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Elley, Chaeles Y. Notes on Microgasters. 



( Amer. Nat. , Aug. , 1882, xvi, p. 679-680. ) 



A critical review of A. S. Packard, jr.'s, " Descriptions of some new ichneu- 

 mon parasites of North American butterflies " (Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist. , 1880, 

 XXI, p. 18-38); synonymical notes on Alicrogaster carinaia [=Jf. gelechia 

 var. ], Jlf. ^'ici'^is [specific name preoccupied] l^Apanteles congregatus var. 

 pieridivora n. var,], M. atalantcB [^=Apantel€8 congregatus var.], M. iApan^ 

 teJesI carduicola and M. [_A.'] lunatus. 



The " overflow bugs" in California. 



(Amer. Nat., Aug., 1882, xvi, p. 681-682.) 



Extract from a letter of Mrs. A. E. Bush, describing the occurrence of 

 Platynus vmculicollis in California in such abundance at certain seasons as to 

 become a nuisance to man. 



Probable sound organs in Sphingid pupae. 



(Amer. Nat. , Sept. , 1882, xvi, p. 745-746. ) 



Describes occurrence of a peculiar structure on the abdominal joints of the 

 pupae of certain Sphingidce; genera in which this structure is observed ; prob- 

 able connection of this structure with the function of producing sound, as 

 observed in Sphinx atropos. 



Is Gyrtoneura a parasite or a scavenger ? 



(Amer. Nat., Sept., 1882, xvi, p. 746-747.) 



Describes Cyrtoneura stabulena bred from pupae of Aletia argillacea; states 

 usual food of this species ; expresses doubt whether the species is a parasite 

 or is only a scavenger in decayed pupae ; thinks Phora aleticB merely a scav- 

 enger ; describes great liability of pupae of AUiia to decay. 



Denoderus pusillus as a museum pest. 



(Amer. Nat., Sept., 1882, xvi, p. 747.) 

 * Describes imagos of Dinoderus pusillus feeding on cork and paper lining in 



an insect box; states that they occur usually in drugs and other stored and 

 dry vegetable products. 



Habits of Polycaon confertus Lee. 



(Amer. Nat., Sept., 1882, xvi, p. 747.) 



The imagos of Polycaon confertus bore in twigs of apple and pear trees and 

 grape vines ; the larvae probably live in the dead and dry wood of forest trees. 



Myrmecophilous Coleoptera. 



(Amer. Nat., Sept,, 1882, xvi, p. 747, 748.) 



Announces discovery, by Lawrence Bouuer, that larvae and imagos of Eu- 

 phoria hirtipea live in hills of Formica rufa in Nebraska ; and by Theodor Per- 

 gande, of pupae of Hymcnonis rnfipes in nest of Formica fusca, and of H. 

 oiscurus in nest of another species of ant ; mentions known myrmecophilous 

 habits of Cetonia, Cremastochihis, Euparia castanea(in nests of Solenopsis xyloni), 

 Tenebrionidce and Anthicus ; work of E. A. Schwarz upon myrmecophilous 

 coleoptera. 



Cicada septendecim. 



(Gardener's Monthly, Sept., 1882, v,p. .) 



A critical review of "the short paragraph on cicada" (op. cit., Aug., 1882, 



, p. 247), with reprint of the notes on " Cicada septendecim," in Bull. 



No. 6, U. S. Entom. Comm., 1881, p. 58-59 ; gives orthography of the names of 

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