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AsHMeap. {Continued from page 141, Vol. IV.]} FamiLty Il. FULGORIDEZA. Head of various forms, often with a cephalic prolongation and sometimes lumin- ous. The frons nearly always keeled. Ocelli 2, rarely 3 or wanting, placed beneath the eyes or sunken in the cheeks close to the eye, the third ocellus, when present, placed in the middle of the frons. Antennz always beneath the eye, usuaily large, distinct, the joints of which are frequently long and dilated, sometimes with an ap- pendage. Thorax weak, usually keeled ; scutellum small. Wings usually long and strongly veined, often short but rarely entirely wanting. Tegule most frequently present. Anterior coxe generally elongated ; posterior coxz transverse, contiguous, extending from the sides of the body. Tibize ichenie or foliaceous. Tarsi 3-jointed, generally spined. This is one of the most extensive of the homopterous families, well represented in North America, and comprises some of the most curious and interesting forms to be found among insects. The family may be divided into ten subfamilies, recognizable by the aid of the following table : TABLE OF SUBFAMILIES. Wings when at rest not lying perpendicular in repose. ..............0 02-0000. 2: Wings when at rest lying perpendicular i repose, External border of elytra without transverse, parallel nervures ............... SUBFAMILY I. ACANONIINZ. External border of elytra with transverse, parallel nervures. Vertex not separated from the frons by a transverse keel, or greatly prolonged into a point beyond the eyes ; clavus at apex usually obtuse and usually confounded with the corium............ SUBFAMILY II, FLATIN 2. Vertex very short, front part narrow or generally rounded before the eyes, separated from the frons by a transverse keel ; clavus at apex acute, PET BMGE ED aly tde «5m Scie! =a°s a’ giccavn 9g SUBFAMILY III. RICANIINZE. i} ve tN ee Frons separated from the cheeks by a sharp margin. Chypeuswithamanginal- keels..." tivsonineroe stetogier ares Clee rice A eet oe Be Clypeus without marginal keels, or when keeled anterior legs dilated. ISO S RSET IC i sraty adh aves) ctalouthacsneren: tenes heraR eee wre ters SUBFAMILY IV. ISSINZE. ees dilated oF foliaceous, “......) .aee nee SUBFAMILY V, CALOSCELIN 4. Head not prolonged beyond the eyes into a distinct cephalic prolongation ; or, if prolonged then the anal area not reticulated..................... Benior nc Head prolonged beyond the eyes into a more or less distinct cephalic prolongation ; or, if not prolonged then the anal area is reticulated. Prothorax notably shorter and narrower than the mesothorax ; elytra usually transparent and much Jonger than the abdomen, seldom corjaceous or JUGS UCCE oes Be aeonsvenrhy atic SUBFAMILY VI. DICTIOPHARIN 2. Prothorax and mesothorax forming a rhomb nearly as long as broad ; elytra ISM AMLV AIL OLINY.. “raicie cts even - Ror Marginal area with normal transverse veins. Longitudinal veins of wings much forked, with two regular series of transverse veins toward apex, joining the apical......... G. 5. Porchazia, A. et S. Longitudinal veins of wings rarely forked, with two series of irregular transverse oe at eRe oe ee ae G. 6. Tarundia, S:il. 4 Longitudinal veins rarely emitting a forked vein from base of areole, the fis: forked Spacek crete G. 7. Armacia, Stal. Wings nearly two and a half times longer than broad, apex subtruncate ; marginal area with narrow transverse veins ; frons as broad as eee Seah weacee ef Bladina, Stil. Wings circular, half as long as broad, apex broadly Bet ty ; marginal area with broad transverse veins. veins, remote.... before the base ; transverse veins very rare wm Wings vitreous, transverse veins remote.... patie of oak § G. 9. Nagodina, Stal. W'ngs opaque, transverse veins very numerous .,.......G. 10. Wutina, Stal. a > ian SUBFAMILY IV. ISSINZE. TABLE OF GENERA, Wings much shortened, not reaching the tip of abdomen, or rudimentary ; the tivstvel jovdoyehiicesk BAe Noma am Emoctaee pee Oop BAOE anon arAlat stoaeyares Sb aes 4. Wings not unusually shortened, complete. isleeral proline Oe eo BIAS dos ea dn) BOAADRA rT Chon et Sanne iia Cae b mcs: Bt Heaal truncated, before the eyes not or scarcely prominent ; wings strongly de- cumbent. Posterior tibiae with three spines........ afspabe halen ie eee heir 90 208 Shier eres 2. Posterior tibize with two spines. Costa before the middle or anteriorly beneath, very distinctly dilated : interior ulnar vein simple, exterior ulnar vein and the radial vein near the base, forked ; vertex smooth... G. 1. Hysteropterum, A. et S. Costa simple beneath towards the base, excepting a very obsolete dilation ; wings behind the apex of the clavus oblique, very obtusely rounded, the interior ulnar vein nearly simple ; first joint of posterior tarsi short G. 2. Falcidius, Stal. Thorax at base slightly and broadly sinuated. Wings vitreous, regularly reticulated, obtusely rounded at apex ; costa dilated, membrane of costa with transverse veins, ulnar vein in the inenidkallls: Git qyalloren, stop eral 5 6 Geiss Meni cite oleae G. 3. Nezthus, Stal. Wings at apex very slightly deeply angulately emarginated or incised, and rarely with transverse veins, not reticulated ; the vein of the anal area Hoydkeel?e iohKaoere Mabey ini ollos Guibeormypyxessclo 58 saee. Seaecoonc G. 4. Thionia, S:al. Wings at apex entire; frons and clypeus lying nearly in the same plane, the frons somewhat reclining and slightly reflexed G. 5. Issus, Fabr. 2 Vertex very short, sublunate, anterior margin strongly carinated ; froms rounded, prominent, the central plate almost circular, flattened and very much raised above the surrounding area, exterior margins strongly carinate, curving con- formable with the central plate. Pronotum longer than the vertex, lunate, bluntly curved on anterior margin, posterior margin deeply sinuated. Hem- elytra long and narrow, a little obliquely rounded at tip, costal and sutural marvins nearly straight ee eer Coan Aphelonema ns Uihilens Vertex subquadrate, deeply scooped out, anterior angles rectangular with bound- ing keels high, anterior margin arched in the centre ; frons longer than wide, sides convexly curved, middle keel extends 21/, its length downwards. Pron- otum acutely triangulay, extending forward almost to front line of eyes, deeply emarginated behind. Hemelytra long and narrow, vitreous, hispid, regularly parabolic on the costal margin, from the base to the inner apical angle, the inner margin straight ; field with a net-work of large rounded areoles ; costal area obliterated . ... LB)?! G. 7. Dictyonissus, Uhler. Abdomen distinctly compressed ; costa remote from the margin ; anterior tibia longer than the femo;a and trochanters together. . G. 8. Tyiana, Stal: _3 Costa occupying the same margin, beneath anteriorly or before the middle, dilated; po-t rior tibize wih one spine _.. at G. 9. Mycterodus, Spinola, 4 Wings tailed, apical angle of the commissural produced, slightly curving upwards; clavus not attaining the apex of the wing. Costa dilated, remote from the margin, dilated part with transverse veins, not inflexed ; posterior tibize with EWES DINGS Walia act! ssvsrs 2) OOF cis tg tor ear yaea G. 10. Conosimus, Mulsant. ay Vertex before the eyes, produced. Wings very much shortened, truncated ; frontal disk largely elevated ; thorax anteriorly produced beyond the middle of the eyes............20+ sseeeee G. 11. Peltonotus, Mulsant. Wings oblong, apex extending somewhat beyond the abdomen ; frontal disk not or very slightly elevated ; thorax produced to the middle of the eyes ...... G. 12. Ommatiotus, Spinola. Vertex before the eyes, not prominent ; body cylindrical ; wings much shorter than abdomen. Frons and vertex forming an obtuse angle, very gradually produced towards apex ; clypeus large, towards the horizontal portion largely inflexed. G. 13. Bruchomorpha, Newman. Frons prolonged, globularly enlarged at apex.......... G. 14. Naso, Fitch. SuBFAMILY V. CALOSCELINZ. TABLE OF GENERA. Posterior tibize with more than three spines, multispinous...........-...2.00++ 2. Posterior tibiae with not more than three spines. Anterior legs strongly dilated, foliaceous. Posterior tibice with-one-spine 52.1.4. cone. 0 -- G. 1. Caloscelis, Laporte. . Posterior tibize with three spines. Lateral margins of. vertex sdilated, -elevatedit..- 4; 1.62 5.5 ne eee G. 2. Elasmoscelis, Spinola. Lateral margins of vertex not dilated, not elevated .................- G, 3.. acusa, stale Anterior femora and tibize somewhat dilated. Head before the eyes prominent ; frons elevated, compressed ; posterior tibize With: tWOrspiNEs.). eeisasl 46h as: be elenee G, 4. Lophops, Spinola. 2 Clypeus much longer than its breadth at base ; legs long or somewhat lengthened. Head with a very distinct callosity behind the eyes; anterior femora and tibiz slightly compressed, dilated......... Bee eect ce G. 5. Almana, Stal, Head without or scarcely with a callosity Hepind the eyes ; anterior femora alone compressed, body broadly oval ; head somewhat triangularly produced.. .. G. 6. Orgerius, Stal. Clypeus a little longer than its breadth at base, legs short, anterior legs com- 150s PA eee aces wae itis Mr ictide loci bi God ots G. 7. Risius; Stal: [TO BE CONTINUED.] 1 Change of Name, In Proc. Cal. Acad., 2nd Series, Vol. 1, issued June 5th, 1888, I described a new genus and species of N. A. Scarabzeidze under the name of Anoplognatho Dunnianus but now finding this to be already in use I desire to substitute that of Aphonides Dunniana. Je J. RIVERS, University of California, Oct. 23, 1888. 2 7 ge ‘ Samiti A New Species of Euphanessa. By ANNIE TRUMBULL SLOSSON. Euphanessa meridiana, n. sp. I have been familiar for two or three years, in South Florida, with the insect to which I give the above name. I thought, at first, that it might be merely a southern variety of £. mendica, Walk., but am now confident, after careful study and comparison, that it is a different species. It is uniformly smaller than mendica, none of my specimens exceeding .g inch in expanse. ‘The anterior wings are longer and narrower pro- portionately than in mendica, outer margin more oblique, and they are of a deeper ochreous tint, sometimes almost orange. The two rows of dusky, semi-transparent spots are quite different in appearance and ar- rangement. The outer row is composed of very small separate spots, which never coalesce ; it is a mere dotted line, very regular in its course, with none of the blotchy unevenness of the same line in mendica. The inner row has only three spots, a large one in discal cell, and two much smaller, which are nearer the base and inner margin. Secondaries con- colorous and immaculate. My description is comparative, rather than scientific, but will, I think, serve to identify the insect for all who know our common northern species. I have found this moth at Charlotte Harbor, Tampa, and Winter Park, but no farther north. I know nothing as yet of the larva. 4 Note on Zeuzera pyrina. By ASK. GRore. In reference to Mr. Graef’s interesting article (Enro, AMERICANA, Vol. IV, p. 162) I would state that I did not include Zeuzera escult (pyrina) in my list, because I believed its occurence to be quite accidental. I believe @scu/i and pyrina to be synonyms for the European species. With regard to canadensis, I do not think, from Herrich- Schiffer’s figure, that it is a Zeuzera ; certainly it is not escul. I have never seen the species. It is not yet certain that scudi breeds in North America. The specimens observed may have been imported, as larve or pupe, in wood. If it were indigenous to North America it would surely have been taken before this; the fact, that in Morris’ Synopsis, pyrina is credited to North America, is probably due to an original mis- take in the habitat. I have alluded elsewhere to the chance finding of a specimen of e@scu/i in Hoboken and I thought at the time, that it must "2 oe have been imported, either purposely or accidentally. The question is now, whether escudi breeds with us, as for instance the Asiatic Philosamia cynthia does. Whichever way this question is answered I am disposed to believe that its occurrence in North America originally will be found to be due to a comparatively recent importation. “2+ --<_—_- Epitor oF ENtoMoLoGicA AMERICANA. Dear Sir :—After a knowledge of Mr. Grote’s criticisms of my lo- cation of my genus Cera/hosia, in Ento. Am., and afterwards in the Can, Ento., I sent a specimen of the species to Mr. H. B. Moeschler, the well- known European Lepidopterist, requesting him to give me, for publica- tion, his opinion of the family location of the genus. Mr. Moeschler writes me under date Sept. 28th,—‘‘To-day I received the parcel con- taining the two moths. I have examined them and, there is no doubt, you are right ; this species belongs to the Archide, as the costal nervule is not derived from the base of the hind wings, but from the discoidal cell; this characteristic separating the Arct#ide and Lithostide from the Nocturde, which have this nervule derived from the base of the wing, only a little connected with the fore edge of the cell. Ido not doubt this species is an Arcfid nearly allied to Devopera and Emydia.” Under date’ Sept. 30th, Mr. Moeschler again wrote me:—‘‘I re- ceived Enro. Americana, No. 6, to-day, and it was with great interest I read yours and Mr. Grote’s paper on Cerathosia tricolor, Sm. If Mr. Grote had looked into ‘Lederer’s Noctuinen Europa’s,’ he could read, page 2, ‘sie (die Noc/uinen) unterscheiden sich von den Lithosiden (incl. Noda, Sarrothripa und Nycfeolz,) und Arciiden durch die bei diesen aus der Mitte oder */, des Vorderrandes der Mittelzelle entspringenden Rippe 8 der Hinterfliigel.’ Mr. Grote would have spared much effort to prove something not existing, by reasons which are not of any vaiue, if he had- remembered the only important characteristic separating the Lithoside and Arciide from the Nocfuide. 1am much surprised that so distingu sh- ed a writer as Mr. Grote, could omit so important a characteristic, but— the systematic position of the genera of the so-called Zygenide in hs New Check List, is sufficient to prove, that Mr. Grote’s systematic views are sometimes more than singular !’’—Seeing the specimens of C. ¢ricolor, my first thought was, that it is a genus very closely allied to Devopeva ( Utetheisa) and Lmydia, and | should have been much surprised if an exact examination had given another result.” So far as I am concerned, this closes the matter, except for the paper now in the hands of the printer, for the Proc. U. S. National Museum. Washington, D. C., Oct. 78, 1888. Joun B. Smirn. a ON NORTH AMERICAN TINEID. By Wn. BEuTrENMULLER. Tinea seminolella, n. sp. Head, thorax and palpi, deep fuscous. Primaries, fuscous, covered with deep fuscous scales, without any markings, except an indistinct blackish discal spot with 2 paler margin. Leys, body, secondaries and wings beneath, fuscous. Expanse, 17 mm. 1 QO. Coll, W. B. Hab.—Central Florida. Acrolophus plumifrontellus, Clem. The undescribed © of this species differs from the h. Cilia olivaceous, as is also the underside of the wings. Expanse, 9 mm. 1 Q. Coll. W. B. Hab.—Central Florida, May, 1887. Cosmopteryx minutella, n. sp. Head deep brown with three fine white stripes ; (scales abraded on the thorax); palpi white with a few brown scales ; legs ochreous annulated with brown. Primaries deep brown with two fine white basal streaks ; one running along the costa for a short distance, then gradually bending downward and running along the subcosta to about the basal third ; the second streak runs along the fold to nearly the middle of the wing ; a third white streak begins below the fold about the basal third and becomes orange yellow as it reaches the very broad transverse band of the same hue; on the internal margin of the band are two violet-hued silvery spots; the one below the costa is limited by a conspicuous black discal spot ; before the external margin of the band which is prolonged into an angle, is a costal and dorsal, violet-hued silvery spot; beginning at the angle of the band is a fine white stripe reaching the extreme apex of the wing. Secondaries and wings beneath fuscous. Expanse, 7 mm. Bee Bool. (Wak, Hab.—Central Florida. Some Studies of the Development of Lixus concavus, Say, and L. macer, Leconz/e. By F. M. Wesster. Concerning the habits and transformations of the twenty-five species of the genus Zzvus, inhabiting North America, North of Mexico, very little appears to have been learned ; the limited information we possess relating exclusively to but three species. From the fact that adults of Zevus rudel/us, Rand, have, on two oc- casions, been observed in considerable numbers clinging to the blossoms and leaves of an aquatic plant, Polygonum amphibium, this insect is sus- pected of infesting that plant, the theory being strengthened somewhat by the fact that Z. paraplecticus, an European species. breeds in the stems of Sium, or Water Parsnip. (Rep’t Com. Agr., 1870, p. 71.) The larve of another European species, Z. angustfatus, is said to mine in the stalks of beans. Lixus parcus, a native of California, is said by Prof. Riley to form galls in the stems of Amelanchier. (Proc. Ent. Soc, Wash., Vol. I, p. 33.) A single short notice, printed in 1866, by Mr. Townend Glover, contains all the published information we have respecting the life-history of concavus. Mr. Glover states that he observed the female beetle ‘‘bur- rowing into the foot-stalks of rhubarb, or pie-plant, and there depositing a single egg in each hole.” The observer failed to rear the young, how- ever, as the litter died in a few davs, as soon as the stalks became with- ered. (Rep’t Com. Agr., 1865, p. go.) Of the early stages of macer, we likewise have but little published information. Prof. Riley reared it in 1872 from Chenopodium hybridum, but the girdling habit of the larvae was not observed by him. (Loc. Cit.) Mr. D. W. Coquillett, in a short article published in 1883, (Can. Ent., Vol. XV, p. 113), states that on July 13th, 1881, near Woodstock, Mc- Henry County, Illinois, he observed a female of this species busily engag- el in gnawing holes in the stems ofa green Helanthus grosseserratus, or Wild Sun-flower. There were several holes in the stem, and in each he found one or two ezgs, of an elliptic ovoid form, polished, pale yellow, an 1 measuring about two and one-fourth mm. in length. In the stems of other similar weeds growing near by, he found several recently hatched larve. Stems of the same species of weed were examined during the Summer, and larve in different stages of their growth were observed: Sometimes two or three in the same plant. Late in October, pieces of these stems, from one and a half to three feet long, were found lying about on the ground, evidently having been gnawed off from within, excepting =o the thin, outer bark, which had apparently been broken by the wind. These pieces contained a larva, evidently of the same species as those previously observed ; and similar larvae, but no pup, were observed in the prostrate stems, on the 25th of the following April. From these ob-. servations, Mr. Coquillett opined that the beetles deposited their eggs in mid summer; the larvae, hatching in a few days, reached their full growth in three or four months, and, hibernating in the stems in that stage, chang- ed to pup early the following Summer, emerging as adults soon after. At the time Mr. Coquillett was making these observations, we, in dn adjoining County of the same State, were similarly engaged, although as ignorant of his studies as he was of ours. However, with the exception of securing more facts relative to the mode of oviposition, and the number of eggs, and the grouping of the egg chambers, we did not materially im- prove upon his observations, as afterwards published. In Northern Illinois, where we always found macer to be the most common species of Zzxuws, concavus seldom occured in our collections. In Central [linois, in 1882 and 1883, we found the latter to be the more abundant species, while the former was seldom observed. We were more surprised to here observe concavus ovipositing in the stems of Helianthus, exactly as we had observed its congener do in the Northern part of the State. | The female, of either species, in depositing her eggs, first places her- self, head downward, upon the stalk in which she intends to oviposit, and, without, moving the feet, commences a series of backward and for- ward movements of the rostrum, gouging out a narrow channel, varying from three-fourths to about an inch in length, penetrating through the woody portion of the stem to the pith. This channel is not clean cut, but is, when finished, filled with matted fibre, not detached and not easily removed. From near the upper end of this channel, the female next ex- cavatés a burrow, of the diameter of her rostrum, directly into the pith, for a considerable distance; thence upward as far as she can reach. While we have never observed the sexes 7 coifu, nor the placing of the egg, the male is almost invariably present 7 sz/w, and we have often interrupted the female in the midst of her work, and found an egg partly in place in the stem. These observations leave little room for doubt that the eggs are fecundated just prior to the act of oviposition, and dropped by the female at the mouth of the burrow, being afterwards pushed in place by aid of her rostrum. Wherever there was good evidence of the nidus having been com- pleted, we have always found a second chamber or burrow, at the lower extremity of the channel also, but not extending far enough upward to come in contact with the upper. In each of these chambers we have —13— always found two eggs; the first at the upper extremity, and fastened by some adhesive substance on the egg itself. Back of this egg, a piece of pith seems to be shoved in, to aid in holding it in place, and to hold it from the second egg, which is placed directly behind this, and frequently, but not always, a piece of pith is placed behind the latter also. While it “might be too much to say that the invariable number of eggs is two, in each chamber, and that there are always two chambers connected with each channel, with a single exception we have found this to be the case. In the exceptional case, there was a channel fully twice the ordinary length, and four chambers connected with it ; the second and third, how- ever, being much more distantly placed than the first from the second, or the third from the fourth. Just why so much method should be followed in this arrangement, it is difficult to understand. Possibly the female may comprehend that were she to place herself in a reverse position on the plant, the chambers would extend downward and a drop of water or dew, on its way downward on the outside of the stem, might penetrate the latter and destroy the eggs, the young larve, or even the entire plant. As it is, the chamber extends upward, and, besides, the gum, which exudes from the plant, collects in the mass of fibres in the channel, and as this gum hardens it tends to seal the whole entrance. The secret of the number of egg chambers, per each channel, may lie in that the latter is as Jong as the female can make it without changing her position, as, with the weight of the male added to her own, moving about would prove too laborious. With two eggs in each chamber, there need be no con- flict among the young larva, as one can work upward and the other downward ; the only chance for a conflict here being, that the lower one of the upper chamber might come in contact with the uppermost larvae of the lower chamber. ‘They are certainly not quarrelsome, however, as we have taken thirteen full grown larve from a section of Helianthus only about as many inches in length. The egg of Zzvus concavus is oblong-oval, smooth, of a very light yellow color, 1.5 mm. long, and 1 mm. in diameter. As to the time required for these eggs to hatch, after being deposited, I have no exact data, but think Mr. Coquillett’s opinion respecting those of Z. macer, would apply to concavus also, as my own observations in- dicate that the period covers only a few days. In the latitude of LaFayette, Indiana, the eggs are deposited during July and early in August, the larvae becoming full grown by the 2oth of October. In the stems of the plant, these larvae are rather contracted, and remain, when quiet, in a somewhat curved position, being then only about 18 mm. in length. —tI4-—- The extended larva is 21 to 23 mm. long, of a nearly white color; head, smaller than first segment of body, somewhat oblong, slightly narrowed anteriorly, brown, with inverted Y mark, and sutures at base of mandibles, white ; at the juncture of the two branches of the Y mark, is a crescent shaped, white space, thickly blotched with brown ; the concave side of this space is downward, and the branches of the Y mark, in a measure, form its outline ; front depressed between branches of Y mark with a narrow, straight dark line, extending from their confluence to near frontal suture, lower margin strongly ridged. On each side of this dark line are three setigerous depressions, and there are several longer seta on the sides and vertex. Antenne rudimentary. Just above each of these is a setigerous puncture, and again just above these is a small semi-trans- lucent spot. Eyes wanting. Mouth parts, light brown; mandibles darker, stout, concave on inner side, bifid at tip, the lower portion being ‘shorter and more curved, with a small, broad tooth on inner margin. Body, wrinkled, increasing from head to third segment, then decreasing to fifth, sixth to eighth equal, ninth larger, tenth still larger, eleventh smaller, twelfth much smaller, sub-convex and cypeiform behind, with anal aperture in center of disc. The first ten segments are divided above by two transverse wrinkles, forming two long and one short transverse folds on each, the latter being placed anteriorly. The eleventh segment has but one wrinkle, and the twelfth none at all. The first segment is larger than the head, with light brown patch resembling a cervical shield, which is divided by a median, lineal white line, and, bearing on front and posterior margins, a transverse row of short bristles. There is also a cluster of four bristles at each end of the cervical shield, and between it and the spiracle ; on the second fold are two, small, light brown patches, divided by a dorsal, white line, each patch bearing a single bristle. ‘The second segment has also a transverse row of bristles, and besides there is also one placed singly on each side of a slight, medial depression. Seg- ments three to eighth with similar row of small bristles only, the ninth having a single bristle on each side of the fold near the middle of the back. The tenth segment has a row of larger bristies, and two on each side of fold. On the eleventh, the bristles are still longer, and inclined to form clusters at the sides, near the spiracles. On twelfih segment, the bristles form a semi-circular clusier. On each segment, except the second and twelfth, is a double row of obtuse, yellowish pustules, placed just below the spiracles, each bearing a few, short, scattering bristles. Between these rows of pustules is a deep, lateral groove, and, where this crosses the segmental wrinkle, a deep, quadrangular fossa is produced. Beneath, the feet are wanting, and their place supplied by pust- —I15— ules, upon each of which are eighth ambulatory sete, one of the number being somewhat isolated and near the middle of the segment. On all twelve segments are four, short setze, placed in pairs each side of the middle ; those on the thoracic segments being between the isolated setae, just indicated. The pup average 16 mm. in length. In the female, the rostrum reaches considerably beyond the base of anterior femora, while in the male it extends very little beyond. On the rostrum, head and thorax are a few, sparsely placed bristles. Beneath, the nine segments are smooth, distinctly separated, and with a few short bristles. Above, the first segment is smooth, with ex- ception of the scutellar turbucle; the second is smooth, but on the third, fourth and fifth, each, is a transverse row of fleshy spines, ending with chitinous points, and placed near the posterior margins of the seg- ments. On the sixth, the spines are larger and almost dactyliform, being placed on a transverse, fleshy ridge. On the seventh segment, this ridge assumes a comb-like appearance, and is divided at middle, and on each of the parts thus constituted are five fleshy spines, all much. larger and longer than any on the preceeding segments. The eighth segment is nearly vertical, unarmed, but slightly wrinkled and con- spicuously setigerous. The ninth segment is nearly horizontal below and opposite the eighth, or curled under, as it may be called. This is armed with two, widely. separated proleg-like appendages, each ter- minating in a stout, chitinous hook, with the point turned directly backward. Abdomen, slightly broadest at third and fourth segments. The spines above described are doubtless to enable the pupa to push itself into a position favorable to the escape of the adult, which, within the stems of the plants, must be well nigh helpless. When full grown, the larve girdle the stems from within, at ir- regular intervals, much as does the larve of Lv/aphidion within the twigs of oak, hickory and other trees, except that only the thin outer bark is left intact, to be broken off by the winds; the object being to give the larva time to withdraw into its burrow and plug up the open- ing. In proof of this the ends of the stems are filled with fibrous matter, taken from within the stem. Doubtless this girdling is done during a calm time, else the wind would surprise the larva with its work but half finished, but how it obtains a knowledge of the state of the weather outside, is a problem. Notwithstanding all their precautions in filling the cavities at the ends of the stems, they are far from safe in their woody abodes, as, while protecting them from enemies of their own kind, even the thick pees 5 walls are no protection from the cruel beak of the wood-pecker, and hundreds of these larvee are dragged from their Winter-quarters to satisfy the insatiable greed of these*birds. The stems of the plant are not girdled by the larve until the former are quite dead, and hence, the plant is not materially affected, and sections are not to be found scattered about on the ground much before October. Asa rule, concavus, and probably macer also, hibernate in the larval stage, but the former, at least, sometimes live over in the adult stage, as we have elsewhere shown to be true of another species of Curcuhonide (Rept Com. Agr., 1886,), whose transformations are quite similar in point of time. I have found adults of comcavus, on December 4th, and again in April of the following year, while in May I could find only larvae. I have found healthy larve in stems dug out of ice and frozen snow in January, and found them during the four months following, but have never been able to ascertain the time re- quired in which to pass the pupe stage, or the exact season during which this takes place, but opine that it will prove to be late in May and dur- ing June. My examples of the pupz were from stems containing larvee, kept in-doors. These transformed in January, and the pup period occupied only a few days. I have found larve only in Hehanthus and have repeatedly ob- served the adults feeding upon the foliage. In a single instance I ob- served a female ovipositing in S7/phium, or Rosin weed, and it is quite probable that they may be found in the stems of other, similar plants, besides Chenopodium, as observed by Prof. Riley. I have not studied the larvae of macer enough to find a ready distinction between them and concavus. They are usually more slender and less wrinkled, but it 1s doubtful 1f this holds true in all classes. The pupz are more slender, and the rostrum and anterior femora are much longer, and these afford a good basis of separation. The knowledge which I have obtained regarding the habits of both these species, would indicate a closer relationship between the two, than now accorded them, but much more remains to be learned of their habits in other localities, and, especially where both are common, if such a place can be found, before the question of relationship can be satisfactorily settled ; and it is with a hope of inciting such researches that these notes are given. —17— Notes upon the Habit of Pleocoma. By J. J. Rivers. (University of California.) It is known that the autumn rain, when copious, makes the P/eocoma season and during the latter part of last week from the r4th to the 17th of November there was a rain-fall of five inches. The 18th was a fine Pleocoma day with warmth and sunshine. 1 visited well-known haunts of P. Behrensz but without reward. I found some burrows that had the correct look of a beetle tunnel but my tools were unequal to a proper investigation. ‘lhe same day, meeting a friend, I was informed he had a ‘*bug” for me that was drowned in a pool, formed by the heavy rain. This proved to be a large male of P. Behrenst. Mr. Oscar Baron found that P. fambriada took wing in the rain, which observation is new. ° ‘The late Dr. J. L. Leconte, in a letter some years ago, told me to try for the capture of Pleocoma by the means of artificial light in the night time. ‘his method was not credited by some of my confreres because the general experience had been to find them flying in the day time and usually on the first fine day following the first heavy rain of the season. But the ex- perience of Mr. Oscar Baron again steps in and corroborates Dr. J. L. Leconte’s account of the habit of flying by night. Mr. Baron occupied. a tent during a rain-storm in November, 1887, and while taking his evening meal was surprised by a visitation of a number of P. fimbriata entering his tent, charging upon his light and extinguishing it and then falling into his soup—thus becoming an unruly visitor. These observations go to show that the habit of Pleocoma is not strictly diurnal, nor is it nocturnal. but that their habit is to travel both by day and night and that, too, either in the sunshine or in the rain. November 21st, 1888. OO“ _—+<_—___— A New Pleocoma. By J. J. Rivers. (University of California.) This insect through the form of its antennz shows a special affinity with two others of the genus and these three possessing fundamental correlated characters naturally come together as asa specialised section, The three referred to are P. Rickseckert, P. fimbriafa and the one now - to be described. The new one is most like P. Rickseckerv. Pleocoma puncticollis, n. sp. Broadly oval, shining black, fimbriate with long black hair, having a tendency to rustiness. Head small, eyes large, clypeal horn reflexed bifurcate or deeply =r emarginate, the apices being obtuse: vertex with horn only impressed at tip and scarcely emarginate, face of horn flat and granulated ; genz have the front margins straight with their apices obtuse or truncate. Antennze stouter than in the allies, the 3rd joint being longer than the 4th and 5th combined, the 6th transverse, com- pressed on the upper part from which proceed several short setae, the 7th joint trans- verse with longer and more numerous sete, the 8th joint shorter and much narrower than the 11th, the 9th and 1oth being nearly equal and longest. The color of the Jamellate portion dull brown. Thorax twice as wide as long and wider than the elytra at their juncture ; hind angles prominent, sides arcuate, front angles rounded; on the front margin orizinates a median channel intercepted by a bold swelling on the discal area ; there are also slight depressions at the side aad front margins; the whole area of the thorax is coarsely and closely punctured (almost rugosely punctate). Elytra of the usual form but the whole surface is smooth and shining, the geminate striz being represented by rows of punctures at wide intervals and the general sculpt- ure is of the faintest kmd. The legs and abdominal surface clothed with long black hair, having a slight rustiness of tone. One specimen. Length, 26 mm. Collected in November by G. W. Dunn in the Cuyamaca Mts., 8 miles from Julian, Cal. P. punchcollis differs from P. Rickseckert by the former being heavily punctured all over the disc of the thorax, while in the latter the same part is sparsely and lightly punctured; there is also the same amount of difference between the sculpturing of the elytra of the two but inversely, the surfaces of P. punchcollis being smooth while in P. Rickseckert they are ornamented with wrinkled elevations. +> -+<_ —__—__- North American Microlepidoptera. By Pror. C. H.. FERNALD. (Amherst, Mass.) Tortrix citrana, n. sp. Expanse of wings, 20 mm. Head, palpi, thorax and fore wings, cinnamon brown, varying somewhat in different specimens. The palpi are porrect, compressed laterally, and the last joint is short and blunt. The thorax has a very small tuft be- hind which is tipped with terruginous. The fore wings are crossed by an oblique, dark brown band which arises from the middle of the costa and the outer edge ends near the anal angle while the inner side becomes diffuse and shades the basal portion of the wing below the subcostal more or less completely. A triangular brown spot rests on the outer fourth of the costa. The surface of the wing, when viewed obliquely appears to be crossed by-a large series of irregular stripes of lead-colored scales. The terminal line is dark brown when present, and “the fringes are cinnamon brown. Hind wings white, tinged with steel-gray on the anal portion. Underside of the body and wings, pale yellowish. Bred from Orange in California, by Mr. Coquillett. I have also seen one from the leaves of Solidago and one from Willow, all from Cah fornia. —19— Book Notice. An Introduction to Entomology, By JoHN HENry Comstock, Ithaca, N. Y., 1888. Published by the author. Part I, pp. I to VI and 1 to 234, ff. 201. This book, so far as it goes, fills one of the spaces so long left vacant by American writers. It presents in a form, suitable for use in the class-room, the essential parts of Insect Anatomy and even goes further, and lays the basis for an ability to continue independant and original observation. Not only to the student in the class-room is it valuable however—it had missed a large field of usefulness else—but also to the enterprising young man or boy with an intense longing to know something about general Insect structure, but without money to buy a library or access to any large Public Library. So far as it goes, it comprises Chapters on the Anatomy and Metamorphoses of Insects, the general or Ordinal Classification, and the Classification of the Thysanura, Pseudoneuroplera. Orthoptera, Physopoda, Hemiptera and Neuropiera. ‘\he general plan throughout is to give at once a tabular or synoptic statement of the classification, and then in a somewhat more elaborate manner to define all the divisions so far as within the scope of the work. These synoptic or tabular statements constitute one of the most useful and unique portions of the work, and in this alone Prof. Comstock’s book will be entitled to the highest commendation. It is really what it pretends to be,—au Introductory work, in which any one interested can obtain a knowledge of the general classification of Insects. The adoption of the more simple of the ordinal divisions, deserves com- mendation. ‘The more, as the minute and complex divisions of some of bur more modern Authors are sufficiently indicated. Taken as a whole, it is by far the most practical and generally useful work that has been published in America. But while thus emphatic and sincere in its praise, we cannot forbear to call attention to what we consider im- perfections which can perhaps be obviated in the other parts of the work. “The description of the anatomical details is somewhat unnecessarily dry ; the subject might have been made somewhat more interesting and attractive to the individual student. A more serious objection is to the illustrations : some of the original drawings are undeniably poor. In some, even those showing anatomical details, the artist, by close line shading, has made the drawing very obscure, where the simple outline would not only have answered the purpose better but would have printed more clearly. The lettering and numbering of details are often indistinct where the greatest clearness would seem to be indicated. Few of the original illustrations are of a really high character. While we are glad to see that Prof. Comstock has very largely restricted the use of the 20 special terms (caudad, ventrad, &c.), proposed by Prof. Wilder, we think their omission in some of the cases where used would have been of decided advantage: for instance, on page 10, he says ‘‘ The gen@ or cheeks are the lateral portion of the epicranium, which are usually ventrad of the eyes and caudad of the mandibles.” Would it not have been just as accurate, just as scientific, and much more intelligible to have located them ée/ow the eyes and dehind the mandibles? We really cannot see the advantage of the unnecessary use of unusual and ultra- technical terms in an Introductory work. With these small faultfind- ings, we most heartily reeommend the book to all students of Entomo- logy, old or young. . Washington, D. C. Joun B. Smiru. ee Books and Pamphlets received during Oct. and Nov., 1888. October. Prairie Farmer, Oct. 1888. Proc. Amer. Ass’n for Adv. of Science, Vol. XXXVI, 1887. West American Scientist, May, 1888. Ottawa Naturalist, April and June, 1888. Review of Species of Pleocoma, by Dr. Geo. H. Horn. Obs. on Corn Insects, by F. M. Webster. Report on Insects of ‘the Season in Iowa, by H. M. Osborn. Journal Trenton Nat. Hist. Society, No. 3. Journal of Cinn. Society of Nat. History, Vol. II, Nos. 2 and 3 Canadian Naturalist, Vol. XX, Nos. to and 11. Hawk Moths of North America, by A. R. Grote. Le Naturaliste Canadienne, Vol. XVIII, No. 3 Naturae novitates, Nos. 17 to 20. Correspondenzblatt des Entomologischen Vereins ‘‘Tris’”’? zu Dresden, Vol. V. Horae Societatis Entomologicae Rossicae, Vol. XXI. , Bulletin de la Société entomologique Suisse, Vol. VIIT; No. Comptes-rendus de Séances de Ja Société entomologique de Balsttces Nos. 1— Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Kéniglichen zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, Vol. XXX VIII, Nos. I and 2. Bulletin de la Société Imperiale des Naturalistes de Moscow, Nos. 1 and 2, 1888. November. Prairie Farmer, November, 1888. Naturae novitates, Nos. 16 and 21. Ottawa Naturalist, September and October, 1888. Preliminary List of Myriapoda of Arkansas, by Chas. H. Bollman. 18th Annual Report of Entomoloyical Society of Ontario, 1887. Entomologiske medelleser udgivne of Entomologisk forening, ved Fr. Meinert, Copenhagen, 1888. Comptes-rendus de la Société Entomologique de Belgique, No. 104, Introduction to Entomology by Prof. J. Henry Comstock, Part I. Trans. Amer. Ento. Socicty of Phil., Vol. XV, Nos. 2 and 3. Proc. of Acad. of Nat. Sciences of P nila. rf Part 2, 1888. Psyche, No. 149 and 150. Report of Prof. Riley, U. S. Entomologist, for 1887. Journal N. Y. Microscopical Society, Vol. VI, No. 4 Bulletin 2 and 4 of Experiment Station of College of Agriculture, University of Minnesota. Annales del Museo Nacional, Republica de Costa Rica, Part I, 1888. R. T. PEARSALL, Lzdrarian. | 70 @ AMERIGANA VOL. V. BROOKLYN, FEBRUARY, 1889. NO. 2. Glee A GENERIC SYNOPSIS OF THE FULGORIDE-. By Wm. H. AsHMmeap. {Continued from p. 6.] (Famty I. FULGORIDZ. ) SuBFAMILY VI. DICTYOPHARINZ. TABLE OF GENERA, Head as broad as the prothorax, arcuated before... ..G. 1. Cladypha, A. et S. Head narrower than the prothorax. Elytra with small and quadrangular cells of the same size ; head rather small, roy thavor eal! OVS Oi eich al ty ARERR CaaS G. 2. Pterodictya, Burm. Elytra with forked nervures and elongated cells, less numerous at their basal half; head more or less prelonged beyond the eyes. Elytra not separated into two parts by an elevated line................... 2. Elytra divided into two parts by an elevated, transverse line.!.............. G. 3. Dichoptera, Spinola. 2 Elytra with basal cells somewhat elongated beyond the middle, followed by three rows of very small cells, narrow and arranged in a concentric half circle...... G. 4. Lappida, A. et S. Elytra with the discoidal flap with an infinite number of anastomosing veins or ramifications, extending in all directions and distributing into an infinite number of cellules of different shape....... G. 5. Plegmatoptera, Spinola. Elytra not having three rows of cells arranged in a concentric circle at their ex- tremity. Cephalic prolongation in a pointed or subcylindric cone ; vertex narrow........ G. 6. Dictyophara, Germar. Cephalic prolongation but slightly longer than wide, rounded before ; vertex lance mal temeniaGeLtede deties)42, ake ci.biaae os G. 7. Monopsis, Spinola. Cephalic prolongation long and slender ; head with a distinct callosity behind the eyes ; vertex with the lateral margins slightly dilated................. G. 8. Scolops, Germar. SuBFAMILY VII. FULGORINZ. TABLE OF GENERA. Head: with ai cephalic: prolompation >... ..ee.« cies unre SURO oot ee 30 Head without a cephalic prolongation. Head broad without a longitudinal keel on the vertex ..............00 00000: 2. Head very narrow with a longitudinal keel on the vertex. Mesothorax with three regular longitudinal keels, of which the two lateral ones are curved and united at the anterior margin ; frons broad, feebly keeled. . G.1. Aphana, Guer. Mesothorax without keels ; elytra very large, one or more times longer than tne Dod yeu .cteta sis bed toleveinoee aces See one G. 2. Phenax, Germar. 2 Head cut straight before the eyes ; a spine above each eye ; frons nearly vertical VAY WaeAe Ole eK) Ga uebwnosgease! HobddeooSS G. 3. Hypepa, Stil. Head curved before ; no spine above the eyes. Elytra opaque their whole length ; last dorsal segment not covering the extremity Obtheabdomensinithen@ mei, sar asee seis eens G. 4. Piocera, Laporte. Elytra coriaceous at the base only, last dorsal segment. covering the extremity of thejabdomeninithes©) Wri) series G. 3. Calyptoproctus, Spinola. Frons nearly horizontal, divided into three not very distinct facets : second joint Ofantennge sphericalisa. see. seer G. 6. Homalocephala, Spinola. 3 Cheeks without a spine or tubercle anteriorly qeme 4-5 oes ceisler 4- Cheeks with a spine or tubercle anteriorly. Cephalic protuberance horizontally directed before, inflated and vesiculose..... G. 7. Laternaria, Stil. Cephalic protuberance not at all inflated or vesiculose ; protuberance suddenly Enlanced waits extremity mieten ieria tee G. 8. Phrictus, Spinola. 4 Vertex twice the breadth of the rounded eyes. Protuberance insensibly narrowing from the base to the apex ................. G. 9. Enchophora, Spinola. Vertex much broader than the eyes; protuberance long, rounded or sub- tetragonal. Cheeks at apex before the eyes truncated ; frons at apex slightly sinuate, with two or three longitudinal keels ; feet slender, scutellum slightly keeled ; protuberance more or less curved..............-- G. 10, Fulgora, Linn. Cheeks at apex before the eyes rounded or subtruncately rounded ; frons at apex deeply sinuate ; scutellum not keeled ; protuberance straight.............. G. 11. Pyrops, Spinola. Vertex very broad, both sides of frons at apex lobate, above the lobe upwards, more or less enlarged, Fifth dorsal plate of the abdomen operculiform, forming a covering for the fol- LOWANOMSEP IMENT si. caret genet steele eee ene ate G. 12, Episcius, Spinola. Fifth dorsal plate of abdomen of ordinary form..... G. 13. Dilobura, Spinola. SUBFAMILY VIII. CIXIINZ. TABLE OF GikiB Es: A Ocelli 2 ; vein of clavus not reaching to the apex, or united with the commissural margin near the apex, Last joint of the rostrum elongated, last joint of posterior tibize elongated. Head narrower than the thorax. SOI CLES a Cy CUS meee) CC cary cretcalpaiclet stad icg, lelratetsi efeuaqelei a tei Tribe I. ACHILINI. Sides of clypeus not keeled; thorax with three keels.................... Tribe If. TROPIDUCHINI. Last joint of the rostrum short or very short. Head sometimes not narrewer than the thorax ; thorax not keeled or with one Obsoleteulceelamerut sed ott og vos uecetnanie wicceeaiie.e moe Tribe III. DERBINI. B Ocelli most frequently 3, the third ocellus on the apex of the frons and seldom wanting ; vein of clavus reaching to the apex, or united with the suture of thenclaviisgucamithevape xn. von scsi ieee racemes et Tribe IV. CIXIINI. Tribe I. ACHILINI. TABLE Of GENERA, Anterior tibiz about equal to the femora and trochanters united, or somewhat shorter, Posterior tibize with one spine or without spines, Head and thorax of equal breadth ........... G.1. Plectoderes, Spinola. Head narrower than the thorax. Vertex short, transverse, not or scarcely prominent before the eyes, or con- fused with the trons ; posterior tibize with one spine. Vertex distinct, anterior margin obtusely rounded or angulated ; thorax LWiGe;dssbroadtasnthe Meade, asm. ase G, 2. Achilus, Kirby. Vertex, before the eyes, distinctly produced. Eyes subrotund, beneath scarcely sinuate; wings with elongate areas be- fore the apical areas; trons narrowed upwards.................. G. 3. Helicoptera, A. et S. Tribe I. TROPIDUCHINI. TABLE OF GENERA, Vertex truncate at base ; thorax slightly and broadly roundedly sinuated at base. . 4. Vertex emarginated at base ; thorax posteriorly angularly emarginated. Radial vein forked before the middle or near the base of the wings........... ge Radial vein of wings simple or behind the middle of wings, or at least much longer at the base than the forked interior ulnar vein. Wings oval, convex, horny, sprinkled with dense, depressed granules, obsoletely EINE bee ee eee TC aictera ak aoc) ccios sd tera ee eG G. 1. Grynia, Stil. Wings membranous, distinctly veined. Head depressed ; frons subhorizontal; wings with a series of strongly oblique transverse veins, extending straight posteriorly and outwardly tastheyapexsor therclavus 2) i «mane anaes G. 2. Tambina, Stal. Frons more or less reclining, never horizontal ; anterior tibize equal in length to the femora and trochanters united or somewhat shorter. Lateral margins of clypeus distinctly keeled ; veins of clavus united very much ees REUTER ie Act vines acd an) es uss Vidg.yy | aja’ ae sg ladle e+ detieies os re Lateral margins of clypeus obtuse, sometimes slightly keeled at base ; wings ex- tending much beyond apex of abdomen. Wings with a double series of transverse veins toward apex, exterior ulnar vein simple. —24— Head short, somewhat prominent before the eyes ; vertex arcuate, very short ; frons not keeled, with two longitudinal impressions ; sides of clypeus slightly keeled at base ; veins of clavus united before the middle ........ G. 3. -Rudia, Stale Head moderately produced before the eyes ; vertex produced ; frons distinctly keeled-; costa remote from margin, sending out numerous transverse MEEVULESS . x.< sty teers ta OED ee ee G. 4. Numcia, Stal. 2 Anterior tibize somewhat longer than the femora and trochanters united ; head short, somewhat prominent before the eyes, obtuse ; frons somewhat convexly reflexed at base, also without a keel at base ; sides of clypeus obtusely sub- carinated. Head very slightly prominent before the eyes .. ... G. 5. Clardea, Signoret- Head very much produced before the eyes .... G. 6. Conchoptera, Stal. Wings subelongated, scarcely enlarged toward apex ; frons with a median keel, obliterated towards the base .... ......... G. 7. Isporisa, Stal. Wings toward apex gradually, greatly enlarged ; frons without a keel....... G. 8. Paricana, Stal. Exterior margin of wing all greatly rounded ; radial vein forked nearer to the base than to the interior ulnar vein, emitting oblique branches ..... REM rico G. 9. Alcestis, Stal. Costal margin of wing scarcely or slightly rounded ; the radial and interior ulnar veins very much alike forked from base, without branches, costa remote from margin and emitting numerous transverse veins ; frons with one or three keels. Head very greatly triangularly produced..... ....... G. 10. Daradax, Stal. Head slightly prominent before the eyes, obture....G. 11. Tropiduchus, Stal. 4 Body broad, oval, depressed ; wings depressed, slightly horny, reaching somewhat beyondithe apex) of abdomenhm ase aoe meee eee G. 12. Gastrina, Stil. v2 Tribe IH. DERBINI. TABLE OF GENERA. Hegdaniztrower tha the thoraxe: 220 hos occ tet sn serie ee sere eee eeiere lene ae eere 2: Meadsandithorax of equal’ breadth) (eo eh ce. -eereeyo errs G. 1. Fescennia, Stal. Antenne with appendages at base ; last joint of rostrum twice longer than broad. . G. 2. Otiocera, Kirby. te Antennz without appendages. Second antennal joint oblong or elongated, apex with a sinus above............ 3. Second antennal joint of variable length, subglobose or elongated, apex without a sinus above. Antennz remote from clypeus, inserted close to the eyes or behind the inferior part of the cheeks. Wings from within behind the clavus, dilated, rather long, obliquely roundedly truncate at apex ; clypeus somewhat longer than the frons, narrow, with keels ; scutellum with three keelS................. G. 3. Flaccia, Stal. Wings from within behind the clavus not enlarged. Head before the eyes strongly produced.............. G. 4. Persis, Stal. Antennz inserted on the inferior part of the cheeks near the clypeus. Head before the eyes very slightly prominent, compressed..............-. G. 5. Phenice, Westwood. Head before the eyes greatly produced.............. G. 6. Halcita, Stal. —25— 3 Wings very broad at the middle, narrowed behind the middle. Second antennal joint suboblong or somewhat elongated............0...000055 G. 7. Mysidia, Westwood. Second antennal joint short, tuberculate with a dorsal seta...............-.4.- G. 8. Ceuchrea, Westwood. Wings not so broad in the middle. Second antennal joint elongated, sublinear, compressed, slightly obliquely truncate at apex, setigerous ; head compressed, subtriangular, with two keels ; frons subrostrate, rostrum straight ; eyes prominent, sublunate..... G.g. Anotia, Kirby. Tribe IV. CIXIINI. TABLE OF GENERA. Posterior tibize with one or three spines. Head with three triangular or transversely quadrangular facets................ 2. Head without facets, prominent. Vertex pentagonal, angularly grooved posteriorly or sinuately curved ; frons almost a right angle, twice longer than wide, high at its apex. Elytra enlarged behind the clavus, covering one another ; posterior tibiz with Onersmallespine imithe middle, My. wereleeerree ee G. 1. Cixidia, Fieber. Elytra of equal breadth, posteriorly rounded not dilated ; posterior tibize with HMIGCERS IMCS aetrinietete ni tieire eis si. ase ig ehevess «7 G. 2, Ommatissus, Fieber. 2 Wings broadly triangular behind, trilobed at their exterior margin near the flexible SUUUTTIRE oe Be 8 Sac Ray ey a G. 3. Trirhacus, Fieber. Wings not lobed at their posterior border, feebly curved ; pronotum strongly, sub- angularly incised posteriorly. MESONGHUM with tOKeeNWeEels races. sce, seals asia ce G. 4. Cixius, Latreille. Mesonotum with five keels. Vertex elongate pentagonal; frons with the median keel simple at apex ; scutellum with the intermediate keel feeble ; posterior tibiae with two GOIN Seed epee eet Gh itelsl aateraicns Grete th Asbo aes wae G. 5. Hyalesthes, Signoret. Vertex more or less broadly pentagonal with sharp ridges ; scutellum with all the keels distinct; posterior tibiz with three spines................- G. 6. Oliarus, Stal. SUBFAMILY IX. DELPHACINZ. TABLE OF GENERA. Antenne of variable length, the second joint longer than the first.............. 2 Antenne long, first joint longer than the second. First antennal joint compressed, somewhat dilated above and below. Anteniomlersidilated, tOlaAGEOUS:,. i). =~ 1 -/)e se eae G.1. Asiraca, Latreille. Anterior legs not dilated, simple. Head as broad as the thorax ; antennze and legs moderate................ G. 2. Areopus, Spinola. Head narrower than thorax ; frons narrow, elongate, narrowed upwards ; AioyKsonnes evaral tyes Kone 1,8 SAO ee CO OEE G. 3. Sparnia, Stal. First antennal joint, subcylindrical, not compressed ; legs long, simple......... G. 4. Hapalomelus, Stil. 2 Antenne greatly lengthened, dilated............... G. 5. Copicerus, Schwarz. Antenne simple, cylindrical or somewhat compressed, (5 — Antenne somewhat shortened, first joint short....... Bria aa asie : | Nesyetel bis (ooops 3. Antenne very long, first joint elongated. Scutellum with 5 keels. Anterior tibiae longer than the femora and trochanters united. Interior ulnar and radial veins of corium of equal length, forked at base..,... G. 6. Hygyops, A. et S. Interior ulnar vein shorter than the radial, the latter forked at base. ... on G7. (\Canyra; Stal. Anterontmbicmsionclas bhememOondim ert ete litl erence G. 8, Livatis, Stal. Ber cadsbroad erathanuthonaxeacieiy- | aaieleieieisistyeereeleiee G. 9. Amblycotis, Stal. Head narrower than thorax or of equal breadth. Bit a MOMVEXN alse ciel ce coc Seutaielapere eee rmreneare chavcteretay iets G. 10. Rhinotettix, Stil. Elytra flat or somewhat flattened. Bostenioritarsisshonter hamster bl bison rivet nsielteei tie ieee eee 8. Posterior tarsi as long as their tibize. Side keels of pronotum oblique, shortened behind...................-..,. 4. Side keels of pronotum attaining the posterior margin, divergent ; frons with a median keel. Vertex a long isosceles triangle, without grooves or fovez, with a median keel extending from one extremity to the other, prolonged beyond the eyes nearly half their length ; clypeus with a median keel; basal an- tennal joint about one-third the length of second, thick,’° cylindrical ; posterior tibize with two spines........ G. 11. Tropidocephala, Stil. Vertex elongated, quadrangular, more or less prolonged before the eyes ; frons with a median keel biforked on the vertex ; clypeus with a sharp median keel; basal antennal joint cylindrical, somewhat compressed, two-thirds the length of second which is cylindrical...............- ‘ G. 12, Megamelus, Fieber. 4 Frons with two distinct keels, or else feeble above or nearly effaced, or more or less lonelyspeduncleditowardiclypeuss.e tees ene eee ieee eee 6. Frons with one distinct median keel, entire or shortened, often scarcely visible. Frons with the apex of vertex forming an obtuse angle; vertex pentagonal, short, as long as wide at the base ; pronotum short, half as long as wide at the base , pronotum short, half as long as the vertex with a median keel ; side keels robust when with short elytra, feeble when with elytra well de- ni(cle) 91200 eee IRR celle Gere cds 6 G. 13. Delphacinus, Fieber. Frons at apex and vertex at apex, truncated ; vertex quadrate or elongated nearly trapezoidal. Vertex a short isosceles triangle, or transversely quadrangular slightly passing Nh i ee ou! POS TGS oniod CoO Donon NRO SoedoM geet 5. Vertex quadrangular, elongated or trapezoidal, twice as long as wide, passing nearly half or more than half its length before the eyes; first posterior tarsal joint much longer than 2 and 3 united, joints 1 and 2 deeply ex- cised at the apex, their lobes straight. Vertex elongated, trapezoidal, visibly wider at the nape of the neck than at the apex ; frons elongated nearly hexagonal, widest about the middle Oniatthesapicalisthirdejyecry. esate ete G. 14. Chlorion, Ficber. 5 Frons with keel entire or forked only at the apex. ). 5... ..0.2 J. seeks ons meee G. 15. Delphax, Fabr. (= Liburnia, Stal.) —27— . Frons and vertex straight at the apex ; vertex quadrate ; elytra clear in their two forms, but also black or brown when they are short, sometimes fringed with HLTMIE Sy Beer ol bere 6 Ga De alc /O naib DRIES Ohld 0 OE: LOS OC CO OM OtIOn La Cire ona E Gi 6 Frons and vertex obtusely angular at apex, sides elevated at the base, pressed against the eyes at apex ; head seen from the side short, cone-shaped ; vertex before pentagonal ; body short and black, even as are the elytra which are coriaceous, Frons with two sharp keels curved outwardly, approaching very close and con- verging at the apex, slightly separated from each other at the clypeus which TICOMVExnaM GewtHOUb KGS alsin. ies cileitere Ve G. 16. Jassidzus, Fieber. Frons with feeble traces of 2 keels, more distinct in the Q, very rarely found in the + ____——_- Chambers’ Corrections to his paper on the Illustrations of the Neuration of the wings of American Tineidz.* By Wm. BrEUTENMULLER. The following corrections were written in pencil by the late V. T. Chambers on the margins of the plates of a copy of the above named paper which he presented to Mr. Henry Edwards, to whom I am in- debted for allowing me to make use of these unpublished notes. fig. 4.—Hind wing ought to have dotted line through the cell. fig. 5.—Omits furcation of apical branch of fore wing.—In the hind wing the submedian is too short and the costal and apical half of the subcostal are omitted. fig. 7.—Fore wing ought to have one more median branch. fig. 9.—Has one more marginal vein than it ought to have. fig. ro.—Hind wing wants one more branch of the subcostal—the Ist branch. fg. 73.—Hind wing wants one median branch. fig. 2z.—Has one median marginal branch too many in the one wing and one too few subcosto-marginal branches, and the hind wing lacks the dotted line through the disc. fig. 23.—Has one median marginal vein too many in the fore wing. fg. 25.—Hind wing omits dotted line through cell. 4g. 26.—Fore wing ought to have one more median branch. fig. 27.—Fore wing wants one discal branch. Fig. 29.—Hind wing should have the median vein furcate on the margin. fig. 37.—Fore wing omits fold. Hind wing a little too wide. Fig. 33.—Subcostal wants its branch to the hind margin, Fig. 36.—Are not confident as to the furcation of the apical veins. Hind wing has one vein too many. * Journ. Cin. Soc. Nat. Hist., Vol. Il, pp. 194-199. 1880. yeas 38— fig. 37.—Hind wing ought to have the first discal branch dotted through the wing. ? Lig. 41.—E. concolorella does not agree with mounted specimens so labeled (improperly ?). Should have the apical branch near to the subcostal and a dotted indistinct median branch in place of the distinct one which should be nearer to the subcostal. lig. 43.—Discal branch of wings ought to be furcate. : Fig. 45.—Hind wing instead of five marginal should have four, one of them fureate. fg. 54.—Onmits furcation of apical branch of fore wings. Fig. §5.—Should have one more submedian branch in fore wings. Fig. 56.—Not strictly accurate. Hind wing has the discal branch much too distinct. Pig. 57.—¥ore wings should be caudate and the subcostal ought to be bent down to the median instead of vce versa. Fig, 42. 1 ed) Descriptions of some Lepidopterous Larve. By Wm. BEUTENMULLFR. Drepanodes arcuata, Walk. Head small, pale yellow with two transverse brown bands. Body above, bright green. Along the dorsal region from the 5th to the last segment reddish brown, marked with yellow, and limited on the subdorsal by a deep brown broken stripe which is sometimes quite obsolete and sometimes absent. On each of the 2nd and 3rd segments two prominent yellow tubercles tipped with reddish brown, and at the base at the outer side of each a small black wart. On the 5th segment are also two prominent tubercles which are wanting in some individuals. Anal segment provided with a short brown process covered with short bristles. Body beneath sordid white. Legs green. Over the body are scattered a number of small yellow piliferous spots each bearing a short white hair. Length about 23 mm. Foot plant, White Birch (efula alba). Lives singly on the upper surface of leaf on a white silken web slightly drawing the leaf together. Spins a thin cocoon between leaves. September. Agrotis pitychrous, Gr. Head shiny, pale brown, mouth parts pitchy black. Body sordid white, semi- translucent, with three equidistant chalky white stripes along each side, and one along the dorsum. Spiracles black. Cervical shield dirty white. Body below wholly sordid white, semitranslucent. Legs concolorous to the body. Length 36 mm. Feeds on various species of maritime grasses. July. Phycis rubrifasciella, Pack. Head chestnut brown, mouth parts pitchy black. Body above dirty green with two rows of minute black piliferous spots on each side, and all bearing a short light brown hair. Spiracles black. Underside of body same color as above. Length, 16 mm. | Lives singly in a pyriform case made of frass between the terminal leaves of the branches of A/vrica certfera. Phoxopteris spirezfoliana, Cl. Head small, yellowish green, with small black spot on each side of the anterior portion, mouth parts pitchy black. Body yellowish green with two rows of piliferous spots of the same color along the dorsal region, and two rows on each side. Under- side same color as above. Length, 10 mm. Food plant, Spiraw opulifolia (Nine Bark). Draws together the leaf between two veins so as to produce a fold. Double brooded. June and Sept. Hibernates in a cocoon between leaves. Qe Se The habits of Goes and Oncideres. By, M: LE... Eire, On the Palisades near New York Goes pulchra, Hald., was taken by me last season under circumstances that were strikingly suggestive of the habits of Oncideres cingulata, Say, on Carya sp. with large buds, the same that are preferred by the Oncideres, I saw Goes at work on the twigs, cutting through the bark nearly all around (and a little deeper in some places), but very irregularly, not making acleanring. It impressed me that this must be done on purpose to kill the twig, with the intention of ovipositing on it, a well-known fact in regard to the girdler. The male was generally seen gnawing on the endbud of the same twig that the female was girdling, just as we so often see the pair of Oncideres to- gether. When we take into account the wonderful resemblance in color and form between these two, though systematically widely separated species, the likeness is still more remarkable though the Goes is twice the size of the Oncideres. I think this is a fine instance of analogy in protective resemblance, similarity in habits having independently wrought their results in leading both to resemble the same thing, the maculation of the Carya twig. Both seem to live in the larval state for two years ; in 1884, 1886 and 1888 Oncideres was very abundant, while not a single specimen could be found 1885 nor 1887. The species are not found to- gether; the Goes appear in the first days of July and are completely gone before the end of that month, while Ozczderes can not be seen before the last days of August and is abundant throughout September. This oc- currance of Oncideres so late in the season, when few collectors visit the branches of trees, accounts for its rarity in collections and my success in —40— using it largely for exchange. Only Cylleus Robinia, Forst., of the Cerambycid@ has the same season, but is found on the Golden Rod, as is well known. Of the other species of Goes I have taken G. dedilis, Lec., about July tst on Hickory, G. “grina, De Geer, about July 15th on White Oak. The very rare G. /esselafa, Hald., was found by Mr. A. C. Weeks and myself on Staten Island, in July, 1885. We took it by beating over the umbrella the dense 10 inch long shoots on freshly cut Oak-stumps. Only one pair and three single females were secured. —___—_+¢____ A New Spilosoma. By AnnriE TRUMBULL SLOSSON. Spilosoma prima, n. sp. Size of S. virginica, but a stouter insect, body heavier and shorter, scarcely reaching anal angle of secondaries. Primaries sordid white, stained with ochreous, especially along costa and inner margin, and with scattered dots of dark brown. These are arranged almost exactly as in some specimens of the form of /. textor, Harris, known as cuzea and punctata. The dots are much heavier and more distinct on costa, and there is a submarginal line, very plainly indicated, and composed of geminate dots on the venules. Secondaries sordid white. Abdomen thickly clothed with white hairs through which can be seen the yellow of body, with dorsal row of black spots. Palpi, coxee and tibiz very dark smoky brown, almost black. Though this description may seem to differ little from those of other species, the moth itself seems quite distinct. Its peculiar ochreous shad- ing—which makes the insect seem cream-color, almost buff, instead of white—the heavy, stout look, and, above all, the very dark smoky color of coxee and tibize, differing so markedly from the light orange tints in S. virginica, congrua and antigone, give it an appearance quite unlike its nearest kin. Described from 5 ¢\,¥, 1 Q, taken at light in Franconia, N. H., early last June. Books and Pamphlets received during December, 1888. Prairie Farmer, December, 1888. Psyche, Vol. V, Nos. 151 and 152. Synop. of Families and Genera of N. Amer. Diptera, by Prof. S. W. Williston. Canadian Naturalist, Vol. XX, No. 12. Fourth Report on Injurious Insects, by Prof. Lintner, N. Y. State Entomologist. 3ulletin, Nos. 5 and 6, N. Y. State Museum of Nat, History. Le Naturaliste Canadienne, Vol. XVIII, Nos. 5 and 6. Naturae novitates, Nos. 22, 23 and 24. Comptes-rendus de la Société Entomologique de Belgique, No. 105. Boletin de la Academia Nacional de Ciencias eu Cordoba, Argentine Republic, Vol. XXI, Nos. 1 and 2. R. T. PEARSALL, Libyarian. Ca AMERIGANA BOL, AM, BROOKLYN, MARCH, 1889. _ NO. 3. The EPIPASCHIINZ of North America. By Gro. D. Hursr: The Lpipaschine are a group of moths of comparatively few species, but of very wide distribution. A number of species have been described from the United States, several, (and the number is likely to be con- siderably increased), from South America, a number from Australia and New Zealand, and a number more from Hindoostan, altogether about 40 species. The group though small and widely distributed, is nevertheless one of very great interest. ‘Lhe Lpepaschine are separated from the Macrolepidoptera by the presence of three internal veins on hind wings; from the Zor/ricide and Tineide in that none of these internal veins are furcate at the base. From the most of the Zor/ricide@ and Tineid@, as weil as from the Phy- citide and Crambide, in that the lower median vein of the hind wing has no hair pectination ; from the rest of the Pyrahde as well as from all others, by the presence of a membraneous process extending from the basal member of the antennz backwards, sometimes reaching to the abdomen. But while thus having their own peculiarities which separate them from all others, the Ep~epaschine differ widely, almost radically, among themselves. The differences in palpi, maxillary palpi, antennz, antennal process, ocelli, venation, wing vestiture, and armature of the legs are very remarkable. Among the species is at least one with palpi short and porrect, while others have the palpi long, erect, or curved ‘over the head and extended over the thorax like Acro/ophus. Among the species are some in which the maxillary palpi are invisible, in others these organs are 2412 — very prominent. In some the maxillary palpi are single and scaled, in others bilobed at the end, and furnished with long pencils of hair. Among the species are some with the antennz of the male very strongly pectinated, in others there are tufted-pubescent. In some, the antennal process is long, covered with long hairs and scales, in others the process is hardly indicated. In some, there are 12 veins in the fore wings, in others 11 ; in some, the male and female agree in venation, in others they are very widely different. In some the fore wings of the male have a costal fold and a vitreous spot beneath, others have neither. Sometimes vein 1 of the fore wings is furcate at base, sometimes it is not so. Some have the cell of the hind wing very short, others of the usual length ; some species have ocelli, one at least has none. Some have the hind tibiz with two pairs of spurs, one has the end pair only. Some have the tarsi spinulated the whole length, others have them weakly spined at the end. Some have both wings tufted, some the fore wings only. In some the male uncus is hooked, sharp, slender, forked at base, in one species at least, obtuse, scutelliform. Altogether the subfamily covering about two score species gives a pretty wide range of variation, which makes the family a rather difficult one to limit, except by the presence of the unique antennal process. The first American species known were described by Prof. Zeller in Isis, 1848, and for the two species named by him he erected the genus Tetralopha. Afterwards species were described by Clemens, Zeller, Grote, and myself. Mr. Grote first attempted a systematic synopsis of the species, and in the Bulletin of the U. S. Geological Survey, Vol. IV, gave the name Lpipfaschie to the group, determined new genera, and gave figures of venation of the genera, which, corrected, were published in the N. A. Entomologist. Mr. Meyrick has given a synopsis of the species of Australia and New Zealand, and described in that synopsis a number of genera. Those who have endeavored to classify the insects have seemed to differ quite widely as to their affinities, and as a consequence have catalogued them in widely separated positions. Guenée places his g. nus Glossina in the Pyrahdine between Aglossa and Asopia. But Guenée knew the female only. Lederer keeps the genus in the same place calling it S/ericfa, as Glossina was preoccupied, but says he does not know the insects described by Guenée. He, however, has one other species of the Lpipaschiine and describing it as Deulerolyla conspicurlis places it near and above Bots, undoubtedly looking upon it as belonging to the Pyralidine. Mr. Meyrick in his works upon the Microlepidoptera of New Zealand and Australia, discusses the group, calling it ** pz paschiade,” and concludes it should be catalogued at the head of the Pyrahde. Lord, Walsingham, in describing the very pecu'iar species Canodomus hockingi, says that Mr. F. Moore suggested to him that the genus was allied to the European genus Ag/ossa and that he agrees with him. So far every systematist dealing with Australian and East Indian material places the group in the neighborhood of Ag/ossa, and generally all agree that it is very closely akin to that genus. But on the other hand Prof. Zeller regarded Ze/ralopha as a Phycitid. Clemens placed /prpaschia among the Deltoids by mistake, but put the other species he describes under the heading ‘‘ Phycz/es.” Mr. Grote separates the species from the ‘‘ Phycidz,” but places them just before that subfamily, while remarking they have certain affinities to the Gad/- lerud@. These all agree that the Zpcpaschune find their nearest allies in Phyciide. The determinations seem to have been made as the writers had or had not possession of the American, especially the 11-veined species. Without these species the affinities have seemed to be mostly with the Pyralidine. With these, it seems, the systematists could not remove the the group from the Phyciéide. We are not in possession of the East Indian or Australian species, and so are unable to make any statements based upon personal exam- ination of them. But with the descriptions of Mr. Meyrick and Lord Walsingham, and having in our possession probably all the American species, we have, we think, a solution of the systematic difficulty, Mr. Meyrick, in a paper upon the Classification of Australian Pyra- lidina, (\rans. Ent. Soc. Lond., Dec. 1885, p. 421), says, ‘‘I think the Pycidide may be regarded as a development of the Gadleride” ; and again further on, ‘‘The Pyrahdide and Epipaschiade are referable to a common ancestor very little removed, and the same can be said of the Scoparide and Cramlide : whilst the Galleride come from somewhere between these two presumptive ancestors. ” Personally, we fail to see any evidence of a possible development of the Phycitide from the Gallerude, ‘The peculiarities of the PAycztide@ in venation, wing shape, maxillary palpi, labial palpi and antennal struct- ure have no indications in the Ga@lerade; but in all these we have kindred, if not identical developments in the Epizpaschune, At the same time there is in many respects a likeness to the Pyralidine, so that we would connect the PAycitide with the Pyraldime through the Epzpasch- inc ; or perhaps the latter is the ancestral and now nearly obsolete stem, from which in different directions the other two have arisen. The species which the old world furnishes, show a marked relationship to the higher Pyralids, but the American species show even more decided leanings to the Phycrfide, so decided indeed that one is almost forced —44— into joining them as somewhat aberrant members of the same subfamily. Taking the 11-veined American species, almost every peculiarity pos- sessed by them is found among the PAycitide, and even in the antennal process there is an insensible intergradation into what is found in the Phycitide. At is highly probable that too much importance has been given to the possession by these insects of this peculiar antennal process. One ought to be cautious in giving even generic weight to a secondary sexual character, but when there is a gradation from a strong development into the entire lack of the character, relationships should be sought for on other grounds, and if possible in those which like the antennal process are more or less peculiar, viz: the pencil-tufted maxillary palpi, the bitufted antennz, the erect recurved palpi, the cross ridges of scales on wings, the costal fold beneath the fore wings, and the genital armature. Taking all these characteristics we feel certain our American species are very’ nearly related to the Phycitde and that they connect these with the Pyrahidine though much closer to the former than the latter. The points of affinity to the PAycitide are not a few and even in their widest differences the two groups are strongly correllated. In the palpi, antennae, clypeus, ocelli, pencillate maxillary palpi, venation, costal fold, viteous spot, scale ridges and general construction of the genitalia the Z/zpaschine agree with certain of the Phycitide, or, what amounts to quite as much, they do not agree with each other. The points of difference are as follows: rst, the bilobed maxillary palpi; 2nd, the antennal process ; 3rd. the basal tuft on underside of fore wings on inner margin ; 4th, the frenulum, single in s = —129— DERMESTID&. 4 Orphilus. 9541. ater Er. NITIDULID&. Soronia. 9542. schwarzii Ulke. HETEROCERID&. Heterocerus. 9543. americanus Sharp. 9544. vilis Sharp. ELATERID&. Cardiophorus. 9551. nevadensis Blanch. 9545. bifasciatus Blanch. 9552. crinitus Blanch. 9546. coxalis Blanch. 9553- pubescens Blanch. 9547. pullus Blanch. 9554. carbonatus Blanch. 9548. gemnifer Blanch. 9555. seniculus Blanch. 9549. abbreviatus Blanch. 9556. dispar Blanch. 9550. angustatus Blanch. BUPRESTIDZ. Chrysobothris. 9557- costitrons Waterh. MALACHIDZ. Listrus. Dasytes. 9558. punctatus Mots. 9559. catalinz Lec. CIOIDZ. Cis. 9560. tetracentrum Gorh, SCARABAZIDZA. fEgialia. 9571. inquisitus Horn, 9561. rufescens Horn. 9572. wenzelii Horn. rufa || Lec. 9573- leviventris Horn, 9562. blanchardi Horn. 9574. inops Horn. 9563. pusillus Horn. 9575. texanus Har. 9564. opifex Horn. 9576. lecontei Har. Psammodius. 9577. insculptus Horn, 9565. nanus DeGeer. Aphodius. E 9566. hydropichs Horn. 9578. ovipennis Horn. Pleurophorus. 9579. tenuistriatus Horn, 9567. ventralis Horn. 9580. acerbus Horn. Atenius. . 9581. nanus Horn. 9568. californicus Horn. 9582. depressus Kug. ) 9569. cognatus Lec. 9583. rufipes Linn. ~ 9570. strigatus Say. 9584. pumilus Horn. ENTOMOLOGICA AMERICANA. VOL, V. 3 JULY 1889. 9585. 9586. 9587. 9588. 9589. 9590. 9591. 9592. 9593: 9594- 9595: inutilis Horn, luxatus Horn. *parcus Horn. larreze Horn. luteolus Horn. zemulus Horn. haldemani Horn. polttus || Horn. decipiens Horn. gentilis Horn. consociatus Horn. conspersus Horn. Geotrupes. 9596. 9597: ulkei Blanch. hornii Blanch, Pleocoma. 9598. 9599. goo, g6ol. ricksecker1 Horn. conjungens Horn. ulkei Horn. puncticollis Rivers. Lachnosterna. 9602. 9603. g604. 9605. 9606. 9607. 9608. 9609. 9610. 9611. g612. 9613. 9614. 9615. 9616. Statira. 9651. hamata Horn. generosa Horn. preetermissa Horn. clemens Horn, hirtiventris Horn. postrema Horn. inversa Horn. bipartita Horn. vehemens Horn. grandis Smith. dubia Smith. arcuata Smith. insperata Smith. ulkei Smith. quadrata Smith. pluripunctata Horn. 9617 9618. g619. 9620. 9621. 9622. 9623. 9624. 9625. 9626. 9627. 9628. 9629. 9630. 9631. 9632. 9633. 9634. 9635- 9636. 9637. 9638. 9639. 9640. 9641. 9642. 9643. 9644. 9645. 9640. . politula Florn. barda Horn. spreta Horn. nova Smith. infidelis Horn. luctuosa Horn. profunda Blanch. scitula Horn. hornii Smith. . biimpressa Smith. longispina Smith. implicita Horn. innominata Smith. limula Horn. delata Horn. zemula Horn. arcta Horn, vetula Horn. fucata Horn. exorata Horn. ignava Horn, inepta Horn. affabilis Horn. clypeata Horn. integra || Lec. boops Horn. ecostata Horn. antennata Smith. lenis Horn. heterodoxa Horn. tusa Horn. Aphonides Rivers. Anoplognatho || Rivers. 9647 . dunniana Rivers. Stephanucha Burm. 9648. pilipennis Kraatz. CERAMBYCID#., Mecas. 9649. saturnina Lec. CHRYSOMELID. Longitarsus. 9650. nitidellus Cockr. LAGRIIDE. 9652 9653 . opacicollis Horn. . basalis Horn. Mallodrya Horn. 9654. subzenea Horn. Hypulus. 9655. bicinctus Horn. Eustrophus. —131I— MELANDRYIDZ&. 9657. repandus Horn. Holostrophus Horn. 9658. discolor Horn. Orchesia. 9659. ornata Horn. g656. arizonensis Horn. PYTHIDZA. Trimitomerus Horn. 9660. riversii Horn. PYROCHROIDZ. ‘ Pyrochroa. g661. fascicollis Mann, RHYNCHITID&. Auletes. 9662. laticollis Casey. OTIORHYNCHID. Epicerus, 9663. texanus Casey. 9664. sulcatus Casey. Stamoderes. 9665. uniformis Casey. Ophryastes. 9666. shufeldti Casey. 9667. sulcipennis Casey. Eupagoderes. 9668. dunnianus Casey. Sapotes Casey. 9669. puncticollis Casey. Rhigopsis. 9670. scutellata Casey. Amotus Casey. 9671. longisternus Casey. 9672. gracilior Casey. Peritaxia. 9673. perforata Casey. Exomias. : 9674. pellucidus Boh. Amnesia, 9675. granulata Casey. 9676. tesselata Casey. 9677. sculptilis Casey. Nocheles. 9678. vestitus Casey. Miloderes, 9679. setosus Casey. Sciopithes. 9680. significans Casey. 9681. brumalis Casey. 9682. arcuatus Casey. 9683. angustulus Casey. 9684. setosus Casey. Stenoptochus Casey. 9685. inconstans Casey. Orthoptochus Casey. 9686. squmiger Casey. Peritelodes Casey. 9687. obtectus Casey. Peritelinus Casey. 9688. variegatus Casey. Geoderces. 9689. puncticollis Casey. Geodercodes Casey. 9699. latipennis Casey. Aragnomus. 9691. hispidulus Casey. Thinoxenus. g692. nevadensis Casey. Panormus Casey. 9693. setosus Casey. Elissa Casey. 9694. 9695. laticeps Casey. constricta Casey. Pseudelissa Casey. 9696. cinerea Casey. Sitones. 9701. 9702. 9793: 9794. 9795. 9700. 9797- 9708. 9709: 9710. 9711. 9712. 97 33- 9714. O735- 9716. Apion. 9717- extrusus Casey. varians Casey. margaritosus Casey. procerus Casey. occidentalis Casey. eximius Casey. montanus Casey. nebulosus Casey. alternans Casey. osculans Casey. prominens Casey. hispidiceps Casey. angustulus Casey. explicitus Casey. apacheanus Casey. sparsus Casey. lividum Smith. Sciaphilus Sch. 9718. muricatus Fabr. Strophosomus Billb. 9719. coryli Fabr. Macrops. 9720. 9721. 9722. 9723. 9724. indistinetus Dietz. cryptops Dietz. hyperodes Dietz. nevadensis Dietz. erypidioides Dietz. Pityophthorus. 9751- 9752: concentralis Eich. manzanita Sz. Scythropus. 9697. 9695. 9699. 9700. lateralis Casey. ferrugineus Casey. cinereus Casey. crassicornis Casey. CURCULIONIDA. 9725. 9726. 9727. 9728. 97209. 9730. 9731. 9732. 9733- 9734- 9735. 9736. 9737- 9738. 9739- 9740. 9741. 9742. 9743- 9744. 9745. 9746. wickhami Dietz. interpunctatulus Dietz. ulkei Dietz. dorsalis Dietz. tenebrosus Dietz. alternatus Dietz. montanus Dietz. interstitialis Dietz. hornii Dietz. setiger Dietz. subcribratus Dietz. longulus Dietz. rotundicollis Dietz. obscurellus Dietz. imbellis Dietz. hirtellus Dietz. echinatus Dietz. obtectus Dietz. myasellus Dietz. mirabilis Dietz. californicus Dietz. anthracinus Dietz. Otidocephalus. 9747- poeyi Gyll. Cryptorhynchus. 9748, Japathi Linn. Ceutorhynchus. 9749- CALANDRID&. Phlcophagus. 9750. spadix Hbst. SCOLYTID. cyanipennis III. Trypodendron Steph. - 9753: vittigerum [ich. Thysanees. 9754: ficus Sz. —133— BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES. nonymical notes. Blanchard, Ent. Amer., 1887, v. 3, p. 85—88; Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 1885, v. 12, p. 169—172. es of Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 1883, v. 10, p. 3—5 ‘Proc.; ibid., 1886, v. 13, p. 7—13 Proc. 6e Ca, Schwarz, Ent. Amer., 1887, v. 3, p- 13—14. ecies described by Beauvois. Ent. Amer., 1885, v. 1, p. 88—90. G x «“ Bland. Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 1880, v. 8, p- 10—12 Proc. « «Casey, Ent. Amer. 1885.7. 1, p. 108—113. ug ce “ Kirby, Ca. Ent., 1876, v. 8, p. 126—130; 150—151; 166— 170; 190—193. ss « ” « Leconte ¥ Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 1881, v. 9, p. 271—272. ee oe “© Leconte, F.£. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., 1881, v. 9, p. 179—270. by Ce «“ Newman. Ent. Amer., 1885, v. 1, p. 5—9 ; 52. ae us «* Randall. Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., 1875, v. 17, p. 373—385. ee mie «« Walker. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., 1870, ser. 4, v. 6, p. 899—402. as ss “© Ziegler, Ca. Ent., 1885, v. 7, p- 131—132. CICINDELID. ' Monograph. Schaupp, Bull. Br. Ent. Soc., 1883—1884, v. 6, p.- 73—108 ; 121— 126, plates. CARABID-. Anillus. Synoptic table. Worn, Trans, Amer. Ent. Soc., 1888, v. 15, p. Anophthalmus. Synoptic table. Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 1883, v. 10, p. 270—271. Peslathus. Synoptic table. Leconte, Bull. Br. Ent. Soc., 1883, v. 6. p. 49. Lebia. Synoptic table.* Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 1885, v. 12, p. 183—184. ' Agonoderus. Synoptic table. Leconte, Bull. Br. Ent. Soc., 1883, v. 6, p. 53—94. ‘Discoderus. Syyoptic table. Horn, Bull. Br. Ent. Soc., 1883, v. 6, p. 52—53. Stenolophus. «Synoptic table. Leconte, Bull. Br, Ent. Soc., 1883, v. 6, p. 13—15. 26—27. Acupalpus. Synoptic table. Leconte, Bull. Br. Ent. Soc., 1883, v. 6, p. 16. _ Bradycellus. Synoptic table. Leconte, Bull. Br. Ent. Soc., 1883, v. 6, p. 50. int) Tachycellus. Syroptic table, Horn, Bull. Br. Ent. Soc., 1883, v. 6, p. 51—-92. ( Pseudomorpha. Synoptic table. Horn, Bull. Br. Ent. Soc., 1883, v. 6, p. 16, ; Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 1883, v. 10, p. ioe HYDROPHILIDZ. Note. Horn, Ca. Ent., 1885, v. 17, p. 137 —139. t Tropisternus. Aevision. Sharp, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1883, p. 91—117. Limnebius (Limnocharis). Synopsis. Casey, Bull. Cal. Acad. Sci., 1886, v. 2, p. 167—171. q Eeene eee * Incomplete. ENTOMOLOGICA AMERICANA. VOL. V. 4 JULY 1889. —134— SCYDMAENIDZE. Eumicrus. Synoptic table. Casey, Cont. Col., 1884, pt. 2, p. 87. PSELAPHIDE. New species. Casey, Bull. Cal. Acad. Sci., 1887, v. 2, p. 455—482, plate. Corrections. Brendel, Trans, Amer. Ent. Soc., 1887, v. 14, p. 204—208. Synopsis of genera. Brendel, Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis, 1888, v. 5, p. 298— 302. Bryaxis (Reichenbachia). Sywopsis. Casey, Bull. Cal. Acad. Sci., 1886, v. 2, p. 186—195. Trogaster (Oropus). Syopsts. Casey, Bull. Cal. Acad. Sci., 1886, v. 2, p. 196 —201. Thesium. Sywzopsis. Casey, Cont. Col., 1884, pt. 2, p. 117—119. Euplectus. Synopsis. Casey, Cont. Col., 1884, pt. 2, p. 94—117. STAPHYLINIDA. Colusa. Synopsis. Casey, Bull. Cal. Acad. Sci., 1885, v. 1, p. 288—296. Pontomalota. Synopsis. Casey, Bull. Cal. Acad. Sci., 1885, v. 1, p. 296—299. Philonthus. Monograph. Horn, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., 1884, v. 11, p. 117—223. Actobius. /onograph. Worn, Trans. Amer, Ent. Soc., 1884, v. 11, p. 223—234. Cafius. J/onograph. Worn, Trans, Amer. Ent. Soc., 1884, v. 11, p. 234—239. Dianous. Synopsis. Casey, Rev. Stenini, 1884, p. 8—12. Stenus. Syzopsis. Casey, Rev. Stenini, 1884, p. 12—206. Euasthetus. Syzopszs. Casey, Cont. Col., 1884, pt. 1, p. 19—29. Edaphus. Synopsis. Casey, Cont. Col., 1884, pt. 1, p. 29—31. Cryptobium. Syzopsis. Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 1885, v. 12, p. 85—106, plates. Caloderma. Revision. Casey, Bull. Cal. Acaa. Sci., 1886, v. 2, p. 5—12. Melon (Lithocharis). evzston. Casey, Bull. Cal. Acad. Sci., 1886, v. 2, p. 14 — 29, y Lithocharis (Metaxyodonta). Aeviston. Casey, Bull. Cal. Acad. Sci., 1886, v. 2, p. 29—32. Trogophleeus. Reviston. Casey, Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci., 1889, v. 4, p. 322—383. Apocellus, Synopsis. Casey, Cont. Col., 1884, pt. 2, p. 153—161. Amphichroum. Syzopsts. Casey, Bull. Cal. Acad. Sci., 1886, v. 2, p. 285—241. Pelecomalium. Synopsis. Casey, Bull. Cal. Acad. Sci., 1886, v. 2, p. 241—243. Orobanus. Synopsis. Casey, Bull. Cal. Acad. Sci., 1886, v. 2, p. 245—248. TRICHOPTERYGIDE. Synopsis. Matthews, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 1884, v. 11, p. 118—156. COLYDIID. Lasconotus. Syoptic table. Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 1885, v. 12, p. 141 —142. CUCUJIDZE. Revision. Casey, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 1884, v. 11, p. 69—112, plates. —135— ELATERIDZE. Melasis. Synopsis. Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 1886, v. 13) p. 6—8. Tharops. Synopsis. Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 1886, v. 13, p. 8—9. Stethon. Descriptions. Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 1886, v. 13, p. 12—14. Deltometopus. Syzopfsis. Horn, Trans. Amer, Ent. Soc., 1886, v. 13, p. 16—17. Dromezolus. Syzopsis. Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 1886, v. 13, p. 17—23. Fornax. Synopsis. Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 1886, v. 13, p. 24—28. Microrhagus. Syzopfsis. Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 1886, v. 13, p. 29—37. Hypoceelus. Syzopsis. Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 1886, v. 13, p. 44—46. Nematodes. Sywopsis. Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 1886, v. 13, p. 40—44. Phlegon. Syzopsts. Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 1886, v. 13, p. 47—48. Cardiophorus. Syzofsis. Blanchard, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., 1889, v. 16, p. 1—27. Horistonotus. Syzops?s. Uorn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 1884, v. 12, p, 33—41. Esthesopus. Synopsis. Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 1884, v. 12, p. 41—44. Elater. Synoptic table. Leconte, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 1884, v. 12, p. 8—15. Drasterius. Synoptic table. Leconte, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., 1884, v. 12, p. 4— 6. Megapenthes. Synoptic table. Leconte, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., 1884, v. 12, p. 6—8. Ludius. Syxopsis. Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 1884, v. 12, p. 45—49. Agriotes. Synoptic table. Leconte, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., 1884, v. 12, p. 15—19. Eniconyx. Synopsis. Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 1884, v. 12, p. 51—52. Perothops. Synopsis. Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 1886, v. 13, p. 53—54. Cerophytum. Syzopsis. Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 1886, v. 13, p. 50—52. THROSCIDZE. Synopsis. Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 1885, v. 12, p. 198 —208. BUPRESTID. Gyascutus. Synoptic table, Worn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 1883, v. 10, p. 287. Hippomelas. Synoptic table. Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 1883, v. 10, p. 288. Anthaxia. Votes. Casey, Cont. Col., 1884, pt. 2, p. 172—176. Chrysobothris. Monograph. Worn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 1886, v. 13, p. 65— 124, plates. Thrincopyge. Synoptic table. Worn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 1885, v. 12, p. 147. LAMPYRID. Zarhipis. Synoptic table. Worn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 1885. v. 12, p. 148. LUCANID. Platycerus. Sywoptic table, Casey, Bull. Cal. Acad. Sci., 1885, v. 1, p. 332. SCARABAEIDE. Canthon. Sywopsis. Blanchard, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., 1885, v. 12, p. 163—167. Cheridium. Characters. Blanchard, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., 1885, v. 12, p. 170. Phaneus. Sywopfsis. Blanchard, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., 1885, v. 12, p. 167—169. Egialia. Synopsis. Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 1887, v. 14, p. 98 —108. —136— Psammodius. Synopsis. Horn, Trans, Amer. Ent. Soc., 1887, v. 14, p. 92—98. Pleurophorus. Sywopsis. Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 1887, v. 14, p. 90—92. Rhyssemus. Synopsis. Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 1887, v. 14, p. 87—90. Atenius. Synopsis. Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 1887, v. 14, p. 67—86. Dialytes. Synopsis. Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 1887, v.14, p. 65—67. Aphodius. Synopsis. Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 1887, v. 14, p. 2—64. Geotrupes. Synopsis. Blanchard, Psyche, 1888, v. 5, p, 103—110. Glaresis. Descriptions. Worn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 1885, v. 12, p. 117—118. Pleocoma. Synoptic table. Horn, Ent. Amer., 1888, v. 3, p. 233—235. Review, Horn, Trans, Amer, Ent, Soc., 1888, v. 15, p. 1—18, plates. Lachnosterna, Synonymical notes, orn, Ent. Amer., 1887, v. 3, p. 141—145. Reviston, Horn, Trans, Amer, Ent. Soc., 1887, v. 14, p. 209— 296, plates. Notes. Smith, Insect Life, 1888, v. 1, p. 180--185. Descriptions.* Smith, Ent. Amer., 1889, v. 5, p. 93—99. Phytalus. Syxopsis. Horn, Trans, Amer. Ent. Soc., 1885, v. 12, p. 119—128. Anomala. Synopsis. Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent, Soc., 1884, v. 11, p. 157—164. Orizabus. Descriptions. Worn, Trans. Amer, Ent. Soc., 1885, v. 12, p. 124—126. Cremastochilus. Synoptic table.* Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 1885, v. 12, p. 126 —128. CERAMBYCIDZ. Synonymical notes. Gahan, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 1888, v. 14, p. 299—300. Mallodon. Synoptic table. Worn, Bull. Br. Ent. Soc., 1884, v. 7, p. 9—10. Derobrachus. Synoptic table, Leng, Bull. Br. Ent. Soc., 1884, v. 7, p. 11. Prionus. Synoptic table. Leng, Bull. Br. Ent. Soc., 1884, v. 7, p. 57—59. Homesthesis. Syzoptic table. Leng, Bull. Br. Ent. Soc., 1884, v. 7, p, 57—59. Asemum. Synoptic table. Leng, Bull. Br. Ent. Soc., 1884, v. 7, p. 62—63. Criocephalus. Synoptic table, Leng, Bull. Br. Ent. Soc., 1884, v. 7, p. 63—64. Tetropium. Characters, Leng, Bull. Br. Ent. Soc., 1884, v. 7, p. 95—96. Physocnemum. Characters. Leng, Bull. Br. Ent. Soc., 1884, v. 7, p. 97. Hylotrupes. Synoptic table. Leng, Bull. Br. Ent. Soc., 1884, v. 7, p. 98. Phymatodes. Synoptic table. Leng, Bull. Br. Ent. Soc., 1884, v. 7, p. 98—101. Callidium. Synoptic table. Leng, Bull. Br. Ent. Soc., 1884, v. 7, p. 112—113. Xylocrius. Synoptic table. Leng, Bull. Br, Ent. Soc., 1884, v. 7, p. 113 —114. Oeme. Synoptic table. Leng, Bull. Br. Ent. Soc., 1884, v. 7, p. 116. Achryson. Synoptic table. Leng, Bull. Br. Ent. Soc., 1885, v. 7, p. 117. Gracilia. Synoptic table. Leng, Bull. Br. Ent. Soc., 1885, v. 7, p. 118. Brothylus. Synoptic table. Leng, Bull. Br. Ent. Soc., 1885, v. 7, p. 119. Eburia. Synoptic table. Leng, Ent. Amer., 1885, v. 1, p. 28 —29. Romaleum. Synoptic table. Leng, Ent. Amer., 1885, v. 1, p. 29 —31. Notes. Worn, Ent. Amer., 1885, v. 1, p. 130. * Incomplete. —137— Elaphidion. Synoptic table. Leng, Ent. Amer., 1885, v. 1, p. 31—34. Aneflus. Synoptic table. Leng, Ent. Amer., 1885, v. 1, p. 34—35; Horn, ibid., p- 131 133. Compsa. Synoptic table. Leng, Ent. Amer., 1885, v. 1, p. 184-135. Heterachthes. Sywoplic table. Leng, Ent. Amer.. 1885, v. 1, p. 135. Phyton. Characters. Leng, Ent. Amer., 1886, v. 2, p. 28. Obrium. Synoptic table. Leng, Ent. Amer., 1886, v. 2, p. 28. Hybodera. Synoptic table. Wenz, Ent, Amer., 1886, vy. 2, p. 28—29. Callimus. Characfers. Leng, Ent. Amer., 1886, v. 2, p. 29. Molorchus. Synoptic tab/e. Leng, Ent. Amer., 1886, v. 2, p. 30. Callimoxys. Synoptic table. Leng, Ent. Aner., 1886, v. 2, p. 29—30. Rhopalophora. Sywoptic fable. Leng, Ent. Amer., 1886, v. 2, p. 30—31, Elytroleptus. Sywoftic table. Leng, Ent. Amer., 1886, v. 2, p. 31-- 32. Callichroma. Synoptic table. Leng, Ent. Amer., 1886, v. 2, p. 61. Stenaspis. Characters. Leng, Ent. Amer., 1886, v. 2, p. 62. Crioprosopus. Synoptic table. Leng, Ent. Amer., 1886, v. 2, p. 62. Tragidion. Sywoptic table, Leng, Ent. Amer., 1886, v. 2, p. 81. Purpuricenus. Synoptic table, Leng, Ent. Amer., 1886, v. 2, p. 81—82. Metaleptus. S noftic table. Leng, Ent. Amer., 1886, v. 2, p. 82. f&thecerus. Sywoptic table. Leng, Ent. Amer., 1886, v. 2, p. 82. Amannus. Syzoftic table. Leng, Ent. Amer., 1886, v. 2, p. 83. Batyle. Synoptic table. Leng, Ent. Amer., 1886, v. 2, p. 102. Oxoplus. Syzoptic tabde. Horn, Trans. Am. Ent Soc., 1885, v. 12, p. 175 —176; Leng, Ent. Amer., 1886, v. 2, p. 102—108. Tylosis. Sywoptic table. Leng, Ent. Amer., 1886, v. 2, p. 118. Crossidius. Synoptic ‘able. Leng, Ent. Amer., 1886, v. 2, p. 118—119. Stenosphenus. Sywopsis. Horn, Trans. Am, Ent. Soc., 1885, v. 12, p. 177180. Synoptic table. Leng, Ent, Amer., 1887, v. 2, p. 193—194. Cyllene. Synoptic table. Leng, Ent. Amer., 1887, v. 2, p. 195—197. Calloides. Synoptic table, Leng, Ent. Amer., 1887, v. 2, p. 197. Clytus. Syzoptic table. Leng, Ent. Amer., 1887, v. 2, p. 198. Xylotrechus. Syzopsis. Leng, Ent. Amer., 1887, v. 2, p. 198—200; v. 3, p. 4. Neoclytus. Syzopsis. Leng, Ent. Amer., 1887, v. 3, p. 4—8. Clytanthus. Characters, Leng, Ent. Amer., 1887, v. 3, p. 23. Euderces. Synopsis. Leng, Ent. Amer., 1887, v. 3, p. 24; 44. Monilema. Sywopsis. Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 1885, v. 12, p. 180—190. Monohammus. Syzopsis. Horn, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., 1885, v. 12, p. 190—193. Dorcaschema. yuoptic table, Horn, Trans, Am. Ent. Soc., 1885, v. 12, p. 194. Goes. Synoptic table, Worn, Trans. Amer, Ent. Soc., 1885, v. 12, p. 193. Eupogonius. Syzoptic table. Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 1885, v. 12, p. 196. Oncideres. Synoptic table, Horn, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., 1885, v. 12, p. 194—195. Dysphaga. Synoptic table. Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 1885, v. 12, p. 197. ENTOMOLOGICA AMERICANA, VOL, V. 5 JULY 1889. —138— CHRYSOMELID. Chrysochus: Synoptic table. Worn, Trans, Amer. Ent. Soc., 1885, v. 12, p. 156. Graphops (Scelodonta). Syzoptic table. ‘Leconte, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 1834, v. 12, p. 26—27. Halticine. Motes. Jacoby, T:ans, Amer. Ent. Soc., 1888, v. 14, p. 302 —303 ; Horn, ibid., p. 303 304, Microrhopala. Sjofsis. Horn, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., 1883, v. 10, p. 290 - 294. Odontota. Syzopsis. Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc.. 1883, v. 10, p. 294—298. Charistena. Syopfsis. Horn, Trans, Amer. Ent. Soc., 1883, v. 10, p. 298-—299. Octotoma. Descriptions. Horn, Trans. Am, Ent. Soc., 1883, v. 10, p. 299—3800. Stenispa. Synopsis. Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 1883, v. 10, p. 301 —302. BRUCHID&. Zabrotes. Synopsis. Hoin, Trans. Amer, Ent, Soc., 1885, v. 12, p. 156—159. TENEBRIONIDA. Eusattus. Synoptic table. Horn, Trans. Am, Ent. Soc., 1883, v. 10, p. 8304—305. LAGRIIDA. Synopsis. Horn, Trane. Amer. Ent. Soc., 1888, v. 15, p. 28 - 32. MELANDRYID&. Hypulus. Syzopsis. Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 1888, v. 15, p. 39—42. Eustrophus. Syzopsis. Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 1888, v. 15, p. 32—36. Holostrophus. Syzepsis. Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 1888, v. 15, p. 36—37. Orchesia. Synopsis. Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent, Soc., 1888, v. 15, p. 37 —38. PY THIDZ. Pytho. Syzopsis. Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 1888, v. 15, p. 45—46. ANTHICID&. Corphyra. Synopsis. Horn, Trans, Amer. Ent. Soc., 1883, v. 10, p. 8305—316. Notoxus. Syzopsis. Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 1883, v. 10, p. 165—174. Mecynotarsus. Syzopfsis. Horn, Trans. Am, Ent. Soc., 1884, v. 11, p. 175—176. PYROCHROID&. Dendroides. Synopsis. Horn, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., 1888, v. 15, p. 46—48. MELOID. Macrobasis. Synoptic table. Horn, Trans, Am, Ent. Soc., 1885, v. 12, p. 109—110. Tetraonyx. Syzoptic table. Horn, Trans. Am, Ent. Soc., 1885, v. 12, p. 116. Pyrota. Descriptions. Horn, Trans. Amer, Ent. Soc., 1885. v. 12, p. 112—115. Cantharis. S) optic table.* Horn, Trans. Amer, Ent. Soc., 1883, v. 10, p. 311. OTIORHYNCHID. Epicerus. Synoptic table. Casey, Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci., 1888, v. 4, p. 234. Amotus. Synoptic table. Casey, Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci., 1888, v. 4, p. 244. Amnesia. Syzoptic table.* Casey, Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci., 1888, v. 4, p. 247. Sciopithes. Synoptic table.* Casey, Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci., 1888, v. 4, p. 254. Elissa. Synoptic table. Casey, Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci., 1888, v. 4, p. 272. Scythropus. Sjwoptic table.* Casey, Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci., 1888, v. 4, p. 275. CURCULIONID. Apionine. Synopsis. Smith, Trans. Am, Ent. Soc., 1884, v. 11, p. 41—68, plate. Balaninus. Synoptic tab/e. Blanchard, Bull. Br. Ent. Soc., 1884, v. 8, p, 106—108. 7 SCOLYTIDZ. Notes. Schwarz, Ent. Amer., 1886, v. 2, p. 40—42 ; 54—56. * Incomplete. Note on Fornax calceatus Say, and F. Hornii onv., and on Corymbites divaricatus Zec.. and C. crassus Lec. By FREDERICK BLANCHARD. Mr. Chas. Dury has mentioned in Ent. Amer., vol. IV, p. 163, that Fornax Hornii is the Q of calceatus. 1 had not identified the ‘former, but on exhibiting to Dr. Horn a series of cadcea/us, assorted ac- cording to sex, he at once remarked that the Q was what is described as Hornit. The antenne are slender and ‘filiform, in the ( reaching three joints beyond the hind angles of the thorax and as far as the hind cox, but in the Q only extending one j.int behind the thoracic angles; the second joint is mserted beneath the apex of the first so as to be partly hidden from above, when observed from below, however, in the c'; the second, third and fourth. joints appear to be about equal in length, or the third may be a triflelonger; in the Q, the third joint is quite distinctly longer than the second or fourth, and on this difference chiefly, is based the name Horn; the second joint is not really shorter than in the a —143— ably does what is necessary. The station is at New Haven, Conn. Hake). dre, Mi; D., Ph. D., .c..0.2.-. Brookings, Dak. Pee are Vier. HEC WIN, ota 5 <'s.. 2.0 adele. ce aye a ose Newark, Del. Mee NOUNS INGAL sees pn Saye nies oe gma eels +» Lake City, Fla. Beretta ee amp bell eit ee ots a verb ai's sa tines ae Athens, Ga. Illinois—Has no entomologist on the station staff, but Prof. S. A. Forbes, Champaign, Ill., is state entomologist, and Dr. Selim Peabody, director of the Station at Champaign, is an entomo- logist of excellent standing, Merete Us WV CUISECI, oe cicis in ls a8 qe nadie eh eco = Lafayette, Ind. Redo. Getter IMs; Sere oe wn ve vee ee) bce ele Ames, Iowa. Wansas—Edwin A.,Popenoe, A. M.)..........-- Manhattan, Kans. Piet wi. Edarvey, LYS... obs a. as cogn ase 0s Orono Maine. Miassachusetts—Chas. H. Fernald, Ph.'D... 2... ... Amherst, Mass. Michigan—A. J. Cook, M. Sc.,........ Agricultural College, Mich. Arthur B. Cordley, B. S., Pes, ry F Charles B. Cook, B. S., a a ES Minnesota—Otto Lugger, Ph. D.,..,..... St. Anthony Park, Minn. Be lississippi—s. IM Tracey, . 1... 5 y's 5s Agricultural College, Miss. Piissaniie ys We Clarks Bo '5.5. ih. . gh i 5 = cls tees as ine Columbia, Mo. Nebraska —I-awrence Bruner, 2. fois. oe es Lincoln, Nebr. memejersey—jonm br -omithiy:, 232)... i adie ee New Brunswick, N. J. Revo arc]; ale Comstock, B.S. 5 in teen cee ss Ithaca, N. Y. Prof. J. A. Lintner, State entomologist,..Albany, N. Y. @nio— Clarence NM. Weed; B: Sc... 0... je. nee eee. Columbus, Ohio, Sain earoina—G. 1, Atkinson, Ph. B,;. 2.4.0. 5.:. Columbia, S. C. ems VL MPM TATICIS: -to si) atic bivlal. es aged also): College Station, Tex. Tennessee—Henry E. Summers, B. S.,.......... Knoxville, Tenn. Pe crmnont—-c. 4. Perkins, Ph. Diy... oy fae os. See's Burlington, Vt. Virginia—William B. Alwood,.........,.....-.-.- Blacksburg, Va. * From a list published in April number of Psyche. We should be pleased to be kept informed of additions to or changes in this list, and should be pleased also if these gentlemen would send their publications to the Brooklyn Entomological Society so that their works may become known to our members. J. Bos * A * Injurious and other Insects of the State of New York, by J. A. LINTNER, Ph. D., State Entomologist. We have received from the author the Fourth Annual Report. The preceding reports were among the best of their kind published in this country, and have placed Dr. Lintner among the highest as a careful and reliable observer. The present report is a worthy companion to those that have preceded it. It is most excellent in the value of its in- formation, and the methods in which that information is presented. Some thirty species are treated of quite at length, and many brief notes are given. Theauthor, page 44, describes as new, Au/acomerus lulescens, and gives drawings of larva and imago. G2 Det, —144— Society News. At the June (10th, ) meeting of the American Entomological Society, Dr. Horn stated that a professional sister had brought him some small beetles which a patient of hers declares issue from little pustules on her body, each in a little lump of pus. The beetles are Lathriditds and Dr. Horn declared it an utter impossibility not only that they should have developed in the closed pustules but that the beetle could | sustain life in them. It is a case of voluntary or involuntary deception of the physi- cian by the patient, such as one must constantly guard against. Prof. J. B. Smith gave some examples of similar instances of voluntary or involuntary deception prom- inent among which are the many cases of larvee of A77stalis tenax said to have been passed by patients, and one case where a large living Cerambycid larva was said to have been vomited. All these cases, when sifted, leave, as in the spider bite cases, a considerable element of doubt. A discussion was started on the unreliability of lay testimony, in which Drs. Mc. Cook, Skinner and Castle took part, in which were re- lated cases ot spider bites sifted, and a case where a lizard, said to have been living for a long time in the body of a patient, was dissected, and in which were found abundant undigested remains of insects of several orders. Dr. Skinner gave the results of some observations made by Mr. Aaron and him- self on the oviposition of Axgyzn7s and he finds that all observed species drop their eggs while hovering over the food plant, and do not oviposit on leaves. Prof, Smith called attention to the fact that Crzoceris asparagi stridulates, and describes the stridulating organ. The fact is well known in Europe, but has not been noted before in this country. ——“~> -+-<>___—_—_—_- A Curious Deformity in Cychrus. A male specimen of Cychrus nitidicollis Chev., var. brevoortt Lec., collected by Morrison in North Carolina, presents a curious deformity. As shown in the figure, the thorax and base of the elytra are connected by an oval, slightly flattened tubercle rigidly uniting the two, and thus » preventing the normal movements of the thorax. uh G. W. J. ANGELL. ——> + > ______—_- Rhinebeck, N. ¥., June 10, 1889. - Dear Sir :—I noticed in the May number of ‘‘Ent. Amer.” a method of relaxing Lepidoptera by means of alcohol, which I have tried during the past week. I used a bowl with alcohol in the bottom, a wire gauze to hold the specimens, and covered with a plate. It worked well, much better than water, and I found that specimens relaxed better, dried quicker, and were not moulded. I wish to thank you for the suggestion. Harrison G, Dyar. VOL. V. BROOKLYN, AUGUST, 1889. NO. 8. CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARD A MONOGRAPH OF THE NOCTUIDA& OF TEMPERATE NORTH AMERICA: GENUS OLIGIA HUPNER.* By Joun B. Smiru. Genus OLIGIA /ulner. Verzeichniss bek. Schmett. 404. Mr. Grote characterizes the sub-genus Ofgia, as follows ;—‘‘A slight form, allied to Hadena, apparently distinguishable by the more curved divaricate labial palpi. Antenne in the male simple, pubescent beneath. Eyes naked with short black lashes. The thoracic squamation consists of narrow scales. Maxille rather weak. Abdomen linear ; collar broad; thorax crested behind; front broad, exceeded by the palpi. Legs unarmed ; the median spurs of hind tibiz situate without the middle of the joint.” Tothis may be added that the wings are ob- tuse, and that the anal tuft of the male is rather larger than usual. The genus is not a strongly characterized one, and its characters are mostly negative. The species are small in size, closely scaled as a rule, the maculation usually distinct, and the t. p. line always even and a litle outwardly oblique from costa—this latter being rather an unusual] character and distinctive of the genus. Of the species listed in our catalogues those described by Guenée have never before been satisfactorily identified, and several different forms have done duty as Hiibner’s chalcedonta. By careful comparisons of long series of specimens with the descriptions, I have succeeded in definitely fixing the species intended by both Hiibner and Guenée. At the head of this series comes _/esfivordes, distinguished by shorter, comparatively broader primaries, bright color, and large, oblique reni- * See Ento, Amer., vol. V, 105, for introduction to this series. ENTOMOLOGICA AMERICANA, VOL, V. 6 AvuGusT 1889. —146— form, outwardly deeply indented and black marked. In common with the two following species this has a pale apical spot, and a well marked claviform. Chalcedonia is narrower-winged with similar maculation, save that the reniform is smaller, and narrow ; the costal region is also pale as a rule. The secondaries are white, hyalme, in both sexes. £xesa is larger and more robust, more evenly colored; but else very like chalcedonia in maculation. The secondaries are fuscous brown, The other species lack the apical pale spot and the claviform, the type of maculation being otherwise the same. Fuscimacula is a very pretty, evenly colored species, grayish fuscous, the lines broad, pale and well defined, and the ordinary spots dusky. Grata, or rastiis as it is generally named, is red-brown, the median lines narrow and white, renifurm strongly constricted, with a dusky gael above and below. Paginaia is dull, smoky fuscous, the maculation obscure and only the median lines well marked and dark—decidedly different from all allied forms, Versicolor Grt., is known to me in nature, and I have given the de- scription a place next to chalcedonia which it seems most nearly allied to, not having been able to obtain a specimen for study at the time of writing. In synoptic form the species will appear as follows : Apical spot and claviform present. Reniform large, oval, indented outwardly and black marked ; primaries proportion- atebrsshorter and. broader |. 42, sta eaebe vats & ee Coa ae festivoides Narrower winged, reniform smaller and narrow. Size smaller, costa usually discolorous paler, secondaries hyaline, whitish in both Size larger, color more even, secondaries fuscous brown....... ......--- exesa Primaries without claviform or pale apical spot. Ground color yellowish-gray or fuscous, ordinary spots dusky, median lines broad, Pater, Wellidetined (i yi1. fhe. s ik. bic Seemed fine ee tee ae fuscimacula Ground color red-brown, median lines narrow, pale; reniform strongly constricted, with a dusky spot'aboveiand below!)s22 1 dap emc's isn sc ante eee ee eee grata Dull smoky fuscous, maculation obscure ; median lines dark broad...... paginata The species all agree in the general type of male genitalia. In all the harpes (which I have heretofore called the ‘side pieces’—for my term supra-anal plate I shall hereafter use the term wacus,) are elongate, narrow, with a rounded tip, somewhat curved, and broadening suddenly toward base, where the clasper is inserted. This latter is very various in form and will be described with the species. —147— Harpes and claspers of 1.—O. festivoides ; 2.—O. exesa; 3.—O. chalcedonia ; 4.—O. fuscimaculata ; 5.—O. grata. O. festivoides Guen., Noct. 1, 220, Ce/ena, 1852; Grt., Bull. Surv. 6, 261, Oligia ; Wik., Cat. B. Mus., Het. X, 261 (1856), Cedena. Head and thorax carneous gray, collar a rich dark brown. Primaries a fine vinous brown or red, the basal and costal region suffused with carneous gray. T. a. line upright, feebly sinuous, geminate, more or less obliterated by the gray suffusion _ but sometimes very distinct. T. p. line geminate, bent over reniform on costa then straight to internal margin, accompanied by amore or less evident gray shade. Claviform present, small, pale, dark ringed, rarely complete, often entirely obscured, but usually the lower half visible. Reniform rather large, oblique, deeply indented outwardly, pale, the superior portion usually merged into the pale costal shade. Between the reniform and the t. p. line is a black spot, which extends round the in- terior margin of the reniform, and between it and the orbicular to the costal pale shade. A somewhat yellowish apical patch before which there is a darker patch on costa ; from this the irregular, pale, and interrupted s. t. line extends through the darker terminal space. A row of black terminal spots. Secondaries in the male hyaline at base, the veins and outer margins smoky ; in the female smoky, Beneath, primaries glistening, smoky brown, secondaries paler, powdery and with a distinct discal spot. Expands, .88—1.00 inch, = 22—25 mm. Habitat.—Can. to Fla. to Texas, West to the Mississippi. A decidedly variable and yet characteristic species. It is always readily recognizable by the brown collar and the large, oblique reniform, 74. Ba outwardly deeply indented and black marked. There is also more or less black between the ordinary spots. The female is very often quite uniform in color, the markings disappearing in the uniform soft gray tint, and the characteristic reniform alone showing prominently—from this form to the typical strongly marked male all intergrades are present. This is the species most usually marked chalcedonia in collections, and which I have heretofore so determined. I have not seen festivoides identified in collections but am quite certain that this is the species in- tended by Guenée. His description tallies in all points. The wings are comparatively somewhat shorter and_ broader than in the other species. The harpes of the male are as in the other species ; the clasper consists of a moderately long spoon-shaped corneous process with a little acute hook at tip. The species is common throughout the middle states, extending to Texas in the south-west and probably to the Rocky Mountains, though I have seen no specimens from further west than Missouri. . O. chalcedonia Hbn., Eur. Schmett., 404, O/igia; Treit., Eur. Schmett., 1, 74 (1816) Bryophila ; Walk., Cat. B. Mus., Het. X, 262 (1856) Cedena. vincta Wik., Cat. B. Mus., Het., XII, 730, AZiana; Grt., ll. Essay, 44, pr. syn. trresoluta Wik., Cat. B. Mus., Het. XII, 731, Cedena; Grt., Ill. Essay, 45, pr. syn. tracta Grt., Proc. Ac. N. Sci., Phil., 1874, 204, O/igia an var. pr.; Harvey, Bull. Buff. Soc. N. Sci., III, 7, pr. syn.; Grt., Bull. U.S. Geol. and Geog. Surv., VI, 265, (Hadena), an var. pr. arna Gn., Noct. I, 222, (1852) Cedena ; Walk., Cat. B. Mus., Het. X, (1856) 262, Celena; Harv., Bull. Buff. Soc, N. Sci., HI, 7, (Ovigia). Head, thorax and primaries grayish-brown, the costal region of primaries paler, and sometimes head, thorax and basal and costal region of primaries luteous, the re- mainder of wing then of the more usual sober brown. Basal line, when present, geminate ; darker brown—in pale specimens the line is wanting. T. a. line geminate, outwardly oblique and somewhat sinuate, the included space somewhat paler. In pale specimens the line is wanting either in part or entirely, TT. p. line outwardly bent over reniform, then somewhat sinuate, but as a whole outwardly oblique to the hind margin. It is geminate, the iuner line distinct, the outer fainter, sometimes punctitorm, The line is accompanied by a broad, diffuse whitish shade band, most distinctly marked on costa and very variably distinct below that point. Beyond this band the wing is somewhat evenly colored, broken into only by the pale, luteous apical patch, from which starts the more or less obsolete s, t. line which is pale, broken and irregular. Claviform small, pale, oval, very much of a size and form with the orbicular, which is often quite indistinct or even absorbed by the pale shad- ing. Reniform small, oblique, a trifle paler, black ringed. A black mark between it and orbicular and another between it and t. p. line. Secondaries white, hyaline, with margins soiled and smoky. Beneath pale, powdery, with a distinct outer line. Collar with a central, darker transverse line. Expands, .88—1.05 inches. 22—26 mm, Habitat—Md. to Fla., to Texas. —149— A decidedly variable species within certain limits, as to size, macul- ation and color. Sometimes it will be of an almost even dull fuscous brown, the costa but slightly paler, the maculation indefinite; then it will appear with bright distinct markings and even colors, and again with the entire base and costal portion of wing discolorous bright lute- ous, absorbing all the basal maculation. Between these there 1s every shade of variation—in fact scarcely two specimens of the large series be- fore me are even nearly alike. The type form as figured by Hiibner represents a specimen with the costa moderately pale, and otherwise well marked : /racéa Grt., is based on specimens in which the pale shading encroaches still more on the center of the wing, and is simply a somewhat more marked specimen of the type form, while arva Gn., is evidently based on well marked spe- cimens in which the costa is concolorous. Consequently chalcedonia, tracta and arna all refer to the same species—arna perhaps retainable as a poor variety. The genitalia are as to harpes of the usual type. The clasper con- sists of a broad corneous base from which is projected a rather large, sickle-shaped hook. The insect is common in the southern states and finds its centres of greatest abundance in Texas and Florida. Hadena (Oligia) versicolor Grote, Proc. Acad, Nat. Sci., Phil., 1874, p. Bom Can Ents, .1o75, V-.7, pl. 1, fe 1X. «¢ Dark brown with a more or less decided ruddy tinge. Primaries shaded with ochreous along internal margin, and with a well sized distinct deeper ochreous apical patch. Ordinary lines obsolete, whitish, broken by black points on the veins ; the t. p. line emanates from a distinct and large white spot on the costa above the vague reniform, which latter 1s preceded by a distinct black shade on the disk, an evident feature of the ornamentation of the wing. Hind wings uniform pale fuscous, silky ; beneath as above with a discal dot and distinct darker median shade line. Fore wings beneath blackish with traces of the continuation of the median line, paler terminally. Head and collar brownish ; tegulze paler; thoracic crestings tipped with blackish.” Expanse, 20 mm. Habitat—St. Catherine’s, Ontario; N. Y. June. This species I have identified in at least two collections but cannot recollect where. It struck me as a very distinct form, readily recogniz- able from the description and figure. It is perhaps nearest to some forms of arna, but has a hadifus quite different. O. exesa Gn., Noct. 1, 222, (1852), Celena; W)k., Cat. B. Mus., Het. X, 262, (1856) Celena ; Grote in Lists, Hadena § Oligia; Bull. U. S. Geol. and Geog. Surv., VI, 265. Head, thorax and primaries, a rich, somewhat yellowish brown, with the macula- tion distinct. Collar with a darker brown transverse central line. Basal space in- feriorly blackish. T. a. line geminate, dark brown, with a central white line. The —150— line oblique, somewhat convex and slightly sinuate, T.p. line geminate with an outward bend over reniform, below which it is tolerably straight to internal margin. Accompanying the t, p. line is an oblique white shade band not entirely co-incident with the t. p. line. Beyond this line the veins are marked with black scales. At the apex is a paler patch below which the terminal space is irregularly darker brown, and through this the indefinite paler and very irregular s. t. line is traceable; on either side of which are a few irregular black spots, principally beyond the line. Fringes deeper brown. Claviform distinct, narrow ovate, and narrowly ringed with black scales, above which there isa darker, more blackish shade to the ordinary spots. Orbicular small, oval concolorous. Reniform rather large, decidedly oblique, slightly constricted, with a brown central line. A broad black line through cell, in- terrupted by ordinary spots. Secondaries deep fuscous brown. Beneath reddish with brown powderings and a common outer line. Secondaries paler and with a distinct discal dot.—Expands, 1 inch = 26 mm. Habitat —F \orida. A single male specimen from Mr. Gref’s collection ag ess in every particular with Guenée’s description, and forms the type of the fore- going. This species I have never seen named in collections. Mr. Grote refers to it in the 6th Vol. of the Bulletin U. S. Geol. and Geogr Surv., p- 265, as follows: ‘‘I have identified evesa (from Guenée’s description and an outline drawing of his) collected by Mr. Schwarz in Florida.” Since that time I have not seen it referred to, nor do I recollect ever seeing it unnamed in collections. The genitalia are distinctive and more simple than in its allies. The harpes are as usual, long and narrow. ‘The clasper consists of a single, stout and moderately long corneous hook very slightly tapering to the rounded tip. O. fuscimacula Grt., Bull. U. S. Geol. and Geog. Surv., VI, 262, Wadena, ibid., 265, § Oligia. Head, thorax and primaries brown, with a more or less evident, smooth, bluish gray or olivaceous shading. On the primaries the median and terminal space are most evidently brown, the grayish shading usually suffusing the remainder of the wing. Basal half line distinct in most specimens, brown, geminate. TT. a. line gem- inate, included space slightly paler, preceding line faint, often obsolete, following line distinct, narrow, dark ; its course is outwardly oblique from costa, sometimes quite even, sometimes with a single outward curve, and again regularly bisinuate. The t. p. line is also geminate, the préceding line distinct, dark, narrow, the in- cluded space pale, but distinct, the outer line faint, quite usually obsolete. The line makes a large outward bend over reniform but is quite even below. Claviform want- ing. Orbicular small, punctiform, blackish, Reniform moderate in size, oblique, somewhat constricted, dusky. A dusky shade extends below from reniform, rather close to t. p. line, to the internal margin. This shade is very variably distinct in the specimens at hand. The outer portion of the wing becomes darker, and through the inner margin of this dusky shading the slightly sinuate s. t. line is visible. A row of terminal black dots. Fringe concolorous with terminal space. Secondaries smoky fuscous inyboth sexes. Beneath dull fuscous or smoky, with a common darker outer line. —Expands, .88—1.00 inches = 22—25 mm. Habitat—F lorida. ~ —151— There seems very little real variation in this species. All the details are subject to small modification which do not however essentially change the characteristic appearance of the insect. I have seen quite a number of specimens in various collections. The genitalia of the male are distinctive, yet similar in some respects to those of pagina/a. The harpes are as usual in the genus. The clasper is rather long, slender, abruptly bent near tip, the extreme tip dilated somewhat spoon- shaped, in this respect agreeing with pagizafa, From near the base ex- tends a long slender spur which terminates in a long acute tip, and this is distinctive. O. grata Hbn., Zutr., p. 16, No. 36, ff. 71—72, Elaphria ; Verz. bek. Schmett. 230, E/aphria; Grt., Bull. Buff. Soc. N. Sci., II, 22, Caradrina, rasilis Morr., Pr. Bost. Soc. N. H., 1874, v. 17, p. 158, Hadena ; Grt., Can. Ent., VII, 58, pr. syn.;, id. 12, 86; Bull. Buff. Soc. N. Sci., Il, 211, pr. syn.; Bull. B’klyn Ent. Soc., vol. 3, p. 39, pr. syn.; Bull. U.S. Geol. and Geog. Surv., VI, 265, Caradrina. Head, thorax and primaries evenly brown, with faint gray powderings, the veins marked with blackish scales. Primaris with basal line very indefinite, scarcely trace- able, pale. T. a. line narrow, whitish, defined by a few darker scales at each side, evenly oblique outwardly, or slightly curved, rarely somewhat sinuate. T. p. line narrow, white, sinuate, with a slight outward curve over reniform, and a very slight inward curve below. The orbicular is very small, punctiform, consisting of a dusky dot narrowly ringed with whitish. Reniform whitish ringed, narrow, strongly con- stricted in the middle, the bulbous upper and lower portions dusky. S. t. line slightly paler, indefinite, irregularly but not greatly sinuate. The terminal space a trifle paler than ground color, fiinges somewhat darker. Secondaries pale fuscous, whitish in the (/, with a gli-tening reddish tinge. Abdomen of the same hue as secondaries. Beneath both wings powdery, with an outer dusky line and a faint discal dot most distinct on secondaries. Primaries darker, secondaries whitish basally. Expands, .88 -1.00 inches = 22 - 25 mm. Habitat—Md. and south to Fla., Tex., Mo. This species is readily distinguished by the red-brown color and even, narrow, pale median lines. The punctiform orbicular, and con- stricted reniform are also characteristic. The species is not uncommon throughout the southern states. The genitalia are distinctive. ‘The long narrow, and strongly curved harpes are very much as in the allied species. The clasper, aris- ing from a somewhat irregular corneous base, is long, slender, and somewhat twisted, rectangularly bent toward tip, the spur short and ending in a spatulate tip. There has been considerable discussion between Messrs. Morrison and Grote, as to which species Hiibner’s figures really refer. Mr. Mor- rison contends that they refer to Zieniocampa oviduca Gn., and Mr. Grote sees in them the present species. Careful examination of the figure —152— Jeaves it in doubt, with the probabilities in favor of Mr. Morrison’s being right. There is, however, quite as much justice in referring the figure to the present species, and this is done because oviduca is everywhere well known under that name while the present species is much less common and well known. As in one or two other instances it is im- possible now to be certain what species Hiibner had before him, and unless we prefer to carry unidentified names on our catalogue we must make at least an approximate identification. O. paginata Morr., Pr. Ac. N. Sci., Phil., 1875, v. 27, p. 64, Hadena; Grt. Bull. Surv,, 6, 261, Hadena, ‘*Expanse, 24mm. Length of body 9mm. Abdomen smooth and untufted. Form slight. Habitus and markings of H. vasé/is Morr., and H, chalcedonia Hiibn. Ground color of anterior wings uniform gray, the markings very simple ; the median lines are black and simple, the exterior line extends from the inner margin just before the internal angle, obliquely across the wings, turning out, and forming a rounded projection opposite the reniform spot; the interior line extends obliquely to the usual place of the orbicular spot, it then continues irregularly to the costa ; the half line present ; the ordinary spots are very small, the orbicular usually obsolete, the reniform whitish ; they are connected by a narrow intense black dash, which sometimes encircles the spots, thus uniting together the median lines ; the sub-term- inal line obsolete. Posterior wings white, usually crossed by a blackish median line. Beneath, the anterior wings are blackish, the posteriors white, both are crossed by a common median line.”’ Hlabitat—Florida. ‘This species occurs rather abundantly where it is found; * * *.” The above is from Mr. Morrison's original description. The only specimen I have seen is a ¢' from Mr. Tepper’s collection marked type by Mr. Morrison. It agrees in every respect with the description save that the markings are hardly as distinct as described. ‘The wings are somewhat twisted so that it was considered preferable to give the original description rather than risk a new one from this specimen. The even dull dark gray color, the even, single, black median lines and want of ans. t. line will readily serve to identify the species. It is passing strange that it has not been turned up again so far as I can find, in recent collections. The genitalia of the specimen were fortunately exposed. The harpes are as usual, long and narrow, ending in a some- what acute tip. The clasper is a broad corneous plate at base, the superior angle produced into a short acute point, the inferior portion produced into a flat strongly curved process which divides at tip, one process being acute, the other rounded. It resembles none of the other species in this respect. Since the above was written I have seen a fine specimen of this species fully bearing out Mr. Morrison’s description but adding nothing new to what I have said above. ine a 4 The Home of Seirarctia Echo. By AnniE TRUMBULL SLOSSON. In the Spring of 1888 I was so fortunate as to capture at Punta Gorda, Charlotte Harbor, Florida, two specimens of Sezrarctia echo A. & S. I had known the moth previously only by the meagre descrip- tion and accompanying plate in Insects of Georgia; and few of the entomologists to whom I showed my specimens had cver seen the species. Mr. Henry Edwards thought the fact of this capture worthy of a note in Ent. Amer., and I was very proud of my treasures, In February of the present year I was again in Florida, at Ormond, on the Halifax River. ‘The hotel is situated on a strip of land, from a half to three-quarters of a mile in width, between river and ocean, called locally ‘‘the peninsula.” A few evenings after my arrival there I took upon a lighted window a fine specimen of S. echo. The next night another flew into the reading room. Soon afterward in a walk through the woods I found two or three others, apparently just emerged. In the midst of my excitement over these captures | met an intelligent resident of the town, and spoke of what I had found, their interest and rarity. The lady looked surprised and exclaimed: ‘‘Why, vou surely cannot mean our common moth that comes from the army worm!” I had, previous to this, heard much ofa very destructive caterpillar of the pen- insula, which travelled in vast armies, devouring all in its path. And now I was to learn that this dreaded pest was the larva of the beautiful moth, so rare in collections, Abbott and Smith’s echo. I talked with many of the Ormond people on this subject, and collected many facts. These larvae overrun the whole peninsula and do great damage to garden plants. They are an annual pest, but in certain years are greatly in- creased in numbers. All my informants agree upon one point, that these larve invariably travel towards the north, and are never seen heading towards any other point of the compass. So well is this under- stood that, in protecting their gardens from the ravages of these cater- pillars the inhabitants dig trenches on the south, east and west sides of the ground, leaving the north side open; and none ever enter from that . direction. A lady writes: ‘‘My father built a sand-wall about a foot high around the south and east sides of our place, with the perpendicular side out, and it kept them out for a good while, until they undermined it by constant crawling up and down in an endless procession, determ- ined to get by. He had no wall on the north side, but not a worm came in.” She also writes, ‘‘They eat everything, almost,—except orange trees—but their favorite food is anything growing from a bulb, ? ENTOM OLOGICA AMERICANA. VOL. V. 7 AvuGuST 1889, , —154— like Coontie, and lilies of all kinds. Mamma lost all her longifolium lilies in one night, and they ate her Sago Palm clear down into the ground, fairly hollowed out the bulb.” Iwas told that the eggs were generally laid upon Coontie, (Zamzu integrifolia, one of the Cycad.cee), often called Sago Palm; but I never once found them upon this plant. Nearly all I saw, and they were very many, were on the Dwarf palmetto. They were laid in patches of from one hundred and fifty to two hundred eggs, arranged in regular and symmetrical rows, very close together. They were nearly globular in form, though flattened at base, cream white or palest yellow in color, passing day by day into amber, orange and red, and becoming at last dark lead color, almost black before hatch- ing. This took place on the tenth day. The young larve fed freely on lettuce, eating enormously. Once, having exhausted their foodsupply they devoured a large piece of the muslin which covered their jar, and’ this not to make an aperture through which they might escape, but for food, as not one ran away. On another occasion when the larder was low, some of them made a raid upon some specimens on my drying boards, and ate the wings of several small moths. When shaken from their perch they always spun a thread by which to hang. Being quite inexperienced in the examination and description of larvae I made but few notes, and these are quite incomplete. I was also travelling from place to place during the growth of the caterpillars, and lost many of them in transportation. But I sent some eggs, on the day they weye laid, to Prof. Packard. These reached him safely on the eve of his departure for Europe, and he placed them in the hands of Mr. Joseph Bridgham for delineation. Mr. Bridgham writes me that he has drawn them, much enlarged, in all stages, so that their history will be beautifully preserved. I also gave two full-grown larve, of the five 1 brought home, to Mr. Henry Edwards, who described them fully and technically, as I was unable to do. The larvae, when first hatched, were very pale yellow, head shining black, dorsal shield very prominent, black and shining, each segment bore a transverse row of tubercles from each of which sprang a single long hair, those on the back being black, those on sides white. Mr. Bridgham writes: ‘* The tubercles did not change in position during any moulting, but changed much in regard to size. The long hairs, at first single and double from the various tubercles, soon gave place to shorter and more numerous ones. ‘The dorsal shield on first segment diminished in size. at each change and the color of head and face also changed. I have mounted a few of the hairs for examination under the microscope, as they seem barbed peculiarly. The following is Mr. Edwards’ description of adult larva. ii gat! A oe ‘dee Larva of Seirarctia Echo Abb, & Sm, Head narrower than the 2nd segment, the two lobes very globose, and glossy ; color bright chestnut, almost a dull orange ; mouth parts sordid white. Body deep velvety black upon the dorsal and subdorsal regions, chestnut color laterally, Across the segments are two very distinct transverse maculate bands of pale yellow, the posterior band becoming less distinct after the 7th segment until it is only a series cf spots. The bands do not extend beyond the subdorsal region. On the anterior edge of each segment is a row of large chestnut colored tubercles, bearing strong spines, chestnut at their extreme base, black otherwise. Whole of the underside, as well as the anal clasps, legs and thoracic feet bright chestnut, the latter tipped with black. Length, full grown, 52 mm. The arrangement and size of the tubercles, the comparatively small head, and the rows of strong, almost bristly spines, indicate the close relation of this genus to Ecpantheria, and it should undoubtedly hold its place in the series near Ecpantheria and drachnis. Neither of my three remaining caterpillars pupated. They spun flimsy cocoons, fastening pieces of lettuce-leaf together by silken threads, but died before transformation. Mr. Edwards was more fortnnate. He wrote: ‘‘The one larva has spun up, the other will do so ina day or two. The web is formed of a lJettuce-leaf, fastened to the top by a very few fine silk threads, and, after spinning, the larva ate a small piece of the leaf. The change to pupa took place three days after the web was formed. ‘The pupa at first was pale tawny yellow, changing on fourth day to bright chestnut.” Later he writes: ‘‘One moth emerged in the night of 26th (May), so that it had been 21 days in pupa state.” I also received from Florida specimens of second brood, about third week in May. , Notes on the Catalogue of Phycitidz and Galleriide of N. America by Mr. Ragonot (Ento. Am., Vol. V, p. 113). By Gro. D. Hutst. The following species of the catalogue do not belong to the fauna of North America: | Phycita arctella Rag., from the Bahamas, Luzophera sonorella Rag., from Mexico, and Lpimorius testaceellus Rag., from Jamaica. The following species described from Mexico, I have received from our own country, and they are therefore properly in the catalogue : Luzophera agleella Rag. 1 have received from Utah, and Homeosoma wluviella Rag. I have received from Texas. The following species have not yet been described: Lipographis subosseella Hulst, Nephopteryx gilvibasella Hulst, and Ephestia nigrella Hulst. These with others will probably be described later. The first does not belong to our fauna. The following species of the catalogue were described with no loc- ality except ‘‘N. America.” As Mr. Ragonot seems to include the 56— West Indies and Mexico under that term, it is possible that a few may not belong to our fauna; JZyelors bilineatella Rag., M. duplipunctella Rag., Ortholepis jugosella Kag., Nephopleryx crassifasciella Rag., Mer- oplera uvinella Rag., Salebria Subyustitla Rag., Lpischnia ruderella Rag., £. granitella Rag., L. fulvinigella Rag., Diviana eudoreelia Rag., Sarata nigrifasciella Rag., Vitula ser Me iilinectia Rag., V. basimaculatella Rag. ; Homeosoma anguliferella Rag., Aurora longipalpella Rag., Mellisobliples Suscolimbellus Rag., Navasota hebetella Rag. : The following described without locality except N. America, I have obtained as follows, so they certainly belong to our fauna: Acrodasis palholella Rag. from Canada, Nephopleryx rubrisparseda Rag. from Texas, VV. rhypodella Hulst (curvatella Rag.) from Mlinois, and Sa/edria nubiferella Rag. from Texas. The following species described from the United States or British America are not in the catalogue in any way: Acrodasis nebulelia Riley, Nephopteryx subcanalis Walk., Stantira variegata Walk., Sebunta gut- tulosa Walk., Benta expandens Walk., Nephopleryx seminivella Walk. ,- Cutina albepunctella Walk., Szdbrita ? ior ostolella Walk., AL Lyeluis conrella Rag., AV. altensis Wocke, Cuepe punctilimbella Rag. Ace obasis demotella Grote, Sedunta guttulosa Walk.,—I am told = Bots wlibahs Hb. Of the species which Mr, Ragonot has not seen I can witli certainty determine the following : Nephopleryx aurantacella Grt. is Dioryetria miniatella Rag., Neph. caliginella Hulst is Acrod. compiella Rag., Mega. edwardsella Hulst is Megasis polyphemella Rag., Aner. excantella Hulst is Jeg. * pullatella Rag., Neph. perfuscella Hulst is Sar ala dophner ella Rag., Sperm. montinatella Hulst is Honora canicostella Rag., Neph. carneella Hulst is Neph. inquinitella Rag., Neph. edmunds Pack. is Vitula dentosella Rag. In all these cases Mr. Ragonot’s names become synonyms. Mr. Ragonot’s generic references however are probably correct. My present intention is to make no criticism upon Mr, Ragonot’s references of the species of other authors. I will only remark that on the basis of Prof. Zeller’s types in the Cambridge Museum his reference of Prof. Zeller’s species is not always correct. 6.412 ———— Notes on Cerambycid Larve. The admirable work by the late Prof. J. C. Schicedte ‘‘De meta- morphosi Eleutheratorum observationes” published in 11 parts in Kroe- yer’s ‘‘ Naturhistorisk Tidsskrift” (vol. I—XI, 1862 —1880,) contains by far more than disconnected descriptions of Coleopterous larvee and their illustrations. The work ought to be in the hands of everyone interested in the early history of Coleoptera. The ‘‘Conspectus morphologicus ” —157— and the ‘‘Conspectus systematicus” which Schicedte prefaced to several large families especially studied by him, form a key to the determination of larvze ; but these keys are by no means alwats in a convenient form, e. g. in the family Scaradeide. In the Ceramlycide he gives concise diagnoses of the larval characters of the various sub-families, and Prof. Ganglbauer (Bestimmungstabellen der Europaischen Coleopteren, VII, Cerambycide, in Verh. K.-K. Zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, XXXI, p. 681, 1881), has brought these diagnoses into the form of a synoptic table, illustrating the same with copies from some of Schicedte’s figures. Since both the original text of Schicedte and Ganglbauer’s paper are not gen- erally known in this country and certainly have not been used by those who have described North American Cerambycid larva, we think we are justified in devoting some space tu a translation’ of the table given by Ganglbauer, the accompanying figures having been copied by Dr. Geo. H. Marx in outline, direct from Schicedte. EXPLANATION OF FIGURES. Fig, 1.—Asemum striatum L.; head of larva from beneath (copied trom Schicedte, l. Gay ple XIV; eee). Fig. 2.—Saperda carcharias L.; head of larva from beneath (copied from Schicedte, l.c., pl. X VILE tis, 12). Fig. 3.—Rhagium mordax Fabr.; head of larva from above (copied from Schicedte, I Gs5. Dia so WU egos «t'): Fig. 4.—Prionus coriareus L.; head of larva from above (copied with omission of anatomical details from Schicedte, |.c., pl. 12, fig. 1). Fig. 5.—Pogonocherus pilosus Fabr.; head of larva from above (copied trom Schicedte, liic.. pl. XII, fig. 14). P4, pleurz of head ; /c, occipital opening ; s, septum dividing the occipital opening. ENTOMOLOGICA AMERICANA, VOL, V. 8 AUGUST 1889. SYNOPTIC TABLE OF CERAMBYCID LARVZ.* Head transverse ; longitudinal diameter of occipital opening (foramen cervicale) gen- erally shorter than the transverse diameter ; posterior part of head, 7. e. part in- vaginated into the prothoracic segment, not divided by a longitudinal wall, [fig. 1] CERAMBYCITZ& Pleurze of head dorsally entirely separated, diverging posteriorly .... [fig. 3] Lepturini Pleuree of head dorsally anteriorly connate, posteriorly separated and diverging sistabe ala iohSWA cel lehery iy ane)! 22 A EREaMRRMRS panic rl MSCEE aT ch Aree [fig. 4] Prionini Pibne of head connate throughout, posteriorly separately rounded [fiz. 1] Cerambycini Head oblong, much longer than wide; longitudinal diameter of occipital opening much longer than the transverse diameter ; invaginated portion of head divided into two halves by a longitudinal wall to which the muscles of the mandibles are attached [fiv. 2]. Pleurz of head dorsally connate throughout, posteriorly conjointly rounded [fg. 5] LAMIITZe The two sub-families in the above table are those proposed by James Thomson in 1864 (S.stema Cerambycidarum), and Ganglbauer maintains that this division is justified by the fundamental difference in the structure of the larval head (figs. 1 and 2). The second sub-family, Lamite (Yhomson’s JZefaulacnemite) corresponds exactly with the Lamine of our Classification by Leconte and Horn. His division Prionini of the first subfamily, Cerambycite (Thomson’s Analaucnemite), corresponds with the sub-family Pr7omimce of Leconte and Horn and his two remaining divisions combined correspond with Leconte and Horn’s sub-family Cer ambycine. From his synoptic table of the imagos (I. ¢., p. 684) it is evident that Ganglbauer has great difficulty in separating his Lepturini as equivalent to the Prionini and Cerambycint and Leconte and Horn include them as a ‘‘series,” Zep/uroides, in the sub-family Ceram- bycint : but from the larval characters it would appear that the Lep/urint are not only most readily separated from but also equivalent to the Prz- onine and Cerambycine. The importance of the above table for the determination of Ceram- bycid larvze is evident ; all that is necessary to do is to detach the head of the larva, and a glance at the occipital opening and the pleurze of the head will be sufficient to refer the larva—even without the aid of a lens— to one of the great divisions of the family. i. Boas * The above table expressed in the original language used by Schicedte and com- piled from the Conspectus morphologicus and Conspectus systematicus, reads as follows : Foramen cervicare transverse rotundatum. Pleurz capitis pone epistoma spatio longiole concretze, post dehiscentes, angulate. . Prionini Pleurze capitis pone epistoma ad apicem ferme concrete, post singulatim rotundatee.. Cerambycini Pleurze capitis pone epistoma dehiscentes, angulate ...........6-...-6. Lepturini Foramen cervicale oblonge ovatum, septo divisum ante decrescente, cui musculi ad- ductores mandibularum affiguntur, Pleurz capitis pone epistoma per totam longitudinem concretz, post conjunctim PERC ALE 2, 0 syc 0's oe. 'o.0'0 RRL aiaiek, Kiel ietane lewis ole ein fe PTT iy OA STENT PLETE CES OD SEE OE EE EE Count Eugene Keyserling. By the death of Count Eugene Keyserling of Germany, Natural Science lost one of its prominent and most ardent workers, Arachnology one of its masters. His loss is not only felt and deeply deplored in his Fatherland, it is on this side of the Atlantic more keenly appreciated than that of any other naturalist of his rank. For the last twenty-five years Count Keyserling has contributed more to the knowledge of that difficult and long neglected chapter, American Arachnology, than any other naturalist in this country or in Europe. Besides his many descriptive pamphlets on that subject Keyserling has left to us two works by which he set for himself a monument on this hemisphere: the Monographs on the American Laterigrade and Theridiide. He commenced a third monograph on the Zfeiride, but unfortunately postponed it, taking in hand the continuation of Dr. L. Koch’s great work ‘‘Die Arachniden Australiens,” Dr. Koch himself being compelled to retire on account of impaired eye sight. Count Eugene Keyserling, born on the 4th of April 1833, died, exactly 56 years old, on the 4th of April of this year, of tuberculosis of the brain. He was born in Pockroy in the Russian Baltic Province Curland and entered the university of Dorpat, in 1851, to study Natural Sciences. From 1856 to 1858 he visited different parts of the Russian Empire and in 1859 he participated in a Government Expedition to the Kaukasus, Armenia and Persia. In 1860 he went to England and then to Africa; but was, in Algeria, attacked by a fever, which compelled him to return to Europe. In 1864, after having spent some time in France, he intended to visit South America. Previous to his departure however, he visited Switzerland, where he made the acquaintance of a lady, whose attractions caused him to abandon his projected trip to this continent, and he married and settled down as a practical agriculturist, having bought a large estate in Silesia. Here he worked undisturbed and diligently on the Spider fauna of North and South America, re- ceiving specimens from his many friends on this side of the At- lantic. All American naturalists who had occasion to correspond with Count Keyserling are unanimous in their praise of his amiability, gentleness and liberality, and his untimely departure awoke in many hearts on this continent a deep sorrow and regret at having lost a good friend. —Too— The following is a list of his papers: 1862, -- Beschreibung neuer Spinnen aus dcn Hohlen von Desina (Verhandl. der zool. bot. Gese!lsch. Wien. 1863. —Beschreibung neuer Spinnen (Verhandl. der zool. bot. Gesellsch.). 1863.—Beschreibung neuer Arten der Fam. Orbitelze im Sitzungsber. d. Isis, Dresden. 1865.—Beitriige zur Kenntn. der Orbitelee, Verhandl. der zool. bot. Gesellsch. Wien. 1876.—Ueber amerik. Spinnen der Citigrade, “ os Hs ¥§ st 1877. —Amerik. Spinnen der Fam. Pholcide, Scytodoidz und Dysderoide, Verh, d. zoo]. bot. Gesellsch. Wien. 1878.—Spinnen aus Uruzuay und anderen Gegenden Amerikas, I, I, III. Verh, d. zool, bot. Gesellsch. Wien. 1879, —Spinnen aus Amerika, I. Ve:handl. der zool. bot. Gesellsch. Wien. 1880.— “ 2% = de + 2 i cr RS 1880, —Die Spinnen Amerikas—Laterigrade. 1881.—Neue Spinnen aus Amerika, III, Verhaadl. der zool, bot, Gesellsch. Wien. 1882,— << 66 “c iG live 6 ‘ec ‘. “6 66 1883, — ce 6c ce a3 V és (73 ‘ec 3 “cc ? 1884, — &e ‘ss 6c it VI ‘“ “é ‘6 ‘6 66 > 1884. —Die Spinnen Amerikas— 7heridiide, I. 1886. — ‘¢ 6 6 Theridiide, Ml. 1887. —Neue Spinnen aus Amerika, VII. Since 1881 Count Keyserling undertook the contiauation of Dr. Koch’s * Die Arachniden Australiens.’’ Washington, D. C., July rst. Gro, Marx, M. D. TuerE has been considerable objection to, the use of shellac for* mounung insects, especially duplicates, because of the difficulty of dis- solving the shellac if it is desired to re-mount the specimen. Alcohol acts very slowly, and sometimes boiling in alcohol is necessary, especially if the shellac be impure, or the specimen very dirty. Mr. Lugger has suggested a remedy which we have tried and found excellent. Pin the specimens on the underside of the cork of a wide-mouthed bottle con- taining chloroform, and in a short time the vapor of the chloroform will absorb the shellac, leaving the specimens lying loosely on the cards. We have found shellac much the most satisfactory medium for mounting. We get the ordinary commercial white shellac varnish, put a little of it into a small shallow bottle and let it evaporate to the proper consistency. If it gets too thick, a little alcohol will remedy that. For repairing in- sects nothing sets so quick or holds so hard. It does not seem to be generally known that chloroform is by far better than benzine for cleaning greasy specimens, both Coleoptera and Lepidoptera, ‘They can be safely submerged in it without injury. To clean old dirty beetles put them in hot water, let it come to a boil, and with a brush wash carefully—then put into chloroform, and when your specimen is re-mounted it is just as good as new. Only—you cannot use that process more than once. It takes a little judgment in applying, and especially in the boiling, for an overdose would result in a separation of all the parts. —161— COLLECTING NOTES. By CuHarves LIEBECK. About May 5, 1888, while collecting Coleoptera near Westville, N. J., my attention was attracted to a small beetle running actively on the ground, which proved to be a specimen of Mecynotarsus candidus Lec. Casting about for more I succeeded in capturing 8 or 10 spec- imens. This pretty and delicate looking beetle being represented in but one collection in this city, z e. that of Dr. Horn, my small supply soon became exhausted. This season, on the 4th of May, I again visited the same locality and succeeded, after hunting for about two hours, in taking about 40 specimens. It is exceedingly difficult to find these beetles, as they frequent bare, dry spots, where their uniform color exactly matches that of the ground, which probably accounts for its escaping the notice of collectors. The method I have used was to select a bare spot and scoop up about ’/, inch deep of the loose surface cover- ing and deposit it upon a piece of stiff paper two feet square. After waiting a few minutes, one and sometimes two specimens would suddenly dart across the loose earth and just as suddenly stop, usually among a few grains of sand, where it was simply impossible to disting- uish them until they again moved. This insect must be very widely distributed as it occurs from N. J. to Florida and Iowa. On the same day I noticed an unusual carnivorous inclination on the part of a single Hister biplagiatus. It victim was a smooth caterpillar, about 1'/, inch long, which it had seized on top of the second segment, burying its head beneath the skin after the manner ofa tick. For fully 15 minutes I watched them, during which time the unlucky caterpillar’s frantic struggles failed to dislodge its assailant, who never once relaxed the grip of its jaws. By this time the caterpillar was covered with the juice ooz- ing from its wound, and having satisfied myself of the intention of the Hister, | consigned them both to the alcohol bottle for future reference. My previous knowledge of the habits of this As/er has been confined to the droppings around pig-pens, where it may possibly feed upon the numerous larvz found in such places. eo SS A NEw remedy for ridding an infested collection of its undesirable guests was given me at the meeting of the Newark Ent. Soc., recently, by one of the members. It is the introduction of a specimen or two of the little Chejfers, known as paper scorpions. They will, my informant said, destroy every living thing in the boxes, but will not harm the dried specimens. —162— Book Notice. A Preliminary Monograph of the North American species of Trogophlceus ; by Capt. Tos. L. Caszy:; Ann. N.Y. Ac. Sci., v. IV, 1889, pp. 322 —383. In this paper, Capt. Casey seems to have done good work so far as it is possible to judge without actually testing it in collections. The characters used seem clear, the tables are concise, and the descriptions terse—an inprovement perhaps on former papers where excessive length of description was criticised. No sexual characters are used or even mentioned, though in many other Staphylinide genera they are of the highest value. 66 species are recognized, most of them new, anda large proportion of them based on single specimens—a perhaps unavoid- able element of weakness, since it is much more difficult to judge of the value of characters. In some respects the most interesting part of the paper, and one meriting thought, is in the introduction, largely devoted to defending the microscope versus the hand lens, and somewhat im- pugning the value of results attained by using the latter. Now here an element comes in which Capt. Casey himself recognizes, when he speaks of ‘‘the novice who has not yet learned to interpret what he sees”—it is the experience of the user of either lens or microscope. Behind each is an instrument which is much more important—the trained eye of the observer—the eye that with a good triplet can count the joints of a Trichopterygid antenna, while the untrained user of the compound mi- croscope cannot with an infinitely greater magnifying power be sure any joints exist. Now I am a believer in the microscope, and I use it con- tinually in my work. Ihave hada binocular stand in use for several years, and have a very fine instrument for my college work—yet it has happened to me frequently that I have taken a specimen from the micro- scope and studied it with the lens with much more satisfactory results. I saw more and saw it better. Increase in the size of the image does not always import increased distinctness of detail. Discretion in the use of appliances must be exercised and the man who uses a microscope only, is apt to make as many errors as a man using the lens only. It is in the interpretation of what is seen, that the errors are made. It is the experience of the observer, and his ability to select those characters which are of importance, that determines the character of the work : that experience which enables a man to recognize specific characters among the assemblage presented by any given group of insects—which enables him to recognize the limits of variation—which will enable him to dis- card striking modifications in many instances as unsafe, and rely upon inconspicuous features for specific characters. No hard and fast rules can be formulated for the conscientious student: he will be a ‘‘lumper” —163— in one family, a ‘‘splitter” in another: he will unite forms considered as distinct, or will separate forms generally regarded as identical : nature does not work in grooves, and it is unsafe to speculate in one group from what is known of another, nor because sculpture in genus A furnishes safe characters to treat genus B as though it must necessarily furnish the same here. Capt. Casey advocates more accurate measurements, or statements of the proportion of parts, and suggests a micrometer scheme for that purpose which is very much inferior to some already in use. An adapta- tion of the ordinary eye piece micrometer will answer every purpose, and just exactly the instrument for the purpose is in constant use by Dr. Marx to obtain accurate proportions in drawing. But with the instru- ment perfect, ] am not at all so sure that accurate measurement will help us much. I feel very certain from my own observation that there is a considerable range of variation in the proportion of parts, and the use of instruments for minute measurement would have the inevitable tendency to a creation of species on characters not sufficiently stable, until experience showed where it could be safely used. Yet nevertheless Capt. Casey’s suggestions are good and timely, but it simply needs great caution in using them. Despite the fact that entomologists have been very conservative—-perhaps too nuch so—in adopting more perfect modern means of investigation, our science has not been at a standstill, and we are annually making equal strides with other departments of Zoology in the increase of knowledge. ‘This is not perhaps all entirely apropos of the work on Zrogophieus, which seems very good—but it is called forth by that portion of the paper which is equally impertinent to the subject matter of the title. Capt. Casey is a reformer, and like most other reformers apt to overdo matters a little. Bat on the other hand he will undoubtedly find fol- lowers, and even the most conservative will take leaf after leaf of his book until all the good ones are gone—then Capt. Casey will be made responsible for the useless balance, while small credit indeed will be given for the good results caused. Iam very much in sympathy with Capt. Casey in his general ideas and methods—but do not always agree with him in his deductions. Fase bs. +} > }_____—_——_- AND now comes into court, Mr. Robert H. Lamborn with a pro- position to destroy the mosquito, root and branch, by setting the dragon flies on them;—a very good scheme—only impractical unless a species of dragon fly can be produced which will prefer woods and city streets to the open ditches and grassy margins of swamps. We shall have more to say on this subject before long. \ —164— Notice of Meeting at Toronto. The Entomological Club of the A. A. A. S. will meet at g A. M., on Wednesday, August 28, in the room of Section F, University Build- ings, where members of the Club will register and obtain the Club badge. Members of the Club intending to contribute papers will send titles to the President, Mr. James Fletcher, Government Experimental Farms, Ottawa, Can. ——_——_—_> 2 —___—_ . An Association of Economic Entomologists. The question of forming an Association of economic entomologists, suggested by Prof. Riley, has begun to assume shape. Mr, Fletcher and ye editor have been in communion with Mr. Howard, acting for Prof. Riley, and a scheme has been concocted for submission to the disciples. A call will be circulated within a few days, signed by the gentlemen above named, for a meeting to be held at Toronto, Canada, during the meeting of the A. A. A. S. The exact day and place have not yet been settled, but all of the entomological members of the A. A. A. S, are earnestly urged to attend at Toronto, as matters of considerable im- portance to entomologists will probably be presented, and a full discus- sion is desirable. fo x Society News. Brooklyn Entomological Society, June 4, 1889.—Fourteen persons present. Mr. Hulst was elected chairman fvo ¢em., the president and vice-president being absent. Reports were presented by the treasurer, librarian, recording secretary and curators. The president of the society was authorized to present the name of Mr, W. C. Wood of New York City to the council of the Institute for admission to mem- bership therein. Mr, Meeske was appointed a committee of one to arrange joint ex- cursions of the society with other departments of the Institute. Mr. Weeks read a paper on ‘‘ Diurnal Carabidze in the Vicinity of New York,” giving a list of the species observed by him as displaying natural activity during the day time with the seasons and circumstances under which they occured and showing habits identical with those of allied European species. : Messrs. Hulst and Smith added to the list. Mr, Meeske suggested that many Carabidz are involuntarily active during the day by the disturbance of or evaporation of moisture, near their places of concealment. Each member who could be in attendance at the meeting in September next was requested to prepare and read brief notes upon his experience in collecting during the season in lieu of a stated paper. A. C, WEEKS, Rec. Sec’y. pTON CIC AMERICANA VOL. V. BROOKLYN, SEPTEMBER, 1889. NO, 9. Review of the North American Species of Pediopsis. By E. P. Van Duzer, Buffalo, N. Y. The family Bythoscopide, to which this genus pertains, is separable from its allies by the position of the ocelli, which are found on the face, more or less remote from its superior margin ; the vertex is narrow and confounded with the front, or apparently wanting, the head being en- tirely deflexed; and the elytra are membranaceous or but slightly thickened. Six northern genera have been established : Idiocerus Lewis, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1, p. 49, 1834. Macropsis Lewis, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., I, p. 49, 1834. Oncopsis Burm., Genera Ins., I, plate 10, 1846. Stragania Stal, Rio. Jan. Hemip., II, p. 49, 1861. Pachyopsis Uhler, Bull. U. S. Geol, and Geog. Surv., ILI, p. 466, 1877. Bythoscopus Germ., Silb. Revue, I, 180, 43, 1833. Pediopsis Burm.,; Genera Ins., I, plate 10, 1846. Agallia Curtis, Ent. Mag., I, p. 193, 1833. Macropsis has not yet been reported from this country; the other genera are well represented here. Mr. Uhlet’s description of Pachyopsis passes without notice several important points, rendering its arrangement in a synoptic table quite impracticable without an example for direct comparison, which unfortunately I do not possess; but its position would seem to be near Aacropsis. For the determination of the other five genera the synoptic scheme used by Mr. Edwards in his Synopsis of the British Cicadine will probably be found as convenient as any yet published. To make it more accessible to our American collectors it is copied here: * * Since the above was written Mr. Ashmead has published a generic synopsis of the Bythoscopide practically the same as that of Mr. Edwards except that he includes Pachyopsis ot Uhler, placing it near Zdéiocerus. See Ent. Am., V, p. 125, July 1889. ENTOMOLOGICA AMERICANA. VoL V. 1 SEPTEMBER 1889. —166— 1 (6) Antenne inserted in a deep cavity beneath a ledge. 2 (5) Striation of the pronotum transverse. 3 (4) Side margins of the pronotum sharply keeled, of moderate length........ Macropsis 4 (3) Side margins of the pronotum not sharply keeled, very short, .. Bythoscopus* 5 (2) Striation of the pronotum running obliquely from the middle of its front margin tobtsvhindervang les yo: sewer eis svg ete atm ns ee Pediopsis 6 (1) Antenne inserted in a feeble cavity, their base free. 7 (8) Head with the eyes wider than the elytra at the base, membrane with an ap- PSI GIR sarc intts celal sya Naa Ce een ames orca on Metta is eee ee Idiocerus 8 (7) Head with the eyes as wide as the elytra at the base, no appendix to the mem- PDP TNG AE ye sak AON ws ace ohana lee AgOue Re ote de to tak o eI nett aoe Agallia In some of the genera the marginal nerve of the wing is continued around the apex and joins the first radial near its middle, thus forming an exterior apical cell, called by Fieber the ‘‘supernumerary cell.” This cell is present in A/acropsis, /diocerus and Agadla, and absent in Bythos- copus and Pediopsis. Strangely enough, Fieber, in his Huropeische Lythoscopida, states the presence of this cell in genus Byshoscopus in which it does not exist, and its absence in Agadlia where it is present. The same error is repeated in his Crcadines d’ Europa. J have examined a number of European species of each of these genera, received from M. Lethierry, and they agree with the American forms in differing from Fieber’s positive statement. But Fieber is not the only one who has erred on this point, for as late as 1884 Mayr, in his Zadellen, has re- versed these two genera exactly as Fieber did before him. If these later papers are not mere compilations from Fieber’s synopsis of 1868 these discrepancies are quite inexplicable to me. Of the genus Agadla two species have thus far been described from this country : Agallia sanguinolenta. bythoscopus sanguinolentus Prov. Naturaliste Canadien, vol. IV, p. 376, 1872. Bythoscopus siccifolius Uhler, Bull. U. S. Geol. and Geog. Surv., vol. II, p. 359, 1876. Wheeler’s Rept. of the Chief of Eng. for 1877, p- 1334. Van Duzee, Can. Ent., vol. XXI, p. 9, 1889 (Agad/ia). Through the kindness of M. Provancher I have had the pleasure of examining a typical example of his species and have thus been able to compare it directly with Mr. Uhbler’s description, and find that it agrees in every particular. It is not an uncommon species here on grass and weeds in pastures and roadsides, especially where Carex and /uncus abound. * The striation of the pronotum in this genus is not strictly transverse, but toward the anterior margin especially it is quite oblique ; thus approaching some forms of ediopsis. Dr, Fitch has described six species under A/Aysanus. pS 67— Agallia quadripunctata. Bythoscopus 4-punctatus Prov. Nat. Can., IV, 376, 1872. Agallia flaccida Uhl., Van Duzee, Can. Ent., vol. XXI, p. 9, 1889. This species I have received in exchange from a number of corre- spondents as Agalha flaccida Uhler, and have so used the name myself in exchanging and in the Zis/ of Muskoka Hemiptera. It seems to have been an early manuscript name of Mr. Ubler. I append a translation of M. Provancher’s description, as the periodical in which it occurs seems to be rare and difficult to obtain. For the copy in my possession I am indebted to the kindness of its editor. ‘‘Bythoscopus 4-punctatus, 4-pointed Aythescopus, n. sp. ‘Length, .12 inch. Ofa yellowish brown, more or less obscure. Head varied <‘ with yellow and brown, with two black points on the anterior margin, Prothorax ‘¢with two large black points almost on the posterior margin, in line with those of the ‘head ; other less distinct black points sometimes appear in advance of these. ‘*Elytra soiled yellow, the nerves paler. Beneath brown; feet yellowish, Common. <* Very near the preceding (By. sanguinelentus) but easily distinguished however by “the presence of the two black points on the posterior margin of the prothorax.” This is a very abundant species in Western New York from early in May until September, and in fact the year round, as it appears to hyber- nate in the adult state as do many if not all the /assede. Genus PEDIOPSIS Burm. Head entirely or almost entirely deflexed, viewed from above form- ing a narrow margin to the front of the prothorax; vertex confounded with the front, with the eyes, as wide as the pronotum. Ocelli on the face about opposite the middle of the eyes, from which they are less distant than from each other. A more or less obvious depression crosses the middle of the face a little above the ocelli. Front bounded by a slight depression, not quite reaching the line of the ocelli, A sharp oblique ridge from the outer angle of the eye to near the base of the clypeus, shielding the base of the antenna. Loree prominent, tumid. Outer cheeks narrow below, where they are largely covered by the lore. Clypeus oblong or ovate, usually with a lateral depression before the lorze that sometimes extends across the apex. Rostrum short, scarcely attaining the base of the intermediate femora ; composed of three joints, the basal hidden beneath the clypeus. Pronotum short and broad, tri- angular before, sides very short, latero-posterior angles rounded; posterior margin broadly, sometimes angularly, concave. Scutellum broad-tn- angular, transversely depressed before the apex, which is sub-acute ; slightly calloused within the basal angles. Elytra thin or membranaceous, costa more or less arquated, apex rounded, inner margin straight ; mem- brane without an appendix. Ordinarily there are six closed cells on the -—1oo— corium, one basal, two discal, and three ante-apical. Membrane com- posed of the five apical areoles. One or more additional nerves some- times appear on the disk of the corium. Clavus with two simple parallel nerves terminating on the sutural margin. Wings very delicate mem- branaceous ; abdominal area large ; costa slightly concave ; supernum- erary cell wanting ; first radial simple; second radial forked before the apex, each of these forks is.connected by a delicate transverse nerve to the adjacent radial, forming three apical areoles ; the two remaining radials simple ; a marginal nerve running near and parallel to the outer edge of the wing connects all these radials and their branches. Tarsi three-jointed, the basal joint of the hind pair almost as long as the second and third united. Abdomen short, laterally compressed, showing seven segments above and six beneath ; ventral segments after the first much depressed within the connexivum ; fifth, or ventral plate, in the male sub-cylindric, slightly emarginate at the apex ; in the female flat, ob- tusely triangular and distinctly emarginate at the apex. The form of this ventral plate in the female, which in Aysthoscopus differs in the various species and forms excellent specific characters, in Pediopsis is scarcely variable and is of little help in discriminating the species. The characters of the genitalia do not differ materially from those of the family ; in the male the valve is wanting, the plates are broad and hooked above, the styles are ligulate, curved upward toward the apex, and fringed within with long hairs. The striation of the pronotum radiates from a central smooth line obliquely towards the posterior angles. In some species these rugze are very prominent, in others feeble and broken up into coalescing punct- ures ; the same form of sculpture is found on the upper part of the face, but here it is less distinct ; the central smooth line is generally discern- able as far as the frontal suture. In the male the clypeus and lore are widened and somewhat swollen, obscuring the sutures and giving a square appearance to the lower part of the face. Two styles of elytral marking may be noted : unicolorous or obscurely clouded elytra, vridis, basalis and punctifrons ; transversely banded or maculated elytra, /r7z- maculata, bifasciata, flavescens, insignis and ferrugineoides ; the latter form does not seem to be represented in Europe, or but feebly in cerea etc. #P. viridis as here defined seems to combine the characters of the European group represented by wrescens, and that represented by cerea, glandacea, &c., the former by the Q wiridis, the latter by the ©; the European cerea, &c., exhibit a black dot on the propleura and on the outside of the posterior tibia at their base, the former only of which is present in the American species. P. punciifrons is the only American representative known to me of the spotted-faced series that is so largely = —169— represented in England and on the Continent, but it is not unlikely that other examples will yet be added from the Pacific Coast region where the faunal peculiarities resemble those of Europe much more closely than the Atlantic region. As arule our species are a little larger than the corresponding European forms, and the pronotal striation is less distinct. I am placed under renewed obligations to Mr. P. R. Uhler for the loan of very valuable material in this genus and in #ythoscopus without which the present studies would have been much more imperfect. The following synoptic key to our described species I have prepared simply as an aid to determination. It is purely artificial and does not pretend to exhibit to any extent the natural relationship existing between the species. The value of the black dot on the propleura as a specific or even a sexual character is perhaps somewhat questionable, but as it is practically uniform in all the species before me, and a convenient character, I have ventured to make use of it, trusting to future observ- ations to prove or disprove its utility. SYNOPTIC TABLE. I (16) Face unspotted. 2 (7) Elytra hyaline or more or less obscured, not transversely banded or maculated toward the apex. 3 (6) Propleura without a black spot. 4 (5) Entire insect green; elytra hyaline, nerves green.............. I. viridis © 5 (4) Ferruginous ; elytra hyaline or neariy so, with a piceous band on the base of MeCN) 6a16 Seen copa eee rponoOs Goole epobonr Has cour 2. basalis 6 (9) Propleura with a black spot. Color dull green or brown, elytra smoky, at leason) the apex and ner MALIN ascii 2s dejciem eee: I. viridis G. 7. Myzocallis Pass. Wings horizontal ; rostrum very short ; style enlarged at the apex... ... --.-- G, 8. Monellia Oestl. Wings deflexed ; rostrum short, seldom reaching to middle coxe, style short, alge” Soelo eoubio h ate e Hon Sec waa Sc . G. g. Callipterus Koch is) Los) SUBFAMILY II]. LACHNINZ. TABLE OF GENERA. TE Wane uO SWUMEMOW Dee cte ke cic xe, 270s waleleteletsieiae nye «sine ne Sisialele esis iieievsin = +leials 4 Winged forms known. JM s\alloy 1120. C10) IN at bb iOS eRO ee Oe OE © Ch trUs COGIC OOO rena tae Eco cen cial 3 Abdomen not woolly. —1$88— Sixth antennal joint filiform or clavate endingin a spur............0.006- 2 Sixth antennal joint setaceous without a spur at apex. MPD ane varSPHOuUIAL Sheen taal eae marten eee G. 1. Sipha Pass. Tibi truncate at tips ; tarsi rudimentary, no claws, in place a short mam- WiterousubeEnClec sisi aac: ote eee eet tae G. 2. Mastopoda Oestl. to Abdomen somewhat hairy ; stigmal vein straight or but slightly recurved. Rostrum very short ; honey tubes twice as long as thick ; antenne hairy, 4th, BeneanG Oth jolts nearly (ec taller er G. 3. Cladobius Koch Rostrum not reaching beyond middle of abdomen. Eiineie rs ten mthien edn setts reine sae renee esr G. 4. Lachnus Illiger Hind legs abnormally lengthened .................. G. 5. Dryobius Koch Rostrum reaching beyond apex of abdomen........ G. 6. Stomaphis Walk. Abdomen not hairy ; honey tubes inconspicuous ; third discoidal vein simple, not IROL Sh Mena el eaeian Orns Rm Py eR Ma a ep R AR tata. A Dy G. 7. Amycla Koch Rostrum very short. Third antennal joint about twice the length of fourth .G. 8. Phyllaphis Koch Third antennal joint as long as the two following ; cubitus not forked aa G. 9. Prociphilus Koch 4 Antennz not pilose ; body long and narrow ; legs very short................-- G, 10. Brachycolus Buckt. w Antenne pilose. Eyes moderate ; third antennal joint not longer than the fourth ; hind tarsi 2- HOUMEM spss) incl eh ore eee es G. 11. Paracletus Heydn Eyes subobsolete ; third antennal joint longer than the fourth ; hind tarsi one- KUDU ON CXC rere mmm Ged hee sans itll Sit bee Ob G. 12. Trama Heyd. SUBFAMILY 1V. SCHIZONEURIN-A. TABLE OF GENERA. MpANitennee s/-JOmted 55.5, Fac test cee foes teeta we tee 2 Got eet ice eee 2 Antenne 6-jointed. Hind wings with two oblique veins. Stigma abnormally lengthened... ................ G. 1. Mindarus Koch* Send DONMalite sce cs: Ssh She APRESS PST cha G. 2. Schizoneura Hartig indewines! with obliqnte eines ssl tnt G. 3. Glyphina Koch (= Colopha Monell) Pe idind wings with Lobligqne: Vein isc sais ceh css wads carted G. 4. Vacuna Heyd. (? = Hormaphts O. 8.) SUBFAMILY V, PEMPHIGIN 2. TABLE OF GENERA. 1 Wingless forms; theitarsi with bata sinvleGlawauk Jo... - ceeieieile rete 3 Winged. Hind ‘wings with one oblique vein ............es.s0eeus es oes oes ne 2 Hind wings with two oblique veins. Stigma of front wings normal ; antenne short....G. 1. Pemphigus Hartig (= Thecabius Koch) Stigma of front wings abnormal, extending to the apex ; antennz long....... G. 2. Stagona Koch * This genus may belong to the Lachnine and seems to form the connecting link between the Lachning and Schizoneurine. 2 Wings deflexed Im FEpoOse. . 2... 2.2. sees ee eee eens G. 3. Tetraneura Hartig Wings horizontal in repose.......... .. eee eee eee e eee G. 4. Aploneura Pass. 3 Antenne 6-jointed, Third antennal joint longer than fourth...............-- G. 5. Forda Heyd. Third antennal joint equal with the fourth........... G. 6. Rhizobius Burm. Fourth joint as long as the first three’): ....2.....:....-. G. 7. Eudeis Koch J \iitempeisaioiiasls BS ac coquc aU gooouded Seep acd ooo ooo G. 8. Tychea Koch SUBFAMILY VI. CHERMESINZ. TABLE OF GENERA. Front wings with 3 oblique veins. Head with frontal horns ; third joint the longest ; apterous Q surrounded with GNSS Gn Wick ga ge Oa bo Rh BOS DU ON Ue HOMbo cn od OO G. 1. Cerataphis Licht. Head without frontal horns. SINER TERI! cn hee 9 On Dine Ha nO Ure Onmae ae: eee G. 2. Chermes Linn. PiCiseineatva NON UM eal aiyet sosyeeyeis ites ss sls! eyed @ = «/sfecapaieiniers anys! ot G. 3. Adelges Vallct First oblique vein with a branch issuing from near its base and which is once forked, the upper branch of which extends almost parallel with the stigma before bend- ing obliquely towards the apical margin..........--. G. 4. Anisophleba Koch SuBFAMILY VII. PHYLLOXERIN 4. /MiUETV TES, Bo DUNE 5 es Gir ece DOO DD COO RUE E Eon cic a Hak G. 1. Phylloxera Fousc. Description of the Larva of Sphinx luscitiosa, Clemens. By Harrison G. Dyar. Head, shagreened, of a grass green color with two paler green stripes edged posteriorly with a darker shade. ‘Tips of jaws and eyes black. Body, pale green, slightly darker on the posterior segments. On joints 3 and 4 are sparsely distributed white dots, each surrounded by a fine black ring. These spots are also found on the venter and sub- ventral space for the entire length, but diminish in number on the post- erior segments. Seven oblique lateral lines on joints 7 to 12, the last one extending from the base of joint 11 over joint 12 to the caudal horn. These stripes are white, shaded anteriorly with dull crimson in which is situated near the edge a very fine black line. Caudal horn green, with a black stripe on each side, this being the continuation of the posterior oblique lateral line. Thoracic feet pale yellowish, tipped with pinkish. Spiracles, reddish. The length of the mature larva is about 60 mm. The food plant is said to be Willow, which I believe to be correct. The larva from which the present description was drawn was found, fully grown, in a little stream over which bushes of Willow extended. It was nearly drowned and had barely strength enough to revive. Sphinx luscitiosa is single brooded. Pupation occurring in July, Larva from Ulster County, N. Y. —190— Descriptions of New Species of Mexican Heterocera. By Wma. Scuaus, Jr. SUBFAMILY CTENUCHIN&. Idalus herois n. sp. Primaries deep yellow, crossed from about the middle of the costal margin to near the internal angle by a black band which is widest at either extremity, and on the outer costal portion the black extends along the margin to the apex; this trans- verse band is divided into a series of spots by the veins which are gray-white where- ever they cross the band ; it is also broadly bordered on its entire inner portion, and at either extremity of its outer portion with white. At the base of the primaries is a similarly marked transverse band, and also a few pink scales at the base of the inner margin. Fringes white. Secondaries white, having in the male the outer two-thirds of the wings powdered with pink scales, but in the female only the inner margin is so marked. Underneath whitish with the outer two-thirds of the costal margin on the primaries and two small spots at the end of the cell dull black. Head and thorax white, spotted with roseate-brown. Abdomen above carmine with a dorsal row of white spots in the female ; the anus and underside of the abdomen white. Expanse, 35 —45 mm. 25's, 2 QQ. Coatepec. Famity ARCTIIDA. Arachnis perotensis n. sp. Male.— Primaries above white, crossed from the costal to the inner margin by numerous irregular brown-gray bands edged with black. Secondaries white, trans- parent, with a few large gray spots on the costal margin, and a few very small ones on the outer margin ; the inner margin thickly clothed with long red scales. Under- side the same as upper, slightly reddish along the costal margins. Body rather woolly. Head gray, frons white. Collar white with two large gray spots circled with black. Thorax gray streaked with black and white. Abdomen dull red above with a brown dorsal band, and a lateral row of small brown spots; underneath white. Legs mottled with gray. Expanse 38 mm. Female.— Primaries similar to the male. Secondaries dull red with three broken and irregular transverse bands of a dull gray margined with a darker shade of gray. Extreme outer margin also dull gray, and the fringes white or dull gray. The under- side the same as the upper. Head and thorax the same as in the male. Abdomen not so woolly as in the other sex ; above reddish, except the last three segments which are yellowish, and with a dorsal and a lateral row of dull gray spots; under- neath white. Expanse, 45 mm. 16', 3 QQ. Cofre de Perote. Elevation, 10,000 feet. From pupz found under the bark of a species of Pine. The female bears a strong resemblance to Arachnis aulea Bd. Arachnis suffusa n. sp. Male.—Primaries white, crossed trom the costal to the inner margin by very ir- regular and broken bands of dark gray narrowly edged with black. Secondaries creamy white with a few black spots along the costal margin and two very small spots at the anal angle. Underside the same as the upper, with the costal margins —19I— and the bases of the wings slightly yellowish. Head white. Collar and thorax white with large gray spots margined with black. Abdomen above bright yellow with a dorsal row of large black spots, and two lateral rows of small black spots. Under- neath white, Legs circled with gray and yellow. Expanse, 42 mm. Female. — Differs in having the transverse bands on the primaries paler and broader. The secondaries are crossed by a basal and two central rows of light gray spots margined with a darker shade of gray, and on the extreme margin below the apex is a row of five similarly colored spots. The abdomen has the dorsal and the lateral spots gray, margined with black. Expanse, 52 mm. 1d',2 Q0Q. Ex. larva. Rinconada, State of Vera Cruz. Carales divina n. sp. Primaries whitish, thickly powdered with drab scales; along the costa three brown blotches extending to the median vein ; beyond the cell a wavy brown band crosses the wing from the costal margin to the inner margin ; a subterminal wavy brown line, and a terminal series of semi-lunular brown streaks ; fringe brown. On the costal margin two short fine dashes of pink and a small pink spot at the base of the wings. Secondaries slightly transparent, gray, with the outer half of the wing rather darker and an indistinct spot at the end of the cell. Underneath the wings are thinly covered with scales, uniform grayish, indistinctly showing the markings of the upper side ; at the four apices are a few whitish spots, and at the centre of the costal margins of the primaries a dash of pink. Head, collar, and thorax gray, with two round black spots on the collar. Abdomen above pink with a dorsal and lateral row of black spots; underneath whitish. Thorax underneath pink. Legs gray ; fore femora pink, Antenne gray, pink at the base. Expanse, 55 mm, t 9, 1 Q, found in copulation on a Pine at an elevation of 10,000 feet on the Cofre de Perote. Opharus tristis n. sp. Primaries above uniform dull black, slightly transparent. Secondaries similar but whitish near the base. Underneath the same as above, with the white at the base of the secondaries more conspicuous. Head, thorax and abdomen dull black ; on the latter dorsally are two rows of white spots, each placed on the extreme outer portion, and just below laterally on either side are two rows of smaller white spots. Femora streaked with white. Expanse, 50 mm. 1d. Jalapa. Famiry LITHOSIID-A. Crambomorpha tolteca n. sp. Primaries above silvery gray-white, with the inner margin broadly shaded with brown. Secondaries pale yellowish. Underside yellow, with the base of the primaries, and also the outer margins broadly gray ; the inner and the costal margins of the secondaries whitish, Head, thorax and abdomen above gray, underneath yellowish. Antenne ochreous. Expanse, 34 mm. 2d0'd\, 2 QQ. Las Vigas and Coatepec. Leptidule zetes n. sp. Primaries ochreous, darkest on the margins and with a darker band crossing the wing from the costal margin near the apex to the middle of the inner margin. Secondaries ochreous, slightly hyaline, darkest around the outer margins. Head, thorax and abdomen ochreous. Antenne black. Expanse, 21 mm. 1 dQ’. Paso de San Juan. —1g92— Euphanessa pauper n. sp. Wings ochreous hyaline. On the primaries at the base of the costal margin is a black point ; about the center of the cell is a smoky spot, and below it a second similar spot. Just beyond the cell the wing is crossed by a smoky band, having at its upper extremity two short diverging branches, one extending towards the apex, and the other towards the center of the outer margin, in one instance touching it. An- tennze, head, thorax and abdomen ochreous. Expanse, 24 mm. 23'S. Las Vigas. Famiry MELAMERIDE. Ephialtias coatepeca n. sp. Primaries and secondaries velvety black ; the primaries crossed from the middle of the costal margin to the anal angle by a rich yellow band ; the secondaries with a broadish central yellow band. Antennz, head, thorax and abdomen dull black. Ab- domen beneath white. Expanse, 28—31 mm. 26'3,5 99. Coatepec, Paso de San Juan. Closely allied to Ephialtias ariaca Druce. Melanchroia monticola n. sp. Wings blue black with the apices of the primaries very narrowly white. Under- neath the base of each costal margin bright red. Head, thorax and abdomen dull black. Collar reddish, Expanse, 30 mm, 2 QQ. Las Vigas. Elevation, 9,000 feet. Allied to Melanchrora spuria Hy. Edw. Famity DIOPTIDZ. Polypetes cethegus n. sp. Primaries above olive brown, paler at the base and along the outer margin ; all the veins yellowish-brown ; a white spot at the end of the ceil, Secondaries white with a very broad abdominal and outer margin, and a narrow costal margin black. Underneath primaries dull black with a white spot at the end of the cell ; the second- aries the same as on the upper side. Head, thorax and abdomen dull black above, whitish underneath. Tegulz ochreous. Expanse, 27 mm. 2 d'd', 2 QQ. Coatepec. This species is most nearly allied to Polypeles etearchus Druce, but differs from that species in the ground color of the primaries, and also in having the black margin to the secondaries much broader. Famuy CERATOCAMPID. Eacles ormondei n. sp. Primaries above orange red, except a small space in the cell, a triangular space at the apex and a small space at the anal angle, all of which are yellow. The wings are speckled as in other species of Zacles with purplish brown, A straight purplish line crosses the wing from the apex to the inner margin at two-thirds from the base ; this line is bordered outwardly on its anterior half with lilac. The wings are also crossed near their base by a narrow dark wavy band. About the center of the outer margin the ground color assumes a darker shade, and at the end of each vein is a small dark spot. The two discal spots dark gray with a few whitish scales in their center Secondaries yellow, speckled with brown. a purplish wavy transverse band crossing from the costal to the inner margins. An elongated orange red space borders this band on its outer portion. The basal portion of the inner margin and a wavy band at the base of the secondaries also orange red. The discal spot dark gray with ~ a white center, A few dark spots at the tips of the veins along the outer margin. Underneath yellow mottled with lilac and pinkish scales and speckled with brown ; a lunular band crosses the wings trom the apex of the primaries to the center of the inner margin on the secondaries. Head and collar yellow, thorax orange red ; ab- bomen dorsally orange red, laterally yellow with a row of dark gray spots, and underneath purplish. Expanse, 128 mm. 1 O. y- rethrum, slug shot, and peroxide of silicates. Pyrethrum killed those beetles with which it came in contact at first, but soon lost its efficacy. Slug shot injured the plants to which it was applied. Peroxide of sili- cates had a decided effect in preventing injury, and where the plants had been well started before being attacked saved them from destruction. But it did not save them where the beetles were so numerous that they burrowed down to meet the sprouting plants. (7). The results obtained from the fourth method — that of fencing out the insects by covering the plants with some form of tent or gauze covered frame, were by far the most satisfactory. The cheapest and most successful method employed was that of protecting each hill by a piece of plant cloth or cheese cloth about two feet square. This may be done simply by placing it over the plants and fastening the edges down by small stones or loose earth. It is better however to hold it up by -— 204— means of half of a barrel hoop or a wire bent in the form of a croquet arch, In the discussion which followed Mr. Howard reported that ‘*X.O. Dust” — a patent combination of ground tobacco and some other sub- stances — had been found a specific for the flea-beetle. Mr. Smith reported that he had found the same substance an excel- lent remedy for the Horn Fly, Asparagus beetle larvae, and many other pests. Prof. Cook reported better success with tobacco decoction than dust. Found the decoction the best remedy for use on domestic ani- mals, Prof. Cook read a paper giving an account of injury to furniture by a small beetle, Lasioderma serricorne not hitherto reported to have such habits. The Club then adjourned to meet at 1:30 P. M. At the appointed time the Club was called to order by the President. The following paper was then read by its author : EXPERIMENTS WITH REMEDIES FOR THE PLUM CURCULIO. CLARENCE M. Weep. During the spring of 1888 I undertook an extended series of ex- periments with remedies for the plum curculio, and have reported the results of the first season’s work in the Bulletin and Report of the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station. The most successful method there re- corded is that of spraying with London purple, the results indicating that about three-fourths of the cherries liable to injury by the insect can be saved by the treatment, and that as large a proportion of the plum. crop as is desirable may thus be brought to maturity. These experi- ments were repeated this season, and I desire now to present some of the more important results, and to indicate the conclusions to which they point. EXPERIMENTS WITH CHERRIES. The principal experiment with cherries this year was a duplicate of the one carried on in 1888, the variety used being a half acre of Early Richmond trees in full bearing. Last year the west half of this orchard was sprayed and the east half left as a check. ‘To eliminate any possi- ble effect upon the results due to the difference in situation and expo- sure, this year I reversed the treatment, spraying the east half and leav- ing the west as a check. So far as possible this experiment was made an exact duplicate of the one last season. During the time of spraying a great deal of rain fell both years, necessitating three sprayings where two ordinarily would > es a suffice. The first two sprayings this year were made on the same dates as last—May 15th and 21st. — and the third a day earlier, — May 25th. A more dilute solution was used this season however, London purple being applied in the proportion of one pound to 160 gallons of water as against one pound to 100 gallons last year. The cherries had begun to turn red June 4th, and the examination for curculio injuries began on that date, continuing until June 12th. One thousand cherries were picked from each of.twenty-four trees in each half of the orchard, care being taken to select limbs in all parts of the tree and strip them thoroughly. Each tree was labeled with a letter, those on the sprayed portion being tagged as A, B, C. etc., and those on the unsprayed portion which corresponded in situation with those named being labeled A check, B check, C check, ete. As just stated, the checks were selected according to their situation, principally because this was the only practical way of doing it ; and though occasionally a tree and its check would hardly be fair comparison trees because of the difference in the amount of fruit borne by them, the total results could not fail to be correct. The results obtained, so far as they relate to the injuries of the cur- culio, are shown in the following table, the columns 1000 being the number of cherries examined, and those to the right the number in each 1000 injured by the insect. Sprayed with London purple. Check. TreesAc A000 S ee... Doan aire t ate ae OOORA SS e 113 SOB ROU eee ae Di ek seen, OUR cere 121 Sie ts Gere MU) 0 ate elie tee Sees UO ec eests 75 Oe Mai 10) eae sre DOE ThE es ae GOD eien se 59 COP Te ANG) ee ee Gere SA vue eet: GOO es ere 220 Came ROO tare «she By eed ere syanrereulare NODE seo 49 Sore Cota OLR oy. coe a iL anv ee at ats LOOOS 2 ce. 46 COM el 1X00) eee Gre Lo? Geen ee NOOO R yreeae 59 CG NOOO sau Die ESTs pe LOO tere sete 40) ne OOOH Ss 1S Of ee ODOR MaRS cee 42 Soa (C0, Cea eae Eee, «creates OOO Aes 30 | NOOO eae ae Gierncrene cr crerce: (0/0) 0 yeaa ete 75 PM 1OOOR ee ane PES Fes ore ees osha LOOO set 97 OSS SINE MI GLOCG)e wae tegen Gee cre, ike narene NOOO Re fret 27 co Y CE MOLOOO sae. es hao pita ata OOo cretete 57 COP ee Si NOUN ieee parent US is S23 ee NOOO RH seeds 28 100 Sea Gye oel ()) iapee eae Daemon ee. aK O00) eae bee 61 CEP OU. o vo etes gE EAR ete Secs Bie 110} ites eee the 82 COT Sehr (010) Cero eee DBE: hse eee HOUOS Se sc ss 35 Cot | LOO eric MOREA: LOO Ve acisrerk: 31 SCs 1) HOUOR jas: « LO ee eee TC Eesti eve 59 SEV V0 18) 0) er 6:2 See MOO As chs one 81 SRN eee oat dy Pier ei Sith AIO Os ese, ye 71 SET Kaew MOIS wee 5 ore Eee oiaece LUGO M? Cee ae, 3 60 24000 360 24000 1483 Percentage ..... 1.5 Rercentac cece: 6.17 Percentage of Benefit......75.6. —206— That is to say these results indicate that 75.6 per cent. of the cher- ries liable to injury were saved by the treatment with London purple. It will at once be noticed that the percentage of injury on the un- sprayed trees (6.17) was very small, being less than one-half that of last year (14.15). This was probably due in part to the fact that the cher- ries ripened nearly a week earlier this year, the horticulturist having been picking for market June 11th, while last year it was necessary to wait until June 20th. The ratio between the injury on the sprayed and unsprayed trees, however, was nearly the same, the difference in the per- centage of benefit for the two seasons being but .2 per cent. In the second experiment this year two young trees of an unknown variety were used. They were situated on the south side of the orchard of Early Richmond trees; but were somewhat isolated and much ex- posed to curculio attack. The variety ripens considerably later than the Early Richmond and consequently like most late cherries it is much more liable to injury. The trees were sprayed on the same dates as the others—May 15th, 21st and 25th, — and the fruit was examined June 14th. Neither tree bore much over a thousand cherries, so that they were practically stripped by the picking. The cherries on the sprayed tree showed an injury of 22.6 per cent. while those on the unsprayed tree had been injured to the extent of 57.7 per cent., giving a percentage of benefit of 60.5. I believe however, that better results would have been obtained had I waited some days to make my first spraying, and made each of the others later. A large proportion of the injuries on the sprayed tree had been made but a short time before the examination, probably after the last application of London purple had been washed off by the frequent rains. EXPERIMENTS WITH PLUMS. The plum experiment was not an exact duplicate of the one made last season because the main object this year was to discover some means of preventing the injuries of the Plum Fruit Rot (A/oniha fruchgena). Consequently a combination treatment was necessary. The trees of a half acre orchard containing four varieties were sprayed with London purple alone, in the proportion of one ounce to ten gallons of water, May 15th, soon after the petals had fallen. They were next sprayed May 24th, with a combination of London purple and the Bordeaux mixture, which treatment was repeated June Ist. No check trees were left in the orchard on account of the fruit rot experiment, but two plum trees on the grounds a short distance from the orchard were left untreated. The latter set a good crop of fruit but = a ae it was entirely destroyed by the curculio, not a single plum being left to mature. The crop in the orchard however, was immense, one-half the fruit on many of the trees being artificially thinned, and then bearing so much that the limbs bent to the ground and in some cases broke on ac- count of the great weight. AMOUNT OF RAINFALL. As already stated a great deal deal of rain fell during the period of spraying, necessitating at least one more application than ordinarily would suffice. The amount of rainfall during the period covered by these experiments—May 15th to June 14th—is indicated in the follow- table : Inches, Inches AVIV BUD ier cat citects scat 74 Maye SO rramtercter ice cree 90 Ser AUD arr ate c os berct est .16 CONS OS sr apateve ores 5 13 CA BO La era ce es .O1 ‘Jame = ae teeta chat 02 COD DIN es sen bts ee ail OC LE Te eevee 22 Oe a ees 2 are 02 ee [pte tee ae ee 22 Cog OEP eaetoetioee 16 oe Sissy awe seers, Se 31 UEC Aan ere tia oe O1 se ON \ccareopeeoneions. © trace CA Renee atte ace 10 SOM ML een eRe att trace SOMTIAD eee ow Ct .00 SOPPIAT pepe Aco ehsce .09 CONCLUSIONS. This series of experiments carried on through two seasons upon two varieties of cherry trees and four varieties of plum trees, during which a grand total of 65,500 cherries have been individually examined, seems to me to confirm the conclusions provisionally announced one year ago, which may now be put in the following form : (1). That about three-fourths of the cherries liable to injury by the plum curculio can be saved by two or three applications of Lon- don purple in a water spray, in the proportion of one ounce to ten gal- lons water. (2). That a sufficiently large proportion of the plum crop can be saved by the same treatment to insure a good yield when a fair amount of fruit is ‘‘ set.” (3). That if an interval ofa month or more occurs between the last application and the ripening of the fruit, no danger to health need be apprehended from its use. (4). That spraying with the arsenites is cheaper and more practical than any other known method of preventing the injuries of this insect. Mr. Smith called attention to the fact that in New Jersey there was no second brood of the Elm Leaf Beetle this season. Prof. Hargitt re- ported that peaches were seriously injured by the curculio in south-west- ern Ohio this season. =—2O8—— Prof. Cook then read an extract from a Bulletin of the Michigan Agricultural College concerning spraying with the arsenites, showing that London purple in his experiments had injured foliage more than Paris green. A long discussion followed concerning the injury of foliage by the application of the arsenites, in which various opinions were expressed, the most important point brought out being the necessity of an exhaust- ive investigation of the whole subject. Prof. W. O, Atwater, of the Office of Experiment Stations of the Department of Agriculture, was then introduced to the Club, and gave a pleasant talk, especially with reference to the co-operation of his office with the recently organized Association of Official Economic Entomo!- ogists. The election of officers then took place with the following result : President, A. J. Cook ; Vice-President, C. J. S. Bethune ; Secretary, F. M. Webster. On motion of Mr. Smith the secretary fro. /em. was authorized to publish the proceedings of the Club in EnromoLocica AMERICANA. The Club then adjourned to meet after the adjournment of the Bio- logical Section, A. A. A. S. On re-assembling, Mr. L. O. Howard read a paper entitled ‘‘On the Parasites and Predaceous Enemies of the Grain Plant-louse ” in which he reviewed the previous literature and discussed at some length the rearing by the Division of Entomology, U.S. Department of Agriculture, of nine true parasites of Siphonophora avene. Illustrations of all of the species were exhibited, together with a full series of specimens. The paper was discussed by Mr. Saunders and Prof. Cook. Mr. H. H. Lyman read a paper on ‘‘ Variation in the genus Calli- morpha,” in connection with which he exhibited a large series of speci- mens and discussed at length the question of specific limitations. The paper was discussed at length by Prof. J. B. Smith. A letter from Mr. Wm. H. Edwards was then read by the Secretary, giving the results of breeding experiments for the season. The Club then adjourned sze de. CLARENCE M. WEED, Secretary pro tem. The following letter was read by the President after adjourn- ment, before the Association of Economic Entomolovgists : ‘Amherst, Mass., August 26, 1889. Mr. James FLETCHER. Dear Sir :—Will you please express to the members of the Ento- mological Club how great pleasure it would have given me to meet with them at Toronto and how deeply I regret that 1 am not able to do so, but I have only just returned from Europe and find so much to do in disposing of accumulated work, and also in working up my notes taken in Europe that I have no leisure moments for anything else. The objects of my visit to Europe was were to study the types of North American Pyralidz in the European museums, and also to get all the hints I could in economic entomology. The most important collection of course, was that of Guenée which, after his death went into the hands of Mons. Charles Oberthiir of Rennes, one of the kindest and most genial of gentlemen it has ever been my good fortune to meet. Here every facility was granted me for the study of his types which are in excellent condition, and they are preserved with scrupulous care. The detour of the usual routes of travel—from London to Southamp- ton, thence by steamer to St. Malo, cars to Rennes and then to Paris— took me through a part of France not often visited by Americans, a most quaint and interesting region, where the people retain all the old customs of their ancestors. As is well known, a few of Guenée’s species belonged to the collec- tion of Lefebre, and to that of the National Museum. ‘The Lefebre col- lection has been destroyed but I did not learn any of the particulars. However, as there were only four North American Pyralids in it, and as these are well known we shall not be affected by the loss. How much trouble the loss of the Lefebre collection may cause the students of the Macrolepidoptera, I do not know. Upon my arrival in Paris, after calling on Mons. Ragonot, I went to the National Museum to see those two insignificant types of Guenée. Not even the Eiffel Tower nor the grand World’s Exposition had any attractions for me as Jong as those two types were unknown. Upon making my business known to Mons. Lucas, he called his assistants and there followed a vast amount of ‘‘parlez-vous-ing” and head shaking which looked rather ominous. At last I was told that the types ‘: did not exist any more,” that ‘‘Guenée did not deposit any types there,” and many other discouraging remarks, but I showed them in Guenée’s Pyralites that those two types had been deposited there and tried to im- ENTOMOLOGICA AMERICANA. You. V. 4 OcToBER & NOVEMBER 1889. —2 @— press upon them the fact that I had come all the way from America to see those two insects and that the proper thing to do was to make an ex- haustive search. At last they concluded to look, and afier searching for four hours, these types were found and brought to me, Imagine my astonishment to discover that Lbulia fumalis Gn. was our well known Bots badipennis Grote, and that Lsopferyx applicalis Gn. was Tsoptervx veniolalis Hu'st. It was true that Walker had names for nearly everything and where there was any doubt, he had given them several, but I had now obtained the oldest names and was sure of my ground. I could now ascend the Eiffel Tower in a happy frame of mind. The journey into Switzerland along through the Alps and down the Danube to Vienna was a pleasure trip, a constant succession of enchant- ing views of the wildest natural scenery. My object in going to Vienna was to see the types of Lederer’s Pyralids. ‘hese were in several collections, all of which have finally been deposited in the Royal Museum except a few still retained in the collection of Felder in Vienna and a few in the collection of Zeller now in the British Museum. Some of Lederer’s types have been destroyed, but I was able to see nearly all of his North American types. The more I study the work of Lederer, with a knowledge of what his species really were, the less do I esteem it. I have waded through the introduction of his work on the Pyralide, which is devoted largely to disparaging the work of his predecessors, especially that of Guenée, and am led almost irresistably to the ‘conclusion that when an author expends a large amount of his vital force in berating others, he has so much the less real force to put into the scientific part of his work. I visited Dresden and Berlin with the hope that I should find some relics of the Hitbner or Zincken collections, but I could find no trace of them, and am inclined to believe that they are entirely destroyed. However this may ultimately prove; I believe I have been able to determine all of Zincken’s North American Crambidz and nearly all of Hibner’s North American Micros. There is one species of Geyer to which I desire to call the attention of our entomologists, and that is figured in Hiibner’s Zutrage, Figs. 733 and 734, under the name of Lucosma ‘uberculana from Georgia, pre- sumably a Tortricid but I am very sure it is not. The figure of it in the copy of the Zutrage in the Library of the Buffalo Academy of Sciences, looks like a Aydrocampa, but the figure in the copy of the Zutrage in the British Museum looks more like Zus¢rotia. I feel confident that the thing is a Lepidopteron, but beyond that I do not care to express a positive opinion. —21I— It may not have come from North America at ail ! Many insects have been described as coming from North America, but when taken out and examined, the original label on the pin shows that they came from South America or some other part of the world. The older European entomologists had a very vague idea of this country, and even the modern European entomologists will sometimes make honest statements about this country enough to make one gasp as though he were in a vacuum. Some authors have described their insects as coming from ‘‘Georgia in Florida’ and Martyn in his Psyche in 1797 described a large number of well known Macros from *‘ New Georgia.” The British Museum now contains three very important collections of Pyralids, viz: those of Walker, Zeller and Grote. All this material offers a golden opportunity to some of the Museum employees to make a complete revision of all the described species, both generic and specific, for they are at present in almost hopeless condition. If some one would take up the work and do it exhaustively, taking Lord Walsingham’s paper on the North American Anaphorine or Meyrick’s ;aper on the Australian Pyralids as models, a grand work would be accomplished, one that would cast that of Lederer’s entirely into the shade. The study of all these types shows what utter confusion our Pyralids are in, and I wish to forewarn our entomologists, that a large percentage of our names now in use will have to go into synonomy, Nearly all the names that I have myself given to our Pyralids will appear only among the tail-feathers, but I shall not feel lonely as I have most excellent com- pany. What we have known as Lurycreon rantalis will have to struggle along under thirteen different names, and szm7al’s Guenée will take pre- cedence over all the others. This variable species must have delighted Walker's heart, for he gave it no le-s than seven different specific names. Ten years ago 1 made myself familiar with the North American Tor- tricidee in the foreign museums and have now done the same on the Py- ralids and Crambids while Lord Walsingham has made us acquaintad with the Tineids and Feather-wings, and Mons. Ragonot is slowly at work on the Phycids. It now remains for some one to go over the same ground and discover all existing types of the Noctuids and Geometers and get the bottom facts on these families. We shall all bid God speed to Messrs. Smith and Hulst when they go on the mission. In economic entomology I gained not asingle idea. Europeans will have to come to this country to learn the most valuable things in this im- portant branch. While in Berlin I went to the Zoological Gardens and observed that acommon Bombycid moth (Ocnerta dispar) Linn. was exceedingly abundant, flying about among the shade trees on the SN grounds, and visitors were catching and feeding them to the monkeys. I found one of the officials and learned that they were much alarmed at the ravages of this insect and were about to take active measures for their destruction. They proposed then to shower the trees with clear water to wash the moths down to the ground where they could be crushed. | asked whether they had used poisonous insecticides for the destruction of the Jarva but he said that they had not, and he had never heard of such a thing. I suggested that if they should liberate the monkeys and send them up into the trees they would destroy more than they could wash down. This he took in sober earnest and explained to me at great length why the plan could not be successful. My joke was a failure. The celebrated Insectarium in the Zoological Gardens in London was very disappointing to me. From all I had read of this establish- ment I was expecting to gain some very valuable hints on the best meth- ods of breeding insects, but I was astonished at the crudeness of the whole affair. Finally I think I have reason to feel proud of my American breth- ren, both the systematic and the economic workers, and trust they will continue their good work. : Hoping that you may have a successful meeting, I remain, Yours truly, C. H. FERNALD.” > +» SYNONYMICAL NOTES. By Gro. H. Horn, M. D. In a letter from Dr. E. Bergroth, Forssa, Finland, my attention was called to the apparent neglect ol a few North American Coleoptera, de- scribed by Drapiez in the ‘‘Annales générales aux Sciences Physiques ” Brussels, 181g—1821, and to the fact that the name of but one of them appears in the Henshaw List. ‘They are as follows: Melolontha minima Drap., loc. cit., Vol. I, p. 291, pl. XI, fig. 2 = Strigoderma prgmea Fab. Lamia canteriaitor Drap., loc. cit., Vol. II, p. 47, pl. XVI. fig. 6, is now a Zetraopes. Tenebris striatellus Drap., loc. cit., Vol. 5, p. 327, pl. LXXXIII, fig. 5 — Nyctobates pensylvanica De Geer. Melolontha quadrimaculata Drap., loc. cit., Vol. VII, p. 276, pl. CIX, fig. 2 == Anomala /ucicoia Fab. From the synonomy given it is very evident why the names have not appeared in Henshaw’s List. There are very many other isolated de- scription of our species which are not yet publicly accounted for, not- ably in the writings of Motschulsky, to which it is my desire to give at- ion when time can be spared from more serious work, THE ASSOCIATION OF OFFICAL ECONOMIC ENTO- MOLOGISTS. The tendency to unite for mutual benefit and interest is so natural that whenever there are a number of workers in the same field, there is a natural movement in the direction of association. The creation of Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations all over the country — as well in Canada as in the United States has given to Economic Entomol- ogy an impulse whose extent is far-reaching and is hardly appreciated as yet. Many—in fact by far the greater number of stations and agricultu- ral colleges have appointed an entomological officer, and the increase of workers thus caused, has resulted in a desire to unite for mutual benefit. The proposition for such a union, first mooted in Insect Life by Dr. Riley, met with little expressed favor at first, but every individual ap- pealed to expressed himself favorably. By far the most enthusiastic on the subject was Mr. Fletcher, the able and energetic Entomologist of the Dominion, by whose efforts and after consultation with Messrs L. O. Howard and J. B. Smith a call was issued to all supposed to be interested in the matter for a meeting to be held in Toronto, during the meeting. of the A. A. A. S., at which the matter should be discussed. Favorable responses were at once received from nearly all states, and quite a large personal attendance was secured. On the 27th of August a lengthy meeting was held at which were present Messrs. J. Pletcher, C, M. Weed, A. J. Cook, J. B. Smith, C. J. S. Bethune, W. Saunders, L. O. Howard, H. Garman, C. W. Hargitt and others not officially interested. Letters were read from a number of gentlemen unable to be present, all favorable in their tendency, and expressing a desire to join such an association. Organization was effected by the elec- tion of Mr. Fletcher as Chairman, and Mr. Weed a Secretary, and full discussion of the matter in all its bearings was had. A formal resolu- tion of organization was passed, and the following constitution was adopted. CONSTITUTION. 1. This association shall be known as The Association of Official Economic Entomologists. 2. Its objects shall be (1), to discuss new discoveries, to exchange experiences and to carefully consider the best methods of work ; also (2) to give an opportunity to individual workers of announcing proposed investigations, so as to bring out suggestions and prevent unnecessary duplication of work ; (3) to assign, when possible, certain lines of in- vestigation upon subjects of general interest. (4) To promote the study and advance the science of entomology. ——o 3. The membership shall be confined to workers in economic ento- mology. All economic entomologists employed by the general or State Governments’or by the State Experimental Stations or by any agricultu- ral or horticultural association, and all teachers of economic entomology in educational institutions may become members of the Association by transmitting proper credentials to the secretary, and by authorizing him to sign their names to this constitution. Other persons engaged in prac- tical work in economic entomology may be elected by a two-thirds vote of the members present at a regular meeting of the Association and shall be termed Associate Members. Members residing outside of the United States or Canada shall be designated Foreign Members. Associate or foreign members shall not be entitled to hold office or to vote. 4. The officers shall consist of a President, two Vice-Presidents and a Secretary, to be elected annually, who shall perform the duties custo- marily incumbent upon their respective offices. The President shall not hold office for two consecutive terms. 5. The annual meeting shall be held at such place and time as may be decided upon by the Association. Special meetings may be called by a majority of the officers, and shall be called on the written request of not less than five members. Eight members shall constitute a quo- rum for the transaction of business. 6. The mode of publication of the proceedings of the Association shall be decided upon by open vote at each annual meeting. All proposed alterations or amendments to this constitution shall be referred to a select committee of three at any regular meeting, and, after a report from such committee, may be adopted by a two-thirds vote of the members present, provided that a written notice of the proposed amendment has been sent to every voting member of the Association at least one month prior to date of action. [SIGNED }. On Aug. 28th, a second meeting was held at which the constitution was formally signed by those present, and the following officers were unanimously elected : President, Dr. C. V. Riley, of Washington ; Ist Vice-President, Prof. S. A. Forbes, of Illinois; 2nd Vice-President, Prof. A. J. Cook, of Michigan; Secretary, Prof. J. B. Smith of New Jersey. The Secretary and Mr. Howard were appointed a Committee to prepare By-laws, and after agreeing to meet at the ume and place of the next meeting of the Association of Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations the Association adjourned. So well started and in a field where so much remains to be done, the Association can scarcely fail of success — unless individual jealou- sies and ambitions cause its disruption. —2I Sica ON THE DATE OF PUBLICATION OF WALKER’S AND ZELLER'S CRAMBID&-. By Pror. C. H. FErRnNA cp. Ambhers', Mas. The dates of publication of Walker’s Crambites, Catalogue of Lep- idoptera Heterocera, Part 27, and Zeller’s Chilonidarum et Crambidarum genera et species, have been the subject of much inquiry and investiga- tion. Walker’s work bears the date ‘‘ March 2, 1863,” and this has gen- erally been considered the correct date of publication until recently. The date of Zeller’s paper ts simply 1863, but the month is not given, Before Prof. Zellers death I wrote to him about various entomolog- ical matters, and among others asked him to give me the exact date of publication of his paper on the Crambids, but while he answered all the other questions in my letter he made no allusion to this, and I could not feel sure whether it was an oversight on his part, or whether he knew that his paper was published later than Walker's and did not care to say anything about the matter. Zeller’s paper was published as a part of a school programme, and I now have before me a complete copy of the work, including the pro- gramme and Zellers paper. ‘The translation of the title page is as fol- lows : ‘‘Programme of the Public Examination of the Royal Realschool at Meseritz, to take place on the 30th of March 1863, to which are in- vited all friends of the institution, especially the parents and relatives of all the pupils, by the Director Dr. H. Loew. Contents. 1. <> Cryptocephalini found on Ceanothus Americanus. The following is a list of some of the species of Cryptocephalini taken at Ithaca, N. Y. in July on the New Jersey tea plant (Ceanothus americanus). Babia 4-guitata Oliv., Bassareus mammifer Newm.., Cryptocephalus 4-maculalus Say, C. binominis Newm., C. quadruplex Newm., C. venustus Fab., C. mutabilis Melsh., Pachybrachys othonus Say, P. ¢rinotatus Melsh., P. sobrinus Hald., P. duridus Fab., P. in- Jaustus Hald., P. femoratus Oliv., P. subfasciatus Hald., P. tridens Hald. (one specimen). Aadbia g-gu/ta/a occurred in considerable num- bers on the leaves, which they had devoured quite badly ; of the other species, some were found on the leaves, some on the flowers, and many were observed on all parts of the plant. Many other Coleoptera frequent C. americanus, among others many species of Mordellidze, Malachudae and Cistelidze. Cvs/e/a sericea Say, often occurs in such numbers as to almost exclude all otber species. | Spa) we fae Cs: i A Stridulating Carabid. Having recently seen a statement that Cychrus, Nomarefus and Harpalus among the Carabidee of this country are known to stridulate, I may add to the list, Omophron. During the past season I have re- peatedly observed the habit in O. americanum, Dej. and I have no doubt that many other genera will be found to have stridulating habits, if collectors will only be careful to observe them before consigning them to the alcohol or cyanide bottle. Pres _—— ee A Vulnerable “New Species.” By Eucenet M. Aaron. ” In his ‘‘ Contributions to Science,” Vol. I, No. 2, July 1889,* Mr. Chas. J. Maynard, the author of the ‘‘ Butterflies of New England,” de- scribes as a new species an extreme form of Agraudis vanilla, which has long been recognized by collectors as commonest in the West Indies. This description, under the name of A. zsudaris, affords an interesting instance of what can be done in the creation of new species if one as- sumes that an extreme form is a constant one, and then advances to the work without sufficient acquaintance with the literature, already suffici- ently full. The following remarks from this description are quoted as pertinent to this paper : ‘‘T can find no description of any species of Agraulis from the West Indies, and Kirby does not even give vani/ke as occuring there.” * * * ‘*General pattern of coloration similar to that of A. vandie, but the ground culor is paler, the size smaller, and the wings are broader in prc- portion to the length.” * * ‘Dimensions: (J imsularis, spread of wings, 2.40; primaries, 1.20 long by .65 wide ; secondaries, .75 long by .78 wide. Antennz, .60 long. Length of body, including head and palpi, .80. Q, spread of wings, 2.50; primaries, 1.35 by 80; secondaries,..80 by 80.” “Average vanille: QS, spread of wings. 3.00; size of primaries, 1.60 by .80; secondaries 1.00 by .80. Antenne, .70. Length of body, 1.20. Q. spread of wings, 3.40. Primaries, 1.60 by .80; sec- Ondaties, 7.20 by 100, ° * * * ‘‘ Insularis differs from it (vani/e) in being paler, in having the two inner spots in the central cell fused together, these being separate in vanilie, and in having only two white dots in the lowest spot.” * * * Alluding to the dimensions : “‘‘ This is especially discernible in the secondaries, which are not only as broad as they are long, but are some- times actually wider than long, whereas in vamd/@ the reverse is the case and the secondaries are always narrower than long. * * “Yet I have never seen a specimen (vandl/e) east of the Gulf Stream.” Accompanying this description is a plate, seemingly photo-engraved and colored by hand, giving figures of typical Qj zsularis and Qf vanil- * Received at the Philadelphia Academy of Sciences, Oct. roth, 1889. SE Ze, above and beneath, and the chrysalis of the latter. These are suffi- ciently accurate to identify either or both as vuz//e but not sufficiently exact to serve to clearly illustrate the very minute differences on which this species depends for its future life. Taking the above questions in their order, we first come to the very remarkable statement that our author can find ‘‘no description of any species of Agraul’s from the West Indies.” Such Fathers of our Science as Linné, Fabricius and Cramer, credited vani/ie to ‘‘ America” in general; and Linné quotes it as from Georgia and from Surinam. Bois- duval and Leconte say: ‘‘It also inhabits the Antilles and nearly all of South America.” Passing by the median ground of such authors as La Sagra, Herrich-Schaeffer, Geyer, Poey, e/a/, all of whom have referred vanilie to the Autilles, we come to such recent writers as Bates, who in his ‘‘Nymphaline of the Amazon Valley”, (Journal of Entomology, No. 4, June 1864), says of vanil/e : ‘* This well-known and very com- mon species has the widest range of all the members of the Ca/enis and Agraulis groups, being found throughout Brazil, and as far north as the Southern States of North America, including the West Indies.” Fol- lowing him, Butler, in his indispensible work on the Fabrician types in the British Museum reiterates this wide extent of its range. In his ‘‘An- notated Catalogue of the Diurnal Lepidoptera of the Island of Cuba,” Senor Don Juan Gundlach, (Papilio, Vol. I, pp. 111-115, ) gives zane a place in the rich fauna of that island, where it is well known to col- lectors to be not uncommon. And to end with Kirby, our author not- withstanding, does give vamil/e as occurring in the West Indies in the very comprehensive habitat *‘ Georgia ad Braziliam.” During a residence of several years in East Tennessee Agraulis va- nille was observed by me to be one of the commonest species in that region and as it was one of the hardiest it was raised by me in greater numbers than any other butterfly. This experience taught me that there was a very considerable range of variation in the relative proportion of darker scales which make up the spots and marks, and in the nacre scales which beneath give it the silvery-spotted character. There was also a considerable variation in the size and, I now notice on looking through some of this material, also a variation in the proportions of the wings, the females inclining to greater robustness in this particular. Tabulating the differences pointed out by Mr. Maynard as distin- guishing these two species we have the following : CHARACTERS. Vanilla. Insularis. it, (E pmo) ttayal (Crolfeye ce air na oe \ociart ean Ores Dios Paler. UCC eatetawtictstefsielaaiallicte.= “tpi-)¢ 2. nsetes) isis voters Smaller, 3. Proportionate breadth Always narrower c Broad as long. GREAT Sorc 2h i than long. : 4. Inner spots in cell of pl sees Separated. Fused. : primaries : 5. Number of white dots Three Tie in same cell: ... r i Gy ULB sy iG) pee ae ere West of Gulf Stream.| East of Gulf Stream. Now let us with a considerable material before us question these characters, and see whether they are of such nature as to warrant their being elevated into the specific ranks. First, as to ground color. No one should know better than our author, who has travelled and collected over a large extent of territory, the illusiveness of this character. As a matter of fact his plate fails to show any difference in the general shade of the two species and our comparisons of a large series covering a _ wide geographical range points out the fact that while the West Indies seem to afford a greater number of pale males and less suffused females the United States also furnishes no inconsiderable number. The palest specimen we have yet seen is a J in the collection of the American En- tomological Society from Georgia. Oddly enough the most brilliant and deepest tinted specimen in that collection is from those taken by Dr. Abbott at Samana Bay, Hayti. Second, as to the relative size. While our author’s plate shows an even greater variation than his text would indicate in this particular, and while it is evident that there is a considerable difference in this particular and in the outline of the wings if the two forms are constant, here again it is found that the intergrades are a formidable factor—predominate in fact, the extreme forms being unusual either on the main land or the islands. A lot of starved larvee of vandle@ turned out a lot of males in Tennessee in 1877, which on an average measure considerably less than the dimensions given for 7zsu/aris. The effect of such a climate as holds in the Greater Antilles on both the size and suffusion of markings of a species has already been fully pointed out by me in Papilio, Vol. 4, pp. 26—3o. —224— In the third case, we find the proportionate dimensions of the wings relied upon as another character on which this species is to be based. All Lepidopterists must know that this is a very variable feature ; one that can at times be relied upon as pointing out the sex, but never a se- cure foothold for the student of species in the Rhopalocera. In some species the seasonal broods vary considerably in this particular, but even then it is not a safe guide, as only by the careful measurement of thou- sands of specimens wouid it be safe to declare the ‘: average” of any form. This whole question of relative proportions has been treated of over and again, but no one has done it in a neater manner than has Prof. S. H. Peabody, who, in the Canadian Entomologist, (Vol. 8 pp. 141-148,) comments on the genera of Mr. Scudder’s ‘‘Systematic Revision.” He thus sums up the question: ‘‘Can they mean that aby difference which can be formulated in the ratio of length to breadth in the same part, or of length of one part to length of another part, is a difference of ulti- mate structure? * * Does this principle extend through Zoology? Is Gen. Sheridan, who is short and stout, and who, according to President Lincoln, can scratch his ankle without stooping, generically, different from Gen. Sherman, who is tall and slender, and whose ankles are evi- dently out of his reach ?” Now for the markings. The fourth character consists of separated spots in the interior pair in the cell of the primaries of vada, while in msularis they are fused. It is the fusion of such spots or bands that forms our common black variety of Papilio turnus-glaucus. Me'anism has long been too well understood as an aberrant or at best varietal dis- position on the part of many butterflies to merit its elevation to a speci- fic character from so slight an example of its display as here afforded. At most these spots of vani/e have but to thicken to a one-half greater radius and they have joined. The pale specimen, already alluded.to as from Georgia, has not only these two spots fused, but the black scalcs thicken and run along the lower margin of the cell, join the two outer spots, which are also fused, in a loop and then these four are joined to the outer and upper of the three spots usually found across the disk. Thus they form a rude, tip-tilted, written letter Y. As a fifth consideration of importance we have the fact offered that in @sudarts there are but two white dots in the four spots contained in the cell of the primaries while in vane the lower of the inner two is also pupilled, making three spots in that species. Were Mr. Maynard a resident of this vicinity we should much like to show him zswduris, typical in this respect, from Tennessee and the North Carolina mountains. But a hasty glance through the specimens at our disposal shows that the two spotted form is as liable to turn up from Brazil, Mexico, Hayti, Cuba, New Grenada, or our Southern States. It is as vain to hope for constancy in this particular as it is in tHe suffusion of the already closely placed spots. Every possible form from one very faint white ocellus to four distinctly marked ocelli may be found. In some of the black spots, which to the naked eye seem devoid of any trace of ocelli, the pocket lens will show an occasional white scale ; present as a veritable mocker at the stability of ‘‘“sudaris, n sp.” The sixth characteristic, if such it mav be termed, viz: habitat, has already been exploded by what we have said of the authorities who have given van7//e a home in the Antilles. To that list might be added such well known catalogues as Dr. Strecker’s ‘‘Butterflies and Moths of North America,” and Mr. Scudder’s ‘‘Synonymic List of American Nymphales.” Both of these authors give the Antilles as a habitat for vanille, as does also Snellen in his report on the Diurnals found on the Island of Curacao, in the Tidschrift voor Entomologie, Vol. 30, p. 20. One naturally wonders who the authors were that Mr. Maynard con- sulted on this subject, when such well known and constantly used works of reference were overlooked. There are four species of the Agraulis group that are known to have been found in the West Indies. Before closing this paper it will be of interest and will still further show the uncertain condition of this ‘‘new species” to offer a few notes on some of the more remarkable specimens over which I have looked in preparing this paper. Two specimens from “ Hacilada de Bledos”, Mexico, (Dr. Palmer) have unusually bright red coloring and deep markings, but they also have the wsudar’s measurements’ In one of these there is a pupil in both of the inner cell-spots, and none whatever in either of the outer. Two specimens from New Grenada, in the Titian R. Peale collection, have but one white spot ; in general color they are imsudaris, but in measurements and proportions they are vanille. Two from the Island of St. Thomas and three from Cuba (all in the Peale collection) are all of the vam/e form. Inthe St. Thomas specimens there is a tendency to entire obliteration of the ocelli. One of the speci- mens from Cuba (‘‘from Ramon de la Sagra, 1833”) has 3 ocelli, and another from the same island is a typical vamz/e@ in every particular. A specimen from Guanoxuato, Mexico (‘‘ Prof. Millington, 1835”) has the inner spots apart more than their own width. Beneath it is peculiar in that it has the outer spots in cell fused into a large tripartate nacre spot with a black inter-bordering. A specimen from San Domingo (Frazar) though of the zzsu/aris form has the inner two spots not only widely separated, but has the lower one nearly wanting, thus presenting the very opposite of fusion. ENTOMOLOGICA AMERICANA, VOL, V. 2 DECEMBER, 1889. 7), ‘The King is dead | Long live the King !” carried hope and joy to many hearts. Notso, ‘‘The new species is dead ; long live the syno- nym.” Perhaps no feature of the study of entomology carries greater terrors with it than does the mastery of the overburdened synonymy. Many a good student and capable naturalist has turned away from it all in disgust and what has been the gain of some other science has been our loss. All of which teaches the Jesson that should be ever before us —there are many writings of the Fathers in Entomology to be searched through, large public and private collections to be examined, and an enormous mass of current literature to be mastered before it is safe to say that at present less than one half the species described in the last ten years outside of Africa, are likely to maintain their specific validity, and no inconsiderable portion of these new species are built on synomical piles that are already reared nigh unto toppling. In closing I wish to state where the names of vanil/e and imsularis are used herein, they are used in the sense employed by Mr. Maynard. There is no doubt in my mind that it was the insular form, in an ex- treme departure, that was originally used as the type of vale and it is that which should be known as such. If it is thought best to separate as a variety our North American continental extreme form, that should , be called passifore, as was done by Fabricius in 1793. ee FOOD-PLANTS OF LEPIDOPTERA, No. 12. (Samia Cynthia Dr.) By Witri1Am BEUTENMULLER. Rutacez. Ptelea trifoliata Z. (Hop Tree). Phellodendron amurensis Au. llicinee. Ilix opaca Az, (American Holly). Simarubee, Ailanthus glandulosus Desf Magnoliacee. Liriodendron tulipifera Z. (Tulip Tree). Berberidez. Berberis vulgaris Z, (Barberry). — 227— Tiliacez. Tilia americana Z. (Basswood). «¢ pubescens Azz. ‘¢ Europez (European Linden). Sapindacee. Acer pseudoplatanus Zimn. (Maple). Rosacez. Prunus serotina Lhrh. (Wild Black Cherry). ‘« Virginiana £. (Choke Cherry). ‘© domestica Z. (Cultivated Plum). Spireze sp. Hamamelidee. Liquidambar styraciflua Z. (Sweet Gum). Cornacee, Cornus stolonifera ALichx. ‘« florida Z. (Flowering Dog-wood). Laurinee. Sassafras officinale Mees. (Sassafras). Lindera Benzoin Mers. (Spice-bush). Caprifoliacee. Viburnum Lentago Z. (Nanny-berry, Sheep-berry). Euphorbiacee. | Ricinus communis (Castor-oil Plant). In addition to the above list of food-plants of Samia cynthia, the species has also been recorded to feed upon various other plants. But as the list only contains such plants of my own observations, the fo!- lowing were omitted: Rhus (Sumac), Anagaliis (Pimpernel), Lontcera (Honey-suckle), Zwonymus (Spindle Tree), Celastrus scandens (Bitter- sweet), Sax (Willow), and Celery. ———_- > + > Society News. Brooklyn Entomological Society. Sept. 3rd, 1889. Nine members present. President Casey in the chair. The loan by Prof. Julius E. Meyer of his fine collection ot Lepidoptera, the result or some thirty years of labor, to the Institute, was reported. Capt. Casey related incidents of recent collecting of Staphylinide, Pselaphide and Scydmenide in Rhode Island, particularly with reference to: Zuesthetus and Trogo- Phiaus, the 9 O of the former genus exhibiting clearly defined specific differences— proving the correctness of the species lately described by him. Discussion followed on the habits and methods of colleeting minute Coleoptera, in which Messrs. Casey, Chittenden and Weeks took part. 295 Mr. Angelman exhibited a specimen of Prionidus cristatus known as the ‘‘wheel bug,” then occurring in the New Jersey peach orchards. Mr. Doll exhibited a hermaphrodite specimen of Cad/osamia promethea, the right pair of wings and the right antenna being those of the © and the left of the ref except a rectangular blotch or break on the secondary disclosing the marking and coloration of the ©. The maculation of the Q prevailed beneath, Mr. Weeks read a paper entitled ‘* How to catch butterflies,” indicating the method of capturing them intact by the use of a large net and appropriate cyanide jar. After general discussion the meeting adjourned. * * * October 1, 1889.—Meeting at Brooklyn Institute. 16 persons present. Presi- dent Casey presiding. Messrs. H. S. Woodman, Julius E. Meyer, W. C. Wood and Rey. J. L, Zabriskie were elected members of the Entomojogical Department. Mr. Weeks stated the percentage of certain lepidopterous larvze destroyed by Zachina, so far as his experience went, to be about 66. Prof. Smith noted the remarkable spread this year of Phytonomus punctatus ; the reported localities in New Jersey in which the 17-year locust had appeared ; the increase of Stones hispidulus, upon clover roots, and the importation of a cattle fly, and also related his experience in collecting from the surface of water during the process of flooding a cranberry bog. Insects in great numbers of many species appeared where nothing was previously visible. Podurids covered the surface so densely that Staphylinide, Scydmenide, Pselaphide, Carabidae, Coccinellide, and other families were supported by them. A favorable wind finally blew the floating mass to an angle in the shore where it gathered in a heap and rendered collecting easy and profitabie. Mr. Palm expressed his opinion relative to collecting in Northern Germany. Dr. Zabriskie had observed Corixa at- tracted by light and entering the room through a window screen. Mr. Beutenmiiller had taken what he supposed to be Euphanessa meridiana, natural habitat Florida, and also described the difference between the larva of Cadlosamia angulifera and C. promethea. Capt. Casey gave blackboard illustrations showing the structural differ- ences of the secondary sexual characters of S¢enws and ELuaesthetus, a specimen of which latter Mr. Weeks exhibited. Prof. Smith commented upon the importance of sexual characters as a basis of determination, Adjournment. * * *k November 5, 1889.--Meeting at Brooklyn Institute. 17 persons present. Pre- sident Casey presiding. Minutes of October meeting approved. The following persons were elected to membership in this department: H. S. Harbeck, N. Y. City; H. F. Wickham, lowa City, Ia.; John Akhurst, Brooklyn ; George E. Ashby, Brooklyn, and Col. Nicholas Pike, Brooklyn. Mr. Neumoegen opened scientific discussion by reading descriptions and exhibit- ing specimens of Parnassius smintheus, var. nanus ; Arctia dieckii n, sp., British Columbia ; /ra gundlachiana n. sp. S. E. Cuba ; Sphingicampa bisecta, var. nebulosa, n, var., and Horama jalapensis n, sp. of Mexico, and further exhibited <{ and Q specimens of Ornithoptera victoria from the Solomon Isles, Avmandia thaitina and liddai, and other rare species of exotic Lepidoptera. Discussion by Messrs. Graef, Hulst and Smith. 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List of Hemiptera- neTERerO DIETS by Ph. R. Uhler. 33 pp. 1886. 50 Cts. 10. Supplement to Henshaw’s Check List of Coleoptera. By Samuel : Henshaw. 8 pp. 1887. 25 Cts. ll, ‘Entomologica Americana”, vol. Ito IV, each $2.00 ———— YH + —|S__—_- BLANK LABELS. Three sizes. -No. 1, 1} x Linch, 20 onasheet. No. 2, ?x finch, with or without two guide lines for w citing 25 on asheet. No.3, 14x & in., 48 ona She : All kinds puppet either black or red ; 1 Cent for 2 sheets, pen ae ee LOCALITY LABELS. In sets of 12 sheets have been preqared-and are for sale at 15 Cents per set. . Each sheet contains 42 lines and the sheets contain as follows: No. 1 Cal., So. Cal., Or., W. Ty, Vance. No. 2 Me., .N.“H:,-Vt., Mass., R. 1, Ct.-- No.3 N-Yi-N-d.jPenn= Del., Ma. -No: 4Va-,W. Va, DON, 0: S2'Cy No. 5 Geo. Fla., Ala., Miss., Tenn. -No.G Ohio, Ind., §. l., Ky.; Mo. No. 7 Minn., Wisc., Mich.,. Ia., NUT. No.8 La., Tex: Ark, E°T,. N..M. No, 9°Cols, Wy.. Mon., Dak., Neb; No. 10 Kg., Nev:, Ut., Id., Ariz. No. 11 Can., N. Fy B. A., R.A., Alask:, Lab.,.Hud. B... No. 12 rat 21 lines, © 21 lines. Any sheet sold separately @,_2 Cts. per sheet. Any State label separately @ 1 Cent per 100 labels. Specials for local collectors have also been prepared. No. 1, NY¥,,-12 lines;'N,.-J., 21 Hnes No.2, AEs LOT tines. ©: A; “Sines Sk, Sisss lines. “These are furnished at 2 Cents per sheet.. All neatly printed and on good paper. Address for any of the above GEO. D. HULST, 15 Himrod Street, _ ‘BROOKLYN; NY. i a r =n = Ms bo ae CPR ne eee ee ee tt eae VOL. V.—No. 2. FEBRUARY, 1689, TON U6 eye AMERICANA A Monrsty Journat or Enromotocy. PUBLISHED BY THE BROOKLYN ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. > > EDITOR: Rev. Geo. D. Huts?. 15 HIMROD STREET, BRook.yn, N. Y. ASST. EDITOR: Curis. H. Roserts, 11 WEST 123rp STREET, New York. A. C. HUENE & BRO., Printers, tr Broadway, Brooklyn, N. Y. Entered at the Post Office at Brooklyn, N. ¥., as Second Class Matter. Offigeys of the Brooklyn Fntomotogiqat Sogiety. President, Carr. T. L, CASEY, U.S, A., e - - - - Army Building, New York. Vice-Pres., RICH’D F. PEARSALL, - oe - - - - - 16 Broad Street, New York. Treasurer, CHRISTOPHER H, ROBERTS, - - - : 11 West 123rd Street, New York. Rec. Sec., ARCHIBALD C. WEEKS, - s ay i +-182 Park Place, Brooklyn, Neh Cor. Sec., FRANK H. CHITTENDEN, - - - - 409 Clinton Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. Librarian, HERMAN MEESKE, - -) % - - 1829 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. Gileataed ¥F. H. CHITTENDEN (Coleoptera). f A. C.. WEEKS, (Other Orders.) T. L; CASEY. CHRIS. H. ROBERTS. : CHARLES PALM, - - - | - | 172 East 64th Street, New York. EXECUTIVE,” | GUSTAV BEYER, ~-).- + (511. East-117th’ Street, New York. i tat hs 7. Ab, GW. I OANGELIL s Gee \ee sri 44 Hudson Street, New York. / OTTOMAR DIETZ. : Bi Se 112 East 90th Street,.New York. HY. EDWARDS, - By - 185 East 116th Street, New York. GEO. D: HULST, - - - (15 Himrod Street, Brooklyn, N.Y, | CHRIS. H. ROBERTS. nah erin actecatalrtichy EDWARD L GRAEF,. - - «- |40- Court Street, Brooklyn, N: Y. RICHARD F. PEARSALL. RRANK H. CHITTENDEN. a The meetings of the Brooxuyn Enromonoaican Soctery are held on the: Evening of the first Tuesday of each month in its rooms, BRO OUR LAAN BINS Sl ACG ee 196 to 200 WASHINGTON STREDXT, [Near entrance to Brooklyn Bridge.) ; BROOKLYN, N. ¥. ge ENTomoLocica AMERICANA. A combination of the ‘Bulletin. of the Brooklyn Entomological Society” and “*Papilio”. Subscription $2.00 per volume of twelve numbers; single numbers tw enty Cents each. Advertisements of six lines.or Jess at $3.00 per annum ; larger advertise- ments at comparatively lower rates, single insertions 50 Cents. Special attention is called to the following : . Books or papers for notice or review, and. articles for publication should be sent to the Editor. Subscriptions and business communications to the Treasurer. Exchanges and donations to ‘library to the Librarian. Insects for identification or as donations to the collection of the Society. to ne of the GueAtors, “4 Rev. a w. HOLLAND, Pittsburgh, Pa., has on hand and for sale. or exchange, a limited quantity of magnificent specimens of the Lepidoptera of Japan of his‘own collecting, also a quantity of fine specimens of the Lepidoptera of West Africa, Siam, Celehes, and (ueensland, He has also con- sented to receive subscriptions for 1he magnificent new Wor k upon the Butterflies ot Japan, by H. Pryer, entitled “ Rhopalocera Nihonica,” which is to be issued in 3 parts, 4%, upon Japanese ‘* untearable paper,’? profusely and abeanienye illustrated with colored plates, at $4.00 a part. Part I now ready for delivery. Address W. J: HOLLAND, Ph. D., 5th Ave., Pittebureh; Pa, X WILLIAMSBURGH CORK WORKS. DoS. YE O:M- ze N’; Manufacturer. of +k CORKS, CORK SOLES, &c.: Cor. Ainslie and Rodney Sts., Brooklyn, N. VY. SMEET CORK FOR LINING INSECT CASES A SPECIALTY. PRICES FOR 314 x 12 INCHES. XX Quality. X Quality. 4 inch thick, per Bundle of 24 Sheets, = - $1.00 $0.60 at 6 te 66 . = 1.50 90 4A ce ce ce te (51 ee oe = = - 2.00 1.00 - Other Sizes and Thicknesses at Proportionate Prices. - Liberal Discount for Quantities. Scientific and Medical Books, Minerals and other objects of Natural History. | A. E. FOOTE, M. D. (Prof. of Min. and Chem. ; Fellow Am. Ass’n. Adv: Science; Life Member Am. Mus. Nat. History, New York, and Acad. Nat. Sciences, Philadelphia. ) {223 Belmont Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa. Over 5000 Entomological books, pamphlets and excerpts in stock. Largest | stock of minerals in the world. Largest stock of Scientific Books in America. -Copies of the ‘‘Naturalist’s Leisure Hour’, 32 pp., sent free on ap- plication. If stamp is enclosed, the subseriber’s htbn on heavy paper is sent. Please state, what department of science you are specially interested in. B. Neumcegen, P. 0. Box 2581, New York City, wishes to arrange with collectors in all parts of. the world for the purchase or ex- change of Lepidoptera. Western and Southwestern U. S. species especially desired, and liberal prices will be paid for material from Utah, Montana and Oregon. INSECT BOXES, Cork lined, papered, 9 x 13 inches, absolutely tight, $1.00, with label holder $1.05. - Of the size and style made for the U. S. Nat] Museum $1.10, Special sizes to order at c rrespondingly low prices: Insect Cabinets of all sizes-at reasonable prices. References for boxes and cabinets : U!S. Nat’l Museum, Brooklyn Ento. Society, and many others. JOHN SCHMITT, 290 Third Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y- WATKINS & DONCASTER. 86 Strand, London, W. C., Hugtand, have a large stock of British Macro-Lepidoptera, Exotic Butterflies, British Birds, Eggs, Apparatus for Entomologists, Ornithologists, Botanists, &c. A Catalogue wl! be sett post-paid to any address on apphcation. > COLEOPTERA OF PACIFIC COAST FOR SALE. Also Insects of other orders. L. EK. RICKSECKER, P. 0. Box 208, Santa Rosa, Cal, For Sale by the “4 BROOKLYN ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 1. Bulletin vol. IT to VU, 1879—1885, each $1.00 Vol. I is out of print. 2. Explanation of terms, used in Entomology. 38 pp. 1883. 50 Cents. 3. Synopsis of the N. A. species of Platynus by J. L. Leconte. : 16 pp. Novy. 1879 50 Cents. 4. Synopsis of the Lucanide of the U.S. By Chas. Fuchs; with , plate. 10 pp. 50 Cents. 5. Check-List of the N. A. Macrolepidoptera (Diurnals, Sphingidz, eee Bombycid, Noctuide and Geometride). 32 pp. 1882. 25 Cents. 6. Synopsis of the Cicindelide of the U.S. of North America by F. G. Schaupp, with five plates (four colored) and woodcuts. ~ $1.00 7. ‘Papilio’, vols. Ito IV, 1880—1884, each $2.00 8. Capt. T. L. Casey’s papers as follows: : Contributions &c., Part I, 60 pp., 1884, 50 Cents. £ «* Part II, 138 pp., 1885, $1.00 Revision of the Stenini of America, north of Mexico, 206 pp. 1 plate, 1884, $1.50. 9. Check-List of Hemiptera-Heteroptera, by Ph. R. Uhler. 33 pp. 1886. 50 Cts. 10. Supplement to Henshaw’s Check List.of Coleoptera. By Samuel Henshaw. 8 pp. 1887. 25 Cts. 11. “Entomologica Americana”, vol. I to IV, each $2.00) > _ BLANK LABELS. ey ; Three sizes. No. 1, 14x $inch, 20 onasheet. No.2, Zx } inch, with or without two guide lines for writing. 25 on asheet. No.3, 11x J in., 480n a sheet. All kinds supplied either black or red; 1 Cent for 2 sheets. : +» LOCALITY LABELS. In sets of 12 sheets have been preqared and are for sale at 15 Cents per set. Each sheet contains 42 lines and the sheets contain as follows : No. 1:Cal., So. Cal.; Or., W. T., Vane. No. 2 Me., N. H., Vt., Mass., R. L., Ct. No. 3'N.Y., N.J., Penn., Del., Md. No.4 Va., W. Va, D. C., N.C. 8. C- No. 5 Geo., Fla., Ala., Miss., Tenn. No.6 Ohio, Ind., S. Ill., Ky., Mo. No.7 Minn., Wisc., Mich., Ia., N. Ill. No. 8 La.,Tex.. Ark., I. T., N. M. No..9 Col., Wy., Mon., Dak., Neb. No. 10 Ks., Nev., Ut., Id., Ariz, No. 11 Can., N. F., B. A., R. A,, Alask., Lab., Hud. B. No. 12 ¢ 21 lines, Q 21 lines. Any sheet sold separately @ 2 Cts. per sheet. Any State label separately @~ 1 Cent per 100 labels. Specials for local collectors have also been prepared. No. 1, N.Y., 12 lines, N. J., 21 lines: No.2, G. 1., 21 lines, C.1I., 8 lines, S.I., 13 lines. These are furnished at 2 Cents per sheet. All neatly printed and on good paper. Address for any of the above GEO. D. HULST, 15 Himrod Street, BROOKLYN, N_ Y. VOL. V.—No. 3 MARCH, 1889. TOMOLOG|C AMERICAN A MonTHLy Dae a OF ENTOMOLOGY. PUBLISHED BY THE BROOKLYN ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. EDITOR: Rev. Geo: D. Hutst, 15 HIMROD STREET, BROOKLYN, N.Y. ASST. EDITOR: Curis. H. RosBerts, 11 WEST 1238p STREET, New York. A. C: HUENE & BRO., Printers, 1rr Broadway, Brooklyn, N. Y. Entered at the Post Office at Brooklyn, N. ¥., as Second Class Matter. Offiqeys off the Broukiyn Fntomotoniqat Sogicty. President, Capt..'T, L, CASEY, U.S. A.; - - - - - Army Building, New York. Vice-Pres., RICH’D F. PEARSAEL, - - - - - - - 16 Broad Street, New York. Treasurer, CHRISTOPHER H. ROBERTS, - . - - 11 West 123rd Street, New York. : Rec. Sec., ARCHIBALD C. WEEKS, - - - - - 182 Park Place, Brooklyn, N. Y. Cov. Sec., FRANK H. CHITTENDEN, - - - - 25 Atlaitic Avenue, Brooklyn, N. ¥. Librarian, HERMAN MEESKE, - : - - - 13829 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. F. H. CHITTENDEN (Coleoptera). _ Curators, A. C. WEEKS, (Other Orders.) COMMITTEE: : ' RICHARD F. PEARSALL. - FRANK H. CHITTENDEN. ( T. L, CASEY. CHRIS. H. ROBERTS. | CHARLES PALM, - - - - 172 East 64th Street, New York. | sas gion eco! | GUSTAV BEYER, - - \- 511 East 117th Street, New York. RP UL kiyGn. We de, ANGEL, airy ete 44 Hudson Street, New York. | OTTOMAR DIETZ, - - - 112' East 90th Street, New York. | HY. EDWARDS. - - - - 185 East 116th Street, New York. { GEO. D. HULST. - - - | 15 Himrod Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. PUBLICATION ‘| CHRIS, H. ROBERTS. aa ; EDWARD L GRAEF, - - - 40, Court Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. | it oe a Ne Se The meetings of the Brooxtyn Enromotocican Society are held on ‘bie Evening of the first Tuesday of each month in its rooms, BR OO YON “ENS bt ay ae. ‘ 196 to 200 WASHINGTON STREET, [Near entrance to Brooklyn Bridge. } ; “BROOKLYN, N. X¢ ee ENTOMOLOGICA Tuscan A combination of the ‘Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society” and ‘*Papilio”. Subscription $2.00 per volume of twelve numbers; single numbers tw enty Cents each. Advertiseinents of six lines or less at $3.00 per annum ; larger advertise- mehts at comparatively lower FALEGs single insertions 50 Cents. Special attention is called to. the following : Books or papers for notice or review, wad articles for publication should be sent to the Editor. Subscriptions and business communications to the Treasurer. Exchanges and donations to library to the Librarian. Insects for identification or as donations to the collection of the Society, to. either of the ‘Curators Rev. J. w. HOLLAND, Pittsburgh, Pa., has on hand and for sale. or exchange, a limited quantity of magnificent specimens of the Lepidoptera of Japan of his own collecting, also a quantity Eat fine specimens of the L epidoptera ot West Africa, Siam, Celebes, and Queensland, He has also con- sented to receive subscriptions for rhe magnificent new w ork upon the Butterflies ot Japan, by H. Pryer, entitled “ Rhopalocera Nihonica,” which is to be issued in 3. parts, 4to, upon Japanese ‘‘unteaiable naper,”” profusely: and beautifully illustrated with Colored plates, at $4.00 a part. Part I now ready for delivery. Address W. J. HOLLAND, Ph. D., 5th Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. ¢ WILLIAMSBURGH CORK WORKS. De S.Y¥ROM AN: Manufacturer of 7=t CORKS, CORK SOLES, &c.,: Cor. Atuslie and Rodney Sts., Brooklyn, N.Y: > SHEET CORK FOR LINING INSECT CASES A SPECIALTY. PRICES FOR 334 x 12 INCHES. XX Quality. X Quality. ~# inch thick, por Bunce of 24 Sheets, z - $1.00 $0.60 ape <4 ech ES - , 1.50 -90 4 ee es POT 6s oe 66 Se 7 2 s 2.00 1.00 Other Sizes and“ Thicknesses at Epreeeiionat Prices. Liberal Discount for Quantities. - Scientific and Medical Bok increas and other objects of Natural History. A. E. FOOTE, M. D. (Prof. of Min. and Chem. ; Fellow Am. Ass’n. Adv. Science ; Life Member Am. Mus. Nat. History, New York, and Acad. Nat. Sciences, Philadelphia.) 1223 Beimont Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa. Over 5000 Entomological books, pamphlets and excerpts in stock. Largest stock of minerals in the world. Largest stock of Scientific Books in America. Copies of the <‘Naturalist’s Leisure Hour”, 32 pp., sent free on ap- plication. If stamp is enclosed, the subscriber’s edition on heavy paper is sent. Please state, what epee ent of seience you are specially interested in. B. Nou ear: P.O. Box 2581, New York City, wishes to,arrange with collectors in all parts of the world for the purchase or ex- change of Lepidoptera. , Western. and Southwestern U.S. species especially desired, and liberal Bi will be cane for material from Hels Montana and SHEESH INSHCT BOXES, . Cork lined, papered, 9 x 13 inches. absolutely tight, $1.00, with label holder $1.05. ~ Of the size and style made for, the U.. S. Nat’) Museum $1.10. Special sizes to Society, and many others. order at Correspondingly low prices. Insect Cabinets of alk sizes at reasonable prices.. References for boxes and cabinets : U.S. Nat’! Museum, Brooklyn Ento. JOHN SCHMITT, aa Third Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. WATKINS | & DONCASTER. 32O Strand, London, W.-C., Hugland, have a large/stock of British Macro-Lepidoptera. Exotic Butterflies, British Birds, Eggs, Apparatus for Entomologists,: Ornithologists, Botanists, &c. A Catalogue will be sent, post-paid to any address on saad aria COLEOPTERA OF PACIFIC COAST FOR SALE. Also Insects of other orders. L. E. RICKSECKER, P. O. Box 208, Santa Rosa, Cal, For Sale by the oq BROOKLYN ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY, De. 1. Bulletin vol. IT to VII, 1879—1885, each ; : a as 00. Vol. I is out of print. 2. Explanation of terms, used in Entomology. 38 pp. 1883. 50 Gdnts. 3. Synopsis of the N. A. species of. Platynus by J. L. Leconte. 16 pp. Nov. 1879 50 Cents. 4. Synopsis of the Lucanide of the U.S. By Chas. Fuchs; with plate. 10 pp. 50 Cents. 5. Check-List of the N.A Macrolepidoptera (Diurnals, Sphingide, Bombycidw, Noctuide and Geometride). 32 pp. 1882. 25. Cents. 6. Synopsis of the Cicindelide of the U.S. of North America by F. G. Schaupp, with five plates (four colored) and woodcuts. > $1.00 7. ‘Papilio’, vols. I to IV, 1880—1884, each $2.00 8. Capt. T. L. Casey’s papers as follows: Contributions &c., Part I, 60 pp., 1884, ‘50° Cents:, + di ‘* Part II, 138 pp., 1885, $1.00 Revision of the Stenini of America, north of Mexico. 206 pp. 1 plate, 1884, S15 5) 9. Check-List of Hemiptera-Heteroptera, by Ph. R. Uhler. 38 pp. 1886. 50 Ute. | 10. Supplement to Henshaw’s Check List of Coleoptera. By Samuel Henshaw. 8 pp. .1887. . PEC B.S i 11. ‘‘Entomologica Americana”, vol. I to IV, each «$2.00 ——_+ +++ _______ BLANK LABELS. Three sizes. No.1, 1}x }inch, 20 ona sheet. No. 2; 8 x $ inch, with or without two guide lines for writing, 25 on asheet. No.3, 1x 3; in., 48 on asheet. All kinds supplied either black or red ; 1 Cent for 2 ahuetes + LOCALITY LABELS. In sets of 12 sheets have been preqared and are for sale at 15 Cents per set. Each sheet contains 42 lines and the sheets contain as follows : No. 1 Cal;, So. Cal.; Or., W. T.;: Vane... No. 2 Me., N. H.,. Vt.) Mass., R..T., Ct. No. 3.N.¥., N.J., Penn., Del., Md., No. 4,Va., W. Va, DoC., N. C., §..C, No. 5 Geo., Fla., Ala., Miss., Tenn. No. 6 Ohio, Ind., S. Ill., Ky., Mo. ‘No. 7 Minn., Wisc.;Mich., Ia., N. I. No.8 La., Tex.. Ark, IT.; N. M. No. 9 Gol., Wy., Mon., Dak., Neb. - No. 10 Ks., Nev., Ut., Id.,.Ariz...No..11 €an., N.F.; B.A., R..A., Alask., Lab., Hud. B.- No. 12 ¢ 21 lines, Q’21 lines. Any sheet sold separately @ 2 Cts. per sheet. Any State label separately @ 1-Cent per 100 labels., Specials for local collectors have also been prepared. No. 1, N.Y., 12 lines, N. J., 21 lines. .Now2, L.'I., 21. lines, C. I., 8 lines, 8. 1, 13 lines. These are furnished at 2 Cents per sheet. All neatly printed .and on good paper. ; Address for any of the above GEO. D. HULST, 15 Himrod Street, ; BROOKLYN, N. Y. VOL. V.—No. 4. APRIL, 1889. TOMULOG| ¢ AMERICAN A MonruHty JouRNaL oF ENTOMOLOGY. y PUBLISHED BY THE BROOKLYN ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. +> +--+ EDITOR ; Rev-Geo, D. Hirst, 15 HIMROD STREET, Brookiyn, N. Y. ASST. EDITOR : Curis. H: RosBerts, 11 WEST 123rpD STREET, New York. A.C. HUENE & BRO., Printers, 111 Broadway, Brooklyn, N. Y. Lniered at the Post Office at Brooklyn, N. ¥., as Second Class Matter. \ Offigens off the Brooklyn Hutomatagiqat Soniety. President, Carr. T, L, CASEY, U.S. A., - - - - - Army Building, New York. Vice-Pres., RICH’D F. PEARSALL, - - - - - - - 16 Broad Street, New York. Treasurer, CHRISTOPHER H.. ROBERTS, - - _ - 11 West 128rd Street, New York.- Rec. Sec., ARCHIBALD C. WEEKS, - 2 Ne - 182 Park Place, Brooklyn, N. Y. Cor. Sec., FRANK.H. CHITTENDEN, - - a! 25 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. Librarian, HERMAN M¥EESKE, - - - - - “1329 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. dees F, H. CHITTENDEN. ‘ A, C, WEEKS. ( T. lL. CASEY. CHRIS. H.. ROBERTS. | CHARLES PALM, - - - - 172 East 64th Street, New York. EXECUTIVE } GUSTAV BEYER, -. - - ‘611 East 117th Street, New York. COMMIT PED? 21 Ig Ww: 3. ANGEDDS (040 ics C28. 0 ae Budbon Street: New Moria | OTTOMAR DIETZ, - - - 112 East 90th Street, New York. . [ HY. EDWARDS, .- - - - - 185 East 116th Street, New York. [ GEO. D. HULST.. -* - - - 15 Himrod Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. CHRIS. H. ROBERTS.” I sad miner EDWARD IL GRAEF, - 4 - 40 Court Street, Brooklyn, N.Y. Ts ae :| RICHARD F. PEARSALL. i Vr Su) | FRANK H. CHITTENDEN. ——__—__—> +¢__—. The meetings of the Brooxkuyn Enromonocican Society are held on the Evening of the first Tuesday of each month in its rooms, noe t XN r _s BROOK ISY NaN Sat FUSE, “~~ 196 to 200 WASHINGTON STREET, [Near entrance to Brooklyn Bridge. ] ~ BROOKEYN, Ni ¥. ENTOMOLOGICA AMERICANA. A aa of the ‘Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society” and ‘*Papilio”. _ Subseription $2.00 per volume of twelve numbers; single numbers twenty Cents each, Advertisements of six lines or less at $3.00 per annum ; larger advertise- ments at comparatively lower rates, single insertions 51) Cents. | Special attention is called to the following : | Books or papers for notice. or review, and articles for publication shonld be sent to the Editor. Subscriptions nnd business communications to the Treasurer, Exchanges and donations ‘to library to the Librarian. Insects for identification or as donations to the collection of the Society, to pivner of the Curators Rev. J. W. HOLLAND, Pittsburgh, Pa., has on hand and for sale. or exchange, a limited quantity of magnificent specimens of | the Lepidoptera of Japan of his own collecting, also a,quantity of fine specimens: of the L epidoptera ot West Africa, Siam, Celebes, and Queensland, He has also con- sented to receive subscriptions for she ‘magnificent new w ork upon the Butterflies ot | Japan, by H. Pryer, entitled RHOPALOCERA NIHONICA,” which is to be issued in 3 parts, 4t0, upon Japanese ‘‘ untearable paper,” profusely and beautifully illustrated with colored plates, at $4.00/a part. Part I now ready for delivery. Address W. J. HOLLAND, Ph. D., 5th Ave.,’ Pittsburgh, Pa.’ WILLIAMSBURGH CORK WORKS. Dos’ BOMAN, Manufacturer of ++CORKS, CORK SOLES, &c. #*< Cor. Ainslie and Rodney Sts., Brooklyn, WV. Y. SHEET CORK FOR LINING INSECT CASES & SPECIALTY. PRICES FOR 34% x 12 INCHES, XX Quality, X Quality. 4 inch thick, per Bundle of 24 Sheets, 2 - $1.00 $0.60 35 6 6c ‘ec 6“ sc 4 és yay pd 1.50 90 4 ‘ec 6s ee ee a4 Gi gens : He 2.00 1.00 Other Sizes and Thicknesses at Proportionate Prices. Liberal Discount for Quantities, Scientific and Medical Books, Minerals and other objects of Natural History. A. E. FOOTE, M. D. (Prof. of Min. and Chem. ; Fellow Am, Ass’n. Ady. Science; Life Member Am. Mus. Nat. History, New York, and Acad. Nat. Sciences, Philadelphia.) {223 Belmont Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa. Over 5000. Entomological books, pamphlets and excerpts in stock. Largest stock of minerals in the world. Largest stock of Scientific Books in Americi. Copies of the ‘‘Naturalist’s Leisure Hour”, 32 pp., sent free on ap- plication. If stamp is enclosed, the subscriber’s edition on heavy paper is sent. Please state, what department of science you are specially interested in, _B. Neumcegen, P. O. Box 2581, New York City, ‘wishes to arrange with collectors in all parts of the world. for the purchase or ex- schange of Lepidoptera. Western and Southwestern U. S. species especially desired, -and liberal prices will be paid for material from Utah, Montana and Oregon. INSECT BOXES, Cork lined, papered, 9.x 13 inches, absolutely tight, $1.00, with label holder $1.05. Of the size and style made for the U. 5. Nat'l Museum $1.10. Special sizes to order at correspondingly low prices. Insect Cabinets of all sizes at reasonable prices. Re’erences for boxes and cabinets : U.S. Nat’l Museum, Brooklyn Ento. Society, and many others. JOHN SCHMITT, 290 Third Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y- WATKINS & DONCASTER. 36 Strand, London, W. C., Bugland, have a large stock of British Macro-Lepidoptera, Exotic Butterflies, British Birds, Eggs, Apparatus for Entomologists, Ornithologists, Botanists, &c. A Catalogue —will’be sent post-paid to any address on application. COLEOPTERA OF PACIFIC COAST FOR SALE. Also Insects of other orders. L. E. RICKSECKER, P. O. Box 208, Santa Rosa, Cal, For Sale by the «d BROOKLYN ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 1. Bulletin vol. Il to VII, 1879—1885, each $1.00 Vol. I is out of print. 2. Explanation of terms, used in Entomology. 38 pp. 1883. 50 Cents. 3. Synopsis of the N. A. species of Platynus by J. L. Leconte. 16 pp. Nov. 1879 50 Cents. 4. Synopsis of the Lucanide of the U.S. By Chas. Fuchs; with plate. 10 pp. | 50 Cents. 5. Check-List of the N. A. Macrolepidoptera (Diurnals, Sphingidz, Bombycidee, Noctuide and Geometride). 32 pp. 1882. 25 Cents. — ~ 6. Synopsis of the Cicindelide of the U.S. of North America by F. G. Schaupp, with five plates (four colored) and woodcuts. | $1.00 7. ‘Papilio’, vols. [to IV, 1880—1884, each $2.00 8. Capt. T. L. Casey’s papers as follows: Contributions &c., Part I, 60 pp., 1884, 50 Cents- Seay “© Part II, 138 pp., 1885, 41.00 Revision of the Stenini of America, north of Mexico. 206 pp. : 1 plate, 1884, $1.50 9. Check-List of Hemiptera-Heteroptera, by Ph. R. Uhler. 33 pp. 1886. 50 Cts. 10. Supplement to Henshaw’s Check List of Coleoptera. By Samuel Henshaw. 8 pp, 1887. 25 Cts. 11. ‘‘sEntomologica Americana”, vol. Ito IV, each $2.00 “> +} BLANK LABELS. Three sizes. No.1, 14x }inch, 20 onasheet. No.2, 7x 4 inch, with or without two guide lines for writing, 25 on asheet. No,3, 14x J; in-, 48 on asheet. All kinds supplied either black or red ; 1 Cent for 2 sheets. aE Ce Bie: a LOCALITY LABELS. - In sets of 12 sheets have been preqared and are for sale at 15 Cents per set. Each sheet contains 42 lines and the sheets contain as follows : No. 1.Cal., So. Cal:, Or., W.'T., Vane. No. 2 Me., N..H., Vt., Mass., R.I., Ct. No; 3 N.Y.; N.J.:Penn.; ‘Del.;;Md. -No. 4 Va., W.. Va‘, D. @:,. Nv; S.-C. No. 5 Geo., Fla., Ala., Miss., Tenn. No. 6 Ohio, Ind., S. Ill., Ky., Mo. No. 7 Minn., \Wisc., Mich., In., N.-Ill. No, 8 La., Tex..;Ark.,,T.,T.. N. M.. No? 9 Col., Wy., Mon., Dak., Neb. No. 10 Ks., Nev., Ut., Id., Ariz. No.11 Can., N.F., B. A., R. A., Alask., Lab., Hud. B. No. 12 {21 lines, © 21 lines. : Any sheet sold separately @ 2 Cts. per sheet. Any State label separately @ 1 Cent per 100 Jabels. Specials for local collectors have also been prepared. No. 1, N.Y:, 12 lines, N. J., 21-lines. No. 2, LL. T., 21 lines, C. 1, 8 lines, ST, 13 lines. These are furnished at 2 Cents per sheet. All neatly printed and on good paper. Address for any of the above GEO. D. HULST, 15 Himrod Street, BROOKLYN, NY. _Mo. &: | \ MAY, 1899. AMERIGANA A MonTHLY JOURNAL or ENTOMOLOGY. PUBLISHED BY THE BROOKLYN ENTOMOLOGICAL SoctIETY: a ae EDITOR: Joun B. SMITH, RUTGERS COLLEGE, New BRUNSWICK, N. J. ASST. EDITOR : Frank H. CHITTENDEN, 95 ATLANTIC: AVENUE, Brooktyn, N. Y. & BRO., Printers, 111 Broadway; Brooklyn, N.Y. as Second Class Matter. A.C: HUENE Entered at the Post Office at Brooklyn, N. ¥., Offinens of the Brooklyn dint President, Carr. T, L. CASEY, U.S, “AS, Vice-Pres., RICH’D F. PEARSALL,” - Treasurer, CHRISTOPHER. H. ROBERTS, Rec. Sec., ARCHIBALD ©, WEEKS, Cor. Sec., FRANK H. CHITTENDEN, Librarian, HERMAN MEESKE, - motogiqat Sogiety, Army Building, New Yo: ~ 16 Broad Street, New York - 233 West 1229nd Street, New Yor - 182 Park Place, Brooklyn, Ny? 25 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, NA 1329 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn, N.¥ Gavsints F. H. CHITTENDEN, : A. C. WEEKS. — . f. T.-L. CASEY, | CHRIS. H. ROBERTS. CHARLES PALM, - 172 East 64th Street, | Reet uaa New York cOMme 4. GUSTAV. BEYER) (4.0.15 tone pace titan Street, New York “SSG Wey ANGELL, Sy ae aes 44 Hudson Street, New Yor OTTOMAR DIETZ, - - 112 East 90th Street, New York [ HY. EDWARDS. - - n - 185 East 116th Street, New York { JOHN B. SMITH, - - Rutgers College, New Brunswick, NJ |” FRANK CHITTENDEN, € a PUBLICATION | GEO. D. HULST. - - - 15 Himrod Street, Brooklyn, N. Be: COMMITTER: 1 CHRIS. H. ROBERTS, : > ee | EDWARD L GRAEF, +>. -~ 40 Court Street, Brooklyn, N.Y | RICHARD F. PEARSALL. - a ee en, The meetings of the Brooxtyn Entomondaicat, Socrrr Evening of the first Tuesday of each month in its reoms, BROOKLYN SSeS Bd BS ne 196 to 200 WASHINGTON STREET. [Near entrance to Brooklyn Bridge. | BROOKLYN, N. ENTomMO and ‘*Papilio”.. Subseri Cents each. Advertisements ments -at comp Y are hell on the ¥ Locica AMERICANA” tion of the “Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society” — ption $2.00 per volume of twelve numbers: ; Single numbers twenty — of six lines or less a t $3.00 per annum: larger aratively lower rates, sing advertise- le insertions 50. Vents. Special attention is called to the Books or Pepers for notice or rey be sent to the Editor. Subseriptions and business following : ; ; iew, and articles for publication should at communications to the ‘Treasnrer. xchanges and donations to library to the Librarian. ; Insects for identification or as donations to the collection of t} to either of the Curators. 1e Society, Rev. W. J. HOLLAND, P has on hand an the Lepidopter ittsburgh, Pa., antity of magnificent specimens of also~a quantity of fine specimens of and Queensland,» He has also con- ht new work upon: the Butterflies ot ALOCERA NIHONICA,” which is to be issued in. 3 unterrab'e yaper,” profusely and beautifully iliustrated at $4 00a part. Part T now ready for delivery, Address W. J. HOLLAND, Ph. D., sth Ave. Pittsburgh, Pa: | for sale. or exchange, a limited qu a Of Japan.of his own collecting, the Lepidoptera of West Africa, Siam, Ceélebes, sented to receive subscriptions for rhe Inagnifice Japan, by H, Pryer, entitled RHop parts, 4to, upon Japanese «< with colored plates, WILLIAMSBURGH CORK WORKS. D,S. YEOMAN. Manufacturer of -t CORKS, CORK SOLES, &c.: Cor. Ainslie and Rodney Sts., Brooklyn, N. V: SHEET CORK FOR LINING INSECT CASES A SPECIALTY. PRICES FOR 334 x 12 INCHES. XX Quality. X Quality, ¢ inch thick, per Bundle of 24 Sheets, = =e SL 00 $0.60 +s 66 “cc ec 66 4 ey 1. 50 90 4d ome Ty “e es ce 66 66 Se re i. A 2.00 1.00 Other Sizes and Thicknesses at Proportionate Prices, Liberal Discount for Quantities. Scientific and Medical Books, Minerals and other objects of Natural History. A. E. FOOTE, M. D. (Prof. of Min. and Chem. ; Fellow Am. Ass’n. Adv, Science; Life Member Am. Mus. Nat, _. History, New York, and Acad. Nat. Sciences, Philadelphia. ) 1223 Belmont Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa. Over 5000 Entomological books, pamphlets and excerpts in stock. Largest stock of minerals in the world. Largest stock of Scientific Books in America. Copies of the ‘“‘Naturalist’s Leisure Hour’, 32 pp., sent free on ap- plication. If stamp is enclosed, the subscriber’s edition on heavy paper is sent. Please state, what department of science you are specially interested in. B. Neumegen, P. O. Box 2581, New York City, wishes to arrange with collectors in all parts of the world for the purchase or ex- change of Lepidoptera. Western and Southwestern U. S. species especially desired, and liberal prices. will be paid for material from Utah, Montana and Oregon, INSEOT BOXES. Cork lined, papered, g x13 inches, absolutely tight, $1.00, with label holder $1.05. Of the size and style made for the U.S. Nat'l Museum $1.10. Special sizes to order af correspondingly low prices. Insect Cabinets of all sizes at reasonable prices.. References for boxes and cabinets : U.S. Nat’! Museum, Brooklyn Ento. Society, and many others. ; JOHN SCHMITT, 290 Third Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. WATKINS & DONCASTER. 3SEC Strand, Loudon, W.C., Fugtlaud, have a larze stock of British Macro-Lepidoptera. Exotic Butterflies, British Birds, Evys, Apparatus for. Entomologists, Ornithologists, Botanists, &c. A Catalogue w.ll be sent, post- wad to any address on APA COLEOPTERA OF PACIFIC COAST FOR SALE. Also Inseets of other orders. L. EB. RICKSECEKER, P. O. Box 20s, Santa Rosa, Cal, For Sale by the “4 BROOKLYN ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. & 1. Bulletin vol. If to VII, 1879—1885, each ; $1.00 Vol. I is out of print. ; : 2.. Explanation of terms, used.in‘Entomology, 38 pp. 1883. 50 Cents. 3. Synopsis of the N. A. species of Platynus by J. L. Leconte. 16 pp. Noy. 1879 _ 50 Cents. 4. Synopsis of the Lucanide of the U.S. By Chas. Fuchs; with fs - plate. 10 pp. 50 Cents. | 5. Check-List of the N. A. Macrolepidoptera mieenals Sphingidee, Bombycidx, Noctuide and Geometride). 32 pp. 1882. 25 Cents. 6. Synopsis of the Cicindelide of the U.S. of North America by F. . - G. Schaupp, with five plates (four colored) and woodcuts. $1.00 . > 7. ‘Papilio”, vols. I to IV, 1880—1884, each $2.00— 8. Capt. T. L. Casey’s papers as follows: Contributions &c., Part I, 60 pp., 1884, 50 Cents. ee *¢ Part II, 138 pp., 1885, $1.00 Revision of the Stenini of America, north of Mexico, 206 pp- 1 plate, 1884, : $1.50 9. Check-List of Hemiptera-Heteroptera, by Ph. R. Uhler. 33 pp. 1886. 50 Cts. 10. Suppiement to Henshaw’s Check List of Coleoptera. By Samuel Henshaw. 8 pp. 1887. 25 Cts. 11. “Entomologica Americana”, vol. I to IV, each $2.00 —————_-_- >< BLANK LABELS. Three sizes. No.1, 1}x inch, 20o0na sheet. No. 2, 7x tinch, with or without two guide lines for writing, 25 on asheet. No.3, }4x ); in., 48 0n asheet. All kinds supplied either black or red; 1 Cent for 2 nets: ag eg LOCALITY LABELS. In sets of 12 sheets have been preqared and are for sale at 15 Cents per set. Each sheet contains 42 lines and the sheets contain-as follows : No. 1 Cal., So. Cal., Or., W; T., Vane. No. 2:Me., e tae Vt., Mass:, RI., Ct.. No. 3 N-Y., N.J., Penn.,' Del., Md. No.4 Va.,W. Dy C2 SACs OF No. 5 Geo., Fla., Ala., Miss., Tenn. No. 6 Ohio, 13d: ie) PTs Ky., Mo,” Now7 Minn., Wise., Mich., In., N. Ml. No.8 La.. Tex.. rege , 1..T., N. Me ‘No.9 Col... Wy.. Mon., Dak., Neb. No. 10-Ks., Nev., uth , Ariz; -No. 11 Can.,°N. F., B. A., R. A., Alask., Lab., Hud. B. No. 12 of oo ae © 21 lines: Any sheet sold separately @ 2 Cts. per sheet. Any State label separately @ 1 Cent per 100 labels. Specials for local collectors have also been prepared. No. 1; N-Y., 12 lines, N. J;, 21 lines.. No.2, \L. DL, 2h lines; C.\1.,, 8 lines. S. 1, 13 lines. These are furnished at 2 Cents per~sheet. All neatly printed and on good paper. Address for any of the above GEO. D. HULST, 15 Himrod Street, BROOKLYN, NY. VOL. V.—No. 6. : JUNE, 1899. PUBLISHED BY THE BROOKLYN ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 2 o<}______—_ EDITOR: Joun B.-SmituH, RUTGERS COLLEGE, New BRUNSWICK, N. J. ASST. EDITOR : Frank H.. CuitrrenDEN, 26 ATLANTIC AVENUE, BROOKLYN, N. Y. A..c. HUENE & BRO., Printers, 111 Broadway, Brooklyn, N.Y. Entered at the Post Office at Brooklyn, N. ¥., as Second Class Matter. a ee 4% Me ee ee Officers off the Brooklyn Entomotogiqut Sonisty. President, Capt. T, L, CASEY, U.S, A., * - - Sa a Army Building, New York. Vice-Pres., RICH’D F. PEARSALL, - 217. = se - - 16 Broad Street, New York. | Treasurer, CHRISTOPHER H. ROBERTS, - - - - 233 West 122nd Street, New York. | Rec. Sec., ARCHIBALD C. WEEKS, - - - - - 182 Park Place, Brooklyn, N. Y.. Cor. Sec., FRANK H. CHITTENDEN, -— - ts - 25 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. | Librarian, HERMAN MEESKE, - - - - - 1329 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. | Gis, F. H. CHITTENDEN. yj r A. C. WEEKS. ( TT. L, CASEY. CHRIS. H. ROBERTS. i | | CHARLES PALM, - - - - 172 East 64th Street, New York. Camus, { GUSTAV BEYER, - - - 511 East 117th Street, New York. : "1. @ W. J. ANGELL, - - - 44 Hudson Street, New York. | OTTOMAR DIETZ, - a See 112 East 90th Street, New York. | HY. EDWARDS. - . - - 185 East 116th Street, New York. — f JOHN B. SMITH; - - Rutgers College, New Brunswick, N. J. | -FRANK H. CHITTENDEN. PUBLICATION | GEO. D. HULST. : - - 15 Himrod- Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. COMMITTEE: } CHRIS. H. ROBERTS. e 4 | EDWARD L GRAEF, - = - 40 Court Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. [ RICHARD F. PEARSALL. $< <> The meetings of the Brooxtyn EnromonocicaL Socrery are held on the Evening of the first Tuesday of each month in its rvoms, BROOKLYN: FNSELEOULE, 196 to 200 WASHINGTON STREET, [Near entrance to Brooklyn Bridge.] _ BROOKLYN, N. Y. Entomotocica AMERICANA. A combination of the “Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Scciety” and ‘‘Papilio”. ; Subscription $2.00 per volume of twelve numbers; single numbers twenty Cents éaeh. Advertisements of six lines or-less at $3.00 per annum ; larger advertise- ments at comparatively lower rates, single insertions 50 Cents. Special attention is called to the following: Books or papers for notice or review, and articles for publication should be sent to the Editor. Subscriptions and business communications to the Treasurer. Exchanges and donations to Library to the Entom. Dep’t, Brooklyn Institute. Insects for identification or as donations to the collection of the Society, . to either of the Curators. Rev. W. J. HOLLAND, Pittsburgh, Pa., has on hand and for sale, or exchange, a limited quantity of magnificent specimens of the Lepidoptera of Japan of his own collecting, also a quantity of fine specimens of * the Lepidoptera ot West Africa, Siam, Celebes, and Queensland, He has also con- sented to receive subscriptions for the magnificent new work upon the Butterflies ot Japan, by H. Pryer, entitled “ RHopPALOCERA NIHONICcA,” which is to be issued in 3 parts, 4to, upon Japanese ‘* untearable paper,” profusely and beautifully illustrated with colored plates, at $4.00.a part. Part I now ready for delivery. Address W. J. HOLLAND, Ph. D., 5th Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. WILLIAMSBURGH CORK WORKS. D-S: YEOMAN: Manufacturer of >kCORKS, CORK SOLES, &C.: Cor. Ainslie and Rodney Sts., Brooklyn, MN. ¥. SHEET CORK FOR LINING INSECT CASES A SPECIALTY. PRICES FOR 34% x 12 INCHES. XX Quality. X Quality. 4 inch thick, per Bardle of 24 Sheets; - - _$1:00 $0.60 (hak (ae pine eee 1.50: 90 icf “é 6é éé cs ce és eee A % 2,00 1.00 Other Sizes and Pblcenaaves at Proportionate Prices. © Liberal Discount for Quantities. ‘Scientific and Medical Books, Minerals and other objects of Natural History. eo A. E. FOOTE, M. D. ~ (Prof. of Min. and Chem: ; Fellow Am. Ass’n. Ady. Science; Life Member Am. Mus, Nat. : History, New York, and Acad. Nat. Sciences, Philadelphia.) {223 Belmont. Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa. Over 5000 Entomological books, pamphlets and excerpts in stock. Largest stock of minerals in the world. Largest stock of Scientific Books in America, Copies of the ‘‘Naturalist’s Leisure Hour”, 32 pp., sent free on ap- plication. If stamp is enclosed,-the snbscriber’s edition on heavy paper is sent. Please state, what department of science you are specially interested in. B. Neumcegen, P. O. Box 2581, New York City, wishes to arrange with collectors in all parts of the world for the purchase or-ex- change of Lepidoptera. ‘Western and Southwestern U. S. species especially. desired, and liberal ees will be paid for material from Utah, Montana and Oregon. ENS EL BOXES, Cork lined, papered, g x 13 inches, absolutely tight, $1.00, with label holder $1.05. Of the size and style ade for the U. S. Natl Museum $1.10. Special sizes to order at correspondingly low. prices.» Insect Cabinets of all sizes at reasonable prices. References for boxes and cabinets : U.S. Nat’l Museum, Brooklyn Ento. Society, and many others. - JOHN SCHMITT, 290 Third Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. WATKINS & pop delpcenibe SC Strand, Loudon, W.C., Bugtand, have a large stock of British oo Exotic Butterflies, British Birds, Eggs, Apparatus for Entomolovists, Ornithologists, Botanists, &c. A Catalogue will be sent post-paid to any address on application. ~ COLEOPTERA OF PACIFIC COAST FOR SALE. We Also Insects of other orders. -L. E. RICKSECKER, P. O. Box 208, Santa Rosa, Cal, Por Sale: by the x BROOKLYN ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 1. Bulletin vol. II to VII, 1879—1885, each $1.00 Vol. I is out of print. : 2. Explanation of terms, used in Entomology. 38 pp. 1883, 50 Cents. 3. Synopsis of the N. A. species of Platynus by J. L. Leconte. 16 pp. Noy. 1879 ' 50 Cents. 4, Synopsis of the Lucanidx of the U.S. By Chas. Fuchs; with © plate. 10 pp. 50 Cents. 5. - Check-List of the N. A isauslbeidastors (Diurnals, Sphingide, Bombycide, Noctuide and Geometrid). 32 pp. 1882. 25 Cents. 6. Synopsis of the Cicindelidz of the U.S. of North America by F. ; G. Schaupp, »with five plates (four colored) and woodcuts. $1.00 7.. ‘*Papilio”, vols. Lto IV, 1880 —1884, each $2.00 8. Capt. T. L. CaSey’s papers as follows: Contributions &c., Part I, 60 pp., 1884, 50 Cents. ne “) Part. Tl; 138 pp. 1885; $1.00 Revision of the Stenini of America, north of Mexico. 206 pp. 1 plate, 1884, g1. 50 9. Check-List of Hemiptera-Heteroptera, by Ph. R. Uhler. 33 pp. 1886. 50 Cts. 10. Supplement to Henshaw’s Check List of Coleoptera. By Samuel Henshaw... 8 pp. 1887. 25 Cts. 11. ‘EKntomologica Americana”, vol. I to IV, each £2.50 Pai Se aT ~ie ea nes BLANK LABELS. Three sizes. No. 1, 1} x } inch, 20 onasheet. No. 2, 7x }inch, with or without two guide lines for writing. 25 on asheet, No.3, 11x 5: in:, 48 ona sheet. All kinds supplied either black or red ; 1 Cent for 2 sibel, $9 LOCALITY LABELS. In sets of 12.sheets have been preqared and are for sale at 15 Cents per set. Rach sheet’ contains 42 lines and the sheets.contain as follows : No. 1 Cal,, So. Cal., Or., W. T., Vane. No.2 Me., N.H,, Vt., Mass., R.1., Ct... No. 3 N.Y.,. N.J., Penn.,; Del., Md. No. 4 Va., W? Va, Dz @:, N..C.,-S.-C! No. 5 Geo., Fla:, Ala., Miss., Tenn. No. 6 Ohio, Ind., 8. Ill., Ky., Mo. No.7 Minn.,. Wisc.,:-Mich.;. Ia.,.N: Tll.. No. 8 La:, Tex.. Ark. 1. T.,.N. M. No. 9 Col., Wy., Mon., Dak., Neb. ° No. 10 Ks., Nev:, Ut:, Id., Ariz, No.11 Gan., N.-F., B. A., R. A., Alask.; Lab., Hud. B: No. 12 rot 21 lines, © 21 lines. Any sheet sold separately @ 2 ts. per sheet. Any State label separately @ 1 Cent per 100 labels. Specials for local collectors have also been prepared. No. 1, N,¥.,.12 lines, N. J., 21 lines... No,,2,, du. I,, 21 lines, ©. E, 8 lines, SL, 18 lines. These are furnished at 2 Cents per sheet. All neatly printed and on good paper. Address for any of the above GEO. D. HULST, 15 Himrod Street, BROOKLYN, N. Y, JULY, 1889. PUBLISHED BY THE BROOKLYN ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. te ot 2 EDITOR Joun B. Situ; RUTGERS COLLEGE, New BRUNSWICK, Ni ASST. EDITOR : Frank H. CuHirrenpben, 25 ATLANTIC AVENUE, BROOKLYN, N.Y. A.C. HUENE & BRO., Printers, 111 Broadway, Brooklyn,-N. Y. Entered at the Post Office at Brooklyn, N. ¥.; as Second Class Matter. Olfigers off the Byooktyn Fr Hintomotogigal Sagiety. President, Cart. T, L, CASEY, U.S, A., - - - - - Army Building, New York. Vice-Pres., RICH’D F. PEARSALL, - - - - - - - 16 Broad Street, New York. Treasurer, CHRISTOPHER H. ROBERTS, - - - - 233 West 122nd Street, New York. Rec. Sec., ARCHIBALD C. WEEKS, - = - - - 182 Park Place, Brooklyn, N. Y. Cor. Sec., FRANK H. CHITTENDEN, - - - - 25 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. Librarian, HERMAN MEESKE, - - - - - 1829 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. Curators; F. H. CHITTENDEN. : A. C. WEEKS. T. L. CASEY. CHRIS. H. ROBERTS. : CHARLES PALM, - - - - 172 East 64th Street, New York. EXECUTIVE | GUSTAV BEYER, - - .- Sil East 117th Street, New York. COUMEP TEE: G. W: J. ANGELL, - = .-. ° 44 Hudson Street; New York: OTTOMAR DIETZ, -- —- - 112 East 90th. Street, New York. |. HY. EDWARDS. - - -. - 185 East 116th Street, New York. f JOHN B. SMITH, - - _ Rutgers College, New Brunswick, N. J. FRANK H. CHITTENDEN.- PUBLICATION GEO. D. HULST. - - - 15 Himrod Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. COMMITTEE: , CHRIS. H. ROBERTS. ; EDWARD L GRAEF, - - - 40 Court Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. | RICHARD F. PEARSALL. sR el SG aS The meetings of the Brooxtyn EntomonoeicaL Society are held on the Evening of the first Tuesday of each month in its rooms, to BROOKLYN INS TITOTE 196 to 200 WASHINGTON STREET, {Near entrance to Brooklyn Bridge. ] BROOKLYN, N. Y. ENTomMoLogICn AMERICANS. A combination of the ‘Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society” and ‘‘Papilio”. Subscription $2.00 per volume of twelve numbers; single numbers twenty Cents each. Advertisements of six lines or less at $3.00 per annum ; larger advertise-_ ments at comparatively lower rates, single insertions 50 Cents. Special attention is called to the following : Books or papers for notice or review, und articles for publication should be sent to the Editor. Subscriptions and business communications to the Treasurer. Exchanges and donations to Library to the Entom. Dep't, Brooklyn Institute. Insects for identification or as donations to the collection of the Society, to either of the Curators, Rev; WwW. J. HOLLAND, Pittsburgh, Pa., has on hand and for sale. or exchange, a limited quantity of magnificent specimens ot the Lepidoptera of Japan of his own collecting, also a quantity of fine specimens of the Lepidoptera ot West Africa, Siam, Celebes; and Queensland, He has also con- sented to receive subscriptions for the magnificent new w ork upon the Butterflies ot Japan, by H. Pryer, entitled “ RHOPALOCERA NIHONICA,” which is to be issued in 3 parts, 4t0, upon Japanese ‘‘untearable paper,’’ profusely and beautifully illustrated with colored plates, at $4.00 a part. Part I now ready for delivery. Address W. J. HOLLAND, Ph. D., 5th Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. a wes, roe WILLIAMSBURGH CORK WORKS. D.S. YEOMAN. Manufacturer of ee CORK SOLES, &c. #< Cor. Atnslie and Rodney Sts., Brooklyn, NM. YX. SHEET CORK FOR LINING INSECT CASES A SPECIALTY. PRICES FOR 314 x 12 INCHES. XX Quality. X Quality. + inch nniCk per Bundle of 24 Sheets, - - $1.00 $0.60 Oe 66 6G 66 = = - its 50 .90 “cc ce 6c ce. 6 si & - ra 00 1.00 Other Sizes and Thicknesses at Proportionate Prices. Liberal Discount for Quantities. Scientific and Medical Books, Minerals and other objects of Natural History. A. E. FOOTE, M. D. ems of Min. and Chem. ; Fellow Am. Ass’n. Ady. Science; Life Member Am. Mus. Nat. History, New York, and Acad. Nat. Sciences, Philadelphia.) {223 Belmont Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa. Over 5000 Entomological books, pamphlets and excerpts in stock. Largest stock of minerals in the world. Largest stock of Scientific Books in America. Copies of the ‘‘Naturalist’s Leisure Hour”, 32 pp., sent free on ap- plication. If stamp is enclosed, the subscriber’s edition on heavy paper is sent. Please state, what department of science you are specially interested in, B. Neumegen, P. O. Box 2581, New York City, _wishes to arrange with collectors in all parts of the world for the purchase or ex- change of Lepidoptera. _Western and Southwestern U. S. species especially desired, and liberal prices will be paid for material from Utah, Montana and Oregon. INSECT BOXES, Cork lined, papered, 9 x 13 inches, absolutely tight, $1.00, with label holder $1.05. Of the size and style made for the U. S. Nat'l Museum $1.10. Special sizes to order at correspondingly low prices. Insect Cabinets of all sizes at reasonable prices. References for boxes and cabinets: U.S. Nat’l Museam, Brooklyn Ento. Society, and many others. JOHN SCHMITT, 290 Third Avenue, Brooklyn, N; Y. WATKINS & DONCASTER, 36 Strand, London, W. 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PUBLISHED BY THE BROOKLYN ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. oS + EDITOR : Joun B. Situ, RUTGERS. COLLEGE, New Brunswick, N. J. ASST. EDITOR : Frank H. CuitTeEnpDeEN, 25 ATLANTIC AVENUE, BROOKLYN, N, Y. A. C. HUENE & BRO., Printers, 111 Broadway, Brooklyn, N. Y. Entered at the Post Office at Brooklyn, N. ¥., as Second Class Matter. Offigers aff the Byooklyn Fintomatogigqat Sogiety. President, Capt. I. L, CASEY, U. 5, A., - - - - - Army Building, New York. Vice-Pres., RICH’D F. PEARSALL, - - - - - - - 16 Broad Street, New York. Treasurer, CHRISTOPHER H. ROBERTS, - - - - 283 West 122nd Street, New York. Rec. Sec., ARCHIBALD C. WEEKS, - - - - - 182 Park Place, Brooklyn, N. Y.. Cor. Sec., FRANK H. CHITTENDEN, - - - - _ 25 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, N.Y. Librarian, HERMAN MEESKE, - - - - - 1329 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. eS het F. H. CHITTENDEN. 2 A. C. WEEKS. f T. L. CASEY. CHRIS. H. ROBERTS. | CHARLES PALM, - - - - 172 Hast 64th Street, New York. EXECUTIVE | GUSTAV BEYER, - - - _ 511.East 117th Street, New York. COPEM TEE ROE 6 og AV. T UUNGHEEES Got oo) 2a: a Aa a ao Berea NaN | OTTOMAR DIETZ, - - - 112 East 90th Street, New York. |. HY. EDWARDS, - - - - 185 East 116th Street, New York. [ JOHN B. SMITH, - - Rutgers College, New Brunswick; N. J. FRANK H. CHITTENDEN. PUBLICATION | GEO. D. HULST. - - - 15 Himrod Strect, Brooklyn, N. Y. COMMITTEE: | CHRIS. H. ROBERTS. EDWARD L GRAEF, - = - 40 Court Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. | RICHARD F, PEARSALL. OS The meetings of the Brooxtyn Enromonoaicat Socrery are held on the Eyening of the first Tuesday of each month in its reoms, BROOK LY NOUNS rot OT es, 196 to 200 WASHINGTON STREET, [Near entrance to Brooklyn Bridge. ] BROOKLYN, N.Y. ENTOMOLOGICA AMERICANA. A combination of the “Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society” and *Papilio”. : Subscription $2.00 per volume of twelve numbers; single numbers twenty Cents each. 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Pryer, entitled “ RHoPALOCERA NrHontca,” which is to be issued in 3 parts, 4to, upon Japantse ‘‘untearable paper,” profusely and beautifully illustrated with colored plates, at $4.00 a part. Part I now ready for delivery. Address W. J. HOLLAND, Ph. D., 5th Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. yi AE ie CORK WORKS. u a > Ds: YBOMAN, Manufacturer of >t CORKS, CORK SOLES, ia, Cor. Atuslie and Rodney Sés., Brooklyi, MF. SHEET CORK FOR LINING INSECT CASES A’SPECIALTY. PRICES FOR 313 x 12 INCHES, XX Quality. X Quality. 4 inch thick, per Prasidie of 24 Sheets, i - $1.00 $0.60 *& ‘ec se 6s ¢< x z 1.50 90 i se“ ““ “ ce Bite RG ss 3 3 2.00 1.00 Other Sizes and eur ane at epee Prices. Liberal Discount for Quantities. Scientific and Medical Books, Minerals and other objects of Natural History. A. E. FOOTE, M. D. (Prof. of Min. and Chem. ; Fellow Am. Ass’n. Adv. Science ; Life Member Am. Mus. Nat. History, New York, and Acad. Nat. Sciences, Philadelphia.) {223 Belmont Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa. Over 5000 Entomological books, pamphlets and excerpts in stock. Largest stock of minerals in the world. Largest stock of Scientific Books in -America. Copies of the ‘‘Naturalist’s Leisure Hour”, 32 pp., sent free on ap- plication. If stamp is enclosed, the subscriber’s edition on heavy paper is sent. Please state, what department of science you are specially interested in. B. Neumcegen, P. oO. Box 2581, New York City, wishes to arrange with Collectors in all parts of the world for the purchase or ex- change of Lepidoptera.’ Western and Southwestern U. S. species especially desired, and liberal wees will be ee for material from Utah, Montana and Sgn: INSECT BOXES, Cork lined, papered, 9.x 13 inches, absolutely tight, $1.00,§ with lagel- holder $1.05. Of the size and style made for the U..S. Nat'l fuseum $1,J0. , Special sizes to order at correspondingly low prices. Tnsect Cabinets 6f all. sizes at reasonable . prices. References for boxes and cabinets: UtsS: Nat’l Musegfm; ior ly Ento. Society, and many others. Y JOHN re oi bae : 290 Third pS aes Brooklyn, N: ag = es: = WATKINS & DONCASTER. : . 386 Strand, London, W.C., Engling, “3 have a large stock of British Macro-Lepidoptera, Exotic Butterflies, British Birds, Eggs, Apparatus for Entomologists, Ornithologists, Botanists, &c. A Catalogue will be sent post- pai to any address on ep aeanens COLEOPTERA OF PACIFIC COAST FOR SALE. Also Insects of other orders. L. E. RICKSECKER, P. O. Box 208, Santa Rosa, Cal, For Sale hy the “4 BROOKLYN ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. Be 1. Bulletin vol. II to VII, 1879—1885, each - $1.00 ; Vol. I is out of print. ae 2. EtplaRation of terms, tised in Entomology. 38 pp. 1883. 50 Cents. 3. Synopsis of the N. A. species of Platynus by J. L. Leconte. 16 pp. Nov. 1879 50 Cents. 4. Synopsis of the Lucanide of the U.S. By Chas. Fuchs; with at plate. 10 pp. > 50 Cents. 5. Check-List of the N.A Macrolepidoptera (Diurnals, Sphingide, Bombycidx, Noctuide and Geometridx). 32 pp. 1882. - 25 Cents. 6. Synopsis of the Cicindelide of the U.S. of North America by F. G.Schaupp, with five plates (four colored) and woodcuts. $1.00 7. ‘**Papilio”’, vols. Ito TV, 1880—1884, each $2.00 8. Capt. T. L. Casey’s papers as follows: Contributions &c., Part I, 60 pp., 1884, 50 Cents. ee *¢ Part If, 138 pp., 1885, 21.00 Revision of the Stenini of America, north of Mexico, 206 pp. 1 plate, 1884, = REA, 9. Check-List of Hemiptera-Heteroptera, by Ph. R. Uhler. 33 pp. 1886. du Cts. 10.. Supplement to Henshaw’s Check List of Coleoptera. By Samuel Henshaw. 8 pp. 1887. ; YA Cts. 11. “Entomologica Americana”, vol. I to [V, each $2.00 Bila PALE oe UEAN. Tet ao BLANK LABELS. Three sizes: No. 1, 11x } inch, 20 0n a sheet. Na. : os } inch, in or without two guide lines for writing. 25 on a sheet. No. 3, {4X in., 45 0n a sheet. All kinds supplied either black or red; 1 Cent for 2 fee nee re eg ee LOCALITY LABELS. Tn sets"ot 12 sheets have been preqared and are for sale at 15 Cents per set. Each Sheet’ éontains 42%ines and the sheets contain as follows : “No. | Dal. , So. Oal., Or., W.,T:, Vane. No. 2°Me.,/N. Hy, Vt.,"Mass., R:-1., Ct. - No. 3N.Y., Wied s Pein. Del.; Md:~ No«4-Va:, W.Va, "D-C:.- N.C. SeC. No. 5 Geo., Fla., Ala., Miss., Tenn. No..6 Ohio, Ind., 8. Ill., Ky., Mo. No.7 Minn., Wist&, Mich., In., N. Ill. No. 8 La., a Ark., I-T., N. M. (No. 9 Gol., Wy., Mon., Dak., Neb. No. 10 Ks., Nev., Ut., Id., Ariz, No. 11 Can., N. F., B.A., R. Ay, Alask., Lab., Hud. B.- No. 12 fot aa lines, 2 21 lines. Any sheet sold separately @ 2.Cts: per sheet. Any State label senatenely @. 1 Cent pér 100 labels. Specials for local’ collectors haye also been prepared. No. 1, N-Y., 12 Jines, Ni J., 21 lines. “No. 2; Gd. 231 tines, °C. Te) (8tlines) Seda le lines, These are furnished at 2 Cents per sheet.. All neatly printed and on good paper. Address for any of the above GEO. D. HULST, 15 Himrod Street, BROOKLYN, NY. VOL. V.—No. 9. SEPTEMBER, 1889. ON U6 leg AMERIGAN A MonTHLY Tocwvaen OF Hieonccocy: PUBLISHED BY THE BROOKLYN ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. EDITOR: Joun B. SmitnH, RUTGERS COLLEGE, New Brunswick, N, J. ASST. EDITOR : Frank H. CuittenbDeEn, 25 ATLANTIC AVENUE, Brooktyn, N. Y. A. C. HUENE & BRO., Printers, 111 Broadway, Brooklyn, N. Y. Entered at the Post Office at Brooklyn, N. ¥., as Second Class Matter. Offiqens af the Byooktyn Fintomologigat Sonisty. : President, Capt. T, L, CASEY,.U.S. A., - - - - - Army Building, New York. Vice-Pres., RICH’D F. PEARSALL, - - - - - - - 16 Broad Street, New York. © Treasurer, CHRISTOPHER H. ROBERTS, — - Se . 283 West 122nd Street, New York. Ree. Sec., ARCHIBALD C. WEEKS, - = - - - 182 Park Place, Brooklyn, N. Y. Cor. Sec., FRANK H. CHITTENDEN, - - - - 95 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, N. ¥. Librarian, HERMAN MEESKE, - - - - - 1329 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn, a a aeente F. H. OHITTENDEN. ‘ A, C. WEEKS. . f T, L.. CASEY. CHRIS. H.. ROBERTS. - | CHARLES PALM, - - - - 172 East 64th Street, New York. EXECUTIVE | GusTAV BEYER, - * ~~ 511 East 117th Street, New York. COMMITTEE: | @ w.J. ANGELL, - - - ~44 Hudson Street, New York. | OTTOMAR DIETZ, — - - - 112 East 90th Street, New York. | HY. EDWARDS, — - - = - 185 Bast 116th Street; New York. [ JOHN B. SMITH, - - Rutgers College, New Brunswick, N. J: FRANK H, CHITTENDEN. PUBLICATION GEO. D. HULST. - +. . 15 Himrod Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. COMMITTEE: | CHRIS. H. ROBERTS. ; | EDWARD L. GRAEF,~ - - _ 40 Court Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. | “RICHARD F. PEARSALL. ——__—___ 4 The meetings of the Brooxtyn EntomonocicaL Socrery are held on the- Evening of the first Tuesday of each month in its rooms, BROO KRLYNANS TIT UTE, 196 to 200 WASHINGTON STREET, [Near entrance to Brooklyn Bridge. } BROOKLYN, N. Y. Entomoocica AMERICANA. — A combination of the “Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society” and ‘‘Papilio”. Subscription $2.00 per volume of twelve numbers; single numbers twenty. Cents each. : ; Advertisements of six lines or less at $3.00 per annum ; larger advertise- ments at comparatively lower rates, single insertions 50 Cents. Special attention is called to the following : Books or papers for notice or review, «und articles for publication should be sent to the Editor. Subscriptions and business communications to the Treasurer. ~ Exchanges and donations to Library to the Entom. Dep’t, Brooklyn Institute. Insects for identification or as donations to the collection of the Society, to either of the Curators. Rev. W. J. HOLLAND, Pittsburgh, Pa., has on hand and for sale. or exchange, a limited quantity of magnificent specimens of the Lepidoptera of Japan of his own collecting, also a quantity of fine specimens of the Lepidoptera ot West Africa, Siam, Celebes, and Queensland, He has also con- sented to receive subscriptions for he magnificent new work upon the Butterflies of Japan, by H. Pryer, entitled “* RHOPALOCERA Ninonica,” which is to be issued in 3 parts, 4to, upon Japanese ‘* untearable paper,” profusely and beautifully illustrated with colored plates, at $4.00 a part. Part I now ready for delivery. Address W, J]. HOLLAND, Ph. D,, 5th Ave., Pittsburgh, Pa. a, es WILLIAMSBURGH CORK WORKS. ene D.S. YEOMAN, Manufacturer of >tCORKS; CORK SOLES, &c. #< Cor. Atnuslie and Rodney Sis.. Brooklyn, N.Y. SHEET CORK FOR LINING INSECT CASES A SPECIALTY. PRICES FOR 31g x 12 INCHES. XX Quality. X Quality. 4 inch thick, per Bundle of 24 Sheets, 5 - *$1.00 $0.60 #5 “é Beste Mm ee 3 Bebb *e vt 2 1.50 .90 “ce “ce “<“ 6c CG’- 8 CER iB s 2.00 1.00 Other Sizes and Thicknesses at Proportionate Prices, Liberal Discount for Quantities. Scientific and Medical Books, Minerals and other objects of Natural History. A. E. FOOTE, M. D. (Prof. of Min. and Chem. ; Fellow Am. Ass’n. Ady. Science; Life Member Am. Mus. Nat. History, New York, and Acad. Nat. Sciences, Philadelphia.) 1223 Belmont Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa. Over 5000 Entomological books, pamphlets and excerpts in stock. Largest stock of minerals in the world. Largest stock of Scientific Books in America. Copies of the ‘‘Naturalist’s Leisure Hour’, 32 pp., sent free on ap- plication. If stamp is enclosed, the subscriber’s edition on heavy paper is sent. Please state, what department of science you are specially interested in. B. Neumcegen, P. O. Box 2581, New York City, wishes to arrange with collectors in all parts of the world for the purchase or ex- change of Lepidoptera. Western and Southwestern U. S. species espetially desired, and liberal prices will be paid for material from Utah, Montana and Oregon. INSECT BOZES, Cork lined, papered, 9 x 13 inches, absolutely tight, $1.00, with label holder $1.05. Of the size and style made for the U. S. Nat'l Museum $1.10. Special sizes to order at correspondingly low prices. ‘ Insect Cabinets of all sizes at reasonable prices. References for boxes and cabinets: U.S. Nat’! Museum, Brooklyn Ento. Society, and many others. JOHN SCHMITT, 290 Third Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y- WATKINS & DONCASTER, 36 Strand, London, W. C., England, have a large stock of British Macro-Lepidoptera, Exotic Butterflies, British Birds, Eggs, Apparatus for Entomologists, Ornithologists, Botanists, &c. A Catalogue will be sent post-paid to any address on application. COLEOPTERA OF PACIFIC COAST FOR SALE, Also Insects of other orders. L. E. RICKSECKER, P.O. Box 208, Santa Rosa, Cal, For Sale by the «4 BROOKLYN ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. De 1. Bulletin vol. II to VII, 1879—1885, each _ $1.00 Vol. I is out of print. a 2. Explanation of terms, used in Entomology. 38 pp. 1883. 50 Cents. 3. Synopsis of the N. A. species of Platynus by J. L. Leconte. — 16 pp. Nov. 1879 50 Cents. 4. Synopsis of the Lucanide of the U.S. By Chas. Fuchs; with plate. 10 pp. 50 Cents. 5. ‘Check-List.of the N. A. Macrolepidoptera (Diurnals, Spningidss, Bombyeide, Noctuide and Geometride). 32 pp. 1882. 25 Cents. 6. Synopsis of the Cicindelide of the U.S. of North America by I’. G. Schaupp, with five plates (four colored) and woodcuts. $1.00 7. “Papilio”, vols. Ito IV, 1880—1884, each $2.00 8. Capt. T. L. Casey’s papers as follows : ce Contributions &c., Part I, 60 pp., 1884, 50 Cents. $s «¢ Part II, 138 pp., 1885, $1.00 Revision of the Stenini of America, north of Mexico. 206 pp. - 1 plate, 1884, ; $1.60 9. Check-Listof Hemiptera-Heteroptera, by Ph. R: Uhler. 33 pp. 1886. 50 Cts. 10. Supplement to Henshaw’s Check List of Colecptera. By Samuel 7 Henshaw. 8 pp. 1887. 25 Cts. ; 11. “Entomologica Americana’, vol. Ito IV, each £2.00 4 1 << ; BLANK LABELS. Three sizes. No. 1, 14x $inch, 20 onasheet. No.2, 7.x } inch, with or without two guide lines for Be 25 on asheet. No.3, 1} x ges 48 on asheet. : All kinds supplied either black or-red ; 1 Cent for 2 nee a 4 ; Fa ay - LOCALITY LABELS. = In sets of 12 sheets have been preqared and are for sale at 15 Cents per set. Each sheet contains 42 lines and the sheets contain as follows : Ct. No. 5 No. 1 Cal., So. Cal., Or., W. T., Vane. No. 2Me., N. H., Vt., Mass., R. I.; No. 3.N.Y:, N.Jd.,-Penn., ‘Del., Md. No. 4 Va.; W. Va, D, C., N.€., 5. C. Geo., Fla., Ala., Miss., Tenn. No. 6.Ohio, Ind., §. Il., Ky., Mo. No. 7 Minn’ Wist.. Mictt.. 1X, N-Hl: No: @ Tas Tex... Arkclo N. My Nos @Gone tow Wy., Mon., Dak., Neb. No. 10 Ks., Nev.,. Ut., Id., Ariz. No. 11 Can., N. F., B. A., R. A., Alask., Lab., Hud. B. No. 12 ref 21 lines, Q 21 lines. Any sheet sold separately @ 2 Cts. per sheet. Any State label separately @. 1 Cent per 100 labels. Specials for local collectors have also been prepared. No. 1, N.Y., 12 lines, N. J., 21 lines, No. 2, L. L, 21 lines, C. 1, 8.lines, 8. 1, 13 lines. These are furnished at 2 Cents per sheet. All neatly printed and on good paper. . Address for any of the above GEO. D. HULST, 15 Himrod Street, : BROOKLYN, NY. VOL. V-—Nos, 10-12. October to December, 1888, RONG? UG] tA MERIGAN A MonrTHLyY JOURNAL OF ENTOMOLOGY. PUBLISHED BY THE BROOKLYN ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. ee EDITOR: | Joun B. SmirTH, RUTGERS COLLEGE, New Brunswick, Ni. fF. ASST. EDITOR : Frank H. CHITTENDEN, 25 ATLANTIC AVENUE, Brookuyn, NwY. A. C. HUENE & BRO. Printers, rrr Broadway, Brooklyn, N. Y. Entered at the Post Office at Brooklyn, N. ¥., as Second Class Matter. Offigeys off the Byooktyn Pntohratagiqal Suxicty. President, CApr. T,.L, CASEY, U.S. A., 2) ren Si - Army Building, New York. Vice- res., RICH’D F. PEARSALL, - - - - - - - 16 Broad Street, New York. Treasurer, CHRISTOPHER H. ROBERTS, - - - - 233 West 122nd Street, New York. Rec. Sec., ARCHIBALD ©. WEEKS, - e - - - 182 Park Place, Brooklyn, N. Y. Coy. Sec., FRANK H, CHITTENDEN, - - = - 25 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. Librarian, HERMAN MEESKE, - - - . = 1329 Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. wha 8 Fy H. CHITTENDEN. te A. C. WEEKS. f T. L. CASEY. CHRIS. H. ROBERTS. | 172 East 64th Street, New York. j i} 1 CHARLES PAIM, -* - = - EXECUTIVE GUSTAV BEYER, - - -. 611 East 117th Street, New York. COMMITTEE : Gs, W. JHANG@ELE || = 37S el ee teon -Staset, New York: OTTOMAR DIETZ, - - - 112 East 90th Street, New York. |. HY. EDWARDS. - “.. . ~- 185 Hast 116th Street, New York. { JOHN B: SMITH, - - Rutgers College, New Bruuswick, N. J. | FRANK H. CHITTENDEN. PUBLICATION | GEO. D. HULST. - - - 15 Himrod Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. COMMITTEE: °) CHRIS. H. ROBERTS, EDWARD L GRAEF, - 2 - 40 Court Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. | RICHARD F. PEARSALL. og WILLIAMSBURGH CORK WORKS. De. YO VAN Manufacturer of >t CORKS, CORK SOLES, &c. #« Cor. Atnslie and Rodney Sts., Brooklyn, N.Y: SHEET CORK FOR LINING INSECT CASES A. SPECIALTY. PRICES FOR 314 x 12 INCHES. XX Quality. X Quality. § inch thick, per Bundle of 24 Sheets, - - $1.00 $0.60 a)! se 66 : 2 1.50 -90 i 6“ 6% se “é “ees Lee opty =. [3 2.00 1.00 Other. Sizes and Thicknesses at Proportionate Prices. Liberal Discount for Quantities. Scientific at Medical Books, Minerals and + other objects of Natural History. : A. E. FOOTE, M. D. (Prof. of Min. and Chem. ; Fellow Am. Ass’n. Ady. Science; Life Member Am. Mus. Nat. ; History, New York, and Acad. Nat. Sciences, Philadelphia.) {223 Belmont Avenue, Philadelphia, Pa. ~ Over 5000 Entomological books, pamphlets and excerpts in stock. Largest stock of minerals in the world. Largest stock of Scientific Books in America. Copies of the ‘‘Naturalist’s Leisure Hour’, 32 pp., sent free on ap- plication. If stamp is enclosed, the subscriber’s edition on heavy paper is sent. Please state, what department of science you are specially interested in, B. Neumcegen, P. O. Box 2581, New York City, wishes ‘to arrange with collectors in all parts of the world for the purchase or ex- change of Lepidoptera. Western and Southwestern U. S. species especially desired, and liberal prices will be paid for material from Utah, Montana and Oregon. INSECT BOXES, Cork lined, papered, 9 x 13 inches, absolutely tight, $1.00, with label holder $1.05. ‘Of the size and style made for the U. S. Nat'l Museum $1.10. Special sizes to order at correspondingly low prices.. Insect Cabinets of all sizes at reasonable prices. References for boxes and cabinets: U.S. Nat’] Museum, Brooklyn Ento. Society, and many others. JOHN SCHMITT, 290 Third Avenug, Brooklyn, N. Y. WATKINS & DONCASTER, SO Striund, London, W. C., Hngland, have a large stock of British Macro-Lepidoptera, Exotic Butterflies, British Birds, Eggs, Apparatus for Entomologists, Ornithologists, Botanists, &c. A Catalogue will be sent post-paid to any address on apphcation. COLEOPTERA OF PACIFIC COAST FOR SALE. Also Insects of other orders. L. E. RICKSECKER, P. O. Box 208, Santa Rosa, Cal, For Sale by the oq BROOKLYN ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. be 1, Bulletin vol. IT to VII, 1879—1885, each STN0) 4 Vol. I is out of print. 2. Reididipbion of terms, used in Entomology. 388 pp. 1883, 50 Cents. 3. Synopsis of the N. A. species of Platynus by J. hie Leconte. 16 pp. Nov. 1879 50 Cents. 4. Synopsis of the Lucanide of, the U.S. By Chas. Fuehe: with => plate. 10 pp. 50 Cents. 5. Check-List of the N. A Macrolepidoptera (Diurnals, Sphingide, : Bombycidz, Noctuide and Geometride). 32 pp. 1882. 25 Cents. 6. Synopsis of the Cicindelide of the U.S. of North America by F. | G. Schaupp, with five plates (four colored) and woodcuts. $1.00 7. ‘Papilio’, vols. [to IV, 1880 —1884, each $2.00 8. Capt. T. L. Casey’s papers as follows: Contributions &c., Part I, 60 pp., 1884, 50 Cents. cs ‘* Part II, 188 pp., 1885, : $1.00 Reyision of the Stenini of America, north of Mexico. 206 pp. 1 plate, 1884, $1.50 9. Check-List of Hemiptera-Heteroptera, by Ph. R. Uhler. 33 pp. 1886. 50 Cts.’ 10. Supplement to Henshaw’s Check List of Coleoptera. By Semuel Henshaw. 8 pp. 1887. Zo tb. 11. *Entomologica Americana”, vol. Ito IV, each $2.00. we I ae BLANK LABELS. Three sizes, No.1, 1}x 4inch, 20 on asheet. No. 2, 2x4 inch, with or without two guide lines for writing, 25 on asheet. No.3, 14x 5 in., 48 on a sheet. All kinds supplied either black or red ; 1 Cent for 2 bli gere: > LOCALITY LABELS. In sets of 12 sheets have been preqared and are for sale at 15 Cents. per set. Each sheet contains 42 lines and the sheets contain as follows : No. 1 Cal. . So. Cal., Or.,.W. T., Vane. No. 2 Me., N,\H., Vt., Mass., R. I., Ct. No. 3N.Y., N.J.; Penn., Del., "Ma. No.4 Va., W. Va.,.D. Cy, \N?.C.,.8;) Gr - No. 5 Geo., Fla., Ala:, Miss., ent. No. 6 Ohio, Ind., 8. Til., Ky., Mo, . No. 7 Minn., Wisc., Michi. Ta., N, Tl. No. 8 La., Tex.. Ark, I.'T., N., M: “No:.9 Col.; Wy., Mon., Dak.,; Neb. No. 10 Ks:,; Nev., Ut:, Id., Ariz. No: 11 Cant, N: F., B. A., R..A., Alask.; Lab:, Hud. B. No. 12 eh 21 lines, © 21 lines, Any sheet sold separately @ 2 Cts. per sheet.’ Any State label separately @ 1 Cent per 100 labels. Specials for local collectors have also been prepared. No. 1, N.Y., 12 lines, N. J., 21 lines. No. 2, L.-.1., 21 lines, ©. 1,, 8 lines, S. L.,/13 lines. These are furnished at 2 Cents per shéet. All neatly printed and on good paper. Address for any of the above GEO. D. HULST, 15 Himrod Street, | BROOKLYN, NY. TO ENTOMOLOGISTS. The New Adjustable [ING + BOARD. & The undersigned begs leave to call your attention to the New Adjust Spreading Board. It is 134 inches long and takes insects from the smallest up to those measuring 6 inches across the wings. It can be readily adjuste the exact thickness of any Butterfly by means of two thumb screws, as sb in the above cut. The sides slope upward } to the inch. The boards are made of the best soft material perfectly smooth and $ inch thick, the ends are set in cast iron sockets and are thoroughly © The bridge which holds the pins is } x 1 inch in size and laid out with the best cork 4 inch thi Above are made in two sizes. No. 1. will take from the smallest up to insects not exceeding 4} inches in breath of Ww Price $4.00 per Dozen or 35 cents each. 4 No. 2 will take from the smallest up to insects not exceeding 6} inches in breadth of w_ Price $4.25 per doz. or 38 cents each. All Orders must be accompanied by Cash. We will furnish sample: mail prepaid for 50c. Remittances can be sent by Postal Money Order or I istered Letter. We are allowed to refer to Rev. Gro. D. Hurst, Editor of Entomoligica Americana, 15 Himrod St., Brooklyn. Mr. Jacozs Donn, 55 Graham Ave., Brooklyn. | Mr. Otro Serrert, 260 7th Ave. New York. Mr. H. Mrsxz, 1329 Myrtle Aye, Brooklyn. Mr. Ep. Brrexer, 132 Scholes Street, Brooklyn. ; All of whom have used the boards and thoroughly recommend them. KIRSCH & ZIMMERMANN, | 762 Lexington Avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y. Please hand this to your Friend. hay mens en Baar ive hte hy wie A ae Vea i 1h Ns af , \ ie! wt payiatrenah Lit Pa ea we ai ounithy Ay Nas ‘ents ate hi ‘ A : ’ are Ree LN AY Woy AL Nike aay Cae * yiaasll ij J s | bed Cre A , . i j bet ; a, bait ae, i "aga se fe ewe alien MPO rah tie Bit Bt Ab a was have } Hit a fe ie MRNA UN IAAT LY Se (YA My new Price-List of EUROPEAN HYMENOPTERA, containing an im- mense stock of the rarest species, chiefly Apzde and Lchneumonide, has appeared and is sent gratis on demand. Typical collections at all prices. Dr. O. Schmiedeknecht, GUMPERDA near KAHLA, SAXE-ALTENBURG, GERMANY. LEPIDOPTERA & COLEOPTERA. In our new List XXX there are offered more than 7000 correctly named species of LEPIDOPTERA from all parts of the world ; also 700 species of preserved LARV and a number of living PUPA. Also large stock of rare COLEOPTERA (List V) for sale. Price Lists on application. Dr. O. STAUDINGER & A. BANG HAAS, BLASEWITZ near DRESDEN, GERMANY. The undersigned is desirous of obtaining by exchange or purchase all species of U.S. Lepidoptera still wanting in his Collection. Very liberal Exchanges will be given. Send for List of my desiderata. k LDWARD L. GRALF, se Court Street, Brooklyn, N: Yi: C. H. ROBERTS, 11 West es Streets) IN. Yi City, desires to “eben CoLEoPTERA of North America by exchange or parehase. BUPRESTIDE and WATER BEETLES especially desired. I desire to purchase good American COLEOPTERA, unmounted preferred, especially BUPRESTIDA. Also any papers on Coleoptera not in my oe G. Wi JZ AN GHEE, 44 aes Sheet New York. CEO. FRANK, 293 Ewen Street, Brooklyn, EK. D., N. Y. desires to exchange Lepidoptera from all parts of ihe world. List of Duplicates sent on application. North American Lepidoptera wanted, especially Geometride and Microlepidoptera. CEO. D. HULST, {5 Himrod St., Brooklyn, E. D. The undersigned is desirous of Sobiaene by ne or exchange North and South American 7?neide. WM. BEUTENMUELLER, 182 E, 76th Street, New York, N. Y. BRASS FOLDING NET-RINGS § $1.00. AS Sweeping- and Water-Nets Made to Order. Fishing Tackle, Rods, Reels, Hooks, &e. > aR ee Gee No. 1783 DB BO W Ze (al ap VEW 2 ORK. The Peesiencd will pay one prices Gino. in cash or exchange for perfect specimens of Pamphila and Catocala. PHILIP LAURENT, 621 Marshall Street, Philadelphia, Pa. y ui \ pay , veh i ini yw Heol Ue te Zoek * Re a My cag Crm Lt et i 5) ee ne ae ay ry Al aay “ek pe. ms a ae) eat ava Ki Ss hy y 1, 7 y ie at . if) 9 land, Lo Mme APE! TM ee shi ry? 3s te) Wi'2 ” rey: Bist i Asis Nea \ yi UP pean ei purey 3 ee Pah led ie" Teo) BaiA Ay ie f As ere pang hi Eas hh Kis Co aon a’ ah h | Wie Aunts TS ee pai a A ety , ny 1 ri v fr 4 ey ey Waar wa, ok aaa ni \ o f cy } at - sees re " at y oe } ; i ihe tbo) y eA Tees) cat, r , th ipaat > ih, " ot t i paets 3 ® de rb ve } - LEPIDOPTERA & COLEOPTERA. In our new List XXX there are offered more than 7000 correctly named species of LEPIDOPTERA from all parts of the world ; also 700 species of preserved LARV® and a number of living pupa. Also large stock of rare CoLEopTERA (List V) for sale. Price Lists on application. Dr. O. STAUDINGER & A. BANG HAAS, BLASEWITZ near DRESDEN, GERMANY. The undersigned is desirous of obtaining by exchange or purchase all species of U.S. Lepidoptera still wanting in his Collection. Very liberal Exchanges will be given. Send for List of my desiderata. ; HDWARD L. GRAEF, 40 Court Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. C. H. ROBERTS, 11 West 123rd Street, N. Y. City, desires to obtain CoLeoprERA of North America by exchange or purchase. BUPRESTID and WATER BEETLES especially desired. I desire to purchase good American COLEOPTERA, unmounted preferred, especially BUPRESTIDA. , Also any papers on Coleoptera not in my Collection. Gi WS. ANGELL, 44 Hudson Street, New York. CEO. FRANK, 293 Ewen Street, Brooklyn, E. D., N. Y., desires to exchange Lepidoptera from all parts of the world. List of Duplicates sent on application. North American Lepidoptera wanted, especially Geometride and Microlepidoptera. CEO. D. HULST, {5 Himrod St., Brooklyn, E. D. The undersigned is desirous of obtaining by purchase or exchange North and South American ZizeZde. WM. BEUTENMUELLER, eae 182 EK. 76th Street, New York, NE Me BRASS FOLDING NET-RINGS $1.00. Sweeping- and Water-Nets Made to Order. Fishing Tackle, Rods, Reels, Hooks, &e. eo Ee ee es Mates BOWARY . VEW YORK. The undersigned will pay good prices either in cash or exchange for perfect specimens of Pamphila and Catocala. PHILIP LAURENT, 621 Marshall Street, Philadelphia, Pa. TO COLEOPTERISTS. The edition of the CLASSIFICATION OF THE COLEOPTERA OF NORTH AMERICA by Drs. Leconte and Horn, publishe by the Smithsonian Institution, having long since been exhausted, will now be reprinted from the original plates. Price, $2.50. Copies may be obtained by addressing E. T. CRESSON, Treasurer. P. O. Box 1576, PHILADELPHIA, PA. Colorado LEPIDOPTERA ‘to exchange for North American PYRALID/E. Address W.S.FOSTER, han Salida, Chattee Co., Colorado. Coleoptera of the Southwest for Sale. O Specimens authentically determined, condition first-class, furnished with dates and exact localities. Price in general lots, 4c. per specimen. Also on hand a number of undetermined Hymenoptera, Diptera, Neu- roptera and Arachnid. For particulars address H. F. WICKHAM, Ac git fh, Dr. O. STAUDINGER & A. BANG HAAS, BLASEWITZ near DRESDEN, GERMANY. In our Price List, No. XXXII, we offer more than 9500 species of we//-named LEPIDOPTERA from all parts of the world ; 750 kinds of prepared larve ; num- erous Exotic and European COLEOPTERA, List No, VII, (for example, 290 species ot Carabus); and fine SHELLS, List II. Price Lists on Application. The undersigned is desirous of obtaining by exchange or purchase all species of U.S. Lepidoptera still wanting in his Collection. Very liberal Exchanges will be given. Send for List of my desiderata. ; - BDWARD 1. GRAEF, At hes 40 Court Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. CH ROBERTS, 233 West 122nd Street, N. Y. City, desires to obtain COLEOPTERA of North America by exchange or purchase, BUPRESTID and WATER BEETLES especially desired. I desire to purchase good American COLEOPTERA, unmounted preferred, especially BUPRESTIDA. Also any papers on Coleoptera not in my Collection. G WSJ. ANGHLL, ine.) Hudson ‘Street, New York. CEO. FRANK, 293 Ewen Street, Brooklyn, E. D., N. Y., desires, to exchange Lepidoptera from all parts of the world. List of Duplicates sent on application. North American Lepidoptera wanted, especially Geometridz and Microlepidoptera. CEO. D. HULST, 15 Himrod St., Brooklyn, E. D. BRASS FOLDING NET-RINGS $1.00. Sweeping- and Water-Nets Made to Order. Fishing Tackle, Rods, Reels, Hooks, &e. 5 PS EM GB LS = BAA Te No. 182 BOWERY; / i DIPS R. _ VEW YORK. The undersigned will pay good prices either in cash or exchange for perfect specimens of Pamphila and Catocala. PHILIP LAURENT, 621 Marshall Street, Philadelphia, Pa. TO COLEOPTERISTS. The edition of the CLASSIFICATION OF THE COLEOPTERA OF NORTH AMERICA by Drs. Leconte and Horn, published by the Smithsonian Institution, having long since been exhausted, will now be reprinted from the original plates, Price, $2.50. Copies may be obtained by addressing EE. T. CRESSON, Treasurer, Ue ea Pose e Rie P.O. Box 1576, PHILADELPHIA, PA. Colorado LEPIDOPTERA to exchange for North American PYRALIDAE. Address W.S.FOSTER, Salida, Chaffee Co., Colorado. Coleoptera of the Southwest for Sale. Specimens authentically determined, condition first-class, furnished with dates and exact localities. Price in general lots, 4c. per specimen. Also on hand a number of undetermined Hymenoptera, Diptera, Neu- roptera and Arachnid. For particulars address H. F. WICKHAM, Iowa City, Lowa. NOTICE TO COLLECTORS. Insect Pins, Klger’s and Carlsbad, at $1.25 per 1,000. Also other goods for entomologists. A. SMITH & SONS, Ag’ ie / Marae * A ba < a ea ih ae (At et Oi ty. NOs! Dr. O. STAUDINGER & A. BANG HAAS, BLASEWITZ near DRESDEN, GERMANY. In our Price List, No. XXXII, we offer more than 9500 species of wel/-named LEPIDOPTERA from all parts of the world ; 750 kinds of prepared larve ; num- erous Exotic and European COLEOPTERA, List No, VII, (for example, 290 species of Carabus); and fine SHELLS, List II. Price Lists on Application. a a Ee ee The undersigned is desirous of obtaining by exchange or purchase all species of U. S. Lepidoptera still wanting in his Collection. Very liberal Exchanges will be given, Send for List of my desiderata. LDWARD L. GRAFF, 40 Court Street, Brooklyn, N. Y. C. H. ROBERTS, 233 West 122nd Street, N. Y. City, desires to obtain COLEOPTERA of North America by exchange or purchase. BUPRESTID and WATER BEETLES especially desired. I desire to purchase good American COLEOPTERA, unmounted preferred, especially BUPRESTID. Also any papers on Coleoptera not in my Collection. G. WS. ANGELL, 44 Hudson Street, New York. CEO. FRANK, 293 Ewen Street, Brooklyn, E. D., N. Y., desires to exchange Lepidoptera from all parts of the world. List of Duplicates sent on application. North American Lepidoptera wanted, especially Geometridz and Microlepidoptera. CEO. D. HULST, {5 Himrod St., Brooklyn, E. D. BRASS FOLDING NET-RINGS $1.00. Sweeping- and Water-Nets Made to Order. a Fishing Tackle, Rods, Reels, Hooks, &e. . Ete Fire Vo. 78? BOWERY, NEW VORK. The undersigned will pay good prices either in cash or exchange for perfect specimens of Pamphila and Catocala. PHILIP LAURENT, 621 Marshall Street, Philadelphia, Pa. TO COLEOPTERISTS. The edition of the CLASSIFICATION OF THE COLEOPTERA OF NORTH AMERICA by Drs. Leconte and Horn, ‘published by the Smithsonian Institution, having long since been exhausted, will now be reprinted from the original plates, Price, $2.50. Copies may be obtained by addressing E. T. CRESSON, Treasurer, P. O. Box 1576, PHILADELPHIA, PA. Colorado LEPIDOPTERA to exchange for North American PYRALIDA®. Address W.S.FOSTER, Salida, Chaffee Co., Colorado. Coleoptera of the Southwest for Sale. Specimens authentically determined, condition first-class, furnished with dates and exact localities. Price in general lots, 4c. per specimen. Also on hand a number of undetermined Hymenoptera, Diptera, Neu- roptera and Arachnide. For particulars address H. F. WICKHAM, Iowa City, Iowa. NOTICE TO COLLECTORS. Insect Pins, Kleger’s and Carlsbad, at $1.25 per 1,000. Also other goods for entomologists. , A. SMITH & SONS, 114 Fulton Street, New York. VV AS INT BD. Walsh, Annual Report of State Entomologist of Illinois, I.—Thomas, Reports of State Entomologist of Illinois, 1 to 6.—Forbes, Reports of State Entomo- logist of Illinois, 1 to 3. American Entomologist, Vol. I—American Ento- mologist and Botanist, Vol. II.—Annual Reports of Entomological Society of Ontario, 1—18.—Proceedings Entomological Society of Philadelphia, 1 to 4.—Transactions American Entomological Society, Philad., 1 to 15. Address, G. E. STECHERT, 828 Broadway, New York, N. Y. oe