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A Supposed MymMtid Paraaitc of Tabanid Egss (Hjmi.. Dtp.) 



From a mass of tahanid eggs obtained from the nargin of a stream 



at Batler. IlUooia, July. 1910^ a mymarid near AUphu issued but the 



■p e cimen was lost A number of Phananu tabanh'orus Ashroead also 



ittiied from the same mass. The mymarid probably cane from the 



Records of Parasites and Predators of Spider Eggs (HjniL, 

 Dip.. Aran.). 

 I had collected the following references, which should be brought 

 together, thoo^ not complete : Acoloides emertonu Howard ( Bull 45. 

 U. S. Nat. Mns., pp. 171-172: Insect Life. II. p. »u): Acoloides 

 saitidij Howard on Saitis ^lex (Insect Life. IV. p. 124). on Phydih 

 pus mortilans (Proc. Ent Soc. Washington, II. p. joo) ; Aeolus Mobri- 

 skifi Ashmead (Bull. 45. U. S. Nat Mns.. p. 175) : Arodofhugus /■«- 

 cialus Ashm. 00 Piiyo^hora qutrciperdc Swx. and Bruckyrkymchus 

 gramutalut Say (De oijk Torre. Cat. Mymenop.. V. p. 51a) : Banu 

 auuruama Howard on Epeirids (In»cct Life. II. pp. 370-271: Proc 

 Eat Soc Waihiwgtog H. p. J90) : Em^thmus pUens Riley 00 Argtop* 

 mrgtmmta (Proc Ent. Soc. Washington. !L 1892. p. 297) : Pimpla tpp. 

 predMCOUS upon Eprim anguiata and Argiopt riparia ( Proc EnL Soc 

 WaaUaglon, II, p. 294 et aL) : PiwtfU imqmisitor on Argiopt ripon» 

 (IiMCCt Life. I. p. 324) : Pfsomofkus obtsus Brucs from egg capauki 

 of a spider (Bull Wise Nat. Hitt. Soc. VIII. p. 7a): Aphioekteta 

 epfint Brues on Eptim sp. (? eggs) (Aldrich. Cat. N. A. Diptera, 

 190S. p. 3J6) : Cyrtidae on spiders (? eggs) (ib.. p. 219) : Sarcopkmgm 

 pietus on Argiop* argentata and Pkydippus opiftx (Insect Life, IV, 

 p. 269). Sec also thb journal VII. 18961, p. 320: Proc EnL Soc 

 Washington. V. pL joB and Insect Life. VI. pp. 259-2601 



Inaocta Eaten by the Yellow.biUed Cuckoo (Hem^ Di|>., L«pw). 

 A stomach of one of these birds killed on May 31. 190a. was rough- 

 ly examined by Professor E. A. Smythe (Blacksborg. Virginia), who 

 gave mr rents as follows (sas and age of bird not noted): 1 



intact .t fn sfpundecim. a partly digested aduh tipulid and 



a indy divided mass of hairy caterpillars, probably those of J#nl*- 

 easom/t otrntfUmtm, 



The Birdbug Attacking Human Beings (Hem.). 

 Although it 15 known that the close allies of the common 

 bedbug (Ci'm^x Uctukurius Linnaeus) will feed upon human 

 blood in confinement (it has been proved for C. columbarius) , 

 cases are certainly rarely made known where the parasites 

 naturally attack human being^. The following extract from 

 a letter received from Prof. Glenn \V. Merrick in September. 

 1910, is unique, or if not so, still of great interest and impor- 



