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CONTENTS: Davis—The Woolly Aphis of Oak (Phyl- Barber—Arrangement of the Species of laphis ? querci Fitch) (Hemip.).... 241 Dendrocoris Bergr., with the de- Kirkaldy—A new Species of Gerris scriptions of two new Species...... 268 URSIN bagd ceo sea (aoe eno canon oneee 246 | Dow—Onsome rare Cicindela (Coleop.) 271 Rehn—Notes on Paraguayan Orthop- Dury—Some new Beetles from North tera, with descriptions of a new Carolina, with Ecological Notes Genus and four new species....... 247 (Bio oho) Ssadocondddocsaccunadejeaas 273 Skinner—Lycaena enoptes, battoides ENGR toma eae ietiiereltarcamsiclsiaiste teres «iclcteveicle 276 and glaucon (Lepid.).............. 2E QO) NOLES ATIGHINGWS mje ec ociclsiejels 00/012 olnyeln isc. 277 Rohwer—A new Sawfly of Economic | Entomological Literature ............. 279 Importance (Hymen.)..........-... 2625 DOmnes Ol SOCICHES =. cc eecen cece ss 205 Barnes and McDunnough—Concerning | Obituary—Dr. Herman Willem van der Archylus tener Druce (Lepid.)..... 265 | IWieel ects. cee cesiiecicere 287 Barnes and McDunnough—Some re- ts Dr. Edouard Piaget........ 288 marks on Mastor bellus and M. ee Dr. Samuel Hubbard Scud- PHVlace (MeEpid®) mc sccies-. 222.22 - 5 267 lS eodsson pdcp toemoadaar 288 The Woolly Aphis of Oak (Phyllaphis? querci Fitch) (Hemip.). By Joun J. Davis. * (Plate VII) A woolly aphis, which is possibly the species described by Fitch as Eriosoma querci, has been collected by us on oak folli- age from various localities in Illinois, definite collections hav- ing been made at Chicago, Joliet, Aurora, Rockford, Peoria and Danville. I have also received this species from Mr. W. P. Flint, who collected it on oak at Normal, Illinois. Doctor Fitch described this species in his Fifth Report f as follows :— “Oak Blight, Eriosoma querci, new species. “A species of blight, or a woolly aphis upon oak limbs, puncturing them and exhausting them of their sap, was met with in northern Illinois ,but I have never seen it in New York. It is very like a simi- lar insect upon the basswood. The winged individuals are black throughout, and slightly dusted over with an ash-gray powder re- sembling mold. The fore wings are clear and glassy, with the stigma- *Formerly of the office of the State Entomologist, Urbana, Illinois; now at the Experiment Station Building, Lafayette, Indiana. + Fifth Report of the State Entomologist of New York. Ann. Rep. N. Y. State Agr. Soc. f. 1858 (1859), p. 804. 241 242 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [June, ’11 spot dusky and feebly transparent, their rib-vein black, and their third oblique vein abortive nearly or quite to the fork. It is 0.16 long to the tip of its wings. I find no woolly aphis mentioned by European authors as infesting the oak, except the Eriosoma quercus of Sir Oswald Mosley (Gardener’s Chronicle, i. 828), which, in the List of Homop- terous Insects of the British Museum, p. 1083, is supposed to be the Coccus lanatus of Geoffroy, and would hence appear to be a very dif- ferent insect from the one now described.” Walsht next lists the species from the United States, and Thomas* some years later quotes, in part the description as given by Fitch, and placing it in the genus Schizoneura, in which genus it has been placed by all writers since. In his list of Minnesota Aphididaet Oestlund states that he found apterous forms of what he supposes to be this species in Min- nesota, and the next year (1887) #1 he again reports with some doubt, this species, quoting from the original description. Packard lists the species§ among the forest insects, quoting from Thomas. Cowen** questionably determines as this spe- cies, immature wingless forms collected in Colorado, “August 19, in woolly patches on young shoots of Quercus undulata,” and briefly describes them. Clarke? next lists the species from Cali- fornia, giving no descriptive notes other than color, which is said to be black. Davidson?! reports it as abundant in Califor- nia on live oak (Quercus agrifolia). In a letter dated No- On the Genera of Aphididae found in the United States. Proc. Bnt soc. Philay Voll (862) p:303: *Fighth Report of the State Entomologist of Illinois. Trans. Dept. Agr. Ill., Vol. XVI (1880), p. 139. + List of the Aphididae of Minnesota. Fourteenth Ann. Rep. Geol. and Nat. Hist. Surv. Minn., 1886, p. 55. tt Synopsis of the Aphididae of Minnesota. Bull. Geol. and Nat. Hist. Surv. Minn., No. 4 (1887), p. 20. § Insects injurious to forest and shade trees. Fifth Rept. U. S. Ent. Com. 1890, p. 212. **A preliminary list of the Hemiptera of Colorado. Bull. Colo. Agr. Exper. Station, No. 31, Tech. Ser. No. 1 (1895), pp. 116-117. ++A list of California Aphididae. Can. Ent., Vol. XXXV_ (Sept. 1903), p. 248. tt Further notes on the Aphididae collected in the vicinity of Stan- ford University. Journ. Econ. Ent. Vol. III (Aug., 1910), p. 374. Vol. xxii] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 243 vember 15, 1910, Mr. Davidson writes: “I found Schizoneura querci Fitch in flocculent masses on the under side of the leaves and also on the twigs of live oaks (Q. agrifolia and Q. wiz- lensti). I have taken a few winged specimens, and the vena- tion is that of Schizoneura.’ The present writer listed§ this species from Illinois, upon Fitch’s authority and refers to a Phyllaphis collected in Illinois on oak leaves which he consid- ers probably distinct from querct of Fitch. It is with considerable doubt that I place the species found in Illinois the past few years as identical with the species de- scribed by Fitch as querci. The species which we have found and describe later in this paper lives on the upper- and under- surfaces of the leaves in small colonies, which are completely covered with a rather dense flocculence. During the summer only wingless viviparous females were found, while winged males and oviparous females were collected in October. In one instance a wingless male was taken. The species is quite variable, but evidently does not belong to the genus Schizon- eura. Neither does it fully agree with the genus Phyllaphis, although it is more nearly related to this than it is to Schizon- eura. From the unusually loose description given by Fitch, it is impossible to positively recognize the species. The prin- cipal characters of querci as given by Fitch are its habitat and color, the former agreeing quite well with the species before us, but the color being quite different, our species being pale greenish in the viviparous to pale brownish in the oviparous forms. Ashmead* described a black aphid on oak which he called Phyllaphis mger, which agrees more nearly with the spe- cies characterized by Fitch as querci. Full descriptions are herewith given, hoping that they will be an aid to future in- vestigations. As the writer has above indicated, he is of the opinion that Fitch’s species is possibly different from the one here described, but that this one is the same as the species considered as querci Fitch by Oestlund, Cowen and Davidson. § A list of the Aphididae of Illinois, with notes on some of the spe- cies. Journ. Econ. Ent., Vol. III (Oct., 1910), p. 413. *On the Aphididae of Florida, with ESE of new species. Can. Ent., Vol. XIII (1881), p. 155. 244 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS (June; coe Wingless viviparous female—Head and thorax usually yellow or yellowish brown, the fore part of the head being pale dusky. Abdo- men, after rémoval of the white flocculence, usually pale green, but sometimes pale yellow or yellowish green, and usually darkest on the sides. Eyes blackish. Beak not reaching, or barely reaching, the coxe of second pair of legs. Antenne very pale greenish or yellowish, ex- cepting distal ends of IV and all of V and VI, which are dusky to blackish; rather short, being a third or tess the length of the body; segments vary in length as will be noticed from the accompanying fig- ures; usually 6-segmented, but often only 5; as a rule III and VI sub- equal, II and IV sub-equal, V longer than IV but shorter than VI; sensoria only at distal ends of V and VI. (Fig. 1 drawn from speci- mens collected in Chicago, October 22, 1908, show two antennae from the same specimen, one being 5- and the other 6-segmented; figs. 2 and 3 were drawn from different individuals, but both from same colony collected in Chicago September 15, 1908; fig. 4 drawn from specimen collected by Mr. W. P. Flint at Normal, April 9, 1908). Legs pale greenish excepting distal half of tarsi, which are black. Abdomen with six longitudinal rows of wax glands, three on each side of the median line, one of these being on the lateral edge. Cornicles very slightly elevated above the surface, but quite distinct, being represent- ed by dusky to blackish rings. Style sub-obsolete. Wingless male—A single specimen was collected at Chicago, Sep- tember 15, 1908, and no color-notes were taken. The size and general appearance of the body much resembles that of the winged male de- scribed below. Antenne barely reaching to cornicles; the last four segments sub-equal, V being invariably shorter than II or IV, and VI invariably longer than III or IV; segment III with 3-4 circular sen- soria in a row, IV with 3-5, V with 2-4 in addition to the usual one at distal end, and VI with 2-4 and the usual one at end of basal por- tion. CPL) Vil fies): Winged male.—Head and thoracic shield dusky brownish to black- ish, neck yellowish, abdomen pale greenish to yellowish. One speci- men had indistinct irregular dusky markings. (PI. VII, fig. 11). In colonies beneath a heavy flocculence, and individuals covered with a fine pulverulence. Beak reaching a little beyond coxe of first pair of legs but not to coxe of second pair. Eyes dark red to black. An- tenne dusky, paler at base; reaching about to cornicles; last four segments about sub-equal; III with 3-8 circular sensoria; IV with 4-7, V with 6-11, and VI with 5-10. (Pl. VII, fig. 6). Legs pale ex- cepting joints and the tarsi, which are dusky. Wing veins blackish. Venation variable, as follows: Of the five specimens before me, two individuals have the discoidal of both wings twice branched (PI. VII, Vol. xxi] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 245 fig. 7); another specimen has one wing with discoidal twice branched and in the other wing it is only once branched (Pl. VII, fig. 8); one specimen has a once-branched discoidal in one wing and a partial sec- ond branching in the other wing; the last individual has both discoi- dals only once-branched. Summing up, there are five twice-branched discoidals, one with partial second branch, and four only once-branch- ed. Mr. J. T. Monell very kindly loaned me a slide bearing two winged males of this species. Two of the wings have discoidal twice branched, another no branching (PI. VII, fig. 9), and the fourth wing is missing. The specimens from Monell’s collection were collected by Mr. Theo. Pergande on Quercus alba and Q. prinus, Washington, D. C., October 24, 1882. Cornicles very slightly elevated above surface abdomen, dusky, with blackish line indicating the opening. Described from five individuals collected at Chicago, October 22, 1908, and at Danville, Ill., October 8, Igro. Measurements——Average: Length of body, 1.01 mm.; width, 0.43 nm.; length of wings, 1.42 mm.; width, 0.54 mm.; antennae III, 0.20; IV, 0.20; V, 0.18; VI, 0.19; average total, including segments I and II 0.88 mm. Wingless oviparous female—Entire body covered with a rather heavy pulverulence, beneath which the body color is greenish to pale brownish, more often the latter, especially late in the season. Head dusky. Prothoracic segment with two dusky spots near the anterior and two near the posterior margin. Body with two longitudinal rows of dots close together on each side of the dorsal median line and a single row on each side at the margin. Eyes dark red. Beak not quite, or barely, reaching the coxze of the second pair of legs. An- tenne dusky, more uniform than in the viviparous female, and are, as a rule, of a type shown in fig. 4. Legs short and dusky, hind tibie with many circular sensoria on the basal two-thirds. (Pl. VII, fig. 12), Cornicles indicated by dark circular rings. In size and other respects it has the appearance of the viviparous female. EXPLANATION OF PLATE VII. Phyllaphis (?) querci Fitch.—Figs. 1, 2, 3 and 4, antenne of wing- less viviparous female; 5, antenna of wingless male; 6, antenna of winged male; 7, 8 and 9, fore wing of winged male; 10, hind wing of winged male; 11, winged male; 12, hind tibia of wingless oviparous female. Camera lucida drawings, figs. I, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 12, with a one- inch eyepiece and two-thirds objective; 9, 10 and 11, with a two-inch eyepiece and two-thirds objective. In other words, 9, Io and 11 are drawn to three-fifths the size of the others. 240 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [ June; A New Species of Gerris (Hemip.). By the late G. W. Kirxatpy, F. E. S.* Gerris buenoi n. sp. Belongs to sub-genus Gerris. Middle tarsi moderately slender with the first segment three times as long as the second; hind tibie and tarsi together scarcely as long as their femur. Sternites in the male flattened, not carinate, the seventh doubly emarginate at the apical margin, the middle (2d) emargination broad and somewhat roundedly angular; not produced into a spine at the angles of the sternite; eighth sternite in the female transverse. Meta- sternal tubercle small, black; pronotum not suffused on the disc with reddish or yellowish but with the fore lobe with a marginal flavescent line. Length, males, macropterous form, 7 to 7% mm.; apterous form, 7 mm. Length, females, macropterous form, 714 to 8 mm.; apterous form, 734 mm. [Note by J. R. T. B—This species is a very near neighbor of Gerris marginatus Say, with which it has often been con- founded in collections. Aside from the correlated structural characters, however, the flavescent margin of the anterior lobe of the pronotum serves to distinguish it at once. It can also be separated by its smaller size, pronounced sutures between the abdominal segments, and more or less flattened abdomen in the male. My good friend, Mr. E. P. Van Duzee sent me specimens of this species labelled “Gerris sulcatus Uhler,” but neither he, Kirkaldy, nor myself have succeeded in finding a description by this author anywhere, hence Kirkaldy concluded that it was merely a manuscript name and decided to describe it, naming it after me. The last I much deprecate, since my views are decidedly against the practice of giving to insects some form of the name borne by an individual. The species is widely distributed and ranges from British Columbia to the Atlantic States. ] *This ‘is one of several fragments left by my lamented friend. It is, as may be seen, a rough preliminary diagnosis, which I have gone over, but it is distinctly not to be regarded or considered as in any way my work, as my share in it has been that of a transcriber only.— PROT B Vol. xx11| ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 247 Notes on Paraguayan Orthoptera, with Descriptions of a new Genus and Four new Species. By JAmes A. G. ReHN, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pa. The following notes and descriptions are based on a small but very interesting collection of Orthoptera submitted to me for study by the well-known naturalists, A. de Winkelried Ber- toni and Prof. C. Schrottky, of Puerto Bertoni, Paraguay, from which locality the greater portion of the material was se- cured. Prof. Bruner has already reported* on a collection of Acridoidea from this locality. FORFICULIDAE. Pyragra brasiliensis (Gray). Puerto Bertoni—One female (Schrottky). Pyragra paraguayensis Borelli. Paraguay.—One male (Schrottky). This specimen is slight- ly smaller than the original measurements of the species, but otherwise it is typical. Demogorgon batesi Kirby. Puerto Bertoni—One male (Schrottky). BLATTIDAE. Pseudomops sp. Puerto Bertoni—November. One broken specimen. (Ber- toni, No. 715). Ischnoptera bilunata Saussure. Asuncion.—1900. Two males. This species was described from Chiquitos, Bolivia. Nyctibora sericea Burmeister. Puerto Bertoni—October, 1904. (Bertoni, No. 413). Panchlora thalassina Saussure and Zehntner. Puerto Bertoni.December, 1909. Two females. (Bertoni, No. 401). *ENT News, OM pp. 301-307. 248 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [June, ’11 Caudell has recorded this from Sapucay, Paraguay, while Giglio-Tos reported it from Tala and San Lorenzo, Argentina. Tribonium spectrum (Eschscholtz). Puerto Bertoni—October, 1909. One female. (Bertoni, No. 402). This species has been recorded from Brazil (numerous au- thors), and Caiza, Bolivian Chaco (Giglio-Tos), while a record of a larva of an undetermined species of this genus from Villa Rica, Paraguay (Giglio-Tos) may refer to this species. Monastria biguttata (Thunberg). Yaguarasapa.—1892. One male. (Bertoni, No. 479). Blaberus minor Saussure. Paraguay.—1904. One female. (Bertoni, No. 412). Giglio- Tos has recorded this species from San Lorenzo, Argentina and Aguairenda, Bolivian Chaco and numerous authors have cred- ited it to Brazil. Blaberus sp. Yaguarasapa.—1892. One female. (Bertoni, No. 475). This species is probably new and related to B. rufescens on one hand and the postica group on the other. It seems inadvis- able to make a definite determination of this specimen until more material belonging to this extremely variable genus is in hand. Blaberus sp. Puerto Bertoni—1905. One nymph. (Bertoni, No. 743.) Hormetica atlas n. sp. Type.— 6 ;Puerto Bertoni, Paraguay.—1905. (Bertoni, No. 420), ) PAXINGS.. 2 type; (No. 5174-1 Allied to H. laevigata Burmeister, but differing in the more elongate pronotum and tegmina, the blackish coloration of the “horse-shoe” on the pronotum and in the non-annulate an- tenne. Size, large ; form moderately depressed; surface of pronotum rugulose; of abdomen tuberculate. Head completely hidden under the pronotum; interspace between the eyes very great and equal to that between the antennal bases; face considerably flattened. Pronotum Vol. xxii] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 249 with the lateral and cephalic margins strongly arcuate and slightly produced cephalad. The margin proper cingulate and strongly ele- vated and sub-lamellate cephalad; caudal margin arcuato-truncate, rather narrowly rounding laterad in the lateral margins, surface with an elevated swollen horseshoe-shaped design, the “heels” directed cephalad and thicker and more elevated than the other portions of the pattern, having at their internal angle a blunt tubercle; area within the “horseshoe” / biundulate and with seven low more {I I) or less parallel ridges, cephalad of SV ae which are several low diverging sub- arcuate folds, of which the distal is sub- tuberculate, while immediately cephalad Fig, .=-Hormetica atlas n.sp. Dor- Of the elevated “heel” of the pattern is eet et Chity Pe a low but acute tubercle; lateral por- vated ‘horse-shoe ”’ pattern. tions of the pronotum distinctly deflect- ed. Tegmina slightly exceeding the length of the pronotum, subovate, width nearly three-fourths of the length, coriaceous; costal margin hardly arcuate proximad, strongly arcuate distad, apex well rounded, sutural margin straight; anal sul- cus reaching slightly distad of the middle of the sutural margin. Wings falling but little short of the tegmina. Abdomen with the greatest width slightly exceeding the tegminal length, dorsum dis- tinctly but finely tuberculate mesad; supra-anal plate damaged; cerci short, depressed, sub-fusiform; sub-genital plate distinctly emarginato- sinuate on the right side, styles lateral and extremely short. General color tawny, darker and more rufescent on the head, pro- notum, tegmina and limbs; pronotal pattern seal brown, the enclosed area dark chocolate; antenne with the proximal joint of the color of the head, followed by seal brown fading into fawn color distad; eyes of the general color; base of the tegminal vein trunk blackish; dorsal abdominal segments with the median section of their distal halves darker than the other portion of the segments; tibial spines blackish. MEASUREMENTS. & Type. Q Paratype. Length of body 45.5 mm. 35.5 mm. Length of pronotum 15.5 mm. HOG. yerkeck Createst width of pronotum 19.5 mm. 14.5 mm. Length of tegmen 18.5 mm. 12.8 mm. Greatest width of tegmen 14.2 mm. 10. mm. Greatest width of abdomen 20.5 mm. 16,2 mm. 250 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Jiune, va A paratypic female (Bertoni, No. 704) has also been examined, the measurements for it being given above. It differs from the type in the characters usual in that sex of species of this genus, viz.: The smaller size, the great suppression of the pronotal “horseshoe” pat- tern and the absence of the marked lamellato-elevate character of the cephalic pronotal margin. The supra-anal plate is perfect in this speci- men and transverse arcuate in form with the faintest possible median emargination. Dasyposoma nigra Brunner. Puerto Bertoni.—1go05. One female. (Bertoni, No. 421). This specimen is somewhat smaller than Brunner’s measure- ments (type from Brazil), but otherwise the Puerto Bertoni in- dividual does not appear separable. MANTIDAE. Acanthops sinuata (Stoll). Puerto Bertoni.—One male. (Schrottky, No. 3). Puerto Bertoni.—1909. One male. (Bertoni, No. 398). This species has been recorded from Sapucay, Paraguay, and Paraguay without further locality. ACRIDIDAE. Apotettix bruneri Hancock. Puerto Bertoni—One female. (Schrottky). This is the first record of the species with exact locality. Sisantum gracilicornis (Bruner). 1910.—Orphula gracilicornis Bruner, Ent. News, XXI, p. 301, [Puerto Bertoni, Paraguay.] Puerto Bertoni—One female. January 18, 1910. (Schrott- ky, No. 2). Puerto Bertoni—One female. No date. (Schrottky). When compared with a paratype of Sisantum notochloris, the type of the genus Sisantum, and specimens of Orphula pagana, the type of the genus Orphula, we cannot agree with the origi- nal author in his generic assignment of this species. While it is true that the apex of the tegmina is narrowly oblique trun- cate, it is by no means the obliquely truncate apex of O. pagana, Vol. xxii] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 251 while the apex of the same in Sisantum notochloris is not decidedly rounded, much approaching that seen in gracilicormis. Again the caudal femora and fastigio-facial angle are far nearer the type found in notochloris than in O. pagana, the quite elongate, little inflated femora found in pagana being quite different from the more robust, distinctly inflated charac- ter of these parts in Stsantum notochloris and gracilicornis. The two specimens in hand are slightly larger than the meas- urements of the female sex given by Bruner. Orphulella punctata (DeGeer). Puerto Bertoni—One female. (Schrottky). This individual belongs to the form elegans. Ommexecha virens Serville. Puerto Bertoni—One female. December 13, 1909. (Ber- toni, No. 394 part). Puerto Bertoni.—One female. No date. (Schrottky). One of these specimens is suffused with ferruginous, while the other has a “salt and pepper” effect of gray on brownish. In response to a query regarding the color variation of individuals of this and other species of the genus, Senor Bertoni writes that “the Omme-xechae live in communities, are very variable in color and the green and obscure individuals are encountered in copula.” Tropinotus discoideus Serville. Puerto Bertoni—Three males, two females. (Schrottky). Two of the males have green on the dorsum as previously de- scribed by Rehn.* Chromacris Stolli (Pictet and Saussure). Puerto Bertoni—January, 1910. One male, one female. (Schrottky, No. 1). Adimantus vitticeps (Blanchard). Puerto Bertoni—One female. (Schrottky, No. 6). The following notes on the nymphal condition of this speci- men have been supplied by the collector. *Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. 1907, p. 170. 252 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [June, ’11 No. 6. Nymph @ (the same individual I sent you after its trans- formation.) Food-plant: Sugar cane. January. Not common. Head above yellow with two green stripes with a black center, behind the eyes a large green spot. Face green with black shades, mouth- parts whitish, palpi with black points at apex. Pronotum yellowish green; on each side two longitudinal stripes composed of blackish green specks; mesopleure yellow with three blackish green transverse stripes; wings clear green. Abdomen above yellowish green, each segment on both sides with two longitudinal stripes of dark green color, so that four stripes, more or less complete, run over the dorsum of abdomen, the last segment yellow with black cerci. Legs greenish and with black spots in regular intervals; femora III yellowish, the outer side with a dark green longitudinal stripe; tibie and tarsi III spotted with black. Sternum yellowish with a black margin and a red patch. Ven- ter greenish, each sternite with lateral triangular black spots. TETTIGONIIDAE. Isophya melanochloris n. sp. Type.— é ; Puerto Bertoni, Paraguay—November 2, 1909. (Bertoni, No. 397). [A. N.S. P. type, No. 5175.] A very distinct species of the genus with bidentate cerci, sharply pointed processes to the subgenital plate and a most striking livery of green and black. Size somewhat large (for the genus). Head short, occiput roundly declivent to the fastigium, very slightly inflated; fastigium about half again as broad as the proximal antennal joint, sub-quadrate, sulcate mesad, distal margin broadly in contact with the broad truncate facial fastigium; eyes small, rather tumescent, ovate in outline; antenne ex- ceeding the body in length. Pronotum deplanate dorsad, the disc slightly expanding caudad, the caudal width contained about one and one-quarter times in the length, cephalic margin of disc sub-truncate, caudal margin arcuato-subtruncate, caudal section with a very short but decided medio-longitudinal carina; lateral angles of disc rounded cephalad, de- cided caudad; lateral lobes about one and one-third times as long as deep, ventro- cephalic angle sub-rectangulate, ventro- caudal angle and caudal margin regularly ; arcuate, humeral sinus hardly indicated. Fig. 2.—/sophya melanochloris t E n. sp. Dorsal view of apex Tegmina very slightly shorter than the ckabdorien ct typeis), dorsal length of the pronotum, apex at the extremity of the principal veins and rounded, sutural margin regularly arcuate to the apex, costal margin sub-arcuate; tympanum covering al- Vol. xxii] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 253 most the entire tegmen, transverse vein moderately robust. Abdomen inflated; terminal dorsal abdominal segment semi-elliptically depressed, medio-longitudinally sulcate, distal margin slightly obtuse-angulate; cerci straight, rather robust, apex bluntly pointed, mternal face with a pre-apical and a median tooth, of which the former is slightly re- curved and distally spiniform; sub-genital plate* with a pair of slightly divergent styliform processes, between which the margin is sub-truncate. Cephalic, median and caudal femora unarmed on ventral surface and without genicular spines; cephalic tibie with the tympanum open, all four margins of median and distal sections of tibie armed with spines; median tibie with the margins spined; caudal tibie very slightly longer than the femora; all tarsi without arolia between the claws. General color apple green laterad, becoming olive green on the sides of the head and face and bistre on the dorsum of head and pronotum. Dorsum of abdomen with a moderately broad medio-longitudinal stripe of velvety black, reaching to the terminal abdominal segment. Teg- mina with the costal field blackish narrowly edged with ferruginous, the area of the principal veins slightly ferruginous, discoidal field oil green, tympanum varied with rufous, seal brown and pale greenish. Antenne black, more or less ferruginous proximad; eyes chestnut. Limbs burnt umber, more or less lined and washed with seal brown; caudal femora with a broad lateral area of seal brown, proximal ex- tremity of the same apple green; caudal tibie largely seal brown. MEASUREMENTS. Length of body 22),) mm: Length of pronotum 4.5 mm. Greatest dorsal width of pronotum 3.8 mm. Length of tegmen 5.5 mm. Width of tympanum of tegmen 3.8 mm. Length of caudal femur 20.5 mm. The type of this species is unique. Scaphura nigra (Thunberg). Puerto Bertoni—November, 1909. One immature male, one immature female. (Bertoni). Gymnocera fasciata (Brunner). Puerto Bertoni.—October, 1904. One female. (Bertoni, No. 411). There is some uncertainty regarding the determination of *This is considerably mutilated in the type, but its structure is evi- dent. 254 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [ mesa this specimen, as it has lost a good portion of the original coloration. Phylloptera alliedea Caudell. Puerto Bertoni.—October, 1907. One male. (Bertoni, No. 405). Theudoria nigrolineata Brunner. Puerto Bertoni—One female. (Bertoni), This species was described from Buenos Ayres, this being the next record for the species. Theudoria melanocnemus (Stal). Puerto Bertonii—November, 1907. One female. (Bertoni, No. 414). The previous records of this form were from Buenos Ayres (type) and Montevideo. Dasyscelis normalis Brunner. Puerto Bertoni.—November, 1905. One female. (Bertoni, No. 418). Lichenochrus hilaris Brunner. Puerto Bertoni—November, 1905. One female. (Bertoni, No. 417). This species was previously known only from Matto Grosso, Brazil. Lichenochrus sp. Puerto Bertoni—November, 1909. One immature female. (Bertoni, No. 407). Paroxyprora tenuicauda Karny. Puerto Bertoni—One male. (Schrottky). Puerto Bertoni.—1905. One female. (Bertoni, No. 705). This species was recently described from Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, and there is some little uncertainty regarding the deter- mination of the specimens in hand. Xiphilimum amplipenne Caudell. Puerto Bertoni—January, 1910. One female. (Bertoni, No. 408). Vol. xxii] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 255 This species was previously known only from Sapucay, Para- guay. BERTONIELLA on. gen. A member of the Agraeciini allied to Lobaspis Redtenbacher, from which it differs in having the tegmina and wings no long- er than the body, in having the genicular lobes of the cephalic femora and cephalic one of the median limbs non-spinose, and in the decidedly abbreviate limbs in the male. From Gonata- canthus Karny it can be immediately separated by the non- spinose cephalic genicular lobes, from Anthracites Redtenbach- er by the longer tegmina and shorter limbs, from Paralobaspis Giglio-Tos by the absence of the peculiar fastigial development of that genus, from Nannagroecia by the arcuate ovipositor and from Alphopteryx Redtenbacher by the different tegmina. Fastigium spiniform, contiguous ventrad with facial fas- tigium, antenne greatly exceeding length of body; eyes sub- globose. Pronotum in male produced caudad over tegminal tympanum; humeral sinus hardly indicated. Tegmina sub- coriaceous, no longer than body, apex rounded. Prosternum long bispinose. Supra-anal segment of male sub-angulate, fis- sate; cerci of male short, strongly incurved, apically toothed: sub-genital plate of male with paired styliform appendages sur- mounted by true styles. Ovipositor falcate, acute, margins en- tire. Limbs short and robust; genicular lobes of cephalic fe- mora and cephalic lobe of median femora rounded, non-spinose, caudal lobe of median femora spinose, genicular lobes of caudal femora spinose ; ventro-lateral margin of caudal femora spined, ventro-cephalic margins of cephalic and median femora each with several spines. Type.—B. agraecioides n. sp. We take pleasure in dedicating this most interesting genus to Senor A. de Winkelried Bertoni, who collected the type and who has done so much to make known to science the rich fauna of Paraguay. Bertoniella agraecioides n. sp. Type—é; Puerto Bertoni, Paraguay—November, 1909. (A. de Winkelried Bertoni.) [A. N. S. P., type No. 5176.] 256 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [June, ’11 Size, rather small; form, robust. Head broad, occiput nearly hori- zontal; fastigium narrow, spiniform, apex rounded, not extending ce- phalad of the proximal antennal joint; eyes globose, but little prominent ; antenne with proximal joint swollen on internal face. Pronotum with greater dorsal width contained more than twice in length of same, caudal section of disk produced caudad in an arcuate extension cover- ing almost the entire tympanal field of tegmina; cephalic margin of disk truncate; lateral lobes with their greatest depth contained over Fig. 3.—Bertoniella agraecioides n. gen.,n. sp. Lateral view of male type (x 3). one and one-half times in greatest length; ventral margin oblique truncate, ventro-caudal angle obtuse-angulate, caudal margin oblique truncate, humeral sinus hardly appreciable. Tegmina sublanceolate, about reaching base of supra-anal segment, costal margin arcuate distad, apex rounded, structure coriaceous, subreticulate. Wings dis- tinctly but not greatly shorter than tegmina. Supra-anal segment (ter- minal dorsal abdominal segment) very narrowly fissate for about one- third of its length, margin very obtuse-angulate; cerci with lateral face of proximal portion decidedly and roundly excavate; subgenital plate with styliform appendages fairly robust, parallel, separated by about the width of one appendage, true styles short. Cephalic femora about two-thirds as long as the pronotal disk, armed with three spines distad on the ventro- cephalic margin, ventro-caudal margin un- armed; median femora slightly shorter than cephalic pair, similarly armed; cephalic tibiz Fila Meenas anne with tympanum cleft-shaped, cephalic and cioides n. gen., n. sp. median tibize unarmed dorsad, armed on both Dorsal outline of prono- ‘ tum of male type x 3). margins ventrad; caudal femora about as long Vol. xxii] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 257 as the tegmina, decidedly inflated in the proximal two-thirds, distal portion narrow, lateral margin with five to six distal spines, internal margin with one or two distal spines; caudal tibie subequal to the fem- ora in length, very slightly bowed. General color ochraceous, the limbs approaching tawny ochraceous; dorsum of head and entire dorsum of pronotum brownish black, this narrowing cephalad and extending over the dorsal surface of the fastigium; genicular regions of the femora and tibie, a spot at the distal extremity of tympanal slit and less clearly defined areas at the tips of the tibiz brownish black; eyes chestnut; antennal scrobes brownish black; tegmina with the anal field strongly suffused with dark brownish, costal and discoidal fields with a few scattered irregu- lar spots of brownish black. MEASUREMENTS. Type 3 2 Length of body 22.5 mm. 26.5 mm. Length of pronotum 9.2 mm. 8.5 mm. Greatest (caudal) dorsal width of pronotum 4.2 mm. 4. mm. Length of tegmen 13.5 mm. 16. mm. Length of caudal femur 13. mm. 16.2 mm. Length of ovipositor 13. mm. A female of this species taken by Schrottky at the type locality (without recorded date) gives the measurements entered in the above table with those of the type. The characters of disagreement with the male description are here given. Pronotum with caudal development of disk much less than in male, although of similar shape; caudal margin of lateral lobes slightly sigmoid, the humeral sinus _. hardly marked. Ovipositor nearly equal Bee Gen Ondine to caudal femora in length, rather broad, ee offemale type falcate: subgenital plate small, produced trigonal; apex rather broadly fissate. Color as in male, ovipositor of general color. Lutosa* paranensis n. sp. Type—é; Puerto Bertoni, Paraguay—October, 19009. (Bertoni, No, 410). [A. N. S. P., type No. 5177.] Allied to L. brasiliensis (Brunner), from Santa Catharina, Brazil, from which it differs in the hardly curved caudal tibiz and considerably smaller size. *Pherterus of authors. 258 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [June, ’11 Size medium; form robust, moderately compressed; surface polish- ed. Head with the occiput roundly declivent to the subvertical fasti- gium, which is slightly broader than the proximal antennal joint; margin bluntly acute-angulate; antenne over twice the length of body, proximal joint elongate, cylindrical; eyes not at all prominent, pyriform; apex ventrad. Pronotum with the greatest width con- tained about one and one-third times in the length; cephalic and caudal margins, subtruncate; lateral lobes arcuate-angulate ventrad, ventral angles rounded. Cerci moderately elongate, slightly tapering, apex acute; subgenial plate rectangulate emarginate caudad, styles flanking the emargination and of fair length. Cephalic and median limbs similar in size and spine development. Caudal femora very robust, the proximal three-fourths inflated, margins unarmed, external face with a regular pattern of oblique arcuate dorso-caudad impressed lines; caudal tibie nearly straight; principal internal caudal spur reaching to the apex of the third tarsal joint, claws without arolia. General color deep tawny ochraceous, ventrad becoming buffy and dorsad becoming suffused with seal brown; a medio-longitudinal line on the abdomen is deep ochraceous rufous; pronotum with the seal brown narrowed and much of the dorsum deep ochraceous, a narrow median line and large lateral patches of this color being present; eyes, black; antennz ochraceous; fastigium and dorsum of head of the dor- sal color; face dirty clay color with the ocelli clear buff. MEASUREMENTS. Length of body 19.5 mm. Length of pronotum 7.2 mm. Greatest width of pronotum : 6.2 mm Length of caudal femur 18. mm. The type is the only specimen of the species seen by us. GRYLELIDAE Rhipipteryx brullei Serville. Puerto Bertoni.—Two females. (Schrottky, No. 4). Eneoptera surinamensis (DeGeer). Puerto Bertoni—October 5, 1909. One female. (Bertoni, No. 406). ABUNDANCE OF Costa RIcAN Bu?trerFLIEs—Mr. William Schaus re- ports that he took 150 species of Thecla in Costa Rica (64 are men- tioned in the Biologia as from that country) and over 300 species of Hesperide. Vol. xxii] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 259 Lycaena enoptes, battoides and glaucon (Lepid.). By Henry SKINNER, M.D., Philadelphia, Pa. This is a comparative study from the specimens at hand, no types having been seen and the descriptions being relied on. These three names represent the great difficulties encountered in a study of our butterflies, especially species of some of the earlier authors. The name species represented quite a different idea from what it does to-day, and slight differences in appear- ance were often taken to represent distinct entities in nature. I could never with any degree of satisfaction find butterflies that would adequately fit these three names as distinct species. The type of battoides Behr, I assume, was destroyed in the San Francisco fire. The type of enoptes Boisduval may, or may not, be in the Oberthur collection in Rennes, France, and the type of glaucon Edwards is doubtless in Dr. W. J. Holland’s collection in Pittsburg, Pennsylvania. After a careful study of the original descriptions, in conjunc- tion with a fair amount of material, I have come to the con- clusion that the three names represent but one species. Bat- toides I take to be a variety of enoptes, and glaucon also a slight variety. I have studied sixty-five specimens from the fol- lowing localities : California material has been received from Havilah, June 11 (F. Grinnell, Jr.), also June 19, Pasadena; June 7 and 13 (Louis Wanka); Soldiers’ Home (Max Albright); Brodie, July 3 (H. F. Wickham) ; Truckee, Sierra Nevada; Los An- geles, June 7; Eldorado County, June 19 (6800 ft.). There are also specimens with only a State label. Las Vegas, Nevada, May 1 and June 5 (Thomas Spalding). Fort Klamath, Oregon, June 12 to 26 (B. L. Cunningham). Chimney Gulch, Colorado, June 18 and 20 (E. J. Oslar). These are the only Colorado specimens with accurate data, the others bearing a label “Colorado, Bruce.” Park City, Utah, July 1 and 3 (A. J. Snyder) ; City Creek Canyon, Salt Lake City, Utah, July 5 (Henry Skinner) ; Stock- ton, Utah, June 10 to 26 (Thomas Spalding), also July 3; Provo, Utah, July 28, 30 (Thomas Spalding). 260 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [June, *11 I have compared them according to the following original descriptions : Enoptes. Primaries above. Violet blue, with a | rather wide black bor- der; the fringe inter- sected with white and black. Primaries below. Ashy white, with a great number of black ocellate points. Secondaries above. Violet blue, with a rather wide black bor- der. Secondaries below. Ashy white, with a Battoides. Primaries above. Wings of male of this species above blue, broadly margin- ed with black, fringes checkered. Primaries below. Whitish, with two basal dots in a trans- verse black band hard- ly bent backward and confluent with the dis- coidal line, a series of ordinary quadrangular black dots, a double submarginal series and no black margin. Secondaries above. Blue, broadly mar- | gined with black, frin- | ges checkered ; provi- ded with several yel- low submarginal lun- | ules. Secondaries below. Three basal black | color | blackish border to hind | margin of equal width _ throughout and even Glaucon. Primaries above. Male expands 095 inch. Pruinose blue, of comyntas ; edged within; fringes short, white, cut with black at ends of nerv- ures. Primaries below. Grey-brown, a mar- ginal series of brown spots or imperfect ]un- ules, preceded by a submarginal series of larger, distinct, black- ish spots, the two next inner angle suffused with fulvous; a median row of large blackish spots, the uppermost ones much advanced on costa; a subreni- form spot on arc and a smaller spot in cell, both blackish. Secondaries above. Pruinose blue, color of comyntas; rather | wider border (than in primaries), lunate within and less dis- tinctly defined, the two lunations before anal angle surmounted with fulvous. Secondaries below. A distinct marginal Vol. xxii] great number of black ocellate points ; two striae of posterior points are separated the | ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 261 dots and a fulvous | row of round brown band which reaches to an internal series of submarginal dots, but | spots, preceded by a second similar row, but which are partly on the secondaries by a series of five yellow lunules. _ not to the external ser- | lost in a bright orange ies of dots nor to the | stripe that occupies | anterior apex. the space between the | two rows from anal angle nearly a_ross wing; median row sim- ilar to that of primar- ies ; a bent bar on arc; two rounded blackish _ spots a little posterior 'to this bar and be- ' tween it and costa; a third spot on costa nearer the base and a fourth below cell. ‘* Allied to dattoides Behr. From two males and one female taken by Mr. Henry Edwards | in Nevada.”’ The larger number of specimens examined are males and the above descriptions refer to males only, the females not pre- senting any discoverable differences except in size. The males differ in expanse from 14 mm. to 25 mm., the smallest speci- mens being from Pasadena, Los Angeles and Havilah, Califor- nia, and from Las Vegas, Nevada. The largest came from Provo, Utah. The specimens taken in July are all large and are the only ones having fulvous on the underside of the primaries. These are evidently a second brood, the first appearing in May. Enoptes may be taken as the species, having been described previous to the other two. The black border varies consider- ably in width, being from 1 mm. to 2mm. One specimen from Fort Klamath, Oregon, has the border 3 mm. in width. The amount of orange on the underside of secondaries varies con- siderably and in some specimens it is entirely absent. Variety battoides has sub-marginal fulvous spots on the secondaries “ Head-waters of San Joaquin Valley, | California, eleven | thousand feet.’’ “It is found in May on dry hills’? (Califor- | nia). 262 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [June, *11 above. In the series from Fort Klamath, Oregon, some show this character and some do not. I restrict the name battoides to the specimens having this fulvous. This form is well figured in Dr. W. J. Holland’s Butterfly Book, Plate 32, fig. 11. Glau- con I have restricted to the variety having two sub-marginal fulvous spots near anal angle of upperside of secondaries and having on the underside of the primaries the two spots next inner angle suffused with fulvous. Having fulvous markings on the underside of the primaries is an unusual condition judg- ing from the material at hand. It will be noted that the types of glawcon came from Nevada, whereas Mr. Edwards in his Catalogue of 1884 credits it to Colorado only. The Utah specimens are somewhat lighter in color than those from California, Nevada or Oregon, and there is more of a tendency for the marginal border of the second- aries above to break into spots. Some specimens from Havilah, California, and Las Vegas, Nevada, have a more brilliant lus- ter (Morpho-like) and are quite small. I would like very much to have additional specimens of any of these forms from any locality and I will also be pleased to name specimens. The student can make his own deductions from the original descriptions presented; my own studies and conclusions are here given for what they may be worth. INTENSIV AGRICULTURE.—The letter-heds used by the Iowa State Col- lege of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts, Department of Zoology, in- cluding the Offis of the State Entomologist, bear the legend “Spelling authorized by the Simplified Spelling Board used in this offis.” Strange to relate, the agricultural and mechanic arts, the cultivation of agri- cultural zoology, and the regulation of the insects of the State, go on just the same—indeed a little better. Because scientific simplification applied to one department of life is sure to promote simplification in other departments of life. Spelling in accordance with reason will thus lead to the reduction of insect pests, and therefore increase the crops. If you do not believe this, state the opposit case, and tell us whether you believe that. Agriculturists have always tended toward simplicity of spelling, and here is a financial reason to confirm their views.— Simplified Spelling Bulletin, March, 1oIt. Vol. xxii] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 263 A new Sawfly of Economic Importance * (Hymen.). By S. A. RoHwer, Washington, D. C. Some time age Mr. R. A. Cushman, who was at that time stationed at Tallulah, Louisiana, sent to the Bureau of Ento- mology a sawfly which was found defoliating the peaches in that locality. The specimens sent represent a new species be- longing to the genus Caliroa (sub-genus Eriocampoides), and are herewith described. The habits of this species have been studied by Mr. Cushman, and will be described in a paper to be published by the Bureau of Entomology. Mr. Cushman states that they differ in a number of ways from those of the com- mon pear slug, although the larve and work are superficially similar. The accompanying figures were prepared from camera lu- cida sketches, and the description was made with the aid of a Carl Zeiss binocular with a magnification of thirty-five diame- ters. Caliroa (Eriocampoides) amygdalina new species. Related to C. (Eriocampoides) quercus-coccinea (Dyar), but the frontal fovez are small, well defined, punctiform, not large and poorly defined; the third and fourth posterior tarsal joints have projections beneath; the stigma is shorter; the wings uniformly dark; the trans- verse radius is received basad of the middle of the cell, not beyond the middle; and the saw has small, separate dorsal teeth, and larger ventral ones. Female—Length 3.5 mm. Labrum broadly rounded, granular; clypeus broadly emarginate, somewhat angular, the lobes broad, triangular; supraclypeal area convex throughout its entire length, not mound-like; antennal fovee rather small; middle fovea not sharply defined, large, somewhat circular in outline; frontal foveet small, sharply defined, punc- tiform; sides of the pentagonal area ridged as in quercus-coccinea; ocel- lar basin shallow, circular in outline; postocellar furrow wanting; posto- cellar area twice as wide as its cephalo-caudad length; antenne hairy, the third joint much longer than the fourth, but shorter than the fourth * Contributions from ‘the Division of Forest Insects, Bureau oi Entomology, Department of Agriculture. 7 The term “frontal fovee” is used for the fovee which occur in some species, in the antennal furrows near the frontal crest. 264 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [ June, 711 and fifth combined; stigma robust, about three times as long as the greatest width, widest where the transverse radius leaves it, oblique from the transverse radius; the third cubital cell but little broader apically, receiving the transverse radius distinctly basad of the middle; hind wings without closed discal cells; the third and fourth joints of the posterior tarsi with long apical projections beneath; sheath rather narrow, straight above, broadly rounded below, the apex with a tuft Calivoa (Eriocampotdes) amygdalina. —Fig. 1, anterior wing of female; 2, third and fourth joints of the hind tarsi of female; 3, saw; 4, apex of the sheath; 5, antenna of female; 6, dorsal aspect of the genital armature of male. of white hair; saw slender, dorsally with small teeth apically, ventrally the teeth are large and are themselves dentate (see Figure 3). Black; the four anterior tibie and tarsi, the basal half of the posterior tibie and the post-basitarsus white, or whitish; wings uniformly blackish, venation dark brown. Male.—Length 3 mm. Very like the female, but the middle fovea is Vol. xxi] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 205 rather smaller and more sharply defined, and the sides of the pentagon- al area are not as sharply defined. The hypopygidium is rather short, and is broadly rounded apically; the genital stipes are large and broad- ly rounded apically, greatly exceeding the hypopygidium. The posterior tibiz, beyond the middle, and the posterior tarsi are black or strongly infuscated. Type-locality—Tallulah, Louisiana. Many specimens rear- ed by Mr. R. A. Cushman from larvae on peach. Some of them under the Bureau of Entomology number “Hunter 1936.” Type.—Cat. No. 13,371, United States National Museum. Concerning Archylus tener Druce (Lepid.). By Wm. Barnes, M.D. and J. McDuNNoucuH, Ph.D., Decatur, Ill. In the Proc. Ent. Soc., Wash., Vol. VI, p. 65, Dr. Dyar re- cords this species from southern Arizona, expressing at the same time some doubt as to the correct generic position of this iisectay ln the Proc..Ent. Soc., Wash., Vol. XII, 1910, he places the species in the genus Norapfe, stating (p. 167) that “the single type specimen has veins 3 and 4 of hind wing con- nate, 4 and 5 of fore wing separate, although very shortly so. It therefore must be placed in this genus. The Arizona form, supposed to be the same as the Mexican tener is referred to here under the genus Ramaca.” On page 173 of the same journal he creates the genus Ramaca with pascora Schaus as type species, merely stating that this genus differs from Mesos- cia Hbn. “in having veins 4 and 5 of fore wing and 3-4 of hind wing connate.” He then describes as a new species R. achriogelos from a single male specimen from southern Ari- zona, remarking, “Very like Norape tener Druce, but differ- ing in venation.” If, as must be inferred from Dr. Dyar’s remarks, the only point of difference between tener and achriogelos is in the venation, we fear that our worthy friend, from lack of material probably, has created a synonym. We have examined a series of 37 specimens from Cochise 266 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [ June, x8 Co., Arizona, in the Collection Barnes, and have found a sin- gle specimen among them in which veins 4 and 5 of the fore wing are distinctly separate, although very shortly so just as Dr. Dyar states is the case with the type of tener. The re- maining specimens fall in about equal numbers into two groups, having veins 4-5 either stalked or from a point. In one case there was an extra vein between veins 3 and 4. The specimen with veins separate differs in no respect from the others, and all agree exactly both with the description and the figure given in the Biol. Cent. Amer. Dr. Dyar’s descrip- tion of achriogelos would also apply equally well to tener. With regard to the hind wings of the specimens before us, most of them have veins 3-4 from a point (connate.) Sev- eral specimens however show these veins very distinctly but shortly separate. As the genera Mesoscia and Ramaca are separated by Dyar on the strength of veins 3-4 of hind wings being separate or connate, it is rather doubtful whether Ra- maca Dyar will hold. As however we have no South Ameri- can material before us, we leave this point to be decided by more competent authorities than ourselves. To return to tener, we consider then that achriogelos Dyar is an absolute synonym, the slight difference in venation in the type of tener being due to mere accidental variation. As to the genus into which this species should be placed we are rather at a loss to decide. Dr. Dyar has removed it from Archylus and placed it in Norape; it cannot remain there, however, as veins 4 and 5 of fore wing are more often con- nate or stalked than separate; it is shut out from Ramaca owing to the fact that veins 3-4 of hing wings are sometimes separate, which would place it in the genus Mesoscia. It seems to vacillate between these two last named genera and has become an outcast and a wanderer, surely a harsh fate for such a delicate species. Let us hope it will find a firm abiding place without the necessity of creating still another new genus. Vol. xxii] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 207 Some Remarks on Mastor bellus and M. phylace (Lepid.). By Wo. Barnes, M.D., and J. McDonnoucu, Ph.D., Decatur, Ill. In the January number of the Canadian Entomologist for IgII, page 6, Mr. Coolidge, in an article on the genus Mastor, arrives at the conclusion that M. bellus and M. phy- lace are but the spring and summer broods respectively of one and the same species. He bases his conclusion on the fact that he has taken bellus abundantly in the Huachuca Mts. of Cochise Co., Ariz., from the end of May until about the middle of July and that Mr. V. L. Clemence has given him several specimens taken July 18th and 26th in the Chiricahua Mts., Cochise Co., Arizona, which “have the fringes of a pale, dirty, creamish color, answering perfectly to the de- scription of phylace Edw.” Without stating any reasons he jumps to the conclusion that these second specimens must be the second brood of bellus, in other words, that a species tak- en in one locality in the latter half of July is but a seasonal form of another species taken in an entirely different locality by a different person from the middle of May until the mid- dle of July. Without additional proof such a statement as this is absolutely worthless; in fact, until satisfactory evi- dence is given that ova deposited by the early females pro- duce imagines corresponding to the other form, seasonal dimorphism cannot be definitely accepted. In the case in point it is our opinion that we are dealing with two nearly related but clearly distinct species. We have examined carefully series of both species, contained in Col- lection Barnes, and including specimens which have been compared with the actual types. The bellus are all from the mountain districts of southern Arizona and include specimens taken in May and June and others taken July 24-30, show- ing the species is probably double-brooded, as stated by Coolidge. No difference however between the two broods can be noted. 268 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [ June, ’11 Our phylace are from southern Colorado and New Mexico, several bearing the date June, which would tend to upset the seasonal form theory. As further evidence for the distinctness of the two species, we would call attention to the great and constant difference in the stigma on the fore wing of the males, a point which has always been considered of excellent specific value, and which is used in Europe with great success in separating the nearly allied species lineola and thaumas. In bellus the stigma is long and narrow, consisting usually of three distinct tufts of black hair, extending in a line from the space between veins Cur and Cu2 across the former to the anal vein. In phylace the stigma is much shorter and somewhat stouter: it con- sists of two tufts of hairs and is largely confined to the space between Cur and Cu2, extending but for a short distance across Cur and never reaching the anal vein. With regard to M. anubis G. & S. and M. bicolor Mabille, which Coolidge is also inclined to place as synonyms of phylace, we are unacquainted with either of these species, but would advise great care in making synonyms of species merely because the descriptions or figures appear to fit in fairly well with each other. Sufficient confusion has already been caused among our North American Lepidoptera by such procedure, and unless one has had access to the actual types themselves, or to specimens compared with the types by some reliable authority, it would be well to hold before one the motto advocated by the guides in the Alps of Switzerland, “Hurry slowly.” : Arrangement of the Species of Dendrocoris Bergr., with the Descriptions of two new Species (Hemip.). By H. G. Barser, Roselle Park, N. J. In my paper on the “Hemiptera from Southwestern Texas,” published in the “Bulletin of the Museum of the Brooklyn In- stitute of Arts and Sciences,” Vol. I, No. 9, 1906, I described Dendrocoris schaefferi and gave a synoptic key for distin- Vol. xxii] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 269 guishing the known species of the genus. At that time I did not have Dr. Bergroth’s paper in which he had described D. fruticicola, and I depended for my diagnostic characters upon a specimen labelled as such, received from the National Mu- seum. The recent acquisition of Dr. Bergroth’s paper and several specimens of the true fruticicola from Florida, kindly presented to me by Mr. Van Duzee, has shown that the species so indicated in my key is distinct, which I here describe as D. reticulatus. I collected several specimens of this species in the Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, in 1905, as well as an- other undescribed species which I have called D. arizonensts. This brings the total number of species of the genus Den- drocoris up to seven, which may readily be separated by the following synoptic table: Head incised in front, with lateral lobes not in contact. Humeri strongly prominent and very acute schaefferi barb. Tex. Head rounded in front, with lateral lobes more or less in contact. Humeri rounded, not at all prominent, barely projecting beyond lateral margins of hemelytra. Lateral margins of prothorax somewhat convexly arcuated. pini Mont.—S. W. States Humeri more or less rounded or obtuse, projecting well beyond costal margins. Lateral margins of prothorax concavely arcuated. Anterior one half of pronotum infuscated; connexivum with- out a small black spot at incisures. contaminatus Uhl.—S. W. States. Anterior half of pronotum concolorous; connexivum with a black spot or band at incisures..... humeralis Uhl.—uU. S. Lateral margins of prothorax nearly straight. Veins of membrane reticulated. Lateral margins of prothorax impressed and impunctate ........ reticulatus n. sp.—Ariz. Veins of membrane normal. Surface of pronotum punctured to the margins, which are not impressed. The stigmata, extreme apical angle of abdominal segments above and below and large spot at each incisure of the con- nexivum, next the costal margin, black. fruticicola Bergr.—Fla. The stigmata concolorous; extreme apical angle of abdomi- nal segments below and with a band at base and apex of each abdominal segment of the connexivum, black or fus- GOR Ws Sd Gog ACO BOEEOOUBDOOMOOlS arizonensis n. sp.—Ariz. 270 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [June, ’11 Dendrocoris reticulatus new species. Color pale ochraceous. Form short and broad. Head short and broad, lateral lobes slightly in contact before tylus and leaving the rounded apex slightly incised. Lateral edges lined with black and slightly concave before eyes. Whole surface of head coarsely and even- ly punctured with pale castaneous, punctures becoming blackish to- wards sides. Antenne except for straminously colored basal segment. pale rufous; second joint slightly longer than basal, third about one- third longer than second, slightly incrassate, fourth and fifth joints subequal in length and somewhat longer than third. Head beneath except anteriorly and laterally coarsely, concolorously punctate. Pro- notum and scutellum coarsely punctured with pale castaneous, punc- tures arranged somewhat in irregular broken transverse rows. Sharp- ly impressed lateral edge of pronotum almost straight, concolorous, impunctate. The median longitudinal ridge very faint. Humeral angles rather prominent, rounded; surface elevated within. Scutellum short and broad, with apex narrowly rounded. Pale castaneous punctures of the corium, more scattered on the disc, leaving some irregular smooth areas between exterior vein and clavus. Membrane suffused with pale fuscous and with the nervures pale and much reticulated. Expanded surface of the connexivum concolorous with the corium, rather sharply and coarsely punctured with pale castaneous, these sometimes more o1 less blackish next the incisures; apical angle of each segment tipped with black. Beneath paler with prosternum coarsely punctate with pale castaneous, meso- and metasternum except posteriorly with few punc- tures. Legs pale stramineous, shaded with rufous towards apex of tibiae and tarsi. Disc of venter smooth, laterally with scattered rufous punctures. Rim of spiracles and outer apical angle of segments 2-6 black. Lateral impressed lobes of the genital segment of the male punctured. Length of ¢ 65 mm. 9 7.5 mm. Humeral width about 5 mm. Described from five males and three females in my collection taken in the Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, and one? speci- men in the collection of the United States National Museum from Oracle, Ariz., which bears the label Dendrocoris frutici- cola Bergr. In some specimens the punctures on the sides of the head, pronotum, corium and venter are blackish. Dendrocoris arizonensis new species. Very closely related to D. fruticicola Bergr. It will average a little larger and proportionately broader. Ground color pale stramineous closely punctured with castaneous. Humeri are equally prominent as in fruticicola but usually more rounded. The connexivum is pale Vol. xxii] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 271 fulvous, closely and concolorously punctate except at base and apex of each segment where the surface is smudged with fuscous encircling the smooth pale callosed edges of the incisures; lateral margin of con- nexivum either side of incisures black. All beneath and legs entirely clear pale stramineous, with lateral edges of abdomen either side of incisures of segments 2-5, tip of 6th and edges of genital segment of 9, black. Spiracles concolorous. In the female the side pieces or lateral lobes of the genital segment are placed in a line with the long axis of the body and elongate, while in fruticicola these pieces are set more obliquely and not so much drawn out to an acuminate apex. Length of ¢ 7.5 mm. @ 85 mm. Described from one male and two females collected by me in the Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, July, 1905. On Some Rare Cicindelae (Coleop.). By R. P. Dow, New York City. Among the material received last year from Mr. John Wood- gate, Ft. Wingate, New Mexico, were long series of a Cicindela labelled by him vulturina. All were taken in July and August, and were about equally divided between black and green forms. The former agree perfectly with the description of santa- clarae Bates. The earlier insects are generally green. A month later the black predominates. Both forms are the same insect, beyond a doubt, but examination of elytra under a strong lens with transmitted light shows that the amount of pigment in the black form is easily twice that of the green, and the color of the former mainly due to broken light rays, rather than pigment. The black color is piceous. In over 300 specimens there are no intermediates. I therefore suggest the varietal name anita for the black form. It is not ill known already to collectors. In the same material I found two specimens which are be- yond a doubt sperata. I have a good share of the color forms recognized in the E. D. Harris catalogue. The amount of pigment in all these forms is about equal and the color due al- most entirely to broken light rays. My two specimens are light emerald green. All others of the species that I have seen 272 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [ June, ’11 range through the gray, red and brown tones. I understand that Dr. Henry Skinner first noticed this emerald form and wrote to some specialists suggesting that it ought to be named. Both Mr. C. W. Leng and Mr. E. D. Harris concurred in that opinion, but both were generous enough to suggest that I name it. Hence the proposed varietal name marutha. Any- one who understands the spectrum can hardly expect an inter- mediate between two colors so far removed. A year ago last June I caught a few Cicindelas in my hand, (having left net at home), at DeBruce, Sullivan County, New York. Three specimens were distinctly olivaceous. They were, however, ancocisconensis, as all agree in New York. I gave one such to Mr. Leng and Mr. Harris and retain the third. Next year I went back in June. Mr. Harris and Mr. W. T. Davis went in June and August, the last week in each. We took large series of ancocisconensis, but all typical in color. They are extremely local, found only on the roadway along the Mongaup river for the first three miles from DeBruce vil- lage. It is to be hoped that some collector will make a catch this year. Anyone interested will receive full information about locality if he will enclose postage for reply. Repanda and tranquebarica fly with them. Sexguttata is common in the fall months on the Mongaup road. In June the form on the Willowemock road is entirely harris. So far as I can observe these two forms do not meet. T took one harristt (which I gave to Mr. Leng), with head and thorax colored like purpurea. They fly together and I have seen male purpurea and female harristi with unmistakable un- derstanding between them. Punctulata is common over the same road, but from midsummer only. I have never seen se.- guttata on this road. The evidence so far tends to substanti- ate Mr. Leng’s claim for harrisit rather than Dr. W. Horn’s curt dismissal. It is worthy of speculation whether harrisii did not originate from natural hybrids of purpurea blood. Tue entire collections of British and exotic Hymenoptera, the Palae- arctic Hemiptera and the microscopical preparations of the late Ed- ward Saunders, F. R. S., are now in the Natural History Museum at South Kensington, London, S. W. Vol. xxii] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 273 Some new Beetles from North Carolina, with Eco- logical Notes (Coleop.). By Cuarres Dury, Cincinnati, Ohio. From June 16 to July 6, 1910, I collected insects in the Plott Balsum Mts., N. C. Every day of that time it rained. Some- times it poured for hours at a stretch, frequently all night, though generally there were a few hours each day when the sun was shining. But few diurnal Lepidoptera were seen, and they the most common species. Diptera and Hymenoptera were also very scarce. Coleoptera were more abundant, though mostly of common well known species. The rainfall at this season in these mountains is tremendous. The superintendent of the fibre mills at Canton told me that it rained one summer go consecutive days since he had been there, at least a shower each day. A few new species of Coleoptera were secured, three of which are here described. In addition, I enumerate some of the more interesting and desirable species taken. Cychri were not abundant. They were canadensis, bicar- inatus, andrewsti and guyotii. About a dozen species of Pter- ostichus were identified among which were P. spoliatus, blanch- ardi, and palmi. P. adoxus was very abundant as was Platynus angustatus, which merged into the one described as gracilentus by intergrading forms. Three times I climbed to the top of “Jones’ Knob” (over 6,000 feet), each time to be driven back by a deluge of rain. From the trunk of a felled balsam tree some huge blue Anthophilax had recently emerged; I found dead and broken ones but none living. A few Emmesa con- nectens Newm. were taken from under bark. Beating the large flowers of Rhododendron catawbiense brought down showers of beetles mostly Longicorns of five or six small species. Coiled under the bark of a fallen tree, I counted 14 beautiful little snakes of three species. The male snowbirds (Junco) were singing and several nests were found, all located on the ground. One of July 1, had four fresh eggs in it. The concealment of this nest was so ingenious and perfect, it never could have been found had I not noted the bird fly out of it. It was on 274 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [ ime, “ur a sloping bank with a lace-like screen of ferns hanging down to hide the entrance. The growth of fungus was prolific, and some of the plants huge in size. Oxyporus and other Staphylinidae were plenty in these fungi. From one small Agaricus, about 2 inches in diameter, 24 Oxryporus 5-maculatus were taken. Under bark a few Hypoteles capito Lec. were found, in company with Rhizophagus minutus, and other flat species modified for an existence in the narrow crevices of close-lying bark. Beneath a flat stone in a nest of Termes were a number of Trichopsen- ius, curious little Staphylinids that are only found associated with Termes. When I had picked up three of the active little beetles, the rain came down in torrents. I replaced the stone over the nest, but next day when I went back hoping to get more, the Termes had departed, and their guests had gone with them. Of Pselaphide, Adranes coecus was found in a nest of black ants under a slab. Euflectus crinitus and a large Batri- sodes, perhaps a new species, together with B. globosus and virginiae occurred under bark. Centrodera decolorata was beaten from foliage and came down amid a shower of water. Flying about among the wet weeds on the mountain sides were many scorpion flies, of the genus Panorpa, P. signifer and P. maculosa especially abundant. At night many moths and beetles came to light and some fine ones were captured. In this work I was ably assisted by a setter dog belonging to the manager of the Lodge. The in- telligence of this dog was a marvel. After chewing up several specimens, his master told him not to bite them. He evidently understood for after that he knocked the beetles down with his paw and held them until we bottled them. The only Acan- thocinus nodosus taken, was caught in this way by the dog. This dog seemed to understand what we were doing better than the mountaineers, one of whom said to the manager of the Lodge, ‘‘What was the matter up to your house last night? I seen a feller jumping around on your porch waving a white flag.” He had evidently mistaken our butterfly net for a flag of truce. Four species of Lachnosterna came to light, the most common of which was L. corrosa Lec. Vol. xxii] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 275 Less than 250 species of Coleoptera, and most of them com- mon, were identified on the trip. Rather a disappointment con- sidering the hard work done. Among the unidentified species the following seem to be new: Pinacodera virescens n. sp. Head and thorax piceous black, shining. The thorax with wide pale border, wider behind. Hind angle obtuse, margin punctured and transversely wrinkled. FElytra dull opaque green, strongly alutaceous. Legs and antennae pale. Length 9 mm.; width 4.50 mm. One male—Plott Balsam Mts., North Carolina, June, r9ro, As compared with the other North American species, this is a shorter and broader insect. Scaphisoma (Scaphiomicrus) carolinae n. sp. Black, shining. Punctures of prothorax very minute, those of elytra slightly coarser. Each elytron with a sharply defined rufous spot near base, rounded in front and extending obliquely back to apex, leaving a triangular black area on dorsum of elytra, which area extends three- fourths way to elytral apex. Sutural striae flexed outward at base in male, straight in female. Beneath strongly punctured, except the last four ventral segments. Postcoxal plates not reaching one-half the length of basal segment. Parabolic in form behind. Three specimens, I—9 mm. Balsam, North Carolina, June, 1910. In fungus. This species recalls Mr. Fall’s S. ornata from Alabama. but is larger, 'much broader, elytral maculation different and punctures finer. Athous lengi n. sp. Color ochre-yellow with an oblong piceous cloud in middle of thorax, extending from base to apex, and another along elytral suture from scutellum to apex. Thorax closely and strongly punctate, elytra and body beneath more finely so. Antennal joints of male more serrate than in female. Second joint short, third to eleventh subequal in length. Front coxae covered with dense fine pale buff-colored pubes- cence. Male 13 mm., and female 16 mm. long. One from Balsam, North Carolina, and one from Clayton, Georgia. One also taken at Clayton by Dr. Lore of New York, June. A large stout species that recalls in facies the female of Corymbites longicornis from North Carolina, and Athous vittiger from the State of Washington, though very different structurally. Named in honor of Chas. W. Leng, of New York. ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [The Conductors of ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS solicit and will thank- fully receive items of news likely to interest its readers from any source. The author’s name will be given in each case, for the information of cataloguers and bibliographers. ] TO CONTRIBUTORS.—AIl contributions will be considered and passed upon at our earliest convenience, and, as far as may be, will be published according to date of reception. ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS has reached a circulation, both in numbers and circumference, as to make it neces- sary to put “‘copy’’ into the hands of the printer, for each number, four weeks before date of issue. This should be remembered in sending special or important matter for a certain issue. Twenty-five ‘‘extras,’’ without change in form and without covers, will be given free, when they are wanted; if more than twenty-five copies are desired, this should be stated on the MS. The receipt of all papers will be acknowledged. Proof will be sent to authors for correction only when specially requested.—Ed. PHILADELPHIA, PA., JUNE, IQITI. It will probably be of interest to the younger entomologists to know something of Major John Eatton LeConte, whose pic- ture appears on the covers of this year’s issues of the NEws, and will be placed on the title-page of the completed volume. “He was born in Shrewsbury, New Jersey, in 1784 and died in 1860, having lived most of his life in New York. Entering the corps of topographical engineers of the United States Army with the rank of captain, at the age of thirty-four, he remained in the government service until 1831, attaining the rank of brevet-major in 1828, for ten years’ faithful service. His tastes were many sided, but his special studies, those which were the passion of his life, were in natural history. Before he entered the engineer corps he published a catalogue of the plants of New York City in the journal edited by Dr. Hosack, under whom his brother had studied medicine, and in subsequent years, during his connection with the army and afterwards, he published special studies on Urtricularia, Gratiola, Puellia, Tillandsia, Viola and Pancratium, as well as on our native grape-vines, tobacco and pecan-nut. He published also a variety of papers on mammals, reptiles, batrachians and crus- tacea, mostly of a systematic character, and collected a vast amount of material for the natural history of our insects, as may be seen by a single installment that was published in 276 Vol. xxii] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 277 Paris in conjunction with Boisduval upon North American butterflies (Histoire Generale et Iconographie des Lepidopter- es et des Chenilles de l’Amerique Septentrionale). Coleop- tera, however, may be said to have been his specialty, par- ticularly in the latter part of his career, though he published only four papers on them, and mainly upon a single family, the Histeridae. He not only amassed a considerable collec- tion, but left behind a most extensive series of water-color il- lustrations of our native insects and plants made with his own hands.” * He was the father of Dr. John Lawrence LeConte, the dis- tinguished Coleopterist, who died in 1883. —.+—~e> + Notes and News. ENTOMOLOGICAL GLEANINGS FROM ALL QUARTERS OF THE GLOBE. Aw oil portrait of Dr. John Lawrence LeConte, the distinguished American Coleopterist, was presented to the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, on Tuesday, April 18, to11, by Mrs. LeConte. Dr. Henry Skinner made the presentation on her behalf. A Strate Biological Survey has been organized at the University of Colorado, the work being in the hands of a committee consisting of Professors F. Ramaley, T. D. A. Cockerell and J. Henderson. The work of such a survey has been carried on for a number of years past, but until now there has been no definite organization. The work in- cludes fossil as well as living species of plants and animals.—Science. Taxonomic VALUE of the Genital Armature in the Tse-tse flies (Glossina).—Mr. Robert Newstead gave an address on this topic to the Lancashire and Cheshire Entomological Society, December 109, IgIo, an abstract of which occupies nearly a page each in theHntomolo- gist and the Entomologists’ Monthly Magazine for March, 1911. He finds the male armature to be “the true and almost only natural ana- tomic elements that can at present be found in these insects.” On this basis the eleven species now known fall into three very striking and distinct groups. *S. H. Scudder, Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., Vol. XI. (Appendix). The superb collection of Major LeConte’s drawings of insects are now the property of the Missouri Botanical Garden, and it is a great pity they have never been published, as they could be splendidly reproduced by the half-tone process.—H. S. 278 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [ June, ’11 WHAT Is THE GENOTYPE OF X-US JONES, 1900, BASED UPON A SPECIES ERRONEOUSLY DETERMINED AS ALBUS SMITH, 1890?—Statement of Case. —Jones proposes the new genus X-us, 1900, type species albus Smith, 1890. It later develops that albus Smith, 1890, as determined by Jones, 1900, is an erroneous determination. What is the genotype of X-us, 1900; albus Smith, 1890, or the form erroneously identified by Jones as albus in Igoo? , Discussion.—The nomenclatorial problem expressed in the caption of this note is solved in two diametrically opposite ways by different authors. Some writers maintain that the original albus Smith, 1890, is the genotype, while others maintain that the genotype is represented by the species actually studied by Jones and misdetermined as albus Smith. Cases of this general nature have given rise to considerable confusion in nomenclature, and several such cases have been referred to the International Commission on Nomenclature for opinion. At the last meeting of the commission, the principles involved came up for dis- cussion, but it was impossible to reach a unanimous agreement. On account of the differences of opinion, the secretary was instructed to make a careful study of a number of cases, and to report upon the same to the commission. It is not difficult to foresee that no matter how the cases are finally decided, great dissatisfaction will arise among zoologists because the opinion rendered is not the direct opposite of what it eventually will be. Recognizing that this is one of the most difficult cases that has ever been submitted to the commission, and recognizing the fact that regardless of our action we shall probably be criticized more on basis of our decision on this case than because of any other opinion that we have rendered, I am desirous of studying at least one hundred cases if possible, that would come under such ruling, before my report is formulated. In view of the foregoing premises, I respectfully request zoologists in different groups to call my attention to as many instances of this kind as possible, with which they are acquainted in their different specialties. Further, since the arguments on both sides of the problem appear to be almost equally valid, it does not seem impossible that the final decision will have to be based upon an arbitrary choice between the two possible rulings and on this account I am desirous of obtaining all possible arguments on both sides as they occur to different zoologists, and also any per- sonal views based upon convenience or inconvenience, or other grounds, which may be held by different colleagues. I will hold the case open at least until September 1, for the presentation of arguments by any persons who may desire to submit their views—C. W. Srites, Secre- tary of the Commission. Bureau of Animal Industry, U. S. Dept. Agric, Washington, D. C. (Reprinted from Science). Vol. xxi] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS to NI Ne) 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. 7—U. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Entomology. 8—The Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine, London. 9—The Entomologist, London. 11—Annals and Magazine of Natural History, London. 19—Horae Societatis Entomologiae Rossicae. 22—-Zoologischer Anzeiger, Leipzig. 35—Annalen, Societe Ento- mologique de Belgique. 45—Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. 46—Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 50—Proceedings, U. S. Nation- al Museum. 73—Archives, Zoologie, Experimentale et Generale, serie 5, Paris. 84—Entomologische Rundschau. 89—Zoologische Jahrbucher, Jena. 92—Zeitschrift fur wissenschaftliche Insekten- biologie. 148—Ohio Naturalist. 148—New York Agricultural Ex- periment Station, Geneva. 163—American Journal of Science, New Haven, Conn. 179—Journal of Economic Entomology. 185— Journal, Quekett Microscopical Club, London. 198—Entomologische Blatter, Nurnberg. 204—New York State Museum Bulletin. 216— Entomologische Zeitschrift, Stuttgart. 220—New Jersey Agricul- tural Experiment Station, New Brunswick, N. J. 240—Maine Agri- cultural Experiment Station, Orono. 272—Memorias, Real Aca- demia de Ciencias y Artes de Barcelona. 285—Nature Study Re- view, Urbana, Illinois. 305—Deutsche Entomologische National- Bibliothek, Berlin. 310—L’Echange, Revue Linneene, Moulins, 326 —Le Progress Agricole et Viticole, Villefranche, France. 3827— Scientific Memoirs by Officers of the Medical and Sanitary De- partments of the Government of India. (new Ser.), Calcutta. 328— Anales del Museo Nacional de Montevido. 829—Zoologica, Stutt- gart. 330—London, Edinburgh and Dublin Philosophical Maga- zine and Journal of Science, London. 331—Annual Report, Ex- perimental Farms, Canada Department of Agriculture, Ottawa. 332—Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences, Los Angeles. 280 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [June, ’11 GENERAL SUBJECT. Felt, E. P.—26th report of the state entomologist on injurious and other insects of the state of New York, 1910, 204, No. 147, 104 pp. Handlirsch, A.—New paleozoic insects from the vicinity of Mazon Creek, Illinois, (continuation), 163, xxxi, 353-377 (*). Hartzell, F. Z—A preliminary report on grape insects, 148, Bul. No. 331, 489-581. Hawkins, L. S.—Studies of aquatic insects, 285 vii, 91-96. Hewitt, C. G—Report of the Entomologist (of Experimental farms of Canada), 331, 1910, 223- 250. Johannsen, O. A.—Insect notes for 1910, 240, Bul. No. 187, 1-10. Michelson, A. A—On metallic coloring in birds and insects, 330, xxi, 554-567. Muller, R.—Die uebertragung von krankheiten durch insekten, (cont.), 216, xxv, 17-19. Murtfeldt, M. E.—Why collect insects? 179, iv, 229-230. Sherborn & Durrant—Note on John Curtis’ British Entomology, 1824-39; 1829-40; and 1862, 8, xxii, 84-85. Smith, J. B.—Insects injurious to the peach trees in N. J., 220, Bul. No. 235. Sorauer, P.—Handbuch der pflanzen- krankheiten. Lief. 23, 401-430 pp., Berlin. Wilson, H. F.—Some old methods applied in a new manner to a collecting machine, 179, iv, 286-288. Zweigelt, F—Das sammeln in der natur und seine wissenschaftliche und psychologische bedeutung (cont.) 84, xxviii, 57-58. APTERA & NEUROPTERA. Alderson, E. M.—Notes on the life-history of Chrysopa flava, 9, xliv, 126-129. Hoffmann, R. W.— Zur kenntnis der entwicklungsgeschichte der Collembolen, 22, XXXVii, 353-377. Krauss, H. A.—Monographie der Embiden, 3829, Heft 60, 78 pp. Lewis, R. T.—Note on the larva of Mantispa, 185, X1, 213-216. Patch, E. M.—Insect notes for 1910. Psyllidae, 240, Bul. No. 187, 10-20 (*). Schirmer, C.—Libellen-studien, 84, xxviii, 49-50. ORTHOPTERA. Bruner, L.—Report on an interesting collec- tion of locusts from Peru, 19, xxxix, 464-488. Burr, M.—Vorlaufige revision der Labiiden, 305, ii, 58-61 (n. g.). Caudell, A. N.—De- scription of a n. sp. of Orthoptera from Texas, 4, xlill, 137-138 (*). Heymons, R.—Ueber die lebensweise von Hemimerus, 45, 1911, 163-174. Parrott, P. J—Oviposition among tree-crickets, 179, iv, 216-218. Zacher, F.—Die schadelbildung einiger Eudermaptera nebst bemerkungen uber die gattungen Elaunon und Diaperasticus, 45, 1911, 145-148. HEMIPTERA. Davis, J. J—A list of the Aphididae of Illinois, with notes on some of the species, (cont.) 179, iii, 482-499. Dis- tant, W. L.—Rhynchotal notes LIV. Pentatomidae from various regions, 11, vii, 338-354. On some controversial items concerning Vol. xxi] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 281 a few Rhynchota, 35, lv, 88-89. Herrick, G. W.—The cabbage aphis, Aphis brassicae, 179, iv, 219-224. Kershaw, J. C.—Notes on the salivary-glands and syringe of two spp. Hemiptera, 35, lv, 80-83. Lindinger, L.—Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Schildlause und ihrer Verbreitung, II (cont.), 92, vi, 437-441; vii, 9-12. Lohrenz, H. W.— The woolly Aphis, Schizoneura lanigera, 179, iv, 162-170. Murt- teldt, M. E.—Habits of the honeysuckle aphis, Rhopalosiphum xylostei, 179, iv, 227-228. Patch, E. M.—Plant lice of the apple in Maine, 240, 11-22. Insect notes for 1910, Aphididae, 240, Bul. No. 187, 20-23. Poppius, B.—Zwei neue nearktische Miriden gattungen, 35, lv, 84-87 (*). Schumacher, F.—Beitrage zur Kennt- nis der Biologie der Asopiden (cont.), 92, vi, 430-437. LEPIDOPTERA. Bethune, C. J. S.—Smerinthus cerisyi Kirby, (not cerysii), 4, xliii, 132. Busck, A.—Descriptions of tineoid moths from So. America, 50, xl, 205-230. Foster, S. W.—Life history of the codling moth and its control on pears in California, 7, Bull. No. 97, pt. 2, 13-51 pp. Fyles, T. W.—Gnorimoschema gallaediplopap- pi and G. gallaeasterella, 4, xlili, 135-137. Gerould, J. H— The inheritance of polymorphism and sex in Colias philodice, 3, xlv, 257-283. Gibson, A.—The preparatory stages of Phragmatobia as- similans, variety franconia, 4, xlili, 125-128. Grinnell, F., Jr.—Notes and additions to the list of Southern California Lepidoptera, 332, x, 12-13. Kopec, S.—Ueber den feineren bau einer zwitterdruse von Lymantria dispar, 22, xxxvili, 262-270.. Kusnezov, N. J.—On the probable viviparity in some Danaid, i. e., Pierid, butterflies. (Rus- sian, summary in English), 19, xxxix, 634-651. Patch, E. M.—Cut worms in Maine, 240, 23-24. Picard, F.—Les micrilepidopteres de la vigne, Pyrale, Cochylis, Eudemis, 326, xxxii, 448-469. Schaus, W.—New species of Heterocera from Costa Rica, 11, vii, 355-372. Thiele, R.—Die aufzucht der seidenraupen mit schwarzwurzelblat- tern, 45, 1911, 220-221. Tremoleras, J—Apuntes lepidopterologicos, 328, i, 89-95. Webster, R. L.—Notes on the wheat-head army worms (Meliana albilinea) as a timothy pest, 179, iv, 179-184. Wheeler, G. —The Athalia group of the genus Melitaea, (cont.), 9, xliv, 10-13. Wildermuth, V. L.—The alfalfa caterpillar (Eurymus eurytheme), 7, Gitc. No, 133. DIPTERA. Banks, N.—Four n. sp. of Asilidae, 4, xliii, 128-130 (*). Cunningham, J.—The destruction of fleas by exposure to the sun, 827, No. 40. Dean, W. H.—The sorghum midge (Contarinia sorghicola), 7, Bull. No. 85, pt. IV revised. De Meijere, J. C. H.— Ueber in farnen parasitierende Hymenopteren-und Dipteren-larven, 46, liv, 80-127. Felt, E. P.—Miastor larvae, 4, xliii, 134-135. Hen- del, F.—Bie arten der Dipteren-subfamilie Richardiinae, 45, 1911, 282 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [ June, 181-212 (*). Hine, J. S—New species of Diptera of the genus Erax, 1438, xi, 307-311 (*). Johannsen, O. A.—The typhoid fly and its al- lies, 240, 1-7. Schnabel, J—Ueber die gattungsrechte der gattung Pegomyia, 19, xxxix, 105-114. Schoene, W. J.—Notes on the life history and habits of Pegomya brassicae, 179, iv, 210-216. Thiene- mann, A.—Das sammeln von puppenhauten der Chironomiden, 45, 1911, 161-162. COLEOPTERA. Arrow, G. J.—On lamellicorn beetles belong- ing to the subfamilies Ochodaeinae, Orphninae, Hybosorinae, and Troginae; 11, vii, 390-397 (*). Bofill y Pichot, J. M.—Algunos datos analomicos y biologicos del Anthrenus verbasci, 272, viii, No. 26, 11 pp. Britten, H.—Coleoptera from underground wasps’ nests, 8, xxii, 89-90. Chittenden, F. H.—The broad-nosed grain weevil (Caulophilus latinastus) and the long-headed flour beetle (Lathe- ticus oryzae), 7, Bull. No. 96 pt. 2. The lesser and larger grain- borer (Rhizopertha dominica and Dinoderus truncatus), 7, Bull. No. 96 pt. 3. Felsche, C.—Coprophage Scarabaeiden, 45, 1911, 133- 141. Franck, P.—Ueber einen argentinischen russelkafer, der im wasser schwimmen kann, 45, 1911, 141-144. Gahan, C. J—On some recent attempts to classify the Coleoptera in accordance with their phylogeny, 9, xliv, 121-125. Gebien, H.—Die gattung Phrenapates, 45, 1911, 149-161. Coleopterorum catalogus, Paris. 28: Tenebrioni- dae III, 357-585 pp. Hinds & Turner—Life history of the rice weevil (Calandra aryza) in Alabama, 179, iv, 230-236. Holdhaus, K.—Die Oekologie und die Sammeltechnik der terricolen Coleop- teren, 198, vii, 6-9, 47-55, 76-86. Kelly, E. O. G——The maize bill- bug (Sphenophorus maidis), 7, Bul. No. 95 pt. 2, McDermott & Crane—A comparative study of the structure of the photogenic organs of certain American Lampyridae, 8, xlv, 306-313. Morris, F. J. A—Beetles found about foliage, 4, xliii, 109-118. Nusslin, O.— Phylogenie und system der Borkenkafer, (cont.), 92, vii, 1-5. Phil- lips, W. J.—The timothy stem-borer, a new timothy insect, (Mordel- listena ustulata), 7, Bull. No. 95, pt. 1, 9 pp. Pic, M.—Coleopteres exotiques nouveaux ou peu connus, (cont.), $10, 1910, 5-7, 12-14, 20-22, 28-30, 36-37, 45-47, 53-54, 60-63, 69-71, 74-78, 86-87, 94-95. Webster, F. M.—The lesser clover-leaf weevil (Phytonomus nigri- rostris), 7, Bull. No. 85, pt. 1. The alfalfa weevil (Phytonomus murinus), 7, Circ. No. 137. HYMENOPTERA. Bradley, J. C—A new Thynnid wasp from Brazil, 45, 1911, 131-132. Brauns, H.—Biologisches ueber sudafri- kanische Hymenopteren, (cont.), 92, vi, 445-447; vii, 16-19. Cock- erell, T. D. A—Some new bees from flowers of Cactaceae, 4, xliii, 131-132 (*). Bees in the collection of the U. S. Nat. Museum, 2, Vol. xxii] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 283 50, xl, 241-264 (*). De Meijere, J. C. H.—Ueber in farnen para- sitierende Hymenopteren-und Dipteren-larven, 46, liv, 80-127. Girault, A. A.—An egg-parasite of the codling moth belonging to the family Mymaridae, 4, xliii, 133-134. Howard, L. O.—A n. sp. of Coccophagus, with a table of the host relations of those species of the genus known to the writer, 179, iv, 276-277 (*). Kaye, W. J. —New species of Syntomidae from Br. Guiana and So. Brazil, 9, xliv, 142-146. Popovici-Baznosanu, A.—Contribution a l’etude bio- logique des sphegiens (Trypoxylon et Psenulus), 73, vi, xciii-ciii. Rohwer, S. A.—Notes on Tenthredinoidea, with descriptions of n. sp. Paper XIII, Miscellaneous notes, 4, xliii, 119-123. Rudow, Dr.—Afterraupen der blattwespen und ihre entwicklung, (cont.), 84, xxviii, 53-54, 61-62. Schon, A.—Bau und entwicklung des tibia- len chordotonalorgans bei der honigbiene und bei ameisen, 89, xxxl, 439-472. Turner, R. E—Notes on Fossorial Hymenoptera III, 11, vii, 297-310. Viereck, H. L.—Descriptions of six n. g. and thirty-one n. sp. of Ichneumon flies, 50, Ix, 173-196 (*). List oF NorTH AMERICAN CICINDELIDAE IN THE Harris COLLECTION. By Edward Doubleday Harris, Truan Press, Yonkers, New York, Igr1I. The advent of the printed pin-locality-label marked a distinct ad- vance in the study of entomology, as many interesting problems will be solved by a study of geographical distribution and seasonal appear- ance. Mr. Harris has given the student of distribution a useful guide and has made his splendid collection of these beetles of use to the scientific world. There are too many collections that are only a source of pleasure to the owners and contain a large amount of valuable data that may or may not become of use. The genus Cicindela is a very interesting one from the standpoint of evolution and illustrates the words of LeConte spoken many years ago: “The prevailing character of tropical faunas is individuality, the production of peculiar forms within limited regions, while the distinguishing feature of temper- ate and Arctic faunas is the repetition of similar or identical forms through extensive localities.’ The Coleopterists have been prone to poke fun at the Lepidopterists, alleging lack of anatomical characters ir descriptive work, and undue reliance on color. A careful study of specific values in the Cicindelidae will show some surprising things, and I am afraid, in some instances, the best method of determining species is to rely on the locality label. This work by Mr. Harris will be found very useful to the systematist, and the student of distribu- tion and geographical variation.—H. S. 284 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [June, 11 ILLUSTRATIONS OF DiurRNAL L&EPIDoPTERA with Descriptions. By An- drew Gray Weeks, Jr. Second volume. University Press, Cambridge, Mass, This work contains twenty-one beautiful and accurate illustra- tions of new species lithographed in color. The species were taken in the neighborhood of the Suapure River in Venezuela. Mr. Weeks is to be congratulated on this excellent work as it is a valuable contri- bution to the literature of exotic Rhopalocera. The frontispiece is an engraved portrait of the late distinguished student of the butterflies, Mr. William Henry Edwards. There is given a list of the writings of Mr. Edwards and a list of the species received from Suapure. We hope to see additional volumes by Mr. Weeks. If all new species were illustrated in this way the study would be relieved of many difficulties. It may be well in this connection to call attention to the joint work “Illustrations of North American Lepidoptera Sphingidae,” by J. W. Weidemeyer, S. Calverley and W. H. Edwards, published by the American Entomological Society in 1903—H. S. A History oF THE AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGICAL SociETy, PHILADEL- PHIA, 1859-1909. Prepared by request of the Society by E. T. Cresson with an introduction by the Rev. Henry C. McCook, D.D., Philadelphia, Pa.—This pamphlet of sixty pages has been issued by the society whose name and seal it bears on the title-page as a result of the meeting held February 15, 1909, in commemoration of its fiftieth anniversary. At that meeting, Mr. E. T. Cresson, sole survivor of the three founders of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia, read a history of the earlier years of its existence and then moved that a Committee be ap- pointed to bring the history up-to-date. This action having been de- cided on, Rev. Dr. Henry C. McCook, Mr. Benjamin H. Smith and Dr. Henry Skinner were charged with this duty, and the present pamphlet is the result of their labors. Its contents are: an Introduc- tion by Dr. McCook, the history of the Society, 1859-1909 (18 pages), the proceedings of the fiftieth anniversary meeting, statements of the contents of the Society’s collections of insects and library, lists of the names and terms of officers, a list of the past and present resident and corresponding members, and a copy of the act of incorporation of the Entomological Society of Philadelphia by the Legislature of Pennsyl- vania in 1862. (By action of the Court, this charter was on petition amended in 1867, and the Society's name changed to “The American Entomological Society”). The pamphlet is illustrated by three por- traits—those of Dr. Thomas B. Wilson, (died March 15, 1865), its early and greatest benefactor; Dr. John L. LeConte (president 1859-60, 1870- &3), and Dr. George H. Horn (president 1867-68, 1884-97). Vol. xxii] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 285 Doings of Societies. FELDMAN COLLECTING SOCIAL. Meeting of February 15th, 1911, at 1523 S. 13th St., Phila- delphia. Twelve members were present. President Haim- bach in the chair. Prof. Smith read a very interesting article entitled “Entomol- ogy—the Old and the New,” contrasting the older and young- er generations. This led to a general discussion on collectors and the lack of knowledge displayed by the majority of these. Mr. Daecke recorded the following species of Diptera which did not appear in the latest New Jersey List: Diachlorus fer- rugatus Fabr., “The Yellow Fly of the Dismal Swamp,” col- lected by himself at Weymouth, VII-30-’04 and Stone Har- bor VITI-3-’o7. Mr. Harbeck exhibited five species of Tachinide, showing their extremes in size and mentioning their hosts; they were: Archytas aterrima Desv., Winthemia quadripustulata Fabr., Senotainia trilineata V. d W., Cryptomeigenia thentis Walker and Cistogaster immaculata Macq. A vote of thanks was extended to Mr. Haimbach for the _ manner in which he entertained the Social in January. Adjourned to the annex. Meeting of March 15th, ro11, at 1523 S. 13th St., Phila- delphia. Eight members were present. Vice-President Wenzel in the chair. Mr. Laurent mentioned the different broods of the Periodi- cal Cicada, and said that they could be easily traced, but it was hard to understand their overlapping. The same speaker also made some remarks regarding the collecting of Lepidop- tera while away on a long trip, stating that all specimens of one inch or less expanse should be pinned with the wings hanging downwards, as stich specimens were easily relaxed and good mounts could be made. This was particularly the case with the butterflies of the genus Pamphila, as where the specimens 286 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [ June, ’11 had been papered it was almost impossible to make a good and perfect mount. The pin in the field should be two sizes smaller than the one finally used for the collection. This led to a general discussion on the different modes of mounting other orders. Mr. Wenzel exhibited several boxes of his recently re- mounted and re-arranged weevils. Adjourned to the annex.—Gro. M. GREENE, Secretary. NEWARK ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. The regular meeting that was to be held on February 12, IQII, at the Newark Turn Hall was dispensed with, and in- stead the following fifteen members Angelman, Brehme, Broad- well, Buenson, Doerfel, Doll, Erhard, Franck, Keller, Lem- mer, McCormack, Mayfield, Porter, Schmich and Schleckser, on the invitation of Mr. Kearfott, visited him at his residence in Montclair. Mr. Kearfott invited the “boys” to look at his collection of Micro-lepidoptera which contains about 150,000 specimens, and which without doubt is one of the largest of its kind in the world. Several hours were spent in looking over the tiny insects, and then Mr. Kearfott invited the visitors to take lunch and refreshments. The members appreciated the hospitality very much and a vote of thanks was tendered to Mr. Kearfott. Meeting of March 12th, 1911, at the Newark Turn Hall, President Buchholz in the chair; eleven members present, Mr. H. Kircher and H. Schwandke, visitors. Mr. Herpers presented the Society with a set of the Bulle- tin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society, Volumes 1-2-3 and 5, and also a copy of Explanation of Terms used in Entomo- logy, published by the Brooklyn Entomological Society in 1883. A series of seventeen year locusts, collected by Mr. Herpers in 1894, were donated to the Society’s collection. Mr. Kircher reported finding a Ceratomia undulosa cater- pillar feeding on Trumpet Vine. Vol. xxii] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 287 Meeting of April oth, 1911, at Newark Turn Hall. Presi- dent Buchholz in the chair ; twelve members present. On the motion of Mr. Keller to hold a field meeting on May 30th, the President appointed Messrs. Keller, Brehme and Er- hard as a committee to select a suitable place for the meeting. The Field Committee selected Springfield, New Jersey, for this meeting. Mr. Keller reported that he had seen the Starlings (Sturnus vulgaris) picking the soft Arctia cocoons from sides of houses. A general discussion on Forestry and Collecting in the United States and Germany by Messrs. Keller, Kircher and Buchholz was very interesting. The general belief was that more collecting is done by beating trees in Germany than in the United States HERMAN H. BREHME, Secretary. OBITUARY Dr. HERMAN WILLEM VAN DER WEELE. From a memorial notice (in Dutch) contributed to the latest issue (Volume 54, first Aflevering, April 8, 1911) of the T1jd- schrift voor Entomologie by Dr. Ed. Everts, we learn some particulars of the life of this young Dutch neuropterist. Van der Weele was born October 8, 1879. His education was ob- tained at the Leyden High School, especially under Prof. A. C. K. Hoffman, and later at the University of Berne, Switzer- land, at which latter, under Prof. W. Studer’s direction, he pro- duced his dissertation Morphologie und Entwicklung der Gon- apophysen der Odonaten and obtained his doctor’s degree. He became second conservator of insects at the Leyden Mu- seum of Natural History, and went thence to the Dutch East Indies where he succumbed to cholera in Batavia, Java, August 29, 1910. His bibliography comprises twenty-seven titles of papers in English, French and German, the most extensive among them being two fascicules, on Ascalaphides, Sialides and Rhaphidides, of the Catalogue Systematique et descriptif 288 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [June, 11 des collection zoologiques du Baron Edm. de Selys Long- champs. The memorial notice is accompanied by a portrait of van der Weele. : Dr. EpouarD PIAGET. The same number of the Tijdschrift contains also a bio- graphical notice (in Dutch) of Dr. E. Piaget, with two portraits at different periods of his life, by Dr. H. J. Veth. Dr. Piaget was born November 3, 1817, at Les Bayards, canton of Neucha- tel, Switzerland. He went to Holland about the age of eight- een, and studied law at the University of Leyden, intending to return to Switzerland as an advocate. He remained in Holland, however, until 1882, much of the time as lector in the Erasmian Gymnasium and in the Higher Burgerschool, at Rotterdam. Returning to his native land, he remained there until his death in the hospital at Couvet, September 10, 1910. He was interested in Botany and Entomology, in the latter be- ing chiefly known for his work on the Pediculina, his principal memoir being Les Pediculines, Essai Monographique (Leide, FE. J. Brill, 1880, pp. xxxix, 714, and atlas of 54 plates) with a Supplement thereto in 1885 (pp. xii, 162, 17 plates). His entomological papers date from 1869 to 1895. His entomolo- gical collection, herbarium and library were presented to the city of Neuchatel in 1905. He was also the author of a history of the Jesuit order. Dr. SAMUEL HUBBARD SCUDDER. The daily newspapers announce the death of this veteran entomologist and paleontologist at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, on May 17, 1911. We hope to publish a notice of his life and work in the next number of the News. ERRATUM. Lines 14 to 17, page 227, of Entomonocicat News for May, Iorl, should be transferred to the note on “Platypsylla castoris Rits. in Cali- fornia” at the top of the same page. EXCHANGES. Not Exceeding Three Lines Free to Subscribers. 4ap- These notices are continued as long as our limited space will allow; the new ones are added at the end of the column, and only when necessary those at the top (being longest in) are discontinued. Wanted—Elateridae and Buprestidae for other named Coleoptera. I also desire to exchange entomological bulletins of the various Experi- ment Stations for others not in my library, and for bulletins on plant pathology. Send lists.—C. O. Houghton, Delaware College, Newark, Delaware. Lepidoptera on pins from this locality for exchange.—Ernst Frensch, Box 622, Stonington, Conn. Wanted to purchase, or obtain by exchange, living pupae of Papilio turnus from the South and West.—John H. Gerould, Hanover, N. H. Will sell for cash a complete set of Illinois Geological Reports, or will exchange for technical entomological writings ; those dealing with parasitic insects preferred.—J. E. Hallinen, Interlaken School, Laporte, Indiana. For Sale or Exchange—Living pupae of 4. duwa and A. ajax ; also adults of Azthocharts pima and sara, both perfect and second.—N. Weil, Calhoun, McLean Co., Kentucky. Wanted For Cash—Can. Ent., Vol. xxx, xxxi; Riley’s First Missouri Report and other papers on North American entomology not in my library. Send lists.—W. Beutenmuller, Am. Mus. Nat. Hist., New Viorke: Ne Yi Wanted—Bibliography of Economic Entomology, Part 6; Div. of Entomology, New Series, Bull. No. 15 ; Technical Bulletin 1 ; Old Series, Bulls. 1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, II, 12, 13, 18, 20, 26, 28, 30 and 33. Will pay cash or exchange. —Charles W. Hooker, Bureau of Ent., Washington, D. C. Wanted—Correspondence with collectors of Lepidoptera desiring to take a trip of from 1 to 2 years in Malay Archipelago, or following the course of Amazon River in Brazil.—A. F. Porter, Decorah, lowa. Wanted—-Living eggs of tent caterpillars (/adacosoma spp.) from the western United States. Kindly indicate food plant. Exchange or cash.—C. R. Crosby, 43 East Ave., Ithaca, N. Y. Wanted No. American Buprestidae and Cicindelae. Will name and return Coleoptera in certain families for specimens of the above. Dupli- cates for exchange.—C. A. Frost. 40 Grant St., So. Framingham, Mass. For Exchange—Eggs of Hemileuca mata, Cicindela and Lepidoptera in paper packages. Desire exotic or native butterflies and beetles.—A. Mares, 2517 So. Homan Ave., Chicago, III. Pupae of P. modesta, Sm. excaecatus. S. eremitus, P. troilus, cres- phontes, cocoons of luna, promethea, polyphemus, cecropia, chrysalids of Catocala illecta in May and other species later. Butterflies and moths in papers and on pins.—R. R. Rowley, Louisiana, Mo. Wanted for cash or good exchange, live fertilized females or fertile ova of Versicolor, Pandorus, Achemon and Bicolor; can supply fertile ova of hybrid Actias selene, luna, Antherea mylitta and others.—James L. Mitchell, 212 Indiana Trust Building, Indianapolis, Indiana. Wanted addresses of reliable collectors or dealers in Florida, Texas, New Mexico and California for the exchange or purchase of Lepidop- tera.—Carlo Zeimet, 170 William St., New York. Butterflies—I will name spread North American butterflies. Many rare species for exchange.—Dr. Henry Skinner, Logan Square, Phila- delphia, Penna. Lepidoptera in papers from this locality for exchange.—H. L. Geiger, R. D. No. 1, Miami, Fla. SILPHIDAE and LUCANIDAE Wanted from all States and Localities in North America CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED ADDRESS JOHN W. ANGELE THE CHARLESTON COURT 3905 BROADWAY, NN. VY 7Cia es JUST PUBLISHED Miscellaneous Notes and Descriptions of North American Coleoptera, by