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A MONTHLY JOURNAL OF ENTOMOLOGY

CONDUCTED BY HARRISON G. DYAR, WASHINGTON, D. C.

Vol. V JANUARY-MARCH, 1917 Nos. 1-3

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Vol. V. JANUARY-MARCH, 1917 Nos. 1-3

TWO BETHYLID PARASITES OF THE PINK BOLL

WORM

{Hymenoptera, Bethyliida:)

By S. a. ROHWER

In this paper, which is a contribution from the Branch of
Forest Insects, Bureau of Entomology, two Bethylid parasites
of the pink boll worm are discussed. One of them, which has
heretofore been considered as Parasierola celMaris (Say), is
described as new.

Perisierola nigrifemur (Ashmead).

Goniozus nigrifemur Ashmead, Journ. Linn. Soc. Lond., vol. 25,

1894, p. 195.
Parasierola nigrifemur Kieffer, Genera Ins., fasc. 76, 1908, p. 14.
Perisierola nigrifemur Kieffer, Das Tierr. Lief. 41, 1914, p. 539.

A single female of this was received from E. C. Green, of
Brazil, with a note stating that it is parasitic on the larva of
the pink boll worm. Xs this species is but little known the fol-
lowing characters taken from the type will be useful : In
Kieflfer's key in Das Tierreich will run to cellularis Say. Man-
dibles quadridentate ; scape subequal in length with the second
and third antennal joints ; second antennal joint one-third long-
er than its apical width; third antennal joint with the apical
width slightly greater than the length ; third and fourth an-
tennal joints subequal, their length and apical width subequal ;
ocelli in a curved line, the interocellar line half as long as the
postocellar line.

Perisierola emigrata, new species.

Parasierola distinguinda Rohwer, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 41,
1912, p. 448.

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Parasierola cellularis Fullaway, Ann. Rept. Haw. Agr. Exp.

Sta. for 1912, 1913, p. 24.
Parasierola sp. Swezey, Proc. Haw. Ent. Soc, vol. 3, 1915, p. 101.

This species, which has been reared in great numbers from
the larva of the pink boll worm, by August Busck. is, as far as
can be made out from the literature, still undescribed. It is
apparently very closely allied to distinguinda Kieffer (::= cellu-
laris Kieffer not Say) and is the same as the species recorded
under that name in Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 41, 1912, p.
448. Compared with Kieffer's description of distinguinda (as
cellularis Say, Berl. Ent. Zeitscher., vol. 50, 105, p. 254) the
following differences are noted : Third antennal joint not
longer than wide ; apical joints of antennae blackish ; four pos-
terior tibiae mostly black; wing veins very pale brown. From
the other bethylid parasite of the pink boll worm, Perisierola
nigrifemur (Ashmead), it may be distinguished by the relation
of the ocelli to each other. In Kieffer's key (Das Tierreich, p.
533) it runs to cellularis Say.

Female. — Length 2 mm. Head nearly as wide as the thorax,
finely coriaceous and with a few large scattered punctures ;
ocelli in a low triangle ; posterior ocelli less than their width
from the occiput; interocellar line more than half as long as
postocellar line; clypeal carina strong, complete; scape a trifle
longer than second and third joints combined ; second joint one-
third longer than apical width; third and following joints as
long as their apical width ; pronotum narrowed anteriorly ; tho-
rax shining, with very fine reticulations ; dorsal aspect of pro-
podeum shining; posterior aspect shining or finely reticulate
and with a faint median furrow; stigma truncate apically, but
a very little longer than the parastigma. Black; flagellum ex-
cept apical four joints, trochanters, and tarsi ferruginous ; tibiae
brown, ferruginous at base ; wings hyaline, stigma and para-
stigma dark brown, venation yellowish.

Male. — Length 1.5 mm. Differs from female in being more
shining and in the black tibiae and rather yellowish tarsi.

Honolulu, Hawaii. Described from eleven (one type) fe-
males and two (one allotype) males which were reared by Aug-
ust Busck as a parasite of the larva of Gelechia gossypiella and

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issued July 15, 1915. The specimens from Texas referred to
under the name distinguenda and recorded as parasites of
Bruchus prosopidis and Bruchus sp. are not considered as part
of the type material, but the writer is confident that they are
the same species.

NOTES ON PERISIEROLA EMIGRATA ROHWER,
A PARASITE OF THE PINK BOLL WORM

(Hymenoptera, Befhyliidce)

By august BUSCK

This parasite was first observed in the Hawaiian Islands in
1912 and has undoubtedly been introduced only shortly previous
to this time, possibly with the equally accidentally introduced
host. It is, however, more probably an American species, in-
troduced in 1910 from Texas in an attempt to establish effec-
tive parasites of the seed infesting coleopterous larvae, which
are injurious to the pods of algaroha {Presopis juliflora) ; these
trees are grown in the Islands and the pods are collected and
used as fodder for cattle. In 1915 it was found rather com-
monly in all the cotton fields on the Island of Oahu and in the
Kona cotton district on Hawaii and it is at present the only
parasite of the pink boll worm of any importance. It is, how-
ever, by no means an effective check and destroys only a small
percentage of the cotton pest. The larva is an external para-
site on the full-grown larva of gossypiella.

The female works its way through the exit hole, cut by the
boll worm before pupation, or through the lint of the opened
boll into the cell, in which the boll worm is preparing to pu-
pate, biting a hole in the cocoon, if necessary, with its strong
mandibles.

The parasite jumps on the back of the larva, which wriggles
violently in an effort to shake its enemy off. It accomplishes
this at times or manages to reach and kill the parasite with its
jaws, but normally the parasite succeeds in curving its abdo-
men around to the underside of the caterpillar and paralyzes
it by inserting the sting into the nervous system, usually just

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behind the thoracic legs. It then assures itself that the paraly-
zation is completed by biting and pulling the skin of the cater-
pillar, and after much deliberation it deposits its eggs. These
are very large in proportion to the parasite, about one-half
millimeter long, oblong oval, glassy white, and are normally
placed one on a segment in two longitudinal rows on the under-
side of the caterpillar.

This, however, is not always the case; sometimes the eggs
are placed on the back or on the side of the caterpillar.

Four to six eggs are most commonly laid on one host larva,
but in captivity three parasites laid 17 eggs each on three larvae,
two laid 13 eggs, one 11, another 10, and still another 9 on
single larvae. In each case all eggs hatched and developed
to imagos. Six to 10 eggs on a larva were repeatedly observed
in the field.

These eggs hatch within 24 hours and the light reddish para-
sitic larvae insert their heads into the caterpillar and grow
rapidly, forming together a rosette on the shriveling body of
the host. They become full-grown in two to three days and
then spin their cocoons near the host larva. The spinning of
the cocoon occupies nearly two days and before it is completed
the larva voids a large fluid excrement through an opening left
in the as yet unfinished cocoon. These excrements harden into
a characteristic bifurcated black substance, which often serves
to glue the cocoon to the supporting surface.

When there have been many (8-17) parasites on a single lar-
va their cocoons are flimsy, semitransparent, and white. When
only four to six parasites have found nourishment in a single
larva they average larger in size and their cocoons are much
more substantial and brownish in color.

The pupa of the parasite is at first white with coral red eyes,
but turns blackish within a few days. During the summer-
time in Honolulu the parasite develops in from 10 to 15 days
after the egg is laid, but normally stays for a day within the
cocoon, probably in order to harden in safety. The imago lives
about two weeks and lays from 20 to 50 eggs, according to the
host supply.

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A very large percentage of these parasites are females, about
30 to one male, and parthenogenesis was repeatedly observed,
seeming in fact to be a normal condition.

Reared females, which had been kept isolated each in a sepa-
rate vial from the spinning of the cocoon and hence certainly
virgins, would pounce at once on a gossypiella larva, introduced
into the vial, paralyze it, and lay eggs.

These eggs would always hatch, barring accidents, and would
commonly produce all female offspring, which in turn would
oviposit without copulation and again produce females. Four
generations consisting exclusively of females were produced
in one experiment from a single unfertilized female.

The life history of this parasite is easily observed in cap-
tivity by placing a host larva with the female parasite in a
small vial. The parasites issued from caterpillars in stored
cotton seeds would not fly away in search of growing cotton,
but would search for new victims indoors in seeds. The spe-
cies is, on the other hand, equally at home outdoors and readily
finds its host in the bolls in the fields.

The species is recorded in Hawaiian literature as Goniozus
cellularis Say.

A CHALCID PARASITE OF THE PINK BOLL WORM

(Hymenoptera, Chalcididce)
By a. a. GIRAULT

Stomatoceras pertorvus, new species.

Female. — Similar to the Indian sulcatisciitellum Girault. but
the scape, pedicel, funicle 1 (and sometimes 2), tegulae, tarsi,
club, knees and tibia (except middle ones sometimes above in
the middle), dark reddish; the infuscation under the marginal
vein is wider, and there is a faint loop from it to the costal mar-
gin beyond the venation ; the post marginal vein is distinctly
shorter, and shorter than the marginal ; the scutellum has a de-
pression between the end of the median sulcus and the apical
plate. About the same otherwise. Types compared.

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Two females reared from pupae of Gelechia gossypiella.
June 10, 1915, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii (August Busck).

Types. — Cat. No. 21045, U. S. Nat. Mus., the specimens on
tags, a fore wing and antenna on a slide.

This is the species referred to in the Hawaiian publications
as Hockeria species.

TWO NEW CRANE-FLIES FROM THE PHILIPPINE

ISLANDS

(Diptera, Tipulidce)

By CHARLES P. ALEXANDER

The following new species were included in a collection of
crane-flies sent to me for determination by Mr. Nathan Banks.
I am indebted to Mr. Banks for the loan of this material and
for numerous other favors in the past.

Tribe ANTOCHINI

Genus ORIMARGULA Mik.

1883. Orimargula Mik; Wien. Entomol. Zeitung, vol. 2, p. 198.
This genus has long been considered as being synonymous
with Antocha O. S., but is a valid group. It curiously unites
the characters of the more generalized Antocha with the special-
ized groups, Orimarga and Diatrephu. The only species hith-
erto described is O. alpigena Mik (1. c, p. 199-201, fig. 1)
from the Australian Alps.

Orimargula philippina, new species.

Coloration brownish; wings whitish opalescent; the anal
angle prominent; the fused portion of Ms-{-Cu^ short; basal de-
flection of Cui far before the fork of M.

Male. — Length, 3 mm. ; wing, 4.3 mm. Frontal prolonga-
tion of the head reddish brown, the mouth-parts yellower. An-
tennae dark brown, the flagellar segments elongate-oval. Head
brown (if a bloom is normally present it has been destroyed in
the type).

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Thorax brown, the pruinosity lacking or destroyed, Halt-
eres brown. Legs yellowish brown, the tarsi darker, wings
whitish opalescent ; veins dark brown ; stigma narrow, quite
indistinct. Venation : crossvein r weak, inserted on Ro-\-z ;
i?4+5 before the r-m crossvein elongate, about three times the
length of this crossvein ; basal deflection of M1+2 about equal
to r-m; petiole of cell M^ very short, not more than one-half
the length of the basal deflection of M^-f 1; I basal deflection of
Cwifar before the fork of M, this distance equal to about one
and one-half the length of the deflection. Anal angle of the
wing prominent.

Abdomen brown. Hypopygiun with the pleurites elongate,
the appendages about half the length of the pleurites.

Holotype, $ , Manila, Philippine Islands.

Type in the collection of Mr. Banks.

This curious fly differs from O. alpigena Mik in the small
size and especially in the wing- venation, the elongate basal sec-
tion of vein i?4-f-5, the short petiole of cell M^ and, especially,
the great recession of the basal deflection of Cw^, in which
character it is very like Orimarga. The milky white wings and
the prominent anal angle are characters of Antocha. I believe
Orimargula should be considered a valid genus.

Tribe ERIOPTERINI
Genus ERIOPTERA Meigen

Erioptera (Erioptera) luzonica, new species.

Coloration light yellow ; wing strongly suffused with yellow-
ish, the veins darker.

Female. — Length, 5 mm. ; wing, 4.5 mm. Rostrum dull yel-
low ; palpi brown. Antennje brownish yellow, the flagellar seg-
ments light brown, the scapal segments more shiny. Head light
yellow. Thorax dull yellow, the prsescutal stripes rather in-
distinct, the median stripe broad, dull orange, with a row of
about eight stout bristles on either side. Pleura yellow with a
sparse grayish white bloom. Halteres dull brownish yellow,
brightest at the base, the knob dark brown. Legs dull yel-
low, the tarsi darkened. Wings narrow for this genus of flies.

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light yellow; veins stout, yellowish brown, the cord darkest.
Venation normal for this subgenus. Abdominal segments
brown, the caudal and lateral margins of the tergites broadly yel-
low ; ovipositor yellow, the tergal valves elongated, strongly up-
curved.

Holotype, 9 , Luzon, Philippine Islands.

Paratype, 9 , with the type.

Type in the collection of Mr. Banks.

A NOTE ON CISTHENE

{Lepidoptera, Lithosiids)
By HARRISON G. DYAR

Hampson treated this genus in 1900, in Volume II of the
Catalogue Lepidoptera Phalaenae. In his supplementary vol-
ume, published in 1914, he places Ruscido arida Skinner and
Cisthene major Rothschild as synonyms of C. menea Drury,
recognizes C. argentinensis Rothschild and C. triplaga Hamp-
son, and omits all mention of C. criton Druce and C. hodeva
Druce, doubtless because these last two species were incor-
rectly referred to this genus and family.

Hampson's table contains some inaccuracies. It may be
amended and the new species added as follows :

Fore wing with mesial orange band.

Subterminal band broken into two patches.

Large, stout species; median band broad ruficolUs Hiibner

Small, slender species; median band narrow,

argentinensis Rothschild
Subterminal band entire.

Subterminal band wide on costa, cutting across apex and
parallel to outer margin below.
Orange band on hind wing broad, half of wing or more,

menea Drury
Hind wing black with narrow orange band,

cynossema Druce
Subterminal band slender, lunate, uniform.

A yellow subcostal ray on fore wing liinaris Walker

No yellow subcostal ray moiion Dyar

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Subterminal band shortened at tornus, rounded, spot-like.
Abdomen wholly yellow above.

Mesial band of fore wing broad, one-third of wing
or more.

Hind wing yellow on basal two-thirds,

prusias Druce
Hind wing with large basal spot, sometimes join-
ing the outer border praxis Druce

Mesial band of fore wing narrow.
Hind wing yellow on basal half.

Abdomen wholly yellow arida Skinner

Abdomen dark gray below Chorion Dyar

Hind wing black with yellow costal mark,

qiiadrifasciata Walker
Abdomen partly or wholly black above.

Hind wing black with yellow costal mark,

tehuacana Dyar

Hind wing yellow on basal half cypris Druce

Fore wing without mesial transverse yellow band.
Fore wing with subterminal yellow band.

Fore wing with mesial longitudinal yellow ray through cell.

Mesial ray very broad cynara Druce

Mesial ray slender or broken.

Subterminal band slender, lunate trisigna Walter

Subterminal band broken into three spots,

triplaga Hampson

Fore wing without mesial longitudinal r&y . .unicincta Hampson

Fore wing without subterminal yellow band abdulla Dyar

Cisthene monon, new species.

Head, thorax, and abdomen yellow above ; legs and venter
dark gray. Fore wing slaty gray; a narrow yellow mesial
band and regular, curved subterminal one, running close to
margin, less so at apex. Hind wing with a small gray spot at
base, disk broadly yellow, terminal dark gray band reaching
nearly half of wing. Expanse, 27 mm.

Type, male, No. 21032, U. S. Nat. Mus.; Merida, Venezuela
(S. E. Bricefio).

Cisthene chorion, new species.

Head, thorax, and abdomen yellow above, legs and venter
dark gray. Fore wing slaty black; a moderately broad yellow

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band a little before the middle ; siibterminal band rather broad,
curved, shortened at tornus. Hind wing with a small dark
spot at base; outer border broad, covering half of the wing.
Expanse, 33 mm.

Type, male. No. 21033, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Guadalajara, Mexi-
co (B. Neumoegen).

A specimen similar to this, except that the abdomen is yel-
low below, is before me from the Chiricahua National Forest,
Arizona (Poling and Duffner). It agrees well with the de-
scription of arida Skinner, except that it is somewhat larger^
and it may be that species. C. chorion, also, may be the same
as arida, but I do not venture to unite them on the material
before me. I think that Hampson is clearly wrong in uniting
arida with nienea.

Cisthene tehuacana, new species.

Head and thorax yellow ; abdomen black above, except at
base and tip ; legs and venter black. Fore wing black, a little
slaty, with narrow mesial yellow band and shortened lunate sub-
terminal one. Hind wing black, a small yellow spot near mid-
dle of costa. Expanse, 24 mm.

Type, male, No. 21034, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Tehuacan, Mexico,
September, 1910 (R. Miiller).

Cisthene abdulla, new species.

Head, thorax, and abdomen black, the costa narrowly yellow
in front ; legs and venter black. Fore wing black, slightly slaty,
base yellow to the middle except a short black dash at base of
costa. Hind wing black with a costal yellow ray on basal half.
Expanse, 26 mm.

Type, male, No. 21035, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Cuernavaca, Mex-
ico. September, 1914 (R. Miiller).

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THE MOSQUITOES OF THE MOUNTAINS OF CALI-
FORNIA

(Dipt era, Culi cider)
By HARRISON G. DYAR

The territory explored covers the northern half of the Sierra
Nevada mountains of California. In a previous paper (Ins.
Insc. Mens., iv. 80-90, 191(3), I described six new species of
Aedes occurring there. I will here notice all the species found
in the mountains.

Aedes tahoensis Dyar.

In describing this species, I compared it with lasarensis Felt
& Young and stated that it might be a variety of that species.
The comparison should have been with pullatus Coquillett.
Pullatus has the same mesonotal ornamentation as tahoensis,
running somewhat darker than the specimens from the central
Sierras. However, tahoensis from the Gold Lake region in
Sierra and Plumas Counties is also dark, and there is prob-
ably no line of demarcation.

The male genitalia of tahoensis have a spine on the basal
lobe; pullatus is described as without this spine; but a re-
examination of the mounts of pullatus shows the spine dis-
tinctly present. The genitalia, therefore, are the same, and
hot different, as I was led to suppose when I described the
species.

The larva of tahoensis has the upper head hair in three, the
lower single ; pullatus has both head hairs multiple.^ The dif-
ference may be bridged by specimens in the intermediate terri-
tory; but with present information it is necessary to hold the
species separate. Pullatus is described from the Kootenai re-
gion of British Columbia, in the Selkirk Range. I have ta^-
ho'ensis from the northern part of the Sierra Nevada mountains
of California and the lower part of the Cascades in Oregon.
Careful exploration of the continuation of the Cascade Range

^Pullatus has the upper head hair in fours, rarely in fives; lower head hair
in threes.

12 INSECUTOR INSCITI^ MENSTRUUS

northward into British Cohimbia would be very useful in con-
nection with this problem.

The breeding places of taJweusis are peculiar : Closed pools
without inlet or outlet, filled by melting snow, which usually be-
come completely dry by the first of July. These pools are due
to irregularities in the surface of the ground, where the ground
is compact enough to hold snow-water for a few weeks. They
have no connection with stream or lakes, though naturally com-
moner in valleys. They are not marshy, but have firm margins,
the water being held as in a bowl. The water is clear and cold,
but must be of a comparatively rich nature from its enclosed
state. These pools can often be recognized when dry. In
August, 1915, I visited Fallen Leaf Lake and located such a
hollow. In April, 1916, as expected, I found it full of water
with numerous pupae of tahocnsis. This is the only species that
I have found in these pools and they are always present in large
numbers, making tahocnsis the commonest mosquito of the
mountains while it lasts. PuUatns has the same habit, I believe ;
but it is now 14 years since I observed pullatus, and my recol-
lection is not as perfect as in the case of tahocnsis. There is
no species found in the east corresponding to pullatus or ta-
hocnsis.

Specimens before me referable to tahocnsis have been taken
as follows: Yosemite Valley, California, May 19. 1907 (D.
J. Fullaway), May 14 to 19, 1916 (H. G. Dyar) ; Little Yose-
mite Valley, California, May 18, 1916 (H. G. Dyar) ; Fallen
Leaf Lake, Lake Tahoe, California, May 27 to June 24, 1916
(H. G. Dyar) ; Lily Lake, Lake Tahoe, California, June 16,
1916 (H. G. Dyar) ; Tallac. Lake Tahoe, California, June 17,
1916 (H. G. Dyar) ; Tahoe Tavern, Lake Tahoe, California,
June 20, 1915 (A. K. Fisher); Summit, Placer County, Cali-
fornia. July 3 to 7, 1916, July 19, 1915 (H. G. Dyar); Gold
Lake Camp, Plumas County, California, July 19 to 22, 1916
(H. G. Dyar) ; Gold Lake, Sierra County, California, July 20,
1916 (H. G. Dyar); Crater Lake, Oregon, August 16. 1916
(H. G. Dyar).

Certain specimens of tahocnsis from Gold Lake develop a

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very deceptive resemblance to trichurus Dyar, which species
occurs in the Kootenai region, by having the rnesonotum very
dark with a white lateral spot. However, in trichurus, there are
three impressed dorsal dark bands and the lateral white spot
is entirely in front of the lateral groove ;^ in tohoensis there are
but two dorsal impressed lines and the white spot is on both
sides of the lateral groove.

Aedes hexodontus Dyar.

Comparison of specimens shows that this species is identical
in mesonotal coloration with lasarensis Felt & Young and im-
piger Walker. The ornamentation is very variable, being gold-
en yellow with two narrow lines of dark brown scales, or
wholly golden yellow, or wholly brown. The form with the
distinct brown lines resembles lasarensis, the form wholly yel-
low, impiger. The larvae, however, are distinct from both of
these species.

The breeding places of hexodontus are marshy pools, filled
by snow-water, often very shallow, never deep ; often small
like the hoofprints of cattle. I found hexodontus plentiful in
some cattle tracks in the edge of a marsh near Tallac on Lake
Tahoe. The cattle tracks were filled by spring water; there
were no hexodontus in the marsh itself, though other mosquito
larvas were there. At the end of Fallen Leaf Lake, hexodontus
was breeding in seepage pools in a hollow under poplar trees.
The water here was a small stream of drainage from melting
snow. At Summit, Placer County, a few hexodontus pupae
were taken in a shallow pool in an open marsh with willow
bushes. The water in these marshes is comparatively poor in
organic matter as the pools are not enclosed and often have
considerable current of water through them ; but the ground
over which they are formed must give a certain richness.

No form representing hexodontus was recognized in the col-
lections made in the Kootenai region of British Columbia.
This material was taken in 1903 and worked over by Mr. Co-
quillett at a time when the specific characters of Aedes were

'Suture between the mesonotal prescututn and scutum.

14 INSECUTOR INSCITI^ MENSTRUUS

not well understood. On going over the old material I find
several specimens with pale golden, unhanded mesonotum,
much as in one form of hexodontus. However, no determina-
tion can be made, as the mosquitoes of the Selkirks and Sierras
are quite different, several eastern forms occurring in the for-
mer. Larvae and males will have to be compared, which are
not at hand in the Kaslo material.

Specimens before me, referable to hexodontus, have been
taken as follows : Fallen Leaf Lake, Lake Tahoe, California,
June 4 to 24, 3 916 (H. G. Dyar) ; Tahoe Tavern, Lake Tahoe,
California, June 20, 1915 (A. K. Fisher) ; Summit, Placer
County, California, July 3 to 5, 1916 (H. G. Dyar) ; Gold
Lake, Sierra County, California, alt. 6,582 feet, July 20, 1916
(H. G. Dyar) ; Gold Lake Camp, Plumas County, California,
July 19 to 22, 1916 (H. G. Dyar) ; Hoquiam, Washington,
May 27. 1904 (H. E. Burke).

Aedes increpitus Dyar.

This species belongs to the cantons group, in which the adults
often are indistinguishable by coloration, but the species sepa-
rate easily by the male genitalia and larvae. In the east there
are three species, stimularis Walker, Htchii Felt & Young, and
abfitchii Felt, the former breeding in river pools and having a
short-tubed larva, the two latter breeding in woodland pools
and having long-tubed larvae. Fitchii and abfitchii have a ten-
dency to a golden coloration of the mesonotum, especially on the
shoulders ; stimulans is grayer. There is also a species, sansoni
Dyar & Knab, described from Banff, Alberta. Of this no larva
is known ; the male genitalia agree with abfitchii. Mr. Knab
and myself associated as sansoni specimens from Kaslo, British
Columbia, of which only females and larvae are known ; the
larvae agree with abfitchii. It is possible, however, that at both
Banff and Kaslo there is more than one species of the cantons
group. However, on the showing made, sansoni must be con-
sidered a synonym or a western form of abfitchii.

Another form, vittata Theobald, was described from Pecos
Canyon, New Mexico. Males and females were taken, but
the male genitalia have not been made known. A wrong larva

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was associated. This name can only be identified by further
collecting. It is probably not the same as increpitus, although
the possibility is open.

The larva of increpitus has a short tube and frequents river
valleys, like stimulans, but the genitalia differ. The color of
the mesonotum is dark with gray scales at the angles, not yel-
low ; but the character is not diagnostic.

In the Yosemite Valley, in May, I found increpitus in vast
numbers. The larvae were not only in the river pools, but oc-
curred in woodland pools ; everything in the valley was full
of them. The adults were out and males were seen swarming.
At Fallen Leaf Lake, the species was breeding in wave pools be-
hind gravel beaches at the northern or outlet end of the lake,
in artificial holes over a supply pipe, and in a grassy pool in a
meadow close at hand. At Clio, in the Feather River valley,
adults were still flying in July. I also got adults in August at
Tahoe Tavern at Lake Tahoe. The water in these river and
wave pools, frequented by this species, is dilute. The river
pools often have a current, while the lake pools are connected
by seepage with the lake itself. The larvse come early, but
are of slower development than the black-legged species, and
can be found through June. Both males and females can be
caught till late in the summer.

Specimens before me, referable to increpitus, have been taken
as follows: Yosemite Valley, California, May 14 to June 13,
1916 (H. G. Dyar) ; Little Yosemite Valley, California, May
23 to 28, 1916 (H. G. Dyar) ; Fallen Leaf Lake, Lake Tahoe,
California, May 28 to June 24, 1916 (H. G. Dyar); Tallac,
Lake Tahoe, California, June 17, 1916 (H. G. Dyar) ; Glen-
brook, Nevada, August 25, 1915 (H. G. Dyar) ; Tahoe Tavern,
Lake Tahoe, California, June 20, 1915 (A. K. Fisher), Aug-
ust 15, 1915 (H. G. Dyar) ; Clio, Feather River, California,
July 9 to 23, 1916 (H. G. Dyar) ; Pacific Grove, California,
July 2, 1903 (Isabel McCracken) ; Eureka, California, May 6
to July 6, 1903 (H. S. Barber) ; Fieldbrook, California, May
26, 1903 (H. S. Barber).

The last three localities are in the coast region of California

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and not the Sierras, and there is a possibility that there is a
different species involved, no larvae being known.

Aedes palustris Dyar.

This species belongs to the cantons group, but it is distin-
guishable as adult by the large number of white scales on the
wings which invade even the fifth vein. Normally, the abdo-
men is basally banded with white scales and a few apical white
scales also; but a marked variety occurs in which there is a
complete line of white scales down the back. I propose to
designate this by the new name pricEi, in honor of Mr. W. W.
Price, the proprietor of Fallen Leaf Lodge, to whom I am in-
debted for many kindnesses. The variety pricei has a very
marked appearance, quite strongly suggesting nigromaculis
Ludlow, riparius Dyar & Knab, or euedes Howard, Dyar &
Knab, but to which it is not allied. Type number for the va-
riety pricei, No. 21043, U. S. Nat. Mus.

The larva has a long tube and lives in grassy marshes. These
larvae were in the marsh near Tallac referred to under hexo-
dontus, and there Mr. Price assisted me to secure several. They
were also in the meadow pool near the end of Fallen Leaf
Lake referred to under increpitus. Several larvae were found
in the Little Yosemite Valley in a pool which was flooded with
rain at the time but was apparently originally a grassy meadow
pool. Adults were flying in the high mountains about Gold
Lake, south of Clio. Here the species palustris and increpitus
were separated, there being no river or wave pools about Gold
Lake and only river pools at Clio. Elsewhere, at Yosemite
and Fallen Leaf, the species flew together.

Specimens before me, referable to palustris, were taken as
follows: Little Yosemite Valley, May 20 to June 2, 1916 (H.
G. Dyar) ; Fallen Leaf Lake, Lake Tahoe, California, June 3
to 24, 1916 (H. G. Dyar) ; Lily Lake, Lake Tahoe, California,
June 16, 1916 (H. G. Dyar) ; Gold Lake, Sierra County, Cali-
fornia, July 20, 1916 (H. G. Dyar) ; Gold Lake Camp, Plumas
County, California, July 19 to 21, 1916 (H. G. Dyar).

Aedes vexans Meigen (syhestris Theobald).

This widely spread mosquito occurred rarely in the Yose-

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mite Valley. The species is distributed over Europe and North
America, being indigenous to both continents. Along the At-
lantic seaboard it is one of the commonest species, especially
toward the north, breeding in temporary woodland and road-
side pools. Of the Yosemite specimens, one was caught May
14, 1916, the other bred from a woodland pool May 22, 1916,
where it was associated with the ubiquitous increpitus.

Aedes cinereus Meigen (fuscus Osten Sacken).

This species also is common to Europe and America and, in
the east, breeds in temporary woodland pools. In Yosemite
it was bred from valley pools with increpitus and at Fallen Leaf
from wave pools with the same association. It is thus a river
valley species in the west. Previous records of this species
from California are lacking, the westernmost record being
Kaslo, British Columbia.

The adult has the mesonotum golden brown with traces of
two darker lines; abdominal bands narrow, but widening at the
sides to form a white lateral line. The legs are without sprink-
ling of white scales ; the male has short palpi.

Aedes cataphylla Dyar.

A very characteristic species, with the thoracic and abdomi-
nal marking of increpitus, but with wholly black tarsi. The
wing scaling also is peculiar. The eggs are much thicker than
those of any other species in the Sierras. The male, larvse,
and life history are unknown.

This is the second earliest species to appear on the wing.
When I arrived at Fallen Leaf Lodge, May 25, 1916, no mos-
quitoes were flying except overwintering specimens of Culiseta.
The first adult of the spring emergence was seen June 2, a
specimen of ventrovittis. On June 4 cataphylla was out in
numbers, mixed with a few tahoensis, and they continued to be
taken till June 24, when I made my last catch at the lake.

Specimens before me, referable to cataphylla, were taken
as follows : Fallen Leaf Lake, Lake Tahoe. California, June
4 to 24, 1916 (H. G. Dyar) ; Lily Lake, Lake Tahoe, Califor-
nia, June 16, 1916 (H. G. Dyar) ; Glenbrook, Nevada, June 5,
1916 (H. G. Dyar).

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Aedes varipalpus Coquillett.

This species breeds in water in holes in trees. It is spread
throughout California, both along the coast and in the Sierras,
extending up to Washington and British Columbia and into the
Kootenai region — wherever there are trees to hold water. Oaks
are the most useful trees in this respect though probably alders,
willows, and sycamores will serve also. The conifers do not
hold water. The species was abundant in Yosemite Valley in
May, more abundant than I have ever seen it before.

Specimens before me from the Sierras, referable to varipal-
pus, have been taken as follows : El Portal, California, May
12, 1916 (H. G. Dyar) ; Yosemite, California, May 13 to 18,
1916 (H. G. Dyar) ; Tahoe Tavern, Lake Tahoe, California,
August 15, 1915 (H. G. Dyar) ; Homewood, Lake Tahoe, Cali-
fornia, August 39, 1915 (H. G. Dyar) ; Glenbrook, Nevada,
August 25, 1915 (H. G. Dyar).

Aedes ventrovittis Dyar.

This species is very early, being the first of the snow-pool
species on the wing. At Fallen Leaf, in 1916, which was a very
late season, a specimen was taken on June 2. Two others were
obtained June 15, after which nothing more was seen of the
species. I arrived at Gold Lake July 19, but saw nothing of
ventrovittis at that time. Prof. W. B. Herms, however, who
preceded me at Gold Lake, took several specimens of this spe-
cies on July 4, it being the only mosquito flying. Gold Lake is
about 500 feet higher than Fallen Leaf and about 75 miles
farther north ; the season is consequently some three weeks
later.

The adults resemble hexodontus in coloration, having golden
yellow scaled mesonotum, but are much smaller. Also the pres-
ence of white scales on the wings and the ventral abdominal
stripe distinguish them. The males and larvae are unknown. It
will require very early collecting to obtain the life history,
and this presents some practical difficulty, as none of the moun-
tain camps are open early enough for this work. They are
generally piled up with snow banks and uninhabitable.

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Aedes fished, new species.

Proboscis, palpi, and antennas black. Integument black ; head
with sparse, narrow curved, bronzy brown scales on the vertex,
small flat whitish ones on the sides ; many erected forked black
ones on the nape. Mesonotum with sparse, coarse, narrow
curved, bronzy brown scales, becoming straw-yellow around the
antescutellar space and over roots of wings ; scales on pleura
small, flat, whitish. Abdomen black scaled, with small irregu-
lar, bands of white ones at the bases of the segments, narrowly
cleft on the dorsal line, widening on the sides, but not covering
over half of the segment ; penultimate segment with lateral
patches only, last segment wholly black. Venter black scaled,
the last two segments wholly black ; fourth segment with white
scales at base, third largely white scaled on basal half. Legs
black scaled, the femora whitish beneath ; femora, tibise, and
first tarsal joint sprinkled with whitish scales. Wing scales
black, a few white ones at base of costa and roots of first and
fifth veins; outstanding scales long, slender, black, uniform.

Six females, collected by Dr. A. K. Fisher of the U. S.
Biological Survey, at Tahoe Tavern, at the outlet of Lake
Tahoe, California, June 20, 1915.

Type, No. 21042, U. S. Nat. Mus.

This species is of the size of cinercus and ventrovittis. The
male is unknown, but presumably has long palpi ; the mesono-
tum is dark brown, not bronzy, and has no dark lines ; there are
white scales on the legs and the abdominal bands do not join in a
white lateral line. These characters differentiate it from cin-
ereus. It is closest to ventrovittis, but the mesonotum is uni-
formly dark brown, not golden yellow with more or less dis-
tinct paired brown lines ; there are less white scales on the
wings and the ventral black line of the abdomen is lacking.
The species is of a different seasonal occurrence ; ventrovittis
is early, none being seen at Fallen Leaf after June 15 of 1916,
a very late season. Dr. Fisher took fisheri at Tahoe Tavern,
a more advanced locality than Fallen Leaf, and in 1915, a
normally early season. It is probable that fisheri did not ap-

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pear in 1916 until July, which may be the reason why I missed
this species entirely, as I left the mountains before then.

Culiseta inornatus Williston.

This species is typical of the low country and strays only
sparingly into the mountains. It is abundant in Nevada in the
valleys at the foot of the mountains surrounding Lake Tahoe ;
specimens were taken in the mouth of Kingsbury Canyon. It
was found breeding in muddy pools in a cow pasture near Glen-
brook on the Nevada side of Lake Tahoe. This side has a more
arid character than the California side, more resembling the
sagebrush plains, with their irrigation pools, so favorable to
inornatus.

Culiseta incidens Thomson.

Equally at home everywhere in the west, in the plains and
mountains, breeding in any enclosed water from rain-barrels to
mountain springs. Hibernated adults are the first mosquitoes
seen in the spring, and breeding begins early. I found pupse
already in May, 1916, in the Yosemite Valley, while many
A'edes lucre pitus were no further advanced. At Gold Lake the
larvae were in vast numbers in all stages, together with egg-
boats, but many already in the last stage, in a marsh only re-
cently vacated by A'edes hexodontns, on July 20, 1916.

The species breeds all summer. I found them in an ice-cold
mountain spring at Fallen Leaf, in August, 1915, where they
were preyed upon by Bucorethra larvae. In May-June, 1916,
they were again in the same spring, again preyed upon by
Bucorethra.

Culiseta impatiens Walker.

This species was caught at Yosemite, Fallen Leaf, and Gold
Lake. The enormous size of the adults is striking.

There is no previous record of this mosquito from California,
though it has a northern distribution, from Alaska eastward to
the mountains of northern New York. Its occurrence in the
Siei'-ras, therefore, was to be expected. The ]arv?e are known
to inhabit cold spring pools and can be found all summer. The
adults hibernate.

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Culex tarsalis Coquillett.

This species is abundant throughout the west, especially in
the lowlands, breeding in all kinds of permanent and semi-per-
manent pools, except open river-bed pools, taking readily to
irrigation water. It occurs throughout the mountains, al-
though in reduced numbers, favoring open warmer pools.
Specimens were taken at Yosemite, Fallen Leaf, Lake Tahoe,
and Gold Lake, in fact everywhere that I went. The eggs are
laid in the usual boat-shaped masses and the adults are sup-
posed to hibernate, although exact observations are lacking.
On one occasion I collected recently dried sod from an irri-
gated pasture at Steamboat, Nevada, and, on immersing the sod
in water, three tarsalis larvae hatched. This would indicate that
fragments of an egg-boat may exist on dry grass for a time.
Whether or not there is normal habit shown here, I am unable
to say.

Culex saxatilis Grossbeck (terrifans Auct. non Walk.)

This species is well known as an inhabitant of the Sierras,
having been taken at Sisson, California, by Dyar and Caudell in
1906. Larvae were collected by me in grassy pools near Tahoe
Tavern, Lake Tahoe, in August, 1915, and adults were caught
in the Yosemite Valley in May, 1916.

A NEW CTENACROSCELIS

^-^ {Tipulid(B, Diptera)

By CHARLES P. ALEXANDER'

The crane-fly described below is one of the largest, if not
the very largest, member of its family. The allied Ctenacros-
celis prcBpotens Wiedemann (Aussereur. zweifl. Insekt., 1, 40,
41, 1828, as Tipula) has long been considered to be the giant of
the family ; but the wing of the female of prapotens barely at-
tains a length of 40 mm., whereas the male of the new species
measures at least as much ; the females are larger than the

'Contribution from the Entomological Laboratory of Cornell University.

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males in this tribe of flies and this sex of the new species, at
present unknown, must be an immense insect.

Ctenacroscelis rex, new species.

Size very large (wing of the male 40 mm. or over) ; thoracic
stripes blackish.

Male. — Length, 33-35 mm.; wing, 40-43.5 mm. Foreleg,
femora, 22 mm. ; tibia, 23 mm. ; metatarsus, 24 mm. Middle
leg, femora, 24-25 mm. ; tibia, 21-22 mm. ; metatarsus, 25-26.5
mm. Hind leg, femora, 27.5 mm. ; tibia, 30 mm. ; metatarsus,
31.5 mm.

Frontal prolongation of the head moderately long, reddish-
brown, the palpi dark brown. Antennae short, brownish yellow,
the outer face of the flagellar segments with numerous black
hairs. Head dull yellowish brown with a narrow yellow line
adjoining the eye.

Thoracic dorsum bright yellow with three grayish black
stripes, the median one double, the late"'al stripes abbreviated;
scutum with a large double blackish mark on each lobe ; scutel-
lum and the median portion of the postnotum brown, sides of
the segment dull yellow. Pleura dull light yellow, unmarked.
Halteres slender, dark brown, the knob brighter. Legs with
the coxae and trochanters yellow ; femora yellow, the tips some-
what darker ; tihlce brownish yellow, the tip indistinctly darker ;
tarsi brown. Wings very light brownish yellow to subhyaline,
the costal cell a little brighter, a faint suffusion along the
branches of Cu, the stigma indistinct.

Abdominal tergites dull yellow, the apical sclerites more
brown. Hypopygium with the ninth tergite having the caudal
margin gently concave, the apical third of the segment densely
hairy, especially along the outer angles ; outer lobe of the pleu-
rite long and slender, the base broader, gradually narrowed to-
ward the tip.

Holotype, $ , Taungoo District, Burma.

Paratypes, 2 $ , topotypic.

The type is in the collection of the American Entomological
Society, Philadelphia. A paratype is in the collection of the
author.

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This species is closest to Ctenacroscelis prcepotens Wiede-
mann but differs in the distinct blackish thoracic stripes and
the lack of a distinct yellow stigmal spot on the wings.

A SYNOPTIC REVISION OF THE CUTEREBRID^,
WITH SYNONYMIC NOTES AND THE DE-
SCRIPTION OF ONE NEW SPECIES

By CHARLES H. T. TOWNSEND

The present paper deals only with those species represented
by adult material in the U. S. National Museum, totaling 108
specimens. A careful study of this material has disclosed many
errors which need correction. Certain species of the older
authors have been misidentified, certain valid species names
have been put in the synonymy, certain synonyms have been
used as valid names, and certain aberrant specimens of old
species have been described as new species. These errors are
corrected in the notes which follow the table?. The followins:
synopses will serve to separate the species treated.

»

SUBFAMILIES AND GKNERA

1. No facial carina; antennal pit large and deep; antennje elongate.. 2
Facial carina present; antennal pit small and shallo\v; antennae

short (Cuterebrin^) 3

2. Epistoma rather broad, projected obliquely forward and down-

ward between the peristomalia ; arista thickly long-plumose to

tip (PsEUDOGAMETiN^) Pseudogainci cs

Epistoma very narrow, projected straight downward between the
peristomalia; arista with hairs on upper side only (Dkr-
MATOBiiN.^) «. Dcrmatobia

3. Arista nude Ragenhofera (no material seen)

Arista with hairs on upper side and on apical part of lower side.. 4

4. Antennal pit extended below in a tapering prolongation, the

peristomalia converging obliquely and meeting near the lower

end of carina Cuicrebra

Antennal pit circumscribed below, subcircular, the peristomalia
parallel and closely approximated to carina for aliont the lower
half of its length Pogrria

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SPECIES OF CUTEREBRA

1. Whole thorax and scutellum clothed with light-colored pile 2

Mesoscutum and scutellum clothed only with short black hairs 3

2. Thoracic and scutellar pile cinnamon-yellow, dense ; anal segment

with only black hairs cuniculi Ok.

Thoracic and scutellar pile pale yellowish, rather thin; anal seg-
ment similarly pilose analis Mcq.

3. Parafacials and cheeks wholly or partly white-hairy 4

Parafacials and cheeks entirely black-hairy 5

4. Pleurae with only black pile approximata Wlk.

Pleurae with yellowish-gray pile histrio Coq.

5. Pleurae with only black pile or at most traces of whitish 6

Pleurae for the most part with whitish or yellowish pile,

americana Fab.

6. Anal segment shining like rest of abdomen tenebrosa Coq.

Anal segment more or less pollinose, leaving rounded shining areas. 7

7. Mesocutum shining, without pruinosity atrox Clk.

Mesoscutum largely whitish-pruinose maculosa Knab

SPECIES OF bogeria

1. Mesoscutum with light-colored pile 2

Mesoscutum with only black hair 3

2. Anal segment shining, not pollinose but thinly clothed with light

hairs emasculator Fitch.

Anal segment densely yellowish or grayish pollinose and with light
hair grisea Coq.

3. Mesoscutum grayish pruinose, thinly clothed with short hairs 4

Mesoscutum not pruinose, the hair longer and pile-like 6

4. Hind edge of scutellum with thicker and longer hair than that of

mesoscutum 5

Hind edge of scutellum with only short hair buccafa Fab.

5. Anal segment densely yellowish pollinose, clothed with yellow

hair fontincUa Clk.

Anal segment with only thin pollen and black hair princeps Aust.

6. Anal segment densely yellowish pollinose, with yellow hair,

fasciata Swenk
Anal segment thinly pollinose at most, with only black hair,

scudderi n. sp.

Pseudogametes semiatra Wied. — Specimens of this most
striking form, from southern Brazil, sent by Dr. A. Lutz, show

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on external characters that the genus certainly belongs in the
Cuterebridse.

Cuterebra cuniculi Clk. — I consider, with Brauer, that horri-
pilum Clk. must be a synonym of this species. C. abdominalis
Swenk is the same species.

Cuterebra americaiia Fab. — There are several forms of this
species in the east and west. The mesoscutum may be quite
highly polished or with a very thin but distinct pruinosity, while
the pleural pile varies from whitish to distinctly yellow. I took
14 males of the pruinose form along the stream in Hell Can-
yon, Manzano Forest Reserve, New Mexico, at about 5,500 to
6.500 feet, September 14 and 17, 1916 ; and one male of the
polished form on the Rio Ruidoso, Lincoln Forest Reserve,
New Mexico, at about 7,000 feet, September 30, 1916. Many
specimens of the pruinose form were taken by me in July, 1898,
at the same point on the Rio Ruidoso, showing that both forms
occur together in the same district. Cuterebra nitida Coq. is
evidently a male of this species with an abnormally narrow
front, while latifrons Coq. is evidently one with an abnormally
wide front. C. polita Coq. is the same species, as is also the al-
lotype (male) of lepivora Coq. Of the above, polita is the form
with polished mesoscutum, while the others show some pruinos-
ity. Specimens from Virginia, South Carolina, and Georgia
show the mesoscutal pruinosity rather more distinctly and have
the yellowest pleural pile.

Cuterebra approximata Wlk. — Two specimens from Yuma
and Phoenix, Arizona, are somewhat doubtfully referred to
this species.

Cuterebra atrox Clk. — From the description, similis Johns,
is evidently this species.

Cuterebra histrio Coq. — The holotype is from Guanajuato.
Mexico. Many specimens of a form of this species were taken
by myself in the Sierra Madre of western Chihuahua near
Meadow Valley, at about 7,000 feet. The facio-genal pattern
is intricate and peculiar.

Bogeria princeps Aust. — C. lepusculi Towns, lepivora Coq.
(holotype, female), and albifrons Swenk are evidently this

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species. From the fact that the quite detailed generic and
specific descriptions given by Austen fit the male of lepusculi
exactly in every particular except the character of the arista, I
was unable to repress the conviction that Austen's specimens
had the arista denuded of hairs, especially since the very strik-
ing pile coloration described is known to me in no other form.
I accordingly wrote to the British Museum for information,
and now take the liberty of quoting here the reply kindly sent
me by Dr. Guy A. K. Marshall : "I have examined Mr. Aus-
ten's type of Bogeria princeps, but, unfortunately, the head is in
a dirty condition, and only one antenna is left. At first sight,
the arista certainly does appear to be entirely bare, but, on
examining it with a higher power, I find a portion of a hair on
the basal half, and it seems to me extremely probable that the
arista has really been denuded. In Mr. Austen's second speci-
men both the antennse are gone, so that this does not throw any
light on the matter." In the female the white pile of pleurae
does not follow around the edge of scutellum and is lacking on
base of abdomen. Some males also lack this pile on base of
abdomen, while others show it conspicuously developed. The
species reaches Arizona, California, Nevada, and New Mexico,
and attacks both the jack rabbit and the cottontail. The genus
is valid on facial characters, as described and figured by Aus-
ten.

Bogeria emasculator Fitch. — This is a valid species and en-
tirely distinct from fontinella Clk. It is a parasite of squirrels
and chipmunks. C. scutellaris Br. is the same species. It ap-
pears to be restricted in range to the northeastern parts of
North America.

Bogeria fasciata Szvenk.- — This species seems to replace
emasculator in the west, and has the same habits. It was reared
by me from a larva taken in July, 1898, from the fore leg of a
Tamias sp., on the Rio Ruidoso, New Mexico, the fly issuing
the following May. The first-stage larvae of both this and the
preceding species probably enter such part of the host as hap-
pens to be most convenient, penetrating the scrotum when of-
fered and not by invariable habit. The headless specimen in
the U. S. National Museum labeled "Fitch's type" and "C.

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emasculator" was so labeled under a misapprehension, as proved
by its entire disagreement with the description. It is simply a
specimen that had been wrongly so determined by Fitch, after
describing his species. It is fasciata Swenk. C. fontinella Aus-
ten (nee Clark), 1895, Ann. Mag. N. H., ser. 6, Vols. XV,
XVI, is also this species. The location of Fitch's holotype of
emasculator is unknown. It was probably sent to some corres-
pondent. Little importance was attached to type specimens in
this country in Fitch's day.

Bogeria fontinella Clk. — There are three specimens of this
species in the collection, from South Carolina, Florida, and
Mississippi. It is a larger species than either of the two pre-
ceding and decidedly broader, rather closely approaching buc-
cata in both form and size and like it evidently confined to rab-
bits. It may be at once distinguished from the squirrel flies by
the pronounced gray pruinosity of the mesoscutum. At first
sight, it appears identical with buccata, though slightly under-
sized, but is at once known by its densely pollinose anal seg-
ment.

Bogeria grisea Coq. — This is a small northwestern form inter-
mediate between emasculator and fasciata.
Bogeria scudderi, new species.

Length of body, 16 to 20 mm. ; of wing, 14 to 16 mm. ; width
of thorax, 7 to 8 mm. Three males as follows, all reared from
rabbits: Washington, D. C, fly issued March 4, 1895, larva
collected by Mr. N. P. Scudder; Round Mountain, Texas, fly
issued September 20, 1895, larva taken by Mr. F. G. Schaupp
from leg of host; Beltsville, Maryland, larva collected by Mr.
E. B. Marshall, November 24, 1911. (All det. Coqt. as buccata
Fab.)

Differs from buccata F. as follows : Narrower in form. Male
front very narrow. Mesoscutum and scutellum chocolate color,
clothed with short blackish pile, interspersed with a few grayish
hairs along transverse suture. Abdomen chestnut-brown, the
disk of tergum metallic and following the hind borders of seg-
ments laterally. Wings less deeply infuscate. Pollinose spots
not apparent on front.

Holotype, No. 20953, U. S. Nat. Mus.

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Named in honor of Mr. N. P. Scudder, of the National Mu-
seum Library, who collected the first specimen.

Through the kindness of Dr. B. H. Ransom, Chief of the
Zoological Laboratory, Bureau of Animal Industry, U. S. De-
partment of Agriculture, I have had the opportunity to examine
two third-stage larvae, taken from the throat of hogs, which I
am able, by comparison with puparia, to identify as this spe-
cies. The entire, strong, sharply-pointed, thorn-like spines of
these larvae are distinctive of the rabbit bots of this group. The
material is as follows :

B. A. L Parasite Coll. No. 15614. — One specimen in situ in
larynx of hog, Blacksburg, Virginia, collected by N. S. Mayo,
July 22, 1910. The larva had embedded itself longitudinally in
the wall of the larynx, on one side, even with the vocal chords.

B. A. L Par. Coll. No. 18026.— One specimen from "larynx
or pharynx" of hog, Birchwood, Tennessee, collected by B. J.
Amerson, July, 1915.

In the first case above, the larva was uninjured and had
evidently reached its location through its own locomotory ef-
forts, by working its way from the pharynx, mouth, or gullet.
It is a question whether the hog in this case, in rooting among
rabbit burrows, ingested the egg from which proceeded this
larva ; or whether it ate the rabbit host containing this larva in
the third stage, without incapacitating the latter, which was
saved from being swallowed by its sharp spines and was after-
wards able to make its way into the larynx. In the second case
above, the larva appeared to have been injured by the teeth of
the hog, indicating that the latter had ingested it either free or
in situ in the rabbit host, but was unable to swallow it by
reason of its very sharp spines piercing the oesophageal or
pharyngeal membranes.

SOME INTERESTING ORTHOPTERA FROM

MEXICO

By a. N. CAUDELL
Among a small lot of Orthoptera recently sent in for deter-
mination by Mr. Roberto Miiller from Presidio, Mexico, were

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three species of some interest by reason of their rarity or not
having them hitherto reported from that country. They are as
follows :

Sagona oi'ata Briinn. One 9 . Described from Costa Rica
and since reported from Guatemala. This specimen from
Presidio is, I believe, the first record of its being found in
Mexico.

Pyrgocorypha rogersi Sauss. & Pictet. One 9 . Described
from Costa Rica and not before recorded from Mexico.

Bncoptolophus herbaceus Bruner. One 9 . This handsome
little grasshopper was described from central Mexico but has
not been reported since. It was found in moderate numbers
by its describer in fields about the outskirts of Mexico City.

SOME NEW AUSTRALIAN CHALCID-FLIES, MOST-
LY OF THE FAMILY ENCYRTIDiE

• (Hymenoptera)

By A. A. GIRAULT
Genus COCCOPHAGUS Westwood

Coccophagus ashmeadi Girault. perseus, new variety.

Female. — In the analysis of the Australian species runs to
ashmeadi from which it differs in that the club joints are sub-
equal to funicle 3 and not longer as in nigriventris. The pro-
notum is very slightly dusky, if at all.

Two females (G. Compere).

Habitat, Swan River, West Australia.

Types, Cat. No. 20683, U. S. Nat. Mus.

Coccophagus emersoni, new species.

Female. — Length, 1 mm. Black, the wings hyaline, the
scape and legs golden except proximal four-fifths of the hind
coxa ; the following parts orange : Head, except a line between
the lateral ocelli and most of the occiput; scutum, except the
cephalic fourth ; parapsides, except a small spot cephalo-mesad
a little cephalad of middle ; and scutellum, except at base mesad
(a small area). Stature of trigiittatus. Most of propleurum

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and a roundish area below the tegula, yellow. Club distinct but
not much wider than the funicle ; funicle 3 a little longer than
wide, 1 nearly twice longer than wide; pedicel barely as long
as funicle 3, subequal to club 2 ; all club joints wider than long.
Flagellum (except the pedicel) longitudinally striate. Mandi-
bles subtruncate, but three weak, obtuse teeth indicated.

Three females in the collection of the U. S. National Mu-
seum.

Habitat, Perth, West Australia.

Types, Cat. No. 20684, U. S. Nat. Mus., three females on
tags with a slide bearing a head.

Coccophagus australiensis, new species.

Female. — Length, 1.25 mm. Agrees with the description of
lunulatus Howard but the scutellum does not always bear the
black area at apex and funicle 1 is a little longer than the pedi-
cel; scutum and scutellum with rather dense, close, yellowish
pubescence. The male, apparently, has no yellow on the body.

From four females in the U. S. National Museum (G. Com-
pere, 766).

Habitat, Swan River, Australia.

Types, Cat. No. 20685, U. S. Nat. Mus., two females on
tags.

Cotypes in the Queensland Museum, a female on a tag.

Here is another one of those puzzling species, so similar to a
species of another region yet with slight differences and prob-
ably wholly distinct as to origin. The species is founded on
the supposition that it is an aboriginal of Australia. Hence, if
so, rooted in a stock wholly remote from that of lunulatus.
Later I found that the Australian species differs in having the
scutellum hairy.

Genus ABLERUS Howard

Ablerus emersoni, new species.

Female. — Length, 0.75 mm., excluding the ovipositor, which
is extruded for a length equal to a fourth or more that of the
abdomen and is white at tip (the valves, that is).

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111 the analysis of species runs to poincarei, differing in that
the ovipositor valves are white at tip, the cross-stripe of the fore
wing is obliqued a little disto-caudad and is from between the
stigmal and marginal veins. Marginal fringes of the fore wing
about a fourth of the greatest wing width. Funicles 1, 2, and
4 subequal. Fore and middle tibiae white except just beneath
the knee. Funicle and club wholly brown.

From five females in the U. S. National Museum (G. Com-
pere).

Habitat, Perth, West Australia.

Types, Cat. No. 2068G, U. S. Nat. Mus., the above speci-
mens on a slide.

Ablerus impunctatipennis, new species.

Female. — Length, 0.50 mm., excluding the ovipositor, which
is extruded for a length equal to nearly a third that of the abdo-
men and the valves are white at tip.

In the analysis runs to group III but differs in having the
fore wing entirely brown with the exception of a moderately
large, round, hyaline spot on the stigmal vein and a smaller spot
on the base of the marginal vein. Dark metallic green ; apex of
pedicel, funicle 4, knees and tips of tibiae and the tarsi except the
last joint, silvery white. Longest marginal cilia of the fore
wing about a third of the greatest wing width. Caudal wings
with sparse discal cilia. Funicles 1 and 2 subequal, each a half
longer than wide, 3 short, 4 shorter and a little shorter than 1.
A naked path nearly across fore wing from the hyaline stigmal
spot, the cilia denser proximad of this. (Color of head not
seen.)

Two females in the collections of the U. S. National Museum
(G. Compere).

Habitat, Perth, West Australia.

Types, Cat. No. 20fi87, U. S. Nat. Mus., the above speci-
mens on a slide.

Ablerus marchali (Howard).

Erroneously recorded from Sydney from a male specimen
which I have compared with the type.

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Genus MARIETTA Motschulsky

Marietta maculatipes, new species.

Female. — Length, 0.60 mm. Orange yellow, the wings hya-
line (or subhyaline at base), the legs silvery white, the tibise
with two dusky bands (incomplete ventrad) equally distributed,
the first at apex of basal third, the second at about base of dis-
tal third. Caudal margin of abdominal segments dusky. Fore
wings with about nine lines of somewhat coarser discal cilia
proximad of the hairless line and a small patch farther proxi-
mad. Funicle joints annular, subequal ; club 1 a little longer
than wide, not quite half the length of the club. Cephalic legs
immaculate.

Male. — The same but the fore wings bear only about six
lines of discal cilia proximad of the hairless line, the body is
smaller and the antennae only 4-jointed, the club long, solid, five
times longer than wide, the funicle joint a little wider than
long and rather closely united with the club.

From five males, six females (G. Compere).

Habitat, Perth, West Australia.

Types, Cat. No. 20688, U. S. Nat. Mus., four males, six fe-
males on a slide.

Marietta novicapillata, new species.

Female. — Similar to capillata but the distal infuscation of
the fore wing, usually isolated in that species, is here extended
proximad around the caudal and cephalic margins, on the lat-
ter more than halfway to the venation (still farther on the
opposite margin). Thus, this area is connected with the broken
oblique line from stigmal vein as well as with the two isolated
marginal areas (one caudad, the other cephalad) and is consid-
erably larger than in the other species.

From five females on a slide (G. Compere).

Habitat, Perth, West Australia.

Types, Cat. No. 20689, U. S. Nat. Mus., the fore described
specimens.

Aphelinus: perissoptroides, literatus and ine.rplicohilis be-
long here, doubtless. The genus may be known by the pat-

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terned wings but differs from Aphelinus essentially in secon-
dary sexual characters only (see maculatipes, above),

Eupelmus cerambycoboideus, new species.

Female. — Length, 4 mm., the ovipositor valves white, just
tipping the abdomen. Dark metallic green, the legs red except
the first and last coxae, the forewings hyaline yet with a dis-
tinct rectangular (longer cephalo-caudad) fuscous marking
from about the distal two-thirds of the postmarginal vein and
extending halfway across the wing. Venation yellowish. Scape
with a distinct foliaceous expansion ventrad which though rath-
er great is not much convexed ; pedicel about two and a half
times longer than wide at apex, a little longer than funicle 2 ;
funicle 1 slightly longer than wide, 2 and 3 longest, each about
two and a half times longer than wide, 4 a little shorter, 8
wider than long. Caudal tibial spurs double, stout, unequal.
Postmarginal vein much longer than the long stigmal. Lower
face and occiput with short silvery pubescence, the antennae
inserted on a level with the lower end of the eyes. Body
densely, finely scaly. Axillae moderately widely separated.
Raised mesal cephalic area of scutum distinct, extending be-
yond the middle (its apex being drawn out into a carina) ; the
lateral ridges join across before distal margin. Abdomen eupel-
miform but rather depressed, as long as the rest of the body, the
second segment rather deeply excised at caudal margin mesad,
the others hardly so. Frons moderately wide. Teeth of mid-
dle tarsi black.

One female taken by Albert Koebele, in the collections of the
LI. S. National Museum.

Habitat, Sydney, New South Wales.

Type, Cat. No. 20090, U. S. Nat. Mus., the female on a
card, a fore wing, antenna, and caudal leg on a slide.

Coccophoctonus dactylopii Ashmead.

The types are labeled Honolulu, Hawaii; and are not of
Australia as has been recorded.

.ffinasiella australia, new species.

Female. — Length, 1.75 mm., the ovipositor not extruded.

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Differs from the description of the genotype as follows : The
marginal vein is a half longer than zvide, about half the length
of the postmarginal, the latter three-fourths the length of the
stigmal ; the legs are concolorous except the tarsi, knees nar-
rowly, nearly the distal half of the. first tibiae, tips of hind
tibiae and the middle legs except lightly the middle of the fe-
mora broadly (washed) and a distinct cinctus on the tibia
at proximal fourth; funicles 1-4 subequal, each slightly longer
than wide. Otherwise the same. Scutum and scutellum with
scattered punctures.

Male similar but the wings hyaline and the antennae brown
yellow, the club darker, the dorsal edge of the scape and the pe-
dicel above, metallic. Pedicel hemispherical, small, the scape
compressed; club ovate, not long, larger than any funicle joint;
funicle 1 a half longer than wide, 6 much wider than long, 3 a
little longer than wide. Clothing of antennae minute, dense.
The frons is broad (male).

Two males, many females, reared from a brachyscelid gall
on gum (A. Koebele).

Habitat, Sydney, New South Wales.

Types, Cat. No. 20691, U. S. Nat. Mus., four females on
tags plus a slide bearing a head of each sex and a female fore
wing.

Anastatus thoreauini, new species.

Female. — Similar to nonexcisus Girault but the two eye-spots
of the fore wing are larger, the knees, tips of tibiae and the tarsi
reddish brown while the thorax laterad is suffused with red-
dish.

One female, Toowoomba, Queensland (A. Koebele).

Type, Cat. No. 20692, U. S. Nat. Mus., the specimen on a
tag; wings, antenna, and hind legs on a slide.

Anastatus saintpierrei, new species.

Female. — Length, 3 mm., excluding the ovipositor which is
extruded for a length nearly equal to that of the abdomen. Like
homhax but differs in that the ovipositor is much longer, the
valves wholly brownish black, the hyaline stripe on the fore

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wing is no longer than the first (complete) cross-stripe; and the
mesal part of the scutum bears white pubescence which is scat-
tered; also, the scutellum is plane (a variable character). The
raised triangle (cephalad) of the scutum is half the length of
that part and scaly, not wavy-lined like the scutellum. Pro-
notum reddish (not metallic).

Many females in the U. S. National Museum (G. Compere).

Habitat, Perth, West Australia.

Types, Cat. No. 20G93, U. S. Nat. Mus., two females on a
tag ; an abdomen, antenna, and fore wing on a slide.

Anastatus borrowi, new name.

For A. splendidus, in Memoirs Queensland Museum, IV, p.
20, preoccupied.

Genus MESEUSANDALUM Girault

A synonym of Eusandalum. The parapsidal furrows are
complete, very narrow, joining before the middle of the scu-
tum (exceptional for the whole subfamily, teste North Ameri-
can and European specimens).

Leptomastix australia, new species.

Female. — Length, 1.50 mm. Dark metallic purple, the prox-
imal joint of the middle tarsus white. Resembling closely tri-
fosciatus but the fore wing pattern differs in that there are but
two fascise, the first and second being joined rather narrowly
along the caudal margin of the blade. Thus the following wing
pattern : A hyaline, longer than wide and hairy stripe at base, a
rather narrow fuscous stripe much narrower than the second
fuscous stripe and joined to it as noted ; a triangular hyaline,
naked area of rather large size between fuscous stripes 1 and
2, its next longest side against the submarginal vein ; a second
fuscous stripe over thrice the length of the first, broadening
caudad, including the hairless line and extending from distal
submarginal, marginal and all of postmarginal veins ; a rather
narrow, curved naked hyaline stripe, its convexity proximad,
its proximal margin tipping apex of postmarginal and stigmal
veins; a third fuscous stripe, much longer than the second

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and through the naked hyaline distal margin. Discal cilia from
base to fuscous stripe 1 coarser than that distad. Marginal
vein over twice longer than wide, subequal to the postmargi-
nal, the stigmal a half shorter nearly. Axillae separated by a
very short carina. Hind tibial spurs double. Head longer
than wide, lenticular, the cheeks a little over half the length of
the eyes. Club a little longer than funicle 1 which is about
twice the length of 6, thrice longer than wide. Pedicel about
as long as funicle 6,

From one female captured by sweeping native trees in a park
at Muswellbrook, New South Wales, October 26, 1914.

Type in the Queensland Museum, a female on a tag, the head,
fore wing, and a hind leg on a slide.

Pleistodontes nigriventris (Girault).

Transferred from Agaon. The species, through an error,
was twice described as new. First as an Agaon; it was then
transferred, upon re-examination, to its proper genus and de-
scribed again ; the first description was not known then to have
been published, I being at a distance and having requested its
withdrawal.

Miscogaster australia, new species.

Female. — Length 1.80 mm. Dark metallic purple, the wings
hyaline, the legs and venation yellowish brown except the coxse
and proximal two-thirds of cephalic femur. Coarsely, uniform-
ly scaly, the propodeum, petiole, and segment 2 of abdomen
subglabrous, rest of abdomen delicately scaly. Face glabrous,
but crosslined between the clypeus (itself glabrous but with
obscure punctures), ventral ends of the eyes and the antennae;
also the cheeks lined, the vertex scaly. Scutum with two irreg-
ular rows of thimble punctures across it between middle and
cephalic margin, the deep parapsidal furrows, the base of the
scutellum and the deep cross-groove before its apex, punctuate
or foveolate. A row of long black setae across the cephalic
margin of the pronotum, the latter distinct, transverse, its
cephalic margin acute. Propodeum with a long median carina
and no others, foveolate at apex of neck and at cephalic mar-

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gin between the spiracles, the latter small round, a little sepa-
rated from the margin ; -no spiracular sulcus. Abdomen with
the petiole wider than long; abdomen ovate, depressed, its sec-
ond segment occupying somewhat over a third of the surface,
its caudal margin a little convex. Marginal vein not twice the
length of the long stigmal whose knob is not large ; marginal
vein much shorter than the submarginal (over a third shorter),
the postmarginal intermediate in length between the mar-
ginal and stigmal. Head wider than long, truncate at apex but
acute at each ventrolateral corner, the clypeus somewhat pro-
duced, truncate, nearly twice wider than long. Cheeks shorter
than the eyes. Antennae inserted a short distance from the
clypeus, just below the ventral ends of the eyes, 11-jointed with
two ring- joints, the short, obliquely truncate, enlarged club but
2-jointed. Antennae clavate-capitate. First ring-joint very
short. Pedicel subequal to funicle 1, which is a little longer
than wide ; 2 and following on short petioles and widening dis-
tad, 2 somewhat wider than long. Mandibles 4-dentate. Scu-
tellum and scutum long. Maxillary palpi 5- jointed.

One female in the U. S. National Museum (A. Koebele),

Habitat, Australia.

Type, Cat. No. 20465, U. S. Nat. Mus., a female on a tag ;
head, caudal legs, and fore wing on a slide.

SYNONYMS

Pseudanusia Girault equals Comperiella Howard. The ovipositor

is free.
Cheiloneuroides Girault equals Diversinervis Silvestri.
Allomphale Silvestri equals Secodella Girault.
Taneostignioidella Girault equals Prococcophagus Silvestri.
Idarnomorpha Girault equals Idarnes Walker.
S palangiomorpha Girault equals Chaetospila Westwood.

My descriptions are correct but in Idarnomorpha the fourth
club-joint I think ought not to be counted a true joint.

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BROMELICOLOUS ANOPHELES

{Diptera, Culicidce)

By HARRISON G. DYAR and FREDERICK KNAB

In the American tropics the water held by the leaf-bases of
Bromeliaceae has been found to be the natural habitat of the
larvae of three species of Anopheles. These species are closely
related and of characteristic appearance, thus forming a small
natural group within the genus. A fourth species, hitherto
undescribed and differing only in a few details, is at har.d.
While the larval habits of this fourth species have not been
definitely established, its close resemblance to the others, and
the fact that it occurs in forested regions, warrant the conclu-
sion that its larvse occur in water-bearing bromeliads.

The species under consideration may be separated as fol-
lows:

1. Wing with four white spots involving costa and first vein 2

Only the two outer spots involving the costa neivai H. D. & K.

2. Third vein broadly white in the middle 3

Third vein black, a minute white spot at base hylephilus n. sp.

3. Hind tarsi with the last four joints white and with black rings at

their bases boliviensis Theob.

Hind tarsi with the first four joints black, apically ringed with
white, the fifth wholly black bcUator D. & K.

Anopheles hylephilus, new species.

Female. — Proboscis slender, uniform, black-scaled. Palpi
as long as the proboscis, uniform, black-scaled, the scales
roughened toward base, a minute spot at base of last joint and
the tip white. Occiput blackish gray, densely clothed with
erect, broadly ovate black scales, some narrower whitish ones
in front, a tuft of white hair-scales projecting between the eyes.

Mesonotum elongate, pale gray pruinose, medianly with two
narrow, straight, impressed black stripes, obsolete on posterior
third; close to lateral margins a pair of broader black stripes,
attenuated at both ends, narrowly interrupted beyond the mid-
dle by an oblique gray line ; disk with scattered pale hairs, an-
terior and lateral margins with a border of fine whitish scales.
Scutellum narrow, collar-like, gray-brown, with dark marginal

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bristles. Postnotiim mule, brown. Pleurae blackish brown,
with a transverse stripe and the lower portion whitish pruinose;
coxae pale.

Abdomen depressed, dull black, without scales, clothed with
rather coarse black hairs, posteriorly denser at the sides and
with pale luster.

Wings hyaline, the veins marked black and white, the out-
standing scales very narrow ; four large white costal spots in-
volving costa and first vein, the second spot at about middle
of wing, the fourth a short distance before apex ; a large white
spot on the fringe at wing-apex at ends of second and third
veins ; a white spot on the fringe at apex of lower branch of
fourth vein, another at apex of upper branch of fifth ; a min-
ute white spot at base of third vein, another at furcation of
fifth ; basal portion of first vein with a long interrupted white
streak, separated from first costal spot by a small black spot.
Halteres with white stems and black knobs.

Legs long and slender, black marked with white. Femora
streaked with white, the hind pair with a black ring close to
base ; tibiae white beneath to near apices, the extreme apices
white ; front tarsi with the first three joints dorsally streaked
with white, the first with black ring near base, the second and
third with black basal rings, the last two joints wholly dark;
mid tarsi with the four proximal joints dorsally streaked with
white to near base, the first with black ring toward base, the
fifth wholly dark; hind tarsi with the first joint ventrally
streaked with white, a black ring near base and a broad white
one at apex, the four distal joints white and with basal black
rings.

Length: Body about 3 mm., wing 3 mm.

Manoa, Orinoco River, Venezuela, January 10, 1910, one
female (F. L. de Verteuil) ; Guayaquil, Ecuador, one female
(F. Campos Ribadeneira) ; Gatun, Canal Zone, Panama, Feb-
ruary, 1917, one female (L. H. Dunn).

Type, Cat. No. 21065, U. S. Nat. Mus.

Resembles Anopheles bolu'iensis most closely, but is readily
distinguishable by the black-scaled third vein. In some speci-
mens of boliz'iensis the third vein is dusky, but in such cases

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the black spots at the ends of the vein are always diffcrentiaterl.
The mid tarsi of holiviensis have the three outer joints wholly
dark and there are other less obvious differences in the leg-
ornamentation.

Anopheles holiviensis (Theob).

Anopheles lutsii Theobald (not Cruz), Mon. Culic, vol. 1, p.
177 (1901).

Laverania lutzii Theobald, Journ. Trop. Med., vol. 5, p. 183
(1902).

Kertessia holiviensis Theobald, Ann. Mus. Nat. Hung., vol. 3,
p. 66 (1905).

Anopheles holiviensis Knab, Ins. Insc. Menstr., vol. 1, p. 17 (1913).

Anopheles holiviensis Knab, Rept. 1st Exped. to So. Amer., Har-
vard Sch. Trop. Med., p. 216 (1915).

This species ranges through the moist forest zone of South
America, from the state of Sao Paulo northward, westward to
the slopes of the Bolivian and Peruvian Andes. Further biblio-
graphic references and a discussion of the synonymy will be
found in volume 1, page 17, of this periodical.

Anopheles neivai Howard, Dyar & Knab.

Anopheles neivai Howard, Dyar & Knab, Mosq. No. & Centr.
Amer. & W. Ind., vol. 4, p. 986 (1917).

Definitely known to occur in Panama and Costa Rica. Lar-
vae found inhabiting water held by bromeliads in southern
Mexico (Cordoba) may be referred to this species without
much doubt.

At this writing, the volume above referred to has not left the
press, but the species is established by the figure of the wing
published in a preceding volume (1. c, vol. 2, pi. 41, fig. 8,
1913).

Anopheles bellator D. & K.

Anopheles bellator Dyar & Knab, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., vol.

19, p. 160 (1906).
Anopheles bellator Howard, Dyar & Knab, Mosq. No. & Centr.

Amer. & W. Ind., vol. 4, p. 985 (1917).

So far, this species is known only from the island of Trini-
dad, but undoubtedly will be found to occur on the adjacent
mainland.

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THE BARNES & McDUNNOUGH 'XIST"

(Lepidoptera)

By HARRISON G. DYAR

The gentlemen from Illinois have published again. For
persons already under criticism, this is nothing short of an
"overt act," and the temptation is strong once more to obtain
their CaprcF hirci. However, this time I will temper my wind
to the shorn lambs.

The title is "Check List of the Lepidoptera of Boreal Amer-
ica," which is distinctly misleading. Far more than the boreal
region of America is included, the limits being the southern
political border of the United States, excluding Porto Rico, the
Virgin Islands, and the Canal Zone. But an element even of
the tropical fauna is included in southern Florida and Texas.

A list like this, without references, is useful inversely in pro-
portion to the attainments of the student. This list, therefore,
will be of especial value to beginners and amateurs. Yet it con-
tains the result of much labor of a highly critical order in the
determination of synonymy and deserves serious considera-
tion.

The list is founded upon my work in Bulletin 52, U. S. Na-
tional Musuem, yet any mention of that fact is carefully
omitted. This is doubtless intended as the frost which killeth,
and perhaps I shall not survive. We will see. I presume the
authors have an alibi ready and will say that they follow the
list of John B. Smith, not mine. How much of Smith's list was
cribbed from my catalogue, the dispassionate may decide. I
will not leave the decision to Barnes & McDunnough.

The sequence of families need not be commented upon ; it
is unobjectionable. The Nolidse are transferred from the
"Micros" to the Arctiidas, following Hampson. I do not
think this is their proper position, although I appreciate the
arguments in favor of it.

Hiibner's "Tentamen" is discarded as "unpublished." I
think this is an error. The Tentamen was printed and dis-
tributed and was presumably obtainable from Hiibner himself
while his edition lasted. I do not know what more is necessarv

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to constitute publication. If the Tentamen was not published,
neither is the "List" we are now noticing published, nor are
Barnes & McDunnough's "Contributions" published. These
things are printed, distributed and obtainable from the auth-
ors, while the edition lasts. I do not know the size of the edi-
tion authorized by the patronage of Miss Jessie D. Gillette; I
do not know the size of Hiibner's edition of the Tentamen. I
apprehend that the point is unessential. The fact that a ma-
jority of European writers have discarded the Tentamen does
not prove, to my mind, that the Tentamen should be discarded.
The majority is not always right, nor is an appeal to the ma-
jority always in order.

An attempt has been made, in the Noctuidae, to restore the
generic names on the basis of the old determinations of types,
instead of the "first species" method arbitrarily used by Hamp-
son. While I have personally favored this method, I did so
only in case it was ofificially adopted, which will probably never
be the case. We must abide by the rules of nomenclature al-
ready established and, therefore, I think that this effort of
Banies & McDunnough is highly to be commended. To cor-
rect Hampson throughout will be a very difficult matter, deal-
ing, as he does, with the world fauna.

A few matters of detail that strike the eye may be noted. To
criticise exhaustively, the list must be gone over name by name,
a matter for which I do not consider the expenditure of time
commensurate with the anticipated results.

No. 45. A. Calient e Wright is lettered as a variety, but
printed in synonymic type. AVhich is intended?

No. 790, H. burnsi Watson should be listed as a of 789. See
my recent note (Ins. Insc. Mens., iv. 131, 1916).

No. 781. Thauma socialis Feisth. should be marked as doubt-
fully North American ; its home is in Chili. There is no re-
cent confirmation of its reported occurrence in British Colum-
bia.

No, 796. The determination should be revised. I do not
think the form of Hylesia occurring in Arizona is alinda Druce.
Unfortunately, I have no specimens at the moment.

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No. 1028. Platyprepia does not belong to the Arctiidse. Its
family is Hypsidse, which is the same as Pericopidae as here
used.

No. 2751. Deva ornata Ottol., for which I created the
genus Rodrigucsia, is made a synonym of Chalcopasta howardi
Hy. Edw., on the bold assumption that the type has a substi-
tuted head, as explained by Barnes & McDunnough in a re-
cent issue of the "Contributions." I have examined this head.
It is too large; the vestiture is not quite consonant with the
mesothorax ; the antennae are as bizarre for the genus as are
the palpi and front; the type came from Dr. Ottolengui and
was prepared by Mr. Jacob Doll, a notoriously clever patcher
of specimens. Therefore I accept this synonymy, at least pend-
ing the receipt of further material.

No. 2754. A^. sagittalba Ottol. should be resurrected from
the synonymy and listed as a good species as 2754, 1. It is
larger than poetica and the costal stripe distinctly different.

No. 2756. A^. pendula Ottol should be "a," not a strict
synonym ; it may even be a distinct species. Judgment is diffi-
cult, as material in this genus is distressingly scant.

No. 3220. The subfamily beginning here is called Plusiinae
instead of Hampson's unfamiliar Phytometrinse.

No. 3228. The subfamily name Erebinge is adopted to re-
place Hampson's Noctuinae.

No. 3360. This is a synonym of A. rcpugnans Hubner (see
Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 47, 425, 1914).

No. 2SiQ4:. This species is called fimbriago Stephens, a name
not found in Hampson or Staudinger. Whether it is earlier or
later than xanthindyma Boisduval, I cannot say without study-
ing over Stephens' works and repeating the labor already per-
formed by Dr. McDunnough. Original synonymy like this
should not be given in a list where all references are omitted.
Xanthindyma plainly applies to this form, as Boisduval says in
his original description of Cosmophila: "Antennes legerement
pectinees dans les males" (Faun. ent. Mad., 94, 1833). Barnes
& McDunnough, in a highly excited paper (Cont. Nat. Hist.
Lep. N. A., ii, No. 5, 1914), tried to show otherwise and fran-
tically quoted Hampson. I never paid any attention to this

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paper, as it was obviously executed with a personal animus and
the slurs and derogatory remarks at my expense show that
any statements it might contain with reference to species de-
scribed or synonymy established by me would have to be taken
with a grain of salt. In this case, if fimbriago Stephens is
older than xanthindyma Boisd., no harm has been done; if
the reverse is the case, my forbearance has resulted in the per-
petuation of an error.

No. 34fi4. This is called latipalpus Walk., which synonymy
was unnoticed by Schaus (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 50, 373,
1916). This is presumably Hydrclia latipalpus Walk. (Cat.
Brit. Mus., XV, 1763, 1858) described from an unknown local-
ity. This synonymy should have been specifically published, s

No. 3726. Apatelodes is referred to the Eupterotidae with-
out question. I think this action is somewhat premature.

No. 4982. Hellula phidealis Walker might properly be add-
ed, as it occurs in the south. Localities before me are : Key West.
Florida (Nat. Mus. coll.); Miami, Florida (Schaus coll.);
Everglade, Florida, April 10, 1912 (J. A. Grossbeck) ; Browns-
ville, Texas, May 17, 1904 (H. S. Barber) ; Augusta, Georgia,
October 17, 1898 (U. S. Dept. Agric).

No. 5009. This synonymy is too sweeping. 5. singhalis
Walker, from Venezuela and the tropical mainland generally,
is distinct from huronalis Guen. (serinalis Walk.) from North
America and the Greater Antilles. (See Proc. U. S. Nat.
Mus., 38, 272, 1910.)

No. 5307. This species is a synonym of holoplKvaUs Hamp-
son. In pointing this out (Ins. Ins. Mens., i, 105, 1913). I
could not find the reference to Hampson's description. It will
be found, however, under date of 1904 (Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.,
(7), xiv, 181, 1904).

No. 5455. This is synonymous with Corcyra ccphalonica
Stainton, as pointed out to me by Mr. August Busck. Dr. Chit-
tenden sent me only dwarfed specimens for determination in
which venation was reduced, although he had normal large ones
in his possession. I therefore feel more like blaming Dr. Chit-
tenden than myself for the synonymy, although not wishirig
to make a scapegoat of anybody.

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THREE NEW NORTH AMERICAN PHYCITIN^

(Lepidoptera, Pyralida)

By HARRISON G. DYAR

Immyrla pasadamia,' new species.

Head and thorax dark brown ; abdomen brown with whitish
segmental apical pale bands ; anal segment dull ocherous. Fore
wing dark brown, dark gray narrowly across cell ; three whitish
lines; the subbasal a little diffused and not strongly attaining
costa, followed by raised black and white scales; inner line
oblique above, erect below, a little wavy-denticulate ; discal
spots black, conjoined; outer line irregular, wavy-denticulate,
inbent opposite cell ; a terminal row of black spots, preceded by
a gray dilution. Hind wing fuscous, lighter in anal area ; fringe
pale, interlined. Expanse, 21 mm.

Type, male, No. 21056, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; St. Johns, Quebec,
June 18, 1911 (W. Chagnon) ; Dublin, New Hampshire (A.
Busck) ; Hazleton, Pennsylvania (?), bred from Betula, June
18, 1902 (Dr. W. G. Dietz).

Salebria heinrichalis/ new species.

Head and thorax dark gray, tuft of maxillary palpi dark
ocher; thorax touched behind with dark blood-red. Fore wing
dark gray ; the inner line whitish, diffused, oblique ; basal space
filled with dark blood-red on its lower half, cut by an oblique
black line, the costal area nearly black ; discal dots small, joined
by a fine line, followed by whitish scales ; a blackish shade along
costa in median space, deepest just beyond the inner line ; a
faint fine black line from inner margin at end of inner line to
outer line at discal fold ; outer line fine, white, denticulate, ex-
curved over cell and indented at vein 1, followed by blackish
costally; a terminal row of black dots. Hind wing gray, the
veins darker; fringe paler, interlined. Expanse, 17 mm.

Type, male, No. 21057, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Falls Church. Vir-
ginia, reared from larvse on Quercus minor, April 26, 1915 (C.
Heinrich) (Hopk. U. S. 12,155h).

The larva is light yellowish with a subdorsal row of large
black segmental patches; head pale, checkered with brown,
with two pairs of black spots in front and one over the eyes ;

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thoracic shield flesh-color, with brown freckles and lateral
black patch. Tubercles small, black, but with enlarged pale
bases. The coloration is very peculiar for a Phycitid larva.

v^ Eurythmia thurberias,^ new species.

Fore wing stone-gray, the basal area broadly clear ; inner
line black, upright, straight ; median area a little blackish shad-
ed; discal dots conjoined; outer line pale, black-edged on
both sides, the inner edging strong, the line near the margin ;
a powdery blackish terminal line. Hind wing whitish translu-
cent with gray terminal line. Expanse, 11 mm.

Type, male. No. 21059, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Bowie, Arizona,
March, 1914, reared from larvae on TJmrberia (H. S. Barber).

A NEW PHYCITID FROM THE BAHAMAS

(Lepidoptera, Pyralida;)

By HARRISON G. DYAR

Anegcephalesis, new genus.

Hind wing with 8 veins, the fore wing with 11; hind wing
with median nervure bifid ; labial palpi upturned, erect, sharp
and slender; vein 2 of hind wing arising well before the angle
of the cell, the cross-vein not opposite vein 3, but prolonged
parallel to the median vein ; veins 3 and 5 not stalked, the cell
rather short, veins long; maxillary palpi of male flattened,
scaly, appressed to the front, which is strongly hollowed to re-
ceive them, and covered by the grooved labial palpi ; fore wing
with a line of raised scales before the first line ; antennae of
male with a bend at base filled by a large tuft of long brown
scales, ciliate, subserrate ; of female, simple.

Anegcephalesis cathaeretes, new species.

Male. — Head and collar dark gray, patagia lighter;
antennal tuft black. Fore wing elongate, narrow, gray ; basal
space dark, with a few black scales along submedian fold,
bounded outwardly by a line of erect black scales, which does
not attain costa or margin ; this line is followed by a dull oc'i-
erous space, bordered outwardly by the inner line ; inner line

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whitish, edged by black without, erect to median vein, then
obUque inwardly to costa ; discal dots conjoined into a bar,
followed by irregular black scaling on the bases of the discal
nervures and by orange or black scales below in the subme-
dian space ; outer line whitish, edged by black on both sides,
more diffusely outwardly, finely denticulate and sharply incised
opposite cell ; a black terminal line ; fringe pale gray at the base,
darker outwardly. Beneath, a long pencil of pale yellowish
hairs concealed in a fold along submedian space. Hind wing
whitish, translucent, gi^ay along costa; a dark gray terminal
line ; fringe interlined with gray. Expanse, 20 mm.

Female. — Similar, but with less contrasting shades, uniform
gray, the lines black, the yellowish shades usually converted
into gray, though occasionally distinct. Expanse, 20-21 mm.

Type, male, No. 21058, U. S. Nat. Mus., selected from 26
males and 35 females, bred from larvae in large, conspicuous,
unsightly nests on a bush growing rather commonly in the
wild country, New Providence Island, Bahamas, February and
March, 1915 (H. G. Dyar).

The larva is brown with faint longitudinal stripes, a broad
subdorsal one being distinct. Tubercle iib on joint 3 and iii
on joint 12 are much enlarged.

A detailed description of the setal pattern is appended, pre-
pared by Mr. Carl Heinrich, who has lately made a special
study of the matter.

The samples which I preserved of the food plant for de-
termination have been lost or mislaid, so its name cannot be
stated at this writing. A native of the island called it "wild
cassava."

This Phycitid occurs also in Cuba. I have 3 males and 16
females taken by Mr. Wm. Schaus at Santiago, in June, July,
August and October, 1902. The male is more darkly shaded
than in the form from the Bahamas, the dark markings ex-
tended, reducing the gray ground to one or two patches. The
female seems a little brighter than the Bahamas form, the
ocherous shade before the inner line being always distinct;
but there is no constant difference.

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GENERIC DESCRIPTION OF LARVA OF ANEG-

CEPHALESIS DYAR

(Type A. cathceretcs Dyar)

{Lepidoptera, Pyralidcp)
By carl HEINRICH

Head capsule spherical, nearly square in outline viewed from
above, slightly wider than long; greatest width back of mid-
dle of head ; incision of dorsal hind margin about one-sixth the
width of head ; distance between dorsal extremities of hind
margin a little more than one-third the width of head. Frons
(FR) pentagonal, nearly as wide as long, not reaching to mid-
dle of head; adfrontal ridges (ADFR) parallel from lower
limit of epistomal area to point of juncture of tentorial arms,
thence converging in straight lines to the longitudinal ridge
(LR) which is slightly longer than frons; adfrontal sutures
(ADFS) meeting longitudinal ridges well before incision of
dorsal hind margin. Projection of the dorsal margin over ven-
tral a little more than half the diameter of the head. Triangu-
lar plates of hypostoma nearly equilateral, well separated by
transparent gula, opposing extremities rounded.

Ocelli six, with III, IV, V in a straight line; I larger than
the others ; III and IV closer together than any of the others.

Bpistoma with the usual two pair of setse (El, E2) well de-
veloped.

Frontal piinctiires (Fa) close together, anterior to frontal
setse (Fl) ; distance between punctures less than distance from
puncture (Fa) to seta (Fl) ; distance from frontal seta (Fl)
to seta Adfl less than from Adfl to Adf2 ; second adfrontal
seta (AdfS) on a level with beginning of longitudinal ridge
(LR) ; adfrontal puncture (Adfa) approximate to seta Adf2.

Bpicramiim with the normal number of primary setae (13)
and punctures (7) and with four minute ultra posterior punc-
tures. Anterior setae ^ (Al, A2, A3) in an obtuse angle; Al
and A2 closer together than A2 and A3 ; anterior puncture
(Aa) posterior of A2. Setae (PI, P2) and puncture (Pb) of

'The nomenclature for head setse is, with some improvements suggested by
Mr. Augusst Busck, that proposed in Proc. Ent. See, VIII, 3, 1916, pp. 154-164.

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A0F5

PLATE I

UtUa.

ftosTerior
bu,ncTtjire%

■La.1

^

EXPLANATION OF PLATE I

Fig. 1. To]) and side view of liead capsule sliowini- setal arrangement.
Fig. 2. Labrum.
Fig. ;>. Epipharynx.

Fig. 4. Setal maps of first thoracic and third, eighth, and ninth ab-
dominal segments.

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posterior group at middle of head ; PI . nearly on a level with
Adf2 ; P2 on a level with place of juncture of adfrontal suture
with longitudinal ridge; Al, PI, and P3 in a straight line;
puncture (Pa) approximate to and equidistant from A3 and
LI; Pb directly posterior to Pi. Lateral seta (LI) closely
approximate to A3, on a level with Adfa ; lateral puncture (La)
directly posterior to the seta, remote. Ocellar setse (Ol, 03,
03) well separated; Ol equidistant from ventrad to ocelli IT
and III ; 08 postero ventral and approximate to ocellus I ; 03
remote from and directly ventrad to 02 ; puncture Oa between
03 and ocellus VL approximate to the latter. Subocellar
setre (SOI, S02, S03) triangularly placed; S03 slightly
nearer to S02 than to SOl ; puncture SOa almost on a line
between SOl and SOS.

Labrum with median incision broadly concaved, rather shal-
low ; seta M2 laterad and very slightly back of Ml, equidis-
tant from Ml and M3 ; M3 almost directly forward of M2,
well back of anterior edge of labrum ; La3 on a line with Ml,
near lateral edge ; Lai closely approximate and almost directly
laterad to La2 ; La3 on a level with M3 ; distance separating
La3 equals that between La3 and M3, M3 and M2, and M3
and Ml ; puncture directly lateral to Ml, equidistant from Ml
and M2.

Bpipharyngial shield (ES) a narrow border of chitin along
the median incision of the labrum. Bpipharyngial setCE (ET)
triangularly placed near anterior margin of epipharynx, short,
moderately broad, equidistant. Bpipharyngial rods (ER) indi-
cated by their posterior projections only ; these are moderately
long.

Mandibles rather stout, about as broad as long; three
toothed ; the lowest tooth small and compressed ; two stout
setae on the lower side.

Antenna four jointed ; moderately long and slender joint ii
as long as joints i, iii, and iv combined, longer seta extending
well beyond extremity of antenna, about as long as the four
combined joints, shorter well back of longer seta, papillae nearly
as long as joint iii ; joint iii longer than broad and much longer
than joint iv.

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Labium and Maxilla normal.

MaxillulcE with well developed, spined lobes.

Body sets'' normal ; prothoracic iib as far caudad of iia as
iia is of ia, ia and iia on a level, ib and ic closer together than
either of them are to iic, iv almost directly under V, punctures
X and Y closely approximate to setae ia, x dorsal of y and y
cauded of ia, Z almost directly dorsal of ib ; on third abdominal
segment i and ii are on a line, iii directly over the spiracle, iiia
absent, iv caudad to and very slightly lower than v, iv directly
in line with iii and the spiracle, group vii triangularly placed ;
abdominal segment 8 has ii slightly higher than i, and setae ii
closer together than on any of the other segments, iii directly
over spiracle, iv directly caudad of v, vi on a line with spiracle
and iii, vii bisetose ; abdominal segment 9 with i, ii, and iii tri-
angularly grouped and nearly equidistant, iv, v, and vi closely
approximate to each other, iv directly caudad of v, and vi under
iv, vii bisetose.

Crochets of abdominal prolegs in a complete circle, triordinal,
smallest crochets not more than one-fourth as long as longest.

Spiracles circular in outline ; those on prothoracie^ and eighth
abdominal segments not more than twice the size of the others.

The tubercles of seta iib on the mesothorax and of iii on the
eighth abdominal segment are larger than any of the others on
the body and more heavily chitinized. This, however, is very
possibly a specific character.

A NEW NOCTUID FROM BRAZIL

{Lepidoptera, Noctuidce, Acronyctirue)
By HARRISON G. DYAR

Oxythaphora, new genus.

Fore wing with veins 2 and 3 from the cell, 4 and 5 shortly
stalked, 6 from the apex of the cell, 7 to 10 stalked, no areole,
11 on the cell. Hind wing with vein 2 from the cell, 3 and 4

'The Dyar system of numbering is applied without prejudice to all body setae as
the most convenient and practical for systematic purposes. No homology be-
tween thoracic and abdominal setas is attempted.

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from the lower angle, 5 from the middle of the cross-vein,
weak, 6 and 7 long-stalked, 8 very close to the cell to the mid-
dle. Frons with a large prominence with raised edges ; tongue
rudimentary ; palpi short, porrect, not reaching the frons ; tibiae
unarmed ; eyes naked ; vestiture of hair and hair-like scales.

Oxythaphora delta, new species.

Front yellow ; vertex brown above the prominence, yellow
and white behind ; collar yellow and white, thorax gray, abdo-
men dark yellow above and on last two segments below, base
of venter blue-gray ; legs and venter of thorax gray. Fore
wing bluish white on costal half, slate-gray below median vein ;
a broad gray band across middle, edged with black on each side,
strongly contracted in the cell ; veins 8 to 11, black lined toward
apex and a streak on veins 7, 6, and 5, succeeding below ; veins
3 to 5 outwardly narrowly black.

Hind wing blackish, marked with gray in the cell and at
base of anal margin. Expanse, 40 mm.

Type, male. No. 21051, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Natal, Brazil, Jan-
uary 22, 1917 (E. C. Green).

Date of publication, April 6, 1917.

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Contents of Vol. V, Nos. 1-3, January-March, 1917

Page

Two Bethylid Parasites of the Pink Boll Worm. By S. A. Rohwer . 1
Notes on Perisierola emigrata Rohwer, a Parasite of the Pink Boll

Worm. By August Busck 3

A Chalcid Parasite of the Pink Boll Worm. By A. A. Girault . . 5

Two New Crane-flies from the Philippines. By C. P. Alexander . 6

A Note on Cisthene. By Harrison G. Dyar 8

The Mosquitoes of the Mountains of California. By Harrison G. Dyar 11

A New Ctenacroscelis. By Charles P. Alexander . . . 21
A Synoptic Revision of the Cuterebridae, with Synonymic Notes and

the Description of One New Species. By Charles H. T. Townsend 23

Some Interesting Orthoptera from Mexico. By A. N. Caudell . . 28
Some New Australian Chalcid-flies, mostly of the Family Encyrtidae.

By A. A. Girault 29

Bromelicolous Anopheles. By Harrison G. Dyar and Frederick Knab 38

The Barnes & McDunnough " List." By Harrison G. Dyar . . 41

Three New North American Phycitinae. By Harrison G. Dyar . . 45

A New Phycitid from the Bahamas. By Harrison G. Dyar . . 46

Generic Description of Larva of Anegcephalesis Dyar. By C. Heinrich 48

A New Noctuid from Brazil. By Harrison G. Dyar .... 50

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AN ANNOTATED LIST OF THE THYSANOPTERA
OF PLUMMER'S ISLAND, MARYLAND

By J. DOUGLAS HOOD

Nine miles above the city of Washington, in the Potomac
River, is the home of the Washington Biologists' Field Club,
a little island of 12 acres known as Winnemana or Plummer's
Island. From the lodge, 75 feet above the w^ater, it slopes
precipitously on the south to the edge of the Potomac ; on the
north and east to a low, forested flood-plain ; while toward the
west it is more irregular in contour, with typical upland hard-
woods, scattered pines and junipers, and isolated rocky patches
overgrown with such plants as Opuntia and poison ivy.
Charming and convenient of access, it has become a favorite
collecting spot for local entomologists, and in the scientific
literature of the last decade there have been recorded from
these 12 woodland acres more than 100 new insects, for whose
reception have been erected 13 new genera and 2 new families.

The Thysanoptera, however, received no attention until Jan-
uary, 1912, when, through the kindness of Mr. W. L. McAtee,
the author made his first visit to the island. Since that date
many hundreds of specimens have been taken, until at present
57 species are known from the island itself, in addition to
several unidentified uniques not here listed. Seventeen addi-
tional species have been taken within a few miles of the
island — some, indeed, within a few yards. All of the latter
probably occur here while several others, at present unknown,
doubtless await discovery.

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This list, confessedly lacking in many forms which occur
commonly in the immediate vicinity and whose ecological re-
quirements are fully met at some place on the island, is of
especial interest when compared with Dr. Hinds' total of 37
species for all North America,^ with Moulton's 24 for the
State of California,^ and with Shull's 21 for Huron County,
Michigan.^ It is interesting to note, too, the figures given by
some of the more extensive lists : Uzel'* has 100 species from
Bohemia; Renter^' has 07 from Finland; Bagnall,^ 74 from
the British Isles; Buffa,'' 'M from Italy; and Moulton,^ 118
from North America.

Using the totals given in this list in comparison with the
number of Coleoptera known from the island, from North
America and from the world, some interesting results are
secured. The Coleoptera were selected for the reason that
they are one of the best worked and most representative or-
ders of insects, and because those of the island have been
studied intensively. If they be used as the basis for calcu-
lation, and the number of species known from the island (now
about 1,390), divided by the number of species of thrips (57),
and the total number of species of beetles described from
North America (19,000), divided by the quotient (22.G), we

'Hinds, Warren Ivlmer: "Contribution to a Monograph of the Insects of the
Order Thysanoptera inhabiting North America," Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol.
XXV I, 1903, pp. 79-242, pis. I-XI.

'•'Mi)ulton, Dudley: "A Contribution to our Knowledpe of the Thysanoptera of
California," Bur. Knt., U. S. Dept. Agr., Tech. Ser. 12, Pt. Ill, 1907, pp.
i-vi, 39-68, pis. I-VI.

°Shull, A. Franklin: "Thysanoptera and Orthoptera," in Ruthven: "A Bio-
logical Survey of the Sand Dune Reprion on the South Shore of Saginaw Bay,
Michigan," Publ. 4, Biol. Ser. 2, Mich. Geol. and Biol. Surv. 1911, pp. 177-2.31.

*Uzcl, Ileinrich: "Monographic der Ordnung Thysanoptera," 1895, pp. 1-472,
pis. I-X.

"Router, O. M.: "Thysanoptera Fennica: Forteckning och Beskrifning ofver
Finska Thysanoptera," Acta Soc. pro Fauna et Flora Fennica, Vol. XVII,
No. 2, 1899, pp. l-f)9, figs.

"Bagnall, Richard S. : "Notes on Some New and Rare Thysanoptera (Tere-
brantia), with a preliminary List of the known British Species," Journ. Kcon.
Biol.. Vol. VI, 1911, p. 1-11.

'ButTa, Pietro: "Trentuna Specie di Tisanotteri Italiani," Atti. Soc. Toscana
Sci. Nat.. Mem., Vol XXIIT, 1907, pp. 1-78, Tav. I, II.

^Moulton, Dudley: "Synopsis, Catalogue, and Bibliography of North Ameri-
can Thysanoptera, with Descriptions of New Species," Bur. Fnt., U. S. Dept.
Agr., Tech. Ser. 21, 1911, pp. 1-54, pis. I-VI.

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get 973 species of thrips for North America. Assuming again
that the same proportion exists throughout the world, and that
there are 150,000 described Coleoptera, we get 0,037 as the
total number of Thysanoptera which will have been described
from the world when that order is as well worked as the
Coleoptera are at present. Certainly not more than four-fifths
of the North American nor half of the world's Coleoptera are
known. At this proportion the North American Thysanoptera
will, when described, total nearly 1,200, while the number of
species in the world will fall only slightly short of 13,000.

If, instead of the beetles, the birds be taken as the basis for
calculations, and the assumed number of North American Thy-
sanoptera (1,200) multiplied by 25 (the proportion existing
between the avifauna of the world and that of North America),
the result is 30,000 species of Thysanoptera.

After taking the mean of several such estimates, the author,
in 1915, in a paper read before the Biological Society of Wash-
ington, placed the number of existing forms of thrips at
25,000.1 This is considerably less than Mr. C. B. Williams'
estimate made to the author in 1914. He is of the opinion
that nearly 50,000 species will ultimately be described.

Suborder TEREBRANTIA Haliday

Superfamily ^OLOTHRIPOIDEA Hood
Family .^JOLOTHRIPID^ Uzel

1. ^olothrips bicolor Hinds. — July 13; one female, taken
by sweeping. Known previously from Massachusetts, Florida,
Tennessee, and Indiana, but occurs also in New York, Vir-
ginia, Maryland, Minnesota, Illinois, Kansas, and Texas (coll.
Hood).

2. Alolothrips annectans Hood. — April 18 and May 14 ; two
females, taken by sweeping (P. R. Myers and L. O. Jack-
son). Described from Maryland, Virginia and New York.

3. j^olothrips crassus Hood. — May 19 and 23; several fe-
males in flowers of water-leaf (Hydrophyllum virginicum L.)

'See Science, N. S., Vol. XL,l, 1916, p. 877.

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and wild grape. The species is probably predacious, and its
occurrence on the above plants of little import. Described
from Plummer's Island.

Superfamily THRIPOIDEA Hood
Family HETEROTHRIPID^ Bagnall

4. Heterothrips ariscumcs Hood. — April 19-June 8; both
sexes common in flowers of Jack-in-the-pulpit {Ariscema tri-
phyllum L.) and green dragon (A. dracontium L.). Known
previously from Illinois, Florida, Tennessee, and Virginia.

5. Heterothrips vitis Hood. — May 19-June 6 ; abundant in
flowers of wild grape, smilax, and poison ivy (Rhus toxico-
dendron L.). Known from Maryland, Virginia, and the Dis-
trict of Columbia. Plummer's Island is the type locality.

Family THRIPID/E Uzel

6. Chirothrips manicatus Haliday. — June 8; both sexes,
taken by sweeping grass. A European species, recorded in
North America from Massachusetts, Florida, Tennessee, Iowa,
Nebraska, Oregon, and British Columbia ; occurs also in New
York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, Illinois, and Kansas
(coll. Hood). Often very abundant in the flowers of various
grasses and cereals.

7. Limothrips cerealium Haliday. — June 8 ; two females,
taken by sweeping grass. A European species, recorded in
the United States from Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Tennes-
see, and Florida; occurs also in Virginia, Maryland, District
of Columbia, Indiana, Illinois, Texas, and Kansas (coll.
Hood). Probably feeds exclusively on grasses and cereals.

8. Frankliniella nervosa (Uzel). — July 37-September 14;
two females taken in sweepings from grass. Originally de-
scribed from Bohemia ; recorded in the United States from
Massachusetts, Iowa, and Tennessee, but occurring also in New
York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Indiana, and Illinois (coll.
Hood). It may be well to call attention to the fact that ner-
vosa was found by Uzel in Bohemia, in the first spring flowers,
while the American species, described one year later as Thrips

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inaidis Beach and afterwards placed in synonymy by Hinds,
lives throughout the year on grasses. It would seem that we
are here dealing with two distinct species, one of which will
ultimately be known as FranklinieUa maidis (Beach).

9. FranklinieUa fusca (Hinds). The tobacco thrips. — May
]8 and 19 ; two females, on basswood {Tilia americana L.) and
moiuitain laurel (Kalmia latifolia L.). Known from Massa-
chusetts, Virginia, District of Columbia, North Carolina, South
Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Texas, and Michigan;
occurs also in New York, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Illinois,
Missouri, South Dakota, Kansas, and Nebraska (coll. Hood).
Very common on many plants, especially in the flowers ; in-
jurious to shade-grown tobacco in the South, causing "white
veins."

10. FranklinieUa stylosa Hood (=Euthrips floridensis Mor-
gan).— April 6-August 18, October 12; abundant on various
spring flowers, such as arrow-wood {Viburnum acerifolium
L.), fringe-tree (Chionanthus virginica L.), moose-wood
(Dirca palustris L.), mountain laurel (Kalmia latifolia L.).
and wild yam-root (Disoscorea villosa L.). Described from
Plummer's Island and re-described from Florida ; taken also
in Virginia, at Great Falls, Dyke, and Four Mile Run, and in
Fairfax County directly opposite the island. Morgan's
Euthrips floridensis is identical, two paratypes being available
for comparison.

11. FranklinieUa tritici (Fitch.) The zvheat thrips. — March
30-November 19 ; common on nearly every species of plant
examined. Recorded from New Hampshire, Massachusetts,
New York, New Jersey, District of Columbia, Florida, Michi-
gan, Illinois, Iowa, Texas, New Mexico, Washington, Oregon,
California, and Barbados Islands; occurs also in Maryland,
Virginia, Kansas, and Oklahoma (coll. Hood). Probably the
most abimdant thrips in North America.

12. Oxythrips divisus Hood. — April 18 ; several nymphs
from scrub pine (Pinus virrjiniana Mill.). Very common in
April and May on pines in the vicinity of Plummer's Island.
Described from Maryland and Virginia.

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13. Pseudothrips inccqiialis (Beach). — May 18-July 27 ; both
sexes, abundantly on leaves of black willow (Salix nigra
Marsh,), and rarely in flowers of fringe-tree (Chionanthus
virginica L.)- Recorded from Iowa, Florida, and Tennessee;
occurs also in Maryland, District of Columbia, and Illinois
(coll. Hood).

14. Anaphothrips obscurus Miiller. The grass thrips. — June
8 ; four females taken in sweeping from grass. Abundant and
destructive in Europe and North America, producing the fa-
miliar "silver top" on many species of grasses. Recorded in
America from Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Michi-
gan, Illinois, Iowa, Tennessee, Nebraska, California, and On-
tario ; occurs also in Pennsylvania, Maryland, District of
Columbia, Virginia, Indiana, and North and South Dakota
(coll. Hood).

15. Aptinothrips rufus (Gmelin), var. rufus only (=var,
connaticornis Uzel). — April 20; on grass. Abundant and in-
jurious throughout Europe; in the United States it has been
recorded from Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, and Cali-
fornia, but occurs also in Maryland, New York, and Illinois
(coll. Hood).

16. Ctenothrips hridwelli Franklin. — March 30-April 6; fe-
males common on the under surface of the leaves of wake
robin or birthroot {Trillium sessile L.) and May-apple (Podo-
phyllum peltatum L.), ovipositing in the latter plant. Re-
corded from New Hampshire, Michigan, and Tennessee;
occurs also in Maryland, Virginia and Illinois (coll. Hood).

17. Scolothrips 6-maculatus (Pergande). — May 9-18; five
females, taken on red cedar (Juniperus virginiana L.). Re-
corded from Iowa, Wisconsin, Missouri, Nebraska, South
Carolina, Florida, and the Hawaiian Islands ; occurs also in
New York, Maryland, and Illinois (coll. Hood). A predacious
species which has frequently been observed to feed on mites.

18. Sericothrips cingulatus Hinds. — June 8; two females,
taken by sweeping grass. Recorded from Massachusetts,
Tennessee, and Nebraska ; occurs also in Maryland and Illi-
nois (coll. Hood).

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10. Scricothrips pulchcUus Hood. — August U! ; several spec-
imens of both sexes on leaves of Ptelea trifoliata. Recorded
only from Illinois.

20. Scirtothrips ruthveni Sliull. — May 19 ; several females
from leaves of mountain laurel (Kalmia latifoUa L.)- Known
previously only from Huron County, Michigan, where it was
taken in the terminal leaf clusters of red-osier dogwood (Cor-
nus stolonifera Michx.).

21. Scirtothrips niveus Hood. — May 18 ; both sexes, on the
under surface of leaves of flowering dogwood (Cornus florida
L,.). Known only from Plummer's Island.

22. Scirtothrips brevipcnnis Hood. — May 18 ; eight females,
on red cedar (Juniperus virginiana L.). Known only from
Plummer's Island.

23. Bchinothrips americanus Morgan. — July 1.3-September
14 ; both sexes common in all stages on under surface of leaves
of leaf-cup (Polyninia sp.) and touch-me-not {Impatiens bi-
flora Walt, and /. aurea Muhl.). Known previously from
Florida, Tennessee, Missouri, and District of Columbia.

24. Heliothrips striatus Hood. — July 27-October 12 ; both
sexes common on the leaves of tulip-tree (Liriodendron tulipi-
fera L.). Described from Maryland and Illinois; identified as
H. fasciatus Pergande by A. C. Morgan, and recorded^ under
that name from Clarksville, Tennessee ; occurs also in Virginia
and the District of Columbia.

25. Thrips tabaci Lindeman. The onion thrips. — May 19 ;
one female, in flower of fringe-tree (Chionanthus virginica
L.). A very injurious, cosmopolitan species, probably occur-
ring in every State of the Union.

20. Thrips varipcs Hood. — March 30-April G ; eleven fe-
males, taken in flowers of Muscari racemosum (h.) Mill, and
dog-tooth violet (Erythronium sp.). Known only from Mary-
land and Illinois.

27. Thrips impor Hood. — August 16-September 14; both
sexes abundant in flowers of touch-me-not (Impatiens sp.).

'Russell, Bull. 118, Bur. Ent., U. S. Dept. Agr., p. 15, 1912; and Morgan,
Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. 46, p. 4S, 1913.

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Plummer's Island is the type locality ; recorded also from
Illinois.

28. Thrips winnemame Hood. — May 19 ; two females (the
types), taken in flowers of water-leaf (Hydro phyllmn virgini-
cum L.). Known only from Plummer's Island, Maryland.

29. Thrips abdominalis Crawford. — April 6-20 ; several fe-
males in flowers of Senecio and Saxifraga. Recorded from
Mexico, Oklahoma, Florida, Georgia, and Virginia ; occurs also
in Maryland, Illinois, Kansas, and Texas (coll. Hood), often
common in various flowers.

30. Plesiothrips per plexus (Beach). — July 27-September
14; three females, from axils of grass. Recorded from Iowa,
Massachusetts, Florida, and Tennessee ; occurs also in Mary-
land, Illinois, and Texas (coll. Hood).

31. Microthrips piercei Morgan. — September 1-14 ; both
sexes, often abundant on the under surface of leaves of leaf-
cup (Polymnia sp.) and rosin weed (Silphium trifoliatum L,.).
Recorded from Texas and Tennessee ; occurs also in Virginia
and Maryland (coll. Hood).

Family MEROTHRIPID^ Hood

32. Merothrips morgani Hood. — October 5 ; one female, un-
der bark on fungus-covered branch of willow. Recorded from
Illinois, Kentucky, and the District of Columbia ; one female
at hand from Pine Key, Florida, January, 1914, was found by
Mr. R. C. Shannon in shells and debris taken by Mr. John B.
Henderson.

Suborder TUBULIFERA Haliday

Superfamily PHLCEOTHRIPOIDEA Hood
Family PHLCEOTHRIPID^ Uzel

33. Haplothrips statices Haliday. — May 8 ; one female, prob-
ably in flight. An abundant, destructive species, described by
Osborn under the name nigra but positively identical with the
European statices.^ It has been recorded in the United States

iRood, Ins. Insc. Menstr., Vol. II, 1914, p. 19.

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from Massachusetts, Florida, Michigan, Iowa, Oregon, Cali-
fornia, New York, Pennsylvania, District of Columbia, Mary-
land, Virginia, Illinois, South Dakota, and Montana.

34. Haplothrips verbasci Osborn. — July 27 ; both sexes com-
mon on mullein (Verbasaim thapsus L.). Recorded from
Massachusetts, Florida, Tennessee, Michigan, and Iowa ; oc-
curs also in Pennsylvania, Maryland, District of Columbia, In-
diana, and Illinois (coll. Hood). Feeds exclusively on mullein.

35. Zygothrips americanus Hood. — Throughout the year,
under loose bark of every species of tree examined. Recorded
from Illinois, Michigan, Missouri, Nebraska, and Maryland ;
taken also in the District of Columbia, and at Vienna, Virginia
(R. A. Cushman).

3n. Lissothrips muscorum Hood. — April 12; several females
from moss on tree trunk. Recorded only from Illinois ; speci-
mens at hand add Michigan, District of Columbia, and Mary-
land, to its known distribution.

37. Hoplothrips karnyi karnyi Hood. — May 18 and October
12 ; both sexes under hickory and willow bark. Known also
from Illinois and Virginia. Plummer's Island is the type
locality.

38. Trichothrips angusticeps Hood. — February 20 ; two fe-
males from beneath moist bark on maple log covered with
Polyporus. Recorded only from Illinois ; occurs also in Penn-
sylvania, Maryland, and Virginia (coll. Hood).

39. Trichothrips flavicauda Morgan. — October 5 ; two fe-
males and one male, under bark on fungus-covered willow
branch. Described from Kentucky ; in addition to the above-
mentioned specimens, I have one female from Bluemont, Vir-
ginia, taken August 31 from a dead branch of pawpaw (Asi-
mina triloba (L.) Dunal).

40. Trichothrips anomocerus Hood. — January 2fi-March 30;
often abundant under sycamore bark. Taken at Vienna, Vir-
ginia. May 3. under bark of grape, by R. A. Cushman. De-
scribed from Plummer's Island, Maryland.

41. Rhynchothrips tridentatus (Shull). — April fi; one male
taken on leaf of Trillium; a common species on various oaks,

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the larvae living in irregularities of the bark. Recorded only
from Michigan ; occurs also in Illinois, Missouri, Maryland,
and the District of Columbia (coll. Hood).

43. Rhynchothrips pruni Hood. — February 2 ; one female
and one male, taken under bark of wild cherry tree (Prunus
serotina Ehrh.). Previously known only from Illinois.

43. Rhynchothrips salicarius Hood. — May 9-October 12;
many females, taken at the base of young willow shoots, where
their feeding deformed the young leaves and retarded the
growth of the trees. Taken also at Bluemont, Virginia, Au-
gust 31. Previously known only from Plummer's Island.

44. Liothrips carycE (Fitch). — May 18-June 29; common in
Phylloxera galls on leaves of hickory. Until its redescription in
1914, this species had been lost to science for nearly 60 years.
Known from New York, Maryland, and Illinois.

45. Liothrips citricornis (Hood). — April 20-August 18;
common on the under surface of the leaves of hickory and
grape; occasionally also on dogwood (Cornus florida L.) and
Viburnum. Recorded from Pennsylvania, Illinois, Michigan,
and Tennessee ; occurs also in Maryland, District of Columbia,
and Virginia (coll. Hood).

46. Liothrips leucogonis Hood. — April 28; one female (the
type) taken from Ostrya virginiana L. Known only from
Maryland.

47. Leptothrips mali (Fitch) (=Cryptothrips aspersus
Hinds). — Common from early spring to late fall, living singly
on the leaves of various trees. Recorded from Massachusetts,
Pennsylvania, Maryland, District of Columbia, Florida, Michi-
gan, Indiana, Illinois, Tennessee, Missouri, Texas, California,
Mexico, Panama, and Barbados ; occurs also in Wisconsin,
New York, and Virginia (coll. Hood). Mr. R. A. Cushman,
of the Bureau of Entomology, has several times observed this
species preying on aphids.

48. Hoplandrothrips xanthopus Hood. — August 11-October
12 ; abundant in dead leaves of maple, oak, and willow. Pre-
viously known only from Illinois and Pennsylvania ; taken also
by R. A. Cushman and the writer at Vienna, Virginia.

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49. Hoplandrothrips juniperinus Hood. — May 9-19 ; abun-
dant on dead branches of red cedar {Juniperus virginiana L. )•
Known only from two trees growing on Plummer's Island.

50. Hoplandrothrips funebris Hood. — May 9-October 13;
both sexes common under loose bark of willow, oak, and Cot-
tonwood. Known from Illinois, Missouri, Maryland, District
of Columbia, and Florida ; taken also by R. A. Cushman and
the writer at Vienna, Virginia.

5L Hoplandrothrips insolens Hood. — October 12 and April
12 ; one male, taken among dead leaves in fork of willow tree,
and one female, taken under loose sycamore bark. Previously
known from one female taken on elm in Illinois.

52. Acanthotlirips magnafemoralis Hinds. — Is common
throughout the year, under and on the bark of various trees,
and in dried leaves, hibernating as adult. Pup?e taken May
12 matured May 23 and 25. Recorded from Florida, Massa-
chusetts, Illinois, and Tennessee ; occurs also in New York,
Maryland, District of Columbia, and Virginia (coll. Hood).

53. Cryptothrips junctus Hood. — October 5 ; three males,
taken under bark on dead willow branch. Recorded only from
Michigan and Illinois ; taken at Beltsville, Maryland, March 2,
1913, under bark of scrub pine (Pinus virginiana Mill.).

Family MEGATHRIPID^ Karny

54. Megalothrips spinosus Hood. — June 8-October 12; both
sexes and many nymphs from dead leaves in fork of willow
tree, and from dead willow branch. Recorded from Pennsyl-
vania and Minnesota; occurs also in New York (coll. U. S.
Nat. Mus.), Massachusetts, Virginia, Maryland, and Illinois
(coll. Hood), often common in hollow twigs and in galls on
golden rod stems.

Family IDOLOTHRIPID^ Bagnall

55. Idolothrips coniferarum Pergande. — April 20- June 8 ;
abundant on red cedar {Juniperus virginiana L.). Recorded
from Massachusetts and Virginia ; occurs also in New Hamp-
shire and Maryland (coll. Hood).

56. Idolothrips titbercidatus Hood. — June 29 ; one male,
from branch of red oak. Recorded only from Illinois, but

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occurring also in Missouri, Maryland, District of Columbia,
and Virginia (coll. Hood).

57. Idolothrips arniatus Hood. — July 13; one female, taken
by sweeping grass. Previously known only from Illinois,
where it is often abundant in old galls on golden rod {Solid-
ago) ; occurs also in Maryland and Virginia (coll. Hood).

SUPPLEMENTARY LIST

The following species have been taken in the vicinity of the
island :

1. Moloihrips vittipennis Hood. — May 9 ; one male, taken
on leaf of hickory, near Plummer's Island. Previously known
from Illinois and the District of Columbia.

2. Frankliniella zvilliamsi Hood. — November 1 ; both sexes
in abundance between the husks of standing and freshly cut
Indian corn, at Georgetown, District of Columbia. Known also
from Virginia.

3. Odontothrips pictipennis Hood. — May 19 ; one female
(the unique type) from flower of Azalea nudi flora L., at Great
Falls, Virginia.

4. Cephalothrips yuccce Hinds. — Both sexes abundant at all
seasons on Yucca filamentosa, near Plummer's Island. Previ-
ously known from Massachusetts, District of Columbia, Flor-
ida, Tennessee, and Barbados.

5. ZygotJirips harti Hood^ (^=^ Z. femoralis Morgan-). —
June 8-29 ; three females taken under dead bark of sumac
{Rhus sp.) and by sweeping grass, near Plummer's Island.
Recorded from Texas, Tennessee, Illinois, Virginia, and Mary-
land.

6. Hoplothrips corticis (De Geer). — November 1; both
sexes under bark on dead willow branch, Rosslyn, Virginia.
Described from Europe, and recorded in North America from
Massachusetts. Connecticut, New York, and Illinois.

7. Hoplothrips beachi (Hinds). — November 1; both sexes
under bark on dead willow branch, Rosslyn, Virginia. Re-

'Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, Vol. XXVI, p. 162; June 30, 1913.
Troc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol 46, p. 40, figs, 76-79; August 23, 1913.

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corded previously from Massachusetts, District of Columbia,
Michigan, and Illinois.

8. Neothrips corticis Hood. — April 20 ; several specimens
taken under loose scales of the bark of an apple tree at Cabin
John, Maryland ; four specimens under apple bark, Vienna,
Virginia, November 7 (R. A. Cushman) ; abundant under
apple bark at Bennings, District of Columbia, March 23. Re-
corded from Illinois and Michigan.

9. Liothrips castanecc Hood. — May 19 ; several specimens
from chestnut leaves. Great Falls, Virginia. Known also from
Maryland and Connecticut.

10. Liothrips hrevicornis Hood. — June 29 ; nymphs taken
on leaves of sassafras, near Plummer's Island ; one female
from Beltsville, Maryland, May 2, 1915. Recorded only from
Virginia.

11. Hoplandrothrips micro ps Hood. — September 7 and Oc-
tober 1 ; three females from dead branches of apple and willow,
at Bennings, District of Columbia, and Rosslyn, Virginia.
Recorded only from Illinois.

12. Gastrothrips ruficauda Hood. — May 23, October 1, and
November 1 ; four females from dead willow and viburnum
branches, at Rosslyn, Virginia, and Great Falls, Maryland.
Recorded from Illinois and Virginia.

MISCELLANEOUS NEW AMERICAN
LEPIDOPTERA

By HARRISON G. DYAR

HESPERIID^
Vehilius norma, new species.

Dark brown ; fore wing with fulvous shading along costa
and inner margin half way out; a fulvous spot in interspaces
2-3 and 3-4 near their bases ; two small subapical spots. Hind
wing with fulvous shading over the disk. Beneath, fore wing
with veins fulvous ; the spots repeated. Hind wing with the

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veins fulvous and an outer row of four small spots between
the veins. Expanse, 26 mm.

Type, No. 21187, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Plantation Kitty, George-
town, British Guiana, bred from larvse on Paspalum gracile;
a water-grass (H. W. B. Moore).

Vehilius sacchariphila, new species.

Dark brown, without fulvous shading; small spots in inter-
spaces 2-3 and 3-4 of fore wing. Below, hind wing of a light
gray-brown with mesial and outer black curved lines from vein
2 to costa, irregularly broken and dislocated at the veins. Ex-
panse, 25 mm.

Type, No. 21188, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Plantation Non Pareil,
Georgetown, British Guiana, bred from larvse on blades of
sugar cane (H. W. B. Moore).

NOCTUID^
Grypotes, new genus.

Fore wing with accessory cell ; hind wing with vein 5 weak,
arising below center of cross-vein ; tibiae and tarsi unarmed ;
front with a hood-shaped process, forming a blunt central
point, with a plate below ; proboscis aborted ; palpi slender, up-
turned to vertex; eyes large, naked.

Grypotes dentifer, new species.

Fore wing white, rather densely irrorated with brown and
violaceous ; a white streak on median vein at base, followed by
the cusp of a broken brown subbasal line; inner line brown,
sharply angled outward to the position of orbicular, then in-
ward on median vein, then outward in another tooth on sub-
median fold ; median space filled with irrorations up to the
cell, with luteous streaks on submedian and discal folds ; reni-
form large, white, with a brown annular center ; outer line
brown, toothed on costa and followed by pure white there,
rounded over reniform, denticulate below ; terminal space
gray, with a brown shade from costa to reniform and a sub-
marginal shade, narrow above, very wide below; a row of
terminal brown dashes. Hind wing whitish, a little powdered

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with brown outwardly, with curved mesial line and terminal
dashes as on fore wing; fringe white. Expanse, 2G mm.

Type, male, No. 21190, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Las Vegas Hot
Springs, New Mexico, August 9 (H. S. Barber).

Grypotes borealis, new variety.

A pale, depauperate form. White, the lines and shades
faint; reniform obsolete. Expanse, 33 mm.

Type, male. No. 31191, U. S. Nat. Mus.; White River,
Stanley County, South Dakota (W. H. Over). Also a fe-
male with the same data, smaller and sufifused with irrora-
tions, the markings hardly legible.

UTHOSIID^

Crambidia myrlosea, new species.

Head white, thorax gray. Fore wing with the costa broadly
white, succeeded by dark gray, the veins faintly paler, espe-
cially toward costa. Hind wing dark gray. Expanse, 23 mm.

Type, male, No. 21192, U. S. Nat. Mus.; Kerrville, Texas,
June 12, 1907 (F. C. Pratt). Also a female from the same
place, October, 1904 (H. Lacey).

NOTODONTID^

Datana diffidens, new species.

Head yellowish, shading to brown in the anterior thoracic
patch; thorax posteriorly silvery gray. Fore wing uniform
brown, a little clay-yellowish on costa, densely sprinkled with
silvery gray scales ; inner and outer lines slender, brown ; dis-
cal lines obsolete; discal dots dark, marked with silvery gray
scales; subapical line distinct between veins 7 and 4. Hind
wing pale cream-color, powdered with brown and silver-gray
outwardly. Expanse, 46 mm.

Type, male. No. 21189, U. S. Nat. Mus-.; Victoria, Texas,
1910 (K. J. Leffland). Also two females with two oblique
central lines showing, from the same place, May 3 and 17,
1908, "defoliating oaks" (J. D. Mitchell).

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DREPANID^

Eudeilinea luteifera, new species.

White ; fore wing with two curved irregular pale buff lines.
Hind wing similar, the inner line small. Expanse, 25 mm.

Type, male, No. 21186, U. S. Nat. Mus.; Dallas, Texas.
April 2, 1907 (F. C. Pratt).

GEOMETRID^

Eucymatoge spermaphaga, new species.

Fore wing gray with tine black lines and two broad red-
brown bands ; basal space gray, crossed by a dentate black
line, distinct on costa ; a broad red-brown band without borders,
bent on subcostal vein ; just beyond, a slender black line, di-
viding the faint, double, white, crenulate inner line; a black
blotch on costa just above the faint discal dot, followed below
by a small black patch and traces of a line across the wing;
outer line double, white, crenulate and gently excurved on its
middle half, preceded by a black blotch on costa and cunei-
fonn black marks on the veins below; vein 1 narrowly black
between the lines; beyond the outer line, a broad red-brown
band, narrowing below vein 4 and then expanding a little, fol-
lowed by the dentate-crenulate white subterminal line, which
is cut by black cusps on the veins, emanating from the brown
band ; termen narrowly dark gray ; a black terminal line ; fringe
gray, with rounded dark spots at the ends of the veins. Hind
wing with the base dark gray ; rest of wing gray, with four
faint dark lines across the median space; discal dot gray;
outer line double, whitish, crenulate ; the space following, dark
gray ; subterminal line white, dentate-crenulate ; a broken
black terminal line. Expanse, 23 mm.

Type, male. No. 21181, U. S. Nat. Mus.; Kaolin Beds, Ore-
gon, June 12, 1016, reared from larv?e in cones of Abies con-
color (J. E. Patterson) (Hopk. U. S. 13290b).

Other specimens : Ashland, Oregon, June 1-i, 1915, reared
from larv?p in cones of Pseudotsiiga taxifolia (J. E. Patter-
son) (Hopk. U. S. 13536aa); Applegate River, California,
September 23, 1915, reared from larv?e in cones of Abies

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shastaensis (Miller & Sergent) (Hopk. U. S. 14205J) ; Sequoia
National Forest, California, September 24, 1914, reared from
larvae in cones of Abies concolor (J. M. Miller) (Hopk. U. S.
12577bb) ; Orono, Maine, July 21, 1911, reared from larvae
in cones of spruce (Maine Agr. Exp. Sta., Lot 138G, Sub. 7).

NOTES ON NORTH AMERICAN PYRAUSTIN^

(Lepidoptcra, Pyralidte)
By HARRISON G. DYAR

I have gone over rather carefully the Pyraustinae listed in
Barnes & McDunnough's recent "List." The omissions and
errors are not as insignificant as I had anticipated, and may
profitably be noted. I use this opportunity to add a few new
records.

4910. Glaphyria rcniculalis Zell. has been transferred to
Bgesta Ragonot. I think it should be returned to Glaphyria.
The generic differences given by Hampson of the pectina-
tion of the median vein of hind wing are unsatisfactory, but
' there remains the difference in length of the maxillary palpi.
These are long in Bgesta and short in Glaphyria. Now in
reniculalis the maxillary palpi are plainly short.
4903. On the other hand, reluctalis Hulst should go to Bgesta,
as the maxillary palpi are long. It will come very close to
simplicialis Kearf. (Can. Ent., xxxix, 4, 1907), which is
obviously nothing but reluctalis with the white inner band
replaced by a dark shade.

4906. My single specimen of basiflavais B. & McD., taken at
Palm Beach, Florida, January 27, 1900 (H. G. Dyar), is
unfortunately, without a head; but veins 10-11 are stalked
and therefore the species cannot be placed in Lipocosma
where its general appearance would make it seem more at
home.

4907. Glaphyria dualis B. & McD. has the maxillary palpi
about as long as the labial palpi and should be transferred
to Bgesta.

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491(i. Symphysa adelalis Kearf. (Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, xi,
145, 1903) is correctly transferred to Lipocosma.

4913, 1. Lipocosma diabata, new species.

White, uniformly shaded with brown ; lines slender, brown,
not defining a central darker area as in sicalis Walker ; inner
line excurved subcostally, coarsely dentate; outer line ex-
curved above, inbent at vein 3 ; reniform an ellipse ; a ter-
minal broken black line. Hind wing with the costal area
white ; outer line slender, black, inbent at vein 2 ; black
powdering in median space below the cell. Expanse, 14 mm.
Type, female, No. 21151, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Florida
(Schaus coll.).

4921,1. Desmia nominabilis Hering (Stett. ent. Zeit., Ixvii, 55,
1906) is omitted. The supposed species I believe to be only
a variety of D. funeralis, probably the same as subdivisalis
Grote ; but the name should be cited.

4950. Hey dele pta futillalis B. & McD. is obviously a synonym
of Syngamia haemorrhoidalis Guen.

4944. Conchylodes ovulalis Guen. is correctly identified. This
name is not a synonym of platinalis Guen. as given in my
list (No. 4297). C. platinalis is a distinct species which has
not yet been recorded from the United States.

4952,1. Bocchoris rehamalis Dyar (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus.,
xlvii, 393, 1914) may be added. I have a specimen from
Kerrville, Texas, May 31, 1906 (F. C. Pratt).

4957. Nacoleia hampsoni B. & Mc.D. occurs also in Cuba and
it may prove to be one of Herrich-SchafiFer's unrecognized
species (listed by Hampson, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1899,
287 et seq.). Hampson would place this in Lygropia, as he
has all the species allied to it. One of my Florida speci-
mens bears a label in Schaus' writing: "Near Lygropria
xanthogonalis Hamps." I do not find that Hampson has
published this name, but he may have done so. The matter
should be kept in mind.

4964. Sylepta masculinalis B. & McD. is not before me, but
the figure and description agree so completely with Syngamia

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micromphalis Hampson that I have no hesitation in pro-
nouncing it a synonym.

4965. Sylepta hrumalis B. & McD. is quite obviously a syn-
onym of S. cephalis Walker.

49G2. I have seen no specimen that would agree well with
Lederer's figure of fluctuosalis. The species in our collection
over this name is Sylepta silicalis Guen. (see Hampson, Proc.
Zool. Soc. Lond., 1898, 720, for synonymy), which name
should be added to the list.

4966, 1. Sylepta miamialis Schaus. I do not find that a de-
scription has been published.

"Sylepta miamialis, n. sp. — Dark vinous red ; head with
a whitish vertical spot ; venter and legs white. Fore wing
dark vinous red, darkest on the basal half of costa ; discal
mark reniform, dark purple; inner line invisible, outer line
faint and slender, curving outward around cell ; a dark
terminal line ; the fringe gray. Hind wing sordid, stained
with dark vjnous outwardly ; a small gray discal dot. Ex-
panse, 21-23 mm.

"Miami, Florida (W. Schaus), 1 male, 2 females. Type.
No. 21153, U. S. Nat. Mus.— W. Schaus."

4985. Sameodes adipaloides G. & R. should be given varietal
rank, I think. j '

5047, 1. Syngamia florepicta ' Dyar should be added. . I have
specimens from Raleigh, North Carolina, August 5, 1907
(C. S. Brimley) ; Hattiesburg, Mississippi, June 18, 1915
(J. W. Champlin).

5055. Metasia argalis Fernald is made a synonym of D. ele-
gantalis Warren. I think this is incorrect. Specimens of
elegantalis, identified by Fernald, differ conspicuously from
argalis, the type of which is before me. Among other things,
the reniform of elegantalis is filled with white, while argalis
has a dark gray reniform. The hind wings also dififer.

5052 and 5056. Diasemia zephysalis B. & McD. and Diasemia
Icucosalis B. & McD. correspond closely to D. particolor
Dyar and D. ernhesccns Hampson, from Mexico, but are dis-
tinct on details in both cases. I have D. leucosalis also from

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Mexico: Popocatepetl Park, Mexico, 8,000 feet, June, 1906
(W. Schaus).

6057. Diasemia fenestralis B. & McD. is not before me, but
the figure looks as if the species belonged in the genus
Clupeosoma Snellen of the Hydrocampinse. A re-examina-
tion of the venation will decide. It seems close to C. lavinia
Schaus (Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (8), ix, 679, 1912), differ-
ing chiefly in the lack of widening of the inner line on inner
margin.

5057, 1. Ischmirges chromaphila Dyar should be added. I have
specimens from Santa Rita Mountains, Arizona, May 25,
1898 (E. A. Schwarz) ; Southern Arizona (O. C. Poling) ;
Cochise County, Arizona, September 30 and October 7,
1904 (through G. Franck).

5081. Titanio helianthiales Murtfeldt (1897) should have as
synonym, Pionea thyanalis Druce, Biol. Cent.-Am., Lep
Het., ii, 557, 1899.

Titanio murmuralis, new species.

Fore wing dark gray, marked with pure white ; a subter-
minal line starts from near apex, curving close to margin,
oblique below to middle of inner margin ; cell white with
two black lines ; costa and submedian fold white to two-
thirds ; all the veins beyond cell radially white lined ; a black
terminal line, preceded by white ; fringe white with two
gray interlines. Hind wing gray with whitish outer line ;
fringe as on forewing. Expanse, 12 mm.

Type, female, No. 21293, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Sabinal, Texas,
March 2. 1911 (F. C. Pratt).

Close to T. helianthales Murt., but smaller, the outer line
narrower and more sharply drawn, the veins white-lined.
5104. Cindaphia angustalis Felder. The correct name is au-
giistalis F. & R. Hampson's uncorrected typographical error
(Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1899, 245) has been copied both
here and in the "Contributions," ii, 224, 1914.
5092. Phlyctaenia riisticalis B. & McD. closely resembles
Pionea detersaUs Walker. I do not make the synonymy
positive because I have detersaUs only from Ecuador and

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Peru and do not know if it ranges to the Mexican Plateau.

5132, 1. Pyrausta fumipennis Warren (Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.,^
(6), ix, 392, 1892) is omitted. It was described from Cali-
fornia.

5153. Walker's orphisalis seems to have been misidentified in
my catalogue. Barnes & McDunnough apparently recognize
both this species and ochosalis Dyar ; but Schaus has labeled
a specimen of ochosalis: "Pyrausta orphisalis Walk., comp.
B. M." I suspect, therefore, that there is but one species
concerned.

5177,1. Pyrausta achroalis Hampson (Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.,
(8), xii, 26, 1913) should be added. I have a specimen from
Miami, Florida (W. Schaus). The species looks quite out
of place in Pyrausta and perhaps a separate genus may be
justified.

5177, 2. The genus Boeotarcha Meyrick should follow here
with two species: B. demantrialis Druce (Biol. Cent.-Am..
Lep. Het., ii, 270, 1895), which I have from Newark, New
Jersey, August 23, 1899 (A. J. Weidt) ; Pittsburgh, Pennsyl-
vania, July 30 and August 4, 1906 (H. Engel) ; New
Brighton, Pennsylvania, August 21, 1902 (H. D. Merrick) ;
Cove Mountains, Pennsylvania, July 27 and August 3, 1913
(E. Daecke) ; Kerrville, Texas, September, 1906 (H.
Lacey) ; Southern Arizona (O. C. Poling).

5177, 3. B. stigmosalis Warren (Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (6),
ix, 209, 1892), which I have from Miami, Florida (W.
Schaus).

5177, 4. Also Azochis Walker, with one species, A. rufidis-
calis Hampson (Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist, (7), xiv, 186, 1904)»
=cubanalis Hampson (Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (8), xi, 337,
1913), which I have from Miami, Florida (W. Schaus).

5181. After studying Warren's description, I cannot see in
Cornifrons pulveralis anything more than a form of simalis
Grote. The home of the typical simalis is the Rocky Moun-
tain region of Colorado. In the Great Basin it takes a
smaller, lighter form, pulveralis Warren. I have this form
from Placer County, California, June (through C. V.

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Riley) ; Bluff, Utah, June 13, 1898 (Mrs. H. M. Peabody) ;
Southern Utah, July, 1900 (O. C. Polii , ; Williams, Ari-
zona, July 19 (Schwarz & Barber).

Farther south a form occurs for which I propose the
name

Cornifrons sideralis, new variety.

Uniform iron-gray, the black and white scales evenly
mixed ; inner line running out sharply almost to the discal
dots ; subterminal white mark narrow and straight.

Type, female, No. 21155, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Argus Moun-
tains, California, April, 1891 (A. Koebele). Also another
female from the same place and a third, in poor condition,
Arroyo, 10 miles west of La Luz, New Mexico, August 33
(Townsend & Cockerell).

Again, in the north, another form occurs which may be
called

Cornifrons praeia, new variety.

Violaceous gray,' uniform, the ground not appearing white,
the markings fine and brown.

Type, male. No. 31156, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Pullman, Wash-
ington, May 10, 1895 (C. V. Piper). Also two males from
the same locality, May 11, 1898 (Wash. Exp. Station, Nos.
316 and 827).
5181,1. Cornifrons phasma, new species.

White, with very pale ocherous shades, at base and in
median space; inner line oblique, brown, not reaching costa
or margin ; no discal dot or a trace ; outer line brown, den-
ticulate, slightly excurved over cell ; a line of purplish shad-
ing from apex running to outer line below. Hind wing
white ; a pale fuscous outer line close to terminal pale fus-
cous border. Expanse, male 35 mm., female 21 mm.

Types, male and female, No. 21157, U. S. Nat. Mus.;
Los Angeles County, California, May (D. W. Coquillett).

Cornifrons chlorophasma, new variety.

Entirely white with a faint ocherous tint, all the markings
absent.

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Type, female, No. 31158, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Argus Moun-
tains, Californ ^ April, 1891 (A. Koebele, through C. V.
Riley).

This species, in both forms, differs easily from simalis
Grote in the shape of the frontal process, which is not simply
hood-shaped and scaled, but runs out into a bare, quadrate
vertical blade.

NOTES ON NORTH AMERICAN NYMPHULIN^

(Lepidoptera, Pyralidce)

By HARRISON G. DYAR

Elophila fulicalis Clemens.

Cataclysta fulicalis Clemens, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil., xii,

217, 1860.
Cataclysta angtilatalis Lederer, Wien. ent. Mon., vii, 453, 486,

1863.

This species can be distinguished from opulentalis Led. by
the presence of a small black discal dot on fore wing and the
absence of a distinct narrow dark line on hind wing. Opulen-
talis has a discal ringlet, not a dot.

The following may be races of fulicalis, but for the present,
I give them specific rank.

Elophila satanalis, new species.

Fore wing with the base brown ; subbasal line white, dif-
fused ; a broad brown band, stained with orange in the middle,
followed by a straight white line with dark outer edge ; middle
field brown above, irrorate with black below ; a blackish discal
spot in a brown cloud ; an orange line from discal dot to tornus ;
oblique subapical and subterminal white lines separated by an
orange spot ; terminal band orange. Hind wing with the broad
band containing an orange spot, its outer edge angled and
followed by a more or less distinct line ; black irrorations all
the way across the median space ; terminal dots not preceded
by a line. Expanse, 18 mm.

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Type, female, No. 31182, U. S. Nat. Mus.; Devil's River,
Texas, May 6, 1907 (Bishop & Pratt). Also in southern
Arizona.

Elophila truckeealis, new species.

Fore wing with the base brown; subbasal line white, dif-
fused ; a broad brown band with slight luteous dilution cen-
trally; median line white, angled subcostally in the female,
straighter in the male, though flexuous, followed by black; a
black discal dot with a little orange beyond it; middle field
brown above and along median vein, irrorate with black below ;
a short white outer line from vein 2 to inner margin, edged
with black within ; subapical oblique white band slender,
curved; subterminal half-line white; terminal line orange.
Hind wing gray on basal half with central pale dilution and
trace of orange, ending in a median double angled line ; a black
discal dash in irrorations, which cross two-thirds of the wing;
marginal dots separated by leaden, with preceding line only at
apex and tornus. Expanse, 19 mm.

Type, female. No. 21183, U. S. Nat. Mus.; Reno, Nevada,
July 14, 1915 (H. G. Dyar). Also from Klamath Lake and
Salem, Oregon.

Elophila opulentalis Lederer.

Cataclysta opulentalis Lederer, Wien. ent. Mon., vii, 453, 486,

pi. 18, fig. 7, 1863.
Cataclysta confusalis Walker, Cat. Brit. Mus., xxxiv, 1334, 1865.

Elophila moniligeralis Lederer.

Cataclysta moniligeralis Lederer, Wien. ent. Mon., vii, 454, 487,

pi. 18, fig. 10, 1863.
Elophila slossonalis Dyar, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, xiv, 93, 1906.

Mr. Schaus has labeled a specimen : "moniligeralis Led.
Comp. B. M." Certainly Lederer's figure does not suggest this
identification. However, the probability is that the figure is a
product of the artist's imagination, at least the part beyond the
middle of the fore wing, for Lederer says : "die aussere [Linie]
an meinem etwas verwischten Exemplare nicht ganz bestimmt
zu erkennen." Doubtless the whole half of the wing was il-

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legible in the single male type ; but the artist had to draw
something, and hence the strange pale border with inward
curve below. Lederer's description makes no mention of this.

Elophila cancellalis, new species.

Fore wing white, but the markings predominant ; base filled
with dark brown ; a white subbasal line, angled on vein 1 ; a
broad dark brown band, followed by a white mesial line and a
narrow brown line, angled in cell and on vein 1 ; middle area
white, shaded with brown on costa ; traces of powdery orbicu-
lar and reniform; outer line brown, slender, oblique, in a white
space to vein 4, retracted and roundedly incurved to vein 1,
then oblique to the inner margin ; terminal space dark-filled ; a
white subterminal line to vein 2 ; an orange terminal line, edged
by brown on both sides. Hind wing with a broad dark brown
band, cut by a white line beyond base, not reaching costa ; a
slender median brown line, coarsely angled ; upper half of
median space with a dark brown patch of solidified powdering,
with irregular vacuolated center; a terminal band of dark,
containing round black spots with metallic edging, preceded
by yellowish and a fine black crenulate line. Expanse, Ifi mm.

Type, female. No. 21184, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Devil's River,
Texas, May 6, 1907 (Bishopp & Pratt).

Elophila irroratalis, new species.

Fore wing with an irregular black line near base, followed by
a broad dilution, then brown-shaded ; middle line black, angled
in the cell, oblique below ; median space pale gray, with longi-
tudinal bands of black irrorations in cell and submedian space ;
outer line black, oblique, then faint and curved, running in
below vein 1, almost parallel to inner margin ; a black triangular
subapical shade, followed by a white one ; terminal band orange,
black-lined on both sides. Hind wing whitish near base, with
black irrorations thence to marginal marking; a central black
line ; marginal dots black, resting in a leaden border and pre-
ceded by an orange space. Expanse, 14 mm.

Type, female. No. 21185, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Archer, Florida,
March 9, 1882 (A. Koebele. through C. V. Riley).

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Also a female, Florida (Schaus collection) ; a male and three
females, Lakeland, Florida, March, 1913 (C. N. Ainslie) ; and
a male and female, smaller and not exactly identical, Florida
(Schaus collection).

Elophila plevie, new species.

Fore wing white ; a brown inbent line close to base ; a broad
brown shade preceding the inner line, which is narrow, black-
ish, slightly oblique, and a little angled centrally ; outer line
blackish, narrow, oblique, from costa to vein 3, then faint, but
incurved to submedian fold, forming an obsolete angle, run-
ning out again in a distinct angle and inwardly oblique to inner
margin ; a broad brown shade, broadest on costa, angled on
submedian fold ; a cuneiform white space, tapered below ; ter-
minal line red, narrowly edged with dark on both sides. Hind
wing whitish ; a narrow mesial brown-gray line ; a diffused
gray loop on upper half of wing outwardly, followed by a
trace of orange ; terminal dots with metallic scales in a leaden
margin, a trace of inner border-line apically ; fringe whitish.
Expanse, 13 mm.

Type, female. No. 31314, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Weld, Maine,
July 27. 19] 0, flying in cat-tail reeds on the lake (H. G. Dyar).

Elophila imitabilis, new species.

Fore wing dark brown ; a narrow oblique white patch on
inner margin at basal fourth ; a larger, but still narrow and
oblique patch at middle, rising to median vein ; a curved white
subterminal line from apex to vein 2, followed by a red line.
Hind wing white, a double brown band across middle, angled
on submedian fold, without red ; a patch of gray irroration
from costa to vein 2 ; a marginal row of five black spots with
metallic scales ; some orange beyond them, none before. Ex-
panse, 10 mm.

Type, male. No. 21313, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Lakeland. Florida,
March, 1913 (C. N. Ainslie). Also two males, Florida
(Schaus collection) and four females, respectively, Florida
(Schaus collection) ; Lakeland, Florida, March, 1913 (C. N.
Ainslie) ; Hastings, Florida, June (W. D. Kearfott) ; Fort
Drum, Florida (U. S. Dept. Agriculture).

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Clupeosoma lavinia Schaus.

Clupeosoma lavinia Schaus, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (8), ix, 079,

1912.
Diascmia? fencstralis Barnes & McDunnough, Cont. Nat. Hist.

Lep. No. Am., ii, 235, 1914.

I noted the above synonymy as probable in my paper on
Pyraustinae preceding.

Clupeosoma eumoros, new species.

Fore wing elongate, the outer margin slightly excavate at
vein 2 and subapically, the fringe touched with white in both
places. Pale straw yellow ; lines brown, faint ; inner line
angled on median vein ; outer line slightly irregular ; a clouded
discal spot, far out ; margin brown shaded ; a terminal black-
ish line ; the fringe brown except where tipped with white.
Hind wing concolorous, with traces of an outer line ; fringe
intermixed with white. Expanse, 25 mm.

Types, two males, No. 21311, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Tonto Basin,
Gila County, Arizona, June 1-7 (collector unknown) ; Poland,
Arizona, April 24, 1903 (Mrs. H. M. Peabody).

NOTES ON NORTH AMERICAN SCHCENOBIIN7E

(Lepidoptera, Pyralide)

By HARRISON G. DYAR

In their recent "List" (No. 5306), Barnes & McDunnough
would sink Scirpophaga consortalis Dyar as a synonym of
repugnatalis Walker. This is incorrect; repiignatalis has a
distinct design of transverse blackish lines, a large reniform
outlined in dark, sometimes filled with sordid silvery, and
small silvery spots in the fringe. In consortalis there are no
transverse markings whatever, while the fringe is without
white dots.

Rupela albinella Cramer.

Tinea albinella Cramer, Pap. Exot., iv, 163, pi. 372, f. D, 1782.
Rupela nivea Walker, Cat. Brit. Mus., xxviii, 524, 1863.

80 INSECUTOR INSCITI^ MENSTRUUvS

Scirpophaga albinella Hampson, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1895,
914.

Rupela holophaealis Hampson.

Scirpophaga holophcealis Hampson, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (7),

xiv, 181, 1904.
Storteria unicolor Barnes & McDunnough, Cont. Nat. Hist. L,cp.
No. Am., ii, 178, 1913.

/Rupela unicolor Dyar, Ins. Insc. Menstr., i, 105, 1913.
The above synonymy should replace Nos. 5306 and 5307 in
^^V, Barnes & McDunnough's "List." The genus Rupela (type,
^ albinella Cramer) has the palpi slender, upturned; maxillary

»,^,^ palpi well developed ; fore wings with veins 8-10 stalked ; outer
margin entire and evenly curved; vein 11 free. It falls in the
table remote from Scirpophaga.

Schcenobius pallulellus Barnes & McDunnough.

Undistinguishable from the pale yellow, immaculate form of
melinellus Clemens. Uniting Nos. 5311 and 5313 of the
"List."

Schcenobius clemensellus Robinson.

As synonyms of this, I place unipunctellus Rob. and tri-
punctellus Rob. Uniting Nos. 5309, 5310, and 5312 of the
"List."

Schoenobius amblyptepennis, new species.

Female. Fore wing pointed at apex, outer margin oblique,
about as in the male of clemensellus, not falcate. Straw-
yellow irrorate with brown ; a brown oblique line from apex,
directed toward middle of inner margin, fading out at vein 1 ;
a small black discal dot. Hind wing white, tinged with straw-
color. Expanse, 23 mm.

Type, female. No. 211fi9, U. S. Nat. Mus.; St. Johns, Que-
bec, July 11, 1915 (W. Chagnon).

The male is scarcely distinguishable from S. forficellus
Thunb. One female is pale straw-yellow, immaculate, like S.
melinellus Clem, except for the wing shape.

I cite the following labels : "N. Amer. als forficellus. v.
Schlager. Chilo longirostrellus CI. $ ;" Cohasset, Massachu-

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setts, July 6 and August 7, 1907 (O, Bryant) ; Chicago, Illi-
nois (A. Kwiat) ; Plummer's Island, Maryland, June 5 (W.
V. Warner) ; Washington, District of Columbia (A. Busck),
June 14 (A. N. Caudell) ; Oak Station, Pennsylvania, June 6,
1911 (F. Marloff).

Schoenobius melinellus Clem., form uniformellus, new.

Female. Wings pointed, falcate ; fore wing uniform dark
brown, with small discal dot. Hind wing white. Expanse,
25 mm.

Type, female. No. 21170, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Washington,
District of Columbia, July, 1901 (A. Busck).

I have this dark form of melinellus also from St. Therese
Island, Quebec, July 28, 1915 (W. Chagnon) ; St. Johns, Que-
bec, July 31, 1915 (W. Chagnon) ; Cranmoor, Wisconsin
(Hardenberg) ; Winnipeg, Manitoba, (A. W. Hanham), Den-
ver, Colorado (male), July 29, 1904 (E. J. Oslar) ; Turtle
Mountains. North Dakota (A. H. Verrill).

Schoenobius roscidellus, new species.

Male. Palpi long; fore wings rounded at the tips, shining
gray ; all the veins rather broadly lined in pale straw-color ; a
round black discal dot. Hind wing white. Expanse, 16 mm.

Type, male, No. 21171, U. S. Nat. Mus.; Fort Meade, Flor-
ida, April (J. A. Grossbeck).

The female has the fore wing pointed, subfalcate, the mark-
ings less contrasted. Anal tuft copious, dark gray. Expanse,
23 mm.

Miami, Florida (W. Schaus).

A second male, without data, was sent to Prof. C. H. Fer-
nald under red number 162 and labeled by him: "Schoenobius
unipimctelhis Rob? A variable sp." I think, though, that it
has no connection with unipunctellus=clemensellus.

Schcenobius nitidellus, new species.

Male. Fore wing rounded at the tips, shining dark gray,
the veins narrowly and not prominently lined in blackish ; a
small black discal dot. Hind wing dark silky gray. Expanse,
21 mm.

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Type, male. No. 21172, U. S. Nat. Mus.; Esperanza Ranch,
Brownsville, Texas (J. Doll).

Sent to Prof. C. H. Femald and labeled by him : "Schoeno-
bius sordidellus Zinck?" It is, however, much smaller than
sordidellus and of a different wing-shape.

Professor Fcrnald's determinations, with marks of doubt
attached, show that he recognized these forms as different,
but preferred to associate them with an allied species rather
than return them to the museum labeled "new" on his au-
thority.

Patissa parthenialis, new species.

Fore wing silvery white, crossed by yellow bands with pow-
dery brown edges ; an oblique streak at base, not attaining
costa ; an oblique band of three patches, cut by vein 1 and
median vein, the uppermost patch in the cell; a less oblique
band in middle of wing, ending in a blotch at end of cell ; an
outer band and a submarginal band, broad, parallel to outer
margin. Hind wing white with three powdery blackish streaks
crossing submedian fold. Expanse, 14 mm.

Type, female, No. 21173, U. S. Nat. Mus.; Vernon Parish,
Louisiana, July (G. Coverdale, through W. D. Kearfott).

Patissa chrysozona, new species.

Fore wing silvery white, marked as in the preceding species
except that the basal bands are more oblique, the two mar-
ginal bands well separated from them and leaving a broad
white median space, which, on the inner margin, occupies one-
third of the margin. The middle band, ending in the discal
spot, runs obliquely as to the outer bands, while in parthenialis
it is nearly parallel to them.

Type, female, No. 21174, U. S. Nat. Mus.; Texas (Coll
C. V. Riley).

Alpheias transferens, new species.

Dark gray ; a white streak obliquely from the discal dot to
the costa ; basal space brownish ; inner line distinct, white,
angled on submedian fold and median vein, oblique inwardly
to costa ; outer line faint, whitish, angled inward on discal

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fold ; margin lighter ; a row of terminal black dots. Hind wing
gray, whitish on inner field. Expanse, 15 mm.

Type, male, No. 21175, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Claremont, Cali-
fornia (C. F. Baker).

Alpheias nigrocinereella Hulst.

While the female type has vein 7 arising after 9 and there-
fore falls in Macrotheca, a male from the same breeding has
7 arising before 9. Moreover, specimens from Stockton, Utah,
and Reno, Nevada, have 7 before 9, so that I think the vari-
ation of the type is abnormal and that the species should fall
in Alpheias.

Macrotheca leucocope, new species.

Pale gray, powdery on a nearly white ground, the veins
darker toward base ; a white ray along median vein, widening
to end of cell, where it terminates ; a terminal dark line,
hardly broken. Hind wing dark gray, fringe pale. Expanse,
19 mm.

Type, male. No. 21176, U. S. Nat. Mus.; Denver, Colorado
(W. Schaus).

Labeled by Mr. Schaus : "Macrotheca interalhicans ;" but it
does not agree at all with Ragonot's figure of M. interalbicalis.

Macrotheca vulnifera, new species.

Whitish gray, coarsely powdered with black; basal space
darker; an oblique black shade from apex, which the outer
line crosses, narrow, black, edged with whitish without, gently
excurved below; discal dot elongate, elliptical, longitudinal; a
terminal crenulate black line. Hind wing soiled silky whitish,
gray along costa. Expanse, 15 mm.

Type, male. No. 21177, U. S. Nat. Mus.; Yavapai County,
Arizona, August (W. D. Kearfott).

This is what Barnes & McDunnough figure as M. interalbi-
calis Rag. (Cont. Nat. Hist. Lep. N. A., I, No. V, PI. HI,
flf. 9 and 13, 1912) ; but I am unable to reconcile it with Rag-
onot's figure.

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Loxotegopsis, new genus. ""^C* }

Generally similar to Obtusipalpis Hampson (Proc. Zool. Soc.
Lond., 1895, 906). Wings longer and narrower; palpi not
blunt, the third joint pointed with hairs and downcurved;
venation similar, veins 4-5 of hind wing not approximated on
basal portion.

Loxotegopsis polle, new species.

Fore wing light brown, shaded with dark brown, usually
along the margins, but sometimes covering the whole wing,
except a small space about the stigmata ; inner line broad,
curved, dark brown, followed by a claviform streak on sub-
median fold ; orbicular a thick dash ; reniform a ringlet ; outer
line thick, gently excurved above, nearly straight below ; ter-
men dark-shaded ; fringe silky shining. Hind wing silky,
slightly yellowish ; termen narrowly dark. Expanse, 12-15 mm.

Type, male, No. 21167, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Brownsville,
Texas, May 9, 1904 (H. S. Barber). Many other specimens
from the same locality.

SEVEN NEW CRAMBIDS FROM THE UNITED

STATES

(Lepidopiera, Pyralida:)

By HARRISON G. DYAR
Diatraea evanescens, new species.

Fore wing light buff, the veins lined with dark brown, but
not contrastingly ; also single lines in the interspaces, doubled
in the submedian space; cross-lines brown, faint, not dotted,
inner from near apex to inner margin near base, outer from
apex to inner margin near middle; a small blackish discal dot.
Hind wing white. Expanse, 16 mm.

Type, male. No. 21127, U. S. Nat. Mus.; Audubon Park.
Louisiana, September 25, 1914 (U. C. Loftin), at light.

Chilo opinionellus, new species.

Grayish straw-color, the veins narrowly straw-color ; costa
straw-color; a gray shade through the cell and outward to

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margin ; a rather large rounded black discal dot ; a row of
minute terminal black dots between the veins ; fringe inter-
lined. Hind wing gray, a little lighter at extreme base. Ex-
panse, 16 mm.

Type, male. No. 21180, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Yuma, Arizona,
July 24, 1916, bred from larvae in wheat stems (T. D. Ur-
bahns).

Chilp loftini, new species.

Apex of fore wing acute ; whitish straw-color, the veins light,
edged on each side by a line of fine brown scales, which dif-
fuse in the interspaces ; a small black discal dot ; a row of
terminal black dots in the interspaces, connected by a slender
line ; fringe interlined with brown. Hind wing white with a
slender brown line on apical half. Expanse, 23 mm.

Type, female, No. 21128, U. S. Nat. Mus.; Oknndale, Ari-
zona, September 1, 1914 (U. C. Loftin), bred from Mexican
cane.

The male is much smaller, expanse, 15 mm. Other speci-
mens were bred from Louisiana cane, in the same locality.

The species is allied to C. multipunctellus Kearfott, but is
not as white and is more distinctly and clearly marked. It
looks very much like Platytes densellus Zeller, but the front is
strongly tuberculate, which is not the case in that species.

Platytes dinephelalis, new species.

Fore wing white, the costa and inner margin broadly shaded
with creamy brown, shading to dark brown just before the
white area, appearing as two brown clouded bands, one
through the cell, curving up to apex, the other along sub-
median fold ; scattered brown scales over the wings ; veins
narrowly and not prominently lined in brown ; a minute black
discal point.

Hind wing brownish gray, whitish at base. Expanse,
29 mm.

Type, male. No. 21139, U. S. Nat. Mus.; Babaquivera
Mountains, Pima County, Arizona (through Dr. William
Barnes).

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A female, returned to Dr. Barnes, is the same, except that
the discal dot is larger and the hind wing nearly white.

Platytes acerata, new species.

White ; fore wing with the veins narrowly black lined ; broad
brown bands in the interspaces, that in interspace 5-6 pale
brown ; discal dot round, black ; a row of terminal black dots
in the interspaces; an oblique line starting from the costa
above discal dot, running out to the fork of veins 8-9 ; fringe
faintly interlined with brown.

Hind wing distinctly emarginate below apex, white ; veins
at apex touched with dusky and a terminal gray line on upper
half of wing. Expanse, 15 mm.

Type, m^ale, No. 21147, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Dade City, Florida,
September (J. A. Grossbeck).

A female before me diflfers in having an irregular broken
outer line, brown, strongly excurved over cell and angled on
submedian fold.

Florida (Schaus collection).

Other specimens, apparently referable here, are labeled as
follows : One rnale, without abdomen, "From Texas, Boll,"
"12 VI," "583,"''"I do not know this species. Rag./86, white
label 137," "Coll. C. V. Riley," "Chilo densellus, Fernald det.;"
a male and female, unset and not fresh, Brownsville, Texas.
June, 1904 (H. S. Barber), and a second female, set, with the
same collecting data, but further labeled, "Chilo densellus Zell.,
named by Kearfott, 1908."

Platytes densellus Zeller has the veins white-lined, not black-
lined. It is curious that this obvious distinction should have
escaped two generally accurate authors.

Platytes panalope, new species.

Fore wing pale straw-color, the veins narrowly lined with
dark brown ; fainter and broader brown lines in the interspaces,
that in the interspace 5-6 very faint, causing the interspace to
appear as a pale ray emanating from the cell; a small black
discal dot ; a row of terminal dots between the veins ; an
oblique brown line forms an angle on vein 2 at its basal third

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and runs thence to the inner margin, faintly shown above across
the discal nervules, crossing 3 and 4 and running into the inter-
space 4-5. Hind wing whitish on inner half, pale fuscous on
costal half. Expanse, 19 mm.

Type, male, No. 21140, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; East River, Con-
necticut, August, 1907 (C. R. Ely).

This species is peculiar in frequently having vein 10 stalked
with 8 and 9. The stalking occurs by a fusion of 10 with the
stalk beyond the base, so that a small triangular accessory cell
is left. This occurs in five out of seven specimens before me.
The other two have vein 10 free, although bent toward the
stalk. The tongue is practically absent in the male, but quite
distinct in the female.

Two other species of Platytes with dark-lined veins are
known, multilineatella Hulst and punctilineella Barnes & Mc-
Dunnough, both from Florida. They are both narrower-
winged than panalope, darker and more uniform. In all these
species, the hind wings of the female are white or, at least,
paler than those of the male. Therefore I think that Hulst
described multilineatella from two females instead of two
males, as stated, since he describes the hind wings as pure
white.

Haimbachia venosalis, new species.

Fore wing white, the veins broadly lined with chocolate
brown, the interspaces with narrow lines of the same color,
ending in small terminal black dots ; a distinct black discal
spot; fringe interlined. Hind wing white, the veins lined in
brown at apex. Expanse, 17 mm.

Type, male. No. 21141, U. S. Nat. Mus.; Audubon Park,
Louisiana, September 19, 1914 (U. C. Loftin), at light.

The female is the same, only a little larger, expanse, 21 mm.
The tongue is absent in the male, but distinct in the female,
which throws the species out of Diatrcea. It resembles Platytes
multilineatella Hulst in a general way, but veins 11 and 12 of
fore wing anastomose, compelling the reference to Haimbachia.

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SEVEN NEW PYRALIDS FROM BRITISH GUIANA

(Lepidoptera, Pyralidcc)

By HARRISON G. DYAR

Bocchoris plenilinealis, new species.

Straw-yellow ; a brown point on vertex of head, two on col-
lar, a dot and streak on patagia ; abdomen with basal segmental
bands, widening on the sides, the last two segments with dor-
sal black patches. Wings with brown lines, appearing numer-
ous ; a dot on costa and vein 1 near base ; two dots on inner
margin with a blotch above and a subcostal dot ; inner line
oblique, single ; orbicular a pair of bars, the outer bar joining
an inverted looped line below ; reniform a pair of bars, con-
stricted, filled with darker yellow, the inner bar touching the
looped line below ; outer line curved, running to inner margin
at middle, stout from costa to vein 5, fine and dentate on 3
and 4, slightly dislocated on 2, along which rtms a stout line
to termen ; an excurved branch at vein 5, denticulate, sub-
parallel and reaching inner margin at its outer fourth ; a sub-
terminal denticulate line, not attaining costa and ending at
vein 2 ; veins 5, 6, and 7 dark-lined between the outer and
su.bterminal lines ; a terminal line, dentate on the veins ; fringe
dark, submetallic.

Hind wing with the reniform of two bars, with two lines
thence to anal angle, the outer one angled at vein 1 ; outer line
double, excurved between veins 3 and 5, single below vein 2 ;
subterminal line from costa to vein 2 ; terminal line double.
Expanse, 18 mm.

Type, female, No. 81129, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Plantation
Uitolugt, Georgetown, British Guiana, January, 1915 (H. W.
B. Moore), bred from larvae on young leaves of cacao. Other
specimens are before me from Cayenne, French Guiana, Feb-
ruary, 1904 (W. Schaus) ; Geldersland, Surinam River, Dutch
Guiana (W. Schaus) ; Santiago, Cuba, June and October,
1902 (W. Schaus).

Near B. stigmalis Hampson, but the color yellower, the lines
much finer and differently disposed.

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Nacoleia veronise, new species.

Head large ; antenna? of male with a tuft beyond the middle ;
thorax whitish, with illy defined brown markings ; abdomen
shaded with gray ; fore wing with the margin incised below
apex and way ; white, with brown markings ; a brown patch
at base ; a broad band at inner third, constricted in the middle,
lighter centrally, the upper section centered by a minute white
orbicular point ; a very fine line preceding the band and an-
other following it below and along the median vein ; a tri-
angular blotch across end of cell, lighter centered, touching the
outer line at vein 3 ; outer line slender, regularly curved, oblique
below ; subterminal line connecting a blotch at apex with one
at tornus ; a fine terminal line ; fringe white with brown bars
at apex, vein 7, 4, and 5.

Hind wing excised below apex as on fore wing ; white, with
small brown marks at base ; a band across middle, yellow cen-
tered on discal dot and vacuolated thence to inner margin,
sending a spur from cell to outer line ; outer line nearly
straight ; apex broadly blotched with brown, widened at the
incision, narrowed below to a line; a terminal line just beyond;
fringe with dashes as on fore wing. Expanse, 11 mm.

Type, male, No. 31130, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Plantation Kitty,
Georgetown, British Guiana, December, 1913 (H. W. B.
Moore), bred from larvae on Veronia curassavica.

Allied to N. subulalis Guenee, but much smaller and differ-
ently marked.

Pyrausta interlinealis, new species.

Thorax brownish ocherous, tinged with reddish ; fore wing
ocherous, with dull reddish markings ; costa broadly of this
color, the extreme edge white ; all veins and lines in the inter-
spaces dull reddish ; inner line scarcely traceable ; orbicular a
point ; reniform a curved lunule ; outer line excurved above,
dentate on the veins, rather broad.

Hind wing straw-color, darker along the margins ; a segment
of a grayish outer line, seen only between veins 2 and 7. Ex-
panse, 26 mm.

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Type, female, No. 21131, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Plantation Kitty,
Georgetown, British Guiana, June, 1915 (H. W. B. Moore),
bred from larvae on vervain (Stachytarpheta sp.).

Herculia psammioxantha, new species.

Brownish straw-color, densely dusted with fine brown scales;
lines straight, parallel, erect; a faint discal dot, often absent;
outer line faintly edged with pale.

Hind wing with two dark lines, approximating toward inner
margin, faintly pale edged, the inner toward base, the outer
outwardly; outer line originating not far from middle of
costa, reaching inner margin at its outer fourth. Expanse,
16 mm.

Type, male. No. 21132, U. S. Nat. Mus.; Plantation Vry-
heid's Lust, Georgetown, British Guiana, August, 1915 (H. W.
B. Moore), bred from larvae on withered, fallen leaves of
trumpet tree. Other specimens are before me from Cayenne,
French Guiana, January, 1904 (W. Schaus) ; Santiago and
Matanzas, Cuba, June and August, 1902 (W. Schaus).

The female is larger, expanse, 17-20 mm.
Pococera chrysoderas, new species.

Head, thorax, and abdomen white, washed with yellow-
brown ; abdomen posteriorly with broad black apical segmental
rings ; fore wing with a pale ocherous bar along inner margin
to middle, sharply cut by the inner line ; two black bars above
this ; costal area brownish with a black mark in the cell ; inner
line at middle of wing, erect, straight, black, running into the
small white discal dot, inbent on costa ; outer half of wing
gray in median space, thence shading blackish to margin ;
outer line excurved centrally, black, single, dentate on the
veins ; a terminal thick black line, cut by whitish on the veins.

Hind wing brownish yellow at anal angle, apex broadly
blackish, veins dark ; fringe dififusedly interlined. Expanse,
22 mm.

Type, female, No. 21133, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Plantation Golden
Fleece, Georgetown, British Guiana, June 7, 1915 (H. W. B.
Moore), bred from larvae on an unidentified shrub growing on
the sand hills.

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'"'^ Emporia cassias, new species.

Dark gray, the markings obscure; a slightly oblique, broad,
black band from costa to median vein represents the inner
line ; median vein and branches black-lined ; discal dots small,
separate ; outer line strong on costa, double, oblique and den-
ticulate below, the duplication not following it, but running
parallel to outer margin ; a row of terminal black dots ; fringe
slightly reddish.

Hind wing white, broadly gray on costa and narrowly on
outer margin ; fringe slightly reddish. Expanse, 19 mm.

Type, female. No. 21137, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Plantation Rose
Hall, Georgetown, British Guiana (H. W. B. Moore), bred
from larvae in pods of "stinking toe" (Cassia grandis).

No species of Emporia has been recorded before from
America ; but the present form fits the generic description so
well as to make a new name seem superfluous.

Eumoorea, new genus.

Fore wing with eleven veins ; vein 2 from well before end
of cell, 3 from shortly before end, 4-5 long-stalked, 6 below
apex of cell, 7-8 stalked, 9 absent, 10 from the cell close to
the stalk of 7-8 in two specimens, stalked in two others, 11
from the cell ; hind wing with seven veins, 2 from end of cell,
3 and 5 stalked, 4 absent, 6 from apex of cell, 8 distinct.
Palpi thick in the male, obliquely ascending, the third joint
porrect, hollow to receive the pencil-tufted maxillary palpi;
long, straight, and porrect in the female, three times the length
of head. Antennae in the male with a long thick basal joint,
the shaft ciliate.

Falls near Bmmalocera Ragonot, but vein 4 of hind wing
is absent.

Named in honor of Mr. Harold W. B. Moore, who bred all
the species here described.

Eumoorea anchridis, new species.

Fore wing rosy pink ; a thick washing of white scales through
the cell, which runs out along the subcostal and discal ven-
ules ; a terminal row of small black dots.

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Hind wing soiled whitish with terminal gray line. Ex-
panse, 18 mm.

Type, male, No. 21138, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Plantation
Uitolugt, Georgetown, British Guiana (H. W. B. Moore), bred
from larvae on arrow-grass (Anchris bicorne).

NEW AUSTRALIAN CHALCID-FLIES

(Hymenoptera, Chalcididw)
By a. a. GIRAULT
Coccophagus leptospermi, new species.

Female. — Length, 0.90 mm. In the analysis of species in
the Memoirs Queensland Museum, IV, runs to triguttatus and
is like that species. Golden yellow, the wings hyaline, the
body marked with black as follows : Upper face of prothorax,
pronotum, cephalic margin of scutellum narrowly, caudal mar-
gin of propodeum across the meson narrowly and five narrow
stripes across the abdomen, the first at base and thickest, the
fifth curved and some little distance from apex. Club dis-
tinct, somewhat wider than the funicle, its joints not longer
than wide, 2 distinctly wider than long ; funicle 3 subquadrate.
2 a little longer than it, 1 a half longer than wide ; pedicel sub-
equal to funicle 2. Mandibles tridentate. Distal tarsal joint
black. Funicle and club armed with slightly thickened, black
setje; scutum with numerous, scattered, short, black setae, the
scutellum with only a few long setse. Marginal vein somewhat
shorter than the submarginal.

Male. — Marked with black as follows : Abdomen, propo-
deum. caudal part of mesopleurum, the large diamond-shaped
axillae, a smaller yet conspicuous triangle at base of middle of
scutellum (at base joined to the black axillae), cephalic half of
scutum except very broadly along lateral margin, pronotum and
face of prothorax, upper half of occiput and a dot on cephalic
parapside at mesal margih. Funicle and club dusky ; pedicel
minute; funicle 1 twice longer than wide (with two rows of
the black setae). 2 and 3 shortening slightly in succession; club
as in the female but narrower.

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From many pairs reared from galls on Leptospermum
flavescens, September, 1915 (H. Hacker). From Dr. R. Ham-
lyn-Harris.

Habitat: Brisbane, Queensland and as above.

Types: In the Queensland Museum, Brisbane, four males,
nine females on a slide. Cotypes : Cat. No. 20068, U. S. Nat.
Mus., one male, seventeen females on a slide.

Resembles magniclavus Girault from the West Indies.

Coccophagus pulliclavus, new species.

Female. — Length, 0.60 mm. Deep uniformly reddish orange,
the fore wings uniformly lightly infuscated. Antennae dusky,
the club dark brown, the upper face of prothorax black. Club
well-defined but barely wider than the funicle, its first two
joints subequal, each somewhat longer than wide, 3 nearly
twice longer than wide. Pedicel slightly shorter than club 1.
Stigmal vein foot-shaped, subsessile. Fore wing about as in
Aphelinus fuscipennis as to shape, but the marginal fringes are
somewhat longer. Hind wings with about seven lines of dis-
cal cilia, their caudal marginal cilia longer than the blade's
greatest width. Mandibles weakly tridentate. Body densely
scaly. Venation yellow, the marginal vein a little longer than
the submarginal.

Two females in the U. S. National Museum (G. Compere).

Habitat: Perth, West Australia.

Type: Cat. No. 20669, U. S. Nat. Mus., one female on a
slide. Cotype: In the Queensland Museum, Brisbane, a female
on a slide.

PARAMYIOCNEMA, new genus

Genotype: Myiocnema marmorativentris Girault.
Dififers from Bncarsia in having the caudal tibia dorsad
armed with long, stiff bristles.

Bardylis australiensis Howard.

In the male, funicles 1-3 are subequal. As described orig-
inally. The vertex is orange. The hind femora are often
brown black. There are specimens in the U. S. National

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Museum from Suva, Fiji, from Mytilaspis on an Bnphorhia
(?) in a salt marsh (A. Koebele, 1909). Types examined.

Bardylis australicus, new species.

Female. — Length, 0.60 mm. Differs from the genotype as
follows : Funicle 1 is cupshaped, no longer than wide at apex
and a third shorter than 2, which is slightly longer than wide
and slightly broader distad than proximad. Also, the caudal
wings are broader, with about eight lines of discal cilia (4-5
in the other species). The marginal cilia of the fore wing are
somewhat shorter.

One male, twelve females on a slide in the U. S. Department
of Agriculture collections, reared from Aspidiottis rossii, A.
nerii, and Parlatoria proteus on Ficus, Botanical Gardens, Jan-
uary, 1899 (A. Koebele).

Habitat: Sydney, New South Wales, and as above.

Types: Cat. No. 20070, U. S. Nat. Mus., the specimens as
in the foregoing.

Apterotrix dubia, new species.

Female. — Length, 0.50 mm. Marginal vein subequal to the
submarginal, thick, ending obtusely {or subtruncate) , the stig-
mal obsolete.

Black, the following parts golden yellow : Caudal and lateral
margins of scutum, parapsides, scutellum, and extreme apex
of the abdomen. Antennae and legs pallid. Funicle joints
small, 1 widening distad, its apex oblique, a little longer than
wide, 2 small, wider than long, 8 the same but longer than 2 ;
club well defined, 1 a little longer than wide, 2 and 3 subequal.
each somewhat longer than 1, subequal to the pedicel, the latter
longer than the funicle. Fore wings distinctly, lightly infus-
cated from base to apex of venation, narrow, their discal cilia
numerous but not dense, minute, their longest marginal cilia a
little over two-thirds their greatest width. Stigmal vein indi-
cated by a slight curve away from the margin by the apex of
the marginal. Caudal and middle tarsal joints subequal.
Wings broadest across apex of the venation, like those of
Aspidiotiphagus but the cilia are not as long. Ovipositor in-

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serted clistad of the middle of die abdomen. Middle tibial
spur nearly as long as the first two joints of the tarsi united.

vSeventeen females on a slide, "Fiorinia on Acacia. Parra-
matta, New South Wales, December 14, 1899, A. Koebele."

Habitat: As just given.

Type: Cat. No. 20671, U. S. Nat. Mus., the described spec-
imens.

Cerchysius occidentalis, new species.

Female. — Length, 1.50 mm., excluding the ovipositor.
Agrees with the description of oviduct us but the fore wings
bear a small yellow stain against the stigmal vein ; of the
legs only the tarsi, knees very narrowly, tips of middle tibiae
(and of the valves of the ovipositor) are dull yellowish.
Axillas joined and with a minute carina between them. Mar-
ginal vein nearly twice longer than wide, subequal to the post-
marginal which is a third shorter than the stigmal ; about seven
lines of coarser cilia proximad of the hairless line. Funicle 2
a little wider than long, 6 distinctly so, twice wider than 1
and somewhat longer than it. Hind tibial spur single.

Four females in the U. S. National Museum (G. Compere).

Habitat: Perth, West Australia.

Types: Cat. No. 20672, U. S. Nat. Mus., two of the above
on tags plus a slide bearing a head, a hind leg, and a fore wing.
Cotypes : Queensland Museum, two females on two tags.

A male found later bore antennae like those of oviductus
male. Female vertex scaly, with several rows of fine punc-
tures on each side ; scrobes forming a semicircle.

Cerchysius bellulus (Girault).

Copidosoma australiensis Girault.

Cerchysius australis (Girault).
Copidosoma australis Girault.

Genus CHEILONEUROIDES Girault

The genotype appears identical with that of Diver sin ervis.
Three females from Lecanium olecc, Brisbane, Queensland,
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purple, also the dorsal pedicel and vertex, while the wings
were as described.

Ceraptrocerus australia, new species.

Female. — Length, 1.39 mm. Dark metallic purple, the pro-
notum, vertex, and dorsal fourth of occiput bright orange
yellow; tarsi, a narrow band on cephalic tibiae just below the
knee, tips of tibiae, palpi and a cinctus on middle tibiae, pale
yellow; proximal and distal joints of caudal tarsi purplish.
Venation black, the fore wing very deeply infuscated from
base for two-thirds the way to apex from apex of the vena-
tion, the distal margin of the infuscation flatly convex (the
apex of the wing thus broadly hyaline) ; a narrow, straight
line in front of venation, a narrow, wavy line not far from
the apex of the infuscation (both transverse), a longitudinal,
narrow line not very far from caudal margin of the wing, its
middle about opposite the apex of venation and a subquadrate
area against apex of the submarginal vein, hyaline. Scutellum
more coarsely scaly than the scutum, large, with a pair of setae
at its apex. Frons prominent, moderately narrow, the face
greatly inflexed. Club obliquely truncate, longer than the
funicle and as broad, the funicle joints annular, the first dis-
tinctly narrower than the others. Pedicel wider than long,
crescentic. Third tooth of mandible more obtuse than the
other two. Hind tibial spurs double. Marginal vein somewhat
longer than the stigmal, the postmarginal shorter. Axillae
barely separated.

One female, forest at 500 feet, November 2, 1914.

Habitat: Hawkesbury River at Brooklyn, New South Wales.

Type: In the Queensland Museum, the female on a tag,
head, fore wing, and a hind leg on a slide.

(To be continued.)
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An Annotated List of the Thysanoptera of Plummer's Island, Mary-
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Miscellaneous New American Lepidoptera. By Harrison G. Dyar 65

Notes on North American Pyraustinae. By Harrison G. Dyar . . 69

Notes on North American Nymphulinae. By Harrison G. Dyar. . 75

Notes on North American Schoenobiinae. By Harrison G. Dyar . 79

Seven New Crambids from the United States. By Harrison G. Dyar 84

Seven New Pyralids from British Guiana. By Harrison G. Dyar 88

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Vol. V JULY-SEPTEMBER, 1917 Nos. 7-9

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Vol. V. JULY-SEPTEMBER, 1917 Nos. 7-9

THE MOSQUITOES OF THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

(Diptera, Culicidce)
By HARRISON G. DYAR

In studying the mosquitoes of the Sierra Nevada Mountains
of California in 1916, I was confronted by the problem of a
certain similarity between Aedes tahocnsis of the Sierras and
A. pullatus of the Rocky Mountain region of British Columbia
and Idaho. The two differ in the number of larval head hairs,
and it was thought that taho'ensis might extend up the Cascades
through the Pacific Northwest to British Columbia, where the
mountains meet, and so, the two species converge. Accord-
ingly a short exploration was undertaken of the mountains in
Washington State in the spring of 1917. Specifically, Glacier,
in the Mount Baker region ; Longmire Springs, in the Mount
Rainier region, and Lake Cushman, in the Olympics, were
visited.

Concerning the special problem in hand, it was determined
that taho'ensis does not follow up the Cascades, but is replaced
by an allied species, and therefore the geographical isolation
of taho'hisis and pullatus is assured, together with their dis-
tinctness. This is quite clearly indicated by the very different
climatic and floral conditions obtaining in the Sierras, as a
short stay will readily convince one. In the Northwest it
rains, producing a dense forest with moss and undergrowth ;
in California there is no rain, the forest being open and dry,
while the lowland is treeless.

As compared with California, the Pacific Northwest is poor
in mosquitoes, both in individuals and in the number of species
concerned. But three black-legged species of A'cdcs were found

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in the mountains instead of six as in California. This is again
conditioned by the climate. Frequent rains are conducive to per-
manent pools in which A'edes do not thrive. The Culex,
Culiseta, and Anopheles that do frequent such places are the
same as in California, minus the tropical element, but without
any additional species, all resulting in a small mosquito fauna.

Aedes aloponotum, new species.

Mesonotum light red, with three narrow dark brown lines
in the integument; vestiture of narrow curved bronzy brown
scales, becoming straw-color about the antescutellar space.
Abdomen black, with basal segmental whitish bands, widening
at the sides ; venter with median black patches almost forming
a band. Wing-scales black, with white ones intermixed on
costa and first vein, some also on forks of second and fourth
veins. Legs black ; femora white within nearly to tip, a white
knee-spot; tarsi with br^d basal whitish rings, the last joint
half white. Claws toothed.

Type, female. No. 21543, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Lake Cushman,
Washington, June 28, 1917 (H. G. Dyar).

Two other females were taken at the same place; one has
the integument of the mesonotum dark brown, but with the
same foxy-red vestiture.

A peculiar species of the cantans group. Male and early
stages unknown.

Aedes increpitus Dyar.

A single female taken at Lake Cushman^. Washington, June
27, 1917, is referred to increpitus pending further information.

Aedes curriei Coquillett.

A coast species breeding in tidal pools, not distinct from
the inland curriei. A specimen was seen on the marsh at
Bellingham, Washington, May 31, 1917, and others were cap-
tured at Alki Point, Seattle, Washington, June 20, 1917.

Aedes cinereus Meigen (fuscus Osten Sacken).

A larva was found at Glacier, Washington, and bred to
adult, June 13, 1917. Male adults were taken at Lake Cushr
man. Tune 26, 1917.

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Aedes varipalpus Coquillett.

The western tree-hole species occurs both in lowland and the
mountains. Specimens have been recorded from Seattle in
the monograph and I met with it commonly at Lake Cushman,
in the Olympics. A larva was found at Longmire Springs,
June 11, in water in a sawed-ofF stump.

Aedes aboriginis, new species.

Head and mesonotum with dark yellow or brownish yellow
narrow curved scales ; a double line of small dark brown ones
dorsally ; traces only of the posterior lateral lines ; area around
antescutellar space golden. Abdomen black with basal seg-
mental narrow white bands, triangularly widened at the sides,
narrow posteriorly ; venter grayish white scaled, with traces
of a medioventral black stripe. Legs black, femora whitish
beneath nearly to tip ; tibicS with a sprinkling of gray scales ;
knee-spot white. Wing-scales black, the scaling uniform, fine
outstanding scales on the third vein like the rest.

In the male, the medioventral stripe of the abdomen is dis-
tinct, crossed by apical segmental black bands.

Genitalia (See Plate II). Apical lobe of sidepiece small,
with slightly curved, partly appressed setae ; basal lobe large,
expanded, tubercular, setose, the setae very long and dense on
the lower edge, concealing a moderately stout curved spine,
not longer than the setae. A thickened area between basal
lobe and base, punctured by the insertions of small setae.
Stem of harpago moderate, the filament rather short, fusiform,
with pointed curved tip. This is essentially as in hexodontus.

Larva (See Plate II). Scales of the lateral comb about 20,
each with a row of apical spines. Air-tube with the pecten
evenly spaced, followed by a 5-haired tuft. Anal segment not
ringed by the plate, the plate reaching near the ventral line and
evenly margined. Head hairs : Upper in threes, rarely fours ;
lower in threes, rarely in twos. Ante-antennal tuft of eight.

Types, male and female. No. 21544, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; bred
from larvae found the middle of June, in the last stage, but
with few pupae, in temporary puddles on the marsh and in
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Rainier National Park, Washington, issued June 17 to July 1,
1917 (H. G. Dyar).

Adult females, Glacier, Washington, June 3, 1917 (H. G.
Dyar), and females and males, Lake Cushman, Washington,
June 36, 27, 28, 1917 (H. G. Dyar); Hoquiam, Washington,
May 27, 1904 (H. E. Burke), the latter erroneously recorded
under hexodontus by me (Ins. Insc. Mens., v, 14, 1917) ; old
specimens of this, the larger species, Ashford, Washington,
August 1, 1906 (Dyar & Caudell).

The males were observed swarming at Lake Cushman in
small groups in the forest in the forenoon, bright sunlight
shining through the trees, but well screened by the dense
foliage. The swarms were on the dark side of the trunks of
enormous cedar trees, in one case growing upon a rocky bank,
which added to the shadow. The swarms were from 6 to 10
feet from the ground, varying from a few to 50 individuals.

Aedes altiusculus, new species.

Head and mesonotum as in aboriginis, the color a little less
yellow, more creamy. Abdomen black, with rather broad
basal segmental white bands, triangularly widened on the sides ;
venter white, with narrow apical segmental black bands.
Wings and legs as in aboriginis.

Male with the venter gray-white scaled, narrow apical seg-
mental black bands and no trace of medioventral line.

Genitalia (See Plate II). Apical lobe of sidepiece large,
with long straight sets ; basal lobe expanded, setose, a long
stout seta on the outer (dorsal) side. Stem of harpago long,
the basal part curved and minutely pilose ; filament sickle-
shaped with double dorsal membranous ridge. This is essen-
tially as in taho'ensis.

Larva (See Plate II). Lateral comb of the eighth segment
of about 36 scales, each scale with a row of apical spines.
Anal segment not ringed by the plate, which reaches only the
middle of the side and terminates in a ragged edge ; lateral
hair single. Air-tube with the pecten evenly spaced, followed
by a 6-haired tuft. Plead hairs single, long and stout, approxi-
mate ; ante-antenal tuft of nine.

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Types, male and female, No. 21545, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; "In-
dian Henry's," Mount Rainier National Park, Washington,
larvae June 13, 1917, in a mountain meadow. Old specimens
of this small species, Mount Rainier, Washington, August 3-4,
1906 (Dyar & Caudell).

I owe the discovery of this species to Mrs. W. P. Allen, my
faithful nurse, and Mr. J. B. Flett, Forest Ranger in the
Mount Rainier National Park. Undaunted by the rain and
soft snow, these indefatigable people tramped up 1,300 feet
of altitude to Indian Henry's, only to find the whole meadow
deep in snow. However, they searched for a wet place, and,
finding it, scooped out the freezing mixture with their hands.
Their perseverance was rewarded by some 20 larvae of altius-
culus, in the first stage, which were kicking about in the water
under the snow.

I would express my obligation to both Mrs. Allen and Mr.
Flett for their kindness in making this arduous ascent, which
I was prevented from undertaking personally by physical
disability.

Culiseta impatiens W^alker.

This large mosquito is common in all the mountain regions.
Adults: Glacier, June 3; Longmire Springs, June 11; Lake
Cushman, June 26. Larvae at Lake Cushman in a dark pool
in the forest, in considerable numbers, preyed upon by a flock
of larvae of Bncorethra.

Culiseta incidens Thomson.

Everywhere in the lowlands, absent from the mountains.
Hoquiam. May 27 ; Centralia, May 28 ; Bellingham, May 31 ;
Ashford, June 10; Seattle, June 22, 1917.

Culex tarsalis Coquillett.

Abundant in the lowlands. Centralia, May 28 ; Bellingham,
May 31; Tacoma, June 16; Seattle, June 22, 1917.

Culex saxatilis Grossbeck. {territans Auct.).

Larvae, presumably of this species, were found in woods
pools of permanent water. Glacier, Washington, June 2, 1917.
An adult was captured at Sumas, Washington, June 2, 1917.

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Anopheles occidentalis Dyar & Knab.

Anopheles larvae were common in protected spots around
the shores of Lake Whatcomb, Bellingham, Washington, May-
Si, 1917. The specimens were not bred, having been acci-
dentally left behind on a train in the hurry of making a quick
connection, but are presumably of this species.

NOTES ON AEDES AT LAKE PEND D'OREILLE,

IDAHO

{Diptera, Culicidce)

By HARRISON G. DYAR

A brief stop was made, July 3-4, 1917, at Sandpoint, on
Lake Pend d'Oreille, and a trip taken to Sunnyside, an hour's
ride down the lake. The altitude is 2,096 feet above sea level.
The country is mountainous and well forested with conifers
down to the lake margin. The following species of Aides
were taken :

Aedes aestivalis Dyar.

Seventy-three females and twenty-eight males. The meso-
notum is whiter than in typical aestivalis from Kaslo, British
Columbia, only a few being of the yellow color. This was
noticeable to the naked eye, for when the mosquitoes would
alight on dark clothing at dusk they looked like little flakes of
cotton. Under a lens, most are ash gray with a broad central
brown stripe, rarely narrowly divided on mesial line. There
is a sprinkling of white scales on the wing along costa and
subcostal vein.

The genitalia as described in the monograph (vol. iv, p. 742)
should be slightly corrected. The basal lobe of the sidepiece
is not accompanied by a stout hooked spine, but by a group of
stiff setae the outmost of which is thickened and has a large
insertion, the spine not being fully differentiated as our de-
scription implies. The filament of the harpagone should be
described as angularly widened near base. The apical lobe of
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the under side, which shows only in strongly appressed mounts.
The genitalia, therefore, are as in hirsuteron, idaho'ensis,
spcncerii, and aldrichi, these species having genitalia of the
same type. Indeed, the adults are similar, all having the same
coloration of the legs and mesonotal marking, which is subject
to variation. In idaho'ensis and spencerii the wing scales are
parti-colored as befits a prairie life ; in the other three they are
black, as suits the forest. Not improbably these species are re-
cently evolved and not fully separated where their localities
adjoin. Their general regions are well marked ; aestivalis in
the forests of the Rocky Mountains; hirsuteron in the southern
Atlantic region ; spencerii in the prairies of Canada ; idaho'ensis
in the river prairies of Nevada, Idaho, and Montana ; aldrichi
in the river bottoms with idaho'ensis.

Aedes idahoensis Theobald.
One female.

Aedes cinereus Meigen (fusciis Osten Sacken),
One male and three females.

Aedes canadensis Theobald.
Three females.

Aedes vexans Meigen {sylvcstris Theobald).
Nine males and four females.

Aedes sansoni Dyar & Knab.

One male and sixteen females. The male is sansoni,
as determined by the genitalia ; but abfitchii Felt &
Young^ may also occur. At Kaslo, British Columbia,
on Kootenai Lake, of essentially the same fauna as this,
abfitchii^ was determined. I think both will be found, as lake
pools should develop sansoni, while abfitchii^ comes from
marshes, for which there is opportunity at Sandpoint.

In comparison with the Kaslo list (Proc. Ent, Soc. Wash.,

vi, 37, 1904), the following A'edes were there noted :

Aedes pullatus Coquillett (as impiger Walker).
A'edes abfitchii Felt & Young' (as cantons Meigen).

'This should be called A. mimesis Dyar. See my remarks under this heading
in a paper on the A'edes of Montana, which follows.

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A'edes aestivalis Dyar (as reptans Meigen).

A'edes canadensis Theobald.

A'edes trichurus Dyar (as punctor Kirby).

A'edes vexans Meigen (as sylvestris Theobald).

A'edes varipalpus Coquillett.

A'edes curriei Coquillett.

A'edes spencerii Theobald.

A'edes cinereus Meigen (as fuscus Osten Sacken).

The smaller number of species at Lake Pend d'Oreille is
partly accounted for by the brief time devoted to collecting,
the early forms, pullatus and trichurus, having probably dis-
appeared. A. curriei and spencerii are strays at Kaslo, as is
idahoensis at Sandpoint. The tree-hole species, varipalpus,
may be locally present at Lake Pend d'Oreille. Aside from
these, the lists are identical.

NOTES ON THE AEDES OF MONTANA

{Dipt era, Culicidce)
By HARRISON G. DYAR

A brief report on the mosquitoes of Montana is given in the
Fourteenth Annual Report of the State Entomologist of Mon-
tana, December, 1916, by J. R. Parker, He lists (omitting
Culex, Culiseta and Anopheles) :

A'edes curriei Coquillett, the most abundant species.
A'edes sylvestris Theobald, the next in abundance.
A'edes nigromaculis Ludlow, the third in abundance.
A'edes spencerii Theobald, the fourth in abundance.
A'edes pullatus Coquillett, in timber at high altitudes.

NOT COMMON

A'edes campestris Dyar & Knab.
Aedes flctcheri Coquillett.
A'edes stimulans Walker (group).
A'edes idahoensis Theobald.
Aedes hirsuteron Theobald.
A'edes fuscus Osten Sacken.

A cursory passage of the State reveals certain additional
information, which is here noted.

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The writer passed tlirough Montana by the Northern Pacific
Railroad, and made a few stops for collecting. The course of
the railroad is as follows : Entering Montana on the west
from the northern spur of Idaho, it follows up Clark's Fork
of the Columbia River, passing beyond the entry of the Flat-
head River, and crosses the divide of the Mission Range at
(1) Evaro, (3,971 feet) ; proceeding downward by a sharp
grade into the valley of the Hell Gate River, (2) Missoula
(3,323 feet) is reached; the road then follows up the valley of
that stream to (3) Drummond (3,967 feet) ; a tributary of
this same stream is followed practically to its source, whence
the road rises sharply and crosses the Continental Divide at
(4) Homestake (6,356 feet) ; it then descends into the valley
of the Missouri River, passing (5) Whitehall (4,371 feet) ;
thence it ascends a tributary of the Missouri, the Gallatin
River, nearly to its source, passing (6) Bozeman (4,773 feet),
well up in the narrower part of the Gallatin Valley; a low
divide is crossed through the Gallatin Range and the road
descends into the valley of the Yellowstone River, passing (7)
Big Timber (4,094 feet) and (8) Laurel (3,311 feet). No
stops were made after Laurel, the road following the same
valley as it widens into the plains, almost to the eastern border
of Montana.

Unfortunately, no stop was feasible at Homestake (4), so
nearly all the collections are from river valleys. The wooded
mountains should yield other species, such as Aedes pullatus
and trichurus as at Kaslo, British Columbia, and Aedes aesti-
valis, as at Sandpoint, Idaho. This forested mountain region
connects along the Coeur d'Alene-Bitterroot chain with the
main Rocky Mountains, and the mosquitoes mentioned not
improbably follow into western Montana. Indeed, Parker
lists two of them, namely, pullatus and hirsuteron (==aesti-
valis).

Disregarding the high forested regions and the sparsely
wooded mesas and hills, and referring only to the river valleys,
the following conditions appear : Mosquitoes are naturally
abundant and certain species have been evidently much in-
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observed to be able to take advantage of these, by breeding
successfully in pools produced by irrigation. While originally
these forms were doubtless confined to a single annual genera-
tion following the spring snows, now they breed as often as
the obliging farmers furnish suitable pools. These species are :
A'edes curriei, nigromaculis, vexans, trivittatus and another
referred to under spencerii below.

The river valleys furnish two faunal areas, one the river
bottom itself, wooded, often densely clothed with cottonwood
and willow; the other the high flood-plain, destitute of trees
and resembling a prairie. Characteristic of the latter region
are A'edes curriei, nigromaculis, and idaho'ensis. A. vexans
also invades it, though commoner in the river bottom. The
habits of trivittatus are probably similar to those of vexans,
although being a rarer species, specimens were captured only
by the river, though bred from prairie pools. The males of
curriei, nigromaculis, and idaho'ensis swarm on the prairie;
vexans only by the river ; the swarming of trivittatus was not
observed.

Exclusively river-bottom species are : A'edes aldrichi, cine-
reus, and satisoni. A'edes campestris and fletcheri, listed by
Parker, were not taken by me. Parker does not indicate the
localities where he found them. Both are prairie species.

THE L0C.\UTIES

(]) Evaro, 3,971 feet. In spite of the comparatively low
elevation, this has much the character of a mountain meadow,
a typical breeding place for the early snow-water species. A
flat marshy area, draining in both directions, is surrounded by
hills clothed with pine forest. When visited, the season was
far advanced ; not only had all breeding of the early species
ceased, to be replaced by larvse of Culex and Cvdiseta, but the
mosquitoes themselves were nearly gone. Only seven speci-
mens were found in a day's collection, though earlier they must
have been numerous, as was stated to have been the case by the
station agent.

A'edes idaho'ensis Theobald. One female.

A'edes sansoni Dyar & Knab. Two females. Not certainly

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determinable by the adults alone. I would have expected
mimesis, which occurs at Kaslo, British Columbia, to the north-
ward of this region, and the character of the breeding ground
— marshes — indicates this species rather than the river-pool
sansoni; but the wing scales are as in sansoni.

A'cdes pullatus Coquillett. Two females. A large species
of the black-legged group, the mesonotum clothed with dark
brown scales without dark bands, the wing-scales black. This
does not agree well with pullatus, but in the absence of full
data I do not venture to separate it.

Aedes aestivalis Dyar. Two females. A smaller species
of the black-legged group with gray lateral vestiture on the
mesonotum. Both specimens are worn and in too poor shape
for exact determination ; but as aestivalis abounds at Sand-
point, Idaho, in a not wholly dissimilar region, the determina-
tion is made tentatively.

(2) Missoula, 3,233 feet. Situated in the broad prairie
flood-plain of the Hell Gate River at the junction of two
forks. The plain is surrounded by high hills, mostly bare of
trees on their aspect toward the town, but wooded on the
northern slopes toward the river canyon.

Aedes idahoensis Theobald. Eighty-seven males and fifty-
three females. Of the latter 20 are atypical, having the black
and white scales on the wings not contrasting, though some
are at least pale, and so transitional toward aldrichi Dyar &
Knab.

Aedes vexans Meigen (sylvestris Theobald). Eight males
and fifty-seven females.

Aedes sansoni Dyar & Knab. Twenty- four males and forty-
seven females.

Aedes cinereus Meigen (fusctis Osten Sacken). Five
females.

Aedes triseriatus Say. One female.

Aedes sp. One female with black legs and black wing-
scales, possibly a specimen of pullatus strayed from the for-
ested hills above. The specimen is badly rubbed. It was
taken in Reno Park in the well-forested river bottom.

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A pool was found by the river, filled by waste water coming
through the railroad track, which contained many pupse and
a few larvae of sansoni, vexans, and cinereus.

(3) Drummond, 3,967 feet. Though practically of the
same altitude as Evaro (1), this place has the characteristics
of a river-valley locality. There is a broad flood-plain without
trees where the town is situated. A short walk brings one to
the river, which has many overflow pools and channels, for
the most part lined with low willow bushes. One day's collect-
ing was spent here, entirely in the river bottom.

A'edes spencerii Theobald. Three females.

A'edes idaho'ensis Theobald. One male, 68 females. Of the
latter, 3 transitional toward aldrichi and one toward spencerii.

A'edes vexans Meigen. One male and 50 females.

A'edes sansoni Dyar & Knab. One male and 100 females.

A'edes mimesis Dyar. Two males and 25 females.

A'edes cinereus Meigen. Eighty-nine females.

A'edes canadensis Theobald. Thirty-one females.

A'edes curriei Coquillett. Eighteen females.

A'edes sp. One female with black legs, too much rubbed for
determination.

(4) Homestake, 6,356 feet. On the crest of the divide
The mountain slopes to the west both steep and dry; but on
the east the descent is more gradual and there is opportunity
for breeding pools. Interesting species should occur.

(5) Whitehall, 4,371 feet. Of the same general character
as Drummond (3). The flood-plain is well marked and tree-
less, the river bottom clothed with low willow bushes. Collec-
tions were made both on the prairie and river bottom.

A'edes idaho'ensis Theobald. Ten males and 110 females.
Of the latter three intermediate toward aldrichi and six toward
spencerii.

A'edes vexans Meigen. Four males and 83 females.

A'edes sansoni Dyar & Knab. Nine females.

A'edes mimesis Dyar. Four females.

A'edes cinereus Meigen. Two females.

A'edes curriei Coquillett. Forty-six females.

A'edes nigromaculis Ludlow. Thirty-six females.

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(6) Bozeman, 4,773 feet. This is situated toward the head
of a valley. The prairie is undulating, while the river is small.
A considerable area of valley is covered with dense bushes of
Crataegus and dwarf poplar.

A'cdes idahoensis Theobald. Twenty males and 59 females,
the latter all typical.

A'cdes vexans Meigen. One female.

A'cdes sansoni Dyar & Knab. One hundred and eighty

females.

A'cdes mimesis Dyar. Four females.
A'cdes cinereus Meigen. Four females.

A'edes canadensis Theobald. Ten females.

A'cdes nigromaculis Ludlow. One female, small and lightly

colored.

(7) Big Timber, 4,094 feet. The town is on the edge of
the prairie, whence one descends a rather steep hill to the
river bottom. This latter is wide, with many dead channels
and marshes, covered with willow bushes and groups of tall
cottonwoods. From the latter the place gets its name. Col-
lecting was done both on the prairie and in the river bottom.

A'cdes idahoensis Theobald. Ninety-eight females, of which
6 intergrade toward aldrichi.

A'cdes aldrichi Dyar & Knab. Twelve males and 184
females.

A'cdes vexans Meigen. Seventy-four females.

A'cdes sansoni Dyar & Knab. Three females.

A'edes cinereus Meigen. Three females.

A'edes curriei Coquillett. Eight females.

A'cdes nigromaculis Ludlow. Thirty-one females.

(8) Laurel, 3,311 feet. Farther down the Yellowstone
Valley than Big Timber, the conditions intensified. The
prairie is wide, the town situated a mile and a half from the
river, while it is an equal distance to the sparsely pine-clad
bluffs that border the valley. Irrigation is much resorted to.
The river is large, with steep bank on one side, but low on
the other, the bed enclosing low islands and forming marshes
and dead channels. Collecting was done on both prairie and
river bottom.

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Aedes idahoensis Theobald. Twenty-three males and 19
females.

Aedes aldrichi Dyar & Knab. Sixty females.

Aedes vexans Meigen. One hundred and fifty-six females.

Aedes cinereus Meigen. Five females.

Aedes curriei Coquillett. Forty-two males and 654 females.

Aedes nigromaculis Ludlow. Thirty-eight males and 726
females.

Aedes sansoni Dyar & Knab. One female.

Aedes trivittatUrS Coquillett. Thirty-eight females.

Aedes sp. One female. A black-legged species of large size,
too much worn to identify.

Psorophora signipennis Coquillett. Three females.

A number of pools formed by seepage from irrigation
ditches on the prairie contained larvae and pupae of Aedes
curriei, vexans, nigromaculis, and trivittatus, of which 124
specimens were bred.

The above collections show relative abundance as follows:
A. nigromaculis first with 832 specimens, curriei second with
768 specimens, idahoensis third with 550 specimens, and vexans
fourth with 434 specimens. It almost seems as if Mr. Parker
must have accidentally transposed the labels on his determined
idahoensis and spencerii, for I got only two of the latter, while
the former was one of the common species. Except for this
discrepancy, I find the same species abundant as does Parker.
The relatively different order is largely accidental. In a gen-
eral way, curriei is the most widespread and abundant species.
My collections were influenced by a local abundance of nigro-
maculis at Laurel. Similarly, idahoensis is more abundant in
western than in eastern Montana, and my collections plainly
have a larger western proportion than Parker's, as I did not
collect east of Laurel, which is near the middle of the State.

THR SPECIES
Aedes curriei Coquillett.

A widespread species, especially on the prairie. The colora-
tion varies greatly. The males swarm over bushes or promi-
nent objects. At Laurel, on the prairie, just at sunset, a

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rapid swarm was observed in a low bush about three feet from
the ground. It was netted and proved to be curriei. Half an
hour later, when it was getting too dark to see distinctly, an-
other group of males was seen in a taller bush (Sarcobatus
vermicidatus) , circulating among and over the top branches.
They did not swarm over the writer's head, although some
idahocnsis were doing so at the time, and as I approached the
bush the two swarms became slightly mixed, though the idaho-
cnsis were higher. Next evening I visited the same bush and
observed two swarms over it. One was over the top of the
bush and proved to be idahoensis , the other a little to one side
and below the top, on the lee side, was curriei. Also the same
evening, in the open, a swarm gathered over my head, partly
mixed with nigromaculis. In netting mosquitoes to avoid their
bites one night in walking from the river to the town at Laurel,
of about 600 specimens so caught three were males of curriei.
They had evidently been swarming over my head.

As determined by Knab, the larvae appear in the early snow
pools on the prairie. In the presence of irrigation, however,
other broods appear, probably every time favorable pools are
formed. I establish the fact that eggs will hatch the same
year as laid. At Reno, Nevada, I got curriei eggs from cap-
tive females, allowed them to dry, then added water in about
ten days and a part of the eggs hatched. The water was
poured off and the procedure repeated, when more :eggs
hatched. There is thus seen to be no physiological difference
between curriei, the inland form, and quaylei of the Pacific
coast, as was supposed. Both hatch whenever they get water.

The larvse of curriei (Laurel, Montana) have the head
hairs single like quaylei of the coast, and onondagensis of New
York. The comb scales are evenly fringed with long spines,
quite as in quaylei. In onondagensis there is a slight differ-
entiation of the central spine, but not on all the scales. Curriei
from Reno, Nevada, have single head hairs and a slight dif-
ferentiation of the central spine of the comb scale.

Aedes campestris Dyar & Knab.

Recorded by Parker, the determination by Knab. This is

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very close to curriei, differing principally in being slightly
larger. There may be a few specimens among my 768 curriei,
but I have not detected them and more probably campestris
inhabits a different area from that traversed by me.

The two specimens differ in the male genitalia. Not as
radically as given in the monograph, which should be cor-
rected on this point, but sufficiently. In curriei, the basal lobe
of the sidepiece has two spines, a large curved one centrally
and a shorter straight one at the margin. In campestris the
middle spine is straight and about as stout as the outer one in
curriei, while the outer one is absent, being represented by
two stout setae. This is an unexpected divergence, since the
two spines are present and of the same structure in curriei,
quaylei, onondagensis, and even the European dorsalis Meigen,
though somewhat approximate in the latter. In campestris,
however, the type is altered.

Aedes canadensis Theobald.

Not found in the plains and in the river valleys only near the
mountains. The species is characteristic of the northern At-
lantic coast region, extending even to Florida. It ranges
westward through Canada to the Rocky Mountains. The
species is not recorded by Parker.

Aedes nigromaculis Ludlow.

This species is characteristic of the prairie section of the
river valleys. It never comes into the timbered country. I
did not encounter it west of the Great Divide.

The males form a loose active swarm above prominent
objects on the prairie. On the evening of July 15, at Laurel,
they gathered above the writer's head, rising to a great height
when disturbed, gradually settling to two or three feet above
the head. After half an hour the swarm became partly con-
fused with a swarm of curriei, which gathered in a similar
position, but lower. Another visit to the Sarcobatus bush men-
tioned above, after sunset, showed three swarms of males,
nigromaculis above the bush high up, idaho'ensis above but
lower, and curriei low and a little to one side.

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The egg is long, slender, spindle-shaped, a little flattened on
one side, shining black, laid singly.

Eggs deposited about July 20 were allowed to dry and
water was added on August 2. The larvae hatched in consid-
erable numbers within 15 minutes after the addition of the
water. The habit is the same as with curriei and trivittatus,
part of the eggs hatching whenever submerged, and over-
wintering is not necessary for emergence.

Consequently the larvae occur in irrigation pools, frequently
in large numbers. The larva (see Plate II) has the tuft of
the tube far out, beyond the pecten which runs nearly to the
end of the short tube ; pecten with detached teeth outwardly ;
anal segment ringed by the plate; comb-scales seven to ten,
in a patch, not in a line, the single scale with long sharp cen-
tral spine and fringe of a few slender ones at base ; head hairs
both single, ante-antennal tuft in fours.

Aedes fletcheri Coquillett.

Superficially similar to nigromaculis, replacing it on the
prairies of Saskatchewan and Alberta. The coloration is the
same, but more yellowish in fletcheri, paler and suflfused.
There is no white ring on the proboscis, but this is also some-
times absent in nigromaculis. The species enters Montana at
the northern part, as our single record proves. Big Fork, Flat-
head County, 1904 (E. M. Ricker). Mr. Parker's specimen
seems not to have been preserved in the collection. I did not
meet with the species.

Aedes riparius Dyar & Knab.

A single specimen, Dillon, Montana, August 4, 1908 (R. A.
Cooley), in the collection of the National Museum, agrees with
this species. It is close to fletcheri in coloration, but differs in
the abdomen, which in riparitis is lightly suffused with whitish
scales, in fletcheri strongly so. However, they differ in habit,
fletcheri being a prairie species, while riparius frequents the
timber along the river bottoms. I did not meet with this
species. Dillon is in the Beaver Head valley, a tributary of
the Missouri. The species ought, perhaps, to have been en-

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countered by me at Whitehall, unless it frequents high timber,
of which there was none at that place.

Aedes sansoni Dyar & Knab.

The types of sansoni are five specimens, numbered, respec-
tively, 10, 13, 14, 17, and 20 by the collector. Nos. 10, 13, and
M are females, 17 and 20 are males. No, 20 is Aedes curriei,
as shown by the genitalia. No. 17 has lost the abdomen, but
has the sides of the mesonotum very white, as is also the case
in the females, Nos. 13 and 14. No. 10 has the usual mixture
of brown and white, the brown predominating, and may be
selected as the type. The wings show a sprinkling of white
scales along costa and subcostal vein.

A. sansoni was described from Banff, Alberta, a locality
on a river flowing from the Rocky Mountains. In
the monograph, we added certain other specimens, namely:
Larva from Kaslo, British Columbia; a male from Juliaetta,
Idaho; male and females from Eureka, California, and
females from Fieldbrook, California. I have lately removed
the California specimens to increpitus Dyar (Ins. Insc. Mens.,
V, 15, 1917). I now propose to remove the Kaslo larvae. The
larvae agree with ahfitchii essentially, and will be found re-
ferred to under the heading mimesis below. This will define
satusoni as the river-pool species of the Rocky Mountain
streams, and definitely associate the Banff female with the
male from Juliaetta, Idaho. Males from Missoula, Montana,
agree. Larvae from Missoula are of the typical river-pool
form (see Plate II), indistinguishable from stiinulans Walker
of the east or increpitus Dyar of California. The three species
separate on male genitalia :

Basal lobe of sidepiece weak, tuberculate, sparsely setose, accompanied

by a very strong spine stimulans Walker

Basal lobe of sidepiece tuberculate and diffused, without a strong spine.
Filament of harpago slenderly sickle-shaped, expanded at basal

third (see Plate II) sansoni Dyar & Knab

Filament of harpago with angular expansion beyond middle.

increpitus Dyar

A. sansoni was common in all the wooded river bottoms.

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although, by the time I reached Laurel, they had become
scarce and worn.

The egg is elliptical, rather thickly fusiform, a little flattened
on one side, large, shining black, laid singly.

Eggs obtained about July 15, 1917, though repeatedly wet,
failed to hatch and appear destined to hibernate.

Grabhamia vittata was described by Theobald from Pecos
Canyon, New Mexico, the description being indeterminate and
applying to any species of the cantans group. Mr. Theobald
had males and larvae, but the genitalia were not described and
the larvse were wrongly associated, being those of Culiseta
incidens Thomson. The species therefore rests solely on the
locality. This is in the Rocky Mountain range and therefore
we probably have to do with the species of that region. There
are but two of the cantans group known from the region and
probably but two occur, judging from the analogy of Cali-
fornia, where we have two, increpitus Dyar in the river pools
and palustris Dyar in the marshes. I have identified the
river pool species as sansoni Dyar & Knab ; but the name
vittata remains indeterminate.

The foregoing was written under the assumption that the
two Rocky Mountain forms of the cantans group were indis-
tinguishable in the female adult. While the manuscript was
in the printer's hands, I have gone over the matter more care-
fully. In California, palustris is distinguishable from increp-
itus by the excess of white scales on the wings. It occurred
to me that the same might be true of mimesis as compared
with sansoni. A careful examination of females showed that
two series could be separated on this character. The distinc-
tion is not as marked as in the Californian forms, but it is
there. On this basis, I re-examined the three females of
vittata Theobald which are before me from the lot that fur-
nished Theobald's types, and they are all sansoni.

But whether a restriction of vittata be made or not, the name
becomes a homonym and must be dropped. Bigot described
Culex vittatus in 1861, which is considered a synonym
of A'edes sugens Wiedemann. Therefore the name vittatus or
vittata cannot be used again in the genus.

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Aedes mimesis, new species.

I propose the name mimesis for the unnamed form, since
both sansoni and vittata apply to the river-pool species, the
type being the male from Drtimmond, Montana, mentioned
below. The type number is 31553, U. S. Nat. Mus.

The larva of mimesis will be the larva from Kaslo, British
Columbia, which so closely resembles that of abfitchv'. As to
the genitalia, I have a specimen from Drummond, Montana,
which differs distinctly from sansoni and comes very close to
palustris of California. This is entirely as it should be, sansoni
of the Rockies representing increpitus of the Sierras, while
mimesis of the Rockies represents palustris of the Sierras.
The genitalia runs as follows :

Basal lobe of sidepiece conical, setose, with a stout seta on the inner
angle, but without a strong spine. Filament of harpago small,
sickle-shaped.

Spines of basal appendages long palustris Dyar

Spines of basal appendages moderate mimesis Dyar

The habitat of mimesis appears to be more restricted than
that of sansoni. I encountered the species only at Drummond,
Whitehall, and Bozeman ; a small series from Aweme, Mani-
toba (June 13-July 10, 1910, N. Criddle), are all mimesis; no
sansoni being present.

Psorophora signipennis Coquillett.

Three specimens. Laurel, Montana, July 15, 1917, biting
after sunset on the prairie. Previous records of this species
are from Mexico, Texas, and New Mexico. The present
record extends the known range considerably.

Aedes vexans Meigen {sylvestris Theobald).

Males were observed swarming after sunset at Big Timber
in the river bottom, in little open glades under willows and
on the dark side of bushes. The species is abundant, flying
both on the prairie and river bottom, though much more
abundant in the latter location. Larvae were found breeding
in temporary irrigation pools.

Hatching experiments were not conducted with this
species, but the inference is that part of the eggs will hatch

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whenever wet, whether of the same season's deposition or of
the previous season's. This is the case with curriei, nigroma-
culis, and trivittatus, the three other species inhahiting the
irrigation pools with vexans.

Aedes trivittatus Coquillett.

Found only at Laurel and probably confined to the eastern
half of Montana. The adults frequent the river bottom by
preference, though they must at least make excursions into
the prairie, as larvae occurred in temporary irrigation pools a
mile and a half from the river. The species is rare and can-
not be considered as especially troublesome.

The tgg is thickly fusiform, pointed at the ends, a little
flattened on one side, rather large, shining black, laid singly.

Eggs deposited July 25, 1917, were submerged a few days
later and larvae immediately hatched, but leaving many un-
hatched eggs in the water. The habit is the same as in curriei,
that part of the eggs hatch whenever submerged and that the
cold of overwintering is not a necessary prerequisite to
hatching.

Aedes cinereus Meigen. {fiiscus Osten Sacken).

This species is confined to the river bottoms and vicinity in
the arid country. The little mosquito is a bad biter in the
timber and low willows. Males were seen swarming after
sunset at Laurel in the river bottom between arched willows
about seven feet from the ground. Also males were netted
in willows at Lake Cushman, Washington. In the latter case
the swarming could not be witnessed, but was undoubtedly
taking place. No specimens were seen on the prairie, nor were
larvae bred from temporary irrigation pools in the open. At
Missoula an artificial pool under willows was inhabited by the
larVvTS. In New Hampshire I bred the species from roadside
pools following rain, together with vexans and canadensis.
These three species will, therefore, breed in accidental pools
all summer, but only vexans takes advantage of irrigation
pools in the open, the other two species being confined to
forested countrv.

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Aedes triseriatus Say.

A single female was taken at Missoula. This is the eastern
tree-hole species and was hardly to have been expected in the
Rocky Mountain region. At Kaslo, British Columbia, on
Kootenai Lake, A. varipalpus was the tree-hole inhabiting
form. This is not listed by Parker.

Aedes pullatus Coquillett.

This name is used in a general sense to cover the black-
legged species of high altitudes. The true pullatus doubtless
occurs, as we have it from Juliaetta, Idaho, but other similar
species have been confused. Solitary rubbed specimens re-
ferable to the group were taken here and there, but without
males or larvae certain determination cannot be made. These
species fly in May, and, at the time of my visit, had mainly
disappeared.

Aedes prodotes, new species.

Mesonotum gray at the sides, a dark brown shade over the
disk ; in this two narrow lines of small dark brown scales ;
short lateral stripes posteriorly ; area of antescutellar space light
gray. Abdomen black with basal segmental white bands ;
venter whitish scaled with medioventral black stripe, crossed
by apical segemental black bands. Legs black ; femora white
below nearly to tip ; knee-spot white ; tibiae with a few gray
scales. Wing scales black. Palpi, antennse, and proboscis
black.

Genitalia (see Plate II). — Sidepiece with a well-developed
apical lobe ; basal lobe conical, setose, with an accompanying
single spine ; harpago long, slender, curved, uniform ; filament
long, angularly expanded on one side at base, then tapering to
a curved point.

Type, male, No. 21546, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Bozeman, Mon-
tana, May 7, 1907 (R. A. Cooley) ; another male is the same,
Banff, Alberta, 1908 (N. B. Sanson), but the vestiture of the
mesonotum is indistinct.

The female adult is apparently indistinguishable from
pullatus or tahocnsis The male genitalia are similar to lazar-
t'Hsis, but differ slightly in the shape of the filament of the

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harpago. The coloration of the mesonotum makes an asso-
ciation with lazarensis impossible.

Aedes aestivalis Dyar.

Two rubbed females from Evaro (1) are tentatively referred
here. The species is abundant in northern Idaho and has
been discussed on a previous page. Several specimens from
Drummond, listed under aldrichi, come very close to aestivalis,
and, taken alone, would easily be so determined. I think,
considering the circumstances, that they are aberrations of
aldrichi.

Aedes spencerii Theobald.

Only three specimens were captured among numerous idaho-
ensis. A. spencerii is dominant on the prairies of Saskatche-
wan, as shown by Knab, and is represented in southern Mon-
tana by idaho'ensis. Quite possibly the species intergrade on
middle ground. The occurrence of so few spencerii in this
region suggests that it may be here an aberrational form of
idaho'ensis, becoming dominant in the north.

A. spencerii, as found in Saskatchewan, is a medium-sized
species, the wing-veins bicolored, the abdomen with a dorsal
whitish stripe, often much suffused with white, occasionally
the dorsal stripe more or less completely absent; mesonotum
gray or yellowish gray, anterior angles brown, dorsal brown
stripes usually completely conjoined into a band and touching
the short posterior stripes ; occasionally the dorsum is suf-
fused with a brown shade. Legs with white scales, often
numerous, the tibiae largely white-scaled above.

The three specimens referable here, from Drummond (July
10), are all of the gray form, old and worn. Two fresh
specimens of the yellow form were bred from pupae in irriga-
tion pools at Laurel, July 17-18. No adults were seen flying
at this place. The larva was not obtained, nor has a larva
corresponding to that of spencerii been taken in Montana.
Mr. Parker sent two larvse on slides. Laurel, August 35, 1914
(R. W. Wells), and Harlem, May 28, 1915 (R. A. Cooley),
which do not coincide with any known species (see Plate II).

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Head hairs single; air-tube with 17 teeth, the last two or three de-
tached, the tuft arising beyond; lateral comb of eighth segment of 21
scales, each with a large central spine; anal segment not ringed by the
plate, which runs close to the ventral line.

If the larva of spencerii were unknown, I should be in-
clined to assign this larva to it. As it is, further investiga-
tions must be made. I do not think the larva can be idaho-
ensis, which should be closer to spencerii than this is. There
is thus a fifth species, whether spencerii or not cannot yet be
said with certainty, breeding in irrigation water after the dis-
appearance of the early spring brood, but in negligible numbers.

Aedes idahoensis Theobald.

Very common on the limited prairie surrounded by mountains,
especially in western Montana. At Laurel females were
scarce, though males were still swarming, and the species
seemed to be disappearing. It was rare at Sandpoint, Idaho,
in forested country. All the specimens taken in western Mon-
tana have the abdomen with basal bands only. At Drummond
a few spencerii-\ike forms were taken, as noted above. Farther
east the typical form obtained again.

At Bozeman the males were observed swarming. I went
out toward the prairie at sunset, and, as the sun set, males
w re seen in a swarm over my head. The group would aug-
ment in number, then diminish, keeping about a foot overhead,
all the individuals facing toward a light breeze which blew
from the south. Two boys, perched on top of a water tank,
called out that there were mosquitoes up there, but they were
not bitten. The tank was at least 25 feet from the ground.
At the same time females were attempting to bite in the grass
about ankles and knees. At Laurel the males were repeatedly
seen swarming over low isolated bushes {Sarcobatus vermicu-
latus) in company with nigromaculis and currici, but always
in separate swarms, each with its own relation to the bush.

The species exhibits a certain variability. The intergrada-
tion toward spencerii in the Missouri valley has been noted.
The species also intergrades toward aldrichi at the timber in
the river vallevs, which it invades to some extent.

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Eg'gs obtained from captive females are long, slenderly
spindle-shaped, shining black, laid singly.

Aedes aldrichi Dyar & Knab.

This is the smallest Aedes known to me. While varying in
size, as all mosquitoes do, the average is small and often
minute. When biting, and the proboscis is driven far down,
the little insect tips up behind and sometimes loses hold with
all its legs, suspended by the proboscis. The species inhabits
the river bottoms strictly, never straying far from the edge of
the timber. It is a close ally of idaho'ensis, but smaller, the
wing-scales all dark. The mesonotum has the two dorsal
brown lines narrow and separated, the anterior angles gray.
Certain intergrades occur, as noted above, but not in the
typical dense forested areas.

A mount was prepared from a male taken in the timber with
numerous females of typical aldrichi, at Big Timber, July 13,
1917. The genitalia (see Plate II) have the apical lobe of the
sidepiece well rounded off and bulbous, continued narrowly
basally, but not reaching basal lobe, clothed with small, sparse,
nearly straight setse; basal lobe expanded, tubercular, a mod-
erately stout spine arising from the inner (ventral) margin,
without long setae, the setae on the inner margin of the lobe
becoming dense, but not much longer than elsewhere ; filament
of harpago angularly expanded near the middle.

The genitalia are, therefore, much as in idaho'ensis and
spencerii, differing in the reduction of long setse which accom-
pany the spine of the basal lobe in those species.

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NOTES ON AEDES CURRIEI (COQUILLETT)

{Diptera, Culicidce)
By HARRISON G. DYAR and FREDERICK KNAB

This peculiar mosquito was first made known in North
America from the plains of North Dakota, under the name
Culex curriei Coquillett. In coloration it essentially resembles
A'edes dorsalis (Meigen) of Europe, and it is doubtful if
Coquillett would ever have separated it therefrom except that,
through an error, he was led to believe that the claws of the
female were simple in one case and toothed in the other. The
error was subsequently corrected, but the species was left to
stand on account of what had been discovered in the meantime.
This was that mosquitoes of the same general habitus bred in
the tidal pools on the coast of California and others were
found in central New York State in the general vicinity of the
salt wells, while it was to be assumed that those from the
western plains bred in temporary pools of fresh water. Here
was an obvious difiference in habit, indicating apparently three
species, one on the great western plains, one on the California
coast, and a third in the Atlantic region. These forms re-
ceived names as species, the Californian one being called quaylei
by Dyar & Knab from the larvse and lativittatus by Coquillett
on the adults. Those from New York were named ononda-
gensis by Dr. E. P. Felt. To add to the apparent difference of
these forms, Knab discovered the larvae of the inland curriei
in Saskatchewan and found marked differences in the num-
ber of head hairs and in the distinctness of the central spine of
the lateral comb scales. The larvae of the Pacific and Atlantic
forms proved to be much alike. In the monograph^ we rely
mainly on the larva in our separation of the forms, classing
quaylei as a race of onondagensis and holding them distinct
from curriei on this and on habits, curriei appearing to have
but a single spring generation in the water following the melt-
ing snow, while quaylei bred monthly in the high tide pools
along the coast. Of the habits of onondagensis we knew

'Howard, Dyar & Knab, The Mosquitoes of North and Central America and the
West Indies, iv. fi29-6,S8. 1917.

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nothing, but imagined vaguely that they must in some way
resemble those of quaylei. Of course, with two species and a
race in America, the European dorsalis did not concern us
much, as it was quite presumably distinct.

While the monograph was still in press, in 1916, the senior
author obtained eggs from captive females in Nevada, a
typically inland place and therefore certainly curriei. He wet
the eggs after first drying them, and, contrary to expectation,
the larvae immediately hatched. To add to this heretical be-
havior, for, being curriei with supposedly but a single annual
generation, they should not have hatched until after being
subjected to the cold of a northern winter, the head hairs were
single and the comb scales without a distinct central spine,
thus agreeing with quaylei or onondagensis. It still appeared
possible that there were two species mixed up under curriei
and that one of them was perhaps to be considered medio-
lineata Ludlow, which was referred in the monograph as a
melanotic form of curriei. However, no change was intro-
duced in the monograph, which was published immediately.
The following year the senior author continued his investiga-
tions, this time in Montana, where he found that the curriei
larvse were of the same form as in Nevada, and, moreover,
had the habit of breeding in irrigation pools at intervals all
through the summer. The supposed difference in habit be-
tween the coast form and the inland form no longer existed,
since eggs of either hatched whenever they were wet, whether
the water were salt tidal water, or spring rains, or melting
snow, or accidental irrigation pools. Moreover, the larval
differences had likewise disappeared, and the question had
come around to the correctness of the junior author's observa-
tions in Saskatchewan. The material was, therefore, carefully
gone over and it was found that, while there were plenty of
true curriei, the particular skins which had been mounted and
studied as curriei for all these years were nothing but cana-
densis. The true curriei from Saskatchewan have single head-
hairs and the scales of the lateral comb without strong central
spine exactly as in Nevada and Montana. This unfortunate
mistake created a complicated viewpoint and has led to a

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great deal of trouble ; but we are now able to solve the mystery
and correct the synonymy of this species.

In the monograph (pp. 618. 631, 634, and 637) we give
differences in the male genitalia, stating that in curriei and
onondagensis the stem of the harpago is slender, but stout in
quay lei. It does so appear in the old slides of quaylei, one from
Oakland, California, June 34, 1903 (I. McCracken). another
from Tacoma, Washington, August, 1906 (Dyar & Caudell) ;
but these have been strongly pressed. In a fresh preparation
from Atherton, San Mateo County, California (L. Mc-
Roberts), which has not been pressed, the difference is not
appreciable. The two pressed slides were prepared by Mr.
H. S. Barber, while all the rest, except one onondagensis, which
was prepared by Mr. O. A. Johannsen, were made by the
junior author. The supposed specific character of quaylei is
therefore due to the method of preparation.

There is some variation in the comb-scales of the larva,
which might mislead the inexperienced. The free margin of
the scale is drawn out into a series of teeth, those at the tip
longest. Usually there are a number of subequal teeth at the
tip ; however, sometimes there is a distinctly longer one in the
middle, but without structural difference. In the type that we
define as having a "differentiated median tooth," the tip of the
scale is drawn out to a long spine, while on each side there is a
marginal row of cilia. In all the larvse of curriei we have ex-
amined, rows of minute spicules are present on the skin. They
vary considerably in abundance and can only be detected under
high magnification.

Acdes curriei thus constitutes but a single species ranging
over most of the United States. The other names cited are
based upon illusory differences and will become synonyms.
The stronghold" of the species is in the western plains and the
desert country of Utah, Nevada, and eastern California ; but it
penetrates to all the coasts, having been taken on the coast of
New England and on the Gulf of Mexico. It has been taken
near Chicago, and is probably scattered through open country
here and there, finding a local abundance in favorably situated
tidal pools. It does not occur in forested country, which

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explains its rareness in the East. Salt marsh pools, it may be
noted, are not forested and hence the occasional occurrence of
the species on the Atlantic seaboard. The species has as
many generations in the year as the conditions warrant, al-
though probably only part of the eggs hatch at each successive
wetting. Dyar demonstrated this in Nevada, where he ob-
tained as many as three sets of larv?e from one deposition of
eggs.

In regard to the European dorsalis, since there is but one
species in America, there is probably but one in Europe, and
dorsalis and curriei may properly be compared. As regards
coloration, no differences appear. Unfortunately, we do not
know the larva of dorsalis^. The male genitalia are very simi-
lar to those of curriei; but we have only a single mount of
dorsalis. In that, the two spines of the basal lobe of the side-
piece seem more approximate than in curriei. We do not de-
tect any other difference ; but on account of the paucity of our
information about dorsalis, we must leave the question of the
exact relation existing between the American and European
forms for the present undecided.

A NEW ORTALID FROM THE PHILIPPINES

(Diptera, Ortalidce)

By FREDERICK KNAB

The following new species was reared in the course of in-
vestigations by the Philippine Bureau of Agriculture and
transmitted by the Entomologist, Mr. D. B. Mackie, to the
Bureau of Entomology in Washington for determination. It
is described herewith, so that the name may become available.

Plagiostenopterina hendeli, new species

Female. — Frons dull piceous black, deeply impressed at sides

^F. W. Edwards (Bull. Ent. Res., vii, 217, 1917) mentions the larva of dorsalis
thus: "Antennae conspicuously pale at the base; about 24 scales in the comb of
the eighth segment; scales pointed ♦ » » and heavily fringed (of the even
type) ; teeth of pecten with two or three serrations near the base, of which the
apical one is considerably the largest; gills scarcely half as long as the anal
segment, bluntly pointed." Unfortunately, the head hairs are not mentioned.

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of ocellar triangle, transversely thickened in front ; median
portion very finely and closely strigose, with long and very fine,
rather sparse hairs. Ocular margins white. Face and clypeus
broadly black in the middle, dull ferruginous red at the sides,
the antennal grooves silvery pruinose, the intervening ridge
less strongly so. Antennae ferruginous red, the third joint
pruinose and somewhat darkened at tip and on outer side to
near base; arista slightly ciliate basally, the first two joints
ferruginous, the part beyond black. Palpi black. Mesonotum
metallic green, without pruinosity and with complete median
stripe and postsutural lateral stripes darker metallic blue, the
surface roughened and clothed with short pale hairs ; trans-
verse suture obsolete on the disk ; humeral callosities bright
blue, shining, clothed with long white hairs ; macroch?etse black.
Scutellum concolorous with mesonotum. Pleurre metallic
green-blue, the meso- and sternopleurse white-pilose. Abdo-
men shining dark metallic green and violet-blue, the third and
fourth segments with broad basal bands of white hair, the
fifth segment nearly wholly white-haired; second segment with
long outstanding white hairs at the sides. Front coxae and
femora bright ferruginous yellow, the latter slightly darkened
apically, the tibiae and tarsi wholly black. Middle and hind
legs with the coxae black, the femora ferruginous yellow on
basal half, blackish beyond ; tibiae piceous, indistinctly reddish
on basal half ; tarsi with the first two joints dull ferruginous
yellow, the distal ones black. Wiiigs hyaline inclusive of costal
cell ; stigma and a large subquadrate apical spot involving
apices of third and fourth veins blackish ; no traces of pig-
mentation elsewhere ; last section of the fourth vein strongly
bent forward beyond its middle ; scale white. Halteres white,
the base of stem blackish. Length : Body about 7 mm.,
wing 5 mm.

Male.— Very similar to the female in coloration. Arista
without palette.

Philippine Islands (Ace. no. 2391, Bur. Agric. P. I.), 4
females, one male.

Type, Cat. no. 31552, U. S. Nat. Mus.

It gives me pleasure to dedicate this interesting species to

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Prof. Friedrich Hendel, of Vienna, who has done so much to
advance our knowledge of the Acalyptrate Muscoidea.

The extent of the apical wing-spot is somewhat variable.
Usually it is limited by the fourth vein, but in one specimen
extends well over into the second posterior cell ; in another
specimen it stops short of the middle of the first posterior cell.
There is also some variation in the mesonotal coloration, the
stripes being obsolete or nearly so in some specimens.

A NEW AEDES FROM THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN

REGION

{Diptera, Culicidce)
By HARRISON G. DYAR

Aedes acrophilus, new species.

Head with creamy yellow scales ; a black spot on each side
of the vertex and a lateral one below. Mesonotum with golden
brown scales, creamy on the lateral margins and antescutellar
space; two narrow lines of dark brown, small scales and still
narrower posterior subdorsal lines; a narrow central dorsal
dark line, formed by the parting of the scales. Abdomen
black, with basal segmental white bands, widening at the sides ;
venter whitish with traces of medioventral black spots near the
apices of the segments. Wing scales black. Legs black ;
femora white beneath nearly to tip ; knee spot white ; tibiae
largely gray-scaled.

Larva. — Head hairs, upper in 5, lower in 4 ; lateral comb of
the eighth segment of about 20 scales, evenly fringed, without
strong central spine ; anal segment with large plate, not ringed ;
air tube moderate, the pecten evenly spaced, the tuft arising
beyond it.

Type, female, No. 21548, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Lake Louise,
Laggan, Alberta, Canada, August 18, 1906 (Dyar and Cau-
dell).

Of the described Aedes with black legs from North America,
the larvje of the following are unknown : diantaeus Howard,
Dyar & Knab, thibaulti Dyar & Knab, aldrichi Dyar & Knab,

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idahoensis Theobald, prodotes Dyar, plutocraticus Dyar &
Knab, balteatus Dyar & Knab, decticus Howard, Dyar & Knab,
cataphylla Dyar, nubilus Theobald, fisheri Dyar, ventrovittis
Dyar, centrotus Howard, Dyar & Knab, provocans Walker,
lugustivittatus Dyar & Knab, obturbator Dyar & Knab, con-
dolescens Dyar & Knab, and leucomelas Lutz.

Of these, only diantaeus, decticus, prodotes, and centrotus
can be compared with acrophilus. A. prodotes inhabits the
same general region, the Rocky Mountains, but has a gray
mesonotum, like pullatus, whereas acrophilus is golden yellow.
The coloration of the adult of diantaeus is unknown, the
species being founded on the male genitalia ; but it comes
from the mountains of New Hampshire and is probably a
different species. A. centrotus and A. decticus are from the
region north of Lake Superior. The former has the mesono-
tum all brown dorsally as in auroides Felt and provocans
Walker, and, therefore, does not agree. A. decticus comes
closest, having the same black-spotted head; but besides the
different faunal region, decticus has the abdominal bands
obsolete dorsally, the tibiae are entirely black without gray
scales, and the mesonotal brown stripes are much broader than
in acrophilus. It therefore appears that this represents a dis-
tinct species.

DESCRIPTIONS OF SOME LEPIDOPTEROUS
LARV^ FROM MEXICO

By HARRISON G. DYAR

NYMPHALID^

Peridromia amphinome Linn.

Head shining black, angled, roughened with points below,
on the sides forming several short horns ; each lobe produced
into a long spine, three times the height of the head, with three
or four short branches, ending in a slight knob tipped by yel-
lowish, the whole spine minutely spinulose. Body cylindrical,
the prothorax rather small, mesothorax slightly inflated. Black,

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paler in the incisures, with several oval white spots laterally on
the thorax, resembling- Tachinid eggs. Posterior end also
black; joints 6-10, however, lighter and ornamented with a
design in cream-color. This consists of a broken dorsal line,
forming an ellipse between the subdorsal spines and a bar at
the posterior edge of the segment ; two subdorsal lines joined
at the ends into a broken figure of 8 ; a few lateral pale oval
specks ; a large red blotch about the subventral spines and
another over the spines above the bases of the feet. Dorsal
spines on segments 1 2 and 1 3 only ; subdorsal and lateral spines
long, branched, spinulose basally, black on joints 2-5 and
11-13, cream-color with black tips on joints 6-10. Subventral
spines, one branched and one single; two single spines above
bases of feet. Feet pale.

Misantla, Vera Cruz, Mexico (W. Gugelmann).

SATURNIID^.
Hylesia umbratula Dyar.

Head rounded, higher than wide, shining dark coral red
with brownish secondary hairs. Body black, feet, cervical
shield, and anal plate red. Spines long, slender, uniform, with
rather long branches, cream-color. Markings in cream-color,
consisting of an irregular quadrate ring about the subdorsal
spines and a small one around the lateral spine, followed by a
band, which runs to a lateral line that forms an arc across
the intersegment from spiracle to spiracle ; a straight substig-
matal line, irregular on its upper edge.

Teapa, Tabasco, Mexico (W. Gugelmann).

Hylesia euphemia Dyar.

Head rounded, higher than wide, shining black on the face,
the cheeks luteous ; a white line in vertical suture and a V-
mark over clypeus. Body sordid brown, with many pale dots
at the fine white secondary hairs ; a double dorsal reddish line
on the anterior halves of the segments ; a single subdorsal line,
more continuous ; a single suprastigmatal line, also reddish ;
lateral space blackish shaded ; a whitish substigmatal line, the
subventral space again blackish. Subdorsal spines on joints

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6-11 shortened, bushy, the rest uniform with somewhat tufted
tips; shaft and tips black, the lateral branches pale.
Misantla, Vera Cruz, Mexico (W. Gugelmann).

SYNTOMID^

Pseudosphex strigosa Druce.

Head small, rounded, black, wider than high, a pale line in
the vertical suture. Body dark without prominent markings;
some pale lines in the intersegments, especially joints 2-3.
Hairs moderate, black, in tufts from the warts, barbuled. On
joints 4 and 11, from tubercle iii and below it, a pair of black
sac-shaped appendages, nearly as long as the hairs.

Misantla, Vera Cruz, Mexico (W. Gugelmann).

ARCTIIDJE

Halesidota annulosa Walker.

Head rounded, wide, shining black ; median suture and V-
mark over the clypeus whitish. Body pale yellowish, without
marks ; warts i and ii dusky, the rest unicolorous with the skin.
Hairs in dense even spreading clusters, soiled white. Two
slender black pencils on joint 4 on each side; a single pencil
from wart iii on joint 12 and a few black hairs subdorsally
on joint 13, which also bears a dorsal angular black mark.

Misantla, Vera Cruz, Mexico (W. Gugelmann).

LASIOCAMPID^

Claphe submarginalis Walker.

Head rounded, bilobed, squarish, flattened before, with fine
white secondary hairs ; dark brown, the upper half of clypeus
pale; a white line across the eyes, a mark over mouth and a
mark on the vertex of each lobe, consisting of two lines meet-
ing a cross-line in front. Body flattened, arched, with sub-
ventral rounded lappets. Cream-color, with chocolate brown
markings, forming many bands of irregular confluent dots ; in
the incisures, a single transverse row of coarse black dots ; in
the incisures 5-G and 6-7, a black area, centrally waxy black,
this part capable of being concealed when the segments are

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retracted; a black patch centrally dorsally on joint 8. Wart i
shows black, small ; secondary hairs short, few, tufted on the
anterior edges of the segments, especially on joints 6 and 7,
where they form collars, dense subventrally ; lappet-hairs long,
pale, mixed with blackish at base. . Feet red.

Misantla. Vera Cruz. Mexico (W. Gugelmann).

NOTODONTID^

Naprepa houla Dyar.

Head rounded, bilobed, smooth, green ; antennae black. Body
with a low, annular oblique enlargement on joints 5 and 10.
Green, with coarse, striking markings : A blood-red band, edged
behind with white, on joints 5 and 10, starting before the
spiracle and running in an arc to the posterior edge of the
segment dorsally; a similar stripe on joint 13, black and edged
with white in front; a series of round orange spots in blood-
red rings as follows: On joint 2, at spiracle and base of foot;
on joints 3 and 4, three lateral spots and one on the base of
the foot ; on joint 5, one below the spiracle ; on joints 6-13, a
group of three at spiracle — one on it, one below, one pos-
terior— and one on base of foot or tubercle vii ; on joints 7-9,
in addition, a row of six spots across the dorsum on the ante-
rior part of the segment. Anal plate brown, stained with red
in front.

Misantla, Vera Cruz, Mexico (W. Gugelmann).

PYRAUD^

Myelobia smerintha Hiibner.

Head small, rounded, luteous, the mouth broadly blackish.
Body thick in the middle and tapering to small ends, luteous
or whitish, with faint broad purple lateral shades, less distinct
in the mature larva. Tubercles small, setae inconspicuous, iv
and V superposed subventrally, apart, but united by a band of
drawn-out chitin.

Internal feeders in stems of bamboo.

Misantla. Vera Cruz, Mexico (W. Gugelmann).

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HEPIAUD^

Phassus triangularis Edwards

Head rounded, spherical, the mouth opening circular;
wrinkled-corrugated, black. Body dark red-brown, coarsely
annulate, with pale luteous, contrasting, elevated areas: Cer-
vical shield very large, red-brown, the lateral area of joint 2
elevated about the spiracle; joints 3 and 4 with two transverse
areas, the anterior one lunate, reaching the lateral area, the
posterior one running down to the subventral folds, which are
touched with the elevated color; on joints 5-12, anterior area
an elliptical dorsal saddle, posterior area a narrow line, broken
into little spots ; three lateral spots — one above the spiracle,
one before, and one behind — and one long subventral area of
the pale color. Crochets of the feet in a complete ellipse,
pointed on the inner side, the crochets of equal length. Feet
surrounded by a ring of pale color.

Misantla, Vera Cruz, Mexico (W. Gugelmann).

A NEW PYRALID FROM CALIFORNIA

{Lepidoptera, Pyralid<e)
By HARRISON G. DYAR

Noctuelia minima, new species.

Head and thorax above dark brown-gray ; a white line above
the eye ; palpi with white scales intermixed. Abdomen gray,
with white scales toward the apices of the segments, becoming
scattered and predominant posteriorly. Fore wing with the
basal and terminal spaces dark olive gray, uniform ; median
space broadly white with a central olive shading, which is
broken through the middle; the white area is bordered by
black lines, the inner line bulging in the middle and excised on
vein 1, the outer line broadly waved, incurved on submedian
space. There is a tint of brown to the olive-gray areas that
disappears under a lens. Hind wing white, without dark bor-
der or any dark shade whatsoever. Expanse, 8 mm.

Type, male. No. 21549, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Pasadena, Califor-
nia, April 30, 1909 (F. Grinnell, Jr.).

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NEW AUSTRALIAN CHALCID-FLIES

{Hymenoptcra, Chalcididce)

By a. a. GIRAULT
(Continued from page 96)

Copidosoma australia, new species.

Female. — Length, 1.60 mm., excluding the ovipositor which
is somewhat shorter than the abdomen. Very similar to the
description of compressiventris Girault but differing as follows :
General color black green, the tarsi of the cephalic legs dusky,
the pedicel is twice longer than wide at apex, slightly longer
than funicle 2 which is plainly twice longer than wide and a
little the longest; club 1 subequal to funicle 6. Proximal tar-
sal joints long. Axillae very widely separated. Scutellum
longitudinally, finely striate, subglabrous at distal third. Pro-
podeum short, with a median carina. Hind tibiae with two
spurs, one very short. Frons broad.

One female, October 24, 1914. From grass in a civic park.
Common.

Habitat: Muswellbrook, New South Wales.

Types: In the Queensland Museum, the specimen on a tag
with types of australis.

Copidosoma australis, new species.

Female. — Differs from australia in having the frons mod-
erately narrow, about thrice the diameter of the cephalic
ocellus, and the axillae are joined. In the foregoing species
the frons is over six times the diameter of the cephalic ocellus.
Also, here, the thorax is distinctly more narrow, the scutellum
a little less distinctly striate. A very narrow species.

Two females, October 26, 1914. From grass in a civic
park. Common.

Habitat: Muswellbrook, New South Wales.

Types: In the Queensland Museum, the females with type
australia.

Copidosoma australica, new species.

Female. — Like australis but the axillae are large and narrow.

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separated a little, and the scutellum is uniformly densely scaly
punctuate. The body is more aeneous.

One female with the preceding species. Common.

Habitat: Muswellbrook, New South Wales.

Type: In the Queensland Museum, a female on a tag with a
para type female of australis.

Male club solid. The hypopygium covers the ovipositor to
tip of abdomen. Head as in Spalangia as to shape, the scrobes
forming a long triangle.

Aphycus sanguinithorax Girault.
The scape is not much dilated.

Aphycus coccidiphagus, new species.

Female. — Length, 1.10 mm., excluding the ovipositor which
is extruded for a length a little over half that of the abdomen.
Golden yellow, the wings hyaline, the venation yellow; pro-
notum broadly mesad and cephalic margin of the axillae, em-
browned. Pedicel stout, slightly longer than wide, longer than
any of the funicle joints of which 1-2 are subquadrate, 3-4
each a little wider than long, 5 and 6 still wider, 6 largest.
Marginal vein punctiform, as long as the postmarginal, the
latter somewhat more than a third the length of the stigmal.
Mandibular teeth acute, 3 shortest. Hairless line of fore wing
closed caudad, with numerous lines of cilia proximad of it.
Club wider than the funicle and three-fourths its length.
Cheeks longer than the eyes, the face strangely inflexed, the
frons of moderate width. Fore wings densely, finely ciliate.
Venation dusky yellow. Caudal wings with about eighteen
lines of very fine discal cilia where broadest. Axillae a little
separated. Scape a little compressed.

Six females from a Rhisococcus ( ?) on Leptospermum,
December 22, 1899 (A. Koebele).

Habitat: Botany Bay. Sydney, New South Wales.

Types: Cat. No. 20673. U. S. Nat. Mus., the specimens on
a slide.

Homalotylus microgaster, new species.

Female. — Length, l.fiO mm. Dark metallic blue, the legs

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concolorous except the large middle tibial spur and the middle
tarsi which together with funicle 6 and the club are white.
Fore wings with a broad black stripe across them from the
bend of the submarginal vein to apex of the postmarginal and
at immediate base fuscous. Tegulae white, black at tip. Ven-
ation blackish. Pedicel two-thirds longer than wide at apex
or more, the funicle joints short, 1 slightly longer than wide,
the others slightly shortening in succession. Club about half
the length of the funicle, the latter somewhat shorter than the
scape. Head very finely, densely punctulate, with scattered,
much larger setigerous pin-punctures. Scutum similarly
densely scaly and with dense setigerous pin-punctures. Scu-
tellum and axillae sculptured like the head. Abdomen scaly.
Hairless line of fore wing with many lines of cilia proximad
of it.

Agrees with the description of Copidosomyia but is different
in that the marginal vein is punctiform, the postmarginal elon-
gate, slightly shorter than the stigmal. Hind tibiae a little flat-
tened, the spur single. Second two teeth of mandible as if
formed by a slight concavity of a truncate tooth (thus three
obtuse teeth). Club obliquely truncate from base. Lateral
ocelli barely separated from the eyes but nearly twice their
diameter from each other. Scape long. Axillae with a very
short carina between them. Abdomen smaller than the thorax.
Tegulae large. One very short ring- joint. Antennae inserted
at the ventral border of the mouth, the scrobes absent.

Four females in the U. S. National Museum. (A. Koebele.)

Habitat: Australia (Eastern).

Type: Cat. No. 20674, U. S. Nat. Mus., two females on tags
and a slide with two pairs of antennae, a fore wing, head and
hind tibiae. Cotype: In the Queensland Museum, a female on
a tag.

Differs from H. ohscurus califnrnicus Girault mainly in
having the pedicel longer and the club apparently unjointed.
Types compared.

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ANAGYROPSIS, new genus

Genotype : Anagyrus purpureus Girault.

This name should be substituted ior,Atmgyrus at the follow-
ing places in the Memoirs Queensland Museum, IV, pt. VII :
page 80, line 21 ; page 117, line 8 ; page 138, line 38 ; page 147,
line 10 from bottom; page 155, line 16 from bottom; page 160,
line 8; page 174, line 9,
Heterarthrellus australiensis Howard.

Genotype the same as Epidinocarsis' G'nault. Dinocarsis
Foerster is no doubt the same and takes precedence.
Dinocarsis abnormis, new species.

Female. — Length, 1.65 mm. Dark metallic purple, the head
except antenna, prothorax except cephalic face above and the
caudal margin of pronotum and the scutellum except the me-
dian line from base to a little beyond the middle, deep orange
yellow, also the base of the tegula very narrowly. A lunula
laterad in front of the tegula, middle tibiae except ventrad
and rather broadly at tip and the middle tarsi, silvery white;
other tarsi brownish. Antennee wholly purple. Fore wing
deeply embrowned from a little distad of the middle of the
submarginal vein to apex but with a conspicuous, tolerably
narrow, slightly convex, naked cross-stripe from the apex of
venation (its proximal edge tipping apex of the stigmal vein).
Oblique hairless line closed caudad (some distance distad of
the proximal end of the infuscation). Venation black. Post-
marginal vein three-fourths the length of the stigmal which is
somewhat shorter than the marginal. Funicle 1 nearly twice
longer than wide, distinctly shorter than the elongate pedicel,
6 somewhat wider than long. Hind tibial spurs double, very
unequal. Cheeks much shorter than the eyes. Face sublentic-
ular, the scrobes distinct, short, not joined dorsad. Frons
moderate. Sides of propodeum with a short, silvery pube-
scence. Sculpture very fine, delicate scaliness. A short carina
between the axillae.

Differs from the genotype in having the foliaceous expansion
linear or rectangular, subparallel with the shaft of the scape,
not greatly convexed.

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From one female, eucalyptus forest, November 1, 1914,
Brooklyn, New South Wales (Hawkesbury River).

Type: In the Queensland Museum, the female on a tag, a
fore wing and a hind tibia on a slide.

Dinocarsis flavimesopleurum, new species.

Female. — Length, 1.35 mm. Black, the wings hyaline, the
venation pale yellowish ; head except cheeks and the face be-
low, the middle (about ventral half), and the mesopleurum,
orange yellow; pronotum and tegulse (except outer edge
broadly along distal three- fourths), honey yellow. Thorax
downy. Face inflexed. Axillae with a slight carina between
them. Legs (except coxae) and the funicle, dull yellow; rest
of antennae black, the much dilated scape with a white stripe
across it near tip and white at the base of its body; pedicel
white at tip, slightly shorter than funicle 1 which is two and
one-fourth times longer than wide. Marginal and stigmal
veins subequal, the postmarginal subobsolete. Hairless line
closed caudad, with numerous lines of cilia proximad of it.
running all the way to base. Hind tibial spurs double. Scape
coarsely scaly. There may be a white lunula before the tegula
on lateral thorax.

From three females in U. S. National Museum, labeled "837.
Perth, W. Australia, G. Compere, Collector."

Type: Cat. No. 30fi75, U. S. Nat. Mus., a specimen on a tag
plus a slide with head, fore wing, antennae, and a hind tibia.
Cotype : In the Queensland Museum, a female on a tag.

XENANUSIA, new genus

In my table of genera runs to Bpanusia Girault but differs
markedly in the venation, the marginal vein linear, the stig-
mal distinctly as long as it, the postmarginal shorter, about
helf the length of the stigmal. Second spur of hind tibiae no
longer than and scarcely thicker than the apical fringes. Head
longer than wide, lenticular, but the scrobes distinct but not
long. The fore wings are marked somewhat like those of
Habrolepis zetterstedtii Westwood. Ovipositor apparently
free.

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Xenanusia pulchripennis, new species. Genotype.

Female. — Length 1 mm. Dark metallic purple, the tarsi
pallid. Fore wings hyaline but bearing the following con-
spicuous brown pattern : A midlongitudinal cone, spoke, or
path runs from a point one-third the way from apex to apex
of venation proximad to the caudal margin which it runs into
broadly opposite most of the submarginal vein ; in center of
this path (which is a little caudad of middle), a very small
round hyaline spot ; from the cephalic, distal, and caudal
edges of it, six rays or spokes to the margin, all of tolerable
length, the first at the venation, short, curved, thickened
toward apex and embracing the stigmal and postmarginal
veins, the second next longest, more uniform in width, midway
between 1 and 3 ; 3 longest and thickest, at the distocephalic
apex ; 4 at the distocaudal apex ; 5 and 6 shortest, the recipro-
cates of 2 and 1 respectively; the round dot is between the
bases of arms 2 and 5. Arms 1-3 are cephalic ; 4-6 caudal.
Thus, there is a broad hyaline path from arm 1 proximad
to base along the venation ; of the hyaline areas blocked off by
the arms, that between 1 and 2 is largest, those between 4 and
5 and 6 and the base of the central path at caudal margin,
smallest but both distinctly larger than the central spot near
the end of the path. Body densely scaly. Axillae slightly sepa-
rated. Frons broad. Face inflexed. Flagellum gradually
narrowing, the funicle joints decreasing in size distad ; pedicel
very small. Club ovate.

Ten females, "1038— Swan River, West Australia. G. Com-
pere."

Type: Cat. No. 19153, U. S. Nat. Mus., four females on
tags and a slide. Five paratype females in the Queensland
Museum.

Xenanusia gigantea, new species.

Female. — Length, 2.15 mm. Dark metallic purple, the
longer than wide head orange yellow except ventrad of the
scrobes. Tips of the tibiae and the tarsi yellow ; distal tarsal
joint dusky. Fore wings hyaline, with a broad fuscous band
across it from the bend of the submarginal vein to apex of the

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stigmal, the proximal margin of this band straight, its distal
margin beveled off to the apex of the stigmal vein. Venation
fuscous, the marginal vein about eight times longer than wide,
the stigmal somewhat longer, long and slender, the post-
marginal barely developed. Oblique hairless line closed cau-
dad, not reaching by far the proximal margin of the fuscous
cross-stripe which is coterminous with the discal ciliation.
Club not much longer than wide, hive-shaped, narrower than
the funicle which narrows distad; funicle, largest (longer down
one side than the other), much wider than long, 6 over four
times wider than long, shortest ; pedicel very minute. Scape
greatly dilated. Hind tibial spur single. Frons moderate.
Cheeks shorter than the eyes. Scrobes not joined above but
distinct. Head lenticular, longer than wide. Club one-third
the length of the flat funicle. On the fore wing a narrow
marginal naked space along the distal margin of the fuscous
marking. Scutellum more densely, finely scaly than the scu-
tum. Axillae separated by a very short carina. Scutum with
tolerably dense short pubescence.

From one female on a tag in the U. S. National Museum,
labeled "Dactylopius. Adelaide, S. A., 16," but mounted with
what appears to be a dipterous puparium upon which it is
parasitic. From Arthur M. Lea.

Type: Cat. No. 20884, U. S. Nat. Mus., the above specimen
and a slide.

NEORHOPUS, new genus

Female. — Differs from Rhopus in having the mandibles with
three small, acute teeth, the marginal cilia of the fore wing
absent and in the venation. Marginal vein somewhat longer
than wide, subequal to the postmarginal, the stigmal somewhat
longer. Differs from Psylledontus Crawford in having the
postmarginal vein, in being nonmetallic and having the body
longer as in Rhopus. Ovipositor inserted somewhat distad of
the middle of the abdomen, the latter conical, somewhat longer
than the rest of the body. Thorax with a phragma. Axillae
narrowly joined. Caudal femur compressed, rather large.
Head round, the face inflexed. Frons broad. Cheeks shorter

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than the eyes. Middle tibial spur not very long, rather slender.
Caudal tibial spurs single. Costal cell very narrow. Ovi-
positor free.

Neorhopus australicus, new species. Genotype.

Female. — Length, 0.75 mm. Brown, the wings subhyaline,
the venation dusky yellow, the antennae darker brown, the fore
wing embrowned along just under the marginal and stigmal
veins. Tarsi and tips of caudal tibiae rather broadly pallid.
Discal ciliation of the fore wing uniformly rather dense but
very short. Funicles 1-3 ring-like, subequal, 4 larger, 5
largest, a little wider than long, 4 wider than 3. Pedicel stout,
somewhat longer than wide, distinctly longer than funicle 5.
Club somewhat longer than the scape.

From one female on a slide labeled: "2013. Sphcerococcus
obscuratns Mask. Eucalyptus sp. Parramatta, N. S. W. Sep.
32,1899. A. Koebele."

Type: Cat. No. 20885, U. S. Nat. Mus., the above specimen.

Neorhopus australicus aureus, new variety.

Female. — Like the preceding but golden yellow. A female
on the same slide.

Type: Cat. No. 20886, U. S. Nat. Mus., the described spec-
imen.

NEABROLEPOIDEUS, new genus

Female. — In my table to the Australian Ectromini runs to
Habrolepoidea Howard but differs in having the marginal vein
linear, five times the length of the short stigmal, the post-
marginal distinct but very short. Also, the body is more ro-
bust, the ovipositor distinctly extruded for nearly a half the
length of the depressed abdomen, the flagellum is not clavate
as in the named genus but filiform, the club wider than the
funicle; also the frons is narrow (moderate in the other)
subprominent, the vertex not flat, the face inflexed. Flagel-
lum short and clavate in the named genus, here the funicle
joints all longer than wide. Mandibles with the broadly trun-
cate second tooth with its apical margin concaved. Hind
tibial spurs double, unequal. Axilla? with a fine carina between

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them and cheeks a little shorter than the eyes. Scrobes form-
ing a triangle. Scutellum rounded at apex. Hypopygium
nearly reaching apex. Hahrolepoidea bears tridentate man-
dibles.

Neabrolepoideus bioculatus, new species. Genotype.

Female. — Length, 1.6*0 mm., excluding the ovipositor. Pur-
plish black ; cephalic tarsi brown ; apex of ovipositor valves
whitish; other tarsi, apex of middle and hind tibiae narrowly,
base of middle and caudal tibias rather broadly (not any of the
knees), silvery white. Distal joint of middle tarsi and distal
two of caudal tarsi, purplish. Middle tibial spur white.
Fore wings embrowned slightly at base and from the bend
of the submarginal vein nearly to apex, the brown broken by
two large oval, opposite marginal spots (one at each margin),
the cephalic somewhat larger and at apex of the brown ven-
ation. Pedicel and f unicle joints . subequal, each somewhat
over a half longer than wide. Head and thorax densely scaly
and with not dense but distinct silvery pubescence. Club not
quite half the length of the funicle.

From three females in the U. S. National Museum "987.
Perth, W. Austr. G. Compere."

Type: Cat. No. 20890, U. S. Nat. Mus.. two females on
tags and a slide.

Bavanusia margiscuteilum, new species.

Female. — Length, LIO mm. Dull golden yellow, the fore
wings embrowned from the base of the hairless line to apex;
legs and antennae black (first and second knees broadly, tips
of middle tibiae broadly, middle tarsi and proximal four tarsal
joints of hind tarsi, white). Scutum and the interior of scu-
tellum (proximal and distal margins but narrowly yellow),
propodeum and abdomen dark metallic blue. Club obliquely
truncate from base of joint 3, subequal in length to the funicle.
Cheeks below the eyes and sides and venter of the thorax
blue. Pedicel a little longer than wide. Funicle 6 largest but
much wider than long. Body finely scaly. Axillae with a
short carina between them. Middle femur white along prox-

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imal two-thirds and at distal fifth. Mesopleurum scaly. Hind
tibial spurs not seen. Marginal vein black, over twice the
length of the stigmal. Except for the club about as in the
genotype. Ovipositor free.

From one female on a slide in U. S. National Museum,
labeled "1149. Mytilaspis (Chionaspis) casurinae Mask. Bris-
bane, Queensland, January 2, 1900. On Casuarina. A. Koe-
bele."

Type: Gat. No. 20891, U. S. Nat. Mus., the above specimen.

B. parsimilis Girault is the same as the genotype, a variant.

TACHINACPHAGUS, new genus

Female. — In my table to the earth's encyrtine genera run-
ning to Parasyrpophagus Girault but differs in being much
more robust, the head is not strongly inflexed but only mod-
erately so, from cephalic aspect a little wider than long, the
frons broad. Marginal vein three and a half times longer
than wide, subequal to the postmarginal. Thorax convex,
the scutum and scutellum large, the axillae united and with a
short carina between them. Abdomen flat, as large as the
thorax. One short ring-joint. Ovipositor just tipping the
abdomen.

Tachinacphagus australiensis, new species. Genotype.

Female. — Length, 2. mm. Very dark metallic green, the
wings hyaline, the venation subfuscous, the legs, scape, pleura
and venter of thorax, reddish yellow ; propodeum and axillae
slightly yellowish. Scape somewhat compressed, the pedicel
subelongate, twice longer than wide at apex, subequal to f unicle,
which widens distad and is much the longest, the other joints
short, 2 a little longer than wide, 5 and 6 a little wider than
long, cupshaped ; f unicles 2 and 3 oval. Club no wider than
the f unicle which is submonilif orm ; club 3 longest, conic, as
long as wide, 1 and 2 wider than long, distinctly so ; club not
half the length of the f unicle, shorter than the scape, not
obliquely truncate, the joints well separated. Mandibles mod-
erately long, the first two teeth subequal, subobtuse, the third
small, not half the size of the others which are of good size

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but not especially long. Thorax very finely scaly reticulate,
the scutum with obscure, scattered setigerous punctures, the
head similarly sculptured and with scattered more distinct
punctures. Scutellum like the scutum. Clothing of the scu-
tum rather long yet soft, not dense nor erect. Scutellum gla-
brous on distal half. Lower face and cheeks with a few
punctures. Hind tibial spurs double, unequal. The male is
smaller but about the same, its antenna filiform, the club
solid, no longer than funicle 7, the pedicel globular, funicle 1
thrice longer than wide, the following (6) joints of the funicle
subequal, each over a half longer than wide. Flagellum uni-
formly clothed with rather short, soft hairs. A line of large
punctures along the eyes on vertex as in the female.

From one male, eight females in U. S. National Museum,
labeled "Tachinaephagus sealandicus Ashmead. Type No.
12721, Parasite from pupa of the larger locust parasite,
Queanbeyan N. S. W. Lea. 2.92."

Types: Cat. No. 20892, U. S. Nat. Mus., five females on a
card and a slide with male and female appendages. Cotypes
in the Queensland Museum, one male, three females.

ZAOMOMMOENCYRTUS, new genus

Female. — In my table to the encyrtine genera runs to
Zaomencyrtus Girault but like the species referred to Anagy-
rns except that the apical margin of the second tooth of the
mandibles is concaved (so that the mandibles appear triden-
tate). The club is divided obliquely through the middle and
is ovate. Frons moderately broad, subprominent. Habitus of
Bpidinocarsis.

Zaomommoencyrtus poeta, new species. Genotype.

Female. — Length, 1.50 mm. Stout, flattened. Lemon yellow,
the vertex, scutum (except the lateral and caudal margins
narrowly) and scutellum (except the same margins), deep
orange yellow. Wings hyaline, the venation lemon. Face of
pronotum, a small triangular sclerite just off the caudolateral
comer of the scutum, propodeum across the meson out nearly
as far as the spiracle and the bulla and the ventral half of the

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distal half of the scape, black. Dorsum of abdomen more or
less dusky along the meson. Dilation of scape great. Pedicel
a little wider than long, larger than funicle 1 ; all funicle joints
wider than long, 6 largest, larger than the pedicel ; club about
half the length of the funicle. Vertex densely scaly punctuate,
the thorax and abdomen densely scaly. Axillae a little sepa-
rated. Pubescence very short, not dense. Scutellum long,
shield-shaped. Abdomen depressed, circular, shorter than the
thorax. Wings ample, the hairless line closed caudad ob-
scurely by a paired line of cilia, with dense ciliation proximad
of it. Venation not reaching the costa until the middle of the
postmarginal vein, the marginal vein punctiform, the stigmal
long and slender, over twice the length of the distinct post-
marginal.

Described from a single female in the U. S. National Mu-
seum, reared from a supposed psyllid larva from under the
bark of Bucalyptus (A. Koebele). Locality very probably
Sydney.

Type: Cat. No. 20893, U. S. Nat. Mus., the female on a
tag, the head and a fore wing on a slide.

AMISCOGASTER, new genus

Female. — Belongs to the Halticopterini and has the habitug
of a small species of Burytoma though not like Burytoma in
structure. Head (cephalic aspect) very slightly wider than
long, the eyes bulging, hairy, ovate, the antennae inserted be-
tween the middle of the face and the ventral ends of the eyes,
filiform, 13- jointed with one ring-joint, the club 3- jointed,
simple, the scape very short, a little over twice longer than
wide (body, the bulla short), a little longer than the pedicel.
Mandibles with two acute teeth and an inner truncation. Pro-
notum distinct, not very transverse linear. Parapsidal fur-
rows punctate, not quite reaching the mesal edge of the ad-
vanced axillae, the scutum with a distal tongue-like mesal pro-
longation between the large, obtuse axillje. Scutellum con-
vex, simple. Propodeum large, somewhat convexed, with a
fine median ruG;-a (several rug?e running irregularly from it to

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make fine rugulosity), an oval spiracle of moderate size and
cephalad with a foveate sulcus from it (the lateral margin of
the sulcus a ruga-carina) ; no true lateral carina nor distinct
neck. Abdomen narrower than the thorax, conic-ovate,
pointed, the hypopygium prominent distad and covering the
curved-up naked ovipositor; base of abdomen rimmed, the
petiole transverse. Segment 2 of abdomen occupying some-
what over half the surface, gently incised at meson caudad,
the others short but unequal, 3 longer than the others. Mar-
ginal vein linear but somewhat shorter than the submarginal,
the stigmal short, with a distinct curved neck, the postmarginal
slightly longer than it and thickened a little. Legs simple, the
hind coxae long. A peculiar chalcid.

Amiscogaster ruskini, new species. Genotype.

Female. — Length, l.Oo mm. Shining black, the head and
thorax hispid hairy but not densely, the abdomen glabrous ;
scape, pedicel above and the legs (except proximal half of
hind femur and the base of the hind coxa) whitish. Wings
hyaline. Funicles 1-2 subequal, each a third longer than wide,
7 a little shorter. Fore wings with dense discal cilia.

From two females in the U. S. National Museum reared
from a species of Icerya, February, 1901 (G. Compere).

Habitat: Columba, New South Wales, and as above.

Types: Cat. No. 12729, U. S. Nat. Mus., the females on tags,
a head, fore wing and caudal tibia on a slide. This is the
Parasaphes icerycr Ashmead MS.

Dibrachys australia, new species.

Female. — Length, 0.70 mm. Dark, metallic green, the
wings subhyaline, the scape, legs (except the coxae and the
femora above more or less) and the venation brownish. Body
scaly-punctuate, finely so, the abdomen subglabrous. Clypeus
produced, acutely incised at meson of apex and so divided
into two equal, truncate, subquadrate teeth, divided at apex
by a slit. Propodeum tricarinate, its neck short, no spiracular
sulcus, the spiracle oblique, small, elliptical, a short distance
from the margin. Segment 2 of the depressed abdomen long-

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est, somewhat longer than 4, occupying not more than a fifth
of the surface, its caudal margin entire, straight. Scutellum
with but the faintest sign of a cross-suture near apex, the para-
psidal furrows two-thirds complete from cephalad. Pube-
scence very sparse. Mandibles i-dentate. Antennse inserted
much below the middle of the face, slightly below the ventral
ends of the eyes, 13- jointed, the scape slender, the pedicel
large, the rest slenderly clavate. Scrobes not distinct per se
but lying in a very long-triangular, obtuse impression. Pedicel
over twice longer than wide at apex, as long as the next four
joints combined or longer; ring-joints grading into the funicle
joints, the first shortest and narrowest, the second twice its
size, still very transverse, half the length of funicle 1 and
slightly narrower; funicle joints all wider than long, increasing
gradually in length distad, 3 twice wider than long, 6 a little
wider than long. Club ovate, its first joint quadrate and
largest of the flagellum except the pedicel. No distinct ter-
minal nipple. Postmarginal and stigmal veins of moderate
length, subequal, each over half the length of the marginal,
the latter less than half the length of the submarginal.

Three females in the collections of the U. S. Department of
Agriculture and reared from the larvae of Carpocapsa pomo-
nella (Unnaus). November 1 or January 11, 1909 ('11.1.09"
Stokes).

Habitat: Glen Innes, New South Wales, and as above.

Types: Cat. No. 30466, U. S. Nat. Mus., two females on
tags, a head, fore wing and pair of caudal legs on a slide. Co-
type: In the Queensland Museum, a female on a tag.

Very similar to the North American (Arthrolytus) Di-
brachys pimples (Ashmead) but the antennae are lower on the
face while the clypeus is incised.

Sphegipterosema dubia, new species.

Fetnale. — Length, 1.70 mm. Differs from the genotype in
having no cross-suture on the scutellum, segments 3 and 4 of
the abdomen are entire, 2 longest, occupying a fourth of the
surface and with a small sinus caudad at meson, 3 not quite
half the length of 2. more or less equal to 4; the coxae are

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concolorous, the rest of the legs and scape except at apex,
reddish brown. Spiracle of propodeum reniform, the spirac-
nlar sulcus present, broken. Propodeum with a large neck,
the abdominal petiole over twice longer than wide, subglabrous,
delicately carinate along its lateral margin. Clypeus slightly
concaved at apex. Tips of the tibiae and the tarsi, pale. Ab-
domen conic-ovate, rounded above, much keeled beneath, acute
at apex, there shortly acuminate. Postmarginal vein elongate,
barely shorter than the marginal, the stigmal over a third
shorter than the first yet very slender. Funicle 1 a half longer
than wide, distinctly longer than the pedicel, 6 a little longer
than wide. Antennse inserted a little below the middle of
the face. Like the genotype otherwise.

One female in the U. S. National Museum (A. Koebele).

Habitat: Australia.

Type.-^Cat. No. 20469, U. S. Nat. Mus.. the female on a
tag, the head, caudal legs, and a fore wing on a slide.

Perilampoides similis, new species.

Female. — Like flavithorax but the metathorax, upper occi-
put, middle of m.esopleurum and proximal half of caudal coxa
in the lateral aspect, also black, while the cross-stripe of the
fore wing is reduced to an ovate spot appended from the thick-
ened part of the submarginal vein and extending halfway
across the wing. Abdomen all black. The postmarginal vein
is somewhat longer than the marginal, the latter equal to the
stigmal. Scutellum without obscure spots. Ring- joint quad-
rate, narrower than funicle 1. the latter, 3 and 4 subequal.
twice wider than long, 3 and 5 subequal, somewhat wider than
long. Like the description of the named species otherwise.

Four females in the U. S. National Museum (G. Compere).

Habitat: Swan River. West Australia.

Type: Cat. No. 20768. U. S. Nat. Mus., the females on tags
and a slide bearing caudal tibia, a fore wing, and a head.
Tomocera australica, new species.

Female. — A half smaller than the genotype and diflFers
notably in that the scattered dorsal thoracic pubescence is not
long and conspicuous, but very short and differently disposed.

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and the abdomen is entirely honey-yellow except just along
the base narrowly and at apex above more broadly. Head
and legs entirely honey-yellow except the clypeal area, which
is green. Infuscation of the fore wing very light. Hind
coxa with a fringe of "cobwebby" white pubescence. Funicle
joints all somewhat wider than long, 5 largest. Mandibles
tridentate. Hind tibial spur single. Abdomen with a wide
petiole which is hidden by the neck of the propodeum.

From two females in the U. S. National Museum (G.
Compare).

Habitat. — Swan River, West Australia.

Types.— Cat. No. 20470, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; the female on
tags, a head and three caudal tibise on a slide.

In the genus, the occipital margin is acute, the triangular
head lenticular; the large pronotum (over half the length of
the scutum) is subequal to the propodeum which is transverse-
quadrate and with a prominent neck which resembles a petiole.

Stomatoceras carlylei, new species.

Female. — Length, 5 mm. In the table of Australian species
runs to longicornis, but differs from that species as follows :
Black, the legs bright red and the apex of the tegulse ; the fore
wings are hyaline except for a transverse-rectangular fuscous
area from the marginal vein ; funicle 2 is only two-thirds
longer than wide, 1 subquadrate, shorter than the pedicel, 7
somewhat longer than wide. Segments of abdomen after 2
(except broadly along the meson of 3) scaly and with several
rows of large punctures which are setigerous, 6 rugoso-
punctate. Postmarginal vein somewhat longer than the mar-
ginal. Mesopleurum cross-striate. Otherwise as in longi-
cornis.

One female on a tag in the U. S. National Museum, Too-
woomba, Queensland (A. Koebele).

Type. — Cat. No. 20766, U. S. Nat. Mus., the above specimen
and a slide bearing an antenna.

Stomatoceras magnidens, new species.

Male. — Length, 4.50 mm. Black, the following parts red :
Tegulse, apex and bulla of scape, pedicel, funicles 1-3, base of

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funicle 4, base rather broadly and apex narrowly of caudal
femur and rest of the legs except caudal coxae. Fore wings
smoky from base of marginal vein to apex, but with a sub-
quadrate hyaline area (distinct, large) from the cephalic mar-
gin just distad of the stigmal vein. Postmarginal vein slightly
longer than the marginal. Characterized by the bidentate
scutellum, the two teeth longer than usual and very distinct.
Funicle 2 somewhat longer than wide, subequal to the
pedicel, 1 somewhat shorter, longer than wide. A pair of
distinct but short ridges at base of abdomen at meson, segment
2 polished except distad in the dorsolateral aspect ; others
coarsely scaly (at first not mesad) and with the large setigerous
punctures. Hind femur punctuJate, the fine teeth below along
about distal three-fourths.

One male, Toowoomba, Queensland (A. Koebele). ■
Type.— Cat. No. 20767, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; the male on a tag,
a pair of wings and an antenna on a slide.

Stomatoceras rousseaui, new species.

Female. — Length, 4 mm. In ihe analysis of species runs to
nigriscapus, but differs from its description as follows : The
caudal legs are red except narrowly the ventrolateral edges of
the tibiae; the middle coxae, the middle femur (except above
at distal third more or less obscurely), and rest of middle legs
except the tibiae (except at each end) and the trochanters, are
red ; and the front legs are red except the distal third of the
femur and the proximal two-thirds of the tibia ; segments 1
and 2 of abdomen, sides and venter of 3, and venter of 4 and
5, red. Tegulae red. Fore wings infuscated similarly, but the
rectangular area from the marginal vein runs faintly across,
widening caudad, and is more or less obscurely connected with
the distal area to form a loop from the marginal vein around to
cephalic margin distad of the postmarginal vein ; the latter
elongate, somewhat longer than the marginal, four times the
length of the stigmal. Abdomen similarly sculptured. Scu-
iellum distinctly bidendate. Funicle 1 is somewhat longer and 8
somewhat shorter than in nigriscapus. Teeth on hind femur
below along distal two-thirds.

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One female, minutien-moiinted, Brisbane, Queensland, Octo-
ber 6, 1914 (H. Hacker).

Type. — In the Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the above
female with a slide bearing a hind leg, a fore wing, and an
antenna.

Stomatoceroides bidens, new species.

Female. — Length, 4 mm. Like rubripes except that the
first two pairs of legs are black except the tarsi, knees (more
broadly red ventrad) and tips of tibiae (more broadly ventrad),
the tegulae red at apex only; also the sides and venter of seg-
ments 2 and 3 of abdomen are red. Otherwise the same.
Scutellum distinctly bidentate. The stain against the marginal
vein is, perhaps, larger; only a trace of a distal stain (central
and opposite the apex of the postmarginal vein). Teeth on
hind femur along distal two-thirds. Funicle 1 over twice
longer than wide.

One female, minutien-mounted, Brisbane, Queensland, Octo-
ber 27, 1914 (H. Hacker).

Type. — In the Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the above
female and a fore wing and antenna on a slide.

Eurytoma casuarinae, new species.

Female. — Length, 2.75 mm. In my table of species runs to
nelsonia, but the abdomen is blood red, the mesal black stripe
along proximal half (or to middle of segment 5), the caudal
coxae are black at proximal half above, the flagellum is black,
the scape is red except above at apex, segment 5 of the abdo-
men is shorter (longer caudo-cephalad than proximo-distad).
Median channel of propodeum consisting of a double row of
coarse foveae; postmarginal and stigmal veins short, subequal.
Abdomen glabrous.

The male differs in that the petiole is over four times
longer than wide and the abdomen all black except a large
round area laterad (nearly all the middle of the lateral aspect
except the borders broadly). The distal half of the scape
above is black and ventrad distad of middle is a convexity.
Funicle 1 about two-thirds longer than wide ; club 2-jointed in
both sexes.

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Described from a single pair reared from galls on Casua-
rina. Stradbroke Island (Brisbane), Queensland, October,
1015 (H. Hacker).

Types. — In the Queensland Museum, the pair on tags and
the flagellum of each sex and female hind leg on a slide.

Aceratoneuromyia australia, new species.

Female. — Length, 0.90 mm. Black, the wings hyaline, the
knees, tibire and tarsi honey-yellow. Body scaly, no pubes-
cence except for long setae scattered over the pronotum (a few
elsewhere). Marginal fringes of the fore wing not extremely
short, somewhat longer than usual. Funicle joints wider than
long, 1 largest, somewhat wider than long, 2 and 3 still wider
(but shorter) ; club short-ovate, wider than the funicle, its
joints much wider than long, 3 with a spicule at apex. Pedicel
a little longer than funicle 1. Stigmal vein of moderate
length. Mandibles bidentate, the second tooth obtuse.

Funicle joints in male each somewhat longer than wide,
but 1 is subquadrate, a little shorter than the pedicel.

From one male, four females, associated with the fruit fly
(S. P. Lounsbury),

Habitat. — West Australia.

Type. — Cat. No. 20597, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; the specimens on
tags, male and female heads and female caudal tibia on a slide.

Aceratoneuromyia, new genus.

Female. — Head a little longer than wide, shaped somewhat
as in Spalangia, the antennae inserted much below the middle
of the face, a very little distance below the ventral ends of the
eyes, 11-jointed with three ring-joints, the second two of
which are very short and thin. Suctum and scutellum simple.
Propodeum with a long median carina only, the lateral and
caudal margins narrowly carinated, the spiracle moderately
large, round, cephalad. Petiole transverse-quadrate, the
abdomen shorter than the thorax, its dorsum sunken. Hind
tibial spur single.

Male. — Similar, but the scape is swollen, the funicle 4-
jointed, the club 3-jointed.

Genotype. — A. australia Girault, just described.

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Encyrtocephalus simplicipes Ashmead. Genotype.

Pseudorileya Girault is a synonym. The genotype {simpli-
cipes) differs from albiclava in baving the cephalic margin of
the propodeum broadly black between the spiracles, the funicle
is black or nearly, there is only a round hyaline dot in the large
infuscation against the stigmal vein, the abdomen dorsad is
depressed, the caudal margains of the segments straight, seg-
ment 2 largest, occupying nearly a third of the surface.
Scutellum distad less punctate only, the sculpture not sharply
demarked. From the type in the U. S. National Museum, a
female.

SYNONYMS

Omphalomorpa Girault is Buderus Haliday ; there are two
ring joints. Aplastomorpha pratti Crawford equals australi-
ensis Girault equals Meraphoru.: vandinei Tucker equals Neo-
catolaccus vandinei (Tucker) ; cosmopolitan.

Propachytomoides, new genus.

Female. — Differs from Podagrionella in bearing a 2- jointed
antennal club, the antennae 12- jointed with one ring- joint

Propachytomoides semialbiclavus, new species. Female.
Genotype.

Length, 2 mm., excluding the ovipositor, which is about as
long as the subglobular abdomen.

Dark metallic purple, the scape except at apex, middle
knees, tips of middle tibiae, and petiole of the abdomen, reddish
brown. Basal joint of hinder two pairs of tarsi whitish, also
about the distal half of the club (joint 2 except at base).
Hind femur with ten teeth beneath, 1, 4, 6. 8 and 9 largest, 2
and 3 smallest, but not much smaller than 10. Fore wings
with a very conspicuous, solid purple stripe across from
nearly the distal two-thirds of the marginal vein, the stripe
incomplete for a quarter of the way from margin to margin.
Postmarginal vein somewhat over twice the length of the very
short stigmal, the venation black. Genal suture delicate, the
head, thorax, and hind femur finely scaly. Antennas inserted
in the middle of the face, like those of Podagrion in shape.

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Petiole rvvice longer than wide. Scutellum distad of its cross-
suture, glabrous. Propodeum with delicate, longitudinal
rugae except broadly laterad, one of these rugae median and
which meets at basal third a broad semi-circular carina ; there
is also a carina from caudad on each side of the petiole, run-
ning nearly to the semi-circular carina. Postscutellum glab-
rous, the suture between it and the scutellum punctate.
Funicle 1 longest, a half longer than wide, 2 and 3 a little
shorter, subequal to the pedicel, 6 quadrate, 7 a little wider
than long. Ring- joint normal. Club nearly as long as the
three preceding joints united. Abdomen showing a very deli-
cate scaliness. Cephalic tibiae more or less reddish. Ovipositor
reddish (the valves absent in this specimen).

A female, forest uplands (Hawkesbury River), November
3, 191-i.

Habitat. — Brooklyn, New South Wales.

Type. — In the Queensland Museum, Brisbane, the specimen
on a tag, an antenna on a slide.

There is a faint dusky stripe across the fore wing from
about the middle of the submarginal vein. Petiole with longi-
tudinal carinae. Propodeum, laterad of the spiracle, with a
.^harply gouged-out narrow sulcus (dorso-laterad).

Dinoura eucalypti, new species.

Female. — Very similar to cyanea, with the type of which I
compare it, but dififering as follows : Somewhat more robust ;
a little more of the abdomen is red; the caudal femora are
entirely red except the proximal end rather broadly and
slightly at apex. Distal funicle joint somewhat longer than
wide, the basal over twice longer than wide; apical joint of club
red. "Propeller blades" of ovipositor valves larger than in
cyanea.

Two females reared from a chalcid in brachyscalid galls on
Eucalyptus (A. Koebele).

Habitat. — Sydney, New South Wales.

Types.— C2,^. No. 20887, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; two females on
tags, the flagella on a card.

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Parachrysomalla secunda, new species.

Female. — Agrees with the description of the genotype, but
somewhat smaller, the fore wings are lightly dusky from the
band of the submarginal vein distad to apex, the scape is
dusky dorsad, the pedicel black, the ring- joint pale and a little
longer than wide, funicle 1 is twice longer than wide, 3 a half
longer than wide, 3 somewhat shorter than 2, 4 nearly quad-
rate. Club subequal to funicle 1 in length. The scutellum
differs in bearing a carina across a shdrt distance before the
apex, while the pair of median carina on the postscutellum
are very delicate, more or less obscure. Only the cephalic
knees are yellow, the other femora black to their tips. Abdo-
men somewhat compressed, as long as the rest of the body.

The male is similar in color, the abdomen depressed (an-
tennae missing).

One male, four females, on two cards in the U. S. National
Museum, marked "91. From turpentine galls."

Habitat. — Flemington, New South Wales (and as above).

Types.— Czi. No. 13718, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; as above with a
slide bearing female heads, caudal legs, and a fore wing.

This is the Cecidoxenus nigrocyaneus Ashmead MS. of the
Miscogasteridse. It is a perilampid.

Thaumasura westwoodi, new species.

Female. — Length, 8 mm., excluding the ovipositor, which is
extruded for a length slightly over twice that of the body, a
third or more longer than the stylus above it.

Much like terebrator, but the antennae are entirely black
except joints 4 and 5 of the funicle, the femora, tibiae, and tarsi
red except a large oval spot above laterad near dorsal margin
at distal half of cephalic and caudal femora (on the latter a
much smaller area on the mesal aspect), and the caudal tibiae
just below the knees. Also the antennae differ from those
figured for the genotype in that the pedical in the latter is
barely a half the length of funicle 3, while here it is plainly
two-third* the length of funicle 3; also the club joint is larger
than the joint preceding it, shorter in terebrator. A triangular

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fuscous patch from the apex of the stigmal vein. Plate at
apex of scutellum entire. Funicle 1 distinctly wider than
long, 3 nearly thrice longer than wide.

A female in the U. S. National Museum formerly identified
by Ashmead as terebrator and marked "27."

Habitat. — South Australia.

Type.— Cat. No. 20894, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; the specimen on a
card, an antenna on a slide.

Aressida Cameron and Agamerionella Girault are synonyms
of Thaumasura.

The following new names are proposed: For Paranusia
Girault the name Ananusia; for Burytoma acaciae Girault the
new name B. australia.

The following genera are synonyms of Sympiesis : Notan-
isomorphella Girault, N otanisomorphomyia Girault, and Pseu-
dopheliminus Girault. Asympiesiella superbus Girault is a
Sympiesis. The genus Paromphale Girault is correctly de-
scribed and placed, but is closely allied with Thripoctenus
Crawford, which is incorrectly described and is not a tetrasti-
chine. But the former bears dentate mandibles, two ring-
joints, and the antenna is clothed with long hairs.

Date of publication, October IS. 1917.

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The Mosquitoes of the Pacific Northwest. By Harrison G. Dyar 97
Notes on Aedes at Lake Pend d'Oreille, Idaho. By Harrison G. Dyar 102
Notes on the Aedes of Montana. By Harrison G. Dyar .104
Notes on Aedes curriei (Coquillett). By Harrison G. Dyar and Fred-
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A New Ortalid from the Philippines. By Frederick Knab . . 125
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NEW GENERA OF AMOBIIN^

(Diptera)

By CHARLES H. T. TOWNSEND

The Sarcophagidse proper include the two subfamiUes
Sarcophaginse and Amobiinse, each separable into two tribes,
respectively : Sarcophagini, Brachicomini ; and Amobiini,
Tephromyiini. To these may probably best be added the Milto-
gramnia and Metopia types as subfamilies, since these forms
are more closely related to the Sarcophaga type than to any
other. Constituted thus, the family Sarcophagidse may be
quite easily distinguished from the four muscoid families with
which it is most nearly allied.

The Muscidae differ on general metallic coloration, combined
with weaker abdominal macrochsetse, usually no wrinkle at
bend of fourth vein, absence of incubating uterus, and slight
development of dorsopharyngeal sclerite I (first-stage maggot).

The Stomoxydidse differ on same characters as preceding
with exception of the first. The uterovagina functions in
Viviparomusca to incubate one egg at a time.

The Calirrhoidse differ on generally narrowed or strongly
carinate facial plate, stronger macrochgetse, elongate legs,
tubular to gutlike incubating uterus, and much reduced cephalo-
pharyngeal skeleton I.

The Dexiidse differ on the cut-off and scarcely prominent
epistoma, stronger macrochastse, long legs, tubular to ribbonlike
uterus, and reduced cephalopharyngeal skeleton I.

Aside from the Miltogramma and Metopia types, which
differ on usually narrower facial plate, V-like uterus, weakly
developed or vestigial dorsopharyngeal sclerite, and a variety

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of supporting characters, the subfamilies and tribes of Sarco-
phagidas may be separated as follows :

1. Vibrissal axis closely approximating antennal axis in length ; clypeus

depressed, the epistoma warped forward from plane of clypeus,

the face dished (Sarcophaginse) 2

Vibrissal axis usually shorter than antennal axis ; clypeus not de-
pressed, the epistoma not appreciably warped, face not conspicu-
ously dished (Amobiinae) 3

2. Cl3T)eus broad and more or less elongate; facialia more or less

flattened, but always showing a distinct convexity and thus con-
trasted with clypeus, leaving a distinct foveal sinus along their

inner edge Sarcophagini

Clypeus very broad and usually shortened ; facialia flattened as
though ironed out, their plane gradually warped out and forward
from plane of clypeus, leaving no marked foveal sinus, or if sinus
is distinct the facialia show no convexity Brachicomini

3. Clypeus narrowed and elongate; facialia showing convexity,

Amobiini
Clypeus broad an^l shortened ; facialia showing no convexity, appear-
ing ironed out, but their plane nearly in plane of clypeus and with
a foveal sinus along their inner edge Tephromyiini

The genera of Sarcophagini are treated in another paper
(Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash.).

The genera of Brachicomini are: Brachicoma Rdi., Bubra-
chycoma T., Punaphyto T., Microcerella Mcq., Disjunctio
Pand., Wohlfahrtia BB., Euparaphyto T., Melanophyto T.,
Pierretia RD., Hartigia RD. Despite its anomalous female
reproductive characters, Burychaeta BB. (Helicobosca Bezzi)
comes here on external adult characters.

The genera of Amobiini are : Amohia RD., Amobiopsis T.,
Macronichia Rdi., Paramacronychia BB., Dolichaniobia T.,
Cistudinomyia T., Metoposarcophaga T., Raimoiidia T., Bm-
blemaso:na Aid., Harpagopyga Aid., Glaucosarcophaga T.,
Acridiophaga T., Blaesoxipha Lw^, Johnsonia Coq., Rafaelia
T., Ncophyto T., Camptops Aid., Oppiopsis T. (syn. Harbeckia
Aid.), Xcnoppia T. (syn. Camptopyga Aid.), Notochaeta Aid.,
SthevcOpyga Aid., Angiometopa BB., Dexosarcophaga T.,
Chloronesia T. To these may be added the following new

genera :

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Acanthodotheca, new genus.

Differs from Sarcophaga as follows (omitting subfamily and
tribe characters above given) : Facialia considerably flattened,
but showing convexity. Vibrissse well constricting facial plate.
Proboscis not as long as head height. Arista plumose a little
over halfway. Male vertex hardly one-half eye, female vertex
hardly three-fifths eye. Frontal bristles diverging obliquely
two below base antennge. Female without proclinate fronto-
orbitals. Male frontalia narrowed. Ocellars present in both
sexes. Parafacialia half as wide as clypeus, with row of hairs
which are mostly bristly. Cheeks a little over one-third eye-
length in both sexes. Postsuturals 3. Preacrostichals present.
Costal spine strong. Squamae longer than wide. Male hind
tibiae not villous. Male hypopygium not very large. Female
hypopygial tergum entire, second hypopygial sternite elongated
into a broad sheath densely covered with prickles. Genotype,
Sarcophaga prohibita Aid., Sarc. and Allies, 133 (lOlfi).

Blsesoxiphotheca, new genus.

Differs from Sarcophaga as follows : Female. Proboscis
not as long as head-height. Arista plumose halfway. Eyes
proportionately large in front view. Frontals diverging
obliquely two belov/ base antennse. Cheeks a little over one-
third eye-length. Three postsuturals, preacrostichals present.
Strong pair of discal scutellars. Large and strong median
marginals on second and third abdominal segments. Apical
cell terminating farther from wing-tip. Female hypopygial
tergum entire; third hypopygial sternite modified into a re-
curved subcylindrical but tapered sheath rounded apically and
obliquely shaved off' dorsally, in which lies the larvipositor.
Genotype, Blaesoxiphotheca caudata. n. sp., being female de-
scribed by Aldrich as Sarcophaga coloradensis, Sarc. and Allies,
140 (191G). Holotype, No. 31582, U. S. Nat. Mus.

The holotype of coloradensis Aid. is a male and belongs to
Acridiophaga. Its coloration as well as its structural char-
acters indicate that it does not belong with the female here
named caudata.

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Eleodiomyia, new genus.

Differs from Sarcophaga as follows: Facialia considerably
flattened, vibrissas constricting facial plate. Proboscis about
two-thirds to three-fourths head-height. Palpi greatly swollen
apically in female, rather elongate but not so swollen in male.
Arista plumose a little over halfway. Male vertex about or
nearly one-half eye, female vertex fully as wide as eye. Female
parafrontalia about as wide as frontalia. Frontals diverging
two below base antennae. Ocellars present in both sexes.
Parafacials with irregular double row of fine hairs. Female
cheeks one-third eye-length, male cheeks three-fifths same.
Three postsuturals, preacrostichals present. Mesonotum with
flattened disk. Approximated pair of discal scutellars.
Strong costal spine. Cubitus right-angled V-like, far from
hind margin. Squamse much longer than wide. Hind tibiae
of male not villous. No median marginals on second segment
in either sex. Male hypopygium small, winged or narrow
forceps spined exteriorly. Female hypopygial tergum entire,
flattened. Genotype, Sarcophaga eleodis Aid., Sarc. and
Allies, 128 (1916).

Scarabaeophaga, new genus.

Differs from Sarcophaga as follows : Male vertex three-
fourths eye, female vertex as wide as eye. Frontalia broader
than parafrontals in both sexes, not narrowed. Parafacialia
a little narrower than clypeus. Squamae much longer than
wide. Hind tibiae of male not villous. Male forceps broad-
ened before tip, ending in apical spine. Female hypopygial
tergum excised, showing broad vertical slit bordered with
bristles and a few bristly hairs next same, the tergum divided
on median line into two lobes. Genotype, Sarcophaga utilis
Aid., Jour. Econ. Ent., viii, 3 51 (1915).

Raviniopsis, new genus.

Differs from SarcopJiaga as follows: Female. Proboscis
shorter than head-height. Arista plumose to tip. Parafront-
alia conspicuously broader than frontalia. Frontals descend-
ing one below base antennae, weak and short. The two pro-

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clinate fronto-orbitals weak and short, the reclinate one strong.
ParafaciaHa fully as broad as clypeus. Cheeks less than one-
half eye-length. No facio-orbitals, the parafacialia with only
microscopic pubescence. Only two postsuturals ; two strong
postacrostichals. Costal spine absent. First vein bristled about
halfway. Squamae longer than wide. No median marginals
on second abdominal segment, short weak pair on third seg-
ment. Female hypopygial tergum excised, bordered with
bristles. Genotype, Raviniopsis aurea, n. sp.

' Raviniopsis aurea, new species.

Length of body, 6.5 to 9 mm. ; of wing, 5 to n.,5 mm. Two
females: Piura, Peru, June 19, 1910 (lownsend) ; and Alha-
juelo, Panama, April 10, 1911 (Busck). Holotype, No. 31583,
U. S. Nat. Mus. ; TD 3902, Piura, Peru.

Antennae and palpi blackish, frontalia light brown. Head,
whole body, and femora silvery pollinose with a pronounced
golden shade. The marmorations of abdomen show as a nar-
row median line, a heavy spot laterally on each segment ap-
proximated to hind border, another approximated to front
border between the lateral one and the median line. Hypo-
pygium reddish-yellow. Tegulre watery-white. Legs brown-
ish-black.

Sarcophodexia, new genus.

Differs from Sarcophaga as follows: Male. Proboscis
shorter than head-height. Arista plumose a little over half-
way. Eyes large in front view. Outer verticals distinctly
stouter but little longer than occipital fringe. Parafacialia
little over half as wide as clypeus, with short bristles on outer
half or so. Cheeks about one-half eye-length. A strong pair
of postacrostichals, and a strong pair of discal scutellars.
Squama; longer than broad. Hind tibise not villous. No
median marginals on second abdominal segment. Genotype,
Sarcophaga hamata Aid., Sarc. and Allies, 272 (1916).

Amblycoryphenes, new genus.

Differs from Sarcophaga as follows : Female. Proboscis
little over half head-height. Eyes large. Vertex about two-

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thirds eye. Parafrontalia gently narrowing posteriorly, a little
narrower than frontalia. Frontals descending obliquely two
below base antennae. Parafacialia less than half as wide as
clypetis, with row of bristly hairs doubled below. Cheeks little
over one-fourth eye-length. Three postsuturals, preacrostichals
present. Squamae longer than wide. No median marginals
on second segment, strong marginal row on third segment.
Hypopygial tergum entire. Genotype, Sarcophaga amblycory-
phae Coq., Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., vi, 187 (1904).

Notochaetopsis, new genus.

Differs from Sarcophaga as follows : Proboscis shorter than
head-height. Eyes large. Vertex in both sexes about two-
fifths eye, the front narrowing conspicuously in front of ocellar
area. Frontals descending obliquely two below base antennae.
Outer verticals developed in both sexes, but short. No
proclinate fronto-orbitals in either sex. Ocellars present.
Parafacialia of female half as wide as clypeus, those of male
two-thirds same ; with single row of bristly hairs. Cheeks
about one-third eye-length in both sexes. Three postsuturals,
preacrostichals present. Lateral scutellars two. Squamae
longer than wide. Hind tibiae of male, not villous. No median
marginals on second segment ; third segment with strong
median marginals. Hypopygial tergum of female entire ; sec-
ond and third hypopygial sternites forming a short broad
sheath to the larvipositor, the third showing thin and trans-
lucent. Genotype, Sarcophaga masculina Aid., Sarc. and
Allies, 130 (1916).

Camptopsis, new genus.

Differs from Sarcophaga as follows : Female. Arista short-
plumose less than halfway. Eyes very large. Vertex about
three-fourths eye. Parafrontalia almost as wide as frontalia ;
frontals not descending below base antennae. Outer verticals
very short, stouter but scarcely longer than occipital fringe.
Only one proclinate fronto-orbital. Ocellars weak. Para-
facialia scarcely one-third as wide as clypeus, with only a few
microscopic hairs on upper extent in continuation of row on
parafrontals. Cheeks hardly over one-seventh eye-length.

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Sternopleurals 3, postsuturals 3. Lateral scutellars 2, apical
present, no discal. First vein bristled on about basal half.
Apical cell ending but little before wing-tip, open. Cubitus
right-angled, near border, with very slight wrinkle. Hind
cross-vein removed rather over its length from cubitus. Sec-
ond segment with marginal row of very short weak bristles,
except the strong ones at sides. Third segment with marginal
row of long and strong bristles. Hypopygial tergum entire.
Genotype, Camptopsis miamensis, n. sp.

Camptopsis miamensis, new species.

Length of body, 5.75 mm. ; of wing, 5 mm. One female,
Miami, Florida, November 18, 1908 (Townsend). Holotype,
No. 21584, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; TD 997.

Silvery-ash pollinose. Frontalia and third antennal joint
light brown. First two antennal joints and palpi pale rufous,
the palpi tipped with blackish. Second abdominal segment
narrowly rufous on hind margin, third segment more broadly
so, fourth segment and hypopygium wholly rufous. Legs
rufous, tarsi black. Tegulae whitish.

The genera of Tephromyiini are : Tephromyia BB., Proto-
dexia T., Opsophyto T., Sarcofahrtia Park., Sarcophila Rdi.,
Listeria RD. To these may be added the following:
Opsophytopsis, new^ genus.

Differs from Sarcophaga as follows : Female. Arista
pubescent on basal half. Eyes large. Vertex only a little over
one-half eye. Parafrontalia nearly as wide as frontalia.
Frontals diverging obliquely one below base antennae. Para-
facialia about half as wide as clypeus, with broken row of
bristly hairs. Cheeks about one-third eye-length. Three post-
suturals ; preacrostichals present. Cubitus right-angled. No
median marginals on second segment; strong ones on third
segment. Hypopygial tergum entire. Genotype, Opsophyopsis
insularis, n. sp.
Opsophytopsis insularis, new species.

Length of body, 7.5 mm. ; of wing, 5.5 mm. One female,
Albemarle Island, Galapagos, January 18, 1899. Holotype,
No. 21585, U. S. Nat. Mus.

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Blackish, silvery-ash pollinose. Third antennal joint sub-
rufous on inside at base. Palpi and frontalia brown. Sides
of second and third abdominal segments broadly rufous, anal
segment mostly rufous. A median vitta blackish, and a lateral
one on each side. Between the lateral vittas the second and
third segments are blackish. Hind margins of segments black-
ish or brown. The vittse of abdomen divide the pollen into
four silvery spots on second and third segments, less con-
spicuously so on anal segment. Hypopygium rufous. Legs
brown, the tibiae lighter. Tegulse nearly white.

Tephomyiella, new genus.

Differs from Sarcophaga as follows : Female. Arista short-
plumose halfway. Eyes large. Vertex about three-fourths
eye. Parafrontalia nearly as wide as frontalia. Frontals
diverging obliquely two below base antennae. Parafacialia
about one-third as wide as clypeus, with row of bristly hairs.
Cheeks about one-third eye-length. Postsuturals 3 ; pre-
acrostichals present. One strong postacrostichal. Two lateral
scutellars. Cubitus right-angled. No median marginals on
second segment, weak marginal row on third segment. Hypo-
pygial sternite modified into a short spatulate sheath to larvi-
positor, no longer than first sternite and about as broad at
base as latter is at junction therewith. Genotype, Tephro-
myiella frankliniana, n. sp., being female described by Aldrich
as Sarcophaga atlanis, Sarc. and Allies, 102 (1916). Holotype,
No. 21586, U. S. Nat. Mus.

The structural characters indicate that this can not be the
female of atlanis Aid. It is even quite doubtful if franklin-
iana is congeneric with atlanis. The latter has median mar-
ginals on second abdominal segment, 4 pairs of postacrosti-
chals, fiat disk to mesonotum, hind femora with median longi-
tudinal row of bristles, third antennal joint short and nar-
rowed, tegulas mostly dirty fuscous ; strongly contrasting with
frankliniana, which has no median marginals on second seg-
ment, only 1 pair of postacrostichals, no flattening of meso-
notum, hind femora without vestige of median row of bristles,
third antennal joint long and broad, tegulse white.

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In conclusion it may be pointed out that the Sarcophagini
present affinities with the Muscidse and Stomoxydidae ; the
Brachicomini with the Miltogramma-Metopia types and
Muscidse ; the Amobiini with the Calirrhoidae and Dexiidse ;
and the Tephromyiini with the Miltogramma-Metopia types
and Calirrhoidae.

NEW AMERICAN MOSQUITOES

(Diptcra, Culicid<r)
By HARRISON G. DYAR and FREDERICK KNAB

Aedes zoosophus, new species.

Head and anterior half of mesonotum with dense scales of
brassy yellowish, showing a faint brownish shade near the
middle ; posterior portion marked with dark brown, which
begins squarely, is divided by a pair of whitish lines and
reaches the root of wing. Abdomen black above with basal
segmental white bands, divided into a small median portion
and larger white triangular lateral patches ; venter with the
segments black at apices and white at bases, evenly divided.
Wing scales wholly dark brown, dense on costa. Proboscis
black. Legs bluish black scaled ; femora with apical white
spots, the hind femur with the basal half white ; hind tarsi
rather broadly white-ringed at the bases. Claws toothed.

Type, female, No. 31558, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Kerrville, Texas,
August 19, 1909 (F. C. Pratt).

The species seems allied to flitviatilis Lutz and, like it, prob-
ably breeds in rock-holes along streams.

Aedes gonimus, new species.

Head and thorax with dense scales of brassy yellowish, the
mesonotum with two very narrow, parallel, well separated
brown lines, running from the front margin to the antescutellar
space. Abdomen black above, with broad basal segmental
white bands, scarcely widening on the sides, narrower posteri-
orly; venter white, with narrow apical segmental black bands.
Wing-scales wholly dark. Proboscis black. Legs black, all

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the femora whitish beneath nearly to the tips, without con-
spicuous knee-spots. Claws toothed.

Types, four females, No. 31559, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Kerrville,
Texas, June 20, 1907, "in a deep canyon; bites fiercely" (F. C.
Pratt).

Aedes niphadopsis, new species.

Head with white and brown scales intermixed, the white
predominating on vertex and sides below ; mesonotum with
dark brown scales dorsally, a little intermixed with white,
especially in narrower sublateral posterior lines, predominating
on the sides and around antescutellar space. Abdomen black
above, with very broad white basal segmental bands, more
or less diffused and tending to form a dorsal white stripe, often
distinct ; last segment nearly wholly white ; venter gray-white,
with medio-ventral black spots at the bases of the segments.
Legs black, the femora white nearly to tips, tibiae and even
the first two tarsal joints with gray- white scales predominating.
Wing-scales black, with many white ones intermixed on costa,
first vein and the veins bordering the basal cell. Proboscis
black with a sprinkling of white scales. Claws toothed.

Types, three females. No. 31560, U. S. Nat. Mus.; Salt
Lake County, Utah, April 10 and 15, 1914 (C. T. Voorhies).

Aedes epinolus Dyar and Knab.

This was described from females from Peru (Ins. Insc.
Mens., ii, 61, 1914). We have a male before us from Guay-
aquil, Ecuador (Dr. F. Campos R.).

Genitalia. — Side pieces long, cylindrical, with a triangular
basal lobe, bearing a group of setae with tubercular bases.
Clasp filament simple, but swollen at the basal third. Harpes
conical, with small apical hooks. Unci cylindrical, thin, the
tips incurved and approximate. Harpagones with slender
columnar curved stems, finely pilose within ; filament narrow,
curved, pointed and with a sharp retrose spine on one side.

Aedes innuitus, new species.

Head and mesonotum black, in the male specimens before
us without scales, but the set?e long and unusually abundant ;

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in the females sparse dark ])rown scales persist, replaced by
white ones low down on the sides. Abdomen above with dark
brown, not black, scales and narrow basal segmental whitish
bands. Legs black, the femora with whitish scales especially
beneath. Wings hyaline, the veins dark brown, denuded in our
specimens.

Genitalia. — Side pieces about three times as long as wide,
tips rounded. Clasp filament slender, uniform, with long in-
serted terminal spine. Apical lobe of side piece conical, small,
rugose, with few fine setae ; basal lobe high-conical, setose, the
setae long on the basal aspect, without a spine. Harpagones
long, narrow, setose at base, narrowed at apical third ; filament
long, sickle-shaped, with a double angular membrane at the
base as in tahocnsis and altiiisculus. Harpes peculiarly modi-
fied, tubular, with angular open ends and thickened rims. Unci
large, cylindrical, the tips pointed and inbent. Basal append-
ages moderate, with seven stout setae.

Types, two males and two females. No. 31561, U. S. Nat.
Mus. ; Greenland (through Dr. F. Meinert). Two fresher
specimens are very similar, but we do not venture to identify
them positively without the male ; Kangerdlooksoah, Inglefield
Gulf, Greenland, August 9, 1908 (C. C. Craft).

These specimens agree in a general way with Zetterstedt's
diagnosis of his Culex nigripes from Lapland. Possibly they
are the same species ; but with the generally local distribution
of these Aedes, we cannot make that assumption. The male
genitalia of nigripes are unknown.

Theobald (Mon. Culic, ii, 93, 1901) gives the distribution
of nigripes as "Lapland ; Greenland ; Virgin's Bay, Alaska
(T. Kincaid) ; Hudson's Bay (Walker) ; Kashmir, India,
13000 feet." He gives the synonymy thus :

Culex nigripes Zetterstedt (Lapland).

impiger Walker (Hudson's Bay).
implacabilis Walker (Hudson's Bay),
tndd^n.? Thomson (?) (California),
yar. sylvae Theobald (England).

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Blanchard (Les Moust., 345, 1905) copies this synonymy,
omitting the query after incidens and adds the locality
"France ;" but on page 391, he removes incidens to Theobald-
inella (=Culiseta) , its correct position.

As to impiger and implacabilis, they were described from
females, evidently in bad condition and therefore undetermin-
able. Felt (Bull. 79, N. Y. State Mus., 316, 1904) identified
impiger with specimens from northern New York, of which
he had all stages. This was a somewhat bold action, as we
have no knowledge whether the mosquito fauna of Hudson's
Bay is identical with that of the Adirondacks of New York
or not ; but we have followed this restriction, and placed the
unrecognizable implacabilis with it as a synonym (Howard,
Dyar and Knab, Mosq. N. Am. and W. Ind., iv, 755, 1917).

Concerning sylvce, F. W. Edwards says (The Entomol., 1912,
p. 220) that it is probably nemorosus, a species with normal
thoracic setse. Edwards also remarks upon nigripes, saying:
"It is extremely similar [to nemorosus], but the scales of the
head and thorax are all very deep brown, except for a few
in front of the wing base, which are whitish." Edwards does
not mention the conspicuous bristles ; but probably the speci-
mens examined were misidentified. They were not types.

Theobald never accepted the separation of the American
forms. His latest statement (Mon. Culic, v, 311, note, 1910)
was: "American specimens may differ [from nigripes], but I
cannot see a single character to separate them and do not
believe they are separate." By American specimens, he pre-
sumably meant those before him from Hudson's Bay, Canada,
and Virgin's Bay, Alaska. We are not familiar with the
Canadian specimens in the British Museum, but neither Walker
in describing impiger and implacabilis, nor Kirby in describing
punctor, all from the same Hudson's Bay locality, make any
mention of the long thoracic hairs, which would certainly
have attracted their attention if they had been present. These
bristles are not easily abraded. Both Giles and Theobald re-
describe the types of punctor and make no mention of the
long black bristles. In his description of nigripes, Theobald
does specifically mention these, showing that it was a char-

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acter which would draw his attention when present. It is
probable that these hirsute forms occur only in the extreme
north. A specimen before us from Labrador (St. Lewis In-
let, Labrador, July 13, 190G, through Prof. C. W. Johnson)
does not show the character.

We have a good series from Virgin's Bay and elsewhere
in Alaska. Two species are represented, a smaller one with
the mesonotum all dark brown scaled, and a larger one with the
mesonotum yellowish scaled with paired dark brown lines,
the latter probably borcalis Ludlow. There are no males for
exact determination ; but neither species could possibly be con-
fused with nigripes, as the mesonotum is furnished with
normal short setae, entirely unlike the long dense ones described
for nigripes and found also in our innuitus. It seems probable
that Theobald, having included southern specimens among the
true nigripes, based his conception of the species on these, or to
include these, and so could no longer distinguish the Canadian
and Alaskan specimens. That he did so is proved by his
having described English nemorosiis as variety sylvce of
nigripes. Blanchard's record from France is doubtless also
nemorosiis.

BRABANTIA RHIZOLEUCA REDESCRIBED

(Lepidopfera, Noctuidc?. Acronyctin(^)

By HARRISON G. DYAR

Among some South American Notodontidse recently de-
scribed by Lord Rothschild, a noctuid has crept in. It may be
easily recognized by the admirable photographic figure. The
following synonymy of the species is at present known to me:

Brabantia rhizoleuca (Brabant).

Pseudacontia rhizoleuca Brabant. Bull. Soc. Ent. France, 330,

1912.
Brabantia Dyar, Ins. Ins. Menstr., 1, 60, 1913.
Dyasia melanoleuca Rothschild, Nov. Zool., xxiv, 262, pi. iii, f. 21,

1917.

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THE GENUS CULEX IN THE UNITED STATES

(Diptera, Culicidce)

By HARRISON G. DYAR and FREDERICK KNAB

The small species of Culex of the southern United States,
belonging to the groups Melanoconion and Mochlostyrax, were
somewhat uncritically dealt with by us in the monograph,^
due to our limited material and small knowledge of the forms
in question and to the press of work caused by the multiplicity
of species before us at that time. The species may be ad-
vantageously considered disconnectedly from the mass of trop-
ical forms.

A number of errors have crept into our work, which we
will first correct. Iti all these species the proboscis of the
female is moderately swollen at the tip. In dried specimens
the member becomes shrunken and sometimes distorted, so
that the character is often far from evident, especially when
the swelling is normally not very prominent. We were led
by our observations on incomplete material to classify
abominator and peccator under the heading "proboscis of
female not swollen at tip," thereby introducing two serious
errors. Again, erraticus, floridamis, and agitator were based
upon larvse. In our zeal to complete our work, we associated
wrong adults in some cases. The adults assigned to erraticus
are correct, but we did not recognize that they are identical
with abominator, having already placed that species wrongly
in regard to the proboscis. To floridanus we wrongly assigned
adults of incriminator, separating them from our other in-
criminator by "eyes not white margined," not realizing that
the difference was due in part to the condition of the specimens
and in part to the deceptive nature of this character. The
white margin is formed by scales, which may be abraded, or
appear white or black according to the incidence of the light.
To agitator we assigned adults of another Cuban species be-
longing to Melanoconion, whereas agitator is strictly a
Mochlostvra.v.

1 Howard, Dyar and Knab, The Mosq. N. and Cent. Am. and W. Ind., iii, 1915.

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In respect to the larvae, abominator is identical with erraticu.^
and agitator with fioridanus, though, through minor errors,
we placed them separately in the tables.

Other corrections apply to abominator, egberti, and niastigia,
which were described as possessing white abdominal bands.
In abominator and egberti these consist of white central spots
with a few scattered scales, and should be described as dotted ;
in mastigia the appearance of bands is illusory in the female,
being due to the visibility of the pale integument and the pale
bristles, and vanishes under sufficient magnification. The male
in this species has distinct abdominal bands. Again egberti
and mastigia are separated on the deceptive character of the
white eye-margin, referred to above, which we would discard
as unreliable.

This is a rather formidable series of mistakes in so small
a group of species and naturally involves some changes in
synonymy. We believe that the species are here placed on
reliable characters.

The genus Culex as a whole, as it occurs in the United
States, may be divided into subgenera on the characters
afforded by the male genitalia. From this standpoint, Dein-
ocerites represents only a section of Culex, while, on the
other hand, Culicella and Climacura are plainly distinct
genera, the former nearer to Culiseta than to Culex. We
include them all in the following review:

Table of Subgenera of Culex by the Male Genitalia

1. Unci undivided, conical Climacura

Unci divided into paired plates 2

2. Harpes simple, few-toothed Culicella

Harpes with numerous terminal spines 3

3. Harpes broad, membranous, without basal branch ; unci lacking the

second plate by degeneration Neoculex

Harpes and unci not so formed 4

4. Harpes with a tuft of spines at tip Culex

Harpes comb-shaped, the spines in a single row 5

5. First plate of the unci elongated and spatulate Deinocerites

First plate of the unci triangular &

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6. Side pieces somewhat swollen; clasp filament roundedly enlarged

at tip Mochlostyrax

Side pieces much swollen ; clasp filament distorted and tufted,

Melanoconion

In the following table the species are separated on color-
ation, without regard to the subgeneric divisions :

Table of Species of Culex by Coloration

1. Proboscis white-ringed in the female 2

Proboscis not completely white-ringed 4

2. White rings of the tarsi broad 3

These rings narrow ; abdomen with dorsal segmental white patches

or bands cornigcr (var. hassardii Grabham) (2)

3. Femora and tibiae with a fine white line on the outer side,

tarsalis (3)
These parts black on outer side stigmatosoma (4)

4. Tarsi with white or pale rings at both ends of the joints 5

Tarsi unhanded 6

5. Large species; two distinct bare stripes on mtsonotum. .dy a ri (19)
Smaller species without extensive bare stripes on mesonotum ; tarsal

rings pale brown, indistinct, last joint of hind tarsi dark,

restuans (8)

6. Abdomen with apical segmental white bands, or at least lateral

spots so situated saxatilis ( 1 )

Abdominal bands basal or absent 7

7. Basal joint of antenna greatly elongated; abdomen with no white

markings cancer (20)

Basal joint of antenna unmodified 8

8. Recumbent scales of occiput narrowly curved or lanceolate 9

These scales at least in part broad and subtruncate 18

9. Mesonotum red ; abdomen with the bands indistinct,

erythrothorax (5)
Not so colored 10

10. Scales on the forks of second vein narrow, ligulate 11

These scales broad and ovate melanurus (18)

11. Abdomen unhanded dorsally 12

Abdomen with basal segmental white bands 13

12. Lateral spots of the abdomen not visible dor ssWy ... .salinarius (6)
These spots visible dorsally palus (7)

13. Band of second abdominal segment triangularly produced 14

This band transverse 16

14. Proboscis white marked beneath corniger, var.

Proboscis not so marked 13

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15. Abdominal bands all joined to the lateral spots pipiens (10)

Proximal bands separated from the lateral spots,

quinquefasciatus (9)

16. Mesonotum with narrow curved scales restuans

Mesonotum with minute hair-like scales 17

17. Abdominal bands on sixth and seventh segments laterally pro-

duced palus

These bands not so produced salinarius

18. Anterior part of vertex of head with flat black scales, the narrow

ones on occiput not reaching the front on the dorsal line 19

Flat scales on front of head partly white, the narrow ones on
occiput nearly or quite reaching the front margin 21

19. Abdomen with median row of basal white dots; venter strongly

black banded ; scales of forks of second vein narrowly ovate,

erraticus (11)

Abdomen all black dor sail j^; venter mostly pale, if banded, weakly

so 20

20. Scales on forks of second vein broadly ovate peccator (12)

These scales ligulate anips (13)

21. Abdomen with basal white segmental bands ; scales of vertex

nearly all white pose (17)

Abdomen without continuous bands ; vertex of head with many
black scales 22

22. Abdomen with median row of white dots dorsally at bases of

segments egberti (14)

Abdomen unmarked dorsally 23

23. Scales of mesonotum reddish brown, uniform floridanus (15)

These scales blackish and golden, varied peribleptus (16)

Section NEOCULEX Dyar

1. Culex (Neoculex) saxatilis Grossbeck.

Culex territans Howard, Dyar and Knab (not Walker), Mosq.
N. & Cent. Am. & W. I., iii, 293, 1915.

This species ranges over practically the whole of the United
States. The larvse favor permanent swamps and pools in more
or less wooded areas. In the west the species becomes re-
stricted to mountainous or forested areas, avoiding the open
plains. The larvae have a long tube somewhat expanded at
the tip. The male genitalia are distinctive, the unci having
lost the second or toothed plate. The adult does not bite warm-
blooded animals, but has been observed attacking frogs.

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Section CULEX Linnaeus

2. Culex (Culex) corniger Theobald.

Culex corniger Howard, Dyar and Knab, 1. c, iii, 240, 1915.

This species reaches us only in southern Florida. It is a
well marked form, remarkably variable in coloration as adult,
yet with distinct and easily recognizable characters in larva
and male genitalia. The lobes of the side piece have three
rods, the central one very stout, followed by a leaf-like append-
age with a very delicate seta beside it and a seta beyond.

The species ranges over the Antilles, Mexico, Central Amer-
ica and South America to Brazil, having essentially a tropical
distribution.

3. Culex (Culex) tarsalis Coquillett.

Culex tarsalis Howard, Dyar and Knab, 1. c, iii, 230, 1915.
This species is common throughout the west, especially in
the arid regions, and extends eastward as far as Illinois, dis-
appearing in the forested country and at high altitudes. The
larva has the air tube with five paired tufts, but the tufts are
crowded together on the ventral line, confused and alter-
nating, so that the normal position of the subapical tuft as out
of line with the others is obscured. The larvs may be found
in all sorts of stagnant water in the open, permanent or semi-
permanent, containing vegetation. The male genitalia have
the lobe of the side piece with three rods, the marginal one
shorter, a seta, a leaf-like appendage and another seta. The
second plate of the unci is curved, one arm membranous and
finely dentate on the inner side, the other arm tooth-like; on
the surface between these two arms are 4 to 6 teeth, more
or less irregular in size ; from the base of the plate arises a
single long horn, exceeding the central tooth in length.

4. Culex (Culex) stigmatosoma Dyar.

Culex stigmatosoma Howard, Dyar and Knab, 1. c, iii, 236, 1915.

This species is confined to the Pacific coast region and has
not been found east of the Sierras. The larva has the air-
tube with five paired tufts, the subapical one moved out of

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line. They frequent essentially temporary pools, of not too
transient a nature, such as are left in stream beds where the
rivers go dry in the summer or greatly diminish in volume.
These pools are without vegetation. The genitalia are essen-
tially as in tarsalis, the lobe of the side piece having three
rods, a seta, a leaf-like appendage and a seta ; the second plate
of the unci is modified in the same manner, but there are only
two teeth on the central portion.

5. Culex (Culex) erythrothorax Dyar.

Culex erythrothorax Howard, Dyar and Knab, 1. c, iii, 315, 1915.

This species inhabits the southern part of California, south
of the San Bernardino-San Gabriel-Coast Ranges, the north-
ernmost record being Salinas. It has not been found in the
San Joaquin or Sacramento Valleys. The larvse live in
sloughs of permanent water among cat-tails and Lemna, the
water often of considerable depth and containing fish. The
larva is much as in pipicns and quinqiiefasciatus, but has a
longer air-tube and the subdorsal abdominal hairs are in threes.
The development is slow. The male genitalia have the lobe
of the side piece with three rods, subequal, a leaf-like append-
age, straight on one side, a stout seta beside it and a seta
be\ond; the second plate of the unci has the lower arm tooth-
lili' e, the upper arm similar, not membranous ; between these
some 8 teeth in two ranks, subequal, and a long horn from
the base, exceeding the teeth.

li. Culex (Culex) salinarius Coquillett.

■ Culex soliiiarins Howard, Dyar and Knab, 1. c, iii, 373, 1915.

This ranges over the United States east of the Great Plains,
except the southern part, being absent from Florida and un-
recorded from the Gulf coast. It is commonest in open
marshes, especially near the sea, though it does not inhabit
salt marshes nor require even slightly saline water. The air-
tube of the larva is long and slender, the body glabrous. The
male genitalia have the lobe of the side piece with three rods,
the marginal one a little shorter, but as stout as the others, a

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leaf-like appendage, straight on one side, with a seta beside
it and a seta beyond ; second plate of the unci produced into
two arms, neither membranous, the upper long and pointed,
the lower bent at a rounded right angle; between these are
some six teeth of various sizes ; the long horn-shaped process
from the base is flattened and seems to form the third plate
rather than a tooth of the second.

7. Culex (Culex) palus Theobald.

Culex similis and C. palus Howard, Dyar and Knab, 1. c, iii, 339,
342, 1915.

There seems no doubt that the names similis and palus refer
to the same species. Edwards's opinion, quoted by us, may be
definitely accepted.

This species inhabits the West Ilidies, covering also most of
southern Florida. The larvae inhabit the pools in coral rock,
so abundant in the islands and generally any water of a per-
manent or semi-permanent nature. They are not found in
artificial receptacles. The air tube is very long and slender,
the skin of the body covered with little spiculse. The genitalia
have the lobe of the side piece with three rods, the marginal
one smaller, a leaf-like appendage and a rod-like seta, no sec-
ond seta between the rods and the leaf ; the second plate of
the unci has the outer arm membranous and curved, but small
and without teeth, being finely pectinate outwardly ; at the
base of this piece the plate forms a rounded angle with a char-
acteristic pectination ; a long horn arises from the base ; inner
arm of plate horn-like, and three or four teeth on the margin
between the arms, of different sizes.

8. Culex (Culex) restuans Theobald.

Culex restuans Howard, Dyar and Knab, 1. c, iii, 333, 1915.
This species inhabits the United States east of the Great
Plains, extending from Canada to Florida. The larvae inhabit
all sorts of collections of water, especially of a somewhat foul
character, having been found in rain barrels and old tins. The
larva is recognizable from pipiens and qninquefasciatus by the
peculiar antennae, which are uniformly shaped and without
the ''notch" generally characteristic of Culex. The male

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genitalia have the lobe of the side piece with three rods, the
marginal one shorter, a seta, a leaf -like appendage and another
seta; the second plate of the unci is curved, the corners drawn
out into stout teeth, the upper one long, the basal one short,
one denticule between. When mounted undisturbed, the parts
appear enclosed in an elliptical basket or cage, with a bent
cross-bar, the sides bidentate.

Culex brehmei, described by Knab ( Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash.,
xxix, 161, 1916), proves to be a fallacious species, the adults
being restuans, the larvae pipiens, a wrong association having
been made by the collector, whose statement was accepted
without the proof afforded by isolations.

The name Culex territans Walker appears to be the oldest
name for this species, according to F. W. Edwards of the
British Museum ; but Walker's description does not fit this
species and the name has long been applied to another species.
We therefore drop the name as unrecognizable in order to
avoid the confusion that would ensue by its further use.

9. Culex (Culex) quinquefasciatus Say.

Culex quinquefasciatus Howard, Dyar and Knab. 1. c, iii, 345,
1915.

This species extends over the whole of the warmer por-
tion of the earth, having become dispersed by commerce
in former days. Iti the United States it occupies the southern
Atlantic seaboard to the District of Columbia, where it is com-
mon, but does not extend much farther north. In the Mis-
sissippi Valley it probably extends farther. It is absent from
the Great Plains and the whole of the west, except in the
lower Colorado Valley, having been taken in the Imperial
Valley, California, and Yuma, Arizona, as an extension of its
range in Mexico, where it is abundant. The species is semi-
domesticated in habit, the larvae occurring in numbers in all
artificial collections of water about human habitations, less
common in the open country in natural pools, but so occurring
occasionally. The larva is very close to that of pipiens, differ-
ing in the slightly shorter air-tube, with less numerous pecten
teeth, and in the presence of single subdorsal hairs on abdom-

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inal segments 3 and 4, these being double in pipiens. The
male genitalia have the lobe of the side piece with three rods,
of which the central one is slenderer, and not the marginal one
shorter, followed by two fine setae and a filamentous rod, a
leaf-like appendage and a seta. Harpes with a crown of
spines, the basal appendage short and straight ; unci of four
plates ; 1, triangular and strongly pigmented ; 2, curved, with
a longer and a shorter arm as in restuans, but thin and not
tooth-like ; 3, long and flat, exceeding the other pieces and
curving to one side; 4, upright and straight, the pair joined
by a bridge.

10. Culex (Culex) pipiens Linnaeus.

Culex pipiens Howard, Dyar and Knab, 1. c, iii, 360, 1915.

This species is a native of Europe, presumably introduced
into the United States by commerce. It is spread over the
northern part of the eastern region, from Virginia to New
Hampshire, westward to Illinois. The larvae are found in
artificial collections of water and also in the open in pools
that are sufficiently foul. The genitalia have the lobes of the
side piece with three rods, the marginal one stoutest, two setae
and a filament, a leaf-like appendage and another seta ; the
unci have four plates; 1, triangular and pigmented; 2, concave,
short and broad, the angles rounded and scarcely produced;
3, long and flat, exceeding the other parts but slenderer than
in quinquefasciatus and often outbent angularly; 4, stout and
long, somewhat tubular with a truncated tip, outbent with the
other plates.

What has been known as Culex comitatus Dyar and Knab
(Monog., iii, 369, 1915) inhabits the coastal area of CaHfornia
and lower Sacramento Valley (Roseville). The differences
pointed out between it and pipiens are slight, and there seems
little doubt but that it is actually pipiens, independently intro-
duced into California by commerce during the last century.
In describing comitatus, all our comparisons were made with
quinquefasciatus and it never occurred to us to consider
pipiens specially in this connection. If it had, we would have
seen that a new name was unnecessary.

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Section MELANOCONION Theobald

11. Culex (Melanoconion) erraticus Dyar and Knab.

Melanoconion atratus Dyar (not Theobald), Journ. N. Y. Ent.

Soc, xiii, 26, 29, 1905.
Mochlostyrax erraticus Dyar and Knab, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc,

xiv, 223, 224, 1906.
Melanoconion atratus Coquillett (in part, not Theobald), U. S.

D. A., Bur. Ent., Tech. ser. 11, 24, 1906.
■ Mochlostyrax erraticus Dyar, U. S. D. A., Bur. Ent., Circl. 72,

3, 1906.
Culex abominator Dyar and Knab, Smith. Misc. Colls., quart.

iss., Hi, 257, 1909.
Culex abominator Howard, Dyar and Knab. Monog., iii, 378,

1915.
Culex erraticus Howard, Dyar and Knab, Monog., iii, 382, 1915.

This species inhabits the Mississippi Valley region — Illinois,
Arkansas, Louisiana, and Texas. The larva has a straight,
rather long' air-tube, body and tube minutely pilose; lateral
comb of the eighth segment in an irregularly double row. They
live in permanent bodies of water full of aquatic vegetation.
The genitalia have the side pieces greatly swollen, the lobes
divided and highly modified ; the clasp filament is distorted,
furnished on the outer margin with fine hair and a nearlv
solid crest ; terminal spine strong and curved like a hook.

12. Culex (Melanoconion) peccator Dyar and Knab.

Culex peccator Dyar and Knab, Smith. Misc. Colls., quart, iss..

Hi, 256, 1909.
Culex incriminator Dyar and Knab, Smith. Misc. Colls., quart.

iss.. Hi, 257, 1909.
Culex peccator Thibault, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., xii, 20. 1910.
Culex peccator Howard, Dyar and Knab, 1. c, iii, 318, 1915.
Culex incriminator Howard, Dyar and Knab, 1. c, iii, 409, 1915.

The species has been recorded from Arkansas, Mississippi,
South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. The larvae and life
habits are unknown. The male genitalia are as in erraticus
but the clasp filament has a weak terminal spine, the crest fe.i-
thered, not solid.

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13. Culex (Melanoconion) anips Dyar.

Culex anips Dyar, Ins. Ins. Mens., iv, 48, 1916.
Known only from southern California. The larvae live in
pools of permanent water with cat-tails and Lemna, containing
fish ; the larva has not been described. The male genitalia are
as in erraticus, the clasp filament terminating in a weak spnie
as in peccator, the outer margin with two hair patches, not
forming a crest.

Section MOCHLOSTYRAX Dyar and Knab

14. Culex (Mochlostyrax) egberti Dyar and Knab.

Culex egberti Howard, Dyar and Knab, 1. c, iii, 431, 1915.
Known only from Lake Okeechobee, Florida, from female
adults ; male, larva and life history unknown. This may prove
to be the same as floridanus ; but, on account of the white
spots on the abdomen, we keep it separate, pending further
information.

15. Culex (Mochlostyrax) floridanus Dyar and Knab.

Mochlostyrax cubensis Dyar and Knab (not Culex cubcnsis

Bigot), Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, xiv, 233, 225, 1906.
Mochlostyrax floridanus Dyar and Knab, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash.,

xix, 171, 1906.
Culex agitator Dyar and Knab (new nafne), Journ. N. Y. Ent.

Soc, XV, 100, 1907.
Culex deceptor Dyar and Knab, Smith. Misc. Colls., quart, iss..

Hi, 257, 1909.
Culex agitator Howard, Dyar and Knab, 1. c, iii, 384, 1915.
Culex floridanus Howard, Dyar and Knab, 1. c, iii, 402, 1915.
Culex deceptor Howard, Dyar and Knab, 1. c, iii, 408, 1915.
Culex mastigia Howard, Dyar and Knab, 1. c, iii, 426, 1915.

Inhabits southern Florida and Cuba. Our material is ex-
tremely scanty, consisting of the following : Of floridanus, larvae,
no adult ; of agitator, larvse, no adult ; of deceptor, no larvae, one
male and one female adult (the third female type is peccator),
the male mounted for genitalia and the abdominal markings
cannot be distinguished; of mastigia, no larvae, two male and
two female adults, both males mounted for genitalia, but the
bases of the abdomens remaining show broad white basal

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bands. On this basis, we consider the above synonymy, while
extremely probable, not absolutely assured.

The larva has a peculiar tapering air-tube with long tufts
diminishing outwardly ; lateral comb of the eighth segment
of 8 spines in a curved row. It lives in permanent water with
aquatic vegetation, and has the habit of hanging itself up on
leaves, etc., by the hooks of the air-tube or lying on the bottom,
seldom coming to the surface. The male genitalia have the
basal appendages small and papillose.

16. Culex (Mochlostyrax) peribleptus, new species.

Female. — Proboscis black, very slightly swollen at the tip;
head with fiat black scales, mixed with white ones, especially
along the margins of the eyes and on the sides ; narrow curved
golden ones posteriorly, which run forward in a triangular
patch almost to the front margin in the center ; many erect
forked black scales. Integument of mesonotum blackish,
rather sparsely clothed with small narrow curved scales, vary-
ing from dark brown to golden brown and light golden, the
mesonotum appearing under a hand lens black, with illy de-
fined golden double dorsal lines and short subdorsal ones
posteriorly, with a somewhat curved patch in front of the short
stripes. Abdomen black above, slightly violaceous, the bristles
at the ends of the segments pale ; lateral spots white, triangular ;
venter with the segments white at their bases, broadly black
at the apices of the terminal segments. Legs black, the femora
white beneath nearly to tips ; tips of femora and tibise nar-
rowly pale. Wing scales black, those on the forks of the sec-
ond vein narrowly ovate, the outstanding ones linear.

Male. — The genitalia have the side pieces about three times
as long as wide, excavated at the base ; lobe divided, the basal
portion again forked, one arm short, one long, each bearing
a filament with minutely hooked tip ; outer division produced,
bearing a group of filaments at outer third, a leaf just before
the tip and a small filament at tip ; clasp narrowed centrally,
swollen on outer third, with a terminal groove at the insertion
of the small stout terminal spine, the outer margin finely
pilose. Harpes narrowly comb-shaped ; unci with the second

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plate emarginate ; basal appendages large, quadrately capitate.
Types, two males and two females, No. 31571, U. S. Nat.
Mus. ; Parr Shoals, South Carolina, August 1 and 18, 1915,
bred from larvae in a grass pond (T. H. D. Griffiths). No
larvae were sent.

17. Culex (Mochlostyrax) pose, new species.

Female. — Head with gray flat scales, shining white in a
strong light, white on the margins of the eyes and the sides ;
narrow curved yellowish scales posteriorly, reaching the front
margin at vertex; erect forked scales pale brownish. Integu-
ment of mesonotum blackish, rather sparsely clothed with
narrow curved scales, varying from brown to light golden,
under the lens showing paired blackish spots in front in a
uniformly golden surface, the posterior third with four diffused
golden lines on a dark ground. Abdomen black scaled, with
basal segmental white bands, rather narrow and a little irreg-
ular, widening on the sides ; the band on the second segment
triangularly produced in the middle ; venter whitish scaled, the
last segments with weak blackish apical bands. Legs black,
femora white beneath nearly to tips ; tips of femora and tibiae
narrowly pale. Wing scales black, those on the forks of sec-
ond vein narrowly ovate outwardly, many linear ones on basal
part of fork.

Type, female. No. 21573, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Dallas, Texas,
November 11, 1905 (W. E. Hinds).

Genus CLIMACURA Howard, Dyar and Knab

18. Climacura melanurus Coquillett.

Culex (Climacura) melanurus Howard, Dyar and Knab,
1. c, iii, 453, 1915.

This species inhabits the eastern United States. It is pecu-
liar in passing the winter in the larval stage in the small water
holes in boggy land where it lives. The eggs are laid singly.
The species is rare, though widely distributed in swampy
regions.

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Genus CULICELLA Felt

10. Culicella dyari Coquillett.

Culex {Culicella) dyari Howard, Dyar and Knab, 1. c, iii, 457,
1915.

It occurs in the northeastern States, westward to the moun-
tains of British Columbia. The larvae are found in the early
spring in the pools left from the melting of the snow. All
our records for the adults are in May. It appears there is but
a single annual generation and the winter must be passed in
the egg state. This species is not a Culex on habits any more
than by the structure of the male genitalia.

Genus DEINOCERITES Theobald

20. Deinocerites cancer Theobald.

Deinocerites cancer Howard, Dyar and Knab, 1. c, iii, 201, 1915.
This species has been taken in southern Florida. The larvse
live in the vv^ater in the holes of certain species of crabs along
the tropical seashore. While this forms not more than a sec-
tion of Culex by the male genitalia, the characters of the larvae
and adults have differentiated to such an extent that it is best
classed as a genus.

A SECOND NOTE ON TH^ SPECIES OF CULEX OF

THE BAHAMAS

(Diptera, Culicida:)
By HARRISON G. DYAR

The present author, jointly with Mr. Frederick Knab, pub-
lished a note on the species of Culex of the Bahamas, based
upon collections made in 1915. In Shattuck's "The Bahama
Islands," published by the Geographical Society of Baltimore.
Dr. T. H. Coffin lists the mosquitoes collected by himself in
1903. His names are as follows, together with the corrected
nomenclature supplied in Howard, Dyar and Knab's Mono-
graph, "Mosquitoes of North and Central America and the
West Indies," 1913-17.

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COFFIN HOWARD, DYAR AND KNAB

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Stegomyia fasciata Fab 280 Aedes calopus Meig 826

Janthinosoma musica Say 281 Psorophora sayi D. & K 554

Janthinosoma varipes Coq... 281 Psorophora coffini D. & K.,. 574

Wyeomyia smithii Coq 282 Wyeomyia bahama D. & K. .. 62

. y Aedes condolescens D. & K. 789

Culex confirmatus Arnb 282 ^ ^ ..^^^ plutocraticus D. & K. 804

Culex cyanescens Coq 283 var. of Psorophora coffini D.

& K 574

Culex jamaicensis Theob 283 Psorophora jamaicensis

Theob 581

Culex nanus Coq 284 Psorophora pygmaea Theob.. 600

Culex pipiens Linn 285 Culex quinquefasciatus Say.. 346

Culex restuans Theob 286

Culex serratus Theob 286 Aedes pertinax Grabh 791

Culex sollicitans Walk 287 Aedes sollicitans Walk 658

Culex taeniorhynchtis Wied.. 287 Aedes niger Giles 672

Culex territans Walk 288 Culex sphinx How., D. & K.. 301

Culex trivittatus Coq 289 Aedes obturbator D. & K 778

The following species have been since recorded :

Aedes albonotata Coq. Monogr., p. 855. New Providence! Is.,

1915 (Dyar).
Culex bahamensis D. & K., Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, xiv, 206, 210,

1906.
Culex similis Theob., Monogr., p. 342, New Providence Is., 1915

(Dyar) ; Dyar and Knab, Ins. Insc. Mens., iii, 112, 1915.
Culex aseyehae Dyar and Knab, Ins. Insc. Mens., iii, 112, 1915.
Culex sp., Dyar and Knab, Ins. Insc. Mens., iii, 115, 1915.

It will be noticed that the species recorded by Coffin as
Culex restuans was not restudied for the Monograph. I have
recently gone over this and find that a new and very interesting
form is represented.

Culex (Transculicia, new subgenus) eleuthera, new species.

Female. — Head with sparse narrow curved bronzy brown
scales and numerous erect forked black ones; the sides with
flat white scales, which run a little way up along the margin
of the eye. Proboscis black, the middle portion injured.
Mesonotum brown, with three darker lines in the integument,
sparsely clothed with narrow curved bronzy brown scales,
mixed with a few silvery whitish ones, which appear prin-

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cipally in a pair of small round subdorsal dots. Abdomen
black-scaled, with basal segmental white bands, widening a
little in the middle and hardly widening at all at the sides ;
venter pale scaled. Wing scales dark, the costa, first and third
veins closely scaled and appearing darker than the others. Legs
black-scaled, femora and tibise whitish-lined below ; tarsi nar-
rowly but distinctly white-ringed at bases and apices of the
joints, especially at the apices, the tibiae also white at base
and, apex narrowly. Claws simple.

Male. — Proboscis with a pale spot beyond the middle, labellse
pale. Palpi exceeding the proboscis, black ; broad white rings
at the bases of the joints and the middle of the long joint; last
two joints bristly. Antennce nonnal, plumose. Mesonotum
with more silvery scales than in tlie female, especially poste-
riorly about the antescutellar space. Venter of abdomen with
a blackish band at the base of the penultimate segment. Claws
one-toothed.

Genitalia. — Side pieces about twice as long as wide, strongly
excavated at base ; a quadrate hairless lobe arising from the
apex of the basal emargination, bearing two short, stout,
thickened appendages and a smaller one just below. Setae
of side pieces short, evenly distributed without, gathered in
little patches within, one group on each side of the lobe, one
at the outer third of the side piece and a larger patch just
before tip. Clasp filament long, slender, uniform, with minute
terminal spine. Harpes with a long basal branch, the tips
rather delicate, curving over ventrally and densely covered with
fine spines. Unci divided into three plates, the first slender,
straight, upright, pointed at tip ; second rounded, capitate,
laminate, the profile of the laminse spinous, heavily pigmented ;
third short, angularly bent and projecting outward at right
angles. No basal appendages ; no scales.

Types, one female, three males. No. 21570, U. S. Nat. Mus. ;
Governor's Harbor, Eleuthera, Bahamas, July H, 1903 (T. H.
Coffin).

The new subgenus is based on the peculiar male genitalia.
The lobes of the side pieces are quite unlike those of any Ciilex
proper and are closely similar to Deinocerites. The harpes,

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however, are tufted as in Culex proper and not comb-shaped
as in Deinocerites. The unci are as in neither of these groups.
Culex bahamensis was described from larvae collected by Dr.
Coffin, the adults being unknown. I have considered the pos-
sibility of the present species being the adult of bahamcnsis,
but do not think it to be probable. The larva of bahamensis
has the tufts of the air-tube in a straight line and therefore
should belong in the Melanoconion group of Culex; eleuthera
has the harpes tufted and belongs in Culex proper. The locality
where Coffin took the bahamensis larvae is not now known, but
they were evidently not taken at Governor's Harbor, Eleuthera,
for Dr. Coffin, in his published account, does not mention
having taken larvae at that place.

Culex aseyehae Dyar and Knab.

Diligent search has failed to locate the types of this species.
I can only conclude that Mr. Knab failed to attach type labels
at the time of description, but left the specimens standing in
the box, and they have now been placed with quinquefasciatus
by me. I think the name is a synonym of this species. At
the time, I was under the impression that the short-tubed
larva breeding in "wild" rock-holes with similis and sphinx
was a new species, and I' told Mr. Knab so, persuading him,
after my departure from Washington, and no doubt against
his better judgment, to draw up a description. Recent study
of the material shows that this species is only quinquefasciatus ,
breeding in "wild" pools. In fact this species seems to be dis-
tinctly less domesticated than pipiens, at least in regard to
breeding places, for aseychce was bred from a surface rock-
pool on the road to Lake Cunningham with no habitation what-
ever within sight.

Culex reductor Dyar and Knab.

The species listed by Mr. Knab and myself as Culex sp.
may be safely identified with Culex reductor of Jamaica. The
larva agrees exactly with that species, and not with floridanus
of Florida and Cuba.

This peculiar distribution is paralleled by A'edes albonotata,
a Santo Domingan species which I took in Nassau, but which

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is not known from Cuba. Can the West Indian hurricanes
have anything to do with this distribution? Iti an ordinary
storm, mosquitoes seek shelter and do not rise ; but a hurricane
may conceivably carry them away, shelter and all. Now, the
general track of these hurricanes, as shown by Dr. Fassig, is in
a curved line convex to the Florida peninsula. The storms
passing over Santo Domingo commonly pass next over the
Bahamas, while those passing over Cuba generally strike
southern Florida. I do not know whether mosquitoes are ever
actually transported by these storms. While the wind is very
violent, the rate of progress of the storm is comparatively slow,
10 to 12 miles an hour, according to Fassig. Moreover, we
know too little about the actual distribution of the species.
Collecting in the West Indies has been of the mo.st fragmentary
sort.

THE LARVA OF AEDES IDAHOENSIS

(Diptera, Culicidie)
By HARRISON G. DYAR

In Insecutor Inscitiae Menstruus (v. 120, 1917) I described
an unknown A'cdes larva from Montana. Recently Prof. J. R.
Parker sent me seven bred adults with larval skins, the larvae
found in a roadside pool, June 38, 1916. The adults are five
females and two males. Three females are idahoensis with
basal white abdominal bands ; one female has in addition scat-
tering white scales down the middle of the abdomen, rather
distinct at the tips of the segments, and the remaining female
has a broad suffused dorsal stripe, predominant posteriorly.
The larvae are all alike, having the following characters :

Head hairs single ; skin conspicuously spicular-pilose ; comb
of the eighth segment with 14 scales, each with central thorn
about as long as the body of the scale ; air-tube short, the
pecten of 19-21 teeth, the last two or three detached, followed
by the hair-tuft ; anal segment not ringed by the plate, the
hairs running basally along the ventral line.

188 INSECUTOR INSCITItE mknstruus

This, then, is the larva of idahoensis. The larva described
by me as above noted differs slightly. It has fewer teeth on
the air-tube and more scales in the lateral comb of the eighth
segment ; but the skin is spicular-pilose as in idahoensis. These
differences may possibly be varietal, and, if so, then I have
described the larva of idahoensis. But the matter will have
to be looked into further.

As to the larva of spencerii, it differs rather distinctly. The
skin is glabrous, or with but traces of spicules ; the comb of
the eighth segment has but eight teeth, each with long terminal
spine, longer than the body of the scale ; pecten of the air-tube
with 12 teeth, reaching to the middle of the tube only.

It would appear that spencerii and idahoensis represent dis-
tinct species and that spencerii is absent from southern Mon-
tana, the spencerii-Vike forms taken there being aberrations of
idahoensis. This is the conclusion to which I was inclined
while collecting in Montana (see Ins. Ins. Mens., v, 119, 1917),
except that I thought the larvae of the two forms would turn
out to be alike, which is now shov/n not to be the case.

INDEX TO VOLUME V

abdominalis Crawf., Thrips

60
abdulla Dyar, Cisthene 9
abdulla Dyar, n. sp., Cis-
thene 10
abfitchii Felt, Aedes 14
abfitchii F. & Y., Aedes 103
Ablerus 30
abnormis Gir., n. sp., Dino-

carsis 136
abominator D. & K., Culex

179
aboriginis Dyar, n. sp., Aedes

99
acaciae Gir., Eurytoma 155
Acanthodotheca Towns., n.

gen. 159
Acanthothrips 63
acerata Dyar, n. sp., Platy-

tes 86
Aceratoneuroniyia Gir., n.

gen., 151
acrophilus Dyar, n. sp.,

Aedes 127
Aedes 11, 98, 102-4
Aedes at Lake Pend d'Oreille,

Idaho, Notes on 102
Aedes from the Rocky

Mountain region, A new

127
Aedes idahoensis, larva of

187
Aedes of Montana, notes on,

104
Aenasiella 33
Aeolothrips 55, 64
aestivalis Dyar, Aedes, 102,

104, 107, 119
Agamerionella 155
agitator D. & K., Culex 180
albinella Cram.. Rupela 79
aldrichi D. & K., Aedes 121
Alexander, C. P., articles

by 6, 21
Allomphale 37
aloponotum Dyar, n. sp.,

Aedes 98
.AlDheias 82
altiusculus Dyar, n. sp.,

Aedes 100
Amblycoryphenes Towns., n.

gen. 161
amblyptipennis Dyar, n. sp.,

Schoenobius 80
American Lepidoptera, new,

65
American Mosquitoes, New

165
americana Fab., Cuterebra 24
americanus Hood, Zygothrips

61

americanus Morg., Echino-
thrips 59

Amiscogaster Gir., n. gen.,

144
Amobiinae, new genera of

157
amphinome I,., Peridromia

128
Anagyropsis Gir., n. gen. 136
analis Mcq., Cuterebra 24
Ananusia Gir., n. n., 155
Anaphothrips 58
Anastatus 34
anchridis Dyar, n. sp., Eu-

moorea 91
Anegcephalesis, n. gen., 46
angusticeps Hood, Tricho-

thrips 61
anips Dyar. Culex 173, 180
annectans Hood, Aeolothrips

55
annulosa Walker, Halesidota

130
anomocerus Hood, Tricho-

thrips 01
Aphycus 1.34
Aplastomorpha 153
approximata Walk., Cutere-
bra 24
Apterotrix 94
Aptinothrips 58
Aressida 155
aigentinensis Roths., Cis-

!hene 8
Erida Skin., Cisthene 9
arisaemae Hood, Hetero-

thrips 56
rirmatus Hood, Idolothrips 64
aseyehae D. & K.. Culex 186
ashmeadi Gir., Coccophagus

29
Asympiesicll.'i 155
atratus Theob., Culex 179
atrox Clk., Cuterebra 24
aurea Towns., n. sp., Rav-

iniopsis, 161
aureus Gir., n. var., Neorho-

pus 140
australia Gir., n. sp., Acera-

toneuromvia 151
australia Gir., n. sp., Aena-
siella 33
australia Gir., n. sp., Cerap-

trocerus, 96
australia Gir., n. sp., Copido-

soma 133
australia Gir., n. sp., Dib-

rachys 145
australia Gir., n. sp., Eury-
toma 155
australia Gir., n. sp., I,epto-

mastix 35
australia Gir., n. sp., Micro-

gaster 36

Australian Chalcid-flies 29

Australian Chalcid-flies, new

133
australica Gir., n. sp., Copi-

dosoma 133
australica Gir., n. sp., Tomo-

cera 147
australicus Gir., n. sp., Bar-

dylis 94
australicus Gir., n. sp., Neo-

rhopus 140
australiensis Gir., n. sp.,

Coccophagus 30
australiensis Gir., n. sp.,

Tachinacphagus 143
australiensis Howard, Bar-

dylis 93
australiensis Howard, Het-

erarthrellus 136
australis Gir., Cerehysius 95
australis Gir., n. sp., Copido-

soma 133

Bahamas, a new Phycitid

from 46
Bahamas, A second note on

the species of Culex of the,

183
Barnes & McDunnough "list"

41
Barydlis 93
Bavanusia 141

beachi Hinds, Hoplothrips 64
bellator D. & K., Anopheles

38
bellulus Gir., Cerehysius 95
bicolor Hinds, Aeolothrips 55
bidens Gir., n. sp., Stomato-

ceroides 150
Big Timber, Montana 109
bioculatus Gir., n. sp., Nea-

brolepoideus 141
Blaesoxiphotheca Towns., n.

gen. 159
Bocchoris 70, 88
Boeotarcha 73
Bogeria 33
boliviensis Theob., Anopheles

38
borealis Dyar, n. var., Gry-

potes 67
borrowi Gir., n. sp., Anasta-
tus 35
Bozeman, Montana 109
Brabantia 169
Brazil, a new Noctuid from

50
brehmei Knab. Culex 177
brevicornis Hood, Liothrips

65
brevipennis Hood, Scirto-

thrips 59
bridwelli Frank., Cteno-

thrips 58

189

190

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British Guiana, Seven new

Pyralids from 88
Bromelicolous Anopheles 38
brumalis B. & McD., Sylepta

71
buccata Fab., Bogeria 24
Busck, A., article by 3

California, A new Pyralid

from 133
campestris D. & K., Aedes

104, 111
Camptopsis Towns., n. gen.

162
canadensis Theob., Aedes 103,

104, 112
cancellalis Dyar, n. sp., Elo-

phila 77
cancer Theob., Deinocerites

172, 183
cantans Meig., Aedes 103
carlylei Gir., n. sp., Stomat-

ocerus 148
caryae Fitch, Liothrips 62
cassiae Dyar, n. sp., Empo-
ria 91
castaneae Hood, Eiothrips 65
caswarinae Gir., n. sp., Eu-

rytoma 150
cataphylla Dyar, Aedes 17
cathaeretes Dyar, n. sp., An-

egcephalesis 46
caudata Towns., n. sp., Blae-

soxiphotheca 159
Caudell, A. N., article by 38
Cephalothrips 64
cerambycoboideus Gir., n. sp.,

Eupelnuis 33
Ceraptrocerus 96
Cerchysius 95
cerealium Hal., Eimnothrips

56
Chaetospila 37
Ch.-ilcid-flies, new Australian

92, 133
Cheiloneiirodes 95
Cheiloneiiroides 37
Chilo 84
Chirothrips 56
chlorophasma Dyar. n. var.,

Cornifrons 74
chorion Dyar. n. sp., Cis-

thene 9
chrysoderas Dyar, n. sp., Po-

cocera 90
chrysozona Dyar, n. sp., Pa-

tissa 82
Cindaphia 72
cinereus Meig.. .^edes 17, 98,

lO."?, 104. 108, 117
cinsnilatus ITinds, Serico-

thrips 58
Cisthene 8

citricornis Hood. Liothrips 62
riaphe 130

Climacura D. S: K.. 171. 182
rUipeosom.n 79
cnccidiphagiis Gir.. n. sp.,
\nhvcTis 134

Coccophagus 29, 92
Coccophoctonus 33
comitatus D. & K., Culex 178
Comperiella 37
Conchylodes 70
coniferarum Perg., Idolo-

thrips 63
Copidosoma 133
Cornifrons 73
corniger Theob., Culex 172,

174
corticis DeGeer, Hoplothrips

64
corticis Hood, Neothrips 65
Crambidia 67
Crambids from the United

States, Seven new 84
Crane-flies from Philippines 6
crassus Hood, Aeolothrips 55
Cryptothrips 63
Ctenacroscelis 21
Ctenothrips 58

cubensis D. & K., Culex 180
Culex. 101. 171. 174
Culex in the United States,

The genus 170
Culex of the Bahamas, a sec-
ond note on the 183
Culicella Felt, 171, 183
Culiseta 101

cun'culi Clk., Cuterebra 24
curriei Coq.. Aedes 98, 104,

108, 109, 110, 122
Cuterebra 23
cynara Druce. Cisthene 9
cynossema Druce, Cisthene 8
cypris Druce. Cisthene 9

dactylopii .\shm.. Coccophoc-

torus 33
Datana 67

deceptor D. & K.. Culex 180
dectlcus H., D. & K., Aedes

1?S
Deinocerites 171. 183
delta Dyar. n. sp., Oxytha-

phora 51
dentifer Dyar, n. sp.. Gry-

potes 66
Devmatobir'. 23
Desmia 70
diabata Dv.ir. n. sp.. Eipo-

('osma 70
Diasemia Tl
D'^.traea 84
Dihrachys 145
diT^idens P^-ar. n. sp., Data-

r.a 67
dinephelalis Dvar, n. sp.,

Plptytes S',5
Dirocarsis l.^'!
Dmot-ra 153
Diversinervis 37
divisus Hood, Oxythrips 57
dorspli". Meir?.. Aedes 125
Drummond, ^fontana 108
dubia Gir., n. sp., .\pterotrix

94
dul)''a Gir.. n. sp., Sphegip-

terosema 146

Dyar, H. G., articles by 8,
11, 41, 45, 46, 50, 65, 69,
75, 79, 84, 88, 97, 102, 104,
127, 128, 132, 169, 183,
187

Dyar, H. G., and F. Knab,
articles by 38, 165, 170

dyari Coq., Culicella 172, 183

Echinothrips 59

egberti D. & K , Culex 173

180
Eleodiomyia Towns., n. gen.

160
eleuthera Dyar, Culex, n. sp.

184
Elophila 75
emasculator Fitch, Bogeria

24
emersoni Gir., n. sp., Able-

rus 30
emersoni Gir., n. sp., Cocco-
phagus 29
emigrata Roh., n. sp., Per-

isierola 1
Emporia 91
Encyrtocephalus 152
Epidinocarsis 136
epinolus D. & K., Aedes 166
Erioptera 7
erraticus D. & K., Culex 173,

179
erythrothorax Dyar, Culex.

172, 175

eucalypti Gir., n. sp., Din-

oura 153
Eucymatoge 68
Eudeilinea 68
Euderus 152
euedes How., Dyar & Knab,

Aedes 16
Eumoorea, Dyar, n. gen., 91
eiimoros Dyar, n. sp.. Clu-

peosoma 79
Eupelmus 33

euphemia Dyar, Hylesia 129
Eurythmia 46
Eurytoma 150, 155
Eusandalum 35
evanescens Dyar, n. sp., Dia-

traea 84
Evaro, Montana 106

fasciata Swenk, Bogeria 24
femoralis Morgan, Zygo-

thrips 64
fisheri Dyar, n. sp., Aedes 19
fitchii Felt & Young, .^edes

14
flavicauda Morgan, Tricho-

thrips 61
flavimesopleurum Gir., n. sp..

Dinocp.rsis 137
fletoheri Coq., Aedes 113
floridanus D. & K., Culex

173, 180

fontinella Clk., Bogeria 24
frankliniaiia Towns., n. sp..

Tephromyiella 164
Frankliniella 56. 64
fulicalis Clem.. Elophila 75

INSECUTOR INSCITI^ MENSTRUUS

191

funeoris Hood, Iloplandro-

thrips 03
fusca Hinds, Fraiikliniella 57
fuscus O. S., Aedes 17, 98,

103, 104, 117
futillalis B. & McD., Heyde-

lepta 70

Gastrothrips fi5

Genera of Aniobiinae, new

157
gigantea Gii'., n. sp., Xenau-

sia 138
Girault, A. A., articles by 5,

28, 133
Glaphyria 69
gonimus D. & K.. n. sp.,

Aedes 165
Goniozus 1

grisea Coo., Bogeria 24
Grypotes Dyar, n. gen., 66

Haimbachia 87
Halesidota 130
hampsoni B. & McD., Naco-

leia 70
Haplothrips 60
harti Hood, Zygothrips 64
Heinrich, C, article by 48
heinrichalis Dyar, n sp., Sa-

lebria 45
Heliothrips 59
hendcli Knab. n. sp., Pla-

giostenopterina 125
herbaceus Brun., Encoptolo-

phus 39
Herculia 90
Heterothrips 56
hexodontus Dyar, Aedes 13
Heydelepta 70

hirsuteron Theob., Aedes 104
histrio Coq., Cuterebra 24
holophaealis Hampson, Rupe-

la SO
Homalotylus 134
Homestake. Montana 108
Hood, J. D., article by 53
Hoplandrothrips 62, 65
Hoplothrips 61, 64
houla Dyar, Naprepa 131
hylephilus D. & K., n. sp..

Anopheles 38
Hylesia 129

idahoensis Theob., Aedes

103, 104, 106, 108, 120, 187
Tdarnes 37
Idolothrips 63
imitabilis Dyar, n. sp., Elo-

phila 78
Immyrla 45
impar Hood, Thrips 59
impatiens Walk., Culiseta 20,

101
impiger Walk., Aedes 13, 103
impiger Walk., Culex 167
implacabilis Walk., Culex 167
impunctatipennis Gir., n. sp.,

Ablerus 31
inaequalis Beach, Psendo-

tbrips .58

incidens Thorns., Culex 167
incidens Thorn., Culiseta 20,

101
increpitus Dyar, Aedes 14,

98
incriminator D. & K., Culex

170
innuitus D. & K., n. sp.,

Aedes 1G6
inornatus Will., Culiseta 20
insolens Hood. Hoplandro-
thrips 63
insularis Towns., lOpsoiphy-

topsis n. sp. 163
interlinealis Dyar, n. sp.,

Pyrausta 89
irroratalis Dyar, n. sp. , Elo-

phila 77
Ischnurges 73

junctus Hood, Cryptothrips
63

jnniperinus Hood, Hopland-
rothrips 63

karnyi Hood, Hoplothrips 61
Kerteszia 40

Knab, P., article by 125
Knab, P., and H. G. Dyar,

articles by 38, 122, 165,

170

Larva of Anegcephalesis 48
lativittatns Coq., Aedes 122
Laurel, Montana, 109
Laverania 40
lavinia Schaus, Clupeosoma

79
lazarensis Felt, Aedes 11
Lepidoptera, new American

65
Lepidopterons Larvae from

Mexico, Descriptions of

some 128
Leptoraastix 35
leptospermi Gir., n. sp.. Coc-

cophagiis 92
Leptothrips 62
leucocope Dyar. n. sp., Ma-

crotheca S3
leticogonis Hood. Liothrips

62
Limnothrips 56
Liothrips 62
Lipocosma 70
LissothriDS 61
loftini Dyar, n. sp., Chilo

85
Loxostegopsis Dyar, n. sp..

84
Innaris Walk., Cisthene 8
luteifera Dyar, n. sp., Eu-

deilinea 68
luizii Theob., Anopheles 40
h'.zonica Alex., n. sp.. Eriop-

tera 7

Macrotheca S3

maculatipes Gir.. n. sp.. Mar-
ietta 32

maculosa Knab, Cuterebra

24
magnafemoralis Hinds, Acan-

throthrips 63
magnidena Gir., n. sp., Sto-

matoceras 148
mali Fitch, Leptothrips 62
manicatus Hal., Chirothrips

56
marchali How., Ablerus 31
margiscutcllum Gir., n. sp.,

Bavanusia 141
Marietta 32
masculinalis B. & McD., Sy-

lepta 70
mastigia H. D. & K., Culex

180
Megalothrips 63
Melanoconion Theob., 172,

179
melanoleuca Roths., Dyasia

169
melanurus Coq., Climacura

172, 183
menea Dru., Cisthene 8
Meraphorus 152
Merothrips 60
Meseusandalum 35
Metasia 71
miamialis Schaus, n. sp., Sy-

lepta 71
miamensis Towns., Camptop-

sis, n. sp, 163
Microgaster 36
microgaster Gir., n. sp., Ho-
malotylus 134
microps Hood, Hoplandro-
thrips 65
Microthrips 60
mimesis Dyar, Aedes 103,

108. 116
minima Dyar, n. sp., Noc-

tuelia ]3"2
Missoula. Montana 107
Mochlostyrax D. & K. 172,

ISO
moniligeralis Led., Elophila

76
monon Dyar, n. sp., Cisthene

9
morgani Hood, Merothrips

60
Mosquitoes. New American

165
Mosquitoes of Mts. of Cali-
fornia 11
Mosquitoes of the Pacific

Northwest 97
murmuralis Dyar, n. sp., Ti-

tanio 73
muscorum Hood, Lissothrips

61
Myelobia 131
myrlosea Dyar, n. sp., Cram-

bidia 67

Nacoleia 70, 89
Naprepa 131

Neabrolepoideus Gir., n. gen.
140

192

INSECUTOR INSCITI^ MENSTRUUS

nerval H., D. & K., Ano-
pheles 38
Neoculex, 171, 172
Neorhopus Gir., n. gen. 139
Neothrips 65
nervosa Uzel, Frankliniella

66
nigrifemur Ashrn., Perisie-

rola, 1
nigripes Zett., Culex 167
nigriventris Gir., Pleisto-

dontes 36
nigrocinereella Hulst, Alph-

eias 83
nigromaculis Ludl., Aedes 16,

104, 108, 110, 112
niphadopsis D. & K., n. sp.,

Aedes 166
nitidellus Dyar, n. sp.,

Schoenobius 81
niveus Hood, Scirtothrips .59
Noctuelia 132
Noctuid from Brazil, a new

50
nonexcisus Gir., Anastatus

34
norma Dyar, n. sp., Vehilius

6.5
North American Nymphii-

linae. Notes on 75
North American Pyraus-

tinae, Notes on 69
North American Schoeno-

biinae. Notes on 79
Notanisomorphella 155
Notanisomorphomyia 155
Notochaetopsis Towns., n.

gen. 162
novicaptllata Gir., n. sp..

Marietta 82
Nymphulinae, Notes on

North .'\merican 75

obscnrns Miiller. Anapho-

thrips 58
occiiientalis D. S: K., Ano-
pheles T02
Ofcidentalis Gir., n. sp., Cer-

chysius 95
Odontothrips 64
Omphalomorpha 152
onondaofensis Felt, .\f'des

122
opinionelliis Dyar, n. sp.,

Chilo 84 _
Opsophytopsis Towns., n.

gen. 163
opulentalis Led., Elophila

76
Orimargula 6
Ortalid from the Philippines,

A new 125
Orthootcra from INIextco 28
nvata Briinn., Sagona 29
Oxvthaphora Dyar, n. gen.

50
Oxythrips 57

pallnlelhis R. & McD..

Schnennbins 80
pains Thenh.. Culex 172. 176

palustris Dyar, Aedes 16, 116
panalope Dyar, n. sp., Pla-
tytes 86

Parachrysomalla 154
Paramyiocnema Gif., n. gen.

93
Paranusia 155
Parasites of pink boll worm,

1, 5
Paromphale 155
parthenialis Dyar, n. sp.,

Patissa 82
pasadamia Dyar, n. sp., Im-

myrla 45
Patissa 82
peccator D. & K., Culex 173,

179
Perasierola 1
perseus Gir., n. var., Coc-

cophagus 29
peribleptus D. & K., n. sp.,

Culex 173, 181
Peridromia 128
Perilampoides 146
Perisierola emigrata Roh.,

note on 3
perplexus Beach, Plesiothrips

60
pertorvus Gir., n. sp., Sto-

matoceras 5
phasma Dyar. n. sp., Cornf-

frons 74
Phassus 132
philippina Alex., n. sp., Or-

imargula 6
Philippines, A new Ortalid

from the 125
Phlyctaenia 72
Phycitid from Bahamas, a

new 46
Phycitinae, North American

45
pictipennis Hood, Odonto-

thrips 64
piercei Morgan, Microthrips

60
pipiens Linn., Culex 173, 178
Pl.ngiostenopterina 125
Platytes 85
Ple-'-'-todontes 36
plenilinealis Dyar, n. sp.,

Bocchoris 88
Plesiothrips 60
plevie Dvar, n. sp., Elophila

78
Pococera 90
Podagrionellp. 152
poeta Gir.. n. sp., Zaomom-

moencyrtus 143
polle Dyar. n. sp., Loxosteg-

opsis 84
P'^se D. & K.. n. sp., Culex

173, 182
prneia Dyar, n. var., Corni-

frons 74
praepotens Wied., Ctenacro-

.=celis 21
praxis Druce, Cisthene 0
pricei Dvar. n. var., Aedes

16
princeps Anst.. Bogeria 24

prodotes Dyar, n. sp., Aedes

118
Propachytomoides Gir., n.

gen. 152
pruni Hood, Rhynchothrips

62
prusias Druce, Cisthene 9 >
psammioxantha Dyar, n. sp.,

Herculia 90
Pseudanusia 37
Pseudogametes 23
Pseudopheliminus 155
Pseudorileya 152
Pseudosphex 130
Pseudothrips 58
Psorophora 110, 116
pulchellus Hood, Serico-

thrips 59
pulchripennis Gir., n. sp.,

Xenanusia 138
pullatus Coq., Aedes 11, 103,

107, 118
puUiclavus Gir., n. sp., Coc-

cophagus 93
punctor Kirby, Aedes 104
Pyralid from California, A

new 132
Pyralids from British Guia-
na, Seven new 88
Pyrausta 73, 89
Pyraustinae, Notes on North

American 69

quadrifasciata Walk., Cis-
thene 9

quinquefasciatus Say, Culex
173, 177

Raviniopsis Towns., n. gen.

160
reductor D. & K., Culex 186
reptans Meig., Aedes 104
restuans Theob., Culex, 172,

176
rex Alex., n. sp., Ctenacros-

celis 22
rhizoleuca Brab., Pseudacon-

tia 169
Rhynchothrips 61
riparius D. & K., Aedes 16,

113
Rogenhofera 23
rngersi Sauss. & Pictet, Pyr-

gocorypha 29
Rohwer, !?. A., article by 1
roscidellus Dyar, n. sp.,

Schoenobius 81
rousseaui Gir., n. sp., Sto-

matoceras 149
ruficauda Hood, Gastrothrips

65
ruficollis Hiibn., Cisthene 8
rufus Gmelin, Aptinothrips

58
Rupela 79
ruskini Gir., n. sp.. Amisco-

gaster 14.5
ruthveni Shull. Scirtothrips

59

INSECUTOR INSCITI/E MENSTRUUS

193

sacchariphila Dyar, n. sp.,

Veliilius 6C
saintpierrei Gir., n. sp., An-

astatus 34
Salebria 45
salicarius Hood, Rhyncho-

thrips 62
salinarius Coq., Culex 172,

175
Sameodes 71
sanguinithorax Gir., Aphy-

cus 134
sansoni Dyar & Knab, Aedes

14, 103, 106, 108. 114
Sarcophagidae 157
Sarcophodexia Towns., n.

gen. 161
satanalis Dyar, n. sp., Elo-

phila 75
saxatilis Gross., Culex 21,

101, 172, 17.3
Scarabffophaga Towns., n.

gen. 160
Schoenobiinae, Notes on

North American 79
Schoenobius 80
Scirpophaga 80
Scirtothrips 59
Scolothrips 58
scudderi Towns., n. sp., Bo-

geria 24, 27
Secodella 37
seccunda Gir., n. sp., Para-

chry Somalia 154
semialbiclavus Gir., n. sp.,

Propachytomoides 152
?emiatra Wied., Pseudoga-

metes 24
Sericothrips 58
sex-maculatus Perg., Scolo-
thrips 58
sideralis Dyar, n. var., Corni-

frons 74
signipennis Coq., Psorophora

110. 116
similis Theob., Culex 176,

184
similis Gir., n. sp.. Perilam-

poides 147
simplicipes Ashm., Encyrto-

cephaius 152
smerintha Hiibn., Myelobia

131
Spalangimorpha 37
spencerii Theob., Aedes 104,

108, 119, 188
spermaphaga Dyar, n. sp.,

Eucymatoge 68
Sphegipterosema 146
spinosus Hood, Megalothrips

63
splendidus Gir., Anastatus 35
statices Hal., Haplothrips 60
stigmatosoma Dyar, Culex

172, 174

stimulans Walk., Aedes 14,

104
Stomatoceras 5, 148
Stoiaatoceroides 150
striatus Hood, Heliothrips 59
strigosa Druce, Pseudosphex

1.10
stylosa Hood, Frankliniella

57
submarginalis Walk., Claphe

130
sugens Wied., Aedes 115
superbiis Gir., .\sympiesiella

1.'.5
Svlepta 70

sylvae Theob., Culex 167
svlve.stris Theob., Aedes 10,
' 10.3, 104, 116
Symphysa 70
Sympiesis 155
Svngamia 71

(abaci Lind., Thrips 59
Tachinacphagus Gir., n. gen.

142
tahoensis Dyar, Aedes 11
Taneostigmoidella 37
tarsalis Coq.. Culex 31, 101,

172. 174
tehuacana Dyar, n. sp., Cis-

theiie 10
tenebrosa Coq., Cuterebra 24
"Tentamen" of Hiibner,

publication of 41
Tephromyiella Towns., n.

gen. 164
territans Walk., Culex 21.

101
Thaumasura 154
thoreauini Gir., n. sp., An-
astatus 34
Thrips 59
Thripoctenu3 155
thurberiae Dyar, n. sp.,

Eurythmia 46
Thvsanoptera of Plummer's

Ps.. Md., 53
Titanio 72
Tomocera 147
Townsend, C. H. T., articles

by 23, 157
Transculicia Dyar, n. subgen.

184
transferens Dyar, n. sp., Al-

pheias 82
triangularis Edw., Phassus

132
Trichothrips 61
trichurus Dyar, Aedes 18,

104
tridentatus Shull, Rhyncho-

thrips 61
triplaga Hamps., Cisthene 9

trisoriatus Say, .Aedes 107,

118
I. isiyn;i Walker, Cisthene 9
Uitici Fitch, Frankliniella 57
triviuatus Coq., Aedes 110,

117
truckeealis Dyar, n. sp., Elo-

phila 76
tuberculatus Hood, Idolo-

thrips 63

umbratula Dyar, Hylesia 129
unicincta Hamps., Cisthene 9
unicolor B. & McD., Storte-

ria 80
ir.iiformellus Dyar, n. var.,

Schoenobius 81
United States, the genus

Culex in 170

varipalpus Coq., Aiides 18,

99, 104
varipes Hood, Thrips 59
Vehilius 65
venobalis Dyar, n. sp., Haim-

bachia 87
ventrovittis Dyar, Aedes 18
verbasci Osborn, Haplothrips

61
/eroniae Dyar, n. sp., Naco-

leia 89
vexans Meig., Aedes, 16, 103,

104. 116
fitis Hood, Heterothrips 56
v'ittata Theob., Aedes 14
vittata Theob., Grabhamia

115
vittipennis Hood, Aeolothrips

64
vulnifera Dyar, n. sp., Ma-

crotheca 83

westwoodi Gir., n. sp., Thau-
masura 154

Whitehall, Montana 108

williamsi Hood, Frankliniella
64

winnemanae Hood, Thrips 60

xanthopus Hood, Hoplandro-

thrips 62
Xenanusia Gir., n. gen. 137

yuccae Hinds, Cephalothrips
64

Zaomommoencyrtus Gir., n.

gen. 143
zoosophus D. & K., n. sp.,

Aedes 165
Zygothrips 61, 64

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New Genera of Amobiinae. By Charles H. T. Townsend . . .157
New American Mosquitoes. By Harrison G. Dyar and Frederick Knab 165
Brabantia rhizoleuca Redescribed. By Harrison G. Dyar . .169

The Genus Culex in the United States. By Harrison G. Dyar and

Frederick Knab 170

A Second Note on the Species of Culex of the Bahamas. By Harri-
son G. Dyar 183

The Larva of Aedes idahoensis. By Harrison G. Dyar . . .187
Index to Volume V 189

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Vol, VI. JANUARY-MARCH, 1918 Nos. 1-3

ON A COLLECTION OF ORTHOPTERA (EXCLU-
SIVE OF THE LOCUSTID^) MADE IN CEN-
TRAL PERU BY N. ICONNICOFF AND C.
SCHUNKE

By a. N. CAUDELL

The material upon which this report is based was submitted
to the writer for determination under an agreement by which
holotypes, allotypes, and uniques in the Tettigonidse and Man-
tidse and a male and a female of each species in duplicate in
the other families represented are deposited in the collection of
the United States National Museum, all the rest of the material
to be returned to Mr. Iconnicofif.

The Dermaptera, as represented in this material, consists of
a single specimen. If others were taken and sent elsewhere for
determination, or if the single specimen herein included consti-
tutes the whole of this group represented in the collection, is
not known to the writer. The first surmise, however, seems
the more likely.

The Blattidae of this collection were reported on by the late
Mr. Shelford.^ A few of these roaches, for some reason not
submitted to Mr. Shelford, were sent with the other material
here reported on, and will be found included at the proper
place.

The Mantidse and Phasmidse are moderately represented and
the Gryllidse somewhat better so, but the Tettigonidse, especi-
ally the Pseudophyllinffi and the phaneropterous genus Anaul-
acomera, form the most interesting portion of the collection.

■ Rev. Russ. d'Knt.. vol. xii. pp. 2T-:i4. figs. 1-5 (1912).

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Many apparently new forms are represented in this material,
as was also the case in the Blattidae, as shown by Shelford's
report on that group. A number of described forms are species
not before reported from Peru, being extensions from the
north and east up the valleys of the Amazon and its tributaries.

The proportion of new species recognized in the present col-
lection is approximately the same as that in the collection made
by the Yale Peruvian Expedition of 1911,^ but not a single
form described as new from these two collections is repre-
sented from both localities. This, however, probably signifies
but little, as these localities are some 200 miles apart and may
comprise very different regions. It may prove that many sec-
tions of this interesting portion of Peru, owing to their sepa-
ration by mountain ranges, etc., have each its quota of un-
described forms, some incipient and others well differentiated
from allied species. But many years will probably pass before
much information regarding such matters will be acquired. At
present we can truthfully say of the Orthoptera as a whole
what Shelford states of the Blattidse — we are still singularly
ignorant of the Peruvian fauna.

Specific locality labels are not attached to the specimens
herein reported on, each bearing only the locality by longi-
tude and latitude, this in every case being 75° 17' W. of
Greenwich, 11° 3' S. lat. This locality, being common to
every specimen in the collection, is not repeated in the fol-
lowing pages, but in every case the date, usually the month
and year, rarely the day also, but often only the year, is
given. The name of the collector is also always stated. In
the case of species described as new the disposition of the
specimens is specifically stated. Paratypic material is
recorded by letters a, b, c, etc., in order to facilitate refer-
ence to particular paratypes when necessary.

The sequence of arrangement is according to that of
Kirby's Synonymic Catalogue of Orthoptera and the refer-
ences quoted are usually confined to that work and to the
place of original description.

' Proc, U. S. Nat. Miis., vol. xliv, pp. 347-3.57 (1913).

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Order DERMAPTERA

The single specimen of this group turned over to me for
determination proved to be as follows :

Pyragra dohrni Scudder.

Thermastris dohrni Scudder, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., vol.

xvii, p. 380 (1875) ; Pyragra dohrni Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., vol.

i. p. 7 (1904).
Pygidicrana peruviana Rehn, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol.

xxix, p. 501, Fig. 1 (1905); Burr, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus.,

vol. xxxviii, p. 445 (1910).

One 5, November, 1908. Schunke.

This specimen, which is not in good condition, the anten-
nae and most of the legs being missing, was compared with
Scudder's type of dohrni and found to agree. It also agrees
perfectly with the type of Pygidicrana peruviana Rehn in
the National Museum. This specimen is returned to Mr.
Iconnicoflf.

Order ORTHOPTERA
Family BLATTID^

Nyctibora brunnea Thunberg.

Blatta brunnea Thunberg, Mem. Acad. Aci. St. Petersb., vol.

X, p. 278 (1826) ; Nyctibora brunnea Shelford, Trans. Ent.

Soc. Lond., p. 467 (1908); Wytsman's Genera Insectorum,

Fasc. 74, p. 2 (1908).
Nyctibora holosericea Burmeister, Handb. Ent., vol. ii, p.

502 (1838); Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., vol. i, p. 107 (1904);

Shelford, Wytsman's Genera Insectorum, Fasc. 74, p. 2

(1908).
Nyctibora obscura Saussure, Rev. Zool., (2), vol. xvi, p. 316

(1864); Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., vol. i, p. 2 (1904).

One 3, November, 1008; one 9, Aprd, 1909. Schunke.

This species, as identified by the writer, is very close to
mexicana Saussure, the principal difference appearing to be
the color of the femora, which in these Peruvian specimens
here referred to brunnea are yellowish or reddish brown,
while all specimens of mexicana seen have had the femora
piceous.

4 INSECUTOR INSCITI^ MENSTRUUS

Thunberg's name brunnea was not listed in Kirby's cata-
logue.

Paratropes aequatorialis Saussure.

Paratropes aequatorialis Saussure, Rev. Zool., (2), vol. xvi,
p. 309 (1864); Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., vol. i, p. 109 (1904).

One $, one 9, October 11, 1908; two $ $, November,
1908; three 9 9 , January, 1909. Schunke.

This species, as here determined, superficially resembles
P. mexicana Brunner but the abdomen is almost entirely
black beneath while in mexicana it is distinctly bordered with
yellowish. The inner margin of the apical infuscation of the
wings of aequatorialis is nearly straight (PI. I, fig. 1), the
infuscation nearly or quite covering the whole apical half
of the ulnar area. Iti mexicana this infuscation covers only
the apical fifth or sixth of the ulnar area and the inner
margin of this darkened area is considerably curved (PI.
I, H- 2).

Paratropes pica Walker.

Paratropes pica Walker, Cat. Blatt. Brit. Mus., p. 151 (1868) ;
Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., vol. i, p. 110 (1904).

One 9 , October, 1908. Schunke.

This specimen agrees exactly with the original descrip-
tion and with the colored figure given by Mr. Shelford in
Wytsman's Genera Insectorum, Fasc. 74, plate 5, fig. 10
(1908).

Epilampra conspersa Burmeister.

Epilanipra conspersa Burmeister, Handb. Ent., vol. ii, p.
505 (1S;58); Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., vol. i, p. 126 (1904).

One $ . October, 1908. Schunke.

Panchlora peruana Saussure.

Panchlora peruana Saussure, Rev. Zool., (2), vol. xvi, p. 342
(1864); Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., vol. i, p. 153 (1904).

Three 9 9 , September and November, 1908, and April,
1909.

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Panchlora moxa Saussure.

Panchlora moxa Saussure, Rev. Zool., (2), vol. xiv, p. 231
(1862) ; Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., vol. i, p. 153 (1904).

Two 9 9 . December, 1908, and January, 1909. Schunke.

Family MANTIDtE

Choeradodis laticollis Serville.

Choeradodis laticollis Serville, Ann. Sci. Nat., vol. xxii, p. 51
(1831) ; Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., vol. i, p. 320 (1904).

One 9. September 30, 1906. Iconnicoff.

Acontista westwoodi Saussure and Zehntner.

Acontista westwoodi Sausuure and Zehntner, Biol. Cent.-
Amer., Orth., vol. i, p. 134 (1894); Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth.,
vol. i, p. 233 (1904).

One 9, November. 1908. Schunke.

Liturgousa lichenalis Gerstaecker.

Liturgousa lichenalis Ger.staecker, Mitth. Ver. Vorpomm., vol. xx,
p. 52 (1889) ; Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth, vol. i, p. 271 (1904).

One 9, October, 1908. Schunke.

Macromantis ? sp.

One immature 9 , August 10, 1906. Iconnicoff.

No more than a questionable generic determination can
be safely made of this nymph.

Pseudomiopteryx bogotensis Saussure.

Pseudomiopteryx bogotensis Saussure, Mitth. Schweiz. Ent.
Ges., vol. iii, p. 228 (1870) ; Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., vol. i, p.
275 (1904).

One $ , November, 1908. Schunke.

Acanthops erosula Stal.

Acanthops erosula Stal, Bihang Svenska Akad., vol. iv, (10),
p. 90 (1877); Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., vol. i, p. 283 (1904).

One 9 , August, 1908. Schunke.

This species was originally described from Peru but no
mention is made of that locality in Kirby's catalogue.

G INSECUTOR INSClTLli MENSTRUUS

Oxyopsis acutipennis Stal.

Oxyops acutipennis Stal, Bihang Svenska Akad., vol. iv, (10), p.

71 (1877) ; Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., vol. i, p. 298 (1904).
Oxyopsis actuipennis Giglio-Tos, Boll. Mus. Torino, vol.

xxix, No. 684, p. 15 (1914).

One immature $ , January, 1909. Schunke.
This specimen is apparently in the last instar.

Stagmatoptera ? sp.

One small nymph with the end of the abdomen missing.
March 9, 190(). Iconnicoff.

Family PHASMID^

Libethra rollei Brunner.

Libethra rollei Brunner, Die Ins. Fam. der Phasmiden, p.
306 (1907).

Four $ S, October 11, November 8 and 21, 1900. Icon-
nicoff.

These specimens have the second segment of the abdomen
nearly or quite three times as long as broad, indicating a
relationship with the genus Dyme rather than Libethra. But
they agree with the description of L. rollei and Brunner in-
cludes it in his key to the species of Dyme as well as that of
Libethra. showing that he also recognized its relationship to
both these genera.

There is some variation in the measurements of these four
specimens, the fore femora varying from 16 to 19 mm. in
length.

Libethra peruana, new species.

This is a moderately stout form of a brown or blackish
color which runs out in the key to species in Brunner's
monograph^ to L. rugosa Brunner, but it possesses several
characters separating it from that species as described by
Brunner, the most obvious one being the ventrally lobed
femora. Nor does the description of rugosa mention the
prominent dorsal flange in the posterior margin of the sec-

' Die Ins. Fam. der Phasmiden, p. 30.5 (1907).

INSECUTOR INSCITI^ MENSTRUUS 7

ond abdominal segment so noticeable in this species here
described.

Description ( ? , the S miknown). — Head slightly flat-
tened above and densely covered with acute tubercles, usu-
ally with two groups, each comprising one larger tubercle
with some smaller ones, between the eyes standing forth a
little more prominent than the others. Eyes small, mod-
erately prominent ; ocelli not evident. Thorax indistinctly
carinate, rugose and tuberculate, the pronotum furnished
above on the posterior margin with a pair of blunt spines
or acute tubercles, distinctly longer and more conspicuous
than the others. Abdomen subcylindrical ; median segment
distinct, transverse ; third, fourth, fifth, and sixth abdominal
segments multicarinate, the carinse distinct but low and
nearly straight ; second segment with a somewhat conspic-
uous expansion on the posterior margin above; first, third,
and fourth segments with a small V-shaped expansion at the
same location ; seventh and eighth segments furnished above
on the posterior margin with a pair of longitudinally dis-
posed swellings, the pair on the seventh segment the larger;
operculum failing to reach the tip of the abdomen and angu-
larly emarginate apically. Legs stout, the fore femora con-
spicuously curved basally and a little longer than the meso-
notum ; all the femora and tibiae are more or less foliate
above and the femora of the middle legs especially have a
couple of very noticeable expansions on the ventral margins,
these expansions extending out laterally from the femora,
those on the cephalic margin being the larger ; the posterior
and intermediate tibi?e have one or two small foliations be-
neath. Cerci short, less than twice as long as broad, scarcely
surpassing the last abdominal segment.

Measurements. — Length, total, 55 mm., mesonotum, 13.5
mm., fore femora, 15 mm., hind femora, 15 mm.; width,
mesothorax at middle, 4 mm., median segment, 5 mm.

Described from four 9 9 . Type and paratype a, Decem-
ber 4, 1906. Iconnicoff. Paratypes b and c, August and
September, 1908. Schunke.

8 INSECUTOR INSCITI^ MENSTRUUS

Type and paratype b in Iconnicoff collection ; paratypes a
and c in collection of the United States National Museum.
Cat. No. 2132], U. S. Nat. Mus.

Sermyle sp.

Two 9 nymphs, one without date and one taken Decem-
ber 12, 1906. Both by Iconnicoff.

These specimens are not in good condition and this, to-
gether with their immaturity, makes an attempt at a specific
determination inadvisable. The legs are lobate and the
thorax and abdomen are furnished with lateral expansions.
The head is armed on the occiput with a pair of flattened
hornlike projections.

The type of Scrmylc by designation of both Rehn, Proc.
Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., p. 51 (1904), and Kirby, Syn. Cat.
Orth., vol. i, p. 345 (1904), is the Ceroys mexicanus of Saus-
sure. Brunner, Die Ins. Fam. der Phasmiden, p. 315
(1907), places this species in his new genus Ocnophila and,
on page 333 of the same work, indicates without comment
that Stal, the author of Sermyle, misidentified this species,
and he described what he considers Stal really has as a new
species, praetermissus. But it is unimportant whether Stal
made a misidentification or not as mexicanus, having been
properly designated as the type of Sermyle, is the type
according to the rules of the Entomological Code and by the
recent decision of the International Commission of Zool-
ogical Nomenclature to the effect that the misidentification
of a species by the describer of a genus does not aft'ect the
eligibility of that species as a genotype. Thus the genus
Ocnophila Brunner is a synonym of Sermyle Stal unless it
proves to be composite, in which case the name can be used
for those species not congeneric with mexicanus. And it
seems very likely that there are two generic groups com-
prised in the species treated under this generic name by
Brunner. This is indicated by the fact that many forms in-
cluded here have the metatarsus of the anterior tarsi as long
as the rest of the segments together while others have this
segment but one-half the combined lengths of the others.

INSECUTOR INSCITI^ MENSTRUUS ' 9

The species with long metatarsus would run out to Brunner's
genus Parapygirhynchus if the anal segment of the female
is produced. But if this segment is truncate it would con-
stitute a separating character for the genus Ocnophila except
that it is a secondary sexual character and such characters
are usually deemed undesirable for generic differentiation.
Without more material in the forms concerned the task of
separating Ocnophila from Sermyle, or the responsibility
of sinking the former in synonymy, must be left for some
future consideration.

Bacteria virgulata Redtenbacher.

Bacteria virgulata Redtenbacher, Die Ins. Fam. der Phasmi-
den, p. 420 (1908).

One $, December 9, 1906. Iconnicoflf.

Pseudophasma urazi Bolivar.

Phasma urasi Bolivar, Actas Soc. Espan., vol. xxv, p. 13 (1896).
Pseudophasma urazi Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., vol. i, p. 412 (1904).

One 9 and one nymph, November 10 and December 11,

1906. Iconnicoff. Two nymphs, November, 1908, one S ,

January. 1909, and one $ and one 9, without date.

Schunke.

Dyme mamillata Brunner.

Dymc mamillata Brunner, Die Ins. Fam. der Phasmiden, p.
323 (1907).

One $ , November 10, 1906. Iconnicoflf.
This specimen agrees very nicely with Brunner's descrip-
tion and runs out properly in his keys.

Dyme nigrolineata Brunner.

Dymc nigrolineata Brunner, Die Ins. Fam. der Phasmiden, p.
325 (1907).

One S , November 24, 1906, and two nymphs, November
8 and 29, l!)()(i. Iconnicoflf.

These specimens run out to this species in Brunner's keys
and agree with the short diagnosis except the antennie show
no distinct annulation, though it is basally somewhat darker,
especially above. While the type locality, Surinam, is a long

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distance from where these specimens were taken, I' can not,
nevertheless, from the data available, consider them other
than this form.

There are also four 9 specimens in the collection which
are referred here with some doubt. Three were taken by
Iconnicoff, November 7 and 18 and December 10, 1906, and
one by Schunke, November, 1908. They vary in color from
dark brown to greenish and the abdominal segments are
multicarinate above. The cerci are short and stout, project-
ing but little beyond the end of the abdomen. The oper-
culum fails to reach the end of the body and is apically entire
with a small median triangular tooth. The second segment
of the abdomen is distinctly longer than broad but scarcely
twice as long. Measurements of the most perfect specimen
are: Length, total, 43 mm.; mesonotum, 11 mm.; fore
femora, L3 mm.

Dyme iconnicoffi, new species. (PI. I, fig. 3.)

This apparently undescribed form seems to be the most
nearly allied to Dyme ingenua Brunner from Brazil but is
smaller and the posterior femora attains to the tip of the
sixth abdominal segment.

Description ( $, the 9 unknown). — General color en-
tirely dark brown, the antenuce and the fore tibia, especially
in apical portion, tending toward reddish or yellowish
brown. Entire body, head, thorax, and abdomen somewhat
densely covered with small tubercles with a few larger yel-
lowish brown blister-like swellings on the mesonotum and
metathorax. Head somewhat longer than the greatest width,
much broader in front than behind and very little flattened
above ; eyes round and prominent ; ocelli not evident except
as represented by lighter spots ; antennae long, the first two
segments enlarged, the first somewhat flattened as usual.
Pronotum dorsally flattened, the disk about twice as long
as broad witli crossed sulci in the middle ; meso- and meta-
notum cylindrical, enlarged at the ends, the former consid-
erably longer than the latter; median segment distinct,
scarcely longer than broad. Abdomen almost parallel sided

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to the apical three segments which are moderately expanded,
especially the seventh and eighth ; the terminal segment is
apically notched, about as broad as long, rounded above with
a distinct straight median carina and a very obscure roundly
divergent ridge on each side; supraanal plate concealed, as
are also the cerci. which are stout, subcylindrical, apically
swollen, incurved organs, apically rounded and covered with
short hairs ; operculum^ prominent, short. Legs slender ; all
the tibire and the posterior and intermediate femora with
one to three or four small expansions above ; tibise without
apical arolia beneath ; tarsi moderately slender, the metatarsi
distinctly shorter than the rest together except that of the
hind leg where it is about as long; femora unarmed beneath,
the anterior ones a little curved basally and somewhat longer
than the mesonotum ; posterior femora reaching to the tip
of the sixth abdominal segment.

Measurements. — Length : Total, 55 mm. ; mesonotum, 14
mm. ; metanotum, 8.5 mm. ; median segment, 1.5 mm. ; an-
terior femora, 17 mm.; middle femora, 13 mm.; hind
femora, 16 mm.; anterior tibiae, 20 mm.; middle tibise, 15
mm. ; posterior tibise, 21 mm.

Described from one S, December 12, 1906. Iconnicofif.

Type in collection of Iconnicofif.

Acanthoclonia flavicornis, new species. (PI. 1, figs. 6,7.)

This form is allied to A. immanis Scudder, with the type
of which it has been compared, but it is clearly distinct from
that species. The yellow antennae are apparently distinctive,
such coloration not being mentioned in the descriptions of
allied species.

Description ( S, the 9 unknown). — Head elongate, diag-
onally attached and the surface deeply rugose and tuber-
culate, the occiput armed with a pair of divergently erect
lamellate expansions which are twice as long as broad and
armed apically and along the margins with stout erect spines ;

' Though not exactly homologous, the ventral modification near the end of the
abdomen of both sexes is designated by this term.

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just posterior of this pair of expansions is a pair of very'
large stout spines with serrated edges, and in front, between
the antennae, are two groups of a few more elongate tuber-
cles, the longest almost a blunt spine ; antennae with the basal
two segments considerably enlarged, the basal one with a
large double pointed tubercle on the upper apical margin ;
eyes slightly oval and very prominent, projecting more than
half their depth beyond the surface of the head. Pronotum
quadrate, armed above with a pair of very large acute tri-
angular processes, or spines, and other smaller spinelike
tubercles and rugosities ; mesonotum armed laterally with
several long stout simple spines and above with two pairs
of acutely pointed elongate triangular plates or broad based
spines with serrated edges ; metanotum armed above near
the cephalic margin with a pair of very large double pointed,
thick based spines and on each side over the posterior coxre
with a flat flange terminated in three stout spines ; median
segment about two-thirds as long as the metanotum and
moderately distinct, armed above near the cephalic margin
with a single stout median spine. Abdomen triangular in cross
section except the sixth and seventh segments which are flat-
tened above ; the seventh and eighth segments are much broad-
ened and the ninth is small, narrow, and turned up to a nearly
vertical position, its narrowness due to lateral folding ; the
whole abdomen is covered with small tubercles and the basal
three segments are each armed with a pair of large simple dor-
solaterally located spines ; operculum broad, compressed vent-
rally and reaching the tip of the abdomen, the surface rough.
Legs moderately stout ; femora and tibiae all unarmed mesi-
ally beneath, but the femora are armed laterally with a few
short blunt ventral spines on both sides ; above the femora
and tibise are armed with very broad based spines, those on
the tibiae small, but mere lamellations, being without pointed
apices, but two or three in number and in a single row, but
those of the femora are larger, acutely pointed and in two
rows of two to four pairs ; anterior femora scarcely at all
curved basally ; metatarsi about half as long as the combined

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lengths of the rest of the tarsal segments. General color
black-brown, almost black, except the antennae beyond the
second segment, which is yellow with the extreme tip of the
segments very narrowly darkened ; a rounded slightly ele-
vated median dorsal ridge extending from the front margin
of the mesonotum to near the end of the abdomen is yellow-
ish brown and the legs are very slightly lighter than the rest
of the general color.

Measurements. — Length : Total, 42 mm. ; fore femora, 12
mm.; middle femora, 10 mm.; hind femora, 13 mm.; meso-
notum, 6.25 mm. ; width : across metanotum, 4 mm.

Described from a single $ , December 6, 1906. Iconni-
cofif.

Type in collection of Iconnicofif.

Family TETTIGONID.^.
Subfamily GRYLLACRIN^

Hyperbaenus virgo Brunner.

Hyperhaenus virgo Brunner, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, vol.
xxxviii, p. 368 (1888); Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., vol. ii, p.
148 (1906).

One 9 , May, 1909. Schunke.

Hyperbaenus juvenis Brunner.

Hyperbaenus juvenis Brunner, Verh. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien,
vol. xxxviii, p. 368 (1888); Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., vol. ii, p.
148 (1906).
One 9 , September, 1908. Schunke.

This is the variety mentioned by Griffini in his mono-
graphic study of this genus, Redia, vol. vii, p. 187-203
(1911).

Hyperbaenus brevipennis, new species. (PI. I, fig. 8.)

This species is referred to this genus by the absence of
subgenital styles and other generic characteristics pertaining
to Hyperbaenus and is clearly differentiated from all other
members of the genus by the brevity of the organs of flight.

Description ( $ ). — Head of approximately the same

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width as the pronotum; fastigium of the vertex smooth,
rounded, and twice as broad as the basal segment of the an-
tenna. Pronotum smooth, a Httle longer than broad, an-
teriorly and posteriorly broadly rounded ; lateral lobes elon-
gate, the humeral sinus shallow but distinct. Abdomen
short, the last donsal segment bent abruptly downward and
inward behind a bifurcated erect organ which may be the
supraanal plate or a genital organ (see PI. I, fig. 8)'; sub-
genital plate sulcate ventrally, apically bituberculate but
without styles ; cerci simple, cylindrical, curved upward and
inward, somewhat longer than indicated by the figure. Legs
stout ; fore and middle tibiae with four large hairy calcars
and a very small apical one on each ventral margin, unarmed
above ; hind tibije unarmed beneath except for two short
chitinous tipped calcars on each side but above is armed on
both margins with five or six stout fixed spines in addition
to the apical calcars ; fore and middle femora unarmed above
and below, the posterior ones armed beneath on the inner
margin with two or three distinct but small spines, the apical
one larger, often a still smaller one farther toward the base.
and on the outer margin with six moderate spines, all spines
black tipped. Tegmina apically broadly rounded and about
three times as long as broad when spread, when folded they
are somewhat rolled and then appear narrower and more
pointed ; they barely surpass the tip of the abdomen, extend-
ing but a little beyond the middle of the posterior femora ;
wings hyaline, just barely exceeding the tegmina when
closed, not at all when spread ; the veins opaque.

General color uniformly yellowish; eyes blackish; spines
of legs reddish brown for nearly the entire length, apically
darker.

( $ ). — Similar to the male, the spines of the hind femora
a little larger; vertex blackish with conspicuous yellowish
ocellar spots. The cerci are short and nearly straight and
the ovipositor is much longer than the posterior femora,
apically bluntly rounded and the whole curved uniformly
upward.

INSKCUTOR INSCITI^ MUNSTRUUS 15

Measurements. — Length : Pronotnm, $ , 3..^ mm. ; 9 , 4.5
mm.; hind femora, S, 10 mm.; 9, 10 mm.; tegmina,
^ , ]3 mm., 9,12 mm. ; ovipositor, 14 mm.; width: tegmina
at widest point, S , 3.75 mm. ; 9 , 4 mm.

Described from one S and one 9 . Type S , December 1,
190fi. Iconnicoff. Allotype 9 , November 12, 1906. Iccn-
nicofif.

Type and allotype in the collection of the U. S. National
Museum.

Cat. No. 21322, U. S. Nat. Mus.

Subfamily COPIPHORIN^

Moncheca bisulca Serville.

Locusta bisulca Serville, Encycl. Method. Ins.. vol. x, p. 342
(1835) ; Exocephala bisulca Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., vol. ii,
p. 233 (1906) ; Moncheca bisulca Karny, Wytsman's Gen.
Insectorum, Fasc. 139, p. 16, pi. iii, fig. 2 (1912).

Three 9 9 , October and November. 1908. and March,
1909. Schunke.

These specimens are similar to a female before me from
Venezuela except the size is a little less and the pronotum is
uniformly yellowish while in the Venezuela specimen the
pronotum is marked by a broad irregular transverse stripe
extending across both disk and lateral lobes, covering most
of the latter, and the disk margined before and behind with
blackish, narrower in front, and there extending downward
well onto the lateral lobes. The smaller size of the Peruvian
specimens together with the uniformly colored thorax may
indicate a new species but it does not seem well to character-
ize them as such at this time.

Neoconocephalus subulatus Bolivar.

Conocephalus subulatus Bolivar, Ann. Soc. Espan., vol. x, p.
498 (1881) ; Conocephaloidcs subulatus Kirby, Syn. Cat.
Orth., vol. ii, p. 241 (1906) ; Neoconocephalus subulatus
Karny, Wytsman's Gen. Insectorum, Fasc 139, p. 29 (1912).

One $, one 9, xA.ugust and September, 1909. Schunke.

The Neoconocephalus flarirostris of Redtenbacher is very

likely nothing more than a form of this species, if not identi-

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cal with it. The male hsted above has the lateral carinse of
the pronotum distinctly yellowish and the female furnishes
measurements more like those given for flavirostris than for
subulatus. The measurements of this pair from Peru are as
follows : Length : fastigium of the vertex beyond the eyes,
$ , 4.5 mm., 9 , 5 mm. ; pronotum, $ , 9 mm., 9 , 9 mm. ;
tegmina, $ , 38 mm., 9 , 47 mm. ; hind femora, S , 16.5
mm., 9 , 19.5 mm. ; ovipositor, 21 mm.

Neoconocephalus tenuicauda Scudder.

Conocephalus tenuicauda Scudder, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist.,
vol. xii, p. 33.3 (1869) ; Conocephaloides tenuicauda Kirby, Syn.
Cat. Orth., vol. ii, p. 247 (1906) ; Neoconocephalus tenuicauda
Karny, Wytsman's Gen. Insectorum, fasc. 139, p. 33 (1912).

One 9, January, 1909. Schunke.

This specimen is somewhat larger than the type but other-
wise agrees very well with the description. It measures as
follows : Length, pronotum, 9 mm. ; hind femora, 29 mm. ;
tegmina, 50 mm. ; ovipositor, 27 mm.

Neoconocephalus scudderii Bolivar.

Conocephalus scudderii Bolivar, Ann. Soc. Espan., vol. x, p. 497
(1881) ; Conocephaloides scudderii Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., vol.
ii, p. 247 (1906) ; Neoconocephalus scudderi Karny, Wyts-
man's Gen. Insectorum, Fasc. 139, p. 33 (1912).

Four $ $ , three in September and one in November, 1908,
by Schunke. and two 9 9 , one November 4, 1906, by Icon-
nicofif, and one in September, 1908, by Schunke.
. Two of the above males are brown, all the rest are green.

Neoconocephalus sp.

One 9 nymph, April, 1909. Schunke.

This immature specimen has a short rounded cephalic cone
without black marking beneath and the ovipositor is a little
lonsrer than the hind femora.

■^^^

Subfamily CONOCEPHALIN^

Conocephalus equatorialis Giglio-Tos.

Xiphidium equatorialis Giglio-Tos, Boll. Mus. Torino, vol. xiii,
No. 311, p. 92 (1898) ; Anisoptera equatorialis Kirby, Syn. Cat.

INSECUTOR INSCITI^ MENSTRUUS 17

Orth., vol. ii, p. 2T() (1906) ; Conocephalus {Neoxiphidion)
equatorialis Karny, Wytsman's Gen. Insectorum, fasc. 135, p.
9 (1912).

One 9 , November, 1 908. Schunke.

This specimen agrees very well with the original descrip-
tion except that the size is a little greater.

Conocephalus saltator Saussure.

Xiphidium saltator Saussure, Rev. Zool., (2), vol. xi, p. 208
(1859) ; Anisoptcra saltator Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., vol. ii, p.
276 (1906) ; Conocephalus {Neoxiphidion) saltator Karny,
Wytsman's Gen. Insectorum, fasc. 135, p. 9 (1912).

One $ , October 21, 1906. Iconnicoff. Also one male
nymph which is probably this species, September 28, 1906.
Iconnicoff.

This seems to be a very variable species and may event-
ually prove to contain two or more forms worthy of dis-
tinctive names. The posterior femora vary from almost or
quite unarmed beneath to distinctly spinose and the prono-
tum above may be black or unicolorous with the sides. The
adult specimen here recorded has a couple of moderate sized
ventral spines on the hind femora and the pronotum is
infuscated above.

Subfamily AGROECIN^
Subria viridis, new species. (PI. I, fig. 9.)

The green color will at once separate this species from
the other New World forms of the genus.

Description (5, the 9 unknown). — Head barely broader
than the pronotum ; fastigium of the vertex but gently
tapered, rounded above, about as broad as the basal seg-
ment of the antenn?e and barely extending beyond it. apically
rounded and in noways decurved, beneath continuous with
the facial fastigium but at the place of meeting there is a
very narrow transverse crease ; prosternum unarmed, the
sternal lobes short, little developed ; pronotum anteriorly and
posteriorly truncate, but little produced behind, the disk
rounded, slightly flattened posteriorly, merging gradually
into the lateral lobes without signs of lateral carinse ; lateral

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lobes shallow, much longer than high, the lower margin de-
scending, the deepest point a little behind the middle, the
hind margin straight, without humeral sinus. Legs mod-
erately stout, the anterior coxae armed ; anterior tibiae fur-
nished with conchate foramina and, with the middle tibiae,
unarmed above, beneath armed with strong spines about as
long as the tibial depth ; hind tibiae with an apical spine next
the apical calcar only on the inner side, armed beneath on the
apical half with a few spines, apically in a double row; all
the femora unarmed above, the fore and middle ones armed
beneath with a few short spines on the cephalic margin only,
the hind ones armed beneath on both margins, but a few on
the inner margin, those of the outer margin longer, with the
extreme tips infuscated ; genicular arcs acute-angulate, those
of the posterior femora briefly spinose. Tegmina narrow,
extending to about the apex of the posterior femora, well
beyond the tip of the abdomen, the stridulating angles prom-
inent ; wings very nearly as long as the tegmina, transparent
greenish in color. Abdomen moderate ; last dorsal segment
large and broad, and apically narrow and bent down between
the cerci as an elongate-triangular diagonally pendent plate,
slightly sulcate dorsally and bluntly pointed ; subgenital plate
apically notched, armed with a pair of very short cylindrical
movable styles ; cerci stout, laterally somewhat compressed,
slightly broader apically and more flattened, the lower apical
angle with an acute tubercle, the whole cerci no more than
four times as long as broad.

General color uniformly green, the eyes and the extreme
tips of the mandibles black ; the spines of the posterior
femora are also blackish at the extreme tips.

Measurements. — Length : pronotum, 4.5 mm. ; elytra, 20
mm. ; posterior femora, 10.5 mm. ; width : pronotum at
posterior border, 3 mm. ; elytra at middle, 3 mm.

Described from one S ■

Type, $, November 12, 190fi. Iconnicoflf.

Type in the collection of the U. S. National Museum.

Cat. No. 21323, U. S. Nat. Mus.

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In general appearance this species seems an aberrant
member of the genus but it runs out here by pubHshed keys
and the structural characters agree with those given for
Sitbria. The narrow vertex seems to prohibit its being re-
ferred to the subfamily Copiphorinse and besides it does not
appear to agree with the description of any genus in that
group. Its general appearance is shown in Plate I, figure 9.

Eschatocerus nigrospinosus Karny.

Eschatocerus nigrospinosus Karny, Abhandl. k. k. zool.-bot. Ges.
Wien, vol. ix, part 3, p. 64 (1907).
One 9 , October 17, 11)06. Iconnicofif. One $ , one
9 , no date. Schunke.

These specimens fit very exactly the original description
of Karny's species.

Loja subulata, new species. (PI. I, fig. 10; PI. II, fig. 12.)
This is a much more robust species than laevis Giglio-Tos,
the only other species known. The fastigium of the vertex
is less pointed than in that species and the stridulating vein
of the left tegmina is less angularly projected than in the
case of laevis as illustrated by Karny in Wytsman's Gen. In-
sectorum, Fasc. 141, plate iv, fig. 10 (1912).

Description ( $ and 9 ). — Head moderate, no broader
than the pronotum ; fastigium of the vertex about as broad
as the basal segment of the antenna, the sides about parallel,
distally converging very slightly, the tip broadly rounded,
the whole not exceeding the basal segment of the antenna in
length, evenly rounded dorsally and beneath convergently
contiguous with the facial scutellum. Pronotum subtruncate
anteriorlv and posteriorly, but little produced behind, the
disk nearly flat and merging into the lateral lobes with per-
sistent but rounded lateral carinse which diverge very gently
at both extremes ; lateral lobes much longer than high with
rounded angles and very obscure humeral sinus, the lower
margin descending posteriorly, the deepest portion behind
the middle ; prosternum armed with a pair of long spines.
Tegs moderately stout ; fore coxge armed with a long sharp
spine ; fore tibi^ with conchate foramina on both sides, un-

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armed above but armed beneath, as are also the middle ones,
with several pairs of medium fixed spines ; hind tibiae armed
on both margins above and below, with an apical spine above
next the apical calcar on the inner side only; fore and middle
femora armed beneath on the cephalic margin only with
short stout spines, two on the anterior and three on the mid-
dle ones ; hind femora strongly swollen in the basal half,
armed beneath on both margins with short stout spines, three
or four on the inner and four or five on the outer ; genicu-
lations of all the femora acutely angulate, those on the inner
side of the middle ones and on both sides of the hind ones
being spinose. Tegmina but little longer than the pronotum
and about half as broad as long, apically broadly rounded,
especially in the male ; stridulating vein of the left tym-
panum of the male very thick but not angularly projecting
beyond the anal margin. Plate I. figure 10, shows the shape
of the tegmina of the male ; wings abortive, forming mere
padlike projections. Abdomen with the anal segment of
both sexes deeply cleft apically, each angle forming a taper-
ing spinelike process ; subgenital plate of $ triangularly
notched apically and furnished with a pair of stout cylin-
drical apically rounded styles about three times as long as
thick, of the 9 triangular in shape and apically entire, or
gently concave ; cerci of $ short, stout, somewhat com-
pressed, twisted inward and downward apically and with an
apical chitinized point, of 9 simple, round and tapering to
a point, the whole about four times as long as basal width
and gently curved inward ; ovipositor somewhat longer than
the pronotum and shaped as in Plate II, figure 12.

General color green, in cabinet specimens yellowish green ;
the extreme tips of the tibis, a spot at the lower end of the
foramina of the anterior tibiae, the apex of the mandibles,
and the lateral carinae of the pronotum, especially the ends,
black ; the eyes are blackish and the anal margin of the elytra
and the tympanum of the $ are marked with blackish ; none
of the above-mentioned black markings are conspicuous,
those of the pronotum and the tegmina of the male being the
most noticeable; the spines of the legs are mostly tipped with

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dusky and the femora all have distinct and quite noticeable
piceous spots at the base of each ventral spine; the fastigium
of the vertex and the basal segment of the antennae are
slightly brownish and at the vertex of the facial scutellum
is a slightly elongate yellowish ocellar spot ; the elytra of the
$ also has a few small but noticeable black spots about the
middle.

Measurements. — Length : pronotum, $ and 9 , 0 mm. ;

tegmina, 5,11 mm., ? , T.5 mm. ; posterior femora, S , 14 mm.,

9,15 mm. ; ovipositor, 10 mm. ; width : pronotum at posterior

margin, $ and $ . 4 mm. ; ovipositor at widest point, 2.5 mm.

Described from five specimens. Type $ , December 2, 1906.
Iconnicolf. Allotype 9 , November 24, 1906. Iconnicoflf.
Paratypes a, b, and c, all females, the last a nymph ; a and c by
Iconnicoff on December 1 and 12, 1906, and b by Schunke in
December, 1908.

Type, allotype, and paratype c in the collection of the U. S.
National Museum. Paratypes a and b in the collection of Icon-
nicoff.

Cat. No. 21324, U. S. Nat. Mus.

The paratypes show no variations from the typical.

Dectinomima peruviana, new species. (PI. II, fig. 15, b.)
Similar in structure to Dectinomima jenningsi from Panama
but smaller and not so black.

Description ( 9 , the $ unknown). — General form stout,
having the general aspect of a dectician. Head with the fastig-
ium of the vertex a little narrower than the basal segment of
the antenna and scarcely as long, and marked above with a
slight longitudinal impressed line, the sides parallel or very
slightly convergent and the apex broadly rounded, beneath con-
nected with the frontal fastigium by a very narrow vertical
ridge. Pronotum posteriorly more broadly rounded than in
jenningsi (PI. II, fig. 15, a), and moderately produced, the disk
rounded, no trace of lateral carinse ; lateral lobes shallow, the
lower margins declivent, the deepest part of the lobe being be-
hind the middle ; humeral sinus distinct but shallow ; prosternal
spines long and sliarp. Abdomen short and stout, but little

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longer than the pronotum ; legs moderately stout, the hind
femora strongly swollen in the basal half ; fore tibiae with con-
chate foramina and, like the middle ones, unarmed above but
both ventral margins armed with several spines ; hind tibire
armed on both margins above and beneath, above with longer
spines for nearly the entire length and beneath with smaller
ones only in the apical half and in a clearly double row only
apically, above with a spine adjacent to the apical calcar only
on the inner margin ; all femora armed beneath only, the
posterior ones on both margins with moderately long spines and
the fore and middle ones on the cephalic margin only with
very short stout ones ; geniculations acute, that on the caudal
side of the middle ones and both sides of the posterior ones
more so, being briefly but decidedly spinose. Organs of flight
concealed beneath the pronotum.

General color a dark reddish brown, the sides of the abdomen
blackish, but not strongly contrasted with the rest of the sur-
face ; fore and middle legs lighter with one or two blackish
bands on each femora and tibia ; lower side of abdomen reddish
and the lower part of the head is lighter colored than the dorsal
surface ; antennae yellowish banded with black.

Measurements. — Length: Pronotum, 7.5 mm.; posterior
femora, 14 mm. ; ovipositor. 8 mm. Width : pronotum through
middle, by caliper measurement, 5 mm. ; ovipositor at thickest
part, 2 mm.

Described from two 9 9 . Type, November 25, ]90(). Icon-
nicoff. Paratype a, November 16, 1906. Iconnicoff.

Type in collection of U. S. National Museum; paratype in
collection of Iconnicoff.

Cat. No. 21325, U. S. Nat. Mus.

Dectinomima pallida, new species. (PI. II, figs. 13, 14,
and 15, c.)

Allied to the preceding but quite distinctive in general
appearance.

Description ( 9 , the S unknown). — The general form is dis-
tinctly more slender than that of the preceding species and the
geniculations of the femora appear less acute, those on the

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cephalic side of the middle ones scarcely acute. The pronotal
disk is posteriorly snhtruncate, not nearly so rounded as in the
I)rcceding species or in D. jenningsi. The entire insect is a
lightly mottled grayish yellow except a broad piceous streak on
the sides of the a])(lomen, which is strongly contrasted with the
rest of the color and is dimly and very narrowly continued part
way along the pronotum ; the fore and middle legs are less
noticeably banded than in peruviana but the antennae are about
as in that species.

■ Measurements. — Length : pronotum, 7 mm. ; hind femora,
15.5 mm. ; ovipositor, 10 mm. Width : pronotum through mid-
dle, 4.75 mm.; ovipositor, 2 mm.

Described from one 9 , the type, December 12, liXXI. Icon-
nicofif.

Type in the collection of the U. S. National Museum.

Cat. No. 21:520, U. S. Nat. Mus.

This may eventually prove to be but a variety of peruviana
but the less rounded ])osterior margin of the pronotum, lighter
coloration, and more slender ap]:)earance indicates distinctness.

The genus Dcctinomima is very closely allied to the genus
Uchuca of Giglio-Tos and may indeed prove to be the same.
The better developed elytra, at lea.st in the female, of Uchuca
make their se])aration easy but the males of Dectinomima, at
the present unknown, may have these organs longer than in the
female. The original description of Uchuca states that the
posterior tibire have an apical dorsal spine on each side This,
if true, constitutes an adequate differentiating character, as in
Dectinomima there is an apical spine above on the inner margin
only. But it is possible that Giglio-Tos considered the dorsal
calcar on the inner margin a spine and in that case this char-
acter conforms with conditions present in Dectinomima as
illustrated in Plate II, figure 14. The type of Dectinomima
jenningsi was before Karny when he wrote the fascicule on the
Copiphorinse and he also evidently knows the genus Uchuca as
he figures the type species of that genus and as he does not
merge the two genera, but even follows their respective authors
in placing them in separate subfamilies, it is possible that they
are really distinct.

24 INSECUTOR INSCITI^ MENSTRUUS

Both the above discussed genera could be referred with about
equal reason to either the subfamily Copiphorinae, where Decti-
notnima was originally included, or Agroecinse, where Uchuca
has been placed. The fastigium of the vertex varies from a
little broader than the basal segment of the antenna to a little
narrower and in some specimens there is a slight dorsal im-
pressed line. The coloration and the short falcate ovipositor
rather favor their inclusion in Agroecinse and Dectinomima is
therefore here referred to that subfamily. It is somewhat
doubtful, however, if Agroecinae should be considered as of
subfamily rank as there seems to be no very constant character
to separate it from Copiphorinse. The character used in this
connection, the fastigium of the vertex being broader than the
basal segment of the antenna in Copiphorinse and no broader
in Agroecinae, is a slight one upon which to base subfamilies,
being unimportant and not very constant. But a combination
of characters such as general color, shape of ovipositor, etc.,
refers most species to one or the other of these two groups with
considerable certainty.

The three known species of Dectinomima may be separated
as follows :

Fastigium of the vertex fully as broad as the basal segment of the
antennae; pronotal disk semicircularly rounded posteriorly (PI. II,
fig. 15, a) ; abdomen wholly black, the sides no darker than the dor-
sum jenningsi Caud.

Fastigium of the vertex scarcely as broad as the basal segment of
the antenna; pronotal disk less rounded posteriorly; abdomen
with the sides noticeably darker than the dorsum 2

Pronotal disk distinctly rounded posteriorly (PI. II, fig. 1.5, b) ; a
stouter and darker species peruviana, n. sp.

Pronotal disk subtruncate posteriorly (PI. II, fig. 15, c) ; a less robust
and lighter colored species pallida, n. sp.

vSubfamily PSEUDOPHYLLIN^

There appears to be much confusion in this entire subfamily
and determinations by well-qualified specialists are often made
with a query. The generic relationships are not well worked
out and a general revision of the group is needed. Brunner
laid too much stress on minor characters, such as certain spines

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in the tibiae, etc., but his monograph of 1895 is the most com-
prehensive revision of the group ever pubHshed and is invalu-
able to the student of these interesting insects.

Bufotettix, new genus.

This genus is remarkable for its small size and short
legs of the only known species.

Description. — Head barely as broad as the anterior part of
the pronotum and furnished above with a few small granules
or tubercles, one near tlie inner margin of each eye and a pair
at the base of the fastigium of the vertex being the only ones
of noticeable size ; fastigium of the vertex horizontal, triangu-
lar in shape, and very small, less than half as broad basally as
the basal segment of the antenna and not surpassing the an-
tennal scrobse, apically minutely notched and not quite meeting
the facial fastigium ; eyes globular, very prominent, being un-
usually protuberant ; antennae moderately slender, the basal
segment large and furnished with an outer dorsolateral apical
tooth, or elongate tubercle ; second segment one-half as thick
and about one-third as long as the basal one, twice as thick as
the succeeding ones, which are cylindrical. Pronotum rugose,
the disk flat and gently constricted mesially, somewhat broader
posteriorly than anteriorly, the front margin with a mesial well-
elevated tubercle, the hind margin truncate and very little pro-
longed posteriorly ; transverse sulci distinct, especially the
posterior one ; lateral carinae distinct only on the metanotum ;
lateral lobes subvertical, almost twice as long as deep, the lower
margins straight and horizontal, somewhat thickened, the front
angles rectangular, the posterior ones rounded, the posterior
margins slanting backward, without distinct humeral sinus;
prosternum with a pair of very short blunt spines or tubercles ;
meso- and metasternum rectangular, about three times as broad
as long, the pits far separated and connected by a deep trans-
verse sulcus. Abdomen stout ; last dorsal segment apically
broadly concave ; supraanal plate triangular, longitudinally sul-
cate dorsally ; subgenital plate elongate, apically narrowing and
deeply notched, each angle slightly longer than broad and with
an apical blunt cylindrical style about three times as long as

26 INSECUTOR INSCITI^ MENSTRUUS

broad ; cerci bluntly conical, scarcely longer than broad, each
about as broad as the subgenital plate and simple. Legs very
short, the fore femora shorter than the pronotum and the
posterior ones less than twice as long ; middle legs missing from
the unique type of the only known species ; anterior femora
unarmed above, beneath armed on the inner margin only with
two or three short stout spines on the apical half ; fore tibise
flat and unarmed above, beneath armed with a few very small
fine spines, extremely minute on the caudal margin, those on
the cephalic margin larger and about five in number ; posterior
femora stout, but little more than twice as long as the greatest
width, only about the apical fifth parallel, unarmed above, be-
neath armed on the outer margin only with six stout triangular
spines, the genicular angles unarmed, as are also those of the
fore femora ; posterior tibise armed above on the caudal margin
with eight broad-based spines, the last one near the apex, and
on the cephalic margin with three very small depressed apically
pointed tubercles on the basal half ; beneath on the apical half
with several very minute spinules on the cephalic margin, the
caudal margin with a few still more minute ones near the apex ;
the hind tibiae are without apical calcars above, the lateral and
ventral pairs short. Tegmina and wings of equal length, barely
reaching the tips of the posterior femora and not far surpassing
the tip of the abdomen ; tegmina about two and one-half times
as long as broad, coriaceous, thick and opaque, the radial veins
nearly straight, at the base far separated, gradually drawing
nearer toward the apex, the posterior one dividing the tegmina
into about equal halves ; wings equally long as broad, trans-
lucid, the veins yellowish ; the outer margin evenly rounded, not
at all sinuate.

Type, Bufotettix alpha, new species.

Bufotettix alpha, new species.

One of the smallest Pseudophyllids known.

Description ( S , the 9 unknown). — The characters given in
the generic description will serve to distinguish this remark-
able little species from all other described members of the sub-
family known to me. The tympanum of the tegmina are about

iNSEcuTOR insciti^t; menstruus 27

one- fourth as long as the tegmina and about twice as long as
broad; the stridulatory vein is stout and does not project at all
beyond the inner margin, which is thickened and forms a notch
just above the termination of the above vein. The entire sur-
face of the insect, including the elytra, is rugose, the femora
and pronotum, especially the latter above, also tuberculate.

General color brown with darker mottlings ; sides of pro-
notum, especially along the sites of the lateral carinse, blackish
and the femora with three illy defined but broad and distinct
blackish bands ; the tip of the abdomen, including the last
dorsal segment, the supraanal and subgenital plates, and the
cerci clear yellowish, the dorsal sulcation of the supraanal plate
black and the last dorsal segment of the abdomen with a round
black dot on each side of the upper surface; the antennae are
irregularly banded with light yellowish and dark brownish.

Measurements. — Length : pronotum, 5 mm. ; anterior femora,
4 mm.; posterior femora, 8 mm.; tegmina, ]0 mm.; wing, 9
mm. Width: pronotum, posteriorly, 3.25 mm.; tegmina, at
middle, 4 mm. ; wing, at middle, 8 mm. ; posterior femora, at
widest point, 3.. 5 mm.

Described from one $ , type, August, 1908. Schunke.

Type in the collection of the U. S. National Museum.

Cat. No. 21327, U. S. Nat. Mus.

Orpacophora coronata Linnaeus.

Gryllus Tettigonia coronatus Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. i,
p. 430 (1758) ; Orpacophora coronata Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., vol.
ii, p. 313 (1906).
One 9 , July, 1908. Schunke.

Diacanthodis granosa Brunner.

Diacantlwdis granosa Brunner, Monogr. Pseudoph., p. 117
(1895); Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., vol. ii, p. 315 (1906).

Two 9 9, November, 1908. Schunke.

These female specimens agree very well with the description
of the male type. There are eight dorsal spines on the posterior
femora instead of seven as in the male as described by Brunner.
The measurements of the female are as follows:

Length : pronotum, 5 mm. ; anterior femora, 7 mm. ; poste-
rior femora, 14.5 mm.; tegmina, 28 mm.; ovipositor, 14 mm.

28 INSECUTOR INSCITI^ MENSTRUUS

Width: pronotum, through the middle at lower border of the
lateral lobes, by caliper measure, 6 mm. ; posterior femora at
widest point, 2.75 mm. ; ovipositor, at middle, 2 mm.

Pleminia mutica Brunner. (PI. II, fig. 16.)

Pleminia mutica Brunner, Monogr. Pseudoph., p. 124 (1895) ;
Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., vol. ii, p. 316 (1906).

Two $ $ , August and December, 1908. Schunke. Also a
female nymph evidently of this species December, 1908.
Schunke.

In these specimens the dorsal teeth of the middle tibiae are
practically absent, being reduced to mere blunt tubercles. The
subgenital plate (PI. IT, fig. 16), has an angulation on each
side of the notched apex. These were evidently obscured in
P) runner's type, as he makes no mention of them in his descrip-
tion. Aside from this plate the structure of these specimens
fits his description very exactly. One of these specimens, the
one taken in December, varies from the typical by having some
blackish coloration in some of the cells on the tegmina.

The posterior tarsi of this species have the second segment
modified above somewhat after the manner of Saga as illus-
trated in my paper on the Saginse in Fascicule 167, Wytsman's
Genera Insectorum, p. 3, pi. ii, fig. 2 (1916).
Lichenochrus amplipennis, new species.

This is a medium-sized species showing relationship to sev-
eral described forms but apparently referable to none of them.
In Brunner's key it runs out to variahilis but it does not seem
to ])ossess all the characters of that species. It is also appar-
ently related somewhat to infimiatus Brunner but seems amply
distinct from that species.

Description { S , the 9 unknown). — Plead smooth, of sub-
equal width witli the front of the pronotum ; eyes round and
very prominent ; fastigium of the vertex small, triangular,
apically slightly notched, above broadly sulcate, the width less
than half that of the basal segment of the antennae and the
length but little greater than the basal width, not surpassing the
antennal scrobse, a round tubercle on each side at the base;
scutellum of the face abruptly tapering above to a rounded

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tubercle, separated from the fastigium of the vertex by a
rounded notch ; antennae with the basal segment armed with an
apical well-developed but blunt spine on the inner dorsolateral
margin. Pronotum slightly rugose on the disk, more so on the
metazona ; mesozona with a large rounded tubercle on each side
of the median line ; lateral caringe present on the metanotum
only and there broadly rounded but well elevated, anteriorly
formiing a rounded shoulder ; transverse sulci broad and con-
spicuous, especially the posterior one, which is situated at the
middle of the prothorax, curves frontward below and is inter-
sected at the middle on the dorsal line by a short longitudinal
sulcus ; prozona with a rounded tubercle on the middle of the
anterior margin ; posterior margin of pronotal disk broadly
rounded, the edge smooth and somewhat thickened ; lateral
lobes considerably longer than high, the lower margins straight
and horizontal, the anterior angles rectangular ; humeral sinus
deep, rounded-rectangular ; prosternum armed with a pair of
moderately long spines ; meso- and metasternum transverse,
ihe lobes rounded and lateral, not at all prolonged posteriorly ;
iTiesosternal pits considerably farther separated from each
other than the distance from them to the lateral margins of the
sternum and separated by a transverse furrow, those of the
metasternum separated scarcely farther than the distance to the
edge of the sternum. Legs moderately long and stout, the an-
terior femora but one-third longer than the pronotum ; anterior
tibice flat and unarmed above, beneath on each margin armed
with several small spines, the foramina shell shaped and very
moderately expanded ; middle tibise flat above and unarmed on
the cephalic margin, the opposite margin armed with a single
short subbasal spine, beneath armed on both margins with sev-
eral short stout spines ; posterior tibise armed above and below
on both margins with moderately stout spines, the inner ventral
margin spined only on about the apical half, no ajncal spine on
the outer dorsal margin ; all femora rounded and unarmed
al)ove, beneath sulcate and armed on the cephalic margin only,
three or four spines on the anterior femora, four larger flat-
tened ones on the middle ones and seven still larger ones on the
posterior femora, those toward the apex larger and all curved

30 INSECUTOR INSCITI^ MENSTRUUS

backward ; caudal geniculations of the middle femora distinctly
armed with a long, stout, sharp spine, all the others rounded
or very bluntly and briefly armed. Organs of flight fully de-
veloped ; tegmina nearly three times as long as the pronotum,
and about three times as long as broad and rapidly tapering
in the apical half by the curving backward of the costal margin,
the anal margin of the spread tegmina being nearly straight ;
radial veins nearly straight and basally well separated but con-
verging toward the apex ; speculum of the right tegmen large
and transparent, that of the opposite one smaller and coriace-
ous, the stridulating vein scarcely forming an angle ; wings
moderately and uniformly fuliginous, about as broad as long,
at rest just reaching the apex of the tegmina, the outer margin
evenly rounded, not at all sinuate. A^bdomen stout ; supraanal
plate depressed, triangular, a little broader than long, apically
entire, slightly concave dorsally ; subgenital plate broad and
ventrally convex basally, apically narrowed and concave be-
neath, apically notched, each side with a stout depressed style
which is broadest mesially and broadly concave on the inner
ventrolateral surface, the whole about twice as long as the
median width, the apex rounded ; cerci but little longer than
broad, conical from an outer dorsolateral aspect, which sur-
face is broadly convex, the inner side deeply and broadly con-
cave, the lower margin curved a little inward and armed with
a long slender upwardly and inwardly directed spine which is
hidden from view unless the cerci are raised for examination.
General color brownish yellow varied with darker, especi-
ally on the elytra ; the posterior femora have a broad dark
brownish band a little beyond the middle, a similar preapical
band and a darker and more conspicuous area on the dorsal
and upper half of the outer surface at about the basal third,
at the widest part of the femora. The spines of the legs are
infuscated apically. The short median longitudinal sulcus of
the pronotal disk is black and there is an irregular blackish
stripe marking the site of lateral carinae on the posterior half
of the pronotum. The face is concolorous with the rest of the
head.

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Measurements. — ^Length : pronotum, 8 mm. ; anterior fe-
mora, 12 mm.; posterior femora, 20 mm.; tegmina, 30 mm.;
wings, 28 mm. ; anal styles, 2 mm. ; cerci, 2 mm. Width : pro-
notum at posterior margin, 5.5 mm. ; tegmina at widest point,
at about the basal third, 10 mm., at apical fourth, 5 mm. ; wing
at widest point. 24 mm. ; posterior femora at widest point, 5
mm. ; anal styles, 1 mm. ; cerci, 1.75 mm.

Described from two $ $ , type, December, 1908. Schunke.
Paratype, September, 1909. Iconnicoff.

Type in the collection of the U. S. National Museum ; para-
type in the collection of Iconnicoff.

Cat. No. 21328, U. S. Nat. Mus.

Acanthodis aquilina Linnaeus.

Grylhis Tettigonia aqiiiliints Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, vol. i, p.
430 (1758) ; Acanthodis aquUina Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., vol. ii,
p. 318 (1906).
One $ , no date. Schunke.

This specimen agrees very well with the figure and descrip-
tion in Brunner's monograph.

Stenoschema gracile Brunner.

Stcnoschcma gracile Brunner, Monogr. Pseudoph., p. 137 (1895) ;
Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., vol. ii, p. 319 (1906).

One $ , October 11, 1908. Schunke. Also a female nymph
determined doubtfully as this species, June 12, 190G. Icon-
nicofT.

This male specimen appears typical with the exception of the
tegmina appearing somewhat narrower than stated in the orig-
inal description, being barely more than 3 mm. in width.

Leurophyllum unicolor Brunner.

Platyphyllum unicolor Brunner, Monogr. Pseudoph., p. 139 (1895).
Leiirophylhiiii unicolor Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., vol. ii, p. 320
(1906).

One 5 , December 15, 190<). Iconnicoff. Three $ $, Janu-
ary, 1906, April and September, 1908. Schunke.

These specimens fit Brunner's description very well. The
ventral spines of the anterior femora vary in number from one
to three.

32 INSECUTOR INSCITI^ MENSTRUUS

The male, hitherto undescribed, runs out in Brunner's key to
granulosum but is too small for that species, being more as in
guttatum in this respect but differing from this species in others.
The elytra are broader basally than in the female and more
acutely pointed apically. The cerci are bifid apically, the upper
branch much shorter than the lower one ; subgenital plate nar-
rowed apically and with a U-shaped apical notch and a pair of
cylindrical slender styles about ten times as long as broad. The
breast is piceous, as is also the face. The measurements of the
single male represented in this collection are as follows :
Length : pronotum, 7.25 mm. ; anterior femora, 7 mm. ; poste-
rior femora, 10 mm.; tegmina, 2G mm.; anal styles, 2 mm.
Width : pronotum, posteriorly, 4.5 mm. ; tegmina, at base,
across speculum, (i.') mm., at middle, 5 mm. ; posterior femora,
3.1 mm.

The tegmina of the female are noticeably marked with
darker zigzag markings of variable distinctness, a character
scarcely indicated in the male discussed above and at variance
with the original diagnosis. It is possible that the above male
is wrongly associated with the females but without additional
material it is thought best not to characterize it as distinct at
this time.

The wings of this species are very lightly fuliginous in both
sexes and in this character stands intermediate between the
clear-winged genus Platyphyllum of Serville and the fuligin-
ous-winged Leurophylhim of Kirby. This character seems to
be about the only one so far given for the separation of these
two genera and it appears of little value for the purpose. But
a structural character may exist to serve for their separation,
though I have insufficient knowledge of the forms to point such
out at this time.

Leurophyllum brevixiphum Brunner.

Platyphyllum brevixiphum Brunner, Monogr. Pseudoph., p. 140
(1895) ; Leurophyllum brevixiphum Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., vol.
ii, p. 320 (1906).

One $ and one $ , April and July, 1 909. Schunke.

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Leurophyllum maculipenne Serville.

Platyphyllum maculipenne Serville, Ins., Orth., p. 447 (1839) ;
Leurophyllum maculipenne Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., vol. ii, p. 320
(1906).
One $ , September 9, 190(i. Iconnicoff.

Meroncidius flavolimbatus Brunner.

Meroncidms flavuliinbatus Brunner, Monogr. Pseudoph., p. 150
(1895) ; Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., vol. ii, p. 322 (1906).

One 9 , September, 1908. Schunke.

Meroncidius marginatus Walker.

Meroncidius marginatus Walker, Cat. Derm. Salt. Brit. Mus.,
vol. iii, p. 450 (1870); Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., vol. ii, p. 322
(1906).

One $ , November, 190(i. Iconnicoff. Three ? 9. , January
and February, 1909. Schunke.

The above male appears rather small for this species but
otherwise agrees very well with the original diagnosis. It
measures as follows : Length : pronotum. 8 mm. ; anterior fe-
mora, 11 mm.; posterior femora, 18.") mm.; tegmina, 29 mm.
Width : pronotum posteriorly, 5 mm. ; tegmina mesially, 8.5
mm. ; posterior femora at widest point, 3 mm.

From an examination of type material in the British Museum
I' conclude that Meoncidius inornatus and M. indistinctus
Walker are both synonymous with marginatus. Why Kirby,
Syn. Cat. Orth., vol. ii, p. 332 (1906), places indistinctus in the
genus Bliastes is not clear.

Meroncidius sp.

One $ , December 4, 1916. Iconnicoff.

This is very like the male recorded above as M. marginatus
and may be but a shorter- winged form of that species, the
somewhat shorter organs of flight being the main difference
noted. The tegmina of this specimen measures '2'^ mm. in
length.

Meroncidius atricauda, new species.

This apparently undescribed form is structurally related to
M. flavoliiiihafiis Brunner and also to M. innotatus Walker, a

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species belonging to and described in the present genus but
listed by Kirby in the genus Leptotettix. But this Peruvian
species is smaller and more slender than either of the above
allied forms.

Description ( $ ).-^Head smooth, no broader than the pro-
notum ; eyes round and prominent ; fastigium of the vertex
elongate triangular, dorsally broadly sulcate, apically slightly
elevated and not surpassing the antennal scrobse ; there is a pair
of rounded tubercles at the base of this fastigium and beneath
the fastigium meets that of the face but projects considerably
beyond the point of juncture ; basal segment of the antenna
with a short stout apical spine on the inner dorsolateral margin ;
antennal scrobse well developed, continued below the eyes as a
transverse ridge. Thorax entirely beset with a dense mass of
rounded tubercles ; pronotal disk without lateral caringe, the
disk roundly subtruncate anteriorly and posteriorly, the an-
terior margin with a very broad slightly developed mesial tuber-
cle ; lateral lobes decidedly longer than high, the lower margins
straight, fore and hind margins slightly convergent, the humeral
sinus shallow. Legs short, the anterior femora scarcely one-
half longer than the pronotum ; anterior tibiae flat and unarmed
above, beneath with five or six small sharp spines on each
margin ; middle tibiae armed beneath as in the anterior ones,
above flat and armed on the caudal margin on the basal half
with one or two small sharp depressed spines ; posterior tibise
rectangular in section, armed above and beneath on both carinae
with a number of small spines, those of the upper side the larger,
and with an upper apical spine on the caudal margin only ;
femora with all the geniculations spined except the cephalic ones
of the middle legs, which are narrowly rounded ; anterior and
intermediate femora armed beneath with four short stout
spines on the cephalic margin, the opposite margin unarmed ;
posterior femora armed beneath with a row of eight or nine
stout spines on the cephalic margin only, those toward the apex
the larger and all apically somewhat curved backward ; all the
femora unarmed above. Organs of flight fully developed ;
wings lightly fuliginous, a little longer than broad, apically sub-
truncate ; tegmina about four times as long as the pronotum.

EXPLANATION OF PLATE 1'

l"'ig. 1. J 'araf ropes' iic<iiiafori(ilis Saussure. (Left wing.)

2. Paratropcs iiicxicaua I'.runntr. (Left wing.)

:>. Dyiiie iccoiinicoffi, new .species. (Male type, dorsal view.)

6. Acanthacloiiia flai'iccnns. new species. (Male type, dorsal

view. )

7. .■Iciiiitluuioiiid fliiiiciiniis, new species. (Head nf male

type, lateral view.)

8. Hyfcrhacints brcz'ipciniis. new species. (Abdomen of male

typo, caudal view. )
'.I. Siibria :ir{dis, new species. (Male type.)
10. Loja snluiUita. new species. (Left tcgmen of male type.)

EXPLANATION ( )1- PLATE II

b'ig. 12. Lojii siibitlata, new species. (Ovipositor of allotype.)
I.'). Dectiiioiiiiiiia pallida, new species. (Female type.)

14. Pccliiioiniiiia pallida, new species. (Tip of posterior tibia

of female type.)
\'y. a. — Dcctinovi'una jeiiniiu/si Caudell. /;. — DcclinDminui peru-
viana, new species. (■. — Dcctinoimiiia pallida, new species
Posteriiir margin of pmnotal disk nf type specimens.
1(>. ritiiiinia nnttica I'.rnnner. (.Subgenital plate of female.)
17. .ScmilcptotcUix flaycllata, new species. (End of abdomen
of male ty])e, snbdorsolateral view.)

15. .{yrhcuotcltix calcaralus, new species. (Posterior femora

of male t\pe. )

19. 1 1 opiiitcltix icoiiuiciiffl. new si)ecies. (Left tegmen of male

t> pe, in nutline. )

20. 'rypophylluiii iiiidiilalii in, new species. (Right tegmen

of female t>]ie, drawn from the inner surface.)

21. . hiaulactniicra apicidrnlata, new species. (Cerci of male

t_\i>t\ dorsal \iew.)

22. Ananlaconicra ccrcalis, new species. (Cercus of male type,

subvenlral view. )
2:J. Ananlacoincra simplex, new si)ecies. (Cerci of male type,
dorsal view. )

'There arc no fifjures 4. .'>. or 11.

INSECUTOR INSCITIAE MENSTRUUS, VOL. VI, NOS. 1-3

PLATE I

ORTHOPTERA OF PERU

INSECUTOR INSCITIAE MENSTRUUS, VOL. VI, NOS. 1-3

Plate il

ORTHOPTERA OF PERU

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apically rounded by the curving upward of the anal margin
more than the backward curving of the anterior margin ; radial
veins well separated basally. Supraanal plate narrowly and
shallowly sulcate above, a little longer than broad, narrow-
ing apically, the tip very broadly rounded ; subgenital plate very
narrow and elongate, sulcate above and below and apically with
a deep V-shaped incision, each flange about one and one-half
times as long as broad, apically truncate and furnished with a
bluntly pointed style about as long as the flange itself but some-
what narrower ; cerci short, stout, and cylindrical, very gently
curved inward and apically with a small swelling on the inner
side and with a short, sharp black tooth.

General color yellowish brown ; femoral spines black to near
the tip where there is a light area, the very tip itself blackish ;
hind femora black beneath in the basal half and on the lower
half of the inner face basally ; last segment of the abdomen
infuscated; face concolorous.

( 9 ). Very similar to the male except the cerci are longer,
simple, and pointed, and the subgenital plate elongate-triangular
and apically entire. Ovipositor stout and noticeably longer
than the pronotum, straight above, apically sharply pointed bv
the curving upward of the ventral margin in the apical third ;
upper margin finely serrate in the apical half ; color about as in
the opposite sex, the black of the apex of the abdomen more
intensified ; ovipositor black in the apical half, continued as a
narrow ventral streak to the base and an elongate spot of the
same color on the dorsal surface in the basal half.

Measurements. — Length : pronotum, S , 7 mm., $ , 7.5 mm. ;
tegmina, S , 33 mm. , $ , 35 mm. ; wings, $ , 30 mm., 9 , 32
mm. ; anterior femora, 5,9, 10 mm. ; posterior femora,

S , 9 , 19 mm. ; subgenital plate, including styles, $ , 10 mm. ;
ovipositor, IG mm. Width: pronotum posteriorly, $,9, 5
mm. ; tegmina mesially, $ , 9 mm., 9 , 9.5 mm. ; wings,

$ ,9 , about 25 mm. ; ovipositor mesially, 2.75 mm.

Described from one $ and two 9 9 . Type, $ , October 9,
1908. Schunke. Allotype, 9 , November 29, 1906. Iconni-
cofif. Paratype, 9 , November, 1906. Iconnicoflf.

36 INSECUTOR INSCITI^ MENSTRUUS

Type and allotype in the collection of the U. S. National
Museum. Paratype in the collection of Iconnicoff.

Cat. No. 21329, U. S. Nat. Mus.

The paratype appears to have been killed before the color
was completely developed as the black coloration of the ovi-
positor is not nearly so evident as in the allotype, though other-
wise it appears about typical.
Bliastes connexus Brunner.

Bliastes connexus Brunner, Monogr. Pseudoph., p. 192 (1895) ;
Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., vol. ii. p. 332 (1906).

One S , April, 1909. Schunke.
Bliastes spinicornis, new species.

Description ( S, the 2 unknown). — Basal segment of the
antenna with a stout sharp apical spine on the inner margin
and the second segment has an acute basal tubercle on the ven-
tral margin ; the fastigium of the vertex is elongate-triangular,
apically pointed and not exceeding the well-developed antennal
scrobse, dorsally sulcate and with a pair of low basal tubercles ;
the fastigium of the vertex is separated from that of the face
by a broad rounded notch. Pronotum rounded above, and en-
tirely covered with tubercles, lateral carinse indicated only
posteriorly and there very roundly so ; pronotal disk broadly
rounded posteriorly and anteriorly, the front margin with a
yellowish ridge ; lateral lobes about twice as long as high, the
lower margin horizontal and straight and margined with a yel-
lowish thickened border similar to that of the anterior margin
of the pronotal disk ; humeral sinus scarcely developed ; pro-
sternum unarmed, only tuberculate ; metasternum moderately
narrowed posteriorly, the pits merged into one transverse open-
ing. Tegmina barely attaining the tip of the abdomen, apically
rounded, the margins parallel ; tympanum nearly round, pro-
jecting well beyond the anal margin, the membrane opaque on
the left tegmen ; wings broad, at rest as long as the tegmina,
the outer margin broadly and evenly rounded, the membrane
lightly fuliginous, the veins slightly darker. Legs moderate in
length; anterior coxae distinctly armed; all genicular arcs
spinose except the cephalic ones of the intermediate femora,

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which are rounded ; anterior and intermediate femora armed
beneath on the cephahc margin only with two or three spines
and the posterior ones with five or six ; anterior and intermedi-
ate tibiae sulcate and unarmed above, beneath armed on each
side with several small spinules, the hind tibiae armed above and
below on both margins, above with an apical spine on the caudal
margin only; foramina of the anterior tibia shell-shaped.
Abdomen moderately robust ; supraanal plate large and broad,
dorsally narrowly sulcate, apically roundly truncate ; subgenital
plate apically narrowed, shallowly notched and furnished with
a pair of stout cylindrical roundly pointed styles noticeably
longer than the apical width of the plate ; cerci stout, cylindri-
cal, apically broadly rounded and armed with a short inwardly
directed tooth.

General color brown, the legs yellowish brown and, especially
the posterior femora, with several light colored rounded spots ;
spines of the legs with the extreme tips blackish.

Measurements. — Pronotum, 5.5 mm. ; anterior femora, 7
mm.; posterior femora, 12.5 mm.; tegmina, 14 mm. Width,
tegmina mesially, 4.5 mm.; wings mesially, 10 mm.; posterior
femora at widest point, 3 mm.

Described from two specimens : Type a single $ , Novem-
ber 21, 1906; paratype $ , December 1, 1906. Both by Icon-
nicofif.

Type in the collection of the U. S. National Museum ; para-
type in the collection of Iconnicofif.

Cat. No. 21330, U. S: Nat. Mus.

Cocconotus olivaceus, new species.

This handsome large dull reddish olive colored species is ap-
parently allied to Cocconotus festae Giglio-Tos from Ecuador.

Description { $ ). — Pronotal disk somewhat rugose with
large rounded tubercles of little elevation ; posterior transverse
sulcus only conspicuous, situated a little caudad of the middle.
Intermediate tibiae armed above on the outer margin with four
short stout spines. Cerci cylindrical, curved inward and the
apex forming a short black tooth, apically notched ; supraanal
plate triangular, dorsally sulcate ; subgenital plate long and

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narrow, extending beyond the tips of the cerci, mesially longi-
tudinally concave above and beneath, the tip deeply but roundly
incised and provided with a pair of somewhat apically ex-
panded styles over half as long as the plate itself.

General color of head, body, and legs yellowish brown ex-
cept the posterior femora which are tinged with dull olive
green ; pronotum with a broad black dorsal stripe ; spines of
the femora black apically and basally, mesially yellowish ;
tegmina distinctly olivaceous except the anal area, which is
brownish. The tips of the mandibles and the top of the head
are also blackish.

( 9 ). Same as the male. Ovipositor long, moderately broad
and blackish in the apical third ; subgenital plate apically black-
ish and notched ; cerci cylindrical, curved inward in the apical
half and apically pointed.

Measurements. — Length: pronotum, 5,9mm., 9, 9. 5 mm.;
tegmina, 6 , 48 mm.. 9 , oB mm. ; wing, $ , 45 mm. ; anterior
femora, $ , 13 mm. ; 9,14 mm. ; posterior femora,
$ , 27 mm., 9 , 29 mm. ; anal styles, $ , 5.5 mm. ; ovipositor, 28
mm. Width : pronotum posteriorly, 5,9,6 mm. ; tegmina
mesially, $, 12 mm., 9, 12.5 mm.; wings mesially,
$ , 36 mm. ; posterior femora, at widest part, <5 , 9 , 6 mm. ;
ovipositor mesially, 4 mm.

Described from eight $ $ and eight 9 9 . Type, $ , Janu-
ary, 1909. Schunke. Allotype, 9 , same date. Paratypes a, b,
c, d, January, e, f, February, 1909, males, g, h, i, j, February,
k, August, 1, November, 1909, females.

Type, allotype, and paratypes d, e, g, h, and k in the col-
lection of the U. S. National Museum ; paratypes a, b, c, f , i, j
and 1 in the collection of IconnicofT.

Cat. No. 21331, U. S. Nat. Mus.

In the key given by Giglio-Tos, Boll. Mus. Torino, vol. xiii.
No. oil, p. 95-91 (1898), the above species runs out to festcp.
That species, however, has the base of the antennae black while
in the species here described the antennae are yellowish brown.

Cocconotus nigroantennatus Brunner.

Coconnohis nigroantennatus Brunner, Monogr. Pseudoph.,
p. 207 (1895) ; Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., vol. ii, p. 335 (1906).

INSECUTOR insciti;e menstruus 39

One 6 , three 9 9 . November 19, 21, and 29, 1916. Icon-
nicoft.

The tegmina of these specimens vary slightly in the infusca-
tion of the crossveins and the ovipositor is apically infuscated
in two of the females and concoloroiis in the third.

Cocconotus similis, nev^^ species.

An inconspicuous species allied to modestus Brunner from
Guatemala and Honduras but distinguishable from that species
as described by Brunner in having the subgenital plate apically
deeply notched.

Description ( 9, the S unknown). — Head barely as broad
as the front part of the pronotum ; fastigium of the vertex very
small, triangular, scarcely more than half as long as the anten-
nal scrobge, dorsally slightly sulcate and with a pair of prom-
inent basal tubercles ; beneath this fastigium is continuous with
that of the face but projects somewhat beyond the junction,
forming a broad rounded notch ; eyes somewhat longer than
broad and very prominent ; antennal scrobae well developed but
much shorter than the basal segment of the antenna, beneath
which they are continued as a transverse ridge ; basal segment
of the antenna with an apical tubercle on the inner dorso-
lateral margin ; pronotum wholly and densely covered with
moderate sized, smooth, rounded tubercles, none of which are
much if any more than one-half as high as broad ; disk evenly
rounded into the lateral lobes without indication of lateral car-
inas except a slight shoulder on the metanotum ; anterior margin
of the pronotal disk truncate, the posterior margin broadly
rounded ; lateral lobes somewhat longer than high, lower
margin straight and horizontal, front margin nearly vertical,
the opposite one moderately slanting, the humeral sinus broad ;
legs moderately stout, the anterior femora about one and one-
half times as long as the pronotum; anterior and intermediate
tibiae flat and unarmed above, beneath armed on both sides
with several small spines ; foramina shell-shaped, the sides not
widely extended ; posterior tibiae armed above and below on
both margins with several moderate sized spines, an apical
spine above on tlic caudal side only : all llie femora unarmed

40 INSECUTOR INSCITI^ MENSTRUUS

above and with the geniculations unarmed except the caudal
ones of the intermediate and posterior femora, which are dis-
tinctly spined ; anterior and intermediate femora armed be-
neath on the cephalic margin only with three or four triangular
spines ; posterior femora armed beneath on the outer margin
with seven stout spines, those toward the apex the larger and
curved slightly backward. Organs of flight fully developed ;
tegmina five times as long as the pronotum, apically somewhat
narrowly rounded, the radial veins very close together except
near the base where they are separated by a space something
over twice the width of one of them; wings about the same
length as the tegmina and nearly as broad as long and very
slightly fuliginous. Supraanal plate broadly triangular, apically
rounded and dorsally shallowly and broadly concave ; sub-
genital plate elongate and apically deeply cleft ; cerci cylin-
drical, simple and moderately stout, about four times as long
as broad, gently tapered to a point, and gently incurved, ovi-
positor moderately slender, three times as long as the pronotum,
gradually tapering from the base to the sharply pointed apex,
the upper margin very finely and bluntly serrate in the apical
half.

General color yellowish brown ; the femoral spines are
piceous basally with the tips generally reddish yellow, the spines
of the tibise are reddish yellow with infuscated tips.

Measurements. — Length : pronotum, 6.5 mm. ; anterior fe-
mora, 9 mm. ; posterior femora, 19 mm. ; tegmina, 32 mm. ; ovi-
positor, 18 mm. Width : pronotum posteriorly, 5.5 mm. ; elytra
mesially, 8.5 mm. ; ovipositor mesially, 2.5 mm.

Described from one 5 , type, November, 1908. Schunke.

Type in the collection of the U. S. National Museum.

Cat. No. 21332, U. S. Nat. Mus.

Cocconotus angustatus Brunner.

Cocconotus angustatus Brunner, Monogr. Pseudoph., p. 210
(1895) ; Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., vol ii, p. .336 (1906).

One $ , January, 1909. Schunke.

Cocconotus variabilis, new species.

This is a somber-colored species running to section V of

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Brunner's key, those forms having the intermediate tibiae
spined above. To place it further in the above-mentioned key
woukl necessitate a general recast of the arrangement, a task
not considered advisable at this time by reason of the lack of
sufficient material to make such a recast satisfactory.

Description ( S ) . — Head smooth, about as broad as the front
portion of the pronotum ; eyes slightly elongate and quite prom-
inent ; fastigium of the vertex surpassed somewhat by the an-
tennal scrobse, elongate-triangular, narrowly rounded apically,
longitudinally sulcate dorsally, the margins elevated basally
into a pair of oblongly rounded tubercles with a light yellowish
ocellar spot on the outer aspect ; basal segment of the antennae
with an elevated apical tubercle on the inner dorsolateral mar-
gin, the second segment with a smaller basal tubercle ; antennal
scrobse moderate, slightly surpassing the fastigium of the ver-
tex ; facial scutellum smooth, apically narrowing to a narrowly
rounded fastigium separated from that of the vertex by a
])roadly rounded notch ; just below the apex of the facial scu-
tellum there is an oblong light yellowish spot similar to that on
the outer aspect of the basal tubercles of the fastigium of the
vertex. Pronotum entirely beset with coarse tubercles, the disk
rounded into the lateral lobes without signs of lateral carinas
except slight shoulders on the metanotum ; lateral lobes some-
what longer than high, lower margin straight and nearly hori-
zontal, angles rounded, humeral sinus broadly rounded ; pro-
notal disk very broadly rounded at both extremities, posteriorly
mesially notched and almost truncate ; posterior transverse
sulcus very distinct, a little behind the middle ; a short median
carina on the posterior edge of the metanotum and a short lon-
gitudinal furrow at the point of crossing of the posterior trans-
verse sulcus ; prosternum with a pair of blunt thorns ; meso- and
metasternal lobes triangularly rounded ; metasternal pits so
close together as to be practically merged, a dividing ridge pres-
ent only anteriorly. Legs moderately slender, the fore femora
one and one-half times as long as the pronotum ; anterior tibiae
perfectly flat above and unarmed, the foramina shell-shaped
and but little inflated ; beneath these tibiae are armed with seven
spines on each margin, those of each row nearly opposite the

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Others ; middle tibise similar in ventral armature to the anterior
ones but the spines less nearly opposite each other, above armed
on the caudal margin only with four very small but distinct tri-
angular teeth ; posterior tibise armed above and beneath on both
margins with black based spines, an apical one above on the
caudal margin only ; all femora unarmed above, the genicula-
tions rounded except the caudal ones of the intermediate and
posterior legs which are spined ; anterior and intermediate
femora armed beneath on the cephalic margin only with four
short triangular spines ; posterior femora strongly swollen in
the basal two-thirds and armed beneath on the outer carina
with five or six stout spines, those toward the apex the longer
and somewhat curved. Organs of flight fully developed, the
tegmina moderately slender and more than four times as long
as the pronotum, considerably tapered in the apical half, the tip
somewhat narrowly rounded ; radial veins separated for most
of their length by a distance equal to about twice the width of
one of them ; tympani small, that of the right tegmen trans-
parent, that of the opposite one coriaceous, the stridulating
vein not at all projecting beyond the inner margin; wings of
about equal length with that of the tegmina and about as broad
as long, very slightly fuliginous. Last abdominal segment
apically very deeply and broadly incised, the margin fringed
with fine long hairs ; supraanal plate partly concealed but ap-
parently broadly rounded apically ; subgenital plate moderately
elongate, triangularly notched apically and furnished with a
pair of cylindrical slightly clavate and apically broadly rounded
styles about four times as long as broad and, like most of the
apical portion of the whole abdomen, covered with short pile;
cerci cylindrical, short, scarcely four times as long as broad,
apically moderately incurved and armed with a subapical
chitinized tooth on the inner side.

General color yellowish brown ; head infuscated on the occi-
put and the pronotum blackish on the metanotal shoulders from
the posterior transverse furrow backward and across the full
width of the posterior edge of the pronotal disk, the anterior
margin of which is also narrowly blackish ; spines of the legs
piceous with the apices tinged with reddish, those of the an-

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terior and intermediate femora almost wholly black ; there is
also a longitudinal black spot on the mesopleura.

( 9 ) . Very similar to the S in color and structure, the main
differences observed being as follows : prosternal spines reduced
to pointed tubercles and the meso- and metasternal lobes more
broadly rounded ; the left anterior femora has but three vertical
teeth and the posterior femora have seven ventral teeth on one
leg and eight on the other, the basal ones scarcely more than
mere black tubercles ; the caudal geniculations of the posterior
femora are rounded and the corresponding ones of the inter-
mediate femora are less sharply spined than in the case of the
male. Cerci simple, about five times as long as broad, tapering
to a point and incurved ; supraanal plate mostly concealed in the
allotype but probably agrees with that of the paratypic female,
which is transverse and broadly rounded apically, slightly sul-
cate above ; subgenital plate apically notched ; ovipositor about
twice as long as the pronotum, broad at the base and tapering
gradually in a little more than the apical half to a point, the
margins almost smooth. Color about as in the opposite sex
but slightly less infuscated on the occiput ; ovipositor of a red-
dish cast apically.

Measurements. — Length: pronotum, $, 5.5 mm., 9, fi.5
mm. ; anterior femora, $ , 8.5 mm., 9,10 mm. ; posterior
femora, 6, 18 mm, 9, 20 mm.; tegmina, S, 29 mm, 9, :51
mm. ; ovipositor, 1 r> mm. Width : pronotum posteriorly, $ ,
4 mm., 9 , 4.5 mm. ; tegmina at widest point, which is at about
the basal third, S , T.75 mm., 9 , 8 mm. ; posterior femora at
widest point, $ , 4 mm., 9 , 4.5 mm. ; ovipositor basally, 3.5
mm., mesially, 2.5 mm.

Described from one 3 and two 9 9. Type $, March 18,
1906. Iconnicoff. Allotype, 9 , March 12, 1900, Iconnicoff.
Paratype, 9 , November 9, 1906. Iconnicoff.

Type and allotype in the collection of the U. S. National
Museum ; paratype in the collection of Iconnicoff.

Cat. No. 21333, U. S. Nat. Mus.

The paratype recorded above appears to be a stunted speci-
men, being somewhat smaller than the allotype. Besides the
difference in size this specimen shows the following differences:

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prosternal spines as long as in the male and the meso- and
metasternal lobes as in that sex; anterior femora with three
ventral spines and the posterior ones with six, one with a
seventh represented by a black spot ; anterior tibiae with seven
ventral spines on the cephalic margin of one leg and eight on
the other, while the spines of the opposite margin are notice-
ably smaller and less oppositely placed than in the type material ;
here all the femoral geniculations are rounded and the color of
the face, instead of being concolorous with the rest of the sur-
face as in the type and allotype, is mesially largely pea-green.
The measurements of this specimen are as follows : Length :
pronotum, 6 mm. ; anterior femora, 7.5 mm. ; posterior femora,
15 mm. ; tegmina, 24 mm. ; ovipositor, 15 mm. Width: prono-
tum posteriorly, 4 mm. ; tegmina at widest point, 5 mm. ; poste-
rior femora at widest point, 3.5 mm. ; ovipositor mesially,
2.5 mm.

Nannotettix sp.

Three nymphs, two S S and one $ , November 19, De-
cember 2 and 12, 190fi. IconnicolT.

In general appearance these immature specimens remind one
of the species described from Peru under the name Nannotettix
paltaybama^ but the ovipositor of the female seems entirely too
heavy for that species.

It may be well to here record the fact that after the descrip-
tion of Nannotettix paltaybama, based on the male only, was
printed there was an adult female received from Huadquinia.
Peru, also taken by the Yale Peruvian Expedition of 1911 but
bearing no date. This specimen scarcely differs from the male
type except that the pronotal disk has three longitudinal black
spots anteriorly instead of being wholly black along that border.
The ovipositor is moderately stout and quite gradually tapered
to a sharp point. The posterior legs of this specimen are both
missing. The measurements are as follows : Length : prono-
tum, 9 mm. ; tegmina, 11 mm. ; ovipositor, 17 mm. ; width, pro-
notum posteriorly, 6 mm. ; ovipositor mesially, 2.5 mm.

'Caudell, A. N., Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. xliv, p. 3.51 (1913).

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Macrochiton adjutor Brunner.

Macrochiton adjutor Brunner, Monogr. Pseudoph., p. 220 (1895) ;
Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., vol. ii, p. 338 (1906).

Four 9 9 , October and November, 1908, and January,
1909, all by Schunke.

The ventral armature of the posterior femora exhibited by
these four specimens is very variable, there being from one to
five spines on the inner margin and the same range on the outer.
The anterior femora are unarmed beneath on the caudal margin
and armed on the cephalic margin with from one to three short
spines ; the middle femora are unarmed beneath on the caudal
margin and also on the cephalic margin or armed there with a
single small spine.

This somber colored long legged insect superficially resem-
bles very closely the following species.

Leptotettix pubiventris Bolivar.

Lcptotettix pubiventris Bolivar, An. Soc. Espan., vol. x, p. 493
(1881); Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., vol. ii, p. 339 (1906).

One $, October, 1908, one 9, December, 1908, both by
Schunke.

Except for sexual differences the female is essentially like
the male. There is some variation in the ventral armature of
the femora. Thus the right intermediate femora of the male
has a single ventral spine of considerable size while in all
others it is unarmed as in the type. The posterior femora have
from two to four ventral spines and in both specimens now
under consideration the anterior femora have but two ventral
spines. The anterior tibiae are a little shorter than indicated in
the original description of the species. The measurements of
the present pair are as follows :

Length: pronotum, $ , 5.5 mm., 9 , (' mm. ; anterior femora,
5 , 13 mm., 9 , 13.5 mm. ; posterior femora, $ , 28 mm., 9 , 31
mm. ; tegmina, $ , 52 mm., 9 , 54 mm. ; ovipositor, 22 mm.
Width : pronotum posteriorly, $ , 4 mm., 9 , 4.5 mm. ; tegmina
about the apical sixth, the widest point, S , 10.5 mm., 9 , 11
mm. ; posterior femora at widest point, (J , 9 , 4 mm. ; ovipositor
mesiallv, 3.75 mm.

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The tympanum of the tegmina of this species are very small
and that of the left one is wholly coriaceous and very incon-
spicuous.

Semileptotettix flagellata, new species. (PI. II, fig. 17.)

Runs out to vittatus in Brunner's keys but is quite different
from that species in several respects, especially size and the
genital structure of the male.

Description ( $ ). — Head smooth, about as broad as the an-
terior portion of the prothorax ; eyes circular and decidedly
■ )rominent ; fastigium of the vertex very small, twice as long
as broad, flat dorsally, barely attaining the tips of the antennal
scrobse and with a pair of prominent basal tubercles, the lateral
aspect of which bear light yellowish ocellar spots ; facial scu-
tellum narrowed above and separated from the fastigium of
the vertex by a broad rounded notch, an oblong yellowish ocel-
late spot near the vertex ; antennal scrobse well developed, con-
tinued beneath the antennae as transverse ridges ; basal segment
of the antennae armed with a prominent apical spine on the
inner dorsolateral margin. Pronotum covered with small
rounded tubercles ; disk rounded into the lateral lobes without
indication of lateral carinse other than mere rounded shoulders
on the metanotum, both margins rounded and with a small
median light yellowish tubercle, the anterior margin with a few
others lower down on the sides ; transverse furrows distinct ;
lateral lobes about twice as long as high, the lower margin
straight and horizontal ; humeral sinus scarcely indicated ; pro-
sternum with a pair of triangular lobes ; mesosternal lobes short,
triangular, those of the metasternum rounded, not at all pro-
longed, scarcely developed ; metasternum very noticeably nar-
rowed posteriorly and the pits merged into one hole the sides
of which are separated from the lateral margins of the sternum
by a distance decidedly less than width of the hole. Legs long
and slender ; fore and middle tibiae sulcate and unarmed above,
below armed with several spines on both margins, foramina of
anterior tibiae shell-shaped, moderately expanded ; posterior
tibiae armed above and l:>eneath on both margins, an apical
spine above on both margins: femora long and

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slender ; anterior femora nearly twice as long as the pro-
notum and, like also the middle ones, unarmed above and armed
below on the cephalic margin only v/ith three or four stout
spmes ; hind femora about three times as long as the prono-
tum, moderately swollen in the basal three-fourths, unarmed
above and armed beneath on the apical three-fourths on the
cephalic margin with seven or eight stout spines, those toward
the apex larger and apically bent moderately backward ; all gen-
iculations distinctly spined except the cephalic ones of the inter-
mediate femora, which are rounded. Organs of flight fully de-
veloped ; tegmina narrow with the margins about parallel, over
four times as long as broad, a])ically very roundly subtnmcate
posteriorly ; speculi small, membraneous on the right tegmen
and coriaceous on the left, the stridulating vein moderately thick,
forming a very distinct rounded projection beyond the inner
margin of the tegmen ; wings broad and lightly fuliginous, the
veins yellowish and the crossveins dark. Abdomen long and
slightly compressed, the last dorsal segment broad and apically
broadly concave; supraanal plate very roundly triangular,
strongly declivate, sulcate dorsally ; subgenital plate very elon-
gate, longer than the pronotum, apically forming a mesially
constricted shaft with the apex deeply divided, each branch a
long sinuate flattened filament as long as the plate itself ; these
filaments, or flagellate processes, are evidently modified anal
styles but they are not distinctly articulated, appearing to be
prolongations of the apical forks of the subgenital plate and
differentiated from the rest only by a darker color, as shown in
Plate 11, figure 17; cerci about five times as long as broad,
cylindrical, gently tapered to a broadly rounded apex, curved
moderately inward apically and furnished with a small chiti-
nized subapical tooth, or tubercle, in the inner side.

Color uniformly yellowish brown with the last abdominal
segment wholly piceous ; the spines of the legs are blackish
apically and those of the femora and of the ventral side of the
hind tibise are blackish on the side toward the base of the leg;
many of the crossveins of the tegmina are narrowly margined
with black.

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( 9 ). Essentially similar to the male in color and structure
except that the cephalic geniculations of the intermediate fe-
mora are about as sharply spined as the caudal ones and the
penultimate segment of the abdomen is laterally piceous. The
ovipositor is long and heavy, over twice as long as the prono-
tum, the lower margin gently curved upward, and finely ser-
rated for two-thirds of the length, the upper margin nearly
straight only apically serrate and these scarcely discernibly so.
The ovipositor is blackish in the apical half, especially the mar-
gins. Cerci simple, rounded, tapering in the apical fourth to a
point. Subgenital plate subtriangular, a little longer than
broad, the apex broadly rounded and entire. Supraanal plate
blackish, triangular, and broadly sulcate dorsally.

Measurements. — Length : pronotum, $ , 6 mm., 9 , 6.5 mm. ;
anterior femora, $ , 11 mm., 9 , 13 mm. ; posterior femora,
$ , 30 mm., 9 , 33 mm. ; tegmina, $ , 30 mm., 9 , 33 mm. ;
subgenital plate, $ , including apical flanges, 10 mm., 9 , 3
mm. ; cerci, $ , 5 mm., 9 , -4 mm.; ovipositor, 18 mm. Width:
pronotum posteriorly, $ , 4 mm., 9 , 4.5 mm. ; tegmina at mid-
dle, $ , 7 mm., 9 , 8 mm. ; posterior femora at widest point,
S , 2.50 mm., 9 , 3.75 mm. ; ovipositor at middle, 3 mm.

Described from one ^ and one 9 . Type, $ , January 12,
1906. Iconnicoff. Allotype, 9 , same date as the type.

Type and allotype in the collection of the U. S. National
Museum.

Cat. No. 31334, U. S. Nat. Mus.

Arrhenotettix, new genus.

This is a member of Brunner's group Cocconoti and in his
keys runs out to Homalaspis, from which it differs by having
the genicular lobes of the anterior femora unarmed, by having
the basal segment of the antenna apically tuberculate, by the
shorter and broader ovipositor and in the armature of the legs,
that of the ventral surface of the posterior femora of the male
being very remarkable.

Description. — Head about as broad as the anterior part of
the pronotum ; face strongly retreating ; fastigium of the vertex
not attaining the tip of the antennal scrobae, elongate-triangular.

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dorsally snlcate and without distinct basal tubercles ; eyes
])rominent ; basal segment of the antennae furnished apically
on the inner side with a prominent acutely conical tubercle.
Pronotum smooth, the disk rounded into the sides without a
sign of lateral carinje, the anterior and posterior margins
broadly rounded ; transverse sulci moderately developed ; lateral
lobes slightly developed, more than twice as long as high, the
lower margins horizontal and a little turned outward ; humeral
sinus none ; prosternum unarmed ; meso- and metasternal lobes
not prolonged, rounded, the pits of the metasternum merged
into one almost circular hole. Tegmina short, a little more
than twice as long as the pronotum, the tympanum of the male
well developed but not very large, projecting somewhat beyond
the inner margin of the tegmina, the stridulating vein stout and
projected a little farther than the speculum as a rounded lobe
similar to the type figured under the following genus (PI. II,
fig. 19) ; wings broad and slightly fuliginous, when closed just
reaching the tips of the tegmina. Legs moderately slender, the
anterior femora but little longer than the pronotum ; all femora
unarmed above, beneath armed with one to three spines on the
cephalic margin only in the fore and middle legs and four on
the posterior ones, the last two of which are much larger than
the basal two, in the male the penultimate one being of unusual
length, almost twice as long as the femoral depth at the point
of attachment (PI. II, fig. 18) ; genicular arcs of the posterior
femora and the caudal one of the intermediate femora spined,
the others rounded ; all tibiae armed beneath on both margins
with several spines ; anterior tibiae flat and unarmed above, the
foramina shell-shaped, moderately expanded ; middle tibia
armed above on the caudal margin only with several small
spines ; posterior tibiae armed above on both margins for nearly
the entire lengtli, an apical spine on the caudal margin only.
Abdomen plump and slightly compressed ; subgenital plate of
both sexes moderately narrowed apically and broadly notched,
in the male each side bearing a cylindrical pointed style five or
six times as long as broad ; supraanal plate irregular, dorsally
dimpled, or longitudinally sulcate ; cerci of male stout, cylin-
drical, about twice as long as broad, apically broadly rounded

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and with a small inner subapical tooth ; ovipositor stout, about
one and one-half times as long as the pronotum and moderately
curved upward, apically very minutely serrate on each margin.

Type, Arrhenotettix calcaratus, new species.
Arrhenotettix calcaratus, new species. (PI. II, fig. 18.)

Description ( $ ). — Structural characters as given in the
generic description. General color reddish brown, the elytra
with a more yellowish cast ; spines of the legs with the extreme
tips blackish ; tympanum of the male with the speculum trans-
parent on the right tegmen and coriaceous on the left.

( 9 ). Scarcely differing from the male except as noted in
the generic description. The ovipositor is slightly darker in
the apical half, especially along the margins.

Measurements. — Length : pronotum, $ ,9 , 5.5 mm. ; an-
terior femora, $ ,9 , T.5 mm. ; posterior femora, $ , 18 mm., $ ,
17 mm. ; tegmina, $ , 15 mm., $ , 15.5 mm. ; penultimate ventral
spine of the posterior femora, $ , 4 mm., 9 , 1.25 mm. ; oviposi-
tor, 10 mm. Width : pronotum posteriorly, 5,9, 3.25 mm. ;
tegmina mesially, $ , 4 mm., $ , 3.75 mm. ; posterior femora at
widest point, $ , 4.5 mm. ; 9 , 4 mm. ; at base of penultimate
ventral spine, $, 2 mm., 9, l."> mm.; ovipositor at middle,
2.25 mm.

Described from two S $ and one 9 . Type, $ , November
25, 190(;, Iconnicoft". Allotype, 9 , December 3, 1906, Icon-
nicoft". Paratype, $ , December 6, 1906, Iconnicoft".

Type and allotype in the collection of the U. S. National
Museum ; paratype in the collection of Iconnicoft.

Cat. No. 2133.-), U. S. Nat. Mus.

The cerci of the paratype are truncate apically instead of
rounded, but this is obviously due to shrinkage in drying.

Hoplotettix, new genus.

This is apparently most nearly allied to Nannotettix but the
armed basal segment of the antennse and spined geniculations
of the femora will serve to separate it readily from that genus.

Description. — Head of moderate size, no broader than the
pronotum ; fastigium of the vertex elongate triangular, twice
as long as broad, apically pointed, dorsally sulcate, not quite

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reaching the tips of the antennal scrobse and with a pair of
moderately elevated basal tubercles ; eyes round and prominent ;
basal segment of the antennae armed apically on the inner side
with a stout spine. Pronotum rugose with a scattering of little-
elevated rounded tubercles, the disk rounded into the lateral
lobes without lateral carinae except dull ones on the posterior
three-fourths of the metazona ; the pronotal disk is subtruncate
posteriorly, the disk there flattened and with a short slight
median carina, and very broadly and roundly angulate anteri-
orly and usually with a slight mesial swelling on the front
margin ; transverse sulci well developed, the posterior one very
distinct ; lateral lobes shallow, about twice as long as high and
without humeral sinus, the lower margin thickened and straight,
gently slanting ujnvard from in front backward ; prosternum
with a pair of moderately long spines ; meso- and metasternal
lobes acutangulate, the latter more rounded ; metasternal pits
merged to form a single rounded opening. Organs of flight
strongly abbreviated, the elytra scarcely twice as long as the
pronotum and the wings scarcely longer. Legs long and slen-
der, the anterior femora nearly twice as long as the pronotum ;
anterior tibiae flat and unarmed above, beneath armed on both
sides with several spines ; foramina conchate, little expanded ;
middle tibiae unarmed above on the cephalic margin, the op-
posite margin armed with from one to three short spines and
armed beneath on both sides with several spines ; posterior
tibiae armed above and below on both margins for most the
length, an apical spine above on both sides ; all femora unarmed
above but with all the geniculations spined ; anterior and inter-
mediate femora unarmed beneath on the caudal margin, the
opposite side with one or two spines ; posterior femora armed
beneath on the outer, or cephalic, margin only with six to eight
spines in the apical two-thirds. Abdomen stout, subcom-
pressed ; subgenital i)late of the male apically narrowed, deeply
cleft, the side pieces cylindrical, about twice as long as broad
and terminated by a pair of cylindrical blunt styles about four
times as long as broad, of the female apically narrowed and
with a V-shaped notch ; supraanal plate of both sexes about as
long as broad, apically broadly rounded, more so in the male,

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where it is turned down to a vertical position ; cerci of male
cylindrical, simple, about four times as long as broad, apically
suddenly constricted to a sharp naked inwardly directed spine ;
ovipositor short and stout, moderately curved upward and
gradually tapered to a sharp point, the whole about twice as
long as the pronotum and unarmed above and below, the
ventral margin apically very minutely undulate.
Type, Hoplotettix iconnicoffi, new species.

Hoplotettix iconnicoffi, new species. (PI. II, fig. 19.)

Description { $ ,9 ) . — Characters mostly stated in the gen-
eric description. General color dark brown, the legs, antennae,
and ovipositor somewhat lighter ; the whole insect is sprinkled
with inconspicuous yellowish dots, that being the color of the
thoracic tubercles ; the cerci and subgenital styles of the male
light brown ; wings moderately fuliginous, much shorter than
the elytra but fully as broad ; tympanum of right tegmen of
the male with transparent speculum, that of the left one opaque,
both of moderate size and projecting beyond the inner margin
of the tegmen, the stridulating vein stout and forming a
rounded angle with a triangular notch just beyond it, as com-
mon in this type of insect and described in other words under
the genus Arrhenotettix and figured here. (PI. IT, fig. 19.)

Measurements. — Length : pronotum, $ , 5.5 mm., $ , 6 mm. ;
anterior femora, 5. 10 mm., 9, 11 mm.; posterior femora,
5 , ? , 20 mm. ; tegmina, $ , 10 mm., 9 , 11 mm. ; ovipositor, 12
mm. Width : pronotum posteriorly, S , 9 , 3 mm. ; tegmina
mesially, S , 3.5 mm., 9 , 4 mm. ; posterior femora at widest
point, $ , 3.75 mm., 9 , 4 mm. ; ovipositor at the base, 3 mm.,
mesially, 2 mm.

Described from three $ i and one 9 . Type, $ , November
29, 1906, Iconnicoff. Allotype. 9 , December 1, 1906, I'conni-
cofif. Paratypes a and b, November 13 and December 15, 1906,
Iconnicoff.

Type and allotype in the collection of the U. S. National
Museum ; paratypes in the collection of Iconnicoff.

Cat. No. 21336, U. S. Nat. Mus.

The paratypes are of about equal size and average slightly

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smaller than the type. Otherwise they offer no variation from
the type.

Diophanes salvifolia Lichtenstein.

Locusta salvifolia Lichtenstein, Cat. Mus. Hamburg, vol. iii, p.
82 (1796) ; Diophanes salvifolia Kirby. Syn. Cat. Orth., vol. ii,
p. 345 (1906).

Two 9 9, Jantiary and February, 1909. Schnnke.
Typophyllum undulatum, new species. (PI. IV, fig. 20.)

This is an inconspicuous form in some respects allied to the
species of the genus Mimetica, especially in the posteriorly
notched pronotal disk.

Description (9, the $ unknown). — Head roughened by
small granular tubercles ; face flat, the scutellum narrowed
above and disappearing between the oppressed apices of the
moderately developed and somewhat elevated antennal scrobse ;
fastigium of the vertex small and triangular, dorsally sulcate,
slightly elevated and fitted closely between the antennal scrobae
and not nearly attaining their tips ; eyes slightly irregularly
rounded and very moderately prominent, behind each a slightly
elevated colored line representing lateral carinae continuous
with those of the pronotum ; antennse with the basal segment
large, flat above, the second segment considerably smaller and
somewhat shorter, the succeeding ones cylindrical, the joints
not very conspicuous. Pronotum slightly concave dorsally, the
disk slightly narrower anteriorly than posteriorly, the anterior
margin slightly and broadly concave, the posterior margin very
broadly angulate and with a small mesial notch ; lateral carin?e
sharp and straight, somewhat roughened by tubercles ; lateral
lobes nearly quadrate, the lower and anterior margins broadly
rounded, the former nearly horizontal, the hind margin
straight to the deep but obtuse sinus ; prosternum unarmed,
meso- and metasterni armed with a pair of short acute spines,
the pits merged. Organs of flight fully developed ; tegmina
shaj)ed as shown in Plate II, figure 20, and very closely resem-
bling a leaf, there being even a transparent fungus-like spot
in the middle of the posterior field ; wings very broad apically
and rounded, the costal margin considerably curved upward ;

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posterior radial vein stout ; ulnar vein branching at about the
middle ; legs stout and lobately armed ; anterior tibiae wholly
unarmed, the foramina conchate, little expanded and not ex-
tending above the dorsal surface of the tibiae ; middle
and hind tibiae unarmed beneath, above furnished
with a few apically rounded flattened projections on
each margin, the posterior ones with a broad one near
the base, no apical spines but with a single pair of ventral cal-
cars, short and stout ; the middle tibiae are very much broad-
ened in the basal two-thirds ; anterior and intermediate femora
compressed, about four times as long as broad, unanned above,
beneath armed on the cephalic margin with four very broad,
flat, triangular teeth and on the opposite margin with one or
two small tubercles ; posterior femora not strongly swollen
basally, unarmed above, beneath on the cephalic margin with
three large flat triangular spines in the distal half and with five
or six small ones on the proximal half, the opposite carinae
with five or six very small sharp spines in the apical two-
thirds, the basal ones very short, mere tubercles in fact ; all
geniculations unarmed. Abdomen flattened, the 2, 3 and 7
segments dorsally somewhat lammellately compressed and
slightly prolonged posteriorly ; supraanal plate slightly broader
than long, dorsally roundly convex and apically broadly
rounded ; subgenital plate a little broader than long, posteriorly
narrowed and apically with a broad mesial notch ; cerci simple,
no more than twice as long as broad, suddenly constricted
mesially to less than half the basal width ; ovipositor one and
one-half times as long as the pronotum, curved strongly up-
ward in the basal third and apically gently enlarged, the upper
margin bluntly serrate in a little more than the apical half, the
serration of the apical fourth or fifth larger and forming a
double row ; the lower margin is tuberculously serrate in the
apical half, the teeth larger apically and covering also the lateral
surfaces of the lower valves.

Measurements. — Length : pronotum, 6 mm. ; anterior fe-
mora, (i mm.; posterior femora, l(i mm.; tegmina, 35 mm.;
wings, 25 mm. ; ovipositor, 9.5 mm. Width : pronotum poste-

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riorly, 5 mm. ; tegmina mesially, 17 mm. ; posterior femora at
widest point, 2.5 mm. ; ovipositor mesially, 1 mm.

Described from one 9 . the type, September, 1908. Schunke.

Type in the collection of the U. S. National Museum.

Cat. No. 21837, U. vS. Nat. Mus.

Chlorophylla rufipes Brunner.

Chlorophylla rufipes Brunner, Monogr. Pseudoph., p. 266, pi. x,
fig. 116 (1895) ; Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., vol. ii, p. 353 (1906).

Two $ 9, November, 1908, and October, 1909. Schunke.

Subfamily MECOPODIN^

Rhammatopoda opilionoides Redtenbacher.

Rhammatopoda opilionoides Redtenbacher, Verhandl. zool.-bot.

Ges. Wien, vol. xlii, p. 203, pi. iii, fig. 6 (1892) ; Kirby, Syn.

Cat. Orth., vol. ii, p. 360 (1906).
Rhammatopoda redtenhacheri Bolivar, Ann. Mus. Nat. Hung.,

p. 169 (1903).

Two $ $ , two 9 9 , November 2, 9, Ifi, and December 12,
1916. Iconnicofif.

Tabaria opilionoides Walker, the type of which was exam-
ined by the writer in 1913, is amply distinct from the above
species both generically and specifically. Thus the substitution
by Bolivar of the specific name redtenhacheri for Redtenbach-
er's species is unwarranted and this name accordingly falls in
the synonymy.

Subfamily PHANEROPTERIN^

Dysonia elegans Brunner.

Aphidnia elegans Brunner, Monogr. Phaneropt., p. l.')5 (1878) ;
Dysonia elegans Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., vol. ii, p. 411 (1906).

One 9 , November, 1908. Schunke.

Dysonia punctifrons Brunner.

Aphidnia punctifrons Brunner, Monogr. Phaneropt., p. 154 (pi. iii,
fig. 40a, b (1878) ; Dysonia punctifrons Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth.,
vol. ii, p. 412 (1906).

One adult 9 , no date, one immature $ , May 3, 1908.
Schunke.

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Insara peruviana Brunner.

Hormilia peruviana Brunner, Verhandl. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, vol.
xli, p. 117 (1891) ; Insara peruviana Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., vol.
ii, p. 443 (1906).

One $ , no date, one 9 , September 7, 1906. Iconnicoff.

Ceraia dentata Brunner.

Scudderia dentata Brunner, Monogr. Phaneropt., p. 243 (1878) ;
Ceraia dentata Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., vol. ii, p. 451 (1906).

Three $ $ , three $ 9 , October 16, 1906, I'connicoff, and
October, November and December, 1908, Schunke.

The female of this species, which I believe has never been
described, shows no characters differing essentially from those
of the male. The ovipositor is nearly twice as long as the pro-
notum and apically rounded and dentate. The measurements
of this sex are as follows :

Length : pronotum, 5.5 to 6 mm. ; tegmina, 38 to 40 mm. ;
posterior femora, 2(5 to 28 mm. ; ovipositor, 10 to 11 mm.
Width : tegmina at widest part, 8 mm. ; ovipositor mesially,
2 mm.

The color of this species as represented by the six specimens
here recorded varies from decidedly greenish to reddish brown,
the latter very likely due, at least in part, to changes after death.
There are a few obscure dots along the middle of the tegmina
of all the specimens, noticeable only under a glass.

Plagiopleura gracilis Brunner.

Euthyrrhachis gracilis Brunner, Monogr. Phaneropt., p. 331, pi.
vii, fig. 96 (1878) ; Plagiopleura gracilis Brunner, Vrehandl.
zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, vol. xli, p. 132 (1891) ; Euthyrrhachis
gracilis Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., vol. ii, p. 452 (1906).

One 9 , no date. Schunke.

There seems little question as to the synonymy of the genus
Euthyrrhachis with Plagiopleura and Kirby's use of it as a dis-
tinct genus appeared indefensible. Brunner himself very
clearly states that it is to be dropped (Verb, zool.-bot. Ges.
Wien, vol. xli, p. 177 (1891)), though his statement there that
the only species is a Parableta is an error, what he intended to
write being really Plagiopleura instead of Parableta, as shown

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by his reference of it to the former genus on page 132 of the
same work.

Scaphura nitida Perty.

Scaphura nitida Perty, Del. Anim. Art., p. 131, pi. xxiii, fig. 12
(1834) ; Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., vol. ii, p. 453 (1906).

Aganacris micans Walker, Cat. Derm. Salt. Brit. Mus., vol. v,
Suppl., p. 41 (1871).

One 9 , August, 1908. Schunke.

Walker's Aganacris micans is here placed in synonymy under
Scaphura nitida Perty. Walker's type was examined in 1913
and notes made at the time indicate this synonymy.

Scaphura sp.

One <5 , August, 1908. vSchunke.

This specimen, which lacks antennae, may be a variety of
some of the several forms now listed under the name vigorsi
Kirby or nigra Thunberg. It is very like the specimen figured
by Perty as Scaphura ferrnginea except there is a fuliginous
area in the posterior apical field of the wings, narrowly con-
tinued along the anal margin more than halfway to the base.

Stilpnochlora incisa Brunner.

Stilpnochlora incisum Brunner, Monogr. Phaneropt., p. 361
(1878) ; Microcentrum incisum Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., vol. ii, p.
456 (1906).

Five $ 9, October, 1908, January and May 11, 1909.
Schunke.

Peucestes striolatus Brunner.

Peucestes striolatus Brunner, Monogr. Phaneropt., p. 366 (1878) ;
Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., vol. ii, p. 458 (1906).

Four 9 9 , October and November, 1908, April and August,
1909. Schunke.

These specimens agree with Brunner's diagnosis except that
there is barely a trace of transverse fuscous lines on the teg-
mina, in which respect they agree with the figure by Stoll,
Repr., etc., pi. IVa, fig. 12 (1813), which Saussure and Zehnt-
ner, Biol. Cent. Amer., Orth., vol. i, p. 372 (1898), refers to
this species.

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Posidippus irregulariterdentatus Brunner.

Posidippus irregulariterdentatus Brunner, Verb, zool.-bot. Ges.
Wien, vol. xli, p. 186 (1891) ; Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., vol ii, p.
459 (1906).

One 9 , Iquitos, Peru, February, 1907. Iconnicoff.

This specimen agrees very well with the description of the
male except that it is a little larger, as might be expected, and
the intermediate tibiae are armed dorsally on the caudal margin
only.

Posidippus fastigiosus Brunner.

Posidippus fastigiosus Brunner, Monogr. Pbaneropt., p. 370
(1878) ; Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., vol. ii, p. 459 (1906).

One 9 , March, 1909. Schunke.

Anaulacomera apicidentata, new species. (PI. II, fig. 21.)
An inconspicuous green species apparently most nearly allied
to A. dentata, to which species it runs out in Brunner's key.
The cerci of the male, however, seem to distinguish the two
species, the inner tooth in dentata being mesial while in the
species here described it is apical.

Description ( $ ). — Fastigium of the vertex sulcate dorsally,
constricted mesially and apically a little elevated, meeting
somewhat broadly the roundly pointed facial fastigium ; front
rounded, not laterally carinate, barely dimpled laterally. Pro-
notal disk flat but the lateral carinae broadly rounded, the lateral
lobes about equally high as long. Tegmina and wings present-
ing no peculiarities. Anterior and intermediate tibise rounded
above and armed only with a small apical spine on the caudal
margin, the intermediate one with a second very minute one
near the base on the right leg only. Last dorsal segment of the
abdomen roundly concave apically ; supraanal plate rounded tri-
angular; cerci short and stout, about six times as long as
basally wide, cylindrical, curved gently inward and armed near
the tip on the inner side with a blunt triangular tooth, as shown
at figure 21.

( 9 ). Resembling the male. The ovipositor is uniformly
curved upward and tapers in the apical fourth to a point, the
basal three-fourths uniform in width, the margins of the apical

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half very finely serrate. The armature of the legs is as in the
male except there is no basal spine on either of the intermediate
tibiae.

Measurements. — Length : pronotum, 5,9,4 mm. ; tegmina,

S , 25 mm., 9 , 36 mm. ; posterior femora, S , 18 mm., 9 , 15.5

mm. ; cerci, 5 , 2 mm., 9 , 1.5 mm. ; ovipositor, 8 mm. Width :

tegmina at middle, $ , 4.5 mm., 9 , 5 mm. ; ovipositor mesially,

1.5 mm.

Described from two specimens: type $, September 11,
1906 ; allotype 9 , November 3, 1906. Both by Iconnicofif.

Type and allotype in the collection of the U. S. National
Museum.

Cat. No. 21338, U. S. Nat. Mus.

Anaulacomera diluta Brunner.

Anaulaconicra diluta Brunner, Vcrli. zool.-bot. Ges. Wien, vol.
xli, p. 145 (1891) ; Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., vol. ii, p. 466 (1906).

One 9 , July 9, 1900. Iconnicoff.

This specimen has an apical spine on the caudal margin of
the anterior and intermediate tibiae and the latter have also
three or four additional ones on the same margin.

Anaulacomera cercalis, new species. (PI. II, fig. 22.)

This inconspicuous green species is allied to sulcata and
securifera but the cerci of the male differ decidedly from those
of either of these.

Description ( $ ). — Head as described above under apiciden-
tata. The legs are also much as in apicidentata, even as to the
second dorsal spine of the intermediate tibiae being absent on
one leg. The last dorsal segment of the abdomen is broadly
rounded apically, above broadly and shallowly concave ; supra-
anal plate triangular, the apex rounded ; cerci long and con-
spicuously branched ; the basal portion is slightly flattened in
the inner side, the apical portion conspicuously so, this apicall)^
compressed portion furnished beneath with two broad dull de-
flexed teeth and a more apical one very short and blunt and
turned outward ; the tip of the cercus itself is flattened, broad
and pointed : at the basal fourth on the inner side is a broad
vertically flattened appendage one-half as long as the main

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body of the cercus and directed at a right angle to the main
body ; this appendage expands somewhat apically and is dorso-
apically deeply notched, forming a sort of open monkey-wrench
appearance and bearing toward the base a tubercle ; this re-
markable cercus is hard to describe adequately and difficult to
figure properly, though the general structure and appearances
is shown with some accuracy at figure 22.

( 5 ). Very like the male. The ovipositor is decidedly longer
than the pronotum, gently curving upward apically, widest in
the apical fourth, sides smooth, the margins very finely serrate
in the apical half, more distinctly so apically.

Measurements. — Length : pronotum, $ , 3.5 mm., 9 , 4 mm. ;
tegmina, S , 25 mm., 9 , 28 mm. ; posterior femora, S , 14 mm.,
9,17 mm. ; cerci, $ , 4 mm. ; ovipositor, 9 mm. Width: pro-
notum posteriorly, 5,9, about 2.25 mm. ; tegmina mesially,
$ , 4.75 mm., 9 , 5 mm. ; ovipositor mesially, 1.75 mm.

Described from five specimens : type $ , October 19, 1906,
Iconnicofif; allotype 9, November 8, 1906, Iconnicofif; para-
types a and h, $ $ , September, 1908, and January, 1909,
Schunke ; paratype c, 9 , November 11, 1906, Iconnicofif.

Type, allotype, and paratype a in the collection of the U. S.
National Museum ; paratypes b and c in the collection of Icon-
nicofif.

Cat. No. 21339, U. S. Nat. Mus.

? Anaulacomera harpago Brunner.

Anaulacomera harpago Brunner, Monogr. Phaneropt., p. 284
(1878) ; Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., vol. ii, p. 468 (1906).

One 9 , October 3, 1906. Iconnicofif.

This single female is placed here with much doubt. It is
smaller than might be expected for this species. The measure-
ments are as follows : Length : pronotum, 3 mm. ; tegmina, 18
mm.; posterior femora, 14.5 mm.; ovipositor, 6 mm.; width,
pronotum posteriorly, 2 mm. ; tegmina mesially, 3 mm. ; ovi-
positor mesially, 1.5 mm.
Anaulacomera schunkei, new species.

Description ( $ ) . — Essentially as in cercialis except the struc-
ture of the cerci and even here the structure is of the same gen-

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eral type. The subbasal inwardly directed projection is rela-
tively somewhat longer than in cercialis and considerably
broader apically, but of a similar shape; apically the cercus is
irregularly and considerably compressed, the tip divided into
two parts, the lower one triangular basally and cylindrical to-
ward the end, the apex rounded and ciliate, the whole directed
inward ; the upper branch is flattened vertically, not quite so
long as the lower one and the tip pointed or narrowly rounded,
the whole in nearly a line with the basal portion of the cercus ;
just basad of this apically broadened and forked portion of the
cercus there are a couple of acute tubercles, one above and one
lieneath.

( 9 ) . Similar to cercialis except the ovipositor is shorter and
not broadened toward the middle.

MecLSurements. — Length : pronotum, $ ,9 , 3.5 mm. ; teg-
mina, 5 , 9 , 34 mm. ; posterior femora, 5,9, 15 mm. ; cercus,
$ , 3.5 mm. ; ovipositor, 7 mm. Width : tegmina mesially,
(5,9, 1.5 mm. ; ovipositor mesially, 1.5 mm.

Described from eight specimens. Type S , allotype 9 ,
October, ] 908, Schunke ; paratypes a and h, $ $ , August and
September, 1908, c, d, e, and f, 9 9 , October, 1908, August,
1909, and two without dates, all by Schunke.

Type, allotype, and paratypes a and c in the collection of the
U. S. National Museum ; paratypes b, d, e, and f in the col-
lection of Iconnicoff.

Cat. No. 21340, U. S. Nat. Mus.

Anaulacomera longicercata, new species.

Another species differentiated from its allies by the char-
acters of the cerci of the male.

Description ( $ ) . — In general appearance similar to the last.
Head with the sides of the front longitudinally and broadly de-
pressed, the margins somewhat abrupt, tending to make the
front laterally carinate ; fastigium of the vertex narrow,
scarcely more than one-half as broad as one of the basal an-
tennal segments, mesially constricted, the broader apex broadly
rounded, the whole narrowly sulcate dorsally and beneath
tapered and meeting the facial fastigium in a point. Pronotum

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with the lateral lobes about as long as high and rounded into
the disk without distinct lateral carinse except on the metazona
where they are more developed ; humeral sinus very well de-
veloped. Anterior and intermediate tibiae armed above with a
small apical spine on the caudal margin only. The cerci are
conspicuous in length, are curved moderately inward and con-
siderably compressed, especially in the apical half ; this apical
compressed portion is deeply undulately dentate beneath to form
three rounded lobes, the terminal one forming the tip of the
cercus; at about the basal fifth of the cercus there are two
heavy inwardly directed projections situated one above the
other, the lower one rounded and apically sharp pointed, the
upper one situated a little basad of the lower one and about
twice as long and much depressed, the apex rounded ; the dor-
sal surface of the main body of the cercus has a couple of slight
undulations near the middle.

( 9 ). Similar to the male but the fastigium of the vertex is
somewhat broader, being a little more than one-half as broad
as one of the basal segments of the antenna. The ovipositor
is a little longer than in the last species.

The color is a uniform dull green; the dorsal spines of the
hind tibiae are black in the male and reddish brown in the
female and the tympani of the male have the heavy veins some-
what infuscated.

Measurements. — Length : pronotum, S , 3 mm., 9 , 4 mm. ;

tegmina, $ , 23.5 mm., 9 , 27 mm. ; posterior femora,

S , 17 mm.. 9,18 mm. ; cerci, $ , 5 mm. ; ovipositor, 10 mm.

Width : tegmina mesially, $ , 4 mm., $ , 5 mm. ; ovipositor

mesially, 2 mm.

Described from seven specimens : type $ , allotype 9 , No-
vember, 1908 ; paratypes a and h, $ $ , October, 1908, and May,
1909, and c, d, and e, 9 9 , November, 1908, and two without
dates. All by Schunke.

Type, allotype, and paratypes a and d in the collection of the
U. S. National Museum ; paratypes b, c, and e in the collection
of Iconnicof¥.

Cat. No. 21341, U. S. Nat. Mus.

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Anaulacomera simplex, new species. (PI. II, fig. 23.)

This apparently undescribed form is most nearly allied to A.
ennifolia Brunner but is separable at a glance from that species
by the smaller size and by the absence of black maculation in
the anterior tibiae. It also shows close relationship to A. boliv-
iana Brunner but its size and the more distinctly carinate front
separates it from that Bolivian form.

Description { $ , the 9 unknown). — Head with the sides of
the front longitudinally and broadly depressed, the margins
somewhat abrupt, tending to make the front laterally carinate;
fastigium of the vertex very narrow, much less than half as
wide as one of the basal segments of the antennae, tapering to
a narrow rounded tip, above distinctly but not deeply sulcate.
Lateral lobes of the pronotum about as high as long and
rounded into the disk without distinct lateral carinae except on
the metazona. Anterior and intermediate tibiae with a small
dorsal spine on the caudal margin and the intermediate ones
with three additional ones. Abdomen with the last dorsal seg-
ment apically truncate ; supraanal plate deflexed, apparently tri-
angular ; subgenital plate longer than broad, narrowing apically
and with the tip notched, each angle prolonged as a very short
unsegmented style ; cerci short, simple, incurved, tapering grad-
ually to a moderately sharp and somewhat abruptly curved
point as shown in Plate II, figure 23.

Color yellowish green, the elytra with a few dusky spots and
the entire insect, body, legs, and antennae, sprinkled with red-
dish dots so small as to be scarcely visible to the unaided eye.

Measurements. — Length : pronotum, 4 mm. ; tegmina, 25
mm. ; posterior femora, 1 Ti mm. ; cerci, 2.5 mm. ; width : teg-
mina mesially, 4 mm.

Described from one specimen, type $ , no date. Schunke.

Type in the collection of the U. S. National Museum.

Cat. No. 21342, U. S. Nat. Mus.

Viadana rhombifolia Urunner.

Ctenophlebia rhombifolia Brunner, Verb, zool.-bot. Ges. Wien,
vol. xli, p. 156 (1891) ; Viadana rhombifolia Kirby, Syn, Cat.
Ortb., vol. ii, p. 472 (1006).

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Two $ 5 , three 9 $ ; October 11 and November, 1908,
and September, 1909. Schunke,

Viadana lobata Brunner.

Ctenophlebia lobata Brunner, Monogr. Phaneropt., p. 303 (1878) ;
Viadana lobata Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., vol. ii, p. 471 (1906).

One $, November 11, 1906. Iconnicoff. One 9, Novem-
ber, 1908. Schunke.

The male shows no pecuHarities and is of about the same
size as the female.

Phylloptera famula Brunner.

Phylloptera famula Brunner, Monogr. Phaneropt., p. 313 (1878) ;
Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., vol. ii, p. 474 (1906).

One $ , August, 1908. Iconnicoff.

? Arota rosaura Karsch.

Arota rosaura Karsch, Soc. Ent., p. 89 (1891) ; Kirby, Syn. Cat.
Orth., vol, ii, p. 476 (1906).

Two 9 9 , October, 1908, and March, 1909. Schunke.

These specimens are a little smaller than the measurements
given in the original description but otherwise they seem to fit
the specifications of this species very well. The anterior and
intermediate tibiae are spined above on both margins, a char-
acter at variance with those attributed to the genus and one not
mentioned in the original description of the species. However,
until further information is available, it is deemed best to refer
these specimens to this species. The specimen taken in 1908
is green in color, especially the elytra, while the other one is
lirownish, with greenish tinge.

Family GRYLLID^
Subfamily GRYLLOTALPIN^

Neocurtilla hexadactyla Perty.

Gryllotalpa hexadactyla Perty, Del. Anim. Art., p. 119, pi. xxiii,
fig. 9 (1832) ; Neocurtilla hexadactyla Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth.,
vol. ii, p. 2 (1906).

One $ , Noveinber 4, 1906. Iconnicoff.

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The specimen is very small, the pronotum measuring but 7
mm. in length. The tegmina cover about one-half of the
abdomen and the wings are barely caudate.

Subfamily GRYLLIN^

? Gryllus capitatus Saussure.

Cryllus /^iisillus Burmeister, Handb. Ent., vol. ii, p. 7,33 (1838) ;
Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., vol. ii, p. 36 (1906).

One 9 , no date. Schunke.

This yellowish brown female cricket is determined as cap-
itatus with considerable doubt. In its present state of chaos
the genus Gryllus is unwieldy and the numerous species are for
the most part almost inseparable.

This specimen has the tegmina, the legs, the sternum, and
the apical half of the ovipositor yellowish brown, also the
lower part of the head, including the mouth parts ; the rest of
the insect is black. The anterior tibise have foramina on both
sides, that on the inner side distinct but less than half as large
as that on the opposite side. The tegmina extend to the end of
the abdomen and the wings are caudate. The ovipositor is less
than one and one-half times as long as the posterior femora.
The pronotum is distinctly broader than long and is distinctly
rounded posteriorly. The measurements are as follows :
Length : pronotum, •") mm. ; tegmina, Ki mm. ; wings beyond the
tip of the tegmina, 12 mm. ; posterior femora, 14 mm. ; ovi-
])Ositor, 18 mm. Width : pronotum, ? mm.

This species, as well as a number of others now standing in
the lists as distinct forms, may eventually prove to be the same
as assimilis, or of no more than varietal distinctness, as has
already been recorded as true of this species by Rehn, 2 Rept.
Estac. Centr. Agron., p. 219 (1909).

? Gryllus peruviensis Saussure.

Gryllus peruviensis Saussure, Miss. Mex., Orth., p. 406 (1874) ;
kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., vol. ii, p. 28 (1906).

One 9 nymph, August 30, 1906. Iconnicoff.

Miogryllus pusillus Burmeister.

Gryllus pusillus Burmeister, Handb. Ent., vol. ii, p. 733 (1838) ;
Miogryllus pusillus Kirhy, Syn. Cat. Orth., vol. ii, p. 38 (1906).

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One S, September 8, 1906; one 9, September 10, 1906.
Pconnicoff.

Miogryllus convolutus Johansson.

Gryllus convolutus Johansson, Amoen. Acad., vol. vi, p. 399
(1763) ; Miogryllus convolutus Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., vol. ii, p.
39 (1906) ; Hebard, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, vol. xxiii, p. 105
(1915).

Gryllodes brevipennis Saussure, Miss. Mex., Orth., p. 418 (1874) ;
Miogryllus brevipennis Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., vol. ii, p. 39
(1906); Hebard, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, vol. xxiii, p. 105
(1915).

One 9 , September 10, 1906. Iconnicoff.

Subfamily OECANTHIN^

Amusus kirschianus Saussure.

Amusus kirschianus Saussure, Mem. Soc. Geneve, vol. xxv, p. 409
(1878); Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., vol. ii. p. 65 (1906).

Three aduU 2 9 , two on November 14, 1906, and one on
December 3, 1906 ; one 9 nymph ; November 16, 1906. All
by Iconnicoff.

The above nymph may not belong here, the anterior and in-
termediate femora being black and with three distinct yellowish
bands, the corresponding tibiae similarly but less distinctly
marked. The pronotum of this specimen is also marked with
light yellowish mottlings, tending toward the Amusus fester of
Giglio-Tos. One of the adults recorded above also varies
somewhat toward fester, which may indeed be but a form of
kirschianus.

Endacusta maculata, new species.

A conspicuously mottled species related to astecus Saussure
but differing in the smaller tegmina of the male and the larger
size of both sexes.

Description ( S and 9 ). — A fairly robust species, densely
pilose and with moderately long legs. Head short, vertical, the
mouth ventral ; palpi long, the apical segment much longer than
either of the others and abruptly swollen in the apical fourth,
the apex diagonally truncate ; vertex very narrow, not more
than one-half as broad as the basal segment of the antenna;

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ocelli moderately large, the apical one situated on the anterior
aspect of the vertex on the extreme upper edge, the basal ones
separated from each other by a distance slightly less than the
width of one of them ; eyes moderate in size and prominence,
ovate, narrowing much below. Pronotum slightly transverse,
the disk marked by a central longitudinal depression which fails
to reach the posterior margin and expands posteriorly to form
an illy defined cross, or transverse furrow ; lateral lobes
rounded into the disk without indication of lateral carinse, the
lower margins ascending posteriorly and rounded. Abdomen
])lump and, like the pronotum, marked with black splashes on
a yellowish background ; cerci long, about as long as the entire
body, basally heavy and beyond tapering to a fine filament ; ovi-
positor a little flattened and very long, decidedly longer than
the posterior femora. Organs of flight absent in the female, in
the male represented by abbreviated tegmina which are uni-
formly dark brown in color, slightly longer than the pronotum
and almost as broad as long, being nearly circular in shape and
with the dorsal field completely occupied by the well developed
tympanum ; the diagonal veins are three or four in number,
one or two more or less indistinct, and the speculum is divided
by one or two obscure veins ; the tegmina cover about one-half
of the abdomen. Legs moderately long and slender, conspicu-
ously banded with black and densely pilose ; all the femora and
the tibiae of the anterior and intermediate legs unarmed except
for the apical spines of the tibiae ; anterior tibiae with a small
oval foramin on the inner side only ; posterior tibiae armed
above on the apical half with four pairs of long movable spines,
the longest slightly longer than the tibial depths, and a few scat-
tering teeth of small size ; the apical calcars of the posterior
tarsi are three on each side and very diverse in size, the three
outer ones moderate in size ; the middle one twice as long as
the upper one, which is a little shorter than the lower one ; the
two upper calcars of the outer side are large, densely pilose,
and one-half as long as the very elongated metatarsus, but the
ventral spur is minute ; posterior metatarsus armed above with
a few small stout black-pointed teeth and apically on each side
with a very long stout hairy calcar.

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General color light brownish heavily mottled with black.

Measurements. — Length : total, exclusive of the cerci or ovi-
positor, $ and 9 , 21 mm. ; pronotum, $ and 9 , 4 mm. ; pos-
terior femora, i , 17 mm., 5 , 21 mm. ; tegmina, $ , 6 mm. ; ovi-
positor, 25 mm.

Described from eleven specimens ; type S , November 12,
1906 ; allotype 9 , no date; paratypes a and b, adult $ $ , No-
vember 12 and 13, ]90(); paratypes, c, d, e, and f,
adult 9 9 , November 11, 11, 12, and 13, 1906 ; paratypes g and
h, immature 9 9 , November 12, 1906, and no date; paratype i,
immature $ , November 13, 1906. All by Iconnicoff.

Type, allotype and paratypes c, d, h, and i in the collection
of Iconnicoff; paratypes a, b, e, f, and g in the collection of
the U. S. National Museum.

Cat. No. 21343, U. S. Nat. Mus.

No material variation in structure or coloration seems to be
represented by the above series of paratypic specimens.

Some species now classed in the genus Bndacusta are very
surely wrongly placed. Thus the B. dispar of Redtenbacher
from the West Indies, having winged females, probably do not
belong here.

Oecanthus peruvianus Walker.

Oecanthus pertiviayius Walker, Cat. Derm. Salt. Brit. Mus., vol. i,
p. 95 (1869) ; Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., vol. ii, p. 75 (1906).

One 9 , May, 1909. Schunke.

This specimen probably represents Walker's peruvianus,
though the original description furnishes few clews for the cor-
rect placing of the species. This female is very slender and
the color is greenish, except the tip of the ovipositor, which is
black. The wings are caudate, extending about o]^ mm. be-
yond the tegmina. The antennse are without markings of any
kind, the basal segment being concolorous beneath and with-
out swellings. The measurements are as follows :

Length : entire from front of head to end of wings, 18.5
mm. ; tegmina, 1 1 mm. ; posterior femora, 8.5 mm. ; ovipositor,
5 mm.

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Subfamily TRIG0NTDTN;E

Cyrtoxipha peruviana Saiissure.

Cyrtoxipha peruviana Saussure, Miss. Mex., Orth., p. 378 (1874) ;
Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., vol. ii, p. 83 (1906).

One 5 , September H), 1906. Icomiicoff.

A brownish green specimen measuring as follows : Length :
pronotum, 1 mm. ; tegmina, 5.5 mm. ; wings beyond the teg-
mina, 4 mm. ; posterior femora, 5.5 mm. Width : tegmina,
2.25 mm.

The pronotum is distinctly transverse, much broader poste-
riorly than anteriorly and marked dorsally with a broad black-
ish stripe covering two-thirds or more of the width.

Cyrtoxipha gracilis Scudder.

Trigonidium gracile Scudder, Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., vol. xii,
p. 331 (1869) ; Cyrtoxipha gracilis Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth.. vol.
ii, p. 83 (1906).

One $ , January. 1907. Iconnicoff.

This species is readily distinguished from the a1)ove species
by the much smaller size.

Subfamily ENEOPTERIN^

Eneoptera surinamensis De Geer.

Gryllus surinamensis De Geer, Men. Ins., vol. iii, p. 519, pi. xliii,
fig. 1 (1773) ; Bneoptera surinamensis Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth.,
vol. ii, p. 90 (1906).

Five 9 $. August 'M and September 11, 1900, Iconnicoff,
and October, 1 908, Schunke.

Aphonomorphus peruvianas Saussure.

Aphoiius pcruvianus Saussure, Miss. Mex., Ortb., p. "jH (1S74) ;
Aphonomorphus pcruvianus Kirby, vSyn. Cat. Orth., vol. ii, p.
106 (1906).

One $ , December 23, lOOH. Iconnicoff.

The anterior tibiae have a well-developed conchatc foramen
on the inner side, the outer side without any. This conchatc
foramen is a very distinctive character.

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Aphonomorphus telskii Saiissure.

Aphoiius telskii Saussure, Miss. Mex., Orth., p. 511 (1874) ;
Aphonomorphus telskii Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., vol. ii, p. 106
(1906).

One 5 , November 23, 190(i. Iconnicoff.

The apical segment of the palpi is not flattened as in the
other two species here listed and is also shorter, being scarcely
longer than the apical width.

Aphonomorphus mutus Saussure.

Aphoims mutus Saussure, Miss. Mex., Orth., p. 510 (1874) ;
Aphonomorplius mutus Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., vol. ii, p. 106
(1906).

Ten $ $ , two 9 $ ; one $ by Schunke in September, 1908,
and all the rest by Iconnicoff in 190G on following dates; 2
$ $ , November 12 ; 4 $ , November 12 ; 1 S , November 14 ;
1 6 and 1 9 , November 1 6 ; 1 S , December 1 ; 1 $ , Decem-
ber 11.

This species is very closely allied to the Platydactylus fasci-
atus of Scudder which has been referred to the genus Bneoptera
but which really belongs to Aphonomorphus. In the female
type of fasciatus, however, the median ocellus is more than
one-half as large as the others and is separated from them by
a distance about equal to one-half its own width, while in
mutus, as here determined, the median ocellus is about one-
half as large as the others and separated from them by a dis-
tance equal to about its own width. The wings of mutus are
slightly less caudate than in fasciatus, in mutus exceeding the
tegmina by about 4 mm., while in fasciatus they exceed them
by about 5 mm.

Parametrypa aculeata Sausstu-e.

Parauictrypus aculeatus Saussure, Mem. Soc. Geneve, vol. xxv,
p. 681 (1878) ; Parametrypa aculeata Kirby, Syn. Cat. Orth., vol.
ii, p. 108 (1906).

One immature $ , November 20, 1900. Iconnicoff.
Date of publication, March 5, 1918.

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THE MALE GENITALIA OF AEDES AS INDICATIVE
OF NATURAL AFFINITIES

{Diptcra, Culiridtc)
By HARRISON G. DVAR

The genus A'cdes, treated in the broad sense, shows inter-
esting modifications in the male genitaHc structures. These
have been brought out in the main in the monograph of the
mosquitoes of North America by Howard, Dyar and Knab,
but certain details may be here revised. The present author
is mainly responsible for the genitalic table there adopted, and
the main divisions still seem to him sound. Certain details,
however, were clearly given undue prominence.

As regards the development of the genus in America, two
elements may be distinguished. The first, and far larger one,
represents what we may call the native element. It presents
a complete graduation in the evolution of the organs called
by us harpagones, from the rudimentary condition of a seta
on a prominence to the highest development into a long strap-
shaped appendage. Accompanying this development is that
of tlie lobes of the side piece. Originally without lobes, the
l)asal lobe evolves first, beginning as a condensation of hairs,
then the hairs elevated on a prominence, then differentiated
by shortening or some becoming spines, the final result being
a membranous clasping organ studded with short papillae,
bearing minute setae. The outer lobe follows much the same
course of evolution, but in only one species has it reached the
final stage shown by the basal lobe.

As would naturally be expected, where the lobes of the
side piece show the most specialization, the harpagones are

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comparatively undeveloped ; that is, the highest development
of the lobes and harpagones is not shown in the same species.
For example, in canadensis the lobes are highly developed,
but the harpagones are of a comparatively simple type. Con-
versely, in trichurus, the lobes are simple and the harpagones
highly modified. This is natural, since if one set of organs
comes into prominence for a special use, in this case that of
prehension, another set must remain comparatively in abey-
ance.

The clasp filament in these American A'cdes does not come
much into use and remains throughout unmodified and sim-
\)\q. The divisions, therefore, which we will recognize among
these American forms are mainly those of progressive spe-
cialization along one general line and not dichotomous divi-
sions.

The second element in our fauna is what may be called the
foreign element. It comprises three species only, not closely
related, but all agreeing in the total absence of the harpagones.
These organs have not only been unelaborated, but they do
not exist in a rudimentary state. The side piece shows the
development of a basal lobe, but of an independent order, not
homologous with the basal lobe mentioned above for the Amer-
ican forms. The development is not marked, however, for in
these species specialization has primarily affected the clasp
filament, which has been adopted as the principal organ of
prehension. Use also has been made of modifications of the
basal membrane, which is entirely unknown to the American
forms. These three species, cinercus Meigen, vexans Meigen
and argentcus Poiret, as has long been known with the last and
recently shown for the other two, all have a wide distribution
outside of North America. The first two are of temperate
distribution, the last of tropical distribution. The first two
are presumably endemic with us, having an originally holarctic
distribution ; the latter has probably been spread by commerce
within historic times. Ill the monograph we argue for the
American origin of the yellow fever mosquito, but it must be
admitted that the genitalia lend no support to this view. No

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near relatives of argcntcus occur in America, but there are
plenty of them in the East Indian region.

The division into New World and Old World series is not
shown in the larvse, which retain a uniform type ; only in the
genitalia, which are obviously more plastic structures, indi-
cating a more exact degree of relationship.

To return to the native fauna, in contradistinction to the
above, the species do not exhibit a wide range. Some few
may be found to be common to America and the north of
Europe, although this has not been shown as yet in any case.
Still, there are some suspicious approximations. But, in gen-
eral, the species are local, sometimes unexpectedly so, as I
found in the mountains of California and Washington.

Considering the North American species in detail, the fol-
lowing groups may be recognized :

Group I. — Harpago a stout seta arising from a conical base;
side piece without lobes.

This comprises walkeri, albonotata, aureostriata, busckii and
fiil-c'ithorax, and probably also septemstriatus D. & K., quad-
rivittatiis Coc|., sexlincata Theob., ioliota D. & K., and aurites
Theob., the males of which are unknown. All of these species
have the claws of the female simple and correspond to the
genus Hozvardina Theobald. It is. however, simply a section
of A'cdes in a primitive condition. All the known larvae live in
tree-holes or leaves of Bromeliaceae.

Group 11. — 'Harpago with a distinct stem, the seta forming
n more or less filamentous appendage ; side piece without lobes.

This comprises mediovittata, thorntoni, podographicus,
oszvaldi and triseriatus and probably also knabi Coq., hortator
D. & K. and leucomelas Lutz, the males of which are unknown.
The known larvse live in tree-holes. Three subgroups appear.
In mediovittata a very peculiar basal spine has been developed,
inserted below the base of the side piece. A dichotomous
line has plainly started here, but seems to have been carried
no farther. The other sj^ecies form a compact section with
the characters of the group, except triseriatus, in which there
is an indication of the formation of lobes on the side piece, by

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a basal and median collection of hairs. No lobes are formed,
nor is the location of the hair-tufts exactly that in which the
lobes later appear. We have here simply an indication.

Group III. — Harpago well developed ; side piece with a
basal lobe, small, not prominent, with a collection of long hairs ;
no apical lobe.

This includes varipalpus, atropalpus, epactius, fluinatilis,
niger, taeniorhynchus, epinolus, sollicitans, mitchellce, and nigro-
maculis and probably zoosophus D. & K. One of the species
lives in tree-holes, three in rock-holes, three in salt tidal pools,
and two in temporary ground puddles inland. I'll this series
we have the advance from breeding in the restricted water in
plant-tissues to the ground puddle, in which the species of the
highest groups so much rejoice.

Group IV. — Harpago well developed, sometimes enormously;
basal lobe varying from a conical elevation with coarse hairs
to a flattened expanded membrane with short papillse and fine
setse ; apical lobe present, always conical, setose or bare.

This includes the remaining species of Aedes, with the single
exception of canadensis, whose males are known, and prob-
ably the rest as well, somewhat over 60 species. All live in
temporary ground pools. Some of the species are of tropical
distribution, but the majority are boreal, breeding in the water
formed by the melting snow and having but a single annual
generation, overwintering in the egg. One species is confined
to salt tidal pools and one invades this domain, though breed-
ing also in fresh water inland. The habit of being confined
to tree-holes or rock-holes is wholly lost. Moreover, not only
has this extension of breeding places been accomplished, but
the primitive tropical distribution has been extended and even
the arctic regions invaded.

Two subgroups appear, indicating an incipient dichotomy.
Four species have altered the structure of the basal lobe,
namely, impiger, diantaeus. pullatus, and aurifcr. The lobe is
large and conical, the hairs reduced to two, which have become
very stout and followed by a spine. Apparently this modifi-
cation did not prove a very happy one, for, in pullatus, the

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lobe is reduced to a small stem, bearing the two stout hairs,
Avhile, in aiirifer, the structure is absent, hairs and all, there
jjeing no basal lobe in this species, though the spine persists.

Of the following North American species the male genitalia
are unknown : dccticus Howard, Dyar and Knab, ccntrotus
Howard, Dyar and Knab, cataphylla Dyar, fisheri Dyar, vcntro-
vlttis Dyar, provocans Walker, acrophilus Dyar, niphadopsis
Dyar and Knab, bracteatus Coquillett,^ balteatus Dyar and
Knal),^ angustivittatus Dyar and Knab,^ obturhator Dyar and
Knal),^ condolescans Dyar and Knab,^ nitbilus Theobald, goni-
riiiis Dyar and Knab, aloponotnui Dyar, and the imperfectly
identified names, fulviis Wiedemann, testaceus van der Wulp,
cxcrucians Walker, borealis Ludlow, and punctor Kirby. I
am afraid that euochrus Howard, Dyar and Knab is vexans in
a dilapidated condition, the yellow color of the single specimen
not being natural.

Group V. — Harpago well developed ; both lobes consisting
of flattened membranous papillose prominences with small
setae.

The group comprises one species, canadensis, the larvae living
in ground pools in forest, having more than one hatching in
the year.

In comparison with the table based on adult coloration, no
parallelism appears. The black-legged and ring-legged forms
are developed in all the groups. This has served to com-
])letely conceal the species of Old World derivation, which are
inextricably mixed up in the table. No one would ever suspect
their relationship, which is so apparent in the genitalia.

Tabi^e of North American Aeces by the Male Genitalia

1. Harpago developed, with filamentous seta and columnar base... 2

Harpago rudimentary, a stout seta from a conical base 46

Harpago absent 49

New World series

2. Side piece with an apical lobe 3

Side piece without an apical lobe 38

• Placed provisionally in the table, in parentheses.

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Group V (CuHcada Felt)

3. Apical lobe flattened, papillose-tubercular canadensis Theobald

Apical lobe conical 4

Group IV (Ochlerotatus Arribalzaga)'

4. Basal lobe bearing only two stout spines, or absent 35

Basal lobe conical or expanded, setose 5

5. Basal lobe more or less expanded and tubercular, short-haired,

with or without an adjacent spine 6

Basal lobe unmodified, uniformly long-haired 37

6. Basal lobe expanded tubercular; two stout spines on the margin.

at least one in the middle 7

Basal lobe with a spine at the margin 8

Basal lobe without stout spine, though the marginal hair may be

somewhat enlarged 30

7. Both spines on basai lobe well developed currici Coquillett

Only the spine on middle of lobe distinct,

campestris Dyar and Knab

8. Basal lobe expanded, elongate; one stout spine on the margin of

the lobe, elevated from the base and free 9

Basal lobe more or less expanded ; one stout spine on the margin

adjacent to the side piece, not separated from the setae 15

9. Basal lobe setose on two-thirds of inner margin.... 10

Basal lobe setose only on the bulbous tip 11

10. Basal lobe widened ; stem of harpago very stout, sinuate ; filament

broadly fusiform atlantictis Dyar and Knab

Basal lobe finger-shaped ; stem of harpago ligulate ; filament angu-
larly widened at base oligopistus Dyar"

' Heteronycha .\rribalzaga has precedence and is an Aedes : but I have not
been able to recognize the type, dolosa Arrib., so do not know to which section
Heteronycha should apply. Blanchard and others refer dolosa to the synonymy
of Cute.r quinquefasciatus Say, a proceeding negatived by Arribalzaga's original
description.

'^ Aedes oligopistus, new species.

Apical lobe of side piece finger-shaped, bare but for one rather stout seta ar
tip and another at the side; basal lobe produced into a finger-shaped process,
reaching to three-fourths of the side piece, finely setose; a stout spine inserted at
one side. Harpago with long, slender stem, reaching nearly to middle of side
piece; filament long, angularly expanded at the base. Side piece, harpe and
clasp filament normal; basal appendages small, each with three setae.

An adult male, taken by Mr. A. Busck, Trinidad, West Indies, June, 1905, has
the dorsum of mesonotum broadly silvery nearly to the lateral margins. Legs
black.

Type, male. No. 31.5.'iO, U. S. Nat. Mus.

The specimen is recorded in the monograph (page 781) under A. duprcei.
which it resembles in coloration.

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11. Basal lobe broadly capitate with many setae 12

Basal lobe narrowly capitate with few setae 13

12. Stem of harpago short, filament longer than it. .dupreei Coquillett
Stem of harpago long, filament shorter than it. .scrratus Theobald

13. Harpago long, sinuate ; filament sickle-shaped,

tormentor Dyar and Knab'
Harpago moderate ; filament calla-lily-shaped 14

14. Filament of harpago broadly oval with very short recurved tip,

pcrtinax Graliham
Filament of harpago narrowly oval with long recurved tip,

polyagrus Dyar^

15. Filament of harpago with retrose .spine scapularis Rondani,

infiriiiatiis Dyar and Knab, cuplocamns Dyar and Knab, (condo-
Icscciis Dyar and Knab) ; tortijis Theobald, plutocraticus Dyar
and Knab, {balteatus Dyar and Knab), {bracteatus Coquillett) ;
trivittatus Coquillett, cuncatits Dyar and Knab, (angustiinttatus
Dyar and Knab), (obturbator Dyar and Knab).
Filament of harpago not so modified 16

16. A tuft of similar spines accompanying the spine of basal lobe... 17
Spine of basal lobe without accompanying similar spines 23

' Aedes tormentor Dyar and Knab.

Side piece long, slender; apical lobe prominent, narrowly conical, setose;
basal lobe expanded, long, narrow, setose on the outer third; a single spine in-
serted at basal third. Harpago long, reaching to middle of side piece, slenderly
columnar, flexuous; filament rather small, broadly sickle-shaped.

Bred specimens sent by Dr. W. V. King, collected at New Orleans, Louis-
iana, September 1.5, 1914.

' Aedes polyagrus, new species.

Apical lobe of side piece conical, straight on inner side, sparsely setose;
basal lobe elongate, with a capitate rounded setose tip, the basal part bare; a
stout spine inserted at the middle of the margin. Harpago with long, slender
stem, reaching nearly to middle of the side piece; filament elliptical, with long,
recurved tip, the base rounded and projecting and marked with lines. Other
structures normal; basal appendages short, each with five setas.

.\dult male, Taboga Island, Panama, July 1, 1907 (A. Busck). The specimen
is denuded and moldy, no trace of the thoracic vestiture remaining. Probably
there was a narrow median silvery stripe as in pcrtinax. Legs black.

Type, male, No. 215.51, U. S. Nat. Mus.

The original larval skin was preserved by Mr. Busck, but the bottle was not
examined at the time and has become dried out during the ten years that it was
sitting on the shelf. Therefore some of the finer characters are lost. It falls
in the table with senatus, rather than with pcrtiiia.v, with which latter the geni-
talia would place it.

.\ir tube short, conical, hardly twice as long as wide; pecten of 11 evenly
spaced teeth, followed by a 7-haired tuft well beyond the pecten. Lateral comb
of the eighth segment of about 10 smooth thorn-shaped scales in a nearly straight
row. .\nal segment ringed by the plate. Anal gills apparently moderate. Head

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17. Apical lobe almost bare, with few setae,

squamiger Coquillett, grossbecki Dyar and Knab"
Apical lobe setose IS

18. Filament of harpago angularly expanded near base 19

Filament of harpago fusiform, without expansion 21

19. Spine of basal lobe stout, exceeding the accompanying tuft 20

This spine weak, not exceeding the tuft,

hirsuteron Theobald, aestwaUs Dyar

20. Spine and tuft weak, indistinct aldrichi Dyar and Knab

Spine and tuft strong spencerii Theobald, idahoensis Theobald

21. Apical lobe with the setae curved and more or less appressed. . . . 22
Apical lobe with the setse unmodified,

abserratus Felt and Young, auroides Felt

22. Side piece not modified at base hexodontus Dyar

Base of side piece strongly chitinized, the tubercles forming trans-
parent dots aboriginis Dyar

23. Apical lobe weakly and sparsely setose 24

Apical lobe more strongly setose 25

24. Basal lobe conical with many fine setae prodofes Dyar

Basal lobe small with few coarse setx. .lacarcnsis Felt and Young

25. Filament of harpago with double angular basal membrane ; spine

of basal lobe situated distaWy. . . .tahoensis Dyar, altiusculus Dyar
Not so formed 26

26. Filament of harpago sickle-shaped cantator Coquillett

Filament of harpago expanded or notched 27

27. Basal lobe of side piece conical, concrete 28

Basal lobe expanded, diffused outward 29

28. Filament of harpago large, triangularly expanded near base,

bimaculatiis Coquillett
Filament sickle-shaped, notched at base fitchii Felt

29. Harpago stout ; filament angularly expanded near base,

fletchcri Coquillett
Harpago slender; filament angularly expanded near middle,

stimulans Walker

30. Basal lobe flat 31

Basal lobe conical, concrete 33

31. A long rugose-papillose area reaching up nearly to apical lobe,

abfitchii Felt and Young^
Basal lobe tubercular and diffused, not forming a rugose area... 32

hairs lost in the finished mount, but one single one was observed during prepara-
tion.

' Doubtfully placed in the absence of a slide.

- A. euedes Howard, Dyar and Knab. is a synonym of abfitchii.

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n2. Filament of harpago angularly expanded at basal third,

sansoni Dyar and Knab
Filament of harpago angularly expanded beyond middle,

incrcpitus Dyar

33. Basal lobe highly conical, setose on l)asal aspect; filament with a

broad knife-blade expansion riparius Dyar and Knab

Basal lobe low-conical, a stout seta on inner margin ; filament
small, sickle-shaped 34

34. Spines of basal appendages long palustris Dyar

Spines of basal appendages moderate mimesis Dyar

35. Basal lobe large with two stout spines 36

Basal lobe small with two stout spines puHatus Coquillett

Basal lobe absent ; no basal spines aurifcr Coquillett

36. A slight hairy area distal of apical lobe impiger Walker

A strong hairy area proximal of apical lobe,

diantaeus Howard, Dyar and Knab

37. Harpago rather long; filament sickle-shaped with double dorsal

membranous ridge iiiiiuitus Dyar and Knab

Harpago long, the filament bud-shaped trichurus Dyar

Harpago short, branched ; filament sack-shaped,

thibaulti Dyar and Knab

38. Basal lobe small with long setas 39

Basal lobe undeveloped 43

Group HI (Taeniorhynchus Arribalzaga)

39. Filament of harpago with central retrose spine,

cpinolus Dyar and Knab, tcicuiorhynchus Wiedemann, iiigcr Giles
Filament of harpago without such spine 40

40. Side piece short; basal lobe with a secondary area of short setae

beside it varipalpus Coquillett

Side piece moderate ; basal lobe small, unmodified 41

41. Harpago short, the filament longer than it 42

Harpago longer, the filament shorter nigromaculis Ludlow

Harpago distinctly long, the filament much shorter,

atropalpus Coquillett, cpactius Dyar and Knab

42. Filament much longer than harpago fluviatilis Lutz

Filament slightly longer than harpago,

sollicitans Walker, mitcheUa Dyar

Group n (Gualteria Lutz)

43. An articulated spine at base of side piece. . .mediovittata Coquillett
Without this structure at base of side piece 44

44. A hair-tuft at middle of side piece triseriatus Say

Without this structure 45

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45. Harpago with very long subapical seta oswaldi Lutz

Harpago with subapical seta minute,

thorntoni Dyar and Knab. podographicus Dyar and Knab

Group I (Howardina Theobald)

46. Basal appendages absent zvalkeri Theobald

Basal appendages present 47

47. Seta of harpago as long as its conical base 48

This seta twice as long as its short base fulvithorax Lutz

48. Clasp filament slender, longer than side piece,

albonotata Coquillett
Clasp filament stouter, shorter than the side piece,

busckii Coquillett, aureostriata Grabham

Old World scries

49. A modified structure representing the clasp filament, furcate at

tip and with a projection at base cinereus Meigen

Clasp filament normal or subnormal 50

50. Clasp filament flattened, with claw inserted subapically,

vexans Meigen
Clasp filament simple, normal argenteus Poiret

To turn now to the Old World forms. My knowledge of
these is limited ; but, fortunately, a valuable paper by F. W.
Edwards^ is available. Edwards accepts the wide interpreta-
tion of Aedes as proposed by Mr. Knab and myself ; but he
does not make the distinction between the New World and
Old World types here suggested. This difference is certainly
not obvious in the female adult, with which Mr. Edwards was
largely dealing; but I am not entirely hopeless that some char-
acter may be found, now that attention has been directed to
the matter.

Edwards uses genitalic and other adult characters, the
genitalic being supplementary. His classification is as follows :

Genus A'cdes Meigen.

Subgenus 1. Armigcrcs Theobald.
Subgenus 2. Stegomyia Theobald.
Subgenus 3. Ochlerotatus Arribalzaga.

Group a. Fiitlaya Theobald.

Group b. Diccromyia Theobald.

» Bull. Knt. Research, vii. 201-229, 1917.

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Group c. Ochlcrotatus Arribalzaga.

Section 1. Ochlcrotatus Arribalzaga.

Section 2. Ecculcx Felt.

Section 3. Acdimorphtis Theobald.
Subgenus 4. A'cdes Meigen.
Subgenus 5. Skusca Theobald.

Taking the groups seriatim without regard to the rank
assigned :

Armigeres Theobald. Edwards tabulates 13 species and
ligures the genitalia of 4. The harpes and unci are well de-
veloped, normal ; no harpagones ; a basal lobe is present, but I
cannot tell whether it is a development of the side piece or the
basal membrane. 1 think it is derived independently of the
side piece as in the Old World type in general. The clasp
filament has generally a whole row of teeth. This is clearly
an Old World group.

Stegomyia Theobald. Five species are here referred to
besides the well known argenteus Poiret, namely :

variegata Doleschal (= scutellaris Walker).
albopicta Skuse (= scutellaris Theobald, not Walker).
vittata Bigot (= sugcns Theobald, not Wiedemann).
fraseri Edwards.
thonisoni Edwards.

Three of these are before me. Side piece without a basal
lobe ; harpes not especially modified ; unci small ; the basal
membrane is simple or moderately modified ; clasp filament
generally simple, rarely expanded. This is clearly an Old
World group.

Finlaya Theobald. Besides the European geniculatus Olivier,
which represents the American triseriatus Say, Edwards lists
the following:

eatoni Edwards. grceni Theobald.

pulchriventer Giles. nolnscriptus Skuse.

togoi Theobald. kochi Donovan.

longipalpis Griinberg. oreophilus Edwards.

flavipennis Giles. japcmicus Theobald.

melanopterus Theobald. niacfarlanei Edwards.

trilineatus Theobald. poicilia Theobald.

nivens Ludlow. gubcrnatoris Giles.

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lophoventraUs Theobald. leticoiiieres Giles.

albotaeniatus Theobald. australiensis Theobald.

pseudotaeniatus Giles.

The description agrees with my Group II of the New World
stock, and undoubtedly it is this as far as the European genicn-
latus is concerned. But I think there is some misapprehension
or confusion here. The type of Finlaya is poicilia, the male
unknown to me ; but I think it is not allied to geniculatus. I
have before me Finlaya samoana Griinberg, which proves to
be structurally distinct from any New World type. There are
no harpagones, but the harpes are drawn out in strap-shaped
form with widened membranous tips, thus simulating the struc-
ture of the harpagones. If this is the case in the other species
listed, we have in finlaya an Old World group, from which
triseriatus and geniculatus should be removed.

Diceromyia Theobald.^ This includes only furcifer Ed-
wards and adersi Edwards. The male genitalia are without
harpagones and therefore this is an Old World group. I do
not perceive any essential distinction from Bcculex, but I
know neither of the species in nature.

Ochlerotatus Arribalzaga. Side piece of the genitalia with
basal and apical lobes ; harpagones well developed, the filament
flattened. This corresponds to Group I'V of the New World
stock. The species are said to be dominant in North America,
Europe and, curiously enough, in Australia. The statement
is perfectly correct and I have before me an Australian species
the genitalia of which have not been previously described."

1 Fourth Report, W'ellconif Lab., 151, 1911.

^ Aedes labeculosus Coquillett.

Cule.x labeculosus Coquillett, Ent. News., xvi, 116, 1905.

Ochlerotatus labeculosus Kdwards, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (8), ix, ,^22 and
.524, 1912.
Genitalia. — Side piece over three times as long as wide, grooved within;
apical lobe conical, oblique, setose, the set.T pointing toward the side piece; basal
lobe rounded, prominent, with three short spines toward the dorsal aspect, the
central one hooked, and fine sets on the ventral side. Clasp filament slender,
moderate, curved at tip, with a long terminal inserted spine and two setae on the
outer side before tip. Harpago moderate, slender, the terminal inserted filament
longer than the stem, widely angularly expanded in the middle. Harpes conical,
moderate, each with a pointed recurved tip. l^nci large, columnar, basally sit-
uated, the slender tips pointed inward. Basal appendages moderate, with rather
irregular ti)> and about four short sets.

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Edwards mentions two species as transitional to Hcculex,
namely annuUferus Ludlow and fryeri Theobald. He says the
basal lobes are developed into small harpagones, which have a
short straight terminal spine. Without seeing specimens, no
opinion can be rendered. I shall be surprised, however, if
these species do not fit into place in the Old World series with-
out any relation to Ochlerotatns.

Bcculex Felt. Founded on vexans Meigen and including
also a large number of allied species. This is a typical Old
World group.

Acdimorphus Theobald. Side piece without lobes ; clasp
filament various ; harpagones absent. The species are un-
known to me, but, on the definition, clearly an Old World
group. Edwards states that it seems to merge on the one hand
into Ecciilex and on the other into Stegomyia. This I can
readily believe.

A'cdes Meigen. Twelve species are referred here, having
short palpi in the male. Sketches are given of the genitalia ;
but Edwards does not attempt a definition on account of their
diversity. After studying the remarkable development shown,
I believe that the processes of the side piece do not represent
the clasp filament, which is absent. The harpes are variously
modified and the basal membrane as well. W^e have here a
very distinct group of the Old W'orld type. It is unfortunate
that this aberrant group must give its name to the whole
genus.

Skusea Theobald. Five species are mentioned, of which
the genitalia are sketched. All the species are unknown to me.
They seem peculiar and modified. Edwards describes them
thus: "Male genitalia with five or six long processes which
have apparently been derived from the basal lobes of the side
piece, but in some cases have become nearly apical, resembling
the somewhat similar structures of Culex." In the discussion,
he speaks of an harpago, but it does not appear that that struc-
ture is really present. It is difficult to deal with these aberrant
forms on second-hand information; but, as far as I can see,
this is an Old W^orld group.

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Taking Edwards's data in conjunction with the few forms
known to me, I would divide the Old World (Aedes) stock
as follows :

Group I. — Side piece without a basal lobe ; harpes not espe-
cially modified; unci small (Stegomyia). A skeleton arrange-
ment of the species might be as follows:

1. Clasp filament simple 2

Clasp filament expanded at tip with the spine subterminal, long

and curved vittatus Bigot

3. Basal membrane expanded into a false lobe 3

Basal membrane not forming such a lobe,

(fraseri Edwards), {thomsoni Edwards)
3. The false lobe free to the base,

pseudoscuteilaris Theobald, (variegata Doleschall)
False lobe attached to the side piece,

alhopicta Skuse, argcnteus Poiret

Group II. — Side piece without a basal lobe ; basal membrane
modified, bearing five papillae, which may pass up the lobe,
becoming subapical ; clasp filament various (Skusea) .

I do not know this group at all, and my interpretation of
Edwards's figures may not be correct.

Group III. — Side piece without a basal lobe ; harpe strongly
produced, ligulate, widened at tip and resembling an harpago ;
unci large.

I have only one species for this group. Edwards does not
define it, although he must have observed it if, as I suppose,
part of the species grouped under Finlaya belong here. A
reexamination of these species from the new point of view
would be instructive.

Aedes samoana Griinberg.

Finlaya samoana Griinberg, Ent. Rundschau, xxx, 130, 1913.
Genitalia. — Side piece three times as long as wide, conical,
without lobes ; clasp filament apical, simple and rather short,
with a long terminal spine, half as long as the filament; an
area near base of side piece densely setose, followed by a row
of very large scales crowded together. Unci large and prom-
inent, conical, contracted centrally, the tips incurved. Harpes
modified, a long ligulate curved stem, expanded in fan-shape

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at the tip and radially marked, without any joint as occurs in
the harpago at the insertion of the filament.

Group IV. — Side piece with a basal lobe, possibly as a de-
velopment of the basal membrane ; harpes and unci moderate ;
clasp filament generally with a long row of inserted spines
{Armigeres) }

Group V. — Side piece with a basal lobe, sometimes rudi-
mentary, derived at the base of the side piece ; clasp filament
often modified ; harpes and unci not strongly modified ; har-
pagones absent (Bcculcx, Acdimorphus and Diceromyia). A
skeleton table of the species would run as follows :

1. Clasp filament inserted terminally 2

Clasp filament inserted subapically luteolateralis Theobald

2. Filament entire, the spine subapical vexans Meigen,

(de-ntatus Theobald), (hirsutus Theobald), {cumminsi Theobald)
Clasp filament further modified 3

3. Filament simply cleft {punctitliorax Theobald)

Filament divided, one arm hooked and toothed,

(abnormalis Theobald), (alboventralis Theobald)
Filament expanded and lohed, with two terminal spines,

(initiutus Theobald), (tarsalis Newstead), (irritans Theobald)

Group VI. — Clasp filament apparently absent or at least
modified out of all homology, inserted subapically, without
terminal spine; basal lobe present (in cinereus) ; harpes and
unci variously developed; basal membrane modified (Aedes).

In cinereus Meigen the end of the side piece is rounded and
blunt, and apparently this is the case also in butleri Theobald,
pseudomediofasciatiis Theobald and fragilis Leicester. The
other species illustrated by Edwards have the side piece more
or less hollowed at tip, the corners drawn inward into spines
of various lengths. In ceylonicu.^ Edwards the clasp filament
is single and small ; in singularis Leicester it is bent and
forked ; in virilis Leicester and uncus Theobald there are two
long separated processes. Other modifications may be noted
in Edwards's figures.

Certain improvements can be made to the table of genera
of the tribe by genitalia, given by us in the monograph (vol.

' This probably represents a distinct genus, as with Leicesteria Theobald. See
Edwards, Bull. Ent. Res., iv, 2.5.5-203, 1914.

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Hi, p. 195). Without going into the homology of the parts
in the Culicines and Deinoceratines at the moment, as I will
deal with them later, it is obvious that the parts called har-
pagones in Mansonia really correspond with the basal lobes
of Culiseta and others. Therefore the table, beginning with
dichotomy 5, can be amended as follows, bringing in the
relationship of the New World and Old World divisions of
A'edes as here defined:

5. Harpagones present 6

Harpagones absent 8

6. Apical appendages of harpagones multiple Psorophora

These appendages single 7

7. A fringe of broad scales on inner edge of side piece. . .Haemagogus
No such fringe present A'edes (New World stock)

8. Side pieces without a conical basal lobe, open within,

A'edes (Old World stock)
Side pieces with such a lobe 9

9. Basal lobe with a single terminal rod, often situated at the end of

a process Mansonia

Basal lobe conical, with several terminal setae Megarhinus,

Orthopodomyia. Culiseta, Culicella, Cliniacurci

A REVISION OF THE AMERICAN SPECIES OF
CULEX ON THE MALE GENITALIA

(Dipt era, Culicidce)
By HARRISON G. DYAR

On a previous page I gave some notes on the relationship
of the species of A'edes as shown by the male genitalia. In a
review of the other genera with the object of ascertaining
the origin of Culex, it appears that the Anopheles are very
distinct. In these the sedoeagus is present, simple or with a
crown of spines or flattened appendages, and there are no
basal chitinous organs whatever. The side pieces are slightly
modified, bearing certain stout spines or with small basal lobes ;
but we find no homology with Culex and must leave the Ano-
pheles aside. In A'edeomyia, the aedoeagus has disappeared,
and there is a basal chitinous structure, composed of paired

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rods, topped by a single piece. This has been called the uncus,
which name we will retain. In the middle of the side piece
is a slight lobe, bearing about five stout spines crowded to-
gether, situated at the apex of a basal hollow in which the
tmcus rests. In Uranotccma the next step is seen. A second
basal organ is present, paired and opposed to the unci, which
have now lost the single terminal piece and appear as paired
organs. The new organs have been called the harpes ; but they
are not homologous with those of Culex and others ; Urano-
tccnid is clearly a side line. We mention the harpes here to
show the early stage of a second basal organ. Culiseta is more
directly in the line we are following. Here the unci form a
basal cylinder or cone, composed of paired parts, but wrapped
into a single organ by the revolute margins. True harpes are
present in Culiseta, but they are more or less modified. A
simpler condition is found in Mcgarhinus. Here the organs
are elliptical, concave, more heavily chitinized on one side, the
tip dentate. The side pieces have the basal area pouch-like,
hollowed to receive the basal organs, the tip of the pouch
forming a slight lobe with a group of three stout hairs. From
this point Orthopodomyia and Mansonia originated ; but they
do not lie in the direct line of Culex, one being a generalized
form parallel to Culiseta, the other an ofifshoot. Climacura
falls here, the genitalia having the unci undivided. It is inter-
esting, however, as the larva has become practically a true
Culex. In Culicella, the unci have begun to divide, the harpes
remaining as in Culiseta. The larvae of CuUeella have not at-
tained the Culex tyY)Q, but are still much as in Culiseta. The
next link in the chain is shown in Jamesia, an Old World
group in which the larvae are predacious and, therefore, spe-
cially modified. The harpes have assumed the Culex type,
with a crown of spines, and with this the genus Culex may
be said properly to begin. Lutsia goes a step farther, the sec-
ond plate of the unci being toothed, whereas it is perfectly
simple in Jamesia. The side pieces have a process at the apex
of the basal hollow, carrying three stout spines ; the harpes
have a crown of spines and a curved basal arm and the unci
are divided into two plates.

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The following tables separate first the genera of the tribe
Culicini, then the subgenera of Culex and lastly the species
of Culex as far as the American species are known to me
in the male genitalia.

In the monograph^ the parts called the "harpagones" (vol.
iii, p. 234, dichotomy, 3 et seq.) are here identified as unci. I
reserve the name harpagones for the structures so denominated
in A'edes. I have omitted dyari and melanurus, commonly
classed in Culex, as I have separated them generically under
the headings Culicella and Climacura respectively.

It may be remarked that the tribe Sabethini are not dis-
tinguishable from the Culicini on genitalic characters (com-
pare the monograph, vol. iii, p. 21, 1915). The lowest mem-
bers, Johlotia and Lcsticocampa, have genitalia essentially as
in Megarhinus and Orthopodomyia, the unci only being some-
what modified. In the higher genera, the primitive condition
of the basal parts remains ; but the side pieces and clasp-fila-
ments are greatly modified, the hollow basal lobes of the
former having entirely disappeared. The two series are quite
distinctly separated by their mode of evolution.

Table ok Genera of the Tribe Culicini

1. .(^doeagus present ; basal membrane long, conical, divided ; no

basal chitinized appendages Anopheles "

^doeagus absent ; basal membrane slight ; basal chitinized organs
present 2

2. Unci only present, undivided, capitate A'cdeomyia

Unci and harpes present, in two pairs 3

3. Unci separated, hooked; harpes slender, columnar, opposed to the

unci • Uranotania

Unci columnar or divided ; harpes liroad, concave, the tips toothed
or spinose, parallel to the unci 4

4. Side piece with a hollow basal lobe tipped by stout setse, modified

in the higher forms, but the tip persisting as an appendage of

the side piece, bearing spines, etc 6

Side piece without a hollow basal lobe, devoid of lobes, except in
the higher forms, where lobes appear secondarily, but not
hollow • 5

^Howard, Dyar and Knab, The Mosquitoes of North and Central America and
the West Indies, iii, 1015.

• Corlodiacesis is not distinguishable.

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5. Adjacent basal lobe, if present, small and setose, never produced

with a single terminal spine A'cdcs (Old World stock)

Adjacent basal lobe developed into an harpago,

A'cdes (New World stock)'

6. Unci undivided 7

Unci divided into two or more outwardly directed plates 11

7. Basal lobe conical with several terminal setae 8

Basal lobe with a single stout rod, often produced Mansonia"

8. Harpes very long, prominent; unci long, pointed Mcgarhiiius

Harpes and unci moderate 9

9. Unci membranous, paired, with an outwardly directed basal

chitinization CHmacura

Unci cylindrical, chitinized, revolutc 10

10. Harpes normal, concave, with thickened margins and dentate tip,

Orthopodomyia
Harpes modified, narrow, recurved, prominent Culiseta"

11. Harpes few-toothed Culicella

Harpes with a crown of spines Culex

The genus Culex divides into two main sections on the
genitaHc characters. In the first, Culex proper, the harpes are
tufted at tip with numerous spines, and have a longer or
shorter basal arm. The unci form three parts, later four by
subdivision of the original second plate. The first plate is
generally triangular and heavily chitinized, having a socket
near the middle into which a ligament locks that serves to
open the plates. This structure is first noticeable in Culicella
dyari (PI. Ill, fig. 2) where it is rather imperfectly developed.
The development in Culex (Jamcsia) concolor (PI. Ill, fig. 3)
is not much better. In Lutsia bigoti (PI. IV, fig. Ti), the struc-
ture has improved and it can be seen fully developed in any of
the true Culex, as in the case of Culex (Culex) declarator
(PI. Ill, fig. 4). In Transculicia, the plate is thickened and
laminate (PI. IV, fig. 12). The second plate is seen in mem-
branous form in Culicella dyari (PI. Ill, fig. 2) ; in Jamesia it
has become chitinized (PI. Ill, fig. 3) ; in Lutsia, toothed
(PI. IV, fig. n). This condition in intensified in the true Culex

' Including Haemagogus and Psorophora.

' — Taeniorhynchus Arribalzaga according to intention and description, but
not according to designation of type.

* = Theohaldia Neveu-Lemaire, preoccupied by Theo'baldius Nevill.

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and then again disappears (PI. Ill, fig. 5; PI. IV, figs. 7-11).
The third plate arises as a tooth on the second, as in Culex
stenolepis (PL IV, fig. 7). This tooth enlarges, as in Culex
coronator (PI. IV, fig. 8), becomes basal, as in Culelx factor
(PI. IV, fig. 9), separates as in Culex declarator (PI. Ill,
fig. 5), and finally becomes quite detached as in Culex quinque-
fasciatus (PL IV, fig. 11). The fourth plate is small and
often hard to find, possibly absent. It occurs in the form of
a pair of rods protecting the anus (PL III, fig. 1; PL IV,
fig. 12).

The lobe of the side piece bears primitively three setae. To
these certain others are added and finally the lobe becomes
subdivided, but only slightly modified. In one form, Pha-
langomyia, there is a modification of the side pieces, which,
though striking, is not fundamental, as the three primitive
setse can be easily traced (PL III, fig. 1).

The second general group, Melanoc onion, is much more
modified. The harpes have the tip comb-shaped, the spines
in a single row, the basal arm represented by a rounded process
or absent. The divisions of the unci are complex, and I' am
not sure of their homology. The difficulty of the study is
increased by the fact that clear mounts are not always to be
had of critical species of which the material may be scanty.
Apparently there are primitively four plates as in Culex (Tin-
olestes) latisquama (PL IV. fig. 14) and Culex (Micrdedes)
chalcocorystcs (PL IV, fig. ]."J). The first is a large outer
sheathing plate, shown disjointed from its socket in the figure ;
the second a spatulate structure ; the third large and furcate ;
the fourth rod-like with modified tip. In Deinocerites, the
outer plate seems to be gone, the second elongated (PL. IV,
fig. 18). In the higher forms, the fourth plate seems to have
(lisa])peared, while the second assumes the form of a long
hook, recurved around the other parts, as for example in
Culex (Micracdes) bisulcatus (PL IV, fig. 16) and Culex
(Chocroporpa) educator (PL IV, fig. 17).

The lobe of the side piece in Melanoconion begins simply,
but becomes complex and subdivided in the higher groups,
notably in Chocroporpa and Carrollia.

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The four main groups of Ciilcx separate as follows:

1. Harpes tufted, the basal process, when present, arm-like ; first uncal

plate with an opening ligament 2

Harpes comb-shaped, the basal process not arm-like ; first uncal
plate jointed in a socket or absent 3

2. Side piece essentially unmodified Culex

Side piece excavated, with false jointed arms Phalanyoinyia

3. First uncal plate absent, the second produced and spatulate,

Dcinocerites
First uncal plate present, forming an outer sheath. .. .Melanoconion

In more detail, with the characters shifted a little in order
to be more easily followed, the subgenera separate as below.

In the following separation of species, it has been my aim
to recognize only such species as differ appreciably in the
genitalia and I have accordingly united all those with similar
genitalia unless they showed appreciable differences in adult
coloration or larval structure. In some instances I may have
united realh- distinct species, owing to the fact that differences
in larvae or habits were unknown to me. But even allowing
for this, there remains a very considerable change from the
account given in the monograph in the direction of the reduc-
tion in the number of species to be recognized. In the mono-
graph, we relied on the coloration of the adults and larval
differences, and we carried out this scheme consistently, at
the same time overdoing it a little. The study of the genitalia
has led me to make comparisons where we had not suspected
that comparisons should be made, and has resulted in the cor-
rection of certain errors of observation. When these cor-
rections have been made and a little more latitude is allowed
for variation in adult coloration, the account in the monograph
will not diff'er greatly from that here set forth. The errors
in that work all lie in the direction of too great subdivision of
species and are therefore most easily to be corrected. It is
perhaps unfortunate that a more intensive study of the male
genitalia of Culex could not have been undertaken before that
volume of the monograph went to press ; but multiplicity of
duties at the time rendered it impossible.

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Table of Subgenera oe the Genus Culex

1. Lobe of side piece with three stout setae or appendages, neither

more nor less (not counting a few unmodified setae from the

general vestiture) 2

Lobe of side piece with more or less than three appendages, or
otherwise modified 6

2. Appendages of side piece setaform or rod-like 3

These appendages shortened and modified 4

3. Unci of two unmodified plates Jamesia

Second plate of unci toothed Lutsia

4. Central rod mushroom-shaped ; marginal ones very stout,

Tinolestes

Appendages in a triangle, the upper two blade-like, the lower

spine-like 5

5. Harpes spinose with basal arm TranscuUcia

Harpes comb-shaped, without basal arm Deinocerites

6. Harpes tufted 7

Harpes comb-shaped 10

7. Lobe of side piece divided into a triangular setose portion with a

separate articulation, two setae on a lobe and a club-shaped

appendage beyond Phalangomyia

This lobe not so formed 8

8. Lobe of side piece with more than three appendages 9

Lobe of side piece with less than three appendages Cacoculex

9. Plates 2 and 3 of unci absent, 1 and 4 present Neoculex

Plate 2 of unci present Culcx

10. Fourth plate of the unci quadrately angled, ending in a retrose

tooth Microculex

Fourth plate of unci without a retrose tooth 11

11. Basal division of lobe of side piece a long arm bearing terminal

setae or leaves Carrollia

This part divided or, if single, not a long arm 12

12. Clasp filament simple, the spine appendiculate 13

Clasp filament modified 14

13. Outer division of lobe of side piece with six or more stout

setae Micraedes

This part not so formed Melanoconion

14. Clasp filament not swollen at tip Isostomyia

Clasp filament swollen at tip 15

15. Clasp filament elongated, with snout-like termination. . .C/torro/'or/'a

This part bkmtly rounded with subspherical tip Mochlostyrnx

Fig.

1

Fig.

2

Fig.

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Fig.

4

Fig.

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EXPLANATION OF PLATES

Plate III

Genitalia u\ Culc.v (riuildiij/oiiiyia ) dchilis Dyar and Knal).
CuliccUa dyari C()(|., nncal i)late.s 1 and 2.
Ciilcx (Janii-si(i) coitcclor Desv., uncal plates 1 and 2.
Culc.v [Culcx) declarator Dyar and Knali, uncal plate 1.
The same, uncal plates 2 and 3.

Fig. f.

Culcx

Fig. 7

Culcx

Fig. s

Culcx

Fig. !)

Culcx

Fig. 10

Culcx

and :

?.

Fig. 11

Culcx

Fig. 12

Culcx

Fig. IH

Culcx

Fig. 14

Culcx

Fig. 1.")

Culcx

Fig. IC)

Culcx

Fig. IT

Culcx

unci.

Plate IV

{Lutein) hii/oti Bell., uncal plates 1 and 2/
(Culcx) stcudlcpis Dyar and Knab, uncal jilates 2 and :).
(Culcx) caronatnr Dyar and Knal). luical plates 2 and '^.
(Culcx) factor Dyar and Knali, uncal plate.s 2 and ;!.
(Culcx) Uitcrroiiatiir D\ar and Knah. uncal plates 2

(Culcx) (luliKjucfasciatus Say, uncal i)lates 2 and '.].
(Trausculicia ) clcuthcra D\ar. harpes and unci.
(Dciuoccritcs) spauius Dyar and Knal), harpes and unci.
(Tin(dcsfcs) latisciuaiiia Coq.. harpes and luici.
(Micracdcs) chalcocurystcs Mart., harpes and unci.
(Micracdcs) hisulratiis Coq., harpes and unci.
(Chocroporpa ) educator Dyar and Knah, harpes and

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PLATE III

GENITALIA OF CULEX

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PLATE IV

GENITALIA OF CULEX

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Genus CULEX Linnaeus

Subgenus JAMESIA Christophers

Jamesia Christ., Sci. Mem. Med. Ind., n.s., No. 25, 12, 1906.

There are no American species in this subgenus, which was
proposed for Culex tigripes Grandpre and C. concolor Robineau-
Desvoidy of India.

Subgenus LUTZTA Theobald

, Lutsia Theobald, Mon. Culic, iii. 155, 1903.

Table of Specip:s

1. Tooth on basal section of second plate of unci short and blunt,

bigoti
This tooth long and sharp allostigma

1. Culex (Lutzia) bigoti Bellardi.

Lutsia bigoti Howard, Dyar and Knab, Monogr., iii. 408, 1915.

2. Culex (Lutzia) allostigma Howard, Dyar and Knab.

Littcia allostigma Howard, Dyar and Knab, Monog., iii, 471, 1915.

Subgenus PHALANGOMYIA Dyar and Knab
Phalangomyia Dyar and Knab, Ins. Ins. Mens., ii, 58, 1914.

3. Culex (Phalangomyia) debilis Dyar and Knab.

Phalangomyia debilis Dyar and Knab, Ins. Ins. Mens., ii, 58, 1914.

The side pieces are peculiarly and highly evolved (PI. Ill,
fig. 1), but the basal parts are of a simple Culex type, much
as in Lutzia. In the figure, the first uncal plates are shown
thrown back, exposing the second and fourth plates; no trace
of the third plate has developed.

Subgenus CULEX Linnaeus

Culex Linnaeus, Syst. Nat., 10th ed., 602, 1758.

Table of Species

1. Lobe of side piece entire 2

Lobe of side piece divided 12

2. Lobe of side piece with three rods, a leaf and a seta 3

Lobe of side piece with additional appendages 4

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3. Second plate of unci with the tooth arising from the base; a radiat-

ing pecten in the angle inflichis, factor

This plate with the tooth arising in the middle; no pecten at the
angle stenolepis

4. Lobe of side piece with three rods, a seta or filament, a leaf and

a seta 5

This part with additional appendages 9

5. Second plate of unci with two broad arms and a central mass of

close denticles comiger

This plate not so formed 6

6. Second plate of unci with two long arms with a number of teeth

between ; a long tooth from basal part 7

This plate not so formed 8

7. Upper limb of second plate of unci denticulate,

tarsalis, stiginatosoma, ciimimctcs

This limb entire crythrothorax, salinaritis, janitor, secular

This limb with a double clasp on a pedicle mollis, equivocator

8. Second plate of unci of three large teeth declarator

This plate quadrate, denticulate on upper half interrogator

This plate of two blunt teeth restuans

9. Lobe of side piece with five rods, a leaf and a seta reflector

This lobe with three rods, two setae, a filament, a leaf and a

seta 10

10. Second plate of unci toothed as in stenolepis pinarocampa

This plate not toothed 11

11. Fourth plate of unci upright, pointed qtdnquefasciatus

This plate oblique and tubular pipiens

12. Lobe of side piece without a leaf-like appendage 13

A leaf present on a separate piece 15

13. Harpes weak with basal recurved branch 14

Basal branch obsolete duplicator

14. Lower part of lobe of side piece with three rods coronator

This part with S to 13 set£e ousqua

15. Second plate of unci with two arms and group of small teeth be-

tween ; third plate a stout tooth sphinx

This plate without arms; third plate distinct and hrosid. .extiicator

4. Culex (Culex) inflictus Theobald.

Culex inflictus Theobald. Mon. Culic. ii, 115, 1901.
Culex scholasticus Theobald, Mon. Culic, ii, 120, 1001.
Culex niicrosquamosiis Grabbam, Can. Knt., xxxvii, 407, 1905.
Culex prasinnplrurus Martini, Ins. Ins. Mens., ii, 68, 1914.
var. carmodyae Dyar and Knab.
Culex cannodyce Dyar and Knab, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, xiv,
210, li)0().

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var. palus Theobald.

Ctilc.r palus Theobald, Mon. Ciilic, iii, 194, 1903.
Culex siniilis Theobald, Mon. Culic, iii, 207, 1903.
Culcx regulator Dyar and Knab. Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, xiv,
213, lOOC.

C. inflichts lia.s tlie abdomen without bands ; in palus narrow
basal segmental ])an(ls are present; in carmodyce there are
very faint brown rings at both ends of the tarsal joints. This
variety seems confined to Santo Domingo, although not all the
specimens from there are so afTected. The larva of micro-
scjiiainosiis is really spiculate and not glabrous, as given in
the monograph by error ; the proboscis also is not swollen at
the tip. In the larva of carmodycu there were probably four
hair-tufts on the tube, one having been detached and not three
as given in the monograph. They agree entirely otherwise.

5. Culex (Culex) factor Dyar and Knab.

Culcx factor Dyar and Knab, Jour. N. Y. Ent. Soc, xiv, 212. 1906.
Culcx aikenii Dyar and Knab (larvae only), Proc. U. S. Nat.

Mus., XXXV, fi], 1908 (not Gnophodcomyia aikenii Aiken).
Culex proximus Dyar and Knab, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., xi, 38,

1909.
Culcx lachrimans Dyar and Knab (in part). Smiths. Misc. Colls.,

quart, iss., Iii, 3n9, 1009.

The genitalia arc not distinguishable from inflictus ; but the
adult female has basal abdominal bands not widened at the
sides, although they may l)e absent. The larva has the air tube
a little shorter than in inflictus: the third pair of head hairs
arc more approximate. In proximus the skin of the larva is
really spicular, not glabrous as erroneously stated in the mono-
graph.

(!. Culex (Culex) stenolepis Dyar and Knab.

Culex stoiolcpis Howard, Dyar and Knab, Monog., iii, 249,
1915.

7. Culex (Culex) pinarocampa Dyar and Knab.

Culex piuarucaiupa Howard, Dyar and Knab, Monog., iii, S.'il,
1915.

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8. Culex (Culex) corniger Theobald.

Culex corniger Howard, Dyar and Knab, Monog., iii, 240, 191;).

The genus Trichopronomyia Theobald is available for this
species, but, although it is unique, I do not think the distinctions
are strong enough for a subgeneric separation.

9. Culex (Culex) tarsalis Coquillett.

Culex tarsalis Howard, Dyar and Knab, Monog., iii, 230, 1915.

10. Culex (Culex) stigmatosoma Dyar.

Culex stigmatosoma Howard, Dyar and Knab, Monog., iii, 236,
1915.

11. Culex (Culex) eumimetes Dyar and Knab.

Culex eumimetes Howard, Dyar and Knab, Monog., iii, 238, 1915.

The genitalia agree with tarsalis while the adult is colored
like stigmatosoma, though there is nothing very decisive about
this as the difference between tarsalis and stigmatosoma is
slight, consisting only in the difference in the number of teeth
on the second uncal plate, which varies. Probably eumimetes
is the same as stigmatosoma; the larval differences on which
the species was founded and which we repeat in the mono-
graph with distinctly less emphasis do not exist.

It will be noted that duplicator, which falls here on color-
ation, is entirely unrelated on genitalic characters, thus con-
firming the value of the different wing-scaling.

12. Culex (Culex) erythrothorax Dyar.

Culex erythrothorax Howard. Dyar and Knab, Monog., iii, 315,
1915.

13. Culex (Culex) salinarius Coquillett.

Culex salinarius Howard, Dyar and Knab, Monog., iii, 373, 1915.

14. Culex (Culex) janitor Theobald.

Culex janitor Howard, Dyar and Knab, Monog., iii, 258, 1915.

The larvae differ from allied species in having the antennae
without tlie "notch," agreeing in this with restnans.

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15. Culex (Culex) secutor Theobald.

Culi'x secutor Theobald, Mon. Culic, ii, 321, 1901.

Culex lamentatur Dyar and Knab, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, xiv,

:319, 1906.
Cnlcx toweri Dyar and Knal), Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, xv. 13,

1907.

The three names were given to specimens from Jamaica,
Santo Domingo, and Porto Rico, respectively, but I think only
one species is represented, doubtless occurring in Cuba also.
The larva has the tufts of the air tube crowded back along
the ventral line as in tarsalis, the normal symmetry being
thereby destroyed. ,

16. Culex (Culex) mollis Dyar and Knab.

Culex mollis Howard, Dyar and Knab, Monog., iii, 267, 1915.

Hardly distinguishable from cquivocator; but the adult
female has basal abdominal white bands, which are absent
in tlie other species. The specimens are from Trinidad.

17. Culex (Culex) equivocator Dyar and Knab.

Culex equivocator Dyar and Knab, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, xv,

203, 1907.
Culex elocutilis Dyar and Knab. Smiths. Misc. Colls., quart.

iss., Iii, 255, 1909.

Described from Panama. Specimens are before me extending
the range to British Guiana (H. W. B. Moore).

18. Culex (Culex) declarator Dyar and Knab.

Culex declarator Dyar and Knab, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, xiv,

211, 1906.
Culex jiibilator Dyar and Knab, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, xv,

201, 1907.
Culex vindicator Dyar and Knab, Smiths. Misc. Colls., quart.

iss.. Hi, 255, 1909.
Culex dictator Dyar and Knab, Smiths. Misc Colls., quart, iss.,

Iii, 255, 1909.

var. proclamator Dyar and Knab.

Culex proclamator Dyar and Knab, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, xiv,
211, 1906.

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Culex inquisitor Dyar and Kiiab, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, xi\%

211, 1906.
Culex revelator Dyar and Knab. Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, xv,

202, 1907.

The adult female has the abdomen with basal segmental
white spots, sometimes extended as dull whitish bands ; but
the central spot whiter or produced. In the male there are
even white bands. The genitalia have a peculiar second uncal
plate, consisting of three stout claws from a circular base.
The larva has the head hairs in threes or four-three, the skin
spicular, the air-tube with three tufts, the middle one moved
out of line ; pecten commonly long, but not uniformly so.

In our original descriptions of declarator, proclamator and
inquisitor, from larvse, three lengths of the air-tube pecten are
shown ; but these characters become less distinct the more
specimens are examined. Nevertheless, two races seem indi-
cated. In declarator proper, the pecten is short, the teeth about
4x1 and about 14 in number. It occurs from Trinidad to
Panama, including the Lesser Antilles, specifically Dominica
and St. Thomas. In proclamator the pecten is longer, the teeth
5 x 1 or over and 18 to 20 in number. It occurs from Mexico
to Panama, and the two forms may coalesce in the latter
region.

The exact position of the hair tufts on the air tube seems
to be unreliable. The character found in the adult of the
white tip of the last tarsal joint being present or absent seems
to be variable. The banding of the abdomen as given in the
monograph, I do not verify on reexamination.

19. Culex (Culex) interrogator Dyar and Knab.

Culex interrogator Howard, Dyar and Knab, Monog., iii, 417,
1915.

Quite erroneously placed in the monograph in the Melano-

conion group. The proboscis should not have been taken as

"swollen at the tip," or, if so, then the character is worthless,

for this is a true Culex.

20. Culex (Culex) restuans Theobald.

Culrx restuans Howard, Dyar and Knab, Monog., iii, 3S3, 1915.

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21. Culex (Culex) reflector Dyar and Knab.

Culex reflector Howard, Dyar and Knah. Monog., iii, 419, 1915.
The same remark applies as for interrogator.

22. Culex (Culex) quinquefasciatus Say

Culex quinquefasciatus Howard, Dyar and Knab, Monog.. iii,

345, 1915.
Culex revocator Dyar and Knab, Smitb.s. Misc. Colls., quart.

iss., Hi, 356, 1909.
Culex aseyehcc Dvar and Knab, Ins. Insc. Mens., iii, 112, 1915.

The genitalia furnish no characters for considering revo-
cator as a distinct species peculiar to Jamaica.

23. Culex (Culex) pipiens Linnaeus.

Culex pipiens Howard, Dyar and Knab, Monog., iii, 360, 1915.
Culex flavipes Macquart, Dipt. Exot., i, part 1, 35, 1838.
Culex flavipes Brethes, Anal. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat. B. A., xxviii.
210, 1916.

There seems now no doubt that pipiens is more widely dis-
tributed than given by us in the monograph. Not only does
it occur in California, as shown by Mr. Knab and myself (Ins.
Ins. Mens., v, 178, 1917), but the excellent figures recently pub-
lished by Juan Brethes show that it is widespread in Chile and
Argentina, under the name Culex flavipes. The name flavipes
must therefore be hereafter cited in the synonymy of pipiens
instead of quinquefasciatus, as in the monograph (vol. iii,
p. 345, 1915).

24. Culex (Culex) coronator Dyar and Knab.

Culex coronator Howard, Dyar and Knali, Monog., iii, 286, 1915.

25. Culex (Culex) ousqua, new species.

Male genitalia. Lobe of side piece divided, the inner por-
tion large and conical, bearing 10 to 13 hairs, no spines being
distinguishable ; outer portion small, distinct, bearing about
five hairs. Otherwise as in coronator, the second plate of
unci commonly with fewer teeth, four to seven.

The male adult has faint white rings at both ends of the
tarsal joints, the last hind tarsal white ; abdomen with white
basal segmental bands, mesially produced, as in coronator.

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Type, male, No. 21602, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Panama (Busck
181.1). Also Canal Zone, Panama (Jennings 52) and Culebra,
Canal Zone, Panama (L. H. Dunn, C-77).

The larva has several spines on one side of the air tube sub-
apically.

26. Culex (Culex) duplicator Dyar and Knab.

Culex duplicator Howard, Dyar and Knab, Monog., iii, 235, 1915.

27. Culex (Culex) extricator Dyar and Knab.

Culex extricator Howard, Dyar and Knab, Monog., iii, 335, 1915.

28. Culex (Culex) sphinx Howard, Dyar and Knab.

Culex sphinx Howard, Dyar and Knab, Monog., iii, 301, 1915.
Culex sphinx Dyar and Knab, Ins. Ins. Mens., iii, 114, 1915.

Subgenus NEOCULEX Dyar
Neoculex Dyar, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., vii, 45, 48, 1905.

Table op Species

1. Bridge of the fourth uncal plate broad saxatihs

This bridge narrow derivator

29. Culex (Neoculex) saxatilis Grossbeck.

Culex territans Howard, Dyar and Knab, Monog., iii, 293, 1915.

30. Culex (Neoculex) derivator Dyar and Knab.

Culex derivator Howard, Dyar and Knab, Monog., iii, 290, 1915,

Subgenus CACOCULEX, new

With the characters of the table. Type, Culex habilitator
Dyar and Knab.

31. Culex (Cacoculex) habilitator Dyar and Knab.

Culex habilitator Howard, Dyar and Knab, Monog., iii, 262, 1915.
Culex ercmita Howard, Dyar and Knab, Monog., iii, 261, 1915.

Subgenus TRANSCULICIA Dyar
Transculicia Dyar, Ins. Ins. Mens., v, 184, 1917.

32. Culex (Transculicia) eleuthera Dyar

Culex {Transculicia) eleuthera Dyar, Ins. Ins. Mens., v, 184, 1917.

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Subgenus DFJNOCERITES Theobald

Deinoceritcs Theobald, Mon. Culic, ii, 215, 1901.
Brachomyia Theobald, Mon. Culic, ii, 343, 1901.
Diuomi))ictes Knab, Joiirn. N. Y. Ent. Soc, xv, 120, 1907.
Dinanaiiicsus Dyar and Knab, Smiths. Misc. Colls., quart, iss.,
Hi, 259, 1909.

Some of the Culex addicted to crab-holes have developed
elongated antennal joints, on which genera and even higher
groups have been founded. From the point of view of the
genitalia, this appears to be an over-valuation. However,
there are some good larval characters, and Deinocerites may
be conveniently considered a genus. But I do not think that
Dinouihnctcs and Dinanamesus will hold.

Table of Species

1. Claws of the clasp filament equal 3

These claws unequal 4

2. Teeth of harpe about 15 3

Teeth of harpe over 30 melanophylum

3. Harpal plate longer, exceeding the lobes of side piece cancer

This plate shorter, not exceeding lobe of side piece troglodytus

4. Third uncal plate simple; second with two revolute spines. . ..y/'amM.y
Second plate with a horn and many lateral spines ; third plate

spatulate 5

5. Harpal plate long and slender beyond base epitedeus

This plate shorter, not exceeding the lobe of side piece pscudes

;)3. Culex (Deinocerites) spanius Dyar and Knab.

Diiiaiiaiiirsus spanius Howard, Dyar and Knab, Monog., iii, 213,
1915.

;54. Culex (Deinocerites) epitedeus Knab.

Diiwiiiimctcs epitedeus Howard, Dyar and Knab, Monog., iii,
197, 1915.

;{r). Culex (Deinocerites) pseudes Dyar and Knab.

Deinocerites pscudes Howard, Dyar and Knab, Monog., iii, 210,
1915.

;^6. Culex (Deinocerites) troglodytus Dyar and Knab.

Deinocerites troglodytus Howard, Dyar and Knab, Monog., iii,
200, 1915.

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37. Culex (Deinocerites) cancer Theobald.

Deinocerites cancer Howard, Dyar and Knab, Monog., iii, 201,
1915.

38. Culex (Deinocerites) melanophylum Dyar and Knab.

Deinocerites melanophylum Howard, Dyar and Knab, Monog.,
iii, 207, 1915.

Subgenus TINOLESTES Coquillett

Tinolestes Coquillett, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., vii, 185, 1905.

39. Culex (Tinolestes) latisquama Coquillett.

Culex latisquama Howard, Dyar and Knab, Monog., iii, 303,
1915.

Subgenus MICRAEDES Coquillett

Micraedes Coquillett, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., vii, 185, 1905.

Table of Species

1. First plate of unci very broad, notched, and jointed to second plate,

chalcocorystcs

This plate triangulate, scarcely modified bisulcatus

This plate attenuate on the outer half and curled restrictor

40. Culex (Micraedes) chalcocorystes Martini.

Culex chalcocorystes Martini, Ins. Ins. Mens., ii, 70, 1914.

The unci are almost exactly as in latisquama, and on that
basis this species might with propriety be placed in Tinolestes.
The present location is based on the structure of the lobe of
the side piece.

41. Culex (Micraedes) bisulcatus Coquillett.

Culex bisulcatus Howard, Dyar and Knab, Monog., iii, 306, 1915,

42. Culex (Micraedes) restrictor Dyar and Knab.

Culex restrictor Howard, Dyar and Knab, Monog., iii, 331, 1915.

This species has affinities with Melanoconion and might
with almost equal propriety be placed there.

Subgenus ISOSTOMYIA Coquillett

Isostomyia Coquillett, U. S. Dept. Agr., Bur. Ent., Tech. ser. 11,
16, 24, 1906.

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This name is here employed in the sense intended by Coqnil-
lett, and not in that which his citation of type would imply.

48. Culex (Isostomyia) conservator Dyar and Knab.

Culcx conservator Howard, D^ar and Knali, Monog., iii, 308,
1015.

This species is congeneric with restricfor as far as uncal de-
velopment goes or lobes of side piece. It is separated on
account of the modification of the clasp filament.

Subgenus MELANOCONION Theobald
Melanocoii'wn Theobald, Mon. Culic, iii, 2:^8, 1903.

Table of Spkcies

1. Upper division of lobe of side piece with a leaf and three setae,

atratus
This part with a seta, a leaf, and two seta? falsificator

44. Culex (Melanoconion) atratus Theobald.

Culex atratus Howard. Dyar and Knab, Monog., iii, 3SS, 191o.

45. Culex (Melanoconion) falsificator Dyar and Knab.

Culex falsificator Howard, Dyar and Knab, Monog., iii, 425, 1915.
Culex agitator Howard, Dyar and Knab (in part, adult only),
Monog., iii, 384, 1915.

This Cuban species comes very close to atratus from
Jamaica and may not be distinct. The apparent genitalia dif-
ference may be due to the position of the parts on the slide.
The colorational differences given in the monograph appear
unreliable. Tlie adults associated with the larvae of agitator
do not appertain to that species.

Subgenus CHCEROPORPA, new'

With the characters of the table. Type, Culex anips Dyar.

Table of Species

1. Clasp filament with a horn-like tuft before tip; terminal spine
uniform 3

' Gnophodeomyia Theobald, type inornata Theobald (= aikenii .\iken), may
be an older name for the subgenus Choeroforpa or a synonym of Melanoconion.

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Clasp filament narrowed at tip, the terminal spine widened and
appendiculate 4

2. Anterior crest of clasp filament of appressed or consolidated spines. 3
This crest composed of fine hairs anips

3. Terminal spine of clasp stout; anterior crest solid erraticus

This spine delicate; anterior crest of compressed spines. .. .peccator

4. Outer division of lobe of side piece with a leaf-like appendage. ... 5
Without this structure 9

5. The leaf large and expanded, exceeding the accompanying setae. 6
The leaf small and oval, not exceeding the accompanying setae. 8

6. Harpes with delicate hair-like peeten, the marginal tooth stout,

mutator
Harpes with a distinct comb 7

7. Harpal comb of about 8-10 teeth ; leaf of outer division of lobe

of side piece adjacent to setae leprincei

Harpal comb of about 6 teeth; the leaf free from setx. . .invocator

8. Outer division of lobe of side piece with the leaf adjacent to the

two filaments on basal margin ; second plate of unci bifid,

conspirator

This leaf adjacent to the three filaments on the distal margin;

second plate of unci trifid bastagarius, carcinophilus

9. Second plate of unci without an adjacent pair of hooks or

spines 10

This plate with hooks or spines 11

10. Limbs of second plate of unci subequal chrysonotum

Outer limb of this plate long, the inner short and often bent at

right angles elevator

11. Second plate of unci with a hook on inner margin educator

This plate with a spine on each margin 12

12. Apical portion of second plate quadrate and denticulate. .to/am6di.y
This portion smooth and arcuate inhibitator

46. Culex (Choeroporpa) anips Dyar.

Culex a)iips Dyar, Ins. Ins. Mens., iv, 48, 1916.
Culex (Melanoconiou) anips Dyar and Knab, Ins. Ins. Mens.,
V, 180, 1917.

47. Culex (Choeroporpa) erraticus Dyar and Knab.

Culex (Melanoconion) erraticus Dyar and Knab, Ins. Ins. Mens.,
V, 179, 1917.

48. Culex (Choeroporpa) peccator Dyar and Knab.

Culex {Melanoconiou) peccator Dyar and Knab, Ins. Ins. Mens.,
v, 179, 1917.

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49. Culex (Choeroporpa) mutator Dyar and Knab.

Culex mutator Howard, Dyar and Knab, Monog., iii. 422, 1915.

50. Culex (Choeroporpa) leprincei Dyar and Knab.

Culex leprincei Howard, Dyar and Knab, Monog., iii, 397, 191.5.
Citlex trachycnmpa Howard. Dyar and Knab, Monog., iii, .329,
1915.

The genitaha and larvse of trachycampa and leprincei are
ahke. The separation of the aduhs in the monograph was due
to an error of observation of the female proboscis, being
called swollen in one case and not in the other — an error very
easy to make.

51. Culex (Choeroporpa) invocator Pazos.

Culex invocator Howard, Dyar and Knab, Monog., iii, 323, 1915.

52. Culex (Choeroporpa) conspirator Dyar and Knab.

Culex conspirator Howard, Dyar and Knab, Monog., iii, 410,
1915.

53. Culex (Choeroporpa) carcincphilus Dyar and Knab.

Culex carcmophilus Howard, Dyar and Knab, Monog., iii, 412,
1915.

I have only one male mounted in poor condition and indis-
tinguishable from bastagariiis; but the larvse differ obviously.

54. Culex (Choeroporpa) bastagarius Dyar and Knab.

Culex bastagarius Howard, D.\ar and Knab, Monog., iii, 424,
1915.

55. Culex (Choeroporpa) chrysonotum Dyar and Knab.

Culex chryso-notum Howard, Dyar and Knab, Monog., iii, 310,
1915.

56. Culex (Choeroporpa) inhibitator Dyar and Knab.

Culex inhibitator Howard, Dyar and Knab, Monog., iii, 391, 1915

57. Culex (Choeroporpa) educator Dyar and Knab.

Culex educator Dyar and Knab, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, xiv,

217, 1906.
Culex elevator Howard, Dyar and Knab (in part), Monog., iii,

414, 1915.

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Culex apateticus Howard, Dyar and Knab (in part), Monogr.,
iii, 321, 1915.

58. Culex (Choeroporpa) elevator Dyar and Knab.

Culex elevator Dyar and Knab, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, xiv,

217, 1906.
Culex elevator Howard, Dyar and Knab (in part), Monog., iii,

414, 1915.
Culex apateticus Howard, Dyar and Knab (in part), Monog.,

iii, 321, 1915.

In the monograph we united elevator and educator; but the
genitalia are obviously different. On the other hand, we cre-
ated the new species apateticus, based on a mixture of elevator
and educator. The types of apateticus are three of Jennings'
No. 498, the mounted male being elevator, plus two of Jennings'
No. 454 and one of Jennings' No. 522, the two mounted males
being educator. We placed these in the monograph with hesi-
tator, a Mochlostyrax, but this also was placed wrongly. Both
species should have the female proboscis swollen at the tip,
but we have put them in the "straight proboscis" section.

59. Culex (Chceroporpa) iolambdis, new species.

Male genitalia. — Comb of harpe with about eight teeth; sec-
ond plate of unci with a horn on either side, the tip quadrately
terminated and denticulate ; outer division of lobe of side piece
obsoletely subdivided, the proximal portion bearing a hooked
filament ; at the base is inserted a broad filament but not leaf-
shaped, and on a scarcely distinguishable prominence below
are three crooked filaments. Clasp filament not strongly
swollen, the tip attenuated, truncate, with snout-like termina-
tion ; a groove at end and straight oblique groove across ; setse
very obscure ; cresting pile very small, reaching to near end of
snout.

Only one shde is before me ; near educator, of which I hope
it is not a distorted specimen.

The adult has the tarsi wholly black ; palpi exceeding the
proboscis, black, the last two joints sparsely and evenly haired.
Abdomen entirely black dorsally with brotizy luster ; the venter
appears wholly black.

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Type, male, No. 21f;03. U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Panama, bred by
Mr. A. Riisck but at present without label.

It is jK^ssible that this is the adult of Culex investigator
Dyar and Knab, described from Mexico, the adult being un-
known. The larva of investigator falls in the table with
iuhihitatar, witli tlie adult of which iolambdis is allied.

Subgenus MOCHLOSTYRAX Dyar and Knah

Mochlostyrax Dyar and Knab, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, .xiv, 223,
1906.

T.\BLE OF SpKCIES

1. Second plate of unci with a distinct radial pecten in one angle of

the plate 2

Without this character 5

2. Basal lobes of penultimate segment minute, pointed, hairless,

reductor
These lobes larger with a few or many hairs 3

3. Basal lobe small, few haired; harpes with 6 teeth 4

Basal lobe large, many haired; harpes with s teeth hesitator

4. Tip of clasp filament foot-shaped floridanus

Tip of clasp filament roughly elliptical pilosus

5. Outer division of lobe of side piece forked, bearing many flat

filaments but no leaf caudclU

This part entire, bearing two leaves and two filaments,

peribleptus, moorci

60. Culex (Mochlostyrax) reductor Dyar and Knab.

Culex reductor Howard, Dyar and Knab, Monog., iii, 300, 1015.

61. Culex (Mochlostyrax) hesitator Dyar and Knab.

Culex hesitator Howard, Dyar and Knab. Monog., iii, 310, 1915.
Placed in the wrong section in the monograph. The female
proboscis should be swollen.

62. Culex (Mochlostyrax) floridanus Dyar and Knab.

Culex {Mochlostyrax) floridanus Dyar and Knab, Ins. Ins.
Mens., V, 180, 1917/

0.'). Culex (Mochlostyrax) pilosus Dyar and Knab.

Culex pilosus Howard, Dyar and Knab, Monog., iii, 393, 1915.

• Fresh material shows that the Cuban species (agitator = cubensis = tnastigia)
must be again separated frc>ni the Floridian species (floridanus =: deceptor) on
adult colorational characters.

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64. Culex (Mochlostyrax) caudelli Dyar and Knab.

Culex caudelli Howard, Dyar and Knab, Monog., iii, 395, 1915.

65. Culex (Mochlostyrax) peribleptus Dyar and Knab.

Culex {Mochlostyrax) peribleptus Dyar and Knab, Ins. Ins.
Mens., V, 181, 1917.

QQ. Culex (Mochlostyrax) moorei, new species.

Female. — Vertex of head with narrow curved dark bronzy
scales, reaching the front narrowly ; flat scales black, with a
few white ones intermixed, especially on the eye-margins.
Mesonotum with sparse narrow curved dark bronzy brown
scales, uniform. Abdomen black scaled with small lateral
white spots at the bases of the segments ; venter whitish,
banded with black at the apices of the segments. Legs black,
femora whitish beneath ; knee spots small. Wings with the
scales on the forks of second vein narrowly ovate.

Types, one male, two females, No. 21573, U. S. Nat. Mus. ;
Plantation Plaisance, Georgetown, British Guiana, April lO,
1910, bred from larvae in a ditch (H. W. B. Moore).

Subgenus CARROLLIA Lutz
Carrollia Lutz, Imprensa Medica, SI, 1905.

Table of Species

1. Tip of clasp filament distorted and lobed iridescens

Tip of clasp filament subspherical urichii

67. Culex (Carrollia) iridescens Lutz.

Carrollia iridescens Howard, Dyar and Knab, Monog., iii, 462,
1915.

68. Culex (Carrollia) urichii Coquillett.

Carrollia urichii Howard, Dyar and Knab, Monog., iii, 464, 1915.
Separate subgenera might be made for these two species
on account of the shape of the clasp filament. That of iri-
descens is like Chccroporpa greatly intensified, whereas that
of urichii is on the type of Mochlostyrax.

Subgenus MICROCULEX Theobald
Microculcx Theobald, Mon. Culic, v. 116, 1910.

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Table ok SpRcirs

1. Hairs of outer division of lobe of side piece gathered on a distinct

capitate lobe 2

Not so formed 3

2. This lobe with a narrow leaf consolator

This lobe without a leaf pleuristriatus

3. Inner division of lobe of side piece free from the patch of

setae jcnningsi

Not so formed 4

4. Area of lobe of side piece with many setae 5

This area with few setae 7

5. The majority of the setal patch situated beyond the lobe of side

piece 6

Lobe in the midst of the setal patch rejector, iieglecius

6. Comb of harpe with nine teeth daumasfocampa

This comb with six teeth imitator

7. Some four setae beyond the lobe of the side piece ininiitabilis

Two setae in this position occllatiis

69. Culex (Microculex) consolator Dyar and Knab.

Culc.v consolator Howard. Dyar and Knab, Monog., iii, 439, 19t5.

70. Culex (Microculex) pleuristriatus Theobald.

Culc.v pleuristriatus Howard, Dyar and Knali, Monog., iii, 437,
1915.

Specimens are before me from British Guiana, bred by Mr.
H. W. B. Moore from larvse in Bromelias, Plantation Mocha,
January 4, 1910.

71. Culex (Microculex) jenningsi Dyar and Knab.

Culex jenningsi Howard, Dyar and Knab, Monog., iii. 44:'., 191.").

72. Culex (Microculex) neglectus Lutz.

Culex neglectus Lutz in Bourroul, Mosq. do Brasil, 27, 1904.

The adult has black tarsi, though the genitalia resemble
tliose of rejector, in which the tarsi are ringed.

73. Culex (Microculex) rejector Dyar and Knab.

Culex rejector Howard, Dyar and Knab, Monog., iii, 441, 191.5.

74. Culex (Microculex) daumastocampa Dyar and Knab.

Culex dauDiasfocaiiipa Howard, Dyar and Knab, Monog., iii,
43.5, 1915

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75. Culex (Microculex) imitator Theobald.

Culex imitator Howard, Dyar and Knab, Monog., iii, 430, 1913.

76. Culex (Microculex) inimitabilis Dyar and Knab.

Culex inimitabilis Howard, Dyar and Knab, Monog., iii, 449, 1915.

77. Culex (Microculex) ocellatus Theobald.

Culex ocellatus Howard, Dyar and Knab, Monog., iii, 446, 1915.

The following species, described from America, are unknown
to me in the male at present writing :

Culex virgultus Theobald, Mon. Culic, ii, 123, 1901. Rio de Janeiro.
A'edes nigricorpus Theobald, Mon. Culic, ii, 231, 1901. Amazons.
Culex nigripalpus Theobald, Mon. Culic., ii, 322, 1901. Santa Lucia.
Culex humilis Theobald, Mon. Culic, ii, 336, 1901. Brazil.
Aedcomyia americana Neveu-Lemaire, Arch, de Parasit., vi, 5, 1902.
Melanoconion luteopleurus Theobald, Mon. Culic, iii, 239, 1903. Para.
Melanoconion indecorabilis Theobald, Mon. Culic, iii, 241, 1903. Para.
Melanoconion spissipes Theobald, Mon. Culic, iii, 242, 1903. Trinidad.
Culex albipes Lutz, Bourroul, Mpsq. do Brasil, 6, 1904. Brazil.
Culex spinostis Lutz, Imp. Med., Jan. 25, 1905. Brazil.
Culex lugens Lutz, Imp. Med. Jan. 25, 1905. Brazil.
Melanoconion theobaldi Lutz, Imp. Med., Feb. 10, 1905. Brazil.
Melanoconion fasciolatus Lutz, Imp. Med., Feb. 10, 1905. Brazil.
A'cdinus amazonensis Lutz, Imp. Med., Mar. 25, 1905. Amazons.
Gnophodeomyia inornata Theobald. Journ. Econ. Biol, i, 21, 1905.

British Guiana.*
Culex mortificator Dyar and Knab, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, xiv, 210,

1906. Costa Rica.
Culex bahamcnsis Dyar and Knab, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, xiv, 210,

1906. Bahamas.
Culex simulator Dyar and Knab, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, xiv, 21R,

1906. Trinidad.
Culex barbarus Dyar and Knab, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, xiv, 210, 1906.

Trinidad.
Culex investigator Dyar and Knab, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, xiv, 216,

1906. Mexico.
Culex decorator Dyar and Knab, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, xiv, 218, 190G.

Trinidad.
Culex gravitator Dyar and Knab, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, xiv, 218,

1906. Mexico.

' The name inornata being preoccupied in Culex by Williston in 1896, this form
will take the name aikenii Aiken (Brit. Gniana Med. Ann., 1906. 60, 1907).

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Ciilcx acyiinis Dj'ar and Knab, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xix, 169, 1906.

Trinidad.
Culex subfuscus Theobald, Mon. Culic, iv, 403, 1907. Jamaica.
Culc.v latcropunctata Theol)ald, Mon. Culic, iv, 45S, 1907. British

Guiana."
Melaiiocoiiion aiiiiiilipcs Theobald, Mon. Culic, iv, 512, 1907. Jamaica.
Culcx tociiiopus Dyar and Knab, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, xv, 100,

1907. Nicaragua.
Culcx fur Dyar and Knab, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc. xv, 13, 1907.

Panama.
Culex corrigaiii Dyar and Knab, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, xv, 203, 1907.

Panama.
Culcx cgbcrti Dyar and Knab, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, xv, 214, 1907.

Florida.
Melanoconion chrysothorax Peryassu, Mosq. do Brazil, 244, 1908.

Brazil.'
Melanoconion thcobaldi Peryassu, Os Culic do Brazil, 336, 1908.
Melanoconion fasciolatuni Peryassu, Os Culic. do Brazil, 339, 1908.
Dcinoceritcs tctraspathus Dyar and Knab, Smiths. Misc. Colls., quart.

iss.. Hi, 260, 1909. Nicaragua.
Culcx ignobilis Dyar and Knab, Proc. Ent. Soc Wash., xi, 39, 1909.

Cuba.
Culex lynchii Brethes, Bol. Inst. Ent. y. Pat. Veg., i, 30, 1913. Argen-
tina.
Culcx caraibens Howard, Dyar and Knab, Mosq. N. Cent. Am. &

VV. I., iii, 257, 1915. Barbados.
Culcx dclys Howard, Dyar and Knab, Mosq. N. Cent. Am. & W. I.,

iii, 317, 1915. Panama.
Culex bonaricnsis Brethes, Ann. Mus. Nac Hist. Nat., B. A., xxviii,

213, 1916. Argentina.

Culcx intrincatus Brethes, Ann. Mus. Nac. Hist. Nat., B. A., xxviii,

214, 1916. Argentina.

Culex pose Dyar and Knab, Ins. Ins. Mens., v, 182, 1917. Texas.

* This is doubtless a synonym of Culex equivocator D. & K., as suggested by us
in the monograph (vol. iii, p. 329, 1915).

- Not N eomclanic onion chrysothorax Newstead & Thomas. See Knab, Appen-
dix to Report of First Expedition to South America, 1913, Harvard School of
Tropical Medicine. 217, 191.5.

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A NOTE ON THE AMERICAN SPECIES OF

MANSONIA

(Diptera, Culicidce)
By HARRISON G. DYAR

In discussing this genus in the monograph/ we lacked males
of many of the species treated. We also received too late for
insertion data on the oviposition of M. titillans Walk. This
latter has been discussed by the writer and Mr. Knab in this
journal (Ins. Ins. Mens., iv, 61, 1916). Most of the missing
males have now come to hand and the genitalic table may be
recast as follows:

Clasp-filament branched; process from the angle of excavation of side
piece long, swollen at tip, with a short inserted rod.

titillans Walker, flaveolus Coquillett
Clasp-filament simple; process short, at least shorter than the rod, not
swollen at tip.

Rod and process both long, exceeding end of side-piece.

coticula Dyar & Knab
Process distinctly short ; tip of rod not reaching end of side-piece.
Unci swollen at tip, with two outward and one retrose teeth.

fasciolatus Arribalzaga
Unci finely toothed at tip with double dentate inner membrane.

perturhans Walker
Unci simple, membranous nigricans Coquillett

Subgenus MANSONIA Blanchard

Eggs deposited attached to the under side of floating leaves.

Mansonia titillans Walker.

Howard, Dyar & Knab, Monog., iii, 516, 1915.
Dyar & Knab, Ins. Ins. Mens., iv, 61, 1916.

M. flaveolus Coq. is doubtless but a variation of titillans.
The male genitalia do not dififer and the single male type has
now been matched by a female from Panama, the male being
from the Island of St. Thomas. These localities are widely
separated, showing that flaveolus occurs as a rare aberration of
titillans throughout its range.

Howard. Dyar & Knab, Mosq. N. & Cent. Am. & W. I., iii. .'>04. 1915.

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Mansonia pseudotitillans Theobald.

Panoplites pseiidoiitiUans Theobald, Mon. Culic, ii, 178, 1901.
Mansonia pseudotitillans Theobald, Mon. Culic, v, 448, 1910.
Mansonia pseudotitillans Howard, Dyar & Knab, Monog., iii, 521,
1915.

Evidently close to titillans if not identical. It is described as
slightly larger and of a yellowish brown tint. The male is not
known.

Mansonia humeralis Dyar & Knab.

Dyar & Knab, Ins. Ins. Mens., iv, 01. 1916.

No male of this interesting species has yet come to hand, nor
have we noted specimens from any other than the type locality.
The genitalia should be of the type of titillans.

Mansonia amazonensis Theobald.

Panoplites anta^onensis Theobald, Mon. Culic, ii, 182, 1901.
Mansonia amazonensis Theobald, Mon. Culic, v, 450, 1910.

Evidently allied to humeralis, but the golden scales cover the
front of the mesonotum instead of being confined to the shoul-
ders. The male is unknown.

Subgenus COQUILLETTIDIA Dyar

Eggs deposited in floating boat-shaped masses!

Mansonia perturbans Walker.

Howard. Dyar & Knab, Monog., iii, 505, 1915.

M. ochropus Dyar & Knab is probably a rare aberration of
this species, comparable to the ftaveolus form of titillans. The
only specimen known was taken by me near Lake Winnepe-
saukee, New Hampshire, in company with normal perturbans.

Mansonia nigricans Coquillett.

Howard, Dyar & Knab, Monog., iii, 511, 1915.

Male genitalia. — Clasp filament simple, slender, with a long
terminal spine. Side piece three times as long as wide, conical,
excavated at base ; apex of excavation thickened, shortly pro-
duced and bearing a long spine, about half as long as the side
piece. Harpes slender, curved, with two claws at tip. Unci

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membranous, cylindrical, truncate ; a short triangular process
on each side.

Mansonia coticula Dyar & Knab.

Howard, Dyar & Knab, Monog., iii, 515, 1915.

Male genitalia. — Clasp filament simple, but enlarged at base,
rather stout and thickened outwardly ; a rather large terminal
spine. Side piece less than three times as long as wide, conical,
excavated at base ; apex of excavation thickened and produced
into a rod three times as long as wide, bearing a long stout in-
serted spine which exceeds the end of the side piece. Harpe?-
rather slender, oblique, scarcely curved, bearing three long
claws and a short one at tip. Unci stout, strongly chitinized,
erect, ending in a single blunt smooth tooth ; lateral margin
folded over in an angle ; a rather long pointed process on each
side.

Mansonia fasciolatus Lynch A.

Howard, Dyar & Knab., Monog.. iii, 512, 1915.

Male genitalia. — Clasp filament simple, slender, narrowed at
tip, with a small inserted terminal spine. Side piece three
times as long as wide, conical, excavated at base; apex of ex-
cavation thickened, shortly produced and bearing a stout spine
(or two such), about a quarter as long as the side piece.
Harpes slender, oblique, scarcely curved, bearing about five
short teeth at the tip. Unci stout, strongly chitinized, erect,
ending in two teeth directed inward and one directed outward ;
a rather long pointed process on each side.

Mansonia arribalzagae Theobald.

Tceniorhynchus arribdlsagcc Theobald, Mon. Culic, iii, 261, 1903.
Tceniorhynchus arribalzagcc Goeldi, Os Mosq. no Para, 110, pi. G,

figs. 72-74, 80; col. pi. ii, fig. 8, 1905.
Tceniorhynchus arribahagcc Theobald, Mon. Culic, v, 420, 1910.

Allied to fasciolatus, but with less ornamentation and a dull
red mesonotum. The male genitalia have not been made
known.

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Mansonla juxtamansonia Peryassu.

Taniorhynchus juxta-mansonia Peryassu, Os Culic. do Brazil,
223, 1908.

Very close to fasciolatus, but the mesonotum with a broad
central golden band instead of a narrow double golden line,
while the wing-scales are somewhat broader. The male is
unknown.

Mansonia albicosta Peryassu.

Tceniorhynchiis albicosta Peryassu, Os Culic. do Brazil, 220, 1908.

Also close to fasciolatus, the mesonotum as in the preceding,
the wing-scales rather narrow, dark, a row of white ones on
the basal fourth of the second vein. The male is unknown.

Mansonia hypocindyna, new species.

Close to fasciolatus, but the wing-scales black and white.
Proboscis dark brown with a white ring at the middle and tip
white. Mesonotum with the golden scales dividing into four
narrow lines anteriorly, two on each side posteriorly, sepa-
rated by a bare space. Abdomen black, with white lateral
triangular segmental spots. Wings with the scales rather
broad, black and white evenly mixed, the black about twice as
numerous as the white; no long line of white scales at the base
of the wing. Legs black, the femora pale except at tip below,
a white line on the front side, with a narrow white ring near
apex ; tibiae with a row of white specks below, becoming a long
line and a dot on tlie hind pair ; tarsi ringed with white on both
ends of the joints, very narrowly so outwardly.

Type, Cat. No. 21720, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Sao Paulo, Brazil
(Dr. A. Lutz).

Only the single female is before me.

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A NEW PHYSOTHRIPS FROM WESTERN AFRICA

{Thysanoptera)

Bv J. DOUGLAS HOOD

Physothrips ventralis, new species.

Female ( macropterous ) . — Length about 1.1 mm. Color
blackish brown, with knees, apices of tibi?e, tarsi, and third
antennal segment yellowish ; ocellar and thoracic pigmentation
orange-red ; wings uniform dark grayish brown. Head abovit
1.3 times as wide as long, cheeks slightly rounded; interocellar
bristles fully one-third the length of head. Eyes about 0.G5
as long as head. Antennre about 2.1 times as long as head,
blackish brown, segment o grayish yellow. Prothorax very
slightly shorter than head and 1.5 times as wide as long, trans-
versely striate, bristles at posterior angles five-eighths the
length of pronotum. Anterior vein of fore wing with 3 -[- ^
spines near base and two near tip. Abdomen without sculpture;
comb on segment 8 continuous ; segment 1 0 divided above in
apical half.

Measurements: Length 1.12 mm.; head, length. 0.132 mm.,
width 0.149 mm.; prothorax, length, 0.128 mm., width 0.192
mm.; pterothorax. width 0.2oO mm.; abdomen, width, 0.312
mm. Antennal segments: 1, 24^; 2, 35[x ; 3, 53^1 ; 4, 52|i; 5,
39[.i; 6, 50n; T, 9|i; 8, K^i; total length of antenna, 0.278 mm.;
width at segment 3, 53fx.

Male (macropterous). — Length about 0.8 mm. Sternites
3-T each with two nearly regular transverse rows of from
5 to 9 circular pale areas. Ninth tergite without distinct
armature.

Described from numerous specimens of both sexes collected
from a large variety of flowers in Kamerun and at Ibadan,
Southern Nigeria, in 191') and 191(i, by Lieut. Arthur W.
Jobbins-Pomeroy.

The male characters separate it readily from funtumiec.

Date of publication, April 10, 1918.

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Frederick Knab.

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Contents of Vol. VI, Nos. 4-6, April-June, 1918

Page
The Male Genitalia of Aedes as Indicative of Natural Affinities. By

Harrison G. Dyar 71

A Revision of the American Species of Culex on the Male Genitalia.

By Harrison G. Dyar 86

A Note on the American Species of Mansonia. By Harrison G. Dyar 112

A New Physothrips from Western Africa. By J. Douglas Hood 116

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CAMERON'S AUSTRALIAN CHALCID-FLIES

By a. a. GIRAULT

Through the courtesy of Mr. Froggatt, of Sydney, I have
been able to examine many of the types or cotypes of chalcid-
flies described by the late Peter Cameron, as follows :

At first, it is to be regretted that, as seems to be usual, none
of the types could be dissected, so that, also as seems to be
usual, I am required to guess in some cases.

Chalcis froggatti.

Position correct. Hind femur laterad has a round red spot
center, connected with dorsal edge which is red along distal
half.

Anthrocephalus spilogaster.

Is Stomatoccras if the club is solid; funicle 1 quadrate,
shorter than pedicel or than 2. Hind femur as in the named
genus. Fore wings with a faint crescent.

A. erythrogaster.

The same genus as preceding; wings as in preceding.

Chalcis pomonae.

Has the abdomen of Stomatoceras ; postmarginal vein longer
than the stigmal ; antenna? on line with eye ends ; typical save
abdomen and antennae ; wings hyaline, club reddish.

Anthrocephalus marginiceps.

Stomatoceroidcs most likely, funicle 1 elongate, pedicel very
short and other characters agree ; wings clear ; ring- joint not

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verified ; postmarginal none, stigmal subobsolete, marginal
short, thick. Male.

Xanthroeurytoma flava.

A Perilampid. Antennae a bit above eye ends ; stigmal equals
postmarginal, the latter less than half the marginal, latter
widening at apex ; 6 subequal funicles, all wider than long ;
stigmal curved ; axillae meeting ; scutellum large, simple. Males.

Euplectrus howardi Olliff.

Like Tctrastichiis but abdomen with a transverse, striate
petiole ; latero-caudal angle of propodeum spined or acute ; pro-
podeum tricarinate, subfoveate between ; sculpture ordinary for
the group ; f unicle 1 twice longer than wide, 3 quadrate, pedicel
a bit shorter than 1, club spined. One ring- joint only. From
type.

Callimome reticulatus Cameron.

Appears to be Paruricllo but hind tibiae not examined ; post-
marginal somewhat longer than stigmal ; description correct.

C. graminis.

Two males were present, one an Eupelmus ( ?), the other a
Paruriella.

Podagrion spilopteron.

Propodagrion ; postmarginal longer than stigmal; scutellum
polished distad of the cross-suture of punctures ; petiole short ;
hind femoral teeth not large, more than 7.

Irichohaltichella pilosella Cameron.

A male Stomatoceroides, apparently, with nothing peculiar
about it. Segment 2 of abdomen half the surface, striate
above, antennae filiform, the ring-joint verified. Postmarginal
absent, stigmal short. Funicle 1 elongate, pedicel very short.

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DESCRIPTIONS OF HITHERTO UNKNOWN
LARV^ OF CULEX

{Dipt era, Culicida)
By HARRISON G. DYAR and HARVEY P. BARRET

Five species of Ciilcx recognized from the United States are
unknown in the larval state. We are able to make known one
of these herewith.

Culex peccator Dyar & Knab.

Head broad and transverse, bulging on the sides, marked
with black in a large patch on the posterior angle and a smaller
patch before antenna. Antennae large, slightly swollen on the
basal two-thirds, the apical third narrower, a large multiple
tuft at the notch; two of the terminal setae very long; basal
two-thirds white, stained with brown at base, outer portion
brown. The antennae when projected forward are consider-
ably longer than the head, distinctly spipose. Head hairs,
upper a small tuft of about eight, line and short ; lower long,
single, stout ; anteantennal tuft multiple, coarse and feathered.
Skin of the body distinctly pilose. Lateral comb of the eighth
segment of about 14 scales in a double row, becoming single
below, the single scale pointed, thorn-like, not feathered. Air-
tube straight, tapering toward base, about six times as long as
wide, glabrous ; pecten of about 12 teeth on basal third of tube,
followed by five paired tufts in a straight line, multiple and
diminishing somewhat in length outwardly ; tvibe slightly flared
at the tip. Anal segment longer than wide, pilose, ringed by
the plate. Anal gills moderate, about as long as the segment.

The larvae were found beneath the overhanging bank of a
stream at the head of an artificial lake, also in small pools in
marshy ground at the head of the lake. At this point there
was very little perceptible current in midstream and practically
no current at the edge. The banks were jagged and afforded
many small harbors for lodgment of the larvae. The larvae
were present in only fairly large numbers and were associated
with C. saxatilis Grossb. Superficially they resemble C. saxa-

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tilis, though darker in color, and presenting rather conspicuous
white bands at the base of the antennae.
Taken at Charlotte, N. C, August, 1917.

Culex floridanus Dyar & Knab.

The northernmost record of this species heretofore is Geor-
gia. A few larvae were found in a temporary rain pool along
a newly made street. The larvae were rather scarce as only
one was found at the first visit to this locality and four more
a month later. Their scarcity may have been in part due to the
presence of predacious larvae in the same pool. The larvae
were greyish in color and were rather small. They resembled,
somewhat, Psorophora discolor, with which they were found,
and had the same habit of lying inverted at the bottom of the
pool. Two specimens were bred to maturity.

Taken at Charlotte, N. C, July and August, 1915.

NEW AMERICAN MOSQUITOES

{Dipt era, Culi cider)
By HARRISON G. DYAR

Wyeomyia aphobema, new species.

Male. Proboscis long, downcurved at the apical third and
swollen at the tip, clothed with black scales ; palpi about one-
eighth the length of the proboscis, black ; clypeus and tori
nude; antennae with the last two joints elongate and thickened,
with short hairs, the others white at their tips and with basal
whorls of long cilia ; eyes broadly contiguous at the vertex, but
separated in front by a narrow wedge of integument; occiput
clothed with black scales with a bluish luster, a white margin
on the sides below. Prothoracic lobes collar-like, clothed with
dark shining blue scales, showing a violet reflection. Meso-
notum with large dark brown scales. Postnotum nude. Abdo-
men blackish brown above, white below, the colors separated
on the sides in a nearly straight line. Legs long and slender,
the front femora as long as the middle ones, hind femora
shorter ; hind tibiae slightly swollen at tip ; coloration bronzy

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blackish ; mid tarsi silvery white below on most of the second
and all of the third to fifth joints; front tarsi with a whitish
reflection beneath ; hind tarsi dark. Wings faintly smoky, the
scales dark, rather broadly ligulate outwardly.

Genitalia : Side pieces broadly conical, not longer than wide,
each bearing near the base a tuft of long, thick, pointed spines,
which extend beyond the end of the side-piece; clasp-filament
long, slender, simple, being only a little swollen outwardly and
with a few scattered set?e ; three short terminal spines. Basal
structures reduced, invisible. Basal appendages with foliate
plates.

Type, male, No. 21915, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Lawa River,
Surinam, the larv?e found in Bromeliaceae, March, 1917 (Mrs.
J. Bonne-Wepster).

This species is provisionally placed in IVycomyia. probably
requiring a new genus. It would fall in Sabcthinus by the
monograph tables, but seems out of place there. The peculiar
genitalia, totally unlike those of any other Sabethid known to
me, suggest those of Uranotaenia.

Culex (Culex) surinamensis, new species.

Proboscis showing a broad pale band below in the female,
white-ringed in the male ; occiput with brown scales, the eyes
margined with white ; mesonotum with narrow curved dark
golden brown scales ; abdomen black, with broad basal seg-
mental white bands in both sexes ; venter with black apical
bands. Legs black, the femora pale below, the tibire white-
lined on the under side nearly to apex ; tarsi with moderate
white rings at both ends of the joints, the last joint like the
others.

Types, No. 21912, U. S. Nat. Mus.; Marowyne and Lawa
Rivers, Surinam, bred from larvse in a rock pool and in a
water barrel, March, 1917 (Mrs. J. Bonne-Wepster).

The adult has the coloration of coronator D. & K. and
ousqua Dyar. The definition is by the male genitalia, which
are as in coronator, except that the outer tooth of the second
uncal plate is small and rounded, like a little thumb, instead of

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long, slender and sharply angled, as it is in both coronator
and onsqua.

The larva, also, differs markedly from that of coronator,
having a comparatively stout and uniform air-tube without
trace of the crown of subapical spines.

Culex (Culex) usquatus, new^ species.

Proboscis showing a broad pale band below in the female,
white ringed in the male ; occiput with brown scales, the eyes
margined with white ; mesonotum with narrow curved dark
golden brown scales ; abdomen black, with broad basal seg-
mental white bands in both sexes ; venter with traces of black-
ish apical bands. Legs black, the femora pale below, the tibiae
white-lined on the under side ; tarsi with small white rings at
both ends of the joints, the last joint with the tip black.

Types, No. 21913, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; two males and three
females, "many larvee found in old boats, in a fallen, nearly
burned tree, in very dirty puddles, in water barrels, sometimes
Lutsia allostigma preying upon them. Only once found far
from human habitations ; in all other cases the breeding-places
were near houses. February, 1917. Marowyne and Lawa
Rivers. Also, February, 1918. Surinam River" (Mrs. J.
Bonne- Wepster).

The adult has the coloration of coronator D. & K., oitsqiia
Dyar and sitrinamensis, described above. The definition is by
the male genitalia, which have the upper tooth of the second
uncal plate a small straight blade, pointed, but not bent ; the
lobe of the side-piece is scarcely divided, having outwardly a
group of five spines, inwardly the three usual rods, but supple-
mented basally by a stout spine and a seta ; the tip of the side-
piece bears a dense group of about eight stout set^e, situated
upon a rounded prominence.

The larva has a long slender air-tube with two or three
spines subapically, much as in ousqua.

Culex (Melanoconion) zeteci, new species.

Male. Palpi longer than the proboscis, the last two joints
hairy ; legs witli the femora whitish below and with distinct

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knee-spots, the tips of the tihise also whitish ; tarsi black, un-
l)an(led. Integument of the thorax brown, of the abdomen
gray, with the tips of the segments blackish, distinctly lighter
than in Ciilex educator and C. hcsitator. The specimen is of
about the size of these species or slightly larger, comparable
with the smallest males of C. quinqucfasciatits. The specimen
is completely denuded of scales.

Genitalia. Clasp filament long, narrowed outwardly, sinuate
on the apical third but not enlarged at tip (possibly it is ellip-
tically enlarged at tip with a strong central groove, the part
below the groove membranous. The mount is not very clear.
If this is the case, the species may be placed in Chocroporpa).
Side-pieces three times as long as wide, excavated on the basal
two-thirds within ; subapical process divided, the outer limb
bearing an elliptical leaf bent to one side, closely accompanied
by about five fine setae, not as long as the leaf ; inner limb
stouter than the outer, with a large flattened filament with
spoon-shaped tip and a second filament inserted on the basal
third of the limb. Harpes comb-shaped with about eight
strong teeth. Unci divided, the plates all flat, none hook-like ;
first plate narrowly triangular, dark brown ; second plate elon-
gate, reaching the middle of the side-piece, triangular, mem-
branous, with a sharp pointed brown tip ; third plate long,
membranous, columnar, the tip curved over and rounded ;
lateral plates double, a large triangular dark brown outer one
covering a narrowly triangular, roundedly pointed membranous
inner one.

Type, male, No. 21778, U. vS. Nat. Mus. ; Gatun, Canal Zone,
Panama, January K!, 10i;i (J. Zetek).

Culex (Melanoconion) dunni, new species.

Head with a broad area of narrow curved scales behind,
largely pale and mixed with ui)right forked black ones ; an
area of flat white scales on the sides, running up along the
margins of the eyes, but not reaching vertex. Mesonotum
l)ale brown, longitudinally lined with darker brown, clothed
with narrow curved bronzy brown scales and long black bris-
tles. Abdomen black dorsally in the female with lateral whitish

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basal segmental spots ; showing white basal bands in the male
after the second segment; venter whitish, the segments apically
banded with black. Legs bronzy black, knee-spots and tips of
tibiae narrowly whitish ; femora pale beneath. Wing scales
brown, ovate, spinose along costal edge.

Male genitalia. Clasp filament simple, constricted at basal
third, the spine subterminal, widened and appendicnlate ; side-
piece about twice as long as wide, conical, excavate at the base ;
lobe divided, a basal portion nearly sessile consisting of four
spines, one stouter and on a more elevated pedicel ; outer
division pedicellate, of four short spines and a large leaf-like
appendage. Harpes long-stemmed, comb-shaped, with 8 or 9
teeth. Unci with the basal plate slender and recurved into a
pair of hooks ; two pairs of slender upright plates, the central
one denticulate ; sublateral plate very large, bifid, the inner
arm forming a large horn-like plate, the outer one finger-
shaped and sinuate.

Types, No. 21714, U. vS. Nat. Mus. ; male and female, Man-
dingo River, Panama, bred from larvae associated with Pistia
(L. H. Dunn).

Culex (Choeroporpa) tecmarsis, new species.

Head with a narrow area of small scales in the nape, not
reaching the vertex, the remaining scales broad and flat, black
and white, the white predominating. Mesonotum pale brown,
with darker longitudinal linings, clothed with dense narrow
curved bronzy brown scales and black bristles, the general
efifect dark brown. Abdomen black dorsally in both sexes ;
lateral spots faint, pale, alike in both sexes ; venter pale, very
broadly banded with black at the apices of the segments. In-
tegument of pleura and leg-bases dark brown ; legs black, the
femora paler beneath, but still of a brown tint. Wing scales
dark brown, ovate, only the outstanding ones on base of third
vein ligulate.

Male genitalia. Clasp filament narrowly snout-shaped, the
tip distinct and upturned; the spine widened and appendiculate ;
eye-shaped insertion of the seta proportionately large; dorsal
aspect finely pilose. Side-pieces twice as long as wide,

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swollen, tending to be spherical, excavate at base ; lobe divided,
the inner portion with two long distorted rods with spoon-
shaped tips, one inserted beyond the other ; outer portion bear-
ing four filamentous curved rods and a long-stemmed trans-
versely elliptical leaf -shaped appendage. Harpes comb-shaped
with nine teeth. Unci with the first plate narrowed and hook-
like but not very slender nor long ; second plate stout, concave,
bifid and widened at tip without accompanying hooks ; sub-
lateral plate broad, with a finger-shaped process on the outer
angle. Basal lobes long, reaching to middle of side-piece, the
setcie forming a dense tuft at tip.

Types, No. 21715. U. S. Nat. Mus. ; two males and a female,
Trinidad River, Panama, males, June 9, 1912, female, May 5,
1911, taken at light (A. Busck).

Culex (Helcoporpa, new subgenus) menytes, new species.

Head with narrow curved whitish scales over the nape and
vertex, broad white ones low on the sides ; many erect black
forked scales. Mesonotum brown, longitudinally lined with
darker brown, clothed with narrow curved bronzy brown
scales and brown bristles. Abdomen entirely black, bronzy
above, dull on the venter. Legs bronzy brown, the coxse and
the femora below pale. Wing scales dark brown, ovate,
spinose along costal edge.

Male genitalia. Clasp filament attenuated at outer third, the
tip obliquely elliptically excavate, hollowed, a curved spine at
the tip ; dorsal margin minutely hirsute. Side-piece swollen,
about twice as long as wide, excavate at base ; lobe divided,
the inner part with one large sinuate filamentous appendage
and a small rod ; the other with an elliptical flattened append-
age with incised hooked tip, a fan-shaped leaf obliquely ter-
minated and two small setse. Harpes comb-shaped, the tips
recurved in the shape of a hook, about 12 teeth, somewhat
spreading and not closely set. Basal plate of the unci trig-
onate. not hooked; second plate short, ill-defined; third plate
with laterally projecting tooth; sublateral plate not strongly
developed. Basal lobes conical, large but not long.

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Type, No. 21716, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; male, Trinidad River,
Panama, March 20, 1912 (A. Busck).

The new subgenus is founded on the male genitalia, which
differ from Chocroporpa in the elliptical sucker-like termina-
tion of the clasp filament. The last plate of the unci ends in
a sharp tooth, recalling Microculex ; but the point is laterally
directed, not retrose.

Culex (Mochlostyrax) alogistus, new species.

Bronzy black. Occiput clothed with flat broad white scales,
only a few black ones present ; mesonotum dark brown, the
scales small, sparse and bronzy brown ; abdomen black above,
bronzy shaded, with lateral, basal segmental white spots in
both sexes ; legs black, the femora white below ; wing-scales
black, those on the second to fourth veins ovate. A small,
dark species with white head.

Types, No. 21914, U. S. Nat. Mus., four males and one
female ; bred from larv?e in temporary pools, lying on their
backs on the bottom, Surinam (Mrs. J. Bonne-Wepster).

The male genitalia are distinctive ; characters in general of
hesitator D. & K., but the basal lobes of the penultimate seg-
ment enormously developed, bearing long hairs that reach to
the tips of the side-pieces.

The larv?e have typical Mochlostyrax structure.

Psorophcra (Psorophora) ctites, new species.

Entirely as in P. ciliata Fab., except for the absence of the
raised scales on the legs, palpi and base of proboscis. Head
with median bare space, the scales flat and white ; bristles
yellowish ; some erect slender black scales behind. Mesonotum
with a median line of golden yellow scales, subdorsal area
nude ; lateral areas with flat white scales. Abdomen wholly
gray-scaled posteriorly, with lateral areas of blackish scales in
front ; venter with sparse gray scales. Legs black-scaled, the
scales appressed, none broadly spatulated or erected; femora
pale beneath ; tarsi with white rings at the bases of the joints,
becoming smaller outwardly, the fifth joint not ringed. Wings

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smoky hyaline, the costal half distinctly infuscated; scales
ligulate, brown.

Types, No. 21717, U. S. Nat. Alus., three females, Browns-
ville, Texas, August 28, lOUi (M. M. High). A single male
is too much rubbed to be certain of the association. P. ciliata
occurs also at Brownsville. It is recorded in the monograph^
l)ut, although the particular specimen has disappeared from the
collection, I have another, taken by Mr. M. M. High.

Psorophora (Janthinosoma) texanum Dyar & Knab.

Many specimens were collected by Mr. M. M. High in
Brownsville, Texas, including a number of males. The geni-
talia do not differ from those of toltccum, as figured in the
monograph^ (vol. H, plate 22, fig. 155, 1912). The male
genitalia were not previously observed (Monograph, vol. IV,
p. 529, 1917), and are accordingly made known, although not
showing special diagnostic characters.

Aedes (Ochlerotatus) eucephalaeus, new^ species.

Head clothed with silvery white scales, only a small patch
of black ones on each side ; mesonotum with dark bronzy
brown scales, a narrow stripe of silvery ones from the anterior
edge to antescutellar space. Abdomen black above, with large
lateral segmental basal silvery white spots, the venter white
with traces of apical dark bands. Legs black, the femora pale
beneath.

Close to serratiis Theobald, but much smaller and with more
white on the head.

Male genitalia. Side-pieces conical, about three times as
long as wide, the clasp-filament long with long terminal spine ;
apical lobe minute, nude ; basal lobe with a spine detached on
one side, the head rounded-capitate with many short curved
setse. Harpes small, concave, with curved tips. Harpagones
with moderately long slender stem, the filament short, small,
sickle-shaped. Unci small, revolute, conical. Basal append-
ages with four spines.

' Howard, Dyar & Knah, Mosq. of Nort.h &• Cent. Am. & W. I., 1912-1!)17.

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The larva falls with scrratits, but has less teeth in the lateral
comb of the eighth segment, namely about seven instead of the
ten or more in serratus. The anal gills are large and con-
spicuously tracheate.

Types, No. 21911, U. S. Nat. Mus., three males and two
females, bred from larvae lying on their backs on the bottom
of temporary rainpools in sandy land, Surinam, March 12 to
20, 1918 (Mrs. J. Bonne-Wepster).

Aedes (Ochlerotatus) nubilus Theobald.

Culex nubilus Theobald, Mon. Culic, iii, 208, 1903. ( $ )
A'cdcs polyagrus Dyar, Ins. Ins. Mens., vi, 77, note, 1918. { $ )

Mrs. Bonne-Wepster sends bred specimens from identical
larvae, the males with a silvery median mesonotal stripe, the
females entirely without this marked ornamentation. The
species is therefore sexually dimorphic.

Aedes (Ochlerotatus) camposanus, new species.

Female. Proboscis black-scaled. Occiput with flat white
scales, the erect forked scales on the nape brown, and giving
a brown shade to the posterior portion of the head. Meso-
notum with silvery white scales in a broad patch over the
anterior two-thirds, the anterior margin and posterior third
golden brown ; a yellow streak before the antescutellar space.
Rarely this white patch is golden yellow. Abdomen black
above, with lateral triangular basal segmental silvery white
spots ; venter white with traces of apical segmental black bands.
In some specimens there are basal median white spots dorsally,
which form a continuous line on the last three segments.
Femora white, their tips black ; tibiae black with a broad white
line on the under side, not reaching base or apex, most dis-
tinct on the hind pair; tarsi black, with a white reflection
below, most distinct on the first joint. Claws toothed. Wing-
scales wholly dark.

Male. Coloration as in the female. Genitalia with the side-
pieces long and slender, about four times as long as wide,
conical ; apical lobe rather small, nude ; basal lobe small,
rounded with few short hairs, a very stout spine on its margin.

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Harpagones nearly half as long as the side-piece, the apical
filament long, slenderly sickle-shaped or a little expanded in
the middle. Harpes concave with revolute margins. Unci
conical. Basal appendages short and stout, with four setae on
the tip and one at the side. Clasp filament simple with long
terminal spine.

Types, male and female, No. 2ma, U. S. Nat. Mus. Also
52 other specimens, Guayaquil, Ecuador ( F. Campos R.).

Allied to A. scapularis Rondani, but the male genitalia with-
out a retrose spine on the filament of the harpago.

Named in honor of the collector. Prof. F. Campos Riba-
deneira.

Aedes (Taeniorhynchus?) thelcter, new species.

Head and mesonotum with dense narrow curved golden
yellow scales. Abdomen black, with median segmental patches
of yellowish white scales, forming large triangular basal spots,
on the first segment almost reaching apex ; similarly colored
lateral patches, larger, leaving only a small space at apices of
segments black ; venter entirely pale yellowish scaled. Wing
scales black, narrow. Legs, femora pale below, tibise brownish,
tarsi black. Claws toothed.

Type, No. 21718, U. S. Nat. Alus., female, Brownsville,
Texas, August 29, 19](i (M. M. High). Thirty-two other
females are before me from the same collector, but all in poor
condition. If this species belongs in the subgenus Taenior-
hynchus, as surmised, the larvae may be found in rock-holes
along the river; but the species may belong in Ochlcrotatus.
In the absence of a male, I do not feel certain.

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NEW MOTHS FROM MEXICO AND CUBA

(Lcpidoptera)

By HARRISON G. DYAR

Family NOCTUID^
Subfamily HADENIN^

Hyssia umbera, new species.

Male antennae minutely fasciculate. Head and thorax black-
ish brown ; abdomen light brown, the anal tufts ocher. Fore
wing broad, obscure dark brown, the lines faintly shown; base
darker shaded, bounded by a black inner line, which forms an
outward arc below median vein ; reniform upright, narrow,
constricted, outlined in black, followed by a rounded lighter
area ; outer line pale, denticulate, excurved over cell ; subter-
minal line dark, clouded, showing as spottings opposite cell
and in submedian interspace ; fringe with black basal line, a
little touched with ocherous at the ends of the veins. Hind
wing fuscous shaded, lighter on the disk and touched with
ocherous at base on inner margin and at the ends of the veins ;
a black terminal line. Expanse, 37 mm.

Type, male. No. 21725, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Zacualpan, Mexico,
July. 1917 (R. Miiller).

Hydroeciodes mormon, new species.

Head, thorax and abdomen dark brown ; anal tuft pale, with
a little purple intermixed. Fore wing with ground ocher
flecked with orange, but showing only in the stigmata and sub-
terminally ; dark brown ; lines slender, blackish ; inner cutting
the ocher claviform area straightly, angled on vein 1 ; outer
half of claviform with a longitudinal line; orbicular round,
ocher, orange-centered ; reniform ocher spotted on upper inner
corner and outer center ; an oblique white spot on lower inner
corner, its point between the two lower outer spots ; five
rounded white outer spots ; outer line dentate on the veins ;
space beyond spotted with orange-ocher before and beyond
the clouded subterminal line ; terminal space dark. Hind wing
ocherous on the disk, veins, discal mark and outer area blackish

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shaded ; a dark terminal line ; fringe with some reddish. Ex-
panse, 31 mm. Male antennae lengthily bipectinated on basal
three-fourths.

Type, male. No. 2172(5, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Zacualpan, Mexico,
January, 1917 (R. Miiller).

Hydroeciodes impica, new species.

Head and thorax dark brown intermixed with reddish ; ab-
domen black above, sides, venter and anal segment light pur-
plish. Fore wing dark ocher, densely irrorate with red-brown ;
median space blackish shaded ; terminal space solidly dark
brown ; inner line dark brown, obscure, forming three arcs ;
orbicular and claviform obscure, light, large and rounded but
not contrasted ; a blackish median shade-line, bent in cell ;
orbicular large, rounded, ocher and reddish, containing a
curved red bar, the marginal spots yellow, confluent, except at
lower inner and outer corners and upper outer corner; outer
line dentate on the veins, dark, narrow, not contrasted ; inner
edge of terminal space waved. Hind wing soiled whitish, veins
and terminal line dark brown ; fringe faintly reddish. Ex-
panse, 33 mm.

Type, female, No. 21727, U. S. Nat. Mus.; Zacualpan,
Mexico, December, 1017 (R. Miiller).

Hydroeciodes traversa, new species.

Head and thorax orange and dark ocher, the patagia fringed
with brown ; abdomen brown with purplish tint, the basal tuft
Ijlackish. Male antenn?e minutely ciliate. Fore wing red-
brown, irrorate with ocher ; costal edge and outer half of inner
margin brown; inner line brown, of three arcs; claviform
absent ; orbicular large, round yellowish, outlined in brown ;
a straight median dark brown shade-line; reniform full, out-
lined in brown, two spots on inner side and four on outer
yellow ;< veins terminally brown-lined; outer line excurvcd
above, a little dentate on the veins ; terminal space dark-filled,
cut by the darker veins ; fringe dark. Hind wing reddish in
the male, fuscous shaded in the female, the fringe light. Ex-
panse, 28 mm.

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Type, female, allotype, male, No. 21728, U. S. Nat. Mus. ;
female, Orizaba, Mexico, October, 1907 (R. Miiller) ; male,
Jalapa, Mexico (Schaus collection), labelled H. asteca Schaus,
from which it differs in its smaller size, redder color and ab-
sence of the claviform.

Subfamily CUCULLIIN.^

Rhizotype cristifer, new species.

Prothorax with a long, divided, pencil-like crest. Body parts
dark gray. Fore wing with the apex sharp, outer margin
straight to vein 4, then rounded. Dark brownish gray ; reni-
form and orbicular large, contiguous, outlined by white scales,
darker filled ; an obscure dark shade line obliquely from reni-
form to inner margin ; outer line sinuate, smooth, dark, edged
with gray without, faint ; subterminal line a sinuate row of pale
spots ; a dentate whitish terminal line. Hind wing dark
fuscous, paler at base ; an ill-defined discal mark and traces of
a dark band just beyond it. Expanse, 22 mm.

Type, male, No. 21729. U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Zacualpan, Mexico,
October, 1917 (R. Muller).

Rhizotype senescens, new species.

Warm brown, many scales white-tipped. Fore wing warm
brown, basal, median and terminal spaces shaded with dark
brown ; lines picked out in white scales ; subbasal line arcuate ;
inner line more strongly curved, only partly traced; outer line
somewhat sinuate ; orbicular and reniform large, separate, white
ringed, filled with concolorous ground ; subterminal space light,
the veins darker, with a row of white specks on them just
beyond outer line; subterminal line a row of whitish spots on
the interspaces ; a terminal crenulate white line forming spots
on the veins, incompletely traced elsewhere. Hind wing
fuscous brown, a little ocherous at base ; discal mark dark and
traces of a line beyond it. Expanse, 28 mm.

Type, female. No. 21730, U. S. Nat. Mus.; Tehuacan,
Mexico, October, 1917 (R. Muller).

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Subfamily ACRONYCTIN^

Micromonodes endotherma, new species.

Head and collar with flat ocherous scales ; thorax and abdo-
men violaceous brown. Fore wing violaceous brown ; a nar-
row curved brown line from middle of costa to outer third of
inner margin, preceded on the inner margin by a large brown-
ish ocher patch with a purplish dash inwardly ; beyond this
line, a whitish line, somewhat dislocated at the location of the
obsolete reniform, which is stained with yellowish ; a purplish
apical patch, with a broken brown dash below it, the inner
segment with an ocherous mark below ; terminal line blackish,
submacular, followed by a fine ocherous line. Hind wing dark
fuscous, paler at base; fringe pale, interlined. Expanse,
16 mm.

Type, female. No. 21731. U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Misantla, Mexico,
July, 19M (R. Miiller).

Calymnia cinetes, new species.

Head and thorax dark red, intermixed with white ; abdomen
purplish gray. Fore wing with the outer margin excavated
from apex to vein 4, oblique below, slightly crenulate ; black-
ish brown, a dark red suffusion through submedian and discal
interspaces and between all the veins subterminally ; lines white,
slender, the inner a little curved and outwardly oblique, the
outer excurved over cell; reniform a blurred white ringlet at
the origin of vein 4 and two dots at the base of vein G. Hind
wing dark fuscous brown, the fringe purplish ; discal mark and
median line darker. Expanse, 20 mm.

Type, female. No. 21732, U. S. Nat. Mus.; Zacualpan,
Mexico, October, 1915 (R. Miiller).

Stiria phalaenoides, new species.

Head brown on the front, creamy white on vertex ; thorax
white, a little gray tinted behind ; abdomen ocherous tinted.
Fore wing creamy white, grayish irrorate on inner half ; costa
narrowly ocher-brown ; lines ocher-brown, partly gray ; inner
line angled on submedian fold ; outer sharply angled on vein 8,

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straight and oblique below ; a faint narrow curved discal mark.
Hind wing ocherous whitish, lightly shaded with fuscous.
Expanse, 26 mm.

Type, male, No. 21733, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Zacualpan, Mexico,
September, 1917 (R. Muller).

A small frail species, resembling S. argyropolia Dyar.

Family NOTODONTID^

Dicentria moribunda, new species.

Head and thorax blackish brown, patagia intermixed with
wood-brown ; abdomen dark gray, blackish outwardly, with a
slender whitish line on the penultimate segment. Fore wing
dark purplish brown ; a broad pale wood-brown ray through
cell ending in a point before termen, enclosing a round black
discal dot ; a fainter parallel shade below reaching margin at
vein 4 ; a white terminal spot in interspace 2-3 ; lines obscured,
the outer visible below, geminate, dark, denticulate ; fringe
spotted black and whitish. Hind wing slightly ocherous white,
the veins darker ; a gray spot at anal angle. Expanse, 38 mm.

Type, male, No. 21734, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Zacualpan, Mexico,
July, 1917 (R. Muller).

Near D. disparilis Schaus. but larger and broader winged,
the pale discal ray completely enclosing the discal dot.

Family EUPTEROTID.E

Apatelodes gladys, new species.

Dark umber brown. Fore wing with two parallel outer
lines, excurved on upper fourth ; an oblique line from basal
fourth of costa running out along vein 2 ; dark irregular shad-
ings along inner margin, intensified and cut by a whitish dash
at basal third ; a single small whitish subapical dot. Hind
wing reddish brown ; a single mesial line, angled subapically,
with a dark brown mark on inner margin. Expanse, 37 mm.

Type, male. No. 21735, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Zacualpan, Mexico,
July, 1915 (R. Muller).

Near A. hatima Dyar, the fore wing brown, not gray, the
hind wing not dark red.

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Apatelodes sadisma, new species.

Brown, the fore wing with a sHght mottled appearance,
showing especially in a wavy whitish subterminal shade; two
outer parallel lines, the inner wavy and crenulate, the outer
resolved into dots ; traces of an oblique line from base of costa
to vein 2 ; mark at basal third of inner margin an erect whitish
line, preceded by a brown patch and followed by a dark dupli-
cation ; subapical dots two, white, the lower the larger, preceded
by brown. Hind wing warm reddish brown with inner brown
shaded line and outer narrow crenulate blackish one. Expanse,
37 mm.

The female is strongly mottled with whitish, forming an
ovate discal patch, beyond which a brown shade-line crosses
the wing. Expanse, 44 mm.

Type, male, allotype, female. No. 21736, U. S. Nat. Mus. ;
Misantla, Mexico, June, 1915 (R. Miiller).

Family GEOMETRID^
Subfamily GEOMETRIN^

Apicia remorta, new species.

Brownish straw-color ; lines slender, brown ; inner line of
fore wing bent at right angles on median vein, a little wavy ;
outer line straight to vein 7, faintly reflexed, brown within,
yellowish without ; wing surface smooth, not conspicuously
irrorate. Hind wing with a single line from inner margin to
vein 6. A round dark discal dot on each wing. Expanse,
31 mm.

Type, male. No. 21737, U. S. Nat. Mus.; Zacualpan, Mexico,
June, 1915 (R. Miiller).

Ira medullata, new species.

Brownish ocherous ; fore wing with a large costo-subapical
patch of lilaceous, edged with black and dentate on the outer
side ; inner line red-brown, faint, marked with purple on costa ;
discal dot small, round, purple ; outer line red-brown, straight
to the costal patch. Hind wing of the same color, a single
straight outer line to vein G, marked with purple below vein 2 ;

136 INSECUTOR INSCITI^ MIjNSTRUUS

outer half of wing a shade darker than inner half ; a small
round discal dot. Expanse, o7 mm. Male antenn?e with long
pectinations except at the tips.

Type, male, No. 21738, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Zacualpan, Mexico,
August, 1914 (R. Miiller).

Therina negata, new species.

Wings thin, light brown, irrorate with ocher and purple
scales ; lines indicated by purple dots on the veins, followed by
ocher; discal dot a trace. Hind wing similar, with single
mesial line of dots. Expanse, 33 mm.

Type, male. No. 21739, U. S. Nat. Mus.; Zacualpan, Mexico,
October, 1917 (R. Miiller).

Subfamily ACIDALIIN^

Semaeopus concatenans, new species.

Dull ocher, irrorate with purplish ; fore wing with three
lines, hind wing with two, pale purplish, wavy and denticulate ;
discal dots on both wings moderate, rounded, of black and
purple scales. Expanse, 26 mm.

Type, male. No. 21740, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Zacualpan, Mexico,
October, 1917 (R. Miiller).

Near 5". citrina Druce, slenderer, less yellow, the lines thicker
although not darker.

Semaeopus discosa, new species.

Dark ocher, the wings finely irrorate with purplish ; lines
distinct, dull purplish, wavy and denticulate ; discal spots of
both wings large, round, dull purple irrorated with lilaceous,
followed each by a purplish cloud that fills in the bend of the
median line. Expanse, 29 mm.

Type, male. No. 21741, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Zacualpan, Mexico,
October, 1917 (R. Miiller).

This may be a heavily marked variety of S. citrina Druce.

Subfamily LARENTIIN^

Mesoleuca platymesa, new species.

Head, thorax and base of abdomen blackish, the rest of ab-
domen white ; wings white, the basal fourth of fore wing

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blackish, irrorate with lilaceoiis and crossed by a faint double
whitish line ; a black discal dot and ^aint markings along costa ;
terminal space filled in with brown and blackish, edged by an
irregular black line within, bisected by a wavy white sub-
terminal line and marked by a white patch on margin at veins
3-4 ; a terminal row of black dashes. Hind wing with a black
spot at extreme base. Expanse, 17 mm.

Type, male, No. 31742, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Zacualpan, Mexico
(R. Miiller).

Tephroclystia subanis, new species.

Blackish gray ; fore wing with three broad pale gray bands,
the inner bordering the dark basal space and dark-edged on
its upper half ; mesial centered by a row of dots, gray-edged
within and with a blackish border without as broad as the band
itself, angled subcostally ; outer band angled subcostally and on
submedian fold, with a faint crenulate dark line beyond ; sub-
terminal line crenulate, whitish, close to the margin. Hind
wing dark below median vein with two narrow inner pale bands
and a broad outer one, the markings obliterated above the cell ;
discal dot small, round, dark. Expanse, 15 mm.

Type, female. No. 21743, U. S. Nat. Mus.; Zacualpan,
Mexico, July, 1915 (R. Miiller).

Resembles T. pieria Druce, although very dififerent in detail.

Family ZYGAENID.^

Gingla mas, new species.

Head black, collar and thorax brownish ocher, abdomen
black ; wings translucent black, the disk of hind wings a little
paler. Fore wings with veins 2-1 1 from the cell and separate.
Expanse, 26 mm.

Type, male, No. 21744, U. vS. Nat. Mus. ; Zacualpan, Mexico,
July, 1913 (R. Miiller).

Appearance of G. thyesta Druce, but the thorax less red and
with different venation. This may be the male of G. raconica
Dyar, but it seems much too large.

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Family PYRALID^
Subfamily PYRAUSTIN^

Pionea cacidus, new species.

Fore wing with ground color pale straw-color, heavily over-
laid with brown irrorations, the costa and terminal spaces sol-
idly dark ; lines very faint, dark, pale-edged, dentate, the outer
broadly excurved over cell ; a terminal dark line, followed by
yellowish dots at the ends of the veins ; fringe dark gray, uni-
form. Hind wing pale fuscous ; fringe as on fore wing, the
terminal yellow dots forming a line. Expanse, 20 mm.

Type, male. No. 21745, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Mexico City,
Mexico, August, 1917 (R. Miiller).

Pyrausta euchromistes, new species.

Fore wing yellow, the terminal space solidly pink with a
straight inner edge; a pink shade on costal half of wing to
two-thirds, diffused below. Hind wing creamy whitish, with
a pale fuscous line on outer area, straight from anal angle to
vein 7 before apex ; orbicular and reniform lost in the general
suffusion in the female, distinct in the male, in which the suf-
fusion is less marked. Expanse, 20 mm.

Type, female, allotype, male, No. 21746, U. S. Nat. Mus. ;
Mexico City, Mexico, September and October, 1914 (R.
Miiller).

Subfamily PHYCITIN^

^ Eucardinia, new genus.

Fore wing with veins 2 and 3 separate, 4 and 5 approximated
at origin but not stalked, fi from below the apex of the cell,
7-9 stalked, 9 absent, 10 and 11 from the cell. Hind wing
with the cell about one-third the length of wing, 2 from before
the end, 3 continuing the end of the cell, 4-5 long-stalked,
6 from apex of cell, 7 and 8 anastomosing. Labial palpi
strongly upturned, much exceeding the vertex, fringed with
scales in front, more strongly so in the male ; front circularly
flat and nearly deprived of scales. Antennae of the male with
a rounded prominence on the upper side bearing black teeth

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at its tip ; basal part of shaft thickened and flattened, with two
ridges of black scales, the posterior one the larger, not bent.
Vertex lightly scaled; collar with large overlapping black
scales. Tongue distinct. Wings without a scale ridge.
Named in honor of Sr. Patricio Cardin.

-^ Eucardinia caricae, new species.^

Fore wing gray, shaded with whitish on inner line and ob-
liquely across discal mark ; costal part of basal space dark,
nearly black in the male and with spottings of this color across
the space ; inner line oblique, dark, slender, angled a little on
submedian fold, preceded by whitish and followed by ocher.
these light shades again narrowly dark-bordered ; inner half of
median space with a dark shade, wide on costa, running in on
inner margin to inner line ; discal dots conjoined, lunate ; outer
line indented subcostally, a little excurved below, dentate, the
venules dark-marked, followed by a narrow pale ocherous
line ; a dark terminal patch at apex ; terminal black dots joined
into a line. Hind wing whitish, the apex fuscous, more broadly
so in the female ; a terminal dark line and faint interline in the
fringe. Expanse, 13-14 mm.

Type, male, paratypes, (i males and 10 females. No. 21752,
U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Santiago, Cuba, June. 1902 (W. Schaus) ;
Est. Cent. Agr. de Cuba, Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba, Feb-
ruary 25, 101 fi, from larvre on fruit and stem of Carico papaya
(P. Cardin).

- Laetilia cardini, new species.

Fore wing dark gray, overspread with reddish on the inner
half except terminally; center of costa marked with white;
lines whitish, upright, the outer only a little excurved mesially ;
a black submedian line at base, discal dots conjoined, blackish ;
terminal dots slight. Hind wing fuscous, paler at base. Ex-
panse, 13 mm.

• This is the same species described by me from Florida as Ulophora caricae
(Proc. Ent. See. Wash., xiv. 218, 1913). The apparent scale-ridge, causing the
reference to Ulophora, exists only in the niale, and even there is scarcely a ridge,
the scales being disturbed in the single male type. I repeat the specific name in
order to get a type number for the new ^tnus.

140 INSECUTOR INSClTLli MENSTRUUS

Type, female, No. 21753, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Est. Cent. Agr.
de Cuba, Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba (P. Cardin).

Similar to L. portoricensis Dyar, but without dark spot in
the white patch on costa.

Named in honor of Sr. Patricio Cardin.

y' Laetilia obscura, new species.

Dark brown-gray ; inner line whitish, straight, faint, pre-
ceded by darker scales ; costal region a little lighter ; discal dots
fused ; outer line only a trace. Hind wing dark fuscous, trans-
lucent at base. Expanse, 9 mm.

Type, female, paratypes, three males and two females. No.
21754, U. S. Nat. Mus.; Est. Cent. Agr. de Cuba, Santiago
de las Vegas, Cuba (P. Cardin).

/ Ephestia patriciella, new species.

Fore wing dark blackish gray, shaded with brown-red,
especially through the center and between the veins, which thus
appear black-lined outwardly ; ordinary markings obsolete.
Hind wing translucent whitish, the costa narrowly, veins out-
wardly and a terminal line dark fuscous. Expanse, 12 mm.

Type, female, No. 21773, U. S. Nat. Mus. ; Baracoa, Cuba,
October, 1902 (W. Schaus) ; paratypes, female, Santiago.
Cuba, May, 1902 (W. Schaus), three males. Est. Cent. Agr.
de Cuba, Santiago de Las Vegas, Cuba (P. Cardin).

Named in honor of Sr. Patricio Cardin.

BROMELICOLUS ANOPHELES— A CORRECTION

{Dipicra, Cnlicidcc)
By HARRISON G. DYAR and FREDERICK KNAB

The so-called genera of Anopheles proposed by Theobald as
founded on scale-characters are obviously inadmissible as
genera, but they may be used in a subgeneric sense to assist in
the classification. In going over them in this sense, it appears
that the identification of Kcrtessia boliviensis Theobald made
by the junior author (Ins. Ins. Mens., i, 17, 1913) as being the

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same as Arwphclrs hit. oil Theobald (not Cruz) = A. cruzii
Dyar & Knab, is in error. Kertessia is described as possessing
scales on the abdomen, which is not the case with criisii. This
correction will have to ])e made in the place referred to and in
our later article (Ins. Ins. Mens., v, 38, 1917), by substituting
for the name boliviensis that of cniaii. Kcrtcscio, therefore,
is still unknown to us in nature ; but it evidently cannot be
used as a subgeneric name for the bromelicolus species, and for
these a new term will be required. We suggest Dendro-
pacdinui. This group is defined as having the thorax and
abdomen hairy, without scales, the head with upright scales
only. The thorax is elongated as in Anopheles proper and
Mysomyia, from which it differs in having the hairs of the
mesonotum not diffused over the surface, but gathered to-
gether in narrow depressed stripes, separated by broad straight
bare spaces. The wing-scales are lanceolate as in Anopheles.

NOTES ON AMERICAN ANOPHELES

{Diptcra, CnUcidcc)
By HARRISON G. DYAR

An attempt is here made to recognize the Anopheline genera
proposed by Theobald in a subgeneric sense, using the scale
characters to form groups within the genus. The latest works
on the subject^ have abandoned these groups, and, as Stanton
remarks- "The natural affinities of species have been obscured
by the division of the group into a multiplicity of genera."
Still, I think this is in part due to the somewhat uncritical man-
ner in which the scale-characters have been used. They are
not of generic importance, clearly ; but used as subgenera^ they
may be an assistance in classification. As used in the follow-
ing, it appears that allied sjiecies are grouped together, proper

> Edwards, Bull. Knt. Research, iii, 241, 1912; Stanton, Bull. Knt. Research, vi,
1.59, 1915; Christophers, Ind. Jour. Med. Research, iii, 454, 1910; Howard, Dyar &
Knab, Mosq. N. S: Cent. Am. & W. I., iv, 962, 1917.

= Stanton, Bull. Knt. Research, iv, 129, 1913.

'Edwards at first (Bull. Ent. Research, ii, 141, 1911) usod the names in the
aense here proposed, but later abandoned the practice.

142 INSECUTOR INSCITI.Ti MENSTRUUS

allowance being made for variation in the scale-characters.
Used subgenerically, undue emphasis need not be laid upon
them.

The subgenera occurring in America tabulate as follows :

Thorax and abdomen hairy, no scales.
Head with upright scales only.
Wing-scales lanceolate.

Thorax short, not over twice as long as wide,

Coclodiascsis Dyar & Knab
Thorax more elongate.

Hairs of me.sonotum diffused Anopheles Meigen

Hairs in lines between broad bare spaces,

Dcndropaedimn Dyar & Knab
Wing-scales in part large and inflated,

Cyclolcppteron Theobald

Head with fiat scales in the median area Stethomyia Theobald

Thorax hairy or with a few scales on the margin ; abdomen with scales.
Abdomen hairy dorsally with lateral scale-tufts,

Arribalsagia Theobald
Abdomen with large irregular black scales ; no tufts,

Kertessia Theobald
Thorax with distinct narrow curved scales.

Abdomen hairy, or with scales only on the anal segment.

Antennae hairy Mysorhynchella Theobald

Antennae with scales at the whorls Chagasia Cruz

Abdomen hairy, the last three segments scaled; no tufts,

Manguinhosia Cruz
Abdomen scaled in part or throughout and with lateral tufts,

Cellia Theobald

Genus ANOPHELES Meigen
Subgenus COELODIAZESIS Dyar & Knab

Coclodiazesis Dyar & Knab, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, xiv, 177,

1906.
Cyclophorus Eysell, Arch. Schififs-u. Trop.-Hyg., .xvi, 421, 1912.

Anopheles (Coelodiazesis) barberi Coquillett.

Atiopheles barberi Coquillett, Can. Ent., xxxv. 310, 1903.

Eastern United States, the larvse in tree-holes.

Subgenus ANOPHELES Meigen
Anopheles Meigen, Syst. Beschr. bek. eur. zweifl. Ins., i, 10, 1818.

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TABLE OF SPECIES

Tarsi wholly dark colored.

Hind tibiae broadly white at apex eiseni Coquillett

Hind tibiae without white apical ring.

Wings v/ith a white spot at outer third of costa.

Palpi marked with white ; third vein extensively white in

the middle psctidopunctipcnnis Theoliald

Palpi wholly black ; third vein wholly black scaled,

punctipcnnis Say
Wings without such spot on the costa.

Wings with patches of yellowish scales ; sixth vein with

three black spots crucians Wiedemann

Wings without patches of pale scales.

Wing at apex with a coppery spot on fringe,

occidcntalis Dyar & Knab
Wing-fringe uniformly dark throughout.

Body not wholly blackish ; hairs of mcsonotum yel-
low or white.
Palpi of the female blackish scaled through-
out ; wing scales forming spots at the
bases of the fork-cells,
' quadrimacitlatus Say

Palpi of the female with dull silvery white
rings at bases of joints; scales of wings
mesially not distinctly massed at bases

of fork-cells zvalkeri Theobald

Body blackish throughout ; hairs of mesonotum

dark brown atropos Dyar & Knab

Tarsi speckled with white.

Hind tarsi with the last two joints largely black,

vcstitipciuiis Dyar & Knab
Hind tarsi with the last Iwo joints wholly white,

annulipalpis Lynch Arribaizaga

Anopheles (Anopheles) eiseni Coquillett.

Anopheles eiseni Coquillett, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, x, 192, 1902.
Mysomyia tibiamaculata Neiva, Brazil-Medico, xx, 288, 1906.

Tropical America, the larvae in tree-holes and pools in rocks.

Anopheles (Anopheles) pseudopunctipennis Theobald.

Anopheles pseudopunctipennis Theobald, Mon. Culic, ii, 1505, 1901.
Anopheles franciscanus McCracken, Ent. News, xv, 12, 1904.
Anopheles peruvianiis Tamayo, Mem. de la Municipalidad de
Lima, 1906, xxxv, 1907.

144 INSECUTOR INSCITI^U MENSTRUUS

Protcrorhyiichus arijciiiiinis Hretlios, Bui. Inst. Knt. y Pat. Veg.,

i, 15, 1912.
Anopheles tucunnvtus Lahillc, An. Mus. Mac. Buen. Aires, xxiii,

253, 1913.

Tropical .America and the adjacent warmer temperate re-
gions, the larvae in permanent ground pools.

Anopheles (Anopheles) punctipennis Say.

Culcx punctipennis Say, Journ. Acad. Nal. Sci. Phil., iii, 9, 1823.
Culex hyemalis Fitch, Amer. Jn. Agr. & Sci., v, 281, 1847.
Anopheles perple.vens Ludlow, Can. F.nt., xxxix, 207, 1907.

Southern Canada, United States to central Mexico, the larvae
in ground pools, both permanent and temporary.

Anopheles (Anopheles) crucians W^iedemann.

Anopheles ci'ucimis Wiedemann, Aus.ser. zwoifl. In.s., i, 12, 1828.

Southeastern United States and Greater Antilles, the larvae
in ground pools, especially near the coast.

Anopheles (Anopheles) quadrimaculatus Say.

Anopheles qucidrimucuiatits Say, Kcating's Narr. Exp. Peter's

Riv., ii, 356, 1824.
Anopheles guttiilatiis Harris, Hitch. Rept. Geol. Zool. Mass., 595,

1835.
Anopheles aimulitnanus van der VVulp, Tids. voor Ent., x, 129,

1867.

North America, east of the Rocky Mountains, the larvae in
permanent swamps, especially connected with rivers. The
name qiiadriniacitlatiis apparently should be applied to the next
species, but I have ignored that in order to avoid confusion that
would result from the change.

Anopheles (Anopheles) occidentalis Dyar & Knab.

A>iopheles occidentalis Dyar & Knab, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash.,
xix, 159, 1906.

North America west of the Rocky Mountains and eastward
through Canada to Maine, the larva? in ground pools of per-
manent character.

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Anopheles (Anopheles) atropos Dyar & Knab.

Anopheles atropos Dyar & Knab, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xix,
160, 1906.

Florida Keys and Gulf Coast, the larva unknown.

Anopheles (Anopheles) walkeri Theobald.

Anopheles xvalkeri Theobald, Mon. Culic, i, 299, 1901.
Eastern North America, the larvae in fluctuating swamps
along rivers, filled by flood-water.

Anopheles (Anopheles) vestitipennis Dyar & Knab.

Anopheles vestitipennis Dyar & Knab, Broc. Biol. Soc. Wash.,
xix, 136, 1906.

Mexico, Central America and Greater Antilles, the larva
unknown.

Anopheles (Anopheles) annulipalpis Lynch Arribalzaga.
Anopheles annulipalpis Arribalzaga, Nat. Arg., i, 149, 1878.
Anopheles -•tnulipes Theobald (not Walker), Mon. Culic, v,
84, 1911.

Argentina, the larva unknown.

Subgenus DENDROPAEDIUM Dyar & Knab
Dendropaedium Dyar fk Knab, Ins. Ins. Mens., vi, 141, 1918.

TABLE OF SPECIES

Wing with four white spots involving costa and first vein.
Third vein broadly white in the middle.

Hind tarsi with the last four joints black, apically ringed with

white, the fifth wholly black bellaiur Dyar & Knab

Hind tarsi with these joints white with black rings at their

bases cruzii Dyar & Knab

Third vein black, a minute white spot at base,

hylephilus Dyar & Knab
Wing with only the outer two spots involving the costa,

neivai Howard, Djar & Knab

Anopheles (Dendropaedium) bellator Dyar & Knab.

Anopheles bellator Dyar & Knab, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., xix,
160, 1906.

Island of Trinidad, the larvae in Bromeliaceae.

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Anopheles (Dendropaedium) cruzii Dyar & Knab.

Anopheles lutzii Theobald (not Cruz), Mon. Culic, i, 177, 1901.
Anopheles crusii Dyar & Knab, Proc. U. S. N. M., xxxv, 53, 1908.

Brazil, the larvae in Bromeliacese.

Anopheles (Dendropaedium) hylephilus Dyar & Knab.

Anopheles hylephilus Dyar & Knab, Ins. Ins. Mens., v, 38, 1917.
Venezuela, Ecuador and Panama, the larva unknown.

Anopheles (Dendropaedium) neivai Howard, Dyar & Knab.

Anopheles neivai Howard, Dyar & Knab, Mosq. N. & Cent. Am.
& W. I., iv, 986, 1917.

Panama and southern Mexico, the larvae in Bromeliaceae.

Subgenus CYCLOLEPPTERON Theobald
Cycloleppteron Theobald, Mon. Culic., i, 205, 1901.

Anopheles (Cycloleppteron) grabhamii Theobald.

Anopheles grabhamii Theobald, Mon. Culic, i, 205, 1901.
Greater Antilles, the larvse in ground pools.

Subgenus STETHOMYIA Theobald

Stethomyia Theobald, Journ. Trop. Med., v, 181, 1902.

Anopheles (Stethomyia) nimba Theobald.

Stethomyia nimba Theobald, Mon. Culic, iii, 62, 1903.

British Guiana and Brazil, the larva unknown.

Subgenus ARRIBALZAGIA Theobald
Arribakagia Theobald, Mon. Culic, iii, 81, 1903.

TABLE OF SPECIES

Wing-scales considerably inflated, black ones on the base of the fourth
vein being noticeable.
Third vein spotted ; fourth and fifth hind tarsals white at base and

tip intermedium Chagas

Third vein with a black spot at base, the rest mixed ; fourth hind
tarsal with a white middle band beside the white apices, the
fifth commonly all white.

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White on hind tarsi less extensive, appearing black with white
rings; fifth joint sometimes with a small black band,

punctimacula Dyar & Knab
White on hind tarsi extensive, appearing white with black

dots mcdiopuiictalus Theobald

Wing-scales narrower, broadly elliptical to lanceolate.

Third vein mixed ; fourth tarsal with white tip, the fifth all black,

maculipcs Theobald
Third vein spotted; fourth and fifth tarsi white at base and tip.
Tarsi white at base and tip only.

Third vein white-scaled, a black spot at base and before

tip ; tip white pscudomacuUpcs Chagas

Third vein with five white spots, or four when the middle
one is absent, the tip black,

apicimacula Dyar & Knab

Fourth hind tarsal with a middle white ring beside the tips,

fifth all white strkjiinacula Dyar & Knab

Anopheles (Arribalzagia) intermedium Chagas.

Cyclolcppicrnii inlcniwdiiDii Chagas, in Pcryassu, Os Culic. do
Brazil, 85, 1908.

Brazil, the larva unknown.

Anopheles (Arribalzagia) punctimacula Dyar & Knab.

Anopheles punctimaaila Dyar & Knab, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash.,

xix, 136, 1906.
Anopheles malefactor Dyar & Knab, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, xv,

198, 1907.

Panama, the larvne in ground pools. In the monograph, Mr.
Knab, at the last moment, placed punctimacula with apici-
macula on his own responsibility. I agree with him in the re-
duction by one of the number of species, but I think that the
single type of punctimacula is clearly a malefactor and not an
apicimacula.

Anopheles (Arribalzagia) mediopunctatus Theobald.

Cycloleppteron mcdiopunctaiiis Theobald, Mnn. Culic, iii, 83,
1903.

Trinidad and Brazil, the larvae unknown.

Anopheles (Arribalzagia) maculipes Theobald.

Arribalzagia maculipes Theobald, Mon. Culic, iii, 81, 1903.

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Brazil, the larvae in ground pools. The specimen from
Trinidad recorded in the Monograph (page 992, Chaquanas,
Trinidad, March, 1914, I. F. Lasalle) is not maculipes, but the
variety of apicimacula without the central black spot on the
third vein of the wing.

Anopheles (Arribalzagia) pseudomaculipes Chagas.

Arribalsagia pseudomaculipes Chagas, in Peryassu, Os Culic. do
Brazil, 108, 1908.

Brazil, the larva unknown.

Anopheles (Arribalzagia) apicimacula Dyar & Knab.

Anopheles apicimacula Dyar & Knab, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash.,
xix, 136, 1906.

Mexico, Central America and Trinidad, presumably also the
northern coast of South America, the larvae in pools in stream-
beds.

Anopheles (Arribalzagia) strigimacula Dyar & Knab.

Anopheles strigimacula Dyar & Knab, Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash.,
xix, 136, 1906.

Tropical Mexico, the larvae in pools in stream-beds.

Subgenus KERTESZIA Theobald
Kertessia Theobald, Ann. Nat. Mus. Hung., iii, 66, 1905.

Anopheles (Kerteszia) boliviensis Theobald.

Kerteszia boliviensis Theobald, Ann. Nat. Mus. Hung., iii, 66,
1905.

Bolivia, the larvae unknown. The identification of this spe-
cies with A. (Dendropacdium) cruzii D. & K. made by Mr.
Knab has been corrected on a previous page.

Subgenus MYZORHYNCHELLA Theobald
Myzorhynchella Theobald, Mon. Culic, iv, 78, 1907.

TABLE OF SPECIES (FROM PERYASSu)

1. Extremidade do pe (=os 4 ultimos articulos tarsaes) posterior com-
pletamente branca. Mesonoto unicolor, com 3 estrias escuras;
azas com as costas distinctamente manchadas de amarello. Abdo-
men piloso, excepto o segmento genital que possue escamas,

lutzii Cruz

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2. Idem, mas com as manchas da costa hrancas e escamas brancas no

segmento genital. Especie menor que a lutcii parva Chagas

3. Idem, mas junto as extremidades basaes dos 2os e 3os articulos

posteriores ha um anel preto nigritarsis Chagas

5. Pernas posteriores com as extremidades apical da tibia e basal do
metatarso brancas em grande extensao gilcsi Neiva

Anopheles (Myzorhynchella) lutzii Cruz.

Anopheles liitsii Cruz, Brazil-Medico, xv, 423, 1901.
Myaorhynehella nigra Theobald, Mon. Culic, v, 7S, 1907.

Brazil, the larvae unknown. The species is not before me.

Anopheles (Myzorhynchella) parva Chagas.

Myzorhynchella parva Chagas, Nov. Esp. de Cul. Braz., 4, 1907.

Brazil, the larva unknown.

Anopheles (Myzorhynchella) nigritarsis Chagas.

Myzorhynchella nigritarsis Chagas, in Peryassu, Os Culic. do
Brazil, 97, 1908.

Brazil, the larvae unknown. The species is not before me.

Anopheles (Myzorhynchella) gilesi Neiva.

Myzorhynchella gilesi Neiva, in Peryassu, Os Culic. do Brazil,
103. 1908.

Brazil, the larvae unknown. The species is not before me.

Subgenus CHAGASIA Cruz
Chagasia Cruz, Brazil-Medico, xx, 199, 1906.

Anopheles (Chagasia) farjardi Lutz.

Pyrefophoriis farjardi Lutz, in Bourroul, Mosq. do Bra.sil, IG,

1904.
Chagasia nivae Cruz, Brazil-Medico, xx, 199, 1906.

Brazil, the larvae unknown.

Subgenus MANGUINHOSIA Cruz

Manguinhosia Cruz, Um Nov. Gen. Braz. da s.-f. "Anophelinse,"
1907.

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Anopheles (Manguinhosia) peryassui Dyar & Knab.

Mangiiinhosia lutzi Cruz (not Anopheles littzii Cruz), Um Nov.

Gen. Braz. da s.-f. "AnophelincC," 1907.
Anopheles peryassui Dyar & Knab, Proc. U. S. N. M., xxxv, 53,

note, 1908.

Brazil, the larvae unknown.

Subgenus CELLIA Theobald
Cellia Theobald, Journ. Trop. Med., v, 183, 1902.

TABLE OF SPECIES

Hind tarsi all white beyond the second joint.

Scales on the dorsum of all the abdominal segments.

Lower fork of the second vein with a white patch at the tip,

argyritarsis Robineau-Desvoidy
Lower fork of second vein with a black patch at the tip,

pictipennis Philippi
Scales on the last two abdominal segments only,

braziliensis Chagas
Hind tarsi similar but with a black spot on the last joint.

Palpi with the last two joints white except narrowly at bases,

tarsiniaciilata Goeldi
Palpi with the last joint only white albimanus Wiedemann

Anopheles (Cellia) argyritarsis Robineau-Desvoidy.

Anopheles argyritarsis Robineau-Desvoidy, Mem. Soc. d'Hist.
Nat., iii, 411, 1827.

Tropical American mainland, Lesser Antilles, the larvae in
ground pools and artificial receptacles. The abdominal scale-
tufts, which condition the subgeneric reference, are occasion-
ally wanting in this species.

Anopheles (Cellia) pictipennis Philippi.

Culex pictipennis Philippi, Verb. z.-b. Ges. Wien, xv, 596, 1865.
Anopheles albitarsis Lynch Arribalzaga, El Nat. Arg., i, 151, 1878.
Anopheles bigotii Theobald, Mon. Culic, i, 135, 1901.

Chile and Argentina, the larva unknown. This is not be-
fore me.

Anopheles (Cellia) braziliensis Chagas.

Cellia braziliensis Chagas, Nov. Esp. de Cul. Braz., 18, 1907.
Brazil, the larvae unknown.

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Anopheles (Cellia) tarsimaculata Goeldi.^

Anopheles tarsimaculata Goeldi, Os Mosq. no Para, 133, 1905.
Anopheles gorgasi Dyar & Knab, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, xv,
198, 1907.

Tropical American mainland, Lesser Antilles, the larvae in
ground pools of any kind except artificial.

Anopheles (Cellia) albimanus Wiedemann. ^

Ajiopheles albimanus Wiedemann, Dipt. Exot.. 10, 1S21.
Anopheles cubensis Agramonte. El Progreso Medico, x, 4G0, 1900.
Anopheles argyrotarsis albipes Theobald, Mon. Culic, i, 125,

1901.
Anopheles dubius Blanchard, Les Moust., 205, 1905.

Tropical America, including the Greater Antilles and south-
ern Florida, the larvre in ground pools, often of brackish water.

NEW MUSCOID GENERA, SPECIES AND
SYNONYMY

{Dipt era)

By CHARLES H. T. TOWNSEND

In the revision of muscoid groups and genera, based mostly
on material in the National Museum collection, it becomes nec-
essary to characterize the following new genera and species :

Pseudogymnosoma, new genus.

Genotype, Pseudogymnosoma inflatum, new species.

No hypopleurals. Abdomen inflated and globose, like Rho-
dogync, nearly bare. Head much like Stomorhina, but epistoma
short and not widened nor sprung convexly, the face being
dished. No facial carina. Arista plumose. Palpi widened and
flattened. Upper facets of male eyes greatly enlarged. Male
hypopygium small.

' Compare an article by James Zetek on the relationship of these two forms (Ann.
Ent. Soc. Am., viii, 221-271, 191.')). The same intergradation in palpal coloration
has recently been observed in specimens from Guayaquil, Ecuador (F. Campos R.).

152 INSECUTOR INSCITI^ MENSTRUUS

Pseudogymnosoma inflatum, new species.

Length, 5.5 to 7 mm. Four males and one female, Benguella,
Angola, Africa (F. C. Wellman).

Head black, with silvery maculations or areas. Thorax and
scutellum metallic violet. Abdomen yellowish to fulvous. Legs
and palpi blackish. Antennas blackish, the second joint more
or less tinged with rufous. Tegulse whitish, with smoky
tinge. Wings clear, with more or less distinct blackish along
costa in male.

Graphomuscina, new genus.

Genotype, Graphomuscina africana, new species.

Venation of Muscina, but head in general and thoracic vittae
of Graphomya. Frontalia not separated by ocellar triangle.
Epistoma not so elongate as i-n Graphomya, and not so wide
nor sprung. Tegulas large. Only hypopleural hairs present.

Graphomuscina africana, new species.

Length, V mm. One female, Benguella, Angola, Africa
(F. C. Wellman).

Head grayish, antennse and frontalia brown, palpi fulvous.
Thorax brownish, rufous on sides, with three heavy black
vittcC. Scutellum, abdomen and legs brownish-rufous, the tarsi
brownish. Tegulse whitish. Wings clear.

Rhinogastrophilus, new genus.

Genotype, Oestrus nasalis Linne.

Differs from Gasterophilus in entirely lacking the rudimen-
tary button-like palpi, as well as the proboscis tubercle. The
female has a sharp chitinous ovipositor, functionally distinct
from that of Gasterophilus. See Can. Ent., L, 246-248 (July,
1918).

Loewioestrus, new^ genus.

Genotype, Cephalomyia variolosa H. Loew, 1863, Wien. Ent.
Monatschr., VH, 15.

Dififers from Oestrus by posterior crossvein being removed
almost its length from cubitus, the apical cell much more

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elongate, and small crossvein inside middle of discal cell.
Oestrus has the posterior crossvein almost at the cubitus,
apical cell short, and small crossvein outside middle of discal
cell.

Neokirkia, new genus.

Ocnoty])e, Kirkia minuta Rodhain & Bequaert, 1015, Bull.
vSoc. Path. Exot., VIII, 45G.

Differs from Kirkioestrus by auxiliary vein ending opposite
small crossvein, and petiole of apical cell in line with third vein.
Kirkioestrus has small crossvein half way between ends of
auxiliary and first veins, while petiole of apical cell is bent up
at right angle to third vein.

Microcephalopsis, new genus.

Genotype, Microccphalus naigcbaiicri Portchinski, 1881,
Horae Soc. Ent. Ros.s., XVI, inr; XXI, pi. 1, ff. 8, 8a.

Differs from Portchinskia l)y small crossvein not being di-
lated in middle, posterior crossvein well removed from cubitus,
and front of male very narrow, the eyes being greatly ap-
proximated.

The holotype was taken on Mount Brione in the Italian
Tvrol, in September (Schnabl, Deutsch. Ent. Zeitschr., XXVI,

Compsomyiops, new genus.

Genotype, Calliphora fitlvipcs Macq., 1843, Dipt. Exot., II,
3, 132, pi. IG, f. 3.

Dift'ers from Cochliomyia by the palpi being long and
widened apically ; frontalia of female greatly widened poste-
riorly, densely hairy on posterior half; parafrontalia of female
very thickly set with pilelike hair ; i)arafacialia bare on lower
part, which is narrowed to a mere strip by the cheek grooves ;
tegula; hair>' on front half; no proclinate fronto-orbitals in
either sex.

Numerous specimens from the high Andes of Peru and
Ecuador, collected by the Yale Peruvian Expedition, V. Cam-
pos, and myself ; and from Chile, collected by E. C. Reed.

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Chrysomya whceleri Hough also belongs here. The genus
is characteristic of mountain regions of western America,
especially the high Andes and the Mexican Sierra Madre, as
well as temperate South America.

Hemipyrellia, new genus.

Genotype, Hemipyrellia curriei, new species.

Hypopleurals present. Front and face like PyrelUa. Fourth
vein bent suddenly at cubitus at a little more than a right angle.
Clypeus only a little longer than broad. Epistoma not nar-
rowed by vibrissal angles, vibrissa on oral margin. Female
parafrontalia wide, the orbitals not crowded into frontals.
Two proclinate orbitals in female. Tegulse bare.

Hemipyrellia curriei, new species.

Length. 6 mm. One female. Mount Cofifee, Liberia (R. P.
Currie).

Head grayish ; vertex metallic blackish, frontalia brown,
palpi rufous, antennse more or less rufous. Thorax, scutellum
and abdomen metallic green with bluish reflection? ; hind edge
of segments narrowly black. Legs blackish. Tegulse white.
Wings clear.

Auchmeromyiella, new genus.

Genotype, Auchmeromyiella angola, new species.

Differs from Zonochroa by the labella being well developed,
parafacialia with fine row of microscopic microchsetse above,
female with one proclinate and one reclinate orbital, and abdo-
men not widened but conspicuously pointed behind.

Auchmeromyiella angola, new species.

Length, 5 to 6 mm. Seven females and two males, Ben-
guella, Angola, Africa (F. C. Wellman).

Pale tawny fulvous, hind margins of abdominal segments
more or less distinctly brown. Palpi and antennae deeper
fulvous. Frontalia and mesoscutum subrufous tinged, latter at
times showing two faint broad darker vittae. Tegulae glass\.
\\'ings clear.

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Huascaromusca, new genus.

Genotype, Huascaromusca cruciata, new species.

Strong hypopleural bristles. Head small. Clypens elongate
and narrowed. Frontals strong. Female with a cruciate pair
of macrochjetae on median line of frontalia just in front of
ocellar triangle. A strong proclinate pair of ocellars. Female
with two strong erect proclinate orbitals. and one strong rec-
linate. Mesoscutal macroch?et?e long, erect, curved posteriorly.
Wings very long and broad. Abdomen short and wide, sub-
rounded behind in female. Otherwise as in Mcsembrinella.

Huascaromusca cruciata, new species.

Length, 9 mm. One female, Huascaray Ridge, Jaen Prov-
ince. Peru, about 7,000 feet, September 22, 1911 (C. H. T.
Townsend).

Brownish-black. Frontalia, antennas and palpi deep rufous.
Face and cheeks rufous, with thin silvery coating. Thorax,
scutellum and abdomen submetallic violet. Legs blackish.
Tegulae smoky. Wings faintly tinged with smoky on base
and costa.

Chlorobrachyconia, new genus.

Genotype, Chlorobrachyconia splcndida, new species.

Clypeus shallow, rather wide, dished. Epistoma slightly
narrowed, long, warped forward well below vibrissse. Palpi
long, widened apically. Arista long, short-plumose less than
half way. Eyes bare. Frontals stopping even with base of
antennse. Frontalia wide and short. Female with one pro-
clinate orbital, the anterior one, while in place of posterior one
is a bunch of bristles and hairs ; also one reclinate orbital.
Occllars present. Parafacialia hairy above and with row of
microchgetee near orbit below. Tegulae small, bare. No median
marginals on first two segments, sparse marginal row on third,
marginals and discals on anal segment. Apical cell open before
tip. Has sarcophagid habitus, but belongs in the Muscini.

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Chlorobrachycoma splendida, new species.

Length, 8.5 mm. One female, Oroya, Peru, May 8, 1914
(C. H. T. Townsend).

Bright green. Cheeks, parafaciaha and parafrontalia silvery,
mottled with blackish-green reflections. Antennae, clypeus and
palpi deep black. Thorax, scutellum and abdomen bright green
with some violet reflections, and with more or less silvery
pollen showing in some lights. Legs blackish. Tegulae whit-
ish. Wings nearly clear, only faintly smoky.

Sarconesiopsis, new genus.

Genotype, Sarconesiopsis caerulea, new species.

Clypeus shallow, not narrowed above, about twice as long
as wide. Epistoma elongate, full width of clypeus. Facialia
short-ciliate over half way above vibrissse. Eyes bare. Arista
plumose a little over half way. Para facialia hairy except on
lower fourth. Mesoscutum conspicuously trivittate. Apical
cell open before tip. Wrinkle at cubitus. Squamge bare. No
median marginals on first two abdominal segments, marginal
row on third, marginal and discal bristles on anal segment.
Three postsuturals and two sternopleurals. Belongs in the
Muscini.

Sarconesiopsis caerulea, new species.

Length, 8.5 to 9.5 mm. Two females, Oroya, Peru, May 7,
1914 (C. H. T. Townsend) ; five females and one male, Q^iito,
Ecuador (F. Campos).

Head blackish, pale golden pollinose with blackish reflec-
tions. Palpi rufous, tinged with brown. Frontalia brown.
Mesoscutum blackish, thinly silvery, with three heavy black
vittse. Scutellum metallic green. Abdomen metallic green,
with bluish reflections. Legs blackish. Tegulse fuscous.
Wings faintly smoky.

(To be continued.)
Date of publication, October 30, 1918.

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Bombobrachycoma, new genus.

Genotype, Brachycoina davidsoni Coquillett, 1894, Ent.
News, V, 172. Reared bv Davidson from Bomhiis larvae in
California.

Dififers from Brachicoma by having preacrostichals devel-
oped, clypeus short and extra-deeply sunken, third antennal
joint short ; epistoma heavily warped forward and produced,
almost in horizontal plane, nearly as long as clypeus ; female
palpi much swollen apically.

Euparaphyto auromaculata, new species.

Length, n to 10 mm. One male and one female, Oroya,
Peru, March 7, 1913 ; and one female, same locality. May 7,
1914 (C. H. T. Townsend).

Close to the species described in the male by Josef Bischof
as Microcerella rufomacnlata (Z. B. Gesellsch., LIV, 97-101).
Differs from Bischof's descrij^tion as follows : Sternopleurals
1.1.1; notopleurals 1.1.1.1; three supraalars ; a discal pair of
scutellars. Cheeks with a large deep golden spot. Outer edge
of scutellum light golden, the apex faintly silvery. A small
golden spot below humeri on propleura. Venter with corre-
sponding deep golden spots on sides of first three segments,
the anal segment with a silvery spot instead ; ventral plates two
to four largely golden ; a small light golden spot on side of first

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segment above ; a small subevanescent gold spot on metapleura,
but outside of this and the propleural spot the smallest (of
the four remaining spots) is on the pteropleura. Thus in all
there are six pleural gold spots. Teguls light golden, hind
scale whitish posteriorly. The female has the lateral ventral
spot of anal segment golden, the sides of first hypopygial seg-
ment golden, and also dififers from the male in having two
postalar bristles and no postsuturals, one proclinate orbital and
two divaricate reclinate orbitals, and the outer vertical ap-
proaching the inner in strength. Male claws strongly elongated.
All tarsal joints strongly double-spined apically in both sexes.
Fourth ventral plate of male conspicuously rounded ofif on hind
corners and bearing a single median process before posterior
margin in the form of a pointed hump which appears due to
pressure of base of fifth ventral plate below it. Fifth ventral
plate deeply slit posteriorly, the edges of slit oblique but even.
Ventral plates of female all exposed, two to four overlapping
the lateral ends of the tergites, five and six overlapped by the
lateral ends of fifth or anal tergite.

Aulacophyto, new genus.

Genotype, Aulacophyto ouromactilata, new species.

Allied to Euparaphyto and Microcerella. Head higher than
long. Antennae reaching well beyond middle of face, second
joint elongate, third joint one and a half times to twice the
length of second. Male front much narrowed. Female para-
frontalia conspicuously longitudinally corrugated or furrowed
on posterior half. No proclinate or reclinate fronto-orbitals in
either sex. Parafacialia with row of very fine weak hairs.
Arista thickened about or nearly half way. No discals on
scutellum. Acrostichals entirely absent, only one postsutural
in female but three in male, two sternopleurals. Costal spine
vestigial. Third vein bristled only at base.

Aulacophyto auromaculata, new species.

Length, 7 to 9 mm. Numerous males and females, Oroya,
Peru, March 7, 1913, and May 7, 1914 (C. H. T. Townsend).

Differs in coloration from Euparaphyto auromaculata as

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follows: Parafacialia in middle and parafroiitalia before mid-
dle light to deep golden, the space between soft to subshining
black. Prohumeral spot silvery, mesopleural golden spot very
large and longitudinally elongate ; upper stcrnopleural spot very
small, almost obliterated ; lower stcrnopleural spot small, no
trace of spot on metapleura ; thus only four pleural gold spots.
Scutellum silvery on sides, more or less deeply golden on apex.
The two wide median poUinose vittae of mesoscutum are deep
golden on posterior half of postscutum. The pollen of venter
is often silvery in male instead of golden ; but normally it is
light to deep golden in male, and always deep golden in greater
part in female. Tegul?e more whitish in some males.

Afrowohlfahrtia, new genus.

Genotype, Afrowohlfahrtia pachytyli, new species.

Clypeus much dished ; epistoma narrow, short, strongly
warped ; arista very short-pubescent. Front wide in both
sexes. Parafacialia sparsely but quite evenly bristled, as much
below as above, at times less in middle. Two sternopleurals
and two postsuturals ; no preacrostichals, one postacrostichal.
Costal spine absent, third vein bristled half way to small cross-
vein. Male without either proclinate or reclinate orbitals,
female with two very short proclinates.

Afrowohlfahrtia pachytyli, new species.

Length, 11 to 13 mm. Three males and three females, reared
by C. W. Howard, in Transvaal, South Africa, from Pachy-
tyhis sulcicollis and determined by Coquillett as Agria brunni-
palpis Mcq.

Differs from Macquart's description of hrunnipalpis as fol-
lows : Palpi fulvous, blackish apically. Frontalia quite distinct.
Third antennal joint without white at base. Thoracic vittae
very conspicuous. First abdominal segment with three heavy
irregular confluent black markings which leave more or less of
gray on hind margin and sides ; second segment with median
heavy black spot dilated on front margin, smaller spot each
side on hind margin ; third and anal segments with three spots
along hind margin; and an additional small spot on each side

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of each segment at insertion of lateral marginal macrochaeta.
Venter quite entirely brown to blackish, only showing the tergal
gray narrowly on lateral edges. Hind tibire not villous.
Tegulas pure white. Wings clear at base, as elsewhere.

Hystricocnema, new genus.

Genotype, Sarcophaga robiista Aldrich, 1916, Sarc. & Allies,
268.

Flexor surface of male hind femora well set with short sharp
spines, being a specialization in direction of Thelyleptico enema,
the hind tibi?e being at the same time shortened. The tibi?e are
only short-hairy, not long-villous in male. The female runs
to Oxysarcodcxia in table of Sarcophagini (Proc. Biol. Soc.
Wash., XXX, 192-195), and differs from Paraphrissopoda in
the entire first hypopygial segment.

Mantidophaga, new genus.

Genotype, Mantidophaga stagmomanfidis, new species.

Allied to Blaesoxiphotheca. Clypeus rather narrow, narrow-
ing below. Epistoma narrow, cut off close below vibrissae.
Female palpi well swollen at tip. Arista long, thinly plumose
scarcely half way. Lowest four to six of facio-orbital row
bristly. Preacrostichals developed. First vein bristled on mid-
dle, third vein bristled to small crossvein. Weak median mar-
ginal pair of macroch?et?e on second abdominal segment, strong
erect marginal row on tliird and anal segments.

Mantidophaga stagmomantidis, new species.

Length, O.o to T mm. Three females reared by Mr. A. B.
Gahan, Washington, D. C, from Stagmomantis Carolina (See
Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., XVII, 24, recorded as Helicobia
hclicis).

Blackish, gray-cinereous poUinose. Antennas, palpi and legs
blackish. Frontalia and cheek-grooves brownish-rufous.
Thorax with three black vittae. Abdomen tessellate with yel-
lowish-silvery pollen. Tegulpe watery-white. W^ings clear.

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Gymnopsoa, new genus.

Genotype, Gymnopsoa ti\vaiu\ new species.

Belongs in Sarcophagini. Clypeus shallow, rather broad and
sliort. Epistonia wide, well warped. Arista pubescent. Two
])roclinaie and two reclinate orbitals in female. Parafacialia
with several bristles below. Sides of mesoscutum broadly bare
of microchceta? both before and behind suture in two con-
spicuous longitudinal stripes. Costal spine very strong. Third
vein strongly bristled to small crossvein. First hypopygial
tergite of female not excised.

Gymnopsoa texana, new species.

Length, 9 mm. One female, Texas (collection C. V. Riley).

Light cinereous. Antennae, palpi and legs blackish, third
antennal joint tinged with rufous. Frontalia brown. Two
broad thoracic vitta?. with a narrow one between them. Bases
of last tliree abdominal segments with four yellowish-silvery
pollinose spots and two fuscous spots. Tegulre white. Wings
nearly clear.

Santschia, new genus.

Genotype. Santschia algeriensis, new species.

Belongs in Tephromyiini. Epistoma narrow, short, cut off
close below vil^rissae. Arista pubescent on basal half. Frontals
extremely shortened, erect, stubby, sharp. Female with two
short verticals, two very short stubby proclinate and one rec-
linate orbitals. Ocellars present. Parafacialia narrow, with
double row of fine short stubby microchretre. Preacrostichals
jiresent but very short. Third vein bristled far beyond small
crossvein, about two-thirds to three-fourths way to tip. Ab-
dominal macroch^etas atrophied, practically absent, only some
short vestigial ones on sides of first segment and some ex-
tremely short vestigial marginals on last two segments ; rest of
abdomen wholly and evenly set with short microchsetae. Apical
cell short-petiolate. Female hypopygium telescopic.

Santschia algeriensis, new species.

J^ength, l.T) mm. One female, Kairouan, Algeria, August,

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1907, collected by Dr. F. Santschi, in whose honor the genus is
named.

Brownish-rufous, with gray pollen. Antennae, palpi and
legs fulvous ; tarsi brown. Three narrow blackish thoracic
vittse. Abdomen faintly showing three brown vittae over first
three segments. Tegul?e white. Wings clear.

Stenaulacotheca, new genus.

Genotype, Sarcophaga spatulata Aldrich, 1916, Sarc. &
Allies, 105.

Epistoma narrow, extended well below vibrissje. Arista
thinly plumose half way. Parafacialia narrow, with only faint
indication of two to four bristlets below near orbit. Weak
marginal row of bristles on second segment, strong marginal
row on third and anal segments. Theca of female very nar-
row, elongate, curved upward at tip, with dorsal groove. Al-
lied to Protode.via, from which it is easily distinguished by the
above characters.

Eubrachymera, new genus.

Genotype, Eubrachymera dehilis, new species.

Dififers from Brachymera in arista thickened only half way,
apical cell ending but little before wing tip. macrochaetre all
much weaker, and third vein bristled only at base.

Eubrachymera debilis, new species.

Length, 7 to 8.5 mm. Two females, Brookings, South
Dakota, reared June 11, 1918, by H. C. Severin from Neuro-
toma inconspicua Norton, a web-making sawfly on plum ; trans-
mitted by J. M. Aldrich.

Brown, cinereous pollinose. Antenna and palpi blackish.
Two narrow inner and two broader outer thoracic vittse.
Abdomen broadly silvery on bases of last three segments.
Tegula? white. Wings clear.

Oestrohilarella, new genus.

Genotype, Hilarella aristalis Coquillett, 1897, Rev. Tach.,
129 (southern Illinois).

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Front produced, face very receding. Frontal profile as long
as facial ; oral nearly two-thirds of facial and almost in perfect
arcuate form from facial. Epistoma very narrow, not quite
as long as wide, warped. Arista short, bare, thickened to a
little short of tip. Parafacialia narrow, bare. Apical cell
closed before tip of wing. Abdomen short-oval, arched;
macrochset?e reduced to hairs or bristly hairs.

Neonyctia, new genus.

Genotype, Neonyctia ciliata, new species.

Belongs in MelcDioplwra group. Eyes bare. Antennae in-
serted below eye middle. Arista long-pubescent or very short-
plumose to tip. Frontals stopi)ing at base of antennae. Ocellars
present. Apical cell open just before tip. Third vein bristled
only at base. Hind crossvein about in middle between small
crossvein and cubitus. No median discals on intermediate ab-
dominal segments.

Neonyctia ciliata, new species.

Length, 3.75 to 5 mm. Seven females, Lawrence, Kansas ;
one female. North Carolina. Determined by Coquillett as
"Chaetoiia ciliata Wulp."

Brown, silvery pollinose. Antennae and frontalia rufous-
brown. Palpi fulvous, smoky apically. Two narrow inner
and two heavy outer thoracic vittae. Abdomen silvery on bases
of last three segments. Tegulae white. Wings nearly clear.

Eophyto, new genus.

Genotype, Eophyto ceylanica, new species.

Belongs in Mclanophora group. Vibrissae short, but decus-
sate. Eyes bare. Arista hairlike, bare, thickened only at base.
Frontals diverging one bristle below base of antennae. Para-
facialia narrow. One proclinate and two reclinate orbitals in
female. No ocellars. Female with only one vertical. Four or
five facio-orbitals in row from frontals to vibrissal level. Two
sternopleurals. Preacrostichals very short but longer than the
microchaetae. Costal spine strong. Apical cell long-petiolate,
the petiole longer than hind crossvein ; latter nearer to small

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crossvein than to cubitus. A weak median marginal pair on
first segment, stronger pair on second and third segments,
marginal and discal rows on anal segment.

Eophyto ceylanica, new species.

Length, 4.5 mm. One female, Peradeniya, Ceylon, June ?>,
1914 (A. Rutherford).

Brownish, thinly silvery pollinose. Antennae blackish, ar-
ticulation of last two joints rufous. Palpi fulvous. Frontalia
velvet-brown. Two heavy and one narrow black thoracic
vitts. Bases of abdominal segments thinly silvery. Tegulas
watery. Wings with clouds on stigma, outer half of second
vein, and apical and hind crossveins.

Panacemyia, new g^enus.

Genotype, Panacemyia panamensis, new species.

Has head characters of Acemya, but third antennal joint is
not mucronate. Arista long-pubescent. Three sternopleurals,
three postintraalars, three postsuturals, three preacrostichals,
and three postacrostichals. A median marginal pair on first
two segments, median discal pair on second and third segments,
marginal row on third segment ; marginal and discal rows on
anal segment, the marginal weaker. Ovipositor like that of
Oestrogastcr, but projected straight down from end of anal
segment.

Panacemyia panamensis, new species.

Length, 5.5 mm. One female, Taboga Island, Panama,
February 26, 1912 (A. Busck).

Brownish, silvery pollinose with faint yellowish tinge. An-
tennae and palpi fulvous. Frontalia velvety dark brown. Four
strongly marked velvety dark brown thoracic vittas, the outer
pair a little wider than inner. First abdominal segment nearly
all brown above, second brown on posterior half, third brown
on posterior margin. Tegulae whitish. Wings nearly clear.

Ormiophasia, new genus.

Genotype, Ormiophasia busckii, new species.

Allied to Ormia. Parafacialia bare, narrow. Facialia about

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twice as wide as parafacialia. the vibrissa! area well set with
microchsetse. Third antennal joint twice as long as second.
Arista pubescent half way. Female vertex little more than
half of one eye. front widening very slightly therefrom. Ocelli
well developed, ocellar bristles absent, l^rosternal membrane
well inflated. Preacrostichals present. Strong stump at
cubitus. Seventh tergite of female showing as a pair of heavy
forceps with dense hair-brushes on inside edge.

Ormiophasia busckii, new species.

Length, 8 mm. ; width of abdomen, nearly 4 mm. One fe-
male, Cabima, Panama, May 24, 1011, collected by Mr. August
Busck, in whose honor the species is named.

Fulvous, with thin coating of tawny pollen on head and
silvery on mesoscutum, leaving on latter five fulvous vittfe.
Abdomen rather deeply brownish dorsally. Tibiae and tarsi
tinged with brown. Tegulas smoky-yellowish. Wings nearly
clear. Epaulet concolorous with wing-base and pleura.

Therobia abdominalis Wiedemann.

Neither Wiedemann nor Brauer mention the enormously
swollen prosternal membrane of female nor the entire lack of
ocelli. Their specimen was a female.

Aulacocephalopsis, new genus.

Genotype, Aulacephala hadio Gerstaecker, 1803, Verb. Z. B.
Ges. Wien, xiii.

Belongs in the Ormiinae, and differs from Aulacephala
as follows : Head not flattened, that of male subhemi-
spherical, that of female with prominent front. Facial
carina continued downward in a shallow furrow, which is the
greatly narrowed and extended epistoma, lying between the
greatly enlarged facialia. Antennal pit shallow. Third an-
tennal joint reniform, but little longer than second. Arista
very long, thin, bare, thickened only at base. Eyes of female
proportionately short, those of male contiguous above and
descending low. In the male the anterior ocellus is large, but
the two posterior ocelli are small and pressed into the sides of

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the ocellar tubercle. No buccal cavity, the vestiges of proboscis
and palpi appearing as three subequal short stumps projecting
from periphery of head in the oral region. Facets of upper-
anterior area of eye enlarged in male. Prosternal membrane
inflated bladderlike, more in female than in male, forming a
bipartite bufifer on which rests the lower occiput.

Therobiopsis, new genus.

Genotype. Aiilaccpliala braucri Kertesz, 1899, Termes.
Fuezetek. xxii, 481-482.

Differs from Aulaccpliala mainly in the apical cell being
closed in margin a little before wing-tip. The third antennal
joint is distinctly shorter than second. The female has two
strong verticals on each side, two proclinate and one reclinate
orbitals. Two sternopleurals. two postintraalars, three post-
suturals, one preacrostichal. and one postacrostichal. The
wings are without spots.

Eutrixopsis, new genus.

Genotype, luttrixopsis javana, new species.

Facial carina low, fiat, separating the antennae. Epistoma
narrow, wider than length of second antennal joint, receding
and widening below to oral margin. Facialia wide and bare
above, with closely set weak bristles below vibrissal angles.
Proboscis short. Male eyes contiguous, facets of lower fourth
distinctly smaller. Male lacking both verticals and orbitals ;
frontalia obscured by the jxirafrontalia meeting over them,
showing only slightly next lunula and ocellar triangle. Two
sternopleurals. one postintraalar. three postsuturals. no pre-
acrostichals, one postacrostichal. Apical cell open in tip. No
costal spine. Only weak marginal bristles on abdomen.

Eutrixopsis javana, new species.

Length, ■\~^ mm. One male, Pelaboean, Ratoe, Java (Bryant
& Palmer).

Wholly brownish-fulvous, including antennae and palpi;
tarsi darker, basal half or more of abdominal segments yellow-
ish. Tegul'c tawnv-whitish. Wings clear.

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Argyrochaetona, new genus.

Genotype, Argyrochaetona cubana^ new species.

Clypeus well depressed. Rpistoma full width, cut off short.
I'alpi short, much broadened and flattened apically. Eyes bare,
descending nearly to lower border of head. Male vertex less
than half eye. parafrontalia meeting over frontalia in middle.
Frontals descending one bristle below base of antennae. Para-
facialia very narrow, bare. Male with two very strong fronto-
orbitals. the anterior one reclinate ; and one or two weak rec-
linate ones behind. Ocellars very weak. Preacrostichals pres-
ent. Apical cell open considerably before tip. First two ab-
dominal segments with a median marginal pair, that of first
weak ; last two segments with marginal row.

Argyrochaetona cubana, new species.

Lengtli. t) mm. One male. Santiago de las Vegas, Cuba (P.
Cardin).

Face and front silvery-white. Frontalia brown. Antennse
blackish, second joint and base of third pale rufous. Palpi
fulvous. Mesoscutum, scutellum and abdomen pale golden
poUinose over black, leaving four vitt?e on first ; all of first
abdominal segment and broad hind borders of other segments
black. Legs brown. TegulcT watery-wliitish. Wings clear.

Orthaporia, new genus.

Genotype. Orthaporia siniilis, new species.

Chaetotaxy and venation of Paraporia. Abdomen greatly
elongated, much longer than wings ; five segments visible from
above in male, the first half as long as the second, the third
and fourth equal in length and much longer than the second
and fifth, the last scarcely caudate. Clyj^eus flush with face.
Frontals stopping at base of antennae.

Orthaporia similis, new species.

Length, 21 mm. One male, Rio Janeiro, Brazil, November
(H. H. SmithV

Chestnut-brown, thinly silvery pollinose. Palpi and base
of third antennal joint fulvous. Four thoracic vitt?e, the inner

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pair narrower. Last four abdominal segments with a large
silvery spot on each side near base ; a well-marked median
abdominal vitta of brown. Tegulse watery, faintly fuscous.
Costa and wing veins well clouded.

Phyllolabella, new genus.

Genotype, Phyllolabella robusfo, new species.

This is a Paraporia group form with the abdomen shortened
and stout, the clypeus sunken, the facialia widened and ciliate.
The labella are unusually large, even for this group, and leaf-
like. Epistoma warped, full width, short. Eyes thickly pilose.
Proboscis short. Palpi wide, sticklike, heavy, bare below and
on outer basal half or more of upper side. Abdomen broadly
oval in both sexes, subrounded anally.

Phyllolabella robusta, new species.

Length, 10.5 to 13 mm. One male and one female, Chapada,
Brazil (H. H. Smith).

Brownish to chestnut, silvery pollinose, with faint golden
tinge. Palpi fulvous. Third antennal joint largely rufous.
Frontalia dark brown. The outer heavy and inner narrow
dark brown or blackish thoracic vittae of each side are closely
approximated. First abdominal segment and a large irregular
triangle on each side of second and third segments dark brown ;
irregular lateral vitta on anal segment shading from brown or
light brown to rufous behind. Legs brown, tarsi a little darker.
Tegulae nearly white. Wings nearly clear, the veins faintly
and narrowly smoky in male.

Pelecotheca, new genus.

Genotype, Pelecotheca panamensis, new species.

Differs from Euthelaira as follows : Eyes thinly hairy.
Arista practically bare, only microscopically short-pubescent.
Third antennal joint of female very slender. Anal segment
with a marginal row of heavy erect macrochset?e and without
discals. Female theca heavy, corneous, axlike in shape, its
plane in the vertical.

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Pelecotheca panamensis, new species.

Length, 7 to 8 mm. Two females, Las Cascadas, Canal
Zone, Panama (Dr. A. TL Jennings).

Dark brown or blackish, silvery-white pollinose. Antennae
largely fulvous. Palpi pale fulvous. Thoracic and scutellar
pollen with a faint golden shade, that of abdomen less so. Four
blackish thoracic vittae, inner pair narrow, outer pair inter-
rupted at suture. First abdominal segment and hind half of
the other segments without pollen, blackish. Legs dark brown.
Tegulae nearly white. Wings nearly clear, veins and especially
costa faintly clouded with fuscous.

Eupelecotheca, new genus.

Genotype, Eupelecotheca celer, new species.

Has head of Enthelaira and axlike theca of Pelecotheca.
Differs from both by having median discals on the intermediate
abdominal segments. Arista bare, long and thin. Upper half
of face about as wide as one eye. Eyes thickly pilose. Pro-
boscis very short, the labella very large. Facialia ciliate. Two
strong median marginal pairs on first segment ; anal segment
with marginal and discal rows. Apical cell widely open well
before tip ; apical crossvein elongate, parallel with hind margin
and nearly parallel with hind crossvein, the latter approximated
to cubitus. Third vein bristly only at base. Abdomen elon-
gate-conical.

Eupelecotheca celer, new species.

Length, S mm. One female, Rock Creek, District of Colum-
bia, July 2-i, 1918 (C. H. T. Townsend).

Differs from Pelecotheca panamensis in color only as fol-
lows : Black, silvery-white pollinose. Antennae wholly black.
Pollen of front, thorax and scutellum, as well as that of ab-
domen, silvery, without golden tinge. Outer pair of thoracic
vittse very heavy. Legs quite black. Tegulre white. Wings
nearly clear, the costa not clouded.
Trichoduropsis, new genus.

Genotype, Trichodiira recta Schiner, 1868, Novara Dipt.,
320-331.

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Eyes bare. Arista plumose to tip. Apical cell open in tip.
Cubitus near margin, with stump. Apical crossvein deeply
bowed in. Hind crossvein a little nearer to cubitus than to
small crossvein. Abdomen with long rather thin bristles, a
median marginal pair on last three segments and no discals.
Male abdomen narrow and evenly tapered to tip, the anal seg-
ment short-caudate and with various bristles on the tail.

Gymnaporia, new genus.

Genotype, GymnostyUa fasciata Macquart, 1848, Dipt. Exot.,
Suppl. Ill (ir suite), 52, pi. 6, f. 3.

Eyes bare. Arista pubescent half way. Frontals stopping
at base of antennae. Third antennal joint of male three times
second. Male frontalia pinched out posteriorly, the eyes ap-
proximated. A median discal pair of bristles on third and
fourth abdominal segments. Anal segment of male produced
posteriorly, notched in ventral profile.

Oxyaporia, new genus.

Genotype, GymnostyUa ornata BB., 1889, Muse. Schiz., I, 60,
f. 312.

Arista bare, long, thickened half way. Third antennal joint
of male elongate and narrow, the second joint short. Eyes
bare. Frontals descending three bristles below base of an-
tenna. Male front very narrowed. Female with two pro-
clinate orbitals, male without. Parafacialia hairy. Apical cell
open near tip. No stump at cubitus. Median discals on last
three abdominal segments, median marginals on all segments.
Anal segment of male short-conical.

Uraporia, new genus.

Genotype. Aporia caudafa Schiner, 1868, Novara Dipt., 320.

Eyes thickly hairy. Male frontalia triangular. Front tibiae
of male shorter than the tarsi. A median marginal pair of
bristles on each abdominal segment, but no median discals.
Anal segment of male caudate, notched in ventral profile, the
tail with many bristles.

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Protaporia, new genus.

Genotype, Protaporia qaleruccc, new species.

Clypeus slightly depressed below crests of facialia. Eyes
practically bare. Frontals closely set, diverging three bristles
below base of antennas, posterior three pairs or so reclinate in
male. No proclinate or reclinate orbitals in male. Arista
microscopically pubescent half way or so. Ocellars present,
weak. Costal spine present. A median marginal pair on first
three abdominal segments, a medial discal and median anterior
pair on last three segments. Anal segment of male very short-
caudate, the tail stublike.

Protaporia galerucae, new species.

Length, I mm. One male labeled "Parasite in Galcruca
semi[rufa] 21, 13, 08." Evidently from the region of the Cau-
casus.

Black; face, cheeks, parafrontalia and orbits thinly silvery
pollinose. Frontalia and palpi brown. Prescutum silvery,
leaving four vittfe, the inner ones narrow and almost fused
with the blotchlike outer ones. Postscutum, scutellum and ab-
domen showing pollen only in very oblique view, the second
abdominal segment and bases of third and anal segments be-
ing more plainly pollinose. Legs brown. Tegulse white.
Wings nearly clear.

Nephoplagia, new genus.

Genotype, Nephoplagia arcuafa, new species.

Belongs in Voria group. Eyes bare, descending short of
level of tips of antenna?. Male front much wider than one eye ;
second antennal joint elongate, third joint much widened
apically. Arista bare, short, thickened practically to tip. Male
with two heavy verticals ; four or five proclinate orbitals, of
which only two are heavy and strong ; and three reclinate or-
bitals, the hindmost divaricate. Strong ocellars present. Three
facio-orbitals in line with fronto-orbitals. Apical cell open
well before wingtip. Third vein bristled to beyond small cross-
vein. Last section of fifth vein fully half as long as preceding
section. Hind crossvein strongly arcuate, outwardly convex,

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about half way between small crossvein and cubitus. No medi-
an marginals on first segment, median discals on last three
segments.

Nephoplagia arcuata, new species.

Length, 7 to 8 mm. Three males, Huascaray Ridge, Jaen
Province. Peru. T.OOO feet. September 21 and 23, 1911 (C. H.
T. Townsend).

Blackish-brown. Front thinly, face more thickly silvery-
white. Second antennal joint and palpi fulvous, with fuscous
shading. Thorax, scutellum and abdomen thinly silvery ; four
thoracic vitt^e, the inner pair narrow ; bases of last three ab-
dominal segments more or less narrowly thickly silvery-white.
Tegulae watery-white. Wings nearly clear, with three heavy
fuscous clouds : One large from stigma across middle of dis-
cal cell ; one smaller, barlike, on hind crossvein ; and one, spot-
like, on base of apical crossvein.

Gymnopalpus, new genus.

Genotype, Gymnopalpus setipennis, new species.

Allied to Thclaira. Palpi of female much swollen apically,
wholly bare on swollen part. Arista thinly plumose to tip.
Third antennal joint of female slender, four times as long as
second. Eyes bare. Cheeks narrow, eyes descending to epis-
tomal level. Parafacialia bare, narrow. Apical cell open or
closed a little before tip. First vein bristled to tip, third about
two-thirds way to tip. Macrochaet^e heavy and erect, no medi-
an discals on abdominal segments.

Gymnopalpus setipennis, new species.

Length, ().5 mm. Two females : One Los Amates, Guate-
mala, February 7, 100.") (Chas. C. Deam) ; the other without
locality, collected by Mr. August Busck. Det. Coq. "Chaetona
pallida Wulp."

Brownish to black ; basal half of abdomen, all of coxae and
all but tips of femora clear yellow to tawny or fulvous. Head
silvery-white, frontalia pale brown, palpi and base of antennae
pale yellow. Two thoracic vittae. the pollen between them with

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an olive shade. Median traingle of black on second segment,
and one on first segment reversed. Bases of third and anal
segments silvery-white and bare of microcheetae. Tegulae
nearly white. Wings faintly evenly smoky, well tinged with
3'ellow.

Polygastropsis, new genus.

Genotype, Polygaster brasilicnsls Townsend, 1917, Bull. Am.
Mus. N. H., XXXVII, 234-225.

Differs from Polyfjaster by having fifth vein bristled nearly
to hind crossvein, as well as in the other characters given in
the description of the genotype.

Thelairophasia, new genus.

Genotype, Thelairophasia transita, new species.

Allied to Thelaira and Masiphya. Epistoma well produced
below vibrissse, strongly warped and nasute. Clypeus scarcely
depressed. Facialia flattened nearly to plane of clypeus.
Third antennal joint of male long and bulged on front
border. Arista long, slender, microscopically pubescent.
Two verticals and three reclinate orbitals in male. Parafacialia
bare, narrowing below, as wide as facialia. Apical cell open
well before tip. Median discals on intermediate segments, a
strong median marginal pair on first segment.

Thelairophasia transita, new species.

Length, 8 mm. One male, Rio Charape, Jaen Province,
Peru, 3,700 feet, September 19, 1911 ( C. H. T. Townsend).

Brownish. Face and cheeks pale golden pollinose, para-
frontalia deeply golden. Frontalia dark brown. Third anten-
nal joint blackish, second joint rufous. Palpi pale fulvous.
Mesonotum dull golden pollinose ; four thoracic vittae, inner
pair very narrow. Bases and sides of last three abdominal
segments silvery with pale golden tinge, most of disk of seg-
ments appearing brown polHnose in oblique view. Tegulse
pale watery-yellowish. Wings nearly clear.

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Nephochaetona, new g-eniis.

Genotype, Nephochaetona mima, new species.

Clypeus slightly depressed, epistoma slightly warped. Arista
long, microscopically pubescent, thickened on basal fourth.
Facialia bare, as wide as paraf acialia, narrowing upward ; the
parafacialia bare and narrowing downward. Eyes thinly hairy.
Frontals stopping at base of antennae. Wings clouded, apical
cell open a little before tip, third vein bristled to beyond small
crossvein, hind crossvein in middle between small crossvein and
cubitus. Macrochaet?e erect. Palpi swollen and nude apically.

Nephochaetona mima, new species.

Length, G mm. One female, Huascaray Ridge, Jaen Prov-
ince, Peru, 7,000 feet, September 31, 1911 (C. H. T. Towns-
end). Taken in company with specimens of an anthomyiid,
which it counterfeits not only in wing clouds but also in facial
and frontal characters.

Dark brown, slate-gray pollinose. Palpi very pale fulvous.
Basal half of antennse light rufous. Frontalia black. Four
thoracic vittJe, the outer ones heavier. First three abdominal
segments more or less shining blackish on disk. Tibise pale
fulvous. Tegulje glassy clear. Wings clear, with clouds on
stigma, hind crossvein, apical crossvein, and end of second
vein, the last two more or less confluent.

Erythromelana, new genus.

Genotype, Brythromelana jacna^ new species.

Allied to Thelaira. Eyes thinly hairy, descending a little
short of epistomal level. Frontals diverging two bristles be-
low base of antenna. No ocellars. Male vertex rather over
one-sixth of head width, that of female but little wider. Only
one vertical in both sexes. Male without, female with two
proclinate orbitals; both sexes with two reclinate orbitals. Two
sternopleurals and two postsuturals. Apical cell open a little
before tip. Both sexes with a median marginal pair on first
two segments and marginal row on last two segments ; no
median discals.

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Erythromelana jaena, new species.

Length, 7 to 8 mm. One male and one female, Huascaray
Ridge, Jaen Province, Peru, T.OOO feet, September 21, 1911 (C.
H. T. Townsend).

Abdomen wholly fulvo-rnfous in both sexes. Palpi fulvous.
Face and orbits silvery. Antenna?, frontalia, postscutum and
scutellum black. Prescutum blacl< with thin silvery pollen,
leaving five vitt?e, the three inner ones narrow. Humeri and
pleura silvery. Legs blackish, hind tibi?e of male and front
and hind tibi?e of female fulvous on middle. Tegul?e glassy-
yellowish. Wings smoky-yellowish in greater part.

Binghamimyia, new genus.

(jenotype, BingJiamiinyia reclinata, new species.

Allied to Thelaira. Clypeus distinctly sunken below cre.sts
of facialia. Palpi not as long as third antenna! joint, slender,
subcylindrical. Arista bare, thickened nearly half way. Third
antennal joint nearly three times second. Eyes bare. No
ocellars. Frontals stopping about even with base of antennse,
last three pairs reclinate and strong. Parafacialia bare, strong-
ly narrowed below. Cheeks about one-fifth eye length in male.
Two sternopleurals and three postsuturals. Apical cell elon-
gate, open a little before tip. Median marginal pair on first
two segments, median discals on intermediate segments.

Binghamimyia reclinata, new species.

Length, 10.5 mm. One male, Santa Ana, Peru, 3,000 feet,
August 3, 1911, collected by the Yale Peruvian Expedition, led
by Dr. Hiram Bingham, in whose honor the genus is named.

Abdomen rufous, more or less broadly blackish on disk of
segments. Head silvery pollinose with a slight golden tinge.
Palpi very pale yellowish or straw-color, fuscous on base.
Antennae blackish, second joint obscurely fulvous. Frontalia
brown. Thorax, scutellum and the blackish di.sks of abdominal
segments pollinose with faint golden tinge ; two narrow inner
and two broad outer thoracic vittc-e blackish. Legs dark brown.
Tegulae nearly white. Wings clear.

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Comyopsis, new genus.

Genotype, Comyopsis fumata, new species.

Facialia flat, narrowing above ; parafacialia bare, narrowing
a little below, averaging as wide as facialia. Arista short,
thinly plumose to tip. No proclinate or reclinate orbitals in
male, verticals vestigial and pilelike. Male front narrowed al-
most to a line. Eyes thinly short-hairy, descending about to
epistomal level. Apical cell open just before tip. Third vein
bristled to small crossvein. No median discals on abdomen.

Comyopsis fumata, new species.

Length, 5 mm. One male, Chinandega, Nicaragua (Baker).

Shining brownish-black. Face ashy. Palpi fulvous apical-
ly, brown on base. Mesoscutum brownish-gray pollinose in
oblique view, leaving two narrow inner and two wider outer
vittae. more distinct on prescutum. Second and third abdom-
inal segments thinly silvery on sides basally. Legs dark
brown, the tibiae lighter. Tegulae and wings fuscous.

Huascarodexia, new genus.

Genotype, Huascarodexia piilchra, new species.

Belongs in Zclia group. Eyes thickly long-pilose. Arista
short-plumose. Parafacialia very wide, bare. Female with
two verticals, two proclinate and one reclinate orbitals. Ocel-
lars present. Four strong postsuturals, three sternopleurals,
two postintraalars, two preacrostichals, and two postacrosti-
chals. No strong erect median discals on intermediate seg-
ments but some weak appressed ones.

Huascarodexia pulchra, new species.

Length, 10 mm. One female, Huascaray Ridge, Jaen Prov-
ince, Peru, T.OOO feet, September 33, 1911 (C. H. T. Towns-
end).

Head silvery-white pollinose, f rontalia dark brown ; antennae
blackish, basal half more or less rufous; palpi fulvous. Mes-
oscutum silvery-white pollinose, leaving four soft black-brown
vittae which are coalesced on front half of postscutum, the two
narrower middle ones continued in a single median vitta of

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same width on hind half of postscutum. Sciitellum soft brown-
black on base, faintly pollinose on disk and apically. Abdomen
soft brown-black, narrowly rufons laterally on disk of first
two segments, with a large silvery-white more or less triangu-
lar spot on each side of each segment, these spots subconfluent
on bases of last three segments. Legs brown. Tegulae white.
Wings clear.

Eunemorilla, new genus.

Genotype, Eunemorilla peruviana, new species.

Allied to Masiphya. Palpi elongate, slightly enlarged apical-
ly in the male. Arista short, thickened over half way. Eyes
pilose. Frontals descending three or four bristles below base
of antennae. Parafacialia bare except hairs next lowest front-
als. Male with one vertical, two reclinate orbitals and no
proclinates. Ocellars present. Second antennal joint elongate,
third about one and one-half times second. Cheeks less than
one-third eye length in male. Four sternopleurals and four
postsuturals. Three preacrostichals, three postacrostichals,
three postintraalars. Apical cell open well before tip. Hind
tibiae ciliate. No median discals on intermediate segments.

Eunemorilla peruviana, new species.

Length, 8 mm. One male, Santa Eulalia, Peru, 0,500 feet,
December 11, 1913 (C. H. T. Townsend).

Rufous-brownish. Face silvery, with ashy reflections.
Cheeks and parafrontalia golden-ashy. Frontalia light brown.
Palpi fulvous, brownish basally. Thorax, scutellum and ab-
domen golden-ashy pollinose, except four narrow black thoracic
vittse, basal abdominal segment and median markings of other
segments brown, and lateral chestnut clouds of segments two
to four. Legs brown. Tegulae watery-tawny. Wings clear.

Bonellimyia, new^ genus.

Genotype. Tachina haemorrhoidatis Fallen, of which
Bonellia tessellans R.D. is a synonym. New name for Bonellia
Rob. Desv., 1830, Essai Myod., 5G (nee Rol., 1823) preocc.

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Argentoepalpus, new genus.

Genotype, Bpalpus niveus Townsend, 1914, Ins. Ins. Men-
str.. II. 13fi-137.

Second aristal joint elongate. Scutellum and abdomen with
heavy spines. No median marginals on first segment ; no com-
plete marginal row on second, but closely-set row of about six
to eight marginals in middle, with median discal row of about
six, and median anterior row of about four ; third segment
with closely-set marginal row, median discal row of about
eight, and one median anterior pair in female but not in male ;
anal segment thickly spined on posterior half. The four seg-
ments bear thick lateral discal spine bunches, and the sternites
are heavily spined. Three sternopleurals, three postintraalars,
four postsuturals, three preacrostichals, three postacrostichals,
two lateral scutellars and one weak divergent apical pair of
scutellars in addition to the erect spines. Two to three proclin-
ate orbitals in female, and one reclinate orbital in both sexes.
No ocellars. Two strong verticals in both sexes.

Acronaristopsis, new genus.

Genotype, Acronaristopsis bahamcnsis, new species.

Allied to Schizotachina. Clypeus and facialia welded into
a single broad fllat subtriangular plate. Parafacialia extremely
narrow, sublinear. Eyes bare. Cheeks about one-third eye
length, and vertex over one-third head width in female. Pro-
boscis very short, palpi short and stubby. Second antennal
joint somewhat elongate, third joint of female simple and one
and one-half times second. Ocellars divaricate. Apical cell
narrowly open just before tip. First vein spined to tip, third
vein half way or more to tip. fifth vein half way to hind cross-
vein. No median macroch?etse on first two segments. Arista
short, thickened three-fifths way, second joint long.

Acronaristopsis bahamensis, new species.

Length, () mm. One female, Nassau, Bahamas (Dr. H. G.
Dyar).

Blackish-ibrown, very thinly silvery pollinose. Antennae
and palpi dull fulvous. Four faint thoracic vittse, the inner

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pair narrower and better marked. Anal segment and bases
of second and third segments pollinose. Tegulse nearly white.
Wings clear.

Ossidingia, new genns.

Genotype, Ossidingia oniafo, new species.

Head wider than high, moderately long. Clypeus slightly
depressed, wide, but little narrowed above. Epistoma warped
slightly, cut off short just below vibrissse. Facialia bare; pro-
boscis short ; palpi long, subcylindrical, bowed, scarcely thick-
ened apically. Second antennal joint elongate, third joint
about one and one-half times second. Arista very long, bare,
slender. Eyes thickly pilose, descending to vibrissal level.
Frontals diverging five bristles below base of antenna?. Two
verticals, two proclinate and two or three reclinate orbitals.
Ocellars present, strong, proclinate. Parafacialia bare. Two
sternopleurals, three postsuturals ; acrostichals present. Apical
cell open well before tip. First abdominal segment with a
median marginal pair ; second with two median marginal and
one median discal pairs ; third with marginal row and two
median discal pairs ; anal segment sparsely set with bristles
over disk.

Ossidingia ornata, new species.

Length, S mm. One female, Ossidinge, Cameroons. West
Africa, June, 191.5 (Lieut. A. W. Jobbins-Pomeroy).

Head silvery-white; the frontalia, antenn?e, palpi, spot on
vibrissal angles, spot at anterior end of frontal row, broad band
across front before ocellar triangle, greater part of occiput,
bfoad median vitta of prescutum and oblique oval spot each
side of it, narrower median vitta of postscutum and band of
confluent spots next suture, base of scutellum, most of first
abdominal segment, interrupted median abdominal vitta, and
spot on each side of second to anal segments soft brown-
black to , velvet-black. Last half of anal segment bright ful-
vous-yellow, reducing the black vitta and lateral spots. Legs
dark brown, underside of femora silvery. Tegul?e conspicu-
ously clear honey-golden. Wings clear.

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Obolocera, new genus.

Genotype, Homoeonychia rapcr H. E. Smith, 1917, Psyche,
XXIV, 139-140.

Head much wider than high, but very short. Clypeus a little
depressed ; epistoma cut off short, but warped. Facialia
obliquely flattened, finely short-ciliate on outer edge about
half way above vibrissa. Proboscis short, labella large; palpi
elongate, thickened apically. Antennae inserted about on eye
middle, second joint short ; third joint in male irregularly sub-
circular, flattened or compressed laterally into a thin plate
whose greater length is over three times the second joint.
Arista short, porrect, thickened over half way, second joint
longer than wide. Eyes pilose. Frontals diverging three or
four bristles below base of antennae, about eight in number, all
reclinate. Male with two strong verticals, but neither proclin-
ate nor reclinate orbitals. Ocellars present, proclinate. Para-
facialia in plane of clypeus, bare on lower half. Three sterno-
pleurals, tliree postintraalars, four postsuturals, three preacros-
tichals and three postacrostichals. No costal spine ; apical cell
open a little before tip. Hind tibiae ciliate, male claws short.
Median marginal pair on first abdominal segment, median
marginal and median discal on second, marginal row and
median discal pair on third, marginal and discal rows on anal
segment.

Chlorometaphyto, new genus.

Genotype, Gymnochaeta vivida Williston, 1886, Tr. Am. Ent.

Soc. xni, m2.

Clypeus slightly sunken, epistoma wide and only slightly
warped. An outer row of frontals anteriorly more or less
developed in the female. Third antennal joint of female little
longer than second, that of male about one and one-half times
second. Costal spine strong, a strong stump at cubitus. Hind
crossvein close to cubitus. Sternite V of male greatly elon-
gated and deeply cleft.

Euptilopsis, new genus.

Genotype, Ptilopsis sexmaculata Robineau-Desvoidy, 1868,

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Posth. ri, 2:3. Change of name for Ptilopsis R. D. (1863)
preocc. by Kaup. (1851).

Differs from Strongygastcr mainly in the pilose eyes, male
frontalia pinched out l)ehincl and parafrontalia reduced to a
line, and apical cell open.

Vanderwulpella, new genus.

Genotype. Xanthomelana anceps Wulp, 1003, Biol. C.-A.,
Dipt. II, Suppl., 455, pi. 13, fig. 15.

Ii^yes bare, subcontiguous in the male ; male front triangular.
Third antennal joint but little longer than second. Apical cell
long-petiolate. Fourth vein evenly arcuate at bend. Hind
crossvein nearer to small crossvein than to bend of fourth
vein. Abdomen ovate, short, convex, five segments visible
from above. Abdominal macrochsetse only marginal, moder-
ately strong and long. Male claws elongate.

Named in honor of Mr. F. M. van der Wulp, who has de-
scribed a large number of exceptionally interesting muscoid
forms.

Girschneria mirabilis, new genus and species.

Name for "Tachinine gen. et sp.", Girschner, 1885, Ent.
Nachr., xi, 3-G, figs. 4, 4a-4e ; and xii, 20-21.

Over thirty years ago Girschner, in whose honor the genus
is named, described and figured the generic and specific char-
acters of this remarkable Sisyropine form. Only one specimen,
the original, is so far known and is evidently the male. It pos-
sesses five pairs of long feathered bristles on the head, three
cruciate pairs being inserted on the edges of the forward half
of the frontalia, and two divaricate pairs on the facialia at
about aristal level. The upper pair of the two on facialia is
white while all the others are black. Whether the female also
possesses these feathered bristles is unknown but unlikely.
They are distinct from the frontal bristles, which are always
inserted on the parafrontalia. They were believed by Mik to
be of extraneous origin, but are unquestionably structures of
the fly.

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Synonymy

In the course of the work, the following synonymy has

come to light :

Trongia Towns, equals Catapicephala Macq., genotypes congeneric.

Araba tergata Coqt. equals Euaraba grisea RD.

Ophelia RD. (1830) preocc. equals Anicia RD. (1863), genotypes con-
generic.

Mctopilla Rdi. equals Taxigramma Macq., genotypes congeneric.

Hoplocephalclla Villen. apparently equals Lamprometopia Macq. male.

Notochaetopsis Towns, equals Acanthodotheca Towns., genotypes not
generically separable in male.

Phas'wpteryx BB. equals Ormia RD., genotypes congeneric.

Melaleuca spcctabilis Wulp gen. et sp. equal Zeeia gracilis Wd. female.

Leptoda Wulp equals Zeeia RD. male.

Paranaphora Towns, equals Ervia RD.

Hypostena gracilis Coqt. equals Ervia triquETra Oliv. (small male).

Neohypostena Towns, equals Ervia RD.

Bggeria Rdi. (1862) preocc. equals Peyritschia BB. (1889), geno-
types congeneric.

Parodomyia paradoxica Towns, gen. et sp. equal ThelairodES vittigera
Big.

Clinoneiira BB. equals PtilodExia BB., genotypes congeneric.

Dimasicera nitida Towns, gen. et sp. equal Phaenopsis Arabella
Towns.

Eusignosoma nigrum Towns, is subspecies of Micropalpus rufipennis
M^cq., genotype of Epalpus Rdi.

Eusignosoma aureum Towns, equals Micropalpus macula Macq.

Bercaea RD. equals Stephanostoma Lenz, genotypes congeneric if not
conspecific.

Eufabncia flavicans Towns, gen. et sp. equal Archytas diaphana Fab.

Neoarchytas Towns, equals Nemochaeta Wulp, genotypes perhaps only
subspecifically distinct and quite certainly congeneric.

Pseudodidyma Towns, equals Monochaeta BB, genotypes congeneric.

Bngytnnochacta Towns, equals Chrysotachina BB, genotypes con-
generic.

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NEW NORTH AMERICAN PHORID^ OF THE
GENUS APHIOCH^TAi

(Diptcra)
By CHARLES T. BRUES

The species described in tiie present paper are in part from
the Northwest, collected by Professor A. L. Melander, and
from several localities in the Eastern States. I have also been
able to recognize with reasonable certainty several European
species not hitherto known to occur in North America and
notes on these have been included.

Five of the species described as new have the anterior tarsi
strongly thickened and are on this account easily distinguished
from the bulk of the North American members of the genus.
Only two others of this group have hitherto been known from
this continent and one from the West Indies, although a con-
siderable series have been found in Europe.

Aphiochaeta dilatata, new species.

Male. Length 1.5 mm. Black, legs dark brown, somewhat
lighter on the tibise and tarsi ; palpi pale brown ; halteres black ;
pleurae varied with dark brown ; wings faintly brownish, al-
most hyaline, heavy veins fuscous. Front one-fourth wider
than high, not shining and rather strongly hairy between the
large bristles, especially at the middle below ; four proclinate
bristles of about equal size, the upper ones but little above the
lower ones and twice as far apart, occupying nearly one-third
the \vidth of the front ; lower reclinate bristles set with the
inner one far from the eye and much below the outer one
which is next to the eye ; upper reclinate row distinctly curved
down medially, its four bristles equidistant with the lateral
ones very close to the eye ; ocellar tubercle well developed ;
median frontal groove not very well marked. Antennas notice-
ably enlarged, the diameter of the third joint equal to the great-
est width of the eye; arista one-third longer than the height of

' Contributions from the Entomological Laboratory of the Bussey Institution,
Harvard University, No. 148.

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the front. Palpi rather small, with four or five strong bristles
at tip. Mesonotum subshining, rather densely hairy ; scutellum
semicircular, with two strong bristles. Propleura with several
strong bristles next the coxa and several minute ones below
the spiracle ; mesopleura with an area of small bristles above
and one long backwardly directed one at the lower hind angle
of the area of small ones. Abdomen with some conspicuous
bristly hairs near the apex, continued on the lower half of the
sides and anterior ventral angles of the hypopygium ; apex
of hypopygium below with an asymmetrical hook-shaped
clasper originating on the left side, extending to the right
side and there curved forward. Anal organ short and stout,
densely hairy, its apical pair of bristles small. Legs slender ;
hind femora simple ; front tarsi thickened throughout, the
metatarsus as stout as the tibia ; setulse of posterior tibise
minute, not developed at all on the basal half ; tibial spurs un-
usually weak. Costa slightly less than half the length of the
wing, its cilia short, especially on the basal half ; first section
about one-fourth longer than the second and third combined ;
second very little longer than the third ; costa apically and
third vein unusually thick, the cell at the furcation of the third
very small ; fourth vein slightly curved throughout ; fifth
nearly straight, strongly divergent from the fourth apically ;
seventh long, distinct ; all light veins very weak at apex, the
fourth and fifth also at the base; wings broader than usual,
especially on the apical half.

Female : Differs only in its smaller antenn?e, and in having
the first section of the costa a trifle longer and the wing some-
what narrower.

Type male and paratype female from Moscow Mountain,
Idaho, June 17 (Melander).

Similar to the European A. tarsalis Wood, which, however,
does not have the antennae enlarged in the male.

Aphiochaeta scopalis, new species.

Male. Length 2.0 mm. Deep black, legs beyond the coxae
piceous, the front pair more brown. Wings hyaline, heavy

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veins very dark. Front slightly broader than long, appearing
broader as the margin on the sides is more deeply excavated on
account of the large antennae. Lower pair of proclinate bristles
greatly reduced in size, upper ones moderately large, separated
by nearly one-third the width of the front; lower reclinate
bristles set close together near the eye, at almost the same
level ; upper row nearly straight ; ocellar tubercle and median
frontal groove well developed. Antenn?e considerably enlarged,
half as long as the eye, with a slightly pubescent arista one-half
longer than the height of the front ; cheeks each with a row of
six strong bristles extending from the lower angle toward
the antenna, the upper ones smaller, but still large. Mesonotum
with a pair of sharply differentiated dorsocentral macrochaetse ;
scutellum broad and short, with four very long slender bristles,
placed as a pair close together at each posterior angle. Pro-
pleura with several strong bristles near the anterior coxa and
several very small ones just below the spiracle ; mesopleura
with a patch of small bristles of equal size above. Abdomen
with a few scattered hairs and some more conspicuous ones on
the sides below. Hypopygium of moderate size, shining
toward the base; anteriorly below with a dense transverse tuft
of very strong, straight, stifif bristles ; behind this on the
ventral surface with two longitudinal rows of delicate hooked
hairs extending to the apex ; above and on the sides, except at
base, minutely rugulose and finely hairy ; anal organ short and
stout, with a few very fine hairs. Legs slender ; front tarsi
strongly enlarged, the metatarsus slightly broader than the
widest part of the front tibia ; hind femora with a series of
delicate, but quite noticeable curved hairs along the lower
edge; setulas of hind tibiae fine and closely placed, more distinct
near the middle. Costa about two-fifths the wing length, its
cilia moderately long and rather closely placed on apical half,
shorter basally ; first section about one-third longer than the
second and third combined ; second nearly twice as long as
third ; light veins but little curved, the fourth not recurved at
apex, the seventh long ; light veins all distinct, but not strong.

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Type from Lacouner, Washington, May 23, 1908 (Mel-
ander).

This species is remarkable for its stiffly bristled and other-
wise elaborate hypopygium, and could not be confounded with
any other. In Wood's table of British species it will run in the
neighborhood of A. involuta Wood, from which it differs at
once in its large antennse and in the hypopygium.

Aphiochaeta palpata, new species.

Male. Length 1.5 mm. Black, legs Ijrown. Middle and
hind legs, except trochanters, very dark, almost piceous ; basal
half of front femora nearly as dark ; apical half and their tarsi
pale yellowish ; other tarsi light brown ; palpi black above ; dark
brown below ; halteres black ; wings hyaline, heavy veins pice-
ous. Front as broad as long ; subshining. with the fine hairs
unusually stout, especially in the middle below where some
are nearly half as long as the macrochset?e ; upper proclinate
bristles separated by one-third the width of tlie front, lower
ones of the same size, much closer together ; inner bristle of
lower row nearer to the eye than to the proclinate bristle and
well below the outer bristle which is next the eye ; upper row
slightly curved down medially, its bristles equidistant; set
above the upper third of the front ; ocellar bristles larger than
the other ; ocellar tubercle and median frontal groove well
developed. Antennae of moderate size, with long pubescent
arista. Palpi small and slender, their bristles numerous but
not very large ; cheeks each with a pair of large bristles and a
row of strong ones leading along the eye margin toward the
antenna. Mesonotum rather shining, densely hairy ; two scut-
ellar bristles. Propleura with several bristles near the base of
the coxa and with numerous small ones behind the spiracle ;
mesopleura with a patch of small, nearly equal bristles above.
Abdomen dull black, with a few minute bristle-like hairs along
the sides. Hypopygium small, with a row of three or four
bristly hairs on each side above and a larger one at each lower
anterior angle ; lower posterior angle with only an extremely
minute hair; lamella small, slender, with a pair of upcurved

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bristles at tip. Anterior tarsi strongly thickened, the meta-
tarsus as thick or barely thicker than the broad apical part of
the tibia, the latter densely hairy on is outer edge, but without
distinct bristles or setuLx; setulae of hind tibia very small,
delicate and closely placed, their femora simple below. Costal
vein ending distinctly before the middle of the wing; its bristles
short and closely placed ; its first section one and one-half times
as long as the second and third combined ; third two-thirds
as long as the second ; fork obtuse, curvature of fourth vein
slight ; its apex nearly straight and not recurved ; fifth and sixth
each slightly bisinuate ; seventh very weak, almost straight.

Type from Riverton, New Jersey, June 18 (Johnson) ; one
paratype from Chicago, Illinois, June 6, 1903 (Melander),
and another from Falls Church, Virginia, July 4 (Banks).

This species is most nearly related to two European species
described by Wood. From the first of these, A. humilis, it
differs in venation and in lacking the stubby hairs on the hind
femora as well as in the reduction of the lower post-antennal
bristles. From A. crassipes it differs greatly in venation, and
in the development of the lower post-antennal bristles, besides
being much larger.

Aphiocha2ta pulla, new species.

Male. Length 2.0 mm. Black, w^ith a brown tinge to the
mesonotum ; pleurae brown, lighter below and anteriorly ; palpi
brownish yellow; legs dull, light yellow, darker on the tarsi;
halteres pale yellow, darkened at tips, anal process honey-
yellow ; wings distinctly tinged with brown ; venation fuscous,
the light veins very distinct. Front slightly shining, as long
as broad, its bristles large ; lower proclinate bristles three-
fourths as long as the upper and more closely placed ; upper
occupying nearly one-third the width of the front ; bristles of
lower reclinate row close together ; the outer one next the eye
and set but little above the inner one ; upper row but little
curved down medially, the inner bristles farther from one
another than from the lateral ones ; ocellar tubercle and medi-
an frontal groove well developed. Antennae moderate, arista

188 INSECUTOR INSCITI^ MENSTRUUS

one-half longer than the front, not strongly pubescent; palpi
witli live or six strong bristles ; cheeks each with two large
bristles, the series extending from these toward the antenna
weak. Mesonotum distinctly shining ; scutellum with two
bristles. Propleuras with several strong bristles next to the
fore coxa and a couple of weaker ones below the spiracle ;
mesopleura above with a patch of small bristles of approxi-
mately equal size. Abdomen rather conspicuously bristly on
the apical portion of each segment, the bristles on the basal
segments very small, but becoming larger on the last three
segments, especially the sixth which bears on the side eight or
ten long slender bristles as well as a number below. Hypo-
pygium small with a nearly vertical series of fine closely-set
bristles on the side and a tuft of fine hairs below at tip ; anal
process covered with long fine hairs as long as the apical pair,
which is smaller than usual. Legs slender, except the anterior
tarsi which are strongly flattened, especially the metatarsus,
which is fully as wide as the broadest part of the anterior
tibia. Posterior femora slender, simple, not fringed beneath,
their tibise without distinctly dfiferentiated setula?. Costal vein
reaching to the middle of the wing, with very long, moderately
strong bristles, each about as long as the last section of the
third vein ; first section of costa distinctly, but not much longer
than the second and third combined ; third section two-thirds
the length of the first; fourth vein weakly curved at base,
nearly straight beyond, not recurved at tip; fifth, sixth and
seventh nearly straight, the seventh long and strongly de-
veloped.

Type from Moscow Mountain, Idaho, September 9, 1908
(Melander).

This would run in Wood's table (Ent. Month. Mag., vol. 20.
p. 114 (1909) ) to hortensis Wood, except that the halteres
are not black. It difi'ers from that species by the bristly apex
of the abdomen and the neuration. Otherwise the two are
very similar and undoubtedly closely related.

iNSEcuTOR insciti.t; mrnstruus 189

Aphiochaeta capillaris, new species.

Female. Length 2 mm. Black, slightly brownish on the
pleurae ; legs piceous, distinctly yellowish basally on the two
posterior pairs and the front pair entirely pale yellowish ; palpi
yellow ; posterior margins of abdominal segments pale ; halteres
black ; wings hyaline, with pale venation. Front as broad as
high ; four proclinate bristles, the lower pair noticeably weak-
er than the upper and placed close together far below them ;
upper pair separated by one-third the width of the front ; inner
bristle of lower reclinate row placed far below the outer one
and much further from the eye ; upper row straight, placed
higher on the front than usual ; ocellar tubercle very prom-
inent ; median frontal groove present, but not very pronounced ;
antennse small, brown; arista thinly pubescent, one-half longer
than the front ; palpi moderate, with strong, rather short
bristles, cheeks each with two long macrochastse. Mesonotum
shining, with a pair of distinct, widely separated dorsocentral
macrochsetse ; scutellum broad, with two strong bristles be-
hind and two much weaker ones laterally. Propleura with
one strong and several weak bristles near the coxa and two
weak ones below the spiracle ; mesopleura with a patch of
very small bristles above and one greatly enlarged, backwardly
directed one at the posterior edge. Abdomen slightly hairy
on the sides and near apex, but without prominent bristles at
the sides of the second segment. Legs slender, the anterior
tarsi greatly swollen, the metatarsus as thick as the thickest
portion of the tibia and the following joints also strongly
thickened ; cilia of hind tibiae distinct, but not large and placed
rather far apart, weaker on the basal half. Costa extending
just to the middle of the wing, with close-set rather short cilia,
those on the basal half much shorter than those on the apical
half ; first division of costa distinctly longer than the second
which is slightly more than twice as long as the third; fourth
vein gently curved at base, nearly straight beyond and not re-
curved at the apex ; fifth and sixth strongly divergent apically ;
seventh very weakly defined.

inO TNSKCUTOR INSCTTlyT? MKNSTRUUS

Type from (ircal I'\'ills. \Mrj,nnia, October 21 (Nathan
Banks) ; ijaratypc from Isalls Cliurrli, Virj^inia, Jime 7
(P.anks).

This is similar lo A. dilatata Brucs.

Together with the four ])rece(ling S])ccies it has the anterior
tarsi enlarged. All the members of this group known from
North .America mav be distinguished by the aid of the follow-
ing key :

1. Snitc'lliiin vvilli fimr (.'(iiKilly .slrunj.; l)risllc'S 2

.Sciitflluni willi only two hri.stles 5

2. iMist division of co.sta noticoalily loiif^cr tlian tlic second;

costal fringe of moderate Icnj^tii 'i

iMrst division of costa ahoiil ('(jnal to tlie second; costal

fringe very short iimiiinpalpis Aid.

.'!. Halteres pale yellow; palpi of nialr nnicli enlarged and witli

only miiuUe bristles prujccla Becker

Ilaltercs lirown or Mack ; |)alpi hristly as nsnal 4

4. Cosla two-lifllis the wing length; hypo])ygium with very

large hristles scopalis Brnes

Costa extending to the middle of Ihe wing; hyi)o))ygium not

noticeahly hristly calif ormoisis Malloch

.'i. I bdleres hlack ; costal cilia short 7

llalleres pale 6

(') Costal cilia very long pulla Brues

Costal cilia short johiisoiii Brues

7. Mesopleural hristles of ai)i)roximately ecpial size palpata Brues

One mesopleural hristle enlarged, much longer and .stouter

than llii' remainder 8

5. Posterior til)i;e with well-devi'loped sctuhe, front as high

as hroad capillaris Brucs

Po.sterior tihirc ^vithout distinct setulpe; front one-fourth
hroader than high dihUala Brues

Aphioch.xta centralis, new species.

b'emale. Length ".*..■') mm. IMack, the pleur;e and legs very
dark brown; front legs distiiu-tly lighter; anlenn.x brown-
bl.'ick ; p.alpi dark yellow, much infuscated abox'e ; wings with
a brownish cast, more pronounced apicalK' ; halteres black,
b'roni about oiu- third broader than bigli, with large bristles;
four proelinate bristles, the lowi-r pair half the size of the
up])er and close to them ;dthougb more- ap])roxiiuale ; up])er

INSECUTOR INSCITI^TJ MENSTRUUS 101

pair occupying one fourth tlic width of the front, inner l)ristle
of lower reelinatc row somewhat helow the outer one and set
near the jiost antennals so tliat it is equidistant from the eye
mar<j;in and the median line; inner hristle of upper row equi-
distant, the median pair slightly lower than the outer one;
ocellar tuhercle and median frontal groove well developed.
Antenn.-e rather large, with a nearly hare arista slightly longer
tlian the front; jialpi of good size, with strong bristles; pro-
boscis extruded, but not thickly chitinized. Front strongly
l)ol!inose, with many small bristly hairs. Cheeks with several
strong bristles below ; post-ocular cilia unusually strong.
Mesonotum shining, very bristly on the sides and behind, just
before the scutellum. Scntellum with four very large, equal,
marginal bristles. Peropleura with four strong l)ristles next
the coxa and three weaker ones below the s])iracle, Ixnre be-
tween, mesopleura bare. Abdomen hairy near tip, but without
distinct l)ristles on the sides of the second segment. T.egs
rather slender, the fore tarsi not at all thickened; hind til)i<c
with weak, widely placed cilia on the apical half which become
obsolete toward the ])ase. Wings large, rather long and nar-
row. Costa extending distinctly beyond the middle of the
wing, with short, closely placed cilia. First section of costa as
long as the second and third combined; second nearly three
times as long as the third ; fourth vein sharply curved at base,
straight beyond; fifth and sixth slightly sinuate; seventh
rather long.

Type from Uattle Creek, Michigan.

This species is related to //. johannscni Alalloch, but the
frontal chc^etotaxy is quite different, the costal fringe is not
long, and it is a smaller species.

Aphiochaeta pleuralis Wood.

Entom. Monthly Maff., vol. 20, p. 117 anfl Hfi (1900).

A series of ten specimens from Algoncpiin, Illinois, collected
in October, 1805, by Dr. Nason, have been in my collection
for a number of years. They represent both sexes and seem
to be identical with this Furopean form so far as I can judge

193 INSECUTOR INSClTliS MKNSTRUUS

from Wood's very complete description. In Malloch's key
to North American species it will fall near ciliata on account
of the enlarged bristle (or two) on the mesopleura. A. nasoni
recently described by Malloch (Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc, vol.
9, p. 58 (1914) ) will also run to ciliata in the same key, but
is very dififerent from pleuralis although strangely enough it
also was obtained by Dr. Nason at Algonquin, where the speci-
mens of pleuralis were collected. I have additional specimens
from Lyndon, Washington, July 29, 1908 (A. L. Melander),
from Milton, Massachusetts, and from New Bedford, Massa-
chusetts.

Aphiochseta subpleuralis Wood.

Entom. Monthly Mag., vol. 20, p. 118 and 14G (1909).
r have a single male which I think is this species, as it de-
parts in no way from Wood's comprehensive description.
Wood says that this is a common and widely distributed species
in Great Britain and that it is probably the pulicaria of Meigen
and Becker, but not of Fallen. It seems probable, therefore,
that this is an abundant pal?earctic species that extends into
western North America, particularly as Becker records his
pulicaria from Siberia as well as Europe.

Aphiochsta beckeri Wood.

Entom. Monthly Mag., vol. 20, p. 115 and 144 (1909).
A single male from Moscow Mountain, Idaho, sent me by
Professor Melander, seems to be this species, hitherto known
from Great Britain. The American specimen has the palpi
almost black as well as the anal organ, and the tibial cilia,
although well developed, could hardly be considered as sparse.
I can make out no other differences, however, from Wood's
description. The species is rather conspicuous on account of
its very broad front, strong bristles on the head and propleurae,
the bristling of the hypopygium and the color and venation of
the wings.

[NSECUTOR INSCITI^ MIJNSTRUUS 193

Aphiochaeta divergens Malloch.

Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 43, p. 480 (1912).
I have two good series, comprising both sexes of this species.
One lot collected by Dr. Nason at Algonquin, Illinois, years
ago agrees perfectly with the original description but a series
from Pullman, Washington, collected by Professor Melander,
have the palpi somewhat infuscated instead of clear yellow,
although otherwise indistinguishable. The Illinois specimens
were taken in September and the Washington ones in May
and September, some of them on windows. The anterior
tarsi, especially the metatarsus, are strongly thickened in the
male, but not noticeably so in the female.

Aphiochaeta glabrifrons Wood.

Entom. Monthly Mag., vol. 20, p. 27 and 63 (1909).
A single female undoubtedly belonging to this palsearctic
species -was taken at Framingham, Massachusetts, by Mr. C.
A. Frost. The proboscis is swollen and very pale yellow like
the anterior coxse.

Aphiochaeta modesta, new species.

Male. Length 3 mm. Black ; legs very dark brown, with
the front pair much lighter and their cox?e light brownish
yellow ; palpi clear yellow ; halteres black ; anal organ deep
yellow with dusky base ; wings distinctly tinged with brown,
heavy veins pale, but light veins rather dark. Front short, one-
third broader than high ; slightly shining. Two pairs of pro-
clinate bristles, the lower pair much smaller and rather close
together ; upper pair very widely separated, occupying slightly
more than one-third of the width of the front ; bristles of lower
row very close together next the eye, but the inner one dis-
tinctly lower than the outer one which is in line with the
upper proclinate bristles ; upper row of four nearly equidistant
bristles, the middle pair a little lower than the lateral ones ;
ocellar tubercle and median frontal groove well developed.
Antennae somewhat under-sized, the arista long, slightly more
than twice as long as the height of the front. Labrum not

194 INSECUTOR INSCITI/Ti MKNSTRUUS

prominent, palpi rather stout, with strong bristles. Cheeks
each with two very strong bristles and a series of much smaller
ones running up the orbits to the antennae. Mesonotum rather
elongate, shining; scutellum subtriangular, with only two
bristles ; dorsocentral bristles well differentiated, without any
smaller bristles between them. Pleurae shining, propleura with
several bristles next the front coxa and a couple of minute
ones just below the spiracle ; mesopleura bare. Abdomen bare
at base, but rather bristly near apex, especially on the sixth
segment. Hypopygium of moderate size, not shining, with
some bristles at the base, especially below, and also with
several minute bristles near the base of the anal organ which
is rather small and furnished with unusually stout hairs. Legs
rather stout, but the tarsi all slender ; hind femora without
noticeable hairs below ; cilia of hind tibiae short, delicate and
widely placed, very weak near the base and apex. Wings
very long and narrow, with the costa extending well be-
yond the middle ; its cilia short and very closely placed, ex-
tremely short near the base of the costa ; first section slightly,
but distinctly, longer than the other two combined ; second half
as long as the first and nearly three times as long as the third ;
fork of third vein rather acute and the cell long; fourth vein
sharply bent at base, straight beyond and faintly recurved at
tip ; fifth slightly sinuate ; sixth strongly so ; seventh very long.

Type from Lyndon, Washington, July 29, 1908 (Melander ).

This species is not closely related to any described North
American species ; among the European species it would fall
near longiseta Wood, from which it differs at once by its
broader front, infuscated wings, and longer first section to
the costa.

INDEX TO VOLUME VI

abfitchii F. & Y. 7S
aboringinis Dyar 78
abserratus F. & Y. 78
Acanthoclonia flavicornis

Caud., n. sp. 11
Acanthodis aquilina L,. 31
Acanthodotheca Towns. 182
Acanthops erosula Stal 5
Acontista westwoodi S. & Z. 5
Acronaristopsis Towns., n.

gen. 178
Acronaristopsis bahamensis

Towns., n. sp. 178
Aedes Meig. 83, 89
Aedes camposanus Dyar, n.

sp. 128
Aedes encephalseus Dyar, n,

sp. 127
Aedes oligopistus Dyar, n.

sp. 76
Aedes polygrus Dyar, n.

sp. 77
Aedes thelcter Dyar, n. sp.

129
Aedes, the male genitalia as

iiirltcative of natural af-
finities 71
Aedeomyia Theo. 88
Aedimorphus Theo. 83
aestivalis Dyar 78
Africa, a new Physothrips

from western 116
Afrowohlfahrtia Towns., n.

gen. 159
Afrowohlfahrtia pachytyli

Towns, n. sp. 159
agitator D. & K. 103
aikenii Aiken 110
aikenii D. & K. 95
albicosta Pery. 115
albitarsis Lynch, A. 150
albipes Theob. 151
albimanus Wied. 151
albonotata Coq. 80
aldrichi D. & K. 78
allostigma H., D. & K. 93
altiusculus Dyar 78
amazonensis Theob. 113
American Anopheles, notes

on 141
American species of Manso-

nia, a note on 113
American Mosquitoes, New

120
.'\musus kirschianus Sauss. 66
.\nauIacomera apicidentata

Caud., n. sp. 58
Anaulacomera cercalis Caud.,

n. sp. 59
Anaulacomera diluta Brun.

59
Anaulcacomera harpago

Brun 60
Anaulacomera longicercata

Caud., n. sp. 61

Anaulacomera schunkei

Caud., n. sp. 60
Anaulacomera simplex Caud.,

u. sp. 63
anceps v. d. Wulp 181
.\iucia R.-D. 182
anips Dyar 104
annulipalpis Lynch A. 145
annulipes Theob. 145
annulimanus v. d. Wulp 144
Anopheles Meig. 88, 142
.\nopheles, American, notes

on 141
Anopheles, Bromelicolus — A

correction 140
Anthrocephalus erythrogaster

Cam. 117
Anthrocephalus marginiceps

Cam. 117
Anthrocephalus spilogaster

Cam. 117
Apatelodes gladys Dyar, n.

sp. 134
.\patelodes sadisma Dyar, n.

sp. 135
apateticus H., D. & K. 106
Aphiochicta capillaris Brues,

n. sp. 189
Aphiochata centralis Brues,

n. sp. 190
Aphiochceta dilatata Brues, n.

sp. 183
Aphiochreta modesta Brues,

n. sp. 193
.^phiochKta palpata Brues, n,

sp. 186
Aphiochs^ta pulla Brues, n.

sp. 187
Aiihiochaeta scopalis Brues,

n. sp. 184
.Aphonomorphus mutus Sauss.

70
.Vphonomorphus iper.uvianus

Sauss. 69
Aphonomorphus telskii Sauss.

70
.Apicia remorta Dyar, n. sp.

135
apicimacula D. & K'. 148
Araba tergata Coq. 182
Archytas diaphana Fab. 182
nrgenteus Poir. 80
argentinus Breth. 144
Araientiepalpus Towns, n.

gen. 178
arpyritarsis R.-D. 150
Argyrnchstona Towns., n.

gen. 167
Argyroch.ietona cubana

Towns,, n. sp. 167
aristalis Coq. 162
Armigeres Theob. 81
Arota rosaura Kars. 64
-Arrhenotcttix Caud., n. gen.

48

Arrhcnotettix calcaratus

Caud., n. sp. 50
arribalzagas Theob. 114
.\rribalzagia Theob. 146
aseyeha D. & K. 99
atlanticus D. & K. 76
atratus Theob. lO.S
atiopalpus Coq. 79
atropos D. & K. 145
.\uchmeromyiella Towns., n.

gen. 154
Auchmeromyiella angola

Towns., n. sp. 154
•Aulacophyto Towns, n. gen.

158
-Xulacophyto auromaculata

Towns, n. sp. 158
Aulacocephalopsis Towns., n.

gen. 165
aureostriata Grabh. 80
aurifer Coq. 79
auroides Felt 78
Australian Chalcid flies,

Cameron's 117

Bacteria virgulata Redt. 9
badia Gerst. 165
barberi Coq. 142
Barrett, Harvey P. and Har-
rison G. Dyar, article by

119
bastagarius D. & K. 105
beckeri Wood 192
bellator D. & K. 145
Bercaa R.-D. 182
bigoti Bell 93
bigotii Theob. 150
bimaculatus Coq. 78
Binghamirayia Towns., n.

gen. 175
Binghamimyia reclinata

Towns., n. sp. 175
bisulcatiis Coq. 102
Bliastes connexus Brun. 36
Bliastes spinicornis Caud., n.

sp. 36
boliviensis Theob. 148
BombobracTiycoma TownS.,

n. gen. 157
Bonellimvia Towns., n. gen.

177
Brachiomyia Theo. 101
braueri Kert. 166
braziliensis Chagas 150
braziliensis Towns., 173
Bromelicolvis Anopheles — a

correction 140
Brues, Charles T., article by

183
Bufotettix Caud., n. gen. 25
Bufotettix alpha Caud., n.

sp. 26
1/usckii Coc|. 50

Cacoculex 92. 100

195

196

INSECUTOR INSCITl.i; MKNSTRUUS

californiensis Mall. 190
Callimonie graminis Cam. IIS
Callinionie reticulatus Cam.

lis

Calyninia cinetes Dyar, n.

sp. 133
Cameron's Australian Chalcid

flies 117
canipestris D. & K. 76
canadensis Theob. 70
cancer Theob. 103
eantator Coq. 7S
carcinophilus i>. & K. 105
caniiodya; D. & K. 94
Carrollia Lutz. 92, lOS
Catapicepliala Macq. 182
caudata Schiner 170
Caudell, A. N., article by 1
caudclli D. & K. 108
Cellia Theob. 150
Ceraia dentata Brun. 56
cinereus Meig. SO
Chagasia (Jruz 149
Chalcid-flies, Cameron's Aus-
tralian 117
Chalcis froggatti Cam. 117
Chalcis pomonse Cam. 117
chalcocorystes Mart. 102
Chlorobrachycoma Towns., n.

gen. 155
Chlorobrachycoma splendida

Towns., n. sp. 156
Chlorometaphyto Towns., n.

gen. ISO
Chlorophylla rufipes Brun. 55
Chirradodis laticollis Serv. 5
ChiL-roporpa Dyar 92, 103
Cho.'roporpa Oyar, n. subg.

103
chrysonntum D. & K. 105
Chrysotachina B. & B. 182
chr\sothorax X. & T. Ill
Cliniacurura H., D. & K. 89
Cliiioneura B. & B. 183
Cocconotus angustatus Brun.
^40
Cocconotus nigroantennatus

Brun. 3S
Cocconotus olivaceus Caud.,

n. sp. 37
Cocconotus similis Caud., n.

sp. 39
Cocconotus variabilis Caud.,

n. sp. 40
Coelodiazesis D. & K. 142
Conipsomyiops Towns., n.

gen. 153
Conivopsis Towns,, n. gen.

176
Comyopsis fumata Towns., n.

sp. 176
Conocephalus equatorialis G.-

T. 16
Conocephalus saltator Sauss.

17
conservator D. & K. 103
consolator D. & K. 109
conspirator D. & K. 105
Coquillettidia Dyar 113
corniger Theob. 96
cornnator D. & K. 99
colicula D. & K. 114
crucians Wied. 144

cnizii IX & Iv 146

Cuba, New moths from Mex-
ico and 130

cubensis Agram. 151

Culex Linn. 92, 93

Culex alogistus Dyar, n. sp.
^ 126

Culex, a revision of the
American species of, on the
male genitalia 86

Culex, Descriptions of hith-
erto unknown larva; of 119

C.iif\ Jurni Dyar, n. sp. 123

Cu'.ex iolambdis Dvar, n. sp.
106

Culex menvtes Dvar, n. sp.
le.")

Culex moorei Dyar, n. sp.
108

Culex ousqua Dyar, n. sp. 99

Cule.x surinamensis Dyar, n.
sp. 121

Culex tecmarsis Dvar, n. sp.

Culex usquatus Dvar, n. sp.

133
Culex zeteci Dyar, n. sp. 122
Culicella Felt. 89
Culiseta Felt. S9
cuneatus D. & K. 77
curriei Coq. 76
Cycloleppteron Theob. 146
Cyrtoxipha gracilis Scudd. 69
Cvrtoxipha peruviana Sauss.

69

daumastocampa D. & K. 109
(lavidsoni Coq. 157
dcbilis D. & K. 93
declarator D. & K. 97
Dectinomima pallida Caud.,

n. sp. 2'^
Dectinomima peruviana

Caud., n. sp. 21
Deinocerites Theob. 93, 101
Dcndropxdium Dvar & Knab,

n. subg. 141, 145
derivator 1). S: K. 100
dianta?us H., D. & K. 79
Dicanthodis granosa Brun. 27
I'icentria moribunda l^yar, n.

sp. 134
Diceromvia Theob. 82
dictator D. & K. 97
Dimasci'cra nitida Towns.

182
Dinanamesus D. &. K., 101
1 'inoniimetes Knab 101
Diiiphanes salvifolia Lich. 53
divergens Mall. 193
dubius Blanch. 151
duplicator D. & K. 100
dupreei Coq. 77
Dvar, Harrison C, articles
bv 71, 86, 112, 120, 130,
141
Dyar, Harrison G. and Har-
vey P. Barrett, article by
119
Dyar, Harrison G. and Fred-
erick Knab, article by 140
Dyme iconntcoffi Caud., n.
sp. 10

Dyme mamillata Brun. 9
Dyme nigrolineata Brun. 9
Dysonia elegans Brun. 55
Dysonia punctifrons Brun. 55

Ecculex Felt S3
educator D. & K. 105
Eggeria Rond. 182
eiseni Coq. 143
eleuthcra Dvar 100
elevator D. & K. 105, 100
elocutilis D. & K. 97
Endacusta maculata Caud., n.

sp. 66
Eneoptera surinamensis De

G. 69
Eojjhyto Towns., n. gen. 163
I'Aiphyto ceylanica Towns., n.

sp. 164
epactius P. & K. 79
K palpus Rond. 182
Ephestia patrlciella Dyar, n.

sp. 140
epilampra conspersa Burm. 4
epinoUis D. & K. 79
epitedeus Knab 101
equivocator 1). & K. 97
eremita H., D. & K. 100
crraticus D. & K. 104
Ervia R.-D. 183
Ervia triquetra Oliv. 182
luythromelana Towns., n.

gen. 174
Erythromelana jsna Towns.,

V. sp. 175
erythrothorax Dyar 96
Eschatoeerus nigrospinosus

Kar. 19
Euaraba grisea R.-D. 183
Eubrachvmera Towns., gen.

162
luibrachvmera debilis Towns.,

n. sp'. 163
Eucardinia Dyar, n. gen. 138
Eucardinia caricse Dyar, n.

sp. 139
Eufabricia flavicans Towns.,

182
Eugymnochsta Towns., 182
Eupl'ectrus howardi Olliff. 118
euedes H., D. & K. 78
cuniinietes D. & K. 96
Eunemorilla Towns., n. gen.

177
Eunemorilla peruviana

Towns., n. sp. 177
euochrus H., D. & K. 75
Euparaphyto auromaculata

Towns., n. sp. 157
Eupelecotheca Towns., n. gen.

169
Eupelecotheca celer Towns.,

n. sp. 169
euplocamus D. & K. 77
Euptilopsis Towns., n. gen.

ISO
Eusignosoma aureum Towns.,

182
Eusignosoma nigrum Towns.

182
Eutrixopsis Towns., n. gen.
Eutrixopsis javana Towns., n.

sp. 166

INSKCUTOR INSCITLTJ MKNSTRUUS

197

extricator D. & K. 100

factor D. & K. 95
falsificator D. & K. 103
farjardi Lutz 149
fasciata Macq. 170
fasciolatus Lynch 114
Finlaya Tneob. 81
fitchii Felt 78
flaveolus Coq. 112
flavipes Macq. 99
fletclieri Coq. 78
floridanus D. & K. 107, 120
fluviatilis Lutz 79
franciscanus McC. 14.3
fulvipes Macq. 15.3
fulvithorax Lutz 80
gilesi Neiva 149
Gingla mas Dyar, n. sp. 137
Girault, A. A., article by 117
Girschneria Towns., n. gen.

181
Girschneria mirabilis Towns.,

n. sp. 181
glabrifrons Wood 193
Gnophodeomyia Theob. 103
gorgasi I). & K. 151
grabhamii Theob. 14G
grossbecki D. & K. 78
Graphomuscina Towns., n.

gen. 152
Graphomuscina africana

Towns., n. sp. 152
Gryllus capitatus Sauss. 65
Gryllus peruviensis Sauss. 65
guttulatus Harr. 144
Gymnaporia Towns., n. gen.

170
Gymnopalpus Towns., n. gen.

172
Gymnopalpus setipennis

Towns., n. sp. 172
Gyinnopsoa Towns., n. gen.

Gymnopsoa texana Towns.,
n. sp. 161

habilitator D. & K. 100
h:emorrhoidalis Fall. 177
Helcoporpa Dyar, n. subg.

125
Ilemipyrellia Towns., n. gen.

154
Ilemipyrellia currici Towns.,

n. sp. 154
hesitator D. & K. 107
hexodontus Dyar 78
hirsuteron Theo. 78
Hood, J. D., article by 116
Hoplocephalella Vill. 182
Hoplotettix Caud., n. gen. 50
Hoplotcttix iconicoffi Caud.,

n. sp. 5S
Iluascarodexia Towns., n.

gen. 176
Huascarodexia pulchra

Towns., n. sp. 176
Hiiascaromusca Towns., n.

gen. 155
Iluascaromusca cruciata

Towns., n. sp. 155
humeralis D. & K. 113

llydmciodes impica Dyar,

n. sp. 131
TFydrccciodes mormon Dyar,

n. sp. 130
Ilydrceciotles travcrsa Dyar,

n. sp. 131
hyrmalis Fitch 144
hylephilus D. & K. 146
Ilyi)trb;cnus brevipennls

Caud., n. sp. 13
IIypcrl);cnus juvcnis Rrun.

13
TIyperb;cnus virgo Brun. 13
hypocindyna Dyar, n. sp.

Mansonia 115
Hypostena gracilis Coq. 182
Hystricocnema Towns., n.

gen. 160
Ilyssia umbera Dyar, n. sp.

130
idahixnsis Theo. 78
imitator Theob. 110
impiger Walk. 79
increpitus Dyar 79
infirmatus D. & K. 77
inflictus Theo. 94
iiihibitator D. & K. 105
inimitabilis D. & K. 110
iolambdis Dyar 106
innuitus D. & K. 79
inquisitor D. & K. 98
liisara peruviana Brun 56
intermedium Chagas 147
interrogator D. & K. 98
invocator Pazos 105
Ira medullata Dyar, n. sp. 135
Irichohaltichella pilosella

Cam. 118
iridescens Lutz 108
Isostomyia 92, 102

Temesia 92, 93
janitor Theob. 96
Jennings! D. & K. 109
iolmsoni Brues 190
jubilator D. & K. 97
juxtamansonia Pery. 115

Kcrteszia Theob. 148
Knab, Frederick and Harri-
son G. Dyar, article by 140
labeculosus Coq. 82
lachrimans D. & K. 95
L.Ttilia cardini Dyar, n. sp.

139
Laetilia obscura Dyar, n. sp.

140
lamentator D. & K. 97
Lamprometopia Macq. 182
Larva; of (Ailex, Descriptions

of hitherto unknown 119
latisquama Coq. 102
lazarensis F. & Y. 78
leprincei D. & K. 105
Leptoda V. d. Wulp 182
Leptotettix pubiventris Bol.

45
Leurophvllum brevixiphum

Brun. 32
Leurophyllum maculipennc

Serv. 33

LeurophylTum unicolor Brun.

31
Libcthra rollei Brun. 6
Libethra peruana Caud., n.

l.-)2
Lichenochrus amplipennis

Caud., n. sp. 28
L'turgousa lichenalis Gers. 5
L.. i.-wici-strus Towns., n. gen.

sp. 6
Loja subulata Caud., n. sp.

19
Lutzia Theo. 92, 93
lutzi Cruz 150
lutzii Cruz 148
lulzii Theob. 146

Macrochiton adjutor Brun.

45
Macromantis ? sp. 5
inaculipes Theob. 147
magnipalpis Aldr. 190
Male genitalia, a revision of

the American species of

Culex on the 80
Male genitalia of Aedes as

indicative of natural af-
finities, the 71
malefactor D. & K. 147
Manguinhosia Cruz 149
Mansonia Blanch. 89, 112
Mansonia, a note on the

American species of 112
Mantidophaga Towns., n.

gen. 160
Mantidophaga stagmomanti-

dis Towns., n. sp. 160
mediopunctatus Theob. 147
niediovittata Coq. 79
Megarhinus R.-D. 89
Melaleuca spectabilis v. d.

Wulp 182
Melanoconlon Theo. 92, 103
melanophylum D. & K. 102
Merocnidius atricauda Caud.,

n. sp. 33
Merocnidius flavolimbatus

Brun. 33
Merocnidius marginatus

Walk. 33.
Mesoleuca platymesa Dyar, n.

sp. 136
Metopilla Rond. 182
Mexico and Cuba, New

moths from 130
Micr:edes Coci. 92, 102
Microcephalopsis Towns., n.

gen. 153
Microculex Theo. 92, 108
Micromonodes endotherma

Dyar, n. sp. 133
Micropalpus macula Macq.

182
Micropalpus rufipennis Macq.

182
microsquamosus Grabh. 94
mimesis Dyar 79
niinuta Rod. & Beq. 153
Miogryllus convolutus Joh.

66
Miogryllus pusillus Burm. 65
mitchellrc Dyar 79

198

INSECUTOR INSCITI.55 MI^NSTRUUS

Mochlostyrax D. & K. 92,
107

mollis D. & K. 97

Moncheca bisulca Serv. 15

Monochreta B. & B. 182

moorei Dyar 108

Mosquitoes, New American
120

Moths from Mexico and
Cuba, N'ew 1.30

Muscoid genera, new, spe-
cies and synonymy 151,
157

mutator D. & K. 105

Myzorhynchella Theob. 148

Nannotettix sp. 44
nasalis Linn. 152
neglectus L,utz 109
neivai H., D. & K. 146
Nemochaeta v. d. Wulp 182
Neoarchytas Towns. 182
Neoconocephalus scudderii

Bol. 16
Neoconocephalus subulatus

Bol. 15
Neoconocephalus tenuicauda

Scud. 16
Neoculex Dyar 92, 100
Neocurtilla hexadactyla Perty

64
Neohypostena Towns. 182
Neokirkia Towns., n. gen.

153
Neonyctia Towns., n. gen.

1G3
Neonyctia ciliata Towns., n.

sp. 163
Neiihoch;etona Towns., :i.
' gen. 174
Nephochjetona mima Towns.,

n. sp. 174
Nejihoplagia Towns., n. gen.

171
Nephoplagla arcuata Towns.,

n. s|i. 172
neugebaueri Portch. 153
niger Giles 79
nigra Theob. 149
nigricans Coq. 113
nigritarsis Chagas 149
nigromaculis Ludl. 79
nimba Theob. 146
nivse Cruz 149
niveus Towns. 178
North American Phoridse of

the genus Aphiochwta 183
NotochKlopsis Towns. 182
nubilns Theob. 128
Nyctibora brunnea Thunb. 3

Obolncera Towns., n. gen.

180
occidentalis D. S: K. 144
ocellatus Theob. 110
Ochlerotatus Arrib 81
ochropus n. & K. 113
Oecanthus peruvianus Walk.

68
Oestrohilarella Towns., n.

gen. 16s
oligopistus Dyar 76
Ophelia R.-D. 182

Orniia R.-D. 182
Ormiophasia Towns., n. gen.

164
Ormiophasia busckii Towns.,

•. sp. 165
Orpacophora coronata Linn.

27
ornata B. & B. 170
Orthaporia Towns., n. gen.

167
Orthaporia similis Towns., n.

sp. 167
Orthopodomyia Theo. 89
Orthoiuera (exclusive of the

Locustidse). on a collection

of, made in central Peru

by N. Iconnicoff and C.

Schunke 1
Ossidingia Towns., n. gen.

179
Ossidingia ornata Towns., n.

sp. 179
oswaldi Lutz 80
ousqua Dyar 99
( >xyaporia Towns., n. gen.

170
Oxyopsis acutipennis Stal. 6

IiaUis Theo. 95
palustris Dyar 79
Panacemya Towns., n. gen.

164
Panacemya panamensis

Towns., n. sp. 164
Panchlora moxa Sauss. 5
Panchlora peruana Sauss. 4
Parametrypa aculeata Sauss.

70
Paranaphora Towns. 182
Paratropes sequatorialis

Sauss. 4
Paratropes pica Walk. 4
Paradomyia paradoxica

Towns 182
parva Chagas 149
peccator D. & K. 104, 119
peribleptus D. & K. 108
Pelecotheca Towns., n. gen.

168
Pelecotheca panamensis

Towns., n. sp. 169
perplexens Ludl. 144
pertinax Grabh. 77
Peru, a collection of Orthop-

tera made in 1
perturbans Walk. 113
peruvianus Tam. 143
peryassui D. & K. 150
Peucestes striolatus Brun. 57
Peyritschia B. & B. 182
Ph;e"oi)sis arabella Towns.,

182
Phalangomyia D. &- K. 92, 93
Phasiopteryx B. & B. 182
Phoridae of the genus Aphio-

chneta, New North Ameri-
can 183
Phyllolabella Towns., n. gen.

168
Phyllolabella robiista Towns.,

n. sp. 168
Phylloptera famula Brun. 64

Physothrips from western

Africa, a new 116
Physothrips ventralis Hood,

n. sp. 116
pictipennis Phil. 150
pilosus D. & K. 107
pinarocampa D. & K. 95
Pionea cacidus Dyar, n. sp.

138
pipiens Linn. 99
Plagiopleura gracilis Brun. 56
Pfeminia mutica Brun. 28
pleuralis Wood 191
))1euristriatus Theob. 109
plutocraticus D. & K. 77
podographicus D. & K. 80
Podagrion spilopteron Cam.

118
polyagrus Dyar, 77, 128
Polygastropsis Towns., n.

gen. 173
Posidippus fastigiosus Brun.

58
Pogidippus lirregularnterden-

tatus Brun. 58
prasinopleurus Mart. 94
liroclaniator D. & K. 97
prodotes Dyar 78
projecta Becker 190
Protaporia Towns., n. gen.

171
Protaporia galerucas Towns.,

n. sp. 171
proximus D. & K. 95
Pseudogymnosoma Towns., n.

gen. 151
pseudes D. & K. 101
Pseudodidyma Towns. 183
Pseudogymnosoma inflatum

Towns., n. sp. 152
pseudomaculipes Chagas 148
Pseudomiopteryx bogotensis

Sauss. 5
Pseudophasma urazi Bol. 9.
pseudopunctipennis Theob.

143
pseudotitillans Theo. 113
Psorophora ctites Dyar, n.

sp. 126
Psorophora texanum D. & K.

127
Ptilodexia B. & B. 182
pullatus Coq. 79
ininclimacula D. &- K. 147
punctipennis Say 144
Pyraga dohrni Scud. 3
Pvrausta euchromistes Dyar,
'n. sp. 138

quadrimaculatus Say 144
quinquefasciatus Say 99

rapne Smith 180
recta Schiner 169
reductor D. & K. 107
reflector D. & K. 99
regulator D. & K. 95
rejector D. & K. 109
restrictor D. & K. 102
restuans Theob. 98
revelator D. & K. 98
revocator D. & K. 99

INSECUTOk INSCITT.Tt MlvNSTRUUS

199

Rhammatopoda opilionoides

Redt. 55
Rhinogastrophilus Towns., n.

gen. 152
Rhizotype cristifer Dyar, n.

sp. 132
Rhizotype senescens Dyar, n.

sp. 132
riparius D. & K. 79
robusta Aldr. 160

salinarius Coq. 96
samoana Griinb. 84
sansoni D. & K. 79
Santschia Towns., n. gen. 161
Santschia algeriensis

Towns, n. sp. 161
Sarconesiopsis Towns., n.

gen. 156
Sarconesiopsis cserulea

Towns., n. sp. 156
saxatilis Grossb. 100
Scaphura nitida Perty 57
scapularis Rond., 77
schoTasticus Theo. 94
secutor Theob. 97
Semsopus concatenans Dyar,

n. sp. 136
Semaeopus discosa Dyar, n.

sp. 136
Semileptotettix flagellata

Caud., n. sp. 46
Sermyle sp. 8
serratus Theo. 77
sexmaculata R.-D. 180
similis Theo. 95
Skusea Theob. 83
sollicitans Walk. 79
spanius D. & K. 101
spatulata Aldr. 162
spencerii Theo. 78
sphinx H., D. & K. 100
'squamiger Coq. 78

Stagmatoptera ? 6
Stegoniyia Theob. 81
Stenaulacotheca Towns., n.

gen. 162
stenolcpis D. & K. 95
Stenoschema gracile Brun. 31
Stejihanostoma Lenz 182
Stethomyia Theob. 146
stigniatosoma Dyar 96
Stilpnochlora incisa Brun. 57
stimulans Walk. 78
Stiria phalsnoides Dyar, n.

sp. 133
striginiacula D. & K. 148
subpleuralis Wood. 192
Subria viridis Caud., n. sp.

17

taeniorhynchus Wied. 79
tahoensis Dyar 78
tarsalis Coq. 96
tarsimaculata Goel. 151
Taxigranima Macq. 182
Tephroclystia subanis Dyar,

n. sp. 137
texanum D. & K. 127
Thelairodes vlttigera Big. 183
Thelairophasia Towns, n.

gen. 173
Thelairophasia transita

Towns., n. sp. 173
Therina negata Dyar, n. sp.

136
Therobia abdominalis Wied.

165
Therobiopsis Towns., n.

gen. 166
thibaulti D. & K. 79
thorntoni D. & K. 80
tibiamaculata Neiva 143
Tinolestes Coq. 92, 102
titillans Walk. 112
trachvcampa H., D. & K. 105
Transculicia Dyar 92, 100

Trichoduropsis Towns., n.

gen. 169
Irichurus Dyar 79
triseriatus Say 79
trivittatus Coq. 77
troglodytus D. & K. 101
Trugnia Towns. 182
tormentor D. & K. 77
tortilis Theo. 77
toweri D. & K. 97
Townsend, C. II. T., article

by 151, 157
tucumanus Lah. 144
Typophylluni undulatum

Caud., n. sp. 53

Uranotsenia Lynch 88
L'raporia Towns., n. gen. 170
urichii Coq. lOS

Vanderwulpella Towns., n.

gen. 181
variolosa Loew. 152
varipalpus Coq. 79
ventralis Hood, n. sp. Phy-

sothrips 116
vestitipennis D. & K. 145
vexans Meig. 80
Viadana lobata Brun. 04
Viadana rhombifolia Brun. 63
vindicator D. & K. 97
vivida Will. 180

walkeri Theob. SO
walkeri Theob. 145
Wyeomyia aphobema Dyar,
n. sp. 120

Xanthceurvtoma flava Cam.
118

Zelia R.-D. 182

Zelia gracilis Wied. 182

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