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several times before the jostled one would give chase. While 

 watching them do this one was reminded of boys at play. 



In captivity they lived about two months; towards the end 

 they became cripples, legs and antennae were lost, the struggle 

 for existence became more arduous and they finally succumbed. 



Twice I had the good fortune to see C. repanda ovipositing. 

 The female, after several attempts, succeeded in forcing the end 

 of the abdomen, or an extruded portion which acted as an 

 ovipositor, through the hard crust of sand. The hind legs were 

 wide apart, the middle and front legs were extended to their 

 full extent, just touching the ground. Her position was that 

 of sitting on the end of the abdomen. The act lasted about 

 ten minutes, and during that time she showed no alarm at a 

 stick pointed at and almost touching her. How many eggs 

 were laid was not ascertained. Two eggs were obtained, one 

 was a straw-yellow, the other a pearl-gray. The yellow one 

 was 0.50 mm. wide, 0.78 mm. long, the gray one 0.45 mm. wide, 

 0.75 mm. long. Their shape was a short oval, with corrugated 

 surface of a triangular pattern. At one pole there was a well- 

 defined ridge, above which the egg was flattened and slightly 

 lower than the surrounding portion of the egg. They were held 

 together and also adhered to the sand by a few adhesive fila- 

 ments. 



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A new Corethrella from Jamaica. 

 By M. Grabham. 



Corethrella appendiculata n. sp. 



Female. — Head black, covered sparingly with very small yellow hairs ; 

 a few long yellow hairs along the borders above the eyes. Eyes black, 

 kidney-shaped. Proboscis and palpi yellow. Antenna : basal joint 

 nearly globular, a few fine golden hairs on its upper surface and around 

 the point of articulation of the second joint there is a sculptured radiat- 

 ing pattern; second joint densely covered with hairs; each of the fol- 

 lowing joints except the apical one has a band of long hairs above the 

 middle, as well as the longer basal verticel; apical joint narrow, longer 

 than the penultimate. Mesothorax black, with many fine yellow hairs 

 on its surface as well as a few long black ones. Scutellum narrow, with 

 a few long yellow hairs on its border. Metathorax black, nude. Abdo- 

 men densely covered with long golden-yellow hairs. Venter black. 



Wings pale yellow, densely scaled with hair-like scales on the veins; 

 outer and inner margins with a heavy fringe of coarse, long scales. A 



