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lected it in Siskiyou, Calaveras, Placer, Alpine, Marin and Sonoma 

 Counties, at the higher altitudes and wherever coniferous trees were 

 found. Its occurrence at lower levels, and in cities and towns, can 

 be accounted for by its transportation in the timber that is taken there 

 and which contains one or the other of the early stages of the insect. 

 I have collected it in Placer and Eldorado Counties. Mr. L. Municr 

 has also taken it in Plumas County. The occurrence of the above 

 reported specimen under such conditions is something very unusual 

 and offers an opportunity for speculation as to how and when the egg, 

 or larva, gained access to that door. Was it previous to the building 

 of the house, or did a stray beetle enter the house and oviposit in that 

 door at a recent date? J. C. HUGUENIN, San Francisco, Cal. 



Notes on Some Chalcidoid Hymenoptera from Java. 



The following notes are upon some parasites sent to me by llerr 

 P. von der Coot, Pasoeroean, Java. 



1. Paranagrus optabilis Perkins. A number of specimens of both 

 sexes, which agree with specimens of P. perforator Perkins from 

 North Queensland, except that the ovipositor is not exserted ; they also 

 agree with the original description of optabilis except that the abdomen 

 is dusky above before tip in some female specimens ; in other females, 

 the abdomen was not marked with dusky. The antennal joints varied 

 somewhat. One male specimen had the abdomen wholly dusky. The 

 specimens were reared April 4, 1913, from the eggs of Dicranotropis 

 (Pcrkinsiella) vastatri.v Breddi and both this host and the locality 

 are new for the species. The host was on sugar cane and the wide 

 distribution of the parasite is thus accounted for. 



2. Arrhenophagus chionaspidis Aurivillius. It was surprising to 

 meet with this curious encyrtid from Java, though it is known to occur 

 in Asia. A large number of specimens were reared from Aulacaspis 

 rosac on rose, March 25, 1913. I have verified its redescription pub- 

 lished by me in 1911, yet the antennae still need very careful scrutiny 

 from fresh specimens. 



3. Ablcrus pulchriceps Zehntner. So far as I know, this is a valid 

 species differing from six North Queensland species by bearing a dis- 

 tinct wing pattern. Thus, in addition to the two bands across the fore- 

 wings (common only to extra-Australian forms), the second band 

 sends off an arm to the wing apex just below (caudad of) the middle 

 of the wing blade. I will point out elsewhere that Asntus Howard 

 and Ahlcrns of the same author are identical. In pulchriceps also the 

 proximal cross-band of the forewing sends out a longer arm toward 

 the base of the wing; the marginal fringes of the forewings are rather 

 longer than usual. The very short joint (joint 6, counting the ring 

 joint) in the male antennae is black. Structurally, the species is not 

 different from the Australian forms. A. A. GIRAULT, Washington, 

 D. C. 



