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April, '13] SCIENTIFIC NOTES 283 



Scientific Notes 



Insect Collections, Kansas University. The entomological collections of the 

 University of Kansas form a distinct division of the fire-proof Natural History Mu- 

 seum. These collections are increased from year to year in two ways, first, by a 

 regular, organized entomological survey which adds about 25,000 specimens per 

 j^ear, and second, through systematic exchanges with other collections and well 

 known collectors. Last year the 28th annual expedition was in the field twelve 

 weeks. 



There are now 984 types in the collections and 300,000 specimens representing 

 26,000 species. 



At the death of the lamented Dr. Snow in 1908 Professor S. J. Hunter, head of the 

 Department of Entomology succeeeded to the curatorship and Mr. F. X. Williams 

 became assistant curator. 



The Museum is open to investigators, but types are not loaned. Information, 

 however, is cheerfully given regarding types and when desired drawings are made 

 by the department's artist at a nominal cost. A revised list of types is now being 

 prepared for publication. 



Locality Records of the Douglas Fir-Seed Chalcid, {Megnstigmus spennotro- 

 phus Wachtl). In a recently issued review of the literature' on chalcids injurious 

 to forest tree seeds, Mr. S. A. Rohwer calls attention to the fact that the Douglas 

 fir-seed chalcid had not yet been recorded as having been reared from the seeds 

 of Douglas fir raised in the United States. 



Records in my possession indicate that the infestation of seeds of Douglas fir is 

 probably quite general in Oregon and Washington. Further observations may 

 show the whole region of the Douglas fir to be similarly infested. 



I have collected or bred this species from seeds grown in the following localities: 



Colville National Forest, Washington. 



National Forests, Western Oregon and Washington (seeds mixed). 



Tacoma and Olympic National Forest, Washington (seeds of these two localities 

 mixed) . 



Wenatchee National Forest, (Chiwaukum Ranger District) Washington. 



Wenatchee National Forest, (Churnstick Ranger District) Washington. 



All localities hitherto examined by me have shown infestation. Up to the time 

 of the present writing I have not examined Douglas fir s?ed from any other 

 localities than those recorded above. 



V. I. Safro, Oregon Agricultural College, 



CorvalUs, Ore. 



Ph3rtonomus meles Fabr. This obscurely colored clover weevil, kindly deter- 

 mined by Mr. E. G. Titus, appears to be a recent introduction, since there is no 

 record of its capture prior to June, 1907, at which time it was taken in New York by 

 Mr. R. E. Dow. It was reared in our office ifi July, 1908, from clover collected in 

 the vicinity of Albany, and the latter part of May, 1912, the weevils were observed 

 very abundant on red clover at New Baltimore, N. Y. The insects at that time were 

 feeding upon the foliage and causing some injury. A number of pairs were observed 

 in copulo. Titus has observed the deposition of eggs on and in the stems and leaf 

 petioles of clover and alfalfa, and on the blossoms of clover. Five to seven eggs 

 were deposited in the stems, while elsewhere they were placed singly. European 



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