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Hymenoptera of South America, J. Bb^thes (An. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. 

 Buenos Aires, 24 (1913), pp. 35-165, figs. 18). — Two hundred and seventeen 

 species of Hymenoptera, largely from Argentina, are dealt with, many of which 

 are characterized for the first time. 



Among the important parasites dealt with are Parepyris sylvanidis n. sp. and 

 Ccphalonomia mcridionalis n. sp., which attack the grain pest SiJvanus surina- 

 mensis; Tetrasiichus ceroplastides n. sp., parasitic on Ceroplastes bergii; 

 riatymesopus eiausquimi n. sp., a parasite of the screw worm; Pteromalus 

 caridei n. sp., parasitic on Papilio thoas thoantiades ; Signiphora platensis 

 n. sp. and Paracharitopus lecanii n. sp., parasites of Lecanium sp. ; Allotropa 

 mcridionalis n. sp., S. argentlna n. sp., Paranusia hifasciata n. sp., and Philo- 

 ponectroma pectinatum n. sp., parasitic on Dactylopius sp. ; TricJiogrammatoidca 

 signiphoroides n. sp., parasitic on Diaspis, Aspidiotus, etc. ; Euccrchysius scolytii 

 n. sp., pai-asitic on Scolytus assimilis; and Brasemopsis halysidotm n. sp., a 

 parasite of llalisidota tessellaris. 



Report on parasites, L. O. Howard (Awn. Ent. Sac. Amer., 7 (1914), No. 1, 

 pp. S6-8S). — This is a brief report on the status of some of the more important 

 introduced parasitic enemies of the gipsy and brown-tail moths. 



Epimecis wiltii and its host, R. C. Shannon (Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., 15 

 (1913), No. 4, p. 162). — The ichneunionid E. wiltii has been found by the 

 author to be an external parasite of spiders. 



Biological notes on a few rare or little-known parasitic Hymenoptera, 

 R. A. CusHMAN {Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., 15 (1913), No. 4, pp. 153-161, figs. 2). — 

 A braconid parasite of lady beetles (Perilitus ainericanus) is reported to have 

 been very abundant in the region of Vienna, Va., during the fall of 1912, being 

 invariably so far as observed parasitic on Megilla maculuta. Paniscus geminatus 

 was found to be an external parasite of an undetermined lepidopterous larva. 

 Polysphincta tcxana was taken as an external parasite from an adult female 

 spider (Stcatoda borealis). Sphwropyx bicolor was taken under codling moth 

 bands on apple and pear trees as a parasite of Apatcla clarescens. This para- 

 site is said to be gregarious, as many as 30 having been reared from a single 

 host. 



Notes on the life history of Rhopalosoma poeyi, J. D. Hood (Proc. Ent. 

 Soc. Wash., 15 (1913), No. 4, pp. 145-148, fig. i).— -The author records R. poeyi 

 as a parasite of the jumping tree cricket (Orocharis saltator). 



New Hymenoptera from North America, A. B. Gahan {Proc. U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., 46 (1914), pp. 431-443, pi. 1). — The species here described of economic 

 importance as parasites include Elis atriventris n. sp., reared from Lachnos- 

 tcrna sp., and Bracon (Tropidobracon) meromyzce n. sp. and Ccelinidca ferru- 

 ginea n. sp., at Elkpoint, S. Dak., and Euphoriana uniformis n. g. and n. sp., at 

 Hagerstown, Md., all reared from Meromyza americana; Pteromalus eurymi 

 n. sp. reared from Eurymus eurytheme, at Tempe, Ariz. ; Dibrachys meteori 

 n. sp. and Eupehninus meteori n. sp. reared from Meteorus infesting 

 the fall army worm at Brownsville, Tex. ; Elasmus apanteli n. sp. 

 reared from Apanteles harnedi at Memphis, Tenn. ; Tetrastichus bruco- 

 phagi n. sp. reared from Briwhophagus sp., from alfalfa seed at Cor- 

 coran, Cal ; T. (Tetrastichodes) detrimentosus n. sp. reared from Coecv- 

 nella sanguinea and Sympiesis agromyzce n. sp. reared from Agromyza parvi- 

 cornis, at Lakeland, Fla. ; Gonatocerus eximius n. sp. reared from jassid eggs at 

 Orlando, Fla. ; and Eumicrosoma bcnefica n. g. and n. sp. reared from eggs of 

 the chinch bug, at Manhattan, Kans. 



The parasites of the San Jose scale in New York, H. E. Hodgkiss and 

 P. J. Parrott (Jour. Econ. Ent., 7 (1914), No. 2, pp. 227-229).— It is stated that 

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