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the apex. The empty shell retained its mottled appearance. 
Another egg in the same lot appeared normal until February 
4 when the shell showed faint mottling which slowly increased 
until 12 adult parasites emerged on March 10, 42 days after the 
egg was collected. Eggs of Calpodes ethlius occurring in large 
numbers on canna leaves at Orlando on February 17 were found 
to be almost 100% parasitized and though most of the parasites 
had emerged, enough were obtained from the several dozen eggs 
collected to determine them as the same species attacking the 
eggs of Lerema accius. The parasite was described by Girault* 
from specimens reared from eggs of Hudamus proteus taken in. 
the same vicinity and at the same time it was found attacking 
the eggs of Lerema accius. 
Microdus sp. A small dwarfed larva of Lerema, taken in the 
field at Lakeland, April 10, gave forth on the 15th a hymenopter- 
ous grub which, after spinning a few threads, pupated in a 
corner of the box in which its host had been confined. The 
pupa was 8 mm. long, naked, white except for the eyes and 
ocelli which darkened as development proceeded. On the 24th 
the thorax turned yellow, and the adult emerged on the 26th. 
The adult, which proved to be a female, had a reddish-brown 
head and thorax, yellow abdomen and black wings. 
Euplectrus insuetus Gahan. An undersized yellowish larva 
taken in the field at Lakeland, April 10 almost at once gave 
forth 16 white grubs which moved a few millimeters from the 
dead body of their host and transformed to naked pupae at- 
tached to the bottom of the box with their ventral sides upper- 
most. On the 23rd the adults, small Chalcids, emerged. They 
are black except for the dark eyes and the legs and cephalic 
half of the abdomen which are pale yellow. From this material 
the species was described by Mr. A. B. Gahany as new. 
Investigations during the more entomologically active part 
of the year would undoubtedly reveal more parasites concerned 
in the control of this species and it seems likely that the ordinary 
scarcity of the larvae may be attributed to parasitic agency. 
*Ent. News, Vol. 27, p. 6. 
+Proc. U. S. N. M. Vol. 48, p. 164. 
