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CONTENTS: The Completion of a Great Work...... 193 of one new Species (Orthoptera, Ferris—Cervophthirius crassicornis Blattidac) semenceementiesentenee see 217 CN=) CAnoplitra) i. sncstdsisee we. sieccias 197 | Girault—Descriptiones Hymenoptero- Malloch—Triphleps insidiosus Say trum Chalcidoidicorum Variorum Sucking Blood (Hem., Het.)...... 200 cum Observationibus. III......... 223 Felt—Gall Midges of Certain Chenopo- Kwiat—Collecting Papaipemae (Lep.) 228 Ginceae (Dip: ))saccecvecsescc es seicte 201 Parker—Tribolium confusum Duval as Malloch—A Hermaphrodite of Andrena a Museum Pest (Col.).........-.60- 234 cressoni Robt. (Hym.)...........05 203 | Somes—Eleodes tricostatus Say in Mis- Ball—Some new Species of Athysanus Soy itoli (Ci) 6) sooadsbaccdsaccdqeneonsa 234 and Related Genera (Homop.) .--. 204 | Editorial—The Biologia Centrali- Cockerell—Some Neotropical Parasitic AMET ICA Ass amstcitatcise-el eae axe 235 RCESTOLLG I¥s )rnacanjelelanet it cies ..---. 208 | Parker—Rearing of Winthemia quad- Skinner—The Genus Parnassius in ripustulata from Rhynchophorous AMMEHICAn CED.) ansssicceciisenne tc = 210 Batya: (Dips Gols) asancceavesecaiias 236 Townsend—Description of Two New Leonard—A Tachinid Parasite Reared FUACHIMIGS (IPs )waeinyeaiensiaciaecsisiae 217 from an Adult Capsid (Dip., Hom.) 236 Hebard—Certain teenies Found in Buchanan—Homophoeta lustrans the Genus Panchlora, with other Crotch in Iowa (Coleop.)......-.-- 236 Observations and the Description Entomological Literature.............. 237 Obituary—Theodore Pergande........ 240 The Completion of a Great Work. (Plates X, XI.) In the News for November, 1915, page 422, the appearance of the Introductory (and final) volume of the Biologia Cen- trali-Americana* was announced in a quotation from The Times Literary Supplement of London and we then expressed the hope of presenting a more extended notice of the Introduc- tion at a later date. The News for December, 1905 (vol. xvi, pp. 317-322) gave a notice of the Biologia as a whole in the state to which it had then arrived: fifty completed and eight incompleted volumes. Other notes on progress made have appeared from time to * Biologia Centrali-Americana, Zoology, Botany and Archeology. Edited by Frederick Ducane Godman and Osbert Salvin, M. A., F. R. S. Introductory Volume. By Frederick Ducane Godman, D.C. L., F.R.S. 1915. 4to. Pp. viii, 149. 2 pls. 8 maps. 193 194 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [ May, ’16 time in this journal, and may be found by consulting the an- nual indices. In our notice of 1905 (I. ¢., p. 322) we quoted an an- nouncement from the paper covers of the original parts in which the Biologia was published: “The Editors will give at the conclusion of the Work an Introductory Volume, wherein the physical features of the country will be described and illustrated with maps.’ We continued: “Mr. Champion in- forms us, however, that this has become doubtful, owing to the death of Mr. Salvin.” Fortunately the doubt has cleared away and the volume before us is a realization of the Editors’ hopes. The contents of this Introductory Volume are as follows: A preface (pp. vii-vili), and the Introduction proper (1-86) by Dr. Godman. Resumés on the Origin, etc., of the Fauna and Flora of Central America by R. I. Pocock for the Mam- malia, Arachnida—Opiliones and Acari excepted —, Chilo- poda, Diplopoda and Prototracheata (87-104, 118-144), by C. Tate Regan for the Reptilia, Batrachia and Pisces (105- 117) and by W. B. Hemsley for the Plants (145-149). The first twelve pages of the Introduction are largely auto- biographical and recount the early life of both editors, their meeting as students at Cambridge, their visits to Central America and to Mexico, the inception of the Biologia and some details of the manner in which the materials on which it is based were brought together and worked out. Salvin and Godman were very close contemporaries, the former born in 1835, the latter in January, 1834. Salvin visited Guatemala, British Honduras and Panama in 1857-58, 1859-60, 1861-63 and 1873-4. Godman accompanied Salvin on the trip of 1861 and went through Mexico from EJ Paso to Yucatan in 1887-1888. By their own exertions and those of collectors whom they em- ployed, the two associates brought together in London “a very large amount of material especially among the birds and in- sects” from both Central and South America. Yet Dr. God- man tells us: “It was not until the year 1876 that it was sug- gested that the Biologia should be undertaken, and three years later (September, 1879) the first part appeared.” Vol. xxvii] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 195 Our method of publication was to bring out six quarto parts a year; each part to contain twelve sheets made up of various subjects with six colored plates, the plates and letterpress so numbered and paged that the parts might ultimately be broken up and bound together in their respective volumes when completed. In this way it was possible to keep several subjects in progress at once, and the plan answered well. We were, however, unable to adhere to the original scheme of completing the work in 60 parts, owing to the ever increasing amount of material received from our collectors—an amount so great that 215 Parts of Zoology alone have been required, the dates of issue ex- tending over a period of 36 years. Even now some families of in- sects, the Crustacea, &c., have not been dealt with—though this is chiefly attributable to the fact that no experts on these subjects were available. On arrival in England, the various consignments were opened, every specimen labelled, with its exact locality, and the name of the collector attached. The animals sent were then sorted into their respec- tive orders and families and as occasion offered, handed over to spe- cialists to be worked out. It was obviously impossible that we could undertake every subject, but the birds and the butterflies we set aside for our own share of the work. The names of the various authors who kindly helped us will be a sufficient indication of our good fortune in securing the services of so many eminent men all of whom joined the enterprise with great spirit (p. 8). For several years after my return from Mexico [in 1888], Salvin and I continued diligently to work out the material on hand and the ever-increasing amount sent over by our collectors. Salvin’s failing health finally obliged him to relax his efforts, and though he still came to London as formerly, he was unable to take the same active part in the work and the difficulty of concentrating his attention on any one subject became increasingly great. He died suddenly at Hawksfold, Fernhurst, Sussex, June Ist, 1898, leaving me alone to complete the Biologia. The severance of a friendship such as ours had been for forty-four years was a terrible blow to me, for we were more intimately con- nected than most brothers, and, besides the personal loss, I missed his knowledge and experience in all things connected with our book (p. 10). Plates I and II, portraits of Dr. Godman and of Salvin respectively, illustrate this highly interesting personal portion cf the Introduction. Pages 13 to 43 are concerned with the “Physical Features, etc., of the Area treated,” based mainly on the observations of 196 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [ May, ’16 the Editors and their collectors although including descrip- tions from other (but by no means all available) sources. Pages 44-45 briefly enumerate the ‘Sources from whence our material was obtained”; pp. 46-54, “Itinerary of Mr. G. C. Champion’s travels in Central America, 1879-1883,” much of which appeared first in the News for February, 1907 (vol. XVili, pp. 33-44). A “List” and “Analysis of Contents of each” of the 51 volumes on Zoology, 5 on Botany and 5 on Archaeology, which constitute this vast undertaking, fill pages 55 to 86. In the Preface, dated June, 1915, Dr. Godman remarks: It had been our intention at the termination of the work, and after a careful study of the Zoological and Botanical material accumulated from this hitherto little known but exceedingly rich country, to have summarized the result and discussed its bearing on the interesting sub- ject of geographical distribution, Salvin’s death after a long illness, and my own advancing years and ill-health, compelled me to abandon this project, and I should have been obliged to content myself with the canclusions arrived at by the various contributors in their respective Introductions had it not been for the assistance of Messrs. R. I. Po- cock and C. Tate Regan [whose essays are cited above]...... As re- gards the Insecta generally, which occupy such a large portion of the work, so little is as yet known of the fauna of other tropical regions that no satisfactory comparison can be made. Of special interest to entomologists is the fact that of the 51 volumes of Zoology, 4 are devoted to Arachnida, 1 to Myrio- poda and 38 to Insecta (18 Coleoptera, 3 Hymenoptera, 7 Lepidoptera, 3 Diptera, 4 Rhynchota, 1 Neuroptera, 2 Orthop- tera). All the insects from Mexico and Central America and the Editors’ collections of butterflies have been presented to the British Museum. “Our own general collection of butter- flies probably included nearly 100,000 specimens and_ the beetles alone from Mexico and Central America perhaps double that number.” The other insects, as presented up to 1906, were estimated as 17,525 Diptera, 10,000 Hymenoptera, 5543 Heteroptera. Subsequent gifts include 3000 Odonata, 5500 Homoptera, 6293 unworked parasitic Hymenoptera (p.12). The eight maps with which the Introductory volume ter- ENT. NEws, VoL. XXVII. Plate XI. OSBERT SALVIN, 1835-1898. FOUNDER AND EDITOR OF THE ‘BIOLOGIA CENTRALI-AMERICANA.’ Vol. xxvii] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 197 minates comprise (1) a key map and (2) an orographical map of Mexico and Central America, on a scale of I: 12,000,000 (1 inch = 189 statute miles), five (3-7) maps of portions of this area on a scale of 1: 3,000,000 (1 inch = 47.35 stat. mi.) and (8) a map of part of Guatemala showing Mr. Champion’s route 1879-1881 (1 inch = 15.5 stat. mi.), all beautifully executed. This Introductory Volume is dedicated “To My Beloved Wife, Alice Mary Godman, who has taken the deepest interest and given me much assistance and sympathy in the completion of this work,’ and special acknowledgment is made in the preface to Mr. G. C. Champion and Mr. A. Cant for “valuable assistance” and ‘“‘very important help.” Cervophthirius crassicornis (N.) (Anoplura). By G. F. Ferris, Stanford University, California. Through the kindness of Professor W. B. Herms, of the University of California, the Department of Entomology of Stanford University has recently received some specimens of an Anopluran from the black-tailed deer, Odocoileus colum- bianus, taken at Laytonville, Mendocino County, California. T regard the species as identical with one Haematopinus cras- sicornis N., which has previously been recorded only from Cervus elaphus, the “noble stag,” of Europe, the last record being that of Giebel in Jnsecta Epizoa (1874). The rediscov- ery of the species in North America being a matter of some interest, I had prepared a short paper for publication and was on the point of sending this to press when there came to hand a paper which necessitates an entire readjustment of my own. The description and figure given by Giebel leave much to be desired, but there are certain peculiarities about the species that could not well be overlooked and the identification is rea- sonably certain. The species has nothing to do with Haemato- pinus and I regard it merely as a rather peculiar member of the genus Linognathus. However, Mjoberg (Entomologisk Tidskrift, Vol. 36, pt. 2-4, p. 282, Dec., 1915) has established 198 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [ May, ’16 a genus, which he calls Cervophthirius, for a very closely re- lated, if indeed not the same, species taken from Cervus tar- andus in Sweden. This genus differs from Linognathus only in the sharp pos- terior-lateral angles of the head and in the presence of but one row of hairs on each abdominal segment. I have available for study six species of Linognathus and have concluded from Cervophthirius crasstcornis (N.). Female. (Drawing made from specimen (Above) Genitalia of male. Only the which has been cleared in caustic potash. ) more heavily chitinized parts are shown. (Below) Genitalia of female. Vol. xxvii] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 199 these, and from the illustrations of others, that the number of rows of hairs on the segments of the abdomen is hardly a suit- able character upon which to split up this genus, in fact the knowledge of the genus is at present so slight that any attempt to divide it is likely to lead only to confusion. The new genus having been established, however, may be retained. In his description of the new genus and species, Mjoberg compared them with Solenopotes capillatus Enderlein, a genus and species from Bos taurus, which were obviously based upon immature specimens. I have at hand an immature specimen of Linognathus vituli L., which in general appearance and in the chaetotaxy of head and abdomen agrees very closely with the description and figure of S. capillatus. The shape of the head does not agree, but immature specimens are very liable to distortion and are not to be to6 closely depended upon. The abdominal spiracles do not protrude, as they are supposed to do in Solenopotes, but they are disproportionately large and it is worthy of note that the figure of L. vituli given by Giebel in Insecta Epizoa indicates the abdominal spiracles as protruding. Taking all these things into consideration, | am forced to re- gard Solenopotes as a synonym of Linognathus, and S. capil- latus as a synonym of L. vituli. Satisfactory progress in the study of the Anoplura depends at present very largely upon the satisfactory fixing of the status of certain species which were described before the neces- sity for careful and full descriptions and accurate figures was fully realized, and I therefore take this opportunity to present a description and figures of Cervophthirius crassicornis. The description follows. The only fully mature female available is not in satisfactory condition for measurement and this is consequently omitted. Head about twice as long as wide. Anterior margin very roundly convex. Temporal angles moderately prominent, temporal margins nearly straight and parallel. Posterior-lateral angles sharp and promi- nent. Occiput much produced into the thorax. Extending across the head in front of the antennae is a conspicuous, curved, chitinized area and along each temporal margin is a narrow chitinized area. Chaeto- 200 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [ May, 716 taxy of the head as follows: A median group of four very small spines just behind the transverse area, four slightly larger near the base of each antenna, three along the inner edge of the chitinized area of the temporal margins, two long hairs and a short one at each posterior lat- eral angle and a median pair of two small hairs on the occiput. On the ventral side a single hair near the base of each antenna. Antenna conspicuously long, the first segment longest and widest, the remainder becoming successively smaller. Thorax shorter and considerably wider than the head and with con- vex lateral margins. A single long hair on each “shoulder” and one just in from each mesothoracic spiracle. Sternal plate irregularly shaped, longer than wide. Legs very large and stout, of the type com- mon to the genus. Abdomen elongated oval, each segment with a single row of hairs. First segment with a median group of four hairs, the outer ones very small, the inner ones quite long. Second segment with two long me- dian hairs and with four very small hairs between each of these and the margin. Third segment with two long median hairs, four very small hairs between each of these and the margin and a long hair close to the margin. Fourth segment with three long median hairs, two very short hairs and two long hairs near each lateral margin. Five with median group of four and lateral groups of three long hairs. Six, seven and eight with median groups of five or six and lateral groups of two. Nine with five very long hairs. Chaetotaxy of ventral side very similar except that there is no row of hairs on the eighth segment. Spiracles rather small. Gonapods blunt and rather short, each with a fringe of short hairs along its inner margin. Immediately behind each gonapod is a long sharply-pointed process with three or four hairs on each side at its base. A group of two or three long hairs at each posterior lateral angle of the ninth segment. Description of male. Much smaller than the female and with a slightly reduced number of hairs on the abdomen, but in other respects very similar. Genitalia very heavily chitinized, the basal plate long and slender, about twice the length of the parameres. Genital plate lyri- form. Triphleps insidiosus Say Sucking Blood (Hem., Het.). One day near the end of October, while collecting insects at White Heath, Illinois, I had the experience of being bitten by a specimen of Triphleps insidiosus. A companion also had the same experience. The species is well known as being of predaceous habits, but I do not recollect having seen records of it attacking man.—J. R. MatLtoca, Urbana, IIl. Vol. xxvii] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 201 Gall Midges of Certain Chenopodiaceae (Dip.). By E. P. Fett, Albany, New York. The discovery in 1913 of a species (Aplonyx sarcobati Felt) 1eferable to an European genus and at that time unknown out- side of the Mediterranean region, was most interesting. The rearing early this year of a closely allied genus, described be- low, from greasewood, adds to the interest, and on investigat- ing the distribution of these gall midges and their close allies, it is noteworthy that none have been found outside of the Mediterranean region and the arid plains of the West. The conditions obtaining in the former section are suggestive in that they may throw some light upon probable revelations fol- lowing further exploration. In the Mediterranean region, spe- cies of Aplonyx and Stefaniella have been reared from Atri- plex, Dibaldratia and Stefaniola from Salsola, Baldratia and Baldratiella from Salicornia, while in America Aplonyx has been reared from Sarcobatus and Protaplonyx from grease- wood, (?) Sarcobatus vermiculatus. All of these genera are closely related in that they present the typical Lasioptera aspect. They may be distinguished by the simple or feebly dentate claws and a distinct tendency to- ward reduction in both the antennal and palpal segments, the former ranging in number for the seven genera above named from six to fourteen and being mostly twelve or thirteen, while five of the genera have but one palpal segment, Stefaniella two, and Protaplonyx four. There is also in this group of genera a marked tendency toward an aciculate, chitinous ovi- positor. The Chenopodiaceous flora of our great plains is at least moderately abundant and it is reasonable to suppose that there is a number of new species and possibly new genera in addi- tion to the one described below, awaiting discovery. These saline- or alkaline-loving plants present certain characters in common and as in the case of Aster and Solidago, appear to have a peculiar midge fauna. 202 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [ May, 716 PROTAPLONY “Entomological News.” =e: P. C. Stockhausen. Printer, 5355 N. 7th Street, Philadelphia. hes