Dr. Fr. Meinert on the Ugirayia- Larva. 103 



This paper has assumed of necessity more of a controversial 

 character than I could have desired. I trust that none of the 

 evil spirit of controversy has found its way into what I 

 designed to be a purely critical discussion in the interest of 

 scientific truth. 



XIII. — On a new Species of Tit. 



Dehesa de Cdlogan, 

 Puerto de Orotava, 



Teuerife, 

 1st December, 1889. 



To the Editors of the Annals and Magazine of Natural 

 History. 



Gentlemen, — I enclose you the description of a new species 

 of Tit that 1 have just discovered in the island of El Iiierro, 

 the most southern and western of the Canarian Archipelago. 

 It is abundant in the pine-forest there. 



Yours faithfully, 



E. G. Meade- Waldo. 



Parus ombriosus, sp. nov. 



P. Paro tenerifie s\m\\\s, scd fortior et robustior ; fcergo toto olivaceo- 

 viridescente, nee caeruleo ; tectricibus alarum viridibus, majoribus 

 angustissime albo terminatis : subtus citrinus, P. tenerifce sirnilis. 



2 baud a mari distingueuda. 



Named from the ancient Moorish name (Ombrios) of the 

 island of Hierro, where alone it has been found. 



XIV. — Hoio does the Ugimyia- Larva imbed itself in the 

 Silkworm ? By Dr. Fk. Meinert. 



The 'Bolletino della Societa Entomologica Italiana,' anno se- 

 condo (1870), contains two papers concerning the Ugimyia 

 sericarice. One is a little note only (" jSull' insetto Ugi," 

 pp. lo4—187) by liondani, mentioning the larva and pupa of 

 a Tachenarian which Mr. Menegazzi had discovered in Japan 

 making its way out from the cocoon of a silkworm. In eon- 

 elusion Mr. Kondani (p. 137) gives a description of the larva 



