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of the second long vein, third long vein h'ght except small spots at the 

 apex and near its base, two small spots on the forks of the fourth, and a 

 couple on the stem, three small spots on upper fork of fifth, one on the 

 lower fork, stem light except that close to the base is a small dark spot, 

 sixth has three small spots, and the wing fringe is spotted between the 

 junctions of every vein. 



Length 3.5 mm. 5 mm. with proboscis. 



Male, much as female. On the antennae the bands at the bases of 

 the verlicels are more yellow ; the palpi are not so distinctly marked, 

 there being a narrow brown band in the middle of the '' club," a white 

 band followed by yellow at the apex of the penultimate, with a brown spot 

 on one side and a very narrow basal brown band, the antepenultimate has 

 the I'ght and dark bands rather irregularly placed and a tiny narrow white 

 band at the base (in one specimen this is nude). The leg markings are 

 perhaps more brilliant ; fore ungues markedly unequal, the larger with 

 a long tooth. 



Habitat— Camp Wilhelm, Tayubar, P. I. 



Taken Sept , 1907. 



Described from four specuiiens collected by the Surgeon on duty at 

 this Port. It is a very unusual looking Anophiline, and its colouring is 

 very attractive. 



A SUGGESTION REGARDING DEVELOPMENT RETARDED 



BY PARASITISM. 



BY L. O. HOWARD, WASHINGTON, D. C. 



In volume V. of the Hope Reports, Professor Poulton republishes an 

 article by Mr. F. P. Dodd, entitled, " Notes on Some Remarkable Para- 

 sitic Insects from North Queensland," which was originally published in 

 the Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, for May, 1906, 

 Part I. In this article, among other interesting things, Mr. Dodd shows 

 definitely that Schizaspidia and Rhipipallus of the Eucharidse are true 

 parasites of ants. But the observation to which I wish particularly to call 

 attention is Mr. Poulton's comment upon Mr. Dodd's observations that 

 indicate a remarkable and long-persistent vitality in larvce attacked by 

 Braconid parasites. Mr. Poulton says : " It is probable that within hot 

 latitudes, where a dead insect would quickly dry up and in other ways 

 deteriorate as food, the attacks of parasites have been specially adapted to 



January, 1908 



