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One specimen issued May 15, 1885, from seed pods of Vernonia nove- 
boracensis collected October 22, 1884, by Theo. Pergande in Washington, 
D. C.; the pods were also infested by the caterpillars of Platynota sen- 
tana and Hudemis botrana. 
Adults were received June 25 and July 9, 1886, from W. B. Alwood, 
Columbus, Ohio, who bred them from oat plants. 
Bred June 24, 1886, from stems of Poa pratensis. 
An adult issued June 21, 1887, from a stem of Poa pratensis received 
on the 1st of the month from F. M. Webster, Lafayette, Ind. 
From a number of plants of fall wheat received from the same source, 
July 10, 1890, the adults issued a few days later. 
Roots of cucumber containing larve of this insect were received 
September 22, 1896, from W. C. Appleby, Carroll, Md., and an adult 
issued on the 2d of the following month. 
Adults were received from G. C. Davis, Agricultural College, Mich., 
September 19, 1896, who stated that he bred them from strawberry 
plants. 
Oscinis carbonaria Loew.—From a stalk of wheat received June 25, 
1883, from J. G. Kingsbury, Indianapolis, Ind., an adult issued on the 
18th of the following month; the larve infested the stem at the upper- 
most node, aid pupated within the stem. Their attacks resulted in 
killing the head of wheat. 
From several young wheat plants received September 8, 1884, from 
F. M. Webster, Oxford, Ind., the adult flies issued on the 10th, 11th, 
13th, and 16th of the same month; the larve infested the lower portion 
of the plants. 
Adults issued July 7, 1885, from puparia in wheat plants received on 
the 3d of the month from L. Bruner, West Point, Nebr. 
Others were received August 30, 1886, and August 9, 1888, from 
F. M. Webster, Lafayette, Ind., who also bred them from wheat plants. 
From plants of fall wheat received from the same source, July 10, 
1890, the adult flies issued in the course of a few days. 
Two puparia of this insect in the base of a stem of Agropedium caninum 
were received May 25, 1889, from James Fletcher, Ottawa, Canada, and 
the adults emerged on the 30th of the same month. 
Oscinis umbrosa Loew.—Two adults issued July 22, 1886, from plants 
of Poa pratensis collected by Theo. Pergande at Washington, D. C., 
on the 1st of the month; the larve lived in the middle of the stems 
close to the ground, and were found in young plants less than three 
inches high. 
From plants of fall wheat received July 10, 1890, from F. M. Webster, 
Lafayette, Ind., the adults issued a few days later. 
Oscinis pallipes Loew.—An adult was received from W. H. Ashmead, 
Jacksonville, Fla., who reported having bred it from a plant of 
artichoke. 
Oscinis longipes Loew.—From seed pods of Catalpa speciosa received 
November 19, 1877, from Thos. Meehan, Germantown, Pa., adults 
