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i observations on the habits of the adults. were made. 
y © often seen to settle upon the surface of the decaying 
ial in the jar as if feeding, but I was unable to decide 
y concerning this; they may have been depositing eggs, 
MG Giially the large females. 
RO Eaten wes checrvet ts nutes’ apf 
, and a few notes on these observations may be of in- 
9 other entomologists. The males precede the females 
Box imo and are wry stn by te time the fra 
'gin to emerge. Mating takes place soon after the females 
~ and while they are yet quite sluggish. I have watched 
e courting the females by taking a position immedi- 
. ly im front of them, where they remain perfectly motion- 
ess for several minutes, except for the continued waving of 
ne er which are occasionally allowed to touch the an- 
ge of the female. When the males attempt copulation, they 
rotruc the posterior end of the abdomen forward, much as 
se small Hymenopterous parasites do when they deposit eggs 
fet me forward along 
: of the body rather than directly underneath it. After 
hhe strong fang shaped male genitalia have firmly grasped the 
the insects turn end to end and have been seen to remain 
|i eatin for fom one to two minutes. While in coition the 
_ wings stand roof-like, the male’s being enclosed by the female's, 
Ba much as in the case of butterflies. 
ASTER ants which was reared be- 
. December oth and January 25th. This species differs 
from the other Psychodids I have observed. The 
much shorter than the other forms and are broader 
The annulation is very distinct. The pupe are 
plump, slightly broader than deep. The adult has 
carefully compared with my other species, and as it does 
| conform to the descriptions of any of Bank’s and Kin- 
4 SUT eictie 7 have Glide that it is a new species 
