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submitted for study, wrote as follows: 'This appears to be a new 

 species and one that has been confused with simplex. I propose to 

 call it ulmicola.'" Further captures were made at random in May. 

 (Metatype and homo- topoty pes.) Addition to the Kansas list. 



Microbracon sulcifrons Ash. Colorado, Colorado Springs; August. 

 Bracon kansensis Vr. Kansas, Wichita; September, 1895, in vineyard (type). 

 Addition to the Kansas list, 

 piceiceps Vr. Kansas, Lawrence; data missing (type). Addition to 



the Kansas list, 

 milliter Say, var. xanthostigma Cr. Kansas, Lawrence; April; Au- 

 gust. Colorado, Colorado Springs; August. 

 Rhogas intermedius Cr. Kansas, Lawrence; May, at night; August. Also 

 a variety taken in July and August. Colorado, Colorado Springs; 

 August, 

 melanothorax Vr. Kansas, Lawrence; August (type). Addition to 



the Kansas list, 

 terminalis Cr. Kansas, Lawrence; May, at electric light, and at 

 night; June, twilight, and at electric light; July, at electric light; 

 October. 

 Hedysomus wichitus Vr. Kansas, Lawrence; August, twilight (type). Ad- 

 dition to the Kansas list. 

 Hormiopterus claripennis Brues. Kansas, Lawrence; September (type). 



Addition to the Kansas list. 

 Phaenodus caddous Vr. Kansas, Lawrence; June, twilight (type). Addition 



to the Kansas list. 

 Spathius simillimus Ash. Kansas, Lawrence; associated with Melanobracon 

 ulmicola Vr. (see reference and notes after this name) ; specimens 

 emerged April 3 to May 29, 1905, from sections of elm tree kept in breed- 

 ing-cage. Doctor Ashmead, who determined the species, added the fol- 

 lowing remark: "All Spathius are parasitic on Coleoptera. " 



Family SlRlciD^. 

 (Mr. H. L. Viereck, in reporting upon the Siricoidea and Tenthredinoidea 



submitted to him, acknowledges the assistance of Dr. A. D. MacGillivray.) 



Sirex flavicornis Fab. Colorado, Manitou; July. Denver and Tabernash; 

 August. 



Paururus nigricornis Fab. Kansas, Lawrence; October. New to the Kan- 

 sas list. 



Tremex columba L. Kansas, Lawrence; September 24, 1904, one female 

 found dead with ovipositor stuck fast in bark of elm tree; October, Colo- 

 rado, Denver; August. 



Family Cephid^. 



Cephus trimaculatus Say. Kansas, Lawrence; May. (Det. by H. E, Burke.) 

 New to the Kansas list. 



Family Xyelid^. 



Macroxyela ferruginea Say. Kansas, Lawrence; April. 



Family Hylotomid^. 

 Schizocera zabriskii Ash. Kansas, Lawrence; August. New to the Kan" 



sas list. 

 Hylotoma miniata Klug. Kansas, Lawrence; June. New to the Kansas list. 



