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15 miles, and of the origin and previous outbreaks we ascertained but 

 little. All the farmers and others interviewed concurred in the opinion 

 that the winter of 1889-'90 had been unusually mild and dry, and a few 

 reported having observed the worms feeding on warm days during the 

 winter. 



On the following day we visited Salisbury, but found nothing of im- 

 portance to prolong our stay there. Messrs. L. Malone and W. B. 

 Tighlman informed us that the army worm had not as yet appeared on 

 any of the farms in the immediate vicinity, and no serious injury had 

 been done nearer than 3 miles. 



Mr. Tighlman reported the oat crop of this whole region this year a 

 total failure from the depredations of the Grain Aphis, Siphonophora 

 avence Fabr. 



SOME OF THE BRED PARASITIC HYMENOPTERA IN THE NA- 

 TIONAL COLLECTION. 



(Continued from page 18.) 



Subfamily Euphorinae. 



Parasites. Hosts. 



Perilitus gastroph vsa- Ashm Gaatrophysa cyanea Mels. Columbus, Ohio, 



June 2, 1886. 

 Euphorus sculptus Cr MegiUa maculata DeG. Washington, D. C, 



June 24, Aug. 29, Sept. 12, 1884. 

 From same beetle, by F. M. Webster, La 

 Fayette, Ind., July 21, Aug. 18, 1884. 



Subfamily Meteorinae. 



Meteorus coquillettii Ashm Agrotis sp. ? Los Angeles, Cal., July 3. 



Meteorus orchesise Ashm Orchesia castanea Mels. Grand Ledge, 



Mich., July, 1881. 

 Meteorus vulgaris Cr Omphalocera cariosa Led. on Paw Paw. St. 



Louis, Mo., Oct. 5, 1873. 

 Tetral opha plaiantlla . Kirkwood, Mo., Apr. 



1.5, 1887. 

 Meteorus notodontse Riley MS Heterocampa subalbicans Grt. St. Louis, 



Mo., Oct. 28, 1874. 

 Meteorus brevicaudus Ashm Cecidomyiousfgallon Oak. St. Louis, Mo., 



June 1, 1872. 

 Meteorus euchromiffi Ashm Euchromia cripMa Fabr. Caracas, Vene- 

 zuela, Sept. 23, 1886. 

 Meteorus sp. ? Tineid larva on HamameUs. Kirkwood, 



Mo., May 20, 1886. 

 Meteorus sp. ? Cacoecia fervidana Clem, on Oak. St. Louis, 



Mo., Oct. 24, 1874. 



