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In discussing the address Mr. Schwarz stated that during the 

 great grasshopper invasion of the western states, some of the 

 residents had been compelled by lack of other food to eat grass- 

 hoppers. He spoke of having once sampled grasshopper soup 

 and pronounced it excellent in taste. 



Mr. Hunter congratulated Mr. Caudell on his address and re- 

 gretted that more attention was not given to references to insects 

 in classical literature and folk lore. Mr. Hunter also stated that 

 the disease Beriberi occurred in various parts of the United States. 



A NEW SPECIES OF AGROMYZA DESTRUCTIVE TO BEANS IN 



THE PHILIPPINES. 



BY J. R. MALLOCH, Urbana, Illinois. 



This species was sent me by Professor Baker with the informa- 

 tion that it is very destructive to beans in the Philippines. It 

 works in the stems of young plants and sometimes destroys whole 

 fields. In a later letter he adds the information that it "often 

 causes extensive damage in planting of cowpeas, mungo, and 

 beans." The following description is printed as a name is de- 

 sired for the species. 



Agromyza destructor new species. 



Female. Shining black. Head entirely black, center stripe opaque, 

 orbits and frontal triangle glossy black, with a bluish tinge. Thorax 

 and abdomen with a slight tinge of blue. Legs entirely black. Wings 

 clear, veins black-brown. Halteres black. 



Frons slightly over one-third the head-width, sides distinctly converg- 

 ent anteriorly, the anterior width little more than half the posterior width; 

 triangle very long and slender, its length about twice its posterior width, 

 reaching almost to anterior margin of frons; orbital bristles 4 in number, 

 decreasing slightly in length towards front; orbits narrow, distinctly dif- 

 ferentiated from center stripe, without distinct hairs; third antenna! 

 joint small, round; arista bare; cheek short, not over one-sixth the eye- 

 height, not produced anteriorly, marginal hairs normal. Mesonotum with 

 2 pairs of dorso-centrals, discal setulae not numerous. Costa to end of 

 fourth vein; inner cross-vein below end of first, and at two-fifths from 

 apex of discal "cell; last section of fourth vein about five times as long as 

 preceding section; last section of fifth about two-thirds as long as pre- 

 ceding section. 



Length, 0.5-0.75 mm. 



Type locality: Los Banos, Philippine Islands (C. F. Baker). 



