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FouTs (R. M.). Some New Parasites, with Remarks on the Genus 

 Platygader (Hymenoptera). — Proc. Entom. Soc. Washington., 

 D. C'., xxii, no. 4, April 19-20, pp. 61-72. 



The new species of Hymenoptera here described from the United 

 States inchide the SceUonids, Trissolcus edessae, reared from the eggs 

 of Edessa bifida, Say ; Paridris brevipennis from the eggs of 

 Gryllus abbreviatus Serv. ; Platygaster leguminicolae from the clover 

 seed midge Perrisia {Dasyneura) leguminicola ; P. feltii from the gall 

 of WalsJiomyia texana on cedar ; and a Bethylid, Ce/phalonofnia kiefferi, 

 from C aland ra oryzae. 



Burke (H. E.). Collecting some little known Buprestidae (Coleopt.). 



— Proc. Entom Soc. Washington, B.C., xxii, no. 4, April 1920, 

 pp. 72-76. 



Many of the species here mentioned are considered the rarest of the 

 American Buprestidae, but some of them are quite numerous in 

 certain localities, though their habits make them difficult to find. 

 Among those noticed are : — Trachykele lecontei, Gory, taken in bald 

 cypress {Taxodiwn distichum) ; T. blondeli, Mars., in western juniper 

 (Juniperus occidentalis), Monterey cypress {Cupressus macrocarpa), 

 Sargent cypress (C. sargenti) and western red cedar (Thuja ^^HcMa) ; 

 T. opidenta, Fall, in incense cedar {Libocedrus decurrens) and Sequoia 

 washingfoniana ; T. nimbosa. Fall, in scars on red fir {Abies magnifica), 

 white fir {A. concolor) and mountain hemlock {Tsuga mertensiana) ; 

 Buprestris gibbsi, Lee, in black oak {Quercus calif ornica) ; B. viridi- 

 sutundis, Nic. & Weiss, in various species of cottonwood {Popvlus) and 

 in white alder {Alnus rhombifolia) ; B. confinenta, Say, in aspen 

 {Populus tremuloides) and in P. deltoides ; and Chrysophana placida, 

 Lee. in cones of Pinus attenuafa and in Abies concolor. 



BoRDAS (L.). Considerations generales sur la Biologie du Rhynchites 

 conicus et Anatomic de sa Larve. — Insecta, Rennes, no. 106-108, 

 October-December 1919. pp. 196-201. 3 figs. [Received 10th 

 May 1920.] 



The greater part of the information contained in this paper has 

 already been noticed [R.A.E., A, v, p. 569]. Another outbreak of this 

 weevil occurred in 1919 in gardens in Rennes, pears and peach trees 

 suft'ering more than apples in some cases. Usually in the case of apple 

 trees the puncture in which the egg is laid is immediately below the 

 base of the leaf or shoot, but in peach trees it is placed several milli- 

 metres lower. 



CocKERELL (T. D. A.). Furcaspis biformis (Homop., Coccidae.) — 

 Entom. Netvs, Lancaster, Pa., xxxi, no. 4, A})ril 1920, p. 109. 



The occurrence of Furcaspis biformis, Ckll., in abundance on leaves 

 of Caitleya percivaliana in a greenhouse in Colorado is recorded. 



