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On Ticks in the Ears of Mammals. — In the June, 1893, number of 

 the Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc. there appeared an article by the writer on ticks 

 in the ears of horses, in which it is stated that no mention could be found 

 in literature of any species occuring in the ears of mammals. Since the 

 paper was sent in, Part II of Jhe report on the Death Valley Expedition 

 conducted by Dr. C. Hart Merriam, has appeared in the North American 

 Fauna No. 7, published by the U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. On page 252 

 of this work Dr. Riley mentions the following cases in point, the ticks 

 having been determined by Dr. Mar.x: 



Argas occidentalis Mar.x. — From dog's ear. Nevada. 

 Rhipistoma leporis Marx. — From rabbit's ear. Calif 

 Derniacentor aniericanus L. — From child's ear. Calif. 



Two other species are mentioned as taken, one from a jack rabbit and 

 the other from a Thomomys, but apparently not from the ears. Since 

 writing the paper above mentioned on ticks in horses' ears, I have been 

 told that the same tick, which I there doubtfully referred to the genus 

 Argas, also occurs plentifully in the ears of jack rabbits in Southern New 

 Mexico. I have seen no specimens however. What is apparently the 

 same species was also obtained from the ear of a coyote (see note on sub- 

 ject in Ent. News). — C. H. Tyler Townsend. 



Insects Reared from Black Knot, Plowrightia morbosa. — From 

 a lot of knots collected in a single garden in Wayne County, Ohio, in 

 April, I reared the following species, the knot being on both cherry and 

 plum. 



Hymenoptera: j9raco« /ww^zVo/a n. sp., Ashmead. M. S. Phaenocarpa 

 fungicola n. sp., Ashmead, M. S. Glypta tnilgaris, Cresson. 



Diptera : Cecidomyid sp. ? Muscid sp. } 



Lepidoptera : Sesia pictipes G. & R. Euzophera semifiineralis Walk. 

 Tortrix sp.? 



Coleoptera: Hydnocera verticalis Say. 



