232 Journal New York Entomological Society. f^'oi- xxvi. 



Among other insects shown from Wingina, was a Mantispa brunnca Say. 



In this connection Mr. Davis exhibited specimens of Mantispa interrupta, 

 Mantispa floridana, Mantispa sayi and Mantispa viridis. He called attention 

 to the synopsis of the species by Nathan Banks in the Trans. Am. Ento. Soc, 

 February, 1897, and stated that some of the specimens of M. brunnea in his 

 series of forty-six individvials had the " anal vein furcate in fore wing " ; 

 some had it furcate on one side only and in others it was simple in both wings. 

 He stated that he had compared his four specimens of M. floridana with the 

 type in Mrs. Slosson's collection and found them to be alike except that in the 

 type the anal vein is furcate in fore wings, while in the other four it is 

 simple. 



Dr. Bequaert exhibited three flies, new to New Jersey List, that had 

 been collected by Mr. Nicolay, viz. : Helophilus bilinearis Williston, Secaucus, 

 N. J., April :7; Myiolepta nigra Loew, Huntingdon Co., N. J., April 19; 

 Chrysochlamys buccata Loew, Malaga, N. J., April 26 ; of which the first had 

 been described from Colorado. 



Dr. Bequaert also presented a paper on " Maggots of Flies Parasitic on 

 Birds " which will be published later. He referred to the early work of Leon 

 Dufour and other authors, commending especially Albert F. Coutant's paper 

 in Journal of Parasitology, 1915, on "The Habits, Life History and Struc- 

 ture of a Blood Sucking Muscid Larva." His remarks referred especially to 

 Protocalliphora sordida (Zetterstedt) the species whose maggots live in the 

 feathers and suck blood at intervals, whereas Protocalliphora azurea (Fallen) 

 maggots bore in the skin of young birds and usually kill them in a short time. 



Mr. J. A. Weber, of the Linnsean Society, present as a visitor, inquired 

 about the flies parasitic on owls and Dr. Bequaert explained that they be- 

 longed to a different group, Ornithomyida;, with spherical larva, mistakable 

 for eggs. 



Mr. Woodruff exhibited Cremastochilus found flying about ant hills at 

 Greenwood Lake, N. J., on May 5, as will be published in Miscellaneous 

 Notes. 



Mr. Davis referred to Euphoria inda L., saying that six individuals were 

 found on the same nests of Formica e.vsectoides at Greenwood Lake on May 

 5, 1918, and the ants were pulling them about in the same manner as they do 

 Cremastochiltis. All six were alive and active when let alone by the ants. 

 In one instance a male and female were found together. 



Mr. Davis also contributed a note on Alypia octomaculata Fab. A male 

 collected May 5, 191 8, near Greenwood Lake, N. J., was shown. Mr. Wood- 

 ruff had also collected a specimen at the same time. Mr. Davis called atten- 

 tion to the discussion in the Journal for June, 1917, p. 147, as to whether this 

 species was double brooded, and stated that as several specimens had been 

 captured early in the year, there was every reason to suppose that it was 

 double brooded at times. 



In further reference to early dates for Lepidoptera, Mr. Davis exhibited 

 Papilio turniis L. Two males were seen, one of which was captured on top 



