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PSYCHE. 



[December 1S95. 



tlirough all the stages being but thirty- 

 five days. Whethei' one or more 

 broods are raised before the one that 

 lives through the winter, I am unable 

 to say, though it may reasonably be 

 presumed that such is the case. The 

 last brood remains in the larval stage 

 throughout the winter, usually emerging 

 as adults in the latter half of April. 



The parasites affecting this insect are 

 all of small size, and one cell in four on 

 an average is affected. Those bred by 

 the writer are as follows : 



Ckrvsix parviila Fabr. Two spec- 

 imens. 



Encvr//ts sp? These tiny parasites 

 had attacked the larva of the bee, con- 

 suming the whole interior and leaving 

 the skin intact. Within this covering 

 the pupae of the parasite, from 10 to 15 

 in number, were closely packed. The 

 adults issued in the last week of Feb- 

 ruary and the first week in May. 



■ AeO-oxvs analis Ashmead n. sp. 



I I specimens. 



$. Length 5.5 mm. Broiizv green, scaly 

 punctate, the tip of the abdo?nen yellowish ; 



scape and legs, except coxae, ferruginous, 

 the knees, tips of tibiae and tarsi more yel- 

 lowish. Wings hyaline, the veins pale 

 brown, the marginal vein about one and one- 

 half times as long as the stigmal, the post 

 marginal vein as long as or slightly longer 

 than the marginal. Abdomen very long 

 acuminate, fully twice as long as the head 

 and thorax united. 



$■ Length 2 to 2.5 mm. Differs only in 

 the sliape of the abdomen which is elongate 

 and only one-third longer than the head and 

 thorax united, while the flagellum is filiform, 

 pubescent, the first joint the longest, joints 

 3 to 5 subequal, about twice as long as thick. 



Mr. Ashme.id, in a note appended to 

 this description, says : "The antennae 

 in the 9 are broken oft' at the pedicel, 

 and I am therefore unable to tell to 

 what subgenus of Aetroxys it belongs. 

 The very long abdomen, which is 

 tipped with yellow, reailily distinguishes 

 the species." 



These eleven specimens were bred 

 from six cells, five occupying one, and 

 two each of the other three cells. On 

 pupating they adhered together by the 

 tip of the abdomen in one muss. All 

 issued May 29. 



THE NUMBER OF STAGES IN APATELODES TORREFACTA. 



BY HARRISON G. DYAR, NEW YORK CITY. 



I have already referred to the varying 

 number of stages in this species (Psyche, 

 vi, 146) as found by different authors; 

 Miss Soule finding five and Dr. Pack- 

 ard six, while I presented evidence indi- 

 cating eight stages. I returned to the 

 subject last summer, as I succeeded in 

 obtaining eggs by the assistance of 



Mr. Jacob Doll from whom I purchased 

 living pupae and Miss Emily L. Mor- 

 ton who very kindly attended to the 

 mating of the moths bred from them. 

 The larvae exhibited five stages, but a 

 consideration of the width of the head 

 makes the whole matter clear. I gave 

 the following series as probable, in my 



