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excepting the darker pedicel and apex of scape, unless the few apical joints missing 

 are to the contrary. The abdomen is more like that of the females of most of the 

 species of Pteromahis, namely ovate and depressed; in the male, the median carina 

 on the metathorax is also absent, and the lateral folds are less prominent; the an- 

 tennae also are more hairy. 



Redescribed from 1 male and 15 females reared from a female pupa of Hemero- 

 campa leucostigma (Smith et Abbot), April 19th, 1908. Habitat: Chicago, Illinois. 



LITERATURE REFERRED TO. 



1897. Howard, Leland Ossian. A Study in Insect Parasitism: etc. Bull. No. 5, 

 technical series. Division of Entomology, U, S. Department of Agriculture, 

 Washington, D. C, pp. 37-38. 



I take ])leasure in acknowledging the aid kindly given by Mr. J. C. Crawford, 

 U. S. National Museum, who determined the specimens of Pteroimdus cupraideus 

 Howard. 



Gryllodes sigillatus Walker ( = poeyi Sauss.) in Washington, D. C. — • 

 Recently the cosmopolitan cricket Grijllodes sigillatus Walk, appeared in count- 

 less numbers in the hot-houses of the U. S. Department of Agriculture at Washington, 

 D. C. They are reported as having caused considerable damage to various seedlings, 

 which they cut off near the gi'ound. Myriads of the beautiful little crickets in all 

 stages were found hiding by day in piles of boards in one of the green houses. A 

 few of the adult males, which far outnumbered the mature females, were heard to 

 stridulate at this time. 



This species is recorded from Florida by Rehn and Hebard. They took both 

 adult and immature specimens at Miami in February. 



A, N, Caudell. 



