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the magnificent undertaking to which Messrs. Godman and Sal- 

 vin have devoted their Hves and their fortunes is likely to re- 

 main an incomparable monument in the study of Central 

 American nature. 



To Dr. Godman then, and to his assiduous secretary, Mr. 

 G. C. Champion, go our hearty congratulations on the ter- 

 mination of the Biologla! 



Notes and News 



ENTOMOLOGICAL GLEANINGS FROM ALL QUARTERS 

 OP THE GLOBE. 



Rearing of Winthemia quadripustulata from Rhynchophorous Larva 



rOip.. Col.). 



On December 5, 1914, while following the plow in a sod field near 

 Hagerstown, Maryland, several larvae, undoubtedly belonging to the 

 group Rhynchophora were found. These larvae were brought into the 

 laboratory and placed in a tin box with dirt. On December 15th it 

 was observed that some of the larvae were dead and two Dipterous 

 pupae had made their appearance in the box. One pupa was attached 

 to the remains of a grub. The pupae were removed to separate boxes 

 in which the adults emerged on January 7, 191 5. The adults were 

 determined by Mr. W. R. 'Walton as Winthemia quadripustulata. Con- 

 cerning the individual larva from which the fly was reared, Dr. Bov- 

 ing, of the National Museum, says : 



"The larva looks to me as a Curculionid. Mr. Craighead thinks 



the same I am confident that it is no Cerambycid nor 



Bostrychiid." 



The mid-winter activity of the parasites was probably due to the 

 fact that they were brought into the laboratory which was well heat- 

 ed. — H. L. Parker, Bureau of Entomologj% Division of Cereal and 

 Forage Crop Insect Investigations, Hagerstown, Md. 



A Tachinid Parasite Reared from an Adult Capsid (Dip., Hom.). 



On June 26, 1915. three adults of Miris dolobrata Linn., were placed 

 in a small vial which was plugged with cotton. The next morning a 

 live dipterous maggot about 7 mm. in length was found in the vial. 

 One of the Capsids was examined and a large hole was found in the 

 center of the abdomen. The maggot was placed on some finely sifted 

 earth in a small flower pot and it immediately burrowed beneath the 

 surface. On July 11 the adult had emerged and was found alive in 

 the cage. This was determined by Dr. A. O. Johannsen as Phorantha 

 occidentis Walker. According to Aldrich CAnn. Ent. Soc. Am. 8: 

 81, 1915) this species was reared by F. B. Milliken from Nysius angus- 

 tatus Uhler. To my knowledge no dipterous parasites of the Capsidae 

 have heretofore been recorded. — M. D. Leonard. Ithaca, New York. 



Homophoeta lustrans Crotch in Iowa (Coleop.). 

 During October, 1915, a single specimen of this beetle was taken in 

 a sweep net at Hills, near the southeastern part of the State. The 

 collecting was done along and near the Iowa river on various weeds, 



