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Tegmina subquadrate, distal margin truncate, weakly concave; venation obsolete, except hu- meral trunk, which is weakly indicated. Wings minute, vestigial, with venation obsolete; anterior field oval, posterior field indicated by ves- tigial tissue. Dorsal surface of abdomen unspecialized; median sez- ment extremely narrow (longitudinally); first to sixth segments with caudal margins transverse but latero-caudal angles very feebly pro- duced, almost rectangulate, with acute apices each supplied with a bristle; seventh and eighth segments transversely narrower, the eighth with caudal margin broadly convex between the cerci. Supra-anal plate delicate in structure, bilobate, about three times as wide as its greatest length; lateral margins weakly convex convergent, armed with bristles ; distal margin briefly acute-angulate emarginate mesad, with lateral por- tions weakly convex, curling dorsad and supplied with numerous hairs; latero-caudal angles broadly rounded.® Cerci conical, extending as far as distal margin of supra-anal plate, apex acute, articulations subobso- lete. Concealed genital hook situated sinistrad, elongate and slender, distal portion curved sharply dextrad, forming nearly a semicircle, with apex acute. Subgenital plate broader than long; lateral margins straight, parallel to style sockets, distal portion of plate between these moderately produced with distal margin broadly convex. Styles and limb armament as given in generic diagnosis. Pulvilli and arolia ab- sent. A single immature female before us shows the ocular, pronotal and cercal development similar to a male in the same instar. The subgeni- tal plate? shows indications of a distal medio-longitudinal sulcation, while from within the succeeding segment projects, showing styles similar to those of the male sex.§ Measurements (in millimeters).° Length Length Width Total Exposed Width Length of of of of length of length of of of body pronotum pronotum tegmen tegmen tegmen cercus AB SSO Ga Srror 3.94 1.43 2.84 1.7 1.43 1.43 -34 Paratype.... 4.08 1.63 2.85 1.85 1.36 1.56 -34 6 In texture and many features of contour, similarity with Compsodes schwarz Caudell is found. 7See generic diagnosis. In adult females of this species there is little doubt but that this plate is much as in rehni. 8 This condition in immature females has been observed in other forms of the Blattidae. * Taken under the microscope. Vol. xxviii] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 363 Coloration. General coloration cinnamon brown, shading to ochra- ceous-buff rather broadly along the lateral margins of the pronotum. Underparts and limbs ochraceous-buff, strongly tinged with buckthorn brown. In addition to the type, one male paratype and a pair of im- mature examples are before us. These specimens were all taken at the same time, by Professor W. M. Wheeler, from a colony of the ant, Solenopsis gemmata (Fabricius) ,!° found under a stone on the shores of Lake Atitlan. A Second Colletes with Spotted Wings (Hym.). By T. D. A. CocKERELL, Boulder, Colorado. In 1868 Cresson described a remarkable Colletid bee froin Orizaba, Mexico, having black spots‘on the wings. He called it Colleies punctipenmis. Cresson had only the female, but a male was found in F. Smith’s collection in the British Mu- seum, collected in Guatemala. This I described in Annals and Mageot Nat. Hist., July, ton, p.11. On April 20, 1912, Mr. Aug. Busck collected at Porto Bello, Panama, two males of a species very close to C. punctipennis, but with the thoracic hair very differently colored. It may possibly prove to be only a subspecies, but as no intermediates are known it is given the specific rank which it probably deserves. Colletes spiloptera n. sp. 6.Length about 11 mm.; wings as in C. punctipennis, but the rather short hair of thorax above, and of tubercles, bright fox-red (in punctipennis the thorax is clothed with short, dense white or hoary pubescence, that on mesothorax shortest and mixed with sparse black hairs, giving the surface a maculate appearance; scutellum with short black pubescence, margined entirely with whitish). Only middle of flagellum (joints 5-9) red beneath; mesothorax very densely punctured; second abdominal segment with punctures conspicuously smaller and denser than on first; genitalia with sagittal wings very large and rounded, stipites covered on apical part with short yellowish hair, but without any long spreading bristles. The malar space is much broader than long. Type in the U. S. National Museum. 10 Determined by Professor W. M. Wheeler, to whom we take pleas- ure in dedicating the interesting myrmecophilous roach here described. 364 ENTOMOLOGICAIL, NEWS. [Oates 17 Notes on the Construction of the Cocoon of Praon (Hym., Braconidae). By C. N. Arnsiisz, U. S. Dept. Agriculture, Bureau of Ento- mology, Cereal and Forage Insects.* The parasites of various aphids have been receiving much attention during recent years and their widely differing habits have proved most interesting to the students of their life his- tories.. In a short sketch in Entomological News of March, 1909, pp. 110-112, the writer described briefly a discovery he had recently made of the process by which the bodies of aphids, killed by the attack of their Aphidiine enemies, are fastened by the larvae of the parasite to a firm base, thus affording the larvae a reasonably secure shelter during the period of pupa- tion. This discovery was made by using the exceedingly simple device of inverting upon the stage of a microscope a slide on which the aphid was being glued after the larva had split ven- trally the abdomen of its dead host. Through the slide thus placed the movements of the larva could be readily watched as it smeared the torn edges of the aphid’s body-wall to the glass with a generous supply of a viscous fluid. Previous to this observation, made nearly nine years ago, no one seems to have been able to solve the mystery of this attachment of the dead body, although the entire operation had frequently been carefully watched, from above. The process as then detailed has been since confirmed by Mr. E. O. G. Kelly, of the Bureau of Entomology, and by other observers as well. It appears to be a well established fact that nearly all the braconid para- sites of aphids fasten their former hosts to a base in much the same manner. On the other hand the Aphelinus-parasitized bodies of aphids are anchored without the abdominal rent. Just how this is ac- complished is not yet definitely known since it can be learned only by means of circumstantial evidence. It seems likely that a certain amount of an adhesive fluid is in some manner forced through the stomata or other pores in the body-wall and thus * Published with the permission of the Secretary of Agriculture. Vol. xxviii | ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 305 the ventral surface is glued fast to its support. Inasmuch as the Aphelininae attack only the short-legged and smaller-bodied species of aphids, it must be much easier for their larvae to anchor the bodies of their hosts than for those parasites that prey on the longer-legged forms like Macrosiphum and Rhopa- losiphum. But even these larger forms are often fastened to leaves and grain blades by their internal parasites. As the process has never been watched, so far as I know, the exact means used to bring the abdomen to a junction with the leaf on which the aphid stands is unknown, but is probably simple enough when once understood. An exception to this common practice among braconid para- sites is that of the genus Praon which attacks the larger aphids. In Insect Life, Vol. IV, p. 196, 1891, Dr. Howard calls atten- tion to the fact, often since observed, that the larva of Praon constructs a tent-like cocoon beneath the body of its host for a pupation chamber. An opportunity was afforded the writer during the summer of 1916 to watch the entire process of con- structing this cocoon, and the details are presented herewith. July 15, 1916, a parasitized apterous Macrosiphum pisi was taken on a leaflet of white clover just as the larval guest within its body had deprived it of the power of motion. The dying aphid, still standing on the leaflet, was placed within a small vial where it would be undisturbed and could be easily ob- served without interruption. Scarcely had it been secured in this way when the abdomen of the aphid was rent ventrally by the activity of the imprisoned larva. But the long sprawling legs of the aphid made it clearly impossible to cement the body to the leaf and the problem be- fore the larva was to somehow bridge this gap. It thrust its head at once through the opening and appeared to be care- fully investigating the situation. Without entirely leaving the cavity of the aphid’s body it swung its flexible head about, not aimlessly as it very soon proved, for in less than five minutes it was busily at work to form its cocoon. Touching the sur- face of the leaf with the tip of its pointed head, it spun a fine silk thread, attached to the leaf at its lower end, and attempted 366 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Oct.carg to make the upper end fast to the under side of the aphid’s body, but failed to make it adhere. . Again and again it made the same effort, but for some reason, perhaps because the sup- ply of silk was insufficient, not a single strand spanned the gap. It labored vigorously, rotating an entire circle in its anxiety to succeed. All the while the cauda, and at times half of its body, was hidden from view within the aphid’s body, to which it yet clung. For nearly fifteen minutes it twisted and turned, then seemed to grow weary of its fruitless efforts and withdrew entirely inside the body of the aphid. After a rest of about ten minutes it once more showed its head outside, followed again by nearly the entire body, retain- ing as before a slight hold by means of the tip of the cauda. This time the spinning was successfully inaugurated and the head went ceaselessly from the leaf to the body above, leaving a ragged and irregular barricade of uneven and perpendicular silk threads arranged in a rude circle. By its serpent-like movements in confined quarters, the larva partly lifted and supported the empty skin of its host on a bend of its writhing body, and as it shifted its position during its slow rotation, the body above rocked like a boat in a gale. Gradually the row of simple upright strands began insensibly to grow more complex, braces stiffened them at the lower end, diagonal threads were occasionally thrown against them and the struc- ture assumed more and more the appearance of a real fabric. The larva worked cleverly, straining the threads at times al- most to the breaking point, but never doing any actual dam- age to its previous work. Never for a moment did it pause in its labor during all the hours it was under observation. It seemed to realize to some extent the meagerness of its re- sources and-the necessity of haste in creating a shelter. After about two hours of unremitting efforts the structure was near enough completed to justify it in abandoning its for- mer home, so it withdrew its mucilaginous bulk from its birth- place and coiled itself within the mesh of fibers that had been spun. It seemed hardly possible that it could move about in so small a space, but it showed wonderful elasticity and went to work more feverishly than ever, turning slowly around to dis- Vol. xxviii | ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 307 tribute the silk evenly on all the uprights. It was impossible not to admire the clumsy skill with which this uncouth creature, for the first and only time in its life, wove its protective screen and overcame the difficulties that hindered the operation. As more threads were added the fabric became finally so epaque that it was no longer possible to see what was taking place within. Just at this time another larva began operations beneath its host and the previous observations were easily duplicated. The adults from both these larvae emerged July 22d, just seven days from the time the larvae began to spin themselves in. A New Trichodes (Cleridae, Coleop.). By J. WAGENER GREEN, Easton, Pa. Trichodes bicinctus n. sp. Moderately robust, elytra slightly broader behind middle. Color black with greenish lustre, base of antennae, palpi, labrum, legs partly, and sides of abdominal segments, pale. Antennal club reddish varying to dark brown. Elvtra reddish or fulvous, with antemedian fascia interrupted at suture, a second and slightly wider fascia at apical third, and apex narrowly, black. The apical black spot is concave anteriorly and produced forward on suture and side margin, some- times uniting with post-median fascia and completely enclosing a rounded pale spot. Labrum entire or very slightly emarginate. Antennal club broadly triangular. Front concave. Head and thorax finely, rather closely punctured, the latter with slight median smooth space at base. Pubes- cence fulvous, moderately long on thorax, short on elytra, longer near scutellum. Elytra coarsely punctate, more finely toward base. Apices rounded in both sexes. Body beneath and legs densely clothed with long white pubescence. Penultimate ventral segment of male broadly emarginate, as usual. Length 11-12 mm. Brewster County, Texas, about twenty miles south of Marfa, July 14 to 25. Two males, a female in the collection of Mr. Wenzel, of Philadelphia. Type in my collection. Resembles simulator, apivorus and bibalteatus in style of maculation. Readily distinguished from the last by the apical elytral spot, and from the first two by the pale antennal club. Differs from all in the bicolored legs. The femora are more or less pale beneath at base, the anterior and median tibiae slightly paler at apex in the males, almost entirely reddish in the female. 368 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Oct 217 An Egg Parasite of the Sumac Flea-Beetle (Hym., Chalcid.). By C. R. Crossy and M. D. Leonarp, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York. Mr. Loren B. Smith, of Norfolk, Virginia, has sent us speci- mens of a hymenopterous parasite reared by him from the eggs of the sumac flea-beetle (Blepharida rhois Forster). The spe- cies is apparently undescribed. ill St Sein ee Ns Sts NK “a= —— Tetrastichus ovipransus n. sp. 2 Length, 1.2 mm. General color bluish black. Head bluish black, brownish in front of ocelli in alcoholic specimens. Thorax bluish black, very finely longitudinally striolate. Antennae yellowish brown, scape noticeably paler. The relative length of the antennal segments may be expressed by the following ratio: scape 6, pedicel 3, funicle segments 4, 4.5, 4.5, club 10. Ring segment small but distinct. The three-segmented club is of the same width as the funicle segments and pointed at the tip. Coxae and femora, except tip, black, remainder of legs pale straw colored. Abdomen dark brownish with a metallic tinge, especially above. Described from 14 female specimens reared July 20, 1916, and 3 female specimens reared June 24, 1916, from eggs of Blepharida rhois, Norfolk, Virginia. Types in the Cornell University collection. Type No. 76. Vol. xxviii] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 309 Indian Gall Midges (Cecidomyiidae, Dipt.). By E. P. Fett, Albany, New York. The writer has been privileged, through the courtesy of Prof. Ramakrishna, of South India, to study two small collections of gall midges reared or obtained from the vicinity of various grasses. In addition to data given in a preceding paper,* we would record the rearing of the rice or paddy gall midge, Pachydiplosis oryzae \Vood-Mason, from Panicum stagninum, and the capture of adults referable with very little question to this species, in light traps. The specimens taken in early Octo- ber, 1916, were heavy with eggs. Pseudhormomyia fluvialis Felt was reared, in addition to food plants previously recorded, from Panicum punctatum, and both this species and the closely related P. cornea are here referred to Dyodiplosis Rubs. Be- low we describe one new species and all the stages of a very interesting midge, the adults previously being unknown and ten- tatively referred to Oligotrophus Latr. Hormomyia ischaemi Kieff. 1910 Kieffer, J. J. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, Bull., No. 3, p. 71. (Oligotrophus.) Adults and specimens of the gall of this insect, provisionally referred to Hormomyia, were received from Prof. T. V. Rama- krishna, Coimbatore, S. India, under date of November 9, 1916, accompanied by the statement that the insects were reared from a gall on Ischaemum pilosum and were very likely iden- tical with the species described from the larva and gall by Dr. Kieffer as Oligotrophus ischaemi, which latter is probable though not certain. The larva described by Dr. Kieffer, if this species, is evidently a young stage, since the large size of the midges preclude their developing from such a small full-grown larva. Gall. Length 11 to 18 cm., diameter 3 to 4 mm. This is a reddish, cylindrical tube pointed at the apex and sheathed at the base by scale- like leaves. The interior is hollow for practically its whole length and emergence is through a small hole near the tip (characters in pant irom . A. Boodle, p. 7o, I c.). Egg. Length .2 mm., ovate, cylindrical, whitish and apparently pro- * Ent. News 28 :73-76. 370 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. pOer, 7 duced in great numbers, since several hundred were found in a vial containing a portion of a gall and one dilapidated female. Larva. It is probable, as stated above, that the whitish larva de- scribed by Dr. Kieffer, |. c., p. 71, is a very young stage or does not be- long to this species. A free translation of Dr. Kieffer’s description follows: Larva white, length 2 mm., smooth, the spiny warts very fine and situated on the ventral part of the last two thoracic segments and all of the abdominal segments. The papillae are all simple, save the eight terminal ones, which are provided with very short, scarcely distinct hairs; the pleural and sternal papillae are equally large; the mesial pleural papillae arranged in groups of three; the anterior ventral and posterior papillae small and hardly apparent. Antennal segment round- ed, deeply emarginate in the middle, dorsally with sparse granulations on the anterior portion, the posterior part nearly smooth; breastbone yellow, large, sessile, as long as large and with two triangular teeth which have a length twice the width of the base and are separated by a broadly rounded emargination. Exuvium. @. Length 5 mm., moderately stout, yellowish transparent, the thoracic horns slender, slightly curved, nearly cylindrical and with a length about five times the diameter. Antennal cases probably ex- tending to the base of the abdomen and with triangular basal processes with a length about three times the diameter of the base and thickened apically; the wing cases reaching to the tip of the second abdominal segment, and the leg cases to the fifth or sixth abdominal segments; the dorsum of the latter slightly chitinized and with an irregular series of three or four transverse rows of chitinous spines. ¢ Length 3.5 mm. Antennae about as long as the body, thickly haired, yellowish brown; 14 segments, the fifth almost trinodose, the stems with a length 11%4 and 1% times their diameters, respectively; basal enlargement subglobose, with a sparse subbasal whorl of stout setae and a subapical circumfilum, the loops numerous, with a length about half the diameter of the enlargement and forming an almost double row, the latter being true of the middle and distal fili; terminal segment somewhat produced, the basal portion of the stem with a length about twice its diameter, the distal enlargement subcylindric and with a length nearly three times its diameter, and apically a large, fusiform appendage, a rudimentary segment. Palpi; first segment irregularly ovoid, the second a little longer and stouter, the third more than twice the length of the second and tapering uniformly from a somewhat swollen base. Eyes holoptic. Mesonotum dark reddish brown. Scutellum concolorous, postscutel- lum dark reddish brown. Abdomen dark yellowish brown, somewhat variable, the genitalia yellowish; the terminal clasp segment fuscous apically. Vol. xxviii] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 371 Wings subhyaline, brownish, shorter than the body, the third vein, uniting with the margin well beyond the apex, the fifth vein joining the posterior margin at the distal fourth, its branch beyond the basal half; halteres yellowish basally, brownish yellow apically. Coxae reddish brown; legs mostly yellowish brown, the tarsi some- what darker. Genitalia; basal clasp segment short, broad, swollen basally; terminal clasp segment moderately long, nearly straight; dorsal plate short, broad, deeply and narrowly emarginate, the lobes narrowly rounded; ventral plate a little longer, broad, broadly rounded apically. ? Length 5 mm. Antennae probably three-fourths the length of the body, sparsely haired, dark brown; 14 segments, the fifth with a stem one-fourth the length of the subcylindric basal enlargement, which latter has a length about four times its diameter and low, looped cir- cumfili near the basai third and subapically. Palpi; first segment irregular, the second a little longer, subquadrate, the third more than twice the length of the second, slender and nearly uniform in diameter. Mesonotum dark brownish black, the submedian lines sparsely haired. Scutellum and postscutellum concolorous, the former with a few golden hairs apically. Abdomen shining dark brownish black, sparsely clothed with short hairs. Wings slightly fuscous and only about two-thirds the length of the abdomen, the third vein uniting with the margin just beyond the apex of the wing, the fifth with the indistinct anterior branch joining the posterior margin at the distal fourth and the posterior branch beyond the basal half; halteres yellowish orange basally, fuscous subapically. Coxae and legs a nearly uniform dark brown; claws moderately stout, strongly curved subapically, simple; pulvilli nearly as long as the claws. Ovipositor short, the lobes irregularly oval, with a length about one- half greater than the width and rather thickly setose. iype Cecid. a 2781. Dyodiplosis andropogonis n. sp. The species described below was received from Prof. T. V. Ramakrishna, Government Entomologist, Agricultural College and Research Institute, Coimbatore, South India, under date of November 9, 1916, accompanied by a statement to the effect that the midges were reared from galls in a common perennial grass, Andropogon annulatus, at Adoni, Bellary District, Sep- tember 23, 1916, and labeled Y. R. Rao Coll. These insects are similar to though quite distinct from Pseudhormomyna flu- 372 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [POcts a7 vialis Felt and P. cornea Felt, both received earlier from the same correspondent. These last two species are congeneric with the one to be characterized and now referred to the genus Dy- odiplosis. @ Length 2 mm. Antennae one-half longer than the body, thickly haired, yellowish brown; 14 segments, the stems with a length one and one-fourth and two and one-half times their diameters, respectively, the distal enlargement with a length one and three-fourths greater than its diameter and only slightly constricted near the basal third as compared with D. fluvialis. The circumfili are fine and moderately long; terminal segment produced, the basal portion of the stem with a length three times its diameter, the distal enlargement cylindric, with a length fully three times its diameter and apically a moderately stout, rather long, conical process. Palpi; first segment short, irregular, with a length about one-half greater than its diameter, the second a little longer and broader, the third about as long as the two preceding, more slender. Mesonotum purplish brown, the submedian lines and posterior me- dian areas yellowish. Scutellum and postscutellum mostly pale yellow- ish. Abdomen sparsely haired, a variable dark brown basally, yellow- ish brown apically. Wings hyaline; halteres yellowish basally, light brown apically. Legs mostly a pale straw. Genitalia; basal clasp segment moderately long, stout; terminal clasp segment distinctly swollen basally, tapering; dorsal plate deeply and triangularly emarginate, the divergent lobes narrowly rounded; ventral plate long, broad, subtruncate apically, the posterior border slightly and roundly emarginate; style a little longer than the ventral plate. 2 Length 3 mm. Antennae nearly as long as the body, sparsely haired, dark reddish brown; 14 segments, the fifth with a stem one- third the length of the cylindric basal enlargement, which latter has a length about four times its diameter and sparse whorls of stout setae subbasally and apically; terminal segment hardly produced, the enlargement with a length three and one-half times its diameter and apically a rather broad subconical process. Abdomen sparsely haired, mostly dark reddish brown, the seventh segment and the lobes of the ovipositor yellowish brown; halteres yel- lowish basally, reddish brown apically; claws long, rather slender strongly curved apically, the pulvilli a little shorter than the claws. Ovipositor short, tapering, the lobes with a length over twice the width and tapering irregularly to a narrowly rounded, setose apex. Otherwise as in the male. Type—Cecid. a 2782. ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. PHILADELPHIA, PA., OCTOBER, I917. The Lack of Entomologists. The war has resulted in a great demand for men and women trained in many lines of work. Many activities which the times have brought into being will doubtless meet with such approval as to insure their continuance after the fighting has ceased. As in other fields of science, the present supply of entomologists does not meet the demand. Mr. V. I. Safro, of Louisville, Kentucky, as quoted in Report No. 3 of the Emergency Entomological Service (U. S. Dept. Agric.), calls attention to the difficulty of obtaining adequately trained men for emergency entomological work and suggests the advisability of giving them spe- cial training. . . . Many of the standard recommendations apply to conditions in gardens or in small cultures and do not necessarily apply to the conditions in various regions where very extensive cultures of onions and similar crops are undertaken. . . . Growers want to know not only how to combat certain insect pests but [also] how certain operations can be economically combined with other operations. To meet this important situation, extension entomologists should be thoroughly acquainted with the control of plant diseases as well as insect pests and the mechanical equipment necessary for effective work. Too often our economic entomologists ignore the fact that their recom- mendations cannot possibly be conducive to the best results unless they know and explain how growers can combine fungicides with in- secticides. thereby reducing one of the main items of expense, the labor. Many growers will not spray at all for certain insects unless they know that the insect spray can be combined with Bordeaux or some other fungicide. Again Dr. T. J. Headlee, State Entomologist of New Jersey, ays (in Report No. 4 of the same series) of the farm dem- onstration service in that State: The greatest weakness of the whole service is the lack of trained men to do sufficiently thorough entomological scouting. This lack is a real handicap because outbreaks of considerable proportions are sometimes not thoroughly appreciated until they are about ready to eccur and this means that a good many growers will be unable to get materials and machinery in time to do effective work. There would therefore seem to be great opportunities for useful service to the nation in applied entomology and encour- agement to those who may be thinking of an entomological career. 373 374 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. (Oe. 27 Notes and News. ENTOMOLOGICAL GLEANINGS FROM ALL QUARTERS OF THE GLOBE. Sex Attraction Overcome by Light Stimulation (Lepid., Col.). Those who are familiar with Fabre’s delightful stories in “The Life of the Caterpillar” will remember that he was greatly exercised in en- deavoring to account for the facility with which the male moth will recognize from a great distance the existence of his mate. The usual theory of the operation of the sense of smell was to him utterly un- satisfactory. Many years ago I was astonished at the great number of male Ce- cropia that came to a cage in which J had females confined. By re- ferring to my statement in the EntomoLocicat News of May, 1895, I find that in addition to the number destroyed by robins and cats, the wings being the principal part of the debris left, I counted three hun- dred and forty-two specimens taken in four nights. I am reminded of this old story by a recent experience. For many years Telea polyphemus has been in this immediate neigh- borhood an exceedingly rare insect. Last autumn I had given me a few Polyphemus cocoons gathered from trees some ten or fifteen miles distant. When recently the moths began to emerge, I left two females in a cage on my back porch for several nights, and while the number of arriving and inquisitive males (eighteen in all) was not large, as compared with my previous Cecropia experience, there was one curious feature in connection with their advent, on which I should be glad to hear Fabre philosophize if he were still with us. I have every reason to believe that the male moths came to my lure from a considerable distance. When they arrived, or possibly soon afterward, they dis- covered, only five or six feet from the cage in which were confined the females they were doubtless seeking, an electric light illuminating my insect trap which, except on brilliant moonlight nights, attracts all sorts of nocturnal hexapods. Their attention seems to have been thus distracted from their previous quest and instead of going to the cage, or remaining there, if possibly they reached it, they all without excep- tion made their way into the trap from which they could not escape. The brilliant light seems to have had so strong an influence upon them as to have counteracted their previous inclination rendering it power- less. It was also very noticeable that the «i/d moths, with but a single exception, were smaller than those hatched in captivity, a circumstance possibly indicating a less abundant or a less invigorating food-plant on which the larvae had been feeding. My insect trap disposes of a great many Lachnosterna. Within the Vol. xxviii | ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 375 last few nights (mid-June, 1917) it has taken one hundred and eighty- one futilis, but there have been caught only three rugosa, while fusca, usually most abundant, has not been represented at all—O. S. West- cott, Oak Park, Illinois. Emergency Entomological Service. Numbers 3, 4 and 5 of the reports of the Emergency Entomological Service, United States Dept. of Agriculture, “Reporting cooperation between Federal, State and Station Entomologists and other Agencies,” have appeared since the preceding issue of the News. They are dated July 1, August 1, and September 1, and consist of 21, 28 and 25 mimeographed pages, respectively. Among their more important contents are notes of new legislation in Illinois whereby the State Dept. of Agriculture has authority to compel owners, or other occupiers, of property infested by insect pests or plant diseases to take measures to arrest or prevent the same under penalties (upon conviction) of fines of $10 to $100 for each and every offense; the establishment of an Insect Pest Survey and Information Service by Dr. E. P. Felt, under the New York Food Sup- ply Commission (a description of the workings of this Survey by Prof. C. R. Crosby is given in No. 4); a similar survey in Ohio under Prof. H. A. Gossard; the use of farm demonstrators in practically every county in New Jersey, reported by Dr. T. J. Headlee, and in Tennessee under Mr. G. M. Bentley; a systematic educational campaign in Mississippi leading up to “Spray Your Orchard Week,” December 9-15, 1917, to be so designed by proclamation of the Governcr. The Food Production Act, approved by President Wilson August 10, 1917, appropriates $441,000 “for the prevention, control and eradication of insects and plant diseases injurious to agriculture, and the conser- vation and utilization of plant products.” Of this sum $145,775 has been allotted to the Bureau of Entomology. A statement is given in No. 5 of the way in which it is proposed to expend this sum. “It is contemplated to inaugurate the present fall an extensive campaign against the Hessian fly and to undertake work on a large scale in the control of insects injurious to stored grains, peas, beans and stored products generally. During the winter, work in dormant tree spraying for scale insects, fumigation of citrus trees and similar activities will be actively pushed. . . . Never before in the history of economic entomology in this country have there been funds to carry, on so large a scale directly to the farmer, fruit grower, stock man and others, practical instruction in the treatment of insect pests.” Reports on insect injuries in 15 States are given in No. 3, in 25 States in No. 4, and in 21 States in No. 5. Among the insects whose depredations have been more serious are: 370 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. (Oct. 17 Grasshoppers in California, western Montana (the Rocky Mountain migratory locust), Nebraska, North and South Dakota, Iowa, southern Indiana, Michigan, the District of Columbia, New York, Vermont and Cormnecticut; 5 Hessian fly in eastern Kansas; chinch bug in Oklahoma and southwestern Illinois; wireworms (Melanotus larvae) in Montana, Idaho and eastern Ne- braska; aphids ‘on barley in southern Arizona, on melons in Nebraska and the Gulf region from Florida to Texas, on conifers in Colorado, on potatoes and tomatoes in Kentucky, New Jersey, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Massachusetts, on cabbage in Nebraska, Missouri, New Jersey and Iowa and aphids generally in gardens in cities of Indiana planted on ground which has not been in cultivation for a number of years: plum curculio in northeastern Ohio and New Jersey (but not in West Virginia or Georgia); the sheep bot in Mississippi; the mole-cricket in coastal South Carolina; red spider in North Carolina on cotton, in Texas on beans and alialfa; cut worms in Indiana; southern corn root-worm beetle (Diabrotica 12-punctata) in western illinois; lesser corn stalk borer (Elasmopalpus lignosellus) in the Gulf States, particularly Mississippi; boll weevil in Florida, southern and central Texas and Arkansas; sod web-worms (Crambus species) in northern Illinois; fall web worms (Hyphantria spp.) in Louisiana, Mississippi and New York; white-marked tussock moth in eastern Nebraska, New Jersey, Ohio, Indiana, Connecticut and many other States; other foliage insects are also noted; seed corn maggot (Phorbia fusciceps) in New York; Colorado potato beetle in Virginia, Wisconsin, Arizona and Mis- souri, although reported as not very destructive elsewhere. “The area infested by the alfalfa weevil is producing the only good first crop of alfalfa seen there in five years.” The “surplus of arsenate of lead and Paris green in the country is very low;” arsenate of lime is being substituted for arsenate of lead in Nova Scotia, arsenite of zinc for Paris green in Montana, at a large saving. Decrease in the natural insect enemies of coniferous bark beetles Vol. xxviii | ENTCMOLOGICAL NEWS. 3774, (Dendroctonus) in the Pike’s Peak region of Colorado is especially noticeable. On the other hand, parasitic flies (Sarcophaga) attacking grasshoppers are increasing in Montana. “The destructive result of the hot weather in Southern California [June 14-17: 115-120 deg. F.] against citrus pests has been about equivalent to a season’s insecticide treatment.” “The unusual amount of rain in the spring” in northeastern Louisiana “gave rise to an un- usually high density of malaria mosquitoes early in the season with a consequent early appearance of active cases of malaria.” This was followed by “lack of rain and high temperatures operating on both the larvae in the breeding places of these mosquitoes and the activity of the adults. The reduction in the active cases of malaria is already apparent.” An “unprecedented number of fleas” (4 species) reported from the vicinity of Dallas, Texas, is believed to have been “correlated with the rather uniform distribution of rainfall during the spring months and probably a high humidity.” One of the largest flights of may-beetles (Lachnosterna) experi- enced in several years covered the entire State of New Jersey. Copies of all entomological literature, as letters, special bulletins, circulars, press-notices, posters, etc., issued by State and Station ento- mologists, State Councils of Defense, Boards of Health and other bodies in connection with the present war emergency, are requested by the Bureau of Entomology at Washington, in order that as complete a file as possible may be preserved for reference use in its library. 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), including Arachnida and Myriopoda. 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. ; All continued papers, with few exceptions, are recorded only at their first installments. The records of papers containing new species are all grouped at the end of each Order of which they treat. Unless mentioned in the title, the number of the new species occurring north of Mexico is given at end of title, within brackets. For records of Economic Literature, see the Experiment Station Record, Office of Experiment Stations, Washington. Also Review of Applied En- tomology, Series A, London. For records of papers on Medical Ento- mology, see Review of Applied Entomology, Series B. 3—The American Naturalist. 4—The Canadian Entomologist. 5—Psyche. 8—The Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine, London. 11—Annals and Magazine of Natural History, London. 12— 378 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Oct., 717 Comptes Rendus, L’Academie des Sciences, Paris. 50—Proceed~ ings, U. S. National Museum. 51—Novitates Zoologicae, Tring, England. 87—Bulletin, Societe Entomologique de France, Paris. 121—Archives des Sciences Physiques et Naturelles, Geneva. 148 —Ohio Journal of Science, Columbus, Ohio. 161—Proceedings, Biological Society of Washington. 168—American Journal of Science, New Haven, Conn. 179—Journal of Economic Entomol- ogy. 180—Annals, Entomological Society of America. 184—Jour- nal of Experimental Zoology, Philadelphia. 198—Biological Bul- letin, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Mass. 200— Bulletin Scientifique de la France et de la Belgique, Paris. 220— New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station, New Brunswick. 242Transactions, Royal Society of Canada (3d Series), Ottawa. 257—Bulletin, Public Museum of the City of Milwaukee. 313— Bulletin of Entomological Research, London. 335—Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. 350—Bulletin from the Laboratory of Natural History of the State University of Iowa, Iowa City. 394 —Parasitology, Cambridge, England. 408—Dominion of Canada Department of Agriculture Experimental Farms, Division of Ento- mology, Ottawa. 411—Bulletin, The Brooklyn Entomological! So- ciety. 417—University Studies, Lincoln, Nebraska. 447—Journal of Agricultural Research, Washington. 454—North Carolina De- partment of Agriculture, Raleigh. 478—Miscellaneous Publica- tions, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan. 503—Ver- handlungen der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft in Basel. 507— Occasional Papers, Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan 518—South African Journal of Sciences, Cape Town. 515——Pro- ceedings, American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia. 524—~ Technical Bulletins, Entomology, University of California. Berke- ley. 533—Memoirs, American Entomological Society. 538—Lor.- quinia, Los Angeles. 549—Revue Zoologique Russe, Moscow. GENERAL SUBJECT.—Allard, H. A.—Synchronism and syn- chronic rhythm in the behavior of certain creatures, 8, li, 438-46. Baumberger, J. P.—Hibernation: a periodical phenomenon, 180, x, 179-86. Bethune, C. J. S—Bibliography of Canadian entomology for the year 1915, 242, x, Sec. 4, 169-87. Carson, H. L.—The trial of animals and insects.* A little known chapter of mediaeval juris- prudence, 515, lvi, 410-15. Cockerell, T. D. A.—Some fossil insects from Florissant, Colorado, 50, lili, 389-392. Coleman, Geo. A.— The development of the motion picture and its place in educational work, 179, x, 371-3. Crampton, G. C.—The nature of the vera, cervix or neck.region in insects, 180, x, 187-97. McIndoo, N. E.— Recognition among insects, 335, Ixviii, No. 2, 78 pp. Mally, C. W. —On the selection and breeding of desirable strains of beneficial Vol. xxviii] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 379 insects, 518, xiii, 191-5. Moore, W.—Toxicity of various benzine derivatives to insects, 447, 1x, 371-81. Vorhies, C. T.—Notes on the fauna of Great Salt Lake, 3, li, 495-9. Wilson, T.—Obituary note by C. G. Hewitt, 4, 1917, 289-90. Zavarzin, A.—Quelques donnees sur la structure du systeme nerveux intestinal des insectes, 549, i, 176-80. PHYSIOLOGY AND EMBRYOLOGY. Patterson & Porter— Studies on the biology of Paracopidosomopsis. II. Spermatoge- nesis of males reared from unfertilized eggs, 198, xxxili, 38-48. Shaffer, E. L.—Mitochondria and other Cytoplasmic structures in the spermatogenesis of Passalus cornutus, 198, xxxii, 407-34. MEDICAL. Herms, W. B.—A state wide malaria-mosquito survey of California, 179, x, 359-70. Zetek, J—The ecology of bubonic plague, 180, x, 198-206. ARACHNIDA, ETC. Hirst, S—On the occurrence of a pseudo- parasitic mite (Cheletiella parasitivorax) on the domestic cat, 11, xx, 132-3. Patten, B. M.—Reactions of the whip-tail scorpion to light, 184, xxiii, 251-75. Emerton, J. H.—New spiders from Canada and the adjoining States [17 new], 4, 1917, 261-72. Ewing, H. E.—A synopsis of the genera of beetle mites with special reference to the North Ameri- can fauna [12 n. gen.], 180, x, 117-132. NEUROPTERA, ETC. Campion, H.—On Fabricius’s types of Odonata in the British Museum (N. H.), 11, xix, 441-50. Combs, A. F.—Notes on a collection of Odonata from Schoolcraft County, Michigan, 507, No. 41, 8 pp. Williamson, E. B.—An annotated list of the Odonata of Indiana, 478, No. 2, 12 pp. Currie, B. P—Gomphus parvidens, a n. species of dragonfly from Maryland, 50, liii, 223-6. Kennedy, C. HA new sp. of Somato- chlora (Odonata), with notes on the Cingulata-group, 4, 1917, 229-36. McGregor, E. A.—Six new sps. of Mallophaga from North American mammals, 180, x, 167-78. ORTHOPTERA. Hebard, M.—The Blattidae of North Amer- ica, north of Mexico, 533, 2, 284 pp. HEMIPTERA. Baker & Davidson—A further contribution to the study of Erisoma pyricola, the woolly pear aphis, 447, x, 65-74. Davidson, W. M.—The reddish-brown plum aphis (Rhopalosiphum nympheae), 179, x, 350-3. Distant, W. L.—On some Rhynchota of economic importance from Colombia, 318, vii, 381-2. Ferris, G. F. —Methods.for the study of mealy-bugs, 179, x, 321-5. Gibson, E. H. —Key to the species of Leptoglossus occurring north of Mexico, 380 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Oets 17 5, xxiv, 69-73. A key to the species of Dictyophora, 411, xii, 69-71. Gillette & Bragg—The migratory habits of Mvyzus ribis, 179, x, 358-40. Hollinger, A. H.—A new sp. of Phenacoccus, 3, 1917, 281-4. Hungerford, H. B.—The life history of Mesovelia mulsanti, 5, xxiv, 73-84. Knight, H. H.—Records of European Miridae occur- ring in No. America, 4, 1917, 248-52. Newstead, R.—Observations on scale-insects (Coccidae), III, 318, vii, 343-80. Quayle, H. J— Some comparisons of Coccus citricola and C. hesperidum, 179, x, 373-6. Stoner, D—The Pentatomoidea of the Lake Okoboji region (Iowa), 350, vii, 39-47. Drake, C. J—The No. American species of Monanthia [2 new]. 411, xii, 49-52. Essig, E. O.Aphididae of California....chiefly from the campus of the University [4 new], 524, Ent. i, 301-346. Florence, L.—The pacific coast species of Xylococcus [1 new], 180, x, 147-66. Gillette, C. P—Some Colorado species of the genus Lachnus [3 new], 180, x, 133-46. McAtee, W. L.—Key to the nearctic species of Leptoypha and Leptostyla [3 new], 411, xii, 55-64. Osborn & Drake—Notes on American Tingidae with de- scriptions of [10] new species, 148, xvii, 295-307. Shinji, G. O.— Notes on aphids [1 new], 5, xxiv, 84-6. LEPIDOPTERA. Busck, A.—The pink boll worm, Pectino- phora gossypiella, 447, ix, 343-70. Cholodkovsky, N.—Sur les glandes odoriferes de l'appareil genital feminin des L., 549, i, 215-16. Colthrup, C. W.—Resting attitudes of moths and some notes on their habits (cont.). (Wild Life, London, ix, 179.). Courvoisier, L. G.—Ueber mannchenschuppen bei Lycaeniden, 503, xxvii, 11-48. Hampson, G. F.—A classification of the Pyralidae, subfamily Gal- lerianae, 51, xxiv, 17-58. Joicey & Kaye—New races and aberra- tions of Heliconius, 11, xx, 87-94. Jordan, K—Two new American moths, 51, xxiv, 56-60. Marsh, H. O.—Life history of Plutella maculipennis, the diamond-back moth, 447, x, 1-9. Pictet, A.—Sur lorigine de quelques races geographiques de L., 121, xlili, 504-6. Prout, L. B.—New Geometridae in the Joicey collection, 11, xx, 108-28. Rothschild, L.—On some apparently new Notodontidae, 51, xxiv, 231-64. Tams, W. H. T—Euplexia lucipara, as repre- sented in the British Isles and No. America, 8, 1917, 157-9. Tucker, E. S.—Louisiana records of the bind-weed prominent (Schizura ipomeae), 4, 1917, 280-1. Wolley-Dod, F. H.—Collection of Macro- Lepidoptera, owned by F. H. Wolley-Dod, Midnapore, Alta, Can- ada, 4, 1917, 240-8. DIPTERA. Atkin & Bacot—The relation between the hatching of the eggs and the development of the larvae of Stegomyia fasci- ata, and the presence of bacteria and yeasts, 394, ix, 482-536. Baum- Vol. xxviii | ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 381 berger, J. P.—Solid media for rearing Drosophila, 3, li, 447-8. Ejikoff, I—Influence de linanition sur la metamorphose des mouches a ver, 549, ii, 119-21. Keilin, D.—Sur quelques cas d’ano- malie chez les D., 87, 1917, 193-6. Recherches sur les Anthomyides a larves carnivores, 394, ix, 326-450. Kirk, H. B.—Notes on fly- control in military camps, 16 pp. (New Zealand Defence Dept., Wellington.). Kislink, M—Some winter observations of muscid flies, 148, xvii, 284-94. Richardson, C. H.—The domestic flies of New Jersey, 220, Bul. No. 307. Scott, H. Notes on Nycteribiidae, with descriptions of two new genera, 394, ix, 593-610. Stiles, C. W. —wNotice to the zoological profession of a possible suspension of the international rules of zoological nomenclature in case of Musca and Calliphora, 11, xix, 484. Banks, N.—Synopsis of the genus Dasyllis [6 n. sps.], 411, xii, 52-5. Jones, C. R—New sps. of Colorado Syrphidae [18 new], 180, x, 219-31. Knab, F.—On some No. American species of Microdon, 161, xxx, 133-144. Malloch, J. R—A new No. American sp. of the genus Tetramerinx; The anthomyiid genus Phyllogaster [1 new], 4, 1917, 225-26; 227-8. COLEOPTERA. Bordas, L.—Ponte du Rhynchite coupe-bour- gon (Rhynchites conicus) et anatomie, 12, 1917, 70-3. Burke, H. E. —Notes on some western Buprestidae, 179, x, 325-32. Champion, G. C.—Notes on Tropical American Lagriidae, with descriptions of new species (cont.), 8, 1917, 132. Howard, L. O.—An interesting manuscript, 5, xxiv, 87-8. Metcalf, Z. P—Biological investigations of Sphenophorus callosus, 454, Exp. Sta. Tech. Bul., 13, 123 pp. Weise, J—Coleopterorum catalogus, Pars 68: Chrysomelidae; 12. Chrysomelinae, 253 pp. Blatchley, W. S.—On some new or noteworthy C. from the west coast of Florida, II. [4 new], 4, 1917, 236-40 (cont.). Fisher, W. S. —A new sp. of Agrilus from California, 4, 1917, 287-9. Swaine, J. M.—Canadian bark-beetles. Pt. 1. Descriptions of new species [2 n. g., 39 n. sps.], 408, Bul. 14, 32 pp. Wickham, H. F.—Some fossil beetles from the Sangamon peat [9 new], 163, xliv, 137-45. HYMENOPTERA. Bordas, L.—Anatomie des glandes veni- meuses des Pimplinae, 87, 1917, 197-8. Cholodkovsky, N.—Sur les papilles eversibles des larves tentredinides du genre Nematus, 549, i, 216-19. Cockerell, T: D. A—Some neotropical Megachilid bees, 4, 1917, 252-4. Descriptions and records of bees—LXXV, 11, xix, 473-81. Grinnell, F., Jr—A rare and interesting wasp, 538, xi, 86. Mickel, C. E—Notes on Nebraska Bembicinae, 4, 1917, 285-7. Patterson, J. T.—Studies on the biology of Paracopidosomopsis. III. Maturation and fertilization, 198, xxxili, 57-66. Rabaud, E.— 382 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Oct., "17 Sur les hymenopteres parasites des ootheques d’Orthopteres, 87, 1917, 178. Rohwer & Fagan—The type-species of the genera of the Cynipoidea, or the gall wasps and parasitic cynipids, 50, lit, 357-80. Roubaud, E.—Observations biologiques sur Nasonia brevi- cornis, chalcidide parasite des pupes de muscides, 200 (7), 1, 425-39. Smith, E. J—Cleaning bumble-bees, 4, 1917, 291. Smith, H. $S— The habit of leaf-oviposition among the parasitic H., 5, xxiv, 63-8. Girault, A. A——The No. Am. species of Pachyneuron with three n. sps.; New miscellaneous chalcid-flies from No. Am. [15 new]; A new sp. of the gen. Mymar from the woods of Maryland, with an important descriptive note. A metallic sp. of Cirrospilopsis from Maryland. A new sp. of Closterocerus from California. A new gen. or subgen. of Pachyneurine chalcid-flies, 5, xxiv, 88-90; 99-102. Graenicher, S—Bees of northwestern Wisconsin [7 new], 257, 1, 221-49. Rohwer, S. A—Descriptions of 31 n. species of H., 50, liii, 151-76. Swenk, M. H.—Studies of No. American bees. III. Families Nomadidae and Stelididae [13 new], 417, xv, 155-93. Doings of Societies. Entomological Section, The Academy of Natural Sciences, Phila- delphia. Meeting of March 22, 1917. Twelve persons present. Vice-director R. C. Williams, Jr., presiding. Lepidoptera.—Dr. Skinner reported on, and exhibited a collec- tion of moths collected and presented by Mr. Morgan Hebard, which contained over 1800 specimens. Especial attention was called to the excellent condition of the material. The collection was made in the summer of 1916, by the aid of a 300-watt electric light, on the porch of a cottage at Hot Springs, Virginia. A vote of thanks was given Mr. Hebard for his generous donation, and Dr. Skinner was com- plimented on the perfect preparation of the specimens. Orthopteraw—Mr. Rehn exhibited a series of Paratettix pre- sented to the Academy by Dr. Nabours, illustrating his studies on inheritance of color patterns in the genus. The true breeding forms and simple and multiple hybrids were represented in the splendidly preserved material. Mr. Hebard made some remarks on his col- lecting experiences in Royal Palm Key, Florida. He _ exhibited some Orthoptera collected and showed some photographs of the habitat of some of the species. He called attention to the difficulty in col- lecting the walking stick Aplopus mayeri on account of its close re- semblance to the branches and twigs of the bush on which it feeds. It was only by looking for them at night, by flash light, that the adults could be located—E. T. Cresson, Jr., Recorder. Vol. xxviii] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 383 Feldman Collecting Social. Meeting of March 21, 1917, at the home of H. W. Wenzel, 5614 Stewart St., Philadelphia. Seven members were present; President H. A. Wenzel in the chair. Lepidoptera.—Mr. Daecke exhibited Scopelosoma sidus Gn. col- lected by Prof. Sanders in a railroad train at Philadelphia II-26-17. Coleoptera —Mr. H. W. Wenzel exhibited the form of Cicindela hirticollis Say so common on the New Jersey shore and the extremely large form from Narragansett Pier, June to Sept., 1916. Also the immaculate form nigrita Davis, now known as rhodensis Calder, from same place Aug. 21, 1916; Euphoria subtomentosa Mann. from Nogales, Sta. Cruz County, Arizona, VIII-12-16, F. W. Nunenmacher collector ; Gymnopyge hopliaformis Linell, Palm Springs, California, III-29-16, C. L. Fox collector, and Oncerus floralis LeC., Palm Springs IV-1-16. Adjourned to the annex.—Gro. M. GreeNnE, Secretary. American Entomological Society. Meeting of April 26, 1917, in the hall of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Dr. Henry Skinner, President, in the chair. Eleven members and associates of the Entomological section of the Academy present. The Secretary read a letter from Dr. L. O. Howard, of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D. C., requesting entomolo- gists to report the discovery or presence of insect pests. Odonata.—Mr. Laurent exhibited specimens of Tramea carolina and Epiaeschna heros, collected in Gulf Hammock, Florida, during last March. The speaker stated that carolina was exceedingly abundant on bright, sunny days, but disappeared towards twilight, when the species would be replaced by large numbers of heros. On cloudy days hardly a specimen of carolina was to be seen, but heros would be fly- ing everywhere. The meeting then adjourned to listen to an interesting talk by Dr. Skinner on the early entomologists illustrated by portraits thrown on the screen—R. C. WitiiAmMs, Jr., Recording Secretary. Butterfly Club Organized in Los Angeles. On the evening of May 30th, Dr. John Comstock, Curator of the Division of Entomology, Southwest Museum, Los Angeles, California, addressed an audience on the subject of “Butterfly Collecting.” The talk was illustrated by Paget & Autochrome slides from the col- lection of Dr. Dain L. Tasker. It was in the nature of a popular ad- dress, and was given as a part of the extension program of the mu- scum. 384 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. (Oct, AZ Following the lecture, an association was formed as a department of the museum, for the furtherance of entomological interests in the southwest. The purpose of this organization is to popularize the study of the Lepidoptera, and to make the work of the specialists in this line more accessible to the laity. It is felt that in this manner con- verts may be made to the ranks of the scientific Lepidopterists, such as could not be brought about by an organization of technically trained specialists. OBITUARY NOTES. A notice of the life of the Rev. Octavius PicKarD-CAM- ERIDGE, who died at Bloxworth, Dorset, England, March 9, 1917, is given in the Entomologist’s Monthly Magazine (Lon- don) for May, 1917. He was born in the same locality No- vember 3, 1828, and was Rector of Bloxworth from 1868 to his death. He graduated from the University of Durham in 1858 and had studied law in London previous to entering the min- istry. His publications dealt mainly with the Arachnida: on the Spiders of the Second Yarkand Mission, of the Chal- lenger expedition, of Dorset (but including those of all Brit- ain), of a large part of those described in the Biologia Centrali- Americana; monographs of the British Phalangida and Cher- netidae, etc. He possessed an extensive collection of British Lepidoptera, especially the micros, largely gathered by him- self. He must not be confused with his nephew, Frederick Octavius Pickard-Cambridge (1861-1905), who also wrote ex- tensively on Arachnida and was a collaborator on the Biologia. Mrs. HELEN GriER LECONTE, widow of Dr. John L. LeConte (1825-1883), the noted entomologist, died in Philadelphia, Sep- tember 3, 1917, in her seventy-fifth year, at the home of her son, Dr. Robert G. LeConte, a trustee of the University of Pennsylvania and a member of the Council of the Academy of Natural Sciences. Corrections. Page 335, this volume, line 5, for “Io11” read “1917.” The numbers of Plates XXII and XXIII should be transposed. EXCHANGES. This column is intended only for wants and exchanges, not for advertisements of goods for sale. Notices not exceed- ing three lines free to subscribers. 8a 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. For Exchange—Duplicate Rhopalocera from Japan and Formosa; Desiderata: butterflies of the world. S. Satake, No. 48 Aovama- minamimachi 5-chome, Akasakaku, Tokyo, Japan. Wanted—Diurnal Lepidoptera of the World. I can offer in ex- change a large list of species, particularly southwestern forms.— Dr. John A. Comstock (Curator, Div. of Ent., Southwest Museum), 1275 Bellevue Avenue, Los Angeles, California. 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