NOTES. 217 



"The reaction of lime in the act of slaking on sulphur would probably be small, 

 owing to the short time during which the heat would continue." 



NOTE 12 (p. 153.) The specimens of this parasite were turned over to Mr. Howard, 

 who has given me the following description : 



"MlOTROPIS PLATYNOT.E n. sp. 



"Female. Length, 1.65 mm ; expanse, 3.0 mm . Head broader than thorax; vertex 

 broad; ocelli very close together ; scape reaching almost to vertex. Pro and meso scutum 

 somewhat rugose ; mesoscutellum nearly smooth ; metathoracic carina well marked. 

 Hiud coxa} with an external longitudinal groove. Abdomen moderately long oval, 

 flattened. Color uniform honey- yellow (in dry specimens; Mr. Hubbard, in his gene- 

 ral description, says: " Honey yellow ; head, lemon- yellow ") ; eyes and ocelli, dark 

 red ; tip of scape, dorsal surface of pedicel, and all of flagellum, dusky ; two large 

 occipital dark spots, sometimes confluent ; abdomen biownish at lateral border and 

 with a brownish central spot varying in size ; legs, light honey-yellow. 



"Male. Slightly smaller than female ; abdomen widening from base to near ex- 

 tremity. Face with two converging black streaks from insertion of antennas 10 mid- 

 dle ocellus; hind tibia) with a distinct dusky tinge near extremity ; abdomen more 

 distinctly edged with brown and with a central translucent spot. 



"Described from 5, 19 ; bred from larva of Platynota rostrana, at Crescent City, 

 Fla., in September, by H. G. Hubbard. 



" This species will probably ultimately form a new genus, as in the structure of the 

 thorax at least it differs from the descriptions of Miotropis. It is, however, more 

 nearly related to this genus than to any other Elachistid genus, and I therefore place 

 it here temporarily. " 



NOTE 13 (p. 153). This species was also referred to Mr. Howard, who describes it as 

 follows : 



U GONIOZUS HUBBARDI n. sp. 



u Female. Length, 2A mm ; expanse, 4.4 mm . Face and notum very sparsely punctured 

 and furnished with fine white pile ; also delicately shagreened in addition to the 

 round punctures. Abdomen very smooth and shining and ovate-acuminate in form ; 

 somewhat pilose, especially towards tip. Wings clear ; stigma brown, with a hya- 

 line spot at its center ; stigmal cell nearly complete. Color black ; all legs, includ- 

 ing coxa3, honey-yellow ; mouth-parts and antennas honey-yellow. 



" Described from 1 $ specimen, bred in October, from the larva of Platynota rostrana, 

 at Crescent City, Fla., by H. G. Hubbard, for whom I have named the species." 



NOTE 14 (p. 154). This is evidently a dark form of Caccecia olsoletana Walk, which 

 Professor Riley has bred from oak, but it doubtless has several food-plants, as it is 

 allied to the wide-spread and polyphagic Caccecia rosaceana Harr., which feeds on rose, 

 apple, peach, cherry, yellow birch, plum, cotton, clover, honeysuckle, bean, straw- 

 berry, Negundo aceroides, Cornus stolonifera and Cralcegus spp. 



NOTE 15 (p. 178). The single specimen of this species preserved is badly damaged 

 and minus all the head parts. It appears to be a Blastobasis, like .the species which 



immediately precedes it. 



NOTE 16 (p. Ib6). This parasite was referred to Mr. Howard, who has given mo the 

 following : 



" PACHYNEURON ANTHOMYI.E n. sp. 



"Female. Length, 1.4" m ; expanse, 2.6 mm ; greatest width of fore wing 0.56 mm . 

 Head, face, and thorax delicately shagreened; antenna inserted at the middle of the 

 face ; scape reaching to the first ocellus ; club flattened, oval. Petiole of the abdomen 

 slightly punctured. Abdomen flattened, oval. Subc jstal vein of fore wing with seven 

 strong forward-directed bristles. Mesoscutellum not especially prominent. Rear 

 coxae with four or five bristles above at tip. Color, very dark metallic green ; scape 

 of antennas honey-yellow ; pedicel dark above, yellow below ; flagellum light brown ; 

 all legs honey-yellow ; front and middle coxae brownish above, verging upon metallic 

 green at base ; hind COXSB metallic green ; all femora brownish in the middle, honey- 

 yellow at either extremity ; wing veins dark brown. 



Male. Length, l.l mm ; expanse, 2.5 mm . Antenna slenderer than in the $ and 

 markedly pilose. Abdomen flattened, spatulate in form. Color, metallic green, 

 lighter and more brilliant than in the female; legs of a brighter, nearly leonon, yel- 

 low ; femora without the brownish central band. 



