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SEPARATA: Separates (as reprints with extraneous matter removed) may be obtained only from the printer at the prices quoted below. Authors must place their orders for such separates with the editor at the time of submitting manuscripts, or when returning proof. Copies 1-4 pp. 5-8 pp. 9-12 pp. Covers 50 $5.87 $ 9.40 $14.69 $6.40 100 7.03 11.15 17.62 8.75 Add'l 100 2.35 3.51 5.85 4.70 Plates printed one side : First 50, $4.68 ; Additional 100's, $3.52. Transportation charges will be extra. ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS VOL. LXXVI JANUARY, 1965 No. 1 A New Genus of Neotropical Psocids with Horn- like Structures on the Head. (Psocoptera, Pachytroctidae) ASHLEY B. GURNEY. Ent. Res. Div. Agr. Res. Serv., U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. Psocoptera (Corrodentia, Copeognatha) are commonly exem- plified by a few domestic booklice or common bark-frequenting forms. However, the great structural and biological differences that occur within the order have led to the current recognition of approximately 25 families. The psocid described here has striking hornlike structures on the margin of the vertex (Fig. 4) and represents a new genus in the family Pachytroctidae, sub- family Pachytroctinae. It was collected in Trinidad and Brazil from foliage and ground litter. The Brazilian specimen was collected by Aaron M. Nadler, of Brooklyn, N. Y., those from Trinidad by A. H. Strickland, of Harpenden, England, at that time located at the Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture, Trinidad. R. G. Donald, R. G. Fennah, and Edward McC. Callan, all associated then, or later, with the same institution, supplied additional information. John Y. Pearman, Tring, England, has been consulted about the iden- tification of this psocid, and I am indebted to Edward L. Mock- ford, Illinois Normal University, Normal, 111., and C. N. Smithers, Australian Museum, Sydney, for reading the manu- script. ANTILOPSOCUS, new genus General body form (Fig. 1) much like Pachytroctes except for "horns" on vertex and T-shaped sclerite attached to inner (D INSTITUTION 2 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Jan., 1965 surface of female subgenital plate. Body arched in lateral view, not flattened ; without scales or conspicuous pattern of setae ; hypognathous, longitudinal axis of head oblique in lateral view. Head with roughened sculpture ; conspicuous dorsal "horns" on margin of vertex (Figs. 4, 5) ; epicranial suture present, no frontal sutures ; no ocelli ; eyes large, not extending posteriorly quite to margin of vertex ; facets numerous, no rods or setae between facets; antenna with 2 basal segments and 13 flagellar antennomeres ; labial palpus apparently 2-segmented ; maxillary palpus 4-segmented; lacinia ("pick") with 2 conspicuous teeth and a small inner one. Pronotum very distinct; meso- and metanota closely joined but demarked by transverse line. No wings. Legs elongate; femora scarcely flattened or widened; tarsi 3-segmented; each claw with single preapical tooth only (Fig. 21). Female supra- anal plate simple, with few conspicuous setae ; paraproct lacking sensory area, with several fairly long setae, one long terminal seta (Fig. 12); gonopophysis inconspicuous; subgenital plate broad, T-shaped sclerite present (Fig. 14). Type species Antilopsocus nadlcri, new species. Antilopsocus runs to the Pachytroctidae in the family keys of Sommerman (1954), Roesler (1944), and Pearman (1958). Pearman's organ (specialized area on mesal surface of hind coxa; see Badonnel 1943, p. 9) and secondary annulations of antennomeres near apex of flagellum appear to be absent in the material before me. A sensory peg apparently occurs near base of segment 2 of maxillary palpus. Each paraproct of Anti- lopsocus bears a conspicuous, medially directed (in dorsal view) terminal seta (Figs. 1, 12), about the same size as that in the genus Troghim of the family Trogiidae. I do not know of other pachytroctid genera with such conspicuous terminal setae. Badonnel (1951, p. 1325) diagnosed the group Nanopsocetae, to which the Pachytroctidae belong, as lacking spines on the paraprocts; however, terminal spines or strong setae, called "appendices anales" by Enderlein (1905, text-fig. 6), are well known in the group Atropetae and elsewhere. Apparently the definitions of the family Pachytroctidae and group Nanopso- Ixxvi] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS cetae require broadening to include at least moderately con- spicuous terminal setae of the paraproct. The discovery of the male and of winged individuals, if they occur, would be of great value in further defining the genus. Menon (1942, p. 30) warned against making assumptions based on one se£ when dimorphism exists. This genus was compared with other genera of the Pachy- troctinae, as listed by Roesler (1944, pp. 135-136), from which Sphaeropsocus and Palaeotroctes were since removed. Menon (1942), Pearman (1958), and Badonnel (1963, p. 322) dealt with the position of Sphaeropsocus, of which Paleotroctes is a synonym. From all previously known pachytroctine genera .Intilopsocus differs in one or more characters additional to the cephalic "horns." It agrees best with Pachytroctes, which, however, lacks the T-sclerite according to Badonnel (1949, p. 25; 1955, pp. 100 ct seq.}. All current pachytroctine genera are exclusively Old World as now known except the Brazilian Xcotroctcs, which Roesler (1940, p. 228; 1944, p. 136) de- scribed as possessing 5 lacinial teeth, and Tapinella.1 Rela- tionship to NympJwtroctes of France (Badonnel, 1931) is sug- gested by the tuberculate surface of the head in the two genera, but NympJwtroctes differs from Antilopsocus in having rods among the eye facets and minor teeth basad of the preapical tooth of the claws. Comparatively few psocids with unusual head shapes are known. Various species have the compound eyes borne on a pedestal-like base ; to a minor extent this development is shown by Psocus elcgans Banks and P. lichenatus Walsh (family Psocidae) of the United States. An extreme example (Fig. 8) of the pedestal type of development is Labocoria diopsis (En- derlein) (Mesopsocidae) of Tanganyika, Africa.2 In the 1 Xcotroctcs was based on Pachytroctes brasilianus Roesler, 1940, col- lected beneath bark at Nova Teutonia, Santa Catarina, Brazil, Tapmclhi is represented in the New World by T. maculata Mockford and Gurney 1956 of Texas, which has the T-sclerite and the lacinia shaped rather differently from Antilopsocus. -Described by Enderlein (1902) from Langenburg, at the northern end of Lake Nyassa, in former German East Africa. 4 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Jan., 1965 Pachytroctidae a distinctive vertex shape, with blunt triangular lobes, is exhibited by Peritroctes cochincnsis Menon of India (Fig. 7). The name of the genus is adapted from the Greek word Antholops, meaning a horned animal, and psocus. The prefix antilo occurs in Antilocapra, the genus of the pronghorn ante- lope of western North America, the horns of which superficially resemble the dorsal head structures of this unusual psocid. Antilopsocus nadleri, new species. Figs. 1-6, 9-21 The following description is based on the holotype except as noted. Holotype. — Female. TRINIDAD: Imperial College of Tropical Agriculture, 1943-44, from soil litter (A. H. Strickland) (in alcohol, some parts on slides). [U. S. National Museum, Type No. 67408.] General form as in Fig. 1 ; wings lacking. Head as in Fig. 4 in frontal view, Fig. 5 in lateral view (much foreshortened in Fig. 1 ) ; vertex with dorsal extension of head capsule on either side, shaped like a horn, each with a branch curved laterally and posteriorly, cuticle of horn sharply granular (Fig. 2) ; head capsule with roughened surface, especially on gena where variety of blunt tubercles (Figs. 2, bt ; 3) occur, some bearing setae; mandibles as in Figs. 18 and 19, lacinia (Fig. 11) with inner tooth much reduced; maxillary palpus with apparent sensory peg near base of segment 2 (Fig. 9, sp}, but interpretation uncertain; labial palpus (Fig. 10 from Brazilian specimen) apparently 2-segmented, but segmentation unclear. Antenna EXPLANATION OF FIGURES FIGS. 1-6. Antilopsocus nadleri, n. sp. 1, 4, 5, holotype; 2, 3, para- type ; 6, specimen from Brazil. 1, General view, head foreshortened ; 2, right "horn," front view, showing tubercles ; 3, part of left gena, ven- tral view ; 4, head, front view, details of integument shown only on left side ; 5, side view of head, integumental details only in part ; 6, outline of left "horn." FIG. 7. Peritroctes cocliincnsis Menon, head, adapted from Menon (1938). FIG. 8. Labocoria diopsis (End.), adapted from Enderlein (1902) (bt — blunt tubercles; fa — facets; p — pigment). Ixxvi ] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS FIGS. 1-8. 6 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS |Jan., 1965 with 2 basal segments elongate barrel-shaped ; flagellum (of Brazilian specimen) of 13 antennomeres, with length ratios as 10 : 9 : 11 : 9.5 : 10 : 9 : 8.5 : 9 : 6.5 : 7 : 7 : 8 : 6 ; flagellar setae rela- tively inconspicuous, coarsest at base (Fig. 15, flag. 1 ; Fig. 16, flag. 6), flagellum 9 (Fig. 17) with large preapical seta. Thorax more heavily sclerotized than most of abdomen, more distinctly on lateral margins of nota and on pleura than on disks of nota ; without trace of wings. Length ratios of femur, tibia, tarsomeres 1, 2, and 3 of front, middle, and hind legs, respectively (paratype from Trinidad), are: Front, 30:40: 12: 4:5; middle, 30:44:13:4:5; hind, 35:57:17:4:5. Tro- chanters closely joined to femora; hind tibia with roughened, semicrenulate surface, less so on hind femur and front and middle legs; femora with preapical spine near ventral margin, a few tiny marginal spines ; front and middle tibiae with fairly conspicuous marginal setae, especially in apical half. Abdomen with inconspicuous segmentation ; no sculpture on integument noted; body setae sparse. Supra-anal plate (Fig. 13) with distinct setal pattern; paraproct with long, apically curved terminal seta (Fig. 12) ; subgenital plate and T-shaped sclerite as in Fig. 14. Coloration: Head mainly butter yellow; eyes pale except for dark brown inner pigment ; basal 2 antennal segments yellowish, flagellum blackish to apical half of flag. 8, again on flag. 13 and apical half of 12, intervening antennomeres colorless; general color of thorax varying from cream to champagne, darkened at shoulders and pleura ; tibiae darkened to grayish yellow ; tarso- meres 2 and 3 pale ; abdomen whitish, tinged with yellowish white on genital segments (color terms from Kornerup and Wanscher's Reinhold Color Atlas). EXPLANATION OF FIGURES FIGS. 9-21. Antilopsociis nadlcri, n. sp. 9, 11, 18, 20, 21, paratype; 12-14, holotype; 10, 15-17, 19, specimen from Brazil; 9, left maxillary palpus; 10, one side of labium ; 11, apex of left lacinia ; 12, apical portion of paraproct ; 13, supra-anal plate ; 14, subgenital plate, showing T-shaped sclerite ; 15, 1st antennomere of flagellum ; 16, 6th antennomere of flagel- lum; 17, 9th antennomere of flagellum; 18, ventral view of left mandible; 19, dorsal view, molar area of right mandible ; 20, anterior surface of left hind leg; 21, one claw from left middle tarsus (sp — sensory peg). (Drawings by the author.) Ixxvi ] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS FIGS. 9-21. 8 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Jan., 1965 Measurements (in millimeters) of holotype and specimen from Campo Grande, Brazil, respectively: Length of body, 1.5, 1.45; greatest head width across eyes, 0.43, 0.42; overall head length, apex of "horn" to apex of labrum, lateral view, 0.65, 0.56; space between eyes at vertex, 0.30, 0.27; narrowest dis- tance between eyes across front, 0.23, 0.23 ; greatest longitudinal diameter of eye, lateral view, 0.13, 0.13; narrowest transverse diameter of eye, lateral view, 0.10, 0.10; length of front femur, 0.33, 0.28; front tibia, 0.43, 0.38; middle femur, 0.32, 0.26; middle tibia, 0.46, 0.38 ; hind femur, 0.37, 0.33 ; hind tibia, 0.60, 0.53 ; hind tarsus, 0.28, 0.26. Variation: The paratype from Trinidad is mounted on a slide and the head is partly dissected. Its leg measurements are practicaly the same as those of the holotype, and the shape of the cephalic "horns" agrees essentially. However, the Brazilian specimen (Fig. 6) differs from the holotype in the "horns," especially in the shape of the lateral appendage, as well as being a little smaller in most body measurements. The antennae of the holotype are not preserved except for the basal 2 segments. Those of the paratype are on a slide and, though the details of the flagellum are not well displayed, they appear to agree essentially with those of the Brazilian specimen. Because the distance between Trinidad and Campo Grande, Mato Grosso, Brazil, about 2,200 miles, suggests a wide distri- bution for a species which seems to be of a somewhat localized type, I have consulted the collector of the Brazilian specimen about possibilities of an error in labeling. Mr. Nadler is con- fident (letter of March 6, 1964) that collection data with the specimen are correct. Although he collected in Trinidad later during the same month in which he visited Campo Grande, all vials from each place were handled entirely separately, and he sees no likelihood of error in labeling. In view of the differences shown by the Brazilian specimen, perhaps additional specimens, particularly males, will show that a distinct species occurs in Mato Grosso. Material examined: 3 wingless adult females (Holotype; 1 paratype collected with holotype [U. S. National Museum] ; l.XXvi] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 9 1 specimen from Campo Grande, Mato Grosso, Brazil, Jan. 9-10, 1959, collected while beating scrub vegetation and sugar cane beside wide paved road near town (A. M. Nadler) [Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist.]). The holotype is preserved partly in alcohol and partly on 2 slides ; the paratype is divided and on 3 slides ; and the Campo Grande specimen is partly in alcohol and partly on 6 slides. The specimens collected by A. H. Strickland in Trinidad were taken during a survey, results of which he recorded in two papers (1945 ; 1947). In the 1945 paper he reported no psocids, but in the 1947 paper he showed that this species was the "one undetermined species" he submitted for identification to the U. S. National Museum, where it was examined by H. K. Townes in 1945. In the 1947 paper a cacao plot located in the foothills of the Northern Range of Trinidad, near the St. Augustine Cotton Experiment Station, is given as the source of that species. Trees about 12 feet high provided a thick canopy over the cacao plantation where arthropods were obtained from ground litter and soil. Table 3 of the paper indicates that Psocoptera were taken from the cacao plot only in January and February, 1944. In response to an inquiry, Mr. Strickland stated (in a letter dated Dec. 5, 1949) that he remembered the "horned, stag-like psocids" collected in Trinidad, and that they were shown to the late A. D. Imms. It was Strickland's impression that a divi- sion of the soil arthropod collection before samples were sent to Washington for identification may have resulted in some specimens of the "horned" psocid remaining in England. How- ever, several inquiries failed to locate additional specimens. I am glad to name this remarkable insect in honor of one of its discoverers, my friend Aaron M. Nadler, whose energetic collecting, especially in the Neotropics, has resulted in a choice reservoir of psocid and spider specimens at the American Museum of Natural History. REFEREXI. KS BADONNEL, A. 1931. Copeognathes de France (IIIe note). Bull. Soc. Zoo]. France 56: 431-437, 5 figs. (Nymphotroctes dcnisi described.) 10 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Jan., 1965 — . 1943. Psocopteres. Faune de France 42: 1-164, figs. 1-375. — . 1949. Psocopteres du Congo Beige (3° note). Bull. Instit. Roy. Sci. Nat. Belg. 25 (11) : 1-64, 83 figs. — . 1951. Ordre des Psocopteres, pp. 1301-1340, figs. 1135-1169, In Traite de Zoologie (P. P. Grasse, Ed.), vol. 10, 2nd fasc., pp. 976- 1948. — . 1955. Psocopteres de 1'Angola. Museu do Dundo, Diamang, Publ. Cult. 26: 1-267, 625 figs. — . 1963. Psocopteres terricoles, lapidicoles et corticoles du Chili. Pp. 291-338, 88 figs. /;; Biologic de 1'Amerique australe (C. Dela- mare DeBoutteville and E. Rapoport, Eds.), vol. 2, 398 pp. ENDERLEIN, G. 1902. Psociden aus Deutsch-Ostafrika. Mitt. Zool. Mus. Berlin 2(2): 7-16, 14 figs. 1905. Morphologie, Systematik und Biologic der Atropiden und Troctiden. Results Swed. Exped. Egypt White Nile, 1901. 18: 1-58, 11 text figs., 4 pis. KORNERUP, A., and J. H. WANSCHER. 1962. Reinhold Color Atlas. 224 pp., 30 col. pis. New York. MENON, R. 1938. Two new species of Pachytroctidae (Copeognatha) with a note on the family. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 8 (Sect. B) : 280-287, 4 figs. — . 1942. Studies on Indian Copeognatha (Psocoptera). II. Nanop- socetae and Psocatropetae. Indian Jour. Ent. 4: 23-42, 38 figs. MOCKFORD, E. L., and A. B. GURNEY. 1956. A review of the psocids, or book-lice and bark-lice, of Texas (Psocoptera). Tour. Wash- ington Acad. Sci. 46: 353-368, 53 figs., 1 map. PEARMAN, J. V. 1958. Augmented description of Badonndia titci Pearman (Psoc., Sphaeropsocidae), with notes on the genus Sfhae- ropsocus. Ent. Mo. Mag. 94: 49-52, 13 figs. (Includes key to families of Nanopsocetae.) ROESLER, R. 1940. Neue und wenig bekannte Copeognathengattungen. I. Zool. Anz. 129 : 225-243, 39 figs. — . 1944. Die Gattungen der Copeognathen. Stett. Ent. Zeit. 105 • 117-166. SOMMERMAN, K. M. 1954. Key to the families of Psocoptera. Pp. 172-177. In An introduction to the study of insects, by Borror and DeLong,3 1030 pp., illus. New York. STRICKLAND, A. H. 1945. A survey of the arthropod soil and litter fauna of some forest reserves and cacao estates in Trinidad, British West Indies. Jour. Animal Ecol. (London) 14: 1-11, 1 fig. — . 1947. The soil fauna of two contrasted plots of land in Trinidad, British West Indies. Ibid. 16: 1-10. 3 In the revised edition of Borror and DeLong, 1964, the key to fami- lies of Psocoptera is modified from Roesler. ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 11 Ten New Species of Phytoseius (Pennaseius) from Mexico, Trinidad, and British Guiana with a Key to Species (Acarina: Phytoseiidae) ' DONALD DE LEON, Ervvin, Tennessee The species considered in this paper belong to the sub-genus Pennaseius Pritchard and Baker, 1962. Schuster and Pritchard ( 1963) raised the group to generic rank, but this ranking doesn't seem warranted to me. These mites are whitish, not very fast moving, and are commonly found on leaves of trees and shrubs. Although they are considered to be predacious, I have never observed them feeding, but have occasionally taken them from plants on which I saw no other mites. They may be facultative predators because Chant (1959) shows that some species in other genera of the family feed not only on other mites, but also on pollen, fungi, and plant juices. In the descriptions, I have followed Carman (1948) in the designation of setae as his system seems less cumbersome for the phytoseiids than more recent proposals. In several of the new species, some or all of the shields of the ventral surfaces of the specimens at hand are so indistinct drawings could not be made. The descriptions and drawings are of holotype females except for the spermatodactyls which are of paratype males. All meas- urements are in microns. Leg measurements are from base of coxa to claw-end of pretarsus; tarsal measurements include the pretarsus. KEY TO SPECIES OF SUB-GENUS Pennaseius (Females except for florid-anus Muma) 1. Dorsal shield with a pore close to base of Ml 2 Dorsal shield without a pore close to base of Ml 15 2. Genu IV without a greatly differentiated seta (Figs. 1-6) . .3 Genu IV with a greatly differentiated seta (Figs. 7-10) . . .9 3. L4 much shorter than L3 (about | as long or less) 4 L4 about as long as or longer than L3 8 1 Cost of engravings paid for by a grant from the Pinellas Foundation. St. Petersburg, Florida. 12 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS | Jan., 1965 4. D5 absent 5 D5 present 6 5. L4 much less than -i as long as L3 ; macroseta of basitarsus IV with tip capitate purseglovei, n. sp. (Trinidad) L4 about ^ as long as L3 ; macroseta of basitarsus IV with tip pointed Orizaba, n. sp. (Mexico) 6. Cervix goblet-shaped (Fig. 3) . .bennetti, n. sp. (Trinidad) Cervix funnel-shaped (Figs. 4&5) 7 7. Peritreme reaching forward to a point nearly in front of Dl ; macroseta of basitarsus IV blunt or else slightly capitate. . nahuatlensis DeL., 1959 (Mexico) Peritreme reaching forward to a point about over middle of coxa I ; macroseta of basitarsus IV tapering to a slender point montanus n. sp. (Mexico) 8. Pore close to base of Ml conspicuous; Ml much shorter than D4 ^ floridanus Muma, 1962 (Florida) Pore close to base of Ml inconspicuous; Ml not much shorter than D4 rhabdifer, n. sp. (Trinidad) 9. LI longer than L3 ; L5 about as long as or longer than L6 10 LI shorter than L3 ; L5 shorter than L6 12 10. Macroseta of basitarsus IV longer than that of tibia IV. . . . amba Pritchard & Baker, 1962 (Belgian Congo) Macroseta of basitarsus IV shorter than that of tibia IV . . 1 1 11. M2 about as long as L7; macrosetae of leg IV with tips blunt, .minutus Narayanan. Kaur, & Ghai, 1960 (India) M2 about 4, to £ longer than L7 ; macrosetae of leg IV with tips expanded . hongkongensis Swirski & Shechter, 1961 (Hong Kong) 12. Pore close to base of Ml rather inconspicuous; D2 not mi- nute (over 13 microns long) and longer than L2; 2 pairs of preanal setae paludis, n. sp. (Mexico) Pore close to base of Ml conspicuous ; D2 minute (less than 9 microns long) and about as long as or shorter than L2 ; 3 pairs of preanal setae 13 13. Cervix goblet-shaped ; LI not reaching to base of D2 averrhoae, n. sp. (British Guiana) Cervix funnel-shaped; LI reaching beyond base of D2. . . 14 14. L3 reaching to well beyond base of L5 ; L6 reaching consid- erably more than half-way to base of L7 mantecanus, n. sp. (Mexico) L3 not reaching to base of L5 : L6 reaching only about half- way to base of L7 cismontanus, n. sp. (Mexico) 15. D5 reaching to base of M2 and longer than L7 decoratus Gonzalez & Schuster, 1962 (Chile) IxxviJ ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 13 D5 much shorter than 4 the distance to M2 and much shorter than L7 16 16. L4 about as long as or longer than L3 guianensis, n. sp. (British Guiana) L4 much shorter than L3 17 17. D5 less than 10 microns long; peritreme reaching forward to a point about in front of Dl ; cervix funnel-shaped, about 21 long mexicanus DeL.. 1960 (Mexico) D5 more than 17 microns long; peritreme reaching forward to a point about over middle of coxa I ; cervix goblet- shaped, about 13 long finitimus (Ribaga) - (Italy, Russia. California) Phytoseius purseglovei, n. sp. (Figure 1) FEMALE: Dorsal shield 251 long, 117 wide with setae ar- ranged as shown in Figure 1. Lengths of setae as follows: LI 30, L2 9, L3 37, L4 11, L5 45, L6 59, L7 51 ; SI 31 ; Dl 14, D2 7, (D5 absent) ; M2 45. Leg I 271, III 202. IV 302 long; tarsus IV 121 long, macroseta of basitarsus 21 long; at least 2 dorsal setae of genu IV and of tibia IV are very slightly capi- tate. Cervix of spermatheca about 10 long. MALE: Dorsal shield 191 long, 106 wide; spermatodactyl with foot about 7 long, shank about 11 long (for definition of these parts see De Leon (1961)). Hohtype: Female, Curepe, TRINIDAD, West Indies, Septem- ber 28, 1963 (D. De Leon), from Carica papaya. Paratvpcs: One male, collected with holotype; 1 female, St. Augustine, Trinidad, September 14, 1963, from Cordla curasavica; 2 males, 1 female, St. Augustine, Trinidad, October 18, 1963 (M. Bho- rai), from Cccropia pcltata. The mite is named in honor of Professor J. W. Purseglove, Department of Botany, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad. Phytoseius Orizaba, n. sp. (Figure 2) FEMALE: Dorsal shield 259 long, 128 wide with setae ar- ranged as shown in Figure 2. Lengths of setae as follows : ~ T have followed Pritchard and Baker (1962) where they indicate that Phytoseius fiuitinnts ( Ribaga) should be the name for the mites called /'. phintifcr (C. and F.) by Chant (1959) and others. 14 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Jan., 1965 LI 33, L211, L341.L421, L546, L6 56, L752; SI 29;D1 17, D2 10, (D5 absent) ; M2 43. Leg I 277, II 195, III 185, IV 320 long; tarsus IV 126 long, macroseta of basitarsus 25 long and ending in a slender point. Cervix of spermatbeca about 9 long. MALE: Dorsal sbield 206 long, 119 wide. Spermatodactyl with shank about 13 long, foot about 8 long. Holotype: Female, Cordoba, Veracruz, MEXICO, February 4, 1957 (D. De Leon), from Hdiocarpus touientosa. Paratypes: One female and 1 male taken with holotype. Phytoseius bennetti, n. sp. (Figure 3) FEMALE: Dorsal shield 247 long, 121 wide with setae ar- ranged as shown in Figure 3. Lengths of setae as follows : LI 28, L2 8, L3 38, L4 11, L5 42, L6 53, L7 49; SI 33; Dl 16, D2 8; M2 42. Leg I 257, II 208, III 193, IV 299 long; tarsus IV 118 long, macroseta of basitarsus 21 long. Cervix of sper- matheca about 7 long. Holotype: Female, Manzanilla Bay, TRINIDAD, October 3, 1963 (F. D. Bennett), from Hibiscus tiliacca. Paraty[>c: One female taken with holotype. The mite is named in honor of Dr. F. D. Bennett, Commonwealth Institute of Biological Control, Curepe, Trinidad. Phytoseius nahuatlensis De Leon, 1959 (Figure 4) As leg IV and the cervix of the spermatheca of the type speci- men were not illustrated in the original description, they are given here to aid comparison. Macroseta of basitarsus 25 long ; cervix of spermatheca about 1 7 long ; shank of spermatodactyl about 13 long, foot about 9 long. In the original description it was mentioned that several species may have been placed under one name. The complex has been restudied and now only the specimens from Tuxtla Gutierrez bear this name ; the other species are distinguished by the characters given in the key. The species discussed under this name by Chant and Athias-Henriot (I960) appears to be unnamed. Ixxvi] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 15 Phytoseius montanus, n. sp. (Figure 5) FEMALE: Dorsal shield 271 long, 132 wide with setae ar- ranged as shown in Figure 5. Lengths of seta as follows : LI 34, L2 13, L3 35, L4 17, L5 51, L6 63, L7 60; SI 32; Dl 17, D2 15, D3 10; M2 39. Ventrianal shield 91 long, with narrow waist and 3 pairs of preanal setae. Leg I 282, II 228, III 207, IV 324 long; tarsus IV 126 long, macroseta of basitarsus 25 long. Cervix of spermatheca about 14 long. Holot\pc: Female, 9 mi. south of Guadalajara, Jalisco, MEX- ICO, March 22, 1957 (D. De Leon), from Hyptis albida. Paro- tvpcs: Two females, Jocotepec, Jalisco, March 22, 1957, from shrub ; five females from 2 unrecognized trees, Santa Maria del Oro, Nayarit, Mexico, March 24, 1957. Phytoseius rhabdifer, n. sp. (Figure 6) FEMALE: Dorsal shield somewhat rugose, 246 long, 139 wide with setae arranged as shown in Figure 6. Lengths of setae as follows: LI 21, L2 16, L3 28, L4 24, L5 31, L6 35, L7 38 (most of these setae rod-shaped) ; SI 25 ; Dl 15, D2 15 ; M2 25. Leg I 271, II 215, III 190, IV 304 long; tarsus IV 110 long, macroseta of basitarsus 17 long. Cervix of spermatheca about 7 long. Holotypc: Female, St. Augustine, TRINIDAD, September 18, 1963 (D. De Leon), from Castilloa elastica. Paratypcs: One female, St. Augustine, September 21, from PitJiccolobiiun saman, and 1 female, Tunapuna, Trinidad, September 25 from an un- recognized tree. Phytoseius paludis, n. sp. (Figure 7) FEMALE: Dorsal shield 246 long, 115 wide with setae ar- ranged as shown in Figure 7. Lengths of setae as follows : LI 34, L2 7, L3 38, L4 14, L5 45, L6 63, L7 51 ; SI 31 ; Dl 17, D2 14, D3 11 : M2 39. Leg I 272, II 211, III 196, IV 332 long; tarsus IV 126 long; macroseta of genu IV 21, of tibia IV 18, and of basitarsus IV 22 long. Cervix of spermatheca about 10 long. 16 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Jan., 1965 Holotype: Female, Veracruz, Veracruz, MEXICO, December 25, 1956 (D. De Leon), from Giiazuma tomcntosa. Paratypes: Four females, Veracruz, January 1, 1957, from Phaseolus atro- purpiireiis; 1 female, Cuitlahuac, Veracruz, February 5, 1957, from Luehea Candida. Phytoseius averrhoae, n. sp. (Figure 8) FEMALE: Dorsal shield 249 long, 121 wide with setae ar- ranged as shown in figure 8. Lengths of setae as follows : LI 25, L2 9, L3 35, L4 12. L5 40, L6 52, L7 49; SI 31 ; D- 18, D2 8; M2 47. Leg I 289, II 226, III 219, IV 320; tarsus IV 121 long; macroseta of genu IV 15, of tibia IV 13, and of basi- tarsus IV 18 long. Cervix of spermatheca about 10 long. MALE: Dorsal shield 203 long, 104 wide. Spermatodactyl with foot and shank each about 10 long. Holotvpc: Female, Bartica, BRITISH GUIANA, November 3, 1963 (D. De Leon), from Avcrrhoa bilhnbi. Paratypes: One male and 1 female collected with holotype. Phytoseius mantecanus, n. sp. (Figure 9) FEMALE: Dorsal shield 290 long, 135 wide with setae ar- ranged as shown in Figure 9. Lengths of setae as follows : LI 47, L2 10, L3 59, L4 14, L5 76, L6 98, L7 78; SI 47; Dl 24, D2 7; M2 66. Legs too bent to measure; tarsus IV 148 long; macroseta of genu IV 28, of tibia IV 26, and of basitarsus IV 25 long. Cervix of spermatheca about 14 long. EXPLANATION OF FIGURES FIG. 1. Phytoseius pitrscylovci, n. sp. Dorsal and ventral shields, part of leg IV, cervix of spermatheca, and spermatodactyl. FIG. 2. Phytoseius orizaba, n. sp. Dorsal and ventrianal shields, part of leg IV, cervix of spermatheca, and spermatodactyl. FIG. 3. Phytoseius bennetti, n. sp. Dorsal and ventral shields, part of leg IV, and cervix of spermatheca. FIG. 4. Phytoseius nahuatlensis De Leon. Part of leg IV, cervix of spermatheca, and spermatodactyl. FIG. 5. Phytoseius montanus, n. sp. Dorsal shield, part of leg IV, and cervix of spermatheca. FIG. 6. Phytoseius rhabdifcr, n. sp. Dorsal and ventral shields, part of leg IV, and cervix of spermatheca. Ixxvi] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 17 FIGS. 1-6. 18 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Jan., 1965 Holotype: Female, Terrazas, S. L. P., MEXICO, December 20, 1956 (D. De Leon), from Hamelia patens. Paratypcs: One female taken with holotype; 4 females from Guazuma tomen- tosa, December 20, 1956, from 2 locations near Mante, Tamau- lipas, Mexico. Phytoseius cismontanus, n. sp. (Figure 10) FEMALE: Dorsal shield 274 long, 126 wide with setae ar- ranged as shown in Figure 10. Lengths of setae as follows : LI 36, L2 8, L3 43, L4 7, L5 56, L6 72, L7 58; SI 36; Dl 18, D2 7 ; M2 53. Ventrianal shield 80 long, with narrow waist and 3 pairs of preanal setae. Legs too crooked to measure ; tarsus IV 141 long, macroseta of genu IV 22, of tibia IV 20, and of basitarsus IV 19 long. Cervix of spermatheca about 14 long. MALE: Dorsal shield 213 long, 127 wide. Spermatodactyl with foot about 10 long, shank about 14. Holotype: Female, Ixtlan del Rio, NAYARIT, March 24, 1957 (D. De Leon), from Hyptls albida. Paratypes: One male and 1 female, 6 mi. west of Tepee, Nay., March 25, 1957 from Inga spuria and 1 male, 3 females from Lippia umbcllata. Other specimens were taken from Orcopanct.r pcltata and Pcrsca hin- toni in the same area. Phytoseius guianensis, n. sp. (Figure 11) FEMALE : Dorsal shield rugose, 289 long, 148 wide with setae arranged as shown in Figure 11. Lengths of setae as follows: LI 18, L2 17, L3 21, L4 19, L5 28, L6 32, L7 40; SI 25; Dl EXPLANATION OF FIGURES FIG. 7. Phytoseius fahidis, n. sp. Dorsal and ventrianal shields, part of leg IV, and cervix of spermatheca. FIG. 8. Phytoseius arcrrhoae, n. sp. Dorsal and ventral shields, part of leg IV, cervix of spermatheca, and spermatodactyl. FIG. 9. Phytoseius inantecamis, n. sp. Dorsal and ventrianal shields, part of leg IV, and cervix of spermatheca. FIG. 10. Phytoseius cismontanus, n. sp. Dorsal shield, part of leg IV, cervix of spermatheca, and spermatodactyl. FIG. 11. Phytoseius guianensis, n. sp. Dorsal and ventral shields, part of leg IV, cervix of spermatheca, and spermatodactyl. FIG. 12. Phytoseius mcxicanus De Leon. Dorsal shield, part of leg IV, cervix of spermatheca, and spermatodactyl. Ixxvi] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 19 FIGS. 7-12. 20 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Jan., 1965 19, D2 14, D3 15 ; M2 28. Leg I 293, II 243, III 229, IV 342 long; tarsus IV 126 long; macroseta of genu IV 11, of tibia IV 11, and of basitarsus IV 21 long. Cervix of spermatheca about 8 long. MALE: Dorsal shield 217 long, 152 wide. Spermatodactyl with shank about 20 long, foot not oriented for measuring. Holotype: Female, Agricultural Exp. Sta., Mon Repos, BRITISH GUIANA, November 5, 1963 (D. De Leon), from Pue- raria phaseoloidcs. Paratypcs: Two males, 4 females collected with holotype. Phytoseius mexicanus De Leon, 1960 (Figure 12) As no drawings accompanied the original description they are given here to aid comparison. The cervix of the spermatheca is about 21 long. The shank of the spermatodactyl is about 13 long, the foot about 8 long. The types of the new species are in the author's collection. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS I should like to thank Professor J. W. Purseglove, Head of the Department of Botany, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad, for making it possible to have the Trinidad plant specimens identified and to Mr. M. Bhorai for making the identifications ; Dr. Fred D. Bennett, Entomologist-in-Charge, Commonwealth Institute of Biological Control, Curepe, Trini- dad, for trips to several distant areas, and Dr. J. M. Cherrett, Bangor University Expedition to British Guiana, 1963, for the kind invitation to spend some time with the Expedition in British Guiana. LITERATURE CITED CHANT, D. A. 1959. Canad. Ent. 91, Suppl. 12 : 1-164. and C. ATHIAS-HENRIOT. 1960. Entomophaga 5: 213-228. DE LEON, D. 1959. Ent. News 70 : 147-152. -. 1960. Ent. News 71 : 269-270. -. 1961. Fla. Ent. 44: 85-91. CARMAN, P. 1948. Conn. Agr. Exp. Sta. Bull. 520: 1-27. GONZALEZ, R. H. and R. O. SCHUSTER. 1962. Estacion Exp. Agrono- mico. Univ. Chile, Maipu. Bol. Teen. 16. Ixxvi] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 21 MUMA, M. H. 1962. Fla. Ent. 45: 1-10. NARAYANAN, E., S., R. B. KAUK, and S. GHAI. 1960. Nat. Inst. Sci. India, Proc. 26, B : 384-394. PRITCHARD, A. E. and E. \V. BAKER. 1962. Hilgardia 33: 205-309. SCHUSTER, R. O. and A. E. PRITCHARD. 1963. Hilgardia 34: 191-285. SWIRSKI, E. and R. SHECHTER. 1961. Israel Jour. Agri. Research 11: 97-117. A New Genus and Species of Oecophoridae (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea) RONALD W. HODGES * My preliminary work on the Nearctic Gelechiidae reveals that a series of Floridian moths, which I though was gelechiid, is oecophorid. The habitus is that of a gelechiid with the apex of the hindwing produced. However, closer examination shows that vein Ic is present near the forewing margin, an oecophorid character. The stalking of veins 6, 7 , and 8 in the forewing is unusual ; but Anchonoma Meyrick, an Indian oecophorid, also has this character. The male genitalia are distinctly oecophorid (Clarke 1941, 1963; Pierce and Metcalf 1935); the female genitalia are not indicative of familial association. YMELDIA, n. g. (Figs. 1-5) Type-species : Ymcldia janac, n. sp. Head : smooth-scaled ; tongue scaled hasally ; labial palpus slightly recurved, reaching vertex, smoothed-scaled, second seg- ment slightly longer than third, apex acute ; maxillary palpus folded over base of tongue ; eye slightly emarginate below base of antenna ; ocellus not visible on fully scaled head ; antenna simple, two-thirds to three-fourths length of forewing, that of male thicker than that of female, pecten absent. Forewing: lanceolate; eleven veins present; Ib furcate basally; Ic weakly developed distally ; 2 absent ; 4 closer to 3 than to 5 basally ; * Entomology Research Division, Agricultural Research Service, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington 25, D. C. 22 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Jan., 1965 6, 7 , and S stalked, 6 to dorsum, 7 to costa. Hindwing : quad- rate ; apex produced ; 8 veins present ; Ib simple ; a fold between 4 and 5. Male genitalia : tegumen narrow ; saccus not devel- oped ; vinculum broad ; uncus stout with blunt apex ; gnathos a heavily sclerotized narrow band with short broad lobe from middle ; tuba analis setate ventrally ; valva broad, apex blunt ; transtilla well developed ; aedeagus with numerous scalariform cornuti. Female genitalia : signum a heavily sclerotized plate with filamentous projections extending from surface to wall of corpus bursae, a shallow transverse indentation at one-third length ; ductus bursae and corpus bursae membranous ; cestum sclerotized; ductus seminalis dorsal and anterior to cestum on ductus bursae ; ostium bursae on 8th sternum ; lamellae post- vaginales developed ; apophyses anteriores and posteriores short, apophyses anteriores furcate caudally. Ymeldia janae, n. sp. Head : labial palpus white, second segment with broad black band (scales white basally, black distally) on outer and ventral surface from one-fifth to one-half and a narrow preapical black band, third segment with a black band at one-fifth, three-fifths, and apex ; maxillary palpus and base of tongue white ; frons white with dark gray tipped scales from anterior margin of eye to base of tongue ; vertex light salmon orange with gray brown tipped scales ; antenna with scape off white and a few dark gray tipped scales on dorsal surface, shaft orange with black on basal half of many segments dorsally and three black bands of two segments each between two-thirds and apex, apex orange white. Thorax : salmon with brownish gray tipped scales ; mesothoracic segment white posterolaterally, brownish gray apically. Fore- wing: white with scattered gray brown tipped scales, orange white apically, a black spot at three-fifths and apex of cell, a black streak between end of cell and apex of wing, a black spot on fold at one-half length of wing, scattered reddish orange streaks over dorsal surface, cilia pale, brownish gray. Hind- wing: grayish red. Abdomen; dark gray dorsally, white and pale yellowish white ventrally. Legs : white, metathoracic tibia Ixxvi] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 23 with an oblique black streak on outer surface at one-fifth, an- other streak on outer surface from one-half to near apex, 1st tarsal segment with a broad black band at middle, second and fourth with a basal black band, third segment black on dorsal and outer surfaces, fifth segment white. Male genitalia : as in Figs. 2 and 3 (RWH slide 1808), dorsal arm of transtilla with four stout setae, inner surface of valva with a slightly raised area beyond middle. Female genitalia: as in Fig. 5 (RWH slide 1809). Alar expanse: 6.5 mm. 1 FIG. 1. Photograph of adult of Yineldia janae, n. sp. Food plant : unknown. Type : J\ Lake Placid, FLORIDA, Archbold Biological Station, 3 April 1959, R. W. Hodges. U.S.N.M. Type No. 67451. Paratypes : same locality as type, 12 J\j\ 4$$, 27 March- 4 April 1959 (R\YH slides 1808, 1809, wing slide 48), USNM, CU, BM(NH). 24 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Jan., 1965 FIGS. 2-5. Ymeldia janac, n. sp. 2 and 3, male genitalia ; 4, venation ; 5. female genitalia. ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 25 The combination of characters of forewing with veins 6, 7 , and 8 stalked and Ic present near the margin and hind wing with apex produced will separate Ymeldia janae from any known oecophorid. Mr. Scott, Staff Photographer, Smithsonian Institution, made the photograph of the adult moth. REFERENCES CITED CLARKE, J. F. G. 1941. Revision of the North American moths of the family Oecophoridae, with descriptions of new genera and species. Proc. U. S. Natl. Mus. 90 : 33-286. . 1963. Catalogue of the type specimens of Microlepidoptera in the British Museum (Natural History) described by Edward Meyrick. London, Jarrold and Sons Ltd., vol. 4. PIERCE, F. N., and J. W. METCALF. 1935. The genitalia of the tineid families of the Lepidoptera of the British Islands. Oundle, Northants, England. F. N. Pierce, xxii + 116 pp., 68 pi. Thrips Utilize Exudations of Lycaenidae JOHN C. DOWNEY Mature larvae of the butterfly Glaucopsyclic lygdamns Double- day were collected on flower stalks of Lupinus argenteus Pursh in the North Cave Hills, five miles west of Ludlow, Butte County, South Dakota. Three species of ants, Formica oreas comptnla Whir., Formica sp. ? ntfa group, and Tapinoma ses- sile (Say), were associated both with lygdamns and with larvae of Plebejus (Icaricia} icarioides Bdv., another lycaenid also feeding on the lupine. The ants were feeding on secretions obtained from a gland on the seventh abdominal segment of the butterfly larvae. The symbiotic relationship between ants and Lycaenidae has been discussed by several authors (see Hinton, 1951, Downey, 1962). Brower (1911) and Tilden (1947) noted the myrmecophily in lygdamns but did not identify the ant species. Larvae were transported to Carbondale, Illinois, on the origi- nal flower stalks held in cotton-plugged vials. Associated ants 26 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Jan., 1965 were removed and preserved on the day of collection. Seven days later the mature larvae, and a few individuals that had pupated, were examined with a binocular microscope, and larval thrips (Taeniothrips sp. ?) were observed to be imbibing the secretions of the exudate gland of several individuals. It is presumed that the thrips were living on the flowers of the lupine, and as the foodplant dried out, the insects were attracted to the exudate gland of the butterfly larvae. Ordi- narily the larvae will not emit droplets unless properly stimu- lated, usually by gentle touching and solicitations of ants in the region of the gland. For unknown reasons, perhaps the mere presence of the thrips in the region of the gland, the larvae voluntarily secreted the material which the thrips consumed. Although the association noted above may be completely for- tuitous, it should be noted that the thrips are extremely abundant on lupine flowers, and any butterfly larvae feeding on the flower stalks will no doubt be within the same micro-niche. The dem- onstrated ability of Taeniothrips larvae to respond to the secre- tions of the lycaenid in captivity indicates this relationship is possible in nature and closer ecological affinities between the two insect groups may be involved. Thrips species of the fol- lowing genera have also been collected from lupine flowers in various western states : Aeolothrips, Frankliniclla, Hcrcothrips, Linmothrips, Odontothrips, and Terebrantia. Thrips were also noted on the seventh abdominal segment of one pupa, which was seen to ooze small quantities of liquid from the region of the gland. I had heretofore supposed the pupal gland to be non-functional in all Nearctic Lycaenidae ; it is present only as a scar in the pupae of some species (P. icari- oidcs) while individuals of other species (Evercs comyntas Godt.) may or may not retain a pupal scar of the gland. The Ivgdaunts pupa noted above, had transformed from the larval state two days prior to the observation and it succumbed before the adult emerged. Cause of death appeared to be a mold which grew first in and around the gland area, before eventually dis- coloring the entire abdomen. Of some pertinence is the fact that the only North American lycaenid whose pupal stage has Ixxvi] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 27 been reported in an ant nest is G. lygdamus. A functional pupal exudate gland as herein noted helps explain this situation. I have reared the species in Utah without ants, so the relationship with ants is not obligate. Three other lygdamus pupae from South Dakota could not be made to exude material from the gland, although the latter may still have been functional under normal conditions. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Grateful acknowledgment is hereby made to the National Sci- ence Foundation (Grant No. G23560) which is supporting a major project of which this is a part. My thanks also to Dr. Marion R. Smith for identification of the ants and Dr. Lewis J. Stannard for identification of the thrips herein reported. LITERATURE CITED BROWER, H. M. 1911. Ent. News 22 (8) : 359-363. DOWNEY, J. C. 1962. Ent. News 73 (3) : 57-66. HINTON, H. E. 1951. Proc. Soc. London Ent. Nat. Hist. Soc. 1949- 1950, pp. 111-175. TILDEN, J. W. 1947. Pan Pacific Ent. 23: 42-43. Nomenclature Notice Full details on the following cases before the Commission will be found in the Bull, of Zool. Nomencl., Vol. 21, Part. 4. Emendation to Astraeus of the generic name Asthraeus Laporte & Gory, 1837 (Insecta, Coleoptera). Z. N. (S.) 1628. Validation of Rhyncogonus Sharp. 1885 (Insecta, Coleop- tera). Z. N. (S.) 1629. Send comments, with the Commission's reference number of the case in question, in duplicate to International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature, c/o British Museum (N.H.), Cromwell Road, London S. W. 7, England. NOTICE. The December, 1964, issue of ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS was mailed at the post office at Lancaster, Pa., on December 10, 1964. Entomologist' s Market Place ADVERTISEMENTS AND EXCHANGES Advertisements of goods or services for sale are accepted at $1.00 per line, payable in advance to the editor. 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SEPARATA: Separates (as reprints with extraneous matter removed) may be obtained only from the printer at the prices quoted below. Authors must place their orders for such separates with the editor at the time of submitting manuscripts, or when returning proof. Copies 1-4 pp. 5-8 pp. 9-12 pp. Covers 50 $5.87 $ 9.40 $14.69 $6.40 100 7.03 11.15 17.62 8.75 Add'l 100 2.35 3.51 5.85 4.70 Plates printed one side: First 50, $4.68; Additional 100's, $3.52. Transportation charges will be extra. ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS VOL. LXXYI FEBRUARY. 1965 No. 2 New Species and Records of Coelotanypus from Mexico and Central America with a Key to the New World Species South of the United States (Diptera: Tendipedidae) * SELWYN S. ROBACK, Curator, Department of Limnology, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia The two new species herein described were found in a light trap collection made at Lake Catemaco, Veracruz, Mexico, by Dr. Paul Spangler of the Smithsonian Institution. The other specimens were, in most cases, in collections examined in the course of a study of the Pelopiinae of America North of Mexico. I am indebted to the following individuals and institutions for the loan of specimens: Dr. Paul Spangler and Dr. Willis W. AYirth, Smithsonian Institution and U. S. Dept. Agriculture [USNM]: Dr. V. Pechuman. Cornell University [CUj ; Dr. H. E. Evans, Museum of Comparative Zoology [MCZ] ; Miss Martha L. Noller, University of Arizona [ARIZ] ; Dr. P. Wy- godzinsky, American Museum of Natural History [AMNH]. Material labelled [ANSP] is in the collection of the Academy of Xatural Sciences of Philadelphia. The figures in the plates are by Mrs. Rita A. Nickle. Since a great many species of Coelotanypus have been de- scribed by Edwards (1931. 1939), by me (1963-64), and by others, I felt it would be desirable, at this point, to pull these scattered descriptions together in a key as an aid to future work- * The support of the National Science Foundation (Grant GB2719) is gratefully acknowledged. (29) SMITHSONIAN rrn 1 1 -QCr INSTITUTION 30 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Feb., 1965 ers in this genus. If the number of new species which have turned up in the collections I have examined to date is at all indicative, there are undoubtedly many more new forms to be discovered and described from South and Central America. In all, there are 16 species keyed out. Unfortunately not all are known from both sexes. This number of species is greater by far than has been recorded from any other region of the world and would seem to indicate that the Neotropical Region was the center of evolution and distribution of Coclotan\f>ns. In the keys and descriptions, Roman numerals (I, II, III) are used to designate the prothoracic-metathoracic legs and T^- to designate the tarsal segments. KEY TO SPECIES 1. Male 2 Female 12 2. Wing with two bands (Argentina) C. delpontei Edw. Wing with only crossvein darkened or generally in- fuscated ; never with two distinct bands 3 3. Tibia II thick and flattened (Brazil) C. tibialis Edw. Tibia II normally slender 4 4. Abdomen with tergites 3-6 with alternating triangu- lar brown marks and narrow basal bands, fig. 4 ( Mexico ) C. olmecus n. sp. Abdomen with only narrow bands or with one-third to all of tergites 3-8 brown 5 5. Abdomen with only light transverse bands on tergites 3-6 or 3-8, figs/5, 6 6 Abdomen with one-third to all of tergites 3-8 dark 8 6. Greenish species ; transverse bands on tergites 3-6 of abdomen (Argentina, Chile) C. mendax (L. Arr.) var? Ed\v. Yellow species ; bands on tergites 3-6 or 3-8 7 7. Bands on abdominal tergites 3-6 ; tergites 7, 8 almost entirely brown, fig. 5 (Mexico) . . . .C. concinnus (Coq. ) Bands on abdominal tergites, 3-8, fig. 6 (Brazil) C. dimorphus Rempel 8. T, of legs II, III entirely dark 10 To of legs, II, III only apically dark 9 9. T, and TL> of leg I with preapical spurs ; tergite 3 with basal half dark; tergite 6 mostly dark (Jamaica, Cuba ) . C. cletis Roback Ixxvi] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 31 Tj and To of leg I without preapical spurs ; tergite 3 mostly dark ; tergite 6 with basal half dark ( Pan- ama, Canal Zone) C. scapularis (Loew) 10. Yittae dull red; femora II, III mostly yellow; tibiae only darkened at apex (Argentina) . . .C. ruficollis Edw. Vittae orange-brown or bright orange-brown to rust- brown ; femora II, III mostly dark; tibiae dark- ened at base and apex 11 1 1 . Yittae bright orange-brown to rust-brown ; prescu- tellar area dark ; genitalia light ; cubital fork petio- late (Cuba, Panama, Canal Zone) . .C. humeralis (Loew) Yittae orange-brown ; prescutellar area light ; geni- talia dark ; cubital fork sessile ( Mexico) C. tricolor ( Loew) 12. Tibia II thickened and flattened, fig. 27 13 Tibia II normally slender, fig. 18 14 13. Abdominal tergites 4-6 with indefinite dark bands, 8 all yellow ; thorax red above (Brazil) . .C. tibialis Edw. Abdomen entirely dark ; thorax orange-brown above ( Mexico) C. toltecus n. sp. 14. Wings with bands or generally cloudy areas 15 Wings with only r-m crossvein darkened 19 15. Wings with two distinct bands, fig. 29 (Colombia) C. poss. delpontei Edw. Wings generally infuscated or otherwise darkened 16 16. Wings with faint general light-brown infuscation ; part of humeri distinctly white ; head whitish (Cuba, Panama, Canal Zone) C. humeralis (Loew) Wings with distinct brown infuscation ; tip light ; hu- meri sometimes lighter but not white ; head with brown infuscation 17 17. Thorax orange ; apex of radial sector and area below Cu darker, frons smooth ; eye ratio 20 (Brazil) C. amoenis Roback Thorax red to dark red-brown ; wing mostly infus- cated ; frons with tubercle or suggestion of one ; eye ratio about 6.5 18 18. All tibiae brown ; T1 of leg I brown ; frons tuberculate (Surinam, British Guiana) C. feris Roback Tibiae II, III banded ; T, of I with only apex brown ; frons with only a suggestion of a tubercle (Suri- nam, Canal Zone, Mexico) C. naelis Roback 19. Thoracic notum yellow to orange-brown; humeri broadly light ; prescutellar area light 22 32 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Feb., 1965 Thoracic notum mostly dark red-brown to black ; hu- meri variable ; prescutellar area dark 20 20. Tj and T2 of leg I with preapical spurs, thorax black (Jamaica, Cuba) C. cletis Roback Tt and T2 of leg I without spurs 21 21. Thorax dark red-brown; scutellum and leg markings orange-brown ; pronotum mostly light ( Cuba, Pan- ama, Canal Zone) C. humeralis (Loew) Thorax black or brown-black ; scutellum and leg markings black or brown-black, pronotum mostly dark (Panama, Canal Zone) C. scapularis (Loew) 22. Abdomen green (Argentina) C. viridiventris Edw. Abdomen yellow to yellow-brown bicolored 23 23. Tibiae mostly yellow; abdomen, figs. 1-3, distinctly bicolored with extensive yellow areas ; scutellum largely yellow mesally 24 Tibiae largely brown ; abdominal tergites 3-8 mostly brown, only apices light ; scutellum mostly brown 26 24. Abdomen as in figure 1 (Mexico) C. olmecus n. sp. Abdomen with T-shaped or subtriangular spots on 3-7, figs. 2,3 25 25. Abdominal tergites 3-7 with spots T-shaped, extend- ing mesally to apex of tergite on 5-7, fig. 3 ; no later spots on 2-3 (Brazil) C. dimorphus Rempel Abdominal tergites with triangular spots, never ex- tending to apex of tergite ; lateral spots on 2-3, fig. 2 (Mexico) C. concinnus (Coq.) 26. Fork of Cu sessile ; robust species 2.4—3.6 mm (Mexico) C. tricolor ( Loew) Fork of Cu petiolate ; 1.9 mm long (Puerto Rico ) C. insulans (Job.) Coelotanypus toltecus n. sp. The dark abdomen and the orange thorax will separate this species from its nearest relative C. tibialis Edwards. Both have laterally compressed mesotibiae (Fig. 27). Female 4.2-4.8 mm; head brownish; antennal flagellum 13 segmented, brown ; last four segments in ratio 30-30-32-62 ; pedicel with 3 hairs ; frons orange brown, vertex darker orange- brown ; eye ratio 10± ; postoculars multiseriate ; palpi brown; segments in ratio 45-95-140-215. Pronotum medium brown; with 12 latero-ventral hairs; meso- Ixxvij ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 33 notum orange ; vittae not separated ; humeri and supra-alar areas light ; prescutellar area light orange ; supra-alars 23 light + 9 dark; numerals 18 ± ; dorsocentrals biserial between vittae; scutellum orange ; postnotum dark red-brown ; pleura and ster- num dark red-brown ; tubercle relatively large. Femur I light basally, darker toward apex; femora II, III dark, lighter at apex; T\ I apex dark brown; T1 II, III all light; T., II, III with apex dark brown T2_- I all dark brown; T.t - II all dark brown; Ts III apical half dark brown, T4_- III all dark; leg ratio I .68; II .49; III .65; spur tibia I (Fig. 23) .120 mm with 4-5 lateral teeth; no light comb; spurs tibia II (Fig. 24) .120, .098 mm with 15, 14 lateral teeth respectively; spurs tibia III .132, .106 mm with 14 lateral teeth each; double preapical comb tibia III with 18 4- 17 filaments; preapical spurs on Tj 3 of II, III ; none on TV3 I ; claw (Fig. 25) ; legs (Figs. 26-28). Wing 3.9-4.2 mm, wholly infuscated ; darker around r-in ; iii-cu sessile on jCu; haltares dark. Abdomen wholly shining dark red-brown; spermathecae (3) ovoid with basal quarter dark ; apex to duct clear ; ducts rela- tively short; stibgenital plate (Fig. 13). Holotvpc. — Female, Lake Catemaco. Yer. YIII-9-64 at light (Paul Spangler) [USNM] 67733. Paratyf>c. — 1- $?, same data |ANSP] ; 17??, same data [USXMj. Coelotanypus olmecus n. sp. The abdominal maculation (Figs. 1, 4) will separate both sexes of this species from its nearest relatives C. concinnus ( Coq. ) and C. dimorphus Rempel. Male. 3.8-4.2 mm; head (Fig. 12) light; antennal ratio 2.7; eye ratio 1.4; antennal pedicel brown with 5 hairs; palpus light, segments in ratio 35-70-85-120; postoculars multiseriate. Pronotum white, lobes joined above; 8-10 hairs on latero- ventral lobes; vittae orange brown continuous (Fig. 9), inner corners of humeri and area above supra-alars darker ; humeri and supra-alar area light ; 8 + humeral bristles ; supra-alars 34 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Feb., 1965 10 + fine hairs and 9 darker larger bristles; dorsocentrals ir- regularly uniserial to scutellum ; mesonotal spur small, orange ; pleura light with some brown ; sternum orange-brown, darker laterally; scutellum light, darker around edges, disc light; post- notum brown. Femora yellow with apex dark; tibiae I and III yellow with only apex dark; tibia II with base and apex narrowly dark; Tj.o all legs with only apex dark ; T,_- all legs, wholly dark ; leg ratio I .78; II .68; III .71, apex of tibia I with spur .083 mm long and comb of 25 + clear filaments ; tibia spurs II .076, .062 mm with 7 lateral teeth on each; spurs of tibia III .079, .055 mm with 7 lateral teeth each ; preapical double comb of 15 + 16 filaments; T^g II, III with preapical spurs; Tj_, I without spurs; claw leg II (Fig. 22) ; legs (Figs. 14-16). Wing 2.5-2.8 mm ; clear except for cloud over r-m (Fig. 7) ; Hi-en sessile on fCit ; halteres light, globe whitish. Abdomen marked as in Fig. 4 ; basistyle .260 mm ; dististyle (Fig. 11), .132 mm; both lightly infuscated. Female, 3.0-3.5 mm; antennal flagellum 13 segmented; last four segments in ratio 19-20-21-50 ; pedicel with 2-3 hairs ; palpus four-segmented; segments in ratio 36-65-82-150; eye ratio 10.6; frons light; postoculars multiseriate. Pronotum light with dorsal brown stripe on each lobe in line with mesonotal stripe ; mesonotum with vittae as in male ; dark areas on vittae differ from male (Fig. 10) ; supra-alars 16 fine + 8-9 dark; humerals 18; postalars 1 ; dorsocentrals irregular; almost biserial ; pleura and sternum orange. Femora light, apices darker ; femur II with some basal dark- ening; tibiae I, II with sub-basal apical dark bands; tibia III with only apex darker, Tj I apex dark; T2 ,. I all dark; TV, II, III with apices dark ; T3_r> II, III all dark ; leg ratio I .64 ; II .54 ; III .67; tibia I with spur .076 mm long; no apical light comb ; spurs of tibia II (Fig. 21) .083, .065 mm with 9 and 7 lateral teeth respectively; spurs of tibia III .089, 072 mm with 9 lat- eral teeth each; preapical double comb of 12+17 filaments; tarsal spurs as in male; claw leg II (Fig. 20); legs (Figs. 17-19). Ixxvi] ENTOMOLOGICAL XK\YS 35 FIGS. 1-6. Abdominal Color Patterns 1. C. olinccns n. sp., $ ; 2. C. concinnns (Coq.), ? ; 3. C. liiiiwrpluts Rempel, $ (after Rempel 1939) ; 4. C. olinccns n. sp..c?; 5. C. cflitciinnts (Coq.), J; 6. C. diiiwrfiluts Rempel, $. Korogwe is about 100 miles inland from the Indian Ocean and at an elevation of about 1,000 feet. 70 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [March, 1965 To the west the flea has been taken as far as Lake Manyara National Park and usually off Tatera robusta vlcina. On one occasion at Moshi the flea was off Gerbillus pnsillus pnsillus (Pigmy Gerbil), a pair, September 29, 1962. Xenopsylla raybouldi Hubbard, 1963. Three pairs of this flea were taken off a specimen of Tatera Icucogastcr coscnsi (Gerbil) at Ifikara on April 2, 1963. These are the types. No other specimens are known. Ifikara is just south of the central point of the country. The flea is something new in a Xenopsylla pattern. Xenopsylla crinita Jordan and Rothschild, 1922. This flea is thought to be a true parasite of Cricetomys ganibi- anits (Giant Rat). Although there are records from several sites in southeast Kenya, from Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanganyika and from Zanzibar, the writer has never taken it. Fifty or so of the type host examined in north-east Tanganyika failed to carry it. Xenopsylla tanganyikensis Marcus, DeMeillon and Davis, 1960. This flea was described from a single male taken off Tatera tabor ae (Gerbil) in central Tanganyika at the designation of Iku, Mpanda, on November 22, 1956 by Chapman and Rob- ertson. The authors state that it is "a species of the cheopsls group and related to die o pis (Rothschild) 1903 and bantomm Jordan 1938. It differs strikingly from these two species in having P1 of the clasper parallel-sided." The writer has not yet collected this flea. This is the second paper on Tanganyika fleas to be published by the writer under National Science Foundation grant G-1954, sixteen others having been published on world fleas under NSF grant G14023. Ixxvi] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 71 Two New Braconid Parasites of the Spruce Bud- worm (Hymenoptera) C. F. W. MUESEBECK, United States National Museum The purpose of this paper is to provide names for two unde- scribed and rather widely distributed Braconidae that are in- ternal parasites of the destructive spruce bud worm, dwristo- ncitra jmniferana (Clemens). Apanteles absonus, new species This species somewhat resembles A. jiuniferanae Viereck, another widespread parasite of the same host, but it differs in many particulars, especially in having the propodeum largely smooth and without a denned areola, in the sclerotized plates of the first and second tergites being very weakly sculptured and the plate of the first narrower at apex than at base, in the considerably longer ovipositor sheath, and in the long and slender apical segments of the female antennae. Female: Length about 2.8 mm. Face very shallowly and closely punctate ; antennae slender, even the last four segments nearly or quite twice as long as broad. Mesoscutum covered with minute, shallow, closely placed punctures ; disc of scutellum smooth and polished, with only a weak suggestion of punctation ; propodeum smooth and shining, without an areola but with a few weak and short raised longi- tudinal lines radiating from middle of apical margin ; meso- pleuron polished ; hind coxa smooth and polished except for an elongate, somewhat flattened area on the outer upper edge to- ward base which has some scattered punctures ; radius arising from slightly beyond middle of stigma and a little longer than intercubitus. Sclerotized plate of first tergite narrowing slightly from base to apex, about twice as long as wide at apex and mostly smooth and shining, with only a little weak sculpture laterally on apical half each side of a shallow, poorly defined, longitudinal impres- sion ; plate of second tergite only about half as wide at base as 72 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [March, 1965 at apex and less than half as long as wide on posterior margin, smooth and shining except for a little weak sculpture along- lateral and posterior margins ; remainder of abdomen smooth and shining; ovipositor sheath much longer than hind tarsus and a little longer than abdomen. Black; antennae, including scape, black; wings hyaline, the stigma brown and without a pale spot at base ; tegulae piceous ; legs yellow except all coxae, a small spot at apex of hind femur above, hind tibia broadly at apex, and the hind tarsus, which parts are black or blackish ; venter of abdomen, and usually more or less of the lateral margins of the tergites, yellowish. Male: Essentially like the female except that the abdomen is usually somewhat darker. Type: U. S. National Museum No. 67736. Type locality: Pagosa Springs, COLORADO. Described from the following specimens, all reared from larvae of Choristoneura fmnifcrana (Clemens) : Three females, including holotype, from the type locality, June, 1964 ; 2 females, Allenspark, Colorado, June, 1964 ; 3 males, Cloudcroft, New Mexico, June, 1964; 1 female, Greenville, Maine, June 21, 1950; 1 male, Bingham, Maine, June 21, 1950; 1 male, Ashland, Maine, July 9, 1947; 1 male, Caratunk, Maine, July 6, 1948; 2 females, Rockwood, Maine, June 13, 1946 and July 9, 1948, and 1 female, Patten, Maine, July 1, 1946. Additional para- types: 2 females and 1 male labeled "Sea View, Wash., Mar. 25, 1931, Picea sitchcnsis" ; 2 females from Douglas Co., Wis- consin, May, 1956, labeled "ex boxes containing Finns banksi- ana and overwintering budworm, also Petrova," and 1 female from Bayfield Co., Wisconsin, July 1, 1957, with the same rearing data. Clinocentrus fumiferanae, new species This is very similar to C. tarsalis Ashmead, from which it may be distinguished at once, however, by its conspicuously larger eyes and ocelli, much shorter ocellocular line and strongly receding temples. Ixxvi] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 73 Female: Length about 3.5 mm. Head a little broader than thorax, smooth and shining; face smooth, slightly broader than high from antennal foramina to base of clypeus ; temples strongly receding and hardly half as wide as eyes; ocellocular line not, or barely, longer than diameter of a lateral ocellus ; antennae slender, 32- to 38-segmented in the specimens examined ; occi- pital carina complete ; malar space less than half as long as basal width of mandible. Mesoscutum smooth and polished ; notauli sharply impressed and finely foveolate on anterior half of scutum, vanishing in the large, quadrate, rugulose area that occupies the median part of the posterior half of the mesoscutum ; scutellar fovea very long, more than half as long as the disc of scutellum and divided by a median longitudinal septum ; propodeum irregularly rugose reticulate ; mesopleuron smooth and polished except for a rugose reticulate area in the anterior angle and a short, weakly foveolate longitudinal furrow below; metapleuron entirely rugose reticu- late. Radius arising from middle of stigma, the first abscissa much longer than greatest width of stigma and nearly or quite as long as first intercubitus ; second abscissa of radius less than half as long as third ; nervulus postfurcal by at least its own length ; mediella only a little longer than lower abscissa of basella, which is usually twice as long as upper abscissa. First tergite about as broad at apex as long, closely, rather irregularly, striate, the two convergent basal keels meeting at a point on a level with the spiracles and continuing as a weak carina for a short distance ; the connate second and third tergites closely, irregularly striate ; the suturiform articulation distinct though weak ; the following segments very short ; ovipositor sheath a little longer than hind tarsus. Yellowish brown ; propodeum and first tergite usually more or less piceous ; wings hyaline, the stigma transparent yellowish, nearly hyaline, its apical margins darkened ; apices of hind femora and of hind tibiae and the hind tarsi infuscated. Male: Like the female in all essential respects. Type: U. S. National Museum No. 67737. Type locality: Saranac, NEW YORK. 74 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [March, 1965 Described from the following material : Nine females, includ- ing holotype, and 1 male, all reared from Choristoneura funii- jcrana (Clemens) July, 1947, at Saranac, New York; 4 females and 1 male from the same host on Abies balsamea, Ely, Minne- sota in June and July of various years from 1955 to 1961, and 4 females, also from C. fiunifcrana on Abies balsamea, in the Superior National Forest, Minnesota, 1955 and 1956. "Prosoma sp.," Supposed Host of Torymus pilu- laridis (Huber) (Hymenoptera: Torymidae) B. D. BURKS, Entomology Research Division, Agr. Res. Serv., U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. In 1927 L. L. Huber described Callimome pilularidis (Tory- nuts pilularidis of present terminology), reared from "Prosoma species on Bacclwris piliilaris De Candolle" (Proc. U. S. Natl. Mus. 70: 45). This host citation implies that Prosoma is some sort of gall maker on Baecharis. "Prosoma sp." as the host of pilularidis has been repeated in the literature several times since, although no one has been able to find that Prosoma is a described genus. Huber himself (p. 8), in his host list, entered Prosoma as "Miscellaneous." In the 1951 Synoptic Catalog of Hymenoptera of America North of Mexico (Monog. 2, U. S. Dept. Agr., p. 525), Peck repeated the host citation as originally given. In his 1963 catalog (Canad. Ent. Sup. 30, p. 550), he listed Prosoma as a possible nomcn nndum, and as "Misc. insect," although he placed it in his host list (p. 995) under the plant family Compositae. Lienck (unpublished Ph.D. thesis, U. of 111. 1951, p. 19) stated that Prosoma could not be found in the various indices of generic names, and he listed it as "Miscellaneous ; in all likelihood a misspelling." I also have consulted all available lists of generic names in both Zoology and Botany without finding Prosoma as a de- scribed genus. However, when I consulted the old Bureau of ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 75 Entomology files, I found that Prosoina is simply a mistake. The 1883 original file entry clearly is written "2964, Isosoma ? on Baccharis." The records of all the specimens reared from lot 2964 were consolidated later and typed as Pergande notes, and at that time the typist made an error, copying the hand- written "Isosoma" as "Prosoma." All subsequent reference to the records for this material have, seemingly, been made to the typed Pergande notes, rather than to the original handwritten card. Consequently, when Huber was describing pilularidis and requested the data to accompany specimens which bore only the accession number 2964° , he was sent the erroneous name Prosoma, rather than Isosoma. The wrong name was sent to him despite the fact that it appeared only at the head of the Pergande note card; Isosoma appears in the body of the data. The data from the Pergande notes that should accompany the types of pilularidis Huber are these: "Jan. 2, '83, rec. today from H. W. Turner, Martinez, Calif, a lot of galls, which are the deformation of flower buds of above plant [Baccharis pilu- laris] produced as it seems by a species of Isosoma, as no Cecid. larvae were found in all which were examined ; however, they may prove to be only parasites. Several of the single galls are mostly grown together into a compact mass which sometimes is quite globular, mostly, however, each gall is quite distinct. They are of a soft, white, spongy texture inside and contain several cylindrical, elongated cells. When fresh, the color of the galls externally is purplish and pale yellow-green. The larvae are white and dorsally and ventrally beset with stiff bristles which enables them to move back and forward in their cells quite easily. Coll. Dec. 12, '82." "Jan. 5, '83, Two chalcids . . . issued today; they are appar- ently only parasites." This is followed by 7 entries for further emergence of chalcids, over the period Jan. 5-Feb. 16, 1883, for a total of 11 specimens. These chalcids are all noted as having been labeled 2964°, and they clearly include the speci- mens Huber used 30 years later when he described pilularidis. Huber had 3 specimens, two labeled 2964°. Jan. 20, '83, and one labeled 2964°, Jan. 27, '83 ; the Pergande notes record the 76 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [March, 1965 emergence of the same numbers of specimens of chalcids from lot 2964 on the same dates. There probably was a variety of parasites among the 11 specimens of chalcids reared from the galls, but so far I have been able to find only the Torymus specimens in the U. S. N. M. collection. I have quoted the Pergande notes almost completely because the information in them makes it possible to identify the gall from which the type specimens of pilularidis came. The larvae described are certainly those of a Tory nuts, but the description of the gall applies readily to the cecidomyiid Rhopalomyia cali- fornica Felt. This identification of the host gall is confirmed by the fact that there are now specimens of R. californica in the U. S. N. M. collection that bear the Bureau accession num- ber 2964, and Doutt (1961, Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 54: 51) has also confirmed this through rearing pilularidis from R. cali- fornica. There still remains the question about why these parasites of RJwpaloinyia californica were designated Isosoma ? in the old records. The answer seems to be that, in the SO's, Isosoma was a genus to which all phytophagous chalcids were referred. Per- gande was of the opinion, as indicated in the above quotation, that the galls of Baccharls he had received might have been pro- duced by a chalcid, rather than by a cecidomyiid. This guess was not altered in the Pergande notes later when cecidomyiids were reared from the galls. It is to be hoped that the mythical Prosoma, as the host of Torymus pilularidis (Huber), can now be eliminated from the literature. Ixxvi] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 77 Further Notes about Lost Butterfly Types of W. H. Edwards, and the Designation of a Neotype for Coenonympha kodiak Edwards * F. MARTIN BROWN, Fountain Valley School, Colorado Springs, Colorado In the Entomological News for December 1962 I published a resume of notes about Edward's lost types that I had found in the correspondence between W. H. Edwards and W. J. Hol- land at the time Edwards's collection was being transferred to Holland. The three major losses were a box sent to Dr. Behr, a box sent to Dr. Scudder and a box sent to Dr. Speyer. Of the last of the three I found details of the loss in Edwards's manuscript entomological journals and reported it in the ENTO- MOLOGICAL NEWS for January 1964. At this time I can give some details of the other two losses. These are from letters that W. H. Edwards wrote to Henry Edwards, and which are now in the Library of the American Museum of Natural His- tory and are a treasure trove of information. MATERIAL LOST IN A SHIPMENT TO DR. BEHR A series of letters written in late 1870 present all of the details known about this loss. These details are best told in Edwards's own words by quoting the letters themselves. The pertinent parts of the original letter to Henry Edwards refer- ring to the shipment follows : "Coalburgh. \Y. Va., OcM2 1870 Henry Edwards Esq San Francisco Dear Sir I have packed a box contains 6 small boxes of Insects & di- rected same to Dr. Behr, advising him there of & of contents. This will be forwarded by express overland this week. * This paper is a by-product of my studies of \Y. II. Edward's types being made under X. S. F. Grant GB-194. 78 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [March, 1965 In said box are 2 for yon, one containing 3 pairs of the best Dianas of the season & 1 pair of Marcellus raised by me from eggs laid by Ajax. In the other box are several of your insects marked "to be returned etc". With these are two species of Lycaena, viz. J* $ L. Behrii Edwards and $ $ L. Shasta Edw. These to be returned to me. I red these several years ago from Dr. Behr & named them. Since then I have not seen them in any lot sent me. I do not find them in Boisduval's last paper. You must know them & it is possible that Behr has named them also. Please see about this & let me know. I have returned Dr. Behr his Melitaeas Gabbii, Whitneyii & Montana. I have neither [sic] of these specimens in my col- lection & am very anxious of having them, if you or the Dr. have duplicates. Same with Colias Edwardsii & C. Emilia, both which I re- turn. By the way I doubt if these are not one species. Look carefully & give me your opinion. I send a lot of moths to be divided between Dr. B [Behr] and Mr. Stretch, the latter to have the Bombycidae & the Sphinges. I hope to receive from Mr. Stretch drawing of larvae of the Papilios, which he wrote me he had. Yours truly /s/ W. H. Edwards" In a letter dated November 29, 1870, Edwards wrote "I have had no advise from Behr or yourself of the receipt of the box which I sent 6 weeks ago to him by express." A week later, December 6, 1870, he wrote "I was glad at last to hear of the arrival of the box sent Dr. Behr early in October of which your letter of 27th ult. I only sent one [error: he sent two] box of the 5 to you and exactly which of your uniques I put in it I do not recollect. There were several small Lycaenidae and such others as I had." The full details of the shipment constitute a letter that was written a few days later : ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 79 "Coalburgh, Kanawha Co. West Va. 10 Dec. 70 Henry Edwards Esq San Francisco Dear Sir I received a letter yesterday from Mr. Stretch that enlight- ened me as to the matter of the box of insects and has led me to examine mine carefully. When I read your letter three or four days ago I did not understand that none of your Lycaenae came, but thought you might have expected a fuller return of them and other specimens. I referred to my memorandum of shipment and concluded I had sent you but one box. But on thinking on the matter I am confident I sent your Lycaenidae in a small sized cigar box, purposely separating them from any danger of breakage from the bodies of the larger insects. I enclose you the original memorandum made on packing the boxes and there is nothing in it indicating whether one or [two] boxes contained your insects. I however wrote you and Dr. Behr exactly what was coming, and he will show you my letter. You may suppose if you like that (in case one box was spirited away) there must be entomological expressmen on the route. Why the box was a month on the road I do not under- stand. I had no advise of it til I received your letter. I have looked again over my boxes here and the only Lye. & Theclas now here with your numbers on are as follows 266, 97 (two), 116 (two). The 116 a Thecla, the others are Pheres in my opinion. One Thecla marked Downieville, no No., but Saepi- olus I consider it — 96 (four) Antiacis, 99 orcus. Every other one went back, and with them J* $ of L. Behrii & J1 $ L. Shasta, both my own & to be returned to me. I recollect particularly a pair of Dryope and Lye Mintha £ $, but I do not remember the others. I see by referring to the mss of my last descriptions that in same lot were L. Embla, L. Eunomia, Chrys. Hyllus. I am very sorry indeed about this. Apart from the loss of your type specimens I shall be very sorry to lose my two, as I had no duplicates of them. The boxes containing Moths & Sphinges were packed in good con- 80 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [March, 1965 clition and if they were damaged on the way the box must have had very rough handling. But that no broken bodies only wings should have been in the boxes when opened is very odd indeed. I should have directed the large box to you if I had not thought it possible that you might be absent or more in- accessible than Dr. Behr, and I wanted Mr. S [Stretch] to get his especially. I shall await your farther letters with much curiosity and some anxiety. But Dr. Behr will show you my letter respecting the contents of large box. Yours truly /s/ W. H. Edwards" The original memorandum of shipment that was enclosed with this letter follows : "Sent Dr. Behr Oct 11 1870 2 boxes small moths for self & Stretch ('marginal note at left: 1 Catocalas & Sphinges & Noctuas "retain Ariadne 1 box contd his own species, viz, & Satyrus Gabbii") 3 Colias Edwardsii 2 C Emilia 1 Lye. regia 1 pair Lye Lorquini 1 Lye fuliginosa 1 pair L. paradalis 1 T. Sylvinus 2 (pair) An. Angelina 1 pair M. Montana: do \Yhitneyii : (iabbii : These I would like duplicates of Sent H. E. several of his small butterflies and 3 pairs Diana & 1 pr Marcellus from Ajax eggs. Also my specs, of Lye. Behrii J1 $ & L. Shasta $ $ to be retd." From this memorandum the following losses of types is clear : Lycacna bchrii Edwards, Lycaena shasta Edwards from Ed- ward's own collection ; Lycacna mintha Edwards and possibly Syriclitus pctrcius Edwards described at the same time as Ixxvi] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 81 mint ha. The pair of Thecla dryope that was lost probably was the pair noted on pp. 193-4 in the Transactions of the American Entomological Society for 1871, and not the type. The type of Chrysophanus hermes Edwards may have been lost at this time since it was described in the same paper as was dryope. Along with these were the types of the three manuscript names that never were published. Edwards's recollection apparently was faulty when he in- cluded in his letter to Holland as lost in this shipment the types of Lycaena arnica and pembina (see Ent. News 83 : 266, 1962). I suspect that these were lost in the shipment to Scudder. MATERIAL LOST IN A SHIPMENT TO DR. SCUDDER I have searched the Edwards letters in the Library of the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University, Cam- bridge, Massachusetts, and cannot find Edward's letter to Scud- der about this shipment. There is one in the Henry Edwards collection of letters in the Library of the American Museum of Natural History. "Coalburgh, W. Va., 17 Jan. 1875 II. Edwards Esq. San Fr. Dear Sir. It is nearly certain that a box of butterflies sent by me to Scudder 6th Jan. per express was burned in a collision north of Washington the night of 7th when all the mail & express matter were destroyed. This box contained many uniques & it will be impossible to replace part of them. Among others were the ^ 5 of Hylas figured on my unpublished Plate & which I would not have taken $50 for so long as they were uniques. My types of Oreas <$ 5» & of Silenus. (These last the ones figured.) Coenonympha Kodiak. This I had from yon, I think & was my only specimen. It may be so you can help me to replace this last & some of the others, if not now, during the season & I write to ask you to have me in mind. I also lost the uniques £ $ Arg. Epione, not figured, a £ Arg Nausicaa (Arizona) my best Pap. Bairdii J1 (if it is Bairdii), 82 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [March, 1965 Erebia Haydeni a unique Satyrus like Nephele from Hay den's collection & another from Arizona & all the new species of Wheelers Ex 1874. In some cases I have duplicates, but sev- eral were uniques. So I returned Scudder's <$ Chion Calif* given him by Dr. Boisduval & his specimens of Asterioides (& 2 of my own taken in Mississippi). In short the loss leaves quite a gap in my collection and lamentations are useless. He had asked for several uniques, Arg. nitocris, Bischoffii, etc. etc. but I refused to send them but at last moment concluded to put in Bairdii & Epione & some others. As Nitocris is handsome as Nokomis it was lucky I held to that. I wish much to know whether you have descd the Labache [Lahache] Colias for if you have not & do not intend to, I will. But if you do I shall be glad to have you. Cresson is dunning me for copy in order to make out a form of 8 pages of my present paper & since I have lost the Arizonians, I am hard up for material. I should put in Labache Colias to help. It is long since I have heard from you Yours truly /s/ W. H. Edwards" From this letter I gather that the types certainly lost are these: Edwards's undescribed Argynnis, Grapta liylas Edwards, Grapta oreas Edwards, Grapta silcnus Edwards, and Coeno- nympha kodiak Edwards. From Edwards's letter to Holland (Ent. News I.e.) it appears that the types of Hcsperia yiima and possibly of Lycaena arnica and pembina were lost at this time. Scudder was particularly interested at this time in Hes- perids and butterflies from Canada. What other types of Wheeler material disappeared in the fire I do not yet know. News of the loss of Edwards's sole specimen of Cocnonympha kodiak came as a complete surprise to me. I had seen no hint of this loss in any of Edwards's papers, printed or manuscript, that I had read. I received the information after reading the galley proofs of my study of Edwards's types of Satyridae. A paragraph was written hastily to be inserted in that paper call- ing attention to the situation and to this article but the galleys IxxviJ ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 83 had been paged and sent to press. In the Satyridae paper I had designated and figured what had appeared to be the holo- type of kodiak. This now must be considered a neotype. A NEOTYPE FOR Cocnonympha kodiak EDWARDS In light of the positive evidence that the type of kodiak was destroyed by fire on the 7th of January, 1875, I hereby declare as neotype for that name the specimen accepted as the holotype by Davenport (1941) and by Brown (1964a). Taxonomic sup- port for the selection of this specimen will be found in Daven- port's paper. Both of us have compared the specimen in detail with the original description and there is no question in our minds that the specimen in question is accurately described by the original description of kodiak by Edwards (1869). The specimen is figured (Fig. 3) by Brown (I.e.}. I believe that the specimen figured was sent to W. H. Edwards by Henry Edwards in response to the letter quoted above and was a member of the lot from which the holotype originally had been taken. The specimen cannot truly be considered a lectotype since there is no evidence that W. H. Edwards has based his original description upon any but the single specimen originally sent him by Henry Edwards. REFERENCES BROWN, F. M. 1962. Notes about the types of some species of butter- flies described by William Henry Edwards. Ent. News 73 : 265-268. — . 1964. The W. H. Edwards types of Hesperiidae lost on the "S. S. Pomerania" in 1878. Ent. News 75: 24-25. — . 1964a. The types of the satyrid butterflies described by William Henry Edwards. Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 90: (in press). DAVENPORT, D. 1941. The butterflies of the satyrid genus Coeno- nympha. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard College 87: 215-349, pi. 1-10. EDWARDS, W. H. 1869. Description of new species of diurnal Lopi- doptera found within the United States. Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 2: 369-376, especially p. 375. Entomologist's Market Place ADVERTISEMENTS AND EXCHANGES Advertisements of goods or services for sale are accepted at $1.00 per line, payable in advance to the editor. Notices of wants and exchanges not exceeding three lines are free to subscribers. All insertions are continued from month to month, the new ones are added at the end of the column, and, when necessary, the older ones at the top are discontinued. Carabidae of the genus Ceroglossus wanted for revisional study. Will purchase, loan, or exchange Coleoptera. 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Following Carvalho's (1955) keys, the lack of arolia, absence of a pronotal collar, and structure of the male external genitalia place it in the tribe Phylini ; within the tribe the pale color of body and coria coupled with the modification of the third antennal segment (swollen and with large flattened hairs) run it to Hamble- taniola Carvalho (1954) from Mexico. The relationship between Hambleioniola and the present new genus is quite close, as shown by the following enumeration of characters shared by both : antennal segments II and III with large flattened hairs; vestiture of head and pronotum of long, pale, suberect hairs intermixed with recumbent, golden, scalelike hairs ; femora and tibiae dull white with fuscous spots ; nnd pseudarolia reaching well beyond midlength of tarsal claws. For a time I considered the new species as a member of Hambletoniola, but on closer examination I found the following important differences which, in the tribe Phylini, clearly demark this as a distinct genus. Habletonioloa has 1) diameter of an- tennal segment II subequal to or less than diameter of segment III; 2) vertex twice as wide as one eye; 3) costal margin con- vex from base to midpoint, thence straight. In contrast, this * Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D. C. (85) 86 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [April, 1965 new genus has 1) diameter of antennal segment II distinctly greater than that of segment III ; 2) vertex wider, its width about three and a half times that of an eye; and 3) costal margin convex from base to apex. LARINOCERUS, new genus DIAGNOSIS : The greatly inflated and polished black second and third antennal segments with their broad, flat, scalelike pubescence separate this genus from all others in the subfamily Phylinae; and from all other genera of the family in North America (Fig. 1 ). DESCRIPTION: Male. Overall length, 3.0-3.2 mm; ovoid; head, pronotum, and to a lesser extent the coria, with numerous easily abraded, suberect pubescence intermixed with golden, flat- tened, recumbent hairs. Head transverse, moderately inclined, clypeus distinctly surpassing juga; eyes moderately large, trans- verse diameter of one of them less than one-third of interocular width of vertex. Antennal fossa distinctly separated from eye. All antennal segments inflated and, except fourth, polished fuscous to black ; all segments with numerous decurved dark hairs and segments II and III with numerous long, flattened, scalelike hairs; segment II thickest. Labium reaching between or only slightly surpassing middle coxae. Pronotum transverse, about twice as wide as long, impunc- tate ; angles rounded ; calli obsolete ; lateral margins blunt, not carinate ; mesonotum broadly exposed. Hemelytra opaque; costa convexly curved for full length, distinctly emarginate at cuneal fracture ; clavus widening poste- riorly; embolium set off by a groove only on basal half; pro- sternal margin straight ; membrane with two areoles. Legs relatively short, hind femora reaching about three- fourths of abdominal length; all femora compressed, posterior pair much taller than others ; all femora with numerous, close- set fuscous spots of various sizes, hind femur also with a larger subapical pair (sometimes fused) dorsally and three very large FIG. 1. Larinoccnis balius new genus and new species. Ixxvi] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 87 88 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [April, 1965 ones on ventral surface ; tibiae pale, with numerous prominent fuscous spots on dorsal surface, these encircling insertions of the dark tibial spines ; tibial spines dark, their length greater than tibial diameter ; tarsi long, more or less cylindrical ; pseu- darolia large, reaching well beyond middle of claws. Type of genus : Larinocerus balms, new species. The generic name is derived from Greek : Larlnos, meaning fat; and the masculine kcros, meaning horn. Larinocerus balius, new species (Fig. 1) As the only member of the genus, this species is easily rec- ognized by the strongly modified second antennal segment which delimits the genus within the subfamily. (All measurements in following description given in millimeters.) HOLOTYPE: Male. Length to tip of membrane 3.04; width across humeri, 1.12. Head: length, 0.30, width, 1.00, inter- ocular width, 0.66. Antennal segments, I, length 0.20, diameter, 0.11; II, length, 0.60, diameter, 0.16; III, ovoid, length 0.26, liameter, 0.10; IV, length 0.26, diameter, 0.06. Pronotum : length, 0.53, width, 1.10. Color: dull grayish white with numerous rounded brown to fuscous spots scattered over base of head, pronotum, meso- scutum, scutellum, corium (except basal angles), pleura and venter of abdomen (except broad median strip) ; membrane chalky white with a prominent, oblique, blackish spot just posterior to apex of cuneus, veins slightly yellowed ; antennal segments I, II and III polished brownish black, IV reddish brown on basal two-fifths and pale yellow apically. Female : very similar to male in form, color and measure- ments. Holoty^e male and allot ypc female: south of Palmdale, CALI- FORNIA, June 8, 1935, P. Oman (U.S.N.M. type No. 67449). J'aratypcs: five males and ten females with same data as holo- type ; two males and two females, Los Angeles County, Cali- fornia, Coquillet collector. The species name is from the Greek hctlios, meaning spotted. Ixxvi] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 89 All specimens have most of the vestiture rubbed off, but enough patches remain on different places on several individuals to allow confident placement of this genus among those with the mixture of two types. In comparing L. halius with the original description and type of Hambletoniola antennata Carvalho (1954) an error in the description of the latter was noted. The colors credited (p. 126) to antennal segments II and III actually refer to segments III and IV. Unfortunately, no host information was available but the dull white color suggests that this insect frequents plants with prui- nose white leaves, such as are found on many species of Artemesia. REFERENCES CAKVALIIO, J. C. M. 1954. Neotropical Miridae, LXIX : A remarkable new .m'lius of Phylini ( Hemiptera). Ent. Xe\vs 65: 123-126. — . 1955. Keys to the genera of Miridae of the World (Hemiptera). Bol. Mus. Paraense Emilio Goeldi 11, fasc. 2: 1-151. A Second Specimen of Neochrysops globosus Walton. (Diptera, Tabanidae) L. L. PECIIUMAN. Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. A miscellaneous lot of undetermined Tabanidae recently re- ceived from the Illinois Natural History Survey through the kindness of Dr. II. H. Ross and Airs. Leonora K. Gloyd in- cluded a single specimen of A'coclirysops globosus Walton. Both genus and species are based on a single specimen collected by Robert Fonts at Cabin John Bridge, Maryland, 20 July 1916 and described by Walton in 1918. In 1947, Walton pointed out that after 28 years the specimen he described remained unique although competent collectors had attempted to secure more specimens at the type locality. 90 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [April, 1965 Walton separated Neochrysops from Chrysops by the more slender antennae, evenly infuscated wings, spur vein at the fork of the third longitudinal vein and globose abdomen. Also dis- tinctive is the very large protuberant frontal callus, the rather marked convergence of the frons above and the slender palpi. The structure of the frons and antennae and the wing infusca- tion is reminescent of certain Ethiopian Chrysops and this re- semblance is further heightened by the bright yellow stripes on the thoracic dorsum ; some of the Ethiopian species also have a spur at the fork of the third longitudinal vein. The writer believes these similarities do not necessarily indicate a relation- ship with the Ethiopian Chrysops fauna and certainly the broad abdomen, which is wider than the thorax, is unique. The specimen at hand carries the following data: 13 mi. N. Paris, Henry Co., Tenn., 9 June 1948. S. S. Roback. A second label states : On wild carrot and sand. The Tennessee specimen does not differ in any essential way from the description given by Walton. The callosities are dark brown rather than pitchy black and the spur at the fork of the third longitudinal vein is barely indicated in the left wing and is absent in the right wing. The frontal callus is protuberant and very large, nearly touching the ocelli ; the palpi are more slender than in any CJirysops known to me ; the abdominal ter- gites have rather long black hairs on the extreme lateral margins. The length of the specimen is 9 mm. REFERENCES WALTOX, W. R. 1918. Neochrysops globosns. In McAtee, W. L. and Walton, W. R. District of Columbia Diptera : Tabanidae. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash 20(9) : 188-206. — . 1947. Local unique tabanid unrecovered after 28 years (Diptera). Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 49(6) : 168. Ixxvi] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS (H Lepidoptera Records for Southeastern Pennsylvania ARTHUR M. SHAPIRO, 7636 Thouron Ave., Philadelphia, Pa. 19150 Despite the long history of collecting in and around Philadel- phia, the Lepidoptera of that region are still but imperfectly known. This is borne out by the relatively large number of species taken recently in the area that have not been cited in the literature as occurring in the southeastern counties. A num- ber of new State records and records for the eastern half of the State have also been obtained. The more important oi these records are presented in this paper. County abbreviations: PH — Philadelphia; BU — Bucks; CH — Chester ; DE — Delaware ; MO — Montgomery. * — indicates new State record; ** — new record for Eastern Pennsylvania. *** — probable stray or immigrant. Family LYCAENIDAE ***Panthiades m-album (Bdv. & Lee.) PH : Mt. Airy, I X.I 0.60. ***Calycopis cecrops (Fabr.). PH : Mt. Airy, IX. 10.60; Cresheim, VIII.29.61. DE : Glen Mills, VIII.IX.62 (3); Cheyney, VIII.5.58, VIII.7.62. (*) Satyrium caryaevorus ( McD. ) . PH : Mt. Airy ; Wissahickon ; Burholme; Cobb's Creek. MO: Norristown. BU : New Hope. Late Vl-early VII, not rare. Satyrium acadica (Edw. ). MO: Cheltenham; Schwenksville. Late Vl-early VII, rare and local. Lycaena thoe'Bdv. PH : Chestnut Hill, VIII.23.62. MO: Horsham, VIII.5.61. Family HESPERIIDAE Thorybes confusis Bell. DE : Cheyney. early VII. (*) Erynnis zarucco (Lucas). DE : Marcus Hook; Chester; Cheyney; Dilworthtown, late VII and IX, generally rare. Hesperia metea Scudder. PH : Cresheim ; Wissahickon. MO : Cheltenham ; Valley Forge; Fort Washington. Mid V, locally quite common. Reported also from CII : West Chester. (* ) Hesperia attalus (Edw.). DE : Glen Mills, VITI.8.62. (*) 92 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [April, 1965 Euphyes conspicua (Eclw.). PH : Chestnut Hill, early VII, rare. Euphyes bimacula (G. & R.). PH : Wissahickon. MO: Cheltenham. Vl-early VII, local but not rare. Atrytone arogos (B. & L.). BU : Feasterville, early VII. rare. (*) Atrytonopsis hianna (Scud.). PH : Cresheim; Wissahickon. CH : West Chester. Late V-early VI, very local, with mctca. (*) ***Lerema accius (S. & A.). PH : Cresheim, VIII. 19.59. DE: Media. VIII.9.60, IX.2.59. ***Oligoria maculata (Edw.). DE : Marcus Hook, IX. 15.60. (*) ::;:Calpodes ethlius (Stoll). DE: Marcus Hook, VIII. 19.62; Clifton Heights, IX. 15.57. (*) Family PIERIDAE —Zerene caesonia (Stoll). PH : Chestnut Hill. MO: Er- denheim. DE : Marcus Hook, Glen Mills. All records (18) from VIII-IX, 1961. (*) Family SPHINGIDAE Sphinx eremitus Hbn. MO: Norristown, VI. 16.62. CH : Devon, VI.28.61. Lapara coniferarum (S. & A.). DE: Cheyney, VH.4.61. (**) Smerinthus cerisyi (Kirby). CH : Devon, VII.28.61. (*) Celerio intermedia Kirby. MO: Norristown, VI.29.62. (**) Family CITHERONIIDAE Citheronia sepulchralis Grt. DE : Cheyney, VII. 5. 59. (**) Family ARCTIIDAE Phragmatobia fuliginosa (L.). MO: Audubon ; Plymouth Meeting; Norristown; Erdenheim ; Flourtown. BU : New Hope. Mid VI to early IX, not rare locally. Apantesis virgo (L.). MO: Montgomeryville, VIII.4.62. VII.30.58, VIIT.8.64. CH : Devon, VIII.5.60 (2). Family LITHOSIIDAE Cisthene tenuifascia (Harv.). DE : Marcus Hook, VII.9.60. (*) Cisthene packardi (Grt.). DE : Marcus Hook, VII.8.61. (*) ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 93 Family NOCTUIDAE Porosagrotis vetusta (Wlk.). PH : Mt. Airy, X.4.64. MO: Flourtown, IX.8.62, IX.20.64. (**) Metalepsis salicarum Wlk. MO: Audubon, IV. 1.63. Choephora fungorum G. & R. Common generally in the 5- county area. Mid IX to XII, mostly early-mid X. (**) Polia purpurissata (Grt.) MO: Norristown, IX.2.63. Polia imbrifera (Gn.) . MO : Audubon, VIII.29.63. Sideridis congermana (Morr.). MO: Norristown. BU Doylestown; Chalfont. VII and IX, scarce. Orthbsia garmani (Grt.). MO: Norristown; Conshohocken. IV, scarce. (**) Leucania inermis Forbes. MO : Conshohocken, V. 30.62. :::**Leucania latiuscula H.-S. DE : Marcus Hook, IX. 5.60. Xylotype capax (G. & R.). MO: Flourtown, IX.10.61, X.2.63. Septis impulsa Gn. MO: Audubon. VII.21.64. Papaipema necopina (Grt.). MO: Norristown. DE : Dil- worthtown. IX-X, rare. (**) Lemmeria digitalis (Grt.). MO: Conshohocken. IX. 11.62. (**) Nonagria oblonga Grt. MO : Norristown, VIII.24.60. Conservula anodonta Grt. MO : Conshohocken, VI.6.63. (**) !;:**Magusa orbifera Wlk. MO: Norristown, X. 15.60; Flour- town, IX.8.64. Fagitana littera (Gn.). DE : Rosemont, VII.8.63. Stiroides obtusa H.-S. MO : Flourtown, VII. 19.64. (**) Derrima stellata Wlk. DE : Rosemont, VII. 16.63. (*) Basilodes pepita Gn. MO : Norristown, VIII.22.61, VII. 17.60. Cirrhophanus triangulifer Gtr. MO: Flourtown, VII. 17.63. Eutelia pulcherrima Grt. MO: Montgomeryville, VI.6.63: Flourtown. V.23.64, VI.2.63 ; Norristown, V.24.64; Erclen- heim, V.21.64, VI. 10.64 (2). (**) Paectes oculatrix Gn. MO: Norristown, VI. 27.62. Paectes pygmaea Hbn. DE : Cheyney, Marcus Hook. VII, rare. Abrostola ovalis (Gn.). DE : Media, VI.22.60. (*) Autographa contexta (Grt.). MO: Audubon, IX.4.63. (**) Chrysanympha formosa Grt. BU : New Hope, VI. 24.60. VI.17.62. (**) Eosphoropteryx thyatiroides (Gn.). MO: Audubon, VII- VIII, rare. ' Plusia balluca Gey. MO : Flourtown, VIII.9.60. Catocala andromedae Gn. MO: Norristown, VII.27.61, VIII.8.61. 94 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [April, 1965 Catocala serena Edw. MO: Norristown, VII.20.60; Mont- gomery ville, VI 1 1. 8. 64. Catocala habilis Grt. DE: Glen Mills, VII. 15.64. Catocala nebulosa Edw. MO : Norristown, VII.2S.60. Catocala relicta Wlk. MO : Norristown, Conshohocken. BU : New Hope. VII-VIII, not rare. Catocala concumbens Wlk. PH : Chestnut Hill, VI.29.61. ***Erebus odora (L.). MO : Norristown, IX.15.61. Calpe canadensis Beth. MO : Fort Washington, V.27.64. Scolecocampa liburna (Gey.). MO: Horshaw, VI. 28.61. ***Ophiuche minualis (Gn.). DE : Cheyney: Marcus Hook; Rosemont. IX, rare. (*) Celiptera frustulum Gn. MO : Flourtown, VIII.7.60. ***Ptichodis vinculum (Gn.). DE : Rosemont, VIII.5.58. (**) *Ptichodis lima (Gn.). PH : Wynnefield, IX.5.53. (**) Family NOTODONTIDAE Heterocampa astarte Dbl. DE : Media, VI.26.62. (*) Family LASIOCAMPIDAE Artace cribraria (Lj.). DE : Glen Mills, VII.28/4. Family DREPANIDAE Falcaria bilineata Pack. MO: Aiulubon, IX. 1.63. (**) Family GEOMETRIDAE Enconista dislocaria Pack. DE : Cheyney, V.6.60. (*) Mellilla xanthometata Wlk. MO: Conshohocken, IV.19.64. (*) Phigalia olivacearia Morr. MO : Flourtown, 111.30.64, V.9.64. (**) Xanthotype rufaria Swett. DE : Chester, VII.2.59. (*) ***Sphacelodes vulneraria (Hbn.). MO : Flourtown, X.I 1.62. (*) ***Syssaura puber G. & R. PH : Roxborough, X.4.59. MO : Conshohocken, VII.8.62. (**) Cosymbia culicaria Gn. MO : Erdenheim. VI 1. 64 (3 ) . (** ) Eupithecia anticaria Wlk. MO : Erdenheim, VII.4.64. Family THYRIDIDAE Dysodia oculatana Clem. MO: Flourtown, VII.6.64. (**) Ixxvi] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS (^5 Notes and Descriptions of Bombyliidae (Diptera) FRANK M. HULL, University, Mississippi Several species of the genus Edwins Loe\v have accumulated in the collection of the author and appear to be undescribed. There is a group of western and Mexican species which are unusually slender and have a varying pattern of spots upon the wings. Such is Ecliuius jascipcnnis Williston, described from the state of Guerrero, Mexico, illustrated by Williston. All of the members of this group, which includes Eclimus lecchi Hall, appear to have an orange yellow or reddish brown genitalia in the females, which is enclosed by bright golden or reddish brown genitalia in the females, which is enclosed by bright golden reddish hairs. The males and females may differ in the wing pattern in some of the species. All material collected by the author, and Mrs. Hull. Eclimus culiciformis, new species Length 7-11 mm. This species must be related to Eclimus lecchi Hall which was described from 3 females, which had been reared. The palpus is one-third or less than the length of the proboscis. The antennae are black setiform pilose both above and below. The mesonotum has a well developed and conspicuous median stripe of cinnamon brown pollen down the middle, and the wings are patterned in the female, with quite dark brown spots in an arrangement more or less similar to Ecliuius lecchi Hall. The male wing is quite different. Head black with grayish white pollen on the front and a narrow, medial stripe of black pollen, which does not reach to the antenna. Sides of vertex with reddish or sepia brown pollen. Palpus from one-fourth to one-third the length of proboscis, the latter about three and one-half times as long as the head. Face polished and bare, with no protruding pile. Mesonotum black, widelv bluish gray pollinose along the sides. Pleuron graying white pollinose with white pile. Legs slender, the femora nearly or quite black, the tibiae and tarsi varying from very dark brown to more of a medium reddish brown ; pile of legs blackish, with appressed silvery pile beneath the femora. Wings of female with dark brown pattern in whole of first 3 cells and anterior half of first submarginal cell, ex- centing the base of the latter. This brown area along the first margina1 cell connects broadly with a spot lying on each 96 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [April, 1965 side of the base of the second submarginal cell, but not extend- ing into the first posterior cell. Other equally dark spots pres- ent upon the discal cross vein, the middle of discal cell and cross vein at end of second basal cell. Male wing lightly brown in the first 3 cells, darker on the outer half, but clearing at the apex. There is a small extension of brown to the anterior cross vein, which is narrowly margined by brown. Abdomen similar to other members of the group in coloration and pile. Holotype, male, Patagonia, ARIZONA, August 24, 1962. Allotype, a female ; and 8 male and 5 female paratypes with the same data. Eclimus maculipennis, new species Length 9-13 mm. Related to Eclimus fascipennis Williston, but it differs in the wing pattern which is much more extensive. Male. Head is black, proboscis two and one-half times as long as the head ; palpus one-fourth as long as head. Front black, with grayish white pollen and shining black triangle in the female. Antenna black with short black pile above and below. First segment twice as long as second segment. Meso- notum shining black with numerous, strong tubercles in the males ; sides greyish white pollinose, and with several reddish bristles in front of the wing. Pleuron grayish white pollinose with white pile. Wings dark brown beyond the anterior cross vein, the base of both submarginal cells and the first 3 posterior cells hyaline in the middle ; end of discal cell margined with brown. Costal, subcostal cells on basal half and anterior mar- gin of first basal cell on basal part light reddish brown. Fe- mora sepia brown with light brown, scaliform, appressed pile ; tibiae and tarsi lighter reddish brown with black pile. Ab- domen shining black with bluish reflections, white pile basally on the sides, scanty black pile apically. Holotype, male ; 2 paratype males near Sonoita, ARIZONA, August, 1959. One paratype male near Aguila, Arizona, Sep- tember 1964. Allotype female Patagonia, Arizona, August 24, 1962. Eclimus halli, new species Length 12 mm. Head black, the face shining with long, pale pile extending from the sides opposite the antenna. Proboscis long and slender. Ixxvi] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS ()7 the palpus only one-fifth as long. First segment of antenna two and one-half times as long as the second, both with long, shaggy, blackish pile. Whole of the short front dark sepia brown and similarly pollinose. Thorax black; pteropleuron and meta- pleuron dark reddish brown and bare ; mesopleuron with long, whitish pile. Mesonotum black with scattered, appressed, sil- very hairs, the margins in front of wing with bright, golden, appressed pile. Scutellum reddish brown with scattered whitish hairs. Wings with anterior half lightly tinged with brownish yellow ; on the outer part of the wing beyond anterior cross vein the color is more brown rather than yellow. Second submar- ginal cell only diffusely margined anteriorly. Legs light reddish brown, becoming more yellowish brown on tibiae and tarsi ; the appressed pile is pale, especially on the dorsal aspect of hind femur; tibial bristles black. Abdomen dully brownish black, expanding somewhat distally; the first 3 segments are ringed apically with bright, golden pile ; the next segment with silver pile, and beyond the pile is bushy and brownish black changing to a brownish yellow straw colored pile distally. Holotype, male, Tepotzlan, MEXICO, September 7, 1951. Entomological Departments The NE\VS, as in the past, will continue to solicit articles such as the present one and giving information on the state of entomology in univer- sities, museums, and other groups. The Catholic University of America The Department of Biology, headed by Dr. Ross H. Arnett, Jr., is expanding its curriculum in entomology. Dr. Sergey Poli- vanov, a student of Dr. Dobzhansky, has joined the faculty, as a population geneticist, and in the fall, Drs. George M. Happ. a student of Dr. T. Eisner at Cornell, and Lee D. Miller, a student of Dr. Fox at Pittsburgh will join the faculty. A full range of courses in systematic biology is offered (aided by a plant taxonomist and biometrician, and a plant morphologist I. The University's location, in Washington, D. C., with its easily available collections and libraries, is especially desirable for graduate students in systematic entomology. (Continued on page 104) 98 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [April, 1965 The Pterotinae (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) FRANK A. MCDERMOTT, Wilmington, Delaware In my Taxonomy of the Lampyridae (1964) the subfamily Pterotinae is composed of two genera, Pterotus LeConte and Harmatella Walker, which are widely separated geographically. Through the courtesy of Mr. J. W. Green, California Academy of Sciences, and Miss C. M. F. von Hayek, British Museum (Natural History), I have been able to make a comparative study of Pterotus obscuripennis LeC. and Harmatella bilinea Walk. While Pterotus is considerably larger than Harmatella the two species are similar in several characters. In both the pronotum is strongly convex with but little lateral margins ; in both the head is only partially covered by the pronotum, most of the eyes being visible from above ; both have a small nick or indentation of the edge of the pronotum just forward of the posterior angles, and the anterior angles are obliterated. The antennae have eleven articles, each article from 3 to 10 bearing a ramus ; the large antennal sockets are forward of the eyes and not contiguous ; there is at least an obsolete suture between the clypeus and the front. The trochanters are attached obliquely to the femora ; the inner edges of the metepisterna are not sinute ; the abdominal spiracles are dorsal. The mandibles are rather stout and not suddenly slender in the distal half i.e., not modified in the sense of Green, 1959, p. 89. The general trend of this combination of characters is to place both species in the Lampyridae. Unfortunately they agree in another point — the females of neither have been described and apparently not collected or identified. However, Pterotus and Harmatella differ in a number of characters. In the former the intermediate coxae are not con- tiguous but are somewhat separated by a sharp ridge between them; in Harmatella they are contiguous. The antennal rami are attached to the articles by a broad base in Pterotus but nar- rowly at the distal ends of the articles in Harmatella; in the maxillary palpi of Pterotus the terminal article is scarcely Ixxvi | ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 99 thicker than the preceding ones while in Haniiotclia the ter- minal is conoidal as usual in lampyrids. The labial palpi of both species have a simple, rounded terminal article, not cres- centic or securiform. The scutelli are quite different. Perhaps the most pronounced difference is in the aedeagi, that of Ptcrotus (Fig. 1) being of the general form usual in Lampyridae while that of Harmatelia (Fig. 2) is markedly different.* The antennal rami of both species are long, narrowly remi- form, diffuse, not fan-folding. No distinct joint structure at the bases of the rami, like that between the articles, is present in Harmatelia but the narrow base apparently serves as a flexi- ble hinge, allowing at least limited voluntary independent move- ment ; in spite of the rigid base, voluntary and indepndent bend- ing and relaxation of the rami would not be excluded in Ptcrotus. The abdominal spiracles are in the pleural fold in Ptcrotus, but Hannatclia does not appear to have such a fold and the spiracles are dorsal, near the lateral edges of the segments. Thus it appears that while in Ptcrotus and Hannatclia we have two quite different insects, they bear a considerable degree of similarity in some characters. Neither fits quite strictly to the accepted lampyrid characteristics and both have some sug- gestion of phengodid affinities. Combining them in the sub- family Pterotinae is admittedly arbitrary but nevertheless serves to bring them together as transitional forms. There remains the question of luminosity. So far as I have been able to ascertain luminosity has not been observed or at least reported in Ptcrotus, and Dr. J. Gordon Edwards tells me that the adult males he has taken are nonluminous. LeConte (1859) said "None of the ventral segments are phosporescent" but this may mean only that large luminous organs as in, e.g., Photinits, are not present. E. E. Green (1912) has illustrated * It may be noted here that the aedeagus of Phengodes ( ? Iecies Color Shape Body of Kgg Av. Width Av. Length (Microns) Suborder Filipalpia I. Family Peltoperlidae Peltoperla brevis Dark Cross section 500 100 Banks (Fig. 1) brown oval (flat- (thick- tened dorsal ness) ventrally). Spherical. II. Family Pteronarcidae Pteronarcys cali- Dark Spherical 650 650 fornica Newport brown (Fig. 2) Pteronarcella badia Dark Oval-spherical 350 440 Hagen (Fig. 3) brown III. Family Xemouridae A. Subfamily Nemourinae Nemoura calif nrnica Honey Spherical 175 175 Claassen (Fig. 4) B. Subfamily Leuctrinae Leuctra occidentalis Honey Spherical 150 150 Banks (Fig. 5) C. Subfamily Capniinae Capnia uintahi Honey Spherical 110 110 Gaulin (F~ig. 6) Capnia coluinbiana Light Oval 60 80 Claassen (Fig. 7) tan Eucapnopsis brevi- Honey Oval 100 140 cauda Claassen (Fig. 8) Isocapnia grandis Honey Oval-elongate 115 225 Banks (Fig. 9) D. Subfamily Taeniopleryginae Brachyptera nigri- I foney Spherical 170 170 pennis Banks (Fig. 10) Suborder Sclipalpia Ixxvi] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 107 Fig. 3. Fig, 2. Pteronarcys Pteronarcella californica badia Fig.1. Peltoperla brevis Fig.5. Fig. 4. Nemoura Leuctra Fig. 6. Capnia californica occidentalis uintahi Fiq.8. Fig. 7 Capnia Eucapnopsis Fig.9. Isocapnia columbiana brevicauda grandis Fig. 10. Brachyptera nigripennis Fig.11. Arcynoptryx Fig. 12. Isogenus Fig. 13. Isoperla signata elongatus fulva FIGS. 1-13. Eggs of Plecoptera. 108 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [April, 1965 TABLK 1. Description of Stonefly Eggs (Contd.) Species Color Shape Body of Egg Av. Width Av. Length (Microns) IV. Family Perlodidae A. Subfamily Isogeninae Arcynopterx signata Medium Oval 420 300 Hagen (Fig. 11) brown Isogenus elongatus Dark Oval, 700 450 Hagcn (Fig. 12) brown triangular in cross section. B. Subfamily Isoperlinae I so perl a fulva Dark Oval 400 250 Claassen (Fig. 13) brown Isoperla patricia Dark Oval, 400 250 Frison (Fig. 14) brown triangular cross section (top). V. Family Chloroperlidae A. Subfamily Chloroperlinae Alloperla signata Light Oval 350 225 Hanks (Fig. 15) tan Alloperla boreal is Tan Oval 350 225 Banks (Fig. 16) Alloperla pallidula Light Oval 320 200 Banks (Fig. 17) brown Alloperla serratu Honey Oval 400 280 Xeedham & Classen (Fig. 18) Alloperla fidelis Honey Oval 375 280 Banks (Fig. 19) Hastaperla brevis Honey Oval 300 230 Banks (Fig. 20) B. Subfamily Paraperlinae Utaperla sopladora Hone}' Oval 375 250 Ricker (Fig. 21) Paraperla frontalis Honey Oval 425 300 Banks (Fig. 22) Kathroperla perdita Honey Oval 500 230 Banks (Fig. 23) VI. Family Perlidac Claassenia sabuhsa Dark Pear shaped 630 415 Banks (Fig. 24) brown . 1 croneuria pacifica Dark Pear shaped 650 400 Banks (Fig. 25) brown Ixxvi] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS Fig, 14. Isoperla patricia Fig. 15. Alloperla Fig. 16. Alloperla signata borealis Fig. 18 Alloperla serrata Fig. 19 Alloperla f idelis Fig. 20 Hastaperla brevis Fig. 17. Alloperla pallidula Fig. 21 Utaperla sopladora Fig. 22 Paraperla frontalis Fig. 23 Kathroperla perdita Fig. 24 Claassenia sabulosa Fig. 25 Acroneuria pacifica FIGS. 14-25. Eggs of Plecoptera. 1 10 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [April, 1965 says that, in such cases, immediate separation on the basis of eggs is often possible. METHODS AND MATERIALS The eggs illustrated were obtained by various methods, the most simple and expedient being that of merely capturing fe- males with extruded egg masses still intact. In some cases, however, it was necessary to take the adult females to the laboratory and allow them to extrude the egg masses later. Another method used involved removing mature nymphs from their natural habitats and placing them in well-aerated beta tanks in an air-conditioned laboratory7. Emergence, with attendant copulation and egg laying, could then take place. The beta tanks were covered with glass, except for two net cages which were inverted so as to allow the newly emerged adults to crawl up into the nets where mating occurred. Close observation enabled the authors to obtain the egg masses di- rectly from the female. In some cases, mature eggs could be retrieved from members of the suborder Setipalpia in the last nymphal instar. Every attempt was made to obtain living, mature eggs which were fully developed ; but when these could not be obtained, the authors dissected preserved adults in order to prepare illus- trations. THE EGGS As stated above, stonefly eggs vary in size, shape, presence or absence of a collar, reticulation, and color. Egg size gen- erally varies proportionately with the body size of the female. Color of the eggs ranges from colorless to a very dark brown. Presence of a collar is confined to eggs of the suborder Seti- palpia. The chorion of the eggs consists of two distinct layers, the endochorion and the exochorion, which are often thick in appearance. The surface of the exochorion usually presents a sculptured appearance due to the pattern of the follicular epi- thelium which secreted it ; it may be smooth or ribbed, or it may Ixxvi] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 111 possess appendages. In the Setipalpia, according to Brinck, the exochorion "is divided into two layers; of these, the outer layer forms the collar." The cavity of the collar is filled with a transparent, viscous substance that connects with or itself forms the anchor plate. Living mature eggs were not always obtainable and the illus- trations in the present paper do not show the temporary gelati- nous membrane as illustrated by Brinck and by Hynes. In some eggs, this membrane is expanded away from the chorion shortly after the eggs are deposited in the water, presumably because of absorption of water into the space between the mem- brane and the chorion (Hynes). The gelatinous membrane may remain for as little as one hour, or it may persist a great deal longer. According to Brinck (1949), in the suborder Filipalpia, this membrane attaches the eggs firmly to the bottom. DESCRIPTION OF THE EGGS In the following section, a brief outline (Table 1) and illus- trations (Figs. 1-25) are presented showing the eggs obtained in the course of our investigation. LITERATURE CITED BRINCK, P. 1949. Opuscula Entomologica, Supplementum XI, pp. 1- 250, Lund. DEGRAXGE, C. 1960. Trav. Lab. Hydrobiol. Grenoble 50-51 : 7-193. PRISON, T. H. 1935. Bulletin of the Illinois Natural History Survey 20: 281-471. HYNES, H. B. N. 1941 Transactions of the Royal Entomological Society, London 91 (10). MILLER, A. 1939. Jour. Morph. 64: 555-605. NEEDHAM, J. G. and P. W. CLAASSEN. 1925. Thomas Say Foundation of the Entomological Society of America ; publication 2, pp. 1-397, Lafayette, Indiana. RICHER, W. E. 1950. Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Sciences 59: 197-209. — . 1952. Indiana University Publications, Science Series Number 18, pp. 1-200, Bloomington, Indiana. 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RORACK, Curator, Department of Limnology, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Through the courtesy of Dr. Pedro Wygodzinsky, American Museum of Natural History, I was ahle to examine a series of immature tendipedids and one female adult associated with may- fly nymphs. These specimens, representing a new species of Symbiocladius, were collected from Tierra del Fuego and Santa Cruz, Argentina. The immature stages develop dorso-laterally on mayfly nymphs of the genus Thraulodcst (Leptophlehiidae) in a manner similar to that of previously described Symbio- cladius larvae and pupae. Certain adult characters (6-seg- mented £ antenna, hairy eyes, long pectinate empodium, subequal spurs on tarsi III) and the lateral development of the immature stages justify, in my opinion, the erection of a new suhgenus for this new species. Table I compares some characters of the subgenera. Some figures of larval characters of 6". cqnltans are also offered for comparison (Figs. 3-5). The genus Symbiocladius s. str. is known from Europe (Fon- tine 1964, Codreanu 1939, Sulc and Zavfel 1924), North Amer- ica (Claassen 1922, Roback 1953), and Japan (Ueno 1930). This appears to be the first record of this genus from South America and from mayflies of the family Leptophlebiidac-. All other records are from heptageniid nymphs. This latter family does not occur in South America. Codreanu (1939) and Fontaine (1964) have adequately sum- marized the history and synonymy of Symbiocladius and it need not be repeated here. (113) 114 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [May, 1965 The location of specimens is indicated after the localities given, (AMNH), American Museum of Natural History and (ANSP), Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. The letters (L) or (R) indicate whether the larva or pupa was on the left or right side of the mayfly nymph. Figures 1 and 2 are by Mr. Rohert P. Moore, the remainder by the author. I should like to acknowledge the help of Dr. James E. Sub- lette who provided me with notes on some characters of the type of S. c quit an s not given in the original description. Subgenus SYMBIOCLADIUS Kieffer 1925 Ann. Soc. Scient. Brux. 44, fasc. 3 : 565-566 Type species Phaenocladius rhithrogenae Zavrel 1924, by original designation. Included species Trissocladius cqiiitans Claassen 1922 Eyes bare ; antennal flagellum of female 5-segmented (rhithro- genae) ; spurs of tibia III very unequal or smaller spur absent; empodium short, not pectinate ; claws with or without basal spines ; immature stages under wing pads of nymphs of hepta- geniid mayflies ; Europe, North America, Japan. TABLE 1. Comparison of some characters of Symbiodadius s. sir. and Adetius n. s°n. eyes female antennal flagellum palpal segments spurs tibia III empodium basal spines on claws position of immatures on mayfly lateral labial teeth, larva mandibular teeth Adetius wygodzinskyi Symbiodadius equitans rhithrogenae haired bare bare 6 segments — 5 segments 3 = 2 3 = 2 3 < 2 almost equal only larger present very unequal long, pectinate short short 3 long spines 1-2 fine spines none latero-dorsally under wing pads under wing pads 5 robust 4-5 fine 5 fine 1 robust & accessory 1 heavy & 2 fine 3 fine ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 115 Subgenus ACLETIUS — new subgenus Type species Symbiocladius wygodsinskyi new species bv present designation. Eyes haired, Fig. 12; female antennal flagellum 6-segmented; spurs of tibia III, Fig. 18, almost equal; empodium, Fig. 19, long, pectinate ; claws with basal spines ; immature stages along side and dorsum of body of nymphs of leptophlebiid mayflies ; South America. Symbiocladius (Acletius) wygodzinskyi n. sp. The characters given in the subgeneric diagnosis and Table 1 will suffice to separate this species from its nearest relatives. Female 5.1 mm; head, Fig. 12, black-brown; antennal flagel- lum 6-segmented; segments in ratio 14-8-10-10-14-33; pedicel black with one ventral hair ; palpi 3 segmented ; segments in ratio 9-18-18; eyes haired; hairs as long as diameter of facets; eyes widely separated ; head width only 1 .2 times dorsal inter- ocular space ; no bristles on vertex or postocular areas ; labrum short, 4 bristles. Pronotum reduced, Figs. 15, 16; with about 6-7 latero-ventral hairs on each lobe. Mesonotum, Fig. 5, black-brown; vittae not too distinct, slightly more shining than surrounding area; no acrosticals. humerals or postalar bristles ; supra-alars and dorso-centrals reduced, Fig. 13; scutellum black-brown; bristles as in Fig. 13; postnotum and mesosternum black-brown. Legs light brown ; base of tibia and apical tarsal segment darker ; the ratios of the leg segments are as follows : Leg Femur Tibia Ti Tz Ti Tt T6 LR I 100 119 77 38 23 12 12 .64 II 117 121 52 29 19 11 13 .43 III 120 130 70 37 19 11 14 .54 spur I .054 mm, Fig. 17; spurs II broken; spurs III .078, .062 mm, Fig. 18; no comb on tibia III; claw, Fig. 19, sharp; em- podium well developed ; only very rudimentary pulvilli present. 116 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [May, 1965 Wing slightly teneral ; with fine microtrichiae ; no macro- trichiae; jCu distinctly past r-ut ; C slightly produced; R.,,_3 present but very faint ; halteres with globe light, shaft darker. Abdomen brown, hairs set in light sockets; apex of abdomen as in Fig. 14; spermathecae (2) with base narrowly brown and a reticulate brown collar around exit of duct; .15 by .18 mm; genital clasper .22 mm long by .14 mm wide. Male — dissected from mature male pupa ; color as in female ; eyes barely produced dorsally ; antennal flagellum 13-segmented; approximate antennal ratio 1.4; palpus 3-segmented; thorax as in female; spurs of tibia II .041, .037 mm; claws spatulate, 7-8 apical teeth ; abdomen black-brown, genitalia as in Fig. 20 ; basistyle .366 mm; dististyle .172 mm; apical spur of dististyle sharp with 3 ovate bristles around it. Holotype — Female, Argentina, Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, January 20-28, 1960 (Wygodzinsky) (AMNH). Allotype — Mature male pupa, Argentina, Rio Turbio, Santa Cruz, January 17. 1960 (Wygodzinsky) (AMNH). Larva Almost mature larva, Fig. 1, 3.7 mm; head brown, .22 mm long; mandible, Fig. 10, .06 mm long with broad lateral tooth and tapering accessory tooth ; maxilla small, membranous ; pal- pus consisting of a shallow sclerotized ring and apical projec- tions, Fig. 9; labium as in Fig. 8; antennal ratio 23-5-1-1- (.5?); fifth segment appears to be present; antenna .03 mm long, Fig. 6 ; labrum with apical spine comb, Fig. 7 ; no c-ye spot visible in head. Thorax cream-colored swollen, Fig. 1 ; migrated eye spot, as described by Codreanu (1939) for 5\ rhithrogenae, not dis- cernible here ; prolegs short. Abdomen narrower, tan in color; caudal papillae and anal gills not visible; posterior prolegs present, with usual hooks, reduced in size. Ixxvi] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 117 •- ' ; m . I - ^£ :^ FIG. 1. T.arva on female Thraulodes nymph. FIG. 2. Female pupa on female Thraulodes nymph. 118 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS | May, 1965 Pupa Male pupa 4.5 mm; female pupa. Fig. 2, 4.5-5.1 mm; no thoracic respiratory organs present ; scar, as described by Cod- reanu (1939), ahead of mesothoracic spiracle, present; caudal edges and intersegmental membranes 2-3 and 3^4 with complete dorsal spine rows ; these rows mesally broken on 4-5 and more widely broken and restricted to lateral and ventro-lateral areas on 5-6, 6-7, 7-8 ; apex of abdomen as in Fig. 1 1 ; anal fins in male twice length of genital sacs. Host The hosts of 6\ (A.) wygodsinskyi immature stages are lep- tophlebiid nymphs, Figs. 1, 2, which appear to belong to the genus Thraulodcs. The Neotropical mayfly nymphs are poorly known and, with few exceptions, there is always an element of doubt in the assignment of a nymph to genus. Thraulodcs is pri- marily Neotropical and according to Burks (1953) only two species are known from the Nearctic region. Needham and Murphy (1924) key out 11 species from the Neotropical region. The nymphs here studied differ from the presumed Thraulodcs nymphs described by Needham and Murphy in having distinct lateral spines on abdominal segments 6-9 rather than 2-9. A few show indications of spines on 2-5 and mature specimens might have the full complement of spines. None of the speci- mens examined was fully mature. Labrum three times as long as wide ; no mesal depression with teeth ; maxillary palpal segments in ratio 4CM-0-24 ; femoral spines short, parallel sided; claws with 10-11 teeth on inner margin; gills lanceolate-acuminate, decrease in size on caudal abdominal segments ; main trachea with lateral branches ; ninth sternite caudally tapering, slightly excavate apically. Material Examined Argentina — Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, January 20-28, 1960; larva on $ nymph (L) (AMNH), 2 5? pupae on J nymphs (L) (AMNH), ? pupa on $ nymph, on slide (L) (ANSP), Ixxvi] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 11') 8 11 FIGS. 3-5. Symbiocladius cautions Claassen, larva. 3. Labrum. 4. Labial plate. 5. Apex of mandible. FIGS. 6-11. Sywbiocladius (Aclctius} vvygodzinskyi Roback, larva. 6. Antenna. 7. Labruin. 8. Labial plate. 9. Maxillary palpus. 10. Mandible. 11. Apex of male abdomen (pupa). 120 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [May, 1965 $ pupa on $ nymph (R) (AMNH), £ pupa on 5 nymph (R) (AMNH) ; Rio Tristen, Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, January 20, 1960: $ pupa on $ nymph (L) (ANSP) ; Rio Turbio, Santa Cruz, January 17, 1960: 2 <$<$, 2$$ pupae (AMNH), 2 eft?, 2$$ nymph (AMNH), <$ nymph with empty pupal sac (R) ( AMNH), 5 nymph with pupal depression (L) (AMNH), 5 pupa on c? nymph (R) (AMNH), J1 pupa $ nymph (R) (ANSP) ; 3 larval heads from skins attached to pupae, on slide (ANSP). Relationship of S. (A.) wygodsinskyi to Thraulodcs nymphs Unlike the larvae and pupae of S. equitans and S. rhithro- ijcnac which are situated under the forewing pads of their hosts, the immature stages of ^. wygodsinskyi are found along the side and dorsally on the Thraulodcs nymphs. Figs. 1, 2. On some nymphs the caudal end of the Symbiocladius pupa was partially under the mayfly wing pad but in no case was the pupa curled with most of the abdomen covered by the wing pad. As can be seen in Fig. 1 the abdomen of the larva is along the lateral edge of the thoracic notum while the head and thorax extend along the lateral edge of the first three abdominal ter- gites. The pupa in Fig. 2 was mature and ready to emerge ; it had pulled slightly away from the body of the nymph. Nor- mally the abdomen of the pupa is downcurved and more closely appressed to the mayfly nymph and in some cases the pupa is farther caudad and its anal fins are under the mesothoracic wing pad. In all cases the immature stages of Symbiocladius are completely encased by a membranous sheath which seals them from the outside. This is also the case in the other im- mature Symbiocladius that have been described. In the speci- mens examined pupae were found on both the left and right sides of the mayfly nymph. Though the sample examined was small it would indicate that the choice of side is random. Of 11 mayfly nymphs with larva or pupa attached, 6 bore the larva or pupa on the left side and 5 on the right. The data on asso- ciation of pupal and nymphal sex is inconclusive. Of 8 at- IxxviJ ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 121 17 FIGS. 12-20. Symbiocladius (.Iclctius) wygodsinskyi Roback, adult female. 12. Head. 13. Thorax, dorsal. 14. A])cx of abdomen, lateral. 15. Thorax, lateral. 16. Pronotum, anterior vie\v. 17. Spur Tibia 1. 18. Spurs tibia III. 1M. Claw. 20. Genitalia (adult male). 122 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [ May, 1965 tached pupae on nymphs, 5 were J on 5 ; 2 were J1 on $ ; 1 5 on J1. There were no J1 pupae on J1 mayfly nymphs. Almost all of the parasitized Thraulodcs nymphs were very immature with the wing pads poorly developed. However on the specimen illustrated in Fig. 2 the wing pads are better de- veloped and the reduction in size of the left mesothoracic wing pad is evident. The metathoracic wing pad is exposed instead of being covered as on the right side. Codreanu (1939) has described both asymmetrical and symmetrical reduction of the mesothoracic wing pads in PIcptagenia and RJilthrogena as a result of the presence of the immatures of S. rhithrogenae. LITERATURE BURKS, B. D. 1953. The Mayflies or Ephemeroptera of Illinois. Bull. 111. Nat. Hist. Surv. 26 (1) : 216 pp. CLAASSEN, P. W. 1922. The larva of a chironomid (Diptera). Kans. U. Sci. Bull. 14, No. 16: 395-405. CODREANU, R. 1939. Recherches biologiques sur un chironomid Symbio- cladhts rhithrogenae (Zavr.) ectoparasite "cancer igene" des ephemeres torrenticoles. Arch. Zool. Exp. et Gen. 81 : 283 pp. FONTAINE, J. 1964. Commensalisme et parasitisme chez les larvrs d'ephemeropteres. Bull. Mens. Soc. Linn, de Lyon 33 (5) : 163-174. Soc. Scient. Brux. 44 fasc. 3 : 555-566. KIEFFER, J. J. 1925. Deux genres nouveaux et plusieurs especes nou- velles du groupe des orthocladiariae ( Dipteres, Chironomides). Ann. Soc. Scient. Brux. 44 facs. 3 : 555-566. NEEDHAM, J. G. and H. E. MURPHY. 1924. Neotropical Mayflies. Bull. Lloyd Lihr. 24, Ent. Ser. No. 4: 79 pp. ROBACK, S. S. 1953. New records of Symbiocladius equitans (Claassen) with some notes on the genus (Diptera, Tendipedidae) . Not. Na- turae 251 ; 2 pp. SULC, K. and J. ZAVKEL. 1924. Oepoikeckych a parasitickych larvach chironomiclu. Act. Soc. Scient. Nat. Moravicae 1 fasc. 9: 353-391. UENO, M. 1930. Mayfly nymph and chironomid larva. Trans. Kansai Ent. Soc. Tl 46-48. ZAVKEL, J. 1926. Metamorphosa nekolika novych chironomidu (mit Imagindiagnosen von J. J. Kieffer). Act. Soc. Scient. Nat. Mora- vicae 3 fasc. 8: 251-282. ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 123 On the Chilopod Genera Schizotaenia and Schizonampa RALPH V. CHAMBERLIN Schizotaenia was validated as a genus by O. F. Cook in 1896 when he published diagnoses of prognatha and six other species in combination with it. The genus became restricted in 1909 by H. W. Brolemann through his erection of a genus Ribantia to which several of Cook's species are now thought to belong. In 1914 the genus Schisotaenia was further restricted by my proposal of a genus Schizonampa. for a Brazilian species, 5\ inanni, with which several African species also belong. S. prog- natha, as described and illustrated by Cook, does not conform to either of these two genera and remains logically as the type of Schisotaenia and was so definitely designated by me in 1962 (p. 4). The problem of defining Schizotaenia thus must rest for solution upon the correct identification of prognatha. In the absence of any specimen or specimens designated by Cook him- self as his type or types, we must depend for this upon his origi- nal diagnosis as published in his 1896 paper (Brandtia VIII, p. 38) and 14 drawings showing important structural details but not published at that time. Relevant to this diagnosis and those of other species included in the same paper, Cook says in his introductory comments (p. 35) : "This group of Chilopoda is represented in Liberia by a few species which were named, described and figured over two years ago, but publication is still delayed, so that preliminary descrip- tions are offered here." Of the drawings of prognatha, which were placed in my hands by Dr. Cook some time before his death, twelve were reproduced in my 1962 paper (cf. Plate VII), and the remaining two are here published (cf. Figs. 1 and 2). The problem of identifying prognatha has been complicated by R. E. Crabill in a recent paper (1964) in which he makes and proceeds upon the assumption that a series of specimens in the 124 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS | May, 1965 U. S. National Museum are the types of the species. At the outset two things may well justify doubt that these specimens can rightly be regarded as Cook's types. First, while the time at which Cook "named, described and figured" prognatlia and the other species proposed along with it, according to the intro- ductory statement quoted above, must have been in the first part of 1894 or earlier, some specimens of the National Museum series are labelled as collected as late as March, 1895, and hence could not have been before Cook when he made his diag- nosis and drawings. The second point to be noted in this con- nection is that had Cook had the sixteen specimens of this series thus in hand at that time, it seems highly improbable that he would have made the special comment that prognatlia is "rare in Liberia." The deposit of labelled specimens in a museum, whether by the author of the name or by another, does not constitute publi- cation or establish such specimens as types without some definite indication or adequate supporting evidence. In the present case, Crabill has given no such supporting evidence. On the con- trary, as will be shown, negative evidence provided by the exist- ing data justifies the conclusion that Crabill's assumption is premature and erroneous. A major, and apparently decisive, difficulty in accepting the U.S.N.M. specimens as types of prognatlia is that these speci- mens, according to Crabill's detailed description of them, present important differences from Cook's account of his own species, differences such as to make it obvious that the two accounts pertain to forms specifically, and in my opinion, generically dis- tinct.* Some of the contrasts between the two accounts may be summarized as follows : * In his paper Crabill repeatedly speaks of a "new description" or a "redescription" of frognatha as having been given by me in my 1962 paper, in reference to a brief characterization of Schisotacnia in a key to the genera of the Chilenophilinae. (Op. cit. p. 1.) The character- istics given in that key for setting off Schisotacnia are taken from Cook's own diagnosis and drawings, without the introduction of a single new item. ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 125 Schizotaenia prognatha Cook (1896) "Antennae with last joint exceeding the last two preceding taken together." (Cf. Cook's drawings reproduced as Figs. 42- 44 in Chamberlin, 1962, pi. VII). "Pleurae of last segment . . . with a few large and small pores concealed under the last sternum.'' (Cf. e.g., Fig. 2.) Both ultimate and penult legs with distinctly developed pre- tarsi but lacking true claws (Cf. Fig. 1 here reproduced and Figs. 51 and 52 in Chamberlin 1962.) "Rare in Liberia." FIG. 1. Schizotaenia prognatha Cook. Caudal end, dorsal view. FIG. 2. Caudal end, ventral aspect. (Drawings by O. F. Cook.) FIG. 3. Schisonaiupa prognatJia (Crabill). Ultimate pedal segment, ventral aspect 9 after Crabill. 126 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [May, 1965 Schizotaenia prognatha Crabill (1964) Crabill, 1964, p. 38, Figs. 1-4. Antennae "with ultimate article equalling the preceding two in length." Ultimate coxopleurae each invariably "with two large con- cealed pore openings." (Cf. Fig. 3.) Known from sixteen specimens taken at various times between Dec., 1891, and March, 1895, in the vicinity of Mt. Coffee, Liberia. In laboring to reconcile these differences in support of his assumption as to Cook's types, Crabill finds himself compelled to make several other assumptions based upon his belief that the differences are due to errors or inaccuracies on the part of Dr. Cook. Thus, making the unqualified and so far unevidenced statement that "the Cook description was composite," he dis- poses of the difference in the coxopleural pores by suggesting that "Cook erred somehow, inadvertently figuring parts of two different species." He suspects that "the figure showing a coxo- pleuron with three pores was made not from a specimen of prognatha but "rather from a specimen of Ribaittia vara" even though the latter is a much larger species (in length 28 mm as against only 9 mm), with body described as deep brown as against white, and with 47 pairs of legs as against 41-43 pairs. It seems incredible that an experienced student, even on a casual examination, could confuse these species. Similarly, in dispos- ing of the characteristic feature of the penult legs in terminating in a definite pretarsus as in the anal legs Crabill says : "only two explanations come to mind : The character is erroneous and does not exist. Possibly there was some mistake in the labelling of figures. If that is not the case then it is the hallmark of some as yet unknown genus and species." Anything rather than recognize it as the hallmark of 6". prognatha as given by Cook ! The genus Schizotaenia as typified by the species prognatha differs from the genus Schisonampa in the presence of these two characteristics of the coxopleural pores and the tuberculate penult legs. Thus : Ixxvi] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 127 a. Only two large coxopleural pores on each side; penult legs ending in a normal claw and lacking a distinct pretarsus Schizonampa Chamb. aa. Several pleurocoxal pores, typically of two sizes, on each side; penult legs with distinct pretarsus but no claw Schizotaenia Cook The specimens described by Crabill as Scliizotacnia prognatha pertain to Schizonampa being plainly congeneric with manni the type of that genus. In that genus they represent the third spe- cies to be named and may be listed as follows : Schizonampa prognatha (Crabill), new combination Schizotaenia prognatha Crabill, 1964, Ent. News 75 : 38. Types. — With the transfer of this species from Schizotaenia to Schisonampa, the U.S.N.M. specimens designated by Crabill as the "lectotype" and "paralectotypes" of Cook's prognatha be- come, respectively, the holotype and paratypes of the present species. Locality. Liberia, on or in vicinity of Mt. Coffee. Since in the thirteen complete type specimens of this species the number of pairs of legs varies by only two pairs, being 41 or 43, and in the eleven type specimens of 6". angolana, the number of pairs varies similarly by only two pairs, being 37 in the males and 39 in the females, it seems justified to use this character as a dependable one in the diagnosis of the species of this genus. It is so used in the following key. KEY TO THE KNOWN SPECIES OF SCHIZONAMPA 1. Anal pores present (Africa : Angola) . .S. angola Chamberlin With no anal pores 2 2. Pairs of legs 41-43 (Africa : Liberia) S. prognatha (Crabill) Pairs of legs 37 (Brazil : Para) S. manni Chamberlin Each of these species is at present known only from its type locality and the three type localities are widely separated. It is reasonable to expect that in future collecting with adequate atten- tion to the smaller and more obscure chilopods not only will the 128 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS (May, 1965 ranges of the three species mentioned be extended but many related novelties will be brought to light. It is impossible on the basis of the presently known data to predict what forms will or will not be found when adequate collecting is carried out in the vast areas of South America and Africa now unexplored so far as this group of chilopods is concerned. REFERENCES CITED BROLEMANN, H. W. 1909. A propos d'un systeme des Geophilomorphes. Arch. Zool. Exper. et Gen. ser. 5, 3 : 103-340. CHAMBERLIN, R. V. 1914. The Chilopoda of Brazil. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harvard 58: 151-221. — . 1951. On Chilopoda collected in North-east Angola by Dr. A. de Barros Machado. Separata da No 10 Das Pulicacoes Culturais da Companhia de Diamantes de Angola: 95-112. — . 1962. Chilopoda secured by the Royal Society Expedition to Southern Chile in 1958-59. Univ. Utah Biol. Ser. 12(4) : 1-29. COOK, O. F. 1896. Chilopoda from Liberia and Togo. Brantia VIII: 35-40. CRABILL, R. E. 1964. On the true nature of Schizotaenia, with notes on contingent matters. Ent. News 75 : 33-42. Notes and News in Entomology Pilot Register of Zoology. A second issue has been an- nounced, and consists of the following three cards : No. 20. Plethodon stonni Highton and Brame species nor. (Amphibia: Urodela : Plethodontidae) from western United States. No. 21. Colobostntnut papulata Brown species nor. (Hy- menoptera: Formicidae) from southwestern Australia. No. 22. Colobostniuia nancy ae Brown species nor. (Hy- menoptera : Formicidae) from southwestern Australia. The 3 cards are available at approximate cost : $0.25 U. S. (in U. S. stamps or coin), money order or UNESCO book coupons sent to : PILOT REGISTER OF ZOOLOGY, Department of Entomology, Cornell University, Ithaca, N. Y. 14850. Single cards, ordered by number, at 10 cents (U. S.) each. lxxvi| KNTO.MOLOGICAL NEWS 129 The Collembola of New Mexico. XV. Dicyrtominae l> ~ HAROLD GEORGE SCOTT 3 The species reported herein has not been recorded previously from New Mexico. Specimens will be deposited with the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Subfamily DICYRTOMINAE Bonier, 1906 KEY TO NEARCTIC GENERA OF DICYRTOMINAE 1 . Claw tunicate Dicyrtomina Bonier, 1903 Claw not tunicate 2 2. Ant III and/or IV subsegmented . .Ptenothrix Borner, 1906 Ant III and IV not subsegmented. . Dicyrtoma Bourlet, 1842 DISCUSSION. The only genus of Dicyrtominae collected in New Mexico study was Ptenothri.v. Genus PTENOTHRIX Borner, 1906 KEY TO SPECIES OF NEARCTIC PTENOTHRIX 1. Filament of unguiculus strongly knobbed 2 Filament of unguiculus not knobbed or only wreakly so 5 2. Setae in dorsal row on dens smooth 3 Setae in dorsal row on dens ciliate aurata Mills, 1934 3. Distal Ant III distinctly subsegmented 4 Distal Ant III annulate maculosa (Schott, 1891) 4. Ant IV subsegmented palmata (Folsom, 1902) Ant IV not subsegmented frontalis (Banks, 1903) 5. Great abdomen with large tubercle dorsally dubia Folsom, 1932 Great abdomen without tubercle 6 6. Great abdomen violet to brownish purple dorsally ; spotted laterally unicolor (Harvey, 1893) 1 A portion of a dissertation submitted to the Graduate Faculty of the University of New Mexico in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy. - Part XIV, ENT. NEWS, 76 : 49-55. 3 Senior Scientist, Training Branch, Communicable Disease Center, Public Health Service, U. S. Department of Health, Education and \\Y1- fare, Atlanta, Georgia. 130 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [May, 1965 Great abdomen marbled brown and black dorsally texensis (Packard, 1873) Great abdomen striped dorsally 7 Great abdomen spotted dorsally 8 7. Great abdomen with transverse stripes. . pineolae Wray, 1946 Great abdomen with two narrow submedian longitudinal lines vittata (Folsom, 1896) 8. Dens 2 times macro in length oswegatchiensis Maynard, 1951 Dens 3 times mucro in length 9 9. Outer dental setae 9 marmorata (Packard, 1873) Outer dental setae 10 olympia (MacGillivray, 1894) DISCUSSION. The only species of Ftcnothri.v known from New Mexico is Ptenothrix unicolor. Ptenothrix unicolor (Harvey, 1892) NEW MEXICO RECORDS. Two collections (sifting aspen litter and beneath bark of aspen log) ; 7,600 and 9,200 ft ; Torrance and Valencia Co. ; Jul-Aug 1952. DISTRIBUTION. 111., Iowa, Maine, Mass., Minn., Mo., N. H., N. J., N. M., N. Y., N. C, Ohio, Wise.; Ontario (Canada). KEY TO SPECIES OF NEARCTIC DICYRTOMINA 1 . Dental setae smooth 2 Dental setae serrate variabilis Maynard, 1951 2. Head with a few short bristles on front opalina (Folsom, 1896) Head with sturdy peg-like spines on front labellei Maynard, 1951 KEY TO SPECIES OF NEARCTIC DICYRTOMA 1. Filament of unguiculus knobbed 2 Filament of unguiculus not knobbed 4 2. Outer lamella of unguiculus smooth 3 Outer lamella of unguiculus serrate. . flammea Maynard, 1951 3. Great abdomen orange-yellow ochreoa Wray, 1949 Great abdomen blackish-purple hageni (Folsom, 1934) Great abdomen yellowish- white with purple stripes curvilineata Wray, 1949 Ixxvi] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 131 4. Dens 3 times mucro in length .......................... 5 Dens 4 times mucro in length. . .quadrangularis Mills, 1934 5. Unguis with 2 inner and 1 pair of lateral teeth ............ ................................... mithra Wray, I'M') Unguis with 2 inner and no lateral teeth .................. .............................. purpurata Maynard, NOTE. Part XV concludes the taxonomic portion of this report. Future parts will analyze briefly the great mass of comparative ecological data assembled during the New Mexico study. SUMMARY Ptenothrix unicolor is recorded for the first time from NEW MEXICO. Keys are presented to Nearctic genera of Dicyrto- minae, and to species of Nearctic PtcnotJiri.v, Dicyrtoma, and Dicyrtomina. Revised Synonymy in the Genus Eucerceris with a Description of the true Female of E. elegans Cresson (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) l HERMAN A. SCULLEN, Oregon State University, Corvallis In the writer's 1948 paper (pp. 171-2) on the genus Eucer- ceris attention was called to the uncertainty relating to the synonymy and correct identification of several closely related species of the genus. At that time it was indicated that field observations and more extended collecting would be necessary to clear up this confusion. In 1939 (pp. 33, 35) the writer called attention to the misidentification of a female from Halsey, Neb., by Dr. Mickel. Since the publication of the 1948 paper many extensive series of these closely related species have been obtained by several collectors including the writer. Further- more, Dr. Krombein had an opportunity to observe and report 1 Supported in part by grants from the General Research Fund, Oregon State University and by the National Science Foundation. 132 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [May, 1965 (1960) on the nesting of E. triciliata Scullen near Portal, Ari- zona. His observations clearly showed E. triciliata Scullen is the male of E. bitruncata Scullen. A restudy of types concerned, with the aid of many additional specimens and Dr. Kromhein's observations, has made it possi- ble to correct former synonymy records. Eucerceris apicata Banks, changed status, not a synonym Euccrccris apicata Banks, 1915. Canad. Ent. 47: 404. <$, Yuma, Ariz. Euccrccris clcgans Mickel, (!) 1916. Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 42: 413; Mickel, (!) 1918. Univ. Nebr. Studies 17: 456. Eucerceris conata Scullen, 1939. Oregon State Monog. Studies in Ent. 1 : 34, $, Halsey, Nebr. Euccrccris hcspcra Scullen, 1948. Pan-Pacific Ent. 24: 171, <$, El Paso, Tex. Studies since 1948 have shown that E. lies per a Scullen is the same as E. apicata Banks. The association of the female of E. conata Scullen with the male of E. apicata Banks in large series has convinced the writer that they are male and female of the same species. The species is abundant in the south- western desert area and ranges as far north as western Nebraska. Females and males from Halsey, Nebr., were wrongly deter- mined as E. clcgans Cresson by Mickel. The present author has examined the specimens from Halsey, Nebr., and found them to be E. apicata Banks. The type of E. apicata Banks has oval spots on the propodeal enclosure. The type of E. hespcra Scullen does not have these yellow spots but a series of hcspcra from the same locality (El Paso, Tex.) shows that some specimens do have the yellow spots while others show a gradation from one color form to the other. Some males of apicata may have yellow spots back of the eyes but most specimens have only the amber area. Eucerceris elegans Cresson Eucerceris elegans Cresson, 1879. Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 7: xxiii, J1, Nevada. Ixxvi] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 133 Cerceris ncvadcnsis Schletterer, 1887. Zool. Jahrb., Ztschr. f. System. 2: 489— Dalla Torre, 1897. Cat. Hymen. 8: 458. A good series of this male has come to hand from the Uni- versity of Nevada and the University of California at Davis. By a study of these series the true female of E. clcgans Cresson has been associated with the male. The female is here being described for the first time. The female described by the writer in 1939, p. 33, as clcgans Cresson has now been found to be the female of E. pimantm Rohwer (see below under that species). FIGS. 1-3. Euccrccris clci/ans Cresson, female. 1. Face; 2, Wing venation ; 3. Pygidium. Pcinah ': Length 12 mm. Black with creamy white and fer- ruginous markings ; punctation smaller and more widely spaced than average ; pubescence very short and inconspicuous. Head slightly wider than the thorax ; ferruginous except an irregular patch on the vertex embodying the ocelli, small patches embodying the antennal scrobes, tips of the mandibles and man- dibular denticles, and the apical third of the antennae, all of which are black to fuscous ; clypeal border with two pairs of small denticles, each pair located at the junction of the lateral lobes and the medial lobe, on a lower level there is a broad extension somewhat emarginate, above this broad extension there is a distinct row of bristles on the medial lobe of the clypeus ; a conspicuous mass of setae extends along the lower 134 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [May, 1965 part and border of the lateral clypeal lobes ; mandibles with one large bicuspidate denticle and a prominent row of bristles ven- trally; antennae normal in form. Thorax black except for a broad band on the pronotum, two very small lateral spots on the scutellum, and the metanotum which are creamy white ; two small patches on the scutellum, two large patches on the propodeum and irregular areas on the sternum and the tegulae, all of which are ferruginous; tegulae low and smooth ; slight elevations appear on the dorso-lateral areas of the pronotum; enclosure ridged at approximately 45° to the meson ; mesosternal tubercles small but distinct ; legs ferruginous ; wings subhyaline but with anterior areas slightly clouded ; submarginal cell petiolate. Abdomen black with broad creamy white bands on the first five terga ; an irregular band of ferruginous separates the white band from the black on tergum 1, lateral wedge shaped patches separate the white band from the black on tergum 3 ; venter feruginous ; pygidium with sides slightly convex and converging to a rounded apex, broader at the base. Evanescent spots or small patches of creamy white may ap- pear in the ferruginous areas on such parts as the scutellum and the propodeum. The scutellum may be largely creamy white in some specimens. The extent of the ferruginous mark- ings is quite variable. Short stripes of ferruginous may appear on the mesoscutum of the female. These stripes on the meso- scutum are usually creamy white in the male of E. clcgans Cresson. Some male specimens show the ferruginous of the propodeum much reduced or completely lacking. Also some male specimens show a trace of creamy white in the ferruginous while others have only a creamy white spot on the propodeum. Two specimens of males do not have the white of the face fused above the antennae : normally it is fused. Distribution: Western Nevada. Specimens: NEVADA: 5> Dayton, Lyon Co., June 28, 1959 (T. Haig) ; 2 J\^, 7 mi. north Dyer. Esmeralda Co., July 2. 1958, at Mclilotns alba (R. C. Bechtel) ; 2 JJ, 23 mi. east Fallen, Churchill Co., June 20, 1958, at Dalca polyadcnia (J. W. MacSwain) ; <$, ibid., June 20, 1958 (E. G. Linsley) ; $, Fern- ENTOMOLOGICAL XK\VS 135 ley, Lyon Co., Aug. 15, 1953 (R. M. Bohart) ; <^, 4 mi. north- east Fernley, Lyon Co., May 30, 1958 (T. R. Haig) ; ^, Nixon, Washoe Co., June 20, 1927 (E. C. Van Dyke); 4^, ibid.. June 21, 1960, June 24, 1961 at Tetrad\mla canescens (F. D. Parker); ?, 5 San Antonio, Tex. Eucerceris triciliata Scullen, 1948. Pan-Pacific Ent. 24: 172, J\ El Paso, Tex. FIG. 4. Locality records for Eucerceris clegans Cresson. 136 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [May, 1965 An examination of the specimens determined as E. clcgans Cresson by Mickel (1916, 1918) has shown they are not that species but are the same as E. apicata Banks. (See note under E. apicata Banks above.) This latter species has been found to be distinct from E. clcgans Cresson. Synonymy as given by the writer in 1939 (p. 32) is in error. Extreme variations in the clypeal structure of the female of E. p'unanini Rohwer led to the description of E. bit rune at a Scullen as a distinct species in 1939 (p. 35). The examination of a large number of speci- mens in recent years has shown intermediate forms between the two extremes. Long series always show the female of E. p'unarnui Rohwer associated with the male described as E. triciliata Scullen. This species is abundant in the south- western desert areas. REFERENCES CITED BANKS, N. 1915. New fossorial hymenoptera. Canad. Ent. 47: 400- 406. CRESSON, E. T. 1879. [Notes on hymenoptera.] Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 12 : xxiii-xxiv. DALLA TORRE, C. G. 1897. Cat. Hymen. 8: 458. KROMBEIN, K. V. 1960. Biological notes on several southwestern ground-nesting wasps: (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae). Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. 55(3) : 75-79. — . 1960. Life History and Behavioral Studies of Solitary Wood and Ground-nesting Wasps and Bees in Southeastern Arizona. Amer. Philosophical Soc., Year Book, 1960: 299-300. MICKEL, C. E. 1916. New species of hymenoptera of the superfamily Sphecoidea (hymenoptera). Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 42: 399-434. — . 1918. A synopsis of the Sphecoidea of Nebraska (Hymenoptera). Univ. Nebr. Studies 17: 342-456. ROHWER, S. A. 1908. New philanthid wasps. Canad. Ent. 40 : 322-327. SCHLETTERER, A. 1887. Zool. Jahrb., Ztschr. f. System. 2: 489. SCULLEN, H. A. 1939. A Review of the Genus Euccrccris. Oregon State Monogr. Stud, in Ent. 1 : 1-80. — . 1948. New species in the genus Euccrccris with notes on re- corded species and a revised key to the genus (Hymenoptera: Spheci- dae). Pan-Pacific Ent. 24: 155-180. Ixxvi] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 137 Note on the European Pavement Ant, Tetra- morium caespitum, in the Philadelphia area (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) NEAL A. WEBER, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania The Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, area may have been one of the original sites of introduction of the common European pave- ment ant, Tetramorium caespitum L.. into the United States. Sailing ships from Europe, since the days of William Penn in the 17th Century, may have brought this species with cargo. The Swedes, Dutch, and British could have brought colonies repeatedly to the mild shores of the Delaware River at Marcus Hook, Upland (now Chester), and later to Phila- delphia. This may be the species referred to by Kalm in 1748 in Philadelphia (Donisthorpe, 1927). A more specific and more recent manner of carrying the ants is suggested by the repeated introduction of English ivy (Hcdera hclcx} to the campus of Swarthmore College in the southwestern suburban area of Philadelphia. An historical account of the acquisition of the ivy covering the walls of the principal college building, Parrish Hall, has been recently given by Isabelle Bronk (1964 ). This account, originally published in 1908, states that the cus- tom of setting out class ivies was inaugurated in 1889. Members of the college were accustomed to bring living slips of ivy from Kurope, before the days of the U. S. Department of Agriculture I 'lant Quarantine Service. It would have been a simple matter for a fecundated female of this ant to have survived the journey in soil about the ivy roots. For example, Dean Bond brought Mime in 1903 from the ruins of Ludlow Castle, England, others brought living ivy from a Quaker meeting house at Swarthmore, England, from Addison's Walk at Magdalen College, Oxford, from Christ's College, Cambridge, from a ruined church in Scotland, and from the Royal Gardens of the Luxembourg, Paris. 138 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [May, 1965 This ant is well established on the Swarthmore College campus at the present time and is abundant under the walls and walks about Parrish Hall. It lives also in and about the Benjamin West House on the campus, the house where the celebrated painter was born in 1738. The house itself was built about 1724. The ants are here nocturnal during the winter months and scavenge over the ground floor for food, being warmed by base- ment heating pipes. In April and May workers appear regu- larly in large numbers on the pavement stones outside. They appear at the same time outside Parrish Hall and other build- ings, emerging from under pavement stones. A room of the two-year-old Animal Wing of the biology building became infested with this species in October 1964. These swarms engage in the well-known combats described by H. C. McCook (1878, 1879). His accounts and specific determinations leave no doubt that the habits of this ant have not changed in the approximate 100 years since he returned from participation in the Civil Wrar to become a minister in Philadelphia. Ironically, the chief notoriety of these ants "is due to their martial instincts. Hundreds, even thousands of them are often seen waging battle with great ferocity and per- sistence. One battle, which was noted close by the wall, within the enclosure of a church on Broad Street and Penn Square, was prolonged for a period of two weeks and several days. . . ." The combats that he described as taking place in May, 1879, occur regularly on the Swarthmore campus in the same month. They may take place as early as late April and may extend into June. Forel, quoted by Donisthorpe (he. clt.}, described an extended combat between thousands of ants that took place on the grounds of the University of Zurich, starting April 24, 1870, and lasting more than a month. A modern study of this unusual and recurrent type of behavior would appear to be worthwhile, since no one has really explored the reasons for these conflicts. A possible hypothesis is that adjacent colonies increase in size until their territories meet or overlap. This expansion and increased seasonal activity results then in fighting. Ixxvi] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 139 LITERATURE CITED BROXK, I. 1964. Suartlimorc College Bull. 61 (4): 18-20, Swarth- niore, Pa. I )n\isTHORPE, H. 1927. British Ants, Geo. Routledge and Sons, Lon- don, xv + 436 pp. McCooK, H. C. 1878. Proc. Acad. Nat. 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Authors must place their orders for such separates with the editor at the time of submitting manuscripts, or when returning proof. Copies 1-4 pp. 5-8 pp. 9-12 pp. Covers 50 $5.87 $ 9.40 $14.69 $6.40 100 7.03 11.15 17.62 8.75 Add'l 100 2.35 3.51 5.85 4.70 Plates printed one side : First 50, $4.68 ; Additional 100's, $3.52. Transportation charges will be extra. ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS VOL. LXXVI JUNE, 1965 No. 6 An Annotated List of the Trichoptera of Minne- sota, with Description of a New Species DAVID A. ETNIER, Department of Zoology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis Although new species of Trichoptera will he discovered in North America for many years to come, the distribution , life history, and ecology of many already described species is so poorly known that work on the evolution of the order and its role in local and regional aquatic communities is difficult. It is hoped that the following list will he of use to those interested in these aspects of trichopteran biology. Of the 208 species listed, 90 represent new state records. Fifty of these are the result of the work of Dr. Donald G. Den- ning while a graduate student at the University of Minnesota, and 39 of the remaining 40 are a part of the many records gathered by the author. Many descriptions of larvae are to be found in Ross, 1944. Additional information pertinent to the identification of larvae is available for the families Rhyacophilidae (Flint, 1962), Phryga- neidae (Wiggins, 1960), and Limnephilidae (Flint, 1960). Ross (1946, 1956) presents detailed treatment of the adults of the families Lepidostomatidae and Rhyacophilidae, respectively. Work on this paper was initiated at the University of Minne- sota Biology station at Itasca State Park, with support from the National Science Foundation during 1963 and 1964. The au- thor extends special appreciation to the many people who have provided collections. The University of Minnesota Department of Entomology has been most helpful in making available their (141) 142 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [June, 1965 collection. Thanks also to Dr. Glenn B. Wiggins of the Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, and Dr. Herbert H. Ross and his staff at the Illinois Natural History Survey for identification and confirmation of identifications. The assistance and encour- agement of Dr. Edwin F. Cook, University of Minnesota De- partment of Entomology, was most helpful. Oxyethira berneri n. sp. This species differs from other members of the genus in tin- anchor-like appearance of the claspers in ventral view. Male. — Length 2.5 mm. Color and general structure typical for genus. Seventh sternite with a median spine on the apical margin. Eighth segment lacking projections, broadly cleft ven- trally, and setose. Ninth segment retracted within seventh and eighth segments, with a dense cluster of about 20 setae appear- ing near the posterior ventral margin, and extending to about the middle of the median arm of the claspers. Claspers fused, appearing anchor-shaped in ventral view (Fig. 1, CL). In lateral view the mesal arm of the claspers is curved dorsally. Immediately dorsal to the claspers is a moderately sclerotized, tri-lobed structure, each of the lobes bearing a terminal seta. Paired sclerotized processes that appear to be the tergites of the tenth segment (Fig. 1, 10) extend from the dorsum of the ninth segment. These structures are furcate in lateral view, and terminally expanded in ventral view. Ventral to these is a pair of membranous lobes, each of the lobes bearing a ter- minal seta. The aedeagus is straight, with a delicate membranous expan- sion at the tip. The spiral process makes two complete revolu- tions around the aedeagus, is pointed terminally, and extends slightly past the tip of the aedeagus. Female. — Unknown. Holotype, male.- — Finland, Lake County, Minnesota, about July 27, 1964. Henry Hesse. Paratypes. — Minnesota. — Same data as for holotype, 12 males. The holotype and two paratypes are deposited in the collec- tion at the University of Minnesota. Paratypes have been sent l.xxvij ENTOMOLOGICAL XK\VS 143 SIDE OXYETHIRA BERNERI N. SP. L. OUAERIS IMG. 1. Oxycthira bcrnerl n. sp., ventral and side views of male geni- taha. CL, claspers; 10, tenth tergite. Limnephilus quaeris (Milne), side view of male genitalia. 144 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS | June, 1965 to the Illinois Natural History Survey, R. L. Blickle, Durham, New Hampshire, and Glenn B. Wiggins, Royal Ontario Mu- seum, Toronto. Four paratypes have heen retained by the author. In the following list an asterisk (*) indicates a new state record. Species not illustrated in Ross (1944) are followed by a reference to a recent illustration. The author has chosen to follow the family and generic interpretation given by Ross (1944) unless otherwise indicated. Genera and species within families are arranged alphabetically. For species occurring in general throughout the state, no records are cited ; those re- o o stricted to certain portions of the state are so listed, while exact locations are given for infrequently collected species. All rec- ords, unless otherwise indicated, are based on identification of adult males by the author. No data on abundance or date of collection are given, but these are available from the author on request. Rhyacophilidae Rhyacophila fuscula (Walker). Northeast. Glossosomatidae (Subfamily in Rhyacophilidae, Ross, 1944) Agapetus rossi Denning. St. Louis and Lake counties. Den- ning, 194 la. Glossosoma intermedium (Klapalek). G. nigrior Banks. Temperance River and Saganaga Falls, Cook county. Denning, 1942 (as Eoinystra nnica). *Protoptila erotica Ross. Anoka county. *P. maculata (Hagen). Anoka county. P. talola Denning. Pine county. Denning, 1947c. This spe- cies is very similar to and may be conspecific with the pre- ceding species. *P. tenebrosa (Walker). Anoka and Hubbard counties. Philopotamidae Chimarra aterrima Hagen. Northeast. C. feria Ross. Northeast. ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 145 C. obscura (Walker). East. *C. socia Hagen. East and Pennington county. Sortosa distincta (Walker). Northeast. (Trcntonius dis- tinctus in Ross, 1944.) Psychomyiidae Cyrnellus marginalis (Banks). Wabasha county. Neureclipsis bimaculatus (Linnaeus). *N. crepuscularis (Walker). Eastern half. *N. validus (Walker). Lake of the Woods and Cook counties. Nyctiophylax vestitus (Hagen). Phylocentropus placidus (Banks). *Polycentropus albipunctus (Banks). Aitkin, Cleanvater. and Lake counties. Ross, 1938b. P. aureolus (Banks). *P. centralis Banks. Finland, Lake county. P. cinereus Hagen. *P. clinei (Milne). Lake Saganaga, Cook county. Denning, 1956. *P. confusus Hagen. Northeast. *P. crassicornis Walker. North. *P. flavus (Banks). *P. interruptus (Banks). *P. pentus Ross. Cook and Lake counties. P. remotus Banks. *Psychomyia flavida Hagen. Hydropsychidae Cheumatopsyche analis (Banks). C. aphanta Ross. South C. campyla Ross. C. gracilis (Banks). Northeast and Traverse county. Ross, 1938b. C. lasia Ross. West. C. minuscula (Banks). Northeast. C. oxa Ross. C. pasella Ross. Denning (1943) reported this species from Minnesota on the basis of a male from Houston county. The specimen has been reidentified as C. <-tini^vla by tlie author. C. sordida (Hagen). Northern half. C. speciosa (Banks). 146 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS | June, 1965 C. wabasha Denning. The only state record is from the type locality, Wabasha, Wabasha county. Denning, 1947c. Hydropsyche betteni Ross. H. bidens Ross. Southern half. H. bifida Banks. H. bronta Ross. H. californica Banks. Virginia, St. Louis county. Ross, 193Sb. *H. dicantha Ross. Northeast. H. hageni Banks. Denning (1943) reported this species on the basis of a female from Anoka county. Males have not been collected. H. morosa Hagen. North and east. H. orris Ross. Southeast. H. phalerata Hagen. East. H. placoda Ross. H. recurvata Banks. H. riola Denning. Southeast and Polk county. Denning, 1942. H. scalaris Hagen. East. H. separata Banks. Hallock, Kittson county. Denning, 1943. H. simulans Ross. East. H. slossonae Banks. H. sparna Ross. North and east. H. valanis Ross. Ross (1944) reported this species from southern Minnesota. Specimens were not seen by the author. H. vexa Ross. Morrison and Hennepin counties. *H. walkeri Betten & Mosely. Cotton, St. Louis county. Macronemum zebratum (Hagen). North and east. *Parapsyche sp. A larva of this genus was discovered in a March 27 collection from East St. Paul, Ramsey county. Two species, apicalis and cardis, are known from eastern United States. Potamyia flava (Hagen). Hydroptilidae Agraylea multipunctata Curtis. Hydroptila ajax Ross. Denning (1947a) reported this spe- cies from Washington county. Specimens were not seen by the author. H, albicornis Hagen. North. H. amoena Ross. Ramsey and Cook counties. H. armata Ross. Washington county. *H. berneri Ross. Finland, Lake county. Ross, 1941b. Ixxvij ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 147 H. consimilis Morton. Lake, Polk, and Ramsey counties. H. grandiosa Ross. Anoka county. Specimens were not seen by the author. H. hamata Morton. Chisago, Lake, and Washington counties. *H. jackmanni Blickle. Trout Creek, Winona county. Blickle, 1963. Identification by J. Unzicker, Illinois Natural His- tory Survey. H. perdita Morton. Ramsey and Carlton counties. *H. salmo Ross. Lake Saganaga, Cook country. Ross, 1941b. *H. scolops Ross. Montevideo, Chippewa county. H. spatulata Morton. Ramsey and Cass counties. *H. strepha Ross. Cook and Crow Wing counties. Ross, 1941b. Identification by J. Unzicker, Illinois Natural His- tory Survey. H. valhalla Denning. Our only Minnesota record is from the type locality, Taylors Falls, Chisago county. Denning, 1947a. *H. virgata Ross. This entry is based on females from Trout Creek, Winona county, that were identified at the Illinois Natural History Survey. H. waubesiana Betten. Ithytrichia clavata Morton. North. Leucotrichia pictipes (Banks). East. Mayatrichia ayama Mosely. East. *Neotrichia halia Denning. Finland, Lake county. Denning, 1947b. *N. okopa Ross. Finland, Lake county. *N. vibrans Ross. Coquet, Carlton county. Identification by J. Unzicker, Illinois Natural History Survey. *Ochrotrichia tarsalis (Hagen). Finland, Lake county. Orthotrichia americana Banks. Ramsey and Clearwater counties. O. baldufi Kingsolver & Ross. North. Kingsolver and Ross, 1961. O. cristata Morton. Ramsey, Cass, and St. Louis counties. *Oxyethira araya Ross. Sandy Lake, Aitkin county. Ross, 194 la. *O. berneri Etnier. Finland, Lake county. See illustration in this paper. *O. coercens Morton. Washburn Lake, Cass county. *O. michiganensis Mosely. Finland, Lake county. Blickle and Morse, 1954. Identification by J. Unzicker, Illinois Natural History Survey. O. obtatus Denning. Ramsey, Anoka, and Clearwater coun- ties. 148 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [June, 1965 *O. pallida (Banks). Moore Lake, Anoka county. *O. rivicola Blickle & Morse. St. Louis and Lake counties. Blickle and Morse, 1954. O. serrata Ross. *O. sida Blickle & Morse. Crow Wing and Lake counties. Blickle and Morse, 1954. *Stactobiella delira (Ross). Cook and Lake counties. Tas- cobia delira in Ross, 1944. Phyrganeidae *Agrypnia glacialis Hagen. Northwest. Usinger, 1956. *A. improba (Hagen). North. Milne, 1931. *A. macdunnoughi (Milne). Lake Itasca, Clearwater county. Milne, 1931. A. straminea Hagen. *A. vestita (Walker). *Banksiola canadensis (Banks). North. Leonard and Leo- nard, 1949. B. crotchi Banks. B. sclina in Ross, 1944. *B. smithi (Banks). Lake Itasca, Clearwater county. Banks, 1914. Fabria inornata (Banks). Phryganea cinera Walker. *Ptilostomis ocellifera (Walker). *P. semifasciata (Say). Limriephilidae *Astenophylax argus (Harris). Clearwater, Cook, and Lake counties. Betten, 1934. *Drusinus uniformis Betten. Houston county. Frenesia missa (Milne). Hennepin and Wabasha counties. Glyphotaelius hostilis Hagen. North. Grammotaulius interrogationis (Zetterstedt). Cook county. Denning, 1941h. Hesperophylax designates (Walker). East. Leptophylax gracilis Banks. Limnephilus acrocurvus Denning. Our only Minnesota rec- ord is from the type locality, Gull Lake, Crow Wing county. Denning, 1942. L. bimaculatus Walker. L. canadensis Banks. North. Denning, 194 la. L. consocius Walker. *L. curtus (Banks). North. Ross, 1950. Ixxvi] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 149 *L. externus Hagen. Pupal exuviae of this species from Mille Lacs Lake were deposited in the University of Minnesota collection by Dr. Donald G. Denning. The vial contained a reference to the pinned adults in the same collection, hut these specimens could not be found. Ross, 1938b. *L. hyalinus Hagen. *L. indivisus Walker. Wabasha, Clearwater, and St. Louis counties. *L. infernalis (Banks). Clearwater, Cook, and St. Louis counties. Banks, 1914. *L. janus Ross. North. Ross, 1938b. "L. moestus Banks. North and Ramsey county. *L. mutatus (Hagen). Clearwater county. Ross, 1938b. *L. ornatus Banks. Northwest and Ramsey county. *L. ozburni (Milne). North. Leonard and Leonard, 1949. *L. partitus Walker. St. Louis and Lake counties. Betten and Mosely, 1940. *L. parvulus (Banks). Lake Itasca, Clearwater county. Ross, 1938b. *L. perpusillus Walker. Crookston, Polk county. Betten and Mosely, 1940. *L. quaeris (Milne). Crookston, Polk county. The illustra- tion (Fig. 1) of the lateral view of the male genitalia was made from a Minnesota specimen collected by Dr. Denning and identified by Dr. Lorus J. Milne in 1938. L. rhombicus (Linnaeus). *L. rossi Leonard & Leonard. This species has been reared by George Swanson, U. S. Fish & Wildlife Service, from Valley Creek, Washington county. Identification was made by Dr. Glenn B. Wiggins. Leonard and Leonard, 1949. *L. secludens Banks. Ross; 1938b. L. sericeus (Say). North. L. sordidus (Hagen). Northwest. L. submonilifer Walker. East. *L. tarsalis (Banks). Baudette, Lake of the Woods countv. Ross, 1938b. Neophylax concinnus McLachlan. N. autitnnuts in Ross, 1944. Cass, Clearwater, and Washington counties. N. fuscus Banks. Scott county. N. oligius Ross. Northeast. Ross, 1938a. Platycentropus indistinctus (Walker). Denning (1937) il- lustrated the larva of this species from the Partridge River near Aldrich, Wadena county. Betten and Mosely, 1940. No specimens were seen by the author. 150 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [June, 1965 *P. plectrus Ross. Ross, 1938a. P. radiatus (Say). North. Pycnopsyche guttifer (Walker). North and Olmsted county. *P. lepida (Hagen). North. P. subfasciata (Say). *Radema incerta (Banks). Northeast. Ross, 1938b. Molannidae Molanna flavicornis Banks. M. uniophila Yorhies. Leptoceridae Athripsodes alagmus Ross. *A. ancylus (Vorhies). A. angustus (Banks). North. A. arielles Denning. Our only Minnesota record is from the type locality, Coon Creek, Anoka county. Denning, 1942. A. cancellatus (Betten). A. dilutus (Hagen). North. A. flavus (Banks). Ross (1944) reported larvae considered to be this species from Minnesota. No adults have been taken. *A. mentieus (Walker). Cotton, St. Louis county. A. miscus Ross. Known in Minnesota only from the type locality, Lake Itasca, Clearwater county. Ross, 1941b. *A. nephus Ross. One male from Lake Itasca, Clearwater county, was tentatively identified as this species by T. Yama- moto of the Illinois Natural History Survey. The speci- men was destroyed in mailing. A. resurgens (Walker). A. tarsi-punctatus (Vorhies). A. transversus (Hagen). *Leptocella albida (Walker). *L. Candida (Hagen). Lake Itasca, Clearwater county. *L. diarina Ross. Larvae that are apparently of this species have been collected in small streams in Becker and Goodhue counties. An adult male was taken in a light trap at Cotton. St. Louis county. L. exquisita (Walker). *L. pavida (Hagen). Northeast. Leptocerus americanus (Banks). Mystacides longicornis (Linnaeus). M. sepulchralis (Walker). 1-XXvi] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 151 Oecetis avara (Banks). O. cinerascens (Hagen). *O. immobilis (Hagen). O. inconspicua (Walker). O. ochracea (Curtis). O. osteni Milne. *O. persimilis (Banks). Lake and Cook counties. *Setodes guttatus (Banks). Two females from Cass Lake, Cass county, have been tentatively identified as this species. Banks, 1907. *S. incerta (Walker). Cotton, St. Louis county. *Triaenodes aba Milne. T. borealis Banks. Unassociated female described from Min- nesota. Banks, 1900. *T. dipsia Ross. Lake Saganaga, Cook county. *T. flavescens Banks. Northwest. *T. grisea Banks. Western half. *T. injusta (Hagen). *T. marginata Sibley. North. *T. nox Ross. Ramsey, Clearwater, and Crow Wing counties. Ross, 1941b. T. tarda Milne. Goeridae *Goera calcarata Banks. A larva from Coon Creek, Anoka county, was tentatively identified as this species. Ross, 1947. Lepidostomatidae *Lepidostoma bryanti (Banks). Cook and Clearwater coun- ties. Leonard and Leonard, 1949. Betten, 1934. *L. costalis (Banks). Pine Lake, Cook county. Ross, 1946. *L. togatum (Hagen). North. Betten, 1934. L. unicolor (Banks). Ross, 1946. Specimens were not seen by the author. Brachycentridae Brachycentrus fulginosus Walker. Denning (1937) illus- trated larvae of this species from Nine-mile Creek, Hennepin county. Leonard and Leonard, 1949. *B. numerosus (Say). St. Francis River, Sherburne county. *B. occidentalis. Hennepin county. Ross, 1938b. Micrasema rusticum (Hagen). North and central. M. wataga Ross. Northeast. 152 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [June, 1965 Helicopsychidae Helicopsyche borealis (Hagen). LITERATURE CITED BANKS, NATHAN. 1900. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 26: 239-259. . 1907. Proc. Wash. Ent. Soc. 8: 117-133. -. 1914. Can. Ent. 46: 149-156, 201-205, 252-258, 261-268. BETTEN, CORNELIUS 1934. N. Y. State Mus. Bull. 292. 576 p. BETTEN, CORNELIUS, and MARTIN E. MOSELY. 1940. The Francis Walker types of Trichoptera in the British Museum. Bartholomew Press, Dorking, England. 248 p. BLICKLE, R. L. 1963. Bull. Brook. Ent. Soc. 58: 17-22. BLICKLE, R. L., and W. J. MORSE. 1954. Bull. Brook. Ent. Soc. 49: 121-127. DENNING, DONALD G. 1937. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 63 : 17-44. -. 1941a. Ann. Ent. Soc. Am. 34: 195-203. -. 1941b. Can. Ent. 73: 232-235. -. 1942. Can. Ent. 74: 46-51. -. 1943. Ent. Am. 23: 101-171. -. 1947a. Psyche 54 : 170-177. -. 1947b. Bull. Brook. Ent. Soc. 42 : 145-155. -. 1947c. Ent. News 58 : 249-257. -. 1956. Pan-Pacific Ent. 32 : 73-80. FLINT, OLIVER S., JR. 1960. Ent. Am. 40 : 1-120. -. 1962. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 113: 465-493. KINGSOLVER, J. M. and HERBERT H. Ross. 1961. Trans. 111. Acad. Sci. 54 : 28-33. LEONARD, JUSTIN W., and FANNIE A. LEONARD. 1949. Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Mich. 520. 17 p. MILNE, LORUS J. 1931. Can. Ent. 63 : 228-232. Ross, HERBERT H. 1938a. Bull. 111. Nat. Hist. Surv. 21 : 101-183. -. 1938b. Psyche 45 : 1-61. -. 1941a. Can. Ent. 73: 15-19. -. 1941b. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 67 : 35-126. -. 1944. Bull. 111. Nat. Hist. Surv. 23 : 1-326. -. 1946. Ann. Ent. Soc. Am. 39: 265-291. -. 1947. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. 73 : 125-168. -. 1950. Am. Midland Naturalist 43 : 410-429. — . 1956. Evolution and classification of the mountain caddisflies. University of Illinois Press, Urbana. 213 p. USINGER, ROBERT L. 1956. Aquatic insects of California. University of California Press, Berkeley and Los Angeles. 508 p. WIGGINS, GLENN B. 1960. Can. J. Zool. 38: 1153-1170. Ixxvij ENTOMOLOGICAL NKWS 153 Lucidota viridescens, sp. nov. (Coleoptera; Lampyridae) FRANK A. MCDERMOTT, Wilmington, Delaware The genus Lucidota was established by Laporte (1833, p. 136) for lampyrids having antennae about as long as the body, articles 3 to 10 each bearing a rather long ramus, and the last two ventral segments of the abdomen usually luminous. The type species was fixed by Motschulsky (1853, p. 41) as Luci- dota banoni Laporte. Motschulsky adopted Laporte's criteria for the genus, but also established several genera for species resembling Lucidota but not having the characteristic antennae and luminosity. Most of these generic names have not been generally used by subsequent authors, and I will not attempt here to give the history of the changes in the criteria for Luci- dota. Olivier (1911, p. 63) gave a key for the genera he con- sidered as belonging to the Lucidotinae, and on pp. 70-72 he established a series of genera, some being reinstatements of Motschulsky's genera, which he regarded as segregates from the Lucidota complex but without a definite key. One of these new genera is Leucothri.r, of which he said "The numerous spe- cies comprising this new genus are easily recognized by the last articles of the antennae which are white or yellow while the preceding ones are black. Their form is oblong, oval, or long- parallel ; their coloration is rather bright ; the luminous organs are but little developed, on the last segment." The only dis- tinctive character is the pale antennal termini, and as this char- acter is by no means confined to the Lucidotinae or even to the Lampyridae, it is inadequate as a basis for a genus.1 Therefore 1 Motschulsky, 1855, p. 21) notes: "The locality of the Isthmus of Panama is remarkable for — among other things — the number of insects which have the extremities of the antennae white, not found elsewhere. Among the Coleoptera so colored I took specimens of carabids, brachy- lytra, anthiciids, and cucuids (Tclcphanits albiconiis in.)." However, this character is found in numerous lampyrids and some other beetles from northwestern South America. 154 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [June, 1965 in my Taxonomy of the Lampyridae (1964) the species of Leucothrix are included in Lucidota. The examination of a collection of Lampyridae recently re- ceived from Peru revealed several distinct species of "Leuco- thrix," some of which could not he identified by published de- scriptions and did not agree with previously determined speci- mens. One was quite distinct by the presence of definitely green pigmentation, particularly on the pronotum and elytral suture.2 At first this species was thought to be L. albocincta Pic which it resembles, but further examination shows that it is not this species. It is therefore described below as Lucidota I'iridescens sp. nov. Lucidota viridescens sp. nov. Holotype male, collected at Quincemil, PERU (type locality), October 16, 1962, by Luis E. Peiia. (Fig. 1.) Dimensions, 9.0 mm long by 4.2 mm broad ; broadly elliptical. Pronotum, 2.0 X 2.8 mm, semi-elliptic ; disk convex with me- dian subrectangular brown vitta extended along base to edges of the convexity, and with white marks on each side. Base almost straight; angles nearly 90°. Borders translucent whitish tinged with green, except somewhat brownish forward of vitta. Finely and densely punctulate ; practically no villosity. Scutellum and mesonotal plates black. Elytra, 7.0 X 2.1 mm. Ground color translucent dark brown but appearing black over body. Wide explanate margins are translucent pale yellowish with a narrow black lateral edge and a narrow green line at the inner edge, visible on the short epi- pleura. Suture opaque green from scutellum to apical third. Finely rugose ; fairly long pale villosity. Frons yellow, vertex black; 1.3 mm across eyes, 0.6 mm be- tween them ; eyes small. Terminal article of the maxillary palpi 2 In connection with green lampyrids, Gorham (1880, p. 30; 1881-84, p. 254) uses the words "subviridis" and "greenish yellow" in his descrip- tion of Photinus amabilis from Panama and Costa Rica, so this may be a third lampyrid with greenish coloration. Ixxvi] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 155 black, the preceding articles yellow. Labial palpi short, ter- minal article crescentic. Mandibles small. Antennae black, compressed, barely serrate on inner edges ; 5.1 mm long; hairy; last article small and pale. Frosternum tinged greenish ; mesosternum brown ; metaster- num dark brown. f I 1 FIG. 1. Lucidota z'iridesccns sp. nov. Dorsal view. FIG. 2. Aedeagus of Lucidota viridcsccns. Left, Ventral view. Right, Lateral view. Ventral segments 2 to 7 reddish brown, sides white and hairy ; 8th segment nearly transparent, feebly trilobed; residual larval luminous organs barely distinguishable. 9th (genital) segment semi-elliptic, translucent pale brown. Tergites dark brown ; pygidium feebly trilobed, the lateral lobes being acute and the median lobe broadly rounded. Femora nearly white, tibiae infuscate, tarsi nearly black ; claws simple. The aedeagus was extracted from one paratype. The rather broad median lobe is curved so that the bimucronate tip projects between the lateral lobes ; the latter are long and relatively slender with narrow curved tips, and each bears about midlength 156 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS | June, 1965 a short apically directed projection with a brown elliptical struc- ture beneath it (Fig. 2). Allotype female, collected at Quincemil, Peru, August 14, 1962, by Luis E. Pena. Dimensions 8.95 mm long by 4.1 mm broad. Generally similar to the male. Sth ventral segment truncate- triangular, laterally sinuate and deeply notched apically ; larval luminous organs small but more distinct than in male. An- tennae 5.0 mm long. Pronotum slightly tinged green ; only faint traces of green elsewhere. The male holotype and female allotype have been deposited in the U. S. National Museum, with two male paratypes; 10 other male paratypes are in my collection. Variations : The distribution of the green coloration varies from that of the most strongly colored, the holotype, to merely pale green patches on the sides of the pronotum with little green elsewhere. The last antennal article may be white, grading to only slightly paler than the preceding article. The pygidium may be more strongly trilobed and from brown to nearly entirely transparent. Specimens vary from 8 to 10 mm long. LITERATURE CITED GORHAM, H. S. 1880. Materials for a revision of the Lampyridae. Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond. 1880, p. 30. — . 1881-'84. Malacodermata ; Biol. Cent.-Amer., Ins. Ill, 2, p. 254. LAPORTE, F. L. 1833. Essai d'une revision du genre Lampyre. Ann. Soc. Ent. France 2 : 136. MC-DERMOTT, F. A. 1963. Green Lampyrids. Coleopt. Bull. 17: 128. — . 1964. Taxonomy of the Lampyridae. Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 90: 1. MOTSCHULSKY, V. 1853. fitudes entomol. 1 : 41. — . 1855. £tudes entomol. 4 : 21. OLIVIER, E. 1911. Revision des Lampyrides. Rev. sci. Bourbon 24: 63, 70-72. Pic, M. 1927: Malacodermes exotiques. fichange 43: hors texte p. 52. Ixxvi] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 157 A Collection of Butterflies from Western Chihuahua, Mexico HARRY K. CLENCH, Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213 In 1899 Mr. Charles H. T. Townsend collected a fairly sizable lot of butterflies for W. J. Holland in a montane locality in western Chihuahua, a region whose butterflies are still almost unknown. Holland, apparently, was disappointed in the speci- mens and dismissed them as "quite devoid of novelties, consist- ing almost wholly of common species of wide distribution." The paper in which he makes this statement (Ent. News 11 : 332- 333, 1900) describes the only form he deemed worthy of men- tion, Argynnls nltocris coerulescens, now known as Speycria (Spcyerio) nokoinis coerulescens Holland. Although Holland was substantially correct in his evaluation, the material is not without interest, and there are a few "novel- ties" which he did not appreciate. Chermock has subsequently described the Ccrcyonis incadii population as a new subspecies ; a new subspecies of Lyccteides inelissa is described herein, strik- ing in appearance and representing a surprising range extension of the species ; and in another paper I am describing a remark- able and wholly unexpected (but hardly striking-looking) new species of Evcres. In addition, the series of the little-known Paratrytonc rhc.vcnor Godman & Salvin may be the largest in existence — and when Holland penned those crotchety lines, it. too, was undescribed. The collection is interesting almost as much for what it does not contain as for what it does. Now more is known about southwestern butterflies than in Holland's time and it is possible to list a number of species, common and widespread in the southwest, which Townsend did not obtain but which are likely to be present there. Among these are: Papilio multicandatiis Kirby, Neophasia species (terlootii Behr ?), Eurema mexicana Boisduval, Euptychia rubricata Edwards, Microtia dvinas Ed- 158 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [June, 1965 wards, Chlosync clad a Hewitson, Phyciodes texana Edwards, Apodemia monno Behr, A. nais Edwards, Calcphdis species, Erora quaderna Hewitson, Callophrys siva Edwards and spine- torutn Hewitson, Celotes, Piruna, Hylephila phylcus Drury, Atalopedes campcstris Boisduval, Copaeodes entrant iaca Hewit- son, Pholisora Catullus Fabricius and mejicana Reakirt, Pyrgus philetas Edwards, Poanes ta.rilcs Edwards, Amblyscirtes (sev- aral species). Perhaps not all of these species are present in the area, but it is most improbable that none of them is. In brief, these lacunae imply that no use whatever can be made of the "nega- tive information content" of the list which follows. Holland (loc. cit.} located the place where these specimens were taken as "at the head of the Rio Piedras Vercles, in Chihua- hua, at an elevation of from 7,100 to 7,300 feet above sea level in the Sierra Madre region." This is approximately at 30° 15' N lat, 108° 15' W long, almost on the Sonora border, and may be found on the map of the American Geographical Society, 1 : 1 000000 series, Sonora Sheet NH 12 (prov. ed. 1937, rev. 1938). The specimens themselves bore only the label "Chi- huahua/To wnsend" and (usually) a date. I have added a fuller label to them all. To judge from the species taken, the locality is predominantly Upper Sonoran zone. Such species as Papilio philcnor, Cercy- onis meadii, Limenitis astyana.v arhoncnsis and Zizula cyna are regionally good indicators of the zone. The elevation, however, would place this area close to the Transition zone, and certain of the species suggest that some collecting was done in that zone as well : Lycaeides inclissa, Callophrys apauia, Oarisma garita. A not surprising resemblance of this fauna to that of the mountains of southeastern Arizona (or the reverse) is shown by the presence of such species as Paramecera .vicaque, Gyrocheilus patrobas, Ochlodes snowi. PAPILIONIDAE Battus philenor Linnaeus. August, September. 8 J\ 9 J. Papilio polyxenes asterius Stoll. July-September. 7 rf, 14 J. Papilio cresphontes cresphontes Cramer. No date. 3. Ixxvij ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 159 PlERIDAE Nathalis iole Boisduval. July-September. 21 J1, 2 $. Eurema (Abaeis) nicippe Cramer. July-September. 16 J1, 41$. Eurema proterpia Fabricius. form "proterpia" August-Sep- tember. 3J1, 65. form "gundlachia" 15 September. 1 $. Phoebis sennae Linnaeus. May (1$), August (4 J1, 1 $), September (3 5). Anteos clorinde nivifera Fruhstorfer. August. 15 rf, 9$. Colias (Zerene) cesonia Stoll. July-September. 20 J\ 21$. Colias (Colias) eurytheme Boisduval. July-September. 80 $, 26 $. Includes seven albinic females and one tbat is cream- colored. DANAIDAE Danaus (Tasitia) gilippus strigosus Bates. August, Septem- ber. 7 <$, 2$. Danaus (Danaus) plexippus plexippus Linnaeus. July-Sep- tember. 8 cf , 2 $. Agraulis vanillae incarnata Riley. August. 1 J1. SATYRIDAE Euptychia (Cyllopsis) dorothea Nabokov. 1 June (1J fresh), 27 June (2$ fresh), 1 July (4^ worn. 3'$ more or less fresh), 21 July (1 J1 very worn), no date (1 $). Total, 6J\ 6$. ' Paramecera xicaque Reakirt. August, September. 3 J\ 1 $. Cercyonis meadii mexicana Chermock. August, September. 3 J* , 2 $ (the type series). Gyrocheilus patrobas Hewitson. August, September. 75 <$, 2$. NYMPHALIDAE Euptoieta claudia Cramer. August, September. 66. Speyeria (Speyeria) nokomis coerulescens Holland. Sep- tember. 22 J\, 100$ (the type series; additional specimens exist, but have been exchanged or given away and no record kept). Poladryas minuta nympha Edwards. August, September. 38 J, 4 $. 160 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS IJuiie, 1965 Phyciodes mylitta Edwards. July, August. 3. Phyciodes picta Edwards. July, September. 2. Vanessa atalanta Linnaeus. August, September. 8. Vanessa cardui Linnaeus. May (1 only), August, September. 25. Vanessa carye Hiibner. August, September. 11. Limenitis (Limenitis) astyanax arizonensis Edwards. July, September. 3. Limenitis (Adelpha) bredowii eulalia Doubleday, Westwood & Hewitson. August, September. 2. Anaea (Anaea) aidea Guerin. September. 1 5. LlBYTHEIDAE Libytheana carinenta mexicana Micbener. August. 1. RIODINIDAE None. LYCAENIDAE Ministrymon leda Edwards. August. 2 §. Callophrys apama Edwards, subspecies, no date. 1 J1. Strymon melinus Hubner, subspecies. July. 1 5- Icaricia acmon Doubleday, Westwood & Hewitson, subspecies. July-September. 4 £. Lycaeides melissa mexicana, new subspecies. Tbe male differs markedly from any known melissa subspecies (including the population in the mountains of southeastern Ari- zona) by the darker blue- violet ground and thicker fuscous borders above. On the fore wing this fuscous border is nearly 1 mm thick and on the hind wing nearly half again as much and unites a series of internervural fuscous spots that are never completely free, though sometimes nearly so. All the veins are distally strongly fuscous-lined. On the underside the ground basad of the pm spots is ashy grey-tan, much darker than in most other melissa and more brownish tinged. The pm spots Ixxvi I KXTOMOLOGICAL N'KWS 161 (and basal spots of hind wing) are well developed. Between them and the submarginal border pattern the ground is lightened to almost white, as usual. The subterminal orange on the fore wing is somewhat stronger than in Arizona specimens ; on the hind wing it is somewhat thicker. The fuscous terminal spots of the distal series are silvered usually only in their basal halves (in Arizona specimens the silvering nearly eclipses the under- lying black spots). Two of the three females have the orange subterminal band on the fore wing nearly obsolete ; in the third it is normally developed. Otherwise, agreement with Arizona females is close : there is a slight basal suffusion of blue on both wings above; the underside is darker, browner than the males — perhaps a little darker than in Arizona females, but not much. The ter- minal spots below may have less intense silvering than Arizona females but specimens are too few to be sure. There is no appreciable size difference. Holotype, male, Upper Rio Piedras Verdes, western Chi- huahua, Mexico, ca. 7100-7300 ft, 30° 15' N lat, 108° 15' W long, 1 September 1899 (C. H. T. Townsend). Paratypcs, 40 (j\ 3 $?, same locality and collector, dated as follows : 30 May f3c?), May (6^, 1$), 21 July (!), 1 September (2J1), 11 September (2^), 14 September (3 £, 1 $). 16 September (1 J*), 17 September (1 ^), 18 September (1^), 19 September (3^), September (12^, 1 $), no date (4 J1). Holotype and paratypes, C.M. Ent. type series no. 510. Hemiargus (Echinargus) isola alee Kdwards. July-Septem- her. lie?, 6?. Everes new species. September. 1 J1. This is being described in another paper. Leptotes marina Reakirt. July, September. 1 J\ 2 $. Celastrina pseudargiolus cinerea Edwards. July-September. 13 him length 29.9 p. Body width and head length and width were indeterminable at the magnifications available. Activation was evidenced by the initiation of a whip-like flagellar motion. The spermatozoon then thrashed about until it was completely free. In a few instances, the anterior end of the body or the head remained trapped within what appeared to be a spherical capsule. Most of the spermatozoa swam freely, after a short struggle. The swimming motions were quite similar to those described for the sperm of other animals, Rothschild (1956) and Bishop and Austen (1957). Vibrations of the flagella of vigorous spermatozoa were too rapid for ob- servation but in weak or dying individuals seemed to be a repeated series of backwardly flowing S-curves. Moving sper- matozoa also sustained an apparently rotary vibration of the anterior half of the body which made them seem to have a broadly rounded bead and a tapered body. This anterior body movement appeared to be a reaction to the flagellar vibrations but could not be positively determined. Since this original observation, all efforts to obtain and study active spermatozoa of this and several other species of spiders have failed. Activation has occurred during staining procedures or when slides were not under observation. LITERATURE CITED BOSENBERG, H. 1905. Zool. Jahrb. (Anat.) 21 : 515-570. GILSON, G. 1884. Cellule 1 : 128-139. SHARMA, G. P. and B. L. GUPTA. 1956. Res. Bull. Punjab Univ. No. 84: 5-19. TUZET, O. and J. F. MANIER. 1959. Ann. Sci. Xat. Zool. Ser. 12, 1 : 91-103. WALLACE, L. B. 1909. Biol. Bull. 17 : 120-160. BISHOP, M. W. H. and C. R. AUSTEN. 1957. Endeavour 16(63) : 137- 150. ROTHSCHILD, LORD. 1956. Endeavour 15(58) : 79-86. ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 179 A New Chelonus (Microchelonus) from Western United States (Hymenoperta: Braconidae) ' C. W. McCoMB, University of Maryland, College Park, Md. A revision of the Nearctic species of the subgenus Micro- chelonus is being prepared by the author. This paper is pre- sented in order to provide a name needed now for use in a publication of a biological study of this species by Mr. R. A. Cover of the University of Idaho. The author thanks Mr. C. F. W. Muesebeck for reviewing this paper. Chelonus (Microchelonus) petrovae, new species This species resembles hopplncjl Viereck in size and color, and in having a notch in the apical ventral margin of the cara- pace. It differs from hopplncji by not having distinct lateral lobes at the base of the scutellum. There are several known, but as yet undescribed, species of Microchelonus that rather closely resemble petrovae. The wings of petrovae are entirely hyaline and the carapace narrows gradually from the middle to the apex, while the known un- described forms differ in either one or both of these characters. Female : Length 2.8 to 3.2 mm. Antennae 16-segmented, very slender, filiform, extending back to a point just beyond the base of the carapace, first flagellar segment 0.6 as long as scape, the last three segments almost twice as wide as long, and about equal in length; head transverse, 0.5-0.6 as wide as long; frons rugu- lose ; temples finely vertically rugulose, as wide at mid-eye point as greatest eye width, receding gradually from eye margins; face 2 to 2.2 times as wide as high, vertically rugulose laterally, medially transversely rugulose and with a short median longi- tudinal carina above; clypeus polished and weakly, sparsely punctate; malar space 1.5 times basal width of mandible; level of lower eye margins above dorsal margin of clypeus. 1 Scientific Article No. A1184, Contribution Xo. 3671 of the Mary- land Agriculture Experiment Station, Department of Entomology. 180 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS u> 1965 Lobes of mesoscutum rugiilose, shiny and very finely rugu- lose medially ; notauli indicated ; posterior median area coarsely rugose reticulate ; disk of scutellum flat, rugulose laterally, me- dially polished and weakly, sparsely, punctate, its lateral mar- gin distinct ; lateral lobes at base of scutellum indistinct ; propodeum rugose, caudal margin of its dorsal face defined by a raised line, the outer pair of projections prominent, the inner pair very weak or indistinct. Carapace narrowing gradually from the middle to its apex ; two posteriorly convergent keels on base of carapace which are quickly reduced to the size of the strong longitudinal carinae on basal half to basal two-thirds of the carapace ; the apex of the ventral opening reaching almost to the apex of the carapace; a small notch in the ventral apical margin of the carapace. Stigma a little more than three times as long as wide; radial cell on wing margin about one-half as long as stigma, and almost as long as the last abscissa of the radius. Body black; coxae and trochanters blackish, rest of legs testaceous, darker in some specimens than in others, posterior tibiae narrowly banded distally with brown ; wings hyaline. Male: Like the female but with the antennae 21- to 23-seg- mented and extending back almost to the end of the carapace; foramen in the apex rather small, oval, its width equal to two- thirds the posterior metatarsus, the median dividing structure laterally compressed, extending only slightly beyond the apex of the carapace below the foramen and not attaining the apex of the carapace above the foramen ; wings subhyaline ; anterior femora dark, narrowly yellow distally; middle and posterior femora dark; middle and posterior tibiae brown on posterior edge, lighter anteriorly. Type: USNM No. 66111. Type locality: Coeur d'Alene National Forest, Shosshone County, IDAHO. Described from three females (one the type) and three males (one the allotype) from the type locality reared from Eucosma recissoriana Heinrich by R. A. Goyer on July 7, 1963 (Lot 64-6141) ; one female and five males collected at Cathedral Park, Shoshone County, Idaho in July 1963 by R. A. Goyer; lxxvi| ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 181 four females and four males collected three miles northwest of Hope, Idaho in July and August of 1962-4 by R. A .Goyer and M. M. Ollieu ; and eleven females and five males collected at Trestle Creek, Bonner County, Idaho on August 1 and 2, 1962 by M. M. Ollieu; all the above in association with cones of Finns monticola. Also included as paratypes are three females and five males reared from Pctrova sp. on Finns contort a collected at Medicine Lake, California by M. AI. Furniss (Hopkins U. S. No. 33990B) on July 22, 1953. Studies on North American Ants. I. The Formica integra Subgroup WILLIAM L. BROWN, JR., Department of Entomology, Cornell University This study grew out of an attempt to clarify the relationship between two taxa of the Formica riifa group in North America; these are the forms called by Creighton (1950) Formica integra liaeuiorhoidalis and Formica obscnrif>cs ravida. A study of their types and additional material convinces me that they are synonymous, and that a third synonym is Formica integra tahocnsis. The senior name to be applied to this species is Formica liacmorrlwidalis ; it appears to be distinct from For- mica integra, to which it was formerly attached as a subspecies. Offered below are a formal synonymy embodying the necessary changes, a discussion of the evidence for the revisionary con- clusions, and some remarks on the position of the two species within the ruja-truncicola group. Formica haemorrhoidalis Formica ruja subsp. integra var. haemorrhoidalis Kmery, 1893, Zool. Jahrb. Syst. 7: 652, worker. Type locality: Colorado. by subsequent selection of Wheeler, 1913. Lectotype, by 182 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Juty> 1965 present selection, a major worker (appropriately labeled) from "Colorado," in Forel Collection, Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Geneva. A second worker, originally on lectotype pin, in Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard Uni- versity. Formica tntncicohi subsp. intcgroidcs var. haemorrhoidalis, Wheeler, 1913. Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harv. 53: 441, worker, female, male. Formica integra liacmorrJwidalis, Creighton, 1950, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harv. 104: 488, discussion. Formica truncicola integroides var. ravida Wheeler, 1913, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harv. 53 : 560, worker, female. Type locality : Elkhorn, Montana. Syntype workers and alate fe- male in Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard Uni- versity. New synonymy. Formica truncicola intcgroidcs var. tahoensis Wheeler, 1917, Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts Sci. 52 : 538, worker, female. Type locality: Lake Tahoe, California. Syntypes in Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University and elsewhere. New synonymy. Formica integra IiacmorrJioidalis, Creighton, 1950, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harv. 104: 488. Formica integra tahoensis, Creighton, 1950, op. cit., p. 488. Formica obscuripes ravida, Creighton, 1950, op. cit., p. 493. Formica rufa group, Forms B, C, and D ; G. C. and J. Wheeler, 1963, The ants of North Dakota, Univ. N. Dak. Press, Grand Forks, p. 230, variation. Formica integra Jiaemorrhoidalis, Gregg, 1963, The ants of Colorado, Univ. Colo. Press, Boulder, p. 554, distribution, biology, variation. ? Formica ravida, Gregg, 1963, op. cit., p. 579, distribution. 1. RELATIONSHIP OF HAEMORRHOIDALIS TO INTEGRA. There seems little doubt that these two rather similar forms are closely related. At the same time, I know of no evidence indicating that they are conspecific. All of the samples of integra I have seen are from east of the Great Plains ; all lack hairs on the frontal region and vertex, and all have the gastric pubescence rather dilute and the integumental surface here sericeous-sub- opaque. In haemorrJioidalis, on the contrary, unrubbed speci- mens seem always to bear at least one pair of hairs on the frontal region, and most samples have an additional pair of the vertex ; the gastric pubescence is thick, opaque and grayish- IxxviJ ENTOMOLOGICAL XKAVS 183 white, yielding the effect of a bluish "bloom" in fresh specimens seen without magnification. Creighton cites the Black Hills of South Dakota as the eastern limit of Jiaemorrhoidalis and the western limit of Integra, yet he does not mention intergrades from this region. Wheeler and Wheeler, on the other hand, mention rinding no Integra samples in North Dakota, while, under the present interpretation, Jiacinorrhoidalis is found throughout most of that state. These apparent contradictions will have to be resolved by the study of more material from the Dakotas, but for the time being I am going to treat hacmor- rhoidalis and Integra as the distinct species that the available evidence indicates they are. 2. SYNONYMY OF RAVI DA. Creighton placed ravida with ob- sciiripes because they shared the character, "Head of the largest workers as broad as long (mandibles excluded)," versus "Head of the largest workers longer than broad (mandibles excluded)." Unfortunately, this difference cannot be confirmed by actual measurements on relevant specimens available to me. The larg- est of 5 syntype workers of ravida in the Museum of Compara- tive Zoology has a head length of 1.11 mm and a head width of 1.07 mm (error of measurement ± about 0.01 mm). The lectotype of F. haemorrhoidalis measures HL 1.10 mm by HW 1.04 mm. These measurements are made in the manner gen- erally considered standard by modern workers, and include the clypeus in the head length. Perhaps Creighton measured in some other way. If we assume that he ignored the clypeus, and took instead the mandibular insertions as his anterior ref- erence point, then we can arrive at head lengths equal to or less than the respective widths. But if we do measure in this way, we find that species such as Integra and haemorrhoidalis, which Creighton put in the "head longer than broad" category, also have the head broader than long in the largest majors. To sum up, we can say that Creighton's head length-width character as used in his keys to Formica species is undefined and will not separate at least some of the species it is supposed to, including haemorrhoidalis and ravida. 184 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [ July. 1965 Once the head width is viewed in its proper light, it becomes difficult to see how such a disparate pair of species as obsciiripes and rcn'ida could ever have been bracketed together ; their sculp- ture, color pattern and especially their pilosity are about as different as those of ruja group species can get. On the other hand, no such major differences exist between the lectotype of haemorrhoidalis and the syntypes of ravida. The lectotype of haemorrhoidalis was deliberately chosen because it was a large major worker in good condition, and because it was from Colo- rado, the state Wheeler had earlier selected as the type locality. The specimen matches very well most of the samples placed under that name in the Wheeler Collection. It also matches well the types of ravida, except that the latter have certain workers, especially the smaller ones, more or less infuscate over head and alitrunk, and have the gastric pilosity shorter, more delicate and sparser than in Colorado haemorrhoidalis. The infuscation character is held in common with the geographical variant ta- liocnsis, which, as Creighton has already pointed out, differs from haemorrhoidalis significantly only in color. I have a series from West Yellowstone, in extreme southern Montana (E. O. Wilson leg.), that resembles the ravida types in color, but has somewhat longer and more numerous gastric hairs, and is in this respect transitional to Coloradan haemor- rhoidalis and typical tahoensis. G. C. and J. Wheeler (loc. cit.) describe from North Dakota 23 separate collections, of which three "compare very closely with the types of Integra tahoensis" and three with the types of ravida. The remaining 17 collections "show various combinations of those characters which appear different on the two types." Gregg (op. cit., p. 556) mentions two collections in western Colorado that "appear to represent intergrades between tahoensis and haemorrhoida- lis," although he also distinguishes something that he calls ravida on the basis of two collections from northern Colorado. The picture emerging from these considerations is one of a single moderately variable species ranging widely in the higher Great Plains and the mountains of the West. The only evident trend in geographical variation appears to affect the color, which l.XXvi ] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 185 is clearer red over the forebody in samples from Colorado than it is elsewhere. It may be that samples from the northern Rockies also tend to have reduced gastric pilosity, but if so, this trend is at least partially reversed in southern British Columbia. A great deal of additional material must be studied from these areas before we understand how the variation runs, but the perennially problematical name ravida is logically re- tired into synonymy at this time. 3. THE SEPARATION OF F. HAEMORRHOIDALIS FROM OTHER MEMBERS OF THE RVFA GROUP. The task of separating liaevwr- rhoidalis from Integra appears much easier at this juncture than does that of distinguishing the former from certain mem- bers of the F. intcgroldcs complex. At first sight, it seemed that one might modify Creighton's couplet 21 in the nija group key so as to bring out haemorrhoidalis by its lack of "gular" hairs (more than two hairs are frequently present on the petiolar crest of haemorrhoidalis workers). A review of even the lim- ited amount of material available to me, however, shows that some wrorkers in some haemorrhoidalis nest series have one to as many as 6, 8 or even more delicate erect hairs on the under surface of the head, thus making transition toward integroides- complex forms such as F. propinqna, which are very similar to haemorrhoidalis in general appearance, and especially in sculpture and gastric pubescence, but which have more abundant and widely-distributed erect pilosity on the forebody. At pres- ent, I cannot see how all of these forms can be separated from one another, if indeed they should be. The situation will be clarified by more material, especially samples having females definitely associated with workers in unmixed nests. A large component of the confusion among these species to date is traceable to mixed series, especially incorrect associations of female with worker castes. For the moment, it seems safe to suggest that F. integroides subjasciata is a straight synonym (based on a slightly faded sample) of F. integroides, and that F. coloradcnsis is probably a good species, as judged from its apparently correctly associated female, which has rather abundant, fine erect pilosity on the head 186 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Juty. 1965 as well as the legs, and a more dilute representation of the same on the sparsely pubescent gastric dorsum. (Other winged females from Florissant, the coloradensis type locality, were originally included in the type series, but these are really ordi- nary hairless haemorrhoidalis examples.) The form planipilis, placed by Creighton as a subspecies of F. integroides, has been linked with coloradensis by Creighton and by Gregg, who claim to have found intergrades between coloradensis and planipilis in Utah and Colorado. Since these two forms are only color variants so far as the literature is con- cerned, they may be synonymous ; still, one would like to know what the female of planipilis is like before deciding on this relationship. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Much of the work done on this study was supported by the U. S. National Science Foundation, Grant Nos. G-236SO and GB-2175. Thanks are due Dott. Delfa Guiglia, of the Museo Civico di Storia Naturale at Genoa, and Dr. Claude Besuchet, of the Museum d'Histoire Naturelle of Geneva, for the oppor- tunity to study the collections under their care in 1963 and 1964. Thanks are also offered to colleagues who read and commented upon drafts of this paper. Ixxvi I ENTOMOLOGICAL XKWS 187 A New Species of Gnorimoschema (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) from Kentucky ANNETTE F. BRAUX, Cincinnati, Ohio The new species described below is of interest because of its unique habitat, correlated with the restricted distribution of its food plant, Sllcne rotimdijolia Nutt, a southern species which is confined to sandstone ledges and "rock houses" or grottoes of the Appalachian Plateau and the Southern Appalachians. This species of Gnoriniosclicina has been found only in the shelter of such overhanging ledges. Gnorimoschema protecta new species. Dorsal surface of head mottled dull clay-color, face paler, unmottled ; antennae blackish, with white annulations ; second segment of labial palpi whitish above, scales of brush blackish, furrow paler in females, third segment sometimes narrowly white above, as long as the second, scales closely appressed scarcely attaining apex. Thorax and fore wings pale clay-colored, the scales more or less deeply tipped with darker clay-color, areas with scales more deeply thus tipped forming cloudy patches ; at four-fifths the wing length, a transverse whitish fascia ; beyond the fascia the apical area of the wing is more or less densely clothed with black scales, sometimes sharply contrasting with the rest of the wing or with the black scaling reduced to a blackish subapical spot and a terminal row of black clots ; inwardly, the pale fascia is bordered by an elongate costal patch of black-tipped scales : a blackish spot at end of cell, an irregular dark patch at end of fold contiguous to the fascia, a dark spot sometimes present mid-length of fold, and a darker shade nearer base ; rarely a small blackish dot in middle of cell and a subbasal costal black- ish spot, these latter spots more often present in females: cilia fuscous, marked with a mid-line of blackish scales along termen. beyond which the cilia are pale clay-colored, except near tornus. 188 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Juty- 1965 Hind wings pale gray in females, darker in males toward apex, cilia darker, almost black in the darkest males. Legs irrorate fuscous, with basal, median and apical whitish bars on tibiae, tarsal segments whitish-tipped ; the prothoracic pair usually darker, whitish inwardly. Abdomen white ventrally, varying dorsally from grayish ocherous to densely fuscous dusted or almost black, posterior margins of segments narrowly white. Alar expanse: 12 to 14 mm. Descriptions of the male and female genitalia are omitted, awaiting the comprehensive study of the genus by Ronald W. Hodges. Holotype. — J1, Carter Caves State Park, Carter County, KENTUCKY, rearing record B1612, imago June 11, 1954. [Col- lection of Annette F. Braun.] Paratypes. — \ <$, Cascade Caves State Park, Carter Co., Ky., rearing record B1612, imagoes June 15 to 18, 1964; 1 J1, 5$, Natural Bridge State Park, Powell Co., Ky., rearing record B1612, imagoes June 18 to July 4, 1948 ; 1 .21 mm, slightly sinuate; scar of segment 1, Fig. 6, .24 mm long by .14 mm wide; chaetotaxy of abdominal segments 2-5 similar to Fig. 4 ; ventral hairs on left ; D2 and D.. about .81 mm long; D, and D4 about .14 mm long; abdominal segment 6 as in Fig. 5 ; segment 7 with 5 large lateral filaments, about .36 mm long, in the distal half to two thirds of the seg- ment ; segment 8 with 5 large lateral filaments, about .49 mm long, evenly distributed along the margin ; one specimen studied had 5 filaments on one side of segment 7 and 4 on the other ; on segment 8, 5 on one side and one on the other ; female genital sacs .19 mm long; anal fins, Fig. 2, 1.05 mm long by 1 .05 mm width of both at base ; tip of anal fins as in Fig. 3 : abdominal segments brown except for lense-shaped light lateral areas ; shagreen of tergites as in Fig. 7 ; no spines in interseg- mental membranes. LITERATURE CITED COQUILLETT, D. W. 1902. New Diptera from North America. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 25 (1280) : 91. FITTKAU, E. J. 1962. Die Tanypodinae (Diptera, Chironomidae) Abhand. z. Larvalsyst. d. Insekt. 6, Akademie-Verlag, Berlin : 97 (Figure 10), 218 (Figure 150). * The support of the National Science Foundation (Grant GB2719) is u ratefully acknowledged. ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS I'M FIGS. 1-7. Pupa of Anatopynia rcnusta (Coquillett). 1. Respiratory organ. 2. Anal fins. 3. Detail of tip of anal fin. 4. Abdominal segment 4, V-ventral, D-dorsal. 5. Abdominal segment 6, V-ventral, D-dorsal. 6. Scar of tergite 1. 7. Detail of abdominal shagreen. 192 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [ July, 1965 The Larva of Nigronia fasciatus Walker (Megaloptera : Corydalidae) R. DUNCAN CUYLER INTRODUCTION Nigronia • fascia fits (Walker), subfamily Chauliodinae, a spe- cies of the Northeastern United States, ranges southward as far as North Carolina, its habitat being small, rocky woodland streams. The larvae are most often found under rocks or in moss on top of rocks. Pupation occurs in soil adjacent to the streams, under rocks, or occasionally in rotten logs. The adults are rarely observed, but may be seen occasionally in large num- bers in the immediate vicinity of the breeding site. Three larvae of this species were collected near Durham, North Carolina, on October 18, 1955. Similarities were noted between these larvae and those of Nigronia serricornis (Say) which are commonly collected in the same area of North Caro- lina. It was noticed, however, that the caudal respiratory tubules (tubes bearing the spiracles of the eighth abdominal segment ) of these larvae were longer than those of N. serricornis and it was therefore suspected that these larvae belonged to N. fasciatus. This suspicion was confirmed on May 15, 1960, when a male of that species was reared from a prepupa which was identical to the three larvae collected in 1955. Through May, 1964, a total of thirty- three adults, including fifteen males and eighteen females, was reared from prepupae, and a number of additional adults were reared from pupae collected from sev- eral streams in Durham and Orange counties. Two larvae of this species collected near Raleigh, North Caro- lina, are in the North Carolina State University collection. Larvae of the Genus Nigronia Banks Larvae of the genus Nigronia, as well as those of other genera of the subfamily Chauliodinae, such as the western Neohermes Banks and Protochauliodcs Van der Weele (collected by the IxXVlJ ENTOMOLOGICAL NKWS 193 writer) and the Australasian Archichauliodes (Hamilton, 1940) (see also Cuyler, 1958), lack the tracheal gills on the venter of the abdomen which are characteristic of the larvae of the well- known Corydalis connttiis (Linnaeus) of the subfamily Cory- clalinae. Other differences are given in detail in Cuyler (1958, p. 582). The Nigronia larvae differ from those of the closely related genus Chanliodes Latreille (Cuyler, p. 583) in the much shorter caudal respiratory tubules and in the more nu- merous and conspicuous papillae on the abdomen. Larvae of other chauliodine genera and corydaline larvae lack the respira- tory tubules, the spiracles being sessile on all abdominal seg- ments. Nigronia jasciatus Walker, preserved specimen from Durham, Nortli Carolina, October 18, 1955. Enlarged X2.2. The following description of the larva of Nigronia jasciatus is based on specimens in the collection of the writer. These larvae \vere fixed by boiling before preservation in alcohol, so as to guard against disfiguration. Description of Larva of Nigronia fasciatus Maximum length approximately 40 mm ; lateral aspect of gena subangulate, convex, the apex of the curve being one-third the 194 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Juty, 1965 distance from base to apex ; pronotum quadrangular, approxi- mately ten per cent wider than long; lateral filament of eighth abdominal segment lif to 2^ times longer than width of seg- ment ; lateral filament of first segment slightly longer than width of segment ; spiracles of abdominal segments 1 through 7 opposite bases of lateral filaments, on distal ends of oblique tuber- cles which are considerably wider than high ; spiracles of eighth segment at distal ends of cylindrical respiratory tubules arising close together near the middorsum at the posterior margin of the segment ; respiratory tubules slightly less than length of 9th segment, or 1-1.5 mm long, and somewhat constricted on apical two-thirds. Labrum bearing short hairs on anterior border and with longer and stouter lateral setae ; setae on sclerotized areas of thorax and on legs ; short, cylindrical papillae laterally on mesothorax, metathorax, and abdomen ; those of posterior abdomen may be several times longer than wide ; extent of papillae variable, occasionally present on lateral filaments. Labrum brown ; clypeus tawny- white ; frons and vertex dark- brown ; occiput dark brown, washed with lighter brown on sub- median and dorsolateral areas ; pronotum brown, faintly em- bossed with darker brown as follows : dorsolateral comma near apex 1.0 mm long; lateral arrow-shaped mark 1.75 mm long, pointing upwards, with stem laterally concave, beginning at submarginal suture ; short vertical dash each side of arrow stem near base; additional dorsolateral comma at base; mesothorax and metathorax tawny; scuta variegated with darker brown; legs tawny-white ; abdomen sandy-gray, mottled with paler gray, and with an obscure, pale middorsal stripe ; lateral filaments sandy-gray. Larvae of Nigronia fasciatus closely resemble the larvae of the more widespread Nigronia scrricoruis Say, and a third, undescribed species. It differs from these mainly in the greater length and closer proximity of the caudal respiratory tubules. In the other species the respiratory tubules are mid-lateral in position, conical, and less than 1 mm in length. IxxviJ ENTOMOLOGICAL NK\VS 1U5 REFERENCES CITED CUYLER, R. D. 1958. The larva of Chauliodes Latreille (Megaloptera : Corydalidae). Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 51: 582-586, figs. 1-10. HAMILTON, A. 1940. The New Zealand dobson (Archichanliodcs diver- sits Walker) : Life history and bionomics. New Zealand Sci. & Tech. Jour. 22: 45A-55A. A New Moth for Pennsylvania On V.I 5. 65, large numbers of a species of Ptichodis Hbn. (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae) were observed near Schwenksville, Montgomery Co., Pa., and two were taken for identification. They proved to be P. bistrlgata Hbn., a species previously un- recorded for the State. P. bistrigata occurs in the Gulf states (Georgia, IV) and locally up the coast. It has been reported from Lakehurst, N. J. (V). Both sexes were present and fresh. About 60 individuals were seen in a four-acre area. 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Copies 1-4 pp. 5-8 pp. 9-12 pp. Covers 50 $5.87 $ 9.40 $14.69 $6.40 100 7.03 11.15 17.62 8.75 Add'l 100 2.35 3.51 5.85 4.70 Plates printed one side : First 50, $4.68 ; Additional 100's, $3.52. Transportation charges will be extra. Catocala luitiscae, new species. FIG. 1, upperside holotype ; FIG. 2, underside holotype; FIG. 3, genitalia of male paratype (Slide no. 6). FIGS. 1 and 2 twice natural size ; length of forewing 20 mm. ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS VOL. LXXVI OCTOBER, 1965 No. 8 A New Catocala from Florida (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) JOHN BAUER, Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, Pa. In 1954 a Carnegie Museum field trip of several months to northern Florida was conducted with the support and in- spiration of Mr. and Mrs. E. P. Mellon, II, of Pittsburgh. . \mong the large collections taken was a series of a new species of Catocala, named below in memory of the late Louise (Mrs. E. P.) Mellon. This species is closely related to C. androincdae Guenee in male genitalia and forewing pattern and has the deep yellow color of C. anicstris Strecker on the hind wing. C. androincdae, aincstrls and loniscae were found flying together. Catocala louiseae, new species (Figs. 1, 2) Head and thorax a mixture of gray and brown scales ; an- terior tufts brown, edged with white ; the posterior tufts with mixed yellow and gray scales posteriorly and anteriorly edged with brown scales. Abdomen buff dorsally with lateral tufts white to light brown, and light yellow ventrally; anal tuft brown with whitish tip. Forewing upperside (Fig. 1) markings close to C. androincdae: ground color light gray dusted with brown scales ; basal dash dark brown, angled directly to and touching the inner margin ; a well marked trapezoid spot over base of Cul and intersecting the subreniform and the transverse anterior line ; transverse anterior line narrow, oblique, connected to the top of the trapezoid spot, broader toward costa; dark basal line a short narrow bar at the costa ; median shade short, (197) 198 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Oct., 1965 broad, oblique touching the reniform spot and ending at costa ; reniform spot oblong, outlined heavily by brown scales, its center a mixture of light gray and yellow-brown scales ; two small prominent white spots beyond the dark ring of the reni- form spot, one above the other ; postmedian line dark brown bordered distally with white and with a large tooth, its top oblique from costa and slightly curved, its bottom horizontal, below which the vertical postmedian line is slightly scalloped to the inner margin ; a distinct fuscous brown band separates the outer portion of the postmedian from the irregularly serrated subterminal line which is silvery ; a subapical deep brown shade runs obliquely and joins the tooth of the postmedian line; fringes concolorous. Hind wings upperside, deep yellow, bands black-brown, median band narrow, angulate and narrower toward distal margin ; outer band, broad, broken at Cu., by the yellow ground leaving a short elongated bar at anal angle ; apical patch lemon yellow ; fringes with overlap of brown scales along the dark outer band, then lemon yellow toward anal angle. Underside (Fig. 2) of forewing yellowish-white with black- brown patch at base below the cell, a dusky streak at the base above the cell, a black-brown transverse curved median band from costa to inner margin and crossing the discocellulars, slightly wider than the yellowish-white band beyond it ; apical and distal fourth of wing black-brown with yellowish-white apical and interval fringe spots. Underside of hindwing almost identical with the upperside. The genitalia (Fig. 3) are close to Catocala androincdac but the clasper is less curved. Holotype J1, Moultrie, St. Johns Co., FLORIDA; 14-V-1954. (Bauer; at bait). Allotypc 5> same locality and collector, 12-V-1954. 5 J1 and 4$, paratypes all topotypic; 12 to 14-v- 1954, on bait. 1 £, no data (ex A.N.S.P.). All specimens are in the collection of Carnegie Museum. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Thanks are due to Dr. George E. Wallace, Dr. Richard M. Fox, and Mrs. Jean W. Fox for advice and assistance in preparing the manuscript, and to Richard T. Satterwhite for preparation of the drawing. Ixxvi] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 199 A Checklist and Keys to the Muscinae and Sto- moxydinae (Diptera, Muscidae) of Pennsylvania 1 W. H. GOTVVALD, JR.2 Neither a checklist nor keys to the Muscinae and Stomoxy- clinae of Pennsylvania exist, and although lists for adjoining states are available, they contain errors in synonymy and have not been brought up to date or revised since they were pub- lished. Leonard (1928) compiled a list of the insects of New York, Britton (1920) published a checklist to the insects of Connecticut, and Johnson (1910) provided a list of the Diptera of New Jersey. Although the present study is initially restricted to the political boundaries of Pennsylvania, its checklist and keys are applicable in any of the states of the northeastern United States. The author is greatly indebted to Dr. W. Wayne Boyle, Curator of Insects at The Pennsylvania State University, for his guidance and supervision during this research. The author is further grateful for assistance and advice received from : Dr. George Steyskal and Mr. C. W. Sabrosky of the United States National Museum ; Dr. George E. Wallace of the Car- negie Museum, Pittsburgh ; Dr. Selwyn S. Roback of the Acad- emy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia; Dr. L. L. Pechuman, Cornell Univesity; Dr. T. H. Cheng, The Pennsylvania State University; and Dr. H. C. Huckett of Riverhead, New York. The specimens examined came from the United States Na- tional Museum ; the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia ; the Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh ; Cornell University ; and The Pennsylvania State University. Some were from the collec- tions of Dr. Tien-Hsi Cheng of the Pennsylvania State Uni- versity and the author. 1 A portion of a thesis submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of The Pennsylvania State University in partial fulfillment of the require- ments for the Degree of Master of Science. - Instructor of Zoology, The Pennsylvania State University, The Al- toona Campus, Box 1, R. D. 4, Altoona, Pennsylvania. 200 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Oct., 1965 HISTORICAL BACKGROUND Originally, most calyptrate muscoids were included by Lin- naeus (1758) in his "genera" Musca, Oestrus, and Conops. It was not until 1862 that the Muscinae were first described as a subfamily, by Schiner in his Fauna Austriaca. Schiner in- cluded also the genera belonging to the Stomoxydinae, or all those muscoids with the fourth longitudinal vein (M1 + 2) bent or upcurved at its distal end, an arista plumose at the tip, an abdomen short and ovate and without strong macrochetae, and comparatively short legs. At that time the Muscinae, along with most of the genera found in the family Muscidae today, were placed in the family Anthomyiidae. Osten-Sacken (1881) noted that most Anthomyiidae, including the Muscinae, differed from the rest of the calyptrate muscoids in the absence of dis- tinct hypopleural bristles, and thus discovered a character of considerable phylogenetic importance. The Muscinae, as de- fined by Schiner, was later raised to family rank by Townsend in 1890. Girschner in 1893 recognized the hypopleural bristles as a distinguishing characteristic of the Tachinidae and as a result transferred several genera from the Muscinae to the Tachinidae. He divided the calyptrate muscoids into the Anthomyiden and the Tachiniden, the former including the Muscinae. One must remember that the Stomoxydinae were still included in the Muscinae. A modification of Girschner's arrangement was made by Bezzi and Stein (1907) ; they grouped the genera of Muscinae into either the "Muscinae muscaeformes" or the "Muscinae ari- ciaeformes." The former included all genera with the lower calypter broadly truncate at its apex and inner margin extended close to, or under, the margin of the scutellum. This ap- proaches the present-day definition of the Muscinae. Into the latter group went many genera then in Anthomyiidae and the genera now included in the Stomoxydinae. Townsend in 1908 noted that the pteropleural vestiture was of taxonomic value in the Muscoidea, but continued to rely Ixxvi | ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 201 heavily on the upturned discal vein (M1 + 2). In 1925 Malloch supported the idea that Musca and its allies should be returned to the family Anthomyiidae, and, although he was of the opinion that the Muscinae could be included in another subfamily (Phaoniinae), recognized that they could be retained, in part, on their possession of the truncate calypter. Although Malloch (1929) later qualified this limitation by including the Stomoxy- dinae in the Muscinae, van Emden in 1939 used the shape of the lower calypter as the sole character in distinguishing the Muscinae from other muscoids. More recently, Collin (1948) suggested that greater impor- tance be attached to the pteropleural vestiture and less to the shape of the lower calypter. This would eliminate at least two genera (Graphomya and Pararicia) from the presently defined Muscinae and include one genus (Polietcs) in Muscinae from another subfamily. Collin suggested also that significance be attached to the structure of eggs and of the posterior larval spiracles. Collin's definition of the Muscinae includes those genera presently in the Stomoxydinae. Roback (1951) also combined adult and larval characters in an attempt to define more closely the families and subfamilies of the muscoid calyp- trate Diptera. Roback raised the Stomoxydinae to subfamily status on the basis of both larval and adult characters, thus separating them from the Muscinae. Eldridge and James (1957) dispute Roback's conclusion regarding the separation of the Muscinae and Stomoxydinae. They have divided the Muscinae into three tribes : Muscini, Stomoxydini, and Grapho- myini. This inclusion of the Stomoxydinae, tends to create greater confusion in the definition of the Muscinae by increasing the number of characters necessary to make the description all-inclusive. Although the taxonomic status and the limitations of the subfamilies Muscinae and Stomoxydinae have been controversial for many years, they will be regarded here as being separate subfamilies and in the family Muscidae. 202 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Oct., 1965 7 8 FIGS. 1-8. Wing venation, right wing, in the Muscinae 1. Graphoinya maculata (Scopoli). 2. Pararicia pascuorum (Meigen). 3. Orthcllia caesarion (Meigen). 4. Musca aiitiimnalis DeGeer. 5. Afusca domestica Linnaeus. 6. Mescmbrina latrcillci Robineau-Desvoidy. 7. Pyr cilia cyanicolor Zetterstedt. 8. M or cilia micans (Macquart). Lxxvi] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 203 10 11 12 LOWER CALYPTER FIGS. 9-10. Wing venation, right wing, in the Stomoxydinae 9. Stonu.vys calci trans (Linnaeus). 10. Ifacinafobia irritans (Lin- naeus). FIGS. 11-12. Lower calypteres, dorsal view 11. Stomoxys calcitrans (Linnaeus). 12. Afttsca doincstica Linnaeus. 204 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Oct., 1965 SYSTEMATIC TREATMENT Family MUSCIDAE Small to medium flies ; bodies normally grey but may be metallic blue, black, or green in color ; proboscis may be longer than head, rigid and with labellum reduced, or not rigid, with labellum fleshy and well developed; arista bare, pubescent, or plumose ; sternopleuron generally with two to four bristles ; two or three humeral bristles ; acrosticals usually indistinct ; two presutural dorsocentrals ; calypters large, with the lower calypter usually distinctly larger than upper calypter; hypo- pleuron with weak hair or bare ; pteropleuron lightly pilose or bare; sixth longitudinal vein (C«2 + 2 A) never reaching wing margin. Subfamily MUSCINAE Body moderately robust, grey to metallic blue, black, or green in color ; proboscis short and not rigid, labellum fleshy and well developed (Fig. 17) ; arista bare, pubescent, or plumose ; pteropleuron haired or bare ; two or more sterno- pleural bristles present, if three, they are never arranged in an equilateral triangle ; lower calypter truncate at its apex, its inner margin lying next to, touching, or lying beneath basal lateral angle of scutellum [except Pararicia pabulorum (Fallen, 1823)] (Fig. 12). Checklist to the Muscinae of Pennsylvania Pararicia pascuorum (Meigen, 1826) Pararicia pabulorum (Fallen, 1823) 3 Mesembrina latreillei Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830 Graphomya maculata (Scopoli, 1763) Morellia micans (Macquart, 1855) Pyrellia cyanicolor Zetterstedt, 1845 3 While no Pararicia pabulorum (Fallen) were found in the Pennsyl- vania material examined, it is assumed by the author that this species inhabits Pennsylvania and may be relatively common. It has been re- corded in states surrounding Pennsylvania (Dodge 1951) and has been included in the key to the Muscinae and in the descriptions. Ixxvi] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 205 Orthellia caesarion (Meigen, 183S) Musca autumnalis DeGeer, 1776 Musca domestica Linnaeus, 1761 AYv to the genera and species of Muscinae of Pennsylvania 1. Pteropleuron with bristles or hairs 3 Pteropleuron without bristles or hairs 2 2. ( 1 ) Hypopleuron with well developed hairs ; meso- notum with vivid gray pollinose stripes; wing venation as in Fig. 1 Graphomya maculata (Scopoli) Hypopleuron without well developed hairs ; meso- notum without vivid gray pollinose stripes Pararicia Brauer and Bergenstamm a. Lower calypter truncate at its apex, its inner margin lying next to, touching, or lying beneath basal lateral angle of scutellum (Fig. 12) ; wing venation as in Fig. 2 P. pascuorum ( Meigen) Lower calypter rounded at its apex and di- verging from scutellum ( Fig. 11) P. pabulorum (Fallen) 3. (1) Fourth longitudinal vein (M1 + 2) with a sharp bend apically (Figs. 3, 4, 5) 4 Fourth longitudinal vein broadly curved apically (Figs. 6, 7,8) '. 5 4. (3) Thorax and abdomen metallic green; presutural acrostical bristles present ; wing venation as in Fig. 3 Orthellia caesarion (Meigen) Thorax and abdomen dark grey to black and nonmetallic ; presutural acrostical bristles absent Musca L. a. Middle of the propleuron with hairs ; wing venation as in Fig. 5 M. domestica L. Middle of the propleuron bare; wing venation as in Fig. 4 M. autumnalis DeGeer (An alternate key for the identification of M. domestica and M . autumnalis follows this key.) 5. (3) Fourth longitudinal vein (Mli2) joining costa after (posterior to) wing tip (Fig. 6) ; base of wings brilliant yellow Mesembrina latreillei Rob.-Desv. Fourth longitudinal vein joining costa before (anterior to) wing tip (Figs. 7, 8) ; base of wings not brilliant yellow 6 206 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Oct., 1965 6. (5) Middle tibia with a strong anteroventral bristle beyond the middle (Fig. 20) ; thorax and ab- domen metallic blue (sometimes blue-green) ; sternopleurals usually 1:3; wing venation as in Fig. 7 Pyrellia cyanicolor Zetterstedt Middle tibia without an anteroventral bristle be- yond the middle ; thorax and abdomen metallic black ; sternopleurals usually 1:2; wing vena- tion as in Fig. 8 Morellia micans (Macquart) 13 14 15 16 FIG. 13. Head of Musca doinestica Linnaeus, male, dorsal view. FIG. 14. Head of Musca aiituinnalis DeGeer, male, dorsal view. FIG. 15. Head of Musca doinestica Linnaeus, female, dorsal view. FIG. 16. Head of Musca aittiunnalis DeGeer, female, dorsal view. Ixxvi] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 207 ,>& ANTEROVENTRAL BRISTLE 20 FIG. 17. Head of Musca domcstica Linnaeus showing the non- sclerotized proboscis and fleshy labellum, lateral view. FIG. 18. Head of Stomoxys calcitrans (Linnaeus) showing the scler- otized proboscis, lateral view. FIG. 19. Head of Hacmatobia irritans (Linnaeus i with long palpus, lateral view. FIG. 20. Middle tibia of Pyrcllia cyanicolor Zetterstedt with a strong anteroventral bristle beyond the middle. 208 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Oct., 1965 Alternate key to the species of Musca L. of Pennsylvania. [In part after Vockeroth (1953) and Sabrosky (1959).] The author found that the best single character for separat- ing M. domestica and M. autumnalis is the condition of the propleuron (Vockeroth, 1953) as described in the above key. Since it is sometimes difficult to locate and distinguish the condition of the propleuron, an alternate key has been pro- vided to separate the species. 1. Males (eyes more-or-less holoptic) 2 Females (eyes dichoptic) 3 2. ( 1 ) Eyes above separated by less than width of ocellar triangle (Fig. 14) ; abdomen above with second and third tergites, except for median line, yel- low to orange-brown ; remainder dark to black M. autumnalis DeGeer Eyes above separated by at least twice the width of ocellar triangle (Fig. 13) ; abdomen above usually with posterior half of first tergite and all of second tergite, except for median line, yellowish, remainder dark to black ; abdomen occasionally all dark M. domestica L. 3. (1) Orbital stripe gray pollinose; abdomen dark above ; anteromedial margin of eye as seen from above angled at the middle (Fig. 16) M. autumnalis DeGeer Orbital stripe golden-yellow below, black above ; abdomen above usually with posterior half of first tergite and all of second tergite, except for median line, yellowish, remainder dark to black ; abdomen occasionally all dark ; antero-medial margin of eye as seen from above rounded at the middle (Fig. 15) M. domestica L. Subfamily STOMOXYDINAE Proboscis heavily sclerotized, porrect, and fitted for piercing (Figs. 18, 19); pteropleuron haired; hypopleuron bare or haired ; usually at the most one sternopleural bristle ; lower calypter rounded at apex, its inner margin diverging from scutellum (Fig. 11). Ixxvi | ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 209 Checklist to the Stomoxydinae of Pennsylvania Stomoxys calcitrans (Linnaeus, 1758) Haematobia irritans (Linnaeus, 1758) Key to the genera and species of Stomoxydinae of Pennsylvania 1. Palpi short, not as long as sclerotized portion of proboscis (Fig. 18) ; sternopleural bristles strong and black, 0:1; hypopleuron haired Stomoxys calcitrans (L.) Palpi long and prominent, as long as sclerotized portion of proboscis (Fig. 19) ; sternopleural bristles weak and pale, 1:0 or 1:1; hypo- pleuron bare Haematobia irritans (L.) REFERENCES CITED ALDKICH, J. M. 1905. Catalogue of the North American Diptera. Smithson. Misc. Coll. 46: 1-680. ASSIS-FONSECA, E. C. M. d'. 1956. Trans. Soc. Brit. Ent, Manchester. 12: 113-128. BEQUART, J. 1922. Psyche. 29: 89-91. BRITTON, W. E. 1920. Check-list of the insects of Connecticut. State of Connecticut, State Geological and Natural History Survey Bul- letin 31. pp. 196-197. COLLIN, J. E. 1948. Proc. Royal Ent. Soc. London (B). 17: 125-127. CURRAN, C. H. 1934. The families and genera of North American Diptera. New York. 512 pp. DODGE, H. R. 1951. Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington 53: 341-342. ELDRIDGE, B. F., and M. T. JAMES. 1957. Bull. Calif. Insect Survey 6(1) : 1-17. EMDEN, F. VAN. 1939. Muscidae ; Muscinae and Stomoxydinae. Ru- wanzori Exped. 1934-1935. London, Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) 2: 49-89. GIRSCHNER, E. 1893. Berliner Ent. Zeitschr. 38 : 297-312. HENNIG, W. 1956. In LINDNER, E. Die Fliegen der Palearktischen Region. 63h (Lfg. 194) : 101-103. HOLMQUIST, A. M. 1928. Ann. Ent. Soc. Amcr. 21 : 660-667. HOUGH, G. DEN. 1899. Biol. Bull. 1 : 19-33. JOHNSON, C. W. 1910. In List of Diptera of New Jersey. Ann. Rept. New Jersey State Mus. 1909: 703-814. KNAB, F. 1914. Canad. Ent. 46: 325-326. LEONARD, M. D., editor. 1928. A list of insects of New York. Cor- nell University Agricultural Experiment Station, Ithaca, New York. 1121 pp. 210 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Oct., 1965 LINNAEUS, C. VON. 1758. Systema Naturae, ed. 10, 823 pp. MALLOCH, J. R. 1925. Proc. Linn. Soc. N. S. W. 50: 35-46. ROBACK, S. S. 1951. Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 44: 327-361. SABROSKY, C. W. 1959. Coop. Econ. Ins. Rep., U. S. Dept. Agric., Washington, D. C. 9 : 988. SNYDER, F. M. 1954. Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 48: 445-452. TOWNSEND, C. H. T. 1908. Smithson. Misc. Coll. 51 (1803) : 1-138. -. 1914. Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 7: 160-167. VOCKEROTH, J. R. 1953. Canad. Ent. 85 : 422-423. WILLISTON, S. W. 1908. Manual of North American Diptera. New Haven, Conn. James T. Hathaway. 405 pp. A New Species of Enoclerus from the Western United States (Coleoptera: Cleridae) JOSEF N. KNULL, Department of Zoology and Entomology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio 43210 This article is an attempt to separate two species of Enoclerus which have been called E. inocstus (Klug) (1842). Enoclerus barri n. sp. Male. — Form of E. moestus (Klug), although smaller: shin- ning black ; abdomen reddish yellow ; elytra with white pubes- cent markings at base and back of middle. Head convex ; surface densely minutely punctate, a long white hair arising from each puncture ; antennae extending to past middle of pronotum when laid alongside, last three segments transverse, forming a club. Pronotum slightly wider than long, wider at apex than at base; sides slightly constricted back of apex, then broadly rounded to strongly constricted base ; disk somewhat flattened, a sinuate transverse depression on apical third and a transverse depression at base ; surface densely, minutely punctate, each puncture bearing a long black hair, longer white hairs at sides and at base. Scutellum rounded in rear, densely clothed with white pubescence. Ixxvi] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 211 Elytra much wider than widest part of pronotum, widest in apical third ; sides subparallel hack of base, then diverging to apical third and broadly rounded to separately rounded apices ; disk somewhat flattened, a slight depression at middle and one on each side at base ; surface with irregularly placed raised smooth areas, densely minutely punctate, a short black hair 1. Enoclcrus barri n. sp. Line equals 3 mm. arising from each puncture, an irregular band of short white pubescence extending diagonally from umbone to suture, an- other similar band along suture from about middle to apices, the band widened at middle, and extending diagonally to side margin, apical area with white pubescence, scattered long flying hairs arising from elytra. Apical white pubescence interrupted by a patch of short black pubescence. 212 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Oct., 1965 Abdomen beneath densely minutely punctate, a long fine white hair arising from each puncture. Legs with long and short white pubescence. Length 7.7 mm ; width 3 mm. Female. — Abdomen slightly inflated. Type male, allotype and paratypes collected at Chester, Plumas Co., Calif., July 11, 1951. Paratypes as follows: CALI- FORNIA, Chester, June '25, July 1-11, 1951; July 10, 15, 1954; July 4. 1958; June 16, 29,' 1963; Crescent Mills, Plumas Co., June 25, 1963; Mt. Lassen, Shasta Co., June 16, July 5, 1963; 12 miles West of Mineral, Tehama Co., June 6, 1960; June 14, 19, 1963; 13 miles West of Mineral, July 9, 12, 1954; 15 miles West of Mineral, June 16, 1941 ; June 25, July 3, 1951 ; Keen Camp, Riverside Co., May 24, June 14, July 3, 1946; Baldwin Lake, San Bernardino Co., June 7, 1941; June 5, 1948; Mt. Saint Helena, Napa Co., June 19, 1941 ; Quincy, Plumas Co., [une 27, 1960. IDAHO, Craters of the Moon, Butte Co., July 8, 1937. NEW MEXICO, Lincoln Co., July 9, 1940. TEXAS, Davis Mountains, Jeff Davis Co., June 14, 1956. All collected by D. J. and J. N. Knull. NEVADA, Dixie National Forest, Clark Co., Aug. 1, 1936, J. N. Knull, Collector. Also CALIFORNIA: Mt. Diablo, Contra Costa Co., May 21, 1931; Glendale, Humboldt Co., May 1, 1932, K. Sloop; Idyll- wild, San Jacinta Mts., Tune 19, 1940, F. H. Ringde; Miami R.S., Madera Co.. July 22, 1938, L. R. Gillogly; Plumas Co.: Keddie, July 22, 1941, 4 Mi. W. Quincy, July 12, 1949, E. L. Schlinger and June 26, 1949, F. Morishita; San Maguel, San Luis Obispo Co., Aug. 1918, E. J. Oslar, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz Co., May 16, 1926; Shasta Co.: Shingletown, Tune 2-16, 1941, C. W. Anderson; June 2, 1941, P. D. Kurd; Callahan, Siskiyou Co., June 13, 1934, T. G. H. Aitken ; Carrville, Trin- ity Co., June 12, 1934, T. G. H. Aitken; Strawberry, Tuolumne Co., June 20, 1951, E. G. Linsley and J. W. MacSwain ; June 21, 1951, A. T. McClay; Challenge, July 15, 1938. IDAHO: Moscow, June 20-July 31, 1931, July 20, 1932, P. R. Rice; August 17, 1952, H. C. Manis; 3 Mi. N.E. Carey, Aug. 17, 1961, W. F. Barr; OREGON, Ruch, June 21, 1939 and WASH- INGTON, Ellensburg, July 28, 1940, K. E. Gibson. Type, allotype and paratypes in collection of the author, para- types in collections of W. F. Barr, Museum of Comparative Zoology and The Ohio State University. Ixxvi] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 213 This species has been combined with E. moestus in collec- tions. It can be distinguished from it by being usually smaller in size and lacking an obtuse tubercle on base of each elytron and rugose base. The apical white pubescence is separated by a spot of black hairs. I am indebted to W. F. Barr for examining a specimen and loan of material ; to F. Hieke, Humboldt University for privi- lege of studying the type of E. moestus and to J. F. Lawrence for comparing specimens with the type of E. tnmcatus (Lee.) (1849), which is a synonym of E. moestus. LITERATURE CITED KLUG, JOHN C. F. 1842. Versuch einer systematischen Bestimmung und Auseinandersetzung der Gattungen und Arten der Clerii, einer In- sectenfamilie aus der Ordnung der Coleopteren. Abh. Preussische Akad. Wiss., 1840-42 (1842), pp. 259-397. LECONTE, J. L. 1849. Synopsis of the coleopterous insects of the group Cleridae which inhabit the United States. Ann. Lye. Nat. Hist. N. Y., 5 : 9-35. New Exotic Crane-Flies (Tipulidae: Diptera). Part XI CHARLES P. ALEXANDER, Amherst, Massachusetts l The preceding part under this general title was published in ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS, Vol. 76 (2) : 41-48. The species discussed at this time were taken in Assam and Kumaon, India, by Fernand Schmid, with the exception of a single fly that was collected in Nepal by Edward I. Coher. I am greatly indebted to the collectors for these interesting specimens. Epiphragma (Epiphragma) dysommata, new species Size small (wing of male 9 mm) ; mesothorax variegated with buffy yellow, brownish yellow and dark brown ; antennae 1 Contribution from the Entomological Laboratory, University of Massachusetts. 214 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Oct., 1965 short, fusion-segment yellow, comprised of two segments ; fe- mora yellow with two pale brown rings, one median, the other subterminal ; wings pale yellow with a pale brown pattern that includes very broad ocelli with narrow darkened margins, their centers at origin of Rs, anterior cord, outer end of cell 1st M2 and the outer fork of M; darkened pattern heaviest in the cubi- tal and anal cells ; Rs spurred near origin ; male hypopygium with more than the outer half of the interbase a long slender rod, acute at tip. J1. Length about 9 mm; wing 9 mm; antenna about 1.6 mm. Rostrum brownish yellow ; palpi black. Antennae relatively short ; scape and pedicel brownish black, fusion-segment of flagellum yellow, the remainder dark brown ; fusion-segment consisting of two completely fused elements, remaining segments becoming progressively more elongate, subcylindrical, shorter than the very long verticils. Head light brownish yellow, center of posterior vertex narrowly darker brown. Pronotum yellow, scutum with a narrow brown central line. Mesonotal praescutum variegated writh buffy yellow, brownish yellow, and dark brown ; intermediate stripes brownish yellow, narrowly blackened on posterior fourth and at cephalic end, lateral stripes more yellowed, humeral and lateral borders dark brown ; scutum brown, posterior margins of lobes narrowly yellow pollinose ; scutellum yellow pollinose, parascutella brown ; mediotergite grayish yellow on anterior half, infuscated behind and on sides, katapleurotergite similarly darkened, with a small pruinose central area. Pleura chiefly dark brown, variegated with still darker brown areas on the dorsopleural membrane, before the wing root, as a narrow stripe that includes the pro- pleura and ventral anepisternum, and on the dorsal sternopleu- rite, continued across the central part of the pteropleurite and the ventral sternopleurite. Halteres brownish yellow, base of stem narrowly yellow, knob dark brown, its apex very narrowly yellowed. Legs with coxae and trochanters yellowed ; femora yellow with two pale brown rings, one at near midlength, the other subterminal, slightly wider than the yellow tip ; tibiae ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 215 yellow, very narrowly and vaguely darkened at apex ; tarsi yel- lowed, outer two segments pale brown. Wings with ground pale yellow, slightly more saturated on anterior fourth ; a pale brown pattern, heaviest in the cubital and anal fields; anterior half of wing with very broad ocelli with narrow darker margins, the most evident of these with their centers at origin of Rs. anterior cord, outer end of cell 1st j\I2 and the outer fork of M ; an X-shaped area at basal third of cells R and M; cell 2nd A uniformly darkened except for two small ground spots at one- third the length and before the apex ; veins yellow, pale brown in the darkened parts. Longitudinal veins beyond general level of origin of Rs with short macrotrichia, lacking on 1st A, pres- ent on outer half of 2nd A. Venation : Rs long-spurred at ori- gin; Rl + ., about two-thirds R2 + 3 + i; cell il/t subequal to its petiole; in-cn just before one-third the length of M3 + 4. Abdominal tergites light brown, the lateral borders blackened ; outer sternites with posterior borders yellowed ; hypopygium and preceding segments more uniformly darkened. Male hy- popygium with the tergal lobes very small, darkened, triangular, with short delicate setulae. Interbase with almost the basal half dilated, the long apical rod nearly straight, terminating in an acute spine. Outer dististyle setiferous on basal half, the outer end a decurved slender spine ; inner style a flattened paddle, the tip obtuse. HABITAT. INDIA (Manipur, Assam). Hoht\f>c: $, Hkayam Bourn, 8,500 feet. June 21, 1960 (Fernand Schmid). Epiphragma (Epiphragma') dysoinniata is readily told from the other regional species by the pattern of the wings and espe- cially of the legs, including the two darkened femoral rings. Epiphragma (Epiphragma) scoptes, new species General coloration of head and thorax vellow ; antennae1 i if j male relatively long, black, first flagellar segment brownish yel- low, tip darkened ; flagellar segments with a dense pale pubes- cence and short verticils ; scutum, scutellum and posterior part of praescutum brown ; pleura with a short more or less inter- 216 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Oct., 1965 rupted brown stripe ; femora obscure yellow with a narrow brown nearly terminal ring that is preceded by a vague more yellowed annulus ; wings cream yellow with a conspicuous brown pattern that is paler in the male, the discal areas more or less ocelliform, becoming confluent; m-cu before midlength of cell 1st M2 ; outer abdominal segments darkened ; male hypopygium with the interbase long and slender, tip acute. J1. Length about 8.5 mm ; wing 9.5 mm ; antenna about 3 mm. J. Length about 8 mm ; wing 8 mm ; antenna about 2.2 mm. Rostrum obscure yellow ; palpi black. Antennae of male rela- tively long ; scape and pedicel brownish black, first flagellar seg- ment brownish yellow basally, the tip blackened, succeeding segments black ; flagellar segments long-cylindrical, with a dense pale pubescence and scarcely longer verticils that are only one- third to one-fourth as long as the segments. In the female, antennae uniformly blackened, pubescence lacking, verticils longer and more numerous, scattered over the segment. Head orange, center of vertex more chestnut brown ; vertical tubercle relatively conspicuous, microscopically notched. Pronotal scutum light yellow, posterior half in front narrowly margined with dark brown ; scutellum testaceous. Mesonotal praescutum obscure brownish yellow in front, the posterior two- thirds darker brown; extreme lateral border before suture with a dark brown spot ; scutum and scutellum brown ; postnotum brownish yellow. Propleura dark brown ; mesopleura yellow with a small brown area on ventral anepisternum, the two dark- markings more or less confluent to form a short pleural stripe. Halteres long, stem obscure yellow, knob infuscated. Legs with coxae yellow, fore pair vaguely more darkened on anterior face ; trochanters yellow ; femora obscure yellow with a narrow brown nearly terminal ring that is preceded by a vague more yellowed annulus ; tibiae and tarsi brownish yellow to pale brown. Wings cream yellow with a conspicuous brown pattern that is much paler and less distinct in the male than in the female ; dark and yellow areas subequal in extent ; most of the discal dark mark- ings ocellate, becoming crowded and confluent at and beyond the cord ; before cord the yellow color more extensive, especially IxXVl] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 217 in the medial, cubital, and anal fields ; outer cells with circular yellow spots at or just back from margin, smaller in the radial and medial fields, very extensive in the anal cells ; prearcular field chiefly darkened ; veins brown in the patterned areas, yel- low in the ground portions. Venation : in-c u before midlength of cell 1st M2. In the type male, vein ]l/1 is interrupted before midlength. Abdominal tergites of male brown, the basal impressed lines yellow, proximal sternites light yellow ; outer segments more uniformly darkened. In the female the abdominal tergites more variegated with pale on the lateral and posterior borders. Male hypopygium with the posterior margin of tergite slightly pro- duced medially, with a shallow V-shaped emargination to form two triangular lobes. Interbase long and slender from a dark- ened sinuous base, the apex acute. Dististyles much shorter than the interbase, outer style strongly curved at tip into an acute spine ; inner style subequal in length, tip broadly obtuse, lower margin near base with a group comprising several strong setae. Aedeagus short. Habitat. NEPAL. Holotypc: J\ Simbhanjang Pass. Mahab- harat Range, 8,197 feet, June 24, 1957 (Edward I. Coher). Allotopotype: $. Although it is generally similar to certain other regional spe- cies, including Epiphragma (Epiphragma} kcmpi Brunetti, E. (E.) ornatipcnnis (Brunetti) and E. (E.) ricina Brunetti, the present fly appears to be quite distinct in the coloration of the body, legs, and wings, and in the details of venation. Pseudolimnophila (Pseudolimnophila) spatiosa, new species Size very large (wing 10 mm or more) ; general coloration of mesonotum light brown, pronotum and praescutum with a capil- lary darker central vitta ; legs brown, tarsi passing into black; wings strongly tinged with medium brown, only vaguely pat- terned; 7?li2 long, R2 + 3 + 4 short, strongly arcuated; abdominal tergites dark brown, sternites yellow. J1. Length about 8.5 mm ; wing 10 mm. J. Length about 10-12 mm; wing 10-11.5 mm. 218 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Oct., 1965 Rostrum very short, buffy ; palpi brownish black. Antennae black, pedicel more brownish black, base of first flagellar seg- ment obscurely yellowed ; flagellar segments elongate, shorter than the longest verticils. Head gray above, in cases (including the type) more brownish yellow on front and beneath. Pronotal scutum yellowish brown with a dark central vitta ; scutellum and propleura light yellow. Mesonotal praescutum with the very restricted ground buffy, with four vaguely indi- cated reddish brown to light brown stripes, the intermediate pair divided by a capillary darker vitta ; scutum light brown ; scutellum light brown, the posterior border broadly more yel- lowed ; mediotergite light gray, the anterolateral parts more yellowed. Pleura and pleurotergite obscure yellow, the anepis- ternum and sternopleurite vaguely more reddened, dorsopleural membrane weakly darkened. Halteres with stem yellow, knob slightly infuscated. Legs with coxae and trochanters light yel- low ; femora yellow basally, passing into brown, darkest out- wardly ; tibiae brown, tarsi passing into black. Wings strongly tinged with medium brown, the prearcular and costal fields vaguely more yellowed, stigma slightly indicated ; veins brown, more yellowed in the brightened fields and along vein Cn. Macrotrichia present on outer veins, lacking on proximal two- thirds of ]\I and the bases of Cu and the Anals. Venation : Sc: ending about opposite fork of Rs; R2 + 3 + ± short, strongly arcuated; R1 + 2 unusually long, at least one-half longer than R.2 + s; cell M1 deep; m-cu shortly beyond fork of M. Abdominal tergites dark brown, sternites yellow ; female with genital shield light brown ; cerci long and slender, horn yellow. Habitat. INDIA (Kumaon). Holotypc: $, Tungnath, Pauri Garhwal, 9,000 feet, June 1, 1958 (Fernand Schmid). Alloto- potypc: <§. Paratopotypcs: 2 J5> on a single pin. Pseudolimnophila (Pseudolimnophila} spatiosa is most simi- lar to the smaller P. (P.) apicinigra Alexander, of Kashmir, which differs in the gray coloration of the thorax and the black tipped femora. The present fly is one of the largest members of the genus so far discovered. Ixxvi] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 219 Hexatoma (Eriocera) citrina, new species Allied to aitrantia; size small (wing of male 8 mm) ; general coloration of body uniformly orange or yellowed, with a small darkened spot on the dorsal anepisternum ; legs darkened ; wings strongly darkened, especially the base and costal region ; cell Mj_ present, relatively shallow, its petiole from two to four times m. J1. Length about 7 mm; wing 8 mm; antenna about 1.4 mm. J. Length about 9.5 mm ; wing 10 mm ; antenna about 1.8 mm. Rostrum orange yellow; palpi black. Antennae of male 8- segmented ; scape orange, pedicel brownish black ; basal flagellar segments black, the outer ones paler ; first flagellar segment stout, remainder slender, all with long coarse setae. Head orange ; vertical tubercle low, entire. Thoracic dorsum almost uniformly dark orange, scutellum slightly more yellowed ; pleura, pleurotergite, and posterior end of mediotergite strongly yellowed ; a circular brownish black spot before wing root on dorsal anepisternum. Halteres brown, knobs brownish black. Legs with coxae and trochanters yellow ; remainder of legs dark brownish yellow, appearing to be more darkened by abundant dark colored setae and elongate flattened scales. Wings strongly darkened, the prearcular and costal regions more intensely so ; veins brown. Longitudinal veins beyond cord with long rnacrotrichia, present also on Sc, lacking on Cu and the Anals, a few on outer ends of R and ,17. Vena- tion: Sci ending opposite or shortly before r-m ; R.2 slightly oblique ; cell M^ variable in length from subequal to nearly three times its petiole, the latter from two to four times in; in-cii at near midlength of M3 + 4. Abdominal tergites orange, the outer ones slightly more brownish orange, sternites more orange yellow. Ovipositor with cerci very long and slender. Habitat. INDIA (Assam). Holotyf>c: <$, Nongrim, Khasi- Jaintia, 3,500 feet, October 10, 1960 (Fernand Schmid). Alh- topotype: $, October 11, 1960. 220 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Oct., 1965 The present fly is allied to Hexatoina (Eriocera) aurantia (Brunetti), being distinguished by the small size and the details of venation, especially of the medial field. Hexatoma (Eriocera) rufoantica, new species General coloration of body and appendages black, anterior part of praescutum, the scutellum and mediotergite orange or yellow ; wings strongly blackened, extreme apex and a larger discal area white ; cell M^ lacking ; abdomen relatively long, dull black, the intermediate segments with shiny basal rings. <$. Length about 13-16 mm; wing 12-13 mm; antenna about 3-3.3 mm. Rostrum and palpi black. Antennae of male S-segmented, black throughout ; flagellar segments outwardly gradually de- creasing in length and diameter ; terminal segment from about two-thirds to nearly equal to the penultimate ; all segments with long coarse setae. Head dull black; posterior vertical tubercle low, rounded ; anterior tubercles unequally trilobed. Pronotum dull brownish black. Mesonotal praescutum with the posterior half or more dull black, the anterior part bright rufous to orange, the blackened color extended slightly more cephalad on central portion ; scutum uniformly black ; scutellum light orange, mediotergite more yellowed, parascutella and pleu- rotergite blackened ; sparse erect setae on praescutal interspaces, with still fewer on scutellum. Pleura dull black, ventral sterno- pleurite slightly more pruinose. Halteres and legs black. Wings strongly blackened, Anal cells paler, especially 1st A; a conspicuous whitened discal area before cord, involving cell R and parts of R^ and M; wing tip in cell R± with a small but conspicuous white spot ; veins brown, yellowed in the white areas. Certain longitudinal veins beyond cord with trichia, in- cluding R2 + 3, R3, Rt and especially R-. Venation: Scl ending beyond fork of R,, + 3 + 4 ; R^ + 2 from about one and one-half to nearly twice R2 + 3 ; R2 transverse; cell M^ lacking; m-cu at from about three-fourths to four-fifths M3 + 4. Abdomen relatively long; segments with conspicuous shiny Ixxvi] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 221 more nacreous rings on bases of segments two to seven, broader on the tergites ; remainder dull black, including the hypopygium. Habitat. INDIA (Assam). Holotypc: J1, Lithan, Manipur, 4,000 feet, August 11, 1960 (Fernand Schmid). Paratopo- types: 3 J'J1, with the type. Paratypc: <$, Hanggoi, Manipur, 3,300 feet, July 31, 1960 (Fernand Schmid). By means of Edward's key to the Old World species of Erlo- cera (1921), Hexatoma (Eriocera) rufoantica runs to species such as H. (E.) Icucotela (Walker), of Singapore, and H. (E.) selene (Osten Sacken), of Sumatra. There are no more closely related species in the Indian fauna. Hexatoma (Eriocera) cincta fuscithorax, new subspecies J1. Length about 13.5 mm ; wing 14 mm ; antenna about 3 mm. Characters as in typical cincta (Brunetti), described from the Darjiling District, Eastern Himalayas, differing especially in the coloration of the thorax. Mesonotum almost entirely dark brown with faint tints of reddish, these most evident on sides of praescutum and scutum and posterior borders of the scutel- lum and postnotum. Pleura brownish black, including the dorsopleural region. Tips of femora rather broadly and abruptly black, of the tibiae less so. Abdomen dull black, the bases of tergites three to six shiny nacreous, more silvery on sides. In typical cincta, the mesonotal praescutum and scutum are dark reddish brown, the posterior sclerites of notum and the pleura black. Habitat. INDIA (Assam). Holotype: g, Minghti, Manipur, 2,500 feet, July 30, 1960 (Fernand Schmid). Hexatoma (Eriocera) cincta ignithorax, new subspecies J1. Length about 17 mm; wing 14 mm; antenna about 3 mm. Rostrum light brown ; palpi dark brown. Antennae with scape and pedicel brown, proximal flagellar segments yellowish brown, outer segments dark brown. Head light gray. Pronotum light brown. Entire mesonotum fiery orange, with conspicuous erect setae on praescutum, scutum, and scutellum. 222 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Oct., 1965 Pleura dull orange below, the dorsal pleurites and dorsopleural region more infuscated ; an extensive light silvery gray sheen over the dorsal sternopleurite and anterior pteropleurite. Hal- teres infuscated. Legs with coxae reddish brown, pruinose; trochanters brown ; femora yellow, tips on dorsal surface very narrowly dark brown ; tibiae and tarsi brown. Wings generally as in cincta, the whitened spot in cell R{ very small. Venation : Scj_ ending opposite R2. Abdomen with first tergite orange, second tergite obscure orange at base, posterior border dull velvety black, the inter- vening ring shiny silvery nacreous ; succeeding segments with bases nacreous, this becoming more extensive on outer seg- ments, restricting the black borders ; sixth and seventh segments with bases more brightened with orange ; hypopygium light orange. Habitat. INDIA (Assam). Holotypc: g, Hat Nongshken, Manipur, 200 feet, April 4, 1960 (Fernand Schmid). The general coloration of typical cincta (Brunetti) has been diagnosed briefly in the account of the preceding subspecies. Review Ross, H. H. A TEXTBOOK OF ENTOMOLOGY, 3d Edition. Pp. i-ix + 539, 401 figs. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York 16. $8.95. 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Acleris walkerana (McDunnough) Peronca walkerana McDunnough, 1934, Canadian Jour. Res. 11 : 303, 326, fig. 6 (male genitalia), 330, fig. 5 (female geni- talia) ; 1939, Mem. Southern California Acad. Sci. 2: 58, no. 7487; 1942, Canadian Ent. 74: 70. Acalla mac c ana (not Treitschke) : Henriksen, 1939, Meddel. Greenland 119 (10) : 37. I'.ncosma petalonota (not Meyrick; by mistake) : Lesse and Viette, 1949, Ann. Soc. Ent. France 115: 84, fig. 1 (male genitalia). Peronca caryosphena (not Meyrick) : Lesse and Viette, 1949, Ann. Soc. Ent. France 115: 90, fig. 10 (female genitalia). Acleris walkerana (McDunnough) : Obraztsov, 1963, Proc. U. S. Xatl. Mus. 114: 244, pi. 9, fig. 30 (male genitalia), pi. 10, fig. 35 (female genitalia). Acleris boreana Wolff, 1964, Meddel. Greenland 159 (11): 37, pi. 5, figs. 8-10 (moths), pi. 15, figs. 1, 2 (male genitalia), pi. 16, figs. 1, 2 (female genitalia). New synonym. * Research Fellow, Department of Entomology, the American Museum of Katural History. (225) 226 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Nov., 1965 Recently Wolff (1964) described from Greenland Acleris boreana, as a new species for the following reason : "According to McDunnough (1934: 301) a great confusion exists within the difficult hastiana group in North America, and a number of closely allied species have been named. As none of those, the genitalia of which are illustrated by McDunnough (1934), agree with the Greenland species, this is described below as a distinct species." Unfortunately Wolff (1964) overlooked the fact that in the cited paper McDunnough (1934) described and figured Peronea walkerana McDunnough, the characters of which correspond well to those of boreana. If the female geni- talia of boreana, as they are rendered by Wolff (1964), show the antrum as being wider, this effect is caused by the pressure of the cover glass on the genitalia which, on the slides examined by Wolff, appeared to be rather flattened. As to the remaining characters, neither the male nor the female genitalia of walkerana and boreana differ. The confusion of the species from Greenland with caryo- sphena Meyrick, done by Lesse and Viette (1949), also led Obraztsov (1963) to treat the latter species as a synonym of walkerana. Now that new data on the nominate caryosphena have been published by Wolff (1964), the four specimens from western Greenland, treated by Obraztsov (1963) as this species, must be referred to boreana and there remains no doubt as to the conspecificity of this latter species and walkerana. This circumstance also requires the removal of caryosphena from the synonymy of walkerana. Acleris tripunctana (Hiibner) Additional synonymy to that given by Obraztsov (1963: 220-223) : Peronea caryosphena Meyrick, 1937, Exotic Microlepidop- tera 5: 157. McDunnough. 1939, Mem. South. California Acad. Sci. 2 : 58, no. 7488. Henriksen. 1939, Meddel. Green- land 119 (10) : 38. New synonym. Ixxvi] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 227 Acleris walker ana (McDunnough; in oart) : Obraztsov, 1963, Proc. U. S. Natl. Mus. 114: 244. Acleris (Peronca) caryosphena Meyrick: Wolff, 1964, Meddel. Greenland 159 (11): 39, pi. 5, figs. 11, 12 (moths), pi. 17, figs. 1-4 (male genitalia), pi. 18, figs. 1, 2 (female genitalia). Wolff (1964) examined the holotype of Peronea caryo- splicna and some additional material on this species from Greenland, and stated that caryosphena has nothing in common \viih the hastiana group of the genus Acleris Hiibner) and in many aspects reminds one of Acleris tripunctana (Hiibner).1 He also published very detailed photographs of the moths and their genitalia, thus providing a more complete knowledge of this species. Wolff described the male genitalia of caryosphena as "very similar to those of ferrugana. The socii seem a little shorter and broader in caryosphena than in ferrugana, but it must be admitted that it is extremely difficult to obtain equiva- lent positions in the mounts. The cornuti consist, as in ferru- gana, of a plate, and a short as well as a longer spine." Of the female genitalia Wolff (1964) wrote that they "differ from those of ferrugana in having the lateral lobes of the ostium plate shorter and broader, the sclerotized portion of the ductus bursae longer, not evenly sclerotized, more distinctly separated from the membranous portion, and the signum smaller." He also suggested that "although none of the illustrations of the North American Acleris species published by McDunnough (1934: 325-332) fits in with caryosphena, his description (loc. cit.: 321-322) of North American ferrugana (which he does not picture) may point to caryosphena instead of ferrugana." Wolff (1964) also indicated that the larvae of caryosphena were reared from Bctula nana. The present knowledge of Acleris tripunctana (-- ferrugana Wolff, not Schiffermiller and Denis) in North America is limited to three specimens : one J* taken at Hampton, New 1 Although in Wolff's opinion, the species treated in this paper as Acleris tripunctana (Hiibner) must be named A. ferrugana (Treitschke) (Wolff, 1952: 59), the present author cannot accept this nomenclature for the reasons explained below. 228 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Nov., 1965 Hampshire (Obraztsov, 1963: 223), one J1 from the Ottawa district, and one $ from Salt River, Northwest Territories (McDunnough, 1934: 321). The present author examined the first of the above, deposited in the American Museum of Natural History, and found it to be conspecific with the European tri- punctana. Similar results were also obtained by McDunnough (1934) who compared the genitalia of the two above Canadian specimens with those of the European specimens as well as with the figures of the tripunctana genitalia published by Pierce and Metcalfe (1922: pi. 8) and Filipjev (1931: pi. 25, fig. 3, and pi. 28, fig. 3). In order to clarify the variation of the genitalic characters of tripunctana in Europe, the present author examined 17 J\^ and nine 5? °f this species from Estonia (Reval), Pfalz (Speyer), and Bavaria (Landshut, vicinity of Munich, Regens- burg), all in the Zoological State Collection in Munich. The male genitalia showed no important differences from those of the North American specimen taken at Hampton, New Hamp- shire, and a specimen of tripunctana ("jcrrugana"} from Den- mark figured by Wolff (1964: pi. 17, fig. 5). They also did not differ from the genitalia of caryosphcna on the photographs by Wolff (1964: pi. 17, figs. 1-4). In some of the European specimens the valvae had a convexity at the middle of the ventral margin of the sacculus less developed, similar to that in the caryosphcna genitalia figured by Wolff. The cornuti set was very constant in all of the male specimens, and always con- sisted of a plate and two spines, one longer than the other. Most of the female genitalia of the Eviropean tripunctana ap- peared to have the laterocephalic processes of the sterigma (= "lateral lobes of the ostium plate" of Wolff) rather long and narrow, similar to the of tripunctana in Wolff's paper (1964: pi. 18, figs. 3, 4; "jerrugana"}. In one female (Speyer, Pfalz, slide No. M.192) these processes were found as unequally developed, and the left one was shorter and broader, similar to the laterocephalic processes of the sterigma in caryosphcna on Wolff's photograph (1964: pi. 18, fig. 1). The variation of these processes in the European form of tri- Ixxvi I ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 229 pnnctana may also be confirmed by a drawing of the female genitalia of this species in Sovinskij (1937: pi. 2, fig. 7, "jerru- gana"). This drawing shows the laterocephalic processes of the sterigma developed in the same manner as they are seen from the above photograph by Wolff representing the female genitalia of caryosphena. The sclerotization of the ductus bursae showed itself as being rather inconstant in the European specimens of tripunctana. In some specimens it was quite weak, in the others rather strong, not differing from that in caryo- sphena on Wolff's photographs (1934: pi. 18, figs. 1, 2). Thus it becomes clear that caroysphena must be treated as a synonym of tripunctana. Should it be proven in the future that female specimens with the shorter laterocephalic processes of the sterigma and a somewhat stronger sclerotization of the ductus bursae, both described by Wolff (1964) as characteristic of caryosphena, are more abundant in North America and Green- land than in Europe, caryosphena might merely be separated as a subspecies. The adaptation of the larvae of both tripunc- tana (Ford, 1939: 58, "jerrugana") and caryosphena (Wolff, 1964: 39-40) to the birch, as well as the flight period of moths beginning in August and after hibernation again in May, give one more reason for treating caryosphena and tripunctana as one species. Wolff (1952: 56-61; 1964: 40) applied to the European specimens of this species the name jerrugana Trietschke and designated its lectotype. Unfortunately this name is pre- occupied by a homonymous Phalaena Tortrix jerrugana Schiff- ermiller and Denis (1776: 128) which latter is a distinct species and belongs to the same genus Acleris Hiibner. This latter name cannot be treated as a "nomen nudwn" and thus "invalid," as Wolff (1952: 57-58, 60) recommended. Schiffermiller and Denis (I.e.) described their jerrugana as a "Rostbrauner Wickler" (rust-brown leaf-roller). This distinctive manner of description, resembling a German colloquial name, was very characteristic of these authors, and it has been accepted by the younger authors for most of the Lepidoptera species established by Schiffermiller and Denis. Thus, there is no reason to reject 230 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Nov., 1965 the name ferrugana by Schiffermiller and Denis. Hiibner (1796-1799: pi. 20, fig. 127) figured this species as rufana, and Trietschke (1830: 263) stated that two specimens matching well this figure were found by him in the Schiffermiller collection under the name ferrugana. Later, Treitschke (1835: 136) con- firmed that "Ritfana, Hbnr. Fig. 127" was the "Hauptart" (e.g., the typical form) of his ferrugana, and in this way he selected the lectotype of ferrugana Treitschke (1830), as well as of ferrugana Schiffermiller and Denis (1776). The lecto- type selection for ferrugana Treitschke (1830), made later by Wolff (1952), has thus become a secondary designation and is therefore not decisive for the nomenclature. The name Phalaena Tortrix ferrugana Schiffermiller and Denis (1776) has to be applied in its modern binominal combination Acleris ferrugana for the species also known as lithargyrana Herrich-Schaffer (1851: 147) and fissurana Pierce and Metcalfe (1915: 324). More detailed explanations on the synonymy of A cleris ferrugana (Schiffermiller and Denis, 1776) were published by Obraztsov (1957: 328-329). He re-introduced this oldest name before the publication of limitations proposed by the new International Code of Zoological Nomenclature (Stoll, 1964: 23, Article 23b) and concerning the so called nomina oblita. These limitations are not retroactive to the nomenclature changes made before 1960, and the name Acleris ferrugana (Schiffermiller and Denis, 1776; Treitschke, 1835; Obraztsov, 1957) still retains its valid- ity. This name indicates a Palearctic species not found in North America; its larvae feed on oak, beech, and willow. The name tripunctana was originally introduced by Hiibner (1796-1799: pi. 20, fig. 129) uninominally, and w^as later bi- nominally validated as Eutrachia tripunctana by the same author (Hiibner, 1822: 65). Established in combination with another generic name, the name tripunctana Hiibner (1822) cannot be treated as a junior homonym of Phalaena Tortrix tripunctana Schiffermiller and Denis (1776: 131), recently known as a synonym of Epiblema (Pardia) cynosbatella Linne (1758: 536; Lhomme, 1939: 366; Obraztsov, 1946: 36; Hannemann, 1961: 144). The name Acleris tripunctana (Hiibner) is the only one Ixxvi | ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS available for the species known as Acleris jcrrugana (Wolff), and it cannot be rejected, despite the opposite opinion of Wolff (1952: 58). The latter author also suggested that Hiibner's figure 129 of tripunctana represents "a characteristic form of Acleris fissurana (Pierce and Metcalfe), with shining pale yellow-ochreous ground colour and the costal patch substituted by three sharply denned blackish spots." As a matter of fact, the variation of color and markings of the forewings is very similar in both tripunctana Hiibner and jcrrugana Schiffer- miller and Denis, and the characters mentioned by Wolff (1952) as "characteristic," cannot be used for separation of these two species. More determinative is the shape of the tennen of the forewing which is more or less concave below the wing apex in tripunctana and almost flat in jcrrugana. In this way Hiibner's figure 129 of tripunctana with its termen distinctly concave can only be referred to the species treated under this name in the present paper. Acleris tripunctana (Hiibner) is a Holarctic species, also found in North America and Greenland ; its larvae feed exclusively on birch. REFERENCES CITED FILIPJEV, N. 1931. \Yissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der entomologischen Expeditionen des Zoologischen Museums in dem Ussuri-Lande. III. Ubersicht der ostsibirischen Arten der Gattung Peronea Curt. Ann. Mus. Zool. Acad. Sci. URSS 31 (1930): 497-528, pis. 23-32. FORD, L. T. 1949. A guide to the smaller British Lepidoptera. London, The South London Entomological and Natural History Society. 230 pp. HANNEMANN, H. J. 1961. Kleinschmetterlinge oder Microlepidoptera. I. Die Wickler (s. str.) ( Tortricidae). In: DAHL, F. ct al Die Tierwelt Deutschlands. Jena, G. Fischer, pt. 48. XI + 233 pp., 22 pis. HERRICH-SCHAFFER, G. A. W. 1851. Systematische Bearbeitung der Schmetterlinge von Europa. Regensburg, vol. 4. pp. 129-288. HUBNER, J. 1796-1799. Sammlung europaischer Schmetterlinge. Hindi VII : Tortrices. Augsburg, pis. 1-29. — . 1822. Systematisch-alphabetisches Verzeichniss aller bisher bey den Fiirbildungen zur Sammlung europaischer Schmetterlinge ange- gebenen Gattungsbenennungen. Augsburg. YI + 81+(1) pp. 232 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Nov., 1965 LESSE, H. DE and P. VIETTE. 1949. Expeditions polaires frangaises (Mission Paul-Emil Victor). Campagne 1949 au Greenland. Zo- ologie, Premiere note : Microlepidoptera. Ann. Soc. Ent. France 115 (1946): 81-92. LHOMME, L. 1939. Catalogue des Lepidopteres de France et de Bel- gique. Le Carriol par Douelle, L. Lhomme, vol. 2, fasc. 2. pp. 173-307. LINNE, C. 1758. Systema Naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Editio decima, reformata. Stockholm. 823 pp. McDuNNouGH, J. 1934. The Canadian species of the tortricid genus Peronea. Canadian Jour. Research 1 1 : 290-332. OBRAZTSOV, N. S. 1946. Versuch einer systematischen tJbersicht der europaischen Eucosmini-Gattungen (Lepidoptera, Tortricidae). Zeitschr. Wiener Ent. Gesell. 30 (1945): 20-48. — . 1957. Die Gattungen der palaearktischen Tortricidae. I. Allge- meine Aufteilung der Familie und die Unterfamilien Tortricinae und Sparganothinae. 3. Fortsetzung und Schluss. Tijdschr. Ent. 100 : 309-347. — . 1963. Some North American moths of the genus Acleris (Lepi- doptera: Tortricidae). Proc. U. S. Natl. Mus. 114: 213-270, 18 pis. 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Notes on the synonymy of some Tortricina (Lep.). Ent. Tidskr. 73 : 53-64. — . 1964. The Lepidoptera of Greenland. Meddel. Greenland 159 (11) : 74pp., 21 pis. IxxviJ KXTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 233 Further Descriptions of the Eggs of Plecoptera of Western United States l ALLEN W. KNIGHT, 2 ALAN V. NEBEKER and ARDEN R. GAUFIN, Department of Zoology and Entomology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah In an earlier paper 3 the eggs of common species of Plecop- tera were described and the need for specific identification of such eggs was discussed. This publication has proven very useful and prompted the authors to prepare the present paper which includes the descriptions of stonefly eggs not recorded in the previous paper. METHODS The methods utilized are identical to those described in the earlier paper. Every attempt was made to obtain living ma- ture eggs which were fully developed, but when these could not be obtained, preserved adults were dissected in order to pre- pare the illustrations. DESCRIPTION OF THE EGGS In the following section an outline (Table 1) and illustrations (Figs. 1-38) are presented showing the eggs obtained in the course of our investigation. 1 This study was aided by a grant from the National Science Founda- tion, G-20703 ; a training grant from the Division of Water Supply and Pollution Control, WP-54 ; and a predoctoral fellowship from the Divi- sion of Water Supply and Pollution Control, WP-12,746. - Present Address : Kellogg Research Laboratories, Michigan State University, Hickory Corners, Michigan. 3 Knight, A. W., A. V. Nebeker and A. R. Gaufin. 1965. Description of the eggs of common Plecoptera of Western United States. Ent. News 76: 105-111. 234 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Nov., 196: TABIE 1. Description of Stonefiy Eggs Species Color Shape Body of Eggs Av. Width Av. Length (Microns) Suborder Setipalpia I. Family Perlodidae A. Subfamily Isogeninae A rcynopteryx water- Brown Oval — longi- 550 850 toni Ricker (Fig. 1) tudinally ridged Arcynopteryx curvata Brown Oval 300 450 Hanson (Fig. 2) A rcynopteryx parallela Brown Oval 350 480 Frison (Fig. 3) Isogenus aestivalis Light Oval — Limpet- 350 475 (Needham & brown like (125 Claassen) (Fig. 4) deep) Isogenns tostoniis Light Oval — limpet- 350 475 Ricker (Fig. 4) brown like (125 deep) Isogenus frontalis Honey Oval — triangu- 325 550 Hagen (Fig. 5) lar in cross section Isogenus zionensis Honey Oval — triangu- 350 550 Hanson (Fig. 6) lar in cross section Isogenus modestus Dark Spherical- 400 550 Banks (Fig. 7) honey flattened B. Subfamily Isoperlinae Isoperla ebria (Hagen) Honey Oval 300 450 (Fig. 8) Isoperla fusca Light Oval 300 425 Needham & brown Claassen (Fig. 9) Isoperla logiseta Honey Oval 150 260 Banks (Fig. 10) Isoperla mormona Honey Oval 180 315 Banks (Fig. 11) Isoperla peter soni Honey Oval 280 350 Needham & Chris- tenson (Fig. 13) IxxviJ ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 235 Fig. 1 Arcynopteryx watertoni Fig. 2 Arcynopteryx curvata Fig. 3 Arcynopteryx parallela Isogenus aestivalis and tostonus Fig. 7 Isogenus modestus Fig. 8 I soperla ebria Fig. 11 Isoperla mormona Fig. 12 Isoperla pinta Fig. 5 Isogenus frontalis Fig. 6 I sogenus zionensis Fig. 9 Isoperla fusca Fig. 10 Isoperla longiseta Fig. 13 Isoperla petersoni Fig. 14 Isoperla sordida 236 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Nov., 1965 TABLE 1. Description of Stonefly Eggs (Contd.) Species Color Shape Body of Eggs Av. Width Av. Length (Microns) Isoperla pinta Prison Honey Oval 230 350 (Fig. 12) Isoperla sordida Brown Oval 400 500 (Banks) (Fig. 14) Isoperla trictura Light Oval 210 400 (Hoppe) (Fig. 15) honey C. Subfamily Perlodinae Dhira knouitoni Brown Oval 300 550 (Prison) (Fig. 22) II. Family Chloroperlidae A. Subfamily Chloroperlinae Alloperla medveda Light Oval 350 400 Ricker (Fig. 16) brown Alloperla sever a Honey Oval 250 390 (Hagen) (Fig. 18) Alloperla autumna Honey Oval 180 300 Hoppe (Fig. 17) Alloperla lineosa Honey Oval 250 400 Banks (Fig. 19) Alloperla albertensis Honey Oval 250 425 Needham and Claassen (Fig. 37) Alloperla coloradensis Honey Oval 300 470 (Banks) (Fig. 35) Alloperla lamba Light Oval 250 390 (Needham and brown Claassen) (Fig. 18) Alloperla pacifica Honey Oval 250 375 (Banks) (Fig. 20) Alloperla revels toki Honey Oval 250 395 Jewett (Fig. 20) Alloperla diver sa Honey Oval 250 365 Prison (Fig. 20) Alloperla pintada Honey Oval 350 400 Ricker (Fig. 16) Alloperla fraterna Honey Oval 315 480 Prison (Fig. 21) Ixxvij ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 237 Fig. 15 Fig. 16 Isoperla Alloperla trictura medveda, pintada,. Fig 17 Alloperla autumna Fig. 18 Alloperla severa, lamba Fig. 19 Alloperla lineosa Fig. 20 Alloperla pacifica diversa, and revelstoki Fig. 21 Alloperla fraterna Fig. 23 Acroneuria californica Fig. 24 Acroneuria theodora Fig. 22 Di ura knowlton Fig. 25 Acroneuria internata Fig. 26 Fig. 27 Perlomyia Nemoura utahensis cinctipes Fig. 28 Brachyptera occidentalis Fig. 29 Brachyptera pacifica 238 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Nov., 1965 TABLE 1. Description of Stonefly Eggs (Contd.) Species Color Shape Body of Eggs Av. Width Av. Length • (Microns) III. Family Perlidae A. Subfamily Acroneuria % Acroneuria calif ornica Brown Oval 425 600 (Banks) (Fig. 23) Acroneuria theodora Brown Oval 525 725 Needham & Claassen (Fig. 24) Acroneuria internata Dark Pear-shaped 420 610 Walker (Fig. 25) brown Perlesta placida Brown Oval 340 400 Hagen (Fig. 33) Neoperla clymene Light Spindle-shaped 230 400 (Newman) (Fig. 30) brown Suborder Filipalpia I. Family Nemouridae Subfamily Nemourinae N em our a cinctipes Light Ovoid 190 220 Banks (Fig. 27) honey Subfamily Leuctrinae Leuctra forcipata Light Oval 110 150 Prison (Fig. 32) honey Perlomyia utahensis Trans- Oval 140 160 Needham & parent Claassen (Fig. 26) Subfamily Capniinae Capnia poda (Nebeker Light Oval 150 190 & Gaufin) (Fig. 34) honey Subfamily Taeni- opteryginae Brachyptera occi- Light Oval 180 240 dentalis (Banks) honey Fig. 28) Brachyptera pacifica Light Oval 175 210 (Banks) (Fig. 29) honey II. Family Pteronarcidae Pteronarcella regularis Light spherical 180 210 (Hagen) (Fig. 31) brown Pteronarcys nobilis Brown Ovoid 800 550 Hagen (Fig. 38) Pteronarcys princeps Brown Ovoid 800 600 Banks (Fig. 36) IxxviJ ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 239 o Fig. 30 Neoperla clymene Fig. 31 Fig. 32 Pteronarcella Leuctra regularis forcipata Fig 33 Perlesta placida Ci (B .81 " Fig. 34 Capnia poda Fig. 35 Alloperla coloradensis Fig. 36 Pteronarcys princeps Fig. 37 Alloperla al bertensis Fig. 38 Pteronarcys nobilis 240 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Nov., 1965 The Genus Ochrus (Coleoptera: Cerambycidae) CARL FARR MOXEY, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 1 Lacordaire erected the genus Ochnts in 1869 to receive his new species 0. grammodcrus, from Cayenne, placing it in the group Oemides (Methiitae of Thomson) near Hy pints Lacor- daire. Until now, no other species have been added. Genus OCHRUS Lacordaire, 1869. Ochnts Lacordaire. 1869. Genera des coleopteres 8: 225. J1 : Form elongate, moderately slender. Head short, slightly prominent ; palpi long, unequal ; antennae longer than body, slender ; antennal segments neither spinose nor dentate, second segment shorter than any of the others, remaining articles sub- equal ; eyes deeply emarginate, embracing antennal insertion. Pronotum as wide as, or wider than long, constricted basally ; surface with three triangularly arranged tubercles ; anterior coxae prominent, intercoxal process very narrow, lamelliform ; metepisterna narrow, subparallel. Elytra subparallel, bicostate. Femora club-shaped. 5 : Unknown at present. Type species : Ochrus grannnodenis Lacordaire, 1869, by original designation and monotypy. The new species herein described appears to be quite distinct from Lacordaire's, but I have not seen a specimen of his form. The new species is slightly larger than Ochrus grammoderus Lacordaire (1869, Genera des coleopteres 8: 225), the pro- notum is broader than long, the third antennal segment is shorter than all but one (number 10) of the distal segments, and the elytra are patterned differently. 1 I am deeply indebted to Dr. Harold J. Grant, Jr., Chairman of the Department of Insects, for permitting me to work with the collections under his charge. Ixxvi] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 241 Ochrus improvisus Moxey, new species. J1 : Form elongate, depressed ; color light brown ; head, thorax, underside, distal portion of femora, and distal part of antennal segments 3-10, brownish-testaceous; elytral pattern fuscous ; pubescence fine, moderately long, pale yellowish, that of the elytra sparse. Head narrower than pronotum, densely and shallowly punctured ; antennae slender, strongly pubescent, about H times length of body; antennal segments coarsely and rugosely punctured, in ratio of 10:5:15:16:17:16:18:16:15: 13:16. Pronotum 1.1 times broader than long, constricted basally ; sides gently rounded, widest just before the middle ; apex slightly wider than base; disc flattened, with a median tubercle, bordered on each side by a slightly curved costa, each costa bearing anteriorly a single tubercle. Elytra more than three times as long as their basal width, a little wider than pro- notum, faintly tapering posteriorly ; surface with two feeble, irregular costae; apices bidentate; pattern as figured. Legs slender, finely pubescent ; femora swollen distally ; first tarso- mere longer than the next two combined. Abdominal sternites finely punctulate, clothed with fine pubescence; fifth sternite feebly emarginate apically. Length: 17.0 mm. Breadth of elytra at humeri: 4.0 mm. 5: Unknown at present. FIG. 1. Right elytron of Ochrus improvisus, illustrating fuscous pattern. Type: J*; Caracas, VENEZUELA; F. R. Mason collection. Type in the collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. The unique specimen was determined to the genus Ochrus by Aurivillius. 242 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Nov., 1965 Distributional and Biological Records of Idaho Caddisflies (Trichoptera) STAMFORD D. SMITH, Department of Entomology, University of Idaho The caddisfly fauna of Idaho is very poorly known, and there is little information on the distribution or the biology of the species. During the past three years several significant observa- tions have been made and some new records obtained within the state that are worthy of note. However, no attempt has been made to include in this paper all the species previously unre- corded from Idaho. Acknowledgment should be made of the kindness of Dr. Glenn B. Wiggins of the Royal Ontario Mu- seum, Dr. D. G. Denning of the Chemagro Corp., and Dr. H. H. Ross of the Illinois Natural History Survey in confirming sev- eral of the author's identifications. The work reported in this paper was supported in part by N. I. H. Predoctoral Fellowship 1-F1-WP-26, 026-01. Unless otherwise indicated all collec- tions were made by the author. RHYACOPHILIDAE Rhyacophila bifila Banks This species is widely distributed throughout the western montane region, but has not been taken in large numbers. On July 21, 1963 well over one hundred adult males and females were collected under concrete bridges along the Lochsa River between Lolo summit and Lowell, Idaho Co., Idaho. On July 15, 1964 several hundred mature male and female pupae were taken from the Yankee Fork of the Salmon River, near Sun- beam, Custer Co., Idaho. The pupae occurred in dense mats that often completely covered the upstream surface of sub- merged boulders. The pupal case was of sand, somewhat smooth in texture, and symmetrical. The inner cocoon was typical for the genus. This clustering habit of the pupae, espe- cially in such large numbers, has not been recorded for any member of the genus. Ixxvij ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 243 The larva of R. bifila is unknown, and the author has been unsuccessful in collecting it in streams where pupae and adults were found. The larvae must be numerous, but probably have an unusual habit or microdistribution. Rhyacophila vao Milne The following records are eastward extensions of the known range, the Cascade region of Washington and Alaska. On June 27, 1962 one male was swept from streamside vegetation at Slate Creek Ranger Station, 19 miles north of Riggins, Idaho Co., Idaho, arid on July 16, 1964 three males were found resting under a concrete bridge over the headwaters of the Big Wood River, two miles north of Galena, Elaine Co., Idaho. Rhyacophila vemna Milne This species was described from Mt. Ranier, Washington, and Denning (1948) cited two additional collections from the same area. Ross (1956) states, "so far as is known, the vemna line [R. vemna and R. gemona] is restricted to two neighboring high mountains in the Cascades ; . . ." On May 8, and on May 14, 1962 males were collected at White Pine Gulch, eight miles east of Harvard, Latah Co., Idaho. These specimens were observed flying approximately 30 to 40 feet above ground among trees in cold, drizzly weather. Occasionally they flew near the surface of the small rapid stream where they were captured. Denning (1948) described the stigma of this species as brown and golden ; however, these specimens had a bright green stigma which faded to a brownish color after being preserved in 70% alcohol. LlMNEPHILIDAE Amphicosmoecus canax (Ross) The only record for this species is its type locality, Logan Canyon, Utah. On October 6, 1964, W. F. Barr collected one 244 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Nov., 1965 male at Hayden Creek, two and one half miles above Hayden Lake, Kootenai Co., Idaho. Several specimens were observed flying over the stream at dusk, but were present for only a short period. Halesochila taylori (Banks) Several males and females of this uncommon species were collected in northern Idaho at Crater Lake, 13 miles east of Clarkia, Shoshone Co., on August 9, 1962 by R. W. Brown. This species has been recorded previously from British Columbia and Washington. No biological data are available for the Idaho collection. Lenarchus brevipennis (Banks) This species is known only from the type locality (Colorado). One male was collected by W. F. Barr sweeping grasses and annual vegetation along a small, intermittent creek near Dixie, Elmore Co., Idaho, on June 27, 1964. Oligophlebodes sierra Ross This species is known from the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California and the Cascade Mountains of British Columbia. On July 21, 1963, G. B. Hewitt made two collections of O. sierra in the extreme southeastern corner of Idaho. Six males were taken five miles west of St. Charles, Bear Lake Co., and eight females four miles west of Bloomington, Bear Lake Co. They were from streamside vegetation near large springs that give rise to the St. Charles and Bloomington Creeks respectively. Psychoglypha pritus (Milne) This species has only been recorded from Alberta, Canada. On October 15, 1964 the author and W. F. Barr collected one male (and one female tentatively identified as this species) ap- proximately 13 miles south of Cottonwood, Idaho Co., Idaho, Lxxvi] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 245 along Rice Creek which is a small tributary of the Salmon River. These were flying at dusk over the runoff from a small spring. It should be noted that these individuals did not have an ob- vious silver stripe on the wing that is considered typical for the genus. GOERIDAE Goerita genota Ross This species has been recorded only from western Oregon and Washington. On April 13, 1964 a series of males and females was collected along the North Fork of the Payette River, near Banks, Valley Co., Idaho. They were flying in swarms over small creeks and trickles of water from melting snow only where the sun was shining through trees. A few inactive individuals were swept from streamside vegetation in shaded areas. This adds a new family to the list of Idaho Trichoptera and extends the known distribution of the species approximately 300 miles eastward. LEPTOCERIDAE Athripsodes transversus (Hagen) Ross (1944) states that this species extends from the eastern states southwestward to Texas and northwestward to Minne- sota. Denning (personal communication) reports that it has been collected from various west coast localities, which indicates a transcontinental distribution. The west coast collections, how- ever, have not been mentioned in the literature. On July 29, 1964, R. L. Westcott collected one male and four females in flight over a small stream near Malta, Cassia Co., Idaho. LITERATURE CITED DI-.XXING, D. G. 1948. A Review of the Rhyacophilidae (Trichoptera). Canadian Ent. 80: 97-117. Ross, H. H. 1944. The Caddis Flies, or Trichoptera, of Illinois. Bull. Illinois Nat. Hist. Survey 23 : 1-326. — . 1956. Evolution and Classification of the Mountain Caddisflies. Univ. Illinois Press, Urbana. 213 pp. 246 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Nov., 1965 Food Plants and Parasites l of Anagrapha falcifera and Autographa precationis (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae) Collected at Long Island, New York DOUGLAS W. S. SUTHERLAND 2 Anagrapha falcifera (Kirby) and Autographa precationis (Guenee) were among five common Plusiinae which came to black light traps or were collected on cultivated crucifers, orna- mentals, and weeds during the summers of 1960 through 1963 (Sutherland, 1965). Larvae of A. falcifera were collected on broccoli, cabbage, lambsquarters (Chenopodium sp.), Rugels plantain (Plantago rugelii}, wild mustard (Brassica kaber}, and wild radish (Raphanns raphanistrum) . Of 51 A. falcifera larvae collected from June 12 to July 14, 1963, three (collected June 12 and 17) were parasitized by Copidosoma tntncatelluni (Dalman) (En- cyrtidae), a common polyembryonic parasite of the cabbage looper, Trichophisia ni (Hiibner). A. precationis larvae were collected on cabbage, giant rag- weed (Ambrosia trifida), ornamental white snakeroot (Eupa- torhnn urticaefolium fraseri}, P. rugelii, tomato, B. kaber, R. raphanistrum, and Zinnia hybrids. Additional records for both species are given in Crumb (1956) and Tietz (195?). Six of 34 A. precationis larvae collected from June 8 through Sept. 14. 1963 were parasitized, three by C. truncatcllum (collected June 9, 27, and September 14) and three by Apanteles plathypenac Muesebeck (Braconidae) (collected June 8, 9, and 17). The mature A. plathypenae larvae emerge from the last instar larvae of A. precationis and spin their white cottony cocoons into 1 Acknowledgments : My appreciation to Dr. B. D. Burks, Dr. C. F. W. Muesebeck, and Miss L. M. Walkley for determining the Encyrtidae, Braconidae and Ichneumonidae, respectively. 2 Graduate Assistant, Department of Entomology and Limnology, New York State College of Agriculture at Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. Ixxvij ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 247 a single dome-shaped mass approximately one-half inch in diameter. Groups of 74 and 35 adult A. plathypenac emerged on June 23 and 27 from larvae collected June 9 and 17, respectively. In addition, four masses of cocoons produced by A. plathy- pcnae were collected on wild mustard and wild radish foliage on June 16 and 17. Adult A. plathypenae emerged from two masses on June 20 and 22. A total of 13 imagos emerged in one case and four in the other. Another species, Mcsochorus discitcryus (Say) (Ichneumonidae), probably a hyperparasite, emerged from all four masses between June 22 and 25. Counts of 67 and 122 M. discitergus were obtained from masses which also produced A. plathypenae. The other two masses produced 72 and 77 adults. LITERATURE CITED CRUMB, S. E. 1956. Larvae of the Phalaenidae. U. S. Dept. Agr. Tech. Bull. 1135 : 258, 262-263. SUTHERLAND, D. W. S. 1965. Biological investigations of Trichoplusia ni (Hiibner) (Lepidoptera, Noctuidae), and related and associated species damaging cruciferous crops on Long Island, New York, 1960- 1963. Cornell Univ. Ph.D. Thesis (microfilmed) 387 pp. TIETZ, H. M. 195 ?. Lepidoptera of Pennsylvania. Penna. Agr. Expt. Sta. State College, Penna. pp. 90-91. Reviews Arnett, Ross H., Jr. AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF BEETLES. 1963. Catholic University of America Press ; Wash- ington, D. C. 40 pp., 100 figs. $1.00. This small book will be especially valuable to the novice coleopterist or the amateur collector who would like to deter- mine his miscellaneous beetles to the proper family. The ento- mology student will find a more detailed general discussion of the Coeloptera than is presented in most text-books. 248 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Nov., 1965 A foot-note on the first page states that the little volume "is a slight revision of the introduction to 'The Beetles of the United States.' ' And that is all that it is. A very short section is added on the origin of beetles. But Arnett has not taken a definitive stand on which of the several ancestral possi- bilities he thinks is more plausible. Nor, unfortunately, are the relevant papers by Handlirsch, Packard, Crampton or Bradley included in the bibliography. The concluding paragraph ap- pears to imply support for the notion that the Cantharoidea are primitive, but in the discussion of the classificatory scheme, the Archostemata are declared to be the most primitive. A short discussion of the number of species of Coleoptera is pre- sented. What follows for the remaining 38J pages is virtually unchanged from 'The Beetles.' The anatomical section is presented very clearly and gives a sufficient knowledge of coleopterous morphology to allow ready use of the keys by anyone wrho has mastered the anatomy ; the numerous line drawings are especially helpful in giving under- standing. The paragraphs on classificatory scheme give the overall tone of this work and of 'The Beetles' : one of conservatism, but not stasis. Arnett recognizes 124 families, basically in the arrange- ment of Crowson. The Cicindelinae are again resurrected to familial status, something North American coleopterists repeat- edly insist upon doing. Also, unfortunately, the Strepsiptera are once more reduced to a mere family next to the Rhipiphori- dae. Somehow, this seems a bit too conservative. Almost nothing needs to be said about the keys. I have been using them with success ever since 'The Beetles' was first pub- lished in 1960; in other words, they work. The bibliography contains more than 110 entries and will be particularly valuable to the beginning coleopterist who might want to explore some aspects a little more deeply. For some reason, Crowson's 1960 paper, referred to several times in the text, is not included. Rounding out the volume, there is an index to the various morphological terms and taxa included. Every amateur collector, if he does not already possess 'The Beetles,' should at least have a copy of this little book. The professional will find it a refreshing review. Entomology in- structors might easily be able to use the book as an addition to their courses. — CARL FARR MOXEY. IxxviJ ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 249 A Measuring Device for Use in Insect Systematics HAROLD J. GRANT, JR., Department of Insects, Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia With the current quantitative approach in systematic re- search, the need for more adequate measuring devices is now acute. Entomologists principally use dial calipers for larger specimens, ocular micrometers for smaller ones. Neither method is as satisfactory as the precision measuring device described and figured below.1 The instrument consists of a base with suitable clamping screw to mount on the microscope stage, a gross measurement traveling slide driven by rack and pinion gears and impinging against a dial indicator, and a fine adjustment slide superimposed above a ruled plate (Figs. 1, 2). The fine adjustment slide carries the glass plate on which the specimen is placed and the ruled plate is lined at 0-25-50 and 75 mm intervals. For minute specimens in fluid, the watch glass or other container may be placed directly on the glass slide. Larger specimens may be pinned on a standard entomological angle board or other suitable substrate. Since the dial gauge is limited to a travel of 25 mm, the specimen must be placed over the line suitable to the specimen length and zeroed under the cross hair by turning the horizontal knurled screw. As the gross classification is accomplished with the ruled plate, the fine graduations read from the dial are simply added to the proper increment of 25. Specimens which are 25 mm or less in length require no adjustment of the slide. These measure- ments are read directly from the dial indicator. The accuracy is limited only by the viewing technique of the operator as the dial gauge is accurate to less than .01 mm. Use of this device reduces fatigue and improves the accuracy of the person making the measurements well beyond that 1 The development and production of this instrument was supported by NSF grant GB-1374 which is here gratefully acknowledged. 250 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Nov., 1965 achieved with optical micrometers. In addition, it lessens the differences so frequently encountered when the same object is measured by two or more workers. The instrument was produced by the Drummond Scientific Company, Brommall, Pennsylvania. Its cost is approximately $300. Technical notes for this article were supplied by Mr. Edward Drummond. FIG. 1. Microscope with measuring device. Ixxvi | ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 251 PJwt os by Jay Sucks. FIG. 2. Measuring device. Entomologist's Market Place ADVERTISEMENTS AND EXCHANGES Advertisements of goods or services for sale are accepted at $1.00 per line, payable in advance to the editor. Notices of wants and exchanges not exceeding three lines are free to subscribers. 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Copies 1-4 pp. 5-8 pp. 9-12 pp. Covers 50 $5.87 $ 9.40 $14.69 $6.40 100 7.03 11.15 17.62 8.75 Add'l 100 2.35 3.51 5.85 4.70 Plates printed one side : First 50, $4.68 ; Additional 100's, $3.52. Transportation charges will be extra. ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS VOL. LXXVI DECEMBER, 1965 No. 10 The Proventriculus of Adult Mecoptera and Siphonaptera 1>a A. GLENN RICHARDS, Department of Entomology, Fisheries and Wildlife, University of Minnesota Classically the fleas have been phylogenetically associated with the Diptera, and even today are placed next to the Diptera in textbooks of general entomology, except the most recent edi- tion of Ross (1965). Yet the improbability of the Siphonaptera being most closely related to the Diptera was pointed out 30-40 years ago. Snodgrass (1946) emphasized the distinctness of the Siphonaptera from other orders of insects, but it has been frequently suggested that they are most closely related to the Mecoptera, and Hinton (1958) associates them with the family Boreidae which he raises to ordinal rank (the Neomecoptera). According to Essig (1942) it has also been suggested that the Siphonaptera might have a common origin with the Staphylinoidea (Coleoptera). The present short note does not presume to argue on the phylogeny of these groups. Incidental to another study it was noticed that serial sections of various Mecoptera show a band of spinelike structures in the proventriculus (Figs. 1-3). Such rings of spinelike projections in the proventriculus are well known in the Siphonaptera (Figs. 5-6), and are sometimes listed as a characteristic of the order. With representatives of 1 Paper No. 5747, Scientific Journal Series, Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station, St. Paul, Minnesota 55101. 2 Acknowledgment is made of financial support from the National Sci- ence Foundation (Grant No. GB 365). (253) 254 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Dec., 1965 other orders also available for comparison (see list in Richards, 1963) a set of spinelike projections was seen in the proven- triculus of only one other group, namely an unidentified adult Staphylinid beetle (Fig. 4). Fleas of the genera Ctenocephalus and Foxella were exam- ined in serial sections. In addition, adult fleas mounted on microscope slides in the University of Minnesota collection were examined. These represented 48 species in 47 genera of the families or subfamilies Pulicidae, Malacopsyllidae, Vermi- psyllidae, Hystricopsyllidae, Amphipsyllidae and Ceratophylli- dae. Almost all of these showed a distinct proventricular ring of spinelike projections ; the remainder were not really excep- tions but only specimens not sufficiently well cleared to permit seeing internal structures. Incidentally, the ring is usually visible in specimens macerated in alkali as well as in mounts made without maceration of the internal tissues. This finding is to be expected since the cuticular lining of the esophagus holds the proventriculus in place. Severe pummeling to flush out the macerated tissues can dislodge the esophagus and pro- ventriculus but more gentle handling results in the proven- triculus remaining in situ. This study, then, agrees with ana- tomical treatises which include this proventricular ring as a characteristic of adult fleas. Seven families are listed for the order Mecoptera but only the four of these occurring in North America were available for examination. For the Mecoptera proper these were Panorpa sp. (collected in Minnesota), Bittacns strigosus, B. banksi, and Merope tuber, and for the Neomecoptera Boreus brumalis and B. nivoriundus. Adults of all of these possess the proven- tricular ring of spinelike projections. The only larvae available were of Boreus; these did not possess any spines in the pro- ventricular region. EXPLANATION OF FIGURES FIGS. 1-6. Photomicrographs of cross sections of proventriculi of adults. 1. Boreus nivoriundus, 200 X magnification. 2. Merope tuber, 96 X. 3. Panorpa sp., 96 X 4. An unidentified Staphylinid beetle, 1SOX. 5. Foxella ignota, 530 X. 6. Foxella ignota, 720 X. ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS, Vol. Ixxvi I\K ii Akiis : Fir.s. 1-6 RICHARDS: FIGS. 7-14 l.XXvi I ENTOMOLOGICAL NK\YS 255 The structure of these spinelike projections is only partially shown by my preparations which are of histological Init not of cytological quality (Figs. 7-13). They are of fairly constant length in any one species : 30 ^ in 1'o.vclla, 50-60 fj. in Ctcno- ccpliahts, Alcropc and Borons, 140-150 /x in Panorpa, and even longer but not accurately measurable in my preparation of the gigantic Blttacns banksl. In shape they are either cylindrical (Panorpa and Blttacns) or somewhat flattened (Borens and Mcropc) ; they arise from a somewhat triangular swollen base; and the tips are pointed (Panorpa, Blttacns and fleas) or blunt (Borens) or truncated (Merope). Clearly there is no socket and hence they cannot be compared with setae. Also clearly they are not lined with epidermal cells, and hence differ from spines which represent multicellular projections of the epidermis. They do have hollow bases with what appears to be a single epidermal cell extending into the projection; thus they differ from microtrichia which are thought to be formed around pore canal filaments. Xo specific term appears to be applicable to these projections but it seems to me preferable to leave them nameless until the details of their structure are worked out. The number of projections varies, at least partly correlated with the size of the insect. In the flea Fo.vclla ignota there are only some 600-800, in Borens and Mcropc there is an estimated 5,000-8,000, and in the larger Panorpa and Blttacns species there are some 10,000-15,000. The degree and details of sclerotization of these projections differ. Using Mallory's triple stain, procuticle and endocuticle stain blue, mesocuticle red, and exocuticle is refractory to stain- ing (Richards, 1966). In the fleas Ctenocephalus and Fo.vclht EXPLANATION" OK FHH/KKS FIGS. 7-14. Higher magnification photomicrographs showing some of the details of the proventricular spinelike projections. 7. Borens nivoriundus, note the blunt tips, 430 X magnification. 8. H. mvoriundus, showing the differentiation at the bases, 430 X. 9-10. .Urr<>/v tuber, showing pyramidal bases and truncated tips, 430 X. 11-13. /'(7>/"r/v sp., showing swollen bases and the differentiation of sclerotization, 430 X. 14. Unidentified Staphylinid beetle, showing tufts of spim-likc projections which do not have swollen bases or the basal differentiation of 51 leroti/a- tion, 290 X. 256 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Dec., 1965 the bases of the projections stain blue, the remainder is amber and unstained. In Borcus the liases stain blue, then there is a ring of unstained amber, the remainder of the projections stain red. In Mcrope most of the projections stain as in Borens but some are unstained (conceivably this might be due to the fact that the only specimen available of this rare species had been in alcohol for over 30 years and was badly decomposed internally). In Panorpa the bases stain blue, then there is a narrow ring that is red-stained, and the bulk of the projection is amber and unstained. Such differences in degree and pattern of sclerotization are common in insect cuticles and seem to bear no necessary relation to homology. While long spinelike projections are found in the proven- triculus of my one adult Staphylinid beetle, the details are dif- ferent. The ring is interrupted rather than complete, with resulting tufts of projections (Fig. 4), there are no swollen bases, and the projection is completely sclerotized (Fig. 14). It is difficult for me to believe that this situation is homologous to that in fleas and scorpion flies. In conclusion, the Mecoptera, Neomecoptera, and Siphonap- tera all have a ring of spinelike projections in the swollen pro- ventriculus. No other insects whose proventriculi are known to me show this characteristic. LITERATURE CITED ESSIG, E. O. 1942. College Entomology. Macmillan Co., New York. HINTON, H. E. 1958. The phylogeny of the panorpoid orders. Ann. Rev. Entom. 3 : 181-206. RICHARDS, A. G. 1963. The ventral diaphragm of insects. J. Morph. 113: 17-48. — . 1966. Sclerotization and the localization of brown and black pig- ments in insects (in press). Ross, H. H. 1965. A textbook of entomology. 3d edition. John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York. SNODGRASS, R. E. 1946. The skeletal anatomy of fleas. Smithsonian Miscl. Coll. 104 (18) : 1-110. Ixxvi] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 257 The Identity of some Ammophila Observed by C. H. Hicks, H. E. Evans and Others in Con- nection with Biological studies (Hymenoptera, Sphecidae) A. S. MENKE, University of California, Davis Revisionary work now in progress on the North American Ammophila has resulted in some name changes. It is not sur- prising, therefore, that some species names used in conjunction with biological data already published have subsequently been found to be incorrect. To insure that future students of Am- mophila biology can make meaningful comparisons of their data with those of previous workers, I offer the following notes. The verification or correction of species identities presented here are based on my examination of the original material studied by the author cited, unless otherwise stated. I would like to thank Dr. U. Lanham, University of Colorado, and Dr. L. L. Pechuman, Cornell University, for the loan of specimens studied by Hicks and Evans, respectively. Ammophila observed by Hicks C. H. Hicks (1932-1935) presented a series of important papers dealing with Ammophila biology. He usually sent his material to H. T. Fernald for identification but the latter's determinations often were incorrect. Furthermore, because Hicks did not always capture the wasp on which he reported, it is impossible now to confirm species identifications in some cases. "Sphe.v aberti" of Hicks (1932a) =- Ammophila aberti Hakle- man Although Hicks stated in the introduction of this paper that he studied aberti in Colorado and California his account was based almost entirely on his Colorado observations. All of the 258 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Dec., 1965 Colorado material (Boulder, Owen Lake) is Ammophila aberti. The California material (Huntington Beach, Burbank, Los An- geles) is also aberti except one female from Burbank (August 28, 1929) which belongs in the Ammophila pruinosa complex. This specimen was determined by Fernald in 1933, one year after Hicks published his notes, so that probably it did not figure in any of the observations he published on "aberti." Hicks mentioned a chrysidid, "Chrysis (Holochrysis) pcr- pulcJiara Cresson," in connection with some of his Colorado observations on aberti. According to R. M. Bohart, perpulchra is now placed in Ccratoclirysis. On the same pin with one of Hicks' females of aberti from Boulder, Colorado (September 9, 1926), is a chrysidid which Bohart has determined as Cerato- chrysis trachypleura R. Bohart. A note on the pin says "dig- ging in hole of wasp trying to get inside." This species occurs with perpulchra according to Bohart. "Sphex xanthoptcrus" of Hicks (1932b, 1934a) = Ammophila placida Smith All of Hicks' published observations of .vantlwptcnts were made at Los Angeles, California. The material I have exam- ined bears Fernald's determination "Sphcx xanthopterus (Cam- eron)," but the specimens are Ammophila placida Smith. I have not seen a specimen that agrees with the data in Hicks' 1934a paper (September 16, 1928) but doubt that his observa- tions could pertain to any species other than placida. In the United States Ammophila xanthoptera is known only from Arizona and New Mexico. "Splic.v breviceps" of Hicks (1933) =- Ammophila azteca Cam- eron,* in part Hicks discussed four separate observations in this paper. All were made in California; the first (pp. 49-51) at "Los Angeles River at Griffith Park, Thanksgiving day, 1927," and * Ammophila azteca Cameron is a senior synonym of pilosa (new synonymy based on my examination of the types of both species). Evans' (1963) and Powell's (1964) notes on pilosa also refer to azteca. IxxviJ ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 259 the remaining three at "Long Beach" with no date cited. The Griffith Park specimen is Ammophila actcca Cameron but it bears a Fernald determination label : "Sphcx brcriceps Smith." The true identity of the Long Beach wasps cannot be ascer- tained. Of the three wasps discussed, Hicks apparently cap- tured only the one he discussed on pages 53-54. Unfortunately, since he gave no capture date, it is impossible to tell which (if either) of the two Long Beach "brcviccps" (August 12. 1928) in his collection is the one he described on these pages. In any case, it is probable that none of his Long Beach observations were based on true brcviccps. Of the two wasps that I have seen from Long Beach, one is Amnophila aztcca and the other is A. calijornica Menke (both determined as brcviceps by Fernald). According to R. M. Bohart, the chrysidid Hicks mentioned on page 52 ("Chrysis (Holoclirysis) pacifica Say") now is placed in the subgenus Chrysiim. "Sphcx wrightii" of Hicks (1934b) — Ammophila wrightii Cresson The identity of this wasp probably is correct although I have seen only a male from the University of Colorado collection. The data on this specimen agree with that cited by Hicks. It is curious, however, that he stated that "the male was not taken at all." "Sphc.v craspcdotns" of Hicks (1936) == Ammophila nasalis Provancher. The first of the three craspedotits which Ilicks observed (pp. 97-99 ) have been examined and have proven to be nasalis. The third female (p. 99) has not been located but it also was nasalis. The adult that Hicks reared from the third wasp's nest (Aug. 3) is a female nasalis and it is in the collection of the { "nited States National Museum. 260 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Dec., 1965 "Spliex aculcatus" of Hicks (1935) = Ammophila azteca Cameron At the bottom of page 99 and on pages 100-101, Hicks dis- cussed observations he made on aculeatus at several Colorado localities: "White Rocks, Boulder (p. 99); Gregory Canyon, Boulder (p. 100); Owens Lake, and Fort Collins (p. 101)." All of these specimens have been seen with the exception of the second Gregory Canyon wasp (bottom p. 100), and they are all Ammophila azteca Cameron. Fernald determined the Owens Lake and Fort Collins specimens as Sphe.v an'cnsis (Dahl- bom), and the remainder as aculcatus. "Sphe.v proccrits" of Hicks (1935) = Ammophila procera Dahlbom Examination of the wasp that Hicks discussed at the bottom of page 101 (Boulder, Colorado) in connection with "tool using" has confirmed its identification. Ammophila observed by Evans Evans (1959) summarized most of the published biology for North American Ammophila and presented his own original ob- servations. The identifications of the species he studied are correct with one exception. Evans' observations on "Ammo- phila jnncea" (Pottawatomie Co., Kansas, p. 461) actually per- tain to Ammophila cleopatra Menke. Ammophila fernaldi of Evans (1964) Dr. Evans sent me the specimen on which his biological notes were based (p. 242) and I can confirm his determination. Ammophila placida Smith and Ammophila pictipennis Walsh These two species are distinct but Evans (1959) summarized all the published data for the two under one name, placida. Al- though Evans' own observations made in Texas do pertain to l.XXvij KX TO MO LOGICAL XK\\S 261 placida, those of the other authors that he cited (Walsh and Riley, Rau and Ran, Strandtmann) almost certainly refer to pictipennis as do Rau's (1922, p. 23) notes which were not cited by Evans. This assumption is based on the fact that pictipennis is found only east of the Rocky Mountains while placida occurs only west of the Rockies except in the south where it ranges into Texas. LITERATURE CITKIJ EVANS, H. E. 1959. Observations on the nesting behavior of digger wasps of the genus Annnopliila. Amer. Midi. Nat. 62: 449-473. — . 1963. Notes on the prey and nesting behavior of some solitary wasps of Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Ent. News 74 : 233-239. — . 1964. Further studies on the larvae of digger wasps. Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 9: 235-299. HICKS, C. H. 1932a. Notes on Splicx ahcrti (HalcL). Canad. Ent. 64 : 145-151. — . 1932b. Nesting habits of Sphcx xanthopterus (Cam.). Canad. Ent. 64 : 193-198. — . 1933. A study of Sfhcx brcviccps (Smith). Canad. Ent. 65: 49-54. — . 1934a. The capture and stinging of the prey of Sphcx xanthop- terus (Cam.). Bull. So. Calif. Acad. Sci. 33: 39-41. — . 1934b. Biological notes on SpJicx wrightii (Cresson). Psyche 41: 150:157. — . 1935. Notes on rare western sphecid wasps. Pan-Pac. Ent. 11 : 97-102. POWELL, J. A. 1964. Additions to the knowledge of the nesting behavior of North American Ammophila. J. Kansas Ent. Soc. 37: 240-258. RAU, P. 1922. Ecological and behavior notes on Missouri Insects. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 24: 1-71. 262 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Dec., 1965 Generic Names of the Recurvaria Group (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae) RONALD W. HODGES, Entomology Research Division, Agric. Res. Serv., U. S. Department of Agriculture In Freeman's (1960) discussion of the genus Recurvaria, he stated that most of the North American species described in Recurvaria are not congeneric with the type-species of the genus, R. nanella (Denis & Schiffermiiller) ; and he proposed that Evagora Clemens, the type-species of which is congeneric with many of our species, be used as the valid generic name; however, Evagora Clemens, 1860 is preoccupied by Evagora Peron & Lesueur, 1810. In 1963 Freeman described a new genus Pulicalvaria for six species of the group in question. Work on a revision of the Nearctic Gelechiidae has shown the following relationships for this group : Coleotechnites Chambers is an available name for most of the North American species presently placed in Recurvaria; Eitcordylca Dietz and Pulicalvaria are synonyms of Coleotechnites; Sinoe Chambers is distinct from both Coleotechnites and Recurvaria; and some species presently retained in Recurvaria belong to other genera, both described and new. The reasons for these statements will be presented later ; however, in order to make the combinations available, the synonymy of the generic names of the Recurvaria group and their type-species as well as those combinations for which accurate species determinations can be made are pre- sented. RECURVARIA Haworth, Lepidoptera Britannica, 547, [1828]. Type-species: Tinea nanella Denis and Schiffermiiller, [1775]. Designated by Walsingham, in Godman and Salvin, Biologia Centrali- Americana 42 (Lepidoptera Heterocera, 4) : 43. 1910. TELE A Stephens, Illustrations of British Entomology, Haustellata 4: 244, 1834. Preoccupied by Telea Hiib- ner, 1819. l.XXvi I KXTO.MOI.OCICAL NEWS 263 Type-species: (Phalacna Tinea Icncatclla Linnaeus. 1761) : [Phalaena} Icucattclla Clerck, 1759. Designated by \Yestwood, Introduction to the modern classification of insects 2: 113 (Synopsis), 1840. APHANAULA Meyrick, A handbook of British Lepidop- tera, 579, 1895. Type-species: [Phalaena] Icucattclla Clerck. 1759. Desig- nated by Meyrick, in \Yytsnian. Genera Insectorum. Lepidoptera Heterocera fam. Gelechiadae. 184: 57. 1925. HINNEBERGIA Spuler, Die Schmetterlinge Europas 2: 358. 1910. Type-species: [Phalaena} Icucattclla Clerck, 1759. Mono- basic. R. nanclla (Denis and Schiffermuller), [1775]. R. Icucattclla (Clerck), 1759. The following species are retained in Rccurvaria but may or shall be transferred when the group is revised: yraphicclla (Busck), 1908; ccanothiclla Bratin, 1921; jrancisca Keifer, 1928; consiuiilis Braun, 1930; stibouwrplia Meyrick. 1929; taphiopis Meyrick, 1929; and vcstigata Meyrick, 1929 (I have- not seen authentic specimens of vestigata). COLEOTECHNITES Chambers, Report of the [U. S.] Commis- sioner of Agriculture for 1879, 206. 1880. Type-species: Coleotechnites citriclla Chambers. 1880. Mono- basic. r.l'.lGORA Clemens. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia 1(>5, I860. Preoccupied by I'.ratjora Peron & Lesueur. 1810. Type-species: Evagora apicitripunctella Clemens. 1860. Monobasic. EIDOTHEA Chambers. Canad. l-.nt. 5: 186, 22''. 1873. Preoccupied by Eidothca Risso, 1826. Type-species: (Eidothca vagatioella Chambers, 1873): Gelechia (Tclcial1} dorsivittella Xeller, 1873. ^fonobasic. E1DOTHOA Chambers. Canad. l-.nt. 5: 186, 1873. Lap- sus calami. EUCOKDYLEA Dietz, Knt. News 11: 349, 1900. synonymy. 264 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Dec., 1965 Type-species : Encordylca atrupictella Dietz, 1900. Mono- basic. PI' LIC ALV ARIA Freeman, Canad. Ent. 95: 727, 1963, Xew synonymy. Type-species : Recurvaria gibsonella Kearfott, 1907. Orig- inal designation. C. citriclla Chambers, 1880 and the following new combina- tions in Coleotechnites: alnifructella (Busck), 1915; starki (Freeman), 1957; dorsrcittclla (Zeller), 1873; Amelia (Busck), 1906; quercivorella (Chambers), 1872; biopes (Freeman), 1960; ardas (Freeman), 1960; Icivisi (Freeman), 1960; resi- nosae (Freeman), 1960; millcri (Busck); 1914; inoreonclla (Heinrich), 1920; florae (Freeman), 1960; niyra (Busck), 1903; condignclla (Busck), 1929; canusella (Freeman), 1957; apicitripunctella (Clemens), 1860; variclla (Chambers), 1872; eryngiella (Bottimer), 1926; bacchariella (Keifer), 1927; />/- ceaella (Kearfott), 1903; obliquistrigella (Chambers), 1872; juniperella (Kearfott), 1903; gibsonella (Kearfott), 1907; stanjordia (Keifer), 1933; aitstralis (Freeman), 1963; atrupic- tella (Dietz), 1900 ; gallicola (Busck), 1915; clucidclla (Barnes and Busck), 1920; inackici (Keifer), 1932; and Jiuntclla (Keifer), 1936. SINOE Chambers, Canad. Ent. 5: 229, 1873. Type-species: (Sinoe fuscopalidella Chambers, 1873) = Ana- cam psis robiniella Fitch, 1859. Monobasic. .9. robiniella (Fitch), 1859, new combination. REFERENCES CITED FREEMAN, T. N. 1960. Needle-mining Lepidoptcra of pine in Nortli America. Canad. Ent., Supplement 16: 1-51. — . 1963. T\vo new species of coniferous needle miners from Louisi- ana and the description of a new genus (Lepidoptera : Gelechiidae). Canad. Ent. 95 : 727-730. Ixxvi] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 265 The Male Genitalia of the Genus Sphecomyia Latreille (Diptera: Syrphidae) KENNETH E. \YKISMAN, Department of Biological Sciences, \Yestern Illinois University, Macomb, Illinois This paper is the second part in a revisionary study of the syrphid genus Spliccoinyia Latreille. A discussion of the morphology of the male abdomen, particu- larly the genitalia, is presented to add to our understanding of the relationships within this genus. Two separate keys, based respectively on the male genitalia and on conventional morpho- logical characteristics, differentiate the members of the genus. The males can be divided into two groups based on the struc- ture of their axial system. The character of the scutellum, being nonpollinose or pollinose, at least in part, will also facilitate species recognition in both sexes within the groups. All figures were drawn free-hand and to scale ; preparation of genitalia and morphological terminology is based primarily on Metcalf (1921). MORPHOLOGY OF THE MALE ABDOMEN PREABDOMEN : Consists of the first four segments which are normally developed, the tergites being wider and more convex than the sternites but about equal in length. Sphcconi\ia occi- dentalis is the only member of the genus in which the posterior margin of the fourth sternite is modified (Fig. 5). POSTABDOMEN : Consists of segments five through nine which have undergone a clockwise rotation of 360° from their original or primitive condition, but as a result of the folding-under effect they are actually displaced only 180° from their original plane. This is termed a "genitalia circumversion" (Aczel, 1954), in which the genitalia are directed cephalad instead of caudad. All descriptions refer to the original or nonrotated condition. The fifth segment is confined to a narrow lightly sclerotized band ventrally and dorsally, both portions concealed by the fourth segment. The sixth segment is, for the most part, also 266 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Dec., 1965 concealed by the fourth. Segments seven, eight, and nine consti- tute the terminal portion of the abdomen in its rotated condi- tion (Figs. 3, 4). The seventh segment of 5". occidentalis possesses a ventrally projecting tubercle which is unique in the genus (Figs. 5, 6). The transformation and reorientation of the postabdominal segments have resulted in a "genital pouch" (Metcalf, 1921) i.e., an invagination along the internal margins of the sixth, seventh, and eighth segments which receives the genitalia when at rest. The male genitalia consist of the epandrium (ninth segment) and its associated structures, paired anal cerci, paired claspers. and a single penis sheath which houses and acts in support of the axial system (Fig. 1). The epandrium is somewhat saddle-shaped in structure and rather consistent in shape throughout the genus. The paired anal cerci, which are clothed with pile, arise on the mid-caudal angle of the epandrium and articulate with the epandrium. In 3". dyari and 6\ brcvicornis the cerci possess a slight invagination on their caudal border. The paired claspers are parallel to each other and are located on the caudo-lateral borders of the epandrium with which they articulate to some degree. They possess pile of varying length on their dorsal surface and minute spines on the ventral surface ; the apical -J to -£ of the inner lateral surface is densely spinecl. With the exception of S. dyari, which exhibits only a slight evagination, the basal { of the ventral surface is produced into a lobe that varies in shape throughout the genus. In S. occi- dentalis the lobe is modified into a hook-like structure and directed cephalo-dorsally. The penis sheath articulates with the epandrium and may be EXPLANATION OF FIGURES FIGS. 1 and 2. Diagramatic representation of epandrium and axial systems. FIGS. 3 and 4. Dorsal and ventral view of abdominal segments. FIG. 5. Ventral view of postabdomen of S. occidentalis. FIG. 6. Lateral view of postabdomen of S. occidentalis. xxv ENTOMOLOGICAL NKXYS 267 1 superior lobes scufellun ejoculotory apodem ejaculatory duct sustentocular apodeme chitinous ejaculatory box hood 268 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Dec., 1965 considered to be composed of two sections, a caudal and a cephalad portion, although it comprises a single unit, with the cephalad portion exhibiting little modification. The caudal portion is cylindrical and open to a varying degree on its apico-ventral border. The superior lobes, the most noticeably modified structures of the penis sheath, compose the apico-lateral borders. They are heavily sclerotized on their ventral border and to a lesser degree on their caudal border. A row of minute serrations is continuous with the rounded ventral margin. Cephalad to and continuous with the superior lobes are aper- tures of varying size and shape. I have proposed the terms open system and dehiscent system to apply to their distinctive conditions. The aperture of the open system is about equal to or greater than the width of the superior lobes ; the dehiscent system consists of a linear aperture which is narrowed dor- sally. An open system is represented by 5. dyari, S. occidentalis, S. nasica, and 5\ fusca; the remaining species exhibit a dehiscent system. The axial system is composed of a sustentacular apodeme, a chitinous box, and an ejaculatory hood ; the ejaculatory apodeme, although not considered part of the axial system, is attached to the chitinous box by the ejaculatory duct (Fig. 2). The sustentacular apodeme has its base in the epandrium and projects into the penis sheath where its caudal end articulates with the chitinous box; it functions in support of and aids in directing the chitinous box and ejaculatory hood. In 6\ occi- dentalis, S. nasica, and 6". fusca the sustentacular apodeme is keeled and sclerotized laterally. In the remaining members of the genus it is rod-shaped and unkeeled. With the exception of 6\ dyari, those species whose sustentacular apodeme is keeled EXPLANATION OF FIGURES FIGS. 7-15. Epandrium associated structures: 7, S. vcspiforinis; 8, S. •i'ittata; 9, S. dyari; 10, 5\ pattonii ; 11, S. colnmbiana; 12, S. brevicornis; 13. S. nasica; 14, S. fusca; 15, S. occidentalis. FIGS. 16-24. Axial system: 16, S. vespiformis; 17, 5. rittata; 18, S. dyari; 19, S. pattonii; 20, S. colnmbiana; 21, S. brevicornis; 22, S. nasica; 23, S. fusca; 24, S. occidentalis. IxxviJ ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 269 12 13 14 22 23 270 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS |l.)ec., 1965 are also the species possessing an open system. Conversely, those species whose sustentacular apodeme is unkeeled possess a dehiscent type of penis sheath. The chitinous box of 5". pattonii, S. dyari, S. brcricornis, S. vittata, S. vespiformis, and ^. columbiana has its dorsal surface produced into a horn-like prominence; the remaining three species lack this structure. The genus Sphecomyia can be divided into two major groups characterized by (based on) the structure of the sustentacular apodeme and the presence or absence of a dorsal horn on the chitinous box ; further morphological variations within the genitalia facilitate the construction of a key to species identi- fication. AVv to flic Species of the Genus SpJiecoinyia based on tlie Male Genitalia 1 . Sustentacular apodeme unkeeled, chitinous box with dorsal horn (Species of S. vittata Group) 2 T. Sustentacular apodeme keeled, chitinous box without dorsal horn (Species of S. occidentalis Group) 7 2(1). Apex of claspers directed upward (Figs. 9, 10) 3 2'. Apex of claspers directed downward or caudo-ven- trally (Figs. 7, 8, 11, 12) 4 3(2). Claspers short with well denned basal-ventral lobe (Fig. 10) pattonii Williston 3'. Claspers longer, without well denned basal-ventral lobe (Fig. 9) dyari Shannon 4(2'). Claspers short, apex acute and directed downward; basal-ventral lobe directed caudally (Fig. 11) columbiana Vockeroth 4' Xot as above, claspers longer, lobe variable (Figs. 7,8,12) 5 5(4'). Apex of claspers acute, directed downward; basal- ventral lobe directed downward (Fig. 12) brevicornis Osten-Sacken 5'. Apex of claspers rounded, basal-ventral lobe directed caudo-ventrally (Figs. 7, 8) 6 6(5')- Ejaculatory hood with well defined ridge on caudal face (Fig. 16) vespiformis (Gorski ) Ixxvij ENTOMOLOGICAL NKtt'S 271 6'. Ejaculatory hood without well defined ridge on caudal face (Fig. 17) vittata (Wiedemann) 7(1'). Claspers with basal- ventral lobe hook-like, apex acute (Fig. 15) occidentalis Osburn 7'. Claspers not as above, basal-ventral lobe rounded (Figs. 13, 14) 8 8(7'). Axial system more than 1 mm. in length, horn of ejaculatory hood rounded apically (Fig. 22) .... nasica < )sburn 8'. Axial system less than 1 mm. in length, horn of ejaculatory hood acute apically and directed cepha- lad (Fig. 23) fusca Weisman Keys for the genus based on general morphological characters were constructed as follows; Williston (1886), Osburn (1908), Shannon (1925), and Curran (1932). Key to both sc.ves of the species of Sphccomyia 1. Scutellum pollinose, at least in part (Species of S. vittata Group) 2 1'. Scutellum black, nonpollinose (Species of S. occi- dentalis Group) 7 2(1). First tergite with a pollinose fascia 3 2'. First tergite without a pollinose fascia columbiana Vockeroth 3(2). Thoracic scutum with pollinose vittae. interrupted medially forming four areas 4 3'. Thoracic scutum without vittae 6 4(3). First two antennal segments each about three times length of third segment 5 4'. First two antennal segments short, not as above . . . brevicornis Osten-Sacken 5(4). Pteropleuron yellow pollinose ....vittata (Wiedemann) 5'. Pteropleuron nonpollinose vespiformis (Gorski) 6(3'). Pteropleuron yellow pollinose dyari Shannon 6'. Pteropleuron nonpollinose pattonii Williston 7(1'). Thoracic scutum with a pollinose fascia along posterior border occidentalis Osburn 7'. Thoracic scutum not as above S 8(7'). All tergites with one pollinose fascia nasica Osburn 8'. Third and fourth tergites without pollinose fascia . . .fusca Weisman 272 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Dec., 1965 LITERATURE CITED ACZEL, M. L. 1954. Orthopyga and Campylopyga, new divisions of Diptera. Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 47 : 75-80. CUKRAN, C. H. 1932. New American Syrphidae (Diptera), with notes. Amer. Mus. Novit. (519) : 1-9. GORSKI, S. B. 1852. Analecta ad entomographian Provinciarum Occi- dentali — Meridonalium Imperii Rossici. 1 : 1-214. METCALF, C. L. 1921. The male genitalia of Syrphidae. Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 14 : 169-214. OSBURN, R. C. 1908. British Columbia Syrphidae. Can. Ent. 49 : 1-15. OSTEN-SACKEN, C. R. 1877. Western Diptera. Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv. 3 : 189-354. SHANNON, R. C. 1925. North American Sphecomyia. Pan. Pac. Ent. 2 : 43-44. VOCKEROTH, J. R. 1965. A new species of Sphecomyia from British Columbia. Canad. Ent. 97 : 86-88. WEISMAN, K. E. 1964. A new species of Sphecomyia from California. Ent. News 75 : 266-268. \YIKDEMANN, C. R. W. 1830. Aussereuropaische zweifliigler Inseken. 2 : 1-684. WILLISTON, S. W. 1882. Contribution to a monograph of the North American Syrphidae. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 20 : 299-332. — . 1886. Synopsis of North American Syrphidae. Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus. 31: 1-335. Synonymical Notes on the Genus Cerceris — V.1 (Hymenoptera: Sphecidae) HERMAN A. SCULLEN, Oregon State University, Corvallis A study of type material in Europe in 1959 together with additional specimens borrowed from several institutions and collectors or collected by the author has shown the following cases of synonymy. 1 Grants from the National Science Foundation and grants for General Research administered by the Graduate School. Oregon State University have assisted in these studies. Department of Entomology. Ixxvi | ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 273 Cerceris simplex simplex F. Smith Ccrccris simplex F. Smith, 1856. Catal. Hymen. Brit. Mus. 4: 462, 5, J\ America: Brazil.— Scullen, 1961. Pan-Pa- cific Ent. 37: 47-48. Cerceris affumata Schletterer. 1887. Zool. Jahrb. Ztschr. f. System 2: 455. $. America: Brazil. A study of types and other available material from North and South America has shown the following described species, in the opinion of the author, should be considered subspecies of C. simplex F. Smith. Structurally all species appear to be the same except for an increase in the amount of lighter markings and a browning of the background color. The nominate sub- species is recorded only from Brazil. It is almost entirely black except for small spots back of the eyes and small patches on the propodeum which are yellow. Cerceris simplex graphica F. Smith Cerceris graphica F. Smith, 1873. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. 12: 410, ?. Mexico. The holotype female of C. graphica F. Smith is in the British Museum (No. 21.1,427). This subspecies is recorded from Ecuador and Peru north through Central America and Mexico with one record from Portal, Cochise Co., Arizona. Its back- ground color ranges from fuscous to fuliginous with yellow markings. Cerceris hcbcs Cameron (1890. Biol. Cent.-Amer. 2: 124- 125) belongs to this group of subspecies and from its type loca- tion would doubtless be a synonym of C. simplex graphica F. Smith. The type of this species was not found at the British Museum by the writer in 1959 when other Cameron types were studied. Cerceris simplex larvata Taschenberg Cerceris larva fa Taschenberg, 1875. Zietschr. f. d. ges. Naturw. 45:391. J\ Brazil (Mendoza)— Brethes, 1913. Mus. Nac. de Buenos Aires 24: 121-122— Scullen, 1962. Pan-Pacific Ent. 38: 58-59. 274 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Dec., 1965 Cerceris elephantinops Holmberg, 1903. Museo nacional de Buenos Aires Anales 3 : 485. J\ Argentina, Territ. Pampa Centralis. The type male of C. larvata Taschenberg is at the Zoo- logisches Institut, Martin- Luther-University, Halle (Saale), Germany. The type male of C. clephantinops Holmberg is in the Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires. This subspecies was described from Brazil but it is also taken in Argentina. Its background color is black and the yellow markings more ex- tended than on C. simplex simplex F. Smith. Narrow yellow bands appear on all terga. Cerceris simplex macrosticta Viereck and Cockerell Cerceris inacrosticta Viereck and Cockerell, 1904. N. Y. Ent. Soc. Jour. 12: 133. s ylobosus Walton (Diptera : Tabanidae) 89 PHILLIPS, M. E. James Abram Garfield Rehn, 1881-1965 57 PRICE, R. D. and K. C. EMERSON. A new species of Machaerilaemus (Mallophaga: Menoponidae) from the red-plumed bird of paradise 275 RICHARDS, A. G. The proventriculus of adult Mecoptera and Siphonaptera 253 ROBACK, S. S. A new subgenus and species of Syinbo- cladins from South America (Diptera: Tendipedidae) . 113 New species and records of Coelotanypits from Mexico and Central America with a key to the New World species south of the United States (Diptera: Tendi- pedidae) 29 The pupa of Anatopynia vcnusta (Coquillet) (Diptera: Tendipedidae, Pelopiinae) 190 SCOTT, H. G. The Collembola of New Mexico. XIV. Sminthurinae : Bourletiellini 49 Idem. XV. Dicyrtominae 129 SCULLEN, H. A. Revised synonymy in the genus Euccr- ceris with a description of the true female of E. clcgans Cresson (Hymenoptera : Sphecidae) 131 Synonymical notes on the genus Cerceris — V. (Hy- menoptera : Sphecidae) 272 282 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Dec., 1965 SHAPIRO, A. M. A new moth from Pennsylvania 195 Lepidoptera records for southeastern Pennsylvania .... 91 SMITH, S. D. Distributional and biological records of Idaho caddisflies (Trichoptera) 242 STONE. K. J. (See under Muma, M. H.) SUTHERLAND, D. W. S. Food plants and parasites of Anayrapha jalcijcra and Autographa prccationis (Lepi- doptera: Noctuidae) collected at Long Island, New York 246 THOMPSON, F. C. A new Neotropical Lcpidosis Curran (Diptera : Syrphidae) 61 WEBER, N. A. Note on the European pavement ant, Tetranioriuiii caespitum, in the Philadelphia area (Hy- menoptera : Formicidae) 137 WEISMAN, K. E. The male genitalia of the genus Sphecomyia Latreille ( Diptera : Syrphidae) 265 GENERAL SUBJECTS Ross: A textbook of entomol- Catholic University of America 97 104 Measuring device for use in systematics 249 Nomenclature Notices 27 Argentina : Col 62 Notes on Edwards' lost types . 77 Arizona : Dipt 96 Phylogeny of Siphonaptera . . 253 British Guiana : Acar 16, 20 Pilot Register of Zoology 128 California: Col. 212; Hem. .. 88 Plecoptera eggs, descriptions of 233 Colorado : Hym 72 Proventriculus of Mecoptera Florida : Lep 23, 197 and Siphonaptera 253 Idaho : Hym. 180 ; Trich 242 Rehn Memorial Fund 223 India : Dipt 43-45, 48, 213 Spider spermatozoa 177 Kentucky: Lep 188 Thrips utilize exudations of Mexico: Acar. 14-16, 18; Lycaenidae 25 Collem. 49; Dipt. 29, 97; Lep. 157 Minnesota : Trich 141 OBITUARIES Nevada : Hym 135 T . „ New Guinea : Lep 275 Rehn, J. A. G 57 XT , , . ~ „ New Mexico : Collem 129 New York: Hym 73 REVIEWS Pakistan: Dipt 47 Arnett, R. H., Jr. : An intro- Pennsylvania : Dipt. 199 ; Hym. duction to the study of 137 ; Lep 195 beetles 247 Peru: Col. 154 Ixxvi] ENTOMOLOGICAL .\K\VS 283 Tanganyika : Siph 63 Tierra del Fuego : Dipt 116 Transvaal : Psocop 169 Trinidad: Acar. 13-15; Psoc. 1 Venezuela : Col 241 COLEOPTERA . Is th mats emended 27 barri* Enoclcnis 210 lulinca, Hannatclia 102 improi'isns* Ochnis 240 inocstus, Enoclcnis 210 Ochrus 241 obscuripennis, Pterotus 101 Pterotinae (Lampyr.) 98 Rhyncogonus validated 27 smithac* Lcpidosis 61 z'iriilcsceus* Lucidota 154 DIPTERA Aclctius* (subgen.) 113 calif arnica, Rhopalomyia 76 Coelotanypus, key 30 cincta juscithorax* Hexatoma 221 cincta ignithorax* Hexatoma . 221 citrina* Hexatoma 219 concinuiis, Coelotanypus 38 culiciformis* Eclimus 95 dclpontei, Coelotanypus (poss.) 36 dichromata* Paradelphomyia . 41 dysommata* Epiphragma .... 213 globosus, Neochrysops 89 halli* Eclimus 96 maculipennis* Eclimus 96 Muscinae of Penna., checklist, keys 199 myriacantha* Paradelphomyia 44 naclis, Coelotanypus 36 olmccus* Coelotanypus 33 Prosoma, an error 74 rificolor* Paradelphomyia ... 46 rufoantica* Hexatoma 220 scapularis, Coelotanypus 40 scoptes* EpipJiraijma 215 spatiosa* PsciidolininophUa . . 217 Sphecomyia, keys to species . . 265 Sphecomyia, male genitalia . . 265 Stomoxydinae of Penna., check- list, keys 199 Symbocladius 113 toltccus* Coclntdiiypus 32 tricolor, Coelotanypus 36 tritumula,* Paradelphomyia . . 47 I'aricyata, AtJicrix, pupa of .. 163 rcnusta, Anatopynia 190 ivygodzinskyi* Symbocladius (Aclethts)* and its host Thraulodcs (Ephem.) 115 HEMIPTERA baliits* Lai'inoccrus * . . . . Larinoccrns * 85 86 HYMENOPTERA absonus* Apantclcs 71 Ammophila, identity of in bio- logical studies Evans, Hicks, etc 257 apicata, Euccrceris 132 cacspitum, Tctramorium 137 Ccrceris, synonymies in 272 discitci-gns, Mcsochorus, host of 247 clcgans, Euccrceris, female descr 133 Euccrceris 131 jwmijeranae* Clinocentrus . . 72 hacmorrlioidalis, Formica .... 181 Integra, Formica subgroup ... 181 nancyac, Colobostruma 128 papulata, Colobostruma 128 pctroi'ac* Chclonus 179 platliypcnac, Apantclcs, liost of 246 pihtlaridis, Torynins 74 piniarum, Encerccris 135 "Prosoma sp." an error 74 ra'^'ida. Formica 183 rufa, Formica group 1X5 284 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Dec., 1965 simplex, Ccrccris 273 simplex simplex, s. graphica, s. lari'ata. s. macrostica, s. atra 273, 274 truncatellum, Copidosoma, host of 246 LEPIDOPTERA Acleris, synonymy in N. Amer. species 225 bistriyata, Ptichodis 195 Butterflies from western Chi- huahua 157 Coleotechnites, generic names . 263 Edwards' lost types 77 jalcifcra, Anagrapha, food plants and parasites 246 fiimijcratioe, Choristoneura, parasites of 71 icarioidcs, Plcbcjns 25 jaiiac* Ymcldia 22 kodiak, Coenonympha, neotype 83 lomscae* Catocala 197 Lycaenidae exudate utilized by thrips larvae 25 lye/damns, Glancopsychc 25 mclissa mcxicana* Lycacidcs . 160 Pennsylvania, new records for southwestern 91 precationis, Autographa, food plants and parasites 246 protccta* Gnorimoschema . . . 187 Recurvaria group, generic names in 262 Sinoc 264 tripunctata, Acleris 226 walkerana, Acleris 225 Ymcltlia* 21 ORTHOPTERA Rehn Memorial , 223 SMALLER ORDERS Antilopsocus * (Psoc.) 1 bcrneri* Oxythira (Trichop.) 142 bostrichophilus terniitophilus* Liposcclis (Psocop.) 171 Bourlcticlla (Collem.), key and list from New Mexico . 49 Dicyrtoma (Collem.) 130 Dicyrtomina (Collem.) 130 Dicyrtominae (Collem.) keys . 129 fasciatus, Nigronia (Magalop.) 192 hoffi* Bottrlctiella (Collem.) . 52 Isoptera, Psocoptera in nests of 169 liparis, Liposcelis (Psocop.) . 170 Mecoptera, proventriculus of . 253 multimaculata,* Bourlctiella (Collem.) 53 nadlcri* Antilopsocus* (Psoc.) 4 patruclis, Lcpinotus (Psocop.) 170 Plecoptera, description of eggs 105, 233 Prenolepidis, Liposcclis (Psocop.) 173 Psocoptera from termite nests 169 Ptenothrix (Collem.) 129 qnacris, Liinncphilus (Trich.) 143 raggianac,* Machaerilacmiis (Malloph.) 275 Siphonaptera, phylogeny of . . 253 Siphonaptera, proventriculus of 253 Tacniothrips (Thysanop.) lar- vae utilize exudate of Ly- caenidae 25 Thraulodcs (Ephem.), host of Symbocladius wygodzinskyi 118 Trichoptera, distribution and biology of Idaho 242 Trichoptera of Minnesota . . . 141 Xciwpsylla ( Siphonaptera) , 1,000 from Tanganyika .... 63 Ixxvi] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 285 NON-HEXAPODA ACARINA arcrrhoac* Phytoseius 16 bcnnetti* Phytoseius 14 cismontanus* Phytoseius .... 18 cjuianensis* Phytoseius 18 viantccanus* Phytoscius 16 mexicamis, Phytoseius 20 montanus* Phytoscius 15 nahuatlensis, Phytoseius 14 orizaba,* Phytoseius 13 palitdis,* Phytoscius 15 Pennascius, key to sp 11 pnrseglo'i'i* Phytoseius 13 rhabdifcr* Phytoscius 15 ARANEAE Spider spermatozoa, activation of 177 CHILOPODA prognatha, Schisonampa n. comb 127 prognatha, Schisotaenia 125 Schisonampa, key 127 NON-ARTHROPODA AVES Paradisaea, Mallophaga from . 275 Memoirs of the American Entomological Society An irregular serial, containing monographic pa- pers by students of authority in their respective subjects. 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The distribution of each species is given and those more difficult to identify or previously confused are treated at greater length. All known records from Liberia are noted. A 46 page introduction details climatic conditions and biotopes in Liberia and analyzes the zoogeographic and ecologic relationships of the butterflies of Liberia and of Occidental Africa. Price $12.50 THE AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 1900 Race Street, Philadelphia, Penna. (19103), U.S.A. N\V 'S Hi iJ^SbWw^, / vS- \\-f- '* \* ^ & • *- <^ / ft ^^ 3^ Y^ ^Py^^ 9r> j^P ^ 1 ^ J ^ s .?: : / \ ^•rLPIlP c^ ^ ^>A x- '--'',;;5S^~ x> -.P ^ A \ ^ 4- ^ ^-6. ^ f/$i »Xl fc\ / ^> v^^ ^ \ ,oxV J -V ^ || ^ VI * << ^ v^ \ ^c 'x * s /A ••v^v \ ^± v\, ^ ^. ^ >> •V- rx> * V^ eV ^n oN V ^ ^ ^/ V c/ % v^ 'O ^ °4- ^ ^ , ^ '9* -^ * V oA y. 111! & A ^~ &L. X? OO x^ssi^s / ^P X> •x, ^. \ ^ ,/\ -«?.^*v\ \ | >, / \ vv l( f \ /- ^t •r \ ,* *<• •C? Ja .tf' *> ^*- ^ s^ ^ ^ ^x ^ % JA \