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Pachyneuron siphonophor.E Ashmead. Reared with 

 the preceding, the host being Aphis brassiccz. Also reared 

 from Myzus ribis Linn, from northern Ohio. 



Platygaster error Fitch. Reared at Oxford, Benton 

 County, Indiana, and at Columbus, Ohio, from Diplosis tritici 

 Kirby. Described from New York by Dr. Asa Fitch, Ento- 

 mologist of the State Agricultural Society, in his sixth report, 

 p. 76, Plate I, Fig 4, he being somewhat in doubt, however, 

 in regard to its host. 



Amicoplus crambi Ashmead. Reared at Lafayette, Indi- 

 ana, from Crambus zeellus Fernald. For description see Mr. 

 Ashmead's paper. 



Encyrtus flavus Howard. Reared at Columbus, Ohio, 

 from Lecanium hesperidum Linn., on roses in greenhouse. 

 Previously unknown outside of California. Figs. 5 and 6, 

 Plate II. Described in Rep. Com. Agric. U. S., 1880, p. 367. 



Polygnotus hiemalis Forbes. Reared by myself from 

 Hessian fly, at LaPorte, Indiana, in 1889. Prof. Forbes reared 

 it at Champaign, Illinois, in 1888, and Prof. Cook in Michigan, 

 in 1890. Described in Psyche, Vol. V, p. 39, April, 1888. 



Hemiteles utilis Norton. Captured females running 

 about over Peach trees, near Marblehead, Ohio, May 13th. 

 Described from Connecticut and Texas, in Trans. Am. Ent. 

 Soc, Vol. II, p. 326. Reared in Connecticut, from the cocoons 

 of Lopliyrus abietis Harris. 



Ichneumon unifasciatorius Say. Reared from larva of 

 Acronycta oblinita Say, from Catawba Island, Ohio. Described 

 in Complete Writings, Lec. Ed., Vol. I, p. 48, pi. 22. Habitat, 

 Canada, U. S. 



Hecabolus eycti Cresson. Reared from Oak timber 

 infested by the larvae of Lyctus striatus Say, received from 

 Springfield, Ohio. Described in Am. Ent., Vol. Ill, p. 24, 

 habitat not given, but host as above. 



Sympiesis nigrifemora Ashmead. Reared at Columbus, 

 Ohio, from mines of Lepidopterous leaf miner on Elm, 



