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ASHMEAD, William H.— Continued. 



peckhami. The types are in the National 

 Museum. 



Notes on some European Hy- 



menopterous parasites of the Hessian- 

 fly, Cecidomyla destructor Say, and other 

 insects, bred by Dr. Paul Marchal, the 

 French Government entomologist. 



Psyche, VIII, Nov., 1897, pp. 135-138. 

 Kecords the hosts of 13 species of parasites 

 bred by Dr. Paul Marchal, and describes 2 

 new species, Bceotomug coxalis and Holcoeus 

 cecidomyice. 



Description of five new genera in 



the Cynipidse. 



Canadian Entomologist, xxix, Nov., 



1897, pp. 260-263. 



Describes Xj/6«oteras, n. g., typeX. volutellce,- 



Zopheroteras, n, g., type Biorrhiza forticornis 



Walsh ; Parateras, n. g., type hubbardi, n. sp. ; 



Asclepiadiphila, n. g., type stephanotidis, n. sp. 



An egg parasite of Smerintlms asty- 



lus Drury. 



Ent. News, IX, Jan., 1898, p. 124. 

 Describes Anastatus pearsalli, n. sp. 



Description of live nevr Hymenopte- 



rous parasites on Canarsia hammondi 

 Riley. 



Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., iv, 1898, No. 2, pp. 



124-131. 



Describes and figures Spilocryptus canar- 



sice, Limmeria (Sinophorus) carnarsice, Apa7i- 



teles eanarsice, Elasmus meteori and Tetrasli- 



chus coerulescens. 



A new species of Boptronia. 



Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., IV, 1898, No. 2, pp. 

 132, 133. 

 Describes Roptronia garmani, n. sp., and 

 gives a table of the known species, in which 

 another species from California is character- 

 ized under the name P. californica. 



[Table of the genera of the Xye- 



lidfe.] 



Psyche, viii, May, 1898, p. 214. 

 This is a table of the genera of the family 

 Xyelidas furnished to Dr. H. G. Dyar for his 

 MS., in which two new genera, Megaxyela and 

 Manoxyela are characterized. The types are 

 in the National Museum. 



Classification of the Horntails and 



Sawtlies, or the suborder Phytophaga. 



Canadian Entomologist, xxx, June, 1898, 

 pp. 141-145. 

 In this contribution, which represents No. 

 1 of the series, the author separates these 



ASHMEAD, William H.— Continued. 



insects into 15 distinct families, and gives 

 dichotomous tables for their recognition. 



(See also under George Dimmock.) 



BANGS, OUTRAM. On some birds from 

 Santa Marta, Colombia. 



Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xii, June 3, 1898 

 pp. 131-144. 

 A briefly annotated list of 134 species ob 

 tained in the Santa Marta region of Colom' 

 bia, of which the following are new : Galbu- 

 lariificaxtda pollens, Melanerpes wagleri sane 

 tce-martce, Dendrocincla olivacea anguina, 

 Sycalis browni, Cyanocompsa concreta sanctce 

 martce, Arremonops conirostris canens, Pi- 

 ranga faceta, Cyclarhis flavipectus canticus, 

 Dacnis napcea and Merula incompta. 



BARTSCH, Paul. Uria lomvia. An ad- 

 dition to the Avifauna Columbiana. 



Auk, XIV, No. 3, July, 1893, pp. 312, 313. 

 The taking of 6 specimens of this species 

 on the Potomac near Washington is here re- 

 corded. This record adds the family Alcidte 

 to the Avifauna Columbiana. 



A few notes on the Avifauna Co- 

 lumbiana. 



Attk, XIV, No. 3, July, 1897, p. 326. 

 Notes on the occurrence of Elanoides forfi- 

 catus and Geothlypis agilis. An early breed- 

 ing date of Cathartes aura (in the spring of 

 1897) is here mentioned. 



Summer birds of the Oneota Valley. 



Iowa Ornithologist, in. No. 4, Oct., 1897, 

 pp. 51-62. 

 A paper read at the Third Congress of the 

 Iowa Ornithological Association, discussing 

 the birds observed on the expedition to the 

 Oneota Valley in the summer of 1895. A list 

 of 98 species, with copious notes under each, 

 follows the general discussion of the surface 

 features and climatic conditions of the region. 



The breeding of the Carolina Paro- 

 quet in captivity by Dr. Nowatny. 



Auk, XV, No. 1, Jan., 1898, pp. 28-32. 

 Translation of a letter by Dr. Nowatny in 

 "Die Freundlandischen Stubenvogel ihre 

 Natnrgeschichte, Pflege und Zucht." (Vol. 

 Ill, Pt. 10, p. 838 et seq.) 



An early morning ramble in autumn 



in the will-be Potomac Park. 



Bull. Wilson Ornithological Chapter of the 



Agassiz dissociation. No. 18, .Jan., 1898, 



pp. 1-3. 



This paper gives an account of a visit to the 



park on October 9, 1897, with notes on the 



fauna and flora. 



BEAN, Barton A. 



(See under Tarleton H. Bean.) 



