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In a lot of material submitted for identification by Carlas A’ Marelli, 
Director of the Zoological Garden of La Plata, Argentina, A, B. Gahan found 
specimens of four species of Chalcidoidea commonly found in North America 
but not recorded in the literature as occurring in South America, viz. ; 
Brachymeria evata (Say), Aphycus luteolus \Pimberlake, Mormoniella vitri- 
pennis (Walk.), and Lariophacus distinguendus. (Foerster). Mormoniéllavit- 
ripennis is a common parasite of blowflies,and,is lmown to occur, in. Europe 
and Australia, as well as-North America, Lariophagsus distinguendus attacks . 
certain stored—product insects. and hes frequently been taken. by Bureau Ofte 
Plant Quarantine inspectors: in ship stores from vessels. from various parts’ ‘ 
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of the world,’ but: this seems to be the first instance of its having’ been’ ~ 
actually: collected ‘in South: America, .Brachymeria ovata is cormonly ‘asso— 
ciated with various moths, ‘sucli as the tussock moth, inthis country, _ aig 
Aphycus luteolus is ‘a parasite of Coccus hesperidun and has previously been’ 
known only from California, :: ae = EE Rae ee . a 
As result of extended study, A, B. Gahan has’ reached the conclusion ~ 
that Hunterellus hookeri How. and ixodiphagus caucurtei Du Buysson are’ ° 
identical, the, former inane -having Priority. 
Very ‘recently; b, De'Anderson, Assistant Entomologist at. the Virginia’ 
Truck Experiment Station, sent for determination specimens that were placed 
by H. G, Barber as Corizus sidae Fab., with the statement that they were © 
very abundant on althea, or, Rose of Sharon, on the. station grounds, That 
this -héteropteron: shows .a preference for plants of the family Malvaceae 
has: long béén-know, ‘but what is of.particular interest is the occurrence ~ 
of this species in such large numbers.so far. north of its usual range, It 
has a very wide distribution from. the. Argentine Republic on the south through 
all of the Neotropical regions northward into the Southern States, “On the 
Pacific’ coast it occurs: in; southern California, in the Central Pleins Rex - 
gion. as far north. as Douglas and Riley. Counties, Kans., and in the East ~. 
from: Florida to: South Carolina, Its food plants are chiefly in the family” 
Malvaceae: end include Abutilon sp. (7), Sphacralcea angustifolia, okra, © 
cotton, Hibiscus incanus;: H, Lasiocerpug, and Callirhée involucrata, In 
the closely related fenily Sterculiaceae the ‘species has been collected on 
Waltheria..americana, . Specinens are also at, hand~that were collected on: 
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“Gonzalo, Merino of the Philippine Department of A; riculture, at present 
engaged on ‘graduate iwork at Chio State-University, spent the period from’ 
October 19 ‘to November 4 at the, Nationel Museum, working on the classif4—«: 
cation of Philippine ‘Cicadellidae ani particularly .gn the 0. F. Baker col- 
lection from those.islavds; ~§  . ahi a5 fez 7 
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