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Some Rearings of Parasites. — Prof. H. A. Moij;aii, Entomologist to the Louis- 

 iana Experiment Station, at Baton Rouge, La., sends us certain parasites, which he 

 has reared, as follows: Telenomus (jraptw How., from the eggs, and Cratoteclmn hrevi- 

 ci(j)ii(xtus C. ifc D., from the caterpillar of Sierodonta bilineata; Tctrasiichus sp., from 

 spider's nest; Chalcin orata SaJ^ from bagworm on dowering pomegranate, and from 

 chrysalis of Argynuis on passion flower; Elaschisinn sp., from Apatiira clijfon ; Einuj- 

 omma clisioides Town., and Sigal2)hus sp., from ChuJcodermiis (rneiis; Surcophaga sp., 

 from an adult scaralneid; and Chelonus electtis Cr., from lepidopterous larva;. 



Another S'warm of Ants. — Mr. F. F. Fiske, of Mast Yard, N. H., writes us that 

 last September, when forest fires were greatly feared, a quantity of smoke was seen 

 rising above a group of pines. Instant investigation was made, when it was found 

 to be a false alarm and the smoke was au immense swarm of winged ants. This 

 note was sent us apropos to the interesting note by Mr. A. H. Mackay, of Halifax, 

 N. S., published upon page 52 of the current volume of Insect Life. 



Horn Fly on Horses again. — Mr. L. F. Abbott, of the Lewiston Journal, Lewiston, 

 Me., writes us that he has found the horn fly annoying horses at South Harper, Me., 

 both in 1893 and 1894. The flies have been abundant near Lewiston from early in 

 May to the last week in October of the present year. The remedy adopted is half a 

 pint of pine tar to a quart of fish oil smeared upon the neck, shoulders, and along 

 the back of the animals. 



The Barnacle Scale in Louisiana. — The well-known Florida barnacle scale 

 {Ceroplastes cirripidiformis), which occurs rarely upon orange and lemon trees in 

 Florida, but more commonly, perhaps, upon Eupatorium and quince,'has, as we learn 

 from Prof. H. A. Morgan, become extremely abundant in l^ouisiana (we assume in 

 Baton Rouge), Prof. Morgan writes that it has simply ruined the China-ball trees, 

 which on some of the streets are largely used for shade. To such an extent has this 

 insect appeared that the city authorities are taking the matter of its extermination 

 into consideration. 



The Hen Flea on Horses. — Prof. J. C. Hartzell, jr., has sent us specimens of 

 Sarcopsylla gaUinacea, which he took on horses in the region of Orangeburg, S. C. 

 He is of the opinion that the occurrence is not accidental nor due to the proximity 

 of chicken houses to horse stables, since for the past six months it has occurred upon 

 horses which have been shipped by the carload to Orangeburg from various points. 



More Damage by Brochymena annulata. — Apropos to damage to apple trees in 

 Virginia by Brochymena annidata, referred to in the first number of this volume (p. 47), 

 Prof. F. M. Webster writes us that this insect injured both apple and plum trees 

 in southern Ohio last spring, 



