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a: n 1906 my first visit to the field in question was made on 
goth, and at that time I found a few leaves with small 
s in them. Some of the larvae taken from these mines 
red 2 mm. in length. Considerable time was spent in 
i, and I observed a number of small blackish-colored 
flying about the plants and alighting upon the leaves. 
were evidently ovipositing, and the operation was ob- 
The insect would alight upon the upper surface of the 
af and select a spot for the deposition of the egg, apparent- 
é ietiecn. Sometimes the place would be in the shade, 
som in the sunshine, but so far as I could determine it 
is always upon the upper surface of the leaf. The tip of 
then be brought in contact with the leaf, 
time, usually 30 to 50 seconds, the opera- 
a the insect would fly away. 
Se spots where exes had apparently been de- 
_ posited were marked, in the hope that later, with the aid of 
ae microscope, I would be able to locate the eggs; but in this I 
se Several of the saw-flys were collected at this time, and 
vey “one that was submitted to Dr. A. D. MacGillivray, was pro- 
i. _ nounced by him to be Scolionewra capitalis Norton. 
_____ This species was described by Norton in 1867,* as Selandria 
—Blenocempe) capitals, trom a single female taken at Brook: 
__ tyn, N.Y. In 1895 Marlett re-described the species,t using 
__Norton’s type, and referred it to the genus Scolioneura, At 
_____ the same time he described a new species of Scolioneura, can- 
og which, according to Dr. MacGillivray, is probably a 
4 of capitalis. In 1884 Forbes bred from larvae found 
gg TEs of cultivated blackberries at Normal, IIl., two 
___ specimens of the small saw-fly which were, according to Dr. 
_ MacGillivray, undoubtedly males of S. capitalis, but which 
_ Forbes describedt as Metallus rubi (gen, et sp. nov.).** His 
__ description of the larva follows: 
. * Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., Vol. I, p. 247. 
ss ¢ Proc. Ent. Soc. of Washington, Vol. III, p. 234. 
____ $Fourteenth Report of the State Entomologist of IIL, p. 87. 
; **In 1887 Cresson referred this to the genus Fenusa, considering it 
possibly a variety of F. curta Norton. 
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