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beautiful marking on the male proboscis, and because of this omis- 
sion I was led to hope that a new species had been sent me. How- 
ever, comparison with the males at the National Museum showed 
the same marking on the specimens there, and then I found in the 
description of S?mondella curvirostris Lavéran'! quoted in the mono- 
graph of H. D. & K. the following: 
“Prés de son origine elle est sombre a la face supérieure et pré- 
sente, 4 la face inférieure un petit disque ovale garni d’ écailles 
d’un bleu trés vif.” 
As a matter of fact this little oval group of scales is very bril- 
liant and suggests a sapphire set in the dark proboscis. 
As this marking seems to have escaped entirely the notice of 
both the authorities mentioned it is perhaps worth while to call 
attention to it. 
Army Medical Museum, 
Washington, D. C., 
August 14, 1918. 
NOTES ON CLOSTEROCERUS CINCTIPENNIS ASHM.., 
IN NEW JERSEY (HYMENOPTERA) 
By Harry B. Weiss anp ALAN S. NIcoLay 
New Brunswick, N. J. 
This species not heretofore recorded from New Jersey has been 
found by us at the following localities: New Brunswick, Jamesburg, 
Highbridge, Trenton, Bridgeton and Plainfield, and undoubtedly 
occurs in many other places in the state. It was described by 
Ashmead in his paper “‘ Descriptions of Some New North American 
Chalcidide”’ which appeared in Vol. XX, p. 104-1888 of the 
“Canadian Entomologist”’ and the habitat given is United States. 
It is also listed in ‘The Hymenoptera or Wasp-like Insects of 
Connecticut” as probably occurring in that state. Neither of the 
above publications mentions the hosts. 
In New Jersey we have found C. cinctipennis to be parasitic upon 
the eggs and larvee of Brachys ovata, the eggs of Brachys aerosa and 
1 Laveran, C. R., heb. Soc. Biol., liv. 1160. 1902. 
2 Identified by A. B. Gahan. 
