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fectly known, 'which we shall publish 
soon. 
Mr. L. Bruner ispreparing an account 
of the Orthoptera (locusts, grasshoppers, 
crickets, etc.) of Colorado for the C. B. A., 
and will be glad to receive specimens of 
these insects. In all cases the locality 
where captured should be precisely 
stated when sending in specimens. Mr. 
Bruner has already examined and named 
about 27 kinds of grasshoppers from 
Custer county. 
Has anyone seen any blue birds yet? 
We are pretty sure we heard, one by 
Short creek as early as Feb. 3. They 
came on Feb. 1st last year. 
The supposed Urocerus which we found 
last summer at Cottonwood Springs, 
Pueblo county, parasitised by Thalessa, 
as recorded in “Entomologist,” Decem- 
ber, 1888, proves to be a new species of 
Tremex. In a supplementary paper we 
are preparing we shall describe it as Tre- 
mex hospes. 
We have been overhauling our flies of 
the genus Gonia by the light of Dr. Wil- 
liston’s paper in “Canadian Entomolo- 
gist,” 1887. Among the western Custer 
county specimens is one of G. frontosa 
with the thorax and abdomen almost en- 
tirely black, tha striping and banding of 
the type being practically obsolete; we 
shall call it var. ater. We have also two 
species belonging to the Exul group. 
One may be a form of G. exul, the other 
would seem to be new. A fourth species, 
from Dillon, looks like a Gonia, but prob- 
ably belongs to a distinct genus. 
T. D. A. C. 
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