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Spogostylum oedipus Fabr. Raleigh, mid-August to mid-Septem- 

 ber, CSB; Spruce (Sunburst), late May, 1912, CSB; Andrews, mid- 

 August, 1904, FS. 



Spogostylum simson Fabr. Has been received from Raleigh, 

 Southern Pines, Andrews, Bushnell, Stecoah, Lexington and Ashe- 

 ville, at dates varying from July 16 to September 1. Never com- 

 mon. Has been known to be attracted by the smell of fresh paint, 

 and also, like others of the genus, seems to have tendency to alight 

 on human beings, possibly attracted by the smell of perspiration. 

 Not recorded so far east of Raleigh. 



Systoechus vnlgaris Loew. Raleigh, August 30, 1904, CSB; South- 

 ern Pines, August 15, 1902, FS; Bushnell, September, 1904, GMB. 



Systropus imbecillus Karsch. Early and mid-September, not un- 

 common in open woods, CSB; Wadesboro, Oct. 23, 1920, TBM; 

 Lucama, Sept. 27, 1920, TBM. 



Systropus macer Loew. Raleigh, July 21, 1912, one bred from 

 pupa of Euclea delphinii, CSB, early September, one, FS. Lucama, 

 Sept. 27, 1920s two, TBM. 



Toxophora amphitea Walker. Raleigh, late July, 1912, early Au- 

 gust, 1914, mid-July, 1916, CSB. 



Toxophora leucopyga Wied. Early July, 1910, CSB, late July, 

 1912, CLM, three specimens taken at Raleigh. Of these one has 

 three submarginal cells in each wing, a second has two in each 

 wing, while the third has two in one wing and three in the other. 



A New Pristomerine from California 

 (Hym., Ichneumonidae). 



By HENRY L. VIERECK, U. S. Bureau of Biological Survey, 



Washington. D. C. 



The Pristomerinae are a subfamily of Ichneumon-flies, the 

 species of which are so far known to be parasitic on moths of 

 the families Tortricidae and Gelechiidae. The host relation- 

 ship of the present species is as yet unknown. 

 Neopristomerus woodworthi n. sp. 



Type and allotypc. No. 33, on deposit at the California 

 Academy of Sciences from the University of California. Type 

 locality. Berkeley, California, May 20, '07. Collector. Prof. 

 C. W. Woodworth. 



9 Type. Length 7.5 mm. ; sheaths of ovipositor almost as long as 

 the abdomen ; of the North American species of the tribe Pristomerini 

 this agrees best with Neopristomerus ? coloradensis Brues, as originally 

 described; black; head, legs and abdomen partly reddish; front exca- 

 vated above the antennae, shagreened and dullish ; clypeus convex, shin- 

 ing, the anterior two-thirds mostly reddish, its anterior edge rounded ; 



