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Psyche 
[Sept. 
Among the egg masses taken at the same Pine Island 
locality in 1946 were two, having all the characteristics 
described for known masses of T. atratus subsp. nan- 
tuckensis, from which hymenopterous parasites were 
reared. These were kindly identified for me as the 
Proctotrypid T elenomus goniopis Crawford by C. F. W. 
Muesebeck. As far as I have been able to ascertain, this 
species has previously been reported only twice. It was 
originally described from specimens reared by McAfee 
from eggs of Goniops chrysocoma (0. S.) found on Plum- 
mer’s Island, Maryland in 1910 (Crawford, 1913). Dur- 
ing the 1932 season Schwardt (1936) collected many egg 
masses of Goniops in Arkansas which were similarly 
destroyed. Therefore, this note reveals another host 
genus and a considerable extension of range. Although 
several egg masses were collected and reared in 1947, no 
parasites appeared. Most of these were taken while the 
flies were still ovipositing or were laid entirely in captiv- 
ity. Consequently, they were not long exposed to normal 
environmental hazards. One of the parasitized egg 
masses was found on August 13, 1946 and the parasites 
emerged on August 20th. At the time of preservation, 
54 specimens of T. goniopis (8 males and 46 females) had 
emerged. Others were still within many of the eggs. 
The relatively small number of males produced is appar- 
ently usual for this insect. 
In reducing nantuckensis to a variety of atratus and in 
naming the variety fulvopilosus, Johnson (1919) calls at- 
tention to the considerable amount of variation seen in 
this species in coastal areas and raises the question of the 
influence of the environment as the agent responsible for 
it. Stone (1938) mentions the fact that many females 
have both the wing color that distinguishes nantuckensis 
and the lateral tufts of fulvous hairs just above the wing 
bases which are characteristic of fulvopilosus. It is of 
further interest to note that no males bearing such fulvous 
hairs have ever been collected. Five of the eleven fe- 
males taken at Pine Island in 1947 (from August 20tli to 
September 8th) had both varietal features. Two of them 
laid egg masses which were no different from others found 
