•f . Entomological MYLOTHRITES PLUTO. (Fossil butterfly) k . VOLUME IX, 1898 EDITOR : HENRY SKINNER, M. D. PHILIP P. CALVERT, Ph.D., Associate Editor. ADVISORY COMMITTEE : EZRA T. CRESSON. CHARLES A. BLAKE. CHARI.KS LIEBECK. PHILIP LAURENT. WILLIAM J. Fox. CHARLES \V. JOHNSON. PHILADELPHIA : ENTOMOLOGICAL ROOMS OF THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES, LOGAN SQUARE. 1898. INDEX TO VOLUME [IX. THE GENERAL SUBJECT. American Entom. Society, 31, 53, 79, 157, 184, 202, 262. Bible, Insects mentioned in the 224 Chestnut trees and Balaninus . 126 Doings of Societies 31, 53, 79, 101, 126, 183, 157, 207, 229, 262. Early Entomological Publica- tions in the U. S 48 Economic Entomologists, As- sociation of 220 Economic Entomology 69, 91, 119, 200, 220, 255. Editorials 26, 45, 68, 90, 118, 149, 173, 199, 218, 254. Entomological Collections of U. S. National Museum . . .73 Entomological Literature 28, 49, 74, 98, 121, 152, 176, 203, 226, 257. Entomological Section, A. N. S. 31, 54, 126, 183, 202, 231. Feldman Collecting Social 31, 55, 79, 102, 127, 157, 229, 262. Grafting insects 152 Herbarium pest, A .... 15 Horn, G. H., Resolutions on death of 27, 32, 53 Insect-catching plant .... 169 Lady's ear, Beetle removed from a 151 Letters to the NEWS 25, 48, 96, 97 Loaning specimens .... 90 Mailing insects, On. . . 218, 254 Measurements, Entom. . . .117 Mexico, Collecting in the Tierra Caliente 146 Montana, Insects of .... 18 Mt. Washington, Insects of . 251 Newark Entomological Society 80, 104, 128, 159, 231, 263. Newspaper Entomology 175, 202, 224, 225. Notes and News 27, 47, 72, 96, 120, 150, 174, 201, 224, 256. Obituary : Behrens, J ....... 128 Candeze, E ...... 208 Grey, W ....... 32 Horn, G. H ...... i Kellicott, D. S. . . 128, 160 Lintner, J. A ...... 129 Patterson, J. P ..... 104 Taschenberg, E. L. . . .80 Osage orange injured by wood borers ........ 33 Packing of insects ..... 149 Peach tree pest, An important 255 Petroleum as an insecticide . 200 Physiological species .... 6 Quarantine against injurious in- sects ....... 91, 119 Specimens of Natural History in the foreign mails ... 45 Utah revisited, etc ..... 18 War, Effect of on Entomology. 173 Wyoming [Insects of] . . . 18 ARACHNIDA. A. from Alaska ...... 16 Lycosa vu/piua, Habits of . .131 Phlegmacera bryantii* . . .16 Phyloptid peach tree pest . . 255 Spiders, Names of some com- mon ......... 141 COLEOPTERA. Alandes singular is . . Aucliotnina cost at inn . . . .151 . . .151 202 Arizona, C. of ...... 113 Casnonia ludoviciana Cephaloidec, Studies in . Chalcolepidius lartai us * Chlcenius purpuricollis . 80 193 238 157 * After generic or specific names indicates that such are new. INDEX. Cicindela larvae, Habits of . . 207 Coccinellids, Massing of . . .117 Colorado desert, C. of . 195, 235 Conotrachelus fissunguis . . 263 Cychrns mimus 151 stenostomus . . 103, 262 viduus 175 Cyrtophorus verrncosus . . .176 Dorcascheina spp 33 Drachylis* 193 simulans* . . . .195 Epicauta cinerea monstrosity . 161 Lebia abdominalis 32 Linodendron rugosum ... 47 Longevity of C 158 Microhapla porcata .... 32 Monstrosity, A 161 Obrium rubidum 175 Opcitrinus not us 127 Panagaeus fasciatus .... 262 Phyllopertha horticola . . . 151 Pleocoma behrensii .... 47 J \vractoineiia luctifera . . .158 Recollections of old collecting grounds . 22, 39, Si, 195, 235 Rio Grande valley, C. of lower 22, 39, 3r. Sericea spp 117 Sinodiciiin cucujifornie . . .175 Sphceridium scarbceoides . .172 Sponidium* 193 Tenebrionides mauritanica. . 158 Typitium* 193 Xyleborus affinis, Identity of Xy/ophaga abdominalis . . o 158 COLLEMBOLA. Gnathocephalus anreo-fascia- tits ' DIPTERA. Alaska, Syrphidae from Chaetotaxy, A study in Cynomyia americana * elo>igata * . 216 17 105 105 106 hirta* 1 66 Eriocera, Variation in ... 229 Herinrtia illnccns 57 Hippoboscidae 23 r House-flies, Habits of . . Lipoctuzta texensis* . . Longurio testaceus Maritime D. of Texas . . Melanostoma glacialis * . . Ospriocerus, Synopsis of ventralis* . . Pennsylvania, D. new to Rhagoletis ribico/a * Sargus elegans and debilis Syrphidae from Alaska . . Syrphus bryantii* 17 Tabanus abdominalis and exul 126 maritimus* .... 167 Texas, D. of 167 219 1 68 229 167 17 37 37 208 69 103 17 185 185 1 86 145 65 186 HEMIPTERA. California, New Coccidae from Kermes cockerel li * ... nigropunctatus * Lecanium magnoliarum * . Phlepsius five nn. spp. . . Pulvinaria rhois* .... San Jose scale 95 HYMENOPTERA. Agapostemon subtilior* ... 27 texanus ... 27 Agenia architecta 47 Anastatus pearsalli * .... 24 Andrena maricz 121 prunoruin * . . . .172 rhodura* . . . .171 Augochlora Junneralis . 158, 230 Burrows of H.. . 158, 208, 230 Colletes compacta 158 Crabro salicis 115 Egg parasite 24 Foxia* 187 Foxia pacifica* 187 Hemihalictus* 216 Miscophinus* 187 three nn. spp. iSS, 189 Miscophus from Florida . . .184 Mutillidce of N. Am., Notes on 14, 56 Perdita wootonce* 215 After generic or specific names indicates that such are new. INDEX. in Philanthus punctatus. ... 26 Sand wasps, Two new genera of 187 Trypoxylon albitarse . . . .127 ' ' politum and neglec- - turn 261 Wasp, Habits of . 47 LEPIDOPTERA. African Heterocera, New West i r Anace melaleuca * 13 Anthocharis genutia . . . .127 Aquatic larvse 55 Argynnis atlantis . . . 230, 263 Arizona, L. of . . . . 57- II2 Callidryas eubule 230 Cannibalism of Centra . . .225 Carphoxera ptelearia . . .15 Caterva catenaria 224 Ceratomia catalpce 262 Colias Ceesonia 173 Cossula magnified 214 Daremma catalpte . . .231, 233 Distribution of Rhopalocera in New Hampshire 42 Egg stage of moths, Length of 150 Empretia stimulea .... 264 Eudamus lycidas, Food of 89, 174, 225. Florida, L. of . . . 96, 128, 174 Grapta comma 224 ffesperocharis, Two nn. spp. .215 Hypopta anna* 214 Inguroinorpha slossonii . . .213 Insect grafting 152 Larvse on railroad track ... 26 Lasiocainpa medusa * . . . 13 Leucarctia acrea eggs . . . 203 Mamestra laudabilis .... 263 pi eta 120 Nine nn. spp. 240-251 Migrations 117 Missouri, L. of ... 34, 143. 189 .Ycomitiois ridiHifsii and diony- sius 15 r Pamphila ethlius 163 hobomok, Food of . 1 74 mctea 174 Paonias astylns 232 Papilio cresphontes . . . .173 Pieris oleracea 254 Plusia formosa 159 Prodenia commelince .... 232 Pseudosphynx tetrio at sea . .27 Pyrameis carye var. muelleri*. 38 Pyrgus tessellata . . .130, 263 Sannina (Sanninoidea) exiti- osa 79. I!4 Schinia ardfera . . . 232, 264 Setting-block for L 162 Smerinthus astylus, Egg para- site of 24 Sphinges, Missouri . . . .189 Sphingidae, Notes on American. 134 Sphinx luscitiosa 104 Subterranean pupae, To rear . 88 Syneda graphica 174 Syntomoides seminigra* . . 1 1 " • xanthopleura* . n Syntotnis efulensis* .... 12 " kerri* 12 Tame butterfly, A 224 Taseina nox* 12 Thecla telca 1 74 Theretra arpi* . 135 Vanessa antiopa 121 MYRIOPODA. Polyxenus pugetensis * . 192 ODONATA. Agrion, Classification of . . 72 Cannibalism 184 Circulation of blood .... 79 Cordnlia shurtleffi 184 Enallagma cardenium . . .183 " diva gnus 184 First filling of tracheae with air 73 (louiphus spicafits 184 lowan O 7 fsi //tiura t-.vstriaia .... 72 kellicotti* . . 209, 21 1 Maine, O. of . . . . 59, 85, in Nehalennia posita 127 Ophiogomphus auoinaltis* . . 60 S(iin<-/ili>rn f/ouyala var. mi- nor* . 87 * After generic or specific names indicates tliat such are new. IV INDEX. ORTHOPTERA. Neotettix* 138 " rotundafrons* bol- teri* 139, J4Q Neotettix bolivari n. nom. . . 139 Schistocerca americana . . . 262 Tenodera sinensis . 144, 170, 263 Tettigiae, Genera of N. Am. . 137 AUTHORS. Ashmead, W. H. . . . 24, 187 Baker, C. F 65, 121 Banks, N 16, 141 Earner, M. C 224 Barrett, O. W 146 Blandford, W. F. H 3 Britton, W. E 1 73 Bruce, D 152 Calvert, P. P. 7, 28, 45, 49, 73, 74, 87, 98, 121, 152, 1 60, 176, 203, 211, 226, 257. Casey, T. L 116, 193 Cockerell, T. D. A. 26, 27, 96, 115, 120, 121, 145, 171, 215. Cook, A. J 117 Coquillett, D. W, 37 Doane, R. W 69 Dodge, G. M 89, 225 Dury, C 202 Dyar, H. G. . . . 163, 213, 214 Ehrhorn, E. M 128, 185 Elrod, M. J 7 Eustis, H, W 88 Fall, H. C 238 Fenyes, A 151 Fischer, E. R 224 Fiske, W. F 42 Fletcher, J 67 Fox, W. J. 14, 49, 80, 103, 128, 159, 202, 208, 230, 261, 263. Gillette, C. P 169 H..F.J 97 H., W. R 26 Hall, F. J 143 Hancock, J. L 137 Harvey, F. L. . . . 59, 85, 216 Hoeg, C 174 Holland, W. J n Hopping, R 47 Hough, G. de N. . . . 105, 165 Houghton, C 173 Howard, W. R 97 Jacobs, E 170 Johnson, C. W 17 Johnson, W. G 255 Kellogg, V. L 15 Kincaid, T 192 Kircher, G 264 Klages, E. A 176 Knab, F 219, 256 Kunze, R. E 57, 1 12 Laurent, P 33, 144 Letcher, B 38 Moore, F., Jr 120 Murtfeldt, M. E 72 Newcomb, H. H 121 Pearson, A. W 72 Pilate, G. R 130 Robertson, C 6 Rowley, R. R 34, 189 Sargent, A. B 131 de Saussure, H 145 Schaus, W 96, 134, 215 Schmitz, T. H 32, 56 Schwarz, H 162 Skinner, H. i, 26, 27, 31, 55, 68, 79, 90, 102, 118, 120, 127, 149, 157, 173, 174, 184, 199, 218, 229, 231, 254, 262. Slosson, A. T 251 Smith, J. B. 69, 91, 95, 114, 119, 200, 220, 240, 255. Smith, H. H i.sr Snyder, A. J 18 Soule, C. G 118, 150 Strecker, H 13 Titus, E. G 203 Townsend, C. H. T 167 Wadsworth, M in Webster, F. M 48, 160 Weidt, A. J. 26, So, 104. 159, 224. 225, 232, 264. Welles, C. S 233 Wickham, H. F. 22, 39, 47, 48, Si, 195- 235. Williamson, E. B 209 Wolcott, A. B 161 * After generic or specific names indicates that such are new ENT. NEWS, Vol. IX. PI. I. DR. GEORGE H. HORN. ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SECTION ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES, PHILADELPHIA. VOL. ix. JANUARY, 1898. No. i. CONTENTS: Dr. George H. Horn. Johnson — Notes and descriptions of Blandford — The identity of Xyleborus new Syrphidae, etc 17 affinis, with some synonymical notes 3 Snyder— Utah revisited, etc )S Elrod— Iowa Odpnata 7 Wickham — Recollections of old col- Holland — Descriptions of new West Af- led ing grounds 22 rican Heterocera n Ashmead — An egg-parasite, etc 24 Strecker — Lasiocampa medusa 13 Editorial 25 Fox — Notes on the Mutillidae of N. Am. 14 ] Notes and News 27 Kellogg— Carphoxera ptelearia 15 ' Entomological Literature 28 Banks — Arachnida from the Malaspina Doings of Societies 31 Glacier, Alaska 16 , Dr. GEORGE H. HORN. GEORGE HENRY HORN was born in Philadelphia, April the 7th, 1840, and died at Beesley's Point, N. J., November the 24th, 1897. He had an apoplectic stroke in December, 1896, which caused hemiplegia, from which he did not recover, and he was at the sea-shore for the benefit of his health and of this partial paralysis when the end came. He was a graduate of the Philadelphia High School, from which he received the degrees of A. B. and A. M., and in 1861 received the degree of M. D. from the University of Pennsyl- vania. From 1862 to 1866 he was in the service of the United States, being surgeon in the 2nd Infantry, California Volunteers, Department of the Pacific, serving in California, Arizona and New Mexico, where he collected extensively in entomology. Until within the last few years of his life he practiced medicine, his specialty being obstetrics, in which branch he was an expert, not infrequently being called in consultation in difficult cases. Much of his scientific work was done at night during time stolen from sleep and alter the day's cares and professional engage- ments were over. The days were never long enough, and this close application to work and devotion to science may have been a factor in shortening his life. ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [January, His entomological work was concerned almost exclusively with the Coleoptera, his first paper being entitled " Descriptions of Some New North American Species in the Cabinet of the Ento- mological Society of Philadelphia." published in the "Proceed- ings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia,'' in 1860. Seven species new to science were described and figured. In all over one hundred and fifty papers were contributed to the proceedings and transactions of learned societies, his last contri- bution being an important one on the Coleoptera of Baja Cali- fornia, published in the " Proceedings" of the California Academy of Sciences tor 1895. After the death of Dr. John L. LeConte in 1883, Dr. Horn, who was a worthy successor, was elected President of the Amer- ican Entomological Society and Director of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences. These two offices he held at the time of his death. He was Professor of Ento- mology at the University of Pennsylvania since 1889, but did not teach or lecture there, the position being an honorary one. Among scientific bodies the following may be mentioned as having conferred special honors on him. He was elected a corre- sponding member of the Boston Society of Natural History in 1893; an honorary member (one of twelve) of the Entomological Society of Belgium; an honorary member (one of ten) of the Entomological Union of Stettin; an honorary member (one of eleven) of the Entomological Society of France, of the Russian Entomological Society, and of the Feldman Collecting Social of Philadelphia. At its commencement in March, 1897, the Western University of Pennsylvania, at Pittsburg, conferred on him the degree of Sc. D. He was a Secretary and Librarian of the American Philosophical Society (Philadelphia) at the time of his death. In 1866 he joined the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, held the office of Corresponding Secretary for fourteen years, and was a member of the Council and of the Finance and Publication Committees for long periods of time. Dr. Horn was a patient and untiring worker, and his loss will be keenly felt in the institutions in which he served as an officer so long and efficiently. The entomological world has lost a shining light and American Coleopterology its greatest votary. As a systematic coleopterist he probably did not have a superior in the world. His large collection of beetles was considered the 1898.] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 3 finest extant in the field he cultivated. It, with his library and five thousand dollars for the care of the former, he willed to the American Entomological Society. The portrait here presented was the one he considered the best, and is the one he wished perpetuated. His memory will always be cherished by those whom he was ever willing to aid by advice and assistance in their scientific studies. An extended biography will appear later in the "Transactions of the American Entomological Society." -o- THE IDENTITY OF XYLEBORUS AFFINIS, WITH SOME SYNONYMICAL NOTES. By W. F. H. BLANDFORD, London, England. In his admirable paper on "The Ambrosia Beetles of the United States" (U. S. Dept. Agr. Bull. 7 (N. S.), pp. 9-30) Mr. H. G. Hubbard refers to a matter of some economic importance, the doubtful identity of A', affinis Eichh., with the West Indian ' ' sugar-cane borer' ' and its distribution in North America. As this has been a vexed question (see Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash, iii, p. 171), and, as I have been concerned with the identification ot the borer, I desire briefly to reply to Mr. Hubbard' s statements that my determination " made from the females only cannot be reliable," and that "the sugar-cane borer is very probably a distinct and as yet unnamed species, the introduction of which into the United States is greatly to be feared. It cannot be iden- tical with X. affinis, which is common in the Southern States, yet has never been known to attack sugar-cane." That the "sugar-cane borer" is X. affinis I have not the least reason to doubt. In my original report on it, it was thus identi- fied by the description alone (though that is unmistakable), but the name affinis, in deference to another opinion, was there treated as a synonym of the older X. perforans Woll. (kraatzi Eichh.). In a later " Report on the Destruction of Beer-casks, etc.," London, 1893, which Mr. Hubbard has perhaps over- looked, I pointed out that the range of the typical form of A'. affinis is exclusively neotropical with the exception of Mauritius, and that of A", perforans is chiefly pakeotropical, but that inter- mediate examples were before me from the West Indies and Cevlon; also that the material I had examined included typical 4 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [January, examples of both sexes of X. affinis labeled by Eichhoff and in the Brussels Museum. (I now possess some by exchange and have seen others of Eichhoff' s own series). The question at issue has been not the identity of the " cane- borer" with A', affinis, which has been controlled by repeated comparison of the two sexes with Eichhoff 's types, but the iden- tity of that species with A", perforans Woll. Since 1893 the examination of some hundreds of specimens leaves me more strongly than before of opinion that a separate name may well be retained for each form, although one cannot always satisfactorily refer individuals to one or the other. The published evidence leaves the occurrence of A', affinis in the United States doubtful. In the posthumous paper translated by Mr. Schwarz (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. xviii, pp. 605-610, 1896) Eichhoff, writing to Riley in 1892, says: "what X. pubescens Zimm. is, remains for the present unknown to me, since among the specimens which you send me as such I believe I can distin- guish three species, viz., X. affinis Eichh., A", inermis Eichh., and a third one." Now, inasmuch as a series of N. American Scolytids had been sent to Eichhoff, this seems conclusive until it is recollected that in the same year examples of the cane-borer were sent from the West Indies to Riley and identified at Wash- ington with A', pubescens. Were these included in the series forwarded to Eichhoff, and did his recognition of A", affinis refer to them ? No examples of X. affinis from anywhere north ot Mexico, where it is common, have yet reached me, and a series ot A'. pubescens sent by Prof. A. D. Hopkins are all referable to A'. inermis. Possibly this latter species, which has not been found in Central America, has by some means become regarded as \. affinis, and is the one referred to as such by Mr. Hubbard. Whatever the cane-borer's name is, the evidence of its distri- bution drawn from existing collections points to its being neo- tropical and having occurred throughout the West Indian islands long before it was noticed to attack canes. I cannot accept the suggestion (Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash, iii, p. 171) that it was im- ported in ribbon-cane from Ceylon, because I have never seen its typical form from Ceylon, though I have examined many Scolytids from that island. Nor is any damage to canes recorded therefrom. l8g8.] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 5 A parallel case has occurred in Java, where Xylcborus destruens Blandf. , has taken lately to riddling cacao trees. These have long been cultivated there, and the beetle, a large and well- marked species, can be no new importation, because I possess specimens taken years ago in Java and Gilolo by Wallace. A diseased condition of the canes, favored by the accumulation of fermenting trash, was probably the cause of the West Indian outbreak, and A', affinis may yet be common in the Southern States without destroying canes, provided that they are not in a condition to invite its attacks. Much has been made of the difficulty of identifying the females of this Qroup, and they have been said to be indistinguishable. As Eichhoff's work was done on the females alone, either that statement is overdrawn, or he divided and characterized a mass of identical examples. For its size, Xyleborus is really one of the easiest of Scolytid genera, and even this group presents no very great difficulty so far as the identification of the majority of examples is concerned ; most of Eichhoff's species can be made out by the descriptions alone. The real difficulties are those of delimitation, which spring from the existence of indi- viduals bridging over the not very wide gaps between allied forms, and are such as are met with in most large genera of the Animal Kingdom. The publication of Eichhoff's paper, just referred to, has an- ticipated several of the synonyms of North American Scolytids which I have noted at different times. There are, however, one or two points to be added hereon. It is known that some of Zimmermann's and LeConte's names (Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. , Sept., 1868) clash with others of Eichhoff published in 1868 in the " Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift," and the latter have been regarded as prior both by Eichhoff himself and by Mr. Schwar/. This is incorrect; reference to p. xi, or to the original wrappers of the "Zeitschrift" for 1868 shows that pp. 177-312, which include Eichhoff's descriptions, were not published till March, 1869. Therefore, the names Hylastes opaciilns Lee. , H. scabripennis Zimm., and Pityof>Iithorus pullus Zimm., should be retained. The generic names Tomicus Latreille (1807 nee 1802) and Xy- lotfrus Er. (1836) should give place to Ips De Geer (1775) and 6 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [January, Trypodendron Steph. (1830) respectively, with which they are coterminous. As has been pointed out by Eichhoff, his name Ptcrocyclon, (1868), should replace Monarthrum Kirsch (1866). The latter's diagnosis is absolutely the same as that of Corthylns Er. , in which, too, a species of Ptcrocyclon was included. Erichson, Kirsch and LeConte are alike incorrect in stating the funicle to be one- jointed instead of two-jointed in these insects. Ferrari's sub- genus Cosmocorynus is wrongly characterized by LeConte and has no North American representative. Hylastes ( Hylurgops) pinifex Fitch, is distinct from the Euro- pean H. decitmanus, differing in the thoracic punctures of two sizes, the more rugose interstices and the longer and stouter bristles of the elytra. Crypturgus atomus Lee. This has been regarded as identical with C. pusillus Gyll. Specimens received from Prof. A. D. Hopkins appear to be distinct, having the punctuation finer and the ground sculpture different; but a more extensive comparison is desirable. Tomicus plastographus Lee. = T. integer Eichh. Californian examples sent by Mr. Ricksecker and corresponding with Le- Conte's description conform to Eichhoff 's type. Tomicus cacographus Lee. = T. grandicollis Eichh. Xy/oclcptcs concinnus Mann. With Eichhoff, I should refer this to Tomicus, or rather Ips. The structure of the mouth - parts is not that of a Xylocleptes, but of a Tomicus, with which genus its habits associate it. Pityophthorus I ant us Eichh. Specimens forwarded by Prof. Hopkins under this name do not correspond with Eichhoff 's description. I conjecture them to be P. bisulcatus Eichh. , be- cause they differ from the European P. micrographus L. precisely as P. bisulcatus is stated by Eichhoff to do. PHYSIOLOGICAL SPECIES. — Does Prof. Cockerell hold that species exist which differ from other species only in physiological characters? If so, why does he not mention a single case and give the evidence ? If -not, win- does he use term physiological species ? To me his article in the Decem- ber NEWS is not very clear. — CHARLES ROBERTSON. 1898.] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 7 IOWAN ODONATA. By MORTON J. ELROD, University of Montana. For several years the writer lias been permitted to spend the month of July in Des Moines, Iowa. At intervals when other duties could be laid aside rambles were taken along the Des Moines and Raccoon Rivers in search of specimens. At this season of the year the water in these rivers is usually clear and shallow. As a consequence many species of fine Unios were secured. Lepidoptera and Odonata were the only insects sought. As no previous record has been made of collections of dragon- flies from this locality, the publication of the following list of 28 species, which by no means represents the Odonate fauna of the State, may be useful, and may serve those students of the State who are working upon this group of insects. Of this list at least 16 have not before been recorded from Iowa, though they are in some cases reported from adjoining States. It is also to be noted that many common forms, e. g. , R. civile, are absent from the list. Other collectors may later report these, or at least some of them, from the State. It may be appropriate to add that all the species mentioned in the list are in the writer's collection. Specimens reported from Clinton and Sabula were collected by J. S. Faaborg, [I have taken the liberty to add to Prof. Elrod's notes records of a few species of Odonata collected for me, in 1889, by Miss Alda M. Sharp, of Gladbrook, Iowa, who labeled them " Tama Co., Iowa ' Such additions are enclosed in brackets. — Philip P. Calvert.] i. Calopteryx maculata Beam. In July, 1893, this species was quite abundant along a small rivulet a half mile north of Drake University. It was in a wooded, hilly region that had not as yet been much used for pasture. The season was rainy, and every other day I visited the place, securing each time quite a number. In 1894 the season was quite the opposite of that of 1893, and the ravine had dried up. In 1895 I did not visit the place. In 1896 it was overrun with stock, and no macnlata could be found. During the month of July, 1897, I secured a dozen or more at Dunreath, Iowa, some thirty miles from Des Moines. [One $ June 21, one 9 June 28 "on blackberry bushes in 8 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [January, garden," one 9 June 29 "on currant bushes in garden," Tama Co., la., Miss Sharp.] 2. Hetaerina araericana F*ab. At the dam of the city waterworks in the Raccoon River and along the river above the dam, among the willows, taken in numbers in July, 1893 and July, 1894. It was fairly abundant. I also saw numbers of this species at Webster City along the Boone River in July, 1896, but as I had no net none were taken. 3. Lestes forcipata Ramb. I have a dozen-and-a-half specimens taken in July, 1896. They were secured near a small artificial pond; although I have hunted inthese same regions in previous years, I have no speci- mens save those taken at the time mentioned. 4. Lestes unguiculata Hag. Abundant; I have specimens taken July, 1892, June 29, 1893, Aug. 4, 1896, and July 12, 1897. During the wet season in 1893 I was able to take many specimens at a single sweep, in the grass near artificial ponds. 5. Argia apicalis Say. This is the only Argia taken in the several years over which these observations were made. A half dozen of these were secured during July of the past season at Des Moines. They were rare along the bank of the Raccoon River, flying among the grass and weeds, quite difficult to take. 6. Anomalagrion hastatum Say. In July, 1896, I tried the place where L. unguiculata had formerly been taken so abundantly. The pond was drained, though there was a little water, much mud, and a good deal of wire grass. In this grass I found about a dozen specimens of A. hastatum Say. This extends its distribution westward. It has also been taken abundantly at Hloomington, 111. 7. Ischnura verticalis Say. From Fulton, 111., Sabula and Des Moines, Iowa. It does not seem to be as common as one would suppose. s. Enallagma ebria Hag. About a dozen specimens, June 29, 1893. As this species has been recorded from Missouri it is not surprising that it is found in Iowa. 1898.] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 9 9. Enallagma hageni Walsh. Fairly abundant, some twenty specimens having been taken. TO. Enallagma fischeri Kell. Not common, a half dozen being the entire number taken, from Des Moines. ri. Enallagma signata Hag. A broken specimen from Clinton, la., taken June, 1897. 12. Nehalinnia irene Hag. A half dozen specimens, taken in same locality as A. hastatiun Say, in 1893, and a single immature $ from Clinton, la., in June, 1897. 13. Gomphus amnicola Walsh. A single female, collected in July, 1892, at Des Moines. 14. Gomphus vastus Walsh. Three specimens from Clinton, la., taken in June, 1897. 15. Anax junius Drury. This large "spindle" is quite abundant, a small surface pond at Dunreath, some thirty miles from Des Moines yielding a large number of specimens Aug. 4, 1896. They were caught in copu- lation and in act of oviposition. Specimens are in my collection sent from Clinton. [One 1 , Tama Co., Miss Sharp.] 16. Tramea lacerata Hag. A single female, taken at Clinton, May, 1896. 17- Celithemis eponina Drury. A single female from Clinton. 1 8. Plathemis trimaculata De Geer. Abundant; a small pond of stagnant water affording good collecting. [One £ July 29, "flying over still water," one 9 June 28, 'blackberry in garden," Tama Co., Miss Sharp.] 19. Libellula pulchella Drury. Nine specimens, taken Aug. 4, 1896, at Dunreath. These were taken along the railroad, among the bushes, and were quite wary. There were numerous small ponds of water, and likewise numerous kingbirds, Tyrannus tyrannus. I could see no drag- io ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [January, onflies of any kind near any of the ponds where these birds were to be observed.* I have also specimens from Clinton. [Two $ July 29, " flying over water," " on grass overhanging water," Tama Co., Miss Sharp.] 20. Libellula basalis Say. Rare. The only specimen I secured was a male, captured in the weeds in the bottom of Des Moines River, some thirty miles from the city. I have another female from Clinton. 21. Libellula quadrimaculata L. Two from Sabula, la., June, 1897. This seems to be a rare species. In nine years' residence in Illinois I did not see a single specimen, though Mr. C. C. Adams has one or two. In eight seasons while at Des Moines I have not seen a specimen. 22. Pachydiplax longipennis Burm. Not common, five specimens being the total number collected, four taken Aug. 4, 1896, at Dunreath, la.; one at Clinton, la., June, 1897. 23. Mesothemis simplicicollis Say. A few specimens, taken from Sabula, la., June, 1897. 24. Diplax corrupta Hag. This widely distributed species is represented in my collection by three specimens, taken at Dunreath, la., Aug. 4, 1896. 25. Diplax rubicundula Say. var. assimilata Uhler. Quite common in August, 1892, but none taken after that, though they are undoubtedly to be had. [Three $ eight 9 July 12 " dry meadow," three £ five 9 July 15 "wet meadow near standing water," Tama Co., Miss Sharp.] 26. Diplax obtrusa Hagen. Four specimens, sent me from Clinton, la. 27. Diplax vicina Hag. Not common ; I have only a few specimens, taken in Aug. , '93. 28. Leu cor hi nia intact a Hag. A single male from Sabula, la. •According to a note by J. L. Hersey, quoted in the "Canadian Entomologist" for April, 1873, p. 160, dragonflies are a favorite food for kingbirds. — P. P. C. 1898.] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. II DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW WEST AFRICAN HETEROCERA- Paper I. By Chancellor W.J. HOLLAND, Ph.D., LL.D., F.Z.S.,etc. When starting for a short visit to Europe last May, I succeeded in finding a few moments' time in which to hastily gather to- gether some five score of specimens from my collection of African Lepidoptera, which I had reason to think new to science, and took them with me. I found time in the midst of other duties to pay a number of visits to the British Museum and the Royal Museum in Berlin, as well as to inspect a number of collections in private hands, which are rich in African material. As the result my opinion as to the nondescript character of most of the species was confirmed, and I propose from time to time, as I chance to have leisure, to publish descriptions of these things, possibly accompanied by illustrations, if I shall find time to prepare the latter. The types are all in my collection. Family SYNTOMID/E. Genus SYNTOMOIDES* Hampson. 1. S. xanthopleura sp. nov. $. — The wings are marked exactly as in S. puncticincta Holl. ("Psyche," January, 1893), but the species in hand may at once be distinguished by the totally different markings of the body. The front is pale yellow, almost white, the collar and patagia are orange- yellow, the top of the thorax is black. The abdomen is orange-yellow, with a black dorsal line beginning on the third segment from the thorax, on which, as well as on the fourth segment, it is extended down on either side to the line of the spiracles, as a saddle-shaped mark. This dorsal line is narrow on the remaining segments of the abdomen, and disappears wholly before reaching the anal extremity. The underside of the thorax and abdomen is grayish yellow. The legs are black, marked with yellow- ish rings. Expanse 25 mm. Habitat. — Efulen, Bule Country, Cameroons (coll. A. C. Good, Ph.D.). 2. S. seminigra sp. nov. Q . — The forewings are marked as in .5". leugalea *In "Psyche" for January and February, 1893, I described a number of West African Syntomidae, referring them to the genus Sjntomis. In so doing I was following well-estab lished precedents. After the descriptions had been prepared and published I received the first volume of Sir George F. Hampson's work on the Lepidoptera of India, and found that he had erected a new genus, Sywomoides, for the reception of a number of the forms hitherto placed by authors in Syntontis. His arrangement is certainly natural, and I desire to state that of the species named by me at the time referred to. the following will naturally come under his genius Syntonioides : — .9. leugalea, elasson, elachista, miserii- bilis, puncticincta, leimacis, goodii, reutlingcri, cytogaster, leucerythra, crenophylax and cybelistes. 12 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [January, Holl. (" Psyche," January, 1893), but the dark markings are somewhat broader and heavier. The hindwings have the costal margin and the whole outer half broadly black, leaving only a relatively small translucent spot on the inner margin. The body is black. The front is white. There is a narrow ring of white on the abdomen back of the thorax. The pectus and the anterior segments of the abdomen on the underside are accentuated with white lines. Expanse 21 mm. Habitat. — Efulen, Bule Country, Cameroons (coll. A. C. Good, Ph.D.). This is a well-marked and distinct species. It is, so far as I know, not as yet represented in any European collection. Genus SYNTOMIS 111. 3. S. kerri sp. nov. ^\ — The anterior wings recall 5. leucogasfra Holl. ("Psyche," January, 1893), but the white subapical spot and the white spot in the cell in 6". kerri are small, whereas in 5". leucogastra they are relatively large. The secondaries are marked with three white semi- translucent spots near the base, whereas in 6". leucogastra the secondaries are solidly black. But the strongest points of difference between the two species are found in the markings of the abdomen. The abdomen in both species is black, but in leucogastra the anal extremity is heavily tipped with bright orange, whereas in kerri it is narrowly tipped with dark crimson. The underside of the abdomen in leucogastra is broadly and conspicuously white, in kerri it is uniformly deep black. The pectus and legs in leucogastra are orange ; in kerri they are black. Expanse 24 mm. Habitat. — Cameroons (coll. Kerr). 4. S. ef ulensis sp. nov. 9 . — The body, the antennae and the legs are black. The anterior segments of the abdomen are marked laterally upon their edges by short lines of metallic green. The primaries are black, glossed in certain lights with green. There is a large quadrate hyaline spot at the end of the cell and the intraneural spaces on the disc are pale semi-translucent green. The secondaries are heavily bordered on all sides with black, leaving an elongated hyaline spot in the middle of the wing below the cell. Expanse 32 mm. Habitat. — Efulen, Bule Country, Cameroons (coll. A. C. Good, Ph.D.). This is a very distinct species. Family Genus TASEMA Walker. 5. T. nox sp. nov. ^\ — This obscure little moth is black, with a green- ish reflection in certain lights. The antennae are minutely tipped with white. There is nothing more to be said after having located it in the proper genus, as was kindly done for me by Sir George F. Hatnpson. Expanse 20 mm. Habitat. — Cameroons (coll. A. C. Good, Ph.D.). 1898.] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 13 Family ARCTIID/E. Genus ANACE Walker. 6. A. melaleuca sp. nov. rf. — Antennae with a white shaft and pale brown pectinations' Front, collar and patagia pale red ; thorax and abdomen luteous ; and extremity of abdomen tipped with slaty gray. The lower side of the thorax and abdomen whitish ; legs white, with the tibke of the anterior pair margined in front with gray. The anterior wings are white, lightly laved toward the base with yellowish. The cost? is narrowly edged with slaty gray, as far as the middle, and the whole outer half of the wing is marked with the same color, the inner line of demarcation sweeping around in a graceful curve from the middle of the costa to the inner margin before the outer angle. The secondaries are white, laved with yellowish on the inner margin and at the base. The wings on the under side are marked as upon the upper side. Expanse 24 mm. Habitat. — Cameroons (coll. Kerr). ,__ .!.-_•_ f~\ . LASIOCAMPA MEDUSA n. sp. By Dr. HERMAN STRECKER. I received about a year since from Mr. Max Albright, of the Soldiers' Home, Los Angeles County, California, a female Lasio- canipa (or Gloveria as the American authors have it) ; it was raised from the larva and is different from arizonensis or any of the Mexican species known to me. It expands four inches; the thorax and primaries above are very dark smoky gray, basal part of wings and thorax heavily furred, the mesial part a shade paler, minute white hairs are sprinkled over the whole surface; a small white discal spot, as in arizonensis and other species; inferiors and abdomen almost as dark as the primaries, but more brownish in tint; under surface of all wings almost uniform dark brown with a sprinkling of white hairs, most noticeable towards the costal margins; abdomen darker and also with the sprinkling of white hairs. This insect is larger than any of the American species known to me, and will be easily known by its deep, almost black color and lack of ornamentation, except the discal spot as well as by its general heavy appearance. The wings are much less pointed apically than in arizonensis and broader in propor- tion to their length, the abdomen is much longer, extending far beyond the inferiors. I know of but this one example which was sent to me along with the cocoon and pupa case from which it emerged. 14 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [January Notes on the Mutillidae of North America. By WILLIAM J. Fox. Through the courtesy of Mr. Samuel Henshaw I have had the oppor- tunity of examining Blake's types of Psammotherma ajax, Mutilla flori- dana and I\I. trisignata, all described as occurring in Florida. As to the first-mentioned species it has always been placed in our lists with doubt; and a comparison of the type with the description of Psaniinothernia iJabcllata Fabr., shows that it is identical with that species, whose home is Africa. On glancing at ///. floridana and trisignata it was at once obvious that these species were strangers to our fauna. By the aid of Radoszkovsky and Sichel's " Essai d'une Monographic des Mutilles de 1'ancien Conti- nent," M iioridana is found to be the European M. inaitra Linne, while 717. trisignata is referable to M. arenaria Fabr., also of Europe and Africa. A written label attached to the specimens in question reads as follows: " Harris from Doubleday Fla?" The facts that they came from Double- day, a European collector, and that the locality given is queried, are in themselves evidence that the specimens never came from Florida. It seems remarkable that one should give a positive locality for a species when such does not exist. Rlutilla niti/ans and thoracica of Blake, and 717. peculiaris Cresson, differ at once from the females of the other species of Mutilla, in having the thorax divided into two parts, whereas in Mutilla (including Sphte- rophthalina Blake) the thorax of the female is solidified at least on dorsal surface into one piece. Mutills<>lete blackish markings on the posterior edge of the third and fourth segments. Legs yellowish, basal half of the anterior and middle femora and the tarsi black, posterior femora (except the apical third), a medial band on the tibice, and the tarsi black. Wings with a slight brownish tinge, stigma brown. 1 8 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [January, Great Melaspina Glacier, Mt. St. Elias, June 16, 1897. "In snow, altitude 1300 feet." Respectfully dedicated to its dis- coverer, Mr. H. G. Bryant, of Philadelphia. Platychirus peltatus Meigen. Great Malaspina Glacier, Mt. St. Elias, June 22 ; Sitka (Loe\v). A widely distributed species, Northern Europe, White Moun- tains, N. H., New York, Pennsylvania, Colorada. Melanostoma glacialis n. sp. $. Length 6 nun. Face greenish, shining, uniformly and densely covered (except the tubercle) with a grayish pollen. Tubercle prominent, black, shining, frontal and vertical triangle, black, with long blackish pile; occiput with grayish pile, antennae entirely black, mouth parts brown. Thorax dull black, with large black pile somewhat brownish on the anterior portion ; scutellum an obscure yellow, stained with brown, which becomes black at the lateral angles, pile long, black. Abdomen narrowly ovate, black ; opaque, with prominent grayish pile, longest on the sides, hind border of the fourth and the fifth segment shining, near the middle of the second segment on each side is a small round yellow spot, third and fourth segments with a large ovate, yellow marking at the anterior angles, reaching the lateral margins, those on the fourth somewhat smaller than those on the third, posterior margin of the fourth narrowly margined with yellow. Legs black, apical portion of the femora and the base of the tibiae of the anterior and middle legs yellowish. Wings hya- line, with a slightly grayish tinge, stigma an obsolete yellow. Great Malaspina Glacier, Mt. St. Elias, June 22. Resembling M. ccerulesccns Will, in abdominal markings but readily separated by the opaque black ground color. o — UTAH REVISITED; WYOMING AND MONTANA.— Part II. By Prof. A. J. SNVDER. From Ogden, Utah, northward, no stops were made until \ve reached Beaver Canon, Idaho, or, as the place is now known, "Beaver." From this place some tourists travel northeast by wagon to Yellowstone Park. The country in the near vicinity reminded me of the rolling J - O land of South Dakota, but the hills are larger and one need not travel far to rind the country mountainous. The Wood Bro's sheep ranch has a station some six miles out, to which one of their men invited us. I have- seen tew places inoiv productive of butterfly life. It was almost impossible to advance for there were hundreds of 1898.] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. IQ insects of many varieties all about us — Argynnids, Pamphilas, Lycaenas, Satyrids, Coenonymphas, etc. Most of the species, how- ever, were the same as those common to Utah. Soon, however, the ground became higher and on crossing one of the high knolls a gray butterfly sprang up, almost resembling a grasshop- per in its quick motions. It darted about and then dropped into the grass. Others of the same kind were soon started and after some careful maneuvering my first Hipparchia ridingsii was safely landed in the cyanide jar. On these grassy round-topped hills many of this species were found, but the sport much resem- bled jack-snipe hunting, and I longed for a gun and some harm- less kind of ammunition with which to pepper the wily insects ; ridJugsii often lights on bare spots of ground, but the gray color of its wings blends so well with the soil and dry grass that it is very hard to see. Its habit oi folding the primaries within the secondaries and occupying the smallest possible place and even tumbling over on one side so as to almost lie flat on the surface, resembles C. chryxus. Like that species, also, it not infrequently alights on bare rocks. This species was not seen elsewhere until, on the road from Livingston to Yellowstone Park, one darted up in front of my horse only to alight in the dust and formed so tempting a prize that I dismounted and captured it. Soon we came to a deep, well-wooded gully, probably one- quarter mile in width, and, while crossing this, a little brownish black insect started up from a small grassy glade, and after a rapid chase over logs and brush the first specimen of Cceno- nympha haydcnii was being examined. While dinner was preparing, a little search near camp resulted in the capture of several more haydenii. After dinner, with our friends, the ranchers, we collected on the higher ground back of camp and secured a number of fine insects. Argynnids were probably most abundant, and the most common species was eurynome. A few Icto were taken and examples of several other species or varieties. During the afternoon we worked our way back to Beaver, col- lecting en route, and on passing their metroplis again spent some time with the Hipparchias. Mr. Wood and his men urged us to make our home at their camp while- in the vicinity. Never has it been my fortune to be more generously entertained or made so welcome among stranger^ 2O ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [January, as was our visit to these gentlemen whose life is one of hardship in a sparsely settled region. Only three days were spent in this vicinity, but enough to convince us that collectors might spend a longer time there to the great advantage of their cabinets. After leaving Beaver, our next stop was Butte, one of the greatest if not the greatest of the mining camps in the United States. This great city is as barren as the crater of a great vol- cano, without a sign of vegetation — neither living tree nor blade of grass. Butte is no place for an entomologist, and that night we started eastward — bound for Yellowstone Park. In our opinion, the proper way to see "The Wonderland of America" is to go there with an independent "outfit." To see the most and succeed best, especially from a collector's stand- point, one should have saddle ponies and be able to follow the various remarkable trails where it is impossible to take wagons. Almost any kind of an outfit may be secured at Livingston or Bozeman, and from the former the distance to the Park is oaly fifty-three miles. After hiring three ponies (two saddle and one pack animal) we were ready for butterflies or scenery and soon found both. News of sickness at home, unfortunately, shortened our trip and prevented our doing full justice to either the insects or sights. Along the road to the Park, Cleomc integrifolia was abundant, and on the flowers were numerous Pamphilas — uncas being the most common species. In a meadow we found many ol the common Satyr us t var. olympus. Grass and flowers are plentiful in the Park, as are also the butterflies ; although we saw many species common to the Rocky Mountains region, no remarkable captures were made until we entered Hayden Valley, Aug. ist. A storm had just passed. Suddenly the sun shone out brightly and butterflies were everywhere. We immediately dismounted, and although both our nets had been ruined by accidents we spent a most interesting hour in the wet grass collecting with a piece of a net. C. hay den ii and E. cpipsodea were everywhere about us. Ccenonymphas were common and a few Argynnids were seen. A single Ercbia sofia was taken here — the only one seen during the trip. While busy capturing insects a small herd of elk walked out of the timber not far away and watched us with curious eyes, alternately feeding and stopping to view us 1898.] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 21 until our mounting frightened them back into the forest. We longed for weeks in this beautiful valley but it could not be. Even in the geyser region we found butterflies, and several were captured near the Riverside Geyser while waiting for an eruption. Several Chrysophanus mariposa were taken in the Upper Geyser Basin. Argynnis hclena was found flitting along the road alighting in moist places in the neighborhood of the lower falls of the Yellowstone. A single Enptceeta claudia was taken beside the road. Two Chionobas jutta and a single Melitcea edit/ia were also captured. Thecla sazpium was common near Mammoth Hot Springs. Although we ascended no high mountains, Chionobas chryxux was seen several times. Satyrus charon was abundant. Several Argynnis monticola and a pair of what seems to be the var. pur- purasccns, Hy. Edw. fell to our lot. A few Argynnis eurynomc were taken. In conclusion, the author wishes to record an opinion : — My observations lead me to believe that eurynome, ar/onisand arge* form a single species, and absolutely intergrade. I have captured about 800 eurynome and have studied specimens from Utah and British America, also some of the intermediate points (Yellow- stone Park and Idaho). Of the unsilvered form called artonis, I have captured over 150 examples. These two forms I have taken in coitu £ artonis and 9 eiirynome ; and 9 artontsand £ eurynomc. I have seen specimens only partially silvered and resembling both artonis and eurynome. In my collection are specimens of arge £ from Oregon which seem to correspond exactly with Mr. Strecker's description of this variety, and I have males from Utah which are certainly arge, and others which intergrade into the typical eurynomc. I have never seen a 9 which positively belonged to the var. arge, but have noted a de- cided variation in the females of the so-called eurynomc. If these so-called species naturally interbreed, and if all the inter- grades have been found as I have proved, it only remains to de- termine positively the result of this interbreeding and the ques- tion is absolutely solved. Mr. FREDERICK KNAB reports the capture of Anisolabis maritima at Bridgeport, Conn. * To these may be added, in all probability, macaria, clio, of is and bischoffi.—'E.'D. 22 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [January, RECOLLECTIONS OF OLD COLLECTING GROUNDS. II.— THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY. By H. F. WICKHAM, Iowa City, Iowa. The region about Brownsville. Texas, is one of great interest, but only lately has it been explored entomologically with any degree of care. Within the past two years, however, the country has been visited and worked by Prof. Townsend, Mr. Schwarz and the writer.* Its most striking feature is perhaps to be found in the little jungles or " oases" of tropical vegetation, supporting corresponding insect faunse, these small areas being compassed around by the ordinary flora and fauna of southern Texas. It is by no means ready of access, since a visit implies either a long trip by steamer from New Orleans or Morgan City, or a cross-country stage ride of some 160 miles from Alice The latter has the advantage of convenience since the stages are run daily, while the steamer dates are about ten days apart. The writer made the trip by stage, reaching Brownsville on the evening of June 2Oth. A heavy rain had laid the dust and refreshed the country so that the broad prairies which alternate with patches of chaparral were gorgeous with many blossoms. But little time was had for collecting along the road, the thirty- six hours of travel consumed in covering the distance being broken only by such short stops as were necessary to change horses and to eat a hasty lunch. Nevertheless, a few observa- tions were made. Cicindela redilatera abounded in swarms near rain puddles; Canthon Icevis was busily rolling balls about in sandy spots. In the mesquite scrub might now and then be seen a fine specimen of a great black Longhorn, Stenaspis solitaria ; these, however, disappearing before reaching El Sawz. A short stop at Santa Gertrudes, the first relay station out of Alice, was the occasion of some rejoicing over the capture of a fine example of Eleodes ventricosa, one of the largest species of the genus, remarkable for its obese form and shining surface. No towns are passed through en route, the road running across great ranches thousands of acres in extent. An occasional Mex- ican hut is about the only sign of human habitation, except at the small settlement of El Sawz and Arroyo. Arrived, finally, * Cf. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash, iv, p. 2; Trans. Texas Acad. of Sci., 1895; and Bull. Nat. Hist. State Univ. of Iowa, iv, pp. 96 et seq. 1898.] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 23 at the journey's end it was a pleasure to meet a fellow- entomolo- gist in the person of Prof. C. H. Tyler Townsend, who had already been in the field for some months. His aid in securing accommodations and readily given information as to the collect- ing grounds were of material advantage and greatly appreciated. He had already located many of the little tropical oases — if we may give them that name — and had made large and interesting collections in the interests of the Division of Entomology at Washington. As a result of the explorations carried on, many species not hitherto recognized as inhabitants of the United States must be added to our lists. A few of these may be mentioned here, the remainder will be referred to in the author's report on the Cole- optera of this valley.* A number of Cicindelidae were met with, the most interesting of which occurred at Point Isabel along the extensive beaches and salt mud-flats in that neighborhood. C. severa, iogata, cir- cumpicta and pamphila all inhabit this little strip of sea-coast in company with some more familiar forms. C. pamphila is re- markable, from the fact that the elytra exhibit much the same range of variation in ground color as that displayed by the better known C. sperala. Among the Carabidie, mention should be made of the occur- rence of Calosoma aurocinctnm Chaud., a species resembling our common scrutator, but a little smaller and of a brighter clearer green with less pronounced elytral striae and broader, flatter in- terspaces. It is a Mexican form and will probably not be found much to the north of Brownville. A large colony of the hitherto very rare Pogomis texanus WHS exposed on turning over a pal- metto log lying on a broad mud flat at the Point. A number disappeared at once into seams opened by the sun, but quite a supply was secured. In heavy thickets where the vines made their closest tangles. Agra oblongopunctata Chev. was occasion- ally beaten from some thick mass of foliage. It is an outre look- ing insect of slender form, the prothorax elongate, nearly conical, the narrow elytra deeply punctured in rows. The original lo- cality was Vera Crux, Mexico. I\ficragra &nea is another hitherto extra limital species ranging through Central America to Brazil. It is a small greenish or black-bronzed insect, something like * Now publishing in the " Bulletin of Natural History," State University of Io\v:i. 24 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [January, Metabletus in form, occurring on vines. Several specimens of a new Lebiide {Euproctus texanus Wickham) were obtained, chiefly in sweepings or by beating. Callida pundulata Chaud. , was beaten from jungles in company with C. planulata and Pinaco- dcra piinctigera. A single specimen of Anatrichis oblonga was found on the river bank. This has hitherto been represented by a single example. o An Egg Parasite of Smerinthus astylus Drury. By WILLIAM H. ASHMEAD. Assistant Curator, Department of Insects, U. S. Nat. Mus., Washington, D. C. I have recently received, for identification, from Mr. R. F. Pearsall, of Brooklyn, N. Y. , three specimens of a beautiful little chalcid, reared from the eggs of Smerinthus astylus Drury. This chalcid proved to belong to the subfamily Eupelminse, in Motschulsky's genus Anastatus (= Antigaster Walsh) and to be quite different from the several other species described in our fauna. I have, therefore, named it in honor of the discoverer and submit the following description : Anastatus pearsalli sp. n. i . — Length 2.5 mm. Blue-green; the scutel- luin, middle lobe and the elevated lateral lobes of the mesonotmn and the face, including the frons, bronze-green ; scape, lobe in front of tegulae, apex of pronotum and the legs, with the exceptions to be noted, ferru- ginous ; anterior and hind coxae metallic-blue; anterior femora and tibiae, except knees and hind legs, except tarsal joints 2 to 3, which are yellow- ish white, dark brown or fuscous; the middle tibire and the tarsal joints i, 2 and 5 brownish; front wings fuscous, with the basal one-third and two triangular spots opposite each other, the points of which almost meet and form a band just beneath the* marginal vein, whitish hyaline ; abdo- men blue-black, with a white band at apex of first abdominal segment. Had.— Brooklyn, N. Y. Described from three female specimens, bred Aug. 20, 1897, from eggs of Smerinthus astylus Drury, by Mr. R. F. Pearsall. IN THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SECTION. Professor. — "What has become of Bugs? Wasn't he studying with the class last year?" " Ah, yes; Bugs — poor fellow — a fine student, but absent minded in the use of benzine in cleaning specimens — very. That discoloration on the ceiling— notice it?" "Yes." "That's Bugs." 1898.] 25 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [The Conductors of ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS solicit, and will thankfully receive items of news, likely to interest its readers, from any source. The author's name will be given in each case for the information of cataloguers and bibliographers.] To Contributors.— All contributions will be considered and passed upon at our earliest convenience, and as far as may be, will be published according to date of recep- tion. ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS has reached a circulation, both in numbers and circumfei- ence, as to make it necessary to put " copy'' into the hands of the printer, for each number, three weeks before date of issue. This should be remembered in sending special or im- portant matter for certain issue. Twenty-five "extras" without change in form will be given free when they are wanted, and this should be so stated on the MS. along with the number desired. The receipt of all papers will be acknowledged. — ED. PHILADELPHIA, PA., JANUARY, 1898. A LETTER TO THE NEWS. ' I suppose I am one of a fairly numerous class who make the collection of insects a pastime and not a very serious study— ' mere collectors' I suppose we should be called. Nevertheless, what we see we know, and if we never get far beyond the ento- mological A B C it is not so much because we do not care to, as it is because business and other cares which ' will not down' are too tyrannical. All we know must come from observation, and we haven't much time for that — the literature of our hobby is scarce and expensive, and over our heads as well. " What we want in a periodical is the relation of the experi- ences of others of our class. If some fellow has a 'sugar' which he finds attracts more Catocalae than any other he has tried we'd like to know his recipe. We'd like to hear of another's expe- riences in rearing the more common species — perhaps ihe suc- cessful method of one will show another how he failed. We want to read of various methods of preserving pupae over Win- ter. We would like descriptions of the perfect insect in cases where species differ enough from each other to make a written description of any value, and we want these things not once in a while, but every month. li we ' mere collectors' could have two pages a month devoted to us we would gladly take our chances on getting something of value out of the rest of the issue. Of course you can't bother to edit and publish a paper 26 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [January, for the benefit of one or two individuals; but it seems to me that if you will publish something each month that may be of interest to the merest tyro, you might enlarge your sphere of usefulness and add to the income of the NEWS ' -W. R. H. We are perfectly willing to adopt the suggestions of our cor- respondent; in fact such has long been our desire and we have made every effort to get just such communications. We even went so far as to send out printed circulars soliciting articles ot the kind mentioned— but they came not. It can't be expected that the editors should write such articles each month as they also have matters to attend to that wont "down" and the time they devote to the journal is stolen from their own work. Now, W. R. H. we believe belongs to a large class of our subscribers and we turn the matter over to them to remedy, and await the result with much interest. ON November 4th, after a day's collecting, I had occasion to walk along the Erie Railroad track at Woodside, N. J., on my way home. I saw several larvae of Spilosoina isabella crawling along on the inside of the iron rail, evidently looking for a place to cross over the track. I thought nothing of it until I saw some larva of Arctia arge which I took, and from that time on I kept my eyes on the rails. At a rough guess I must have passed at least 200 larvae during the walk of about a half of a mile 5". Isabella were the most numerous. I took the following: fifteen Arctia arge? four Arctia nais, three Spilosoina rubricosa and three different specimens of Agrotis. I had occasion to pass along the same place again a week later but did not see a sign of a larva.— A. J. WEIDT, Newark, N. J. Ph ilanthiis punctatus var. cockerelli~D\mmng, ENT. NEWS, 189(1, p. 69. — Mr. Dunning gives no locality for this variety; the type specimens cited were from Las Cruces, New Mex., August 24 and September 3, the latter on flowers of Solidago canadensis. I have been comparing our Mesilla Valley pnnctatus (which frequents the flowers of Chilopsis and Sisyin- brium as well as Solidago, and appears as early as April 16) with speci- mens of typical pnnctatns taken by Mr. Robert Knetsch at Terra Cottn, 111., and I find that our insect (var. cockerelli] constantly differs by the pale markings (light yellow to white), almost clear wings (with, however, a dusky apex), narrower head in the <$, and eyes closer together at the top in both sexes. It seems to be a good subspecies at least, but Mr. Dunning's diagnosis should be modified to include all our specimens - T. D. A. COCKERELL. 1898.] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 27 Notes and News. ENTOMOLOGICAL GLEANINGS FROM ALL QUARTERS OF THE GLOBE. A PICTURE for the album of the American Entomological Society has been received from Andrew Bolter. AN ant which Sir John Lubbock, the English naturalist, has kept for observation many years died recently, whereupon the " Indian Mirror" published an obituary notice of his aunt. Ix the collection of the late Dr. Geo. H Horn there was a specimen of the large moth (Pseudosphynx tetrio Linn.) which bore the following label: " Large moth reached ship 'Earnmoor' Saturday, Feb. nth, 1888, at sea about two hundred miles from shore."-— HENRY SKINNER. WHEREAS, we have learned with infinite sorrow and regret of the death of Dr. George H. Horn, of Philadelphia. Resolved, By the Newark Entomological Society, in special meeting, November 28, that Entomological Science, particularly in Coleoptera, has sustained a most serious loss, that the Society has lost a well-wisher, and many of its members a personal friend. Resolved, Also that this expression of our sorrow be spread upon the minutes of the Society, that a copy be sent to ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS for publication, and that another copy be sent to the personal representa- tives of the deceased. (Signed) JOHN ANGELMAN, -» ED. A. BISCHOFF, \ Committee. JOHN B. SMITH, NOTE ON AGAPOSTEMON TEXANUS. — Mr. Robertson, in his recent ex- cellent account of the common species of Agapostemon, gives to texaniis a very wide range — from the Atlantic to the Pacific. It seems desirable to ask how uniform it is throughout this territory. I have before me six examples from Washington State (one from Olympia, June 29; five from Pasco, May 25), all collected by Mr. T. Kincaid; and while they agree with texanus in almost every particular (including the punctures of the mesothorax), they are very easily separated from typical texanus (as found in New Mexico) by the much more finely sculptured base of the metathorax. The radiating wrinkles, which in true /c.vanns are very large and distinct, are much smaller, more numerous, and less separated from one another. There is even a feebly indicated triangular enclosure. As the difference indicated is quite constant in a series, I propose to call the Washington form A. subtilior n. sp. or subsp. Mr. Kincaid sent with the A. subtilior eighteen examples of A. radiatits, all from Pasco. Mr. Robertson gives that species as west to Dakota only. The Pasco exam- ples are larger and bluer than the Illinois form of riidiuiiis. — T. D. A. COCKERELL, Mesilla, New Mex. 28 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [January, Entomological Literature. Under the above head it is intended to note such papers received at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia pertaining to the Entomology of the Americas (North and South). Articles irrelevant to American entomology, unless monographs, or con- taining descriptions of new genera, will not be noted. Contributions to the anatomy, physiology and embryology of insects, however, whether relating to American or exotic species, will be recorded. The numbers in Heavy-faced type refer to the journals, as numbered in the following list, in which the papers are published; * denotes that the paper in question contains descriptions of new North American forms. 4. The Canadian Entomologist, London, Ont., Dec., '97. — 5. Psyche, Cambridge, Mass., Dec., '97. — 1O. Nature, London, '97. — 21. The En- tomologist's Record, London, Nov. 15, '97. — 22. Zoologischer Anzeiger, Leipsic, No. 543, Oct. 21, '97. — 24. Berliner Entomologische Zeitschrift, xlii, i and 2, Nov., '97. — 35. Annales de la Societe" Entomologique de Belgique, xl, 9, Brussels, Nov. 15, '97. — 47. The Zoologist, London, Nov. 15, '97. — 48. The International Journal of Microscopy and Natural Science (3), viii, 36. London, Oct., '97. — 49. Termeszetrajzi Fiizetek, xx, 4. Budapest, Nov. i, '97. The General Subject. — Bethe, A. Comparative researches on the functions of the central nervous system of Arthropods, i pi., Pfluger's Archiv fur Physiologic, Ixviii, 10-12. Bonn, Oct. 29, '97. — Biro, L. Biological observations in New Guinea, 24. — C o c k e r e 1 1 , T. D. A. A curious case of protective coloration, 5. — H e y m o n s , R. Remarks on Verhoeff's views on the abdominal appendages of insects, 22. — Po ul- ton, E. B. Mimicry in butterflies and moths, 1O, Nov. 4, n. — R af- fray, A. Occurrence of blind insects in South Africa. Transactions, South African Philosophical Society, ix, i. Cape Town, 1897. — St. George, v. la Valette. On sperm- and egg- formation in the silk- worm (Bombyx- mori), 3 pis. Archiv fur mikroscopische Anatomic, L, 4. Bonn, Nov. 15, '97. — Suffer t, E. Effect of the blood monad (Bad/Ins prodigiosus] on insects, 24, Sitzungsberichte. — V. Insects and flowers, Revue Scientifique, Paris, Nov. 6, '97. Kcoiiomic Entomology. — Anon. Asclepias curassavica as an in- sectifuge, Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Royal Gardens, Kew, No. 130, Oct., '97. — Anon. Useful insect products, 1O, Dec. 2. — Cha- pais, J. C. Some insects to be combatted, Naturaliste Canadien, xxiv, 10. Chicoutimi, Queb. — C o u t a g n e , G. Summary report on the work done at the Sericulture Station of Rousset-en-Provence in 1896-97. Bul- letin Socie"te" Nationale d'Acclimatation de France, Paris, Oct., '97.— Deprez, V. Principal insects injurious to tobacco of the Semois, figs., 35. — Dubois, L. On a bacterium pathogenic for the Phylloxera and for certain Acarines, Comptes Rendus, L'Academie des Sciences, Paris, Nov. 15, '97. — Fletcher, J. Evidence before the Select Standing Committee of the House of Commons on Agriculture and Colonization Session of 1897. Printed by order of Parliament [Ottawa, Can.] ; Re- 1898.] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 29 port of the Entomologist and Botanist 1896, figs. Annual Report on the Experimental Farms for the year 1896. Ottawa, 1897. — Krueger, F. The San Jose scale, a new danger for German fruit culture. Gartenflora, Berlin, Nov. 15, '97. — Lounsbury, C. P. Report of the Government Entomologist for the year 1896, figs. Cape of Good Hope Department of Agriculture. Cape Town, 1897. — Mayet, V. The cochineal of the vines of Chile (Afargarodes vitius Giard), Anales de la Sociedad Cien- tifica Argentina, xliv, 4. Buenos Aires, Oct., '97. — Morgan, H. A. Report of the Entomologist, figs., Bulletin of the Agricultural Experiment Station, (2) No. 48. Baton Rouge, La., '97. — Xewstead, R. Kermes variegatus Gmelin $ : a Coccid new to Britain, Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, London, Dec., '97. — Pearson, L. and Warren, B. H. Diseases and enemies of poultry. [Pennsylvania] Dept. of Agriculture, Bulletin No. 17, Harrisburg, 1896. — S. Destructive animals, general con- siderations on their appearance and their destruction. Wiener lllustrierter Garten-Zeitung, Nov., '97. Myriapoda and Araclmida.— S i 1 v e s t r i , F. Description of new species of Myriapods of the Royal Museum of Natural History of Brus- sels, figs., 35. — T rouessart, E. On the Acarine of blacking and on that of wine, Comptes Rendus, Societe" de Biologic, Paris, Oct. 30, '97. Orthoptera and Neuroptera — Burr, M. The stridnlation of Orthoptera, 47. — Bo r das, L. The salivary glands of Pseudoneurop tera and Orthoptera. Archives de Zoologie Experimentale et Generale (3) v, 2. Paris, 1897.— Savi lie- Kent, W. Remarkable termite mounds of Australia, 1O, Nov. 25. — Zimmer, C. The facetted eyes of the Ephemeridae, 2 pis. Zeitschrift fur wissenschaftliche Zoologie, Ixiii, 2. Leipsic, Nov. 12, '97. Hemiptrra. — Cockerell, T. D. A., and Quaintance, A. L. A new Lecanimn on magnolia from Florida,* 5. — C o o 1 e y , R. A. New species of Chionaspis* 4. — Distant, W. L. Stridulation and habits of Cicadicke, 47. — H a n d 1 i r s c h , A. On the systematic position of tin- Hemipterous genus Phimophorus Bergroth, figs., Verhandlungen, k. k. zoologisch-botanischen Gesellschaft, Wien xlvii, 8, Nov. 10, '97. — King, G. B., and Tins ley, J. D. A new ant-nest Coccid,* figs., .">. — Mar- shall, G. A. K. Stridulation of Cicadidit- in Mashunuland, 47.— Montandon, A. L. New Hemiptera of the collections of the Mu- seum of Paris, Bulletin du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, '97, 4.— Rendall, P. Stridulation of Cicadicke, 47.— U h 1 e r , P. R. Contri- butions towards a knowledge of the Hemiptera-Heteroptera of North America— No. i.* Transactions, Maryland Academy of Sciences 1897, Baltimore. Colcoptera. — Belon, R. P. Remarks on the genus Jiiiryf>/. — S t e v e n s o n , C. Vanessa milberti, 4. — U 1 e , E. Symbiosis between an Asclepias and a butterfly (transl. from Berichte der deutschen botanischen Gesell. xv). Journal of Botany. London, Nov., '97. Hymenoptera.— Cockerell, T. D. A. On the generic position of some bees hitherto referred to Pannrgns and Calliopsis* 4. — Fer- ton, C. Habits of gastrilegid Hymenoptera, Feuille des jeunes Natu- ralistes. Paris, Nov. r, '97.— For el, Dr. A. Ants' nests 2 pis. (trans- lated from Neujahrsblatt Naturforsch. Gesell. Zurich, 1893), 48 ;. On the 1898.] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 3! habits of the ants of tropical America, J55. — Fox, \V. J. Contributions to a knowledge of the Hymenoptera of Brazil, No. 3. Sphecidae (sens, lat.), Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, 1897. — K arawaie \v , \V. Preliminary communication on the internal metamorphoses of ants, 22. — King and Tins ley. See Hemiptera. — Konovv, F. \V. Systematic and critical revision of the Siricid tribe Oryssini, 49; On wood wasps, Entomologische Nachrichten, xxiii, 20. Berlin, Oct. ; '97. — P a r k i n , J. A bee's movements in a room, 1O, Nov. 4. — Sen., S. The orchid wasp (Isosonia orchidaaruni] Naturwissens- chaftliche Wochenschrift. Berlin, Nov. 21, '97. — Schmiedeknecht , O. The Ichneumonid genus Hemiteles with a review of the European species, 49. Doings of Societies. A regular stated meeting of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences was hdd November i8th, Mr. E. T. Cresson presiding. Mr. Herman Hornig presented two imagos, one chrysalis and two larvae of Boletotherus bifurcus. Mr. Philip Laurent exhibited some fine photographs showing the destructive work of ants in chestnut and cherry wood. Mr. Robert Reif was elected an Associate. The following gentlemen were nominated for officers for the new year : Director, George H. Horn. Vice- Director, C. S. Welles. Treasurer, E. T. Cresson. Conservator, ) TT C1 • Henry Skinner. Recorder, ) Secretary, W. J. Fox. Publication Committee, \ ( J. H. Ridings. HENRY SKINNER, M.D., Recorder. A business meeting of the American Entomological Society was held November iSth. Nominations of officers were made for the year 1898. HENRY SKINNER, Secretary f»o ton. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 14, 1897. — A stated meeting of the Feldman Collecting Social was held at the residence of Mr. II. 32 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [January, W. Wenzel, 1509 S. I3th Street. Meeting called to order at 9 P.M., Vice-president Castle in the chair. Minutes of the pre- vious meeting read and approved. The chairman announced to the members the death of one of the Social's honorary members, Dr. George H. Horn, which occurred on Nov. 24, 1897, upon which the following resolution was presented: " The Feldman Collecting Social having learned of the death of Dr. George H. Horn, one of its honorary mem- .bers, be it Resolved, That it is the sense of this meeting that science has thereby lost one of its brightest lights and American Coleopter- ology its foremost savant, and Resolved, That we herewith express our deep sorrow at the loss ol our friend and fellow member, whose death leaves an irreparable gap in the science of Entomology. Mr. H. W. Wenzel read a communication from Mr. Ottomar Reinecke, of Buffalo, N. Y., dated Dec. n, 1897, in which he states he has forwarded for presentation to each Coleopterist of the Social a set of four specimens of Glycobius speciosus, each being accompanied by a picture of himself. Mr. Fox read some notes on Mutillidae, which will be published in full in the NEWS. Mr. H. W. Wenzel mentioned that, on November 2oth, his two sons, Harry and Elmer, had captured in the Philadelphia Neck Lebiaabdominalis'm numbers, the species not having been taken before in this locality; also stating that on the same date Micro- hapla porcata was taken: a great variety of species being found as the weather was very mild at the time. It was moved by Mr. Fox that Mr. Wenzel be requested to convey the thanks of the Social to Mr. Ottomar Reinecke for his generous remembrance of the Coleopterists of the Social. ~~Z No further business being presented the Social adjourned to the annex at 10. 10 P. M. ^-"C^ 0 p j THEO. H. SCHMITZ, OBITUARY. WILLIAM GRKY, gardener to the late Hon. Erastus Corning, [died at his home, Corning Farm, Albany, N. Y., Nov. 25th last, 69 years of age; deceased was a well-known collector of Lepidoptera for many years and leaves his collection of many thousand specimens to his son Robert, who is also interested in the same field. ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS for December was mailed December i, 1897. EXT. NEWS, Vol. IX. PI. II. OSAGE ORANGE INJURED BY WOOD BORERS. ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SECTION ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES, PHILADELPHIA. VOL. ix. FEBRUARY, 1898. No. 2. CONTENTS: Laurent— Osage Orange injured by Fiske— Notes on the distribution of wood borers 33 Rhopalocera of New Hampshire.... 42 Rowle\ — Interesting collecting near Editorial 45 home 34 ; Notes and News 47 Coquillett— Synopsis of the Asilid genus Entomological Literature 49 Ospriocerus 37 Letcher — Variation of Pyrameis carye 38 Wickham — Recollections of old collect- grounds 39 Doings of Societies 53 OSAGE ORANGE INJURED BY WOOD BORERS. By PHILIP LAURENT. In the suburban parts of Philadelphia the Osange Orage is ex- tensively used in forming hedges around fields and gardens, and for this purpose it excels all other plants, as aside from its fine appearance it forms an almost impregnable barrier against tres- passers. It was on July 4, 1895, that I first had my attention called to the number of Dorcaschema wildii and a lie mat um that were in- festing a certain hedge near my home at Mt. Airy. In the course of an hour's time, with the aid of my friend, Mr. Horace Rodd, I secured seventy-five wildii and about twice that number of alternatum. During the following Winter I secured from this hedge — which was about one hundred yards in length — two sec- tions from the limb of a tree, each section being about four feet in length and from three to five inches in diameter (see Plate II). On arriving home I cut the sections into smaller ones and placed them in the breeding cage. The first beetles made their appear- ance on June 18, and from that time until the middle of July they continued to emerge. Nearly all the specimens proved to be alternatum, only one or two wildii making their appearance. Two specimens of Neoclytus erythroccphalus also emerged. Iu all thirty-eight specimens emerged. 34 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [February, Prof. Riley, in the "American Entomologist," vol iii, p. 270, states that the larvae of wildii and alternatum no doubt feed in the roots of the plant. I admit, not without a doubt, however, that this may be true as far as the larvae of wildii is concerned, but it will not apply t*o the closely allied species alternatum, as my observations go to show. Miss Mary E. Murtfeldt, in "Insect Life," vol. v, p. 155, states that the larvae of wildii bore the older wood of the tree, and I am very much inclined to accept this statement as being correct, for if we examine the trunks of the trees in an old hedge we will often find them to contain many large borings, such as we would suppose the larvae of wildii would make. Messrs. Webster and Mally, of Ohio, have reared Cyllene pictus from the Osage Orange (see Bulletin No. 9, New Series. U. S. Depart- ment of Agricultuie), but as yet this beetle has not been found on the Osage Orange around Philadelphia; furthermore, in my experience, Cyllene pictus only attacks the dead or dying trees. I therefore think it more than likely that the large borings ob- served in the trunks of live Osage Orange trees are made by the larvae of Dorcaschema wildii. The specimens figured in the plate were cut from the sections mentioned in the fore part of this article. -o- INTERESTING COLLECTING NEAR HOME. By R. R. ROWLEY, Louisiana, Mo. It is gratifying, this hot weather, to have one's collecting ground not far from the front door. There is a little enclosure of two or three acres just across the street and when I tire of other employment I scale the fence and wade into the weedy jungle. There are patches of Croton capitatum here and there, and I come away laden with eggs, larvae and pupae of An