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Mesonotum distinctly brownish. Axillas black along the anterior 



.margin. Legs more distinctly brownish than in the female. In the 



fore wing the brownish spot adjoining the submedian vein is more 



distinct than in the female, and the stigmal club is surrounded with a 



distinct clouded area. 



Abdomen shining black above, brownish yellow below. 



Described from 1 9 and Id". Placerville, Cal., 8 Feb., 1913. 

 Reared by J. M, Miller from the seeds of Finns ponder osa. 

 Received through the kindness of S. A. Rohwer. 



Megastigmus canadensis Ashmead (Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., 

 XIV, p. 186. 1887). 



The type in the United States National Museum is a male 

 Pteromalid. 



Through the kindness of Dr. Henry Skinner, I have been 

 permitted to examine specimens of 'the two following species 

 in the collection of the American Entomological Society. 



M. cecidomyicB Ashmead (/. c. XIV, p. 185. 1887). 



Two specimens, male and female, both tag-mounted on the 

 same pin, "E. Fla., Ashmead" and labeled with the name in 

 Ashmead's hand-writing. They belong to the genus Lochites. 



M. ficigercE Ashmead (/. c. IV, p. 185. 1887). One male. 

 The head is glued to the card point separately. The antennas 

 are lacking. It is apparently an£.ncyrtid. " E. Fla. Ashmead." 

 Name in Ashmead's handwriting. 



These specimens were probably the ones from which Ash- 

 mead drew up his description of the species. 



In 1892 C. V. Riley received a series of specimens of Meg- 

 astigmus reared from the seeds of various conifers by Mr. 

 Herman Borries, of Copenhagen, Denmark. He published 

 (Proc. Ent. vSoc. Wash. II, pp. 359-363) an article on the habits 

 of this genus in which he gave a list of the specimens reared 

 by Mr. Borries and data in regard to the host plants. I have 

 examined these specimens in the National Museum Collection 

 and for convenience quote the list and indicate the species to 

 which each lot belongs. 



"A. Very handsome species marked with black, red, and yellow. 

 II and V from Abies magnifica and concolor, somewhat smaller and paler; 

 III, from A. grandis, distinctly smaller, much paler; IV, from A. 

 amabilis, larger and darker, cf and 9 of all varieties. [M. pinus Parfitt.] 



