A. A. GIRAULT. 47 



From 39 specimens, same objective and optic. 



Described from the following specimens from the collec- 

 tions of the Bureau of Entomology, U. S. Department of 

 Agriculture, Washington, D. C, received through the kind- 

 ness of Dr. L. O. Howard : Eleven balsam slides bearing 6 

 cf's, 19 9's labelled "2006. Gypsy Moth Parasite Labora- 

 tory. European species," and bred from parents reared 

 from imported egg-masses of the brown-tail moth, EuprocHs 

 chrysorrhcea (Linnaeus) from Europe, 4th generation; 3 bal- 

 sam slides bearing 7 cf's and labelled " 1869 B. Gypsy Moth 

 Parasite Laboratory," reared from the parents of the pre- 

 ceding, 3rd generation. Also 2 balsam slides from the Na- 

 tional Bureau of Entomology collection labelled "9309°. 

 Trichogramma pretiosa Riley. From tortricid (?) eggs on 

 Polygonum. D. C. August 29, 30, 1900", bearing 3 cf's, 

 9 9 's and 15 cf's, 13 9's respectively; 3 balsam slides 

 labelled " from lepidopterous eggs, Bloomington, Illinois, 

 August 20, 1910, A. A. Girault. Pentarthron eiiproctidis ; P. 

 viinuhuny Of the former, 1 cf, 2 9 's ; 3 9 's and 1 9 re- 

 spectively ; miscellaneous moth eggs. One slide bearing 

 1 9 labelled " U. S. N. M, specimen, Washington, D. C. 

 Remounted from a tag." Another slide bearing 2 cf's, 12 

 9 's from U. S. N. M. collection labelled " Lepd. eggs on 

 oak, Oct. 16, '83." Remounted in balsam from tagmounted 

 specimens. And 2 balsam slides received from Mr. George 

 Compere of the Horticultural Commission of California 

 through Dr. L. O. Howard, labelled " No. 15,052 " and " No. 

 15,068" and respectively stated by Dr. Howard {in Hit., 

 October 19, 1910) to have been reared from a cluster of moth 

 eggs (4 d^'s, 8 9 's) and to have been captured while resting 

 on a cluster of moth eggs (1 cf , 1 9 ) respectively, in Japan. 



Habitat. — Europe; United States (District of Columbia; 

 Bloomington, Illinois ; Massachusetts — (imported from Eu- 

 rope); Japan. Here we have a species imported from Europe 

 to the United States a year or so ago but which was evidently 

 already here. 



Types.— "Y:^^^ No. 13,627, United States National Museum, 

 Washington, D. C, 2 cJ"s, 1 9 , 1 slide (G. M. L. 2006), 



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