Oct., '07] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 363 



CEUTORHYNCHINI. 

 AULEDTES Dietz. 



Auleutes tenuipes Lee. — This species was found by the writer 

 to breed in the buds of Galpinsia hartwegi at Dallas, Texas. 

 The eggs are placed in the very small buds without an exter- 

 nal trace of the puncture. The buds neither wilt, nor fall, 

 nor discolor, for the larvae dwell exclusively in the interior of 

 the long anthers which in the bud lie longitudinally. They 

 start at the lower end and eat upwards and are frequently still 

 in the anther when the flower opens, yet they are seldom killed 

 by exposure to the sun. The larvae are white when very 

 small and yellow when older. At all stages they are possessed 

 of a remarkable ambulatory power, emitting a liquid through 

 which they can glide. They probably can go from flower to 

 bad, because some seen in open flowers were very minute, and 

 small holes were frequently found in buds which contained 

 larvae. The flower falls the day after blooming, but the larvae 

 probably leave before then. When full grown they enter the 

 ground and form a very small earthen cell in which they 

 pupate. The longest period from collection of buds to matu- 

 rity of adult was 17 days, the pupal period being about 7 days. 

 The first larvae were found May 11, 1906, the first pupae May 

 1 8th, the first adults May 28th, being bred from then on until 

 June 29th. 



Parasites. 



Catolaccus incertus Ashm. (det. by J. C. Crawford) was bred 

 frequently as a primary parasite. The larvae of this species 

 pupate in the bud or flower. 



Mr. E. T. Cresson, Jr., Librarian of the American Entomological 

 Society, will visit the western part of the United States this fall. He is 

 making a study of the Diptera and is specially interested in Muscidae. 



A very important paper has been published by Mr. F. D. Godman 

 in the Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ser. 7, Vol. xx, 1907, 

 on the American Species of Hesperidae, described by Plotz. This work 

 makes it possible to know what the many species described by Plotz 

 really are. 



