MONODONTOMERUS IN APPALACHIA

Monodontomerus stigma (Fabr.).M. viridæneus, Prov., Canada.Common in New England. In the District of Columbia I have reared it from the cell of Militoma euglossoides, var. taurea, Say.The genus Oligosthenus cannot remain separated, the fine dentitions of hind femora king more or less indistinct.A frequent variety has no cloud about stigma. The abdomen varies in the amount of purple.