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was so intent npon this that it permitted me to pick it up hy 

 the wings and it held its grip so strongly that the (luwi.nii 

 was lifted with it. Both were placed in a tnbo and tliis 

 ])liii2,'<:v(l with cotroH l)ul uiitorluiuirclv Ixith iclim iminii ;nid 

 cutwoi-m escaped through the cotton plug which had hccii iiiade 

 too loose to retain them. 



^Fr. Swezey informs me that this must be the normal 

 uictlidd of attack for this species since the cutworms from the 

 pupae of which it has been bred are usually sul)tcrrauoau. 

 The cutwdrms emerge from shelter in the hire afternoon ]>vo- 

 ])aratorv to feeding and it is at this tiuu> whiidi the Amlil iildcsi 

 has been observed most active on the wing. 



]\rr. Timberlake, who has examined this species, places it 

 in Ainhli/lclcs. It was described as an Iclinciunon. 



BRACONIDAE. 



."). ITaw'atiax ViPioxixE (fokmerly Bkacoxixe) Beacoxidae. 



1. Second ahscis,sa of i-adius shorter than the 1st transverse 

 cubitus, propodeum and abdomen neither entirely 

 smooth nor distinctly scul]itured, being microc8o])i- 

 cally shagreened, coloration exceedingly varialde, 

 sometimes entirely I'eddi^h yellow, except the eyes 

 ami antenujie, thorax iind alxlomeu usually largely 

 hlaek ; 9 antennae 14-1.') jointe(l, i-ather shoi't und 

 stout, ovipositor slioi'lei' than ahdonieii ; a common 



parasite of h'jilifsl ui chi/clhi. etc 



'" I lnhrohrdroK ]ieo"f()r (Say) 



Second abscissa of radius longei- than the 1st transverse 

 cubitus, 9 antennae more than 14 jointed^ slender. .. 2 



* I have seen a single specimen, possibly another species, in which 

 the antennae are 12 jointed, the thorax and abdomen black and there 

 are black markings on the head. 



