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the recent sending of larvse of Eristalis tenax by Dr. J. A. Lintner, to whom they had 

 been sent as having been found under similar circumstances. 



Mr. Ashmeadread a paper on the Chalcid genus Halidea, in which he announced 

 the rinding in this country for the first time of a species of this genus, which super- 

 ficially resembles Eupelmus, bat is distinguished by the dilated posterior tibiae and 

 tarsi. The American specimen was captured by Mr. Schwarz at Harper's Ferry, and 

 the species is named by Mr. Ashmead Halidea sckicarzii. 



Mr. Howard read a paper on the Hymenopterous parasites of Ocneria dispar, which 

 is incorporated in the article on the Gipsy Moth in this number of Insect Life. 



Mr. Townsend presented a communication entitled " Further note on Dissosteira 

 Carolina" referring to his previous article in the Canadian Entomologist for September, 

 1884, on the peculiar aerial performances of this locust; and giving the results of ob- 

 servations during 1885 and 1886 ' 



