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Hab. — Morgantown, W. Va. 



Bred May 4 and June 24, 1892, from Anthaxia viridicomis infesting 

 Willow ; and May 26, from an Agrilus larva living under the bark of 

 Dogwood, Cornus florid a. 



(12) C. pityophthori, sp. n. Caenophanes pityophthori, Ashm. M. S., Ins. 



Life, IV., p. 258. 



$ . — Length, 2 mm. Black ; second abdominal segment at base and 

 sometimes the petiole at apex ferruginous ; head shining, faintly trans- 

 versely aciculated on vertex ; thorax opaque, minutely granulated ; meta- 

 thorax areolated, the pleura rugose; antennas 22-jointed, black, the 3 

 basal joints yellow ; abdomen elongate ovate, black, polished, the first 

 two segments and the third at extreme base or the suture striated. Legs 

 pale yellowish. Wings hyaline, the first abscissa of radius less than two- 

 thirds the length of the second. 



Hab. — Morgantown, W. Va. 



Bred Feb. 24, 1892, from Pityophthonis sp. living under the bark of 

 a small dying Spruce, Abies nigra. 



(13) C. hylotrupidis, sp. n. Caenophanes hylotrupidis, Ashm., MS., Ins. 



Life, IV, p. 258. 



S,9- — Length, 2.5 to 3 mm.; ovipositor two-thirds the length of 

 abdomen. Pale ferruginous ; metathoracic sutures fuscous. Head above 

 transversely aciculated ; thorax finely granulated, the middle lobe pos- 

 teriorly strongly rugose ; metathorax, except the two basal areas, rugose, 

 and with a A-shaped carina at the middle ; first abdominal segment and 

 basal two-thirds of the second striate, rest of abdomen smooth, polished, 

 the second segment with a transverse impressed line at the middle. 

 Antenna? in both sexes 25-jointed. Wings hyaline, the stigma and 

 nervures pale brown, the first and second branches of the radius about 

 equal in length. 



Hab. — Morgantown, W. Va. 



Bred April 4, 1891, from Hylotrnpes ligneus living in Jnniperus 



virginiana. 



Subfamily Helconiwe. 



Helcon, Nees. 



(14) H. occidentalism Cr. Helcon tetrapodii, Ashm., MS. (olim), Ins. 



Life, IV, p. 259. 

 Bred July 14, 1891, from Tetrapodium cinnamoplerum living. in sap- 

 wood of Spruce log Abies nigra. 



