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34 ENTOMOLOGICAL SoCIETY OP BRITISH COLUMBIA, PROc. (19~6), VOL. B, FEB. U, 1957

Forbes, A. R., and K. M. King. Practical application of chemical controls of root maggots in rutabagas. ]. Econ. Ent. 49: 354-356. 1956. Gibson, A., and R. C. Treherne. The cabbage root maggot and its control in Canada with notes on the imported onion maggot and the seed-corn maggot. Canada Dept. Agr., Ent. Bull. 12. 1916. Glasgow, H. Mercury salts as soil insecticides. ]. Econ. Ent. 22: 335-340. 1929. Goff, E. S. Work in economic entomology. In Eighth annual report of the Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of Wisconsin ... 1891, pp. 162-175. 1892. Gould, G. E . Cabbage maggot control. Purdue Univ. Agr. Expt. Sta. Bun 616. 1955. King. K. .M., and A. R. Forbes. Control of l OOt maggots in rutabagas. ]. Econ. Ent. 47: 607-615. 1954. King, K. M., A. R. Forbes, D. G. Finlayson, H. G. Fulton, and A. ]. Howitt. Co-ordinat­ ed experiments on chemical control of root maggots in rutabagas in British Columbia and Washington, 1953. J. Econ. Ent. 48: 470-473. 1955. King, K. M., A. R. Forbes, and M. D. Noble. Ten years' field study of methods of evaluating root maggot damage and its control by chemicals in early cabbage. In preparation. Presented at 10th I nt. Cong ress Ent., Aug. 1956. Schoene, VI.]. The cabhage maggot: its biology and control. New York Agr. Expt. Sta. (Geneva) Bull. 419. 1916. Semenov, 11.. E . A complex method of controlli ng the cabbage moth and the cabbage fl y with hexachlora ne dust (in Russian). Dokl. vsesoyuz. Akad. sel.-khoz. Nauk Lenina 15: 39-42. 1950. l--: ev. Appl. Ent., A, 41: 9. 1953. Slin gerland, ~L V. The cabbage root maggot, with notes on the onion maggot and allied . Corn ell Univ. Agr. Expt. Sta. Bull. 78. 1894. \Vrigh! , D. IN. The assessment of damage caused to some brassica crops by the cabbage­ root . 1\1111. Appl. Diol. 40: 607-611. 19S3.

DIPTERA TAKEN AT ROBSON, B.C. H. R. FOXLEE Robson, B.C.

Robson is in the southern part of the West Kootenay region of British lot/ gipes Lw. Columbia, close to the no rtheastern Bibio l1ervo sus Lw. corner of the State of Washington. Bibio slossonae Ckll. The elevation is about 1410 feet. The Diptera in this li st were taken between 1939 and 1955. Clitellariinac Adoxomyia rtl.rtica (O.S.) ORTHORRHAPHA Stratiomyinae NEM.noCERA Eulalia pllbescens (Day) Anisopodidae Stratiomys barbata Lw. Anisopus al/erna/us Say. S/ratiomys mawloSct Lw. Geosarginae S·imuliidae Geosargus cuprarius (L.) Pt-osillluliulll fulvulll (Coq.) Ge.osargus decorus (Say) Simulium arc/icum Mall. Geosal'gus viridis (Say) Simulium hunteri Mall. polita (L.) Simulium /uberosum Lund. Simulium vitla/um Zett. Beridinae Scoliopelta luteipes Will. Fungivoridae (Mycetophilidae) Rhagionidae Ceroplatinae Rhagioninae Apemon negriventris J oh. Ceroplalus terminalis Coq. Rhagio COl1cava Leon. S'ciophilinae Ch rysopilinae D ziedzickia fllscipennis (Coq.) Symphoromyia atripes Big. Monoclona elegan/lIla Joh. Coenomyiidae Fungivorinae Arthroceras s p. Rhymosia cristata (Stacg.) Xylophagus decorus Will. ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, FROC. (1956), VOL. ~3, FEB. 15, 19~7

Tabanidae Omphralidae (Scenopinidae) Silviinae (Pangoniinae) Omphrale feneJtraie (L.) Apato/estes comastes Will. Omphra/e nuhilipes Say Chr)'sops asbestos Philip A.ilidae Chrysops excitans Wlk. Chrysops pertinax Will. Leptogastrinae Silvius giganlu/us (Lw.) Le pto gaster S p. Stonemyia californica (Big.) Dasypogoninae Chrysoceria pollet/ia Cole Tabaninae Cyrotopogon banksi W. and M. Aty/otus incisura/is Maeq. Cyrtopogon daJylloides Will. Tabanus aegrotus O.S. Cyrtopogon /eucozona Lw. Tabanus californicus Mart. Cyrtopugon montanlls Lw. Tabanus captonis Mart. eyrtopogo1l praepes Will. Tabanus haemaphortisMart. Cyr/opogorl .ransorti Cn Tabanus kesseli Phil. Cyrtopogon willis/orzi Cn Tabanus /aniferus MeD. Dioctria pusio O.S. Tabanus lasiophalmus Maeq. Dioctria sackeni Will. Tabanus melanorhinus Big. Eucyr/opogon nebulo (O.S.) Tabanus nivosus -O.S. Heteropogon senilis (Big.) Tabanus nudus MeD. Lasiopogon aldrichi Mel. Tabanus procyon O.S. Lasiopogon monticola Mel. Tabanus rhombicus 0.5. Metapogon setig"",m Cole Tabanus rupestris MeD. N icocleJ canadensis Cn. Tabanus sequax Will. Nicocles dives (Lw.) Tabanus typhuJ Whitn. NicodeJ punc/ipennis Mel. TabanuJ JonomenJiJ O.S. Slenopogr)fl inquinatlls Lw. TabanuJ zygotUJ Phil. Cyrtidae Andrenosoma flllzJicauda lutea MeAt.? Bombomima astlir (O.S.) Eulonchus IristiJ Lw. Bombomima aJtllrilla Brom. OgcodeJ albiventriJ Jhns. Bombo1lli1lla ccdifomica (Bks) Bombo1llima co/z;1Ilbica (Wlk.) B01llhomi1lla fernaldi (Back) Anthraeinae B01llbo1llima par/itor (Bks) analis Say Laphria aim.~tis MeAt. Anthrax irrorata Say Laphria feli! felis 0.5. Anthrax pleJia Cn. LAphria felis crocea MeAt. Wd. Laphria ferox Will. Antbrax vClria F. Laphria franciscana Big. Dipa/ta !erpenlina O:S. LAphria gJlva (L.) HemipentheJ calulina (Coq.) Laph,ia index MeAt. HemiIJentheJ morioideJ (Say) Laphria januJ MeA t. Hemipenlhes JinuoJa (Wd.) Laphri'l Jackeni \,yill. agrippina (0.5.) Laphria sadales Wlk. Villa altemata (Say) Laphria vifl(lX Will. Villa iulviana (Say) Laph,ia vlI/ltir ,o.S. Villa hypomelar (MeQ.) Pogono.f01Ila ridingsi Cress. Villa lateraliJ (Say) Asilinae Lomatiinae A Jillls auri,mnlJlatus (Hine) AphoebantuJ sp. AsillJs callidus (Will.) ,1silllJ occidentalis Hine Toxophorinae AsiluJ pla/yce/as Hine Eciimus Iuc/ifer (0.5.) AsiluJ vescus Hine Eclimus magnus (O.S.) Asilus willis/oni rIine Eciimus murica/uJ (O.S.) Bombyliinae Hyhotinae BombyliuJ aibicapilluJ Lw. Bombylius lancifer O.S. EuhyboJ triplex (Wlk.) BombyliuJ major L. Ocvdromiinae BombyliuJ validuJ Lw. ieptopeza dis/JariliJ Mel. SptoechuJ oreas O.S. Ocydrolllia glabrimla (Fin.) sp. Therevidae Trichina aJ/ripes Mil. pJilocephaia canadenJis Cole Trichina pullata Mel. pJilocephaia munda Lw. Empidinae PJilocepha/a JignalipenniJ Cole HeJpettmpiJ mahelae Mil.? T here va brunnea Cole C1inoeeratinae The,eva cingulata Kroh. Clinocera undula/a Mel. Thueva fucala Lw. Dolichoctphala i",orata (Fin.) 36 ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, !>ROc. (1956), VOL. 53, FEB. 15, 1957

Hemerodromiinac NeoCllemodoll al/ripleura Cn. Hemerodromia rogaloris Coq. NeoCllemodoll calearala Cn. Tachvdromiiuae Pipiza oregona Loy. Platypalplls cranifemoris Fitch S phegi"a /IIINctala Cole PI,lIypalblls jlat1irOIlriJ microte1!ls _\1 ci. Volucellinac PaltypalplIs inops Mel. Volllcella hombylans plum(/Ia Deg. Platypalpus jllvenis byaenaiJeJ :\[el. Volllce/!a homhylans I'll/omacllla/a Jones P/atypalpus juvenis JUIJeniJ Mel. Sericomyiinae Pla/ypalpus patina/or TIl el. Arc/ophil" jltlgrtl11s 05. Platypa/puJ pilatm Mel. Candidea lala Coq. Platyp,'/IJUJ "" liali.! L\I". Pyrilis kincaidii (Coq.) P/alypalpllS xanlbopadus Aiel. Pyr"ith mOlltigeJld Hunt. Tacbydrolllia himacu/ata (1.\1.) Sericomyia (ha/copygd L\I-. Tachypez:I diJci/eUl Tl l el. Aylotinae Dolichopodid"e Chrysosomidia ( rau'fordi (Sha nu.) I )olichoJlodi uac ChrYJOsolllidia pulcher (\-Vill.) D o/iciJupUJ conJ:lIIguineuJ \\·h eel. Crioprora /emorala Will. Do/ichopus dElersli.! Lw. CYf/orbilla armi/!ala O.S. CYII01'bina nigripes Cn. Campsicneminac CYllorhina scitula (Will.) Cbr)"Joli","s pUJio Lw. Penlhesilia all rata C n. Ch rYSOSOlll a ti nac Penthesilia (/Ilrea (Lov.) Condy/oslY/us pilicomis (Aiel.) Penthesilia (audala (en.) Lonchopteridae Pentbesilia coqtli/!etli (Will.) Penlhesilia intermedia (Jhns.) Loncboptera dubia Cn. Penlhesilia nigripes (Will.) Phoridae Sphecomyia patio IIi Will. Merase/ia sp. Sphecomyia vespi/ormis Gorski Xylola barbala Lw. CYCLORRHAPHA Xylola ejuncida S ay. ASCHIZA Xylola fidvilibia Big. XylO/(l sllh/asciala Lw. Clythiidae (Platypezidae) XylolodeJ illtl1'matlls (Hullt.) Callomyia venusla Snow XylolodeJ pigra (Loy.) elytbia coraxa Kess. Xyl%mima (urvaria (CII.) elytbia po/ypori (Willd.) Xylolumima nemorum (F.) P/alypezina pacifica Kess. Xylolomima pigra (F.) Syrphidae Tubiferinae Syrphinac Elophilus /asCitlll/J Wlk. Lampeli" equeJlriJ lI(u'riHi (F.) Baccba ohJcuricorniJ I.w. Tllbife/(/ alllhophorina (Fin.) Didea /uscipes Lw. Tubifera nem01'lI1Jl (L.) Ephtropbe dil!ersipuncl'l/(t Cn. Tllhifera le))ax (L.) EpiJtwphe groHularide Ovfg.) Tuhifera lellax cdmpeJlriJ (:\[ g.) Eupeodes volucriJ O.S. M elanostoma sp. SCHIZOPHORA MetasyrphuJ amalopis (OS) Melasyrphus laphonicus (Zett.) ACAl.YPTERAE MelaJyrphus limatus (Hine) Conopidae Melasyrphus snou'i (Wehr) Occemyia I,,/ei/wr Camr. Melasyrphus venablesi (Cn.)' Phyrocepha/a Imrge,fJi \Vill. Pdragus hicolor (F.) I'lalycheirus pellaloides Cn. Otitidae Scaeva pyraJlri (L.) Epi blalea s 1'. Syrphus opinalor 05. I'JairoPtera similiJ Cress. P.relldotephriliJ sp. Chrysotoxinae Seioplera l'ihraJls (I..) ChrYJOloxllm integrum "ViII. Slenopterilla sp. Ch"ysoloxllm l'elll1'icostim Lw. Trito.\·C/ cu))eala L\\,. J\Jicro(\onlinae Microdon colhurn(tlllS Big. Pallopteridae Microdoll pi/Jeri Kuab. Pal/oplera jlt(ulldCl (1.\\'.) Microdon triJ/iJ L\\,. I'alloptera terminaliJ (L\I.) Eumerinae Piophilidae EllmerJIs s/rigatllJ (Fin.) M),Jelclll/lis bipllnClaltlJ ( Fin.) Eumerus tubercula/IIJ (I\()nd.) Piophila alii/ron.! :\f. & S. C heilosiinae Piophil" xantbopoda:\f. & S. Bracb'opa sp. T rupaneidae Cll"losyrphus Iris Ii.! (Lw.) E/lochl'd caJladeJlJis Lw. Ferdillallded croeSIlJ (,O.S.) Myoleja rllbida C oq.

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Rhagoletis berberis Cn. Clusiidae Rha~ol etis symphoricarpi Cn. Acartophthalmus nigrinus (Zett.) Rhagoletis tabel/aria (Fitch) C/usiodes melanortoma (Lw.)? Tephritis pacifica (Doane) Tephritis variabilis Doane Opomyzidae Tmpanea microsetlllosa :Mall. Geomyza mOllo .rtif!,I.'la Mel. Zonosema setosa (Doane) Ephyridae Lonchaeidae Notiphilinae Lonnchaea flavidipennis Zett. fly thea spilota Curt. LOl1chaea marylandica Mall. Psilopa comlJta (Mg.) Lauxaniidae Hytlropotinae (Hydrelliinae) Cal/iopum quadrisetosllm (Thoms.) Hydrina debilis (Lw.) H omol1em'a ocridentalis nudifemur (Mall.) Hydrina nigrescells Cress. Lallxal1ia cylindricornis (F.) Hydrina opposita (Lw.) Lauxania nigrimana Coq. Hydropota griseola (FIn.) Minettia americanel/a Shew. Lytogaster gravida Lw. Minettia f/aveola (Coq.) Nostima picla (FIn.) Minettia lupulina (F.) Pelina compar Cress. Sapromyza brachysoma Coq. Ephydrinae Sapromyza hyalinata (Mg.) stenhammari (Zett.) Sapromyza mOn/icola Mel. incommoda Cress. Sapromyza ouelleti Shew. Parydra varia (Lw.) laxa Cress. Tylidae (Calobatidae) Scatella tenuicosta Coll.? Cllodacophora nasoni (Cress.) Paracalobata IInivitta (Wlk.) Sphaeroceratidae (Borboridae) Borbortls equinur FI n. Psilidae Leptocaa (Collinella) fumipennis Spul. Chyliza scrobiClilata Mel. Le/Jtacera (Collinel/a) latiforceps Sabr. Pseudopsila perpolita ]11I1s. Leplocera (Collinel/a) omega Sabr. Psila lIigricornis 1\1 g. Leptocera (Col/inella) ruberecta Sabr. Psila rO Me (F.) L eplocera (Leptaccra) fOlllinalis (FIn.) Sepsidae Leptoma (OPacifrol/s ) sciaspidis Spul. Decachaetophora aeneipes de Meij. Lelitacera (Scotophilella) abundans Spul. Sepsis punctum violacea ?'vIg. Leptocera (Scotopbilella) dissimilicosla Spul.? Sciomyzidae (T etanoceridae) Leplocera (Scotophilella) ni~rifrons Spul.? Sphaerocera pus ilia (FIn.) Limnia sp. Melina albocostata (FIn.) Drosophilidae Melina nan a (FIn.) Campichaeta micans (Hend.) Melina tenllipes (Lw.) Cbymomyza sp. Melina tJentralis (FIn.) Diastata eluta Lw. Tetan ocera nallciae Brim. Diastata modesta Mel. Tetanocera phyl/iphora Mel. Diastata vagalls Lw. T etanocera plebeja Lw. Drosophila funebris (F.) Trypelobtera canadellsis (Macq.) Drosophila ni!!,rohvdei P. & W. Drosophila occidentalis Speno Drosophila pseudoobsClira Frol. Cbamaemyia jllnrorlfm (FIn.) Drosophila suboccidentalis Spen. (Mg.) Chmnaemyia polystif!,ma Droso/Jhila subquinaria Snen. Pselldodillia lIitida 1\'f el. Drosophila /ertacea V. Ros. Pseudodinia varipes Coq. Scaptomyzadisticha Duda Helomyzidae (=graminum auctt.) Al/ophylla laetlis Lw. Scaptomyza terminalis (Lw.) Amoebaleria f/avotestacea (Zett.)? Stegana sp. Eccoptomera simplex Coq. Agromyzidae Helomyza senata (L.) Oecothea feller/ralis (FIn.) Cerodollta dellticornis nigrosClltellala Strobl phiomyia pinguis (FIn.) Suillia apicalis (Lw.) o Phytagromyza orbitalis (Mel.) Suillia assimilis (Lw.) Suillia barberi Darl. Phyllomyzidae (Milichiidae) Suillia limbata (Thoms.) Desmomyza confusa Cn. Suillia loewi Garr. Neophyllomyza qlladricornis Mel. Suillia 10llgipellnis (Lw.) Paramyia nitens (Lw.) T rixoscelidae Trixoscelis frontalis (FIn.) Trixoscelis fumifJennis Mel. il/congmus Ald. Chromyidae Dicraells ingratlls (Lw.) Chyromla concolor Mall.? coslata (Lw.) Chyromya flava (L.) Elachiptera decipiens (Lw.) 38 ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, PROc. (1956), VOL. 53, FEll. 15, 1957

Elachiplera flaviceps Sabr. Pegom)'a unrvIl/ala (v. Ros.) fril (L.) Pegom)'a vil/igera (Zett.) Oscinella fril nilidissima (Mg.) Pegomya winlhemi (Meg.) Oscinel/a fril pusil/a (Mg.) Fanniinac Oscinel/a incerla Beck. A zelia sp. Oscinel/a magnipalpis Beck. Euryomma peregrinum (Mg.) Oscinel/a umbrosa Lw. Fannia aerea (.Mg.) brunnicol/is (Beck.) Fannia canicularis (L.) ChIoropinae Fannia fuscula (FIn.) Chlorops sp. Fannia incisurata (Zett.) Meromyza marginala Beck. Fannia postica Stn. Thaumalomyia annulala (WIk.) Fannia scalaris (F.) Thaumalomyia glabm eM g.) Lispinae Lispe lenlaculala (Deg .) CALYPTERAE Cocnosiinae Coenosia ligrina (F.) Scatomyzi nae (CordyIurinae) Limosia aliena (Mall.) Cordilura lati/rons Lw. Limosia nigrescens (Stn.) Cordi/ura l'iltipes Lw. Limosia rufibaJis (Stn.) Meraphlhalma americana :Mall. alma (Mg.) Megaphthalmoides unilineala (Zett.) Phaoniinae Parallelomma gracilipes (Lw.) AlIoeosl)'lus conformis (Mall.) Pselldopogonohl aldrichi Mall. AlIoeost)'lus diaphanus (W d.) ScalophaJ(a /urcala Say. Dialyta pal/ida Stn. Scalophaga slercoraria (L.) Helina multiseriata Mall. Anthomyiinae Helina oregonensis (Mall.) Chirosia idahenJis Stn. Helina procedens (Wlk.) Eremomyia humeralis Stn. Helina troene (Wlk.) H),drobhOlia ditlisa (l\Ig.) H),drotaea armipes (FIn.) Hylemya aleothoe (Wlk.) Hydrotaea pilitibia Stn. Hylemya anliqua (Mg.) Lasiops septentrionalis (Stn.) Hvlemya brassicae (Be) Limnophora (Spilogona) anlhrax Big. Hylem)'a belmum (Lint.) Limnophora (Spilogona) magnipunctaia (Mall.) Hylemya cilicrura (Rond.) Limnophora (Spilogona) novae-angliae Mall. Hl'lemya rocno.riae/ormis S tn. Mydaea discimana Mall. Hylem),a depreS.la S in. .W)'daea elecla (Zett.) Hylemya fugax (Mg.) Mydaea obscurella Mall. Hylemya gan elti Huck. Mydaea occidenlalisMall. Hylemya hucketti H.ingd. Myospila medilabunda (F.) H)'lemya la.rciva (Zett.) Opb; ra leucostoma (Wd.) H ylcmya neomexicana Mall. Phaonia consobrina (Zett.) Hylemya oclogullata (Zett.) Phaonia errafIJ Cl'fg.) Hylem),a oppidans Huck. Pseudolimnophora nigripes (Desv.) HYlemya propinquina Huck. Spilaria IMorum (FIn.) Hylemya selivenlris allernata Huck. Xenaricia fulva (Big.) Hylemya lestacea Stn. Muscinae H ylem ya Iriviltala Stn. Ellm esembrina lalrei!lei (Desv.) Hylemya l'ariata (FIn.) Graphomya maculata (Scop.) Paraprosalpia silveslris (FIn.) Haemalobia irrilans (L.) Parcgle cinerella (FIn.) Hypodermodes soliloria (Knab.) Paregle radicum (L.) Musca domestica L. Pegomya acculipennis Mall. Muscina slabulans (FIn.) Pegomya anabnornzis Huck.? Siomox),s caicilrans (L.) Pegomva bicolor (Wd.) Metopiidae Pegomya caeJia Stn.? Pegom)'a cresca Huck. Calliphorinae Pegom)'a duplicata (Mall.) Calliphora l,icina Desv. Pegomya flavipalpis (Zett.) Calliphora vomitoria (L.) Pegom)'a fusricatlda Huck. C)'anus elongala (Hough) Pegomya gill}a (Zett.) Cynomyiopsis cadalJe1'ina (Desv.) Pegomya intersecta (Mg.) Eucalliphora lilaea (Wlk.) Pegom)'a lividiventris Huck. LIlCi/ia il/uslris ( Mg.) Pegomya longicornis Huck. Sarcophagin ae Pegomya lunali/rons (Zett.) Helicobia rapax (Wlk.) Pegomya marginala Huck. Pseudosarco phaga a!finis (FIn.) Pegomya parlita Huck. Ravinia /' herminieri Desv. Pegomya rufipes (FIn.) Ravinia pusiola (WIn.) Pegomya solitaria Stn. Rat}inia slimulans (Wlk.) Pegom)'a unguiclllaia Mall. Sarcophaga (Aramhodolheca) eleodis Ald. ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, PROc. (1 956 ) , VOL. 53, FEB. 15, 1957 39

Sarcophaga (Acridiopbaga ) falciform is Ald. Plagiprospherysa parvipalpis (Wlp.) Sanopbaga (Boellcberia) cimbicis (Tns.) T acbinomyia apicala Cn. Sarcophaga (Boellcheria) latiJterna (Park.) Tachinomyia nigricans ·Webb. Sarcophaga (Fletcherimyia) fleJcheri Ald. T achinom,ria variala Cn. Sarcophaga (Kellymyia) k ellyi Ald. Goniinae Sarcopbaga (Protodexia) bunleri Hough. Aehaetoneura frenehii (Will.) Sarcophaga (Sapromyia) cooleyi Park. Aplomya tbee/arum (Scudd.) Sarcophaga (Sarcopbaga) exubercms Pand. Belvosia canadensis Cn. Sarcophaga (Sarcophaga ) nearctica Park. Careelia reciinata (A. & W.) Sarcophaf!.a (Sarcolachinella ) sinuala Mg. Cyzenis jestinans (A. & W.) Sarcophaga (Tephromyiella ) atlantis Ald. D olichotarsus griseus Brks. Sarcophaga (Thelylepticocnema) ineltrlJa Ald. Euexorista jUlilis (O.s.) ~liltogramminae Eujronlina speclabi/is (Ald.) Euhilarella / ulvicornis (Coq.) Eumea caesar (Ald.) Euhilarella pilosijrons (All en) Gonia (Knabia ) fronlosa (Say) Euselenomyia Irilineata (WIn.) Huebneria imitalor (Sell.) M elopia leucocephala Rossi LeschenauiJia (Ri/eymyia) americana B. & B. Paramelopia laleralis (Macq.) Lydella nivrila (Tns.) Taxigramma heleroneura (Mg.) Madremyia saundersii (Will.) Nemorilla pysle (Wlk.) Cuterebridae Phrrxe pecosensis (Tns.) CUlerebra leneb rosa Coq. Pseudoperichaeta ereCla (Coq.) Larvaevoridae Winthemia militaris (WIsh.) Winlbemia rujonotala (Big.) Phasiinae C)·Iindromyia ealijomiea Big. L arvaevorinae GymnoclYlia occidenlale 'Ins. Archylas (Nemochaela ) lateralis (Macq.) H emyda aurala Desv. .l{rg enloepalpus rufipes Brks. Leueosloma (Paradionaea ) atfa T ns. Argentoepalpus signijerus (\\llk. ) NeoCl'liIera d(lSiades (Wlk.) Bombyliom)'ia flavipalpia (Macq.) Paraphasia niJi ra Brks. Cuphocera (Deopalpus) cOnligua Rnh. Rhodogyne filiola (Lw.) Ernestia (Pseudomeriania) nigrocornes (Toth.) Seiasma neb ulosa Coq. Eulasiona nigra Cn. Elltrichogena polita Brks. Dexiinae Fabrieiella (Fabriciodes ) polisa Toth. M ochlosoma valid/wz B. & B. Fabriciella (Melapolachina) brevirostris Toth. Plilodexia neotibialis (West) Fabriciella (Metapolachina) latifacies Toth. Rhamphinina ,'on/usa W est Fabriciella (Nowiekia ) hispida Toth. Troehilodes skinneria Coq. Fabrieiella (Rhachogasler) algens (W d.) Phoroceratinae Fabriciella ( U podemoeera) nitida (Wlp.) Admonlia (Xenadmonlia) degeefOid(s (Coq.) Lypha sp. Bessa harveyi ('Ins.) Mericia nigropalpis (Toth.) Croeula sp. (=Siphona auCII.) M etopomusco pleryx libialis (Coq.) Cryplomeigenia nigripilosa Cn. Neolhelaira ehaeloneura (Coq.) D exod es nana Cn. Pararchylas deeisa (Wlk.) ExoriSla mel/a (Wlk.) PeleJeria (Peleteriopsis ) ilerans (Wlk.) H omalaelia harringtoni (Coq.) Peleleria (SphYfOmyia ) apicalis (Wlk. ) Lasioneura bieolor (Cn.) Peleleria (Sphyromyia ) bryanli Cn. Patelloa pachypyga (A. & W.) PeleJeria (Sphyromyia ) malleola Big. Palelloa reinhardi (A. & W.) Sit!hophyJO neomexicana Tns. Phylacleropoda sp. Wagneria helyma ( Wlk.)

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Scavengers and Parasites from a Used ' Nest In October 1955 Professor Kenneth Vespula arenaria (Fab.), a common at Graham brought in from L angley an un­ the coast. usually large wasps' nest of the current During the autumn months some eight season's making a nd kept it in a glass recognizable specimens of what was appar­ chamber. The nest was deserted so it was ently Epheslia el"lell.:l (Hubner) and some not possible to determine which of small ichneumon emerged and died in yell ow jacket constructed it; it \\'as probably the container. These were given to me by 40 ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA, FROc. (1956 ), VOL. 53, F EB. 15, 1957

Professor Graham the following spring. acted as scavengers, feeding on the deposit Unforunately, Professor Graham needed o f wasp larval frass that is always plastered this unusually large wasp nest fo r demon­ against the base of each cell when the in­ stration purposes, so I could not cut it up sect pupates. This deposit may be from to determine the true status of the hymen­ o ne to three layers deep, depending upon opterans. how many larvae were reared in each cell, The small ichneumons were either para­ and is also fed upon by scavenging larvae sitic upon the m oth caterpillars o r were of both the black carpet beetle and a Sphecophaga burra (Cresson), a parasite of derm estid, Perimegatoma vespulae Milliron, that wasp larvae. This , when it pupates develops in both and plant remains. spins across the wasp cell a silken sheet I have found that moths invade wasps' coloured like a poached egg with a brown nests late in the season and develop in the instead of a yellow centre. The sheet upper, that is, the older comb layers. The is always slightly oblique a nd not straight ichneumon parasites usually develop in across a cell. weak colonies; o r if in strong colo nies, only From a sm'lll V espula nest taken in the at the end of the season w hen the wasp forest at 3100 ft. above Kamloops, I once population is declining. Neither m oth larvae obtained a number of small caterpillars nor ichneumons seem to be interfered with which died without pupating. By cutting up by wasps.-G. J. S tJellcer, Ullill ersity of British the nest it was found that the larvae had Columbia.

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