square, begins nearer the base than 
half way across the wing. A broad white 
the middle, black-margined externally and on 
. Third costal streak strongly arcuate and opposite 
dorsal streak; the external dusting densest im- 
of silvery scales. Marginal line in cilia brownish. 
Jen, becoming grayish towards the tornus. Alar expanse 10 mm. 
= bronzy gray, cilia gray. Abdomen bronzy gray above, silvery 
ne: Anal tuft reddish. Legs, except the first pair, ocherous, tarsi 
whitish and unspotted. First pair striped with dark gray, tarsi banded 
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"One specimen taken at Mountain Lake, Giles Co., Va., June 
-*s 0, 907. A very large and distinctly marked species, belong- 
_ ing to the same group as L. bethunella, Cham. 
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1 ae By C. S. Brruxey, Raleigh, N. C. 
Finding among my pinned wasps some male Polistes taken 
_ in December and January, I kept notes of all the Pbdlistes 
tak while hibernating during the winter of 1906-7, with the 
_ following results : 
November 29, 1906. Fifty-four /olistes taken, of which 
a were male annularis and thirty-one females of the 
_ game species ; three were females of other species. 
December 4, 1906. Fifty-seven taken, of which one was a 
male annularis and the rest females of other species. 
_ February 8, 1907. One hundred and thirteen taken, of 
_ which were males and fifty-six females of anxnu/aris and 
‘seven of other species. 
_ _ March 22, 1907. Three males and two females of annularis 
_ taken on the wing. On March 26th two more male annudaris 
_ taken, also on the wing. 
