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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OF 
  THE 
  NATIONAL. 
  MUSEUM 
  vol.67 
  

  

  has 
  been 
  widely 
  used 
  in 
  literature 
  on 
  economic 
  entomology 
  for 
  the 
  

   species 
  here 
  treated 
  under 
  that 
  name, 
  and 
  since 
  it 
  is 
  impossible 
  to 
  

   show 
  conclusively 
  that 
  Say 
  did 
  not 
  actually 
  prepare 
  his 
  description 
  

   from 
  a 
  specimen 
  of 
  this 
  species, 
  it 
  seems 
  best 
  to 
  continue 
  to 
  use 
  the 
  

   name 
  mellitor. 
  There 
  is 
  tremendous 
  variation 
  in 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  indi- 
  

   viduals 
  of 
  this 
  species, 
  and 
  with 
  this 
  is 
  combined 
  rather 
  marked 
  vari- 
  

   ability 
  in 
  structure 
  and 
  sculpture, 
  particularly 
  in 
  the 
  males, 
  which 
  

   it 
  is 
  often 
  very 
  difficult 
  to 
  identify. 
  The 
  malar 
  space 
  in 
  the 
  female 
  

   is 
  about 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  first 
  segment 
  of 
  the 
  antennal 
  flagellum 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  

   considerably 
  shorter 
  in 
  the 
  male; 
  the 
  antennae 
  are 
  rather 
  stout, 
  and 
  

   are 
  from 
  26 
  to 
  40-segmented, 
  the 
  smallest 
  number 
  of 
  segments 
  being 
  

   found 
  in 
  very 
  small 
  males 
  ; 
  most 
  frequently 
  the 
  antennae 
  are 
  from 
  32 
  

   to 
  36-segmented 
  ; 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  flagellar 
  segments 
  are 
  usually 
  only 
  a 
  

   little 
  longer 
  than 
  broad; 
  the 
  thorax 
  is 
  polished; 
  the 
  propodeum 
  with 
  

   a 
  stub 
  of 
  a 
  median 
  ridge 
  at 
  apex; 
  second 
  abscissa 
  of 
  radius 
  usually 
  

   not 
  distinctly 
  twice 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  first 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  not 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  

   first 
  and 
  second 
  combined; 
  the 
  radius 
  attaining 
  the 
  wing 
  margin 
  

   before 
  the 
  apex; 
  abdomen 
  usually 
  broadly 
  oval; 
  the 
  second 
  tergite 
  

   varying 
  from 
  strongly 
  granular 
  to 
  mostly 
  rugose, 
  nearly 
  always 
  dis- 
  

   tinctly 
  a 
  little 
  emarginate 
  medially 
  behind; 
  the 
  third 
  to 
  sixth 
  ter- 
  

   gites 
  in 
  the 
  female, 
  the 
  third 
  to 
  fifth 
  in 
  the 
  male, 
  granular; 
  oviposi- 
  

   tor 
  sheaths 
  at 
  least 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  abdomen, 
  sometimes 
  considerably 
  

   longer, 
  a 
  good 
  deal 
  of 
  variation 
  being 
  evident 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  series 
  of 
  

   specimens. 
  In 
  color 
  mellitor 
  is 
  nearly 
  always 
  entirely 
  testaceous 
  or 
  

   ferruginous, 
  with 
  the 
  propodeum 
  and 
  the 
  first 
  tergite 
  blackish; 
  

   rarely 
  the 
  thorax 
  has 
  black 
  markings 
  on 
  the 
  mesonotum 
  and 
  pectus. 
  

  

  Distribution. 
  — 
  Occurs 
  at 
  least 
  from 
  Texas 
  to 
  South 
  Dakota 
  and 
  

   eastward 
  to 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  States, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  found 
  as 
  far 
  north 
  as 
  

   southern 
  Massachusetts. 
  Also 
  occurs 
  in 
  the 
  Hawaiian 
  Islands; 
  and 
  

   quite 
  probably 
  is 
  much 
  more 
  widely 
  distributed 
  than 
  here 
  noted. 
  

  

  Hosts. 
  — 
  Anthonomus 
  grandis 
  Boheman; 
  A. 
  signatus 
  Say; 
  Poly- 
  

   chrosis 
  viteana 
  Clemens; 
  Pectinophora 
  gossypiella 
  Saunders. 
  

   Material 
  from 
  these 
  hosts 
  has 
  been 
  examined. 
  Other 
  hosts, 
  re- 
  

   corded 
  by 
  Pierce, 
  which 
  records 
  are 
  probably 
  correct, 
  include 
  

   Anthonomus 
  albopilosus 
  Dietz, 
  A. 
  eugenii 
  Cano, 
  A. 
  fulvus 
  LeConte, 
  

   A. 
  squamosus 
  LeConte, 
  Desmoris 
  scapalis 
  LeConte. 
  

  

  The 
  National 
  Museum 
  has 
  a 
  large 
  quantity 
  of 
  material 
  of 
  this 
  

   species 
  reared 
  from 
  the 
  cotton 
  boll 
  weevil, 
  at 
  various 
  points 
  in 
  the 
  

   cotton-growing 
  area 
  of 
  the 
  United 
  States; 
  also 
  an 
  extensive 
  series 
  

   reared 
  by 
  R. 
  A. 
  Cushman 
  from 
  the 
  grapeberry 
  moth 
  at 
  North- 
  

   east, 
  Pennsylvania, 
  in 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Entomology 
  under 
  Quaintance 
  

   numbers, 
  11100, 
  11082, 
  14410, 
  14472 
  ; 
  many 
  specimens 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  

   host 
  reared 
  by 
  H. 
  G. 
  Ingerson 
  at 
  Sandusky, 
  Ohio 
  ; 
  and 
  collected 
  speci- 
  

   mens 
  from 
  points 
  in 
  Kansas, 
  South 
  Dakota, 
  Florida, 
  Texas, 
  New 
  

  

  