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cerca americana were observed to be numerous in meadows, 

 mating May 12 ; Papilio turniis observed on the wing. May 4, 

 eggs of Thyridopteryx ephemeraeformis were hatching. May 

 13, Nematus ribesii was abundant in all stages of larval de- 

 velopment on currants and gooseberries ; Perlidae observed 

 depositing eggs on grass stems along a stream. May 22, Malo- 

 cosoma larvae full grown, cocooning on May 25. June 11, 

 Macrodactyliis subspinosus was present in numbers (since 

 May 19). September 18, 1902, the larvae of Ceratomia catalpae 

 were nearly full grown, pupating on September 22 and later. 

 On March 14, 1902, an adult Vanessa antiopa was seen flying 

 and a Grapta; pond life was then active. 



References to Glossaries. 



Some years ago in this journal (1905, pp. 105-108, 221-230), I gave a 

 list of entomological glossaries and in 1902 I had commenced to write 

 an entomological dictionary upon which I did a large amount of work 

 before concluding that it was too much for one person to handle. A 

 work of this kind is still badly needed and it will be necessary to con- 

 sult all the vocabularies extant. The following references I find 

 among my notes: Bull. 30, Univ. Montana, 1906, pp. 163-169. Fred- 

 erick D. Chester, A Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, N. Y., 

 1901, pp. 381-386 (descriptive terms). Peter P. Good, A Materia 

 Medica Animalia, Cambridge, Mass., 1833 (?). glossary of 54 pages. 

 Glossary of Coccidae in second biennial Rep. Commissioners Horti- 

 culture of California, 1905-1906, p. 162. Eleanor A. Ormerod, A Text- 

 book of Agricultural Entomology, London, 1892, edit. 2, pp. 229-231. 

 Burt G. Wilder and Simon H. Gage, Anatomical Technology as Ap- 

 plied to the Domestic Cat., N. Y. and Chicago, 1882, pp. 10-45. Ed. 

 Andre, Species des Hymenopteres d'Europe et d'Algerie enrichi &c., 

 1879, Beauve, tome premier, pp. CXLIX-CLXXXVII. These are but 

 few. 



Ptinobius dysphagae Ashmead, new species (Hym.). 

 In Entomological News, 1904, p. 300, I mention a chalci- 

 doid parasite (supposedly) of Dysphaga tenuipes Hald. which 

 had been identified as a new species of Ptinobius by William 

 H. Ashmead and given the above name, from male specimens 

 .sent to him by myself from Blacksburg, Virginia, some time 

 early in 1903. The species has never been described and is 

 thus but a naked name. In order that the name should be- 

 come valid, I give the following description of the species from 



