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  that 
  the 
  larva 
  upon 
  emergence 
  from 
  the 
  egg 
  has 
  "six 
  or 
  eight" 
  

   antennal 
  segments, 
  this 
  number 
  being 
  increased 
  by 
  two 
  at 
  each 
  

   moult, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  adult 
  possesses 
  fourteen 
  segments. 
  As 
  

   regards 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  moults, 
  he 
  is 
  also 
  uncertain, 
  stating 
  that 
  

   there 
  are 
  "three 
  or 
  four." 
  Now, 
  although 
  possible, 
  it 
  is 
  improb- 
  

   able 
  that 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  ecdyses 
  should 
  normally 
  vary 
  in 
  these 
  

   two 
  types. 
  We 
  know 
  that 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  moults 
  in 
  Chelisoches 
  

   is 
  four, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  increase 
  of 
  the 
  antennal 
  segments 
  at 
  each 
  

   successive 
  moult 
  is 
  as 
  follows: 
  four 
  (1st 
  moult), 
  four 
  (2d 
  moult), 
  

   three 
  (3d 
  moult), 
  one 
  (4th 
  moult). 
  Assuming 
  that 
  there 
  are 
  

   four 
  ecdyses 
  in 
  Forficula, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  somewhat 
  fragmentary 
  

   data 
  of 
  Meinert 
  are 
  correct, 
  we 
  obtain 
  the 
  following 
  comparison: 
  

  

  NUMBER 
  OF 
  ANTENNAL 
  SEGMENTS. 
  

  

  1st 
  

   instar 
  

  

  2nd 
  

   instar 
  

  

  3rd 
  

   instar 
  

  

  4th 
  

   instar 
  

  

  5th 
  

   instar 
  

  

  Chelisoches 
  . 
  

   Forficula 
  . 
  . 
  

  

  12 
  

   8 
  

  

  16 
  

   10 
  

  

  19 
  

   12 
  

  

  20 
  

   14 
  

  

  Whether 
  the 
  above 
  problematic 
  increase 
  is 
  correct 
  for 
  

   ForficMla 
  auricularia 
  requires 
  to 
  be 
  verified, 
  and 
  it 
  will 
  be 
  of 
  

   interest 
  if 
  some 
  entomologist 
  having 
  access 
  to 
  this 
  common 
  

   species 
  will 
  investigate 
  this 
  question. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  J. 
  KoTiNSKY 
  read 
  notes 
  on 
  a 
  "Hymenopterous 
  Parasite 
  

   of 
  an 
  Orthopterous 
  Egg," 
  and 
  exhibited 
  specimens. 
  

  

  Last 
  October 
  I 
  collected 
  up 
  Nuuanu 
  Valley 
  a 
  leaf 
  which 
  con- 
  

   tained 
  an 
  Orthopterous 
  egg 
  from 
  which 
  in 
  November 
  issued 
  

   Anastatus 
  koebelei 
  Ashmead, 
  as 
  determined 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Perkins. 
  

   This 
  month 
  I 
  received 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  eggs 
  that 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  

   similar, 
  if 
  not 
  the 
  same, 
  species, 
  from 
  Hilo, 
  Hawaii, 
  on 
  coffee 
  

   leaves, 
  collected 
  by 
  Bro. 
  Matthias 
  Newell. 
  From 
  these 
  I 
  bred 
  

   a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  a 
  small 
  black 
  Chalcidoid 
  parasite, 
  which, 
  

   judging 
  from 
  its 
  size, 
  seems 
  to 
  be 
  secondary. 
  

  

  The 
  host 
  has 
  since 
  been 
  partially 
  reared 
  and 
  found 
  to 
  be 
  

   Elimaea 
  appendiculata, 
  which 
  Mr. 
  Perkins 
  states, 
  habitually 
  

   oviposits 
  in 
  young 
  shoots 
  of 
  trees 
  like 
  the 
  Avocado 
  Pear. 
  

  

  