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Cimicidac, 30 species and 183 spedmens, 5 species touUing 

 about 100 specimens. 



Myodochidac. 14 species, over 20 specimens of one of them, 

 and a total of over 46 specimens. 



Coreidae, 7 species and 18 specimens. 



'!'••••■' 4 spcdcs and 35 specimens, some 32 being Galratus. 

 lae, 4 species and 5 specimens. 



Aradidac, 3 species and 8 specimens. 



* '• ^. all families, 9 species and 16 specimens, of which 



ni .J were Gerris rHfoscutellatus. 



.Mihdae were not collected, as they were by far too dilapi- 

 d.i' ' much service. 



abundance of the families is what should be ex- 

 I>ccted, in view of the fact that the Cimicidae are abun<lant in 

 ntmibers and strong fliers, and that the Myodochidae, next to 

 the M iridae, are the largest of the I f cteropCerous families and 

 most abundant as to individuals. No significance is to be at- 

 tached to ttu- pretence of water-bugs in the lake drift, as these 

 were probably drowned by their own element. Those on the 

 ocean shore, however, had got there by flight, and at the time 

 they were taken were quite lively. 



This is in the nature of a preliminary report, and it is h(^>ed 

 that later study may be more enlightening as to the precise con- 

 ditions that determine these flights and their significance, as 

 well as the season of the year when they are most likely to 

 take place. _ 



Bcto or Badoparaaitteai? A pUa for Greater DcfinitencM in the 



Citation of Host Data in the Paraaitic Hjnicnoptara. 



There i* ' " "' ♦••Hcnts o( parasitic HymenopC|rra 



and cconni- ic ntattcr of the exact relation 



Qf llij. , ., !i..st i r wlirtJuT it is ecto- 



of eiv 



c$ rear 



thr I... i frdn." 



,,, It. It i!> true, one 



c, 'y-related forms. 



\^ i.»t be Ul< _ . 



>rtanre .t of bionomi- 



c, T-increaiing 



^, on materi^ 



whicii liieN n;»ii-. m .1 j'"Mii>'ii ii' >ian. whether the 



panntes a nal m habit. If this information is given, 



the value oi t...,, i.imn.iM, .n* will be increased.— C. H. Richakosom, 



New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Sution. New Brunswick. N. J. 



