and Brachyrhynchus 

 granulatus Say (De Dalla Torre, Cat. Hymenop., V, p. 512) ; Baeus 

 americana Howard on Epeirids (Insect Life, II, PP- 270-271 ; Proc. 

 Ent. Soc. Washington, II, p. 299) ; Eupclmiis piceus Riley on Argiope 

 argentata (Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington, II, 1892, p. 297) ; Pimpla spp. 

 predaceous upon Epeira angulata and Argiope riparia (Proc. Ent. Soc. 

 Washington, II, p. 294 et al.) ; Pimpla inquisitor on Argiope riparia 

 (Insect Life, I, p. 324) ; Pesomachus obcsus Brues from egg capsules 

 of a spider (Bull. Wise. Nat. Hist. Soc., VIII, p. 72) ; Aphiochacta 

 epeirae Brues on Epeira sp. (? eggs) (Aldrich, Cat. N. A. Diptera, 

 T 905, p. 336) ; Cyrtidae on spider* ( ? eggs) (ib., p. 219) ; Sarcophaga 

 piceus on Argiope argcnfata and Phydippus opifex (Insect Life, IV, 

 p. 269). See also this journal, VII, 1896, p. 320; Proc. Ent. Soc. 

 Washington, V, p. 308 and Insect Life, VI, pp. 259-260. 



Insects Eaten by the Yellow-billed Cuckoo (Hem., Dip., Lep.). 



A stomach of one of these birds killed on May 31, 1902, was rough- 

 ly examined by Professor E. A. Smythe (Blacksburg, Virginia), who 

 gave me the contents as follows (sex and age of bird not noted) : i 

 intact adult Tihiccn scptcndecim, a partly digested adult tipulid and 

 a finely divided mass of hairy caterpillars, probably those of Mala- 

 cosoma americana. 



The Birdbug Attacking Human Beings (Hem.). 



Although it is known that the close allies of the common 

 bedbug (Cime.r lectulariits Linnaeus) will feed upon human 

 blood in confinement (it has been proved for C. colunibarius} , 

 cases are certainly rarely made known where the parasites 

 naturally attack human beings. The following extract from 

 a letter received from Prof. Glenn \Y. Hcrrick in September, 

 1910, is unique, or if not so, still of great interest and impor- 



