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J'Jpi/rls s|). — R('|)(iiM('<| l»v Ml-, ni'idwcll ;is hciiio' vcrv al)iiii<l- 

 ;int in tlic^ lociilitv wlicrc prcvidiisly ohscrvcd in waste land at 

 the east (,d l)iani(»n(l Head. One was ohscfNCMl to sweep down 

 to the ground and liurfow in. 



C'nihro (lisl nicf IIS. — Mr. Ih'idwcll r('porte(| the present al>- 

 sence of tliis wasj) where he had t'oiind it al)un(hint in Ajjril 

 on Crotons near Diamond IIea<l. 



'riinisciis sj). — Mr. IJi'idweil exhibited a s])eeiineii of this 

 small beetle of the family Throsei(hie, near to tiie I^Iaterichie, 

 recently eanght hv him at light. \o re])resentative of this 

 family had yet been recorded here. 



Argcniiiic (inf. — ^fr. Ehrhorn re])orted that in liis ins])ec- 

 tion work recently he had found a colony of this ant in a case 

 of plants from Alameda (\:)nnty, California. Tt was the first 

 finding of this pest, and they were of coni'se promptly de- 

 stroyed. Mr. Giffard stated that he noticed the houses overrnn 

 with this ])est at Birmingham this sumnun-. 



Mcilioca s]i. — Mr. SAvezey exhil)ite(l a s])ecimen of the fam- 

 ily Thynnidae which 1s\y. Bridwell had recognized as a JSlc- 

 tlioca. It had recently issued from a cocoon amongst others 

 found in the gronnd by Mr. Osborn at Los Banos, P. I. Mr. 

 Bridwell gave a resnme of the known habits of this genus of 

 Thynnidae. They are most abnndant in South Africa. Xone 

 have previously heen reported in the Phili])])ines. 



Mutillid. — ]\lr. Swezey exhihited a female ^fntillid that was 

 found in a cage in which adult Scolia were sent from the Phil- 

 ippines. No donl)t it had issued from a cocoon accidentally 

 occurring in the soil of the cage. 



Ilhipipliovkl hectic. — A specimen of a species of Uhipi- 

 phoridae was exhibited hy Mr. Swezey. In examining some 

 a])parently d(^ad SeoVia cocoons from the Phili])pines, Mr. Tim- 

 herlake had found this beetle alive in one of them. The ScoJia 

 cocoon was of a hateh tlnit had heen reared in the insectai'v 

 at Los Banos, and it is sonie-what of a mystery iiow the Scolia 

 became parasitized by this insect. Possibly it was by a ti'iun- 

 gulin larva being present in the soil used in rhe breedinii' cage. 

 Mr. Timberlake suggeste(| that the rriun^ulin niiiilit have been 



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