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H. hopkinsi was described from a series of 18 specimens reared 

 from Notolophus oslari. It is described as having the mesono- 

 tum entirely black, and yet, in the type series, there is one female 

 that shows the testaceous markings in the position of the notauli 

 quite distinctly. A careful examination of every specimen of 

 the type material in both hopkinsi and mali together with another 

 series of mali, reared by the writer from the same host and locality, 

 and a large series of specimens mostly reared from Clisiocampa 

 phivialis and C. constrida in California, some of which resemble 

 hopkinsi and some mali, has convinced me that the two are but 

 variants of the same species. Aside from the mesonotal mark- 

 ings there is comparatively little variation in color in the species 

 as at present limited, but in the number of antenna! joints there 

 is considerable variation. In the hopkinsi series the females have 

 24 to 25 antennal joints and the single male with complete antennae 

 has 25 joints; in the Clisiocampa series the females have 24 and the 

 males 28 to 29 joints; and in the mali series the females 27 and the 

 males 28 to 29 joints. Some of the specimens of the Clisiocampa 

 series show a tendency toward xanthonotus in the color of the 

 antennae. In addition to the material mentioned above there are 

 in the National Museum specimens from New Hampshire, Cali- 

 fornia, Maiden (Mass.?), and a series of 5 specimens from Yosem- 

 ite, Cal., reared from a Noctuid (?) larva. The last differ from 

 the type in being somewhat larger and in having the markings 

 somewhat paler and more extensive, and agree with the type of 

 mali in the number of antennal joints. 



The Bracon n. sp. of Ins. Life, II, p. 349, parasitic on Clisio- 

 campa constrida belongs here and is a part of the material 

 examined. 



The Bracon gelechice of New Hampshire Exp. Sta. Bui. 6, Tech. 

 Ser., is undoubtedly this species. 



Habrobracdn gelechiae Ashm. 



Bracon gelechice Ashmead, Proc. U. S. Nat. AIus., 1888, p. 623. 



Bracon notaticeps Ashmead, loc. cit., p. 624. 



Habrobracon gelechice Johnson, Ent. News, VI, 1895, p. 324. 



The female of this species can at once be distinguished from 

 johannseni Vier. by the greater width of the abdomen as com- 

 pared to its length and to the width of the thorax and by the 

 retraction of the terminal tergites. The male is at once distin- 

 guished by the color pattern of the abdomen, black bordered 

 with yellow which extends nearly to the middle on the second 

 tergite. 



Comparison of the types of notaticeps (Ashm.) with those of 

 gelechice proves the two species to be the same, the differentiating 



