JOURNAL OF THE NEW YORK ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY gjetrjdtjcxl txr ^ntoxtxoXoQVi in CSjewjeval Voltame XV, 1907 Edited by Harrison G. Dyar NEW YORK Published by the Society Quarterly 1907 Press of TfF New Era Printing Company Lancaster Pa, t^VN^ « cTf' Leading Articles in Volume XV. Class I, Hexapoda ; Order I, Hymenoptera. Crawford, J. C, New North American Hymenoptera . . . .177 Notes on Some Species of the Genus Halictus . -183 Girault, a. a., Notes on Trichogramma pretiosa Riley. . . -57 Trichogramma pretiosa Riley. Miscellaneous habits of the adult, with a list of hosts . . . . .117 Class I, Hexapoda ; Order H, Coleoptera. Fall, H. C, New Genera and Species of North American Cerambycidse 80 Knab, F., Notes on Leptinotarsa undecimlineata Stal . . .190 Girault, A. A., Biological Notes on Megilla maculata DeGeer . . 193 Schaeffer, C, New Scarabaeidce ....... 60 New Rhynchophora, H . . . . . -75 Class I, Hexapoda ; Order IV, Diptera. Aldrich, J. M., Additions to my Catalogue of North American Diptera . 2 Dyar, H. G., and Knab, F., Descriptions of Some American Mosquitoes ... 9 New American Mosquitoes . . . . . .100 Descriptions of New Mosquitoes from the Panama Canal Zone . . . . . . . . .197 Descriptions of Three New North American Mosquitoes . 213 Jones, P. R., A Preliminary List of Nebraska Syrphidae with Descrip- tions of New Species ...... 87 iv Contents Knab, F., An Early Account of the Copulation of Stegomyia calopus. 1 3 A New Genus and Species of Sabethid Mosquito . .120 Deinocerites Again . . . . . . .121 Mosquitoes as Flower Visitors . . . . .215 WiLLISTON, S. W., Dipterological Notes . . . . . . . i Class I, Hexapoda ; Order V, Lepidoptera. BuscK, A., A Review of the Tortricid Subfamily Phaloniinae with Descriptions of New American Species . . .19 New Genera and Species of American Microlepidoptera . 134 Descriptions of Three New Tortricidae from Mexico . 235 A Note on Synonymy. . . . . . .236 Cook, H., A Correction of Some Recent Synonymy in the Genus Thecla . . . . . . . . .130 Cook, J. H., In Defense of Incisalia henrici . . . . .123 Dyar, H. G., Description of the Larva of Tortricidia fiskeana Dyar . 18 Descriptions of New American Lepidoptera ... 50 Botis toralis Grote . . . . . . .104 New American Moths . . . . . .105 The Life Histories of the New York Slug-Caterpillars, XIX ......... 219 New American Lepidoptera . . . . .226 Field, G. H., Notes on the Larvse of Datana robusta Strecker . . 54 Forbes, W. T. M., New England Caterpillars. No. i . . . .56 Grinnell, J. and F. , Jr., The Butterflies of the San Bernardino Mountains, Cali- fornia . . . . . . . . -37 JOUTEL, L. H., Philosamia cynthia and Callosamia promethia Crosses . 10 1 Contents v Luther, C. H., Description of a Variety of Automeris io Fab. . . 131 Pearsall, R. F., A Genus and Species of Geometridse New to North America . . . . . . . .132 Smith, J. B., Notes on Some American Noctuids in the British Museum. 141 SWETT, L. W., Geometrid Notes . . . . . . -53 Some Newfoundland Geometridce, with Description of a New Variety . . . . . . . .128 Taylor, G. W., Eucymatoge rectilineata, a New Geometrid Moth from Colorado ........ 234 Verrh^l, a. H., Illustrations of the Larvae of Five Dominican Sphingid^. 50 Class I, Hexapoda ; Orders VI, Trichoptera and XIV, Corrodentia. Banks, N., New Trichoptera and Psocidce . . . . .162 Class I, Hexapoda ; Order XI, Orthoptera. Caudell, a. N., On Some Forficulidse of the United States and West Indies ......... 166 A New Cyrtoxipha from the United States . . -237 General. Caudell, A. N., The Specialist . . . . . . . .238 Editorial . . . . . . . . .111, 171 Book Notices ....... 113, 172, 239 Notice from Newark Society ...... 248 Proceedings of the New York Entomological Society 115- ^13> 249 Vol. XV. No. I. JOURNAL OF THE NEW YORK Entomological Society. H)cpote& to ]EntomoloGS in (Bcncral, MARCH, 1907. Edited by Harrison G, Dyar» Publication CoMnniiiee. Harrison G. Dyar. Henry Bird. E. G. LovK. Charles Schaeffeu. iVIAR14 190F Publislned Quarterly by ttie Society. LANCASTER, PA. NEW YORK CITY. 1907. [Entered April 21, 1904, at Lancaster, Pa., as second-class matter, undisr Act of Congress of July 16, 1894.] IHIN»'aiAnHNT.,UIKMTn,Pi COiYTEKTS. Class Hexapoda, Order DIPTERA. Dipterological Notes. By W. S. Williston i Additions to my Catalogue of North American Diptera. By J. M. Aldricii . 2 Descriptions of some American Mosquitoes. By H. G. Dyar and F. Knms . 9 An early account of the copulation of Stegomyia calopus. By F. Knah . . 13 Class Hexapoda, Older LEPIDOPTERA. Description of the larva of Tortricidia fiskeana Dyar. Bv H. G. Uyar. . . 18 A review of the Tortricid subfamily Phaloniinse, with descriptions of New American species. By A. BuscK 19 The Butterflies of the San Bernardino Mountains, California. By J. and F. Grinnell, Jr 37 Illustrations of the larvae of five Dominican Sphingidae. By A. H. Verrill. 50 Descriptions of New American Lepidoptera. By H. G. Dyar 50 Geometrid Notes. By L. W. Swett 53 Notes on the larvae of Datana robusta^trecker. By G. H. Field 54 New England Caterpillars, No. i. By W. T. M. Forbes 56 vJOURN AL. OF THE Published quarterly by the Society at 41 North Queen St., Lancaster, Pa., and New York City. All communications relating to the Journal should be sent to the editor, Dr. Harrison G, Dyar, U. S. National Mu- seum, Washington, D. C.} all subscriptions to the Treasurer, Wm. T. 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For Ceratolophiis Kieffer (Chironomidce), preoccupied, the name JoHANNSENiELLA is Substituted, in honor of Professor Johannsen. For Snowier, sive Sackeniella Williston (Blepharocerid^), pre- occupied, the name Kelloggina in honor of Professor Vernon Kellogg, is substituted. For Bombylius ater, syndesvius, albopenicillatiis, dolorosiis, and certain other, South American, species (Bombyliidae), some of which have been incorrectly referred to Triptotricha Rondani, the genus Parabombylius, new, is proposed, especially characterized by the open or very narrowly closed first posterior cell. The known species have a silvery spot at each side of the base of the antennae. For ' Neolaparus ' pictitarsis Bigot (Asilidae) the genus Chryso- CERiA, new, is offered. For Hyperechia alrox Williston, the genus Dasylechia is proposed, differing from Hyperechia Schiner in the structure of the antennae, face and proboscis. For a southern species of Asilida^ of small size, allied to Lepio- gaster, but differing in the possession of but four posterior cells, in the 1 2 Journal New York Entomological Society. |Voi. xv. entire absence of the sixth vein, and in the extraordinarily attenuated basal part of the wing, the genus Leptopteromyia is proposed. For MelcDiostoina scitnlum, rugonasus, melanocerum, etc. (Syr- phid?e) the genus Rhysops is proposed. It is especially characterized by the elongate antennae and the presence of transverse ridges and grooves on the face. Xanthandnis Verrall is represented in Central and South America by Syrphus (^Melanostoma) bncephalus Wied. (Syrphidae). ^\it ^Q.wM.'s, Leiicophenga Mik (Drosophilidas) is represented, among other species, by Drosophila frontalis Williston. Lytogaster Becker (Ephydridse) is recognized in two new species, one from Illinois, the other from Brazil. The genus Paramyia (Agromyzidae), hitherto known only from Grenada, has a species in Georgia. For Heterochroa ornata Johnson (Geomyzidae) the new genus Spilochroa is proposed. Heterochroa Schiner is a heteroneurid. It may interest students of diptera to learn that the new edition of the Manual will contain nearly one thousand figures, illustrating between six and seven hundred of the North American genera. The following well-known American dipterologists have con- tributed the discussion and tables of the listed. families : Professor Adams, the Tachinidte and Dexiidas ; Professor Aldrich, the Dolicho- podidK ; Professor Brues, the Phoridae ; Professor Hine, the Taba- nidcC ; Professor Johannsen, the Chironomid^e ; Professor Kellogg, the Blepharoceridae \ Professor Melander, the Empidid^e. ADDITIONS TO MY CATALOGUE OF NORTH AMERICAN DIPTERA. By J. M. Aldrich, Moscow, Idaho. Since the appearance of the Catalogue, in May, 1905, I have been looking up literature, omissions, etc. Several entomologists kindly sent lists of species omitted, Dr. Johannsen in particular including most of the following in his list. While spending the college year 1905-6 at Stanford University, I was enabled to examine almost all the literature that I had not March, 1907.] AlDRICH : NORTH AMERICAN DiPTERA. 3 before seen, the libraries of the California Academy of Science and of the University of California being especially rich in entomological literature. Unfortunately the former has now been entirely destroyed. The following additions are for the purpose of completing the Catalogue up to January i, 1904, and not to bring it down to a later date. Bigot's fragments in the Bulletin I have now straightened out, but I doubt if their importance would justify the use of a page or two of space to elucidate them. Most of the omissions are clerical mistakes, due to insufficient checking up of my work ; only a few papers describing hew species escaped me. As the Catalogue was prepared in odd moments, even- ings, holiday vacations, Saturdays, etc., through a period of seven years, I presume I need not apologize for my inability to avoid these errors, although I keenly regret that they occur in the finished work. • ADDITIONAL GENERA AND SPECIES. CHIRONOMUS. halophilus Packard, Proc. Essex Inst., VI, 41 ; Report upon the Invert. Animals of Vineyard Sound. — Mass. ; larvae in seawater ; adult not described. PLESIASTINA. mexicana Giglio-Tos, Boll. R. Univ. Torino, VI, no. 84. [Ditomyia.) — Mex. MiK, Wien. Ent. Zeit., XIII, 26, gen. ref. zonata Giglio-Tos, Boll. R. Univ. Torino, VI, no. 84. {Di/omyia.) — Mex. MiK, Wien. Ent. Zeit., XIII, 26, gen. ref. EUDICRANA (p. 140, before Sciophila). I,OEW, Cent., IX, 23, 1869. obumbrata Loew,.1oc. cit. — New York. SCIARA. aequalis Williston, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lohd., 1896, 265, in table, no desc. — St. Vincent, W. I. cingulata Rubsaamen, Berl. Ent. Zeitsch., XXXIX, 31, pi. I and III. — Ga. picea Rubsaamen, Berl. Ent. Zeitsch., XXXIX, 32, pi. I and III. — Ga. ODONTONYX (p. 14S, before Rhynchosciara). Rubsaamen, Berl. Ent. Zeitsch., XXXIX, 25, 1894. helveolus Rubsaamen, loc. cit., 27, pi. II and III. — Porto Rico. RHYNCHOSCIARA (p. 1 48, before 6V^/ra). Rubsaamen, Berl. Ent. Zeitsch., XXXIX, 29, 1894. villosa Rubsaamen, loc. cit., 29, pi. I-III. — Oaxaca, Mex., and S. A. 4 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xv DIPLOSIS. pictipes Wn.LiSTON, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., 1896, 253. —St. Vincent, W. I. CECIDOMYIA. yaccinii Osten Sacken, Monogr. N. A. Dipt., I, 196, gall and larva. — D. C, on Vaccinium. atriplicis Townsend, Amer. Nat. XXVII, 102I. — On Atriplex canescevs : gall only. PLECIA. quadrivittata Williston, Biologia, Dipt., I, 222. — Guerrero, Mex. DILOPHUS. stygius Say {his^, Ins. of Louisiana, 15 ; Compl. Works, I, 309, with note on pre- occupation. — La. STRATIOMYIA. nigriventris Loew, Cent., VI, 15, from Nebraska, is made a synonym ot Str. meigenii by Johnson. EUPARYPHUS. major Hike, Ohio Nat., I, 112. — Boulder, Col. AKRONIA (p. 189, before Netnotehis). HiNE, Ohio Nat., I, 113, 1901. frontosa Hine, loc. cit., fig. — Akron, Ohio. SYMPHOROMYIA. limata Coquillett, Jour. N. Y. Ent. Soc, II, 54. — S. Cal. DISCHISTUS. fuscipes Bigot, Annales, 1892, 369. — N. A. Coquillett has made this a synonym oi Sparnopolius fulvtts (Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, XXI, 90). SPOGOSTYLUM. succinctum Coquillett, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, XXI, 96 [Argyramaba). — Ariz. EXOPROSOPA. trabalis Loew, Cent., VIII, 20. — Mex. ANTHRAX, jaennickeana Osten Sacken, Biologia, Dipt., i, 97, pi. II, f. 4 ( hopenilies). — N. Sonora, Mex. sodom Williston, Dipt, of Death Valley, 254 {Stmiyx). — Death Valley, Cal. SYSTOECHUS. solitas Walker, List, II, 288 {Botnbylms). — Fla. Osten Sacken, West. Dipt., 253, notes ; O. S. Cat. also mentions Ga. HENICOMYIA (p. 246, before Psilocephala). Coquillett, Jour. N. Y. Ent. Soc, VI, 187, 1898. hubbardii Coquillett, loc cit. — Ft. Grant, Ariz. March, 1907.] AlDRICH : NORTH AMERICAN DiPTERA. 5 THEREVA. novella Coquili.ett, Canad. Ent., XXV, 200. — Los Angeles Co., Cal. ATOMOSIA. pusilla Macquart, Dipt. Exot., i, 2, 76. — N. A. DASYLLIS. albicoUis Bigot, Annales, 1878, 229. — Me.\ico. ERAX. dubius WiLLiSTON, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc, 1885, 64, mentioned in the table ; the " Erax n. sp." described on p. 68 of the article is the same, according to Snow, Kans. Univ. Quart., IV, 184, 1896. PSILOPODINUS. carolinensis Bigot, Bull. Soc. Ent. France, 1888, xxix [Psilopus). — Carolina. occidentalis Bigot, Bull. Soc. Ent. France, 1888, xxix [Fsilopus). — Cal. pampaecilus Bigot, Bull. Soc. Ent. France, 1888, xxix {Psilopus). — Hayti. astequinus Bigot, Bull. Soc. Ent. France, 1888, xxx {Fsiloptis). — Mex. AGONOSOMA. pallescens Bigot, Bull. Soc. Ent. France, 1888, xxix {PstVopus). — North Carolina. polychroma Bigot, Annales, 1890, 289 [Psiiopus). — Hayti. RHAMPHOMYIA. morrisoni Bigot, Bull. Soc. Ent. France, 1887, cxli ; Annales, 1889, 132 (both morissoni ) . — ■ Nevada. NAUSIGASTER. unimaculata Townsend, Annals and Mag. Nat. Hist., XX, 24. — Cal. MELANOSTOMA. bellum GiGLio-Tos, Bull. R. Univ. Torino, VH, no. 132; Ditt. del Mess., H, pi. II, f. 7, 7a. — Mex. SPH^ROPHORIA. syrphica Giglio-Tos, Bull. R. Univ. Torino, VII, no. 132; Ditt. del Mess., II, pi. II, f. 5, 5«. — Orizaba, Mex. VOLUCELLA. trigona Gigi.IO-Tos, Bull. R. Univ. Torino, VII, no. 123 ; Ditt. del Mess., I, 52. — Orizaba, Mex. CRIORHINA. nigra Williston, Synops. N. A. Syrph., 214 {Cynorkma). — White Mts. , N. H. CONOPS. quadrimaculatus Ashmead, Orange Insects, 69, f. 63. — Fla. SARCOPHAGA. ? despecta Thomson, Eugenics Resa, 540. — Puna ; a doubtful variety from Panama. 6 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xv. PHORBIA. cepetorum Meade, Ent. Mo. Mag., XIX, 218. — England and New York, the larvre affecting onions in both places. SCIOMYZA. albovaria Coquillett, Proc. U. S. N. M., 1901, 616. — N. Y., N. H., N. C. SEPSISOMA (p. 599, before Stenoiuacra'). Johnson, Ent. News, XI, 327, 1900. flavescens Johnson, loc. cit., fig. — Westville, N. J. EUTRETA nora Doane, Jour. N. Y. Ent. Soc, VII, 184, pi. Ill, f. 9. — Idaho. TEPHRITIS. baccharis Coquillett, Canad. Ent., XXVI, 73. — S. Cal. ; larva makes a gall on Baccharis vitnhiea. CANACE (after Cienia, p. 631). Haliday, Ann. Nat. Hist., Ill, 411, 1833. snodgrassi Coquillett, Proc. W^ash. Acad. Sci., Ill, 378, 1901. — Galapagos Ids. Johnson, EnL News, XIV, 100, oc. in New Jersey. SEPSIS, cynipsea Linne, Fauna Suecica, p. 459 [Musca). — Europe. SCHINER, Fauna Austr., II., 179. Cockerell, Proc. Davenport Acad. Nat. Sci., VII, 155, oc. in New Mexico, at Santa Fe and Mesilla (det. Coq.). BRACHYPTEROMIA. fimbriata Waterhouse, Proc. Zool, 1887, 163 {Anapera). — Ft. Wingate, N. M., on Cypsehis fuelanoleucus. WiLLiSTON, VII, 185 {fetnorata). — Wyoming, on same bird. [Speiser.] MEGISTOPODA. desiderata Speiser, Archiv. f. Naturgeschichte, 1900, 57, pi. Ill, f. 6. — Cuba and Brazil, on Phyllostoma sp. This is acknowledged by Speiser to be a synonym of Pterellepsis aranea Coq. ORNITHOPERTHA. geniculata Bigot, Humming Bird, 11, 49, 1892. — On Phasomacrus costaricensis. Speiser, Ann. Mus. Nat. Hungar., II, 393. Speiser in lift, gives the occur- rence as Honduras, Costa Rica and Panama. ADDITIONAL LITERATURE. Bigot, J. M. F. Notes without title in Bull. Soc. Ent. France, 1888, XXIX and XXX. Contains descriptions of Psilopus pallescens, carolinensis, occidetitalis, panipacihis, and astequinus^ new. Bigot, J. M. F. In The Hummingbird, vol. II, 49, is OrnitJiopertha geniculata, from Central America. March, 1907.] AlDRICH J NORTH AMERICAN DiPTERA. 7 Hine, J. S. Descriptions of New Species of Stratiomyidse, with Notes on others. Ohio Naturalist, I, I12-114, fig. 11 ; May, igoi. Contains Akronia frontosa (n. gen. and sp. ), Eupai-yphus major, n. sp., and a few notes. Riibsaamen, Ew. H. Die Aussereuropaiscben Trauermiicken des Koniglichen Museums fiir Naturkunde zu Berlin. Berl. Ent. Zeitsch., XXXIX, 1894, 17- 42, 3 pl- Contains Odontonyx and Rhynchosciara, new gen. ; Odontonyx helveolus, Rhynchosciara villosa, Sciara cingtilata, picea and striata ; Sciara nigra Wied. redescribed and referred to Odontonyx. Meade, R. H. Annotated List of British Anthomyidss, Ent. Mo. Mag., XIX, 218, describes Phorbia cepetormn, an onion fly common to England and New York. Speiser, P. Archiv fiir Naturgeschichte, 1900, 57, description of Megistopoda desid- erata, a synonyni of Pterellepsis aranea. Waterhouse, C. 0. Note on a New Parasitic Dipterous Insect of the Family Hip- poboscidse. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1887, 163, 164, fig. Anapera fivibriata, new, of which Williston's Brachypteroniyia femorata is a synonym. Ricardo, Miss Gertrude. A series of articles on the Tabanidse of the British Museum , etc., in annals and Mag. Nat. Hist., ser. 7. Vol. V, 97—121 ; Jan., 1900. V, 167-182; Feb., 1900. VIII, 286-315; Oct., 1901. IX, 366-381; May, 1902. IX, 424-438 ; June, 1902. These articles include many notes on the types of Walker and Bigot. The nomenclature is changed in the following cases : Chrysops cestuans becomes a synonym of vicerens ; Chrysops atropos becomes a synonym of divistis ; Chrysops fugax becomes a synonym o{ carbonariiis ; Chrysops nigriventris becomes a synonym oi pertinax ; Chrysops furcatus is a valid species, not striatus. Typographical Errors, etc. Page 9, midway, after Holorusia rubiginosa, add p. 139. Page 9, lower, read Beutenmiiller. Page 10, lines 6, 8, and 14 from bottom, the year should be 1884, 1883, and 1881, respectively ; in the third line from bottom, 241 should be 247. Page 14, line 13, read Bergenstamm. Page 15, third line, read XANIONOTUM, and the same on p. 340. Page 16, line il, for 224 read 324. Page 24, third line, read Physocephala. Page 90, 1 2th line from bottom should begin with the specific name superlineata. Page 105, under Dixa centralis, add — Dyar, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., V, 136, larva partly described. Page no, under Ceratopogon varicolor, add Dyar, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., V, 58, figs. pupa. Page III, under Chironomits anoiiytnns, add Dyar. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., V, 57> desc. and figs, larva and pupa. Page 113, under Chironomus viodestus, add Dyar, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., V, 57, desc. and figs, larva and pupa. 8 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xv Page Il8, under Tanypus dyari, add Dyar, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., V, 56, notes; figs, larva and pupa. Page 124, read TOXORHYNCHITES. Page 149, omit Scaria alternata. Page 150, the name of Sciara glacialis Lundbeck was changed io pertnutata by Lund- beck, Dipt. Groenl. II, 313. Page 156, the articles on AsphonJylia atrip/ids by Townsend and Cockerell were in the American Naturalist, not Annals, etc. Page 160, 3d line from bottom, read tergaia for togata. Page 166, Btbio fttliginosus should ht foiligineus. Page 197, for Chrysops nigribiinbo read nigrilbiibo. Page 217, second line from bottom, read plagens ior plangens. Page 220, under Acrocera fasciaia, add PEmerton, Psyche, V, 404, figs, larva and adult; rea^rtdhova Amaurobis sylvestris. Doubtfully ident. — Waltham, Mass, Page 275. Dr. M. Bezzi referred me to Dipterenfauna Siidafrikas, p. 142 (214), line 13, for the name Anarvioslus, which I find to be correct. Page 315, read LITANOMYIA. Page 316, read BOREODROMIA instead of BOREOMYIA. Page 333, resid. pulckripes instead ai pulchriceps. Page 421, line 13, setigena should read setigera. Page 463, Frotitina chrysopygata was first described as chrysopyga, in Bull. Soc. Ent. France, 1887, cxli. Page 466, Masicera polita, the locality should be White Mts,, New Mexico. Page 473> Blepharapeza trichopiis should be trichopsis. Page 480, Gcediopsis cockerelli, the locality should be White Mts., New Mexico. Page 509, Homodexia JIavipes, strike out the reference to the Bull. Soc. Ent. France. Page 510, under Sarcophaga, before the note, add Wheeler, Psyche, V, 403, an undet. sp. bred from pocket-like cavity in neck of turtle [Cistudo Carolina). Page 526, Morellia callimera was first described as Curtoneura callidit7iera, in Bull. Soc. Ent. France, 1887, clxxxi. Page 528, under Musca domestica, add Macloskie, Amer. Nat. XIV, 153-161, figs., anat. of proboscis. Page 578, Scioniyza viltata should be replaced by the following : ANTICH^TA. Haliday, Ann. Nat. Hist., II, 187, 1838. Handel, Rev. Sciomyz., 78, 1902. analis Meigen, Syst. Beschr., VI, 15 [Sciomyza). — Europe. Haliday, Ent. Mag., I, 168 [Tetanocera viUata). Rondani, Atti Soc. Ital. Sc. Nat., 1868, 329 [Sciomysa vittata Hal.); Ann. dell Soc. Nat. Modena, 1877, 47 {id.). Osten Sacken, Cat. 177, oc. in N. A., on authority of " Loew in litt.'' Hendel, Revis. Sciomyz., 79. Page 593, Ortalis platycnema should be platystoma. Page 598, Steneretma latiuscula should be laticnuda, 618, midway, Madiza aiinulicornie should be anniilitarsis. March, 1907.] DyAR AND KnAB ; AMERICAN MOSQUITOES. 9 Page 619, Nemopoda cubensis Bigot, Annales, 1886, 390. Page 620, Nemopoda cceruleiforniis should read carttleifrons. Page 652, under Leucopis nigricornis, add Needhani, Psyche, 1903, 27, larvae feed on Aphis cephalanthi . — Lake Forest, 111. DESCRIPTIONS OF SOME AMERICAN MOSQUITOES. By Harrison G. Dyar and Frederick Knae, Washington, D. C. Aedes angustivittatus, new species. Proboscis brown ; palpi entirely dark ; head with a narrow pale margin behind the eyes and the vertex broadly pale scaled ; thorax brown with two narrow longi- tudinal golden yellow stripes extending the entire length, connected at the tront margin by a narrow transverse stripe of the same color. In front of the base of the wing are many pale golden hairs. Pleura pale scaled. Abdomen black above, with light lateral patches at the front angles of the segments, beneath creamy white, segments with a narrow black margin behind. Legs dark, unhanded, the femora pale beneath and at base. All tarsal claws toothed in the female. 25 specimens, Port Lirnon, Costa Rica ; Zent, 20 miles from Port Limon ; Rio Aranjuez, near Puntarenas, Costa Rica (F. Knab); Blue- fields, Nicaragua (W. F. Thornton). Type. — Cat. no. 10 140, U. S. Nat. Mus. Nearly allied to Aedes trivittatus Coquillett, but the golden thoracic lines are narrower. Aedes obturbator, new species. Proboscis brown ; palpi dark ; head behind the eyes pale yellowish ; at the sides a dark spot ; thorax bronzy yellow, a median dark brown stripe running the whole length, the lateral margin brown with irregular outline; the scutellum is silvery; pleura pale scaled. Abdomen black above, with white basal bands ; beneath en- tirely pale. Legs dark, unhanded, the femora pale beneath. All tarsal claws toothed in the female. 22 specimens, Tarpon Bay, Bahama Islands (T. H. Coffin). Type. — Cat. no. 10141, U. S. Nat. Mus. Allied to Aedes auratus Grabham, but the thorax has a brown median band. Aedes balteatus, new species. Proboscis black ; palpi black ; head behind the eyes pale bronzy, a large dark spot on each side ; thorax bronzy yellow on the disk, a rounded deep brown patch on 10 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xv the front of the lateral margin, scutellum silvery. Abdomen black above, with nar- row basal pale bands ; beneath pale, the hind angles of the segments black. Legs ,black, unhanded, femora pale beneath. Tarsal claw formula of the female, i.i- l.i-o.o. 6 specimens, Santo Domingo, West Indies (A. Busck). Type. — Cat. no. 10152, U. S. Nat. Mus. Closely resembling Acdes aunxtits Grabham, but the claws of the hind tarsi are simple. Agdes tborntoni, new species. Proboscis and palpi black ; head behind the eyes dark with a purplish luster, the margin of the eyes silvery, broadened at the sides; thorax violaceous black, the anterior portion silvery while for nearly half with a dark indentation at the middle ; two small silvery spots near the hind margin. Abdomen above and beneath violace- ous black, each segment with narrow silvery transverse bands below. Pleura silvery scaled. Fore legs deep black, first and second tarsal joints narrowly white at base ; middle legs black, the femora marked with silver on the under side for about two-thirds the length, not attaining the base, apex silvery, base and tip of the first tarsal joint and base of the second broadly white ; hind femora white, a black ring close to the base and another towards the apex, tibiae black, first tarsal joint white- ringed at base and apex, second joint white-ringed at base. Tarsal claw formula of the female I. l-i.l-o.o. 7 specimens, Bluefields, Nicaragua (W. F. Thornton). Nearly allied to A'edes iusoUta Coquillett and Acdes podographicus Dyar & Knab, but differing from both in the details of the markings. Type. — Cat. no. 10143, U. S. Nat. Mus. Aedes septemstriatus, new species. Proboscis and palpi black ; head bronzy yellow behind the eyes, two blue-black spots upon the vertex separated by a golden line ; thorax deep brown with seven nar- row golden lines and the front margin golden ; a median dorsal line, narrow in front, broadened towards the scutellum, a narrow line on each side of it which stops at the basal fourth of the thorax, outside of these are two slightly oblique lines which ex- tend from the base to the middle of the thorax, lateral marginal stripe extends down the sides in the form of large golden patches ; pleura silvery. Abdomen blue-black with median white basal spots on some of the segments, the three last segments spotted with silver at the sides ; under surface black with white bands. Legs : first pair black, the base of the first tarsal joint silvery ; middle legs black, knees silvery, hind legs black, femora tipped with silver, the base of the first tarsal joint silvery. Tarsal claws of the female simple. 3 specimens, Bluefields, Nicaragua (W. F. Thornton). Type. — Cat. no. 10 144, U. S. Nat. Mus. Differs from any described Aides with simple claws known to us in the median dorsal thoracic line. March, 1907.] DyAR AND KnAB : AMERICAN MoSQUITOES. 11 Aedes quadrivittatus Coquillett. Ciilex quadrivittatus Coquillett, Can. ent., xxxiv, 293, I 902. An examination of the types of this species shows it to be refer- able to Aedes, the tarsal claws of the fernale simple. Mr. Coquillett described it originally in comparison with Aedes afropalpiis Coq., with which it has no affinity, thus producing a misleading impression. Aedes fletcheri Coquillett. Ciildx flavt'scens Theobald (not Fabricius, not de Villers), Men. Culic, i. 410, I901. Ciilex fletcheri Co(\m\\c\.\., Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxv, 84, 1902. Cu/ex arcaiius Blanchard, Les Moust., 303, 1904. Theobald's description of Ciilex flavescens from old specimens in the Hopeian Museum at Oxford appears to agree with our y?^/r//if;7 from the Canadian prairies. We think it may be safely identified with this species. A6des plutocraticus, new species. Proboscis and palpi black ; head clothed with creamy scales behind the eyes ; thorax coppery bronze, a distinct dark brown spot occupying the anterior half later- ally joined behind to the lateral brown area ; medianly there are two rather ill-defined brownish stripes; abdomen black above, with narrow basal white bands, beneath white, the hind angles with black triangular spots. Wings dark brown, scaled. Legs black, the tibiae and tarsi bronzy beneath ; femora white on the under side. Claws of the female toothed. 63 specimens, Nassau, Andros, San Salvador, Tarpon Bay and Powell Point, Bahamas (T. H. Coffin). Type.— ^- 9» P- S^y I9°5)- I"^ '^6 ^^^^ °f Anopheles his statement is credited to the observation of Schaudinn, but I have so far been unable to find the original record. For Culex his basis is a note by Grassi on Culiseta spathipalpis (Studi di uno zoologo sulla malaria, p. 84, 1900). Dr. Eysell's assertion is evidently based on a misinter- pretation, for a careful study of the original text reveals nothing that indicates the re- lative position of the two sexes. 18 Journal New York Entomological Society. fvoi. xv these requirements : domesticity, character of the. toothed claws in the female carrying with it a face to face union of the sexes, and strictly diurnal habits. Class I, Hexapoda. Order V, LEPIDOPTERA. DESCRIPTION OF THE LARVA OF TORTRICID A FISKEANA DYAR. • By Harrison G. Dyar, Washington, D. C. A single larva of this species was found at Tryon, North Carolina, on a Ceanothus bush, September 28, 1905. The adult emerged the following year, a female specimen, agreeing in coloration with the male. The larva is structurally a Lithacodes, and it will be better to refer the species to that genus, which differs as adult but slightly from Tortricidia. Stage VII. Elliptical, rather elongate, tail subquadrate but not incised on the sides V^^ fasciola, not prominent. Dorsum rather over one-third in the dorsal as pect, gently arched, narrowed to the ends ; sides oblique, concave, the upper half nearly perpendicular, the lower more oblique to the lateral ridge. Subventral region retracted ; head within the hood, which is again within joint 3. Setae obsolete, very small, without raised tubercles ; skin smooth, with rather sparse round clear granules, alike all over, without humps or irregularities even on the lateral ridge. The de- pressed spaces are without sharp, or even defined edges, the granulation running right across ; they are of considerable depth, with the usual glands in the bottom. Dark yellow green, a little suffued with yellow in the dorsal space ; a narrow yellow line in the subdorsal ridge, waved, touching depressed spaces (3) at the outcurves of the segmentary arcs, not joining at the ends ; a similar but more diffused and rather paler line in the dorsal space, covering depressed spaces (2) at the incurves of the arcs, obsolete at the ends, meeting the subdorsal line intersegmentarily to form a row of dark green ellipses on the upper edge of the subdorsal ridge. A narrow yellow line along the lateral ridge, broken exactly above each spiracle, that is segmentarily posteriorly; no hne on joint 3 transversely. Depressed spaces (i) single, annular, yellow, with glandular centers; (2) and (3) smaller, obscured by the yellow bands; (4) with a small yellow dot above and a large arc below, green centered; (5) and (6) in line above the lateral ridge, (5) large, segmentary, (6) small intersegmentary. Length, mature, 8 mm. Cocoon. Small, rounded, brown, spun in the crevices or under bark. The larva left its plant without much change of color at first, but became pale yellowish on the second day. It wandered about till it encountered some bark, when it con- structed its cocoon between two pieces. March, 1907. BUSCK: REVIEW OF PHALONIIN^. 19 A REVIEW OF THE TORTRICID SUBFAMILY PHALONIINAE WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW AMERICAN SPECIES. By August Busck. Washington, D. C. The subfamily Phaloniinae comprises a natural group of moths, which are easily distinguished from all other Tortricidse by having vein 2 in the fore wings emitted from the outer fourth of the cell. This character is always diagnostic. Several other characters are more or less common and pecuHar to the species of the group, and the general habitus normally indicates the subfamily to a student of Tortricidae, but the above named character is the safest final guide for the determination. The genera of this subfamily are well separated on the venation alone without resort to the costal fold on the fore wings of the males which is objectionable as a generic character. The presence or absence of this fold with our present knowledge seems nearly persistent within the genera of the group ; but it would not be surprising to find exceptions,* when our fauna becomes better known, and the character should not be depended upon as of more than specific value. The following synoptic table may be utilized in separating the American and European genera of Phaloniinae at present recog- nized. i, • Synoptic Table of the Genera of Phaloniin.-e. Hind wings with a!! veins present ; no pecten on median vein i Hind wings with but 6 veins; median vein with pecten Carposina. I. Fore wings with veins 7 and S stalked 2 Fore wing with veins 7 and 8 separate or connate 3 *Orie exception is found in Commopliila duponcheliana Duponche!, which has a very small costal fold, while the other species of the genus, to which it is undoubtedly properly referred, have no costal fold. 20 JOURNAL NEW YORK ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. ["Vol. XV- 2. Hind wings with veins 3 and 4 separate Lozopera.* Hind wings with veins 3 and 4 stalked Clysia* 3. Fore wings with vein 7 to apex or costa 4 Fore wings with vein 7 to termen 6 4. Hind wings with veins 3 and 4 separate Phalonia. Hind wings with veins 3 and 4 connate or stalked 5 5. Fore wings with vein 11 strongly approximate to 10 Phtheochroa.* Fore wings with vein 11 midway between 10 and 12 Commophila. 6. Hind wings with veins 3 and 4 separate Chlidonia* Hind wings with veins 3 and 4 connate or stalked 7 7. Hind wings with veins 6 and 7 stalked '. . . .Pharmacis. Hind wings with veins 6 and 7 separate Hy.sterosia- Pseudoconchylis Walsinghamf does not belong in the Phalo- niinae where it was originally placed and has since been retained in our lists. It is a genus of the Tineidae. Phalonia unistrigana Dyar,J is also a Tineid and belongs to this genus. It is exceed- ingly close to if not identical with laticapitana, Walsingham ; but considering the different localities it will be safer to retain it as distinct specifically until more material is at hand or the life his- tory is worked out. Thyraylia Walsinghamf, type Phalonia buntcana Robinson, I am unable to consider a valid genus. None of the characters given by Lord Walsingham differ from those of typical Phalonia. The males of hunieana have a curious secondary sexual character not mentioned by Lord Walsingham, namely, a costal fold on the hind wings, involving vein 8; but this should not be given more than specific importance. A similar fold, sometimes containing a hairpencil, is found in the males of several other species of Phalonia, as jelix Walsingham, rupicola Curtis, manniana Fabri- cius, and to a less extent, not involving vein 8, in others, as rutilana Hiibner and badiana Hiibner; but it is not found in species other- wise closely related to these. Anisotcenia Stephens, which is placed by Mr. E- Meyrick || in this subfamily, has vein 2 of the fore wing arising before the outer *Not known in America. fTrans. Ent. Soc. London, p. 133, 1884. |Proc. Ent. Soc. Washington, V, p. 232, 1903. §Proc. Zoo!. Soc. London, p. 138, 1897. ||Handbook_Br. Lepid., p. 556, 1895. March, 1907. BUSCK: REVIEW Olf PHALONIIN^. 21 third of the cell and I am inclined to refer it to the subfamily Tortricinae. Pharmacis Hiibner is the same as Euxanthis Hiibner, and pre- occupies it, as already pointed out by lyord Walsingham.* The generic name Phtheochroa Stephens, should be restricted to the type of this genus, rugusana Hubner, while Commophila should be used for the rest of the species at present included in that genus ; rugusana differs strikingly from the others by its peculiar venation of the fore wings, which have vein 1 1 strongly approximate to vein 10, while in the other species it is about midway between veins 10 and 12. The result of this is that the upper internal vein originates between veins 1 1 and 1 2 instead of beyond 1 1 , a very unusual character in the family. Eupoecilia Stephens, which Meyrick utilized for maculosana Haworthf is, according to Walsingham, | a synonym of Euxanthis Hubner and he removes this speciesandCommophila.duponcheliana to Hysterosia on the strength of their costal folds. Commophila is distinguished from Hysterosia by having vein 7 in the fore wings to costa or at least very close to apex, while Hysterosia has it dis- tinctly to termen; Commophila is, however, more readily separated from Hysterosia by having more or less well developed raised scale - tufts on the fore wings, and I should on that ground retain dupon- cheliana in Commophila, where it certainly would be placed by its general habitus, regardless of the costal fold, which I consider merely specific. Genus PHALONIA Hubner. Fore wings with 7 to costa. Hind wings with 3 and 4 separate; 6 and 7 stalked. This easily recognized genus is represented by many species in this country and the described forms are only a small portion of those that we have. Several European species have been re- corded from America, but most of these records I am inclined to doubt. *Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. V., p. 48S, 1900. fHandbook Br. Lepid., p. 554, 1895. JAnn. and Mag. Nat. Hist. VI, p 446, 1900.' t^ 22 JOURNAL NEW YORK ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. [Vol. XV. Erigeronana Riley, described and hitherto listed in this genus, is ■ a Pharmacis as examination of the type in United States National Museum (U. S- N. M., type No. 379) proves. P. vitellinana Zeller is also a Pharmacis. Clemens' name angustana for which Robinson* substituted dorsi- maculana on account of the European angustana Hubner, should, be resurrected as the latter species does not belong to this genus but to Pharmacis. Phalonia comes Walsingham belong to Commophila (see post.) Phalonia atomosana, new species. Labial palpi face head and thorax unicolored dirty ochreous. Fore wings light ochreous evenly suffused with darker ochreous scales and irregularly sprinkled with single black scales, especially along the extreme dorsal edge and before tremen. At the end of the cell is an aggregation of black scales and obliquely below and before these is a small black dash on the fold. Hind wings light ochreous fuscous. Abdomen ochreous. Legs ochreous with tarsal joints fainly annulated with black. Alar expanse: 19-20 mm. ' Habitat: Pittsburg, Pa. (H. Engel). Type: U. S. N. M., No. 10223. Of about the size and shape of Phalonia floccosana Walker, but with less clear ground color, without the darker dorsal shade and differing in the sprinkling of dark scales. Phalonia rana, new species. Labial palpi blackish brown exteriorly, ochreous on their inner side. Face, head and thorax light ochreous fuscous. Fore wings whitish ochreous strongly suffused with dark fuscous and with blackish brown ornamentation as follows: A blackish spot on base of costa; an outwardly oblique streak from base of dorsal edge, terminating on the middle of the cell; a small round spot just within the dorsal edge at apical third; a broad outwardly oblique costal streak from just beyond middle of costal edge, terminating at the end of the cell; a small costal spot just before apex. Hind wings ochreous fuscous. Abdomen fuscous. Front legs blackish, posterior legs ochreous sprinkled with black. Alar expanse, 17-18 mm. Habitat: Pittsburg, Pa. (H. Engel). Type: U. S. N. M., No. 10224. *Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, vol. 11., p. 285, 1869. March, 1907. BUSCK : REVIEW OF PHELONIIN^. 23 This strongly marked dark species suggests by its color and gen- eral habitus the genus Hysterosia, but has the venation typical of the present genus. Phalonia grandis, new species. Labia! palpi ochreous white, suffused with dark fuscous exteriorly. Face, head and thorax yellowish white. Fore wings yellowish white slightly suf- fused with deeper ochreous on apical half. Three blackish brown costal spots, one at base, one on the middle, and one at apical fourth. A large dark tri- angular spot on the middle of the dorsal edge reaches with its tip up into the middle of the cell; this spot is light olivaceous brown with darker fuscous and black scales intermixed. Extreme terminal edge slightly sprinkled with dark slate-colored scales. Cilia white. Hind wings silvery white with dark fuscous short transverse striation nearly equally plain on both sides of the wing. Abdomen ochreous fuscous. Forelegs blackish, posterior legs ochreous. Alar expanse: 30 mm. Habitat: Chimney Gulch, Golden, Colorado (Oslar). Type: U. S- N. M., No. 10225. This is the largest species of this genus described from Europe or America both in regards alar expanse and width. It approaches in size and color edwardsiana Walsingham, but is readily distin- guished by the ornamentation of both fore and hind wings. Phalonia yuccatana, new species. Labial palpi creamy white, second joint shaded with reddish brown ex- teriorly. Face, head and thorax yellowish creamy white with a slight rosy tint. Fore wings creamy white with costal edge from base to beyond middle narrowly dark reddish brown and with a similarly colored spot at apical fifth of costa. Both of these markings contain transverse black streaks. On the middle of the dorsal edge is a small, round, blackish spot preceded and followed by a few black striations. On the disc just before the end of the cell are two short, parallel, transverse, blackish brown dashes, sometimes continued into a longitudinal series of small transverse streaks of which, how- ever, only the outer ones near the terminal edge are persistent. Hind wings light fuscous with darker veins and dorsal edge. Abdomen yellowish. Legs creamy yellow. The entire insect has a slight rose tinge. Alar expanse: 18-20 mm. Habitat: Nuecestown, Texas (C. L. Marlatt). Type: U. S- N. M., No. 10226. Foodplant: Yucca baccata. Bred in the insectary of U. S- Department of Agriculture from pupae, collected by Mr. C L- Marlatt, April, 1896, on the above 24 JOURNAL NE;w YORK ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. [Vol. XV. plant, where the larvae had spun their cocoons in the rolled-up leaflets. A very distinct large species not easily confounded with any described species of this genus. Phalonia louisiana, new species. Labial palpi light yellow. Face, head and thorax dark golden yellow. Fore wings light shining .straw-colored overlaid with golden yellow, and with the base and two oblique fasciae dark golden brown. The first of these fasciae runs from before the middle of the dorsal edge to beyond the middle of costal edge and is the broadest of the two; the second fascia runs between and paral- lel with the first and the terminal edge. Both are darkest on the dorsal edge, and gradually become lighter and more yellow towards costa. The inter- vening space is strongly suffused with golden yellow. Apical edge silvery overlaid with golden yellow. Cilia white. Hind wings dark fuscous. Ab- domen blackish fuscous. Legs ochreous shaded with black. Alar expanse: i6 mm. Habitat: St. Louis, Missouri (Busck). Type: U. S. N. M., No. 10227. This species has the same general pattern as Phalonia parallel- ana, Walsingham, but is a larger, more brilliant insect with darker hind wings. Phalonia pimana, new species. Labial palpi, head and thorax light ochreous. Fore wings whitish ochreous, suffused with deeper ochreous scales and with reddish brown markings. A complete narrow reddish brown central fascia, parallel with the oblique ter- minal edge has both edges straight and sharp and is the dominating orna- mentation. The base of costal edge is reddish brown, and there is a nearly obsolete small fascia across the extreme apex of the wing, indicated mainly by reddish brown scales at both ends, while the middle part is suffused and obscured by the ochreous scaling. At apical third is a small reddish brown dorsal spot. Hind wings whitish ochreous. Abdomen and legs ochreous. Alar expanse: 16 mm. Habitat: Baboquiveria Mts., Pima Co., Arizona. Type: U. S. N. M., No. 10228. This species belong near transversana, Walsingham. Phalonia plummeriana, new species. Labial palpi, face, head and thorax light ochreous. Fore wings light ochreous suffused with reddish brown scales, especially on the apical half, and with an oblique reddish brown fascia from before the middle of the dorsal edge to beyond the middle of the costal edge. This fascia has straight and parallel edges, and is more intensely reddish brown on the dorsal side, gradu- March, 1907. BUSCK: REVIBW OI^ PHALONTIN.E. 25 ally losing itself towards costa in the reddish scaling around it. Extreme tip of the wing is reddish brown. Hind wing silvery ochreous white. Ab- domen dark ochreous fuscous. Legs whitish ochreous sparsely sprinkled on external surfaces with fuscous. A lar expanse : 13-14 nun Habitat: Plummers Island, Maryland (in the Potomac river above Washington City). Type: U. S. N. M., No. 10229. Phalonia schwarziana, new species. Labial palpi, light yellow, sprinkled with reddish scales on the underside and towards the tip. Face, head and thorax light yellow; scales on patagia tipped with dark fuscous. Fore wings rather broad and square, light greenish yellow with a striking central fascia parallel with terminal edge; this fascia is of a rich reddish brown color on dorsal edge lined with darker brown, but gradually becomes narrower and lighter towards costal edge, where the light ground color in merely darkened by a sprinkling of slate-colored scales; the fascia is edged on both sides by strongly lustrous golden yellow scales. Cos- tal edge at base narrowly darkened by fuscous scales and extreme tip of wing is similarly darkened. Hind wings light fuscous with whitish cilia. Abdomen ochreous. Four anterior legs blackish with white annulations on the tarsi; posterior legs ochreous, slightly sprinkled with fuscous. Alar expanse: 11 mm. ' Habitat: Plummers Island, Maryland (in the Potomac river above Washington City). Type: U. S. N. M., No. 10230. The species approaches in pattern hospes Walsingham, but the light olivaceous yellow ground color and the definitely limited fascia at once separates it; it belongs besides to the more broad and short-winged group of the genus. I name this pretty and striking Httle species after Mr. E- A. Schwarz in pleasant memory of the many long summer evenings and nights spent together with him on Plummers Island in the pursuit of insects attracted to light, when the micros were too numerous to allow sleep, and when Mr. Schwarz could always be counted on to keep the enthusiasm up until the morning. Phalonia aureana, new species. Labial palpi, head and thorax fawn-colored. Basal third of the fore wings fawn-colored except along the dark fuscous costal edge; this basal patch is not very sharply limited by a large, dark, blackish fuscous cloud, which covers the entire apical part of the wing except the terminal and apical edges, and 26 JOURNAL NEW YORK ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. [Vol. XV. which contains Hglit ochreous, reddish and silvery scales especially in its basal part. Apical and terminal edge golden fawn-colored with an oblique narrow silvery streak crossing the tip. Cilia light yellow. Hind wings dark blackish fuscous. Abdomen dark fuscous. Legs ochreous shaded with black. A lar expanse : 12-13 mm . Habitat: Oak Station, Pennsylvania (F. Marloff). Type: U. S. N. M., No. 1023 1. Nearest and quite close to Pkalonia hospes Walsingham, but differing in that the basal light area is broadest on the dorsal side instead of at the costal part as in Lord Walsingham 's species. Phalonia gunniana, new species. Labial palpi white, shaded with fuscous on the exterior sides. Face light ochreous. Head and thorax whitish ochreous mixed with brown and black scales. Fore wings dark brownish ochreous on the terminal part with a rosy tint; on the middle of the dorsal edge is a large semicircular blackish spot, which is the base of an indistinct transverse light brown fascia, hardly darker than the ground color. Before tornus is a similarly colored large round spot surrounded by silvery and light rose-colored scales. Across the extreme apex of the wings is an oblique black streak and terminal edge and the cilia is dusted with black. Hind wings 'dark fuscous. Abdomen, dark fuscous. Legs, ochreous shaded externally with black. Alar expanse: 10-12 mm. Habitat: Plummers Island, Md. (Busck). Type: U. S. N. M., No. 10232. This species is very close to, and when rubbed mistakeable for Phalonia bunteana Robinson, but differs by the darker basal part and the more brownish general color. Phalonia marloffiana, new species. Labial palpi whitish dusted with fuscous; terminal joint fuscous. Face and head whitish sprinkled with fuscous. Thorax light fuscous. Fore wings white with dark fuscous and black markings and slightly suffused with ochre- ous near base. Basal third white except the costal edge and a dorsal spot near the base which are dark fuscous. This nearly unmottled basal patch reaches further out on the costal than on the dorsal edge, and is limited by a poorly defined broad central blackish fuscous area, sprinkled with whitish and brownish scales and somewhat incised on the middle of the wing. Beyond this area is a transverse white fascia parallel with the terminal edge and more or less obscured by dark mottling especially towards the dorsal edge. Apical part of the wing black sprinkled with scattered brown and whitish scales. Hind wings dark blackish fuscous. Abdomen dark fuscous above, under side ochreous sprinkled with fuscous. Legs whitish ochreous, sprinkled with fuscous. March, igoy. BUSCK: REVIEW OF PHALONIIN^E. 27 Alar expanse: lo-ii mm. Habitat: Oak Station, Pennsylvania (F. Marloff). Type: U. S. N. M., No. 10233. I take pleasure in naming this very distinct species in honor of the collector, from whom I have repeatedly had interesting and carefully mounted Microlepidoptera. The species has a certain similarity to the European angustana Treitsche. Phalonia lavana, new species. Labial palpi white, shaded with light fuscous. Face and head dirty white. Thorax light fuscous. Fore wings silvery white, mottled and marked with black and brown. Costal edge is tinged with brown, especially at base and marked with about sixteen equidistant small black streaks from base to apex. On the middle of the wing three of these streaks are combined into a larger spot by intervening dark brown scales, and from the spot is emitted an indis- tinct, poorly defined brown shade across the wing. Basal third of the wing is nearly unmottled, but the apical part is somewhat darkened by irregular black striation. The apical two-thirds of the dorsal edge is also marked with small black streaks and the tip of the wing is strongly mottled with black and brown scales. Hind wings whitish silvery fuscous. Abdomen dark fuscous- Legs, whitish; anterior tarsal joints annulated with black. Alar expanse: 12-13 mm. Habitat: Oak Station, Pennsylvania (F. Marloff) ; Hyattsville. Maryland (Busck). Type: U. S- N. M., No. 10234. Phalonia hubbardana, new species. Labial palpi smoky white, externally shaded with fuscous. Face smoky, yellowish white. Top of head and thorax yellowish white strongly sprinkled with black. Fore wing smoky white overlaid with light yellow and faintly mottled by transverse black striation; this striation is emphasized on the costal edge, which on account of the many close short streaks appears blackish. Termen and cilia black, each black scale, however, minutely tipped with white. On the middle of the dorsal edge is an outwardly oblique more or less distinct black streak reaching the fold. Hind wings light silvery fuscous. Abdomen and legs whitish fuscous; tarsal joints blackish. Alar expanse: 12-13 mm. Habitat: Tucson, Arizona (H. G. Hubbard). Type: U. S. N. M., No. -10235. Food plant: Koeberlinia spinosa. 28 JOURNAL NEW YORK ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. [Vol. XV. The larva of this species is a borer in the stems and thorns of the above plant, and is "bright semitransparent greenish yellow, with head and cervical shield pale brownish." They were re- ceived in January, 1897, from Mr. Hubbard by the U. S Depart- ment of Agriculture, and bred by Mr. Pergande in May of the same year. Mr. Hubbard stated in his letter of transmission that the plant never has leaves and that the thorns are poisonous. The species is nearest Phalonia campicolana Walsingham in coloration, but is much smaller and differs by its yellow color, which suffuses the wing, as well as by the absence of the black base and darker costal markings found on the fore wings of Lord Wal- singham's species. Phalonia temerana, new species. Labial palpi whitish with exterior sides of second joint and the apical joint clear brown. Face, head and thorax whitish, sprinkled with brown. Fore wings white evenly suffused with brown scales; just before the middle of the dorsal edge is an outwardly oblique brown streak edged with black and ter- minating on the fold, though faintly continued beyond it as a slight dark shade. Apical third of the wing brown sprinkled with sparse black scales. Cilia sprinkled with black. Hind wings dark fuscous. Abdomen ochreous fuscous. Anterior legs blackish; posterior legs whitish ochreous. Alar expanse: 12-13 mm. Habitat: Oak Station, Pennsylvania (F. Marloflf). Type: U. S. N. M., No. 10236. An obscurely marked species recognizable by the clear brown labial palpi and the brownish apical part of the fore wings. Phalonia leguminana, new species. Labial palpi dark reddish brown exteriorly, sprinkled with white on the inner side. Face and head dark fuscous, sprinkled with white. Anterior part of thorax dark fuscous; posterior part whitish sprinkled with fuscous; posterior tuft dark reddish brown. The lustrous white ground-color of the fore wings is for the greater part heavily overlaid with shining dark fuscous, light slate-colored, black and brown scales; a basal patch of mixed dark fuscous, black and brown scales, wider on costal side than on the dorsal, is limited exteriorly by a nearly unmottled oblique white fascia; this spreads out on the costal edge over the central part of the wing, and downwards in a narrow spur to the dorsal edge at apical third, enclosing a large round blotch of dark scales on the middle of the dorsal edge. On the costal edge are several small dark spots in the white part. Apical third of the wing is entirely over- laid with dark mixed fuscous brown and black scales except for a thin white March, 1907. BUSCK: REVIEW OF PHALONIIN^. 29 line across the tip. Hind wings Hght whitish fuscous with darker tip and veins. The four anterior legs are blackish with white annulations on the tarsi; posterior legs whitish ochreous, slightly sprinkled on the outer surfaces with fuscous. Alar expanse: 14-15111111. Habitat: Washington, D. C Type: U. S- N. M., No. 10237. Food plant: Gleditschia horrida. This species was bred in the insectary of the U. S. Department of Agriculture in February from seedpods of the above plant, collected the previous September; the larvae fed on the pulp around the seeds. They were dirty greenish, tinged with purple, head brownish yellow, cervical shield lighter, both highly polished ; piliferous warts large, flat, polished, about the color of the body. The species is nearest and quite close to the European dubitana Hiibner, but differs in the much greater extent of the dark parts of the fore wings and in the presence of the narrow transverse white line across the tip. Genus PHARMACIS Hubner. Fore wings with vein 7 to termen. Hind wings with 3 and 4 connate or stalked; 6 and 7 stalked. Type: sartana Hubner. I Synopsis of American species: Ground color of fore wings white mexicana. Ground color ochreous i 1. Entire apical part of wing dark clouded 2 Apical part of wing with limited dark markings 3 2. With broad dark dorsal marking touching the edge erigeronana. With narrow dark dorsal marking not touching edge deceptana. 3. With complete central fascia sartana. Without such fascia bimaculana. Pharmacis deceptana, new species. Labial palpi whitish, sprinkled with ochreous fuscous. Face, head and thorax dirty white, sprinkled with ochreous fuscous. Fore wings dirty white overlaid with ochreous fuscous and with dark brown markings. The basal two-thirds of the fore wing is evenly sprinkled with short, ill-detined trans- verse ochreous fuscous streaks, and contains on the middle of the fold a con- spicuous dark brown kidney-shaped oblique spot, nearly but not quite touch- ing the dorsal edge: this spot is emphasized by being surrounded by a narrow 30 JOURNAL NEW YORK ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. [Vol. XV. edge of unmottled white. Beyond the end of the cell is a large, indistinct, round, light brown spot, which is rather sharply defined towards the lighter basal part of the wing, but which apically gradually mixes with the surround- ing color and partly covers the entire apical third. Hind wings dark brown with whitish cilia and with under side slightly speckled with white trans- verse streaks. Abdomen, dark fuscous. Legs, light ochreous. Alar expanse: i6 mm. Habitat: Kerrville, Texas (Wm. Barnes). Type: U. S- N. M., No. 10238. Near to bimaculana Robinson, but larger and with the well- defined apical spot of that species supplanted by the suffused brown shade. This species has a certain general resemblance to Lord Walsingham's figure of Pcedisca maculatana and the type specimens were determined by Mr. Wm. Kearfott as that species for the National Museum. Pharmacis mexicana, new species. Labial palpi white, sHghtly sprinkled with light fuscous externally and with apical joint light fuscous. Head and thorax white, slightly suffused with light ochreous fuscous. Fore wings white, slightly suffused with light ochreous fuscous and with brown markings. Basal third evenly and lightly darkened by short indistinct transverse striation; before the middle of the dorsal edge is a large conspicuous dark brown, outwardly oblique streak, terminating beyond the middle of the cell. This streak has parallel and straight edges, and is limited on both sides by a narrow edging of pure white scales. Beyond the end of the cell is a large ill-defined ashy brown shade, limited basally by a line of unmottled white and reaching nearly to the terminal edge: beyond it is a short oblique whitish fascia across the tip of the wing. Extreme apex ashy brown. Cilia white with dark fuscous tips. Hind wings light whitish fuscous on the upper side, faintly showing the ornamentation of the under side, which is whitish with dark fuscous transverse lines. Abdomen and legs ochreous white, slightly dusted with light fuscous. Alar expanse: 22 mm. Habitat: Beulah, New Mexico, 8,000 feet altitude (T. D. A. Cockerell). Type: U. S. N. M., No. 10238. This is the largest and lightest colored of the described American species of this genus. Genus COMMOPHILA Hubner. Fore wings with vein 7 to costa or apex; 7 and 8 sometimes connate; with raised scales. Hind wings with 6 and 7 approximate, connate or stalked; 3 and 4 connate or stalked. March, 1907. BUSCK : RKVIEW OP PHALONIIN^. 31 Synopsis of American species. Ground color whitish i Ground color not white 2 1. Hind wings with strong dark transverse striation macrocarpana. Hind wings without such striation fuscodorsana. 2. Fore wings dark brown saxicolana. Fore wings light ochreous comes. Commophila comes Walsingham. Conchylis comes Walsingham, Trans. Ent. Soc , London, 1884, p. 129. Phalonia comes Fernald, Dyar, List N. Am. Lep. No. 5463, 1903. This species should be referred to the present genus, if Lord Walsinghams determination of my specimen is authentic, as I beUeve. It has sHghtly raised, smooth scale tufts on the fore wings and veins 7 and 8 connate to costa; hind wings with 3 and 4 connate, 6 and 7 stalked. The specimen before me was bred in the insectary of the U. S- Department of Agriculture from galls on oak, made by Olliffiella cristicoUe Cockerell, received from Mr. H. K. Morrison, Fort Grant, Arizona. The following is Mr. Pergande's note on the larva: "Preying on the Coccid. Head "brick red, body purphsh, cervical plate paler anteriorly with a "broad black posterior margin; body marked each side with a "somewhat irregular row of minute whitish spots and similar "spots across the middle of the segments; venter pale dirty "yellowish; length, 7 mm." Genus HYSTEROSIA Stephens. Fore wings with vein 7 to termen. Hind wings with veins 3 and 4 connate ; 6 and 7 approximate but separate at base. Type: ino plana Ha worth. Synopsis of American species. Fore wings creamy white cegrana. Fore wings not creamy white i 1. Fore wings with ochreous markings 2 Fore wings with brown or fuscous markings 4 2. Hind wing whitish 3 Hind wing fuscous inopiana. 3. Fore wings suffused with light golden yellow aureoalbida. Fore wings blotched with darker yellow scaHng fuhiplicana. 32 JOURNAL NKW YORK ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. [Vol. XV. 4. Head dark fuscous 5 Head ochreous 6 5. Fore wings with a violet tint birdana. Fore wings without such tint modestana 6. The light ground color prevailing villana. The dark fuscous scaling prevailing 7 7. Fore wings with deep ochreous markings on fold baracana. Fore wings without such markings terminana Hysterosia birdana, new species. Labial palpi blackish brown. Head dark brown intermixed with ochreous Thorax dark purplish brown with a posterior tuft. Fore wings dark violet brown with still darker purplish brown markings as follows: a costal spot at base; another before the middle of the wing, which emits a narrojv inwardly oblique fascia, which gradually widens until it reaches the dorsal edge at basal third. A round dark spot within the dorsal edge at apical third and the entire tip of the wing limited inwardly by a straight line running from tornus to apical third of costal edge. At the end of the cell is a small round black dot. Hind wings above light ochreous fuscous with the ornamentation of the under side faintly showing through; under side whitish with numerous, undulating, transverse, dark fuscous lines running across the wing. Ab- domen ochreous fuscous. Legs ochreous, shaded externally with black. Alar expanse: 27 mm. Habitat: Rye, New York (H. Bird). Type: U. S. N. M., No. 10240. ' Food plant: Helianthus. Bred by Mr. H. Bird from larvae boring in the roots of Helian- thus, occurring with those of Papaipema nelita Strecker. This fine species, which I take pleasure in naming in honor of the discoverer, is by far the largest and darkest of the genus, and can not be mistaken for any of the other described species, though partaking in the general common scheme of markings. Hysterosia modestana, new species. Labial palpi dark fuscous with inner surfaces ochreous. Face, head and thorax dark fuscous; thorax smooth. Fore wings uniformly dark fuscous with a strong silky lustre; at the end of the cell outside of the usual small black dot is a small transverse blackish spot and between this and the apex is another larger blackish spot. Hind wings dark ochreous fuscous above; under side whitish fuscous checkered with dark fuscous transverse striation. Abdomen, dark fuscous. Anterior legs black with ochreous annulations on tarsal joints; posterior legs ochreous, mottled with black. March, 1907. BUSCK: REVIEW OF PHAEONIIN^. 33 Alar expanse: 20 mm. Habitat: Pittsburg, Pennsylvania (H. Engel). Type: U. S. N. M., No. 10241. The uniform dark color and the strong silky lustre, together with the dark head easily separates this species from the others here defined. Hysterosia terminana, new species. Labial palpi yellowish white, slightly shaded with black on the exterior side of second joint. Face ochreous white. Head, ochreous intermixed with fuscous. Thorax smooth, ochreous fuscous. Fore wings whitish ochreous, irregularly overlaid with dark fuscous spots and blotches. Costal fold dark fuscous. At the end of the cell is a small blackish dot, followed by a trans- verse, elongate triangular, dark fuscous shade ; between this and the dark apical part of the wing is a nearly unmottled, narrow fasci-form, ochreous white space, limiting sharply the dark apical part, which is darkest towards the base of the wing and gradually becomes lighter towards the tip. Upper side of the hind wings light whitish fuscous with the ornamentation of the under side faintly showing through; under side ochreous white, slightly mottled with light fuscous, transverse striation. Abdomen and legs ochreous. Alar expanse: 17-20 mm. Habitat: Pittsburg, Pennsylvania (H. Engel). Type: U. S- N. M., No. 10242. Nearest the following species from which it differs by the lighter head and palpi and by the absence of deep ochreous markings on the fold. Hysterosia baracana, new species. Labial palpi ochreous, shaded externally with black. Face and head ochre- ous brown, the face rather darker than the top of the head. Thorax dark fuscous with small ochreous posterior tuft. Fore wings with the ochreous white ground color, nearly completely obscured by dark fuscous black and deep ochreous scales. Costal edge blackish with three pairs of small indis- tinct ochreous streaks on the outer half. At the end of the cell is a small round black dot, surrounded by light ochreous scales; beyond it is faintly indicated the usual small transverse dark shade, followed by a blackish streak across the tip of the wing. On the disc and along the fold are several small ill-defined deep ochreous spots and single scales of the same color are sprinkled on the dorsal part of the wing below the fold. Hind wings light fuscous above and below with merely a trace of darker striation on the under side. Abdomen dark fuscous with ochreous anal tuft. Anterior legs blackish ; posterior legs ochreous with blackish spurs. 34 JOURNAL NEW YORK ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. [Vol. XV. Alar expanse: 16-17 mm. Habitat: St. Louis, Missouri (McElhose, Busck). • Type: U. vS. N. M., No. 10243. The tufted thorax and the ochreous markings on the fold of the fore wings distinguish this species from its alUes. Hysterosia villana. new species. Labial palpi ochreous with under side and tip black. Face, head and thorax ochreous. Fore wings clear straw-yellow with blackish fuscous markings and slightly suffused in irregular spots with deeper ochreous. Base of costa blackish. A basal patch of unmottled yellowreaches further out on the costal edge than on the dorsal edge, and is limited by a large ill-defined dark suf- fused patch, running obliquely across the wing, though not reaching the costal edge. Beyond this central patch is a narrow, nearly unmottled light space across the wing, limiting the dark mottled apical part of the wing in an in- wardly angulated line from tornus to apical third of costal edge. At the end of the cell is a blackish dot, connected with dark apical part by some dark fuscous scales. Hind wings light silvery fuscous on the upper side; under side slightly mottled with dark transverse striation. Abdomen and legs ochreous. Alar expanse: 19-21 mm. Habitat: Denver, Colorado (Oslar). Type: U. S. N. M., No. 10244. This species approaches in color aureoalbida, Walsingham, but belongs rather together with the dark species described in the present paper. Hysterosia inopiana Haworth. There is in the U. S. National Museum a single specimen collected in California by Lord Walsingham, and determined as this species by him. From the comparison of this specimen with European specimens I am unwilHng to pronounce on their identity .but I am incined to regard the record from this country as doubt- ful. Genus CARPOSINA Herrich-Schaffer. This remarkable genus was defined, naturally rather incom- pletely, as a Tineid genus by Herrich-Schaffer in his "Syst. Bear, der Schmetterlinge von Europa," vol. v., p. 38, 1853, and has not, as far as I am aware, been adequately characterized in print since. It has the following characters: Labial palpi in the female very long, straight, porrected; second joint thickened with short March, 1907. BUSCK: REVIEW OF PHALONIIN^. 35 brushes above and below, terminal joint rather long, plainly visible beyond the hairs of the second joint ; in the male the palpi are much shorter and strongly upward curved, second joint with thick short brush above and beneath, terminal joint short, erect and clothed with scales, so as to appear as broad as long and nearlv square. Antennae in the female simple, shortly ciUate; in the male with enlarged basal joint and long (2-3) ciliation. Ocelli obsolete. Thorax smooth. Fore wings narrow, elongate; apex pointed; termen very oblique; with raised scale tufts; 12 veins, all separate; 2, 3, 4 and 5 approximate from lower corner of cell; 7 to termen. / Hind wings broader than the fore wing, with well developed pecten on lower median vein; costa nearlv straight; termen strongly oblique, straight or subsinuate; dorsal edge rounded; 6 veins; veins 4 and 6 obsolete (coincident with 3 and 7); 3 and 5 approximate or connate; 7 to apex. Posterior tibiae hairy. The known larvae of this genus feed in the seeds of fruits and pupate in the ground in a cocoon, made of silk and particles of earth. The Japanese species Carposina sasaki Matsumura* is an important enemy of the peach crop of the country!. The genus belongs to a very abnormal group of the subfamily Phaloniin i pl- 20c. j WiCKHAM, H. F. 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During the act of copulation, the female is almost a passive agent ; she often struggles, however, to rid herself of the male. The latter is very per- sistent in his advances, and is also polygamous, — one has been ob- served to unite with three females in succession. Sometimes a female is besieged by several males, at which time there is a fierce struggle for possession. Again, a male may unite with the same female twice in succession, with an interval of but two or three seconds between. The copulation is normal for the Hymenoptera, but the position as- sumed by the male is peculiar. After seizing the female, he takes an inclined position, leaning far back at an angle of about sixty degrees, the tip of the abdomen well under the venter of the female and curved up between her posterior legs. The act lasts for about three and a half seconds. The pair may be motionless or running about. Copula- tion generally follows soon after emergence, but may be delayed. On the part of the females, it is almost immediately followed by oviposi- tion. 57 58 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xv. 2. Proportion of the Sexes. — In an examination of 763 specimens of this insect reared during the entire season from the usual host eggs, the sexes were found to exist in about equal proportions, with a slight preponderance of the females, as shown in the attached table. Table I. Proportion of Sexes. Lot No. Date, 1904. J2 "3 •o < 0 "a e Source. I May 26 16 10 Reared. 2 May 6 5 3 2 From 2 hosts. 3 May 23 8 4 4 From 2 hosts. 4 May 23 8 4 4 Captured. 5 June 3 4 2 2 From a single host. 6 June 3 2 I I From a single host. 7 June 4-8 28 12 16 From many hosts. 8 June 6 7 2 5 From 4 hosts. 9 June 7 5 3 2 Reared. 10 June -8 3 I 2 From a single host. II June 12 2 2 0 From a single host. 12 June 12 2 2 0 From a single host. 13 June 14-16 19 12 7 From 22 hosts. 14 June 22 2 I I From a single host. 15 June 22-25 41 28 13 From many hosts. 16 June 27 4 2 2 From a single host. 17 July I 20 18 2 From many hosts. 18 July 20 2 0 2 From a single host. 19 July 28 10 I 9 From 6 hosts. 20 July 28 12 8 4 Reared. 21 July 29 16 6 10 Reared. 22 July 9 3 6 Reared and captured. 23 Aug. 2 II 6 5 Portion of lot from many hosts. 24 Aug. 2 40 12 28 From 30 hosts. 25 Aug. 21 20 10 10 From many hosts. 26 Sept. 12 33 II 22 From 35 hosts. 27 Sept. 22 83 41 42 From 36 hosts. 28 Sept. 25 III 53 58 From 64 hosts. 29 Oct. 4 8 2 6 From 4 hosts. 30 Oct. 5 44 23 21 From 34 hosts. 31 Oct. 14 24 8 16 Reared. 32 Oct. 18 6 2 4 From 2 hosts. 33 Nov. 4 3 I 2 P'rom a single host. 34 Nov. 7 16 8 8 Collected from reared specimens. 35 Misc. during season 129 57 72 Various, mostly reared. Totals 763 365 398 The proportion of the sexes in the variety nigra Girault is as 24 males to 27 females. The proportion of the sexes in specimens reared from single hosts may be seen by consulting the table just pre- June, 1907.] GiRAULT : TrICHOGRAMMA PRETIOSA RiLEY. 59 sented (lots No. 5, 6, 10, 11, 12, 14, 16, 18 and 33); the sexes vary in relative numbers, but are about equal on an average. In four cases not given in the table, however, hosts collected from the field Sep- tember 27, three parasities issued from each, the proportion being one male to two females, a total of four males and eight females. From eight eggs of Alabama argillacea Hiibner, collected in late October from cotton plants, the females generally exceeded the males in num- ber, thus : Host No. No. Adults. Males. Females. I 2 0 2 2 2 I I 3 3 I 2 4 I 0 I 5 2 I I 6 3 I 2 7 2 I I 8 3 I 2 Total 18 6 12 As to the relative time of issuing of the sexes, it appears that there is little or no difference. For example, from a lot of • host eggs par- asitized on June 22, there issued between i and 2 P. M., June 30, 2 males and 3 females; at 3 P. M., 3 more females had emerged, and from that hour on both sexes appeared at intervals for some hours. Between the hours of 2 and 3 P. M., June 27, 2 males and 2 females issued from a single host ; from 6 to 8 A. M., October 4, 2 males and 6 females appeared from 3 hosts parasitized at the same time, and again from a single host, there issued simultaneously at 3 P. M., June 27, 2 males and 2 females. In the genus Anaphes of a closely re- lated family of egg-parasites, it is indicated that the relative issuance of adults is about the same as in Trichogramma, whereas in Te/enomus, more remote, relative issuance of the sexes is more regular, the males preponderating for the first day or so, then the females becoming the more numerous. 3. Size not Indicative of Sex. — As a rule the females are larger than the other sex, but this cannot be relied upon to distinguish them, as sometimes the reverse is the case. From a large series of measure- ments, the following table is adduced, showing the range in size and general average for each sex. 60 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xv. Table II. Relative Size of the Sexes. Length, mm. Maximum. Minimum. Range. Average. Male 0.45 0.50 0.20 0.25 0.25 0.25 0.34 0.38 Female The foregoing notes are derived from observations made during the Cotton Bollworm Investigations in Texas, 1904, by the Bureau of Entomology, U. S. Department of Agriculture. Unless otherwise specifically stated, the cotton bollworm, Heliothis obsoleta Hiibner, was the host, and the observations were made at Paris, Texas. These notes are given in abstract by Quaintance and Brues in Bull. No. 50, Bureau Ent., U. S. Dep. Agric, pp. 118, 119. Class I, Hexapoda. Order II, COLEOPTERA. NEW SCARAB^ID^. By Chas. Schaeffer, Brooklyn, N. Y. The rearrangement of the Museum collection of Scarabaeidse necessitated the identification and study of recent accessions as well as of some species collected by myself near Brownsville, Texas, and in the Huachuca Mts., Arizona, which were still unnamed. The collection of the late Ottomar Dietz contains a great number •of unnamed species of Diplotaxis mostly from New Braunfels, Texas. These I have attempted to identify in connection with those collected by myself, but, without the study of the types and with the descrip- tions only, poor results were obtained, as Dr. Leconte's descriptions are too short to identify most of the species with any degree of certainty. From the number of unnamed species, most of which are probably new, I have given names to those only, which possess at least some prominent and strong character, which would have been noticed and mentioned by Leconte in his descriptions, had the species been known to him. \ June. 1907.] SCHAEFFER : NeW ScARAB^IDiC. 61 Aphodius sallaei Harold. Berl. Ent. Zeitsch., 1863, p. 336. Specimens agreeing with Von Harold's description were taken at light near Brownsville, Texas. Bales in the " Biologia " records it from Mexico to Costa Rica. This species is similar in form to ruricola, dark brown, elytra paler with some of the intervals either entirely or partly dark brown or piceous ; the striae are deeply im- pressed and crenately punctate ; the intervals feebly convex and finely punctate; the thorax is finely punctate, with some larger punctures intermixed ; head trituberculate, feebly so in the female ; gense distinct ; clypeus emarginate in front with angles reflexed and rounded ; mesosternum not carinate. Aphodius arizonensis, new species. Moderately elongate, reddish brown. Head densely punctate, front feebly tuber- culate ; genre prominent, rounded ; clypeus more coarsely punctate than the head, frontal margin reflexed and arcuate-emarginate, angles rounded ; margins not fimbri- ate. Thorax twice as wide at base as long, scarcely narrowing to the front ; sides feebly arcuate, margin not explanate ; front and hind angles rounded ; base finely margined ; surface finely punctate with coarser punctures intermixed, the coarser punc- tures more numerous and denser at sides, on the disk a smooth median line. Elytra not wider than the thorax at base ; humeri obtuse ; sides feebly arcuate ; strire moder- ately deeply impressed, not very coarsely punctate ; intervals slightly convex, finely punctulate. Underside finely punctulate. Mesosternum not carinate. Anterior tibiae strongly tridentate externally; impunctate on the upper surface ; first tarsal joint .shorter than second. Posterior femora sparsely punctulate ; apex of hind tibire with equal spinules, first joint as long as the next three. Length 5 mm. Huachuca Mts., Arizona. This species resembles inilitaris somewhat, btit has to be placed in Dr. Horn's group B. From all the species in this group it will be readily recognized by its uniform reddish brown color. Bradycinetus serratus var. peninsularis Schaef . Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. , vol. xxxii, p. 252. This variety, which I described from Lower California, occurs also in Arizona (Phoenix). Diplotaxis rugosioides, new species. Form ol sordida, black with feeble reneous luster. Head coarsely densely punc- tate ; genre not prominent ; clypeal suture distinct at sides, obliterated at middle ; cly- peus coarsely and densely punctate, margin reflexed and emarginate at apex, angles broadly rounded. Thorax slightly more than twice as wide at base as long ; sides arcuate slightly behind middle, obliquely narrowing to base and apex ; basal angles obtuse, apical angles acute ; a depression near basal and apical angles also along the base ; surface moderately coarsely and very densely punctate, clothed with very short. 62 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xv. erect, pale hairs. Elytra a little longer than one and a half times the basal width, slightly widening to apex ; surface rugose with feebly impressed strise and extremely short semi-erect, pale hairs. Pygidium densely confluently punctate. Labrum arcu- ately emarginate. Metasternum moderately coarsely punctate. Ventral segments with slightly smaller, submuricate and more sparsely placed punctures. Anterior tibifB tridentate. Claws cleft, but the lower part broader and much smaller than the upper and obliquely truncate at apex. Length II mm. Hampton, New Hampshire (S. A. Shaw). This species looks very distinct, but differs very little from sordida, except in the absence of dense, yellowish pubescence of the thorax and also the much shorter and scarcely visible pubescence on the elytra. I have examined a number of specimens of sordida, but the thoracic pubescence, even in old worn examples, seems to be persistent, while there is no trace of longer yellowish hairs in riigosioides, in which the short greyish hairs can only be seen from a lateral point of view. The form is also more depressed and not as convex as in sordida. Diplotaxis muricata, new species. Oblong, dull black, elytra with rows of pale recumbent hairs. Head coarsely cribrately punctate, clypeal suture almost obliterated ; clypeus short, apical angles rounded, scarcely reflexed and very feebly emarginate in front, genas nearly continu- ous with the clypeus. Thorax twice as wide at base as long ; sides arcuately rounded, t)ie widest part at middle ; apical angles sub-acute, basal angles distinct but obtuse ; surface densely and very coarsely punctate, punctures less dense and more separated on the disk ; from each puncture arise pale, short hairs. Elytra not quite one fourth longer than wide ; humeral angles distinct ; sides nearly parallel, very feebly widening behind ; costa; almost indistinguishable ; punctuation coarse and somewhat muricate ; viewed laterally, there are a number of nearly regular rows of short, recumbent, pale hairs. Underside very coarsely punctate, punctuation sparser on the abdominal segments ; pygidium and propygidium coarsely, cribrately punc- tate, but the latter only so in a transversely impressed apical space ; labrum broadly, but not deeply arcuate-emarginate ; maxillary palpi oblong-oval ; presternum cari- nate ; front tibice tridentate, the upper tooth further removed from the second than the latter is from the first ; tarsal joints rather short and stout : claws cleft, the lower part broader and much shorter than the upper and obliquely truncate. Length 5 mm. Alpine, Texas (H. F. Wickham). I received two specimens of this distinct species from Mr. Warren Knaus- under the name of puberulus, one of which he kindly pre- sented to me. From piiheruiiis it differs in form of thorax and elytra, punctuation and pubescence ; from brevisetosa the form and punctua- tion of elytra and claws will separate it. June, 1907.] SCHAEFFER : NeW ScARAB^ID^. 63 Diplotaxis sparsesetosa, new species. Robust, black. Head coarsely and densely punctate ; genje distinct, but con- tinuous with the sides of the clypeus ; clypeal suture absent ; clypeus more densely punctate than the head, apical margin feebly reflexed and scarcely emarginate, angles broadly rounded. Thorax twice as wide at base as long ; apex slightly narrower than base ; sides arcuate ; surface very coarsely punctate, punctures well separated on the disk, dense at sides. Elytra not quite one and a half times as long as wide at base, widening towards apex ; costa; distinct and with a row of smaller punctures ; punctures of intervals, between the geminate rows of punctures, confused, coarse, but not dense, each bearing a very short, pale hair, which is more apparent when the specimen is viewed laterally. Propygidium with a deep, transverse, well-limited and coarsely punctate impression. Abdominal spiracle rather prominent. Pygidium extremely coarsely and confluently punctate. Labrum broadly arcuateemarginate. Anterior tibiie tridentate, the upper tooth twice as far from the second, as the latter from the first. Claws cleft, the lower part broader and much shorter than the upper and truncate at apex. Metasternum and abdomen coarsely but not densely punctate, the latter still more coarsely punctate at sides. Length 9 mm. Texas (Dietz). From the above described minicata this species differs in being more robust, the elytra widening towards apex, much shorter and finer pale hairs and the elytral punctuation different. By description it seems to be allied to Linell's brevisetosa, but that species has the lower part of the cleft claws nearly as long as the upper. Superficially sparsesetosa resembles connata somewhat, but is widely separated from that species. In describing connata I compared it with Lachnosterna epigaa which is not correct ; it has rather the form of cribrosa than epigcea. Diplotaxis arizonica, new species. Oblong, ferruginous, clypeus on each side rather strongly sinuate, each elytral puncture with a short, recumbent pale hair. Head coarsely and densely punctate ; clypeal suture impressed ; gense not prominent, continuous with the clypeus ; the latter broadly emarginate in front, sides rather strongly sinuate near apical angles, margin and front reflexed. Thorax twice as wide at base as long; sides broadly arcu- ate slightly behind middle, strongly narrowing to base and slightly sinuate before the latter, obliquely narrowing to apical angles, the latter acute, basal angles nearly rec- tangular ; disk with moderately coarse, but not densely placed punctures. Elytra slightly wider than the thorax at base ; first costa well defined, second more obscured by the punctures at sides, both costce almost without punctures; the row of punc- tures on each side of the costse distinct, the punctuation between these confused ; from each of the elytral punctures arises a short, semi-erect, pale hair. • Pygidium coarsely but not densely punctate, propygidium transversely impressed at apex and coarsely punctate, posterior spiracle moderately prominent. Underside coarsely punc- tate, labrum moderately deeply arcuate-emarginate ; last joint of maxillary palpi 64 Journal New York Entomological Society. ivoi. xv. oval ; front tibise tridentate, the upper tooth further removed from the second than the latter from the apical tooth ; claws cleft, the upper and lower part equal in width, but the lower slightly shorter than the upper. Length 8 mm. Huachuca Mts. , Arizona. The distinguishing characters of this species are the strongly sin- uated sides of clypeus, the distinct, but slightly obtuse hind angles of thorax and the very short, sparse, pale hairs on elytra. Diplotaxis knausii, new species. Elongate, narrow, ferruginous, labrum prominent and very deeply emarginate. Head densely and moderately coarsely punctate ; clypeal suture distinct at sides, obliterated at middle ; above the clypeal suture a subtriangular, shallow, median depression; clypeus reflexed in front and broadly emarginate, angles rounded, gence not prominent, continuous with the clypeus. Thorax transverse, sides arcuate slightly behind middle ; apical and basal angles obtuse ; surface on each side near front angles slightly impressed and rather densely punctate at sides, punctures moderately coarse and on the disk less densely placed than at sides. Elytra nearly one and a half times as long as wide at base ; sides almost parallel ; costse feebly distinct and finely sub- muricately punctate ; the punctuation between the suture and the first geminate row of punctures confused, those between the first and second row forming almost regular rows of punctures. Pygidium very coarsely and confluently punctate, propygidium more feebly punctate in an apical transverse line. Labrum prominent, very deeply divided. Mentum rather deeply emarginate. Front tibiae tridentate, the upper tooth more distant from the second, than the latter from the first. Front tarsi subcom- pressed ; first joint triangular, second and following elongate ; claws cleft, the lower part slightly shorter than the upper. First and second ventral segment on each side of middle with a more or less prominent elevation, which is irregularly striate ; third with a very feeble elevation. Length 9 mm. Las Vegas, Nevada. This interesting and very distinct species is dedicated with pleasure to Mr. Warren Knaus, to whom I am indebted for the single male. The female, which is in the collection of Mr. Knaus differs from the male in having slightly shorter hind tarsi, in being a little more robust and having the first joint of front tarsi scarcely triangular. There will be no difficulty in distinguishing both sexes of knausii from any known species by the prominent and deeply divided labrum, the triangularly emarginate mentum, the distinct elevations on second and third ventral segments and in addition the somewhat compressed, triangularly dilated first joint of front tarsi of the male. Diplotaxis tarsalis, new species. Oblong-oval, ferruginous or piceus. Head not densely punctate, punctures not coarse and well separated ; clypeal suture distinct, broadly arcuate at middle ; gense not prominent, continuous with the clypeus ; clypeus densely and more coarsely punctate than the head, sides and apical margin reflexed, the former feebly sinuate June, 1907.] SCHAEFFER : NeW ScARAB.«ID/E. 65 before the rounded apical angles, apical margin truncate-emarginate. Thorax at base slightly more than twice as wide as long ; sides somewhat explanate, especially near basal third and feebly arcuate ; hind angles rounded, front angles feebly rounded ; disk remotely not coarsely punctate, punctures at sides a little denser and coarser. Elytra about one and one half times as wide at base, gradually widening to apex ; costse feebly convex and with an irregular row of punctures; intervals, be- tween the geminate rows of punctures, enclosing the costee, confusedly punctate.' Propygidium transversely impressed, the impression not more coarsely punctate than the rest ; last abdominal spiracle somewhat prominent. Pygidium sparsely punctate, the punctures not coarser than those of propygidium ; apex somewhat inflexed and rotundate-truncate in the male. Underside coarsely and sparsely punctate, meta- sternum finely at middle but more densely at sides ; front tarsi tridentate ; tarsal joints at apical half densely clothed with pale-yellowish, fine pubescence ; claws cleft, the lower part broader, slightly shorter than the upper and truncate at apex ; maxillary palpi in the male subcompressed and broadly arcuate on inner side, rounded at apex ; in the female narrow, elongate with apex obliquely truncate ; labrum broadly emargi- nate. Length 8.5-9 '""''• Huachuca Mountains, Arizona. Distinguished by the explanate, scarcely deflexed sides of thorax finely and densely pubescent tarsal joints at apical half, and the broad last joint of maxillary palpi of the male. Diplotaxis pubipes, new species. Oblong-oval, black with faint reneous luster. Head remotely punctate, punctures not coarse ; clypeal suture obliterated at middle, faint at sides ; genze feebly prominent ; clypeus more coarsely and densely punctate than the head, sides and apex reflexed, apical angles rounded, apical margin very feebly emarginate. Thorax twice as wide at base as long ; apex slightly narrower than base ; sides feebly arcuate ; basal angles slightly rounded ; basal margin with a broad antescutellar depression ; surface with moderately large, well separated punctures. Elytra one and a half times as long as wide ; sides gradually widening to apex ; punctuation confused between the geminate rows of punctures; costre feebly elevated with a single row of slightly smaller punc- tures than those of the intervals ; at base a circumscutellar impression. Propygidium with a deep, well limited, transverse, apical impression ; feebly punctate, except the transverse impression which is coarsely punctate. Pygidium coarsely, remotely punc- tate. Labrum feebly, broadly emarginate. Maxillary palpi oval. Front tibiae tri- dentate. Tarsi densely clothed over nearly the entire underside with yellowish hairs. Claws cleft, inferior portion shorter and broader than the upper and oblique at apex. Abdominal segments sparsely and coarsely punctate. Length 8.5 mm. Brownsville, Texas (Esperanza Ranch). The distinct antescutellar thoracic and circumscutellar elytral im- pressions, together with the densely pubescent tarsal joints, render the recognition of this species easy. (p6 Journal New York Entomological Society. [VoI. xv The pubescence occupies nearly the entire under -surface of the tarsal joints and is much denser than in tarsalis. By description it seems to be related to the Mexican juguilensis, which has the elytra very coarsely, subconfluently punctate, the lateral margin sinuate in front, the basal thoracic and scutellar impressions absent and the front tibiae of male bidentate. The specimen described above is apparently a male, which I owe to the kindness of my friend Mr. Gustav Beyer, who collected two or three specimens at light. Diplotaxis californica, new species. Oblong-oval, black or dark ferruginous. Head coarsely, cribrately punctate ; genae not prominent, almost continuous with the sides of the clypeus ; clypeal suture only visible at sides; above the clypeal suture, from side to side, a transverse, slightly arcuate, prominent swelling, which gives the clypeus, together with the reflexed front margin, the appearance of being deeply excavated ; apical margin scarcely emarginate ; angles' rounded. Thorax at base twice as wide as long ; sides strongly arcuate behind middle, obliquely narrowing to the hand angles, which are obtuse, slightly less strongly narrowing to apex, before these feebly sinuate ; near the side margin a distinctly impressed line, which is less distinct near apex ; surface densely and coarsely punctate, slightly less densely at middle of disk. Elytra slightly wider than the thorax at base, one and a half times as long as wide, feebly widening behind ; costse almost obliterated, but indicated by the row of smaller punctures ; first inter- val, between the sutural row and the geminate row of punctures enclosing the first costa, confusedly punctate, the others forming almost regular rows of punctures. Propygidium sparsely and much more finely punctate than in the transverse apical im- pression. Pygidium coarsely punctate. Labrum broadly and feebly arcuate-emarginate. Maxillary palpi oval. Anterior tibiae tridentate. Claws toothed at middle. Ventral segments transversely coarsely punctate at apex, feebly so at base ; second ventral segment with two more or less distinct elevations on each side of middle in both sexes. Length 8 mm. Tulare Co., California (Dietz). The anteclypeal elevation in this species which is slightly im- pressed at middle in one female, is much more prominent than in any of my specimens of excavata and by this and the elevations on the second ventral segment californica Avill be readily recognized. The claws are described as being toothed, but are really cleft, with the lower part very short and the oblique apical truncation feeble. Diplotaxis beyeri, new species. Elongate, ferruginous. Head rather flat, coarsely punctate ; gense prominent ; clypeal suture distinct, arcuate at middle ; clypeus as long as the head, coarsely punctate, apical margin strongly reflexed and scarcely emarginate, angles broadly June, 1907.] SCHAEFFER : NeW ScARAB^IDTE. 67 rounded. Thorax twice as wide at base as long ; sides broadly rounded, basal and apical angles obtuse ; base and sides margined ; apex nearly as wide as base ; surface moderately coarsely, but not densely punctate. Elytra slightly more than one and a half times as long as wide, not widening behind ; punctuation forming almost regular rows, except the first interval, which is confusedly punctate ; costae almost indistinct and with a row of smaller punctures ; at apex the rows of punctures are feebly im- pressed. Propygidium transversely impressed at apex and coarsely punctate. Pygi- dium coarsely not densely punctate. Labrum broadly arcuate-emarginate. Maxillary palpi elongate-oval. Front tibiae tridentate, the teeth equally separated from each other. Claws cleft, but the lower part very short and obliquely truncate at apex. Length lo-ll mm. Brownsville, Texas (Esperanza Ranch). This fine species is named after my friend Mr. Gustav Beyer, with whom I collected this and many other interesting species on my second trip to that semi-tropical region. The elongate, nearly parallel sided form and the large clypeus distinguish this species. The head, basal margin and suture are gen- erally slightly darker. Listrochelus knausii, new species. Oblong-oval, pale ferruginous, elytra pruinose. Head densely and very coarsely punctate, the transverse carina on the vertex almost absent ; clypeus transverse, margin reflexed, apex feebly emarginate. Thorax rotundate-angulate at sides ; apical angles acute, basal angles rounded ; apex slightly narrower than base ; side margins serrulate, more strongly at basal half than near front angles, fimbriate with long hairs; surface coarsely, irregularly punctate, more densely near apical margin. Elytra moderately coarsely punctate, punctures not deeply impressed ; sutural cost^e more prominent than the discal, the latter very feeble ; side margins fimbriate. Underside, except abdomen, densely clothed with pale yellowish, fine, long hairs. Length II.5-12 mm. Male. — Club of antennce as long as the funicle. Fifth abdominal segment broadly elevated at middle, the elevation more densely punctate than the rest of the segment. Pygidium feebly convex, with very few punctures ; apex rounded. Poste- rior tibire slender, normal ; spurs slender, the inner slightly shorter and rounded at apex ; tarsi as long as the tibi?s. Claws feebly crenate, alike on all the tarsi, with a small median tooth. Female. — Antennal club shorter than the funicle. Pygidium feebly convex and very sparsely punctate. Abdomen convex and very obsoletely punctate. Claws feebly crenate alike on all the tarsi with a small median tooth. Hind tarsi shorter than the tibiffi. Stockton, Utah. This species, which was communicated by Mr. Warren Knaus, after whom it is named, has lost nearly all the characters of the genus, but the facies and the feeble crenation of the claws leave no doubt that it is a Listrochelus. 68 Journal New York Entomological Society. ivoi. xv. By description knausii is very close to sociatus, near which it has to be placed, but the latter species is said to have the posterior tibiae stout, resembling those of Ligyrus. Of the species known to me it resembles fimbripes in form, color and size, but the claws, abdominal and other characters separate the two. Anomala clypealis, new species. Elongate-oval, pale testaceous ; thorax with a median darker space, which ex- tends on each side at middle as a narrow line not quite to the side margins. Head rather coarsely punctate, feebly convex ; eyes not prominent ; antennal club as long as the preceding joints together ; clypeal suture straight, distinctly impressed ; cly- peus rather strongly narrowing to apex, frontal margin rounded and refiexed, sides scarcely reflexed. Thorax twice as broad at base as long, sides feebly arcuate, ob- liquely narrowing to the front, parallel behind ; front angles acute ; hind angles rounded, disk rather sparsely punctate, the punctures at sides slightly larger and more crowded, at middle an impressed longitudinal line. Elytra at base slightly narrower than the thorax at base, gradually widening towards apex ; costae between the geminate rows of punctures distinct, feebly convex and very finely and irregu- larly punctate ; subsutural and second interval with a more irregular row of coarse punctures than those of the geminate rows enclosing the costce, at sides the punctua- tion forms almost regular rows of punctures. Pygidium convex, rugose, sparsely hairy at tip. Underside coarsely punctate ; metasternum with a few erect hairs. Front tibise bidentate, apical tooth elongate, curved ; outer claw very feebly cleft, the upper portion extremely narrow and short ; intermediate scarcely visibly cleft. Length 7 mm. Arizona (Bakersville ?). One male, sent me by my brother and possibly collected at light in Bakersville. The feebly cleft claws bring this species near anteunata and />ar- vula, from which the different form of clypeus, thoracic spot, and the rugose pygidium separates it. In the single specimen, the pygidium and also some indistinct longitudinal spaces on elytra are slightly darker. At the time I published in this Journal, vol. XIV, p. i, the "Notes on the species of ^w^w^zA? " I prepared a synoptic table of the species then known to me, but withheld the publication of the table, as I intended to include one or two more species, which were recorded as being taken within our faunal limits and which are un- known to me. I expected to receive specimens of these, as well as of some Mexican species from a European correspondent, but for some reason they have not arrived, so I take the present occasion to publish the table. June, 1907 ] SCHAEFFER : NeW SCARAB.€ID.E. 69 Table of the Species of Anomala. 1. Metasternum not protuberant, middle coxa narrowly separated * 2. Metasternum protuberant, middle coxae rather widely separated (subgenus Spilota) 19. 2. Tarsal claws in part cleft, sometimes very feeble (subgenus Anomala) 3. Tarsal claws all simple (subgenus Rhombonyx) 16. 3. Hind tibise (female) shorter than the femora, very broad, triangularly widening to apex ; first joint of middle tarsi longer than second ; color testaceous, head, two oblique apical thoracic spots of irregular outline and suture darker. tibialis Schaef. Hind tibiae as long or longer than the femora, of usual form 4. 4. Pygidium punctate, punctures well separated! 5. Pygidium rugose Ii. 5. Thorax unicolorous 10. Thorax bicolorous, black with side margin more or less testaceous, or testaceous with one or two apical black spots 6. 6. Elytral intervals of equal width, convex, rugose, only the subsutural wider and with confused punctuation ; striae impressed, almost impunctate ; clypeal mar- gin widely reflexed ; color testaceous, head and two spots at apex of thorax darker antennata Schaef. Two or more of the elytral intervals wider than the others and with confused punctuation, clypeal margin narrowly reflexed 7. 7. Thorax testaceous with two darker apical spots 8. Thora.x testaceous with one apical spot, or black with sides paler 9. 8. Front tibiae bidentate, elytra coarsely punctate and subrugose, the costse indistinct, obscured by the coarse punctuation ; color testaceous, two apical thoracic spots and suture darker parvula Burm. Front tibiae tridentate, the upper tooth distinct in the larger specimens, in the smaller specimens more feeble ; the elytral costte, as well as the geminate rows of punctures enclosing them, well defined ; color testaceous, head, two thoracic spots, elytral suture and side margins black or piceous flaviUa Bates. 9. First joint of middle tarsi very distinctly shorter than second; outer claws of front and middle tarsi in the male very feebly cleft, the upper division fine and thin and on the front claw far removed from the tip of the lower division ; color testaceous, head, a subtriangular apical thoracic spot, suture and margin of elytra darker centralis Lee. First joint of middle tarsi as long or longer than second ; outer claws of front and middle tarsi in the male distinctly cleft, the upper division as long as the lower, or slightly shorter ; color variable, from testaceous, thorax with large apical spot and humeral callus of elytra darker to elytra black, with faint traces of longi- tudinal testaceous lines and thorax black with side margins testaceous. inconstans Burm. * In polychalca the middle coxae are more widely separated than in the rest of the species, but the metasternum is not protuberant. t In some specimens of inconstans and peninstilaris the pygidium is feebly rugose. 70 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xv. I 10. Pygidium shining, punctuation feeble ; color testaceous, head, thorax, scutellum, suture and legs rufous peninsularis Schaef. '1 Pygidium sub-alutaceous, coarsely punctate ; color variable, elytra testaceous without markings, thorax darker and sometimes with feeble metallic luster to greenish metallic and elytra with or without brown or black markings, the latter variable in size flavipennis Burm. 11. Thorax testaceous with large median darker spot or black or zeneous with pale side margin .. 12. Thorax unicolorous black or aeneous 14. 12. Outer claw of anterior and middle tarsi very feebly cleft, the upper division very fine and thin, almost obsolete and far removed from the tip of the lower divi- sion ; the first elytral interval near suture divided by an irregular row of punc- tures ; color testaceous, a large apical thoracic spot, some indistinct longitudinal spaces on elytra and pygidium darker clypealis n. sp. Outer claw of anterior and middle tarsi distinctly cleft, the upper division as long or nearly as long as the lower ; the first elytral interval confusedly punctate. 13. 13. Tooth of front tarsal claw joint obsolete ; larger more elongate species ; thorax black or blackish aeneous with side margins pale ; elytra testaceous, without or with black markings of variable size undulata Melsh. Tooth of front tarsal claw joint distinct ; smaller, more robust species, color variable, elytra testaceous to nearly black, thorax pale with apical black spot or entirely black innuba Fab. 13. Thorax and elytra black, the latter often with some paler spots or streaks, elytral punctuation very coarse obliterating the cost£e on the disk ; size small. black form of innuba Fab. Thorax metallic green, asneous or cupreous 14. 14. Elytra with nearly regular, impressed, punctured striae, intervals subequal, con- vex, very finely punctate ; thorax metallic green, sometimes with slight cupre- ous tint ; elytra metallic green, or bluish green and in some specimens with pale brownish streaks polychalca Bates. Elytral intervals wider than the costse, flat and confusedly punctate, elytra testa- ceous, with dark markings ; thorax reddish with metallic tint, green orneneous. 15- 15. The punctures of the geminate series enclosing the elytral costre, as well as some rows at sides, forming short, impressed and closely punctate, black lines of variable length ; the upper division of the outer left front claw of the male very small and very thin, far removed from the tip of the lower division. ludoviciana Schaef. The geminate series of punctures regular, not forming short, impressed, closely ~ punctate, black lines, except sometimes at apex ; the upper division of the outer front claw of the male distinct, as long or slightly shorter than the lower division binotata Gyll. 16. Frontal suture carinate, color uniform, testaceous 17. Frontal suture obliterated, color variable, never uniform testaceous 18. 17. Elytral striae impressed, very obsoletely punctured, intervals slightly convex, equal, scarcely punctate, only the first interval broader and with an irregu- lar row of large punctures at basal half, surface subopaque cavifrons Lee. June, 1907 ] SCHAEFFER ; NeW ScARAB.BID.E. 71 Elytral strife indistinctly punctate, except the strise at sides, which consist each of a row of coarser punctures ; the first interval confusedly punctate with large punctures, surface shining Carinifrons Bates. 18. First joint of hind tarsi shorter than second ; first elytral interval divided by an irregular row of punctures, the second with a few very obsolete punctures, cly- peal margin very broadly reflexed, color testaceous, head, scutellum, suture and a large thoracic spot of irregular outline darker semilivida Lee. First joint of hind tarsi as long as second ; first elytral interval coarsely and con- fusedly punctate, second with a row of coarse punctures ; clypeal margin mod- erately reflexed ; color testaceous ; head, a large thoracic spot attaining the base, suture and sides of elytra dark brown minuta Burm. 19. Pygidium shining, punctured, the punctures on the disk generally well separated 20. Pygidium subopaque, densely rugose and pubescent 21. 20. Thorax shining, punctuation sparse, testaceous, with or without discal piceous space or entirely black, elytra from testaceous to black lucicola Fab. Thorax subopaque, very densely punctured with aeneous luster, side margins pale ; elytra testaceous to castaneous Oblivia Horn. 21. Thora.x coarsely punctured, shining, dark rufescent, with slight ?eneous luster, side margins pale marginata Fab. Strigoderma latitibia, new species. Form of pygDusa but larger ; elytra dark brown to fulvous ; head and thorax brownish-metallic, in the paler specimens with side margins also pale. Head and clypeus coarsely and densely punctate ; clypeal suture impressed ; clypeus moder- ately reflexed. Thorax twice as wide at base as long ; sides arcuate slightly before middle, parallel behind, obliquely narrowing to front angles, which are right ; surface coarsely and rather densely punctate, feebly impressed on each side, sparsely clothed with moderately long pale hairs. Scutellum with a few coarse, irregularly distributed punctures. Elytra slightly longer than wide, feebly arcuate at sides ; three or four striae nearest suture, regular, the others more or less confused, rather coarsely punctate. Pygidium rugose. Front tibia; bidentate ; front and middle tars cleft, the upper division finer than the lower; hind tibiae wide and short, about twice as long as wide at apex. Last abdominal segment finely and densely punctulate, the other segments much coarser and sparser. Under side and legs sparsely pubescent' with cinereous hairs. Length 8 mm. Galveston, Texas (F. H. Snow). This species will be readily identified by the short and broad hind tibiae of the males, which is the only sex known to me. The form is similar to pygmcea but larger ; the color is variable, in the pale specimens the sides of elytra are darker and the sides of thorax pale. The elytral sculpture is similar to that oi pygincea, but the striae are not quite as deeply impressed. Strigoderma floridana Ohaus. Stelt. Ent. Zeitung, vol. LXVI, p. 2S5. 72 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xv. This species was described from Titusville, Florida, but I am unable to find anything in the description by which it differs from pygmcea, unless it is the ^^ relativ kurze, hochgeivdlhte Halsschild.'" The thorax \n pygvicea cannot be called very convex, though, if com- pared with arboricola, it is certainly more convex than in that species. It is said to be related to marginata and columbica, and with the first of these two, pygvicea was given by Gemminger and Harold as a synonym. From his remark " die kleinste der mir bekannteti Strigoder- men,'' it seems that Dr. Ohaus did not '^xd.wt pygviaa when he described hisfloridana, as the size he gives for the latter species is exactly that oi pygmcea, of which I have even smaller specimens than 5.5 mm. in length. Strigoderma viridicollis, new species. Form of arboricola, head, thorax and sculellum bright green, thorax with pale side margin, legs pale with greenish luster. Head coarsely and densely punctate, clypeal margin obliterated ; clypeus moderately reflexed. Thorax not quite twice as wide at base as long ; sides feebly arcuate ; apical angles subacute, basal angles rounded ; surface coarsely punctate, densely at sides, slightly more sparsely on the disk, intermixed with a few finer punctures, pubescence moderately long, erect ; at sides two oblique impressions, one starting from near the apical angles and the other below this, median line impressed but not reaching base or apex. Scutellum irregu- larly punctate, punctures finer than those on thorax. Elytra one and a half times as long as wide at base, feebly arcuately narrowing to apex ; surface striate-sulcate, punctures of striae large and shallow ; intervals very convex, as wide as the striae. Pygidium transversely rugose, sparsely hairy. Front tibise bidentate ; front and middle outer claw cleft, the upper part much narrower and slightly shorter than the lower. Metasternum coarsely punctate ; abdominal segments more finely and sparsely. Length 9 mm. New Mexico. I received this as a new species, a few years ago, from Mr. E. A. Schwarz. This species, of which I have seen only males, looks very distinct from arboricola, but I am unable to point out a good character to separate the two, except the color, which, according to a note made at that time, is constant. It is possible that Casey's pima/is, which I do not know, connects the two. The color is pale testaceous, the underside, the front and middle femora entirely, and the lower half of hind femora bluish black ; the pygidium, tarsi and upper half of hind femora testaceous with greenish luster ; the suture greenish, a few of the costae at sides and antennae piceous ; the head, thorax and scutel- June, 1907.] SCHAEFFER : New SCARAB^IDyE. 73 lum are bright-green, but not as shining as in arhoricola. The hind tarsal joints are slightly shorter and a little broader than those of ai'boricola. Table of the species of Strigoderma. 1. Front tibia; dentate, head coarsely rugosely punctate 2. Front tibia; not dentate, head sparsely punctate (size 4 mm) exigua Schwz. 2. Hind tibire short and broad, about twice as long as wide at apex ; upper tooth of front tibia; large ; color variable, head and thorax cupreous or reneous, with or without pale side margin, elytra dark brown to pale testaceous, in the latter the side margin often more or less dark latitibia n. sp. Hind tibire three times or more as long as wide at apex 3. 3. Elytra with four or five distinct, more or less entire striae, those at sides con- fused, never distinct ; color reneous or cupreous, elytra pale, with scutellar spot, an oblique median band on each side of middle and apex black, or black, with circumscutellar spot and a few spots at apical third pale (size 5-5.6 mm. ) . pygmaea Fab. Elytra with all the stria; distinct and entire, the umbonal striae sometimes con- fused by a row of coarser punctures, the submarginal striae always distinct, en- tire and deeply impressed (size 8 mm. or more) 4. 4. Head thorax and scutellum bright green, side margin of thorax pale, feebly shining, elytra testaceous with suture greenish and a few of the intervals at sides blackish viridicollis n. sp. Head and thorax bluish-black or dull green, shining ; thorax more or less pale or cupreous or aeneous at sides ; elytra testaceous, some of the intervals at sides and suture more or less infuscated, sometimes all the intervals blackish. arboricola Fab. Euphoria arizonica, new species. Black, abdomen, legs, antenna; and pygidium reddish; thorax, scutellum and elytra opaque, fulvous, the former with abroad, black longitudinal mark on each side of middle, elytra with suture, margins and a few irregular spots on the disk black. Head and clypeus coarsely and densely punctate and with rather dense pale pubescence ; clypeus as long as wide, slightly widening towards apex, side margins thickened, apex re- flexed, emarginate at middle, angles rounded ; antennal club as long as the preceding seven joints together. Thorax as wide at base as long, arcuate slightly before middle, obliquely narrowing to apex, feebly diverging to base; hind angles rounded, base slightly arcuate, emarginate-truncate at middle ; surface rather sparsely and finely punctate on the disk, slightly denser at sides, each puncture bearing a short pale hair. Scutellum impunctate. Elytra one and a half times as long as wide at base ; feebly costate and rather sparsely punctate, each puncture bearing a short pale hair. Pygidium feebly convex, rugose and rather densely clothed with pale hairs. Front tibia; bidentate, the upper tooth very feeble. Metastermum at sides and femora rather densely clothed with cinereous hairs, tibiae and abdomen more sparsely, the latter rather sparsely punctate. Length 13 mm. Huachuca Mts., Arizona. By description the Mexican fiilveola must be very near arizonica, 74 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xv. but the former has the tibiae acutely tridentate, while in arizonica they are bidentate, with the second tooth very feeble and alike in the six specimens (all males), which I have seen. The specimens, when taken, were by no means old and worn, but were all fresh and looked as if they had just emerged. Each of the two black thoracic marks in fulveola is divided behind middle, while in arizonica they are entire, but specimens of the former will undoubtedly occur in which they are also entire. Euphoria leucographa var. rufina Gory & Perch. Monog. Get., p. 206, tab. 37, fig. 5. I mention this species here as there seems to be a mistake made somewhere. Professor Snow recently sent me a few specimens of what I had considered to be the above species, under the name sKbtomeutosa var. histrionella. In calling his attention to the possibly wrong identi- fication, he wrote me that the species was identified for him by Mr. Liebeck and that the species stands under that name in the Horn collec- tion, which was also told me by Dr. Skinner. Mr. Blanchard,^ who mentioned the occurrence of these two species in Arizona at the sug- gestion of Dr. Horn and who undoubtedly had seen or received some of Horn's specimens, gave a short description of each of these species, but they do not agree with Dr. Horn's specimens as they now stand in his collection. From Burmeister's descriptions f and Bates remarks, | however, there is no doubt that Mr. Blanchard's description refers to ^ the right species. Burmeister separates leucographa from rufina by the blackish seneous color, clypeus deeply emarginate and the antennal club nearly as long as the head ; the latter is said to be shorter than 1 the head in rufina, in which the clypeus is not emarginate and the color r, cupreo- fuscous. The difference in the length of the antennal club ij sexual, the emargination of the clypeus and the color are variable, shown by Bates and which can be observed also in the Arizona speci mens, where, however, the blackish seneous specimens do not seem to: occur. The Arizona specimens are reddish, with slight aeneous tint, thorax with more or less distinct, black, longitudinal marks on each side of middle ; elytra similarly marked with white spots as in nielan- cholica, the disk sometimes more or less blackish. From what I could * Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, vol. XII, p. 172. fBiol. Cent. Am. Coleop., vol. II, pt. 2, p. 364. jHandb. d. Entomologie, vol. Ill, p. 375. June, 1907.] SCHAEFFER : NeW RhYNCHOPHORA. 75 gather from the descriptions and remarks by Burmeister and Bates leucographa and riifina are the two extremes of one species, though Bates referred the northern specimens with black marks on thorax also to riifina, whether they have the clypeus emarginate or not. NEW RHYNCHOPHORA.— II. By Chas. Schaeffer, Brooklyn, N. Y. Otidocephalus basalis, new species. Head black, coarsely punctate, sparsely clothed with white recumbent setje, foveate between the eyes, the latter separated by about half of their own width ; beak short, robust, bistriate on each side, the discal strife reaching to apex, the lateral strife shorter, disk with an elongate, shallow fovea near apex, the latter coarsely, but not densely punctate ; antennae reddish, club piceous, elongate-oval. Thorax black, convex, sides feebly arcuate ; disk densely and coarsely punctate, a smooth, narrow median line distinct ; surface with moderately abundant white and dark setae, the latter less numerous than the white and all directed towards apex. Scutellum densely clothed with white pubescence. Elytra black, basal third red, more than twice as long as wide at base ; humeri oblique ; sides gradually widening towards apical third, thence arcuately narrowing to apex ; disk with regular rows of large, deep and closely placed punctures ; intervals feebly convex, each with an irregular row of smaller punctures ; surface not densely clothed with recumbent, white, coarser setse, sparsely intermixed with a few erect finer, darker setse, the white setae more abundant at apical third, than on the disk. Underside and legs black, clothed with recumbent white setae ; prothorax beneath, mesosternum and metasternum with radiate-pectinate hairs ; femora with a small tooth, front tibiae slightly sinuate within. Length 4.5 mm. Huachuca Mts., Arizona. In form and vestiture this species resembles closely estriatus Casey, which also occurs in the same region, but the well defined rows of punctures and the red basal space readily separate the two. I have one specimen from Senator, Arizona, which differs from typical estriatus in having the intervals of elytra densely punctate and the white hairs more abundant. This gives the specimen the appear- ance of a different species, but there is otherwise no difference and the punctuation is variable in the specimens oi estriatus before me. 76 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xv. Otidocephalus subglaber, new species. Head black, nearly smooth, foveate between the eyes ; the latter separated by about half of their own width ; beak short, stout, smooth at middle, punctate at apex, at sides narrowly striate, sides with a few, short white hairs, which are denser around the eyes ; antennas reddish, club piceous. , Thorax rather strongly declivous in front and feebly impressed ; sides feebly arcuate, towards base feebly constricted ; disk very sparsely punctate with widely scattered punctures, each bearing a coarse white hair. Scutellum very small, densely clothed with white pubescence. Elytra black, slightly longer than twice as wide at base ; humeri rounded ; sides gradually widening towards apex ; surface with regular rows of coarse, deep and closely placed punctures, the three inner rows impressed ; intervals convex, with a row of widely placed smaller punctures, each bearing a single coarse, recumbent white, or erect finer, dark hair. Underside and legs black ; clothed with finer white hairs ; femora with a small tooth; front tibiss narrow, slightly sinuate within. Length 3.5 mm. Arizona (Dietz). The very sparsely placed white coarse, and finer dark hairs of elytra, together with the impressed elytral stride, the form of thorax and the interocular fovea readily distinguish this species. Otidocephalus arizonicus, new species. Head black, coarsely, densely punctate, black setae erect, white setas sparse, short, recumbent, more dense and longer between the eyes ; the latter separated by about half their own width ; beak about as long as the thorax, stout, bistriate on each side, striae impressed and rather coarsely punctate, discal striiK extending to about basal half, lateral stride extending to apex, surface at apex irregularly punctate ; antennse red- dish, club piceous, first joint of funiculus stout and as long as second and third together, club elongate oval. Thorax convex ; sides arcuate, feebly constricted at base ; disk closely and rather coarsely punctate, median smooth line not clearly defined ; surface with numerous, erect, white and black set^e, the white denser at mid- dle of apex ; at base and sides a few radiate-pectinate white hairs. Scutellum densely covered with white pubescence. Elytra black, more than twice as long as wide; humeri broadly rounded ; sides slightly widening to apical third ; disk with rows of deeply impressed, coarse and closely placed punctures ; intervals narrow with a row of irregularly placed finer punctures ; surface with rather abundant white and black setae, the former more numerous and slightly shorter than the black. Underside of body black, moderately clothed with erect white setse; prosternum, mesosternum and sides of metasternum densely clothed with radiate-pectinate hairs. Legs black, densely-clothed with erect and semi-erect white setse, intermixed with longer, black setje ; femora armed with a large triangular tooth, front tibise slightly sinuate within, the broadest part at about middle. Length 5.25 mm. Huachuca Mts., Arizona. In general form and size of the femoral tooth, this species is near- est viyrmex Herbst, but the front tibiae are longer with the broadest part medially, the thorax more closely and coarsely punctate and th \ June, 1907.] SCHAEFFER : New RhYNCHOPHORA. 77 white setae are abundant on thorax and elytra and distributed nearly evenly over the entire surface of the latter. In well preserved exam- ples radiate-pectinate hairs are present at base and sides of prothorax and around the scutellum. By description this species seems to be related to the Mexican hystricosus and sefiger ; from the former the larger femoral tooth sepa- rates it and from the latter the more abundant white setae, which are described in setiger as coarse white hairs. The anterior tibiae are also in arizonicus not strongly sinuate within. Otidocephalus texanus, new species. Head black, moderately coarsely and not densely punctate ; foveate between the eyes ; the latter separated by half of their own width ; beak slightly shorter than the thorax dorsally, coarsely punctate-striate at sides, slightly curved, punctate at apex ; antennpe reddish, second joint of funicle longer than third, third, fourth, fifth and sixth equal in size, club piceous, nearly as long as the preceding five joints. Thorax slightly convex ; sides feebly arcuate ; disk very sparsely punctate and with a few erect black setse ; scutellum densely clothed with white pubescence. Elytra elongate oval ; humeri obliquely rounded ; sides gradually widening to about apical third ; surface with regular rows of moderate, not deeply impressed punctures ; intervals wide, almost smooth, with a few dark set?e and near apex a few white setre. Under- side and legs black, with sparse white, fine hairs ; sides of metastermum densely clothed with radiate-pectinate hairs ; femora elongate, armed with broad triangular tooth ; front tibiae feebly sinuate within. Length 5 nim. Brownsville, Texas. The form of thorax and antennal club, the frontal fovea and feeble punctuation of elytra distinguish this species. Otidocephalus corae Champ. Biol. Cent. Am., vol. IV, pt. 4, p. 262. Specimens which agree fairly with the description of this species have been taken from oak in the Huachuca Mts., Arizona. This species is closely allied to scrobicoUis, but is generally a little larger, with much more abundant black and white, erect setae on thorax and elytra and the series of large punctures on elytra are dis- tinctly impressed. The black and white setae in this species are even slightly more numerous than in arizonicus, which it resembles very closely in form and size, but con^ has only a small femoral tooth. In the following synoptic table, as well as in the descriptions, I have used Mr. Champion's term "radiate-pectinate" for those peculiar white or pale hairs of certain species, which are three or four 78 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xv. branched. I think that this term conveys the peculiar structure of these hairs better than Dr. Horn's term " tufted." A few of our species I have not seen ; of these, the characters used in the table, are taken from the descriptions. Otidocephaliis poeyi Chev. is unknown to me. It is a Cuban insect, found in Florida and it is possible that cavirostris and />oeji are the same. Otidocephaliis peiforatus Horn, is not included in the table. Major Casey erected for this species the genus Oopterinus, which was rejected by Dr. Horn, but accepted by Champion in the "Biologia, " who added several species from Mexico and Guatemala. The species of this genus are principally distinguished by the ovate elytra, -with the humeri obsolete, otherwise they do not seem to differ from Otidocephaliis except that the species are apterous. Table of the Species of Otidocephalus. 1. Femora dentate ; beak in both sexes without large, dorsal excavation at middle. 2. Femora not dentate ; beak in the male with a large and deep dorsal excavation near middle 24. 2. Elytra with recumbent or subrecumbent radiate-pectinate hairs and with erect setae 3. The hairs on elytra simple, not radiate-pectinate, except in well preserved ex- amples of arizonicus, where a few radiate-pectinate hairs may be present ■near the scutellum and base of thorax 7. 3. Pubescence of alternate elytral intervals sparse or absent 4. Pubescence of all the intervals uniform ; in insignis the intervals are narrowly denuded on each side of the rows of punctures 5. 4. The glabrous elytral intervals with a few widely separated punctures. vittatus Horn. The subglabrous intervals confusedly and somewhat densely punctured. nivosus Casey. 5. Erect sette on elytra black ; pubescence uniform in color, pale brownish-cinere- ous, dense on the elytral intervals, but denuded in a narrow space on each side of the series of punctures, producing a multivittate appearance. insignis Casey. Erect setse on elytra white 6. 6. Beak sparsely punctate at tip, obtusely carinate ; pubescence of elytra paler along suture, at sides and middle of thorax ulkei Horn. JBeak coarsely punctate, smooth at middle in front, not carinate ; pubescence uni- colorous sparsus Horn. 7. Elytral series of punctures distinct, intervals very sparsely punctate 9. Elytral series of punctures more or less confused by the irregular punctuation of the intervals 8. June, 1907.] SCHAEFFER : NeW RhYNCHOPHORA. 79 8. Pubescence of elytra uniformly gray, recumbent, without darker setae ; form elongate uniformis Champ. Pubescence of elytra white, recumbent, with darker, erect setre intermixed. estriatus Casey. 9. Elytral intervals two, four, six and eight moderately densely pubescent with grey hairs, the others naked and sparsely biseriately punctate, each puncture with a hair alternatus Horn. All the elytral intervals uniformly pubescent 10. 10. Median line of thorax distinctly carinate from base two thirds to apex ; elytra clothed with greyish pubescence, the latter leaving some smooth spaces, inter- vals with semi-erect black setae ; femora with a small tooth ; color dark bronze. carinicollis Horn. Median line of thorax not carinate ; a narrow smooth median line is present in basalis and faintly indicated in some specimens of scrobicollis, but is not elevated into a carina 11. 11. Elytra without erect setse ; color ferruginous, apical half or more of elytra black, very sparsely clothed with very narrow, recumbent, white, scale like hairs ; head between the eyes with an elongate fovea ; claws not toothed, but thick- ened towards base dichrous Lee. Elytra with erect or semi-erect setje 12. 12. Color of elytra uniformly black 13. Elytra black, basal third or more bright red, the rows of punctures coarse and deep, intervals sparsely punctate with recumbent white, scale-like hairs, inter- mixed with sparser, erect, black setae ; femoral tooth small basalis n. sp, 13. Elytra with recumbent, sparsely and very remotely placed narrow, scale-like, white hairs, intermixed with a very few longer, erect, black setae ; coarsely punctate-striate, the first three striie somewhat deeply impressed, intervals sub- convex and very sparsely and remotely punctate ; head and thorax very sparsely punctate, almost smooth, the former between the eyes with a distinct, but not deeply impressed elongate fovea, femoral tooth small subglaber n. sp. Elytra with erect or partly semi-erect pale and dark pubescence 14. 14. Femoral tooth large triangular 15. Femoral tooth small, narrow 20. 15. Punctuation on the disk of thorax coarse and dense, the punctures separated by at most their own diameter ; black and white pubescence on head and thorax abundant, long and erect, the white slightly shorter and suberect on the disk. arizonicus n. sp. The punctures on thorax not densely placed, disk with some larger smooth spaces. 16. 16. Elytra with robust white, and finer longer, piceous setse 17. The white setae almost entirely absent from the disk, visible at sides and apex of elytra and scarcely more robust than the black setse 18. 17. The while setae on elytra recurved, striae broadly, rather strongly impressed, coarsely, deeply, not very closely punctate egregius Casey. The white setse on elytra erect ; elytra with very feebly impressed series of rather coarse, deep, somewhat distant punctures floridanus Casey. 80 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xv. 18. Front tibice stout, distinctly sinuate within, the broadest part nearer the apex than middle ; elytra with series of deeply impressed and closely placed punctures. myrmex Herbst. Front tibife rather slender, feebly sinuate within, the broadest part about middle 19. 19. Antenna! club oval, as long as the three preceding joints together; thorax con- vex ; punctures of elytral series deeply impressed, those of the intervals dis- tinct, remote and slightly smaller than those of the regular series. ruficornis Casey. Antennal club elongate-oval, pointed at apex, nearly as long as the preceding five joints together ; punctures of elytral series feebly impressed, those of the intervals extremely fine and almost absent texanus n. sp. 20. Eyes separated by much less than half of their own width 23. Eyes widely separated 21. 21. Head with a few, sparse punctures; between the eyes a large, elongate fovea; elytral setce very few and short ; front femora elongate ; elytra strongly widen- ing behind chevrolatii Horn. Head closely and coarsely punctate, without fovea between the eyes ; elytral setae long and abundant, front femora clavate near apex, elytra feebly widen- ing behind 22. 22. Elytral series of punctures distinctly impressed corae Champ. Elytral series of punctures not impressed on the disk scrobicollis Boh. 23. Elytra with a few moderately long, very sparsely placed white setre on the alter- nate intervals, except at apex ; the rows of punctures not impressed. laevicollis Horn. Elytra with long, sparsely placed, white setce on all the intervals; the rows of punctures visibly impressed speculator Casey. 24. Very small, elytra distinctly punctate-striate, intervals flat, almost smooth, each interval with only a very few erect, white hairs cavirostris Casey. NEW GENERA AND SPECIES OF NORTH AMERI- CAN CERAMBYCIDiE. By H. C. Fall, Pasadina, Cal. During the past few years isolated descriptions of a number of new species of longicorns have been drawn up by the writer, and it is thought best to bring these together in a short paper at this time. It is believed that the species are all sufficiently distinct to warrant this procedure. June, 1907] Fall: North American Cerambycid^. 81 Neoclytus modestus, new species. Piceous, legs brownish, antennae dark rufous ; pubescence of upper surface dark brown, suffused almost throughout with white hairs, which are sparser and less con- spicuous posteriorly. Anterior and middle elytral bands reduced to a sutural spot, the latter often entirely lacking ; posterior band very narrow, directed obliquely back- ward from the suture, then curved forward exteriorly ; this also sometimes reduced to a sutural spot. Antennae slightly longer than half the body { $ ), shorter than half the body ( 9 ); head hoary, densely punctate. Prothorax slightly longer than wide, without markings, the white hairs denser along the basal margin ; discal asperities small, not confined to the median line. Elytra narrowed posteriorly, scutellum and basal margin rather densely suffused with white ; markings of same color ; apex obliquely truncate and acuminate. Beneath with white pubescence which is con- densed at the posterior margins of the meso- and metasternal episterna ; abdomen uniformly sparsely pubescent. Hind thighs not spinose at apex. Length 9-12 mm. California (Pasadena and Kaweah); collections of Dr. Fenyes, Mr. Hopping and the author. Rather closely allied to the eastern longipes, but differs in its less elongate prothorax, normally reduced markings and uniformly pubescent abdomen. Neoclytus carus, new species. Black, prothorax with a straight, median, transverse, pale yellow fascia which is interrupted at middle ; the basal margin also narrowly pale. Scutellum densely pale pubescent, base of elytra narrowly suffused with yellowish white hairs, and with three sharply defined pale fascise as follows. First fascia at about the basal fourth, a little oblique, nearly straight, slightly narrowed at the middle of its length ; median fascia lunate, convex posteriorly, a little more advanced at the suture than exteriorly ; third fascia near apical fourth, very narrow, posteriorly oblique and slightly arcuate, apical margin with yellow hairs which extend narrowly along the suture but do not reach the posterior fascia. Beneath with the usual meso- and met- episternal spots, the former whitish, the latter yellow ; abdomen with segments I-4 m. margined with yellow posteriorly. Antennae scarcely half the length of the body ( 9 ) . Prothorax slightly elongate, with both median and lateral asperities. Elytra obliquely truncate, the sutural and outer angles slightly prominent. Posterior femora rather feebly clavate, not spinose at tip, hind tibia; straight and very little widened apically. Length 9-II mm. Southern California (Mountains near Pasadena). Two examples only of this very pretty species have been seen. The type was taken by the writer in June at an elevation of about 3,000 ft. A second example in Dr. Fenyes' collection is labeled " Mt. Lowe," elevation not indicated. This species would perhaps best follow niiiricatuliis as our species are at present arranged, but is not very closely related to any. 82 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xv. Neoclytus tenuiscriptus, new species. Red-brown, scutellum and three elytral fascice yellow. First two fasciae very narrow and approximate, the first a little oblique, nearly straight and of uniform width, bent forward a little at its outer end which is nearly perpendicular to the side margin ; second fascia rather strongly anteriorly angulate near the suture, its outer portion strongly oblique and slightly arcuate ; posterior fascia just behind the apical fourth, wider than the others, of nearly equal width, oblique, and straight or slightly posteriorly arcuate. Beneath thinly pubescent, lateral episternal spots as usual, hind margin of metasternum and of first ventral segment narrowly yellow ; second ven- tral more broadly margined with yellow especially externally. Prothoracic rugae mainly confined to the median line, though with traces of lateral elevations in most examples. Thighs strongly pedunculate, hind tibiae strongly compressed and moder- ately dilated apically, femora not distinctly spinose at tip. Length 10-12^ mm. Southern California (Pasadena; Claremont). Quite closely related to approximatiis, in which however the elytral bands are wider, especially the anterior and posterior ones near the suture, and the spacing is also a little different. The elytral apices are obliquely truncate in both species but a little more widely so in approximatiis. Eudistenia, new genus. Elongate, subcylindrical ; palpi not very unequal, terminal joints longer than wide, moderately dilated, truncate ; eyes moderately granulated, almost completely divided, the upper lobe small. Antennae very slender, much longer than the body in the $ , equal in length to the body in the 9 > not compressed, neither spined nor tuberculate, sparsely hairy beneath, second joint very short, outer joints decreasing in length. Prothorax a little wider than long, rather strongly constricted at base, sides obtusely tuberculate posteriorly. Scutellum obtusely triangular, elytral apices separately rounded. Prosternal process rather narrow but distinctly separating the coxae, which are rounded and moderately prominent ; front and middle coxal cavities angulate externally ; metasternal episterna narrow, not much wider in front. Legs moderate, thighs not strongly clavate, tibial spurs short. This genus is founded on a fine large Californian species whose immediate affinities are not entirely clear. There can be little doubt that it should be placed in the Cerambycini though the eyes are less coarsely granulate than is the rule in this tribe. The ligulals appa- rently corneous, at least in part, and is broadly rather deeply emargi- nate. This together with the distinctly visible front trochantins throw it into the group (Ernes, with the members of which it agrees in the aggregate quite as well as they agree with one another, departing from the majority of them in the narrow more parallel metasternal episterna, less unequal palpi and style of punctuation, which latter is of the type prevailing in Brothylus. June, 1907.] Fall : North Ajnierican Cerambycid^. 83 Eudistenia costipennis, new species. Subparallel, dorsum of elytra moderately flattened, pubescence short, recumbent, moderately dense, ochreo-cinereous, elytra with three strongly angulate narrow black- ish brown fasciae, the subapical one less distinctly defined. Head and prothorax finely punctulato-rugose, the latter with an anterior transverse series of four feebly defined tubercles, two discal the others lateral, and with a better marked but obtuse posterior lateral tubercle, behind which the thorax is cylindrically constricted. Elytra a little wider than the thorax, humeri rectangular and narrowly rounded, each with two entire costas and a short basal inner one, the suture also a little elevated, surface sculpture apparently like that of the head and thorax but more completely concealed by the pubescence except for numerous larger nude punctures irregularly scattered over the surface. Beneath finely punctate and cinereous pubescent. Length 17-23 mm. Southern California. , Five examples taken by Dr. Fenyes and the writer near the summit of the Sierra Madre mountains above Pasadena, and one example from mountains near Claremont (Baker). One specimen was beaten from live oak, in which the insect probably breeds. This species bears a somewhat striking superficial resemblance in size and markings to Distenia undata. Aside from the disparity in length of antenna there is apparently little sexual difference. The fifth ventral is subequal in length to the fourth and rounded at apex in both sexes, but more broadly so in the male. Leptostytus yuccivorus, new species. Piceous, clothed rather densely throughout with short, appressed, cinereous pubescence mingled on the elytra with very short erect pale hairs which are incon- spicuous except in profile. Antennae subequal in length to the body, only slightly longer in the male. Prothorax transverse, obtusely tuberculate at sides, the apex of ■ the tubercle just behind the middle ; disk with an elongate median callosity in pos- terior half and two rounded anterior ones, all feebly elevated and nearly smooth ; disk otherwise uniformly moderately closely but not coarsely punctate ; pubescence uniformly cinereous except for two apical and two basal spots in the form of a square ; flanks sparsely punctate, nearly smooth at middle. Elytra nearly twice as long as wide, about one half wider than the prothorax and nearly five times as long, disk entirely devoid of tubercles or tufts of hair but with three smooth obtuse and slightly elevated longitudinal lines which vary a little in distinctness ; pubescence cinereous with more or less evident blackish vitt^e toward the side and apex. The raised lines are frequently a little paler than the rest of the surface, the pubescence taking on in consequence an ochreous tint which alternates with the darker vittss ; punctuation dense and rather coarse at base, finer apically ; apices not at all truncate. Beneath minutely densely punctulate and uniformly cinereous pubescent ; tibije feebly annu- late, intercoxal process of prosternum narrower than the width of the coxal cavity. Length 13 mm. 84 JouRNAf, New York Entomological Societv. [Voi. xv. Numerous examples taken by Professor Snow at San Bernardino Ranch, Douglas, Arizona, where they were found breeding in stems of yucca. Rather larger than any other species of our fauna ; by the latest table it would stand nQdiX perpkxus. Liopus decorus, new species. Not very robust, densely clothed with short prostrate cinereous hair, maculate with black as follows : prothorax with two round anterior spots and the median line posteriorly, these usually more or less coalescent and diffuse ; elytra with a rather large lateral spot just before the middle, and at the posterior third a common more or less evidently angulate fascia which is more or less irregular and is usually broken up externally into small black spots ; there are also small black spots scattered over the surface, those at the middle sometimes imperfectly continuing the median lateral spot to the suture. Punctuation well developed throughout, erect tufts of setae entirely wanting. Lateral spine of prothorax at the posterior third or fourth. Length 5-6 mm., width 1.8-2.3 mm. Williams, Arizona. July. Collected by Schwarz and Barber and by the writer. A very pretty species, which Mr. Schwarz has referred to centralis Lee. The latter, however, is more robust, somewhat differently marked, the prothoracic spine is said to be just behind the middle, and the elytra bear small tufts of black scales. Ataxia sulcata, new species. Dark brown, nearly parallel, sparsely pubescent with brownish ochreous hairs, with a few white hairs intermixed. Head finely densely punctulate, with scattered coarser punctures. Antennae ( 9 ) scarcely as long as the body, feebly annulate externally. Prothorax about as long as wide, base evidently wider than the apex, sides broadly arcuate and rather feebly tuberculate at middle, base with a marginal impressed line, disk closely punctate, median line plainly carinate anteriotjy in some examples, scarcely so in others. Elytra nearly parallel, broadly rounded and scarcely truncate at apex, each with five or six discal sulci which are gradually shallower externally ; sides not sulcate ; punctures arranged in nearly regular rows, each having a short semi-erect hair; pubescence otherwise very short and recumbent. Length 12-15 niiii. Florida (Key Largo). ^^ Two examples, both apparently females, received from Mr. Beyer. Distinguishable at once from our other species by the sulcate elytra and very sparse pubescence. Ataxia setulosa new species. Rather slender, parallel, very densely clothed with recumbent ochreous hair, with the usual fine suberect setae arising from the elytral punctures darker in color ; elytra also with numerous setiform fascicules each consisting of from three to six June, 1907 ] Fall : North American Ceramp>ycid.«. 85 white hairs. Antennae slightly longer than the body ( /^.— Cat. No. 10261, U. S. Nat. Mus. Culex taeniopus, new species. Proboscis and palpi black ; thorax dark brown with black and ochraceous scales, not forming a defined pattern ; abdomen with dark scales bluish luster and brown hairs, unhanded above ; legs black, with June, 1907.] JOUTEL : PhILOSAMIA AND CaLLOSAMIA CROSSES. 101 broad white rings on the tarsi, involving both ends of the joints, the last tarsal joint wholly white. Wings with brownish scales on the veins, not very dense. One 9, Bluefields, Nicaragua (W. F. Thornton). Type.—Q,2X. No. 10260, U. S. Nat. Mus. Taeniorhynchus coticula, new species. Proboscis brown, blackish outwardly, a white ring in the middle, the tip also white ; palpi black, whitish at the end ; thorax light brown, the impressed lines pale, the ridges dark, forming a series of narrow dark lines ; abdomen black above with a slight bluish luster, unhanded, below with a sublateral row of small segmentary silvery spots ; legs black, the hind femur with a spot at outer third and tip of bluish silvery white, the hind tarsal joints broadly white ringed at the base, the last joint all white. Two ? ?, Bocas del Toro, Panama, Sept. 25, 1903 (P. Osterhaut). Type.— Q.2X. No. 10281, U. S. Nat. Mus. Class I, HEX APOD A. Order V, LEPIDOPTERA. PHILOSAMIA CYNTHIA AND CALLOSAMIA PROMETHIA CROSSES. By Louis H. Joutel, New York, N. Y. It may be of interest to supplement Miss Soule's notes on cyntliia and promethia * crosses with my experiences last summer when I was so fortunate as to get some hybrid larvse that differed from both parents. Having had crosses a number of times for several years between Cynthia $ and promethia cf without being able, for some unknown cause to raise the resulting larvse to maturity, I determined, as Mr. F. E. vVatson was kind enough to again supply me with cocoons of both species, to try this past summer what could be accomplished with care * Entomological News, December, 1906, p. 396. 102 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xv. in crossing the two species. With a stock of two thousand cocoons and the aid of my sister I thought some results could be had. From the start we found that there was a great difference in the desire to mate in the two species and also in individuals of the same species. The promethia J^ was generally quite willing and even anxious to take a cyiithia ? for wife but she was so averse to a mixed marriage, that the attempt, although persisted in by \h^ promethia S', was usually a failure and the eggs infertile. It was interesting to watch the cynthia ? attempt to get rid of t\\e. p?-omethia, by contract- ing the abdomen, more especially the tip which was entirely retracted and the body was meanwhile turned from side to side until the claspers of the promethia slipped off. The promethia would try it again and again with the same result, and it was only in a few cases that the attempt was successful and the eggs fertile. In a number of cases the mating was evidently successful but the cynthia would refuse to lay eggs and hang to the bag with her abdomen retracted to its smallest compass until death, unless a cynthia (^ was introduced when mating readily took place and egg laying would begin. In my experience I have never found cynthia 9 willing to mate with two males so that remating with cynthia after promethia is interesting. In these two crosses the eggs were typical cynthia and the larvae, as Miss Soule states, were also cynthia except that mine seemed to have a tendency to yellowish cream color ; but this may have been due to rearing in jars. The silk made by these larvae was typical cynthia silk. The cocoons of the singly mated ones were rather smaller than normal cynthia but the cocoons of the twice mated females were about normal in size to cyiithia. Both, to me, presented the appearance and shape of true cynthia cocoons in all particulars, and the larvae had the same habit of spinning a long stem, often a foot long, where occasion required it. The opening of the cocoon was also arranged and had the appearance, as in cynthia. Should my lot of cocoons of these two crosses be mixed with true cynthia ones I doubt if any one could separate them. This difference from the observations of Miss Soule may be accounted for by their feeding on Ai/anthus. The real interest in the series of crosses came from some matings oi promethia ? with cynthia S'. In these crosses we had the same difficulty of the female not laying until remated with a male of her June, 1907.] JOUTEL : PhILOSAMIA AND CaLLOSAMIA CROSSES. 103 species to a greater degree, and there was not that desire to mate in the male as there was in the opposite cross, while the female had the same repugnance to the cynthia cj* as there was in the reverse case, so that these matings were few. The eggs resulting from these crosses were not to be distinguished from normal proinet/na eggs. The eggs of the single matings gave larvae, a few of which were not to be distinguished from normal proinethia, but most of them had heavy black bands on the segments, a few being nearly all black. At the first moult we were agreeably surprised to see the fine cream-colored cynthia-WV^ larvge that crawled out of the first s\.a.gQ protnethia skins. So astonished were we that had we not seen them we would have supposed that cyjithia larvse had got in the jar by accident. In the next stages the dual parentage of the larvae was very evident. Colored figures of these stages I hope to pub- lish later with the figures of the resulting moths. The cocoons of these were very small and were either spun between two leaves or in the folded corner of one; the tendency to stem- making was partly lost, some few not making any at all, others spin- ning a layer of silk to the leaf stem. In this lot several crawled out of the cocoons when nearly completed, but we did not have this hap- pen in the crosses that had cynthia females. The sum of the results of crossing these species both ways shows that it is the cynthia which has the greater effect on the resulting hybrid larvae and it remains to be seen what the results will be in the imago. The cocoons show less specialization than any of the parents, but have the cynthia characters predominating. Miss Soule gives a wrong interpretation of the pulling in of the loose threads at the opening of the cocoon. What I have observed is that the larva takes a bunch of threads in its mandibles and pulls these threads in by suddenly retracting the head and front segments, mean- while liolding on by its '■'■props " to the bottom or side of the cocoon. Since writing the above Miss Soule has informed me that she had also given some notes on these hybrids in Psyche for November, 1902. My results, however, were different from hers in that all my larvje of cynthia d^ and proinethia ? were of the same type, and only differed slightly in color, though a larger amount of material might have shown different results. The bifid horn on the eleventh segment she mentions is also occasionally bifid in pure proviethia. BOTIS TORALIS GROTE. By Harrison G. Dyar, Washington, D. C. This species was described by Grote in 1881, from material col- lected by Prof. F. H. Snow in New Mexico. The type was returned to Professor Snow, and the species h^s remained unknown to entomolo- gists generally ever since. In Grote's check list of 1882 it is listed under Botis Schrank (p. 52, no. 48); in Smith's list of 1891, it is placed in Pyraitsta (p. 76, no 4035); Hampson lists-it as unknown, under the caption " Auctorum " as Botys toralis, and refers to Bull. U. S. Geol. Surv., vi, pp. 167, 178, giving the locality " U. S. A." (Proc. zool. soc. Lond., 1899, 273) ; in Bull. 52, U. S. Nat. Mus., it is listed as Pyraitsta torahs, and there were then no specimens in the National Museum (p. 392, no. 4449). I have recently received the type specimen from Professor Snow, who kindly sent it for examination at my request. It bears three labels : (i) Socorro, N. M., 4,000 ft., Aug. '81, F. H. Snow; (2) Type specimen, species discovered by F. H. Snow; (3) 872. The head and abdomen have been eaten partially by museum pests, so that the antennae are missing as well as the palpi ; portions of two legs remain, including one fore leg. The whole specimen is darkened by grease. I have also received from Professor Snow, two other fresh specimens of the species, taken at San Bernardino Ranch, Cochise Co., Arizona, 3,750 ft., in August. The pink color is more restricted in these than in the type, not consisting of an even border along the outer margin, but of a straight band that leaves a narrow yellow space between itself and the pink tipped fringe. I do not think this is a specific difference, the pink, in the New Mexican form being only diffused over this yel- low space. The ground color of the fore wings is clear yellow, not olive yellow as described by Grote, and the hind wings are nearly white, not "pale fuscous." The differences in color seem to be wholly due to the effect of the grease on the type, and this greasy condition must have obtained originally when the specimen was first described. 104 June, 1907] DyAR : NeW AMERICAN MOTHS. 105 The species does not belong to the genus Pyrausta, and is not even a Pyralid. It is referable to the Noctuidse, and falls in Sir George Hampson's subfamily Acronyctinte (Cat. Lep. Phal., iv, 3, 1903). The front of the head is protuberant and bears a vertical and a transverse ridge which form a cross, bare of scales in all the speci- mens ; the vestiture is of mixed hairs and scales ; the fore tibiae are very short, hardly longer than wide, expanded at the tip and armed with a long inner and a shorter outer claw. I am unable to suggest the proper genus. This may be left for the next volume of the Cat. Lep. Phalaenae. NEW AMERICAN MOTHS. By Harrison G. Dyar, Washington, D. C. Family ARCTIID^. Pbragmatobia nundar, new species. Head and thorax clothed with woolly hair, black ; abdomen blackish with a partly obsolete crimson lateral band. Fore wing black, a broad conspicuous stripe along the submedian fold from base, not quite touching outer margin ; a slender white line from outer third of costa, running obliquely outward, curved abruptly inward at its termination above the submedian stripe ; fringe intermixed with whitish. Hind wings crimson with a narrow outer black border, twice indented by the crimson area. Below the wings are paler, the markings repeated, the dark margin of the hind wings broadened and diffused, with a faint discal spot and some cloudings beyond. Ex- panse, 30 mm. One male, without antennae, Mexico City, Mexico (R. Miiller, no. 790). Type.—Q^\.. No. 10330, U. S. Nat. Mus. Family GEOMETRID^. Glaucina puellaria, new species. Dark gray, the lines black, crenulate ; discal mark present ; both lines have narrow whitish edging and the subterminal line is shaded white. Hind wings gray, whitish on disk, the inner margin marked like the fore wings with the inception of the two lines. Expanse, 25 to 32 mm. Five females in the U. S. National Museum, one female in the col- lection of Prof. F. H. Snow. Catalina Springs, Arizona (E. A. 106 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xv. Schwarz); So. Arizona (O. C. Poling); Baboquivari Mts., Arizona (F. H. Snow). The species is much like G. pygmeolaria Grote, but much larger, the markings more distinct. I have also two males which are probably attributable to this species, but have not been marked as types. They are similar to the females, but the markings are less defined and more broken, and the color of the wings is a smoother, more silvery gray. Type.—CdX. No. 10278, U. S. Nat. Mus. Glaucina erroraria, new species. Pale gray, diluted to whitish over the disk of fore wings, the lines black, crenu- late, tending to be broken into dots ; discal mark fused to the outer line ; subterminal line whitish, subcrenulate. Hind wings pallid on the disk, gray on the outer margin, the inner margin light gray like the fore wings with the inceptions of the lines marked. Expanse, 25 to 30 mm. Four females in the U. S. National Museum. "Ariz. Collection J. B. Smith. Type No. 3917 U. S. N. M.;" also a label in Dr. Hulst's writing " Coenochat-is elongata Hulst, type ;" Tucson, Arizona, July 19-20 (E. A. Schwarz); Hot Springs, Arizona, June 21 (Schwarz & Barber). The first specimen is one of Dr. Hulst's types of Coenocharis elon- gata^ which he gave to the National Museum. It is, however, wrongly referred generically, and is not the true type, although it is doubtless one of the specimens that was before Dr. Hulst, and which caused him to give the locality "Arizona" in his description. I have the true elongata from Texas in four examples, three of them from the Belfrage collection. Dr. Hulst gave me another "type" of elongata which is Glaucina pygmeolaria Grote. The true type of this composite species is probably in the Hulst collection at New Brunswick, N. J. Type. — Cat. No. 10279, U. S. Nat. Mus.' Glaucina mormonaria, new species. Pale gray, pulverulent with dark scales, the disk more or less washed with paler, whitish, slightly ochraceous tinted ; lines dark, normal, but broken pulverulent, dotted on the veins, nearly lost; discal dot indistinguishable. Subterminal line white, shaded, crenulate, preceded by a darker shade, which is most pronounced in the females and renders the line rather distinct. Hind wings pale gray, uniform over the disk, the internal margin more pulverulent but not darker, marked with the inception of the two dark lines. Expanse, J* , 28 to 32 mm.; 9 > 24 to 26 mm. Six specimens, four males and two females, Stockton, Utah (O. C. Poling). Type. — Cat. No. 10280, U. S. Nat. Mus. June, 1907.] DyAR : NeW AMERICAN MOTHS. 107 Coenocharis denticularia, new species. Dark cinereous, not entirely uniform, light shades showing in places; lines lost, the outer showing as a row of little teeth along the veins ; discal mark black, upright, rather thick ; subterminal line white, sharply zigzag, contrasted. Fringe concolorous, a series of black points at the ends of the veins. Hind wings more brownish cine- reous, with very little marking at the anal angle. Expanse, 29 mm. One male, Chiricahua Mts., Arizona (H. G. Hubbard). Type — Cat. No. 10334, U. S. Nat. Mus. The species resembles Glaucifia golgolata Strecker (described as Eupithecia golgolata ; see Bull. 52, U. S. N. M., No. 33 n, where the name is erroneously written golgata^ , y^vX that has a claw on the fore tibia. The specimen was determined by the late Dr. Hulst as Coeno- charis mten'uptaria Grt., but I do not think it is that species, the presence of the discal dot and the shape of the subterminal line well distinguishing it. Family NOCTUID^E. Pleonectyptera noctuidalis, new species. Brownish gray to dark gray ; lines black, narrow, denticulate, the inner slightly irregular, the outer bowed outward around the reniform ; both reddish edged, slen-^ der, sometimes nearly obsolete, but ending on the costa in broad black marks which persist. Reniform, a double black ringlet, partly filled in with black ; subterminal line irregular, very faint. Hind wings nearly as dark as the fore wings, with narrow dark mesial line and clouded discal spot. Expanse, 18 to 22 mm. Ten specimens, Oracle, Arizona (E. J. Oslar) ; Tucson, Arizona (E. J. Oslar); Baboquivari Mts., Arizona (F. H. Snow). Type.— (Z^.\.. No. 10295, U. S. Nat. Mus. Rhizagrotis reclivis, new species. Head brownish gray, a black line across the front and one before tips of tegulse ; thorax dark yellowish brown with blackish shades along the patagia and centrally on the disk. Fore wings ochraceous brown in basal space and along costa and upper part of cell to reniform, the rest of the wing suffused with dark purplish brown except an irregular space subterminally where the light ochraceous color prevails ; lines in- distinct, geminate, crenulate, blackish ; claviform black outlined, very small ; orbic- ular a long pointed ellipse, nearly touching the reniform, which is upright, both these spots filled with the ochraceous brown color and defined below by the dark shade, which becomes more blackish through the cell to the outer line ; subterminal line lost; a row of black terminal dots, small, with preceding black streaks above. Hind wings soiled whitish, darkest before the fringe. Expanse, 32 mm. Three specimens, Plummer's Island, Maryland (H. S. Barber) ; Tryon, North Carolina (W. F. Fiske) ; St. Louis, Missouri (H. Mc- Elhose). 108 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xv. Type. — Cat. No. 10296, U. S. Nat. Mus. Nearly allied to R. accUvis Morrison, but much less distinctly- marked, the streaked appearance being absent and the dark shading more uniform and more extended. The North Carolina specimen was submitted to Prof. J. B. Smith, who remarked: '■^ Rhizagro- tis acclivis ! The first authentic specimen I have seen from this region. It indicates that the New York locality which I questioned in my cata- logue may have been correct or it may indicate two very similar spe- cies which I have not had material enough to discriminate." Cirrhophanus nigrifer, new species. Fore wings pale creamy, bronzy yellow between the lines ; some bronzy yellow at base, especially along median vein ; inner line sharply angled on submedian and discal veins, the lower angle reaching the middle of the wing, the upper the middle of the cell, dark brown, narrow ; veins in the ipedian space irregularly marked in brown ; outer line strongly bent outward opposite "the cell, rather sharply angled above, indented at vein 2 ; a brownish subterminal line, clouded within, irregularly parallel to the outer margin ; fringe concolorous with the wing. Hind wing black, the fringe golden yellow as also small indentations on the veins and a larger one above anal angle. Beneath the disk of fore wings is broadly black, the margins and whole of hind wings golden yellow. Expanse, 30 to 38 mm. Three males and two females from the Schaus collection, Guadala- jara, Mexico. Type. — Cat. No. 10331, U. S. Nat. Mus. The species has been well figured in the Biologia Centrali-Ameri- cana (Lep. Het., pi. 94, fig. 16) as Cirrhophanus triangiilifer Grote, from which the black hind wings abundantly separate it. Cirrhophanus magnifer, new species. With the markings of the preceding species ; the wings are longer, the costa straighter ; the pale ground color is less overspread with bronzy ; the lines are slender, scarcely heavier than the linings on the veins ; the outer line is duplicated with another line within it, more remote and distinct than usual, somewhat crenulate on the veins ; the submarginal cloud is obsolete and the line appears pale, slender, well defined although faintly ; the fringe is conspicuously darker than the wing, pale brown, twice interlineate with dark brown. Hind wings of the male blackish on the disk as far as the outer third, the margin pale creamy ; of the female, blackish almost to the margin. Expanse, 45 to 49 mm. One male and one female from the Schaus collection, Guadalajara, Mexico. Type. — Cat. No. 10332, U. S. Nat. Mus. The largest species of the genus ; the body parts also are especially robust. J June, 1907.] DyAR: NeW AMERICAN MOTHS. 109 Cirrhophanus dubifer, new species. Close to C. dyari Cockerel!, but differing as follows : Larger, the thorax especi- ally heavier and more robust ; the outer line retreats more rapidly from the costa. leaving a broad clear space, and retreats less at vein 2, the indentation being smaller, Hind wings blacker at the base than in 9 C". dyari, the margin paler, more nearly whitish and somewhat broader. Expanse, 38 mm. One female, No. Soi, from Mr. R. Miiller (of Mexico City) with- out exact locality. Type. — Cat. No. 10333, U. S. Nat. Mus. Perigea hypocritica, new species. Thorax and fore wings bronzy brown, the thoracic crests tipped with white and a double row of white points on the basal abdominal segments. A group of .six white points at the base ; seven points on the costa ; three rather large points centrally in the place of the inner line ; orbicular, a yellowish dot with three white points beyond it ; reniform white, yellow tinted, expanded a little below, surrounded by large and small white points, those beneath the reniform fused into a curved bar ; outer line faintly indicated, yellowish, crenulate ; four rounded white spots above and one near anal angle represent the subterminal line ; a terminal row of small white dots and white specks at the apex of the brown fringe. Hind wings fuscous, whitish basally, or nearly all whitish, the fringe whitish (not yellowish). Expanse, 27 to 30 mm. Twelve specimens, one from Bolivia (the type), two from Coate- pec, Mexico (Schaus collection), nine, Orizaba and Cordoba, Mexico (R. Muller, No. 441). Type. —Cat. No. 10335, U. S. Nat. Mus. Rather nearly allied to P. stelligera Guenee, but smaller, approach- ing P. circuita Guen. The white spots are larger and fewer than in stelligera, more numerous than in circuita. Perigea pagetolophus, new species. Fore wings bronzy brown with many small white spots, arranged as in P. stelli- gera Guen., but even more numerously clustered about the reniform and at base ; the orbicular and reniform are nearly white, only a little tinted with yellow. Hind wings whitish-shaded over the disk between the veins. Thorax with a high, loose, anterior crest, all the vestiture between the collar and patagia erected and tipped with white, giving a gray, frosted appearance. Abdominal dorsal hairs tipped with white, except on the last segment. Expanse, 28 to 30 mm. Three specimens, Jalapa, Mexico (Schaus collection), labelled Perigea stelligera Gn. jy/^. — Cat. No. 10336, U. S. Nat. Mus. The species is smaller than stelligera, less bronzy, but most distinct by the high dorsal frosted gray crest of the thorax and abdomen. 110 Journal New York Entomological Societv. [Voi. xv. Menopsimus, new genus. A deltoid genus resembling Tetanolita. Palpi strongly upcurved and appressed to the front, well exceeding the vertex, terete, the second joint slightly thickened by scales, the third pointed. Fore legs of male not modified, the tibiae two thirds as long as the femora. Antenna; simple. Spurs of the hind tibiae very long. Pore wings narrow, the margins nearly parallel, outer margin rather squarely cut ; hind wings trigonate. Menopsimus caducus, new species. Fore wings brownish to blackish gray, darkened mesially before a slightly oblique median straight whitish line that runs from the inner margin to the dark obscure discal dot, not reaching the costa. The other lines are lost, appearing only as minute blackish dots in the positions of the outer and inner lines ; subterrainal line faint, pale, parallel to the median line ; a terminal row of black dots ; the whole wing is slightly silky shining. Hind wings pale silky grayish. Expanse, 12 to 14 mm. Nine specimens, Hampton, New Hampshire (S. A. Shaw) ; Washington, D. C. (H. G. Dyar). Type. — Cat. no. 10283, U. S. Nati£)nal Museum. A cotype in Mr. Shaw's collection. The specimens vary considerably in color. In the lighter, more straw-colored ones the white median line becomes faint and narrow, but is well defined by its dark edge, which then becomes a small black line. Family PYRALID^. Canarsia feliculella, new species.-^ Pale gray, the fore wings narrow ; inner line remote from the base with a single inward tooth in the middle, white within, dark gray without ; discal mark narrow, upright, black ; outer line near the margin, indented below the costa, thence straight, dark gray within, white without ; hind wings whitish, tinged with gray. Expanse, 15 mm. Two males, Brownsville, Texas, June 17, 1904 (H. S. Barber), Burnet Co., Texas (F. G. Schaupp). Type. — Qz.t. No. 10343, U. S. Nat. Mus. Similar to C. ubniarrosorella Clem., but much paler, the wings narrower, the lines less dentate. Pyla criddlella^ new species. Blackish gray, lustrous, not metallic. Lines pale, faint, slightly irregular, edged within with blackish ; discal mark slender, faint, oblique, blackish. Hind wings dark gray with no yellow tint. Expanse, 18 mm. One (^, Aweme, Manitoba, June 10, 1904 (N. Criddle). Type. — Cat. No. 10344, U. S. Nat. Mus. Similar to P. hanhatnella Dyar from the same region, but smaller, the lines of the wings fainter and straighter, the hind wings without yellowish shading. vJOU JIM AI^ OF THE '^zm ^orfe %ntomoloQxc^l M^ocittiQ. Edited by Harrison G. Dyar. 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. The article by Mr. Busck published in the March number (Journ. N. Y. Ent. See, xv, 19-36, 1907) was first issued as author's sepa- rates on Feb. 7, and his new species should be credited with that date. The Entomological Society of America met in New York during the session of the American Association for the Advancement of Sci- ence and successfully organized. We have expressed our belief that this society is unnecessary, yet as it has supplanted the Entomological Club by a stronger association, we feel now more reconciled to its existence. We shall await with interest to see if it shall serve any further useful purpose. Any such is at present rather obscure to us. The question of the rule for selecting types of genera is further treated by Mr. Witmer Stone (Science, n, s. , xxiv, 560, 1906) and Mr. D. W. Coquillett (Science, n. s., xxv, 308, 1907). Mr. Stone argues ably for the first species method, while Mr. Coquillett pro- nounces against it. Mr. Coquillett' s article is written with a naive air of final judgment, yet it exhibits a singular confusion of thought. The "elimination method" is approved, yet it is perfectly evident from his remarks that it is not the elimination method that Mr. Co- quillett has in mind at all, but a strongly opposed method, namely 111 112 Journal New York Entomological Society. fvo . xv that of the nomination of types. This method is as different from, the elimination method in its results as the first species method is. Mr. Coquillett is further confused by the idea that there is a right and a wrong way of selecting types. In fact, these terms are not appli- cable, every method of type selection being essentially arbitrary and : a question of rule ; the matter is only one of expediency. The elimi- nation method has proved its utter inexpediency; the nomination off types is far better, largely eliminating the personal equation, but still objectional from the amount of otherwise profitless search involved ; , the first species method is by far the simplest and most expedient. Our present rules are so extremely elastic that they allow almost any - method of procedure except the first species method. It is high time : that they were amended and made definite on the only definite expe- dient method, that of the first species. Since writing the above, we have read the article by President ; David Starr Jordan (Science, n. s., xxv, 467, 1907) favoring the first species rule. We are in complete accord with his conclusions, and cannot imagine why they should not similarly appeal to everybody. We have been recently rather shocked by the attitude of so emi- nent an authority as Professor S. W. Williston on this subje'ct. Hav- ing supposed that the only important matter requiring adjustment was the establishment of the first species method, it is a distinct surprise to find the generic type itself in doubt. Professor Williston writes : " I am unalterably opposed to any law of 'types,' and shall never recognize such myself. I consider a genus as something more than a specimen, and am decidedly opposed to any law which permits the ignorant amateur to shield himself back of a type, throwing upon some one else the burden of distinguishing generic characters. Any species that an author uses in defining a genus is equally a type if he chooses^ to so consider it, and it devolves upon the one who 'splits ' the genus-, to show the differences and leave the residue to bear the original name. . This is the view I have always had ; it has been the practice of all I dipterologists, until recently at least, and it doubtless will be theiri practice in the future. I do not think that rules promulgated by . . . any one . . . will abolish the custom, at least not unless some such commission as Davenport has recently suggested (a consummation devoutly to be wished) is established." June, 1907.1 Editorial. 113 BOOK NOTICES. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera PhalcetKX in the British Museum. Volume VI. London: 1906. Catalogue of the Noctuidas in the collec- tion of the British Museum by Sir George F. Hampson, Bart. Volume VI, now before us, comprises the Cucullianse, a subfamily of the Noctuidae "characterized by its trifid neuration of the hind wings combined with spineless tibiae and smooth eyes surrounded by eye-lashes of bristle-like hair." 692 species are catalogued in 11 1 genera, of which 251 species in 46 genera are from the North Ameri- can fauna, north of Mexico. The changes in our familiar names, while considerable, are not greater than would be expected as a result of the revision of the species of the world, nor greater than in preced- ing volumes of this work. The same scheme has been rigidly adhered to. The largest North American genera are Oncocnemis, Graptolitha (^Xylina of our lists), and Cucullia, containing 52, 39 and 24 spe- cies respectively. Xylitia replaces Calocampa, as used by us, owing to a change in the type species. Ten new genera are proposed, viz. : Protophana for Herrichia cervina Hy. Edw. ; Homoncocnejnis for Oncocnemis fortis QxX.. ; Brachylomia for Cleocefis poptiH ^irec^., Dryobota rectifascia Sm. and Cleoceris discolor Sm. ; Dryotype for Dryobota opina Grt. ; Xylotype for Xylina capax Grt. ; Eurotype for Polia acutissima Grt., inedialis Grt., confragosa Morr. and con- tadina Sm. \ Harpaglcea for Glcea sericea Morr., tremula Harv. and pastillicans Morr. ; Psectragltza for Glcea carnosa Grt. and olivata Harv. ; Brachycosmia for Anchocelis digitalis Grt. Among other changes, Dryobota Led. is restricted to the European /^/rz^a Esp., and does not occur in our fauna ; Staudinger's genus Bryomnia is used for our five species taken from Perigea, Polia and Hadena of our lists ; Gl(za is sunk under Conistra Hiibn., the Tentamen names not being recognized ; A)?iathes Hiibn. takes most of our Orthosias. Several new species are described. The volume of plates accompanying the text seems even better than usual. We only regret that these very useful volumes follow each other so slowly, although we fully realize that it is impossible for one man to do more than Sir George Hamp- son does, and do it so well. 114 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. x'\ A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera. A text-book 'for stui dents and collectors. By J. W. Tutt, F.E.S. Vol. VIII. London: Berlin; 1906. This volume appears out of its regular order, preceding volume^ V and VI, as the matter composing it was found ready. It hz been appearing in parts under the title ''A Natural History of the British Butterflies. ' ' The work extends to 479 pages, and is extremel) full and extended, treating of only ten species of British butterfliesj although including a considerable amount of general discussion. Th« method of nomination of types is followed in determining the type^ of genera, a fresh study having been made by the author, with result^ differing from previous determinations, as would be expected, great many divisions are proposed for the butterflies. For examplej the Skippers are given superfamily rank, under the name Urbicolides ;^ the three subfamilies of Watson are said to be " evidently of full family value," and are accordingly divided into subfamilies and tribes. We think this is an exaggeration of the importance of the characters of these butterflies, caused by concentrated study of too slender ma- terial. The characters given to define the so-called families are clearly of subordinate value and are really scarcely sufficient to indicate sub- families. We are sorry that the author did not attempt a new classi- fication without the use of secondary sexual characters. Some of the genera are too close and should be united. This multiplicity of genera is comparatively harmless in a work treating of so few species, but if it were to be applied to the world species, it would be found impracti- cable. But in general we have little fault to find with the book, and much to commend. It will be many years before such a work on American Lepidoptera will be possible. Field Tables to Lepidoptera. By William T. M. Forbes. Worcester, Mass., 1906. This pamphlet contains: (1) A key to the caterpillars of the Eastern United States, the only general work on American caterpillars published. It separates them by artificial characters and prominent structural differences; (2) field tables of butterflies, sphinxes, sa- turnians, etc., giving common as well as scientific names, brief de- scrijDtion, size, frequency in New England, seasons, haunts, and other items of interest; (3) an artificial key to the butterflies of New Eng- land, more complete than others. Much of it has been tested by the June, 1907.] Proceedings of the Society. 115 author. A glossary of terms used. In all 141 pages. We think this work should prove useful to collectors and field workers. It can be had from Davis & Bannister, Worcester, Mass. The price is seventy-five cents. ♦ PROCEEDINGS OF THE NEW YORK ENTOMO- LOGICAL SOCIETY. Meeting of October 2, 1906. Held at the American Museum of Natural History. President C. H. Roberts in the chair with ten members in attendance. As the meeting was an informal one no scientific papers were read or any business transacted but a number of the members gave an account of their summer's collecting experiences. Meeting of October 16, 1906. Held at the American Museum of Natural History. President C. H. Roberts in the chair and twelve members present. The librarian, Mr. Schaeffer, read the following list of exchanges received during the summer : Canadian Entomol., XXXVIH, Nos. 6-10. Prof. Dr. G. Kraatz by Dr. Walther Horn, Berlin. Proceedings U. S. Nat. Mus., XXX, Nos. 1459, 146 1, 1463 and 1465. Wiener Entomol. Zeit. , XXV, Nos. 5-9. Zeitschrift f. Wissenschaftiche Insekten biologic, II, Nos. 3-9. Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts and Sciences, XLII, Nos. 2-11. Bulletino della Soc. Entomol. Italiana, XXXVII, Nos. 2, 3 and 4. Verb. d. k.-k. Zool.-Bot. Gesellschaft, LVI, Nos. 4 and 5. Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc, XLV, Nos. i and 2. Stettiner Entom. Zeitung, LXVII, No. i. The Insect World, X, Nos. 6-9. Mittheilungen der Schweiz. Entomol. Gesellschaft, XI, No 4. Mittheilungen aus d. Naturhist. Museum in Hamburg, XIX-XXII. Entomologische Berichten, II, Nos. 25-30. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, XLIX, Nos. 2 and 3. Eatomologiske Meddelelser, 1906, No. i. Mittheilungen aus dem Zool. Museum Berlin, III, No. 2. Bericht iiber das Zool. Museum. Berlin for 1905. The resignations of Mr. Julius Meitzen and Mr. Erich Daecke were accepted with regrets. Mr. Groth moved that Article V of the by-laws be amended to include among the duties of the president that of delegate to the council of the Academy of Sciences. Seconded. Action upon this amendment was postponed until the next meeting. Mr. Schaeffer who represented the Society at the meeting of the committee held at Ithaca, N. Y. , on June 28, 1906, to organize a National Entomological Society, 116 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. x\. reported that owing to the absence of a great many of the delegates no final action was taken. All of the members present expressed themselves as in favor of such an organization. It was expected that the final adoption of the plan and organization of such a society would be accomplished during the winter session of the American Association for the Advancement of Science which was to be held in New York City during the holidays. Mr. Schaeffer said that as he had made no collecting trip for the Museum this summer he had found considerable time to study some of the remaining unidentified material from his former expeditions in Texas and Arizona. All or nearly all of the remaining material in the families Chrysomelidae and Anthribidce had been studied and the results published in the Transactions of the American Entomological Society and in the Brooklyn Museum Bulletin. He remarked on some changes made in the latest catalogue of the Anthribidje, with some of which he did not agree. He had found the Brownsville, Texas, region especially rich in this family, as twenty -one species are known to occur there. The Anthribid fauna of the Huachuca Mountains, Ari- zona, was not so rich, but some interesting forms occurred there, as all proved to be new. In exhibiting a collection of nearly all of the known North American Anthri- bidse he pointed out the distinguishing or remarkable characters of some of the new genera and species and also mentioned that his genus Phanosohna of which he showed a second species from Arizona is synonymous with Discotenes. Mr. Davis exhibited specimens of Mantispa brunnea and read some notes con- cerning the occurrence of this species at Lakehurst, N. J. He remarked that he had been able to trace the presence of this insect, when not too far away, by their peculiar odor, similar to that of certain flies. Mr. Barber read a paper on the subfamily Alydinse of the family Coreida. He drew a diagram of Alydtis eurinus and explained the significance of the distinguish- ing characters used in separating the different genera, such as the relative length of the first segment of antennae to length of head, relative length of hind femora, charac- ter of humeral angle, length of corium relative to membrane and whether the apical margin of corium was straight or sinuate. Among other things he stated that this subfamily was world-wide in its distribution, but of the twenty-one genera represented but six occur in the western hemisphere, all of which have representatives occurring in North America. At present there are recorded from North America, including the West Indies, fourteen species, of which nine had been listed for the United States, and he had recently added another species from the Huachuca Mountains of Arizona. He also gave the structural characters of each of the genera and a list of the species occurring within the United States as well as their habitat. 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I2£ 1 30 131 132 134 1 MI 162 3 166 Editorial 171 Book Notice 172 Proceedings of the Society 173 JOTJ^RN JLl^ OF THE Published quarterly by the Society at 41 North Queen St., Lancaster, Pa., and New York City. All communications relating to the Journal should be sent to the editor. Dr. Harrison G. Dyar, U. S. National Mu- seum, Washington, D. C; all subscriptions to the Treasurer, Wm. T. Davis, 46 Stuyvesant Place, New Brighton, Staten Is., New York, and all books and pamphlets to the Librarian, C. Schaeffer, Museum, Eastern Parkway, ■ Brooklyn, N. Y. Terms for subscription, ;^2,oo per year, strictly in ad-, vance. Please make all checks, money-orders, or drafts payable io NEW YORK ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. Authors of each contribution to the Journal shall be entitled to 25 separates of such contribution without change of form. If a larger number be desired they will be supplied at cost, provided notice is sent to the Editor befo e the page proof has been corrected. JOURNAL Jlf\a "Sinvk ^nj^omologiral %m'it'^^. Vol. XV. SEPTEMBER, 1907. No. 3. Class I, HEX APOD A. Order I, HYMENOPTERA. TRICHOGRAMMA PRETIOSA RILEY. MISCEL- LANEOUS HABITS OF THE ADULT, WITH A LIST OF HOSTS. Bv A. Arsene Girault, Washington, D. C. The following is a conclusion of the publication of observations made on this egg-parasite during the Cotton BoUworm Investigations in Texas in 1904 by the National Bureau of Entomology. The more important of these have already been published, or presented for publi- cation, and this brief paper records especially those details of its life- history which are of minor consideration or of interest solely from the biological standpoint. The observations were made at Paris, Texas, latitude 33° 45', and the host was Heliothis obsoleta Fabricius, the common boUworm of cotton. Emergence. — The little parasites issue from the host eggs as adults through one or several holes cut by their jaws generally in the upper side of the egg. The hole is usually rounded in outline, but with jagged edges. Quoting from a general note made in 1904: "Out of 36 cases of emergence, 32 were from single holes in various parts of the host ^^^^ ; the remaining 4 were from 2 holes in the host. In the latter cases, in 2 hosts, there were 2 large, equal, round holes, side by side in the upper end ; in the third, 2 unequal round holes, one on each and opposite sides of the host, and in the fourth case, exit was made through a small round hole at apex and a large jagged rent 117 118 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xv. in the side near base. As 83 parasites issued from these 36 hosts, it is evident that in the majority of cases more than 2 came from a single host, using a common exit-hole." Additional records obtained for 45 hosts from which more than one parasite issued showed that but 5 or 11 per cent, made their exit through more than one hole ; the remaining 89 per cent, emerged through single exit-holes. The hosts in this case averaged about three parasites apiece. The position of the exit-hole varies. They may involve the micro- pyle of the host egg, or be near the base, but as stated are generally in the upper half of one side, or near the middle of the side. Their shape varies from small, almost perfectly round holes just the size of the parasite's body, to large, irregular, jagged ones, but is normally a mean between these two extremes. Exceptionally, an exit-hole may involve the whole of one side of the host egg. When the parasites issue from a single host through several holes, usually 2, they are as a rule smaller and round, and in the upper side of the egg. They may or may not adjoin, for instance may be on opposite sides of the host, or all grouped together at the micropyle but separated one from the other. Their method of issuing from the eggs of Alabama argillacea Hiibner is about the same. ^^ Brachypterous'' speci))iens. — Riley (1885) in writing of this species mentions what he probably supposed to be true brachypterous specimens, but which must have been very recently emerged ones, which have the wings folded in dark squares over the back. On June 30, I noted this to be the case with two males and five females issuing at 2 p. M., and in the autumn, many recently emerged specimens were found with the wings in that condition. Naturally at that time of the year they would be noticed more for the reason that it took a much longer time for them to spread. A single "short-winged" female was captured just as it issued from an egg of Alabama argillacea Hiibner on a cotton leaf, at II A. m., October 23, 1904. The wings were unspread and folded so as to " resemble paddles" (Riley, 1885). It was taken to the laboratory and confined in a small glass vial, but up to 6 p. m. had not changed. However, on the following morning, it was found with normally spread wings. Two specimens issuing on the morning of November i had their wings similarly folded and which became normal by the following morning, and this was repeated in the case of numerous specimens emerging on the morning of November 4. Sept., :907 ] GiRAULT : TrICHOGRAMMA PRETIOSA RiLEY. 119 Habits. — Although the parasites occur in great numbers, on account of their minute size and inconspicuousness, they are rather difficult to find in nature. For this reason their natural habits in regard to activity are more or less unknown, except in the case of ovipositing females. They have been observed crawling over the leaves of corn and cotton, mostly in the morning of fair and clear days, but have never been observed to feed on the secretions of leaf glands as do various of the Chalcidoidea. In the laboratory, however, they have been fed on ripe peach juice and a diluted water solution of brown sugar, some- times feeding rather eagerly, but mostly quite incidentally, and in one case, not at all. The taking of food seems to have no effect on the length of life. In regard to the latter, of course, we have nothing but laboratory records upon which to base conclusions. Through all of the breeding season of 1904 numerous specimens were kept under spacious glass jars, and their length of life noted. Summing up results, the average length of life was about 36 hours or slightly longer, but the range was from 12 to 108 hours. The longer period was very exceptional. The males die somewhat earlier than the females. The season of the year apparently has no effect on the length of life. Both sexes are very active and crawl rapidly and they also fly and are then very hard to see. Percentage of Alabama eggs kitted. — A few records, late in the season, were obtained for the percentage of the eggs of Alabama aroillacea Hiibner, the cotton caterpillar, killed by this parasite. On October 22, parasitized eggs were common on cotton but healthy eggs scarce. Forty-six (46) eggs collected from the leaves on that date showed by census 73.9 per cent, parasitism ; by the end of the week following, the percentage for this lot was 76 per cent., another egg having since shown the characteristic blackened color. The percentage oi obsoleta eggs parasitized during 1904 has been given by Quaintance and Brues (1905). List of hosts. — The genus Trichogramma confines its attacks- mostly to the Lepidoptera, as far as our records go, but one species,. odontotcc Howard, attacking the Coleoptera ( Odontota dorsalis Thun- berg), and one, ceresara Ashmead, known definitely to attack Hemip- tera {Ceresa bubalus Fabr. ), and two species attacking the Hymen- optera, namely, minuta Riley and pretiosa Riley. The latter species is known to attack members of two orders, Hymenoptera and Lepidop- 120 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xv. tera, and has quite a large number of hosts belonging mostly to the last named order. It was first recorded from Alabama and Heliothis and the genus Pterotius, and at present has been reared from the follow- ing hosts. — Lepidoptera : Alaba7na argillacea Hubner, A 7/fogra/>/i a brass! cce Riley, Carpocapsa pomonella Linn., Heliothis obsoleta Fab- ricius, lafiassa ligmcolor\NdL\kcr, Lapliygma frugiperda Smith & Abbot, MamestraJ>icta Harris, Phlegethoiitias sexta Johanssen, Platynota ros- trana Walker, Polychrosis vifeana Clemens. — Hymenoptera : Pteronus r/7;ii '^vf&it. 16. Sciagraphia neptaria Gn. 17. Cymatopliora incept aria Walk. ? This is not intended to be a complete list but just to show what species would be commonly met with. The other Newfoundland specimens of .S". granitata correspond to Packard's variety sexmaculata, being stunted and olive gray ; but it would be useless to attempt to separate these synonyms without comparison with Walker's types as well as the others. I wish to thank Dr. Dyar for specimens and advice ; also Mr. Grossbeck for comparisons. 130 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xv A CORRECTION OF SOME RECENT SYNONYMY IN THE GENUS THECLA. By Harry Cook, Albany, N. Y. Dr. Henry Skinner, of Philadelphia, has lately (Ent. News, Feb., 1907, p. 47), appeared in print with an article noticeable for the strangeness not to say weirdness of the theories advanced. Dr. Skinner, it seems, lately secured some seventy-three specimens of edwarsi and calanus and, being unable to divide them to his own satisfaction, jumped to the conclusion that they were one and the same species. This conclusion would have been entirely harmless had it not been published. But a printed article bearing such a well- known name as that of Dr. Skinner may lead some astray and so it seems well to call attention to a few facts. In the first place Dr. Skinner divided his specimens on a basis of color, which is no basis at all, unless one has perfectly fresh specimens, as these frail butterflies, weather quickly. Of course, this basis gave no results. It could not be expected to. He then considered the extra mesial band on the underside of the primaries which is one of the distinguishing char- acters, but found "absolutely no differential characters in it." His. investigations at this point could hardly have been very thorough for by this band, and its continuation on the secondaries, the two species, are with a little practice, readily separated. I have taken as many as one hundred in a day of these little Theclas and never found any that could not be easily determined. It would be well for Dr. Skinner to consider also the larval, pupal and egg stages of these insects before he makes a final determination of the affair. The larvae he will find quite distinct and, in this locality at least, they feed on wholly different trees. Edwardsi eats oak while calanus prefers hickory and butternut. In a footnote on page 45 of the same issue of the News, Dr. Skinner states as his opinion that Incisalia inis and /. heiirici are one and the same. Another extraordinary discovery ! The Doctor this time does not enlighten us as to how he came to his conclusions. Probably he did so through a superficial examination of the imagines. I should like to call his attention to the original descriptions of these two but- terflies, not to the pictures. If one has a series of the two species. Sept., 1907.] Luther: Description of Automeris. 131 they can be readily divided by closely following these descriptions. Also an article in the Canadian Entomologist, Vol. XXXVII, No. 6, p. 216, may help to orient one unused to the genus. The larvae chysalids and eggs of these two species also are very distinct. Of course no one denies that these species are closely allied, as also are calanus and edwardsi, but their distinctive characters are permanent and stable from generation to generation and appear in all the stages from the egg to the imago. Some of the members of the genus Jhanaos are much more confusing than XhtTheclas here referred to but their validity as separate species is unquestioned. The true test of the identity of species is found in breeding. Let Dr. Skinner breed a few of these butterflies and then let us hear his conclusions. How- ever he should not despair. I remember distinctly when I, as a boy, was quite convinced that Argyunis cybele and A. atlantis were iden- tical and that all preceding entomologists were entirely wrong. Such ideas should be kept secret until one has facts wherewith to prove them. Any premature disclosure of one's psychical processes without sufficient facts or adequate logic to substantiate them is unfortunate as it tends to mislead the inexperienced beginners and confuses the litera- ture of the subject. DESCRIPTION OF A VARIETY OF AUTOMERIS 10, FAB. By Chas. H. Luther, Jr., Providence, R. I. Automeris io, variety fuscus, new. Male. Expanse of wing 2" to 1^%". Head, antenn£e, thorax, abdomen, legs and ground color of wings a bright yellow. Discal markings on the fore wings in the form of an irregular broken oval with a dot in the center. Large eyes and broad yellow marginal bands on the hind wings. Female. Expanse of wing i^/^" to "^^yi" ■ Head and thorax dark brown. An- tennae, abdomen, legs and under-surface of wings brick color. Markings on the upper surface of fore wings pronounced, the whole having a general rich dark brown effect. Ground color of hind wings, dark yellow with large eyes. Habitat. — Providence and Cranston, R. I. Eggs. — First all cream color. At the expiration of two days a blue spot appears at the top of the eggs. Larva. — First dark brown. Later some are brown and some are green, with the usual io markings and spines. 132 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xv. Food plant, Baptisia tinctoria. Pupa and cocoon same as the usual forms. The first specimen of this variety of A. io, found by me was a female which I now have in my collection. The second was also a female which I secured alive July 3, 1906, and from which I got about ninety-five eggs. From these eggs I received about the same number of larvae which I fed on wild cherry. The larvae all lived until after the second molt, when all of them died, apparently from some bacterial disease or on account of wrong food plant. July 14, 1906, I found a brood of twenty-nine jo larvfe on Baptisia tinctoria, which I fed on this food plant. In Sep- tember, 1906, I got from the cocoons under usual conditions, five males and two females. I am now getting, February, 1907, some specimens of this variety by forcing the same. Type. — No. 10274 in the U. S. National Museum. A GENUS AND SPECIES OF GEOMETRIDiE NEW TO NORTH AMERICA. By Richard F. Pearsall, Brooklyn, N. Y. The genus TricJiopteryx Hiibn. has not before been represented in the North American fauna, though several species are found in Europe. In a recent ''List of British Columbian Lepidoptera," the Geo- metridte were arranged by Rev. Geo. W. Taylor, who places under this genus Nyctobia viridata Pack. {Agia eborata Hulst.); but it cannot rest in the genus for reasons I have stated in a paper on the genus Nyctobia Hulst., awaiting publication. The type of Trichop- teryx is carpinata Bork., in the (^ of which vein 8 of hind wings is connected by a bar with cell, near the cell's end, and in inridata it is united with it for nearly the cell's length. The genus is thus characterized. Trichopteryx Hiibn. Type ca7-piiiala Bork. Fixed. Variable. AnteiincE, flattened, slender. Thorax, with low tuft posteriorly. Palpi, short. Abdomen, not tufted. Front, protuberant, smooth. Venation of hind wings, $, six and Tongue, developed. seven widely separate. Three and four Sept., igoy] Pearsall : A Geometrid New to North America. 133 Fore tibiic, unarmed. separate, two very short, one absent — Hind iiMic, end spurs only. an inflated fold on inner margin at Hair pencil ill (J , present. base. Hind wings, vein five present, vein eiglit 9 ^^^ veins present, six and seven long- in $ runs parallel with cell and joined stemmed, three and four separate, to it near end by bar, then rapidly Accessory cells, two. divergent, 9 anastomosing with cell nearly cell's length. Trichopteryx veritata, new species. $ . — Fore wings broad, extended at apex. Hind wings small, narrowed, much rounded. Front of dark brown, mixed with white scales. Head and thorax above dark brown and ashen. Fore wings pale silver-gray. The basal line shaded out- wardly with dusky runs straight across wing from costa, ending at inner margin twice as far from base, the enclosed space paler than the rest of the wing. Intra discal line is geminate, dark gray, waved, and runs straight across wing from costa, about two fifths out, darkest at costa and on veins, preceded by a geminate pale line. The extra-discal, a broad shade-line, -darkened on veins, starts from a square dark gray patch on costa, curves slightly outward at cell, otherwise parallel to intra- discal, the space between them pale. A subterminal dusky shade-line starts from costa half way from extra-discal to apex, preceded by a geminate pale line, and is sharply defined inwardly by a black wavy hair-line, parallel with extra-discal. Outwardly to border, dark gray, centrally traversed by an ill defined whitish hair- line. A black terminal line interrupted between the veins. Fringes dusky white. Hind wings clear white, with narrow dusky marginal line. Discal dots faint points on all wings. Abdomen and legs dusky white, the former with each segment nar- rowly bordered with black on posterior edge. Beneath pale silver-gray, a few dark scales costally on fore wings and the shade-lines above showing faintly. Discal dots faint. The 9 is darker, more brownish, the lines well defined. The hind wings are decidedly dusky, with a well marked geminate subterminal line, darker than ground color of wing, preceded by a geminate pale line parallel with the strongly rounded outer margin, which is darker, with the fringes long and dusky. Beneath darker than in $ with the body browner, obscuring the black rings on abdomen above. No discal dots on wings above or below. Expanse, 20 to 22 mm. The O from Pasadena, Calif. (Mar. 3, 1902) has been in my possession nearly two years, through Mr. Geo. Franck of Brooklyn. The (j^ is a recent acquisition from San Diego Co., Calif. (Feb. 15, 1906) through my friend Mr. H. W. Marsden. Types. — c^ and 9, coll. R. F. Pearsall. 134 Journal New York Entoimological Society. [Voi. xv. NEW GENERA AND SPECIES OF AMERICAN MICROLEPIDOPTERA. By August Busck, Washington, D. C. Polychrosis carduana, new species. Labial palpi reddish, rusty brown, touched at the tip with black. Face, head and thorax rusty brown, top of head and middle of thorax sprinkled with black. Fore wings dark velvety brown mixed with golden ochreous scales and with extensive markings of dark metallic blue as follows : a large basal patch more or less streaked with the ground-color; an outwardly oblique blue fascia before the middle of the wing, terminating in a large nearly circular bluish yellow spot, touching the dorsal edge ; another outwardly oblique fascia from apical third of costa, which is narrowed on the middle of the wing and below this divides into two more or less crooked branches, which reach the dorsal edge ; both of these blue fascise are emphasized on the costal edge by two pairs of short yellow streaks, separated by a longer black streak ; three more similar pairs of short yellow streaks on the costa beyond the second fascia start narrow blue lines which run together in a small fascia across the tip of the wing just before apex ; three rather indistinct, small, round, metallic blue dots on lower part of termen ; cilia dark metallic blue. Hind wings dark bronzy brown with costal edge white and cilia bluish. Abdomen dark purplish brown ; anal tuft yel- lowish. Legs dark purplish brown ; tarsal joints with yellowish annulations. Pterogostic and oral characters typical. Alar expanse : lo. 5-12 mm. Food plant : Carduiis. Habitat. — Hyattsville, Maryland. Type. — S" and 9, U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 10159. Described from some thirty bred specimens. The larvae are semi- social and feed in numbers, more or less exposed in a light common web in the tops of thistle ; they are light greenish yellow with blackish brown head and thoracic shield and with shining black tubercles, which give them a very pretty dotted effect. On maturity they spin a piece of the leaf into a small roll for a cocoon ; the moths appeared early in August. This is the largest of the hitherto described American species of this genus, being especially more broad-winged than the others and is ^ easily distinguished from all the others by the ochreous round spot oni the middle of the dorsal edge. Hendecaneura (?) fraternana, new species. Labial palpi ochreous fuscous, sprinkled with darker fuscous, especially on tip of second joint; terminal joint blackish. Face and head dark ochreous brown, on the top of the head mixed with white. Thorax dark ochreous fuscous, each scale Seyt,i9o7.] BUSCK : NeW AMERICAN MiCROLEPIDOPTERA. 135 slightly tipped with white. Ground color of fore wings whitish but so strong!}' over- laid with dark fuscous and ochreous scales as to produce a marbled effect ; at basal third is a dark fuscous broad irregular transverse fascia, outwardly angulated on the middle and edged with black scales ; the basal space inside this fascia is strongly overlaid with dark fuscous ; following the fascia is a central whitish space relieved by thin undulating transverse dark fuscous lines. Just before tornus is a large dark ochreous fuscous, black-edged dorsal spot, rounded towards the base of the wing and with the protruding outer corner pointed towards apex ; above this spot is a nearly semicircular spot of the same color and also black-edged. The apical third of the wing is covered with grayish ochreous scales, tipped with white, and contains a poorly defined ocelloid spot, consisting of two silvery white patches, the outer one of which is preceded by a short black dash. Costal edge has the short fold at base dark fuscous and has five pairs of short oblique white dashes on its outer half. Apex brown, cilia white, sprinkled with fuscous. Hind wings dark ochreous fuscous with the edge darker and with a dark fuscous line on the base of the whitish cilia. Alar expanse : 19-22 mm. Habitat. — West Riverside, California, October, November. Type. — cJ^, U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 10317. Wing-slide, in Lord Walsingham>s collection. This ann the following species are those referred to by the writer at the meeting of the Entomological Society of Washington, October, 1906. They differ from Lord Walsingham's description of the genus only in having veins 6 and 7 of the hind wings truly stalked instead of "nearly coincident along their base," diverging at about one third their " length." If I am right in placing these species in Hendecaneura I should e.xpect that the other species of the genus will be found to have these veins truly stalked, and should rely on this quite uncommon character within the subfamily in the definition of the genus rather than on the sexual dimorphism in the venation of the forewing ; but as I am at present only acquainted with the genus through Lord Walsingham's de- scription and as some deviations from this are apparent, the generic de termination of this and the following should be taken as tentative only. Hendecaneura (?) filiana, new species. Labial palpi dark ochreous, terminal joint brown. Face and head unicolored, dull ochreous ; thorax ochreous. Fore wing light ochreous with an ill-defined slightly darker ochreous basal patch covering the basal third ; the acutely angulated outer edge of this patch protrudes into the middle of the wing. Costal fold dark fuscous. At the end of the cell is an indistinct darker ochreous spot and below it is a similarly colored ill-defined dorsal patch ; these and other markings on the apical part of the wing are very indistinct, but produce the same general pattern as in the foregoing 136 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xv. species. Apical third of the wing is irregularly overlaid with light fuscous, white- tipped scales. Costal edge narrowly dark brown with very indistinct pairs of short white dashes ; just below apex is a larger white dash. Cilia fuscous. Hind wings dark ochreous fuscous. Posterior legs unmottled ochreous ; anterior and middle legs with tarsi annulated with black. Alar expanse : 26 mm. Habitat. — West Riverside, California, October. Type. — cJ* U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 10318. Wing-slide, in Lord Walsingham's collection.* Gelechia catalinella, new species. Labial palpi pure white with base of second joint black externally. Tongue sparsely clothed with black scales. Antenna; purplish black. Face head and thorax pure white ; patagire black. Fore wings unicolored blackish brown, with a purplish sheen and with striking pure white markings as follows : entire dorsal edge from base to tornus white ; an outwardly oblique costal streak at basal third, reaching the middle of the wing ; a narrow perpendicular transverse fascia at apical third and an inwardly oblique curved costal streak just before apex. Hindwings dark blackish fuscous, basal half of costa light silvery gray. Abdomen purplish black. Legs dark purplish brown with white spurs and broad white annulations on tibias and tarsi. Alar expanse : 20 mm. Habitat. — Catalina Springs, Arizona : August. Type. — U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 10319. Cotype in collection of Dr. Wni. Barnes, from whom I received this species. This very striking species comes nearest Gelechia paulella Busck ; • it has however a more blackish ground color and is easily distinguished by the different white wing-ornamentation. Glyphidocera dimorphella, new species. Labial palpi straw-yellow, lightly mottled with black scales. Antennae yellowish fuscous, simple in both sexes, without the notch found in the males of some of the species of this genus. Head and thorax clear straw-yellow. Fore wings light straw- yellow, sparsely sprinkled with dark brown atoms, with a blackish brown round dot on the middle of the cell, another similar dot at the end of the cell and a more or less complete series of blackish brown dots along terminal edge of the wing. Cilia 1 whitish. Hind wings light straw-colored. Abdomen yellow. Legs light yellow with darker, blackish, spurs and tarsi. Alar expanse : lo-ll mm. Habitat. — Plummers Island, Md. (in the Potomac River above Washington City). (Busck.) Type. — U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 10320. * Since the foregoing was written I have received the opinion of my friend Mr. J. Hartley Durrant, who after examination of my slides does not believe these two. species can be properly included in Hendecaneura. 1 am at present unwilling to ven- ture the erection of a new genus in this subfamily even if such eventually shall prove i necessary ; but there will be no difficulty in locating the species generically by their peculiar venation, whenever the generic revision of the family shall be published, as now seems near at hand. Sept., 1907.] BuscK : New American Microlepidoptera. 137 This and the two following species differ somewhat in venation from the definition of the genus as given by Lord Walsingham and in my Gclechia revision (page 916). But they are undoubtedly properly referable to that genus, the scope of which is thus somewhat widened. These three species all have veins 7 and 9 in the forewings stalked instead of separate as in the hitherto described species of the genus and none of them possess the notched antennae in the males as is found in the type of the genus. The present species has vein 4 out of the stalk of veins 2 and 3 in the forewings as in the genus Brachmia. One of the specimens of which I made a slide shows an abnormality which gave me considerable trouble, before it was rightly interpreted for me by my esteemed friend Mr. Edw. Meyrick. It had apparently 12 perfect veins in the forewings instead of the 11 veins normal to this genus (vein 8 being absent, coincident with 7) and the position of the additional vein, which I presume was the normally obsolete vein, out of vein 6 and ending in the terminal edge below apex, gave me, I thought, a clue to another explanation of the venation in this group, which would have excluded it from the family Gelechiidae. Fortunately I sought the help of Mr. Meyrick, sending him slides and specimens and this master mind at once cleared the difficulties, pointing out, that the bifurcation of vein 6 has nothing to do with vein 7, but is merely an abnormal fission ; Mr. Meyrick writes that he has observed similar fission of veins in quite a number of instances in other Lepidoptera, where there was no other possible explanation, all the usual veins being present as well ; * but he does not know a single case of such a structure having become normal in a species, though similar fission of other structures, e. g., of stamens in flowers is admit- tedly often established and normal as is proved in such cases by study of embryonic development. I wish here once more to acknowledge publicly my great indebt- ment to my learned friend, Mr. Edw. Meyrick, whose profound knowledge and most liberal assistance has again and again helped me over difficulties, which I could not have managed alone. *Two such cases are recorded by the writer (Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., Vol. XXVII, pp. 746-747, 1904) ; one being a specimen of He7nerophila alpinella Busck, which had nine veins in the right hindwing, and the other a specimen of Scardia fuscofas- ciella Chambers, with thirteen veins in the left forewing. 138 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xv. Glyphidocera meyrickella, new species. Labial palpi ochreous, terminal joint slightly mottled with black on the inner side. Antennas light ochreous, annulated with black. Face, head and thorax ochre- ous. Fore wings ochreous, evenly and profusely sprinkled with black scales ; a black- ish discal spot on the middle of the cell and another at the end of the cell are larger and more diffused than in the foregoing species from which the present species also differs by its larger she and by the lack of terminal black spots. Alar expanse : 14-15 mm. Habitat. — Plummers Island, Md. (Busck). Type. — U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 10321. This species has vein 4 of the forewing approximate to 5, not connate with or out of vein 2. I had originally supposed it to be the female of the preceding species, but the distinct venation alone proves it a separate species, and I possess both sexes. I take pleasure in per- manently associating Mr. Edw. Meyrick's name with this species, the more so, as he corrected my first impression and called my atten- tion to the distinctness of the species. Glyphidocera aberratella, new species. Labial palpi ochreous, strongly overlaid with black scales. Antennas dark fus- cous, simple in both sexes. Face, head and thorax dark ochreous fuscous. Fore wings with the ochreous brown ground-color heavily overlaid with black scales especially along the edges and towards apex. At the end of the cell is a poorly defined blackish dot and on the middle of the fold is a similar dot. Hind wings bluish fuscous ; cilia yellowish. Abdomen blackish fuscous. Legs yellowish, strongly sprinkled with black. Alar expanse : 14 mm. Habitat. — Plummers Island, Md. Type. — U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 10322. The venation of the fore wing of this species differs from that of the type of the genus in having veins 8 and 6 short-stalked, enclosing apex, but I do not consider this of generic importance in the present case. The peculiar labial palpi, the very striking venation irrespec- tive of this variation and the general habitus plainly indicate the generic position and prove the aberrations in the venation as well as \ the secondary sexual character of the antennae found in some of the species to be merely of specific value. Epicallima edithella, new species. Labial palpi golden white. Face white. Antennje bronzy black. Top of head I and thorax dark bronze. Fore wings dark bronzy brown with golden yellow and silvery white markings, as follows : at basal fourth is a transverse perpendicular silvery fascia, somewhat dilated on dorsal edge ; at apical third is a similar fascia which does not quite reach costal edge and which is interrupted in the middle by the j Sept.,1907.] BuscK : Nfav American Microlepidoptera. 139 longitudinal golden yellow marking. Midway between the two fasciae are three short longitudinal parallel silvery streaks, one just below the costal edge, the other two closer together on the middle of the wing. Between and broken up by these silvery markings which all are edged with dark scales is a large, diffused, longitudinal, golden yellow spot reaching from base to beyond the end of the cell, confined to the upper half of the wing, but at no place touching the costal edge. Cilia dark brown. Hind wings dark bronzy brown. Abdomen bronzy with anal tuft silvery. Legs silvery, indistinctly barred with black. Alar expanse : 9-10 mm. Habitat. — Center Harbor, New Hampshire. (H. G. Dyar, coll.) Type. — U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 10323. This pretty little species is nearest to slialleriella Chambers, which species also belongs in Epicallima though aberrant in having veins 7 and 8 in forewings united instead of merely stalked as is the case in the type of the genus. Shalleriella is a larger species differing somewhat in wing-ornamentation, notably in the possession of the white costal spot before apex and the black-silvery ocellate spots on dorsal edge. The genus Epicallima differs from Borkhatisenia mainly in the absence of pecten on the basal joint of the antennae. Mr. Edw. Meyrick has lately recorded two species of this genus from Ceylon. Colinita, new genus. Type. — C. sponsella Busck. Labial palpi long, recurved, smooth, pointed. Tongue very long, stout, scaled at base, coiled. Maxillary palpi obsolete. Antennae simple, basal joint enlarged, with pecten. Head and thorax smooth. Forewings narrow, elongate pointed, more than four times as long as broad, smooth scaled. 12 veins: 7 and 8 stalked; 7 to termen ; 3 and 4 short-stalked, 5 approximate to or out of base of 4 ; 3 with a strong tendency to become obsolete ; lb simple at base ; \c strongly developed. Hind wings somewhat narrower than the forewings; costal edge nearly straight; termen slightly sinuate ; apex pointed ; 8 veins ; 2, 3 and 4 distant, nearly parallel ; 4 and 5 short- stalked ; 6 and 7 parallel ; 8 free. Posterior tibiae clothed with rough hairs above. The pectinated basal joint of the antennae, the separate veins 6 and 7 in the hindwings and the hairy posterior tibiae place this genus in the family Blastobasidae, though the stalked veins 4 and 5 and the separate veins 3 and 4 in the hindwings are heterogenous in this family and suggest relationship with some of the Yponomeutidc^. Colinita sponsella, new species. Labial palpi whitish gray with a broad black annulation on the middle of second joint and another on the middle of terminal joint. Face, head and thorax whitish gray, mixed with black scales. Ground color of fore wings dirty white sprinkled with 140 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xv. dark fuscous brown scales ; they congregate before the middle of the wing into an imperfect, curved, transverse fascia, before which is a nearly immaculate white area and beyond which the dark scales form poorly defined, irregular, longitudinal lines, meeting at apex. Hind wings yellow with light yellow cilia. Abdomen dark fuscous. Legs pepper and salt colored. Alar expanse : 20 mtn. Habitat. — Yuma Co., Arizona. Desert. Type. — U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 10324. To this genus belongs also Colinita arizoniella Kearfott, described as Holcocera (Can. Entom., XXXIX, p. 8, 1907). This is a smaller unicolored white species. Dyotopasta, new genus. Type. — Plutella yumaella, Kearfott.* Head with rough scales. Labial palpi long, curved; second joint with rough scales above, towards the face and with a few lateral bristles ; terminal joint short, blunt, porrected. Tongue and maxillary palpi obsolete. Antennae little more than half the wing length, simple, with the somewhat enlarged basal joint thickly clothed with scales. Ocelli large, in front of the base of the antennae. Thorax smooth. Fore wings elongate, three and one half times as long as broad ; apex rounded ; costal edge nearly straight ; dorsal edge evenly rounded and slightly sinuate at the end of the cell. 12 veins, all separate; 7 to apex; 2 from shortly before the end of the cell ; internal veins from between 10 and 11 to below 8 and from base to above 5; \b strongly furcate at base. Hind wings broader than fore wings; costal edge deflected at apical third ; termen strongly oblique and slightly sinuate. 8 veins ; 3 from corner of cell ; 4 distant, parallel with 3 ; 5 and 6 shortstalked ; 7 parallel to 6 ; lb furcate at base ; \c present. I have long had this genus and its type in manuscript ' as has also Lord Walsingham, from whom I lately have received a specimen, bearing an appropriate generic name, which I was tempted to adopt. I should have preferred to await Lord Walsingham 's publication of the genus, but the premature description of the type under a wrong gen- eric name in another family makes it desirable to have its proper generic position published without further delay. The genus looks superficially much like Xylesthia Clemens, to which genus it comes near, though differing in the lack of maxillary palpi and in the form of the labial palpi. *Can. Entom., XXXIX, p. 6, Jan., 1907. Sept.. 1907] Smith : Notes on Some American Noctuids. 141 NOTES ON SOME AMERICAN NOCTUIDS IN THE BRITISH MUSEUM. By John B. Smith, Sc.D., New Brunswick, N. J. In Vol. XII of the Journal N. Y. Ent. Soc, pp. 93-104, 1904, I published a review of Vol. IV of Catalogue of PhalgenK, etc., then recently issued. This volume, the first of the series on the Noctuids, by Sir George F. Hampson, contained some changes in the accepted synonymy as based on previous studies and comparisons. I was not quite ready to accept all of these references of species nor the use of genera in the way Hampson typified them. As to the genera the difference is due to the fundamental rule accepted for the determina- tion of generic types and agreement cannot be reached until a uniform basis is agreed upon by zoologists. As to the species it was matter for further study of the original types. In September, 1906, it was my good fortune to be able to spend some time in London ; for a week I went over the Noctuid collection, and Sir George was good enough to look over with me all those species about which 'our conclusions were at variance. Taking up the species in the order of my notes, the following memoranda were made. Py7'ocleptria californica Hamps. This is Annaphila aurantiaca Hy. Edw. That the species was not an Annaphila I pointed out in my Catalogue of 1893 and also stated that it was an Heliothid for which I had no satisfactory place. In 1895 Mr. Grote created his genus Incita to receive it ; but evidently without specimens and without recogniz- able description. At any rate aurantiaca is type of Incita Grt., and so the species must be known, with californica Hamps., as synonym. The type of Pyrocleptria is cora Gn., and if that species is really con- generic with aurantiaca the name Pyrocleptria must sink as a synonym of Incita. Heliothis lupatus Grt. This is the Xestia chloropha of Hubner without very much doubt, and it disposes of another of those miser- able species that have remained so long unidentified in our catalogues. Hampson first suggested this synonymy in a letter and after com- paring my only specimen with the figure, I have no doubt that he is correct. I am not aware that he has published the reference, but the credit for it belongs to him at any rate. The species is not at all 142 Journal New York Entomological Society. lvoI. xv. commori in my experience and has been in our lists as an Orthosia. It must in future be Helioihis chloi'opha Hbn., with lupatns Grt., as a synonym. Lygranthcecia tiiberculum Hbn. = dorsilutea Wlk. There seems to be little doubt of the correctness of this reference ; but I am not at all sure that there are not two closely allied species involved. Both names are based on eastern specimens and I have an example from Texas that belongs to the same series. Some Colorado examples, how- ever, seem to suggest another species and more material is needed before we can be sure on this point. Lygranthcecia constricta Hy. Edw. The position of this species I have discussed in this Journal, XIV, 24. It must, in future, be listed as an aberration of marginata. Porosagroiis patula Wlk. = septentrionalis Moeschl. This is as I have made it out; but I made both names to = fusca Bdv., and that proves to be an error. The suggestion that his species was identical v^\\\i fusca was Moeschler's originally, in 1870, and I saw no reason to doubt it. The reference of patula to septentrionalis was made by me. Hampson now vazk&s fusca Bdv., the same as Euxoa cinerea Schiff"., a species which is not autoptically known to me. Euxoa incubita Sm., is ^ septentrionalis Wlk., as stated by Hamp- son. As I pointed out in 1904 the species allied to messoria had not been distinguished in 1893, and when I differentiated them in 1900 I did not have duplicates of the form actually described by Walker. Euxoa insulsa'SNlk.: this species I identified with i]\G ca?fipestris- decolor series in 1893, and cited along series of synonyms. Hamp- son referred the species to messoria in his catalogue and I took the liberty of doubting the reference. Reexamination of the type proves that my original reference was correct and that insulsa has nothing to do with messoria. The specimen is obscurely marked and to one not familiar with the wide range of variation found in this particular species the error was a natural one. There is perhaps no more wide- spread, common and variable form than this and of the series of 35 which I have in my cabinet, no two are quite alike. In a series of probably 100 duplicates I have every type from almost immaculate to brilliantly contrasting well written examples. The black filling in the cell in this species is a variable quantity and less constant than in any other species of the series. Sept., 1907.] Smith: Notes on Some American Noctuids. 143 Euxoa expiilsa Wlk. , I made out to be the same as insulsa, and in that Hampson agreed with me, referring both to fnessoria. I have seen no reason to change my opinion on their identity and of course this species follows insulsa in its removal from the list of viessoria synonyms. All the other names which appear under messoria in the British Museum catalogue are already properly referred in my own work. Euxoa choris Harv.= cogiians Sm. There are two allied yet dis- tinct species in my collection, one of which I have under the name choris the other as my cogitans. In the British Museum only one of these species is represented. My identification of choris was from a colored drawing of the type made many years ago for Dr. C. V. Riley. It will be necessary, before the relation of these two names can be settled, to send over examples of both of the species that I have, for direct comparison with the Harvey type. At present my material is not sufficient to permit me to do this ; but I hope to do so in the near future. Agrotis insignata Wlk. Walker described two species under that name on two different pages of the same volume. The first of these I referred as a synonym of insulsa and the second, renamed illata by Walker in a subsequent volume, I referred to ochrogaster. Sir George Hampson refers the first name to Euxoa,y^\\\\. pleuritica Grt., as a syno- nym, and the second to tessellata Harr. There is no doubt that I mixed the two insignala in my original notes and that the first de- scribed form which I referred to insulsa is the one that should have been referred to ochrogaster. The type is a very faded uniformly colored exanlple nearly like the cinereoniaculata of Morrison and has nothing to do with pleuritica. It is a form of ochrogaster without reasonable doubt. On the other hand that insignata which I referred to insulsa is correctly placed by Hampson with tessellata and to that extent my catalogue must be corrected. The synonymy will stand, then, Agrotis insignata Wlk.= Euxoa ochrogaster On.: Agrotis illata Wlk.= insignata Wlk., = E. tessellata Harr. Euxoa tristicula Morr. = silens Grt. This reference appears in my latest check list, but the synonymy was developed in the course of a correspondence between Sir George Hampson and the Brooklyn In- stitute, and both parties notified me of the conclusion reached. I have since verified it, by an examination of Mr. Morrison's type which is less distinctly marked than usual and does not at first suggest Mr. Grote's species. No one who compared Hampson's Fig. 20, I 144 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xv. PI. LXVI of silens, with Fig. 13, PI. LXIX of tristicnia would ever dream that they could possibly be meant for one species. The latter figure is quite characteristic ; the former is not in the least so. Euxoa decolor, Morr. , with campestris Grt. , as a synonym stands as a good species in Hampson's work. Both names refer to one species surely enough, but it is the same species that Walker previously named insulsa as I have already shown, and therefore these names must be replaced where I had them in my catalogue. Mamestra declaraia Wlk., was referred by me to insulsa, and by Hampson to tessellata. A reexamination of the type confirms my original conclusion and the reference to insulsa stands. Tessellata and insulsa are both variable species and run to local forms. It is quite possible to mix up a box of the two. species and make them appear as extreme variations of one thing : yet when one has handled hundreds of examples from many localities, the two species in all their varieties show a characteristic appearence that enables their recognition at a glance. It is simply impossible for any student who has not become familiar with this specific individuality from long experience to place every example as it comes to him. And even in my own case, though I have handled the species now for nearly thirty years, I sometimes send back single examples without names, requesting additional mater- ial before final determination. Agrotis perlentans Wlk. This is referred to tessellata and appar- ently with justice. It is one of those species that Mr. Butler could not find for me in 1891. As for the rest of the names, they stand in Hampson's work as they do in my own. Euxoa verticalis Grt. This was first referred by me as a variety of insulsa, and is correctly restored to specific rank by Hampson. The range of variation while it approaches, does not include this form. Agrotis spectajida Smith. Hampson refers this as a synonym of verticalis; but incorrectly so. There is no specimen of spectanda in the British Museum and the author never actually saw my species, the reference being made on the dixit of a collector who has seen both species in the Neumoegen collection. I have reexamined the species of Chorizagrotis and am confirmed in my separation of the species. Hampson makes introferens Grt., and soror Smith, as synonyms of auxiliaris Grt. Soror Smith is not in the British Museum collection at all, and is not a common species in my experience. In auxiliaris the female is quite different from the Sept., 1907.] Smith: Notes on Some American Noctuids. 145 male and very like the male introferens ; so unless the sexes are first carefully separated out and associated, it is quite easy to range the two species into a continuous series. As between the males I have never been for a moment in doubt as to which was auxiliaris and which was introferens. The female of the latter species, by the bye, is more like the male agrestis than it is like its own mate. Rhizagrotis cloanthoides Grt., appears in Hampson's work as a synonym of albalis Grt., in the bibliography ; but is referred to in the description as, *' Ab. i. cloanthoides : whiter." In my original work I placed them in this same way, before seeing the type of albalis in the British Museum. After that I referred the two as good varieties at least in my catalogue and, yet later, in my check list placed them as good species. The latter conclusion I still adhere to. The type of cloanthoides is in the old Graef collection and I have specimens com- pared with it. I have also a series of albalis which agree with Hamp- son's figure and description and with Mr. Grote's determination of his species in the U. S. N. M. The two differ not only in maculation but in the armature of the anterior legs, albalis having a series of long, curved, claw-like spines on the outer side of the tarsal joints which are absent or much reduced in cloanthoides. There is also a difference in the armature of the mid-tibia ; but my material in cloanthoides is too defective to make it possible to determine details now. Taken as a whole the number of points in which the synonymy in the genus Euxoa has been changed from my original determinations is remarkably small. Some of the changes suggested by Hampson are correct and these are all noted here. Others of them are not well founded, and so far as our differences related to Walker's species, I believe Sir George has agreed that he was in error. As to those differ- ences where lack of material in the British Museum prevented direct or sufficient comparisons, they can be easily settled later, when material becomes more abundant, and they affect no names on the " unknown " list. Feltia cvanidalis Grt., is the only species (except olivia) of the genus not represented in my collection and I have been trying to iden- tify it with west coast examples of siibgothica with contrasting yellow reniform. Hampson, however, places it next to my pectinicornis and that is correct. It really looks like a faded, yellowish, washed-out example of that species. It is passing strange that none of the Cali- fornian collectors have again taken this species. I 146 Journal New York Entomological Society. [VoI. xv. The most aggravating change made in the synonymy by Hampson relates to Feltia subgothica, tricosa and herilis, and the pity of it is that he is correct and must be followed. In the Canadian Entomologist, XXVII, 301, 1895, Slingerland apparently proved to demonstration from published data that Haworth's name subgothica could apply to no other form than that afterward named ducens by Walker. To be sure Tutt in the same journal, XXVIII, 17, 1896, tried to prove that Haworth really figured only a variety of a common European species ; but his argument was not convincing and I believed that Slingerland was right and followed him. Everybody assumed that Haworth's type no longer existed and therein we were in error, for it is now in the British Museum with a clear record as to its identity and it bears out Hampson' s references to the full. What we have been calling subgothica Haw., must now be called ducens, Wlk., and were this all the change would be easy ; but we must now use the name subgothica Haw., to xe'^XdiCe. jaculifera Gn., which will cause trouble in collec- tions and to collectors. Fortunately herilis Grt., remains, and the possibility of change is now exhausted unless some one attempts to argue that, Guenee having included what Grote afterward named her- ilis, as a form of his jaculifera, that name must stand for the distinct form even if one part of it is really a synonym of a previously described name. Agrotis docilis Grt. Hampson refers to this my iugeniculafa, and I had been previously advised to the same effect and had accepted the reference, as appears in my check list of 1903, prepared before Hamp- son's volume was published. In my catalogue of 1893 I referred docilis to occulta, and now, after a reexamination of the type, I am not at all ashamed of the reference. The type of docilis is really like a gray occulta. With a greater knowledge of the latter species I am convinced that docilis does not come within its range of variation and to that extent I was wrong. But the type of docilis is not my ingeniculata / There is another species involved here, which will be referred to under Lycophotia astricta Morr. I noted in my previous paper that Agrotis hospitalis Grt., was cited as a synonym to Agrotis brunnea Schiff. ; but no American localities are given in the " Habitat." There are no American speci- mens in the British Museum collection and Hampson informs me that his reference was not based upon direct comparisons. I have now seen a number of examples of this species from well separated locali- Sept.igoy. I SmITH : NOTES ON SOME AMERICAN NOCTUIDS. 147 ties taken by different collectors ; so that there is no doubt that we have a native, though very rare species to deal with. There is no doubt either that the resemblance to the European brunnea is well- marked and very close ; but I am by no means certain that we are justified in referring the name to the synonymy until more careful and thorough comparisons, extending to an examination of the c^ genitalia shall have been made. Agrotis eriensis Grt. Harapson is correct in referring this to jucunda instead of phyllophora where I placed it. The specimen is unusually large, lacks all black and has yellow costal mottlings. Agrotis esurialis Grt. This is a good species as Hampson makes it, rather than a race oi jucunda as I believed in 1891. The species in this group of what I call Noctua are much more numerous and more closely allied than I believed fifteen years ago, and this Pacific Coast form is entitled to stand. I have nothing in my collection that is quite like the type ; but the species has a Pachnobia-like appearance that is characteristic of a series that I have from Oregon and I believe these to come within the range of variation. Noctua patefacta Smith. This is without much doubt Agrotis juncta Grt. , although Hampson has kept them as distinct. I have had a figure oi juncta for some time, marked as a faded patefacta in my collection, and direct comparison confirms my belief. My name must be cited in the synonymy in future. Agrotis subporphyrea Wlk. Hampson places this species with piscipellis, atrifrons and cinereicollis, rather than with the species of Rhynchagrotis where I was inclined to seek its allies. There are two female examples in the collection and I cannot remember even having seen anything to match them among American material. The figure on PI. LXXI of the " Catalogue " is good as to form and color ; but the lines are much more prominent than in the original. The species that we have heretofore known as Pachnobia carnea Thunb., must hereafter be cited as P. cinerea Stgr. At the time of my previous visit to the Museum there was a mixture of species under the name carnea, and I noted in my catalogue that I did not autopti- cally know Thunberg's species. I followed in the identification Mr. Grote, and he, I believe, relied upon Staudinger, Speyer, Moeschler and Zeller. Hampson now places carnea Thunb., as a synonym of brunnea Schiff. , and raises what Staudinger named as an aberration to specific rank. As it stands now the American form is not circumpolar and is different from anything found in the European fauna. t 148 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xv. Noctua rava H.-Sch., stands in our catalogues and lists with nm- brata Pack. , as a synonym. Hampson puts both names under Episilia quadningula Zett. In the British Museum collection there are five examples : one from Labrador, four from Iceland, and the first speci- men appears to rae to be specifically distinct from the other four. I have four examples from Labrador, compared with, and very similar to Dr. Packard's type, so that I am sure of that species. The de- termination that umbratus was identical with rava was made by me in 1890, partly from Herrich-Schaeffer's figure, partly from specimens sent me as rava by Moeschler. I am not in position to verify my original determination at present, and am not familiar with the true quadrangu/a of Zetterstedt ; but I feel very sure that there are two species included in the three names qiiadrangula, rava, and umbratus, and I am quite ready to believe that the original error was mine, in making umbratus Pack, the same as rava H. S. Until some one is in position to settle the question from knowledge of all three species, I prefer to leave matters as I have them now. Lycophotia radiola Hampsn., replaces Setagrotis radiatus Sm., be- cause two years previous to my description Schaus had described Praina radiata. According to the basis adopted by Hampson, Mr. Schaus' s species and my own are generically the same, and the new name was a necessity. But I do not believe that the genera are identical. I will admit that my Setagrotis is the same as Lycophotia Hbn., if anything is to be gained by that ; but Praiua Schaus is cer- tainly not, from my point of view, the same as Setagrotis ; therefore, for the present I will continue to use the name as I wrote it, admit- ting, if you please, that I would not have used the name had I kaown of its earlier occurrence in an allied genus. Lycophotia prcBfixa Morr. , was described from the Julius Meyer collection and I have a photograph of the type. After examining the type of Agrotis gracilis Grt., and concluding it distinct from my /;;- geniculata, it occurred to me to compare it with the Morrison name and its description and I believe that the two refer to the one species. To me the resemblance of docilis to occulta seemed obvious from the first, and a reexamination, while it showed that the two were not iden- tical, as I had at first believed, yet confirmed my opinion as to their close relationship. The habitat of docilis and prcefixa is the same, and while I am not ready to make the reference definitely, I believe that eventually it will be found that one species only is referred to. Sept., 1907.] Smith : Notes on Some American Noctuids. 149 Peridroma infecla Ochs., will probably have to replace ificiv/s Gn., as Hampson writes. The British Museum series is a long one, cov- ering a good range of both North and South American localities, and while the extremes look as distinct to me as ever, the intermediate range appears to fill in the gap completely. Noctua Inbricans Gn. To this specimen Hampson cites illapsa and associans Wlk., and beata Grote. Associans is a pure synonym of lubricans ; associans is ranked as a Canadian and eastern form, and beata as a Avestern form. This is right, in a way : ////^r/Vd'/w and asso- cians refer to the same form and so does spreta Smith I am afraid, although my specimens are much grayer and more uniform than the types of the older species. The species that is most commonly marked lubricans in our collections is not this Floridian form at all ; but is the form to which the name illapsa more specifically applies. It ranges in ground color from gray to reddish and varies greatly in other direc- tions ; but there is no specific connection with the type which I sepa- rated as spreta and to which, apparently, the name lubricans really belongs. Beata Grt., is also a good species I believe. Anomogyna Icetabilis Zett., is recorded from Labrador by Hamp- son, on what authority I do not know. The species is not represented in the British Museum by American examples, and I have not seen it so as to recognize it in any of our own collections. Nevertheless the thing is not impossible, and perhaps the name had better be added to our lists. Abagrotis ornata Sm. , is placed with A. erratica in the collection and apparently with justice. Dr. Dyar collected this species in large numbers at Kaslo, and it appears that while my erratica happened to be the almost immaculate form, the specimens I made types of ornata were sharply and clearly marked, with all the normal maculation well written. The first volume of the series ends with Protagrotis viralis, a species which I referred as identical with Luperina passer from my previous examination. In the determination that there is a single spine between the two pairs of spuragon the hind tibia, Hampson is undoubtedly correct, and it is equally certain that in my long series o^ passer I have no example that shows this peculiarity. Hence viralis in spite of its similarity to a form of passer, must be restored to rank as a good species. Volume V of the Catalogue, the second of the Noctuid series, was 150 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xv. published in 1905, and is devoted to the " Hadeninte " or hairy-eyed genera. I have already called attention to the fact that this term will not at once convey its intended meaning to American students who have been in the habit of associating the term Hadena with forms having naked or " lashed " eyes. The first genus with American species is BaratJu-a Hbn., with brassicm of Europe as the type and our two American species as asso- ciates. Hampson, however, makes occidenta Grt. , a synonym oi con- figurata Wlk., and in this he is correct. I have already noted the fact that the Mamestra covfigiwata Druce, Biol. Cent. Am., Het. i, pi. 26, f. 20, was probably the same as Mr. Grote's species; but I was not previously certain that it was really the same as Walker's species. The name must now stand as B. configurata Wlk., with occidenta Grote as synonym, Mamestra chartaria Grote and M. florida Sm., are separated and associated with two Asiatic species under the generic term Discestra Hampn., based upon a frontal modification which I had overlooked in our species. Chartaria is the type of the genus which is a good one. Mamestra yakima, disguised as yacima is the only one of our species referred to Craterestra Hampson. The genus is described as having " frons with truncate, conical, corneous prominence with corneous plate below it " ; etc. This frontal structure I am unable to demonstrate in any of my examples. The front is somewhat roughened, but there is no prominence and no plate. The genus seems to be a good one, but I doubt whether our species is correctly placed in it. Scotogramma Smith is considerably extended, enlarged in scope, and altogether changed from its significance. Trichopolia ptilodonta Grt., is referred to it, with doubtful justice — at all events it would not have occurred to me to place it there. So of Mamestra trifolii which I could not separate from the typical genus in my revision of it. Mamestra hadeniformis which I placed next to grandis, is referred to Scotogramma with a query, the species being known only from a figure. I am not quite ready to accept the correctness of the refer- ence without a reexamination of the type which is not now in my possession. Alamestra impolita Morr. , is also made a Scotograinma, and that is probably correct. Mamestra defessa, repentina and orida are all Sept., 1907-] Smith: Notes on Some American Noctuids. 151 new additions, while of my original species, only stibmarina remains. Scoiogramma as I intended and understood it in 1889 is altogether lost and a totally different conception of the genus is presented. In fact as it stands now the genus is not mine at all. Anuria Ochs., so far as it refers to our species also presents a changed appearance. A. staudmgeri, var. moeschleri Staud., is an addition from Labrador, and is unfamiliar to me. Anarta lanuginosa Sm., from Alaska is referred as a synonym to A. richardsoni Curt. Anarta schcsfiherri Zett. , drops out of the genus, and so does qnieta Hbn. According to Hampson the two are one, belong to the genus Agroiiphila and there are no American records. Anarta leu- cocycla Staud., which its describer referred as a synonym oi schoenhej'ri is recognized as a good species and Greenland is the only locality cited. It is a question, therefore, whether any of these names are properly in our catalogues. Anarta acadiensis Beth., is definitely referred to A. myrtilli Linn., as a synonym, and that seems probably right. Anarta phcBa Hampsn. , is a new species from Arctic America, and is a very dull, obscurely marked form near impingeiis, which remains as it is in our catalogues. Anarta secedens Wlky, is removed to Polia, while A. inelaleuca, lapponica, kelloggi, zetterstedtii and funebris are not hairy eyed species at all and reappear in the next volume under Sympistis. The genus Lasiestra Hampson is really Scotogramma as I meant it to be. It contains just those species that I considered typical of my genus, and is, in effect, the assemblage that I held together under that name in ray revision of some Taeniocampid genera in 1889. My designation of siibmarina as type of the genus of course fixes it ; but I am not ready to consider all those species classed with it by Hampson as really congeneric. Scotogramma luteola Smith, is made a synonym oi S. phoca Moesch. , diXi^ proifiulsa Morr. , which I made a synonym oi phoca in 1889 is restored as a good species, my infuscata being cited as a synonym. In so far as pro??iulsa is held as a good species, distinct from phoca, I agree : on all other points I dissent most strongly. Hampson' s figure of pronmlsa PL LXXIX, represents my infuscata fairly well ; but it does not represent Morrison's pronmlsa. I know that species well from actual examination of the type and it is simply impossible to con- fuse the two. Both species are before me for direct comparison. As to the identity of luteola \n\X\\ phoca I cannot speak with equal positive- 152 Journal New York Entomological Society. l^oI. xv. ness because I have no Labrador examples of phoca at hand now and cannot compare the photograph that I had of the type ; but I am by no means agreed that the two are even probably the same. Lasionycia Hampson, differs from Lasiestra in having the tTiorax clothed with hair and hair-like scales, while in the latter genus the clothing is entirely hairy. This difference I considered as authorizing only groups in my genus Scotogranuna, and several of my species of that genus find a place here : iticoncinna, conjugata, siibfusciila and sedilis. These are all congeneric ; but with them are associated Maviestra raiiiierii and arietis and Xylomiges ochracea. The first may belong here ; I have no specimens for comparison, and had only a 9 for description : the last I would not have thought of putting here, though it fits better, perhaps, than in Xylomiges. The change in the synonymy of what we have known aa insolens, is unexpected. Mr. Grote himself said that his arietis was the S' of his insoletis, and that was never before doubted. That Mr. Morrison's species carina was the same as insolens was pretty general knowledge before I made the reference. Hampson now claims that Grote really had two good species before him and places arietis in Lasionycia while insolens goes into Folia. He was good enough to send me a cJ* specimen of arietis, and there is no doubt but that it is different from the single S' that I had under insolens. Unfortunately, material in this species has always been very scarce with me, hence I can say nothing of the generic sepa- ration. The two species certainly look very similar. And now comes a list of over 200 species referred to Polia under which 16 generic names are cited as synonyms. The genus includes a large proportion of the species which stand as Mamestra in our lists and, in general, the synonymy is as in these lists. Mamestra crydina Dyar, is cited as a synonym to AT. piirpurissata Grt., but that is an error. Dr. Dyar described his form as a variety only, and as Hamp- son recognizes no varieties, the citation was justified under his rules. But crydina is really a very good species, abundantly distinct from purpurissata in structural and ornamental characters. I had an odd specimen separated out for a long time before Dyar described, and the recent receipt of additional, good examples, fully justifies the separa- tion. It may be added that I saw no examples of crydina in the Brit- ish Museum collection, so that Sir George had no opportunity to judge of the standing of the name. Mamestra fiisciilenta Smith is placed as a synonym of crotclii Grt. Sept., 1907.] Smith: Notes on Some American Noctuids. 153 in the bibliography, but is marked as " Ab. i. fusculenta : darker." The term aberration seems here and in general to be used as meaning a well-marked form or race, and I am inclined to believe that a race is what we have to deal with here. Celcena perta Druce, is cited to Mamestra lepidula Sm., and cor- rectly. The type of perta is a small very intensely marked example and at first sight appears distinct. Polia canities Hampsn., is a new species based on one J* from "California." It is a small, inconspicuous form, creamy gray in color without contrasts, and resembles arietis Grt., in habitus. Scotograiiiiiia discolor Sm., is referred here, and I am not sure that this is correct. There is a single cJ* from 'Colorado in the collection and I am decidedly doubtful of the correctness of the specific identi- fication. I could not verify it and have no material of my own to send in for comparsion, so this form will have to remain a little doubt- ful for the present. Tceniocampa Columbia Sm., is placed between Polia determinata and ineditata, and that is correct. My original material was imperfect and induced the erroneous generic reference. Folia rubrifusa Hampson, is a new species from New Mexico, Beulah i rj*. I have a 9 from the same locality that I had placed with determinata, as an unusually well marked specimen. Its specific separation is, however, warranted I think. Scotogramnia iinibrosa Sm., follows immediately, and again I dis- sent. The species is a close ally of sedilis as I have it in my collec- tion, and should be associated with that species. There are no speci- mens in the British Museum. Ala me St r a negus sa Sm., is cited to M. plica ta Sm., to which I do not agree. I have reexamined the two forms, both of which are represented in my collection, and while the two are undoubtedly close allies, yet the Colorado form is so much larger and differently marked that I do not believe them the same. Polia insolens Grt., with earina Morr., as a synonym comes in here and this species has been already referred to. Mamestra canadensis Sm., is cited as a synonym of Folia nevadoz Grt.^ but I think incorrectly so. Mr. Grote's species is a much brighter, more contrasting, broader-winged form than my own, while the type of maculation is undoubtedly very similar. It is not impossible that the two may be races only, and unfortunately my supply of what I 154 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xv. consider the true nevadce is extremely limited. The form that I have as canadensis is less rare. PoUa glaucopis Hampson, is a new species from Vancouver and resembles an intensified, brilliant lubens. I have no material from that locality in that species ; but I do not doubt the distinctness of the new form. And now we come again to Mamestra cristifera Wlk., and M. lubens Grt. On the occasion of my first visit to the British Museum I compared the types of the two forms and concluded that Mr. Butler had been correct in placing them together. Mr. Grote never admit- ted the correctness of this reference, and on my second visit, in 1900 I made another comparison in the light of greater experience. At that time I noted that "Walker's type from Hudson's Bay has none of the bright coloring of lubens ; is dull ashen, verging to blackish in the dark spaces : is a smaller species and nearer to Invalida Sm. ' ' Hampson refers lubens to cristifera, but makes it "Ab. i." and points out the differences noted by me, except that he differentiates lubens from cristifera instead of the reverse, as I had it. On this third visit I again compared the types and other material and am convinced now of the distinctness of the two forms. I have no cristifera in my col- lection, but I do have a very fair series of lubens none of which ap- proach the Walker type. Mamestra larissa Sm., is cited as a synonym of anguina Grt. There is only one example of anguina, and that does not seem out of place in the series of ten larissa. I have reexamined my series of both species and feel very sure that with more anguina at hand Sir George will be ready to admit the distinctness of my species. The series of specimens under the names vicina axid pens His, indi- cates that a revision of these forms is needed, with long suites from various localities for comparison. Scotogramma densa Sm., with megcBra Sm., as a synonym comes into this series. I must confess I cannot see why this association is as good as with submarina to which densa is much more closely allied than it is to megcera. Dr. Dyar in his catalogue makes the latter a variety of densa ; but the two are different in size, in wing form, in ground color, and in the color of the secondaries in both sexes. My material in these species is sufficiently good to demonstrate their distinctness. Tczniocampa palilis Harv., is brought into this association and with Sept , 1907.] Smith : Notes on Some American Noctuids. 155 justice. It is much better placed here than where I had left it in the Tgeniocampid series. Polia stenotis Hampson is a new species from California out of the Walsingham material. Sir George was good enough to send me an examp'.e out of the type series and soon afterward I received a small series of examples from Stockton, Utah, dated October 2 and 3. The species is a very distinct one. Polia stricta Wlk., receives in addition to cinnabarina Grt., and ferrea Grt., my species circumcincta as a synonym. Dr. Dyar had just previously placed the same name into the synonymy of oUvacea and as both these authorities agree that stricta and olivacea are dis- tinct, one of them must be wrong in referring circumcincta. Under the circumstances I prefer to hold my species as distinct, first because I believe it to be so, and second because I do not believe either of the two gentlemen have the true circiuncincta. The type is in my own collection ; the species is certainly not in the British Museum and as'' I described from a single pair out of the Edwards collection, retaining the male and returning the female, the other type should be in the American Museum of Natural History. I would further suggest that I figured the male genitalia of all the forms and while these might authorize Hampson's reference, they never could by any possibility authorize Dyar's. Under Polia olivacea Morr., all the forms described by me in 1 90 1 appear as synonyms, and in addition M. comis Grt., and Celcena hamara Druce. As to the latter I have no opinion, since I did not compare the type. As to the others I am quite willing to let them take their chance of a future existence ; some of them are races almost surely ; others, including comis, are very good species. Polia secedens Wlk,, is the species that we have so long had as Anaria secedens and which was originally described as a Plnsia. The yellow secondaries and general habitus go far toward justifying the original reference and the species is another of those Hudson's Bay forms that are so generally lacking in our American collections. The genus Hadena Schrank, as used by Hampson, contains only one American species, procinctus Grt., which stands in our lists as Dargida Wlk. The Mexican gratninivora is very similar in appear- ance, as noted in my catalogue, but abundantly distinct. TJiolera Hbn., replaces Nenronia Hbn., and my americana remains our sole representative. I 156 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xv. Epia Hbn., is used for a small series of species in which there is a frontal modification and an armature on the outer side of basal joints of anterior tarsi. Our species are capsularis Grt., minorata Sm., ectrapela Sm., and circutnvadis Sm. Cardepia Hampson is separated from Trichoclea Grt., by a small modification of the frontal structure and our Trichoclea nova is one of the two species referred to it. I should hardly have considered the differences found on comparing the descriptions as of generic value. Trichoclea Grt., receives quite a number of new species including Mamesira u-scripta Sm., artesta Sm., aViA. fitsciilenta Sm. The addi- tion of the former destroys the similarity of appearance and habitus which has been rather a characteristic of this genus heretofore ; but so far as I have verified them the references are all warranted by the structure. Chabuata Wlk., with ampla Wlk., as type replaces Tricholiia Grt., with signaia Wlk., as type. I do not consider the union of these genera justified at all. Tricholita Grt., has antennae pectinated in both sexes, Chabiita {ampla) has them simple in both sexes the joints in the male being ciliated only. It is of course a question as to what are generic characters and in this case I will certainly continue to use Triciwlita for the species heretofore so listed in our fauna. Leucania velutina Sm., is the solitary representative of Chabnata typical series; but I am not familiar enough with the surrounding species to attempt to rescue it from its strange environment. Where I placed it, in Leucania, it was quite as much at odds with its com- panions. Hyssia Gn., receives Ulolonciie Sm., as a synonym ; but my con- ception of Ulolonche is utterly unlike Hampson' s conception of Hyssia Gn., for there are some species of Matnestra, like senatoria and gussata placed here which I would never think of associating with my Ulo- lonche. I must confess that a classification which separates into differ- ent genera such closely allied forms as Mamestra gussata and negussa does not appeal to me with convincing force. Placed in parallel columns we have the generic differences Polia. Hyssia. Proboscis fully developed ; Proboscis fully developed ; palpi oblifjuely upturned, the sec- palpi upturned, the second joint ond joint fringed with long hair fringed with hair in front, the in front, the third short ; third short with a small tuft of hair in front ; Sept., 1907.] Smith: Notes on Some American Noctuids. 157 frons smooth ; eyes large, rounded ; head and thorax roughly clothed with scales mixed with some hair, the pro- and metathorax with spreading crests ; pectus and tibiae clothed with long tibite fringed with long hair ; hair ; frons smooth ; eyes large, rounded ; head and thorax clothed chiefly with scales, the pro- and meta- thorax with crests ; abdomen with crests. dorsal series of Fore wing with veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; abdomen with dorsal crest on first segment, some rough hair at base and lateral tufts of hair. Fore wing with veins 3 and 5 from near angle of cell ; 6 from upper angle ; 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to 9 from 10 anastomosing with 8 to form the areole ; II from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from just below mid- dle of discocellulars ; form the areole ; 1 1 from cell. Hind wing with veins 3, 4 from angle of cell ; 5 obsolescent from middle of dis- cocellulars ; 6, 7 from upper angle or shortly 6, 7 from upper angle ; stalked ; 8 anastomosing with the cell near 8 anastomosing with the cell near base only. base only. Absolutely the only differences here given are the slight points in differences of vestiture and even these are more matters of words than of facts. The abdominal tuftings as between gussafa and negussa are exactly identical at base and laterally ; but there is only one distinct dorsal crest in gussata. The thoracic tuftings and the vestiture are so nearly alike that I can see no differences. In plica fa which is cited as a synonym of negussa, the second abdominal segment has a very small crest, the other segments have none. Comparing the cJ* genitalia on mounted slides I find an identity of type in the three species, and only small differences of detail be- tween them. Now identity of type, if the type is a simple or general- ized one does not mean very much ; but where the type is specialized and characteristic, it means a great deal, and any classification that separates such very similar forms as gi/ssafa and negussa by several 158 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi xv. genera and nearly 300 species, is at least not ideal. Personally I pre- fer to keep them closely associated in one genus. The genus Eriopyga Gn., is another large aggregation, containing over 200 species, and includes vi^2^\y o{ owx-TLeniocauipa, OrtJiodes, PseiidortJiodes and Him ell a. Eriopyga melanopisY{.zxvc^%x\.., is the species that I had identified z.^ perforata Grt., erroneously as it proves from an examination of the type. E. orohia Harv., which I had considered as a variety or form of oviduca, is here recognized as a good species, and that may be right. The species in this series are much more closely allied than I had be- lieved, and orobia looks like an obscure melanopis without the contrast- ing stigma. Eriopyga planalis 2SvA agrotiformis Grt., are closely allied and will prove sexes of one species, I think. Planalis is the male, agrotifor- mis the female. Eriopyga consopita Gr., is separated from culea Gn., to which I had referred it as a synonym. It is the reddish form in which the median lines are almost lost, and with only two examples of each at hand and these the extremes, they seem distinct enough ; but I have an equally red form from Long Island, and have seen almost immaculate forms of the creamy type. I am still of the opinion that the two are. specifically identical. Orthodes nimia Gn., is referred to Eriopyga cynica Gn., instead of to vecors Gn., and that is correct. Eriopyga (^Agrotis^ conar Strck., has Himella qnadristigmalis Sm., as a synonym, and that is correct : I had previously made the refer- ence in my check list. A specimen of Himella infidelis Dyar, sent in by the describer, is the same species. Both contrahens and conar vary similarly. My species was the well marked form with almost uniform ground color ; Dr. Dyar described the other extreme with mottled smoky wings and less contrasting maculation. Hampson, by the bye, makes this reference in his addenda. Eriopyga affurata Hmpsn., is proposed for the species that I had considered identical with the Q3stern furfurata, and this error of mine had been previously recognized by Dyar who named the same form communis : a fact also noted by Hampson in the addenda. NepJielodes Gn., contains only our species ; but for the common form the name emmedonia Cram., replaces minians Gn. This is Sept., 1907.] Smith : Notes on Some American Noctuids. 159 probably correct. The synonymy is changed in that Monosca subno- tata Wlk. , is added and sobria Wlk., is removed. Graphiphora sobria Wlk., is really not a hairy-eyed form at all and is the same as Ma/iies- tra inducta Wlk., which Ihad referred to Carneades messoria. Hamp- son has referred the names to Copitarsia turbata H.-S., and in this T believe he is right. That species is Central and South American. Trichopolia Grt. , receives as an addition Lathosea ursina Sm., — an addition which I think would not have been made had Hanppson compared the other species, both of which were autoptically unknown to him. StretcJiia Hy. Edw. , is confined to inuricina, phisiceformis, vari- abilis and inferior, with the Japanese saxea added. In Moi-risonia Grt., there is quite a change in the synonymy. Xylina multifaria Wlk., appears under viucens as a synonym, instead of under confusa, where I placed it. It is a ? and comes from the same locality as spoliata Wlk., which is a c? and which I referred to mucens. A reexamination leaves me in such doubt that I would prob- ably have made the same determination again ; but in view of the facts above stated, I accept Hampson's conclusions as probably correct. M. sectilis Gn., is separated from evicta-vomerina -^'xXh ^\i\c}ci I had associated it, and that is correct ; but with it is placed rileyana Sm., which I do not believe right. Sectilis is larger, redder, and the secondaries are smoky, while in my species they are nearly white. The type has been reset and would hardly be called a poor specimen at the present time. Morrisonia peraciita Morr. , which has not been known from other than the types and has never had a definite locality, is now referred as a synonym of Persectania evingi Westw., from Australasia, and with apparent justice. Xylomania Hampson is a new genus for a combination of species, some of them heretofore referred to Stretchia, some to TcEniocampa, but most of them to Xylomiges. Xylomania alternans Wlk., xq.^\z.q.&?, Xylomiges tabulata Qx\..,zx\^ about this I am doubtful. The Grote type is like what I have always had under his name : the Walker types are much brighter, redder ex- amples, much more xyliniform in appearance and I do not consider a good species excluded. There is no definite locality to the Walker species. Perigrapha Led., is enlarged in scope to include species with 160 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xv. simple antennae in the female, and includes a number of species which we have under Stretchia, and some that are under Tctniocampa. There is no change in the synonymy. Mofiima Hbn., contains those of our Tceniocavipa that have the general appearance and wing form of alia. M. subterminata Sm., is made a synonym of revicta Morr. , and that is correct. Perigonica remains as in our lists and has no foreign additions. Sideridis Hbn., replaces Crocigrapha Grt., and Mainesfra rosea, C07iger7nana and rubefacta are added to nonnani. Here again I must dissent from the association. C. nonnani differs so much from rosea in wing form and in certain structural peculiarities of the (^ that except in a purely artificial arrangement they should not be closely associated. Mamestra vindemialis Gn., is referred to Physetica Meyr., and Hampson comments as follows : " The type has the abdomen of a male of some other species stuck onto it, and will probably prove to be from New Zealand." It will be safe, I think, to drop the name from our lists hereafter. Ceramica Gn., is restored as a good genus with picta Harr., as sole species, and that is perhaps a satisfactory disposition of the matter. Cirphis Wlk., is used for Leucania as it stands in our lists. C. eboriosa Gn. (not ebriosa) and C. obusta Gn., which have figured as American insects for so long a time are now referred to Tasmania, and thus satisfactorily disposed of. To Z. multilinea Wlk., solita Wlk., is added as a synonym, and apparently with justice. L. heterodoxa Sm., is made a synonym of insueta Gn., although they are quite unlike and the genitalic characters of the c? are obviously different. Z. megadia Sm., is made to equal dia Grt., and that may prove to be correct. Leucania snbpunctata Harv., is referred as a synonym to C. lati- usciela H. Sch., in company with half a dozen others and this seems to be correct. The species extends through Central and South America and into the West Indies. It is somewhat variable and has been de- scribed for the different faunas. Mamestra 4-annulata Morr. , finds a place in this genus and this seems scarcely justified. There is one poor example in the Museum which is correctly determined ; a second example is much better ; but seems to me to represent quite a different species. I believe the association with Mamestra much better than with Leucania. Borolia Moore, is made to apply to our smaller, whiter species of Sept., 1907.] Smith: Notes on Some American Noctuids. 161 Leticania. Boi'olia linita Gn., with scirpicola and aiuydaliua as syn- onyms, is separated from extincta Gn., which latter is made to equal ligata Grt., and this is correct. My original reference oi linita to ex- tincta was based on an insufficient knowledge of our species. Leu- cania texana Morr. , is referred as a synonym, or rather a white aberra- tion to extincta, and I am willing to accept this as correct. Z. rimosa Grt., is cited to B. flabilis Grt., and looks correct. The material in this series is decidedly scanty and the relation of the forms to each other is uncertain. The B. M. flabilis is rubbed and not so good as the Tepper example. The species is taken at Anglesea, N. J., and I fully expect rimosa, flabilis diwd ligata to prove the same, Meliana Curt., is used to apply to yet another series oi Leucania and to include my species of Neleucania ; but here again I do not agree with Hampson's association. I know the type oi Meliana, i. e., flanwiea, and consider it generically distinct from the species of Leii- cania here referred to it, and even more obviously different from the species that I call Neleucania. M. albilinea Hbn., receives a long series of synonyms including species with white and with black secondaries. It is sufficient to say on that point that all the separations made by me in 1902 have been abundantly confirmed by additional material and that new points of difference have developed. The British Museum collection contains what would ordinarily be considered a good series, ranging in locality from Nova. Scotia to Argentina; but there are only a few, sometimes one or two examples from each locality, and that is not enough to de- termine the validity of species in this series. Leucania Ochs., is restricted to forms allied to pallens, which is made the type of the genus. Under Leucania pallens we find hiteopallens Sm., and pertracta Morr. The latter may be correct, if Mr. Morrison's species is, as I suspect, based on a European specimen. As to the distinctness of the American form I have already written at sufficient length, and need only repeat that an abundance of additional material has not suggested the necessity for any change of opinion on my part. Here ends Volume V of the Catalogue which is the second relating to Noctuidse. It is an enormous piece of work as a whole. I have recorded a good many disagreements ; but these are based largely upon a different conception of the value of characters for generic divisions. Sir George Hampson has placed lepidopterists under an obligation 162 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xv. whose extent is not easy to estimate save for him who has to deal with the species, and he has made it possible to recognize the species treated. I do not expect to follow the work in its generic divisions or in accepting his generic types ; but that does not lessen the value of the work to any one, while to one who thinks as Hampson does in the matter of generic types and characters, the work is simply indis- pensable. Class I, HEX APOD A. Order VI, TRICHOPTERA. Order XIV, CORRODENTIA. NEW TRICHOPTERA AND PSOCIDiE. By Nathan Banks, Falls Church, Va. The following descriptions of six caddice-flies and six Psocids are the last that I shall publish before the appearance of my catalogue of our Neuropteroid insects. Order TRICHOPTERA. Holocentropus flavicornis, new species. Vertex with a large patch of long white hair, and a tuft of dark rich brown hair each side ; antennae and palpi pale yellow ; thorax white-haired in the middle and a brown stripe each side ; abdomen brown, tips of segments above, pale ; appendages yellowish ; legs pale yellow, the hind tibiae with many long hairs, the anterior tarsi somewhat dusky on the outer side. Wings brown, densely mottled with whitish or pale yellowish, the costal area before end of subcosta with three large dark spots, apical fringe alternately brown and pale ; vena- tion brown, with four whitish hyaline cross-veins ; the arculus, that connecting cubitus to median, that be- tween forks of median, and that from median to radial sector. Hind wings gray, with brown venation, and gray fringe. Expanse 12 mm. Several from Washington, D. C, High Island and Plummer's Island, Md.; June 23 to September. Fork i is present in the hind wings, as in Plectrocnemia ; but its small size and general appearance is more like Holocentropus. Sept , 1907. J Banks : New Trichoptera and Psocid^. 163 Neureclipsis parvula, new species. Head brown in middle, posterior warts yellow, as also those of prothorax and lateral lobes of mesothorax ; all warts bearing dense tufts of long yellow hair ; antennse and palpi yellow ; abdomen brown, the ventral segments miargined with pale ; anal appendages yellow ; legs clear, pale yellow. Wings yellowish, with yellow hair, venation pale, four whitish hyaline cross-veins : the arculus, one connecting cubitus to median, that between the forks of the median, and one from median to radial sec- tor ; hind wings yellowish, dusky toward tip. Expanse 1 1 mm. Several specimens from Washington, D. C, High Island and Plummer's Island, Md.; June 17 to August 29. Fig. 2. Fig. Orthotrichia nigritta, new species. Black, densely clothed with deep black hair, which in some lights shows pur- plish reflections ; some brown hair on mesothorax, and on wings just before the up- turned tips, and the fringe, both costal and apical, brown ; antennae brown ; legs brown, the tarsal joints paler on tips. Male genitalia shows a broad leaf-like plate each side, and a narrow, very hairy piece each side below it. Expanse 5.5 mm. Three specimens from Austin, Texas, March i. Fig. 4. Fig. 5. Hydroptila transversa, new species. Head with gray hair on face, black between antenna;, and white on vertex, antennre yellowish white, with a dusky band near middle, and the tip broadly dark ; white hair on thorax, with some brown at base of wings ; abdomen mostly clothed with white hair ; legs pale yellowish, with yellowish hair, tibia and part of tarsus one darker, other tarsi also darker, and a long gray fringe from hind tibia of male. \Yings mostly black-haired, not densely so ; a very narrow, and not always distinctly complete transverse white line across wing near middle, beyond is one pale spot in 164 Journal New York Entomological Societv. [Voi. xv middle, one on costa, and one near tip, the extreme tip jet black; fringe dark gray to blackish, whitish at two spots on front margin, and two spots behind ; hind wings pale, with gray tip, and a gray fringe, extremely long behind. Expanse 5.5 to 5.8 mm. Several from Washington, D. C, September, at light. Agraylea fraterna, new species. Head black, with some black hairs around base of antennae and below, above with whitish hair ; antennae blackish with white hair. Thorax black, with whitish hair ; abdomen black, with a broad pale lateral stripe ; venter pale near tip ; legs pale yellowish, the femora with blackish on each side along the middle. Wings black to beyond the middle, then mostly whitish, except around tip, where there are six deep black marginal spots, separated by smaller white spots ; in the black basal part there is an elongate whitish spot on the anal margin, and several small spots elsewhere ; the white part beyond middle is indistinctly divided by a dark stripe ; fringe mostly dark gray, white at white spots ; hind wings pale, with long pale gray fringe behind. The ventral lobe of male is slender and reaches nearly to tip, much like A. cognatella. Expanse 8 mm. Several specimens from Falls Church, Va. , May i. Allotrichia flavida, new species. Head blackish, with yellowish hair ; antennse yellowish, and with yellow hair, thorax brown, with yellowish hair, two especially conspicuous tufts from the pronotal warts ; abdomen yellowish brown, dark at tip, clothed with whitish hair; legs pale yellowish, with almost white hair. Wings yellowish, some brown and black hair on basal third, and scattered elsewhere in patches, especially noticeable are six brown spots at the apex of the veins, and a streak at the end of anal vein, otherwise the hair is pale yellowish ; apical fringe grayish, with some darker at anal angle ; hind wings pale, with long fringe almost snow-white. Expanse 10 mm. Three females from Ft. Collins, Colorado, June 9. Order CORRODENTIA. Myopsocus coloradensis, new species. Head black, an elongate pale spot on each side of the nasus, and sometimes a spot each side on vertex. Antennae pale, tips of joints black ; thorax black, with a large pale spot on each lateral lobe ; abdomen black ; coxse black, femora black except pale tip, tibia pale except black tip, first tarsal joint pale except black tip, and rest of tarsus black. Wings mostly black, paler on base and beyond middle, leaving a broad, oblique black band across middle of wing, several white spots on margin, and along veins are many white dots ; the whole similar to M. sparsus, but blacker. It differs at once from M. sparsus by the shorter antennae, the third joint (first long joint) being plainly shorter than the width of the head from eye to eye, while in J\I. sparsus the third joint is fully as long as width of head. Venation similar to J\J. sparsus, but the pterostigma is scarcely as wide, and the discal cell is usually faintly pedicellate. Length 4. 5 to 5 mm. Several specimens from Ft. Collins and Boulder, Colo. The latter taken by Professor Cockerell under stones on Flagstaff Hill. Sept., 1907.] Banks: New Trichoptera and Psocid.e. 165 Psocus oppositus, new species. Head pale, a black mark across base of nasus, and one over the ocelli ; antennae rather long, pilose, third joint as long as width of head ; eyes not very large, but prominent, not as high as vertex, which is straight across on top ; mesothorax with the usual pale Y-mark, leaving three large black spots ; abdomen brown ; legs pale yellowish. Wings hyaline, a brown mark at end of anal vein, and from thence a faint brownish cloud obliquely across the wing ; pterostigma long, and rounded behind, mostly covered with a large brown spot, and opposite to it on the first pos- terior vein is a transverse brown spot of about equal size ; base of pterostigma white, and before this a black dot ; venation mostly brown, but the vein closing cell, and the fork of radial sector are white ; cell not pedicellate, about one fourth narrower below, its upper and outer sides subequal ; second posterior cell very narrow above. Length 4 mm. Falls Church, Va., September. Readily known by position of spots on wings. Psocus medialis, new species. Head pale, nasus hairy, a dark mark across its base, near base of antennas, a prominent black spot over ocelli and extending up over middle of the vertex ; antennae pale, paler on base, with many long hairs, third joint less than width of head ; eyes large and as high as vertex, which is straight across. Thorax shining black, with the usual pale Y-mark ; abdomen (dry) black ; legs pale, knees and tarsi blackish. Wings hyaline, a black dot at end of anal vein, also at base of pterostigma, latter barely darker than rest of wing, elongate, and rounded behind ; venation brownish, vein clos- ing cell and fork of radial sector white ; cell about one half narrower below, outer side plainly longer than upper ; in one specimen the cell is plainly pedicellate from radial sector. Length 3 mm. From Appalachicola, Florida, on oak bark. Psocus infumatus, new species. Head pale, nasus lineated with brown in the middle, and a few brown dots on the vertex ; antennae brownish, paler on the base, with very few short hairs, third joint as long as width of vertex ; eyes very prominent, but hardly as high as vertex, latter straight across on top. Thorax brown, with the usual pale Y-mark, and a wedge- like pale mark on each lateral lobe ; abdomen (dry) brown. Coxse brown on base, rest paler, femora brownish above, pale below, tibire pale, tipped with brown, and tarsi mostly brown. Wings fumose ; a brown cloud from tip of anal vein up to the median, a black dot at base of the pterostigma, beyond pale, the apical half brown ; veins dark brown, that closing the cell, lower third of outer side of cell, and the fork of radial sector hyaline white ; pterostigma angulate behind, rather long, and outer side strongly oblique ; cell not pedicellate, almost one half narrower below, puter side plainly longer than upper ; first posterior cell shorter on median vein than either the second or third. Length 4.8 mm. One specimen from Falls Church, Va. Psocus moderatus, new species. Head pale, black around the ocelli ; antennae brown, long, very hairy, third joint much longer than width of head ; eyes of moderate size, almost as high as ver- 166 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xv. tex, latter straight across on top. Thorax dull brown, no distinct pale marks; abdo- men brown ; legs pale, tips of tibice and the tarsi darker. Wings brownish fumose ; the pterostigma rather darker, a black dot at its base, and one at end of the anal vein ; venation blackish, the vein closing the cell, the one connecting to hind mar- gin, the lower one fourth of the outer side of cell and the fork of the radial sector hyaline white. Pterostigma elongate, rounded behind ; discal cell long, with a long pedicel from radial sector, almost as long as lower side of cell, which is barely one half as long as the upper side ; outer side one third longer than upper side. Length 6 mm. Mt. Katahdin, Maine. Elipsocus occidentalis, new species. Head blackish ; antennae pale brownish ; thorax black ; abdomen (dry) black ; legs yellowish brown. Wings hyaline, a dark cloud in middle, a spot on pterostigma, and the upper edge of the first posteri-or cell margined with brown. Sometimes some or all of these markings lacking (perhaps freshly transformed specimens). Antennae rather heavy, third joint about as long as width of the head, eyes rather prominent, as high as vertex, which is straight across. Venation as usual, pterostigma long and slender ; first posterior cell high, but not very near to median vein ; radial sector and median vein united only a short distance before the fork, which is sudden, and very wide at base. Length 2.5 mm. Several from Victoria, Vancouver Island (Bergroth. ) Class I, Hexapoda. Order XI, ORTHOPTERA. ON SOME FORFICULIDiE OF THE UNITED STATES AND WEST INDIES. By a. N. Caudell, Washington, D. C. Pyragra buscki, new species. One male, Baracoa, Cuba, October 14, 1901 (Busck). Description. — Male. Entire insect considerably flattened, microscopically pubescent and uniformly reddish brown except the base of the wings where the color is mueh lighter. Antennae of at least 29 segments, the first and third elongate and equal, the second short ; beyond the third segment the joints are short, growing longer and smaller towards the apex of the antenna. Pronotum nearly square, narrowing very abruptly anteriorly, posteriorly broadly rounded. Elytra almost twice as long as broad, not quite as long again as the pronotum, laterally extending well down the sides of the thorax as in the type species ; posteriorly the elytra are truncate. Wings extending beyond the elytra a distance equal to scarcely one third the length of the Sept., 1907.] CaUDELL : FORFICULID.^ OF UNITED STATES. 167 elytra. Legs short and stout, the tarsi with the second joint small and simple, the third furnished with small but distinct pads between the claws. Abdomen without lateral tubercles ; pygidium inconspicuous, triangular. Forceps slightly separated basally, short, stout, almost semicircularly rounded and serrate inwardly in the basal half. Length, pronotum, 2 mm.; elytra, 3.5 mm.; forceps, 2.5 mm. Type. — Cat. no. 10288, U. S. National Museum. This species is, in some respects, an aberrant member of the genus but goes here by most of the generic tables studied. The pubescence of the body is fine and short, scarcely visible with a common lens. On the tarsi however the hairs are more easily seen. To this species I refer also an immature specimen bearing the same data as the type. The pads between the claws are not visible in this immature specimen. Psalis americana Palisot. Three females, San Francisco Mountains, Santo Domingo, Sep- tember, 1905. These specimens were taken by Mr. Busck from a hole over fifty feet above the ground in the side of a palm. The hole was apparently made by wood-rats and several of these rodents were taken in it. Besides rats the hole contained a large number of bats and in the dung and other trash at the bottom of the cavity were found a number of insects, among which were the present specimens. Psalis pulchra Rehn. One male, Trinidad, June, 1905 (Busck). The recently described Labia pictipennis of Bruner* is a synonym of this species. Psalis nigra, new species. One female, Trinidad, July 4, 1905 (Busck). Description. — Of small size. Antenna; seventeen jointed, the 13 and 14 or the 12, 13 and 14 joints yellowish, the rest dark brown. Pronotum quadrate, no broader than the head, posteriorly well rounded. Elytra black, about two times as long as broad. Wings projecting beyond the elytra a distance equal to about one half the length of the latter and brown with the central portion tinged with yellowish. For- ceps stout, triangular, unarmed, apically bent moderately inwards. Color uniformly black above on head, thorax and abdomen. The legs are light brown, faintly marked longitudinally on the femora with darker brown. The under side of the body is lighter, the ventral surface of the thorax being light yellowish ; mouth parts light brown. Length 12.5 mm.; forceps, 2. Type. — Cat. no. 10290, U. S. National Museum. *Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, XIV, 138, 1906. 168 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xv. Except for the presence of elytra and wings and the posteriorly- more rounded pronotum, this insect bears a most striking resemblance to the specimens herein considered as Anisolabis antoui. Anisolabis annulipes Serv. The National Museum contains specimens of this species from Cal- ifornia, Arizona, Texas, Florida, North Carolina and District of Co- lumbia. Also one immature specimen from Baracoa, Cuba, Sep- tember, 1 90 1 (Busck). J Anisolabis maritima Bon. One immature specimen from Nassau, in the Bahamas, is in the National collection, taken December 25, 1898, by Mr. Busck. Anisolabis antoni Dohrn. Three females, Trinidad, July, 1905 (Busck). Anisolabis janeirensis Dohrn. One male, Fajardo, Porto Rico, February, 1899, and one female, Utuado, Porto Rico, January, 1899, both taken by Mr. Busck. Anisolabis minuta, new species. One male, one female, Arroyo, Porto Rico, (types), and three females, Mayaguez, Porto Rico, January, 1899 (Busck). Discription. — Superficially resembling the immature forms of A. annulipes with which it is liable to be confused. Readily distinguished from other forms of the genus by the small size and by the presence of small, elongate and widely separated elytra which are almost or quite immovably attached to the thorax. Wings absent. Legs marked with brown on the femora and the antennas are brown with the basal segments and the twelfth and thirteenth, or the thirteenth and fourteenth ones yel- lowish. The forceps are short, heavy and unarmed, those of the male strongly bent inwards apically, those of the female less so. Length, male and female, 10-12 mm.; forceps, male and female, 1.75-2 mm. Type. — Cat. no. 10289, U. S. National Museum. The type specimens, the pair from Arroyo, were taken in Febru- ary, 1899. Labia burgessi Scudd. " The National Museum contains one female. North Carolina (Fisk); one male, Florida, no definite locality ; two females, Palatka and Enterprise, Florida ; one male, Willis, Texas. Labia pulchella Serv. One male, San Francisco Mountains, St. Domingo, September, 1905 (Busck). Sept., 1907.] CaUDELL : FORFICULID.E OF UNITED STATES. 169 Labia trinitatis Bruner. One male, Trinidad, June, 1905 (Busck) ] one adult female and one immature female, Dominica, August, 1905 (Busck). The specimens from Dominica may not belong here. The nymph has the pronotum red, as mentioned as being sometimes the case with L. arciiata by Bormans. * Labia gravidula Gerst. One female, Botanical Gardens, Jamaica, November 13, 1902 ; one male, one female, one immature female, Aguadilla, Porto Rico, January, 1899 (Busck). This species I place in the genus Labia rather than in the genus Sphingolabis as the characters seem to more logically place it in the former named genus. Labia sp. Three females, Baracoa, Cuba, August and September, 190 1 (Busck). These seem nearer i/iiuor than any other species of the genus that I have seen but these specimens are even smaller than usual in that small species and the color appears darker. Labia brunnea Scudder. I c^, Trinidad, on sweet potato ; three females, St. Domingo, September, 1905 (Busck). Chelisoches morio Fabr. This species is eligible to entry in the United States fauna, having been taken in some numbers at Menlo Park, California, by Mr. F. Harmung. It is not at all rare in some of the Hawaiian Islands. Sphingolabis luteipennis Serv. Seven males, four females, Olivier, Louisiana, These were taken by Mr. Titus. Sphingolabis linearis Esch. Four males, ten females, Cayamas, Cuba, May and June (Schwarz). Sphingolabis calif ornica Dohrn. Two males, Ca}'amas, Cuba, June (Schwarz). I am quite convinced that this is but a variety of linearis. Sphingolabis albipes Fabr. Two males, two females, San Francisco Mountains, St. Domingo, September, 1905 (Busck). *Biol. Cent.-Amer., Orth., i, p. 6 (1893). 170 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xv. Sphingolabis schwarzi Rehn. One male, Cayamas, Cuba, May 25 (Schwarz). This species was described from a single female specimen collected in the same locality by the same collector. It was placed in the genus Forficula by the describer but the male shows it to be a member of the genus Sphingolabis. In general appearance of form and color the male is very like the female but the forceps are more elongate and are armed on the inner side with four teeth, the basal and apical ones the shortest, and basally there are a few sharp tubercles on the inner and dorsal surfaces. The pygidium terminates in a blunt cylindrical spine about three times as long as the middle width. The antennae are twelve jointed. The measurements are as follows : Length, elytra, 4 mm.; wing, 2; for- ceps, 14. Sphingolabis buscki Rehn. Four full grown nymphs, all females, taken in the San Francisco Mountains, St. Domingo, by Mr. Busck in September, 1905. The antennae of these specimens are unicolorous and the legs are a little lighter in color than in the type specimens but otherwise they agree very well with the types. This species does not seem to fit very well into the genus Sphin- golabis, being in general appearance very unlike the other members of the genus. At a casual glance it resembles very much a large Anisolabis. It seems to be the insect referred to by Scudder^ as Psalis gagatina. > Forficula auricularia Linn. The specimens of this species recorded from Indiana, first by Rehn and later by Blatchley, are not from the United States at all but were taken by Professor Webster in Tasmania where he found them injuring fruit. This information is taken from Webster's original notes. Forficula auricularia var. forcipata Steph. Specimens of this insect were bred from imported nests of the brown-tail moth at Medford, Massachusetts, *Bull. U. S. Geol. & Geogr. Siirv. Terr., ii, 250, 1876. J' O XJ R N JL Xv OF THE txo "^oxU ^utaiixological ^atijety* Edited by Harrison G. Dyar. 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. The genus, as primarily and logically defined, is a conception of its author, possessing a certain set of characters, arbitrarily selected. Any species possessing all of these characters, no matter what others, belongs to the genus, and any species not possessing all of these char- acters does not belong to it. This is the original idea of a genus. If, therefore, an author defines a series of genera to his own satisfac- tion, and a second author divides the same set of species on other characters, or on the same ones differently combined, none of the genera used by the second author are the same as those of the first. Unfortunately for the plan, a genus carries a name and in the case just supposed none of the generic names proposed by the first author could properly be used by the second author, but he must propose an entirely new set. Now successive authors seldom have the same gen- eric conceptions, while fixity of names is a prime requisite. To bring it about as far as possible, the rule of priority has been invented and it has been decided that no names can be dropped, but every name validly proposed must be forever carried, either as a valid genus or a synonym of some other. Each generic name must depend upon a typical species and any group thereafter formed that contains this typical species must carry that generic name. Thus only can old names be saved and applied to new generic groupings. The logical result is to completely transform the original idea of a genus. It is no longer a conception of its author, but is dependent upon the characters actually possessed by its type species. From a 171 172 Journal New York Entomological Societv, [Voi. xv. nomenclatorial view, it is immaterial whether an author describes his genus or not, or whether he describes it wrongly, so long as the type species is ascertained. This once ascertained, the genus is fixed, although the characters of the type species may even contradict those given by the author. What he states can have no weight except as to the mention of the type. It follows that any genus originally contain- ing no species mentioned by name, or only undescribed ones, is invalid and to be ignored, no matter how fully described. It is a nomen nudum and that name can be subsef}uently employed in any sense. It also follows that the question of misidentification does not arise, the species mentioned by the author as his type, or the one de- termined by rule to be his type, is thereby the type, even though (if the type be an old species) he may obviously describe another. The idea of Professor Williston, quoted in our last editorial, who says : "I consider a genus as something more than a specimen," is seen to be distinctly archaic and impracticable, while the complaint of Professor John B. Smith, recently published in Science that his generic names have been used in another sense than he intended by Sir G. F. Hampson is without justice and due to a failure on the part of Pro- fessor Smith to logically view the necessary result of the type idea. The rule for selecting types of genera when these are not specified by the author becomes of the first importance, and its full discussion at the present time is abundantly justified. BOOK NOTICE. A Natural History of the British Lepidoptera, a text book for students and collectors. By J. W. Tutt, F. E. S. Volume V. London : Berlin; 1906. We have the pleasure to notice another of Mr. Tutt's remarkably full and detailed volumes. This one contains two chapters of general matter entitled respectively "Hybridisation in Lepidoptera" and " Mongrelisation in Lepidoptera," followed by a minute account of the British Pterophorids. Agdistis is included, two superfamilies (!) being recognized, the Agdistides and Alucitides, The former contains the family Agdistidae, the latter the families Platyptilidge and Aluci- tidse, and these are again divided into subfamilies, tribes and genera. We have previously expresssed our opinion that Mr. Tutt gives his Sept., 1907.] Proceedings of the Society. 173 groups too high rank, considering the characters on which they are founded and makes too many of them. This criticism applies equally to the present volume. Such things are, however, more or less a matter of opinion and do not seriously mar the pleasure we take in perusing the great mass of detailed facts and interesting generalizations about the British ''Plumes" which Mr. Tutt has so assiduously col- lected and thoughtfully deduced. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NEW YORK ENTO- MOLOGICAL SOCIETY. Meeting of November 20, 1906. Held at the American Museum of Natural History. President C. H. Roberts presided with thirteen members and one visitor present. The secretary read a letter recently received from Mr. J. R. de la Torre Bueno requesting a grant from the Hermann Fund to carry on some investigations of the life- histories of the aquatic hemiptera. On motion of Mr. Southwick the letter was referred to the executive committee for action. Mr. Davis read the resignation of Dr. Otto Seifert. On motion of Mr. Groth action upon this was deferred. Mr. Southwick moved that amendment of Article V of the by-laws, proposed at the last meeting be accepted. Seconded. Motion was lost. Mr. Southwick nominated Mr. Roberts as delegate to the Council of the Academy of Sciences. Carried. On motion of Mr. Dickerson the president appointed as a committee Messrs. Dickerson, Groth and Davis to confer with a similar committee from the Brooklyn and Newark Societies in order to arrange for a smoker to be given to the entomolo- gists attending the Association for the Advancement of Science during the Christmas holidays. Mr. Bueno exhibited specimens of Rhagovelia obesa Uhl. and discussed the structural characters, habits and development of this species. Mr. Leng gave some remarks on the Coccinellida; and pointed out the chief characters used in the separation of certain genera. He exhibited a collection of Coccinellidje. Meeting of December 18, 1906. Held at the American Museum of Natural History. President C. H. Roberts in the chair with twelve members present. The librarian, Mr. Schaefter, reported the receipt of the following exchanges : Zeitschrift i. Wissenschaftliche Insecten biologic, II, Nos. 10 and 11. On the Diurnal Lepidoptera of the Athabaska and Mackenzie Region, B. C. by Merritt Gary. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 1488. The Digger Wasps of North America and the West Indies. Henry T. Fernald. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., No. 1487. 174 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xv. Berliner Entom. Zeitschrift, LI, No. i. Proc. American Acad. Arts and Sciences, XLII, Nos. 12 and 13. Canad. Entom., XXXVIII, Nos. II and 12. Verb. d. k. k. zool. bot. Gesellscbaft, Wien, LVI, Nos. 6 and 7. Science Bull. Brooklyn Inst. Museum, I, No. 9. Zoological Record, XLII, 1905, Insecta. Bull, de la Soc. Imp. d. Nat. de Moscow, 1905, Nos. i, 2, 3. Proc. Amer. Pbilos. Soc, XLV, No. 183. Georgia State Board of Entomology, Bulletin, Nos. 20 and 21. Wiener Entomolog. Zeitung, XXV, No. 10. Zeitscbrift f. Entomologie, 1906, No. 31. Deutsche Entomolog. Zeitscbrift, igo6. No. 2. The resignations of Mr. J. R. Bueno and Mr. Chas. Myers were read and ac- cepted with regrets. Professor Wheeler spoke on "Pink Insects as Mutations." He said that a specimen of a pink katydid bad been sent to the Museum in the fall. It was a female and discharged a mass of eggs. He formerly bad taken a number of these at Woods Hole, Mass. In literature there are about twenty records of these insects, but the only male known was that taken by Mr. Scudder. Pink insects were also found in other orders and occurred both in green and brown forms. Scudder considered these pink forms as sports. An attempt should be made to breed these forms to de- termine constancy of color. He exhibited a number of pink Orthoptera and Hemiptera. Mr. Joutel asked if these variations were produced by climatic variations, as he had found pink sphinx larvae on grape in fall when leaves were turning. Dr. Wheeler stated that he had taken them early in season as had also Mr. Davis and that the pink variation was due to difference in pigmentation. Mr. Joutel spoke of the experimental work he had been doing in crossing promethea 9 rnoth with cynthia $ , and from these had obtained fertilized eggs from which he had secured a distinct type of larva and cocoon which he exhibited. Mr. Joutel also exhibited a box showing all of the North American forms of the genus Strategtis, as well as some Cuban and Mexican species, and a Passalus from California which was evidently new to the fauna of the United States. Strategus monnon from California was one of the insects exhibited and Mr. Scbaeffer spoke of this as being very rare. Mr. SchaeiTer gave " Some Notes on Bruchidse." While collecting in Texas and Arizona he had taken several new species. Many were found on oak and on account of the kinds of plants many of the species were collected on, he thought that some of them must breed in something besides seeds. He then spoke of several of the species and the characters used in separating them. Dr. Horn had based his studies on the denticles, but did not mention the variations that occurred. He had found much variation in these structures as well as in the pygidium. Dr. Sharp had based his studies on the form of the insect, but in this also Mr. Schaeffer saidhe had found considerable variation, so that a long series of these insects was necessary in studying them. Mr. Leng asked what characters had been found outside of the denticles. Mr. Scbaeffer said good characters could be found in the antennae but these differed much in the sexes and so were difficult to use in separating the species. Sept., 1906] Proceedings of the Society. 175 Mr. Roberts asked about the tarsal characters. Mr. Schaeffer said that the legs were difficult to examine but undoubtedly good characters could be found there. Mr. Leng exhibited a specimen of Neoclytus jotitelii Davis, a longicorn beetle previously known only by the type and stated that Mr. Bischoff, of Newark, had taken the specimen shown as well as one other at Lakehurst, N. J., on July 7, 1906, by beating oak trees. The type had also been taken at Lakehurst. Mr. Leng also exhibited a specimen of Anistoma alternata Melsh. , a beetle of the family Silphidce which is new to the List of the Insects of New Jersey. This species is in- cluded in the Washington list. The specimen shown was captured by Mr. W. T. Davis on Staten Island in October. In discussing the subject of albinism Mr. Southwick said plants often exhibited this and asked about its occurrence in higher animals. Dr. Wheeler said that he had found no albinistic forms among ants but that occasionally such forms appeared among wild animals but that it was only among domesticated animals that we have albinistic races. Dr. Wheeler invited the society to meet in his room in the future. Annual Meeting of January 15, 1907. Held at the American Museum of Natural History. President C. H. Roberts presided with fifteen members and one visitor present. The treasurer, Mr. Davis, read his annual report which showed the Society's balance as $772.28, and the Journal's I200.56. The chairman of the nominating committee, Mr. Joutel, placed in nomination the following ticket : President — C. W. Leng. Vice-president — E. B. Southwick. Treasurer — W. T. Davis. Corresponding and Recording Secretary — H. G. Barber. Librarian — C. Schaeffer. Executive Committee — Messrs. Groth, Watson, Beyer, Harris and Wheeler. Publication Committee — Messrs. Love, Schaeffer, Bird and Dyar. On motion of Mr. Groth the secretary cast one ballot in favor of the nominations as read. The librarian reported the receipt of the following exchanges : Remplacement des Muscles Vibrateurs du vol par les colonnes d' adipocytes, chez les Fourmis, apres,le vol nuptial, by Chas. Tanet. Anatomic de la tSte du Lasius niger, by Chas. Tanet. Georgia State Board of Entomology Bull. 22. Field Tables of Lepidoptera by Wm. J. M. Forbes. Proc. of the Davenport Academy of Sciences, Vol. XI, pp. I-124. Dr. E. P. Felt, Mr. E. A. Bischoff and Mr. J. R. de la Torre Bueno were pro- posed as active members. Professor John B. Smith was proposed as a corresponding member. Mr. Joutel exhibited a small cocoon of a moth belonging to the Eucleidte which was taken at Albany, April 5, 1906, collected and sent to him by Dr. Felt. He remarked that it was of interest because as yet it was not generally distributed and this was the first specimen known to have been taken in New York State. Dr. Fer- 176 Journal New York Entomological Society. nald has recorded it as being introduced into Massachusetts where it occurred restricted to a very small locality. He spoke of the habit of the caterpillar of placing its cocoon at the tip end of the branches where it was difficult to remove them without breaking the branches. Mr. Zabriskie exhibited a parasitic hymenopteron, one of the Chalcididse similar to those mentioned by Professor Wheeler as occurring with ants. This specimen was taken by sweeping the herbage. Mr. Joutel exhibited a pamphlet written by Spinola in 1839 in which were described and figured a few species of peculiar Coleoptera. Professor Wheeler exhibited some ants recently received from British Honduras col- lected by Mr. Johnson — one species of which has very rarely been seen in collections. Mr. Johnson had sent a large series of the driver ant. Professor Wheeler described the habits of these ants. He told of their carnivorous food habit and how they moved in great armies through the tropical forests devouring all insects and even larger animals in their way. They move along just under the surface of the ground and are consequently blind. They come to the surface of the ground and can be found beneath stones, boards and leaves which may serve as a sort of roof to their galleries. The differences between the individuals of the various castes were pointed out and comparisons made between these and similar ants in other parts of the world. In answer to Mr. Leng's question as to how much territory they covered in their migrations Professor Wheeler stated that that had never been determined as they were rather mysterious in their habits. The males and females are so different that they have been put in separate genera and even classified in separate families by Cresson. The females are very rare. They have no wings and are very large bodied being probably dragged along by the other members in their migrations. The workers have a rank and nauseating odor while the males and females are sweet smelling. Further- more these ants have more myrmecophiles than any other known ant, many of which resemble the ant so closely that they have been overlooked. Among the mymeco- philes most common are various species of Staphylinid?e which are not necessarily mimetic in color but merely in form. Mr. Davis exhibited five local species of the large red ant belonging to the genus Formica and remarked that four of them had been taken on Staten Island. He spoke of the habits of each of these species. Mr. Watson exhibited specimens of the cynthia moth showing a peculiar aberra- tion with a darker band along the outer margin of the wings. These were bred from cocoons obtained in Bronx Park. Some specimens obtained in the same lot were typical. Mr. Schaeffer slated that while in Brownsville, Tex., he and Mr. Doll had brought back two or three thousand cocoons of a Bombycid moth [Agapema gaibina), a large number of which hatched out in September and October, 1903, and every fall since a diminishing number had hatched out and even yet a few are left which will probably hatch out this fall. He asked if anyone could explain this. Mr. Davis suggested that that was a possible provision of nature for these to hold over in this locality for a considerable time to wait for a suitable wet season for hatch- ing out ; that they might even hold over for several years if the season was unfavorable. This led to considerable discussion as to the effect of cold, heat, moisture, etc., in either retarding development or effecting the colors of the mature insect. NEW YORK EiNTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. Organized June 29, 1892. — Incorporated June 7, 1893. The meetings of the Society are held on the first and third Tuesday of each month (except June, July, August and September) at 8 P. M., in the American Museum of Natural History, 77th Street and Eighth Ave. Annual dues for Active Members, ^3.00. Members of the Society will please remit their annual dues, payable in January, to the treasurer. Offieeps for the Year 1907. President, CHAS. W. LENG. . . . . . ^ Murray St., New York. Vice- President, E. B. SOUTHWICK 2c6 West 83d Street, New York. Treasurer, WM. T. DAVIS 46 Stuyvesant PlacC; New Brighton, Staten Island, N. Y. Rec. Secretary, ) „ ,. ^ -^'iH. G. BARBER 2340 Seventh Avenue, New York. tor. Secretary, J '' Librarian, C ?)Cli^.'E.?¥ER Museum, Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, N. Y . EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. W. M. Wheeler, E. D. Harris, C. F. Groth. F. E. Watson, G. Beyer. PUBLICATION COMMITTEE E. G. Love. C. Schaeffer, II. Bird, Harrison G. Dyar, AUDITING COMMITTEE. E. D. Harris, E. B. Souihwjck, E. L. Dickerson FIELD COMMITTEE Wm. T. 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The Genus Notonecta in America North of Mexico. 24 pp., I pi. 6oc. The above papers will be sent on receipt of price by CHAt^liES SCHAEFFEt?, Librarian, New York Entomological Society, Brooklyn museum, Eastern Parkuiay, Bt^OOKI^VN, N. V. Vol. XV. No. 4. JOURNAL OF THE NEW YORK Entomological Society 3)evoteC> to lEntomoloo^ in (BeuevaL DECEMBER, 1907. Edited by Harrison G. Dvak. r^lblic«it!i"i L'oiiiiiiittc€. E. G. Love. Hknry Bird. Harrison G. Dyar. Charles Schaeffkr. Publishiecl Quarterly by the Society. LANCASTER, PA. NEW YORK CITY, 1907. [Entered April 21, 1904, at Larcasler, Pa., as second-class matter, under Act of Congress of July 16, 1894.] COMTEKTS. Class Hexapoda, Order HYMENOPTERA. New North American Hymenoptera. By J. C. Crawford . 177 Notes on some species of the Genus Halictus. By J. C. Crawford .... 183 Class Hexapoda, Order COLEOPTERA. Notes on Leptinotarsa undecimlineata Stal. By F. Knab ig| Biological Notes on Megilla maculata de G. By A. A. Girault • . . • ic Class Hexapoda, Order DIPTERA. Descriptions of new Mosquitoes from the Panama Canal Zone. By H. G. Dyar & F. Knah ... ... . . i( Descriptions of three new North American mosquitoes. By H. G. Dyar & F. Knai; . Mosquitoes as flower visitors. By F. Knab 21 Class Hexapoda, Order LEPIDOPTERA. The life histories of the New York slug caterpillars, XIX. By H. G. Dyar . 2iJ New American Lepidoptera. By H. G. Dyar . . .... Eucymatoge rectilineata, a new Geometrid motb from Colorado. By G. W. Taylor 23JP Descriptions of three new Tortricidae from Mexico. By A. Busck 235'; A note on synonymy. By A. Busck 236 Class Hexapoda, Order ORTHOPTERA. A new Cyrtoxipha from the United States. By A. N. Caudell 337 GENERAL. The Specialist. By A. N. Caudeli 238 Book Notice ... 239 Notice from the Newark Entomological Society 248 Proceedings of the Society 249 ; Index to Vol. XV aysy-J OF THE Published quarterly by the Society at 41 North Queen St., Lancaster Pa., and New York City. All communications relating to the Journa should be sent to the editor, Dr. Harrison G. Dyar, U. S. National Mu seum, Washington, D. C; all subscriptions to the Treasurer, Wm. T. Davis 46 Stuyvesant Place, New Brighton, Staten Is., New York, and all bool and pamphlets to the Librarian^ C. Schaeffer, Museum, Eastern Parkwaji Brooklyn, N. Y. Terms for subscription, ;^2.oo per year, strictly in ac vance. Please make all checks, money-orders, or drafts payable i NEW YORK ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. Authors of each contribution to the Journal shall be entitled to 2 separates of such contribution without change of form. If a larger nunib be desired they will be supplied at cost provided notice is sent to t Editor befo-e the page proof has been corrected. JOURNAL Jlfk ]BoFh €!ntQinolQgirflI %nM^. Vol. XV. DECEMBER, 1907. No. 4. Class I, HEXAPODA. Order I, HYMENOPTERA. NEW NORTH AMERICAN HYMENOPTERA. By J. C. Crawford, Washington, D. C. Superfamily CHALCIDOIDEA. Subfamily Monodontomerin/e. The genus Z>iomon/s Walker has the mesepisternum deeply incised above the middle and will therefore have to be placed in the Tory- minae, where it can be separated from the other genera by the tooth on the hind femora. In his classification of the Chalcidoidea, Dr. Ashmead has used the presence or absence of teeth on the hind femora as a secondary character to separate the Toryminae and the Monodon- tomerinse. This will have to be dropped or at least modified to show the above exception. The following table will separate the winged forms belonging to the subfamily and define three new genera. The table has been made to include all of the genera which were put in this group by Dr. Ashmead, except Diomorus, to show more clearly the affinities of the new genera. Table of Genera of Monodontomerin^. 1. Antennae with two ring joints , Plesiostigntodes Ashm. Antennce with only one ring joint 2 2. Scutellum with a cross furrow before apex 3 Scutellum without a cross furrow before apex 5 177 178 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xv 3. Apical margin of first abdominal segment not incised medially. Alonodontomerus Ashm . Apical margin of first abdominal segment incised medially 4 4. Hind femora with two large teeth Physothorax Mayr. Hind femora with one large tooth Plesiostigma Mayr. 5. Metathorax with spiraclar sulci Heviitorymus K^xa. Metathorax without spiraclar sulci 6 6. Occipital foraminal depression immargined 7 Occipital foraminal depression margined 8 7. Metathorax in 9 with two medial carinse, area between smooth but basad with two fovese separated by a short carina ; in $ the carinae weak ; first abdomi- nal segment deeply incised medially Dilropinotus gen. nov. Metathorax not with two medial carinas ; first abdominal segment not deeply in- incised medially ]Microdo7itomerus gen. nov. 8. Apical margin of first abdominal segment not incised medially 9 Apical margin of first segment incised medially 10 9. Eyes conspicuously hairy OHgosihenus Forsi. Eyes not conspicuously hairy Cryptopristus Forst. ^ 10. Wings without a stigmal cloud II Wings with a stigmal cloud Cryptopristus Forst. 9 11. Hind femora with a large tooth or prominent dentiform angle ; metathorax not with two medial carinae 12 Hind femora without a large tooth or dentiform angle ; metathorax with two medial carinse 9 , in $ obsolete Eridontoni erus gtn. r\o\. 12. Hind femora basad of large tooth distinctly serrate Websterellus Ashm. Hind femora basad of large tooth not with small teeth or serrations. Holaspis Mayr. Ditropinotus, new genus. Type. — D. aureoviridis Crawford. The punctures of the head and thorax are thimble-like ; hind femora with a few minute saw-like teeth ; antennae ? with the club only slightly thicker than funicle, in S" not thicker ; joints of antennae loosely put together ; abdomen in 9 triangularly produced beneath ; metathorax wrinkled ; a basal fovea laterad of each carina ; coxal cavities and place of insertion of abdomen above with a strong cari- nate ridge. Ditropinotus aureoviridis, new species. 9 ■ — Head and thorax golden green, pleurae more or less, under sides and abdomen dark honey color; punctures of head and thorax coarse, strong ; antennae dark, scape more or less and club almost orange color ; from between antennae to apex of clypeus a more or less distinctly elevated ridge ; legs testaceous, hind femora, except tips, and hind tibiae, except apices, almost the color of the abdomen ; front coxae testaceous ; middle coxae slightly and hind almost entirely, greenish ; abdomen transversely lineolate, with some green laterally at times, compressed, ovipositor about half as long as the abdomen. Length 3-3.5 mm. Dec, 1907.] Crawford : New North American Hymenoptera. 179 J' . — Entirely green, not so yellowish in color as the 9 > antennte all dark, legs testaceous, coxae and femora except apices green ; sculpture of abdomen coarser than in 9 . Length about 2 mm. Locality. — Hudson, Mich., Webster, No. 3375 (W. J. Phillips coll.) ; Richmond, Ind., Webster, No. 2216 (W. J. Phillips coll.) all from Isosoma in wheat. Type. — No. 10043, U. S. National Museum. Microdontomerus, new genus. Type. — Torymiis anthoiwiiii Crawford, Can. Ent., XXXIX, 133, 1907. The head and thorax with thimble-like punctures, the antennae slightly clavate, the joints fitting closely, metathorax with a median carina and several short ones on each side of the median one ; teeth on hind femora minute. Eridontomerus, new genus. Type. — E. primus Crawford. Punctures of head and thorax thimble-like ; antennge distinctly clavate, the joints close fitting; hind femora with small teeth, two or three of the largest distinctly almost semicircularly emarginate at apex ; metathorax similar to Ditropiuotus. Eridontomerus primus, new species. 9 . — Head and thorax rather brassy green, face bronzy ; abdomen black tinged with brassy on sides ; antennae dark becoming reddish apically ; punctures of head and thorax coarse ; femora except tips black with greenish reflections ; tibiae medially brown, tips of femora, bases and apices of tibiae testaceous, tarsi whitish ; carina of metathorax strong, foveae between the carinae not deep, the outer ones very distinct; rest of metathorax finely roughened; abdomen reticulately lineolated. Length about 2.5 mm. $ . — Similar to 9 but green brighter, not brassy ; femora and hind tibise except bases and tips green ; knees, tibije and tarsi whitish ; antennae dark, the tips only slightly lighter. Length 1.5-2 mm. Locality. — Richmond, Ind., bred from Lsosoma in timothy (W. J. Phillips), Webster, Nos. 2895 and 2207. Type. — No. 10044, U. S. National Museum. Tribe Pediobiini. Eriglyptus, new genus. Type. — E. robiistiis Crawford. Form robust, convex, head and thorax with coarse thimble-like puntures, an- tennae 8-jointed with no ring joint, the joints loosely joined, club 3-jointed hardly 180 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xv thicker than the funicle, the last joint reduced almost to a spine ; face when viewed from above slightly convex, vertex meeting the occiput in a sharp carina extending from eye to eye ; submarginal vein long but not as long as the marginal, stigmal knob sessile, postmarginal vein hardly longer than the stigmal knob ; metathorax with a distinct median carina ; petiole of abdomen very short the abdomen being almost sessile, abdomen of 9 about as long as the head and thorax, of $ about as long as the thorax. Most closely related to Nesomyia but differs in the convex form, ab- sence of ring joint, short postmarginal vein, carinate vertex, convex face (in Nesomyia the face viewed from above is strongly concave), etc. Eriglyptus robustus, new species. ^ . — Length 2.5 mm. Mead and thorax blue, with green reflections in places, face and under parts deeper blue,, almost purple in places, dorsum of thorax except lateral areas of mesothorax mostly Kneous ; antennse blue ; abdomen blue, with greenish in places ; legs blue, tibia apically and tarsi except the dark apical joint, white. ^. — Length 2 mm.; similar to 9 but above mostly green, face with green, pleurse and below blue ; abdomen basally with a white spot. Locality. — Washington, D. C, parasite of Anthonomus nigrinus. Type. — No. 10045, U. S. National Museum. Tribe Entedonini. Horisemus lixivorus, new species. 9 . — Head and thorax dark olive green above, the scutellum often dark pur- plish ; face and under parts of thorax coppery green ; abdomen black, shiny, base of first segment greenish ; mesonotum and scutellum finely reticulated ; coxEe and femora green, tibiae dark ; tips of femora, bases and apices of tibiae and tarsi, except apical joint, whitish ; petiole of abdomen very short ; first segment of abdomen over one third the length of abdomen, apically finely reticulated as are the remaining seg- ments. Length about 1.75 mm. $ . — Similar except for sexual characters. Length about 1. 25 mm. Type locality. — Dallas, Texas, Oct. 2, 1906, bred from Lixiis tnusculus (W. D. Pierce) ; also from Victoria, Texas, Apr. 4-7 (W. E. Hinds coll.). Type. — No. 10046, U. S. National Museum. The dark legs readily separate this species from the others, except microgaster, which has the first segment of the abdomen over one half the length of abdomen and punctured apically. Tribe Tetrastichini. Aprostocetus diplosidis, new species. 9 . — Black, shiny, eyes reddish brown ; antennae brown ; sculpture of meso- thorax exceedingly minute longitudinal lines, making the surface silky in appearance ; Dec.,1907.] Crawford: New North American Hymenoptera. 181 median groove very apparent ; parapsidal grooves very deep ; grooves on scutellum very plain ; femora and coxie dark, bases and apices of femora, and rest of legs yellow ; abdomen very finely reticulately lineolated, about twice as long as the head and thorax combined. Length including ovipositor about 2 mm. $. — Very similar to the 9 but the abdomen only as long as the head and thorax together. Length about I mm. Locality. — Bred from Diplosis sorghicola, collected at Baton Rouge, La. (Webster No. 3630). . ■ Type. — No. 10929, U. S. National Museum. Differs from amcricaiius in the very apparent median groove on the raesothorax ; from granitlatiis in the sculpture of the mesothorax. Superfamily ICHNEUMONOIDEA. Urosigalphus bruchi, new species. 9. — Black, head and thorax rather finely rugoso-punctate ; antennal grooves deep, reaching to vertex ; antennse 14-jointed, reddish, reaching to metathorax ; median area of mesothorax coarsely rugose, lateral areas shiny, finely sparsely punc- tured ; scutellum strongly elevated, viewed laterally its outline sharply angulated ; median carina of metathorax ending in a sharp, short projection ; scutellum, post- scutellum and base of metathorax rugose; truncation sparsely rugoso-punctate; hind coxL-e large ; hind femora robust, their tarsi dusky ; wings dusky, nervures light, stigma large, dark ; longitudinal striae on abdomen distinct for about two thirds the length of the abdomen ; ovipositor about one third the length of abdomen ; apex of abdomen produced to two short spines. Length 3.75-4 mm. ^. — Similar, antennas reaching one third distance to apex of abdomen; abdomen at apex only indistinctly spined. Length 3.75 mm. Locality. — Victoria, Texas, bred from Bruchiis in Prosopis. Type. — No. 10047, U. S. National Museum. This species is the size of anthoiiomi but is easily distinguished by the absence of the pyramidal area between the ocelli and by the sharply elevated and angulated scutellum (in anthonomi the scutellum seen in profile is rounded above). Superfamily APOIDEA. Neolarra congregatus, new species. 9. — Head and thorax black, coarsely, deeply and closely punctured, closely covered with scale-like pubescence almost concealing the surface, grayish above white on pleura; ; facial quadrangle broader than long ; punctures on clypeus smaller, mandibles reddish apically ; flagellum dull reddish beneath ; tegulre large, black, punctured all over ; legs dark, knees and tibiae apically, somewhat reddish ; abdomen with segments 1-4 red, apical segments darker, all closely coarsely and deeply punc- tured ; segments 1-5 with bands of white appressed pubescence on the apical margins ; venter red. Length 5-5.5 mm. 182 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xv. J*.— Similar, differing in sexual characters; segments i-6 having bands on apical margins. Length 5-5-5 mm. Locality. — CotuUa, Texas, May 9, 1906, on Verbesina eiicelioides (F. C. Pratt and J. C. Crawford colls.). Type. — No. 10049, N. S. National Museum. The specimens were almost always found congregated on particular flower heads, from six to ten often being taken on a single head. Nor were any found on other flowers of the same species growing just across the road, although they were very abundant in the field where the specimens were collected. This species differs from verbesince by the darker colored abdomen, the stronger punctures on the abdomen, the dark tegulae and legs. Conanthalictus cotuUensis, new species. 9 $ . — Green, with a strong silky luster, head and thorax tesselate ; mandibles yellowish, the tips red ; clypeus apically black, fringed with long hairs ; antennae brown, lighter below, in the 9 reaching to prothorax, in the $ to the tegulae ; teg- ulae yellowish hyaline; wings smoky hyaline, nervures light, stigma brown; meta- thorax with very close, fine punctures, the surface like a small honeycomb ; legs dark, femora with a greenish luster, tibiae apically and tarsi reddish ; abdomen green- very strongly silky from very minute transverse lines ; broad apical margins of seg- ments brownish ; apical fimbria sooty brown. Length about 3.5 mm. Locality. — Cotulla, Texas, May 10, 1906, on Marilaiaiidium organifolium (F. C. Pratt and J. C. Crawford colls.). Type. — No. 10048, U. S. National Museum. This species was compared with conanthi by Professor Cdckerell and said to differ by its smaller size, dark tibiae, darker stigma and nervures and greener color. In this species the relative lengths of the joints of the maxillary palpi are 6, 9, 12, 12, 8, 8 ; of the labial palpi 8, 4, 4, 6 ; the tongue is more elongate than in LLaiictus. There is not a trace of an anal rima in the female in this or the other species of the genus. Sphecodosoma, new genus. Type. — S. pratti Crawford. In appearance like the genus Sphecodes but the basal nervure is only gently curved, the mouth parts elongate, the tongue linear, about ten times as long as broad, the scopa strong ; insertion of antennae less than one third the distance from clypeus to ocelli ; the labial palpal joints have the following relative lengths: 25, 17, 12, 12 ; the maxil- lary palpi 21, 60, 60, 20, 16, 16 ; mandibles dentate. Dec, 1907.] Crawford : Notes on Halictus. 183 Sphecodosoma pratti, new species. 9 . — Head and thorax black, shiny, abdomen dark red ; pubescence sparse, rather long, glistening white ; head elongate, facial quadrangle slightly longer than wide ; eyes narrow, inner orbits straight parallel ; head almost impunctate ; clypeus produced, with a few punctures ; mandibles red, bases black ; antennae clavate, funi- cle reddish below, scape reaching about one half way to ocelli ; mesothorax slightly lineolated, scutellum more plainly so, both finely sparsely punctured more closely so at posterior edges; median and parapsidal grooves apparent but not deep; meta- thorax basally with fine rugulas not reaching to apex, leaving a smooth shiny margin; truncation smooth, not surrounded by a carina ; mesopleurce smooth, indistinctly lineolated, metapleurse distinctly so; tegula; large, shiny, black inwardly, the rest translucent ; wings dusky, nervures and stigma dark brown ; third submarginal nar- rowed one half to marginal ; legs black, femora robust, pubescence glistening white ; first segment of abdomen black at base, smooth, sparsely punctured, remaining seg- ments sparsely punctured, finely lineolated ; pubescence on fifth segment at apex, sooty brown. Length 4 mm. $. — Similar, antennse not clavate, reaching almost to metathorax, more yel- lowish below, abdomen black. Length 4 mm. Locality. — CotuUa, Texas, May 10, 1906, on Marilaunidium organifoliiim (F. C. Pratt and J. C. Crawford colls.). Type. — No. 10050, U. S. National Museum. It resembles the genus Proteraner in that both sexes come out at the same time in the spring, which is not the case in the other forms. NOTES ON SOME SPECIES OF THE GENUS HALICTUS. By J. C. Crawford, Washington, D. C. The species included in this paper are those which have no green on them and which are found in the United States and Canada. In using the table it will be necessary to consult the detailed descriptions of the species before one can be certain of the identifications, since there are still many undescribed forms in North America. Table for the Females. 1. Apical margins of abdominal segments with hair bands ; none of the wing veins obsol escent : 2 No hair bands on apical margins of segments ; some of the wing veins obso- lescent 5 2. Cheeks armed with a strong spine ligattis Say. Cheeks not armed 3 184 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xv. 3. Legs mostly red parallels Say. Legs mostly dark ; red, if any, confined to hind legs 4 4. Hair bands cream colored, very broad ; tegulse almost impunctate. farinostis Smith. Hair bands white, narrow ; tegul?e punctured except medially. lerouxii Lepeletier. 5. Second transverse cubital not obsolescent 6 Second transverse cubital obsolescent 16 6. Base of metathorax finely wrinkled! 7 Base of metathorax coarsely rugose 13 7. Mesothorax almost impunctate titusi Crawford. Mesothorax closely punctured 8 8. Truncation of metathorax surrounded by a salient rim .fiiscipentiis Smith. Truncation not surrounded by a salient rim 9 9. Punctures of mesothorax very dense, separated from each other by less than their own diameter tardus Cresson. Punctures of mesothorax more sparse, widely separated, at least medially 10 10. Hind tibiae, hind and middle tarsi red 7iiellipes Crawford. Legs dark il 11. Base of metathorax separated from truncation by a sharp x\6.^&...coriacetis Smith. Base of metathorax without a sharp ridge at rear 12 12. Wings yellowish, hair bands creamy or yellowish trizonafus Cresson. Wings grayish, hair bands white .forbesii Robertson. 13. A band on the middle of first segment ; wings very clear sisymbrii Cockerell. No band on first segment ; wings more dusky 14 14. Rugae finer, straight, parallel Cockerell. Rugae coarse, irregular, not parallel 15 15- Base of metathorax with a semicircular enclosure .pacificus Cockerell. Base of metathorax without a semicircular enclosure similis Smith. 16. Abdomen red 17 Abdomen not red 19 17- Pubescence of head and thorax appressed, mesothorax very shiny, almost im- punctate ; abdomen with apical segments largely black arizonensis n. sp. Pubescence of head and thorax not appressed 18 18. Facial quadrangle much longer than broad, punctures of head strong. ovaliceps Cockerell. Facial quadrangle not much longer than broad, punctures of head indistinct. swenki Crawford. 19. Tegulae large, punctured all over 20 Tegulae not large and punctured all over 22 20. Metathorax with a small triangular enclosure nehanbonis Robertson. No triangular enclosure on metathorax 21 21. Mesothorax coarsely punctured kincaidii Cockerell. Mesothorax finely punctured glabriventris Crawford. 22. Legs entirely light testaceous birkmanni Crawford. Legs mostly dark 23 23. Metathorax except basal enclosure covered with pubescence concealing the surface, especially on truncation 24 Dec, 1907] Crawford: Notes on Halictus. 185 Surface of metathorax not concealed by pubescence 25 24. Mesothorax shiny, sparsely punctured, not distinctly lineolated. am^iistior Cockerel 1. Mesothorax dull, closely punctured, distinctly lineolated robertsoni Crawford. 25. Inner spur of hind tibiae simple, or with saw-like teeth, or very oblique teeth hardly longer than broad at base 26 Inner spur with long spines, the basal ones at least being several times as long as broad at base 31 26. Mesothorax very dull from lineolation ; facial quadrangle longer than broad. dasiphorir Cockerell. Mesothorax somewhat shiny, facial quadrangle as broad or broader than long. ..27 27. Base of metathorax coarsely rugose ; truncation coarsely sculptured. arctiatiis Robertson. Base of metathorax finely wrinkled ; truncation not coarsely sculptured ■...28 28. First abdominal segment closely, strongly punctured, size large, about 9 mm. robustiis Crawford. First segment sparsely weakly punctured, smaller 29 29. Wings clear hyaline, abdomen brownish, apical margins broadly whitish. amicus Cockerell. Wings dusky, abdomen darker 30 30. Face above antennre closely punctured ; metathorax finely irregularly wrinkled. latifrons Crawford. Face above antennae sparsely indistinctly punctured ; metathorax with fine irreg- ularly longitudinal rugulce .peco^ensis Crawford. 31. Inner hind spur with many long teeth .pectinatus Robertson. Inner hind spur with 2-7 teeth 32 32. Antennae red beneath ; abdomen brown, the first segment strongly transversely striate subobscurns Cockerell . Antennas darker beneath, abdomen darker, first segment at most finely trans- versely lineolate 33 33. First abdominal segment closely distinctly punctured all over. fedorensis Crawford. First segment impuncate or sparsely punctate apically 34 34. Stigma brown, usually very dark 35 Stigma honey color 38 35. Base of metathorax finely wrinkled, rounded behind 36 Base of metathorax rugose, ending at a carina of enclosure 37 36. Wrinkles of metathorax more numerous, punctures of mesothorax sparser, weaker, punctures of faceless strong qitadrimaculahis Robertson Wrinkles of metathorax less numerous, punctures of mesothorax closer, stronger, punctures of face stronger divergeus Lovell. 37. Rugse of metathorax stronger, enclosure semicircular, distinct, punctures of meso- thorax strong, coarser .pectoralis Sm i th . Rugae of metathorax weaker, enclosure indistinct, punctures of mesothorax finer, sparser .pectoraloides Cockerell . 38. Larger species over 8 mm 42 Smaller species not over 7 mm 39 I 186 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xv. 39. Abdomen bare, no hair patches or appressed pubescence on segments ; facial quadrangle slightly longer than broad foxii Robertson. Abdomen with hair patches of appressed pubescence on bases of segments ; facial quadrangle as broad, or broader than long 40 40. Abdomen brown, rather dull, patches large, covering fourth segment entirely. cordleyi Crawford. Abdomen darker, shiny, patches of hair smaller, not covering fourth segment.. ..41 41. Smaller, less than 6 mm. ; wrinkles of metathorax few, failing apically, wings hyaline nigrescens Crawford. Larger, 7 mm. ; wrinkles of metathorax more numerous, reaching to apex, wings yellowish niger Viereck . 42. Wings clear, hyaline, veiy ample; wrinkles of metathorax not reaching to apex 43 Wings yellowish or dusky, wrinkles or rugae reaching to apex 44 43. First abdominal segment very delicately but distinctly punctured; punctures of mesothorax sparser aherra^is Crawford. First segment almost entirely impunctate ; punctures of mesothorax closer. galpinsict Cockerell. 44. Mesothorax dull from strong lineolation 45 Mesothorax shiny, lineolation obscure 46 45. Smaller, hardly 7.5 mm. ; abdomen shiny, basal hair patches distinct. niger Viereck. Larger, over 8 mm. ; abdomen dull, hair patches not 2i^^?iX^\-\\...qHebecensis n. sp. 46. RugK of metathorax very coarse, punctures of mesothorax sparser. trtincalus Robertson. Rugae of metathorax fine, punctures of mesothorax close cooleyi Crawford. The following species are not included in the above table : fartus Vachal ; lusorius Cresson ; cfassicornis Kirby ; discus Smith which would run to similis in the table ; egregius Vachal which is, I think, trizonatus or a closely allied form ; diatretus Vachal and synihyridis Cockerell which would both run close to foxii in the table and which are closely related to each other, especially in the males. The following table will serve to separate all the species known to me in the male sex and the notes to indicate where some of the others will run. Table fop the Males. 1. Apical margins of abdominal segments with strong hair bands 2 No hair bands on apical margins of segments 5 2. Wings deep yellowish ; legs yellow and red .parallelus Say. Wings not deep yellow ; legs yellow and black 3 3. Antennae fulvous beneath ligatus Say. Antennre only obscurely reddish beneath 4 4. Tegulse coarsely punctured all over /6'ro«jr?V Lepeletier. Tegulffi not punctured all over .farinosits Smith. Dec, 1907.] Crawford : Notes on Halictus. 187 5. Face and legs entirely dark 6 Face and legs not entirely dark lo 6. Tegiilas punctured all over ; base of metathorax with a triangular enclosure. nehitnbonis Robertson. Tegulns not punctured all over ; metathorax not with a triangular enclosure 7 7. Small species, about 5 mm 8 Larger species, 7 mm. or more 9 8. Punctures of mesothorax fine, sparse ; rugre of metathorax finer, enclosure indis- tinct .pectoraloides Cockerell . Punctures of mesothorax coarse, close ; rugaj of metathorax coarse, enclosure semicircular, distinct .pectoraJis Smith. 9. Wings clear, pubescence grayish j/jrjj'Wi^r/z Cockerell. Wings dusky ; bands on abdomen not complete olympicE Cockerell. 10. Clypeus light anteriorly, legs dark II Legs more or less light 14 11. Head large quadrate, mandibles long, apex of one reaching to base of other. coriaceus Smith. Head and mandibles normal 12 12. Base of metathorax coarsely rugose siviilis Smith Base of metathorax finely wrinkled* 13 13. Wings dusky, metathorax at apex with a carina fuscipennis Smith. Wings yellowish, no carina at apex of metathorax irizonatus Cresson. 14. Only the tarsi whitish 15 Tibiae more or less light 17 15. Head and thorax smooth, shiny, almost impunctate, pubescence long, abundant. titttsi Crawford. Head and thorax closely punctured 16 16. Smaller, antennae red beneath rujicornis Crawford. Larger, over 8 mm., antennae dark beneath .forbesii TLohi. 17. Pubescence of head and thorax appressed, scale-like .galpinsife Cockerell. Pubescence of head and thorax not appressed 18 18. Antennre short, hardly reaching the tegulte /c^x;? Robertson. Antenna long, reaching to metathorax at least 19 19. Tubercles dark f 20 Tubercles with a light spot. % 23 20. Hardly 5 mm. long quadrimaciilatns Robertson. Over 6 mm. long 21 21. Mesothorax dull from strong lineolation 7iiger W&r&<^ Mesothorax shiny, lineolation obscure 22 22. Face narrow, metathorax finely rugose .ptillilabris Vachal Face broad, metathorax coarsely rugose arcuatus Robertson. * Here apparently run diatretus Vachal and synlhyridis Cockerell, which are much smaller species. f Here run pacifiais Cockerel! ; granostis Vachal ; peraltiis Cockerell ; nigri- colHs Vachal, all unknown to me. X Here run arctous Vachal ; gularis Vachal ; nigrideiis Vachal which I have not seen. I 188 Journal New York Entomological Society. [VoI. xv 23. Antenna; reddish beneath, mesothorax dull, the punctures minute; about 6y^ mm. long cordleyi Crawford. Antenn?edark beneath, mesothorax shiny, punctures larger, about 8 mm. long. ..24 24. Rug.ie of metathorax very coarse truncatus Robertson. Rugce of metathorax fine 25 25. Punctures of mesothorax close, of first abdominal segment distinct. cooleyi Crawford. Punctures of mesotliorax sparse, of abdomen minute aberrans Crawford. The following, described from the males only, have not been placed : disti>ictus Provancher, cinctipes Provancher. Halictus bardus Cresson. I have not seen authentic material of this species and the identifi- cation may be wrong. Halictus trizonatus Cresson. Either this is a very variable species or there are several closely allied species in the western United States, but it will take a large series of specimens to decide this point. H. egregius Vachal seems to belong here and also the male described by him as colatus. Halictus similis Smith. The species which I have always called by this name, is called discus by Professor Cockerell, according to notes sent me by Mr. J. H. Lovell. The two species would run out at the same point in the table. Comparison with the types is needed to determine which species is found in the New England states. Halictus subobscurus Cockerell. Comparison of the types shows the species described by me as cockerelli to be a synonym of this species. Halictus divergens Lovell. This is very closely allied to quadritnaculatus and may be only a variety. Halictus diatretus Vachal and Halictus synthyridis Cockerell. These seem to be very close to each other and to foxii but both differ from that species in the males having the legs entirely dark. Halictus truncatus Robertson. H. fulgidits Crawford will have to go as a synonym of this species. Halictus galpinsiae Cockerell. In the females this species and H. aberrans Crawford are very closely related as shown by the table but in the males they are easily separated, the male of gaipinsice having appressed pubescence. This seems without any doubt to be the form described by Vachal as gelidus Dec, 1907. ] Crawford: Notes on Halictus. 189 Halictus arizonensis, new species. 9 . — Head and thorax black, shiny, ahiiost impunctate and covered with appressed white pubescence ; antennre beneath, clypeus apically, tubercles and legs reddish testaceous ; nietathorax finely wrinkled at base, the apex smooth, shiny ; wings white, stigma and nervures very light testaceous, only the subcosta dark ; hind inner spur with about three long teeth ; first two segments of abdomen mostly reddish, rest black medially, laterally reddish, except the last which is entirely reddish ; apical margins of segments broadly whitish. Length about 5^ mm. One specimen from Arizona in the C. F. Baker collection. Type. — No. 10930, U. S. National Museum. Halictus quebecensis, new species. 9 • — Black, head and thorax lineolate, dull, facial quadrangle about square, face below antennre sparsely finely obliquely punctured, punctures opening downward and outward ; punctures at sides of face becoming close only some distance above antennae ; rest of face above antennse closely finely punctured ; vertical striae of the cheeks very apparent ; pubescence of head and thorax short, thin, ochraceous ; meso- thorax finely rather sparsely punctured ; median groove well impressed, parapsidal grooves distinct ; mesopleurse rather finely rugulose, metapleurse anteriorly finely so, posteriorly finely lineolate and only slightly rugulose ; base of metathorax with a few rather strong irregular longitudinal plicae reaching apex ; truncation finely lineo- late and with a few scattered punctures, surrounded by a salient rim, faint above medially but distinct at upper lateral angles ; wings yellowish, darkened apically ; nervures and stigma honey-color, .subcosta dark ; second submarginal broad; third narrowed about one third to marginal ; tegulae dark, with a red center and a narrow light border ; legs dark, apical joints of tarsi ferruginous, pubescence of legs ochra- ceous, becoming reddish on apical joints of tarsi ; hind inner spur with about five long teeth ; abdomen black, somewhat shiny, with sparse ochraceous pubescence at base and apex, and on apical margins 2-4 laterally and bases 2-3 laterally very faint white hair spots, that surrounding the anal rima reddish ; abdomen finely trans- versely lineolate almost impunctate, under a high power showing a few scattered very fine punctures. Length about 8 mm. Montreal Island, Quebec, May 21, 1904, received from C. F. Baker; also North Sangus, Mass. (J. C. Crawford coll.), Halictus ligatus Say. In the tables the various forms in which the females have the cheeks armed with a spine are not separated from this species, since they are very closely allied and an abundance of material is needed to work out their status. These forms are armaticeps Cresson, capitosus Smith, texaniis Cresson, and toitnisendi Cockerell. 190 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xv. Class I, HEXAPODA. Order II, COLEOPTERA. NOTES ON LEPTINOTARSA UNDECIMLINEATA STAL. By Frederick Knab. Washington, D. C. The chrysomelid beetle Leptinotarsa undecimlineata Stal was found by the writer in great abundance on the 17th of June, 1905, at Car- men and at other points in the state of Vera Cruz, Mexico, along the railroad running southeastward from Cordoba to Santa Lucrecia on the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. The insects were feeding upon Solanum torvum L., and had evidently been stimulated to sexual activity by the first rains of the wet season. Many pairs were found in copula and one cluster of eggs was found, placed on the underside of a leaf as in our L. decemlineata. These eggs of L. undechnlineata are of an ex- tremely pale yellow, in remarkable contrast with the deep golden yel- low, almost orange color of the eggs of Z. decemlineata. There were no larvae at this time. The females are remarkable in the enormously distended abdomen, a condition supposedly peculiar and characteristic in certain genera of Chrysomelidae. In these females of L. iindeci7nlineata the abdomen is swollen to such a degree that it is not only exposed at the sides and between the widely divergent elytra, but a large portion of it protrudes beyond the tips of the elytra. The fourth and succeeding segments project beyond the elytra in a specimen preserved in fluid, taken by Mr. B. Jordan in Alta Vera Paz, Guatemala. On the exposed abdo- men the dorsal plates appear as narrow black transverse strips upon the broad white area of the expanded connecting tissue. This condi- tion of the female is even indicated in dried specimens where the ely- tra have come together over the shrunken abdomen ; the sutural margins of the elytra show a slight divergence towards the tip. In the genus Gastroidea, noted for the greatly swollen abdomen of the fertile female, there is a modification of the abdominal integument. In some females of G. cyanea examined by the writer the entire integument of the abdomen is uniformly pigmented and apparently of the same texture throughout. Dec, 1907.] Knab : Leptinotarsa undecimlineata. 191 The coloration of Leptinotaisa undecimlineata is noteworthy. While dried specimens differ but little in this respect from L. decem- lineata, the ground color of the elytra and thorax of the live specimens is a peculiar very pale greenish gray, and this in the breeding season when the colors should be at their fullest and no immature individuals present. Dr. E. Duges has given a detailed description, accompanied by figures, of the early stages of this beetle.* He describes the larva as white in color with black markings. The markings are very different from those of our Z. decemlineata and the species related to it. The head, legs and prothoracic shield are black. The meso- and meta- thorax bear small black lunar marks at the sides. Segments 1-6 of the abdomen have heavy black lunar marks at the sides which involve the stigmata ; on segments 1-5 the ends of the opposing lunules are connected by slender, more or less broken, dorsal lines. Segments 6, 7 and 8 bear quadrate black dorsal areas. These markings vary greatly in amount and all intergrades occur to a form in which only round black stigmatal spots are present. This is the form figured by W. L. Tower, f The pupa is white with only the stigmata black. The food plant is large and spiny with coarsely hairy leaves. Dr. Duges gives its name as Solanum tarduin but as no species of that name is known the above mentioned Solanum torvum is doubtless intended. Duges has found many of the larvae, particularly the young ones, more or less covered with the hairs from the leaves of the food-plant. As these hairs are attached very irregularly and are absent in many larvae he assumes they adhere accidentally during the movements of the larva in feeding and are not adopted as a defensive covering. Tower describes this condition in the following words : "As the small larvae push about through the abundant trichomes on the leaves of their food plants, a large accumulation of these become lodged among and cemented to the spines by the secretion of the dermal glands, until the larva presents the color and appearance of a ball of dislodged trichomes. . . . The integument in this second stage is smooth and entirely devoid of spines on the tergal and sternal elements of the seg- *Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg., Vol. XXVIII, pp. 1-6, PI. I, 1884; Spanish transla- tion: La Naturaleza, Vol. VII, pp. 308-311, PI. VIII, 1887. f An investigation of evolution in chrysomelid beetles of the genus Leptinotarsa, 1907, pi. 17, figs. I, 2 and 3. I 192 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xv. nients. Owing to the sticky secretion of the dermal glands a deposit of trichomas gathers on the larva in this stage, though, owing to the absence of spines, this deposit is thinner than in the previous stage. ... In the final stage the increase in the body surface, which is not accompanied by any great increase in the number of dermal glands, results in there being on the body only a very slight deposit of tri- chomes, if any at all, so that the larvse are freely exposed on the leaves of their food-plant." * But by far the most remarkable detail of the account of Duges relates to the eggs. These are stated to be stalked and laid in groups of 100-150. These eggs are disposed in two layers or stories, those of the upper story being elevated above the others by slender stalks. The group consists first of a row of eggs attached at one extremity by a sort of foot and in contact with each other. This is followed by a second row, parallel to the first, but these eggs are upon slender stalks which raise them above the lower layer. This row is followed by a third one of low -stalked eggs and this by a fourth row of long-stalked ones. The arrangement is somewhat irregular and the long-stalked eggs are less numerous than the others. As far as I am aware no case of eggs upon stalks has ever been recorded for the Chrysomelini by other observers. In the entire group of Chrysomelidas, with the exception of this single case, stalked eggs are known only from the Clytrini. Nevertheless it can hardly be assumed that Duges was in error, as in other respects his description of the eggs answers very well for this group and he evidently bred the species from these eggs. Leptinotarsa U7idecimlineata is credited to the fauna of the United States on the strength of an old record for southern California which is erroneous beyond a doubt. Mr. G. Beyer, who collected thoroughly in Lower California, writes me that he did not meet this species there. Dr. Duges' records for the states of Michoacan and Guanajuato prob- ably indicate the northernmost range of this species. The record of this species from Matamoros in Tamaulipas, near Brownsville, Texas, by C. H. T. Townsendf is based upon an erron- eous determination. The specimens are described in detail by Town- send and are unquestionably the species recently characterized by Mr. Chas. Schaeffer as Leptinotarsa texana. % * L. c, p. 146. t Trans. Tex. Acad. Sci., Vol. V, pp. 82-84, 1903. J Science Bulletin, Brooklyn Inst. Arts & Sci., Vol. I, p. 239, 1906. Dec.ioo?.] GiRAULT : BIOLOGICAL NOTES ON MeGILLA. 193 The larva of L. texana is carefully described by Townsend and differs from that of our common L. decemlineata by its pale straw color and by the absence of the series of baso-pleural spots of the abdomen. In this latter character it approaches the larva of Z. jiaicta. Leptuwtarsa texana has generally passed among American ento- mologists under the name defecta. Mr. Schaeffer, who took both species at Brownsville, has demonstrated the distinctness of the two forms. Tower has recently added to the confusion by treating iexana under the name defecta and quoting the localities given by Stal and Salle for the true defecta. The following references may help to clear the confusion. Leptinotarsa defecta Stal. Myocoryna defecta Stal, Ofv. af K. Vet. Ak. Forli., 1859, p. 317. Chrysoniela defecta Stal, Mon. Chrys. de I'amerique, 1862, p. 165. Leptinotarsa defecta Jacoby, Biol. Centr. Anier. , Phytophaga, I, p. 234, PI. XIII, fig. 21, 1892. Leptinotarsa defecta Schaeffer, Bull. Brookl. Inst. Arts and Sci., I, p. 239, 1906. Leptinotarsa texana Schaeffer. Leptinotarsa defecta Linell, Jour. N. Y. Ent. Soc, IV, p. 196, 1896. Leptinotarsa ii-lineata Townsend, Trans. Tex. Acad. Sci., V, pp. 82-84, 1903- Leptinotarsa defecta Tower, Evolut. in Leptinotarsa, pi. 23, fig. 20, 1906. Leptinotarsa texana Schaeffer, Sci. Bull., Brookl. Inst. Arts and Sci., I, p. 239, 1906. BIOLOGICAL NOTES ON MEGILLA MACULATA DE GEER. By a. Arsene Girault, New Richmond, Ohio. The following brief descriptive and biological notes on this lady- bird were obtained while making an attempt to keep many pairs in confinement through the several generations of a season, but which attempt failed because of the scarcity of food. There is included a description of the process of hatching, records of the period of incu- bation during portions of May and June, 1907, records of the larval and pupal instars for a single generation, and notes on adults kept in confinement, all of which are more or less fragmentary. The obser- vations were made in the laboratory at New Richmond, Ohio, about latitude 38 degrees, 48 minutes north. 194 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xv Hatching. Just previous to hatching, the eggs are dusky yellow, due to the inclosed embryo. The eggs in a mass turn this color almost simul- taneously, about from eight to twelve hours before hatching. Through a lens the body of the fully-developed embryo is distinctly visible, and its distinct segmentation gives the egg a dark-ringed appearance, throughout its length. The embryo is erect, the setge more or less visible as short irregular streaks of black, but the disposition of the legs is not distinct. The basal one-third of the egg is darker. The ocellar spots of the embryo are visible as a small group of three minute dots in a triangle on the latero-cephalic aspect (/. e., on each side of the anterior end), and the tips of the mandibles between these two groups as two fainter red dots on the ventro-cephalic aspect of the egg. The two black papillar spots on the pronotum are also distinct, and the median line of the two posterior segments of the thorax. Just previous to eclosion, the egg is somewhat swollen at its cephalic end. The egg-shell parts along the dorsal aspect from the apex down to about half its length, and the head of the larva at once appears. The body is gradually worked out until the legs are free, when the larva, holding itself erect by means of the unexcluded terminal segments, exercises the legs back and forth until they are strong and dry. At first, the legs are disposed along the ventum. The act of hatching varies in time, averaging from about 50 to 70 minutes. The larva then frees itself from the egg and rests upon the mass. It is then normal for instar I, excepting for the pale yellow color of the legs, ventum and the head and its appendages, which form a decided contrast to the dusky color of the dorsum. The egg-shells are not eaten. Forty-six young larvte, hatching dur- ing the first week of June, 1907, and starved in confinement, lived on an average of four and one half days, ranging from four to five days. Each clutch of eggs was confined in darkness, under the cover of small paste-board boxes, and also in-doors, so that the period must be considered as not absolutely natural, though under the usual laboratory conditions. These conditions are stated in case it is shown in the future that the presence or absence of direct or indirect sunlight have the effect on the period of incubation of this insect attributed to them in regard to those of other animals. In nature, the eggs are seldom Dec, 1907.] GiRAULT : BIOLOGICAL NOTES ON MeGILLA. 195 or never exposed to the direct rays of the sun, being under a leaf, but it is a question whether the conditions of their usual environment are obtained in the laboratory. Period of Incubation. Table I. Period of Incubation, May 24- June id, 1907. Lot No. 6 Sj Deposited. Hatched. Length of Instar. Days. Hours. Average Effec- tive Temp. Degrees Fahr. I 2 3 4 5 6 5 26 16 IS 34 14 3 p. m., May 24. 8 p. m., May 24. 2 p. m., May 26. 3 p. m., May 26. l:3op. in., June I. 3 p. m. June 4. 7 p. ni., May 30. ID p. m., May 30. 3 p. m., June 3. 2:30 p. m., June 3. 9 p. m., June 8. 2 p. m., June 10. 6 6 8 7 7 5 4 2 I ■23^ 7* 23 20.2° 19.9 19-5 20.1 22.0 Totals. no 997 121. 2 Averages. 6.92 1 20.2 Duration of Posfembryouic Instars. In Table II the duration of the different stages after hatching are shown for a single generation, from May 25 to June 23. The larvae were fed on various aphids which were supplied them in abundance, and they were confined separately under the conditions stated in regard to the eggs, as were also the pupae. The sums of effective temperature for the different individuals of this generation vary for over seventy degrees, when it appears that they should be very nearly alike, other conditions being equal. It would seem as if equal amounts of effective temperature should cause equal amounts of growth or development in individuals of the same age, providing food and other factors of environment are equal, but apparently there are also internal factors involved, causing certain in- dividuals to deviate in either direction from the average. The indi- vidual instars vary considerably from a little less than two days to a little more than nine days, but this larger variation in the duration of separate instars or stages does not affect the length of the entire life- cycle, one stage generally making up what the other loses. Adults in Confinement. A pair of mating adults captured on the foliage of blackberry at II A. M., May 24 and confined, produced but 17 eggs, the female dying on June 8. These eggs were deposited on May 24 (5) and 196 Journal New York Entomological Society. 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M., May 26, and similarly con- fined deposited eggs as follows : Female No. i (Male Present). Female No. 2 (Male Present). Date of Oviposition. No. of Eggs. Date of Oviposition No. of Eggs. 6 P. M., May 24 2 " 26 I : 30 " June I 4 " 4 June 7 P. M., 9 II IS 16 26 10 15 14 16 P. M., June I 5 8 9 10 A. M., 10 II 16 19 19 II 18 12 16 20 6 Total 112 I Total 103 Female No. i died at about noon, June 21. The second pair died on June 22 ; they were observed mating on May 30, June 4, 5, 9, 10 and 12. The eight adults emerging June 21-23 (Table II) were confined together in a large glass jar and supplied abundantly with food. They did not begin to mate until June 28, when one pair was observed ; another pair was observed mating on July 5, and both of them were isolated. The first pair produced 37 eggs and then escaped on July 8. They mated again on July 2 and 7. The second pair produced no eggs and died for lack of food about July 12. They had mated a second time on July 6. Class I, HEXAPODA. Order IV, DIPTERA. DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW MOSQUITOES FROM THE PANAMA CANAL ZONE. By Harrison G. Dyar and Frederick Knab, Washington, D. C. Our knowledge of the mosquito fauna of the Isthmus of Panama has heretofore amounted to practically nothing, but thanks to the col- lections recently made by Mr. August Busck, is now decidedly im- proved. Mr. Busck went to the Isthmus at the invitation of Dr. W. 198 Journal New York Entomological Society. [ Voi. xv. C. Gorgas of the Isthmian Canal Commission and through the courtesy of the Department of Agriculture especially to investigate the mosqui- toes of that region. We are especially indebted to Dr. Herman Can- field of the Department of Sanitation of the Canal Zone, through whose initiative and interest the present investigation has resulted. A full list of the species collected will be made by Mr. Busck. Only the new ones are referred to here. Anopheles gorgasi, new species. Palpi as long as the proboscis, mostly black scaled, the terminal and penultimate joints light scaled except at the bases and apices ; mesothorax gray, with fine brown scales, a black spot in front of the scutellum, a pair of sublateral black spots medially ; wings with the veins scaled in black and white, two very large black patches on the costa and a smaller one towards the base and a smaller one at the apex as in A. albi- vianus Wied. The rest of the wing is too much denuded to describe. Abdomen with groups of outstanding scales laterally at the apices of the segments, the dorsum clothed with yellow scales on a dark ground, the lateral tufts black. Legs mostly black-scaled, hind legs with the apical half of the second, the third, and the base of the fourth joints white scaled, the remainder of the fourth and basal half of the fifth segments black, the third joint with a large black patch on the under side which reaches from near the base to beyond the middle. I^ength, 3.5 mm. One female, in poor condition. La Boca, Canal Zone, Panama (A. H. Jennings, collector). Type. — No. 10863, U. S. National Museum. Named, at the suggestion of Mr. August Busck, in honor of Dr. W. C. Gorgas, Assistant Surgeon-General, U. S. Army, Chief Sani- tary Officer of the Isthmian Canal Commission. Anopheles malefactor, new species. 9 • — Palpi long, clothed with brown scales and black outstanding ones, which are grouped more or less in tufts, heaviest on the basal portion, a slight sprinkling of lighter scales among the brown ones, particularly at the bases of the dark tufts ; occi- put black scaled, the eyes margined with white above and where they join is a tuft of white hairs ; mesonotum gray with reddish and bluish tinge and small dark freckles tending to form longitudinal rows, sparsely distributed narrow yellowish scales, a black spot at the base extending over the middle of the scutellum and two small sub- lateral black spots medially, all three of these show a lighter margin ; abdomen slender, gray, with lateral tufts of outstanding black scales at the apices of the seg- ments ; legs with the femora and tibise black freckled with white, on the hind tibiae yellow scales predominate ; tarsi black, ringed with yellowish white ; on the hind legs the first tarsal joint is dark at the base, light at the apex and has six white rings of different lengths, second joint narrowly white at base, broadly so at apex, with a moderately broad white ring near the middle and another narrower one between it and the base, third and fourth joints white ringed at base and apex with a broad cen- tral white ring, apical segment entirely whitish scaled ; wing spotted, black and white, Dec, 1907] Dyar&Knab: Mosquitoes from Canal Zone. 199 a large black patch margined with white on the costa near the middle, more basaily a smaller costal patch and towards the apex another large one, all margined with white, scaling of the veins in patches of black and white scales, the third vein with a small black spot at the base, the sixth vein with many black dots and dashes. Length, 4.5 mm. $ . — Palpi with the apical portion clubbed, clothed with yellow scales with golden luster, a narrow dark ring- at the middle of the club, the shaft ringed with dull ochreous at the apex and at the constriction and broadly marked with the same color on the apical portion ; antennre pale brown and ferruginous with silky luster. Length, 4.5 mm. Seven specimens, Chagres River, Panama (August Busck, collec- tor) ; Tabernilla, Canal Zone, Panama (August Busck, collector) ; Gatun, Canal Zone, Panama (A. H. Jennings, collector). Type. — No. 10877, U. S. National Museum. There is some variation in the banding of the hind tarsi. In two specimens the penultimate and apical white rings of the second joint are united ; in one the apical white ring of the first joint is divided by a black bar, in another the penultimate ring is so divided, while in a third, the apical, penultimate, antepenultimate and another white ring are so divided, this specimen having eleven white rings on this joint instead of seven as in the type. Mansonia phyllozoa, new species. J'. — Proboscis moderately long and stout, slightly swollen towards the apex, black scaled, a yellow-white ring behind the middle; palpi nearly as long as the proboscis, black scaled with two yellow-white rings, the apices brilliantly silver scaled ; mesonotum very deep brown with four longitudinal lines of silvery-white scales, two of these lines are marginal and extend the entire length of the mesonotum, the other two submedian and begin behind the middle and extend over the scutellum where they unite upon its hind margin ; the lateral stripes extend along the sides of the scutellum ; metanotum with a median carina, dark brown. Abdomen dark scaled with lateral patches of whitish scales. Legs with the femora predominatingly yellow scaled, the apices black ; tibiae yellowish-white scaled, ringed with black, the rings becoming larger towards the apices, first tarsal joints black, maculate with white ; on 'the hind legs the apices broadly white, the second tarsal joint white at the apex and nearly half its base, the third joint broadly white at the base, minutely at the apex, the fourth more narrowly white at the base, the fifth entirely white-scaled ; fore and mid legs narrowly white marked. Wings with the veins mostly black scaled ; four conspicuous yellowish-white elongated costal spots one of these basal and very long, the others shorter, all involving the first vein. Length, 3 mm. One specimen, Tabernilla, Canal Zone, Panama (August Busck, collector), bred from larvae in the leaves of Bromelias. Ty/>e. — No. 10864, U. S. National Museum. 200 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xv. j Deinocerites melanophylum, new variety. A local race of Deinocerites cancer Theobald, differing by its very ,, dark, almost black color ; the clypeus and tori, which in the type forml are yellow or yellowish brown, are here dark brown ; the mesonotum is pitchy brown, the scales black with brownish luster, the metanotum is pitchy brown, nearly black ; the abdomen is black-scaled above and beneath ; in the male with blue and green iridescence. The legs are black. Nine specimens. Colon, Canal Zone, Panama (August Busck, col- lector), from larvae in crab-holes near the ocean. Type. —No. 10865, U. S. National Museum. Uranotaenia calosomata, new species. Proboscis moderately long and slender, slightly enlarged apically ; clypeus and tori dull brown ; occiput brown scaled with two oblique lines of white scales, which converge upon the vertex and terminate in a white tuft ; thorax deep brown, on the lateral margin a line of white scales to the base of the wing ; pleura brown with a longitudinal stripe of white scales extending forward over the prothoracic lobe and joining the stripe on the head ; metanotum brown. Abdomen black scaled at the sides, above clothed with ochreous yellow dull metallic scales, leaving a narrow black line at the base of each segment, becoming broader on the terminal segments, and a sub- basal median black spot ; beneath with black vestiture and apical white bands, which are broadest on the centers of the segments. Legs black with bronzy and brassy luster, the apices of the femora white ; on the hind legs the dilated apices of the tibiae have a patch of white scales ; hind tarsi with the third, fourth and fifth joints white with metallic luster. Wings heavily dark-brown scaled on the costa, the basal third of the first vein white scaled, the two forked cells small but broad, the second posterior cell slightly longer than the second marginal cell. Length, 2.5 mm. Five specimens, Tabernilla, Canal Zone, Panama (August Busck, collector), bred from larvae in prints of horses' feet containing water. Type. — No. 10866, U. S. National Museum. Uranotaenia typhlosomata, new species. $. — Proboscis long and slender, much swollen at the apex, black scaled; antenna; amply plumose ; palpi very short, black scaled ; occiput black scaled, the margins of the eyes broadly bluish-white scaled ; mesonotum brown, with minute dark-brown scales ; scutellum with metallic-blue scales, the setae long, black ; in front of the roots of the wings is a short stripe of silvery-blue scales and a similar blue stripe extending over the anterior half of the pleura and over the prothoracic lobes ; metanotum dark brown ; abdomen depressed, black scaled above and at the sides ; legs black with bronzy luster, the knees with a minute silvery spot and at the apices of the hind tibiae another ;,on the hind tarsi the apical three fifths of the third and all of the fourth and fifth joints silvery white ; wings black scaled along the costa, brown scaled on the veins, the base of the first vein with a patch of silvery scales, the fifth vein with a line of silvery scales close to the base. Length, 2 mm. Dec, 1907.] DyAR & KnAB : MOSQUITOES FROM CaNAL ZoNE. 201 One specimen, Taboga Island, Panama (A. H. Jennings, col- lector), bred from larvge from pool in a small stream. Type. — No. 10918, U. S. National Museum. In the single specimen the thorax is somewhat denuded and it is possible that there may be a blue spot before the antescutellar space. Aedes lithoecetor, new species. 9 • — • Proboscis moderately long, rather slender, black scaled ; palpi short, black scaled ; occiput clothed with pale-yellowish scales, narrow curved ones on the vertex, flat ones on the sides, a small black patch on the lower part of the side ; mesonotum with the anterior two-thirds clothed with shining light-yellow scales, a dark patch in front of the sides, posterior portion varied with blackish and pale-yel- low scales, a patch at the side separated by a yellow stripe running from the middle to the base of the wing ; scutellum yellow scaled ; pleura dark with patches of white scales ; mesonotum deep brown, nude ; abdomen black-scaled above with median basal elongate creamy spots on all the segments, which however do not unite to form a stripe, segments with lateral triangular basal white patches, beneath the abdomen is mostly creamy white with black apical lateral triangular marks; legs black, knees yellow scaled, tarsi with narrow yellowish-white basal rings, the ring at the base of the second tarsal of the hind legs slightly involves the apex of the first joint ; fork- cells rather short, scales of the veins all dark ; claws of front and mid legs toothed, of hind legs simple. Length, 5 mm. $ . — Palpi slightly shorter than the proboscis, hairy on the apical portion, the two apical segments light ringed at their bases ; abdomen with distinct basal white bands on the second to fourth segments, on the succeeding segments broken into three spots, the median spot becoming elongate on the sixth and seventh segments, lateral cilia abundant, pale. Length, 4 mm. Five specimens, Chagres River, Panama (August Busck, col- lector), bred from larvae in pot-holes along the river. Type. — No. 10868, U. S. National Museum. Apparently nearly allied to Danielsia tripunctata Theobald and to Danielsia medioviaculata Theobald, the abdominal marking differing from the former and the thoracic marking differing from the latter. We would place Danielsia Theobald as a synonym of Aedes in our classification. Culez jubilator, new species. 9 . — Proboscis rather long and slender, not swollen towards the apex, clothed with black scales, not ringed ; palpi short, black scaled ; occiput clothed with narrow yellowish scales, margin of the eyes narrowly white, the upright forked scales brown with yellow luster ; mesonotum light brown with golden luster ; pleura pale gray ; abdomen subcylindrical, truncate at apex, black scaled above with faint bronzy luster, segments 2 to 7 with a median basal triangular spot of white scales, the spots on the posterior segments smaller, eighth segment with a white basal band, which is laterally enlarged, a row of white lateral spots, ventral area white scaled ; legs black with 202 Journal New York Entomological Society. lvoI. xv. bronzy luster, the tarsi with very narrow yellowish-white rings at both ends of the joints, last joint of hind tarsi narrowly whitish tipped ; claws simple ; scales of the wing-veins brown, long and narrow. Length, 3 mm. $ . — Palpi considerably longer than the proboscis, the apical half with numer- ous long brown hairs, wholly brown scaled, without rings ; antennae strongly plumose ; abdomen slender, depressed, dark-scaled above with faint bronzy luster, the segments with silvery- white basal bands which are produced triangularly in the middle, eighth segment entirely white scaled. Length, 3.5 mm. Sixteen specimens, Taboga Island, Panama (A. H. Jennings, col- lector), bred from larvae in water in old tubs in a pasture near the bathing beach. Type. — No. 109 16, U. S. National Museum. The larva is very close to that of Culex carmodyce Dyar & Knab, but has the pecten of the air-tiibe longer. Culex revelator, new species. 9 . — Proboscis rather long and slender, not swollen at apex, brown scaled, not ringed ; palpi short, black scaled ; occiput brown scaled, ocular margin white ; metanotum golden-brown scaled, pleura pale greenish gray ; abdomen subdepressed, truncate at the tip, clothed above with black scales with bronzy and blue luster, the second and third segments with a median, basal, small patch of white scales, the succeeding segments banded, the bands broadest at middle, much narrowed at the sides, on the banded segments the bands are broadened laterally towards the ventral area ; beneath entirely white scaled ; legs dark with bronzy luster, the tarsi nar- rowly ringed with yellow-white at both ends of the joints ; the tip of the last joint of the hind tarsi white ; claws simple ; wing scales brown, long and narrow. Length, 3 mm. $ . — Palpi considerably longer than the proboscis, brown scaled with bronzy and bluish luster, the apical half with numerous long blackish hairs ; antennae amply plumose ; abdomen long and slender, the segments with moderately broad basal sil- very-white bands, those on the sixth and seventh segments dilated at the sides. Lateral cilia long, moderately abundant, pale brown. Length, 3.5 mm. Four specimens, Taboga Island, Panama (A. H. Jennings, collec- tor), bred from larvse found in a boat containing water. Type. — No. 10917, U. S. National Museum. The larva is allied to Culex proclamatorX). & K. and C. inquisitor D. & K., but differs from both in having the basal tuft of the tube well within the pecten. Culex leprincei, new species. 9 . — Proboscis moderately long and slender, enlarged towards the apex, entirely black scaled ; palpi short, black scaled ; occiput clothed with flat bronzy scales and with black erect forked ones, without white ocular margin ; mesonotum clothed with deep bronzy brown scales with faint indications of two lighter longitudinal dorsal lines; scutellum bronzy scaled; metanotum deep pitchy brown; abdomen broad. Dec, 1907.1 Dyar &: Knab : Mosquitoes from Canal Zone. 203 flattened, truncate at tip, black scaled above with faint bronzy luster, the bases of the segments with lateral white triangular spots, the marginal hairs light yellow, beneath the segments are black with broad white basal bands ; legs dark with bronzy luster, the knees and tips of tibiae lighter colored, tarsi not ringed, claws simple ; wing scales brown. Length, 3.5 mm. $ . — Palpi about one-fourth longer than the proboscis, the two last segments very hairy, clothed entirely with deep brown scales with bronzy luster ; antennas densely plumose; lateral spots of the abdomen large on segments 5, 6 and 7, the lateral cilia coarse, moderately abundant with yellowish luster. Length, 3 mm. Sixteen specimens, Tabernilla and Pedro Miguel, Canal Zone, Panama (August Busck, collector), bred from larvae in a stagnant ill- smelling pool and among grass in the edge of a slowly running stream. Tj'pe. — No. 10869, U. S. National Museum. Named, at the suggestion of Mr. Busck, in honor of Dr. J. A. LePrince, Chief Sanitary Inspector of the Canal Zone. Culex corrigani, new species. 9 .— Proboscis long and slender, distinctly swollen at the apex, black scaled, not ringed ; palpi very short, brown scaled ; occiput brown scaled, the eyes with distinct white margins ; mesonotum rather light-brown scaled, with a darker shade on the posterior portion and with many long coarse black bristles ; metanotum very light brown; pleura pale greenish; abdomen somewhat depressed, truncate at the tip, clothed above and at the sides with black scales with a brownish luster, beneath greenish-white scaled along the median line ; legs black with bronzy luster, claws simple ; scales of the wing-veins brown, long and narrow. Length, 3 mm. One specimen, Tabernilla, Canal Zone, Panama (August Busck, collector), bred from larvae in water in bamboo joints. Type. — No. 10870, U. S. National Museum. Named, at the suggestion of Mr. Busck, in honor of Mr. John Corrigan, Sanitary Inspector of Tabernilla. The larva is allied to that of Culex conservator Dyar & Knab, but differs in the long slender antennae on which the tuft is placed very near the apex, and in having six single hairs on the air-tube. Culex equivocator, new species. 9 . — Proboscis rather long and slender, very slightly enlarged towards the apex, black scaled ; palpi short, black scaled ; occiput brown scaled with bronzy luster, the ocular margin very narrowly white scaled ; mesonotum uniformly rich brown scaled with bronzy luster ; metanotum light brownish ; abdomen depressed, truncate at the tip, clothed above with brownish-black scales with faint bluish luster, the segments with lateral white triangular basal spots, most distinct on segments 5, 6 and 7, beneath black, the bases of the segments with broad soiled white bands ; legs dark with bronzy luster ; claws equal and simple ; scales of the wing-veins brown, long and narrow throughout. Length, 3.5 mm. 204 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xv. ^ . — Palpi longer than the proboscis, the two terminal segments with long hairs, entirely clothed with deep-brown scales, without pale rings; abdomen with narrow white basal segmental bands above, the eighth segment entirely white scaled. Length, 3.5 mm. Eight specimens, Tabernilla, Canal Zone, Panama (August Busck, collector), bred from larvae in water in bamboo joints. Type. — No. 10873, U. S. National Museum. Allied to C. hesitator D. & K., described below, but differing in the shape of the wing-scales. Culex jenningsi, new species. ^. — Proboscis moderately long and slender, not swollen towards the apex, clothed with black scales, not ringed ; palpi short, black scaled ; occiput clothed with dark scales and lighter ones intermixed, margin of the eyes white scaled ; mesonotum clothed with dark-brown scales with bronzy luster with several faintly indicated longitudinal ridges ; metanotum dull brown ; abdomen depressed, truncate at the tip, clothed with black scales which show a bronzy luster in some lights, the second, third and fourth segments have white basal bands, on the succeeding segments these are represented only by triangular lateral spots, a dark -blue metallic reflection at the tip of each segment, beneath the abdomen is dark scaled with distinct white basal bands ; legs black with bronzy luster, the knees and apices of the tibiae on the hind legs silvery white, hind tarsi narrowly ringed with silvery white at the bases ; pleura pale greenish with two blackish longitudinal stripes ; claws simple ; veins of the wings brown scaled, the scales long and narrow. Length, 3 mm. ^ . — Palpi long and very slender, slightly longer than the proboscis, the apices blunt, black scaled without white rings ; antennae densely plumose ; abdomen with narrow silvery-white basal bands on all the segments. Length, 3 mm. Four specimens, Tabernilla, Canal Zone, Panama (August Busck, collector), bred from larvae in water in the leaves of Bromelias. Type. — No. 10867, U. S. National Museum. Allied to Culex conso/ator Dyar & Knab. Named, at the suggestion of Mr. Busck, in honor of Mr. A. H. Jennings, Special Sanitary Inspector of the Canal Zone. Culex gaudeator, new variety. J . — Proboscis moderately long and slender, enlarged at the apex ; palpi short, black scaled ; occiput clothed with flat silver-gray scales and with numerous upright forked ones, mesonotum deep-brown scaled, on the anterior half a broad marginal yellowish stripe which curves inward at the middle ; the posterior end of the stripe may form a detached dot or the whole marking may be absent ; antescutellar bare space surrounded by light-colored scales, the light markings show a brassy or silvery luster in changing lights ; scutellum silvery scaled ; pleura light brown with patches of white scales ; metanotum deep pitchy brown ; abdomen depressed, truncate at apex, clothed above with black scales, at the sides with distinct basal triangular white patches, beneath black with broad white basal segmental bands ; legs dark with Dec, 1907.] Dyar & Knab : Mosquitoes from Canal Zone. 205 bronzy luster, the knees capped with silvery, hind tibiae with a large silvery spot at the apex, tarsi narrowly ringed with silvery white at the bases of the joints, the last joint of the hind tarsi dark on the apical two thirds ; claws simple ; scales of the wing- veins brown. I^ength, 3 mm. J> . — Palpi long and very slender, nearly as long as the proboscis, black scaled without white rings ; abdomen dark scaled with distinct bronzy luster and with nar- row basal segmentary white bands, which become dilated at the sides, beneath uni- formly silvery white, except the extreme apex. Length, 2.5 mm. Seven speciimens, Tabernilla, Canal Zone, Panama (August Busck, collector), bred from larvae in water in the leaves of Bromelias. Type. — No. 10871, U. S. National Museum. Nearly allied to Oilex /w/Za/'c';- Theobald, but the thoracic mark- ings less silvery and the tarsal bandings narrower. We describe this form as a variety of Culex jenningsi Dyar & Knab, in which the thorax is ornamented. The basal abdominal \)dSiA?, o{ jenningsi zxt lost in this form, but maybe seen under the microscope as 3 or 4 scales at the bases of the segments. The white rings on the tarsi are of a different width. The larva is closely similar to that of Culex rejector Dyar & Knab, unbred, found in Bromelias at Cordoba, Mexico. It is possible that the species is the same, but we await the receipt of adults from Mexico before a final decision. Culex hesitator, new species. 9 . — Proboscis moderately long, very slightly broadened towards apex, black scaled ; palpi short, black ; occiput clothed with recumbent whitish scales and with erect black forked ones; mesonotum uniformly rich brown with slight bronzy luster ; pleura very pale brownish with an indistinct dark longitudinal shade ; metanotum pale grayish brown ; abdomen depressed, truncate at the tip, black scaled above with coppery and greenish luster, marginal hairs of the segments pale yellow, lateral white basal spots present, those on the terminal segments largest, venter black, with distinct white basal bands ; legs dark with bronzy luster ; wing-veins uniformly brown scaled ; claws simple. Length, 3 mm. $ . — Palpi much longer than the proboscis, the last two segments projecting beyond it, brown scaled, not ringed ; antenna; densely plumose ; abdomen with basal silvery-white bands above, broadest on the fourth and fifth segments and much pro- longed on the sides on the sixth and seventh segments. Length, 3.5 mm. Seven specimens. Las Cacadas, Canal Zone, Panama (August Busck, collector), bred from pupae captured in a small swampy stream. Tjpe. — No. 10872, U. S. National Museum. Allied to Cu/ex extricator Dyar and Knab, but the banding of the abdomen beneath differs. 206 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Vo. xv. Joblotia trichorryes, new species. 9 . — Form elongate-slender, the abdomen compressed ; proboscis shorter than the body, rather stout, and slightly enlarged towards the apex. Clypeus prominent, luteous brown, with a row of fine hairs along each side, none in front nor on the upper surface. Palpi short, rather slender, about one fourth the length of the pro- boscis ; tori yellow-brown ; antennae with whorls of long hairs ; occiput clothed with flat irridescent blue and green scales, brilliant silvery in some lights ; hind margin with a row of erect dark scales ; prothoracic lobes large and prominent, well sepa- rated, clothed with brilliant silvery scales ; mesothorax somewhat compressed, clothed with dusky scales, pleura ochreous yellow, with patches of silvery scales ; scutellum clothed with broad flat metallic blue-green scales ; metanotum with three longitudinal impressions, a group of coarse terminal hairs ; abdomen obliquely truncate at the tip, clothed above with dusky scales, which show raetallic-green and steel-blue reflec- tions; beneath silvery white, encroaching on the lateral area as rounded segmentary incisions. Wings long and narrow, hyaline, the scales of the veins dusky. Legs long, slender, without raised scales, black, with metallic violet and blue reflections, the tarsi of the middle legs with the last four joints brilliant white, the hind legs with the outer half of the third and the last two joints white. Claws simple. Length, 5.5 mm. $ . — Proboscis shorter than in the female, more distinctly swollen at the tip ; palpi long, nearly as long as the proboscis, very slender; antennae rather sparsely plumose ; abdomen much compressed ; claspers stout, rather small ; no lateral fringe. Length, 5-5 nim. Thirty-six specimens, Tabernilla, Canal Zone, Panama (August Busck, collector), bred from larvse in bamboo joints. The larva re- sembles that oi Joblotia digitatus Rondani, but has the mandibles long and slender. In some of the adults there is a little of black on the last joint of the middle legs. Type. — No. 10847, U. S. National Museum. Joblotia mogilasia, new species. 9 . — Form stouter than the preceding species ; proboscis shorter than the body, gradually enlarged towards the apex. Clypeus brown, prominent, with a fringe of small hairs mixed with a few scale-like hairs at t'ie sides, nude on the upper sur- face. Palpi short and slender, about one fourth the length of the proboscis. Occi- put clothed with flattened dusky scales with an obscure metallic blue and green luster ; prothoracic lobes large and prominent, well separated and clothed with silvery scales, mesonotum dusky scaled, with an obscure bluish luster ; pleura ochreous yellow, cov- ered with silvery scales ; scutellum covered with large, flat, broad, bright metallic blue-green scales ; metanotum dusky brown with two longitudinal impressions and a group of coarse bristles near the apex ; abdomen dusky above with metallic blue and green reflections, truncate at the tip, beneath yellowish white with an undulate mar- gin at the sides ; wings long and narrow, the scales of the veins dusky ; legs long, moderately slender, without distinct raised scales, dark, with blue and violet luster, the hind tibiae are white marked at the base ; the last four joints of the middle tarsi are bright white, extreme tip black, on the hind tarsi the apical half of the third and the fourth and fifth jpints white. Length, 6 mm. Dec, 1907.] Dyar & Knab : Mosquitoes from Canal Zone. 207 Three specimens, Tabernilla, Canal Zone, Panama (August Busck, collector), bred from larvje in bamboo joints. The larva resembles that oi Joblotia digitatiis Rondani (= iiivipes Theob.). Type. — No. 10848, U. S. National Museum. Lesticocampa culicivora, new species. 9 . • — Proboscis long and slender ; palpi not as long as three joints of the antenna, slender, black ; clypeus black, shining, nude ; occiput clothed with flat deep blue scales ; prothoracic lobes large, prominent, well separated, with a few silvery scales; mesothorax compressed, covered with steel-blue scales; scutellum clothed with flat broad shining bright-blue scales ; metanotum deep brown, a group of setae towards the apex ; abdomen long and slender, subcylindrical, the segments somewhat constricted beneath, above clothed with steel-blue scales, beneath with yellowish silvery ones with an undulate lateral margin ; wings long and narrow, hyaline, the cross-veins nearly incident ; legs long and slender, the hind legs with outstanding scales on the apical portion of the tibiae and particularly on the second joint of the tarsi ; forming a short lateral fringe ; black with violet-blue reflection, the tarsi of the middle legs with the apical half of the second and the succeeding segments silvery white, of the hind legs with the last two joints white. Length, 5 mm. One specimen, Tabernilla, Canal Zone, Panama (August Busck, collector), bred from larvae in flowers of Heliconia, associated with s6me unbred long-tubed larvae, probably a species of Culex. Type. — No. 10849, U. S. National Museum. Sabethes canfieldi, new species. 9. — Proboscis shorter than the body, strongly swollen at the apex, black; clypeus prominent, smooth, shining black ; tori of the antennee black with a whitish pubescence ; occiput clothed with flat dull metallic-green scales ; prothoracic lobes approximated, clothed with brilliant blue and violet scales ; mesonotum clothed with dark greenish scales ; scales of the scutellum metallic green and blue ; meta- notum deep brown, with a number of long pale bristles; abdomen dark above, with greenish-blue luster, silvery white beneath, separated on the sides in a perfectly straight line ; legs long and slender, without raised scales, black, with light bronzy reflections beneath in certain lights, the tarsi of the middle legs white on the second to fifth joints, the white becoming obscure on the basal part of the second segment, on the hind legs the last two joints white. Length, 3.5 mm. Twenty-three specimens. Lion Hill, Canal Zone, Panama (August Busck, collector), all captured. Type. — No. 10850, U. S. National Museum. Named, at the suggestion of Mr. Busck, in honor of Dr. Herman Canfield, Assistant Chief Sanitary Inspector of the Canal Zone. Sabethes identicus, new species. ? . — Identical with Sabethes undosus Coq. ; we are unable to demonstrate any differences whatever between the adults. 208 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xv. Four specimens, Tabernilla, Canal Zone, Panama (August Busck, collector), bred from larvae in bamboo joints. Type. — No. 10851, U. S. National Museum. The larvae are allied to those of Sabethes undosus, but differ in many particulars, so that a distinct species is indicated, in spite of the apparent identity of the adults. The air-tube is short, without any basal enlargement and but two pairs of single hairs; the body hairs are finer, less coarsely stellate ; the dorsal hooks of the seventh seg- ment with a tooth instead of simple ; maxillae less stout with seven small teeth instead of four large coarse ones. Sabethes undosus Coquillett. A large series of bred specimens was obtained by Mr. Busck from larvae in bamboo joints, the larvae agreeing with those figured by us under this name. The genus Sahethinus Lutz is apparently synony- mous with Sabethes, and his species Sabethinus aurescens with Sabethes undosus. We are unable to determine at present which specific name has priority. Sabethoides Theobald. We suppressed this genus as a synonym of Sabethes, but it can be recognized therefrom by the long slender proboscis, not swollen at the tip. The prothoracic lobes are approximate, but not absolutely con- tiguous. Lutz and Theobald place this genus under the heading "palpi short in both sexes," but apparently neither of these authors has seen a male. We have a single male of Sabethoides cyaneus Fab. (= confusus Theob. ) in which the palpi are nearly as long as the pro- boscis. (They are broken, but the end of the long joint reaches to the middle of the proboscis. ) Phoniomyia chrysomus, new species. $. — Proboscis long and slender, black; occiput dark scaled, a small silvery spot on the vertex ; prothoracic lobes prominent, clothed with shining coppery scales ; mesonotum and scutellum clothed with dark scales with faint greenish and bronzy luster, setce of scutellum dark ; metanotum deep brown with a group of setse ; abdomen black above with faint bluish sheen, beneath silvery white, the colors sepa- rated in a straight line ; legs dark, with brassy reflection beneath, the mid legs with the third and fourth tarsal joints and the apex of the second silvery white at the side. Length, 2.5 mm. One specimen, Tabernilla, Canal Zone, Panama (August Busck, collector), bred from larvte in water in leaves of Bromelias. Type. — No. 10854, U.' S. National Museum. Dec, 1907.] Dyar &: Knae : Mosquitoes from Canal Zone. 209 Phoniomyia scotinomus, new species. $ . — Proboscis long and slender, very slightly enlarged towards the apex, black ; palpi very short ; clypeus yellow-brown ; occiput dark scaled, the vertex and dividing line of the eyes obscurely silvery ; prothoracic lobes prominent, approx- imated, clothed with dark scales with a blue and violet luster ; mesonotum clothed with dark-brown scales with slight bronzy luster, faintly greenish in certain lights ; scales of the scutellum like those of the mesonotum ; setre of the scutellum dark ; metanotum deep brown with a group of setae towards the apex ; abdomen black scaled above, with faint bluish luster, beneath lustrous whitish, the colors separated in a straight line on the sides, apex of the abdomen dilated ; legs dark scaled above, beneath brassy, the middle legs silvery beneath on the third and fourth joints, hind legs silvery beneath on the last joint. Length, 3 mm. 9 . — Similar to the male. Three specimens, Boqueron River, Panama, and Tabernilla, Canal Zone, Panama (August Busck, collector), bred from larvce in water in the leaves of Bromelias. Ty/e. — No. 10855, U. S. National Museum. Phoniomyia philophone, new species. Proboscis long and slender, nearly as long as the body, very slightly enlarged towards the apex ; clypeus prominent, pitchy brown, covered with fine gray pubes- cence; tori of the antennae black with fine silvery pubescence ; occiput behind the eyes broadly silver scaled ; palpi very short, black ; vertex with green and blue iridescent scales ; antennal segments long, the whorls of hairs consist of a few long ones, and being well removed from each other do not give a densely plumose appearance ; prothoracic lobes large, prominent, collar-like, closely approximate but not contiguous, clothed with violet and blue metallic scales and with many coarse bristles on the front margin ; mesonotum rather short, stout, clothed with dark olivaceous and green scales ; metanotum short, globose, with two longitudinal impressions, pitchy brown, a group of setae beyond the middle ; abdomen long and slender, compressed, clothed above with blackish scales with an obscure greenish luster, beneath with white scales, divided on the sides in a straight line ; legs long and slender, dark brown with bronzy luster, a whitish reflection on the front tarsi. Length, 3 mm. Twenty specimens, Tabernilla, Canal Zone, Panama (x\ugust Busck, collector), bred from larvae in leaves of Bromelias. Tyfie. — No. 10852, U. S. National Museum. Wyeomyia codiocampa, new species. 9 . — Proboscis rather short and stout, thickened towards the apex, black scaled ; clypeus large, globose, brown with minute gray pubescence ; palpi very short, black scaled ; eyes divided by a narrow white-scaled strip ; occiput clothed with brownish iridescent scales, the ocular margin narrowly white and forming a triangular patch between the eyes ; prothoracic lobes large, prominent, well separated, the basal portion silvery white, tip also white, the central portion blackish brown ; mesonotum short, convex, clothed with bronzy brown scales ; seta? of the scutellum ferruginous I 210 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xv. yellow ; metanotum pitchy black with a group of setae towards the apex ; abdomen rather stout, compressed, truncate at the tip with numerous terminal coarse bristles, black scaled above, creamy white beneath, the white forming deep lateral incisions at the apices of the segments ; legs dark, with ^bronzy luster, the'fore legs pale brassy beneath throughout their length, mid legs with the apical portion of the second, the third and fourth joints silvery white beneath, hind legs with the second and third joints silvery white beneath, the fourth and fifth bronzy brown. Length, 4 mm. ^ . — Antennae shorter than in the female, the hairs of the whorls more numerous ; palpi very short, white scaled ; abdomen strongly compressed along the anterior two thirds, the apex dilated, with lateral and ventral groups of coarse bristles ; front legs with the third and fourth joints silvery white beneath, the middle and hind legs light brassy beneath, on the mid legs becoming silvery white on the third and fourth joints, on the hind legs the apical half of the first, the second, third and basal part of the fourth joints silvery white beneath. Length, 4.5 mm. Eleven specimens, Tabernilla, Canal Zone, Panama (August Busck, collector), part of the specimens bred from larvse in bamboo joints, the others caught in a bamboo woods. Type. — No. 10853, U. S. National Museum. Wyeomyia panamena, new species. Proboscis moderately stout, enlarged towards the apex ; palpi short, silvery scaled at the apex; clypeus prominent, brown, with fine whitish pubescence; tori yellow with fine silvery pubescence ; occiput entirely dark scaled with faint irides- cence, white on the lower part of the side ; prothoracic lobes large and prominent, well separated, clothed with blackish scales, a patch of whitish ones at the apices, the lower portion whitish scaled ; mesonotum and scutellum clothed with brownish scales with bronzy and bluish luster ; metanotum pitchy black, with a group of setae near the apex ; abdomen compressed, black scaled above, white beneath, the colors separated in a straight line on the sides ; legs entirely dark with metallic luster, beneath the legs are bright bronzy. Length, 4 mm. One specimen, Tabernilla, Canal Zone, Panama (August Busck, collector), bred from a pupa in a bamboo joint. Type. — No. 10856, U. S. National Museum. Wyeomyia circumcincta, new species. $ . — Proboscis moderate, much dilated at the tip, black ; palpi very short, dark scaled ; occiput dark scaled with bluish iridescence, eyes narrowly margined with white ; prothoracic lobes prominent, well separated, clothed with dark scales which have at the tip a violaceous coppery metallic sheen; mesonotum dark scaled, with bronzy and obscure bluish reflections, the front margin distinctly whitish scaled ; scutellum clothed like the mesothorax ; metanotum pitchy black, with a group of setse near the apex ; abdomen black above with blue and bronzy luster, creamy white beneath, the colors separated in a straight line on the sides ; legs dark above with bronzy luster, beneath mostly with a light brassy whitish sheen, on the middle legs the apical half of the second and all of the succeeding joints completely encircled Dec , 1907.] Dyar & Knab : Mosquitoes from Canal Zone. 211 with silvery white ; the brassy color of the under surface is interupted beneath by a dark shade on the first and second tarsal joints, the fore femora are mostly bronzy beneath on the apical half. Length, 3 mm. Two specimens, Tabernilla, Canal Zone, Panama (August Busck, collector), bred from larvae in the water in leaves of Bromelias. Type. — No. 10857, U. S. National Museum. Wyeomyia agnostips, new species. Proboscis rather slender, distinctly swollen towards the tip, black scaled ; palpi short, black scaled ; clypeus prominent, black ; occiput dark scaled, with blue and green iridescence, the eyes not margined by pale, a small silvery spot at the vertex, at the sides and beneath bright silvery ; prothoracic lobes large and prominent, well separated, clothed with shining coppery scales, which become violaceous on the sides ; pleura silver scaled ; mesonotum clothed with brown scales, with slight me- tallic luster, basally and on the scutellum with faint greenish reflection, setce at the bases of the wings and on the scutellum golden yellow ; metanotum pitchy brown wilji a bluish bloom, a group of setae towards the apex ; abdomen compressed, clothed above with black scales with greenish luster, beneath with creamy white shining vesti- ture, the colors separated in a straight line on the sides ; legs dark, brassy beneath, the middle pair with the apical three fourths of the second joint and all the succeeding joints silvery white on the inner side, hind legs with the fourth and fifth tars.il joints white on the inner side. Length, 4.5 mm. One specimen, Tabernilla, Canal Zone, Panama (August Busck, collector), captured in bamboo woods. Type. — No. 10858, U. S. National Museum. Wyeomyia homothe, new species. Proboscis long and slender, distinctly swollen at the apex ; palpi very short, dark scaled, a few light scales at the tip ; clypeus and tori light brown with fine grayish pubescence ; wedge between the eyes broad, silvery scaled ; occiput entirely dark scaled, the eyes without margin of light scales ; prothoracic lobes large and promi- nent, well separated, clothed with brown scales with violet reflection, the apices broadly silvery as also the base below ; mesonotum clothed with dull-brown scales, the seta; of the scutellum brown ; metanotum pitchy brown, with a group of setae towards the apex; abdomen compressed, black scaled above with greenish luster, extending well down the sides, the venter narrowly creamy-white scaled ; legs long and slender, dark with bronzy luster, the mid legs with the third, fourth and fifth tarsal joints marked with white on the inner side, rather indistinct and only clearly visible in certain lights ; scales of the wing-veins long and narrow. Length, 3 mm. One specimen, Tabernilla, Canal Zone, Panama (August Busck, collector), captured in bamboo woods. Type. — No. 10859, U. S. National Museum. Wyeomyia hosautus, new species. Proboscis rather .short and stout, enlarged towards the apex, black scaled ; j>alpi .short, black scaled ; clypeus prominent, black with fine grayish pubescence ; the 212 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xv. wedge between the eyes covered with silvery scales ; occiput entirely dark scaled with blue and green iridescence, no pale margin to the eyes ; prothoracic lobes large and prominent, well separated, clothed with dark scales, the apex silvery scaled as also the base below ; mesonotum and scutellum clothed with brownish and blackish scales which show a bluish luster, seta? of the scutellum brown ; metanotum deep brown with a group of setse towards the apex ; abdomen compressed, black scaled above, beneath creamy white, the colors separated in a straight line on the sides; legs dark with metallic luster, brassy beneath, the middle legs with the tip of the second and the succeeding joints silvery white on the inner side; wings with the scales of the veins short and broad on the outer half. Length, 3.5 rnm. One specimen, Tabernilla, Canal Zone, Panama (August Busck, collector), bred from a pupa found in a bamboo joint. Type. — No. 10860, U. S. National Museum. Wyeomyia leucopisthepus, new species. Proboscis rather long and slender, swollen at the apex ; palpi very short, black scaled ; occiput dark scaled, with blue-green luster, the eyes evenly white margingd, a small white spot on the vertex ; prothoracic lobes large and prominent, well sep- arated, clothed with dark scales, the apices and bases silvery scaled ; mesonotum brown scaled, in front with a few whitish scales; metanotum blackish with a group of set£e towards the apex ; abdomen black scaled above, white scaled beneath, the colors separated in a straight line on the sides ; legs dark with bronzy luster, brassy beneath, on the hind legs the fourth and fifth tarsal joints are silvery-white scaled on the inner side except at their apices which are dark scaled ; scales of the wing- veins long and narrow. Length, 2.5 mm. One specimen, Tabernilla, Canal Zone. Panama (August Busck, collector), bred from larvae in water in the leaves of Bromelias. Type. — No. 10S61, U. S. National Museum. Wyeomyia macrotus, new species. Proboscis rather long and slender, swollen at the apex, black scaled ; palpi short, black scaled ; clypeus prominent, black, with fine grayish pubescence; occiput dark scaled with bluish luster, a metallic spot on the vertex, no white margin to the eyes ; prothoracic lobes large and prominent, well separated, blackish scaled, the tips and basal part white in certain lights and connected behind by a whitish band ; mesonotum brown scaled, with faint bronzy and blue reflections, the hairs of the scutellum dark ; metanotum dark brown with a few setre near the apex ; abdomen dark scaled above with bronzy and bluish luster, beneath creamy white, the colors separated in a straight line on the sides ; legs moderately slender, dark with bronzy luster, brassy beneath ; scales of the wing-veins mostly short and broad, a few longer ones in the region of the cross-veins. Length, 3 mm. Three specimens, Boqueron River, Panama, and Tabernilla, Canal Zone, Panama (August Busck, collector), bred from larvae in the water in the leaves of Bromelias. The pupa has remarkably long breathing tubes. Type. — No. 10862, U. S. National Museum. Dec, 1907.] Dyar & Knab : North American Mosquitoes. 213 DESCRIPTIONS OF THREE NEW NORTH AMERICAN MOSQUITOES. By Harrison G. Dyar and Frederick Knab, Washington, D. C. Aedes campestris, new species. 9 • — Proboscis straight, clothed with black scales and, on the basal half, with a sprinkling of yellowish gray ones; palpi short, black scaled with lighter scales intermixed ; occiput pale ocher-yellow, a dark brownish stripe on each side of the median area, margins of the eyes lighter scaled, collar dark scaled ; prothoracic lobes, pleura and coxoe roughly yellowish white scaled; mesonotum ochreous yellow, a broad rich brown stripe down the middle, basally two short brown stripes on each side of this ; shoulders broadly marked with brown ; scutellum pale ochreous scaled, the setae pale shining yellow ; abdomen dull yellowish white scaled, the second, third, fourth and fifth segments with large patches of black scales on each side of the middle, reaching the apex but not the base, these patches have a few whitish scales intermixed, on the succeeding segments these patches are indicated by a slight sprinkling of black scales, beneath the abdomen is entirely yellowish white scaled ; legs with femora and tibise pale ochreous yellow scaled with a sprinkling of black scales, which becomes heaviest towards the apices of the tibiae, first tarsal joint yellowish scaled sprinkled with black, the black becoming heavier towards the apex, the apex ringed with yel- low-white, second third and fourth joints blackish above, ringed at both ends with yellowish white, the last joint entirely yellowish white, the tarsi show a brassy luster which tends to obscure the markings, on the fore tarsi the markings are more or less obsolete ; wing-veins clothed with narrow dull yellowish white scales with a slight sprinkling of black ones. Claws all toothed. Length, 5 mm. $ . — Palpi about as long as the probroscis, clothed with yellowish and dark scales intermixed, the pale scales predominating, the apical half with lateral long dense ferruginous and brown hairs with silky luster; antennae rather short, densely plumose, the hairs pale brown and ferruginous with silky luster ; abdomen long, depressed on the apical half, clothed with dull yellowish white scales, the lateral hairs abundant, pale yellow with silky luster. Length, 5.5 mm. Fourteen specimens, Oxbow, Saskatchewan, Canada (F. Knab) ; Regina, Carnduff and Qu'Apelle, Saskatchewan, Canada (T. N. WilHng, through Dr. J. Fletcher) ; Elsinore, Utah (E. S. G. Titus) ; Salt Lake, Utah (H. S. Barber). Type. — No. 10874, U. S. National Museum. Aedes riparius, new species. 9 . — Proboscis slender, dark scaled with a sprinklingof lighter yellowish scales- particularly towards the base ; palpi short, dark scaled, with the apex and the median segment lighter scaled ; occiput yellow scaled with brassy luster, a large brown spot 214 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xv. on each side of the middle and another one well down the side ; prothoracic lobes yellow scaled ; mesonotum bright ferruginous brown with silky luster, at the bases of the wings and on the antescutellar area light yellow scaled, two submedian narrow longitudinal yellow lines reach the base on each side of the antescutellar area; scu- tellum yellow scaled, the setpe abundant and concolorous with the scales; metanotum brown ; postscutellum clothed with dull yellowish white scales and with pale hairs ; abdomen clothed principally with light scales above, at the bases of the segments the scaling is dull yellowish white and shades oft' into a light ferruginous on the lighter scales, on the apical two thirds of the segments there is a strong sprinkling of dusky scales which becomes predominant on the second, third and fourth segments, beneath the abdomen is entirely yellowish white scaled ; legs with the femora and tibiae pale ochreous scaled with a sprinkling of blackish scales which becomes very heavy at the apices, particularly on the tibiae ; tarsi black, with very broad basal yellowish white rings. Claws all toothed. Wing-scales brown, heavily sprinkled with yellow ones in the costal region, the scales long and narrow. Length 5.5 mm. ^ . — Palpi slightly longer than the proboscis, clothed with dusky and yellowish scales, which latter tend to form bands, the apical half densely clothed with brown and pale ferruginous hairs with a silky luster ; abdomen long and slender, the apical half depressed, the marginal cilia long and dense, pale yellow. Length, 6 mm. Si.xty-eight specimens, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (F. Knab), found along the banks of the Assiniboine River, among the trees. The female bites both by day and night. Tj>J>e. — No. 10875, U. S. National Museum. Culex egberti, new species. 9- — Proboscis moderately long and slender, swollen towards the tip, roughly black scaled ; palpi short, black ; occiput dark scaled, margins of the eyes dull whitish scaled ; mesonotum brown scaled ; pleura dark brownish with patches of whitish scales ; metanotum dark brown ; abdomen depressed, truncate at tip, black scaled above, without metallic luster, the segments with narrow white basal bands which are broadened at the sides, beneath with broad white basal bands ; legs black scaled with bronzy luster, the femora light scaled beneath ; claws equal and simple ; scales of the wings long and dense, broad on some of the veins, uniformly brown. Length, 3 mm. Three specimens, Warner's Camp, North Shore of Lake Okeecho- bee, Florida (J. H. Egbert). Type. — No. 10876, U. S. National Museum. Named in honor of Dr. J. H. Egbert, who collected these and other interesting mosquitoes in central Florida. Two of the specimens are distended with blood. Dec, 1907.] Knab : Mosquitoes as Flower Visitors. 215 MOSQUITOES AS FLOWER VISITORS. By Frederick Knab, Washington, D. C. In discussions of the feeding habits of mosquitoes one often finds the statement that mosquitoes suck the juices of plants and visit flowers to obtain honey. Generally, however, no details are given that would convince one that these statements are based upon actual observation. During the past season I found a species of mosquito frequenting flowers in large numbers. It was obvious from the behavior of these mosquitoes that the habit is quite normal with them. Confident that the habit, of mosquitoes, of visiting flowers could not have altogether escaped observation I made a hasty canvas of the available literature and brought together the following records of a more definite character. Theobald states : "I have frequently seen Culicidse settled on Com- positse, sucking the juices of the flowers, both males and females." ^ According to Giles "they are frequently found on flowers, and especially in England on the catkins of the willow." f Ficalbi found the first male of his Culex albopunctatus upon a flower, sucking the honey, and upon searching the woods he found numbers of the males thus engaged upon flowers of the same kind. % A number of records were traced through Knuth's Handbuch der Bliitenbiologie. Hermann Miiller has observed the male of Culex pipiens sucking on the flowers of Rhafnnus frangiila.^ He has observed, in his room, this same species of mosquito effecting the fertilization of Lopezia coronata by releasing the pollen and transmitting it to the stigma of an older flower, II Burkill in observations on the flower-visitors of Mentha aquatica, made at Scarborough between September 20 and October 7, found an Anopheles species "• four times, seemingly sucking honey." ** The sex is not indicated. * Theobald, F. V. : Monogr. Culicidte, Vol. I, 1901, p. 69. f Giles, G. M. : Handbook of Gnats or Mosquitoes, 2 ed., 1902, p. 114. X P'icalbi, E. : Venti specie di zanzare (Culicidie) italiane. Bull. Soc. Ent. Ital., Vol. XXXI, 1899, pp. 107, 186. § Miiller, H. : Die Befruchtung der Blumen durch Insekten, 1873, p. 153. IJZ. ..,p. 198. ** Willis, J. C. & I. H. Burkill : Flowers and Insects in Great Britain, Pt. I, Annals of Botany, Vol. IX, 1895, p. 256. 216 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xv. The foregoing records are all European. Several American observers have noted mosquitoes on flowers. Robertson, in a list of insects found on the flowers of Ceanothus amen canus between June 19 and 29 includes an undetermined species of Culicidae. * Smith has found the males of Aedes soUicitafis " in great numbers in wild cherry blossoms in the early evening, apparently busied in getting at the nectar. Females have been observed at the same time ; but apparently these abandoned the vegetable food readily, when the animal odor advised them of something more to their taste." % Dr. Graenicher lists Aedes stimiilaus among the flower-visitors of Smilax herbacea and Smilax hispida. § No further data are given and upon inquiry Dr. Graenicher informed me that he has no notes which would supply details regarding these observations. However he has very kindly furnished me the following interesting observations upon Aedes sylves- tris, recently made by him, which I give verbatim. " At the beginning of August, while collecting the visitors of our earliest species of goldenrod, Solidago juncea, I came across a species of Culex on two different occasions. Before writing to you on this subject I preferred to follow up the matter more closely. Last Sun- day [Sept. i] the opportunity presented itself, and I found Culex sy/- vestris Theo. (determined by Mr. C. T. Brues, Public Museum of Milwaukee) on the flowers of the following three species oi Solidago : hmcea Ait., canadensis L., and lanceolata E. (^Euthamia graminifolia (L.) Nutt. in Britton's Manual). This species of Culex is common in our region, and it was well represented on the flowers throughout the afternoon, but especially towards evening. Males and females were present, both eagerly sucking nectar. By approaching them cautiously I was able to observe their actions very distinctly with the aid of a lens. During the earlier part of the afternoon the females (which by some are supposed to partake of animal juices only) were present in greater numbers than the males, but later on both sexes were about equally represented." My own observations were made last spring upon Aedes spenceri * Robertson, Ch. : Flowers and insects, III. Bot. Gazette, Vol. XIV, 1889, p. 304. f Howard, L. O. : Mosquitoes, 1902, p. 36, and Smith, J. B. : Report, mosqui- toes of N. J., 1904, pp. 27, 203. J Graenicher, S. : Flowers adapted to flesh-flies. Bull. Wise. Nat. Hist. Soc, Vol. I, no. I, 1902, pp. 33, 34. Dec, 1907. J Knab : Mosquitoes as Flower Visitors. 217 Theo. during my stay in Saskatchewan. I shall give some particulars of the life history of this species as they throw some light on its feed- ing habits. This species develops in immense numbers from the numerous ditches and temporary pools of snow-water scattered over the prairie. The females are voracious blood-suckers and in the early part of the summer make life on the prairie a torture for man and beast. The species is strictly diurnal. The season was an unusu- ally late one this year and the first mosquitoes were seen flying on May 30. The first males were seen swarming on June 5. After several cold, damp days the mosquitoes were again active on June 9, the females biting, the males swarming. The following day there was a very high wind which confined the mosquitoes to their retreats in the grass. June 11 was a hot day with only light wind. On an excursion into the prairie, early in the afternoon, the female mos- quitoes were found much fewer in number, perhaps as a result of the great heat. No males were seen swarming, as had been the case on previous favorable days. However, upon examining the willow bushes along the margins of ponds and ditches the males were found in numbers upon the willow catkins. Often there were five or six on one catkin, confining themselves to that part of it which was in full bloom. They climbed about on the stamens and probed down amongst them to get the honey. They appeared very eager in this work, plunging the proboscis down for a second then quickly with- drawing it to reinsert it in another place, sometimes even scrambling over each other in their eagerness. The palpi, together with the antennae, are held erect nearly at right angles to the proboscis. There were also a few females at the willow catkins, feeding in the same manner as the males but less eagerly. The following day, June 12, was warm but very windy. Along the river bank the mosquitoes were again found abundant upon the willow blooms, and this in spite of the high wind which must have made it very difficult for them to maintain their position. As before, most of the mosquitoes on the catkins were males. Although there was an abundance of flowers of various kinds on the prairie at this time none of these were visited by the mosquitoes. A period of continuous violent wind followed. When this had subsided the mosquitoes were again investigated on June 18. The males had now nearly all disappeared; there were none upon the willow catkins and only a very few could be obtained by beating. 218 Journal New York Entomological Society, [Voi. xv. Several points are brought out by these data. The life of the male mosquito does not, at the most, extend over more than two weeks. The males do not appear to take food until after the period of swarm- ing or copulation, nor, in spite of the food taken, do they survive long after the mating period. The females probably only resort to flowers when very hungry and blood is not obtainable. It should be borne in mind that these deductions apply in particular to Aedes spenceri. Now that we are more familiar with the habits of individual species of mosquitoes it is obvious that no statements which apply generally can be made from observations on the habits of one species. Thus, according to Dr. Graenicher's observations, the females of Aedes sylvestris visit flowers in equal numbers with the males. This species, although a well-known blood-sucker,' is not so agressive and persistent in its quest for blood as Aedes spenceri. Moreover it is crepuscular in habit and therefore most abundant on the flowers in the evening, w^hile Aedes j/'<;lassified according to their usual occurrence as follows : On sappy tree stumps and logs, the following genera are found : Carpophilus, Colastus, Ips, Amphicrossus, Cryptarcha, Prometopia, Soronia (except ulkei) and Epuma peltoides. These genera are also found by sifting old leaves about tree stumps having perhaps been attracted to the locality by sap at some previous time. On flowers the following occur : on nettles, Brachypterus urticce and Aleligethes ; on Elder, Cercus abdominalis ; on Yucca, Carpophilus yuccce ; on agave, Anthonczus agavensis ; on Convolvulus (Bind weed), Conotettis [C. mexicanus, on greenhouse species) ; on Brassica, Meligethes. On decaying animal matter especially greasy bones : Nitidula and Oviosita. On foreign dried fruits : Carpophilus hemipterus. Under bark on mould : Rhizophagus and Prometopia. On fungus : Cychramus, Epuraa, Phenolia, Pallodes, Pocadius (on Lycoperdon), Oxycnemus (on phallus or stink-horn only), Cybocephalus (in clusters on fungus- grown logs and on twigs), Epurcea monagamia (on small white globular fungus of pine). On rotting fruit : Stelidota geminata. In ants' nests under stones, Saronia ulkei (the ant being Cremastogaster lineo- lata Say, var. lutescens Emery). On palmetto : Smicrips palmicola. Index To Names of Insects in Volume XV. Generic names begin with a capital, specific names with a small initial. Abagrotis, 149 abbreviata, 100 abdominalis, 252 aberrans, 186, 188 aberratella, 138 abfitchii, 244 abrasaria, 129 acadiensis, 151 acclivis, 108 aceris, 250 acmon, 48 Acontia, 229 Acrocera, 8 Acronycta, 221 Aedes, 9, 17, 201, 213, 216, 2ii 246, 247 segrana, 3 1 aenea, 93 seneus, 95 sequalis, 3 aerea, 91 sestiva, 86 sestuans, 7 affurata, 158 Agapema, 176 agavensis, 252 Agdistis, 172 Agia, 132 agitator, 100 Aglais, 43 Agonosoma, 5 agnostips, 211 Agraylea, 164 agricola, 48 agrotiformis, 158 Agrotiphila, 151 Agrotis, 143, 144, 146, 147 Akroma, 4 241, Alabama, 59, 118 Alarodia, 221 albalis, 145 < albicollis, 5 albilinea, 161 albipes, 169 albitarsis, 246 albopenicillatus, i albopunctatus, 215 albovaria, 6 alia, 160 Allograpta, 93 Allotrichia, 164 alpinella, 137 alternaus, 159 alternata, 8, 175 alternatus, 79 Alydus, 116 amaryllis, 231 Amathes, 113 americana, 155 americanus, 92, 167, 181 amicus, 185 Amphicrossus, 252 Amphidasys, 222, 234 ampla, 156 amydalina, 161 analis, 8, 98 . Anapera, 6 Anaphes, 59 Anaphora, 52 Anarmostus, 8 Anarta, 151, iss angelus, 228 anguina, 154 angustana, 22 angustior, 185 angustiorata, 54 253 254 Journal New York Entomological Society. angustiventris, 98 angustivittatus, 9 animosana, 235 Anisocheleomyia, 246 Anisolabis, 168 Anisotaenia, 20 Anistoma, 175 Annaphila, 141 annulata, 244 annulicornis, 8 annulipes, 168, 247 annulitarsis, 8 Anomala, 68, 69 Anomogyna, 149 anonymus, 7 Anopheles, 13, 17, 19S Anosia, 44 antennata, 68, 69 Anthonreus, 252 anthononii, 179, 181 Anthonomus, 180 Anthrax, 4 Antichseta, 8 antiopa, 43 antoni, 168 Apatelodes, 231 Aphis, 9 Aphodius, 61 aphrodite, 56 approximatus, 82 Aprostocetus, 180 aranea, 6 arboricola, "jz, -jt, arcanus, 1 1 Archips, 235 arctons, 187 arcuatus, 92, 185, 187 areletta, 229 areli, 230 argillacea, 59, 118 Argynnis, 42, 56 Argyramoeba, 4 arietis, 152, 153 arizonensis, 61, 184, 18 arizonica, 63, ■}■>, arizonicus, "^6, jy^ 79 arizoniella, 140 armaticeps, 189 artesta, 156 Asphondylia, 8 associans, 149 asterquinus, 5, 6 asteroides, 40 astricta, 146 Ataxia, 84 ater, i atlantis, 56 215, 242 Atlides, 45 atomosana, 22 Atomosia, 5 atrifrons, 147 atriplicis, 4, 8 atropalpus, 11, 245 atropos, 7 atrox, I audaculana, 235 auge, 226 augusta, 42 aurantiaca, 141 auratus, 9, 10 aureana, 25 aurealbida, 31 aureoviridis, 178 aurescens, 208 auricomana, 236 auricularia, 170 austriana, 236 Autographa, 120 Automeris, 131 auxiliaris, 144 azteca, 232 Baccha, 91 baccharis, 6 badiana, 20 balteatus, 9 baracana, 23 Barathra, 150 barberi, 242 bardus, 184, 188 basalis, 75, 79 Basilarchia, 44 beata, 149 belus, So bellum, 5 beutenmuelleri, 219, 221 beyeri, 66 Bibio, 8 bicolor, 89 bifurcatus, 242 bigoti, 122 bilineata, 2^3 bimaculana, 30 bimaculatus, 246 binotata, 70 bipartita, 97 birdana, 22 birkmanni, 184 Blepharapeza, 8 Bombylius, i, 4 Boreodromia, 8 Boreomyia, 8 Borkhausenia, 139 Borolia, 160 Index. 255 146, 147, 169 26 Botis, 104 Brachmia, 137 Brachycosmia, 113 Brachylomia, 113 Brachypteromyia, 6 Brachypterus, 252 Bradycinctus, 61 brassicse, 120, 150 brevisetosa, 62 Brothylus, 82 bruchi, 181 Bruchus, 181 brunnea, 116, Bryomma, 113 bubalus, 119 bucephalus, 2 bunteana, 20, burgessi, 168 buscki, 166, 167 buxea, 52 Cac(Ecia, 235 Cacomyia, 247 Cacotherapia, 52 caducus, no Csereocharis, 106, 107 caeruleiformis, 9 cseruleifrons, 9 calanus, 130 Calidota, 228 californica, 43, 44, 55, 66, callidimera, 8 Callidryas, 41 callimera, 8 Callosamia, loi calopus, 13 calosomata, 200 cambrica, 129 campestris, 142, 144, 213 campicolana, 28 Canace, 6 canadensis, 153, 244, 246 Canarsia, no cancer, 121, 200 Candida, 48 canfieldi, 207 canities, 153 cantans, 244 capitosus, 189 capsularis, 156 carbonarius, 7 Cardepia, 156 carduana, 134 cardui, 43 carinicollis, 79 carinifrons, 71 Caripeta, 54 carmodyse, 202 141, 169 carolinensis, 5, 6 carnea, 147 Carneades, 159 carpinata, 132 Carpocapsa, 35, 120 Carpophilus, 252 Carposina, 19, 34 cams, 81 caryje, 43 caryre-caulis, 250 cassicordis, 53 catalinella, 136 Catocala, 250 Catorhintha, 250 cavifrons, 70 cavirostris, 78, 80 Cecidomyia, 4 Celaena, 153, 155 Cenophengus, 251 centralis, 7, 69 cepetorum, 6 cephalanthi, 9 Ceramica, 160 Ceratolophus, i Ceratopogon, 7 Cercus, 252 Cercyonis, 44 Ceresa, 119 ceresara, 119 Ceria, 100 Chabuata, 156 chjetopodus, 91 Chalcomyia, 91 chartaria, 150 Chartaria, 150 Chelisoches, 169 chevrolatii, 80 Chilosia, 90 Chironomus, 3, 7 Chlidonia, 20 chloropha, 141 choris, 143 Chorizagrotis, 144 Chrysobia, 45 chrysocephalus, 242 Chrysoceria, i Chrysoconops, 246 chrysomus, 208 Chrysogaster, 88 Chrysops, 7, 8 chrysopyga, 8 chrysopygata, 8 cHrysotoxum, 88 cimbiciformis, 97 cinctipes, 188 cinerea, 142, 147 cinereicollis, 147 256 Journal New York Entomological Society. cinereoborealis, 245 cinereomaculata, 143 cingulata, 3 cinnabarina, 155 circuita, 109 circumcincta, 155, 210 circumvadis, 156 Cirphis, 160 Cirrhophanus, 108 cladonia, 234 clavata, 91 Cleora, 53 Clisiocampa, 2:^2 cloanthoides, 145 clypealis, 68, 70 Clysia, 20 coadjutor, 51 coarctatus, 87 cockerelli, 8, 188 codiocampa, 209 coenia, 44 cogitans, 143 cognatella, 164 Colastus, 252 colatus, 188 Colinita, 139 colla, 229 coloradensis, 164 Columbia, 48, 153 Columbiana, 237 columbica, 72 comes, 22, 31 comis, 15s comma, 51 comosa, 90 Commophila, 19, 21, 30 communis, 158 Conanthalictus, 182 conar, 158 concordata, 129 Condidea, 95 condolescens, 11 configurata, 150 confusa, 159 confusus, 208 congermana, 160 congregatus, 181 conjugata, 152 connata, 63 Conops, 5 conostoma, 96 Conotetus, 252 conradti, 231 conservator, 203 consolator, 204 consopita, 158 contrahens, 158 constricta, 142 convallaria, 129 cooleyi, 186, 188 Copaeodes, 48 Copitarsia, 159 coquilletti, 243 cora, '141, 227 corx, 77, 80 cordleyi, 186, 188 - coriaceus, 184, 187 corrigani, 203 Coscinoptycha, 35 Cosmosoma, 226 cossoides, 53 costipennis, 83 coticula, loi cotullensis, 182 Crambidia. 227 crassicornis, 186 Craterestra, 150 Cremastogaster, 252 creper, 92 crescentella, 36 cribrosa, 63 criddlella, no Criorhina, 5, 99 cristifera. 154 Crocigrapha, 160 crotchi, 152 crucians, 242 crydina, 152 crypta, 85 Cryptarcha, 252 Cryptopristus, 178 cubensis, 9, 100 culea, 158 Culex, II. 13, 16, 100, 123, 201, 202, 203, 204, 205, 207, 214, 215, 218, 241, 242, 244, 245, 247 Culicada, 244 Culicelsa, 246 Culiciomyia, 244 culicivora, 207 Culiseta, 17, 245 cumatilis, 129 Cupido, 46 curriei, 245 Curtoneura, 8 curvipes, 98 cyanea, 190 cyaneus, 208 cybele, 56 Cybocephalus, 252 Cychramus, 252 cylindrica, 94 cymatophora, 129 cynica, 158 Index. 267 cynipsea, 6 Cynthia, loi, 174, 251, 25; Cyrtoxipha, 237 dsedalus, 47 Danielsia, 201 Dargida, 155 dasiphorse, 185 Dasylechia, i Dasyllis, s Datana, 55 decemlineata, igo deceptana, 29 declarata, 144 decolor, 144 decorus, 84 defecta, 193 defessa, 150 Deinocerites, 121, 200 delicatula, 237, 238 delicia, 52 Dendrolimus, 231 densa, 154 denticularia, 107 derivatum, 88 desiderata, 6 despecta, 5 destinata, 129 Desvoidea, 243 determinata, 153 dia, 160 Diarhabdosia, 22-;, 22S diatretus, 186, 187, 188 Dicentria, 230 dichrous, 79 digitatus, 206, 207 Dilophus, 4 dimidiatus, 95 dimorphella, 136 Dinomimetes, 120 Dimorus, 177 diplosidis, 180 Diplosis, 4, 181 Diplotaxis, 61 Discestra, 150 Dischistus, 4 discolor, 153 Discotenes, 116 discus, 186, 188 distinctus, 188 Ditropinotus, 178, 179 divergens, 185, 188 divisus, 7 Ditomyia, 3 Dixa, 7 docilis, 146, 148 dolorosus. I domestica, 8 dorsalis, 119, 241 dorsilutea, 142 dorsimaculana, 22 Drosophila, 2 dryope, 45 Dryotype, 113 dubifer, 109 dubius, 5 ducens, 146 dulcicordis, 51 duponcheliana, 19, 21 dupreei, 245 dyari, 8, 109 Dyotopasta, 140 carina, 152, 153 eborata, 132 eboriosa, 160 echinata, 243 ectrapela, 156 edwardsi, 130 edwardsiana, 2^ edithella, 138 egberti, 214 egregius, 79, 86, 88 eiseni, 242 ejuncida, 98 electra, 54 elegans, 229 Elipsocus, 166 elongata, 106 emarginata, 93 emmedonia, 158 encelioides. 182 enoptes, 48 Epargyreus, 49 Epia, 156 Epicallima, 138 Epidemia, 46 epigsea, 63 epilais, 226 Episilia, 148 Epistor, 50 epitedeus, 120 Epursea, 252 equinus, 247 equivocator, 203 Erax, 5 ericetorum, 49 Eridontomerus, 178, 179 eriensis, 147 erigeronana, 22 Eriglyptus, 179, :8o Eriopyga, 158 Eristalis, 95 erratica, 149 258 JOURNAL New York Entomological Society erroraria, io6 erynnioides, 50 Erynnis, 48, 51 eryphon, 45 estriatus, 75, 79 eubule, 41 Euchaetes, 229 Eucymatoge, 234 Eudicrana, 3 Eudistenia, 82 Eulecanium, 250 Euparyphus, 4 Eupoedus, 91 Euphoria, 73 Eupithecia, 107 extricator, 205 Epuraea, 252 Eugonia, 43 Eupoecilia, 21 eurinus, 116 Eurotype, 113 eurydice, 41 Eurymus, 41 eury theme, 41 Euxanthis, 21 Eustroma, 129 Eutreta, 6 Eutricha, 231 Euvanessa, 43 Euxanthis, 21 Euxoa, 142, i43j 145 evanidalis, 145 evicta, 159 evingi, 159 excavata, 66 exculpatrix, 230 exigua, T2, Exoprosopa, 4 exoticaria, 233 expulsa, 143 extincta, 161 farinosus, 184, 186 fartus, 186 fasciata, 8, 94, 244 fascialis, 98 fedorensis, 185 Felderia, 53 feliculella, no felix, 20 Feltia, 145. 146 femoralis, 89 femorata, 6 fernaldana, 36 ferrea, 155 ferruginea, 53 festiva, 89 filiana, 135 fiinbriata, 6 fimbripes, 68 fiskeana, 18 fitchii, 244 flabilis, 161 flammea, 161 flavescens, 6,11 flavicornis, 162 flavida, 164 flavilla, 69 flavipennis, 70 flavipes, 8, 93, 95 flavitibia, 99 fletcheri, 1 1 floccosana, 22 tlorida, 150 floridana, 71 floridanus, 79 forbesii, 184, 187 forcipata, 170 Forficula, 170 Formica, 176 foxii, 186, 187, 18 fusculenta, 152 fracta, 93 fragilis, 232 fraterna, 164 fraternana, 134 fraudulosa, 99 frigidaria, 129 frontalis, 2 Frontina, 8 frontosa, 4 frugiperda, 120 fugax, 7 fulgidus, 188 fuligineus. 8 fuliginosus, 8 fulla, 46 fulveola, 73 fulviplicana, 31 fulvus, 4, 246 funebris, 151 funeralis, 49 fur, 13 furcatus, 7 furfurata, 158 fuscipennis, 184, ; fuscipes, 4 fuscodorsana, 31 fuscofasciella, 137 fusculenta, 156 fusca, 142, 232 fuscus, 131 Gaediopsis, 8 gagatina, 170 galbina, 176 87 Index. 259 galpinsiae, i86, 187, 188 Gastroidea, 190 gaudeator, 204 Gelechia, 136 gelidus, 188 geminata, 94, 252 geniculata, 6 gillettei, 234 glabriventris, 184 glacialis, 8 Glaucina, 105, 107 glaucopis, 154 Gloveria, 54 Glyphidocera, 136 Gnophodeomyia, 242 golgolata, 107 Gonorthus, 233 gorgasi, 198 Grabhamia, 241, 244, 245 gracilis, 148 graminivora, 155 grandis, 23, 150 granitata, 128 granosus, 187 granulatus, 181 Graphiphora, 159 gravidula, 169 grossbecki, 246 gularis, 187 gundlachi, 2;}7, 238 gunniana, 26 gussata, 156 Hadena, 150. 155 hadeniformis, 150 Hjemagogus, 247 Hasmatomis, 227 haemorrhoidalis, 12 hsemorrhous, 90 halesiis, 45 lialophilus, 3 hainara, 155 hanhamella, no Harpagl;ea. 113 hastata, 129 hebesana, 250 Heliothis, 117, 141 helloides, 46 Helophilus, 96 helveolus, 3 Hemerophila, 137 Hemiargus, 48 heiTiipterus, 252 Hendecaneura, 134 henrici, 123, 130 herilis, 146 herrickii, 12, 243 Heterochroa, 2 heterodoxa, 160 hilda, 46 Himella, 158 Holaspis, 178 Holcocera, 140 HolocentropuSj 162 Holorusia, 7 Homodexia, 8 Homoncocnemis, 113 homothe, 211 hortator, 12 hosautus, 211 hospitalis, 146 huntera, 43 Hydriomena, 129 Hydroecia, 52 Hydroptila, 163 Hylesia, 51 Hyperaspis, 250 Hyperechia, i hypocritica, 109 Hypoprepia, 51 Hyssia, 156 Hysterosia, 21 hystricosus, 77 Halictus, 183, 188 Halticus, 182 harterti, 50 Hemileuca, 54 Hemitorymus, 178 Henicomyia, 4 hesitator, 204, 205 Hesperia, 49 histrionella, 74 Horisemus, 180 hospes, 25, 26 hubbardana, 27 hubbardii, 4 Hysterosia, 31 lanassa, 120 Idaema, 86 identicus, 207 illapsa, 149 illata, 143 illinoisensis, 98 imitator, 205 impingens, 151 impolita, 150 inceptaria, 129 Incisalia, 45, 123, 130 Incita, 141 incivis, 149 inconcinna, 152 inconstans, 69 incubita, 142 indolescens, 1 1 india, 40 260 Journal New York Entomological Society. inducta, 159 infecta, 149 inferior, 159 infidelis, 158 infumatus, 165 infuscata, 151 ingeniculata, 146, 148 ingenuuSj 50 innuba, 70 inopiana, 31, 34 inornata, 244 inornatus, 96 inquisitor, 202 insignata, 143 insignis, 78 insolens, 152, 153 insolita, 10 insueta, 160 insularis, 252 insulsa, 142, 143, 144 integerrima, 55 interruptaria, 107 intestinata, 234 integer, 96 introferens, 144 invalidaj 154 io, 131 lole, 41 Ipe, 252 irus, 123, 130 Tsochaetes, 219 isola, 48 Tsopenthes, 4 Isosoma, 179 jaculifera, 146 jsennickeana, 4 jamaicensis, 241, 243 janeirensis, 168 Janthinosoma, 241, 243 jenningsi, 204, 205 Joblotia, 123, 206, 248 Johanniseniellaj i joutelii, 17s jubilator, 201 jucunda, 147 jucundissima, 226 juguilensis, 66 jnncta, 147, 193 Junonia, 44 kelloggi, 151 Kelloggina, i kinciadii, 184 knausii, 64, 67 Labia, 168 labruscse, 50 ' Lachnosterna, 63 Isetabilis, 149 hetus, 97 laevicollis, 80 l?evifrons, 90 lamentator, 13 lanceolatuSj 87 lanuginosa, 151 Laphygma, 120 lapponica, 151 larissa, 154 Lasiestra, 151, 152 Lasionycta, 152 Lasiophthicus, 92 lata, 88, 95 Lathosea, 159 laticapitana, 20 laticauda, 8 latifrons, 96, 97, 185 latisquamma, 123 latitibia, 71, 7^ latiuscula, 8 laudamia, 228 lavana, 27 leguminana, 28 Lemonias, 42 Lepidoplatys, 246 lepidula, 153 leprincei, 202 Leptinotarsa, 190 Leptogaster, i Leptomeris, 129 Leptoglossus, 250 Leptopteromyia, 2 Leptostytus, 83 Leptotes, 48 lerouxii, 184, 186 Lesticocampa, 122, 207, 248 Leucania, 156, 160, 161, 250 leucocycla, 151 leucographa, 74 Leucophenga, 2 leucopisthepus, 212 Leucopis, 9 Lianema, 85 ligata, 161 ligatus. 183, 186, 189 lignicolor, 120 Limacodes, 219 limata. 4 Limenitis, 44 b'nearis, 169 lineata, 51 Hneolata, 252 linita, 161, 230 Liopus, 84 Listrochelus, 67 Lithacodes, 18 Index. 2G1 Litanomyia, 8 lithcecetor, 201 lixivorus, 180 Lixus, 180 Lobophora, 129 longipes, 81, 243 Lophoceratomyia, 245 lorquini, 44 louisiana, 24 lowii, 246 Lozopera, 20 lubens, 154 lubricans, 149 lucicola, 71 luctuata, 129 ludoviciana, 70 lugubrata, 129 lugnbris, 50 lupatus, 141 Luperina, 149 lusorius, 186 Lutzia, 122, 241 luteimargo, 232 luteopallens, 161 luteipennis, 169 luteola, 151 lutescens, 252 Lycophotia, 146, 148 Lygranthoecia, 142 Lytogaster, 2 macrocarpana, 31 macro tus, 212 Macrodactylus, 250 maculata, 193, 244 macuHpennis, 13, 242 maculosana, 21 Madiza, 8 Madoryx, 50 magnifer, 108 nirt.cnoliata, 129 mahometaria, 233 major, 4 malefactor, 198 Mallota, 97 Mamestra, 120, 144, 150, 152, 153, 156, 159, 160 mamillata, 96 mandana, 228 Manniana, 20 Mansonia, 199, 241 Mantispa, 116 marginata, 71, 94, 142 marina, 48 maritinia, 168 marloffiana, 26 Masicera, 8 medialis, 165 medioniaculata, 201 meditata, 153 medusa, 54 megadia, 160 megsera, 154 Megarhinus, 12, 219, 241, 242, 243 Megilla, 193 Megistopoda, 6 meigenii, 4 melaleuca, 151 melanocerumj 2 melancholica, 74 Melanoconion, 247 melanophylum, 200 melanopis, 158 Melanostoma, 2, 5, 91 melanurus, 218, 247 Meliana, 161 Meligethes, 252 melinus, 45 mellinum, 91 mellipes, 184 Menopsimus, no Meritalis, 92 Mesogramma, 94 Mesoleuca, 129 messoria, 142, 143, 159 Methia, 86 mexicana, 3, 30, 49, 227 mexicanus, 252 meyrickella, 138 Microdon, 87 Microdontomerus, 178, 179 microgaster, 180 milberti, 43 Milesia, 99 militaris, 61 Mimomyia, 246 minians, 158 minor, 169 minorata, 156 minotelis, 230 miniita, 71, 119, 168^ 246 Mochlostyrax, 100 moderatus, 165 modestana, 32 modestus, 7, 81 moerens, 7 moeschleri, 151 mcEstata, 129 mogilasia, 206 monagamia, 252 Monima, 160 monnon, 174 Monodontomerus, 178 Monosca, 159 montanus, 96 montivaga, 49 262 Journal New York Entomological Society. Morellia, 8 moriOj 169 morniona, 86 mormonaria, 106 morrisoni, 5 Morrisonia, 159 muceus, 159 muelleri, 51 multifaria, 159 multilinea, 160 muricata, 62 muricatulus, 81 muricina, 159 Musca, 6, 8 musculus, 180 musica, 241, 243 Myiolepta, 91 mylitta, 43 Myopsocus, 164 myrmex, 76, 80 myrodora, 226 myrtilli, 151 mystrocneme, 51 Myzomyia, 240, 242 Myzorhynchella, 242 Nausigaster, 5 nasica, 94 Nathalis, 41 negussa, 153, 156 Neleucania, 161 nelita, 32 nelumbonis, 184, 187 Nemopoda, 9 Neochytus, 81 Neoclytus, 175 Neolaparus, i Neolarra, 181 Nephelodes, 158 neptaria, 129 Nesomyia, 180 NeurecHpsis, 163 Neuronia, 155 nevadae, 153 nicippe, 42 niger. 186, 187 nigra, 5, 58, 167, 242 nigrescens, 186, 247 nigribimbo, 8 nigricolb's, 187 nigricornis, 9 nigridens, 187 nigrifasciatum, 250 nigrifer, to8 nigrilimbo, 8 nigrinus, 180 nigripes, 88, 242 nigriventris, 4, 7 nigritta, 163 nimia, 158 niponensis, 35 nitida, 89 Nitidula, 252 niveitseniata, 244 nivigerata, 129 nivipes, 207, 248 nivosus, 78 noctuidalis, 107 Noctua, 147, 148, 149, 230 nora, 6 normani, 160 nova, 156 novella, 5 nundar, 105 nyctobia, 132 obesa, 173 obliqua, 93 oblivia, 71 obscura, 99 obsoleta, 117 obturbans, 243 obturbata, 9 obumbrata, 3 obusta, 160 occidenta, 150 occidentalis, 5, 6, 13, 40, 166 occulta, 146, 148 Ochlerotatus, 241 Ochlodes, 48 ochracea, 152 ochrogaster, 143 ochropus, 100 Oculeomyia, 243 Oditocephalus, 75 Odontonyx, 3 Odontota, 119 odontotae, 119 CEmes, 82 oiclus, 50 Oistophora, 35 Oligosthenes, 178 olivacea, 155 olivia, 145 olympiae, 184, 187 Omosita, 252 omphale, 226 onondagensis, 244 oppositus, 165 ornata. 2, 149 Orthodes, 158 OrnithoDertha, 6 Orthotrichia, 163 orida, 150 orizabse, 52 orobia, 158 Index. 263 Ortalis, 8 Orthodes, 158 ovaliceps, 184 oviduca, 158 oweni, 128 Oxycnemus, 252 Pachynematus, 120 Pachnobia, 147 pacificus, 184, 187 pagetolophus, 109 palilis, 154 pallens, 161 pallescenSj 5, 6 pallidiventris, 120 Pallodes, 252 palmicola, 252 pampDecilus, 5, 6 panamena, 210 Papaipema, 32 Papilio, 40, 50 Parabombylius, i Paragus, 89 parallelana, 24 parallelus, 184, 186 Paramorpha, 35 Paramyia, 2 parvula, 68, 69, 163 Passalus, 174 passer, 149 patefacta, 147 patula, 142 patulana, 235 paulella, 136 paulus, 44 Peconiyia, 244 pecosensis, 185 pectinatus, 185 pectinicornis, 14S pectoralis, 185, 187 pectoraloides, 185, 187 peltoides, 252 pensilis, 154 Penthina. 250 peninsularis. 61. 70 peracuta, 159 peraltus, 187 perforata, 158 perforatus, 78 pergamus, 40 Peridroma, 149 Perigea, 109 Perigonica, 160 Perigrapha, 159 perlentans, 144 permutata, 8 perplexus, 84 Persectania, 159 persic;e, 35 perspicua, 56 perta, 153 pertinax, 7, 245 pertracta, 161 pexata, 53 phaea, 151 Phalonia, 21 Phanosolena, 116 Pharmacis, 21, 29 Phengodes, 251 Phenolia, 252 Phibalapteryx, 234 Philodendromyia, 248 philophone, 209 Philosamia, loi, 251 Phlegethontius, 120 Phobetron, 219, 220, 221 phcea, 151 Pholus, 50 Phoniomyia, 208, 209 Phorbia, 6 Phragmatobia, 105 Phtheochroa, 20, 21 Phyciodes, 43 Phylloxera, 250 phyllozoa, 199 physetica, 160 Physocephalaj 7 Physothorax, 178 Phytoptus, 250 picea, 3 picta. 120, 160 pictipennis, 89 pictipes, 4 pictitarsis, i pigra, 99 pimalis, 72 pimana, 24 piniata, 54 Pinipestis, 236 pipiens, 16, 98, 215 Pipiza. 89 piscipellis, 147, 230 pisticoides, 89 pithecium, 220, 221 plagens, 8 planalis, 158 plangens, 8 platychirus, 91 platycnema, 8 Platynota, 120 platystoma, 8 Plecia, 4 Pleonectyptera,' 107 Plesiastina, 3 Plesiostigma, 178 Plesiostigmodes, 177 264 Journal New York Entomological Society. pleuritica, 143 plexippus, 44 plicata, 153, 157 Plutella, 140 plummeriana, 24 Plusia, 1 55 plusixformis, 159 plutocraticuSj 1 1 Pneumaculex, 247 Pocadius, 252 podographicus, 10 poeyi, 78 Polia, 151, 152, 153, 154, iss, 156 polita, 8, 94 polychalca, 69, 70 polychroma, 5 Polychrosis, 120, 134 Polygonia, 43 Polylepidomyia, 248 pomonella, 120 ponda, 52 popeanella, 53 Pontia, 40 Porosagrotis, 142 portoricensis, 243 posticata. 98, 243 praefixa, 148 Praina, 148 pratti, 182, 183 pretiosa, 57, 1 17 primus, 1 79 procinctus, 155 proclamator, 202 promethia, loi, 174 Prometopia, 252 promulsa, 151 Propedesis, 35 Prosopis, 181 prosper, 231 Protagrotis, 149 Proteraner, 183 Protoculex, 245 protodice, 40 Protomacleaya, 244 Protoparce, 50 Protophana, 113 pryeri, 252 psara, 229 Psalis, 167, 170 Psectraglaea. 113 Pseudococcus. 250 Pseudohowardina, 244 Pseudomyzomya, 240 Pseudorthodes, 158 Pseudotheobaldia, 244 Psilopodinus, 5 Psilopus, 5, 6 Psocus, 165 Psorophora, 122, 241 Psylla, 250 Pterellepsis, 6 Pteronus, 120 ptilodonta, 150 puberulus, 62 pubescens, 88 pubipes, 65 puellaria, 105 pulchella, 168 pulchra, 167 pulchriceps, 8 piilchripes, 8 pullilabris, 187 Pulvinaria, 250 punctipennis, 17 punctor, 245 punctulata, 90 purpurissata, 152 pusilla, 5 Pygarctia, 229 pygmsea, 71, 73 Pygmaena, 232 pygmeolaria, 106 Pyla, no Pyragra, 166 pyrastri, 92 Pyrausta, 104 Pyrgus, 49 pyri, 250 pyricola, 250 Pyrocleptria, 141 quadrangula, 148 quadrata, 96 quadratus, 91 quadriannulata, 160 quadrifasciata, 99 quadrimaculatuSj 5, 13, 185, 187, iJ quadristigmalis, 158 quadrivittata, 4 quadrivittatus, 11 quasisecutor, 245 quasiserratus, 245 quebecensis, 186, 189 quieta, 151 Rachionotomyia, 243 radians, 227 radiatus, 148 radiola, 148 rainierii, 152 rana, 22 raps, 41 rava, 148 reclivis, 107 rectilineata, 234 rejector, 205 repentina, 150 restuanSj 245 Index. 265 Retinia, 236 revelator, 202 revica, 160 Rhabdatomis, 22j Rhagovelia, 173 Rhamphomyia, 5 Rheumaptera, 129 Rhingia, 94 Rhizagrotis, 107, 145 Rhizophagus, 252 Rhombonyx, 69 Rhynchosciara, 3 Rhysops, 2 ribesii, 92, 120 richardsonij 151 rileyana, 159 riniosa, 161 riparius, 213 Ripula, 233 roberto, 22-j robertsoni, 185 robusta, 55 robustus, 179, 180, 185 rosea, 160 rossii, 240 rostrana, 120 rubefacta, 160 rubrifusa, 153 rubiginosa, 7 ruficornis, 80, 187 ruficrus, 88 rufina, 74 rugonasuSj 2 rugosana, 21 rugosioides, 61 rupicola, 20 ruricola, 61 Rusticus, 48 rutilana, 20 rutulus, 40 Sabethes, 123, 207, 20S Sabethinus. 208 Sahethoides, 208 Sackeniella, i sallffii, 61 sara, 41 Sarcophaga, 5, 8 Saronia, 252 sartaria, 29 sasaki, 35 satur, 94 satyruSj 43 saxea, 159 saxicolana, 31 sayi. 243 Scardia, 137 schoenherri, 151 scholasticus, 241 schwarzi, 170 schwarziana, 25 Sciagraphia, 128, 129 Sciara, 3, 8 Sciomyza, 6, 8 scirpicola, 161 scitulum, 2 scotinomus, 209 Scotogramma, 150, 151 scrobicollis, ^^ secedens, 151^ 155 sectilis, 159 secutor, 245 sedilis, 152, 153 seductaria, 54 semilivida, 71 semiramis, 42 Semyra, 219 senatoria, 156 Sepsis, 6 Sepsisonia, 6 septemstriatus, 10 septentrionalis, 12, 142, 219, 243 Sericomyia, 95 Sericoptera, 233 serratus, 61, 245 Setagrotis, 148 setigena, 8 setiger, Tj setigera, 8 setulosa, 84, 85 sexmaculata, 129 sexta, 120 shalleriella, 139 Sideridis, 160 signata, 250 signifer, 247 silaceata, 129 silens, 143, 144 similis, 97, 184, 186, 187, 188, 245 simplex, 22,2 simpsoni, 244 sisymbrii, 184, 187 slossonije, 221 Smicrips, 252 smithii, 218 snodgrassi, 6 Snowia, i sobria, 159 sociata, 129 sociatus, 68 sodom. A solita, 160 solitus, 4 soUicitans, 216, 218 sordida. 61 sorghicola, 181 Soronia, 252 soror, 144 Sparnopolius, 4 sparsesetosa, 63 266 [ouRNAL New York Entomological Society, sparsuSj 78, 164 spathipalpis, 17 speciossima, 52 spectanda, 144 speculator, 80 spenceri, 216, 218 Sphaerophoria, 5, 94 Sphecodes, 182 Sphecodosoma, 182, 183 Sphecomyia, 99 Sphingolabis, 169 Spilochroa, 2 Spilomyia, 99 Spilota, 69 spinetorum, 45 spinicauda, 85 Spogostylum, 4 spoliata, 159 sponsella, 139 spreta, 149 squamiger, 246 staudingeri, 151 Stegomyia, 13, 243, 244 Stelidota, 252 stelligera, 109 Steneretma, 8 stenocelis, 52 stenotis, 155 stimulans, 216 Stonyx, 4 Strategus, 174 Stratioinyia, 4 Stretchia, 159, 160 striatus, 7 stricta, 155 Strigoderma, 71 strigosa, 45 stygius, 4 subcantans. 244 subfuscula, 152 subfuscus, 24s subglaber, 76, 79 subgothica, 145, 146 submarina, 151, 154 submarmorata, 128 subnotata, 159 subobscurus, 185. 188 subporphyrea, 147 subpunctata. 160 subterminata, 160 subtomentosa, 74 subspinosus, 250 succinctum, 4 sulcata. 84, 85 sulphuripes, 94 superbus, t 2 superlineata, 7 swenki, 184 sylvanoides, 48 sylvestris, 216, 218, 245 sylvicola, 246 synipistis, 151 Syniphoromyia, 4 Synchloe, 41 syndesmus, i synthyrides, 186, 187, 188 Syntomeida, 226 Syritta, 98 syrphica, s syrphus, 2, 92 Syssphinx, 229 Systctchus, 4 Taeniocampa, 153, 154, 158, 159, 160 Tseniorhynchus, loi, 246 tseniorhynchus, 246 taeniopus, 100 tabulata, 159 Tanypus, 8 tarda, 90 tarsalis, 64, 66 Telenomus, 59 temerana, 28 temporalis, 96 tenax, 96 tenuicornis, 86 tenuiscriptus, 82 Tephritis, 6 territans, 218, 245 terniinalis, 243 terminana, 33 tersa, 50 tergata, 8 tessellata, 143, 144 testaceus, 89 Tetanocera, 8 Tetanolita, no texana, 161, 192, 193 texanus, yy, 80, 189 Thanaos, 49 Thecla, 45, 123, 130 Thereva, 5 Theobaldia, 245 Tholera, 155 thorntoni, 10 Thorybes, 49 Thymelicus, 48, 50 Thyraylia, 20 tibialis, 69, 90 titusi, 184, 187 tityrus, 49 togata, 8 toralis, 104 Tortricidia, 18 Tortrix, 23S, 236 Torymus, 179 toweri, 13 townsendi, 189 Toxorhynchites, 8. 242 trabalis, 4 Inkf.x. 2G7 transversa, 163 transversana, 24 transversus, 96 triangulifer, 108 Trichoclea, 156 Trichogramma, 57, 117 Trichopolia, 150, 159 Trichoprosopus, 248 Trichoprosopon, 123, 248 Trichopteryx, 132 trichopus, 8 trichopsis, 8 trichorryes, 206 trichurus, 245 tricosa, 146 trifolii, 150 trigona, 5 Trileuca, 52 trinitatis, 169 Triptotricha, i tripunctata, 201 triseriatus, 244 tristicula, 143, 144 tristis. 49, 88 trivittata, 244 trivittatus, 9 trizonatus, 184, 186, 187^ 18S Triodonta, 98 Tropidia, 96 truncatus, 186. 188 turbata, 159 tuberculum, 142 typhlosomata, 200 ulkei, 78, 252 ulmiarrosorella, iio Ulolonche, 156 umbrata, 148 umbratilis, 99 umbrosa, 153 undata, 83 undecimlineata, 190 undosus, 207, 208 undulata, 70 uniformis, 79 unimaculata, 5 unipuncta, 250 unistrigana, 20 Uranotaenia, 200. 246 Uranotes, 45 Urosigalphus, 181 ursina, 159 urticas, 252 u-scripta, 156 vaccinii, 4 Vanessa, 43 variabilis, 159 varicolor, 7 varipalpus, 17 varipes, 91, 243 vecors, 158 I velutina, 156 Venusia, 129 Verbesina, 182 I verbesinae, 182 veritata, 133 verticalis, 144 vestalis, 233 vicina, 154 villana, 34 villosa, 3 vindemialis, 160 i viralis, 149 i virginaria, 233 virgulti, 45 viridicollis, 72, 73 viteana, 120 vitellinana, 22 vittata, 8, 99 vittatus, 78 virginiensis, 99 viridata, 132 VoKicella, 5, 94 volucris, 91 vomerina, 159 vitalbata, 234 waterhousei. 244 j Websterellus, 178 I willcocksii, 244 ^ willistoni, 100 Wyeomyia, 209. 210. 211. 21: Xanionotum, 7 Xanthandrus, 2 Xanthogramma, 93 Xanthorhoe, 129 Xestia, 141 Xylesthia, 140 Xylina, 159 Xylomania, 159 Xylomiges, 152, 159 Xylophanes, 50 Xylota, 98 Xylotype, 113 yuccse, 252 yuccatana, 2;^ yuccivorus, 83 yacima, 150 yakima, 150 yumaella, 140 zaba, 227 Zerene, 41 zetterstedtii, 151 zimmermanni, 236 zolicaon, 40 zonata, 3 Journ. 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