Biological Notes on Reared Parasitic Hyme?ioptera. 



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Sympiesis nigripes Ashmead. Habitat, Kansas. Reared 

 by myself from mines of a Lepidopterous leaf miner, in leaves 

 of Burr Oak, at North Bend, Ohio, August, 1893. Description 

 in Bull. 3, Exp. Sta. Kan. Agl. Coll., June, 1888. 



Hippocepaalus multiline atus Ashmead. Fig. 3, Plate 

 II. The types of genus and species reared in Kansas, August 

 20, 1887, from the locust Lithocolletis, L. ornatella Cham. 

 My specimens were reared with the preceding, and the host 

 in this case was probably Lithocolletis hamadryadella Clem. 

 Described and figured with the preceding. 



(?) Ganychorus gelechi^E Ashmead. The types were 

 reared at Kirkwood, Missouri, by Miss Murtfeldt, from Gele- 

 chia prunifoliella Cham, May 15th. My specimens were reared 

 with the preceding, besides being found in the cocoons of L. 

 hamadryadella. Description in Pro. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1888, 

 P- 645- 



Besides the above three species two additional ones were 

 reared from these same infested Oak leaves, all emerging late 

 in August, the additional species, an Eupelmus and a Lysiph- 

 lebus, as yet being undescribed. 



Lygocerus (megaspilus) niger Howard. Fig. 4, Plate 

 II. The types were reared by me at Lafayette, Indiana, July, 

 1889, and I have since reared them from the same hosts, Siph- 

 onophora avence Fab., sent me by Mr. W. B. Hall, from north- 

 ern Ohio. The description will be found in Insect Life, Vol. 

 II, p. 247. 



Allotria brassic^E Ashmead. Reared at Wooster, Ohio, 

 from Aphis brassiccc Linn. Also from the same host, on 

 Scotch kale, at Lafayette, Indiana. Mr. Ashmead reared his 

 specimens from same host in Florida. Description in Bull. 

 14, U. S. Dept. Agric, Div. Ent., p. 14, 1887. 



Lampronota rufipes Cresson. Reared from larvae of 

 Hadena fractilinea and H. misera Grt., collected in Ashtabula 

 County, Ohio. Mr. Cresson described the species from 

 specimens from Canada. Description in Can. Ent., Vol. I, 

 P- 36. • 



