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brown, stigma and the costal cell somewhat darker ; pubescence long 

 and dense over the whole wing; discal cell opening into the third pos- 

 terior cell; distal portion of the sixth and seventh veins subparallel. 

 Length 4 mm., wing 6 mm. 



Hab. Keyport, Wash. Two males, two females. 



Rhypholophus parallelus n. sp. 



Yellow ; front and palpi somewhat darker ; antennae wholly yellow ; 

 thorax reddish yellow, slightly darker above ; halteres pale yellow ; 

 knobs slightly infuscated at the tip ; legs yellowish ; abdomen brownish 

 above, yellow below ; ovipositor reddish-yellow, upper valves somewhat 

 arcuated; wings brown, rather narrow; stigma indistinct; discal cell 

 opening into the third posterior cell ; distal portion of the sixth and 

 seventh veins subparallel, the latter slightly arcuated ; pubescence on 

 the wings rather long and dense. Length 5 mm., wing 6 mm. 



Hab. Ithaca, N. Y. Two females. 



Rhypholophus cornutus n. sp. 



Yellowish-brown ; rostrum and palpi darker brown ; antennae light 

 brown, joints of the rlagellum of the male with a dense soft pubescence 

 and long verticles, those of the female with the pubescence less dense ; 

 thorax yellowish-brown with sparse reddish-yellow hairs ; halteres 

 yellowish ; legs brownish, femora lighter toward the base ; abdomen 

 brown, with long sparse yellow hairs ; hypopygium reddish-brown, 

 horny appendages black, those at the tip of the lobes very broad and 

 emitting three short curved branches ; ovipositor reddish-yellow, upper 

 valves slightly arcuated ; wings brown ; stigma darker brown ; pubescence 

 on wings not very long or dense ; discal cell opening into the third pos- 

 terior cell; distal portions of the sixth and seventh veins subparallel. 

 Length 5 mm., wing 6 mm. 



Hab. Stanford University, Cal. Two males, one female. 



EVELYN GROESBEECK MITCHELL has brought suit against Dr. Harrison 

 G. Dyar to recover $35,000 damages on account of a review of her 

 book on mosquitoes which he published in the Canadian Entomologist. 



NOTE ON Pcrilitiis cimericanus RILEY. At Paris, Texas, adults of 

 Megilla maculata DeGeer were quite commonly found during the sec- 

 ond week in July, 1904, and later, adhering to the cocoons of this 

 species, its parasite, in corn fields. Many of these cocoons were 

 brought into the laboratory and the resulting parasites proved to be 

 all females, which varied considerably in size. The cocoons of the 

 parasite were still numerous in August at Paris and were also found 

 at Will's Point, Texas, on August isth. The pupal instar was record- 

 ed in two cases, beginning with the formation of the cocoon: July 16- 

 22, 5 ] / days, and July 18-23, 5 days. A. A. GIRAULT, Paris, Texas. 



