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ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS

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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SECTION

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Vor. XXIII. JANUARY, 1o12. No. 1.
CONLENTLS:

Portrait—Professor S. S. Haldeman.... 1 | Bergroth—Notes on Australian Penta-
Davis—An Injurious Grasshopper at tomidae (Rhynch.).................. 21
Ridgeway, N. J. (Orthop.).....-.... 2 Weliman—New Species of Lyttidae,

Haskin and Grinnell—Thecla dumento- with notes on described species
rum and T. affinis; a Study (Lepid.) 3 (Coleops) ose eee eceeee os esse 29
Smyth—Description of the Larva and 1D bt Pay, 2 Lion saseoor HAD OneOOL ea aedee -50e 39
first bred specimens of Sphinx (Hy- Entomological Literature .............. 40
loicus) franckii Neum. (Lepid )...._ 9 | Obituary—James H. B. Bland .......... 47
Kellogg and Mann—A Third Collection Te 4 Roo e eeseaondocpoobEce 47
_of Mallophaga from Alaskan Birds 12 George Henry Verrall....... 48
Hill-Griffin—New Oregon Trichoptera 17 Alberta Harrisons... -\sc/ cess. 48
Jules Bourgeois.............. 48

Professor S. S. Haldeman.
(Portrait, Plate I.)

Following the plan adopted for 1911, of placing on the
covers of the News the portrait of one of the older American
Entomologists, we present for 1912 the portrait of Prof. S.
S. Haldeman, adding the following biographical sketch.

SAMUEL STEHMAN HALDEMAN was born August 12, 1812,
at Locust Grove, Pennsylvania, and died at Chickies in the
same State, September 10, 1880. He spent two years as a
student in Dickinson College, Pa., but the rest of his education
was self-directed. He was Professor of Natural History
in the University of Pennsylvania 1851-1855, Professor of
Comparative Philology in the same 1869-1880, and Professor
of Natural History in Delaware College in 1855, “acting also
as Professor of Geology and Chemistry to the State Agricul-
tural College.” The Royal Society’s Catalogue of Scientific
Papers lists 61 titles on geological and zoological subjects from
his pen between 1839 and 1881, 30 of them being entomolog-
ical (chiefly on Coleoptera). ‘Failing eye-sight compelled him
eventually to give up his studies in Zoology, and to devote his
whole time to Linguistics.” A biographical notice, by Dr. D. G.
Brinton, with quotations from Dr. J. L. Le Conte, was pub-
lished in the Proceedings of the American Philosophical So-
ciety, Volume XIX, pages 279-285.

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2 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS Plan, “12

An Injurious Grasshopper at Ridgeway, New Jersey
(Orth.).
By Ws. T. Davis, New Brighton, Staten Island, N. Y.

In the last list of the Insects of New Jersey the grasshopper
Dendrotettix quercus Riley is reported from Bamber, collected
by Mr. Daecke, August 17th. This is said to be the only
record of the species in the Eastern United States.

Dendrotettix did damage to the oak trees at Ridgeway, N.
J., in 1910. A few were found on August 16, 1910, about a
mile west of Lakewood, and last year they were very common
on the oaks about Ridgeway and north to where the road to
Lakewood crosses Toms River. A single specimen was dis-
covered on a post oak at Lakehurst on August 15, 1911, so the
known range of the insect is from Bamber to Lakewood, a
distance of about twelve miles, and westward for a few miles.
The damage has been so great that the many defoliated trees
near Ridgeway are noticeable from the windows of a moving
train. The gayly colored grasshoppers are more common
on the white oaks, though they eat the foliage of scarlet oaks
and other members of the red oak group. Some of the scar-
let oaks near Ridgeway have been hard pressed by enemies.
They support many large woody galls of Callirhytis punctata
on their limbs; they have had thousands of eggs of the seven-
teen-vear cicada laid in their branches, which have caused the
ends of many of them to break off and die, and lastly the trees
have been defoliated by the grasshoppers.

Mr. W. DeW. Miller, of the American Museum, and I,
counted on the trunks of some trees, as many as forty grass-
hoppers, usually slowly making their way up to what re-
mained of the foliage, and the excrement of the grasshoppers
on the limbs fell with a rain-like patter on to the dry leaves
beneath. Some of the grasshoppers were fully winged and
others were apterous. Individuals between these two states
were not common. We have before noticed this in other Or-
thopterous insects. Nature either prepares them for flight or
the reverse; there is hardly a half way condition. In addition

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to the oaks the grasshoppers when pressed for food will eat
other plants, and we observed where several had devoured
parts of the leaves of a sumach, Rhus copallina. They did
not seem to like wild cherry, Prunus scrotina.

It is evident that if the seasons continue favorable, this grass-
hopper may become a serious pest in New Jersey, as it has
been in Missouri and Texas, according to the writings of Dr.
Riley and Prof. Bruner.

Thecla dumetorum and T. affinis; a Study (Lepid.).

By J. R. Haskin, Los Angeles, Cal., and F, GRINNELL, JR.,
Pasadena, Cal.

Although Thecla dumetorum was described in 1852 and
affinis in 1862, very little has been written about them. Appar-
ently no effort has been made to check the descriptions in spite
of the fact that Western collectors have long felt that they did
not correctly describe the common green Thecla of the Western
States.

It seems to have become generally understood that dume-
torum should have a row of white spots across both wings, on
under side, while affinis should be spotless. When, therefore,
it is found that the majority of specimens follow neither of
these extremes, but have a number of spots on secondaries
only, their proper classification gives rise to the question, just
what did Boisduval and Edwards have in mind when they
wrote their descriptions.

T. DUMETORUM.

Boisduval was the first to describe our green Thecla from
material collected by Lorquin in the early fifties. In his Lepi-
dopteres de la Californie, 1852, p. 19, he wrote:

“22 Thecla Dumetorum.”

“Ce Thecla ressemble tout a fait a notre Rubi, et pourrait bien etre
une simple variete locale de cette espece.

“I] lui ressemble en dessus, sauf que les ailes inferieures sont moins
denticulies, et que la palette anale est a peu pres nulle; en dessous, la
ligne de points blancs est plus marquee, et le disque des ailes super-

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ieures est beaucoups plus largement roussatre, ce que fait que le vert
domine moins.”

A free translation into English is as follows:

“This Thecla quite resembles our Rubi and may well be considered
a simple local variety of that species. It resembles it on upper side,
except that the secondaries are less denticulated and the anal palette
nearly void; on under side, the line of white spots is more marked
and the surface of the primaries is much more russet colored, which
makes the green less predominant.”

Thus we see that Boisduval describes dumetorum as quite
like T. rubi, although with some minor points of difference.
We must therefore obtain some information concerning rubi,
especially its correct description.

From Meyrick’s Handbook of British Lepidoptera, 1895
P- 343:

“T. rubi. L. 25-31 mm. fore wings and hind wings rather dark fus-
cous, ochreous tinged; hind wings with termen waved. Wings be-
neath rather metallic green, fore wings becoming fuscous dorsally
sometimes with white postmedian line; hind wings sometimes with
postmedian white line or series of dots.

Britain to Ross, Ireland, common; Europe, N. and W. C. Asia,
Japan, N. Africa; 5, 6. Larva green; dorsal line lighter, darker
edged; subdorsal series of oblique subconfluent streaks, edged be-
neath with dark green; spiracular line yellow; head pale brown; on
Genitsta, Cytisus, Ulex, and Vaccinium; 6, 7. Pupa subterranean.”

With this description before us, we see that dumetorum, be-
ing quite like rubi, has “fore wings * * * sometimes with
postmedian white line; hind wings sometimes with postmedian
white line or series of dots.” An English collector has written
Mr. E. J. Newcomer, of Palo Alto, Cal.: “It has been noticed
that in some northern localities there is an inclination to de-
velop the white markings into a series of dots across all the
wings. The spotless form seems more noticeable in the South.”

It is very evident then that specimens of our common green
Thecla with well marked spots were received by Boisduval and
named dumetorum.

Dumetorum was probably named from a limited or moderate
series of specimens. A careful study of a long series and a
close comparison with specimens of 7. rubi has brought out a

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number of points that are decidedly at variance with Boisdu-
val’s description. We have in our combined collections 149
specimens of dumetorum, collected at Santa Barbara, Newhall,
Burbank, Los Angeles and vicinity, Pasadena and vicinity, and
San Diego. Mr. Newcomer, of Palo Alto, has also kindly writ-
ten us concerning the spots on twenty-nine specimens in his
collection, taken at Palo Alto, San Luis Obispo and Lake Ta-
hoe. Also, Mr. Grinnell fortunately has three good specimens
of rubi, from England, in his collection.

Our 149 specimens, when assembled for study, were found
to consist of 110 6 and 39 9. When these were separated
and arranged in convenient rows, the first thing noticed was
the great variation in general appearance between the fresh
and the worn specimens. This was particularly noticeable
with regard to the upper surface color, fringes, denticulations
and general outline. We therefore divided the set about
equally into good and poor series and have used the good set
to draw up a new description of dwmetorum.

T. dumetorum.—Expanse 25-30 mm. ¢ above uniformly plumbeous
without the decided fuscous tint of rubi. Under a certain glancing
light a brownish luster can be noticed. @ above the centers of both
wings reddish fulvous, surrounded by the plumbeous color of the ¢.
This fulvous varies greatly in different specimens, being predominant
in some and slight in others. All the 2, however, have it to some
degree, while all the ¢ have a noticeably different, uniform plumbeous
color. On the best specimens a pale gray or whitish fringe is notice-
able, being especially clear and broad towards the rear of secondaries.
The denticulations and anal palettes are as clearly defined as in the
European J. rubi.*

On under side the prevailing color is a bright metallic green but the
posterior part of the primaries is broadly tan color, shading to gray
towards the inner margin. With the wings closely folded the sec-
ondaries nearly cover the tan and gray of the primaries so that the
insect appears to be uniformly bright green on under side.”

*These latter features are naturally not so noticeable on worn or
even slightly worn specimens, as the edges of the wings wear out
rapidly. This would easily account for Boisduval’s exceptions on these
points.

?In T. rubi the green covers fully two-thirds of the surface of the
primaries, leaving a comparatively narrow strip of tan and gray along
the inner margin.

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Concerning the white spots on the under side—on our three
specimens of rubi, from Cornwall and Dartmoor, England, the
spots are clear white on the green background. In dumetorum
the white spots are heavily bordered inwardly with brown.
This brown border is very clearly shown in T. sheridani, which
is much like dumetorum except that it has a broad white line,
complete in some and slightly broken in other specimens, clear
across both wings.

In dumetorum the most noticeable and persistent spots are
two in number on the secondary, one being midway on the
costa, the other nearly in the center of the wing between the
second and third median nervules. These are frequently
strengthened by other smaller spots tending to form an irregu-
lar postmedian line. On the 149 in our collections and the 29
in Mr. Newcomer’s, one or the other of these spots persists in
all but ten specimens which are spotless even when viewed
through a low power glass. One specimen has a faint dot on
costa of one wing only, while another specimen has a faint dot
in center of one secondary. Two have only the costal spots on
both secondaries, and fourteen have only the center spots, some
clear and others faint. The predominant form has two spots,
there being 108 of these. There are thirty others with two
spots on the secondaries, but with faint brown markings on
the primaries also; some of these are strengthened by traces of
white spots.

Two have three spots on secondaries; two have three on
secondaries and traces on primaries; three have three on sec-
ondaries and a distinct row of white spots on primaries; two
have four spots on secondaries and a row of spots on prim-
aries; finally, three have an irregular row of five spots on sec-
ondaries, the costal and central being large and predominant.
Summing up in percentages, about 21 per cent. have spots on
both wings, 7314 per cent. on secondaries only, 5% per cent.

on neither wing.
T. AFFINIS.

Mr. Edwards published T. affinis and its companion, T. viri-
dis in 1862, from material sent him by Mr. C. Drexler and Dr.

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H. Behr. We believe that if he had studied the green Theclas
from an abundance of material and had given more thought to
Boisduval’s position, he would never have presented these two
names, but would simply have amplified Boisduval’s dume-
torum.

Thecla afinis Edwards—(From Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., 1862,
223.)

Expands 1.1 inch.

Both sexes glossy red brown; brightest in female; the male has a
smooth oval spot on disc of primaries; costa of primaries and base of
both wings, blackish brown; whole hind margin edged with same color;
fringe white; underside uniform apple green, except on inner margin
of primaries, where it is pale brownish grey; both wings immaculate;
costal edge of primaries grey; hind margin of secondaries with crena-
tions.

Utah, from Mr. C. Drexler.

Both viridis and affinis are allied to T. rubi and to T. dumetorum of
Boisduval. The latter, I have not seen, but it is chiefly described as
being “entirely like rubi, and to be considered a local variety of that
species,” a description which does not apply to either of the above-
named species. Affinis approaches most nearly to rubi in color below,
but the upper side is much brighter and the white spots of underside
are wanting. Viridis has similar spots to rubi, but the color of both
sides is different, as is that of the antennae, edge of costa and fringe.

Thecla viridis Edwards.

Expands 1.2 inch.

Upper side of both sexes blackish; the male has a smooth oval spot
on disc of primaries; hind margin of secondaries a little crenated to-
ward anal angle; fringe whitish, at anal angle, brown. Under side
uniform deep green, except on inner margin of primaries, where it is
brownish grey; costal edge of primaries fulvous; across the green
shade runs a common sinuous band of elongated, clear white spots;
fringe of secondaries brown at the extremities of the nervures; anten-
nae white; club dark brown.

It has been generally accepted that viridis is a synonym of
dumetorum. We note in this description of wiridis that the
upper side is incorrectly given and the spots on under side re-
late to one of the unusual forms of dumetorum.

The so-called affinis types came from Utah, where both
dumetorum and sheridani are found.*

*Vide Bruce, Ent. News, 8,134, 1897. Barnes, Ent. News, 11,330,
1900. Snyder, Ent. News, 12,302, rgor.

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Edwards’ types of affinis consist of 1 ¢ and 1 ¢@ with an
equal number of cotypes. Dr. Holland writes that the 92
cotype has a minute spot on the costa of one secondary. We
have one specimen in our dumetorum series marked similarly to
this. The description of the upper surface color was taken
from a limited number of specimens and is doubtless as mis-
leading as was wiridis Edwards, and dumetorum Boisduval.
The,under side represents another uncommon form of dume-
torum, viridis and affinis representing the two extremes.

The net result of our investigation shows that there is a
green Thecla in California which varies widely in the white
markings on the under side. The range of this Thecla extends
east to Utah and Colorado. Boisduval first described it but
without a great degree of accuracy. Edwards followed with
his descriptions of viridis from California and affinis from
Utah, both descriptions following certain forms only.

From the above study, we believe our readers will agree with
us that the correct synonymy of the butterfly under discus-
sion is:

T. dumetorum Bd.,
Syn. affinis Edw.,
Syn. viridis Edw.

In conclusion, we wish to lay stress upon the importance of
having an abundance of fresh and perfect material when study-
ing specimens which very closely resemble already named spe-
cies. Such men as Mr. Edwards, and there are some living in
this year of our Lord, who have done so much magnificent
work with the Lepidoptera, have names to conjure with and
any inaccuracies in their writings are liable to create a condi-
tion of doubt and uncertainty which may take years to over-
come.

Before closing, we desire to express our thanks to Dr. Hoi-
land, Dr. Skinner and Mr. Newcomer for valuable information
which they have so kindly furnished one or the other of the
authors.

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ENT. NEwS, VOL. XXIII. Plate Il.

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SPHINX (HYLOICUS) FRANCKII—smyTH.
1, MALE. 2, FEMALE.

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Description of the Larva and first bred specimens of
Sphinx (Hyloicus) franckii Neum. (Lepid.).

By Extison A. Smytu, Jr., Blacksburg, Virginia.
(Plate II.)

A half mile avenue of young ash trees on the Experiment
farm lands of the Virginia Polytechnic Institute at Blacks-
burg, Virginia, has for some years yielded me larvae of Cera-
tenua undulosa and Sphinx (Hyloicus) chersis, whenever
sought for in season; at times, Protoparce rustica in numbers,
and at intervals Chlaenogramma jasminearum, with the larvae
of these species I have been intimate for years, and know them
apart in any instar.

On the 25th of last August (1910), one of the boys, Mr.
Barringer, hunting with me for Protoparce rustica in the ash
avenue, brought me six full grown larve, of the general type
of chersis, all from one ash tree, which larve were altogether
new tome. By elimination, I concluded that they were either
canadensis or francku, with the chances largely in favor of
the latter. Although lacking the anterior fleshy protuberances
of Ceratomia amyntor, a pair of dorsolateral, tuberculated
lines, strongly suggested the dorsal serrated ridge of that spe-
cies. I sent a specimen at once to Dr. Beutenmuller, which
reached him ready to pupate, and unfortunately died before
he could have it figured. He agreed with me that it could be
only canadensis or franckii. Of my remaining five larve, two
died, one pupated on the surface of the breeding cage, and two
went under earth before I could photograph or make a colored
sketch. Fortunately, as a preliminary step to a water-color
sketch, I had taken a careful description the afternoon they
were brought to me, intending to paint in the morning.

The following is the description of these larvae, full grown,
and at the end of their last instar:

Full length, 3% inches; pea-green dorsally and dorso-laterally,
darker green laterally and ventrally; two dorsal longitudinal lines 14
inch apart, green dorsad, edged with yellowish white laterad, and armed,
on first three segments, with rather prominent, yellowish, pointed tu-

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bercles, with whitish tubercles for rest of length, and suggestive of
amyntor’s central, dorsal, serrate line; these two lines fade out on the
10th segment. A lateral, whitish line from 4th to 11th segment, across
which, dorso-caudad, the 7 oblique bands barely pass and abruptly
end. Seven oblique, lateral stripes, each green cephalad, yellowish
caudad; 7th most prominent and ending at base of caudal horn. Dorsal
anal flap edged with yellow. Caudal horn apple-green, minutely
punctulated with same color. Head apple-green, with two faint yellow
lines. Thoracic legs pink. Stigmata cream-pink edged with brown.
Three or four punctules over each proleg, parallel to oblique, lateral
bands. Jaws black.

The pupa is almost identical in color, size, and shape with
that of chersis, with the short, free “tongue case” of the lat-
ter, which is 3.5 mm. long on its under free surface.

The proof of an anticipated identity was yielded on May
3, 1911, when the surface pupa yielded a perfect and beautiful
male Sphinx franckiui (this is in Fig. 1, Plate II), and on May
IIth one of the subterranean pupae disclosed a perfect fe-
male. (Fig. 2). The importance of testing the specific valid-
ity of this supposed hybrid sphinx, as well as the desire to
obtain more specimens, urged upon me the duty of tying out
this female for egg results, but the cold spring had so retarded
everything that no hawk-moths had been seen on the wing
as yet, and moreover, the ash trees were not in foliage, and the
lilac barely out; with reluctance therefore, I killed the female
also, and thus graced my collection with a perfect pair, the
first ever bred, and the female, the only one in existence, as far
as I know, of this rare species (?)

My male agrees fairly well with the colored figure given by
Rothschild and Jordan, in their Monograph of the Sphingidae
in Wytsman’s “Genera Insectorum,” though the black outer
border of hind wings is even and continuous in my specimen,
and not sagittate as in their figure, and the fore costal area is
more evenly grey. Neumogen’s original description of the
then unique type, a male, in Ent. News, Vol. IV., p. 133, agrees
fairly well with my specimen, though mine is 2 mm. longer
than the type, in alar expanse.

The female is larger than the male, being 118 mm. in alar

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expanse, while my male is 107 mm.; with more rounded wings
than the male, and is much darker in color, the pink being much
overclouded with a darker brown, and it is a handsomer in-
sect. The photograph brings out fairly well the differences,
even though in black and white.

Dr. Beutenmuller has written me that Mr. Schneider, of
Baltimore, some time ago took an unknown larva from ash,
which he described to Mr. Beutenmuller in a letter, though
I believe this description was never published. It is thought
by Dr. Beutenmuller to agree with the specimen I sent him.
Unfortunately, Mr. Schneider’s pupa was destroyed during the
winter by accident. It may be noted that the original descrip-
tion as published by Mr. Neumogen, as well as the Catalogues
of Drs. Smith and Dyar, give the name of the Sphinx as
“franckii;” whereas Rothschild and Jordan, in the ‘Genera
Insectorum” and also in their “Revision of the Sphingidae,”
Vol. I, p. 135, follow the custom of writing the name “francki.”

As to the biologically important part of the matter, the
specific validity of the insect; the constancy of coloring and
characters in the three known examples, of both sexes, (one
female and two males), might argue against hybridism, al-
though among birds, for instance Helnunthophila leucobron-
chialis, a supposed hybrid between H. pinus and H. chrysoptera,
among our native warblers, there is much constancy in the
markings of the known specimens. I cannot, however, agree
that Sphinx kalmiae plays any part in the parentage, for the
larva shows no resemblance to this species, whereas, as be-
fore suggested, there is more than a suggestiveness of the
larva of amyntor, though chersis is the nearest ; amyntor could
contribute the cream-pink to the wings of franckii as well as
could kalmiae. On the other hand, if amyntor and chersis are
really in separate genera, as seems to be the case, it might be
doubtful if they would interbreed; the general scheme of
thoracic and wing markings of franckii are about as near
amyntor as they are to kalmiae, though the abdominal spots
are more similar to kalmiae and chersis. Sphinx chersis is
abundant here, Ceratomia amyntor occurs at times and I have

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several times found its larva on birch and elm; Sphinx kal-
miae has been taken here only three times to my knowledge,
and only once have I ever found its larva. The extreme rar-
ity of franckit would seem to indicate hybridism, unless it be
a rare “sport,” or possibly it is a mutant. Without any real
proof, I must confess that I believe in the specific validity of
Sphinx francki.

A Third Collection of Mallophaga from Alaskan
Birds.

By V. L. KELLocc and W. M. Mann, Stanford University,
California.

In 1900 a small collection of Mallophaga, collected by Mr.
FE. A. Mcllhenny from birds shot by him at Pt. Barrow, Alas-
ka, was described by Kellogg and Kuwana (Proc. Acad. Nat.
Sci. Phil. v. 23, pp. 151-159, Pl. VII, 1900). Five new Mal-
lophagan species were described and fourteen old species rec-
ognized in this paper. In a paper of 1902 on “Mallophaga
from Birds of the Pacific Coast of North America” (Jour. N.
Y. Entomological Soc. v. 10, pp. 20-28, Pl. III, 1902) Kellogg
and Chapman recognized twelve known Mallophagan species
from birds from Kodiak Island, Alaska, and described one new
species from the same place. The present small collection of
Mallophaga is composed of specimens taken from birds shot
by the well known ornithologist, R. C. McGregor, at Norton
Sound, Alaska, in 1900. The birds were determined by Mr.
McGregor and the parasites were taken from the fresh host
specimens. Fifteen host species are included in the_list and
seventeen parasite species, of which two are herewith de-
scribed as new. In addition one new variety is recognized.

Docophorus communis Nitzsch.
Two specimens from Melospiza cinerea, Amaknak Is., Un-
alaska; four specimens from Perisorius canadensis fuscifrons,

Norton Sound.
Docophorus cursor Nitzsch.

Two specimens from Surnia ululu caparoch, Norton Sound.

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Docophorus fusiformis Denny.

One male from Tringa ptilocnemis, Norton Sound. This
specimen agrees with those of Denny and Piaget in having the
clypeus emarginate. There are few records of this species,
in spite of its apparently wide distribution.

Docophorus icterodes Nitzsch.

Four specimens from Arctonetta fischeri, Duck-egg Island.

Docophorus lari Denny.

Five specimens from Rissa tridactyla pollicaris, no locality ;
one from Tringa ptilocnemis, Dexter Golofnin Bay, Norton
Sound.

Docophorus sp. juv.

A specimen belonging to the platyclypeatus group, but too
young to be specifically determined, from Lagopus lagopus,
Norton Sound.

Nirmus complexivus Kellogg and Chapman.
Numerous specimens from Tringa ptilocnemis, one from
Tringa maculata, Norton Sound; also a single specimen, prob-
ably a straggler, from Perisorius canadensis, same locality.

Nirmis eaprepes Kellogg and Chapman.

Seven specimens from Arenaria interpres, Norton Sound.

Nirmus lineolatus var. atrimarginatus Kellogg.

One specimen from Rissa _ tridactyla pollicaris, Norton

Sound.

Nirmus infectus Kellogg and Kawana var. connexus var. nov.

Two males and two females from Phalaropus lobatus, Nor-
ton Sound. Differs from typical infectus in its relatively
longer head, concolorous legs, and large dorsal blotches. ‘The
length of the head is .40 mm., width .24 mm. Nirmus infectus,
known only from a single female from Crymophilus fulicarius,
(Pt. Barrow, Alaska) is very close to interruptus of Piaget,
from Phalacrocorax carbo, and may prove to be only a variety
of this species.

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Goniodes descrepans Kellogg and Paine.

One specimen from Lagopus lagopus, and two from Tringa
ptilocnemis, Norton Sound.

Goniodes corpulentus sp. nov. (Figs. 1 and 2).

Four males, five females and one young, taken on Canachites
canadensis, and two females and a young (undoubtedly strag-
glers) from Tringa maculata. Both hosts were shot on Nor-
ton Sound. This species is close to damicornis.

FiG. 1.—Gontodes corpulentus n. sp., FiG. 2.—Goniodes corpulentus, n. sp.,
female, from Canachites cana- antenna of male above, of fe-
densts. male below.

Description of the male. Body, length 2 mm.; width .97 mm.; gold-
en brown, with darker markings; short robust body. Head, length
.64 mm.; width .64 mm.; front flatly convex, with a rather broad color-
less border, and with eight very fine hairs on margin and a longer
hair in front of each antenna; temporal region distinctly angulate,
slightly expanded, the angle with one very long hair and a shorter
one; occipital margin shallowly concave; occipital band strongly sinu-
ous; antennal bands straight, diverging to angle of front; antennal

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fossae large; antenna with first segment more than half as broad as
long, appendage of third segment longer than last segment; eye large,
convex; color pale golden brown, antennal and occipital bands, man-
dibles and a blotch on signature, darker.

Prothorax at base one-half as broad as head, sides nearly straight,
diverging from front to rear, a strong bristle at posterior angles, pos-
terior margin rounded; color light, golden brown, darker at sides,
coxae showing through as darker blotches. Metathorax short, dorsum
not longer than prothorax, sides strongly rounded, margin with two
long, pustulated hairs at one-third distance from apex, posterior mar-
gin obtusely angled; color same as prothorax. Legs concolorous with
body, femora thick.

Abdomen about equal in length to rest of body, broadly truncate,
at apex, segments 3, 4 and 5 broadest; lateral margin of first segment
nearly twice as long as that of second segment; marginal angle of the
first two segments with a single long hair, of segments 3, 4 and 5 with
two, of segments 6 and 7 with three; dorsum with scattered fine, long
hairs; color pale golden brown, a longitudinal dorsal darker blotch, and
each segment with a well-marked light marginal blotch which curves
strongly inward in the anterior part of segment.

Female. Body—length 2.40 mm.; width 1.1 mm.; head, length .72
mm.; width .86 mm.; abdomen longer in proportion to rest of body
than in male; the markings are similar to those of the male, but more
pronounced.

Lipeurus protervus Kellogg.

A female of this curious species, taken on Lagopus lagopus,
Norton Sound.

Lipeurus parviceps Piaget.

Two specimens referable to this species from the eider
duck, Arctonetta fischeri, Duck Egg Island. Lipeurus parvt-
ceps has been recorded hitherto only from Sterna. Our spec-
imens differ from Piaget’s figure, in having larger pustules in
the dorsal blotches, and only one dark spot on the metathor-
acic margin. Probably our specimens should be considered
to be a variety.

Colpocephalum morsitans sp. nov. (Fig. 3).
One male from Tringa maculata, Norton Sound. This
species is close to bicolor of Piaget from Strepsilas interpres.
It can be distinguished from that species by the abdominal

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markings, the presence of four rows of minutely pustulated
hairs on each abdominal segment; and by the markings of
the head. The dark abdomen, with still darker transverse
blotches, is characteristic of morsitans. The prothorax of the
specimen is damaged and can not be fully described.

Description of male. Length of body 1.60 mm.; width .57 mm.; dark
brown in color with well defined darker markings.

Head, length .37 mm.; width .44
mm.; noticeably broader than
long; front broadly and flatly
rounded, with short hairs on each
side and two longer hairs in front
of ocular emargination; temples
produced squarely with three long
hairs and several shorter ones on
outer margin; occipital margin
strongly concave with two pustu-
lated hairs near the middle and
one on each side of these a little
inward from the margin; ocular
emargination broad, not deep,
with distinct fringe; eye deeply
emarginate: head brown a little
lighter than abdomen; ocular
flecks, mandibles and bases of oc-
cipital bands piceous.

Prothorax small, sides rounded;
brown with coxae showing
through faintly as blotches. Met-
athorax about one and one-half
times as long as prothorax, sides

Fic. 3.—Colpocephalum morsitans n. sp., } : :
male, from 7ringa maculata, Norton almost straight, diverging strongly

Sound, Alaska. ‘
posteriorly; truncate at apex, one
strong hair at posterior angle and a few hairs on posterior margin;
uniformly brown in color; darker than head; coxae showing through
faintly as blotches. Legs concolorous with head, tibiae with small
darker spot at apex, femora thick.

Abdomen ovate, first and penultimate segments approximately equal
in width; broadest at segments 3, 4 and 5; each segment with a series
of one strong and several finer hairs at the margin, and four alternat-
ing rows of finely pustulated hairs on dorsal surface; color brown
with broad darker margin, and each segment with complete darker

Ent. NEws, VOL. XXIII. Plate III.

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GRAMMATAULIUS BETTENII-HILL-GRIFFIN.

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transverse blotch. Last segment lighter, without markings, posterior
margin with three short hairs on each side of the middle; scattered
hairs of variable size on dorsum.
Menopon corporosum Kellogg and Kuwana.
One specimen from Arenaria interpres, Norton Island, and
two from Phalaropus lobatus; same locality. The last two are
undoubtedly stragglers.

New Oregon Trichoptera.
By Annie LAuRA HILt-GrirFIN, Payette, Idaho.
(Plates III and IV.)

In preparing a thesis on the biology of certain Trichoptera,
completed June, 1911, I sent a number of specimens to Dr. C.
Betten, of Lake Forest, Illinois, to be identified.

Six of the species submitted to Dr. Betten turned out to be
new or probably new. One represented a new genus. It
has been a great disappointment, that of four of these new
species, there was not enough material to describe, in some
cases only one imperfect specimen being in the collection. This
was the case with the Psychomyid which represents the new
genus. This was collected by myself, in October, 1908, at
Crystal Lake, with five others of different species.

The list of new Trichoptera is as follows:

Limnophilidae. Grammataulius bettenti, n. sp.

Sericostomatidae. Atomyia, n. sp.

Leptoceridae. Mystacides alafimbriata, n. sp.

Psychomyidae. n. g. n. sp.

Rhyacophilidae. Glossosoma,n. sp. Glossosoma, probably
new.

The collection contained enough specimens of two of these
species so that descriptions could be made. The first one, a
Grammataulius, I have given the name of bettcnii in recog-
nition of the kind assistance given me in the determination
of specimens by Dr. Cornelius Betten. The second, a Lep-
tocerid, has been given the descriptive name alafimbriata be-
cause of the long, soft black fringe upon the outer and inner
margins of the hind wings.

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Grammataulius bettenii, n. sp. (Pl. III).

Ocraceous, with brighter colored hairs, and dark markings. Head,
yellowish, hairy. Antennae, testaceous, with short, black appressed
hairs; underside of basal joint clothed with longer black hairs, and a
thin tuft of black hair under each antenna; basal joint about twice as
long as wide. Palpi yellow. Thorax with hairy yellow band divided
by a naked medial line, and having a triangular, black pilose patch on
either side. Legs yellowish, with black spines. Abdomen yellowish,
sparsely provided with short, pale hairs; sometimes of a grayish hue.

A dorsal view, with folded wings showing an extremely long and
narrow isosceles triangle with its point half-way back along the wings.
It is formed by the dark edge of one wing which folds slightly
over the other, for a part of the distance.

Anterior wing narrow, obliquely truncate, inner margin concave.
Yellowish hyaline, marked with brown and scantily clothed with pale
yellow hairs, Vandyke brown streak through center of wing, extend-
ing through thyridial area and the fourth apical cell. Other dark
streaks consisting of irregular patches of color, occupy discoidal and
thyridial cells, and many scattered irregular spots are distributed
promiscuously throughout interneural areas. Venation pale. Solid
streak of Vandyke brown extending from near arculus to the anal angle,
with brown irrorations beneath. Costal area immaculate except for a
faint irregular cloudiness near the base. Thyridium and arculus hya-
line. Pterostigma absent. Discoidal cell slightly longer than its pedicel
and very narrow.

Posterior wings slightly shorter than the anterior, but at least twice
as wide toward the base, hyaline, the apical portion scantily clothed
with short pale hairs. Venation light yellow. No markings except
the very characteristic brown streak between and partly within the
third and fourth apical cells. It covers the vein until near the end,
when it curves upward, and the vein downward. Scanty long hairs
near attachment of wing, extending along the two lowest veins and
the margin.

Length of body, from 13 to 17 mm. Alar expanse, 41 mm.

Case: Composed of bits of straw arranged longitudinally in such a
manner as to form a cylinder. The straws usually, though not always,
form a spiral having 114 to 5 or 6 turns. Occasionally, the straws are
cut as long as the entire case, which then has no spiral effect.. In this
instance, no indication is given of the earlier stage of the case, and I
suspect this occurs only when the larva has been deprived when nearly
grown, of its case, and has then made it to suit its own size and has
not had to enlarge it subsequently. Sometimes the narrow blades of a
sort of watergrass are fastened together to make what appears to be

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a short piece of a very wide blade of grass, and then this piece is fas-
tened into the case just as are the others which are not “pieced to-
gether.”

Habits and Occurrence: Found in small ponds along the
C. & E. R. R,, Corvallis, Oregon, and in ponds formed by
the widening of slow-flowing streams. Also in various slow
streams flowing through meadows. The earliest species to
emerge in the laboratory, and probably one of the first to do
so outside, since the larvae are far in advance of the most
of the others, being nearly ready to pupate in the latter part
of January and first weeks of February, varying slightly from
year to year. Pupation occurs in February and the first of
March, and I have records of emergence of adults March 12,
14, 15, 20, 21 and 30, and April to. All the adults in the col-
lection, however, bear dates of September, October and No-
vember, which suggests two broods, or a very long adult
life.

The larvae seem to be restricted as to locality, but quite
abundant when found at all. The adults are moderately plen-
tiful, for caddisflies. This is one of the four largest spe-
cies in the collection of the Oregon Agricultural College at
Corvallis. Larvae -are difficult to rear inside. They feed on
water plants, dead and decaying leaves, manure and filth which
may happen to be in the meadow streams where they live.

Eggs and oviposition unknown to me.

Mystacides alafimbriata, n. sp. (Pl. IV).

Small, black, delicate and graceful, clothed with short black hair.
Head black, shining, with a few hairs between and below the antennae,
which are long and filiform; basal fourth annulated with buff; basal
segment very large in proportion to the antennae, surrounded with
black hair. Palpi very bristly with black hair. Thorax black and shin-
ing. Legs grayish-yellow with few small black spines. Abdomen
dark gray.

Anterior wing long, rather narrow, rounded at. apex, dusky, cloth-
ed with short black hairs. The costal area is darker than the remain-
der. Venation brown. Thyridium and arculus hyaline. Pterostigma
present. Discoidal cell about the same length as its pedicel. The
first apical cell is not very long; not so long as the second, in fact. All
interneural areas extremely long and narrow.

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Posterior wing slightly lighter in color than the anterior; approxi-
mate shape, half an ellipse cut longitudinally. | Venation, yellow-
brown, the median vein being very strong and thick. Costa extremely
strong, with hamuli extending from the center of the costa about half-
way to the apex. Cross-veins entirely absent except for a smali one
near the base. Both outer and inner margins fringed with long soft,
black hair which increases in length to the base of the wing, where
it is fully as wide as the attachment itself.

Length of body, 6 mm. Alar expanse, 17 mm.

Collected at Permelia Lake, Mt. Jefferson, Oregon, July
16, 1908, by Prof. J. C. Bridwell.

In the latter part of June, just after the preceding was writ-
ten, a few specimens of this same species were captured by
Mr. A. J. Stover, at Colorado Lake, an arm of the Willamette,
near Corvallis. After making sure of its identity with M.
alafimbriata, an attempt was made to find larvae and pupae.
A number of small, slender pupal cases were suspected
and rearing proved them to be undoubtedly the new spe-
cies. Larvae were also found.

The adults at Colorado Lake appear about 5 or 6 o’clock in
the evening, in swarms, and dance and hover above the water
with dizzying pertinacity. Except accidentally, they do not
seem to alight, nor to touch one another. They hover di-
rectly above where the larvae and pupae are found, but could
not be detected in the act of oviposition.

Pupa: The pupal cases are found attached to floating logs
or snags in Colorado Lake. They resemble the larval cases.
The well-developed pupa has extremely long antennae like
the adult. These curve back above the eye, slant across the
black wing and down to the posterior end of the abdomen,
where their surplus length is coiled into a curl, through
which the tips finally project backwards. Length of pupa 8
mm.

Larva: The larva is a very small, slender, but extremely
active creature with comically long hind legs. These it places
in advance of the middle pair, in walking, making it appear
as though the middle legs were longer than the hind legs.
Upon close inspection, however, the latter are seen crossing

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the middle legs. When removed from the case, they move
about with quick, jerky movements, actually jumping, like a
flea, at times. They feed on grass and various water plants.
Length of a larva, probably nearly full-grown, 6 mm.

Case: A small, slender cylinder of long bits of reed, straw,
sticks, ete., placed lengthwise. Usually one straw about twice
the length of the case is attached to it dorsally, or two very
long ones, laterally. Occasionally, a part of the case is
constructed of grains of sand and tiny bits of miscellaneous
material.

Eggs: not observed.

EXPLANATION OF PLATES.
PEATE Tt
Grammataulius bettenii, n. sp.

Fig. 1, Adult; 2, Larva; 3, Wings; 4, Maxilla of larva; 5, Larval
case; 6, End of Pupal case and detail of net in end; 7a, Labrum and 7b,
Mandible of Larva; 8, 9 and Io, Dorsal, lateral and ventral views re-
spectively of the male genitalia; 11, Head of imago, dorsal view; 12,
Dragging hook of larva; 13a, 13b, First and third legs of larva; 14,
Mandibles of pupa.

PLATE IV.
Mystacides alafimbriata, n. sp.

Fig. 1, Adult; 2, Wings of male; 3, 4 and 5, Lateral, ventral and dor-
sal views respectively of the male genitalia; 6, Head of adult, dorsal
view; 7, Lateral view of the female genitalia; 8, Dragging hook of
larva; 9, Mandible of larva; 10, Pupa; 11, Labrum of larva; 12,
Ventral view of larval case; 13, Larva; 14, End of pupal case; 15,
Maxilla of larva; 16a, 16b and I6c, Middle, front and hind legs respec-
tively of larva.

Notes on Australian Pentatomidae (Rhynch.).
By FE. BercrotH, Turtola, Finland.
Stelgidophora pallida V. Duz.

This insect was described as doubtfully belonging to Dictyo-
tus Dall. and was later placed by Van Duzee in the genus
Eurynannus Bergr. It is allied to Eurynannus, but so distinct
that a mew genus Stelgidophora must be founded upon it. As
described by me in Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1905, II, pp. 153-
154, the head of Eurynannus is unique in the Pentatomidae in

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having the sides of the whole basal half of the anteocular part
very broadly convex, continuously merged in the antenniferous
tubercles which are convergent; the eyes are shortly stylated
and so small that the vertex is about seven times broader than
an eye; the ocelli are situated twice as far from each other as
from the eyes; the bucculze are low and straight; the sides of
the pronotum are convexly rounded, sinuated only immediately
behind the apical angles; the scutellum is about as long as
broad; the veins of the membrane are simple and few in num-
ber. In Stelgidophora the convex anteocular part of the latera!
margin of the head is not longer than the eye itself; the an-
tenniferous tubercles are well separated from the lateral mar-
gin of the head and not convergent ; the eyes are larger and not
stylated ; the ocelli are four times farther from each other than
from the eyes; the bucculz are lobed both anteriorly and pos-
teriorly, the anterior lobe being rounded and deflected, the pos-
terior lobe subacute and directed backward; the sides of the
pronotum are deeply sinuated; the scutellum is much longer
than broad; the membranal veins are densely reticulated. I
have seen the type of pallida in the American Museum of Na.
tural History, New York.

Commius minor Bergr.

The type specimen is somewhat immature. In specimens
with the colors fully developed the two large basal spots to the
pronotum and the ground color of the corium are dark brassy
bluish greerf, not fuscous as in the type. This insect seems to
be much more common than the typical species, C. elegans Don.
It occurs in the whole eastern part of Australia and I have
seen it in several collections.

Notius melancholicus n. sp.

Oblong, black, four small upper basal spots to head, narrow lateral
margins of head, of pronotum and of basal half of corium, bucculz,
rostrum (except apical joint), basal ring of the two last antennal joints,
narrow margin of acetabula, coxe, trochanters, base of femora, a me-
dian ring to tibiz, basal joint of tarsi, and a spot on the external apical
genital lobe of female yellow. The last three antennal joints subequal
in length, second joint distinctly shorter than third. Hemelytra dis-

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tinctly passing apex of abdomen, corium reaching base of last connexi-
val segment. Abdomen but little broader than the closed hemelytra,
which cover the greatest part of the connexivum. Puncturation as in
N. depressus. Length, 2 13 mm.

Tasmania. a

Closely allied to N. depressus Dall., but the connexivum and
lateral border of the venter are entirely unspotted, the third
antennal joint and hemelytra are longer, and the abdomen is
more narrowed posteriorly. In depressus the third antennal
joint is distinctly shorter than the second, the hemelytra do not
pass the apex of the abdomen, the corium barely passes the
middle of the penultimate connexival segment, and the abdo-
men is broader behind the middle, leaving the greatest part of
the connexivum exposed.

Alcaeus hermannsburgi Dist.

On this species Distant founded the genus Muritha, which is
a synonym of Alcaeus Dall. Distant says that it differs from
Alcaeus in having the second antennal joint “not about half
the length of the first, but nearly twice as long.’ This is cor-
rect, but the length of the second joint in A. hermannsburgi is
_ due to the fact that the second and third joints are fused into
one long joint, being separated only by a constriction, not by a
real articulation. In consequence of this the third joint, as de-
scribed by Distant, corresponds to the fourth joint in the other
species. The second joint is, as Distant correctly says, ‘‘flatten-
ed and roundly ampliate at base;” this flattened basal part of
the joint corresponds to the whole second joint in the other de-
scribed species, this joint being compressed in all species, as
correctly stated by Dallas. The fourth (apical) joint (corre-
sponding to the fifth in the typical species), which was lacking
in Distant’s type, is only half the length of the preceding joint,
black with the base narrowly yellow. There are several species
of this Australian genus, only four of which have been de-
scribed ; they are extremely similar in color, much confused in
the collections and sorely in need of a revision, impossible to
undertake without examination of the types of the described
species. They are separable principally by the structure of the

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antenna and orificia and, above all, the male genital segment.
The transitions between species with five-jointed and four-
jointed antenne are quite gradual. In some species the suture
between the second and third joints is fairly distinct, in others
it is hardly perceptible, sometimes disappearing only on the
inner side of the joint or vanishing altogether as in A. her-
mannsburgi. In no species I have seen a quite normal articu-
lation with free mobility between these segments. We find a
quite analogous structure of the antennz in the allied genera
Eumecopus Dall. and Poecilometis Dall. In both these genera
there are species with five-jointed and with four-jointed an-
tenne, owing to the second and third joints being either more
or less distinctly separated or fused together. Kirkaldy (Cat.
Hem. I, p. 189) founded the “subgenus, if not genus” Eurono-
tias on the species of Poecilometis with five-jointed antenne.
Why he did not make the same subdivision in the genus Eume-
copus is hard to understand. Euronotias is quite unnatural
and untenable even as a subgenus, as both in Poecilometis and
Eumecopus some species with four-jointed antenne are much
more closely allied to certain species with five-jointed antennz
than to each other.

Theseus parvulus Westw.

In his revision of the Pentatomidae described by Westwood
in the “Hope Catalogue,” Distant places Halys parvula Westw.
in the genus Spudaeus Dall., but from the figure he gives of
the type it is clear that it belongs to Theseus Stal.

Kirkaldy proposed the new name Austromalaya for Spu-
daeus, which is said to be preoccupied by Gistl. From what I
have gathered about that monstrous literary product “Natur-
geschichte des Thierreichs fiir hohere Schulen bearbeitet von
J. Gistl” few of his very numerous new names are properly
founded. They seem to be nomina nuda massed together in
the 16 pages forming the introduction to the book and mostly
proposed quite arbitrarily without real grounds for old, well-
known genera. I believe that most of these names have been
undeservedly included in Waterhouse’s “Index zoologicus.”

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Until we learn whether the name Spudaeus Gistl has a show
of legitimacy, if ever so little, I think there is no reason to
abandon the name Spudaeus Dall. (Of the names proposed by
Gistl in Hemiptera one at most can be used: Eupheno for the
preoccupied name Macrops Burm. in the Reduviide).

Paramenestheus nercivus Dall.

Sciocoris nercivus Dall., placed in our catalogues in the genus
Menestheus Stal, ought to be transferred to Paramenestheus
Bredd. It is true that Stal cited nercivus as the type of
Menestheus, but from the information which Distant in Ann.
and Mag. of Nat. Hist. (8) VI. p. 469, gives of Dallas’s type
it is clear that Stal had wrongly identified nercivus, with which
his description of the head and antennz does not at all agree.
Menestheus was probably founded on a still undescribed spe-
cies allied to M. cuneatus Dist. Judging from the description
it is probable that M. doddi Dist. belongs to neither of these
genera.

Turrubulana plana Dist.

Distant has totally misunderstood the systematic position of
this insect, placing it in the Halyinae near the African genus
Atelocera Lap. It pertains to the true Pentatominae and is
closely allied to the Australian genus Lubentius Stal, from
which it differs principally by the longer and narrower, later-
ally bisinuated and apically not rounded head, by the second
antennal joint not reaching the apex of the head, the longer
second rostral joint (reaching the middle coxz), the slightly
elevated, more deeply sinuate apical pronotal margin, the long-
er frena, and by having the tips of the membranal veins united
by a more or less continuous transverse vein parallel to the
margin of the membrane. The membrane is described as
“black” with “the apex paler,” but it is subhyaline with brown
veins. It appears to be black on account of the underlying
black dorsal surface. The ground color of the upper side is
normally reddish ochraceous. I have another allied new genus
which will be described in a forthcoming paper on Hemiptera
from Central- Australia.

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Antestia cederwaldi n. sp.

Above green with the corium glaucous, beneath pale flavous tinged
with orange and with a broad sublateral green vitta extending from
the anterior margin of the propleura to the apex of the abdomen.
Head above with the basal margin, an intraocular oblong spot conflu-
ent with the base, two median vitte and a broad jugal vitta black.
The whole margin of the pronotum, base of exocorium, epipleura, and
an elongate smooth callous vitta in the exterior submedian part of the
mesocorium orange; a line running from the apical margin of the pro-
notum to near the apex of the scutellum, the suture of the endocorium.
and a line at the outer margin of the mesocorial callous vitta whitish.
Tergum of abdomen black, connexivum orange, each segment with a
basal subtriangular blackish spot which does not touch the outer mar-
gin, last ventral segment with a median piceous spot of variable size.

Head as long as the pronotum in the middle and distinctly broader
than long, finely and rather sparingly punctured above, smooth beneath;
juga transversely wrinkled, anterior ocular orbita smooth and elevated,
prolonged obliquely inward and backward in the shape of a short ridge;
rostrum green, apical joint piceous; antenne green, second joint a little
longer than third, fourth joint light brown, almost twice longer than
third (fifth joint wanting).

Pronotum almost three times broader than its length in the middle,
rather thickly punctured with pale fuscous, the whole apical margin
and the straight antero-lateral margins smooth, callously elevated, lat-
eral angles rounded, not prominent. Scutellum punctured as the pro-
notum. Pleurze irregularly punctured with very pale fuscous, anterior
margin of propleure elevated, evaporative area of metapleura extended
over the posterior half of mesopleura. Corium more strongly and
darkly punctured than pronotum and scutellum, the callous vitta of the
mesocorium posteriorly obliquely continued to the interior apical angle
(membrane mutilated). Wings slightly infuscated, iridescent.

Abdomen beneath remotely and very finely punctulate, more distinctly
punctured towards the sides, last ventral segment (2) in the middle
a little longer than the preceding segment.

Legs green. Length, 2. 7.8—8 mm.

New South Wales (Richmond River, C. Cederwald).

Very distinct from the two described Australian species of
the genus. Dedicated to the memory of my dear friend, Carl
Cederwald, from Stockholm, who many years ago collected in-
sects for me in New South Wales, and who fell as a volunteer
in the Boer War.

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Pseudapines geminata V. Duz.

This insect seems to be widely distributed. The types came
from New South Wales and I have received it both from South
Australia and West Australia. It was described as an Apines,
but I cannot share Van Duzee’s opinion that “this species
agrees in all generic characters with Apines concinna Dallas.”
It differs in so many points from the Indian concinna as de-
scribed and figured by Dallas and Distant, that a new genus,
Pseudapines, must be founded upon it. The differential char-
acters appear from the comparative diagnoses given below.
The pale submarginal scutellar vittee are often broadly inter-

rupted by black in the middle.

Apines Dall.

Head about as broad as long,
narrowing from the anteocular
sinus to the rounded apex.

Antenne more than half the
length of the body.

First joint of rostrum reach-
ing base of head, third joint
shorter than the fourth, which is
almost as long as the second.

Pronotum in the middle much
longer than the head, not strongly
transverse, moderately narrowed
toward the apex.

Mesosternum
middle.

Orificia prolonged in a rather
long, gradually tapering sulcus di-
rected obliquely forward.

Hemelytra barely reaching the
apex of the abdomen, corium not

sulcated in the

reaching penultimate connexival
sezment.
Legs long, femora reaching

much over the lateral margins of
the body, basal and apical joint of
tarsi subequal in length.

Pseudapines nov. gen.

Head broader than long, sub-
parallel from the anteocular sinus
to the broadly subrotundately
truncate apex.

Antenne less than half the
length of the body.

First joint of rostrum not
reaching base of head, third joint
longer than the fourth, which is
scarcely longer than half the sec-
ond joint.

Pronotum in the middle as long
as the head, strongly transverse
and strongly narrowed toward the
apex.

Mesosternum carinated
middle.

Orificia prolonged in a_ short,
suddenly discontinued sulcus di-
rected straight outward.

Hemelytra considerably passing
apex of abdomen, corium reach-
ing the middle of last connexival
segment.

Legs very short, femora not
reaching the lateral margins of the
body, basal joint of tarsi shorter
than apical joint.

in the

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In the figure given by Van Duzee the femora are represented
as reaching over the sides of the body, but this is wrong. The
Philippine 4. grisea Banks is apparently a true Apines.

Diaphyta rosea n. sp.

Obovate, pink-colored, basal border of pronotum and apex of scutel-
lum broadly tinged with whitish; second and third ventral segments
whitish from near the middle to near the spiracles, rostrum and anten-
nz testaceous, fourth and fifth antennal joints (except at base), pos-
terior lateral margins of tylus, a point at the base of the fore and mid-
dle acetabula, and the apical angles of the abdominal segments black;
spiracles placed in a small whitish callus.

Head a little broader than long and a little shorter than the prono-
tum, slightly sinuate in front of the eyes, beneath very finely and spar-
ingly punctured, above transversely rugulose; apical half of juga very
thickly and finely punctulate, ocellar areas smooth with a single slightly
curved row of fine punctures on each side a little inside the ocelli;
rostrum slightly passing the middle of the third ventral segment; an-
tennz rather stout, third joint distinctly shorter than the second and
as long as the fifth, fourth joint as long as the second.

Pronotum strongly but rather sparingly and irregularly punctured
with fuscous, with smaller points intermixed, all points becoming black
on the basal area, the transverse discal impression interrupted in the
middle, anterior lateral margins straight, narrowly elevated, lateral
angles obtuse, not prominent, posterior lateral margins and basal mar-
gin broadly and slightly sinuate. Scutellum strongly but remotely punc-
tured with fuscous, more thickly so on the sides behind the middle,
the punctures blackened on the apical area. Acetabula and posterior
border of propleure and metapleure punctured with fuscous, sternal
lamina in front of the fore coxe roundedly narrowing, bent upward,
being contiguous to the sternum, not freely prominent. Hemelytra
somewhat passing apex of abdomen, corium reaching base of last con-
nexival segment, rather strongly and thickly concolorously punctured,
the punctures becoming fuscous toward the inner part, membrane
glossy, infuscated.

Abdomen beneath strongly concolorously punctured, smooth along
the centre, apical angles of the segments acutely prominent, last male
ventral segment in the middle longer than the two preceding segments
combined, male genital segment broadly sinuate at apex.

Legs pink, femora with very small sanguineous points, upper side of
tibize strongly punctured with black. Length, ¢ 85 mm.

West Australia.
Less elongate than D. pulchra Westw. (of which fulvescens
Dall. is possibly only a variety), quite differently colored and

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with several structural differences. It more resembles a Cuspi-
cona, but the generic characters are those of Diaphyta.
Myappena capito Dist.

Distant says that “‘this genus appertains to the group of
genera distinguished as Platycoraria Bergr.,’ but in the de-
scription he writes: “Abdominal segments 7-5 with a trans-
verse Strigose vitta behind the spiracles’ (the italics are mine).
I have not seen this insect, but it can certainly not belong to
the Platycoraria, as in this group the strigose ventral vitta is
situated far imward from the spiracles, forming an uninter-
rupted curve from the first to the third segment. The “strigose
vitte’” in Myappena Dist. are certainly not homologous with the
stridulatory vitte in the Platycoraria. As the rostrum is de-
scribed as only passing the anterior coxze Myappena cannot
even belong to the Halyinae. Its position will remain enigmati-
cal until it has been re-examined and redescribed by a hemip-
terist having access to the type.

New Species of Lyttidae, with notes on Described
Species (Coleop.).
By CrEIGHTON WELLMAN, M_D., F.E.S.

(Studies from the Laboratory of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene,
under the direction of Creighton Wellman, Tulane University of
Louisiana, No. 2).

The writer has for several years been interested in the Lyt-
tidae (Meloidae auctt.) on account of their parasitic habits and
the bearing of the facts regarding their habits on the general
question of parasitism, and also because of the employment by
African and Oriental natives of substances prepared from these
insects as medicines, aphrodisiacs, poisons for suicide and mur-
der, etc.

In the course of an examination of large amounts of ma-
terial from the British, Berlin and Indian Museums, the Pusa
collection of Bengal, several private collections and my own
cabinet, I have accumulated a number of notes which do not

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bear on my work which is to appear in the Fauna of British
India or on any other special investigation now in hand. These
are brought together in the present paper with the object of
adding to the still somewhat scanty knowledge we possess of
this important and interesting group of insects.

Genus ZONABRIS Har.

The following notices of species are from examination of
types or authentic specimens:

Zonabris hauseri and Z. lucens are distinct species; lucens
can be told from hauseri by its longer fourth article of the an-
tenna and its dark elytral apex.

Z. crux var. opulentus. This form should be considered as a
variety of lucens and not of crux.

Z. elegantissimus var. confluens. This is merely a slight color
variation.

~Z fasciculata Esch. This is a good species, near macu-
lata, ’OI.

Z. subsplendidula Rtt. and Z. staudingeri Hdn. are both va-
rieties of Z. splendidula Pall.

Z. frolovi, Z. intermedia and Z. kénigi are color variations
of the same species.

Z. humerosa, Z. chodshentica, Z. scabiosae and Z. eyphra-
tica are all varieties of the same species based on differences of
the elytral pattern.

Z. bertrandi Cast. = Z. ustulata Reiche.

Z. dicincta Bert. = Z. bizonata Gerst.

Z. (Caryna) posthuma Mars. is a variety of M. (C.) mixta
Mars.

Genus ELETICA F.

Eletica maerens Pér. = E. rufa F. var.

E. rufa F. var. grandiceps n. var.

Brown, smaller than typical forms, structural characters as in rufa
except that the head is proportionately very much larger than in
normal specimens.

‘Africa.”
There is a specimen in the British Museum.

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Eletica bicolor Champ. var. fuamboensis n. var.

Differs from bicolor in having the head proportionately smaller, the
eyes rufous and more convex and the head less canaliculated at ver-
tex. The coloring is as in bicolor except that the thorax is black.

“Fuambo, Brit. Cent. Africa, ‘95-1.”

British Museum.

This insect may represent a new species, but the extraordin-
ary variability in the genus makes it impossible to announce it
as such until more material appears.

E. pallidipennis Fairm. = E. rufa F.

Genus EPICAUTA Redt.

Epicauta formosensis sp. n.

Black, with red head, clypeus infuscate; back and sides of pronotum,
suture, margin and apices of elytra, edges of ventral segments, epis-
terna and mesosterna all edged with white pubescence; form large,
robust, elongate, somewhat cylindrical; head large, subquadrate, strong-
ly rounded, a median impressed line on the occiput, pustules back of
bases of antennae small, punctuation sparse, but uniform and coarse,
punctures on frons a little finer than rest of head, pubescence heavier
and larger at back and sides; labrum poorly obcordate, transverse,
sides more strongly punctured than disc, pubescence heavier at anter-
ior angles, labro-clypeal suture distinct; clypeus rounded behind, almost
straight in front, transverse, very much more coarsely punctured than
head, pubescence stronger at sides; maxillary palpi long, somewhat
slender, art. 2 and 4 about equal in length, art. 3 a little shorter than
others and a little broader than 2, art. 4 broader than 3, bluntly rounded
and flattened; pubescence sparse; antennae long and robust, art. 1
the stoutest, 2 about 2-3 as long as I, 3 about 1% as long as 1, 4a
little longer than 2 and gradually increasing and tapering to 10, II a
trifle longer than 10 and bluntly sharpened; eyes small, narrow, reni-
form.

Pronotum short, subquadrate, a little narrow behind, strongly con-
stricted in front, margin distinctly everted, a slight median depression
posteriorly, another at middle of disc; punctuation not quite as strong
as head but very thick and close, pubescence very short and rather
heavier at sides; scutellum rather rounded triangle, medium, some-
what smooth; elytra parallel separately, rounded at apices, ora dis-
tinct, nervure indistinct, evenly and finely punctured, granulose, pu-
bescence short, close lying; ventral surface a little more heavily punc-
tured than elytra; legs large, long, robust, femora and tibiae a little
more finely and thickly punctured than abdomen, pubescence pale;

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posterior tibial spurs somewhat spoonshaped, the inner the longer and
the outer the heavier; tarsi, long and stout; claws, long and robust.

Type in British Museum. Type locality, Formosa.

Distribution. Formosa, Japan (Rev. H. Loomis); C. For-
mosa, ’94; Formosa (Bowring), 63; British Museum (3)5
Wellman Coll. (1).

Waterhouse (Trans. Ent. Soc. 1891, 111, p. 407) referred
this species to assamensis with a query. It is perfectly distinct.
however, and may be told by the larger size, white marginal
pubescence, the entire lack of long black hair on the sternum,
and the heavier and sparser punctuation of the head. The
specimen in my collection, labeled chinensis Cast., is not quite
typical, being smaller, with a larger smooth area on the frons.

Epicauta insularis Haag-Rut. var. montalbana n. var.

Differs from typical specimens by having the pronotum uniformly
dark red instead of black. Although the essential characters are iden-
tical with insularis the color difference is so striking that any one
would at first glance pronounce it a new species.

This pretty variety was sent me by Mr. Charles S. Banks,
Entomologist of the Bureau of Science, Manila, who writes
concerning it as follows: ‘Those numbered 11,059 were found
by Mr. W. Schultze, my assistant, very abundant at Montalban,
about 30 kilometers from Manila. They were taken on the
6th of June, 1909, and were present in thousands. Mr. Schultze
says that wherever they touched his hand they caused tiny
blisters.”

I have in my collection typical specimens of insularis, also
taken by Mr. Banks, and there is another series in the United
States National Museum, from Benguet, ’03, and Manila, ’oo,
sent by the same collector, who also reports in a letter to the
writer the following other Philippine captures: Gen. Cissistes
cephalotes ’o1. Manila, Sept., 03 (R. E. Brown, S. J.), Horia
testacea ¥., Necrosis, P. 1; °o2;(Banks):

Genus LYTTA F.

Lytta signifrons Fabr. = L. coelestina Haag.
L. hildebrandti Haag. = L. vittipennis Klbe.
L,. flagellaria Er. is a Macrobasis.

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‘Lytta bieti n. sp.

Color metallic, bluish purple, a yellow spot on the vertex, elytra
with a yellow vitta extending obliquely from the basal margin over
the humeral callus to the apex and ending nearer the suture than
the margin; form medium, robust, depressed, slightly wider posterior-
ly; head large, triangular, slightly rounded angles, a slight vertical
median impressed line, an impression at base of antenna on each side,
another impression at the anterior end of the light spot on vertex,
coarsely and very sparsely punctured, becoming a little denser at frons;
pubescence short, sparse and mixed dark and lighter at back and un-
der head; labrum strongly obcordate, a median smooth space, finely
and sparsely punctured, pubescence pale, sparse, labro-clypeal suture
distinct; clypeus very short, transverse, narrowed in front, posterior
border convex, a foveate impression on either side, finely and thickly
punctured, pubescence sparse; maxillary palpi long and medium, art.
2 medium, slightly obconical, art. 3 short, obconical, last article the
longest of all, slightly ovoid; antennae art. 1 short, strongly swollen,
art. 2 small, beadlike.

Pronotum short, transverse, narrowed behind, strongly gibbous at
sides, suddenly constricted into neck, a median longitudinal impressed
line to near posterior margin ending in a large impression, reflexed
posterior margin strong at middle weakening at sides, a large, round,
shallow fovea on either side of disk, disk around these foveae smooth,
impunctate, and in front of these it is sparsely and coarsely punctured,
a little coarser than head, pubescence short, sparse, dark; scutellum
large, rounded, a large deep fovea taking in nearly all of it; elytra
less than three times as large as joint width, ora and nervures dis-
tinct, evenly, mediumly, coarsely and rugosely punctured, light and
dark areas punctured the same, pubescence sparse and very short,
slightly dehiscent and separately rounded at apices; ventral surface
of mesosternum finely, thickly and rugosely punctured, pubescence
mediumly short, ventrals of abdomen finely, sparsely and transversely
aciculately punctured, pubescence mediumly short, sparse and confined
more to sternum; Jegs medium long and stout, femora and_ tibiz
punctured about like ventrals but not aciculate, posterior tibial spurs,
outer with slight tendency to being trumpet-shaped, inner sharp and
curved; tarsi long and slender; claws short and stout.

Length 13, width 3.5 mm.

Type in B. Museum. Type locality, Thibet.

Distribution. Thibet, Tatsienlou (Mgr. F. Biet.). British
Museum (3 specimens).

This can readily be told at a glance from thibetana by its
more gibbous pronotum, color, by its much coarser elytral sculp-

ture, and by the oblique direction of the elytral vitta, in thibe-

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tana the vitta is reflected upward at its apex, in bieti it is re-
flected downward.

Lytta arborea n. sp.

Color metallic, dark blue, a small red dot on vertex, pubescence
very short, sparse and mixed light and dark; form small, oblong; head
subquadrate, strongly rounded angles, sparsely but very coarsely
punctured, punctuation closest at frons and vertex; Jabrum short,
strongly emarginate in front, sides rounded, punctured very finely
and sparsely, labro-clypeal suture not distinct; clypeus short, trans-
verse oblong, strongly rounded angles, sparsely and finely punctured;
maxillary palpi long and slender, art. 2 long, very slender, cylindrical,
3 is % as long as 2, and alittle thicker, last not quite as long as 2 but
much thicker and truncate; antennae medium, art. I short and swollen,
2 very small and beadlike, 3 a little longer than 1, cylindrical, 4-10
subequal, slightly increasing in diameter, last longer than 10, strongly
pointed; eyes small, flat, far apart, entire.

Pronotum roughly hexagonal, a slight median impressed line, a large
fovea on either side of line, on disk, feebly everted at posterior mar-
gin, more strongly at middle, punctured like head, but very much
sparser and scattering; scutellum short and squarish, almost impunc-
tate; elytra 214 times as long as joint width, ora prominent nervures
slightly visible, uniformly rugose, jointly rounded behind; ventral
surface very faintly and sparsely punctured; Jegs medium, femora and
tibiae a little more closely punctured than ventrals; tarsi long and
slender; claws long and stout;¢ antenne long and delicate, last ven-
tral deeply notched; 9 antennz very short, stouter, last ventral shal-
lowly notched.

Length 8 mm., width 2.5 mm.

Type in my collection. Type locality, Humboldt County,
California.

Distribution Weitchpec, Humboldt Co., V. 20, 11, near Ham-
burg, Siskyou Co., VI. 2, 11 (F. W. Nunenmacher).

This rare insect was found by beating trees (? dogwood)
along the river. It is very scare, but of great interest on ac-
count of its unusual habits. None of our other indigenous blis-
ter beetles, except the genus Pomphopoea (and possibly Mac-
robasis unicolor Kby. which is occasionally taken on small
bushes) are arboreal in habits. The present species is the first
of the present genus known to live on trees. Structurally, it
is not very close to any described form.

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Lytta hoppingi n. sp.

Color black, prothorax bright reddish testaceous with a black longi-
tudinal dorsal median broad stripe which is the full width of the
neck in front, ending behind at the base of the pronotum in a point,
very sparsely clothed throughout with short, black very sparse pubes-
ence; form slender, graceful, somewhat depressed, strongly widened
behind; head small, subglobose, slightly depressed, with a very faint
median impressed line at the occiput, a faint smooth pustule on vertex,
thickly and moderately coarsely punctured, the punctures being thicker
around the pustule on vertex, becoming sparser toward sides and back
of head; labrum short, broad, feebly emarginate in front, strongly
rounded corners narrowed behind, thickly and finely punctured, labro-
clypeai suture distinct; clypeus short, transverse, slightly rounded in
front, straight behind, punctured a little more sparsely than labrum;
maxillary palpi short and slender, arts. 2 and 3 subequal, cylindrical,
last a little longer, slightly flattened and truncate; antennae long
and stout, art. 1 short and strongly swollen, 2 is % as long as first,
bead-shaped, 3 a little longer than 1 and subequal from 3 to Io, last a
little longer than ro and strongly pencil-sharpened; eyes large, wide
apart, slightly convex, entire.

Pronotum long, slender, subcylindrical, gently and slowly narrowed
in front, feebly narrowed behind, posterior margin very feebly everted,
a very slight median fovea near the posterior margin, punctured a
little more finely than head, the dark areas punctured a little more
thickly than the light; scutellum small, triangular, point rounded, finely
and thickly punctured; elytra 2% times as long as joint width, ora dis-
tinct, very finely and vermiculately rugose. jointly rounded at apices;
ventral surface very finely and evenly punctured; /egs medium, femora
and tibie punctured like ventrals; farsi long and mediumly strong.

2. Articles of antennze much longer than those of 2, the last two
ventral segments much more strongly notched than 9, posterior tibial
spurs long and slender, smooth pustule on vertex well marked.

2. Articles of antenne stouter, last ventral segments slightly notch-
ed, posterior tibial spurs shorter and stouter, pustule on vertex feebly
marked.

Length 15 mm., width 4 mm.

Type in my collection. Type locality Fresno County, Cali-
fornia,

Distribution. Coalinga, Fresno County, California, V. 8. (R.
Hopping).

This graceful species is not very closely allied to any other
now known. At a glance it somewhat resembles in form and
color Pyrotrichus vitticollis Lec.

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Lytta nunenmacheri n. sp.

Color black, a small red spot on vertex, uniformly clothed with
short, very sparse, black, erect pubescence; form rather short and
robust; head subquadrate, a slight median impressed line on occiput,
vertex transversely somewhat impressed, sparsely and mediumly coarse-
ly punctured, the punctures being thickest just at vertex; /Jabrum
obcordate; the anterior half rather thickly and coarsely punctured, the
posterior half impunctate, labro-clypeal suture distinct; clypeus short,
transverse oblong, anterior I-3 impunctate, posterior 2-3 punctured
like labrum; maxillary palpi short and stout, art. 2 long, 3 short, last
a little longer than 2, strongly flattened, truncate; antennae medium
in length, stout, art. I short, strongly swollen, 2 very small, beadlike,
3 longer than 1, 4 as long as I, 4-10 subequal in length but gradually
increasing in diameter, last longer than 10 and strongly pencil-sharpen-
ed; eyes small, far apart, slightly convex, very slightly notched.

Pronotum subquadrate, sharply contracted in front, rather strongly
narrowed behind, posterior margin strongly everted, a deep longitud-
inal median impression extending almost its entire length, sparsely
punctured, the punctures like those of head; scutellum small, rounded,
finely and thickly punctured; elytra 2%4 times as long as joint width,
slightly widened posteriorly, ora distinct, 2 middle nervures visible,
finely and vermiculately rugose, a little more strongly marked toward
apices, separately rounded behind; ventral surface sparsely and finely
punctured; /egs long and stout; femora and tibie punctured like ven-
trals but a little thicker; farsi long and stout; claws long and stout.

6. Antenne longer and slenderer than 92, pronotum convex and not
rugose, posterior tibial spurs long and slender, slightly trumpet-shaped.

@. Antennz shorter and stouter, pronotum slightly depressed and
slightly rugose, posterior tibial spurs shorter and stouter and strongly
trumpet-shaped.

Length 12-22 mm., width 3-3.8 mm.

Type in my collection. Type locality Humboldt County, Cali-
fornia.

Distribution. Orleans Bar, Humboldt County, California, V.
22, 11 (F. W. Nunenmacher).

Nunenmacheri can be told from blaisdclli by its sulcate pro-
notum, by its much thicker (twice as thickly) punctured head,
by its rugose pronotum and by the posterior tibial spurs being
very trumpet-shaped (they are only grooved in Dlaisdelli) and
by the much duller texture of the head and thorax and elytra.

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Genus CALOSPASTA Lec.
Calospasta imperialis n. sp.

Color piceous, head and thorax testaceous, elytra and legs stramine-
ous, antenne varying from piceous to testaceous, pubescence sparse
and short throughout; form small, slender and delicate, subparallel ;
head small, subglobose, sparsely and very minutely punctured, with a
small shallow depression at frons; /abrum short, transverse, oblong,
finely and thickly punctured in the middle, labro-clypeal suture very
distinct; clypeus short, transverse, with anterior angles rounded, punc-
tured like head; mavillary palpi medium, slender, last article trun-
cate; antennae medium, robust, article 1 short, slightly swollen, 2
bead-like, 3 almost equal to 1 and 2, cylindrical, 4-10 subequal, short
cylindrical, 11 a little longer and somewhat fusiform; eyes large, far
apart, almost entire.

Pronotum long, somewhat cone-shaped, very strongly contracted in
front and slightly narrowed behind, posterior margin reflexed, a V-
shaped depression posteriorly at the middle, punctuation as that of
head; scutellum small, V-shaped, almost impunctate; elytra slightly
widened behind, ora and nervures distinct, somewhat coarsely, irregu-
larly and rugosely punctured, separately and bluntly rounded behind;
ventral surface very finely but distinctly punctured; Jegs long and
slender, femora and tibize punctured like ventrals, posterior tibial
spurs short and weak, the inner sharp, the outer blunt; tarsi long and
slender; claws long and weak.

Length 6 mm., width 2 mm.

Type in Wellman coll. Type locality Meloland, Imperial
Valley, California.
Distribution. Imperial Valley, May, 1911, on wild hollyhock
(J. C. Bridwell, 9 specimens).
This species is very distinct from anything in the genus yet
described.
Genus MELOE L.

Meloe latreillei Mars. = M. purpurascens Germ.
M. aeneus Cast. = M. purpurascens Germ.
M. maculifrons Luc. = M. mayjalis L. var.

Genus NEMOGNATHA Illig.

Nemognatha bridwelli n. sp.

Color yellowish testaceous, antenne and last 3 articles of tarsi
piceous, pubescence medium in length, light yellow and very thick
and close, covering the entire insect; head subtriangular, closely,

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thickly and finely punctured, a median vertical smooth, raised line on
the frons and vertex; Jabrum short, transverse, with strongly rounded
anterior angles, punctuation that of head, labro-clypeal suture very
distinct; clypeus transverse oblong, punctured like head; ma-illary
palpi long, mediumly robust; articles subequal, last article feebly flat-
tened and truncate; antennae long, mediumly robust, article I short
and swollen, 2 not quite as long as I, cylindrical, 3-10 subequal, monili-
form, becoming gradually thinner and slightly flattened on the under
side towards the end, 11 about equal to preceding and bluntly pointed;
eyes large, narrow, strongly uniform and far apart.

Pronotum transverse oblong, sharply and shortly contracted in front,
sides parallel, posterior margin slightly reflexed, a very small posterior
median depression, punctured like head, but more sparsely; scutellum
large, triangular with rounded apex, excavated in middle, feebly and
thickly punctured; elytra slightly narrowed behind, ora and nervures
not distinct; very thickly, finely and rugosely punctured, uniformly and
separately rounded behind; ventral surface punctured like elytra but
more sparsely; Jegs medium and robust, femora and tibie punctured
like ventrals but a little more closely, posterior tibial spurs the inner
slender and pointed, the outer thick and grooved; tarsi long and
mediumly robust; claws short and stout.

Length 9 mm., width 4 mm.

Type in Wellman collection. Type locality, Imperial Valley,
California.

Distribution, Meloland, Imperial Valley, May 11, on arrow-
weed, (J. C. B.) 3 specimens.

This species may be placed near punctipennis Lec. and im-
maculata Say., but is easily told from either by its very thick

pubescence.
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ternational Congress of Entomology will be held at Oxford, England,
from August 5 to 10, 1912, Further particulars will be announced
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rangements for the necessary accommodation.

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published shortly.

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PHILADELPHIA, PA., JANUARY, I9QI2.

The Second International Entomological Congress will be
held in Oxford, England, next summer. Owing to the dis-
tance of the place of meeting from this country, those persons
thinking of attending will probably wish to consider ways
and means and make their plans at an early date. The meet-
ing will be held August 5th to 1oth, the first Congress in
Brussels, Belgium, having been held from the ist to the
6th of August. The First Congress was a decided success,
and from present indications the Second Congress will prove
even more important. The attendance from America at the
First Congress was small as might have been expected, on
account of the distance and expense of the journey. Ameri-
cans should take a greater interest in the coming Congress
and see that this great continent is well represented. All those
interested in the study are eligibie for membership and we hope
to see a much larger attendance from this side of the Atlantic
this year. It will be possible to see the great collections of
England under very favorable circumstances and to make the
acquaintance of our fellow workers of Europe. Make up
your mind to go. You will have a fine time, an intellectual
treat and a warm welcome at Oxford. The expense need not
be great. It will be possible to attend the Congress for about
$150, or as much more as you care to expend if you travel
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Entomological Literature.

COMPILED BY E. T. CRESSON, JR., AND J. A. G. REHN.

Under the above head it is intended to note papers received at the
Academy of Natural Sciences, of Philadelphia, pertaining to the En-
tomology of the Americas (North and South), excluding Arachnida and
Myriapoda. Articles irrelevant to American entomology will not be noted;
but contributions to anatomy, physiology and embryology of insects, how-
ever, whether relating to American or exotic species, will be recorded.
The numbers in Heavy-Faced Type refer to the journals, as numbered
in the following list, in which the papers are published, and are all
dated the current year unless otherwise noted. This (*) following a
record, denotes that the paper in question contains description of a new

North American form.
For record of Economic Literature, see the Experiment Station Record,

Office of Experiment Stations, Washington.

3. The American Naturalist—4. The Canadian Entomologist.—
5. Psyche, Cambridge, Mass.—7. U. S. Department of Agricul-
ture, Bureau of Entomology.—8. The Entomologist’s Monthly
Magazine, London.—9. The Entomologist, London.—10. Nature,
London.—11. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, London—
13. Comptes Rendus, Societe de Biologie, Paris.—14. Proceed-
ings, Zoological Society of London—18. Ottawa Naturalist.—22.
Zoologischer Anzeiger, Leipzig—24. Berliner Entomologische
Zeitschrift—35. Annales, Societe Entomologique de Belgique.—
38. Wiener Entomologische Zeitung —40. Societas Entomologica,
Zurich —43. La Cellule—44. Verhandlungen, K. k. zoologisch-
botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien.—84. Entomologische Rund-
schau.—86. Annales, Societe Entomologique de France, Paris.—
89. Zoologische Jahrbucher, Jena—92. Zeitschrift fur wissen-
schaftliche Insekten-biologie—123. Bulletin, Wisconsin Natural
History Society, Milwaukee.—166. Internationale Entomologische
Zeitschrift, Guben—184. Journal of Experimental Zoology, Phila-
delphia.—186. -Journal of Economic Biology, London.—193. En-
tomologische Blatter, Nurnberg.—216. Entomologische Zeitschrift,
Stuttgart—218. Mikrokosmos. Zeitschrift fur die praktische Bet-
atigung aller Naturfreunde, Stuttgart—290. Biological Series,
Michigan Geological and Biological Survey, Lansing.—293. Spolia
Zeylanica, Colombo, Ceylon.—18. Bulletin of Entomological Re-
search, London.—324. Journal of Animal Behavior, Cambridge,
Mass.—341. Archiv fur Rassen- u. Gesellschafts-Biologie, Leipzig.—
346. Fauna Exotica, Mitteilungen aus dem Gebiete der exotischen
Insektenwelt, Frankfurt am Main.—350. Bulletin from the Labo-

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ratory of Natural History of the State University of Iowa, Iowa
City —351. Zeitschrift fur Allgemeine Physiologie, Herausgegeben
von Max Verworm, Jena.—352. Revue Critique de Paleozoologie,
Organe Trimestrel, Paris.—858. Arbeiten aus den Zoologischen
Instituten der Universitat Wien.

GENERAL SUBJECTS.—Gregory, J. W. The scientific mis-
appropriation of popular terms, 10, 1911, 7.—Hoffman, F. Noctam-
bulas entomologicus, 216, 1911, 175-176.—Manders, N. An investi-
gation into the validity of Mullerian and other forms of mimicry,
with special reference to the islands of Bourbon, Mauritius, and
Ceylon, 14, 1911, 696-749.—Meunier, F. Paleozoologie Insectes (Re-
views). Fossil insects anl crustaceans from Florissant, Colorado,
by T. D. A. Cockerell, 352, 1911, 210-212.—Sasse, E. Zur physiolo-
gie des nervensystems der insekten (Nach versuchen an der larve
des hirschkafers [Lucanus cervus]), 851, xiii, 69-104.—Simpson, J.
J. Entomological research in British West Africa. Hints for col-
lectors, 318, ii, 187-240.—Stiles, C. W. The article 30 (g) of the
international rules of zoological nomenclature, 38, xxx, 202.—
Turner, C. H. Literature for 1910 on the behavior of spiders and
insects other than ants, 324, 1911, 401-412.—Whhite, J. C. E. On the
killing of flies, bees, &c., by wasps, 8, 1911, 260.

APTERA AND NEUROPTERA.—Anon. Von ameisenlowen,
218, v, 164-166—Hoffman, R. W. Ueber bau und funktion der dor-
salkeule von Corynephoria jacobsoni, 22, 1911, 382-391—Lozinski, P.
Ueber die malpighischen gefasse der Myrmeleonidenlarven als
Spinndrusen, 22, 1911, 401-417——Meissner, O. Ameisen und amei-
senlowen, 40, xxvi, 59-60.—Muttkowski, R. A. Studies in Tetra-
goneuria (Odonata), 128, 1911, 91-34 (*) (cont.)—Shull & Carri-
ker. A biological survey of the sand dune region on the south
shore of Saginaw Bay, Michigan. Thysanoptera, Mallophaga, 290,
iv, 177-216, 233-242 (*)—Wasmann & Holmgren. Tabelle der Ter-
mitophya- und der Xenogaster-Arten, 22, 1911, 428-429.

ORTHOPTERA.—Kheil, N. M. Die Finot’sche Orthopteren-
sammlung in Paris, 166, 1911, 203-204, 213-215.—Meissner, O. Bio-
logische beobachtungen an Dixippus morosus, Nachtrag, 216, xxv,
185-186 (cont.)—Shull, A. F. A biological survey of the sand dune
region on the south shore of Saginaw Bay, Michigan, 290, iv, 217:
231.

HEMIPTERA.—Collinge, W. E. On the locomotion and length
of life of the young of Pulvinaria vitis var., ribesiae, 186, vi, 139-
142.

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sociation. Mimicry in African butterflies and moths. The scent
patches of Lepidoptera, 10, 1911, 26-27—Barnes & McDunnough.
On certain Olene species, 5, xviii, 157-159 (*)—Bohm, L. K. Die
antennalen sinnesorgane der Lepidopteren, 358, xix, 219-246.—
Chittenden, F. H. The fig moth (Ephestia cantella), 7, Bull. No. 104,
1-40.—Dognin, P. Heteroceres nouveaux de VAmerique du Sud,
Fasc. III, 66 pp.—Fassl, A. H. Die vertikale verbreitung der Lep-
idopteren in der Columbischen Central-Cordillere, 346, i, 24-26
(cont.).—Gibson, A. Fauna Ottawaensis. Order Lepidoptera: su
perfamily Geometroidea, 18, 1911, 105-112.—Green, E. E. On the
occasional luminosity of the beetle “Harmatelia bilinea, 293, vii,
212-214.de Meijere, J. C. H. Ueber getrennte vererbung der ge-
schlechter, 341, viii, 553-603——Michael, O. Beobachtungen ueber
vorkommen und lebensweise der Aguasarten des Amazonasgebie-
tes, 846, i, 21-23.—Mitterberger, K. Zur biologie von Depressaria
heydenii, 92, vii, 285-287. Abnormitaten in der begattung einiger
microlepidopteren, 166, 1911, 204-206—Rau, P. Fluffy Cecropia
cocoons, 5, xviii, 168-170.—Reiff, W. Experimente an ueberwintern-
den Lepidoptera-puppen, 92, vii, 267-270 (cont.)—Schaus, W. New
species of Heterocera from Costa Rica.—XI, 11, viii, 577-602.—
Schulze, P. Die nackengabel der Papilionidenraupen, 89, xxx,
181-244—Smyth, E. G. Report on the fig moth in Smyrna, 7, Bull. No.
104, 41-65.—Srdinko, J. Ueber die lebensweise und die zucht von
Agrotis candelisequa, 166, 1911, 217-219—Wolley Dod, F. H. Fur
ther notes on Alberta Lepidoptera, 4, 1911, 361-369 (cont.).
DIPTERA.—Alexeieff, A. Sur les cercomonadines intestinales
de Calliphora erythrocephala et de Lucilia sp., 18, 1911, 379-382.—
Bolsius, H. Sur la structure spiralee ou discoide de l’elemente chro-
matique dans les glandes salivaires des larves de Chironomus, 48,
XXvil, 77-86—Doane, R. W. Tipula fallax and others, 5, xviii, 160-
166 (*)—Morgan, T. H. An attempt to analyze the constitution
of the chromosomes on the basis of sex limited inheritance in
Drosophila, 184, 1911, 365-412.—Patterson, T. L. Notes on a Sar-
cophagid found in a turtle, 5, xvili, 173-174.
COLEOPTERA.—Bickhardt, H. Neue Histeriden aus Afrika
und Sudamerika, 193, vii, 206-217.—Bowditch, F. C. Further notes
on Diabrotica. No. II, 4, 1911, 386-389 (cont.)—Champlain, A. B.
Notes on Coleoptera from Connecticut, 5, xviii, 170-173.—Collins,
J. Notes on the early stages of Haemonia appendiculata, 8, 1911,
248-250.—Gahan, C. J. On some recent attempts to classify the
Coleoptera in accordance with their phylogeny, 9, 1911, 348-351.—
Gounelle, E. Liste des Cerambycides de la region de Jatahy, Etat

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de Goyaz, Brasil, 86, 1911, 1-150.—Heikertinger, F. Zur praxis des
kaferfanges mit dem katscher, 38, xxx, 227-233—Kerremans, C.
Remarques synonymiques sur quelques especes du genre Cypho-
gastra, 35, 1911, 294-297—Kleine, R. Biologisches uber den schwar-
zen Aaskafer (Phosphuga atrata), 198, vii, 193-199—Lund, E. J.
On the structure, physiology and use of photogenic organs, with
special reference to the Lampyridae, 184, 1911, 415-468 Mangan, J.
The occurrence of Necrobia and Dermestes in cotton bales, 186,
vi, 133-138.—Netolitsky, F. Die parameren und das system der
Adephaga (Caraboides), 44, 1911, 221-239—Norton, A. H. The
potato beetle (Doryphora decemlineata) eating the eggs of its
kind, 4, 1911, 385.—Nusslin, O. Phylogenie und system der bork-
enkafer, 92, vii, 271-278 (cont.)—Ohaus, F. Neue gattungen und
arten der Dynastidengruppe Phileurini, 84, 1911, 169-171—Rungius,
H. Ueber die physiologische bedeutung des kaumagens von Dyt-
iscus marginalis, 22, 1911, 442-446—Santschi, F. Une nouvelle
espece d’Eciton, 24, lvi, 113—Strohmeyer, H. Die familie der Plat-
ypopiden und ihre einteilung, 198, vii, 217-218—Wickham, H. F. A
list of the Coleoptera of Lowa, 350, vi, No. 2, 1-40.
HYMENOPTERA.—Allard, H. A. Some experimental observa-
tions concerning the behavior of various bees in their visits to
cotton blossoms. II, 3, 1911, 668-685—Cockerell, T. D. A. Rec-
ords of bees, 4, 1911, 389-391 (*). Descriptions and records of
bees —X X XIX, 11, viii, 660-673 (*)—Cushman, B. A. Notes on
the peach and plum slug (Caliroa amygdalina), 7, Bull. No. 97, pt. V.
—Girault, A. A. Miscellaneous notes on the Hymenoptera Chalci-
doidea: The genera Arthrolytus, Horismenus, Microgaster, 4, 1911,
370-377 (*)—Hormuzaki, F. Die systematische und morpholog-
ische stellung der bukowiner foremen von Melitaea athalia, und
aurelia, 92, vii, 261-267—Schmidt, A. Neue Aphodiinen und eine
synonymische bemerkung, 40, 1911, 55-56—Schmiedeknecht, O.
Opuscula Ichneumonologica. Fasc. XXIX, pp. 2241-2322.—Schulz,
W. A. Grabwespen-Typen Tourniers, Brulles, Lepeletiers und
Schencks, 40, xxvi, 57-59 (cont.)—Turner, R. E. Notes on fos-
sorial Hymenoptera.—V., 11, viii, 602-624—-Wheeler, W. M. Pseu-
doscorpions in ant nests, 5, xvili, 166-168. Literature for 1910 on
the behavior of ants, their guests and parasites, $24, 1911, 413-429.

OpHIONINAE.—A ReEviEw.—In one of the latest fascicles of the Genera
Insectorum, namely Fascicule 114me, received at the Smithsonian
Institution, October 12, 1911, and containing 100 pages and 2 plates,
Mr. Gy. V. Szepligeti treats of the group of Ophioninae which in his

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opinion have a spindel shaped abdomen and for which he proposes to
use Foerster’s term Mesochoroidae.

Of the Ashmeadian groups Mr. Szepligeti treats the Plectiscini,
(omitting the available genera Hambergiella Roman, Mischoxvurides
Ashmead, Clepticus Haliday, Symphylus Foerster, Acroblapticus Schmie-
deknecht, Campothreptus Foerster, Zarhynchus Ashmead, Rhynchothy-
reus Ashmead, and Grypocentrus Ruthe); the Mesochorini, (omitting
Thymaris Foerster, which he probably holds with others as belonging
to the Tryphoninae and Edrisa Cameron) ; the Campoplegini excepting
the genera with compressed abdomen, (omitting Phobocampa Thomson,
Paurolexis Cameron, Enytus Cameron, Neobosmina Cameron, and
Dusona Cameron) ; the Banchini, which he would place in the Pimplinae
near Lissonotini, (omitting Agathilla Westwood and Nawaia Ash-
mead); the Paniscini, which he says belongs to the Tryphoninae,
(omitting Bucheckerius Schulz and Paropheltes Cameron) ; the Hell-
wigiini (omitting Diamon Gistel) ; the Nesomesochorini which he per-
sistently misspells as Neomeschorinae and which he holds belongs to
the Tryphoninae, (in this view the writer cannot concur as the Nesome-
sochorus Ashmead is almost morphologically identical with Nonnus
Cresson and should be placed near Zachresta Foerster according io
present day classifications) ; and the Megacerinae a group not in Ash-
mead’s classification and held by Szepligeti to belong to the Tryphoninae.

No attempt is made in the work under consideration to bring up to
date the first part of the Ophioninae published by the same author, so
the available genera omitted from that part are not accounted for—
these genera are Odontagrypon Cameron in the Anomalini, Ophion-
oneura Cameron, Enicospilus Stephens and Genophion Felt in the
Ophionini and Hiatensor Brues and Protoheliwigia Brues of the
Ophioninae.

The chief feature of this classification is the attempt to treat the Ophion-
inae with a more or less fusiform abdomen and usually round propo-
deal spiracles as a separate group from those having a compressed
abdomen and with the propodeal spiracles usually elongate. In effect this
is toapply Foerster’s division of the Campoplegini to the whole Ophion-
inae. Inasmuch as these characters are of doubtful value as a means
to a definite end even in the Campoplegini, and owiny to the fact that
there are numerous examples of intermediates between completely com-
pressed abdomen and fusiformly compressed abdomen and between
round and elongate propodeal spiracles, the reviewer is of the opinion
that the present classification does not clear up the situation, but makes
the classification more unsatisfactory than ever. Are not the difficulties
attendant on separating Ichneumonidae into groups through the use of
the depression or compression of the abdomen great enough without

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again dividing the compressiventres into groups on the degree of com-
pression! To pursue such a course it would seem is to bring on dis-
traction.

In the “Limnerinae” the customary neglect of the Foerster collection
is manifest and as usual no reason is given for this procedure. Grant-
ing that the Foerster collection of Campoplegini is still in existence our
European colleagues could do a great service by consulting it and rec-
onciling the species on which the genera without geno-types were based
with the latest facts, to the end that Foerster’s genera without species
would have species placed in them. It is greatly to be regretted that
this latest classification still leaves us in the dark with reference to the
genera of Foerster without a species.

The zoogeographical arrangement of the species is convenient and
helpful as in other parts done by Mr. Szepligeti. It were well if this
arrangement were adhered to throughout the Genera Insectorum.
For example the Chalcididae part would have been made useful had the
species been divided into zoogeographical regions.

Some corrections and changes are called for—to wit:—page II,
Biolysa should read Biolysia; page 12, Canidia Holmgren is certainly
preoccupied in the Coleoptera as correctly held by Ashmead; page 13,
the genotype of Hyposoter is H. parorgyiae Viereck and of Horogenes
the type is H. discoocellellae Viereck. Both of these genera may be
distinguished from Casinaria by the shorter propodeum which hardly
extends beyond the base of hind coxae and does certainly not surpass
the basal third of the hind coxe; there are other differences, but this
we hold to be the most important—hence we are opposed to Horogenes
and Hyposoter as being synonymous with Casinaria. As the geno-
types of Horogenes and Hyposoter were not published until 1910 they
probably were not known to Szepligeti before he finished his paper;
page 15, the genotype of Limneria Holmgren cannot be a species con-
generic with Eulimneria Schmiedeknecht so the reviewer in order to
make as little confusion as possible chooses (JIchneumon) Limneria
longipes (Muller) Gravenhorst, Thomson, astype of Limneria; the type
chosen for Olesicampe Foerster is Ichneumon longipes Muller, thus
Limneria and Olesicampe are isogenotypic and Olesicampe becomes
the name to be used in place of the preoccupied Limneria, making Lim-
nerium unnecessary. Eulimneria is not congeneric with Olesicampe and
should not be placed as synonymous with the same: page 21, as the
genotype of Phaedroctonus Foerster is not included, its being a syno-
nym of Nemeritis Holmgren is questioned; page 30, Tranosema is pre-
occupied by the Tranosema (Foerster) Thomson, and therefore may
be called Zatranosema new name; page 33, the synonymy being cor-
rect Eriborus must replace Anilastus; page 38, Nythobia and Diadegma

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have had species placed to their credit; page 390, Anempheres had a
species assigned to it early last year (1911), Idechthis is misspelled;
page 40, Asinamora is misspelled; page 42, Campoletis had a species
assigned to it early last year (1911), Ameloctonus had a species as-
signed to it by Ashmead in the 1900 edition of the New Jersey List of
Insects; page 55, Aperileptus is misspelled; page 65, Aniseres pallipes
is misspelled; page 68, the type of Helictes Haliday is the same as that
of Myriarthrus Foerster, these genera are therefore synonymous, but
not the same as Megastylus Schiodte, Helictes being the older genus
replaces Myriarthrus Foerster; page 70, Nesomesochorini and Ne-
somesochorus are misspelled; Cidaphus Foerster and Plesiophthalmus
Foerster are isogenotypic, therefore Cidaphus replaces Plesiophthalmus
Foerster which is preoccupied, Ashmead’s ePlesiophthalmus is very
likely not congeneric with Cidaphus Foerster; page 76, Parabates
(Foerster) Szepligeti is preoccupied by Parabates (Foerster) Dalla
Torre and should be replaced by Opheltoideus Ashmead; page 84,
Ceratogastra is misspelled; page 85, Xenoschesis and Polycinetus are
misspelled.

The author is to be congratulated upon having finished the Ophion-
ine and it is to be hoped that in a supplementary part he will recon-
cile the Foerster collections in this subfamily at least with his work as
it now stands.—H. L. VrerEck, U. S. National Museum, Washington,
DAE.

Das TIERREICH, 26 Lieferung—IxopmpAE, 169 pp., I9gtI, by L. G. Neu-
mann. Dr. Neumann’s long-deferred part on the ticks has just been
issued. It was prepared in 1907 and does not contain species published
since the early part of 1908. Yet it will be of the greatest value to
the systematist as a summary of the author’s well-known “Revision
de la famille des Ixodides,” and the “Notes.” The family is divided
into two sub-families, Ixodine and Speleorhynchide, the latter for a
peculiar mite which is probably more related to Gamaside. The Ixo-
dinz is divided into two sections, Ixodini and Argatini, the latter the
Argaside of many writers. The genera of Ixodini are arranged in
three tribes; Ixodaria (the same as my Ixodini), the Rhipicephalaria
(the same as my Rhipicephalini, plus the exotic genus Hyalomma), and
the Amblyommataria, which includes Amblyomma, Haemaphysalis and
Dermacentor. The author correctly places Boophilus as a synonym of
Margaropus, and Rhipicentor as a Rhipicephalus, widely separated from
Dermacentor. Aponomma is retained as a valid genus. Ceratixodes
and Eschatocephalus are put as subgenera of Jxodes. Our chicken tick,
A gas muitiatus, is put as a sub-species of A. persicus. Altogether 207
species and 40 sub-species are held as valid. In the back is a useful
host-list—N. Banxs, East Falls Church, Virginia.

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OBITUARY.

JAMES H. B. BLANp.
(Portrait, Plate V.)

James H. B. Bland died in Philadelphia, November 12, 1911,
in his seventy-ninth year. He was born in North Carolina but,
removing to Philadelphia, became one of the organization
members of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, on
February 22, 1859. He took an active interest in the Society,
serving as Vice-President for two years, 1861-1862, as Presi-
dent for three years, 1863-1865, and was seldom absent from
the meetings during the first decade of the Society’s existence.
His entomological activities were largely aided by Dr. Thomas
B. Wilson, that great friend and patron of science in the fifties
and early sixties, whose relations to this Society have been
recently told in Mr. E. T. Cresson’s History of the American
Entomological Society.

Bland published seven papers on Coleoptera, all in the Pro-
ceedings of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, Vols.
i-iv.

A reference to Bland’s collecting during these years was
recently made in this journal (ENromoLocicaL News, Octo-
ber, 1911, p. 354) by Dr. Skinner.

For the last forty years Bland’s entomological interests were
more spasmodic, although he was an organization member of
the Feldman Collecting Social, in December, 1887, and first
President. Part of an anniversary address which he delivered
to the Social, December 26, 1889, and his portrait were pub-
lished in a booklet, issued in 1907, in commemoration of the
twentieth anniversary of the Social, and to the Social we are
indebted for the privilege of reproducing the portrait here.

F. W. Terry.—Again it is my sad task to advise you of the
untimely cutting off of another Entomologist. Mr. F. W.
Terry, of the Hawaiian Sugar Planters’ Experiment Station,
of Honolulu, died in New York, on November 8, 1911, and
his body was sent to England by an aunt, Mrs. M. L. Edmond-
son. He arrived in New York, on October 19th, on his way
from his English home to Honolulu, after a vacation taken
for the restoration of his health, undermined by a long res-
idence in the tropics. He was quite ill on the steamer com-

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ing over, and on his arrival at his hotel his weakness was of so
serious a nature that his aunt put him in charge of a physician
and a nurse, but a few days later the alarming nature of his
case made his removal to a hospital necessary. He was there-
fore taken to Roosevelt Hospital, where he was attacked by
pleuro-pneumonia, and in his enfeebled condition his heart
failed rapidly. All efforts to strengthen it were unavailing,
and he passed away far from his native land.

Owing to my slight acquaintance with Mr. Terry, I am un-
able to furnish any biographical data.—J. R. p—E La Torre
BUENO.

GrorcE HENry VERRALL, eminent British Dipterist, died
September 16, 1911. He was born February 7, 1848, was a
member of the “well known firm of race-course managers and
bankers, Messrs. Pratt & Co., and was concerned as auctioneer
with the sale of many famous race horses,” and member of
Parliament for East Cambridgeshire in 1910. He served as
President of the Entomological Society of London in 1899. He
had planned a series of volumes on the British Flies, but lived
to complete only two of them, Vol. VIII. Syrphidae, etc.
(1901), and Vol V. Stratiomyidae, etc. (1909). Notices of
his life are given in the English entomological journals, por-
traits accompanying those in the Entomologist and The En-
tomologist's Monthly Magazine for November.

ALBERT Harrison, whose death on August 28, 1911, is also
announced by our English contemporaries, was known for his
breeding experiments on Lepidoptera. He was born in 1860.

Jutes Bourceots, the chief authority on Cantharidae, died
in Markirch, Alsace, on July 18, 1911, aged 65 years. On Feb
ruary 22nd last he had been elected an honorary member of
the Entomological Society of France.

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