ON THE ASHMEAD MANUSCRIPT SPECIES OF ICHNEU- 

 MONIDAE OF MRS. SLOSSON'S MOUNT WASHINGTON 

 LISTS. 



By R. A. CUSHMAN. 



Of the Bureau of Entomology, United States Department of Agriculture. 



Through the medium of several lists of insects from the Alpine 

 region of Mount Washington, New Hampshire, compiled by Mrs. 

 Annie Trumbull Slosson and published in the Entomological News 

 during 1894-1906, Ashmead proposed a considerable number of 

 manuscript names of Hymenoptera. Among these are 57 Ichneu- 

 monidae besides one which Ashmead called "Pimplinae n. gen. et 

 n. sp." Some of these are indicated by "Ashm. MS.," others by 

 " Ashm., n. sp.," while some names appear that have never been pub- 

 lished elsewhere, although not indicated as new or manuscript species. 

 Of the 58 species I have been able to locate all but four, mostly in 

 the National Museum collection, but some among specimens sent 

 me by Mrs. Slosson. All of the 51 identified species are now in the 

 National Collection. Many of these specimens do not bear Ash- 

 mead's name labels. Some of these latter can be connected with the 

 names by means of number labels corresponding to manuscript lists 

 of the 1902 and 1906 material. The other lists are not numbered. 

 Other specimens evidently from the same source lack both name and 

 number labels and can never be associated with any names that Ash- 

 mead may have applied to them. 



I am able to make this paper much more nearly complete than 

 would otherwise be possible through the kindness of Mrs. Slosson, 

 who has sent me for the United States National Museum files all of 

 the letters from Ashmead referring to the Mount Washington 

 Hymenoptera and also some of the specimens for which I had looked 

 in vain in the National Collection. I take this opportunity to ex- 

 press my thanks to Mrs. Slosson. 



Following is a list of Mrs. Slosson's papers on the insects of Mount 

 Washington : 



1. Entomological News, 



2. Entomological News, 



3. Entomological News, 



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