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GiRAULT (A. A.)- Descriptiones Hymenopterorum Chalcidoidicorum 

 variorum cum Observationibus. iii. — Entom. News, P7iiladelphia, 

 xxvii, no. 5, May 1916, pp. 223-228. 



The following species are described : — Ewpelmus inyoensis, sp. n., 

 from California ; E. coccidis. Gir. ; Pseudomphale ancylae, sp. n., 

 reared from Ancylus nubecidana in Virginia ; P. steirastomae, sp. n., 

 reared from the larvae of Steirastoma depressum in Trinidad ; P. gracili- 

 ventris, sp. n., reared from an egg-mass of a Cassidid in Trinidad ; 

 Psilophrys pulchripentiis, Ashm. ; Habrolepopteryx pulchripennis, Ash. , 

 var. aeneiscapns, var. n. ; Paracalocerinus americanus, sp. n., from 

 Kansas ; Aphidencyrtus {Eupehnus) schizoneurae, Ashm. ; Holencyrtus 

 physokermis, sp. n., reared from Physokermes picea in Wisconsin ; 

 Encyrtus ensifer, How. ; Xenocrepis mexicana, sp. n., parasitic on 

 a Coccinellid larva which preys on Saissetia {Lecanium) oleae on orange 

 in Mexico, and reared from the larva of Azya orbigera in Mexico ; and 

 Polynema piceipes, Gir. 



KwiAT (A.). Collecting Papaipemae (Lep.) — Entom. News, Phila- 

 delphia, xxvii, no. 5, May 1916, pp. 228-234. 



The larvae of the Noctuid genus Papaipema are borers in the stems 

 or roots of annual or perennial plants and in at least one instance in 

 the young shoots of an indigenous tree. Adults appear between 

 15th August and 5th October. Eggs are deposited on or near the 

 food-plant and hatch in the following spring. The larvae cause the 

 leaves to wilt or become yellow and hinder the general growth of the 

 plant. Pupation takes place in the burrow or in the soil and the pupal 

 period lasts four or five weeks. A list of species is given with the 

 food-plants and brief notes on the life-history. The majority attack 

 weeds, some are found on ferns and garden plants, while 

 P. furcata, Smith, occurs in young shoots of ash, P. humuli, Bird, 

 in stem of hops, and P. necopina, Grote, in the base of the stalk of 

 Helianthus tuberosa and H. rigidus. 



Parker (H. L.). Tribolium confusnm, Duval, as a Museum Pest (Col..) 

 Entom. News, Philadelphia, xxvii, no. 5, May 1916, p. 234. 



Considerable damage has been caused to collections of insects at 

 Hagerstown, Md., by Tribolium confusum (small flour beetle). The 

 beetles, which bred in large numbers in a sack of bran, migrated to the 

 laboratory, where many insects in the collections were destroyed. 



Howard (L. 0.) & Chittenden (F. H.). The Catalpa Sphinx. — U.S. 

 Dept. Agric, Washington, D.C, Farmers' Bull. no. 705, 16th 

 February 1916, 9 pp., 5 figs. [Received 17th May 1916.] 



The most important insect pest of catalpa in the United States is 

 Ceratomia catalptae, Boisd. (catalpa sphinx), which is common in 

 Virginia, Maryland and Ohio and appears to be spreading north- 

 ward to Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. Inland, the 

 insect has been recorded as far west as Texas. The eggs are laid 

 in masses on the underside of the leaves or on the stems and branches. 



