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JOURNAL

NEW YORK

ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Bfboteti to lEnJomoIooj) (n (ffienecal

VOLU?vIE XII, 1904:

Edited by Harrison G. • Dyar

NEW YORK:

Published by the Society

Quarterly

1904

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Leading Articles in Volume XII

Class I, Hexapoda ; Order I, Hymenoptera.

ASHMEAD, Wm. H.,

A List of the Hymenoptera of the Philippine Islands, with

Descriptions of New Species ..... i

Descriptions of New Hymenoptera from Japan . 65, 146

Titus, E. S. G.,

Notes on Osmiin?e, with Descriptions of New Genera and
Species . . . . . . . .22

ViERECK, H. L., and Cockerell, T. D. A.,

The Philanthidse of New Mexico . . . 84, 129

Class I, Hexapoda ; Order II, Coleoptera.
Beyer, Gustav,

Insects Breeding in Adobe Walls .... 30

A Few Notes on Brenthidje . . . . .168

Chittenden, F. H.,

Biologic Notes on Species of Languria . . .27

A Species of the Tenebrionid Genus Latheticus in the

United States 166

Davis, Wm. T.,

Caterpillars Attacked by Histers .... 88

Powell, P. B.,

The Development of the Wings of Certain Beetles and

Some Studies of the Origin of the Wings of Insects . 237

Schaeffer, C,

New Genera and Species of Coleoptera . . .197

Class I, Hexapoda ; Order IV, Diptera.
Coquillett, D. W.,

Diptera from Southern Texas with Descriptions of New

Species . . . . . . . .31

A New Ceratopogon from Brazil . . . -35

iv Contents.

Dyar, Harrison G.,

The Life History of Culex vittatus Theob. (as cantans

Meig.) 36

The Life History of Culex varipalpus Coq ... 90
The Larva of Culex punctor Kirby, with Notes on an

Allied Form . . . . . . . .169

Brief Notes on Mosquito Larvae . . . 172, 249

Knab, Fredp:rick,

The Epistomal Appendages of Mosquito Larvae . .175

The Eggs of Culex territans, Walker .... 246

Class I, Hexapoda ; Order V, Lepidoptera.
BuscK, August,

A New Species of Ethmia from the Boreal Region of

Colorado ........ 44

A Case Bearer Injurious to Apple and Plum in China . 45
A New Name for a Tineid Genus . . . .177

Dyar, Harrison G.,

New Species of North American Lepidoptera and a New

Limacodid Larva ....... 39

New Lepidoptera from the United States . . .105

Two Notes on Tineid Moths . . . . .178

Poison Ivy Caterpillars ...... 249

Packard, A. S.,

Sound Produced by a Japanese Saturnian Caterpillar . 92

Smith, John B.,

Remarks on the Catalogue of the Noctuidoe in the Col-
lection of the British Museum ..... 93

Taylor, Geo. W.,

A Note on Agia eborata Hulst. ..... 46

Class I, Hexapoda ; Order IX, Hemiptera.

BuENO, J. R. de la Torre,

A List of Certain Families of Hemiptera Occurring

Within Seventy Miles of New York . . . -251

Contents. v

Class I, Hexapoda ; Order XI, Orthoptera.
Caudell, a. N.,

The Genus Cryphoderris ...... 47

A New Forficulid from the Phih'ppines . . . 108

On a Collection of Non-Saltatorial Orthoptera from
Paraguay . . . . . . . -179

Class III, Arachnida ; Order I, Acarina.
Banks, Nathan,

Four New Species of Injurious Mites • • • • 53

Class III, Arachnida ; Order II, Araneida.
Banks, Nathan,

New Genera and Species of Nearctic Spiders . .109

Class III, Arachnida ; Order III, Phalangidea.
Crosby, C. R.,

Notes of Some Phalangids Collected near Ithaca, N. Y. . 253

Arthropoda : General.
Dyar, Harrison G., and Caudell, A. N.,

The Types of Genera . . . . . .120

JOURNAL

TOpId JBorfe 6jntoraologirHl Horipl^g.

\roL XII. MARCH, 1904. No. 1

Class I, HEXAPODA.

Order I, HYMENOPTERA.

A LIST OF THE HYMENOPTERA OF THE PHILIP-
PINE ISLANDS, WITH DESCRIPTIONS
OF NEW SPECIES.

By William H. Ashmead, M.A., D.Sc,
Washington, D. C.

Considering the extent of the Philippine Islands, extending as they
do over 1,200 miles of territory, our knowledge of the Hymenopter-
ous fauna is singularly meager. More attention should be given to
collecting these important insects. Since the islands came into the
possession of the United States much material has been sent to the
National Museum, and with the hope that more attention will be given
to the collecting and study of this order in the Philippines, I give be-
low a list of the known species, and describe most of the new species
now in our collection.

The vast majority of the material, upon which this contribution is
based, was received from Dr. P. L. Stangl, U. S. Army, and Father
W. A. Stanton, of Manila.

Father Stanton's contributions to the National Museum, not only
in this but in other orders, are especially valuable, and he has been
eminently successful in discovering many new species in genera not
before recorded from the Philippines.

I have arranged the list in systematic order, according to my
scheme of classification, and have enumerated all families, whether

2 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xii.

represented or not, in order to show how little we really know of the
Philippine Hymenopterous fauna, the amount of work still to be done
in the order, and to direct attention to collecting material in those
families still unrepresented. I am convinced that most of these fam-
ilies will be found to have hundreds of representatives in the islands.
In this list only 183 species are recorded, a ridiculously small
number considering the extent of territory covered. A good collector
ought to take that number in a couple of days collecting in the Para-
sitica alone, by using the sweeping net.

Suborder I. HETEROPHAGA.
Superfamily I. APOIDEA.

Family I. APID.^.

1. Apis dorsata Fabr. Philippine Islands.

2. Apis mellifera Linne. Philippines (introduced).

3. Apis nigrocincta Smith. Manila (Father W. A. Stanton).

4. Apis zonata Smith. Bacoor, P. I. A single $ received from
Dr. P. L. Stangl.

5. Apis unicolor Latr. Luzon, Cagayan, Alcala.

None.
None.
None.

Family II. BOMBID.-E.
Family III. EUGLOSSID.'E.
Family IV. PSITHYRID.E.

Family V. ANTHOPHORID.-E.

6. Anthophora cingulata Fabr. Philippines.

7. Anthophora zonata Linne. Manila (M. L. Bobb).

Family VI. NOMADID.F:.

8. Crocisa lamprosoma Boisd. Luzon, Manila, Bulacan, Lolom-
boy. Philippines.

9. Crocisa nitidula Latr. Philippines. Cape Eugeno.

10. Nomada lusca Smith. Manila. One $ specimen received
from W, A. Stanton.

Family VII. CERATINID.-E.

11. Ceratina compacta Smith. Philippines.

12. Ceratina hieroglyphica Smith. Philippines.

13. Ceratina philippinensis, new species.

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9. Length 6.5 to 7 mm. Black, punctate, the head with a slight reneous
tinge in certain lights, more coarsely and closely punctate, especially on the vertex,
marked with yellow as follows : A long stripe on temples back of eyes, two oblique,
nearly confluent, spots on the forehead in front of the ocelli, a hat-shaped mark
(JL) on the face, a transverse line above this mark, and a band along the inner
orbits, narrowed posteriorly and extending to beyond the insertion of the antennas,
yellow ; labrum, a faint spot near middle of the mandibles, the scape, except a black spot
above, and the palpi, pale yellow ; the upper margin of the pronotum, the tubercles,
the tegula;, two longitudinal lines on the disk of the mesonotum, and a stripe at the
sides next the tegula:, yellowish-white ; the scutellum and bands at apex of abdom-
inal segments i to 5 are yellow ; the band on the third segment is broadly inter-
rupted medially, that on the fourth very slightly interrupted by a slender median
black line or at least is incised medially ; the bands on segments 2 to 4 are broadly
sinuated from near the middle and broadened towards the lateral margin ; the ventral
segments I to 4 are yellow at apex, the last being wholly black ; the front femora, ex-
cept a black band at base, the middle and hind femora at apex, and all the tibije ex-
cept a stripe on the hind tibia; within, and the tarsi, are pale yellowish or yellowish-
white. Wings hyaline, the stigma and veins dark brown or brown-black ; the second
and third cubital cells each receive a recurrent nervure.

Type. — No. 7692, U. S. National Museum.

Manila. Described from four specimens received from Father W.
A. Stanton.

Family VIII. XYLOCOPIDtE.

14. Xylocopa zestuans Linne. Luzon, Cagan, Alcala.

15. Xylocopa bryorum Fab. Luzon.

16. Xylocopa bomb if ormis Smith. Manila (Father W. A. Stanton).

17. Xylocopa collaris, Lepel. Luzon.

t8. Xylocopa dissimilis Lepel. Manila (Father W. A. Stanton).

19. Xylocopa ghilianii Grib.

20. Xylocopa iridipennis Lepel.

21. Xylocopa leucocephala Rits.

22. Xylocopa philippinensis Smith. Manila (Father W. A. Stan-
ton). Fr. Casto de Elera in his "Catalogo de toda la Fauna Filipinas"
records also X. violacea Fabr. , a European species.

23. Xylocopa sororina Smith.

24. Xylocopa trifasciata Grib.

25. Platynopoda latipes Drury. Philipjiine Islands.

26. Platynopoda tenuiscapa Westw. Philippine Islands.

Family IX. MEGACHILID^..

27. Megachile atrata Smith.

28. Megachile clotho Smith. Luzon, Cape Eugeno.

4 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xii.

29. Megachile lachesis Smith. Luzon.

30. Megachile laticeps Smith.

31. Megachile sp. ? Manila (M. L. Robb).

Family X. STELIDID/E.

32. Coelioxys philippensis Bingh. Luzon, Cape Eugene.

Family XL PANURGID.L:.

None.

Family XIL ANDRENID^.

Hoplonomia, new genus.

This genus on account of the abdomen being banded is allied to
Paranomia Friese, but is readily separated from it and N'omia, seus.
str. by the post-scutellum in both sexes, being armed with two straight
spines, the scutellum with a median depression and with the hind
angles ending in a small tubercle.

Nomia elliotit Smith and N. westiuoodii Grib. described from
India, belong to this genus.

33. Hoplonomia quadrifasciata, new Species.

9. Length 9 mm. Black, closely punctate, the apical margins of the abdom-
inal segments 2 to 5 depressed, smooth and shining, fasciate with yellow or greenish-
yellow ; face anteriorly from the insertion of the antennae, the cheeks, the pronotum
above and on each side including the tubercles, a line at base of scutellum, the post-
scutellum, and the metapleura, clothed with a dense whitish or yellowish-white
pubescence ; legs black, the hind tibire, except a large black spot behind, and the
basal joint of hind tarsi, except at apex, yellowish ; the hind femora are much swol-
len ; wings hyaline, the apical margins subfuscous ; the second cubital cell small,
quadrate, a little higher than long, and receiving the recurrent nervure a little beyond
the middle.

$ . Length 8 mm. Agrees well with the 9 ? except that the abdomen is nar-
rower, the terminal ventral plate and the genitalia being wholly honey-yellow, while
only the apex of the hind tibia; is yellow. The basal joint of the hind tarsi is entirely
black.

Type. — No. 7720, U. S. National Museum.

Manila. Described from a $ and 9 specimen received from
Father W. A. Stanton.

34. Paranomia stantoni, new species.

$. Length 8 mm. Black, the head below the antenna; and the depressed
apical margins of the abdominal segments 2 to 6, white, the mesonolum and the
scutellum clothed with a dense fulvous pubescence, the face, cheeks, temples, sides
of thorax, legs, and the venter with a whitish pubescence ; mandibles black ; second

March, I904 ] ASHMEAD : HyMENOPTERA OF PHILIPPINES. 5

and third joints of the flagellum about equal in length, not quite twice as long as the
first which is the shortest joint ; legs black, the inner apical angle of the hind tibiae,
which is triangularly produced, and the basal half, or a little more, of the claws,
honey-yellow ; the hind femora are much swollen. Wings hyaline, faintly tinted,
the tegul?e and costal vein pale yellowish, the subcostal vein and the stigma brown-
black, the internal veins brownish, the first branch of the basal nervure is curved in-
wardly much as in Haliclus, the first and third cubital cells are long, about equal, the
second small, wider than long, about one third the length of the first.

The abdomen is smooth and shining, the first segment is closely finely punctate,
clothed with a whitish pubescence, but with a smooth, shining, impunctate space at the
anterior middle, the following segments all smooth, almost impunctate, with some
black, sparse hairs, the apical white margins with some white hairs.

Type. — No. 7693, U. S. National Museum.

Manila. Described from a single specimen received from Father
W. A. Stanton, in honor of whom the species is named.

Family XIII. COLLETID./E.

This family is well represented in India and should have many
representatives in the Philippines.

Family XIV. PROSOPID.^.

35. Prosopis philippinensis, new species.

9 . Length 6 to 6.5 mm. Black, polished, impunctate, except the labrum and
the apex of the clypeus which are sparsely punctate, and the abdominal segments 3
to 6 which are shagreened. The face is depressed and there is a broad yellow band
that extends from a little below the insertion of the antennae to the labrum ; the tarsi,
except the basal joint, and the extreme apical margin of abdominal segments 2 to 5,
are honey-yellow ; claws pale with the teeth black. Wings hyaline, the teguhi: yel-
lowish-white, the stigma, except the outer edge, and the veins, brown.

Type. — No. 7694, U. S. National Museum.

Manila. Described from 2 9 specimens taken by Father W. A.
Stanton.

This is not a genuine Prosopis but the material is too limited for
me to dissect and study the trophi to make certain of its position.

Superfamily II. SPHECOIDEA.
Family XV. OXYBELID.^.
None recorded from the Philippines, but the family surely has
representatives there.

Family XVI. CRABRONID.^^..
Should be found in the Philippines.

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Family XVII. PEMPHREDONID.'E.
No species yet recorded from the Philippines.

Family XVIII. BEMBICID.F:.
This family should be well represented.

Family XIX. LARRID/E.

36. Notogonia laboriosa Smith. Philippines.

Family XX. PHILANTHID/E.

37. Cerceris vafra Bingh. Luzon.

Family XXI. TRYPOXYLID.'E.
None are yet known from the Philippines.

Family XXII. MELLINID.^i.
Not known in the Philippines.

Family XXIII. NYSSONID.'E.
This family should be represented in the islands.

Family XXIV. STIZID^E.
Should be well represented, but no species is yet recorded.

Family XXV. SPHECID.E.

38. Sphex argentata Dahlb. Manila (Father W. A. Stanton).

39. Sphex aurulentus Fabr. Philippines.

40. Sphex maurus Smith. Luzon.

41. Sphex morosus Smith. Luzon.

42. Sphex serica Fabr. Manila (Father W. .A.. Stanton).

43. Sphex umbrosus Christ. Philippines.

44. Chlorion lobatum Fabr. Manila.

45. Sceliphron bengalensis Dahlb. San Rafael, P. I. (A. P. Ashby).

46. Sceliphron madraspatanum Fabr. Philippines. Bay Laguna
Prov. (Dr. P. L. Stangl).

47. Sceliphron violaceum Dahlb. Philippines. Fr. Casto de Elera
has included in his " Catalogo de toda la Fauna Filipinas " Avimo-
phila subulosa Fabr. , a European species.

48. Ammophila superciliaris Saussure. Philippines.

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Family XXVI. AMPULICID^:.

49. Ampulex compressa Fabr. Philippines.

Superfamily III. VESPOIDEA.

Family XXVII. CEROPALID^.

50. Salius bipartitus Lepel. Philippines.

51. Salius flavus Fabr. Philippines.

52. Salius fulgidipennis Sauss. Philippines.

53. Salius peregrinus Smith. Luzon.

54. Salius sericosoma Smith. Philippines.

55. Macomerisviolacea Lepel. Luzon.

56. Pseudagenia unifasciata, new species.

9 . Length 8 mm. Black, clothed with a fine glittering, silvery white pubes-
cence, the head and thorax very finely closely punctate or shagreened ; mandibles
toward apex reddish but with black teeth ; palpi and the middle and front tarsi
brownish. Wings hyaline, the front wings with a fuscous fascia from the apex of the
stigma that reaches two thirds across ; its base originates at the base of the marginal
cell ; the stigma and veins are black ; the transverse median nervure is interstitial
with basal nervure, the median and submedian cells therefore of an equal length.

Type. — No. 7721, U. S. National Museum.

Manila. Described from one specimen taken by Father W. A.
Stanton. The species comes evidently close to P. veda Cameron,
described from India.

Family XXVIII. VESPID/E. •

57. Provespa dorylloides Sauss. Philippines.

58. Vespa deusta Lepel. Bacoor (Dr. P. L. Stangl).

59. Vespa luctuosa Sauss. Bacoor (Dr. P. L. Stangl).

60. Vespa nigripennis Sauss. Philippines.

61. Vespa philippinensis Sauss. Balinag, P. I. (A. P. Ashby).
Fr. Casto de Elera records V. vulgaris Y?i\:)r. and V. crahv Fahr.,

in his " Catalogo de toda la Filipinas."

62. Polistes chinensis Fabr.

63. Polistes dubius Sauss. Manila (Father W. A. Stanton).

64. Polistes hebraeus Fabr. Philippine Islands.

65. Polistes manillensis Sauss. Manila.

This, according to Saussure, is the smallest Polistes known.

66. Polistes philippinensis Sauss. Philippine Islands.

The European P. gallica Fabr. is included by Fr. Casto de Elera,
probably correctly as I have it from Japan.

67. Icaria philippinensis Sauss. Bay Lagmia (Dr. P. L. Stangl).

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Family XXIX. EUMENID.-E.

68. Eumenes conica Fabr. Luzon.

69. Eumenes curvata Sauss. Manila (Father W. A. Stanton).

70. Eumenes gracilis Sauss. Manila (Father W. A. Stanton).

71. Eumenes fuleipennis Smith. Manila (Father W. A. Stanton),

72. Rhynchium atrum Sauss. Manila (Father W. A. Stanton).

73. Lionotus dyscherus Sauss. Manila.

74. Lionotus punctum Sauss. Manila.

75. Odynerus bizonatus Boisd. Manila.

Family XXX. MASARID.'E.
None recorded from the Philippines.

Family XXXL CHRYSIDID.^.

76. Stilbum amythystina Fabr. Manila (Father W. A. Stanton) ;
San Rafael (A. P. Ashby) ; Bacoor (Dr. P. L. Stangl).

77. Chrysis fuscipennis BruUe. Manila.

78. Trichrysis aspera Brulle. Philippine Islands.

Family XXXII. BETHYLID.^.

This family should be well represented in the Philippines.

Family XXXIII. TRIGONALID.E.

79. Trigonalys lachrymosa Westw. Mindanao.

Family XXXIV. SAPYGID^.
Not yet known from the Philippines.

Family XXXV. MYZINID^.
Some of the East Indian species will be found in the Philippines.

Family XXXVI. SCOLIID.^.

80. Discolia aureipennis Lepel. Philippines.

81. Discolia erratica Smith. Manila.

82. Discolia modesta Smith. Manila.

83. Scolia capitata Guer. Manila (Father W. A. Stanton).

84. Scolia procera lUiger. Manila (Geo. C. Lewis).

85. Scolia whiteheadii Bingh. Luzon.

86. Scolia manilas, new species.

March, igo4.] ASHMEAD : HVMKNOPTERA OF PHILIPPINES. 9

9 . Length 9 mm. Black and shining, with rather coarse sparse punctures,
clothed with long glittering white hairs, the face on each side below the antennre with
a dense silvery white pubescence ; abdominal segments I to 3 with yellow bands at
apex, that on the first dilated laterally ; the second segment has also a large irregu-
larly quadrate yellow spot on each side that is connected with the apical band ; the
third segment has an oblique yellow line on each side that extends into the apical
band ; ventral segments 2 to 4 fringed with long white hairs at apex ; wings subhya-
line, the costal and marginal cells tinged with yellowish ; marginal cell squarely
truncate at apex ; cubital cells two, the ^second triangular ; discoidal cells tivo only,
thus differing from typical forms placed here.

Type. — No. 7722, U. S. National Museum.

Manila. Described from two specimens collected by Father W.
A. Stanton.

87. Liacos analis Fabr. Manila.

%Z. Elis annulata Fabr. Philippines.^

8g. Elis aureicollis Smith. Philippines.

90. Elis aurulenta Smith. Philippines.

91. Elis grossa Fabr. Philippines. ^^

92. Elis luctuosa Smith. Manila. "'

93. Elis lindenii Lepel. Philippines.'^

Family XXXVII. TIPHIID^.

94. Tiphia compressa Smith. Manila.

Family XXXVIII. COSILID.F:.

None.
None.

Family XXXIX. RHOPALOSOMID.F:.

Family XL. THYNNID.F:.
Should have some representatives.

Family XLI. MYRMOSID.'E.

Probably some of the East Indian species will be found in the

Philippines.

Family XLII. MUTILLID^.

95. Mutilla philippinensis Smith. Philippine Islands.

96. Mutilla maculofasciata Sauss. Luzon.

97. Mutilla nigra Smith. Luzon.

98. Mutilla suspiciosa Smith. Luzon.

Superfamily IV. FORMICOIDEA.
Family XLIII. DORYLID^..
No species is yet recorded.

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Family XLTV. PONERID^.
99. Diacamma versicolor Smith. Philippine Islands.

100. Odontoponera denticulata Smith. Mindoro, Naujan, Samar.

Family XLV. ODONTOMACHID^.

10 1. Odontomachus infandus Smith. Manila.

Family XLVI. MYRMICID^.

102. Sima allaborans Walker. Manila.

103. Pheidologiton diversus Jerdon. Philippines.

104. Plagiolepis longipes Jerdon. Luzon, Bataan, Manila, Orion.

105. Tetramorium guinense Fabr. Luzon, Bulacan, Lolomboy.

Family XLYIL CRYPTOCERID^.
I have a species of this family not yet identified.

Family XLVIIL DOLICHODERID.4^:.

106. Dolichpoderus bituberculata Mayr. Luzon, Manila, Navotas.

107. Technomyrmex albipes Smith. Luzon, Cavite, Santa Cruz,
Navic.

Family XLIX. FORMICID^.

108. Camponotus cinerascens Fabr. Luzon, Laguna, Los Bafios,
Calaanba.

109. Camponotus gigas Latr. Luzon, Manila, Cavite, Santa Cruz.

110. Camponotus pallidus Smith. Luzon, Mindanao, Bataan, Orion.

111. Formica quadrisecta Smith. Manila.

112. Formica ruba Fabr. Luzon, Manila.

113. Polyrhacis aciculata Smith. Philippines.

114. Polyrhacis abdominalis Smith. Luzon, Orion, Cavite, Santa
Cruz, Samar, Paramas.

115. Polyrhacis armata Le Guillon. Luzon, Manila, Navotas, La-
guna, Colamba.

116. Polyrhacis bellicosa Smith. Luzon, Manila, Navotas.

117. Polyrhacis bicolor Smith. Luzon, Manila, Ternate.

118. Polyrhacis bihamata Drury. Luzon, Manila, Navotas, Bataan,
Orion.

119. Polyrhacis cyaniventris Smith. Manila.

120. Polyrhacis dives Smith. Luzon.

121. Polyrhacis maligna Smith. Manila.

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122. Polyrhacis mayri Roger. Luzon, Manila, Navotas, Laguna,
Los Banos.

123. Polyrhacis philippinensis Smith. Manila (W. A. Stanton, col-
lector).

124. Polyrhacis rastellata Latr. Paragua, Prov. Princesa, Cala-
mianes, Culion.

125. Polyrhacis sexspinosa Latreille. Luzon.

The National Museum has quite a collection of ants from the
Philippines, but as yet it has been studied only generically ; there are
several genera represented not yet noted from these Islands. k^

Superfamily V. PROCTOTRYPOIDEA.

Family L. PELECINID.^.
None.

Family LI. HELORID.-E.
None.

Family LII. PROCTOTRYPID/E.

Should occur.

Family LIII. BELYTID.F:.
This family ought to be well represented.

Family LIV. DIAPRIID.F;.
Undoubtedly plentifully represented.

Family LV. CERAPHRONID.E.
Should be well represented.

Family LVI. SCELIONID.^.

126. Hadronotus philippinensis, new species.

9 . Length 1.3 mm. Black, closely punctate, opaque, the thorax clothed with
a fine pubescence ; scape, pedicel beneath and at apex, and the legs, light brownish-
yellow ; funicle brown; club black; mandibles except the teeth yellowish; palpi
pale or whitish; wings hyaline, pubescent, the veins brown. The abdomen is
opaque, punctate, the first segment about as long as the second, delicately striate,
with a narrow depression at apex, the following segments short. The pedicel is
obconical, a little longer than the first joint of the funicle, funicle joints 2 and 3 not
longer than thick, the others transverse, the club is large, fusiform.

Type. — No. 7718, U. S. National Museum.

Manila. Described from three specimens received from Father
W. A. Stanton.

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Family LVII. PLATYGASTERID^.
Ought to be well represented.

Superfamily VI. CYNIPOIDEA.
Family LVIII. FIGITID.-E.
127. Loboscelidia rufescens Westw. Sulu Island.

Family LIX. CYNIPID.F:.
Should be plentifully represented.

Superfamily VII. CHALCIDOIDEA.
Family LX. AGAONID.F:.
When the fig trees of the Philippines are studied, this family will
be found to have many representatives, and probably most of the
species described from Java will be found in the Archipelago.

Family LXI. TORYMID.E.
This family also should be abundantly represented.

^^A^*^- Family LXII. CHALCIDID.F;. ^

^ .,■' 128. Leucospis regalis Westw. Luzon, Camiguin.
?'^ 129. Chalcis albotibialis, new species.

9 $ ■ Length 4 to 5 mm. Black, the head and thorax closely punctate, with
a sparse whitish pubescence, the metathorax coarsely reticulated ; tegulae, tips of
front and middle femora, their tibioe and tarsi entirely, hind tibia; outwardly, except
at extreme base, and their tarsi yellowish-white, hind femora with a yellow spot at
apex above, beneath they are armed with numerous minute teeth. Wings hyaline,
the veins brown-black.

Type. — No. 7695, U. S. National Museum.

Manila. Numerous specimens bred by Father W. A. Stanton
from a Lepidopteron.

130. Chalcis argentifrons, new species.

9 . Length 3.5 to 3.6 mm. Black and shining, the head and thorax, sparsely
minutely punctate, with a sparse whitish pubescence, the metathorax coarsely reticu-
lated, the face anteriorly with a dense silvery white pubescence ; tegulre waxy-white ;
tips of front and middle femora, their tibiae and tarsi, and the hind tibiae and tarsi,
yellowish- white ; last joint of all trochanters yellowish ; hind femora reddish, with a
dusky or blackish spot outwardly a little beyond the middle, and with their apices
yellow above. Wings hyaline, the veins brown-black. The abdomen is subglobose,

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shining, but the segments are very minutely shagreenet!, the sides clothed with a
whitish pubescence.

Type. — No. 7696, U. S. National Museum.

Manila. Described from 5 specimens bred by Father ^\'. A.
Stanton from a Lepidopteron.

131. Chalcis pulchripes Holmgr. Manila.

132. Haltichella nasuta Holmgr. Manila.

133. Haltichella ludlowae, new species-

$. Length 2.5 mm. Black, the head and thorax closely punctate, opaque,
the abdomen smooth and highly polished, the petiole very short, the second segment
occupying nearly the whole of the basal half of the abdomen ; ocelli red ; second
joint of front and middle trochanters, extreme tips of their tibise and all tarsi yel-
lowish-white ; wings hyaline, the veins brown, the epitegula; testaceous, the tegulae
black ; hind femora much swollen, minutely denticulate beneath the hind tibi^ at
base with a pale annulus, where they unite with the femora.

Type. — No. 7697, U. S. National Museum.

Balaan, Luzon. Described from a single specimen taken by Miss
C. S. Ludlow.

134. Haltichella validicornis Holmgr. This species was originally
described from Java, but it has also been taken at Balaan, Luzon, by
Miss Ludlow.

135. Neochalcis tarsalis Walk. Philippine Islands. Balaan, Luzon
(Miss Ludlow).

136. Dirhinus anthracia Walk. Philippine Islands.

Family LXIII. EURYTOMID^.

137. Eurytoma manilensis, new species.

9. Length 2 mm. Black, umbilicately punctate ; scape and legs reddish-yel-
low, the tarsi paler, or pale yellowish ; pedicel and flagellum brown, the pedicel
minute, rounded ; first joint of flagellum about one and one half times as long as
thick and the longest joint, the following joints suboval, very little longer than thick.
Wings hyaline, the veins pale yellowish-white ; the marginal vein is a little longer
than the stigmal. The abdomen is conic-ovate, subsessile, compressed, smooth and
shining, pointed at apex.

$ . Length 1.4 to 1.5 mm. Agrees well with the female in color but differs in
antennal and abdominal characters : the flagellum is long, the funicle joints long,
pedicellate at apex, the thickened posteriorly portion with w'horls or rather long hairs
but the hairs are, however, shorter than the joints ; the abdomen is longly petiolated,
the petiole being as long as the hind coxae, and cylindrical, smooth and shining, the
body of the abdomen is small, seen from the side, triangular in outline, and subcom-
pressed.

Type. — No. 7719, U. S. National Museum.

14 Journal New York Entomological Society, |Vo1. xii.

Manila. Described from one 9 and two S specimens collected
by Father W. A. Stanton.

Family LXIV. PERILAMPID^.
No species known.

Family LXV. EUCHARID.F:.

138. Chalcura (Eucharis) aegineta Walk. Philippines.

139. Chalcura (Thoracantha) nasua Walk. Philippines.

Family LXVI. MISCOGASTERIDyE.
This family should be well represented in the Philippines.

Family LXVU. CLEONYMIDyE.

140. Epistenia ania Walk. Philippines.

141. Epistenia Feretius Walk. Philippines.

Family LXVIII. ENCYRTID.F:.

142. Metapelma gloriosa Westw. Luzon, Camiguin.

143. Calosoter anemetus Walk. Philippines.

144. Anastatus stantoni, new species.

9 . Length about 3.5 mm. Blue to blue-green, the head in front and on the
vertex gold-green, the middle mesothoracic lobe and the lateral lobes within metallic
bronze -green ; abdomen spatulate black or purplish- black with a white transverse
band at apex of the first segment ; antennae, except the scape, black, the scape rufous ;
legs black, the middle and hind trochanters annulated with white or yellowish-
white, the front and hind tarsi, from the basal joint, more or less brownish. Wings
with the apical two thirds fuscous, the basal third and a narrow transverse band in
the fuscous portion from before the stigmal vein, clear hyaline.

Type. — No. 7698, U. S. National Museum.

Manila. Described from two specimens collected by Father W.
A. Stanton.

145. Coccidencyrtus manilae, new species.

9 . Length 7.5 to 8 mm. Coal black, the disk of the mesonotum with a slight
teneous tinge ; mandibles and palpi yellowish ; antennas brown, the scape black, the
pedicel at extreme apex yellowish ; funicle joints I to 6 transverse-moniliform, grad-
ually increasing in size, the club rather large, two thirds the length of the funicle,
3-jointed ; pedicel obconical, about thrice as long as thick at apex ; legs black, with
the front and middle tibiae and tarsi, a narrow annulus at base of hind tibiae and the
hind tarsi, pale yellowish. Wings hyaline, the thick marginal vein and the short
stigmal vein brown-black.

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Type. — No. 7699, U. S. National Museum.

Manila. Described from seven specimens received from Father
W. A. Stanton.

146. Aphidencyrtus pallidipes, new species.

9 . Length 0.8 mm. ^^Eneous black, the abdomen, above, with a greenish,
metallic luster; antennce light brown, the flagellum thickened towards apex, pubes-
cent; legs, including coxre, pale yellowish, the femora and tibice toward apex faintly
brownish. Wings hyaline, the marginal and stigmal veins brown.

Type. — No. 7701, U. S. National Museum.

Manila. Described from two specimens bred by Father W. A.
Stanton from an undetermined Aphid.

Exoristobia, new genus.

Allied to TachincEphagiis Ashm., but with the post-marginal vein
much longer, the stigmal vein slightly curved upwards, the club of the
antennas much larger, as long as the funicle, while the funicle joints
are transverse.

147. Exoristobia philippinensis, new species.

9 . Length I to 1. 1. Robust, sparsely, minutely punctate, the head dark blue,
the scrobes deeply impressed, metallic green at bottom, the thorax black, with a faint
bluish and bronzy tinge in certain lights, the abdomen aeneous black ; scape brownish-
yellow towards tip beneath ; flagellum strongly clavate, the funicle joints very short,
transverse, the club very large, dilated, as long as the funicle ; legs black, with the
tibiae ferruginous, the middle tibiae toward apex, tibial spurs, and all tarsi, yellowish-
white. Wings hyaline, the marginal and stigmal veins dark brown, the stigmal vein
slight curved.

Type. — No. 7700, U. S. National Museum.

Manila. Described from five specimens bred by Father W. A.
Stanton from a dipterous larva, Exorista dispar Macq.

None.
None.

Family LXIX. PTEROMALID.'E.
Family LXX. ELASMID/E.

Family FXXI. EULOPHID.'E.
148. Tetrastichus philippinensis, new species.

9 • Length 1.6 to 1.8 mm. Dark metallic greenish-blue, the head in front and
the abdomen more decidedly bluish ; the mesonotum is smooth and impunctate, except
some sparse punctures on the middle lobe along the parapsidal furrows ; scape, pedicel
and legs, except the coxae, brownish-yellow, the tarsi, except the last joint, yellowish-
white ; abdomen ovate, shorter than the head and thorax united.

Type. — No. 7702, U. S. National Museum.

16 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xii.

Manila. Described from 25 specimens bred by Father W. A.
Stanton, from his No. 37, not yet determined.

149. Euplectrus manilae, new species.

9. Length 1.5 mm. Head and thorax black, shining, with some long, sparse
hairs, the mesonotum posteriorly delicately shagreened, but without a median carina
posteriorly ; mouth parts, scape, pedicel, legs, including coxae, and the abdomen be-
neath and a large spot on disk above, yellowish-white, rest of antennoe light brown,
the club darker, the petiole of the abdomen and the body of abdomen at the sides and
apex black. Wings hyaline, the veins pale or yellowish.

Type. — No. 7703, U. S. National Museum.

Manila. Described from 5 specimens bred by Father W. A. Stan-
ton from his No. 35, Papilio alplienor Cram., as identified by Dr.
Dyar.

150. Euplectrus philippinensis, new species.

9- Length 1.5 mm. Brownish -yellow, with sparse long hairs, the eyes, the
flagellum, and two or three streaks on dorsum of abdomen brown or brown-black ; legs
yellowish or waxy-white; wings hyaline, the veins pale yellowish.

The brown-black flagellum is pubescent, slightly thickened towards apex, joints
I and 2 about twice as long as thick, the following a little shorter but thicker. The
head is polished, impunctate, while the thorax, except at sides and the metathorax
which are smooth, is delicately shagreened.

Type. — No. 7704, U. S. National Museum.

Manila. Described from 3 specimens bred by Father W. A.
Stanton from a slug caterpillar.

Family LXXII. TRICHOGRAMMID.F:.
These are all egg parasites and undoubtedly many will be found in
the Philippines.

Family LXXIII. MYMARID^.

This family also will be found plentifully represented.

Superfamily VIII. ICHN EUMONOIDEA.
Family LXXIV. EVANIID.^.

151. Evania appendigaster Linne. Manila ( W. A. Stanton collector).

152. Evania impressa Schlett. Manila.

153. Evania verrucosa Schlett. Bohol.

Family LXXV. AGRIOTYPID.E.
Representatives should be sought for in the mountain streams in
the interior.

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Family LXXVI. ICHNEUMONIU.E.

154. Cryptus vesticalis Bingham. Luzon.

155. Cryptus prjepes Bingh. Luzon.

156. Caryphus apicalis Holmgr.

157. Mesostenoideus philippinensis, new species.

9. Length 14. 5 mm.; ovipositor a little shorter than the ahdomen. Black,
marked with white as follows : upper orbits, face below the antenna;, the clypeus,
mandibles, except the apical two thirds, the cheeks, hind orbits, a line on each side
of pronotum above and beneath, the scutellum, except at base, the scutellar ridges,
the tegul^E, a line beneath, a band on the middle of the mesopleura, the mesosternum,
a /\-shaped mark on the metathorax, a spot on the mesopleura, bands at the apex of
abdominal segments, those of the 4th, 5th and 6th interrupted medially, and legs
mostly yellow ; the first joint of the middle trochanters basally, the middle femora
above and their tibise and tarsi above, a spot at apex of hind coxre, base of their
trochanters, a line on the hind femora abo-'c, their apices, a line on hind tibi;v in front
and behind, their apices, and the fifth joint of their tarsi, all black, rest of hind tarsi
yellowish-white; antennae black, with joints 8 to 13 white.

Type. — No. 7705, U. S. National Museum.

Manila. Described from a single specimen taken by Father W.
A. Stanton.

158. Mesostenoideus literatus Brulle. Philippines.

159. Mesostenoideus marginatus Brulle. Philippines.

Fr. Castro de Elera in his " Catalogo de toda la Fauna Filipinas "
has incorrectedly included Mesosteniis literalis Brulle, a species de-
scribed from Cuba.

160. Pimpla punctum Brulle. Manila.

Fr. Castro de Elera, in his " Catalogo de toda la Fauna Filipinas,"
has included Pimpla instigator Linne, evidently through an error.
He records also Xylonomus irragator Fabr. , a Euroi)ean sj^ecies as
found in the Philippines, but gives no data. Another species mentioned
by him, Ammophia siibiilosa Fabr., I cannot find mentioned in any
European work, treating on the Ich/iei/ino/iidce, nor can 1 find where
this genus was described.

161. Enicospilus ashbyi, new species.

$. Length 18.5 mm. Luteous, the abdomen, except the Iwsal two thirds of
the petiole which is white, honey-yellow; eyes black; antenni^; reddish-brown;
legs yellowish-brown, the coxa;, trochanters, and base of femora luteous ; wings
hyaline, the veins brown-black, the stigma, base of the radius and the two spots in
the marginal cell, the first being rather large and triangular, the second very small,
honey-yellow.

Type. — No. 7706, U. S. National Museum.

18 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xii.

Bilinag, P. I. Described from a single specimen received from
Mr. A. P. Ashby.

162. Leptopygus stangli, new species.

9 • Length 9 mm. ; ovipositor less than half the length of the abdomen. Black,
very minutely punctate, sericeous ; the temples, the cheeks, the face below the inser-
tion of the antennae, the scape and pedicel of the antennae, and bands at the apex of
abdominal segments 3-6 testaceous ; flagellum black, brownish beneath ; palpi, all
coxffi and trochanters, except the hind coxae at base, front tibiae toward base and the
front and middle tarsi, whitish ; rest of legs, except the hind tibiae which are black or
brown-black and their tarsi which are also more or less fuscous or dark brown, red,
the tibial spurs white. Wings hyaline, the veins brown-black, the stigma reddish-
brown. The metathorax is long, areolated, the areola being twice as long as the
petiolar area. The abdomen is fully twice as long as the head and thorax united,
compressed, the ovipositor black, not quite half as long as the abdomen.

Type. — No. 7707, U. S. National Museum.

Bacoor, P. I. Described from 3 specimens received from Dr.
L. P. Stangl.

163. Temelucha philippinensis, new species.

9 • Length 8 mm.; ovipositor not quite the length of the abdomen. Brownish-
yellow ; a spot on vertex enclosing the ocelli, the abdominal petiole at base, a spot at
base of abdominal segments 2 and 3 above, and the ovipositor, black ; eyes brown ;
antennae basally and beneath light brownish, becoming blackish toward apex. Wings
hyaline, the stigma brown, the other veins darker. The abdomen is nearly thrice as
long as the head and thorax united, and strongly compressed.

Type. — No. 7708, U. S. National Museum.

Bacoor, P. I. Described from 3 specimens collected by Dr. P. L.
Stangl.

Family LXXVIII. BRACONIDyE.

164. Bracon deceptor Smith. Luzon.

165. Bracon luteifrons Brulle. Manila.

166. Bracon nigrifrons Brulle. Manila.

167. Meteorus bacoorensis, new species.

9 . Length 5 mm. Brownish-yellow, the eyes black with a slight purplish
tinge, the legs basally on coxre, trochanters and base of femora, tinged with whitish ;
sheaths of ovipositor black. Wings hyaline, the stigma, costie, basal vein, cubitus,
and the transverse cubiti, yellow ; the recurrent nervure is interstitial with the first
transverse cubitus. The first three or four joints of the flagellum are long, about four
times as long as thick.

Type. — No. 7709, U. S. National Museum.

Bacoor, P. I. Described from a single specimen received from
Dr. P. L. Stangl.

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168. Phanerotoma philippinensis, new species.

9. Length 3.5 mm. Uniformly brownish-yellow, but the abdomen with the
venter whitish and giving a whitish tinge to the first and second dorsal segments ; eyes
black ; antenna; dusky at tips where they taper off; legs yellowish- white, the hind
tibiae at apex and their tarsi toward apex fuscous. Wings hyaline, the parastigma,
the stigma, the nervures forming the second cubital and the marginal cells, and the
median vein beyond the basal nervure, all brown.

Type. — No. 7710, U. S. National Museum.

Bacoor, P. I. Described from a single specimen received from
Dr. P. L. Stangl.

169. Apanteles philippinensis, new species.

9. Length 1.7 to 1.8 mm. Black, shining, the thorax delicately punctulate,
the plate of the first abdominal segment linear, impunctate ; palpi white ; legs
brownish-yellow, the hind-legs, except the basal two thirds of the tibire and base of
tarsi, black or dark fuscous ; ventral segments i to 3 yellowish. Wings hyaline, the
stigma! and subcostal vein dark brown, the internal veins pale.

Type. — No. 771 1, U. S. National Museum.

Manila. Described from 8 specimens received from Father W.
A. Stanton.

170. Apanteles manilas, new species.

9. Length 1.5 to 1.6 mm. Black, the head smooth, impunctate, the thorax
delicately, closely punctate, the first and second segments of the abdomen sculptured,
the following smooth and shining, the third being as long as the second ; palpi white ;
antennae wholly black ; legs reddish-yellow, the apices of the hind femora and tibise,
and the middle and the hind tarsi, fuscous or blackish. Wings hyaline, the stigma
brown.

Type. — No. 7712, U. S. National Museum.

Manila. Described from 8 specimens received from Father W.
A. Stanton.

171. Urogaster philippinensis, new species.

9. Length 1.8 mm.; ovipositor about as long as the hind femur. Black, the
thorax minutely punctured, the plate of the first abdominal segment sculptured, the
rest of the abdomen smooth, shining ; legs reddish-brown, the coxae, trochanters and
base of the femora of the front and middle legs and the hind legs entirely, except
basal two thirds of tibiae and an annulus at base of tarsi, black or very dark fuscous ;
tibial spurs white. Wings hyaline, the stigma and costse brown, the internal veins
pale.

Type. — No. 7713, U. S. National Museum.

Manila. Described from 3 specimens received from Father W. A.
Stanton.

20 Journal New York Entomological Society. |Voi. xn.

172. Urogaster stantoni, new species.

9. Length 1.6 to 1.8 mm.; ovipositor about the length of the abdomen.
Black, the thorax closely, minutely punctate, the head smooth, impunctate, the plate
of the first abdominal segment, quadrate, distinctly sculptured; scape yellowish, rest
of the antennae black ; palpi white ; legs reddish, the coxds black, the tip of the hind
tibia; and the hind tarsi, except the joints basally, fuscous. Wings hyaline, the stigma
black or brown-black.

Type. — No. 7714, U. S. National Museum.

Manila. Described from 14 specimens, received from Father W.
A. Stanton, bred from a caterpillar labelled F].

173. Microplitis manilge, new species.

9 . Length 2 mm. Black, the head smooth, the thorax closely punctulate,
sericeous, the metathorax finely rugulose, with a median carina, the plate of the first
abdominal segment linear, punctate, the rest of the segments smooth, shining, the
basal two ventral segments and the sides of the first and second dorsal segments tes-
taceous ; palpi yellowish ; legs reddish, the coxa% trochanters, base of femora and
the hind legs entirely, except an annulus on tiiiirc and the tibial spurs which are
white, black ; the front and middle tarsi are fuscous. Wings fuscous, the stigma and
costae dark brown.

(J . Length hardly 2 mm. Differs from the 9 '" having the front and middle
femora pale at base, not black, the basal half or more of the hind \\\wx white, while
the abdomen is shorter, the antennte longer.

Type. — No. 7715, U. S. National Museum.

Manila. Described from 2 specimens received from Father W. A.
Stanton.

174. Microplitis philippinensis, new species.

$ . Length 4.5 mm. Black ; face in front finely closely punctate, opaque, the
thorax above shining, but minutely punctured, the metathorax very coarsely reticu-
lated, with a sharp median carina ; palpi, yellowish ; legs black or fuscous, the front
femora at apex and beneath, their tibi?e and tarsi, and other legs from tip of femora,
are yellowish ; the hind tibiK are very stout and are more or less brownish or reddish
outwardly from the middle to near the base. Wings with the apical third fuscous, the
basal two thirds subhyaline, the stigma and veins black.

Type. — No. 7716, U. S. National Museum.

Manila. Described from two specimens (B) and (F) received
from Father W. A. Stanton.

175. Monolexis manilensis, new species.

9. Length 2.5 nnn.; ovipositor a little longer than the abdomen. Honey-
yellow, smooth and shining, the metathorax feebly rugulose, the mesonotum trilobed,
the middle lobe posteriorly depressed and shagreened ; legs pale yellowish-white, the
tarsi pale. Wings hyaline, the veins pallid, the stigma light brown or testaceous.
Abdomen oblong oval, the first segment sculptured, feebly striated, the other segment
smooth, impunctate.

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$ . Length o. 8 to i mm. Agrees well with the female except in being smaller,
with the antenniTj very long, slender, brown-black, and in having the abdomen much
shorter, more narrowed basally, and without the prominent ovipositor.

Tjpe. — No. 7717, U. S. National Museum.

Manila. Described from nine specimens bred by Father W. A.
Stanton from a Scolytid.

Family LXXIX. STEPHANID.-E.

176. Stephanus coronator Fabr. Luzon.

177. Stephanus nigricaudus Sichel. Manila.

178. Stephanus sulcifrons Schlett. Philippines.

179. Stephanus tarsatus Schlett. Philippines.

180. Stephanus unicolor Schlett. Philippines.

Suborder II. PHYTOPHAGA.

Superfamily IX. SIRICOIDEA.

Family LXXX. ORYSSID.^.

181. Oryssus maculipennis Westw. Mindanao.

Family LXXXI. SIRICIDyE.

182. Tremex rugicollis Westw. Luzon.

Family LXXXIL XIPHYDRIID^.
Should occur in the Islands.

Family LXXXIII. CEPHID.^.
Species in this family ought to be found.

Superfamily X. TENTHREDINOIDEA.
Family LXXXIV. XYELID^.
Not known from the islands.

Family LXXXV. LYDID/E.
Unknown.

Family LXXXVI. HYLOTOMID^.
Should be well represented.

Family LXXXVI I. LOPHYRID.'E.
Not yet recorded from the archipelago.

22 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xn.

Family LXXXVIII. PERRYIID^.
Some representatives should be found.

Family LXXXIX. PTERYGOPHORID/E.
Well represented in Australia and some forms should occur in the
Philippines.

Family XC. SELANDRIID.F:.

183. Senoclia alboccerulea Bingh. Luzon.

This family should have many representatives.

Family XCII. DINEURID.F:.
Probably not found in the Archipelago.

Family XCIII. TENTHREDINID.^.
Fr. Castro de Elera, in his " Catalogo de toda la Fauna Filipinas "
includes Tenthredo variabilis Kl., T. negkcta Kl., and Doleriis niger
KL, but gives no definite records.

Family XCIV. CIMBICID^.
I see no reason why this family should not be represented in the
islands.

NOTES ON OSMUND WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF
NEW GENERA AND SPECIES.

By E. S. G. Titus,
Washington, D. C.

Genus ROBERTSONELLA Titus, 1904.

Robertsonella, new genus.

Slender, black, somewhat resembling Chelostonia (?) campanulantm Kirby ;
clypeus truncate, broad in female, mandibles trideniate in females, sbarply bidentaie
in tnale, malar space absent; antennae normal in both sexes ; labial palpi four-jointed,
first joint not quite one half as long as second, third and fourth short, lateral, third
slightly the broader and longer ; maxillary palpi four-jointed, first and second equal
and longest, fourth shorter, third nearly equal to fourth and over two thirds as long
as first, fourth joint distinctly tapering to a rounded point ; median nervure intersti-
tial or at most received very slightly before origin of basal nervure, first submarginal
cell longer than second, second narrowed one half above ; claws cleft in male, sim-
ple in female; first dorsal abdominal segment rounded, with a narrow sulcus, male

March, 1904.] TiTUS : NOTES ON OSMIIN/E. 23

with last dorsal segment (7), rounded, entire, with a faint trace of lateral angles,
first ventral segment with a slight transverse swelling, second and third broad, second
with lateral marginal swellings, third sinuate marginally, sides of abdomen very
parallel.

Type of genus the following species :

Robertsonella gleasoni, new species.

9. Length 5.5 mm. Black, shining, finely and rather coarsely punctured ;
pubescence glistening silvery white, short and not thick on face, cheeks and man-
dibles with a fringe of longer hairs, sparse on thorax above, denser and longer on
pleura, very short and sparse on abdomen, segments I to 5 with a narrow appressed
apical fringe, interrupted (or rubbed), on segments i and 2, sixth segment densely
clothed with short suberect hairs, ventral scopa dense and white, extending well up
along sides of abdomen ; femora and tibia with sparse white hair and tarsi with dense
slightly embrowned pubescence beneath on first joint, remaining joints moderately
pubescent; tibial spurs pale ; middle tibia not as long as first joint of corresponding
tarsi.

$ . Length 5 to 5.5 mm. Closely resembles female ; punctures of head finer
and closer, pubesence of face white, dense, appressed, that of clypeus long, very
dense and snowy-white, slightly discolored at apical margin, hair fringing cheeks and
mandibles longer and moderately dense ; antennae reaching beyond tegulse ; scutel-
lum and metathorax with more pubescence than in female, abdominal segments I to
3 fasciate only at sides, 4 to 6 fasciate, fourth with white pubescence on disc ; sev-
enth segment slightly flattened, apex of sixth slightly reflexed ; third ventral with a
median apical patch of white hair.

Several specimens on Phacelia piirshii at Grand Tower, Illinois,
9 May, 1902, by H. A. Gleason. i 9 and i $ deposited in U. S.
National Museum.

73^^.— No. 6858.

Genus HERIADES Spinola, 1808.
Type: Heriades truncoriim (Linne) 1758..

So far as I have been able to find, Spinola designated no species
as the type of his genus ; however, in 18 10, Latreille distinctly desig-
nates the above species as the type of Heriades (Consid. Gen. sur
rOrdre Naturel des Animaux, p. 439). Schenck in 1859 created for
H. tnincorum the genus Trypetes. This generic name was not ad-
missible, since in 1836 Schonherr had used it for a coleopterous genus.

Hence Robertson's Trypetini and Trypetoidea will not stand and,
for the tribal name, I jjropose Heriadini.

Our Heriades carinatum Cresson is congeneric with H. truncoriim
Linne, as also is the following species.

24 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xn.

Heriades bruneri, new species.

9. Lengtli 6.5 mm. Shining black, pubescence of head and thorax pure
white, of abdomen and tarsi yellowish. Head and thorax coarsely confluently punc-
tured, punctures on disc of thorax sometimes separate, on clypeus not so coarse as on rest
of head. Occiput (except hind margin), middle of face, clypeus, mandibles and disc
of thorax with sparse pubescence. Head not so broad as thorax, face narrower than
in //. caiinatitvi. Antennae short, black, slightly embrowned beneath ; clypeus with a
shallow central marginal concavity from which there projects a minute blunt central
tooth and two smaller lateral teeth, outside of each of these latter, on the clypeal
margin, is another minute tooth ; labrum elongate, punctured, rounded at tip ; man-
dibles broad at apex, with no " submedian dentiform angle," simple at base, triden-
tate, outer tooth sharp, slightly reddish, other teeth short, blunt, scarcely separable,
cheeks fringed with white pubescence ; maxillary palpi three-jointed, joints almost as
in H. truncorum L. ; labial palpi four-jointed, first as long as second; third and
fourth short, subequal. Tegulse polished, minutely punctured, wings very dark,
veins black. Legs black, femora and tibi^ clothed with sparse white pubescence,
hairs on tarsi quite bristly. Abdominal punctures fine, close, but separate, pubes-
cence on hind margins of all segments, thin on 1-3, becoming denser successively on
4-6, these latter segments, especially 5 and 6, having short fulvous-yellow hairs on
disc. V^entral scopa long and richly yellow.

<y . Length 6 mm. Closely resembles the female. Mandibles narrower at tip,
outer tooth sharp ; occiput smooth and shining at sides, antennae reaching almost to
tegulae, pubescence of clypeus and fringe on cheeks denser and white, sparse on re-
mainder of head and on thorax ; tegulae paler than in female ; pubescence on hind
margins of first two dorsal abdominal segments whitish, on segments 3-5 yellowish,
hind margin of sixth segment bare, evenly rounded at apex. A slight enlargement
of first ventral segment may be seen, but it is not sufficiently developed to call a tooth,
first two ventral segments coarsely punctured.

Three 9 at Juan Vinas, Costa Rica, 2 March, 1902, and one $
at Monte Redondo, Costa Rica, 3 March, 1902, by Prof. Lawrence
Bruner. One 9 and one c^ deposited in the U. S. National Museum.

ri^^. — No. 6857.

Genus PROCHELOSTOMA Robt., 1903.
Prochelostoma philadelphi Rob.

I have examined a number of specimens of this species from Colum-
bus, Ohio, collected May 24, 25, 28 and 29, 1902, by J. C. Bridwell.

The spurs on the middle and hind tibice are distinctly serrated, on
the hind tibiae one being short and sickle-shaped, the other long and
more coarsely serrated. The middle tibia has a distinct prominent
tooth on the outer side at the apex. Maxillary palpi short, first joint
globular, second stout, about as long as fourth, third shorter than
second, about as long as first, third and fourth slender, fourth taper-
ing, somewhat finger-shaped.

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Genus PROTERIADES Titus, 1904.
Proteriades, new genus.

Type : J/eriadcs seniirubra Ckll. 1898. Trans. Amer. Entom. vSoc. XXV, p.
I9S,<?.

Mandibles bidentate, inner tooth the shorter, teeth of equal length ; labrum
elongate, polished, slightly convex, truncate at apex, sides parallel, ferruginous;
clypeus at apex with a narrow polished edge, faintly curved, slightly convex and
with a minute polished tooth in the center; scape of antenna slightly swollen and
deeply punctured; head shaped as in AsJiiiteadicUa biuconis (Say), as broad as
thorax, "ocelli in a triangle "; "facial quadrangle much longer than broad, orbits
parallel " (Cockerell, /. c. ). Maxillary palpi short and sionl, four-Join/ed, first and
third joints equal, second one half longer than first, fourth more slender than others,
slightly shorter than third, first joint subglobose, third scarcely as wide as second ;
blade of maxilla rounded at apex, outer edge of blade wilh a row of long spines each
hooked at the tip. Labial palpi short, stout, covered with many short spines, second
joint one and a half times as long as first, third joint short, wide, longitudinally con-
cave, last joint slender, shorter than third and set deeply into the concavity of the third
joint. Marginal cell about as long as first discoidal, apex not attaining the margin,
stigma small, second submarginal shorter than first, strongly narrowed above, trans-
verse median nervure received before origin of basal nervure. Abdomen shaped as
in other Heriadini, sixth segment with a short tooth on each side, apical segment
deeply foveolate above, broadly truncate, with a central apical emargination, second
ventral segment with a small transverse swelling, ventral segments 3-5 apically
emarginate, the fifth quite deeply so and all faintly swollen transversely. Basal iiit-
pression of first dorsal segment not bounded by a carina, concavity sliallow, broad,
impunctate.

While some of the above characters may later prove to be simply
specific it is thought best to give them in detail now.

When Professor Cockerell described this species he stated that it
was " by no means a typical Heriades, yet it is not an Ashnieadiella.''''
The type specimens were from " Southern California, two sent by Mr.
Fox." I have before me one specimen taken in Los Angeles Co.,
Calif., by Mr. D. W. Coquillett. Mr. Fox writes in answer to questions
of mine regarding the type at Philadelphia: "Second ventral segment
reddish, the third to fifth reddish-fuscous or almost entirely fuscous.
Second ventral segment and (especially third to fifth) with a transverse
fold or swelling which is emarginate or less prominent medially on
segments 3-5. Sixth dorsal dentate laterally. Seventh dorsal foveo-
late. Seventh at tip agreeing very well with your drawing."

This species although at first sight superficially resembling Pseu-
dosmia andrenoides Spinola of Europe is not related to that species.
The latter being a true Osmiinse closely related to Nothosmia. I have
examined specimens determined by Dr. Schmiedeknecht.

26 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xn.

Proteriades may be separated from true Heriades by the absence
of the superior carina on first dorsal segment ; from Ashmeadiclla by
the structure of the last dorsal abdominal segments. The general
shape and italicized characters will separate it from other described
genera known to me.

One specimen deposited in U. S. National Museum. No. 6855,

genus type.

Genus OSMIA Panzer, 1806.

Type. — Osmia rtifa (Linne) 1758.

This species described by Linne as Apis rufa, $ , and Apis biconiis
9 , was designated by Latreille in 1810 (Consid. Gen. sur I'Ordre
Nat. Animaux, p. 439) as the type of the genus Osmia.

Osmia lignaria Say, Osmia lignaria, var a, Cockerell, and Osmia
propinqua Cresson are the only American species I have seen which
belong to this genus.

Genus MONUMETHA Cresson,'i864.

Type. — Motiiiiiietha aygeiitifrons Cresson, 1864.

A character I have not seen mentioned in connection with this genus
is the presence in the center of the hind margins of the first and sec-
ond ventral segments of the c? of a sharp slender spine. The type
species is very variable in size and in amount of pubescence present.
A specimen collected this past summer by Mr. Rolla P. Currie at
Kaslo, B. C, has the abdominal fasciae all present and entire and the
disc of the thorax densely covered with pubescence.

Genus ZACESTA Ashmead, 1899.

Type. — Zacesta rufipes Ashmead, 1899, $ .

Described from two specimens taken by Mr. D. W. Coquillett in
"Los Angeles Co., Calif." U. S. National Museum, type No. 5257.

I have examined the type specimens and the mouth parts of
another specimen of this species taken in the same locality by Mr.
Coquillett and find that // is not a megachilid. The labial palpi are
four-jointed, first three joints nearly equal, the second a trifle the
longest ; and the fourth joint distinctly shorter than either of the
others. Maxillary palpi six-jointed, basal joint shortest, rather stout,
fifth slightly longer, very slender, fourth twice as long as first and
slender, sixth almost as long as fourth, slender, second and third sub-
equal slightly shorter than sixth and moderately stout. The total
length of the maxillary palpus slightly exceeds that of the blade of the

March, 1904 J ChITTENDEN : NOTES ON I>ANGURIA. 27

maxilla, which is broad at the base and widely rounded at the ajjex. The
transverse median nervure of the anterior wings enters far before the
origin of the basal nervure ; marginal cell acuminate, but not sharply
so, scarcely attaining the costa at the apex ; first cubital cell the longer,
second narrowed at least one half above, the second transverse cubi-
tus strongly bent ; stigma small, narrow. Second joint of hind tarsi
normal, normally inserted on the first ; claws cleft ; pulvillus present.
Abdomen distinctly fasciate ; "pygidium triangular, entire, the hypo-
pygium normal " (^Ashm.). The above characters will I believe sepa-
rate the genus from any hitherto known and place it, at the same time,
in the Panurgidce.

In Zacesta riifipes the mandibles are elongate, pointed sharply,
and with a poorly defined tooth set nearly half way back on the inner
side ; clypeus is yellow on the apical half only, labrum yellow, man-
dibles yellow at base blending into ferruginous at apices : ocelli in a
curve ; antennae longer than head, scape deep brown, flagellum yel-
lowish ; tegulse yellowish, shining, hairy ; legs reddish-yellow, spurs
white, claws dark ; pubescence rather sparse, especially on thorax ;
abdominal segments 1-5 fasciate apically, 6 and 7 with dense short
appressed pubescence. All the pubescence is cinereous, that on thorax
and vertex slightly yellowed, and on legs appearing silvery and
glistening.

Class I, HEXAPODA.
Order II, COLEOPTERA.

BIOLOGIC NOTES ON SPECIES OF LANGURIA.

By F. H. Chittenden,
Washington, D. C.

Until the year 1879, when Langiiria nwzardi was reported by Pro-
fessor J. H. Comstock in the stems of red clover (Ann. Rept. Comm.
Agr. , 1879, P- 1 99 ) > I'^one of the si)ecies of Langiiria were known to sub-
sist at the expense of useful plants ; in short, nothing appears to have
been published prior to that time of the larval food habits of our Amer-
ican representatives of the genus. Messrs. F. M. Webster and C. M.
Weed have both contributed to our knowledge of the biology of this
species, and the writer has furnished in Insect Life (Vol. II, pp. 346-

28 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xii.

347) some observations on it and L. gracilis Newm. The following

notes, which were made several years ago, in the neighborhood of

Washington, D. C, add some new facts in the life economy of the

genus.

Languria mozardi Latr.

To the already long list of larval food plants of this species, which
is now well-known under the name of clover-stem borer, may be
added the Joe-Pye weed {^Eupatot iiiin purpureum') and thorough-wort
{^E. perfoliatum'), from which the writer has reared it. Larvje and
pupa taken in stems of wild lettuce {Laciuca canadensis) and subse-
quently reared were both bright orange in color. A larva transformed
to pupa September 2 and to adult 9 days later.

A chalcidid parasite, which Mr. Ashmead has described as Habro-
cytus iangitficp, and which was found still more commonly with L.
trifasciata was reared from mozardi. A larva of the parasite found
attached to a beetle larva a day or two later detached itself from its
host and transformed to a naked pupa, the imago appearing Septem-
ber 17. The pupal period of the parasite in this case was between
ten and twelve days.
Languria bicolor Fab.

Beginning with the middle of June, this species has been observed
in numbers on pale Indian plantain {^Cacalia atriplicifolia') at Glen
Echo and Cabin John, Md. Every plant at this time bore near its
summit a pair of the beetles, which species by the way had not hith-
erto been taken by anyone connected with the U. S. Dept. of Agricul-
ture in the neighborhood of the District of Columbia. The leaves
were much eaten, and every stem showed the Q%<g nidus of the beetle.
By the first week of September most of the inhabitants of the stems of
plants growing in bottom land exposed to the sun had transformed to
pupai and beetles. On higher ground in woodland, on plants growing
in more or less shady locations, larvge were also taken, there being a
noticeable difference in the rapidity of development of the species, due
to the different environment. Only a few uninfested plants were no-
ticed. Some contained only one or two individuals, but usually stems
are hollowed from the base to the flowers, four or five individuals occu-
pying a single stem. As in the case which will be mentioned of Lac-
iiica infested with L. trifasciata, the presence of the insects in the
stems had no appreciable effect on the vitality of the plants, although
galls were frequently formed through the work of the larvae.

March. 1904.] ChITTENDEN : NOTES ON LaNGURIA. 29

In one plant, eight feet in height, a beetle was found in the stem
an inch below the surface of the earth, and the burrows extended to
the top of the stem, which was withered and somewhat blackened.
The burrows measure from three to six inches in length, and the cast-
ings which fill the hollowed stems between them occupy a similar
space, and often a considerable space intervenes that is unoccupied.
It was quite noticeable that the stems where broadest usually contained
adults or pupge that were larger than those occupying narrower por-
tions of the stems at the tops, and that the individuals near the base
develop earlier, beetles being found there while larvae were at the top.

A pupa was being devoured by a mite related to Pediculoides
veiifricosus Newm.

Languria trifasciata Say.

This beautiful species develops in the stems of wild lettuce (^Lac-
tiica canadensis'). Oviposition has been observed at intervals from
the middle of June to the first of July. About Washington the insect
can be found at any time in August in its three stages within the stems.
August 4, exit holes were observed in empty stems, indicating that
adults begin to issue from them toward the latter days of July. The
proportion of the different stages in the stems from August 4 to 19
was : one larva and one pupa to three adults. In most stems the in-
teriors had turned brown and the larvee that had occupied them had
apparently worked throughout their full length, as there was more or
less frass and other evidences of their presence from the roots up to
the narrowest part of the stem which the larva was capable of pene-
trating. In some stems the larva forms a covering of castings two or
three inches from the base ; in others the pupa case is formed as many
as two feet from the roots, the location of the castings being reversed,
/. e., at the bottom. The beetle in exit cuts through at any point from
the roots to near the tops of the stems.

Nearly every plant of Lactitca that could be examined had been
infested by this insect ; yet it had not always visibly affected their
development. Those that were entirely free from attack were still
green while the lower leaves had begun to wither. Some infested
plants were nine or ten feet in height. and were still healthy in ap-
pearance. In only one case was there evidence that more than a sin-
gle larva inhabited a stem, from which it may be surmised that in case
two or more eggs are deposited in the same stem, which undoubtedly

30 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xii.

sometimes happens, as we know to be the case with the preceding
species, the older larva destroys the others. In the exception noted
a number of parasites were observed in the lower part of the stem,
and a small larva probably of this species in the upper end.

Many individuals of the chalcidid Habrocytiis languficE Ashm.
were noticed in the infested stems. Three colonies, each composed of
an even half dozen pupae of this species, were found, one colony in a
Laugurid' s cell, which gave forth imagos August 23.

Languria gracilis Newm.

About the District of Columbia this species is fairly abundant on
different species of ^^^''^-'v;/, in about equal numbers on E. canadense
and philadelphicum. On the latter plant oviposition was noticed,
eight or nine minutes being consumed in depositing a single egg. The
writer has previously recorded (Insect Life, Vol. II, p. 347) the oc-
currence of this species on Urtica and Ambrosia.

Languria laeta Lee.

To the above should be added the capture of larvae and adults of
L. Icefa by Mr. E. A. Schwarz in the stems of Datura at Hearne,
Texas, August 6, 1894.

INSECTS BREEDING IN ADOBE WALLS.

By Gustav Beyer,
New York, N. Y.

During a collecting trip to Cape San Lucas, Lower California,
made in 1901, I had my headquarters at Santa Rosa, where I lived in
a house of adobe walls and a roof of palm leaves. Glass windows
being unknown in this section, two holes in said wall served as win-
dows. It was during the month of July that I noticed numerous
beetles on one of these improvised windows ; all of which were cov-
ered with the flour- like dust of adobe. On further investigation, I
found that these came out of the adobe wall, numerous small holes at
about two to three and a half feet from the ground disclosing where
these insects had come from. The insects were :

Lyctus californicus Casey, Very abundant.
Elasmocerus californicus Fall.

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Tillus occidentalis Goch.
Tarsostenus univittatus Rossi.
Teretrius lebatus Horn.

A small wasp.

Lyctiis were very plentiful. I could count sixty of these before I
was able to detect one of the other species. This adobe wall was two
years old and as hard as stone, yet the larva of Lyctiis had no difficulty
in accomplishing the immense work of boring through this composi-
tion and changing the solid interior into a powdered substance analo-
gous to flour. The three Cleridae are undoub edly parasites of Lyctits
and the little wasp is also a parasite of either Lyctiis or one of the
Cleridae. Elasmoceriis californiais came out only in the forenoon
between half past nine and h-alf past eleven o'clock ; the other insects
were more abundant toward evening.

I did not take these insects at any other place, with the exception
of Tillus occidentalis. This species would frequent also old logs, and
toward evening would peep out of holes bored by Scolytidee. On
some occasions they would come out and run about a little, but it
would not be long before they would return to these holes.

Class I, HEXAPODA.

Order IV, DIPTERA.

DIPTERA FROM SOUTHERN TEXAS WITH
DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES.

By D. W. Coquillett,
Washington, D. C.

During the past summer Mr. Charles Schaeffer spent several months
collecting insects, chiefly Coleoptera, in the vicinity of Brownsville,
Texas, in the interest of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences,
and secured, among other things, a small but very interesting collection
of Diptera, a series of which was submitted to the writter for naming,
and has been returned to the Institute again. This series contained
representatives of nine apparently new species besides eight other
species which, so far as I am aware, have never been recorded from
the United States, their most northern accredited habitat being in

32 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xii.

Mexico. These latter species are listed herewith while the descrip-
tions of the new ones follow the list :

Plecia bicolor Bell.
Obliogaster tasniatus Bell.
Sphasrophoria picticauda Bigot.
Rhopalosyrphus guntheri Arrib.
Sphiximorpha pedicellata Will.
Masicera picta Wulp.
Micropeza stigmatica Wulp.
Diactita costalis Gerst.

Cyphomyia schaefferi, new species.

Near tomeiitosa, but that species is credited with nearly hyaline, yellowish wings,
a polished black front and face, etc. Black, the upper part of the head dark reddish-
brown, scutellar spines, first two joints of the tarsi, and the halteres, yellowish ; front
somewhat polished, bearing a transverse pair of widely separated tubercles above its
middle, and midway between these and the antennae is a transverse pair of nearly con-
tiguous, highly polished callosities in contact with the eyes ; a narrow ridge extends
from ocelli almost to the antennce ; face somewhat polished, thinly covered witli pale
yellowish tomentum ; antennas shorter than the thorax, the first joint twice as long as
the second, the latter as wide as long, the third twice as long as the first two, of nearly
an equal width, blunt-pointed at the apex, the eighth annulus shorter than the seventh ;
eyes rather densely pilose, greenish and marked with about six transverse, undulating,
purplish bands ; thorax and scutellum somewhat opaque, thinly covered with a short,
pale yellowish tomentum ; abdomen somewhat opaque, its tomentum golden yellow,
sparse on the first two segments but dense on the other two ; wings brownish, the base,
proximal half of axillary cell, discal cell, upper outer angle of second basal cell and
base of the first posterior cell, hyaline, stigma yellow ; length, 8 mm.

A female specimen collected in June. Respectfully dedicated to
Mr. Charles Schaeffer.

Phthiria unimaculata, new species.

Near scolopax, but each cheek marked with a single black spot. Head yellow,
middle of front brown, a spot at the ocelli, the center of the occiput, and a large, sub-
quadrate spot on each cheek just below the front and extending from the eye almost
to the oral border, black ; antennte and mouth parts black, proboscis slightly over one
half as long as the head and body, apex of palpi about opposite middle of third anten-
nal joint, the latter of nearly an equal width, its upper and lower edges only slightly
convex. Body yellow, mesonotum with three broad vittae and the narrow lateral mar-
gin brown, the median vitta extending from the front end to slightly beyond the mid-
dle, the next two unite at the hind margin of the mesonotum, a spot near center of
pleura, the breast, middle of metanotum, and a crossband at base of each abdominal
segment, brown ; mesonotum opaque, gray pruinose, the abdomen polished, scutellum
with a brownish spot at the middle of its base ; legs yellow, the tarsi brown ; halteres
yellow, the knobs on greater part of upper side and at base of under side brown ;

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wings hyaline, a brown spot at base of second submarginal and each posterior cell,
also at middle of first basal and at base of discal cell ; space between apices of auxil-
iary and first vein yellowish, the costal margin beyond apex of first vein bordered
with smoky brown, veins at bases of second submarginal and third posterior cells ap-
pendiculate. Length, 5 to 6 mm.

Two females, one collected at the Rio Ruidoso, White Mts., New
Mexico (altitude about 6900 feet, C. H. T. Townsend), the other
collected by Mr. Schaeffer, in June, at Brownsville, Texas.

Type. — No. 7352, U. S. National Museum.*

Holopogon latus, new species.

An unusually broad, robust species. Black, the halteres yellow, their bases
brownish ; hairs and bristles white or yellowish, hairs of mesonotum except poste-
riorly very short and sparse. Head gray pruinose, hairs of mystax very sparse, the
bristles confined to two or three rows along the oral margin ; first two joints of
antennns subequal in length, together about three-fourths as long as the third, the
latter slightly longer than the slender style. Thorax and scutellum opaque, grayish
pruinose, mesonotum with three continent brownish-black vitta;, abbreviated posteriorly
and the outer pair much abbreviated anteriorly. Abdomen somewhat polished. Hind
legs considerably thickened, the tibiae on the outer and inner sides and the first tarsal
joint both above and below quite densely fringed with rather short hairs. Wings from
base to beyond apex of discal cell dark brown, the limits of this color strongly arcuate,
the remainder of the wing hyaline ; apex of second vein before middle of second sub-
marginal cell ; wings very broad, the alul^ quite strongly developed. Length, 6 mm.

A male specimen collected in April.

Stenopogon tenebrosus, new species.

Near cousangnineiis, but much darker, the wings brown and without any yellow
coloring. Black, the halteres, pulvilli and bases of tarsal claws yellow, a reddish
yellow vitta on upper side of front femora, hairs and bristles yellowish-white, those on
the hypopygium and in middle of mesonotum chiefly black ; third joint of antennae
narrow and elongate, about seven times as long as the style ; body grayish-pruinose,
very thin in middle of mesonotum, tlie hypopygium polished ; mesopleura bare, hypo-
pleura hairy; wings, including the veins, brown, rather narrow, the first posterior
cell slightly narrowed toward the apex, the fourth closed far from the wing- margin ;
length, 22 mm.

A male specimen.

Stenopogon pumilus, new species.

Also near consangtiineiis but darker, the bristles of the legs chiefly black, etc.
Black, the halteres yellow, upper side of first two pairs of femora, their tibite and tarsi

* In my table of the species of Phfhiria published in the Trans. Am. Ent. Soc,
XXI, pages 102 and 103, it is stated thai puncfipennis has a single black spot on each
side of the face ; specimens since examined which undoubtedly belong to this species
have two black spots on either side, as ambiguously stated by Walker in the original
description.

34 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xii.

reddish-yellow, pulvilli and bases of tarsal claws yellowish, hairs and bristles yel-
lowish-white, bristles of legs chiefly black ; third joint of antennae rather slender and
elongate, about ten times as long as the style ; body grayish-pruinose ; mesopleura
bare, hypopleura hairy ; wings dark brown along the broad hind margin and apex,
the remainder largely tinged with yellowish, veins brown and yellowish, narrowly
bordered with grayish, first posterior cell scarcely narrowed toward the apex, the
fourth closed near the wing-margin ; length, 14 mm.

Two males collected in April and May.

Stenopogon nitens, new species.

Distinguished by the polished abdomen. Black, the halteres whitish, pulvilli
yellow and with two brown vittae, tarsal claws reddish at the bases ; hairs and bristles
whitish, those on the antennae, front, middle of mesonotum, abdomen except the first
two segments, and on the legs except the coxae, black, pubescence on inner side of
front tibi^ golden yellow, hairs on lower side of front femora chiefly whitish ; meso-
pleura bare, hypopleura hairy ; third joint of antennas rather slender and elongate,
about sixteen times as long as the style ; head and thorax grayish pruinose, the
mesonotum, except along the sides and posterior end, somewhat polished ; abdomen
polished, a transverse, white pruinose streak in hind angles of segments two to five ;
wings blackish, tinged with yellowish in the costo-basal portion, veins black, first
posterior cell considerably narrowed at the apex, the fourth closed in the margin ;
length, 16 mm.

A male specimen collected in May.

Erax tuberculata, new species.

Distinct from all of the species known to me by the three large tubercles on the
venter of the abdomen. Black, the halteres, tibiae and bases of tarsi yellow, apices
of the tibire brown ; hairs and bristles of head and antennas white, a pair of ocellar
bristles, a cluster at middle of sides of oral opening, and the hairs and bristles of the
palpi, black ; third joint of antenna; ovate, subequal in length to the first, about one
third as long as the style ; middle of face strongly gibbous and covered with bristly
hairs except on the upper fifth, eyes unusually approximated at their upper corners,
strongly diverging below. Thorax gray pruinose, marked in the middle with three
black vittae, the middle one narrow and not reaching the suture, the outer ones pro-
longed slightly beyond it ; hairs of anterior half of mesonotum short, black, those
along the margins chiefly white, the posterior portion bearing many long, chiefly
white, hairs, the bristles mostly black ; hairs of pleura and scutellum white, scutel-
lum bearing two white bristles. Abdomen gray pruinose, when viewed from behind
there is revealed a large, subtriangular black spot at the base of segments two to six,
hairs of the abdomen white, those on the dorsum sparse and short, those on the upper
side of the very large, polished hypopygium black ; just behind the center of the
under side of segments four, five and six is a polished tubercle which is nearly as
long as the second tarsal joint. Hairs of legs white, the bristles of the first two pairs
of femora and tibiae chiefly white, those of the tarsi and hind legs black. Wings
hyaline, costa scarcely thickened beyond apex of auxiliary vein, third vein forks
beyond apex of discal cell. Length, 12 mm.

Three males, two of them collected at San Diego, Texas, April

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30, by Mr. E. A. Schvvarz, the other collected at Brownsville by Mr.
Schaeffer, in April.

Type. — No. 7353, U. S. National Museum.

Anastrepha pallens, new species.

Distinguished by the three colored sciitelhim. Yellow, a vitta in middle of
mesonotum, a broader one each side, the humeri, several spots on the pleura, a pair
of spots in front of the scutellum and apical half of the latter, whitish, base of scu-
tellum yellow followed by a brown fascia, a pair of brown spots in front of the scu-
tellum, situated outside of and contiguous with the whitish ones ; mesonotum not
pruinose ; wings hyaline, a spot beyond the humeral crossvein and the stigma
yellowish-gray, a very faint pale grayish crossband extends across the wing at the
hind crossvein and is narrowly prolonged along the costa to the tip of the fourth vein,
hind margin of the wing also very pale grayish (specimen immature) ; length, 6 mm.

A male specimen collected in June.

Sepsis pleuralis, new species.

Recognizable among the unspotted winged forms by the wholly yellow pleura.
Yellow, the front, upper part of occiput, mesonotum except the lateral margins,
middle of metanotum and dorsum of third, fourth and base of fifth segment of abdo-
men, black, upper side of scutellum, posterior margin of second abdominal segment,
and last three joints of the tarsi, brown ; front polished, mesonotum subopaque, thinly
brownish pruinose, metanotum polished and with a brassy tinge, dorsum of abdomen
opaque, somewhat scabrous and with a strong bluish tinge ; under side of front
femora at two thirds of the length bearing an outwardly projecting tooth ; wings hya-
line, the base of the costal cell to slightly beyond the humeral crossvein, dark brown.
Length, 4 mm.

A male specimen collected in June.

A NEW CERATOPOGON FROM BRAZIL.

By D. W. Coquillett,
Washington, D. C.

Ceratopogon guttatus, new species.

Black, the antenna; and apical portion of tarsi brownish yellow, mesonotum yel-
lowish brown, humeri, scutellum and narrow ends of tibiae yellow, halteres whitish,
all hairs yellow ; antennae considerably longer than the head and thorax united ;
mesonotum opaque, yellow pruinose, the posterior portion whitish pruinose, abdomen
opaque ; legs slender, devoid of spines, a few rather long hairs on the tibi;i;, first
joint of hind tarsi nearly twice as long as the second, the penultimate joint nearly as
long as the last one, claws equal, small, empodia wanting ; wings hairy on about the
apical half, base of wings to apices of first and fifth veins whitish-hyaline and marked

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with about eight gray spots, a subtriangular one extending from costa to the fourth
vein a short distance before the small crossvein, a subquadrate one extending from
costa to the third vein just before apex of first vein, a streak on small crossvein and
another on fourth vein a short distance beyond the latter, a small spot on upper side
of fifth vein slightly beyond its middle and a larger one on the under side before its
middle, a large one along hind margin of axillary cell near its middle and a curved
one in apex of this cell ; remainder of wing gray, a large whitish hyaline spot at apex
of third vein nearly crossing the first posterior cell and extending along the third vein
to the hyaline portion at base of wing, a second large whitish hyaline spot midway
between apices of third vein and upper branch of the fourth, almost crossing the first
posterior cell, a small hyaline spot in apex of second posterior cell and another a
short distance before it, a larger one on middle of lower branch of fourth vein, one
in apex of third and another near middle of hind edge of fourth posterior cell ; upper
branch of fourth vein, apical portion of the lower branch, and both branches of fifth
vein narrowly bordered with hyaline ; third vein connected near its middle by a cross-
vein with the first, apex of third vein beyond two-thirds length of wing, apex of first
vein near middle of the third, fourth vein forks slightly beyond the small crossvein,.
axillary angle of wings well developed ; length, 1.4 mm.

Three female specimens collected by Dr. A. Lutz.

Habitat. — Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Type. — No. 7724, U. S. National Museum.

THE LIFE HISTORY OF CULEX CANTANS MEIGEN.

By Harrison G. Dyar, A.M., Ph.D.,

Washington, D. C.
(Plate I.)

This mosquito flies most of the summer, but it is single brooded.
The larvge hatch from over-wintering eggs very early in spring, but
the growth is not very rapid, probably a month being required before
adults appear. These fly some weeks before becoming ready to
oviposit. A female at New Hampshire was kept alive from July 20 to
August 12 ; another taken August 8, laid eggs August 16. In British
Columbia, a female taken June 15, laid eggs June 30 and these
remained unhatched till the following year, although kept in water.
They hatched as soon as the ice was melted in the jar the following
spring.

The eggs (Plate I, Fig. i) are laid singly and readily sink in the
water. They are elliptical, the thickest part at one third from the

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micropyle, one side flattened; finely reticulate, the reticulations elon-
gated, the spaces between them depressed to form shallow pits, more
prominent at the ends. At the micropylar end is a slight clear
cushion. The sculpturing is distinct, apparently not granular, the
outline being smooth except just at the ends. Length .8 mm., width
,25 mm. The eggs are usually white when first laid, but soon turn
deep black.

In the first larval state (Plate I, Fig. 2), the usual generalized
characters are shown. The head is flattened, circular in front,
antennae rather long, uniform, with a single hair near the middle,
uniformly infuscated. The body is normal, thorax enlarged, ab-
dominal segments submoniliform, colorless, the hairs moderate,
becoming weaker posteriorly. Air tube long, the outer third infus-
cated ; a double row of pecten at base composed of lamellar dentate
spines (Plate I, Fig. 4) ; lateral comb of the eighth segment a row of
six or eight parallel bar-shaped spines (Plate I, Fig. 3). The anal
segment has a small dorsal plate, the usual terminal tuft, but no
ventral brush. The four anal processes are normal, large but not
inflated nor conspicuously tracheate.

The second stage shows the usual definite change, although the
mature characters are not fully developed. The head is much the
same, the antennae still with the tuft about the middle of the uniformly
shaped joint. Body as before, the air tube, however, infuscated
throughout (Plate I, Fig. 7) and with its pecten teeth modified into
the more specialized shape of the adult larva, a spine with small teeth
at the base (Plate I, Fig. 6). The anal segment has a larger plate,
the ventral brush is present with slight tufts preceding the barred area
(Plate I, Fig. 5). The comb on the side of the eighth segment is
composed of thorn-shaped spines in a multiple row (Plate I, Fig. 8).

The third stage hardly differs at all from the second except in size.
The spines of the lateral comb are more numerous, but the dorsal
plate of the anal segment is still incomplete.

In the fourth stage the larva is mature. The head is rounded,
flattened, mouth brush moderate, antennae uniform, with the tuft at
the middle, infuscated (Plate I, Fig. 9) ; the labial plate is broadly
triangular, with coarse teeth at the sides, fine ones at the apex. The
body hairs are moderate, the thoracic ones multiple, arising from
infuscated tubercles but without any distinct i)osterior spine on the
lower metathoracic tuft ; abdominal hair diminishing posteriorly.

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Air tube long, fully four times as long as wide, tapering regularly, a
little flared at tip (Plate I, Fig. ii), the basal pecten distinct, the
last two spines large and detached, followed by a single hair tuft at
about the middle of the tube, infuscated. Lateral comb a patch of
spines in about three rows (Plate I, Fig. 12), the single spines thorn-
shaped, minutely divided around the base (Plate I, Fig. 13). Anal
segment with a large dorsal plate which reaches near to the ventral
line but does not encircle the segment. Anal tuft normal, the ventral
brush large with small tufts preceding the barred area (Plate I, Fig.
10). Anal processes four, moderate, normal.

Pupa not distinguishable from those of its allies.

The larva falls between canadensis and sylvestris in its general
characters but is differentiated by its abnormally long air-tube, which
throws it in the " long-tubed section " of the synoptic table.

Eggs were obtained by me at Durham, N. H., and Kaslo, B. C.
Preserved material examined, collected by Mr. F. Knab at Spring-
field, Mass., and by Mr. O. A. Johannsen at Ithaca, N. Y.

EXPLANATION OF PLATE I.
Fig. I. Cidex cantaiis Meig. , egg.
Fig. 2. Larva, stage I.

Fig. 3. A single spine of the lateral comb of joint 8.

Fig. 4. A single tooth of the air-tube pecten.

Fig. 5. Stage II, diagram of the anal segment.

Fig. 6. A single tooth of the air-tube pecten.
Fig. 7. The air-tube.

Fig. S. The lateral comb of the 8th segment.

Fig. 9. Stage IV, antennae.

Fig. 10. Diagram of the anal segment.

Fig. II. The air-tube.

Fig. 12. The lateral comb of the 8th segment.

Fig. 13. A single tooth of the comb.

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Class I, HEXAPODA.

Order V, LEPIDOPTERA.

NEW SPECIES OF NORTH AMERICAN LEPIDOP-
TERA AND A NEW LIMACODID LARVA.

By Harrison G. Dyar, A.M., Ph.D.,
Washington, D. C.

Family NYMPHALID^.

Brenthis andersoni, new species.

Light fulvous above with very little basal dark shading, the ordinary black
markings small, well separated. Below, fore wings fulvous at base with small black
spots, apex yellowish, stained irregularly with rusty brown. Hind wings rusty brown ;
discal spot small, round, black, distinct. In the base of the interspace of veins lb
and 2 is a triangular silvery white spot ; another in the end of the cell continued over
the cross-vein more than its own length in the cell, its tip rounded ; a row of mar-
ginal silver spots between the veins. A few small yellow spots in the basal red area ;
median row of spots well defined, yellow, excised between the veins on both ends,
edged indistinctly by blackish and only narrowly separated by the veins ; outer area
irregularly diluted with yellow, the largest illy defined patch over vein 4 ; submarginal
spots brown, annular, not well defined; a rotv of brownish cusps within the silvery
marginal spots. Expanse 43 mm.

One male, labelled Kootenay, B. C, from Mr. E. M. Anderson,
who originally had three.

Type. — No. 7735, U. S. National Museum.

The species falls between inyrina and astarte (Proc. ent. soc.
Wash., V, 130, 1903), but is abundantly distinct from either.

Family LYC.^NID.^.
Thecla critola Hewitson.

Mr. Oslar has sent me a pair which he took in the Patagonia
Mountains, Arizona, May 21. The sexes are remarkably dissimilar
above.

The $ is a deep shining blue, the costa and outer margin of fore wings and the
apex more broadly black, with a large, diffuse discal patch also black. This is simply
a black spot, not a sex mark, its scales being unmodified. The hind wings are
solidly light blue, except a very narrow edge. Two tails, the outer shorter ; anal
angle with two slight rounded prominences, preceded by a narrow white line. The
9 is gray, the inner part of fore wings and most of hind wings washed with bluish
gray. A blackish spot lies on the outer margin of hind wings between the tails and

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there is a very narrow white terminal line. Below, the sexes are alike, gray, the
basal two thirds especially of both wings squammosely strigose ; outer line crenulate,
very irregular on hind wings but not produced into W-shape, black, red within, white
without. A black spot at anal angle and one between the tails, with red lunules
within each and a narrow black edge. Expanse 22 to 24 mm.

Thecla oslari, new species.

Closely allied to akestis Edwards. It is smaller, a grayer brown
on the upper side, ashen gray, not brown below and the red markings
beyond the outer band are less developed. Expanse 16 mm.

Two specimens, Tucson, Arizona (E. J. Oslar).

Type. — No. 7726, U. S. National Museum.

Family HESPERIID^.
Thorybes mysie, new species.

Male without costal fold, the anal angle of secondaries scarcely at all produced,
wings broad, trigonate. Fuscous brown, fore wings with whitish subhyaline spots :
one ill the end of cell, constricted or divided, a subcostal one above it ; two subapical,
one between veins 6 and 7 beyond these, one between veins 5 and 6, another between
4 and 5 still further out, the upper one sometimes wanting ; a large one between veins
3 and 4 less far out, a still larger one between veins 2 and 3 slightly constricted and
in an oblique line with the spot in the cell and on costa ; a small one below vein 2 still
further out and forming part of this straight line of spots, sometimes wanting. Fringe
light fuscous. Fore wings below with the spots repeated, margin washed in purplish
and spotted in fuscous. Hind wing purplish fuscous, two submacular bands of
brownish, black edged, conjoined spots, the outer followed by a diffuse light band.
Expanse 37 to 40 mm.

Described from two specimens, Patagonia Mountains, Arizona
(E. J. Oslar).

Type. — No. 11 },']■, U. S. National Museum.

Allied to T. mcxicaiius Herr. -Schaeff. and with much the same
style of markings. It is, however, larger, without dark edging to the
pale spots which are less whitish and the under side of the hind wings
is marked much as in PJwedinus caicus Herr. -Schaeff. with distinct,
well-contrasted markings, not in the obsolete manner of T. mcxicamis.

Family NOCTUID.F.
Polia maxima, new species.

Nearly allied to Polia acera Smith, of which it may be a local
form. It is, however, much larger and very distinctly marked. The
markings appear to be the same as in acera, the 9 type of which is
before me. This specimen is old and worn, while the S tnaxima is
very fresh.

March, 1904.] DVAR : NeW NoRTH AMERICAN LePIDOPTERA. 41

Lines as in acern but fairly distinct: t.-a. and t.p. lines obscurely geminate,
paler filled ; ordinary spots separated, orbicular elongated, reniform with a slight spur
below on the median vein, claviform large, pale filled, joined to the t.-p. line by a
black dash. Subterminal space washed with lilaceous ; subterminal line composed of
a series of intervenular angles, pale, deep brown edged ; veins outwardly black lined.
Fringes dark, cut with ochraceous. Hind wing brown, diffusely shaded with black
without, central veins black lined. The patagia have a distinct blackish inner sub-
marginal line. Expanse 61 mm.

One $ , Eureka, California, May 2 (H. S. Barber).
Type. — No. 7729, U. S. National Museum.

Pseudotamila avemensis, new species.

Thorax with mixed brown and whitish hairs, abdomen black, tipped with pale
ocherous. Fore wings pale ocherous ; basal space bronzy brown with black scales
intermixed, basal half line of the ground color, outer edge of this patch formed by
the t.-a. line, irregular, crenulate, marked by a white dot in cell and on vein i ;
median space lightly shaded in bronzy, leaving a spot of the ground color at the in-
ception of the t. -a. and t. -p. lines ; reniform consisting of two parallel erect black bars,
the other spots lost. T.-p. line irregular, lost, showing as dots of the ground color,
defined by a narrow dark band of the color of the basal space, which edges it with-
out. Terminal space of the clear ground color ; a row of black terminal scales ;
fringe pale, of the ground color. Hind wings solidly black. Below black, the apex
of fore wing broadly narrowing to anal angle with the fringe, an apical spot on hind
wing pale, pinkish, tinted. Expanse 15 mm.

Described from two males collected at /\weme, Manitoba (Mr.
Norman Criddle) and forwarded for determination by Dr. James
Fletcher. One specimen in the National Museum, type no. 7734,
the other returned to Dr. Fletcher.

The species does not coincide entirely with the generic definition
of Pseudotamila, yet comes so near it that a generic separation
seems unnecessary. The eyes are full and rounded, ovate, not as small
as Pseiidotainila, yet not of full size ; the fore tibia are rather short
and broad with one claw at one side at tip, two claws and a stout
spine on the other ; the front is smooth, bulging, prominent ; vestiture
of broad scales and hair.

Oslaria, new genus.

Male antennae simple ; eyes large, naked, unlashed ; front slightly protuberant,
a cup-shaped prominence much as in Basilodes, smaller than in Plagioiiiiinicus : in-
fraclypeal plate prominent. Tibia; unarmed ; fore tibije moderate, the tarsi very
short though stout, the whole tarsus shorter than the tibia which is in turn shorter
than the femur. Vestiture of thorax mixed scales and hair, a very slight double pos-
terior tuft ; abdopien untufted.

Type. — Zotheca viridifera Grote.

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The type species I have received from Mr. E. J. Oslar, collected
in the Catalina Mountains, Arizona. It was described as a Zotheca
and transferred to Plagiomimicits by Smith, but seems entitled to a
distinct generic name.

Oxycnemis subsimplex, new species.

Front slightly roughened, scarcely prominent, without tubercle; eyes large,
naked, unlashed ; vestiture scaly, a small upturned tuft at the end of the thorax
of dark, non-metallic scales ; male antennas simple ; tibits without spines, the an-
terior ones short and broad, corneous, with a large claw at tip and a short outer
one ; posterior tibire short, about equal in length to the femur, spurs normal, large ;
size small, form slender.

Thorax dark gray, collar sordid whitish, tipped with a line of dark gray ; abdo-
men very pale brownish, untufted. Fore wing dark gray, t.-a. and t.-p. lines
double, blackish, the pair of lines forming each rather remote, the inner one of the
t.-a. line and the outer one of the t.-p. line fainter, filled by a slightly paler tint ;
t.-a. line broadly, slightly thrice waved, t.-p. gently curving around reniform which
it touches, forming a nearly regular slight arc. Basal half line indicated ; a faint,
wavy whitish .subterminal line. Ordinary spots black ringed, claviform and orbicular
concolorously filled, reniform situated in the inception of a distinct white shade
which runs to costa before apex. Fringe dark with narrow white basal line. Hind
wing white, stained with fuscous on outer edge and on veins near costa. Expanse
24 to 27 mm.

Described from three males from Prescott, Arizona, May 19 (E.
J. Oslar).

Type. — No 7736, U. S. National Museum.

The species has the type of markings of Oxycnemis advena Grote,
but the lines are not excurved, while the apical white streak is promi-
nent. It much resembles the female of Aleptiua inca Dyar in mark-
ings, but is much larger and lacks the frontal structure of that form.
There is no tuft of metallic scales on the thorax, which Grote gives
as one of the characters of Oxycnemis, but Smith has described several
species in this genus without it and there is present a posterior tuft
of scales, though it is not metallic. From Oncocneinis, the genus
differs in its slender form. Judging by a photograph before me, made
by Dr. John B. Smith, the species exists in the Neumoegen collection
with a manuscript name of the late Mr. A. R. Grote's as a species of
Oligia.

Family NOTODONTID^.
Apatelodes pudefacta, new species.

Light ashen gray, washed with brownish. Head and thorax gray, abdomen with
basal and terminal tufts dark brown. Fore wings gray, light at the base ; a diffuse

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brown spot on the basal third of inner margin divided by a short white line ; an
oblique line from basal third of costa to outer fourth of inner margin limits the pale
basal space and is darkly shaded without. Transverse posterior line brown, slender,
excurved beyond the end of the cell, not waved, joining the oblique line above inner
margin; subterminal line white, slender, excurved and parallel to the t.-p. line, not
waved, followed at apex by two black spots, the lower of which may have at its tip a
semi-hyaline white spot joined to the t.-p. line by a slender white line. Terminal
space lightly brown shaded. Hind wing pale brownish with mesial whitish line and
brown marks on the inner margin. Expanse 37 to 40 mm.

Three males, Guadalajara, Mexico (Neumoegen), Nogales, Arizona
(Oslar).

Type. — No. 7727, U. S. National Museum.

Near Apatelodes diffidens Druce but the transverse posterior line is
distinct and continuous.

Family LIMACODID.'E.
Adoneta bicaudata, new species.

I have been keeping Adoneta leucosignia Packard separate from
spiniiloides Herrich-Schaeffer on the strength of a light colored speci-
> men in the National Museum. The recent receipt of more specimens
of the light form, makes certain that it is specifically distinct, but also
that Packard's description cannot apply to it. I therefore refer leuco-
signia as a synonym of spiniiloides and describe the light from under
the name bicaudata.

It is of a light ochraceous color, the fore wings narrowly and diffusely margined
with cinnamon brown. In some, this color is lightly overspread on the ocherous part
and there is a faint median shade of the dark color. Markings as in spiniiloides : a
black discal dot more or less obscured ; a silvery streak on costa and inner margin
joined by an excurved row of blackish spots.

Described from 8 specimens, Washington, D. C. (?), marked
''344, October 7, 1883, issued July 16, 1884," Plummer's Island,
Maryland (E. A. Schwarz), Tryon, North Carolina (W. F. Fiske).

Type. — No. 7728, U. S. National Museum.

A blown larva is before me, marked "344," and it is the larva
tentatively identified as Monolei/ca semifascia by me five years ago.*

Larva. Long, rather narrow, quadrate, a little tapering behind. Dorsum
broad, flat, not arched and scarcely higher at joint 5, yet a little so. Subdorsal ridge
indicated by change in direction. Sides perpendicular or nearly so, the lateral space
broad, continuous with the subventral space which is infolded in the middle. Sub-
dorsal horns distinct, short, those of joints 3, 4, 5 and 12 moderate, those of joint 13
long, nearly three times as long as the ones on joint 12, the rest short, those of joints

*Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, VII, 236, note, 1899.

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8 and ii a little larger than the others. Side horns short, sessile, wider than long,
those of joints 3 and 4 a little longer than those of 6 to 12. Caltrope patches on the
horns of joints 6 lo 12 and on the base of the subdorsal horn of joint 13, large on
joints 12 and 13, then progressively smaller till the horns of joints 6 and 7 have only
a few or no caltropes. Skin finely clear granular except on the horns. No end
spines. Dorsum yellow or red shaded, a purple band with white glandular dots and
central dorsal line much as in spinttloides but of different shape. It widens between
joints 3 and 4, 4 and 5, then moderately widens on joints 6 and 7, narrows to a slight
bordering of the white dorsal line over joint 8, widens behind the horns on 9 and 10,
moderately, widens between joints li and 12 and ends, joint 13 being green above.
A bright red, diffuse, subdorsal band; all the subdorsal horns red. Below a yellow
stripe, narrowly red edged, waved. Sides green, a row of yellow dashes along the
lateral horns, green edged above; yellow rings on spaces (4). A white line along
the subventral edge. Stinging spines short, not numerous. Depressed spaces ( I )
and (2) represented by white dots, (l) paired and on joints 3-4 and 4-5 also double ;
depressed space (4) reniform, distinct; slight hollows subventrally ; spiracle of joint
5 moved up out of line.

A NEW SPECIES OF ETHMIA FROM THE
BOREAL REGION OF COLORADO.

I3y August Busck,
Washington, D. C.

Ethmia caliginosella, new species.

Labial palpi long, recurved ; second joint somewhat loosely scaled on the under-
side, terminal joint short ; both joints black. Face, head and thorax black. Fore
wings dark slaty gray with a black longitudinal streak on the fold from back to be-
yond middle of wing and another black longitudinal line from the middle to the end
of the cell. This latter streak is dilated at the end of the cell into a circular black
discal spot from which radiate a few indistinct and interrupted narrow black lines
along the apical veins. Around the apical edge is a conspicuous row of black dots.

Hind wings dark slaty gray with a very narrow black line around the edge before
the cilia. Abdomen black with the exception of the three last and part of the fourth
.segments, which are bright orange-yellow. All legs blackish. Expanse, 23 mm.

One 9 specimen, Silverton, Colorado, 12,000 feet altitude (C. P.
Gillette).

Type. — No. 7733, U. S. National Museum.

Nearest and quite close to Ethmia monticola Wals., described from
Oregon. (Proc. zool. soc. Lond., 1880, p. 87, Plate XII, Fig. 3);
easily distinguished, however, from this species by its smaller size, its
darker head and body, its black posterior legs, smaller yellow area of
the abdomen and by minor differences in the pattern of the wing.

March, 1904.J BuscK : An INJURIOUS Case-Bearer. 45

A CASE-BEARER INJURIOUS TO APPLE AND

PLUM IN CHINA (COLEOPHORA NEVI-

USIELLA, NEW SPECIES).

By August Busck,
Washington, D. C.

An interesting sending of living Coleopliora larvae was received last
year at U. S. Department of Agriculture from Mrs. John L. Nevius",
Chefoo, China. The larvae were enclosed with a small apple twig in
a pasteboard box tightly sealed by gummed strips. It left Chefoo
May 16, 1903, and arrived in Washington, June 20. On opening
the box it was found that all had come alive ; some of the moths had
issued during transit and were somewhat rubbed, but subsequently
several more issued. In a letter of May 16 Mrs. Nevius wrote that
these insects were first brought to her attention in a garden of foreign
fruit trees in Chefoo by a native gardener, who said that they were a
new kind of worm, which had recently made their appearance and
which did great damage to the apple and plum trees in his garden.
Later the same insect was found damaging apple and plum in the
sender's own garden. Other native gardeners complained of its in-
juries, also believing it a "new worm." This testimony together
with the fact that a large number of foreign fruit trees has been im-
ported to this part of China, and considering how easily Coleophofu
could be introduced with them, made it seem probable that it might
be an American or a European species of Coleophora which caused
the damage complained of; but I have been unable to identify the
species with any described Coleophora from Europe or America. I am
inclined to believe that the species is a native of China, which has
transferred its attack from some allied native tree to the imported fruit
trees.

It belongs to the same group as our so-called Cigar-case-bearer
{^Coleophora fletcherella Fernald), which also feeds on apple and plum.

Coleophora neviusiella, new species.

.•\ntenn;i; dark brown with sharply defined silvery white annulations ; basal joint
with slightly developed tuft. Labial palpi dark fuscous, silvery on the inner side
and with tips of both joint whitish ; tuft on underside of second joint very small.
Head and thorax dark fuscous ; face somewhat lighter. Forewings dark shining,
fuscous, evenly sprinkled with steel gray and bluish white scales ; on the middle of the

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fold is a not very pronounced blackish longitudinal line and at the end of the cells is a
still less noticeable blackish area, darkest towards the base of the wing, which in well
preserved specimens produces, for a Coleophora, the unusual effect of a transverse mark-
ing. Cilia lighter fuscous. Hind wings shining, dark fuscous. Legs whitish,
strongly sprinkled with light brown on the outer sides. Expanse 12-13 mm.

The cases are what has been termed "cigar-shaped," that is
straight and nearly cylindrical though somewhat compressed ; the neck
is slightly bent and the other end is contracted and three-lipped.
The case is made of the epidermis of the leaf sewed together and lined
with yellow silk which gives it a rich ocher yellow color. Length of
case, 8-9 mm.

Type. — No. 7730, U. S. National Museum.

A NOTE ON AGIA EBORATA HULST.

Bv Rev. Geo. W. Taylor,
Wellington, B. C, Canada.

This moth was sent to me by Dr. Wm. Barnes, bearing two labels,
one his own and one that of Mr. H. D. Merrick. On each label the
moth is called Canioclape parinotata Zell. ; but as I have the real/(7r/-
notata from California, I knew this to be an error. Later Mr. Mer-
rick wrote me that it was so and that the moth was Agia ehorata Hulst,
named from comparison with the type in the Hulst collection.

The single pair of spurs on the hind tibice with the ciliate antennae
limit it to two genera, Cystcopteryx and Agia. Hulst distinguishes
Cysteopteryx as having one accessory cell, while Agia has two. But
Packard, who described the type of Cysteopteiyx {viridata Pack.)
figures the moth with two cells. Again Hulst says the genus should
have palpi short, but Packard (^oi viridaia) says palpi of great length,
which is also the case in clmrata. In point of fact the only differences
that I can find to be left in the genera are that one has a frenulum
and the other not and that one has the hair pencil in the male and
the other not. I cannot see either frenulum or hair pencil in my
specimens with an ordinary lens. The description of viridata Pack-
ard in the Monograph and of cborata by Hulst might (juite easily
apply to the same insect.

March, 1904.] Caudell : The Genus Cyphoderris. 47

Note by the Editor.
Mr. Taylor presents arguments which indicate that Agia eboi-ata
Hulst is a synonym of Cysteopteryx viridata Pack., and that Hulst
made several errors in his generic definition of Cysteopteryx. Cyste-
opteryx, then, cannot stand, since it is founded on a total misconcep-
tion, although it has priority over A'^ia by two pages. Hulst placed
the genera in different subfamilies and we cannot conceive how he
could have made these mistakes except by a very marked misidentifi-
cation of Packard's viridata. If this be true, the species which Hulst
had before him remains to be found.

Class I, HEXAPODA.

Order XI, ORTHOPTERA.

THE GENUS CYPHODERRIS.

By a. N. Caudell,
Washington, D. C.

This interesting genus, comprising the only winged representative
of the subfamily Stenopelmatinse found in North America, was de-
scribed by Professor Uhler in 1864.. The generic bibliography is as
follows :

Uhler, Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad., ii, p. 551-552 (1864).
Scudder, Can. Ent., xxxi, p. 113, I17 (1899).
Scudder, Can. Ent., xxxiii, p. 18 (1901).

The genus may be characterized as follows :

Form short and stout. Legs short and moderately robust, the posterior pair
scarcely saltatorial. Anterior coxae bear an obtuse spine, often reduced to a merely
noticeable angular projection ; tarsi compressed, provided with pulvulii ; anterior
tibiae spined on both margins below, above on the inner margin only, dilated and
furnished with a broad and long tympanal cavity, visible on both faces ; femora
unarmed. Prosternum with a pair of broad, transverse, somewhat elongate tubercles ;
sternal plates prominent, posteriorly concave, the lateral angles usually quite promi-
nent. Elytra present, small in the female, large and with a well developed musical
organ in the male. Thorax cylindrical in the female, in the male posteriorily much
dilated and inflated. Genital organs of the male forming a short capitate process
projecting obliquely backwards from the base of the tip of the scarcely tapering abdo-

48 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xii.

men ; this capitate process bears near the end a pair of broad, flattened lateral proc-
esses ; female witliout an exerted ovipositor ; cerci well developed, four or more
times as long as broad in both sexes.

This genus is referred by Professor Scudder to the group Anosto-
stoma, but the little developed spines of the anterior coxae, the fully-
developed tegmina and the northern distribution indicate a wide devia-
tion from the typical forms. The well developed sound organs of the
male tegmina is at variance even with the subfamily characters. It is
the only genus of the Anostostoma found farther north in America
than Mexico, and as remarked by Professor Scudder, the occurrence of
the genus so much farther north than any of the allied genera is very
singular. The old world representatives of the group are found in the
southern hemisphere.

But one species of CypJioderris is known.

Cyphoderris moDstrosa Uhler. (Figs, i, 9; 2, $ .)

Uhler, Proc. Ent. Soc. Philad., ii, p. 552 (1864).

Walker, Cat. Derm. Salt. Brit. Mus., ii, p. 248 (1869).

Thomas, Proc. Davenp. Acad. Nat. Sc, i, p. 263, pi. 36, fig. 7, male (1876).

Scudder, Can. Ent., xxxi, p. I17 (1S99).

Scudder, Can. Ent., xxxiii, pp. 17-19 (1901).

Scudder, Cat. Orth. U. S., p. 80 (1900).

Turley, Can. Ent., xxxiii, pp. 246-248 (1901).

Scudder, Psyche, ix, p. 167 (1901).

Caudell, Ent. News, xv, p. 63 (1904).

Description. — Head subglobose, rather deeply inserted in the prothorax ; fastig-
ium of the vertex broad, separate from the front and produced very slightly between
the antennte ; eyes rounded, broadest above, widely separated, being separated by a
space nearly five times as broad as one of the eyes. Antennae slightly longer than
the body in both sexes, filiform, slightly tapering, basal segment long and about
twice as broad as the succeeding ones, second segment subquadrate, less than half as
long as the first ; third twice as long as broad, the succeeding ones, up to about the
fiftieth, transverse, the remaining ones longer than broad. Clypeus broader than
long, narrower below ; labrum longer than the clypeus and as broad as the lower
portion of it ; terminal segment of the palpi slightly longer than the preceding one.
Pronotum broad, subtruncate both before and behind in the male, in the female broadly
rounded behind ;' in the male the pronotum is ampliate in front to receive the head
and behind is still more ampliate and much inflated so as to overlie for some distance
the base of the wings, the posterior lobe is flattened above and is much broader than
the anterior lobe; in the female the pronotum is subcylindrical, scarcely broader
behind than in front and scarcely at all inflated ; in both sexes the pronotum is some-
what constricted mesially and the lateral lobes are shallow, posteriorly rounded, not
at all sinuate, the lower margin meeting the anterior margin in a broadly rounded
angle Tegmina of the male broad and ample, usually covering two thirds or more
of the abdomen ; stridulating area well developed and the lateral field broader than

March, 1904] Caudell : The Genus Cyphoderris. 49

the lateral lobes of the pronotum ; in the female the tegmina are small, overlap but
little and project beyond the posterior border of the pronotum scarcely more than
their length ; wings as long as and shaped similarly to the tegmina in the female ; in
the male they are nearly as long as the tegmina but shrunken and useless. Legs
short and moderately stout ; tarsi about half as long as the corresponding tibioe, the
basal segment equalling in length that of the second and third together, being a little
shorter than the terminal segment ; the fore tibia; have one or two spines above on
the inner margin and below are armed with from one to three spines on each margin ;
middle tibire armed with two or three spines on each margin above and below with a
single one or rarely two, near the anterior margin towards the tip* posterior tibiae
slightly expanding from the base to the tip, armed with from five to seven spines on
each margin above and unarmed beneath. Besides the spines each tibiae is furnished
at the tip with large stout calcaria; posterior femora but little swollen, scarcely fitted
for leaping, externally deeply sulcate near the lower margin. Abdomen large and
heavy, apically truncate, tapering very little.

Professor Scudder has described the color of the living female as
follows :

"Head above the antennae bronze black, longitudinally marked
with pallid luteous ; genae and face below the antennse pale lilac, ex-
cepting the clypeus and labrum, which are pale lemon yellow, the
whole marked with blackish ; palpi pallid, feebly infuscated, especially
the maxillary pair, in stripes and api-cal marginings, the extreme apex
of apical joint pallid ; basal joint of antennae pallid, with broad basal
and narrow subapical fuscous annuli, the remaining joints bronze black ;
eyes castaceous.

Pronotum subcylindrical, subequal, very feebly constricted just in
advance of the middle, dull luteous with a nacreous sheen, the poste-
rior edge and lower margins of the lateral lobes flavous or flavescent,
the whole heavily and massively marked, especially in the constricted
region, with very dark glistening bronze green, the whole surface,
whether dark or light, sprinkled very sparsely and very inconspicuously
with luteous dots. Sternal parts of thorax luteous, more or less infus-
cated. Tegmina reduced to minute membranous testaceous pads, con-
cealed beneath the pronotum. Coxae and trochanters blackish fuscous ;
femora luteotestaceous, the whole apex and a broad longitudinal med-
ian band on the outer side subpiceous ; tibiae pallid luteous, with a
piceous stripe following the upper lateral spinigerous margins, heavier
in basal than in apical half; the spines pallid or luteous, tipped with
black, excepting the apical spines, which are almost wholly fuscous;
tarsi very pale red beneath, pallid above, edged apically with fuscous.

* Scudder says the intermediate tibiae are unarmed beneath.

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Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xii.

Abdomen very plump, deeper than broad, having above the same
color as the pronotum, the luteous nacre forming the base, and the
bronze green, somewhat embrowned, confined to the apical margins
of the segments in an irregular edging ; sides of the abdomen between
the dorsal and ventral scutes pale brown, sparsely sprinkled with
pallid dots, the spiracles glistening bronze."

Fig. I. 9.

The colors of the male agree in general with those of the female
except on the pronotum. Here the anterior lobe is shining black
while the ampliate hinder lobe is dull luteous, the black of the ante-
rior lobe rarely extending back upon the posterior lobe to any extent
except in the variety///^;-/, described in this paper.

Fig. 2. $.

The wing characters of the female described by Scudder agree
with those of what I have considered- as immature forms. In the
single specimen before me, which I refer without doubt to the adult
form, the elytra are fairly well developed, nearly black, projecting well

March, 1904.] Caudell : The Genus Cyphoderris. 51

beyond the thorax and shghtly overlapping ; the wings of the same
development and shape as the elytra, being about as broad as long and
nearly round. Those specimens with minute, widely separated elytra
almost hidden beneath the thorax I have considered as nymphs,
although some are fully as large as the single undoubted adult before
me. These supposedly immature forms differ from the adult in having
undeveloped wings and the legs are usually shorter, the posterior
femora of even the larger specimens being in some cases scarcely more
than 8 ram. in length. It is possible that this species is in the midst
of the evolutionary process of becoming apterous, as indicated by the
aborted under wings of the male. In this case the female with more
fully developed wings may be a case of reversion to the ancestral type,
in which case the supposedly immature forms may really be adults.
Further material and study is needed to settle this point. I have seen
no immature male specimens. One of the immature female specimens
from Pullman, Washington, is wholly shining bronze black above on
head, thorax and abdomen.

The following measurements are made from specimens before me.

Entire length, head to tip of abdonien, male, 21 mm., female 22
mm.; thorax, male, 8-9 mm., female, 8 mm.; posterior femora, male,
8.5-9 nim., female, 10 mm.; elytra beyond pronotum, male, 7.5-8.5
mm., female, 2.5 mm.

The type specimens, two males from Oregon, are now in the
Museum of Comparative Zoology at Cambridge, Mass.

This species, though for a long time considered a rare insect, the
female insect being unknown till 1901, has now been found in injurious
abundance in Idaho, eating off the fruit buds of peach and cherry
trees. Mr. Louis W. Turley has given a most interesting account of
this insect. Can. Ent., xxxiii, 246-268 (1901). The following notes
are taken from this account, which embodies nearly all that is known
of the natural habits of the species. The writer found the males in
considerable numbers in a pasture near Moscow, Idaho, where they
were sitting on posts, grass stems and other objects at dusk. Here
they sat, several inches to a foot above ground, with the head down,
and stridulated with their short broad wings. The inverted position
seemed to be assumed to facilitate escape when disturbed, though the
writer states that they crawl slowly down when disturbed, though one
would naturally expect them to drop suddenly to the ground in such
a case. The notes are said to resemble those of the tree cricket.

52 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi xii.

(Ecauihiis fasciaius \jiigricornis\, but are more subdued and ventrilo-
quial, and with longer pauses between the measures ^Vhen captured the
songster, which mimics very closely in appearance old empty capsules of
the fleur-de-lis, made no struggle. When two were put together in the
light they fought fiercely, one or both lying down, kicking and biting.
Many males were taken but no females were found. Later a Mr.
Stanley reported the insect in injurious numbers at Cceur d'Alene,
Idaho, where they ate the buds of fruit trees, the females alone being
concerned, the males not being seen at this place. Specimens were
sent to the Experiment Station of Idaho by Mr. Stanley where the
identification was made. The most destructive visit of the insect is
said to have lasted about three weeks during the month of May and
the best way of combatting them was to jar them into sheets spread
under the trees at night. I'hey are said to live in holes in the ground,
coming out at night to feed. It scarcely seems credible that these
devastating females were really of this species but, if so, the best
remedy would seem to be the placing of bars around the trees to pre-
vent the insects from climbing up them.

This insect seems incapable of leaping more than half an inch.
They are nocturnal in habit being more active by night than by
day. They are clumsy, slowly moving creatures. The only living
specimen I ever saw, one taken at Ainsworth, B. C, was floundering
helplessl)' in a wagon track.

The following material comprises all the material seen by me :
Banff", Alberta, one mature female, August 8, 1903 (N. B. Sanson) ;
one immature female, 1902 (J. Fletcher) ; Ainsworth, B. C, one
immature female, July 10, 1903 (A. N. Caudell) ; Bear Mt., Lolo
Trail, Idaho, alt. 6,000 ft., one immature female, August, 1902 (C.
V. Piper) ; Pullman, Washington, alt. 2,500 ft., two mature males,
no date (H. E. Burke) ; six mature males, May lo-June 2, 1901,
and tw^o immature females, April 5-May 10, 1902 (C. V. Piper) ;
Mt. Rainier, Washington, one mature male, two immature females
(C. V. Piper).

Except the type locality, Oregon, these represent all the localities
from which this species has been recorded except Wyoming where it
was collected by Putnam and recorded by Thomas in 1876.

The mature male and two immature females from Mt. Rainier
constitute a rather striking variety which may be designated as
Cyphoderris nwnstrosa var. piperi, and described as follows :

March, 1904.] Banks: New Species of Injurious Mites. 53

Cyphoderris monstrosa piperi, new variety.

Distinguished from the typical monstrosa by the average greater size, rougher
and more opaque surface of the pronotum and by the color of the pronotum. In
structure like monstrosa but different in general appearance. Pronotum more opaque
and mesially more profoundly incised dorsolaterally, in the male the posterior lobe
rising more rapidly posteriorly and the surface much more coarsely ridged longitudi-
nally than in the typical monstrosa and the deep black of the anterior lobe is less
glistening and is continued across the lateral lobes to the posterior border and
thence along the hind border across the top, leaving only the center of the pronotum
and the lower margin of the lateral lobes without infuscation.

Length, male, 27 mm., female, 31 mm.; pronotum, male, 8.5 mm., female, 7
mm.; posterior femora, male, 12 ram., female, II mm.; wings beyond pronotum,
male, 8.5 mm., female, l mm.

Type. — No. 7723, U. S. National Museum.

The collector, in whose honor this interesting variety is named,
furnishes the following note on the habitat of the insect :

"These specimens were collected in Paradise Valley on the south
side of Mt. Rainier, Washington, at the point called ' camp of the
clouds,' altitude about 6,000 feet. They were collected during the
daytime hidden under debris in a grove of alpine fir. No memoran-
dum was made concernins^ their notes."

Class III, ARACHNIDA,
Order I, ACARINA,

FOUR NEW SPECIES OF INJURIOUS MITES.

By Nathan Banks,
* Washington, D. C.

(Plate II.)

The following four new species of mites are all of considerable
economic importance. They have been received by the U. S. Depart-
ment of Agriculture, Division of Entomology during the past year.
The manuscript names of some of them have already appeared in print,
therefore it is useful to have the technical descriptions issued at an
early date.

54 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xii.

Genus TETRANYCHOIDES Banks, 1904.

In October, 1903, Mr. W. H. A^olck, of Berkeley, Cal., sent me
some pieces of orange leaves infested with a mite unknown to him. The
mites were in colonies of two or three up to a dozen or more ; usually
in a slight depression of the leaf. Each colony was evident to the
unaided eye as a snow-white patch ; this appearance being due to the
fact that the moulted skins are retained attached to the spot. The
mites and their eggs are located amongst them. The mite rests with
its legs extended and the beak placed against the surface of the leaf.
The eggs are spherical and hyaline. Here and there on the leaf were
threads like those of the "red-spider" ; it is probable that these were
made by the mites.

The mites at first glance looks very much like a Tydeiis (Family
Eupodidge), but Tydeus is a predatory, solitary mite. The affinities
are with the genus Etipalopis Can., but it differs from this, as well as
from all others of the family Tetranychidre in having the last joint of
the palpi attached to the tip of the preceding joint. On account of
the appearance of a colony of these creatures, the mite may be com-
monly called, " the orange white spot."

Tetranychoides, new genus.

A Tetranychid, with moderately slender, tapering legs, each with two very short
claws and a median pulvillus. Body transversely divided at anterior third ; beak
large, prominent. Palpus of five joints ; the basal short, the next rather shorter, the
third the largest, the fourth very short, the fifth about as long as the third, but not
one half the diameter of the other joints, cylindrical, and tipped with a fine bristle.
Legs in two groups ; no eyes.

Tetranychoides californica, new species. (Plate II, Fig. i.)

Pale yellowish, legs and palpi nearly hyaline. Body broadest at shoulders,
tapering behind, rounded in front. Legs about three fourths as long as the body,
palpi rather more than one half as long as leg I. The anterior tarsi show two long,
erect bristles above ; few other bristles on the legs. The body almost bare. Length
0.24 mm.

In colonies on under surface of orange leaves, Watsonville, CaL
(Volck).

Genus TENUIPALPUS Donn., 1877.
In August, 1903, Mr. S. A. Pease sent from Redlands, Cal., some
bits of orange peel infested with a small pale mite. On examination
these were found to belong to the genus Tem/ipalpus, no species of
which had been recorded from this country. The mites were quite
numerous, and evidently do some damage, perhaps, however, not as

March, 1904.] BaNKS : NeW SpECIES OF INJURIOUS MiTES. 55

much as the " rust-mite." I have not seen the mites alive, so can-
not say whether they live in colonies or not. The genus differs from
other TetranychidcX in the slender palpi, the furrows across base of
abdomen and the short, thick legs. The species is described as follows :

Tenuipalpus californicus, new species. (Plate II, Fig. 2.)

Body broad ; broadest in front across cephalothorax, tapering behind, but broadly
rounded at tip. The side-margins of the cephalothorax, and the base of abdomen
is deeply crenulate. The abdomen shows several transverse furrows on the basal
part. There is a hair on the outer side of the cephalothorax, and three each side
near the tip of the abdomen. The legs are short, and their margins more or less
crenulate. They have but few hairs, and these on the basal joints. The venter of
the female shows two smooth areas in the posterior part surrounded by furrows ; the
first is one and one half times as broad as long, the other just behind it is semicircu-
lar. The male is much more slender, although but little longer than the female.
The latter with eggs is rather longer and with a more tapering abdomen ; the eggs
are elongate and red in color.

Length 0.2 mm.

On orange peel, Redlands, Cal. (Pease). In one of the lots sent
were several Gamasid mites, evidently predaceous upon the Tenuipalpus.

Genus TARSONEMUS Can., 1876.

In the greenhouses of the U. S. Department of Agriculture there
have been a number of small mango plants. Some of these stopped
growing when about 12 to 18 inches high. The tip of the shoot was
thickened and partly discolored. Investigation showed that they were
infested with a new species of Tarsononus. The mites occur on the
surface of the swelling in considerable numbers, and their feeding
seems to cause a stoi)page of growth, and enlargement of the affected
part — a gall, although without cavity.

Tarsonemus latus, new species. (Plate II, Fig. 3.)

Body ( 9 ) broadly elliptical ; beak short and broad. Legs I and II subequal,
scarce half the length of body, with a few hairs toward tips ; leg III longer than II,
and more slender; leg IV still more slender and ending in two hairs, one much
longer than the other. Body of male very broad, broader than long ; beak conical.
I>eg I small; II larger; III longer than II, but more slender, IV very large and
thick, the femur swollen on outside, a spinous process near tip of tibia on inner side,
and a long hair from outside of tarsus near tip. Between the hind legs the abdomen
ends in a broad, emarginate lobe, with a long bristle from each outer corner.
Length 0.5 mm.

On young shoots of mango (in greenhouses) Washington, D. C.

56 Journal New York Entoiniological Society. [Voi. xii.

Genus ERIOPHYES Sieb., 1850.

Sir David Morris, High Commissioner of Agriculture for the
British West Indies, recently brought to the Division of Entomology
some mite-galls on cotton from Montserrat. Mr. Ballou had pre-
served some of the mites on slides. Upon examining the material I
find that the galls are caused by a mite, a species of Eriophyes which
I propose to call E. gossypii. The cotton leaves were very heavily
infested with the galls, so much so that many were a mass of rough-
ened swellings, curled and distorted. Within the recesses of these
galls the mites were found in abundance, together with many eggs.
The damage to the cotton is so severe that a great deal of it was thrown
into the sea. Mr. Ballou, in the "West Indian Bulletin," Vol. iv,
p. 282, has given an account of the species. He recommends that
the weeders working in the field be supplied with bags in which to put
infested leaves, the bags, when filled, to be placed in boiling water.

Eriophyes gossypii, new species. (Plate II, Fig. 4.)

Body elongate, cylindrical, and tapering ; about six times as long as broad ;
abdomen with about seventy rings ; two pairs of bristles on lower sides, one at about
middle of length, the other half way from this to tip. At the tip there is a truncate
plate, from each outer corner of which arises a long curved bristle. Dorsum of ceph-
alothorax subtriangular, the sides slightly undulate, and in front truncate ; above
with three irregular subparallel ridges each side, the inner one the longest. Legs
short, the femora slightly thickened near base, a long bristle near tip of tarsus.

In galls on cotton leaves, island of Montserrat, West Indies.

EXPLANATION OF PLATE II.

Fig. I. Tetranychoides calif oniicn Banks, a, mite, side view ; /;, palpus ; c,
tarsus I, and d, under side of beak.

Fig. 2. Temdpalpus californiats Banks, a, $ , b, ^ from above ; c, venter of 9 •

Fig, 3. Tarsonemus lalus Banks, a, '^ ,b, $ from below ; c, affected mango shoot.

Fig. 4. Ei-iophyes gossypii Banks, a, mite ; b, cephalothorax enlarged ; c, sec-
tion of gall.

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Editorial.

We published in the last number of this Journal an article by Mr.
A. C. Weeks, which elaborates the theory that the coloration of the
hind wings of the genus Catocala serve the purpose of diverting the
attention of predaceous enemies from the vital parts of the insect.
This view has been previously stated by Professor E. B. Poulton,^
but the theory does not strongly appeal to us for the reason that the
colored parts are concealed in repose and could only be seen by an
enemy during flight or the short period while the wings are elevated
before taking flight. We doubt whether the rapidly moving Avings
would be seized during flight, and, in the short period before or
after flight while the colored wings are unconcealed, they would seem
to lie dangerously near the abdomen. In the case of the genus
Thecia, where the colored spots and tails on the hind wings, being
kept in gentle motion during rest, give the false impression of being
the head of the butterfly, these parts are well elevated above the abdo-
men and extend beyond it In this case the theory discussed by Mr.
Weeks seems obviously applicable, but in the case of Catocala we in-
cline to the view that the primary use is something else, perhaps as a
recognition marking, f

We print in this number a list of Philippine Hymenoptera by Dr.
Ashmead. We cordially indorse the suggestion that American ento-

* Poulton, "Colours of Animals," p. 2o6, 1890.
f Wallace, "Darwinism," p. 217, 1S91.

58 Journal New York Entomological Society. [VoL xii.

mologists should take a more lively interest in Philippine insects.
The fauna is interesting and must really be extensive, though as yet
imperfectly known. A good preliminary catalogue was published in
1895 by Fr. Casto de Elera, entitled " Catalogo sistematico de toda
la fauna de Filipinas, conocida hasta el presente," printed at the
press of the College of Saint Thomas in Manila. It is somewhat
marred, from our point of view, by the inclusion of the names of
sundry exotic insects which happened to be in the collection of the
College of St. Thomas. This is explained in the preface ; but one
gets an exaggerated idea of the number of Philippine insects known,
if this matter is not kept in mind. We mention this book particu-
larly, as it is not generally known in America, and will be the start-
ing point of our future lists. The author enumerates the following
number of species of Arthropods :

Class I, HEXAPODA.

Order Hymenoptera 68, Ashmead gives 183.

Order Coleoptera i,573

Order Siphonaptera i

Order Diptera 272

Order Lepidoptera 793, Semper gives 1,626.

Order Neuroptera 104

Order Hemiptera 624

Order Orthoptera 2S7

Order Corrodentia 15

Class II, MYRIAPODA 21

Class III, ARACHNIDA 79

Class IV, CRUSTACEA 176

In the Lepidoptera, the butterflies listed are mainly Philippine
species, but a considerable proportion of the moths, 55 out of 174
listed, are exotic species which will never naturally occur in the
Philippines. The butterflies follow largely Semper's work,* but in
the moths this was not then published. Semper gives 907 moths as
against Casto de Elera's 119, a very gratifying advance.

With this number we have adopted the plan of classifying the ar-
ticles according to the classes and orders of the Arthropods, grouping
them under the appropriate headings. Our readers can now tell at a
glance whether the number contains anything in their especial fields.

*Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen von Dr. C. Semper: Die Schmetterlinge
der Philippinischen Inseln von Georg Semper. Wiesbaden, 1 886-1 902.

March, 1904] PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 59

We avoid, besides, to a large extent questions of priority in the plac-
ing of articles. The system adopted is that of Comstock's Manual
with the sequence reversed.

It is customary for entomological journals to offer their subscribers
the opportunity of having their insects named. We, therefore, call
the attention of the readers of the Journal to the excellent facilities
of the U. S. National Museum for naming Arthropods in all groups.
The usual privilege is reserved of retaining specimens that are desir-
able for the national collection.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NEW YORK ENTO-
MOLOGICAL SOCIETY.

Meeting of October 6, 1903.

Held at the American Museum of Natural History.

President C. F. Groth presided with 13 members in attendance.

The minutes of May 19 were read and approved.

The treasurer, Mr. Joutel, reported the receipt of bills for printing 500 copies of
the June number of the Journal.

As more than the required number of JOURNALS had been printed and also owing
to the fact that the Journal was mailed at the third-rate classification, the bills called
for an amount larger than usual.

The secretary was instructed to correspond with the publication committee and
ask for more particulars in reference to the bills.

The librarian, Mr. Schaeffer, reported the receipt of the following exchanges :

Revista do Museum Paulista, Vol. V.

Entomologisk Tidskrift, 1902, Nos. i, 2, 3 and 4.

Wiener Ent. Zeitung, XXH, Nos. i, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6.

Verh. d. k. k. Zool. Bot. Gesellschaft, Vol. LII and LIII, No. i.

Mittheilungen Schweiz. Ent. Gesellschaft, Vol. X, No. 10.

Proc. Am. Acad. Arts and Sciences, XXXVIII, No. 18.

Proc. U. S. Nat. Mas., Vol. XXVI, Nos. 1333 and 1335.

Bulletin U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 52, 1902.

Anales del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aeres, 1902, Tome, I and 2.

Proc. Canadian Institute, July, I902.

Zeitschrift fijr Ent. Breslau, 1902, No. 27.

Stettiner Ent. Zeitung, Vol. 64, No. i.

Annales de la Societe Ent. de Belgique, Vol. XLVI, 1902.

Deutsche Ent. Zeitschrift, from 1891-1903; but No. I of 1891, entire volume
of 1892, and No. 2 of 1895 are missing.

Insect World, Vol. VII, No. i, 1903.

Mr. Leng proposed Mr. Edward D. Harris, 280 Broadway, as an active mem-
ber of the Society.

60 Journal New York Entomological Society. [VoI. xii.

On motion the Secretary was instructed to convey to Mrs. Slosson the thanks of
the Society for her donation of insects to be sold at auction.

Mr. Schaeffer stated that he would like to make a correction to the minutes
printed in the June number of the JOURNAL as follows : " Mr. Beutenmiiller exhibited
in the meeting of December, a Cassida from Canada as thoracica, and not as viridis
as wrongly stated in the footnote under the minutes of the meeting of January 20,
in Vol. XI, No. 2, p. 113. He showed at the same time an article in Le Natur-
aliste Canadien on Cassida thoracica recently found in Canada and stated that he
had received his specimens from that author as C. thoracica. This name was pro-
nounced by me as incorrect and on question I stated that I think it is C. viridis but
was not quite sure about it yet."

Moved by Mr. Joutel and duly seconded that a committee be appointed by the
chair to draft resolutions on the death of Mr. A. R. Grote. Carried.

Various members of the Society gave an account of their summer's collecting
experiences. Mr. Leng made a few remarks concerning the trip which he made to
West Virginia in company with Dr. Love. They had been disappointed in not being
able to secure any Cychrns riditigsii but had obtained a few C. andre~vsii, one species
of Nomaretus and a number of other good species of Coleoptera.

Dr. Seifert exhibited several hundred spread specimens of Salntlodes aicasaria
Walk, which he had bred.

Mr. Comstock reported that he had taken a number of Feniseca tarqtiinius near
the city the past summer.

Mr. Schaeffer exhibited some Coleoptera taken this year on his collecting trip to
Brownsville, Texas, and made remarks on a few of the species. He was generally
satisfied with the results of the trip but was a little disappointed with the April col-
lecting, as he had expected to get different species during this month than Dietz and
Wickham had taken during June and July ; but he found few new things to reward him.

Mr. Davis exhibited a copy of Mr. A. R. Grote's "Hawk Moths of North
America" printed by Homeyer and Myer, at Bremen, 1886, remarking that the title
had not been included in the list of works on North American Entomology published
in 1900 as Bulletin No. 24 N. S., by the U. S. Department of Agriculture.

Mr. Joutel remarked on the stndulation of Cychrns viduus. On capturing a
specimen of this species he was much surprised to hear it make a squeaking noise,
gomewhat like the rustling of a dried leaf. On examination he found a ridge or proc-
ess jutting out from the underside of the elytra and fitting into a groove at the side
of the two last segments of the abdomen. The noise was produced by bending down
the end of the abdomen. Both sexes are able to stridulate.

Mr. Barber reported on the taking of one specimen of AnthopJiilax vialachiticiis
at Ft. Montgomery, N. Y., on May 30, of this year. He exhibited twelve specimens
of Cychrus elevatus which he had taken at Langdon, Mo., in August.

Meeting of Octorer 20, 1903.

Held at the American Museum of Natural History. President C. F. Groth in
the chair with thirteen members present.

On motion of Mr. Leng the regular order of business was suspended and the
reading of papers and scientific discussion preceded the regular business.

Mr. C. T. Brues spoke on the dipterous family Phorida; and exhibited a collec-

March, 1404 ] PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY. 61

tion of the North American species of the genus Pliora. He mentioned the pecuHar
structure of the antennre and the character of the wing venation, either of which
make easy the recognition of any species of the family. He said that the family is
represented by only about 125 species, of which about 70 are from Europe and the
majority of the remainder from North America, a considerable number being com-
mon to both continents. Some of the genera are remarkable on account of the par-
tial or entire absence of wings. Most of the species feed upon decaying matter,
but in a very few cases they are known to be parasitic upon other insects. Others
live in ant's nests, some as parasites and others as commensals.

Mr. Brues exhibited a recent book by Baron OstenSacken, "A Record of my
Life-work in Entomology," and a photograph of the author.

Mr. Davis presented some remarks on Sympetruni coi-rttpttttn in Staten Island
and New Jersey. He stated that in 1861 Hagen gave for the United States, western
and southern localities for this dragon-fly. In the " Dragon-flies of Indiana" by E.
B. Williamson it is recorded from Asia, Mexico, Pennsylvania, Illinois, Kansas,
California, Wyoming, Montana, Colorado, Texas, Louisiana and Ohio. In Smith's
"List of the Insects of New Jersey" it is only recorded from Eltingville, Staten Island,
June 27, 1S96. On July 25, 1900, Mr. Davis captured a second specimen at Barne-
gat, N. J., and this past summer, on August 8, a third example at New Dorp,
Staten Island. This last was a female, the other two being males. So far as he was
aware, these were the only records for this insect along the Atlantic coast.

Mr. Leng exhibited a series of the larger Coleoptera collected by Professor Wick-
ham chiefly on the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada, during the summer of 1903.
Truckee and Amedee, California, Reno and Humboldt Lake, Nevada, were the
places at which the greater part of the time was spent. No Omtis were taken, the
genus being apparently confined to the western slope of the mountains. Cicindelidae
were well represented, also Carabidaa and Tenebrionidae. The Cicindelidse of the
■willistoni group found on the shores of the lakes will be referred to later.

Mr. Schaeffer called attention to a specimen of Heterachthes which he had re-
ceived some time ago from Texas and which adds a rather disturbing element to our
characterization of the species of Heterachthes as it has the tibiK carinate. The spe-
cies agrees well with the description of H. nobilis ; but Le Conte and Horn in their
classification state that our species of Heterachthes have the tibire not carinate. We
have seen that the only remaining character to separate two other allied genera, viz,
Conipsa and Jbidioti, are the carinate or non-carinate tibi?e, and consequently a new
genus for this Texas species should be erected or the genus amended to include those
species with carinate tibiee. He further spoke on the genus Psyrassa which he said
was rejected by Dr. Le Conte in his synopsis of the species of Elaphidion because
E. unicolor was included in the former genus. Bates in the Biol. Cent. Amer. seems
to have come to the same conclusion but keeps the genus distinct and proposes to in-
clude in Psyrassa the elongate species of Elaphidion with elongate prothorax and the
third joint of the antennae with a long spine, thus adding again our E. unicolor.
To this Dr. Horn objected, saying that if we follow this course all of our elongate
Elaphidion as actdeatinn, tentie, etc., have to be included in Psyrassa. Amongst
the new species collected in Brownsville, Texas, there are two species which possess
more of the characters of Psyrassa than of Elapidion, especially one of them which
is a true Psyrassa and for this reason he thinks it more advisable to describe them

62 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xii.

under the generic name Psyrassa rather than Elaphidion. He then showed a few
specimens of M inilema annatum which he said he could not separate positively,
although they differ in the spongy vestiture of the under side of the tarsi, made use of
by Dr. Horn in the separation of some species and thought to be constant, but are in
his opinion variable. To further illustrate this he exhibited three specimens of M.
gizas, 2 males and I female from Yuma Co., Arizona. One male shows on the first
joint of middle tarsi and the second joint of hind tarsi a spongy space only on one
side of the joint, another male has a very small additional spongy space on the other
side also.

Mr. Bueno exhibited a collection of all of the species of Notonectid^ to be found
in the United States and made some remarks concerning some of the species. He
stated that there occurred in the United States nine species of the genus Notonecta as
follows : Alexicana, instilata, shooteri, indica, undiilata, variabilis, uhleri, irroraia
and hdea. He had found uhleri somewhat rare in this locality. In reference to TV'.
lutea be stated that its hitherto known habitat was in various parts of northern
Europe and Asia but that he had recently received specimens of that species fiom
British Columbia.

The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and approved.

Mr. Davis, chairman of the field committee, made a report concernmg the sea-
son's excursions. In all five excursions were held as follows : Ft. Lee, N. J., April
19; Patterson, N. J., May 3; Mosholu, N. Y., May 17; Ft. Montgomery, N. Y.,
May 29-31 ; and Huguenot, Staten Island, June 14.

The following resolutions were offered by the committee appointed at the last
meeting and were unanimously adopted.

" 7?«o/z'(?rt', That the New York Entomological Society receives the tidings of
the decease of Augustus Radcliffe Grote, A.M., with profound sorrow ; that in his
death it recognizes the loss to American Entomology of a most devoted and enthu-
siastic worker ; a man not alone an entomologist but proficient in other branches of
science, in literature and art.

" Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be presented to Mrs. Elliman, sister
of Mr. Grote, to whom the New York Entomological Society hereby tenders its
sincerest sympathy and condolence." Wm. T. Davis,

C. F. Groth,

Com.

Mr. E. D. Harris, 280 Broadway, was elected an active member of the society.

Mr. Leng invited the members of the society to meet at his residence on the
afternoon of election day, November 3.

Meeting of November 17, 1903.

Held at the American Museum of Natural History.

Vice-President Mr. Leng presided with 13 members and 2 visitors present.

The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and approved.

Mr. Schaeffer, the librarian, reported that the following exchanges had been re-
ceived at the American Museum and transmitted by Mr. Beutenmiiller to the librarian :

Entomologiske Middleser, May, Febr., 1903.

BuUetino della Soc. Ent. Italiana, XXXIV, III.

Communicaciones del Museo Nacional de Buenos Ayres, Tom. I, No. 6, pp.
187-190; pp. 206-208.

March, 1904.1 PrOCEEDINCS OF THE SOCIETY. 63

Verb. d. k. k. Bot. Gesell., LI 1 1, 2, 3, 4.

Boletino Mus. Paraense, Vol. Ill, 3 and 4.

Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, I902, 3 and 4 ; I903, I.

Hora; Societatis Entomologicaj Russiss, XXXVI, i and 2.

Bulletin Buffalo Soc. Nat. Hist, VIII, Nos. I, 2, 3.

Ohio .State Acad, of Science, special paper 7.

Cold Spring Harbor Monographs, I, 2 (Brooklyn Institute).

Melander : Synopsis of the N. A. Species of Ammophila.

Chicago Acad, of Sciences, Vol. II, No. 4; V^ol. Ill, 2; Vol. V.

New Mexico College of Agriculture, Bulls. 44, 45 and 46.

2ist and 22d Repts. State Ent. of the State of Illinois.

Proc. Am. Phil. Soc, XLII, 172, 173.

Proc. Am. Acad. Arts and Sciences, XXXVIII, Nos. 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25,
26; XXXIX, I, 2, 3.

Phil. Soc. Wash., XIV, pp. 205-232, 1902.

Ohio Naturalist, Vol. Ill, Nos. 6 and S, 1903.

Texas Acad, of Sciences, Vol. IV, Pt. 2, Nos. i, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8.

Melander and Brues : Guests and Parasites of the Burrowing Bee Halictus.

Trans. Connecticut Acad., XI, i, 2.

West Virginia University Bulletin, 84, 85.

Anales del Museo Nacional de Montevideo, Vol. IV, pp. 29-88, pp. 123-154.

Mr. Engelhardt's paper was postponed until the next meeting of the society.

Mr. Schaeffer then presented a paper on "A Collecting Trip to the Lower Rio
Grande." He stated that considerable interest had been awakened concerning the
insect fauna of this region by the collections made there by Messrs. Townsend,
Schwarz, Wickham, and Uietz. These collections contained a great number of either
entirely new species or species known to occur so far only in Mexico and Central
America. Prof. Townsend in his paper on the Biogeography of southwestern Texas,
Mexico, etc., estimated that only about 25 per cent, of the species known to him belong
to the semitropical fauna.

Mr. Schaeffer, in company with Mr. Doll, visited this interesting region during
the past summer in the interests of the Brooklyn Museum. He found the conditions
for collecting excellent and the vegetation surpassing anything he had expected.
They began collecting in the middle of April but were disappointed in the results of
their early collecting as they found very little which did not occur later in the season.
Mr. Townsend records the palmetto groves as the home of these semitropical species,
but Mr. -Schaeffer found that they were more abundant in the densely wooded forests
of Mexican ebony trees along the banks of the resacas. From his experience he is
led to believe that the semitropical insect fauna follows the distribution of the Mexican
ebony. In these forests, as well as in the palmetto groves, are found shrubs and
even trees heavily overgrown with vines of different species and here are found many
insects either hiding between the leaves or feeding upon them, but which are not
exclusively found in these masses of vines. He obtained many of the same things
from branches of ebony, willow and other trees which were far removed from vine-
overgrown bushes. During the hottest part of the day insects were very scarce.
The branches of most bushes and trees are armed with spines or thorns which make
collecting, especially in the more densely wooded places, very unpleasant. Often

64 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xii.

they found it necessary to cut their way through the thick tangled vines by means of
the knife. Ticks, which are in places abundant, fleas, jiggers, a small troublesome
fly, and frequently mosquitoes were very annoying. Most of the collecting was done
at Esperanza Ranch, a place some five miles from Brownsville and the same distance
from the river, containing some fine densely wooded localities. Before settling at the
ranch they travelled around on horseback collecting here and there. In May a two
weeks' trip was made to the coast and the islands, taking in the Yucca ridges which
are situated between Brownsville and the coast. Although he visited the islands
Brazas de Santiago and Padre he found nothing not already recorded by Wickham
and Townsend.

Coleoptera is the laest represented order in the district of Brownsville and with
the addition of this material the number of species will be increased to nearly 8oo.
He found that next to the Coleoptera, the Hemiptera were most abundant in individ-
uals but not in species. Hymenoptera were more abundant than Diptera. Odonata
were poorly represented. Adult stages of Orthoptera were scarce owing probably to
the great abundance of birds and spiders. To this cause also was probably due the
scarcity of caterpillars and other soft-bodied insects. At a rough guess Mr. Schaeff"er
estimates that as a result of his three months' collecting, he has brought home between
700 and 800 species of Coleoptera, of which 80 are new to our list and about one
half of the 80 are new species.

Mr. Barber presented a few remarks on Mr. Bueno's " List of the Pentatomidse
within Fifty Miles of New York City " which was published in the last number of the
N. Y. Journal. Among other things he stated that such a fragmentary list had very
little value unaccompanied by any remarks for identification of the species. Prof.
J. B. Smith in his New Jersey list mentions over twice as many species occurring
within the same limits. He mentioned that the taking of Brochymena annuhta, at
Lakehurst, N. J., was of interest. He also remarked that there was considerable
confusion in reference to the identity of the three species of Brochymena occurring in
this locality i^B. amtu/atn, B. quadripustitlata and B. arborea) and added tables for
their proper identification.

Mr. Leng spoke of the rare beetles from Lakehurst, N. J. He briefly described
the place, mentioning the flat sandy country, the forests of small oaks and pines, the
sandy wood-roads, the sphagnum swamps with their growth of white cedar and the
cranberry bogs. He also referred to the boarding house of Mrs. Henry P. Taylor,
which has usually been the headquarters of visiting entomologists.

Mr. Leng exhibited a few beetles taken at Lakehurst, and spoke especially
of Cicindcla cottseniattea, recently found in abundance by Mr. Harris, Panmachus
depressus found by Mr. Davis, Exochomus septentrionis found by Mr. Barber, Ai^abus
tcuniolaius found by Mr. Roberts, Ei'os au7-ora, Cremostochilus harrisii, Polvpleuriis
perforatus, Scynunis liebecki, etc. In conclusion he said that while the total number
^ of species living at Lakehurst might not prove unusually large, the number of species
peculiar to the region would be sufficient to make it always a desirable collecting
ground.

Mr. Davis exhibited the type of N'eoclyttts joutelii, a new species of longhorn
beetle found last summer at Lakehurst.

Mr. Roberts made some remarks in reference to the rare water beetles he had
secured at Lakehurst. He secured 42 species of Dytiscidte from one pool.

JOURNAL

J}f\a ]9oph 6lntoraoIogirfil ]8oriFtg,

Vol. XII. JUNE, 1904. No. 2

Class I, HEXAPODA.

Order I, HYMENOPTERA.

DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW HYMENOPTERA FROM

JAPAN. — I.:^

Bv ^^'ILLIAM H. ASHMEAD, M.A., D.Sc,

Washington, D. C.

For several years past I have been classifying, arranging and de-
termining the Japanese Hymenoptera in the National Museum, pre-
sented by several valued correspondents, among whom special mention
should be made of Dr. Mitsukuri, of Tokyo, Mr. Y. Nawa, of Gifu,
Dr. Matsumura, of Sapporo, and Mr. A. Koebele, now government
entomologist of the Hawaiian Islands, whose contributions are of
especial value and contain many new species, particularly among the
parasitic families.

The new species in the sui)erfamilies Sphecoidea, Yespoidea,
Proctotrypoidea, Cynipoidea and Chalcidoidea are treated here.
Those in the Ichneumonoidea and other superfamilies will be described
in another paper.

Superfamily II, SPHECOIDEA.

Family XYI, CRABRONID.^.

Genus CLYTOCHRYSUS Morawitz.

Clytochrysus dubiosus, new species.

Female. — Length, 12 mm. IJlack ; the mandibles, except at apex, the scape,
except a line above, all tarsi, the superior edge of the pronotum, emarginate at the

* These papers contain descriptions of 115 new species from Japan, two from For-
mosa and one from China, one new genus and notes on five previously described
species.

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middle, a band at the base of the second dorsal segment, an oblong, oblique spot at
the sides of the third and fourth segments, and a band at the base of the fifth seg-
ment, yellow ; wings hyaline, the stigma and veins yellowish.

The head and the thorax are closely, finely punctured, opaque, the metathorax
almost smooth, shining, with a few coarse transverse ridges or folds at the extreme
apex, and a deep central furrow ; the clypeus has a median ridge, and is clothed with
a dense silvery white pubescence ; the third joint of the antennns is about as long as
joints 4 and 5 united ; while the abdomen is smooth and shining, impunctate, the
pygidium being subogival, with fine lines laterally and at apex, the disc concave.

Male. — Length, II mm. Agrees well with the female, except that the abdo-
men is somewhat slenderer, the pygidium rounded at apex, convex above, the man-
dibles black, bidentate, with a broad yellow stripe within, the front femora and tarsi
beneath and anteriorly, the middle and hind tibiae beneath and the basal joint of
middle tarsi are yellow : hind tarsi black.

Type. — No. 7108, U. S. National Museum,
japan (Dr. Mitsukuri).

Family XX, PHILANTHID.^.
Genus CERCERIS Latreille,

Cerceris japonica, new species.

Female. — Length, lo mm. Black, strongly, coarsely punctate ; the mandibles,
the face, including clypeus, to base of antennae, and the orbits nearly to the apex of
the eyes, the scape of antennae, except a line above, two small spots on the prono-
tura, the postscutellum, two oval confluent spots at base of second dorsal abdommal
segment, a very large spot on each side of the third segment, and a band at the apex
of the fifth segment dilated laterally, all yellow. Wings hyaline, faintly dusky at
apical margins, the stigma and costal vein yellowish, the other veins fuscous.
Legs mostly yellow, with all coxse more or less, the front and middle femora
above, the hind femora entirely, a spot on hind tibia; within at apex and the hind
tarsi, black.

Type. — No, 7109, U. S. National Museum.

Japan (Dr. Mitsukuri).

Cerceris quinquecincta, new species.

Male. — Length, 11 mm. Agrees well with C. japonica, ty-ct^i as follows;
the scape and pedicel, except a stripe above, are yellow ; the hind coxse, except at
base, their trochanters, basal half of their femora and base of their tibiae are yellow ;
while the abdominal segments 2-6 are banded with yellow at apex, the first segment
with two yellow spots.

Type. ■ — No. 773S, U. S. National Museum.

Japan (Dr. Mitsukuri). Described from a single specimen. This
species may yet prove to be the male of C. japonica.

June, 1904.) ASHMEAD: HyMENOI'TERA FROM JaI'AN. 67

Superfamily III, VESPOIDEA.

Family XXXII, BETHYLID.E.

Genus EPYRIS Westwood.

Epyris atamensis, new species.

Female. — Length, about 3 mm. Black, the head minutely closely punctate, the
pronotum sparsely punctate ; mandibles, palpi, the apical third of the scape, the
flagellum and the legs, brownish-yellow, the femora more or less dusky, the front
femora brown. Wings subfuscous, the venation pale brown.

The antenna are somewhat stout, 13-jointed, the scape long, a little more than
four times as long as thick ; the first joint of the flagellum is a little longer than thick,
more slender than the following joints ; joints 2-10 wider than long. The mesono-
tum is without a trace of the parapsidal furrows, the scutellum with a transverse furrow
across the base, while the metanotum has some elevated longitudinal lines. The
abdomen is conically pointed, highly polished, but clothed with some sparse white
hairs, the second segment being the longest, about one half longer than the third.

Type — No. 71 lo, U. S. National Museum.
Atami (Mr. A. Koebele). One specimen.

Genus GONIOZUS Forster.
Goniozus japonicus, new species.

Ft male. — Length, 2.5-3 ™"^' Black and shining ; the head with some sparse,
microscopic punctures ; mandibles, palpi, antennie, trochanters, tibiae and tarsi, yellow
or brownish-yellow, the coxoe and femora black or fuscous black. Wings hyaline,
the parastigma and stigma brown, the other veins pale yellowish, the basal nervure
with a branch not ijuite as long as its first abscissa, or the part between the branch and
the median vein.

The prothora\ has fine, longitudinal lineations on each side, the metathorax has
the sides coriaceous, but has some elevated lines above, while the abdomen is pointed
and highly polished.

T\pe. — No. 71 II, U. S. National Museum.
Gifu (Y. Nawa).

Superfamily V, PROCTOTRYPOI DEA.

Family LII, PROCTOTRYPID.-F.

Genus PROCTOTRYPES Latreille.

Proctotrypes scymni, new species.

Female. — Length, 3 mm. Polished blacn, the metathorax rugulose, vvithoui
carinae, the cauda not longer than the basal joint of the hind tarsi, or hardly so long ;
antennae and legs brownish-yellow, the former faintly dusky toward apex ; the second
joint of the middle trochanters is produced at apex into a little tooth ; wings clear
hyaline, without a trace of internal veins, the subcostal vein, stigma and radius
brown.

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The antenn;v are distinctly 13-jointed, filiform, the flagellar joints all cylindrical,
the first the longest joint but only slightly longer than the second and slightly nar-
rowed towards base, the second joint being fully four times as long as thick, or a
litde longer, the joints beyond gradually shortening to the last, the last being longer
than the penultimate, or nearly as long as the first joint.

A/ah'. — Differs from the female only in having the abdomen forked at apex, the
antenna; longer, with the flagellum, except the first joint at base, wholly black or
brown-black, the joints being a little longer, clothed with a fine, short pubes-
cence.

Type. — No. 7113, U. S. National Museum.

Japan (Albeit Koebele) ; Gifu (Y. Nawa).

The specimens from Mr. Koebele were bred from the woolly larvK
of a Coccinellid, Scynimts dorcadomordcs Weise. Mr. Nawa has also
bred it from a Scynnius larva.

Proctotrypes japonicus, new species.

iMa/t'. — Length 6 mm. Polished black ; pedicel and the ring-joint reddish ;
palpi yellowish ; legs black, the sutures of the trochanters, tips of femora,» and the
tibiae and tarsi, flavo-testaceous ; metathorax except a smooth space at base, rugulose,
with a median carina which becomes obsolete on the posterior face. Wings hyaline,
the stigma, costal and radial veins black or brown-black, the suljcostal vein pale ; the
internal veins are wanting or indicated by brownish streaks. The antenna; are black,
with the scape beneath and the pedicel yellowish.

Type. — No. 7 114, U. S. National Museum.
Sapporo (Dr. Matsumura).

Family I.III, BELYTID.^^..

Genus MIOTA Forster.

Miota hakonensis, new species.

Female. — Length, 3.6 mm. Polished black ; first three or four joints of antennae,
the tegulre, and the legs, except the hind coxa;, yellow or brownish-yellow, the flagel-
lum, after the first joint, brown.

The antenna; are long, filiform, 15-jointed, the scape fully as long as the first and
second joints of the flagellum united and stouter ; all the joints of the flagelluin are
cylindrical ; the first joint of the flagellum is a little longer than the second and the
longest joint, being about five times as long as thick ; the following joints to the last
gradually become shorter and shorter, the penultimate being only a little more than
twice as long as thick. The abdominal petiole is long, fully twice as long as the meta-
thorax and delicately, longitudinally striated or aciculated, the rest of the abdomen
being smooth and highly polished.

Type. — No. 71 15 U. S. National MuseunL
Hakone (Mr. A. Koebele).

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Family LIV, DIAPRIID.^.

Subfamily 1, Sni.OMiCRix.t.

Genus SPILOMICRUS Westwood.

Spilomicrus japonicus, new species.

Male. — Length, 3.6 mm. Polished black, ihe prothorax at sides belo^u and the
lower part of the mesopleura striated, the metathorax rugulose, the abdominal petiole
long, longitudinally furrowed ; antennae longer than the body, reddish-brown, pubes-
cent, the flagellar joints all long, cylindrical, except the tirst joint which is hardly
one fourth the length of the second ; the second joint is about seven times as long as
thick, with an emargination beneath at basal fourth. Wings hyaline, faintly tinted,
the marginal vein and the short radius brown-black, the former being about four times
as long as thick, the radius hardly half its length, with a ray or short fuscous branch
from its tip, obliquely directed inwardly, nearly parallel with the basal nervure. Under
a strong lens one may also detect a delicate fuscous ray from the tip of the radius,
directed outwardly and forming a long, narrow marginal cell.

Type. — No. 7116, U. S. National Museum.
Sapporo (Dr. Matsumura).

Subfamily II, Diapriin.e.
Genus DIAPRIA Latreille.

Diapria mitsukurii, new species.

Female. — Length, 2 mm. Polished black, impunctate, the cheeks posteriorly,
the collar at the sides, the metathorax and the petiole clothed with a glittering white
pubescence, denser on the cheeks and collar ; head subglobose ; legs, including
coxae, brownish-yellow ; antennce 12-jointed, ending in a 5-jointed club but which is
not abruptly defined, the club-joints gradually enlarging from the first, which is only
about twice as thick as the last funicle joint ; the antennae, except the club, are honey-
yellow, the club black; the pedicel is as long as the first funicle joint but much
thicker ; the funicle is 5-jointed, the joints gradually decreasing in size, the last
being hardly twice as long as thick at apex ; the scutellum has a rather large, trans-
verse fovea at base ; the metathorax has a sharp median ridge at base which, when
seen from the side, is triangular ; abdomen pointed ovate, hi_i,dily polished, the petiole
alone sculptured or striate; the petiole is fully twice as long as thick and so densely
clothed with a whitish pubescence that its sculpture is obscured.

Male. — Difters from female in having the antenuL-e long, 14-jointed, the flagellar
joints ellipsoidal, subpetiolate, with long hairs, the second being shorter than the
first, dentate beneath.

Type. — No. 71 17, U. S. National Museum.

Gifu (Dr. Mitsukuri).

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Family LV, CERAPHRONID.^.

Subfamily I, Megaspilin/E.
Genus LYGOCERUS Forster.
Lygocerus japonicus, new species.

Female. — Length, 2 mm, Black, the head and thorax above, alutaceous, .'-iib-
opaque, the sides of the thorax highly polished, .'^hining ; antennse 1 1 jointed black,
the scape long, about half the lengtli of the flagellum, the pedicel obconical, the first
joint of the flagellum long, cylindrical, about four times as long as thick at apex, or
a little longer, the second joint about half as long as the first and a little shorter than
tlie third, joints 3-8 nearly equal in length, about twice as long as thick, the last
fusiform ; legs reddish-brown, the trochanters, knees, front tibiae and tarsi, and middle
tibise beneath and their tarsi, yellowish. Wings hyaline, the stigma and veins red-
dish-brown.

Type. — No. 71 18, U. S. National Museum.

Atami. Described from two specimens labelled No. 1287, bred
by Mr. A. Koebele from an Aphis, Lachnus sp., found on Pine.

Lygocerus koebelei, new species.

Female — Length, 1.5 mm. Very similar to L. /'aponicus, but smaller, the
sutures of the trochanters, knees, front tibia and tarsi, and the extreme tips of middle
and hind tibiae, pale yellowish ; the flagellum is very slightly thickened toward apex,
the first joint not more than thrice as long as thick, a little longer than the second,
the latter being a little longer than the third, while the joints beyond to the last are
only about one and one half times as long as thick.

Aliile. — Differs from the female in having the scape of the antennae, except the
extreme apex, and the legs brownish-yellow, the flagellum being much longer, pilose,
with the joints I-4 excised at apex, appearing when viewed from side, as if dentate.

Type. — No. 7 119, U. S. National Museum.

Atami. Described from 4 9 and 2 $ specimens bred by Mr. A.
Koebele from an unknown Aphis.

Genus DENDROCERUS Ratzeburg.
Dendrocerus ratzeburgi, new species. (Plate VII, Fig. i.)

Alale. — Length, 1. 5 mm. Black ; legs, except the middle femora and the hind
legs, brownish-yellow, the middle femora brownish, the hind legs, except trochan-
ters, knees and tibial spurs, which are yellowish, black. Antennae black, with the
flagellar joints I to 5 each with a long, filiform or thread-like pubescent branch, the
first three or four being nearly twice as long as the scape ; the first joint of the flagel-
lum is only a little longer than thick, the following to the sixth increasing in length,
joints 7 to last thickened, three or more times longer than thick. Wings hyaline, the
stigma and veins brown.

Female. — Length, 1. 8 mm. Black; legs wholly brown, except the articulations
which are yellowish ; antenn;i? as long as the body, black except the scape at the

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extreme base. The scape has a little tooth at the basal third beneath, a character
not found in Lygocerm.

Type. — No. 7120, U. S. National Museum.

Atami. Described from a $ and 9 specimen bred by Mr. A.
Koebele from an Aphis.

In my generic table of the Megaspiliiuc I find I have incorrectly
placed this genus in the section without mesonotal furrows, not having
seen a representative of the genus, depending entirely upon Ratze-
burg's brief description and figure in placing it.

Subfamily II, Ceraphronin.^.

Genus APHANOGMUS Thomson.

Aphanogmus hakonensis, new species.

Female. — Length, o.S mm. Head and thorax black, subopaque, the meso-
pleura delicately longitudinally aciculate and shining; antenncie lo-jointed, light
brownish, with the three last joints black, the scape towards apex and the pedicel
yellow ; the flagellum is gradually thickened towards apex, the joints subquadrate in
outline, the last joint large, ovate ; mesonotum without a median furrow. Wings
hyaline, the veins brownish. Abdomen ovate, highly polished, except some longi-
tudinal strire at base above.

Txpe. — No. 7121, U. S. National Museum.

Hakone. Described from a single specimen collected by Mr. A.
Koebele.

Family LVI, SCELI0NID.4i.

Subfamily I, Telenonin.e.

Genus TELENOMUS Haliday.

Table of Species.

1. Second abdominal segment about twice as wide, as long or nearly so 2.

Second abdominal segment as long or longer than wide 6.

2. Pedicel of antennre not shorter than the first joint of the funicle (none known from

Japan ) .
Pedicel of antennae distinctly shorter than the first joint of the funicle 3.

3. Thorax smooth or nearly, at the most with exceedingly minute, scattered punc-

tures 4.

Thorax distinctly punctate, sometimes rugo-punctate, or rugulose 5

4. Legs black or brown-black, the trochanters, tips of femora, tips of tibire and all

tarsi yellow. (Length, 0.70 to 0.75 mm.) T. atamiensis.

Legs except coxa, yellow, the hind femora and tibia- medially sometimes tinged
with brown. (Length, 0.45 to 0.50 mm. ) T. nawai.

5. Legs, except coxre. and the first six joints of the antenna; brownish-yellow, the rest

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of the antennae black ; flagellum short, joints 4 to 6 wider than long ; head hnel.

punctulate, the thorax rugulose. (Length, 1.3 to 1.6 mm.) T. mitsukurii

Legs, except cox?e, brownish -yellow, the antennas, except the scape, brown-
black; flagellum long, joints 4 to 6 longer than wide ; head smooth, impunc-
tate, the thorax finely purictulate, the scutellum smooth. (Length, 1.3 mm.)

T. hakonensis.
6. Thorax sparsely, microscopically punctate.

Legs and scape of antenncis yellow, the flagellum not short, brown. (Length,
1.4 to 1.5 mm. ) T. gifuensis.

Telenomus atamiensis, new species.

Male. — Length, 0.70-0.75 mm. Filack and shining, the head smooth, impunc-
tate, wider than the thorax, about t,]^ times as wide as thick, antero-posteriorly, the
eyes light-colored, the niesonotum with a few very minute scattered punctures ; flagel-
lum dark brown, pubescent, the scape and the pedicel except at extreme apex which
is yellowish, black ; wings hyaline, pubescent, the veins brown, the marginal vein
very short, only about one third the length of the stigmal vein which ends in a small
knob ; abdomen short oval, hardly longer than the thorax, depressed, smooth and
shining, except the first segment which is delicately striated ; legs black or brown-
black, the trochanters, tips of femora, tips of tibiLe and all tarsi yeliow.

Type. — No. 7122, U. S. National Museum.

Atami. Two specimens collected by Mr. A. Koebele.

Telenomus nawai, new species.

Female, male. Length, 0.45-0.50 mm. Black and shining, impunciate, the head
about 3 times as wide as thick antero-posteriorly ; antennce light brown, the scape
yellowish ; wings hyaline, the veins pale, the marginal vein nearly punctiform, only
a little longer than thick ; abdomen broadly oval, not longer than the thorax, smooth
and shining; legs pale yellow, the hind femora and tibi?s medially sometimes tinged
with brown.

The male is easily known by the 12-jointed filiform antennre, the flagellar joints
from the third to the last are moniliform, the second being longer than thick. Some
specimens measure only 0.30 mm. in length.

Type. — No. 7123, U. S. National Museum.

Gifu. Described from 18 specimens bred by Mr. \ . Nawa from
the eggs of an unknown Lepidopteron.

Telenomus mitsukurii, new species.

Female. — Length, 1.3-1.6 mm. Black, the head finely punctulate, smoother
and shining in front, the thorax finely rugulose, opaque, finely pubescent ; legs,
except coxne, and first six joints of the antennre brownish-yellow, the rest of the an-
tenna; black or brown-black ; abdomen broadly oval, a little shorter than the thorax,
depressed, smooth and shining ; wings hyaline, pubescent, the veins light brown or
brownish-yellow.

Type. — No. 7124, U. S. National Museum.

Atami and Hakone. Described from 5 specimens collected by
Mr. A. Koebele.

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Telenomus hakonensis, new species.

Fi-)itale. — Length, 1.3 mm. IJlack, the head smooth and sliining, impunctate,
the thorax finely punctulale, finely pubescent, but with the scutellum smooth and
shining ; legs, except coxce, and the scape of the antennae brownish-yellow, rest of
antenna; brown-black ; abdomen oval, as long as the thorax, smooth and shining ;
wings hyaline, pubescent, the veins yellowish.

Type. — No. 7125, U. S. National Museum,

Hakone. Described from two specimens collected by Mr. A.
Koebele.

Telenomus gifuensis, new species.

Fiinale. — Length, l. 4-1. 5 mm. Black, the head on vertex and thorax above,
except the scutellum, finely microscopically punctulate, the head in front and the
scutellum smooth and shining ; scape of anlennse and the legs, including coxJe, yel-
low or light brownish-yellow ; abdomen polished, the petiole and the extreme base of
the second segment striated ; flagellum black or brown-black, the first joint the
longest, three or more times longer than thick, much longer than the pedicel, the
second joint shorter than the first, the third oblong, only a little longer than thick,
the fourth rounded, the club 5-jointed, joints l to 4 a little wider than long.

Type. — No. 7126, U. S. National Museum.

Gifu. Described from many specimens mounted on card-board
and labelled No. 74, received from Mr. Y. Nawa.

Genus DISSOLCUS Ashmead.

Dissolcus japonicus, new species.

Female. — Length, I mm., black, the head shining with some sparse punctures,
the thorax opaque, sericeous, minutely closely punctate, with two grooved furrows on
the mesonotum ; antennas brown-black, the scape beneath at base and the extreme
apex of the pedicel yellowish ; legs black, the tibiae brownish-yellow, the tarsi pale
yellowish ; wings hyaline, pubescent, the veins light brownish-yellow ; abdomen
broadly oval, polished, the first segment and the second basally longitudinally striated.

Type. — No. 7127, U. S. National Museum.

Hakone. Described from a single specimen taken by Mr. A.
Koebele.

Dissolcus flavipes, new species.

Female. — Length, I mm. Black, impunctate, shining ; anteiuni.' brown-black,
the tip of the pedicel and joints 3 and 4 of funicle yellow ; legs wholly yellow ;
wings hyaline, pubescent, the veins brown, the postmarginal vein wanting, the
stigmal vein short ; abdomen oval smooth and shining, the first and second segment
at base striate.

Type. — No. 712S, U. S. National Museum.

Hakone. Described from one female collected by Mr. A. Koebele.

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Subfamily IV, ScELioxiN.t.
Genus HADRONOTUS Forster.
Hadronotus japonicus, new species.

Female. — Length, I mm. Black, coarsely rugulose ; scape and pedicel of an-
tennae and the legs, except the coxae, rufu-testaceous, flagellum brown-black ; abdo-
men oval, feebly shagreened, subopaque ; wings hyaline, the veins brown, the mar-
ginal vein short only about twice as long as thick.

Type. — No. 7129, U. S. National Museum.

Japan. Described from one specimen collected b}' Mr. A.
Koebele.

Hadronotus hakonensis, new species.

Female. — Length, 1. 5 mm. Black, coarsely rugulose, the abdomen finely rugu-
lose, the apex of the segments smooth and shining ; legs, except coxae, flavo-testa-
ceous, the femora basally brownish ; antennae, except the club, brownish-yellow,
the pedicel brownish above ; wings hyaline, pubescent, the veins brown, the sub-
costal veins more or less pale yello.wish.

Type. — No. 7305, U. S. National Museum.

Hakone. Described from a single specimen collected by Mr. A.
Koebele.

Family LVII, PLATYGASTERID.^.

Subfamily I, Inostemmin.b.
Genus AUotropa Forster.

Allotropa japonica, new species.

Female. — Length, o.S mm. Black, the head and thorax, except the scutellum,
f-iintly alutaceous, the scutellum polished, shining; antennae yellowish, the scape
towards apex and the club, brown or dusky, the club 4-jointed, the pedicel fully
thrice as long as thick at apex, stouter than the funicle joints, the latter slender, the
first joint the longest, the second and third small, short ; legs yellowish, the coxre, all
femora and the hind tibiae and tarsi brown. Wings hyaline, the submarginal vein
light brown, ending in a small knob.

Male. — Length, 0.6 mm. Agrees with the female, except in its antennae,
which are g-jointed, the flagellar joints nodose, briefly pedicellate, with long hairs.

Ty/^e. — No. 7130, U. S. National Museum.

Japan. Described from a female and male specimen, labelled
No. 1266 and 1267, bred by Mr. A. Koebele from an unknown Ce-
cidomyiid gall.

Subfamily II, Platv(;asterin.«.

Genus AMBLYASPIS Forster.
Amblyaspis japonica, new species.

/■'.•male. — Length, O.S mm. Polished black ; antennLX', except the clul) which
is blnck, brownish yellow, the scape yellowish beneath ; legs ])iceous black, the

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front legs, except the femora basally, the trochanters of the middle and hind legs,
and the basal half of the tiljine and the tarsi, yellow. Wings clear hyaline. Abdo-
men polished black, except the petiole which is longitudinally striate and has a
minute yellow spot at base above.

The scutellum is triangularly pointed, a little longer than wide at base, the
extreme apex piceous ; the pedicel is long, slender, about three times as long as
thick at apex, the funicle joints I and 2 also slender, the second long, cylindrical
twice as long as the first,, the latter being shorter than the pedicel, joints 3 and 4
small, not longer than thick, but a little thicker than the first ; club abruptly defined,
4-jointed, the joints much wider than the funicle, the first three joints nearly as wide
as long.

Type. — No. 7 131, U. S. National Museum.

Atami. One specimen collected by Mr. A. Koebele.

Genus SACTOGASTER Forster.

Sactogaster hakonensis, new species.

Female. — Length, I mm. Black, the head and thorax feebly, microscopically
shagreened, subopaque, the pleura and the abdomen polishing, shining; antennx
brown-black, the scape beneath and at base fiavo-testaceous ; legs black, all tibiffi
toward base, and all tarsi, except the last joint, yellowish ; mesonotum without com-
plete parapsidal furrows, but with a trace of them posteriorly for two thirds the length
of the mesonotum ; scutellum produced into a thorn-like spine at apex, with some
glittering white hairs on either side at apex ; abdomen with a whitish pubescence at
base, the tail-like projection, which is formed by segments 3 to 6 being much nar-
rowed, is as long as the second segment, the sixth segment being about as long as
segments 3 to 5 united, the fifth a little longer than the fourth, the third hardly half
as long as the third.

Type. — No. 7132, U. S. National Museum.

Hakone. One specimen collected by Mr. A. Koebele.

Genus ANOPEDIAS Forster.
Anopedias japonicus, new species.

Female. — Length, 0.7 mm. Polished black, the flagellum testaceous, yellowish
at base, the trochanters, base of all tibia; and the apex of the front tibine honey-
yellow, the tarsi, except the last joint, yellowish-white, the metapleura and the base
of the abdomen clothed with a silvery-white pubescence. Wings clear hyaline, faintly
pubescent. The antenna; are folded and so covered with glue that they cannot be
described in detail.

Type. — No. 7133, U. S. National Museum.

Hakone. One specimen collected by Mr. A. Koebele.

Genus POLYGNOTUS Forster.
Polygnotus gifuensis, new species.

Male. — Length 1.6 mm. Polished black, the mesonotum without parapsidal
furrows ; legs, except tips of front femora, front til)i:v and tarsi, which are testaceous,

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wholly black ; antenna;, except the extreme apex of the scape and the pedicel
which have a testaceous tinge, black ; the flagellum is filiform, the first joint very
minute, rounded, the second larger, globular, the following to the last oblong, longer
than thick, about I ^ times as long as thick, the last joint ovate.

Type. — No. 7134, U. S. National Museum.

Gifu. Described from four male specimens, labelled No. 74,
received from Mr. Y. Nawa.

Superfamily VI, CYNIPOIDEA.

Family LVIII, FIGlTID.^i.

Subfamily I, Onvchiix.e.

Genus ONYCHIA Haliday.

Onychia japonica, new species.

Female. — Length 5-5-5 ™™- Black, the scutellum with a yellow spot on each
side towards the base, the front tibia; toward base and beneath, the front tarsi, joints
2-4 of middle tarsi and joints 2-4 of the hind tarsi, yellowish. The head and
thorax are shagreened, opaque, and more or less transversely rugulose ; ocelli yel-
lowish, the front ocellus placed in a smooth depression, surrounded by a delicate
carina ; eyes brown ; antenna? long, about two thirds the length of the body, black,
the first joint of the flagellum the longest joint, the last joint the next longest, only
a little shorter than the first but almost as long as the two preceding joints united;
middle carina of the mesonotum forked at apical third, the cell thus formed finely
transversely rugulose. Wings hyaline, glabrous or nearly, the veins pale yellowish,
the costal and marginal cells confluent. The metathorax is rugulose and pubescent
with sometimes a yellowish spot where the petiole is attached. The abdomen is
polished black, ovate, shorter than the thorax, the petiole opaque, aciculated.

Male. — Agrees well with the female except that the antennte are 14-jointed, fully
as long as the body, the joints longer proportionally, cylindrical ; the first flagellum
joint is not longer than the second, subemarginate outwardly at basal half ; the veins
of the front wings are tinged with brown, while the abdomen is more obtuse at apex
than in the female.

Type. — No. 3135, U. S. National Museum.

Atami, Hakone and Nikko. Described from one male and four
female specimens collected by Mr. A. Koebele.

Subfamily III, Anacharin.^.
Genus XYALASPIS Hartig.
Xyalaspis atemiensis, new species.

Female. — Length, 2.8 mm. Black, with yellow mandibles, the antenna; and
the legs, except coxre, hind femora basally and hind tarsi, brownish-yellow, the scape
towards base and the flagellum towards apex are dusky ; the coxae, hind femora

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basally, tips of hind tibire and their tarsi are fuscous or blackish. Wings hyahne,
the veins yellowish. The antenna; are 13-jointed, nearly as long as the body, the
tlagellum very slightly and gradually thickened towards apex, the last joint being
nearly as long and as thick as the scape, but hardly as long as the two preceding
joints united. Head smooth, polished, except a few wrinkles on the cheeks ; thorax
mostly smooth, but with the pronotum, the scutellum and the metathorax rather
coarsely rugulose, the scutellum ending in a blunt spine. Abdomen polished black,
except beneath towards base, where it is piceous or rufo-testaceous ; the 'petiole is
short and striated.

Type. — No. 7136, U. S. National Museum,

Atami. Described from two female specimens collected bv Mr.
A. Koebele.

Subfamily VI, Xvstin.>e.

Genus XYSTUS Hartig.
Xystus japonicus, new species.

Male. — Length, i.l mm. Wing expanse about 3.8 mm. Head yellow, the
eyes black ; thorax brownish-yellow, the mesonotum with a median streak and a
lateral spot towards each tegula, and the disk of the scutellum dark brown ; abdomen
black, beneath and at apex yellowish. Wings hyaline, the venation, except the
costae basally which are yellowish, light brownish. The antennfe are longer than
the whole insect, 14-jointed, the basal third yellow, the apical two thirds dusky or
brownish, joints 2 and 3 slightly curved, about equal in length and only a little
shorter than the first, a little more than four times as long as thick, the joints beyond
cylindrical, very imperceptibly shortening to the last, which is only a little more
than twice as long as thick.

Type. — No. 7137, U. S. National Museum.

Japan. Received from Mr. A. Koebele, labelled No. 1268 and
bred from an Aphis.

Family LIX, CYNIPID.E.

Subfamily I, Synergin.^.

Genus SYNERGUS Hartig.
Synergus atamiensis, new species.

J-<ni(ilt\ — Length, 3.5 mm. lilack, the head and thorax coarsely rugulose, the
disk of the mesonotum transversely rugulose, the raesopleurae with longitudinal striae,
the scutellum rugulose, with a median impression at apex ; abdomen, except the
petiole, smooth and shining; antennpe 14-jointed, entirely pale yellowish ; legs, except
the coxfe, base of front femora and the middle and hind femora which are black or
brown-black, flavo-testaceous, the hind tibia;, except at base and apex, fuscous; wings
hyaline, the veins light brown.

Type. — No. 7306. U. S. National Museum.

Atami. Described from two specimens collected by Mr. A.
Koebele.

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Synergus gifuensis, new species.

FtDial,'. — Length, 3 mm. Black, the head and thorax rugulose, the disk of the
mesonotum with fine, transverse ruga', the scutellum finely, closely punctate, convexly
rounded, without a median impression towards apex ; abdomen smooth and shining,
the sheaths of the ovipositor very briefly projecting beyond its tip ; antennae and legs
brownish-yellow, the pedicel basally brown, the coxre and hind femora, except at
apex, black, the hind tib;v and the basal joint of their tarsi, light brown ; wings hya-
line, the veins yellowish. The antenna; are long, 14-jointed.

Type. — No. 7307, U. S. National Museum.

Gifu. Described from three specimens, labelled No. 43, received
from Mr. Y. Nawa.

Synergus hakonensis, new species.

Female. — Length, 1.8 mm. Black, the head and thorax finely rugulose, with
transverse rugse on the lobes of the mesonotum, the scutellum punctate-rugose, con-
vexly rounded, the mesopleura shining but with some longitudinal strife ; abdomen
black and shining, tlie sheaths of the ovipositor not at all projecting ; antennas and
legs, except the coxee and femora, pale yellow, the front and middle coxl^, middle
and hind femora, except at apex, brownish-piceous, the hind coxae black ; wings
hyaline, the veins pale yellowish. The antenna are 13-jointed.

Type. — No. 7307, U. S. National Museum.

Hakone. Described from a single specimen collected by Mr.
A. Koebele.

Synergus japonicus, Walker.

Dr. Mitsukuri has sent eight specimens of this species taken, I
believe, by Mr. Nawa, at Gifu.

Genus CEROPTRES Hartig.
Ceroptres japonicus, new species.

Male. — Length, 2 mm. Black, shining, the heatl and thorax finely pubescent,
the head smooth, impunctate ; antennae and legs brownish yellow, the hind coxie
black or dusty, the hind tibije and tarsi more or less fuscous. Wings hyaline, the
veins brownish. The antennae are 13-jointed, cylindrical, the third joint the longest,
the fourth only two thirds the length of the third, the following to the last very imper-
ceptibly shortening, the last long, nearly as long as the third.

Type. — No. 7138, U. S. National Museum.

Gifu. Described from three male s|jecimens, received from Mr.
Y. Nawa, who bred them from a bud-like gall on oak, irregularly
rounded, depressed, about 3 mm. in diameter and of a dark brownish-
black color. The gall is mounted on card-board, with the wasps, and
I cannot tell whether it is a bud-gall, a leaf-gall, or a twig-gall. It
may be produced by one of the genuine gall -wasps described below
under the genera Neurotenis, Dryoplianta, or Ca/Iirliylis.

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Subfamily II, Cynipin.b,

Tribe I, Cynmimm.

Genus NEUROTERUS Hartig.

Neuroterus nawai, new species.

foitale. — Length, 1. 9 mm. Polished black; mandibles, palpi, four or five
basal joints of antennre, and the legs pale yellowish or IiUeous, the apical two thirds
of the antennas brownish. Wings hyaline, the veins brown, the radius pale towards
apex ; the marginal cell is long, about five times as long as wide at base. The
antennas are 14-jointed, nearly as long as the body, the third joint the longest, nearly
five times as long as thick, the following very slightly decreasing in length to the
last, the penultimate being not more than twice as long as thick.

Male. — Length, 1. 7 mm. Distinguished at once from the female by the small
compressed, triangularly-shaped abdomen, which is distinctly petioled, the petiole
being nearly as long as the hind coxas, by the antennas which are longer than the
body, brown-black, except the first three joints which are yellow, the third joint
being excised towards basal half, and by the color of the legs which are straw yellow,
with the hind coxas basally and the apical two thirds of the hind tibi;is dusky or
brownish.

Type. — No. 7139, U. S. National Museum.

Gifu (Y. Nawa) ■ Hakone (A. Koebele).

Neuroterus atamiensis, new species.

Female. — Length, i.inmi. Polished black; antennas, except a pale annulus
at base of the third joint, wholly black ; legs piceous black, the sutures of the joints
alone pale. Wings hyaline, the veins brownish-piceoUs, the marginal cell very long,
more than six times longer than wide at base.

Type. — No. 7140, U. S. National Museum.

Atami. Described from a single specimen taken by Mr. A.
Koebele.

Neuroterus hakonensis, new species.

Female. — Length, 1.6 mm. Black and shining, impunctate ; fijst four or five
joints of the antennas and the legs, including coxa% brownish-yellow, the rest of the
antennce fuscous ; wings hyaline, the veins, except the basal nervure and the apex of
the first abscissa of the radius which are brown, pale yellowish. The antennae are
14-jointed, not quite as long as the body, the second and third joints (an unusual
character in this genus) about equal in length and only about four times ts long as
thick.

Type. — No. 7309, U. S. National Museum.

Hakone. Described from four specimens collected by Mr. A.

Koebele.

Genus DRYOPHANTA Hartig.

Dryophanta japonica, new species

Female. — Length, 3 mm. Polished black, shining, the head on the vertex
alutaceous ; two basal joints of antennoe, a very narrow annulus at apex of the first

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and second joints of the flagellum, the mandibles, except teeth, the extreme apex of
the cheeks where the mandibles are attached, and the legs, except the coxae, honey-
yellow ; the flagellum, except as already noted, is black, the first joint the longest,
one third longer than the second, the following to the sixth gradually decreasing in
length, joints 7 to il, scarcely longer than thick, the twelfth or last antennal joint
fusiform, longer than the penultimate ; wings hyaline, very long, the veins dark
brown.

Type. — No. 7 141, U. S. National Museum.

Japan (exact locality not stated). Described from a single speci-
men collected by Mr. A. Koebele.

Dryophanta serratse, new species.

Gall. — An irregular globular gall from 8-1 o mm. in diameter, covered with
numerous thread-like, fibrous filaments, each filament being densely clothed with a
grayish or whitish wool-like substance.

GaU-7uasp. Female. — Length, 3 mm. Head and thorax shagreened, light-
brown, pubescent, the head more yellowish, the mesothorax with four black glabrous
lines, two on the middle lobe and one on each lateral lobe, the lobes well defined by
shagreened depressions, the disks of the lobes posteriorly shining ; scutellum finely
shagreened with two fovea; at base ; hind femora with a brownish-black stripe above,
the tibia; and tarsi dusky behind ; abdomen black, shining. Wings hyaline, the
nervures brown, the second cubital cell with four irregular fuscous marks, the first
near the base represented by a long streak, another parallel with the first just back
of it is twisted, between it and the radius is a small, almost triangular spot, while
back of this is another slightly curved, longitudinal streak ; there are also some faint
fuscous marks in the discoidal cell.

7^17^^. — No. 7142, U. S. National Museum.

Sapjjoro. Described from a single specimen mounted on card-
board with its gall, found by Dr. Matsumura on Qiiercus serrata.

Dryophanta brunneipes, new species.

Female. — Length, 2 mm. Black and shining, the head on vertex and the disk of
the raesonotum finely alutaceous, the scutellum rugulose ; the antennie are i4-joinled,
black or brown-black, the extreme base and apex of tlie third joint yellowish ; legs
dark brown, the coxa; black, all knees, extreme tips of tibia-, and the tarsi, except
the last joint, honey-yellow ; wings long, hyaline, the nervures dark brown.

Type. — No. 7310, U. S. National Museum.

Hakone. Described from two specimens collected by Mr. A.
Koebele.
Dryophanta nawai, new species.

Female. — Length, 2.S mm. Black and shining, the head on vertex and the
pronotum, shagreen or wrinkled, the disk of the mesonotum smooth and highly pol-
ished, the scutellum and metathorax rugulose, opaque ; the 14-jointed antennre,
except toward tips and the legs, including the coxa;, are brownish-yellow or honev-
yellow, the tips of the antenna; more or less dusky ; wings hyaline, the veins brown.

Type. — No. 731 1, U. S. National Museum.

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Gifu. Described from three specimens, labelled No. 41, re-
ceived from Mr. Y. Nawa.

Dryophanta hakonensis, new species.

Female. — Length, 2-2.2 mm. Black and shining, the pronotum laterally more
or less shagreened, the scutellum rugulose, opaque ; antenna; 14-jointed, black or
brown-black, except the apex of the pedicel, and an annulus at apex of the first joint
of the fiagellum which are yellowish ; legs honey-yellow, the front and middle coxa?
basally and the hind femora tinged with brown, the hind coxk black ; wings hyaline,
the veins brown.

Txpe. — No. 7312, U. S. National Museum.

Hakone. Described from five specimens received from Mr. A.
Koebele.

Dryophanta mitsukurii, new species.

Female. — Length, I.5-I.6 mm. Polished, shining, the head, the antenna;, ex-
cept the apical 5 or 6 joints, and the legs are all brownish-yellow ; the abdomen is
black ; while the eyes, the 5 or 6 apical joints of the antenna, a stripe down the
middle mesothoracic lobe, and the nervures of the front wings are brown.

Type. — No. 7313, U. S. National Museum.

Atami. Described from seven specimens collected by Mr. A.
Koebele. The species is named in honor of Dr. Mitsukuri, of the Im-
perial University of Tokyo.

Genus ANDRICUS Hartig.

Andricus japonicus, new species.

Fe/iiale. — Length, 5 mm. Black and shining, the head and thorax above feebly
punctate, the latter above well clothed with a sericeous pubescence, the scutellum
finely rugulosely punctate ; antenna; and legs black, the tarsi with a rufo-piceous tinge ;
wings hyaline, the veins brown, the basal abscissa of the radius angulated.

Type. — No. 7314, U. S. National Museum.

Hakone. Described from a single specirnen received from Mr.
A. Koebele.

Genus CALLIRHYTIS Forster.

Callirhytis hakonensis, new species.

Female. — Length, 4 mm. Black, finely punctate, and clothed with a sericeous
whitish pubescence, the scutellum finely rugulose ; antennas brown-black; legs dark-
reddish, with the hind tibiae and a spot at base of hind coxae fuscous ; wings hyaline,
the veins brown, the first abscissa of the radius acutely angulated.

Type. — No. 7315, U. S. National Museum.

Hakone. Described from a single specimen received from Mr.
A. Koebele.

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Callirhytis tobiiro. new species.

h'eviale. — Length, 3 mm. Head and thorax, except the occiput, the grooved
lines on the thorax and the mesopleura which are black, brownish-yellow, sparsely
punctate, pubescent, the scutellum rugulose : antenna; 13-jointed, brown-black, the
third joint one half longer than the fourth, the others to the last gradually shortening,
joints 6-12 only a little longer than thick; legs and abdomen, except a fuscous or
blackish spot above at apex, reddish, the hind tibiii? subfuscous.

Type. — No. 7316, U. S. National Museum.

Hakone. Described from five specimens collected by Mr. A.
Koebele.

Tribe II, Rhoditini.

Genus RHODITES Hartig.
The only species so far recorded from Japan is R. Japonica
Walker, described in 1876.

Rhodites hakonensis, new species.

Fnuah. — Length, 3 mm. Head and thorax, except the scutellum which is
rugulose, black and shining; ocelli pale; antennse long, filiform, dull black; legs
flavotestaceous, the two basal joints of hind tarsi fuscous; abdomen wholly red;
wings hyaline, the nervures dark brown, the radial cell with a fuscous cloud at base
and along the long second abscissa of the radius, also surrounding the large triangular
areolet, but more faintly.

Type. — No. 714, U. S. National Museum.

Hakone. Described from a single specimen received from Mr.
A. Koebele.

Superfamily VII, CHALCIDOIDEA.

Family LXl, TORYMID.^:.

Subfamily II. Touymin.'E.

Genus TORYMUS Dalman.
Toiymus japonicus, new species.

Male. — Length, 1. 5 mm. .-Eneous black, with brassy tingings, smooth except
a slight shagreening of the mesonotum ; flagellum black, the joints being a little wider
than long ; legs ?eneous black to the base of the tibia?, the tibia; and the tarsi pale
yellowish. Wings hyaline, the veins yellowish.

Type. — No, 7144, U. S. National Museum.

Gifu. Described from a single specimen taken by Mr. Y. Nawa,
in October, and mixed with No. 73.

Torymus sapporoensis, new species.

Female. — Length, 3 mm. ; ovipositor 2 mm. Metallic gold-green, the scutellum
blue-green, with purplish reflections, the head below the antennDs and the abdomen

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on the dorsum bluish, but bright green and cyaneous at the sides and beneath ; legs,
except the middle and hind coxce, light brownish-yellow, the tarsi, except the last
joint, yellowish-white, the last joint fuscous ; pedicel ceneous ; flagellum dull, brown-
black, pubescent; wings clear hyaline, the veins pale yellowish. The head and
thorax are shagreened, the large hind co.xse reticulated on the basal two thirds,
smooth or nearly at the apical third ; the abdominal segments at the sides are deli-
cately shagreened.

Type. — No. 7145, U. S. National Museum.

Sapporo. Described from a single female received from Dr. Matsu-
mura.
Torymus gifuensis, new species.

Female. — Length, 2 mm. ; ovipositor about twice the length of the abdomen.
Metallic bronze-green, the axills.% the scutellum, the metathorax, and the hind coxa?
cupreous ; head and thorax shagreened ; abdomen smooth, aeneous black, with a
bluish tinge in certain lights ; scape and pedicel seneous black, the flagellum dull,
brown-black, pubescent ; legs metallic greenish, the tibiae and tarsi, except terminal
joints, pale yellowish, the hind coxre bright cupreous. Wings hyaline, the veins
brown.

Male. — Length 1. 8-2 mm. Head and thorax bright metallic-green, sha-
greened, the abdomen smooth, wneous-black ; antennce black, the joints of the flat
gellum hardly longer than wide ; legs with the apices of all femora, the tibia; and
tarsi, yellow, the hind tibite more or less brownish from the middle to near apex ;
otherwise similar to female.

Type. — No. 7146, U. S. National Museum

Gifu. Described from one male and two female specimens,
labelled No. 74, received from Mr. Y. Navva.

Subfamily III, Monodontomerin/e.
Genus MONODONTOMERUS Westwood.

Monodontomerus japonicus, new species.

Female. — Length, 3 mm. ; ovipositor less than half the length of the abdomen.
Blue, the head and thorax, sparsely, feebly punctate, the scrobes metallic green,
shining ; ocelli red ; scape, except at apex, reddish-brown, the pedicel Kneous black,
the flagellum dull black, the joints, after the first, a little wider than long ; front and
middle tibi;T; and all tarsi, honey-yellow, the middle tibise more or less fuscous above,
the hind tibi^ wholly fuscous or black ; rest of legs blue. Wings hyaline, the veins
brown-black, the stigmal vein ending m a long uncus which is obli(juely directed
towards the postmarginal vein and forms nearly a closed marginal cell ; the stigmal
vein is enclosed by a fuscous cloud. Abdomen polished, shining, with the segments
4 and beyond, clothed with a whitish pubescence.

Male. — Length, 2.2 mm. Agrees well with the female in color except that the
s'. ape is ;tneous above and the iiearl on the vertex is metallic green.

Type. — No. 7147, U. S. National Museum.

Nikko. Taken by Mr. A. Koebele.

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Subfamily IV, Podagrionin.e.

Genus PODAGRION Spinola.
Podagrion quinquedentatus, new species.

Male. — Length, 3.4 mm. Dark bluish-green, the front of the head metallic-
green ; scape of antennce and legs, except the coxa- and the hind femora, which are of
a dark metallic-bluish tinge, brownish-yellow, the hind tibiae brown or dark fuscous ;
the swollen hind femora are armed with five teeth beneath ; flagellum brown-black.
Wings hyaline, the veins brown. Abdomen reneous black, but yellow beneath for
half its length at base.

Type. — No. 7148, U. S. National Museum.

Hong-Kong, China. This species was taken by Mr. A. Koebele ;
it is evidently allied to P. sinensis Walker.

( To be continued. )

THE PHILANTHIDiE OF NEW MEXICO.— I.

By H. L. Viereck, and T. D. A. Cockerell,
New Haven, Conn. Colorado Sprlngs, Cul.

Genus EUCERCERIS Cresson, 1865.

Tai!LE of Species (alternative).

1. Legs yellow and black ; base of metathorax striate 2

Legs red, reddish or with some yellow 3

2. Mesothorax very sparsely punctured striareata

Metathorax quite closely punctured chapmaoae

3. Head black with a yellow, rarely red, spot above or just back of each eye... 4
Head with much red, or at least a red or brownish patch on cheeks 7

4. Enclosure of metathorax punctured; scutellum entirely black montana

Enclosure of metathorax transversely striate ; scutellum with light markings.. 5

5. Abdomen without red 6

Second segment of abdomen at least red tricolor

6. Scutellum and enclosure without yellow spots simulatrix

Scutellum and enclosure with yellow spots fulvipes

7. Sides of mesothorax sparsely punctured on a shining ground S

Sides of mesothorax closely punctured, the punctures more or less confluent.. 9

8. Top of head red except between the ocelli or occiput partly black ; clypeus of 9

with a prominent projection unicornis

Top of the head black with red intruding laterally rubripes

9. Larger; head largely, cheeks and vertex red; clypeus of J with a proniinen

median proj ec tion f ulviceps

Smaller 10

10. Region on each side of ocelli usually black ; a prominent process on each side of
clypeus in 9 canaliculata.

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Cheeks and vertex at least partly brown ; clypeus witli a truncate, not very
prominent process zonata.

Table of Speciks (alternative).

1. Second submarginal cell petiolate 7-

Second submarginal cell not petiolate 2.

2. Metathorax largely black 3-

Metathorax with very little or no black 6.

3. Occipital region black and with a yellow spot .' 4-

Occipital region black and red, no yellow ; bands on abdomen pure yellow.

rubripes.

4. A small shining space at apex of triangular enclosure of metathorax ; scutellum

and postscutellum maculated 5 •

No small shining space at apex of triangular enclosure ; scutellum immaculate,
postscutellum yellow chapmanag.

5 . Enclosure transversely stria ted simulatrix.

Posterior border of enclosure smooth , not striated f ulvipes.

6. Female with a prominent process each side of clypeus, in male simply convex ;

largelv yellow, decorated with red canaliculatus.

7 Head partly or entirely red or brown 8.

Head black and yellow or cream color lo.

8. Female clypeus with a prominent acute production 9.

Clypeal production not prominent, truncate zonata.

9. Pygidial area long and narrow, more than twice as long as broad unicornis.

Pygidial area hardly twice as long as broad ; metathorax red, yellow and black.

fulviceps.

10. Light marks pale primrose color tricolor.

Light marks bright yellow 1 1

11. Enclosure on metathorax inconspicuous, punctate montana.

Enclosure on metathorax conspicuous, striate striareata.

Eucerceris striareata, new species.

9. Length 15 mm., black and yellow. Head large; eyes diverging below; a
longitudinal ridge between antenna; ; mandibles long, with a prominent tooth on
inner side ; clypeus not produced into a spine ; lower margin of clypeus with a pair
of short black denticles on each side opposite the mandibular tooth, which appears to
fit between them ; face closely punctured, becoming striate-punctate on the front ;
head black, with the clypeus, base of mandibles, stripe from very near anterior ocellus
to clypeus (widening below to form a triangular supraclypeal mark), very broad lat-
eral face marks (ending very bluntly on front, there diverging from the orbits), and
Ijroad band behind eyes, all deep lemon-yellow ; antennte black, with the first three
joints of the flagellum ferruginous, and the fourth partly so; thorax black, with the
ujiper l>order of prothorax broadly, a round spot with a linear upward extension below
teguliK, a large spot on each anterior corner of scutellum, postscutellum, and a large
mark on each side of metathorax, all bright yellow ; mesothorax shining and sparsely
punctured, the parapsidal grooves very distinct, a small area on anterior margin on
each side of middle covered with minute punctures ; scutellum very sparsely punc-
tured, except on its posterior margin, where the punctures are closer ; enclosure of

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metathoiax very distinct, with a median groove, and strong, regular, oblique stride ;
sides of metathorax striate-punctate ; tegulje dark reddish, with a large yellow spot
in front ; wings clouded on costa and apex as usual, the nervures ferruginous ;
second submarginal cell petiolate above ; second recurrent nervure practically meet-
ing second transverso-cubital ; coxoe black with a yellow spot in front ; femora yellow
with a large black area, pointed apical, behind, this on the hind femora nearly en-
closing a yellow mark; tibiae yellow with ferruginous spines; tarsi with the basal
joint more or less yellow, the others ferruginous; abdomen yellow marked with
black, the yellow parts very sparsely punctured, except towards the bases of the seg-
ments, the black parts roughened ; first segment black with a broad yellow band,
deeply notched anteriorly and posteriorly in the middle; second broadly black at base
and with a transverse median black mark ; third to fifth narrowly black at base, the
third and fourth with a long transverse black mark ; sixth black, except the hollowed
areas on each side of the pygidial plate, which are yellow ; pygidial plate narrow;
venter yellow, banded with black.

One specimen : White Oaks, New Mexico, collected by Miss
Bertha Chapman.

Eucerceris chapman^, new species.

$ . Length 13^ nun., black and )'ellow. Similar to £. stria) eafiis, but diflering
as follows (part of the difference being sexual): Eyes much larger, face much nar-
rower; clypeus without any black denticles on margin ; scape shorter and thicker and
yellow in front ; flagellum black, the second to fourth joints reddened beneath ; cheeks
with no yellow band, but only a small spot on upper part; metathorax cjuite closely
punctured all over; scutellum entirely black, yellow marks on metathorax much
smaller ; second submarginal cell joining marginal ; second recurrent nervure joining
third submarginal cell about as far from its base as first recurrent nervure is from base
of second submarginal ; black area on hind femora not enclosing a yellow mark ; hind
tibije with a black apical patch on inner side ; abdomen black with six bright yellow
bands, that on second segment with an anterior process on each side directed antero-
mesad ; claspers very large, the apical half strongly hairy above ; ventral surface of
abdomen yellow, as also is the under surface of the thorax. (In E. sfn'drc'atiis the
sternites are entirely black).

One specimen, collected by Miss Bertha Chapman, after whom it
is named. It is believed to be from White Oaks, New Mexico, but
there is just a possibility that it came from the Yosemite, California.
This insect looks like the male of E. striareatus, but the sculpture of
the mesothorax, the pattern of the abdomen and color of the sternal
parts are entirely different. The top of the head and the anterior
part of the thorax are quite hairy, the hair being of a sordid whitish.

Eucerceris montana Cresson.

Twenty-two specimens; twenty from HighroUs, Sacramento Mts.,
N. M., May 29 to June 3, 1902 (Viereck) ; two from Amogordo,
N. M., May 13, 1902 (Viereck). Also found in the Mesilla Valley.

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The second submarginal cell is petiolate (above) in the male.

Eucerceris simulatrix, new species.

$. Length 10^2 mm.; black and pnle yellow, with red legs. Similar in ap-
pearance and pattern to E. /iiontaiia, but smaller, with a considerably smaller head,
the second submarginal cell not petiolate above, but broadly joined to the marginal,
and the basal enclosure of metathorax strongly transversely striate, except at the tip;
where it is smooth and shining. The mandibles are ordinary, not massive as in
inontau'i. Eyes slightly diverging below ; clypeus with three little apical teeth ,
vertex and occiput black, very densely and coarsely punctured ; this black sends
downwards a pair of stripes passing through the antennal sockets and ending very
narrowly at the clypeus, but otherwise the face is light yellow ; scape with a pale
yellowish stripe in front ; first three joints of flagellum ferruginous ; basal two thirds
of mandibles yellow ; a round yellow spot behind the upper part of each eye ; meso-
thorax posteriorly with widely-separated punctures on a shining ground, anteriorly
closely punctured ; upper border of prothorax extending to tubercles, two marks
(one above the other) on pleura, anterior border of scutellum narrowly interrupted in
the middle, postscutellum, and a large mark on each side of metathorax, all pale
yellow ; metathorax strongly punctured, except the enclosure, which is strongly
transversely striate, with a smooth apical area ; tegulae black basally, dark red out-
wardly, and pale yellow in front ; stigma bright ferruginous, nervures fuscous ;
sternites along the middle line, and coxse in front, pale yellow ; first four femora
largely yellow beneath, and their tibice yellow on outer side, the legs otherwise red,
with a black shade on the ipiddle femora above, and a black stripe on the hind tibire
liehind, and the cox;t; are black hehinfi ; abdomen with the segments strongly con-
stricted, strongly but not very densely punctured, black with six light yellow bands ;
on the venter there is some red, especially on the second segment.

One specimen : T.as Vegas, N. M., June 26, 1902 (Viereck).

Eucerceris tricolor (Cockerell).

Described as a variety of E. vittafifrons, but its characters persist
in a considerable series, and it is probably a valid species. Sometimes
the third abdominal segment is red as well as the second. Las Cruces,
N. M., Sept. 5, two (C. H. T. Townsend) ; Las Cruces, Oct. 5,
1895, at flowers of Giitin-rczia glomcrella Greene, one (Cockerell) ;
Highrolls, Sacramento Mts., N. M., May 30 to June 10, nine
(Viereck) ; Alamogordo, N. AL, May 13, 1902, three (Viereck).

Eucerceris unicornis Patton.

The amount of red on the abdomen is (juite variable.

Las Cruces, N. M., one (C. H. T. Townsend) ; Las Vegas, N.
M., June 26, 1902 (Viereck).

Also Colorado (with number 1,601) and Montana (Cresson col-
lection).

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Eucerceris fulviceps Cresson, var. ihodops, new variety.

Scutellum entirely black (red in the typical form, which is also from New Mexico).

9. Length about 14 mm.; head red, face yellow; thorax black, marked with
yellow ; abdomen lemon yellow above, sutures red and black, apical segment black ;
venter with basal two thirds red, apical third black ; legs red ; wings dark fuliginous.
Mandibles with a very large tooth within near base ; clypeus excavated and extremely
narrow, leaving a large space between clypeus and mandibles ; middle of clypeus with
a long marginal tooth directed anteriorly ; antennK with the first four joints red, the
rest black ; base of metathorax strongly transversely grooved, with a longitudinal
median groove ; sides of the enclosure with two long yellow marks converging caudad ;
pygidium broad, rugose, rounded at end. Eyes in life deep red

A most beautiful and peculiar species. One, Pecos, N. M., at
flowers of EriogoNi/iii, Aug. 19, 1903 (Wilmatte P. Cockerell).

Eucerceris rubripes, Cresson.

HighroUs, N. M., June 3, 1902 (Viereck) ; Santa Fe, N. M.,
August (C'ockerell, 3,984) ; Glorieta, N. M., Aug. 23, 1903 (Cock-
erell ). The eyes of the male i 1 life are green suffused with red.

Eucerceris canaliculata (Say).

Las Cruces. N. M. (C. H. T. Townsend) ; Alamogordo, N. M.,
eleven, May 13, 1902 (Viereck).

The two following occur in New Mexico, but are not contained in
the collection before us :

Eucerceris zonatus (Say).
Mesilla Valley.

Eucerceris fulvipes Cresson.

Las Vegas.

Class I, Hexapoda.

Order II, COLEOPTERA.

CATERPILLARS ATTACKED BY HISTERS.

By Wm. T. Dayls,
Staten Island, N. Y.

The following observations on caterpillars being attacked by North
Ainerican species of Hister may be of interest from the fact that the
maiiiaals of entomology generally give the student the impression that
the Histerida2 are scavengers only. Some make the statement without

June. 1904.] Davis: Caterpillars Attacked by Histers. S9

reserve, others state that Histers are found about decaying substances,
under bark and in ants' nests without saying what they feed on. In
the Cambridge Natural History Dr. Sharp writes: " Formerly it was
supposed that the insects were nourished on the decaying substances,
but it is now believed, with good reason, that they are eminently
predaceous in both larval and imaginal instars, and devour the larvpe
of Diptera, etc." Ganglbauer fills in this "etc.," as far as cater-
pillars are concerned, by saying that the Euroj^ean Histcr piistiilosus
attacks the caterpillars of Agrotis.

On May 29, 1903, when several of the members of the New York
Entomological Society were at Fort Montgomery, on the Hudson,
we walked along a woodpath at the base of Bear Mountain. There
was but a subdued light, as the woods were thick and the morning
cloudy. At the base of a large tree I discovered a caterpillar (an im-
mature noctuid larva) about an inch long that had been seized on its
back near its anal extremity by a Hister, which has since been identi-
fied as H. interruptits Beauv. The beetle's jaws were firmly fastened
into the caterpillar, which was making off as fast as possible, but now
and then turning on the Hister and struggling hard to free itself. We
watched these struggles for some time, and then bottled the insects
for future identification.

This is the only instance in which I have observed the predaceous
habit of Hister, but I have found the following American records
bearing on the subject.

In Entoiiiologica Americana iox August, 18S9, Mr. Charles Liebeck
writes of a collecting trij) at Westville, N J. He says: "On the
same day I noticed an unusual carnivorous inclination on the part of
a single Hister I'iplagiati/s. Its victim was a smooth caterpillar about
one and one quarter inch long, which it had seized on top of the
second segment, burying its head beneath the skin, after the manner
of a tick. For fully fifteen minutes I watched them, during which
time the unlucky caterpillar's frantic struggles failed to dislodge its
assailant, who never once relaxed the grip of its jaws. By this time
the caterpillar was covered with the juice oozing from its wound, and
having satisfied myself of the intention of the Hister, I consigned
them both to the alcohol bottle for future reference. My previous
knowledge of the habits of this Hister has been confined to the drop-
pings around pig-pens, where it may possibly feed upon the numerous
larv?e found in such places. ' '

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In lusect Life for October, 1S91, Mr. D. W. Coquillett, writing
from Los Angeles, Cal., under date of June 8, 1891, says : "All of
the authors which I have been able to consult upon the habits of
Histeridffi (Packard, Harris, Le Baron, and Horn) state that these
insects live in excrements, in decayed animal or vegetable matter,
beneath the bark of trees, in ants' nests, and so on, but none of them
even so much as hint at their predaceous habits. A few weeks ago I
saw an adult Hister sexstriatus Lee. attack a nearly full grown larva of
Ai^^rotis ypsilon Rott., seizing it with its jaws as a cat would a rat and
holding on despite the attempts of the cut-worm to escape. This was
late in the afternoon of a cloudy day, and as my time was limited, I
placed both s[)ecimens in my cyanide bottle, where the unequal com-
bat soon terminated."

After an examination of the short-legged Histers one is inclined to
the opinion that they stand far greater chance of catching fly larvae in
manure, for instance, than the more active cater|)idars of Lepidoptera,
and perhaps this accounts for the few observations that have been
recorded on the subject.

In conclusion I wish to thank both Mr. Schaeffer and Mr. Leng for
passing upon my Hisier iutcrniptiis, and I)r. Dyar for examining the
caterpillar.

Class I, Hexapoda.

Order IV, DIPTERA.

THE LIFE HISTORY OF CULEX VARIPALPUS
COQUILLETT.

By Harrison G. Dyar, A.M., Ph.D.,

Washington, D. C.
(Plate III.)

As previously reported (Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., VI, 39, 1904}, I
found this mosquito in eastern British Columbia. It was described
from Arizona, so the range seems to be up the Western slope of the
Rocky Mountain chain. It is a single brooded species, most nearly
allied to C. atropalpiis Coq. The eggs are laid scattered, singly,
adhering to objects at the side of or under the water, but not definitely

June, I904 ] DyAR : LiFE HiSTORV OF CULEX VARIPAI.PUS. 91

attached as are those of C. atropalpiis. They hibernate either dry or
wet according to the condition of the environment. Immediately on
the thawing of the ice in spring many of the eggs hatch, but others
hatch later and irregularly so, some not developing for a month or
more after the first ones. Consequently larvcC of various sizes occur
in the same position till late in the season. The growth of the larvre
is slow. Their long anal processes supplied with tracheae enable them
to remain long under the water and, when disturbed, they will wriggle
at the bottom of the dish with a continuous, rather slow, serpentine
motion for longer than one has the patience to watch them. I have
occasionally observed them in the breathing position. The food seems
to consist of various decaying matters. Of insect remains they seem
especially fond. A dead fly was introduced into the jar and, after it
had become well moulded, the larvae could be seen in a dense cluster
about it, apparently biting and tugging and struggling to get at the
object. I do not know exactly what sort of natural breeding places
the larvfe frequent. My colony came from a tin vessel in an aban-
doned hut. From these I bred adults which deposited eggs that passed
the winter and hatched the following spring as I have described.

The egg (Plate III, Fig. i) is fusiform, one end more tapered
than the other, one side flattened. It is very small, being .5 mm.
long and .2 mm. wide. Deep black in color with peculiar sculptur-
ing, reticulate in elongate ellipses like craters, all spicular granular
shagreened.

In the first stage (Plate III, Fig. 2) the larvae are small, colorless
whitish, the harder parts scarcely at all infuscated. The head is
rounded and rather long, flattened, normal, the antennse moderate,
uniform with a slight hair at the middle. Eyes small and weak, but
transverse. The body has the usual flattened globose thorax and sub-
moniliform abdominal segments. The prothoracic hairs are shorter
than the others. Air tube about three times as long as wide, very
slightly inflated, weakly infuscated at the tip ; a weak pecten followed
by a hair. Lateral comb of the eighth segment of a few spines
(Plate III, Fig. 3) in a single row, weak and illy defined. Anal seg-
ment without perceptible plate, a dorsal posterior tuft and single hair
on each side but no ventral brush. Anal processes not large but
cylindrical, rounded and tracheate.

The second, third and fourth stages are essentially alike. The
ventral brush is acquired (Plate III, Fig. 4), but it does not arise from

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a barred area as usual and there is no perceptible dorsal ])late. The
head is slightly elongated, very pale brown, the antennae rather short,
weak, the small tuft in the middle (Plate III, Fig. 5). The protho-
racic hairs are much reduced. Air tube moderate, about two and a half
times as long as wide, weakly infuscated, the pecten teeth (Plate III,
Fig. 6) followed by a single hair tuft at about the middle. Lateral
comb of rather few spines (Plate III, Fig. 8) in an irregular double
row, the single spines somewhat sole-shaped and fringed to the apex
(Plate III, Fig. 9). Anal processes very long, cylindrical, sack-like,
rounded at the end, rather opaquely whitish, with numerous elliptical
spots in which the branches of the tracheae seem to terminate. Dorsal
tuft and ventral brush much alike in appearance : also a single lateral
hair.

The pupa has the usual appearance.

EXPLANATION OF PLATE III.
Fig. I. Egg of Of/c'x 7'aripalpiis Coq.
Fig. 2. Stage I of the same.

Fig. 3. Single tooth of the lateral comb of the eighth segment, stage I.
Fig. 4. Diagram of the anal segment, stage II, showing dorsal and ventral tufts.
Fig. 5. Stage IV.

Fig. 6. Single tooth of the pecten of the air tube.
Fig. 7. Labial plate.

Fig. 8. Lateral comb of the eighth segment.
Fig. 9. Single tooth of the lateral comb.

Class I, HEXAPODA.

Order V, LEPIDOPTERA.

SOUND PRODUCED BY A JAPANESE
SATURNIAN CATERPILLAR.

By a. S. Packard, M.D.,

Providence, R. I.

While rearing from the eggs a number of the larva of the Japanese
Saturnian moth, Rhodia fugax, Mr, Joutel observed, as he kindly in-
forms me that the larva in its last stage "makes a squeaking noise by

June, 1904] Smith: Catalogue of the Noctuid.e. 93

moving its head up and down on the prothorax." The two larvae
which I had, did not reach the last stage of development, so that I
had no opportunity to repeat this observation.

In his second annual report on the noxious, etc., insects of Mis-
souri, the late C. Y. Riley states that the caterpillar of Thyreits ahbotii
" does not assume the common sphinx attitude of holding up the head,
but rests stretched at full length, though if disturbed it will throw its
head from side to side, thereby producing a crepitating noise " (p. 79).

So far as I am aware, this is the only other instance known of a
lepidopterous larva producing by friction or in any other way an audi-
ble sound.

It is probable, however, that there are similar cases on record and
I would be much obliged for any information regarding them.

Note by the Editor.
The larva of Crcssonia jiiglandis is well known to produce a squeak-
ing noise when disturbed, apparently by motions of the head against
the prothorax. Platypteryx arciiata produces a rasping sound by
scraping certain stiff sette on the surface of the leaf and some Tineids
make a rustling noise by motions within their dried leaf mines ; but
these latter cases are perhaps not of the class of which Dr. Packard
desires to learn.

REMARKS ON THE CATALOGUE OF THE NOC-

TUIDiE IN THE COLLECTION OF THE

BRITISH MUSEUM.

By John B. Smith, Sc. D.,

New Brunswick, N. J.

(Plate IV.)

This is Volume IV of the Phalcen^ and, like the preceding volumes,
is prepared by Sir George F. Hampson. After defining the Noctui-
dae the author divides them into 15 subfamilies of unequal value and
extent. As this is the first really well based attempt to make a sub-
family division the table is reproduced, modified in form only:

I. Maxillary palpi absent 2

Maxillary palpi present 15

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2. Hind wing with vein 5 obsolescent, from or just below middle of discocellulars 3
Hind wing with vein f well developed 6

3. Mid and hind tibiae, or hind tibire only spined Agrotin.^.

Mid and hind tibia; not spined 4

4. Eyes hairy . . . H adf.M N.'E.

Eyes not hairy 5

5. Eyes with long overhanging cilia CUCULLIAN^,.

Eyes not ciliated Acrdnyctin.^.

6 Hind wing with vein 5 more or less approximated to 4 at base 7

Hind wing with vein 5 parallel to 4 14

7. Freneluiii of female simple S

Frenelmti of female multiple 9

8. Abdomen with lateral anal pencils of hair EuTELL\N.-E.

Abdomen without anal pencils of hair ; forewing with tufts of raised scales

in cell Stictoi'terin.^.

9. Retinaculum of male bar-shaped 10

Retinaculum of male not bar-shaped 11

10. Eorewings with tufts of raised scales in cell Sarroihripin^.-

Forewings without tufts of raised scales in cell AcoNTlANVE.*

11. Mid tibiK spined Catocalin^.

Mid tibiffi not spined 12

12. Eyes hairy MoMLN.t.

Eyes with long overhanging cilife Plusian.'E.

Eyes neither hairy nor ciliated 13

13. Hind wing with vein 5 from close to lower angle of cell, strong NocTUiN.t.

Hind wing with vein 5 from well above angle of cell, rather weak..ERASTRL-\N.T,.

14. Hind wing with vein 5 parallel to 4 ,.Hypenin.«.

15. .Maxillary palpi present HvBL.Ei.N.t.

The first point that attracts attention in this table is the departure
from the uniform subfamily termination so generally used in Ameri-
can works. That really amounts to a matter of practice only and the
substitution of iince for iaim is easily made by one who prefers it.

Nothing is more variable than the force with which characters
appeal to students in the sanic- group and it is (juite remarkable how
one structure or set of structures may dominate an arrangement to the
subordination of others which seem of greater value to another. I
am of course quite as one-sided as others and will not pretend to say
that Mr. Hampson has given undue importance to any one character.
Yet T would not go so far in some directions as he does and I would
use other characters.

The Hyblasinte might properly be raised to family rank and the
Euteliin.x and Stictopterin?e with the simple frenelum in the female
are certainly more sharply separated off than are some of the others.

June. 1904.] Smith : Catalogue of the Noctuid^e. 95

'J'he basis of the chief division is essentially the old Trifid and
Quadrifid classification and in the main it is a good one; but as I
have pointed out in the revision of our species of Acoiitia, that genus
contains perfect trifids and perfect quadrifids. I am also unable to
appreciate the character given for the Hypenince which I believe oc-
curs equally in some of the Noctuinfe.

And this brings us to one of the most unfortunate features of the
work from the standpoint of those who agree with the canons of
nomenclature which have been adopted by the American Ornitholo-
gist's Union ; /. e., the subfamily names based on genera used in a
sense different from the one heretofore accepted. The term Agro-
tin^e will pass, because Ai:;rotis in the old broad sense is the leading
genus, but to use Hadeninte for a distinctively hairy-eyed series is mis-
leading to those of us who use Hadeua as Lederer and Guenee used
it and as it is yet used in Staudinger and Rebel's Catalogue. The
method of determining a generic type by selecting the first species
placed under it by the author no matter what the remainder of the
group might be, does not strike me as logical and it ignores the work
of a series of students who have pretty generally assumed the privi-
lege of subdividing genera as seemed most natural ; retaining the
original generic name for a series of the species placed under it by its
author.

The term Noctiia applied to an Erebiid genus is disconcerting to
one who has been in the habit of associating it with a typical " owlet "
moth.

As to the others, there is no reasonable objection to be made
unless it be that Cucullia is hardly a sufficiently generalized form to
serve as typical of the species with lashed or ciliated eyes.

The first point to attract attention in the division of the Agrotince
is the close association that it brings about between the Agrotids and
the Heliothids, and next the separation that it makes from those forms
with non-si)inose tibiae which we have been in the habit of placing
with them. I have not quite convinced myself, as yet, that Heliaca
and Meliclcpiricx are really members of distinct subfamilies and there
are others that I am not inclined to remove from their present associ-
ations.

The table of genera on pages 7-10 is a work of art and shows,
first, that secondary sexual characters like antennal structure are not
recognized as of generic value at all and, second, that the tibial arma-

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tare is considered as of more importance than the eye vestiture or
fringing.

Mr. Hampson speaks from a much broader knowledge than my
own, for the collections in his care come from all parts of the world —
therefore his opinions should carry weight accordingly ; for myself
the study of our own fauna has led me to conclude that all the hairy-
eyed genera are descendants of one common stock and that in the
Noctuidee hairy eyes were developed at one point only. The spinose
armature of the tibia is so variable and so easily modified that I can-
not give it so great a value as the hairy or naked eyes.

As to divisions based on characters found in one sex only, I find
them convenient in the breaking up of unwieldy genera, and their use
in some other orders is almost universal. As genera are admittedly
opinionative — some species being apparently in the same boat — no
fault can be found.

The descriptive work begins with what we have considered Helio-
thid genera, and, regarding only the American forms, Heliolonche
Grt., heads the list. Heli 'pliana Grt., and Heliosea Grt., follow as
used in our lists ; Heliothis Ochs., includes most of the species we
call Meliclcptria. Melaporphyria is quite properly restricted to iin-
niorii/a, and Dysociieinis is used for the other species of my list. D.
borealis from St. Martin's Falls, Hudson's pjay, is described as new.
I have had specimens from Calgary and British Columbia set aside for
some time, but when first received, I mistook them for belladonua.

Pyroclcptria (new genus) califoinica Hamps. is another addition
to our fauna from Walsingham's Californian collection. Pseudotaiuila
Sm., gets a Chinese addition. Cliloridea Westw., is made to include
Aspila Gn., HeUoclicilus Grt., and HeliotJds Hbn. I am not at all
sure that this is a good combination and regret Heliothis armigcrzowXA
not be retained. The suggestion made in my catalogue that albiden-
tiiia Wlk., ?iW^ paradoxa Grt., are good species is sustained, and But-
ler's reference of inflata Wallgr., is denied, though the latter is
nevertheless made a synonym of another of Wallengren's species. Mr.
Hampson denies the right of an author to correct a specific name,
therefore writes C. phloxiplia^::;a G. & R., instead oi phlc\^ophaga as Mr.
Grote corrected it later. O.vr^i' Grt. , is retained for r///7w^////j- G.
& R.. and Schinia simplex Sm., is now the type of Clilorocleptria
Hamps. Dasyspoiidcea Sm., remains undisturbed and so does Rhodo-
phora Gn., save that citronellus is removed as above noted. Thyreion

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Sm., gets Schiiiia //j^-ets Sm., as an added species though I a m not
quite ready to subscribe to the correctness of this reference. RhoJo-
lii/^sa Gn., remains unchanged. Schiiiia and Lvj^raiUlia'cia ?LYe about
as in my recent bst ; but the addition oi Pippona is a surprise. The
type is in the British Museum and the reference should be correct ;
but the pecuHarities of venation, wing-form and clypeal characters
pointed out by me should hold the genus unless, indeed, my specimen
was an abnormal one. To Schiiiia comes Bcssula liixa which I sus-
pected before I saw the type ; but have regarded as a good generic
form ever since. Eiipanychis Grt., is recognized for spiiwscc Grt., and
crciiiljjiea^m., is added to it. JSlclicleptria Hbn., contains only one
American species, M. sciiposa, and that is American only because Mr.
Grote redescribed it as iiiicluilis. Tiiiiora Wlk., contains forty species
with Rhodosea jiilia as the only American member and as it also forms
a section by itself, it will not be doing serious violence to classification
if it be given generic recognition as separate from its African and
Asiatic allies. Copablepiiaroii '^zxv ., contains only our own species
and the specific names in this genus, only one of which is written as
originally described, attract attention to the fact that terminations
have been ruthlessly altered in all cases where necessary to a gram-
matical agreement with the generic name. The tendency with us has
been rather in the direction of letting the name stand as originally
written whether the ending was right or wrong. Aciiiioiia Hhn.,
contains no American species and our A. raiiiosiila and A. stcwarti are
temporarily without a home — the specific names occurring nowhere
in the index — or elsewhere so far as I have been able to find. With
this genus the real Noctuid series begins, the Heliothid type being
fairly ended by Copahlepharon. Agrofiphila Grt., is distinctively
Agrotid in type but we get, in addition to the species so placed by me,
Anarta quieta Hbn., with synonyms A. scluviiherri Zett., coiistricta
Wlk., and rigida Wlk. If this is correct it means that some of the
identifications current in our collections are erroneous. Orosagrotis'xs
a new genus based on Agrofiphila rigida Sm., with incognita and two
species from Kashmir to keep it in countenance ; but I must confess
to a distinct doubt as to the validity of this genus. My great com-
fort after reading and comparing the descriptions and specimens was
that if I went to extremes in some directions, I was no worse than my
neighbors who walked in other paths. Porosagrotis Sm., is recog-
nized on a basis somewhat different from that originally suggested by

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me. Canieades siccata is added, perhaps correctly, while as to Fcltia
longideus I wish to register a doubt. Euxoa Hbn., is the banner
genus of the series, containing no less than 332 species. Nineteen
names appear in the generic synonymy, including Pleonectopoda Grt.,
Canieades Grt., Chorizagrotis Sm., and RJiizagrotis Sm., which are
based on North American species It is a question of poHcy, ])erha];s,
whether so unwieldy a genus should not be divided into subgenera at
least, to make recognition of group characters easier.

There has been some change in the synonymy of our species,
based upon a closer examination of some of the Walker and Grote
types in the British Museum than 1 was able to make ; but in some
instances I think the error is Hampson's unless, indeed, the actual
types were not before me when I made my notes. At that time the
noctuids were yet in large part unarranged and the Grote collection
had not been incorporated. There are also a few specimens in the
latter collection erroneously named and not the types — which may
have added to the confusion. As soon as the work on the more
typical noctuids is completed I will try to make another direct com-
parison and with the assistance of Mr. Hampson, the synonymy of
the American species may then be finally settled. In 1900 when I
looked over the collection I failed to note any obvious errors, and
certainly no such gross blunders as would apjjcar in the mixture of
names under nicssoria, iesscllata and injjiha in my catalogue.

Ag?-otis dalis Grt., figures as a synonym o^ E. birivia Hbn., and
the locality Colorado is said to l)e incorrect. This is right, I believe.
Two specimens without locality labels, were sent by the late Dr.
George D. Hulst to Mr. Grote, as part of a lot of Colorado material.
Dr. Hulst stated to me that he found them in a box of specimens
purchased from Mr. Morrison and supposed them to be part of the
collection made that year. As Dr. Hulst at that time had a collection
of European Noctuids and as no additional specimens of ^/(V/V have
since appeared, it seems safe to conclude that an error was made and
to omit the species from future lists.

My Car/ieailes iucubita is cited as a s}non\-m of Euxoa scphntri-
onalis Wlk., which I had referred as a synonym of mesioria. This is
quite likely correct, because it was not until 1900 that I recognized
the distinctness of the forms theretofore lumped under vicssoria.
Under ^. messoria, insi/J^a Wlk., and ex/ii/sa Wlk., appear as syn-
onyms and this I can scarcely believe correct. Messcvia and insu/sa

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as I have them are so very different that it seems incredible that I
could have confused them no matter how bad the specimens. Ao^rofis
cflgitajis is made a synonym oi Eitxoa choris Harv., which I am not
ready to believe is right. I have a good colored figure of type choris
made a dozen years ago, and Hampson's figure is at least fair —
cogitans is not like either. Agrotis plcuntica Cirt., is cited as a syn-
onym to iiisignata W Ik., and this again puzzles me, for as I remember
them there was no resemblance between the two. Euxoa decolor
Morr. , obtains specific rank with canipestris (irt., as a synonym, all
the Walker names being referred elsewhere. Euxoa tesseUata Harr.,
gets pcrlcntaiis Wlk., insi^^nata Wlk., illata Wlk., siibsignata Wlk.,
and dcclanxta Wlk., as synonyms. E. vertiailis Grt., is made a good
S])ecies — properly I think^ but my spec/a/ida, which appears as a
synonym is also good and not at all like the species to which it is
referred. Ei/xoa aiixiiiaris Grt., has introferens (jrt., and sojyr Sm.,
as synonyms — incorrectly I am sure. Soror is certainly different and
I believe that introferens is equally good. This whole series of species
is very common and I have long suites in the collection. When the
sexes are separated distinction is easy, for the females of the one
resemble the males of the other more than they do their own mates.
Agrotis cloanthoidcs Grt., is placed as a synonym to Euxoa albalis
Grt., and so I believed them to be until recent good material makes
it certain that they are really distinct. On the whole, where we have
over 200 of the species of this genus in our fauna, there has been sur-
prisingly little change.

Eeltia Wlk., receives one of my species o{ Porosagroiis ^X).^ \\\q
synonymy is not ([uite in accord with my list. Subgotlnca Haw., is
made the .same as jaculifera Gn. = tricosa Lint., and on this point I
think the author is in error. Slingerland demonstrated the identity
of Haworth's species very fairly, it seems to me. F. ductus Wlk., is
used for the species we have been calling subgotliica. Agrotis Ochs.,
is used for the species in my list ; opacifrons is added to the third
section and then come all the species separately listed by me as Noctiia.
N. sniipiii Snell., is not recognized as different from baja I^br. , yet
there is certainly a difference in the tibial si)inulation between the
European and American examples. Just how far this may be a vari-
able feature is not yet determined ; but in view of the value assigned
to it in generic separation, it seems odd that it should not be, in this
case, considered as even of specific value. N. Iiospita/is Grt., is cited

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as a synonym to /^/7/«//^a Schiff. , and perhaps correctly; the species
is so rare that in all my experience I have seen less than half a dozen
examples. Erieitsis is made a synonym of jitcunda instead of phyjjo-
phora which may be correct, though I am not ready to accept the
reference until I can see the example again myself.

Our familiar A. clandestina Harris, will have to sink in favor of
unicojpr Wlk., which no doubt has priority. The dates are correctly
given in my catalogue ; but I hated to give up one of the Harris
names and therefore compromised by stating the facts and failing to
act up to them. Just why Dr. Dyar followed me in this lapse from
strict synonymical integrity he must himself explain.

A gratis tmiinaaila Morr. , replaces A. hantspica Grt., and thereby
a very interesting question is raised. Staudinger described an Agrotis
unu/iaci/hi in 1859, and in his catalogue of 187 1 refers it, questionably,
as a variety of //t-rAz ; and so it yet stands in the edition of 1901.
In 1874, Mr. Morrison also described an Agrotis uiuinacula, and Mr.
Grote in 1875 pointed out this duplication, suggesting Iiari/spica to
replace it. Mr. Hampson now writes uuimacula Stgr. , a synonym of
plecta and restores iinimacula Morr. Has he a right to do this ; his
own opinion as to the status of Staudinger's species being the only
thing that gives vitality to his action ? Does not the same principle
that "once a synonym, always a synonym" govern here as well?
Personally I shall continue to write Jianispica Grt., though not for
exactly the same reasons that influenced me in writing clandestina
Harris.

Metalepsis conwta Grt., still stands alone ; but in Eucoptocneinis a
South American species is added and two species are recognized in our
fauna: fimbriaris Gn., with olnna Wlk., as a synonym, and tricars
Wlk., with liwrthingtoni Grt. as a synonym. The generic association
is undoubtedly correct and the only point on which I am yet in doubt
is, whether we really have two species ; no two of my examples are
alike !

Onychagrotis is a new genus proposed for Agrotis rileyana and
correctly so; we have another species that will, I think, prove refer-
able to it.

PseudortJiosia Grt., is properly placed here and its near generic
ally Choepiiora finds a place, incorrectly I think, as a synonym of
Episilia Hbn., which in turn replaces Pachnobia Gn., as I have used
that term. Agrotis bollii Grt., is placed here as iiilaris Grt., and this

June. 1904.1 Smith: Catalogue of the NociL'iD.t. lol

is a surprise in several ways. The insect does not at all agree with
the other Pachnobia of our fauna in general appearance or habitus and
is altogether out of the faunal range of the genus. Furthermore,
hiljxris was preoccupied in Agrotis when described and was therefore
a bad name. Mr. Grote himself recognized this and changed the term
to bojlii. As matters then stood the change was correctly and neces-
sarily made and subsequent changes in classification should not be
allowed to invalidate a course which was proper when taken. My
Sctagiv/is fojjfica also finds a place in this comi)Osite genus which
therein' becomes ever more interesting.

I ha\e nut noted, heretofore, that Mr. Ham])son rarely recog-
nizes either a ^V or a K in a specific name — it is almost always a "N'
or a C. Now this is of course entirely right from the view-point of
the philologist so far as the W is concerned : but why ignore the K,
which does have a right to exist ? In some cases the change causes
a momentary puzzle, as when okakensis is written ocaccusis ; but the
effect is positively startling when we read %'occci and are 'expected to
recognize n'ockei in that disguise. Wocke is not good Latin, perhaps ;
but since the practice of naming species after individuals has been
recognized, it would seem as though a Latin termination only might
be considered sufficient. The same is true when a name is taken from
a locality where the language used has no Latin source or where, as in
America, Indian tribal or other names are sometimes employed.
Changes like those cited make a name irrecognizable without an
explanation attached.

Ak^rotis rava H. S., is made a synonym of A. (jiiadraiigiila Zett.,
all under Episilia, and this is probably correct.

Lycophotia Hbn. , as used by Hampson includes among others, Pcri-
droina Hbn., Selagrotis Sm., Agrotis scandeus, and many of the species
I call JVoctiia ■ so there is also quite a range, generic and specific under
this term. Haworth's name margaj:Jt('sa replaces saiuia, though the
former is undoubtedly the less usual form of the species. Z. infecta
Ochs., replaces our Peridroma incivis On., perhaps correctly. I did
not feel at all sure on this point in 1893, and such South American
forms as I have seen, do certainly indicate two species. Adita chi-
onantlii \ & S., remains solitary. My genus P/afjigrofis is re])laced
by Aplectoid£s Butler, a generic term that I had overlooked, and only
our American species belong to it. So ijcus remains as in our lists.
Hadena cvclina French, is placed in Anytus, erroneously I think : but

102 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi xii.

then Hampson did not know of the relationship between Fishia and
Aporophila, nor of the species recently described by me. The refer-
ence to Anytiis is certainly better than that to Hadena. Anomogyna
Stgr. , receives our species i»Jiiiia/is and vcrjnlis, which may be correct,
for they do offer differences from the other species that I referred to
Setagroiis. As to Platagrotis siiuera I am more sceptical. Richia
Grt., is used as in my recent list and Trichorthosia also stands as
before. Mythinuia Ochs., includes the ?,\y&z\t% oi Pseudoglcea Grt.,
Alesogo/ia oxalina Hbn., to which iutexta Harv., is cited as a synonym
and also the species referred by me to Semophora Steph. It is of
course a question of generic division and I would hold the two series
apart. As to the terms to be used, that will be dependent upon a
verification of the types of the genera under the rules of the Ornitholo-
gist's Union. TripJuTua Hbn., is made to include my Abagrotis
erratica which forms a section by itself as against thirty or more other
species ; a pretty fair indication, I think, that my genus is a good one.
Though Rhviichagrofis is not cited as a synonym of TripJurna yet all the
species I placed in it, save one, now find a home in the latter genus.
I am not quite ready to agree that our American species, which form
all save three of the series with dusky hind wings are really congeneric
with the five species in which the hind wings are orange and one of
which, intcrjecta, is the type of TriphcBua. Rhynchagrotis Sm., is
restricted \o gilvipennis Grt., and chardynyi Bdv., which I am pleased
to see apart. The interesting feature in this arrangement is that when I
first used Rhynchagrflti<i I was considerably in doubt \\\\t\\\tx gilvipeunis
was really referable to it and I suggested it as a distinct generic ty])e.
To find my genus now depending on this species is certainly an unex-
pected outcome. Prouoctiia contains only the two American species
while Eucretagrotis gets two Asiatic additions. Protagrotis is a
new genus proposed for Agrotis viralis Grt., which I believed and yet
believe to be a synonym of Lupcrina passer Gn. It finds its place in
the Agrotids because it has one spine between the middle and terminal
spurs of the hind tibia.

This ends the regular series ; but the " addenda and corrigenda "
make some changes. Chloridea aniiigcra which was at least partly
recognizable is changed to C. obsoleta Fabr. , as which we will have to
recognize it in future. Apliaretra Grt., heretofore treated as an
Acronyctid is found to have spinose mid and hind tibiae and to belong
near to Anytiis rather than to the customary position.

June. 1904 I S.MHH: CATALOGUE OF THE NoCTUID.E. 103

The list of unrecognized species is remarkably small and it con-
tains some names of species which were described by me since I sent
my contributions to Mr. Hampson. It will be my pleasure to add to
the British Museum series in this direction.

Altogether the book is an excellent one. I have been very free
in expressing dissent on some points, but that makes nothing against
its general value So far as the generic differences go, these are so
largely matters of personal 0|jinion that a dissent from a conclusion is
not necessarily even a criticism. On the question of identity of
species and consequent synonymy there has been little disagreement
between Mr. Hampson and myself and some day we will reach a final
agreement on all points. Criticism in the nature of fault-finding or in
the expression of dissent is easy ; but it is not so easy to present a
substitute that is more satisfactory, even to oneself. Without recast-
ing the entire scheme it is almost impossible to avoid using exactly
the characters employed by Mr. Hampson. The following table
illustrates that point.

XOCTUIDEA.

1. Maxillary palpi present Hybl.^ID.-E.

Maxillary palpi wanting 2.

2. Frenelum in the female simple 3.

Frenelum in the female compound 4.

3. Abdomen with lateral anal pencils of hair EuTELiiD.ii:.

Abdomen without anal pencils of hair, primaries with tufts of raised scales in the

cell Stictopteru).^!:.

4. Secondaries with vein 5 weak or obsolescent, from the cross-vein well removed

from 4 10.

Secondaries with vein 5 moderate or strong, from the cross- vein near to vein 4. 7.
Secondaries with vein 5 as strong as the others, close to 4 and forming part of the

series of the end of the median 5-

Secondaries with vein 5 as strong as the others, out of the median at or before

the division into 3 and 4 HvPENlD.-E.

5. Eyes hairy Pantheid.^.

Eyes naked 6.

6. Median cell of secondaries very short, veins 2-5 originating close together.

Erebein.«.

Median cell of secondaries extends to middle of wing at least, veins 2-5 are not

close together at base Catocai.in.*.

7. Retinaculum of the male bar-shaped 8.

Retinaculum of the male not bar-shaped 9.

S. Forewings with tufts of raised scales in the cell S.xkrothripin.e.

Fore wings without such tufts AcoNTllN.^.

9. Eyes more or less fringed or lashed Pl.USliN/F..

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Eyes not so fringed or lashed ERASTRilN-i. '

10. Eyes hairy M amkstki n.^;.

Eyes naked, with overhanging lashes or cilire il.

Eyes naked, without overhanging lashes or cilia; 12.

11. Primaries subparellel or lanceolate, raaculalion usually strigate or tending to it ;

body usually depressed Xylinlnve..

Primaries trigonate, maculalion of the usual type, rarely strigate ; body not de-
pressed PoiJi.N.t. •

12. Tibiae not spinose 13.

Some or all the tibice spinose 14.

13. Colors rarely contrasting, normal maculation usually present ; fore tibia rarelv

armed; front of head not modified ; eyes round H.\denin.K. •

Colors usually contrasting ; fore tibia often armed ; front of head often modi-
fied ; eyes tending to reniform Heliothin.1L.

14. Colors bright ; vestiture long fine hair or broad glossy scales ; eyes often reni-

form ; fore tibia tends to become abbreviated and armature to consist of

stout long claws Heuothin.-e.

Colors rarely contrasting, vestiture usually a mixture of scale and hair or flattened
hair; eyes rarely reniform; fore tibia of normal length, armature usually
spinose. not claw-like in character Agrotin.-E.

The table is unsatisfactory, because it does not express the relation
of the subfamilies to each other. DeYclopment has been from the
Quadrifids, through the Intermediids, in which vein 5 retained its con-
nection with the median though well removed from 4, to the Tritids
where 5 is always from the cross-vein and its direct connection with
the median is lost. But this development has been along several
lines and, while a certain similarity in structure resulted, this does not
indicate real relationship. For instance I see very little connection
between the Heliothid series and the Agrotids, though they certainly
agree in having s])inose tibire and naked eyes. But the tibial arma-
ture is not the same, especially on the forelegs and the character of
the frontal modifications is not the saine. Even the vestiture differs
and the head and mouth appearances have not the same character.

1 can better show in a graphic form my view of the varying lines
of development that have given us our present Noctuid fauna. The
scheme is subject to change, however, and the terminations employed
are not uniform because the divisions themselves are far from being
e(|ual in value.

explanation of plate IV.

A graphic representation of the phylogeny of the groups of the family Noctuidae,
represented as derived from a hypothetical quadrifid ancestor. The groups called
Hyblceida;, Euteliida?, Stictopterida% Hypenida?, Pantheid;t and Erebeinn? are not
included.

June, I904 ] DyAR : LePIDOPTERA FROM UnITED StATES. 105

NEW LEPIDOPTERA FROM THE UNITED
STATES.

By Harrison G. Dyar, A.M., Ph.D.,

Washington, D. C.

Family PVRALID.-E.

Scoparia torniplagalis, new species.

Wings narrow ; light gray, basal sjiace slightly ocheious tinted, a black sub-
basal point, incompletely connected to base; t.-a. line strongly oblique, whitish,
slightly notched on median vein, black shaded without ; a difluse brown shade spreads
from the black color to the disk. Reniform marked by a Fine, irregular black X-
mark. T. -]:>. line narrowly excurved over cell, else nearly straight, whitish, narrowly
black edged within. A black shade at tornus and small dot opposite center of outer
margin. Hind wing pale whitish, smoky on margin. Expanse, 17 mm.

Two specimens, Seattle, Washington (O. B. Johnson).
Type. —No. 78S6, U. S. National Museum.

Sarata rhoiella, new species.

Fore wings with 11 veins, 4 and 5 separate; hind wings with 8 veins, cell
normal, 2 near angle; labial palpi porrect, somewhat triangularly scaled, thick;
maxillary palpi small, not tufted; $ antennre slightly bent, with tufts of small over-
lapping brown scales on the bend. This agrees with Hulst's description of Sclagia
(Trans. .Am. Ent. Soc, xvii, 159, 1890) but not with his synoptic table.

Reddish gray, costa slightly lighter; inner line pale, waved, edged without
witii a vinous black band that is heavier on the costal half and oblique toward the
base. Discal dots distinct, vinous black, separate. Terminal area vinous shaded,
becoming black apically, cut by the whitish outer line, which is slightly irregular,
but straight in general course, rather broad. Color slightly streaked on the veins
in darker. Hind wings light grayish, uniform. Expanse, 23-27 mm.

Ten s])ecimens; eight from Pike's Peak, Colorado, above timber,
lulv2i, 1901, two bred from larvae on ])oison ivy, Platte Canyon,
Colorado, July 19 (Dyar iS: Caudell), mixed with Gclccliia ocellclla
Chambers.

Type. — No. 7S87, U. S. National Museum.

Salebria bakerella, new species.

Fore wings with 1 1 veins, 4 and 5 separate ; hind wings with 8, 3-5 stalked,
cell rather short ; labial palpi erect, flattened ; maxillary palpi j^encil -tufted in $ ;
antenna; slightly bent at base, apiiarently with scale tuft.

100 Journal New York Entomological Society. |Vo'. xil

Head, ihorax and fore wings white, strewn with black scales, giving a light gray
appearance ; scattered pale yellowish scales over area of submedian fold. Lines of
the ground color, white, the inner defined by a black costal patch outwardly, widened
below, rather oblique, and by a large one inwardly on inner margin, diffused toward
base. Discal spots black, narrowly joined, with a paler contiguous spot within.
Outer line curved inward strongly at disk and submedian fold, black edged within,
slightly so without, widening to a distinct black patch at costa. A more or less
obvious diffuse oblique shade from upper part of outer line, obliquely toward inner
margin. Terminal line waved. Hind wings nearly white, translucent. Expanse,
23-26 mm.

Three specimens, Orrasby Co., Nevada, July 6 (C. F. Baker).

Type. — No. 7878, U. S. National Museum.

Apparently nearly allied to odiosella Hulst, unknown to me, but
the colors are strongly contrasted, black and white, not shaded nor
brownish as Hulst's description reads. I cannot detect a hair pencil
on the thorax in the single $ before me.

Salebria turciferella', new species.

Fore wings elongate, costa but slightly arched, 11 veins, 4 and 5 separate, 8
and 9 stalked, 10 connate with the base of the stalk ; hind wings with 8 veins, 4 and
5 long stalked, cell rather short ; $ antennee bent at base with a full tuft of scales ;
palpi obliquely ascending, second and third joints straight ; maxillary palpi pencil
tufted.

Gray, black scales thickly strewn on. a white ground ; fore wings with a broad,
indefinite russet shading along whole length of submedian fold. Wing evenly irro-
rate ; a subbasal half band of russet brown on inner margin, edged by black and
white narrowly, succeeded above by an oblique black line that joins a ray in the cell
which become furcate, the forks ending in the discal dots. Outer line black, narrow,
bent inward on the discal fold and more narrowly on the submedian fold, followed,
after a short whitish edge, by an illy defined russet band ; terminal line black, scal-
loped. Hind wings subpellucid whitish with a faint yellowish tinge. Expanse,
2}, nmi.

Three specimens, Ashfork, Arizona, June 18 ; Prescott, Arizona,
June 20 (Schwarz & Barber). This may be aliciilella Hulst with the
discal ray added.

Type. — No. 7889, U. S. National Museum.

Salebria vetustella, new species.

Fore wings with il veins, 4 and 5 approximate at base but separate, 10 approxi-
mate at base to the stalk of 8 and 9. Hind wings with 8 veins.

Head and thorax gray, strongly washed with brownish red. Basal space of fore
wings solidly red except a narrow space before the black inner band which is broad,
diffusely edged, erect, joined above by a narrow black band that is angled inward on
the submedian fold. Inner half of median space gray, outer half red shaded. Dis-
cal dots obscure, separated, obliquely placed. Outer line faint, nearly lost, pale,

June, 1904 ] DVAR : LePIDOPTERA FROM UxiTED STATES. 107

finely dentate, much as in contatella Grote but more obscured, espt-cially costally.
Hind wings yellowish fuscous, darker at margin. Expanse, 26-2S mm.

Six specimens, Plummers Island, Maryland, April 22, May 20, 23,
1903 (W. V. Warner, Aug. Busck, E. A. Schwarz), Rhinebeck, New-
York, August 2, 1888 (H. G. Dyar). Much resembles Meroptera
pravella Grote, but is larger and more distinctly marked with red.

Type. — No. 7890, U. S. National Museum.

v^ Zophodia ai reomaculella, new species.

Fore wings with 11 veins, 4 and 5 stalked, 8 and 9 stalked ; hind wings with
7 veins, 2 from the angle of the cell, 3 and 4 stalked. Tongue moderate, as long as
thorax ; labial palpi long, porrect : $ antennae simple, rather lengthily ciliate.

Light gray ; black scales on a nearly white ground, with a slight admixture of
ochraceous, uniform. A yellow russet spot on inner margin at base ; another before
inner line, half crossing the wing, preceded by a shorter blackish patch. Inner line
white, erect, not distinct, crossed by fine black streaks on vein I, median vein and
subcostal. Discal dots separate, blackish ; outer line near the margin, diffused, not
contrasted, disturbed by indistinct blackish rays on the veins. A terminal row of
dots. Hind wings whitish, fuscous tinged outwardly. Expanse, 19 mm.

One $ , Bremond, Texas, April 21, 1903 (E. D. Sanderson).
It resembles Dolicorhinia aiireofasciella Rag.
Type. — No. 7S91, U. S. National Museum.

Pyla pallidella, new species.

Fore wings witli 1 1 veins, 4 and 5 separate, 10 separate ; hind wings with S
veins, 2 before angle of cell, 3 approximate to the stalk of 4 and S, cell normal.
Labial palpi long, porrect, more ascending than usual and somewhat appressed to
front ; tongue distinct ; $ antenna? with basal bend well filled with scales.

Whitish, somewhat silvery sfr^ning, washed with russet ochraceous on fore wings
completely over basal space, in spots on the median space and in a band beyond the
outer line. Inner line outwardly placed, straight, oblique, whitish with a few black
dots on the outer edge. Median space powdered with blackish, especially below end
of cell and subapically. Discal dots separate, black. Outer line near the margin,
straight, only a little incurved on submedian fold, white, narrow, black powdery edged
within. Outer half of terminal space white ; terminal line black. Hind wings pale
fuscous tinted. Expanse, 23 mm.

One Z, Salt Lake, Utah, June 20 (H. S. Barber). I would
think this to be Lipographis fenestrella Pack., but it falls in Pyla by
Hulst's table.

Type. — No. 7892, U. S. National Museum.

•^OUia, new genus.

tore wings with II veins, 4 and 5 stalked, 8 and 9 stalked, 10 and II from the
cell ; hind wings with 7 veins, 2 before angle of cell, 3 and 4 stalked. Labial palpi
very long, porrect ; antenna in ^ shortly pectinate and pubescent ; tongue invisible.

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/
Ollia santaritella, new species.

\\ hitc, sides of lliora.x rosy tinted ; fore wings with costal half white, inner half
pale rosy ochraceous, separated by a deep red line below median vein that fades out-
wardly and is lost before margin. Hind wings whitish, translucent. Expanse, 23 mm.

One S , Santa Rita Mountains, Arizona, June 7 (E. A. Schwarz).
Tv/>c. — No. 7S93, U. S. National Museum.

^Cabnia, new genus.

Fore wings with 9 veins, 5 and 8 absent, 2 and 3 stalked ; a costal fold beneath at
base. Hind wings with 5 veins, 3, 5 and 8 absent, 2 well before angle of cell. Tongue
very short, not as long as head ; labial palpi upturned, the second joint with a tuft
below ; maxillary palpi simple ; ^ antennje with the basal joint large, a small promi-
nence at its tip, shaft sinuously bent, then slightly thickened ; a few long hairs in the
bend.

Cabnia myronella* new species.

Dark cinereous, fore wings even, uniformly colored, slightly frosted by pale
scales. Lines tine, obscure, whitish, distinct only on inner half of wing, sinuous, nar-
row. Hind wing whitish, subpellucid, narrowly pale fuscous at margin before the
fiinge, which is long, pale. Expanse, II mm.

One $, Washington, D. C, June, 1902 (Aug. Busck).
Ty/e. — No. 7894, U. S. National Museum.

Class I, HEXAPODA.

Order XI, ORTHOPTERA.
A NEW FORFICULID FROM THE PHILIPPINES.

Ev A. N. Caudell,
Washington, D. C.

Auchenomus minor, new species.

Antenna; with 19 segments, I broad and long, equalling in length that of 2, 3, 4
and 5 combined ; 2 very small, but half as long as 3 ; 3, 4 and 5 subequal in length,
less than twice as long as broad ; the remainder elongate, growing proportionately
longer towards the tip of the antennse, the terminal one being many times longer than
broad, all segments clavate. Pronotum slightly longer than broad, slightly narrower
than the head, anteriorly prolonged into a narrow neck and posteriorly broadly
rounded, the disk flat, broadly depressed medially. Tegmina about twice as long
as the pronotum, apically broadly concave; wings extending beyond the tips of the
elytra for a distance equal to the width of the pronotum. Abdomen flattened, seg-
ments 3 and 4 very slightly plicate laterally. Pygidium scarcely projecting, apically

June, iqo4.] Banks: Nearciic Spideks. 1()9

subtruncate. Forceps as long as the elytra, moderately slender and incurved and
armed on the inner side on the basal half with three or four variable sized teeth, the
type specimen having four minute teeth on the right branch and two larger and one
small one on the left. Legs moderately long ; femora considerably swollen ; tarsi
covered, especially below, with fine long hairs, the second segment spatulately ]")ro-
longed beneath the third for half its length. Color, light brownish ; antennae, front
of head, tips of the elytra and the dorsal surface of the abdomen a little darker and
the projecting portions of the wings lighter. Length, exclusive of the forceps, 7
mm.; antenna.-, 7 mm.; elytra, 2 mm.; forceps, 2 mm.

One male, Bacoor, Prov. Cavite, Luzon, P. L ; P. L. Stangl,
collector.

T\pe. — No. 7S85, U. S. National Museum.

An additional male from Bacoo, Mindoro, apparently belongs
here though the third, fourth and fifth segments of the antennae are
somewhat more elongate and the size is greater, the length, exclusive
of the forceps, being 8 mm. and the forceps themselves proportion-
ately longer, measuring 3.5 mm.

This species is apparently very little allied to the only other
species of the genus known ^-^ but according to dcBorman's table f
it evidently belongs here.

Class III, ARACHNIDA.

Order II, ARANEIDA.

NEW GENERA AND SPECIES OF NEARCTIC
SPIDERS.

By Nathan Banks,

W.VSHIXGTON, D. C.
(TLATES V AND VL)

The following pages contain descriptions of soine new spiders
from the United States, and of a few new genera. These have been
found in the course of going over my collection in the preparation of
a generic synopsis of our spiders, and a catalogue of the species.
Probably another similar paper will follow as the work proceeds.

"A. longiforceps Karsch, Berl. Ent. Zeit., XXX, p. 89, pi. 3, f. 7, $ (1886).
t Das Tierreich, II, 1900.

110 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xii.

Notes on a few described species are added, and in some cases figures
of some of their important parts.

Gnaphosa utahana, new species.

Cephalolhorax yellow to red-brown, the dark V-niark indistinct ; mandibles more
reddish ; legs pale yellowish, metatarsi and tarsi more red-brown ; sternum and mouth
parts red-brown ; abdomen yellowish-brown to brown, rather paler below ; spinnerets
yellowish. Cephalothorax of usual shape, broad in front, dorsal groove distinct.
Legs rather stout, black-haired, no spines under tibia; I and II, one pair near base
of these metatarsi ; tibiae III and IV with 3-3 spines below, and others on sides.
Sternum about one and a half times longer than broad, pointed behind. Abdomen
about one and a half times longer than broad, much depressed. Posterior eye-row
strongly recurved, much longer than anterior row ; P. M. E. oval, more than long
diameter apart, more than twice as far from larger P. S. E.; A. M. E about diameter
apart, nuich closer to larger A. S. E. Length, 7 mm.

Silver Lake, Utah (Skinner).

Zelotes aprilinus, new species.

Cephalothora.x pale yellowish-brown, basal joints of legs similar (as also man-
dibles); tibia, metatarsus, and tarsus red-brown. Abdomen dark, with a large black
spot, covering posterior half, and extending forward in the middle to near base, about
one third way from base it gives off a branch each side containing a pale muscular
impression, rest of base whitish, abdomen and cephalathorax black-haired, a heavy
row of bristles on base of latter. Venter pale, with a blackish U-mark behind;
sternum and coxse pale ; all legs with long black hairs. Cephalothorax rather slender
narrow in front ; eye-region occupying not one half of width of front ; the two rows
rather widely separate ; posterior barely longer than anterior, slightly procurved, P. M.
E. large, oval, and almost touching, A. M. E. not half their diameter apart, closer to
A. S. E., which are barely larger. Dorsal groove distinct. Sternum one and a half
times longer than broad, broadest at coxse II, tapering and pointed behind. No
spines under tibia: I and II, a pair under base of these metatarsi; hind tibiae and
metatarsi with many spines, but none above. Abdomen fully twice as long as broad,
much depressed, truncate at base. Length, 5.5 mm.

From Chevy Chase, Maryland, near Washington, D. C, April,
under leaves.

Herpyllus califomicus, new species.

Cephalothorax red-brown, mandibles and sternum similar ; legs rather paler,
especially on tarsi ; abdomen dark gray above and below, rather paler on base below.
Cephalothorax broad behind middle, narrow in front ; dorsal groove distinct ; eye-
region occupying about one half of width ; eye-rows rather widely separate, posterior
row straight, barely recurved, P. M. E. oval, more than longest diameter apart,
about as far from much larger P. S. E. ; A. M. E. large, one half diameter apart,
still closer to rather smaller A. S. E. Abdomen large and long, truncate at base.
Legs rather slender; metatarsi and tarsi I and 11 heavily scopulate ; one spine at
tip under tibice I and II ; one spine above on base of tibia- III and IV, three pairs

jui.e, I904.1 Banks: Nearctic Spiders. Ill

under tibia; III and IV, others on sides. Sternum once and one half broader than
long, broadest at coxa? II, tapering in front and behind. Length, 12 mm.
One female from Lakeside, California.

Syspira pallida, new species.

L'ephalothorax pale yellowish, a l)ro\vn mark each side on anterior furrows, and
fainter ones on other furrows, a blackish patch behind side eyes, and one in middle
of head. Legs pale yellow, the femora faintly barred above near tip with blackish,
and the hind tibia; at base and near tip. Mandibles yellow-brown ; sternum and
venter yellowish ; abdomen gray. Legs rather slender, ^-;i spines under tibiic I and
II, metatarsi and tarsi I and II scopulate ; tibiae III and IV with two sp ues above,
and 3-3 below. Anterior eye-row straight, A. M. E. large, about one half diameter
apart, much closer to smaller A. S. E., quadrangle of M. E. nearly square ; posterior
eye-row weakly recurved, barely longer than anterior row, P. M. E. about diameter
apart, and a trifle farther from the much larger P. S. E., latter not their diameter
from .'\. S. E. Sternum but little longer than broad, broadest behind co.xa; II,
broadly rounded behind. Abdomen about one and one half times longer than broad.
Length, 12 mm.

One immature specimen from Mesilla Park, New Me.xico, 29
January, in a hole in the ground (Cockerell). The only species of
this Mexican genus yet recorded from our country.

Lophocarenum frontalis, new species.

Male ; cephalothorax yellowish-brown ; abdomen black ; legs yellowish ; P. M.
E. more than diameter apart, closer to P. S. E., posterior eye-row slightly recurved.
All eyes situate on a large cephalic hump, broadly truncate behind, and connected in
front to another hump which projects forward much in front of the mandibles.
Less slender and hairy. Sternum triangular, about as broad in front as anywhere.
Female difiers from male in reddish-brown cephalothorax, and the posterior eye-row
straight, the P. ISI. E. but little more than diameter apart. Length, 9 1.6 mm. ;
^ 1.4 mm.

Taken at Falls Church, Va., under stones in the woods.

Epeira emertoni, new species.

A small species of the size of £. prompta, but with the abdomen not liigh at
tip, more convex above, and with a pale median stripe on venter like E. lahyyiiitlun :
there is, however, no pale spot in black sternum. The abdomen shows a rather
broad folium above tapering behind, margined with pale and with a darker central
stripe; this folium does not reach base, which is quite pale in the middle. Cephalo-
thorax is pale in middle, dark on sides. The legs are pale, and short ; the femora
banded with brown near tijis, and the tibia; less distinctly so. The epigynum shows
a recurved pointed figure much as in £. pro»ipta. The abdomen is not so pointed
as in E. prompta and E.. ^'(•;■c'v^ nor so high at tip.

Sea Cliff, N. Y. ; Washington, D. C, and Auburn, Ala. After
his description of Epeira /iioniio/i, Keyserling speaks of a specimen
from the District of Coluinbia which had a pale median mark on the

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venter ; this perhaps refers to the present species which has the marks
on abdomen somewhat similar ; the E. mormon from Utah, however,
has a different epigynum, differently marked legs, and belongs to a
different section of the genus.

Xysticus texanus, new species.

Cephalothorax pale yellowish in middle, with a narrow median brown line . eye-
region dusky; a broad rich brown stripe covering the entire sides, unbroken by any
markings ; mandibles pale yellowish, legs pale yellowish, tibia I jet black, a little black
on tip of patella, and tibia II blackish ; a pale line above on tibiae I and II, rest of legs
wholly pale and unmarked, sternum and venter pale, abdomen dark grayish-brown
above, more blackish around edges, in basal part are two white spots, and behind are
several whitish transverse lines. Cephalothorax broad and heavy ; quadrangle of M.
E. plainly broader than high, A. M. E. rather farther apart than to much larger A. S.
E.. P. M. E. as close to each other as to larger P. .S. E. Anterior legs rather short
and heavy, tibia I with 5-5 spines below, metatarsus I with 4-4 or 5-5 spines below,
all spines short. Length, 5 mm.

One specimen from San Antonio, Te.xas.

Readily separated by black front tibiae and uniform dark sides of
cephalothorax.

Misumessus, new genus.

A Thomisid allied to MisiDncna, but differing in having large and prominent
spines on femora I and II, and above on tibi;t I and II ; cephalothorax and abdomen
more spiny than in Misumeua. It differs from Diaa in liaving the tubercles of S.
E. joined by a rounded ridge, and in that the P. S. E. are not larger than the P. M. E.

Type. — M. ohloiiga Keys.

Includes also J/, asperafa Hentz, M. viridans Bks., J/, belhila Bks.,
M. pittilis Bks , and the following.

Misumessus pallidulus, new species.

Cephalothorax grayish on sides, whitish in middle. Abdomen white, with three
pairs of small irregular black marks beliind, legs, sternum and venter whitish. Cephal-
othorax and abdomen with many erect spines, one below each P. S. E. is very large,
six on clypeal margin, two large ones on mandibles in front ; about 3 or 4 large ones
on femora I ; two above on tibia- I and II ; tour pairs below tibia' I and II ; six pairs
below metatarsi I and II ; besides these large spines, the legs have many small spines
or stift bristles. Length, 4.5 mm.

San Francisco, Calif. Differs from M. pictilis in markings of
abdomen, and more s])iny cephalothorax and legs.

Tmarus minutus, new species.

Cephalothorax reddish, in female unmarked, in male with three pale lines con-
verging behind, one median and one each side from P. S. E.; S. E. on large white
tubercles. Mandibles reddish ; abdomen of female reddish, unmarked ; of male vel-

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lowish, with a faint brown stripe each side. Venter pale, with a white line each side ;
sternum and legs pale yellowish, unmarked. Cephalothorax longer (proportionately)
than in T. caiidatus, high till near abdomen, then suddenly falls oft". Abdomen trun-
cate at base, about twice as long as broad, but little broader in middle, pointed behind,
slightly, although distinctly elevated in a small cone in female, in male simply high
at tip. Legs slender, but rather short, very hairy, with but few spines, most promi-
nent on metatarsi I and II. Length, male, 2.4 mm.; female, 3 mm.

Several specimens taken near Washington. D. C. in May, under
rubbish on the ground. Distinct by its much smaller size as well as
other characters. One specimen has the sides of cephalothorax and
abdomen dark-brown.

ApoIIophanes texana, new species.

Cephalothorax yellowish, slightly mottled with brown on sides, and two ap-
proximate dark marks on base of cephalic part, clypeus and mandibles pointed with
brown ; legs pale yellow and pointed and spotted with brown, especially on femora
and \\\i\?t ; these markings faintly indicate a subapical band on femora and a basal
band on tibiae. Sternum and venter pale. Abdomen pale, with a basal brown spear-
mark, and behind two more or less connected rows of blackish spots. Cephalo-
thorax but little longer than broad, scarcely noticeably so. Abdomen about twice
as long as broad. Legs long and slender ; leg I a little longer that IV, tibia I with
T)-'^ Spines beneath, the last short and apical ; sternum as broad as long ; hind coxae
separate. Eyes of posterior row strongly recurved, and about ecfuidistant ; A. S. E.
a tritle closer to P. M. E. than to A. M. E. Length, 9 6 mm., $ ^.2 mm.

One pair from San Antonio, Texas. Differs from the two Mex-
ican species in larger palpal organ, and less slender process at tip of
tibia, and the style is longer.

Scaptocosa, new genus.

Iiift'ers from Lycosa and Troc/iosa, as well as our other Lycosids in lacking
spines above on tibiii; III and IV, either at base or middle ; these joints being clothed
above with long hair. Head high and large, sides sloping ; anterior eye-row scarcely
wider than second row ; eyes of second row scarcely diameter apart. Tibia I
densely hairy below, with t,-}, spines, tibire IV with 2 short spines on each side.
Spinnerets all short, subequal.

Type. — Lycosa arenicola Scudder {nidi/ex Marx).
Also contains L. uiissouriensis Banks (^dcvnifex Hanc). This
species has nothing to do with Z. fatifera Hentz, which Hentz com-
pares to Z. carolinensis a.n<l says is from Massachusetts. L. fatifera
can thus only be Z. tigrina McCook {vti/pina Emer., oldonj^a and
exitiosa Bks. ).

Allocosa, Dew genus.

Tibise III and IV with a basal spine above; tibia I, with '>,-}, short spines
below ; eyes of second row less than diameter apart ; first row plainly wider than

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second ; tarsi not distinctly scopulate ; spinnerets all short ; ceplialothorax devoid
of median pale mark.

Type. — Lycosa fiinerea Hentz (^iii^i^^ra Stone).

Contains also Z. sublata Montg., which I have from Florida.

Lycosa apicata, new species.

Cephalothorax pale reddish-brown, an indistinct brown stripe each side with
irregular edges, leaving a wide dorsal space, on cephalic part very broad and con-
taining a narrow brown line each side from the posterior eyes. Eyes on black spots ;
mandibles red-brown ; clypeus black in middle, a white stripe starting above first eye-
row passing up between eyes of second row, then back on head. Legs pale yel-
lowish ; anterior femora very faintly barred with brown above ; hind femora more
distinctly marked ; tibia IV has below two broad jet-black spots, one at base, other
at tip, in both sexes; metatarsi IV black at tips. Abdomen pale brown above,
thickly marked with blackish, a basal spear-mark, and spots (connected) each side
and behind. Sternum, coxae (below), and venter (wholly) jet-black. General
structure of /-. riparia ; legs rather slender; tibiae I and II with 3-3 long spines
below, rather longer than width of joint. First eye-row procurved, M. E. larger
than S. E. ; eyes of second row not diameter apart. Length, J 13 mm. ; 9
15 mm.

Male froin Tucson, Arizona, female from Brazos Co., Texas ; also
two broken specimens from Las Cruces, New Mexico, and immature
specimens from Las Vegas, New Mexico.

Lycosa baltimoiiana Keys., L. lenta Hentz.

These two species are closely allied. The male palpi are extremely
similar. There are certain color distinctions that appear constant.
In L. baltimoriaiia the patellae are dark, and black beneath ; the genital
area on venter is wholly pale ; there is a dark line on outside of
femora 1 and II, while hind femora are barred. In Z. leuta the
jjatellffi are pale beneath, the genital area on venter is dark in middle,
and the femora are unmarked. Z. baltimoriafta is known to dig holes,
and I have it from Rhode Island south to Virginia, Z. lenta has not
been reported to live in holes, but may do so, and is common from
South Carolina into Florida and Louisiana. I have seen a Florida
male which is as pale above as Trochosa ciuerea, and evidently lived
upon the white sand.

Pardosa parvula, new species.

Cephalothorax rather uniform yellowish-brown, a paler median stripe ; eyes on
black spots. Mandibles pale yellowish-brown ; sternum pale yellowish. Abdomen
pale, with a basal brown spearmark, and a large dark spot behind. Legs pale,
anterior femora slightly infuscated. Male palpus with black hair on femur ; snow-

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white hair on patella and tibire, but the latter has a patch of black hair at base
nd at apex below ; tarsus white, palpal organ reddisli. Legs long and slender,
with long spines. Structure similar to P. minima. Length, ceph., 1.8 mm.; abd.,
1.5 mm.

A male from Altoona, Florida (Dobbin).

Pardosa texana, new species.

Ceplialothorax pale yellowish ; head black and narrowly indented behind in
middle ; an irregular brown, curved stripe each side, leaving a very broad pale median
area, iiroader than in any other species known to me. Clypeus and mandibles pale,
unmarked. Abdomen pale, marked with black, a large oblong black spot on middle
near, but not at, the base, and many irregular spots and dashes, some connected to
the median spot. Legs pale, two distinct black bands on femora, two on tibia;, meta-
tarsi marked at base and tip, patellse with a dark spot each side. Sternum black,
with a small pale triangular spot in middle of base ; lip dark, apex pale ; coxa; and
venter pale, unmarked. Length, 6.5 mm.; hind leg, 14 nun.

Brazos Co., Texas, several.

Pardosa milvina Hentz.

Cephalothorax pale yellowish, eye-region black, two dark brown stripes extend
back from eye-region, approximate behind, so as to narrow the pale median stripe.
Clypeus pale, with a black spot each side ; mandibles pale, with a dark band across
near tips. Abdomen above brown or black, dotted with pale, and a median stripe
with irregular margins from base to tip. Legs pale yellowish, spotted and banded
with black ; three or four bands on femora and tibia;, less distinct beyond, and usually
not distinct below ; a mark above on each coxa. Sternum and venter both pale,
without markings. Shape and structure similar to P. Jiavipes Keys. Length, ceph.,
2 mm.; abd., 2 mm.

Brazos Co., Texas ; Shreveport, La., Auburn, Ala., and elsewhere.
Agrees best with L. Diilviiia Hentz, of anything I know of in the
South. Hentz says the under-side was pale, so he could not refer to
P. flavipes \i\{\c\i has a black sternum, it is a very common species
south.

Phidippus basalis, new species.

Cephalothorax dark red-brown, black on eye-region ; mandibles nearly black,
not iridescent ; sternum and maxilla; dark red-brown ; venter dull blackish. Legs
dark red-brown, tarsi pale, and hind legs with a broad pale band on base of tibia; and
metatarsi. Clypeus with grayish hair. Abdomen black, with a broad basal band of
yellow scales ; behind on the sides is a transverse white spot, and between them two
white dots, behind middle on the sides is an oblique white spot, and a pair of smaller
ones over spinnerets. Legs rather long, with many white hairs, patella^ and tibia; I
with long whitish hair below, mostly black hair above. Length, 12 mm.

One female, from Arizona (Townsend). Distinct by basal yellow
band, and four or six white sjiots on abdomen.

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Sidusa Peckham.

This genus is near McVT/a Koch. In our s])ecies the eye region is
a little broader in front than behind, and occupies scarcely one third
of the length of the cephalothorax. There are but 3-3 spines under
tibia I and the basal one of inner series is near base ; metatarsus IV
heavily spined near base, middle, and tip ; spines on patellae III and
IV ; and coxae I rather widely separate. Astia viorosa Peckham falls in
this genus, and has an epigynum extremely similar to that of certain
Mexican forms. Two other species are known to me.

Sidusa arizonensis, new species.

Cephalothorax dark brown, scarcely paler behind, clothed with white and black
hairs, a row of white over first eyerow, more golden below dorsal eyes. Abdomen
black, with white and black appressed hairs, more golden around base. Legs pale
yellowish, blackish at bases and tips of the joint. Sternum pale brownish ; venter
whitish, unmarked. Cephalothorax about one and one half as long as broad, broadest
in middle, not depressed ; eye-region one third broader than long, a little broader in
front than behind. Abdomen longer than cephalothorax, about one and two thirds
as long as broad, not depressed. Leg I not much thickened ; spines as in the genus.
Epigynum shows two large contiguous nearly circular cavities, \\\ the inner basal part
of each is a rounded reddish elevation. Length, 5 mm.

One female from Arizona (Townsend).

Sidusa borealis, new species.

Eye-region black, concave behind, thoracic part pale reddish brown, darker on
posterior part ; clypeus brown ; mandibles brown ; legs yellowish brown ; leg I rather
darker, and all femora darker than other joints, no bands. Abdomen black at extreme
base, then a curved transverse whitish band (not very clear) ; behind in the middle
is a broad pale stripe to tip (not very distinct) ; and on each side is abroad black stripe
containing two white dots, one beyond middle, and the other (smaller) close to tip.
Sternum and venter pale. Abdomen pointed at tip, not depressed. A row of bristles
over first eye-row. Leg I not much thickened, tibia I fully three times as long as
broad ; all legs with many stout spine, as in the genus. Male palpi very slender,
the tibia longer than tarsus, and clothed with long white hair, tarsus on outside with
black hair ; palpal organ simple ; a short spur at tip of tibia. Length, 5-6 mm.

Two males ; one from Ithaca, N. ¥., the other from Falls Church,
Va.

Icius texanus, new species.

Cephalothorax dark red-brown, black in eye-region, clothed with yellowish
scales, and white ones over first eye-row ; a white line along the lower margin. Ab-
domen a uniform pale brown above, with a nariow white line around base and sides,
clothed with white scales. Legs pale yellow, front pair more brownish, all un-
marked. Sternum pale brown ; venter pale yellowish. Cephalothorax one and one
half times as long as broad, broadest behind eye-region ; latter broader behind than
in front, occupying almost two fifths of cephalothorax ; eyes of second row one half

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way between dorsal eyes and A. S. E. Mandibles small, vertical. Sternum twice as
long as broad ; coxa; I separated by less than width of lip. Leg I not much longer
than others, much thickened ; ^S spines under tibia, the basal of inner' series at basal
third ; 2-2 stout spines under metatarsus I ; metatarsus IV spined only at tip ; all legs
with few hairs ; no patellar spines ; leg IV very slender. Epigynum shows two
rather widely separate small holes and behind a group of five dark marks. Length,
4.5 nmi.

One specimen from Edinburg, Texas.

Eremattus, new genus.

Allied to Marpissa, but differing in having but one (or none) spine under tibia
I, this very short and near tip. Cephalothorax long and flat ; eye-region occupying
about two fifths of length, rather broader behind than in front ; legs short and stout,
leg I thickened ; anterior coxje separate by less than width of lip, metatarsus and
tibia III and IV with a few slender spines ; abdomen rather elongate, and depressed ;
leg I fringed beneath.

Type. — A far pis sa alhopilosa Banks.

Probably also includes Icius piraticiis Peck.

Pellenes calcaratum, new species.

Cephalothora.x much like P. axcattim Htz., a median pointed black stripe, and
lateral black stripes not reaching hind margin ; eye-area dark brown, concave behind.
Clypeus yellowish brown ; mandibles black. Abdomen black above, margined with
white, a pair of round white dots near middle (sometimes united) and a median spot be-
hind. Sternum and coxa; pale yellowish ; venter pale, with a median dark stripe and one
fainter each side. Legs pale yellowish ; femur I white below, with long white hair,
dark brown in front and behind with a pale stripe above; no fringes under tibia I,
no dark lines above, femur III mostly dark brown in front ; femur IV dark at tip,
also patella IV. A row of bristles over first eye-row. A large flattened spine on
inner side near tip of tibia I. Femur III not humped at tip ; patella III somewhat
swollen toward tip, with a black spot in front below, and above a large long spur;
no dark streak above ; tibia III constricted at base. Male palpus with snow-white
hair on outside of tarsus. What I take to be the female has a white-haired clypeus,
three black stripes on the venter, and the femora not distinctly pale on base ; other-
wise much like the female of P. ccecatum Htz. Length, ^ 4 mm., 9 5 mm-

Male and female from Punta Gorda, Fla., and a male from Palm
Beach, Fla.

Pellenes californicum, new species.

Eye-region black, rest of thorax pale reddish-brown, clothed with white hair ;
a median black spot behind, not reaching forward. Abdomen black above, a basal
white band, a large transverse spot in front of middle and a large longitudinal spot
just behind this, white. Venter pale, with three black stripes, sternum pale. Legs
pale yellow ; femur 1 , black above and on outer side, with a fringe of black scales
on outer side near tip ; patella and tibia I not fringed below, but with black hairs
above on outer side; rest of leg pale yellow, with while hairs. Mandibles and cly-

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peus brown, rather whitish in middle ; tawny hairs over and between A. M. E.
Femur III in front with several transverse curved black bars, not swollen at tip;
patella III triangular, in front with many brown dots; tibia III with an oblique
black line above, a broad pale stripe below this, and rest of front blackish. Male
palpus has white hairs on outside of tarsus; a small curved hook at tip of tibia.
Length, 4 mm.

One male from .San Diego, California.

Pellenes tarsalis, new species.

Cephalothorax black on eye-region, a median black stripe behind, white each
side, lower sides of cephalic part with white hair, blackish behind on lower sides.
Abdomen black, two white dots over spinnerets, two white chevrons in front of these,
and then a double row of (not very plain) dots to base; sides white ; venter pale,
with three black patches, two behind lung-slits, one at tip. Sternum and coxre pale
yellowish. Clypeus and mandibles white. Legs pale yellowish ; femur I with a
black stripe above, many black hairs above on patella and base of tibia I, white
fringes on sides of tibia I ; tarsus I jet black ; a dense white brush under femora 1
and II outside near tip; a black spot at tips of femora III and IV ; patella III sim-
ple. Male palpus white on outside. Length, 5 nun.

One male from San Pedro, California. Readily known by black
tarsus I.

Pellenes arizonensis, new species.

Cephalothorax dark in eye-region and there clothed with golden scales ; black
stripe behind in middle, and white each side ; lower margin broadly white, connected
to white clypeus, which has a dense brush of yellowish-white scales in middle, above
it are the 8 white bristles. Mandibles dark, clothed with long white hair, and
shorter yellowish scales. Red hair around eyes of first row and above them is a
broad red band. Abdomen pale yellow with a broad black stripe each side uniting
over the spinnerets ; venter black beyond lung-slits. Legs pale-yellow ; all with
many long white hairs ; a brush of long black hair under femur, patella, and tibia I,
not as long as P. hirsiittis ; fringe above tibia I black at base, nearly white at tip ;
white fringe above patella I ; a brown mark at base of tibia W ; patellce III unmod-
ified. Male palpus with patella and femur white ; tibia has a strong, straight projec-
tion. Length, 5 mm.

One male from Arizona (Townsend).

Pellenes klauseri Peckham.

Males agreeing with the description have the patellae III enlarged on style of
P. pere^^rnius P., the projection is more curved and larger, and on internal face there
are two black spots below and a subapical blackish line, no stripe above. The an-
terior face of the tibia III shows a dark line above. The femur is humped at tip.
P^emur I has an oblique ridge of erect scales on upper inner side toward tip ; and on
under side near tip is a dense brush, whitish inside, blackish outside ; tibia I has two
rows of long white scales below, between the rows is a smooth space with the spines.

Males from Denver and Ft. Collins, Colo. Females from the

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same localities, having the same abdominal markings, agree well with
Peckham's description of/*, dolosiis.

Pellenes ccecatum Hentz.

Females taken on the same spot with males and evidently the same
species agrees with Peckham's description of P. sabulosits. I have
seen males and females from various localities between Long Island,
N. Y., and Brazos Co.. Texas. In some males the apical apophysis
of patella III is a little longer than in others, but palpus and markings
are the same.

Pellenes birgei Peckham.

Males from Cafion City, Colorado, agree with the description.
They have the tibiae and patellre III and IV dark on sides and have a
narrow dark line above. Females from the same locality and marked
like males, have the clypeal marks and other characters of P. polittis
Peckham, which is based on a female.

EXPLANATION OF PLATES V AND VI.

Fig. I. Lophocarenum frontalis, side of cephalothorax.

Fig. 2. Lophocarenum frontalis, palpus.

Fig. 3. Lophocaremini frontalis, epigynum.

Fig. 4. Pardosa tcxana, epigynum.

Fig. 5- Pellenes tarsalis, palpus.

Fig. 6. Pardosa iiiilvina, epigynum.

Fig. 7. Zelotes aprilinus, epigynum.

F'ig. 8. Miswnessus palliduliis, epigynum.

Fig. 9. Sidnsa arizonensis, epigynum.

Fig. 10. Tmarus minuttis, palpus and epigynum.

Fig. II. Herpyllus californictis, epigynum.

Fig. 12. Apollophanes texana, epigynum.

Fig. 13. Lycosa apicata, epigynum.

Fig. 14. Phidippits basalts, epigynum.

Fig. 15. Icius texaniis, epigynum.

Fig. 16. Pellenes califominim, tibia III.

Fig. 17. Pellenes calcaratiim, tibia III.

Fig. 18. Sidusa borealis, palpus.

Fig. 19. Pellenes calcaratum, palpus.

Fig. 20. Apollophanes texana, palpus.

Fig. 21. Lycosa apicata, palpus.

Fig. 22. Pellenes arizonensis, palpus.

Fig. 23. Allocosa siiblata, palpus.

Fig. 24. Pardosa parvtila, ])alpus.

Fig. 25. Pellenes californictiin, palpus.

Fig. 26. Gnaphosa utahana, epigynum.

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ARTHROPODA: General.

THE TYPES OF GENERA.

By Harrison G. Dyar and A. N. Caudell,
Washington, D. C.

It is a self evident proposition that no stable nomenclature can
result until the types of all the older genera are definitely fixed. The
American Ornithologists Union's code decides that this shall be effected
by the method of elimination, and the last quarter of a century has
s^en numerous attempts in this direction. The results, however, have
not equalled the expectations ; stability is apparently further off than
ever. We are aware of several instances where every author that has
dealt with a certain genus has arrived at a different species as the type,
all proceeding by apparently the same method. In fact the method
contains a fatal defect in that it tacitly requires a complete knowledge
of all the literature, a thing most difficult to attain. Moreover the
method is extremely laborious and requires a great expenditure of time
over a matter entirely subsidiary to the end in view, which is after all
the study of organic nature, not the study of a set of names. Mr. F.
Pickard Cambridge says :=^^ " Elimination pure and simple in its prac-
tical application almost invariably lands us in an absurdity. In this
way, the species which the authors withdraw are usually those that are
best known, with characters salient and well described, leaving in
those least known, with this result, that the last species left in is one
which is not known, is badly described, and never likely to be identi-
fied with any certainty ; and this miserable phantom is left us as the
type of the genus. ' '

After consideration, we believe that the method of first species is
the only practical way of determining types and we have in mind the
revision of certain orders of insects on this basis. i'he Sphingida^
have been thus revised by Rothschild and Jordan,f but two of their
rules seem to us unwarranted. The ruling requiring generic terms to
be verbally defined we would not defend nor adopt. A genus is suf-

*Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (7), viii, 403, 1901.

t Revision of the Sphingidce, Nov. Zool., ix, Supplement, 1903.

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ficiently defined by the citation of one or more described species.
Since no generic description is ever absolutely complete and the ma-
jority are utterly useless to the monographer it is an arbitrary act to
require any verbal description. A species, of course, stands on a
different basis. Rothschild and Jordan's other rule that a genus is a
synonym of an earlier one if it contains the type of the latter is like-
wise unnecessary. If both are founded on the same type species they
are of course synonymous ; but if they have different types, both may
well be recognized, even though proposed to contain the same original
species. In this we agree with the American Ornithologists Union's
code.*^ The following is our proposed method :

We accept the American Ornithologists Union's code with the fol-
lowing exceptions. Canons XXI, XXIII, XXIV, X XXVI and XLV are
rejected. Canon IV is acceptable except that we would fix the endings
also for tribes and superfamilies ; canon V, except that the name is to be
taken from the oldest included genus; canon VIII, except that the agree-
ment with the supposed gender of the genus is not necessary ; canon
IX, except that varietal names are retained ; canons XVII and XVIII,
except that we recognize absolute priority ; canon XXXVII, except
that a generic name must be based only on a species previously or con-
temporaneously defined ; canon XL, except that typographical errors
are accepted unless they introduce into a name characters not in the
Latin alphabet. In such cases we would amend so far as to substitute
the Latin equivalent, if there is one. If there is none, the name must
be rejected.

In another form our ideas may be thus expressed :

1. Generic and specific names are to be written as originally pro-
posed without emendation unless they contain characters not in the
Latin alphabet or are not binomial.

Letters of the Latin alphabet are to be substituted for foreign characters if there
is an equivalent. W is the only English letter not found in Latin.

2. Generic names are considered to be founded on one s])ecies
only. When the type species is not designated by the original author
the first species is to be regarded as the type.

Species marked definitely by the author as unknown to him should not be taken
as types. The figuring of a species is a virtual designation of type.

*The following papers may profitably be consulted on this subject : Kirby,
Proc. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1868, p. xlii ; Cook, Science, N. S., xv, 646, 1902; Roths-
child & Jordan, Nov. Zool., ix, Suppl., 1903.

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3. A generic name need not be accompanied by any verbal de-
scription. It is considered to be founded in the sense of rule 2 if
accompanied by the names of one or more described species in a pub-
lished article.

If there is no species mentioned, or those mentioned are not then or previously
characterized, the name is invalid, even though accompanied with a description.

4. Names proposed as subgeneric or subspecific are to be treated
as if of generic or specific value.

5. A specific name to be valid must be accompanied by a descrip-
tion or a figure or such data as will separate it from the other species
of the genus then known.

The citation of type specimens in a collection does not constitute definition. We
regret that it is impossible to differentiate between adequate and inadequate descrip-
tions. The only place where it seems that a line can be drawn that is not too much
subject to individual interpretation is between an attempt at a description, however
feeble, and none at all.

6. Superfamily, family, subfamily and tribal names shall be formed
from the oldest valid generic name included in their respective groups
by the following endings : -oidea, -id^, -inas, and -ini respectively.

If the genus on which the higher name is founded becomes invalid, the higher
name is to be changed, following that of the next oldest genus and not the one that
may be substituted for the oldest.

JO u R isr AI^

OF THE

BSj^to ^9orh l:ntontcrlogtirj>il .Sociijijj*

Publishes articles relating to any class of the subkingdom Arthropoda, subject
to the acceptance of the Publication Committee. Original communications in this
field are solicited.

Editorial.

In the course of some remarks on the synonymy and classification
of the Noctuidae, which we print in this issue, Dr. John B. Smith calls
attention to certain violations of the rule "once a synonym, always a
synonym" and protests, somewhat too mildly we think, against the
practice. We are in entire agreement with Dr. Smith in this case,
but would insist more strongly upon the point. The use of a certain
combination of generic and specific names should preclude the subse-
quent use of the same combination in any other sense, and a specific
name once changed for this reason, cannot subsequently be resurrected,
even though removed to another genus.

In another part of his remarks. Dr. Smith cjueries why his errone-
ous synonymy oi Agrotis clandestina Harr. was followed in Bulletin 52,
U. S. National Museum. We may be permitted to say, on behalf of
the author of the Bulletin, that the point was overlooked. Dr. Dyar
would have been pleased to correct the synonymy if he had happened
to notice the error.

Again Dr. Smith argues for the retention of the letters w and k
as originally used in scientific names. We are pleased to see this
matter discussed, for these changes are frequently disconcerting, as
Dr. Smith shows, and we hope that some excuse can be found for
avoiding them. We think Dr. Smith is justified in claiming a different
standing for the letter k than for lu, for k did not occur in the old
Latin alphabet and was retained in later Latin in one word at least
and as an abbreviation. Lhe whole matter rests upon the interpreta-

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tion of the rule that names must be in I-atin form. We certainly hope
that the view may prevail that the occurrence of some generally used
letters in the body of a name may be regarded not to violate the rule,
even though these letters may be doubtfully found in the Latin alpha-
bet. We would, however, advise authors who are proposing new names,
to bear this matter in mind and avoid the use of those letters against
which objection may be urged.

Still another matter touched on in Dr. Smith's suggestive remarks
is the question of taking as the type of a genus, the first species men-
tioned when the type has not been fixed by the author. This method,
adopted by Hampson, has likewise been used by Rothschild and Jor-
dan in their great work on the Sphingidge. It is, we think, the
method that will ultimately come into vogue. We remark on this
subject more fully in the preceding article.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NEW YORK ENTO-
MOLOGICAL SOCIETY.

Meeting of December i, 1903.

Held at the American Museum of Natural History, 77th St. and 8th Avenue.
President C. F. Groth in the chair with 12 members present.

Mr. George P. Engelhardt gave an account of a two week's collecting and pleasure
trip in West Virginia during the month of August this year. He gave a general
description of the character of the country through which they passed, and detailed
some of the pleasant experiences while afoot. Some of the places visited were ideal
collecting grounds and he was able to capture a number of interesting insects, which
were exhibited. Among these were two males of the parasitic hymenopteron Pete-
cinus polyiurator.

Mr. C. T. Brues presented a paper on "The Relations of Myrmecophilous
Insects to their Host Ants." He referred especially to the factors which produce a
resemblance between the ants and their guests, pointing out the fact that in the case
of the blind ants the color resemblance must be due entirely to factors outside of the
nest. This view is different from the one recently advocated by Wasmann.

Specimens of several species of the blind legionary ants (^Eriton') were exhibited
together with a number of their guests.

Meeting of December 15, 1903.

Held at the residence of Mr. Gustav Beyer, 511 East 117th St., Tuesday evening
President C. F. Groth in the chair with 1 1 members in attendance.

Through Mr. Groth, Mr. A. C. Clarkson presented to the Society six bound vol-
umes of the New York Journal (1893-1898) which belonged to his late brother.

Tiie librarian, Mr. Schaeffer, announced the receipt of the Zoological Record for
1902.

June, 1904.] Proceedings of the Society. 125

The secretary read an announcement of the plan to publish, conjointly with the
other societies of the Scientific Alliance and other scientific institutions of New York
City, a weekly bulletin which besides detailing the programs of the societies will in-
clude any matter of scientific interest to the affiliated societies.

On motion of Mr. Palm the Society voted to approve the plan as outlined in the
letter from the Secretary of the Scienti ic Alliance.

On motion the President appointed a nominating committee of three, as follows :
Messrs. Barber, O'Connor and Love.

Mr. C. Schaefter exhibited a specimen of the typical form of Omiis Levis which
he had received from California, also Xeohannonia ampla Muls., which is a new ad-
dition to our fauna.

Annual Meeting, Janu.\ry 5, 1904.

Held at the American Museum of Natural History. President C. F. Groth pre-
sided with 14 members present.

The minutes of the two previous meetings were read and approved.

The resignation of Mr. E. J. Huntington as an active member of the society was
accepted.

The treasurer, Mr. L. H. Joutel presented his annual report, showing that the
society had a balance of $885.64.

The librarian, Mr. C. Schaeffer, reported that during the year 1903 he had sent
out 15 entire sets of the Journal, 14 single volumes and about 45 single numbers be-
sides the regular subscriptions which contains 161 names. 17 new subscribers had
been added and 9 names dropped.

The following exchanges have recently been received :

Illus. Zeitschrift. f. Entomologie, Nos. 5-15.

Histoire Physique, Naturelle et Politique de Madagascar, Vol. XXVII.

Mittheilungen der Schweizer Entom. Gesellschaft Illustrierte Zeitschrift f. Ent.,
Nos. 5-15, 1903.

Mr. J. R. de la Torre Bueno presented the following resolutions on the death of
our esteemed member, Thomas D. O'Connor.

" Whereas : It has pleased God to take our friend and fellow-member Thomas
D. O'Connor ; and

" Whereas : In the time he was of our membership he endeared himself to all
by his unfailing courtesy and kindly spirit ; be it

" Resolved : That the New York Entomological .Society mourns the loss of one,
who in all his ways showed himself a true gentleman, a sincere friend, and a valuable
member, and be it further,

" Resolved : That these resolutions be made known to the family of our regretted
fellow-member, and that the sympathy of the .Society be extended to them in their
affliction."

Moved by Dr. Love that these resolutions be placed in the Minutes and a copy
of these be forwarded to the relatives of the deceased. .Seconded and carried.

The secretary read the report of the committee placing in nomination the follow-
ing ticket :

President — C. H. Roberts.

Vice-President — C. W. Leng.

Corresponding and Recording .Secretary — H. G. Barber.

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Treasurer — W. T. Davis.

Librarian — C. Schaeffer.

Executive Committee — Messrs. Southwick, Joutel, Groth, Watson and Beyer.

Fublication Committee — Messrs. Leng, Dyar, Schaefier and Brues.

No other names be being presented in opposition, on motion, the secretary was in-
structed to cast the unanimous ballot of the Society for each of the nominees as pre-
sented by the committee for the respective offices.

Mr. Groth in resigning the chair to his successor made a few remarks to the
members, thanking them for their kindly help and support during his term of office.

Mr. Weeksjmoved that the thanks of the Society be tendered to the outgoing offi
cers for their zeal in the performance of their duties. Seconded and carried.

Meeting of January 19, 1904.

Held at the American Museum of Natural History. C. H. Roberts presided
with 15 members present.

The minutes of the last meeting were approved.

The president appointed the following standing committees for 1904 :

Auditing Committee — Messrs. Barber, Schaeffer and Southwick.

Field Committee — Messrs. Bueno and Davis.

Delegates to the Scientific Alliance — Messrs. Love and Groth.

The lilirarian, Mr. C. Schaeffer, reported the receipt of the following exchanges :

Canadian Entomologi.st, Vol. XXXVI, No. I.

Wiener Ent. Zeits., IX and X, 1903.

Deutsche Ent Zeit., 1891, No. I ; 1S92, Nos. I and 2; 1895, No. 2.

Mr. Beutenmiiller (chairman of the publication committee of 1903) communicated
his report through the secretary as follows: " f-our numbers of the Journal were
published during 1903, viz., March, 60 pages, 4 plates; June, 56 pages, 3 plates;
September, 60 pages, 2 plates and December, 74 pages, six plates ; making a total
of 274 pages and 15 plates for Volume XL

Mr. Groth moved that the JouRN.AL of the Society be furnished to active mem-
bers free of charge. Seconded. Discussion by Messrs. Groth and Comstock.

Gn motion of Mr. Weeks the motion was placed on the table until the next
meeting.

Mr. Schaeffer exhibited a series of Citindela scutellaris var. rugifroiis and var.
niodesta, showing every gradation of markings from nearly immaculate to forms with
the markings broadly confluent at sides. Both niodesta as well as rtigifrons with the
markings broadly confluent were aU from Cold Spring Harbor, Long Island. Mr.
.Schaefier remarked that it was strange that all of the specimens which he has seen
fiom this locality have the markings very broad or confluent at side margin, while
from he .Aqueduct, Long Island, locality the specimens are more feebly marked and
occasionally entirely unicolorous specimens are found with them. Cicindela hirii-
collis from unicolorous to fully marked specimens were also exhibited. They were
all collected at different beaches on Long Island. The unicolorous and darker as
well as the more fully marked specimens occur together with the full marked forms
near the beach and are in no way confined to mud flats only.

Mr. Jacob Doll exhibited the following species of Lepidoptera collected or bred
by him at Brownsville, Texas, last summer : Alypia disparata and larva, Ciris wil-

jun-, 1904.] Proceedings of the Society. 127

soiiii and larva, Horaiua tcxaua, Copidryas cosyra, Etulurtes spraguei, EncJuztes
iimrina, Ilalisidota seruba with larva and cocoons, Ecpantheria niuzinn with larva
and pupK, Ecpantlieria sp. new to our fauna, Carama cretata, with larva and
cocoon, Lagoa opercularii with larva and cocoon, Si/iizura sp. with larva, new to
our fauna. Centra scitisajpta with larva and cocoon, Sphingicaiiipa hoegei (?) with
larva and pupte, Saturnia galbina and their cocoons formed in a mocking bird's nest.
Mr. Bueno made some remarks concerning the Hemiptera-Cryptocerata. He
mentioned the literature concerning all of the families of the group and spoke of
tiie necessity for much systematic and monographic work in certain of these. He
exhibited a series of specimens to illustrate the life-history of Pelocoris femorata Pal.

xMeeting of February 2, 1904.

Held at the American Museum of Natural History, Tuesday evening. President
C. Iri. Roberts in the chair with thirteen members and two visitors present.

In the absence of the secretary, Mr. Weeks was appointed secretary jmo tempore.

Mr. Leng, of the publication committee, reported that at a meeting of the com-
mittee held this evening Dr. Harrison G. Dyar had been elected editor of the Journal
for the coming year. Also that arrangements would be made to have separata of
important papers printed in such form as to be readily available for sale or distribution.

Mr. Groth requested that action upon his motion laid over from the last meeting
be deferred until next fall.

Mr. E. B. Southwick read a paper upon " Cleaning of the Central Park Ponds
for the Prevention of the Mosquitoes." He gave an account of how the work was
carried on during the past summer and explained some of the difficulties of the under-
taking. While there were some mosquitoes in the park there were not nearly as many
as had been claimed. These were principally Ciilex with very few if any Anopheles.
The ponds were well populated with fish which consumed the larvte.

Mr. Southwick exhibited a copy of Dr. Berkeley's work on Mosquitoes. Dis-
cussion liy Messrs. Roberts and Weeks.

Mr. Watson exhibited the pupa aiid a bred specimen of Feniseca tarqidnius and
gave the following notes concerning the species : " On July 4, 1903, the butterfly was
found in every stage in the vicinity of Ramapo, N. J. The larvse were found feeding
on colonies of lice [Schizoneiwa (esseUata) on alder." He understood that the insect
had been found during the winter in all stages except the imago.

Mr. \\ eeks stated that some years ago he took a specimen of this butterfly near
Grasmere, Staten Island, being the first recorded capture of this insect on the island.

Mr. Wm. T. Comstock presented some " Notes on Melitcsa phaeton,''' and in
connection therewith exhibited a series of specimens including not only the normal
form, but also a specimen approaching in maculation the variety superba, having the
white spots more or less confluent instead of distinctly separate, and phcvthtisa, in which
the white spots were almost obsolete and the secondaries, save for the marginal yellow
dots, with faint traces of a few white spots, were uniformly black. In the primaries
also the white spots were to a great extent markedly absent. Of the variation strecheri
he had not been able to secure a description. Mr. Comstock drew attention to the
method in which the series of M. phaeton were mounted for preservation and ready
inspection.

Mr. Comstock expressed his opinion that local variations were not entitled to a

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specific name, but should be merely noted as variations though suggesting no method
of identification, as to the extent and limitations of varietal nomenclature. Discus-
sion by Messrs. Dyar, liueno, Brues, Davis, Roberts, Schaeffer and Weeks.

Dr. Dyar thought it advisable that insects, admittedly of the same species, but
possessing difterences in maculation and coloration which identified them in accord-
ance with their local or geographical distribution, should receive distinct names ; such
names often serving to distinguish the habitats of the several races of a species.

Meeting op' February i6, 1904.

Held at the American Museum of Natural History, Tuesday evening. Presi-
dent C. H. Roberts presided with nine members and two visitors present.

The librarian, Mr. Schaeffer, reported the receipt of the following exchanges :

Zeitschrift f. Entomologie, Breslau, 1903, No. 28.

Allgem. Zeitt. f. Entomologie, Vol. VHI, Nos. 22, 24.

Canadian Ent., Vol. XXXVI, No. 2.

Dr. E. P. Felt, New Vork State Entomologist, gave an informal talk on the
subject of *' Recent Investigations of New Vork Insects," illustrated with lantern
slides. His remarks pertained chiefly to the three following insects : The apple buc-
culatrix [ Bucculatrix pomifoliella') , the grape-vine leaf-hopper ( Erythroneura vitis)
and the grape-vine root- worm {Fidia viticida).

A number of slides were shown to illustrate the various stages of these insects as
well as their characteristic workings and appliances for combating them.

On motion of Mr. Groth a vote of thanks was tendered Dr. Felt for his inter-
esting lecture.

Meeting of March i, 1904.

Held at the apartment of H. G. Barber, 241 West 135th Street.

President C. H. Roberts in the chair with twelve members and one visitor present.

The treasurer, Mr. Davis, reported that the Society now had a balance of $1,024
in the bank.

Dr. Love moved that the annual dinner be held as usual this year and that a
committee of three be appointed to make arrangements. Seconded and carried.

Mr. Groth moved that a list of members of the Society, with address and
specialty, be printed. Seconded, .^mended to include Brooklyn members.

Dr. Love moved that the question be referred to a committee of three for action.
Seconded and carried. The Chair appointed the following committee : Messrs.
Weeks, Watson and Schaeffer.

Dr. Love suggested the advisability of holding but one meeting of the Society a
month, dispensing with the first meeting.

Discussion by Messrs. Love, Davis, Weeks, Roberts, Bueno, Joutel, Comstock
and Barber.

Dr. Love moved the adoption of the following resolution, which was duly sec-
onded :

Resolved, That Section I of Article 1 7 of the By-laws be amended to read as follows:

" There shall be held one regular meeting of the Society in each month (except-
ing July, .\ugust and September) on the third Tuesday, at 8 P. M.

Action on this resolution was deferred until next meeting.

H. G. Barber,

Secretary.

JOURN^^L

J}f\a JBoph Qntomologirfll ^oriptg,

V^ol. XIT. SEPTEMBER, 1904. No. 3

Class I, Hex APOD A.

Order I, HYMENOPTERA.

THE PHILANTHID^ OF NEW MEXICO— II.

bv h. l. viereck and t. d. a. cockerell,
New Haven, Conn. Colorado Springs, Col.

Genus CERCERIS Latreille.

TAiiLE OF Species.

Species red, yellow and black or yellow the predominating color on abdomen, i.
Species black and yellow or black the predominating color on abdomen 8.

1. Large species, 14 mm. and more 2.

Smaller species, 11 mm. and less 3.

2. Females, produced portion of clypeus broadly emarginate, forming a low ridge,

lateral points broad and short fidelis.

Produced portion of clypeus extending beyond the face a greater distance than

the length of the scape, broader than long nasica.

longer than broad mo rata .

Males, metathcrax with large contiguous punctures, enclosure with smaller con-
tiguous punctures and a central longitudinal, impunctate area which is impressed
and highly polished macrosticta.

3. Abdomen with narrow black bands 4.

Abdomen with broad black bands ; first segment red 5.

4. Female, produced portion of clypeus little longer than broad platyrhina.

Males, petiole of abdomen distinctly longer than broad, metathorax largely red.

ferruginior.
Males, petiole not distinctly longer than broad, metathorax without red..garciana.

5. Metathorax black 6.

Metathorax (except enclosure) red 7.

6. Larger ; enclosure of metathorax smooth and shining ; scutellum not spotted.

populorum.
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Smaller ; enclosure of metathorax transversely ridged ; scutellum with two yellow
spots rufinoda.

7. Clypeus of female black ; pygidial plate truncate var. crucis.

Clypeus of female white ; pygidial plate narrowed and rounded at end..crotonella.

8. Scutellum with two light spots 9.

Scutellum without spots 13.

9. Femora black with yellow or whitish markings ; stigma piiceous or brown 10.

Femora bright reddish ; antenna very long femur-rubrum

10. Face-markings of female yellow ; abdominal bands deep yellow ; punctures of

clypeus close together; vertex without yellow spots finitima.

Face-markings of female white or yellowish-white ; abdominal bands light
yellow II-

11. Vertex with two yellow spots ; clypeus broadly bordered with black anteriorly.

chilopsidis, 9 •
Vertex without such spots ; black border of clypeus much shorter 12.

12. Face broad, facial quadrangle broader than long convergens, 9-

Face narrow, facial quadrangle much longer than broad ; punctures of clypeus

rather sparse acanthophila.

13. Postscutellum black; enclosure of metathorax smooth; clypeal space (space

between clypeus and insertion of mandible) black eriogoni.

Postscutellum yellow or whitish 14.

14. Female with anterior margin of clypeus concave 15.

Female with anterior margin of clypeus entire or straight 16

15. The margin deeply concave, face-marks white nigrescens.

The margin slightly concave, face-marks yellow novomexicana.

16. Clypeus broadly truncate ; stigma piceous rinconis.

Clypeus narrowly truncate or rounded ; stigma ferruginous vicinoides.

In addition to the species now studied, the following have been
found in New Mexico :

C. frontata Say. Vega S. Jose (Townsend), Roswell (Cock-
erell).

C. vena/or Cr. El Rito (Townsend), Las Vegas (Cockerell),
Mesilla Valley.

C. bicornuta Guer. Vega S. Jose (Townsend). The last two are
probably sexes of one species.

The species of Cerceris may be divided into rather artificial groups,
according to the sculpture of the metathoracic enclosure. The differ-
ences in this structure are interesting, as it is difficult to imagine in
what way they can be of service.

(^.) Enclosure without distinct punctures or stria;.
(<t) Smooth and shining : C. fcrntginior, garciana, popitloniin, erio-
goni, giiara, venator, califoruicci, keunicottii, tolteca, azteca.

Sept., iyo4.] \'lERECK AND CoCKKRELL : P.HILANTHID.B. 3 31

(/>) Dull, slightly inclined to be striolate : vicitm, novomexicana.
( r ) Rugose : blakci.

(<•/) Obscurely aciculate (like b?') : binodis.

( (? ) Aciculate : i/iaximi'/iani, montivaga, tritncata. In the last the
median furrow is crenulated, as also it is \x\ flavida.

{B.) Enclosure with punctures and striaj only at the sides.

(rt) Smooth in middle, punctured at sides: jiiacrosticta, femiir-rub-

711 m, hebes, fasciola .
(/') Dull, with a few rather large lateral punctures: fidelis, siibpeiio-

lata.
(r) Smooth, dullish, obliquely striatulate at sides: coinrrgens, rin-

conis, deserta.

(d) Dull, margins punctate : cJiilopsidis.

{e) A few deep punctures on each side : compar.

(/) Shining, with slightly oblique striae on sides : sex fa.

(g) Shining, impunctate, the sides foveolate : cliiriguensis.

( // ) Impunctate, sides foveolate-striate : imperialis.

( / ) Longitudinally striated laterally : erythropoda.

( C. ) Striate or grooved practically all over.

(^a ) Strongly longitudinally striated : nasica, platyrliiiia, imitator,
iiiorata, biiingulata, nigrescens, doitifrons, strigosa, inaygiiiata.
{b) Dull, granular, obliquely longitudinally striated : tepaneca.
{c ) Finely and somewhat obliquely striated : fulvipes.
(c/) Coarsely and obliquely striated : compacta.

(e) Shining, coarsely striolate : aweofacialis.

(/") Transversely striated : smit/iiana, riifinoda, croto/iclla.

(D.) Punctate practically all over.

{a) Punctured: sonore/isis.

(b ) Finely and closely punctured : inoutczitnia.

(^) Ill-defined, strongly punctured : /<7v?//>.

{^d) Not defined, except by six large oblong foveas : obsoleta.

{E.) With the anterior and posterior portions different.

{a) Punctured, smooth at base : jucunda.

{b) Transversely striate anteriorly : cockerelli.

( {■ ) Striate longitudinally or slightly obliquely at base : clypeata.

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Cerceris nasica, new species.

9. Length about 14^2' mm.; black, dull yellow, and ferruginous; pubescence
short and erect, rather abundant, distinctly golden on head and thorax ; punctures
throughout dense and coarse. Head with broad cheeks and vertex ; facial quadrangle
approximately square ; clypeus with a very large projecting process, strongly convex
above in a transverse direction, with the anterior corners (forming somewhat less
than right angles) directed downwards ; clypeus yellow, with the anterior margin of
the process, and a shining concave area on the middle of the anterior margin (be-
neath the process), ferruginous ; mandible yellow, with the apical two fifths black,
the junction of the two colors ferruginous ; lateral face-marks yellow and very broad,
touching antennal sockets and ending in ferruginous wedge-shaped marks at the top
of the eyes ; yellow supraclypeal mark triangular, sending a process up each side of
the sharp carina between the antennre ; front black, red between the ocelli ; vertex
and cheeks red, the latter with a yellowish spot on the upper part ; flagellum red,
with about the apical half, except the tip, black ; thorax black, the coarse punctures
often confluent ; upper boarder of prothorax broadly yellow suffused with red
tubercles black, with a faint reddish spot ; scutellum red ; postscutellum yellow
enclosure of metathorax triangular and well-defined, strongly longitudinally ridged
tegula? deep yellow, shining ; wings fuliginous, stigma ferruginous, nervures mostly
fuscous ; legs yellow, strongly suffused with ferruginous, coxse partly black ; abdomen
with the nodose first segment red, the others yellow, with a black band at the ex-
treme base of the second to fifth ; pygidial area parallel-sided, transversely corru-
gated, ferruginous with the tip black.

Habitat. — New Mexico (F. H. Snow). Exact locality and date
unknown.

Cerceris fidelis, new species.

9 . Length about 18 mm.; similar to C. nasica, but easily distinguished by the
clypeal process being comparatively very short ; the enclosure of metathorax without
longitudinal ridges, but with a slight median groove, and an oblique row of punc-
tures on each side ; and the sides of the metathorax almost entirely yellow, the yellow
suffused with red along the edges. Other differences are as follows ; size larger ; an-
terior middle of clypeus with a transverse blackish groove instead of a shining area ;
no red between ocelli ; yellow of lateral face marks extending up on to vertex ;
mesothorax slightly marked with red posteriorly; tegulae red with a suffused yellow
mark ; wings not so dark except on apical margins ; basal nervure falling consider-
ably short of transverse medial (in nasica it nearly meets it); femora red, hind femora
yellow in front ; first abdominal segment yellow like the rest ; ventral surface of
abdomen mainly red ; pygidial area evenly rugose, with a strong fringe of pale
golden hairs on each side. The flagellum is longer in fidelis than in nasica, and only
red basally.

Habitat. — Santa Fe, N. M. (Cockerell, 1336). Taken July 7.
Mr. Fox had recognized it years ago (in litt. ) as an apparently new
species, near C. inimica.

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Cerceris platyrhina, new species.

9 . Length about 11 mm.; allied to iiasica, and like it having the enclosure of
metathorax strongly longitudinally ridged. It differs as follows : smaller and rather
more slender ; much less hairy ; clypeal process flatter, and less emarginate seen from
above ; clypeus beneath process black, bordered on margin with some dark reddish,
the shining concave area as in nasica ; supraclypeal mark small, narrow and red,
only occupying the lower part of the interantennal carina ; yellow lateral face-marks
ending abruptly no great distance above level of antenna; ; front, cheeks, vertex and
occiput black, except a small red spot behind ocelli ; and a large red spot behind the
upper part of each eye ; no yellow on the red of prothorax ; metathorax black, with
£). minute reddish spot on each side, scarcely visible ; tegulae yellowish-ferruginous ;
third abdominal segment with a red median cloud. As in nasica (but not in fidelis')
the basal nervure almost meets transverse medial, and the first abdominal segment
(except its black base) is red.

Habitat. — Fillmore Canon, Organ Mts., N. M., August 29
(Cockerell).

Cerceris macrosticta, new species.

$ . Length about 13^-2 mm.; black, yellow and red ; not conspicuously hairy ;
densely and coarsely punctured, the punctures especially large on the metathorax and
abdomen. Eyes large ; facial quadrangle much longer than broad ; face yellow up
to level of antennae, except a small black triangle beneath each socket, sending a nar-
now stripe down to the margin of the clypeus; vertex and front black, except that the
lateral face-marks go a short distance above tlie level of the antennae ; posterior orbits
bounded by a yellow stripe which ends abruptly not far from the top of the eye, send-
ing a short process backward ; cheeks behind the stripe slightly reddish, but the red
soon passes into black ; antenna; with the first five joints ferruginous, the next dusky
reddish, the color beyond rapidly passing into dull black on the upper side, while the
joints on the under side are shining yellowish, except the apical part of the last,
which is black beneath, as well as above ; on the upper side, the apical margins of
the joints are inclined to be narrowly pallid, and are very conspicuously so on joints
II and 12 ; joint 1 1 is longer than 10 ; 12 is much longer, being about as long as lO
and II together ; 13 is somewhat shorter than 12, and obliquely truncate ; mandibles
yellow with the apex broadly black ; anterior margin of clypeus obtusely pointed or
angled in the middle, and from beneath each side, occupying the lateral third of the
margin, there projects a reddish fringe of united hairs, concave on the upper side (a
similar structure occurs in C. hebes Cam., Biol. Cent. Am., Hym. II, PI. 8, fig. 4/');
thorax black, the upper border of prothorax extending to tubercles, but interrupted in
the middle line, round spot behind tubercles, oblong mark (slightly bordered with
red) on pleura below that, spot on each side of scutellura (the area between these
spots red), postscutellum, shining elongate mark on metathoracic enclosure (which is
otherwise completely punctate), and large elongate marks on sides of metathorax, all
yellow ; tegulse shining yellow ; wings strongly ferruginous, nervures ferruginous ;
compared with C. nasica the marginal cell is longer, and the second submarginal much
smaller, with a longer superior petiole ; legs yellow and red, the tarsi light yellow,
the femora with blackish stripes above ; anterior femora, and to a less degree the

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middle ones, swollen beneath, the swollen surface being shining and yellow ; pos-
terior femora ferruginous beneath, with two dark longitudinal stripes ; hind tibise
somewhat contorted, with a subhyaline saw-toothed posterior edge ; joints of
hind tarsi stout ; abdomen constricted between the segments, with a peculiar ap-
pearance from the very large punctures ; general color yellow, black at the sutures
and on disc of first segment, broadly red on discs of second to fifth segments, the red
bounded behind by yellow ; apex broadly truncate, the sides of the truncation some-
what pointed, and the margin wavy with a double curve ; ventral surface yellow with
three broad black bands, and a pair of brown club-shaped marks, joined basally, on
first segment, the surface of the segments also thinly covered with long appressed
hairs.

Habitat. — " New Mexico "; no other particulars known. In Coll.
Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila.

Cerceris ferruginior, new species.

$ . Length 9 mm. ; black, yellow and red ; strongly punctured, the punctures
on the front very close, on the mesothorax large and well separated on a shining
ground, on the abdomen quite close. Face light yellow, nearly up to level of ante-
rior ocellus, vertex and occiput black, the black extending downwards as a tongue to
the base of each antenna ; cheeks black, with a triangular yellow mark on the lower
part ; mandibles yellow at base, ferruginous in the middle, and black at the end ;
clypeus ordinary; a little brush of stiff yellowish hair overlapping the base of each
mandible ; scape curved and slightly swollen, yellow in front, ferruginous behind ;
flagellum with the base ferruginous, passing into black above, the extreme apex red ;
prothorax with the whole of the upper part broadly yellow, with a dark ferruginous
stain in the middle, tubercles yellowish-ferruginous ; pleura ferruginous, suffused with
black along the margins, and with a yellow patch just behind the tubercles ; meso-
thorax black ; tegulae lemon-yellow ; scutellum yellowish-ferruginous, edged with
black in front and behind ; postscutellum yellow ; metathorax with the enclosure and
a stripe passing downwards from it, black ; the enclosure very distinct, smooth, im-
punctate, triangular ; sides of metathorax ferruginous suffused with yellow, strongly
but rather sparsely punctured ; wings nearly clear, with the marginal and submarginal
cells, and especially the apex, clouded with black ; stigma orange-ferruginous nervures
fuscous first recurrent nervure joining second submarginal cell about one third of its
length from the base, legs ferruginous, tibia; and basal joint of tarsi mostly yellow ;
hind tiba; with a large blackish apical blotch behind ; small joints of hind tarsi fuscous;
hind coxre with a rounded apical lamina ; abdomen stongly constricted at the sutures
laterally ; first segment narrow, suboval, less than half the width of the second, fer-
ruginous ; second to sixth yellow, second with a large ferruginous basal patch, third
to fifth largely black at base ; apical plate ferruginous, truncate ; venter with the first
two segments red, the second with large sparse punctures, the other segments handed
with black and light yellow, the yellow stained with ferruginous in the middle.

Habitat. — Southern New Mexico (Cockerell, B 46). The type
was collected at Deniing, in July.

Sept., 1904] ViERF.CK AND CoCKERELL : I'HILANTHID.K. 135

Cerceris garciana, new species.

$ . Length about 9 mm.; similar to C. Jerrnginior, but differs as follows : yel-
low of prothorax interrupted in the middle by a black line ; tubercles black edged
with light ; pleura black ; scutellum black with a faint reddish spot on each side ;
metathorax black, with an oval yellow patch edged with reddish, on each side ; first
two abdominal segments black at base ; first segment decidedly shorter, and broader
in proportion to its length ; nervures ferruginous, second submarginal cell broader ;
second ventral abdominal segment with much black.

Habitat. — Las Cruces, N. M., May i8 (Fabian Garcia). This
may represent only a race of the last.

Cerceris populorum, new species.

$. Length about 10 ^4 mm.; allied to the last two, and having, like them, the
metathoracic enclosure smooth and shining. The general structure and punctuation
is also the same. Head black, with the face light yellow except the anterior margin
of the clypeus broadly and a large wedge-.shaped mark on each side, which are black ;
mandibles ferruginous ; scape dark ferruginous with a small light yellow spot ; flagel-
lum mostly black or nearly so, ferruginous beneath at base, and sometimes above on
first two joints, and the extreme apex red ; thorax black, upper border of prothorax
broadly yellow, interrupted by black in the middle ; a reddish dot on tubercles, and
another just behind, or the latter may be absent ; scutellum and metathorax black,
but postscutellum yellow ; tegulaj yellow ; wings as in C. ferru^inior, except that the
second submarginal cell is larger, and the third transverse-cubital nervure has a dis-
tinct double curve ; legs red, tibia; yellow, tarsi dusky ferruginous, anterior femora
with a large black patch behind, middle femora with a small one ; piosterior tibiae
with an apical blackish patch behind ; first abdominal segment shaped about as in
garciana, red, with an anterior black patch ; segments 2 to 6 yellow, broadly black
at base, the black on 2 to 4 much best developed in the middle ; apical plate dark
ferruginous, truncate, the angles spined ; venter black suffused with red, without yel-
low bands.

Habitat. — Albuquerque, N. M. , June 30, between the town and
^the University (Cockerell, 3215 = type). Another (Cockerell, 2951)
May 8, on a young poplar tree, not in flower, on campus of Agricul-
tural College at Mesilla Park, N. M. On the same poplar tree, at the
same time, were taken Perilainpus hyaliniis, 9 j Mouodoiitoinenis mon-
fivagus, $ (both det. Ashm.) and a male Colletes.

Cerceris femur-rubrum, new species.

$ . Length about 9 mm.; black marked with cream-color or very light yellow,
no red marks on body; legs red and cream-color; surface of body shining, with
dense strong punctures. Head black, a small yellowish spot behind the top of each
eye; face up to level of antennae cream-color, this color further extending upwards as
a narrow band in the middle line, and broadly at the sides, terminating a short dis-
tance below the level of the middle ocellus ; mandibles whitish basally, ferruginous in
the middle, and black at apex ; middle of anterior margin of clypeus pointed ; lateral

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fringes long, concave above, hyaline ; antennre very long ; scape yellowish in front,
pale red behind ; flagellum red at base and beneath, but passing into reddish-black
above, the apical joint red and curved ; thorax black, the upper border of prothorax
broadly, but internipted in the middle, a spot behind tubercles, two large patches
(with only a linear separation) on scutellum, a short stripe on postscutellum, and an
elongate mark on each side of metathorax, all cream-color ; enclosure of metathorax
smooth in the middle and punctured at the sides ; tegula; cream -color, dark reddish
basally ; wings with the usual dusky apex, stigma ferruginous, nervures fuscous ; coxa.-
cream-colored in front, as also are the middle and hind trochanters ; femora very briu;ht
light ferruginous, the anterior and middle ones with a cream-colored patch beneath ;
anterior and middle tibiae cream- color, more or less reddish on inner side ; hind tibite
somewhat distorted, cream-color basally, otherwise red ; tarsi cream-color and reddish,
claw-joint of hind tarsi blackish at base ; abdomen with the first segment rather
broader than long, with long erect pale hairs ; segments i to 6 black, with a broad
light yellow band ; apical plate very broad, black with the hind edge rather broadly
red ; venter extremely dark reddish-brown, with four cream-colored spots on each side.

Habitat. — Albuquerque, N. M., June 30, between the town and
the university two specimens (Cockerell, 3236 and 3237). The an-
tennas are much longer than in C. garciaiia, etc.
Cerceris convergens, new species.

9. Length about 8 mm.; black with creamy-white to very light yellow mark-
ings, the yellowest tint being on the broad band on second abdominal segment ; punc-
tures strong and dense ; pubescence very scanty. Head large, transversely oval, facial
quadrangle somewhat broader than long ; clypeus, a supraclypeal dot, and broad
lateral marks going a short distance above the antennae, cream color; vertex dullish
and very densely punctured ; anterior edge of clypeus somewhat projecting, and black,
the lateral fringes silvery white ; mandibles with the basal half mainly cream-colored ;
antennae of ordinary length ; scape curved, white in front ; flagellum j'ellowish
beneath and blackish above ; thorax rather dull black, two transverse marks on upper
border of prothorax, spot behind tubules, a spot on each side of scutellum, and post-
scutellum, cream-color; enclosure of metathorax smooth with its marginal area trans-
versely (obliquely) striatulate ; tegulo; cream-color with hyaline spot and margin;
wings hyaline, apex and marginal cell blackened ; stigma piceous, nervures dark
brown ; coxae, trochanters and femora black the latter with the apices cream-color,
the truncation of hind femora red ; tibia; cream-color, the anterior and middle ones
with a black patch behind, the hind ones with the apical two fifths black ; anterior
and middle tarsi pale, hind tarsi blackish ; first abdominal segment broader than long,
bulging laterally, black with a dorsal cream-colored patch ; second to fifth segments
black with a light yellow band, that on second the broadest ; pygideal area dark,
narrow-pyriform, constricted apically ; venter black without markings.

Habitat. — Alamogordo, N. M., May 13, 1902, one 9 (H. L.
Viereck).
Cerceris chilopsidis, new species.

9. Length nearly 9 mm.; similar to C. convergens but larger and presenting
the following differences in detail : black clypeal margin much broader ; supraclypeal

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mark triangular; a pair of obliquely placed elongate light yellow marks on vertex ;
light spots on scutellum larger and much closer together ; apical half of hind tibioe
dark ; yellow band on second abdominal segment much narrower in the middle than
at the sides ; pygidial plate broadly rounded, not constricted at the end. Several of
these characters are no doubt variable, but the different pygidial plate is quite dis-
tinctive. As in C. convergens the stigma is piceous, and there is brilliant silvery
pubescence on each side of the clypeus.

Habitat. — Southern New Mexico (Cockerell, B 4). The type was
collected at Rincon, July 5, at flowers of Chilopsis saligna.

The enclosure of the metathorax in C. convergens and chilopsidis is
smooth and dullish, with the usual median furrow ; in convergens its
lateral margins are delicately striate, but in cliilopsidis they are punctate,
and the lower end of the furrow has some minute transverse ridges.

Cerceris rinconis, new species.

9 . Size and appearance of C. cliilopsidis, but differs as follows : black clypeal
margin much shorter (more as in convei-gens^; no supraclypeal mark; no mark on
vertex ; scutellum entirely black ; enclosure of metathorax dullish, its margin faintly
striatulate, not punctate ; apices of femora more or less reddish ; spot on first abdominal
segment very small ; pygidial plate narrowed apically. The stigma is piceous, and
the hair on each side of clypeus silvery.

Habitat. — Southern New Mexico (Cockerell, B 4). The type was
collected at Rincon, July 5, at flowers of Oiilopsis saiigna.

C. rinconis is certainly distinct from C. chilopsidis, but it will very
likely prove to be only a variety of C. convergens.

Cerceris novomexicana, new species.

9 . Looks like vicina, but rather larger, and differs as follows : clypeus with
the anterior margin broadly truncate and gently concave, after the general style of C.
nigrescens ; scape stouter, bright yellow in front ; a large yellow spot on each side of
metathorax ; pygidial plate subtruncate at end ; anterior and middle femora with
more than the apical half bright yellow. The stigma is ferruginous, and there is no
patch of silvery hair on each side of the clypeus. The markings are very bright yel-
low. The anterior and middle tibiae are entirely yellow. The enclosure of meta-
thorax, as in z^icina, is dull, without punctures or grooves but slightly longitudinally
striate.

Habitat. — Johnson Park, N. M., at skunk-cabbage, July 7, 1903
(Anna Gohrman, No. 5 ). It is a little doubtful what plant is referred
to as "skunk-cabbage."

This has many characters in common with C. deserta, Say, but
differs by the large yellow marks on metathorax, the character of the
punctuation, etc.

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Cerceris nigrescens Smith.

9 . Highrolls, N. M., May 29 and 30, 1902 (Viereck) ; Beulah,
N. M., June 29, 1902 (Viereck), and Aug., 1902 (Cockerell) ;
Pecos, N. M., at flowers o( Fal/i/gia, June 23, 1903 (W. P, Cock-
erell). The Pecos specimen represents a variation with large yel-
lowish-white lateral marks on the third and fourth ventral segments of
abdomen. One of the Beulah specimens has small lateral dots on
these segments ; the others have the venter entirely black. The
enclosure of the metathorax is distinctly longitudinally (a little
obliquely) striated. Three males, which evidently belong here, are
from Highrolls, N. M., May 29, 1902 (Viereck), and Las Vegas, N.
j\I., at flowers of Solidago canadensis, Aug. 11 (W. P. Cockerell).
They have the face light yellow instead of white ; the metathorax
varies from all black to spotted with yellow. C. nigrescens, in New
Mexico, inhabits the Upper Austral, Transition and Canadian zones.
Cerceris acanthophila Cockerell.

Described in Ento/nologisf, 1S97, p. 135. It inhabits the Middle
and Upper Austral zones in New Mexico, having been collected at
Deming (Cockerell), Las Cruces (Cockerell), Las Vegas (Viereck,
W. P. Cockerell) and White Oaks (B. Chapman). One comes from
Las Vegas Hot Springs (Cockerell), just in the Transition Zone. It
has been observed to visit Solanum elceagnifoliuni at Las Cruces, Pctalo-
stemon oligophyllus at I>as Vegas. The time of flight appears to be
the same as that of C. nigrescens. The stigma is piceous varying to
brown, never fulvous or ferruginous ; in nigrescens it is fulvo-ferru-
ginous. The enclosure of the metathorax is smooth and shining, but
in the females it shows some very distinct marginal punctures.
Cerceris finitima Cresson.

Mesilla, N. M., at Solidago canadensis, August 15 (Cockerell); Las
Cruces, N. M. (Cockerell) ; Highrolls, N. M., June 14, 1902
(Viereck). The stigma is dark brown or piceous; the enclosure of
metathorax is more or less transversely striate.
Cerceris rufinoda Cresson.

Las Vegas, N. M., 4 ^ , i 9 , June 26, 1902 (Viereck). The en-
closure of metathorax is coarsely transversely ridged. In the 9 the
clypeus and face on each side of it are black, and the large oblong
lateral face marks, on each side of the antennce, are very pale yellow ;
the pygidial plate is broadly truncate.

Sept., 1904.] ^■IERECK AND COCKERELL : PhILANTHID,*;. 139

Cerceris rufinoda var. crucis, new variety.

9 . Lateral face-marks white ; clypeus, etc., black as in type ; metathorax, ex-
cept enclosure, red (black in type); pygidial plate as in type.

Habitat. — Las Cruces, N. M., at staminate flowers of Croton neo-
inexicanum, September 25, 1895 (Cockerell) ; also one with the sec-
ond abdominal segment (as well as the first) red, Las Cruces, August
24 (Cockerell).

Cerceris crotonella, new species.

9 . Like C. rufinoda var. crucis, but smaller (length hardly over 6 mm. ), with
the clypeus and face on each side of it white, and a linear white supraclypeal band
reaching nearly to anterior ocellus ; metathorax (except enclosure) and first three
segments of abdomen red, except for the usual yellowish- white bands ; stigma brown ;
second submarginal cell much smaller, the petiole being about as long as one of
the sides ; pygidial plate with the end rounded, and narrower ; venter with the tirst
three segments red, the others black, without markings.

Hah. tat. — Las Cruces, N. AL, at staminate flowers of Croton neo-
mexicamnn, September 25, 1895, one (Cockerell). The coloration
of the face recalls the male of rufinoda.

Cerceris eriogoni, new species.

$ . 6.5 mm. Head: Black, with the clypeus except the lower border and
lateral face marks yellow ; lateral face marks not extending to the antenna; nor to the
mandibles but near to the top of the eye ; deeply punctured the punctures adjoining
or nearly ; a distinct longitudinal carina between the antennae extending shortly above
and below their insertion ; eyes dark somewhat brownish ; joint 3 of the antenna
longer than 4, shorter than 4+ 5 ; scape orange, flagellum reddish-orange beneath,
dark -brown above, mandibles yellow and brown.

Pronotum slightly depressed medially, the anterior border moderately ridged ;
punctured but not distinctly ; traversed by a broken yellow band ; propleura black,
presenting a groove bounded by ridges, dorsulum with punctures more separated than
those on the head but equally as deep, somewhat shining, tegulae yellow ; mesopleura
dull with deep adjoining punctures; scutellum punctured more like the pronotum
than the dorsulum, yellow ; postscutellum black, its punctures five and adjoining ;
metathorax shining, punctured like the head, the punctures adjoining, enclosure
clearly defined, smooth, with a shallow longitudinal impression which is slightly
transversely striate ; wings : first and second recurrent nervures entering the second
and third cubital cells respectively as far from the cubitus as the petiole of the second
submarginal cell is long, nervures and stigma dark-brown, median cell in the costal
corner, marginal cell and apex of wing fuscous ; legs black, apices of femora, four
anterior tibiae and tarsi, basal two thirds of posterior tibire and metatarsi of posterior
legs yellow, tarsi brown.

Abdomen : Dorsally uniformly punctured like the metathorax, venter indistinctly
punctured ; pygidium moderately margined about one and a half times as long as
broad, second segment with the apical half orange, segments 3, 4 and 5 with apical

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third 6 with apical half orange. Entire insect covered with silver pubescence which
does not obscure the sculpture and is most abundant on the pleura, dense and ap-
pressed on the yellow space of the face.

Habitat. — Dripping Springs, Organ Mts., New Mexico at flowers
oi Eriogomivi (Cockerell). Related to C. kcnnicottii.

Cerceris townsendi, new species.

9 . 7 mm. Head : Black, a j'ellow spot behind each eye near the vertex, all
of the face below antennre yellow, the lateral face marks and the supraclypeal mark
extending half way between the antennne and anterior ocellus ; strongly punctured,
the punctures adjoining on the front and vertex, punctures on the yellow lateral face
marks not adjoining and not so deep, frontal carina terminating above with the supra-
clypeal mark, below extending nearly to the clypeus, eyes dull gray ; relation of an-
tennal joints same as in eriogotti, scape yellow, pedicellum and flagellum pale brown
beneath, dark brown above ; mandibles yellow tipped with brown.

Thorax : Pronotum feebly margined on the sides, with large shallow separated
punctures and a transverse yellow band interrupted with black ; propleura black not
grooved ; dorsulum with punctures like those on the head adjoining separated in the
middle ; mesopleura with shallow adjoining punctures giving a reticulated appear-
ance ; scutellum punctured like the dorsulum, in the middle with sparse punctures ;
raetathorax coarsely punctured like the dorsulum, shining, enclosure dull, appearing
transversely striate, black, with two yellow spots one on each side; wings, first and
second, recurrent nervures entering the second and third submarginal cells respectively
a little farther from the first and second transverse cubiti than the length of the petiole
of the second submarginal cell, stigma testaceous, nervures brown, marginal cell and
apex of the wings infuscated ; legs yellow, basal half of four anterior femora and
apical half of posterior femora more or less brown to black, posterior tibice posteriorly
and tarsi brownish.

Abdomen : Uniformly punctured but not so coarsely as the metathorax, the venter
indistinctly punctured except on the raised portions where the punctures are almost as
distinct as on the dorsulum, pygidium as in eriogonum, first segment with two spots,
one on each side, segments 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 with an apical yellow band occupying 3^
or more of the segment, ventral segments 2, 3 and 4 with a yellow spot on each side.

Everywhere thinly pubescent with silvery hair.

Habitat. — Las Cruces, New Mexico (Townsend).

Cerceris vicinoides, new species.

$. 9.5 mm. Head: Black, a yellow spot on each cheek near the vertex ;
clypeus protuberant, truncate, yellow, margined with black ; a yellow spot on each
side of the face below the lateral face marks, the latter separated from the clypeus
by a black line and nearly extending to the top of the eye ; supraclypeal mark repre-
sented by two yellow spots ; face and clypeus dull the punctures shallow ; head with
nearly adjoining well defined shallow punctures ; eyes black and gray; third joint of
antennae equal to 4 + 5, scape black yellow in front, pedicellum and flagellum dark
brown above pale brown beneath ; basal half of mandibles yellow, apical half nearly
black.

Sept., 1904.] VlERECK AND CoCKERELL : PhILANTHID.E. 141

Thorax r Pronotum not distinctly punctured nor margined, slightly impressed
medially, a yellow spot on each side ; propleura black, slightly grooved and striate ;
dorsulum dull, punctures irregularly spaced some adjoining others more than twice
their width apart, lateral impressed lines indicated ; mesopleura dull reticulate ;
scutellum punctured much like dorsulum ; postscutellum almost impunctate banded
with yellow ; metathorax punctured like the dorsulum, enclosure dull impunctate,
with an indistinct median groove, a yellow spot on each side ; wings as in ei-iogoni,
greater part of tegulffi yellow, stigma pale brown, nervures brown, marginal cell and
apex of wing smoky ; legs black, apices of four anterior femora with some yellow,
tibii-g and tarsi of four anterior legs yellow, the tarsi becoming brownish, posterior
tibin; yellow, apical third black, tarsi brownish.

Abdomen : Uniformly punctured, the punctures nearly adjoining, raised portions
of ventral segments nearly as distinctly punctured as the dorsum ; pygidium twice as
long as broad at base, finger shaped ; tirst segment with a yellow spot on each side,
segments 2, 3, 4 and 5 with an apical yellow band, broad laterally, narrow in the
middle ; ventral segments 3 and 4 with a yellow spot on each side.

Pubescent like to:v>ise/i(/i.

Habitat. — Pecos, New Mexico, June 25, 1903, on Fallugia (AV.
P. Cockerell).

Genus APHILANTHOPS Patton.

Table of Species.
Female. Reddish, markings yellow ; black or blackish band from eye to eye on the

vertex, enclosing ocelli concinnulus.

Alales. Black predominating, markings yellow, reddish hue confined to legs and

abdomen, sometimes the thorax is partly reddish concinnulus.

Abdomen not reddish, black and yellow.

Face all black taurulus.

Face with prominent yellow marks.

Punctures on front between ocelli and eyes separated, rather distinct ;

tlagellum all black frigidus.

Punctures on front between ocelli and eyes rather indistinct ; flagellum
partly brown bakeri .

Aphilanthops concinnulus Cockerell.

Rincon, N. M., both sexes (Cockerell); Las Cruces, on Solaiium
(Cockerell, 898). Dunning has erroneously referred the female to
A. utahensis Baker.

Aphilanthops taurulus Cockerell.

Las Cruces, N. ^L, male at staminate flowers of Croton neomexi-
canum, September 25, 1S95 (Cockerell). Las Cruces (Cockerell,
5090). Also found at Rincon.
Aphilanthops frigidis (Smith).

Highi'olls, N. M., May 29, 1902 (Viereck).

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Aphilanthops bakeri Dunning.

"New Mexico "; one in Coll. Amer. Ent. Soc.
Aphilanthops quadrinotatus Ashmead.

Mesilla Valley (Cockerell); Glorieta, 1903 (Cockerell).
Aphilanthops laticinctus (Cress).

Mesilla Valley (Cockerell); Santa Fe (Cockerell).

Genus PHILANTHUS Fabricius.

As here used, this generic name includes Aiithopliihis and Pseii-

dantJiophiliis.

Table of Spfxies.
Females and males.

Predominating color of abdomen yellow (at least in one sex) I.

Predominating color of abdomen black 3.

1. Very large, about 18 ram. long gloriosus.

Smaller 14 mm. long and less 2.

2. First abdominal segment with red basilaris.

First abdominal segment with no red.

Head behind the eye marked with yellow ; head and thorax not distinctly
hairy ; first abdominal segment coarsely punctured.

First segment of abdomen impunctate or nearly where the anterior face

joins the superior face crabroniformis.

First abdominal segment finely punctured where the anterior face joins

the superior face crotoniphilus.

Head behind the eye without a yellow spot, all black.

Head and thorax distinctly hairy ; first abdominal segment finely punc-
tured albopilosus .

Head and thorax not distinctly hairy ; first abdominal segment coarsely
punctured punctinudus.

3. Segments of abdomen very coarsely punctured cockerelli.

Segments of abdomen at least in part rather moderately punctured ; abdomen with

sinuate or broken bands.
Females.

Clypeus with a rounded out truncation and a blunt tooth each side

thereof psyche.

Clypeus simple politus.

Males.

Two series of punctures on third dorsal segment 4-

One series of small or moderate punctures on third dorsal segment.. 5.

4. Punctures rather dense albif rons .

Punctures rather sparse albif rons .

5. Front with a large yellow spot and a large black space between it and the eyes.

pulchellus.

Front with the yellow space larger, extending to the eyes and connected with the

yellow below pacificus.

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Philanthus gloriosus Cresson.

Pecos, X. M., August 19, 1903, at flowers oi Eriflt^oiiuin, one (^^^
P. Cockerell) ; Pecos, August 6, 1903 (Cockerell) ; White Oaks,
August 2, 1902 (Bertha Chapman). Also Mesilla Valley. The eyes
of the female in life are dull green suffused with reddish.

Philanthus basilaris Cresson.

Pecos, N. j\I., August 19, 1903, at flowers of Eriogonum, one of
each sex (W. P. Cockerell), and one male (T. D. A. Cockerell).
The male frequently settles upon the ground, and looks rather like a
Bembecid ; it has the eyes pea-green in life, strongly converging
above, and antennce recall those of (5^ Masaris.*-
Philanthus crabroniformis Smith {midtiniaadaius Cam.).

LasCruces, N. M., dXSalix, May 2, J" = type of P. anna Dunning
(Cockerell) ; Las Cruces, at Bigelovia, i. e., Isocoma, one = cotype
of P. cleonur Dunning (Cockerell, 4786) ; Las Cruces, at Chi/opsis
sa/igna in Barker's garden, June 5 (Cockerell) ; Mesilla, at Asfer
spinosKs, June 24 (Cockerell) ; Highrolls, May 30 to June 3, 1902,
three (Viereck) ; Santa Fe, August, at Cleome serrulata, one (Cock-
erell, 4092). Ranges from the Middle Sonoran to the Transition
Zone.
Philanthus albopilosus Cresson.

Las Cruces, N. M., at Solidago, one (Cockerell, 2000).

Philanthus cockerelli (Dunning).

Described as a variety of punctatiis, but apparently a valid species.

Rincon, N. M. (Cockerell, B4) ; Las Cruces (Cockerell, 1954) ;
Highrolls, May 30 to June 3, 1902 (Viereck) ; Alamogordo, May 9
to 13, 1902, two (Viereck). Also Fillmore Caiion, Organ ISIts. (C.
H. T. Townsend).

P. punctatiis Say, reported from the Mesilla Valley, was no doubt
Cockerelli,
Philanthus psyche Dunning.

Las Cruces, N. ^I. (Cockerell, 4S93).
Philanthus politus Say.

Pecos Canon, N. M., 7200 feet, at flowers oi Holodisciis aiistralis,
July 21, 1903 (W. P. Cockerell) ; near Viveash Ranch (above Pecos,

*It is worth while to record that Psetidoniasaris vespoides (Cress.) was common
at Pecos, and its habits were studied by Mrs. Cockerell.

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Canon), 8800 feet, at flowers of Potentilla, July 21, 1903 (W. P.

Cockerell).

Philanthus albifrons Cresson {henriiiis Dunning).

Beulah, N. M., August 16, 1900 (T. D. A. and W. P. Cockerell) ;
Pecos, July 25 to August 18, 1903 (Cockerell) ; Las Vegas Hot
Springs, a more sparsely punctured form (Cockerell). Also on the
Gila River in New Mexico (C. H. T. Townsend).

Philanthus pulchellus Cresson.

Pecos, at Falhtgia, June 23 and 24, 1903 (W. P. Cockerell) ;
Beulah, June 29, 1902 (Viereck).

The markings of the abdomen are variable.

Philanthus pacificus Cresson.

Las Cruces, at staminate flowers of Croton neomexicaiiuiii, Septem-
ber 25, 1895 (Cockerell).

Philanthus scelestus Cresson.

Santa Fe (see Canadian Entomologist, 1S98, p. 152).
Philanthus ventilabris Fabricius.

Socorro (Cockerell, 3168), \zx. frontalis, Cresson, .Mesilla Valley
(Cockerell), Gila River (Tovvnsend), Las Vegas (Cockerellj.

Philanthus punctinudus, new species.

(J. 6.5 mm. Head: yellow with the vertex, occiput, cheeks, a very narrow
margin along the inner orbits, a spot back of the insertion of antennae, mandibles and
antennae black ; two yellow spots back of posterior ocelli ; eyes dull brownish, almost
impunctate, except on vertex where the punctures are distinct but sparse ; a distinct
median longitudinal impressed line between the antenna?, not extending to the clypeus ;
third joint of antennas longer than 4 -f 5> shorter than 4 -|- 5 -|- 6 ; hardly any molar
space.

Thorax : Pronotum slightly notched in the middle, with some obscure punctures,
yellow ; dorsulum polished, sparsely punctured, slightly impressed in the middle, two
yellow streaks along the middle line and a yellow spot above each teguia ; meso-
pleura almost reticulate with a yellow spot adjoining the yellow tubercles ; scutellum
and postscutellum yellow with a slight median impressed line, sparsely punctured like
the dorsulum ; metathorax shining black with two yellow spots on the superior disc
which is impressed medially, the impression rugulose, otherwise the surface of the
metathorax is interrupted by sparse, shallow punctures, sparsest on the superior face ;
teguia; and base of wings yellow, transverse median nervure almost interstitial with
the basal, first recurrent nervure received by the second submarginal cell before the
middle, second recurrent nervure received by the third submarginal cell before the
basal fourth, stigma and costal nervure pale testaceous, the other nervures darker,
rather fuscous ; femora brownish to blackish, except the yellow tips, trochanters and

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coxa; brownish to black, tibiiu yellow, a brown stripe on the under side, tarsi yellow,
the apical joints brownish like the claws, pulvilli blackish.

Abdomen : Segments i and 2 more closely punctured than the dorsulum, yellow,
e.xcept a basal black border which widens into a triangle laterally and an apical black
border ; the remaining segments not so distinctly punctured as the first two ; seg-
ments 3, 4 and 5 with a sinuate, narrow yellow band on the apical margin; apical
segments black ; venter black.

Entire insect covered with a sparse silvery pubescence, the hairs longest on the
head and metathorax.

Habitat. — San Marcial, New Mexico (Cockerell, 3118).

Philanthus crotoniphilus, new species.

$ . 9 mm. Head : front very closely punctured, dullish ; vertex rather sparsely
punctured, shining ; cheeks finely rather closely punctured ; front with a median
impressed line between the antennje ; sides of the face more shining, not so closely
punctured as the vertex ; clypeus indistinctly punctured ; front yellow except the
black dot on each side of the clypeus, the black margin of the clypeus, the black
around the insertion of the antenna which is fused with a broad band of black on the
front that connects with the black vertex and is united by a narrow band in front of
the anterior ocellus, cheeks black with a yellow spot, mandibles yellow ; malar space
longer than the pedicellum ; third joint of antenni^ longer than 4+5, shorter than
4 -]- 5 + 6, antennte entirely black, eyes greenish.

Thorax : Pronotura as in piinctiniidits ; dorsulum rather closely punctured except
posteriorly where the punctures become sparse, a median impression more closely
punctured than the adjoining area ; dorsulum black ; tegulK, base of wings and tuber-
cles yellow ; mesopleura polished, distinctly rather sparsely punctured and with a trans-
verse median impressed line on the superior half where the punctures are closest ;
scutellum punctured like mesopleura, black with a yellow spot on each side ; postscu-
tellum not so distinctly punctured, yellow ; metathorax dullish, rather closely punc-
tured, the median impression of the superior face rugulose, the median impression of
the posterior face punctured like the adjoining area ; a yellow band on the metapleura
bordering the posterior face ; tegulae and base of wings yellowish, stigma and costa
testaceous, nervures brownish ; transverse median nervure received basad of the basal,
first recurrent nervure received by the second submarginal cell before the middle,
second recurrent nervure received by the third submarginal cell before the basal fourth,
stigma and nervures colored as in puiutiiuidtis ; coxk and trochanters black except
the yellow tips in some cases, femora black, the four anterior ones with nearly all of
apical half yellow, the posterior two with apex yellow, tibiss and tarsi yellow, the
apical joints of the tarsi and the claws brownish, pulvilli blackish.

Abdomen : First and second segments coarsely punctured, the punctures nearly
adjoining, in addition the first segment has fine punctures on the basal and apical
margins ; first segment with a broad yellow band across the middle nearly interrupted
medially ; second segment yellow with a narrow basal black band which is enlarged
along the middle line and on the sides ; third segment with sparse, large, shallow
punctures, all of apical half and a little more covered with a yellow band widest
laterally ; segments 4-5 and 6 with a yellow band close to the apical margin, broadest

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laterally ; apex black ; venter brownish and black, segments 2, 3 and 4 with a yellow
spot on each side.

Covered with a pale whitish or silvery thin pubescence, quite abundant but
nowhere hiding the surface, longest and most abundant on the head and venter.

Habitat. — Las Graces, N. Mexico, 25 September, 1895, on stam-
inate flowers of Croton ^leomexicanum (Cockerell).

DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW HYMENOPTERA FROM

JAPAN. — II.

Bv William H. Ashmead, M.A., D.Sc.

•Washington, D. C.

(Plates VII and VIII.)

Family LXI, TORYxMID.^.
Subfamily V, Megastigmin.^.
Genus MEGASTIGMUS Dalman.

Megastigmus japonicus, new species.

Female. — Length, 2.5-3 mni-; ovipositor two thirds the length of the abdomen.
Uniformly brownish-yellow, the sclerite between the parapsides and the tegulre with a
black or dusky spot, the abdomen with some brownish stains towards base above, the
sheaths of the ovipositor black ; eyes brown ; ocelli black ; flagellum pale brownish,
the scape, pedicel, and legs yellowish. Wings hyaline, the veins, except the stigmal
vein and its large knob which are brown-black, yellowish. The pronotum and the
mesonotum are very finely transversely wrinkled, the scutellum feebly punctate, with
a medium impressed line anteriorly and a cross-furrow before apex.

Type. — No. 7149, U. S. National Museum.

japan (exact locality not given). Mr. A. Koebele ; Gifu, taken
in October by Mr. Y. Nawa, labelled No. 68.

Described from ten specimens, eight taken by Mr. Koebele and
two taken by Mr. Nawa.

Megastigmus koebelei, new species.

female. — Length, 2.5 mm., ovipositor as long as the abdomen. Uniiormly
brownish-yellow, immaculate, the ocelli dark, the eyes brown, the sheaths of the ovi-
positor black, the flagellum light brown, the scape and the legs pale yellowish. The
pronotum above and the lobes of the mesonotum are delicately transversely wrinkled.
Wings hyaline, the veins light brown, the large rounded knob of the stigmal vein
brown-black.

Tvf'e. — No. 7150, U. S. National Museum.

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Atami. Described from a single specimen received from Mr. A.
Koebele and labelled No. 1558, evidently bred.

Family LXII, CHALCIDID.^.
Subfamily I, Leucospidin.€.
Genus LEUCOSPIS Fabricius.
Leuscospis japonica Walker.

A female and male of this species were received from Dr. Mitsu-
kuri. The male was unknown to Walker ; it differs from the female
in having no yellow band at the apex of the scutellum, the two minute
yellow spots on the disk of the pronotum, so conspicuous in the
female are wanting, while the abdomen has two yellow bands — a
band at the apex of the second and the third segments, two yellow
dots on the disk of the first segment and a yellow dot at the apex of
the last segment.

Type $ — No. 7 151, U. S. National Museum.

Gifu. Described from a male, accompanied with a female, re-
ceived from Dr. Mitsukuri, which I am informed by Mr. Marlatt,
were taken by Mr. Y. Nawa, of Gifu.

Subfamily II, Chalcidin.^.

Tribe I, Chalciiuni.

Genus CHALCIS Fabricius.

The species known from Japan falling in this genus are C. formo-

sensis Ashm., C. mitsiikurii Ashm., C. chinensis Ashm., C. euploecs

Westw., C. obscitra A\'alk. and C. mikado Cam. (= C. callipus

Kirby).

TRir.K II, Smiikini.

Genus EPITRANUS Walker.

Epitranus albipennis Walker.

Hiogo.

Tribe III, Chai.citellim.

Genus ANACRYPTUS Kirby.

To this genus belongs Epitranus erythroi^asfrr Cam, described
from Nagasaki.

Anacryptus japonicus, new species.

Male. — Length, 4.2 mm. Black and shining, but closely punctate, except on
the mesonotum and the scutellum, where the punctures are larger and sparser; tips of

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femora, the bind trochanters and hind tibiie behind reddish, the base and apex of
front and middle tibije, and all tarsi, honey-yellow ; scape very long,. slender, honey-
yellow, the flagellum filiform, brown-black ; petiole of abdomen long, longitudinally
furrowed, a little longer than the hind femora, opaquely shagreened, the body of ab-
domen highly polished, shining, not large, subovate and compressed. Wings hya-
line, almost bare, the veins brovvn, the stigmal vein very short, the postmarginal not
developed.

Type. — No. 7155, U. S. National Museum.

Hakone. Described from one .specimen collected by Mr. A.
Koebele.

Anacryptus koebelei, new species.

Female. — Length, 3 mm. Black and shining, closely punctate, except on the
middle mesothoracic lobe where the punctures are not so close ; front and middle
legs, including the coxa;, honey-yellow, all tarsi pale, hind coxte black, the hind
femora brown-black, the hind tibise pale on posterior face. Wings hyaline, the veins
yellowish the very small stigmal vein brownish. The abdominal petiole in this
species, is shorter than the hind femora, longitudinally furrowed, while the body of the
abdomen is long ovate, subcompressed, highly polished, the basal segment occupying
nearly its whole surface, the following segments all very short.

Type. — No. 7161, U. S. National iMuseum.

Hakone. Described from one specimen collected by ISIr. A.

Koebele.

Tride IV, Haltichellixi.

Genus STOMATOCERAS Kirby.

To this genus htXowg'i, Halticella fi/iifipenuis C3.m. described from
Nagasaki. The following species are apparently undescribed.

Stomatoceras hakonensis, new species.

Female. — Length, 6.5 mm. Wholly black, shining, punctate, clothed with a
sparse glittering grayish or whitish pubescence, the scutellum with a median longi-
tudinal furrow, the mesopleura coarsely longitudinally striated, the head deeply and
broadly excavated in front, the e.xcavation encircled by a rim or carina, the front
ocellus placed within the excavation. Wings subfuscous, paler basally, the veins
black. The abdomen is conic-ovate, not longer than the thorax, smooth and shining,
except the sixth segment which has some distinct thinible-like punctures.

Type. — No. 7157, U. S. National Museum.

Hakone. Described from a single specimen collected by Mr. A.
Koebele.

Stomatoceras clavicornis, new species.

Male. — Length, 3-3.5 mm. Black, closely punctate, clothed with a sparse,
glittering white pubescence, the central longitudinal furrow on the .scutellum only
vaguely defined, the mesopleura punctate, not longitudinally striated ; flagellum

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Strongly clavate, black, except basally, the scape and the two or three basal joints of
the flagellum being pale or yellowish ; tegulre, middle coxa:, base and tips of front
and middle femora, tibire and tarsi and hind tarsi, honey-yellow or testaceous, the
rest of the front and middle femora and the hind legs brownish or brown-black the
hind legs darkest, sometimes black. Wings hyaline, the veins brown. The abdo-
men is oval, shining, the third segment, and those beyond, faintly, microscopically
punctate.

Type. — No. 7158, U. S. National Museum.
Hakone (Mr. A. Koebele).

Family LXIII, EURYTOMID.E.

Subfamily I, Aximin.b.
Representatives of this group should be found in Japan.

Subfamily II, Eurytomin^.

Tribe I, Isosomim.

Genus ISOSOMA Walker.

To this genus belongs Eiirytoma autica Walk., described from

Hiogo.

Triiie II, EuRVTOMA Illiger.

Eurytoma appendigaster Swederus.

I have received specimens of this species from Yokohama and
Gifu.
Eurytoma nikkoensis, new species.

Ft'Diale. — Length, 2.4 mm. Black, shallowly umbilicately punctate, the middle
mesothoracic lobe anteriorly almost smooth, shining ; front legs from base of femora,
the middle legs from apical half of femora, and the hind knees, tips of their tibiae
and the tarsi, honey-yellow ; wings hyaline, the veins light brown, the marginal vein
about one half longer than the stigmal vein, the postmarginal vein delicate, hardly
longer than the stigmal. The head is considerably wider than the thorax ; antennce,
except a yellow annulus at apex of the pedicel, wholly black, the flagellar joints
oblong oval, the first the longest, the others gradually shortening ; abdomen ovate,
pointed at apex, not longer than the thorax, smooth and shining, subcompressed, the
petiole short transverse ; the body of the abdomen seen from the side is only a little
more than twice as long as wide. The-pronotum is only a little wider than long.

Type. — No. 7159, U. S. National Museum.

Nikko. Described from a single specimen collected by Mr. A.
Koebele.
Eurytoma atamiensis, new species.

Female. — Length, 1.8 mm. Black, the head and thorax umbilicately punc-
tate; scape of antenna^ and the legs, except the hind cox;v and the hind femora,

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brownish-yellow ; abdomen ovate, ending in a point, smooth and shining, seen from
the side it is hardly twice as long as wide ; wings hyaline, the veins light brown, the
marginal vein nearly twice as long as the stigmal ; flagellum brown, the joints 2 to 5,
moniliform. The pronotum is twice as wide as long.

Type. — No. 7160, U. S. National Museum.

Atami. Described from seven specimens collected by Mr. A.
Koebele.

Eurytoma japonica, new species.

Female. — Length, about 4 mm. Black, the head and thorax umbilicately
punctate, clothed with a fine, sparse, whitish pubescence ; scape of antenna and the
legs, except the cox^e, honey-yellow, the coxre black, the incisions of the joints, apices
of the tibire and the tarsi yellowish-white; flagellum brown-black, the joints oblong,
the first about two and one half times as long as thick, the second about twice as long
as thick, the following very gradually shortening ; wings hyaline, the veins brownish-
yellow, the marginal vein nearly twice as long as the stigmal ; abdomen ovate, not
ending in a projecting point at apex, smooth and shining, seen from the side, a little
more than twice as long as wide, only slightly compressed. The pronotum is shorter
than the mesonotum, about one and one half times as wide as long.

Type. — No. 7161, U. S. National ^Museum.

Sapporo. Described from a single speciinen received from Dr.
Matsumura.

Eurytoma binotata, new species.

Female. — Length, 1. 5-2 mm. Resembles^. ataviiensis^hviX the pronotum is
only one and one half times as wide as long, with a small yellow spot at each ante-
rior angle, the legs are brownish-yellow, with all coxce and the hind femora black,
while the stigmal vein is only two thirds the length of the marginal vein.

Type. — No. 7162, U. S. National Museum.

Atami. Many specimens collected by Mr. A. Koebele.

Eurytoma hakonensis, new species.

Female. — Length, 2.5 mm. Black, umbilicately punctate, but with the face,
cheeks and pronotum, except medially, more or less yellow or brownish-yellow ; scape
of antennze and legs yellowish, the tarsi whitish, the hind coxk black, the hind femora
brown, except at base and apex ; flagellum light brownish, the joints 2-5 moniliform ;
wings hyaline, the veins yellowish, the marginal vein only a little longer than the
stigmal ; abdomen short ovate, much shorter than the thorax and only about one and
one half times as long as wide. The pronotum is not quite twice as wide as long.

Type, — No. 7168, U. S. National Museum.

Hakone. Described from two specimens collected by Mr. A.
Koebele.

Eurytoma mitsukurii, new species.

Female. — Length, 3 mm. Mostly brownish-yellow, the eyes, a transverse line
on vertex enclosing the ocelli, the occiput, three lines on the pronotum, a spot on

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each mesothoracic lobe, a central stripe on the scutellum and the apices of the dorsal
abdominal segments black ; wings hyaline, the veins yellowish, the marginal vein
very thick, not longer than the stigmal vein. The head anteriorly is deeply excavated
for the reception of the antennoe, the flagellum is filiform, joints 2-6, a little longer
than thick, the first the longest joint ; the pronotum is a little more than twice wider
than long ; while the hind tibice are armed behind with some stiff bristles as in the
Decatomini.

Type. — No. 7164, U. S. National Museum.

Atami. Described from a single specimen taken by Mr. A.

Koebele.

Tribe V, Decatomini.

Genus DECATOMA Spinola.

Decatoma atamiensis, new species.

Fcmtih. — Length, 1. 5 mm. Head, e.xcept the verte.v and the occiput, the
antennte, the tegulre, the mesopleura, and the legs, except a spot towards the apex
of the hind femora and most of the hind tibia-, yellow ; the vertex, occiput, rest of
the thorax, a spot on hind femora towards apex, and the hind tibia;, except the apical
fourth and a narrow annulus at base, black. Wings hyaline, the veins, except the
semicircular stigma, which is brown-black, pale yellowish ; there is a subfuscous
fascia extending from the stigma to beyond the middle of the wing.

Type. — No. 7165, U. S. National Museum.

Atami. Described from one specimen collected by Mr. A.
Koebele.

Family LXIV, PERILAMPID.E.

Genus PERILAMPUS Latrielle.
Perilampus japonicus, new species.

Female. — Length, 4 mm. Head, legs, except the tarsi, and the abdomen blue-
black, smooth and shining ; tarsi honey-yellow ; thorax aeneous-black, the dorsum
with a greenish tinge, coarsely, closely punctate, except the lateral mesothoracic
lobes which are smooth and shining, scape and pedicel asneous ; flagellum brown-
black, a little paler or brown at apex ; wings hyaline, the veins brown.

Male. — Length, 2.5 mm. Agrees with female, except in size, and in having
the head and scutellum metallic greenish, the legs a?neous-black, the tarsi longer and
slenderer, light brownish.

Type. — No. 7166, U. S. National Museum.

Sapporo. Described from a 9 and $ , labelled No. 15, received
from Dr. Matsumura.

Family LXV, EUCHARID.E.
Genus SCHIZASPIDIA Westwood.
Schizaspidia tenuicornis, new species.

Female. — Length 4 mm. Head and thorax metallic-green, the abtlomen black,
the petiole yellow at apex ; mandibles, antenna; and legs, except the hind coxa?,

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light brownish-yellow, the tarsi jialer ; wings hyaline, the marginal and short stigmal
vein brown, the latter enclosed in a small, fuscous cloud. The head, except some
longitudinal strise on the face, is smooth ; the antenna; are long, the joints of the
flagellum being rather long and cylindrical, the first joint about six times as long as
thick ; the thorax is coarsely rugose, with distinct parapsidal furrows, the scutellum
produced at apex and ending in two short prongs ; the abdomen is longly petiolated,
the petiole being longer than the hind femora, smooth and shining, brown or brown-
black with its apex yellow, while the body of the abdomen is ovate, a little more
than twice longer than thick.

Type. — Xo. 7167, U. S. National IMuseum.

Sapporo. Described from two specimens (one imperfect) received
from Dr. Matsumura.

Family LXVI, MISCOGASTERID.^.
Subfamily II, Tridymin.^.

Genus TRIDYMUS Ratzeburg.
Tridymus hakonensis, new species.

Female. — Length, 1. 5 mm. ^T!neous-black, smooth, the head anteriorly, the
middle mesothoracic lobe, and the scutellum brassy ; legs ceneous, the tibiae brown,
the tarsi yellowish ; wings hyaline, the veins brown ; abdomen conic-ovate, subcom-
pressed, pointed at apex, the sides metallic-greenish.

Type. — No. 7180, U. S. National Museum.

Hakone. Described from two specimens collected by Mr. A.
Koebele.

Subfamily III, INIiscogasterin.e.

Trilie I, Haltici >ptekim.

Genus HALTICOPTERA Spinola.

Halticoptera laticeps, new species.

Male. — Length, 2.6 mm. Robust, blue-black, the dorsum of the thorax
dull bronzed ; scape of antenna;, the mandibles, except the teeth and the legs, except
the coxa;, honey-yellow, the tarsi pale yellowish, the femora medially more or less
brownish ; wings hyaline, the veins brown, abdomen bluish. The head is very wide,
fully four times as wide as thick antero-posteriorly, the space between the eyes being
very wide, the ocelli pale, arranged in an obtuse triangle; flagellum brown-black,
the joints, except the first and second, a little wider than long.

Type. — No. 7 181, U. S. National Museum.

Hakone. Described from one specimen received from Mr. A.
Koebele.

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Family LXVIII. ENCYRTID.^:.

Subfamily I, EuPELMix.t.

Tribe I, EuPELMiNi.

Genus CALOSOTER Walker.

Calosoter albitarsis, new species.

Feviale. — Length, 2.4 mm. Head, except the eyes, the antenna and the
thorax, except a streak at each side of the mesonotum, the scutellum, the mesopleura
and the metanotum which are metallic brown-black, brownish-yellow ; legs, except
the tarsi and hind femora and tibia, brownish-yellow, the tarsi, except last joint, and
the apical third of hind femora, white, rest of hind femora and the hind tibia, black ;
Avings hyaline, the veins light brown, the marginal vein very long and slender ; abdo-
men conic-ovate, longer than the thorax, compressed, pointed at apex, and with a
bronzed metallic tinge.

Type. — No. 7172, U. S. National Museum.

Atami, Described from three specimens collected by Mr. A.

Koebele.

Genus ANASTATUS Motschulsky.

Anastatus japonicus, new species.

Female. — Length, 2 mm. Head and thorax closely, finely punctulate, gold-
green, the frontal furrow with a bluish tinge, the collar bluish or violaceous, the
mesopleura posteriorly brownish ; antenna brown-black, the scape at base and
beneath, the sutures of the trochanters, middle coxa beneath, base of their tibia and
the tibial spurs, yellow, rest of legs brown -black, the hind legs aneous-black ; abdo-
men black, with a yellowish band at base beneath. Wings with the apical two thirds
fuscous, the basal one third and a curved band across from the stigmal vein hyaline
or whitish.

Alale. — Length, 1.6 mm. /Eneous black, the head and sides of thorax tinged
with blue, the disk of the mesothorax metallic-green, the parapsidal furrows deep,
distinct, the abdomen black ; legs aneous-black, the front tibia and tarsi light brown,
an annulus at base of the tibia and the hind tarsi, white. Wings clear hyaline, the
veins brown, the stigmal vein about one third the length of the submarginal vein, the
stigmal vein about one third the length of the marginal and ending in a little knob,
the postmarginal fully two thirds the length of the marginal. The antenna are
black or brown-black, the flagellum long, filiform, densely pubescent, the joints
nearly twice as long as thick.

Type. No. 7168, U. S. National Museum.

Atami. Decribed from several specimens received from Mr. A.
Koebele.

Anastatus gastropachae, new species.

Female. — Length, 1. 8-2 mm. Head metallic-bronzed green, the thorax brown-
ish-yellow, the middle mesothoracic lobe blue, the abdomen aneous black ; scape of
antenna and the legs brownish-yellow, the tarsi pale, the middle tibia more or less

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fuscous ; flagellum long, subclavate, fuscous or brown-black ; wings much abbrevi-
ated and narrowed, fuscous, with a transverse band at base and apical third hyaline.

Type. — No. 7169, U. S. National iNIuseum.

Sapporo. Described from four female specimens received from Dr.
Matsumura, and bred from the eggs of a Lepidopteron, Gasiropacha sp.

Anastatus brevipennis, new species.

Female. — Length, 3 mm. ,-Eneous-black, the disk of the mesonotum and the
abdomen with a bluish tinge, the latter with a white band at base ; scape of antennae
and legs, except as noted, brownish-yellow, coxre and femora brown, the hind tibiae
more or less fuscous; flagellum subclavate, brown-black ; wings much abbreviated,
narrowed, the apical two thirds fuscous, but divided by a transverse white band ; the
base of the wings hyaline.

Type. — No. 7170, U. S. National Museum.

Gifu. Described from two specimens received from Mr. Y. Nawa.

Anastatus albitarsis, new species.

Female. — Length, 2 mm. ^letallic-greenish, the abdomen reneous-black, with
a white band at base ; antennre brown-black ; legs reneous-black, the trochanters
and tibiae brown, the tips of the tibiae and the tarsi yellowish ; wings fuscous, the tips
paler, the basal fourth hyaline, the fuscous part with two white triangular spots
vis-a-vis.

Type. — No. 7171, U. S. National Museum.

Hakone. Described from a single specimen collected by Mr. A.
Koebele.

Genus EUPELMUS Dalman.

Eupelmus formosas, new species.

Fetnale. — Length, 2.8 mm. Ovipositor projecting, yellowish with the tip black.
Bronzed green, the collar and the prosternum and the anterior part of the mesosternum
bluish ; scape of antenni^ and the legs, except as noted, brownish-yellow, the
tarsi paler, the hind coxce Kneous-black, the hind femora metallic brown at basal two
thirds ; wings hyaline, the veins light brown, the marginal vein very long, about four
times as long as the stigmal.

Type. — ^o. 7173, U. S. National Museum.

Formosa. Described from a single specimen collected by Mr. A.
Koebele.

Subfamily II, Encvrtin.e.

Tribe 111, Mirini.
Genus COPIDOSOMA Ratzeburg.

Copidosoma japonicum, new species.

Male. — Length, l mm. .F.neous Ijlack, the mesonotum with a metallic-
greenish tinge, smooth, impunctate ; antenna' i)lack, the flagellum subclavate; legs

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brown, an annulus at base of front and middle Uhix and the tarsi, pale yellowish ;
wings hyaline, the marginal vein pimctiform, brown.

T)'/>e. — No. 7174, U. S. National Museum.

Gifu. Described from eight specimens received from Mr. Y.

Nawa.

Genus APHYCUS Mayr.

Aphycus albopleuralis, new species.

Female. — Length, 1. 5 mm. Head, except the eyes, the antennn?, except at
apex, the prothorax, mesopleura and the legs waxy white, the mesonotum and the
scutellum yellowish-browMi ; abdomen yellowish with some brownish stains on disk
above ; wings hyaline, the veins pale.

Type. — No. 7176, U. S. National Museum.

Gifu. Described from two specimens received from Mr. Y. Nawa.

Genus MICROTERYS Thomson.
Microterys japonicus, new species.

Female. — Length 1. 2 mm. Yellowish-brown, the disk of the abdomen towards
base tinged with brown ; scape, pedicel and legs pale yellowish ; funicle joints I to
brown, 2 and 6 pure white, the club black or fuscous ; wings hyaline with three
transverse fuscous bands, the first very broad, the second narrow, the third at the
apical fourth of the wing, with a small triangular hyaline spot on its outer margin
near the apex of the wing.

Type. — No. 7177, U. S. National Museum.

Gifu. Described from three specimens received from Mr. Y.

Nawa.

Genus SYRPHOPHAGUS Ashmead.

Syrphophagus nigrocyaneus, new species.

Female. — Length, 1.5 mm. Blue-black, the head with some sparse punctures
on the vertex ; antennae brown-black ; legs brown-black, the knees, tips of tibiae of
the front and hind legs and all tarsi pale yellowish, the middle tibiae, except a pale
annulus at base, fuscous ; wings hyaline, the marginal and stigmal veins brown.

Type. — No. 777S, U. S. National Museum.

Japan. Described from one specimen collected by Mr. A.
Koebele, but without an exact locality label.

Genus TACHIN.EPHAGUS Ashmead.
Tachinagphagus fuscipennis, new species.

Female. — Length, 1.6 mm. Dark blue, the head and thorax sparsely, micro-
scopically punctate ; antennae brown-black, the flagellum clavate, the funicle joints
transverse, the club large ; wings fuscous, the basal third hyaline, the subcostal vein,
except at apex, yellowish, the apex of the subcostal vein, the marginal, stigmal and
postmarginal veins brown ; legs dark brown or fuscous, the knees, tips of tibiae and
the tarsi pale yellowish or whitish.

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Type. — No. 7182, U. S. National Museum.

Atami and Hakone. Many specimens collected by Mr. Albert
Koebele.

Genus CHEILONEURUS Westwood.

Cheiloneurus japonicus, new species.

Female. — Length, 1.6 mm. Yellowish-brown, the head on the vertex and the
hind margin of mesonotum (broadly) metallic-bluish, the latter clothed with a silvery
white pubescence, the abdomen metallic-greenish ; last six joints of antennse dilated,
black and very pubescent ; front wings with the apical two thirds dark fuscous, the
basal third and the hind wings hyaline ; legs brownish-yellowish, the tips of the
middle femora, a spot at base of their tibae and the hind femora and tibice, except a
white annulus at base, fuscous.

Type. — No. 71S3, U. S. National Museum.

Gifu. Described from three specimens, labelled No. 85, received
from Mr. Y. Nawa.

Genus CERAPTEROCEROIDES Ashmead.
Cerapteroceroides, new genus. :

In having the wings marked with fuscous rays this genus agrees
with Cerapteroceriis Westw. and Habi-olcpis Forst., but from the former
it is easily separated by the head which is not oblong but short or
lenticular ; while from the latter it is separated by the antennae which
are strongly compressed or dilated, ribbon-shaped.

Cerapteroceroides japonicus, new species. (Plate VII, Fig. 2).

Female. — Length, 2 mm. ^Llneous black, with a bluish tinge, some specimens
being peacock-blue ; antenna; strongly compressed, dull black, the scape brownish ;
wings with fuscous rays as in Habrolepis ; legs aeneous black, the tips of the tibiae
and the tarsi, pale yellowish, the front tarsi whitish.

Type. — No. 7179, U. S. National Museum.
Atami (Mr. A. Koebele) and Gifu (Mr. Y. Nawa).

Family LXIX, PTEROMALID^.
Subfamily I, Pteromalin.e.

Tribe III, EuTELiNi.
Genus PLATYTERMA Walker.
Platyterma atamiense, new species.

Ftinah-. — Length, 1. 5 mm. Bluish-green, the head and thorax shagreened ;
scape, pedicel and legs, except coxae, honey-yellow ; flagellum subclavate, not long,
the funicle joints 2 to 6 wider than long ; abdomen aeneous black, conic-ovate, pointed
at apex, a little shorter than the thorax. Wings hyaline, the veins light brown, the

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marginal vein not short, the stigmal vein rather long, clavate about two thirds the
length of the marginal, the postmarginal vein longer than the stigmal.

Type. — No. 7184, U. S. National Museum.

Atami. Described from four specimens collected from Mr. A.

Koebele.

Subfamily 11, Merisin.*:.

Genus HOMOPORUS Thomson.

Homoporus japonicus, new species.

Female. — Length, 2.8 mm. Bluish-green, the head and thorax punctate;
antenni"e light brown, the scape yellowish, the funicle joints 2-6 transverse ; abdomen
broadly oval, depressed, seneous, rounded at apex and not longer than the thorax ;
legs metallic brown-black, with the tips of the femora and the tibia; and tarsi pale
yellowish. Wings hyaline, with a large fuscous cloud beneath the marginal vein,
the veins brown.

Type. — No. 71 85, U. S. National Museum.

Atami. One specimen received from Mr. A. Koebele.

Subfamily IV, Sphegigasterin.^.

Tribe I, Asaphini.
Genus PARASAPHES Ashmead.
Parasaphes japonicus, new species.

9. Length, 1.8 mm. .-Eneous black; flagellum brosvn ; femora, except tips
and the hind tibiae reddish-brown, the tips of the femora, the front and the middle
tibiae and all tarsi pale yellowish ; abdomen clavate, the petiole 2 J times as long as
thick ; wings hyaline, the veins brown, the marginal vein very long and slender,
nearly as long as the submarginal, the stigmal vein very short, subpetiolate, ending in
a little knob.

Type. — No. 71S6, U. S. National Museum.

Atami. Described from one specimen collected by Mr. A.
Koebele.

Parasaphes flavipes, new species.

9. Length, 1.6 mm. Head and thorax metallic greenish, shagreened ; abdo-
men polished black, the petiole about twice as long as thick; scape of antennae and
the legs, including the coxae, pale yellowish ; flagellum long, brown ; wings hyaline,
the veins brownish, the marginal vein hardly two thirds the length of the subcostal,
thickened towards apex, the stigmal vein thickened, much longer than in the previous
species, more nearly as in the genus Asaphes Walk.

Type. — No. 7187, U. S. National Museum.

Formosa. .Several specimens, labelled 1366, bred by Mr. A.
Koebele.

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Tribe II. Pachyneurini.

Genus PACHYNEURA Walker.

Pachyneura nawai, new species.

9 . Length, 1. 5-1. 8 mm. Head and thorax dull bronzed green, finely sculp-
tured ; abdomen metallic black ; legs, except the coxk, testaceous, the tibice and
tarsi pale yellowish ; wings hyaline, the veins brown, the marginal vein about four
times as long as thick.

Type. — No. 716S, U. S. National Museum.

Gifu (Mr. Y. Nawa) ; Atami (Mr. A. Koebele). Bred from an
unknown Aphis.

Pachyneura mitsukurii, new species.

9. Length, 1.4 mm. Head and thorax bluish-green, sculptured ; abdomen
ovate, Kneous ; scape of antennie and the legs pale or yellowish-white, the flagellum
brown ; wings hyaline, the veins brown, the marginal vein about thrice as long as
thick.

7^1/.!'. — No. 71S8, U. S. National Museum.

Japan. Four specimens received from Dr. Mitsukuri. The
specimens are mounted on cardboard and I cannot see the color of
the coxje ; they are probably metallic.

Pachyneuron gifuensis, new species.

9 . Length, I mm. Head and thorax a;neous black ; antenuK brown ; coxae
black, the femora dark brown, the tips and the tibisand tarsi yellowish-white ; wings
hyaline, the veins brown, the marginal vein thrice as long as thick.

Txpe. — No. 7190, U. S. National Museum.

Gifu. Described from three specimens bred by Mr. Y. Nawa from

an Aphis.

Tribe III, Sphegig.^sterini.

Genus ACROCLISIS Forster.

Acroclisis coccidivora, new species.

9. Length, 1.4 mm. ^Lneous-black, the head and thorax finely sculptured ;
antennae brown, the scape yellowish ; legs, except coxa;, honey-yellow, the knees,
tips of tibiae and the tarsi, whitish ; wings hyaline, the veins light brownish, the stig-
mal vein a little shorter than the marginal.

Type. — No. 7 191, U. S. National Museum.

Japan (exact locality not given). Described from five specimens,
labelled No. 126, bred by A. Koebele from a Coccid.

Genus TRIGONOGASTRA Ashmead.
Trigonogastra hakonensis, new species. (PI. VIII, Fig. 3.)

9. Length, 1.5 mm. Head and thorax bronze green, finely sculptured ; ab-
domen aeneous petiolated, the body triangular, much as in Perilanipus : antenna;

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brown, the scape yellowish ; legs, except the coxk, honey-yellow, the knees, tibice
towards apex, and the tarsi yellowish-white ; wings hyaline, the veins light brownish,
the margmal vein not short, the stigmal vein ending in a little knob, less than two
thirds the length of the marginal, the postmarginal longer than the stigmal.

Type. — No. 7192, U. S. National Museum.

Hakone. One specimen received from Mr. A. Koebele.

Genus CRYPTOPRYMNUS Forster.

Cryptoprymnus japonicus, new species.

9 . Length, 3 mm. Head and thorax bronze green, closely punctulate ; ab-
domen Kneous black, petiolated, the petiole shagreened ; antennae brown, the scape
yellowish ; legs, except the coxae and the femora, very pale yellowish, the coxae
metallic, the femora, except at apex, reddish brown ; wings hyaline, the veins brown-
ish, the stigmal vein two thirds the length of the marginal, ending in a little knob, the
postmarginal almost as long as the marginal.

Type. — No. 7193, U. S. National Museum.

Japan (exact locality not given). Described from a single si)eci-
men, labelled No. 1266, received from Mr. A. Koebele, evidently
bred, but the host is unknown.

Family LXX, ELASMID.^:.
Genus ELASMUS Westwood.

Elasmus atamiensis, new species.

9 . Length, 2-2. i mm. /Eneous black, the pronotum bluish, the head with
close thimble-like punctures, the thorax with a scaly punctuation ; fiagellum brown ;
scape of antenni^, the mandibles, a spot at extreme apex of the scutellum, and the
legs, except the front coxae basally, middle and hind coxa; and the hind femora, which
are concolorous with the thorax, yellowish-white, the hairs on the hind tibire are
arranged to form five cells or areas ; wings hyaline, with a fuscous cloud across from
the apex of the short stigmal vein.

Type. — No. 7195, U. S. National Museum.
Atami (Mr. A. Koebele). Many specimens.

Elasmus hakonensis, new species.

9 . Length, 1.8 mm. Greenish-blue, the head with thimble-like punctures, the
thorax with a scaly punctuation ; flagellum brown ; scape, mandibles, spot above
tegulce, apex of scutellum, abdomen at base and beneath and a band above, and the
legs except as hereafter noted, yellowish or yellowish-white, the apex of middle and
hind femora broadly banded with black, the hind tibis; with the hairs arranged on its
outer face to form seven areas, the first row composed of four areas, the second of
three ; wings hyaline, faintly clouded across from the stigmal vein.

Type. — No. 7196, U. S. National Museum.

Hakone (Mr. A. Koebele).

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Elasmus japonicus, new species.

9. Length, 2.5 mm. Head and thorax yellowish, a spot on 'ertex, enclosing
the ocelli, a spot on pronotum medially, a median spot on mesonotum posteriorly, a
spot on the axillre, a large spot on disk of scutellum and the metanotum black; ab-
domen reddish-brown, the apex and three spots on basal segment black ; flagellum
brown ; legs yellowish-white, with a black hair-line on their superior edge, the hind
tibife with the hairs arranged on its outer face to form at least nine areas ; wings
hyaline, the veins brown.

Txpe. — No. 7197, U. S. National ]\Iuseiim.

Gifu. Described from four specimens received from Mr. Y. Nawa.

Family LXXI, EULOPHID.E.

Subfamily I, Entedonin.-e.
Tribe III. Entedonmni.
Genus PLEUROTROPIS Forster.
Pleurotropis atamiensis, new species.

9. Length, i mm. .^neous, the head above, the disk of the metanotum, and
the metapleura, with a metallic greenish-tinge, vertex punctate, the mesonotum scaly-
punctate ; flagellum brown, pubescent, the funicle joints moniliform ; legs aeneous-
black, the tips of the tibire and the tarsi, whitish, the hind femora with a metallic
bluish tinge; wings hyaline, the very long marginal vein and the very short subses-
sile stigmal vein light brown ; abdomen conic-ovate, petiolated, with a bluish tinge,
the petiole about four times as long as thick, the first segment of the abdomen occu-
pies about half the whole surface.

Type. — No. 719S, U. S. National Museum.
Atami (Mr. A. Koebele). Two specimens.

Genus DEROSTENUS Westwood.
Derostenus bifoveolatus, new species.

9 ■ Length, 1.2 mm. Metallic peacock blue on vertex of head and disk of the
thorax, otherwise dark bluish, except the pronotum which is brassy ; tarsi, except
last joint, white ; mesonotum and the scutellum delicately reticulated with delicate
grooved lines, the mesonotum wnth two umbicate punctures posteriorly just in front of
the scutellum ; wings hyaline, the nervures brown, the marginal vein very long, the
stigmal vein very short.

Type. — No. 7199, U. S. National Museum.
Atami (Mr. A. Koebele). One specimen.

Derostenus nawai, new species.

(J , 9 ■ Length, 1. 3 mm. Dark blue, the disk of the thorax and the abdomen
aeneous, tarsi, except last joint, wliite ; mesonotum normal, without the fovese at base,
wings hyaline, the veins brown ; abdomen in female conic-ovate, as long as the

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thorax, the first body segment occupying half the whole surface, in male, short-oval,
not more than half the length of the thorax, the first body segment occupying two
thirds the whole surface.

Type. — No. 7200, U. S. National Museum.
Gifu (Mr. V. Nawa).

Derostenus mitsukurii, new species.

9 . Length, I-I.2 mm. Dark blue, the head above and the disk of the thorax
sneous, the abdomen dark blue, the thorax above and the scutellum delicately retic-
ulated ; flagellum brown ; legs, except the coxae, pale or yellowish-white ; wings
hyaline, the veins light brown ; abdomen oval, only about two thirds the length of
the thorax, the first body segment occupying most of the surface, the following very
short, retracted.

Type. — No. 7201, U. S. National Museum.
Japan (Dr. Mitsukuri). Many specimens.

Tribe TV, Pediobuni.
Genus NESOMYIA Ashmead.
Nesomyia albipes, new species.

9 . Length, 2 mm. Metallic blue-green, the cheeks and the clypeus brassy,
the abdomen conic-ovate, jeneous black, the middle lobe of the mesonotum and the
scutellum scaly punctate, the parapsidal furrows indicated by depressions only ; fla-
gellum black, finely pubescent ; legs, except coxre and the last joint of the tarsi,
waxy-white ; wings hyaline, the disk of the front wings with a subfuscous cloud, the
veins light brown, the marginal vein very long, the stigmal vein very short, ending in
a little knob, the postmarginal vein long.

Type. — No. 7202, U. S. National Museum.
Atami (Mr. A. Koebele). One specimen.

Nesomyia cinctiventris, new species.

9. Length, i.i mm. Blue, the head behind and on the clypeus, and the tip
of the abdomen seneous, the abdomen conically pointed, as long or a little longer
than the head and thorax united with a transverse yellowish or whitish band just be-
yond the base ; scape and legs waxy- white, the flagellum light brownish ; wings hya-
line, the veins pale.

Type. — No. 7739, U. S. National Museum.
Gifu (Mr. Y. Nawa). Two specimens.

Subfamily II, Aphelinin.e.
Genus APHELINUS Dalman.
Aphelinus japonicus, new species.

9. Length, 0.6 mm. Honey-yellow, the eyes light brown, the occiput above
dusky, the scutellum, post-scutellum and a spot on each side of the middle bluish-

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black ; antenn.v, legs and abdomen beneath yellowish-white ; wings hyaline, the
veins pale yellowish.

Type. — No. 7203, U. S. National Museum.
Atami (Mr. A. Koebele). Two specimens.

Subfamily III, Tetrastichin.^.
Tribe II, Tetrastrichim.
Genus TETRASTICHODES Ashmead.
Tetrastichodes pallidipes, new species.

9. Length, 1.6 mm. Bluish-a?neous, the middle mesothoracic lobe with a de-
cided metallic greenish tinge, smooth and shining ; a large rounded spot on disk of
abdomen, the scape of the antennae and the legs, pale yellowish or yellowish-white ;
flagellum brown ; wings hyaline, iridescent, the veins pale ; abdomen conic-ovate,
fully as long as the head and thorax united.

$. Length, o.S mm. .Llneous black, the flagellum longer, light brown,
clothed with some long sparse hairs, the legs waxy white.

Type. — No. 7204, U. S. National Museum.
Hakone (Mr. A. Koebele).

Genus TETRASTICHUS Haliday.
Tetrastichus hakonensis, new species.

9. Length, 1. 5 mm. Robust, aeneous black, impunctate ; flagellum dark
brown, the first joint about thrice as long as thick, the others gradually becoming
shorter ; legs black, with the trochanters at apex, apices of the femora and all tibire
and tarsi pale yellowish ; wings hyaline, the veins pale.

Type. — No. 7205, U. S. National Museum.
Hakone (Mr. A. Koebele).

Tetrastichus atamiensis, new species.

9 . Length, i mm. Black with a faint bluish tinge in certain lights ; scape of
antennte and the legs, except as noted, yellowish-white, coxre, a spot on the trochan-
ters and the hind femora, on the basal half, black ; abdomen ovate, not longer than
the thorax ; wings hyaline, the veins pale yellowish.

Type. — No. 7206, U. S. National Museum.
Atami (Mr. A. Koebele).

Tetrastichus tricolor, new species.

9 . Length, 1.8-2 mm. Brownish -yellow, the occiput and a spot on the lateral
mesothoracic lobes posteriorly black, a large spot on the middle mesothoracic lobe
blue-black ; abdomen except a streak along the middle of the venter, reneous black ;
flagellum brownish ; wings hyaline, the veins pale.

Type. — No. 7207, U. S. National Museum.

Atami and Hakone (Mr. A. Koebele). Many specimens.

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Subfamily IV, Elachertin.'E.

TkIBK I, EUPLECTRINI.

Genus EUPLECTRUS Westwood.
Euplectrus japonicus, new species.

^ . Length, 1.5 mm. Black and shining, the abdomen with a yellow spot at
base above, brownish-yellow beneath ; antenna; and legs pale yellowish, the front and
middle coxse yellowish-white, the hind coxce black ; wings hyaline, the veins pale.

The head is highly polished, impunctate, clothed with some sparse long hairs ;
the pedicel is obconical, a little longer than thick at apex ; first funicle joint stouter,
about I j4 times as long as thick, the second hardly longer than thick, the third and
fourth stouter, a little wider than long ; club short, ovate, stouter ; the mesonotum is
finely rugulose but without a median carina posteriorly, the scutellum including the
axillffi and the metathorax are perfectly smooth, highly polished, the latter with a
sharp median carina.

Type. — No. 7208, U. S. National INItiseum.

Japan. 'Described from a single specimen, labelled No. 1303,
bred by Mr. A. Koebele, from an unknown noctuid larva.

Euplectrus nigromaculatus, new species.

J . Length, 1.6 mm. Brownish-yellow, the eyes brown, a transverse band on
occiput, one on the front of the pronotum and one on the front of the mesonotum, a
spot on the lateral mesothoracic lobe, the metathorax, and spots on the lateral margins
of the abdomen, black ; scape and legs yellowish-white ; flagellum brownish ; wings
hyaline, the marginal and postmarginal veins brown, the submarginal and the stigmal
veins yellowish.

Tj/>^. — No. 7209, U. S. National Museum.
Hakone (Mr. A. Koebele). Many specimens.

Tribe H, Ophelinini.
Genus SYMPIESOMORPHA Ashmead.
Sympiesomorpha japonica, new species. (PI. VIII, Fig. 5.)

9 . Length, 2 mm. Brownish-yellow, the middle of the head, the prothorax
above, the apex of the scutellum and the metanotum, black ; eyes brown-black ; abdo-
men ceneous, beneath and sometimes the sutures above pale ; scape of antennre and
the legs yellowish-white ; flagellum brown ; wings hyaline, the veins pale-yellowish.

Type. — No. 7220, U. S. National Museum.
Gifu (Mr. Y. Nawa). Two specimens.

Genus OPHELINOIDEUS Ashmead.
Ophelinoideus japonicus, new species. (PI. VIII, Fig. 4.)

9 • Length, 3.5 mm. Dull bronzed green, closely punctate, the head in front
with a bluish green tinge, the abdomen aeneous ; scape of the antennce, tips of troch-

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anters, tips of the femora and all tibia; and tarsi except the last joint, pale yellowish ;
wings hyaline, the veins brown.

Ty/>e. — No. 72 ii, U. S. National Museuin.
Hakone (Mr. A. Koebele). Three specimens.

Tribe III, Elachertini.
Genus ELACHERTUS Spinola.

Elachertus atamiensis, new species.

9. Length, 1.5 mm. ^neous black, smooth and shining, the middle meso-
thoracic lobe and the scutellum with a metallic greenish tinge, and the lateral meso-
thoracic lobes and the axillje with a biuish tinge ; scape of antennae and the legs pale
honey-yellow, the hind coxas usually metallic ; flagellum brown-black, the funicle
joints moniliform ; wings hyaline, the veins pale brownish.

TyJ>e. — No. 7212, U. S. National Museum.
Atami (Mr. A. Koebele). Three specimens.

Elachertus basilaris, new species.

9. Length, 1.7 mm. ^^ineous black, impunctate, the abdomen with a yellow
band at base ; scape of antennae and the legs from the tips of the femora downwards
honey-yellow, the coxre and femora seneous black ; flagellum light brown, the funicle
joints, except the last, longer than wide ; wings hyaline, the veins brown.

T}'pe. — No. 7213, U. S. National Museum.
Gifu (Mr. Y. Nawa).

Subfamily V, Eulophin.'E.

Tribe I, Eulophini.
Genus SYMPIESIS Forster.

Sympiesis mikado, new species.

9. Length, 4-5 mm. Head and thorax closely punctured, metallic green, the
metanotum and the long conically-pointed abdomen, which is more than twice as
long as the head and the thorax united, are bottle blue, occasionally tinged with
green ; scape of antennie and the legs, except the hind coxce, which are gold-green
and sculptured, honey-yellow ; wings hyaline, the veins brown.

TyJ^e. — No. 7214, U. S. National Museum.
Atami (Mr. A. Koebele). Many specimens.

Genus EULOPHUS Geoffroy.

Eulophus albitarsis, new species.

9 . Length, 2 mm. .Eneous black, sometimes bluish-green, the mesothorax
shagreened, the scutellum more delicately shagreened, the axillte smooth, in marked
contrast with the mesonotum and the scutellum ; legs black, except an annulus at
base of front and middle tibire and all tarsi which are honey yellow, the last tarsal
joint fuscous ; wings hyaline, the veins brown.

Sept., 1904.] ASHMEAD : HVMENOPTERA FROM JaPAN. 165

Type. — No. 7215, U. S. National Museum.
Atami (Mr. A. Koebele). Four specimens.

Eulophus striatipes, new species.

9- Length, 1.6 min. Greenish-blue, the thorax shagreened ; legs, except the
coxae and a stripe on femora above, pale yellowish or yellowish-white, the coxse me-
tallic, the femora with a delicate fuscous stripe above ; wings hyaline, the veins
brownish-yellow ; abdomen oblong-oval, depressed, as long as the head and thorax
united, the sheaths of the ovipositor slightly projecting. The antenna are broken off
and cannot be described.

Type. — No. 7216, U. S. National Museum.
Atami (Mr. A. Koebele). One specimen.

Eulophus japonicus, new species.

9 . Length, 2 mm. Head and thorax closely punctured, metallic green, the
abdomen long ovate, aeneous black ; scape of antennce, trochanters, apices of femora,
the base and apex of tibias and all tarsi, except the last joint, yellowish-white ; flagel-
lum brown-black ; wings hyaline, the veins brown, the marginal vein a little more
than twice as long as the stigmal vein.

Type. — No. 7217, U. S. National Museum.

Japan (exact locality unknown). One specimen received from
Mr. A. Koebele.

Family LXXII, TRICHOGRAMMID.F:.
Genus TRICHOGRAMMA Westwood.
Trichogramma japonicum, new species.

9 . Length, 0.5-0.6 mm. Piceous black, shining ; palpi white ; scape of an-
tenna; pale yellowish, the pedicel and the flagellum brownish-yellow ; legs yellowish-
white, immaculate ; wings hyaline, with delicate hair-lines, the venation light brown-
ish, the stigmal vein as long as the marginal, oblique, scarcely bent ; abdomen sessile,
ovate, not longer than the head and thorax united, flat above, convex beneath and
pointed at apex, the ovipositor slightly projecting beyond the tip of the abdomen.

Type. — No. 7218, U. S. National Museum.

Gifu. Several specimens bred by Mr. Y. Nawa from unknown
lepidopterous eggs ; they are mounted on cardboard, together with a
lelenomiis, and labelled No. 78.

EXPLANATION OF PLATES VII AND VIII.
Fig. I. Dendrocerus ratzelmrgi Ashmead (Jour. N. Y. Ent. Soc, XII, 70,
1904).

Fig. 2. Cerapteroceroidcs japonicus Ashmead.
Fig. 3. Trigonogastra hakonensis Ashmead.
Fig. 4. Ophelinoideus japoniciii Ashmead.
Fig. 5. Sympiersmoip/ia Japonica Ashmead.

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Class I, HEXAPODA.

Order II. COLEOPTERA.

A SPECIES OF THE TENEBRIONID GENUS
LATHETICUS IN THE UNITED STATES.

By F. H. Chittenden, Sc.D. ,
Washington, D. C.

For many years there were present in the British Museum speci-
mens of an unidentified genus of Tenebrionidje. The species awaited
description until the year iSSo, when Mr. C. O. Waterhouse ventured
its characterization ?i% Latheticus oryzce in Volume V of the Annals and
Magazine of Natural History (fifth ser., pp. 147-148).

March 3, 1897, the late H. G. Hubbard collected in the Colorado
desert, at Indio, in Riverside county, in southern California, a series
of a species at once recognizable as related to L. oryza- both by the
description and the illustration published in " Aid to the Classifica-
tion of Insects " (Plate 15). A brief notice of this was given by Mr.
E. A. Schwarz before the Entomological Society of Washington, May
13, 1S97 (Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., Vol. IV, p. 187). Other speci-
mens were reared in 1902 by Messrs. H. S. Barber and E. A. Schwarz
from dead mesquite branches at Hot Springs, Yavapai county, Arizona.

It is remarkable that an American species of this genus should
exist while no other than the oriental form which has hitherto repre-
sented the genus has been discovered. It serves to accentuate the
Asiatic character of the fauna of the arid region of southwestern North
America.

Specimens of L. oryza taken from a London granary have been
kindly furnished by Mr. G. C. Champion for comparison.

Before proceeding to its description Waterhouse's definition of
the genus may be repeated as it is published where not accessible to
many American collectors.

Genus LATHETICUS Waterhouse, 1880.
General form of Tribolinm. Mentum transverse, the anterior angles rounded,
the front margin gently emarginate in the middle, the ligula not much projecting,
transverse, emarginate in the middle ; the labial palpi short, the apical joint very
large, one third longer than broad, subparallel (but narrowed at the base), truncate
at the apex. The inner lobe of the maxilbi; terminating in a very slender, acute hook,

Sept., 1904] Chittenden: Latheticus in the United States. 167

with a broad fringe within ; the outer lobe slender, terminating with curved stiff hairs ;
the palpi stout, the penultimate joint subquadrate, the apical joint about twice and a
half as long as broad, cylindrical, narrowed at the apex. Labrum extremely short.
Epistoma trapeziform, emarginate anteriorly, the ocular canthus not projecting laterally
beyond the eyes. Eyes moderately prominent, very coarsely granular. Antennae
nearly as long as the head ; the two basal joints not visible from above ; the third
joint the narrowest, about as long as broad ; the fourth, fifth and sixth joints trans-
verse, each a trifle broader than the preceding, the seventh joint distinctly larger than
the sixth ; the eighth the largest (still transverse), the ninth and tenth a little nar-
rower than the eighth ; the eleventh still narrower, somewhat flattened, obliquely
truncate at its apex. The rest as in Triboliunt.
Latheticus prosopis, new species, (fig. 3.)

Body four times as long as wide, sides parallel, moderately convex above, pale
brownish-yellow, surface moderately polished. Head prominent, only slightly nar-
rower than the prothorax. Front and epistoma moderately convex, nearly twice as
wide as long, gradually narrowing, declivous anteriorly and at sides, anterior margin
narrowly reflexed, ocular canthus prominent, encroaching somewhat upon the eye.
Eyes rather finely granulate, above very narrow, below separated by a space about
two and one-half times the oblique (longest) diameter of one eye. Mandibles promi-
nent, acutely and finely bifid at apex, inner portion with feebly marked tooth. An-
tenna; with first six joints about as long as club, second joint visible from above.
Prothorax about as long as wide, rounded anteriorly, considerably narrowing pos-
teriorly, with base much narrower than the elytra, angles acute, surface not so densely
punctured as in oryziv, base and sides very finely margined. Elytra of same width as
prothorax at its widest part, about two and one third times as long as wide, sides par-
allel, acutely angulate at base ; each elytron with six or seven less regular, scarcely
impressed rows of punctures. Punctuation of the prosternum more dense than in
oryziV, otherwise with the exception of the prothorax and elytra the punctuation
throughout is scarcely different. Length, 2.7-3.0 mm. ; width, 0.7-0.75 mm.

Habitat. — Indio, Cal., and Hot Springs, Ariz., under bark of a
dead mesquite {Prosopis Ji/tijlora).

Type. — No. 7895, U. S. National Museum.

The general appearance, color and punctuation
is very similar to the Asiatic Z. oiyz(E, but the body
is a little more slender, the length of the latter be-
ing less than four times the width, while the thora.x
is longer, as are also the antennae. The eyes are
very much smaller. The mandibles are more prom-
inent than in oryzce and the inner tooth is very
weak in comparison. In the latter it is strongly ^

developed.

It is evident that the dentate apices of the mandibles is a generic
character previously overlooked because the mandibles are less promi-
nent in oryzce.

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A FEW NOTES ON BRENTHIDiE.

By Gustav Beyer,

New York, N. Y.

So far as is known, this family is represented by but six species in
our fauna. Some of these are Yery interesting on account of their
abnormal length and extreme slenderness.

Cylas formicarius Fabricius.

This species breeds in sweet potatoes, also a creeping plant closely
allied to the sweet potato plant. The creeping plant grows just at
high-water mark on the seashore of Florida. During the month of
April at Palm Beach, Fla., I discoYered that this species was Yery
plentiful under this ])lant.

Eupsalis minuta Drury.

This is the only species of Brenthidas which occurs in the Yicinity
of New York. I haYe taken it under bark of dead hickory and found
it Yery common in dead gum trees in Virginia.

Trachelicus miamana Bohemann.

I haYe taken this species in the Yicinity of Miami, Elliots Key and
Key Largo, Fla., from flowers in May. It seems to be rare. Last
summer I collected the last t\YO weeks in June and the first week in
July at Key Largo, Fla. I secured only one specimen and found the
remnants of another.

Vaseletia vaseleta Bohemann.

This species occurs in gumbo limpa (^Hil>iscits esculeutits ?'), but does
not bore in the stem. It breeds in rotten moist bark, which is often
2^ inches thick. The insect has the same color as the bark and lies
as if dead in the moisty stuff.

Taken at Santa Rosa, Lower California, July, 1901.

Brenthus anchorago Linnaeus.

The peculiar characteristic of this species consists in its long and
slender form. It occurs in Lower California in August ; in Jupiter,
Fla., and southwards in April and May.

It breeds in gumbo limpa, through which it burrows. I found
trees, which were practically filled with this species. It Yaries greatly
in size. Small specimens were described as Brenthus In tans Horn.

Sept., 1904.] Dyar : The Larva ok Culex functor. 160

The error would have been avoided if Dr. Horn had seen a long series
of this insect at that time.

Brenthus peninsularis Horn.

This species is erroneously reported to breed in gumbo limpa.
During the month of May I took this insect at flowers at San Filipe,
Lower California, and I was not able to discover their breeding place.
Brenthus anchorago came out in August and I examined hundreds of
this latter species, but never found one B. peiunsularis mixed up with
them.

Class I, Hexapoda.

Order IV, DIPTERA.

THE LARVA OF CULEX FUNCTOR KIRBY, WITH
NOTES ON AN ALLIED FORM.

Bv Harrison G. Dyar, A.M., Ph.D.,

Washington, D. C.

(Plate IX.)

Culex piinctor Kirby, is one of those single -brooded, early develop-
ing mosquitoes that would seem especially adapted to an arctic climate.
Three-fourths of the year is spent in the egg state. The eggs, lying
in marshy places frozen up over winter, hatch as soon as the ice has
melted in the spring. The larval stages are passed in about three
weeks, even in very cold water and the adults emerge immediately.
They may fly possibly for six weeks, when the eggs being laid, they
die and the species disappears, apparently, for the season. With these
habits the insect ought to occur throughout the arctic circle. I met
with it in Canada in the mountains of eastern British Columbia (Proc.
Ent. Soc. Wash., VI, 39, 1904). A single fully grown larva, appa-
rently the last one of a brood, was found on May 31. It soon jnipated
and the imago occurred on June 4. Other mosquitoes were flying at
this time over the swamp where the larva was found and were supposed
to be of the same species. On being imprisoned, they were fed on
sugar and water. After being in confinement for two weeks, a female
deposited eggs on the surface of the water. They were kept in water

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all the summer and following winter and hatched as soon as the ice
melted the following spring. The eggs were laid singly. They are
peculiar, being very wide and angularly shaped. They float at first,
but soon sink or become adherent to objects at the side of the pool or
floating on it.

On rearing the eggs that had hibernated, I was surprised to find
that the larva; differed markedly from punctor and were obviously a
distinct species, the imagoes of which I had confounded \v\\h puncior.
I have referred to the egg as that oi punctor (Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash.,
VI, 39, 1904) ; this reference should be cancelled. The mature form
I have in only very slender material. The original female from which
the eggs were obtained is badly rubbed and a male bred by Dr. Dim-
mock at Springfield, Mass., from an identical larva, is broken. Mr.
Coquillett has kindly examined the specimens and does not detect
any difference ; but he considers the material too poor to form an
opinion on. I am inclined to designate this form provisionally as
Culex trichunis, in order that it may be referred to. The name is
given in allusion to the unusually hairy air tube of the larva, since it
is the only species of the short-tubed group that has more than a single
hair tuft.

Early Stages of Culex trichurus Dvar.

Ei;g. (Plate IX, Fig. 2.) — Thickly fusiform, the ends well tapered, one side
more bulging than the other. Black, the surface very finely granular shagreened all
over, no sculpturing, no mucilage. Laid loosely, floating, but sinking at the first
touch or adhering by surface tension to marginal objects. Length 0.6 mm., width
0.3 mm.

Stage I. — Head rounded, flattened, normal ; antennre moderate, equal, with
small spinules, terminal digits and tuft of hair at the middle of the joint, all darkly
infuscated. Body moderate, equal, submoniliform, normal ; hairs moderate, be-
coming gradually less posteriorly. Air tube moderate, about three times as long as
wide, the basal two thirds colorless, the tip infuscated (Plate IX, Fig. 3); pecten of
two rows of flat, dentate plates with long marginal spine (Plate IX, Fig. 4), the
single hair arising well within the pecten and nearly at the middle of the tube. Lat-
eral comb of the eighth abdominal segment a row of obscurely digitately spined teeth
with central longer spine (Plate IX, Fig. 5) in a single row, parallel, approximate,
si.x, seven or eight in number. Anal segment with a small, rounded quadrate dorsal
plate, darkly infuscated ; terminal hairs and four anal processes normal ; no ventral
brush. The body is pigmented in brown over the dorsal region.

Stage II. — Head rounded, flattened, normal, darkly infuscated, the antennas
moderate, uniform, with normal terminal spines and hairs, sparsely spinulose, darkly
colored throughout ; a small tuft of two hairs at basal third. Body normal, darkly
pigmented dorsally ; air tube short, about twice as long as wide, abruptly tapered

Sept., 1904.] DvAR : The Larva of Culex punctor. 171

(Plate IX, Fig. 6), infuscated throughout, the last three pecten teeth stouter and
more remotely placed than the basal ones, the single hair tuft arising before the mid-
dle of the tube ; pecten teeth (Plate IX, Fig. 7) are stout spines with two short basal
branches. A double row of small hair tufts on the dorsal aspect of the tube. Lat-
eral comb of the eighth segment consists of seven to nine single, thorn-shaped teeth
with finely pectinated bases, arranged in an irregular transverse row (Plate IX, Fig.
S). Anal segment with a small dorsal plate and terminal tuft ; ventral brush present,
small, arising from a barred area, which is preceded along the ventral line of the
segment by small, but distinct hairs. Anal processes four, moderate, not intlated,
without conspicuous tracheae.

Stage III. — As in Stage II. Air tube two and a half times as long as wide, its
dorsal hairs forming distinct tufts, the teeth of the pecten exceeding the tuft. Head
brown, infuscated ; a small tuft at the middle of the antenna;, moderate, brown.
Body normal.

Stage IV. — Head brown, infuscated, the antenna; moderate, equal, brown, the
small tuft at the middle. Body normal, the hair tufts heavy, with large chitinous
plates (Plate IX, Fig. 9), the abdominal ones slight, diminishing posteriorly. Comb
of the eighth segment of twelve large thorn-shaped teeth ; air tube two and a half times
as long as wide, abruptly tapered, the tuft before the middle, followed by large de-
tached teeth of the pecten, with three small tufts below and a double row of hair
tufts above. Anal segment not ringed ; with distinct tufts before the barred area ;
anal tuft and brush normal, large. Anal processes four, moderate, not conspicuously
tracheate.

Pupa. — As usual in Ciile.v.

EXPLANATION OF PLATE LX.

Fig. I. Culcx puuitor Kirby. Larva.

" 2. Culex trichtiriis Dyar. Egg.

" 3. " " " The air tube of the rirst stage.

" 4. " " " A pecten tooth of the air tube.

" 5. " " " ' A spine of the lateral comb of the eighth seg-

ment.

" 6. " " " Air tube of the second and third stages

" 7. " " " A spine of the air tube.

" 8. " " " A spine of the lateral comb of the eighth seg-

ment, second stage.

" 9. Culex punctor Kirby. Thoracic hair tufts, fourth stage.

" 10. " " " Lateral comb of the eighth segment.

" II. " " " Air tube, fourth stage.

" 12. " " " A single spine of the lateral comb.

" 13. " " " from Brit. Col. A pecten tooth of the air tube.

" 14. " " " from Mass. A pecten tooth of the air tube.

172 Journal New York Entomological Society. [VoI. xn.

BRIEF NOTES ON MOSQUITO LARV^.

By Harrison G. Dyar, A.M., Ph.D.,
Washington, D. C.

Partial regeneration of antenn.^ in Culex dyari Coq — Dr.
Geo. Dimmock sent some Culex dyari larvae from Springfield, Mass.,
by mail. They were damaged in transit, many being killed, while
some of those that survived had lost the antennce. They were in
stage iii and, on molting to the last stage, the antennae were partly
regenerated. The antenna in this species is very long and conspicuous,
slightly swollen, white with black base and tip, the outer fourth con-
tracted, bearing a tuft at the contraction, two hairs toward tip and a
long and short spine at apex. The regenerated member consisted of
an elliptical bladder-shaped organ only about twice as long as wide,
spinose, but without any hair tuft or terminal hairs.

OviPosiTioN OF Culex atropalpus Coq. — I have noted the egg
laying of the autumnal specimens of this species (Ent. News, XIV,
i8o, 1903). In order to test whether there is more than a single
brood annually, I secured early larvae from the pot holes at the Stubble-
field Falls of the Potomac. I found the larvae well grown on May 10.
Imagoes began to issue toward the end of May and laid eggs freely
within two weeks of emergence. The eggs hatched in three days,
showing that there is more than one annual brood. The interesting
point observed is that the early eggs are not laid like the late fall ones
in patches firmly adhering to the side of the vessel, but loosely and
separately, scattered mostly over the surface of the water.

Occurrence of Culex aurifer Coq. — Mr. J. Turner Brakeley
writes that the last of the larvae of this species had completed their
transformation in May and no more would be found during the season.
He had pupae as early as April 28. As noted by Smith (Ent. News,
XV, 148, 1904), Mr. Brakeley finds the larvae in a cranberry bog
pool held by two dams at right angles to each other, the pool being
about sixty feet long by thirty feet wide. He has also found them in
a "five boy," an unusual place for mosquito larvae, since it contains
flowing water. A "five boy" is a pit, five by six feet and six feet
deep at the foot of a dam of a cranberry bog, into which the water
pours before entering the drainage trench. Dr. Geo. Dimmock has
collected the larvae at Springfield, Mass., under the number 2175.

Sept., 1904.] Dvar: Notes on Mos(,)Uito Larv.e. 173

I would note, as corrective of Smith's published figure, that the
anal segment is not correctly drawn. It is represented as ringed by
the plate, which is not the case.

Occurrence of Culex discolor Coq. — The larvce occurred on
May 18 at Grassymead, Va., near Mount Vernon, in a temporary road-
side puddle, in company with C.jamaicensis, C. res^ua/is and Psorophora
ciliata. The puddle was dry a week later. The larva has a peculiar
habit of lying on the bottom on its back with the four, stiff anal gills
erect and divergent and the mouth brushes fanning continuously.

Occurrence of Janthinosoma musicum Say. — The larvae oc-
curred on May 21 at Grassymead, Va., in a temporary roadside puddle,
in company with Ciilcx syhestris. The single larva collected was
completely covered with the little stalked Protozoon, Vorticella. It
pupated, leaving the Vorticella attached to the cast skin. The larva
is recognizable by its long antennje. It has a general resemblance to
Culex Jamaicensis.

Occurrence of Culex salinarius Coq. — The larvte were found
to be abundant in all stages in a large grassy swamp, near Chesapeake
Beach, Md., on June 8. The swamp is within a few rods of the bay,
but separated therefrom by a wide strip of sand covered with trees,
and is not perceptibly salt. It is overgrown in places with Lemna
and contains other fresh water organisms. Smith states that the larvae
inhabit salt marshes only, but I think this statement liable to correc-
tion. Mr. F. Knab took several larvce, indistinguishable from sali-
narius, from a rain water barrel at Springfield, Mass., and I have found
them in a similar situation at Washington, D. C.

Larva of Culex vittatus Theob. — The adults referred to by me
as Culex cantans (Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., VI, 38, 1904 ) and the larvse
described under the same name (Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, XII, 36, 1904)
should be referred to vittatus. Mr. Coquillett finds that, while very
close to cantans, they agree with Theobald's description, published
since he made the first identification, and with specimens from Theo-
bald's type locality. Unfortunately the figure and description of the
larva given by Theobald (Can. Ent., XXXV, 313, 1903) are very unlike
mine, especially in the proportions of the air tube, which will neces-
sitate renewed breeding experiments to clear up the contradiction. It
seems possible that the larva described by Theobald is not correctly
associated. The figure would pass for Theobahlia incidens, which
species is likewise recorded in the article, but without larval notes.

17-i Journal New York. Entomological Society. [Voi. xii.

As TO CuLEX CANTANS Meig. — ; This spccics is a prolific source of
confusion. I notice that the dissected larva sent in by Mr. Johannsen,
and presumably the original of his figures (Bull. 68, N. Y. State Mus.,
420, 1903, pi. 45) is not cantans, but canadensis. His figures should
be cited under canadensis, but the character used in the synoptic table
(p. 416) is correct for cantans. Add to this the confusion noted above
between vittatiis and cantans and the two very different larvae produc-
ing apparently indistinguishable adults, noted by Mr. Knab and myself
(Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., YI, 143, 1904).

Identity of Culex reptans ISIeig. — If the European reptans
{nemorosiis Meig.) really exists in America, it is the form trichurus
Dyar, described in this issue of the Journal, to judge by Meinert's
figures (Vid. Selsk. Skr., 6, III, 4, PI. I, figs. 17-19, 1886), and not
either of the three forms called impige}- Walk., reptans Meig., and
pi/nctor Kirby in my paper on British Columbian mosquitoes (Proc.
Ent. Soc. Wash., YI, 37, 1904). The four American forms are very
closely allied as adults, though the larva are distinct enough. Tri-
chunis differs from ]\Ieinert's figures of nemorosiis in that the tufts on
the tube are more numerous and multiple. Meinert figures but two
single dorsal hairs, while trichiwiis has a double row of about six tufts.

Wholesale slaughter. — A large colony of Culex sollicitans \^'alk.
hatched on the salt marsh near Noyes Beach, R. I., about June 29,
following rain. By July 5, the marsh had gone dry and myriads of
dead larvas were observed. They had gathered in the lowest depres-
sions, and in one wheel rut their bodies covered the ground in a
solid mass two inches wide and five or six feet long.

A CASE OF anemotropism.* — It may be worth while to place on
record the following instance, which was sent me by the Rev. C. C.
Carpenter, of Andover, Mass., who under date of April 20, 1896,
wrote me as follows :

' ' A friend was down at Marshfield or Scituate the other day, and
sitting on the dunes near the water watched for hours a steady and
large stream of small flies going northeast, against the wind, for hours
and hours, in perfect order and symmetry. He is curious to know
whether they were migrating — or what. I suppose you know."
Unfortunately no specimens were sent me, so that the species is un-
known. — A. S. Packard, Providence, R. I.

* Prof. \V. M. Wheeler has noticed this phenomenon in Bibio and also in Chi-
ronoinus ( Archiv fiir Entwickelungsmechanik der Organismen, VIII, p. 373, 1S99. )

Sept., I904.1 Knab : Appendages of Mosquito Larv.k. 175

THE EPISTOMAL APPENDAGES OF MOSQUITO

LARV^.

By Frederick Knab,

Urbana, Ii,l.

(Plate X.)

In sorting mixed captures of mosquito larvje some trouble was ex-
perienced, partly on account of the close resemblance of some of the
species, but more particularly on account of the considerable varia-
tion, not only in color, but also in such characters as the length and
form of the antenna, the breathing-tube, gills, etc. To add to the
difficulty, there is more or less of a change with each moult.

The head of the larva bears upon its dorsal surface a number of
conspicuous hairs or tufts of hairs. Upon comparison of the differ-
ent species and their stages, it was found that these hairs existed in
all of them. They differed not only in each species examined but
also in each of the stages. Three pairs of these hairs or hair tufts are
conspicuous appendages of the head and readily available as specific
characters. They may consist of single hairs, of two or three hairs
with a common base, or of fan-shaped tufts of hairs — each species pre-
senting specific distinctions in the number of hairs in the tufts, as also
in their length, coarseness and the relative position. Their bases are
inserted into sockets so that they sway about with the motions of the
larva. Doubtless they are sensory in function and help to keep the
larva in touch with its surroundings. These appendages are all situ-
ated upon the epistoma — using that term in the sense of Schioedte
and other European writers for the part included within the epicranial
sutures. The appendages are arranged upon the area between the
antennre and usually somewhat farther back. However their relative
position differs considerably, not only in different species, but also in
the different stages. The accompanying diagrams will show these
differences in a few forms. In the mature larva of Culex restuans
the six appendages are in a transverse series, nearly in a line. The
innermost pair of these appendages I have called the median pair ; the
two on the outer sides of these the intermediate pair ; the third pair,
close to the margin and near the base of antenncC, the outer pair.

In many species the median pair is inserted farther back and
sometimes come almost longitudinallv into line with the intermediate

176 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xii.

pair. Two other pairs of hairs or tufts occur upon the epistoma.
Usually they are very small, and in some forms, at least of the mature
larva, are absent altogether. One pair is situated farther forward and
nearer together than the " median " pair. The other pair is located
well back and near the epicranial suture, nearly opposite the eyes.
In the first stage these last two pairs of appendages are equally devel-
oped with the other three pairs which afterwards become so conspic-
uous. In the first stage the appendages all consist of single hairs, dif-
fering, however, in relative length and position in the different spe-
cies. One species only, in my experience, is an exception. In the first
stage of Ciilex triseriatus the pair of appendages nearest together con-
sist of fine hairs in twos. In the succeeding stages this pair develops
into tufts very similar to the outer pair.

The three most highly developed pairs of epistomal appendages,
which I have termed the median, intermediate and outer pairs, are
present in all the species of Culex larvje that I have examined. The
median and intermediate pairs develop very differently in the differ-
ent species. For example, in Culex territans they usually continue
as single hairs throughout the four stages, while in Culex restuans the
number of hairs in each appendage increases with each succeeding
stage. The outer pair consists of hairs in tufts in the last stage of all
the species I have examined. These tufts also differ in length, coarse-
ness and the number of hairs in the different species. In Culex can-
tans, for example, there are four or five coarse hairs in the tuft, while
in Culex terfitans there is an ample fan-shaped tuft of ten or twelve
hairs. In the first stage this outer pair of appendages, like the others,
is of single hairs. In the second stage these outer appendages usually
consist of two hairs, in some cases of three or four, and the number
of hairs increases in the third and fourth stages. As one would natu-
rally suppose, these appendages, like other characters, are subject to
some variation, but nevertheless are useful in determining species and
stages. My experience has been with a limited number of species,
but as far as I have gone each species has proved sufficiently distinct
in these characters.

The terminology "median," "intermediate" and "outer" pairs
of appendages was adopted when my descriptive work was first begun,
and has been retained for want of a better one. It is, however,
hardly satisfactory.

Other hairs, or groups of hairs, also occur on various other parts

Sept.. 1904.] BuscK : A New Name for a Tineid genus.

17:

of the head, particularly on the ventral surface. These, too, are dif-
ferently developed in the different species but no consideration is
given them here.

While, as above remarked, variation occurs in the epistomal ap-
pendages of the species of mosquito larvae, those of a particular brood
are fairly constant.

EXPLANATION OF PLATE X.

Epistomal appendages of mosquito larvie.
Fig. I. Cu/t'x t/isen'aitts Say, stage I.

2.

"

" "

' II.

3-

"

"

' III.

4-

"

" "

' IV.

5-

Cu/c-x

territans Walk.,

'. I.

6.

"

"

' II.

7-

"

"

' III.

8.
Q.

,,

< 1 tt

' IV.

' " variation

10. Ciilex resttiaus Theob., stage IV.

11. Culex canadensis Theob., stage IV.

12. Citlex pipiens Linn., stage IV.

13. Culex cantaus Meig., stage IV.

Class I, HEXAPODA.

Order V, LEPIDOPTERA.
A NEW NAME FOR A TINEID GENUS.

By August Busck,

St. I>ouis, Mo.
Paraclemensia, new name.

Brackenridgia Busck, Proc. Ent. See. Wash., V, 193, I903, not Uhich, Tr. Amer.
Micr. Sec, xxiii, 90, 1902.

Prof. T. D. A. Cockerell has kindly called my attention to the fact
that the name Brackeuridgia used by me for the genus of which aceri-
foliella Fitch (Dyar, Cat. Am. Lep., No. 6477) is the type and at
present the only recognized species, is preoccupied in the Crustacea.
I am glad to adopt a suggestion from Prof. Cockerell and would sub-
stitute the new generic name Paraclemeusia, thus retaining in the
name the tribute to the founder of the study of Microlepidoptera in
this country.

178 Journal New York Entomological Society. lvoi. xii.

TWO NOTES ON TINEID MOTHS.

By Harrison G. Dyar, A.M., Ph.D.,

Washington, D. C.

Description of the Larva of Ethmia longimaculf.lla Cham-
bers.— This larva was received at the National Museum from Dr.
James Fletcher, Ottawa, Canada, with a memorandum stating that it
was bred on Lithospervia officinale.

La<va. Head rounded, bilobed, flattened before, rather thick, dull black
throughout, the setce coarse and pale ; width 2 mm. Body cylindrical, uniform,
rather stout, feet normal, skin smooth. General color purplish black with a few
transverse white bands. Cervical shield large, bright orange colored, bisected by a
yellowish line, tubercles concolorous. Neck white ; sides of joint 2 behind the spi-
racle white; white bands in the intersegments of joints 3-4, 4-5, 9-10 and lo-ii,
the two anterior ones rather narrow dorsally, strongly widened below the spiracle,
the two posterior nearly uniform in width, none passing to the venter. Tubercles
small, black, normal, iv and v united, vii with a dark plate bearing numerous setie.
Feet all ringed with black. ^ ^^'' ' ^ ^ ''^ "^'^^''Q'-Y^o^ \' r

A Case of Synonymy. — My colleague, Mr. August Busck, de-
scribed a new genus and species of Tineids as Dorata virgatella (Proc.
Ent. See. Wash., VI, 123, 1904), from Arizona, placing the genus
in the CEcophoridae. Having occasion to look over Lord Walsing-
ham's description of Pteroloitchc liucata (Insect Life, I, 284, 1889),
I was at once struck by the similarity to Mr. Busck's species, and a
comparison convinces me that they are the same. The very peculiar
$ genitalia of ^nrgatclla agree well with Lord Walsingham's descrip-
tion of those oi lineata. Lord Walsingham placed the species in Zel-
ler's genus Pferoloiuhe in the Yponomeutidce. L^n fortunately I have
no specimens of this genus, but it appears not improbable that Mr.
Busck's genus Dorata will prove a good one. L^nless the contrary be
shown when specimens are at hand, the forms will be listed thus :

Dorata Busck.

lineata Walsingham.

I'ir^^alclla Busck.
inornatella Busck.

The genus falls in the QEcophoridie rather than the Vi)onomeutid.'e
by Mey rick's tables, as Mr. Busck states.

Sept., I904.] Caudell : Orthoptera from Paraguay. 179

Class I, HEXAPODA.

ORDER XI, ORTHOPTERA.

ON A COLLECTION OF NON-SALT ATORIAL
ORTHOPTERA FROM PARAGUAY.*

By a. N. Caudell,

Washington, D. C.

For several years I have been receiving from Mr. W. T. Foster,
of Sapucay, Paraguay, numbers of Orthoptera taken by him within a
radius of ten miles of Sapucay. The U. S. Department of Agriculture
purchased about one thousand specimens from Mr. Foster and the U.
S. National Museum has acquired several hundred specimens from the
same source. These three collections are now deposited in the Na-
tional Museum and form the subject of this paper.

It was my original intention to prepare a complete faunal treatise
on the Orthoptera of Paraguay but the lack of general collections from
various portions of that republic makes that impractical at this time.
I therefore present .the following as a contribution to the knowledge
of the Orthoptera of Paraguay. In subsequent papers I hope to treat
of the saltatorial forms represented in these collections.

In the identification of these specimens I have been aided by the
works of Giglio-Tos and Brancsik, those of the former being especially
valuable as forming a list from which to work.

A comparison of the species here treated with those recorded in
the various articles by Giglio-Tos in Boll. Mus. Torino shows the
fauna of the region about Sapucay to be quite different from that of
certain other portions of Paraguay. The country surrounding Sapucay
is described by Mr. Foster in a letter under date of May 14, 1902.
The following is quoted from this letter :

"Sapucay is a small village situated at the base of a low table land
the elevation of which is 800 feet above the surrounding country. * * *

* During the coming year I hope, with the cooperation of Dr. H. G. Dyar, to
promulgate a system of nomenclature with the hope of securing a comparatively stable
basis. Then a revised nomenclature will be adopted, in some cases agreeing with the
results arrived at by Krauss and others and in other cases radically different. But for
the present the old nomenclature is used.

180 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xii.

The tend of the face of the table land is northwest and southeast.
The country to the southwest and east is generally level, broken by
low hills rising abruptly from the plains, which extend to the level
cattle breeding lands of the Missions, which in turn gives place to
the low swamp land of the southwest corner of Paraguay, which,
with the exception of a narrow fringe along the rivers Paraguay and
Alto Parana, is given over to the anaconda and tiger (jaguar). I was
several months down there collecting water birds but do not have any
very pleasant recollections of the district. Periodical floods extend
for leagues inland, filling up the swamps which in turn extend for
miles ; patches of forest from a few hundred feet to a mile in diameter
occupy any land rising a few feet above the swamp. A few wandering
tribes roam the large forests of the Alta Parana but the rest is a deso-
late waste.

" I do not find that the table land mentioned above bears a different
fauna than that of the low lands, nearly all specimens taken by my col-
lecting boys on the higher lands being duplicated by others from the
l)lains.

"The winter is now about commencing and the frost during the
months of June and July is somewhat severe, with the result that in-
sects are correspondingly scarce. I therefore do but little collecting
during the winter months but turn my attentions to bird and mammal
skinning."

The total number of non-saltatorial specimens sent in by Mr.
Foster is 105, comprising 27 species: 3 Forficulidae, 12 Blattidse, 7
Mantidae and 5 Phasmidce.

Family FORFICULID.F:.
Anisolabis azteca Dohrn.

Forcinella azteca Dohrn, Stett. Ent. Zeit., xxiii, 226, 1862.

Anisolabis azteca Scudd., I'roc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., xviii, 302, 1S76.

Anisolabis antennata Kirby, Journ. Linn. Soc, xxiii, 5I7> 1891.

Anisolabis bormansi Scudd., Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool., xxv, 5, pi. I, fig. 1, 1893.

Anisolabis azteca Bormans, Das Tierr. , ii, 49, 1900.

Two males without date. These specimens are exactly similar to
the type of bo>-mansi except that the forceps are strongly incurved
apically, as is often the case with male specimens, and the antennae
have segments 11 and 12 pale in one while in the other the right an-
tenna has segments 12 and 13 pale and the left one segments 13 and
14. Most species with certain ones of the antennal segments pallid

Sept.,i904i Caudell : Orthoptera from Paraguay. 181

exhibit more or less variation in this respect. Besides these two speci-
mens from Paraguay and the type of bonnansi from the Galapagos
Islands, the National Museum contains specimens of this species from
California, Arizona and Florida in the United States and from Porto
Rico in the West Indies. The synonymy of bonnansi with azteca is
based upon a study of the above material. The United States speci-
mens were identified several years ago by Prof. Scudder who critically
examined them at my request. He pronounced them to be azteca and
did not attempt to refute my statement that they were specifically
similar to the type of his bormansi. These United States specimens
are females and measure 11.5 to 13.5 mm. in length exclusive of the
forceps, and the banding of the femora and the number of pallid seg-
ments of the antennse are quite variable. In both size and coloration
these two forms intergrade and I feel safe in the establishment of their
synonymy. The identity of Kirby's A. antoinata from Bermuda with
azteca Avas pointed out by Bormans.

Immature specimens of some species of Psalis bear a strong resem-
blance to certain apterous species of this genus and a careful study is
often necessary to separate them.

Labia paraguayensis, new species.

Finiate. Brown, paler below ; legs pale yellowish. Antennce II to 12 jointed,
brownish, unicolorous. Pronotum scarcely as broad as the head, subquadrate, slightly
broader than long, the lateral borders very thin. Elytra slightly longer than the pro-
notum, unicolorous ; wings aborted. Abdomen flattened, broad, widened in the mid-
dle, the third and fourth segments of the female with lateral folds, the fourth segment
of the male similarly furnished. Forceps of the female moderately stout, triquetrous,
contiguous at the base, slightly curved, especially at the tip where the points cross a
little when the forceps are closed; inner margin straight to near the tip and with
several dull unequal serrations, contiguous to the tip when closed ; forceps of the male
subcylindrical, moderately and quite uniformly incurved, widely separated at the base
and armed on the inner edge at the middle of the apical half with a small tooth and
at the middle of the basal half with an angular projecting shoulder, small but distinct.
Pygidium of the male prominent, quadrate, the truncate tip slightly notched at each
side.

Length, exclusive of the forceps, J and 9. 7-5 mm.; forceps, $, 2.25 mm.,
9 , 1.75 mm.

Two females, February ; one female, one male, no date.
Type. —^0. S025. U. S. National Museum.

Apterygida linearis Eschscholtz.

Forfictda linearis Esch., Entomogr., i, 81, 1822.

Forjictda ((vniafa Dohrn, Stett. Ent. Zeii., xxiii, 230, 1862.

182 Journal New York Ento.mological Society. [Voi. xii.

Apterygida taniuta Borm., Das Tierr. , ii, lio, 1900.
For/icula iuteipes ScnAd., Proc. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., xviii, 255, 1876.
Sphingolnlns ticniata Borm., Biol. Cent.-A:r.er., Orth., i, 12, pi. 2, tigs. 17-19, 1S93.
Aptejygida lineai-is 'Rthn, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc, Philad., 1903, 310, 1903.

Seven females, November ; four males, one female, no date.

The employment of Eschscholtz's old name for this common and
widely distributed species brings up the (juestion of whether absolute
identification is necessary to justify the resurrection of old unidentified
specific names for species more recently characterized. Personally I
am of the opinion that it is justifiable, for it seenis better to utilize
old identified names for known species even at the expense of a few
recent names than continue them as meaningless terms or included in
doubtful synonymy. The one essential thing to be observed, and one
to be insisted upon, is that no such application of an old unidentified
name to a known species shall be made when the description or diag-
nosis of the old species differ in any particular from the characters
exhibited by the known species to which the old name is applied. I
therefore employ here the name linearis instead of the more recent
tceniata as has already been done by Mr. Rehn.

Family BLATTID.E.

Anaplecta albomarginata Saussure & Zehntner.

Anaplecta albomarginata .Sauss. & Zehnt., Biol. Cent.-Amer., Orth., i, 26, 1893.
Anaplecta albomarginata Giglio-Tos, Boll. Mus. Torino, xv. No. 377, I, 1900.

One female, November.

Anaplecta lateralis Burmeister.

Anaplecta lateralis Burm., Handb. Ent. , ii, 494, 1838.

Anaplecta lateralis Giglio-Tos, Boll. Mus. Torino, ix. No. 1 84, i, 1894.

Anaplecta sosia Sauss., MS.

One female, October.

The type of A. sosia Sauss., apparently undescribed, is in the
National Museum from Costa Rica. It is mentioned as a new species
by Biolley in Tornado, del informe del Museo Nacional, 43, 1900, but
no reference is given. It does not seem to differ specifically from this
specimen from Paraguay.

Kakerlac borellii Giglio-Tos.

Loboptera borellii Giglio-Tos, Boll. Mus. Torino, xii. No. 302, 3, 1897.

One female, February.

Sept., 1904.] Caudell : Orthopteka from Paraguay. 183

Ischnoptera brasiliensis Brunner.

Ischiioptera brasiliensis Brunn., Nouv. Syst. Blatt. , 130, 1865.

IschnopUra brasiliensis Giglio-Tos, Boll. Mus. Torino, xv, No. 377, 2, 1900.

Seven males, February, September and October.

This species is very closely allied to /. ithlcriana Sauss. , and may
be but a form of that species. The females of all the species of this
genus are apparently much scarcer than the males.
Ischnoptera vilis Saussure.
Ischiiopteya vilis Sauss., Rev. Mag. Zool., xxi, 1 12, 1869.

Six males, December to May.
Blattella borellii Giglio-Tos.

Phyllodroiiiia borellii Ciiglio-Tos, Boll. Mus. Torino, ix No. 184, 2, 1894.

One male, March.

This imperfect specimen, lacking the body and most of the legs,
seems to agree fairly well with the description of this species except
that the femora are black and the elytra measure bat 7.5 mm. in
length.

Blattella conspersa Brunner.
Phyllodromis conspersa Brunn., Nouv. Syst. Blatt., 106, 1S65.

One male, no date.

This species is somewhat smaller than B. bniniuriana, which has
been recorded from Paraguay. These two species may prove to be
the same.

Blattella germanica Linn£eus.

Blatia gerineinica Linn., Syst. Nat., ed. xii, ii, 688, 1766.
Pliyllodromia germanica Brunn., Nouv. Syst. Blatt., 90, fig. 7, 1865.
Blattella gertiianica Caudell, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., v, 234, 1903.
Pliyllodromia bivittata Serv., Orth., loS, 1S39.

Two males, October ; one female, February.

Some orthopterists consider bivittata Serv. as distinct from german-
ica Linn, but from a study of specimens from the United States, Porto
Rico, Mexico and South America, I find the venation of the wings
offers no constant character for their separation.

This species has been mentioned from Paraguay in several papers.
Nyctibora confusa Giglio-Tos.
A^yctibora confusa (jiglio-Tos, Boll. Mus. Torino, xii. No. 302, 8, 1897.

One female February.

This species was recorded by Giglio-Tos in various papers on the
Orthoptera of Paraguay under the name AI. iioloset-icea Burm.

18-4 J'-'i-'R-^'AL New York Entomological Society. ivoi.xn.

Panchlora nivea Linnaeus.

Blatta nivea Linn., Syst. Nat., ed. x, i, 424, 1758.
Panchlora nivea Brunn., Nouv. Syst. Blatt., 274, 1S65.
Panchlora nivea Giglio-Tos, Zool., Jahr. , viii, 805, 1895.

Three males, two females, October to March.

Panchlora thalassina Saussure and Zehntner.

Panchlora thalassina Sauss. and Zehnt. , BioL Cent.-Amer. , Oith., i, 93, 1893!

One male, one female, February.

The species of this genus are quite closely allied to each other and
I believe that some synonymy may be expected among them.

Latindia sp. ?

The collection contains one male specimen, which is unfortunately
in such poor condition as to permit of only a doubtful generic determi-
nation.

Family MANTID.'E.
Mantoida brunneriana Saussure.

ChiFlessa brunneriana Sauss., Mem. Mex., iv, 14, 1871.
JMantoida brzmneriana Westw., Synop. Mant., I, 1S89.

One male nymph, March.

Musonia livida Serville.

Thespis livida Serv., Orth., 172, 1839.
Aliisonia livida, Westw. Synop. Mant., 6, 1SS9.

Three males, January, February.

These specimens agree very well with the original description of
Serville. The specific characters there given, together with the generic
characters exhibited by the specimens themselves, make me quite sure
of the correctness of the determination. The borders of the protho-
rax in these specimens are very finely serrate and one specimen is of
an obscure greenish color. The exact measurements are as follows :

Total length, 34 mm.; anterior femora, 8 mm.; anterior tibia, ex-
clusive of the apical spur, 3 mm.; intermediate femora, 8.5 mm.; pos-
terior femora, 12 mm.; elytra, 25 mm.; wing, 23 mm.; cerci, 3 mm.;
supra-anal plate, 3 mm.; width of supra-anal plate at the base, i mm.

The genus Musonia has a superficial resemblance to Osyops,"^ but
structurally it falls into quite a different group.

*The genus Oxyops of Saussure, described in 1869, is preoccupied by Oxyops
Schonh., a genus of Coleoptera described in 1826. For the orthojiterous genus I
propose the name Oxyopsis.

Sept., 1904.] Caudell : Orthoptera from Paraguay. 185

Coptopteryx argentina Burmeister.

Mantis argentina Burm., Berl. Ent. Zeitschr. , viii, 238. ICS64.
Coptopteryx argentina Sauss. Bull. Ent. Suisse, iii, 66, 1S69.
Coptopteryx argentina Westw., Synopsis Mant. , 6, 1889.

Five males, five females, December to March.

The males exhibit some variation in size, one measuring but 43
mm. in length of elytra and the pronotum is only 16.5 mm. long.
But the shape and venation of the wings of this small specimen shows
it to belong to this species. Two of the large specimens exhibit vena-
tional variation in that the wing in the first and second axillaries of one
merge 8.5 mm. from the tip, while in the other specimen the merg-
ing of these veins occurs at a point 24 mm. from the tip of the wing,
the latter distance apparently the normal one.

Brunneria brasiliensis Saussure.

Britnneria brasiliensis Sauss., Bull. Ent. Sui.sse, iii, 240, 1870.

Brunneria brasiliensis Sauss., Mem. Mex., iv, ii, 135, pi. ii, figs. 31, 31a, 1871.

Six males, four females, October to March.

This has been reported from Paraguay, but seems not to have been
ob.served recently.

Cardioptera vitrea DeHaan.

Cardioptera vitrea DeHaan, Bijdr. Orth.. 82, 1842.

Cardioptera vitrea Westw., Rev. Mant., 15, pi. iv, fig. 7, 18S9.

Eight males, October to February.

The males of this genus, not having the tibice carinate, often cause
more or less confusion in the use of generic tables and are apt to be
wrongly placed.

Acontista bimaculata Saussure.

Acontista bimaculata Sauss., Bull. Ent. Suisse, iii, 229, 1S70.

Acontista bimaculata Giglio-Tos, Boll. Mus. Torino, i.x, No. 1S4, 3, 1894.

Acontista bimaculata Giglio-Tos, Zool. Jalir., viii, 805, 1S95.

Five males, October to March.

This handsome little species is somewhat variable in color, some
being quite green and others brownish.

Acanthops sinuata Stoll.

Mantis sinuata Stoll, Spectr., pi. 4, fig. 14, 17S7.
Acantliops si}iuata\^tsi\\.. Rev. Mant., 24, 1889.
Acant/iops sinuata Giglio-Tos, Zool. Jahr., viii, 806. 1895.

Two males, six females, November to February ; six nymphs, Janu-
ary to March.

186 Journal New York Entomological Society. !Vu1 xn.

The elytra of these females measure less than 25 mm. in length,
and their abdomens are more ampliate than shown in the figure of
Charpentier and Serville, being 15 mm. across the widest part. The
bright colors of the wings and abdomen shown in the figures of Char-
pentier are absent in the dried specimens before me.

Family PHASMID.^.

Anisomorpha borellii Giglio-Tos

Anisomprp/ia borellii GigWo-Toss,, Boll. Mus. Torino, xii, No. 302, 16, 1897.
Anisomorpha crassa Giglio-Tos (not Blanch.), Boll. Mus. Torino, ix, No. 184, 4,
1894 ; Zool. Jahr., viii, 806, 1895.

Two females, January and March.

The wing pads are very small and in dried specimens the yellow
bands of the antennae are usually obscured.

Olcyphides lateralis Fabricius.

Mantis lateralis Icabr., Ent. Syst., ii, 15, 1793.

Pliocy lilies lateralis ij\g\\o-T OS, Zool. Jahrs., viii, S06, 1S95.

One male, February.

In dried specimens the costce of the wings and the short elytra are
of an obscure yellowish color.

Bacunculus dubia, new species.

Female. — Color of dried specimen greenish ; head longer than the pronotum,
slightly less than one half as long again as broad, unarmed ; antennre with more than
fifty segments, more than twice as long as the anterior femora, first segment much
flattened, broadened, about twice as long as broad, second rounded, scarcely twice
as long as broad, third more slender, cylindrical and several times as long as broad.
Body unarmed ; prothorax scarcely twice as long as broad and marked dorsally with
a cruciform depression ; mesothorax nearly six times as long as the pronotum,
cylindrical, not swollen at the insertion of the legs; metathorax similar to the
mesothorax but a third shorter. Abdomen slender, gradually tapering to the last
segment, which is less than one half as broad basally as the first segment : all the
segments twice as long as broad and none noticeably expanded ; operculum small,
passing but little the apex of the eighth segment. Cerci long and slender, twice as
long as the apical segment of the abdomen. Legs short and relatively stout, un-
armed ; first segment of the tarsi longer than the remainder together.

Total length 66 mm.; head, 4 mm.; pronotum, 2.5 mm.; mesonotum, 15 mm.;
metanotum, 9 mm.; abdomen, 31.5 mm.; cerci, 4.5 mm.; antennre, 40 mm.; an-
terior femora, 15 mm.; intermediate femora, 10 mm.; posterior femora, 12.5 mm.;
anterior tibic^, 14 mm.; intermediate tibia, 9 mm.; posterior tibia, 12. 5 mm.

One female, February.

Sept., 1904.] Caudell : Orthoptera from Para(;uay. 187

Type. — No. 8027, U. S. National Museum.

I have compared this specimen with descriptions or specimens of
all the species from South America known to me, and find it to agree
with none of them.

Paraleptynia, new genus.

I find it necessary to characterize a new genus for a somber-colored
and uninteresting-appearing phasmid contained in the collection. It
is a member of the subfamily Clitumninte, slender of form, wholly un-
armed and related to my genus Parabacillus and the closely related
Lcptyiiia of Pantel. It is apparently more nearly added to the latter,
hence the above name. It is readily differentiated from both the
allied genera by the antennce, which, at least in the male, the female
at present unknown, is about two thirds as long as the anterior femora
and composed of distinct segments. The terminal segment of the
abdomen is apically concave and hollowed out below, the cerci round
and differing from both Parabacciliis and Lepfyiiia by having no basal
thorn.

This genus is apparently related in some respects to section " b "
of the Bacillid subgenus Baculuin of .Saussure * based on B. raiiiosus,
an insect of uncertain habitat. But the unarmed head and non-ampli-
ate limbs prove its distinctness.

Paraleptynia fosteri, new species.

Male. Color of dried specimen, light brownish. Head longer than the prothorax,
twice as long as broad, unarmed ; antenna; with 18 segments, I twice as long as
broad, basally depressed ; 2 about as long as broad, half the length of I, cylindrical ;
3 nearly twice as long as 1 and 2 together ; 4 about half as long as 3 ; the succeed-
ing ones of approximately the same length as number 3, except the last three which
are scarcely twice as long as broad, except the apical one which is slightly more, due
however to its smaller size rather than absolute length. Body unarmed ; pronotuni
scarcely twice as long as broad, divided by a mesial transverse impression and fur-
nished on the anterior half with three longitudinal furrows ; mesothorax six times as
long as the prothorax, cylindrical, but little swollen at the insertion of the legs ; meta-
thorax similar to the mesothorax but somewhat shorter ; median segment not indicated.
Abdomen cylindrical, segments one to six about three times as long as broad, the
ast three segments subequal, about twice as long as broad, the seventh and eighth,
slightly swollen at their proximate ends, the apical segment carinate dorsally, slightly
tapering and posteriorly angularly incised, the lateral angles curved inwards as ob-
scure teeth and bordered with minute black denticles. Cerci moderately short, cylin-
drical, projecting obliquely downwards and bent slightly inwards at the tips, not

* Mel. Orth., 11, 112, 1870.

ISS Journal New York Extomological Society. [Voi. xii.

extending beyond the tip of the abdomen. Legs long and slender, unarmed, the
genicular angles somewhat prominent ; tarsi with the first segment longer than the
others taken together.

Entire length, jSmm.; length, head, 4 mm.; prothorax, 3 mm.; mesothorax,

iS mm.; metathorax, 15 mm.; abdomen, 38 mm.; antennce, 20 mm.; anterior

femora, 31 mm.; intermediate feniora, 21 mm.; posterior femora, 23 mm.; anterior

tibia, 31 mm.; intermediate tibia, 22.5 mm.; posterior tibia, 27 mm.; cerci, I mm.

One male, February.

Type. — No. 8026, U. S. National Museum.

Ceratiscus laticeps, new genus and species.

A large female Phasmid, taken on Jan. 27, apparently represents a new genus
and species. It belongs to the subfamily Clitumninffi, but, unlike the other members
of that group, it is a large insect with very elongate operculum. The antennae are
short, being considerably less than one half as long as the anterior femora, and con-
sist of twenty distinct segments ; the first subquadrate and flattened, the second
nearly round, the third twice as long as broad, the following two or three transverse
and closely united, and the remainder longer than broad, the terminal eight or nine
being twice or more than twice as long as broad. The head is very broad, nearly as
broad as long, much broader than the thorax and smooth, except two small round de-
pressions on top, behind and between the bases of the antennae. Pronotum scarcely
twice as long as broad, with a transverse impression, borders emarginate ; meso-
notum and metanotum unarmed, the former more than six times as long as the pro-
notum, the latter somewhat shorter, being but five times the length of the pronotum.
Intermediary segment not clearly indicated. Body smooth. Operculum as long as
the basal four segments of the abdomen. Cerci short and pointed, convex on the
inner side. Legs moderately slender ; anterior femora strongly curved basally and
dorsally, serrated with strong teeth ; tibice unarmed ; intermediate femora and tibiae
armed with a single angular lobe near the base, above on the tibi.-e and below on the
femora;* posterior legs armed as the intermediate, all the lobes being scarcely higher
than the width of the limbs bearing them. All the tarsi have the basal segment
longer than all the rest taken together.

Entire length, exclusive of the operculum, 123 mm.; head, 6 mm.; prothorax, 4
mm.; mesothorax, 27 mm.; metathorax, 20 mm.; abdomen, 66 mm.; cerci, 1 mm.;
operculum, from the point of attachment to the tip, 35 mm.; anterior femora, 31 mm.;
anterior tibiae, 38 mm.; intermediate femora, 27 mm.; posterior femora, 23 mm.;
width across widest part of the head, 5 mm.; of pronotum, 3 mm.

Type. — No. 8102, U. S. National Museum.

In many ways this species resembles the Bacteria clinteria of West-
wood, and it may, upon comparison with the type of that species,
prove identical with it. But I scarcely think so, as it differs from the
figure and description of that insect in having the head proportion-
ately much broader and by having the middle and posterior legs with
angularly lobate femora and tibiae.

* One of the tibiae lacks the lobe.

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Editorial.

In the Preface to Volume IV of the " British Lepidoptera, " Mr.
J. W. Tutt expresses his disapproval of the method of selecting types
of genera used by Rothschild and Jordan in their "Revision of the
Sphingidce." We at first took this view as well. As Mr. Tutt ex-
presses it, the method appears " easy if not scientific," and he makes
out a plausible case for the method of subsequent restrictions. In
fact, considered theoretically, this method seems the only logical one.
Vet, after studying the subject, we find ourselves converted to Roths-
child and Jordan's views. The objection to the method of the
" Merton rules" is that it does not work in practice. Mr. Tutt ad-
mits that it can only be used by " one who knows," and this is an
admission of our contention, expressed in the June issue of this jour-
nal * that the method requires a complete knowledge of all the litera-
ture. Mr. Tutt does not seem to appreciate that in many cases no
one has this knowledge, and even if so there are so many possible in-
terpretations to the actions of subsequent authors that a fatal objection
hereby arises to the method. We must have something practical that
can be applied by every student. The method of first species seems
to promise this, and we therefore favor it.

It cannot be called a new method. It is credited by Mr. T. S.
Palmer t to the " Stricklandian Code " of 1842. In 1S68 Mr. W. F.
Kirby J regarded it as an axiom that where no figure or other indication

* Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, xii, 120, 1904.

t Dept. Agr. , Div. Biol. Surv., N. A. Fauna, No. 23, Index generum mama-
lium, pp. 19-23, 1904.

i Proc. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1868, xliii.

189

190 Journal New York Entomological Society. [v<>l xil

of type was given, the insect placed at the head of the genus was to be
considered as the type, and that the first section of a genus always
was to be considered typical. Mr. H. W. Bates stated that Professor
Westwood had many years ago expressed the view that where an au-
thor has by means of dissections, figures or in any other way, indicated
the particular species which he regards as typical of this genus * * *
that species is of course the type * * * ; but where no such indication
is given by the founder, the first species in the genus is to be taken as
the type and ought to be so taken in any subsequent dismemberment
or division of the genus. The idea was combated then on much the
same lines as at present. Mr. Bates goes on to say that he doubted
whether there was any such rule as Mr. Kirby stated, and that if it were
adopted for the future it ought not to be applied to the past. The
adoption of such a rule retrospectively would cause so much confusion
that the remedy would be worse than the disease, since it would cause
the subversion of established nomenclature. In the following discus-
sion Mr. Pascoe thought the type species should be the most promi-
nent one, either by its size, abundance or any other circumstance. He
also showed that the old authors did not themselves regard their first
species as typical. Mr. Dunning thought that every means thould be
used to get at the author's idea, using evidence either "intrinsic or
extrinsic, positive or negative," and that the species best embodying
this idea was the type. But where no indication can be found, he
agreed with the general sentiment of the members present that in the
division of a genus, the author who divides it has a right to deter-
mine to which division the original name shall be restricted, and that
the original name must be retained for some section. The Entomo-
logical Society of London proceeded then to endorse the view at pres-
ent embodied in the " Merton rules " and the " A. O. U. Code."

It appears to us that all these objections disappear. Complaint
of change of long established names can no longer be made when
every new work changes most of them, on whatever rules it is based.
If the first species is sometimes atypical, it is not more so than the
type often arrived at by the method of residues. The great advan-
tage is that our method is easy, it promises permanence, in that inde-
pendent students may arrive at the same result, and it will not con-
demn an author to spend most of his time in the unprofitable study
of ancient history.

In the Entomological News for June Dr. J. B, Smith and

Sept. 1904.] Proceedings of the Society. 191

Professor F. M. Webster have some remarks on this subject. Dr.
Smith adds nothing in the way of positive suggestion, though he reit-
erates his objection to the method of first species without giving any
reasons. We would only remark that if Dr. Smith had taken the
trouble to read his Systema Naturae he would not have made the inac-
curate statement that Linnceus divided the Lepidoptera into Papilio,
Sphinx, Bombyx, Noctua, etc. Linnaeus divided the Lepidoptera into
three genera only, Papilio, Sphinx and Phalcena. The other terms
are subgeneric, and while we hold that they should probably be raised
to generic value, we would note that the action of the students of the
butterflies is inconsistent with that of students of the moths. Linnreus'
Papilio has subgeneric divisions as well as PIiaitEiia, which have not
been, but should be used.

Professor Webster writes at some length. Eliminating a good deal
of conversational matter and some irrelevant remarks of a facetious
nature, his contention seems to be that corrections of nomenclature
should not be accepted at once, but await verification. This appeals
to us as a sensible suggestion. The question arises as to what consti-
tutes verification and how long must these proposed corrections wait.
This may be settled by the use of the latest catalogue. It is custom-
ary, in all countries where active entomological work is going on, to
issue a standard catalogue or list at intervals, and we advise entomol-
ogists to use the names given in the latest catalogue till the new one
appears. In America, Grote's list of 1882 was used for ten years.
Smith's of 1 891 replaced it, and was lately superceded by Bulletin 52,
U. S. National Museum. Let all working entomologists follow this
for the next ten years and not trouble themselves about changes,
which can, of course, be proposed in the journals, and wait to ripen
for the next general revision of the list. We refer to the ordinary use
of names, more especially in economic work, and do not wish to be
understood to say that actual errors in the synonymy of species should
be perpetuated. Thus the boll worm may continue to be called
Heliotliis armiger instead of Chloridia obsciira, since the change de-
pends upon a recent idea of generic limitation combined with the
resurrection of an old specific name; but Epelis faxoiiii %\\ov\\^ not be
retained as a synonym oi E. tniucafaria'^ as this erroneous synonymy
was due only to a clerical error in marking the manuscript for the
printer.

* See E. J. Smith, Ento. News, xv, 221, 1904.

192 Journal New York Entomological Society. L'^'oI xii.

Professor V. L. Kellogg, of Stanford University, requests us to
say that he will spend the coming academic year on leave of absence
in Europe. Personal letters will be forwarded. Requests for reprints
of papers or for specimens, etc., should be addressed, to avoid delay,
to the Department of Entomology, Stanford University, California.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NEW YORK ENTO=
MOLOGICAL SOCIETY.

Meeiini; of March 15, 1904.

Held at the American Museum of Natural History. In the absence of the
president the vice-president, C. VV. Leng, presided with fourteen members and twelve
visitors in attendance.

On motion of Mr. Weeks the by-laws were suspended and the lecture preceded
the regular order of business.

The members and visitors had the pleasure of listening to a most interesting and
instructive lecture on the "Mosquito and its Relation to Malaria," by Dr. J. B.
Smith, State Entomologist of New Jersey. Numerous slides were shown to illustrate
the subject.

On motion of Mr. Weeks the Society tendered a vote of thanks to Dr. Smith
for his lecture.

Under the regular order of business the librarian reported the receipt of tlie fol-
lowing e.xchanges :

Allgemeine Zeits. f. Entomologie, Vol. IX, Nos. i and 2.

Wiener Entomol. Zeitung, Vol. XXXVI, No. 3.

Canadian Ent., Vol. XXXVI, No. 3.

Proceedings U. S. National Museum, Vol. XVII, Nos. 1360, 1361, 1362, 1363,
1364.

Horoe Societatis Ent. Rossicce, Vol. XXXVI, Nos. 3 and 4.

Bull, de la Soc. Imperiale de Naturaliste de Moscow, 1902, No. 4.

Mr. Deng, chairman, presented a letter from the editor of the Journ.\l as the
report of the publication committee.

Mr. Weeks presented a report from the committee appointed to arrange for the
printing of the list of members of the New Vork and Brooklyn members.

On motion of Mr. Davis the report was accepted and turned over to the publica-
tion committee for action.

H. G. Barber,

Secretary.

Sept, 1904.] Proceedings of the Society. 19.3

LIST OF ACTIVE MEMBERS OF THE NEV^
YORK AND BROOKLYN ENTOMO-
LOGICAL SOCIETIES.

1. Ahlstrand, Alfred T., No. 1103 Pacific .St., Brooklyn. Lepidojjtera. Br. Soc.

2. Ashmead, Wm. H., D.Sc, U. S. Nat. Museum, Washington, D. C. Hymenop-

tera and Rhynchota. Br. Soc.

3. Barber, H. G., 241 \V. 135th St., N. V. City. Heteroptera-Hemiptera. N. Y.

and Br. Socs.

4. Becker, Edward, 343 Central Ave., Brooklyn. Lepidoptera. Br. Soc.

5. Benedict, C. P., Manor Road, West New Brighton, N. Y. General Entomology.

N. Y. Soc.

6. Bennett, Howard, 37 Stewart St., Brooklyn. Br. Soc.

7. Best, Lyman A., 748 Carroll St., Brooklyn. General Entomology. Br. Soc.

8. Beutenmiiller, Wm., American Mus. Nat. Hist., N. Y. Lepidoptera. N. Y.

and Br. .Socs.

9. Beyer, Gustav, 511 E. 117th St., N. Y. City. Coleoptera. N. Y. and Br. Socs.

10. Billings, Geo. A., College Farm, New Brunswick, N. J. N. Y. Soc.

11. Bird, Henry, Rye, N. Y. Lepidoptera. N. Y. Soc.

12. Bremser, F^igene A., 329 Riverdale Ave., Yonkers, N. Y. Lepidoptera. N.

Y. and Br. Socs.

13. Browning, Mrs. W. H., iS W. 54lh St., N. Y. City. N. Y. Soc.

14. Brues, Charles T., Paris, Texas. Diptera and Hymenoptera. N. Y. Soc.

15. Bueno, ]. R. de la Torre, 25 Broad .St., N. Y. City. Rhynchota, especially

Cryptocerata. N. Y. Soc.

16. Call, Richard E., Ph.D., 165 Midwood St., Brooklyn. Cave Insects, Parasitic

Hymenoptera. N. Y. and Br. Socs.

17. Camman, D. M., M.D., 19 E. 33d St., N. Y. City. N. Y. Soc.

18. Casey, Thomas L., Major U. S. A., 1419 K St., N. W., Washington, D. C.

P. .G. Dr. 71, St. Louis, Mo. Coleoptera. Br. Soc.

19. Chittenden, Frank IL, D.Sc, U. S. Dept. Agriculture, Div. of Entomology,

Washington, D. C. Coleoptera. Br. Soc.

20. Comstock, William P., 460 W. 150th St., N. Y. City. Lepidoptera. N. Y. Soc.

21. Coquillett, D. W., U. S. Dept. Agriculture, Div. of Entomology, Washington,

D. C. Diptera Br. Soc.

22. Daecke, V. A. Erich, 806 Walnut St. , Phila., Pa. General collection, especially

Diptera. N. Y. Soc.

23. Davis, Wm. T., 46 Stuyvesant Place, New Brighton, Staten Ls., N. Y. General

collection, especially Orthoptera and Odonata. N. Y. Soc.

24. Dederer, Otto, 262 Reid Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y. Br. Soc.

25. Ditmars, R. L., 1666 Bathgate Ave., N. Y. City. N. Y. Soc.

194 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xii.

26. Doll, Jacob, Museum Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences. Lepidoptera.

N. Y. and Br. Socs.

27. Dyar, Harrison G., Ph.D., U. S. National Museum, Washington, D. C. Lepi-

doptera, Larvre of Mosquitoes. N. Y. Soc.

28. Engelhardt, George P., 1S5 Brooklyn Avenue, Brooklyn. Economic Ento-

mology. N. Y. and Br. Socs.

29. Erb, Herman J., 536 Blum Place, Union Hill, N. J. Lepidoptera (Catocala,

Sphingid;i;). N. Y. Soc.

30. Erickson, Laurence, 155 Rogers Avenue, Brooklyn. Br. Soc.

31. Fillion, Francis, loi Green St., N. Y. City. Coleoptera, Diptera. N. Y. Soc.

32. Franck, George, 1040 DeKalb Avenue, Brooklyn. General Entomology, N. Y.

and Br. .Socs.
S3. Funk, Albert, Middle Village, L. Is., N. Y. Br. Soc.

34. Goeben, Ferdinand, 464 Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn. Lepidoptera. Br. Soc.

35. Goldhorn, Ludwig B., Bellevue Hospital, Medical College. Diseases of Lepi-

dopterous larvae. Br. Soc.

36. Graef, Edw. L. , 58 Court St., Brooklyn. Lepidoptera. N. Y. and Br. Socs.

37. Green, F. V., iii Chambers St., N. Y. City. Coleoptera. N. Y. Soc.

38. Groth, C. F., 141 E. 40th St., N. Y. City. Lepidoptera (Papilio), Ilymenoptera.

N. Y. Soc.

39. Harding, Prof. F. F., 715 Greene Avenue, Brooklyn. Br. Soc.

40. Harris, Edw. D., 280 Broadway, N. Y. City. Coleoptera (Cicindelida>). N. Y.

Soc.

41. Hebard, Morgan, Chestnut Hill, Pa. Orthoptera. N. Y. Soc.

42. Holms, Dr. Frank \V., 2 Riverview Terrace, N. Y. City. Lepidoptera. N. Y.

-Soc.

43. Hoover, Walter W., Litchfield Mansion, Prospect Park, Brooklyn. Economic

Entomology. Br. Soc.

44. Hug, Herman, 319 Hudson St., Hoboken, N. J. Lepidoptera. N. Y. Soc.

45. Janvrin, E. R. P., 191 Madison Avenue, N. Y. City. Coleoptera. N. Y. Soc.

46. Johnson, Prof. W. G., 52 Lafayette Place, N. Y. City. Economic Entomology.

N. Y. Soc.

47. Joutel, L. H., 164 E. Ii7ih St., N. Y. City. Entomological Drawings. N. Y.

and Br. Socs.

48. Junior, K. F. , 458 E. 29th St., Brooklyn. Diptera (Mosquitoes). Br. Soc.

49. Kearfott, W. D., 114 Liberty St., N. Y. City. Microlepidoptera, esp. Tortri-

cids. N. Y. and Br. Socs.

50. Kirschmann, C, Glendale Station, Long Island, N. V. Br. Soc.

51. Kudlich, Herman F., M.D., 153 W. 2 1st St., N. Y. City. Coleoptera. N.

Y. Soc.

52. Ladd, N. M., 471 Lafayette Ave., Brooklyn. Br. Soc.

Sept., 1904.1 Proceedings of the Society. 195

53. I.agai, Geo., Ph.D., care of Kny-Scheerer Co., N. Y. City, 225-233 Fourth

Avenue. Lepidoptera, Coleoptera. N. Y. Soc.

54. Landrock, John, 61 Second St., Hoboken, N. J. Lepidoptera. Hr. Soc.

55. Langmann, G., M.D., 12 1 W. 57th St., N. Y. City. N. Y. Soc.

56. Lehsten, Erich E., Grant Ave., Grantwood, N. J. Lepidoptera. ■ N. Y. Soc.

57. Leng, Charles W., B.S., 93 Reade St., N. Y. City. Coleoptera. N. Y. Soc.

58. Love, E. G., Ph.D., 80 E. 55th St., N. Y. City. General Collection. N. Y.

and Br. Socs.

59. Martin, Chas. J., 38 Essex St., Brooklyn, N. Y. Coleoptera and Lepidoptera.

Br. Soc.

60. Mead, Marion IL, 3S2 River Drive, Passaic, N. J. Br. Soc.

61. Meitzen, Julius, 525 Linwood St., Brooklyn. Coleoptera. N. Y. Soc.

62. Miiller, Hermann A., 135 Cornelia St., Brooklyn. Lepidoptera. Br. Soc.

63. Munsch, Louis T., 1060 2d Ave., N. Y. City. Coleoptera. N. Y. Soc.

64. Myers, Charles, 2244 Hughes Ave., N. Y. City. N. Y. and Br. Socs.

65. Nau, Balthasar, 39 Hanilmrg Ave., Brooklyn. Coleoptera and Lepidoptera.

Br. Soc.

66. Oltolengui, Rodrigues, Dr., 80 W. 40th St., N. Y. City. Lepidoptera (Noc-

tuidre). N. Y. and Br. Socs.

67. Palm, Charles, 172 E. 64th St., N. Y. City. Coleoptera. N. Y. Soc.

68. Pearsall, Richard P., 1334 Dean St., Brooklyn. Lepidoptera and Coleoptera.

Br. Soc.

69. Priine, Wm. C, M.D., Huntington, Long Island, N. Y. N. Y. Soc.

70. Richard.son, Roy S., Ph.M.. 387 A MacDonough St., Brooklyn. General Ento-

mology. N. Y. and Br. Socs.

71. Riederer, L., 251 W. 95th St., N. Y. City. N. Y. Soc.

72. Roberts, Chris. H., D.Sc, la Washington Place, N. Y. City. Aquatic Coleop-

tera. N. Y. and Br. Socs.

73. Romani, A. S., 909 Hancock St., Brooklyn. Lepidoptera. Br. Soc.

74. Schaeffer, C, IVIuseum of Brooklyn Institute of A. and S., Eastern Parkway,

Brooklyn. Coleoptera. N. Y. and Br. Socs.

75. Schaus, William, Ormonde Lodge, Twickenham, Eng. Lepidoptera. N. Y.

Soc.

76. Schwarz, E. A., U. S. Department of Agricultute, Div. of Entomology, Wash-

ington, D. C. Coleoptera. Br. Soc.

77. Schwenke, Wm., 48 Weisfuld St., Brooklyn. Br. Soc.

78. Seifert, Otto, 540 E. 84th St., N. Y. City. Lepidoptera. N. Y. and Br. Soc.

79. Sherman, John D., Jr. , 390 Halsey St., Brooklyn, X. Y. Dytiscidw. Br.

Soc.

80. Shoemaker, Ernest, 32 Nassau St., N. Y. City. Lepidoptera and Coleoptera.

Br. Soc.

196 JoirRNAL New Yoric Entomological Society. [VoI xn.

Si. Slosson, Mrs. .\. 'i'., 38 E. 23d .St., N. V. City. Lepidoptera. N. V. and Br.
Socs.

82. Smith, John I!., D.Sc, New Brunswick, N. J. Lepidoptera, Noctuid;ie.

IJr. .Soc.

83. Smyth, Elii.son A., Jr., Virginia Polytechnic Institute. Lepidoptera (I'apil-

ionina; and Sphingidie). N. Y. Soc.

84. Snyder, Charles E. , 2140 Prospect Ave., N. Y. City. Lepidoptera. N. Y. Soc.

85. Southwick, Edmund B., Ph.D., 206 W. 83d St., N. Y. City. Ilymenoptera

and Hemiptera. N. Y. Soc.

86. Steinbrecher, J. F., 306 Harman St., Brooklyn. Lepidoptera. Br. Soc.

87. Sunderland, Chas. H., 94 W. Passaic Ave., Rutherford, N. J. Lepidoptera.

N. Y. Soc.

88. Wasmuth, Wm., 501 Chestnut St., Brooklyn. Lepidoptera. Br. Soc.

89. Watson, Frank E., 972 E. i68th St., N. Y. City. Lepidoptera. N. Y. and

Br. Socs.

90. \Veeks, A. C, 30 Broad St., N. Y. City. General collection, Coleoptera and

Lepidoptera. N. Y. and Br. Socs.

91. Weiss, Michael, Middle Village, Long Is., N. Y. Br. Soc.

92. Wunder, Charles, 500 E. 83d' St., N. Y. City. Lepidoptera. N. Y. Soc.

93. Zabriskie, Rev. J. L., 28 Regent Place, Flatbush Station, Brooklyn, N. Y.

Coleoptera, Hymenoptera. N. Y. and Br. Socs.

JOURNAL

Jlf\a ]9ork Qntoraologiral %nM^.

Vol. XII. DECEMBER, 1904. No. 4

Class I, HEX APOD A.

Order II, COLEOPTERA.

NEW GENERA AND SPECIES OF COLEOPTERA.

By Charles Schaeffer,

Brooklyn, N. Y.

The following descriptions and notes are published in advance of
a list of the Coleoptera known to occur in the lower Rio Grande Valley
on which I have been at work ; but have postponed its publication on
account of the possible addition I may secure on my second trip to
this interesting region. A few notes and descriptions of beetles from
other regions are added.

Calosoma dietzii, new species.

Form of discolor, deep black, the reflexed elytral margin, base and sides of pro-
thorax with a bluish reflection. Head sparsely punctate and very feebly rugose, e]>is-
tomal impressions deep, causing a slight convexity of the front ; labrum angularly
emarginate, rugose and impressed ; mandibles stout, faintly rugose ; antennae nearly
as long as the head and thorax, the outer joints at sides glabrous at base. Prothorax
not quite twice as wide as long, widest before the middle, sides arcuate anteriorly,
becoming nearly straight posteriorly, hind angles broadly arcuate and produced pos-
teriorly, base slightly arcuate-truncate, apex broadly emarginate, with a broad,
flattened, impunctured bead ; disk moderately convex, basal angles feebly impressed
and slightly reflexed, surface very feebly rugose, finely and sparsely punctate, the
punctures larger at sides, coarser and more confluent in the basal region, median line
fine. Elytra oval, not quite one half longer than wide, very little wider than the
thorax in its widest part, sides slightly arcuate, margin evenly and narrowly reflexed
and coarsely rugosely punctate with a few granules intermixed ; disk convex, stride
composed of fine, feebly impressed punctures, punctuation of intervals finer and
sparser; surface smooth. Length, 15-18 mm. ; width, 7-8.5 mm.

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Tulare Co., California. Two males and two females in coll. Dietz
which were mixed with typical latipennis.

This is the species referred to as latipennis by Major Casey in
the remarks following the description of his arcuata."^ The true
latipennis has a narrower thorax, similar to hixatnm, different form of
elytra, the humeri serrate and the elytral margin more narrowly reflexed
near base than at apex.

C. dietzii is best placed near discors, which it more resembles than
latipennis.

Languria apicalis, new species.

Elongate, red, legs, except femora at base, and elytra metallic green, antenna
and the last abdominal segment black, elytra sinuate before the sutural angles. Head
red, not coarsely punctured ; antennae black, basal joint reddish, club five jointed.
Thorax longer than wide, sides slightly arcuate, hind angles acute, basal foveolK
short but distinct, punctuations finer at sides than on the disk, not coarse nor closely
placed. Elytra punctate striate, intervals smooth, with a row of very fine scarcely
visible punctures, obsolete in some specimens, slightly narrowing to apex, sinuate
before the sutural angles. Body beneath and femore at base red, the rest of the legs
metallic green, last abdominal segment black, which is more densely punctured than
the rest of the underside. Length, 8-IO mm.

Brownsville, Texas.

Seven specimens, two in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum
and five in the National Museum in Washington.

Type. —No. 8156, U. S. National Museum.

This is very distinct from any of the described species by the sin-
uate elytral apices. In one specimen, collected by C. H. T. Town-
send the sinuation is very strongly marked. The thorax differs in
shape as usual in this genus, in some specimens the sides are nearly
parallel, while in others they are slightly arcuate and feebly sinuate
before the hind angles. A specimen collected by Mr. Schwarz has
the elytra blue and the thorax broader and more narrowed in front
but does not differ otherwise.

Synoptic Table of LANCURL'i.

Abdomen in great part red.
Head red.

Antennal club distinctly 6-jointed.

Underside red, last abdominal segment black ; thorax red, usually with
a large black discoidal spot bicolor Eab.

* Annals N. Y. Acad. Sci., Vol. ix, p. 343.

Dec, 1904.] SCHAEFFER : NeW CoLEOPTERA. 19M

Anteimal club 5-jointed.

The last abdominal segment black, apex of elytra before the sutural

angles sinuate apica/is n. sp.

Last 3 abdominal segments black, elytra at apex rounded, not sinuate.

Thorax shining, unicolorous red mozardi Lat.

Thorax alutaceous, having a greasy aspect, with a large elongate

black discoidal blotch discoidca Lee.

Head either entirely or in great part black.

Seventh antennal joint not very abruptly broader than the sixth and very
much smaller than the nintli, tarsal joints more elongated, femora and
tibiffi beneath asperate in the males, smooth in the females, thorax reddish,
with a darker cloud at middle, sometimes absent, front of head above and

beneath reddish tadata Lee.

Seventh antennal joint very abruptly broader than the sixth and much pro-
duced within, femora and tibire smooth beneath in both sexes.
Metasternum blue.

Last abdominal segment black, epipleurae from base to nearly to
apex red, head and last abdominal segment black, legs blue
except femora at basal half and tibise at apex red, tarsi black,

thorax red with a black spot at middle niarginipennis Schwz.

Last 2 abdominal segments black.

Epipleuras and sides of elytra only at middle red.

aiigttsiata Beauv.
Metasternum red.

Last 2 abdominal segments black.

Antennal joints black ; elytra not fasciate ; femora at apex,

tibiae at base and apex and tarsi black uhlerii Horn.

Antennal joints 3-6 red ; elytra with broad median fascia

red; femora, tibise and tarsi red trifasciata Say.

Abdomen entirely black.

Antennal club 6-jointed.

Head reddish, at sides and in front beneath black ; thorax convex, apical

and basal margins black convexicollis Horn.

Antennal club 5-jointed.
Head metallic black.

Greenish black, thorax reddish-yellow with a rather large green dis-
coidal spot, elytral interstices with a few scattered punctures, under-
side of abdomen faintly punctate, metasternum uniformly, sparsely
and clearly punctate, prosternum rather deeply punctate, antennce

rather elongate, club loose, last joint elongate lecotiteiQx.

Brassy black, thorax red, interstices appearing obsoletely but thickly

punctulate, underside nearly smooth co'laris Lee.

Head red.

Seventh antennal joint at apex about one half the width of the ninth
at apex, club not very much produced within, elytra blue.

califortiira Fall.

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Seventli antennal joint at apex of nearly the same width as the ninth
at apex, club very much produced withm, elytra black.

Elytral intervals with very obsolete punctures and irregular elon-
gate impressions sangumiiollis Chev.

Elytral intervals with a very fine series of small punctures, varying
in strength Ucta Lee.

I have not been able to secure specimens of lecontei and collaris
and the characters used for separation are taken from the descriptions.
The two last species seem to be very close, saugiiiuicollis, which is said
to occur in Texas, is not kiiown to me and I have used the characters
given by Mr. Gorham to differentiate the two species. Laiiguria
tadata Lee. is somewhat intermediate between \\\^gQX\^x2i Dasydactyhis
and Languria, the anterior legs in the males are similar to those of Dasy-
dactxlus ; the femora and tibiK asperate beneath in the males is one
of the characters used in defining that genus. The last mentioned
character seems to have escaped the observation of Crotch and others.

Langiina trifasciata Say is in my opinion entitled to specific rank ;
it has always the apices of elytra more pointed than aiigustata, the
markings and the intermediate red antennal joints and the red meta-
sternum seem to be also quite constant. Specimens of angiisfafa are
occasionally found with the red at sides of elytra extending nearly
to suture, but the color is never clear red, the metasternum and the
intermediate antennal joints always invariably black.

Acropteroxys gracilis Newman.

Specimens occurred at Brownsville with the typical form with the
thorax entirely red or only a black basal spot approaching Dr. Horn's
divisa.

Dasydactylus cnici, new species.

Elongate metallic green, underside reddish with metallic tint. Head sparsely
punctured, antenna; concolorus except the last four joints which are black, club five-
jointed. Thorax finely punctate, longer than wide, slightly arcuate at sides, feebly
sinuate before basal angles, which are rectangular. Elytra gradually narrowing tO'
apex, apices rounded and dentate ; striae not impressed, punctate, intervals smooth
with a row of fine punctures. Underside reddish with metallic tint, very finely and
sparsely punctate, last abdominal segment darker and a little closer punctured at
sides. Femora, tibiae and tarsi metallic green. Length, 6-IO mm.

S. Tomas and Esperanza Ranch, Brownsville, Tex. Types 6
specimens selected from a large series. Cotypes are in the Nat.
Museum in Washington. Dasydactylus differs from Langiiria and
allied genera in having the apices of elytra serrate, the males have the

Dec , 1904.1 SCHAEFFER : NeW CoLEOPTERA. 201

front legs long, tarsi broadly dilated and the femora and tibi^'e inside
serrate.

This species is quite common and occurs especially on Cnicus
virgiiiiauiis.

I have used Mr. Schvvarz' MSS. name under which specimens are
distributed in collections.

Type. — No. 8157, U. S. National Museum.

Rhinomalus texanus, new species.

Piceous shining, beak reddish, elytra on each side one third from base with a
flavate fascia not attaining the suture nor side margin. Head prolonged into a beak,
between the eyes, longitudinally impressed, sparsely punctured ; beak depressed,
margined at sides and slightly carinate at middle, dilated at apex. Antennae with the
first joint as long as the next three, joints 2, 4 and 5 subequal, third a little longer than
either the second or fourth, joints 6-II broader forming a distinct club, eleventh
longer than any of the preceding, which are equal among themselves. Thorax dis-
tinctly and somewhat sparsely punctured, as long as broad, arcuate in front, gradu-
ally narrowing to base, becoming abruptly narrower a little in advance of basal angles,
on each side of disk a deeply impressed longitudinal line. Elytra, broader at base
than the thorax, arcuate at sides, rotundate truncate at apex, strioe faintly impressed,
intervals flat, very finely and sparsely punctate, a flavate fascia one third from base,
not attaining side margin nor suture. Underside piceous sparcely punctate. Length,
including the beak 2-4 mm.

Brownsville, Te.xas (LaTolusaand Esp. Ranch). Four specimens
in the Museum of the Brooklyn Institute. Rhinomalus differs from
Lcpjiiophla'iis, to which it is nearly allied, by the head being pro-
longed into a beak, by the front coxge more approximate and the
prosternuni slightly bent upwards behind the coxae.

A number of specimens were taken in May at Tolusa at light and
three specimens at Esperanza Ranch, July i, by beating dead
branches oi Acacia flexicaulis.

Loberus ornatus, new species

Elongate, testaceous, more convex than impresses, disk of thorax, two large
spots at base and a broad median fascia extending along the sides nearly to the humeri
of elytra, blackish. Head sparsely punctured, denser in front of the eyes, which are
convex and slightly prominent. Antennie a little longer than the head and thorax,
last three joints black. Thorax strongly transverse, apex truncate, front angles
rounded, sides slightly arcuate, sparsely serrulate, basal angles rectangular, acute,
base slightly lobed ; disk convex rather coarsely sparsely punctured, finer at sides,
basal transverse impression more acute than in impressus. Elytra more convex than
impressus, arcuate at sides and slightly narrowing to apex, which is rounded, side
margin below the humeri rather broadly explanate, disk with rows of not coarse nor
very closely placed punctures, internals flat with a row of very widely placed smaller

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punctures, the punctures of the stripe and internals each bearing a short, fine, recum-
bent pale hair. Body beneath concolorous, pro- and metasternum coarsely, sparsely
punctate, abdomen sparsely punctured each puncture bearing a pale hair. Legs paler.
Length, 2-2.25 mm.

Two specimens, Brownsville, Texas (S. Tomas -and Fort Brown)
in the Museimi of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, cotypes
in the Nat. Museum collected by C. H. T. Townsend and E. A.
Schwarz. This can only be compared with puberulus Casey, from
which it differs in coloration, more coarsely punctured thorax not
subacute elytral apices and more convex elytra.

Tomarus chamaeropis, new species.

Type. — No. 8158, U. S. National Museum.

Oval, black to piceous, apex of elytra paler, antennne fulvous. Head sparsely
finely punctured, antennce slender, fulvous, fourth and fifth joint equal. Thorax much
narrower than the elytra, slightly wider than long, front angles broadly rounded,
sides nearly straight, hind angles rectangular, acute, base sinuate, basal fovese deeply
impressed. Elytra shining black, apex paler, about one third broader at base than
the thorax, arcuate at sides and much narrowing to apex, surface rather coarsely but
not densely punctured, punctures obliterated at apex, which is smooth and shining.
Beneath piceous or paler, finely punctate, abdomen sparsely pubescent. Legs fulvous.
Length, 1.5 ram.

Brownsville, Texas, three specimens in the U. S. Nat. Museum
collected by E. A. Schwarz whose MSS. name I have used. Cotypes
in the Museum of the Brooklyn Institute through the kindness of Mr.
Schwarz.

Type. — No. 8159, U. S. National Museum.

By the nearly uniform color and narrow thorax this species is re-
lated to niger Sharp from Panama from which it is distingushed by the
pale antennae and legs, the fifth antennal joint equal to the fourth, the
distinct basal fovese of thorax and the more coarsely punctured elytra.
The elytral punctures bear erect hairs, which seem to be on the
thorax shorter and finer.

Teretriosoma chalybaeum Horn.

With specimens, which agree with Dr. Horn's description and
type, occurred one which has the front convex to the middle, at this
point transversely sulcate, fringed with fine pale hairs, and below the
transverse sulcation the surface deeply excavated, similar to sexiialis
described below and the Mexican cavi/?-o>is. While not able to abso-
lutely prove it, yet I am convinced thai it is the male of chalybiciim,

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with which I i)lace it for the present, rather than create a possible
synonym.

Teretriosoma sexualis, new species.

Subcylindrical, metallic green or blue, above somewhat coarsely not closely punc-
tate, beneath more coarsely punctate, antennpe and legs reddish. Head between the
eyes convex, at middle transversely sulcate and finely pubescent, below this sulcation
very deeply excavated. Thorax withthe stria close to the margin, entire, the punc-
tuation at apex a little finer and closer than near base. Baasl margin of elytra smooth,
transversely impressed, faint on the disk, very deeply so and continued along sides
to the middle of the humeral umbone, which is impunctate. Pygidium at middle
acute, convex above, beneath concave. Prosternum truncate in front, longitudinally
impressed on each side, not striate. Mesosternum semicircularly rounded in front,
margined. Anterior tibiaj with eight, middle tibiae with seven, hind tibice with five
spines. Length, 2 mm.

Two specimens, Brownsville, Texas, in the Museum of the Brook-
lyn Institute.

I place with this species two specimens, which agree well with the
type except that the front of head is convex and the pygidium more
produced and which I regard for the present, according to th views
expressed under clialvluciu/i, as females. These supposed females are
according to the description very close to T. conigeririn Lewis described
from an unique specimen from Guatemala but there is a difference in
the number of spines of the tibiae * the underside is not strigose-rugose
and the abbreviated post-humeral stria, which is confluent with the
basal impression, and when present in conigeriim would have been
mentioned in the description as to the presence or absence or number
of strise much importance is given in distinguishing species.

Teretrius levatus Horn.

I refer specimens which occurred frequently on dead branches of
Acacia farnesiana at Brownsville, to Horn's levatus. They agree well
with specimens collected in lower California by Mr. Beyer, except
that in the Texas specimens there is a very small additional spine on
the front tibiae ; size, form, sculpture are the same. It occurs also in
S. Diego, Tex. and in Arizona where it was taken by Mr. Schwarz.

Camptodes texanus, new species.

Rounded, convex, testaceous, head, thorax and scutellum piceous .shining, fading
into rufous at sides of thorax and apex of clypeus, elytra greenish black. Labrum
feebly lobed, the lobes rounded, not dentate. Thora.x twice as broad as long, narrow-

*I have counted all the spines situated on the outer edge of the tibiae.

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ing to the front ani^les, base much broader than apex, basal angles broadly rounded,
punctuation very fine and sparse on the disk, coarser at sides. Scutellum triangular
black, shining with a few sparsely placed punctures. Elytra broader than long,
greenish black, sutural striee distant from the suture, but gradually approaching the
suture towards apex, very close to the suture a row of very fine closely placed punc-
tures, discal stri£E represented by extremely fine, feebly impressed irregular lines,
hardly visible at sides, interstices confusedly punctate ; apex broadly rounded in both
sexes, faintly sinuate before the sutural angles. Presternum more coarsely punctate
at middle, than protho-ax, widened behind the coxee. sparsely clothed with fine yellow
hairs, metasternum a little more coarsely punctate than presternum and abdomen,
produced between the coxje, marginal stria; obliterated in front ; femora grooved for
the reception of the flattened tibia;, tarsi short, clothed thickly with yellow silken
hairs. Length, 6 mm.; width, 4 mm

Brownsville, Texas, 2 specimens in the collection of the Museum
of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences.

A small number of this species were collected by Dietz, it was also
taken by Prof. Wickham.

The genus Camptodes enters the tribe Cychramini of the family
Nitidulidse and will best be distinguished from the allied genera by
the following table, which is the same as in the " Classification " with
some slight alterations and the genus Camptodes added. Psilopyga
is said to be distinct from Oxycnemus by \)x. Sharp.

Mesosternum protuberant in front, middle coxee widely separated.
Presternum prolonged, broadly dilated at tip ; body glabrous.

Labrum deeply bilobed ; hind tarsi longer than the middle tarsi ; presternum

at apex covering entirely the mesosternum PsiIopy}:;a Lee.

Labrum feebly bilobed ; middle and hind tarsi equal in length ; presternum

at apex not covering entirely the mesosternum Cat/iptodes Er.

Presternum less prolonged and feebly dilated at tip, not covering entirely the

mesosternum, bodypubescent Ainphicrossus Er.

Mesosternum small, oblique not protuberant.

Metasternum protuberant, widely separating the middle coxse ; presternum not
prolonged at tip, not laminiform, vertical behind the anterior coxee ; body

g 1 a b ro u s CyllodesY.x.

Metasternum not protuberant, middle coxa; narrowly separated.

Hind tarsi longer than the others; body glabrous PdlloJes Er.

Tarsi equal in length, body pubescent Cychratints Kug.

Throscinus schwarzii, new species.

Elongate oval, somewhat depressed, blackish green, underside and legs ferrugi-
nous to piceous, pubescence very short and fine. Head very finely punctate with
larger sparsely placed punctures intermixed, deeply inserted in the thorax as far as
the eyes, which are large but not very prominent ; antenna; slender, first four joints
pale, last seven joints black, slightly longer than the head and thorax ; first two joints
stout, but the second not quite as wide as the fust, three and four narrower than the

Dec, 1904.] SCHAEFFER : NeW CoLEOPTERA. 205

first two, subequal among themselves, joints five to ten broader than the preceding
two and shorter, gradually but slightly increasing in width, eleventh slightly longer
than the penultimate. Prothorax wider at base than apex, sides arcuately narrowing
to apex, base lobed at middle, the lobe before the scutellum very slightly emarginate,
posterior angles very slightly prolonged behind, apex truncate, front angles prominent
acute; disk convex in front, at sides near front angles depressed, extremely finely
punctate, intermixed with sparsely placed larger punctures. Scutellum distinct nar-
rower behind, very finely punctate. Elytra at base as wide as the thorax, sides
nearly parallel, narrowing slightly towards apex, which is gradually rounded and
acute at apex ; disk feebly convex finely punctate with larger punctures intermixed.
Underside finely and densely punctate, finely pubescent. Length, 2-2.25 mm.

Brownsville, Texas (Toltisa and Esperanza Ranch at light).
Types, four specimens in the Museum of the Brooklyn Institute.
Cotype, one specimen, Hubbard & Schwarz Coll., U. S. National
Museum.

Type. —No. 8160, U. S. National Museum.

This fine species is dedicated to Mr. E. A. Schwarz as a slight
recognition of the many favors received, while on a visit to Wash-
ington. Differs from crotchii \x\. the much finer, shorter pubescence
and more subopaque surface, the distinct seven-jointed club, pale legs,
as well as being not as convex. From Casey's politits the greenish
piceous, subalutaceous surface, the seven -jointed antennal club and
the different punctuation of elytra will readily separate it. The follow-
ing table based on the differences mentioned above will help in
separating our three species.

Pubescence of upper surface consisting of very fine and short hairs, body above sub-
opaque antenna with first four joints pale, the seven-jointed club \A2izV...schwarzit.
Pubescence of upper surface consisting of coar.ser and longer hairs, antenna; black,
club six-jointed, body above shining.

Third and fourth joint of antennce subequal ci olchii.

Third joint of antennoe longer than the fourth, almost as long as the fourth and
fifth together politus.

Cinyra prosternalis, new species.

Elongate, cupreous, thorax with at most a faint longitudinal median impression.
Head teneous, coarsely punctured, denser in the clypeal region; antenn;e metallic
green, not quite as long as the head and prothorax ; clypeus broadly emarginate ;
front with an impunctured inverted W-like design. Thorax broader at base than
apex, with sharp hind angles, a faint longitudinal median impression, and one broad
shallow impression on each side of base ; moderately coarsely punctate, sparsely at
middle, more densely and in some parts confluently at sides. Elytra about three times
as long as the thorax, apex quadrispinose, intervals sparsely and more finely punctate,
alternate intervals more convex towards apex. Prosternum smooth and shining, in
some specimens extremely finely punctate, at sides very coarsely and transversely con-

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fluently punctate a little below the apex a short transverse impressed line ; nietasternum
longitudinally impressed at middle, coarsely punctate at sides, finer and sparser at
middle ; abdomen coarsely punctate at sides, sparser at middle, first segment some-
what depressed at base with a faint longitudinal median impression, reaching to the
middle of the segment ; last ventral segment truncate, a small, more or less prominent
apical tooth on each side. I-egs metallic green or aeneous. Length, 12-16 mm.

Four specimens in the Museum of the Brooklyn Institute taken at
Esperanza Ranch, Brownsville, Texas. Of the same form as o^racilipes,
from which it differs by the larger size, smoother, hardly impressed
prothorax, elytra very much more feebly sculptured, the more promi-
nent elytral spines, the remarkable smooth shining nearly unpunctured
prosternum at middle, very coarsely and closely punctured \\\ gracilipes,
and the broadly emarginate clypeus which is in gracilipes triangularly
emarginate.

Chrysobothris purpureoplagiata, new species.

Elongate, feebly depressed, color bright green, elytra with more or less distinct
purple blotches at apical third, like hicana Horn, surface subopaque, very feebly
shining. Head densely punctured, an irregular arcuate smooth space at top of a
bright metallic red color; clypeus semicircularly emarginate, antennae cupreous,
slightly more slender to tip, third joint a little longer than fourth. Thora.x about one
and a half times as wide as long, sides straight, slightly convergent to base, anterior
angles rounded, disk moderately convex, surface regular without any inequalities,
punctuation denser at sides than at middle, slightly strigose, at each apical angle a
more or less distinct cupreous spot. Elytra a little wider than thorax, parallel, very
slightly wider behind the middle, becoming narrower to apex at apical third where the
margin is coarsely serrate, apices obtuse, disk at about basal third with a faint rounded
fovea at middle, basal and infra-humeral fovese distinct ; surface somewhat coarsely
and asperately punctured at base, gradually finer towards apex. Body beneath simi-
lar in color but more shining, sparsely punctate, ventral segments without callosities,
margins of the last distinctly serrulate-prosternum lobed in front, coarsely and densely
punctate; anterior femur with a small, acute tooth, and a few denticulations exter-
nally. Length, 6-7 mm.

Male. — Prosternum convex, coarsely and closely punctured, anterior tibia> slightly
arcuate, a short dilation near apex ; middle and posterior tibiae straight ; last ventral
segment, semicircularly emarginate ; last dorsal slightly notched at middle.

Florence, Arizona, 3 specimens received from Mr. G. Franck as
C. prasiiia Horn from which it is abundantly distinct.

The even thora.x and the serrulate last ventral segment place this
species in Dr. Horn's Group I, Vi^ds purpureovittata, from which it is
distinguished by the somewhat subopaque surface, the serncircularly
emarginate clyi)eus and the slight median foveae of elytra. The
purple blotches are variable in size, they may extend to the base or

Dec, 1904] SCHAEFFER : New CoLEOPTERA. 207

may be present only at apex ; these blotches, if longitudinally conflu-
ent are never regular in outline as the vittce in piirpitrcovitta, being
nearly the same as in lucana.

Chrysobothris beyeri, new species.

Form oi femora ta, but slightly more convex, cupreo- aeneous, thorax more cu-
preous. Head transversely strigosely punctured, at top an arcuate carina, at middle
between this and the clypeus two smooth callosities ; antennee cupreous, gradually more
slender to tip, third joint a little shorter than the next two ; clypeus broadly emargi-
nate, arcuate each side. Thorax twice as broad as long, narrowed at apex and base,
slightly arcuate at sides; disk feebly convex, median sulcus distinct, on each side
near margin a shallow rounded impression, surface transversely strigose, not coarsely
punctured. Elytra a little wider than the thorax, parallel to nearly apical third, then
gradually narrowing to apex, apices obtuse, sides not strongly serrate ; the subsutural
costa more elevated from a little before middle to apex, the second costa elevated
from base to apex but interrupted at basal third, the third costa more feeble and
interrupted at a little behind middle by a fovea, which is more finely sculptured than
the rest of surface, the fourth costa near margin entire; surface sculpture rugose,
punctuation somewhat sparse, basal and humeral impressions feeble. Body beneath
coarsely punctured, each ventral segment at side with a distinct callosity ; pro-
sternum in front very feebly arcuate ; anterior femora with a broad tooth, serrulate on
iis margin, last ventral with serrulate margin. Length, II-I2 nmi.

Male. — Presternum moderately densely punctate, and finely pubescent ; anterior
tibia; arcuate, broadly dilated at tip, middle tibiae straight, slightly bent at apex, hind
tibifE straight ; last ventral segment, broadly emarginate, last dorsal truncate.

Female. — Prosternum as in the male, anterior tibiae slightly arcuate, middle and
hind tibiae straight ; last ventral segment not as broadly emarginate as in the male,
more semicircular.

San Felipe, Lower California ; four specimens in the Museum of the
Brooklyn Institute from Mr. G. Beyer in who.se honor I have named
this species as a slight recognition of the many favors received. C.
beyeri resembles texana in color and sculpture but very distinct from
it by the different emargination of the clypeus and last ventral seg-
ment and the much more feeble prosternal lobe, the anterior tibial ot
the male in this species are not sinuate before the dilatation as is the
case in texana. As I am informed by Mr. Beyer this species is very
abundant on willow in the dry season in May and June.

Chrysobothris peninsularis, new species.

Form of floricola, color dark bronze ; antennae short, metallic green, slightly
narrowing to apex, third joint as long as the next two; clypeus very broad, but
shallow emarginate at middle. Thorax twice as wide as long, sides nearly parallel,
very slightly narrower at base, more rounded and narrowed at apex than at base, disk
feebly convex, a vague median impression and very obsolete, rounded impression at
sides ; punctuation sparser at middle, coarse and confluent at sides. Elytra very little

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wider than the thorax, parallel, gradually narrowing to apex from a little behind the
middle, margin serrulate, apices obtuse ; disk feebly convex, the first costa elevated,
obsolete in basal third, second costa interrupted by a rounded impression, which is
more densely punctured than the rest of elytra, third costa interrupted by a fovea a
little behind the middle, between the first and second costa, at about apical fourth is
a smooth, densely and more finely punctured spot ; basal fovese deeply impressed ;
surface on the disk sparsely punctured, very densely at sides. Underside bright
cupreous, abdomen moderately densely punctate, with elongate punctures, each seg-
ment on each side with a smooth callosity, last segment serrulate, truncate emarginate
at apex, with the angles acutely prolonged. Last dorsal sparsely to coarsely punc-
tured, blue, bronze around the triangular emargination. Anterior femora with a
moderate tooth, serrulate on its distal margin ; anterior tibi?e arcuate, slightly dilated
at apex with a sharp tooth in front of dilatation, middle tibiae arcuate, hind tibise
slightly sinuate. Length 1 1. 25 mm.

San Felipe, Lower California, one male from Mr. G. Beyer in the
Museum of the Brooklyn Institute.

Chrysobothris subapaca, new species.

Elongate, slightly depressed, color green, each elytron with an elongate irregular
purple spot at apical third, surface subopaque, beneath green shining. Antennae
aeneo-cupreous, third joint a little longer than fourth, front slightly convex, with a
faint chevron ; clypeus triangularly emarginate ; thorax twice as wide as long, arcuate
at sides, disk convex, a moderately deeply impressed line at middle, a vague median
impression at sides near margin, somewhat coarsely punctured, more densely at sides.
Elytra a little wider than the thorax, parallel, narrowing to apex at apical third,
margin feebly serrulate, apices obtuse ; disk very slightly depressed, costce obliterated
in front, faintly indicated behind, basal fovese faintly indicated, between the first and
second costre at middle a faint longitudinal impression, surface uneven, finely rugose,
punctuation finer than that of thorax, becoming obsolete towards apex. Body
beneath transversely confluently punctured, last segment with feeble serrulate margin,
prosternum lobed in front ; anterior femur with a moderately large tooth, serrulate
externally.

Tulare Co., California, one male in collection Dietz.

Alale. — Prosternum distinctly depressed at middle, densely punctate, sparsely
pubescent, anterior tibia; nearly straight, with a very feeble dilatation at tip; middle
tibia; nearly straight, dilated at tip, posterior tibiie straight ; last ventral segment
semicircularly emarginate ; last dorsal truncate at tip, somewhat coarsely punctate.
Length, 7 mm.

Although a little more de]:)ressed than cyaiiella Horn it is best
placed near that species from which it differs by the opaque surface,
the entirely different surface sculpture and the two irregular elongate
purple spots at apex of elytra, which are perhaps as variable as in
hicana and purpureoplagiata.

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Actenodes flexicaulis, new species.

Elongate, dull bronze to nearly black, underside metallic green or blue, cupreous
at sides. Antenna' metallic green to purple. Clypeus truncate, with a very feeble
tooth at middle, front very coarsely asperately punctured with the usual chevron-like
design. Thorax twice as wide as long, narrower at ape.x than at base, sides straight,
subbasal transverse impression strong ; punctuation denser at apex, punctures larger
and more sparsely paced at sides and base. Elytra a little wider than the thorax,
parallel nearly to the middle, slightly widening behind the middle and then arcuately
narrowing to apex, which is obtuse, side margins serrulate ; surface scabrous, costje
distinct at about apical half, stronger at apex ; base transversely impressed, the im-
pression metallic green, a strongly angulate irregular fascia at about basal third, an
oblique fascia slightly behind middle and a large spot between suture and first costa
metallic green and cupreous, the spot and the lower costa sometimes united by a nar-
row cupreous lines, sides at apical third narrowly margined with metallic green. Body
beneath shining, abdomen sparsely punctate, the punctures not deeply impressed.
Length 7.50-10.25 mm.

Esperanza Ranch and S. Tomas, Brownsville, Tex. Four speci-
mens in the Museum of the Brooklyn Institute.

I have taken a small number of this fine species from branches
of Acacia flexicaulis, in which it undoubtedly breeds ; no specimens
were taken on any other tree.

The North American species of Actenodes now known may be
separated by the following table.

Eyes on the occiput separated by about their own width.

Robust unicolorous, elytra without costre, front convex not longitudinally impressed.

Dieudax, Horn.
Eyes on the occiput narrowly separated by about half or less of their own width.

Elytra not distinctly costate, or at most the costs indicated by smooth more or
less distinct lines, hind angles divergent, faintly in some specimens of
acornis.
Elytra unicolorous, without golden or metallic spots or fasciae, front convex

not longitudinally impressed acornis. Say.

Elytra with suture, margin near apex, humeri and four spots on each side
metallic green or cupreous, front longitudinally impressed.

aurono/a/i7, Lap. & Gory.
Elytra with one strongly angulated, very indistinct, metallic green and
cupreous fascia before the middle and one behind, ending in a slight fovea
near side, basal depressions and suture at base metallic green ; front lon-
gitudinally impressed, costs faintly indicated cakarata, Chev.

Elytra distinctly costate in apical half, the costse distinctly raised and more promi-
nent towards apex, hind angles, or more properly the sides of thorax near base
convergent, elytra with a strongly angulated metallic green and cupreous fascia
before middle and an oblique one continued down the first costa for a short
distance and approaching the suture, front faintly xm^^xdi^A... flexicaulis, n. sp.

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Acmeeodera rubescens, new species.

Nearly of the form of geinina, piceous, thorax and head very faintly bronzed,
body beneath with scale-like white hairs, sparsely placed, the elytral markings are an
exact reproduction of those of opinabilis but in addition the apex is bordered with
red. Antennas with the fifth joint much wider than the fourth. Front convex,
coarsely and closely punctate. Thorax twice as wide as long, widest behind the
middle, arcuate at sides, narrowing to apex, slightly sinuate behind the middle, hind
angles rounded, lateral margin not visible from above, disk slightly depressed, a faint
fovea at middle and one on each side near hind angles, surface very coarsely, crihrately
punctured, opaque very slightly bronzed, a small yellow spot or each side near the
hind angles. Elytra narrower at base than the thorax at middle, sides slightly nar-
rowing to the middle then arcuately narrowing to apex, margin serrate, stria; with
coarse deep closely placed punctures, intervals narrower than the strife, maculation
yellow exactly like opinabilis with the apex bordered with red. Prosternum very
coarsely punctate, anterior margin slightly sinuate, nearly attaining the anterior angles.
Metasternum and abdomen coarsely punctate each puncture bearing a scale-like white
hair. Last ventral segment with double margin caused by a few confluent punctures.
Length, 6 mm.

Santa Rosa, Lower California. One specimen in the Museum of
the Brooklyn Institute from Mr. G. Beyer.

This species has to be placed near gemiiia and insignis.

Mastogenius reticulaticollis, new species.

Elongate oval, black, elytra dark blue, thoracic sculpture reticulate. Head con-
vex, with a slight median impression, moderately coarsely punctured. Thorax nearly
twice wider than long, sides slightly arcuate, nearly parallel behind, base truncate,
carina at sides obliterated at apex, gradually narrowing towards the side margin at
base, surface distinctly reticulate, base slightly transversely impressed with a row of
punctures. Elytra as broad as the thorax at base, sides gradually narrowing to apex,
base acutely and strongly impressed, surface shining, dark blue, finely punctured, a
little coarser at sides, punctures somewhat elongate. Beneath black, prosternum,
metasternum and last ventral segment coarsely punctured, the rest of abdomen more
sparsely and finely. Length, 2.5-3.5 ^i"-

Five specimens, Brownsville, Texas, two in the collection of the
Museum of the Brooklyn Institute, two in coll. Dietz, all four collec-
ted by the late Ottomar Dietz, and one in the Nat. jMuseum in Wash-
ington collected by C. H. T. Townsend, this latter one is the largest.
Distinguished from subcyaneiis by the form and sculpture of prothorax,
the feeble frontal impression and the entire black legs and antennce.

Type. — No. 8161, U. S. National Museum.

Agrilus dollii, new species.

Form, size, color and markings of lecontfi, but a little more robust, each elytron
at apex emarginate. Antenna reaching to about the middle of the thorax, piceous
with aeneous lustre, serrate from the fifth joint ; head slightly convex, rather broadly

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longitudinally impressed ; surface coarsely punctate, strigose. Thorax a little wider
than long, sides feebly arcuate, in some specimens nearly straight, side margin sinuate,
hind angles rectangular, carinate ; disk moderately convex, with a deep median im-
pression, composed of two broad foveae united by a groove, lateral oblique depression
moderately deep, surface coarsely punctate, transversely strigose. Scutellum trans-
versely carinate. Elytra feebly sinuate behind the humeri, broadened behind the
middle, narrowing to apex, each tip emarginate and serrulate ; disk slightly depressed
with a faint indication of a costa on each side, surface subgranulate with pubescent
spaces exactly as in lecontd : body beneath sparsely pubescent; prosternal lobe
broadly emarginate, intercoxal process narrower between the coxa?, dilated behind
and truncate apex. Abdomen sparsely punctate, vertical portion of the first two seg-
ments not much denser than at middle ; pygidium feebly carinate, carina not extend-
ing to apex, claws cleft at middle forming a broad tooth. Length, 4-5.5 mm.

Brownsville, Texas (Esperanza Ranch and Tolusa, May, June
and July). Four specimens in the Museum of the Brooklyn Institute.

Dedicated to my friend and companion Mr. Jacob Doll in remem-
brance of the interesting trip made together to the lower Rio Grande
region.

This species has to be placed near iinpexus in Dr. Horn's table,
from which it differs in the emarginate prosternal lobe, different
markings, the emarginate elytral apices and smaller size. From
lecontei which it very closely resembles it differs in having the front
impressed and the elytral apices emarginate.

Rhzeboscelis texana, new species.

Elongate, slightly shorter and more robust than tenuis, thorax and elytra brown
with slight metallic lustre. Head finely punctured with coarser not very closely
placed punctures intermixed, front deeply impressed ; antennae serrate from the sixth
jomt. Thorax as long as broad, sides strongly deflexed in front, less strongly near
base, side margin not visible from above, apex feebly arcuate, base strongly bisinuate,
median lobe truncate, disk impressed at middle, sides and base, the two on the basal
lobe foveaf-like, the two outer ones more elongate, the latter a short distance from
basal angles, surface transversely, arcuately strigose. Elytra about two and one half
times as long as the thorax, sides slightly narrowing to middle, then arcuate and nar-
rowing to the apex, apices truncate, basal impressions large, a slight depression be-
fore the humeral costa, sides declinous to about the middle, surface rugosely sculp-
tured. Antennal groove deep, abdomen shining, with very fine-punctured, densely
placed and some larger ones more sparsely placed. Pygidium carinate at middle,
with a sharply limited oblique channel on each side, continued along the carina not
cjuite to apex. Length, 3 5-4 mm.

Brownsville, Te.\as (Esperanza Ranch). Four specimens in the
Museum of the Brooklyn Institute. As compared with tenuis this
species is shorter, more robust, thorax more convex, with the side

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margin not visible from above, and the surface not impressed across
the middle.

Paraptorthodius, new genus.

Headdeflexed; eyeslateral, convex, prominent; mandiblesslightly arcuate, acute,
not dentate. Last joint of maxillary palpi slightly widening to apex, obliquely truncate,
last joint of labial palpi oval. Antenna twelve jointed, second and third joint each
shorter than first, joints four to eleven, each with two oval, leaf like appendages at
base, twelfth with one similar appendage, but closely soldered to the entire length of
the joint, each of these joints except the last have in addition a short tooth-like proc-
ess on the underside at middle, of the same texture as the leaf-like appendages. Side
margin of thorax slightly thickened, prothoracic epipleuree parallel, distinct. Pro-
thorax beneath broadly deeply emarginate in front.

Type. — Paraptortliodiiis mirabilis.

The twelve-jointed antennae brings this genus nearj the Central-
American Ptoytliodius, from which it differs by the deflexed head,
mandibles slightly arcuate and the structure of the antennae. The
head in the single specimen is exserted but the excavation of the
thorax beneath is undoubtedly intended for the reception of the head.

Mr. Gorham has transferred Fhvihodiiis, Eiiryopa, and our Mesti-
nocerini, to which the first two genera are allied, to the Lymexylidc'e.
While he may be correct in this, yet I think it is not advisable without
a thorough critical study of both families to make such a change.
Tytthonyx included by Leconte in this tribe is not mentioned, it is a
disturbing element there and may have to be removed.

Paraptorthodius mirabilis, new species.

Yellowish, elytra abbreviated, antennae short, twelve jointed, joints two and three
short, four to eleven on each side of base with a leaf-like appendage, twelfth com-
pressed, leaf-like, and each joint, except the last, in addition on the underside at
middle, a tooth-like process of the same texture as the appendages. Head without
the eyes quadrate, coarsely and densely punctured, impressed between the antenna; ;
eyes large, rounded, prominent; antenna; twelve jointed, first joint stout, as long as
the next two, second nearly as stout as the first one, but shorter, broader at apex than
at base, third shorter and narrower, four to ten subequal among themselves, eleventh
a little longer than the tenth, twelfth as long as the tenth, joints four to eleven with
a leaf- like' appendage on each side of base, twelfth compressed, leaf-like and each
of these joints except the twelfth has in addition on the underside at middle a tooth-
like process. Thorax as long as broad, apex slightly arcuate and feebly widening to
about basal fourth, then suddenly obliquely narrowing to base which is hardly wider
than the scutellum, disk with a broad impression near base, surface not quite as
densely punctured as the thorax. Scutellum nearly as wide as the thorax at base,
truncate at apex and coarsely punctate. Elytra .shorter than half of the length of the
breast and abdomen, at apex rounded and slightly narrower than at base, somewhat

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rugosely punctured, coarser at base than at apex ; wings grayish, veins darker.
Under surface more finely punctured than the upper surface. Last joint of maxillary
palpi slightly widening to apex and obliquely truncate, last joint of labial palpi oval.
Prothorax beneath broadly and deeply emarginate in front just before the front coxa;.
Hind tiboe outside longitudinally impressed at apical half. Abdomen broad, gradu-
ally narrowing to the sixth ventral, last segment conical. Length, 7 mm.

One specimen in the Hubbard and Schwarz colL U. S. National
Museum, taken by Mr. Schwarz, June 6, in San Diego, Texas.

Type.- — No. 8162, U. S. National Museum.

This insect is very remarkable by the structure of the antenn;e.
I have called the twelfth joint compressed leaf-like, which appearance
it has, but it is more correct as given in the generic description, that
to the entire length of the twelfth joint an appendage is soldered simi-
lar in shape and texture to the others, given this joint the appearance
of a leaf like appendage of the eleventh joint.

The apendages and tooth-like projections are much paler in color
than the joints. There may be some doubt as to the correctness of
my observation in regard of the twelfth antennal joint, but I have
carefully examined the antennje from every point and the specimen
was excellently mounted by Mr. Schwarz, and in good condition. On
looking from above the division between the eleventh and twelfth joint
could be as plainly seen as that between the tenth and eleventh.

Cenophengus ? pallidas, new species.

Elongate, opaque, pale yellowish ; thorax distinctly longer than wide, side
margin deflexed more widely at apex. Head flat, parallel, coarsely punctured,
moderately, densely pubescent with pale hairs ; eyes large, convex, rounded ; antenna;
eleven jointed, biramose from the fourth joint. Thorax distinctly longer than wide,
narrower at apex, sides slightly arcuate, side margin broadly deflexed near apex,
narrow at base, basal angles variable, base slightly lobed at middle, disk alutaceous,
with coarse punctures, sparsely placed and not deeply impressed. Elytra short, not
quite half as long as the body, narrowing to apex, which is subacutely rounded, disk
finely granulate, punctate smoother near base. Maxillary palpi long, last joint tri-
angular or rather securiform, labial palpi short with last joint oval. Last ventrat
segment narrowly, rather deeply, emarginate. Length, 3 mm.

Brownsville, Texas (Esperanza Ranch, June). Four specimens
in the Museum of the Brooklyn Institute.

This species is not a Cenophengus according to our [^resent classi-
fication, there is no acute side margin of the thorax and the last joint
of maxillary palpi is not cylindrical. Dr. Leconte's generic descrip-
tion is very short arid in absence of specimens for comparison 1 pre-
fer to leave it in this genus for the present.

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The following table of the genera of the Mastinocerini, the two
Mexican ones included, is based on the characters given in the de-
scriptions of the genera.

Antennce twelve-jointed.

Joints four to eleven of antennre each with two short leaf-like appendages at
base, between these at middle a smaller dentiform process ; soldered to the
entire length of the twelfth joint is an appendage, similar in shape and texture
to the larger ones ; mandibles slightly arcuate, acute, not toothed ; last joint
of maxillary palpi gradually widening to apex, which is obliquely truncate, last

joint of labial palpi oval Paraptorthodins, n. g.

Joints four to eleven biramose, twelfth simple ; mandibles strongly falcate ; last
joint of maxillary palpi gradually widening to apex, which is obliquely trun-
cate, last joint of labial palpi oval Ptorlhodiiis, Gorh.

Antenna; eleven-jointed.

Antennal joints three to ten biramose, last joint of maxillary palpi subequal to the

preceding, ovate ; eyes beneath nearly contiguous Eitryopa, Gorh.

Antennal joints four to ten biramose.

Prothorax as long as wide, flanks acutely margined, maxillary palpi with

last joint securiform Mastifiocerns, (Sol.) Lee.

Prothorax as long as wide, flanks acutely margined only behind the middle,
obliterated in front ; maxillary palpi with the last joint long and cylin-
drical Caiophcngus., Lee.

Tytthonyx ruficollis, new species.

Red, antenna;, palpi, elytra, wings, tibite in great part, and tarsi black. Head
red, broader than long, deflexed, finely, densely punctate, eyes small, rounded, con-
vex, finely granulated. Antennae nearly as long as the entire body, black, first joint
more or less red, compressed, serrate, joints triangular, second shorter and narrower
than the third, outer joints narrower than the intermediate joints. Prothorax red,
transverse, truncate in front, broadly rounded behind, surface closely and finely punc-
tate, a fine median impressed line more or less distinct, and a few vague shallow im-
pressions, as in erythrocephalus, variable in distinctness. Elytra black, one half as
long as the abdomen, rounded at tip, slightly costate, faintly rugosely punctured.
Abdomen red, legs black except femora at base. Length, 3.5-4 mm.

Brc'vnsville, Texas (S. Tomas, Esperanza Ranch).

Types. — Four specimens.

In erythrocephahis the antennal joints differ in the two sexes.
There is a little difference in the antennae in the specimens before me
but the last two abdominal segments are truncate at apex in all the
specimens.

Cymatodera peninsularis, new species.

Nearly of the form of iexaiia, ]iale, head, apex of thorax, base, suture and a
lateral line, widened behind the middle black. Head black, mouth parts pale, some-
what sparsely punctured in front, more closely on the occiput ; antennae stout, pale.

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reaching nearly to the middle of elytra, second joint smaller than the third, whicJi is
about one third longer than the second, joints five to ten of e([ual width, but gradually
decreasing in length, last joint oval, one third longer than tenth. Thorax as long as
broad, very finely and sparsely punctured, more densely in front, pale testaceous,
black in front of apical constriction, sides strongly narrowed behind, base narrower
than apex, a slight antescutellar impression. Elytra wider than the thorax, humeri
prominent, sides parallel, apices separately rounded, surface with striae of closely
placed not very large punctures, intervals with very sparsely placed fine punctures
bearing erect hairs, pale testaceous, a fascia across the base, suture nearly to apex
and at sides a narrow line, arcuately widened behind the middle, black ; side margin
to the middle pale. ISody beneath and legs pale. Length, 6 mm.

San Felipe, Lower California. Two specimens from Mr. G.
Beyer in the Museum of the Brooklyn Institute. The fifth abdominal
segment is triangularly emarginate, the last dorsal nearly truncate,
extremely feebly sinuate at middle, broader and larger than the sixth
ventral, they are probably males. The second joint smaller than
either of the two following places this species near xanfi of Dr.
Horn's table, from which and from all our other species the elytral
markings separate it. In some specimens in Mr. Beyer's collection
the black markings are more or less confluent and the elytra may be
then more properly described as black with two pale spots, one large
elongate, one starting below the humeri and a smaller one at apex.

Cymatodera obliquefasciata, new species.

Form of inornata but more robust, brown, with an oldique yellowish fascia at
middle, reaching to the seventh strife, the sixth interval from the humeri to the fascia
yellowish, in some specimens only faintly indicated near the humeri and the fascia;.
Antennas a little longer than head and thorax, serrate from the fourth joints, first
joint stout, as long as the next two, second joint small half as long as the third, joints
four to ten 'broader, serrate, subequal, eleventh elongate, narrower, as long as the
two preceding joints. Head coarsely somewhat cribrately punctured. Thorax longer
than broad, convex, sparsely hairy, sides nearly straight with a very feeble tuber-
cle at middle, surface somewhat vermiculate, no antescutellar impression. Elytra
broader than the thorax, humeri prominent, widening to apical third, then arcuately
narrowing to apex, which are separately rounded ; disk moderately convex, with ten
rows of coarse closely placed punctures becoming gradually finer towards apex and
entirely obliterated in the apical region, intervals slightly broader than the stripe, flat,
finely punctate. Pro-, meso- and metasternum brown, the latter at sides and abdomen
testaceous, abdomen finely punctate, femora and libi;e brown, tarsi testaceous.
Length, lo-l l mm.

Brownsville, Texas (Esperanza Ranch), from Acacia flcxicaulis.

Three specimens in the Museum of the Brooklyn Institute. The
fifth ventral is very slightly sinuate at middle, the sixth narrower,
rounded, last dorsal semicircular. The specimens seem to be females.

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To be placed by the structure of the antennae near xa/tii, of Dr.
Horn's table from which it differs by the longer third joint, the more
coarsely sculptured thorax, the intervals confusedly punctate and the
oblique fascia.

Cymatodera latefascia, new species.

Moderately robust, color testaceous, head, thorax and base of elytra darker, a
broad fascia from the middle to not quite the apex black. Head somewhat coarsely,
in some parts confluently punctured, eyes moderately prominent. Antennae as long
as half the body, joint two small, three a little longer than the second, fourth joint
as long as the second and third together, four to ten nearly equal, elongate, eleventh
very little longer than the tenth. Thorax longer than wide, base narrower than apex,
feebly constricted in front of middle, strongly compressed at sides behind, disk moder-
ately, coasely, confluently punctate. Elytra nearly twice as wide as the thorax at
base, humeri distinct, sides parallel, apex rounded, disk feebly convex, with stride of
large close punctures, becoming gradually smaller and obliterated at extreme apex,
intervals as wide as the strise, slightly convex, with a single row of fine, sparse
punctures, from each puncture arises a single hair. Body beneath and legs testaceous,
meiasternum sparsely punctured, more coarsely and densely at sides, abdomen finely
punctate. Length, 8-8.5 mni.

Fort Grant, Arizona ; New Mexico.

Three specimens ; a female in the Museum Collection from the
first named locality, kindly given by Mr. Schwarz, another female
from New Mexico and a male from Arizona without definite locality
in the Dietz Collection. The male has the hind margin of the fifth
ventral segment truncate, sixth feebly, broadly emarginate, last dorsal
broadly emarginate, angles rounded, longer and broader than the sixth
ventral. The hind margin of the fifth ventral in the female is truncate,
the sixth rounded at apex.

Type. — No. 8163, U. S. National Museum.

Cymatodera fuchsii, new species.

Brown, slender, rather densely pubescent with moderately long hairs and longer,
sparse, erect hairs intermixed ; elytra perforate punctate, with a pale median fascia
not quite distinct and irregular in outline. Head rather coarsely punctate, densely
pubescent with moderately long and longer erect hairs intermixed ; eyes moderately
prominent ; antennae nearly reaching to the middle of elytra, joints slender, first joint
as long as the next two, two to ten subequal, eleventh longer than tenth pointed at
tip. Thorax nearly twice as long as wide, slightly constricted in front and feebly
compressed behind, without antescutellar impression, disk coarsely and densely
punctate, densely pubescent with moderately long decumbent hairs and sparser longer
intermixed. Elytra nearly twice as wide as the thorax at base, humeri distinct, sides
parallel to apical fourth, then narrowing to apex, apices separately rounded, disk with
rows of large perforate punctures, becoming finer towards apex, intervals flat, sparsely

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punctate, moderately densely pubescent with shorter decumbent hairs, sparsely inter-
mixed with longer erect hairs, color a little paler than the head and thorax, at middle
a broad paler fascia irregular in outline. Body beneath slightly paler than above,
metasternum moderately coarsely punctured, abdomen more sparsely. Legs pale
testaceous, pubescent with shorter and longer hairs. Length, S mm.

Texas, one male in my possession kindly given to me a few years
ago by Mr. Chas. Fuchs to whom this species is dedicated.

This species is to be placed near punctata Lee. with which it is
confused in nearly all the collections possessing it. It differs from
that species by the longer, coarser pubescence, large perforate elytral
punctures, the apices separately rounded and the penultimate ventral
segment broadly triangularly emarginate, the last broadly emarginate
with the angles prolonged, the last dorsal is narrower than the last
ventral and ap])arently broadly rounded at apex, or truncate, the
vestiture being dense and obscuring this part.

Cymatodera van dykei, new species.

Brown, form slender, body apterous, surface sparsely pubescent, elytra with an
indistinct pale transverse fascia about middle. Head very densely punctured, eyes
feebly prominent. Antennae scarcely longer than the head and prothorax. Thorax
much longer than broad, constricted in front of middle and behind, base narrower
than apex with distinct antescutellar impression, on each side tuberculate, surface
transversely strigose in front coarsely punctured in male, in the female the punctation
is very dense but very faintly strigose. Elytra very little wider at base than the
thorax, humeri feeble, sides feebly arcuate, slightly broadening to apex, apices separ-
ately rounded ; disk with rows of coarse punctures, closely placed, becoming slightly
smaller to apex. Body beneath and legs paler, finely and moderately closely punctate.
Length 11 -12 mm.

Male. — Fifth ventral segment broadly moderately deeply emarginate, sixth
small, parallel, triangularly emarginate, with the angles very much prolonged ; to
sixth dorsal elongate, very little narrower at apex which is truncate, with a very feeble
notch at middle.

Female. — Fifth ventral nearly truncate, sixth broadly oval at tip, last dorsal
broadly oval at tip.

California (Los Angeles Co.).

Two specimens kindly given to me by Dr. Van Dyke to whom
this species is dedicated.

Related to augustata and oi'ipe/iiiis from both of which it is dis-
tinct by the different form of the fifth and sixth ventral segments;
augustata which it more nearly resembles has shorter antennce. The
ten specimens of ovipcnnis before me have the thorax more compressed
behind than augustata or van dykei.

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Colyphus furcatus, new species.

Elongate, black, thorax roseate with a furcate black basal mark, elytra brown to
piceous, very near to the suture and parallel with it a longitudinal yellowish-white vitta
on each side. Antennae black, joints 4-10, very feebly increasing in width, eleventh
longer. Head black, very finely and sparsely punctured, clypeal region yellow,
front with a semicircular impression. Thorax wider than long, constricted at apex
and very strongly so near base, sides broadly arcuate, surface somewhat coarsely but
very shallowly punctate, color roseate when alive or in well-preserved specimens, yel-
lowish in old specimens, a furcate black mark at base. Elytra broader at base thain
the thorax, sides nearly parallel, not expanded, apex conjointly rounded, densely and
moderately coarsely punctate, color brown to piceous, a yellowish-white vitta starting
a little below the base to nearly to apex, closer to suture than to the side margin.
Underside and legs black, except femora at base and thorax beneath reddish. Length,
6-6.5 mm.

Brownsville, Texas (San Tomas, Esperanza Ranch).

Types. — Four specimens in collection of the Museum of the Brook-
lyn Institute of Arts and Sciences.

This species resetnbles the Mexican qiiadriliiieatiis but according
to the description differs by the elytra more parallel, the underside
entirely black and the furcate mark at base of thorax. I have taken
quite a number of this species but all the specimens are remarkably
constant in the furcate spot at base of thorax, which in none of the
specimens shows any variation ; even in a small, poorly developed
specimen from New Braunfels, Texas, this mark is plainly seen,
although faintly.

Clerus palmii, new species.

Moderately robust, form of abriiptiis, black, shining ; at middle of elytra, a yellow
transverse fascia nearly reaching the suture and a little irregular in outline, apex pubes-
cent with white hairs. The punctuation of head, thorax and elytra, except towards
apex where it becomes finer the same, the fascin; are more sparsely punctured than the
rest of surface. The pubesence consists of very short sparsely placed, scarcely visible
white hairs, intermixed with longer and darker hairs, long and white at sides of thorax,
base of elytra and legs. Length,

Senator, Arizona.

One specimen kindly given to me some years ago by Mr. Chas.
Palm, whose name I have given to this species as a slight recognition
of favors received.

Closely resembles the black forms of abnipiiis, but lacks the two
basal spots of that species, the thorax in abniptus is much more finely
and sparsely punctured than the elytra, while the punctuation of thorax
in palmii is as coarse as that of elytra, the yellow fascia on the elytra

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is always more or less carved down near suture in abruptiis, while pahnii
has this fascia straight. The Nicaraguan cvsopiis seems to be very near
io pah/iii, but has the fascia curved down near the suture and in addi-
tion a yellow oblique line near apex. Clenis crabronarius Spin, which
it resembles also somewhat is a larger and more robust insect, with the
elytra very coarsly punctured.

Hydnocera tricolor, new species.

General form of discoidea, but larger and a little more robust, red ; elytra cover-
ing the abdomen, a white fascia behind the middle ; apex black, clothed quite
densely with moderately long dark hairs. Antennae red, eyes prominent. Thorax
red, wider than long, apex strongly constricted, below the constriction strongly arcu-
ate, narrower at base than at apex, surface very densely not coarsely punctured.
Elytra wider than the prothorax at base, slightly narrowing to the apex, humeri dis-
tinct, apices serrate, broadly rounded, disk more coarsely punctured than the pro-
thorax, apex more densely, given the surface a more scabrous aspect, red to about
the middle, apical third black, the red and black divided by a white fascia, the latter
with white hairs, the rest of surface with very short pale hairs intermixed with darker
and longer. Abdomen black, legs black except anterior femora which are red, the
middle and hind femora red with the apex black, sometimes nearly the entire femora
black. Length, 4-4.5 mm.

Brownvsille, Texas.

Types. — Four specimens in Museum of the Brooklyn Institute. By
the coloration this is easily known from any of the described species.

Hydnocera omogera Horn.

This species occurred at different places near Brownsville quite
commonly. It is as variable in size and in extent of the yellowish
white markings as discoidea. The spots in the smaller specimens are
as a rule more feebly developed than in the larger specimens, in the
latter there is mostly another yellowish white spot of variable size at
one third from apex. Specimens with an additional spot behind the
middle were also taken in Lower California with the typical form by
Mr. Beyer.

Pelonium maculicolle, new species.

Form and size of Crci^ya vetusta Lee. ; testaceous, clothed with semierect pale
hairs, thorax maculate with black, elytra with base more or less black, on each side
about middle of disk three black spots, the two upper ones oblique and near the
suture, the two lower ones generally confluent, a broad black fascia, narrower towards
suture and irregular in outline, at about apical two fifth. Antennse eleven jointed,
half as long as the body in the male, shorter in the female, club longer than the pre-
ceding joints in the male, shorter in the female, last three joints black. Head
coarsely, densely punctured, black, with a longitudinal pale line, variable in distinct-

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ness, eyes prominent. Tliorax nearly as long as broad, narrower at base than apex,
sides gradually widening from apex to about basal third, then suddenly narrowing to
base, disk slightly convex, even, with a slightly impressed median line, somewhat
coarsely and densely punctate, a black median line and three or four spots on each
side from the middle to the base, the spots at sides more or less confluent. Elytra
nearly three times as long as the thorax, slightly widening towards apex, apices
separately rounded, very coarsely, irregularly punctured, the space between the black
median spots and the fascia devoid of these punctures, the base with a large black
spot on each, below the humeral umbone a smaller one, sometimes connected with
the basal spot, at about middle one oblique black spot on each side near suture, below
this two others, mostly connected assuming a zigzag form, at about apical two fifth a
broad black fascia of irregular outline, narrower towards suture. Anterior femora at
apex and anterior tibiie at base black, middle and hind tibice sometimes with a black
fascia at middle. Anterior tibije serrate, in the smaller specimens faintly. Length,
7-1 1 mm.

Brownsville, Texas.

Types. — Four specimens in the Museum of the Brooklyn Institute,

I have taken a considerable number of this species, which is in my
experience the most common Clerid in this region. It occurred mostly
on Acacia flexicaiilis and is a very slow insect. P. bilineicolle Chev.
and qiiadrisiguatiDH Spin, are allied to this sjjecies but the eleven-
jointed antennae and other characters separate it from these two ;. it
resembles P. amahile Spin, also, but the markings, the form of thorax
and the elytral punctuation are different in the two species.

The median impressed line of the thorax is variable in distinctness,
below this line is also sometimes a more or less elevated smooth space.

The two genera Peloiniini and Cregya are very feebly differenti-
ated, in Pcloiniim the tibiae are externally serrate and in Cregya
smooth, these differences are in some way bridged over by the above
described species, the serrulation is not very strong in the larger speci-
mens but extremely feeble in the smaller ones, and undoubtedly the
same will be the case in some of the Mexican or Central-American
species. Large specimens of Cregya vetusta Lee. have the front tibiae
outside irregular, not smooth.

Enaplium granulatipenne, new species.

Elongate black, elytra covered with small granules, red with two large black
spots on each side which are usually confluent. Head black, mouth parts red,
densely cribrately punctured ; antennae reaching to the middle of the elytra in the
male, first seven joints as long as the first joint of the club, black, the first 4 or 6
joints reddish beneath. Thorax a little broader than long, densely somewhat cribrately
punctured, sides arcuate, parallel for a very short distance at apex ; black, front and
hind angles narrowly red. Elytra distinctly broader than the thorax at base, sides

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slightly arcuate, widest at about apical third, apices separately rounded ; disk slightly
depressed, covered with small granules, transversely confluent at basal third, obliter-
ated at basal region, which is more shining, red, with two large black spots on each
side becoming largely confluent in most of the specimens. Underside and legs black,
femora at base and sometimes the first ventral segment at sides, or the first two or
three segments at sides and middle red. I,ength, 4.5-7 mm.

Brownsville, Tex. (Las Boragos). Types, six specimens in the
Museum of the Brooklyn Institute.

The spotted forms resemble qiiadrinotatum, but differ by the
densely and roughly sculptured thorax, and the first {^'fi ventral seg-
ments more or less red ; qitadrignttatiis and quadrinotatus have the
underside entirely black in all the specimens I have seen. I have
taken about 15 specimens of this fine species on the flowers of the
mesquite, but only a few with the spots well defined, in the rest these
are confluent and in some specimens the elytra is black with a narrow
space at base and side margin red. In regard to the distinctness of
the two species quadrinotatus and quadriguttatus (if they are correctly
identified) I have some doubt. In Dr. Horn's collection, as well as
in all the others I have seen, the form with black thorax is quadri-
punctatum and with red thorax quadrinotatum ; but there are inter-
grades which connect these.

Enoplium nigrescens, new species.

Elongate, red, with erect not densely placed hairs, antennre, palpi, femora at
apical third, tibice and tarsi black, each elytron with a broad black vilta, very distinct
at base, but gradually fading into red towards apex. Antennte longer than head and
thorax, with the intermediate joints as long as the first two joints of the club, black, first
joint beneath reddish. Head densely roughly punctured, sides straight at apical fifth.
Thorax broader than long, then arcuately narrowing to apex, apical and hind angles
rounded ; disk slightly convex, very densely and moderately coarsely punctured. Elytra
a little broader than the thorax at base, gradually widening to apical third, then arcu-
ately narrowing to apex, apices separately rounded ; disk feebly convex, coarsely cri-
brately punctured, punctures gradually but little smaller towards apex, a black broad
vitta, very distinct and intense at base but gradually fading into red towards apex.
Body beneath red, abdominal segments indistinctly fasciate with black, femora at apex,
tibire and tarsi black. Length, 5 mm.

Brownsville, Tex. (Esperanza Ranch). One specimen in the
Museum of the Brooklyn Institute.

In a specimen collected by Dietz the black vitta is more distinct
than in the specimen taken by me and judging from this we may find
specimens with the vittae well defined from base to apex and going to
the other extreme, specimens may be expected with entirely red elytra ;

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if I remember aright there is a specimen entirely red with Mr. Chas.
Dury, collected in Arizona and it may belong here.

Elaphidion subdepressum, new species.

Brown, somewhat depressed, thorax very coarsely, at middle of disk in front
confluently punctured, without callosities, pubescence very sparse, forming six denser
spots, two in front of middle, two smaller behind middle, and one on each side at
middle of sides ; elytra sparsely pubescent with a somewhat arcuate fascia of denser
■white pubescence at middle. Head very coarsely, rugosely punctured. Antenna; as
long as the entire body, brown, third and fourth joints with a small spine, joints slen-
der, fifth to eleventh flattened, subangulate at apex. Palpi subequal, last joint trian-
gular. Thorax as long as broad, somewhat depressed on the disk, sides arcuate, a
little narrower at base than at apex ; disk very coarsely punctured, in front the punc-
tures are confluent, without callosities, very sparsely pubescent with white hairs, six
spots of denser hairs, two situated at apical third, two at basal third, and two at sides
at middle. Elytra broader than the thorax at base, punctuation very coarse and dense
around scutellum, sparsely at sides, finer towards apex, which is conjointly rounded and
without spines, a slightly arcuate fascia at middle, formed by more densely placed
white hairs. Abdomen and femora more sparsely and finely punctate than elytra at
base, sparsely pubescent. Length, 8 mm.

San Felipe, Lower California. One specimen from Mr. G.
Beyer, in the Museum of the Brooklyn Institute.

The spinous antennx, thorax somewhat depressed without dorsal
callosities, apices of elytra and tibiae without spines, place this species
near mcestutn Lee. from which it differs in much smaller size, thorax
and base of elytra more coarsely and roughly punctured and the white
elytral fasciae.

Pentanodes, new genus.

Differs from Tetranodes Linell by having the eyes ovate, slightly truncate inside
and in the male joints three to seven of the antennce incrassate and clavate. The an-
tennae of the females have these joints simple.

Pentanodes dietzii, new species.

Reddish, a transverse ivory fascia at middle, apical half of elytra, abdomen and
tibiii; black, very sparsely clothed with long hairs. Head moderately coarsely, densely
punctured ; eyes small ovate, slightly truncate inside, coarsely granulate. Antennae
as long as the body in the male, shorter in female, very finely pubescent, eleven
jointed, first joint moderately stout, as long as the fourth, second small, third one
third longer than fourth, third and fourth strongly incrassate, fifth and sixth subequal,
each longer than fourth, incrassate, but less so than the third and fourth, seventh
slightly smaller, clavate, narrower than any of the preceding joints. Thorax longer
than twice the width, slightly longitudinally arcuate, densely longitudinally strigose ;
base constricted, with a transverse band of white hairs. Elytra slightly wider than
the thorax, parallel, strongly depressed before the middle, at base on each side near
suture a strong tuberculiform elevation, before the middle a transverse elevated ivory

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vitta, attaining the side margin, but not the suture. The punctuation is very sparse,
consisting of only a very few coarse punctures, each bearing a hair. Apex of metaster-
num with a band of fine white hairs. Femora strongly clavate, tibitv slightly curved
not carinate. Length, 5 mm.

Brownsville, Texas, two specitiiens, male and female in coll. Dietz.
The female has the antennal joints four to seven simple, but these
joints are darker, otherwise it is exactly like the male.

Tetranodes niveicollis Linell.

Occurred commonly near Brownsville, Tex., on Acacia farnesiaiia
and flexicaiilis, but more frecjuently on the former. The female, which
was not known to its describer, has all the antennal joints simple.

The following is the table of genera of the group Anaglypti as
given in "The Classification" with the above mentioned or de-
scribed genera added.

Group III. Anaglypti.

Second joint of antennse equal to fourth.

Antennre not spinose, elytra without ivory spots Microclytits.

Second joint of antenna; short, third longer than fourth.
Elytra without ivory spots.

Eyes oblique, emarginate Cyrtcphoriis.

Eyes entire, rounded Tillomoipha.

Elytra with transverse ivory bands.

Antennal joints male and female slender, not inflated Euderces.

Four or five joints of male antennai inflated.

Eyes emarginate, pointed behind ; joints 3-6 of male antennae in-
flated, of female slender Tetratiodes.

Eyes entire, oval. Male antennal joints 3-7 inflated, slender in female.

Penlatiodes.
Obrium brunneum, new species.

Elongate parallel very shining, brown, sparsely hairy. Head including the eyes
smaller than the elytra at base, coarsely and densely punctate, a fine impressed
median line, clypeal suture deeply impressed. Antennae a little longer than the body,
sparsely pubescent, first joint clavate as long as the second and third together, third
and fourth equal, fifth to eleventh longer. Thorax about equal in length and width,
strongly obtusely angulated at middle of sides, then obliquely narrowing to base
which is constricted ; disk flat, a vague, shallow impression on each side near the
basal constriction surrounding a slight elevation, sparsely, moderately coarsely
punctate. Elytra slightly widening towards apex which is broadly rounded, a little
more coarser and closer punctate than the thorax, the punctuation confused, finer
towards apex, sparsely pubescent. Abdomen sparsely, finely pubescent, legs sparsely
clothed with longer hairs. Length, 7 mm.

Sta. Rosa, Lower California, one specimen from Mr. G. Beyer, in
the Museum of the Brooklyn Institute.

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Resembles closely the figure of Obriitm oibripeniie Bates in Biol.
Centr. Am., vol. V., but while the elytra is brown in the figure' it is
according to the description " nigro-violaceis. "

Differs from Linell's mozinna: by the uniform brown color, the
confused ])unctuation of elytra and the smaller head.

Both species mozinme and bniuiieiim may be considered inter-
mediate between the true Obrium and Phyton both have the apical
part of thorax little wider than the basal part.

Neoclytus magnus, new species.

Elongate brown ; thorax darker, at middle with a yellowish white fascia, base,
apex and sides densely pubescent with white hairs; elytra with two straight and one
oblique white fascia. Head very finely and very densely punctured, above the antennal
tubercles and cheeks coarsely punctured, antennae reaching the first elytral fascia, joints
three and four slender, the outer joints shorter and broader and gradually decreasing in
length. Thorax as long as broad, base and apex equal, sides slightly arcuate, disk
moderately coarsely and densely punctured, with three Vows of well defined transverse
rugae, one at middle and one on each side, below which the disk is depressed, those
at side sinuate at middle and oblique at base. Elytra two and a half times as long as
broad, narrower than the thorax at middle, sides nearly straight, slightly narrowing to
apex which is arcuate truncate, the sutural angle rounded, the outer slightly acute.
Beneath clothed with white hairs, denser at sides of presternum, metasternum and
abdomen, the latter finely and densely punctured. Legs long and slender, femora
without spines, hind tibiae and tarsi compressed, first joint of hind tarsi longer than
the following ones together. Length, 20 mm.

Ensenada, Lower California. One female from Mr. G. Beyer in
the Museum of the Brooklyn Institute.

Another specimen in Mr. Beyer's collection has the thorax and
elytra blackish, the base of elytra reddish-brown and the bands yel-
low, but besides the color there is no other difference.

Ataxia spinicauda, new species.

Elongate, nearly parallel, piceous, elytra broadly, deeply and conjointly emargi-
nate and hispinose at apex, covered densely with white and ochreous short hairs.
Head densely clothed with white and ochreous hairs ; antennse nearly as long as the
entire body, basal joints piceous, the following paler at base, densely pubescent with
fine short white hairs, with larger hairs sparsely intermixed. Thorax nearly as long
as wide, feebly narrower at apex than at base, sides slightly arcuate with a small
spine at middle, disk finely and densely punctured, with a few larger punctures inter-
mixed, a longitudinal impressed line interrupted at middle, densely clothed, white
short hairs generally abraided at middle and two denuded round spots on each side
near base. Elytra three times as long as the thorax, slightly narrowing to apex,
apices conjointly, deeply, broadly emarginate and 'spinose ; disk with a costa near
suture, obliterated at base, finely and densely punctured, with a fevv coarse punctures

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intermixed, densely pubescent wiili short white and orhieous liairs. ISenealh and
legs densely pubescent with white and ochreous hairs. Length, 9-1 1 mm.

Key Largo, Florida, two specimens from Mr. G. Beyer in the
Museum of the Brooklyn Institute.

In form and sculpture like crypta but the pubescence is different
and the apex of elytra is bispinose. According to the description it is
similar to A. spinipennis Chev. from Cuba, l)ut that is described as
olivaceous, below irrorate with white and black, the thorax with a
median longitudinal costa, length 19-20 mm. and is made the type of
the genus Pra'cha by Thomson.

Thryallis undatus Chev.

This fine insect occurred near Brownsville on the branches of a
species of Celtis from April 15 to July 12, but is by no means common.

The genus Thryallis is a member of Lacordaire's group Aniso-
cerides, included by Bates in his group Acanthoderini. The species
of this genus are distinguished by their short, broad form, antenn?e
eleven-jointed in the male, ten-jointed in the female, with first joint
attenuate at base, pyriform at apex, joints three and four very long,
from joint six rapidly decreasing in length, the thorax is feebly tuber-
culate at sides. Lacordaire principally separates the Anisocerides
from the Acanthoderides by the open intermediate cotyloid cavities,
closed in the latter tribe, but according to Bates are not quite closed
in Acanthoderes and allied genera.

Cryptocephalus arizonensis, new species.

Head, thorax and legs reddish, elytra blue, epipleura^ yellow from base to the
middle. Head reddish yellow, front impressed on top, around the impression
coarsely punctate, clypeal region smooth ; eyes elongate, emarginate inside, antennre
longer than half the entire body. Thorax strongly transverse, convex, sides slightly
rounded, basal angles sharp, prolonged backwards, base slightly arcuate, disk finely
and densely punctate, with larger punctures intermixed, color red, basal margin nar-
rowly bordered with black, basal angles yellow. Scutellum black, finely punctured,
broader at base than at apex, at middle of base a deeply impressed fovea. Elytra as
wide as the thorax, blue, with rows of large, deep, closely placed punctures, finer
towards apex, regular on the disk and confused at sides, marginal and submarginal
stride regular at sides confused at apex, intervals flat, very finely punctate ; epipleuras
yellow to the middle. Pygidium black, sparsely pubescent and coarsely punctate.
Underside black, prosternum, sides of thorax beneath metasternum in front of middle
and first abdominal segment between the coxae yellow ; prosternum convex at middle,
lobed in front, not sinuate nor toothed near the front angles, bispinose and concave
behind. Abdominal segments coarsely punctate, the punctures placed in one or two
rows, sparsely pubescent, last abdominal segment with a broad round concavity
pubescent around the sides with longer erect hairs. Length, 5.25 mm.

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Pinal Mountains, Arizona, two specimens from Mr. Chas. Palm in
the Museum of the Brooklyn Institute.

I'o be placed near sani^i/iiiico/Iis in Leconte's table from which the
larger size, more robust form blue elytra with yellow ejMpleums will
readily distinguish it.

Cryptocephalus atrofasciatus Jacoby.

Originally described from Mexico, Mr. Palm has specimens of this
variable species from Globe, Arizona. The specimens with pale
elytra and fulvous bands resemble superficially fulgiiratiis, but are
larger, more elongate and thorax distinctly punctate. The typical
form has the elytra with three undulated black bands, but these bands
become in some specimens more or less longitudinally confluent, of
which the most extreme form which I have seen has the elytra black,
with a few pale spots at base, two very small ones at apical third and
the apex narrowly yellow, which goes even a little further than the
variations observed by Mr. Jacoby.

Cryptocephalus quatuordecimpustulatus Suffrian.

Occurred frequently I believe on Acacia flt'xicait lis in ]5rownsville,
Texas. It is about 3 mm. long, yellow, thorax nearly impunctate,
elytra with stride of not deeply impressed ])unctures, scutellar stria
absent, sutural striae short, obsolete at base, first stria united with the
second slightly below the middle, joining the fourth at apex, fifth and
sixth disconnected at middle, the lower part has the two striae united
at base and apex, the upper part of the two striae is united at its apex
by an oblique row of punctures, leaving between the two parts a
slightly raised smooth space, the seventh and marginal striae entire ;
the yellow color is divided on each elytron by brown bands into eight
large spots, three at base of which the marginal spot is the smallest,
two below these, then again two and at apex one. Abdominal seg-
ments somewhat coarsely and sparsely punctate.

Cryptocephalus brunneovittatus, new species.

Light yellow to fulvous, elytra with seven well defined regular striie, first stria ab-
breviated at middle, scutellar striae long, obliterated at base, alternate intervals more or
less fulvous brown or rarely black. Head coarsely and sparsely punctured, an impressed
median line not reaching the clypeal suture ; eyes large elongate, broadly emarginate
inside, antennae reaching behind the middle. Thorax shining, convex, broader than
long, sides slightly arcuate, narrowing to apex, hind angles prolonged, base arcuate,
disk extremely finely punctured, with a few larger punctures intermixed, color yellow
or fulvous, paler at base. Elytra about twice as long as thorax with regular rows of

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somewhat deeply impressed, moderately large punctures, which become finer towards
apex, scutellar stria long obliterated at base, first stria short, running to about the
middle, second entire, joining the seventh at apex, third and fourth meeting at apex,
fifth and sixth also joining at apex, seventh continued along apex and joining the
second near entire, eighth or marginal stria continued around apical marginal to the
suture by a few punctures, color yellow or flavous, alternate interspaces more or less
brown, intervals nearly smooth, shining. Pygidium sparsely coarsely punctate. Pro-
sternum nearly truncate in front broadly not deeply emarginate behind which causes the
prolongation of the basal angles. Abdomen shining, punctuation not close, males
with the usual large round impression on last segment. Length, 3-4 mm.

Brownsville, Texas, where it occurred at different places.

This species is to be placed near defectus with which it is confused
in several collections, but the regular seventh stria will seperate it
from that species, which according to the description has the seventh
stria reduced to a small hook attached to the eighth in front of the
middle. Although easily recognizable I was not able to find any de-
scription in the " Biologia " or in Suffrian's " Zur Kenntness d. N.
A. Cryptocephalen," that would satisfactorily fit this insect. A
moderately large number shows that the arrangement of the striae is very
constant, in all of the specimens there is not even the slightest attempt
of a displacement or interruption of the seventh stria to be seen.

Fidia clematis, new species.

Brown, subopaque, pubescence cinereous, not very dense. Head moderately,
coarsely, not densely punctured. Antenna slender, piceous, joints three to six, paler
at apex, outer joints black. Thorax nearly as long as wide, narrower in front than at
base, sides arcuate, disk convex, moderately coarsely not closely punctured. Elytra
about twice as long as the thorax, with rows of closely placed, but not very close
punctures, intervals flat, finely transversely rugose. Body beneath brown, sparsely
pubescent at middle, denser at sides. Legs a little paler, extreme apex c f tibia; and
tarsi black. Length, 5-5.5 mm.

Occurred at Brownsville on different species of vines.

The color is variable which may be from very dark brown to
fulvous. It is of the same form as cana but is more finely punctate,
the pubescence is more cinereous, denser on the thorax and uniform,
not forming a denser line at middle of thorax.

Fidia plagiata Lef .

This species occurs in Arizona, and has to be added to our list ; it
is easily recognizable from any of our species by the characters given
in the following table :

Pubescence very fine, short and sparse, elytral striae faintly impressed on the disk and
at apex, intervals as coarsely punctate as the striie ; a longitudinal red stripe on

228 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi.xii.

each elytron at sides, starting from base and extending to the middle, and a red

spot at apex of variable size plagiata.

Pubescence longer and coarser, elytral stri;xi very distinct, color uniform.
Prothorax more finely punctured, color fulvous or brown.

Pubescence of head and thorax longer and coarser, head without a deeply
impressed fovea, or with at most a faintly impressed short line, form

shorter and a little more robust, color brown clematis.

Pubescence of head and thorax shorter, finer, head with a deeply impressed

fovea at middle, color fulvous viticida.

Prothorax more coarsely punctured, color piceous or black.

Punctures of thorax very closely placed, pubescence of thorax, uniform,

femora at base and sometimes the tibiae pale /o)ii;ipes

Punctures of thorax well spaced, pubescence forming a denser line on the

median line of thorax, legs black (ana.

Myochrous magnus, new species.

Elongate, fulvous, with slight teneous tint, covered densely with yellowish scales.
Head covered densely with yellowish and brown scales, concealing the surface sculp-
ture, front longitudinally finely impressed. Antennae pale, nearly twice as long as
the thorax, joints three to six slender elongate, the last five joints broader. Thorax
as long as broad, slightly arcuate and tridentate at sides, coarsely, closely punctate,
covered densely with yellowish scales, lighter in color at sides. Elytra not quite
twice as long as broad, with rows of large closely placed punctures, becoming smaller
and confused at apex, the punctures larger than the interstices, covered densely with
yellowish and brown scales. Underside coarsely, more sparsely punctured, covered
not densely with yellowish white scales, which are more hair-like on the abdomen at
middle. Legs stout, sparsely clothed with whitish scales, anterior tibice with a strong
tooth at apical third ; tarsi broad and short, second and third joints pubescent beneath,
third very densely with yellowish hairs. Length, 6.5-7 mm. ; width, 3 mm.

Bfownsville, Tex., June.

Types. — Four specimens in the collection of the Brooklyn
Museum.

M. lougiihis Lee. to which only this species can lie compared is
said to have the thorax longer than broad, but it will be found to be
as given in the following table :

Thorax distinctly tridentate at sides.

Thorax wider than long ; vestiture of surface not dense, easily removed.

denticollis.
Thorax as vi-ide as long ; vestiture close and persistent.

Anterior tibia; with a strong tooth below the middle ; larger specie?.

iiiagHiiS.

Anterior tibia without tooth, smaller species loiv^uhis

Thorax not dentate at sides sqtinniosiis.

Spermophagus eustrophoides, new species.

Oval ferruginous, clothed uniformily with ochreous hairs. AntennK yellowish
testaceous, subserrete, serration beginning with the fourth joint. Head oblong oval,

Dec, 1904.] SCHAEFFER : New CoLEOPTERA. 229

densely not coarsely punctate, a smooth median carina between the eyes more or less
distinct. Thorax broader than long, sides arcuately narrowing to apex, which is
truncate, surface sparsely and coarsely punctured with finer densely placed punctures
intermixed, pubescence moderately dense and ochreous. Elytra oval, about one fifth
longer than wide, sides slightly arcuate, apices separately rounded ; surface deeply
striate, punctate, intervals flat, finely punctured, clothed densely with ochreous hairs.
Pygidium coarsly somewhat muncately punctate, moderately densely clothed with
ochreous pairs, which from a denser line longitudinally at middle. Underside and
legs concolorous densely clothed with ochreous hairs, finer and shorter on the legs.
Hind femora with a blunt tooth on the inside one third from apex, hind tibiae with
two unequal long spurs, the outer one the longest. Length, 6 mm.

Lake Worth, Florida.

Six specimens, two in the Museum collection and four in coll.
Dietz. They were all collected by the late Ottomar Dietz. It dif-
fers from 7'obiiiice by the toothed hind femora, uniform vestiture and
shorter, more oval form, in which it resembles some species of the
Melandrid genus Enstrophus.

Bruchus julianus Horn.

This gigantic Bruchus occurred quite commonly in July on Acacia
flexicaidis, in the large seed pods of which it undoubtedly breeds.
The examination of the type saved me from describing this species
again. Dr. Horn's types are small starved specimens 5-6 mm. long
while my specimens range from 8-14.5 mm., 12-14 mm. being the
average size, while only a few are of the smaller size. The deeply
impressed median line, the uneven slightly sulcate surface of the
thorax and the three dentiform elevations on each side of base of elytra
on which I laid some stress and which Dr. Horn did not mention in
his description, are only faintly indicated in the smaller specimens.
I have distributed specimens under the manuscript udime Jlexicau/is.

Bruchus arizonensis, new speJes.

Black variegated with white and ochreous pubescence ; thorax elevated at
middle and with a slight median groove. Head elongate oval, constricted behind
the eyes, densely punctate, front carinate, around the eyes and sides of clypeus with
moderately long, white hairs. Antennae black, joints five to eleven suddenly broader
than the basal joints. Thorax slightly companulate, disk very connex in front,
behind the middle with two large tuberculiform elevations, these are separated by a
median groove which does not quite extent to the apical or basal margins, surface
densely clothed with white and ochreous hairs, summit of the two tubercles and the
declivous front of the convexity black, devoid of pubescense. Elytra as long as broad,
disk subdepressed, sides very slightly rounded, surface striate, striai finely punctured,
intervals densely punctate, flat, except the second which is slightly convex, variegated
with white, ochreous and black densely placed hairs, the black hairs forming a con-

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spicuous fascia at middle, irregular in outline, broad at sides and interrupted on the
disk at the first and third striae. Pygidium convex at apex, densely pubescent with
white hairs, a transverse line of black hairs at middle. Legs piceous, tibise paler at
apex, hind femur on the inner side near apex with a small tooth. Length, 3.5 mm.

Pinal Mountains, Arizona.

One specimen from Mr. Chas. Palm in the Museum of the Brook-
lyn Institute.

'I'his species does not fit in any of the groups i)roposed by Dr.
Horn, it is best placed near /ii/iiiiis, having the thorax similarly elevated
and grooved, but has only 01 e small tooth on the hind femur. In the
specimen from the above named locality the pubescence on the apex
of the pygidium is rubbed off, in another specimen from Yuma
Co., Ariz., in my possession there are two short black lines on
each side of the apex as in prosopis and the black transverse line at
middle is only faintly indicated and the hind femora and tibial are
more reddish.

Bruchus gibbithorax, new species.

Black, thorax and elytra densely clothed with white and ochreous hairs, black
hairs forming large patches and lines on the elytra, thorax gibbous in front. Head
elongate oval, clothed with white hairs concealing the surface sculpture, front cari-
nate ; antennre black, joints five to eleven much broader than the preceding. Thorax
convex, gibbous in front, densely clothed with ochreous and white hairs, an antescu-
tellar spot of white hairs, front of the gibbosity black. Elytra about as broad as
long, sides very slightly arcuate, disk striate, variegated with black, ochreous and
white hairs ; the ochreous and white hairs forming the general pubescence, the black
forming distinct marks as follows : a large spot at humeral angle, a large broad fascia
about middle, from the side margin to the third stria and a large spot at apex, be-
tween the humeral spot and the median fascia is a smaller spot situated on the second
stria and a still smaller on the fourth stria, between the median fascia and apical spot
is also a smaller one on the second stria, these two smaller spots situated on the sec-
ond stria are connected by a line of white hairs. Pygidium slightly convex, densely
clothed with white hairs. Underside densely pubescent with white hairs, concealing
the surface sculpture. Femora reddish, tarsi black ; hind femora with a small tt)oih-

Pinal Mountains, Arizona.

Two specimens frorn Mr. Chas. Palm in the Museum of the Brook-
lyn Institute.

This species can not be compared with any of our North American
Bruchus ; it is near arizonensis above described, but is very much
smaller, the markings though similar are better defined, the median
line and the two tuberculiform elevations of the thorax so prominent
in arizonensis are not present here.

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Bruchus texanus, new species.

i;i;ick, varici^ated with brown, thorax .sliy;litly tumid at middle near l)ase, eyes
very deeply emarginate. Head oblong oval, moderately coarsely densely punctured
longitudinally carinate between the eyes, sparsely clothed with white hairs in the
clypeal region, eyes very deeply emarginate, antennae black, joints five to eleven much
broader than the preceding. Thorax convex, slightly tumid at middle near base as
long as broad, sides nearly straight, base sinuate, lobed at middle, apex truncate, sur-
face densely clothed with brown and white pubescence, the brown predominating, an
antescullar spot of white hairs, which fill out a slight impression. Elytra nearly as
long as wide, striate, densely clothed with brown and white hairs, the brown more
conspicuous in two large spots on each elytron, one at middle at sides, and on eat apex
and one more indistinct oblique narrow one, from the humeri to the suture. Pygidium
densely clothed with brownish and white hairs, the white more conspicuous in a longi-
tudinal line at middle. Beneath and legs black, finely pubescent with white hairs,
denser on the abdomen. Ilind femur with a small tooth. Length, 2 mm.

Described from one speciinen taken on May 2, at Esperanza
Ranch, near Brownsville, Texas. Related to the two above described
species but narrower, with entirely black legs and thorax not gibbous
in front. The convex uneven thorax, the slight short median im-
pression near base of thorax and the femora with one tooth brings
this near arizo/iensis, with which it ought to form a separate group
between Dr. Horn's Group II and III.

Some of the Bruchus may have been described from Mexico, but
the descriptions are so extremely short, that it is very difficult to
identify the insects satisfactorily.

Pelecotomoides nubilus Gerst.

A small number of this interesting Ripiphorid were beaten from
different trees at Esperanza Ranch, most of them in July. Specimens
are recorded from Panama as having " ill-defined transverse or oblong
patches of a fuscous color" but all my specimens belong to the uni-
colorous form. This insect is of a grayish fuscous color, eyes large,
divided in front by a very narrow line, antennae with the first four
joints simple, the remaining flabellate in the male, strongly serrate in
the female. My specimens are from 5- 5-9- 5 mm. The genus
Pelecotomoides is distinguished from Toposcopus by the entire eyes,
which are in Toposcopus completely divided and from Pelccotonia by
the strongly serrate claws. The following table will help in the
identification of the F^vaniocerini occurring in our fauna.

' Eyes feebly emarginate.

Claws feebly bidentate, antenna; flabellate in the male or serrate in female from
the fourth joint ; hind tibia; at apex with one small spur, third and fourth
tarsal joints equal ; eyes widely separated in {xox\\.,..Pelecotoma Jlavipes Wells.

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Claws strongly serrate, antennae flabellate in male, serrate in female from the
fifth joint ; hind tibire at apex with two moderately long sharp spurs, fourth
joint twice as long as the third, eyes separated in front by a very narrow line.

Pelccototiioides nubilus Gerst.
Eyes entirely divided by a broad plate.

Claws serrate, antenn;v flabellate in the male, serrate in female from the fourth
joint Toposcopus lurightii Lee.

Constrachelus rubescens, new species.

Blackish brown, sparsely clothed with white hairs, and denser reddish-yellow
hairs at base of thorax, base and apex of elytra. Beak slender, curved, as long as
the head and thorax, carinate at middle, striate at sides. Head coarsely punctured,
clothed sparsely with reddish hairs which extend to the middle of the beak. Pro-
thorax wider than long, slightly constricted in front, sides feebly arcuate, base bisinuate,
disk carinate, densely rugosely punctured, clothed with white and reddish-yellow
hairs, the first very sparse, the latter more densely near base. Elytra nearly twice
as wide as the thorax, base sinuate, humeri broadly rounded disk with rows of coarse,
closely placed punctures, alternate interspaces, carinate, carina of the third interval
twice, but not abruptly interrupted, that of the fifth very feeble ; surface blackish
piceous, with irregular paler spots, clothed sparsely with white hairs and more densely
at apex and base with reddish-yellow hairs. Abdomen shining, coarsely and sparsely,
last ventral more densely punctured and with a shallow impression at middle.
Femora armed with a small tooth, anulated with reddish-yellow hairs. Claws
divergent, toothed. Length, 3.15-3.5 mm.

Brownsville, Texas (Esperanza Ranch, San Tomas). Four speci-
mens in the Museum of the Brooklyn Institute.

The small size and the coloration will make this species easily
recognizable from any of our Couotraclielus. It is intermediate be-
tween Leconte's Division I, A and B by having the costae on the
third interval interrupted and the femora unidentate. The species is
not a common one, only a small number were taken during the entire
time of my stay.

Chalcodermus semicostatus, new species.

Oval, conve.v, piceo-reneous, antennae ferruginous, elytra strongly costate at
apical half only. Head finely punctate, eyes nearly contiguous, separated by a very
narrow line ; beak as long as head and thorax, slightly curved, finely punctate, punc-
tures slightly confluent at sides ; antennas inserted at middle. Prothorax slightly
broader than long, gradually narrowing to apex, sides nearly straight, constricted in
front, base bisinuate ; disk coarsely punctate, denser and somewhat confiuently at
sides, intermixed sparsely with smaller punctures, at middle a narrow smooth median
line. Elytra very little WMder than the thorax at base, feebly narrowing to apex,
humeri slightly oblique, disk with series of large not closely placed punctures, inter-
stices sparsely punctate, very feebly convex at basal half, becoming strongly costate
from about middle to apex. Legs stout ; femora closely and coarsely punctate, with

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a moderately long sharp tooth, tibire strigose punctate, slightly curved, front pair
broadly dilated within about middle, middle and hind pair sinuate within near apex.
Abdomen shining, coarsely not densely punctate. Length, 3.5-4 mm.

Four specimens, Brownsville, Texas (Esperanza Ranch), May,
June and July, in the Museum of the Brooklyn Institute.

This species is very distinct from the North as well as the Central
American species by the general form, strongly costate apical half of
elytra and the punctuation of the prothorax.

Chalcodermus serripes Fahr.

This species occurs from Brownsville, Texas to FJrazil. It is
easily distinguished by its narrow, somewhat compressed, elongate
elytra and the tibiae serrulate within. The color is Kneocupreous,
elytra rufous with a slight metallic tint, with rows of large punctures,
and the thorax oblique-strigose.

Chalcodermus vittatus Champ.

Specimens of this species, which is described from Guatemala,
were taken at Brownsville (San Tomas and Esperanza Ranch from
May to July).

It is a short, oval insect, aeneo-cupreous, elytra rufous, with the
suture, the second interstice at middle, the fourth at apex and base,
and the sixth for nearly the entire length, aeneous. In one specimen
the fifth at apex is also aeneous. The thorax is oblique-strigose.

Toxotropis irroratus, new species.

Blackish brown, irrorate with yellowish white hairs on thorax and elytra. Head
and prothorax densely punctured, the ante-basal ridge of the latter feebly arcuate,
color blackish brown, with patches of white hairs. Eyes moderately deeply emargi-
nate. Elytra with rows of moderately coarse punctures, intervals flat densely punc-
tured, surface densely clothed with brown hairs, concealing the surface sculpture,
irrorate with patches of white hairs, forming an irregular arcuate fascia near base.
Body beneath black, moderate densely clothed with white hairs. Femora piceous,
tibiae and tarsi fulvous, the latter at apex black, claws deeply cleft, the inner portion
convergent. I>ength, 2.5-3 nmi-

Brownsville, Texas (Esperanza Ranch and San Tomas), April to
June. Four specimens in the Museum of the Brooklyn Institute.

This species will readily be distinguished from our other species
by the deeply cleft claws ; the eyes seem to be also more emarginate.
Both characters somewhat bridge over the differences between the
genera Toxotropis and Gonops.

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Toxotropis submetallicus, new species.

Blackish brown with a slight metallic tinge on elytra, clothed with brown, ful-
vous and white pubescence, the white forming a not clearly defined arcuate fascia
near base and irregular fascia' at apex. Head densely punctured, densely clothed
with brown, fulvous and white hairs ; eyes rounded, not deeply emarginate ; antennae
short, black, nearly reaching to the basal carina. Thorax in its widest part broader
than long, sides slightly arcuately narrowing to apex, ante-basal ridge arcuate forming
a broad lobe at middle, surface densely punctured and clothed densely with white,
fulvous and brownish hairs. Elytra not broader than the thorax in its broadest part,
with rows of moderately coarse punctures, intervals flat, densely punctured, surface
clothed with thin browni.sh, fulvous and white hairs, the white hairs forming on each
side near base an arcuate fascia, one behind the middle and at apex not clearly defined.
Beneath black, densely punctured, pubescence white, not very dense. Femora, apex
of tibins and tarsi black, claws deeply cleft, the inner portion convergent. Length,
2.25 mm.

Brownsville, Texas (Esperanza Ranch and San Tomas, May and
June). Four specimens in the Museum of the Brooklyn Institute.

This species is very close to the preceding but differs in the more
arcuate transverse carina of the thorax, the eyes slightly less deeply
emarginate and the pubescence much finer and sparser, which does
not conceal the surface sculpture, permitting always the metallic tinge
of the elytra to be visible ; the white hairs form also more distinct
fascice as in irrofatns but are not very clearly defined. It has the
same deeply bifid claws as ii nrratiis.

Gonops fissuDguis Lee.

I have taken a few specimens at Brownsville which agree with Dr.
Leconte's description of this species as far as it goes.

Phanosolena, new genus.

I lead as long as broad, beak emarginate in front, as long as the head. Antennae
longer than the body in the male, shorter in the female, inserted in cavities which are
sublateral and visible from above, situated close to the eyes. Eyes small, moderately
coarsely granulate, rounded. Prothorax nearly as long as broad, gradually narrowing
to apex, ante-basal carina obtusely flexed at sides. Scutellum small. P^lytra slightly
wider than the thorax at base, convex, nearly twice as long as wide at base, apex
conjointly broadly, but feebly emarginate. Legs slender, tibiae and tarsi subequal in
length, first joint of tarsi longer than the two following, second covering the third,
of which only the lobes are visible, last joint elongate, claws bifid. Pygidium ver-
tical, oval. Mesosternum short, metasternal episternum narrower at apex than at base.

Type. — Phanosolena nigrotuberculata .

The antennae are not strictly laterally inserted, the cavities ex-
tending on the surface of the beak close to the eyes and are plainly
visible from above. By the transverse carina being ante-basal this

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genus is best placed in the Tropiderini, differing from all our genera
of this tribe in the position of the antennal cavities.

Phanosolena nigrotuberculata, new species.

lllack beneath, ochraceous above, variegated with black patches on thorax and
elytra. Head as long as wide, beak as long as the head, emarginate at apex with the
angles rounded ; antennal cavities open, not covered by the sides of the beak extend-
ing slightly on the disk and situated close to the eyes. Eyes lateral, small, rounded.
Antennre longer than the body in the male, shorter in the female. Thorax nearly as
long as broad gradually narrowing to apex, sides slightly arcuate, transverse carina
ante-basal, obtusely flexed at sides, disk at middle pale, with a small tubercle, densely
punctate, at sides black, surface clothed with ochreous and . white hairs. Elytra
twice as long as thorax, slightly wider than the thorax at base, apex conjointly broadly,
but feebly emarginate, disk with rows of coarse, closely placed punctures, at base on
each side of scutellum one large tubercle, the third costa behind middle for a short
distance slighly elevated, color ochraceous, the two bnsal tubercles, the two costiform
elevations, a large spot at sides and at apex black, pubescence yellowish white be-
tween the basal tubercle and the costiform elevation a line of white hairs. Femora
in great part and tibiae at middle black. Length, 2.5 mm.

Three specimens, Brownsville, Texas (Esperanza Ranch and San
Tomas), in the Museum of the Brooklyn Institute.

Male antennal joints three to seven long, slender, equal among
themselves, eight to eleven forming a club, the three last ones very
small, the eighth slightly shorter than seventh, but widening to apex.
Joints three to seven in the female slightly decreasing in length, the
four last joints forming a club which is broader than that of the male.

Anthribus bipunctatus, new species.

Cylindrical, clothed with whitish, ochreous and black scale-like hairs, yellowish-
white hairs more dense at base of elytra forming a band and extending along sides to
middle, apex also paler and with a black sutural spot, thorax and elytra with erect
brush-like tufts. Head and beak with white ochreous scales. Thorax as long as
wide at base, slightly narrower and arcuate in front, nearly parallel behind, side
margin extending to the middle, base slightly arcuate, disk finely and densely punc-
tured, surface with white, ochreous and brown scale-like hairs ; on each side near
hind angles, a rounded black spot, three tufts of brown scale-like hairs transversely
placed at middle, a line of denser yellowish-white hairs starting on each side of me-
dian tuft and divergent towards apex, a smaller oblique one near the outer tuft and
meeting the median line at middle. Elytra with rows of coarse punctures, inter-
vals finely punctate, vestiture whitish and ochreous, a row of three erect tufts of
pale brown scale-like hairs and one nearer the apex but outside of this row, the dis-
tance between the first and second, and second and third equal, apex paler with
a black sutural spot. Beneath moderately densely clothed with pale ochreous hairs.
Tibiae slightly annulated with ochreous and darker hairs and some longer pale hairs
intermixed. Length, 4-4.25 mm.

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Brownsville, Texas (Esperanza Ranch, and San Tomas). Two
specimens in the Museum of the Brooklyn Institute.

Distinguished from any of our species by the black spots near basal .
angles of thorax, the divergent thoracic lines and the basal fascia ex-
tending along the sides to the middle of elytra.

Anthribus penicellatus, new species.

Cyliiulrical, clothed with white, ochreous and brown hairs. Thorax and elytra
with tufts of erect hairs, the middle one of thorax black and long. Head and beak
clothed with yellowish-white and ochreous hairs. Thorax as long as wide at base,
narrower at apex, nearly parallel behind, base slightly arcuate, side margin extend-
ing to the middle, disk finely and sparsely punctured, covered with brown and
ochreous liairs, three brush-like tufts at middle transversely placed, the middle one
black and the largest, near the outer tufts denser white hairs forming arcuate indis-
tinct lines, converging towards apex. Elytra parallel, declivous behind, with rows
of coarse punctures, surface with white, ochreous and brown hairs, each side with
three larger tufts in a row and some smaller ones at sides and apex, the median tuft
yellowish white, the others brown, on each side of apex a small round black spot.
Length, 3 mm.

Brownsville, Texas (Esperanza Ranch). One specimen in the
Museum of the Brooklyn Institute.

Distinct from the other species by the absence of a large white
spot or a fascia at base, the more declivous elytra at apex and the large
prominent median tuft on thorax. The five species of Authyilnis in
our fauna may be separated by the following table :

Pubescence of thorax and elytra uniform, dense, yellowish gray, without erect tufts

of scales livulus, Lee.

Pubescence grayish white, yellow and brown forming denser brush-like tufts on
thorax and elytra.

Elytra with a well defined large transverse white spot in front of middle not

extending to the side margins cornutiis. Say.

Elytra with a more or less distinct basal fascia of dense white or ochreous hairs
extending to the side margin.

Thorax without larger black spot near each hind angle, the middle and
posterior tufts of hairs on the elytra more widely separated from each other
than the first and second, the line of denser white and yellowish hairs

convergent in front vagus, Horn.

Thorax with one black spot each side near hind angles, the distance between
the first and second elytral tuft equal to that of the second and tWrd, the
lines of whitish and ochreous hairs at apex of thorax divergent in

front :J>ipunctatus, n. sp.

Elytra without basal fascia or spot, elytral tufts equidistant, middle thoracic tuft
large and black, the arcuate lines convergent in front but very indistinctly
defined at apex .panicellatzis, n. sp.

Dec, 1904.J Powell : Wings of Certain Beetles. 237

THE DEVELOPMENT OF WINGS OF CERTAIN

BEETLES, AND SOME STUDIES OF THE

ORIGIN OF THE WINGS OF INSECTS.

By p. B. Powell,

Stanford University, Calif.

CONTENTS.
Plates XI-XVII.

I . I n traduction 237

I. The Life History of Toi/n'tns phistographus s.nd oi Dendroc/ontis valetis 238

II. Development of the Wings 240

1. Formation and Growth 240

{a) Early Stages 240

(1^) Types of Development 241

( c) Evagination of the Wings 242

((/) Formation of the Veins. (Continued in Vol. XIII.)

2. The Tracheal System.

(rt ) The Tracheoles.

[b ) The Trachere of the Wing.

III. The Origin of the Wings.

1. The Spiracles.

2. The Position of the Spiracles and their Relation to the Wing Discs.

IV. Conclusion.

Methods.

Bibliography.

Explanation of the Figures.

Introduction.

The following paper contains the result of some investigations on
the development of the wings of certain beetles and of an attempt to
throw some further light on the primitive origin of the wings of
insects.

This work, done in the entomological laboratory of Stanford Uni-
versity, was begun at the suggestion of Professor V. L. Kellogg and
was carried on under his supervision, and to him my heartiest thanks
are due for his many helpful suggestions and the great interest he has
taken in my work.

That the wings of insects with a complete metamori)hosis are
present in the larva was known as far back as the time of Malpighi

238 Journal Nkw York Entomological Society. [Voi. xii.

(1767), while the beginning of our accurate knowledge of the manner
of their development was made by Weismann (1864-6). Since his
time there have been many workers in this field, but most of them
have worked with the Lepidoptera and Uiptera — orders in which the
wing development is of a very complicated type, while on the Hetero-
metabola and the more generalized of the Holometabola as the Cole-
optera and Neuroptera, much less has been done. The only extended
accounts of the development of the wings in the Coleoptera are those
of Comstock and Needham (i8gg), Kruger (1899), Needham (1900)
and Tower (1903).

In this paper I have traced in detail the development of the wings
of two species of Scolytidse or engraver beetles, Toiiiicus plastographiis
and Dendroctonus valens and have added some observations made
on the development of the wings of a numljer of other beetles, the
complete history of which I was unable to obtain. I have dealt only
with the development of the wings in the larva, as it is probable that
there is nothing in the i)upal development of the wing that differs
greatly from the accounts of Tower and others, or likely to have any
bearing on the origin of wings. The second part of the paper is de-
voted to a discussion of the several theories that have been advanced
to account for the origin of the wings of insects and the bearing that
my observations have on the subject.

L The Life History of Tomicus pla siocRArurs Lec, and
OF Dendroctonus valens Hopk.

Both these beetles belong to the family Scolytidic and in some
localities in California are so numerous that they do considerable
damage to the Monterey Pine, on which they both feed.

The burrow made by the adult T. plastographiis is some six inches
in length and is three-branched, having something the shape of a Y,
the entrance being at the intersection of the branches, one of which
is considerably shorter than the others. The eggs are laid in little
pockets along each side of the burrow and are tightly packed in with
little chips of wood. In warm weather the eggs hatch in about one
week. The larva bores a tunnel out at right angles to the jjarent
gallery and becomes full grown in about two weeks. PujDation takes
place in a cell at the end of the larval gallery and lasts about one
week; so that a full life cycle is passed through in about four weeks.
Breeding goes on continually throughout the year in this locality, but

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during the winter months develoi>nient is much slower. There are
but two moults during larval life, T. plastoi::>'ctphiis being rather
unusual in this respect, though Needham (1900) states that the larva
of the flag-weevil, Mononychiis viilpccnliis has but two moults. The
larva (Fig. 32) is a white footless grub. The eyes are lacking and
the antennae are reduced to a minute knob. The spiracles have no
chitinous surrounding ring and are very hard to discern.

It may be well to mention here some observations I have made on
the habits of this beetle of which I have seen no record. The male is
apparently polygamous in its habits. As is usual in this family the
work of making the burrow is shared by both sexes. In ojjening the
galleries I found that there were generally three adults in each gallery,
one at the end of each long arm and one at the center. Dissection
proved that in each case two of these are females and one a male
(when it was possible to determine the sex, it being very hard to
separate the sexes after oviposition had taken place). I believe that
the long arms of the gallery are made by the females, while the male
makes the short arm and keeps a position near the entrance to the
gallery, but I was not able to get positive proof of this. In some
galleries however, there were but two beetles, a male and a female ;
occasionally there were four adults to a gallery.

The number of eggs laid in each pocket is variable ; in the ma-
jority of galleries but one egg is laid in each pocket, but in a number
of galleries examined several eggs had been deposited in each pocket,
the number varying from two to seven — in no case was a pocket
found with only one t%% in it, while in those galleries wdth one egg to
a pocket, in no case was more than one found in each pjocket. The
number of beetles in the gallery had no connection with the number
of eggs in the pockets.

There is considerable variation in the size and number of the ])ro-
jections on the tip of the elytra, but this does not seem to be a sexual
variation.

Dc/idroctotnis valcns forms a large irregular gallery under the bark
and the eggs are laid loosely among small chips or shavings along one
side of the burrow. This species works only at the base of the trees
whereas T. plastot::;) apJuis works throughout the length of the tree.

After hatching, the larvse feed on the sides of the gallery, en-
larging it in all directions. The larva moults, I think, three times,
but I am not absolutely sure of this point and it is possible there are

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but two moults. In warm weather six to eight days elapse between
each moult, the whole life cycle being passed in five to six weeks.
The pupal period is passed in a cell of chips, formed in the gallery,
and requires from a week to ten days.

The general appearance of the larva (Fig, 33) is much the same
as the larva of T. plastographus, but it is larger and each spiracle is
surrounded by a chitinized cresent, below which, on the abdominal
segments, is a large oval chitinized disc or tubercle. There is also a
strongly chitinized caudal plate on which are a number of short stout
spines.

II . Development of the Wing.

I. Formation and Grozc'th.

(a) Early Stages. — The wing fundament, in all the Holometabola
and probably in all the Heterometabola as well, becomes first recog-
nizable as a slight thickening of the hypodermis on the pleurum of
the meso- and metathorax (Figs, i, 2, 18). In the larvae of T.
plastographus and D. valens the cells that are destined to form the
wing begin to be differentiated from the rest of the hypodermis some-
time during the middle or latter part of the penultimate stage, the
time of first appearance varying somewhat in different individuals.
This thickening increases in size towards the end of the penultimate
stage and extends the greater part of the length of the segment as an
oval disc, becoming thinner on the edges and gradually merging into
the hypodermis. The cells become quite crowded together and elon-
gate and the nuclei come to lie at several levels in the disc.

Just before the last moult the outer surface of the wing disc be-
comes thrown up into prominent folds and ridges (Figs. 3, 23) due
to the compression of the growing hypodermis by the old chitinous
covering. This folding and ridging of the hypodermis takes place to
a greater or less extent all over the body, but it is most pronounced
in the rapidly growing cells of the wing disc. The cells of the disc
are now quite long and narrow and there are traces of what later
becomes very pronounced — a narrowing and elongation of the bases
of the cells so that they become almost thread-like (Fig. 3). The
degree of this separation, however varies in different individuals.
The cyto[)lasm of the cells also seems to become thinner or lighter
colored near the center of the inner surface of the disc. After
moulting, the folds and ridges disappear from the surface of the wing

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disc (Fig. 6) and the hypoderm, by the expansion of the body
after becoming free from the old cuticle. There does not seem to be
any sudden and great proliferation of the cells of the disc just before
moulting, as was found in the Lepidoptera by Verson (1904) and the
growth of the wing appears to be even and constant up to the prepupal
period, when it becomes accelerated.

{/>) Types of Wing Development. — Tower (1903), v/orking on
the development of the wings in Coleoptera, found three types of
wing development present in that order, which he designated as the
simple, the recessed and the enclosed. The simple type, in which the
wing merely evaginates and lies between the cuticle and the hypoder-
mis, he found to be the prevailing type among the Coleoptera. The
recessed type he found only in the Scaraba^idse. In this the disc first
invaginates, then evaginates and lies in the shallow open pocket thus
formed. This is the type found by Gonin in the Dipteron, Corethra.
In the third, the enclosed type, after the invagination the opening be-
comes closed and the wing evaginates downward into a closed sack,
formed by the lower wall of the invagination. This type was found
by Tower to occur in the Coccinellidae and the Chrysomelidce. There
are two other types, which have been found only in the Diptera, the
stalked and the detached. They are similar to the enclosed type
except that the walls of the invagination in the stalked type become
very thin and the evaginated part, which forms the wing, is pushed
well into the body cavity, while in the detached type the wing bud
is entirely separated from the hypodermis and lies free in the body
cavity.

In all the Coleoptera, according to Tower (1903), after the wing
disc becomes well thickened, a pit-like invagination forms in the cen-
ter of the disc, which rapidly widens into a groove extending nearly
the length of the disc. In those insects in which the wings develop
within the body, this invagination becomes much extended and the
hypodermal layers thus extended form the peripodal sack into which
the wing is evaginated. Tower found this primary evagination form-
ing, even in those beetles which have a simple type of wing develop-
ment. I find, however, that in both T. plastographus and D. valens
this primary evagination is not formed. The only other record among
Coleoptera in which the wing evaginates without this preliminary in-
vagination is that of Needham (1900) in the flag-weevil {Mononychus
vnlpe cuius Fab. ).

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(c) Evagination of the rF/V/i,--. — During the middle of the last
stage, in 7'. f>lasfOi:^raphiis and D. 7>ale/is, the evagination of the disc
to form the two layers of the wing takes place. Up to this time the
wing disc has been more or less convex on its outer surface and nearly
straight on its inner surface and thickest in the center (Fig. 6). In
the wing of an undetermined Buprestid, however, the convexity of the
disc is on the inner surface (Fig. i8). The cells of the lower part of
the disc now begin to elongate and ])ush outward and downward so
that the thickest part is near the lower edge (Fig. 4). At the same
time there begins a slight ]Dushing in of the cells at the lower edge of
the disc (Fig. 34). Thus we have a double process going on in the
formation of the wing, an evagination of the cells downward and an
invagination pushing the lower edge of the disc upwards and inwards,
so that the apex of the future wing is soon formed. This same process
-takes place in Bntchus sp. and in an undertermined Buprestid (Figs.
19, 20, 35, 37). Below the apex of the wing there is formed a
prominent spur or projection of the hypodermis. This projection
persists and is recognizable until near pupation, when the wing be-
gins to elongate greatly and become folded under the cuticle. The
bases of the cells near the center of the disc now become greatly
narrowed and separated from each other, soon becoming almost
thread-like. These narrowed bases become quite distinctly demar-
cated from the rest of the cells and the nuclei, since they taper quite
abruptly so that a wing at the stage shown in Fig. 38 appears at the
first glance to have a large lumen, but a careful examination shows
that, in T. p/as/os^rap/u/s and D. valcus as well as in several other
beetles examined, the basement membranes of the two sides of the
wing are more or less closely pressed together, though not fused.
During the early stages of the formation of the evagination, the base-
ment membrane sinks in near the center of the disc, then becomes
folded on itself and pushes out into the elongated bases of the cells as
a doul)le sheet extending nearly the length of the disc. The different
stages of the elongation and narrowing of the cells and the formation
of the wing cavity by the evagination of the basement membrane into
the disc, coincident with the i)ushing downward of the apex of the
wing can be seen in Figs. 7, 19, 35, 36, 38. Fig. 38 shows the stage
of development reached by the wing about the beginning of the pre-
])upal period, at which time trachea and tracheoles begin to push into
the wing and the vein cavities are formed. This method of develop-

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ment of the wing, though described from T. plastograpJnis applies
equally well to the Bruchidc^ (^BnicJius sp.) and to certain of the Bu-
prestidre as well as to D. iHileiis.

With the growth of the wing downward there is a corresponding
pushing upward of the invagination at the lower edge thus bringing
the wing outside the body, between the hypoderm and the cuticle,
while the increase in the size of the body keeps pace with the growth
of the wing, so that, although the wing is constantly growing down-
ward and increasing in length, it does not push past the s])ur or pro-
jection in the hypoderm below it until that disappears by the stretch-
ing of the hypoderm, late in the prepupal period.

( To be continued.)

Class I, HEXAPODA.

Order IV, DIPTERA.
BRIEF NOTES ON MOSQUITO LARVAE.

By Harrison G. Dyar, A.M., Ph.D.,

Washington, D. C.

Larva of Anopheles barberi Coq. — Mr. H. S. Barber originally
obtained eggs of this species at Plummer's Island, Md., and turned them
over to the Bureau of Entomology, from whence I received them and
carried one to the last stage. This was late in the fall and the larvae
were lost over winter. Their actual occurrence was unknown to us.
Last summer Mr. F. C. Pratt had the good fortune to discover the
larvae in water in hollow trees at Trapp, Loudon Co., Va. (July 25,
1904). They were taken in charge by Mr. F. Knab, who informs
me that in addition to feeding with the mouth brushes in the usual
way, the larvae were predacious, seizing Cii/ex larvae with great activity.
This remarkable habit for a larva that can exist on a vegetable diet
was observed both by Mr. Knab and Mr. Caudell. Their natural prey
are apparently the larvae of Culex triseriatiis, C. sig.-i/fer and C. res-
tiiaus, the first two of which inhabit normally hollow trees, the last
has been so found by Mr. Pratt.

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Larva. — Head elongate, rounded, narrowed before ; eye very small, round ; an-
tennae short, not exceeding the mouth, all brown-black. Body as usual, hairs of first
two abdominal segments long and branched ; the others markedly shorter ; dorsal
fan shaped tufts present on segments 3-7, but small and with the branches filiform.
Air tube sessile, projecting backward over the anal segment, the comb on the side of
the eighth segment with 12 long, stout teeth, all practically equal in length without
any short ones interpolated. Anal segment with a heavy dark plate reaching half
way down the sides : dorsal tuft of four branched hairs, ventral brush of long plumed
hairs somewhat curved, the barred area surrounded by a chitinous rim, which runs
narrowly to base on ventral line.

Voracity of Psorophora ciliata Fab. — Some forty young larvse
of P. ciliata were collected from a temporary roadside puddle at
Grassytnead, Va., together with an equal number of Ciilex jamaicensis
on June 11. They devoured all \.\\q Jaiiiaiceusis and had begun to
eat each other by the next morning. A large culture of Citlex afro-
palpus was given them, which they despatched before night of the
twelfth and began to eat each other again. As their numbers were
being seriously reduced by their cannabalistic habits, they were then
separated in jars and fed a mixed culture of Ciilex restuans and C.
pipieus from a water barrel. Development was very rapid, pupae being
obtained by June 18.

Larva of T^niorhynchus signipennis Coq. — This species was
bred at Laredo, Tex., by Dr. T. D. Berry. The larvae were found
in a puddle two days after a rain, pupce were formed on the fourth
day and imagoes on the fifth. The larvae are very closely allied to
Culex jamaicensis, differing only in minor details. Their mode of
occurrence and rapid development are likewise similar. As compared
with jamaicensis the upper two hair tufts of the head are single hairs,
not tufts of five or six ; the antennas are all pale whitish, not with the
terminal two thirds black; the four spines of the air tube are very
basally placed, not remotely spaced to reach nearly half the length of
the tube. There are other smaller differences.

Occurrence of Culex aurifer Coq. — The note with this head-
ing printed on page 172 of this Journal as in fault, owing to a misread-
ing of Mr. Brakeley's letter. He now writes me that it wa^ the
adults, not the larva;, that occurred in the fore bay (erroneously
printed " five boy " ) of his dam. I have taken the adults sparingly
at Weekapaug, R. L, near some cold springs in pasture land, in July.
The larvae had, of course, all disappeared before that date.

Synonymy OF Culex trichurus Dyar. — This species has been

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redescribed by Messrs. Felt and Young (Scence, n. s., xx, 312,
1904), under date of September 2, one day latter than the date of
issue of this Journal. They called it C. cinereoborealis. Dr. Felt has
very kindly transmitted to me a specimen of the larva of his species
and there is no doubt of its identity with my tric/turus.

Larva of Culex pui.latus Coq. — This is the species called Ciilex
impi[!^ei- '\n my article on British Columbian mosquitoes (Proc. ent. soc.
Wash., vi, 37, 1 1)04), which was the most abundant species at Kaslo,
B. C. As noted, the larva is closely allied to canadensis, differing
only in minor details, whereas the adult is very different. Of the iirst
stage, I made the following description :

Lai~'(i, Stage I. — Head elliptical, rounded, the mouth large, quadrate, with
well developed brush ; eyes elongate elliptical. Thorax rounded, enlarged, abdomen
submoniliforrn, hairs moderately long, single, the lateral ones double on segments
1-4, gradually becoming shorter and weaker posteriorly. Lateral comb of the eighth
segment a single row of short, stout, pointed-tipped spines. Air tube three times as
long as wide, conical at tip with short, simple basal pecten and hairs beyond. Anal
segment with dorsal tuft, paired, two hairs in each half; no ventral brush. Four
anal processes longer than the segment.

CuLEX AESTIVALIS, NEW SPECIES. — I propose this name for the
species called Culex reptans in my article on British Columbian mos-
quitoes (Proc. ent. soc. Wash., vi, 38, 1904). It is clearly not the
European j-eptans {nemorosiis), nor is it lazarciisis Felt &: Young,
which has a peculiar larva that I had not seen till I examined a speci-
men kindly sent to me by Dr. Felt. The larva of icstivalis is char-
acterized by the air tube being about three times as long as wide, the
pecten without detached teeth, followed by the tuft ; anal segment
almost completely ringed by the plate, the barred area running nearly
to the base, two tufts before it practically reaching base ; comb of the
eighth segment a large patch of thorn-shaped spines fully three rows
deep.

Synonymy OF Culex functor Kirby. — As this form has been
identified by Mr. Coquillett and myself, it is identical with Culex
abserratus of Felt & Young (Science, n. s., xx, 312, 1904), as I
learn from an examination of their specimens. If we are correct in
our identification of Kirby's species, abserratus will be cited as a
synonym thereof. The larva is characteristic by the smallness of the
comb of the eighth segnient and the complete encircling of the anal
segment by its plate (Journ. N. Y. ent. soc, xii, 169, 1904, pi. ix,
fig. I).

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Identity of Culex fitchii Felt & Young. — This is the form
described as " cantaiis 2 " by Mr. Knab and myself (Proc. ent. soc.
Wash., vi, 143, 1904). Whether the European cantans Meig. really
occurs in America at all is a question we are unable to decide at
present, and if it does, it is as likely to hejitchii as the form '■'■cantans
I." Euro|)ean larvae must be compared.

THE EGGS OF CULEX TERRITANS WALKER.

By Frederick Knab,

Urban A, III.

During the summer of 1903, in examining rain-barrels for mos-
quito material, egg-clusters were several times found upon the sides of
the barrel some distance above the surface of the water. At first it
was thought that these egg-boats had come into that situation by some
disturbance of the water, but later a number of them were found in
the same barrel and at different heights from the water — some of them
six or eight inches above the water-level. It was also noticed that the
longitudinal axis of the cluster was always vertical and there could be
no doubt that the eggs were deposited in that situation. These egg-
boats were easily detached and when placed in water floated in the
ordinary manner of the eggs of Culex pipiens and Culex restuans and
the eggs hatched within a day. The larvae from these eggs proved to
be those of Culex territans, which was also the most abundant form in
the barrel in question. It may be added that this rain-barrel stood in
a large and well-shaded picnic grove and nearby were several small
ponds fed by springs where the larvae of Culex territans, and of that
species only, were abundant. Upon a previous occasion four egg-
boats of Culex territans vfero. found at the margin of one of these little
ponds. They were under a projecting tussock attached to its base
just above the surface of the water. Doubtless the eggs find their
way to the surface of the water by some mechanical means and most
likely are washed down by a heavy dew or a rain. Probably they do
not hatch until they reach the water.

Upon August 16, 1904, it was my good fortune to come upon a
mosquito of this species in the act of ovipositing. In the above
mentioned grove was a discarded dish-pan partly filled with rain water

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and upon its steep side the mosquito was depositing its egg-cluster.
About half the eggs were already laid. The moscjuito sat face upward,
the tips of her hind legs just touching the edge of the water. Her
legs were placed well apart in the ordinary resting attitude, her
abdomen turned abruptly downward. A very slight backward and
forward motion of the abdomen could be discerned as the eggs were
extruded in rather quick and regular succession. The last half of the
cluster was laid in about eighteen minutes — from 10.45 ^o ii-03 i"
the forenoon. The manner in which the eggs are extruded and placed
against the preceding ones is remarkable.

Although the abdomen is bent almost straight downward, the mouth
of the ovipositor is turned dorsally and upward so that the egg, which
appears with the tapering end foremost, is pushed upward along the
dorsal side of the abdomen until nearly the entire egg is exposed. A
slight backward motion of the abdomen then pushes the egg against
the cluster, the basal part of the egg being first brought in contact.
When oviposition was completed the mosquito walked slowly up the
side of the pan and was then captured.

The completed egg-cluster contained 132 eggs laid in eight very
regular rows with the slightly curved eggs all turned in the same di-
rection. Only at one end of the cluster, that towards which the eggs
are curved, and its beginning, I judge, the regularity of the arrange-
ment is broken. The number of eggs in each row was as follows : 11,
16, 18, 19, 19, 19, 18, 12. The egg is cylindrical, about four times
as long as broad. The lower end is spherically rounded ; the upper
third tapers very gradually, is slightly curved and ends in a blunt
])oint. The color, by direct light, is brownish gray, darkening at the
tip. The surface of the egg appears smooth but under a high power
is seen to be very finely and rather closely granulate. Along the
sides are traces of the secretion by which the eggs were fastened to-
gether. The eggs adhere together quite firmly and it is only by some
little force that one of them can be detached. As a result of the slight
taper and curvature of the eggs towards the top the cluster is slightly
convex at the bottom. Before hatching the eyes of the larva show
through as two dark red spots about one fourth above the base of the
egg and the segments of the larva may be also faintly discerned.
The eggs when first laid are pure white, shining, and darken very
slowly. When examined three fourths of an hour later (11.50) they
were still white and an hour after this (12.50) they were just tinged

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with blue-gray. Two hours later (2.50) they were of a gray such as
that of the freshly broken surface of cast iron and at 4.20 they were
a dark iron gray and had not yet attained their full coloring.

Upon the same day, at 1.25 p. m., a second mosquito was found
ovipositing close by the first egg-cluster. Over one third of the eggs
were already laid. The attitude and behavior of this mosquito were
much like those of the other one. The hind legs, however, were
placed closely along the sides of the egg cluster, while in the other
mosquito they had been well apart. It is quite possible that the hind
legs are crossed in the beginning to receive the first few eggs, as
Reaumur has observed in Ciilex pipiens. The second mosquito con-
cluded her egg-laying in 15 minutes and flew suddenly away. The
egg-cluster was more elongate and straight-sided than the first one
and contained 105 eggs in six rows. The number of eggs in the rows
was: 6, 21, 21, 21, 20, 16.

The day upon which these observations were made was warm and
partly cloudy.

My experience in western Massachusetts has been that, aside from
the species frequenting rain-barrels, Culex territavs is the only species
of Culex breeding continuously and in numbers throughout the sum-
mer. It frequents pools in the woods with clear cool water and
ditches with a slight current. I have also found a few of the larvee in
a clear mountain spring. The attitude of the larva when at the sur-
face is very characteristic and enables one at once to distinguish it
from closely related forms. The breathing tube is vertical while the
body is horizontal in position. In all other forms that I have seen
the body inclines downward at a greater or less angle.

The eggs of Cti/ex ierritans have been noted by Dr. Dyar (Science,
n. s., xvi, 672, 1902) who says " they are laid in little groups of two
or three side by side." It is obvious, however, that he observed only
the parts of a cluster that had become broken apart after hatching.

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Class I, Hexapoda.

Order V, LEPIDOPTERA.
POISON IVY CATERPILLARS.

By Harrison G. Dyar, A. M., Ph.D.,

Washington, D. C.

Two similar Pyralid larva; may be found on poison ivy leaves, liv-
ing solitary in a loose open web, by which the leaves are more or less
folded or united. They rest in the web, not on the leaf, and are con-
spicuous by their bright colors. Both were known to the late Dr. C.
V. Riley, though I do not find that he ever published descriptions of
them. He confused the two species, as is evidenced by his giving them
both the same number. One of them, perhaps both, were seen by the
late Dr. Geo. D. Hulst, and he refers to one in a very brief and in-
adequate manner (Ent. Amer., v. 52, 1889). Last summer at Week-
apaug, R. I., I found poison ivy very abundant and had the oppor-
tunity to observe both species. I made the following notes :

Epipaschia superantalis Clemens.

£ggs. — Elliptical, flat like the eggs of Cochlidiidos, laid singly or in small groups
a little overlapping, i X -^ mm. in size. Opaque pale yellowish, with a narrow clear
rim ; surface dull, densely coarsely reticulate with rounded raised lines, appearing
somewhat granular. On the next day the embryos had developed and the eggs were
suffused with pinkish-red. Hatched in nine days.

Stage I. — Head held flatly, whitish with a smoky brown band on the sides con-
tinuing the lateral line of the body and a mark bordering the clypeus. Body slender,
straight, whitish colorless, distinct subdorsal and lateral vinous brown lines running
the whole length, narrow, sharp. Feet normal, concolorless, the anal ones lined by
the lateral stripe. The subdorsal line is elliptically remote on joint 2. The larvae sat
on the back of a leaf on a loose web, free of the leaf and lying parallel to the veins.

Stage II. — Head greenish luteous, a black band on each side and an abbreviated
v-mark over the clypeus ; width .4 mm. Body slender, greenish, greener dorsally ;
a broad black-brown lateral band composed of the subdorsal and lateral lines being
joined by an interpolated lateral line. Anal feet reddish lined, outstretched ; other
feet pale.

Stace III — Head .6 mm., as before, white with black marks. The anal feet
are black lined above.

Sti7ge IV. — Head white over the clypeus and a dot at the apex of each lobe, the
rest black ; width 1. 05 mm. Body yellow dorsally, with traces of a dark dorsal line
intersegmentally ; sides black, enclosing the narrow white lines that divide the black

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nearly evenly, tlie upper third being rather the broadest. Below waxy white, feet
pale, anal feet dorsally black lined.

Stage V. — Head black, a bright white spot in the clypeus, dot on paraclypeus and
long spot each side of clypeus; width 1.5 mm. Dorsal band orange; sides black
with light blue lines approximate in the center ; subventer pale yellow, venter and
feet whitish, anal feet black above. No shields.

Stage VI. — No change; width of head 2 mm. When mature, the larvK be-
came orange colored and entered the earth to pupate. They formed cocoons of sand
and silk.

Food plants, Rhus radicans, Rhus vertiix.

Epipaschia zelleri Grote.

Stage II'. — Head rather elongate, held flatly, luteous, shining, a broad light
red, slender band on each side, cut into angular spots ; width one mm. Body slender,
tapering posteriorly, anal feet divergent ; joint 2 light red like the head with pale
lines of the body ; anal feet with dorsal dark red stripe. Body light green, four yel-
lowish white lines in dorsal space ; lateral area broadly black, cut by a faint filiform
pale line above and the lower edge separated to form a suprastigmatal line. Traces
of a subventral black line on the thorax in spots ; feet pale, concolorous. Tubercle
iii of joint 12 in enlarged and pale, else tubercles small and jbscure, concolorous;
setae moderate, pale, iv -j- v.

Stage V. — Without change. W^idth of head 1. 5 mm.

Stage J'l. — Head light red with pale freckles ; width 2.2 mm. liody yellow,
dorsal line blackish, addorsal line gray; sides black with faint white line above and
more distinct one below. Venter whitish, with traces of a subventral blackish line on
thorax. Joint 2 light red ; anal feet dark red. The larva; entered the earth of spin.

Food plant, Rhus radicans.

Change of name {Meso/euca) of a genus of Hemileucid
Moths. — In my article " New generic types of bombycine moths,"
published in this Journal, vol. xi, December, 1903, I proposed the
name Mesoleiica, for a new genus of Hemileucida^. The name, how-
ever, as Dr. Dyar kindly informs me, is preoccupied by Hiibner's
genus of Geometridse. I accordingly beg leave to change the name
\.o Meroleuca (Gr. //t/>"9, part; Kzu/j'xi, white). The two names are
sufficiently distinct to prevent confusion.

A. S. Packard.

Dec , 1904] BUENO : HeMIPTERA FoUND NEAR NeW YoRK. 251

Class I, HEXAPODA.

Order IX, HEMIPTERA.

A LIST OF CERTAIN FAMILIES OF HEMIPTERA

OCCURRING WITHIN SEVENTY MILES

OF NEW YORK.

By J. R. de la Torre Bueno,
Nk.w York, N. Y.

The list of Hemiptera that I now present is necessarily not as
complete or as perfect as it might have been had I collated authori-
ties and gone into an extensive examination of other collections
than Mr. Davis's and my own. In publishing this list I am moved
by two considerations : first, that outside of the work done by Mr. E.
P. Van Duzee about Buffalo, similar work has not been attempted
elsewhere in the state to my knowledge, and, consequently, any
records bearing on the Hemipterous fauna of this vicinity, however
isolated they may be, cannot be valueless, at least in helping for the
moment other students of distribution and the problems involved ;
and later it may be serviceable to some slight degree as a foundation
for the extensive and complete list that there should be of the ento-
mological fauna of New York State ; second, that in making these
records I wish to preserve in a much more permanent form than pinned
insects the fruit of my collecting. It seems to me almost trite to say
that printer's ink will last longer than pinned bugs. Then, also, this
list would be more accessible to distant friends than would my boxes.

The deficiencies of work of this nature are inseparable from its
character. A list is a list. It cannot be a synopsis, neither can it be
a key for the determination of species, nor can it legitimately be
criticised because it is not a handbook. As a mere enumeration of
forms occurring within certain definite limits a list is of intrinsic value
in the study of the distribution of species, with which many of the
most momentous problems of economic entomology are bound up.
That this is a rational view of the matter is attested to by what Amer-
ican entomologists of repute have said about it in their writings.
Professor Herbert Osborn referring to this says : *

* " Remarks on the Hemipterous Fauna of Ohio, with a Preliminary Record of
Species." Contrib. Dept. Zool. and Ent., O. S. U., No. 2. Ohio State Acad Sci.,
8th Ann. Rep., pp. 60-79.

252 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xii.

" If there is any need of an apology for the study of a local
fauna, it would seem to be sufficient to call to mind the numerous
])roblems of geographical distribution, life zones and dispersal that are
presented by every group of animals and for the solution of which
complete records of local faunae become indispensable. At first sight
it may seem less essential to secure such records from the different
parts of a large area having primarily one faunal zone ; but the facts
reveal that in many cases the distribution of particular species presents
peculiar limitations, and the recognition of these is essential in any
consideration of more general groups. While the study of remote and
exceptional localities may give more striking and immediate results an
extended and systematic study of particular groups must be the basis
for final conclusions regarding many of the more obscure laws."

On the same subject, Mr. Edward P. Van Duzee says:* "The
publication of faunal lists constitutes a very important element in the
literature of entomology as well as in that of other branches of Natural
History. They form the basis of our studies on the geographical
distribution of species and throw much light on the origin of our
fauna and its relation to that of other countries and zoogeographical
regions."

Of recent years, quite a number of local lists of Heteroptera
have been published, among them, in addition to the two quoted
from, the following by Prof. Osborn, " Contributions to the Hemipter-
ous Fauna of Iowa," Proc. la. Acad. Sci., Vol. IV., and "Additions
to the List of Hemiptera of Iowa, with Descriptions of New Species,"
Proc. la. Acad. Sci., Vol. V. Mr. Van Duzee has also published
" Hemiptera of Beulah, N. M.," in Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, XXIX,
March, 1903. There are in addition to these, "Preliminary List of
the Hemiptera of Colorado," by Prof. Gillette and C. F. Baker,
Bull. 31, Tech. Ser. I, State Agr. Coll. Exp. Sta., Ft. Collins, Col.,
1895, and a number of partial lists by Prof. Uhler, which it is need-
less to recite. The list of Hemiptera contained in Prof. Smith's
New Jersey List, so well known and appreciated by local entomolo-
gists, and last, but certainly not least, Prof. Uhler's "Check List,"
may also be cited.

I am indebted to Mr. Otto Heidemann for determinations in
Coreid^e and Aradid^e, and to Mr. E. P. Van Duzee for the Penta-

*"A List of the Hemiptera of Buffalo and Vicinity," Bull. Buff. Soc. Nat.
Sci., Vol. V, No. 4, pp. 16S-204.

Dec, 1904.] Crosby : Phalangids Found near Ithaca, N. Y. 253

tomidje. All other determinations are by me, except as noted. My
good friend Mr. W. T. Davis, has been of great assistance by per-
mitting me to take the records from his local collection, which is
certainly a very full one and contains many of the insects noted
further on from unusual localities.

The families Lyga^id^e, Capsidae,* Acanthiid®, Tingitid?e, Redu-
viidae and CorixidcC are omitted, either by reason of scant material,
or because, as in the Corixidte, there exists a great specific confusion.
Those enumerated are taken in order, according to the more com-
monly accepted classifications, commencing with the highest and end-
ing with the lowest. Such changes in nomenclature as are made will
be explained where they occur.

( To he continiied. )

Class III, ARACHNID A.

Order III, PHALANGIDEA.

NOTES ON SOME PHALANGIDS COLLECTED
NEAR ITHACA, N. Y.

Rv Cyrus R. Crosby,

Penn Van, N. Y.

The two following new species of Phalangids I place in the
genus Caddo Banks although they differ from C. agilis Banks, its
type, in characters which Banks considered generic. Both species
have the abdomen more distinctly segmented above and C. glaiicopis
has only two spines on the base of the femur of the palpus.

Caddo glaucopis, new species. (Fig. 4.)

Female. — Length, 4 mm.; height of abdomen, 1.6 mm.; width of abdomen,
I. 2 mm.

Tergal portion of body dark reddish-brown marked with silvery white, the
sternal portion silvery white, tinged with yellow.

Eye tubercle wide and deeply hollowed between the eyes ; a black ring
around each eye surrounded by light yellowish gray; the rest of the tubercle
brownish yellow except a median stripe and the whole anterior face which are silvery.

* A list of the Capsids has been prepared by Mr. Heidemann and immediately
follows this paper.

254 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xn.

The lateral and anterior border of the cephalothorax edged with silver cNcept where
interrupted in front by a narrow median reddish brown stripe. Dorsum of cephalo-
thorax behind the eye tubercle marked by two transverse sutures thus giving three
distinguishable segments of which the posterior is broad and the one preceding it
very narrow. The dorsum of abdomen consists of nine segments including the
pygidium ; the ventral side, consists of seven segments including the hypopygidium ;
the sixth segment is nearly as wide as the fifth.

Ihe silvery white dorsal marking consists of a median stripe broken into spots
on the last three segments. On the dorsal aspect the borders of the segments are
marked by transverse bands of silvery white, enlarged laterally, and thus forming a
latero-dorsal row of spots. On the lateral aspect, between this row of spots and the
edge of the tergum,^ the ground color is broken by many obscure yellowish brown
spots ; edge of tergum with a narrow border of the same color. There are two
short erect spines on the anterior part of the first abdominal tergite. Each ventral

Fig. 4.

segment of the abdomen except the first armed with a single series of short black
spines ; the first segment with many similar spines not arranged in series ; each coxa
with a series of spines on the ventral surface.

Ovipositor banded with light brown, the bands divided into half rings by a
longitudinal white line on each side. Each band has a single row of black hairs
borne on little white tubercles ; the branched portion darker with white tips and with
the hairs longer ; sheath of the ovipositor with granulations in rows crossing each
other at an oblique angle.

Chelicerse light with a silvery reflection, darker above and on base of second
segment ; claws nearly black ; three small spines near the end of first segment
above and a few on distal end of second segment.

Falpus light, darker above, trochanter with scattered stiff hairs below and a few
above, three long black-tipped spines on basal part of femur, two hairs near base of
first spine and one between second and third, a few stiff hairs on dorsal side ; the tip
has a projection on the inside covered by a number of strong set£e. Patella, tibia and
tarsus clothed on the inside with strong seta;, the outer surface also sparingly clothed
with weaker setce which become stronger on the tarsus.

Legs.

I.

Feni.

1-34

Pat.

•38

Tib.

■•7

Met.

2-52 (4)

Tar.

3.46 (18

IV.

Palpus

1.44

•4

• 41

•4

2.18

•4

4 (7)

5-23 (24)

.6

Dec, 1904 1 Crosby: Phalangids Found near Ithaca, N. Y. 255

The following table gives in millimeters the length of the segments

of the legs and palpus. The figures in parentheses give the number

of false joints.

II.
1. 91

• 41
2.4

2.86 (6 or 5)
4-3 (24)

This species differs from C. agilis Banks in the more angular out-
line of the eye tubercle, in the greater depth of the median furrow
and in the proportion of the segments of the palpus, the femur, patella
and tibia being about equal in length. It is also larger and the color
markings do not agree with the description of that species.

One specimen was taken after a heavy rain on a tree trunk on a
heavily wooded bank near Ithaca, N. Y., August, 1903.

Caddo boopis, new species.

female. — Length, I mm. ; width of abdomen, .6 mm. ; widtli of eye tubercle
.48 mm.

Dorsum of body reddish brown crossed by narrow light lines broken into spots
near the edge ; underside grayish brown. Eye tubercle very large and provided with
a broad furrow, dull yellow in the furrow and in front. Each eye with a broad,
black ring surrounded by yellowish.

On the tergum two segments are visible on the cephalothorax and eight besides
the pygidium on the abdomen ; the ventral surface of the abdomen consists of seven
segments including the hypopygidium.

Chelicerce whitish except the claws which are black. Legs and palpus dark
gray. Trochanter of palpus armed beneath with a large tubercle bearing two spines,
one large and one small ; two large spine-bearing tubercles at base of femur, one at
middle of the ventral side and near the tip on the inside ; one on the proximal half of
the patella and two on the tibia below. The outer side of the whole palpus nearly
naked, while the inner side is thickly clothed with strong hairs becoming more dense
on the tarsus. The tarsus is directed obliquely mesad. Ovipositor short, armed with
three transverse rows of setae before the fork ; each branch black at tip and armed
with many black setre and one large five-branched spine.

Legs

I.

II.

III.

IV.

Palpus.

Fem.

•43

.67

55

.84

.41

Pat.

.14

•17

14

.19

•24

Tib.

•36

•53

38

•5

.14

Met.

.46

•55

53

.86

Tar.

•55 (6)

•77(6)

67 (6)

■91

(7)

•17

Two specimens taken in sifting leaves on a heavily wooded bank
near Ithaca, N. Y., August, 1904.

236 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi xii.

Leiobunum calcar Wood.

Female. — Length, 7.4 mm. ; width, 4 mm.

Dorsum mottled yellow and brown with the brown central marking distinct in
front and darker in spots along the edge. Back of the eye tubercle the marking covers
about one half the width of the cephalothorax. It narrows to the second abdominal
segment, and then gradually expands posteriorly at the same time becoming more
indistinct. Abdomen marked beneath with gray brown transverse bands separated by
bands of light gray. Coxae darker than in the male ; legs lighter. Chelicerse uni-
form grayish yellow except the tips of the claws, which are black.

Trochanter of palpus brownish yellow, patella and tibia darker, tarsus much
lighter; femur armed below with a row of short tubercles, slightly more distinct at
the place corresponding to that occupied by the process in the male. Patella enlarged
distally on the inside and thickly clothed with fine stiff hairs ; dorsal and lateral sur-
face armed with scattered blunt tubercles. Tibia armed below with a row of blunt
tubercles. Tarsus without tubercles, but clothed with fine white appressed hairs and
black erect setae.

Wood (Comm. Essex Inst., VI, p. 27) described a female Pha-
langid which he doubtfully considered the female of this species.
Weed (Am. Nat., XXI, p. 935 ; Bull. 111. St. Lab. Nat. Hist., Ill, p.
90 ; Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XVI, p. 554) has expressed a doubt as to
the generic position of this species owing to the presence of a process
on the femur of the palpus of the male.

A pair of this species in coitii was collected by Prof. J. H. Com-
stock at Taughannock Falls, N. Y., August 21, 1902.

I wish to thank Professor Comstock for the privilege of using
material in the Cornell University collections and for many valuable
suggestions in the preparation of this paper.

Phalangids in the District of Columbia.
The following Phalangids have been taken in the vicinity of Wash-
ington, D. C. Scotolemon flavesceus Pack. Under dead leaves. Caddo
agilis Banks. Among dead leaves, variable in markings, type was
immature. Liobiuuun nigripalpi Wood. Uncommon. LiobinuDii
crassipalpis Banks. One specimen. Liobuuuiu vitfattuii Say. Abun-
dant. Liohiimnn longipes ^^'eed. In small trees. LiobiinuDi fonnosiim
Wood. Common. Liobuni/iii polifin/i WeeA. Common. Liobunum
venMcosiim Wood. Rather common. Hadrobiiiiiis graude Wood.
Not rare.

Nathan Banks.

J O U R KT JL U

OF THE

3H^ttJ 13crrh IFniontorlcrgtirnl ^crcicitr.

Publishes articles relating to any class of the subkingdom Arthropoda, subject
to the acceptance of the Publication Committee. Original communications in this
field are solicited.

Editorial.

In the article by Mr. Beyer in our last issue (page i68), there are
three errors, chargeable to illegible manuscript. Trachelicus miamana
should read Trachelizus uncwiani/s, Vaseletia vase/eta s\\o\x\dYea.d Vasse-
letia vasseleti and Brenthtis lutans, on the last line, should be Bren-
thiis lucaniis. As Mr. Schaeffer was absent in Texas, we did not get
these corrections in season.

We learn that some of the members of the Society think that a
predominant place in the Journal should be given to articles on North
American Coleoptera and Lepidoptera, since a majority of our readers
are interested in these subjects. We have no objection to printing
such articles, but have to depend on our contributors, since we are not
able to write the whole Journal ourselves. The Coleopterists are given
a hearing in this number. Now let the Lepidopterists send us their
manuscript.

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NE\A;' YORK ENTO-
MOLOGICAL SOCIETY.

Meeting ok April 5, 1904.
Held at the residence of Mr. C. H. Roberts, 74 West 119th St. President C.
H. Roberts in the chair with eleven members present.

The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved.
The librarian reported the receipt of the following exchanges :
Verhandl. d. k. k. zool.-bot. Gesellschaft, Vol. LIII, Nos. 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9.
Canadian Entomologist, Vol. XXXII, Nos. 8 and 9 ; Vol. XXXIII, No. 3 ;

257

258 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xn.

Vol. XXXIV, No. 5 ; Vol. XXXV, No. Ii ; Vol. XXXVI, No. I.

First Ann. Re[)'t. on the Noxious Insects of Illinois by B. U. Walsh, 2nd Edi-
tion. 1903.

Proc. of the Canad. Institute, N. S. , Vol. II, Nos. I, 2, 3 and 4.

Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 1903, No. 2.

Insect World, \ol. VII, No. 10.

New Vork Agricultural Exp. Station. Geneva, N. V., Bull., Nos. 239 and 240.

U. S. Dept. of Agriculture ; Division of Entomology, Bull., No. 43.

Philosophical Soc. Washington, Bull., No. XIV, pp. 233-246.

Ohio Naturalist, Vol. IV, Nos. I, 2, 3.

Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Vol. XXXIX, Nos.
6-I4.

Ann. del Museo Nacional de Montevideo, Vol. II, 1903.

Mr. Davis of the field committee reported that the first meeting of the season had
been arranged for Sunday April 17 to Great Kill, Staten Island.

On motion of Mr. Groth the librarian was instructed to send to Mrs. Elliman,
three copies of the Journal containing the resolutions on the death of Mr. A. R.
Grote.

Mr. E. D. Harris read a paper on ' ' .Some Cicindelidas recently received from
British Columbia." Discussed by Messrs. Beyer, Eeng and Schaefler.

Mr. Roberts made some remarks on the flaliplida? and exibited specimens of
nearly all of the known species as well as several that were undoubtedly new. He
stated that he had found well defined characters for separating many of the species in
the peculiar form of the front tarsi.

Meeting of April 19, 1904.

Held at the American Museum of Natural History. President C. H. Roberts in
the chair and nine members and three visitors in attendance.

The minutes of the previous meeting read and approved.

The librarian reported the receipt of the following exchanges:

Canadian Entomologist XXXVI, No. I.

Deutsche Ent. Zeitschrift, No. I, 1904.

The resignation of Mr. John D. Sherman as an active member of the society was
presented and on motion of Mr. Groth was accepted with regret.

Mr. Davis exhibited a number of deformed insects, among which were several
deformed Cecropia moths, an .American silk worm moth with the left forewing want-
ing several grasshoppers with bowed hind tibia- and a walking stick with the left
hind leg much aborted.

Mr. Schaeffer, under " Some Notes on Coleoptera," remarked that he became
interested in the North American Cassidini while working on the material of this
tribe of Chrysomelidx collected by him in Brownsville and as Crotch's paper is of very
little help in the identi fication of our species he intends to publish a short synopsis of
the Cassidini with colored figures of every species, if possible. He exhibited repre-
sentatives of nearly all the species known to him to occur in the United States. lie
stated that while Crotch enumerated fourteen s])ecies there are now known to occur
twenty-five species of Cassidini in the United States. The species formerly reported
as Cassida viridis or thoracica is not that species but C. rubi^iiiosa. As he became

Dec, 1904.] Proceedings of the Society. 259

doulitful of tlie correctness of the former identification, Mr. Schaelfer sent specimens
of this species to Mr. J. Weise, of Berlin, who pronounced them identical with the
European species except that they lack the ferrugineous scutellar spot. Enrypepla
jamaicensis Linn, is another species new to our fauna taken in Key West, Florida,
and sent to him by Mr. Schwarz. The distinction between some of the closely allied
species was given.

Mr. C. \V. Leng gave an interesting account of the collecting trip whicli he and
Dr. Love took in West Virginia last summer.

Meeting of May 3, 1904.

Held at the American Museum of Natural History. In the absence of the Pres-
ident, the Vice-president, Mr. Leng, occuuied the chair with twelve members and
one visitor present.

The treasurer, Mr. Davis, reported a balance of $1,007.62 in the bank.

The secretary presented the resignation of Mr. R. btutz, of Johnsonburg, Pa.,
which was accepted on motion of Mr. Joutel.

Mr. Davis, of the field committee, reported that two outings had been arranged,
one to Great Notch, N. J., on May 15, and the other to Lakehurst, N. J., ^Lay 30,
31 and June I.

On motion of the secretary the society voted to discontinue the meetings during
June.

Mr. Franck read a paper on "The Genus Anthocharis and varieties," and ex-
hibited specimens to illustrate.

He had recently examined about 600 specimens of Aiithccharis which he had in
stock representing nearly all of the species and varieties. On consulting the various
authorities he discovered that they all disagreed regarding the variety hyautis. H.
Edwards and Strecker treat it as a synonym of creiisa. Smith in his new list retains
it as a distinct species. Dyar in his recent list makes it a variety of aiisonidts. Skin-
ner drops coloradensis as a variety of ansonities and accepts liymitis as a variety.
Mr. Franck agreed with Dr. Skinner on this point. He thought there was but slight
excuse for retaining coloi adetuii as a separate variety, as a long series shows all inter-
grades, and only by selecting extremes can perceptible differences be noticed.

He also gave some attention to the group containing sara, reakird, julia and
Stella. The type form (summer form) of sara is easily recognized by its larger size
and by the underside of the wings being much less olive colored. ReakirU (winter
or early spring form) is easily fixed. He finds that the females are not always white
as stated in descriptions for he has freijuently received yellow females from various
localities in California which were captured at the same lime with white males. 1 o
julia, accepted as a variety o{ sara, yellow females are credited, lie jiointed out the
slight differences between rcakirti and julia. In examining a lot from Sonoma Co.,
California, of over 120 specimens he found all males of reakirti form, and females
both white and yellow, white predominating. One lot from Verdi, Nevada, shows
both reakirti and julia males, both white and yellow females. In one lot from
Pasadena, California, both julia and reakirti males, all white females. But in one
lot from Plumas Co., California, of over 200 specimens, all males both reakirti and
julia forms are yellow and all females are yellow.

260 Journal Nfav York Entomological Society. [Voi. xii.

Mr. Franck stated in conclusion that stella is much more entitled to a variety-
name than Julia and the species, in his judgment, should be placed as follows : An-
thocharis sara Bdvl., var. julia Edw., var stella Edw.

Mr. Beyer read a paper on "A Few Notes on Brenthidae " illustrated by speci-
mens. So far as known there are six species of this family in the United States, as
follows: Cylas formicaritis Fab, Eupsalis iiiimita \)x\\\y, Tra( helizus tincitnamis,
Vasseleiia vasseleti, Brenllius anchorago Linn., Breiitlnts pmiiisularis Horn.

Mr. Franck reported that he had recently received from Ringhamton, N. V., a
specimen of Colias philodice having two heads, with three antennae.

Mr. Leng called on Rev. C. J. S. Bethune to address a few remarks to ihe
society. Mr. Bethune responded by giving an account of the early history of the
Ontario Entomological Society and outlined some of the work which the society has
been doing of recent years in connection with the Department of Agriculture of the
Dominion of Canada.

The remarks were listened to with much interest and upon request of the Vice-
President Dr. Zabriskie expressed the pleasure of the society in having Mr. Bethune
with us and thanked him for his interesting talk.

Meeting of May 17, 1904.

Held at the American Museum of Natural History. President Roberts in the
chair with ten members present.

The minutes of the previous meeting read and approved.

The committee in reference to holding one meeting a month reported progress.

On motion of Mr. Joutel the society voted to donate 85. 00 to the elevator man.

On motion of Mr. Leng the society voted to donate three volumes of the Journal
to the Allgemeine Zeit. f. Ent.

Mr. Leng exhibited specimens of two varieties of Omits from the vicinity of
Kaweah, California, collected by Mr. Ralph Hopping. The specimens are not
identical with any previously described variety but approach nearest to licvis and ht-
tennedius. A letter from Mr. Hopping was shown with a sketch map of the vicinity
showing that the intermedius form occurs in the chapparal belt, 3, coo to 4,500 feet
elevation ; while the uzvis form occurs in the pine belt, elevation 5^000 to 7,000 feet.

Mr. Schaeffer mentioned that the Anthribidas were well represented in Browns-
ville, Texas. Eighteen species were known to him to occur there of which several
are new species ; one or two Taxotrapis, one Gonops, one Phanicobhis, two An'hri-
biis, a species near Brachytarsis, a new genus and a very interesting species which
does not fit any of the genera known to him. This latter species has the cavities for
the insertion of the antennae visible from above and the prothoracic carina antebasal.
These characters put it in Lecordaire's " Anthribides anoceres, Group II, Natioxe-
nides," but it differs greatly from the genus Notioxenus which makes the erection of
a new genus for this species necessary. 16 out of the 18 known species were taken
by him in Brownsville and were exhibited, also colored drawings of nearly all of the
species of the North American Cassidini for his intended paper on this tribe of the
Chrysomelidae.

H. G. Barber, .Secretary.

Index to Volume XII

Acanthops sinuata Stoll, 185
AcmEeodera rubescens Schaeffer, n. sp.,

210
Acontista bimaculata Sauss. , 1 85
Acropteroxys gracilis Newni., 200
Actenodes flexicaulis Schaefier, n. sp.,
209
table of species, 209
Adobe walls, insects in, 30
Adoneta bicaudata Dyar, n. sp. , 43

larva of, 43
Agia eborata Hulst, 46
Agrilus dollii Schaeffer, n. sp., 210
Allocosa Bks., n. gen., 113
Allotropa japonica Ashm., n. sp., 74
Aniblyaspis japonica Ashm., n. sp., 74
Ammophila superciliaris Sauss., 6
Amplulex compressa, Fab., 7
Anacrvptus japonicus Ashm., n. sp. , 147

koebelei Ashm., n. sp. , I48
Anaglypti, table of genera, 222
Anaplecta albomarginata S. & Z., 182

lateralis Burm., 182
Anastatus albitarsis Ashm., n. sp., 154
brevipennis A.shm., n. sp. , 154
gastropachte Ashm., n. sp. , 153
japonicus Ashm.,n. sp., 153
stantoni Ashm., n. sp., 14
Anastrepha pallens Coq., n. sp. , 35
Andricus japonicus Ashm., n. sp. , 81
Anemotropism, a case of, 174
Anisolabis asteca Dohrn, 180
Anisomorpha borellii Gig.-Tos., 186
Anopedias japonicus Ashm., n. sp., 75
Anopheles barberi Coq. , larva of, 243
Anthocharis, remarks on species of, 259
Anthophora cingulata Fab., 2

zonata L., 2
Anthribidii; in Texas, 260
Anthribus bipunctatus Schaeffer, n. sp.,

235

penicellatus Schaefier, n. sp., 236

table of species, 236
Apanteles manilne Ashm., n. sp. , 19

philippinensis Ashm., n. sp., 19
Apatelodes pudefacta Dyar, n. sp. , 42
Aphanogmus hakonensis Ashm., n. sp.,

Aphelinus japonicus Ashm., n. sp. 161

Aphidencyrtus pallidipes Ashm., n. sp.,

15

Aphilanthops Patton, 141

bakeri Bun., 142

concinnulus Cock., 141

frigidis Sm., 141

laticinctus Cress., 142

([uadrinotatus Ashm., 142

table of species, 141

taurulus Cock., 141
Aphycus albopleuralis Ashm., n. sp., 155
Apis dorsata Fab., 2

mellifera L. , 2

nigrocmcta Sm., 2

unicolor Latr. , 2

zonata Sm., 2
Apollophanes texana Bks., n. sp., 113
Apterygida linearis Esch., 181
Ashmead, Wm. H., articles by, i, 65, 146
Ataxia spinicauda Schaefier, n. sp. , 224
Auchenomus minor Caud., n. sp., 108

Banks, Nathan, articles by, 53, 109, 256
Banunculus dubia Caud., n. sp. , 186
Beyer, Gustav, articles by, 30, 164
Blatella borelli Gig.-Tos., 183

conspersa Brun., 183

germanica Linn., 183
Bracon deceptor Sm., 18

luteifrons Br., 18

nigrifrons Br., 18
Brenthidns, a few notes on, 168
Brenthis andersoni Dyar, n. sp., 39
Brenthus anchorago Linn., 168

lucanus Horn, 168

peninsularis Horn, 169
Brief notes on mosquito larvje, 172, 243
Bruchus arizonensis Schaefier, n. sp., 229

gibbithorax Schaefier, n. sp. , 230

julianus Horn, 229

texanus Schaeffer, n. sp., 231
Brunneria brasiliensis Sauss., 185
Bueno, J. R. de la T., article by, 251
Busck, August, articles by, 44, 45, 177

Cabnia Dyar, n. gen., 108

myronella Dyar, n. sp., 108

Caddo boopis Crosby, n. sp., 255
glaucopis Crosby, n. sp. , 253

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Callirhytis hakonensis Ashm., n. sp. , 8i

tobiiro Ashm., n. sp., 82
Calosoma dietzii Schaeffer, n. sp. , 197
Calosoter albitarsis Ashm., n. sp., 153

anemetus Walk., 14
Camponotus cinerascens Fab., lo

gigas Latr., 10

pallidus Sm., lO
Camptodes, synopsis of species, 204

texanus Schaefter, n. sp., 203
Cardioptera vitrea UeH., 185
Case bearer in China, injurious to apple

and plum, 45
Cassida rubiginosa in America, 258
Caudell, A. N., articles by, 47, 108, 179
Cenophengus pallidus Schaeffer, n. sp. ,
213

table of species, 214
Cerapteroceroides Ashm , n. gen., 156

japonicus Ashm., n. sp., 1 56
Ceratina compacta Sm. , 2

hieroglyphica Sm., 2

philippinensis Ashm., n. sp., 2
Ceraliscus Caud., n. gen., 188

laticeps Caud., n. sp., 188
Cerceris Latr., acanthophila Cock., 138

chilopsidis Vier. &Cock.,n. sp., 136

convergens Vier. & Cock. , n. sp. , 136

crotonella Vier. & Cock., n. sp., 139

eriogoni Vier. & Cock., n. sp., 139

femur-rubrum Vier. & Cock., n. sp.,

135
ferruginior Vier. & Cock., n. sp ,

134
fidelis Vier. & Cock., n. sp., 132
finitima Cress., 138
garciana Vier. & Cock., n. sp., 135
japonica Ashm., n. sp., 66
macrosticta Vier. & Cock., n. sp.,

133

nascia Vier & Cock., n. sp., 132

nigrescens Sm., 138

novomexicana Vier & Cock., n. sp.,

137
platyrhina Vier. & Cock., n. sp., 133
populorum Vier. & Cock., n. sp., 135
quinquecincta Ashm., n. sp., 66
rinconis Vier. & Cock., n. sp., 137
rufinoda Cress., 1 38

var. crucis Vier. & Cock., n. var. ,

139

table of species, 129

townsendi Vier. & Cock., n. sp. , 140

vafra Piingh., 6

vicinoides Vier. & Cock.,n.sp. , I40
Ceroptres japonicus Ashm., n. sp., 78
Cerotopogon from Brazil, 35

gutlatus Coq., n. sp., 35

Chalcis albotibialis Ashm., n. sp. 12

argentifrons Ashm., n. sp., 12

Japanese species of, 147

pulcripes Holm., 13
Chalcodermus semicostatus Schaeffer, n.
sp., 232

serripes Fahr , 233

vittatus Champ., 233
Chalcura a-'gineta Walk., 14

nasua Walk., 14
Cheilonurus japonicus Ashm., n. sp., 156
Chittenden, F. H., articles by, 27, 166
Chlorion lobatum Fab., 6
Chrysis fuscipennis P>r., 8
Chrysobothris beyeri Schaeffer, n. sp., 207

peninsularia Schaeffer, n. sp., 207

purpureoplagiata Schaeffer, n. sp.,
206

subapaca .Schaeffer, n. sp., 208
Cinyra prosternalis Schaeffer, n. sp., 205
Clerus palmii Schaeffer, n. sp., 218
Clytochrysus dubiosus Ashm., n. sp., 65
Coccidencyrtus manilre Ashm., n. sp., 14
Coelioxys philippensis Bingh., 4
Goleophora neviusiella Busck., n. sp. 45
Coleoptera, new genera aud species of,

197
Colias philodice, abnormality of, 260
Colyphus furcatus Schaefter, n sp., 218
Constrachelus rubescens Schaeffer, n.

sp., 232
Copidosoma japonicum Ashm. , n. sp. , 154
Coptopteryx argentina Burm., 185
Coquillett, D. W., articles by 31, 35
Coryphus apicalis Holmg. , 17
Cressonia juglandis A. & S., 93
Crocisa lamprosoma Bd. , 2

nitidula Latr., 2
Crosby, G. R., article by, 253
Cryptocephalus arizonensis Schaeffer, n.
sp., 225

atrofasciatus Jacoby, 226

brunneovittatus Schaeffer, n. sp.,
226

qualuordecimpustulatus Suff. , 226
Cryptoprymnus japonicus Ashm., n. sp. ,

159
Cryptus prKpes Bingh., 17

vesticalis Bingh., 17
Culex abserratus F. & V., 245

ffistivalis Dyar. , n. sp., 245

atropalpus Coq., oviposition of, 1 72

aurifer Coq., 172, 244

cantans Meig., 174, 176

cinereoborealis F. & Y., 245

discolor Coq., 173

dyari Coq., regeneration of antennae
in, 172

Index.

263

Culex fitchii F. & v., 246
pipiens Linn., 177
pullatus Coq., larva of, 245
punctor Kirb., its larva, with notes

on an allied form, 169
punctor Kirb., synomymy of, 245
reptans IMeig., 174
restuans Theob., 176
salinarius Coq., 173
sollicitans Walk., 174
territans Walk., 176
territans Walk., eggs of, 246
triseriatus Say., 176
trichurus Dyar. , n. sp. 170
trichurus L«yar. , synonymy of, 244
varipalpus Coq., life history, go
vittatus Theob., life history, 36, 173

Cylas formicarius Fab., 168

Cymatodera peninsularis Schaeffer, n.
sp., 214
fuchsii Schaefier, n. sp. , 216
latifascia Schaeffer, n. sp., 216
obliquefasciata Schaeffer, n. sp., 215
van dykei Schaeffer, n. sp., 217

Cyphoderris, the genus, 47
monstrosa Uhl., 48

piperi Caud., h. var., 53

Cyphoniyia schrefferi Coq., n. sp., 32

Dasydactylus cnici Schaeffer, n. sp., 200
Davis, Wm. T., article by, 88
Decatoma atamiensis Ashm., n. sp., 151
Dendrocerus ratzeburgi Ashm., n. sp., 70
Dendroctonus valens Hopk., life history,

238
Derostenus bifoveolatus Ashm., n. sp.
160

mitsukurii Ashm., n. sp., 161

nawai Ashm., n. sp., 160
Diacamma versicolor Sm., 10
Diacrita costalis derst., 32
Diapria mitsukurii Ashm., n. sp., 69
Dirhinus anthracia W^alk., 13
Discolia aureipcnnis Lepel., 8

erratica Sm., 8

modesta Sm., 8
Dissolcus japonicus Ashm., 73

flavipes Ashm., n. sp., 73
Dolichpoderus bituberculata Mayr, 10
Dorata inornatella Busck, 178

lineata W'als., 178

virgatella P)Usck, 178
Dryophanta brunneipennis Ashm., n. sp. ,
80

hakonensis Ashm., n. sp. , 81

japonica Ashm., n. sp. , 79

nawai Ashm. n. sp., 80

mitsukurii Ashm., n. sp., 81

Dryophanta serratne Ashm., n. sp. , 8q
Dyar, Harrison (1,, articles by, 36, 39,
90, 105, 169, 172, 178, 243, 249
Dyar & Caudell, article by, 120

Editor, note by the, 47, 93

Editorial, 57, 123, 189, 257

Elachertus atamiensis A.shm., n. sp., 164

basilaris Ashm., n. sp. , 164
Elaphidion subdej^ressum Schaeffer, n.

sp., 220
Elasmus atamiensis Ashm., n. sp., 159

hakonensis Ashm., n. sp. , 159
japonicus Ashm., n. .sp., 160
Elasmocerus californicus Fall., 30
Elis annulata Fab., 9

aureicollis Sm., 9

aurulenta Sm., 9

grossa Fab. , 9

luctuosa Sm., 9

lindenii Elpel, 9
Enaplium granulatipenne Scheafter, n.
sp., 220

nigrescens Schaeffer, n. sp., 221
Enicospilus ashbyi Ashm., n. sp., 17
Epeira emertoni Bks., n. sp., ill
Epipaschia superantalis CI., life history,
249

zelleri Grt., larva of, 250
Epistenia ania Walk., 14

feretius Walk., 14
Epitranus albipennis Walk., 1 47
Epyris atamensis Ashm., n. sp., 67
Erax tuberculata Coq., n. sp., 34
Eremattus Bks., n. gen., 1 17
Eriophyes gossypii Banks, n. sp., 56
Ethmia, new species from Colorado, 44

caliginoselia Busck, n. sp., 44

longimaculella Chamb., larva of,
i>8
Eucerceris Cress., synopsis of species, 84

canaliculata .Say, 88

chapmanre Vier. & Cock., n. sp., 86

fulvipes Cress., 88

var. rhodops Vier. & Cock., n. var.,
88

montana Cress., 86

rubripes Cress., 88

simulatrix Vier. & Cock., n. sp., 87

striareata Vier. & Cock., n. sp., 85

tricolor Cock., 87

unicornis Patt., 87

zonatus Say, 88
Eulophus albitarsis Ashm., n. sp., 164

japonicus Ashm., n. sp., 165

striatipes Ashm., n. sp., 165
Eumenes conica Fab., 8

curvata Sauss. , 8

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Eremenes fulvipennis Sni., 8
gracilis Sauss., 8

Eupelmus formosre Ashm., n. sp., 154

Euplectrus japonicus Ashni., n. sp., 163
manil;<j Aslini., n. sp., 16
nigromaculatus Ashm., n. sp., 163
philippinensis Ashm., n. sp., 16

Eupsalis minuta Dru., 168

Eur}'pepla jamaicensis L. , 259

Eurytoraa appentigaster Swed., I49
atamiensis Ashm., n. sp., 149
binotata Ashm., n. sp., 150
hakonensis .Aslim., n. sp. , 150
japonica Aslim., n. sp., 150
manilensis Ashm., n. sp., 13
mitsukurii Ashm., n. sp., 150
nikkoensis Ashm., n. sp., I49

Evania appefidigaster Linn., 16
impressa Sch., 16
verrucosa Sch., 16

Exoristobia Ashm., n. gen., 15

philippinensis Ash., n. sp., 15

Fidia clematis Schaeffer, n. sp., 227

plagiata Lef. , 227

table of species, 227
Formica quadrisecta Sm., 10

ruba Fab., 10
Franck, Geo., remarks by, 259

Genera, types of, 120
Gnaphosa utahana Bks., n. sp., 1 10
Goniozus japonicus Ashm., n. sp., 67
Gonops fissunguis Lee, 234

Hadronotus hakonensis Ashm., n. sp., 74
japonicus Ashm., n. sp., 74
philippinensis Ashm., n. sp., II

Halticoptera laticeps Ashm , n. sp., 152

Haltichella nasueta Holm., 13
ludlowpe Ashm,, n. sp. , 13
validicornis Holm., 13

Hemiptera within 70 miles of New York,

Heriades Spin., type of, 23

bruneri Titus, n. sp., 24
Herpyllus californicus Bks., n. sp., 1 10
Histers, cater[)illars attacked by, 88
Holopogon latus Coq., n. sp., 33
Homoporus japonicus Ashm., n. sp., 157
Hoplonomia Ashm., n. gen., 4

quadrifasciata Ashm., n. sp., 4
Hydnocera tricolor Schaeffer, n. sp., 219

omogera Horn, 219

Icaria philippinensis Sauss., 7
Icius texanus Hks., n. sp., 116
Isosoma anlica Walk., 149

Ischnoptera brasiliensis Brun., 183
vilis Sauss., 183

Janthinosoma musicum Say., 173
Japan, new Hymenoptera from, 65, 146

Kakerlac borellii Gig.-Tos. , 182
Knab, Frederick, articles by, 1 75, 246

Labia paraguayensis Gaud., n. sp. , 181
Languria apicalis Schaefter, n. sp. , 198

bicolor Fab., 28

biologic notes on, 27

gracilis Newm., 30

laeta Lee, 30

mozardi Latr. , 28

synoptic table of, 198

trifasciata Say., 29
Latheticus prosopis Chitt., n. sp. , 167
Latindia sp. , 184
Leiobunum calcar Wood, 255
Lepidoptera, new species of North

American, 39
Leptopygus stangli Ashm., n. sp. , 18
Leuscopsis japonica Walk., 147
Leucospis regalis Westw., 12
Liacos anilis Fab., 9
Lionotus dyscherus Sauss., 8

punctum Sauss., 8
List of active members of the N. Y. and

Brooklyn Societies, 193
Loberus ornatus Schaefl'er, n. sp., 201
Loboscelidia rufescens Westw., 12
Lophocarenum frontalis Bks., n. sp.. Ill
Lycosa arenicola Scudd., 1 13

apicata Bks., n. sp., 1 14

baltimoriana Keys., 1 14

funerea Hentz., 1 14

lente Hentz., 114
Lyctus californicus Casey, 30
Lygocerus japonicus Ashm., n. sp. , 70

koebelei Ashm., n. sp., 70

Macromeris violacea Lepel, 7
Mantoida brunneriana Sauss., 184
Mar|iissa albopilosa Bks., 1 17
Masicera picta Wulp., 32
Mastogenius reticulaticollis Schaefter, n.

.sp., 210
Megachile atrata Sm., 3

clotho Sm., 3

lachesis Sm., 4

laticeps Sm., 4
Megastigmus japonicus Ashm., n. sp. ,
146

koebelei Ashm., n. sp., 146
Meroleuca Pack., 250
Mesoleuca Pack., 250

Index.

265

Mesosteiioideus literatus ISru., 17

marginatus Bru., 17

phili|ipiiiensis Ashm., n. sp., 17
Metapelma gloriosa Westw., 14
Meleorus bacoorensis Ashm., n. sp., 18
Micropeza stigmatica Wulp., 32
Microplitis maniki; Ashm., n. sp., 20

philippinensis Ashm., n. sp., 20
Microterys japonicus Ashm., n. sp., 155
Miota hakonensis Ashm., n. sp., 68
Misumessus Bks., n. gen., 112

pallidulus Bks., n. sp., II2
Mites, new species of injurious, 53
Monodontomerus japonicus Ashm., n.

sp., 83
Monolexis manilensis Ashm., n. sp.. 20
Monumetha argentifrons Cr., 26
Mosquito larviTe, brief notes on, 172, 243

larva:, epistomal appendages of, 175
Musonia livida Serv. , 184
Mutilla maculofascia Sauss. , 9

nigra Sm., 9

suspiciosa Sm., 9

philippinensis Sm., 9
Myochrous magnus Schaeffer, n. sp., 228

Neoclytus magnus Schaefter, n. sp. , 224
Neochalcis tarsalis Walk., 13
Nesomyia albipes Ashm., n. sp. , 161

cinctiventris Ashm., n. sp., 161
Neuroterus atamiensis Ashm., n. sp., 79

hakonensis Ashm., n. sp., 79

nawai Ashm., n. sp., 79
Nomada lusca Sm., 2
Notogonia laboriosa Sm., 6
Nyctibora confusa Gig. -Tos., 183

Obliogarter taeniatus Bell, 32

Obrium brunneum Schaeffer, n. sp., 223

mozinnje Linnell, 224
Ocroclistis coccidivora Ashm., n. sp., 158
Omus, species of shown, 260
Odontomachus infandus Sm., 10
Odontoptera denticulata Sm., 10
Odynerus bizonatus Bd. , 8
Ollia Dyar, n. gen., 107

santaritella Dyar, n. sp., 108
Olcyphides lateralis Fab., 186
Onychia japonica Ashm., n. sp., 76
Ophelinoideus japonicus Ashm., n. sp.,

163
Orthoptera from Paraguay, a collection

of, 179
Oryssus maculipennis Westw., 21
Oslaria Dyar, n. gen., 4I
Osmia Panz., type of, 26
Osmiin^e, notes on, 22
Oxycnemis subsimplex Dyar, n. s])., 42

Pachyneura gifuensis Ashm., n. sp. , 158

mitsukurii Ashm., n. sp. , 158

nawai Ashm., n. sp., 158
Packard, A. S., article by, 92

note by, 174
Panchlora nivea Linn., 1S4

thala.ssina Scudd., 184
Paraclemensia Busck., n. n., 177
Paraleptynia Caud., n. gen., 187

fosteri Caud., n. sp., 187
Paranonna stantoni Ashm., n. sp., 4
Paraptorthodius Schaeffer, n. gen., 212

mirabilis Schaeffer, n. sp., 212
Parasaphes flavipes Ashm., n. sp., 1 57

japonicus Ashm., n. sp., 157
Pardosa milvina Hentz. , I15

parvula Bks., n. sp., 1 14

texana Bks., n. sp., 1 15
Pelectomoides nubila Gerst., 231

table of species, 231
Pellenes arizonensis Bks., n. sp., 1 18

birgei Peckh., 1 19

calcaratum Bks., n. sp., 117

californicum Bks., n. sp. , 117

coecatum Hentz, 119

klauseri Peckh., 1 18

tarsalis Bks., n. sp. , 118
Pelonium maculicolle Schaeffer, n. sp. ,

219
Pentanodes Schaeffer, n. gen., 222

dietzii Schaeffer, n. sp., 222
Perilampus japonicus Ashm., n. sp., 151
Phalangids collected near Ithaca, N. Y.,

253
Phalangids in theDistrict of Columbia, 256
Phanerotoma philippinensis Ashm., n.

sp., 19
Phanosolena Schaeffer, n. gen., 234

nigrotuberculata Schaeffer, n. sp.,

235
Pheidologiton diversus Jerd., 10
Phidippus basalis Bks., n. sp., I15
Philanthidce of New Mexico, 84, 129
Philanthus Fab., table of species, I42

albifrons Cress., 144

albopilosus Cress., 143

basilaris Cress. , 143

cockerelli Dun., 143

crabroniformis Smith, 143

crotoniphilus Vier. & Cock., n. sp.,

145
gloriosus Cress., 143
pacificus Cress, 144
politus Say., 143
psyche Dun., 143
pulchellus Cress, 144
punctinudus Vier. & Cock., n. sp.

144

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Philanthus scelestus Cress., 144

ventilabris Fab., 144
Philippines, a new Forficulid from, 108
Philippines, Hymenoptera of, I
Phthiria unimaculata Coq., n. sp., 32
Pimpla punctum Bru., 17
Plagiolepis longipes Jerd. , 10
Platyterma ataniiense Ashm., n. sp., 156
Platypteryx arcuata Walk., 93
Plecia bicolor Bell, 32
Pleurotropis atamiensis Ashm., n. sp.,

160
Podagrion quinquecaudatus Ashm., n.

sp., 84
Polia maxima Dyar, n. sp., 40
Polistes chinensis Fab., 7

dubius Sauss., 7

liebrKus Fab., 7

manillensis .Sauss., 7

philippinensis Sauss., 7
Poison ivy caterpillars, 249
Polygnotus gifuensis Ashm., n. sp., 75
Polyrachis aciculata Sm., 10

abdominalis Sm., 10

armata Le(j., 10

bellicosa Sm., 10

bicolor Sm., 10

bihamata Dm., 10

cyaniventris Sm., 10

dives Sm., 10

maligna Sm., 10

maryi Rog., 11

philippinensis .Sm., Ii

rastellata Latr., 1 1

sexspinosa Latr., il
Powell, P. B., article by, 237
Proceedings of the society, 59, 124, 192,

257
Prochelostoma philadelphi Rob., 24
Proctotrypes scymni Ashm., n. .sp., 67

japonicus Ashm., n. sp., 68
Prosopis philippinensis Ashm., n. sp., 5
Protenades Titus, n. gen., 25
Provespa dorylloides Sauss., 7
Pseudotamila avemensis Dyar, n. sp. , 41
Psorophora ciliata Fab., habits, 244
Pseudagenia unifasciata Ashm., n. sp., 7
Pterolonche lineata W'als., 178
Pyla pallidella Dyar, n. sp. , I07

Rhffiboscelis texana Shaeffer, n. sp. , 211
Rhinomalus texanus Schaeffer, n. sp.,

201
Rhodia fugax Butl., 92
Rhodites hakonensis Ashm., n. sp., 82
Rhopalosyrphus guntheri Arrib., 32
Rhus radicans, as food plant. 250
vernix, as food plant, 250

Robertsonella Titus, n. gen., 22

gleasonia Titus, n. sp., 23
Rynchius atrum Sauss., 8

Sactogaster hakonensis Ashm., n. sp., 75
Salebria bakerella Dyar, n. sp., lOS

furciferella Dyar, n. sp., 106

vetustella Dyar, n. sp., 106
Salius bipartitus Lepel, 7

flavus Fab., 7

fulgidipennis Sauss., 7

peregrinus Sm., 7

sericosoma Sm., 7
Sapucay, Paraguay, description of, 179
.Sarata rhoiella Dyar, n. sp., 105
Scaptocosa Bks., n. gen., 113
Sceliphron bengalensis Dahlb.,6

madraspatanum Fab., 6

violaceum Dahlb., 6
Schaeffer, C. , article by, 197
Schizaspidia tenuicornis Ashm., n. sp.,

151

Scolia capitata Guer. , 8

maniUe Ashm., n. sp. , 8

procera IHig. , 8

whiteheadii Bingh.,8
Scoparia torniplagalis Dyar, n. sp., 105
Senoclia albocterulea liingh., 22
Sepsis pleuralis Coq., n. sp., 35
Sidusa arizonensis Bks., n. sp., 1 16

borealis Bks., n. sp., 1x6
Sima allaborans Walk., 10
Smith John B., article by, 93
Spermophagus eustrophoides .Schaeffer,

n. sp., 228
Sphffirophoria picticauda Big., 32
Sphex argentata Dahlb., 6

aurulentus F"ab., 6

maurus Sm., 6

morosus Sm., 6

serica Fab., 6

umbrosus Christ., 6
Sphiximorpha pedicellata Will., 32
Spiders, new genera and species of Ne-

arctic, 109
Spilomicrus japonicus Ashm., n. sp., 69
Stenopogon nitens Coq., n. sp. , 34

pumilus Coq., n. sp., ^;^

tenebrosus Coq., n. sp. , 33
Stephanus coronator Fab., 2i

nigricaudus Sich. , 21

sulcifrons Sich., 21

tarsatus Sich., 21

unicolor Sich., 21
Stilbum amythystina Fab., 8
Stomatoceras hakonensis Ashm., n. sp.,
148

clavicornis Ashm., n. sp., 148

Index.

267

Sympiesis mikado Ashni., n. sp., 164

Sympiesomorpha japonica Ashm., n. sp.,
163

Synergus atamiensis Ashm., n. sp. , 77
gifuensis A.shm., n. sp., 78
hakonensis Ashm., n. sp. , 78
japonicus Walk., 78

Syrphophagus nigrocyaneus Ashm., n.

sp., 155
Syspira pallida Bks., n. sp.. Ill

Tachinsephagus fuscipennis Ashm., n.

sp., 155 . .
Tasniorhynchus signipennis Coq., larva

of, 244
Tarsonemus latus Banks, n. sp., 55
Tarsostenus univittatus Ross, 31
Taylor, Geo. W., article by, 46
Taxotropis irroratus Scliaefler, n. sp., 233
submetallicus Schaefter, n. sp., 234
Technomyrmex albipes Sm., 10
Telenomus Haliday, table of species, "Jl
atamiensis Ashm., n. sp., 72
gifuensis Ashm., n. sp., 73
hakonensis Ashm., n. sp. 73
mitsukurii Ashm., n. sp., 72
nawai Ashm., n. sp., 72
Temelucha philippinensis Ashm., n. sp.,

18
Tenebrionid genus Latheticus in the

United States, 166
Tenuipalpus californicus Banks, n. sp. ,

55
Teretriosoma chalybaeum Horn, 202

se.xualis Shaeffer, n. sp., 203
Teretrius levatus Horn, 203
Tetramorium guinense Fab., 10
Tetranodes niveicollis Linnell, 223
Tetranychoides Banks, n. gen., 54

californica Banks, n. sp., 54
Tetrastichodes pallidipes Ashm., n. sp.,

162
Tetrastichus atamiensis Ashm., n. sp.,
162
hakonensis Ashm., n. sp. , 162
philippinensis Ashm., n. sp., 15
tricolor .\shm., n. sp., 162
Tetricus lobatus Horn, 31
Texas, Diptera from, 31
Thecla critola Hew., 39

oslari Dyar, n. sp., 40
Thorybes mysie Dyar, n. sp., 40
Throscinus schwarzii .Schaeffer, n. sp.,

204
Thryallis undatus Chev., 225
Tillus occidentalis Goch., 31
Tineid genus, a new name for, 177
Tineid moths, two notes on, 178

Tiphia compressa Sm., 9
Titus, E. S. G., article by, 22
Tomarus minutus Bks., n. sp., 1 12
Tomarus chamreropis Schaeffer, n. sp.,

202
Tomicus plastographus Tec, life history,

238
Torymus gifuensis Ashm., n. sp., 83
japonicus Ashm., n. sp. , 82
sapporoensis Ashm., n. sp. , 82
Trachelizus uncimanus Boh., 168
Tremex rugicollis Westw., 21
Trichogramma japonicum Ashm., n. sp.,

165
1 richysis aspera Br. , 8
Trigonalys lachrymosa Westw., 8
Trigonogastra hakonensis Ashm., n. sp. ,

158
Tridymus hakonensis Ashm., n. sp. , 152
Tytthonyx ruficollis Shaeffer, n. sp., 214

Urogaster philippinensis Ashm., n. sp..

stantoni Ashm., n. sp. , 20.

Vasseletia vasseleti Boh., 168
Vespa deusta Lepel., 7

luctuosa Sauss. , 7

nigripennis Sauss., 7

philippinensis Sauss., 7
Viereck and Cockerell, articles by, 84,
129

Wings of Beetles, development of, 237
Wings of Insects, origin of, 237

Xyalaspis atamiensis Ashm., n. sp., 76
Xylocopa xstuans L., 3

bryorum Fab., 3

bombiformis Sm., 3

collaris Lep., 3

dissimilis Lep., 3

ghilianii Grib., 3

iridipennis Lep., 3

latipes Uru., 3

leucocephala Rits. , 3

philippinensis Sm., 3

sororina Sm., 3

tenuiscapa Westw., 3

trifasciata Grib., 3
Xysticus texanus Bks., n. sp., 112
Xystus japonicus Ashm., n. sp., 77

Zacesta rufipes Ashm., 26
Zeletes aprilinus Bks., n. sp., 1 10
Zophodia aureomaculella Dyar., n. sp.,
107

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Life history of Culex cantans, Meig,

New Species of Injurious Mites.

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New Species of Spiders.

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Hymenoptera of Japan.

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Hymenoptera of Japan.

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Larv:^ of Culex punctor and C. trichurus.

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Epistomal appendages of Mosquito larva

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Vol. XII. PI. XL

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Development of the Wings of Beetles.

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Development of the Wini^^s of Beetles.

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No. I.

JOUR N AL

OF THE

NEW YORK

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H)ev>ote^ to Bntomolotj^ in General.

MARCH, 1904.

I'diled by II.VKRI>o.\ (;. DvAR.

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(He NEW EflA PHJNT. ,UtNCA8Teft,Pi

COAITEIMTS.

Class Hexapoda, Order HYMENOPTERA.

A list of the Hymenoptera of tlie Philippines, with descriptions of new species.

P>y William 11. Ashmkah. . 1

Notes on Osmiinae, with descriptions of new genera and species. By E. S. G.

Tnub .... . . 23

Class Hexapoda, Order COLEOPTERA.

Biologic notes on species of Lanurpia. By F. H. Chittenue.n 27

Insects breeding in adobe walls. By Gustav Beyer 30

Class Hexapoda, Order DIPTERA.

Diptera from Southern Texas, with descriptions of new species. By D. W. Co-
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A new Ceratopogon from Brazil. By D. W. Coqiiiikm. 35

The life history of Culex cantans, Meigen. By Harrlswn C. Dvak 36

Class Hexapoda, Order LEPIDOPTERA.
New North American species of Lepidoptera and a new Limacodid larva. l'>y

Il.\KKl,SiiN (i. |)N.\k. . . . . , . 39

A new species of Ethmia from the Boreal region of Colorado. By Arcusi Bisc k. 44
A case-bearer injurious to apple and pear in China. By Aigist Bisck. . . . 45
A Note on Agia eborata Huht. By Ceo. W. Taylor 46

Class Hexapoda, Order ORTHOPTERA.

The Genus Cyphoderris. By A. N. Caldeli 4?

Class Arachnida, Order ACARINA.

Four new species of injurious mites. Bv Xatha.x ];.\.\ks. • 53

Editorial. . . 57

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JOU RN AL

OF THE

NEW YORK

Entomological Society.

2)evote^ to lEntomoloap in (General.

JUNE, 1904.

Edited by Harrison G. Dvar

Publication Committee.
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1904.

COATTEIMTS.

Class Hexapoda, Order HYMENOPTERA.
Descriptions of new Hymenoptera from Japan. liy W. H. Ashmkad. . , . . . 65
The Philanthidae of New Mexico. By H. L. Viereck & T. D. .\. ("ockkkki.i. . . b4

Class Hexapoda, Order COLEOPTERA.

Caterpillarj attacked by Histers By W. T. Davis. 88

Class Hexapoda, Order DIPTERA.
Life History of Culex varipalpus. By H. C. Dyar. ... 90

Class Hexapoda, Order LEPIDOPTERA.
Sound produced by a Japanese Saturnian caterpillar. By -V. S. Pack.\rd. ... 92
Remarks on the catalogue of Noctuidae of the British Museum. By J. B. S.mith. . 93
New Lepidoptera from the United Slates. By H. c;. Dyak 105

Class Hexapoda, Order ORTHOPTERA.

A new Forficulid from the Philippines. By A. N. Cauuki.i 108

Cla s Arachnida, Order ARANEIDA.
New genera and species of Nearctic spiders By N. Banks. . . , 109

Subkiasrdom Arthropoda, GENERAL.

The Types of Genera. By II. G. Dyar & A. N. Caudeli 120

Editorial 123

Proceedings of the New York Entomological Society 124

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Entomological

Devote^ to JEntomoloop in (Beneval.

SEPTEMBER, 1904.

Edited by Kakkison G. DVJKk.

.iiian !n<;f

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Class Hexapoda, Order HYMENOPTERA.
The Philanthidae of New Mexico. By H. L. Vikkkck & T. D. A. Cockereli. . . 129
Descriptions of new Hymenoptera from Japan. By W. H. Ashmead. 146

Class Hexapoda, Order COLEOPTERA.

A species of the Tenebrionid genus Latheticus in the United States. By F. H.

Chittenden . 166

A few notes on Brenthidae. By Gustav Beyer 168

Class Hexapoda, Order DIPTERA.
The larva of Culex punctor Kirby, with notes on an allied form. By H. G. Dyar . 169

Brief notes on mosquito larvae. By H. (i. Dyar 172

A case of anemotropism. By A. S. Packard 174

The epistomal appendages of mosquito larvae. By F. Knab 175

Class Hexapoda, Order LEPIDOPTERA.

A new name for a Tiueid genus. By A. BuscK ... 177

Two notes on Tineid moths. By H. G. Dyar ... 178

Class Hexapoda, Order ORTHOPTERA.
A collection of non-saltatorial Orthoptera from Paraguay. By A. N. Caudell . . 179

Editorial. . 189

Proceedings of the Society. ..... . . . 192

List of members of the New York and Brooklyn Societies 193

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Class Hezapoda, Order COLEOPTERA.

New genera and species of Coleoptera. By C. Schaefker 197

The development of the wiogs of certain Beetles and some studies of the Origin of
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Class Hexapoda, Order DIPTEBA.

Brief Notes on Mosquito larvae. By H. (l. I)y.\r 243

The E^ gs of Cwlex territans Walk. By F. Knak ... 246

Class Hexapoda, Order LEPIDOPTEBA.

Poison Ivy caterpillars. By H. G. Dyar . . 249

Change of a generic name. By A. S. P.\ckakd 260

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Notes on some Phalangids collected near Ithaca. By C. R. Crosby 253

Phalangids in the District of Columbia. By N. Banks . ' 256

Editorial . .... 257

Proceedings of the Society . . 257

Index to Volume XII 261

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