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JANUARY.  1906. 

ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS 


Vol.  XVII. 


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VOLUME  XVll,  1906. 


EDITOR  : 

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INDEX  TO  VOL.  XVII. 


(Notes  and  articles  on  geographical  distribution  arc  indexed  under  the  names  of  the 
States  or  countries  concerned,  and  NOT  uivder  the  sfiecies  listed  therein, except  in  the  case 
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GENERAL  SUBJECTS. 

Academy  of  Natural  Sciences 
of  Phila.,  Entom.  Section 
of,  I02,  182,  183. 

Alpine  region  of  Mt.  Wash- 
ington,   Insects   of 323 

ATncrican  Entomol.  Society, 
loi,  103.  184,  185,  229. 

American  Mosquito  Extermi- 
nation Society,  15,  69. 

Announcement  of  changes  in 
the   News    398 

Antedating  publications,  181, 
224,  264. 

Association  of  Economic  En- 
tomologists, 100,  399. 

Bcrlesc's  apparatus  for  col- 
lecting small  Arthropods, 
49.  182. 

Bcrlese*s  Gli  Insctti 402 

Blind  beetles.  76,  105. 

British  Columbia  Entom.  So- 
ciety     221 

Brooklyn  Entom.  Society,  36, 
141,  267. 

California  Academy  of 
Science,  Ruins  of 187 

Chiggers,  Remedy  for   399 

Cotton  Belt,  Association  of 
Official  Entomologists  of. . .  347 

Earthquake  and  /ire  in  Cali- 
fornia, 222,  261. 

Economic  Entomology,  Value 
of  140 

Editorials,  29,  68,  100,  140,  180, 
221,  261,  308,  346,  398. 

Emergency  case  in  insect  arch- 
itecture     139 

Entomological  literature,  262, 
263,  309.  400. 


Entomological       Society      of 

America,  352,  354. 
Explanation  of  Terms  used  in 

Entomology,  Smith's  309 

Feldman  Collecting  Social,  37, 

70,   102,   185,   186,  265,  311, 

403. 
Field  mice  destroying  insects.   102 

Floor  maggot,  Congo 64 

Folsom's  Entomology  262 

Formaldehyde    as   an    insecti- 
cide       130 

Faunal  relations  of  west  coast 

of  North  America  227 

Geographical  races 43 

Griffon   vulture,    Biting  louse 

from    62 

Hasty  publication,  32,  181,  224, 

264. 
Hawaiian  Entom.  Society....  225 

Hybrid  larvae  of  moths 396 

J  Insect  galls  34 

Kansas   University  Collection  348 
Letters  to  Editors,  15,  32,  69. 
Male    moth    largely    colored 

like  female  141 

M-alpighian    tube    within    the 

heart,  113,  179. 

Medical  entomology 180 

Method  of  preparing  wings  for 

study,  new 218 

Mexico,  Collecting  in,  26,  399. 

Mimicry    103 

Mosquito  extermination  36 

Newark  Entom.  Society 35 

Newspaper     entomology,     35, 

3",  397. 
^  Number  of  eggs  of  insects 368 


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INDEX. 


Obituary : 

Hayward,  R 230 

Osten   Sacken,  C.  R. . . 

269,  273 
Ohio  University  Lake  Labora- 
tory    122 

Pacific  Coast  Entom.  Society, 

104,  105,  226. 
Pennsylvania  Board  of  Agric, 

Entomologists  to 311 

Pennsylvania     Insects,     Data 

wanted  on 230 

Pennsylvania  Mountains,  Col- 
lecting in,  263,  312. 
Personals : 

Bethune,  C.  J.  S 220 

Calvert,  P.   P 309,  399 

Coquillett,   D.   W. . .  224,  264 

Cotton,  E.  C 309 

Dyar,  H.  G 

115,  224,  264,  309 

McCook,  H.  C 225 

Mueschen,   K. 309 

Poling,  O.  C 309 

Rehn,  J.  A.  G 322 

Skinner,   H 307 

Slosson,  Mrs.  A.  T 181 

Smith,  J.  B 309 

Snow,  F.  H 309 

Van  Duzee,  E.  P 112 

Viereck,  H.  L 150 

Willing,  T.  N 399 

Plants : 

Asclcpias,  Pollen  of 
borne  by  butterflies..  268 

Chestnut   worms 311 

Corn,    Insect    injury    to 

3",  361 

Date  palms,  Stratcgus 
injuring    34 

Gooseberries,  Aphid  at- 
tacking        59 

Grain  injured  by  chinch 
bug    361 

Grain  louse 327 


Grape- foliage.  Beetle  in- 
juring     212 

Huckleberries      injured 

by  Rhagoletis 37 

Locust  borers 404 

Maples,     Insect     inj  ury 

to    313,  317 

Oats,  Aphid  on 290 

Peach-foliage,       Weevil 

injuring    210 

Rosin-tubes,       Insect 

from    403 

Scarlet   sage    defoliated 

by  Aleurodes 403 

Scleroderma,  Beetle  lar- 
vae in  115 

Popular  ignorance  of  insects.  346 
Preservation    of    related    spe- 
cies, A  factor  in 146 

Progression,  Ways  of i 

Pronunciation  of  entomologi- 
cal names   367 

Protective  coloring   403 

Rock-boring  mite  193 

San    Francisco    entomological 
collections,    etc.,    destroyed 

by    fire    222,  261 

Say,  Remains  of  Thomas....  248 
Stanford  University,  Injury  to  222 
Temperature  effects   on   mos- 
quitoes, Low 216 

Trypanosomiasis,  Fly  dissem- 
inating      294 

T>'pes,   To  lessen  chances  of 

destruction  of   261 

Venation    117 

Winter  insects  of  Texas 154 

ARACHNIDA. 

Lcptus  irritans    399 

New  Hampshire,  A.  of 326 

New  York,  A.  of 194 

Ohio,   A.  of 399 

Rock-boring  mite 193 

Scutovcrtex  petrophagus* ....  194 
Washington,  A.  of 350 


INDEX. 


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COLEOPTERA. 

Aglyptinus*    240 

Agrilus   lucanus* 167 

Alhpogonia*    241 

Araeopidius*   241 

Arizona.  C.  of 34,  141,  186,  309 

Bhpstinus    spp 104 

Bradycinetulus*  242 

British  Columbia.  C.  of 164 

Carmella*    242 

Cacnocara  oculata  114 

California,  C.  of.  .71,  104,  105,  106, 

162,  164,  226,  228,  393,  394. 

Cantharis  pilsbryi* 217 

Cicindeh,  Habits  of 338 

"  tranqucharica 43 

Cncmodinus*    242 

Corthylus  punctatissimus 37 

Dasytcs  shastcnsis*  75 

**        Z'icinus*    74 

Delaware,  C.  of 115 

Diabrottca,    12-punctata 213 

Ephelinus*   241 

Rpicacrus   imbricatus 212 

Fschatoporis*    76 

**  nunenmacheri^. . .     78 

Eudesmula*    241 

Eupsophulus*    242 

Eurypodea    frederickt 400 

Eustromula*  242 

Fidia  cana    212 

Geojfraphical   races   of  Cicin- 

dela  43 

Georjfia,  C.  of 38,  165,  186 

Gyrinus  parens   228 

Helopeltina*   240,  349 

Hematinum* 243 

Hippodamia     americana    and 

sinuata   104 

Lathrotropis  caseyi*   71 

Leptura,  Distribution  of 227 

Louisiana,  C.  of 165 

Lower  California,  C.  of . . .  167,  168 
Mastogcnius  impressipennis* .  167 


Myrmccophilous    C 26 

New  Hampshire,  C.  of 324 

New  Jersey,  C.  of 38,  267 

New  Mexico,  C.  of 163,  329 

North  Carolina,  C.  of 85.  186 

Omileus  cpicacroidcs    210 

Omus  spp 104,  185 

Fachyscelus  purpureus 404 

Parahornia*    349 

Pehtines*    240 

Pennsylvania,  C.  of..  186,  266,  403, 

404. 

Phocnicobiella*  243 

Platycerus  opacus* 393 

Pleocoma  hoppingi* 394 

Polycesta  166 

Preoccupied  generic  names  in 

C 240.  310,  349,  397 

Quebec,  C.  of loi 

Rhypodillus*    243 

Strategus  julianus 34 

Tenebrionid,   Blind    76 

Texas,   C.   of..  10,    155,   210,   212, 

217,  361. 

Trachykele  nitnbosa* 164 

opulenta*  162 

spp 160 

TrigJyphuJus*    243 

Venezuela,  C.  of 400 

Washington,  C.  of 106,  163 

Wingless  beetles  210,  212 

Wollastoniella*    243 

DIPTERA. 

Anopheles 280,  380 

Auchcromyna  luteola  64 

Biting  Leptid  at  high  altitude  183 
California,  D.   of...  107,   109,   127, 

226,  371,  375. 

Calotarsa   123,  226 

"  insignis*  126 

Chersodromia  (Sttlpon)  houg- 

hii    370 

Chrysops 37,  39.  loi,  312,  404 

Collecting  and  mounting  D. . .  226 


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IV 


INDEX. 


Qjlumbia,  D.  of  District  of . . .  244 

Congo  floor  maggot 64 

Corcthrclla  appendiculata* 343 

Culex  lativittatus*  109 

"      spp.  .4,  36,  107,  109.  214,  279, 
282,  369,  380. 

Cutcrchra  cyancUa*   391 

spp 392 

Egg-laying  of  Culex... 4,  214,  215, 
.    282,  369. 

Empididae,  Genera  of 370 

Eye-maculation   of  Chrysops.     39 

Glossina    300 

"  Palpalis  wellmani,.,  294 

Illinois,  D.  of   48,  369 

Jamaica,  D.  of   343 

lanthinosoma  musica   350 

Limnophila  aspidoptera 29 

Minnesota,  Washburn's  D.  of 

400,  293 

Mississippi  mosquitoes  69 

Mosquito  survey  of  Pennsyl- 
vania    150 

Mydas  fulvifrons  and  chrysos- 

toma 347,  404 

Nebraska,  D.  of 391 

New  Hampshire,  D.  of 37,  325 

New  Jersey,  D.  of 36,  37,  loi, 

266,  312,  347,  404. 

New  Mexico,  D.  of 29,  373 

North  Carolina,  D.  of.  .82,  83,  85 

Parathahssius  aldrichi*  374 

"  candidatus* , . .  375 

Pelastoncurus  nigrescens 69 

Pennsylvania,  D.  of..  186,  214,  279, 
350,  380,  404. 

Prorates*    372 

"  claripennis* 373 

Reduction  of  wings 371 

Rhabdophaga  rigidae 398 

Rhagas  mabelae 378 

Rhicnoessa  alhula  403 

Song  of  mosquitoes 380 

Staten  Island,  D.  of 36  ^ 

Sym'  allophthalmus    372  . 


Tabanus  subniger*  48 

Tanypus  dyari    244 

Temperature,    Effects   of  low 

on  mosquitoes   216 

Thinodromia*   370 

"               inchoata*   370 

Toreus*   376 

Tse-tse  fly 294 

Washington,   D.   of 375 

West  Africa,  D.  of 294 

HEMIPTERA. 

Aleyrodes  127,  403 

Alydus  setosus*    386 

Anasa  fristis 383 

Aphis  houghtonensis*  59 

Aquatic  H 54 

Arilus  cristatus  6 

Arizona,  H.  of.  .384,  385,  387,  391 

Blissus  leucopterus 361 

British  Columbia,  H.  of. .  .388,  389 

California,  H.  of 385,  387 

Chinch  bug 361 

Cicada  fulvula*  322 

spp 237,  321 

Colorado,  H.  of 34 

Columbia,  H.  of  District  of..  322 

Connecticut,  H.  of 127 

Costa  Rica,  H.  of 54 

Diaspis    pentagona,    Parasites 

of  291 

Eremocoris  obscurus* 388 

Feeding,  Method  of  in  H 382 

Florida,    H. ,  of 322 

Georgia,  H.  of 382 

Germany,  Aphid  from 290 

Illinois,  H.  of 368 

Indiana,  H.  of 59,  322 

Jalysus  wtckhami* 387 

Japan,  H.  of 205,  335 

Java,  H.  of 207 

Leptoglossus  phyllopus 382 

Macrosiphum  granaria.  ..2go,  ^27 

Maryland,  H.  of •     6 

Montana,   H.  of 387 


Samia  snoun*  384 

spp 384,  385.  386 

"         wilsoni*    385 

New  Hampshire,  H.  of 326 

New  Jersey,  H.  of 339 

New  York,  H.  of 239,  390 

tiipponaphit*   305 

"  dislychW   305 

Ohio,  H.  of  323 

Pemphigtii  oesllundi* 34 

Peritrechui  IrislU* 388 

Pulvituiria  innumfrabilu 368 

Quebec.  H.  of 239 

Rtdttfiut    (Op-iicoelui}    teni- 

lit*    390 

Tenacity    of   Aeanthia    Uctu- 

laria    350 

Texas,  H.  of.. ..155,  ago,  327.  361 

Togo*  335 

"        victor*    336 

Trichoiiphum*     206 

aHonae*    207 

"  kuwanai* 309 

Utah,  H.  of 387 

Water-bugs,  Progression  in,.      1 

Xeroeorit*    385 

Xrslocorit*    389 

"  mient*    39° 

HYMENOPTERA. 

.Iblcrus  clisiocampeae 292 

A*cittromma   brMneri^   248 

"  serkifront* —  347 

AnopKus  humilis* 304 

Ant,  New  fossil  27 

Ants,  Tropical,  in  U.  S 23,  265 

Anufia  xerophila^ 6t 

J  .\rchitecture     of     Vespa     in 

emergency   139,   267 

Argcnlina.   H.   of $8 

I    i)\>m;'i.jiicsts 183 

Caupoltama  '. 57 

albicoUit*    '.    5? 

I    Cerccris  deserla 397 

China,  H.  of I2i 


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/    "         hesperius*   

/    "  lacustris*   

/     "  Pleuratit*     

/Colorado,  H.  of '. 

Columbia,    H.   of   District 


CompfricHa'    I 

"  bifasciata*  I 

Connecticut.  H.  of..  .302,' 313,  3 

rDebware.  H.  of 3 

Digger  bees.  Nests  of 229,  2 

/Eulophtts  gutlrfcntrU* 3 

Haliclus  svienki*  2 

^Hive  bees  in  city I 

Illinois,  H.  of 7,  151,  249,  a 

Kansas,  H.  of 

Mclopius  harbccki*   ! 

Michigan,  H.  of 2 

Missouri.  H.  of 2 

Montana,  H.  of .' 2 

Nebraska.  H.  of 246.  2 

New  Hampshire,  H.  of 3 

New  Jersey,  H.  of i 

Odonlophyei  ferruginca* 

,OdxneTui  (Attcistrocrrvi)  ival- 

denii* .TO4.  7 

Parasitic  H 7.  (>i-  "4.   121.  I! 

■;     740.  3f»    •o'i.  120. 

P'-nnsvIvania.  H   r.f i 

PrrUnf'lerii^   puUhclhis 2 

Pent.  H.  of 

Pnirrt  hrndrrfnni*   

rrr^f-A/rvT  ^r.-rh-n-Us 1 

Prm'-aUii    hnh-,.-!'    1 

"        murlhtdtii 3 

PUronut  arahahnnum* 2 

Rhofic  Tslan.1.  Tf   of a 

Tach\sphf!C  punetulalus* 2 

Texas,  TT   of  .6     155,  257,  2 

^Tifihia  hrunxeicornis*   3 

,    "        egrtfria*  303,  3 

/    "        relaliva*    3 

I    "        waldenii*  302,  3 

f  Vespa  spp I 

.Washington,  H.  of 2 


VI 


INDEX. 


LEPIDOPTERA. 

Alaska,  L.  of 379 

Apantesis  oithona 37 

Apaicla  funcralis 69 

Argynnis  idalia 35.  141 

Arizona,  L.  of.. 95,  96,  98,  99,  loi, 
188,  289,  349,  379- 

Attacus  cccropia   368,  395 

"        promcthca   39^ 

Behr's  types  of  L 261 

California,  L.  of.. 98,  105,  106,  183, 
188,  226,  347,  349. 

Canada,  L.  of 379 

Carystus  richardi*   201 

Catocalae  in  daylight 231 

Catopsilia  philca  104 

Ccrostoma  96 

"  spp.  nn*   97,  9^ 

Cliaris  suapure*   I99 

Cocoons  of  hybrid  larvae.  .395,  396 
"        "   Tclca  Polyphemus 

33,  112,  177,  225 

Colorado,  L.  of 204 

Connecticut,  L.  of 70 

Cosmosoma  rubrigutta* 96 

Cymolomia    30S 

Dryocampa  rubicunda  396 

Early  and  late  L 70,  103 

Eccopsis  305 

Eccsia  klagesii* I95 

Erannis  tiliaria   37 

Eubaphe  ostenta   loi 

Euclea  dolliana  392 

Eupithccia  helena*  191 

Euproctis  chrysorrhoea.  Over- 
wintering   European     nests 

of    loi 

Eusclasia  tysoni*   199 

Evctria  comstockiana    403 

Exartema    305 

Georgia,  L.  of 104 

Harrisimcmna   trisignata 21 

Hcliconius  charitonius 34 

Hcmileuca  budleyi  395 


Hesperidae,  Dyar's  review  of 

no,  142,  309 

Hydriomcna  magniAcata* 189 

"  multipunctata*..  188 

Hypcrchiria  to 141 

Illinois.   L.   of 368 

Ithomia  hamlini*   196 

Kansas,  L.  of 34 

Lcmonias  larvae 140 

Long  Island,  L.  of 37 

Loxoterma*    3^5 

Macaria  quadrifascxata*  190 

Mclamaca  virgata* 188,  349 

Mclamaca         "      349 

Mclitaca  chalccdon 105 

Mcthonella  carvcri*  200 

Missouri,  L.  of 231 

Monoleuca  spadicis* 289,  392 

Montana,  Elrod's  L.  of.. 229,  263 

New  Hampshire,  L.  of 323 

New  York,  L.  of 21,  37,  69 

North  Carolina,  L.  of 84 

Nymphidium  quinoni* 201 

Ohio,   L.   of 31,   70 

Ophisma  tropicalis  213 

Pamphila  bobae*    203 

"  brooksii*    204 

spp 70,  150,  185 

Papilios,  Rothschild  and  Jor- 
dan's Revision  of  the  Amer- 
ican     400 

Papilio  rutulus  arcticus* 379 

Pennsylvania,  L.  of 37,  70,  99, 

103,  213.  229,  404. 

Phyllocnistis  vitigenella  70 

Pollen  borne  by  L 208 

Pyrgus  centaur eae 99,  289 

occidentalism    96 

spp 277 

Pseudorthosia    variabilis   var. 

pallidior*   204 

Pythonidcs  hoyti* 202 

Rhescipha  snowi*  95 

Ruscino  arida* 95 


« 


«< 


INDEX. 


Vll 


Samia  cecropia   368 

"        cyftthia   396 

Secretion  of   Pamphila   mcta- 

comct    150 

Syntomcida  he f ana* 379 

Tachyris  ilairc  310 

Tclea  Polyphemus  cocoons. 33,  112, 
177,  225. 

Texas,  L.  of 34,  95,  96 

Thecla  calanus  and  edwardsii.  283 

carteri*    197 

hosmeri*    198 

madie* 197 

Tischeria  malifoliella 307 

Vanessa  j-album  310 

Venezuela,  L.  of 195-204 

West  Virginia,  L.  of 310 

NEUROPTERA. 

Alloperla*   175 

Arizona,  N.  of 337 

Basiaeschna  Janata 104 

Bird  louse,  Gigantic   62 

Brachyncmurus  currtei*  93 

Chloroperla    174 

Colorado,  Odonata  of 351 

G)pulation  of  Odonata . . .  143,  148 

Cryptotermes*    336 

"             caznfrons*  337 

Erythemis   30 

Ervthrodiplax     herenice     and 

naeva    99 

Florida.  N.  of 337 

Gomphus  hrevis   104 

Guatemala.  Odonata  of 182 

Towa,  Odonata  of 357 

Jsoperla*    175 

Laemobothorium  gypsis*  63 

Libellula  luctuosa 30 

Mesothemis   30 

Mexican  and  Central  Ameri- 
can Odonata  wanted 347 

Xephepeltia  phryne 182 

New  England,  Odonata  of 31 

Newfoundland,  Odonata  of...  133 


New  Hampshire,  N.  of 326 

New  Jersey,  Odonata  of 104 

New  Mexico,  Odonata  of 351 

Nomenclature    of    N.    Amer. 

Odonata  •. 30 

North  Carolina,  Odonata  of . .     81, 

91. 
Plathcmis  subornata   351 

Somatochlora   spp 136 

Termopsis  laticeps*  337 

Texas,  N.  of 93,  169 

Venation  of  N 1 16 

ORTHOPTERA. 

Ageneotettix 253 

"  arenosus* 255 

Amphibotettix*    86 

longipes* 87 

Anomalous   position   of   Mal- 

pighian   tube    113,  179 

Arizona,  O.  of 229 

Autolyca  doylei*  192 

Borneo,  O.  of 88 

Brazil,  O.  of 332 

Colombia,  O.  of 193 

Conocephalus  lyristes  and  ne- 

brascensis    366 

Costa  Rica.  O.  of 204 

Dictyophorus  reticulatus 229 

Eotettix  hebardi*   235 

Georgia,  O.  of 234 

Illinois,   O.   of 253 

Length  of  life  of  0 229 

Lichenochrus  decidus*   204 

"  ntarmoratus 204 

Maryland,  O.  of 366 

Melanophiis  scuddcri  texensis*  158 

Mcsochlora  unicolor*   157 

Myrmccophilous  O 26 

Nemobius  funcralis*   159 

New  Jersey,  O.  of 366 

North  Carolina.  O.  of 85 

Pennsylvania,    O.    of 102 

Peru,  O.  of 89,  90,  91 

Platybothrus  alticola*  284 


Vlll 


INDEX. 


Platytettix*  88 

rcticulatus* 88 

Stagmomantis   spp 229 

Stenodorsus*    90 

"         •  cxtcnuatus*    91 

Taxiarchus  paracusis*    332 

Tcnodcra  sinensis 102,  311,  403 

Texas,  O.  of 156 

Trigono femora*   89 

"  fossulatus*  ...  89 
Utah,  O.   of 284 

AUTHORS. 

Aldrich,   J.   M 123,   269 

Banks,  N I74»  193.  33^ 

Bergroth,  E 335.  350 

Blaisdell,  F.  E..71,  106,   107,  228 

Bridwcll,  J.  C 94 

Briniley,  C  S 81,  91 

Britton,  W.  E 127,  313 

Brooks.  F.  E 310 

Brues,  C.  T 61 

Buchholz,  0 36 

Bueno,  J.  R.  de  la  T i,  54 

Busck,  A 305 

Calvert,  P.  P.  .31.  99.  148,  I79,  263, 

347  and  Index. 

Caudell,  A.  N 192 

Chagnon,    G loi 

Champion,  G.  C 182 

Cockerell,  T.  D.  A 27,  34,  204, 

220.  240,  349,  397.  398. 

Cook,  J.  H 99 

Coolidge,  C.  R 140,  263 

Coquillctt,  D.  W 48,  109,  224 

Crawford,  J.  C 275 

Daecke.  E 39.  347 

Davis,  J.  J 368 

Davis,  W.  T 237 

Dury,  C 350,  399 

Dyar,  H.  G z^,  69,  264 

Fall,  H.  C 160,  393 

Fenyes.  A 310 

Forbes,  W.  T.  M 225 

Girault,  A.  A 6,  305,  382 


Grabham,  M 343 

Grossbeck,  J.   A 289,  392 

Haimbach,  F..38,  70,  102,  186,  266, 
267,  403,  404. 

Hancock,  J.  L 86,  253 

Hart,  C.   A 154 

Herrick,  G.  W 69 

Holland,  W.  J 34 

Houghton,  C  0 114 

Howard,  L.  O.49,  loi,  121,  291, 402 

Johnson,  C.  W 273 

Johnson,  S.  A 139 

Jones,  P.  R 39i 

Joutel,   L.    H 237 

Kellogg,  V.  T 62,  222 

Knaus.  W 329 

Kuschel,   R 112 

Kiinze,  R.  E I77 

McClendon,  J.  F. .  .26,  93,  117,  169 

Melander,  A.  L 370- 

Mitchell,  E.  G 244 

Miller.    N 357 

Moore,  R.  M 338 

Nason,  W.  A 7.  151.  249 

Newcomer.  E.  J 348 

Osborn,    H 321 

Pearsall.  R.  F 21 

Pearson,  A.  W 70 

Pergande,  T 205 

Pilate,  G  R 3^ 

Quayle.  H.  J 4 

Rehn,  J.  A.  G..183,  204,  284,  3.32. 
366. 

Rilev.  W.  A 113 

Rowley,  R.  R 175.  231 

Sanborn,  C.  E 290 

Sanderson.  E.  D 210,  327,  361 

Sherman,  F.,  Jr 32 

Skinner,  H.,  29,  33,  68.  95,  100,  loi, 
102,  103,  104.  no,  140,  142,  150, 
180,  181,  182,  184,  185,  186,  213, 
221,  229,  261,  277,  278,  283,  346, 
350,  379,  398.  401. 

Slingerland,  M.  V 130 

Slosson,  A.  T 323 


INDEX, 


IX 


Smith.  H.  S 57»  246 

Smith,  J.  B 69 

Soule,  C.  G 33,  395 

Summers.  H.  E 100 

Surface,  H.  A 230 

Swenk,  M.  H 257 

Swett,  L.  W 349 

Taylor,  G.  W 188 

Tower,  W.  V. . . '. 218 

Troop,    J 59 

Tucker.   E.  S 10 

Van  Duzee,  E.   P 384 


Van  Dyke,  E.  C 224 

Viercck,  II.  L 302,  397 

Weber,  S.  E 214,  279,  380 

Weeks,  A.  C n,  142 

Weeks.  A.  G 195 

Weeks.  H.  C 21 

Wellman.   F.   C 64,  294 

Wheeler,  W.  M 23.  69.  265 

W* ickham,   II.   F 43 

Williamson,   E.    B.,   133,   143,   150, 

213.  248.  351. 
Wright,  W.  G 187,  225 


ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS 


AND 


PROCEEDINGS  OF  THE  ENTOMOLOGICAL  SECTION 

ACADEMY  OF  NATURAL  SCIENCES,    PHILADELPHIA. 


Vol.  XVII. 


JANUARY,  1906. 


No.  I 


CONTENTS: 


Dc  la  Torre  Bueno— Ways  of  Progression 
in  Waterbugs i 

Qiiayle—  Notes  on  the  Egg-laying  habits 
of  Culex  curriei  Coq 4 

Girault— Standards  of  the  number  of  eggs 
laid  by  insects — IV 6 

Nason — Parasitic  Hymenoptera  of  Algon- 
quin. Illinois— III 7 

Tucker— Determinations  of  some  Texas 
Coleoptera  with  Records 10 


Weeks— Letter  to  the  Editors 15 

Pearsall— Harrisimemna  trisignata  Walk.21 
Wheeler — On  certain  tropical  ants  intro- 
duced into  the  United  States 23 

McClendon— Notes  on  collecting  in  Mex- 
ico  26 

Cockerell — A  new  fossil  ant 27 

Editorial 29 

Notes  and  News 30 

Doings  of  Societies 35 


Ways  of  Progression  in  Waterbugs. 

By  J.  R.  D^  LA  Torre  Bueno. 

In  Entomological  News  for  December,  1904  (p.  344), 
Mr.  G.  W.  Kirkaldy  has  a  suggestive  note  on  the  subject  of 
oaring  in  waterbugs,  in  which  he  refers  to  Professor  Packard's 
remarks  in  '*  Half  Hours  with  Insects,'*  on  the  motion  of  the 
legs  in  swimming  in  Ranatra  and  Belostoma  and  {Atnorguis). 
In  February,  1905  (p.  53),  the  News  published  a  brief  note 
of  mine  on  Corixa,  Notonecta  and  Belostoma,  and  in  March  (p. 
88),  Mr.  C.  S.  Brimley,  of  Raleigh,  threw  further  light  on  the 
method  in  Benacus  griseiis.  These  brief  notes  suggested  to 
me  that  since  I  would  have  living  waterbugs  in  my  aquaria 
through  the  spring  and  summer,  it  might  be  well  to  look  into 
the  subject  a  little  more  thoroughly,  the  more  so  that  all  the 
general  works  I  have  been  able  to  consult  content  themselves 
with  vague  remarks.  In  connection  with  my  breeding  experi- 
ments, the  following  observations  were  made  : 

The  position  back  down  assumed  in  swimming  by  our  Amer- 
ican genera i[of  the  family  Notonectida  is  too  well  known  to 
call  for  more  extended  mention.  In  Notonecta  {irrorqta,  1171- 
dulata,  variabilis  and  insulata)  and  in  Buenoa  (^Aiiisops^  par- 


i  ENTOMOLOGICAL  Kews.  [Jan.,  '06 

tim),  the  third  pair  of  pedes  only  are  natatorial  and  the  tibiae 
and  tarsi  are  heavily  fringed  with  long  hairs.  The  legs  are 
moved  simultaneously  and  quite  rapidly  in  powerful  backward 
strokes,  the  fringing  ciliae  expanding  on  the  propulsive  and 
closing  on  the  return  stroke.  Plea  agrees  with  the  larger 
Notonectids  in  the  position  and  method,  but  the  stroke  is 
quicker  and  more  clipping  and  the  tibiae  and  tarsi  are  very 
sparingly  provided  with  short  hairs.  On  land,  both  Notoneda 
and  Buenoa  move  very  awkwardly.  When  first  put  on  any 
surface  they  jump  about  and  move  the  third  pair  of  legs  des- 
perately with  the  swimming  motion,  but  as  soon  as  they  get 
their  bearings,  they  begin  to  crawl  rather  slowly  and  painfully 
by  means  of  the  first  and  second  pairs  of  pedes.  Plea,  on  the 
other  hand,  can  very  frequently  be  seen  creeping  among  the 
water  plants  in  which  it  hides,  and  at  other  times  it  moves 
along  the  surface  film,  actually  walking  suspended  from  it, 
back  down  of  course.  On  laud  it  walks,  using  all  three  pairs 
of  pedes. 

Corixa  swims  using  both  the  pedes  of  the  third  pair  simul- 
taneously, as  in  Notoneda,  and  the  position  in  the  water  is 
back  up.  On  land,  it  jumps  and  skips  about,  the  first  and 
third  pairs  of  legs  being  quite  specialized  and  only  the  second 
ambulatorial,  which  naturally  prevents  the  bug  from  walking. 

In  the  BelostomatidcB  I  have  been  unable  to  make  fresh  ob- 
servations on  Benacus  and  Amorgius  {=Belostoma,  olim),  but 
having  had  a  number  of  Belostoma  {Zaitha)  Jluminea  in  my 
aquaria  at  various  times,  I  have  been  able  to  study  this  last 
species  with  care  and  to  repeat  my  observations  several  times. 
Benacus  I  have  never  seen  in  the  water.  Of  Amorgius  obscurum 
Dufour  I  have  had  several  nymphs  which  were  brought  to 
maturity.  My  recollection  is  that  they  move  the  hind  legs 
together  in  swimming,  confirming  Mr.  Brimley's  observation 
on  Betiaais,  On  land  they  scuffle  along  pretty  rapidly.  With 
regard  to  Belostoma  Jluminea  Say  to  confirm  previous  observa- 
tions, I  confined  a  bred  specimen  in  a  glass  dish  so  small  that 
while  it  could  move  its  legs  freely,  it  was  not  able  to  stir  from 
under  my  magnifier,  no  matter  how  furiously  it  might  paddle. 
It  was  then  stirred  up,  and  its  motions  could  be  observed 


Jan.,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  3 

without  much  difficulty.  The  second  and  third  pair  of  pedes 
are  moved  alternately  and  quite  rapidly,  the  second  pair  row- 
ing while  the  third  recovers,  and  the  second  recovering  while 
the  third  gives  a  vigorous  stroke.  The  femora  cross  each 
other  when  the  second  pair  gives  the  propulsive  stroke  and 
are  widely  separated  when  it  reaches  the  extreme  of  the 
return,  the  third  pair  being  at  the  end  of  the  backward  move- 
ment. The  stroke  of  the  second  pair  of  legs  in  all  likelihood 
merely  helps  to  conserve  the  momentum  imparted  by  the 
powerful  third  pair,  which  does  all  the  work.  The  second 
pair  is  but  feebly  set  with  hairs  while  the  third  is  provided 
with  abundant  fringes  along  the  edges  of  the  tibae  and  tarsi. 
As  in  other  waterbugs,  these  hair-fringes  fold  back  in  the  re- 
turn and  expand  on  the  propulsive  stroke.  Belostoma  gen- 
erally swims  back  up,  but  at  times  it  moves  abdomen  up.  On 
land  it  runs  with  considerable  celerity  and  ease,  employing  the 
two  posterior  pairs  of  legs. 

Pelocoris  I  have  not  succeeded  in  observing  closely.  This 
bug  moves  its  legs  so  rapidly  that  they  can  scarcely  be  fol- 
lowed. However,  the  third  pair  is  mainly  used  in  swimming, 
and  the  legs  are  moved  together.  It  runs  quite  briskly  on 
land  and  in  the  water,  its  natural  home,  it  creeps  among  the 
water  plants. 

The  only  Nepid  I  have  had  the  opportunity  to  observe  is 
Ranatra  quadridentata  Stal.,  of  which  I  keep  a  few  living  ones 
every  summer.  I  have  watched  this  bug  swim  repeatedly, 
and  as  its  motions  are  quite  slow,  it  has  been  possible  to  ana- 
lyze them  much  more  easily  than  those  of  the  others.  As  I 
have  elsewhere  noted,  Ranatra  employs  in  locomotion  only 
the  second  and  third  pair  of  legs,  the  first  being  strictly  rap- 
torial and  prehensile.  Further,  since  Rayiatra  is  not  one  of 
the  swimming  waterbugs  (in  fact  its  affinities  are  with  land 
forms  as  pointed  out  by  Schiodte),*  its  locomotion  under 
water  is  rather  awkward,  to  say  the  least.  The  pedes  move 
alternately  back  and  forward,  the  second  pair  alternating  with 
the  third,  much  as  in  Belostoma,  but  in  a  much  more  leisurely 
manner.     Again,   as    in   Belostoma,    at   one   extreme  of    the 

•Ann.  Nat.  Hist.  (4)  vi.,  1870,  p.  225,  etc. 


4  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  Qan.,  'c6 

strokes,  the  extremities  of  the  legs  are  widely  separated,  and 
at  the  other,  the  femora  are  crossed,  those  of  the  second  pair 
crossing  below  the  third.  On  land,  however,  Ranatra  runs 
quite  rapidly,  but  the  ungainly  length  of  its  legs  seems  to  trip 
it  up  when  in  a  hurry. 

The  meagerness  of  information  regarding  these  habits  has 
led  me  to  the  studies  outlined  above.  It  is  to  be  hoped  that 
the  rising  generation  of  entomologists  may  give  a  little  less 
time  to  hair-splitting  classifications  and  devote  its  energies  to 
investigations  of  habits  and  life-histories  of  other  than  eco- 
nomically important  groups,  or  than  those  which,  like  butter- 
flies, are  largely  aesthetic  ;  and  to  such  lovers  of  the  insect-folk 
do  I  look  for  further  light  on  these  highly  interesting  but 
financially  unremunerative  subjects. 


w» 


Notes  on  the  Egg-laying  Habits  of  Culex  curriei  Coq. 

By  H.  J.  QuAYLE,  Ames,  Iowa. 

During  the  past  summer  the  writer  was  engaged  in  mosquito 
control  work  along  the  portion  of  the  San  Francisco  bay  shore 
extending  from  San  Mateo  to  South  San  Francisco.  The  ter- 
ritory contiguous  to  the  marsh  here  has  long  been  noted  for 
its  abundant  supply  of  mosquitoes,  and  the  species  giving  the 
bulk  of  the  trouble  was  Culex  curriei  Coq. 

Early  in  the  campaign,  my  attention  was  directed  to  the  fact 
that  larvae  were  appearing  exclusively  in  pools  that  were 
reached  only  by  the  monthly  high  tides,  and  which  were  dry 
for  a  portion  of  each  month.  This  led  me  to  infer  that,  like 
the  salt  marsh  species  in  New  Jersey,  this  species  chose  the 
mud  of  the  drying  pools  rather  than  water  in  which  to  lay  its 
eggs.  Consequently  mud  was  taken  from  such  pools  and 
submerged  with  ordinary  sea  water  when,  in  the  course  of  two 
or  three  days,  wrigglers  invariably  appeared.  Another 
method  of  studying  this  egg- laying  habit  consisted  in  sinking 
ordinary  soap  boxes,  with  the  bottoms  first  removed,*  to  a 
depth  of  two  or  three  inches  in  the  mud  of  pools,  where  larvae 
were  likely  to  appear.  These  boxes  were  thoroughly  screened 
at  the  top  to  prevent  the  entrance  of  adults,  and  were  kept 


Jan.,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  ^  5 

from  floating  away  with  the  tides  by  means  of  stakes  driven 
into  the  ground.  When  the  monthly  high  tide  reached  the 
pool,  water  covered  the  mud  within  the  box  by  seepage  from 
below,  the  top  being  above  high  tide  water,  and  in  due  time 
wrigglers  would  appear  inside  the  box  as  abundantly  as  in  the 
pool  outside.  These  experiments,  and  the  fact  that  through- 
out the  season  larvae  appeared  in  such  situations  only,  con- 
vinced me  that  Culex  airriei  lays  its  eggs  in  mud  by  preference, 
if  not  exclusively. 

I  have  negative  evidence  to  the  effect  that  this  species  win- 
ters in  the  egg  state,  but  space  here  will  not  permit  of  an 
account  of  this.  During  the  past  year  (1905)  the  eggs  first 
began  to  hatch  in  February,  the  first  larvae  appearing  on  the 
2oth.  Despite  the  fact  that  no  adults  were  seen  after  April, 
due  to  the  effective  control  work,  larvae  appeared  in  these  tem- 
porary pools  in  increasing  numbers  with  each  high  tide  until 
June.  There  is  but  one  explanation  for  this,  and  this  is,  that 
the  eggs  do  not  all  hatch  with  the  early  spring  tides,  the  ma- 
jority of  larvae  not  appearing  until  the  higher  temperatures  of 
May  and  June. 

During  the  season  of  1904,  a  brood  of  airriei  appeared  each 
month  as  regularly  as  the  tides  from  February  to  September 
inclusive,  making  eight  in  the  season.  In  arid  climates  like 
that  of  California,  where  the  rains  cease  in  the  early  spring, 
the  pools  along  the  margin  of  the  marsh  depend  for  their 
formation  entirely  upon  high  tide  water,  consequently  in  the 
control  work  of  the  past  summer  it  was  only  necessary  to  visit 
the  marshes  once  each  month,  during  the  week  of  full  moon, 
to  find  all  the  wrigglers  that  would  appear  for  that  month. 

This  species  was  also  found  to  be  migratory,  and  in  1904  was 
found  in  the  hills  toward  the  ocean,  ten  miles  from  its  breed- 
ing ground,  along  the  bay  shore.  It  is  hardly  necessary  to 
add  that  this  species  is  a  strictly  salt  marsh  form  in  this  sec- 
tion, and  is  the  most  abundant  and  annoying  mosquito  of  the 
Bay  region  of  California. 

How  doth  the  busy  little  bee 

Improve  each  shining  minute  ? 
By  flying  'round  the  can  to  see 

The  good  things  that  are  in  it 


ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS. 


[Jan.,  '06 


Standards  of  the  Number  of  Eggs  Laid  by  Insects — TV.' 

Being  aver&ges  obtained  by  actual  count  of  the  combined 
eggs  from  twenty  (20)  depositions  or  masses. 

By  a.  Arsene  Girault. 


5.    Arilus  cristatus  Linnaeus. 


No. 


I 

2 

3 
4 
5 
6 

7 
8 

9 
10 

II 

12 

13 
14 

15 
16 

17 
18 

19 
20 


Date,  1903 


20 


Mar.  20 


No.  counted 

Successive 

Av.  per 

per  mass 

totals 

egg  mass 

160 

160 

160 

136 

296 

148 

136 

432 

144 

138 

570 

142.5 

114 

684 

136.8 

118 

802 

133.6 

90 

892 

127.4 

167 

1059 

132.3 

159 

I218 

135.3 

126 

1344 

134.4 

125 

1469 

1335 

133 

1602 

133.5 

119 

I721 

132.3 

153 

1874 

133.7 

105 

1979 

132 

151 

2130 

133 

III 

2241 

132 

42 

2283 

126 

172 

2455 

129.2 

112 

2567 

128 
128 

2567 

Max.     Min.    Range 


172 


42 


172 


42 


172         42 


130 


Finals 


The  egg-masses  were  collected  at  Annapolis,  Md.,  in  a  small 
peach  orchard,  where  they  have  been  unusually  abundant  for 
the  past  three  or  four  years.  In  other  orchards,  in  the  imme- 
diate vicinity,  none  could  be  found,  nor  on  trees  other  than 
fruit  trees,  except  rarely.  The  insect  apparently  shows  quite 
a  preference  for  peach,  as  a  place  of  deposit  for  eggs,  and  it 
seems  to  have  a  tendency  to  exist  in  isolated  colonies. 

Most  of  the  estimates  of  the  number  of  eggs  deposited  by 
this  insect  fall  below  the  average  obtained. 

•  For  the  first  three  of  this  series  see  Ent.  News,  1901,  p.  305;  1904,  pp.  2-3,  and  1905, 
p.  167. 


M.  WiTTK  says  the  peace  of  Portsmouth  was  signed  in  order  to  get  rid 
of  the  mosquitoes. 


Jan..  *o6] 


ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS. 


Parasitic   Hymcnoptcra  of  Algonquin,  Illinois. — III*. 

By  Wm.  a.  Nason,  m.d. 


PROCTOTRYPID^. 
Pristocera  armi/era  Say. 
4  specimens  (^. 
July  17.  28,  1895. 
Au^.  26,  1894. 
Sept.  10,  1896. 
Liclius  trogodemtatis  Ashm. 
I  specimen  9. 
May  30,  1895. 
Peristmus  mellipes  Ashm. 
I  specimen  ^ . 
June  4,  1894. 
Goniozus  cellularis  Say. 
I  specimen  9 . 
Aug.  12.  1895. 
Goniozus  columbianus  Ashm. 
I  specimen  9- 
June  2,  1895. 
Goniozus  ptaiynotce  A sh m . 
I  specimen  9- 
May  II,  1895. 
Chelogynus  canadensis  Ashm. 
I  specimen  9* 
June  28.  1894. 
Aphelopus  albopictus  Ashm. 
I  specimen  (^. 
July  16,  1895. 
Lygocerus  floridanus  Ashm. 
I  specimen  9 . 
May  25,  1894. 
lyfegaspilus  popenoei  Ashm. 
I  specimen  9- 
Oct.  2,  1895. 
Ceraphron  flaviscapus  Ashm. 
I  specimen  9. 
May  21,  1896. 
Ceraphron  pedalis  Ashm. 
I  specimen  9  • 
May  21,  1896. 
Ceraphron  punctatus  Ashm. 
I  specimen  9- 
July  18,  1895. 


Ceraphron  algonquinus  Ash.  n.  sp. 
17  specimens  9- 
May  23  to  Sept.  19,  1895. 
Co- types,  types  in  Ashm.  coll. 
Ceraphron  salicicofa  Ashm. 
3  specimens  9  • 
April  28,  29,  1896. 
Phanurus  flavipes  Ashm. 

2  specimens  9  • 
May  12,  21,  1896, 

Telenomus pusillus  Ashm. 

1  specimen,  9  • 
May  10,  1896. 

Telenomus  persimilis  Ashm. 

3  specimens  9  • 
May  10,  20,  1896. 

Telenotnus podisi  Ashm. 
5  specimens  9  • 

Oct.  3,  6.  1895. 

May  29,  1896. 
Trissolcus  euschisH  Ashm. 

2  specimens  9  • 
Sept.  27,  1895. 
Oct.  6,  1895. 

Trissolcus  podisi  Ashm. 
I  specimen  9* 
May  21,  1896. 
Ocoloides  howardii  Ashm. 

1  specimen  9« 
Sept.  17,  1895. 

Anteris  virginiensis  Ashm. 

2  specimens  9  • 
June  8,  21,  1895. 

Amblyaspis  califomicus  Ashm. 
I  specimen  9- 
Sept.  27,  1895. 
Polytnecus  picipes  Ashm. 
I  specimen  9- 
May  10,  1895. 
Sactog aster  anomaliventris  Ashm. 
I  specimen  9- 
May  27,  1896. 


•  DetenniiiaUons  were  all  made  by  Dr.  Wm.  H.  Ashmead  of  Washington,  D.  C. 


8 


ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS. 


[Jan.,  '06 


Caloteleia  marlaitii  Ashm. 
8  specimens  c^,  9* 
Sept.  21,  1893. 
Sept.  10,  1895. 
May  21  to  June  5,  1896. 
Polygnoius  salicicola  Ashm. 
4  specimens  cf,  ?. 
May  20,  21,  26,  1896. 
Proctotrypes  rufig aster  Pro  v. 
4  specimens  J*,  9 . 
Sept.  13,  1894. 
May  23,  1895. 
June  21,  1896. 
Proctotrypes  tenninalis  Ashm. 
I  specimen  9  • 
Oct  16,  1895. 
Proctotrypes  abrupta  Say. 
I  specimen  9« 
May  25,  1894. 
Proctotrypes  obsoletus  Say. 

1  specimen  9  • 
Proctotrypes  sitnutans  Ashm. 

2  specimens  9 . 
May  6,  1895. 

Anectata  hirti/rons  Ashm. 
I  specimen  9  • 
July  3,  1895. 
Paratnesius  terminatus  Say. 

1  specimen,  9  • 
July  29,  1895. 

Paraniesius  pallidipes  Ashm. 

2  specimens  (j^,  9  • 
Aug.  26,  1894. 

Aneurhynchus  virginicus  Ashm. 
I  specimen  9. 
Oct.  16,  1895. 
Galesus  quebecensis  Prov. 
I  specimen  9 . 
Oct.  4,  1893. 
Tropidopria  conica  Fabr. 
4  specimens  9 . 
June  30,  1894. 
May  3,  1896. 
Loxotropa  ruficomis  Ashm. 
I  specimen  9  • 
Sept.  19,  1894. 


Loxotropa  abrupta  Thorns. 
I  specimen  9  • 
Oct.  6,  1895. 
Loxotropa  cali/omica  Ashm. 
I  specimen  9* 
July  8,  1895. 
Diapria  cali/omica  Ashm. 
I  specimen  9* 
May  26,  1896. 
Trichopria  pentaplasta  Ashm. 
1  specimen  9. 
Aug.  31,  1894. 
Trichopria popenoei  Ashm. 
I  specimen  %, 
May  30,  1895. 
Phccnopria  minutissitna  Ashm. 
I  specimen  9^ 
June  26,  1894. 
Basalys  fuscipennis  Ashm. 
I  specimen  (^. 
Sept.  19,  1894. 

MYMARID^. 
Gonatocerus  welateri  Ashm. 
I  specimen  9- 
May  10,  1896. 
Cosmocotna  howardii  Ashm. 
I  specimen  9- 
May  10,  1896. 
CosfHOComa  tnacu/ipes  Ashm. 
5  specimens  9  • 
May  10  to  13,  1896. 

PELECINIDyE. 
Pelecinus  pdyturator  Drury. 
I  specimen  9- 

CYNIPID/E. 
Neuroterus  nigrutn  Gill. 
3  specimens  9  • 
April  II.  16,  1896. 
Neuroterus  noxiosus  Bass. 
I  specimen  9- 
May  25,  18:95. 
Neuroterus  vcrnus  Gill. 
5  specimens. 
May  6,  1896. 


Jan.,  '06] 


ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS. 


Ceroptres  tuber  Fitch. 
7  specimens  o »  9  • 
June  10,  1896. 
Synergus  lana  Fitch. 
7  specimens  cf ,  ?. 
July  23,  1895. 
July  25.  1895. 
July  10,  1896. 
Callirhyiis  stminatar  Harris. 
2  specimens  9  • 
April  13,  1895. 
April  23,  1895. 
Anacharis  marginata  Prov. 
4  specimens  $ . 
Aug.  8,  1895. 
Aug.  12,  1895. 
Figitodes  yiineaia  Say. 
15  specimens  cf,  ?. 
June  4,  14,  1894. 
July  19  to  Sept.  10,  1895. 
June  I,  1896. 
Figites  inermis  Prov. 

1  specimen  9* 
Figites  floridanus  Ashm. 

13  specimens  <^,  9. 
June  24  to  Sept  17,  1895. 
June  I,  1896. 
June  10,  1896. 
Kleidotoma  nigrosus  Ashm. 

2  specimens  9 . 
Sept.  27,  1895. 
Oct.  2.  1895. 

Co-types,  type  in  Ashm.  coll. 
Kleidotoma  bakeri  Ashm. 
6  specimens  ^ ,  9  • 
May  3  to  June  13,  1896. 
Aug.  12,  1895. 
Hexaplasta  monilicomis  Ashm. 
2  specimens  ^ ,  9  • 
May  12,  21,  1896. 
Hexaplasta  erythrocera  Ashm. 
I  specimen  % . 
May  10,  1896, 
Eucoila  rubripes  Ashm. 
1  specimen  9- 
June  13,  1895. 


Eucoila  vulgaris  Ashm. 
21  specimens  c^,  9* 

May  17  to  Sept.  12,  1894. 

June  II  to  Sept.  17,  1895. 

May  10,  24,  1896. 
Eucoila  tnellipes  Say. 

1  specimen  9 . 
May  21,  1896. 

Eucoilidea  canadensis  Ashm. 

2  specimens  c^,  9  • 
Eucoilidea  longicornis  Ashm. 

4  specimens  9  • 
June  10,  1895. 
May  3,  21,  1896. 
June  21,  1896. 
Psilodora  intpatiens  Say. 
2  specimens  9  • 
July  10,  1894. 
June  10,  1896. 
Melanips  canadensis  Ashm. 
I  specimen  9  • 
Oct.  5.  1895. 
Melanips  subcompressa  Prov. 

1  specimen  9- 
Oct.  2,  1895. 

Melanaspis  iowensis  Ashm. 

2  specimens,  9  • 
Sept.  17,  1895. 

Solenaspis  singular  is  Ashm. 
I  specimen  9- 
July  25.  1895. 
Solenaspis  hyalinifortnis  Ashm. 
i  I  specimen  9- 

j  Solenaspis  abnormis  Ashm, 
I  I  specimen  % . 

June  10,  1896. 
Trybliographa  anthomyice  Ashm. 

1  specimen  9. 
April  20,  1896. 

Heptamerocera  marlatti  Ashm. 

2  specimens  9  • 
May  10,  1896. 

Tetrahapta  nasoni  Ashm. 
2  specimens  9  • 
May  3,  1896. 
May  13,  1896. 


lO  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  [Jan.,  'o6 

Determinations  of  Some  Texas  Coleoptera 

With  Records. 

By  Elbert  S.  Tucker. 

Museum  Assistant  in  Systematic  Entomolog^y  University 

of  Kansas^  Lawrence* 

On  account  of  personal  interest  in  the  insect  fauna  of  Texas, 
due  to  a  collecting  trip  to  Galveston,  in  May,  1903,  as  a  mem- 
ber of  a  party  under  direction  of  Dr.  F.  H.  Snow,  for  the  Uni- 
versity of  Kansas,  the  writer  recently  agreed  to  name  some 
beetles  belonging  to  the  Agricultural  and  Mechanical  College 
of  Texas,  at  College  Station,  Brazos  County,  at  the  request  of 
Mr.  A.  F.  Conradi,  the  Acting  State  Entomologist.  Mr.  Con- 
radi  proposed  as  an  inducement  for  the  work  that  a  list  of 
determinations  would  be  helpful  in  making  up  a  general  list  of 
the  Coleoptera  of  Texas,  and  the  names  and  records  herewith 
show  the  results  of  study  of  the  specimens  which  he  supplied. 
All  determinations  were  personally  made  by  comparison  with 
named  specimens  in  the  collection  of  beetles  of  the  University 
of  Kansas  and  with  the  aid  of  literature,  except  for  that  por- 
tion of  the  list  where  special  credit  is  given  to  authorities  to 
whom  the  specimens  were  submitted  in  cases  of  uncertainty. 
With  the  exception  of  Balayiimis  vidorie^isis  Chitt. ,  all  of  the 
beetles  were  collected  in  Texas,  mostly  at  the  Agricultural  and 
Mechanical  College,  to  which  institution  they  have  been 
returned,  less  a  few  duplicates  retained  by  kind  permission. 

The  arrangement  follows  Henshaw's  check  list  by  numbers 

when  given. 

Family  CICINDELID.^. 

19a.   Cicindela  scutellaris  Say,  var.  unicolor  Dejean.     Wellborn,  Bra- 
zos River,  March  22,  1904. 
32.     Cicindela  vulgaris  Say.     Wellborn,  Brazos  River,  March  22,  1904. 

Family  CARABID^. 

184.     Calosoma  lugubre  LeConte.     College  Station. 

220.  Scarites  subterraneus  Fabricius.  College  Station,  March  31, 
1904. 

387.     Bembidium  variegalum  Say.     College  Station,  May  9,  1903. 

617.     Evarlhrus  heros  Say.     Comanche,  March  17,  1904. 

847a.  Casnonia  pennsylvanica  Linnaeus,  variety  5«/«rtf//.j  Chaudoir.  Col- 
lege Station,  January  30,  1903  ;  Buffalo  Springs,  May  5,  1903. 


Jan.,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  II 

935.  Pinacodera  platicoUis  Say.  College  Station,  January  4,  1904. 
Striae  not  deep ;  abdomen  protrudes  farther  beyond  elytra 
than  with  compared  examples,  regarding  which  Mr.  Charles 
Liebeck  has  written  :  **  about  the  usual  form ;  the  extent  of 
abdominal  segment  beyond  the  elytra  is  variable.** 

1 1 20.  Harpalus  gravis  Le  Conte.  Waco,  September  20,  1902,  collected 
by  L.  H.  Scholl. 

1 201.  Anisodactylus  piceus  Le  Conte.  College  Station,  February  27. 
and  May  i,  1904;  Avalon,  April  12.  1904.  The  brownish 
colored  examples  were  probably  freshly  emerged,  iherefurt* 
had  not  developed  to  black. 

Family  GYRINIDiE. 
'539-     Dineutes  carolinus  Le  Conte.     College  Station. 

Family  COCCINELLIDiE 

3064.     Cycloneda  sanguinea  Linnaeus.     College  Station,  May  12,  J  904 
May  10,  1905,  C.  E.  Sanborn.     Predaceous  on  plant  lice. 

3o6sa.  Olla  abdotnina/is  Say.    Sabinal,  May  24,  1904. 

3084.  Exochomus  contristatus  Muls.  College  Station,  May  10,  1505. 
C.  G.  Sanborn.     Predaceous  on  plant  lice. 

3135-     Scymnus  terfninatus  Say.     College  Station,  August  8,  1904. 

3156.  Scymnus  tenebrosus  Muls.  College  Station,  May  lo.  C.  E.  San- 
born.    Predaceous  on  plant  lice. 

Family  EROTYLID^. 
3202.     Languria  t^edata  Le  Conte.    College  Station  April  12,  1903. 

Family  ELATERIDiE. 
4085.     Lacon  rectangularis  Say.    College  Station,  February  27,  1904. 

Family  BUPRESTID^ 

4639a.   Chrysobothris  femorata  Fabricius,  variety  alabamce  Gory.  Kosse, 

April  19,  1904. 
4750.     Agrilus  muHcus  Le  Conte.     College  Station,  April  28,  1903,  and 

April  7,  1904. 

Family  MALACHID^E 

5007.     CoUops  balteatus  Le  Conte.    Wellborn,  Brazos  River,  March  29, 
1903  :  College  Station,  July  27,  1902. 

Family  CLERID^ 

5215a.  Chariessa  pilosa  Say,  variety  onusta  Say.     College  Station,  April 
12,  1903. 

Family  PTINIDi^. 

5356     Atnphicerus  bicaudaius  S^y .    Corsicana,  March  11,  1904. 


I 


12  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Jan.,  'ot 

Family  SCARABiEID^ 

5535-     Aphodius  servalSsiy.     College  Station,  January  7,  1904.    Smallei 
than  compared  examples,  more  deeply  striate  with  confluen 
punctures,and  with  slightly  different  markings,  regarding  whicV 
Mr.   Charles  Liebeck  has  written:    ** about   the  usual  size 
markings  variable." 

5581.     Ochodceus  biartnatus  Le  Conte.     Sabine,  May  24.  1904. 

5591.     Bolboceras  lazarus  Fabricius.     College  Station.  April  14,  1904. 

5691.  Macrodactylus  an^usiatus  Beauvois.     College  Station,  March  30, 

1904. 

5692.  Macrodactylus  uni/ormis    Horn.     College  Station,  March   30, 

1904. 
5742.     Lachnostema  torta  Le  Conte.     College  Station,  July  8,  1904. 
5894.     AUorhina  nitida  Linnaeus.     College  Station,  July  23,  1904. 
S901.     Euphoria  kcrniiHa]6emAn .    Cedars,  May  28,  1904. 
5941.     Trichius  viridulus  Fabricius.     Wellborn,  Brazos  river,  March  30, 

1904. 

Family  CERAMBYCID^. 

5953.     Mallodon  dasystomus  Say.     College  Station. 

5955-     Mallodon  serrulalus  Le  Conte.    Wellborn,  Brazos  River,  June  24, 

1904. 
5962.     Prionus  imbricorftis  Linnaeus.     College  Station,  May  i,  1904. 
6008.     Callidium  antennalum  Newman.     College  Station,  February  5, 

1904. 
6038.     Chion  cinctus  Drury.     Victoria,  August  13,  1904. 
6050.     Romaleum  atomariutn  Drury.     College  Station,  June  10,  1904. 
6115.     Callichrotna  plicatutn  Le  Conte.     No  data. 
6127a.   Tragidion  coquus    Linnaeus,    variety  fulvipenne  Say.    College 

Station,  February  18,  1903. 
6196     Neoclylus  luscus  Fabricius.     Wellborn,  Brazos  River,   June  24, 

1904. 
6210.     Neoclylus  erythrocephalus  Fabricius.     Wellborn,   Brazos  River, 

August  12,  1904. 
6471.     Ataxia  crypia  Say.    Manor,  October  5,  1904. 

Family  CHRYSOMELID^. 

6725,     Fidia  viticida  Walsh.     No  data. 

6800.  Chrysomela  disrupta  Rogers.  Courtney,  October  7,  1902.  Col- 
lection of  L.  H.  Scholl. 

6821.     Chrysomela  auripennis  Say.     College  Station,  December  12,  1903. 

6978.  Haltica  nana  Crotch.  College  Station,  September  19,  1903.  Ver- 
ified by  Charles  Liebeck. 

7032.     Mantura  Jloridana  Crotch.     College  Station,  May  i,  1903. 

7051.     Chcetocnetna  opacula  Le  Conte.     College  Station,  May  1,  1903. 

7055.     Chatocnema  confinis  Crotch.    College  Station,  May  i,  1903. 


Jan.,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  1 3 

Family  TENEBRIONID^E. 

Emmenasius  convexus  Le  Conte.     Coleman,  August  23,  1902. 
7201.     Epitragus  acutus  Le  Conte.     Sabinal,  May  24,  1904. 
7359-     Eleodes  seriata  Le  Conte      College  Station. 
7426.     Opatrinus  aciculatus  Le  Conte.    College  Station,  December  20, 

19^3. 

7438.     Blapstinuspraiensis  V.^CoviiQ,     Colorado,  August  11,1903.  Col- 
lege Station,  April  12,  1903,  and  February  27,  1904. 

7573      Hehps  farctus  Le  Conte.     College  Station,  June  10,  1904. 

Family  MORDELLID^. 

7780.     Mordella  scuiel/aris  Fabricius.     College  Station,  September  16, 
1902. 

Family  ANTHICID^. 
7869.     Eurygenius  wildii  Le  Conte.     No  data. 

Family  MELOID^E. 

8018.     Henaus  con/ertus  Ssiy .    College  Station,  May  .28,  1903;  Wellborn, 

Brazos  River,  June  24,  1904. 
8083.     Epicauta  sericans  Lc  Conte.     Montgomery,  August  24,  1903. 
8123.     Pomphop<xa  texana  Le  Conte.    Thornberry,  April  4,  1903. 

Family  ATTELABIDiE. 
$224.     Attelabus  anaiis  Illiger.     College  Station,  July  27,  1904. 

Family  OTIORHYNCHIDyE. 

8242.     Ophryastes  vittatus  Say.     Comanche,  November  14,  1904. 
8340.     Eudiagogus  pulcher  Fahraeus.    Wellborn,  Brazos  river,  August 
27,  1904.     College  Station,  January  30,  1903. 

Family  CURCULIONID^. 

8370.     Apion  ovale  Sim\\\i,     Rockdale,  June  22,  1901. 

8478.  Pachylobius  picivorus  Germar.  Hughes  Springs,  May  11,  1904; 
College  Station,  June  10,  1904  ;  Dekalb,  August  i,  1904.  The 
last  in  prime  condition,  not  rubbed  nor  smeared. 

8546.  D^smoris  constrictus  Say.  College  Station  ;  Centre  Point,  June 
1,  1904.  Regarding  this,  Mr.  A.  F.  Conradi  has  written; 
**This  species  occurs  abundantly  over  the  entire  settled  por- 
tions of  the  State  of  Texas,  definitely  known." 

8615.     Magdalis  barbita  Say.     Howe,  March  22,  1904. 

10985.  Anthonomus  grandis  Boheman.     College  Station,  June  12,  1904. 

8726.  Conolrachelus  naso  Le  Conte.  College  Station,  October  20, 
1904. 


14  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Jan.,  'o6 

8741  Rhyssetnatus  palmacollis  Say.  Frost,  May  28,  1904.  **  Hillsboro, 
Malakoflf,  Victoria,  and  in  fact  it  occurs  all  over  the  State," 
writes  Mr.  Conradi.  Variety,  with  costse,  apical  margin  and 
spots  on  elytra  rusty  colored.    Verified  by  Charles  Liebeck. 

8746.     Chalcodermus  {Fneus  l^o\i^vci2iTi.     I>enison,  June  27,  1904. 

8760.  Acalles  porosus  Le  Conte.  San  Antonio,  March  30,  1904;  Mar- 
tindale,  April  14,  1902. 

8902.    Auiobaris  ibis  Le  Conte.    College  Station,  December  18,  1904. 

Family  BRENTHID^ 

» 

8967.    Eupsaiis  minuta  Drury.    Wellborn,  Brazos  River,  June  24,  1904. 

Family  ANTHRIBID^. 
9222.     Cratoparis  lugubris  Olivier.     College  Station,  January  4,  1904. 


The  species  for  which  special  mention  should  be  given  for 
their  determination  are  as  follows  : 

1068.  Discoderus  impoiens  Le  Conte.  College  Station,  May  i,  1904. 
Determined  by  Charles  Liebeck. 

5098.  Brachyacantha  bollii  Crotch.  College  Station,  June  4,  1903.  De- 
termined by  Charles  Liebeck  as  **  large  form.**  The  yellow 
spaces  of  basal  and  median  portions  of  elytra  are  solidly 
fused,  without  any  indication  of  spots.  College  Station,  May 
10,  1905.     C.  E.  Sanborn.     Predaceous  on  plant  lice. 

4575.  Psiloptera  drummondi  Laporte  &  Gory.  College  Station,  June  20, 
1902.     Determined  by  Charles  Liebeck. 

10352.  Fidia  cana  Horn.  Dripping  Springs,  May  17,  1904.  Determined 
by  Charles  Liebeck.     Badly  crushed  and  broken. 

7179.  Conoscus  ovipennis  Horn.  Comanche,  August  17,1901.  Deter- 
mined by  Charles  Liebeck. 

8326.  Achrastenus  griseus  Horn.  Lovelady,  March  24,  1904 ;  Grape 
Vine,  no  data  ;  Sidney,  April  4,  1904.  Determined  by  Charles 
Liebeck. 

Baianinus  victoriensis  Chittenden.  Mead,  Indian  Territory.  Sep- 
tember 20,  1904 ;  Lone  Wolf,  Oklohoma,  September,  1904. 
Determined  by  F.  H.  Chittenden. 

8990.  Sphenophorus  cariosus  Olivier.  Moody,  March  25,  1904.  Deter- 
mined by  F.  H.  Chittenden. 

9006.  Sphenophorus  compressirostris  Say.  No  data.  Determined  by  F. 
H.  Chittenden. 

Summary  :  Species  personally  determined,  76 
Species  specially  determined        9 


Number  of  species  reported       85 


Jan.,  *o6]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS*  I5 

Editors  of  Entomological  News. 

Dear  Sirs  : 

As  to  your  course  in  publishing  the  injurious  letter  of  Dr. 
Jno.  B.  Smith,  of  New  Jersey,  in  your  Nov.  issue,  only  re- 
cently noted,  it  would  seem  a  safe  policy  for  any  publication 
first  to  make  some  inquiry  as  to  whether  there  might  not  be  an 
animus  beneath  and  no  basis  for  such  serious  statements,  and 
even  if  found  to  be  true,  to  be  cautious  in  uttering  a  libel. 

You  ask  me  to  be  brief  in  writing  and  say  you  do  not  court 
controversial  articles.  I  should  have  supposed  the  opposite 
to  be  the  case,  and  rather  that  you  would  be  glad  to  give  one 
so  traduced  the  largest  opportunity. 

The  pretext  for  the  attack  is  that  Dr.  Smith's  name  is  given 
as  one  of  the  Advisory  Board  of  Entomologists  of  the  Am. 
Mosquito  Extermination  Society  in  your  October  reprint  of  a 
circular  sent  out  generally  by  the  Society  in  July  last  and  be- 
fore any  declination  had  been  received. 

On  February  19,  1904,  we  sent  out  a  tentative  circular 
— headed  *' Printer's  Proof" — to  the  two  Advisory  Boards, 
saying  to  each  person,  including  Dr.  S.,  that  he  had  been 
selected  on  such  board,  and  closed  thus:  **We  should  be 
greatly  pleased  to  have  your  written  acceptance  of  the  part 
appointed  to  you  by  the  Executive  Committe,  but,  knowing 
your  interest  in  the  work,  we  will  take  the  liberty  of  assuming, 
in  case  we  do  not  hear  from  you  directly,  that  the  appoint- 
ment is  accepted."  Neither  Dr.  S.  or  any  one  else  declined 
and  many  even  wrote  acceptances  and  all  names  thereafter 
permanently  appeared.  There  was  every  evidence  that  he 
tacitly  accepted  (and  it  is  to  be  hoped  that  no  bare  techni- 
cality covers  his  statement  that  his  name  appears  without  his 
permission),  for  instance,  his  taking  part  in  the  December, 
'05,  Convention  and  making  no  objection  to  the  appearance  of 
his  name  on  the  letterheads  and  prints  of  the  Society,  many 
of  which  he  received. 

I  had  no  knowledge  of  the  bitterness  which  Dr.  S.  was 
nursing  until  April  7,  '05,  when  he  wrote  me  of  this,  among 
other  things:  *'It  may  be  well  to  advise  my  colleagues  (on 
the  Ent.  Adv.  Bd.)  who  have  l>een  working  on  similar  lines 


l6  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  Qan.,  'o6 

of  what  they  have  to  expect  from  the  Society,  whose  mouth- 
piece you  seem  to  be,  that  they  may  be  on  their  guard.'*  And 
on  the  14th  of  April  he  wrote  on  this  subject  to  the  Executive 
Committee  of  the  Society  :  *'  So  far  as  the  list  is  concerned, 
my  own  name  appears  without  authority,  and  I  am  advised  by 
others  of  my  colleagues  that  they  are  in  the  same  position." 
(I  should  be  glad  to  know  of  anyone  not  receiving  the  printed 
circular  letter  of  February,  '04,  for  I  find  that  every  name  is 
checked  as  having  been  notified  of  their  selection. ) 

Dr.  Smith  said  nothing  of  wanting  his  name  omitted  until  a 
similar  tentative  circular  for  the  next  year  was  sent  out  on 
August  26th  last,  which  he  acknowledges,  and  says  :  *'  I  very 
much  prefer  that  you  drop  my  name  entirely  from  all  connec- 
tion with  the  A.  M.  E.  Society,**  which  was  then  done.  His 
lonely  position  is  referred  to,  but  not  by  name,  in  Bulletin 
No.  2,  sent  you,  dated  September  26,  *o5  (which  we  trust  you 
will  not  be  deterred  from  reprinting,  at  least  in  part),  where 
the  paragraph  begins  :  *  *  The  character  and  reputation  of  the 
gentlemen  who  have  consented  to  serve  on  the  Executive 
Council  and  the  Advisory  Boards  of  the  Society,  reflect  the 
confidence  of  the  community  in  our  work,"  and  which  gives 
the  distinguished  names  of  many  who  unnecessarily  had  writ- 
ten of  their  pleasure  and  honor  in  the  case. 

I  may  say  that  a  number  of  our  ofi&cials,  in  answer  to  his 
abusive  letter  of  April  14,  *o5,  had  written  Dr.  S.  that  he  must 
be  laboring  under  a  misapprehension  and  tried  to  calm  him 
down,  but,  apparently,  fruitlessly,  for  his  rfecent  letter  to  you 
says  :  * '  Such  use  of  my  name  was  without  my  permission 
and  in  spite  of  a  very  decided  protest.**  Please  note  the  dates 
— that  he  declines  on  August  30th  for  the  first  on  receipt  of  a 
new  nomination  and  now  protests,  because  his  name  appears 
in  a  July  circular,  saying  he  had  tried  to  get  his  name  off  the 
list,  as  though  we  coveted  the  doubtful  honor  of  keeping  it  on 
against  his  will.     So  much  for  that  insinuation  ! 

But  now,  not  for  the  pretext,  but  for  the  real  though 
strange  point  of  his  grievance,  of  which  I  first  learned  early 
in  March,  1905,  when  a  mutual  friend  sent  me  a  press  clip- 
ping  with  a  severe  comment.     It   gave  a   news  item   from 


Jan.,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  l^ 

Washington  to  the  effect  that  Dr.  S.  had  advised  his  repre- 
sentative in  Congress  that  the  Bill  (which  the  Society  had 
caused  to  be  introduced.  W.)  was  an  unworthy  one,  that  the 
Society  was  composed  of  only  a  few  persons  and  that  Mr. 
Weeks  was  simply  working  for  a  job.  Dr.  S.  had  doubtless 
seen  in  the  papers  that  the  Secretary's  Representative  and  the 
Secretary  had  spoken  in  its  favor  before  the  Committee  on 
Interstate  and  Foreign  Commerce.  The  fact  that  the  subject 
was  before  that  committee  showed  the  character  of  the  bill, 
which  was  that  the  President  appoint  a  commission  to  act 
with  one  from  New  York  and  New  Jersey,  if  such  be  appointed, 
to  consider  the  questions  of  the  economic  relief  of  the  condi- 
tions existing  in  the  great  marshes  bordering  on  New  York 
and  those  of  Long  Island.  The  bill  was  modelled  after  a 
similar  one  which  failed  through  being  introduced  late  in  the 
previous  sessions  at  Washington  and  Albany.  When  the 
question  came  up  at  a  large  meeting  of  the  Executive  Council 
of  the  Society  in  January,  '05,  as  to  whether  the  bill  should 
be  re-introduced,  the  treasurer,  Mr.  Frederick  C.  Beach,  editor 
and  large  owner  of  the  Scientific  American,  amended  so  that 
the  bill  should  be  also  introduced  in  New  Jersey,  and  later 
agreed  to  its  introduction,  as  he  knew  a  member,  and  was  fur- 
nished with  a  copy  of  the  New  York  bill  of  1904  for  a  guide. 
The  Trenton  bill  mentioned  certain  ofi&cials  for  its  commission, 
and  left  six  unnamed,  so  that  (to  answer  Dr.  S.)  if  the  Gov- 
ernor thought  he  was  a  suitable  person  for  such  a  commission 
he  could  have  appointed  him. 

But  the  bill  was  not  one  for  entomologists  to  consider  but 
mainly  for  engineers.  It  related  to  broad  commercial  and 
economic  questions,  which  only  persons  skilled  in  such  could 
intelligently  consider.  It  seems  rather  strange  for  an  ento- 
mologist to  court  a  place  on  such  a  commission,  when  mos- 
quitoes were  only  incidently  involved.  And,  yet,  because  he 
was  not  directly  informed  and  specifically  named,  though  he 
knew  in  various  ways  of  such  action  being  proposed  (for  it 
was  mentioned  in  Bulletin  i,  of  November,  '04,  and  in  press 
items  sent  to  him),  he  worked  himself  into  a  rage,  dangerous 
to  himself  and  everybody  else,  and  tries,  by  abusive  letters  to 


I 


1 8  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  Qan.,  \ 

the  members,  to  discredit  the  secretary  and  break  up  tl 
Society  for  the  temerity  of  its  secretary  who  followed  the  c 
rection  of  its  executive  authority. 

In  the  letter  to  me  of  April  7,  '05,  before  referred  to,  D 
S.  writes  of  the  Trenton  bill  being  introduced  at  my  reques 
He  also  inquires  in  the  letter  to  members  of  our  Ex.  Cot 
(April  14,  '05),  whether  the  introduction  of  the  bill  wi 
really  an  action  of  the  Ex.  Com.,  and  whether  **  it  is  tl 
policy  of  the  society  to  ignore  and  condemn  as  unworthy 
consideration  all  work  not  done  under  its  seal.*'  He  goes  c 
at  great  length  and  with  an  evident  feeling  of  personal  cons 
quence,  with  which  his  letter  to  you  is  also  saturated  :  '* 
is  a  matter  of  importance  to  me  to  know  whether  this  sociei 
acts  through  a  responsible  committee  or  through  an  irrespo: 
sible  secretary  who  assumes  the  right  of  speaking  for  it. 
In  this  letter  to  the  committee  he  enclosed  a  copy  of  the  one 
me  of  April  7,  wherein  he  recites  his  claims  to  recognition, ; 
well  as  of  others,  and  says  :  **  You  were  careful  to  keep  fro 
all  these  parties  all  knowledge  of  this  measure  and  to  car 
fully  exclude  them  from  the  commission  proposed  in  yoi 
bill.  You  placed  the  treasurer  of  your  society,  for  whi< 
you  purported  to  act,  in  the  light  of  an  ignoramus  by  credi 
ing  him  with  preparing  the  bill."  The  fact  was,  I  had  tn 
mentioned  a  single  official  to  be  app)ointed  on  the  New  Jersc 
commission. 

Mr.  Beach  immediately  wrote  Dr.  S.  that  it  was  he  who,  ; 
a  large  meeting  of  the  Executive  Committee,  moved  the  ii 
troduction  of  the  N.  J.  bill,  that  he  assumed  all  responsibilil 
for  the  bill,  completely  taking  all  blame,  if  any.  And  ye 
Dr.  S.  in  the  News,  repeats  the  same  charges  against  me  as  1 
the  bill  and  *  *  sneak '  *  legislation.  I  wish  I  could  give  fu 
copies  of  these  strange  letters  of  Dr.  S.  They  are  filled  wit 
the  most  high- tempered  words. 

A  number,  besides  Mr.  Beach,  wrote  Dr.  S.  a  ^'  so 
answer ' '  to  his  *  *  personal  letter  to  ever\^  member  of  tl 
Executive  Committee,*'  but  it  failed  to  turn  away  his  wratl 
It  was  predicted  that  **if  he  is  of  normal  constitution  be  oe 
tainly  will,  on  reflection,  be  mortified  at  the  position  in  wbic 


Jan..  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS  I9 

he  has  placed  himself."  But,  not  at  all,  he  repeats  the  same 
things  to  you,  though  corrected  by  Mr  Beach,  and  assured  of 
his  error  by  a  number  who  replied  and  was  even  still  **  warmly 
invited  to  co-operate  with  us,  as  our  aims  are  one." 

On  May  30th  I  wrote  him  also  a  courteous  note,  referring  to 
his  attacks  and  threats,  which  was  delayed  by  serious  illness 
from  gratuitous  over- work  in  the  Society,  saying  :  **  I  would 
be  much  obliged  if  you  will  inform  the  Society  to  what  you 
refer  in  letter  of  April  7th,  *  So  far  the  Am.  Mos.  Ex.  Soc.  has 
appeared  to  be  a  hindrance  instead  of  an  aid  to  the  rational 
methods  of  dealing  with  the  mosquito  question  in  New  Jersey.* 
If  we  cannot  aid,  we  certainly  do  not  wish  to  hinder."  But 
no  answer  came. 

Is  there  any  cause  for  these  injurious  acts?  None  whatever 
that  I  am  aware  of.  I  have  had  no  difficulty  with  Dr.  Smith. 
On  the  other  hand,  I  have  always,  individually  and  as  secre- 
tary, treated  him  with  due  respect.  In  the  arrangement  of 
the  programs  of  our  conventions  he  has  always  been  accorded 

an  important  part,  and  though  at  these  times  he  has  taken 
occasion  in  his  addresses  to  cavil  at  something  in  the  arrange- 
ment, it  has  been  passed  unnoticed. 

I  have  given  the  representativess  of  Dr.  Smith  time  and 
courteous  attention  when  he  has  sent  them  to  look  over  my 
work  in  the  field  and  returned  messages  with  them  that  at  any 
time  I  should  be  glad  to  give  him  any  benefit  of  my  experience 
for  his  work. 

On  social  occasions  he  has  received  all  due  courtesy  and 
attention. 

And  yet  I  have  never  met  Dr.  S.  intimately,  and  never  per- 
sonally but  three  or  four  times.  So  I  can  only  judge  him  by 
insight.  I  have  had  many  letters  from  him,  and  I  must  refer 
to  the  very  first  one — of  some  years  ago— for  the  impression 
made  on  my  mind  then  was  that  any  one,  speaking  as  he  did 
therein  of  his  confreres,  enjoyed  controversy,  and  surely  was 
one  to  be  careful  of.  This  feeling  was  strengthened  later  when 
he  wrote  to  me  disparagingly  of  those  persons  in  his  own 
State  who  sought  advice  on  the  mosquito  propositions  from 
different  experts,  for  he  had  learned  that  some  owners  had 
presumed  to  call  me  into  N.  J.  to  investigate  and  report. 


20  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Jan.,  'o6 

It  was  through  no  fault  of  mine  that  this  condition  of  things 
existed  and  these  calls  came,  and  that  since  then  and  even  now 
for  some  weeks  I  have  been  making  mosquito  surveys  in  that 
State  notwithstanding  the  great  activity  of  Dr.  S.  in  the  cause. 
In  every  case  these  calls  have  been  the  result  of  my  previous 
work  elsewhere,  and  for  this  I  should  not  suffer.  I  have  not 
sought  to  invade  another's  territory,  if  one  could  make  the 
singular  claim  of  exclusive  territory. 

This  leads  me  to  say  that  I  can  only  think,  and  others  who 
know  Dr.  S.  much  better  confirm  the  idea,  that  it  is  because 
of  the  results  of  my  work  and  because  many  times  I  have  gone 
into  N.  J.  to  speak  and  work,  that  he  holds  these  bitter  feel- 
ings—the promptings  of  a  strange  jealousy.  It  would  seem 
that  the  common  enemy  was  numerous  enough  to  engage  all 
the  attention  of  all  the  fighters  and  that  they  should  not  be 
compelled  to  fight  at  law  or  otherwise  to  defend  themselves. 

I  will  ask  that  the  covert  advertisements  of  himself  which 
Dr.  S.  injects  in  his  letter,  be  noticed  in  view  of  his  saying 
the  Society  *'  is  simply  an  attempt  to  advertise  its  secretary,*' 
thus  implying  incompetency  against  those  in  the  society — some 
of  the  most  astute  men  in  the  country.  May  I  assure  your 
readers  of  the  fact  that  though  I  have  given  some  of  the  best 
years  of  my  life  to  the  society  and  cause  and  broken  my  health 
largely  through  these  efforts,  I  have  never  received  a  single 
fee  as  the  result  of  my  relation  to  the  society  or  any  compen- 
sation for  my  incessant  labors  in  it.  The  little  puff  introduced 
of  a  close  figure  of  an  estimate  and  a  contract  is  easily  ex- 
plained by  the  fact  that  Dr.  S.  has  frequently  written  of  the 
cost  of  ditching  and  a  contract  based  on  that  might  be  high 
or  low. 

Dr.  Smith  knows  of  the  explanation  of  the  use  of  Gov. 
Murphy's  name  as  chairman  of  the  first  convention,  for  it  is 
stated  in  the  published  report  of  the  convention,  and  yet  he 
speaks  of  the  Governor's  emphatic  refusal  to  act  as  presiding 
officer.  That  little  insight  indicates  that  Dr.  S.  saw  the  gov- 
ernor or  his  secretary  and  knew  of  some  emphatic  refusal 
which  never  reached  me.     Was  there  any  reason  ? 

Some  strong  statements  in  the  letter  to  you  as  to  the  pro- 


Jan.,  '06]'  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  21 

gress  of  certain  mosquito  extermination  work  compels  me  to 
say  that  I  greatly  fear  there  is  going  to  be  sad  disappointments 
and  that  the  cause  is  going  to  be  greatly  retarded  by  a  heavy 
failure  in  promised  results.  All  mosquito  work  demands  the 
most  radical  methods  and  anything  less  should  not  be  recom- 
mended by  anyone  who  appreciated  the  necessities  of  the  case, 
unless  he  was  blinded  by  an  overruling  confidence  in  his 
abilities  and  knowledge. 

Personally,  I  would  prefer  to  await  results  and  then  let  others 
do  the  puffing  and  not  myself.  I  should  prefer  to  be  less  dog- 
matic, less  opinionated  and  very  careful  not  to  draw  positive 
generalizations  on  insufficient  data,  especially  in  investigations 
as  new  as  those  of  mosquito  habits  and  destruction. 

A  few  years  will  be  sufficient  to  determine  whether  a  radical 
or  a  superficial  course  of  treatment  is  the  better. 

But  to  close  wihat  has  been  made  lengthy  by  the  number  of 
insinuations,  taking  but  a  word  or  two  to  express,  possibly  it 
would  have  been  safer  if  attention  had  been  paid  to  the  in- 
jurious words  of  Dr.  S.  in  the  first  instance,  for  usually  a  per- 
son of  the  mind  he  seems  to  have  is  only  encouraged  by  the 
weakness  of  his  victims. — Henry  Clay  Weeks,  Bayside,  L. 
I.,  New  York. 


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Harrisimemna  trisignata   Walk« 

By  Richard  F.   Pearsall. 

In  the  October  number  of  Ent.  News  a  brief  note  by  Mr. 
Franklin  Sherman,  Jr.,  upon  the  pupation  of  the  species,  closes 
with  these  queries,  viz  : — 

1.  If  this  habit  (as  given  in  his  text)  has  been  noted  before. 

2.  What  the  normal  pupating  habit  of  the  species  is. 

3.  Whether  such  habit  is  known  in  any  other  Lepidopter- 
ous  insect. 

On  July  8,  1897,  1^  ^^^  Catskill  Mountains  I  took  two  of 
these  larvae  feeding  upon  the  leaves  of  the  Bush  Honey-suckle 
(Diervilla  tri/ida).  They  were  nearly  full  grown  and  when 
captured  were  greatly  disturbed,  holding  with  the  hind  legs  to 
the  twigs  and  elevating  the  body,  at  the  same  time  shaking 
in  a  tremulous  fashion,   as  if  seized  with  a  chill,  quite  geome- 


22  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  [Jan.,  'c6 

triform  in  appearance.  Not  knowing  their  habits  I  placed  a 
quantity  of  trash  in  the  glass  jars  and  one  of  them  commenced 
gnawing  at  the  small  pieces  of  wood.  Seeing  this  I  supplied 
a  larger  piece  of  dead  limb,  perhaps  an  inch  in  diameter,  into 
which  my  larva  made  its  burrow,  sealing  it  up,  ^exactly  as 
described  by  Mr.  Sherman.  The  moth  came  out  the  following 
year.     This  then  may  be  accepted  as  its  normal  habit. 

Now  as  to  the  third  query  ;  and  here  I  record  one  of  the 
greatest  disappointments  I  ever  experienced  in  the  rearing  of 
larvae. 

In  the  same  year  while  examining  a  group  of  Choke  Cherry 
{Cerasis  Virginian  a) ,  second  year's  growth,  I  saw  on  the  top  of 
a  leaf  what  I  first  took  to  be  a  mass  of  bird  droppings,  but  on 
closer  observation  it  turned  out  to  be  a  shining,  slimy-looking, 
gray  and  white  larva,  about  half  an  inch  long  coiled  up  at  rest. 
I  put  it  in  a  glass  jar  with  food  plant  and  at  first  it  fed  only 
at  night.  As  it  grew  larger  it  fed  freely  during  the  day,  and 
at  its  final  moult,  changed  to  the  most  beautiful  larva  I  have 
seen.  It  was  then  about  one  and  one-quarter  inches  long,  of 
a  deep  prussian  blue,  its  skin  smooth,  like  silk,  marked  on  the 
dorsum  from  the  third  to  the  ninth  segment,  with  a  series  of 
large  oval  cream  yellow  spots,  placed  crosswise  like  saddles, 
one  on  each  segment.  From  each  end  of  these  projected  at  an 
angle  of  forty- five  degrees,  a  narrow  spatula-shaped  ribbon 
like  appendage  of  the  same  cream  yellow  color.  I  had  never 
seen  such  a  creature  and  I  tended  it  carefully.  One  day  I  was 
changing  its  food  and  while  doing  so  the  dinner  bell  rang  and 
I  left  it  forgetting  in  my  haste  to  place  the  glass  cover  on  the 
jar.  When  I  returned  from  my  meal,  imagine  my  horror  at 
finding  my  jar  uncovered  with  the  window  near  it  open  and 
my  specimen  gone.  On  the  floor  beneath  my  table  on  which 
the  jar  stood,  I  had,  some  days  before,  placed  two  or  three 
pieces  of  old  fence  rail,  and  as  I  glanced  about  in  my  search 
for  it  there  was  my  larva  calmly  boring  into  one  of  them.  I 
did  not  disturb  it  but  watched  all  afternoon  as  it  cut  out 
rounded  pellets  and  threw  them  aside,  burying  itself  from 
sight  by  night  fall  and  by  next  morning  it  had  sealed  the  open- 
ing so  neatly  as  to  be  hardly  distinguished  from  the  gray  color 


Jan.,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  23 

of  the  old  wood.  Surely  after  such  a  piece  of  good  fortune  it 
would  disclose  the  imago,  and  tell  me  what  it  was.  For  three 
years  I  kept  that  chunk  of  wood  on  my  hatching  box,  after 
carefully  carrying  it  home  so  as  to  prevent  jaring,  and  no  moth 
emerged.  Finally  I  split  it  open,  and  after  this  lapse  of  time 
the  pupa  seemed  plump  and  clean.  Its  shell  was  granular  and 
tough,  reddish  in  color,  much  like  the  pupa  of  an  Alypia  octo- 
nuurulata,  I  kept  it  a  while  longer  but  it  never  disclosed  the 
imago. 

What  was  it  ?  Can  anyone  tell  me  ?  I  have  searched  the 
same  region  and  locality  every  summer  since  but  have  never 
taken  it  again. 

The  larva  of  Apatela  lithospila  also  has  the  same  habit  of 
pupation. 


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On  Certain  Tropical  Ants  Introduced  Into  the  United 

States. 

By  William  Morton  Wheeler. 

In  a  collection  of  Formicidae  belonging  to  the  Philadelphia 
Academy  of  Natural  Sciences  and  sent  me  for  identification  by 
Dr.  Henry  Skinner,  I  find  a  number  of  specimens  of  Monomor- 
ium  destructor.  This  ant,  originally  described  from  India  by 
Jerdon,*  though  introduced  into  the  tropics  of  the  New  World, 
has  not  been  recorded  heretofore  from  the  United  States.  The 
specimens  are  labeled  '*  Black  Warrior  River.  Tuscaloosa 
County,  Alabama,'*  and  **  Seminole  Point,  Monroe  County, 
Florida,"  collected  by  Mr.  Clarence  B.  Moore.  As  these 
localities  are  widely  separated,  one  being  at  the  tip  of  the 
peninsula  of  Florida,  the  other  in  the  northwestern  portion  of 
Alabama,  we  may  infer  that  the  species  has  either  been  recently 
introduced  at  different  points  or  is  already  widely  distributed 
in  the  eastern  Gulf  States.  That  it  is  of  comparatively  recent 
importation  from  the  tropics  there  can  be  little  doubt. 

In  his  original  description  of  Atta  destructor,  Jerdon  gives 
the  following  brief  account  of  the  habits  of  the  diminutive 
workers  :     **  They  live  in  holes  in  the  ground  or  in  walls,  etc., 

•  Madras  Joum.  of  Litt.  and  Sc.  xvii,  1851,  p.  105,  abstracted  in  Ann.  Mag:.  Nat.  Hist. 
(2),  xiii,  1854,  p.  47. 


24  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Jan.,  'c6 

and  are  very  numerous  in  individuals.  They  prefer  animal  to 
vegetable  substances,  destroying  dead  insects,  bird  skins,  etc. , 
but  also  feed  greedily  on  sugar.  They  are  very  common  in  all 
parts  of  India,  and  often  prove  very  troublesome  and  destruct- 
ive to  the  naturalist.'*  The  bad  reputation  of  this  ant  is  ex- 
pressed in  two  other  names  which  have  been  given  it  by 
Frederic  Smith  and  Gerstaecker,  on  the  supposition  that  it  had 
not  been  previously  described  ;  the  former  calling  it  Myrtnica 
vas tutor,  the  latter  Myrmica  ominosa.  The  insect  is  repeatedly 
met  with  in  the  literature  under  these  and  other  names  like 
Monomorium  atomaria  and  M.  basale. 

There  are  now  three  imported  species  of  Monomorium  in  the 
United  States,  all  of  which  have  probably  been  carried  by  ships 
from  their  original  home  in  southeastern  Asia,  namely  :  M, 
pharaonis,  M.  floricola  and  M.  destructor.  The  first  is  a  widely 
distributed  house-ant,  not  only  in  the  tropics,  but  also  in  tem- 
perate Europe  and  America ;  the  second  is  tropicopolitan, 
though  it  manages  to  subsist  in  our  northern  green-houses  ; 
the  last,  as  I  have  just  shown,  has  begun  to  spread  into  tem- 
perate North  America.  In  a  recent  paper*  I  recorded  the 
introduction  of  a  fourth  Mofiomorium  {M.  salomonis  Linn),  a 
well-known  North  African  species,  into  the  Bahamas. 

Another  small  tropical  ant  which  has  recently  gained  a  foot- 
hold in  the  United  States  is  Iridomyrmex  humilis  Mayr.  This 
species  has  been  taken  in  numbers  in  New  Orleans  by  Mr.  E. 
S.  G.  Titus.  As  a  native  of  the  New  World,  it  was  supposed 
to  be  confined  to  South  America  (Brazil  and  Argentina).  It 
is  not  included  among  the  known  Mexican  or  Central  Ameri- 
can ants,  nor  can  I  find  any  record  of  its  occurrence  in  the 
West  Indies. 

According  to  Stollf  this  ant  has  also  been  imported  into 
Madeira  where  it  has  become  a  pest  in  houses  and  has  sup- 
planted another  previously  introduced  ant  {Phcidolc  megacc- 
phala  Fabr.)  which  was  the  house-ant  of  Madeira  in  the  days 
of  Heer.t  Some  idea  of  the  numbers  of  Ph.  mcgacephala  in 
Madeira  in  the  middle  of  the  last  century  may  be  gained  from 

♦  The  Ants  of  the  Bahamas.     Kull.  Am.  Mils.  Nat.  Hist,  xxi,  U)05.  p.  ^g. 

+  Zur  Keniitniss  dcr  KCOKTaphischcn  Vcrbrcitunj:^  dor  Ameisin.  Mitt.  d.  schweiz.  entom. 
Gesell.  X,  3.  1898,  pj».  120-126. 

\  Ueher  die  Hausameise  Madeiras.  An  die  ZUricher  Jugend  auf  das  Jahr  185a  v,  d. 
nalurforseh.  Gesell.  54  Stuck,  1852,  pp.  1-24  Taf. 


Jan.,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  25 

the  following  extract  from  Heer's  work  :  '*  It  occurs  through- 
out the  southern  portion  of  the  island  of  Madeira  up  to  an 
elevation  of  i,ooo  feet  in  prodigious  numbers,  especially  in  hot, 
sunny  places,  where  it  is  to  be  found  under  eight  out  of  every 
ten  stones  that  may  be  overturned.  In  the  city  of  Funchal 
there  is  probably  not  a  single  house  that  is  not  infested  with 
millions  of  these  insects.  They  climb  to  the  top  stories,  issue 
in  swarms  from  the  cracks  in  walls  and  floors  and  keep  traver- 
sing the  rooms  in  all  directions  in  regular  files.  They  creep 
up  the  legs  of  the  tables,  along  their  edges  and  into  the  cup- 
boards, chests,  etc.  On  account  of  their  extremely  diminu- 
tive size  they  are  able  to  enter  the  smallest  holes  and 
crevices.  Even  when  thousands  and  thousands  of  them  are 
killed,  there  is  no  reduction  in  their  numbers,  as  fresh  armies 
are  continually  arriving.*'  The  recent  displacement  of  this 
pest  by  another,  Iridoniyrmex  humilis,  bears  a  close  and  inter- 
esting analogy  to  the  well-known  displacement  in  Europe  and 
America  of  the  black  house- rat  {Mus  rattus)  by  the  brown 
species  (J/,  decumanus).  In  a  similar  manner,  according  to 
Stoll,  another  ant,  Plagiolepis  longipes  Jerdon,  introduced  into 
the  island  of  Reunion  from  its  original  home  in  Cochin  China, 
has  driven  out  some  of  the  primitive  autochthonous  species. 
We  may  also  look  forward  to  the  appearance  of  this  same  ant 
within  the  warmer  portions  of  the  United  States,  since  it  has 
already  been  recorded  by  Pergande  from  Todos  Santos  in 
Lower  California.* 

Still  another  foreign  ant  which  has  acquired  a  footing  in 
tropical  Florida  and  probably  also  in  other  localities  in  the 
Gulf  States,  is  Prenolepis  longicomis  Latreille.  It  has  also  be- 
come a  common  species  in  the  green  houses  of  temperate 
Europe  and  America.  In  some  of  these,  as  in  the  Jardin  des 
Plantes  in  Paris,  it  has  been  a  permanent  resident  for  more 
than  forty  years.  It  may  sometimes  be  found  even  on  the  top 
floors  of  the  great  apartment  buildings  in  New  York  City. 
Wasmant  has  just  given  good  reasons  for  believing  that  the 


•  Formicidae  of  I^wcr  California.  Mexico.     Proc.  Gala.  Acad.  Sr.  (jI  iv.  is<ii.  j>.  163. 

t  Zur  LclK-nswcise  eiiiigcr  in-  und  ausUindischcn  AmeisengasU-  },.  WamlcrunKcn  von 
Coluocvni  maderee  Woll.  (oculata  Bel.)  mit  Prenolepis  lonKicorni.s  Lair.  Zeilsdir.  I.  wiss. 
Insert. -hiol,  Bd.  I,  Heft  q.  Sept.  17.  1905,  pp.  3S4-390. 


26  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  Qan.,  'o6 

original  home  of  this  ant  is  India  and  that  it  has  been  carried 
to  all  parts  of  the  tropics  in  ships.  He  shows  that  it  has  been 
accompanied  in  these  wanderings  by  two  myrmecophiles,  a 
Lathridiid  beetle  {Coluocera  maderte)  and  a  small  cricket 
(^Myrmecophila  acervorum  \^x.  flavocinda.^ 


Notes  on  Collecting  in  Mexico. 

By  J.  F.  McClendon,  University  of  Pa. ,  Philadelphia. 

In  the  summer  of  1902,  while  seeking  the  cool  plateau  of 
Mexico  as  a  quiet  retreat  to  pursue  my  studies,  I  found  near 
Guadalajara,  Jalisco,  some  Neuropterous  insects  that  were  new 
to  me,  and  the  next  summer  planned  a  trip  to  Jalisco  to  col- 
lect insects  and  some  other  zoological  specimens.  Many  of 
the  specimens  I  took  have  been  used  in  preparation  of  the 
Biologia  Centrali-Americana,  and  at  the  request  of  Dr.  P.  P. 
Calvert  I  give  the  following  account  of  my  trip: 

On  June  12,  1903,  I  crossed  the  border  at  Eagle  Pass  and 
reached  Guadalajara  by  the  Mexican  International  &  Central 
Railways.  Most  of  the  suburbs  of  this  oity  are  covered 
by  crops  of  corn  and  tobacco,  but  the  ravine  of  the  San- 
tiago forms  an  admirable  collecting  ground  for  an  entomol- 
ogist, and  here  and  in  some  deserted  parks  I  spent  most 
of  my  time.  The  altitude  and  the  frequent  rains  of  this  sea- 
son made  the  air  very  cool  and  most  of  the  insects  caught 
were  nearctic,  save  at  the  bottom  of  the  ravine,  where,  amid 
oranges,  bananas  and  other  tropical  plants,  are  found  many 
forms  that  have  strayed  from  the  hot  shores  of  the  Pa- 
cific. The  further  down  the  river  I  went,  the  more  tropi- 
cal forms  were  met  with,  but  as  the  natives  were  not  in- 
clined to  be  civil,  I  did  not  go  further  than  the  Barranca  de  San 
Juan.  One  hideous  night  at  that  hacie^ida  discouraged  my 
scientific  zeal,  and  I  preferred  to  lose  a  few  hours  on  mule 
back  each  day  rather  than  repeat  such  an  experience.  I 
went  up  in  the  mountains  as  far  as  Zapotlanejo,  about 
20  miles  east  of  Guadalajara  on  horseback,  and  succeeded 
in    returning  with    some    specimens.      Although   I    did  not 


Jan.,  *o6]  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  2^ 

have  to  sleep  in  the  portal,  as  at  San  Juan  the  best  '*  room" 
I  could  get  had  no  window. 

In  September  I  spent  a  week  at  Tuxpan,  near  the  construc- 
tion camp  of  that  branch  of  the  Mexican  Central  Railway  and 
about  30  miles  from  the  volcano  of  Colima.  That  was  a  lonely 
place,  but  the  volcano,  looking  down  on  all  the  country  round 
and  expressing  its  varying  moods  in  wreaths  of  white  steam  or 
black  smoke  or  casting  a  red  glow  on  the  clouds  at  night,  was 
a  companion  to  me.  Although  much  nearer  the  sea  level, 
Tuxpan  is  cool  in  summer  and  has  many  nearctic  besides 
tropical  forms  of  insects.  The  leaf-cutter  ant  cuts  roads 
through  the  grass  and  the  Kelep  ant  swarms  up  the  stems  of 
shrubs  in  the  same  field.  At  this  time  I  did  not  know  that 
this  large  ant  was  the  one  introduced  against  the  boll  weevil, 
although  I  looked  for  the  latter  in  vain.  The  natives  of  Tux- 
pan have  some  strange  ceremonies  developed  from  Indian 
dances  and  ideas  gotten  from  Spanish  missionaries,  and  the 
place  is  of  interest  to  a  tourist.  Returning  to  Guadalajara  I 
remained  until  the  latter  part  of  September,  when  I  left  the 
Republic. 


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A  New  Fossil  Ant. 

By  T.  D.  a.  Cockerell. 

Florissant,  not  far  from  Pike's  Peak,  in  Colorado,  has  long 
been  known  as  a  wonderful  locality  for  fossil  plants  and  insects. 
It  is,  in  fact,  a  sort  of  Tertiary  Pompeii  where  the  fauna  and 
flora  of  an  ancient  period  are  almost  perfectly  preserved  in  fine 
mud  and  sand,  ejected  by  the  volcanoes  which  at  that  time 
were  in  full  operation  in  the  Rocky  Mountain  region.  During 
the  present  year,  collections  have  been  made  at  Florissant  by 
Judge  J.  Henderson  and  Dr.  F.  Ramaley,  of  the  University  of 
Colorado,  and  while  most  of  the  specimens  are  plants,  there 
are  a  few  insects.  In  the  first  railroad  cutting  east  of  Floris- 
sant was  obtained  an  excellently  preserved  spider,  Chibiona 
arcana  Scudder,  ^  ;  at  a  different  place,  the  northwest  corner 
of  **  Fossil  Stump  Hill,*'  an  ant  was  found  belonging  to  an 
undescribed  species. 


28  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  D*"m  '^ 

Sonera  henderaoni  n.  sp. 

9 .  Length  about  1 1  mm.  ;  black  ;  anterior  wing  about  8  mm.  ;  head 
rather  small,  length  slightly  over  2  mm.  ;  width  of  abdomen  a  little  over 
2  mm.  Nervures  strong  and  dark  ;  the  venation  is  in  general  similar  to 
that  of  P,  coarclata  Latr.,  (cf.  Wheeler,  Biol.  Bull.,  1900,  p.  47),  but  dif- 
fers as  follows  :  Stigma  longer  and  narrower,  its  lower  edge  nearly 
straight ;  marginal  cell  longer,  but  not  approaching  so  near  the  apex  of 
the  wing,  the  latter  being  also  more  produced  ;  costal  cell  broader  in  the 
middle,  and  giving  off  the  basal  nervure  further  from  the  stigma  ;  first 
submarginal  cell  long,  though  not  as  long  as  the  marginal  ;  the  first  sub- 
marginal  extends  further  basad  than  in  P,  coarciatay  but  not  sofarapicad, 
as  the  radial  nervure  is  given  off  about  the  middle  of  the  stigma,  instead 
of  beyond  its  middle  as  in  P.  coarctata  ;  first  discoidal  cell  longer,  being 
much  longer  than  high,  with  the  first  recurrent  nervure  more  oblique  ; 
second  submarginal  cell  about  as  in  P.  coarctata.  Femora  rather  broad. 
The  abdomen  and  other  parts  seem  to  present  no  distinctive  features, 
except  that  the  ocelli  are  smaller  and  closer  together  than  in  P,  coarctata. 

Named  after  the  collector,  who  is  a  well-known  student  of 
Colorado  palaeontology.  Type  in  the  University  of  Colorado 
Museum  ;  it  is  intended  to  publish  a  figure  later  in  connection 
with  a  general  account  of  the  Florissant  collections. 


Children,  if  you  meet  a  cricket, 
Please  remember  not  to  kick  it ; 
Not  a  youth  whose  nature's  sweet'll 
Strike  a  ladybug  or  beetle. 

If  a  daddy  longlegs  passes. 

Do  not  slay  it  (as  alas  !  is 

Often  done  by  wicked  urchins. 

Who  deserve  the  soundest  birchin's). 

When  a  gnat — that  lively  hummer. 
Which  youMl  hear  when  it  is  summer. 
Comes  a-buzzing  round  your  hat,  it 
Is  wrong  to  throw  a  pebble  at  it. 

Do  not  think  me  sentimental 
When  I  ask  you  to  be  gentle 
With  the  insect  population 
Of  our  free  and  glorious  nation. 

If  you're  kind  in  this  partic'lar, 

They  will  buzz  in  your  auric'lar ; 

Every  child,  of  course,  can  see 

What  a  pleasure  that  will  be— London  Globe. 


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important  matter  for  a  certain  issue.  Twenty-/ive  '*  extras,"  without  change  in  form, 
will  be  given  free,  when  they  are  wanted  ;  and  this  should  be  so  stated  on  the  MS.,  along 
with  the  number  desired.    The  receipt  of  all  papers  will  be  acknowledged.— Ed. 

Philadelphia,  Pa.,  January,  1906. 


It  will  be  remembered  that  we  decided  to  place  on  the  cover 
of  each  volume  of  the  News  the  most  interesting,  curious  or 
wonderful  insect  described  from  North  America  in  the  pre- 
ceding year.  We  asked  for  suggestions  from  our  subscribers 
as  to  the  selection  of  the  insect,  but  never  received  any,  so  if 
our  selection  is  poor  they  can  have  no  legitimate  complaint. 

Our  first  effort  resulted  in  a  bee- 
tle being  selected  {Ignotus  cenig- 
maticus  Slosson),  the  second  was 
a  bee,  and  now  we  present  a  dip- 
teron.  This  curious  species  was 
described  by  Mr.  D.  W.  Coquil- 
lett  in  the  Canadian  Entomolo- 
gist, p.  347,  1905.  Specimens 
were  collected  by  Prof.  Cockerell 
on  the  summit  of  Las  Vegas 
Mountains,  New  Mexico,  and 
by  Mr.  Henry  L.  Viereck  on  top 
of  the  main  range  of  the  Rocky 
Mountains,  near  Beulah,  New 
Mexico,  These  are  probably 
identical  localities.  The  specimens  collected  by  Mr.  Viereck 
are  in  the  collection  of  the  Academy  of  Natural  Sciences  of 
Philadelphia.  In  the  future  we  hope  to  have  aid  from  our 
subscribers  in  the  selection  of  each  year's  insect. 


lAmnophila  aspidoptera  Coquillett. 


29 


30  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NE^S.  Qan.,  'o6 

Notes   and   Nevsrs. 

BNTOMOLOOICAL  0LBANIN08  FROM   ALL  QUABTBBS 

OF    THE    GLOBE. 

Nomenclature  of  Certain  North  American  Odonata. — Recent 
work  on  the  **  Biolog^a  Central!- Americana  "  has  directed  my  attention 
to  questions  of  nomenclature  of  some  familiar  North  American  species 
as  follows  : 

1.  Hagen,  in  his  Synopsis  of  1861,  gave,  as  one  of  the  species  of 
Libellula^  L.  luctuosa  Burm.,  and  placed  L.  basalisS^Ly  as  a  synonym 
thereof.  In  his  Synopsis  of  1875,  he  gave  basalis  Say  as  the  name  of  the 
species  and  placed  luctuosa  Burm.  as  the  synonym,  and  American  authors 
since  have  followed  his  later  example.  Hagen's  reversal  was  apparently 
due  to  a  change  in  his  ideas  as  to  the  relative  priority  of  Burmeister's 
and  Say's  names,  both  of  which  were  published  in  1839.  On  this  question 
I  have  no  fuller  information  than  that  given  by  Hagen  in  Psyche,  v, 
P>  369,  but  the  correct  name  of  this  species  now  appears  to  be  ascertain- 
able on  other  grounds.  Mr.  Kirby,  in  his  catalogue  of  1890,  p.  29,  uses 
luctuosa  as  the  name  of  the  species  and  basalis  as  the  synonym.  He 
does  not  indicate  his  reason  for  so  doing,  as  he  has  done  on  the  same 
page  in  the  case  of  axilena  vs.  lydia,  A  study  of  this  Catalogue,  how- 
ever, led  me  to  the  following  data  :  Newman,  in  1833,  described  Sympe^ 
trutn  basalis  (now  regarded  as  a  synonym  of  5".  sanguineum  Miiller, 
1764).  Stephens,  in  1835,  redescribed  Newman's  species  as  Libellula 
basalis  ;  consequently  both  Say's  Libellula  basalis  of  1839,  and  Libellula 
basalis  Burm.,  1839,  ^  name  for  a  still  different  species,  are  homonyms 
and  must  be  rejected.  The  proper  names  and  the  synonymy  of  the 
last  two  species  would  therefore  be — 

UbeUuU  Inctnosa  Burm.,  1839. 

Libellula  basalis  Say,  1839. 
Libellula  odiosa  Hagen,  1861. 
Belonia  luctuosa  et  odiosa  Kirby,  1890. 

Tramea  inoerU  (Ramb.,  1842). 

LibelJula  basalis  Burm.,  1839. 
Tramea  basalis  Kirby,  1890. 

2.  Hagen,  in  his  Synopsis  of  1861,  established  the  genera  Erythentis 
(p.  168),  under  which  stand  as  species:  i.  furcata  Hag.^  2  bicolor 
Erich.,  3.  longipes  Hag  y  and  Alesot/ientis  {p.  jyo)  \nc\udmg  i.  simpli- 
cicollis  Say,  2.  collocata  Hag.,  3.  corrupta  Hag.,  4.  illota  Hag.,  5. 
attala  Selys,  6.  mithra  Selys,  7.  longipennis  Burm.  He  did  not  spe- 
cify a  type-species  for  either  genus.  This  was  first  done  by  Mr.  Kirby, 
in  his  Revision  of  the  Libellulinae  of  1889,  in  which  he  named  bicolor  as 
the  type  of  Erythentis,  and  simplicicollis  as  that  of  Mesothemis,  Bicolor 
is  a  synonym  of  peruviana  Ramb.,  and  between  this  species  and  simpli- 
cicoUis   I   can   find   no  differences  of  generic  value.     Both  peruviana 


Jan.,  *o6]  fiNTOMOLOGlCAL   NEWS.  3I 

(bico/or)  and  simplicicollis  must  be  placed  in  the  same  genus,  and  as 
Erythemis  precedes  Mesothetnis  in  Hagen's  work,  Erythemis  must  be 
the  name  of  that  genus.  Consequently  a  very  familiar  dragonfly  of  the 
United  States  must  be  styled  Erythemis  simplicicollis  (Say). 

A  different  conclusion  will  be  drawn  by  those  who  take  the  first  species 
enumerated  under  a  new  generic  name  as  the  type  thereof.  Furcata 
Hagen  is  generically  different  from  bicolor  Erichs.  and  is  a  Cannacria 
Kirby.  To  the  "  first  species  =  type"  school,  simplicicollis  will  remain 
a  Mesothetnis,  and  Cannacria  will  disappear  as  a  synonym  of  Erythemis. 
Present  rules,  however,  would  appear  to  favor  the  preceding  view,  which 
is  that  which  has  been  adopted  for  the  *  Biologia.' 

3.  I  merely  mention  that  in  the  *  Biologia'  return  has  been  made  to 
the  original  spelling  ^shna,  instead  of  the  later  jEschna. 

Philip  P.  Calvert. 

Correction  to  the  List  of  New  England  Odonata.— In  the 
recently  (October,  1905)  published  list  of  New  England  Odonata  (Occa- 
sional Papers,  Boston  Soc.  Nat.  Hist ,  vii,  Fauna  of  New  England  .6. 
List  of  the  Odonata),  I  included  Argia  apicalis  (Say)  on  the  authority 
of  the  late  Prof.  Harvey.  Prof.  Harvey's  record  was  published  in  the 
News,  ii,  p.  51.  Mr.  E.  B.  Williamson,  who  recently  acquired  part  of 
Prof.  Harvey's  collection,  writes  me  as  follows  :  *'Isee  Arg.  apicalis  is 
recorded  from  New  England  on  Harvey's  collecting.  You  will  notice  in 
Harvey's  record  in  Ent.  News  that  this  specimen  was  taken  same  date 
and  place  2iS putrida.  A  few  days  ago  I  started  to  list  the  Harvey  collec- 
tion .  .  .  and  I  find  a  9  Argia  labelled  by  him  apicalis,  date  as  recorded 
in  Ent.  News,  associated  in  box  with  299,  unlabelled.  All  three  are 
very  adult  specimens  oiputrida.  As  you  have  probably  noticed,  the  very 
adult  9  9  of  putrida  become  pearly-blue  like  apicalis  and  not  a  dense, 
dingy-white  pruinose  like  old  males."  Apicalis  is  consequently  to  be 
stricken  from  the  list,  until,  as  is  likely,  it  be  found  in  New  England. — 
Philip  P.  Calvert. 

Rare  Ohio  Lepidoptera.— I  send  a  few  records  of  rare  captures 
which  may  be  of  interest.  On  July  2nd,  1905,  I  took  a  fresh  specimen  of 
CaUphelis  borealis^  and  on  October  3rd  a  torn  specimen  of  Catopsilia 
eubuU^  both  new  to  this  locality.  While  bush-beating  for  larvae  on  linden  I 
got  a  larva,  which  hatched  out  on  August  3rd  a  fine  ^f  of  Thecla  m-album. 
Only  once  before  has  this  been  taken  here.  I  saw  in  the  News  that 
Eros  aurora  had  been  taken  in  numbers  in  the  East.  On  September 
17th,  around  two  rotten  stumps,  1  took  twenty-five  fresh  specimens,  and 
might  have  taken  more  if  it  had  not  set  in  to  rain.  I  took  several  more 
later.  Previous  to  this  I  only  had  one  specimen.  I  have  been  especially 
interested  in  the  Bombycidae  and  Geometridae.  and  the  past  season 
reared  quite  a  number  of  the  larvae  of  those  species. — G.  R.  Pilate,  321 
Forest  Avenue,  Dayton,  Ohio. 


32  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  Qan.,  'o6 

Our  criticism  of  the  hasty  publication  of  entomological  facts  has 
brought  us  a  letter  from  Mr.  Sherman  and  a  note  in  print  from  Miss 
Soule.  Both  make  the  excuse  that  literature  is  difficult  of  access.  It  is 
a  maxim  that  ignorance  of  the  law  excuses  no  one.  Ignorance  of  pre- 
vious work  should  result,  not  in  hasty  publication,  but  in  consultation  of 
someone  better  posted,  or  in  discreet  silence.  The  officers  of  the  U.  S. 
National  Museum  will  always  reply  to  questioners  seeking  information 
of  this  nature.  We  would  reply  to  Miss  Soule  that  we  have  no  objection 
to  **  popular"  articles  that  are  frankly  such  and  give  proper  credit  to 
antecedent  work. 

We  have  criticised  authors  for  hasty  and  uncritical  work  ;  but  there  is 
another  aspect  of  the  case.  What  is  the  condition  of  editorial  respon- 
sibility in  a  journal  that  accepts  these  articles  without  question  ? — Har- 
rison G.  DVAR. 

GuELPH,  Canada,  Dec.  9,  1905. 
Editor  News  :— 

I  must  confess  to  a  feeling  of  relief  upon  seeing  Dr.  Dyar  taken  to  task 
in  the  last  issue  of  the  News  by  both  Dr.  Skinner  and  Miss  Soule,  for 
it  shows  that  I  am  not  alone  in  my  dislike  for  unnecessary  and  caustic 
rebukes.  The  brief  article  which  I  recently  contributed  to  the  News  on 
the  pupating  habit  of  Harrisitnemna  irisignata  was  not  specially  in- 
tended for  use  as  a  leading  article,  but  even  if  it  did  so  appear  it  does 
not  seem  to  me  that  it  need  bring  out  any  severe  rebuke.  Two  other 
entomologists  kindly  wrote  me  immediately  after  the  appearance  of  the 
article  giving  me  the  information  I  needed,  and  which  I  asked  for,  while 
Dr.  Dyar  published  a  brief  and  caustic  rebuke  a  month  later,  so  that  it 
was  of  no  help  to  me  whatever.  I  do  not  see  the  use  of  one  being  so 
anxious  to  critizise  every  imaginary  or  real  mistake.  I  wrote  Dr.  Dyar 
a  personal  letter  containing  much  the  same  sentiments  expressed  in  Miss 
Soule's  note,  and  had  no  intention  of  taking  this  matter  into  print  and 
only  do  so  now  lest  my  reticence  in  the  matter  should  be  misunderstood. 
If  anyone  will  read  my  article  in  the  News  for  October,  I  think  he  will 
agree  that  Dr.  Dyar's  remarks  in  the  issue  for  November  are  needlessly 
harsh,  if  not  altogether  uncalled  for.— Franklin  Sherman,  Jr. 

We  can't  refrain  from  noticing  Dr.  Dyar's  criticism  as  it  is  so  mani- 
festly unjust.  We  were  not  previously  aware  that  the  law  and  entomol- 
ogy were  on  a  par,  but,  as  Dr.  Dyar  says  they  are,  that  is  the  end  of  it. 
If  writers  for  the  News  wish  to  submit  their  articles  to  the  officers  of  the 
U.  S.  National  Museum  we  offer  no  objection.  That  the  polyphemus 
moth  has  stemmed  and  stemless  cocoons  has  been  known  to  the 
Editor  of  the  News  for  at  least  thirty  years,  and,  moreover,  he  published 
the  fact  six  years  before  the  citation  given  by  Dr.  Dyar.  He  is  also  aware 
that  the  same  thing  was  published  in  1797,  and  by  later  writers,  includ- 
ing Dr.  Riley,  in  the  Missouri  Reports.  The  writer  wrote  to  Miss 
Soule  stating  he  had  found  many  such  cocoons,  but  as  he  was  interested 
in  her  studies  of  the  matter  and  thought  other  News  readers  would 


Jan.,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  33 

be  also,  he  put  the  article  in  the  News.  Miss  Soule  has  a  love 
for  natural  history  and  her  endeavor  to  find  out  the  distribution 
of  the  stemmed  and  stemless  cocoon  is  most  praiseworthy.  She 
gives  her  experience  with  cocoons  in  Eastern  New  York,  Massa- 
chusetts, New  Hampshire  and  Vermont,  and  the  pith  of  the  whole 
matter  is  in  the  concluding  paragraph  on  page  175  of  vol.  xvi.  We 
are  not  greatly  troubled  by  Dr.  Dyar's  remarks  on  "The  condition  of 
editorial  responsibility,'*  as  the  success  of  the  News  shows.  We  pub- 
lish in  the  News  what  we  think  of  interest  to  its  readers,  and  the  assump- 
tion that  everything  is  new  and  that  if  it  is  not  it  is  due  to  ignorance 
of  the  facts  on  the  part  of  the  editors  is  preposterous.  We  don't  live 
on  ice  water.  We  were  also  aware  that  the  life  history  of  Harrisimemna 
trisignaia  had  been  studied  by  a  number  of  entomologists,  but  as  the 
article  on  that  subject  interested  our  readers  and  brought  valuable  com- 
ment we  are  also  satisfied  on  that  score.  Our  space  is  too  valuable  and 
limited  to  publish  a  bibliography  with  each  article. — H.  S. 

T.  Polyphemus  Cocoons. — In  answer  to  my  question  about  the  forms 
oi  polyphetnus  cocoons,  I  have  had  many  interesting  letters  whose  reports 
I  ^ive  briefly. 

From  Massachussetts,  Rhode  Island,  Connecticut  and  Vermont  *'  no 
stems  "  were  reported  ;  "  never  heard  of  one  with  a  stem  "  being  added 
more  than  once. 

Delaware,  New  York,  and  Pennsylvania  report  both  forms,  sometimes 
one  given  as  predominating,  sometimes  the  other. 

One  collector  in  New  Jersey  gives  figures :  out  of  20,000  cocoons  but 
200  had  stems. 

Missouri  has  both  forms  according  to  two  collectors  ;  all  stems,  accord- 
ing to  one,  all  stems  except  one  specimen,  according  to  another. 

Indiana — all  stems  except  one  specimen 

Ohio — all  stems,  "even  when  spun  in  a  cage,"  one  student  writes. 

From  Canada  a  small  percentage  of  stems  is  reported,  and  this  form  is 
thought,  by  two  persons,  to  be  made  by  diseased  or  parasitized  larva; 
in  Canada. 

Cocoons  with  stems,  sent  me  from  the  West,  gave  superb  moths,  but 
two  similar  ones  gave  parasites,  indicating  that  these  have  no  connection 
with  the  form  of  cocoon. 

Of  couise,  these  reports  are  not  enough  to  justify  any  theory,  and  the 
reports  from  any  state  might  be  balanced  by  the  experience  of  collectors 
who  have  not  sent  any  information,  so  there  is  nothing  final  reached. 

One  interesting  fact  was  given.  A  collector  wrote  that  the  form  with 
stems  was  always  found  on  maples  on  the  streets  of  towns,  while  the 
stemless  form  was  found  in  the  woods,  either  on  the  ground  or  spun 
against  the  trunk  or  branch  of  a  tree.  The  same  difTerence  was  noted  by 
two  other  jjersuns,  one  of  whom  suggested  that  the  suspension  might  be 
l>ccause  in  the  streets  the  leaves  on  the  ground  were  cleared  away  in  the 
autumn.— Caroline  Gray  Soule. 


^4  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  Qan.,  *o6 

Strategus  injuring  date-palms.— Professor  R.  H.  Forbes  recently 
sent  me  a  fine  male  Strategus  julianus^  which  he  reported  as  eating 
roots  of  date  palms  in  Arizona.  I  am  indebted  to  Mr.  Fall  for  assist- 
ance in  determining  the  species.  In  Alabama,  5".  antaus  has  been 
reported  to  injure  peach  roots  (r/".  Bull.  22,  Div.  Ent.,  Dep.  Agr.,  p.  105. 
— t.  d.  a.  cockerell. 

The  Distribution  of  Heliconius  Charitonius  Linnaeus  in  the 
United  States. — That  this  distinctly  tropical  butterfly  has  a  wider 
range  within  the  United  States  than  has  heretofore  been  assigned  to 
it  by  authors  has  come  to  the  knowledge  of  the  writer.  One  of  his 
valued  correspondents,  residing  in  Waco,  Texas,  informs  him  in  a  recent 
letter  that  he  has  captured  three  specimens  of  the  insect  at  the  latter 
place,  and  he  is  further  informed  by  one  of  his  assistants,  who  was  long 
resident  in  Kansas,  that  he  himself  has  seen  several  specimens  in  the 
possession  of  local  collectors  in  Kansas,  which  were  taken  in  the  southein 
part  of  that  State.  That  these  specimens  taken  in  Kansas  are  individuals 
which  strayed  northward  is  no  doubt  true,  but  that  the  insect  occurs  in 
considerable  numbers  as  far  north  as  central  Texas  is  proved  by  recent 
observations.  If  occurring  as  far  north  as  Kansas,  it  may  also  well 
occur,  and  undoubtedly  does  occur,  in  Louisiana,  and  possibly  also  as  a 
straggler  in  Arkansas.- -W.  J.  Holland. 

Insect  Galls. — There  has  just  come  to  hand  a  very  useful  and  nicely- 
illustrated  paper  on  the  "Insect  galls  of  Indiana,"  written  by  Dr.  M.  T. 
Cook  (who  is  now  in  Cuba),  and  published  by  the  Department  of  Geo- 
logy and  Natural  Resources  of  Indiana.  It  is  much  to  be  hoped  that 
this  paper  will  stimulate  interest  in  this  rather  neglected  subject,  which 
in  Europe  has  such  a  large  following  that  a  journal  is  published,  devoted 
exclusively  to  it.  While  we  must  confess  that  galls  have  received 
only  a  small  fraction  of  the  attention  they  deserve  in  this  country, 
we  must  protest  against  the  idea  prevalent  in  some  quarters  that  nothing 
has  been  done.  On  two  different  occasions.  Dr.  Bessey  referred  (in  Sci- 
ence) to  Dr.  Cook's  papers  as  if  they  constituted  practically  the  first  lit- 
erature on  galls  in  America.  Even  Dr.  Cook  himself,  although  he 
announces  that  he  is  working  on  a  monograph  of  the  insect-galls  of  North 
America,  states  that  Coccid  galls  have  only  been  reported  from  Austra- 
lia, whereas  they  are  known  from  the  United  States,  Ceylon,  South 
Africa,  etc. 

I  notice  that  Dr.  Cook  retams  the  name  Pemphigus  vagabundus  Walsh, 
for  the  gall  on  cottonwood  usually  known  by  this  name.  OestUind 
(Aphididae  of  Minnesota,  1887,  p.  22)  showed  that  this  was  not  the  true 
vagabundus  of  Walsh,  but  did  not  propose  a  new  name.  I  propose  that 
the  P.  vagabundus  of  Oestlund,  described  in  the  place  cited,  be  known 
as  Pemphigus  osstlundi.  It  is  found  as  far  west  as  Colorado.  Walsh's 
species  is  probably  unrecognizable. — T.  D.  A.  Cockerell. 


Jan.,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  35 

A  FEATHERED  wortti  has  made  its  appearance  in  different  parts  of  the 
State  of  North  Carolina,  and  a  number  of  people  have  been  made  very 
ill  by  its  bite. 

The  insect  is  not  unlike  a  white  earth  worm,  but  has  a  covering  of 
brown  down,  similar  to  that  of  a  young  bird.  Its  bite  is  so  poisonous 
that  in  a  few  seconds  after  receiving  the  wound  the  victim  swells  enor- 
mously and  displays  symptoms  not  unlike  those  of  a  snake  bite. 

The  worm  feeds  on  maple  trees  and  rose  bushes.  Its  presence  on  the 
latter  accounts  for  the  number  of  women  victims.  No  one  is  able  to 
classify  the  insect.  Several  specimens  are  being  prepared  for  shipment 
to  Washington  for  examination  to  establish  its  identity. — New  York  Times. 


•«a»i 


Doings  of  Societies. 

The  October  meeting  of  the  Newark  Entomological  Society 
was  held  on  the  8th,  with  President  Keller  in  the  chair  and  24 
members  present. 

Messrs.  J.  Schmich,  M.  Schulze  and  B.  Porter  were  proposed 
and  elected  to  membership. 

The  following  captures  were  reported  : 

Arctia  rectilinea,  by  Mr.  Wormsbacher. 

Melanomma  auricindaria  (Lep.)  and  Catocala  relicta  at  New- 
ark, by  Mr.  Broadwell. 

Mr.  Buchholz  exhibited  a  S  of  Argynnis  idalia,  caught 
by  himself  at  Plainfield,  N.  J.,  with  primaries  almost  black  ; 
secondaries  entirely  black  on  top  and  marginal  row  of  silvery 
spots  underneath  absent ;  submarginal  row  almost  wanting 
and  inner  ones  greatly  reduced. 

Semiophora  janualis,  AgroHs  geniculata,  Porosagrotis  murcB- 
nule,  Mamestra  laudabilis  and  Acronycta  tritona  at  Lakehurst, 
N.  J.,  were  reported  by  Messrs.  Keller  and  Buchholz. 

After  adjournment  of  the  business  meeting  the  21st  anni- 
versary of  the  Society  was  celebrated  ;  a  good  supper  and 
refre.shments  were  amply  provided  for  by  the  committee  in 
charge.  The  music  was  furnished  by  Professors  Weidt  and 
Wormsbacher  and  an  all  around  good  humor  prevailed  until 
the  end. 

The  November  meeting  of  the  Newark  Entomological  So- 
ciety was  held  on  the  12th,  with  President  Keller  in  the  chair 
and  13  members  present. 

The  officers'  election  resulted  as  follows :     President,  Mr, 


36  ENTOMOLOGICAL   SEWS,  QaO.,  '06 

Geo.  J.  Keller,  re-elected  :  Vice  President.  Mr.  H.  H.  Brchme ; 
Secretary.  Mr.  Otto  Buchholz.  re-elected  :  Treasurer,  Mr.  S. 
Seib,  re-elected  :  Librarian.  Mr.  \Vm.  Broad  well,  re-elected ; 
Cora  tor  ^hcp.j,  Mr.  J.  B.  Angelman.  re-elected;  Curator 
''Col.;.  Mr.  E.  A.  Bischoff.  re-elected. 

Mr.  Wasmuth  exhibited  some  rare  specimens  of  Lepidoptera; 
am^mg  them  were  :  Sphinx  franckii.  Sphinx  canadensis^  EUema 
coniferarum  (\2iXV'at},  Papilio  philenor  wasmuthi^  9  of  Arciia 
nevadensi%,  Catocala  elda  and  a  9  of  Argynnis  nokomis. 

Mr.  Buchholz  had  specimens  of  a  new  species  of  Acronyda 
caught  at  Elizal^eth,  N.  J.  Otto  Buchholz,  Secretary. 


Minutes  of  meeting  of  Brooklyn  Entomological  S<xnet>'.  held 
at  the  residence  of  Mr.  George  Franck,  1040  DeKalb  avenue, 
Brooklyn,  X.  Y.,  on  October  5,  1905.  Eighteen  persons  pres- 
ent, the  president  in  the  chair.  Mr.  James  Lever,  of  Brook- 
lyn, was  duly  elected  a  meml^er. 

Prof.  John  B.  Smith  gave  an  outline  of  the  work  connected 
with  the  extermination  of  mosquitoes  in  Staten  Island  and  the 
adjacent  Long  Island  .salt  marshes,  with  photographs  showing 
apparatus  and  localities.  Investigation  had  proved  that  in  the 
spring  of  1905,  Culex  sollicitans  did  not  breed  in  New  Jersey, 
but  did  breed  on  Staten  Island,  from  whence  the  insects  had 
been  traced  in  their  flight  to  the  Orange  Mts.  and  thence  to 
Madison  and  Morristown,  N.  J.  It  became  essential  therefore 
that  action  should  be  taken  by  the  New  York  City  authorities, 
who  had  accordingly,  upon  application,  appropriated  $17,000, 
based  on  the  report  and  estimate  of  Mr.  Brehme,  who  had  ex- 
amined the  conditions  on  the  Island.  This  sum  had  been  further 
reduced  on  adverti.sed  bids  to  $15,500  and  the  work  of  elimina- 
ting mos<iuito  breeding  areas  there  was  rapidly  progressing. 
The  Brooklyn  City  Railroad  Company  was  also  greatly  aiding 
in  the  matter  by  removing  ashes  on  specially  constructed  box 
cars,  each  car  conveying  four  giant  ash  cans  holding  many 
tons  of  material,  which,  by  means  of  cranes,  was  expeditiously 
dumped  upon  the  Coney  Island  and  Gravesend  marshes, 
whereby,  not  only  was  the  refuse  promptly  taken  away,  but 
much  worthless  meadow  was  being  reclaimed  aud  made  val^ 


Jan.,  *o6]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  37 

uable  and  inddentally  the  breeding  places  of  mosquitoes  were 
becoming  greatly  diminished. 

Professor  Smith  further  explained  that  the  unusual  freedom 
from  mosquitoes  which  large  sections  of  Long  Island  enjoyed 
the  past  summer  was  due  to  the  lack  of  rain  during  the  pre- 
vious spring  and  the  consequent  drying  up  of  pools  and 
marshes  to  such  an  extent  that  subsequent  showers  proved 
insuflScieut  to  provide  moisture  enough  for  the  development  of 
the  eggs  and  larvae. 

Mr.  Wasmuth  exhibited  a  fine  series  of  Apantesis  oithona 
and  variation  recttlinea,  the  latter  heretofore  recorded  only 
from  the  Mississippi  Valley,  which  he  had  found  resting  on 
grass  stems  in  a  field  near  Woodhaven,  L.  I.,  about  May  15. 

Mr.  H.  H.  Newcomb,  of  Boston,  being  present,  gave  the 
Society  much  interesting  information  concerning  the  progress 
of  things  entomological  and  collections  in  that  city. 

Archibald  C.  Weeks,  Secretary, 


A  stated  meeting  of  the  Feldman  Collecting  Social,  of 
Philadelphia,  was  held  November  15,  1905,  11  members  pres- 
ent. 

Mr.  Laurent  exhibited  specimens  of  Erannis  tiliaria  and 
Euchlaena  obiusaria,  taken  at  Mount  Airy,  Philadelphia.  The 
first-named  species  was  not  in  Mr.  Laurent's  list  of  Pennsyl- 
vania moths  published  some  time  ago. 

Mr.  Daecke  stated  that  he  had  received  a  communication 
from  Professor  Hine  in  which  he  reports  a  typical  specimen  of 
Chrysops  amazon  from  New  Hampshire.  Mr.  Daecke  also 
exhibited  specimens  of  Rhagoletis  pomonella,  bred  on  huckle- 
berry. 

A  few  overripe  huckleberries  infested  by  small  dipterous 
larvae  were  collected  at  Da  Costa,  N.  J.,  Aug.  16,  1904.  The 
larvae  went  into  the  ground  to  pupate.  One  imago  emerged 
May  31st,  1905,  and  proved  to  be  Rhagoletis pomonella  Walsh, 
belonging  to  the  family  Trypetidoe.  The  larva  is  the  well- 
known  apple  maggot. 

Mr.  Wenzel  exhibited  the  work  of  a  Scolvtid  in  roots  of 
huckleberry.  The  species  is  Corihylus  punctatissiwus,  taken  by 


38  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  [J^^-*  *^^ 

Mr.  Wenzel,  Jr.,  on  October  22nd,  at  Cape  May  Court  House. 
This  is  the  only  subterranean  Scolytid  known. 

Mr.  H.W.  Wenzel  exhibited  a  collection  of  Coleoptera,  made 
by  H.  Wenzel,  Jr.,  on  Tybee  island,  on  the  coast  of  Georgia, 
during  the  latter  part  of  July,  approximating  3,000  speci- 
mens. The  collection  contained  a  great  number  of  very 
interesting  species.  Carabidae  were  rarely  found  on  the 
ground.  A  species  of  Gelasimus  (fiddeler  crab)  is  sole  pro- 
prietor of  all  soil  in  the  woods.  In  going  over  the  collection 
the  speaker  dwelt  on  the  following  species  :  By  beating  trees, 
Pterostichus  subtnarginatus,  Plochionus  amandus,  and  other 
Carabidae  were  found.  Among  the  Histeridae  a  beautiful 
blue  species  near  Paromalus — probably  a  new  species.  In  the 
Elateridae  several  very  interesting  species — Dendrocharis  flavi- 
comis,  Stethon  errans.  Nematodes  pavidus  ;  a  species  near  Mono- 
crepidius,  unknown  to  the  speaker,  was  found  at  night  on 
the  sand  hills  near  the  beach  ;  this  is  a  pale  unicolored  insect. 
In  Buprestidae — Xenorhipes  brendeli^  Adenodes  auronotaius  and 
other  species.  Drapetes  geviinatus  and  D.  rubricollis.  In  Cler- 
idae  Hydnocera  aegra  and  other  species.  Ptinidae — twenty 
species  were  taken,  including  several  species  recently  described 
by  Mr.  Fall.  In  Scarabaeidfe,  a  number  of  species,  Lachnos- 
terna  glaberrima  being  common.  Cerambycidae  are  repre- 
sented by  a  number  of  species.  Lypsimeyia  fuscata  in  numbers 
showing  a  great  difference  in  size.  Chrysomelidae  represented 
by  a  number  of  species.  Druchus  coryphae  and  B,  cruentatus^ 
the  former  a  most  beautiful  species,  in  numbers.  Tenebrio- 
nidae  not  numerous,  Platydema  cyanescens,  a  fine  species  was 
taken.  Oedemeridae,  Mordellidae  and  Anthici  are  represented, 
Formicomus  scitidus  a  beautiful  little  species  was  found  com- 
mon with  Mecynotarsus  candidus  and  Aiithiais  pallens.  The 
Curculionidae  are  well  represented,  especially  Conotrachelus 
and  allied  genera,  probably  one  or  two  new  species.  Scoly- 
tidae  not  numerous.     Anthribidae  are  well  represented. 

A  complete  list  of  all  species  found  on  Tybee  Island  by  Dr. 
Castle  and  Mr.  Wenzel  will  be  published  in  Entomological 
News. 

F.  Haimbach,  Secretary, 


1906].  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS. 

EXCHANGES. 

Not  Kzoeeding  Three  lilnes  Free  to  Subscrlbvrti. 


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. 


Ova  wanted. — I  will  pay  3  cents  each  for  any  number  up  to  100  of 
fertile  eggs  of  Enchcetisa  Orgenensis  accompanied  by  the  parent  female. 
— H.  H.  Lyman,  384  St.  Paul  Street,  Montreal,  Canada. 

1  have  many  hne  specimens  of  Entomology  in  papers  left  over  from 
last  season  and  will  exchange  and  collect  in  this  locality  for  Southern 
and  Western  specimens. — C.  H.  Ross,  Des  Moines,  Iowa. 

Wanted  to  Exchange.— Butterflies  and  moths  from  every  country  in 
the  world.  Many  beautiful  foreign  specimens  to  exchange.  California 
specimens  in  large  quantities. — R.  C.  Winslow,  Santa  Clara,  California. 

Wanted.— Insect  Life,  Vol.  iii,  2,  4,  11,  12  ;  iv,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10 ;  v,  3, 
4  ;  vi,  3.  Also  other  works  on  economic  entomology  not  in  my  library. 
Will  pay  cash  or  exchange. — J.  C.  Crawford,  Box,  208,  Dallas,  Texas. 

Wanted. — Records  of  Captures  of  Connecticut  insects— especially  the 
rarer  species — for  the  preparation  of  a  State  list.  Orthoptera  and  Hymen- 
optera  records  desired  at  once.  — W.  E.  Britton,  State  Entomologist,  New 
Haven,  Conn. 

Wanted  mounted  humming  birds  and  other  brilliant  colored  birds,  in 
exchange  for  rare  exotic,  native  butterflies  and  moths,  cocoons  of  Cea- 
nothi^  Gloveri  and  pupse  and  cocoons  of  other  species. — C.  F.  Timm, 
170  Bleeker  St.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

CiclndelidK  of  the  world  desired.  Good  exchange  offered. — H.  F. 
Wickham,  Iowa  City,  Iowa. 

Wanted. — Specimens  and  data  concerning  parasitism  by  Strepsiptera 
(Stylopidae).    Correspondence  solicited. — W.  Dwight  Pierce,  Box  208 
Dallas,  Texas. 

Coleoptera.- Many  rare  species  offered  in  exchange.— Geo.  W.  Bock, 
M.D.,  1 22 1  Morrisson  Ave.,  St.  Louis,  Missouri. 

I  have  the  life  history  m  Riker  mounts  of  Alaria  florida,  Uiethesia 
hella^  Synchloe  genutia,  Vanessa  to  and  others  for  exchange. — Carl  llg, 
2530  Douglas  St.,  Phila.,  Pa. 

Wanted  for  cash,  100  A,  ceanolAi  cocoons. — Geo.  Kircher,  136  Grace 
St.,  Jersey  City,  N.  J. 

Luna  cocoons  in  exchange  for  exotic  Lepidoptera. — M.  F.  Reyher, 
1601  Willington  St.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Cocoons  of  5".  cynihia^  A.  prontethea  and  A.  cecropia  in  large  or  small 
quantity  to  exchange  for  other  North  American  pupae  or  Ltpidoptera  in 
papt-rs. — John  H.  West,  22.^5  E.  Letterly  St..  Phila.,  Pa 

Coleoptera — Aleocharidie  of  the  world  wanted.  Will  give  good  ex- 
change in  California  Coleoptera. — A.  Fenyes,  M.D,  Pasadena,  Cal. 

Correspondence  wanted,  especially  from  Southern  and  Western 
States,  Central  and  South  America  in  order ;  to  exchange  living  pupae  and 
cocoons,  also  butterfties  and  moths  in  papes. — Herman  J.  Erb,  Union 
Hill.  New  Jersey. 

Wanted  — Cocoons  and  pupae  of  North  American  Lepidoptera  for 
cash  or  exchange. — Amer.  Ent.  Co  ,  1040  DeKalk  Ave  .  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

I  have  for  exchange  perfect  examples  of  Baileya  ophfhalmica^  Scope!- 
soma  devia^  tristigmata^  Xylina  grotei,  and  many  other  local  species 
of  Lepidoptera  for  exchange — Fred.  Marloff,  Oak  Station  P.O.,  Alle- 
gheny Co.,  Pa. 


ti  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  [Jan-i 

Specimens  of  the  genus  Necrophorus  from  all  parts  of  the  United 
States;  will  pve  good  exchanges  in  other  Coleoptera— J.  O.  Martin,  Wil- 
braham,  Mass. 

For  Bxchange. — Pupae  of  Smerinthus  geminatus^  Dolba  kyiaeus, 
Papilio  ajaXy  Eac/es  imperialis  and  cocoons  of  Telea  polyphanus. — R.  R. 
Rowley,  Louisiana,  Mo. 

Wanted.— Records  of  Ontario  insects,  for  compilation  of  list.  Please 
give  authentic  data  and  indicate  source  of  identifications.  Lists  of  SHnaller 
orders  and  Neuropteroids  wanted  at  once. — Franklin  Sherman,  Jr.,  Dept. 
Ent.  Ont.  Agr.  Col.,  Ciuelph,  Canada. 

Lepidoptera :  Exchange  for  specimens  new  to  my  collection.  Ejiotics 
also  accepted. — A.  Troschel,  853  Irving  Park  Boulevard,  Chicago,  Illinois. 

Locality  Pin  Labels,  25c  i%oo 

PostnKe  nlw.iys  extra,  and  Cash  or  Stamps 
mu'^t  :icci>mpiitiy  urdcr.  which  will  bedehv- 
ercd  ill  ten  il:iys.  Special  labels:— 2  lines, 
vw:  M :  ;  line.  45c  m: 4  line.  50c  m.  Ksti mates 
mrnished  on  every  variety  of  Printing,"  " 


The  Wiegner  Printery 
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THE  CELEBRATED  ORIGINAL  DUST  AND  PEST-PROW 

METAL  CASES 

FOR  SCHMITT  BOXES 

Described  in  "ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS,"  pagre  177,  Vol.  XV 

MANUFACrrURKD  AND  FOR  8ALK  BY 

BROCK  BROS.,  Harvard  Square,  Cambridge,  Mass. 

TKY  OUR  NEW   IDEA  COiHPRESSED  CORK.    BEST  AUD 

CHEAPEST   IN  THE  MARKET. 
SEND   FOR  SAMPLE  AND  PRICE  LIST. 

H.  H.  BREHME,  No.  44  MERCER  STREET,  NEWARK,  N.  J. 

F=OR  SKL-E. 

Haviiit;  iiuurred  uiiiisual  »'X|mii«v«.'«;  fur  ihv  C'>1K'»  tinjij  eviH'dilions  (if  the  p:i5t  >'car,  I  offer  the 
iollowiiiK,  t'lnrfly  <'»h  Imn*.-  (.'outit> .  Atizotia.  C'ole«>pli'i:i  t>»r  sale  : — Cicindela  scutfllaris^  lo;  nigt^ 
ttrrult'ii,  50;  f*ulihtii,  i.^  :  f>i»ift  iiiho.  i.-fi;  /»i»ii>mi.  ^^f.  /u/trnfii,  i";  tt'ttNi'sifiMaia,  2^\  samlcyi. 
15;  hiimiitii.  js  ;  intiuMi,  ,\f .  IttHni.u  iit,t.  ;it.  «/m  f^//'■w.^M,  75;  4ipini'!<.  ^5;  c  ire  Mmp  icig,  15;  /gw- 
phila.  2f^:  fitrniift  i /i^ici-  ii.  ^-i  f-  />nn,  ft:fii.  ^•>:  /',>.'/>.  >.  fif/,i  rafntafa.  y^\  Anatis  ir  *  '^'rt.  Jj; 
Chahnlr/>itiiu^  .ir^hii.  :o ;  <  ".  w«,/>  ,7;;. ///.-.•/ v.  1  (»■;  /'m/, •/>/>>, i  :ir^fiii.  75;  ( 'A/;vjf*A»AL  .»  ^mmaia, 
.>.»*> ;  /'iiAi  '■^/^/  :'i't!'i  •>.  7^  :  /.  »*/</'./.  /  </  .:";/•//.  .■.'//•,  \>> :  run  ihi'-  .y-\  mima,  75 ;  aliciar,  75;  rfiJ- 
/«Mi/i/,75.  l.\iU\  r>  t  n.ihi'  ■  :i  7^ ;  /;. ■./.'■;./»  //."//  ft. ••>,-=<,  J\i,,^^  i^i  /iiMt/'i't  a,  2. 00;  Oncid^rfs 
/m,-//(j//4>,  Thiitnsi.ii  nuw  {>>  iIm  linuil  Sl.it«s  .iml  tin-  i"iiii-<i  luiii^icinn  I  ever  look).  3.00.  or.Sjoo 
tor  a  pair;  Struii^f>hri,ns  /'/>!■:.•/.'.  i.i«",  .1/.  c*^'''-^''""''* /v'.V'U'^  7"^ !  - '  w'.Ai  Wfir^i7/t»jta,  i.oo.  Ten 
pel  tent.  ili*;<  oiml  lii»in  llie  aU>\^  iiriie"^  -m  nul.-r- «  \i  ee'lini:  ji<.>'.  Setul  fnr  complete  list  (if 
i^im  siKt  ii-s  Ni'iili  Aintiii.iii  ('ii"<  ■  ipiria  fi»i  t\«  li.mt^.  ini  Nurili  .\in<-ri<'an  siiccies,  cir  for  >alc. 
Lists  ill  oilu  I  titili  r-  <•!  ni.-«t  t-s  .ir«-  1"  111^  j't-  p.ii'  il. 

F.  H.  SNOW,  LAWRENCE,  KANSAS. 


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ILLUSTRATIONS  OF 

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RARE  ARIZONA  INSECTS  FOR  SALE 

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ii  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  Qan., 

Specimens  of  the  genus  Necrophorus  from  all  parts  of  the  United 
States;  will  give  good  exchanges  in  other  Coleoptera— J.  O.  Martin,  Wil- 
braham,  Mass. 

For  Exchangee. — Pupae  of  Smerinthus  geminaiuSy  Dolba  hylaeus^ 
Papilioajaxy  Eacles  impetialis  and  cocoons  oiTelea polyphetnus. — R.  R. 
Rowley,  Louisiana,  Mo. 

Wanted. — Records  of  Ontario  insects,  for  compilation  of  list.  Please 
give  authentic  data  and  indicate  source  of  identifications.  Lists  of  smaller 
orders  and  Neuropteroids  wanted  at  once. — Franklin  Sherman,  Jr.,  Dept. 
Ent.  Ont.  Agr.  Col.,  Guelph,  Canada. 

Lepidoptera :  Exchange  for  specimens  new  to  my  collection.  Exotics 
also  accepted. — A.  Trosche),  853  Irving  Park  Boulevard,  Chicago,  Illinois. 

locality  Pin  Labels,  25c  Aoo 

Postage  always  extra,  and  Cash  or  Stamps 
must  accompany  order,  which  will  be  dehv> 
ered  in  ten  days.  Special  Labels:— 2  lines, 
Asc  M:3line,  45CM;4line,  50CM.  Estimates 
^mished  on  every  variety  of  Printing  ^^ 

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MANUFACTURED  AND  FOR  SALE  BY 

BROCK  BROS.,  Harvard  Square,  Cambridge,  Mass. 

TRY  OUR  NEW   IDEA  COMPRESSED  CORK.    BEST  AND 

CHEAPEST   IN  THE  MARKET. 
SEND  FOR  SAMPLE  AND  PRICE  LIST. 

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F=OR  SKLE. 

Having  incurred  unusual  expenses  for  the  collecting  expeditions  of  the  past  year,  I  offer  Um 
following,  chiefly  Cochise  County,  Arizona,  Coleoptera  for  sale  -.—  Cicindela  scutellaris,  lo;  Mijiffv- 
cetruli'a,  50;  pulchra,  15;  pimeriana,  \.oo\  formosa,  20 \/ulgida,  10;  tmuisignata^  2$\  sauicyi,  ^ 
15;  hamata,  25;  knausii,2P\  Irmnisiata,  30,  arizonensis,  75;  apicalis,  25;  circumpictat  15 ; Pt^m- 
phila,  20;  hrrmorrhaji^ica,  50;  i6-putictata,  50;  Poipochita  capUata,  50;  Anatis^K^^ei^  ^; 
Chalcolrpidius  it'fhhii,  40;  C.  spuaraj^dinus,  1.00;  PsUoptera  ivfbbii,  75;  Chrysobo^f^^&immaiat 
2.00;  Polycesta  velasco,  75;  Acmo'odfta  ampiicoUis,  40;  mirabH\-  40;  mima,  75;  cutciae^  75;  dis- 
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CONTENTS: 


Daccke— On  the  Eye-Coloration  of  the 
Genus  Chnsops 39 

Wickham— The  Races  of  C  i  c  i  n  d  e  1  a 
tranquebarica  Hbst 43 

Coquillett — A  New  Tabanus  Related  to 
punctifer 48 

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Collecting  Small  Arthropods  Ra|)- 
idly  and  in  Great  Quantities 49 

De  la  Torre  Bucno — On  Some  Aquatic 
Hemiptera  from  Costa  Rica,  Cen- 
tral America 54 


Smith— Some  Notes  on  the  Bee  Genus 

Caupolicana 57 

Troop — A  New  Aphid 59 

Brues— A  New  Subaptcrous  Encyrtid. .  61 
Kellogg— A  Gigantic  New  Biting  Bird- 
Louse 6a 

Wellman— Observations  on  the  Biono- 
mics of  Auchmeromyia  luteola  Fab.  64 

Editorial 68 

Notes  and  News 69 

Doings  of  Societies 70 


On  the  Eyc-Coloration  of  the  Genus  Chrysops* 

By  E.  Daecke. 

(Plate  1.) 

Little  has  been  recorded  on  the  eye-maculation  of  Chry- 
sops,  yet  every  student  of  this  interesting  genus,  when  in 
doubt  of  where  to  place  a  specimen  will  examine  the  eyes  in 
order  to  obtain  additional  information  to  separate  it  from  its 
allied  forms. 

Baron  Osten-Sacken,  in  his  Prodrome,  Part  i,  page  369,  has 
briefly  referred  to  this  character. 

The  fact  that  the  design  disappears  as  soon  as  the  insect  is 
dried  makes  it  inconvenient  for  study,  and  to  relax  the  speci- 
men, which  will  bring  the  image  back  again  to  some  extent,  is 
done  at  the  risk  of  ruining  it.  This,  combined  with  the  fact 
that  the  design-variation  in  some  species  is  so  great  as  to  run 
into  and  correspond  with  that  of  other  species,  likely  has 
caused  students  to  carefully  avoid  writing  on  this  subject. 

The  vast  design-variation  in  the  species  renders  a  synoptic 


39 


40  feNTOMOLOGICAL  N£W5.  [Feb.,  'o6 

table  of  this  genus  by  this  character  impossible,  but  enough 
matter  of  value  remains  that  I  deem  it  expedient  to  offer  these 
remarks  accompanied  by  the  figures,  and  hope  that  it  may 
stimulate  to  further  research  in  this  direction. 

My  observations  were  mainly  made  on  the  New  Jersey 
species,  though  a  few  others,  so  far  not  recorded  from  New 
Jersey,  have  been  figured. 

The  figures  are  taken  from  females  except  Nos.  19,  32,  40 
and  43,  which  are  marked  i  . 

The  design  of  the  male  eye  necessarily  differs  from  that 
of  the  female.  The  male  eye  being  holoptic  the  design  is 
longer  and  drawn  toward  the  vertex.  As  a  rule  it  is  indistinct 
in  the  vertical  region  or  fades  away  entirely,  a  reddish  bronze 
lustre  frequently  taking  its  place.  The  upper  spot  near  the 
frontal  margin  is  seldom  recognizable.  The  middle  spot,  gen- 
erally present,  rarely  corresponds  in  shape  with  that  of  the 
female.  It  is  generally  elongated  toward  the  vertex,  in  which 
direction  it  frequently  loses  its  definite  contour.  In  C  callt- 
dus  the  shape  of  lower  frontal  spot  and  its  contiguity  to  the 
frontal  margin  (Fig.  19),  in  C.  moechus  the  arrow-head  (Fig. 
32)  betray  the  identity  with  their  respective  females.  The 
male/aZ/ajc  resembles  the  female  in  its  linear  shaft  which  is 
disconnected  from  the  arrow-head  and  occipital  border  (Fig. 
40).  On  account  of  their  scarcity  the  eyes  of  males  of  only  a 
few  species  have  been  studied. 

The  normal  eye  of  Chrysops  consists  of  six  purple  spots  on 
a  green  ground-color. 

1.  The  occipital  border,  generally  indentated  in  the  middle, 
along  the  occipital  margin. 

2.  The  arrow-head,  in  front  of  the  indentation  of  the  occip- 
ital border,  pointing  downward. 

3.  The  shaft,  either  attached  to  or  disconnected  from  the 
arrow-head,  upwards. 

4.  The  upper  frontal  spot     1 

5.  The  middle  frontal  spot    \  along  the  frontal  margin. 

6.  The  lower  frontal  spot     J 

It  does  not  matter  what  shape  these  spots  assume  or  in 
what  manner  they  combine  with  each  other,  these  six  spots 


Feb.,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  4I 

can  always  be  recognized  by  their  relative  positions.  There 
may  be  two,  three,  four,  five  or  all  connected  with  each  other, 
thus  it  will  happen  that  in  C  dimmocki  and  C.  Indus  all  spots 
are  connected  in  some  way.  Again  there  may  be  as  many 
as  ten  spots  (C  flavidus),  but  it  will  be  readily  seen 
that  this  greater  number  is  caused  by  the  subdivision  of  some 
of  the  above-named  maculations. 

The  arrow-head  and  middle  spot  either  coalesce  or  are  sep- 
arated in  the  same  species  (see  celer^  niger,  callidus,  dimmocki). 
The  same  may  be  said  of  arrow-head  and  occipital  border  be- 
low {nigrihimho y  dimmxfcki^  flavidus,  etc.)  The  coalescence  of 
upper  spot,  shaft  and  occipital  border  near  vertex  is  equally 
unreliable  as  a  distinguishing  character  {univitiatuSy  pudicus) 
but  the  connection  and  separation  of  border  and  occipital  mar- 
gin appear  to  be  singularly  permanent ;  thus  in  all  specimens 
examined  oiflavidus  the  occipital  border  is  separated  from  the 
margin,  while  in  brunneus,  a  closely  allied  species  ioflavidus, 
it  is  united  to  it.  (Fig.  6i  is  taken  from  a  New  Jersey  speci- 
men, Fig.  62  from  a  specimen  from  Ohio). 

The  eye  of  pudicus  resembles  that  of  brunneus,  here  the 
border  also  joins  the  occipital  margin,  but  the  middle  spot 
is  distinctly  different  from  that  of  brunneus.    See  figure. 

The  eyes  of  pudicus  and  cursim  seem  to  be  identical  in 
maculation.  Not  enough  specimens  of  cursim  were  procurable 
to  enable  me  to  come  to  a  definite  conclusion. 

In  brunneuSy  flavidus^  pudicus  and  cursim  the  shaft  is  always 
disconnected  from  arrow-head. 

Vittatus  has  its  border  joining  the  occipital  margin  ;  in  one 
case  only  it  was  found  to  be  partly  separated. 

All  specimens  examined  of  striatus  and  sequax  had  the  bor- 
der separated  from  the  occipital  margin. 

•  Niger  and  brimleyi  are  closely  allied  species  and  also  have  a 
strong  resemblance  in  their  eye-maculation.  In  brimleyi,  how- 
ever, the  maculation  is  very  much  heavier,  the  border  does 
not  join  the  occipital  margin  as  it  does  in  niger. 

This  latter  character  is  variable  in  nigribimbo. 

Fugax  closely  resembles  celer,  but  can  at  once  be  separated 
from  the  latter  by  the  absence  of  shaft.     Fig.  5  answers  very 


42  feNtOMOLOGltAL   N^WS.  [t^cb.,  'o6 

well  for  all  specimens  examined  of  fugax,     Nos.  i  and  2  are 
the  rule,  Nos.  3  and  4  the  exceptions  of  celer. 

About  fifty  specimens  of  plangens  were  examined  and  Fig.  9 
suflBces  for  all  of  them. 

The  eye  of  amazon  resembles  that  of  celer  but  the  shaft  of 
amazon  is  curiously  divided  in  the  middle,  the  upper  part  con- 
nected with  occipital  border,  the  lower  part  with  arrow-head. 

In  fallax  the  shaft  is  generally  free,  that  is,  neither  con- 
nected above  or  below  ;  in  rare  cases  it  is  connected  with  arrow- 
head. In  this  species  the  occipital  border  is  subdivided  in  the 
middle,  the  lower  portion  of  border  partly  coalesces  with  occi- 
pital margin. 

Callidus^  dimniocki  and  Indus  are  the  only  New  Jersey  species 
in  which  the  upper  and  lower  frontal  spots  coalesce  with  frontal 
margin.  The  pattern  of  dimmocki  is  generally  very  heavy, 
the  green  background  often  reduced  to  fine  lines  surrounded 
by  the  purple  maculation.  The  design  oicaUidus  corresponds 
at  times  with  that  of  Indus,  but  as  a  rule  the  lower  frontal  spot 
of  callidus  has  a  tendency  to  terminate  scroll-shaped,  which 
has  not  been  observed  in  indus. 

The  two  figures  of  Mstellatus  show  the  extreme  range  of 
maculation  of  all  the  known  specimens. 

Delicatulus  has  often  been  mistaken  for  a  light  and  small 
form  of  callidus  ;  the  eye,  however,  shows  decided  differences. 
The  upper  and  lower  frontal  spots  of  delicatulus  are  not  con- 
nected with  the  frontal  margin,  the  upper  spot  merges  into 
the  occipital  border,  crowding  out  the  shaft  which,  at  this 
juncture,  is  usually  disconnected. 

Hilaris,  which  has  so  far  not  been  recorded  from  New 
Jersey,  is  the  only  other  species  thus  far  examined  in  which 
the  upper  spot  joins  the  occipital  border  without  allowing  the 
shaft  its  respectively  intermediate  position,  the  shaft  frequently 
being  abbreviated. 

This  paper  represents  the  result  of  only  one  summer's  ob- 
servations, and  there  is  no  doubt  that  many  other  variations  of 
the  species  figured  will  be  found.  It  remains  to  be  seen  to 
what  an  extent  the  widely  distributed  species  will  show  design- 
variation  from  those  that  have  been  studied. 


Feb.,  *o6]  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  43 

The  Races  of  Cicindela  tranquebarica  Hbst. 

By  H.  F.  WiCKHAM,  Iowa  City,  Iowa. 

Almost  every  writer  who  has  had  occasion  to  treat  of  Ci- 
cindela tranquebarica  Hbst.  (C  vulgaris  Say),  makes  some 
mention  of  the  extraordinary  range  of  variation  exhibited. 
Nor  need  we  wonder  at  this  variation,  when  we  consider 
for  a  moment  the  vast  extent  of  country  inhabited  by 
tranquebarica  in  some  of  its  many  forms.  From  the  low- 
lands of  the  Gulf  States,  Mississippi,  Georgia  and  Louisi- 
ana, it  reaches  northward  through  the  Carolinas  to  Up- 
per Canada  and  the  maritime  provinces.  It  occupies  prac- 
tically the  entire  region  drained  by  the  Mississippi  River  and 
its  tributaries,  from  the  Alleghenies  to  the  Rocky  Mountains, 
extending  far  into  the  British  possessions  of  Manitoba  and 
Alberta.  On  the  great  interior  plateau  between  the  Wasatch 
and  the  Sierra  Nevada,  it  runs  and  flies  along  the  scanty 
streams,  or  hunts  its  prey  on  the  bitter  flats  of  the  alkaline 
lakes.  To  the  south  the  Rio  Grande  basin  is  also  invaded, 
and  the  western  outposts,  split  more  or  less  into  beautiful 
local  races,  occupy  the  vales  and  mountains  of  the  Pacific 
Coast. 

In  spite  of  the  differences  in  size,  color  and  hairiness  ex- 
hibited by  specimens  from  different  parts  of  the  country,  it  is 
no  easy  matter  to  settle  upon  characters  whereby  the  races 
may  be  accurately  defined.  In  some  districts  a  form  may 
occur  which,  within  a  limited  area,  seems  to  be  definable  by 
features  of  constancy  and  apparent  importance — and  we  are 
tempted  into  describing  it  as  a  new  race  or  subspecies.  But  in 
another  locality,  we  find  these  characters  utterly  unstable  and 
consequently  have  to  abandon  them  as  bases  of  subspecific 
separation,  unless  we  make  the  citation  of  a  locality  label  the 
most  important  part  of  our  diagnosis. 

The  separation  of  the  species  into  *'  varieties  *'  by  Mr.  Leng, 
in  his  recent  "revision"  is  to  my  mind,  open  to  certain  ob- 
jections. Some  of  the  characters  used  are  shown  by  sufficient 
material  to  be  entirely  ephemeral  and  not  confined  to  speci- 
mens from  any  special  district.     In  one  case,  I  believe,  he  has 


44  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Feb.,  *o6 

been  misled  by  wrong  interpretation  of  the  meaning  of  an 
earlier  writer.  I  am  also  at  loss  to  understand  why  he  sinks 
tranqueharica  Hbst.  as  a  synonym,  giving  precedence  to  the 
much  later  name  vulgaris  Say.  If  we  are  satisfied  that  the 
name  tranqueharica  was  applied  by  Herbst  to  this  species,  the 
fact  of  the  habitat  being  wrongly  attributed  is,  under  present 
laws  of  nomenclature,  no  valid  excuse  for  its  rejection. 

It  is  not  my  intention  to  propose  new  names  for  any  of  the 
numerous  local  forms,  readily  enough  separable  by  an  ex- 
perienced eye,  though  possessing  no  positive  definitive  char- 
acters ;  but  rather  to  call  attention  to  some  of  the  districts 
over  which  these  imperfectly  differentiated  forms  are  distri- 
buted and  the  manner  in  which  they  again  subdivide  and  inter- 
grade.  In  general  it  may  be  said  that  the  following  rules 
hold  good  with  the  aggregate  known  as  C  tranqueharica  (or 
vulgaris)  and  its  varieties,  race  or  subspecies.  Exceptions  oc- 
cur, of  course. 

1 .  The  specimens  from  the  extreme  southeastern  portion  of 
the  range  are  small  and  nearly  dead  blackish, with  scarcely  any 
trace  of  cupreous  on  the  upper  side.  A  series  from  North  Car- 
olina (given  me  by  Mr.  Edw.  D.  Harris)  and  from  Mississippi, 
runs  only  about  .50  inch  in  length.  The  markings  in  this  form 
are  narrow,  the  humeral  lunule  shorter  and  more  transverse 
than  usual. 

2.  In  the  upper  Mississippi  valley,  the  Middle  States,  New 
England  and  Canada,  occurs  a  larger  form,  with  the  upper 
surface  obscurely  bronzed  or  nearly  black,  the  markings 
broader  and  better  developed,  the  humeral  lunule  longer  and 
less  transverse.  In  size  the  average  is  about  .60  inch.  This 
is  presumably  the  type  described  as  vulgaris  by  Say,  and  is  so 
called  by  Mr.  Leng. 

3.  In  the  more  northerly  portion  of  this  range,  is  found 
occasionally  a  form  more  bronzed  and  a  little  hairier,  called  by 
Mr.  Leng,  C.  horiconensis.  This  name,  I  think  unnecessary, 
the  abberation  being  illy  defined  and  not  a  geographical  race 
in  the  true  sense  of  the  word,  occurring  side  by  side  with  the 
blackish  specimens.  It  also  passes  insensibly  into  the  next, 
and  I  should  follow  Dr.W.  Horn  in  relegating  it  to  synonomy. 


Feb.,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  45 

4.  In  the  arid  and  semi-arid  regions  of  the  middle  west, 
from  New  Mexico  through  Colorado,  eastern  Montana,  Kan- 
sas, Nebraska,  Dakota,  Manitoba,  Assiniboia  and  Alberta,  we 
find  a  better  marked  race  of  (usually)  rather  distinctly  metal- 
lic upper  surface,  with  broad  markings,  the  humeral  lunule 
complete  and  the  middle  band  frequently  expanded  on  the 
margin.  This  is  ohliquata  Kirby,  and  is  so  recognized  by  Mr. 
Leng.  It  is,  however,  not  very  well  differentiated,  a  great 
number  of  the  specimens  being  about  equally  well  referable  to 
obliquata  or  to  hariconensis.  Others  run  into  vibex.  Dr.  Horn 
sinks  it  as  a  synonym,  and  I  am  disposed  to  agree  with  him 
in  this  course,  recognizing,  however,  that  obliquata  is  much 
more  worthy  of  being  retained  than  is  hariconensis.  The  ex- 
treme specimens  are  very  different-looking  from  the  eastern 
tranquebarica, 

5.  In  specimens  from  the  western  edge  of  the  ordinary 
range  of  the  above  form,  we  find  a  well-marked  tendency  to 
partial  obliteration  of  the  humeral  lunule.  As  a  rule,  this  is 
accompanied  by  a  preponderance  of  the  greenish  cast  in  the 
coloring  of  the  upper  surface,  until  in  some  portions  of  the 
Pacific  district  and  the  adjacent  interior  basin  the  coppery 
color  is  almost  entirely  replaced  by  a  brilliant  green.  These 
green  forms  have  thus  been  classified  by  Mr.  Leng,  in  his 
Revision  : 

Bright  green,  humeral  lunule  broken      .         .         vibex  Horn. 
Brilliant  blue-green,  humeral  lunule  lacking  sierra  Leng. 

Dull  green,  humeral  lunule  broken  .  .  roguensis  Harris. 
All  of  these  forms  are  well  represented  in  the  material  be- 
fore me,  but  I  do  not  agree  with  Mr.  Leng  in  his  assignment 
of  names.  The  types  of  Mr.  Harris'  C,  roguensis  were  from  a 
locality  distant  but  fifty  or  sixty  miles  from  that  of  the  type  of 
vibex  and  some  specimens  of  the  first  named  (in  my  collection) 
from  the  Rogue  River  might  well  be  called  rather  bright  green , 
though  in  general  they  are  somewhat  dull.  I  think  the  name 
roguensis  should  sink  as  a  true  synonym  of  tnbex,  the  distinc- 
tion being  merely  the  evanescent  one  of  depth  or  brilliance  in 
color.  In  fact,  so  I  am  told  by  Dr.  Walther  Horn,  the  type 
of  vibex  is  not  of  the  brilliant  green  of  the  San  Bernardino  Co, 


46  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Feb.,  '06 

(California)  specimens,  which  have  been  doing  duty  as  vibex, 
but  of  a  duller  shade.  He  writes  me  of  an  interesting  fact 
in  this  connection,  gf  which  I  was  altogether  ignorant,  namely, 
that  in  southern  California  index  is  dimorphic,  apparently  ac- 
cording to  season.  He  says  that  the  bright  green  form  occurs 
from  May  to  October,  the  dull  form  in  April.  The  explana- 
tion, he  suggests,  may  be  sought  in  the  effects  of  the  winter 
rains  upon  the  development  of  the  early  spring  form.  It  is 
worth  mentioning  that  the  bright  southern  Califomian  speci- 
mens are  much  more  brilliant  than  any  of  those  from  Oregon. 

C.  sierra  Leng,  the  remaining  described  green  form,  occur- 
ring in  the  Sierra  Nevada,  may  stand  for  the  time  as  a  fairly 
well-marked  subspecies.  It  is  a  mountain  race  with  much 
reduced  markings,  but  this  feature  in  itself  is  of  little  value,  as 
will  appear  shortly. 

Several  weeks  ago,  I  received  from  Mr.  Knaus  a  pair  of  a 
bright  green  species  of  Cicindela  taken  near  Las  Vegas,  Ne- 
vada, by  Mr.  Tom  Spalding.  They  were  of  rather  smaller 
size  than  the  average  vibex  (measuring  .52  inch),  with  short 
humeral  lunule,  middle  band  minus  the  deflexed  portion,  apical 
lunule  complete.  Misled  by  the  general  appearance,  I  at  first 
took  them  for  representatives  of  a  new  form  of  the  repanda 
group,  but  subsequent  examination  of  the  labrum  and  vesti- 
ture  showed  them  to  belong  to  the  tranquebarica  series.  A 
request  for  more  specimens  brought  two  others  from  Mr. 
Knaus  and  two  from  Mr.  Spalding,  the  six  representing  his 
whole  catch.  The  remarkable  feature  of  this  little  collection 
is  that  no  two  of  the  individuals  are  alike,  but  they  exhibit 
among  themselves  various  modifications  of  pattern  from  full 
development  to  almost  the  reduced  style  of  sierra.  The  figures 
annexed  will  show  the  gradation.  With  only  4,  5  and  6,  at 
hand,  I  should  probably  have  separated  a  new  **  race*'  to  be 
characterized  by  the  small  size  and  the  loss  of  the  tip  of  the 
humeral  lunule  (a  rare  feature  in  the  tranquebarica  aggregate) 
but  the  examination  of  the  others  induced  me  to  refrain  from 
adding  another  name.  I  consider  these  specimens  as  belonging 
to  a  plastic  local  race,  closely  related  to  the  brilliant  southern 
Califomian  vibex  {aid,  post,),  showing  the  intimate  relations 


Feb.,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  47 

of  the  green  races  and  their  probable  late  development.  It 
will  be  noticed  by  tho^  who  have  plenty  of  material,  that  the 
bright  green  San  Bernardino  specimens  tend  to  complete  mark- 
ings, without  the  interruption  of  the 

humeral   lunule    that    should    really  cf  9  o 

characterize  vibex.  The  discovery  of 
a  variable  green  form  in  the  Great 
Basin  is  of  much  interest,  the  remark- 
able influence  upon  the  beetles  colo- 
nized within  its  limits  having  already 
been  touched  upon  elsewhere.  The 
small  lakes,  now  rapidly  drying  up, 
evidently  obtained  their  littoral  faunae 
from  some  common  source,  as  I  have 
shown.*  Minor  modifications  of  color 
and  pattern,  resulting  in  the  formation 

of  more  or  less  important  local  races  are  commonly  noticed 
among  the  faunae  of  the  various  lake  shores  and  Cicindela 
tranquebarica  is,  in  this  respect,  no  exception. 

The  type  of  this  species  found  most  abundantly  in  the 
Great  Basin  is  the  form  obliquata  in  some  of  its  manifestations 
— that  is  to  say,  a  rather  widely  marked  insect  of  large  size, 
more  or  less  metallic  above.  There  is,  however,  in  Utah 
specimens,  a  strong  tendency  to  disappearance  of  the  sub-basal 
portion  of  the  humeral  lunule  and  the  marginal  part  of  the 
median  band,  producing  an  elytral  pattern  like  that  of  tjrpical 
vibex.  Several  of  my  specimens  from  Provo  are  almost  identical 
in  this  respect  with  others  from  British  Columbia,  sent  me  by 
Mr.  Harris.  At  Great  Salt  Lake,  Sevier  Lake  and  Humboldt 
Lake,  there  seems  to  be  a  larger  proportion  of  blackish,  almost 
non-metallic  specimens  (the  ground  color  of  the  upper  surface 
being  referred  to)  with  moderately  wide  complete  patterns, 
while  at  Bridgeport,  California  (still  within  the  Basin),  occurs 
a  form  almost  dead  black  above,  fully  and  widely  marked,  very 
diflFerent  in  appearance  from  those  of  the  more  eastern  portions 
of  the  Basin. 

I  have  not  seen  C.  plutonica  Casey,  which  is  classed  by  Dr. 

^American  Natutalist,  Sept.,  1904.    Report  Entom.  Soc.  Ont«irio,  1904. 


48  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Feb.,  'o6 

W.  Horn  as  a  subspecies  of  tranquebarica.  It  is  described 
from  Placer  Co.,  California,  and  is  reported  by  Mr.  Leng  as 
occuring  also  in  Oregon.  Accepting  Dr.  Horn's  dictum  in 
regard  to  the  position  of  this  form,  my  suggested  arrangement 
of  the  tranquebarica  series  would  be  as  follows  : 
Cicindela  tranquebarica  Herbst. 

Syn.— vulgaris  Say,   obliquata   Dej.,   Kby.,   kirbyi  Lee., 
horiconensis  Leng. 

Subsp. — znbex  Horn. 
Syn. — roguensis  Harris. 
Aber. — vibex  aut.  post. 

Subsp. — sierra  Leng. 

Subsp. — plutonica  Casey. 

From  what  has  been  written  concerning  the  various  geogra- 
phical races  and  local  forms,  it  will  be  noticed  at  once  that  the 
species  as  a  whole  is  more  homogeneous  in  the  northern  parts 
of  the  range,  while  to  the  south  it  tends  to  split  into  many 
imperfectly  differentiated  assemblages  of  less  than  specific 
value.  A  nice  problem  is  offered  to  some  student  who  will 
undertake  to  work  out  the  details  of  probable  origin  and  dif- 
fusion of  the  many  types  of  Cicindela  in  North  America. 


A  New  Tabanus  Related  to  punctifer. 

By  D.  W.  COQUILLETT. 

Tabanus  snblliger  n.  sp. — 'Senrpunc/i/er  but  larger,  base  of  front  tibiae 
not  whitish,  abdomen  with  white  hairs  alon^  the  sides  and  apex,  etc. 
Black,  with  a  tinge  of  brown,  the  mesonotum  and  scutellum  brownish 
yellow,  gray  pruinose  and  covered  with  white  hairs  ;  elsewhere  the  hairs 
are  chiefly  black  except  along  the  sides  and  apex  of  the  abdomen  where 
there  are  many  white  ones  which  become  more  numerous  posteriorly  ; 
front  calypteres  also  fringed  with  white  hairs.  Front  very  broad  above 
the  subcallus  with  parallel  sides,  this  portion  being  about  two  and  a  half 
times  as  long  as  wide,  subcallus  opaque,  grayish  pruinose,  callus  pol- 
ished, transversely  oval  and  with  an  indistinct,  linear  prolongation  above. 
Eyes  bare.  Wings  gray  ;  costal  cell  and  stigma  pale  brown,  a  brown 
cloud  at  base  of  second  submarginal  and  of  the  posterior  cells.  Length, 
25  mm. 

Lake  Forest,  Illinois.  A  female  collected  March  27,  1904, 
by  Dr.  J.  G.  Needham.     Type  No.  8301,  U.  S.  Nat.  Mus. 


Feb.,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  49 

Professor  Bcrlcsc's  Apparatus  For  Collecting  Small 
Arthropods  Rapidly  and  in  Great  Quantities. 

By  L.  O.  Howard. 

While  visiting  the  laboratory  of  Professor  Antonio  Berlese 
in  Florence  in  June  last,  I  was  greatly  interested  in  an  appar- 
atus which  he  has  prepared  for  collecting  small  insects  and 
other  arthropods  very  rapidly  and  in  very  great  numbers,  and 
which  it  seemed  to  me  obviated  in  large  measure  the  la- 
borious process  known  to  entomologists  as  *' sifting."  He 
showed  me  the  apparatus  practically  in  operation,  and  showed 
me  further  large  numbers  of  vials  filled  with  Thysanura,  My- 
riapoda,  Acarina  and  the  like,  which  in  number  and  variety 
afforded  a  perfect  revelation  to  me.  Since  returning  to  this 
country  I  have  had  one  of  the  smaller  styles  of  the  apparatus 
made,  and  have  tested  it  during  the  month  of  December  with 
leaves  and  rubbish  collected  on  the  grounds  of  the  Depart- 
ment of  Agriculture  and  with  very  considerable  success ;  so 
much  so,  in  fact,  that  I  wish  to  bring  the  apparatus  to  the  at- 
tention of  English-speaking  entomologists.  No  doubt  had  I 
used  leaves  or  top  soil  of  old  and  long  undisturbed  wooded 
regions  the  results  achieved  would  have  been  vastly  greater 
than  they  have  with  the  material  tested ;  but  even  this,  as 
just  stated,  has  been  very  satisfactory.  Professor  Berlese's 
description  and  statement  concerning  results  was  published  in 
Redia,  vol.  II.  No.  i,  shortly  after  my  visit,  and  his  article, 
very  freely  translated,  is  as  follows  : 

Within  this  last  year  I  have  devised  an  apparatus  which  is 
very  simple  and  very  effective,  with  which  I  collect  in  great 
numbers  and  without  fatigue,  the  small  Arthropods  as  well  as 
insects  of  all  the  following  orders :  Myriapoda,  Symphyla, 
Pauropoda,  Chelifera  and  Arachnida,  and  especially  Acarida 
however  small,  without  any  danger  of  being  able  to  escape. 
Of  the  Collembola,  which  are  so  difficult  to  collect  because 
they  spring,  I  have  taken  a  very  great  number. 

All  those  living  creatures  which  are  found  to  be  present  in 
the  mosses,  among  the  dead  leaves  under  the  trees,  in  decay- 
ing wood,  in  humus,  in  decomposing  substances,  etc.,  are  col- 


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BNTOHOLOGICAL  NEWS. 


[Feb.,  '06 

lected  in  a  tube  containing  alcohol,  which  is  attached  to  the 
apparatus  under  discussion,  and  on  the  part  of  the  naturalist 
there  is  no  further  trouble  than  to  separate  them  and  study 
them.  The  apparatus  consists  of  a  large  funnel  which  slides 
into  a  glass  tube  containing  alchohol  and  this  funnel  is  sur- 
surrounded  by  water  heated  to  60°  to  100°.  On  top  of  the 
funnel  there  is  placed  a  sort  of  square  tray  of  metallic  net- 
work (a  sieve)  upon  which  is  placed  the  material  to  be  ex- 
amined, and  this  material  should  naturally  be  sufficiently 
humid  to  restrain  the  living  insects  from  escaping.     Whether 


Fic.  I.— AuparalHB  (ot  direct  healing  :  A.  oleritir  reifiHade  coiiUliiinK  iniler;  S. 

aminatkm;  /i,  fumicl  lot  iiilrciducmx  the  wnlcr:  F.  smRll  Rla-Hlulw  coiilainltiK  ulcohnl. 
where  Ihi-  insects  nrc  coUccled,  IhisbrliiKCDnnvclcd  Lo  Ihe  aprx  of  the  funnel  by  »  'hurt 


the  material  in  the  tray,  passing  e^radually  (although  rapidly 
enough)  through  and  losing  some  of  its  moisture  causes  the 
insects  to  fall  to  the  bottom,  or  whether  these  are  attracted  by 
the  heat  beneath,  it  is  certain  that  they  all  try  to  reach  the 
metallic  net  and  there  they  pass  through,  falling  into  the 
metallic  funnel. 


Feb.,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  5I 

But  the  walls  of  the  funnel,  thanks  to  the  water  surround- 
ing them,  are  so  warm  that  the  insects  cannot  remain,  and 
they  fall,  rolling  downward  until  they  enter  the  tube  contain- 
ing alcohol,  in  which  only  a  very  small  quantity  of  detritus  is 
collected. 

It  is  necessary,  however,  not  to  shake  or  stir  the  apparatus 
or  the  material  duriug  this  operation,  to  avoid  the  falling  of 
too  much  detritus  together  with  the  insects. 


The  figures,  which  show  two  styles  of  such  apparatus,  repre- 
sent in  one  case  (Pig.  i)  the  heating  by  direct  application, 
and  in  the  other  case  (Fig.  2),  by  means  of  a  species  of  boiler, 
always  using  a  Bunsen  or  an  alcohol  lamp  by  which  to  main- 
tain a  high  temperature  in  the  water  for  a  long  time.  As  for 
the  rest,  any  one  can  vary  the  construction  of  the  apparatus  as 
be  may  think  best,  granting  that  the  walls  of  the  funnel  be 
always  much  inclined,  at  least  60  degrees.     The  diameter  of 


52  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Feb.,  'o6 

the  funnel  should  be  about  a  half  metre,  and  the  tray  itself 
should  be  movable  in  order  that  it  may  be  refilled  with  the 
material  when  separated  from  the  funnel. 

I  have  used  to  great  advantage  a  small  apparatus  of  this 
style  (the  funnel  being  only  30  centimetres  in  diameter)  dur- 
ing the  last  year,  and  have  thus  discovered  several  new  species 
of  Italian  Acarida,  illustrated  in  this  journal,  while  I  have 
collected  an  enormous  quantity  of  other  small  arthropods, 
especially  of  CoUembola,  Symphyla,  Pauropoda,  etc.  (Fig.  i). 

These,  especially  the  CoUembola,  and  also  the  Thysanura 
all  remain  on  the  surface  of  the  alcohol,  not  becoming  sub- 
merged, while  the  other  insects  all  fall  to  the  bottom  of  the 
tube. 

Thus,  it  is  easy  to  collect  the  said  CoUembola  with  a  brush, 
from  the  surface  of  the  alcohol  without  further  disturbance. 

After  the  excellent  results  secured  from  the  small  apparatus 
referred  to,  I  had  another,  much  larger,  constructed  which  has 
been  operated  since  November. 

It  is  composed  of  a  case  of  wood,  the  interior  of  which  is 
covered  with  lead,  and  has  a  capacity  of  six  hectolitres,  and 
contains  four  large  funnels  in  square  sections  the  sides  of 
which  are  50  centimetres.  Thus  I  have  an  extent  of  one 
square  metre  upon  which  to  arrange  the  material  for  examina- 
tion, and  I  can  place  four  different  kinds  of  material  from 
four  different  localities  on  these  sieves. 

The  water  is  about  three  hectolitres  and  is  kept  at  60°  or 
70°,  and  for  some  hours  the  temperature  is  maintained  by 
means  of  a  large  gas  heater. 

This  heater  which  serves  me  well  also  for  heating  the  room 
in  which  it  is  placed,  consumes  about  three  cubic  metres  of 
gas  per  day,  which  proves  that  with  an  expense  of  about  one 
lira,  I  daily  obtain  without  any  trouble,  a  greater  number  of 
small  insects  than  ten  persons  with  all  the  fatigue  and  patience 
possible,  would  be  able  to  collect  in  the  same  length  of  time, 
and  besides,  I  have  the  assurance  that  scarcely  an  individual 
insect  has  escaped.     (Fig.  2). 

Material  to  be  examined, — Mosses,  fallen  and  decayed  leaves, 
humus,  soil  under  stones,  etc. ,  are  very  rich  in  various  forms 


Feb.,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  53 

of  insect  life  at  all  seasons  of  the  year,  and  this  material  is 
treated  very  easily  and  with  complete  success  in  the  apparatus 
described. 

Manure, — The  manures,  especially  from  the  stable,  harbor 
great  numbers  of  various  arthropods  which  are  not  easy  to  col- 
lect because  of  the  rapidity  with  which  they  escape,  and  also 
because  the  material  itself  is  frequently  anything  but  pleasant 
to  examine. 

Instead,  with  the  apparatus,  one  is  certain  to  secure  all  the 
arthropods  hidden  in  the  manure,  since  by  their  voluntarily 
seeking  the  heat,  they  fall  continually  into  the  tube  in  great 
numbers. 

Myrmecophiloiis  Arthropods, — Everything  is  caught,  even 
including  the  ants,  by  putting  upon  the  sieve  some  of  the  earth 
and  detritus  from  the  ant-hills. 

Bark  from  trees,  — The  effect  is  marvelous  which  is  obtained 
by  treating  the  bark  from  various  large  trees,  in  this  apparatus. 

Under  the  bark  there  are  found  a  great  variety  of  insects 
which  hibernate,  either  in  a  state  of  maturity  or  as  larvae. 
All  these  fall  into  the  tube  of  alcohol  almost  entirely  free  from 
detritus  of  any  sort,  so  that  it  is  easy  to  quickly  recognize  the 
fauna  thus  sheltered  during  the  winter  by  a  given  tree  or  a 
given  species  of  plant. 

Green  parts  of  the  plants, — In  summer,  better  than  in  winter, 
the  insects  which  live  upon  the  foliage  can  be  collected,  however 
minute,  by  placing  this,  when  fresh  and  just  gathered,  upon 
the  sieve  of  the  apparatus. 

Parasites  of  the  Vertebrata, — The  host  being  dead  and  left 
cold  for  a  few  hours  (bird  or  mammal),  is  then  placed  upon 
this  apparatus  and  rapidly  loses  its  exterior  parasites  (Puli- 
cidae,  Anoplura  and  Pediculidse,  Acarida,  etc.),  which  being 
attracted  by  the  artificial  heat,  abandon  the  host  hastily  and 
fall  into  the  tube  containing  alcohol. 

These  researches,  otherwise  so  troublesome  and  difficult 
under  ordinary  methods,  are,  by  this  apparatus,  effected  auto- 
matically and  with  absolute  results. 

In  many  other  special  cases  I  have  obtained  extremely  use- 
ful results  from  the  employment  of  the  described  apparatus 
which  I  recommend  to  naturalists. 


54  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Feb.,  'o6 

On  Some  Aquatic  Hemiptera  From  Costa  Rica^ 

Central  America. 

By  J.  R.  DB  LA  Torre  Bueno. 

It  has  been  my  good  fortune  to  become  acquainted  in  the 
past  year,  through  correspondence,  with  Professor  Paul  Biolley , 
of  San  Jose  de  Costa  Rica,  who  has  sent  me  from  time  to  time 
whatever  he  has  collected  for  me  in  aquatic  Hemiptera,  prin- 
cipally in  the  Cryptocerata.  In  this  period  I  have  received 
from  him  a  number  of  the  bugs  noted  by  Champion  as  from 
that  country  and  some  others  not  heretofore  recorded  from 
that  region.     They  are  as  follows  : 

1.  Acanthla  gnlcioollift  Champion. 

One  specimen  from  La  Palma,  taken  in  April  at  an  altitude 
of  1, 600  meters.  This  species  is  not  recorded  from  Costa 
Rica  in  Biologia  Centrali-Americana,  although  it  occurs  in 
Guatemala  and  Panama. 

2.  GelastoCOriB  bnfo  Herrich-Schaeffer. 

Found  abundant  on  the  shores  of  the  Rio  Surubres,  near  San 
Mateo,  at  an  altitude  of  250  meters,  on  the  Pacific  side  of  Costa 
Rica,  in  company  with  the  two  following  species  : 

3.  Gelastocoris  Ticinng  Champion. 
Rio  Surubres  near  San  Mateo. 

4.  OeUurtocoris  sp.  near  ▼IcinilB  Champion. 
Rio  Surubres  near  San  Mateo. 

In  the  present  uncertain  condition  of  the  specific  differences 
in  the  Gelastocoridae  it  is  difficult  to  pronounce  on  any  distri- 
bution, which  may  or  may  not  be  real. 

5.  MoBonyz  fnscipes  Guerin. 

One  specimen  only,  taken  in  the  Reventazon  Plain,  near 
Santa  Clara,  on  the  Atlantic  slope.  This  individual  was  found 
in  a  rotten  log  in  December,  1904.  It  is  an  extremely  wide- 
spread form  throughout  North  and  Central  America. 

6.  MoBonyz  nepaeformig  Fabricius. 

One  specimen  taken  at  the  same  time  as  the  Gelastocoris  under 
a  stone  at  the  edge  of  the  Rio  Surubres,  in  February.  This 
species  extends  from  Mexico  south  to  the  Argentine  Republic. 


Feb.,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  55 

7.  LimBOOOris  stall  Montandon. 

Rio  Surubres  near  San  Mateo,  one  specimen  only  in  Feb- 
ruary. According  to  Champion,  this  species  is  found  in 
Guatemala,  Colombia,  Venezuela  and  Bolivia. 

8.  Amorgliis  colosslciuii  Stal. 

Taken  at  electric  light  at  San  Jose,  from  which  locality  it  is 
also  recorded  by  Champion. 

9.  AmorglOB  ammllpes  HerrichSchaeffer. 

Taken  at  San  Jose  at  various  times,  under  electric  lights. 
This  species  is  recorded  from  as  far  north  as  California,  and  is 
said  to  be  found  in  Brazil. 

10.  Abedns  slgnoreti  Mayr. 

I  have  received  long  series  of  these  from  Rio  Maria  Aguilar 
near  San  Jose,  where  it  was  found  in  muddy  pools,  at  an  ele- 
vation of  1,160  metres,  in  May  ;  from  Vista  del  Mar,  on  the 
Pacific  slope,  at  an  elevation  of  1,400  metres,  in  March,  and 
from  San  Jose  in  January.  These  are  new  localities  for  Costa 
Rica. 

1 1.  Belostoiui  fusohrantris  Stal. 

An  abundant  form  near  San  Jose,  which  is  the  first  Costa 
Rican  record  for  this  bug.  Heretofore,  it  has  been  noted  only 
as  far  south  as  Honduras. 

12.  Belostomi  mleantnla  Stal. 

Two  specimens  of  this  pigmy  form  were  taken  in  the  Rio 
Surubres  in  February.  It  extends  from  Guatemala  to  the 
Argentine  Republic. 

13.  Hotonacta  mozicaiia  Amyot  and  Serville. 

This  has  come  from  the  Rio  Maria  Aguilar  in  January  ; 
taken  at  Vista  del  Mar  in  March  and  in  La  Palma  in  April. 
Both  forms,  var.  ceres  and  var.  hades  Kirk,  are  represented. 
The  types  of  the  varieties  are  also  from  this  region  and  col- 
lected by  Prof.  Biolley. 

14.  Bieaoa  oraaslpes  Champion. 

One  specimen  from  Vista  del  Mar  in  March.  This  form  is 
recorded  by  Champion  from  three  localities  in  Guatemala 
only. 


56  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Feb.,  '06 

15.  Baonoa  ptlllpes  (Fabricius)  Champion. 

I  have  received  a  long  series  taken  in  the  Rio  Maria  Aguilar 
in  January.  In  Biologia  Centrali-Americana  it  is  given  from 
Vera  Cruz  in  Mexico  to  Darien  in  Panama.  This  is  now  re- 
corded for  the  first  time  from  Costa  Rica. 

16.  Baenoa  oariiuitiui  Champion. 

One  example  from  San  Jose.  This  does  not  attain  the 
smallest  dimensions  given  by  Champion  for  his  species,  but  in 
other  respects  it  answers  to  the  description.  It  is  not  recorded 
from  further  south  than  Guatemala  and  Honduras. 

17.  Rliagavelit  crassipes  Champion. 

There  is  in  this  lot  of  insects  a  female  from  Vista  del  Mar, 
taken  in  March,  which  is  the  first  record  for  Costa  Rica.  The 
types  were  from  Panama,  where  they  were  found  in  plenty  in 
two  localities. 

18.  Rliagavelit  armata  Burmeister. 

Two  females  were  received  from  San  Jose.  Champion  re- 
cords it  from  Mexico,  fide  Burmeister  and  Signoret,  but  evi- 
dently did  not  possess  it  himself. 

19.  Rhaoovelia  spiiiigora  Champion. 

A  long  series  of  this  form  came  to  hand  from  Rio  Maria 
Aguilar  in  January  and  San  Jose  in  August.  This  .species 
was  described  by  Champion  from  one  female  example  taken  in 
Guatemala.  Consequently,  this  is  the  first  record  outside  of 
the  published  locality. 

20.  Microvelia  n.  sp.? 

This  is  apparently  an  undescribed  form,  of  which  numbers 
were  taken  at  San  Jose  in  January. 

21.  Gerris  carinlvontris  Champion. 

A  good  number  of  this  species,  both  winged  males  and  fe- 
males and  one  apterous  female  were  taken  at  Rio  Maria  Agui- 
lar in  January  and  May.  This  is  apparently  common  and 
numerous  from  Mexico  down. 

22.  Gerris  (tooagogoniui)  opaca  Champion. 

Two  specimens  from  the  Rio  Surubres  in  February.  Re- 
corded by  Champion  as  plentiful  in  Bugaba,  Panama,  the  type 
locality.  Both  this  and  the  following  are  listed  under  the 
generic  synonym  Limnonietra . 


Feb.,  *o6]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  57 

23.  GoTis  (teaagogoBiiB)  qoadrllineata  Champion. 

Three  or  four  specimens  from  Rio  Maria  Aguilar  in  January 
and  May.  The  distribution  given  in  Biologia  Centrali-Am- 
ericana  is  rather  disconnected.  This  is  the  first  record  from 
Costa  Rica. 

24.  Potamobates  iiiiid«iitata8  Champion. 

One  macropterous  and  two  apterous  individuals,  male  and 
female,  from  Rio  Surubres.  Recorded  by  Champion  only 
from  Bugaba,  Panama. 


4a»> 


Some  Notes  on  the  Bee  Genus  Caupolicana. 

By  Harry  S.  Smith,  Lincoln,  Nebr. 

GanpoUcaiUl  albiCoUlf  n.  sp.— cJ^.    Length  19-21  mm.   Black  ;  head,  with 
exception  of  the  vertex,  covered  with  a  long,  dense,  whitish  pubescence, 
that  on  the  face  very  slightly  ochraceous,  that  on  the  occiput  snow-white  ; 
labrum  and  mandibles  dark  rufous,  sometimes  black,  the  latter  with  a 
dense  fringe  of  long  whitish  hairs  on  the  lower  side  ;  clypeus  finely  and 
irregularly  punctured  except  the  apex,  which  is  impunctate  and  narrowly 
margined ;   antennae  black,  grayish   brown  beneath  ;   second  joint  of 
fl  igellum  longer  than  style  and  almost  half  as  long  as  the  remaining  por- 
tion of  the  flagellum  ;  malar  space  short,  about  one-fourth  as  long  as 
wide.    Thorax  finely  and  closely  punctured,  mesonotum,  as  far  back  as 
the  tegulae,  covered  with  a  short  but  dense  erect  whitish  pubescence,  very 
slightly  tinged  with  ochraceous ;  the  remaining  portion  of  the  thorax 
black,  the  hairs  on  the  scutellum  and  post-scutellum  much  longer  than 
those  on  the  mesonotum.     Abdomen  black,  opaque,   minutely  indis- 
tinctly punctured  ;  first  dorsal  segment  covered  with  a  long  sooty  black 
pubescence  like  that  of  the  scutellum,  2-4  almost  bare  excepting  their 
apices,  6  and  apex  of  5  with  long  black  hairs  ;  segments  2-4  with  broad 
silvery  fasciae,  that  on  2  sometimes  slightly  narrowed  on  the  disk  ;  ven- 
tral segments    2-4  clothed  with  long  white  pubescence,   the  segments 
with  black  hairs.    Coxae  usually  with  a  few  long  white  hairs  ;  femora 
and  tibiae  black,  with  black  pubescence  ;  tarsi  ferruginous,  covered  with 
a  Ane   short  fulvous    pubescence,   metatarsus   black  with    inner   side 
brownish.     Wings  smoky  hyaline,  slightly  iridescent,  veins  and  tegulae 
brownish  black  ;  first  and  second  recurrent  nervures  confluent  with  first 
and  third  cubital  nervures.    Length  of  wing  12-14  mtn- 

9. — Similar  to  cJ^,  but  differs  in  having  the  venter  black,  and  in  having 
somewhat  broader  fasciae ;  a  short  dense  black  scopa  on  the  posterior 
legs,  metatarsus  twice  as  wide  as  in  cf .  The  distance  between  the  eyes 
at  vertex  is  also  about  twice  that  of  the  (f . 


58  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [F^b*  '^^ 

I  9  and  3  <J  specimens,  Mendoza  and  Bahia  Blanca,  Argen- 
tina (L.  Bruner).     Collection  University  of  Nebraska. 

In  the  coloration  and  markings  of  the  head  and  mesothorax 
this  species  resembles  C.  lugubris  F.  Smith,  but  diflFers  in  hav- 
ing all  the  femora  entirely  black  and  in  its  greater  size. 

^Caapolicana  fnlvicollis  Spinola. 

The  <J  of  this  species,  besides  the  usual  sexual  characters, 
differs  from  the  9  in  having  a  white  fascia  on  the  fifth  dorsal 
segment,  and  in  having  the  first  four  ventral  segments  clothed 
with  long  thin  silvery  white  hairs.  In  both  sexes  the  pubes- 
cence on  the  first  dorsal  segment  varies  from  pale  fulvous  to 
grayish  white,  and  in  no  case  are  the  tibise  and  tarsi  clothed  with 
black  pubescence  as  in  C.  gayi  Spinola,  but  are  bright  fulvous, 
the  tibise  sometimes  with  a  few  white  hairs  on  the  inner  side. 
The  intermediate  and  posterior  femora  are  usually  white,  but 
the  anterior  femora  are  concolorous  with  the  thorax. 

Dr.  H.  Friese,  in  his  monograph  of  the  genus  in  1898,  ex- 
presses some  doubt  as  to  whether  this  form  is  entitled  to 
specific  rank,  and  thinks  that  it  may  be  a  variety  of  C.  gayi 
Spinola.  The  <J  was  unknown  to  him,  and  differs  from 
Friese' s  description  of  the  $  of  the  C,  gayi  in  having  a  white 
fascia  on  the  fifth  dorsal  segment.  This,  with  other  minor 
characters,  such  as  color  of  pubescence  on  legs,  etc. ,  is  suf- 
ficiently characteristic  to  make  it  distinct. 

5^  and  4  9  specimens,  Cacarana,  Argentina  (L.  Bruner). 
Collection  University  of  Nebraska. 

Gaapolicaiu  nigriventris  Friese. 

One  $  specimen  I  have  identified  as  this  species,  but  the 
white  fasciae  on  the  third  and  fourth  segments  are  wanting 
on  the  disc,  showing  only  on  the  posterior  corners  of  the 
segments.     Probably  worn  off. 

Bahia  Blanca,  Argentina  (L.  Bruner).  Collection  Univer- 
sity of  Nebraska. 

Caapolicana  albiventris  Friese. 

A  single  $  specimen  which  agrees  with  Dr.  Friese's  des- 
cription in  every  particular. 

Arequipa,  Peru,  Oct.  28th,  1898  (A.  G.  Weeks).  Collec- 
tion University  of  Nebr. 


Feb.,  '06] 


MO  LOGICAL   NEWS. 


A  New  Aphid. 


Bv  James  Troop, 
Aphis  bonobtoneuftU  n.  sp. 

During  the  summer  of  1904  plant  lice  were  discovered  to  be 
very  abundant  in  a  field  of  Houghton  gooseberries,  near  the 
city  of  Indianapolis.  The  peculiar  manner  in  which  they 
worked  attracted  attention,  and  specimens  were  taken  and 
sent  to  Dr.  L-  O.  Howard,  at  Washington,  who  pronounced  it 
a  new  species.  Drawings  were  accordingly  made  by  Mr, 
Heideinann  of  the  Division  of  Entomology. 


In  the  field  of  gooseberries  meutioued,  there  were  scatter- 
ing plants  of  another  variety  and  it  was  noticed  that  none  of 
these  plants  were  infested  by  the  Aphis.  I  then  made  several 
attempts  during  the  summer  of  1904  and  also  1905  to  colonize 
tbem  on  various  other  varieties  of  gooseberry,  but  in  no  case 
did  I  succeed  in  inducing  them  to  feed.  They  multiplied  so 
rapidly,  however,  upon  the  Houghton,  that  the  owner  was 
obliged  to  give  up  the  fight,  after  two  seasons'  experience, 


MM 


ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  t**"**!-.  '°^ 


and  destroy  the  entire  five  acres  of  plants.     Hence  I  have 


designated  it  as  Aphis  kougkti 
culiar  manner  in  which  it 
crumples   the  leaves. 

Description. — The  wingless 
females  of  the  summer  broods 
are  about  one-sixteenth  of  an 
inch  in  length,  of  a  pale  green 
color,  and  somewhat  hairy  ; 
eyes  prominent ;  antennae  and 
legs  of  a  yellowish  tint  and 
covered  with  scattering  short 
spines,  except  the  terminal 
joint  of  the  antennae.  Anten- 
nae a  little  more  than  half  the 
length  of  the  body  ;  honey 
tubes  prominent,  nearly  as 
long  as  from  their  base  to  the 


shows  the  pe- 


tip  of  the  abdomen  (Fig.  2).  The  winged  forms  measure 
nearly  three-sixteenths  of  an  inch  to  the  tips  of  the  wings  when 
folded.  Color  of  the  wings  and  body  a  shade  darker  than  the 
wingless  forms ;  antennse  nearly  one-half  longer  than  the 
body  ;  spread  of  wings  three  times  the  length  of  the  body  ; 
eyes  somewhat  darker  than  the  wingless  form,  while  the  legs 
are  not  as  spiny  ;  honey  tubes  about  the  same  length  in  both 
forms.     (Fig.  3). 


Feb.,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  HEWS.  6t 

A  New  Subapterous  Encyrtid. 

By  Charles  T.  Brubs. 

In  jgod^  Ashmead  described  as  Anusia  neomexicana  the  first 

species  of  this  genus  known  to  occnr  in  North  America.     At 

this  time  I  have  the  pleasure  of  describing  both  sexes  of  a 

second  North  American  species  from  Central  Texas. 


I  sp.  nov. 

MaU. — Length,  1.3  mm.  Yellowish  ferruginous,  legs  more  yellowbh, 
middle  tibis  white.  Antennas  black,  except  the  scape  above  which  is 
browD.  and  the  apical  three  joints,  which  are  snow-white.  Head  slightly 
rostriform.  Mandibles  dark  at  tips  palpi  pale,  last  joint  piceous  ;  tower 
part  ^of  front  between  the  antennae  slightly  elevated  but  not  carinate ; 
above  finely  shagreened,  the  ocelli  forming  an  equilateral  triangle,  the 
lateral  pair  nearly  as  far  from  the  eye  as  from  each  other.  Antennae 
ii-jointed,  large  and  conspicuous,  the  scape  obovoid,  flattened,  near 


the  tip  as  wide  as  the  eye  and  longer  ;  pedicel  small,  sub-triangular. 
Flagellum,  flattened  leaf-like,  about  three  times  the  length  of  the  scape  ; 
second  and  third  joints  widest,  wider  than  the  scape,  from  thence  nar- 
rowed toward  tip  ;  the  last  three  joints  closely  united,  as  long  as  the 
two  preceding.  The  small  joints  at  the  base  of  the  scape  are  unusually 
large,  the  first  of  them  nearly  as  long  as  the  pedicel.    Mesonolum  finely 

•  Pnx.  U.  S.  NmlioiBl  Mosenm.  XXII,  Ixn.  p.  jsj-  ' 


62  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Feb.,  *o6 

sha{!:reened ;  wings  small,  fiugt:r- shaped,  reaching  but  little  beyond  the 
middle  of  the  abdomen.  Axillae  just  meeting  at  the  base  of  the  scutel- 
lum,  the  latter  a  little  longer  than  wide,  sub-triangular,  the  tip  nar- 
rowly truncate  and  the  posterior  angles  microscopically  dentate  and 
black.  Abdomen  slightly  longer  than  the  head  and  thorax,  oval,  at  the 
sides  of  the  second  segment  with  a  small  black  tubercle  which  bears  two 
long  black  setae.     Legs  rather  slender. 

Female, — Length  1.2-1.3  mm.  This  sex  differs  by  its  smaller  head, 
the  eyes  being  much  closer  together  on  the  front,  and  the  lateral  ocelli 
nearer  to  the  eye  margin.  The  mandibles  are  stouter,  distinctly  biden- 
tate,  and  the  antennae  are  wholly  black  except  the  upper  part  of  the 
scape.  The  flagellum  is  sub-cylindrical,  but  little  flattened,  nearly  one 
and  one-half  times  as  long  as  the  scape  ;  the  joints  wider  than  long,  the 
last  pointed  and  twice  as  long  as  the  penultimate.  The  legs  are  darker 
especially  the  middle  tibiae. 

Described  from  one  male  and  three  female  specimens  col- 
lected at  Austin,  Texas,  during  May,  1900. 

A.  xerophila  is  related  to  A.  neomexicana  Ashm.,  but  differs 
by  its  much  shorter  scape. 

The  species  was  fairly  abundant  on  an  arid  hill -slope  near 
Austin  at  the  time  the  types  were  collected.  They  were  mov- 
ing actively  about  in  the  bright  sunshine  on  the  bare  parched 
soil,  where  other  insects  were  very  scarce.  Associated  with 
them  was  found  the  closely  related  Henicopygus  subapterus 
Ashm. 

A  Gigantic  New  Biting  Bird-Louse* 

By  Vernon  L.  Kellogg,  Stanford  University,  Calif. 

Gigantic  is  a  relative  term  ;  a  gigantic  new  vulture  would 
mean  several  linear  feet  of  bird,  but  a  gigantic  new  Mallophagan 
found  on  a  vulture  means  but  several  linear  millimeters  of  insect. 
As  in  the  fifteen  hundred  or  more  species  of  Mallophaga  so 
far  known  the  average  or  modal  length  is  hardly  two  millimeters, 
a  species  measuring  nearly  eleven  millimeters  is  truly  a  giant 
among  its  fellows.  In  1903  Mr.  Charles  P.  Lounsbury.  govern- 
ment entomologist  of  the  Cape  of  Good  Hope,  took  half  a  doz- 
en specimens,  which  "  appeared  to  be  all  of  the  creatures  pres- 
ent on  the  body  of  the  host,"  of  a  very  large  biting  bird-louse 
from  a  Griff  on  Vulture,(7>'/>j  kolbi,  shot  at  Nelspruit  in  the  East- 
ern Transvaal.    The  specimens  represent  a  species  hitherto  un- 


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63 


known  to  us,  and  the  largest  Mallophagan  species  so  far  de- 
scribed. The  next  largest  is  Lamobothorium  loomisi  Kellogg, 
length.  9.7  mm. ,  from  the  Canada  Goose,  and  the  next  Lipevnis 
/(TMNitzsch,  length  9  mm.  from  the  albatrosses. 

iMUbathorlnB  OTptll  n.  sp.— Fig.  i.  Three  females  Trom  a  Griffon 
Vulture,  Gyps  tolbi,  taken  at  Nelspruit,  Eastern  Transvaal.  Description 
of  female.  Body  iength,  10.5  mm. ;  a  strongly- marked  species,  readily 
distinguishable  by  its  size  and  by  the  unusual  projection  and  narrowness 
of  the  dypeal  portion  of  the  head.     Head  with  conspicuous  protuberant 


n  ciypeal  region  ; 
s  lai^e  and  n 


preocular  regions,  and  sharply  defined  elongate  n 

the  temples  strongly  marked  and  angulated  ;  hain 

and  conspicuous  on  pre-ociilar  and  temporal 

lobes;  on  anterior  margin  of  clypeus   two 

long  bairs  in  each  angle  and  numerous  short 

ones  in  marginal  region  ;  before  each  eye  a 

single  !itrong  hair,  and  behind  eye  a  distinct 

row  of  iihort,  stiffish  even  spine-like  hairs 

^'ong  Interal  margin  ;  strong  black   brown 

cuticular  markings  along  all  lateral  margins 

«Mp(  an lero- lateral  angles  of  clypeus  ;  the 

black  brown  marking  projecting  in  and  curv- 

inR  so  as  nearly  to  set  off  the  pre-ocular 

lobes;  occipital   margin   strongly,  but   nar- 

lowly,  black-brown.  Proihorox  shield- 
shaped,  with  fringe  of  short  hairs  along  ante- 
rior margin  and  long  strong  haii^  in  antero- 

bleral  and  medio- lateral  angles ;  also  num- 
erous hairs  along  post ero- lateral  margins; 

posterior     margin    broadly    and     shallowly 

emarginate  in  middle  producing  two  distinct, 

back  ward- projecting,  obtusely -angled  points; 

itrong  black  lateral  marginal  markings,  wid- 
estin  middle  and  tapering  out  anteriorly  and 
posteriorly.     Metathorax  like  an  abdominal 

Kgment  but  twice  as  long  as  the  true  First  abdominal  segment  ;  strong 
black  lateral  marginal  border  containing  a  few  pustulated  hairs.  Legs 
with  many  strong  hairs  and  with  strong  markings.  Abdomen  with 
strong  black  lateral  borders  and  each  segment  with  a  pair  of  dorsal, 
paler,  large  blotches ;  these  blotches  nearly  (used  on  the  median  line  in 
segment  one.  but  separated  on  all  other  segments  by  a  medial  uncolored 
space  of  curious  sut>-elliptical  or  vase-shaped  outlines,  these  spaces  larger 
on  the  wider  segments,  and  successively  wider  in  proportion  to  their 
postero-anterior  length  as  one  examines  the  segments  from  before  back- 
wards ;  three  or  four  pustulated  hairs  in  the  posterior  margin  of  each 
abdominal  blotch,  and  many  hairs,  long  and  short,  along  the  lateral 
margins  of  the  whole  abdomen. 


64  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Feb.,  'o6 

Observations  on   the  Bionomics  of  Auchmeromyia 
luteoU  Fabridus. 

By  F.  C.  Wbllman,  M.  D.,  Benguela,  W.  Africa. 

Published  under  Ihc  auspices  af  (he  Aintrican  Society  oi  Tropial  Medicine. 

Several  years  ago  I  was  interested  in  the  native  saying  that 
the  fly  mentioDed  in  the  title  of  this  note  produces  the  blood- 
sucking maggot  called  "  Inyo"  by  the  Angola  Bantns.  When 
in  London,  in  August,  1904,  I  submitted  several  of  the  flies 
under  discussion  to  Mr.  Austen,  of  the  British  Museum,  men- 
tioning to  him  some  facts  as  to  their  habits  He  pronounced 
them  to  be  Aucknuromyia  luteola  Fabr, ,  and  called  my  atten- 
tion to  the  communication  of  Dutton,  Todd  and  Christy  to  the 


British  Medical  Association  concerning  the  fly's  larva.  A 
short  time  afterwards  I  read  the  communication  in  question  in 
the  British  Medical  Journal  under  the  title  "  The  Congo  Floor 
Maggot."*  On  my  return  to  Africa  I  began  studying  the  fly 
with  the  object  of  determining  as  far  as  possible  by  actual 
observation  its  general  habits  and  the  steps  in  its  metatnor* 
phosis. 

At   first    the    flies   died  in  captivity,  but   on    discovering 


Feb.,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  65 

that  they  will  eat  fermented  vegetable  matter  I  was  able  to 
keep  them  under  observation  for  long  periods  in  cages.  They 
are  attracted  by  the  smell  of  vinegar,  maize  beer  or  any  sour 
smell,  and  may  be  captured  by  using  paper  soaked  in  vinegar 
as  a  bait. 

I  hope  to  publish  on  some  future  occasion  the  morpho- 
logical observations  which  I  have  made,  so  I  give  here  very 
brief  notes  on  the  appearance  in  the  various  stages. 

THE   OVUM. 

The  ovum*  (Fig.  i,  A)  is  light  cream  color,  about  1.5  x  0.6 
mm.  in  size  with  smooth  surface  and  oval  outline. 

THE  LARVA. 

The  larva  (Fig.  i,  B)  has  eleven  segments,  mouth  parts 
formed  for  piercing,  and  is  of  a  light  gray  color.  Its  size 
ranges  from  about  0.2  mm.  long  in  very  young  specimens  to 
15  mm.  in  those  about  to  pupate. 

THE   PUPA. 

The  puparium  (Fig.  i,  C)  is  deep  brown  in  color  and  is 9.5 
-12  mm.  in  length. 

THE   IMAGO. 

The  imago  (Fig.  2),  first  described  by  Fabricius,  is  12-14 
mm.  in  length,  stoutly  built  and  of  a  tawny  color  with  dark 
markings. 

The  distal  half  of  the  abdomen  is  blackish.  As  Mr.  Austen 
informs  me  that  it  is  common  along  the  entire  west  coast  of 
Africa,  t  the  name  which  has  been  given  to  the  larva — *  *  Congo' ' 
floor  maggot  is  manifestly  incorrect  and  misleading. 

HABITS  AND  LIFE  HISTORY. 

A,  luteola  is  partly  domestic  and  partly  sylvan  in  its  habits. 

When  one  sits  in  a  native  village  the  flies  come  buzzing  about 

him,  in  the  evening  especially,  as  if  seeking  an  inhabited  spot 

to  oviposit.     I,   however,   saw  a  number  of  individuals  one 

evening  (Feb.  4th,    1904)  in  the  bush  half  a  mile  from  any 

•  From  the  ovary  of  a  preK^ant  female 

t  It  has  recently  been  reported  from  Uganda  {vide  Journal  of  the  Royal  Army  Medical 
Coipa,  November,  1904). 


66  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  [Feb.,  'o6 

habitation.  They  were  flying  about  with  a  loud  buzzing 
noise,  settling  from  time  to  time  on  trees,  stumps,  etc.  On 
watching  them  I  saw  several  couples  in  copula.  I  left  the 
spot  after  sundown  and,  although  dusk  was  coming  on,  the 
flies  were  still  active.  The  female  when  ready  to  oviposit 
usually  enters  a  native  hut  and  settles  on  the  wall  or  thatch 
generally  remaining  motionless  for  some  time.  If  undisturbed 
she  alights  on  the  mud  floor  and  begins  scratching  with  her 
first  pair  of  legs  in  the  dust,  preferably  in  a  dark  corner.  She 
then  lays  her  eggs  in  the  dust,  afterwards  scratching  again  in 
the  same  manner  as  if  to  cover  them.  I  was  fortunate  to  wit- 
ness this  process  on  one  occasion.  I  was  unable  to  ascertain 
the  number  of  the  eggs  at  this  time  as  it  was  dusk,  and,  with 
no  means  of  procuring  a  light,  the  eggs  could  not  be  seen  in 
the  light  colored  dirt  rich  in  kaolin,  which  is  generally  used  to 
plaster  walls  and  floors.  The  average  number  of  eggs  in  a 
series  of  gravid  females  dissected  was  54. 

In  my  exp>eriments  a  number  of  pregnant  females  were 
placed  in  a  gauze  cage  containing  a  handful  of  sand  which  had 
been  sterilized  by  red  heat.  In  three  days  there  appeared  very 
small  larvae  which  were  identical  with  the  ''Inyo''  or  biting 
maggot  found  by  me  in  native  kraals  and  often  brought  by  boys 
collecting  for  me.  I  examined  the  sand  with  a  lens  on  the 
first  and  second  days  of  the  experiment  but,  I  am  sorry  to 
say,  overlooked  the  eggs.  Still  I  am  confident  the  fly  is  not 
viviparous,  as  the  moving  larvae  would  have  immediately 
caught  my  eye.  Flies  dissected,  too,  even  when  gestation  was 
complete,  always  contained  ova  only. 

In  natural  circumstances  the  larvae  are  most  abundant  under 
mats  where  children  who  urinate  during  sleep  have  lain,  show- 
ing that  either  the  imagines  or  larvae  (or  both)  seek  such 
places  as  promising  sooner  or  later  the  presence  of  suitable 
blood-producing  hosts.  The  larvae  are  voracious  blood-suckers 
and  their  bite  is  severe.  One  bred  out  from  my  captive  flies, 
and  which  I  allowed  to  bite  my  arm  in  .several  places,  pro- 
duced wheals  which  were  the  seat  of  marked  burning  and 
itching  which  did  not  entirely  disappear  for  four  days.  The 
suggestions  as  to  the  possibility  of  the  larvae  being  the  carrier 


Feb.,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  67 

of  disease- producing  organisms  deserves  attention,  and  experi- 
ments with  it  should  be  made.  The  length  of  time  for  a  newly- 
hatched  larva  to  arrive  at  the  pupal  stage  varies  greatly  with 
the  temperature  and  available  food.  A  large  number  of  larvae 
observed  by  me  in  captivity  died  without  pupating.  Some 
lived  as  long  as  seven  weeks  without  entering  the  pupal  stage. 
Although  their  normal  food  is  human  blood  yet  they  will, if  care- 
fully handled,  bite  any  warm  blooded  animal  which  has  been 
shaved  on  the  part  of  its  body  which  touches  the  ground  as  it 
lies  down.  As  it  bites  animals  with  difficulty,  I  fed  mine  on  a 
native  boy.     Larvse  kept  without  food  die. 

Six  new  pupse  were  kept  29.  30  and  31  days  before  the  imag- 
ines escaped.     The  imagines  which  emerged  from  the  puparia 
in  my  experiment  were  in  every  case  identical  with  those  I  had 
kept  in  captivity  and  also  with  the  specimens  determined  by 
Mr.  Austen. 

While  I  cannot  claim  to  have  actually  seen  every  detail  in 
the  metamorphosis,  yet  the  method  used  (breeding  out  under 
closed  cages  in  previously  heated  sand)  is  guarantee  against 
fallacy  and  precludes  possible  heterogenesis  ;  so  that  we  may 
be  assured  that  we  have  the  full  life-history  of  the  fly,  which 
may  quite  possibly  be  found  to  play  no  unimportant  role  in 
tropical  pathology.  I  do  not  know  (having  been  in  Africa) 
whether  or  not  additional  work,  completing  the  description  of 
the  metamorphosis  of  A,  luteola  has  been  published  since  the 
paper  to  which  I  have  above  referred.  However,  I  publish 
this  short  record  of  my  observation  of  the  life  history  from 
imago  to  imago,  since  it  will  at  least  serve  as  a  confirmation 
of  any  work  on  the  subject  that  may  have  been  done  in  the 
interim. 


<••> 


Revbrib  op  a  Mosquito. — "  It*s  a  hard  row  to  hoe,  and  for  growling 
this  human  race  is  the  wonder  of  the  universe.  I've  got  to  live  as  well 
as  the  rest  of  *em,  but  if  I  approach  a  victim  and  sing  ere  I  bite,  he 
{growls  and  swears  he  wouldn't  mind  it  so  much  if  I  didn't  sing  ;  then  if  I 
steal  upon  him  silently  he  complains  that  he  was  hit  without  warning. 
And  then  when  the  doctors  can't  discover  a  fever  germ  they  swear  I'm 
at  the  bottom  of  the  whole  business  and  have  my  picture  taken  and  write 
books  about  me  and  make  national  reputations  at  my  expense.  But  it's 
all  right.  I  guess,  and  I  reckon  I'll  pull  through  ;  I'm  really  an  aristocrat 
in  disguise  and  good  blood  flows  in  my  veins— in  fact  the  best  in  the 
country.** 


ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS. 


[The  CoDdocton  of  Entomological  News  solicit  and  will  thankfully  receive  items 
of  news  Ukdy  to  interest  its  readers  from  any  source.  The  author's  name  will  be  given 
te  each  case,  for  the  information  of  cataloguers  and  bibliographers.] 


To  Oontribtttora.— All  contributions  will  be  considered  and  passed  upon  at  ooi 
earliest  coovcnienct.  and,  as  far  as  may  be,  will  be  published  according  to  date  of  recep- 
tion. Entomological  Nkws  has  reached  a  circulation,  both  in  numbers  and  circumfer- 
ence, as  to  make  it  necessary  to  put  "  copy  "  into  the  hands  of  the  printer,  for  each  num- 
ber, three  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, 
will  be  given  free,  when  they  are  wanted  ;  and  this  should  be  so  stated  on  the  MS.,  along 
with  the  number  desired.    The  receipt  of  all  papers  will  be  acknowledged.— Ed. 

Philadelphia,  Pa.,  February,  1906. 


The  great  number  of  undescribed  species  of  insects  in  this 
country  made  it  necessary  for  those  interested  in  entomology 
to  devote  a  considerable  portion  of  their  time  to  systematic 
work  and  to  the  description  of  these  forms.  There  is  no 
doubt  that  many  species  have  been  described  from  insufficient 
material  without  proper  data  and  we  have  also  had  the  *  *  split- 
ter "  with  us.  Now  that  the  great  territory  between  the  Mis- 
sissippi and  the  Pacific  Ocean  is  becoming  better  known  and 
series  of  good  material  accumulating,  it  has  become  possible 
to  ascertain  the  true  relationship  between  many  described 
forms.  The  great  desideratum  at  the  present  time  is  an 
efficient  nomenclature  that  will  properly  express  the  relation- 
ship of  allied  forms.  The  old  term  variety  has  been  found 
more  or  less  wanting,  but  it  had  the  great  advantage  of  show- 
ing relationship  between  names.  It  is  a  question  whether  the 
trinomial  system  is  much  of  an  advance.  Terms  like  **to- 
pomorph''  express  an  idea  of  evolution  but  do  not  necessarily 
3how  relationship.  We  notice  recently  that  a  number  of  per- 
sons are  compiling  data  from  various  collections  to  get  at  the 
relationship  of  species  through  distribution,  time  of  appearance, 
etc.,  and  we  will  look  forward  with  pleasure  to  the  outcome. 
Cooperative  studies  of  this  kind  may  give  excellent  results. 

68 


Feb..  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  69 

Notes   and    News. 

BNTOMOLOGICAL  OLBANINGS  FROM  ALL  QUABTEBS 

OF  THB  GLOBE. 

In  my  article  on  **  Mosquitoes  in  Mississippi  **  in  the  November  News, 
I  inadvertently  wrote  niger  for  nigripes  in  reference  to  the  fourth  species 
ol  AnopheUs  taken  in  the  State. — Glenn  W.  Herrick,  Agricultural 
College,  Mississippi. 

Editors  of  Entomological  News  :^ust  a  word  to  acknowledge  a 
few  minutes  of  real  enjoyment  in  reading  the  letter  of  Mr.  Henry  Clay 
Weeks  in  the  January  News.  Its  very  violence  makes  it  unnecessary 
for  me  to  reply,  but  I  do  wish  to  disclaim  any  feeling  of  jealousy.  So 
far  as  I  am  aware,  Mr.  Weeks  has  never  done  anything  that  any  one 
need  be  jealous  of.  That  he  has  done  and  is  doing  work  in  New  Jersey 
may  be  true,  because  even  in  New  Jersey  there  are  men  with  more  money 
than  brains.  As  for  the  rest,  my  original  letter  stated  facts  which  are 
easy  of  verification.  I  cannot  say  the  same  for  the  answer. — John  B. 
Smith. 

The  Larva  of  Apatela  funeralis  G.  &  R. — The  conundrum  pro- 
pounded by  Mr.  R.  F.  Pearsall  as  to  the  identity  of  a  certain  larva  found 
by  him  but  not  bred  is  apparently  solved  by  the  above  title.  Mr.  Pear- 
sall describes  (Ent.  News,  xvii,  22,  1906)  the  spathulate  appendages  as 
cream  color,  whereas  they  are  in  reality  black,  an  error  possibly  induced 
by  their  very  shiny  character.  A  description  of  the  larva,  with  references, 
can  be  found  in  Proc.  U.  S.  Nat.  Mus.,  xxi,  103,  1898.  Mr.  Pearsall's  ob- 
servation of  the  penultimate  stages  resembling  bird-droppings  is  new, 
although  the  European  A.  alni  is  known  to  have  this  character,  and 
our  species  therefore  should  have  it  also.  The  observation  on  construc- 
tion of  cocoon  is  also  new,  Harris  giving  a  different  habit. — Harrison  G. 

DVAR. 

Pblastoneurus  nigrescens  Wheeler,  a  synonym  of  P,  dissitnilipes 
Wheeler  ;  a  correction.— Mr.  C.  W.  Johnson  has  recently  called  my  at- 
tention to  a  singular  lapsus  in  my  paper  entitled:    '*New  species  of 
Dolichopodidae from  the  United  States.*'     (Proceed.  Calif.  Acad.  Sci.  3rd 
Ser.  Zool.  Vol.  II,  No.  i,  1899).     Fig.  21,  PI.  i  is  described  as  the  wing 
oi  Btlastoneurus  nigrescens  sp.  nov.  $  and  Fig.  27,  PI.  II  as  the  hypopy- 
gium  of  the  male  of  the  same  species,  but  no  such  specific  name  is  any- 
where mentioned  in  the  text.    On  looking  into  the  matter  I  find  that 
both  of  these  figures  refer  to  P.  dissimilipes^  which  is  fully  described  at 
pp.  16.  17.     P,  nigrescens  is  merely  a  manuscript  name  for  which  I  sub- 
stituted   dissimilipes  while  writing  out  the  description.     I    hasten    to 
make  this  correction  as  the  name  nigrescens  cannot  fail  to  confuse  some 
future  students  of  the  Dolichopodidae.     Fortunately  it  does  not  appear 
in  Aldrich*s  valuable  "Catalogue  of  North  American  Diptera.'* 

W.  M.  Wheeler. 


70  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  Feb.,  'o6 

Rare  Catches  in  Eastern  Connecticut.— I  do  not  think  that  I 
ever  saw  a  butterfly  on  the  wing;  on  November  i8th  before  this  year, 
although  I  have  been  an  interested  observer  for  35  years.  To-day  I 
captured  upon  my  lawn  a  fair  specimen  of  that  rare  fly  for  this  latitude, 
Vanessa  J.  album.  It  is  the  first  one  I  ever  captured.  Mr.  Archibald 
Mitchell  has  taken  three  in  the  past  30  years,  and  two  of  them  were  taken 
in  his  dwelling.  I  was  surprised  on  July  22nd  of  this  year  by  the  sight 
of  Vanessa  milberti  in  my  garden,  and  I  had  the  good  fortune  to  cap- 
ture it.  It  showed  no  wear  from  prolonged  flight  and  was  in  flne  plum- 
age. In  30  years  I  have  only  seen  one  other  specimen  hereabouts  and 
that  was  20  miles  north  of  Norwich.  After  the  middle  of  October  I  have 
had  brought  to  me  Drury's  Saturia  maia  from  the  fields  as  fresh  as  if 
just  emerged,  and  I  have  since  thought  that  their  late  appearance  may 
make  them  seem  to  be  rarer  than  they  are.  Then  there  is  Drury's  P. 
epimenis,  which  flies  here  and  is  taken  on  the  wing  as  early  as  April  12th 
when  the  temperature  is  quite  cool.  Only  one  example  of  Drury's 
Erebus  odora  have  I  seen,  and  that  was  captured  in  first-class  condition. 
Only  on^Junonia  coenia  have  i  ever  seen  in  New  England,  and  that  was 
on  a  shingly  beach  at  Ipswich,  Mass.  While  Vanessa  J.  album  is  reported 
to  be  rare  south  of  Northern  New  Hampshire  anc  Maine,  I  had  the  luck 
three  years  ago  on  a  cool  October  day  to  see,  when  without  a  collecting 
kit,  a  half  dozen  or  more  flitting  about  a  trolley  car  station  a  few  miles 
west  of  Taunton,  Mass.— A.  W.  Pearson,  Norwich,  Conn. 


Doings  of  Societies. 

At  the  meeting  of  the  Feldman  Collecting  Social,  held  De- 
cember 20th,  1905,  at  the  residence  of  Mr.  H.  W.  Wenzel, 
ten  members  were  present  and  Dr.  Molson,  visitor.  President 
Daecke  in  the  chair.  Mr.  Laurent  exhibited  bred  specimens 
of  Pamphila  manataaqua  and  cemes  pointing  out  how  to  dif- 
ferentiate the  two  species,  but  adhering  to  Dr.  Skinner's  remark 
that  they  are  closely  allied  specifically,  and  he  asked  to  know 
the  structural  differences  by  which  the  two  species  were  placed 
in  different  genera  by  Dr.  Dyar. 

Mr.  Haimbach  exhibited  some  specimens  of  Coleoptera  and 
LepidopUra.idlken  at  Roxborough  on  December  3rd, under  bark. 
Among  the  latter  there  were  several  specimens  of  Phyllocnistis 
vitigenella  Clem.  This  species  is  represented  in  the  speaker's 
collection  by  specimens  taken  at  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  on  May 
2nd,  August  25th  and  October  9th,  and  at  Roxborough,  Phila- 
delphia, on  December  3rd. 

F.  Haimbach,  Secretary. 


1906].  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS. 


Not  £zeeedlng  Three  Llnet  Free  to  Sabierlbers. 


49"  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. 


Waoted  to  Exchange.— -Butterflies  and  moths  from  every  country  in 
the  world.  Many  beautiful  fofeign  specimens  to  exchange.  California 
specimens  in  large  quantities. — R.  C.  Winslow,  Santa  Clara,  California. 

Wanted. — Insect  Life,  Vol.  iii,  2,  4,  11,  12  ;  iv,  5,  6,  7,  8,  9,  10 ;  v,  3, 
4  ;  vi,  3.  Also  other  works  on  economic  entomology  not  in  my  library. 
Will  pay  cash  or  exchange.— J.  C.  Crawford,  Box,  2<S,  Dallas,  Texas. 

Wanted. — Records  of  Captures  of  Connecticut  insects — especially  the 
rarer  species— for  the  preparation  of  a  State  list.  Orthoptera  and  Hymen- 
optera  records  desired  at  once.  — W.  E.  Britton,  State  Entomologist,  New 
Haven,  Conn. 

Wanted  mounted  humming  birds  and  other  brilliant  colored  birds,  in 
exchanee  for  rare  exotic,  native  butterflies  and  moths,  cocoons  of  Cea- 
nothi,  Gloveri  and  pupae  and  cocoons  of  other  species. — C.  F.  Timm, 
170  Bleeker  St.,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Wanted. — Specimens  and  data  concerning  parasitism  by  Strepsiptera 
(Stylopidae).    Correspondence  solicited. — W.  Dwight  Pierce,  Box  208 
Dallas,  Texas. 

CIclndelldie  of  the  world  desired.  Good  exchange  offered. — H.  F. 
Wickham,  Iowa  City,  Iowa. 

Coleoptera* — Many  rare  species  offered  in  exchange. — Geo.  W.  Bock, 
M.D.,  1 22 1  Morrisson  Ave.,  St.  Louis,  Missouri. 

I  have  the  life  history  in  Riker  mounts  of  Alaria  florida^  Utefhesia 
bella^  Synchlct  g^enutia^  Vanessa  to  and  others  for  exchange. — Carl  Ilg, 
2530  Douglas  St..  Phila.,  Pa. 

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CONTENTS: 


Blaisdell— New  Califomian  Coleoptcra    71 

Brimley — Notes  on  the  Odonata  and 
other  Insects  of  Lake  Ellis,  North 
Carolina 81 

Hancock — Descriptions  of  new  Genera 
and  Species  of  the  Orthopterous 
Tribfe  Tettijfidae 86 

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menopterous  Genus    Odontophyes 

Konow  ( Xyelinae) 94 

Skinner — New  Butterflies  and  Moths, 

with  notes  on  some  species 95 

Busck— Description  of  Amer.  Moths  of 

the  Genus  Ccrostoma 96 

Editorial 100 

Notes  and  News loi 

Doings  of  Societies loi 


New  Califomian  Coleoptera. 
By  F.  E.  Blaisdell,  M.  D. 

(Plate  II.) 

Recent  collecting  in  California  has  brought  to  light  a  most 
interesting  blind  Tenebrionide,  and  while  making  it  known,  I 
have  grasped  the  opportunity  to  describe  other  new  species,  as 
follows : 

Littralrapit  caieyl  sp.  nov. — Elongate,  parallel  and  shining,  <:olor 
variable,  when  mature  rufo-piceous,  with  legs  rufous.  Head,  about 
equal  in  width  to  the  elytra,  about  as  long  as  wide,  evenly  convex  ;  sides 
very  feebly  arcuate,  about  parallel,  broadly  and  evenly  rounded  at  base  ; 
eyes,  small,  not  in  the  least  prominent ;  punctures  moderate  in  size, 
irregular,  sparsely  placed  at  centre  of  frons,  denser  at  the  periphery ; 
antennae  rather  stout  and  short,  joints  two  and  three  obconical  and  sub- 
equal  in  length,  fourth  rather  short  and  apparently  wider  than  long,  fifth 
to  the  tenth  inclusive  about  as  wide  as  long,  eleventh  pointed  oval  and 
a  little  longer  than  wide.  Prothorax  oblong-oval,  a  little  longer  than 
wide,  sides  parallel,  angles  broadly  and  evenly  rounded,  the  anterior 
scarcely  more  so  than  the  posterior ;  punctures  similar  to  those  on  the 
head,  sparsely  and  irregularly  arranged,  median  smooth  line  rather 
broad.  Elytra  subquadrate,  parallel,  a  little  longer  than  wide,  slightly 
longer  and  one-fourth  wider  than  the  prothorax  ;  punctures  subseriately 

71 


72  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Mar., 'o6 

placed,  becoming  quite  irregular  at  the  periphery,  rather  coarse  and 
slightly  impressed.  Abdomen  parallel  and  about  as  wide  as  the  elytra, 
surface  throughout  extremely  finely  rugulose. 

Male. — (Fig.  3  of  plate).  With  the  sixth  segment  at  apex  rather  deeptr 
emarginate,  bottom  of  the  emargination  rounded,  sinus  about  as  wide  as 
deep,  sides  divergent,  angles  rounded  and  with  a  narrow  membranoos 
margin  ;  surface  at  apical  two-thirds  with  a  large  median  oblong-oval 
impression,  the  latter  set  with  small,  short,  black  chitinous  points,  the 
sides  of  the  concavity  fringed  with  sparsely  set  inwardly  carved  hairs, 
the  concavity  is  continued  to  the  segmental  base  by  a  broad,  glabroos, 
shallow  groove.  The  apex  of  the  fifth  segment  is  more  or  less  slightly 
sinuate  at  middle  ;  surface  marked  with  a  broad,  shallow,  glabrous  loi^ 
tudinal  groove,  which  passes  at  middle  third  into  a  rather  broad  drcular 
concave  impression  that  is  glabrous  and  guarded  laterally  and  pos- 
teriorly by  two  small,  short,  black  chitinous,  obtuse  and  more  or  less 
incurved  tubercles.    The  groove  at  apex  has  a  few  scattered  hairs. 

Fetnale—\^\y\i  the  sixth  ventral  broadly  and  obtusely  rounded  at  tip, 
and  apparently  with  a  minute  triangular  impression  at  middle.  The  fifth 
ventral  is  unmodified.  Measurements — cf .  Length,  8.0  mm. ;  width  i.o 
mm.     9 — Length,  7.0  mm.;  width,  i.o  mm. 

Hab, — Shasta  Retreat,  Siskiyou  Co..  California  ;  elevation, 
2,416  feet. 

A  large  series  of  this  species  was  taken  by  sifting  along  the 
banks  of  the  mountain  streams  in  July,  at  the  above-named 
locality.  The  secondary  sexual  characters  are  sufficiently  dis- 
tinct to  justify  my  describing  it  as  new.  I  cannot  refer  it  to 
any  of  the  species  described  by  Maj.  Casey  from  single  fe- 
males. In  some  points  it  appears  close  to  validtceps.  Species 
possessing  a  community  of  habitus  should  not  be  founded  upon 
females  when  the  male  characters  are  taken  as  the   criterion. 

I  take  pleasure  in  dedicating  the  present  species  to  Maj. 
Thos.  Casey  in  recognition  of  many  favors,  and  also  that  his 
name  may  occur  among  the  many  that  he  has  so  aptly  de- 
scribed. 

In  the  plate  I  have  figured  other  species  for  comparison.  A 
work  to  be  truly  valuable  should  have  all  of  the  species  figured 
in  some  way  or  another  ;  no  words  can  convey  to  the  mind  of 
the  student  the  details  of  morphological  characters  like  a  cor- 
rect drawing  or  even  a  simple  diagram. 

Figure  4  of  the  plate  shows  the  secondary  male  sexual  char- 
acters of  what  I  recognize  as  L,  pundiceps  Lee.,  although  not 


Mar.,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  73 

typical :  **  male  with  a  small  feeble  rounded  impression  at  the 
apex  of  the  fifth  ventral,  the  apex  broadly  and  feebly  sinuato- 
truncate  ;  sixth  segment  with  a  large  triangular  emargination 
at  tip,  generally  not  quite  a  third  as  wide  as  the  apex  and 
nearly  as  deep  as  wide,  the  surface  narrowly  elevated  along 
the  median  line  toward  the  notch,  the  ridge  clothed  with  short 
stiff  black  spicules,  some  of  the  latter  also  present  at  the  apices 
of  the  segment  at  each  side  of  the  notch*'  (Casey).  The 
specimen  figured  was  taken  at  Leona  Heights,  Alameda  Co. , 
California. 

Figure  5  of  the  plate  is  taken  from  what  I  have  found  as 
the  most  common  species  :  '  *  Male  with  a  small  unimpressed 
glabrous  area  at  the  middle  at  apex  of  the  fifth  ventral,  the 
sixth  with  a  triangular  impression,  the  apex  broadly,  para- 
bolically  sinuate'*  (Casey).  It  is  undoubtedly  a  jacobina 
Lee.  By  the  figure  it  will  be  seen  that  the  triangular  impres- 
sion of  the  sixth  ventral  is  clothed  with  short  and  minute 
spicules,  and  that  they  do  not  quite  reach  the  margin.  Casey 
does  not  mention  this  fact,  and  leaves  the  student  in  doubt.  I 
have  not  seen  any  other  form  that  I  could  refer  to  jacobina, 
&nd  I  have  examined  a  large  series  taken  in  Alameda,  San 
Francisco,  Calaveras  and  Eldorado  Counties. 

Figure  6  gives  a  form  found  at  San  Diego,  and  appears  re- 
lated to  relida  Casey.  **  Male  with  a  small  and  very  faint  oval 
impression  at  the  apex  of  the  fifth  ventral,  the  sixth  with  a 
broadly  parabolic,  shallow,  gradually  formed  apical  sinus, 
about  a  third  as  wide  as  the  segment,  and  six  times  as  wide 
as  deep,  the  surface  adjoining  extremely  feebly  impressed,  the 
impression  having  a  small  patch  of  black  spicules  anteriorly." 
(Casey)  If  this  is  relida  it  appears  as  a  less  strongly  devel- 
oped form  ol  jacobina,  I  find  the  secondary  sexual  characters 
variable.  I  have  figured  three  distinct  forms  and  each  must 
vary  considerably,  and  by  experiments  in  heredity  might 
prove  to  be  dominant  or  recessive  forms,  as  the  case  might  be. 
Ut  students  obtain  a  hundred  specimens  to  each  one  they 
oow  collect  for  a  cabinet  set,  and  let  them  record  variations. 
It  will  prove  interesting  and  valuable. 

The  following  two  species  of  Dasytes  belong  to  that  section 


74  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Mar.,  '06 

in  Casey's  synoptic  table  in  which  the  submarginal  line  of  the 
pronotum  is  strongly  impressed  and  entire,  and  with  the 
pubescence  intermingled  with  larger  black  hairs. 

Dasytes  viciiiiu  sp.  nov. — Oblong,  rather  stout,  black,  shining,  with  a 
feeble  virido-aeneous  lustre,  and  moderately  convex ;  antennae  black  to 
slightly  piceous  ;  femora  black,  tibiae  and  tarsi  rufo-ferruginous  to  pices- 
cent  ;  pubescence  sparse,  long  and  rather  bristling,  consisting  of  more  or 
less  suberect  and  backwardly  curved,  luteo-cinerous  hairs  on  elytra,  those 
on  the  head  quite  erect,  on  pronotum  irregular  in  direction,  otherwise  simi- 
lar, and  abundantly  intermixed  with  more  or  less  erect,  slightly  stouter, 
black  and  stiffer  hairs,  which  are  on  the  elytra  slightly  backwardly  curved, 
irregularly  so  on  the  pronotum,  more  erect  on  the  head  and  slightly 
longer  about  the  humeri,  gradually  becoming  slightly  shorter  toward  the 
elytral  apices.  Head  scarcely  transverse,  about  (c?)  or  scarcely  (  9 )  as 
wide  as  the  prothorax  at  apex,  front  not  impressed,  very  slightly  and 
evenly  convex,  quite  evenly  and  not  very  closely  punctate,  punctures 
rather  impressed,  slightly  denser  on  the  vertex,  occiput,  and  tempora, 
epistoma  more  or  less  impunctate  ;  eyes  not  prominent  and  moderate  in 
size,  and  not  very  coarsely  granulate  ;  antennae  longer  than  the  head  and 
prothorax,  rather  stout  (cf),  or  filiform  and  scarcely  longer  than  the 
head  and  prothorax  (?) ;  subserrate,  joints  3-10  subtriangular  (thicker 
in  the  (5^),  third  slender  and  longer  than  wide  (  ?  ),  eleventh  ovate  and 
about  twice  as  long  as  wide.  Prothorax  about  as  wide  as  long  ((^)  or 
slightly  transverse  ( 9 )»  widest  behind  the  middle,  sides  moderately 
arcuate  in  basal  half,  less  so  and  feebly  converging  anteriorly,  feebly 
sinuate  behind  the  apical  angles  ;  edges  subserrulate  ;  apex  scarcely  as 
wide  as  the  base,  and  arcuato-truncate  in  circular  arc  ;  apical  angles 
obtuse  and  scarcely  rounded  ;  base  broadly  and  moderately  arcuate, 
subsinuate  laterally  ;  basal  angles  scarcely  evident  and  obtuse  ;  disc 
evenly  and  moderately  convex,  less  so  antero-posteriorly,  strongly 
punctate,  punctures  impressed  and  separated  by  less  than  their  own 
diameters,  slightly  denser  in  the  9 .  intervals  smooth,  more  or  less  feebly 
convex,  or  fiat  in  the  (^  ;  submarginal  line  strong  and  entire,  submarginal 
area  coarsely  reto-rugose. 

Elytra  rather  large,  less  than  twice  as  long  as  wide ;  sides  feebly 
arcuate,  subparallel  ((j^)  or  slightly  widened  behind  the  middle  (9); 
base  slightly  wider  than  the  prothorax ;  humeri  scarcely  at  all  tumid ; 
apex  rather  obtusely  parabolic,  sutural  angles  feebly  and  narrowly 
rounded  ;  disc  moderately  convex,  punctate,  the  punctures  irregular, 
coarse,  impressed  and  separated  by  their  own  diameters  or  less,  inter- 
spaces more  or  less  feebly  convex  with  a  tendency  to  form  transverse 
and  very  feebly  evident  rugulae.  Abdomen  finely  and  rather  densely 
punctulate,  and  apparently  more  or  less  minutely  reticulate  ;  pubescence 
ather  sparce  and  luteous,  the  hairs  recumbent  and  rather  long.   Measure- 


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ments — J*.     Length,   2.5  mm.;  width,  i.o  mm.     9-  Length,  3.0  mm.: 
width,  r.3  mm. 

Hab, — San  Diego,  California. 

This  species,  although  related  to  hudsonicus,  differs  from  it 
and  also  from  obtusus  sufficiently  by  the  coarse  punctuation, 
and  from  expansus  by  the  more  convex  form  and  coarser  pro- 
notal  punctuation. 

The  male  has  the  fifth  ventral  rather  broadly  arcuato-trun- 
cate,  and  the  female  has  the  fifth  ventral  slightly  lobed  at 
middle,  the  sides  appear  slightly  sinuate  from  being  rather 
strongly  reflexed  while  the  middle  is  subhorizontal  and  just 
slightly  deflexed. 

Described  from  a  $  and  9  ,  a  small  series  all  together,  that 
was  not  taken  at  a  high  altitude.  One  of  the  type  specimens 
was  examined  by  Casey  and  bears  his  label  n.  sp. 

Dasytofl  shattensls  sp.  nov. — Stout,  oblong,  black,  moderately  convex, 
feebly  shining,  lustre  slightly  dull  and  feebly  virido-aeneous,  antennae, 
tibiae  and  tarsi  frequently  picescent ;  pubescence  sparse,  moderate  in 
length,  consisting  of  rather  decumbent  luteo-cinerous  hairs  intermingled 
with  moderately  long  blackish  stiff  hairs,  which  are  erect  and  bristling  on 
head  and  pronotum  and  slightly  backwardly  directed  on  the  elytra. 
Head,  evidently  transverse,  a  little  wider  than  the  prothoracic  apex, 

• 

mterocular  region  rather  broad,  not  impressed  and  very  feebly  convex, 
quite  evenly  and  rather  closely  punctate,  punctures  small ;  eyes  rather 
prominent  and  somewhat  coarsely  facetted  ;  antennae  slender  and  filiform 
and  reaching  about  to  base  of  the  prothorax,  third  joint  slender,  obconico- 
cylindrical  and  about  twice  as  long  as  wide,  eleventh  ovate,  laterally  com- 
pressed and  somewhat  pointed  at  tip.     Prothorax  about  one-third  wider 
than  long,  widest  a  short  distance  behind  the  middle  ;  disc  quite  strongly 
convex;  lesssoantero-posteriorly,  punctate,  the  punctures  small,  distinct- 
ly defined  and  separated  by  a  distance  equal  to  twice  or  at  least  their  own 
diameter,  interspaces  flat  and  rather  smooth,  submarginal  line  strong  and 
entire,  submarginal  area  reto-rugose  ;  sides  quite  evenly  arcuate,  feebly 
convergent  anteriorly,  with  edges  finely  and  irregularly  subserrulate ; 
apical  margin  slightly  arcuate  in  circular  arc ;  base  moderately  arcuate 
and  feebly  sinuate  laterally  at  submarginal  area  and  a  little  wider  than 
the  apex  ;  apical  angles  rounded  ;   basal   angles  broadly  rounded  and 
continuing  the  sides  into  the  base.     Elytra  rather  broad,  distinctly  less 
than  twice   as  long   as  wide,  and  slightly  widened  posteriorly ;  base 
slightly  wider  than  the  prothorax  ;  humeri  scarcely  tumid  ;  sides  feebly 
arctiate  and  subparallel ;  apex  obtusely  parabolic,  sutural  angles  very 
narrowly  rounded ;   dbc  moderately  convex,  punctate,  the  punctures 


76  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Mar.,  '06 

fine,  separated  by  a  distance  at  least  twice  their  own  diameters,  inter- 
spaces flat  and  obsoletely,  minutely  reticulate.  Abdomen  rather  densely 
punctulate  and  clothed  rather  densely,  especially  at  the  sides  and  on  the 
fifth  segment,  with  moderately  long,  recumbent,  luteo-cinerous  hairs. 
Measurements — $  ?.  Length,  2.8-3.0  mm.;  i. 0-1.2  mm. 

Hab, — Shasta  Retreat,  Siskiyou  Co.,  California,  elev.  2416 
ft.  Beaten  from  the  flowers  of  Quercus  echinoides  var.  densi- 
flora  in  July. 

The  specimens  before  me  are  apparently  all  females,  the 
apical  margin  of  the  fifth  ventral  segment  is  feebly  arcuate, 
and  the  third  joint  of  the  antennae  slender. 

This  species  differs  from  vicinus  in  its  much  finer  punctua- 
tion ;  from  hudsonicus  it  is  recognized  by  the  broadly  rounded 
basal  angles  of  the  prothorax.  The  pubescence  is  noticeably 
shorter  than  in  vicinus,  and  less  bristling  and  lighter  in  color 
than  in  hudsonicus,  the  prothoracic  proportions  are  quite  dif- 
ferent in  the  two  species.  Obtusus  occurs  in  Colorado  and  has 
the  elytra  finely,  sparsely  and  but  slightly  rugosely  punctate. 
Expansus  which  occurs  north  of  San  Francisco  is  more  de- 
pressed in  form. 

Casey's  synoptic  table  may  be  modified  as  follows  for  the 
reception  of  the  above  species  : 

Pubescence  distinctly  intermingled  with  longer  erect  black  hairs. 
Elytral    vestiture    blackish     throughout ;    thoracic    sculpture    rather 

dense hndsoiliciis. 

Elytral  vestiture  luteo-cinerous  throughout  except  the  longer   erect, 

black  hairs ;  thoracic  punctures  coarse  and  impressed.. TicittlU. 

Thoracic  punctures  fine  not  impressed.     Basal  angles  broadly 

rounded shasteBflll. 

Elytral  vestiture  cinerous,  except  the  longer  erect  black  hairs ;   basal 

angles  obtuse  and  slightly  blunt ;  thoracic  punctures  sparse. 

obtnsiii. 

Elytral  vestiture  cinerous  but  becoming  dark  and  inconspicuous  be- 
hind the  middle  ;  elytra  broad  and  depressed  .   .   .  e^Ulfllf. 

The  following  remarkable  blind  Tenebrionide  was  discover- 
ed by  Mr.  F.  W.  Nunenmacher  on  June  11,  1904,  at  Fairfax, 
Marin  Co.,  California. 

ESCHATOPORIS  gen.  nov. 
Body  moderately  depressed.     Head  not  strongly  retracted 
into  the  prothorax,  scarcely  narrowed  behind,  sides  notpromi- 


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nent,   anteriorly  moderately  converging  ;  front    not  dilated  ; 
epistoma  truncate  in  feeble  arc  ;  labrum  moderately  transverse 
and  exposed  ;  mandible  emarginate,  superior  cusp  acute  and 
longer  than  the  smaller  and  shorter  cusp  ;  mentum  small  and 
subquadrate,    gular    peduncle    distinct ;    labial  palpi  small ; 
maxillary  palpi   with  the  last  joint  dilated  and  triangular ; 
antennae    ii-jointed,   inserted   under   a  distinct  ridge.     Eyes 
absent.    Prothorax  loosely  articulated  with  the  mesostemum  ; 
prosternum  not  at  all  prominent  ventrally,  rather  long  before 
the  coxae  ;  propleura  slightly  convex  and  not  defined  from  the 
presternum.    Elytra  at  humeri  quite  rapidly  retreating  posteri- 
orly so  as  to  give  a  feeble  sub-pedunculated  appearance  to  the 
body ,  not  widely  nor  firmly  embracing  the  flanks  of  the  abdomen; 
epipleura  narrow,  scarcely  inflexed,  and  not  well  defined  from 
the  elytral  disc,  margin  broadly  and  slightly  sinuate  behind 
the   sterna.      Mesostemum    and    metasternum    moderate  in 
length,  the  former  scarcely  more  prominent  ventrally  between 
the    coxae    than   the  anterior  condylar  portion.      Scutellum 
broad  and  triangular,  not   prominent  nor  very  distinctly  de- 
fined and  but  feebly  entering  between  the  elytra.     Epister- 
nal  pieces  not  distinctly  defined,  the   metasternal  episterna 
evidently  narrow  with  the  epimera  short  and  as  long  as  wide. 
Hind  margins  of  the  third  and  fourth  abdominal  segments  sub- 
cx)riaceous,  with  the  third  and  fourth  ventral  sutures  moder- 
ately impressed,  corresponding  segments  not  emarginate  at 
apex.    Intercoxal  abdominal  process  broad  and  parabolically 
rounded  between  the  coxae  and  about  a  third  of  its  width 
wider  than  the  mesosternal  salient.     Sternal  sutures  scarcely 
at  all  evident.     Anterior  coxae  small  and  rounded,  rather  nar- 
rowly separated  by  the  prosternum.     Middle  coxae  rounded, 
moderately  widely  separated  and   with  a  small  but  distinct 
trochantin.      Hind   coxae  oval,   feebly  narrowed   externally, 
transverse   and   distant.     Legs  moderate  and  simple  ;  profe- 
mora  moderately  clavate,  mesofemora  less  so,  metafemora  but 
slightly  thickened  externally.     Tibial  spurs  small  and  distinct. 
Tarsi   obsoletely  grooved   beneath,    and  moderately  slender ; 
daws  slender  and  simple. 
An  analysis  of  structural  characters  shows  that  the  genus 


78 


ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS. 


[Mar.,  '06 


Eschatoporis  is  distinctly  related  to  the  tribe  Scaurini,  although 
there  are  certain  disturbing  elements,  which  can  no  doubt  best 
be  brought  out  by  direct  comparison  as  follows  : 


MUTUAL  SCAURININE 
CHARACTERS. 


Body  elongate  and  ap- 
terous ;  mentum  small ; 
ligula  prominent ;  gular 
peduncle  distinct ;  maxil- 
lary palpi  with  last  joint 
dilated  and  triangular ; 
antennse  iijointed.  Ely- 
tra not  embracing  widely 
the  flanks  of  the  abdo- 
men ;  epipleura  reach- 
ing tip  of  elytra.  Hind 
margin  of  the  3d  and  4th 
abdominal  segments  sub- 
coriaceous  and  corres- 
sponding  s  u  t  u  re  s  im- 
pressed. Anterior  coxae 
rounded ;  middle  coxse 
with  a  distinct  trochantin  ; 
hind  coxae  oval  and  widely 
separated.  Tarsi  spinous 
beneath.  Scutellum 
broad  and  not  penetrating 
between  the  elytra. 


CHARACTERS  PECULIAR 

TO  THE  Scaurini, 


Head  prolonged  behind 
the  eyes  ;  eyes  present ; 
front  dilated  ;  1  a  b  r  u  m 
covered ;  antennae  with 
outer  joints  broader  and 
transverse.  Side  pieces 
of  the  mesosternum  dis- 
tinct. Third  and  fourth 
ventral  abdominal  seg- 
ments deeply  emarginate, 
in  all  genera  except  one. 
Legs  long,  sometimes 
toothed.  Tibial  spurs 
distinct  or  long. 


CHARACTERS  PECULIAR 

TO  Eschatoporis, 


Head  not  prolonged  be- 
hind the  eyes  ;  eyes  ab- 
sent ;  front  not  dilated  ; 
labrum  exposed  ;  anten- 
nae with  outer  joints  scar- 
cely at  all  broader.  Side 
pieces  of  the  mesosternum 
scarcely  distinct.  Third 
and  fourth  segments  scar- 
cely emarginate  (as  in 
Eulabis),  Legs  moderate 
and  simple  (as  in  Eula- 
his,)  Tibial  spurs  small 
and  distinct. 


By  comparison  it  appears  that  if  the  genus  is  to  be  Scau- 
rinine,  the  tribal  characters  must  be  revised  or  else  two  sec- 
tions be  recognized,  or  else  a  new  tribe  (^Eschatoporini)  be 
erected  for  its  reception.  The  genus  Eschatoporis  is  related  to 
Eulabis  in  the  form  of  certain  abdominal  segments  and  the 
legs,  otherwise  it  has  a  Scaurinine  habitus,  although  very 
small  in  comparison  to  the  other  tribal  constituents.  In  the 
tribe  Scaurini  it  must  be  placed  between  Eulabis  and  Cerenopus. 

Escbatoporis  nnneiiiiiacheri  sp.  nov. — Elongate,  oblong-oval,  about 
three  times  longer  than  wide,  rufo- testaceous,  sparsely  clothed  with 
pale  pubescence,  more  or  less  glabrous  and  shining,  strongly,  coarsely 
and  quite  evenly  punctate,  the  punctures  more  or  less  distinctly  ocellate. 
Eyes  absent.     Head  rather  small,  somewhstt  coarsely  and  sparsely  pane* 


Mar.,  *o6]  entomological  news.  79 

tate,  each  puncture  anteriorly  with  a  rather  long  suberect  hair,  elsewhere 
the  hairs  are  shorter  and  semi-recumbent ;  frons  nearly  plane,  limited 
laterally  by  the  supra-antennal  convexities  ;  frontal  suture  fine  and  more 
or  less  distinct ;  vertex  slightly  and  evenly  convex,  continuously  so  with 
the  tempora  laterally,  the  latter  scarcely  arcuate  behind  the  antennae  and 
not  in  the  least  prominent ;  antennae  long,  reaching  beyond  the  base  of 
prothorax,  comparatively  stout,  gradually  and  feebly  incrassate,  each 
joint  subcylindrical  and  narrowing  slightly  from  apex  to  base,  joints  two 
and  three  subequal  in  length  and  obconical,  joints  four,  five  and  six  equal 
in  length  to  the  third,  suboval  in  outline  with  side  more  arcuate,  joints 
seven  and  eight  slightly  longer  and  a  little  more  robust,  the  seventh  sub- 
oval,  the  eighth  suborbicular,  joints  nine  and  ten  stouter,  eleventh  oval 
and  about  one-half  longer  than  wide.  Pronotum  subquadrate,  a  little 
longer  than  wide,  widest  at  junction  of  middle  and  anterior  thirds  ;  disc 
evenly,  moderately  and  transversly  convex,  scarcely  so  antero-posterior- 
ly,  quite  coarsely,  sparsely  and  irregularly  punctate,  each  puncture  with 
a  rather  short,  curved  and  semi-recumbent  seta ;  apex  truncate  in  cir- 
cular arc,  not  margined  ;  sides  rather  unevenly  and  not  strongly  arcuate 
in  anterior  moiety,  thence  very  feebly  arcuate  or  straight  and  slightly 
converging  to  base,  margin  distinct  but  not  beaded  ;  base  feebly  rounded 
and  obsoletely  beaded  and  about  equal  to  the  apex  ;  apical  angles  ob- 
tuse and  not  rounded,  nor  anteriorly  prominent ;  basal  angles  more  or 
less  rounded.  Propleura  slightly  convex,  sparsely  and  subocellately 
punctate,  punctures  smaller  than  on  the  disc  ;  surface  more  or  less  very 
minutely  rugulose  posteriorly.  Elytra  oblong-oval,  about  twice  as  long 
as  wide,  widest  at  middle  two-fourths  ;  base  not  margined  and  moder- 
ately distant  from  the  prothoracic  base,  the  mesonotal  condylar  region 
moderately  exposed  giving  a  subpedunculated  effect ;  humeri  obsolete  ; 
sides  moderately  arcuate  and  rather  gradually  retreating  from  the  hum- 
eral region,  subparallel  at  middle  two-fourths  and  thence  to  apex  evenly 
arcuate ;  subparabolically  rounded  ;  disc  moderately  depressed  and 
very  feebly  convex  on  dorsum,  laterally  moderately  rounded  and  not  in- 
fiexed,  very  feebly,  evenly  and  arcuately  declivous  posteriorly,  punctate, 
the  punctures  more  or  less  ocellate  and  distinctly  seriate  on  dorsum,  be- 
coming irregular  at  the  periphery,  the  strial  punctures  are  comparatively 
large,  circular  and  somewhat  shallow,  each  with  a  curved,  semi-recum- 
bent, moderately  short  seta,  arising  from  a  centrally  placed,  minute 
eminence,  the  interstitial  punctures  small,  each  with  a  seta  similar  to 
those  of  the  strial  punctures.  Sterna  and  parasterna  coarsely  and  rather 
sparsely  punctate,  and  ocellate  as  above,  each  puncture  with  a  short  seta. 
Abdomen  feebly  convex,  moderately  coarsely  and  sparsely  punctate, 
each  puncture  with  a  moderately  short  nearly  recumbent  seta.  Legs 
moderate.  Tibiae  rather  slender  and  clothed  with  fine  moderately  long 
hairs.  Tarsi  similarly  clothed,  the  feeble  grooves  beneath  margined  by 
pale  delicate  spinules.  Measurements— c^. — Length,  3.2  mm.;  width, 
i.omm.     $.    Length,  3.9  mm.;  width,  1.2  mm. 


8o  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Mar.,  'o6 

-^a^.— Fairfax,  Marin  Co.,  California,  June. 

Mr.  Nunenmacher  stated  that  he  obtained  the  specimens 
while  digging  in  a  ledge  near  a  spring.  He  did  not  state 
whether  they  were  taken  in  company  with  ants.  He  was  col- 
lecting Promecognathus  Icevissimus  at  the  time. 

At  first  glance,  before  examination,  this  species  might  be 
mistaken  for  Bembidium  rickseckeri,  but  it  was  lighter  in  color 
and  of  slower  movements  ;  at  a  casual  glance  it  more  resembles 
Bembidium  laticeps  in  form  and  color. 

The  sexual  characters  are  not  very  evident,  the  male  is  evi- 
dently smaller  and  narrower.  The  metastemum  is  slightly 
impressed  at  middle  just  in  advance  of  the  abdominal  process. 

The  first  abdominal  segment  is  equal  in  length  to  the  fourth 
and  fifth  taken  together,  and  its  post-coxal  portion  is  equal  to 
the  length  of  the  third  ;  the  second  is  a  third  longer  than  the 
third.  The  tibial  grooves  of  the  femora  are  moderately  well 
defined.  The  tarsal  grooves  of  the  tibiae  are  not  evident. 
The  protarsi  have  the  first  and  second  joints  when  taken  to- 
gether about  equal  to  the  length  of  the  fifth  ;  the  first  slightly 
longer  than  the  second,  the  third  and  the  fourth  are  shorter 
and  not  equal  in  length.  In  the  mesotarsi,  joints  one  and 
two  are  subequal  in  length  and  together  about  as  long  as  the 
fifth ;  the  third  and  fourth  taken  together  distinctly  longer 
than  the  second,  the  third  is  distinctly  longer  than  the  fourth. 
The  metatarsi  have  the  first  joint  at  least  as  long  as  the  third 
and  fourth  taken  together,  and  about  twice  as  long  as  the 
second,  the  latter  being  about  a  third  of  its  own  length  longer 
than  the  third  joint. 

EXPLANATION  OF  PLATE  II. 

Fig.  I.  Eschatoporis  nunenmacheri  doxs9\\\ev/^  9* 

2.  The  elytra!  punctuation  more  highly  mag^nified. 

3.  Secondary  sexual  characters  of  Lathrotropis  caseyi  sp.  nov..  cf . 

4.  Male  secondary  sexual  characters  of  Lathrotropis  puncHceps 
Lee. 

5.  Male  secondary  sexual  charrcters  of  Lathrotropis  jacobina  Lee. 

6.  Male  secondary  sexual  characters  of  Lathrotropis  relicta  Casey. 


ii 


Mar.,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  81 

Notes  on  the  Odonata  and  Other  Insects  of    Lake 

EUiSf  North  Carolina* 

By  C.  S.  Brimley. 

On  Monday,  June  19,  1905,  H.  H.  Brimley,  Curator  of  the 
North  Carolina  State  Museum,  Franklin  Sherman,  Jr.,  State 
Entomologist,  and  myself,  left  Raleigh  for  a  week's  visit  to 
the  lakes  in  Craven  County,  N.  C,  the  main  object  of  the  trip 
being  to  obtain  one  or  more  large  alligators  for  the  State 
Museum  at  Raleigh. 

These  lakes  are  part  of  a  large  tract  of  some  thousands  of 
acres,  leased  as  a  game  preser\'e  by  Mr.  Nicoll,  of  Newbern, 
and  permission  had  to  be  obtained  from  him  before  we  could 
visit  them.  This  permission  was  very  readily  granted,  and 
every  facility  was  put  at  our  disposal,  including  the  use  of  the 
liunting  camp  near  Lake  Ellis  (Camp  Bryan). 

On  reaching  the  camp,  which  is  some  six  miles  from   the 

railroad  at  Havelock,  we  found  Mr.  NicolPs  son  awaiting  us, 

and  after  dinner  we  all  started  towards  Great  Lake,  where  the 

alligators  are  said  to  be  most  numerous,  Mr.  Nicoll  acting  as 

guide.     Now  between  the  camp  and  Great  Lake  lies  Lake 

Ellis,  a  sheet  of  shallow  water  some  three  miles  or  so  across, 

and  at  this  time  only  some  six  inches  to  two  or  three  feet  deep, 

which  was  in  the  past  drained  and  planted  in  rice,  but  is  now 

abandoned  to  natural  conditions.     This  we  crossed,  wading 

through   the  shallow  water  on  the  submerged  bank  of  the 

principal  canal,  which  led  us  straight  toward  the  woods  lying 

between  Ellis  and  Great  Lakes. 

By  this  time  Nicoll  and  H.  H.  B.,  who  were  ahead,  had  got 
out  of  sight  of  us  and,  finding  the  path  through  the  woods  too 
indefinite  to  follow,  Sherman  and  myself,  who  had  loitered  be- 
hind, catching  or  trying  to  catch  insects  of  various  kinds, 
turned  back  and  retraced  our  watery  path  across  the  lake  to 
camp,  leaving  the  others  to  secure,  as  it  happened,  the  only 
alligator  of  the  trip,  which  was  killed  by  H.  H.  B.  after  an 
exciting  chase. 

Next  day  we  crossed  the  lake  again  to  bring  back  the  alli- 
gator skin.     Great  Lake,  I  may  mention,  is  a  much  larger 


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and  deeper  body  of  water  than  Lake  Ellis,  and  is  apparently 
the  home  of  the  most  alligators,  though  they  were  obser\^ed  in 
all  the  three  lakes  we  visited. 

Wednesday  morning  we  all  started  for  Little  Lake,  which 
is  a  smaller  lake  of  the  same  character  as  Great  Lake,  but 
Sherman  and  myself  again  lost  our  way,  and  instead  explored 
the  neighboring  shore  of  Ellis  Lake,  catching  a  good  many 
Odonata  and  other  insects. 

Thursday  was  spent  at  Great  Lake  and  in  the  woods  be- 
tween it  and  Lake  Ellis  ;  Friday  in  the  same  way,  except  that 
I  again  explored  the  north  side  of  Lake  Ellis,  for  fish,  bugs, 
etc.  Saturday  morning  H.  H.  B.  and  myself  went  to  Little 
Lake  to  try  to  kill  alligators,  but  unsuccessfully,  although 
several  were  seen  and  shot  at  by  H.  H.  B.  Sherman  collected 
insects  near  the  camp.  In  the  afternoon  Mr.  Ballard,  who 
had  brought  us  down  from  Havelock,  took  us  back  again  to 
the  depot  there  and  our  trip  was  over. 

Quite  a  number  of  insects  were  collected  by  Sherman  and 
myself,  though  by  no  means  exclusive  attention  could  be  paid 
to  them.  About  the  first  insects  which  attracted  our  attention 
were  the  Yellow  Flies  {Diachlorus  femigatus)^  which  first 
came  round  us  in  small  numbers  on  our  way  to  the  camp  on 
Monday,  and  which  were  common  around  the  camp  and  in 
the  woods  throughout  our  stay.  These  made  their  appearance 
soon  after  sunrise  and  kept  up  their  attacks  all  day  and  even 
after  sunset  until  it  was  nearly  dark,  furthermore  coming  into 
camp  to  bite  us  at  our  meals.  The  bite  was  sharp  and  some- 
times left  a  small  red  spot  on  the  skin,  but  no  other  effects 
were  produced  on  any  of  us,  either  when  the  fly  was  frightened 
away  at  once  or  allowed  to  suck  its  fill  of  blood.  In  the  woods 
they  did  not  attack  us  while  we  were  in  motion,  although  the 
different  species  of  Chrysops  would  then  come  flying  around 
us,  but  on  stopping  the  Diachlorus  would  at  once  come  and 
settle  all  over  us,  and  commence  biting  with  great,  if  not  laud- 
able zeal.  Unlike  the  Chrysops,  which  seem  to  prefer  to  set- 
tle on  the  head  and  upper  parts  of  the  body,  Diachlorus  would 
bite  anywhere  from  head  to  heel.  In  biting,  Diachlorus ,  which 
has  a  short  proboscis,  has  to  lower  the  head  and  tip  the  abdo- 


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men  slightly  upwards,   instead  of  keeping  the  body  mainly 
I     horizontal  as  Chrysops  and  Tabanus  do. 

Several  species  of  Chrysops  were  taken  while  flying  round  us 

\    in  the  woods,  and  a  few  specimens  near  camp,  which  latter 

J    were  observed  to  bite  after  sunset,  but  the  particular  species 

!    were  not  noted,  nor  did  they  come  into  camp  (which  was  a 

r    two- roomed  frame  building)  to  bite  us  as  the  Diachlorus  did. 

The  abundant  species  were  C  flavidus,   C  vittatus  and  a 

light  variety  of  the  latter  which  I  had  not  seen  before,  less 

common  were  C  nigribimbo^  C.   lugens^  and  an  unidentified 

species.     All  these  were  locally  known  as  Yellow  Flies,  no 

distinction  being  made  between  them  and  the  Diachlorus, 

Small  Tabanus^  mostly  T,  lineola  and  T,  costalis^  were  com- 
mon around  the  camp,  while  one  or  two  T,  melanocerus  were 
taken  and  a  few  T,  americanus  seen.  The  windows  of  the 
depot  at  Havelock  on  the  afternoon  of  the  24th  were  full  of 
Tabanus  lineola,  hundreds  of  them  in  fact.  Another  Tabanus 
secured  was  T,  mexicanuSy  specimens  of  which  were  given  us 
by  Mr.  Ballard.  He  had  told  Sherman  on  Friday  of  a  green 
fly  that  bit  stock  at  dusk  and,  so  far  as  he  knew,  all  night,  and 
Sherman  had  asked  him  to  secure  specimens ;  on  our  way 
back  on  Saturday  he  stopped  at  his  house  and  brought  out  a 
bottle  full  of  them,  which  proved  to  be  T.  mexicanus.  The  same 
nocturnal  habit  is  also  attributed  to  them  by  Mr.  G.  F.  King, 
of  Mimsville,  Ga.,  who  sent  a  number  to  me  this  summer. 

Odonata  were  particularly  abundant  on  Ellis  Lake  which  is 
studded  with  numerous  small  islands  covered  with  shrubs  or 
reeds ;  they  also  abounded  in  the  open  spaces  around  the  edge 
of  the  lake  and  around  the  camp.  The  various  species  met 
with  are  listed  below,  those  marked  with  a  star  have  not  been 
previously  recorded  from  North  Carolina,  so  far  as  I  know  : 

Calapteryx  maculata  Beau  v.     A  few  seen  near  camp  and  one  taken. 
Argia  fumipermis  Burm.     Not  uncommon  near  camp,  about  six  taken. 
Argia  tibialis  Ramb.     Rather  common  in  the  woods  near  Great  Lake. 
Anomalagrion  hastcUum  Say.    One  male  seen  on  the  lake. 
Ischnura  ratnburi  Selys.     Abundant  all  over  Ellis  L. 
*Enallagma  durum  Hagen.    One  male  caught  on  Ellis  L.,  June  28,  the 
only  specimen  of  the  genus  seen,  was  identified  as  this  by  Dr. 
P.  P.  Calvert. 
Telagrion  daeckii  Calv.    Several  seen  and  two  males  taken  on  Ellis  L. 


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*  Coryphaeschna  infcens  Rambur.    One  male  taken  by  Sherman  on  edge  of 

Lake  Ellis,  June  2t.      Several  other  large  dragonflies  that 
might  have  been  this  or  Epiaeschna  heros  were  seen,  but  no 
more  taken. 
*Gynacantha  trifida  Ramb.?    A  single  small  aeschnid  nymph  was  taken 
on  June  23.  which  Prof.  J.  G.  Need  ham  says  is  a  Gytuuantha 
and  possibly  trifida. 
Anax  Junius  Drury.    A  few  seen  on  the  lake. 
PerUhemis  domiHa  Drury.     Sherman  saw  one  on  Lake  Ellis. 

*  Celithemis  fasciata  Kirby.     Common  on  Lake  Ellis  in  early  morning  of 

June  22,  but  only  a  few  seen  at  other  times.    Only  three  speci- 
mens taken. 
Celithemis  omata  Ramb.     Rather  common  on  and  around  Lake  Ellis. 

The  amount  of  black  was  variable,  but  always  less  than  in  the 

two  specimens  previously  recorded  from  the  state,  so  I  got  Dr. 

Calvert  to  identify  a  specimen  to  make  certain  of  the  species. 
Sytnpetrum  albifrons  Charp.    One  specimen  taken  in  the  road  on  the 

way  to  camp  on  June  19. 
Mesothetnis  simpiicicollts  Say.    Abundant  on  and  around  Lake  Ellis. 
Pachydipiax  longipennis  Burm.    Only  a  few  of  this  species  seen  on  the 

canal  from  Lake  Ellis. 
Libellula  semi/asciata  Burm.     Tolerably  common  around  the  lake,  but 

not  seen  flying  out  over  the  water. 
Libellula  auripennis  Burm.    The  most  abundant  dragonfly,  common 

everywhere  on  and  around  the  lake. 
Libellula  vibrans  Fabr.     Common  in  open  spots  in  Great  Lake  woods. 
Libellula  axil  Una  West.     Not  uncommon  in  Great  Lake  woods  and 

around  Lake  Ellis,  but  not  seen  flying  out  over  the  lake. 
Libellula  incesta  Hagen.   One  male  taken  near  camp  with  hyaline  wings, 

and  no  basal  streaks,  but  with  a  small  black  spot  at  nodus  and 

wings  faintly  tipped  with  dusky  doubtfully  referred  to  this 

form. 
Tratnea  Carolina  L.     Rather  common  on  and  around  Lake  Ellis. 

Among  the  butterflies,  Papilio  palamedes  outnumbered  all 
others,  at  least  four  to  one,  being  quite  common  on  various 
flowers  around  the  edges  of  the  lake,  but  only  a  few  of  the 
specimens  taken  were  in  good  condition.  Other  butterflies 
observed  were  a  few  Terias  lisa^  two  Phyciodes  tkaros,  a  few 
Junonia  coenia^  Grapta  interrogationis,  and  Limenitis  archipptis^ 
one  Debts  portlandia,  a  few  Neonytnpha  sosybius^  one  Pamphila 
vitellius,  one  Pamphila  fusca  and  a  battered  Theda  cecrops. 
Numerous  moths  of  the  genus  Haploa,  apparently  all  one 
species,  flew  up  out  of  the  long  grass  around  Lake  Ellis,  when- 
ever we  walked  through  it. 


Mar.,'o6]  entomological  news.  85 

*       Among  Coleoptera  one  Cicindela  sexguttata  was  taken,  and 
^*  several  C.  punctulcUa,  also  on  the  bare  ground  round  the  edges 
of  the  lake  a  third  Cicindela,  not  yet  identified,  which  Sher- 
g    man  was  inclined  to  think  a  form  of  marginata.     Rose-chafers 
^    were  common  and  had  defoliated  some  of  the  trees,  Sweet 
Gums  (^Liquidambar)  I  think,  which  rather  surprised  me,  as 
this  species  (^Macrodactytus  subspinosiis) ,  though  not  uncom- 
mon  in  western   North  Carolina,  is  quite  rare  at   Raleigh. 
Among  other  scarabs  we  caught  several  Anotnala  marginata  in 
Great  Lake  woods.     Silpha  americana  was  not  uncommon, 
while  species  of  Phanaus  and  Canthon  were  common   near 
camp,  for  obvious  reasons.     A  number  of  other  not  yet  iden- 
tified Coleoptera  were  also  taken. 

Among  the  Hemiptera  the  only  form  of  note  was  a  Nau- 
corid,  which  fairly  swarmed  in  the  lake  among  the  water 
weeds,  and  which  Mr.  J.  R.  de  la  Torre  Bueno  says  is  near 
some  Central  American  species  in  his  possession. 

Among  the  Diptera  other  than  Tabanidae,  mosquitoes  were 
quite  scarce,  contrary  to  our  expectations,  although  Sherman 
picked  up  a  few ;  the  only  species  I  recognized  was  Conchy- 
liastes  musicus  in  Great  Lake  woods.  I  also  caught  a  few 
Asilids  and  a  big  Midaid.  Sherman  caught  a  queer-looking 
fly  on  the  wall  of  the  camp  which  apparently  used  its  forelegs 
as  antennae,  to  judge  by  the  way  it  wiggled  them  about. 

Among  Orthoptera,  Paroxya  floridana  2Sidi  Leptystna  mar- 
ginicollis  were  common  in  the  marshy  portions  of  the  country 
around  Lake  Ellis,  and  an  Orphidella,  apparently  pelidna, 
was  common  in  the  drier  parts  of  its  vicinity.  Some  three, 
possibly  four,  species  of  longwinged  Melanoplus  were  taken, 
one  of  them  atlanis,  A  Memiiria  and  several  specimens  of  a 
Spharagemon  unknown  to  me,  as  well  as  some  Dissosteira  Caro- 
lina and  a  Chortophaga  virdifasdata  were  also  taken.  Several 
specimens  of  Tettiginae,  apparently  all  Neotettix  bolivari  and 
Tettigidea  lateralis,  were  captured  as  also  a  few  Gryllus  and  some 
Blattids.  The  only  Locustids  secured  were  three  Atlanticus, 
two  Amblycorypha  oblongifolia  and  a  Xiphidium  fasciatum. 

Among  the  Hymenoptera  Dirtdaubers  (Sphecidae)  were 
common  around  the  camp  and  several  Chrysids  and  a  big 
Mutillid  were  also  secured. 


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Descriptions  of  New  Genera  and  Species  of  the  Or- 

thopterous  Tribe  Tettig^idae* 

By  Dr.  Joseph  L.  Hancock,  F.  E.  S.  (London). 

During  the  preparation  of  an  article  on  *' Tettigidae" 
for  Wytsman's  *' Genera  Insectorum,**  I  have  taken  the  oc- 
casion to  review  a  large  number  of  specimens  of  this  group, 
with  the  result  that  I  have  met  with  a  number  of  new  genera 
and  species.  I  have  deemed  it  expedient  to  describe  some  of 
these  here,  in  advance  of  the  publication  of  the  article  above 
referred  to.  The  most  interesting  species  in  the  series  is  Am- 
phibotettix  longipes.  It  is  to  be  regretted  that  no  actual  observa- 
tions of  their  habits  have  been  made,  yet  there  is  hardly  any 
doubt,  that  this  species  is  fond  of  living  in  the  water,  similar 
to  Scelhymena,^  This  fact  is  evidenced  by  the  extraordinary 
dilatation  of  the  lateral  margins  of  both  the  tibiae,  and  the 
metatarsi  of  the  hind  legs. 

SECTION  SCELHYMEN^. 
AHPHIBOTETTIZ  gen.  nov. 

Characters :  Allied  to  Scelhymena,  Body  granose,  indis- 
tinctly nodulose,  barely  fossulate.  Vertex  short,  small, 
strongly  narrower  than  one  of  the  eyes,  middle  feebly  carinate, 
the  frontal  carinae  moderately  distinct,  narrowly  convergent 
forward,  formed  anteriorly  into  a  nearly  hemispherical  margin, 
not  advanced  so  far  as  the  eyes.  Face  oblique  ;  frontal  costa 
narrowly  sulcate,  lightly  produced.  Eyes  globose  ;  ocelli  con- 
spicuous and  placed  between  and  little  before  the  lower  third 
of  the  eyes.  Antennae  very  slender,  reaching  the  humeral 
angles,  filiform,  consisting  of  fourteen  distinct  articles,  in- 
serted barely  between  or  just  before  the  ventro-anterior  margin 
of  the  eyes.  Pronotum  anteriorly  truncate,  or  little  ascendant, 
produced  in  a  short  cylindrical  spine,  directed  upward  and  for- 
ward above  the  occiput,  posteriorly  lengthily  extended  back- 
ward beyond  the  femoral  apices  and  acute,  dorsum  distinctly 
flattened,  humeral  angles  strongly  obtuse,  often  with  indis- 
tinct humero-apical  carinae  ;  median  carina  of  pronotum  lightly 

♦The  correct  spelling:  of  Scelimena  Scrville,  is  undoubtedly  Scelhymena^  as  given  by 
Bolivar,  vide  Ann.  Soc.  Ent.,  France,  LXX,  p.  581,  1901. 


Mar.,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  87 

compressed,  often  undulate,  subobsolete  on  the  process ;  pos- 
terior angles  of  the  lateral  lobes  turned  downward,  the  inferior 
margin  before  the  angle  armed  with  a  long  cylindrical,  acute 
spine.  Elytra  oblong,  acuminate  toward  -the  apices  ;  wings 
perfectly  explicate.  Femora  entire,  distinctly  lengthily  at- 
tenuate ;  the  anterior  nearly  as  long  as  the  middle  femora ; 
posterior  tibiae  shortened  to  about  three-fourths  the  length  of 
the  corresponding  femora,  lateral  margins  strongly  dilated 
toward  the  apices,  first  article  of  the  posterior  tarsi  much 
longer  than  the  third,  the  lateral  margins  widely  expanded, 
the  pulvilli  very  small  and  subobtuse. 

This  genus  diflPers  from  Scelhvtnena  in  the  narrower  vertex, 
the  raised  position  of  the  ocelli  and  insertion  of  the  antennae, 
in  the  lengthily  attenuate  legs,  and  in  the  turned  down  pos- 
terior angles  of  the  lateral  lobes.  The  spiniform  antero-dorsal 
margin  of  pronotum  is  probably  only  of  specific  importance. 
I  would  therefore  include  in  this  genus  two  species  namely  : 
Atnphibotettix  longipes,  the  type  described  below,  and  Aphibo- 
Uttix  abbotti  Rehn.* 

ADq^UbotettlZ  longipet  sp.  nov.— Body  slender,  coarsely  granulose, 
fuscous,  posterior  femoral  margins  and  ventral  surface  of  body  light  yel- 
low. Head  not  at  all  exserted  ;  vertex  narrowed  forward,  considerably 
narrower  than  one  of  the  eyes  ;  eyes  globose.  Pronotum  anteriorly 
produced  in  a  short,  rather  blunt  spine,  nearly  vertically  elevated,  the 
antero  dorsal  margin  transversely  somewhat  tentate,  posteriorly  the 
apical  process  profoundly  prolonged  backward,  slightly  more  than  twice 
the  length  of  the  posterior  femora,  the  apex  acute  ;  dorsum  between  the 
anterior  margin  and  the  shoulders  on  either  side  constricto-sulcate,  be- 
hind the  shoulders  shallowly  bifossulate,  with  lightly  tumose  elevations 
posteriorly ;  median  carina  very  little  compresso-elevated,  undulate,  in- 
terrupted anteriorly  and  subobliterated  backward  on  the  apical  process  ; 
humero-apical  carinae  dividing  off  rather  narrow  indistinct  scapular  areas  ; 
spine  of  posterior  inferior  margin  of  lobes  straight  and  lengthily  cylindri- 
cal acute,  almost  transverse  or  leaning  little  forward.  Elytra  elongate, 
the  apex  acuminate,  surface  coarsely  granulose,  below  and  toward  the 
apex  finely  reticulose ;  wings  extended  backward  nearly  to  the  pronotal 
apex.  Anterior  and  middle  femora  extraordinarily  slender,  the  anterior 
strongly  longer  than  the  head  ;  posterior  femora  very  slender,  knee  very 
narrow,  the  antegenicular  denticle  absent,  the  genicular  spine  lightly  pro- 
duced ;  the  pulvilli  of  posterior  tarsi  equal  in  length,  the  third  pulvillus 

♦Proceedings  Acad.  Nat.  Sciences,  Philadelphia,  1904,  p.  660. 


88  ENTOMOLOGICAL  Nfiwi^.  [Mar.,  *o6 

flattened  below.  Total  length  9»  26  mm.;  pronotum,  25  mm.;  posterior 
femora,  9  mm.;  anterior  femora,  5  mm.;  posterior  tibiae,  6.80  mm.;  (^,  20 
mm.;  pronotum,  19  mm.;  posterior  femora,  7  mm. 

Eight  females  and  six  males  from  Brunei,  Island  of  Borneo. 

In  my  collection. 

SECTION  METRODOR^. 
PLATVTUTTil  gen.  nov. 
Characters  :  Body  strongly  rugoso-reticulose.  Head  lightly 
exserted  ;  vertex  considerably  broader  than  one  of  the  eyes, 
tridentate  anteriorly,  consisting  of  a  denticle  on  each  side, 
and  a  minute  denticuliform  produced  median  carina.  Eyes 
very  small,  though  slightly  prominent ;  ocelli  placed  between 
the  lower  fourth  of  the  eyes.  Frontal  costa  rather  widely 
sulcate,  viewed  in  profile  roundly  produced  between  the  an- 
tennae, abruptly  sinuate  above  and  below.  Antennae  inserted 
below  and  before  the  ventro-anterior  part  of  the  eyes.  Pro- 
notum anteriorly  truncate,  posteriorly  hastate,  the  apex  acute  ; 
median  carina  of  pronotum  strongly  cristate  anteriorly  before 
the  shoulders ;  humeral  angles  obsolete  ;  posterior  angles  of 
the  lateral  lobes  widely  laminate  outwards,  triangularly  sub- 
spiniform  produced,  obliquely  truncate  behind.  Elytra  and 
wings  absent.  Legs  strongly  compresso-carinate ;  anterior 
femora  strongly  carinate  above,  below  acute  lobate ;  middle 
femoral  carinae  sinuate-lobate ;  posterior  femora  stout,  the 
antegenicular  and  genicular  spines  strongly  triangularly  pro- 
duced ;  first  article  of  the  posterior  tarsi  provided  with  sub- 
acute pulvilli. 

Platytettiz  reticnlatiis  sp.  nov.— Body  short  and  robust,  viewed  from 
above  the  inferior  margins  of  lateral  lobes  of  pronotum  widely  dilated 
backward  and  acute  ;  grayish-ferrugineous,  lightly  marked  on  dorsum 
with  fuscous  and  also  the  legs  annulated  with  the  same  color.  Vertex 
barely  more  than  twice  the  breadth  of  one  of  the  eyes.  Pronotum  with  the 
dorsum  strongly  compresso  elevated  anteriorly  before  the  shoulders ; 
median  carina  gently  arcuato-cristate  forward  to  near  the  front  border, 
and  backward  abruptly  descending  between  the  shoulders ;  surface  on 
either  side  of  crest  and  lateral  lobes  strongly  rugose-scabrous  ;  dorsum 
behind  the  crest  somewhat  flattened  and  profoundly  reticulose-scabrous, 
presenting  many  little  cratiform  elevations ;  the  median  carina  of  pro- 
notum here  very  thin  and  indistinct ;  anterior  carinae  behind  the  front 


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margin  abbreviated  bqt  distinct ;  lateral  carinae  of  the  posterior  process 
very  thin,   lightly  compressed,  and  minutely  serrate,  the  apex  of  pro- 
notum  produced,  little  upturned  and  extended  backward  to  apex  of  pos- 
terior femora. 
Total  length  of  body  9  mm. ;  pronotum  8  mm. ;  posterior  femora  5  mm. 

One  female  from  Marcapata,  Peru,  South  America.     In  my 

collection. 

TRIGOHOFBHORA  gen.  nov. 

Characters :     Body  coarsely  granulose,   rugose    and   spar- 
ingly tuberculose.     Head  slightly   compresso-elevated  ;    face 
subvertical  ;  antennae  inserted  below  the  ventro-anterior  bor- 
der of  the  eyes  ;  ocelli  placed  between  the  lower  third  of  eyes, 
barely  visible  in  profile  view  ;  eyes  small,   higher  than   the 
dorsum  and  scarcely  at  all  more  elevated   than  the  vertex  ; 
vertex  anteriorly  truncate,  broader  than  one  of  the  eyes,  mid- 
dle lightly  carinate  forward,  on  either  side  between  the  eyes 
foveate  ;    occiput  strongly   sloping  backward  ;    frontal  costa 
evenly  divergent  forward   but  the  rami  moderately  separated. 
Pronotum   distinctly  flattened  on  the  dorsum,   truncate  an- 
teriorly,   posteriorly  subulate ;    median  carina  of  pronotum 
behind  the  anterior  border  often  compresso-elevated  ;  humeral 
angles  laterally   prominent,    carinate,  and  obtuse  angulate  ; 
the  posterior  angles  of  the  lateral  lobes  rather  narrowly  sub- 
rectangularly  truncate,  the  inferior  margins  very  little  turned 
outward;  elytral  sinus  above  shallow,  the  inferior  sinus  deeply 
and  angularly  incised.     Elytra  oblong  ;  wings  perfectly  ex- 
plicate.    Femora  little  compressed,  elongate,  carinae  of  an- 
terior femora  triquetrous,  the  external  pagina  with  the  oblique 
rugae  strongly  prominent,  the  carina  of  the  outer  face  below 
very  pronounced ;  femoral  and  genicular  denticles  very  strongly 
triangularly  produced.     First  and  third  articles  of  the  pos- 
terior tarsi  equal  in  length. 

Trl|OMiraunrt  foisillttlis  sp.  nov.— Ferruginous  above,  legs  very  light 
green,  often  mottled  below  with  black.  Vertex  much  wider  than  one  of 
the  eyes,  front  border  truncate  and  barely  advanced  so  far  as  the  eyes, 
the  anterior  carinae  outwardly  on  each  side  abruptly  curved  backward, 
between  the  eyes  on  each  side  foveate,  occiput  declivous  posteriorly. 
Proootum  with  the  dorsum  distinctly  flattened,  strongly  widened  between 
the  shoulders  ;  just  behind  the  shoulders  deeply  bifossulate,  posteriorly 
nig;ose-scabrous  interspersed  with  tubercles  ;  median  carina  of  pronotum 


90  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Mar.,  *o6 

close  to  the  anterior  margin  obsolete,  between  the  sulcations  compresso- 
cristate,  but  the  small  crest  not  elevated  above  the  eyes ;  on  either  side 
of  the  base  of  crest  presenting  a  small  tumose  eminence  ;  posteriorly  the 
median  carina  becomes  interrupted,  being  undulate-subserrulate  ;  an- 
terior carinae  behind  the  front  margin  abbreviated  but  distinct.  Elytra 
oblong  subacuminate  toward  the  apex  ;  wings  perfectly  explicate,  ex- 
tended backward  little  beyond  the  apex  of  pronotal  process.  Posterior 
femora  above  strongly  carinate,  provided  with  a  small  secondary  denticle 
just  above  the  strongly  prominent  femoral  lobe ;  posterior  tibiae  with 
both  margins  sparingly  armed  with  spines ;  the  first  articles  of  the  pos- 
terior tarsus  having  the  pulvilli  of  gradually  increasing  length,  from  the 
first  to  the  third. 
Total  length,  13  mm.;  pronotum,  11.5  mm.;  posterior  femora,  5.5  ram. 

One  female  from  Callanga,  Peru,  S.  Am.     In  my  collection. 

STENODORSUS  gen.  nov. 

Characters  :  Body  granulose  rugulose.  Head  not  exserted 
or  elevated  ;  face  little  oblique  ;  antennje  slender  filiform,  in- 
serted between  the  lower  part  of  the  eyes ;  ocelli  placed  bet- 
ween the  middle  of  the  eyes  ;  eyes  moderately  small,  little 
elevated  but  not  prominent,  viewed  from  above  subreniform, 
in  profile  conoidal.  Vertex  anteriorly  truncate,  subequal  in 
breadth  to  one  of  the  eyes,  middle  indistinctly  carinate  anteri- 
orly ;  frontal  costa  narrowly  sulcate,  the  rami  almost  fmper- 
ceptibly  widening  forward  to  the  median  ocellus ;  maxillary 
palpi  slender,  the  apical  article  slightly  depresso-ampliate. 
Pronotum  anteriorly  truncate,  posteriorly  acute,  strongly  ex- 
tended backward  beyond  the  apex  of  posterior  femora  ;  dorsum 
very  narrow  between  the  shoulders,  somewhat  flattened ; 
humeral  angles  very  widely  obtuse,  the  scapular  area  clearly 
defined  by  the  presence  of  humero-apical  carinae  ;  posterior 
angles  of  lateral  lobes  subobtusely  rounded.  Elytra  oblong  ; 
wings  perfectly  explicate.  Superior  or  elytral  sinus  much 
shallower  than  the  inferior  sinus.  Femoral  margins  subentire  ; 
posterior  femora  slender  ;  genicular  and  antegenicular  den- 
ticles small,  acute,  margins  of  posterior  tarsi  minutely  serrate 
and  sparingly  armed  with  small  spines.  First  and  third 
articles  of  posterior  tarsi  equal  in  length. 

This  genus  resembles  Allotettix,  but  diflPers  from  that  genus  in 
the  narrower  body,  the  insertion  of  the  antennae  between  the 
ventral  part  of  the  eyes,  and  the  situation  of  the  superior  ocelli 
between  the  middle  of  the  eyes. 


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91 


Stenodomu  eztemutlis  sp.  nov. — Ferruginous,  sometimes  indistinctly 
tnfuscate.  Vertex  subequal  in  breadth  to  one  of  the  eyes,  little  narrowed 
forward,  truncate  anteriorly,  the  frontal  carina  on  each  side  little  elevato- 
curvate  ;  behind  the  frontal  carinae  provided  with  little  oblong  fossae, 
occupying  the  space  on  each  side  of  the  median  carina  between  the  an- 
terior half  of  the  eyes.  Pronotum  with  the  dorsum  flattened  or  barely 
convex,  very  narrow  prolongate,  provided  forward  on  each  side  with  a 
large  longitudinal  ruga  ;  median  carina  of  pronotum  percurrent,  moder- 
ately conspicuous,  little  elevated  ;  on  each  side  of  dorsum  forward  bet- 
ween the  carinae  longitudinally  bicanaliculate,  posteriorly  the  surface 
often  rugoso-punctulate ;  forward  between  the  front  of  shoulders  rarely 
provided  with  very  indistinct  abbreviated  carina  on  each  side  ;  humero- 
apical  carinae  present,  dividing  off  moderately  wide  scapular  areas  over- 
lying the  shoulders ;  apical  process  of  pronotum  very  lengthily  extended 
backward,  little  longer  than  the  wings,  or  rarely  equal  in  the  male. 
Elytra  oblong,  acuminate  toward  the  apex ;  wings  perfectly  explicate. 
Posterior  tibiae  narrow,  very  lightly  expanded  toward  the  apices,  the 
apical  half  little  curved  outward,  the  outer  margin  of  the  distal  third  part 
armed  with  minute  denticles  but  the  inner  fifth  part  unarmed  ;  the  third 
pulviili  of  the  posterior  tarsi  equal  in  length  to  the  first  and  second  art- 
icles combined,  and  flat  below.  Total  length  of  body  9»  16  mm.;  pro- 
notum, 15  mm.;  posterior  femora,  6.5  mm.  cf,  14-14. 25  mm.;  pronotum, 
12. 5-13.5  mm.;  posterior  femora,  5.25-5.5  mm. 

Numerous  specimens  in   my    collection    from   Marcapata, 
Peru,  South  America. 


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North  Carolina  Records  of  Odonata  in  1904  and  1905 
With  Corrections  of  Some  Previous  Records. 

By  C.  S.  Brimley. 

In  the  following  list  all  noteworthy  North  Carolina  records 

of  Odonata  for  the  years  1904  and  1905,  except  the  Lake  Ellis 

data,*  are  included.      The  specimens  were  taken  by  myself 

unless  otherwise  stated.     Species  marked  with  a  star  *,  have 

not  been  previously  recorded  from  the  state. 

Gomphus  sorditus  Hagen.      Hobton,  Sampson  Co.,  one  female  April 
27,  1904.     F.  Sherman. 

Gomphaeschna furcillataSdiy,  Raleigh,  April  19,  27,  1904 ;  April  3, 1905. 

Basiaeschna  Janata  Say.     Raleigh,  April  14,  1904,  a  male  and  female. 
*Aeschna  constricta  Say.     Raleigh  Nov.  7,  1904,  one  male. 

Macromia  taeniolata  Ramb.     Raleigh,  Aug.  9,  1904,  one  male. 
* Neurocordulia  obsoleta  Say.     Wilmington,  April  5,  1905,  G.  M.  Bentley. 

Tetragoneuria  cynosura  Say.     Wilmington,  April  5,  1905,  one ;   Wal- 
lace, Duplin  Co.,  April  5,  1905,  one ;  CM.  Bentley. 

•Seep.  81. 


92  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Mar.,  *o6 

Helocordulia  selysii  Hagen.  Wallace,  April  4,  1904,  R.  W.  CoUett ; 
Southern  Pines,  March  27,  1905,  G.  M.  Bentley.  Both  these 
specimens,  which  are  females,  have  the  triangles  of  the  fore- 
wings  once  crossed,  the  triangles  of  the  hindwings  free,  and 
internal  triangles  present  in  both  hind  wings,  but  two  other 
specimens,  male  and  female  taken  at  Lumberton,  April  7, 
1903,  have  the  triangles  of  both  fore  and  hind  wings  free  from 
cross  veins,  and  internal  triangle  absent  m  both  hind  wings  of 
female,  and  present  in  left,  but  absent  in  right,  hind  wing  of 
male. 

Sofnatochlara  tenebrosa  Say.  Raleigh,  Sept.  15,  1904,  one  female. 
This  specimen,  as  also  a  male  of  the  same  species  taken  at 
Raleigh,  July  10,  1903,  and  a  female  of  S,  filosa  taken  at  Lum- 
berton, Sept.  6,  1902,  have  the  triangles  of  both  fore  and  hind 
wings  once  crossed. 

Mesothemis  simplicicoUis  Say.  Cape  Hatteras,  one  taken  in  July  by 
my  brother's  little  boys. 

Libellula  flavida  Ramb.  Lillington,  Harnett  Co.,  June  28,  1904,  one; 
Raleigh,  Sept.  17,  1904,  one. 

Libellula  cyanea  Fab.     Lillington,  June  28,  1904,  one. 

Libellula  semi/asciaia  Burm.  LaGrange,  Lenoir  Co.,  Aug.  9,  1904, 
Sherman  ;  Warsaw,  Duplin  Co.,  May  19,  1905,  Sherman. 

Libellula  auripefinis  Burm.    Cape  Hatteras,  four  taken  by  my  brother's 
little  boys  in  July,  1905  ;  Raleigh,  June  5,  1905,  one  female. 
*Tramea  lacerata  Hagen.    Wilmington,  July  21,  1905,  J.  W.  Spoon,  one 
male. 

Pantala  flavescens  Fab,     Raleigh,  Sept.  23,  1905,  one  teneral  male. 

Lestes  forcipatus  Rambur.     Warsaw,  May  19,  1905,  Sherman. 

Argia  bipunctulata  Hagen.    Lillington,  June  28, 1904,  one. 

Argia  apicalis  Say.     Lillington,  June  28,  1904,  one. 

CORRECTIONS. 

1.  The  female  specimen  of  Gomphus  notatus  recorded  pre- 
viously from  Lumberton  (Ent.  News,  May,  1903,  p.  151),  is 
not  that  species,  but  apparently  Gomphus  amnicola  Walsh. 

2.  The  three  specimens  of  Gomphus parvulus  recorded  pre- 
viously from  Lumberton  (Ent.  News,  March,  1904,  p.  100), 
are  certainly  not  that  species,  but  so  far  as  I  can  make  out, 
Gomphus  abbreviatus  Selys. 

3.  I  am  now  of  the  opinion  that  the  specimens  of  Libellula 
axillena,  recorded  from  Raleigh  (EnT.  News,  May,  1903, 
March,  1904),  are  not  that  form  but  L,  incesta.  The  Beaufort 
and  Lake  Ellis  specimens  are,  however,  true  axiUena. 


Mar.,  *o6] 


ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS. 


93 


Notes  on  the  True  Neuroptera* 

L — BrachynemuniB  Curriei,  a  New  Ant  Lion  from  Texas, 

By  J.  F.  McClendon. 

BnchTnemimis  cnrrtol  sp.  nov. 

iWizAr.— Length  34  mm.  Expanse  of  wings  34  mm.  Mottled  yellow 
and  fuscous.  Occiput  yellow  at  sides,  fuscous  in  the  middle.  Vertex 
fuscous  with  a  narrow  yellow  stripe  from  eye  to  eye  just  behind  the 
antenna;.  The  antennae  would  reach  back  to  the  bases  of  the  fore  wings  ; 
they  are  brown,  with  yellow  rings  marking  the  articulations  ;  basal  joint 
yellow  ;  basal  and  second  joints  swollen.  Front  yellow,  fuscous  around 
the  bases  of  the  antennae.  Mandibles  yellow,  tipped  with  fuscous.  Palpi 
yellow,  tipped  with  fuscous.  Pronotum  a  little  longer  than  broad,  taper- 
mg  anteriorly,  fuscous  with  a  median  longitudinal  yellow  band  ;  a  few 
long  hairs.  Mesothorax  mottled  yellow  and  fuscous  ;  a  few  short  hairs. 
Legs  yellow  with  circular  fuscous  bands.  Tibial  spurs  reach  past  three 
joints  of  the  tarsus.  Claws  fuscous.  Wing  veins  fuscous,  interrupted 
with  yellow.  Pterostigma  pale.  In  forewings  a  fuscous  spot  two-thirds 
the  way  between  pterostigma  and  posterior  margin.  Abdomen  fuscous, 
hairy.     Genital  appendages  about  as  long  as  diameter  of  abdomen. 

/^cr;«/z/d\— Length,  28  mm  Expanse  of  wings,  40  mm.  Stouter  than 
male.  Genital  appendages  shorter  than  diameter  of  abdomen.  Other 
characters  as  in  male. 


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Jr- 


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■  l.~i.  L  ■-*■  —  ••»•• -It  ■     .^^■■ 


Fig.  I. — Brachyntmurus  curriei  n.  sp.     .Male  to  left  and  female  to  n'Kht,  about  ijj  natural  size. 

Type  No.  9725  U.  S.  National  Museum  collected  by  Mr. 
H.  S.  Barber,  at  Brownsville,  Texas.  Cotypes :  two  males 
from  Esperaiizo,  May  20,  1904,  and  Los  Barregos,  June  6, 
1904,  both  in  vicinity  of  Brownsville  ;  six  females  from  Browns- 
ville and  vicinity,  all  taken  by  Mr.  Barber. 


94  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Mar.,  '06 

A  Second  Species  of  the  Hymenopterous  Genus  Odon- 

tophyes  Konow  (Xyelinae). 

By  John  C.  Bridwell. 

Entomological  Laboratory,  Mass.  Agr.  Col.,  Amherst,  Mass. 

Odontophyes  femiginea  n.  sp. 

9.  1 1.5  mm.  Length  of  wing,  12  mm.  Dull  ferruginous,  the  follow- 
ing parts  more  or  less  infuscated:  eyes,  indefinite  spot  over  ocelli, 
a  pair  of  lateral  indefinite  spots  in  front  of  this,  anterior  lobe  of  meso- 
notum,  lateral  lobes  along  the  sutures  and  behind,  the  lateral  spot 
extending  over  upon  the  sides  of  the  scutellum,  metanotum,  basal 
plate,  two  large  spots  upon  second  dorsal  abdominal  segment,  the  five 
succeeding  dorsal  segments  excepting  their  lateral  and  posterior  margins, 
the  latter  being  extended  forward  with  each  side  into  a  light  spot  nearly 
enclosed  by  the  dark  color. 

These  parts  yellowish  :  basal  joint,  antennae  and  the  nine  small  ter- 
minal joints,  clypeus  and  face  above  to  insertion  of  antennae,  anterior  and 
posterior  orbits,  labrum,  mandibles  except  apex,  the  other  mouth  parts, 
tegulae,  summits  of  coxse,  trochanters,  anterior  and  middle  femora  and 
tibiae  in  front,  base  and  extreme  apex  of  hind  femora,  basal  half  of  hind 
tibiae,  hind  tibiae  and  the  venter  of  the  abdomen. 

Wings  yellowish  hyahne,  the  nervures  and  stigma  brown. 

The  markings  of  the  thorax  and  posterior  regions  of  the  head  are  in- 
definite and  the  colors  run  into  each  other.  The  bands  upon  the  pos- 
terior legs  are  particularly  distinct. 

Described  from  one  9  specimen  in  the  author's  collection 
taken  by  him  at  Baldwin,  Kansas,  in  April,  upon  the  flowers  of 
the  early  shrub  willow. 

This  species  agrees  perfectly  with  Konow* s  characterization 
of  the  genus.  From  the  only  species  hitherto  known  O.  avi- 
ingrata  Dyar,  the  ferruginous  ground  color  sufl5ciently  dis- 
tinguishes it,  Dr.  Dyar's  species  being  described  as  steel 
blue.  Odontophyes  aini7igrata  vj2is  d^scnh^d.  in  Psyche  8:213, 
1898,  as  a  species  of  Pleuroneura  and  the  genus  was  erected  by 
Konow  (Wien.  Ent.  Zeit.  18:41,  1899)  for  its  reception.  Our 
species  must  resemble  rather  closely  Megaxyela  major  Cresson, 
but  differs  by  the  generic  characters.  The  genera  Megaxyela, 
Odontophyes  and  Pleuronenra  are  very  closely  related  and  care- 
ful collecting  may  reveal  intermediates. 


Mar.,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  95 

New  Butterflies  and  Moths  With  Notes  on  Some 

Species* 

By  Henry  Skinner. 

Prof.  F.  H.  Snow,  of  the  University  of  Kansas,  sent  me  a 
small  collection  of  Lepidoptera,  taken  last  summer  at  Browns- 
ville, Texas,  and  on  the  San  Bernardino  Ranch  in  Cochise 
County,  Arizona.  Syssphinx  heilighrodti  Harvey,  ^  ,  Browns- 
ville, Texas,  June.  The  type  of  this  species  came  from  Bos- 
trop  Co. ,  Texas.  The  books  and  lists  generally  give  Arizona 
as  the  locality  and  omit  Texas. 

Tolype  brevicrista  Dyar,  ^ .  San  Bernardino  Ranch,  Co- 
chise Co.,  Ariz.,  3750  ft.,  August.  This  gives  a  definite  lo- 
cality for  this  pretty  species. 

Gonodonta  pyrgo  Cramer.  Brownsville,  Texas,  June.  A 
single  specimen  agrees  fairly  well  with  Cramer's  figure. 

RlMtclpha  SBOWl  n.  sp.  9^  ^^P*  40  nini.?  Head,  antennae,  palpi, 
thorax,  lower  half  of  fore  femora  and  tibiae  light  brown  ;  underside  of 
thorax,  middle  and  hind  legs  white.  Primaries  light  brown  and,  imder 
a  lense,  irrorate  with  minute  dark  brown  dots  ;  a  brown  dot  in  the  cell. 
There  is  an  indistinct  brown  shade  extending  into  the  wing  from  the 
outer  angle.  Secondaries  a  lighter  shade  of  brown  (fawn)  and  immacu- 
late, with  upper  side  of  abdomen  same  color  as  secondaries.  The  speci- 
men is  fresh,  but  the  tips  of  the  wings  are  damaged. 

Described  from  a  single  specimen  taken  at  Brownsville, 
Texas,  June.  This  is  a  new  genus  to  our  fauna,  and  so  far 
as  I  am  aware  the  second  species  known. 

BudBO  arlda  n.  sp.  Exp.  26  mm.  Head,  thorax  and  abdomen  yel- 
low ;  antennae  and  legs  fuscous.  Primaries  crossed  by  four  fasciae  ;  the 
basal  one  black  and  4  mm.  wide  ;  the  second  yellow  and  3  mm.  wide  ; 
the  third  black  and  3.5  mm.  wide  ;  the  fourth  yellow  and  lunate,  2  mm. 
wide  ;  this  fascia  does  not  reach  the  costa  or  outer  margin,  which  is 
black.    Secondaries  yellow  with  a  black  border  4  mm.  in  width. 

The  species  in  this  genus  appear  to  be  of  doubtful  value, 
and  it  will  take  larger  series  or  breeding  to  diminish  them. 
This  is  apparently  the  first  record  for  this  genus  in  the  United 
States,  and  it  was  this  fact  that  made  it  seem  advisable  to  de- 
scribe the  species.  It  is  related  to  R.  prusias  Druce,  and  is 
described  from  one  specimen  taken  by  Prof.  F.  H.  Snow  at 
San  Bernardino  Ranch,  Cochise  Co.,  Ariz.,  3,750  ft.,  August. 


96  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Mar.,  'o6 

OosmOBonui  rabrignttt  n.  sp.  Exp.  40  mm.  Wings  hyaline  ;  anteon^e 
black  ;  head  black  with  blue  scales  on  top  ;  collar  and  patagiae  orange ; 
thorax  black  with  blue  spots ;  abdomen  black  with  three  metallic  blue 
spots  on  the  segments,  arranged  in  a  triangle  ;  legs  fuscous.  Primaries 
as  in  auge,  except  that  the  costa,  base  and  interior  margins  are  orange  ; 
there  is  also  an  orange  spot  at  the  end  of  the  cell,  surrounded  with  black  ; 
this  spot  is  2  mm.  in  length.  Secondaries,  basal  half  orange,  outer 
part  black. 

C /w/arWalk.  Biol.  Cent.-Amer.  Het.  lii,  pi.  71.  f  22, 
looks  very  much  like  this  species  except  in  relation  to  base  of 
the  secondaries  and  the  discal  spot. 

Described  from  one  specimen  taken  by  Prof.  F.  H.  Snow  at 
Douglas,  Arizona,  August. 

Pyrgns  occidentalls  n.  sp. 

This  is  a  smaller  and  generally  whiter  species  than  tessellata 
Scudder,  and  is  found  in  the  Northwest  territory  and  in  the 
southwest  generally.  I  hope  to  give  figures  of  this  form  in 
the  near  future.  Prof.  Snow  sent  me  specimens  from  San 
Bernardino  Ranch,  Cochise  Co.,  Arizona,  August,  atid  Browns- 
ville, Texas. 

There  has  been  a  terrific  mix  up  in  the  literature  in  regard 
X.O  tessellata  Scud.,  syrichtus  Fab.,  and  tnontivagus  Reak.  All 
authors  have  them  incorrectly  placed.  Tessellatus  and  syr- 
ichtus are  abundantly  distinct  and  mofittvagus  is  a  synonym  of 
syrichtus. 


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Description  of  American  Moths  of  the  Genus  Ceros- 

toma. 
By  August  Busck. 

U.  S.  National  Museum,  Washington,  D.  C. 

The  genus  Cerostoma  Latreille,  of  which  many  species  are 
common  in  Europe,  has  not  yet  been  recorded  from  and  pro- 
bably is  not  found  in  eastern  United  States,  but  is  evidently 
amply  represented  in  the  West. 

In  a  revision  of  the  genus  and  its  near  allies  (Joum.  N.  Y. 
Ent.  Soc.  ix,  p.  45,  1903)  the  writer  recorded  eleven  species 
from  the  West  and  Southwest,  and  I  am  now  able  to  add  four 
more  striking  forms  to  the  known  species  of  this  pretty  g^oup 
of  Microlepidoptera. 


Mar.,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  97 

The  known  American  species  may  be  separated  by  the  fol- 
lowing table,  which  is  merely  my  former  synopsis,  amplified 
to  include  the  additional  species  : 

Forewings  with  round  second  discal  dot i. 

Forewin^  without  such  dot 2. 

1.  With  blackish  streak  above  the  fold aleatlanellt  Beut. 

Without  such  streak nnielpniLCteUt  Busck. 

2.  With  longitudinal  black  streaks .3. 

Without  longitudinal  black  streaks 7. 

3.  With  continuous  black  streaks  from  base  to  tip 4. 

Without  such  streak 5. 

4.  Black  central  streak  edged  with  white  dorsally  .    .  flavlBf rigellt  n.  sp. 
Forewings  ^without  white  streak schwandellt  Busck. 

5.  Ground  color  pure  white strlatelll  Busck. 

Ground  color  not  white 6. 

6.  Head  ochreous iganAlla  Busck. 

Head  black  and  white barbereUa  Busck. 

7.  Head  pure  white 8. 

Head  not  pure  white 9. 

8.  Forewings  with  strong  well  defined  markings   .   .   .  angellcella  Busck. 
Forewings  without  such  markings Yintrella  n.  sp. 

9.  Apex  of  forewings  cupreous nndnlatellt  n.  sp. 

Apex  not  cupreous 10. 

10.  Ground  color  ochreous  white macnlatellt  n.  sp. 

Ground  color  not  white 11. 

11.  Alar  expanse  less  than  19  mm 12. 

Alar  expanse  more  than  21  mm 73. 

12.  Membrane  between  veins  11  and  12  in  forewings  thickened. 

ndiatellt  Don. 
Membrane  not  thickened rabrellt  Dyar. 

13.  Forewings  light  olive  brown oUreUa  Busck. 

Forewing  dark  purplish  brown arlzonellt  Busck. 

(taroitoiiM  flavlitrigeUt  sp.  nov. 

Antennse  dark  fuscous  without  color  annulations.  Labial  palpi  whit- 
ish ochreous,  finely  mottled  with  black.  Face  and  head  dirty  ochreous, 
each  scale  tipped  with  white,  preceded  by  dark  brown.  Thorax  dark 
fuscous.  Forewing  dark  fuscous,  mottlec  and  streaked  with  black, 
especially  on  the  costal  half.  A  continuous  black  streak  from  base  to 
apex  limits  the  darker  costal  half  of  the  wing ;  below  and  edging  it 
through  its  entire  length  is  a  broader  longitudinal  white  streak,  which, 
together  with  the  rest  of  the  dorsal  part,  is  more  sparsely  mottled  with 
black  Hind  wings  dark  fuscous.  Abdomen  dark  fuscous,  tarsal  joints 
tipped  with  ochreous. 

Alar  expanse,  22-24  mm. 


98  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Mar.,  '06 

Hah, — Coso  Valley,  California  (Koebele coll.)  May,  U.  S.  N. 
M.  type  No.  9806. 

Closely  allied  to  C.  harherella,  but  at  once  distinguished  from 
all  described  American  species  by  the  central  longitudinal 
white  streak. 

Gerostoma  macnlatellt  sp.  nov. 

Antennae  white,  sharply  annulated  with  dark  brown  except  on  basal 
fourth.  Labial  palpi  white.  Face  white.  Head  and  thorax  ochreous 
white.  Forewings  ochreous  white ;  basal  half  of  costal  edge  ochreous 
fuscous.  From  the  base  runs  a  broad,  dark,  ochreous  fuscous  band  out- 
wards below  the  fold,  touching  the  dorsal  edge  and  then  curving  up- 
wards to  the  fold.  At  the  end  of  the  cell  is  a  large,  oblong,  pronounced, 
dark  fuscous  spot,  produced  into  a  still  larger  paler  ochreous  patch, 
which  covers  most  of  the  apical  third  of  the  wing  and  emits  three  dark 
fingers  to  the  costal  edge.  Hind  wings  paler  fuscous.  Abdomen 
ochreous  white.     Legs  white,  mottled  with  black  exteriorly. 

Alar  expanse,  20-22  mm. 

Hah. — Bright  Angel,  Arizona  (Barber  coll.)  May,  U.  S.  N. 
M.  type  No.  9807. 

This  species  is  nearest  to  C  angelicella^  and  quite  similar 
though  not  identical  in  design,  but  differs  in  the  dingy  ground 
color  and  the  more  diffused  and  darker  markings. 

Cerostoma  Yintrella  sp.  nov. 

Antennae  white  with  sharp  prominent  dark  brown  annulations.  Labial 
palpi  white.  Face,  head  and  thorax  pure  white,  patagina  ochreous. 
Forewings  white  with  indistinct  and  ill-defined,  light  ochreous  fuscous 
markings  ;  the  most  persistent  of  these  are  a  central  longitudinal  row  of 
three  large  oblong  spots,  more  or  less  connected  by  single  dark  scales, 
and  a  series  of  equidistant  costal,  apical  and  dorsal  spots  around  the 
edge  of  the  apical  third  of  the  wing.  There  are  also  two  ochreous 
fuscous  costal  spots,  one  at  basal  third  and  one  at  the  middle  of  the 
wing,  and  two  or  more  dorsal  spots,  but  none  of  these  markings 
are  very  constant  and  in  even  slightly  worn  specimens  they  are  all 
more  or  less  obliterated,  so  that  the  wing  appears  nearly  immaculate 
or  merely  dusted  with  dark  scales.  Hindwings  light  gray.  Abdomen 
dark  fuscous.     Legs  white. 

Alar  expanse,  17-22  mm. 

Hab, — Colorado  Canon,  Arizona,  2300  feet  alt.  (Barber 
coll.)  May.      U.  S.  N.  M.  type  No.  9808. 

Nearest,  on  account  of  the  white  color,  to  C  striatella,  but 
very  different  from  that  and  all  other  described  American 
species. 


Mar.,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  99 

Cerostona  nndniatellt  sp.  nov. 

Antennae  light  fuscous  with  indistinct  darker  annulations.  Labial 
palpi  white,  dusted  with  black.  Face,  head  and  thorax  bluish  white 
minutely  dusted  with  black  atoms,  each  scale  being  white  with  dark 
lines.  Forewings  bluish  silvery  white,  densely  overlaid  with  black  and 
brown  in  ill-defined  wavy  transverse  lines.  Each  white  scale  is  tipped 
with  black.  The  apical  part  of  the  wing  is  strongly  cupreous  brown, 
especially  around  the  edge.  Cilia  bluish  white,  dusted  with  black. 
Hindwing  light  fuscous.  Abdomen  silvery  fuscous.  Legs  white  dusted 
with  black  ;  tarsal  joints  black,  tipped  with  ochreous. 

Alar  expanse,  20  mm. 

Hah. — Williams,  Arizona  (Barber)  July.  U.  S.  N.  M. 
type  No.  9809. 

Very  distinct  from  all  the  known  American  species  of  Ceros- 
ivma  and  at  once  recognized  by  the  wavy  color  effect  and  the 

cupreous  wingtips. 

♦ 

A  Suggestion  to  Collectors  on  the  Southeastern  Coasts  op 
The.  United  States. — Recent  study  of  Eryihrodiplax  berenice  Drury 
Calso  known  as  Micrathyria  or  Dipiax  berenice^  and  of  Hagen's  Dythe- 
^nis  naeva  make  it  probable  that  these  two  Odonates  grade  into  each 
^Dther  as  subspecies  in  the  sense  of  the  Code  of  the  American  Ornitholo- 
gists' Union.     Berenice  has  been  found  on  the  coast  from  Massachusetts 
^o  North  Carolina,  naeva  in  southern  Florida,  the  Bahamas,  Cuba,  Guate- 
vnala  and  Panama.     Intermediates  occur  in  Texas  and  Mexico.    Of  Qdo- 
^lata  from  the  coasts  of  South  Carolina,  Georgia,  northern  Florida  and 
the  Gulf  nothing  is  known.     Anyone  familiar  with  berenice,  visiting  these 
last-named  localities,  would  do  well  to  gather  a  large  series  of  any  forms 
which  appeared  to  resemble  berenice  and  so  shed  some  light  on  the  rela- 
tionship suggested  above. — Philip  P.  Calvert. 

Editor  Entomological  News. — I  noticed  in  the  Notes  and  News  of 
the  June  (1905)  News  your  report  of  the  capture  oi  Pyrgus  centaurea 
at  lona.  N.  J.,  which  is,  as  you  state,  '*  apparently  the  first  record  for 
centtturece  so\x\)^  of  the  Orange  Mountains."  So  much  attention  is  now 
being  given  to  the  making  of  local  lists,  and  the  determination  of  the 
geographic  range  of  each  species,  that  the  records  which  I  am  able  to 
add  to  yours  will  doubtless  be  of  interest.  Though  not  as  far  south  as 
lona  these  localities  are  all  farther  south  than  the  Orange  Mts.  The  fol- 
lowing captures  were  made  during  May,  1904,  on  the  dates  and  at  the 
pUces  specified  :  3d,  one  cT  centaureeSy  Millersville,  Lancaster  Co.,  Pa.; 
7th,  one  9  centaur ea^  York  Furnace,  Lancaster,  Pa. ;  8th,  one  cf  cen- 
taurea^  Peque  Creek,  four  miles  from  Millersville  ;  14th,  one  cf  cen- 
tourea^  Welch  Mts.,  near  New  Holland,  Pa.:  15th,  one  cf,  one  9  ^^• 
taurea,  Tucquan,  Pa.;  21st,  two  cf,  three  9  centaurea,  Tucquan,  Pa.— 
John  H.  Cook. 


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More  than  sixteen  years  ago,  when  the  first  number  of  the 
Nbws  appeared,  we  had  sixteen  pages  and  no  illustrations. 
This  number  contains  thirty-six  pages  of  reading  matter,  two 
pages  of  exchanges  and  two  pages  of  advertisements  and  the 
cover. 

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and  gradually  increase  to  a  fifty  page  monthly.  We  have 
received  more  praise  than  condemnation,  therefore  we  have 
succeeded.  We  have  not  pleased  everybody,  but  we  are  recon- 
ciled when  we  remember  that  the  most  clubs  are  found  under 
the  best  apple  trees. 

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The  recent  meeting  of  the  Association  of  Economic  Entomologists 
in  New  Orleans  was  a  very  successful  one,  over  thirty  members  being 
present.  About  thirty  very  interesting  papers  were  read.  The  next 
meeting  will  be  held  next  winter  in  New  York  City,  in  conjunction  with 
the  A.  A.  A.  S.  The  following  officers  were  elected  for  the  ensuing 
year :  President,  A.  H.  Kirkland,  Maiden,  Mass.;  1st  Vice-President, 
VV.  E.  Britton,  New  Haven,  Conn  ;  2nd  Vice-President,  H.  A.  Morean, 
Knoxville,  Tenn.;  Secretary-Treasurer,  A.  F.  Burgess,  Columbus,  Ohio. 
For  member  Committee  on  Nomenclature  to  serve  three  years,  Herbert 
Osborn,  Columbus,  Ohio.  For  members  Council  A.  A.  A.  S.:  H.  E. 
Summers,  Ames,  Iowa  ;  E.  A.  Schwarz,  Washington,  D.  C. — H.  E.  Sum- 
mers, Retiring  Secretary,  A.  E,  E. 


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T{  Mar.,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  lOI 

Notes   and    News. 

^  BNTOMOLOGICAL  OLBANINGS  FROM  ALL  QUABTBB8 

OF   THB   GLOBE. 

A  Correction.— In  a  short  article  published  in  the  Entomological 

■  News  for  February,  1905,  I  stated  that  Piodes  coriacea  Lee.  had  been 

■  found  in  the  Province  of  Quebec,  i  regret  to  say  that  this  statement  is 
B  not  correct ;  I  should  have  said  Pachyta  rugipennis  Newm.  I  was  led 
'  astray  by  Abb^  Provancher  in  his  '* Additions  aux  Coleopteres  de  la 
»  Province  de  Quebec,"  1878,  page  14,  where  he  describes  A  rugipennis 
»  under  the  name  of  Piodes  coriticea. — G.  Chagnon. 

EuBAPHE  OSTENTA  Hy.  Edw.  was  described  from  one  male  taken  at 
Prescott,  Arizona.  This  species  was  so  abundant  at  light  in  Carr  Canyon, 
Huachuca  Mts.,  Cochise  Co.,  Ariz.,  during  August  as  to  be  a  nuisance. 
It  fluttered  around  the  lamp  in  such  numbers  as  to  interfere  with  the  col- 
lecting of  other  species,  and  it  was  necessary  from  time  to  time  to  clear 
the  table  of  the  dead  and  fallen.  The  bright  crimson  and  black  secon- 
daries make  it  a  conspicuous  object.  I  generally  spoke  of  it  as  the  red- 
light  nuisance  to  my  host,  Mr.  Biederman.— Henry  Skinner. 

Mr  RenbOberthur  has  been  collecting  the  overwintering  nest  of 
EuprocHs  chrysorrhoea  to  send  to  Boston  in  order  that  parasites  may 
possibly  be  reared  from  them  to  assist  the  New  England  people  in  their 
tight  against  the  brown-tail  moth.  Mr.  Oberthur*s  collectors  have 
aroused  much  interest  in  some  of  the  country  regions  in  France.  The 
newspaper  in  a  small  town  comments  upon  the  arrival  at  the  hotel  of  a 
stranger  of  fine  appearance  and  decorated,  who  announced  that  he  was 
willing  to  buy  the  nests  of  caterpillars.  Soon  large  sacks  of  caterpillar 
nests  were  brought  in  by  the  farming  people,  were  packed  in  large  boxes 
and  sent  to  Rennes.  The  object  of  this  purchase  was  not  announced, 
but  the  people  did  some  guessing.  One  man  suggested  that  they  were 
intendea  to  make  silk  to  replace  that  imported  from  China,  since  the 
Japanese,  now  having  control  of  China,  did  not  wish  to  sell  any  more 
silk  to  France ;  another  person  suggested  that  the  object  was  to  rear  the 
caterpillars  in  order  to  extract  the  diamonds  from  the  heads  of  some  of 
them  since  it  is  a  well-known  fact  that  occasionally  a  caterpillar  is  found 
with  a  diamond  in  its  head  ;  a  third  countryman  suggested  that  the  object 
was  to  remove  the  nests  from  the  caterpillars  and  use  them  in  filtering 
the  city  water  of  Rennes.  The  editor  of  the  newspaper,  with  an  eye  to 
business,  gives  these  three  theories  and  promises  his  readers  that  if  they 
will  look  in  the  next  Sunday's  edition  he  will  give  them  the  true  use  of 
these  nests. — L.  O.  Howard. 


Doings  of  Societies. 

A  meeting  of  the  American  Entomological  Society  was  held 
June  22d,  1905,  Dr.  P.  P.  Calvert,  President,  in  the  chair.  Nine 
persons  were  present. 

Mr.  Daecke  reported  taking  fifteen  specimens  of  Chrysops 
fallax  at  Winona,  N.  J.,  on  June  22d.     He  spoke  of  the  value 


102  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Mar.,  'o6 

of  differentiating  the  species  of  Chrysops  by  a  study  of  the  eyes. 
Mr.  Rehn  said  he  had  been  making  a  study  of  crickets  from 
Costa  Rica  of  the  family  Trigonidiinae,  genera  Anaxiphia  and 
Falcicula,  and  had  found  still  another  genus  which  was  new. 
These  generic  differences  were  elucidated.  Dr.  Skinner  ex- 
hibited Megathymus  polmgi  and  Heteropia  melon  arizofiensis^ 
new  butterflies. 

Dr.  Calvert  spoke  of  the  iEshninae  the  largest  of  dragon- 
flies  and  particularly  of  the  genus  Gynacantha,  Its  northern 
range  is  Florida,  and  it  is  found  in  both  the  Old  and  New 
worlds.  Some  of  the  species  are  crepuscular.  The  comparative 
anatomy  of  the  genus  and  its  allies  was  discussed. 

Henry  Skinner,  Secretary, 


At  the  meeting  of  the  Feldman  Collecting  Social  held  Jan- 
uary 17,  1906.  at  the  residence  of  Mr.  H.  W.  Wenzel,  1523  S. 
13th  Street,  Philadelphia,  ten  members  were  present,  and  Mr. 
F.  Haimbach,  Jr.,  visitor. 

The  President,  Mr.  E.  Daecke,  read  his  annual  address, 
which  was  ordered  entered  upon  the  minutes.  The  Treasur- 
er's report  was  read  and  ordered  filed.  The  Secretary's  verbal 
report  was  accepted.  The  following  officers  were  elected  to 
serve  for  the  year  1906  :  President,  E.  Daecke ;  Vice-President, 
C.  Few  Seiss ;  Secretary,  Frank  Haimbach  ;  Treasurer^  H.  W. 
Wenzel. 

Mr.  Huntington  exhibited  a  photograph  colored  by  Japanese- 
Photo  Water  Color  Co. 

Mr.  Laurent  reported  finding  at  least  1000  ^%%  masses  of 
Tenodera  sinensis  at  Mt.  Airy,  Philadelphia,  during  the  past 
fall,  and  suggested  that  the  species  should  be  common  this 
coming  season. 

Mr.  Wenzel  dwelt  upon  the  chances  of  insect  life  after  a 
severe  winter  as  compared  with  a  mild  one,  and  spoke  of  the 
work  of  field  mice  destroying  a  vast  number  of  insects  during 
the  winter  of  1904- 1905.  This  was  discussed  by  the  mem- 
bers.    Adjourned. 

Frank  Haimbach,  Secretary, 


Mar.,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  I03 

A  meeting  of  the  American  Entomological  Society  was  held 
April  27,  1905,  Dr.  Philip  P.  Calvert  in  the  chair.  Thirteen 
persons  were  present.  The  President  announced  the  deaths 
of  Dr.  Henri  de  Saussure  on  February  20th,  elected  a  corres- 
ponding member  of  the  Society  January  15,  1866,  and  of  F. 
M.  Brauer,  who  died  December  29,  1904,  elected  a  corres- 
ponding member  October  28,  1897.  Letters  were  read  from 
Brunner  von  Wattenwyl,  Ignacio  Bolivar  and  Nicolas  Adelung 
thanking  the  Society  for  having  elected  them  corresponding 
members. 

Mr.  Laurent  said  he  had  observed  a  specimen  of  Vanessa 
antiopa  on  the  stairway  of  his  carriage  house  on  Christmas 
day  and  it  remained  there  until  Feb.  17th.  Dr.  Calvert  spoke 
of  the  Odonata  collected  by  Mr.  E.  B.  Williamson  in  Guate- 
mala and  sent  to  him  for  study.  Two  thousand  seven  hun- 
dred specimens  were  collected  in  two  months. 

Mr.  Weigand  spoke  of  his  success  in  sugaring  for  moths  on 
Holly  Beach,  New  Jersey.  Taking  two  hundred  specimens  in 
one  night  was  not  unusual. 

Mr.  Snyder  asked  if  the  issuing  of  Hymenoptera  during  the 
warm  fall  days  has  any  effect  in  decreasing  the  spring  brood. 
Discussed  by  the  members. 

Henry  Skinner,  Secretary. 


A  meeting  of  the  Entomological  Section  of  the  Academy  of 
Natural  Sciences,  of  Philadelphia,  was  held  May  25,  1905.  Mr. 
Philip  Laurent,  Director,  presiding.  Twelve  persons  were 
present.  Dr.  Skinner  exhibited  Syntomidae  from  Venezuela, 
which  mimic  Hymenoptera  in  a  wonderful  manner.  Some 
large  Cicadas  from  Burma  and  the  pretty  moth  Coptodisca 
splendori/erella,  the  latter  raised  from  cocoons  taken  by  Mr. 
Edward  Potts,  Media,  Pa.,  were  also  shown. 

Mr.  Daecke  called  attention  to  the  value  of  Canada  balsam 
for  mounting  small  insects  as  they  do  not  shell  off  as  they  do 
when  glue  is  used. 

Mr.  Rehn  spoke  of  his  studies  of  South  American  Truxa- 
linae  Hylopteriges.  Americans  use  the  genus  Tnixalis  and 
the  Europeans  Metaleptta,     The  question  of  the  generic  syno- 


I04  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Mar.,  'o6 

nymy  of  species  described  by  Giglio-Tos  and  Bniner  was  dis- 
cussed by  the  speaker  and  his  own  views  given.  Mr.  Daecke 
exhibited  an  Odonate  new  to  the  New  Jersey  list.  The  species 
was  Gomphus  brevis  and  was  taken  at  Brown's  Mills  Junction, 
May  2 1  St.  He  also  said  Basiaschna  janata  was  uncommon  in 
collections,  but  not  in  the  pine  barrens  of  New  Jersey. 

Mr.  Haimbach  exhibited  a  box  containing  the  Micro-lepid- 
optera  he  had  taken  during  the  year,  representing  forty-four 
species. 

Dr.  Calvert  exhibited  carbon  tetrachloride  and  gave  some  to 
the  members  to  try  as  an  insecticide.  It  is  less  inflammable 
than  carbon  bisulphide  and  of  a  pleasanter  odor. 

Mr.  Haimbach  reported  having  received  Catopsilia  philea 
from  Kirkwood,  Georgia. 

Henry  Skinner,  Recorder. 


The  fifteenth  regular  meeting  of  the  Pacific  Coast  Entomo- 
logical Society  was  held  on  February  25,  1905,  at  the  Califor- 
nia Academy  of  Sciences.  President  Fuchs  in  the  chair. 
Eleven  members  were  present.  Two  new  members  were 
elected. 

Mr.  F.  W.  Nunenmacher  exhibited  a  series  of  Hippadamia 
sinuata  and  americana ;  the  specimens  showed  that  the  two 
species  intergrade,  the  markings  forming  a  continuous  series  ; 
all  were  collected  in  Alameda  County,  California ;  also  the 
following:  Coccidula  saitellata  (Berlin),  C.  rufa  (Berlin),  C 
lepida  (New  York),  C  occidentalis  (Cazaville,  Quebec),  AdcUia 
bipundata  (Massachusetts),  A,  ludovicce  (W.  T.),  A,  frigida 
var.  ophthahnica  (Siskiyou  Co.),  A,  humeralis  (Tulare  Co.). 

Dr.  F.  E.  Blaisdell  reported  the  welfare  of  three  larvae  of 
Omus  afnbiguus  that  had  been  brought  from  Mt.  Shasta  by 
Mr.  Beverly  Letcher.  They  fed  on  flies  and  appeared  more 
sluggish  and  did  not  hibernate  like  the  larvae  of  O.  sequoiarum 
previously  reported.  He  also  spoke  upon  several  forms  of 
Blapstinus,  e.  g.,  that  he  was  inclined  to  refer  the  species  col- 
lected at  Mokelumne  Hill,  Calaveras  County,  California,  to 
ifiquisitus,  as  the  two  sexes  were  about  alike  in  form,  although 
the  legs  were  reddish  and  not  dark  as  in  the  Truckee  form  ;  a 


Afar.,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  IO5 

species  taken  at  San  Francisco  he  referred  iofultginosus^  and 
those  taken  in  Contra  Costa  County  to  elongatus. 

Dr.  E.  C.  Van  Dyke  thought  that  each  member  of  the 
Society  should  specialize  upon  some  group  or  order  of  insects. 
He  also  spoke  upon  the  life  histories  of  insects,  especially  the 
Carabidae,  and  the  need  of  such  work. 

Mr.  Edw.  Ehrhom  also  thought  it  the  proper  thing  for  each 
member  to  take  up  some  particular  group  and  referred  to  the 
myriads  of  small  things  to  be  found  everywhere. 

Dr.  Blaisdell  exhibited  Eleodes  rileyi. 

Mr.  F.  X.  Williams  the  following  variations  in  Lepidoptera: 
4  Chrysophanus  gorgoriy  Pyrameis  mulleri  $  ,  Anthocharis  auson- 
iades  9  ,  3  MeliUsa  chalcedan — one  with  a  simple  row  of  submar- 
ginal  yellow  spots,  another  with  a  whitish  discal  cell,  spring 
and  summer  forms,  the  latter  more  than  twice  as  large  as  the 
former. 


The  sixteenth  regular  quarterly  meeting  of  the  Pacific  Coast 
Entomological  Society  was  the  annual  field  day,  and  was  held 
at  Fairfax,  Marin  County,  California,  on  June  ii,  1905.  Nine 
members  and  nine  guests  participated  in  the  outing.  Many 
good  things  were  taken.  Mr.  F.  W.  Nunenmacher  obtained 
two  specimens  of  a  blind  Tenebrionide,*  which  is  undoubtedly 
a  new  and  remarkable  species  and  will  necessitate  the  creation 
of  a  new  genus  for  its  reception.  It  probably  represents  a  new 
tribe  near  the  Scaurini.  This  makes  the  third  species  of  blind 
Tenebrionidae  from  California — Alaudes  stngularis  and  Typh- 
iusedrus  singularis  being  the  other  two  species.  Purpuricentis 
dimidiata  and  Oberea  quadricallosa  were  also  taken.  The 
Weather  was  too  dry  for  fine  collecting. 


The  seventeenth  regular  meeting  of  the  Pacific  Coast  Ento- 
mological Society  was  held  on  August  26,  1905,  at  the  resi- 
dence of  Dr.  F.  E.  Blaisdell,  Tresident  Fuchs  in  the  chair. 
Ten  members  and  ten  guests  were  present.  President  Fuchs 
read  the  following  notice  : 
Members  of  the  Pacific  Coast  Ent.  Soc. 

With  sincere  regret  I  have  to  announce  the  death  of  Mr. 

*  See  p.  76. 


I06  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Mar.,  'o6 

Beverly  Letcher.  He  passed  away  in  San  Francisco,  July  17, 
1905,  at  the  age  of  41  years.  Bom  in  San  Francisco,  Califor- 
nia. With  him  were  lost  not  only  a  good  honest  friend,  but 
also  an  excellent  entomologist  of  bright  ideas  and  deep  obser- 
vations in  general  entomology.  His  specialty  was  Lepidop- 
doptera.  I  beg  all  present  to  rise  and  pay  to  our  good  friend 
our  sincerest  esteem.  I  suggest  that  the  Society  draw  up  a 
set  of  resolutions,  showing  our  regard  for  him  and  that  a  copy 
be  presented  to  his  mother,  Mrs.  Anna  Letcher. 

The  following  committee  was  appointed  to  draw  up  the  reso- 
lutions :  Dr.  E.  C.  Van  Dyke,  James  Cottle  and  Dr.  F.  E. 
Blaisdell. 

Dr.  E.  C.  Van  Dyke  then  reported  **A  Month's  Outing  in 
Washington.'*  He  briefly  considered  the  comparative  geogra- 
phy of  Oregon  and  Washington,  stating  that  he  visited  Mon- 
roe, Tacoma,  Paradise  Park  (Rainier)  and  Mt.  Shasta.  He 
spoke  of  the  general  conditions  in  the  two  States,  giving  a 
review  of  the  geology  past  and  present.  He  also  considered 
the  flora  and  fauna. 

He  gave  the  results  of  his  collecting  at  Monroe,  in  the  for- 
est and  clearing,  along  streams  and  in  the  open  swampy  places; 
collecting  at  Paradise  Park  was  then  taken  up,  with  results  in 
collecting  along  the  streams,  on  flowers,  trees,  on  ice  fields 
and  about  tents,  with  the  report  of  taking  Cicindela  depressuia; 
Nebrias  on  ground  and  under  logs.  He  stated  that  he  recog- 
nized two  faunas  in  Eastern  Washington. 

Mr.  James  Cottle  gave  a  report  of  his  summer's  outing 
(July  17th  to  31st)  at  Anderson  Springs,  Lake  County,  Cali- 
fornia, stating  that  he  caught  many  Catocala  as  follows  : 
aholibah,  pura.faustifiay  calif omica^  cleopatra^  ophelia^  vioUnta^ 
zoe  and  what  is  undoubtedly  a  new  species. 

Mr.  J.  C.  Huguenin  gave  an  account  of  his  outing  in  the 
Yosemite  National  Park  in  the  early  part  of  July.  At  Wanona, 
Mariposa  County,  he  took  Omus  homii.  In  the  Yosemite 
Valley  he  took  Carabus  tcedatus  var.,  PterosHchus  morionides 
and  Eleodes  scabricula,  parvicollis  var.  and  consohrina  var.  It 
proved  too  early  for  Lepidoptera. 

F.  E.  Blaisdell,  M.D.,  Secretary. 


Mar.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS. 


Not  Bxee«dln|p  Three  Unes  Free  to  8abserllH>rs. 


These  notices  are  continued  as  long  as  our  limited  space  will  allow ;  the  new 
<»aes  are  added  at  the  end  of  the  column,  and  only  when  necessary  those  at  the  top 
Cbdng  longest  in)  are  discontinued. 


Correspoodence  wanted,  especially  from  Southern  and  Western 
States,  Central  and  South  America  in  order ;  to  exchange  living  pupae  and 
oocoons,  also  butterflies  and  moths  in  papes. — Herman  J.  Erb,  Union 
Hill,  New  Jersey. 

Wanted. — Cocoons  and  pupae  of  North  American  Lepidoptera  for 
cash  or  exchange.— Amer.  Ent.  Co.,  1040  DeKalk  Ave..  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 
1  have  for  exchange  perfect  examples  of  Baileya  ophthalmica^  Scope!- 
soma  devia^  tristigmata^  Xylina  grotei,  and  many  other  local  species 
of  Lepidoptera  for  exchange—Fred.  Marloff,  Oak  Station  P.  O.,  Alle- 
gheny Co.,  Pa. 

Specimens  of  the  genus  Necrophorus  from  all  parts  of  the  United 
States;  will  give  good  exchanges  in  other  Coleoptera— J.  O.  Martin,  Wil- 
braham,  Mass. 

For  Exchange.— Pupae  of  Smtrinthus  gemina/us,  Dolba  hyiaeus, 
Papilio  ajax,  Eacles  imperialis  and  cocoons  of  Tele  a  po/yphcfnus  .^^.  R. 
Kowley,  Louisiana,  Mo. 

Wanted. — Records  of  Ontario  insects,  for  compilation  of  list.  Please 
Sive  authentic  data  and  indicate  source  of  identifications.  Lists  of  smaller 
orders  and  Neuropteroids  wanted  at  once.— Franklin  Sherman,  Jr.,  Dept. 
Ent.  Ont.  Agr.  Col.,  Guelph,  Canada. 

Lepido|itera :  Exchange  for  specimens  new  to  my  collection.   Exotics 
also  accepted. — A.  Troschel,  853  Irving  Park  Boulevard,  Chicago,  Illinois. 
Lepidoptera. — Liberal  exchange  given  for  desirable  North  American 
Heterocera. — Henry  Engel,  Box  35  Oak  Station  P.  O..  Allegheny  Co.,  Pa. 
European  Lepidoptera  in  exchange  for  pupse  of  native  moths,  es- 
pecially 5".  cynthia. — Miss  Kate  W.  Strong,  Setauket,  Long  Island,  N.  Y. 
Wanted.— Zy^^ftaj,  Theclas^  Chionobas  and  Anthocharis,  either  for 
cash  or  exchange.    Send  list  to  H.  H.  Brehme,  44  Mercer  street,  New- 
ark. N.  J. 

PkplUos  of  the  world  desired.  What  do  you  wish  in  exchange  ? — C. 
F.  Groth,  141  East  40th  street,  New  York  City. 

Wanted,  for  cash  or  exchange.  Bulletins  U.  S.  Bureau  of  Entomology. 
Old  series  1-5,  7-15,  18,  20,  21,  26,  27,  30,  33.  New  series  8,  39,  Tech- 
nical series,  i,  3,  5,  6,  7.  Bib.  Econ.  Ent.,  parts  4,  5,  6.— Albert  V.  Tay- 
lor. Bedford,  Ohio. 

Wanted. — Bibionidae  of  North  America  for  which  I  will  pay  cash,  also 
Entomological  News,  Vol.  XV,  No.  9— W.  A.  Hooker,  Bureau  of 
Entomology,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Exclians:es  solicited  from  all  sections  of  the  country.  Have  hundreds 
of  duplicates.  Moths  or  butterflies.  Send  lists  to  Joseph  H.  Reading, 
775  N.  Rockwell  St.,  Chicago,  111. 

Cidndelldae* — C  celeripes  and  other  Nebraska  and  Iowa  species  to 
Exchange  for  Cicindelidae. — Frank  H.  Shoemaker,  2960  Dewey  Ave., 
Omaha,  Neb. 

Wanted.— LeConte's  "Revision  of  the  Elateridae  ;'*  also  North  Am- 
erican species  of  Corymbites  and  other  Elateridae  and  Buprestidae. — C.  O. 
Houghton,  Del.  Col.  Agric.  Expt.  Sta.,  Newark,  Delaware. 

Wanted.— Vol.  TIT,  No.  i  •*  Papilio''  and  Vols  VIII  and  IX.  Jour. 
^.  Y.  Ent.  Soc..  also  Danaidae  of  the  world.— C.  V.  Blackburn,  101  Pine 
^,  Woburn,  Mass.    (See  Label  adv. ) 


ii  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [1906. 

Tenodera  sInensU.— Without  doubt  Tenodera  sinensis  is  one  of  the 
most  curious  and  interesting  insects  found  in  the  United  States  of  North 
America.  I  have  egg  masses  of  fertile  eggs,  as  well  as  mounted  speci- 
mens of  the  perfect  insect  to  exchange.  Regarding  Tenodera  sinensis^ 
see  Ent.  News,  Vol.  IX  (1898)  p.  144.— Philip  Laurent,  31  East  Mt. 
Airv  Ave.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Wanted.— North  American  Philanthidae  for  study.  Will  determine 
fossorial  Hymenoptera  for  the  privilege  of  retaining  desirable  material. — 
I.  C.  Bridwell,  Insectary  M.  A.  C,  Amherst,  Mass. 

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following,  chiefly  Cochise  County,  Arizona,  Coleoptera  for  sale  '.—Cicindela  scutellaris^  lo;  nigr^ 
carulea,  50;  pulchrOy  15;  pimeriana^  i.co \ /of tnosay  70\fulgida^  10;  tenuisignata^  7^\  samkfi%  \ 
15;  hamata^  25;  Jtnausit\2>o;  Innniscata,  30,  arizonrnsis,  75;  apicalis^  25;  circumpictay  I5;^W 
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Chalcolepidius  zcrbbii,  40;  C.  sniaragdinus,  i.oo;  Psiloptera  webbii^  75;  Chrysobothris gem 
2.00 ;  Polycesta  vrlasco,  75 ;  Acm<rodet  a  ampiicollis,  40 ;  amabilis,  40 ;  mi'ma,  75 ;  aliciae^  75 ;  FlM 
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can species  the  following  Arizona  Lepidoptera  :- /!>';?•>•«»» J  wi/ocnj,  a  pair,  4.00;  Lemonias  p^ 
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Vol.  XVII.  APRIL,  1906.  No.  4. 


CONTENTS: 


naisdell —Notes   and    descriptions   of  ,    Britton— Some    new    or   little    known 

the  larva  of  Culex  varipalpus  Coq.  107  .           Alevrodidie    from   Connecticut— II  127 

Coquillett— A  new  Culex  near  curriei.     loq  Slingcrfa   d  — Formaldehyde  as  an  in- 

Skinner— On  Dr.  Dyar's  Review  of  the  secticide 130 

Hesperidae no  Williamson— Dragonflies  (Odonatak 

Ril«r— A  Malpighian  tube   within  the  collect(^d  by  Dr.  U.  A.  Atkinson  in 

heart 113  Newfoundland,  with  notes  on  some 

Houn^ton— Notes  on  Caenocara    ocu-      ._  species  of  Somatochlora 133 


lata  Say    114 

McClendon- Notes  on  the  true  Neurop- 

tera 116 

Howard— An    interesting    new    genus 

and  species  of  EncyrtidirC  121 

Aldrich— The   Dipterous  genus   Calo- 

tarsa,  with  one  now  species 123 


Johnson— An  emergency  case  in  insect 

architecture 139 

Editorial 140 

D.nngs  of  Societies 141 


Notes  and  Description  of  the  Larva  of  Culex  varipal- 
pus Coq. 

By  F.  E.  Blaisdell. 

(Plate  III) 

At  the  14th  meeting  of  the  Pacific  Coast  Entomological  So- 
ciety (Ent.  News,  Vol.  XVI,  No.  3,  p.  96,  I  reported  the 
finding  of  an  interesting  Culex  larva  in  Contra  Costa  Co., 
Calif.  Imagines  subsequently  bred  from  the  larva  were  sub- 
mitted to  Prof.  Coquillett,  who  pronounced  the  species  Culex 
varipalpus. 

The  larvae  are  remarkable  for  their  elongate  form,  large 
anal  branchiae  and  sluggish,  awkward  movements.  All  of  the 
larvae  of  this  species  that  I  have  seen  were  taken  from  a  hole 
in  a  sycamore  tree  ;  for  the  last  three  years  they  have  been 
abundant,  from  July  to  January,  when  there  was  sufficient 
rain  to  keep  water  in  the  hole. 

The  largest  larvae  (Fig.  i  of  Plate)  are  7  to  8  mm.  in 
length,  including  the  siphon,  and  nearly  six  times  longer  than 
the  width  of   the  prothorax.     Color  is  yellowish   to  a  dirty 

107 


I08  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  [April,  'o6 

white,  anal  siphon  more  or  less  black,  head  ferrugineous  with 
sutures  ventrally  and  spots  laterally  piceous. 

The  head  is  subquadrate,  narrower  than  the  prothorax, 
slightly  wider  than  the  abdominal  segments,  comparatively 
small  in  the  younger  larvae,  widest  at  or  just  back  of  the  eyes, 
tempora  scarcely  at  all  subangulate,  the  frontal  surface  quite 
evenly  and  moderately  convex.  The  antennae  (Fig.  6)  are 
more  or  less  piceous,  usually  whitish  beneath,  slightly  more 
than  one-half  as  long  as  the  head,  very  feebly  arcuate,  cylin- 
drical, slightly  and  gradually  narrowing  at  apex,  and  termi- 
nating in  a  small  colorless,  pointed  segment ;  laterally  at  mid- 
dle is  a  long  seta. 

The  mandible  (Fig.  9)  and  palpus  (Fig.  10)  are  suflficiently 
characterized  by  the  figures.  The  mentum  (Figs.  7  and  8)  is 
triangular  with  the  sides  slightly  arcuate,  and  finely  subden- 
ticulo-crenulate,  the  internal  surface  (Fig.  8)  is  clothed  with 
very  fine  hairs  or  cilia. 

The  thorax  is  transversely  oval ;  at  each  side  there  are  four 
or  five  well-developed  tufts  of  long  setae,  of  which  the  dorsal 
two  are  only  given  in  the  figure. 

The  abdominal  segments,  3  to  7,  are  subequal,  segments 
I  and  2  are  apparently  shorter. 

The  pecten  of  the  eighth  segment  consists  of  a  patch  on 
each  side  of  the  segment,  of  about  15  to  19  chitinous  scales, 
apparently  arranged  in  two  transverse  rows  ;  one  or  two  scales 
may  constitute  another  or  third  row  ;  the  anterior  row  has  9  or 
10  scales,  while  the  posterior  some  5  or  6,  their  line  of  attach- 
ment being  just  caudad  to  that  of  the  anterior  row,  and  usually 
alternating  with  them  ;  sometimes  they  are  arranged  in  ante- 
rior-posterior series,  which  is  never  perfect ;  each  scale  is  elon- 
gate, flattened,  with  the  margins  fringed  with  spines  (Fig.  4), 
the  scales  vary  in  form  as  indicated  by  the  figures. 

The  anal  siphon  is  about  three  times  as  long  as  wide,  ap- 
parently shorter  in  the  younger  larvae.  The  siphonal  pecten 
consists  of  a  single  straight  series  of  13  scales,  situated  at 
basal  fifth  and  reaching  the  base.  Each  scale  (Fig.  3)  is  very 
acute,  with  one  to  three  smaller  spines  at  proximal  side  of  the 
base. 


April,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  IO9 

The  anal  branchiae  are  little  more  than  four  times  longer  than 
wide,  and  about  equal  to  the  5th,  6th  and  7th  abdominal  seg- 
ments taken  together ;  each  branchia  has  a  median  longitudi- 
nal trachea  with  short  lateral  rami  that  may  divide  once  or 
twice ;  small  rounded  areas  are  to  be  observed  scattered 
sparsely  within  the  branchia,  within  each  circle  is  a  small 
central  circle.     The  branchia  are  easily  detached. 

The  setae  of  the  larvae  are  peculiar,  inasmuch  as  they  are 
clothed  with  fine  hairs.  Figure  5  represents  the  basal  part  of 
a  thoracic  tuft,  while  figure  2  illustrates  a  tuft  from  the 
eighth  segment. 

The  larvae  are  fragile,  especially  in  preservative  fluids. 

In  the  pupae  the  respiratory  siphons  are  small  and  compara- 
tively inconspicuous,  while  the  two  anal  branchiae  are  nearly 
oval,  slightly  longer  than  wide,  slightly  and  rather  broadly 
emarginate  at  apex,  with  a  small,  slender  seta  projecting  back- 
wards from  the  centre  of  the  emargination  ;  margins  at  sides 
are  minute  spinulo-denticulate,  at  apex  minutely  spinulose. 

As  a  whole  the  pupa  is  slender,  the  abdomen  elongate,  and 
distinctly  dorso- vent  rally  depressed. 


••••• 


A  new  Culex  near  curriei. 

By  D.  W.  Coquillett. 

Goto  ItttYtttatni,  n.  sp. 

So  very  similar  to  curriei  that  I  am  unable  to  detect  any  difference, 
except  in  the  stripe  of  brown  scales  in  the  middle  of  the  mesonotum.  In 
the  present  species  this  stripe  is  very  broad,  covering  more  than  one-fifth 
of  the  width  of  the  mesonotum,  the  borders  almost  parallel  and  well 
marked.  In  curriei  this  stripe  is  much  narrower,  covering  less  than  one- 
ninth  of  the  width  of  the  mesonotum,  its  borders  not  well  defined,  usually 
with  a  narrow  line  of  brown  scales  on  either  side  of  it,  but  separated  by 
a  stripe  of  yellowish  white  scales. 

Santa  Clara  and  Alameda  Counties,  California.  A  large 
series  of  both  sexes  received  from  Miss  Isabel  McCracken. 

This  is  evidently  the  species  referred  to  by  Mr.  Quayle  in 
the  January  number  of  the  News,  under  the  name  of  airriei. 
The  latter  appears  to  be  a  fresh- water  species.  Mr.  Frederick 
Knab  informs  me  that  the  larvae  of  the  two  forms  are  very 
distinct. 


no  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [April,  'o6 

On  Dr.  Dyar's  Review  of  the  Hesperidae. 

By  Henry  Skinner. 

Dr.  Dyar  has  published  in  the  Journal  of  the  New  York 
Entomological  Society  *  A  Review  of  the  Hesperidae  of  the 
United  States.  The  value  of  the  paper  is  greatly  impaired  by 
the  lack  of  sub-family  definitions,  and  it  is  impossible  for  any- 
one not  familiar  with  the  sub-families  to  use  the  keys  to  the 
genera  the  author  gives.  Nearly  the  whole  classification  of 
the  Hesperidae  is  based  on  the  presence  or  absence  of  the  costal 
fold,  a  male  secondary  sexual  character.  The  females  there- 
fore must  work  out  their  own  salvation.  This  costal  fold  ap- 
pears to  be  distributed  through  the  family  in  a  most  arbitrary 
way  and  in  closely  related  species  one  will  have  it  and  the 
other  not.  Unfortunately  it  has  not  been  used  in  a  logical 
manner  for  generic  separation.  The  two  species,  bathyllus 
Abbott  &  Smith,  and  py lades  Scudder,  are  remarkably  close 
specifically,  yet  bathyllus  is  the  type  of  Thorybes  Scudder  and 
pylades  the  type  of  Cocceius  Godman  &  Salvin.  Cocceius  is  based 
on  the  presence  of  a  costal  fold  in  thp  male.  The  logic  and  the 
beauty  of  this  is  seen  from  the  fact  that  in  the  genus  Eudamus, 
simplicius  Stoll  has  a  costal  fold  while  dorantes  Stoll  lacks  it. 
Why  are  they  not  different  genera  ?  This  fact  invalidates  Dr. 
Dyar's  first  key  and  makes  such  a  classification  absurd.  The 
genus  Cogia  Butler  is  based  on  another  secondary  sexual  char- 
acter, the  presence  of  a  pencil  of  hairs  near  the  abdominal  fold 
of  the  secondaries.  The  species  appear  to  be  more  nearly 
related  to  species  in  the  other  genera  as  segregated.  Phwdinus 
caicus  Herrich-Schaeffer,  nioschus  Edws. ,  is  so  close  specifically 
to  bathyllus  that  they  are  frequently  confounded  yet  they  are 
placed  in  different  genera.  The  same  may  be  said  of  bathyllus 
and  pylades.  The  writer  does  not  admit  that  a  single  second- 
ary sexual  character  proves  their  non-relationship.  In  passing 
it  is  noted  that  in  the  Biologia,  caicus  H.  S.  and  vioschus  Ed- 
wards, while  not  specifically  separated,  are  said  to  differ  by 
the  latter  being  lighter  in  color,  palpi  whiter  and  hyaline  sp)ots 
larger,  yet  they  separate  Pyrrhopyga  arizonce  and  P,  araxes 

•Vol.  XIII,  p.  III. 


A.pril,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  Ill 

on  ttie  same  or  lesser  characters  and  are  followed  by  Dr.  Dyar. 
Inoonsistencies  of  this  character  are  frequent  in  the  family. 
C>r.  Dyar  says  there  is  a  costal  fold  in  Murgaria  (^Eudamus) 
ccKyaie  Skinner  and  places  it  as  a  synonym  of  albociliata 
^lalDille.  Godman  and  Salvin  place  one  species,  albociliata^  in 
^ft€p^£^ana  and  say  it  does  not  have  a  costal  fold.  If  we  logic- 
3^^1y  follow  out  the  significance  of  this  we  have  a  single  species 
iri  two  genera.  This  is  by  no  means  unusual  in  '*  up-to-date 
genera"  as  we  see  the  same  thing  in  Bull.  52  U.  S.  N.  M. 
^nt  as  my  knowledge  of  genera  is  only  "  an  opinionated  at- 
tempt to  discredit  them'*  I  can't  be  expected  to  follow  such 
fine  points  of  modern  scientific  classification. 

On  page  114  there  are  seven  genera  with  eleven  species. 
T^'His  comes  pretty  close  to  one  apiece.  Montivaga  Reak.  is 
placed  in  the  genus  Pyrgus  Hubner  and  syrichtus  Fab.  in  the 
Ren  us  Heliopetes  Billberg.  Dr.  Dyar  says  syrichtus  falls  in 
^^^iropetes  on  the  presence  of  a  hair  pencil  on  the  hind  tibiae. 
-^his  is  most  extraordinary,  as  syrichtus  and  montivaga  are  one 
^I^eoies.  HyUphila  phylcBus  and  Polites  coras  Cram,  {peckius 
*^irby)  certainly  look  lonely.  It  may  be  mentioned  here  that 
^'^irty-five  years  ago  Mr.  Scudder  erected  many  genera  of  the 
peridae  without  descriptions.     They  were  only  indicated 


>"  specific  types.    There  were  about  thirty  in  all.  These  have 
en  stumbling  blocks  and  our  Hesperid  genera  will  be  in  a 
^otic  condition  until  they  are  thoroughly  studied.   Dr.  Dyar 
^^•s  recognized  practically  all  of  them,  and  this  has  been  the 


^i^se  of  much  confusion,  as  shown  by  his  Revision.     To  one 
^^^ Owing  the  species  it  can  be  said,  without  fear  of  contradic- 
*^^^ri ,  that  in  the  Pamphilinae  the  species  in  given  genera  are 
nearly  related  to  species  in  other  genera  than  they  are  to 
other.     This  would  not  be  so  bad  if  the  genera  would 
irresp)ective  of  natural  relationship.      Catia  has  a  single 
nes,  otho^  and    Thytnelicus  twenty,  and  these  twenty  will 
^^^w  greater  variation  in  slight  differences  among  themselves 


n  they  do  from  the  lonely  segregated  one.     Those  under 
^  ^ZDfnnis  show  a  sad  mixture  and  would  make  five  or  six  gen- 
of  equal  value  to  those  used.     For  example  compare  leon- 
^  and  morrisonii ;  juba  and  vietea.     In  (9r///^f/<'^  compare 


112  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [April,  'o6 

snozvi  and  verus,  nemorum  and  sassacus,  Atrytonopsis  hia^ina 
and  Lerodea  loammi  are  so  close  specifically  that  they  may  be 
topomorphs,  yet  they  are  placed  in  widely  separated  genera.  A. 
python  Edws.  should  not  be  placed  where  it  is.  Compare /w^r^ 
and  textor  in  the  genus  Stomyks.  The  association  of  scudderi 
and  aaront  may  go  in  an  **  up-to-date  classification,*'  but  na- 
ture would  never  recognize  it. 

Maculata  and  eufala  would  never  agree  to  being  associated  in 
Lerodes  if  they  knew  it.  The  same  theory  applies  to  arpa, 
palatka,  hyssus,  dioji  in  relation  to  yehl  dUidi  pontiac.  The  species 
under  Prenes  are  closely  related.  Padraona  dara  KoUar  is  the 
same  species  as  omaha  Edw.  Omaha  is  the  type  of  Potanthus 
Scudder  (1872).  Padraona  Moore  (1881).  Dr.  Dyar  says 
Megathymus  cofaqui  Strecker  and  M,  streckeri  Skinner  are  not 
well  separated.  The  specimens  and  the  literature  prove  other- 
wise. M,  aryxna  Dyar  is  a  synonym  of  neunwegeni  Edw.  The 
fig.  3,  pi.  69,  Biol.  Cent.  Amer.  Het.  is  not  neutnoegeni,  as  stated 
by  Dr.  Dyar. 

Dr.  Dyar  assumes  that  I  am  not  familiar  with  the  genera  of 
the  Hesperidae,  because  I  have  not  used  all  or  many  of  those 
proposed.  I  have  not  used  them  because  in  many  cases  they 
are  unscientific,  illogical  and  untenable.  Dr.  Dyar's  Re- 
vision proves  the  correctness  of  my  position.  I  can't  logically 
be  held  responsible  for  not  proposing  better  ones.  When  I 
became  interested  in  the  family  the  species  were  in  great  con- 
fusion in  collections,  and  I  never  saw  a  collection  where  they 
were  all  correctly  named.  I  have  named  specimens  for  many 
years  from  all  over  the  country  and  the  species  is  the  unit  of 
classification,  and  a  multiplicity  of  bad  genera — a  Tower  of 
Babel. 


I  WISH  to  report  that  out  of  .^5  T.  polyphetnus  cocoons  about  40  had 
stems.      One    contained    a    parasite. — Richard    Kuschel,     Chicago, 

Illinois. 

Mr.  E.  p.  Van  Duzee,  of  the  Grosvenor  Library,  Buffalo,  New  York, 
has  gone  to  Jamaica  for  a  few  weeks'  collecting  trip.  We  may  look  for- 
ward to  an  increase  in  our  knowledge  of  the  Hemipterous  fauna  of  that 
island. 


April,  '06] 


ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS. 


A  Aalpigfaian  Tube  Within  the  Heart. 

By  William  A.  Riley,  Cornell  University. 

We  are  accustomed  to  variety  in  the  location  of  the  urinary 
organs  of  the 'Arthropod  a,  but  one  is  a  little  surprised  to  find 
a  Malpighian  tube  within  the  heart.  And  yet  such  a  condi- 
tion sometimes  occurs  among  the  insects.  So  far  as  has  been 
found  it  occurs  only  in  certain  Orihoptera.  The  accompany- 
ing illustration  from  a  cross-section  of  the  abdomen  of  an 
Acridid,  the  common  Melanoblns  femoratus,  shows  two  cross- 
sections  of  a  Malpighian 
tabe  within  the  cavity  of 
the  heart.  On  tracing 
these  it  is  seen  that  they 
do  not  represent  two 
tubes,  but  rather  a  sm 
gle  one  which  is  doubled 
upon  itself. 

Aside  from  a  brief 
incidental  mention  by  Kowalevsky,  1894.*  this  condition 
iieems  to  have  escaped  notice.  In  studying  the  heart  of 
Packylihis  this  worker  was  surprised  to  find  in  the  mid- 
dle region  of  the  abdomen,  Malpighian  tubes  within  the 
cavity  of  the  heart.  Supposing,  at  first  that  it  was  a  pa- 
thological condition,  he  studied  the  same  region  of  the  heart 
of  Loatsta  viridhsima  and  found  exactly  the  same  condition. 
In  this  species,  it  was  easy  to  recognize  that  the  Malpighian 
tube  reached  the  heart  by  way  of  the  cardio-coelomic  aper- 
ture, and  that  after  a  tortuous  course  it  passed  through  the 
cardio- pericardial  aperture  into  the  pericardial  chamber. 
Later,  he  found  the  same  condition  in  the  nymph  of  an  unde 
ter mined  Locustid, 

As  a  result  of  his  studies,  Kowalevsky  reached  the  con 
elusion  that  this  condition  was  not  pathological  but  perfectly 
normal  for  the  Acrididae  and  Locustidae.  He  .sought  to  ex 
plain  the  strange  phenomenon  as  a  case  of  physiological  attrac- 
tion.    In  most  animals, — Molluscs,  Vertebrates,  Crustaceans, 

^cl*(iu*lqu«Onhopirt«.    Com munica lion 


114  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  [April,  'o6 

— the  acid  and  alkali-eliminating  organs  (distinguished  re- 
spectively by  their  ability  to  take  up  carmine,  or  indigo-car- 
mine) are  united  into  one.  Thus  we  have  the  urinary  tubules 
and  the  Malpighian  corpuscles  in  the  kidney  of  the  Verte- 
brates ;  the  urinary  canals  and  the  peripheral  saccules  in  the 
decapod  Crustaceans ;  the  pericardial  glands  and  the  organs 
of  Bojanus  in  the  Lamellibranchs.  In  the  insects,  however, 
we  have  these  organs,  represented  respectively  by  the  pericar- 
dial cells  and  the  Malpighian  tubes,  entirely  separate.  Kowa- 
levsky  concludes  that  *' there  thus  results  a  certain  physio- 
logical attraction  between  the  organs,  which  leads  to  the  pene- 
tration of  the  Malpighian  tubes  into  the  region  occupied  by 
the  acid-eliminating  part  of  the  kidney,  that  is  to  say,  into 
the  region  of  the  pericardial  cells.  * ' 

I  have  studied  a  number  of  series  of  adults  of  Melanoplns 
femorattis  and  of  both  adults  and  nymphs  of  Melanoplus  femur- 
rubrum  but  have  observed  the  phenomenon  in  only  the  one 
individual.  In  addition,  I  have  examined  series  of  Chorto- 
phaga  (nymph  and  adult),  OLcanthus,  Gryllus,  and  Blatta,  but 
have  met  with  no  further  instance.  The  Orthoptera  possess 
from  thirty  to  a  hundred  and  fifty  Malpighian  tubes  and  yet 
of  all  these  Kowalevsky  found  but  a  single  one  within  the 
heart  of  any  individual.  If  we  have  in  the  phenomenon  a 
perfectly  normal  case  of  physiological  attraction,  why  does  i1 
'  affect  but  a  single  tube,  or  how  account  for  the  fact  that  it  has 
never  been  observed  in  any  other  order  of  insects?  The  con- 
dition is  an  interesting  one,  but  the  evidence  certainly  goes  tc 
show  that  it  is  a  purely  accidental  one.  Whether  it  is  mereh 
mechanical,  brought  about  by  the  movements  of  the  insect,  oi 
whether  it  is  an  abnormal  method  of  growth,  is  a  question. 


<>»  ' 


Notes  on  Caenocara  Oculata  Say. 

By  C.  O.  Houghton,  Newark,  Del. 

In  his  *' Revision  of  the  Ptinidae  of  Boreal  America,"  recentl) 
published,  Mr.  H.  C.  Fall  writes,  in  part,  of  the  genus  Cario 
cava  as  follows  :  "The  species  of  this  genus,  or  at  least  some  oi 
them,  are  known  to  pass  the  larval  state  in  puflF  balls  (^Lyco 


April,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  II5 

perdan).  The  perfect  insects  are  found  for  the  most  part  on 
oak  foliage."  On  Sept.  26  last,  Mr.  H.  S.  Jackson,  Asst. 
Mycologist  of  the  Delaware  Station,  brought  nie  a  specimen 
of  a  species  of  Scleroderma  which  he  had  taken  in  an  open 
grove  made  up  rather  largely'  of  oak  trees.  A  slight  cut  which 
had  been  made  in  the  Scleroderma  revealed  the  presence  within 
of  numerous  small,  white  coleopterous  larvae  in  their  cells.  I 
placed  the  specimen,  which  measured  about  one  and  one-half 
inches  in  diameter,  in  a  glass  dish,  which  was  covered  with  a 
small  pane  of  glass,  and  set  it  aside  in  my  laboratory  to  await 
developments.  One  larval  cell,  which  was  opened  enough  to 
reveal  the  presence  of  a  larva  within,  was  examined  occasion- 
ally, and  on  October  5th  an  adult,  nearly  of  normal  color,  was 
found  within  it.  This  cell,  when  examined  two  or  three  days 
previous,  had  contained  a  pupa,  but  the  exact  length  of  the 
pupa  stage  was  not  determined.  On  October  12th,  I  found  a 
number  of  specimens  in  the  dish,  and  by  partially  breaking 
open  the  Scleroderma  several  more  were  secured,  making 
about  25  specimens  in  all.  On  October  i8th,  44  more  speci- 
mens were  secured,  and  a  few  days  later  a  few  others,  enough 
to  bring  the  total  to  72,  were  found.  An  examination  of  the 
body  of  the  Scleroderma  showed  that  it  had  been  pretty  thor- 
oughly worked  over  by  the  larvae. 

When  a  number  of  the  adults  were  inclosed  together  in  a 
small  vial,  a  very  evident  stridulation  was  noticed  at  times 
which  reminded  one  somewhat  of  that  made  by  Cofiotrachelus 
nenuphar  under  similar  conditions,  though  weaker,  of  course. 

It  may  be  of  interest  to  note,  further,  that  a  few  specimens 
of  C.  oculata  have  been  taken  in  trap- Ian  terns  at  this  place. 


■^a** 


The  Infallible  Errs. — The  March,  1906,  number  of  The  Journal  of 
the  New  York  EnlomoloRJcal  Society,  edited  by  Dr.  Harrison  G.  Dyar, 
page  7,  lines  23.  24,  g^ives  \yscupracenSy  instead  of  cuprascens,  as  a  specific 
name  in  Cicindela,  and  on  page  51,  line  23,  Lacap^de  for  Lac^p^de. 
Very  little  experience  in  proof-reading  is  required  to  teach  the  proof- 
reader how  easy  it  is  to  overlook  typographical  errors,  and  were  it  not 
for  certain  remarks  quoted  in  the  News  for  December^  /^5ipagej/d, 
we  would  not  dream  of  calhng  attention  to  these  slips  in  our  esteemed 
contemporary.  It  is  a  certain  satisfaction,  however,  to  meet  with  evi- 
dence that  its  Editor  is  of  not  altogether  different  clay  from  the  rest  of 
the  entomological  fraternity.— One  of  the  Philadelphians. 


ii6 


ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS. 


[April,  '06 


Notes  on  the  True  Neuroptera. 

J.  F.  McClendon. 
2. — On  Venatiayi  in  Neuroptera, 

The  wings  of  Neuroptera  have  been  variously  treated  by 
systeraatists,  and  a  few  species  have  been  considered  by  Com- 
stock  and  Needham  in  their  excellent  series  of  articles  in  the 
3  2d  and  33d  volumes  of  the  American  Naturalist.  In  1901  I 
commenced  to  collect  material  for  a  developmental  and  com- 
parative study  of  the  venation  of  the  group,  but  on  account  of 
pressure  of  other  duties,  failed  to  get  many  pupae,  and  had  to 
content  myself  with  studying  the  tracheation  of  the  fully 
formed  wings  by  bleaching  them  for  days  in  chlorine  water. 

In  distinguishing  the  veins,  I  have  used  the  nomenclature  of 
Redtenbacher  as  applied  by  Comstock  and  Needham. 

8IAUNA.; 

The 'wings  of  Sialina  are  broad  and  seemingly  irregularly 
reticulated,  but  if  we  leave  out  of  consideration  the  cross  veins, 
the  venation  can  easily  be  reduced  to  the  hypothetical  type  of 
Comstock  and  Needham.  The  anal  space  of  the  hind  wings 
is  thin  and  folded  when  at  rest. 

SIALIDiE. 
In  Corydalis  texana,  Fig.  i,   the  sub-costa  and  radius  run 


Fig.  \,— Corydalis  texatia.  Fore  wing.  In  this  as  well  as  in  the  suc- 
ceeding figures  the  cross  veins  are  omitted,  save  where  they 
are  represented  by  spaced  lines. 

parallel  nearly  to  the  tip  of  the  wing,  where  they  fuse.  The 
radial  sector  has  become  pectinate  by  fusion  of  r*  and  r*,  as 
shown  by  Comstock  and  Needham.  R^  has  three  side  branches, 


April,  '06] 


ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS. 


117 


one  of  which  is  divided  into  two.  M^  and  w«  are  fused.  Cv^ 
has  three  side  branches.  The  first,  second,  and  third  anal 
veins  each  branch  once. 

In  Sialis  infumata^  Fig.  2,  the  anterior  wing  is  modified  by 

the  fusion  of  rwi 
and  m  for  some 
distance,  and  asso- 
ciated with  this, 
the  radius  assumes 
a  bowed  form.  M^ 
and  no  are  fused. 
In  the  hind  wing 
the  bases  of  the 
median  and  cubitus 
are  fused.  il/»  and 
w'   are   fused.    M^ 


30.  Z<L      'A 

Fig.  2. — Stalls  infumata. 


and   w*   are  fused. 


RAPHIDID^. 

In  Raphidia  oblita.  Figs.  3  and  4,  the  sub-costa  reaches  the 
margin  of  the  wing 
before  the  pteros- 
tigma.  In  the  an- 
terior wing  the 
radius,  media,  and 
a^  are  fused  for  a 
short  distance.  In 
the  posterior  wing 
the  bases  of  the 
radius  and  media 
are  fused  for  some 
distance  and  cu 
fuses  with  the  first 
anal    through    the 


Fig.  7,,— Raphidia  oblita.     Fore  wing. 


Fig.  \,— Raphidia  oblita.    Hind  wing, 
middle  third  of  its  course. 


HEHEROBIHA  (HEGALOPTBRA). 

MYRMELEONID^. 
In  the  MyrmeleonidcB  we  have  typical  venation  save  that 
many  accessory  veins  have  been  added  distally  and  the  branch- 


IlS  ENTOMOLOGICAL  HEWS.  [April,  'o6 

ing  of  the  mediati  has  been  almost  or  quite  completely  sup- 
pressed. 

In  Ululodes  hyalina,  Fig.  5,  the  sub-costa  and  radius  run 
parallel  to  the  pterostigma,  where  they  unite.  The  radial 
sector  is  branched  dichotomously,  though  it  is  functionally 


Fig.  5. — Ululodes  {Ulula)  hyaliua.    Fore  wing, 
pectinate,  >?•  being  united  to  .ff> +  »  by  a  strong  cross  vein. 
The  media  is  unbranched.     R',  n,  Cw  and  the  anal  furnish 
numerous  veinlets  by  pectinate  branching. 

In  Afyrmeleoii   riisticas,    Fig.    6.    the    number  of   accessory 


I'ig.  b.—MyrmeUon  rusHcus.    Fore  wing, 
veins  is  very  much  increased,  CiO  having  thirteen  branches, 
each  of  which  subdivides  once. 

HEMEROBID.^. 

In  the  Hemerobida  the  radial  sector  has  become  pectinate 
bv  splitting  of  J?'  +  *  as  shown  by  Comstock  and  Needham  for 
Ilemerobius. 

Ill   the  fore  wing  of  Micromus  postieus,   Fig.  7,  the  radial 
sector    is    suppressed 
and     the    radius    has 
become      pectinate.     ^^^*^;i 
Whether  this  has  been   \^o^.f » 
caused    by    fission  '  or       -^ 
coalescence,     I     have 
not  enough    material 


Fig.  T-^  Micromus  posticus.     Fore  wing. 


ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS. 


April,  '06] 

to  decide,  but  when  we  compare  it  with  the  hind  wing,  where 
the  radial  sector  is  distinct,  we  see  the  magnitude  of  the 
change.  The  cross-vein  connecting  r*  with  r*  in  the  hind  wing. 
Fig.  8,  suggests 
that  the  change  has 
been  brought  about 
by  shifting  of  the 
trachea  from  longi- 
tudinal to  cross 
veins — many  tra- 
chea: are  found  mis- 
placed in  the  pupa, 
and  this  change  might  easily  occur — the  change  would  then  be 
coalescence  and  not  fission,  as  can  be  easily  understood  by 
studying  the  accompanying  figures  of  the  fore  and  hind  wings. 
The  sub-costa  and  r"  run  nearly  parallel  to  the  end  of  the  wing. 
In  Polystoecholes  punclalus,  Fi^.  9,  R*,  by  pectinate  brach- 


id  wing. 


Fig.  9. — Polystoecholes  piinflatus.     Fore  wing. 
'"£.  gives  rise  to  fourteen  veinlets,  each  of  which  subdivides 
twice.     C«'  has  seven  such  branches.     The  sub-costa  and  r' 
fuse  at  the  pterostigma  and  give  rise  to  fifteen  such  veinlets. 
MANTlSPIDiE. 
In  Mantispa  interrupla.  Figs.  10  and  ir,  the  sub-costa  runs 
through  the  middle 
of  the  pterostigma 
for  the  last  third  of 
its  course,  and  dis- 
appears   near    i  t  s 

_.             ,t    .■  ..    -J       .IE-  «n<i-     The  base  of 

Fig.  10. — Manttspa  infetruptc     '^— » 


ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [April,  'o6 


the  media  fuses  with  that 
of  the  radius  for  some 
distance;  aud,  in  the  an- 
terior wing,  Fig.  lo.  the 
media  dips  down  and  then 
fuses  with  the  radius  again 
thus  forming  a  small  tri- 
angular cell.  After  the 
media  is  finally  free  it 
divides  into  the  typical 
number  of  branches. 


CHRYSOPIDiE. 

In  the  Ckrysopida  we  find  a  great  modification  by  coales- 
cence. 

In  the  anterior  wing  of  Chrysopa  plorabunda.  Fig,  12,  the 
veins  in  the  middle 
run  zigzag  and  fuse 
at    their    angles, 
forming  a  reticular  * 
structure     without 
the  interposition  of 
true    cross 
The    so-called 
"  cross    vein  "    of 
the  "  third  cubital 
cell"  (w'  +  ')  behaves  in  a  very  peculiar  manner  :»«'+'  run 
obliquely  forward  and  coalesces  for  some  distance  with  *w'  -t- 1 
and  then  separates  from  it  again. 

The  hind  wing,  Fig.  13,  resembles  Mynneleon,  save  that  r 
and  m  coalesce  for  some  distance. 


Fig. 


^Chrysopa  plorabunda.  Fore  wing;. 
Where  veins  have  coalesced  I  have 
represented  them  slightly  separate 
for  clearness  of  interpretation. 


Fig  13. — Chrysopa  plorabunda.    Hind  wing. 


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ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS. 


121 


di 


PAHORPDTA  (HEGAPTERA.) 

PANORPIDiE. 

e  venation  of  the  Panorpida  is  quite  typical,  save  for  the 
11  of  veins  near  the  base  of  the  wing,  due  to  narrowing  of 
region,  and  the  development  of  a  few  accessory  veins. 

Panorpa  confusa^  Fig.  14,  n  branches  once. 


Fig.  14. — Panorpa  confusa.     Wing. 

Bittacus  strigosus^  Fig.  15,  w  and  Cu}  coalesce  for  some 
nee. 


Fig-  15* — Bittacus  strigosus.    Wing. 


— » 


Interesting  New  Genus  and  Species  of  Encyrtidae* 

By  ly.  O.  Howard. 

The  newspapers  have  given  an  account  of  how  the  State 

rd  of  Horticulture  of  California  sent  an  orange  or  lemon 

to  China  in  charge  of  Mr.  George  Compere,  in  order  to 

stock  it  with  Chinese  parasites  of  the  red  scale  and  then  return 

^t  to  California.     Mr.  Compere  has  been  good  enough  to  send 

nie  specimens  of  the  parasites  reared  in  China,  one  of  which 

proves  to  be  a  small  variety  of  ApJielinus  diasphidis  mi  hi,  and 

the  other  is  the  remarkable  form  described  below. 

OOHPERIELLA  gen.  nov. 

^^^9tal€ :  Body  robust,  abdomen  slightly  shorter  than  thorax; 

^^       not  oblong;    antennae  flattened,  broad;    tip  of  scape, 

^^^^^1,  funicle  joints  and  club  of  equal  width,  pedicel  tringu- 


122  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [April,  'o6 

lar,  funicle  joints  6  in  number,  much  shorter  than  broad, 
compressed,  cup-shaped  ;  club  suboval,  three- join  ted,  as  long 
as  all  6  funicle  joints  together,  slightly  flattened  at  the  tip, 
first  joint  longest,  third  joint  shortest  Wings  with  an  oblique 
hairless  line  running  from  stigmal  vein  anally  and  distally  ; 
three  hairless  spaces  beyond  the  middle  of  the  wing,  and  two 
broad  diverging  bands  of  cilia  beginning  about  the  middle  of 
the  wing,  the  uppermost  ending  at  wing  apex  and  the  other 
half  way  from  this  point  to  the  rounded  anal  angle.  Marginal 
vein  very  short ;  stigmal  short,  obtuse,  descending  at  nearly 
right  angles  to  the  wing  margin.  Ovipositor  scarcely  ex- 
truded. 

Male:     Unknown.     Comes  nearest  to  Habrolepis,      Name 
derived  from  Compere  (George). 

GomperleUa  bifasciata  sp.  n. 

Length:  i.i  mm.;  expanse,  2.1  mm.;  greatest  width  of  forewing,  .33 
mm.  General  color  black,  with  greenish-golden  reflections  on  mesos- 
cutum,  and  bluish  metallic  reflections  on  mesoscutellum.  Head  with  a 
central  longitudinal  occipital  band  which  extends  on  pronotum,  with  a 
yellowish  longitudinal  band  either  side.  Antennae  uniformly  dark 
brown,  nearly  black,  somewhat  lighter  at  tip  of  club.  Front  femora  and 
tibiae  dusky,  becoming  light  toward  the  tip  of  the  tibiae ;  first  4  tarsal 
joints  very  light  yellow,  apical  joint  dusky.  Hind  femora  and  tibiae  dark 
brown,  nearly  black  ;  tarsal  joints  white,  except  apical  joint,  which  is 
black.  Wings  hyalme,  except  for  a  dusky  patch  below  stigma,  and  2 
divergent  fascia  of  a  brownish  color  corresponding  almost  exactly  with 
the  bands  of  cilia  mentioned  in  the  generic  description  ;  a  small  darker 
brown  spot  at  marginal  vein. 

Described  from  one  female  specimen  bred  from  Aspidiotus 
{Aonidiella)  aurantii  Maskell,  by  Mr.  George  Compere. 

iHabitat:  China.     Type  to  be  deposited  in  the  U.  S.  Na^ 
tional  Museum. 


— »  I 


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April,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  1 23 

The  Dipterous  Genus  Calotarsa^  with  one  new  Species* 

By  J.  M.  Aldrich. 

(Plate  IV) 

The  discovery  of  a  new  species  of  this  charming  little  group 
makes  it  worth  while  to  give  a  brief  review  of  the  genus. 

Townsend,  in  1894  (Canadian  Entomologist,  XXVI,  50-52, 
figs.) I  described  the  genus  and  its  typical  species,  Caioiarsa 
omatipeSy  from  a  single  male  specimen  collected  at  Cham- 
paign, 111.  He  referred  the  genus  to  the  family  Syrphidae, 
in  which  he  acknowledged  that  it  would  occupy  a  very  anoma- 
lous position.  The  error  of  overlooking  the  family  Platype- 
zidae  was  corrected  by  Banks  in  the  next  number  of  the  jour- 
nal (p.  88);  he  expressed  the  opinion  that  Calotarsa  was  a 
synonym  of  Platypeza,  and  reported  another  male  specimen  in 
his  collection,  taken  at  Ithaca,  N.  Y.  In  the  following  num- 
ber of  the  journal,  Townsend  admitted  the  relationship  of  the 
genus  to  the  Platypezidae,  but  contended  that  it  was  not 
synonymous  with  Platypeza  (p.  102).  Williston  in  the  same 
number  (p.  116)  mentioned  the  genus  as  probably  synony- 
mous with*  Platypeza^ 

Late  in  1894,  W.  A.  Snow  published  in  the  Kansas  Univer- 
sity Quarterly  (III,  143-152,  i  pi.),  a  revision  of  the  North 
American  Platypezidae,  with  several  new  species ;  a  supple- 
ment to  the  paper  was  added  in  the  same  publication  in  Jan- 
uary, 1895  (III,  205-207).  He  did  not  accept  Calotarsa, 
referring  omaiipes  to  Platypeza  ;  he  described  another  species 
with  greatly  ornamented  hind  feet,  under  the  name  of  Platy- 
peza calceata.  Of  this  he  had  seventy-five  males  and  one 
female,  collected  in  Hop  Canyon,  Magdalena  Mts.,  N.  M.,  on 
August  19-21,  1894.  He  also  reported  another  specimen  of 
ornatipes,  sent  him  by  me,  and  collected  by  me  on  a  window 
at  Brookings,  S.  D.  No  other  species  with  ornamented  hind 
tarsi  have  been  known  up  to  the  present,  nor  have  any  other 
specimens  of  the  two  described  species  come  to  light,  as  far  as 
I  know. 

In  my  catalogue  of  North  American  Diptera,  I  recognized 
Calotarsa  as  a  distinct  genus,  mentioning  that  I  did  so  on  Mr. 
Kahrs  recommendation. 


124  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [April,  'o6 

The  question  whether  it  is  really  synonymous  with  Platypeza 
I  am  unable  to  settle  at  present,  not  having  access  to  material 
in  typical  Platypeza,  Snow  declared  that  a  somewhat  larger 
size  and  the  ornamentation  of  the  hind  tarsi  of  the  male  were 
the  only  characters  to  separate  the  two  genera,  and  he  thought 
them  insufl&cient.  The  typical  Platypezas  figured  by  Snow 
show  in  the  male  the  hind  tarsus  but  little  modified — less  than 
in  the  female — nothing  at  all  of  the  surprising  structures 
shown  in  his  figures  of  omaHpes  and  calceata,  which  I  repro- 
duce on  my  plate.  The  question  of  synonymy  I  leave  in 
abeyance,  rather  hoping  that  further  examination  of  abundant 
material  may  show  characters  applicable  to  both  sexes  ;  at 
least  we  have  subgeneric  characters  in  the  feet  of  the  male. 

The  two  species  previously  known  and  the  one  herein  de- 
scribed will  be  readily  separated  by  the  *  characters  of  the  hind 
tarsi  of  the  males,  as  shown  in  the  plate.  I  will  only  add  in 
this  connection  that  otherwise  the  three  species  are  exceed- 
ingly close  together,  insignis  being  more  uniformly  yellow  on 
the  abdomen  than  the  other  two.  The  female  of  ornatipes  is 
as  yet  unknown,  while  of  the  other  two  insignis  has  a  wholly 
pure  yellow  abdomen,  difiPering  slightly  from  calceata.  The 
three  species  form  a  very  compact  group,  whether  of  generic 
or  subgeneric  rank. 

In  regard  to  the  habits  of  the  adults  and  the  function  of  the 
tarsal  ornaments,  little  has  been  observed.  In  ornatipes^  only 
three  specimens  are  known,  one  of  which  was  collected  on  a 
window — obviously  an  accidental  occurrence.  Of  insignis ,  the 
type  male  was  collected  hovering  in  the  air  in  half-shady  open 
woods,  about  four  feet  above  the  ground ;  the  females  were 
all  collected  in  rather  open  woods,  hovering  in  the  air,  most  of 
them  over  a  wet  spot  in  a  shady  road,  which  no  doubt  attracted 
them,  as  the  weather  at  the  time  was  intensely  dry.  It  was 
about  four  in  the  afternoon,  and  no  males  were  flying  at  the 
time.  Snow  noted  a  few  interesting  points  about  the  habits 
of  calceata.     The  flies  were  "dodging  and  soaring  in  the  air 


•  Secondary  sexual  characters  are  very  constant  in  Diptera,  whatever  may  be  the  case 
in  other  animals.  I  rcnjcmber  hearing  Dr.  John  B.  Smith  say  that  he  found  the  same 
constancy  in  Lepidoptera.  I  have  long  believed  that  Darwin  over-estimated  the  varia- 
bility of  these  characters  in  general. 


April,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  1 25 

in  assemblages  of,  say,  a  dozen  individuals.  None  were 
caught  outside  an  area  of  about  an  acre.'*  **  In  flight  these 
insects  allow  their  hind  feet  to  hang  heavily  downward,  and 
look  as  if  they  were  carrying  a  burden."  His  single  female 
was  one  of  a  pair  that  were  copulating  on  the  wing. 

These  enlarged  feet  naturally  suggest  those  of  Dolichopus,  a 
genus  of  flies  somewhat  distant  from  this,  in  which  the  males 
parade  their  tarsal  ornaments  assiduously  before  the  females. 
When  the  front  tarsi  are  ornamented,  the  insect  stands  on  the 
ground  to  display  them,  but  a  case  is  known  in  which  the 
middle  tarsi  are  the  beautiful  ones,  and  the  male  of  this  species 
hovers  over  the  sitting  female  so  that  the  tarsi  hang  before 
her.  In  Calotarsa  it  is  not  unlikely  that  both  sexes  are  on  the 
wing  while  these  exhibitions  occur,  hence  it  may  be  very  difl5- 
cult  to  make  close  observations  of  them. 

Before  passing  to  the  general  description  of  the  new  species, 
I  will  describe  the  hind  tarsi  of  the  male,  as  they  are  ex- 
tremely interesting  and  remarkable. 

All  the  first  four  joints  are  compressed,  and  on  the  inner 
surface  have  a  fine  brush  of  close  appressed  yellow  bifurcated 
hairs,  which  is  best  developed  on  the  second  and  third  seg- 
ments. These  joints  are  all  provided  with  a  vertical  groove 
at  the  distal  end,  enclosing  the  proximal  part  of  the  succeed- 
ing joint ;  hence  the  second  and  third  appendages  appear  in 
side  view  as  if  they  arose  between  two  segments.  The  outer 
side  of  the  first  and  second  joints  has  numerous  stiff  hairs, 
which  end  in  very  slight  knobs. 

The  first  joint  has  on  the  upper  side  near  the  base  a  slender, 
long  process,  ending  in  an  oval  disk  ;  its  basal  part  is  some- 
what thickened,  and  has  a  few  of  the  blunt  hairs  before  men- 
tioned. 

The  second  joint  has  a  similar  organ  arising  in  a  correspond- 
ing position  ;  in  this  case  the  process  is  smaller,  and  at  the 
base  is  compressed  and  transparent. 

The  third  joint  has  attached  to  its  upper  surface,  from  the 
base  nearly  to  the  apex,  a  very  thin  membrane-like  expansion, 
which  is  of  a  bright  silvery  color,  and  bears  a  peculiar  jet- 
black  pattern.     It  has  somewhat  the  appearance  of  a  flag,  and 


126  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [April,  *aE 

suggested  the  specific  name  {insignis,  distinguished  by  a 
mark). 

The  fourth  has  a  large,  comparatively  thick  expasion  up- 
ward and  outward,  which  is  black  in  color,  and  is  set  off  froc 
the  body  of  the  joint  by  a  white  or  somewhat  silvery  crescent 

The  fifth  joint  is  not  at  all  compressed,  and  has  in  facta 
perfectly  normal  structure,  rather  depressed. 

The  figure  shows  the  '  *  flag ' '  lapped  over  a  little  on  the  en- 
larged fourth  joint. 

Galotana  insignig  n.  sp. 

Male. — Length,  6.5  mm.  Head  and  thorax  black,  cinereous;  probos- 
cis, legs  and  abdomen  yellow.  Eyes  contiguous  for  a  considerable  dis- 
tance on  the  front,  ocellar  tubercle  prominent,  with  a  few  small  brown 
hairs ;  face  black,  cinereous,  concave  and  receding  below  ;  antennae 
yellow,  short,  the  third  joint,  except  its  base,  infuscated,  the  three  joints 
of  successively  increasing  length  ;  arista  apical  bare,  slender  ;  proboscis 
retracted,  short,  yellow,  palpi  very  small,  yellow ;  occiput  black,  rather 
flat,  almost  bare.  Thorax  black,  cinereous,  especially  on  the  sides;  four 
faint  brown  lines  on  the  dorsum,  the  two  inner  ones  close  together,  ab- 
breviated behind,  the  two  outer  ones  abbreviated  In  front ;  on  the  side 
of  the  dorsum,  before  the  transverse  suture,  are  three  small  bristles ;  be- 
fore the  scutellum,  at  each  side,  are  three  or  four  very  small  ones ;  on 
the  margin  of  the  scutellum  are  five  pairs  of  larger  ones,  with  a  consider- 
able median  interval;  the  scutellum  yellowish,  except  on  the  disk; 
humeri  a  little  yellowish  ;  halteres  yellow,  the  large,  crumpled  knob  a 
little  infuscated  ;  squamae  yellow,  with  delicate  yellow  cilia  ;  metanotum 
black.  Abdomen  yellow,  all  the  incisures,  except  the  first,  narrowly 
blackish  (the  first  slightly  blackish  at  the  sides) ;  hypopygium  exserted. 
rounded,  rolled  up  under  the  fifth  segment ;  on  the  hypopygium  and 
along  the  sides  of  the  abdomen  are  fine,  erect  hairs,  longer,  more  bushy. 
and  yellow  anteriorly  ;  behind  they  are  brown.  Fore  and  middle  legs, 
including  coxae  and  tarsi  yellow,  the  femora  moderately  infuscated 
above,  and  with  a  stripe  of  black  hairs  on  the  front ;  the  tibiae  gradually 
and  moderately  infuscated  from  near  the  base ;  hind  tarsi  as  figured  and 
above  described.  Wings  subhyaline,  slightly  infuscated  toward  the 
apex;  the  space  between  auxiliary  and  first  longitudinal  cells  yellow; 
third  vein  ending  exactly  in  the  apex ;  fourth  vein  forked,  the  posterior 
branch  ending  half  way  between  point  of  furcation  and  the  margin  ;  hind 
cross-vein  hardly  more  than  half  its  length  from  the  margin. 

/v/;/a/<f.— Length,  4.8  mm.  Front  rather  wide,  narrowing  slightly 
below,  opaque  dark  brown  in  color,  near  the  antennae  cinereous,  with  a 
median  depression  ;  proboscis  and  palpi  larger,  antennae  smaller  than 
the  male.     The  brown  lines  of  the  thorax  are  more  distinct.     The  pos- 


April,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  1 27 

terbr  part  of  the  thorax,  with  only  two  bristles  on  each  side ;  scutellum 
with  three  pairs  of  bristles.  Abdomen  yellow,  scarcely  infuscated  at  all. 
Legs  wholly  yellow,  except  the  tarsi,  which  are  somewhat  infuscated 
toward  the  end  ;  they  are  compressed  and  enlarged  as  shown  in  figure. 
Venation  as  figured  ;  the  posterior  branch  of  the  fourth  vein  comes  nearer 
the  margin  than  in  the  male,  but  does  not  reach  it. 

Material  examined  :  The  type  is  a  male,  captured  October 
21,  1905,  in  the  foothills  about  six  miles  west  of  Stanford 
University.  There  is  another  male  (cotype)  in  the  collection 
of  the  entomological  department  of  Stanford  University,  col- 
lected in  the  vicinity  October  7,  1900.  Nine  females,  all 
collected  by  myself  in  the  same  vicinity  as  the  first-mentioned 
male,  on  October  21  and  28,  1905.  Two  of  these  cotype 
females  will  be  deposited  in  the  collection  of  the  entomological 
department  of  Stanford  University.  The  type  and  the  other 
females  will  remain  for  the  present  in  my  own  collection. 

EXPLANATION  OF  PLATE  IV. 

1.  Hind  tarsus  of  Calotarsa  calceata^  male,  enlarged  (after  Snow). 

2.  Hind  tarsus  of  C.  ornatipes^  male,  enlarged  (after  Snow). 

3.  Hind  tarsus  of  C.  insignis  n.  sp.,  male,  outer  side  x  20. 

4.  Head  of  C.  insignis,  male,  front  view,  x  20. 

5.  Hind  tarsus  of  C.  insignis,  female,  outer  side,  x  25. 

6.  Antenna  of  C,  insignis,  male,  inner  side,  x  40. 

7.  Wing  of  C.  insignis,  female,  x  15. 


•«•»• 


Some  new  or  little  known  Aleyrodidae  from 

Connecticut* — IL* 

By  W.  E.  Britton. 

Aleyrodes  forbesii  Ashmead. 

{aceris  Forbes.     Name  preoccupied). 
A.  aceris  Forbes.     14th  Report  Insects  of  Illinois,  p.  no,  1884. 
A,  aceris  Forbes.     Packard,   5th   Report,  U.   S.   Entomological 

Commission,  p.  422,  1890. 
A.  forbesii  Ashmead,  Bull.    45,  U.  S.  National  Museum,  p.  274, 

1893. 

A.  forbesii  fi^shm.  Quaintance,  Technical  Bull.  8,  Bureau  of  En- 
tomology, p.  27,  1900. 

A.  forbesii  Ashm.     Morrill,  Psyche,  Vol.  X,  p.  82,  1903. 

A,  forbesii  Ashm.  Bemis,  Proc.  U.  S.  National  Museum,  Vol. 
XXVII,  p.  503,  1904. 

•  For  the  first  paper  on  this  subject,  see  Ent.  News,  Vol.  XVI,  p.  65,  March,  1905. 


128  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [April,  'o6 

This  is  a  large  species,  the  pupa  measuring  about  1.5  x  i 
mm.,  and  from  oval  to  oblong  in  shape.  It  is  considerably 
raised  above  the  surface  of  the  leaf,  and  the  pupa  case  soon 
falls  away,  leaving  only  a  portion  of  the  marginal  rim  of  wax. 
Varying  from  light  yellowish  green  with  purplish  markings, 
to  purple  or  chocolate  with  green  or  whitish  spots  or  blotches 
near  the  margin.  Dorsum  flat,  without  spines  or  wax  rods. 
I  have  never  seen  the  adult  of  this  species,  but  it  is  described 
as  white  or  yellowish,  with  immaculate  wings.  Larvae  and 
pupae  are  not  abundant,  and  usually  one  or  two  are  found 
upon  a  leaf. 

Collected  by  the  writer  September  20,  1904,  September  8, 
1905,  at  Westville,  Ct.;  September  15,  1905,  New  Canaan, 
Ct. ;  on  red  and  silver  maple.  At  New  Canaan  it  seemed  to 
be  most  abundant  on  a  cut-leaved  variety  of  the  silver 
maple. 

Aleyrodes  packardi  Morrill. 

A,  packardi  Morrill.  Canadian  Entomologist,  Vol.  XXXV,  p.  25, 
1903;  Psyche,  Vol.  X,  p.  83,  1903;  Technical  Bull.,  No.  i, 
Mass.  Agr.  Expt.  Station,  August,  1903. 

For  several  years  this  species  has  been  confused  with  A. 
vaporariorum  Westwood,  and  in  literature,  many  references 
to  the  latter  doubtless  refer  to  A.  packardi.  For  a  more  com- 
plete bibliography  the  reader  is  referred  to  Canadian  Ento- 
mologist, Vol.  XXXV,  p.  35,  and  Technical  Bull.  No.  i. 
Mass.  Agr.  Expt.  Station,  p.  61. 

Pupa  about  . Sox. 48  mm.,  broadly  oval.  Dorsal  surface 
nearly  flat.  Two  series  of  marginal  wax  rods  ;  the  outer  ra- 
diating, somewhat  curved,  the  length  about  equal  to  one-half 
the  breadth  of  the  pupa ;  the  inner  series  are  nearly  twice  as 
long,  and  are  curved  upward  and  inward  over  the  body. 

Rather  abundant  on  the  leaves  of  cultivated  strawberries  at 
West  Hartford,  June  30,  1905. 

Aleyrodes  fnori  Quaintance. 

A.  ;;/<?r/ Quaintance,  Canadian  Entomologist,  Vol.  XXXI,  p.  i. 
A.  mori  Quaintance,  Technical  Bull.  8,  Division  of  Entomology,  p. 

29,  1900. 
A.  mori  Quaintance,  Bemis,  Proc.  U.  S.  National  Museum,  Vol. 
XXVII,  p.  507,  1904. 


April,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  1 29 

Pupa  about  .70  x  .55  mm.,  elliptical,  body  black  with  broad 
marginal  fringe  of  white  wax.  A  striking  species.  Adult 
with  clouded  wings. 

On  leaves  of  box  elder,  New  Haven,  July  22 ;   Fraxinus 
dmericana,   Carpinus  caroliniana  and   CelHs  occidentalism  New 
Haven,  September  20,   1904;    Celtis  occidenialis  and  catalpa, 
^ew  Haven,  September  8,  1905. 

I  have  never  seen  this  as  abundant  as  figured  by  Quaint- 
ance  (Can.  Ent.  Vol.  XXXI,  pi.  i),  but  usually  not  more 
t/ian  three  or  four  specimens  occur  on  a  leaf. 

Xiorrill  described  a  subspecies  maculata  Psyche  Vol.  X,  p. 
^^  »  1903),  which  differed  from  mori  in  the  adult  stage  by 
ha^v^ing  a  bright  yellow  body.  I  have  not  reared  or  obtained 
ad  i^-ilts,  but  Professor  Quaintance  has  examined  some  of  the 
pim  pa  cases,  and  pronounces  the  species  mori, 

A^^_yrodes  femaldi  Morrill. 

A.  fernaldi  Morrill.     Psyche,  Vol.  X,  p.  83,  1903. 

-A  medium-sized  oval  species,  pupa  case  about  .78  x  .50  mm., 
witli  no  wax  rods.  Dorsal  surface  flat,  color  pale  greenish 
wFi  ite.     Adult,  body  pale  yellow,  wings  immaculate. 

CDccurring  on  the  under  surface  of  leaves  of  spiraeas  Van 
^<^ntei  and  Anthony  Waterer  in  a  nursery  near  New  Haven, 
S^I>tember  8,  1905. 

^^^^iyrodes  vaporariorum  West  wood. 

A.  vaporariorum  Wcstwood,  Gardeners*  Chronicle,  p.  852, 1856. 

A.  vaporariorum  Wcstw.  Signoret,  Ann.  de  le  Soc.  Ent.  de 
France,  p.  387,  1867. 

A.  vaporariorum  Westw.  Britton,  Bull.  140,  Conn.  Agr.  Expt. 
Station,  1902.     Report  Conn.  Agr.  Expt.  Station,  p.  148.  1902. 

A.  vaporariorum  Westw.  Cary,  Bull.  96,  Maine  Agr.  Expt.  Sta- 
tion, 1903. 

A.  vaporariorum  Morrill,  Technical  Bull.  No.  i.  Mass.  Agr.  Expt. 
Station,  1903.  Circular  No.  57,  Bureau  of  Entomology,  U.  S. 
Dept.  Agr.,  1905. 

or  more  complete  bibliography,  see  Report  of  Conn.  Agr. 
pt.  Station,  p.  159,  1902,  and  Technical  Bull.  No.  i,  Mass. 
.  Expt.  Station,  p.  52,  1903. 
This  species  is  probably  the  most  common  of  all  described 


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130  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [April, '06 

aleyrodids  occurrring  in  Connecticut.  In  greenhouses  and 
dwellings  it  lives  through  the  winter  on  various  kinds  of 
plants.  Remedial  measures  are  absolutely  necessary  to  save 
the  infested  plants,  and  of  these  fumigation  with  hydrocyanic 
acid  gas  is  perhaps  the  most  successful.  House  plants  can  be 
dipped  into  a  soap  and  water  mixture  (i  lb.  to  8  gals.)  with 
good  results. 

Larvae  and  pupae  are  oval,  light  green  or  yellow  in  color, 
and  abound  on  the  under  sides  of  the  leaves.  Pupa  about 
.70  X  .50  mm.,  with  submarginal  row  of  wax  rods.  Six  pairs 
of  long  curved  \vax  rods  are  borne  on  the  dorsum,  which  is 
somewhat  convex. 

Body  of  adult  is  yellow,  wings  white  and  immaculate. 

A,  vaporariorum  has  been  collected  and  observed  upon  o\^ 
sixty  different  food  plants  in  Connecticut,  but  it  is  especially 
abundant  on  tomato,  melon,  cucumber,  tobacco,  Ageratum^ 
Lajilana,  Fuchsia  and  heliotrope. 


Formaldehyde  as  an  Insecticide. 

By  M.  v.  Slingerland. 

Cornell  University  recently  purchased  quite  a  large  quantity 
of  "Solidified  Formaldehyde,"  subject  to  a  written  contract 
that  "  this  material  is  guaranteed  to  kill  bedbugs,  moths  and 
roaches,  used  with  4  ounces  to  1,000  cubic  feet  and  exposure 
to  fumes  of  gas  8  hours,  closed  room."  This  was  a  good  op- 
portunity to  test  the  insecticidal  value  of  formaldehyde,  and  I 
made  the  following  experiment : 

Five  live  bedbugs  were  placed  (one  in  each)  in  small  paste- 
board pill  boxes,  which  were  covered  with  one  thickness  of  a 
muslin  with  meshes  about  one  millimeter  square.  Ten  live 
cockroaches  were  placed  in  each  of  three  glass,  pint,  fruit- 
jars,  covered  with  one  thickness  of  a  thin  muslin  with  meshes 
nearly  one-half  millimeter  square.  These  insects  were  placed 
in  different  parts  of  a  room,  some  on  the  floor,  others  near  the 
ceiling,  and  some  about  midway  of  the  room,  on  top  of  some 
furniture.      The  room  contained    1,760  cubic  feet,    but    was 


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nearly  one-third  full  of  furniture,  so  that  there  was  not  over 
1,600  cubic  feet  of  air-space  to  be  fumigated.  The  room  was 
made  as  tight  as  practicable  and  eight  ounces  of  the  Solidified 
Formaldehyde  were  used,  strictly  according  to  directions,  in  a 
generator  specially  designed  for  using  it.  The  fumigation  was 
begun  at  nine  o'clock  A.  m.,  January  30th,  1906,  and  the  room 
was  not  opened  until  the  next  morning,  thus  continuing  the 
fumigation  for  twenty-four  hours.  As  the  formaldehyde  costs 
about  35  cents  an  ounce,  it  was  an  expensive  operation  for  a 
single,  medium-sized  room. 

Upon  opening  the  room,  the  formaldehyde  fumes  were  suffi- 
ciently strong  to  make  one's  eyes  and  nostrils  smart,  and  it 
was  several  minutes  before  I  could  go  into  the  room  comfort- 
ably to  get  the  insects. 

Although  more  than  the  designated  amount  of  Solidified 
Formaldehyde  was  used  and  the  fumigation  was  continued 
longer  than  specified,  yet  it  resulted  in  not  killing  a  single 
bedbug  or  cockroach. 

Dr.  L.  O.  Howard  writes  me  that  **  The  Public  Health  and 
Marine- Hospital  Service  report  formaldehyde  as  not  possess- 
ing insecticidal  properties  against  mosquitoes."  Also,  that 
Mr.  Titus,  one  of  his  assistants,  knows  of  an  instance  where 
a  large  number  of  Lepidopterous  pupae  in  soil  were  in  a  small 
room  where  formaldehyde  gas  was  generated  (strength  of  the 
gas  unknown),  and  from  none  of  these  pupae  were  adults 
afterwards  bred,  while  from  other  pupae  from  the  same  ma- 
terial, not  in  this  room,  the  moths  came  out  in  usual  numbers. 
The  inference  is  reasonably  plain  that  the  gas  killed  the 
pupae,  but  the  evidence  is  not  conclusive,  as  it  was  not  an  ex- 
periment but  simply  an  accident. 

In  1 90 1,  C.  L.  Marlatt,  of  the  Bureau  of  Entomology,  re- 
ported (Bull.  30,  New  Series,  p.  39)  some  experiments  to  test 
the  insecticidal  value  of  formaldehyde  gas.  Some  earlier 
trials  had  resulted  in  indicating  little  value  in  the  gas  for  kill- 
ing insects.  Then  a  test  was  made  against  the  Angoumois 
grain  moth  and  the  bean  weevil  in  stored  seeds.  The  gas  was 
generated  to  3  or  4  times  the  amount  necessary  for  germicide 
purposes.     Only  a  few  of  the  moths  (some  that  were  flying 


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about)  were  killed,  but  the  weevils  were  not  injured  in  the 
least. 

In  1897  (Rept.  Ottawa  Expt.  Farms  for  1897,  p.  106;. 
Duchess  apple  trees  were  sprayed  in  Canada  with  formalin  at 
the  strengths  of  i,  2,  and  4  ounces  to  5  gallons  water.  Xo 
injury  or  benefit  resulted  to  the  foliage  or  fruit,  except  a  slight 
indication  of  some  deterrent  influence  against  the  codling- 
moth  ;  plant-lice  were  not  killed. 

In  1900,  C.  P.  Lounsbury,  Government  Entomologist  of 
Cape  of  Good  Hope,  South  Africa,  reported  (his  Report  for 
1899.  P-  17)  the  following  important  experiment  in  fumi- 
gating railway  carriages  for  bedbugs.  The  experiment  was 
made  under  supervision  of  a  professional  chemist.  **The 
bedbugs  were  not  destroyed  even  when  left  exposed  for  two 
full  days  in  a  carriage,  treated  with  all  the  gas  contained  in 
800  c.c.  (about  12  ounces  of  formaldehyde,  or  not  quite  as 
strong  as  I  used  it)  of  the  water  solution  of  formalin.  The 
gas  was  forced  into  the  carriage  under  heavy  pressure,  and 
the  bedbugs  were  enclosed  in  a  piece  of  mosquito  netting  sus- 
pended near  the  middle  of  the  space.  The  carriage  was  of 
about  2.500  cubic  feet  capacity,  and  all  its  cracks,  crevices 
and  air-holes  were  tightly  stopped  with  cotton  wool.  House- 
flies  and  aphids  shut  in  the  carriage  were  found  dead,  but 
larvae  and  adult  scale  insects  of  several  species,  and  plant- 
bugs  of  three  species  were  found  to  have  survived.  Formal- 
dehyde gas  of  far  greater  but  indefinite  strength,  generated 
from  formalin  tablets,  was  also  inefficacious  in  destroj-ing  im- 
prisoned bedbugs." 

Finally,  there  has  just  come  to  hand  the  report  of  another 
experiment  by  Prof.  Dr.  K.  Lampert  with  formaldehyde 
against  insects  in  Germany  (Zeitschrift  fiir  Wissenschaftliche 
Insekteiibiologie,  Vol.  XI,  January  31,  1906,  p.  12).  In  a 
room  containing  about  70  cubic  meters  (2,400  cu.  ft.)  1,100 
c.c.  of  40  per  cent,  formalin  (=  about  17  ounces  of  formalde- 
hyde, or  stronger  than  I  used  it  in  my  experiment)  was  gen- 
erated for  4  hours.  A  number  of  cockroaches  {S,  oriefi talis 
and  Q^erwauiia),  2  spiders,  several  larvae  of  the  larder  beetle 
{^D.  lardarius),  some  sow-bugs,   3  larvae  of  saw-flies,    meal- 


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;  worms,  and  earthworms  were  placed  in  the  room  in  glasses 
covered  with  open  netting  ;  one  earthworm  was  buried  in  soil. 
All  of  the  Arthropods  survived  without  any  injury  the  effects 
of  the  fumes  in  which  a  man  would  probably  die  in  a  short 
time,  and  in  which  dogs  and  birds  perish.  Two  earthworms 
exposed  to  the  fumes  without  soil  had  dried  out  and  were 
dead,  while  the  one  in  the  soil  remained  fresh  and  lively. 
"This  astonishing  resistance  to  the  fumes,'*  says  Lampert, 
"could  possibly  be  explained  by  the  tracheal  respiration  as 
the  animals  close  the  breathing-holes  and  the  air  collected  in 
the  tracheae  would  be  suflBcient  for  the  little  breathing  neces- 
sary. That  the  chitinous  armor  is  of  little  importance  in 
resisting  the  fumes,  is  proven  by  the  ability  to  resist  of  the 
thin-skinned  saw-fly  larvae.'* 

I  have  found  in  a  hasty  review  of  the  literature  no  other 
records  of  experiments  with  formaldehyde  as  an  insecticide. 
The  evidence  submitted  seems  to  be  overwhelming  that  for- 
maldehyde has  little  or  no  insecticidal  qualities,  when  used  in 
practicable  quantities,  and  especially  against  household  insects. 


•«••• 


Drag;onfIies  (Odonata)  Collected  by  Dn  D.  A*  Atkin- 
son in  Newfoundland,  with  Notes  on  some 

Species  of   Somatochlora. 

By  E.  B.  Williamson. 

(Plates  V  and  VI.) 

The  only  list  of  Newfoundland  dragonflies  known  to  me  is 
the  paper  in  Ent.  Month.  Mag.  XI,  pp.  241-243,  April,  1875, 
by  De  Selys,  based  on  collections  made  by  John  Milne.  De 
Selys  records  the  following  species  :  Leucorhinia  hudsonicay 
Selys  I  $  ,  Cordulia  shurtleffi  Scudder,  i  9  ,  Epitheca  cingulata 
Selys,  2  $  and  3  9  ,  Epitheca  forcipata  Scudder,  i  9  ,  Aeschna 
hudsonica  n.  sp.  i  $  and  4  9  (also  from  Canada),  Aeschna 
clepsydra  Say  (?)  2  9  ,  Gomphns  (?)  sp,  \  ^  ,  and  Aenallagma 
boreale  n.  sp.  i   $  and  i   9  . 

In  Ent.  News,  May,  1902,  pp.  144-146,  I  recorded  the  species 
taken  by  Dr.  Atkinson  at  the  Magdalen  Islands.  This  list 
was  remarkable  for  its  cosmopolitan  character.    Only  6  species 


134  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [April,  ' 

were  taken  in   the  almost  barren  Magdalens,  and  3  of  the 
are  not  represented  in  the  Newfoundland  collection  :  Agri 
resolutuniy  Enallagma  hageni  and  Aeshna  juncea,  all  wide 
distributed   species  which    more   extensive   collecting  wot 
probably  show  as  belonging  to  the  Newfoundland  fauna, 
fact,  Aeshna  hudsonica  Selys  mentioned  above  is  probably  on 
a  variety  at  the  most,  of  iuncea.     Dr.  Atkinson  collected 
Newfoundland  only  two  days,  July  7  and  July  21,  1901,  and 
two  localities,  Bay  of  Islands,  and  Grand  Lake,  yet  hiscollecti- 
contains    14  or  possibly    15  species,  and,  in    its   richness 
Aeshnas  and  Somatochloras,  it  is,  for  its  size,  the  most  int( 
esting  I  have  ever  studied.     The  study  of  these  Somatoc 
loras  from  time  to  time  has  delayed  the  recording  of  Dr.  ^. 
kinson*s  captures  till  this  late  date. 

Enallagma  ebrinm,  Hagen.  Eight  males  from  Grand  Lak 
July  21,  1901. 

Enallagma  calverti,  Morse.  Five  males  from  Bay  of  Island 
July  7,  1901.  No  Enallagmas  in  the  collection  agree  with  t 
color  pattern  of  Enallagma  boreale  Selys,  based  on  a  sing 
specimen  of  each  sex  taken  in  Newfoundland.  But  t 
description  of  the  abdominal  appendages  of  the  male  of  horec 
applies  almost  certainly  to  the  species  later  described  by  Mot 
as  calverti.  In  so  far  as  it  will  probably  be  possible  for  soi 
of  our  European  friends  to  determine  this  matter  certainlj'  1 
a  study  of  the  type  of  boreale,  I  have  here  recorded  the  specie 
in  conformity  with  recent  usage,  as  calverti, 

Enallagma  cyathigerum,   Charp.     Six    males  from    Bay 
Islands,  July  7,  1901.     Four  female  Enallagmas  in  the  colic 
tion  I  have  not  attempted  to  determine  specifically. 

Aeslma  clepsydra  Say.  Bay  of  Islands,  July  7,  1901.  3 
and  I  9  ;  Grand  Lake,  July  21,  1901,  i  ^  and  29.  To  tl 
species  for  the  present  are  also  referred  i  ^,  Grand  Lak 
July  21,  1901,  and  i  9  ,  Bay  of  Islands,  July  7,  1901.  The 
two  specimens  were  referred  to  Dr.  Calvert,  who  wrote,  und 
date  of  January  27,  1904,  **The  ^  Aeshna  from  Grand  Lak 
Newfoundland,  is  like  a  %  from  Chicoutimi,  Quebec,  in  t 
broken  stripes  on  sides  of  thorax,*  in  denticulated  carina 

• '  Two  other  cf  cf  from  Chicoutimi  have  the  stripes  of  thorax  apparently  not  broken. 


8. 


April,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  1 35 

superior  appendages,  and  in  size  and  color  of  pterostigma,  but 
differs  in  shape  of  tip  of  superior  appendages,  viewed  from 
above,  the  Chicoutimi  ^  having  the  tip  shaped  like  fig.  7, 
Ent.  News,  1894,  p.  u.  The  original  (from  Lake  St.  Regis, 
N.  Y.),  of  my  fig.  5  (1.  c),  also  has  the  broken  stripes  on  the 
sides  of  the  thorax,  but  has  the  pterostigma  of  front  wing 
measuring  only  3  mm.  on  its  costal  edge ;  length  of  front 
wing,  45  mm.  A  female  from  Lake  St.  Regis  has  stripes  on 
sides  of  thorax  very  nearly  identical  with  those  of  this  9  from 
Bay  of  Islands,  Newfoundland.  It  is  rather  small — abdomen 
(exclusive  of  appendages)  45  mm.,  hind  wing,  43  mm.; 
pterostigma  smaller,  the  costal  edge  of  pterostigma  of  front 
wing,  3.75  mm.  You  will  see,  therefore,  that  your  Grand 
Lake  $  is  very  nearly  identical  with  the  Lake  St.  Regis  %  , 
which,  in  1893,  I  called  clepsydra.  Whether  the  breaking  up 
of  the  stripes  on  sides  of  thorax  entitles  the  holder  to  a  dis- 
tinct specific  or  varietal  name  I  will  not  now  decide." 

The  appendages  of  this  Newfoundland  i  are  in  bad  condi- 
tion. The  color  pattern  of  thorax  of  both  ^  and  9  are  very 
different  from  any  other  specimens  of  the  large  series  of  clep- 
sydra I  have  seen  from  Newfoundland,  Ohio,  Michigan  and 
Indiana.  In  these  two  the  thoracic  pattern  is  more  suggestive 
oi  juncea  though,  of  course,  the  lateral  stripes  are  not  broken 
in  juncea.  Aeshna  hudsonica,  as  Dr.  Calvert  writes  me,  seems 
to  be  hardly  distinct  irom  Juncea,  even  as  a  variety. 

Aeshna  sitchensis  Hagen.  Bay  of  Islands,  July  7,  1901,  i  $ 
and  I  9  •     Determination  confirmed  by  Dr.  Calvert. 

Aeshfia  septentrionalis  Burm.     Grand  Lake,  July  21,  1901, 

1  9  .     Determination  confirmed  by  Dr.  Calvert. 

Cordulia  shurtleffi  Scudder.     Bay  of  Islands,  July  7,  1901, 

2  $  and  I   9  . 

Somatochlora  cingiilata  Selys.  Bay  of  Islands,  July  7,  1901, 
I   ^;  Grand  Lake,  July  21,  1901,  i   9- 

Somatochlora  albicincta  Burm.  Bay  of  Islands,  July  7,  1901, 
^   I  and  I   9 . 

Somatochlora  hudsonica  Selys.  Grand  Lake,  July  21,  1901, 
I   ^  ;  Bay  of  Islands,  July  7,  1901,  2  9  . 

Somatochlora  fordpata  Scudder.  Grand  Lake,  July  21, 
1901,  I  ^. 


136  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [April, '(]( 

Leucorhinia  hndsonica  Selys.  Bay  of  Islands,  July  7,  1901. 
4  $  and  4  9  . 

Sympetrum  costiferum  Hagen.  A  single  9  ,  badly  damaged, 
from  Bay  of  Islands,  July  7,  1901,  apparently  belongs  to  this 
species. 

Libelliila  quadrimaculata  L.     Bay  of  Islands,  July  7,  1901, 

I   9. 

Notes  on  some  species  of  Somatochlora,    Somatochlora  semidr- 
cularis,   septenirionalis,    artica   and  forcipaia    are    a    group  of 
closely  related  species  with  long  slender  abdomens  and  rela- 
tively short  wings.     The  difficulty  in  determining  Dr.  Atkin- 
son's single  ^  of  this  group  led  to  a  study  of  these  four  spedcs. 
Oi  forcipata  I  have  seen  but  two  specimens,  the  headless  speci- 
men, collected  by  Dr.  Atkinson,  and  a  male  in  the  Harvey  col- 
lection, S.  Lagrange,  June  28,  1898,  F.  L.  Harvey,  collector. 
The  abdominal  appendages  of  the  Maine  specimen    seen  in 
profile,  are  much  more  strongly  arched  than  in  the  Newfound- 
land specimen.     I  have  obtained  from  Mr.  R.  C.  Osbumthe 
specimen  mentioned  by  him  diS  forcipaia,  in  Ent.  Neva's,  June, 
1905,  p.  191,*  from  Port  Renfew,  British  Columbia.      I  refer 
this  specimen  to  semicirciila?is.     I  am  able  to  separate  semidr^ 
cularis  ^iwd  forcipata  only  by  the  abdominal  appendag^es  of  the 
male.     The  Newfoundland  forcipaia  is  more  slender  than  the 
Maine  semicircularis  (a  difference  pointed  out  by  De  Selys  for 
the  two  species) ,  but  the  Msiine forapaia  is  about  as  robust  as  the 
two  specimens  o^scmici renin ris  which  I  have  seen  from  that  State 
— the  one  figured  and  a  second  from  Orono,  Maine.  July  16, 
1 89 1,    K.   L.    Harvey,  collector,   referred  to  in   Ent.    News, 
May,  1892,  p.  116,  2i<,  forcipaia.     On  the  basis  of  this  Orono 
specimen,  scfnicircularis  can   be  added  to  the  New    England 
fiiuna.     Scudder's  description  of  forcipaia  fits  the  two  sf)eci- 
mens  which  I  liave  referred  to  this  species  in  the  form  of  the 
appendages  and  in  the  presence  on  abdominal  segment  5  and 
the  two  or  three  following  segments  of  a  distinct  basal,  lateral 
small  yellow  spot.     These  spots  are  wanting  in  the  single  male 
of  septentrionalis  I  have  seen  and  in  seinicirndaris  from  Maine 


♦  In  the  sanu'  paper  bv  Mr.  ( )^l)lUIl.  p.  192.  he  ideniilies  two  imi>erfect  9  of  SympettHm 
as  ohtt  H>iim.    Alter  a  slud>  ni  both  specimens  I  Ix-'lieve  ihcy  belong  rather  \.o paUipes. 


April,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  137 

and  Colorado.  But  senncircularis  from  British  Columbia  have 
the  abdomen  either  uniformly  colored  or  spotted.  Of  semicir- 
cularis  I  have  studied  :  Maine,  2  $  \  mountains  of  Southwest- 
em  Colorado,  1 1  $  and  4  9  loaned  me  by  Dr.  Calvert ;  Lang- 
ford  Lake,  British  Columbia,  2  ^ ,  R.  C.  Osburn,  collector; 
Glacier,  British  Columbia,  4  ^ ,  R.  C.  Osburn,  collector ; 
Port  Renfrew,  British  Columbia,  i  ^  ,  R.  C.  Osburn,  collector. 
Characters  of  13  males  of  this  material  were  tabulated.  The 
abdomen  varies  from  34-39  mm.  in  length,  averaging  between 
38  and  39  for  all  the  material  excepting  the  Colorado  speci- 
mens, which  are  34.  Fordpata  measures  37  and  38.  In  length 
of  hind  wing  all  specimens  of  semicircularis  are  very  uniform, 
varying  from  29-32,  the  majority  being  31,  which  is  the  exact 
measurement  for  this  part  in  both  fordpata.  The  color  of 
the  costa  will  not  separate  the  two  species.  Postcubitals  in 
the  front  wings  vary  from  5  (in  a  single  wing)  to  8  (in  2 
wings).  The  usual  number  is  6  or  7  in  both  species.  The 
yellow  spots  on  frons  in  front  are  variable  in  size,  regardless 
of  locality.  The  lateral  thoracic  stripes  are  variable  in  extent 
(at  least  in  dried  material),  and  will  not  serve  to  separate 
species  or  localities.  Fordpata  (both  specimens)  and  semidr- 
cularis  from  Maine  have  the  anterior  femora  brown  beneath  ; 
all  the  other  specimens  of  semidrailaris^  so  far  as  I  could  de- 
termine, have  the  anterior  femora  black  beneath.  One  sevii- 
dradaris  from  Maine  has  the  upper  lip  with  two  clear  brown 
spots.  All  other  specimens  of  both  species  have  this  lip  black. 
Nasus  in  fordpata  (one  specimen)  and  semidrcularis  from 
Maine  is  dull  brown  ;  in  all  western  specimens  of  semidrcula- 
ris and  in  septentrionaliSy  the  nasus  is  metallic,  like  the  frons, 
and  the  semidr  ail aris  from  Colorado  have  the  labrum  almost 
or  quite  metallic.  So,  as  stated,  I  can  find  no  characters 
other  than  those  of  the  appendages  for  separating  fordpata 
and  semicircularis.  These  characters,  both  of  superior  and 
inferior  appendages,  seem  good  so  far  as  specimens  before  me 
go,  but  it  is  possible  that  more  extensive  material  might  ren- 
der these  inadequate  for  the  separation  of  the  two  species  as  at 
present  understood. 

Septentrionalis ,  apart  from  its  basal  wing  markings,  is  sepa- 


138  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [April,  d 

rated  from  the  others  by  its  appendages  and    the  relativdy 
short  hind  wings  (abdomen  36  mm.;  h.  w.  26  mm.)- 

Somalochlora  hudsonica,  alpestris^  alhicincia  and  probably  ob- 
gulata  *  form  a  group  of  closely  related  species  i^ith  relatively 
robust  abdomens  and  long  wings.  Hudsonica  finds  its  clones: 
ally  in  the  European  a/pesiris  from  which  it  is  separated, 
among  other  characters,  by  the  great  development  of  the  basal 
spine  of  the  superior  appendages.  In  alpestris  the  basal  spine 
and  the  spine  following  it  are  about  equal  in  size,  and  the 
profile  view  gives  an  accurate  idea  of  the  full  s\z/^  of  these 
spines.     In  its  wing  markings  hudsonica  is  like  sepUntriomalii. 

Albicincta  is  very  distinct  from  the  two  preceding  species: 
and  cingulaia  is  at  once  distinguished  from  them  all  by  its  larger 
size  and  the  broadly  forked  inferior  appendag^es.  The  9  of 
hudsonica  from  which  the  figure  of  the  vulvar  lamina  vras 
drawn  has  the  abdomen  very  flattened  and  the  vulvar  latnini 
much  pinched  together,  so  the  figure  is  probably  somewhat 
deceptive.  The  second  9  collected  by  Dr.  Atkinson  has  the 
last  abdominal  segments  wanting.  The  vulvar  laminae  repre- 
sented in  figs.  20  and  21  are  normal  in  shape,  the  abdomens 
not  being  distorted. 

EXPLANATION  OF  PLATES  V  AND  VI. 

All  specimens  figured  are  in  collection  of  £.  B.  Williamson. 

Fig.    I.     Appendages    in    profile  of    Sofnatochlora   sepieniriona/is   £, 
Orono,   Maine,  June  18,  1898,  Bartle  Harvey,  collector.     This 
specimen  has  the  left  superior  appendage  wanting  and  the 
wings  are  in  bad  condition. 

Figs.  2,  3,  4,  and  5  ;  Somatochlora  semicircularis.  Figs.  2,  3,  abdominal 
appendages  and  4,  genital  lobe  of  ^,  Manchester,  Maine,  July 
7,  1898,  Miss  M.  Wadsworth,  coll.  Fig.  5,  superior  append- 
ages of  c?,  I^ngford  Lake,  British  Columbia,  July  20,  1902, 
R.  C.  Osburn,  coll. 

Figs.  6,  7,  and  8.     Somatochlora  arctica.     Figs.  6  and  7  abdominal  ap- 
pendages and  fig.  8,  genital  lobe  of  c?,  Leuzerheide,  July,  1904, 
K.  J.  Morton,  collector. 

Figs.  9,  10,  and  11.  Somatochlora  forcipata.  Figs.  9  and  11,  abdominal 
appendages,  and  fig.  10,  genital  lobe  of  cf ,  Grand  Lake,  New- 
foundland. July  21,  1901,  I).  A.  Atkinson,  collector. 

Figs.  12  and  13.  Som  tlochlora  alpestris  abdominal  appendag^es  of  cf. 
Leuzerlieide,  July,  1904    K.  J.  .Morton,  collector. 

*  Franklini  is  known  to  mc  only  from  the  description  of  the  9. 


EwT.  NRWt-.  Vnl.  XVII. 


April,  *o6] 


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Figs.  14,  15,  16,  and  17.     Somatochlora  hudsonica.     Figs.  14,  15  and  16, 

abdominal  appendages  of  cT,  Grand  Lake,  Newfoundland,  July 

2r,  1901,  D.  A.  Atkinson,  collector.     Fig.  17,  vulvar  lamina  of 

9 ,  Bay  of  Islands,  Newfoundland,  July  7,  1901,  D.  A.  Atkinson, 

collector.   This  female  has  the  abdomen  laterally  crushed. 

Figs.  iS,  19,  and  20  Somatochlora  albicincta.  Figs.  18  and  19,  abdominal 
appendages  of  (^,  Kukak  Bay,  Alaska,  June,  1899.  T.  Kincaid, 
collector.  Fig.  20,  vulvar  lamina  of  9»  Kadiak,  Alaska,  July  4, 
1809,  M.  Cole,  collector. 

Fig.  2[.  Vulvar  lamina  of  Somatochlora  semicircularis  9,  mountains 
of  Southwestern  Colorado,  11,000-12,000  feet. 


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An  Emergency  Case  in  Insect  Architecture. 

By  S.  Arthur  Johnson. 

Last  fall  I  discovered  a  Vespa  nest  attached  to  the  north  end 
of  the  entomology  building.  Attracted  by  its  curious  form,  I 
secured  it  and  was  surprised  to  find  that  it  represented  an  in- 
sect tragedy.  From  the  location  of  the  nest  and  its  form,  it 
is  evidently  one  made  by  Vespa  diabolica,  though  no  insects 
were  found  in  it  to  confirm  this  statement. 

The  nest  had  been  be- 
gun in  the  usual  way  and 
reached  the  stage  where 
two    layers    of    paper 
formed  a  sphere  about  a 
comb  containing  a  num- 
ber  of  cells.       At   this 
time,  the  cord  of  suspen- 
sion gave  way,  dropping 
the  comb  to  the  bottom 
of  the  nest,  where,  being 
lanable  to  pass  through 
the  aperture  on  account 
of  its  size,  it  hung  sus- 
pended   in    an    inclined 
piosition.  The  wasp  then 
t>uilt  on  the  lower  half  of  the  original  sphere,  a  very  much 
elongated  structure,  composed  of  about  three  very  irregular 
layers.     The  exterior  was  unusually  rough,  and  so  insecurely 
attached  that  it  broke  away  with  very  little  handling  of  the  nest. 
Apparently  this  attempt  to  repair  damages  was  not  success- 
€'ul,  for  the  work  never  advanced  beyond  this  crude  stage. 
One  of  the  larvae,  at  least,  reached  the  pupa  stage,  for  its  ca- 
^:oon  was  found  in  the  comb. 

The  incident  is  interesting  as  illustrating  what  an  insect  will 
do  when  brought  face  to  face  with  a  new  condition. 


ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS. 


[The  Conductors  of  Entomological  News  solicit  mnd  will  thankfully  receive  items 
of  news  likely  to  interest  its  readers  from  any  source.  The  author's  name  will  be  s^iven 
ia  each  case,  for  the  information  of  cauloguers  and  bibliographers.] 


To  Contribotora. — All  contributions  will  be  considered  and  passed  upon  at  out 
earliest  convenience,  and,  as  far  as  may  be,  will  be  published  according^  to  date  of  recep- 
tion. Entomological  News  has  reached  a  circulation,  both  in  numbers  and  circumfer- 
ence, as  to  make  it  necessary  to  put  "  copy  "  into  the  hands  of  the  printer,  for  each  num- 
ber, three  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, 
will  be  given  free,  when  they  are  wanted  ;  and  this  should  be  so  stated  on  the  MS.,  along 
with  the  number  desired.    The  receipt  of  all  papers  will  be  acknowledged.— Ed. 


Philadelphia,  Pa..  April,  1906. 


The  recognition  of  the  value  of  economic  Entomology 
among  the  people  is  shown  by  the  fact  that  two  important 
bills  for  the  suppression  of  insects  are  not  unlikely  to  become 
laws.  One  is  a  bill  to  appropriate  seventy  thousand  dollars  a 
year  for  five  years  to  suppress  mosquitoes  in  New  Jersey*,  and 
the  other  is  a  bill  presented  in  the  National  House  of  Repre- 
sentatives to  appropriate  two  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  dol- 
lars to  check  the  ravages  of  the  Gypsy  Moth.  There  can  be 
no  question  of  the  value  of  properly  directed  scientific  work 
against  these  pests,  and  we  believe  a  large  return  could  be  had 
from  the  expenditure  of  the  money,  providing  no  human  para- 
sites work  their  way  in.  The  very  moment  money  enters  into 
scientific  work  there  will  be  some  one  with  an  eye  on  the  main 
chance.  Entomologists  should  religiously  frown  dowm  all 
such  attempts  and  endeavor  to  put  the  study  on  the  highest 
plane  and  thus  demonstrate  its  value  to  all. 


I  «»  I 


A  Correction. — The  larval  stages  described  by  Mr.  J.  G.  Grundel 
in  March,  '05  News  as  Lemonias  vi^ulli  are  those  of  Z.  nwrmo^  a  closely 
allied  species.  Probably  the  preparatory  stages  of  vif^iilti  are  similar, 
and  what  will  apply  to  one  will  apply  superficially  to  the  other. — C.  R. 
CooLiDGE,  Palo  Alto,  Cal. 

•  This  bill  has  become  a  law. 

140 


April,  *06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  I4I 

Doings  of  Societies. 

Minutes  of  meetings  of  Brooklyn  Entomological  Society, 
held  at  the  residence  of  Mr.  George  Franck,  1040  DeKalb 
Avenue,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

November ^,  190^. — Thirteen  persons  present,  the  President 
in  the  chair. 

Mr.  George  P.  Engelhardt  was  elected  librarian,  vice  Mr. 
Ernest  Shoemaker  resigned. 

Mr.  Franck  exhibited  a  specimen  of  Argynnis  idalia,  from 
Newark,  N.  J.,  showing  an  extreme  case  of  suffusion.  The 
upper  side  of  the  primaries  was  heavily  clouded,  while  that  of 
the  secondaries  was  almost  entirely  wanting  in  maculation. 
The  under  side  of  the  wings  was  similarly  affected,  the  sec- 
ondaries having  only  a  single  row  of  silver  near  the  inner 
margin  and  a  few  near  the  base.  Mr.  Franck  also  exhibited 
a  S  Hyperchiria  io,  the  wings  of  which  largely  partook  of  the 
coloration  of  those  of  the  9  . 

Mr.  Schaeffer  presented  a  number  of  specimens  of  coleop- 
tera  comprising  species  not  only  new  to  our  fauna  but  to 
science,  which  he  had  taken  during  the  recent  summer  in  the 
Huachuca  Mountains,  Arizona.  Among  those  shown  were 
Amhlychila  baroni^  Cicindela  obsoleta  var.  santaclarae .  Pasima- 
chiis  viHdans,  Clems,  w.  sp.,  Romaleinn,  n.  sp.,  Oncideres^ 
n.  sp.,  Cassida  7nexicana,  Esiola,  n.  sp.,  Agrilus,  «.  sp.,  and  a 
number  of  species  of  Scarabcndae,  C,  saniaclarae  occurred  in 
company  with  swarms  of  grasshoppers,  which,  being  similar 
in  color  (green),  rendered  distinction  difficult. 

Mr.  vSchaefTer  gave  some  further  details  relative  to  his 
method  of  preservation  of  specimens  and  mode  of  living.  A 
tent  was  made  for  shelter  which  at  times  barely  sufficed  to 
protect  the  collections  and  apparatus  from  rain. 

December  y,  tqoI), — Seventeen  persons  present,  the  President 
in  the  chair. 

Mr.  Franck  announced  that  a  sufficient  number  of  subscrip- 
tions had  been  obtained  to  ensure  the  publication  of  the 
Glossary  of  Entomological  Terms  prepared  by  Prof.  John  B. 
Smith. 

Mr.  George  P.  Engelhardt  gave  a  description  of  his  manipu- 


142  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  CAP'*^^*  '^ 

lation  of  and  experiences  with  a  bive  of  bees  located  in  the 
Children's  Museum  of  the  Brooklyn  Institute  of  Arts  and 
Sciences.  The  hive  was  placed  at  a  window  facing  east  and 
connected  with  the  outer  air  by  a  covered  passage  and  was 
specially  constructed  for  observation,  having  inner  sides  of 
glass  through  which  the  operations  of  the  inmates  were  visible. 
Exterior  doors  of  wood  screened  the  interior  glass  sides  from 
light  when  not  subject  to  inspection.  Although  in  the  midst 
of  a  city  the  bees  had  no  difficulty  in  collecting  materials  for 
honey,  comb,  etc.,  apparently  obtaining  suflBcient  for  their 
purposes  from  the  vegetation  in  streets  and  yards  and  the 
nearby  park.  Archibald  C.  Weeks,  Secretary, 


M> 


Dr.  Dyar's  Editorial  in  the  March,  1906,  Jour.  N.  Y.  Ent.  See.  is  a 
work  of  art.  He  says  I  attempt  a  misrepresentation  of  his  Review  of  the 
Hesperidae.  I  did  nothing  of  the  kind  ;  I  only  stated  facts  which  any 
entomologist  can  verify  from  the  literature.  Dr.  Dyar  says  **  We  pre- 
sume he  is  right  in  both  cases.  *'  Why  does  he  say  **  presume  **  and  then 
proceed  to  try  and  correct  his  errors  ?  He  does  not  come  out  and  say 
his  genus  Anatrytone  is  a  synonym,  but  says  Atrytone  may  be  givftn  an- 
other name.  I  quote  again,  "  the  mistakes  can  be  easily  corrected  by 
transferring  manataaqua  to  Thymelicus  and  proposing  a  new  name  for 
Atrytone,'^  Had  Dr.  Dyar  really  known  anything  about  the  genera  he 
would  never  have  suggested  anything  of  the  kind,  as  manataaqua  is  the 
type  of  Scudder's  genus  Limochroes.  Dr.  Dyar  u$es  this  genus  and 
places  nine  species  under  it,  including  the  type  manataaqua.  A^grescit 
medendo.— Henry  Skinnkr. 

Lady  Bug  gave  a  party. 

It  was  a  grand  affair ; 
The  finest  Beetle  dandies 

And  the  nattiest  Gnats  were  there. 

The  Glow  Worm  glowed  his  brightest 

And  the  Hornet  played  his  horn. 
The  Butterfly  brought  butter 

And  the  Miller  Moth  brought  corn. 

The  Caterpillar  sat  and  purred. 

The  Horsefly  galloped  high, 
The  Ants  came  with  their  uncles 

And  the  Spiders  came  with  pie. 

The  June  Bug  in  his  buggy  came, 

Dragged  by  the  Dragon  Fly, 
The  Centipede  gave  his  last  cent 

To  see  the  pair  go  by. 

It  was  a  splendid  party. 

But  when  the  last  was  done. 
The  Hop-toad  sat  outside  the  door 

And  swallowed  every'one. 


April]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS. 


Not  Bzoaeding;  Three  IJnes  Free  to  Sobsorlbers. 


These  notices  are  continued  as  long  as  our  limited  space  will  allow;  the  new 
iwes  are  added  at  the  end  of  the  column,  and  only  when  necessary  those  at  the  top 
(bdns^  longest  in)  are  discontinued. 


I  have  for  exchange  perfect  examples  of  Baileya  ophthalmica^  Scope/- 
soma  devia^  irisiigmata,  Xylina  grotei,  and  many  other  local  species 
of  Lepidoptera  for  exchange — Fred.  Marloff,  Oak  Station  P.O.,  Alle- 
gheny Co.,  Pa. 

Specimens  of  the  genus  Necrophorus  from  all  parts  of  the  United 
States;  will  give  good  exchanges  in  other  Coleoptera— J.  O.  Martin,  Wil- 
braham,  Mass. 

For  Exchange. — Pupae  of  Smerinthus  geminatus^  Dolba  hylaens, 
Papilioajax^  Eacies  imperialis  and  cocoons  oiTelea polyphenius . — R.  R. 
Rowley,  Louisiana,  Mo. 

Wanted. — Records  of  Ontario  insects,  for  compilation  of  list.  Please 
give  authentic  data  and  indicate  source  of  identifications.  Lists  of  smaller 
orders  and  Neuropteroids  wanted  at  once. — Franklin  Sherman,  Jr.,  Dept. 
Ent.  Ont.  Agr.  Col.,  Guelph,  Canada. 

Lepidoptera :  Exchange  for  specimens  new  to  my  collection.  Exotics 
also  accepted. — A.  Troschel,  853  Irving  Park  Boulevard,  Chicago,  Illinois. 

Lepidoptera. — Liberal  exchange  given  for  desirable  North  American 
Hcterocera. — Henry  Engel,  Box  35  Oak  Station  P.  O..  Allegheny  Co.,  Pa. 

European  Lepidoptera  in  exchange  for  pupae  of  native  moths,  es- 
pecially .S*.  Cynthia. — Miss  Kate  W.  Strong,  Setauket.  Long  Island,  N.  Y. 

Wanted. —Z^r<?«a5,  Theclas^  Chionobas  and  Anihocharis,  either  for 
cash  or  exchange.  Send  list  to  H.  H.  Brehme,  44  Mercer  street,  New- 
ark, N.  J. 

Papiiioa  of  the  world  desired.  What  do  you  wish  in  exchange  ? — C. 
F.  Groth,  141  East  40th  street,  New  York  City. 

Wanted,  for  cash  or  exchange.  Bulletins  U.  S.  Bureau  of  Entomology. 
Old  series  1-5,  7-15,  18,  20.  2f,  26,  27,  30,  33.  New  series  8,  39,  Tech- 
nical series,  i,  3,  5,  6,  7.  Bib.  Econ.  Ent.,  parts  4,  5,  6.— Albert  V.  Tay- 
lor. Bedford,  Ohio. 

Wanted. — Bibionidae  of  North  America  for  which  I  will  pay  cash,  also 
Entomological  News,  Vol.  XV,  No.  9 — W.  A.  Hooker,  Bureau  of 
Entomology,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Exchanges  solicited  from  all  sections  of  the  country.  Have  hundreds 
of  duplicates.  Moths  or  butterflies.  Send  lists  to  Joseph  H.  Reading, 
775  N.  Rockwell  St.,  Chicago,  111. 

Clcindeiidae. — C  celeripes  ^vi6  other  Nebraska  and  Iowa  species  to 
exchange  for  Cicindelidae.— Frank  H.  Shoemaker,  2960  Dewey  Ave., 
Omaha,  Neb. 

Wanted.— LeConte's  **  Revision  of  the  Elateridae  ;"  also  North  Am- 
erican species  of  Corytnbites  and  other  Elateridae  and  Buprestidae. — C.  O. 
Houghton,  Del.  Col.  Agric.  Expt.  Sta.,  Newark,  Delaware. 

Wanted.— Vol.  Ill,  No.  i  "  Papilio"  and  Vols.  VIII  and  IX,  Jour. 
N.  Y.  Ent.  Soc,  also  Danaidae  of  the  world.— C.  V.  Blackburn,  loi  Pine 
St..  Wobum,  Mass.    (See  Label  adv.) 

Tenodera  sinenais. — Without  doubt  Tetiodera  sinensis  is  one  of  the 
most  curious  and  interesting  insects  found  in  the  United  States  of  North 
America.  I  have  ^%jg  masses  of  fertile  eggs,  as  well  as  mounted  speci- 
mens of  the  perfect  insect  to  exchange.  Regarding  Tenodera  sinensis^ 
see  Ent.  News,  Vol.  IX  (1898)  p.  144. --Philip  Laurent,  31  East  Mt. 
Aijy  Ave.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 


il  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [1906. 

Wanted. — North  American  Philanthidae  for  study.  Will  determine 
fossorial  Hymenoptera  for  the  privilege  of  retaining  desirable  material. — 
J.  C.  Bridwell,  Insectary  M.  A.  C,  Amherst,  Mass. 

Wanted.— Orchids  plants  or  roots  of  them  for  cash  or  in  exchange  for 
brilliant  exotic  Lepidoptera,  such  as  Omithoptera  Urania  crctsus^  riph- 
eus,  tnorpho  and  rare  native  species. — Chas.  F.  Timm,  170  Bleeker  St., 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Wanted. — Microlepidiptera,  especially  Tineina  of  North  America. 
Will  give  named  material  in  return ;  also  Microlepidoptera  and  Coleop- 
tera.     Will  buy  desirable  material. — Dr.  W.  G.  Dietz,  Hazleton,  Pa. 

Before  the  season  opens,  I  wish  to  arrange  with  parties  in  the  south- 
ern United  States  and  Mexico  for  the  collecting  of  Buprestidae  and 
Phanccus.     Oood  e.xchange  given. — E.  A.  Klages,  Crafton.  Pa. 

Coleoptera. — I  wish  to  buy  one  or  more  original  collectings  of  beetles 
from  either  North.  South  or  Central  America. — Fred.  C.  Bowditch,  164 
Rawson  Road.  Brookline,  Norfolk  Co.,  Mass. 

Wanted  for  Cash. — Transactions  of  the  American  Entomological  So- 
cietv.  Vol.  HI  (3).  Will  pay  a  fair  price  for  a  copy  in  good  condition. 
W.  C.  Wood.  51  Fifth  Avenue.  New  York. 

Samia  cynthia  Cocoons  to  exchange  for  live  pupae  and  cocoons  of 
Hyperchiria  to,  Telea  polyphemus.  Triptogon  modesta,  Phtlitnpelus 
achemon  or  P.  pandonis. — John  H.  Matthews,  3219  N.  Thirteenth  Street, 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Wanted  eggs  of  Afiosia  archippus^  living  preferred,  for  the  purpose  of 
making  photographs  for  J.  W.  Tutt's  British  Butterflies. — A.  E.  Tonge, 
Reigate.  Surrev.  England. 

Wanted  —Cicindela  trilunaris,  C.  campesiris,  and  Ontus,  matured 
ins'^cts.  Also  piioae,  larvae  and  eggs  of  North  America  Cicindela, — F. 
H.  Goodfellow.  Room  61  r.  42  Broadway,  New  York  City. 

Indian  Insects  in  all  orders  with  full  data  and  in  thoroughly  good 
condition,  chiefly  from  Andaman  Island,  Assam  &  Darjeeling.  Address 
A.  Meik,  4,  Convent  Rd.,  Entally,  Calcutta,  India. 

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Williamson  and  Calvert— Copulation  of 
Odonata I43 

Skinner— A  new  Ichneumonid 150 

Nason— Parasitic  Hymenoptera  from  Al- 
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tera 169 

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perla 174 

Rowley— Notes  on  Papilio  ajax 175 

Kunze— Stemmed  cocoons  of  Telea  poly- 

pbemus 177 

Editorial 180 

Notes  and  News 181 

Doings  of  Societies 182 


Copulation  of  Odonata. 

I. — By  E.  B.  Williamson. 

In  Ent.  News,  February,  1899,  page  42,  I  questioned,  for 
the  first  time,  the  accepted  statement  that  in  pairing  the  male 
dragonfly  grasps  the  female  by  the  prothorax.  No  observa- 
tions by  others,  so  far  as  I  know,  have  confirmed  or  corrected 
this  observation  which  pointed  out  that,  in  some  of  the  Ani- 
soptera  at  least,  the  female  was  grasped  by  the  head.  Ob- 
servations made  during  the  season  of  1905  permit  the  record- 
ing of  some  details  in  the  method  of  ** coupling*'  in  the 
suborder  Zygoptera.  The  procedure,  for  the  sake  of  clear- 
ness, may  be  classified  and  subclassified  as  follows  : 

A. — The  two  jaws  of  the  pincers  by  which  the  male  grasps  the  female, 
formed  by  (1),  the  superior  appendages,  and  (2),  the  inferior 
appendage.  In  couple  the  inferior  appendage  rests  on  top  of 
the  head,  and  the  superior  appendages  on  the  rear  of  the 
head  of  the  female.  Suborder  Anisoptbra.  Positive  ob- 
servations in  the  case  of  Celithemis,  Sympetrum,  (Libellu- 
Hnae),  Gomphus  (Gomphinae),  and  Aeshna  (Aeshninse). 


143 


t44  kNTOMOLOGiCAL  NEwS.  [May,  '06 

A  A. — The  two  jaws  of  the  pincers  by  which  the  male  grasps  the  female, 
formed  by  the  two  superior  appendages,  acting  forceps-like, 
or  by  the  inferior  appendages,  acting  in  a  similar  manner. 
In  the  case  of  certain  species,  judging  from  the  form  of  the 
appendages,  superior  appendages  and  inferior  appendages 
each  act  as  a  pair  of  forceps,  so  the  female  is  doubly  secured. 
Also  it  must  be  noted  that  the  two  superiors  acting  together 
may  form  one  jaw  of  a  pair  of  pincers,  the  other  jaw  of  which 
is  formed  by  the  two  inferiors.  In  couple  the  superior  append- 
ages of  the  male  rest  behind,  and  the  inferior  appendages  in 
front,  of  the  hind  margin  of  the  pronotum  of  the  female.  Sub- 
order Zygoptera. 
B. — Superior  appendages  of  the  male  forming  two  jaws,  in  couple 
grasping  the  most  anterior  portion  of  the  mesepisternum  and 
the  mesostigmal  laminae  of  the  female. 
C. — Inferior  appendages  of  the  male  in  couple  extended  over  the  dor- 
sum of  the  pronotum  of  the  female,  scarcely  or  not  touching  it, 
and  with  their  apices  resting  against  the  rear  of  the  head.  When 
the  abdomen  of  the  male  was  disturbed  the  inferior  append- 
ages in  some  cases  did  not  touch  the  head  of  the  female,  in 
other  cases  the  tips  of  these  appendages  were  extended  to  the 
top  of  the  female's  head.  Undisturbed  they  rested  against  the 
rear  of  the  occiput,  performing  no  work  of  grasping  whatever. 
AH  female  Zygoptera  observed  when  in  couple  keep  the  pro- 
thorax  drawn  tightly  against  the  mesothorax.  Lestes.  Posi- 
tive observations  in  the  case  of  L.  forcipatus  and  Z.  unguicu- 

latus, 
CC. — Inferior  appendages  of  the  male  resting  on  the  anterior  side  of 

the  hind  lobe  of  the  prothorax  of  the  female.  Hetcerina. 

BB. — Inferior  appendages  forming  two  jaws  which  grasp  the  anterior 

surface  of  the  hind  lobe  of  the  pronotum  of  the  female,  the 

superior  appendages  resting  in  cups  formed  by  depressions  in 

the  mesostigmal  laminae  and  the  rear  surface  of  the  hind  lobe 

of  the  pronotum  and,  depending  on  their  form,  grasping  the 

mesostigmal  laminae  or  not.    The  female  by  drawing  the  hind 

lobe  of  the  pronotum  closely  against  the  mesostigmal  laminae 

prevents  the  escape  of  the  male. 

D. — Dorsum  of  apex  of  segment  10  of  male  modified  to  form  a  brace 
against  the  middorsal  carina  or  its  fork  or  the  cavity  in  the 
fork.   Anotnalagriofty  Ischnura^  Enallagfna. 

DD. — Dorsum  of  apex  of  segment  10  of  male  with  a  viscid  pruinose 
tubercle  on  either  side  which  attaches  itself  to  the  mesepister- 
num of  the  female  on  either  side  of  the  fork  of  the  middorsal 
carina,  the  tubercle  which  corresponds  to  the  inferior  append- 
age of  Anisoptera  engaging  the  cavity  in  the  fork  between  the 
mesostigmal  laminae.    Argia  {putrida  and  apica/is). 


r; 
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May,'o6]  entomological  news.  145 

^  In  Proc.  U.  S.  Nat.  Mus.  Vol.  XXVIII,  p.  175,  I  have 
discussed  pruinescence  as  a  sex  mark  and  signal.  The  pruin- 
,  escence  of  the  apical  abdominal  tubercles  of  male  Argias 
B  serves  another  purpose,  i.  e. ,  that  of  making  more  secure  the 
n  coupling  of  the  .sexes.  Females  separated  from  the  males 
"  usually  have  a  whitish  spot  on  the  mesepisternum  where  the 
tubercles  of  the  male  have  rested.  The  above  description  in 
coupling  in  group  BB  shows  at  once  the  reason  of  the  inability 
of  the  male  to  release  the  female  at  will.  How  secure  this 
coupling  is  may  be  known  from  the  fact  that  I  once  captured 
a  female  Enallagtna  exsidans  to  whose  thorax  was  attached 
the  last  nine  abdominal  segments  of  the  male.  Possibly  a  bird 
or  fish  had  snapped  away  the  remainder  of  the  body  of  the 
male. 

The  above  notes  are  tentative  in  so  far  as  I  have  positively  ex- 
amined coupling  in  a  limited  number  of  species.  To  what  ex- 
tent the  superior  appendages  of  the  male  grasp  the  mesostigmal 
laminae  of  the  female  in  Agrioninae  is  diflficult  of  determination. 
In  local  species  I  believe  it  is  very  slight,  though  the  append- 
ages, of  course,  rest  securely  against  the  laminae,  so  held  by 
the  pronotum.  In  many  species  of  Enallagma  and  Ischnura 
the  presence  of  hooks  or  teeth  on  the  inferior  surface  of  the 
superior  appendages  indicates  that  these  appendages  engage 
closely  the  rear  surface  of  the  hind  lobe  of  the  pronotum 
where  they  would  be  held  securely  by  the  opposite  pressure 
of  the  inferior  appendages  on  the  anterior  surface  of  the  hind 
lobe  of  the  pronotum. 

*  *  Though  the  subject  of  Odonate  copulation  has  been  con- 
sidered by  many  authors  with  *  presque  toujours  une  descrip- 
tion detailee  et  souvent  poetique,*  I  have  been  unable  to  find 
any  statement  concerning  the  filling  of  the  seminal  vesicle  of  the 
male  dragonfly,  other  than  that  this  takes  place  before  copula- 
tion. In  the  case  of  Calopteryx^  Argia  and  Enallagma^  where 
I  have  been  able  to  make  positive  observations,  the  male  fills 
the  seminal  vesicle  at  once  after  he  has  captured  the  female. 
It  seems  probable  that  during  the  wild  flight  of  mating  Aeshnas 
and  some  of  the  Gomphines  (I  have  noticed  especially  Drotno- 
gotnphus  spoliatns)  the  seminal  vesicle  is  being  filled,  and,  this 


146  fiNtOMOLOGlCAL  n£ws.  [May,  '06 

accomplished,  the  pair  come  to  rest  in  tree-top.  on  the  ground, 
or  where  not,  and  copulation  takes  place.*' — Williamson, 
Proc.  Ind.  Acad.  Sci.,  1901,  p.  125. 

In  the  final  act  of  copulation  still  other  harmonious  relation- 
ships of  parts  are  necessary.  The  abdomen  of  the  female 
must  be  curved  forward  and  upward  and  its  apex  brought 
into  proper  position  to  the  accessory  genitalia  of  the  second 
abdominal  segment  of  the  male.  Often  this  is  accomplished 
only  after  repeated  trials,  and  sometimes  there  is  failure  to 
copulate.  Any  deformity  in  the  grasping  apparatus  of 
the  male  which  would  tend  to  hold  the  female  out  of 
proper  position,  though  admitting  of  securely  retaining  her, 
or  any  malformation  of  the  female's  thorax  or  head,  hav- 
ing the  same  effect,  might  prevent  copulation.  Abdominal 
length  or  brevity  of  abdomen  of  either  sex  might  also  prevent 
it.  Crooked  abdomens  or  the  absence  of  free  articulation  of 
abdominal  segments  might  have  a  prohibitive  effect.  And,  if 
the  apex  of  the  female  abdomen  is  brought  into  position  with 
the  accessory  genitalia  of  the  male,  it  yet  remains,  before  co- 
pulation can  take  place,  that  these  parts  should  be  mutually 
adapted  to  each  other.  So,  to  sum  up,  the  Odonata,  in  the 
securing  of  the  female,  the  filling  of  the  seminal  vesicle  and 
the  final  act  present  an  example  of  copulation  possibly  unique 
in  the  complexity  of  its  accomplishment.  This  complexity 
explains  at  once  the  isolation  which  certain  species  enjoy 
though  associated  with  numerous  congeners  of  similar  habits. 
That  such  species  with  their  complex  sexual  adaptations  ap- 
peared by  mutation  is  almost  inconceivable.  Geographical 
isolation  and  gradual  modification  offer  a  more  plausible  ex- 
planation. 

Various  factors  contribute  to  the  preservation  of  related 
species  when  brought  in  contact  with  each  other  in  a  restricted 
area.  The  factor  above  discussed,  /.  <?.,  complexity  of  the 
sexual  act,  is  almost  inoperative  probably  in  the  genus  Libel- 
liila  for  example.  Here  there  is  considerable  uniformity  in 
size  and  great  uniformity  in  the  structure  of  all  parts  con- 
cerned in  copulation.  But  the  males  fight  for  the  females  in 
the  open,  over  the  water  or  above  the  reeds  ;  and  it  is  possible 


May,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  I47 

for  a  novice  in  entomology  to  readily  identify  our  Libellulas 
with  a  key  based  on  wing  markings.     Again  in  many  of  the 
Calopteryginae  there  is  great  uniformity  in  the  parts  concerned 
in    copulation   but   great   diversity  of   wing   markings.     The 
genera  Rhinocypha  and  Calopteryx  may  serve  as  examples,  and 
in  both  it  has  been  shown  that  the  sexes  are  attracted  to  each 
other   by  movements  and  displays  of   color.     On   the   other 
hand,  the  species  of  Sympetrmn,  which  are,  with  a  few  excep- 
tions,  very   uniformly  colored  and  without  wing  markings, 
have  some  diversity  in  the  form  of  the  abdominal  appendages 
of  the  male  and  great  diversity  in  the  accessory  genitalia  of 
the  male. and  the  vulvar  lamina  of  the  female.     These  differ- 
ences reach  a  maximum  of  development  in  the  swift-flying 
Somatochloras  which  are,  with  one  or  two  exception,  without 
wing  markings  and  with  bodies  uniformly  colored,  but  which 
show  a  remarkable  diversity  in  the  abdominal  appendages  of 
the  male  and  the  vulvar  lamina  of  the  female.     In  the  Agrion- 
ines  and  Lesies,  species  generally  with  colorless  wings  and  weak 
flight,  there  is  great  diversity  in  the  structure  of  the  male  ap- 
pendages and  the  female  thorax:.     Upon  these  parts  to  a  great 
extent  all  authors  have  based  the  most  satisfactory  definitions 
of  species.     That  there  is  a  fundamental   difference  in   the 
factors  which  contribute  to  or  determine  the  preservation  of 
species,     and    that    among    certain     species    this    factor    is 
the  complexity    of    the    sexual    act,    and  among    others    it 
^s  the    possession    of   obvious    external    characters,    deter- 
niined  possibly  by  sexual  selection,  is  suggested  by  a  com- 
parison of    Dr.   Calvert's    treatment    of    the    genus     Argia 
(Agrioninse)  in  the  Biologia  Centrali- Americana,  and  DeSely*s 
treatment  of -^^/«t?r)'^//a( Calopteryginae)  in   the  Synopsis  des 
(^dhpterygines  and   its  Additiojis.     In    the   Agrionine   genus 
P'^allagma  there  is  considerable  uniformity  in  the  size  of  .species. 
*he  species  of  the  genus  Lestes  vary  more  in  this  particular. 
*t  is  in  the  Agrionines  possibly  that  the  most  diverse  forms 
^f  abdominal  appendages  are  found,  though  the  Gomphines 
'almost  uniformly  colorless-winged  species)  have  these  parts 
developed  in  extremely  different  manners.     The  Aeschnines, 
DJost  of  which  have  colorless  wings,  have  considerable  diver- 


148  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [May,  '06 

sity  in  these  parts,  and  many  species  have   the  body  colors 
very  brilliantly  and  diversely  developed. 

In  the  genus  Gomphus  as  it  occurs  about  my  home  at  Bluff- 
ton,  Indiana,  it  may  be  noted  that  all  species  are  colorless- 
winged  ;  certain  ones  are  of  about  the  same  size  ;  these  certain 
ones  occur  at  the  same  season,  at  the  same  place,  have  appar- 
ently identical  habits  and  are  very  similar  in  body  markings. 
Under  these  conditions  the  complexity  of  the  copulatory  act 
is  probably  the  only  barrier  to  the  free  intermingling  of  these 
species.  I  have  already  in  the  Ent.  News  described  a  hybrid 
of  graslhiellus  and  sordidus  ;  and  during  the  season  of  1905  a 
number  of  specimens  were  taken  which,  in  the  opinion  of  Dr. 
Calvert  and  myself,  are  specifically  indeterminable,  combin- 
ing characters  of  both  crassus  and  /ra/emus,  two  closely  related 
species  in  which  the  abdominal  appendages  of  the  males  are 
very  similar.  Both  species  were  flying  at  the  ripple  where  the 
indeterminable  specimens  were  taken.  Dr.  Kellicott  once  re- 
marked that  he  could  not  understand  how,  among  the  Enallag- 
mas  at  Cedar  Point,  Ohio,  the  males  could  recognize  their  own 
species  of  the  opposite  sex,  arid  he  studied  many  specimens 
carefully  but  without  discovering  any  evidence  of  hybridiza- 
tion so  far  as  I  know.  The  coupling  of  different  species  has 
been  reported  a  number  of  times  but  I  know  of  no  record  of 
copulation.  However,  near  Bluff  ton,  Enallagma  civile  and 
carunculatum,  two  species  with  very  similar  appendages  are 
brought  in  contact  in  numbers  about  a  6-acre  pond.  I  have 
studied  probably  500  males  from  this  pond,  and  have  found  a 
few  specimens  (20-30  possibly)  which  were  clearly  inter- 
mediate. 


II.     By  Philip  P.  Calvert. 

(With  Plate  VII) 

Mr.  Williamson  has  asked  me  to  add  any  notes  or  sugges- 
tions which  occur  to  me  on  the  subject  of  his  paper. 

I  can  confirm  his  observations  in  the  cases  of  Aeshna  con- 
strida  and  Sympetriim  vlcinum.  The  former  is  illustrated  by 
Plate  VII,  based  on  a  photograph  from  specimens  in  my  collec- 
tion labeled,  "Taken  in  this  position  (of  copulation)  Oct.  i, 


May,  *o6]  entomological  news.  149 

1893.  Ridley  Twp.,  Del.  Co.,  Pa.  P.  P.  Calvert,  collector.'* 
I  cannot  find  any  notes  made  on  this  pair,  but  their  history, 
as  far  as  I  can  recall  it  from  memory,  is  as  follows :  In  the 
afternoon  of  the  day  mentioned,  I  saw  a  pair  flying  to- 
gether in  the  position  represented  by  Plate  VII  and  alight- 
ing on  the  branch  of  a  tree  close  to  the  ground.  Approach- 
ing cautiously,  I  was  able  to  seize  one  with  my  right 
hand,  the  other  with  my  left  at  the  same  instant,  without  pull- 
ing them  apart,  or  without  the  insects  themselves  separating:. 
The  capture  occurred  near  the  house  and  some  one  of  the 
family  poured  a  few  drops  of  benzine  on  the  insects,  while  I 
held  them  in  position,  until  this  substance  killed  them.  Each 
was  pinned  to  the  same  piece  of  cork  which  serves  as  a  com- 
mon mounting  block,  while  a  stouter  pin  thrust  through 
the  cork  enables  the  pair  to  be  moved  about  as  one  specimen. 
Some  years  later,  Dermestids  got  access  to  them  and  made 
large  cavities  in  the  eyes  of  both,  but,  fortunately,  did  not 
injure  the  specimens  seriously  otherwise,  before  the  depreda- 
tions were  discovered.  Dr.  Skinner  then  kindly  made  a  pho- 
tograph of  the  pair  lest  other  injury  be  done,  and  the  prints 
have  been  in  my  possession  for  some  years.  Excepting 
the  damage  referred  to,  the  specimens  themselves  are  in  good 
condition.  In  only  one  detail  does  the  copulatory  position 
seem  to  have  been  lost :  the  appendages  of  the  male  are  no 
longer  in  actual  contact  with  the  head  (due  probably  to  some 
contraction  of  the  abdominal  muscles  and  to  shrinkage  from 
drying  of  the  tissues) ,  although  they  retain  the  angular  di- 
vergence which  corresponds  with  Mr.  Williamson's  descrip- 
tion. The  shadows,  which  appear  around  the  head  of  the 
female  in  the  photograph,  obscure  the  details  to  such  an  ex- 
tent that  I  have  shown  these  in  outline  on  the  plate,  on  the 
same  scale,  by  a  drawing  made  directly  from  the  insects. 

Perhaps  a  photograph  made  of  living  Odonata  while  pairing 
may  reveal  some  differences  from  what  is  here  shown  on  Plate 
VII,  and  some  entomologist  may  be  fortunate  enough  to  secure 
such  a  view.  That  it  is  often  not  difficult  to  approach  these  in- 
sects at  this  time,  and  at  short  range,  is  shown  also  by  the  fact 
that  on  August  29,  1895,  a^  Interlaken,  Switzerland,  I  caught  a 


I50  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [May,  *o6 

similar  pair  of  Aeshna  cyafiea  in  my  fingers,  although  I  was 
not  able  to  preserve  their  positions. 

Finally,  I  can  confirm  Mr.  Williamson's  observations  in  the 
case  oi  Sympetrum  vicinum,  at  Philadelphia,  November  6,  1900, 
and  at  Lake  Hopatcong,  New  Jersey,  September,  1902.  In 
September,  1905,  at  Loch  Bonnie,  near  Lake  Placid,  in  the 
Adirondacks,  New  York,  I  attempted  to  make  exact  observa- 
tions on  the  method  of  holding  the  female  in  Lestes  fordpatus 
Ramb.,  but  all  that  I  could  determine  was  that  the  terminal 
appendages  of  the  male  grasped  the  female's  prothorax,  the 
superior  appendages  on  its  posterior,  the  inferior  appendages 
on  its  anterior,  surface. 


<»  I 


A  New  Ichneumonid. 
By  Henry  Skinner. 

HetOpilUI  harbeoki  n.  sp. — The  following  markings  are  yellow  :  Margin 
of  facial  shield,  apical  half  of  scutellum,  a  dot  on  postscutellum,  the  first 
abdominal  segment,  a  small  triangular  patch  on  apex  of  the  third  dorsal 
abdominal  segment,  the  apical  margin  of  the  fourth  dorsal,  third  coxae  at 
apex  and  outer  half  of  sides,  third  trochanters  and  small  spot  at  apex  of 
third  femora. 

The  nearest  ally  to  this  distinct  species  is  pollhictorius  Say. 
Described  from  one  specimen  taken  by  Mr.  H.  S.  Harbeck  at 
Germantown,  Philadelphia,  on  September  25,  1904.  The 
type  is  in  the  collection  of  the  American  Entomological 
Society. 


••►- 


Dr.  Samuel  G.  Dixon,  President  of  the  Academy  of  Natural  Sciences 
and  Health  Commissioner  of  Pennsylvania,  has  directed  Mr.  Henry  L. 
Viereck  to  make  a  mosquito  survey  of  the  State. 

Last  summer,  while  collecting  in  a  swamp,  a  skipper,  Pamphila  nieta- 
cofnet,  alighted  on  my  hand,  turned  its  abdomen  upward  and  the  tip  for- 
ward and  discharged  a  small  drop  of  colorless  fluid  on  my  hand.  This 
it  eagerly  sucked  up  through  its  proboscis,  repeating  the  operation  not 
less  than  half  a  dozen  times.  I  then  placed  the  cyanide  bottle  over  it.  As 
soon  as  its  struggles  had  ceased,  I  took  it  from  the  bottle,  pressed  the 
abdomen,  and  obtained  a  drop  of  the  fluid.  It  was  tasteless,  possibly 
slightly  sweet.  This  may  be  a  common  habit,  but  I  have  never  happened 
to  observe  it  before. — E.  B.  Williamson,  Bluffton,  Indiana. 


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151 


Parasitic  Hymenoptera  of  Algonquin^  Illinois. — IV,* 

By  Wm.  a.  Nason,  M.  D. 

(Continued  from  page  172,  Vol.  xvi,  No.  6  ) 


CHALCIDID^. 

Leucospis  affinis  Say. 

June  13.  21.   Aug.  12, 1895. 
June  4,  1896. 

10  specimens,  (^  9  • 
Smicra  iorvina  Cress. 
Oct.  8.  1893. 
Aug.  31,  1894. 
May  29.  July  25,  1895. 
6  specimens,  9 . 
Stnicra  delutnbis  Cress. 
Sept.  21,  1894. 
July  3,  1895. 
2  specimens.  (^  9- 
Stnicra  rufofemorata  Cress. 

I  specimen,  ^, 
Smicra  flavopicia  Cress. 
Sept.  21,  1894. 

1  specimen,  9- 
Phaegonophora  sulcata  Westw. 

2  specimens,  9  • 
Chalets  ovata  Say. 

July  16.  Aug.  I,  1895. 
6  specimens,  ^  9' 
Chalets  flavipes  Fabr. 

3  specimens,  9  • 
HalHchella  xauticles  Walker. 

Sept.  6,  1895. 
I  specimen,  9 . 
Perilampus  cyaneus  Brull^. 
July,  8,  1894. 
July  3.  24,  25,  Sept.  17.  Oct.  5. 

1895. 
10  specimens,  9  • 
Perilampus  platygaster  Say. 
Aug.  21,  30.  1894. 
July  25,  1895. 
3  specimens,  9 . 


Perilampus  fulvieomis  Ashm. 
Sept.  4,  1894. 

1  specimen,  9* 
Perilampus  hyalinus  Say. 

Sept.  21,  1894. 

June  13,  14,  July  29,  Aug.  16, 
Sept.  17,  1895. 
8  specimens,  (^  9  • 
Lamproslylus  nasonii  Ashm. 
June  4,  1895. 

2  specimens,  9  • 
Co-types,  types  in  Ashm.  coll. 

Eurytofna  auric eps  Walsh. 

Sept.  27,  Oct.  16,  i8,  22,  27, 

'895. 
5  specimens,  cJ,  9. 
Euryloffta  bicolor  Walsh. 
Sept.  15,  1895. 

1  specimen,  9* 
Eurytoma  diastrophi  Walsh. 

Sept.  10,  15,  Oct.  3,  1895. 
4  specimens,  cf,  9« 
Eurytoma  prunicola  Walsh. 
Sept.  21,  1894. 
June  II,  1895. 

2  specimens,  cT,  9- 
Eurytoma  tylodermatus  Ashm. 

Aug.  23,  1894. 
I  specimen,  9  • 
Bruchophagus  funebris  Howard. 
Aug.  24,  1895. 

1  specimen,  9  • 
Decatoma  nubili stigma  Walsh. 

July  19.  23,  1895. 

2  specimens,  9  • 
Isosoma  hordei  Harris. 

July  3,  1895. 
I  specimen,  9- 


•  Dclerminations  were  made  by  Dr.  Wm.  H.  Ashmead,  of  Washington,  D.  C. 


152 


ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS. 


[May,  '06 


Monodontomerus  moniivagus  Ash. 
June  9,  10,  1894. 
7  specimens,  9  • 
Syntomaspis  brodei  Ash. 
Sept.  8,  1894. 
I  specimen. 
Syntontaspis  elegans  Prov. 

I  specimen,  (^. 
Torymus  ontnivorus  Ashm. 
May  4,  1895. 

1  specimen,  c?. 
Torymus  diamonoides  Ashm. 

June  7,  13.  1895. 

2  specimens,  9 . 
Co-types,  types  in  Ashm.  coll. 

Ormyrus  querci  Fitch . 
Oct.  2,  1905. 
2  specimens,  J*,  9  • 
Ormyrus  ventricosus  Ashm. 
May  4,  July  3,  1895. 
2  specimens,  % . 
Eupebnus  allynii  French. 

July  18,  26,  27,  Oct   27,  1895. 
4  specimens. 
Bothriothorax  peculiaris  Howard. 
Aug.  8.  1895. 

1  specimen,  9- 
Spalangia  aenea  Say. 

April  25,  May  7,  1895. 

2  specimens,  9- 
Spalangia  rugosicollis  Ashm. 

July  9.  1894. 
I  specimen,  9- 
spalangia  drosophilce  Ashm. 
Aug.  26,  1894. 

1  specimen,  9- 
Halticoptera  trypetce  Ashm. 

May  9,  1894. 

April  30,  May  3,  1895. 

3  specimens,  cT,  9  • 
Co-types,  types  in  Ashm.  coll. 

Trigonoderus  maculatus  Ashm. 
Sept.  19,  1895. 

2  specimens,  9- 
Co-types,  types  in  Ashm.  coll. 


Caratomus  tnegacephalus  Dalm 

June  29,  1894. 

June  2.  8,  1895. 

May  12  to  June  29,  1896. 
29  specimens,  cf ,  $ . 
Merismus  texanus  Ashm. 

Sept.  17,  1895. 
I  specimen,  9- 
Syntomopus  affinis  Ashm. 

Sept.  15,  1895. 

1  specimen,  2. 
Syntomopus  americanus  Ashm. 

June  17.  27,  1895. 

2  specimens,  9  • 

Pachy neuron  allograptae  Ashm. 
Sept.  22,  1895. 
I  specimen,  9' 
Pachyneuron  micans  Howard. 
Aug.  22,  1894. 
I  specimen,  ?. 
Pachyneuron  siphonophorce  Ash. 

I  specimen,  9. 
Merisus  destructor  Say. 
July  28,  1894. 
I  specimen,  c?. 
Bceotomus  rujiviventris  Ashm. 
Oct.  2,  1895. 

1  specimen,  9. 
Habrocytus  thyridopheryg  is  Ashm. 

May  22,  Sept.  22,  27,  Oct    3, 

1895. 
6  specimens,  9- 
Hypopterofnalus  tabacum  Fitch. 
July  10,  Sept.  27.  1895. 

2  specimens,  9- 
Epipterofnalus  algonquinus  Ashm. 

June  27,  July  3, 6,Sept.  27,  1S95. 
4  specimens,  9  • 
Co-types,  types  in  Ashmead  coll. 
Pteromalus  commtB  Ashm. 
July  3,  1895. 
I  specimen,  9- 
Pteromalus  graptcc  Ashm. 

May  15,  25,  July  4.  Aug.   18, 
Oct.  17,  1894. 


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May  10,  Sept. 


ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS. 


■53 


,  Oct.  ; 


67  specimens,  ^,  9- 
Pteromalui  incongruui  Ashm. 
Oct.  3.  37,  1895. 

3  specimens,  9- 
Co-types,  types  in  Ashm.  coll. 

Pleromalus  puparunt  Linn. 
May  7.  9.  16.  1895. 
14  specimens,  $. 
Pleromalus  vanessa  Harris 
Sept.  4.  1&94. 

July  3  to  as,  Sept.  aa,  a?.  1895. 
7  specimens,  ?. 
Aferoporus  calandra  Howard. 
June  9,  30,  July  3  to  15,  Aug. 

n.  "894- 

Sept.  5.  17,  1895. 
II  specimens,  ^,  $. 
NrofatolaiLtts  lylodettiur Ashm. 
Aug.  so,  1894. 
June  19,  a8,  Aug.  16,  1895. 
£  specimens,  9- 
Catolaccus  nigroaepeus  Ashm. 
July  fo.  1895, 
I  apeetmen,  9. 
Ca/o/accus  incerlus  Ashm. 
Oct.  37.  1895. 
specimen,  9. 
Catolaccus  anthomyia  Ashm. 
June  7.  Oct.  16.  1895. 
a  specimens,  9. 
jirl/irolyfus  £lis{oratnptr  Fitch. 
June  4,  Aug.  7,  1894,  Sept.  37, 
Oct.  a,  1895. 

4  specimens,  9. 
Ccriopislhus  iuhorbicularis  Prov. 

April  31,  July  3,  Sept.  17,  19, 
189s- 
4  specimens,  $ . 
liuplrchaf  catocalw  Howard 
Juneao.    S95. 
specimen,  ?. 
Jfiolropis  clhiocatnpa  Ashm. 
Aug.  3,  31,  1894. 
3  specimens,  9> 


Cirroipilui  JiaHcinclus  Riley. 

June  a  Sept.  aa,  37,  Oct.  a,  1895. 
4  specimens,  9. 
Cirrospilus  Jtavhnantlalus   Ashm. 
Sept.  37,  1895. 
a  specimens,  9  ■ 
M-nittihia  pchf.iri  Ashm. 

May  aS.  June  a,  July   18,  Aiir. 
15,  Sept.  IS,  17,  r895. 
7  specimens.  % . 
Syinpiesis  lisrheriir  Vrch. 
Sept.  37,  Oct,  16..  1895. 
a  specimens.  9 . 
Symfiiesis  ./•i/ifhin^a.-li-r  Ashm, 
Sept.  ao,  37,  1895. 
J  ^lieciniens,  9- 
Sy»ipiesis  quei-cida  Ashm. 
Oct.  16.  1895. 
J  specimen,  9. 
Sympitsis  chenopodii  Ashm. 
Oct.  a,  1895. 


;n.  9. 


Urieila  rujipes  Ash. 

Jmie  16.  July  3  to  sB,  .^ug.  11, 

aa.  1894. 
May  4,  9,  48,  June  15.  July  8, 
Aug.  34,  Sept.  17,  1895. 
Co-lypps,  types  '11  Ashniead  coll. 
Melapachia  aculivcnirii  Ashm. 
May  33,  Sept.  19.  1895. 
5  specimens,  J. 
Co-types,  type  in  Ashmead  coll. 
Nasoiiia  brevifomis  Ashm. 

May  II,  June  la.  July  3,  1895. 
3  specimens.   9. 
Co-types,  type  in  Ashmead  coll. 
EutodoH  hlhocollftidii  Ashm. 
Aug.  1,  1895. 
I  specimen,  ^f". 
Axcodr^  •jHodfida  Ashm. 
July  10.  ,895- 
I  specimen,  r?. 
Omphale  livida  Ashm. 
Sept.  15.  1895. 
I  specimen,  9 . 


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Chrysocharis  albiiarsis  Ashm. 
Aug.  I,  Oct.  2,  6,  1895. 
4  specimens,  %,  ^. 
SoUnotus  bUnaculaius  Ashm. 
Sept.  27,  1895. 
I  specimen,  9* 
Co-types,  types  in  Ashmead  coll. 
Solenotus pulchripes  Ashm. 
Sept.  27,  Oct.  2,  3,  1895. 
Co-types,  type  in  Ashmead  coll. 
TetrasHchus  racemarict  Ashm. 
July  7,  1894. 
I  specimen,  9  • 
TetrasHchus  sp.  ? 

Sept.  27.  Oct.  27,  1895. 
4  specimens,  ^. 


'    TetrasHchus  sp.  ? 
Oct.  2,  1895. 
2  specimens,  9 . 
Closterocerus  niger  Ashm. 
June  25,  1894. 
I  specimen,  cf  • 
Co-type,  type  in  Ashmead  coll. 
Riley  a  cecido^nyuc  Ashm. 
Aug.  16,  1865. 
I  specimen,  9- 

EVANIID^. 

Hyptia  reticulata  Say. 
Gastertiption  incertus  Cress. 


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Notes  of  a  Winter  Trip  in  Texas,  with  an  Annotated 

List  of  the  Orthoptera. 

By  Charles  A.  Hart,  Urbana,  111. 

In  late  December  and  early  January  I  had  the  pleasure  of 
briefly  studying  the  insect-life  of  four  unlike  Texan  localities. 
For  valued  assistance  in  this  undertaking,  I  wish  to  express 
my  thanks  to  my  relative,  Prof.  E.  C.  Green,  and  to  Prof.  A. 
F.  Conradi,  both  of  the  Texas  Agricultural  and  Mechanical 
College  ;  to  the  Houston  and  Texas  Central  Railroad  ;  and 
to  Mr.  A.  P.  Atwater,  of  Houston. 

The  first  .six  days,  December  22-27,  were  spent  in  the 
vicinity  of  the  College,  in  Brazos  County,  150  miles  inland 
from  the  Gulf.  The  soil  is  clayey  or  sandy  upland,  partly 
covered  with  a  scrubby  forest,  mostly  post  oak,  and  intersected 
by  shallow  grassy  ravines.  On  December  28th  and  29th  I 
was  in  the  broad  lx)ttom  lands  of  the  Brazos  River,  in  the 
same  county,  areas  of  heavy  forest,  alternating  with  large 
fields  of  cotton,  alfalfa,  etc.  January  3d  and  4th  saw  me  at 
work  along  the  low  open  grassy  outer  shore  of  Galveston 
Island,  near  the  west  end  of  the  great  sea  wall ;  and  the  5th 
and  6th,  in  the  coastal  plain  at  Houston,  fifty  miles  inland, 
west  of  the  section  called  Houston  Heights,  in  the  vicinity  of 


May,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGTCAL  NEWS.  1 55 

the  head  of  a  small  steep-sided  ravine,  running  to  the  Buffalo 
bayou  near  by,  the  surroundings  being  a  sparse  forest,  mostly 
loblolly  pine. 

The  conditions  were  essentially  those  of  late  October  in 
Illinois.  The  grass  and  weeds  were  dead,  as  a  rule,  and  the 
deciduous  trees  leafless.  A  few  frosts  had  previously  occurred. 
The  weather  on  the  above  days  was  sunny  and  warm  at  mid- 
day, giving  a  brief  collecting  period  from  about  11  A.  m.  to 
3  p.  M.,  when  a  few  insects  were  seen  moving  about  in  the 
sunshine. 

Of  the  Hymenoptera,  two  or  three  parasitic  species  were 
noted,  and  a  few  Polistes  pallipes  at  Houston.  The  common 
stinging  ants  about  College  Station,  Pogonomynnex  comanche, 
were  seen  about  their  low  mounded  nests.  Occasional  Mus- 
cidae  and  three  or  four  butterflies  were  observed.  A  single 
species  of  dragonfly  {Sympetnim)  and  a  prettily  banded 
Panorpa  were  taken  several  times.  Two  tiger- beetles  and  a 
few  Eleodes  were  found  sunning  themselves.  Among  Hem- 
iptera  there  were  taken  a  few  pentatomids  and  a  large  coreid 
(^Acanthocephala  declivis).  The  only  plant- feeder  which  ap- 
peared to  be  definitely  at  work  was  a  small  Clas/op/era-Uke 
species  swept  from  the  fresh  green  pine  leaves.  A  bovine  skull 
lying  on  the  ground  at  the  Houston  locality  revealed  the 
openings  of  several  large  round  burrows  beneath  it.  Upturn- 
ing the  loose  soil  with  a  stick,  a  number  of  Geotrupes  were 
thrown  out.  Dermestes  and  Silpha  were  noted  on  animal 
remains  at  Galveston. 

Insects  under  bark,  logs,  etc.,  seemed  not  especially  numer- 
ous. They  were  mostly  of  the  usual  familiar  types,  though 
often  of  unfamiliar  species.  At  Galveston  nearly  all  wood 
fragments  had  been  swept  away,  except  a  line  of  driftwood 
near  the  inner  edge  of  the  beach,  which  was  destitute  of  insect 
life,  and  only  stone  and  metal  debris  remained.  These  gave 
some  interesting  Nabidae  and  Tenebrionidae,  however,  and  an 
old  pair  of  pants  by  a  pasture  fence  proved  quite  a  treasure- 
house.  Lacon  redangulus  and  Opatrmus  aciailatus  were  com- 
mon, both  here  and  at  College  Station.  The  remaining 
principal    hibernating   forms   seen    were   Carabidae,    Termes^ 


156  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  [May,  '06 

Dlsonycha,  Reduviidae,  Aradidse,  ants,  and  sluggish,  immature 
scorpions. 

The  Orthoptera  received  especial  attention.  The  previous 
frosts  had  apparently  killed  all  grasshoppers  in  level,  open 
lands  and  other  exposed  situations,  but  they  were  still  fairly 
common  where  protected  by  trees,  weeds,  brush,  or  sloping 
banks,  as  in  the  grassy  hollows  about  College  Station.  At 
Galveston  they  were  somewhat  more  generally  distributed. 
Out  of  about  1,200  insects  collected,  over  800  were  Orthop- 
tera. The  largest  collection  of  Orthoptera  in  any  one  day 
came  from  the  Houston  locality,  where  108  were  taken  on 
January  6th.  No  Phasmidae  or  Mantidae  were  observed  in  any 
stage,  and  the  Locustidae  were  represented  only  by  a  few  Cono- 
cephalus,  some  of  these  being  under  shelter,  as  if  hibernating. 
Some  of  the  'hoppers  were  getting  pretty  ragged,  but  in  gen- 
eral they  were  in  fair  condition.  The  following  is  an  anno- 
tated list  of  the  species,  including  some  other  Texas  records. 
These  are  mostly  from  specimens  received  from  Mr.  Conradi, 
now  in  the  collection  of  the  Illinois  State  Laboratory  of 
Natural  History,  in  which  all  the  above  material  has  been 
placed.  The  four  localities  are  cited  by  their  initials,  using 
**  B."  for  the  Brazos  River  bottoms.  The  dates  have  already 
been  given  for  each  place,  and  need  not  be  stated  in  detail. 

LIST  OF  THE  ORTHOPTERA. 

Anisolabis  maritima  Bon.  B.,  19  adults  and  nymphs.  Under  logs 
about  farm  buildings,  near  the  high  river-bank.  New  to  Texas,  and  un- 
usual so  far  inland. 

Labia  burgessi  Scudd.  H.,  9  adults,  8  nymphs.  Found  under  the 
loose  bark  of  a  large  fallen  pine,  in  company  with  the  next  species,  from 
which  it  scarcely  differs,  except  in  the  obtecled  and  apparently  function- 
less  wings,  and  the  smaller  tegmina.     A  Florida  species,  new  to  Texas. 

Labia  guttata  Scudd.  H,  3  adults,  9  nymphs.  Found  with  the  pre- 
ceding, as  stated. 

Ischnoptera?  spp.     C,  B.,  G.,  7  nymphs.    Under  boards,  etc. 

Kakerlac  americana  Scudd  (Loboptera).  **  Tex."  (Bolter  Coll.)  New 
to  Texas. 

Periplaneta  americana  Linn.  G.,  4  examples  ;  C.  (Coll.  I.  S.  L.  N. 
H.)     This  is  the  dominant  roach  in  Houston  and  Galveston. 

Otigonyx  scudderi  S7i\i?>^.     C.  (Coll.  L  L.  N.  H.) 


May,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  157 

I  Paratettix  texanus  Hanc.  C.  (Coll.  I.  S.  L.  N.  H.);  H.,  3,  more  seen. 
Near  the  small  stream. 

P,  texanus  nanus  Hanc.  H..  2.  This  is  quite  possibly  a  distinct 
species. 

Tettigidea  lateralis  Say.    C.  (Coll.  I.  S.  L.  N.  H.)  ;  H.,  i. 

Syrbula  admirabilis  Uhl.,  October  28th  (Coll.  I.  S.  L.  N.  H.)-  H..  i. 
Much  larger  than  Illinois  examples. 

Mesochlora  abortiva  Brun.  C.  14  cf,  28  $,  i  young;  B.,  4  9.  One 
of  the  commonest  species  about  College  Station,  on  the  dry,  thinly 
grassed  sides  of  stream  hollows. 

Mesochlora  unicolor  n.  sp.  C,  8  (J,  11  9  ;  B.,  i  cf .  Associated  with 
the  precedmg,  and  not  differing  appreciably  from  it  except  in  the  dorsal 
sculpture  and  coloration  ;  the  two  not  intergrading,  however,  in  the  series 

.    obtained. 

Readily  recognized  by  the  uniform  gray  of  the  tegmina  and  dorsal  sur- 
faces of  head  and  pronotum,  the  lateral  carina  uniform  throughout,  not 
partly  swollen,  at  middle  less  sharply  curved  than  in  abortiva,  and 
usually  separated  here  by  more  than  half  the  distance  between  them  at 
the  posterior  margin.  The  pronotal  lateral  black  spot  and  oblique  carina 
are  about  as  in  abortiva. 

In  abortiva,  on  the  other  hand,  there  is  a  velvety  black  line  on  the 
tegmina,  sometimes  broken,  and  two  straight  stripes  of  this  color  on  the 
head  and  pronotum  above.  On  the  pronotum  these  include  the  strongly 
clepsydral  lateral  carinse,  the  convergent  portions  of  which  are  straight, 
swollen,  and  ivory-white,  connected  by  a  fine  short  arc,  the  carinae  here 
separated  by  about  half  the  distance  between  them  on  the  posterior 
margin.    Type  in  collection  of  111.  State  Lab.  of  Nat.  Hist. 

Amblytropidia  occidentalis  Sauss.  C,  i  ;  H.,  23.  Abundant  among 
the  pines,  very  elusive,  flying  short  distances  noiselessly  and  almost  in- 
visibly, the  dorsal  color  closely  matching  that  of  the  fallen  pine  needles. 

Orphulella  pelidna  Burm.  C,  24,  i  nymph;  B.,  i;  H.,  36;  G.,  6. 
Widely  distributed  and  common  in  short  grass.  Galveston  examples 
are  mostly  a  little  shorter  winged  and  greener,  suggesting  the  next. 

O.  picturata  Scudd.    C,  12  ;  B.,  6.     With  the  preceding. 

Dichromorpha  viridis  Scudd.     H.,  2.     Green  variety. 

Arphia  xanthoptera  Germ.     C,  i  ;  H.,  4. 

A.  simplex  Scudd.  H.,  8  ex.  With  the  preceding  on  dry  sunny  open 
spots  in  woods. 

Chorlophaga  viridifasciata  DeG.  C,  12  ;  B.,  H.,  5 ;  G.,  10.  Many 
others  seen.  The  green  form  is  rarer  than  in  Illinois.  Both  sexes  were 
seen  to  produce  the  crackling  sound  in  flight.  I  was  struck  by  the 
abundance  and  activity  of  both  young  and  adults.  They  seemed  thor- 
oughly at  home  at  this  season. 

Encoptolophus  costalis  Scudd.  C,  3  ;  B.,  4  ;  H.,  i.  On  bare  dry  ex- 
posures of  washed-out  roads  or  stream  banks. 


158  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [May,  '06 

Hippiscus  rugosus  Scudd.    C,  i. 

Dissosteira  Carolina  Linn.     B.,  i. 

Trachyrhachys  fusci/rans  Stal.  {Mestobregma)  C,  i.  On  low 
gravelly  mound  in  stream  bed. 

Conoza  atnpiicomis  Caud.  {Psinidia  sulci/rons  amplicornis  Caud.) 
G.,  I  (^t  I  9.  Among  little  sandy  hillocks,  in  company  with  Heliasius. 
Described  from  a  male  and  female  from  Victoria,  Tex-  Apparently  a 
good  species.  Posterior  edge  of  pronotum  dorsally  strongly  concave 
each  side,  with  a  marked  acute  process  at  middle.  Wings  of  female 
orange  tinted.  Pronotal  carina  deeply  cut  twice.  The  male  is  remark- 
ably small ;  body  12.5  mm.,  tegmina  13  mm.  antennae  9  mm.  Other 
characters  just  as  described  by  Caudeil. 

Trimerotropis  citrina  Scudd.  B.,  5 ;  C,  10.  Common  on  the  high 
banksof  the  Brazos,  and  on  the  sides  of  the  canal  at  Galveston. 

Heliastus  sumichrasti  subrosea  Caud.  G.,  3.  Found  with  the  Conoza. 
The  absence  of  the  pronotal  carina  between  the  sulci  is  not  always 
evident. 

Brachystola  magna  Gir.  Rescue,  Tex.,  June  8th  (Coll.  I.  S.  L.  N.  H.). 

Dictyophorus  reticulatus  Thunb.      C,  July  20th  (Coll.  I.  S.  L.  N.  H.). 

D.  fnarci  .Serv.  C,  May  15th;  Wellborn,  Tex.,  June  26th  (Coll.  I. 
S.  L.  N.  H.). 

LeptysfnatnarginicoliisSexy.    G.,  i. 

Schisiocerca  americana  Dru.  C,  8  ;  H.,  3 ;  G,  4 ;  C.  Aug.  8  and  22, 
and  Nov.  18  (Coll.  I.  S.  L.  N.  H.).  Common  about  trees  or  bushes, 
flying  to  them  when  disturbed. 

S.  damnifica  Sauss.  H.,  8.  Flies  up  into  trees  as  does  americana^ 
but  is  more  inclined  to  be  tricky  and  exasperating. 

Paraidemona  mimica  Scudd.  C,  8;  B.,  i  ;  H.,  2 ;  G.,  3.  In  dry, 
sparsely  grassy  nooks. 

Campy lacantha  acuiipennis  Scudd.  C,  i ;  B.,  i ;  Paris,  Tex.,  Oct.  6 
(Coll.  I.  S.  L.  N.  H. ).  This  is  the  infuscate  form,  often  found  associated 
with  C  olivacea^  and  doubtfully  distinct  from  it. 

Melanopius  ailanis  Riley.  B.,  10;  C,  Oct.  28  (Coll.  I.  S.  L.  N.  H.). 
In  the  corner  of  a  bottom-land  cotton-field,  next  to  a  farm  yard,  Melan- 
opli  were  remarkably  abundant,  attracted,  perhaps,  by  belated  plants. 
The  species  were  at/anis^  femur-rubrum  and  impigerf 

M,  scudderi  texensis^  n.  var.  C,  18;  B.,  2;  H.,  15.  Common  in 
well-sheltered  spots  with  moderately  thick  grass,  associated  with  M. 
piebejus.  The  length  of  the  furcula,  not  at  all  "exaggerated"  in  Scud- 
der's  figure* — in  some  cases  fully  one-third  the  length  of  the  .supra-anal 
plate — the  more  rounded  tegmina,  and  the  very  distinct  lateral  stripe  in 
both  sexes,  seem  to  entitle  this  to  varietal  rank.  Type  in  coll.  I.  S.  L. 
N.   H. 

M.  femur-rubrum  DeG.  C,  2 ;  B.,  3;  C,  Oct.  28  (Coll.  I.  S.  L.  N. 
H. ).     Infrequent.     One  from  each  locality  has  glaucous  hind  tibae. 

*Proc.  U.  S.  Nat.  Mus.,  Vol.  XX,  PI.  XIV,  fig.  6. 


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M.  bispinosiis  Scudd.  G.,  4.  Open  pastures  among  grass  and  short 
weeds.  The  two  males  agree  closely  with  Scudder's  figure*  but  are 
considerably  smaller  than  his.  The  metazona  is  short,  decidedly  shorter 
than  the  prozona.  The  larger  male  measures  :  body,  19  mm.;  antennae, 
7.5  mm.;  tegmina,  15  mm.;  hind  femora,  10.7  mm.  The  other  is  nearly 
one- fifth  smaller. 

M.  impig'er  Scudd.?  B.,  12 ;  G.,  11  ;  C.Oct.  28  (Coll.  I.  S.  L.  N.  H.). 
Pound  in  open  grassy  ground  ;  particularly  abundant  in  the  cotton  field 
referred  to  under  ailanis.  All  are  females,  including  a  number  in  the 
State  Laboratory  Collection,  and  a  persistent  search  at  each  locality 
failed  to  disclose  the  male.  In  the  Texas  Agricultural  College  collection 
they  are  labeled  inipiger^  but  the  description  of  this  does  not  fit  them 
very  well. 

M,  piebejus  SXiL\.  C,  14;  B.,  16;  H.,  6.  Associated  with  M.  scudderi 
texensis ;  superficially  similar,,  but  with  glaucous  hind  tibiae  and  very 
unlike  male  structures.  Those  from  B.  were  in  margin  of  heavy  forest, 
associated  with  M.  robustus. 

M.  deietor  Scudd.  C,  1  ;  H.,  27.  Grassy  banks  in  forest.  Near 
luridus,  but  larger.  The  cereal  upper  fork  is  bent  up  more  than  Scud- 
der's key  indicates. 

M.  differentiaiis  Thom.  C,  i  ;  Wellborn;  Tex.,  Aug.  25;  Brazos  R., 
July  20 ;  C,  Aug.  20  and  Oct.  28  (Coll.  I.  S.  N.  H. ). 

M.  robustus  Scudd.  Common  in  margin  of  heavy  forest  area  on  low, 
flat-bottom  land,  associated  with  M.  piebejus, 

Scudderia  furcata  Brunn.  C,  cT.  ?  (Coll.  I.  S.  L.  N.  H.).  Tarsi, 
hind  tibae,  and  tips  of  hind  femora  blackish,  and  the  tympanum  and  pos 
terior  edge  of  tegmina  fuscous.     Genital  structures  as  '\nfurcafa. 

Aficrocentrum  laurifolium  Linn.     C,  Oct.  3  (Coll.  I.  S.  L.  N.  H.). 

Conocephalus  fuscostriatus  Redt.  G,  i.  In  the  folds  of  the  before- 
mentioned  old  pair  of  pants. 

C.  tnexicanus  Sauss.     H.,  i  ;  G.,  i. 

Xiphidium  strictum  Scudd.  Wellborn,  Tex.,  June  26  (Coll.  I.  S.  L. 
N.  H.). 

Siipator  cragini  Brun.    Wellborn.  Tex..  June  26  (Coll.  I.  S.  L.  N.  H.). 

Nemobius  fasciatus  vittatus  Harr.     B.,  i. 

A'^  socius  Scwdd.  C,  3;  B,  6;  G..  2.  Apparently  the  commonest 
Nevwbius  about  cultivated  land.  In  several  species  of  this  genus  an  in- 
termediate form  between  the  long  and  short-winged  forms  has  been 
noted,  in  which  the  tegmina  are  as  in  the  long-winged  forms,  the  dorsal 
field  slightly  projecting  behind,  but  the  wings  are  absent — as  in  Lugger's 
figure  oi  fasciatus  vittatus.     One  of  the  socius  is  of  this  form. 

A^.  funeralis,  n.  sp.  C,  one  female.  Rather  small,  almost  wholly 
black,  antennae  fusco -testaceous  on  basal  half,  except  the  basal  joint, 
with  a  few  black  annulations ;   maxillary  palpi  black,  the  penultimate 


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joint  fusco-testaceous ;  a  faint  dark  testaceous  margin  in  front  of  the  eye. 
and  a  small  spot  anteriorly  on  the  lateral  lobe  of  the  pronotum  ;  abdomen 
above  with  gray  spots  in  the  usual  pattern.  Tegmina  as  long  as  head 
and  pronotum,  rounded  and  slightly  oblique  at  tip,  longitudinal  veins 
prominent,  cross-veins  very  feeble,  lateral  fields  black,  dorsal  dark  fus- 
cous, a  fine  yellow  line  on  vein  at  lateral  margin  of  dorsal  field,  con- 
tinued along  apical  margin  of  lateral  field.  Legs  black,  tibiae  with 
testaceous  interrupted  line  on  upper  face,  first  tarsal  joint  dark  testa- 
ceous, black  at  tip ;  spines  of  hind  tibiase  testaceous  at  base  and  tip. 
Cerci  fuscous  ;  ovipositor  short,  black,  nearly  straight,  distinctly  denticu- 
late, slightly  exceeding  cerci.  Body  7.5  mm.  long.  Ovipositor  3.5  mm.; 
hind  femora,  5.5  mm.;  tegmina,  2.6  mm.    Type  in  coll.  I.  S.  L.  N.   H. 

N.  tnexicanus  Walk.     C,  i. 

N,  caroHnus  Scudd.     B.,  i ;  H.,  i  adult,  i  nymph. 

Gryllus  americanus  Blatchl.  B.,  i ;  C.  (Coll.  I.  S.  L.  N.  H.).  From 
what  I  have  seen  of  this  in  Illinois,  I  should  think  it  was  clearly  distinct. 
Scudder's  description  of  negiectus  is  right  lor  pennsy/vanicus,  but  not  for 
americanus. 

G.  pennsylvanicus  Burm.  G.,  9  ;  B.,  Mar.  22  (Coll.  I.  S.  L.  N.  H.). 
Tegmina  longer  than  in  Illinois  specimens,  in  the  females  fully  reaching 
tip  of  abdomen.  The  B.  specimen  is  long-winged.  Of  a  large  number 
of  nymphs  from  under  boards  at  C.  and  B.,  the  majority  are  probably 
this  species. 

CEcanthus pini  Beut.  C.  Coll.  I.  S.  L.  N.  H.).  This  is  the  form  near 
4'Punctatus^  but  with  a  transverse  bar  on  the  basal  antennal  joint  in  place 
of  the  black  dot,  and  assigned  to  the  above  species  by  Titus.* 


'    o» 


On  the  Genus  Trachykele,  With  Notes  and  Descrip- 
tions of  Other  North  American  Buprestidae* 

By  H.  C.  Fall. 

TRAGHTKELE  Mars. 
There  is  perhaps  no  genus  of  North  American  Buprestidae 
concerning  which  so  little  is  positively  known  as  the  one  here 
named.  Specimens  are  very  rare  in  collections,  our  literature 
is  almost  bare  of  allusions  to  them,  and  foreign  literature  of- 
fers little  more  to  the  inquiring  student.  The  genus  was  de- 
scribed in  1865  by  Marseul,  who  based  it  upon  a  single  speci- 
men, said  to  have  been  found  in  the  Custom  House  at  Paris, 
emerging  from  a  cedar  of  Lebanon  ('^Sortant  d'un  cedre  du 
Liban"),  by  M.  Blondel. 

*  23d  Rep.  111.  State  Ent.,  p.  218. 


May,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  l6l 

I  This  locality  seems  to  have  been  early  discredited,  for  in 
'  the  Catalogus  of  Gemminger  and  Harold  (1869)  the  locality 
New  Orleans  is  given  for  the  species.  I  have  been  unable  to 
discover  the  origin  of  this  change,  but  it  is  doubtless  connected 
with  the  fact  that  there  is  in  the  LeConte  collection  a  pair  of 
elytra  fastened  to  the  body  of  another  Buprestide,  and  bear- 
ing the  legend  in  Salle's  handwriting  **The  elytra  alone  are 
from  hlondeW  and  the  locality  label  **  Nile  Orleans.*' 

In  the  Catalogus  the  Buprestis  lecontei  of  Gory  (1840)  is 
also  and  properly  referred  to  this  genus,  but  with  the  locality 
**Am.  Bor."  instead  of  Mexico  as  originally  given  by  Gory. 
Coming  down  to  the  "  Biologia,"  the  locality  of  blorideli  has 
again  been  changed,  for  here  we  read — '*  Said  to  come  from 
Mexico,  but  there  is  some  doubt  of  the  correctness  of  this 
locality.  There  is  a  single  example  in  the  British  Museum 
without  locality,  here  figured."  This  figure,  Mr.  Blanchard 
writes  me,  agrees  very  well  with  the  elytra  in  the  LeConte 
collection. 

In  his  treatment  of  the  Buprestidae  in  Wytsman's  Genera 
Insectorum,  Kerremans  states  with  apparent  assurance  that 
blondeli  is  from  Mexico,  and  that  it  is  identical  with  Gory's 
lecontei.  It  is  difiBcult  to  know  what  to  make  of  this  state- 
ment, since  Kerremans  admits  he  has  never  seen  a  specimen 
of  the  genus  and  yet  gives  no  authority  for  his  assertion.  He 
pronounces  Gory's  description  as  insufiBcient  and  his  figure 
unrecognizable  and  not  at  all  like  that  given  by  Waterhouse 
in  the  Biologia.  Gory's  description  is  short  and  unsatisfactory, 
it  is  true,  but  it  is  sufficiently  characteristic  to  warrant  our 
saying  that  the  single  examples  of  lecontei  in  the  LeConte  and 
Horn  Collections — from  Georgia  and  Louisiana — respectively, 
are  the  real  thing  and  a  very  different  thing  from  blondeli. 
The  lack  of  correspondence  between  Gory's  and  Waterhouse* s 
figures  is  not  at  all  surprising. 

Assuming  that  the  blondeli  elytra  in  the  LeConte  collection 
are  correctly  labeled,  there  yet  remain  two  undescribed  species 
from  our  Pacific  Coast  region,  consideration  of  which  has 
prompted  this  investigation.  One  of  these  is  a  green  species 
resembling  blondeli^  and  the  few  specimens  known  have,  I  be- 


l62  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [May,  'o6 

lieve,  been  so  referred  ;  the  other,  a  dark  bronzed  form,  is 
more  like  lecojitei,  and  has  so  passed,  but  it  is  larger  than  that 
species,  and  in  some  other  respects  quite  different.  The  fol- 
lowing descriptions  and  notes  will  help  to  make  these  fine  Bu- 
prestides  better  known  to  our  collectors  and  students  of  our 
Coleoptera. 

Trachykole  opulonta  n.  sp. 

Green  of  varying  brilliancy  and  with  more  or  less  evident  golden  or 
coppery  glints  at  some  part  of  the  surface  ;  disk  of  elytra  maculate  with 
small  velvety  black  sp>ots  which  vary  much  in  size  and  number,  but  which 
show  a  tendency  toward  arrangement  in  longitudinal  lines  extending 
from  the  basal  to  the  apical  fourth.  Upper  surface  glabrous  and  ex- 
tremely densely  not  coarsely  punctate  ;  beneath  with  fine  rather  sparse 
whitish  pubescense,  densely  punctate  anteriorly,  apical  portion  of  abdo- 
men more  sparsely  so.  Front  uneven,  vertex  impressed  each  side,  car- 
inate  at  middle.  Prothorax  nearly  one-half  wider  than  long,  the  length 
subequal  to  the  width  at  apex,  base  a  little  wider,  sides  (superior  lateral 
crest)  broadly  but  distinctly  angulate  just  behind  the  middle,  disk  with 
three  anterior  impressions  and  two  large  and  deep  posterior  ones,  the 
median  lines  sometimes  narrowly  smooth  posteriorly  and  terminating  in 
a  small  antescutellar  fovea.  Elytra  about  four  times  as  long  and  one-third 
wider  than  the  prothorax,  humeri  rather  prominent ;  sides  parallel  to  be- 
hind the  middle,  thence  gradually  narrowed  ;  apex  narrowly  subtruncate 
and  a  little  oblique ;  disk  with  from  one  to  three  short  or  incomplete 
sulci  parallel  with  the  suture,  one  or  all  of  which  may  become  nearly  or 
quite  obsolete.  Sterna  and  first  ventral  segment  very  densely  punctate 
and  dull,  following  segments  more  sparsely  finely  punctate  and  shining, 
especially  at  middle.     Length,  16-20  nmi.;  width,  5-6 >4  mm. 

In  the  male  the  antennae  are  a  little  longer  than  the  head  and  pro- 
thorax ;  the  front  and  middle  tibiae  are  slightly  curved  and  denticulate 
within,  and  the  fifth  ventral  is  squarely  truncate. 

In  the  female  the  antennae  scarcely  pass  the  base  of  the  prothorax  ;  the 
tibiae  are  nearly  straight  and  denticulate  within,  and  the  fifth  ventral  is 
rotundate-truncate. 

Hab. — South  Central  Sierras  of  California  to  Washington 
(State).  I  have  seen  six  examples  (i  9  ,  5S  s)  of  this  beauti- 
ful species,  all  but  one  of  which  were  taken  by  Mr.  Ralph 
Hopping  in  the  Giant  Forest  region,  Tulare  Co.,  California. 
Of  these  Mr.  Hopping  writes,  "One  was  beaten  from  the  foli- 
age of  Pinus  lambertiaym  at  6,000  ft. ;  others  were  caught  fly- 
ing in  the  Giant  Forest  at  6,400  ft.,  and  one  was  cut  from  the 
burnt  standing  mast  of  a  Libocedrus  decurrens  (Incense  Cedar) 


e: 


1 

May,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  163 

it 

fj,  at  5,000  ft.     This  latter  was  in  its  own  burrow  and  there 

^   would  seem  to  be  no  doubt  that  Libocednis  is  a  food  tree  of  the 

species. ' '   The  sixth  specimen  bearing  the  label  * '  Three  Rivers, 

Cal."  is  from  the  same  region,  and  was   recently   submitted 

without  notes  by  Prof.  C.  F.  Baker.     I  learn  on  inquiry  that 

Mr.    Fuchs  has  a    single    9    of  this   species  from   Seattle, 

Wash.,  and  there  is  also  a  **  W.  T."   example  in   the  Horn 

collection.     Miss  Julia  Wright  has  taken   two  examples  at 

Towles,   Placer  Co.,  Cal.,   (fide   Blaisdell).     Dr.  Van   Dyke 

says,  **  I  have  never  collected  a  live  Trachykele,  but  have  two 

green  wing  cases,  one   taken   from,  I   think,  a  yellow   pine 

stump  at  Sesson.  Shasta  Co.,   the  other   in  Tuolumne  Co.*' 

(California). 

T.  blimdeli  Mars. 

The  description  of  Marseul  applies  about  equally  well  to  the 
species  above  described,  and  to  a  form  of  which  I  have  seen 
two  examples  received  by  Dr.  Fenyes  from  Santa  Fe. ,  New 
Mexico.  Specimens  of  each  were  accordingly  sent  to  Mr. 
Frederick  Blanchard,  who  has  kindly  compared  them  with 
the  bloJideli  elytra  in  the  LeConte  collection.  Mr.  Blanchard 
reports  that  the  Santa  Fe  specimen  is  of  a  more  brilliant  green 
but  otherwise  so  closely  in  accord  with  blonddi  that  he  thinks 
there  can  be  scarcely  a  doubt  of  their  identity.  The  two 
species  are  quite  similar  in  most  respects,  but  on  comparison 
blondeli  differs  plainly  from  opulenta  in  its  distinctly  coarser, 
less  dense  punctuation  and  consequently  more  shining  surface, 
in  the  more  strongly  angulate  lateral  crest  and  deeper  excava- 
tions of  the  pronotum.  There  is  on  each  elytron  of  blondeli 
at  about  two- fifths  from  the  apex  and  midway  between  the 
suture  and  side  margin,  a  small  transverse  impunctate  carini- 
forni  elevation  or  tumidity,  no  trace  of  which  exists  in  opulenta. 
Some  other  small  differences  are  observable  but  they  are  com- 
paratively unimportant  and  perhaps  not  constant.  The  Santa 
Fe  specimens  are  respectively  14  and  17  mm.  in  length  ;  the 
LeConte  elytra  indicate  a  still  larger  specimen.  It  is  quite 
probable  that  the  Santa  Fe  species  ranges  south  into  Mexico, 
and  to  this  extent  tends  to  confirm  the  locality  given  by  Water- 


164  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [May,  '06 

house  and  Kerremans  for  blofideli.  On  the  other  hand,  it 
seems  unlikely  that  a  species  living  on  coniferous  trees  at  an 
altitude  of  7,000  or  8,000  ft.  in  the  Rocky  Mts.  is  also  a  native 
of  the  lowlands  adjoining  the  Gulf  of  Mexico.  The  New  Or- 
leans specimen  may  therefore  have  been  imported  in  timber ; 
it  should,  however,  be  remembered  that  T,  lecontei  is  also  re- 
ported from  Louisiana. 

T.  nimbosa  n.  sp. 

Very  similar  in  form  and  size  to  blondeli,  of  a  dull  bronze,  with  sparse 
subsquamiform  pubescence  ;  the  elytra  numerously  irregularly  immacu- 
late with  opaque  velvety  black  spots,  three  of  which  in  a  longitudinal 
line  on  each  elytron  are  larger  and  occupy  more  pronounced  impressions. 
Head  and  prothorax  densely  punctate  and  impressed  as  usual  in  the 
genus  ;  the  pronotal  excavations  fully  as  deep  as  in  bloftdeli,  the  lateral 
crests  even  more  strongly  angulate  than  in  that  species.  Elytra  each 
with  three  or  four  feeble  costae  more  or  less  interrupted  by  the  impres- 
sions, the  surface  alutaceous  and  moderately  closely  punctate,  the 
punctures  not  crowded  as  in  blondeli  or  more  especially  in  opulenia. 
Beneath  more  conspicuously  pubescent,  sterna  densely  punctate  and 
dull,  the  abdomen  shining  brilliant  coppery  bronze,  the  first  segment 
sparsely  finely  punctate,  the  following  ones  minutely  and  remotely  so. 

Length,  15-17  mm.;  width,  ^%-s%  mm. 

Hab. — This  species  ranges  from  Tulare  Co.,  California,  to 
British  Columbia. 

Three  examples — all  9  s — are  before  me,  two  taken  by  Mr. 
Hopping  at  "  Marble  Bridge  '*  (5,200)  and  **  Round  Meadow, 
Giant  Forest,"  Tulare  Co.,  California.  The  third  specimen 
was  taken  by  Dr.  Fenyes  at  Glen  Alpine  (7,000  ft.)  near  Lake 
Tahoe,  Cal.  The  elytra  of  the  latter  specimen  are  completely 
devoid  of  pubescence,  as  is  the  case  in  a  specimen  in  the  Le- 
Conte  collection  from  British  Columbia,  which,  however,  Mr. 
Blanchard  believes  is  identical  with  the  Marble  Bridge  speci- 
men, which  I  have  taken  as  the  type. 

Mr.  Hopping  informs  me  that  the  specimens  taken  by  him 
— three  in  all — were  found  flying  in  the  Giant  Forest,  and  he 
does  not  know  their  food  tree.  Dr.  Fenye*s  example  was 
found  on  the  trunk  of  a  fallen  coniferous  tree  which,  from 
memory,  he  believes  to  have  been  a  spruce,  certainly  not  a 
pine.  Mr.  Fuchs  writes  me  that  he  once  had  specimens  of 
this  species  (which  he  speaks  of  as  lecontei)  from  Tuolumne, 


May,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  165 

Plumas  and  Shasta  Cos.,  Cal.,  but  that  these  are  now  in  the 
Ulke  collection.  The  Shasta  specimen  he  thinks  was  taken  on 
yellow  pine  {Pinus  ponderosa) , 

T.  leeostei  Gory. 

I  learn  from  Dr.  Skinner  that  there  is  a  single  example  of 
this  species  in  the  Horn  collection,  and  from  Mr.  Blanchard 
that  the  LeConte  <rollection  contains  a  single  $ ,  the  following 
description  of  which  he  has  kindly  sent  me. 

*'  Very  much  smaller  and  more  parallel  in  form  (than  nifftbosa),  the 
prothorax  not  at  all  expanded  at  sides.    Front  of  head  similar  to  the 
last,  the  carina  and  impressions  less  strong:Iy  marked.    Thorax  some- 
what quadrate,  apex  and  base  nearly  equal  in  width,  sides  broadly  feebly 
arcuate,  slijshtly  sinuate  behind,  the  angles  arcuate  ;  margin   slightly  in- 
ferior towards  the  front ;  surface  impressed  similarly  to  the  last,  finely 
and  densely  punctate  except  the  convexity  between  the  posterior  im- 
pressions, which  is  impunctate.     Elytra  somewhat  flattened,  substriate 
near  the  suture,  an  irregular  blackish  subtransverse  impression  at  an- 
terior fourth,  from  outside    the  middle  to  the  suture,  a  smaller  more 
rounded  one  iust  behind  the  middle,  distant  from  the  suture,  and  a  still 
smaller  oblique  one  behind  the  last  at  posterior  third  ;  surface  finely 
nigose  and  closely  punctate,  deeply  impressed  behind  the  humeri  next 
to  the  margin  ;  dull  bronze  varied  with  coppery.     Prosternum  feebly  im- 
pressed, flat,  abruptly  tumid  in  front  as  in  the  other  species  ;  coarsely, 
densely,  more  or  less  asperately  punctate,  as  is  also  the  meso-  and  meta- 
stemum  ;  abdomen  finely,  sparsely  punctured  and  pubescent.     Punctures 
of  elytra  bearing  depressed  inconspicuous  scale-like  hairs ;  sides  of  pro- 
thorax  more  abundantly  hairy,  especially  behind  ;  similar  hairs  beneath 
anteriorly  and  at  sides,  finer  more  hair  like  on  the  abdomen.     Last  ven- 
tral truncate  and  narrowly  smooth  and  depressed  at  apex.     Front  and 
tibiae  slightly  arcuate  and  asperate  within,  but   less  regularly  and  dis- 
tinctly so  than  in  ofmlenia.     Length.  9  mm.;  width,  3  2  mm. 

Hab. — Georgia  (LeConte  Coll.);  Louisiana  (Horn  Coll.). 
The  more  obvious  diagnostic  characters  of  our  four  species 
are  expressed  in  the  following  table  : 

^^n ;  first  ventral  segment  very  densely  punctate. 

Upper  surface  verv  densely  punctate,  side  margin  (lateral 
crest)    of    prothorax    moderately    angulate.      (California   to 

Washington) opulenta. 

Upper  surface  less  densely,  more  coarsely  punctate  ;  side 
margin  of  prothorax  strongly  angulate  (New  Mexico;  Mexi- 
co? New  Orleans??) blondeU. 


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Bronzed  ;  first  ventral  segment  rather  sparsely  finely  punctate. 

Lateral  crest  of  pronotum  well  developed  and  strongly  angu- 
late,  size  larger,  15-17  mm.  (California;  British  Colum- 
bia)  Bimbosa. 

Pronotal  crest  obsolete,  sides  not  angulate ;  size  smaller,  9 
mm.     (Georgia  ;  Louisiana) lecoutoL 

P0I.TGE8TA. 

In  the  January  number  of  the  Canadian  Entomologist,  p. 
22,  Mr.  Schaeffer  questions  the  correctness  of  my  observation 
(Ent.  News,  1905,  p.  73)  as  to  the  form  of  the  last  ventral 
segment  in  males  of  calif ornica,  his  suspicions  being  based 
solely  on  his  study  of  other  species  of  the  genus.  In  every 
student's  experience  instances  have  occured  where  it  is  much 
easier  to  believe  a  published  statement  the  result  of  an  obser- 
vational error,  than  to  believe  that  an  insect  departs  in  some 
particular  from  a  type  known  to  prevail  in  allied  forms.  Mr. 
Schaeffer *s  doubts  are  perhaps  natural  enough,  but  they  are 
in  this  case  ill-founded,  and  I  am  able  to  state  after  a  renewed 
examination,  that  the  facts  are  precisely  as  recorded  by  me  in 
the  article  cited.  In  my  own  collection  and  that  of  Dr.  Fen- 
yes  are  8  S  s  and  4  9  s  of  calif omica.  In  none  of  the  males  is 
the  apex  of  the  last  ventral  produced  in  the  form  of  a  broad 
obtuse  parallel  sided  lobe  (as  is  the  case  in  every  one  of  the 
5SS  oi  data  at  hand),  the  apex  of  the  segment  being  very 
slightly  subtriangularly  prominent,  the  sides  scarcely  at  all 
sinuate,  the  tip  narrowly  rounded  or  subangulate.  I  should 
have  mentioned  in  my  original  notes  a  very  obvious  sexual 
character  pointed  out  to  me  by  Mr.  -Blanchard,  which  elata  and 
calif  omica  possess  in  common.  In  these  two  species  the  first 
ventral  segment  is  broadly  swollen  or  tumid  at  middle  through- 
out its  length,  the  punctuation  of  this  convexity  being  much 
finer  and  sparser  than  the  same  segment  in  the  female.  '  In 
velasco  and  arizonica  Schaef.  this  segment  is  not  sexually 
modified.  The  Yuma  male  previous  referred  to  by  me  under 
velaso,  is  without  much  doubt  Schaeffer' s  recently  described 
arizonica.  These  two  forms  are  certainly  very  closely  allied  ; 
so  closely  that  I  somewhat  doubt  their  being  more  than  vari- 
etal forms  of  the  same  species. 


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May,  *o6]  entomological  news.  167 

MASTOGENIUS. 
■tgtogoniiis  impreuipennis  n.  sp. 

Larger  than  subcyaneus,  black,  slightly  bronzed,  nearly  glabrous,  mod- 
erately shining.  Head  with  violaceous  tint,  rather  strongly  convex, 
closely  coarsely  punctate,  with  a  rather  deep  circular  median  fovea.  An- 
tennae ju.st  passing  the  hind  angles  of  the  prothorax,  slender,  serrate 
from  the  fourth  joint,  second  joint  globose  ;  third  small,  much  longer 
than  wide,  subequal  in  length  to  the  second  and  scarcely  more  than  half 
as  long  as  the  fourth  ;  intermediate  joints  fully  twice  as  long  as  wide. 
Prothorax  two  thirds  wider  than  long,  widest  at  apical  third,  sides  feebly 
arcuate  and  a  little  convergent  behind,  more  strongly  rounded  in  front, 
hind  angles  very  slightly  obtuse  ;  surface  evenly  convex,  a  small  fovei- 
form  impression  near  the  middle  of  the  side  margin  ;  punctuation  rather 
coarse  and  very  dense,  with  slight  tendency  to  transverse  strigosity ;  a 
very  fine  and  faint  median  impressed  line  which  reaches  neither  base  nor 
apex.  Elytra  as  wide  as  the  basal  width  of  the  prothorax.  sides  parallel 
for  three-fourths  their  length,  surface  a  little  more  coarsely  but  less  den- 
sely punctate  than  the  prothorax,  rather  deeply  and  narrowly  impressed 
along  the  basal  margin,  and  each  with  three  discal  impressions,  the  an- 
terior one  subsutural.  Beneath  strongly  closely  punctate,  less  closely 
toward  the  ventral  apex.  Posterior  margin  of  hind  coxal  plates  broadly 
sinuate.     Length,  3>4  mm. 

El  Taste,  Lower  California  (Beyer). 

Mr.  Schaeffer  has  recently  described  two  species  of  this 
genus,  viz. :  reticulaticollis from  Brownsville,  Tex.,  and  robustus 
from  Arizona.  From  the  former  of  these  impressipennis  may 
at  once  be  distinguished  by  the  prothoracic  and  elytral  sculp- 
ture, and  from  the  latter  by  the  impressed  front,  less  trans- 
verse prothorax,  and  antennal  structure.  Subcyaneus  differs 
much  by  its  smaller  size,  sparser  punctuation,  differently 
formed  prothorax.  antennal  structure,  etc.  Three  other  species 
of  the  genus  are  known,  viz.:  5'^//>r7  Thom.,  from  Brazil,  and 
sulcicollis  Philippi  and  parallelus  Sol.  from  Chile.  The  last 
mentioned  differs  from  all  of  our  species  by  the  parallel-sided 
thorax,  which  is  as  long  as  wide;  ^w/r/WZ/V  is  separable  by 
the  silicate  thorax,  as  its  name  indicates  ;  of  solieri  I  have  seen 
no  description. 

AGRILUS. 
Agiiliii  Incaniii  n.  sp. 

Rather  strongly  cuneiform,  color  dark  coppery  bronze,  elytra  with 
short  fulvous  appressed  hairs,  forming  an  obscure  basal  spot,  a  diffuse 
median  band,  a  narrower  better  defined  fascia  near  the  apical  fourth,  and 


l68  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [May,  'o6 

a  small  subapical  spot  connected  with  the  latter  along  the  suture.  An- 
tennae slender,  not  quite  reaching  the  hind  angles  of  the  prothorax,  joints 
1-7  longer  than  wide,  8*io  as  wide  as  long,  the  serration  beginning  with 
the  fourth  joint.  Head  rather  deeply  unevenly  impressed,  coarsely 
closely  punctate,  the  punctures  tending  to  form  short  strigae  at  some 
points.  Prothorax  transverse,  sides  straight  and  parallel  posteriorly, 
feebly  arcuately  narrowed  in  front,  not  sinuate  before  the  hind  angles, 
which  are  strongly  carinate  ;  median  line  deeply  broadly  impressed,  the 
concavity  constricted  near  the  middle  and  narrowed  in  front ;  surface 
transversely  stngose  at  middle,  obliquely  at  sides  ;  side  margin  sinuous 
when  viewed  laterally.  Scutellum  carinate.  Elytra  not  sinuate  at  sides, 
just  visibly  narrowed  to 'behind  the  middle,  thence  more  strongly  so  to 
apex,  the  tips  obliquely  sinuato-truncate  interiorly,  margin  acutely  ser- 
rate ;  disk  flattened  along  the  suture,  the  depression  limited  externally 
by  a  well-defined  costa.  Beneath  with  sparse  yellowish  pubescence 
which  is  not  condensed  at  sides.  Prostemal  lobe  rather  strongly  emar- 
ginate. 

Described  from  a  single  specimen  given  me  by  Mr.  Beyer, 
by  whom  it  was  taken  at  El  Taste,  Lower  California.  The 
type  is  a  ^ ,  having  the  prosternum  densely  hairy,  but  with- 
out ventral  characters.  The  front  and  middle  tibiae  are  mu- 
cronate  at  tip  as  usual ;  the  hind  tibiae  may  also  be  armed 
but  the  tips  are  not  visible  as  mounted.  The  front  and  middle 
claws  are  cleft  at  tip,  the  posterior  with  a  broader  more  basal 
tooth. 

Lucanus  would  best  stand  near  cavatus  as  tabulated  by  Horn. 
In  general  fades,  and  especially  in  the  form  of  the  elytral 
apices  it  departs  from  the  prevailing  northern  type  and  ap- 
proaches that  of  the  Mexican  species.  Dr.  Horn  is  decidedly 
in  error  in  saying*  that  the  tibiae  are  unarmed  in  the  females 
of  all  our  species  of  Agrilus.  In  many  species  the  tibiae  in 
this  sex  are  armed,  the  spur  or  mucro  differing  from  that  in 
the  male  only  in  being  shorter  and  less  conspicuous  ;  it  is, 
however,  plain  enough  in  the  larger  species,  especially  on  the 
middle  and  (when  present)  hind  tibiae.  I  have  not  attempted 
to  verify  the  presence  of  the  terminal  spur  throughout  the 
genus,  but  the  following  species  among  others  well  illustrate 
the  point  in  question.  Conesii,  cavatus,  vittatocoUis ^  bilineatus, 
angeliais,  arcuahis,  aaitipennis ^  walshijighanii^  politns^  yiivei- 
ventris. 


•Trans.  Am.  Enl.  Soc.  XVIII,  p.  281. 


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Notes  on  the  True  Neuroptera. 

By  J.  F.  McClendon. 

(Plate  VIII) 

3.     A  Catalogue  of  Texas  Neuroptera, 

Very  few  Neuroptera  have  been  recorded  from  Texas,  and 
I  am  writing  the  following  list  in  the  hope  that  it  will  en- 
courage others  to  make  a  more  thorough  study  of  this  inter- 
esting group  in  that  region.  Through  the  kindness  of  Dr. 
Samuel  Henshaw  I  was  allowed  to  examine  the  specimens  in  the 
Museum  of  Comparative  Zoology,  and  Dr.  L.  O.  Howard  and 
Mr.  R.  P.  Currie  gave  me  every  facility  in  looking  over  those 
in  the  National  Museum.  Mr.  Nathan  Banks,  Asst.  Ento- 
mologist, Dept.  of  Agriculture,  let  me  study  his  collection, 
which  contains  more  Texas  material  than  that  of  any  mu- 
seum I  have  visited.  Most  Texas  material  is  scanty  and 
merely  labeled  **  Texas,'*  and  in  some  cases  the  genus  only 
could  be  identified.  Where  the  collector's  name  was  not 
known  I  have  inserted  the  name  of  the  owner  or  donor  of  the 
specimens.  In  many  cases  I  refer  to  a  monograph  rather 
than  the  original  description  of  a  species,  and  have  omitted  the 
author's  name  where  it  is  included  in  the  name  of  the  species. 


SIALIDiE. 
8IALIS  Latr.  {Statts  sp.?  Austin,  McClendon). 

C0RTDALI8  Latr. 

comuta  Linn.,  Hagen,  *6i,*  Columbus,  E.  A.  Schwarz  ;  Austin,  McClen- 
don. 


Fig.   i.—Corydalis  tex-  Fij?.   i.—  Corydalis  t ex- 

ana,  dorsal  view  of  head       ana,  ventral   view  of  head       ana,  lahi'iim  and  hypophar 
and  n«?ck.  and  neck,  ynx  of  larva. 


Fie.  3. — Cotydalis  tex' 
t.  la' 


*  Synopsis  of  Neuroptera  of  North  America,  by  Hermann  Hagen,  Smithsonian  Institute. 


I70  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [May,  'o6 

cognata  Hag.,  '6i.*  Pecos  River,  Hagen. 

crassicornis  McLach.,  '67,  Jour.    Linn.    Soc.    Zool.,   v.  9,    p,   233,   San 

Antoniu,  A.  Agassiz. 
itmnabilis  McLach.,  '67,  Jour.  Linn.  Soc.  Zool.,  v.  9,  p.  335,  Waco,  Bel- 

frnge. 
lexana  Banks,  Jour.  N.  Y.  Ent.  Soc.,  v.  11,  p.  339,  Laredo,  McClendon. 


RAPHIDID^. 
RlpgiDU  Linn. 
oculala    Banks,    '05.    Trans.    Am.    Ent.    Soc.,    v,    31,    p.    4,   Austin. 
McClendon. 

MANTISPID^. 

HA1ITI8P&  III. 

brunnea    Say,    Hagen.    '6[,    Dallas,    Riley;    Victoria,    Hinds,    Morrill; 

San  Antonio,  Marlatl. 
interrupta   Say,    Hagen.    '6i.    Victoria,    Caudell ;    Brownsville,    E.    A. 
Scliwarz,  H.  Harber;  San  Antonio,  Banks;  Austin,  McCIen- 

CONIOPTERVGID^. 
COnOPTEBTZ  Haltd.     {Caniopteryx  n  sp.,  Brownsville.  Barber). 

CHRYSOPID^. 
LEDC0CHBT8A  Mcl^ch. 

antennata  Banks,  '05,  Trans,  Am.  Fnl.  Soc.,  v.  32,  p.  5,  Brownsville,  H. 

umeiicana  Kanks,  '97.   Proc.   Ent.  Soc.  Wash.,  v.  4,  p.   175,  Austin,  Mc- 
Clendon. 

CHKTSOP&  Leach. 

oculala  Say,  Hagen.  '6t.  Austin, 

rufilabriv  Bnrtit.,  Hagen,  '61,   Columbus,  Schwarz  ;  Victoria,  Schwarz  ; 
Austin,  McClendon. 


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171 


quadrifninctata  Burm.,  Hagen,  '61,  Austin,  McClendon. 

sulphurea  Fitch,  Hagen,  '61,  Austin.  McClendon. 

plorabunda  Fitch.  Hagen,  '61,  Greenville,  H.  Barber ;  Austin,  Mc- 
Clendon. 

externa  Hagen,  *6i,  Greenville,  H.  Barber ;  Austin,  McClendon. 

punctinervis  McLach.,  '69,  Ent.  Month  Mag.,  '69,  p.  24,  Texas,  Mc- 
Lach. 

bintaculata  McClendon,  '01,  Psyche,  v.  9,  p.  215,  Brownesville,  H.  Bar- 
ber; Austin,  Banks;  San  Antonio,  Banks;  Laredo,  Mc- 
Clendon. 

HEMEROBID^. 

HEMEROBIUS  Linn. 

castanea  Fitch,  Hagen,  '61,  Texas,  Belfrage. 

perparvus  McLach.,  '69,  Ent.  Month.  Mag.,  '69,  p.  21,  Texas,  Mc- 
Lachlan. 

nCROHUS  Rambur. 

angustus  Hagen,  *86,   Proc.   Bost.  Soc.   Nat.    Hist.,  '86,  p.  287,  Texas, 

Belfrage. 
insipidus  Hagen.  '61,  Columbus,  Schwarz. 
posticus  \^9\V..^  B.  M.  Cat.,   Neur.,  p.   283,   Victoria,   Schwarz;  Austin, 

McClendon. 

CUMAdA  McLachlan. 
areolis  Hagen,  '61,  Columbus,  Schwarz  ;  Texas,  Belfrage. 

LOMAYIA  Banks. 

/^;ra»a  Banks,  '97,  Trans.  Am.  Ent.  Soc,  v.  4,  p.  24,  Brownsville,  H. 
Banks  ;  Central  Texas,  Banks. 


MYRMELEONID^. 

(MYRMELEONINi^. ) 
AGAHTHAGLISI8  Rambur. 
tex^ana  Hagen,  *87-8,  Canad.  Ent.,  p.  197,  Texas,  Hagen. 

DENDROIiEON  Hagen. 
obsolettisStiy^  Hagen,  *6i,  Blanco  Co.,  Am.  Ent.  Soc. 

P8AMH0LBON  Banks. 
ingeniosus   Walk.,   Hagen,    '61,    Columbus,    Riley ;   Brownsville    and 
Alice,  Barber;  Blanco  Co.,  Am.  Ent.  Soc;  Austin,  McClen- 
don. 

BRACHTHEHURUS  Hagen. 
carrizonus  \Ib,%.,  '87-8,  Canad.  Ent.,  p.- 93,  Blanco  Co.,  Am.  Ent.  Soc; 
Brownsville,  H.  Barber ;  San  Diego,  Schwarz ;  College  Sta- 
tion, Banks  ;  Carrizo  Springs,  Hagen  ;  Austin,  McClendon. 


172  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [May,  'o6 

abdotninalis  Say,  HaK'ti,  '6t,  Brazos  Co..  Banks;  Victoria,  W.  E. 
Hinds  ;  Alice.  H.  Barber  ;  Blanco  Co.,  Am.  Ent.  5oc  ;  Dallas, 
Bull ;  Carrjzo  Springs,  Hagen  ;  Austin,  McClendon. 

longicaudui  Burm.,  Hagen,  '6t,  Texas,  Riley. 

peregrinits  Hag.,  '61,  Matamoros,  Hagen. 

saekeni  Hag.,  '87-S,  Round  Mountain,  Am.  Ent.  Soc.;  Dallas,  Boll. 

irregularis  Currie,  '06.  Proc.  Ent.  Soc,,  Wash.;  Columbus,  Schwar^. 

Awidarrfr  Curric.  '98.  Canad.  Ent.,  v.  30,  p.  qy=coctergl/i  Banks  ;  Car- 
rizo  springs,  Dr.  A.  Wadgymar  ;  Columbus,  Am.  Enl.  Soc. 
,  texatms  Banks,  '03,  Jour.  N.  Y.  Ent.  Soc..  '03,  p.  140,  Amarillo,  Cock- 
crell ;  l^redo,  McCIendon. 

dorsalU  Banks,  '63,  Jour.  N,  Y.  Ent.  Soc.,  "03,  p.  lip,  Laredo. 

(urriei  McCIendon,  '06,  Ent.  News,  v.  17,  p.  93,  Brownsville,  Esperanzo, 
Los  Barregos,  Barber. 
HIlUUUiEOH  Linn. 

imtnaculatus  DeGeer,  Hagen,  '61,  Texas,  Hagen. 

ntj/i'fMj  Hagen,  '61,  Brownsville,  H.  Barber;  Vic- 
toria, Caudell,  J.  Mitchell,  Schwarz  ;  Co- 
lumbus, San  Diego,  Schwarz;  Pecos 
River,  Hagen  ;  Malamoros,  Hagen ; 
Austin  and  Laredo,  McCIendon. 

texanus  Banks,  '00,  Ent.  News,  v.  ii,  p.  596, 
Columbus,  Schwarz ;  Galveatcm,  Mc- 
CIendon. 


:  Lcfeb.,  preoccu- 


^^^. 


HEUROPTVn  n.  gen.  {  -  Ptyn:, 

pied). 
juvenilis  McLach.,   '71,  Jour.    Linn.  Soc.    Zool., 
Dallas  Boll.;  Austin  McCIendon. 

UUIL0DE8  Currie  (Ulula  Ramb.) 
hyalina  Latr.  Hagen,  '6r,  Dallas,  H.  Barber,  Boll.;  Austin,  A.  W.  Mor- 
rill, McCIendon  ;  Bosque  Co.,  Belfrage  ;  Columbus,  Schwarz  ; 
Waco,  Galveston  and  Laredo,  McCIen- 
don ;  Brownsville.  H.  Barber. 

PANORPID^. 
BITTACnS  l^tr. 
oceidentU  Walk.,  Hagen.  '61,  Texas,  Banks. 

PAHORPA  Linn. 
nuptialis  Gerst..  '63,  Stet.   Ent.  Zeit.  '63,   p.  54, 
Jonesville,      Mally ;    College     Station, 
Banks  ;  Victoria.  Calvert,  A.  W  Morrill ; 


EOT.  HtWH.  Vol.  XVII. 


THE  TRUE  NEUROPTERA  moCLEndon. 


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173 


EXPLANATION  OF  FIGURES. 

The  accompanying  figures  are  intended  to  illustrate  some  points  in 
the  externa]  anatomy.  Where  appendages  are  cut  off,  the  cut  surface  is 
usually  shaded  with  parallel  lines.  Membranous  parts  are  shaded  lightly 
with  dots. 


a.     Antenna. 

ac.  Antecoxal  piece. 

c,     Clypeus. 

r'.   First  Clypeus. 

c*.   Second  Clypeus. 

rjr.  Coxa. 

tfn.  Epimeron. 

es,  Epistemam. 

f.     Front. 


ABBREVIATIONS. 

g.   Gena. 
gu,  Gula. 
/.     Labrum. 
It    Labium. 
m.  Meron. 
m^/.  Mandible. 
fif;r.  Maxilla. 
o.    Occiput. 
Pg,  Postgena. 


ps.  Presternum. 
s.    Sternum. 
5*   Sternellum. 
sc^.  Prescutum. 
sc.  Scutum. 
sc^  Scutellum. 
sc^,  Postscutellum. 
sp.  Spiracle. 
/.    Trochantine. 


Fig.  6. 


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10. 

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14. 
15. 
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EXPLANATION  OF  PLATE  VIIL 

Raphidia  oblita^  ventral  view  of  head. 
Mantispa  brunnea,  ventral  view  of  prothorax. 

"  **  anterior  leg. 

MyrmeUon  rusiicus  dorsal  view  of  head. 

ventral    **    **    " 
posterior  view  of  head, 
ventral        '*     "  mesothorax. 
caudal  appendages  of  female. 

"  male, 
maxilla. 

lateral  view  of  mesothorax. 
Brachyuemurus  carrizonus,  caudal  appendages  of  female. 

"  male. 
Inner  parts  shaded. 
blulodes  hyalina^  head. 

**  "        caudal  appendages  of  female. 

"  male. 
BiUacus  strigosus,   *'  "  "      ** 

Panorpa  nupHalis    '*  "  "  female;  the  abdomen  is 

pressed  so  as  to  extrude 
the  ovipositor,  which  is 
semi-transparent 
caudal  appendages  of  male,  dorsal  view. 

**     •*        ventral  view, 
ventral  view  of  mesothorax. 
anterior  view  of  head, 
posterior  **      '*    ** 
lateral  view  of  mesothorax. 


-  24. 

"  25. 

•*  26. 

"  27. 

••  2a 

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174  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [May,  '06 

On  the  Perlid  Genus  Chloroperla. 

By  Nathan  Banks. 

The  genus  Chloroperla  was  first  described  by  Newman  in  the 
third  volume  of  the  Entomological  Magazine,  page  500  ;  the 
number  for  April,  1836.  He  separates  the  genus  from  Perla 
because  the  subcosta  and  costa  are  parallel,  and  on  account  of 
the  few  cross-veins  in  this  region  of  the  wing.  He  says  that 
the  genus  includes  several  species,  and  mentions  Ch,  viridis 
Fabr. ,  and  Ch,  lutea  Latr.,  and  describes  a  new  form  Ch. 
apicalis.  In  August,  1836,  appeared  part  of  Vol.  VI,  Mandi- 
bulata,  of  Stephens*  well-known  **  Illustrations,"  containing, 
on  page  137,  the  genus  Chloroperla  Newman  MSS.  This,  how- 
ever is  not  important  as  Newman's  own  publications  of  the 
name  antedates  Stephens  by  several  months  ;  so  that  the  type 
of  the  genus  must  be  found  among  the  three  names  given  by 
Newman.  In  1839  (Mag.  Nat.  Hist.,n.  ser.,Vol.  Ill,  p.  87) 
Newman  again  treats  of  the  genus  Chloroperla^  dividing  it  into 
two  sections,  aberrant  and  normal  species.  Among  the  normal 
species  are  the  three  names  of  his  first  article  ;  viridis  Fabr. , 
and  lulea  Latr. ,  appearing  as  synonyms  of  C  flava  Fourc. ,  a 
possible  synonym  of  C.  tripunctata  Scop.  This  synonomy  is 
not  accepted  by  European  authors,  and  the  three  names  of 
Newman's  first  paper  on  Chloroperla  are  reduced  to  Iripunclata 
Scop,  and  apicalis  Newm.  Both  of  these  species  are  placed  in 
the  genus  Isopleryx  by  the  European  writers  on  Perlidae. 
Therefore  Chloroperla  Newm.,  1836,  replaces  Isopleryx,  Pict. 
1 84 1.  Chloroperla  oi  di\x\.\\oxs  h^s  no  synonyms;  the  species 
of  Leptomercs  Rambr.,  and  Dodecatoma  Dufour,  are  placed  in 
Isopleryx.  So  the  Chloroperla  of  Pictet  and  later  authors  is 
without  a  name. 

In  Bull.  No.  47,  N.  Y.  State  Museum,  1901,  page  417,  Mr. 
Needhara  divides  the  family  Perlidae  into  two  subfamilies — 
Perlinae  and  Nemourinae.  He  bases  these  groups  on  the  con- 
dition of  the  median  vein  near  base  of  wing ;  fused  with  the 
radius  in  the  Nemourinae,  distinct  and  parallel  to  the  radius  in 
the  Perlinae.  There  are  various  exceptions  to  this  rule  in 
both  groups,  but  especially  among  those  forms  previously 
placed  in  the  genus  Chloroperla,     This  character  is  not  of  suf- 


May,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  1 75 

ficient  constancy  to  divide  the  family  into  two  subfamilies,  but 
I  think  it  may  well  be  used  as  of  generic  value  to  divide  the 
Chloroperla  of  authors  into  two  genera.  I  therefore  do  so, 
using  the  name  Isoperla  for  those  forms  having  the  median 
vein  extending  basally  parallel  to  the  radius,  and  Alloperla  for 
those  forms  having  the  median  united  to  the  radius  at  base. 
The  Perta  bilmeata  Say,  will  be  the  type  of  Isoperla,  which 
includes  also  transmarina  Newm.,  moyitayia  ^\is,,  ^-puyidata 
Bks. ,  bninneipen7iis  Walsh,  and  decolorata  Walk.  The  Perla 
imbecilla  Say,  will  be  the  type  of  Alloperla^  which  includes 
2\so  coloradensis  ^Vs,  pacifica  Bks.,  signata  Bks.,  borealis^V^,, 
brevis^Vs,,  mtmitaBks.,  margi?ia/a  Bks.,  2Lnd pai/iduia  Bks. 
Alloperla  differs  chiefly  from  Chloroperla  {Isopteryx)  by  having 
a  folded  anal  space  to  the  hind  wings. 


^m^ 


Notes  on  Papilio  ajax. 

By  R.  R.  Rowley,  Louisiana,  Mo. 

It  is  not  the  writer's  intention  in  this  paper  to  tire  his 
readers  with  a  lengthy  description  of  the  stages  of  larval 
growth,  since  these  have  been  carefully  worked  out  by  others 

a 

and  the  results  published,  but  to  record  his  observations  on 
the  habits  of  the  larva  and  the  imago,  with  the  hope  that 
young  collectors  at  least  may  gather  some  inspiration  from 
these  notes. 

Wherever  papaw  grows  there  ajax  is  usually  abundant 
throughout  much  of  the  summer  months  and  from  late  May 
to  mid-September  this  fine  swallow-tail  may  be  seen  flitting 
aimlessly  though  the  bushes,  rarely  stopping  for  a  moment. 

Even  when  very  abundant,  it  is  not  easy  to  take  this  '*  fly,*' 
and  nine  out  of  every  ten  are  .so  injured  as  to  be  worthless  for 
cabinet  purposes.  So  fragile  are  the  wing  tails  that  they  are 
often  broken  in  the  meshes  of  the  net. 

In  June  of  1900,  a  veritable  ajax  year,  I  took  a  great  num- 
ber of  these  butterflies  by  decoys.  A  few  ragged  specimens 
taken  on  the  wing  were  killed  and  spread  upon  the  ground 
and  leaves  of  low  bushes  along  a  path  through  the  papaw 
patch  where  they  could  be  seen  by  the  stream  of  flitting  * 'flies'* 
above. 


176  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [May,  '06 

Restless  as  their  flight  seemed  to  be,  many  came  down  to 
the  decoys  and  were  easily  taken. 

Trying  this  trick  on  another  year  when  the  butterflies  were 
less  abundant,  the  ruse  was  almost  a  failure.  In  June  of  last 
year  I  was  able  to  collect  numbers  of  the  eggs  and  young 
larvae  and  thus  secure  over  a  hundred  chrysalids  from  which 
I  obtained  less  than  a  score  of  butterflies,  the  greater  number 
of  pupae  holding  over  to  the  next  year.  These  eggs  and 
larvae  were  collected  at  intervals  of  a  few  days  each  from  mid- 
June  to  mid-August,  and  the  first  chrysalids  obtained  about 
July  loth. 

Several  even  of  this  first  lot  of  pupae  have  not  yet  given 
butterflies  nor  will  till  spring. 

No  chrysalids  gave  imagoes  inside  of  three  weeks.  In  com- 
pany with  Mr.  E.  A.  Dodge  on  June  loth  last,  I  observed  an 
ajax  ovipositing,  mentally  marked  the  leaves  and,  while  one 
of  us  collected  the  eggs,  the  other  followed  the  butterfly  and 
thus  we  were  able  to  secure  a  dozen  or  more  ova  of  the  same 
female. 

We  were  surprised  to  find  that  she  visited  only  low  young 
plants,  and  even  then  oviposited  only  on  the  tender  end  leaves 
on  the  upper  side  (very  rarely  on  the  underside),  sometimes, 
however,  on  the  leaf  stalk,  once  on  a  blade  of  grass  near  the 
papaw  plant. 

We  had  learned  well  a  lesson,  and  after  losing  sight  of  our 
tutor,  waded  into  the  teasel  patch  in  search  of  young  papaw 
sprouts.  We  were  abundantly  rewarded  with  eggs  and  an 
occasional  very  young  larva. 

The  smaller  and  tenderer  the  sprouts  the  greater  the  re- 
ward .  The  very  small  black  caterpillars  strongly  reminding  one 
of  the  larvae  of  tree  hoppers,  were  discovered  on  the  underside 
of  the  small  tender  end  leaves,  their  presence  indicated  by  the 
small  perforations  seen  on  the  upper  side  of  the  leaves.  The 
larger  larvae  were  alw^ays  found  on  the  upper  side  of  the  leaf, 
that  is  after  the  first  or  second  month,  to  maturity. 

Once  seen  the  eggs  are  often  seen  by  keen  eyes,  even  with- 
out stooping,  but  the  leaves  must  be  turned  to  find  the  freshly 
hatched  larvae. 


May,  *o6]  entomological  news.  177 

In  July  we  found  eggs  and  larvae  on  somewhat  larger 
bushes,  say  two  to  four  feet  high,  and  on  leaves  below  the 
tender  end  ones.  Later  in  the  year  when  fresh  leaves  are 
scarce  all  the  foliage  of  the  bushes  was  searched  with  success, 
but  the  trees  (ten  to  twelve  feet  high)  rarely  yielded  any- 
thing. 

The  eggs  are  little  larger  than  mustard  seeds,  spherical, 
pale  green  or  sometimes  streaked  or  blotched  with  red,  a  fea- 
ture often  noticed  on  the  eggs  of  such  sphinges  as  Smerinthus 
geminatus,  S,  myops,  S.  exccecatus,  and  5.  modesius.  The 
black  eggs  we  saw  were,  doubtless,  parasitized. 

In  the  searches  for  eggs  and  larvae  of  ajax,  eggs  and  larvae 
of  the  '*  hawk,"  Dolba  hylceus  were  often  found,  these  latter 
eggs  differing  from  the  former  in  size,  mainly  being  deposited 
on  the  underside  of  the  leaf  (rarely  on  the  upper  side). 

Of  course  there  is  no  mistaking  the  larva  of  Dolba ^  as  it  is 
pale  green,  slender,  with  caudal  horn  and  sphingial  bands. 
In  all  stages  of  the  larva  of  ajax  the  thoracic  region  is  swol- 
len. The  odor  from  the  retractile  thoracic  tubes  of  the  larva 
of  ajax  is  stronger  than  and  entirely  different  from  that  of 
other  Papilio  larvae  with  which  the  writer  is  acquainted. 

Of  the  chrysalids  we  obtained,  about  one- twelfth  only  were 
green,  the  rest  being  light  reddish  or  yellowish-brown. 

Like  other  Papilios,  ajax  is  often  seen  in  great  bunches  at 
damp,  sandy  or  muddy  places,  but  more  rarely  at  flowers.  The 
seasonal  variation  in  this  insect  is  well-known  to  collectors  as 
also  the  differences  in  the  depth  of  the  coloration. 


•«••> 


Stemmed  Cocoons  of  Telea  polyphemus. 

By  Dr.  R.  E.  Kunze,  Phoenix,  Arizona. 

During  the  season  of  1889  ^"^  including  1892,  I  collected 
immense  numbers  of  Saturnian  cocoons,  within  a  radius  of  two 
to  ten  miles  from  New  York  City,  which  were  exchanged  at 
home  or  sent  abroad.  The  localities  included  the  banks  of  the 
Harlem  River,  Palisades,  the  Hudson,  swamps  of  the  Hacken- 
sack  and  the  Passaic  Rivers,  low  lands  of  the  tongue  of  land 
between  New  York  and  Newark  Bay,  Staten  Island,  Flatbush, 
Brooklyn  and  Long  Island  City. 


178  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [May,  '06 

As  a  rule  I  found  most  of  the  stemmed  polyphemus  cocoons 
on  the  lowermost  limbs  of  shade  trees,  such  as  the  cut-leaved 
maple  lining  the  streets  and  avenues  of  cities.  This  habit  of 
fastening  such  cocoons  on  trees  of  public  highways,  must  be 
accounted  for  in  my  mind  as  a  protection  against  birds,  as 
well  as  being  stepped  upon  or  crushed  by  pedestrians  and 
vehicles. 

On  the  other  hand  the  same  cocoons  spun  up  in  the  leaf  of 
white  birch,  nine  times  out  of  ten,  would  be  defoliated  and 
drop  to  the  ground,  where,  if  not  destroyed  by  mice,  would 
develop  into  imagines  of  this  race  unless  parasitized. 

I  very  seldom  found  a  stemmed  cocoon  on  white  birch,  and 
collected  hundreds  by  turning  over  leaves  in  the  winter  under 
low-growing  bushes,  and  usually  on  the  banks  of  streams  or 
the  roadside  of  suburban  parks. 

Quite  the  contrary  with  stemmed  cocoons  found  on  low  trees 
of  bush-like  growth  of  swamp  or  pin  oak.  I  will  recall  a 
locality  in  the  heart  of  a  suburb  of  Jersey  City,  known  then  as 
Bayonne,  on  a  narrow  stripe  of  land  bordering  on  New  York 
Bay  on  the  east,  and  Newark  Bay  west  of  it.  Only  two  blocks 
from  the  New  Jersey  Central  R.  R.,  with  handsome  residences 
all  around,  were  two  squares,  where  the  topography  admitted 
of  no  residences.  The  year  round  this  ideal  winter  collecting 
ground  was  under  water  from  12  to  18  inches  deep,  and  shel- 
tered birds,  butterflies  and  moths.  There  must  have  been 
warm  springs  in  these  two  city  blocks,  because  only  on  the 
coldest  days,  with  the  mercury  near  the  zero  mark,  could  I 
venture  to  collect  in  this  marshy  place.  Thus  being  less  than 
a  quarter  mile  from  either  bay,  the  property  could  not  be 
drained. 

In  this  swamp  I  collected  one  winter,  mostly  in  January, 
some  two  hundred  and  fifty  cocoons  oi  polyphemus  alone,  hun- 
dreds of  promethea  and  a  few  of  cecropia  cocoons.  During  the 
same  winter  I  sent  to  Prof.  Levi  P.  Mengel,  of  Reading,  Pa., 
350  cocoons  of  polyphemus ,  and  over  3000  cecropia  cocoons, 
all  collected  with  the  exception  of  polyphemus  on  Jersey  City 
Heights  and  environs.  To  refer  back  to  polypheinus  cocoons 
I  collected  from  swamp  oak,  they  were  dangling  from  defolia- 
ted branchlets  like  nuts  from  a  Christmas  tree. 


May,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  1 79 

It  seems  to  me  that  the  larva  of  polyphemus  took  this  man- 
ner of  spinning  up  on  the  branchlets  of  this  oak,  to  prevent  its 
falling  in  the  water,  where  in  due  course  of  time  it  would 
have  frozen  to  death.  About  one  mile  from  Bayonne,  at  a 
suburb  known  as  Greenville,  I  found  on  higher  ground, 
hundreds  of  white  birch  bushes,  with  almost  every  cocoon  of 
polyphemus  spun  in  leaf  and  certain  to  drop  below  during 
autumn  gales. 

I  wish  to  add  my  testimony  regarding  the  habit  of  Z".  poly- 
phemus,  for  the  safety  of  this  race,  which  I  was  put  in  mind 
of  by  a  note  by  Miss  Caroline  Soule,  in  the  December  Ent. 
News,  Vol.  XVI. 

Editorial  Note. — We  do  not  believe  this  caterpillar  sufficiently  intel- 
ligent to  make  stemmed  cocoons  over  highways.  The  absence  of  the 
ordinary  cocoons  in  such  places  is  accounted  for  by  the  fact  that  they 
would  rapidly  be  swept  away  by  the  ordinary  traffic  of  the  street  or  high- 
way after  they  fell  to  the  ground. 


A  Malpighian  Tube  Within  the  Hkart.— A  few  days  before  read- 
ing Dr.  Riley's  article  with  this  title  in  the  April  News,  page  113,  I  had 
given  out,  to  my  class  in  Invertebrate  Zoology,  some  transverse  sections 
of  a  grasshopper.  On  looking  at  one  of  the  students*  slides  I  noticed 
two  sections  of  a  Malpighian  tube  within  the  heart,  but  thought  their 
presence  there  to  be  due  to  displacement  in  clearing  the  sections  and  dis- 
solving the  paraffin.  Dr.  Riley's  article  recalled  this  appearance  and  when 
the  class  met  to  study  the  sections,  I  at  once  saw  that  we  had  another 
of  those  apparently  rare  cases  which  Dr.  Riley  has  described.  Fortu- 
nately, I  still  had  enough  sections  of  this  grasshopper  on  hand  to  give 
the  following  account  of  the  course  of  this  Malpighian  tube.  It  entered 
the  ventral  surface  of  the  heart  by  a  cardio-coelomic  aperture,  at  a  level 
slightly  in  front  of  the  hind  end  of  the  stomach,  passed  forward,  within 
the  heart,  to  a  level  slightly  anterior  to  that  of  the  hind  end  of  the  gastric 
coeca,  bent  upon  itself  and  passed  backward,  still  within  the  heart,  to  at 
least  as  far  as  the  level  of  the  anterior  part  of  the  rectum.  A  gap  in  the 
available  sections  of  this  region  exists  so  that  I  am  unable  to  state  whether 
the  tube  terminated  within  the  heart,  or  whether  it  passed  out  into  the 
pericardial  chamber  as  in  Kowalevsky's  case  reported  by  Dr.  Riley. 
This  grasshopper  was  also  a  Melanoplus,  probably  M.  femur-rubrunty  and 
a  female.  I  do  not  recall  having  seen  any  other  instance  of  a  Malpighian 
tube  within  the  heart,  and  I  would  endorse  Dr.  Riley's  view  that  such 
occurrences  are  accidental.— Philip  P.  Calvert,  University  of  Pennsyl- 
vania, Philadelphia. 


ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS. 


[The  Conductors  of  Entomological  News  solicit  and  will  thankfully  receive  items 
of  news  likely  to  interest  its  readers  from  any  source.  The  author's  name  will  be  yiven 
in  each  case,  for  the  information  of  cataloguers  and  bibliographers.] 


To  Oontribators.— -All  contributions  will  be  considered  and  passed  upon  at  oni 
earliest  convenience,  and,  as  far  as  may  be,  will  be  published  according  to  date  of  recep- 
tion. Entomological  News  has  reached  a  circulation,  both  in  numbers  and  circumfer- 
ence, as  to  make  it  necessary  to  put  *'  copy  "  into  the  hands  of  the  printer,  for  each  num- 
ber, three  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, 
will  be  given  free,  when  they  are  wanted  ;  and  this  should  be  so  stated  on  the  MS.,  along 
with  the  number  desired.    The  receipt  of  all  papers  will  be  acknowledged.— Ed. 

Philadelphia,  Pa.,  May,  1906. 


Several  times  we  have  published  comments  on  articles 
noticed  in  medical  journals  and  called  attention  to  the  neces- 
sity of  medical  colleges  giving  a  course  on  the  principles  of 
entomology,  in  view  of  the  fact  that  so  many  diseases  are 
carried  by  insects.  The  quotation  below  is  from  the  April, 
1906,  **  Medical  Brief,'*  page  282,  and  carries  us  back  before 
the  time  of  Dr.  Francesco  Redi,  who  lived  about  16 18.  It  has 
been  questioned  whether  such  a  statement  as  that  in  the 
*'  Brief*  is  meant  seriously,  but  from  articles  we  have  seen  in 
other  medical  journals  and  from  conversation  with  some  medi- 
cal men  there  can  be  no  question  about  it. 

**Take  the  human  seed  germs  (spermatozoa),  put  them 
upon  a  plate,  first  spreading  some  alkaline  nourishment  upon 
the  plate  ;  for  instance  a  little  soap,  place  the  plate  in  a  room 
of  proper  temperature,  and  in  sixteen  to  twenty-four  hours, 
swarms  of  ants  will  be  running  about.  In  other  words,  these 
living  human  germs  placed  under  this  different  condition  other 
than  the  mother  soil,  develop  into  ants.  These  little  fellows 
can  be  watched  and  be  seen  to  gradually  develop  and  start  off 
on  the  run.  This  would  evidently  appear  that  living  germs, 
when  placed  by  accident,  or  otherwise,  under  very  different 
conditions,  produce  very  different  forms  of  life.  But  what 
relationship  do  we  owe  to  the  ant?  Perhaps  this  is  why  the 
claim  is  made  that  the  ant  has  more  characteristics  of  the 
human  being  than  any  other  animal." 

180 


May,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  181 

Notes   and   News, 

BNTOMOLOOIOAL  QLBANINQS  FBOM  ALL  QUARTERS 

OP   THB   GLOBE. 

Mrs.  a.  T.  Slosson  has  gone  to  Lake  Toxaway,  North  Carolina,  to 
spend  a  month. 

Up-to-Datb  Methods  in  Entomological  Publications.— Separ- 
ates from  the  Journal  of  the  New  York  Entomological  Society  for  Decem- 
ber, 1906  (which  will  be  published  seven  months  hence),  have  been  dis- 
tributed by  the  Government.  These  separates  bear  date  of  March  14, 
1906,  and  were  distributed  April  17,  1906.  This  paper  describes  *'  The 
Larvae  of  Culicidae  classified  as  Independent  Organisms.  By  Harrison 
G.  Dyar  and  Frederick  Knab."  This  delicious  admixture  of  the  past 
and  future  dates  is  highly  interesting.  Species  herein  described  conflict 
with  those  made  known  in  the  Canadian  Entomologist  and  Entomologi- 
cal News  for  April,  1906.*  Of  course  the  names  in  the  News  and  Can- 
adian Entomologist  would  have  precedence.  It  is  not  our  intention  to 
review  this  paper  but  only  to  refer  to  the  dates  and  the  fact  that  species 
arc  described  from  larvae  alone.  In  looking  over  it  we  have  come  to  the 
conclusion  that  the  future  synonomy,  etc.,  will  be  somewhat  like  a  Chinese 
puzzle,  and  reminds  us  of  the  question,  How  old  is  Ann  ?  We  expect  a 
paper  shortly  describing  species  from  the  egg  or  pupa  alone. — Henry 

Skinner. 

Omaha,  April  29,  1906. 

Editors  News  :  Gentlemen— Enclosed  please  find  a  paper  which  I  wish 

printed  in  the  May  News.     Please  send  me  proof.    Yours  truly,  John 

Doe. 

San  Francisco,  Dec.  31,  1905. 

Editors  News  :    Gentlemen. — I  enclose  a  paper  for  the  News,  which 

I  wish  to  appear  in  the  next  number.    Yours  truly.  John  Green. 

New  York,  April  30,  1906. 
Editors  News  :    I  have  just  moved  ;  please  change  my  address  and 
«nd  May  News  to  1908  Broadway.    Yours  truly,  John  Swift. 

Manayunk,  April  30,  11.59  P.  M. 
Editors  News  :  Gentlemen.— Enclosed  please  find  paper  for  the 
May  News.  I  know  you  have  received  fifty  papers  ahead  of  mine,  but 
I  want  mine  in  the  nex\  number.  If  the  News  is  printed,  kindly  have  a 
^cw  edition  struck  off  and  insert  my  paper  in  it.  Yours  truly,  John 
Gaul 

(The  above  are  only  samples. — Editors). 

"  I  HOLD  It  is  not  decent  for  a  scientific  gent 
To  call  another  one  an  ass — or  words  to  that  intent. 

Nor  should  the  individual  who  happens  to  be  meant 
Reply  by  heaving  rocks  at  him  to  any  great  extent.'* 

—"Truthful  James.'* 

*CuUx  sjfMecla  Grossbeck  and  lativittatus  Coq. 


l82  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  [May,  'c6 

Prof.  Berlese's  Apparatus  for  Collecting  Arthropods. — Prof. 
L.  O.  Howard's  account  of  the  Berlese  apparatus  for  collecting  small 
arthropods  (Ent.  News,  1906,  pp.  4953),  reminds  me  of  a  simpler 
method  tried  many  years  ago  with  great  success  by  the  late  R.  Lawson, 
of  Scarborough,  England.  Instead  of  the  metal  funnel  to  be  warmed  by 
hot  water,  he  used  a  similarly  shaped  suspended  canvas  bag,  and  drove 
the  insects  downward  by  placing  rags  saturated  with  ammonia  above  the 
material  on  the  sieve.  The  result  was  the  same,  everything  wanted  fall- 
ing into  the  tube  of  alcohol  at  the  bottom.— G.  C.  Champion,  Horsell, 
Woking,  England. 


Doings  of  Societies. 

A  meeting  of  the  Entomological  Section  of  the  Academy  of 
Natural  Sciences  of  Philadephia  was  held  Nov.  23,  1905,  Mr. 
H.  W.  Wenzel,  Vice-Director,  presiding.  Sixteen  persons 
were  present.  The  presentation  of  3, 167  specimens  of  Ichneu- 
monoidea,  including  types,  by  Mr.  G.  C.  Davis,  was  announced 
by  the  conservator.  Dr.  Calvert  exhibited  a  map  showing  local- 
ities in  Mexico  from  whence  he  had  recently  received  Odonata. 
Every  collection  showed  interesting  material  in  either  species 
new  to  Mexico  and  Central  America  or  showing  new  distribu- 
tion. Nephepeltia  phryyie,  which  has  a  curious  spine  on  the 
metasternum,  was  exhibited  from  Guatemala.  Dr.  Skinner 
described  dragon-fly  collecting  in  the  Huachuca  Mts.,  So. 
Arizona.  Mr.  Rehn  spoke  of  the  Orthoptera  he  had  recently 
received  from  Costa  Rica  and  of  a  paper  on  the  material.  Two 
thousand  specimens,  300  species,  were  under  observation,  of 
which  56  proved  new.  Mention  was  made  of  the  various  col- 
lections examined  for  the  report.  Mr.  Daecke  said  he  had 
found  a  nest  of  Vespa  caroliyia  at  Riverton,  New  Jersey.  He 
had  taken  both  sexes  and  the  workers  and  found  V,  Carolina 
and  V.  aineata  to  be  the  same  species  ;  the  female  queens  were 
Carolina  and  the  males  and  workers  ameata.  The  nest  was 
about  twelve  inches  in  diameter.  The  entrance  was  described 
as  being  papered  and  nicely  built,  the  tunnel  being  nine  inches 
long.  Dr.  Calvert  spoke  of  the  importance  of  a  description  of 
such  a  nest,  as  the  subject  was  not  well  known.  Mr.  Wenzel 
said  his  son  Harry  had  caught  a  lively  male  of  Vespa  german- 
ica  on  January  first.  Mr.  E.  T.  Cresson,  Jr.,  was  elected  a 
member,  and  Mr.  Oscar  Mayer  an  associate. 

ilENRY  Skinner,  Recorder, 


May,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  1 83 

A  meeting  of  the  Entomological  Section  of  the  Academy  of 
Natural  Sciences  of  Philadelphia  was  held  Dec.  28,  1905.  Mr. 
Philip  Laurent,  Director,  presiding.  Twelve  persons  were 
present.  Mr.  Franklin,  of  Amherst,  Mass.,  visitor.  Mr. 
Matthews,  exhibited  several  short-tailed  specimens  of  Papilio 
philenor  reared  from  chrysalids  received  from  San  Francisco, 
California.  Mr.  Franklin  made  some  remarks  on  the  nests  of 
Bombus,  having  examined  thirty.  He  found  carbon  bisul- 
phide the  best  medium  to  quiet  bees.  In  his  opinion  Bombus^ 
pennsylyanicus  is  the  commonest  species  in  the  vicinity  of  Am- 
herst, Mass.,  judging  by  the  number  of  nests.  Some  remarks 
were  also  made  on  the  possible  correlation  of  sexes  of  some  of 
the  species.  Mr.  E.  T.  Cresson  described  methods  used  by 
himself  in  previous  years  in  collecting  specimens  of  this  genus. 
Mr.  Franklin  remarked  that  the  only  specimens  of  the  genus 
seen  in  early  spring  were  queens.  The  following  were  elected 
to  serve  as  officers  for  the  year  1906  :  Director,  Philip  Laur- 
ent ;  Vice-Director,  H.  W.  Wenzel  :  Treasurer,  E.  T.  Cresson  ; 
Recorder,  Henry  Skinner  ;  Secretary,  Frank  Haimbach  ;  Con- 
servator, Henry  Skinner ;  Publ.  Committee,  C.  W.  Johnson, 
J.  H.  Ridings.  J.  A.  G.  Rehn,  Recorder  pro  tern. 


A  meeting  of  the  Entomological  Section  of  the  Academy  of 
Natural  Sciences  of  Philadelphia  was  held  Jan.  25,  1906.  Mr. 
H.  W.  Wenzel,  Vice-Director,  presiding.  Fourteen  persons 
were  present.  Mr.  Bradley  exhibited  plates  of  Evaniidae  show- 
ing the  various  anatomical  characters  including  neuration. 
Characters  separating  genera  and  species  were  shown  and  ex- 
plained. Mr.  Bradley  also  spoke  of  his  last  summer's  trip  to 
the  Selkirk  Mountains  in  British  Columbia.  Many  insects  of 
interest  were  taken  although  little  of  the  material  has  as  yet 
been  studied.  Some  pictures  of  the  scenery  of  the  locality 
were  shown.  He  said  at  6,000  ft.  altitude  a  Leptid  was  found 
which  bit.  Dr.  Skinner  exhibited  some  photos  of  dragon-fly 
wings  and  said  they  had  been  photographed  against  the  light 
with  a  ground-glass  background.  This  method  showed  the 
neuration  in  a  satisfactory  manner.  It  is  a  good  method  where 
the  wings  are  to  be  enlarged  and  not  removed  from  the  body. 
Mr.  Bradley  said  at  Cornell  University  the  wings  were  removed 


184  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [May,  '06 

and  photographed,  then  the  wings  were  kept  separately  and 
mounted  on  glass.  Mr.  Rehn  exhibited  a  box  of  Orthoptera 
from  Labuan,  British  North  Borneo,  a  small  island,  to  show 
diversity.  He  also  made  some  remarks  on  the  genus  Trimero- 
tropis.  A  large  amount  of  material  from  the  west  had  been 
studied.  The  color  characters  used  by  McNeill  in  his  revision 
were  not  considered  of  very  great  importance  for  specific  deter- 
mination. The  intergradational  color  patterns  were  illustrated 
by  black-board  sketches. 

Dr.  Calvert  showed  a  series  of  tropical  dragon-flies,  Erythro- 
diplax  connata,  showing  various  color  phases.  Specimens  with 
a  red  frons  and  others  with  a  blue  frons,  described  as  different 
species,  were  shown  by  intergradations  to  be  the  same  thing. 
Mr.  Howard  A.  Snyder  said,  in  October  he  had  spent  a  few 
weeks  in  the  Bermuda  Islands  but  did  not  find  any  insects  not 
found  in  the  United  States,  probably  on  account  of  the  near- 
ness of  the  islands.  The  character  of  the  climate  and  flora 
was  mentioned  and  the  insects  taken  exhibited.  Dr.  Calvert 
mentioned  VerrilPs  work  on  the  islands. 

Henry  Skinner,  Recorder. 


A  meeting  of  the  Entomological  Section  of  the  Academy  of 
Natural  Sciences  of  Philadelphia  was  held  March  22,  1906,  Mr. 
Philip  Laurent,  Director,  presiding.  Ten  persons  were  pres- 
ent, including  Mr.  W.  M.  Beutenmuller,  of  New  York,  visitor. 
The  latter  presented  two  hundred  specimens  of  Coleoptera 
taken  in  the  Black  Mts.,  North  Carolina.  Mr.  Beutenmuller 
spoke  of  the  necessity  of  protecting  valuable  collections  from 
fire,  and  gave  a  diagram  of  the  plan  for  protecting  the  insect 
department  of  the  American  Museum  of  Natural  History  in 
New  York.  Mr.  Rehn  said  he  had  recently  determined  some 
Tonkin  Orthoptera  for  Mr.  Chas.  SchaefFer  of  the  Brooklyn 
Institute.     A  fine  walking-stick  and  four  katydids  were  new. 

Henry  Skinner,  Recorder, 


A  meeting  of  the  American  Entomological  Society  was  held 
December  28,  1905,  Dr.  P.  P.  Calvert,  President,  in  the  chair. 
Twelve  persons  were  present.     The  report  of  the  Treasurer 


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was  read,  in  which  he  stated  there  was  a  balance  on  hand  of 
$1,262.97.  Mr.  E.  T.  Cresson,  Jr.,  was  elected  a  member. 
The  following  were  elected  oflBcers  to  serve  for  the  coming 
year  :  President,  Philip  P.  Calvert ;  Vice-President,  H.  W. 
Wenzel ;  Treasurer,  E.  T.  Cresson  ;  Recording  Secretary, 
Henry  Skinner  ;  Corres.  Secty.,  Frank  Haimbach  ;  Curator, 
Henry  Skinner  ;  Librarian,  E.  T.  Cresson,  Jr.  Publication 
Committee  :  E.  T.  Cresson,  C.  F.  Seiss,  B.  H.  Smith.  Execu- 
tive Committee  :  P.  Laurent,  H.  W.  Wenzel,  Frank  Haim- 
bach. Finance  Committee:  J.  W.  McAllister,  C.  S.  Welles, 
D.  M.  Castle.  Henry  Skinner,  Secretary, 


A  meeting  of  the  American  Entomological  Society  was  held 
Feb.  15,  1906,  Mr.  H.  W.  Wenzel,  Vice- Director,  presiding. 
Nine  persons  were  present.  The  annual  report  of  the  Curator 
was  read.  Mr.  Laurent  said  he  had  first  used  chip  fruit  bas- 
kets for  shipping  insects  about  fifteen  years  ago,  and  spoke  of 
their  value  for  this  purpose.  Since  that  time  they  had  been 
used  more  or  less  by  entomologists. 

Henry  Skinner,  Secretary. 


At  the  meeting  of  the  Feldman  Collecting  Social,  held  Feb- 
ruary 26,  1906,  at  the  residence  of  Mr.  H.  W.  Wenzel,  1523 
So.  13th  St.,  Philadelphia.  Eight  persons  were  present.  Mr. 
Carl  Schaeffer,  visitor.  A  letter  from  Dr.  Dyar  was  read,  in 
which  he  states  that  Pamphila  majiataaqua  and  cemes  are  con- 
generic. Mr.  H.  Wenzel  read  a  very  interesting  note  on 
Onus  from  a  letter  which  he  had  received  from  Mr.  Ralph 
Hopping,  of  Kaweah,  Calif.  The  writer  says  *'  I  take  O.  in- 
^^i^edius  in  one  place  only  (Colony  Road,  Tulare  Co.,  Calif.), 
3i5oo  to  4,500  ft.  ;  O.  sublaevis  in  pine  forest,  5,000  to  7,000 
ft-  The  smooth  form  O,  laevts  occurs  8,000  to  10,000  ft.  in 
^y  locality,  but  I  have  never  had  the  luck  to  find  it.  Dr. 
Walther  Horn's  elevations  for  this  form  are  incorrect.  The 
^Hector  unintentionally  misinformed  him.  I  went  to  a  great 
^ealof  trouble  to  prove  these  elevations.  The  collector  .«ent 
^ca  map  marking  the  exact  location,  and  from  my  intimate 
knowledge  of  the  trails  in  the  Sierras  I  was  able  to  place  the 


i86  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [May,  *o6 

exact  locations."  Mr.  Huntington  spoke  about  photography 
as  it  was  applied  by  the  Canadian  Government  in  surveying  the 
Rocky  Mountains  of  Canada.  Mr.  Schaeffer  spoke  of  the  dif- 
ficulty of  collecting  Cicindela  santaclara  on  the  plains  at  Pal- 
merlee,  Ariz.  Mr.  Schaffer  exhibited  some  species  of  the 
genus  Anomala,  among  them  being  four  entirely  new  and  four 
being  new  to  North  America  ;  one  species  being  from  Lower 
California,  two  from  Texas  and  others  from  Arizona. 

F.  Haimbach,  Secretary, 


A  meeting  of  the  Feldman  Collecting  Social  was  held  March 
21,  '06,  at  the  residence  of  Mr.  Henry  W.  Wenzel,  1523  S.  r3th 
St.,  Philadelphia,  Mr.  Erich  Daecke,  President,  in  the  chair. 
Members  present :  Daecke,  Wenzel,  Laurent,  A.  Hover, 
Seiss,  Harbeck,  Castle  and  Skinner.  Mr.  Wm.  Beutenmuller, 
New  York,  visitor.  The  minutes  of  the  last  meeting  were 
read  and  approved.  Mr.  Wenzel  said  he  had  received  a  num- 
ber of  postals  from  our  fellow-member,  Prof.  J.  B.  Smith,  who 
is  abroad.  Mr.  Beutenmuller  said  he  had  collected  a  number 
of  Staphylinidae  during  trips  to  the  mountains  of  North  Caro- 
lina in  the  last  five  years.  Nine  species  of  Oxyporus  were 
taken.  Femoralis  and  major  were  common.  The  other  species 
found  were  stygicus,  vitiatus,  fasciatus,  bicolor,  lateralis,  lepidus 
^'macnlatus .  They  were  all  taken  in  the  fall  except  stygicus^ 
which  was  found  in  May.  Dr.  Castle  said  he  had  found  O, 
;;/^yV7r  plentiful  at  Angora,  Pa.,  in  the  fall.  On  March  loth, 
Mr.  Harbeck  said  he  took  five  species  of  diptera,  seventeen 
specimens,  at  Germantown,  Phila.,  \nKAvid\r\%  Fucellia  fucoruvi^ 
which  only  appeared  while  the  sun  was  shining.  Mr.  Wenzel 
exhibited  a  pair  of  Strataegus  splendens  from  Tybee  Island, 
Ga.,  taken  by  H.  A.  Wenzel.  Mr.  Daecke  reported  having 
been  out  collecting  on  March  nth,  and  took  a  dipterous  larva 
feeding  on  spider  eggs  and  some  other  hibernating  imagos 
and  larvae.  In  a  small  spot  protected  from  the  cold,  he  took 
some  insects  on  wild  honeysuckle.  In  a  box  of  farina  he  found 
an  imago  and  many  larvae  of  Ephestia  kuehniclla. 

Dr.  Skinner  invited  the  Social  to  meet  at  his  home  at  the 
next  meeting  (April).     Henry  Skinner,  Recorder  pro  tern. 


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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. — Records  of  Ontario  insects,  for  compilation  of  list.  Please 
give  authentic  data  and  indicate  source  of  identifications.  Lists  of  smaller 
orders  and  Neuropteroids  wanted  at  once. — Franklin  Sherman,  Jr.,  Dept. 
Ent.  Ont.  Agr.  Col.,  Guelph,  Canada. 

Lepldoptera :  Exchange  for  specimens  new  to  my  collection.  Exotics 
also  accepted. — A.  Troschel,  853  Irving  Park  Boulevard,  Chicago,  Illinois. 

Lepidoptera. — Liberal  exchange  given  for  desirable  North  American 
Heterocera. — Henry  Engel,  Box 35  Oak  Station  P.  O..  Allegheny  Co.,  Pa. 

European  Lepidoptera  in  exchange  for  pupae  of  native  moths,  es- 
pecially ^.  Cynthia. — Miss  Kate  W.  Strong,  Setauket.  Long  Island,  N.Y. 

Wanted. — LyccenaSy  Theclas^  Chionobas  and  Anthocharis,  either  for 
cash  or  exchange.  Send  list  to  H.  H.  Brehme,  44  Mercer  street,  New- 
ark, N.  J. 

Papllios  of  the  world  desired.  What  do  you  wish  in  exchange  ? — C. 
F.  Groth,  141  East  40th  street,  New  York  City. 

Wanted,  for  cash  or  exchange,  Bulletins  U.  S.  Bureau  of  Entomology. 
Old  series  1-5,  7-15,  18,  20,  21,  26,  27.  ^o,  33.  New  series  8,  39,  Tech- 
nical series,  i,  3,  5,  6,  7.  Bib.  Econ.  Lnt.,  parts  4,  5,  6.— Albert  V.  Tay- 
lor. Bedford,  Ohio. 

Wanted. — Bibionidae  of  North  America  for  which  I  will  pay  cash,  also 
Entomological  News,  Vol.  XV,  No.  9— W.  A.  Hooker,  Bureau  of 
Entomology,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Exchangees  solicited  from  all  sections  of  the  country.  Have  hundreds 
of  duplicates.  Moths  or  butterflies.  Send  lists  to  Joseph  H.  Reading, 
775  N.  Rockwell  St.,  Chicago,  111. 

CIcindelidae. —  C,  celeripes  ^nd  other  Nebraska  and  Iowa  species  to 
exchange  for  Cicindelidae  — Frank  H.  Shoemaker,  2960  Dewey  Ave., 
Omaha,  Neb. 

Wanted. — LeConte's  "Revision  of  the  Elateridae  ;"  also  North  Am- 
erican species  of  Corymbites  and  other  Elateridae  and  Buprestidae. — C.  O. 
Houghton,  Del.  Col.  Agric.  Expt.  Sta  ,  Newark,  Delaware. 

Wanted.— Vol.  Ill,  No.  i  *' Papilio"  and  Vols.  VIIl  and  IX,  Jour. 
N.  v.  Ent.  Soc,  also  Danaidae  of  the  world.— C.  V.  Blackburn,  101  Pine 
St..  Woburn,  Mass,     (See  Label  adv.) 

Tenodera  sinensis.— Without  doubt  Tenodera  sinensis  is  one  of  the 
most  curious  and  interesting  insects  found  in  the  United  States  of  North 
America  I  have  egg  masses  of  fertile  eggs,  as  well  as  mounted  speci- 
mens of  the  perfect  insect  to  exchange.  Kejjarding  Tenodera  sinensis, 
see  Ent.  News,  Vol.  IX  (1898)  p.  144— Philip  Laurent,  31  East  Mt. 
AiJv  Ave..  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Wanted. — North  American  Philanthidae  for  study.  Will  determine 
fossorial  Hymenoptera  for  the  privilege  of  retaining  desirable  material. — 
I.  C   Bridwell,  Insectary  M.  A.  C,  Amherst,  Mass. 

Wanted. — Orchids  plants  or  roots  of  them  for  cash  or  in  exchange  for 
brilliant  exotic  Lepidoptera,  such  as  Omilhoptera  Urania  crcesus,  riph- 
eus,  morpho  and  rare  native  species. — Chas.  F.  Timm,  170  Bleeker  St., 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Wanted.— Microlepidiptera,  especially  Tineina  of  North  America. 
Will  giv«*  named  material  in  return  ;  also  Microlepidoptera  and  Coleop- 
tera.    Will  buy  desirable  material.— Dr.  W.  G.  Dietz,  Hazleton,  Pa. 


ii  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  [1906. 

Before  the  season  opens,  I  wish  to  arrange  with  parties  in  the  south- 
ern United  States  and  Mexico  for  the  collecting  of  Buprestidae  and 
Phanceus.    Good  exchange  given. — E.  A.  Klages»  Cralton,  Pa. 

Coleoptera. — I  wish  to  buy  one  or  more  original  collectings  of  beetles 
from  either  North,  South  or  Central  America. — Fred.  C.  Bowditch,  164 
Rawson  Road,  Hrookline,  Norfolk  Co.»  Mass. 

Wanted  for  Cash. — Transactions  of  the  American  Entomological  So- 
ciety, Vol.  Ill  (3).  Will  pay  a  fair  price  for  a  copy  in  good  condition. 
W.  C.  Wood,  51  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York. 

Samia  cynthla  Cocoons  to  exchange  for  live  pupae  and  cocoons  of 
Hyperchiria  io,  Telea  polyphemus,  Triptogon  modesta^  Phiiimpelus 
achemon  or  P.  pandorus.—] onn  H.  Matthews,  3219  N.  Thirteenth  Street, 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Wanted  eggs  of  Anosia  archippus^  living  preferred,  for  the  purpose  of 
making  photographs  for  J.  W.  Tutt's  British  Butterflies. —A.  E.  Tonge, 
Reigate,  Surrey,  England. 

Wanted. — Cicindela  trilunaris,  C.  campestris,  and  Omtts,  matured 
insects.  Also  pupae,  larvae  and  eggs  of  North  America  Cicindela. — F. 
H.  Goodfellow,  Room  611,  42  Broadway,  New  York  City. 

Indian  Insects  in  all  orders  with  full  data  and  in  thoroughly  good 
condition,  chiefly  from  Andaman  Island,  Assam  &  Darjeeling.  Address 
A.  Meik,  4,  Convent  Rd.,  Entally,  Calcutta,  India. 

Ohplicates. — Perfect  diurnals  from  Celebes;  Paps.  Blutnei  Androcles, 
Satospes,  gigon  Veiovis^  Asdalaphus^  etc..  Pap  Backus,  Zagrens,  Peru^ 
ornith^  P.  Miranda  Brookiana,  and  enor.  Wanted — Diurnals  from  Am- 
azon River  and  Philippines  and  offers.  W.  Dannett,  care  A.  P.  Soyer, 
141S  Tribune  Building,  Chicago. 

Lyccena  exills  wanted  in  exchange  for  foreign  Lepidoptera,  or  for 
cash.     Will  take  a  large  number. — Denton  Bros.,  Wellesley,  Mass. 

Wanted. — A  number  of  Experiment  Station  Records  to  complete  my 
file.  Have  considerable  number  of  duplicates  to  offer  in  exchange. 
Send  for  list. — Wilmon  Newell,  Baton  Rouge,  La. 

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following,  chiefly  Cochise  County,  Arizona,  Coleoptera  for  sale : — Cicindela  scutellaris^  10;  nigr^* 
C{rrulea,  50;  pulchrOy  15;  pimetiaria,  i.oo;  /ormosa,  201/u/gida,  10;  tenuisij^nata,  25;  saultyi^ 
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Oncidrres  tessellatus  (new  to  the  I'nited  States  and  the  finest  longicom  I  ever  took),  3.00,  or  5^00 
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can species  the  foUowhig  Arizona  Lepidoptera  :—/f>y^'w«/\y  wiyorri.v,  a  pair,  4.00;  Lrmonias  poh 
w/*//,  35;  Sphinx  or eodaphne^--^\  Kuchaetias  miitina,  ^\  Grotella  binda^  1,00;  StibadiutH  gl»m 
riosuni,  2.50;  Stiria  a/iago,  1.50;  lygrantho'cia  siren,  60;  Asettia  impiora^  50;  Metaponim 
macula,  20;  Acontia  libedis,  40;  Synrdoida  aegtotata,  35;  Melipotis  peflaeta^  25;  Renia  rigido^ 
n.  sp.,50;  Hftrranassa  minor,  y>\  Tornos  scoloPacinarius,  15;  Pyrausta  iora/is,  2Pl  NoctueO^ 
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CONTENTS; 

iiona   and              Towet— A  new  meibad  of  preporinjt 
MwPhfls-          1          lor  study a.S 

Ruins  of  the  Academy  of  Sciences,  San  Francisco,  Gil. 
By  W.  G.   Wright, 

ll'latr  IX) 

This  view  was  taken  during  a  rainstorm  after  the  fire  of 
April  18,  1906,  and  is  more  of  a  sn/e  vievc  than  a  front  view. 
The  street  along  which  men  are  walking  is  Market  Street. 

The  i/iaiti  enlrance  to  the  Academy  is  the  arched  opening 
uitder  the  left  electric  light. 

The  most  of  the  front  of  the  bitildivg  is  fallen  down,  but 
some  three  or  four  windows  of  the  front  part  are  shown  in  the 
photo. 

The  Museum  Building  is  at  the  left,  the  walls  mostly  stand- 
ing nearly  intact,  but  it  is  licked  clean  by  fire,  inside,  and 
probably  is  unfit  for  rebuilding. 

The  space  in  front  of,  or  at  the  right  of  the  Museum  Build- 
ing, and  between  it  and  Market  Street,  was  occupied  by  fine 
stores  on  the  ground  floor,  and  by  suites  of  ofiices  in  the  upper 
stories  ;  from  the  rental  of  the.se  stores  and  ofiices  the  Academy 
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i88  ENTOMOLOGICAL  HEWS.  [June, 

On  some  New  Species  of  Geometrid  Moths  froi 
Arizona  and  California. 

Bv  Georgb  W.  Taylor,  Wellington,  B.  C. 
The  forms,  described  in  the  present  paper,  are  all  of  tl 
apparently  new  to  science.  The  first  named  is  in  the  collecl 
of  the  United  States  National  Museum,  and  for  the  privil 
of  examining  and  describing  it  1  have  to  thank  Dr.  Harii 
G.  Dyar.    The  other  forms  described  are  at)  in  my  own  cabii 

1.  ■<l«nuca  rlrgatk  n.  up. 

This  is  a  very  beautiful  insect  which  I  thou(;ht  at  first  might  be  .^.  n 
daUna  Hulsi.  but  the  arrangement  of  the  lines  on  the  fore-wings  is 
the  same,  and  Dr.  Dyar,  who  hns  kindly  sent  me  a  rough  sketch  of 
type  of  tnagdaUna,  assures  me  that  it  is  not  that  species.  Front 
thorax  pale  yellow,  piilpi  a  little  darker.  Ground  color  of  wings  ora 
yellow.  Fore-wings  with  two  bands  or  stripes,  one  (outer)  running  fi 
the  apex  of  the  wing  to  the  middle  of  the  inner  tnar^n,  and  the  other  (s 
costal]  from  the  junction  veins  7  and  S  to  the  base  of  the  wing.  The  ci 
of  the  first-named  stripe  is  olive  greenish,  bordered  with  a  narrow  d 
red  line  on  the  inner  side  and  by  a  conspicuous  white  stripe  on  the  01 
side.  Towards  the  apex  of  the  wing  the  red  line  becomes  much  wi 
and  the  olive  line  narrower.  The  subcostal  stripe  is  bordered  below 
a  red  line  and  above  by  a  white  band,  which  is  followed  by  a  red  stri 
the  costa  itself  being  of  ihe  ground  color  of  the  wing.  The  submargi 
space  is  orange,  becoming  red  at  the  tomus  ;  fringe  pale  yellow.  T 
hind-wings  are  pale  orange,  the  color  deepening  from  base  outwar 
until  a  reddish  line  is  formed  running  in  a  regular  curve  from  the  api 
angle  to  the  middle  of  Ihe  inner  margin  This  Is  followed  by  a  ps 
shade,  and  again  towards  the  margin  the  color  deepens.  Fringe  pi 
as  on  the  fore-wings.  Beneath,  the  color  is  paler,  the  lines  of  the  f< 
wings  are  reproduced  faintly  and  the  extreme  apex  is  bright  red.  1 
hind-wings  arc  (juite  pale.     No  discal  points  visible  either  above  or  bel< 

Expanse  i%  mm. 

Type. — One  t .     Huachuca  Mts.,  Arizona,  July  16-23. 
U.  S.  Nat.  Musenm. 

2.  Hydrioniflna  moltipniictila  n.  sp. 

Palpi  rather  large  and  stout,  black  on  outside,  grey  on  inner  side  and 
tip.  Front  dark  grey.  Thorax  concolorous  with  fore-wings.  Fore-wl 
with  costa  nlmosl  straight  for  three-fourths  of  its  length,  then  sharj 
curved  so  as  tii  make  a  right  angle  with  the  outer  margin.  Color  of  to 
wing  light  fawn.  In  Ihe  ceiitr.il  area  the  ground  color  is  overlaid  witi 
smoky  shade,  forming  a  band  across  the  wing  but  not  limited  by  lini 


June,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  189 

All  veins  dotted  with  alternate  white  and  dark  brown  dots  as  in  the  sub- 
marginal  area  of  fore-wing  in  Zenophleps  Hgnicolorata.  A  dark  brown 
discal  dot  and  faint  indications  of  two  or  three  parallel  lines  in  the  central 
band.  A  marginal  row  of  black  dots,  one  dot  on  each  side  of  each  vein, 
fringe  concolorous  with  wing.  Hind  wings  smoky  grey,  darker  outwardly. 
In  the  submarginal  area  the  veins  are  dotted  as  in  the  fore-wings.  A 
small  brown  discal  dot  and  marginal  black  dots  as  on  the  fore-wings. 
Under  surface  of  all  wings  darkened  with  smoke  color,  and  on  the  outer 
third  the  veins  are  dotted  as  above.  The  marginal  black  dots  are  also 
reproduced.     Expanse  37  mm. 

Described  from  one  ^ .  Mountains  near  Claremont,  Cali- 
fornia. Collected  by  Prof.  C.  F.  Baker,  who  has  generously 
placed  the  specimen  in  my  collection. 

This  species  has  a  slight  resemblance  at  first  sight  to  Zeno- 
phleps Hgnicolorata^  but  it  may  be  at  once  distinguished  by  the 
thickened  and  flattened  antenna  of  the  male.  In  Zenophleps 
the  antennae  of  the  males  are  pectinated. 

There  is  not  any  other  North  American  Geometer  known  to 
me  to  which  H,  multipundata  bears  any  near  resemblance. 

3.    Hydrlomena  magnificati  n.  sp. 

This  is  a  species  somewhat  resembling  Hydriomena  spedosata 
Packard  but  very  much  larger.  The  type  specimen  has  an 
expanse  of  45  mm.,  while  spedosata  ranges  from  35  to  40  mm. 

The  prevailing  colors  are  black  and  green,  but  in  the  type 
(which  has  been  relaxed)  the  green  tints  have  faded,  as  such 
tints  generally  do,  to  a  light  clay  color. 

Palpi  long,  porrect,  green,  with  spots  of  black,  the  extreme  lip  green. 
Front  green.  Thorax  green  with  black  spots  at  sides  and  a  conspicuous 
black  dorsal  spot.  Abdomen  silky  grey  with  black  dorsal  spots  on  the 
posterior  segments,  the  base  of  the  terminal  tuft  being  also  conspicuously 
black.  The  fore-wings  g^een  with  black  blotches,  which  appear  to  be 
parts  of  six  broken  transverse  lines.  The  extreme  base  of  the  wing  is  also 
black.  The  first  three  lines  are  intradiscal  and  are  separate  and  con- 
spicuous on  the  costa,  but  are  united  with  an  irregularly-shaped  blackish 
blotch,  enclosing  a  green  spot,  on  the  inner  margin.  The  fourth  line  is 
extradiscal  and  is  marked  by  about  five  narrow  black  blotches  on  the 
veins.  It  does  not  reach  the  inner  margin.  The  fifth  line  is  in  the  sub- 
marginal  space  and  consists  of  a  square  black  blotch  on  the  costa,  a  much 
larger  one  between  veins  6  and  4  and  a  third  extending  irregularly  from 
vein  3  to  the  outer  angle  of  the  wing.  The  sixth  line  forms  an  irregular 
margin  to  the  wing.    The  fringe  is  pale  outwardly,  darker  at  base  and 


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cut  with  distinct  black  pencils  of  scales  at  end  of  veins,  a  few  white  scales 
being  on  each  side  of  the  pencils  of  black  ones.  The  hind-wings  are  clear 
grey  with  a  few  dark  marginal  cloudings ;  fringe  pale,  slightly  marked 
with  black  at  ends  of  veins.  Beneath,  the  markings  of  the  upper  surface 
are  rather  distinctly  reflected. 

Described  from  one  $ ,     Cochise  Co.,  Arizona,  March  4th. 

It  is  possible  that  this  very  handsome  species  may  be  in 
some  collections  as  speciosata  Packard,  but  the  true  speciosaia. 
is,  as  pointed  oiit  above,  not  nearly  so  large  and  has  moreover 
an  unspotted  thorax  and  abdomen,  and  lacks  the  reflected 
markings  on  the  under  side  of  the  primaries. 

4.  Hacaria  qnadrifascitta  n.  sp. 

Male  antennae  dentate  fasciculate,  more  like  Philobia  than  Macaria. 
Palpi  and  front  dark  yellow  ochre.  Wings,  thorax  and  abdomen  pale 
yellowish  fawn,  rather  thickly  covered  with  specks  of  a  darker  tint 
Fore-wing  crossed  by  four  lines.  The  basal  curved  out  from'  costa  then 
straight  to  inner  margin.  Intra-  and  extra-discal  lines  are  parallel  to  each 
other  and  to  the  basal  line.  The  distance  between  the  basal  and  intra- 
discal  is  only  half  as  great  as  that  between  the  intra-  and  extra-discal  lines. 
The  submarginal  line  is  quite  straight,  running  from  costa  about  i  mm. 
from  apex  to  the  internal  angle.  Hind  wings  with  three  lines  (basal  ob- 
solete), no  discal  spot,  fringe  concolorous  with  wings.  3eneath,  all  the 
markings  are  reproduced  lines  rather  diffuse;  the  extreme  margin  of 
wings  marked  by  fine  black  points  between  the  veins.     Expanse  32  mm. 

Described  from  one  ^ .  Cochise  Co.,  Arizona,  July  8,  1904. 
The  type  was  badly  broken  in  a  trip  to  Washington  and  back, 
but  the  species  seems  so  distinct  that  I  venture  to  describe  the 
fragments. 

The  type  specimen  has  lost  the  hind  tibia,  I  cannot  therefore 
be  quite  sure  that  the  species  belongs  to  Macaria,  I  think, 
however,  that  I  am  right  in  so  placing  it. 

5.  Enemera  simiiliria  n.  sp. 
Expanse  38  mm. 

This  moth  is  smaller  than  Californian  or  British  Columbian 
specimens  of  E.jutuniaria,  but  about  the  same  size  as  speci- 
mens of  that  species  from  Arizona. 

It  is  very  similar  to  jutumaria  on  the  upper  side,  the  main 
difference  being  in  the  single  extradiscal  line.  In  jutumaria 
this  line  leaves  the  costa  at  about  two-thirds  distance  from 


June,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  I9I 

base.  It  curves  regularly  outward,  being  most  distant  from 
base  at  vein  4,  thence  it  curves  inward  to  the  inner  margin. 

In  siviularia  this  line  commences  almost  exactly  in  the  mid- 
dle of  the  costa  proceeding  towards  the  centre  of  the  outer 
margin  in  an  almost  straight  line  to  vein  5,  then  turning  at  an 
obtuse  angle  and  running  in  a  straight  line  to  the  inner  margin. 

On  the  under  side  the  difference  is  greater.  An  extradis- 
cal  line  divides  each  wing  into  two  parts.  The  outer  half  of 
each  wing  is  very  dark — on  the  hind  wings  nearly  black. 

The  course  of  the  extradiscal  line  on  the  hind  wings  is 
peculiar.  The  ends  of  the  line  are  not  at  the  middle  of  the 
costa  and  the  middle  of  the  inner  margin.  From  each  end  the 
lines  curves  regularly  towards  outer  margin,  forming  an  acute 
angle  on  vein  5,  recalling  the  median  line  on  the  underside  of 
secondaries  in  Gnwcalpe  annellata  or  Marmopteryx  mamiorata. 

Types  I  9  and  i  S  in  poor  condition.  Pasadena,  Califor- 
nia.    Mr.  F.  Grinnell,  July  22  and  29,  1903. 

6.    Enpithecia  helena  n.  sp. 

Palpi  long:  and  bushy,  white,  with  a  few  black  scales,  tip  black. 
Front,  head  and  thorax  dull  white  with  slig:ht  ochre  tint.  Abdomen 
same  color,  but  with  rather  more  of  the  ochre  tint  on  the  anterior 
sejjments ;  the  last  two  segments  greyish.  Dorsal  tufts  small,  black. 
Fore  wings  dull  white,  overlaid  with  brownish  scales.  Basal  area 
blackish.  Basal  line  double.  Intradiscal  line  double,  distinct  on 
costa,  faint  across  the  wing,  regularly  curved,  parallel  with  basal  line. 
The  space  between  basal  and  intradiscal  lines  is  occupied  by  a  broad, 
rusty  brown,  regularly  curved  band.  Extradiscal  lines  double,  white, 
wavy,  very  conspicuous  on  the  costa,  divided  by  a  fine  brown  line ;  the 
inner  white  line  is  marked  on  inner  side  on  each  vein  by  a  black  dot. 
The  course  of  these  extradiscal  lines  is  straight  from  the  costa  to  vein  7, 
then  evenly  rounded  out  to  vein  2,  then  in  2  or  3  scallops  to  the  inner 
margin.  Discal  spots  large  rusty  brown.  Beyond  the  extradiscal  line 
there  is  a  rusty  brown  band  which  is  almost  continuous  from  costa  to  the 
inner  margin.  This  is  bounded  by  a  distinct,  white,  wavy,  submarginal 
line.  The  marginal  space  is  dark  grey.  Marginal  line  distinct,  black, 
hardly  interrupted  at  the  veins.  Fringe  long,  color  of  the  wings,  marked 
at  base  with  faint  brown  spots.  Hind  wings,  color  of  fore  wings,  crossed 
by  7  or  8  dusky  grey  indistinct  lines.  The  outermost  being  the  most 
prominent.  A  submarginal  white  line  and  a  marginal  black  one  as  on 
fore  wings.  Discal  spot  lengthened,  blackish.  Beneath,  white,  with 
indications  of  all  the  lines  as  alone.  The  rusty  brown  bands  of  the  uf  per 
side  show  as  dark  grey  bands  below,  and  there  is  in  addition  a  rather 


192  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  Qune,  'o6 

conspicuous  dark  grey  line  marking  the  inner  edge  of  the  extradiscal 
lines.  In  the  hind  wings  there  are  two  extradiscal  dark  grey  bands,  the 
other  lines  being  represented  by  faint  indications  only.  Discal  spots  on 
all  wings  black,  diffuse  ;  marginal  lines  black,  very  distinct.  Legs  greyish 
white,  the  anterior  pair  banded  with  black,  posterior  pair  wanting.  Ex- 
panse 26  mm. 

Type. — One  specimen  from  Pinal  Mountains,  Arizona,  July 
9,  1900. 

In  coloring  this  species  recalls  E,  nevadata  Packard,  but  in 
the  present  species  the  large  costal  blotch  over  the  discal  spot 
which  is  so  conspicuous  in  nevadata  and  its  allies  is  wanting. 
The  wings  in  helena  are  also  much  rounder,  the  outer  margins 
being  very  full.  In  the  shape  of  the  wings  and  the  arrange- 
ment of  the  markings,  but  not  in  color,  this  species  rather 
nearly  agrees  with  E,  togata  (Hiibner)  of  Europe. 


Autolyca  doylei,  a  new  Phasmid  from  So*  America. 

By  a.  N.  Caudell,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Male. — Elongate,  black,  not  shining,  unarmed  ;  the  entire  insect,  inclu- 
ding the  legs  and  antennae,  covered  with  inconspicuous,  fine,  short  black 
hairs.  Head  as  broad  as  long,  the  posterior  half  of  the  top  and  sides 
yellowish  ;  antennae  black,  longer  than  the  body;  Pronotum  about  one- 
fourth  longer  than  broad  ;  mesonotum  about  one  and  one-half  times  as 
long  as  the  pronotum  and  but  slightly  longer  than  the  metanotum,  inclu- 
ding the  intermediary  segment,  which  is  not  quite  as  long  as  the  metano- 
tum proper.  Abdomen  apically  much  swollen  and,  in  the  only  specimen 
seen,  curved  strongly  upward  ;  segments  1-6  quadrate  or  barely  elongate, 
the  three  terminal  segments  transverse ;  the  scoop-shaped  ventral  pro- 
cess of  the  seventh  segment  is  broad  and  reaches  to  the  tip  of  the  abdo- 
men ;  cerci  stout,  clavate  and  incurved,  as  long  as  the  terminal  segment 
of  the  abdomen  and  descending,  from  beneath  that  segment  at  nearly 
right  angles.  Legs  black,  except  the  ventral  surface  of  the  tarsi,  which 
is  yellowish  brown  ;  anterior  femora  not  noticeably  curved  at  the  base  ; 
all  the  tibiae  areolate  below  and  slightly  longer  than  their  respective 
femora  and  not  quite  twice  as  long  as  their  tarsi ;  all  the  femora,  as  well 
as  the  tibiae,  dully  and  inconspicuously  carinate,  the  posterior  femora 
reaching  nearly  to  the  apex  of  the  sixth  abdominal  segment.  Length  ; — 
pronotum,  4  mm. ;  mesonotum,  5.5  mm.  ;  metanotum,  including  the 
intermediate  segment,  5  mm.  ;  anterior  femora,  13  mm.  ;  intermediate 
femora,  10.5  mm.;  posterior  femora.  15  mm.;  width,  head,  3.5  mm.;  pro- 
notum, 3.5  mm.  ;  basal  segment  of  the  abdomen,  3  mm.;  apical  segment 
of  the  abdomen,  4.25  mm. 


June,  'o6j  entomological  news.  193 

Type  No.  9629,  U.  S.  Nat.  Mus. 

One  male,  taken  by  C.  B.  Doyle,  at  an  altitude  of  2950 
meters  at  Tierra  Adentro,  Central  Cordillera,  Dept.  of  Cauca, 
Colombia,  South  America,  headwaters  of  the  Palo  River,  in 
January,  1906. 

This  interesting  insect,  which  is  named  after  the  collector, 
is  easily  distinguished  from  the  other  members  of  the  genus  by 
the  elongate  form  and  especially  by  the  coloration  of  the  head. 


•«•»• 


A  Rock-boring  Mite. 

By  Nathan  Banks. 

In  the  fall  of  1904,  Prof.  J.  H.  Comstock  sent  me  some 
pieces  of  rocks  taken  from  a  limestone  cliff  that  is  moistened 
by  the  fall  of  water.  The  surface  contained  numerous  small 
cavities  or  pits  of  varying  sizes.  Most  of  them  had  a  narrowed 
orifice,  and  within  each  pit  was  found  a  mite,  approximately 
of  the  size  of  the  pit.  Although,  of  course,  a  mite  of  such 
habits  must  be  called  ''petrophaguSy'  I  have  no  idea  that  rock 
forms  any  part  of  its  diet.  The  surface  of  the  stone  to  a  short 
depth  is  somewhat  softened,  doubtless  by  the  action  of  the 
water,  and  it  is  probable  that  in  the  minute  holes  and  passages 
of  this  softened  area  there  is  growing  some  tiny  plant-organism 
that  forms  the  food  of  this  cave-digging  mite.  From  all 
appearances  the  cavities  are  caused  by  the  mite,  and  increase 
in  size  with  the  growth  of  the  acarian.  Possibly  the  mite  has 
some  secretion  that  aids  in  the  destruction  of  the  stone. 

Remarkable  as  are  the  habits  of  this  mite,  its  structure,  save 
that  it  belongs  to  a  rather  peculiar  genus,  is  not  exceptional. 
This  habit  is  the  necessary  consequence  of  the  conditions  of  its 
existence,  for  if  the  mite  should  try  to  live  free  on  the  surface 
of  the  rock  it  would  be  washed  away  by  storms.  To  escape, 
therefore,  the  ravages  of  the  elements  it  takes  to  the  cyclone 
cellar.  Migration  must  be  performed  over  the  surface  of  the 
stone,  but  it  is  probable  that  the  young  issue  at  a  season  when 
the  stone  is  not  subject  to  heavy  storms. 

On  microscopic  examination  the  mite  is  seen  to  belong  to 
the  family  Oribatidae,  or  beetle-mites,  and  to  the  genus  Scuio- 
vertex  of  Michael.    We  have,  at  least,  one  other  species  of  this 


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ENTOMOLOGICAL    NEWS. 


[June,  ' 


genus  in  our  country,  the  S.  marinus  Banks,  that  occurs  cc:^ 
the  surface  of  boulders  between  tide-marks  along  the  I.oi»-~  — 
Island  shore.  5".  marinus  is  usually  found  in  small  depre  -—^ 
sions  of  the  stone,  but  forms  no  cavities  ;  and  when  the  tide 
out  one  can  find  a  few  wandering  over  the  rock.  Four  specie  2 
of  Scutovertex  are  known  in  England,  one  was  found  in  mos^=^— 
one  on  lichen  near  the  seashore,  and  two  on  algsc  in  fresl^^^ 
water  pools  near  the  seashore.  Michael  has  described  a  sp  — - 
cies  as  taken  from  marine  algse  at  Terra  del  Fuego. 
The  new  species  I  describe  as  follows : 

Scatovertsz  petropluipii  n.  sp. 

Ralher  uniform  dark  brown,  ii  pale  spot  on  middle  of  base  of  abdom  &^ 
above.      Body  moderately  elongate,  roughened  above;  median  area  off-' 


cephalothorax  with 


ridges,  Pseudostigi 
clavate.  A  ribbed 
lamelta-like  area 
around  base  of  ab- 
domen. Abdomen 
above  with  scatter- 
ed rugosities  and  3 

n  te  str  pes  of  inter 
laced  ndges;  at  api- 
cal n  a  g  n  with  4 
sho  t  subequalstifi 

b  -sties  each  side.  The  legs  are  ralher 
long  and  heavy,  the  femora  obliquely 
oughened  above  near  tips,  and  also  on 
he  tocha Iters;  tarsi  very  short,  and 
ry  than  other  joints,  but  one  claw 
each  leg    Venter  finely  and  irregularly 


rugose,  the  coverings  o(  the  apertures  being  longitudinally  rugose.  The 
genital  opening  is  about  as  broad  as  long,  and  scarcely  its  length  in  front 
of  the  larger  and  more  elongate  anal  opening.  The  immature  stages 
have  a  transversely  corrugate   dorsum.     Length  4  mm. 

Inhabits  cavities  in  the  surface  of  wet  rock.  Traghauic 
Falls,  near  Ithaca,  N.  Y.  This  genus  is  best  separated  from 
Carabodes  by  the  fact  that  the  tibiae  of  legs  are  not  pedicellate. 


June.  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  195 

New  Species  of  Butterflies. 
By  Andrew  Gray  Weeks. 

ECMla  klagesii  sp.  nov.  Expanse  2.10  inches.— Head  above  black, 
with  a  white  dot  above  each  eye  and  one  betwixt  the  bases  of  the  an- 
tennae. Antennae  black.  Club  black  above,  beneath  brown,  with  tawny 
tip.  Thorax  and  abdomen  black  or  very  dark  brown  above,  beneath 
tawny  brown. 

Upper  side  of  fore  wing  tawny  brown,  with  black  markings.  Costa 
black.  Half  way  up  the  costa  a  black  band  runs  downward,  across  the 
end  of  the  discoidal  space  to  the  first  submedian  nervule,  where  it  suffu- 
ses toward  hind  margin.  Beyond  this,  on  apical  side,  is  an  area  of 
ground  color  of  the  same  width.  The  apical  area,  representing  one- 
fourth  of  the  total  wing  area,  is  black,  with  a  tawny  brown  dash  in  its 
central  portion.  In  some  specimens,  owing  to  lack  of  any  suffusion,  this 
dash  may  be  called  a  well  defined  spot.  The  hind  ma? gin  is  bordered 
with  black  from  apex  down  to  the  second  submedian  nervule,  and  in 
some  specimens  this  extends  to  lower  angle.  The  inner  marginal  area  is 
dashed  with  black.  The  median  nervure  is  heavily  black  from  the  base 
up  to  the  second  submedian  nervule. 

Upper  side  of  lower  wing  tawny  brown,  with  black  markings.  A  black 
line  one-sixteenth  of  an  inch  wide  extends  from  the  base  of  the  wing 
along  the  costa  nearly  to  the  upper  angle.  The  hind  margin  is  slightly 
dentated  or  wavy,  and  has  a  black  border  one-sixteenth  of  an  inch  wide, 
broadening  somewhat  toward  anal  angle.  From  the  inner  margin  near 
the  base  of  the  wing  a  line  of  interspacial  black  spots  extends  across  the 
wing,  curving  upward  to  the  upper  angle.  These  are,  in  some  specimens, 
quite  indistinct,  owing  to  being  dusted  with  tawny  scales. 

Under  side  of  fore  wing  is  governed  by  the  markings  of  the  upper  sur- 
face. The  black  portions  are  not  so  dense  and  suffused  into  the  ground 
color.  The  band  of  ground  color  running  from  costa  to  hind  margin  is 
more  yellow,  and  the  apical  area  is  tawny  brown.  At  the  apex  is  a  patch 
of  dull  yellow,  crossed  by  a  dark  line  which  extends  down  to  the  lower 
angle  one-sixteenth  of  an  inch  within  the  hind  margin. 

On  the  under  side  of  the  hind  wing,  the  black  line  noted  on  the  upper 
surface,  is  repeated.  Below  this,  the  area  to  the  row  of  black  spots  is  dull 
yellow.  Below  this  spot  the  area  to  the  black  marginal  border  is  light 
tawny.  In  the  black  hind  marginal  border  is  a  wavy  line  extending  from 
the  anal  angle  through  four  interspaces. 

Hab. — Suapure,  Venezuela. 

Variations, — The  chief  variations  are  due  to  the  suffusing  of 
the  ground  color  on  the  black  portion  or  vice  versa.  While 
some  specimens  are  more  or  less  suffused,  thus  have  the  mark- 
ings distinctly  outlined,  I  have  one  specimen  in  which  the 


196  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  Qune,  '06 

row  of  black  spots  on  lower  wing  is  totally  wanting  on  the 
upper  surface,  although  it  is  slightly  in  evidence  on  the  under 
surface.  This  species  could  not  be  found  in  the  large  collec- 
tions of  this  country,  nor  the  British  Museum,  nor  has  any 
description  by  a  previous  author  been  brought  to  light. 

Ithomla  hamlini  sp.  nov.  Expanse  2  inches. — Head  black,  with  a  yel- 
low dot  behind  the  eyes,  also  one  between  the  antennae.  Eyes  surroun- 
ded by  a  yellow  thread.  Antennae  dark  brown,  merging  to  light  brown 
towards  club.  Club  black,  with  brown  tip,  Thorax  above  black,  with  a 
yellow  collar  and  a  yellow  spot  at  junction  of  each  costa  ;  beneath,  lemon 
yellow.    Abdomen  above  black  ;  beneath,  lemon  yellow.     Legs  black. 

Upper  side  of  fore  wing  mostly  transparent,  marked  with  brownish 
black  and  yellowish  transparent  areas.  Costa  black,  edged  with  brown 
along  discoidal  space.  Discoidal  space  transparent,  with  a  yellowish 
tinge.  From  the  base  of  wing  a  dark  club-shaped  dash  extends  upward 
to  centre  of  discoidal  space.  From  the  centre  of  costa  a  broad  brownish 
black  band  extends  downwards  across  the  end  of  discoidal  space,  termi- 
nating at  hind  margin  just  above  the  lower  angle ;  the  nervures  and  ner- 
vules  in  this  band  are  black.  Outside  of  this  band  is  a  broad  transparent 
area,  heavily  dusted  with  lemon-yellow  scales  near  costa.  The  apical 
area  and  hind  marginal  area  are  brownish  black,  with  a  slight  suggestion 
of  lighter  s[>ots  in  the  interspaces  near  margin.  The  median  nervure  is 
brown.  The  inner  marginal  area  below  the  median  nervure  is  brown 
suffusing  to  dense  black  toward  inner  margin. 

The  upper  side  of  hind  wing  has  the  same  colors.  The  hind  mar- 
gin is  bordered  with  a  sixteenth  of  an  inch  brownish  black  border, 
bearing  suggestions  of  lighter  spots  in  interspaces.  Inside  of  this,  toward 
the  base  of  the  wing,  is  a  band  of  brown  extending  from  the  upper  angle 
downward,  and  swinging  across  the  wing  to  the  anal  angle  parallel  to 
hind  margin.  Still  nearer  the  base,  bordering  this  brown  band,  a  darker 
band  runs  across  the  wing  horizontally,  turning  upward  to  the  costa  well 
outside  the  discoidal  space.  The  discoidal  space  and  tfie  area  surround- 
ing it  is  transparent,  slightly  dusted  with  brown  scales.  The  nervures 
and  nervules  are  brown. 

The  under  side  of  both  wings  is  the  same  as  upper  surface,  except  that 
the  interspacial  light  spots  along  the  hind  margins  are  more  distinct,  be- 
ing very  prominent  on  the  lower  wing. 

//ad. — Suapure,  Venezuela. 

VariaHo7is. — The  sixty  specimens  in  my  collection  show  no 
variation  in  size.  The  markings  are  identical  in  shape  and 
location,  but  show  considerable  variation  in  their  density  and 
tendency  to  suffusion.  The  typical  specimen  above  described 
is  a  fair  average. 


June,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  I97 

Thecla  madie  sp.  nov.  Expanse  i.io  inches.  Female, — Head,  palpi, 
thorax  and  abdomen  above,  dark  mouse  color ;  beneath,  light  mouse 
color.  Antennae  black,  with  white  annulation  at  base  of  each  joint.  Club 
black,  with  tawny  tip.    Legs  light  mouse  color,  with  white  annulations 

Upper  side  of  fore  wing  dark  mouse  color.   The  basal  area  slightly  blue. 

Upper  side  of  hind  wing  dark  mouse  color.  Basal  area  light  blue, 
dusted  with  mouse  colored  scales,  shading  off  to  mouse  color  toward 
upper  angle  and  hind  margin.  From  the  lower  submedian  nervule,  ex- 
tends a  delicate  tail  one-eighth  of  an  inch  long,  tipped  with  white,  and 
above  it  a  similar  but  shorter  tail  extending  from  the  submedian  nervule. 
From  anal  angle  a  delicate  white  thread,  following  contour  of  hind  margin, 
extends  toward  upper  angle,  disappearing  almost  midway.  At  anal  an- 
gle is  a  tawny  dot.     Inner  margin  light  gray. 

Under  side  of  fore  wing  light  mouse  color.  A  conspicuous  dark  line 
bordered  with  a  white  thread  on  outer  side  extends  downwards  from  near 
costa  to  submedian  nervule.  The  hind  marginal  area,  for  one-sixteenth 
of  an  inch  inward,  is  somewhat  lighter  than  ground  color,  and  has  sugges- 
tion of  darker  half  circles  in  the  interspaces.  The  inner  margin  is  lighter 
than  ground  color,  gradually  shading  into  it. 

Under  side  of  hind  wing  light  mouse  color.  A  dark  line,  dusted  with 
tawny  and  bordered  by  a  white  thread  on  its  outer  side,  extends  from 
centre  of  costa  to  centre  of  second  submedian  nervule.  then  turning  up- 
wards to  centre  of  inner  margin.  This  line  is  jagged,  with  angles  in  each 
interspace,  and  forms  a  continuation  of  the  line  on  the  fore  wing,  but 
more  fully  developed.  There  is  a  tawny  spot  at  anal  angle,  blackish  at 
angle.  In  interspaces,  between  the  two  tails,  is  another  spot  of  lighter 
shade.  The  white  marginal  thread  of  the  upper  surface  is  repeated.  The 
light  hind  marginal  area  of  under  side  of  fore  wing  is  continued  on  hind 
wing. 

The  hind  margins  have  a  slight  fringe  of  the  ground  color. 

Hab, — Suapure,  Venezuela. 

This  species  could  not  be  found  in  the  larger  collections  in 
this  country,  nor  in  the  collection  of  Druce,  the  British  Mus- 
eum, etc.     It  resembles  T.  cleon  Fabr. 

Thecla  carter!  sp.  nov.  Expanse  .80  inch. — Head,  thorax  and  abdo- 
men nearly  black  above,  with  a  few  light  blue  hairs.  Beneath,  gray. 
Palpi  white.  Antennae  black,  with  indistinct  white  annulations  at  base  of 
each  joint.    Club  above,  black  ;  below,  tawny.     Legs  gray. 

Upper  side  of  fore  wing  nearly  black.  The  space  within  a  line  drawn 
from  a  point  on  inner  margin  just  inside  lower  angle  up  to  centre  of  me" 
dian  nervure  and  thence  to  base,  is  light  blue. 

Upper  side  of  hind  wing  light  blue  at  base,  nearly  white  as  it  approaches 
costa  and  hind  margin.  There  is  a  blackish  border  along  costa, 'extend- 
ing half  way  down  hind  margin.      At  end  of  submedian  nervule  is  a  deli- 


198  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  QunC,  *o6 

cate  thread-Rke  tail,  one-eighth  of  an  inch  long,  tipped  with  white.  Hind 
margin  has  a  delicate  gray  fringe.  The  edge  of  hind  margin  has  a  6ne 
whitish  line,  inside  of  which  is  a  black  thread.  The  submedian  interspa- 
ces show  the  dark  interspacial  markings  of  the  under  side.  Inner  margin 
white. 

Under  side  of  fore  wing  grayish  white,  dusted  with  brown  towards 
base.  One-sixteenth  of  an  inch  within  hind  margin  is  a  wavy  line  of 
blackish  brown  extending  down  to  inner  margin.  The  space  between 
this  and  the  margin  is  light  gray,  with  prominent  interspacial  triangular 
spots  of  blackish  brown,  one-sixteenth  of  an  inch  within  this  line  is 
another  line  extending  from  costa  down  to  second  submedian  nervule, 
the  intermediate  space  being  nearly  white.  There  is  another  similar  line 
running  across  the  end  of  the  discoidal  space  only.  From  this  line  the 
dusting  of  darker  color  increases  towards  the  base. 

Under  side  of  hind  wing  the  same  ground  color.  At  centre  of  costa  is 
a  lunule,  brown  on  its  outer  edge,  white  within  with  a  black  spot  at  its 
centre.  From  upper  angle  a  brown  line  extends  straight  across  the  wing 
to  the  centre  of  the  inner  margin.  Outside  of  this  is  a  space  one-sixteenth 
of  an  inch  wide,  of  light  gray.  Outside  of  this,  the  area  to  hind  margin 
is  dark  brown,  broken  by  a  series  of  interspacial  lighter  brown  semicircles 
near  the  margin,  the  interior  portion  these  semicircles  being  nearly  black. 

The  hind  margins  have  a  thread  of  white. 

Hah, — Suapure,  Venezuela. 

This  species  is  nearly  identical  with  T,  argiva  Hew.,  which 
has  no  tails.  It  is  also  near  T.  tadita  Hew.,  which  is  in  the 
Hewitson  collection. 

Thecla  hoimert  sp.  nov.  Expanse  .95  inch.— Head,  thorax,  abdomen 
above,  black.  Below  gray.  Palpi  gray.  Antennae  black,  with  micro- 
scopic white  annulations  at  base  of  each  joint.    Club  black. 

Upper  side  of  hind  wing  black,  with  slaty  lustre.  At  the  end  of  subme- 
dian nervule  is  a  short  thread-like  tail.  Below  this,  at  end  of  second  sub" 
median  nervule.  is  another  longer  tail,  both  black,  with  a  white  tip. 

Under  side  of  fore  wing  brownish  slate  color.  From  a  point  on  costa, 
two-thirds  distance  to  apex,  runs  a  brick-red  line,  bordered  on  its  outer 
edge  with  a  white  thread,  down  to  submedian  nervule. 

Under  side  of  hind  wing  brownish  slate  color.  The  brick-red  line  of 
fore  wing  is  continued  running  downwards  parallel  to  hind  margin  and 
meeting  inner  margin  just  above  the  anal  angle.  In  the  four  lower  inter- 
spaces this  line  becomes  jagged,  forming  a  series  of  semicircles.  Outside 
of  the  first  two  of  these  semicircles  are  patches  of  brick- red,  the  lower  one 
having  a  black  point  on  its  lower  edge.  At  the  angle  is  another  brick-red 
patch  or  spot,  smaller  than  the  others,  with  a  black  point  on  its  lower 
edge.  Just  within  the  hind  margin,  running  from  anal  angle  to  the  me- 
dian nervure  is  a  white  thread. 

Wings  have  a  slight  fringe  of  the  ground  color. 


June,   '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  199 

/Ia.b, — Suapure,  Venezuela. 

Xliis  species  is  closely  allied  to   T,  pisis  Godm.  and  to  T, 
g^^rgr^phia.     Described  from  six  specimens  in  my  collection. 


Hamelasia  tysoni  sp.  nov.     Expanse  I  inch. — Head,  thorax  and  abdo- 
men  a.bove,  mouse  color.     Below,  gray.    Palpi  white.    Antennae  mouse 
color,   with  minute  white  annulations  at  base  of  each  joint.    Club  black, 
witH  whitish  suffusion  at  base.     Legs  light  tawny  brown. 
U^pper  side  of  fore  wing  mouse  color. 

U'p^per  side  of  hind  wing  mouse  color.   Hind  margin  strongly  dentated. 
At  end  of  submedian  nervule  is  a  slight  tawny  spot. 

U^nder  side  of  fore  wing  light  tawny  brown.  From  a  point  just  beyond 
centre  of  costa  runs  a  tawny  line  across  end  of  discoidal  space,  down  to 
lower  submedian  nervule.  Hind  margin  bordered  with  tawny,  with  a 
s^^^estion  of  a  white  thread.  From  a  point  on  inner  margin  one-six- 
t^^nth  of  an  inch  from  lower  angle  runs  a  black  thread  or  dash  upwards 
to  submedian  nervule.  The  space  between  this  and  hind  margin  is 
^■'^Hitish  near  the  angle. 

U^nder  side  of  hind  wing  light  tawny  brown.  Hind  margin  bordered 
w^ith  tawny,  with  a  white  thread  in  interspaces.  Within  this  tawny  bor- 
der, tiear  base,  is  a  series  of  silvery-white  elongated  spots  forming  a 
pronninent  marginal  border.  The  mner  side  of  these  spots  is  lined  with 
t>laclc.  The  tawny  line  near  centre  of  fore  wing  is  continued,  being  par- 
allel wth  hind  margin  and  curving  upward  to  centre  of  inner  margin. 

f^^h, — Suapure,  Venezuela. 

Inhere  is  one  specimen  of  this  in  the  Druce  collection,  but 
^n^^camined. 

^^'^^ris  loapiire  sp.  nov.  Expanse  .95  inch.— Head,  antenna;,  thorax 
*"*  abdomen  above  blackish  brown.  Beneath,  somewhat  lighter.  Legs 
^'^^  Same. 

^V>per  side  of  fore  wing  dark  blackish  brown.    In  discoidal  space,  near 

~^»  is  a  blackish  spot,  repeated  in  space  below.   Beyond  this  is  another 

sin^ilar  spot  in  the  discoidal  space,  repeated  and  somewhat  larger  in  sub- 

^''^^ian  space  below.      Beyond  this  is  a  third  spot  in  the  discoidal  space, 

'^^    this  last  is  not  repeated  in  space  below.    Outside  of  this  spot  is  a 

"^^>5^<1  blackish  line  of  connecting  interspacial  spots  from  costa  across  the 

^^  of  discoidal  space,  turning  at  median  nervure  and  running  parallel  to 

"^^^  margin  down  to  inner  margin,  near  the  center  of  the  wing  area.   Be- 

y^Tid  this  IS  an  area  of  the  ground  color  and  then  a  prominent  orange  line 

^"^  ^nd  running  from  a  point  just  above  the  centre  of  costa  towards  hind 

"^''gin,  turning  at  median  nervure  and  running  down  to  inner  margin 

^'^^•sixteenth  of  an  inch  in  from  hind  margin,  forming  nearly  a  semicircle. 

^^line,  the  prominent  feature  of  the  markings,  is  broader  at  costa  and 

^^^tninates  in  a  point  at  inner  margin.      The  apical  area,  outside  of  this 


200  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  Qune,  *06 

and  the  hind  marginal  area,  is  the  same  color  as  the  disdoidal  spot, 
blackish. 

Upper  side  of  hind  wing  is  the  same,  except  that  the  spots  suffuse, 
nearly  forming  a  band.  The  orange  band  of  fore  wing  is  continued,  bat 
narrower,  extending  from  upper  angle  to  anal  angle  parallel  to  hind  mar- 
gin.   The  inner  margin  is  of  the  ground  color. 

The  wings  have  a  slight  fringe  of  the  ground  color. 

The  markings  of  the  under  side  of  both  wings  are  similar  to  those  of  the 
upper  surface,  although  slightly  lighter. 


Hab. — Suapure,  Venezuela. 

This  species  resembles  C,  ccecias  Hew. 


HethoneUa  canreri  sp.  nov.  Expanse  1.50  inches.  Male. — Head  black. 
Antennae  black.  Club  black,  with  brown  tip.  Thorax  above  black,  with 
yellow  hairs  at  base  of  wings ;  beneath,  orange.  Abdomen  above 
black  ;  beneath,  orange.     Legs  black. 

Upper  side  of  fore  wing  orange,  black  and  yellow.  Costa  black.  The 
basal  area  within  a  line  drawn  from  near  centre  of  costa  diag^onaJly  across 
the  discoidal  space  to  a  point  one-quarter  of  an  inch  within  the  margin, 
thence  downwards  parallel  to  hind  margin  to  inner  margin  is  orange. 
The  apical  and  hind  marginal  areas,  outside  this  line,  are  black.  In  the 
centre  of  the  black  apical  area,  running  from  costa  diagonally  across  it 
nearly  to  hind  margin  is  a  yellow  band.  Below  the  end  of  this,  in  the 
margin  area,  is  a  yellow  spot,  with  a  suggestion  of  a  smaller  one  below 
it.     Inner  margin  orange. 

The  upper  side  of  hind  wing  is  of  the  same  orange.  Costa  orange. 
From  the  base  a  black  dash  extends  upwards  a  quarter  inch  along  costa. 
The  hind  margin  has  a  broad  black  border,  dentated  on  its  basal  side. 
Within  this  border  are  a  series  of  interspacial  yellow  spots.  Inner  mar- 
gin orange. 

Under  side  of  both  wings  the  same  as  upper  surface,  except  that  the 
coloring  is  not  so  brilliant. 

Female.— \JppQr  surface  of  both  wings  the  same  as  male,  excepting  a 
fuller  development  of  the  markings.  The  yellow  band  of  fore  wing  ex- 
tends or  curves  downwards  to  near  inner  margin,  forming  almost  a  semi- 
circle. There  is  also  a  white  spot  on  margin  at  apex.  The  yellow  spots 
of  marginal  area  of  hind  wing  are  much  more  prominent,  and  a  white  dot 
appears  on  the  margin  at  the  end  of  each  nervule. 

Under  surface  of  both  wings  the  same  as  upper  surface,  except  less 
brilliant. 

Hab. — Suapure,  Venezuela. 

Taken  in  April,  1899.  Not  in  British  Museum,  or  other 
large  collections. 


i 


June*  ,06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  20I 

Hjmpliiliiiii  qniiioill  sp.  nov.     Expanse  1.30  inches. — Head  and  thorax 

above,  dark  brown  ;  beneath,  white.      Abdomen  above,  brown,  slightly 

lighter  than  thorax  ;  beneath,  white.     Antennae  dark  brown,  with  some- 

w^hat  lighter  tip,  and  very  minute  white  annulations  at  base  of  each  joint. 

L^gs  white. 

Fore  wings  above,  creamy  white,  excepting  the  costal  and  hind  margi- 
nal areas,  which  are  light  brown,  with  darker  markings  and  spots.      The 
^ro^vn  of  the  costal  area  is  well  developed,  covering  nearly  all  the  discoi- 
dal  space,  darker  at  costa  than  below.   In  the  discoidal  space  close  to  the 
^^se  is  a  black  dot ;  beyond  this,  near  centre  of  discoidal  space,  is  a  large 
^laclc  spot ;  at  the  end  of  discoidal  space  is  a  black  line,  and  this  line, 
^ith  a  little  of  the  surrounding  brown  area,  extends  downwards  into  the 
^■"^arny  white  ground  color,  forming  a  knob  more  or  less  prominent.  The 
*I^*oa.l  and  hind  marginal  areas  are  light  brown,  edged  with  darker  brown 
^"^    the  basal  side.      Down  the  central  part  of  the  brown  hind  marginal 
*""^a.  runs  a  line  of  interspacial  black  dots.     The  hind  spots  bear  a  dark 
"^^*"cler  distinctly  touched  with  white  at  end  of  the  first  and  the  lowest 
^**^»i:iedian  interspaces.     Inner  margin  creamy  white. 

^f>per  side  of  hind  wing  creamy  white.    The  hind  margin  has  a  gener- 
b>rown  border,  a  continuance  of  the  same  on  the  fore  wing  and  iden- 
in  every  respect,  including  the  interspacial  black  dots,  the  marginal 
^^'^^■^e  markings,  etc. 

e  under  side  of  both  fore  and  hind  wings  is  the  same  in  it^  markings 

^^f^per  surface,  but  the  white  lacks  its  creamy  tinge,  and  the  marginal 

er  is  nearer  mouse  color  than  brown.      The  colorings  of  upper  sur- 

are  repeated  but  decidedly  deadened,  and  this  deadening  of  under 

ce  color  is  too  well  known  to  need  any  detailed  description. 

e  interspacial  dark  marginal  spots  are  more  prominent,  owing  to  the 

^er  back  ground.      The  dark  edging  of  the  hind  margins  is  also  more 

creable,  and  the  white  marginal  spots  of  upper  surface  are  much  more 

rninent. 

-^hiab. — Suapure,  Venezuela. 

Variations, — Barring  variation  in  size,  the  colorings  in  var- 

s  specimens  seem  much  the  same.     The  greatest  variation 

i^  the  **  jutting*'  of  the  brown  costal  area  into  the  creamy 

ite  ground  area  of  fore  wing,  noted  above  as  near  end  of 

^<x)idal  space.     The  density  of  the  brown  of  marginal  border 

^*^o  varies. 

Taken  in  November,  1899.     It  resembles  quite  closely  N, 
f^^^s  Cram. 

OtfJltlS  rielUffil  sp.  nov. — Expanse   1.30  inches.— Head  and  collar 

^^oozy  brown.    Antennae  black.    Club  black  above,   brown  beneath. 

^"^rax  above,  dark  brown,  with  some  dark  gray  hairs  ;  beneath,  white. 


202  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  Qune,  *o6 

Abdomen  above,  dark  brown,  the  segments  edged  with  white ;  beneath 
white.     Legs  black  above,  brown  beneath. 

Upper  side  of  fore  wing  dark  brown.  Below  the  median  nervure  and 
bordering  on  it,  is  a  prominent  semitransparent  white  spot,  nearly  square. 
Above  this,  and  nearly  joining  it,  is  a  small  white  dot  in  the  discoidal 
space.  At  the  bases  of  the  two  interspaces  above  this  large  spot  are  two 
smaller  white  spots  in  a  line  drawn  towards  the  apex.  Below  the  costa, 
two-thirds  the  distance  to  apex,  are  two  small  white  spots,  the  upper  one 
merely  a  dot.     These  make  a  total  of  six  spots. 

Upper  side  of  hind  wing  dark  brown.  A  dash  of  white,  or  rather  a 
series  of  interspacial  white  marks,  extends  across  the  centre  only  of  the 
wing  in  a  line  drawn  from  the  upper  angle  to  a  point  near  the  base  on 
inner  margin.  This  white  area  represents  a  small  portion  only  of  the 
total  wing  area. 

Hind  margins  have  a  slight  gray  fringe. 

Under  side  of  fore  wing  the  same  as  upper  surface,  except  that  below 
the  large  white  spot  is  a  space  of  similar  size,  heavily  dusted  with  white 
scales,  suffusing  towards  the  hind  margin.  A  similar,  though  less  promi- 
nent, dusting  of  lighter  scales  appears  outside  the  two  subcostal  spots. 

The  lower  half  of  under  side  of  hind  wing  is  dark  brown.  Above  a  line 
drawn  from  upper  angle  across  the  lower  edge  of  the  white  spots  and 
ending  near  the  base  of  the  wing,  the  area  is  a  creamy  white,  excepting 
the  costal  area,  which  is  brown.  The  lower  edge  of  this  costal  area  is 
separated  from  the  creamy  white  by  a  line  drawn  from  base  to  upper  an- 
gle, no  suffusion  whatever  being  apparent.  In  this  creamy  white  area 
between  the  semitransparent  spots  and  the  inner  margin  is  a  dash  of 
brown. 

Hab. — Suapure,  Venezuela. 

Described  from  five  specimens  in  my  collection  taken  in  Jan- 
uary, 1900.  The  white  markings  show  no  variation.  This 
species  resembles  C.  lafrenayi  Latr. ,  but  the  white  markings 
on  hind  wing  are  not  so  large,  and  in  lafrenayi  the  direction  is 
from  upper  angle  downwards  parallel  to  hind  margin,  not 
straight  across  the  wing.  The  under  side  of  hind  wing  differs 
in  location  and  extent  of  white  markings. 

Pythonldes  hoyti  sp.  nov.  Expanse  1.80  inches.— Head,  thorax  and 
abdomen  above,  dark  brown,  with  golden  brown  hairs ;  beneath,  light 
brown.     Antennae  dark  brown. 

Upper  sice  of  fore  wing  brown.  Across  the  discoidal  space  is  a  semi- 
transparent  spot  of  peculiar  shape,  straight  on  its  basal  side,  but  forked 
on  its  marginal  side,  forming  a  figure  1^.  In  the  first  submedianint  er- 
space  is  another  similar  spot  somewhat  nearer  the  hind  margin.  Above 
the  upper  point  of  this,  in  the  interspace  next  above  it,  is  a  square  spot. 


June,  *o6]  entomological  news.  203 

In  the  apical  area  are  three  subcostal  elongated  semitransparent  spots, 
the  uppermost  and  lowest  ones  bein^  a  little  nearer  hind  margin  than  the 
central  one.  Near  base,  about  one-third  distance  to  apex  is  an  Indistinct 
band  of  dark  brown  running  from  costa  to  inner  margin.  Another  band 
runs  across  the  two  lower  interspaces  between  the  first  band  and  hind 
margin.  Below  the  subcostal  spots  is  a  dusting  of  dark  brown.  This, 
with  the  band  last  mentioned,  suggests  a  band  across  the  wing  broken  by 
the  white  spots  and  ground  color  at  central  portion  of  the  wing,  this  par- 
tially developed  band  being  continued  on  hind  wing. 

Upper  side  of  hind  wing  brown,  matching  fore  wing.  The  wing  is 
crossed  from  costa  to  inner  margin,  by  two  darker  bands,  these  being 
continuations  of  the  bands  of  the  fore  wing.  The  basal  and  anal  areas  of 
the  wing  are  covered  with  brown  hairs,  causing  an  apparant  suffusion  of 
the  bands. 

Both  wings  have  a  fringe  of  the  ground  color. 

Under  side  of  fore  wing  very  light  brown,  excepting  the  costal  and  api- 
cal areas,  which  are  darker.  The  spots  of  upper  surface  are  repeated, 
also  the  dark  bands. 

Under  side  of  hind  wing  very  light  brown,  the  hind  marginal  and  basa 
areas  being  somewhat  darker.  The  basal  area  is  dusted  with  light  brown 
scales'.    The  dark  bands  of  upper  surface  are  repeated. 

Hab. — Suapure,  Venezuela. 

The  semitransparent  spots  closely  resemble  those  on  P. 
lucullea  Hew. 

Taken  in  the  latter  part  of  January,  1900. 

Pampbila  bobs  sp.  nov.  Expanse  i.io  inches. — Head,  palpi,  antennae, 
thorax  and  abdomen  above,  very  dark  brown,  nearly  black  ;  beneath 
somewhat  lighter. 

Upper  side  of  fore  wing  dark  velvety  brown,  with  no  markings,  except 
very  indistinct  bands  of  a  darker  shade,  noticeable  only  on  close  inspec- 
tion. The  first  crosses  basal  area,  the  second  the  end  of  discoidal  space, 
the  third  the  hind  marginal  area.  In  the  interspaces  along  hind  margin 
is  a  series  of  similarly  indistinct  dark  markings. 

Upper  side  of  hind  wing  very  dark  velvety  brown,  costal  area  some- 
what lighter. 

Under  side  of  fore  wing  lighter  than  the  upper  surface,  the  dark  mark- 
ings being  slightly  more  noticeable.  The  lower  submedian  area  near 
base  and  entire  inner  marginal  area  are  very  light. 

Under  side  of  hind  wing  is  the  same  as  fore  wing,  the  dark  markings  of 
fore  wing  being  repealed.  Owing  to  the  very  dark  shade,  these  mark- 
ings scarcely  show  on  the  upper  surface. 

Hab. — Suapure,  Venezuela. 
Taken  in  January,  1900. 


204  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  Qune,  *o6 

Pamphila  brooksii  sp.  nov.  Expanse  2  inches. — Head  and  palpi,  tawny 
brown.  Thorax  above,  dark  brown,  with  tawny  brown  shoulders;  be- 
neath, tawny  brown.  Abdomen  above,  dark  brown  ;  beneath  while. 
Legs  tawny  brown.  Antennae  dark  brown,  whitish  at  base  of  club.  Club 
above  dark  brown  ;  beneath  dark  brown,  with  whitish  tip. 

Upper  side  of  fore  wing  dark  brown.  Costa  tawny  brown  half  way  to 
apex.  Basal  portion  of  wing  slightly  dusted  with  tawny  brown.  Across 
the  centre  of  discoidal  space  there  is  a  prominent  white  spot.  Below  this, 
in  second  submedian  interspace,  is  another  spot,  but  nearer  the  hind  mar- 
gin ;  still  nearer  the  hind  margin,  in  interspace  above,  is  a  third  white 
spot.  These  three  white  spots  are  of  nearly  equal  size.  Near  the  apex, 
extending  from  costa  downwards  are  three  small  white  spots,  and  a  fourth 
one  still  farther  down.     Hind  margin  has  a  slight  tawny  brown  fringe. 

Upper  side  of  hind  wing  dark  brown  ;  costa  somewhat  lighter.  Hind 
margin  has  a  slight  tawny  brown  fringe. 

Under  side  of  fore  wing  nearly  black,  except  the  costal  and  apical  areas, 
which  are  a  rich  tawny  brown.  The  white  spots  of  the  upper  surface  are 
repeated.  In  the  interspaces  above  the  lower  of  the  four  apical  while 
spots  are  two  black  specks,  one  above  the  other,  showing  a  tendency  to 
transparency  at  their  centres.  In  the  lowest  submedian  interspace,  at  its 
centre,  there  is  a  dusting  of  light  scales.  Hind  margin  is  edged  with  a 
6ne  black  thread. 

Under  side  of  hind  wing  a  nch  tawny  brown,  darker  in  marginal  and 
basal  areas.  In  the  first  and  third  submedian  interspaces  is  a  white  dot 
just  below  the  end  of  the  discoidal  space. 

//ad. — Suapure,  Venezuela. 

Taken  in  the  latter  part  of  July,  1899. 


— •" 


Recently  the  writer  described  a  new  species  of  the  genus  Lichenoch- 
rus  from  Costa  Rica  as  L.  marmoratus  (Proc.  Acad.  Nat.  Sci.,  Phila.,  p. 
814,  1905).  It  has  been  found  that  Sjostedt  applied  the  same  specific 
name  to  a  very  different  species  of  the  genus  from  West  Africa  (  Bihang 
till  K.  Svenska  Vet.-Akad.  Handl.,  xxvii,  afd.  iv.  No.  3,  p.  32),  and,  as 
his  name  has  considerable  priority  over  my  name,  that  of  Lichenochrus 
deciduus  is  proposed  to  replace  L.  marmoratus  Rehn  — ^J.  A.  G.  Rehn. 

PsEUDORTHOSiA  VARIABILIS  var.  PALLiDiOR  n.  var. — Expanse  40  mm.; 
anterior  wings  a  warm  but  not  dark  reddish,  more  yellowish  basally,  with 
the  stigmata  dark,  but  the  bands  of  the  type  absent,  the  two  pale  lines  in 
the  subapical  field  faintly  indicated  against  a  reddish  background.  Glen- 
wood  Springs,  Colorado,  in  Mr.  J.  Mason's  collection.  I  had  taken  it  for 
a  new  species,  but  specimens  from  the  northwest,  kindly  sent  to  me  by 
Dr.  Dyar,  show  that  it  is  only  a  pale  form  of  P.  variabilis. — T.  D.  A. 

COCKERELL. 


June,  *o6]  entomological  news.  205 

Description  of  two  new  genera  and  three  new  species 

of  Aphididae. 

By  Theo.  Pkrgande. 

While  examining  a  series  of  Aphids,  received  by  the  Bureau 

o£  Entomology  of  the  U.  S.  Department  of  Ag^culture,  from 

^^r.   S.  I.  Kuwana,  of  the  Imperial  Agricultural  Experiment 

Station  at  Nishigahara,  Tokio,  Japan,   I  discovered   among 

a  number  of  specimens  of  two  highly  interesting  genera, 

of  which  has  been  previously  discovered  on  the  Island  of 

Ja.\^a.   These  the  writer  takes  the  liberty  of  describing  herewith. 

HIPPONAPHIS  n.  gen. 

This  remarkable  aphid,  which  is  represented  by  a  single  spe- 
,  resembles  in  venation  and  in  the  strongly  annulated  an- 
Tise  the  genus  Schizontura,  but  differs  from  the  latter  in 
"^-'V'ing  antennae  which  are  only  5-jointed  ;  the  two  basal  joints 
^*^<^rt  and  subequal  in  length,  the  following  three  joints  of 
^^^xicst  equal  diameter  and  strongly  annulated  ;  joint  3  is  much 
^*^^    longest  and  longer  than  the  remaining  two  combined. 

I^ead,  including  the  eyes,  narrower  than  the  thorax  and 
7^^c>ader  than  long,  its  frontal  margin  slightly  convex.     The 
discal  ocelli  are  placed  in  front  of  the  eyes,  and  the  third 
at  the  middle  of  the  anterior  edge.      Posterior  tubercle  of 
^^^  eyes  very  small.     Nectaries  represented  by  pores  only,  and 
^^^iiiated  far  back,  apparently  on  the  sixth  abdominal  segment, 
'^il  short,  broad,  semicircular ;  last  ventral  segment  notched 
xniddle  of  posterior  edge. 
Third  discoidal  vein  of  the  front  wings  with  one  fork. 

^»9Mi9ite  Ostyoliii  n.  sp. 

The  note  sent  by  Mr.  Kuwana  is  rather  short  and  unsatis- 
factory ;  it  reads  as  follow  :  **Head  and  eyes  black.    Prothorax 
iark  purplish   yellow.       Dorsal   aspect   of   meso-metathorax 
^Uck.     Abdomen  dark  purplish  brown.     Producing  galls  on 
Ae  leaves  of  Disiychium  racemosum  at  Nishigahara,  October 

^3.  1905." 


2o6  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  Qune,  'o6 

The  antennae  of  the  migrants — the  only  form  sent — reach  about  to  the 
base  of  the  abdomen.  The  two  basal  joints,  as  usual,  shortest  and  sub- 
equal  in  length  ;  the  first  joint  cylindrical  and  originating  on  the  under 
side  of  the  head  ;  joint  2  slightly  the  stoutest  and  broadly  rounded  at  the 
apex ;  the  remaining  three  joints  cylindrical  and  of  almost  equal  thick- 
ness ;  the  third  longest,  longer  than  the  remaining  two  combined,  beidg 
divided  by  from  41  to  44  rather  deep  annulations  ;  the  fourth  longer  than 
the  fifth,  with  from  20  to  24  annulations ;  while  the  fifth  is  divided  by 
from  II  to  15  annulations,  its  terminal  spur  short,  stout  and  truncate  at 
the  apex,  where  it  bears  three  or  four  short  bristles. 

Thorax  about  as  long  as  broad  and  slightly  broader  than  the  abdomen. 
Abdomen  elongate-ovoid,  tapering  posteriorly  and  furnished  on  each  side 
with  four  slightly  projecting  blackish  stigmata  in  front  of  the  nectar  pores. 
Legs  normal  and  provided  with  sparse  short  hairs. 

Wings  pale  dusky,  with  slightly  darker  shading  along  the  veins  ;  the 
costal  cell  and  the  stigma  still  darker,  costa,  subcosta  and  the  veins 
blackish.  The  first  two  discoidal  veins  arise  quite  near  each  other  and 
are  rather  far  apart  at  the  hind  margin  of  the  wing  ;  the  fork  of  the  third 
discoidal  is  unusually  long  and  narrow,  while  at  least  two-thirds  of  the 
stem  of  this  vein  is  obliterated  ;  in  rare  cases  the  fork  is  extremely  short, 
while  occasionally  the  third  vein  is  simple  as  in  Pemphigus,  The  stigma 
is  long  and  lanceolate,  with  the  stigmal  vein  arising  about  the  middle,  its 
basal  half  gently  curved,  the  rest  almost  straight  and  terminating  in  front 
of  the  apex  of  the  wing.  The  two  discoidal  veins  of  the  hind  wings  are 
at  least  three  times  as  far  distant  at  the  base  as  those  of  the  front  wings. 
The  surface  of  all  of  the  wings  is  rather  densely  scaly.  Length  of  body 
about  2  mm.  ;  expanse  of  wings  about  7  mm. 

TRIGHOSIPUUM  n.  gen. 
This  is  another  abnormal  genus  and  undoubtedly  nearly  rela- 
ted to  the  genus  Greenidea,  which  was  properly  established  by 
Schouteden  for  SipJwiiophora  artocarpi  Westw.  Both  of  these 
genera  agree  in  the  very  hairy  nectaries,  a  character  not  ob- 
served in  any  of  the  other  known  genera.  The  principal  dif- 
ferences between  the  two,  in  respect  to  the  nectaries,  are  as 
follows  :  In  Greenidea  the  nectaries  of  the  migrant  and  of  the 
apterous  female,  pupa,  etc.,  are  rather  long,  slender,  almost 
entirely  cylindrical,  or  slightly  narrower  at  both  ends  and  rela- 
tively of  about  the  same  length  ;  whereas  in  the  new  genus  the 
nectaries  of  the  migrant  are  extremely  long  and  cylindrical, 
while  those  of  the  apterous  females  are  short,  very  stout  and 
very  distinctly  fusiform.  This  diversity  in  the  size  and  shape 
of  these  organs  in  the  different  forms  justifies  my  opinion  that 


June,  *o6]  entomological  news.  207 

this  constitutes  a  genus  distinct  from  Greenideay  although 
closely  related  to  it. 

The  characters  of  this  new  genus  are  :  Antennae  of  migrant 
as  long  or  longer  than  the  body,  composed  as  usual  of  six 
joints,  all  of  which,  excepting  the  two  basal,  are  furnished 
with  long  and  bristle-like  hairs,  the  third  being  longest.  Front 
of  head  broad  and  quite  straight ;  posterior  tubercle  of  eyes 
bearing  three  ocelli.  Abdomen  sparsely  hairy.  Tail  short 
and  broadly  triangular.  Nectaries  very  long,  almost  as  long 
as  the  whole  body,  cylindrical,  straight,  curving  outwards 
towards  the  apex  and  profusely  covered  with  long,  bristle- 
like hairs.     Venation  similar  to  that  of  Aphis. 

In  the  apterous  female,  the  whole  body,  including  the  an- 
tennae, nectaries  and  legs,  is  covered  with  stout  hairs  or  bris- 
tles ;  head,  etc. ,  as  in  the  migrant.  Nectaries  short,  or  about 
one-fourth  of  the  length  of  the  body,  stout  and  distinctly  fusi- 
form ;  curved  outwards. 

Only  two  species  exhibiting  these  characters  are  thus  far 
known  to  me.  The  first  of  these  represented  by  migrants, 
pupae,  apterous  females  and  larvae,  was  discovered  by  Dr.  L. 
Zehnter,  January  10,  1902,  at  Salatiga,  Java,  on  Anona  muri- 
cata.     Following  is  its  description  : 

Trichotiphnm  anonfls  n.  sp. 

The  material  representing:  this  species  was,  as  usual,  pre- 
served in  alcohol,  and  for  this  reason  the  original  coloration 
has  vanished.  It  appears,  however,  to  have  been  yellowish 
green  in  the  migrants,  with  the  exception  of  the  greater  part 
of  the  abdomen  above,  which  appears  to  have  been  brown. 

Migrant, — Antennae  6  jointed  ;  the  two  basal  joints,  as  usual,  shortest 
and  subequal  in  length,  the  first  joint  stoutest ;  joint  3  longest,  longer 
than  the  spur  of  the  sixth  joint  and  but  slightly  shorter  than  the  fourth 
and  fifth  combined,  both  of  the  latter  subequal  in  length  ;  all  of  these 
joints  are  furnished  with  rather  long  and  stiff  hairs  ;  there  are  also  from 
four  to  six  small,  transversely  oval  sensoria  near  the  base  of  joint  3.  The 
antennae  are  slender  and  about  as  long  as  the  whole  insect. 

Front  of  head  quite  straight,  slightly  indented  about  the  middle,  and 
furnished  with  about  six  long  and  slender  hairs,  while  similar  hairs  are 
scattered  over  the  upper  surface  of  the  head. 

Head  broader  than  long,  and,  with  the  eyes  included,  broader  than  the 


208  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  Quoe,  'o6 

prothorax.  Eyes  large,  their  pjosterior  tubercle  highly  developed,  each 
bearing  three  ocelli.  The  two  ocelli  on  top  of  the  head  are  placed  dose 
to  the  anterior  edge  of  the  eyes,  while  the  anterior  one  is  situated  on  the 
under  side  of  the  head. 

Rostrum  long,  reaching  to  the  abdomen.  Prothorax  broader  than  long 
and  slightly  broadest  posteriorly,  provided  with  a  few  lateral  hairs  on 
each  side. 

Abdomen  about  one-half  the  length  of  the  body,  its  lateral  edges  quite 
straight,  and  broadest  near  the  region  of  the  nectaries,  the  terniina]  end 
broadly  triangular,  provided  with  sparse  and  fine  hairs,  which  are  still 
more  numerous  along  the  sides  and  on  the  last  segment. 

Tail  short  and  broadly  arcuate,  bearing  a  small  triangular  projection  at 
the  middle  of  the  external  margin,  its  two  sides  being  quite  sharply  ser- 
rate ;  each  side  bearing  apparently  four  bristles,  with  a  few  smaller  ones 
on  its  surface.  The  last  segment  is  broadly  semi-circular,  and  bears  along 
its  edge  quite  a  number  of  still  longer  and  stouter  curved  bristles. 

Nectaries  very  long,  almost  as  long  as  the  whole  insect,  cylindrical, 
straight  and  slightly  curved  outwards  toward  the  apex,  and  covered  pro- 
fusely with  long  and  fine  divaricating  hairs  or  bristles. 

Legs  rather  long  and  slender,  provided  on  femora  and  tibiae  with  stiff 
hairs.  Front  wings  much  longer  than  the  entire  body,  the  venation  re- 
sembling more  or  less  that  of  Aphis  and  Callipterus.  The  first  two  dis- 
coidals  are  distant  at  base  and  about  seven  times  as  widely  separated  at 
the  apex  ;  the  first  vein  is  almost  straight,  whereas  the  terminal  one-third 
of  the  second  vein  is  much  curved  toward  the  base  of  the  win^  ;  the  third 
discoidal  with  its  two  forks  resembles  somewhat  that  of  Callipferus  ;  the 
basal  half  or  less  of  this  vein,  or  the  stem  of  it,  is  obliterated  ;  the  stigma 
is  long,  narrow,  parallel ;  stigmal  vein  gently  curved  and  terminating  at 
the  apex  of  the  wing.  The  hind  wings  are  much  shorter  and  much  nar- 
rower than  the  front  wings  and  have  the  usual  oblique  veins,  which  are 
quite  straight,  far  apart  at  base,  and  more  than  twice  as  far  apart  at  apex. 

The  pupae  have  the  body  and  legs  much  more  hairy  ;  the  hairs  of  these 
parts  are  longer  and  stouter  than  in  the  migrant,  while  those  of  the  tail 
and  end  of  the  body  are  shorter  and  finer.  The  upper  side  of  the  abdo- 
men is  marked  with  numerous  pale  brown  spots  of  varying  size,  followed 
by  a  brown  band,  the  latter  divided  at  the  middle,  and  itself  followed  by 
a  very  large  spot  between  and  touching  the  nectaries.  In  other  respects, 
the  pupae  resemble  the  migrant,  excepting  that  the  nectaries  are  not 
quite  one-half  the  length  of  the  body,  and  are  also  comparatively  stouter 
and  slightly  tapering  toward  both  ends.  The  triangular  point  of  the  tail 
is  also  somewhat  longer. 

Apterous  Female. — Body  pyriform,  the  head,  pro-  and  mesothorax 
being  narrowest,  the  rest  of  the  body  broadly  oval.  Front  of  head 
straight,  or  almost  so,  and  destitute  of  frontal  tubercles.  Eyes  of  the 
usual  size,  their  posterior  tubercle  prominent  and  furnished  with  three 
large  and  rather  globular  ocelli.      Antennse  about  two-thirds  the  length 


June,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  209 

of  the  insect ;  joints  3  and  6.  including  the  spur,  longest  and  subequal  in 
length,  each  of  them  about  as  long  as  joints  4  and  5  combined  ;  the  fifth 
slightly  longer  than  the  fourth  ;  all  except  the  spur  are  provided  with  a 
few  long  stiff  hairs  or  bristles.  Tail  and  end  of  body  as  in  the  migrant ; 
nectaries  much  shorter  than  in  either  the  mjgrant  or  pupa,  or  only  about 
one-fourth  the  length  of  the  body,  rather  stout  near  the  middle,  tapering 
toward  each  end  and  curved  outwards.  Abdomen  without  spots,  the 
whole  body,  including  the  nectaries  and  legs,  profusely  provided  with 
stiff  hairs  or  bristles,  similar  to  those  of  Chaitophorus.  Length  about  1.4 
mm.  ;  diameter  across  the  abdomen  about  0.8  mm. 

Trichosiphnm  kuwane  n  sp. 

Among  the  material  of  aphids  sent  by  Mr.  S.  I.  Kuwana,  of 
the  Imperial  Agricultural  Experiment  Station,  Nishigahara, 
Tokio,  Japan,  were  found  three  parcels  of  alcoholic  specimens 
of  apterous  females,  larvae  and  a  few  pupae  of  this  species, 
though  none  of  the  migrants.  All  were  found  living  upon 
Querais  serrata  on  the  27th  and  29th  of  June,  and  on  the  2nd 
of  August,  1905.  Those  taken  in  June  are  stated  to  be  of  a 
deep  black  color,  whereas  those  obtained  in  August  are  said 
to  be  reddish  brown.  An  examination  of  the  entire  material 
convinces  the  writer  that  all  of  them  belong  to  the  same  spe- 
cies, which  he  herewith  takes  pleasure  in  dedicating  to  Mr. 
Kuwana. 

This  is,  therefor,  the  second  female,  in  which  the  nectaries 
of  the  apterous  females  are  short,  stout  and  fusiform. 

Apterous  Female. — Antennae  about  one-half  the  length  of  the  body  ; 
joints  3-6,  including  the  spur,  varying  more  or  less  in  length  in  different 
specimens  and  frequently  in  the  same  individual  ;  the  third  joint  as  usual 
is  longer  than  the  two  following  joints  combined,  the  latter  subequal  in 
length.  All  of  the  joints,  excepting  the  spur,  are  provided  with  long, 
stiff  bristles.  Front  of  head  broad  and  quite  straight.  Eyes  large,  their 
posterior  tubercle  much  elongated  and  bearing  three  large  ocelli  at  the 
end  ;  sides  of  the  thorax  quite  straight,  broadening  more  or  less  distinctly 
posteriorly,  while  the  abdomen  is  almost  circular  in  outline.  The  legs 
are  rather  long  and  stout,  and  like  the  rest  of  the  insect,  profusely  covered 
with  stout  stiff  bristles.  Nectaries  usually  somewhat  longer  than  the 
third  antennal  joint,  or  about  one-half  as  long  as  the  abdomen,  stout,  tap- 
ering toward  each  end  and  curved  outwardly,  covered  with  numerous 
long  bristles  and  minute  spines. 

Tail  short,  broadly  triangular,  bearing  a  short  triangular  point  at  the 
centre  of  the  posterior  edge,  densely  covered  with  minute  sharp  points 
and  furnished  on  each  side  with  three  or  more  long  stout  bristles.      Last 


2IO  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  Qune,  'o6 

ventral  segment  broadly  emarginate.  In  the  older  specimens  the  colora- 
tion appears  to  be  quite  uniform,  whereas  in  younger  females,  there  are 
six  irregular  rows  of  large,  oval  or  roundish  dusky  or  brownish  spots  on 
the  abdomen,  interspersed  with  numerous  smaller  spots  of  two  sizes,  each 
of  the  latter  bearing  a  slender  black  hair ;  there  are  also  four  large  lateral 
spots  in  front  of  the  nectaries,*  while  the  head  and  thorax  are  entirely  of  a 
dark  color  ;  there  are  also  two  pairs  of  dark  spots  on  the  meso-  and  meta- 
thorax,  the  anterior  pair  on  each  of  these  segments  being  much  tht 
smaller  and  transversely  linear. 

The  larvae  are  very  much  elongated,  their  lateral  margins  quite  paral- 
lel ;  the  body  is  also  more  or  less  distinctly  spotted,  and  the  hairs  of  the 
abdomen  are  rather  long  and  slender.  Nectaries  short,  about  the  length 
of  the  posterior  tarsi,  stout  at  base,  elongate^conical,  not  reaching  to  the 
end  of  the  abdomen  ;  just  behind  each  of  them  is  a  stout  and  conical, 
lateral  tubercle,  about  one-half  the  length  of  the  nectaries,  bearing  at  the 
apex  a  long,  slender,  backwardly  directed  bristle,  while  a  similar  though 
smaller  pair  of  tubercles  is  situated  at  the  posterior  margin  of  the  follow- 
ing segment.     The  last  dorsal  segment  is  broadly  triangular. 

The  pupae  are  spotted  similarly  to  the  younger  apterous  females,  and 
are  also  very  hairy,  though  the  nectaries  are  longer,  quite  slender,  though 
still  somewhat  fusiform. 


Texas  Notes — L 

By  E.  Dwight  Sanderson. 

I.     Omileus  epicccroides  Lee. — A  snout  weevil  injurious  to 
peach  foliage.     Injury  by  this  species  to  peach  foliage  was 
first  called  to  our  attention  by  two  correspondents  in   East 
Texas  early  in  March,    1904.     The  beetles  were  reported  as 
seriously  injuring  the  foliage  of  young  peach  trees.    The  same 
insect  had  done  similar  injury  the  year  previous.      Examina- 
tion showed  them  to  be  wingless,  and  their  control  therefore 
appeared  simple.      The  insects  seemed  most  numerous  during 
the  first  ten  days  of  April.      Visiting  Dialville,  in  the  heart  of 
the  peach  l>elt,  on  April  29th,  we  found  them  still  abundant. 
The  foliage  had  been  eaten  much  as  by  Lachnostema.      The 
sexes  had  been  mating  for  some  time.    The  beetles  were  shaken 
from  the  trees  with  great  difficulty  so  that  jarring  was  not 
feasible.    They  were  noticed  most  commonly  on  tender  sprouts 
from   oak   stumps.     It   developed    that   they   were   injurious 
almost   entirely  on  or  adjoining   newly  planted   orchards  on 
land  just  cleared  off  and  surrounded  by  oak.      It  seems  to  us 


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ENTOMOLOGICAL  1 


■evident  that  the  normal  food  plant  is  oal:.  A  band  of  "  tan- 
glefoot "  was  placed  around  the  trunks  of  several  trees  at 
evening,  as  the  beetle  seems  to  feed  at  night  mostly,  and 
several  beetles  placed  at  the  bottom  of  each  tree.  Out  of 
eight,  three  were  found  covered  with  the  sticky  mixture  at 
the  base  of  one  tree  and  none  upon  it.  There  is.  no  doulit. 
that  such  a  band  placed  on  trees  about  March  ist  will  entirely 
protect  them.  Where  they  are  already  upon  the  trees,  thor- 
ough spraying  with  strong  arsenate  of  lead  or  Paris  green, 
one-half  pound  per  barrel,  was  reported  as  effective. 

The  habits  of  the  weevils  seem  to  be  mnch  like  those  known 
of  the  imbricated  snout  weevil  { Epictenis  imbricalus') .  which 


this  weevil  quite  closely  resembles.  The  eggs  are  laid  upon 
fallen  foliage  or  rubbish,  the  leaf  being  folded  over  them,  iu 
bunches  of  from  two  to  nine,  thirty-five  averaging  four  each. 
While  ovipositing  the  females  remain  mostlyupon  the  ground, 
feeding  but  little,  while  the  males  are  in  the  trees  and  occa- 
sionally descend  to  them.  In  no  ease  were  they  observed  go- 
ing into  the  loose  soil.  Two  females  laid  50  and  60  eggs.  The 
eggs  hatch  in  from  three  to  eight  weeks,  averaging  alxiut  a 
month,  hatching  mostly  about  the  middle  of  May.  The  larvje 
feed  upon  roots,  probably  of  the  oak,  but  we  were  unable  to 
I  rear  them. 

This  species  was  first  described  by  LeConte  and  Horn  in 


212  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  [June,  'o6 

their  Monograph  of  the  Rhyncophora  from  Texas,  1876  ;  since 
then  we  have  seen  no  published  record  of  the  species  as  of 
economic  importance. 

The  close  resemblance  of  this  speciee  to  our  common  imbri- 
cated snout  beetle  {Epicarus  imbricatus)  led  the  writer  to 
question  whether  or  not  it  too  might  be  wingless,  in  which 
case  the  same  means  of  control  would  obviously  be  available. 
No  description  of  the  wings  could  be  found,  or  any  mention 
as  to  whether  they  were  functional  or  not.  Mr.  E.  A. 
Schwarz  of  the  National  Museum,  therefore,  kindly  examined 
some  specimens  at  my  request  and  writes  me  :  **  I  have  exam- 
ined several  specimens  of  our  common  Epicarus  imbricatus  and 
fail  to  find  any  trace  of  hind  wings.  Moreover,  the  elytra  are 
connate,  the  humeri  absent  and  the  metasternum  short,  all 
characters  indicating  a  wingless  genus.  Dr.  D.  Sharp,  in  the 
Biologia  Centrali-Americana,  divides  the  family  Otiorhynchi- 
dae  into  two  divisions,  the  winged  ones  and  the  wingless 
genera.  The  genus  Epiccerus  is  placed  among  the  latter.  *  *  So 
there  is  still  something  to  be  learned  about  our  most  common 
beetles.  Lacking  wings,  the  imbricated  snout  beetle  should 
also  be  readily  controlled  and  kept  from  ascending  fruit  trees 
by  means  of  sticky  bands  around  the  trunks. 

2.  The  Texas  Grape  Fidia  {Fidia  cana).  Specimens  of 
this  leaf  beetle  were  received  May  17,  1904.  from  D.  Garner, 
Dripping  Springs,  Hays  County,  Texas,  who  reported  them  to 
be  ruining  his  grape  crop.  May  29th  he  wrote  us  :  **The  first 
I  knew  of  it,  it  was  riddling  the  tender  leaves  before  the  vines 
bloomed.  As  soon  as  the  fruit  was  set  they  were  at  work 
upon  it.  When  we  spray  our  vines  they  get  inside  of  compact 
bunches  and  bite  the  berries  near  the  stem.  They  appear  to 
have  the  trait  of  *  sulling  *  or  dropping  to  the  ground  as  does 
the  curculio.**  Specimens  of  their  work  sent  showed  the 
leaves  badly  eaten,  and  the  berries  gnawed  exactly  as  is  done 
by  the  grape  root-worm  {Fidia  viticida)  of  the  east.  So  far 
as  recorded,  F.  cana,  as  we  determined  the  insect,  is  peculiar 
to  Texas,  and  it  seems  probable  that  it  may  prove  equally 
troublesome  to  grape  growers  there. 

3.  The  Southern  Com  Root- worm  {Diabrotica  i2'punctata 


June,    'o6'l  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  213 

Oli V.  ) ,  The  larvae  of  this  beetle  caused  considerable  injury  to 
young  com  early  in  April,  1903,  through  central  Texas.  In 
the  ^^vorst  injured  field  at  College  Station,  the  larvae  were 
foiand  working  upon  the  roots  of  Johnson  grass,  where  they 
seemed  to  be  older  than  on  corn.  About  one-third  of  the  hills 
of  cx>ni  were  killed  and  a  considerable  acreage  was  replanted. 
Several  nearly  full  grown  larvae  were  placed  in  breeding  cages 
and  pupated  about  April  29th.  One  beetle  emerged  from 
these  May  12th. 

January  16,  1904,  the  adults  were  found  very  numerous  upon 
^l^alfa.  Females  of  this  lot  examined  had  well-developed 
^Srgrs.  They  were  again  destructive  to  garden  stuff,  especially 
snap  beans  the  first  week  in  April,  but  the  larvae  did  not  do 
*^iioh  injury  to  corn.  The  adults  of  the  second  generation 
'^^^re  numerous  May  6,  1904.  (For  the  best  account  of  this 
^P^oies  on  com  in  the  South,  see  Quaintance,  Bulletin  26,  n.  s. , 
^iv.   Entomology.  U.  S.  Dept.  Agr.,  p.  35). 


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J  THINK  the  editors  of  Entomological  News  should  be  proud  of  their 

journal.     I  notice  the  April  number  has  four  full  plates  and  15  to  20  text 

"STUres.     Is  there  any  entomological  journal  published  at  twice  the  price 

^nat  ean  beat  that?  Aldrich's  plate  is  a  work  of  art.— E.  B.  Williamson. 

^»*HiSMA  TROPiCALis  Guen^e,  in  Fairmount  Park. — 1   exhibited  this 

Jl^oth    at  a  recent  meetin^^  of  the  American  Entomological  Society,  not 

^virj^  determined  it.      Mr.  William  Beutenmuller  who  was  present  at 

^  >^eeting  wrote  me  a  few  days  after  as  follows  :  "The  strange  Nocluid 

^"^    Fairmount  Park,  exhibited  at  the  last  meeting  of  the  Society,  is 

^^^ma  tropicalis  Guen^.      The  species  is  subject  to  considerable 

*^^tion,  and  we  have  one  specimen  from  Jalapa,  Mexico,  in  our  col- 

^^*Oti,  almost  exactly  like  it.     We  also  have  specimens  from  Coatepec, 

.^^^co;  Aroa.  Venezuela  and  Rio  Janeiro,    Brazil."    The  "Biologia" 

P^^^    the  following  distribution :  Panama,   Colombia,   Guiana,    Brazil, 

}'^^.     The  moth  was  captured  by  Mr.  Herman  Hornig  on  the  evening 

P  '^Ugust  5,  1905.      He  gives  the  following  account :  **  It  was  caught  at 

.**^niounix,  Fairmount  Park,  Philadelphia.      The  flight  of  the  moth  is 

•  n:)i1^]'  to  that  of  the  Sphingidae,  the  wings  supporting  the  body  while 

^^ing,  the  food  in  this  case  being  well  fermented  molasses.     It  was 

^^8ht  about  8.10  P.M.**      It  is  difficult  to  tell  whether  the  moth  was  only 

^^  accidental  find,  brought  here  by  commerce,  or  whether  it  has  obtained 

^^^thold  like  the  big  Mantid,  Tenodera  swensis.— Henry  Skinner. 


214  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Juoe,  'o6 

Notes  on  Mosquitoes* 

By  Dr.  S.  E.  Weber,  Lancaster,  Pa. 

(Plate  X) 

Gnlaz  pipiens  Linnaeus. 

This  domestic  species  which  loves  human  habitations,  and  is 
found  throughout  the  greater  portion  of  the  civilized  world,  is 
the  commonest  mosquito  about  Lancaster  and  other  localities 
in  Pennsylvania.  It  is  still  looked  upon  as  breeding  in  rain 
barrels  or  any  other  receptacle  containing  fresh  water,  but  I 
have  long  known  this  species  and  most  of  its  varieties  and 
some  closely  allied  forms,  as  barn-yard  mosquitoes  breeding 
in  manure  water.  In  the  plate  is  shown  a  typical  breed- 
place,  where  a  suflScient  number  of  eggs  were  deposited  every 
da>'  during  the  season  to  more  than  supply  each  inhabitant  of 
the  city  with  a  mosquito  of  this  species  alone,  aside  from  the 
more  dangerous  species  of  Anopheles  and  others.  The  obser- 
vations made  in  this  combination  of  neglected  door  yards  and 
manure  yards  for  three  stables  during  the  summer  of  1904  and 
1905  show  the  percentage  of  adults  produced  from  a  certain 
number  of  eggs  deposited  to  be  suflScient  also  to  supply  the 
eastern  section  of  Pennsylvania  with  C.  pipiens  mosquitoes. 

In  one  yard  was  found  a  nest  of  3  rain  barrels,  in  the  other 
were  two,  making  5  rain  barrels,  3  manure  piles,  3  water 
closets  and  some  tin  cans,  agate-ware  pots,  etc.,  containing 
water  with  larvae.  In  the  left  hand  corner  of  the  stable  yard 
is  shown  a  portion  of  a  manure  pit  containing  water  from 
which  a  one  gallon  dip,  taken  last  October,  brought  over  2000 
C.  pipiens  larvae,  which  furnishes  an  idea  of  its  contents.  The 
water  in  one  of  the  rain  barrels  when  first  seen  was  so  packed 
with  larvae  that  for  over  one- half  inch  from  the  surface  it  was 
about  the  consistency  of  gelatine.  One  of  the  most  interesting 
facts  with  reference  to  the  breeding  habits  in  the  rain  barrel  as 
compared  with  the  manure  water  is  the  choice  of  the  various 
species  or  varieties  of  species  under  the  shield  of  C.  pipiens. 
In  the  number  of  larvae  mentioned  there  were  14  distinctively 
characterized  species,  which  resulted  in  five  separate  forms  of 
adults  which  were  not  found  breeding  in  the  rain  barrels  so 
close  by. 


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June,  *o6]  entomological  news.  215 

The  first  appearance  of  C,  pipiens  in  the  season  of  1905  was 
noticed  in  the  evening  of  April  14th.  In  1906  it  appeared 
April  17th  ;  the  first  deposit  of  eggs  was  made  April  21st — 2 
masses — hatched  April  28th.  Three  masses  of  April  28th 
hatched  April  30th  ;  on  the  latter  date  4  masses  were  deposi- 
ted ;  May  2nd,  10  masses;  May  3rd,  17th  and  May  14th,  33 
masses  in  one  rain  barrel.  Let  us  note  the  ^%%  deposits  in  one 
barrel  throughout  the  season  of  1905  :  On  May  9th  (the  first 
deposit),  2  masses;  May  loth,  10  masses,  then  more  or  less 
every  day,  and  a  few  cool  days  no  deposits.  In  June  the  high- 
est number  deposited  was  16  masses.  In  July  the  number 
reached  from  18  to  30,  and  in  some  prolific  depositing  periods 
through  the  month  of  August,  34  were  found.  A  count  of  34 
masses,  September  loth,  showed  6962  eggs  as  the  deposit  of  a 
single  night ;  October  ist,  26  masses,  6554  eggs ;  October  2nd, 
38  masses,  6525  eggs.  Egg  laying  now  decreased  to  6  or  more 
masses,  some  days  none,  and  on  a  warm  day,  as  October  loth, 
21  masses — 4429  eggs  ;  no  more  deposits  from  that  on  to  Octo- 
ber 15th,  :>3  masses;  then  October  17th,  12  masses;  October 
2oth,  4  masses ;  October  25th,  6  masses.  No  eggs  were  de- 
posited from  the  last  date  until  November  ist,  7  a.m.,  1905, 
which  was  the  last  deposition  of  the  season,  and  was  made  in 
a  bucket  containing  manure  water.  The  last  deposition  which 
took  place  in  1904  was  2  masses  on  October  31st. 

The  time  of  ^%%  laying  changes  with  the  stage  of  the  season. 
Most  of  it  is  expected  in  the  early  morning  hour.  In  spring 
it  does  not  occur  as  early  as  in  mid  summer,  in  the  latter 
part  of  August  it  is  already  at  about  6  a.m.  that  the  last  de- 
positions are  noted,  and  by  the  closing  of  the  season  7  a.m., 
and  a  deposition  has  been  found  as  late  as  10  a.m.  in  the  latter 
part  of  October,  but  at  no  time  have  I  observed  any  deposits 
in  day  time  during  the  summer. 

The  minimum  duration  of  the  entire  life  round  for  C.  pipiens 
as  observed  during  the  month  of  July  was  eight  days  and  nine 
hours.  This  is  possibly  the  shortest  period  on  record  for  this 
species.  The  mass  was  composed  of  392  eggs  and  was  remark- 
able for  its  percentage  of  production,  which  was  365  adults — 
159  males  and  206  females,  and  still  more  remarkable  is  the 


2i6  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  (June,  'o6 

fact  that  they  were  bred  in  a  rain  barrel  which  had  been  re- 
cently used  for  petroleum.     The  atmospheric  conditions  and 
environment  are  the  main  features  in  the  diflFerent   stages  of 
the  life  history,  which  varies  greatly  according  to  these  influ- 
ences.     This  species  is  possessed  with  a  high  degree  of  tena- 
city, as  shown  by  experiments  which  can  not  receive  mention 
here.     Its  power  of  resistence  to  cold  is  unusual.      In  a  collec- 
tion of  26  masses  of  eggs,  October  12,  1904,  12  masses  hatched 
October  15th  ;  5  more  hatched  on  October  i8th,  and  the  rest 
became  water  logged.     These  larva  were  kept  for  winter  ob- 
servation.     On  the  morning  of  November  i,  1904,  a  rain  bar- 
rel was  found  frozen  over,  the  ice  being  about  >^  inch  thick, 
with  the  larvae  imbedded  and  apparently  lifeless.       Some  were 
taken  in  the  house  and  thawed  out,  while  others  were  left  in 
the  barrel  to  thaw  out  through  the  day.     Of    100   larva  so 
treated  only  3  were  found  dead,  which  was  apparently  due  to 
injury  between  the  cakes  of  ice.     The  other  larvae  in  the  same 
barrel  seemed  not  affected,  more  than  a  check  to  their  usual 
activity.    On  November  12th  the  barrel  was  again  frozen  over 
and  57  larvae  were  taken  out,  which  were  solidly  imbedded  in 
ice  ;  after  thawing  out,  5  were  dead  from  injury,  and  the  bal- 
ance were  as  lively  as  before.      The  larvae  now  diminished  in 
numbers.     Through  flooding  of  the  barrel  the  remainder  were 
lost.    Of  the  52  taken  from  the  barrel  after  being  frozen  twice, 
twenty  were  found  dead  November   15th.     From   November 
17th  to  22nd  there  were  9  pupations  :  i  on  the  former  and  5 
on  the  latter  date,  though  first  issues  were  November  24th,  i 
i  and  I   9  .       The  last  issue  occurred  December  12th,  with  a 
total  of   14  adults,   7  %  and  7  9  ,   after  being  frozen   twice. 
This  is  not  the  least  this  species  or  varieties  of  the  same  will 
endure  since  I  have  made  numerous  other  observations,  and  in 
some  instances  they  have  even  been  allowed  to  freeze  in  ice 
from  three  to  four  times  in  larval  and  pupal  state,  and  have 
come  to  maturity.     In  one  instance  a  particular  variety  of  a 
generation  hatched  September  25,  1905,  305  larvae  were  en- 
tirely frozen  in  ice  on  the  nights  of  November  2,  3,  11  12  and 
13  :  for  the  first  four  days  they  were  thawed  out  by  noon  of 
each  day,  but  on  the  last  day  of  freezing  remained  in  the  ice 


June,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  21 J 

for  over  24  hours.  After  all  these  hardships  the  larvae  were 
lively,  and  were  now  taken  indoors,  but  in  a  few  days  most  of 
the  number  died.  A  small  number  survived,  which  pupated, 
and  by  December  9th  i  %  and  i  9  issued ;  after  being  per- 
fectly dried  up  in  a  bucket  for  one  week  15  larvae  were  found 
dead,  and  from  7  pupae  in  the  same  condition  issued  3  %  and 
4  9  on  December  16  and  17,  1905.  The  same  is  practically 
true  of  another  generation  of  a  different  variety  of  the  same 
species,  which  was  allowed  to  go  through  the  same  process  at 
the  time. 

The  last  larvae  from  masses  of  October  12,  1904,  died  Febru- 
ary 14,  1905.  The  last  larvae  and  pupa,  which  died  and  were 
from  the  season  of  1905,  were  from  eggs  deposited  October 
9th  in  the  evening,  and  hatched  October  14th,  died  March  10, 
1906  ;  this  extends  the  period  of  prolonged  larval  existence  to 
almost  5  months.  This  is  not  only  a  feature  in  winter,  but 
may  occur  in  regular  season,  when,  from  want  of  food,  larval 
life  may  be  extended  4  or  six  weeks  and  over. 

Some  of  the  species  associated  with  C.pipiens  in  rain  barrels 
of  the  yards  in  question  were  C  restuans  Theo.,  C  ierritans 
Walk.,  C.  salinarius  Coq.  and  Anopheles punctipennis  Say. 

Observations  of  extremely  interesting  character,  with  refer- 
ence to  larvae  and  adults,  is  a  record  of  50  ^%%  masses  of 
Culex  pipiens,  including  the  study  of  antecedents  and  progeny. 
The  total  number  of  eggs  was  15,056,  which,  under  various 
conditions,  produced  7959  adults,  of  which  3984  were  males 
and  3975  were  females. 

(To  be  continued) 


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A  New  Cantharis. 

By  Henry  Skinner. 

Cantharis  pilsbryi  n.  sp  —Black,  shining,  head  with  a  red  spot  in  the 
centre ;  sides  of  thorax  red.  Head  convex  and  shining,  with  but  few 
punctures,  hind  angles  obtuse.  Thorax  nearly  round,  slightly  convex, 
with  few  punctures.  Elytra  moderately  robust,  black,  feebly  shining. 
This  species  is  of  the  same  size  as  deserticola^  and  the  elytra  have  practi- 
cally the  same  character  of  reticulation.  The  red  spot  in  the  centre  of 
the  head  and  the  red  sides  of  the  thorax  distinguish  it  from  the  other  spe- 
cies.    Length  22  mm. 

Described  from  five  specimens  taken  by  Prof.  H.  A.  Pilsbry 
at  High  Bridge,  Pecos  River,  I'exas,  April  27th. 


2l8  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [June,  'o6 

A  New  Method  of  Preparing  Wings  and  Other  Parts 

of  Insects  For  Study. 

By  W.  V.  Tower,  B.  S.,  Amherst,  Mass. 

In  Entomological  News  for  January,  1905,  page  28, 
there  appeared  a  note  referring  to  some  mounts  of  Lepidoptera 
prepared  by  Dr.  P.  P.  Calvert  to  show  the  venation  of  the 
wings.  For  this  purpose  he  used  a  ten  per  cent,  solution  of 
caustic  potash  as  a  bleaching  agent,  after  which  the  wings 
were  washed  and  then  stained  in  a  watery  solution  of  Bor- 
deaux red  for  twenty- four  hours.  Upon  removal  from  the 
stain  they  were  washed,  floated  onto  cards  and  allowed  todr>-. 

Several  trials  of  this  method  failed  to  give  satisfactory  re- 
sults, and,  thinking  there  was  a  chance  for  improvement,  a 
number  of  experiments  were  carried  on  at  the  Bntomological 
Laboratory  of  the  Massachusetts  Agricultural  College,  which 
gave  the  following  results  : 

Methods. 

1 .  Place  the  wings  to  be  bleached  in  a  crucible  partly  filled 
with  hydrogen  peroxide  and  cover  ;  boil  until  the  scales  are 
thoroughly  bleached,  then  wash  in  water  and  then  in   seventy 
per  cent,  alcohol  fifteen  minutes  in  each.     While  the  wings 
are  washing  smooth  out  with  a  fine  camel's   hair  brush  to 
loosen  many  of  the  scales  and  render  the  wing^  more  trans- 
parent.    After  washing,  stain  from  one  to  three  hours  with 
cyanin,  gentian  violet,  Bordeaux  red  (six  hours  in  this  case) 
or  rosaniline,  then  remove  and  wash  for  fifteen  minutes  in  fifty 
per  cent,  alcohol  and   thirty  minutes  in  water.     At  this  point 
thorough  washing  is  very  important  as  air  bubbles  and  more 
or  less  surplus  stain   have  worked  in .  between  the  two  mem- 
branes of  the  wing.     These  can  be  removed  by  pressure  with 
a  camel's  hair  brush,  gently  forcing  them  out  at  the   base  of 
the  wing.     It  is  a  good  practice  to  repeat  this  washing  ;  then 
mount  in  glycerine  jelly. 

2.  Balsam  mounts.  Bleach  with  hydrogen  peroxid  as 
above,  then  wash  in  water  and  in  fifty  per  cent,  alcohol,  fif- 
teen minutes  in  each  :  remove  and  stain  in  cyanin  for  two 
hours,  then  wash  in  fifty,  seventy  and.  ninety  per  cent,  alco- 
hol, ten  minutes  in  each,  removing  surplus  stain  and  air  bub- 


June,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  219 

bles,  as  explained  above  ;  then  clear  in  oil  of  cloves  and 
mount  in  xylol  balsam. 

The  time  required  for  treating  wings  by  this  method  is  the 
same  as  by  the  last,  and  the  results  are  equally  good. 

3.  Unstained  mounts.  Wings  to  be  mounted  without 
staining  should  be  bleached  with  hydrogen  peroxid  as  al- 
ready described.  After  washing  in  water  and  removing  the 
air  bubbles,  mount  directly  in  glycerine  jelly. 

Wings  treated  by  this  method  cannot  be  successfully  photo- 
graphed, whereas  excellent  photographs  can  be  obtained  from 
wings  prepared  by  the  first  two  methods. 

Either  of  these  methods  require  less  time  than  that  de- 
scribed by  Dr.  Calvert*  or  by  the  use  of  the  Labarraque  solu- 
tion, and  the  venation  resulting  is  more  distinct. 

Hydrogen  peroxid  of  three  per  cent,  strength  is  prepared 
by  many  wholesale  drug  houses,  and  various  trade  names  are 
used  for  the  product,  but  all  of  these  preparations  which  were 
tried  gave  equally  good  results.  As  this  substance  when  warm 
oxidizes  metallic  instruments  it  is  advisable  to  use  a  wooden 
lifter  in  transferring  the  wings  or  other  parts  treated  from  one 
medium  to  another. 

Although  the  stains  already  named  have  given  the  best  re- 
sults, the  following  have  been  tried :  Cyanin,  rosaniline, 
gentian  violet,  Bordeaux  red,  erythrosin.  safranin,  acid  fuch- 
sin.  paracarmine,  Grenacher's  borax-carmine,  Delafield*s  haem- 
atoxylin,  Ehrlich*s  acid  haematoxylin,  Delafield's  borax-car- 
mine, methyl  blue,  orange  G,  analine  hydrate  chlorid  and  silver 
nitrate.  Wings  prepared  and  then  stained  with  cyanin,  ros- 
aniline or  gentian  violet  are  excellent  for  immediate  study, 
while  those  stained  with  Bordeaux  red,  erythrosin  or  safranin 
make  good  mounts  from  which  to  obtain  photographs. 

Hydrogen  peroxid  has  also  proved  useful  to  bleach  the 
antennae,  legs  and  mouth  parts  as  well  as  the  wings  of  Hymen- 
optera,  and  fuliginous  wings  of  other  insects  are  rendered  much 
lighter  by  its  use,  while  the  tearing  often  caused  by  boiling 
such  parts  in  potash  seems  to  be  avoided  in  this  method  of  treat- 
ment. The  bleaching  proceeds  faster  after  the  peroxid  has  been 
boiled  down  somewhat,  thus  becoming  more  concentrated. 

*  [It  should  be  noteil  that  my  method  was  devised  for  a  special  need  for  dry  mounts. — 
P.  P.  Calvert.] 


i20  ENTOItOLOOlCAL  N£WS.  Uune,  'o6 

A  New  Sawfly. 

By  T.  D.  a.  Cockbrell. 

A  nematid  sawfly  has  attracted  attention  by  its  appearance 
in  the  streets  of  Boulder  this  spring,  being  one  of  the  earliest 
insects  on  the  wing.  As  it  does  not  agree  with  any  described 
species,  a  description  is  offered  : 

Pteroniis  arapahonnm  n.  sp. 

(^. — Length  about  7  mm.;  anterior  wing  6J.    In  Marlatt's  table  (Rcvis. 
Nematinae,  p.  44)  it  runs  near  to  P.  ribesii  Scop.,  from  ivhich  it  differs  in 
the  coloration  of  the  thorax  above,  the  raesothoracic  plates  being  solid 
black,  the  long  third  cubital  cell,  etc.      Head  and  mesothorax  shining 
black,  the  latter  minutely  but  distinctly  punctured  ;  triangular  mark  htr 
tween  antennae,  and  broad  anterior  margin  of  dypeus  ( which  is  broadly 
but  shallowly  emarginate)  reddish  yellow  ;  base  of  mandibles  and  labnim 
(which  is  quite  large)  dull  whitish  yellow  ;  orbits  dark,  except  a  minute 
reddish  spot  at  the  top  of  the  eyes  ;  antennae  reddish  yellow  beneath  and 
black  above,  the  colors  sharply  contrasting ;  joint  4  a  little  longer  than  3; 
scutellum  except  a  large  spot  at  base,  postscutellum,  lobes  of  pronotum, 
and  most  of  upper  half  of  epimeron,  reddish  yellow ;  lower  half  and  more 
6f  epimeron  entirely  black  ;  legs  light  reddish  yellow,  the  coxae,  trochan- 
ters and  bases  of  femora  yellowish  white ;  apex  of  hind  tibiae,  and  their 
tarsi,  blackened  ;  wings  hyaline  (a  little  dusky),  iridescent,  the  stigma 
(which  is  very  large  and  broad)  and  nervu res  black  ;  transverse  costal 
nervure  only  slightly  oblique  and  about  half  as  far  below  basal  as  basal  is 
before  first  cubital  cell ;  third  cubital  cell  much  longer  than  its  apical 
breadth  ;  second  r.  n.  almost  as  far  from  base  of  third  cubital  cell  as  the 
breadth  of  the  base  of  latter  ;  upper  discal  cell  of  hind  wings  surpassing 
lower  at  the  point  of  junction  ;  abdomen  reddish  yellow,  the  two  basal 
segments  more  or  less  infuscated  :  apical  part  of  sheath   black  ;  claws 
strongly  bifid,  the  teeth  parallel  and  about  equal. 

Var.  a. — Middle  of  scutellum  infuscated  ;  light  color  on  epimeron  reduced 
to  a  transverse  mark  ;  third  abdominal  segment  slightly  infus- 
cated in  subdorsal  region. 
Var.  b. — Transverse  costal  nervure  only  a  short  distance  before  basal. 
Var.  c. — Third  cubital  cell  much  higher,  especially  at  base. 

iHab.  —Boulder,  Colorado,  April  6th  (T.  D.  A.  Cockerell)  ; 
April  15th  (W.  P.  Cockerell)  ;  April  loth  (S.  A.  Rohwer). 


The  Rev.  C.  J.  S.  Bethune  has  been  appointed  professor  of  entomo- 
logy at  the  Agricultural  College  at  Guelph,  Ontario,  Canada,  to  which 
place  all  communications  should  be  sent. 


ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS. 


[The  Conductors  of  Entomological  News  solicit  and  will  thankfully  receive  items 
of  taews  likely  to  interest  its  readers  from  any  source.  The  author's  name  will  be  given 
la  each  case,  for  the  information  of  cataloguers  and  bibliographers.] 


To  Contribators.— All  contributions  will  be  considered  and  passed  upon  at  oat 
earliest  convenience,  and,  as  far  as  may  be,  will  be  published  according  to  date  of  recep- 
tion. Entomological  Nbws  has  reached  a  circulation,  both  in  numbers  and  circumfer- 
ence, as  to  make  it  necessary  to  put  "  copy  "  into  the  hands  of  the  printer,  for  each  num- 
ber, three  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, 
will  be  given  free,  when  they  are  wanted  ;  and  this  should  be  so  stated  on  the  MS.,  along 
with  the  number  desired.    The  receipt  of  all  papers  will  be  acknowledged.— Ed. 


Philadelphia,  Pa.,  June,  1906. 


Apart  from  the  general  loss  of  life  and  property  brought 
about  by  the  earthquake  in  San  Francisco,  entomologists  have 
doubtless  been  especially  interested  in  their  brethern  and  co- 
workers in  that  unfortunate  city  and  anxious  to  know  how 
they  fared.  These  questions  are  as  well  answered  as  may  be 
at  the  present  time  by  Dr.  Van  Dyke  in  another  part  of  this 
issue.  All  did  not  fare  alike.  To  the  fortunate  ones  we  send 
congratulations,  and  to  the  others  our  profound  sympathy  for 
what  they  have  lost. 

We  would  like  to  be  of  aid  to  those  who  have  lost  not  only 
their  collections  and  books,  but  property  and  employment.  We 
therefore  ask  our  subscribers  to  aid  in  helping  those  that 
suffered  most.  We  will  gladly  receive  subscriptions  to  be 
transmitted  to  entomologists,  and  will  make  a  proper  distribu- 
tion of  any  money  entrusted  to  us.  The  names  of  donors  will 
be  published  in  the  News,  but  not  the  amounts  subscribed. 


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Bulletin  of  the  British  Columbia  Entomological  Society.  — 
The  first  number  of  this  quarterly  has  appeared.  The  formation  of  this 
Society  and  the  publishing  of  its  Bulletin  show  very  commendable  enter- 
prise. The  officers  are  as  follows :  President,  G.  W.  Taylor ;  Vice-Pres- 
ident, T.  Wilson  ;  Secretary,  R.  V.  Harvey.      There  are  at  present  21 

members. 

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22i  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  Qune,  'o6 

Notes   and    News, 

BNTOMOLOOICAL  OLBANINOS  FROM  ALL.   QUARTBB8 

OF    THE    GLOBE. 

The  entomological  laboratories  and  collections  at  Stanford  University 
suffered  practically  no  injury  from  the  recent  earthquake  in  California. 
The  Stanford  buildings,  which  were  wrecked,  were  the  arch,  church  and 
new  museum,  library  and  gymnasium,  the  latter  two  bein^  in  course  of 
erection.  The  various  quadrangle  buildings,  dormitories,  etc.,  were  only 
slightly  injured.  University  work  will  begun  again  on  August  23rd,  the 
regular  date  for  the  opening  of  the  next  college  year. — Vernon  L. 
Kellogg. 

Earthquake  and  Fire  Notes  from  San  Francisco. — I  have  been 
collecting,  as  best  I  could,  all  information  pertaining  to  the  losses  sustained 
by  our  local  entomological  fraternity,  with  a  view  to  having  it  published 
in  the  Ent.  News. 

From  the  Academy  there  were  saved  simply  the  boxes  containing  the 
types  of  the  Coleoptera,  Hemiptera  and  Hymenoptera.  All  else  in  our 
department  was  lost.  The  Behr  collection  of  Lepidoptera,  our  general 
collection  of  insects,  including  all  our  types  of  Odonata,  Arachnida,  etc., 
and  our  entire  library. 

Of  private  collections,  the  greatest  loss  was  that  sustained  by  Mr.  Chas. 
Fuchs,  he  having  saved  only  about  twenty-two  boxes  of  specimens,  these 
consisting  of  his  generic  collection  of  Coleoptera.    All  his  books,  I  think, 
were  burned.      Mr.  James  Cottle  lost  his  entire  collection  of  Lepidoptera 
and  all  except  one  or  two  of  his  books.     The  Beverley  Letcher  collection 
of  Lepidoptera  and  Coleoptera  and  the  library,  which  was  stored  in  Mr. 
Cottle's  house,  was  also  destroyed.      I  have  heard  that  Mr.  J.  C.  Hugue- 
nin  lost  his  collection.      That  would  leave  the  collection  of  Mr.  F.  X. 
Williams,  which  was  in  the  unburned  district,  as  the  only  good  collection 
of  Lepidoptera  in  the  city.     The  owner  is  still  away  on  our  Galapagos 
Island  Expedition,  where  he  is,  according  to  recent  letters,  doing  splendid 
work.      Dr.  F.  E.  Blaisdell  had  one  of  his  two  cases  of  Coleoptera  over- 
turned by  the  earthquake.     This  of  course  resulted  in  the  mangling  of 
many  of  his  specimens.    All  specimens  of  Eleodes  loaned  to  him  for  pur- 
poses of  study,  were  uninjured.     The  collection  of  Coccidae  belonging  to 
Mr.  E.  M.  Ehrhorn,  was,  so  far  as  I  could  learn,  unharmed.      My  own 
collection  of  Coleoptera  was  also  unharmed.    I  simply  lost  all  that  was  in 
my  down-town  office. 

As  a  whole,  our  greatest  loss  will  be  our  libraries,  every  big  one  in  the 
city  being  burned.  The  Academy  of  Science  simply  saved  its  records, 
about  one  set  of  its  own  publications,  and  six  other  volumes.  Our  good 
friends  among  the  scientific  institutions  of  the  country  could  therefore  be 
of  great  assistance  to  us  if  they  would  reserve  as  complete  a  set  of  their 
publications  as  possible  for  us  until  the  time  when  one  will  have  a  proper 


Jux^e,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  223 


Rl«%<rdo  deposit  them  and  our  finances  in  condition  to  begin  purchasing 
tli^m.  For  some  time  we  will  have  to  depend  upon  the  libraries  of  our 
^^*^<3  miniversities. 

tis  has  been  a  tremendous  blow  to  us  all  and  rare  is  the  person  who 
not  lost  something.  First  was  the  earthquake,  which,  though  caus- 
*^R:  the  loss  of  a  great  many  lives  and  much  destruction,  would  not  have 
^^^^ri  greatly  noticed.  It  was  the  fire  that  did  the  great  damage,  dcstroy- 
■^8:  all  of  the  city,  except  a  mere  fringe  of  residences.     Dr.  Blaisdell  and 

■  ^vere  fortunately  in  this  belt.  The  Academy  was  so  much  injured  by 
tHe  earthquake  that  it  was  only  with  the  greatest  difficulty  that  what  few 
tbings  were  saved  could  be  gotten  out.     Our  Director,  Mr.  Loomis  ;  our 

botanist.  Miss  Eastwood  ;  and  our  Librarian,  Miss  Hyde,  did  what  they 

Tlie  loss  in  valuables,  such  as  books,  pictures,  bric-a-brac,  records,  etc., 
"*^s    been  tremendous,  for  San  Francisco  was  a  wealthy  city,  and  had 
^^any  priceless  things  stored  in  both  public  and  private  places.      Of  his- 
toric places  we  saved  but  two,  the  Museum  Dolores  and  the  U.  S.  Mint. 
The  Pioneer  Hall,  with  its  old  records  and  historic  relics  is  a  ruin.     For- 
tunately the  H.  H.  Bancroft  Library  of  Early  California  Records,  a  price- 
*^^s  librarv  of  its  kind,  now  belonging  to  the  University  of  California,  was 
^^ved.      All  other  libraries  were  burned  ;  the  Sutro  with  about  two  hun- 
^•■^d  thousand  volumes,  particularly  rich  in  Shakesperiana  and  Fifteenth 
^*^<1  Sixteenth  Century  books  and  manuscripts  ;  the  Public,  the  Mechan- 
*^^- Mercantile,  the  Library  of  St.  Ignatius  College,  where  were  stored 
''^any  very  valuable  original  manuscripts,  all  law  libraries,  and  the  library 
^^  our  own  Academy.     In  the  latter,  we  calculate  that  we  had  about 
^^enty-five  thousand  dollars'  worth  of  books  which  cannot  be  duplicated. 
There  was,  fortunately,  a  great  deal  of  money  stored  in  the  Mint  and 
'n  our  banks,  which  will  soon  be  available.      This  will  enable  our  busi- 
'^^ss  people,  who  are  working  like  trojans,  to  begin  on  the  work  of  re- 
*^tiilding,  almost  immediately.      In  a  few  years  our  city  will  be  fairer  and 
altnost  as  extensive  as  ever.      It  will  always  be  great  to  those  who  love 
'^  and  though  it  may  secure  many  new  valuables,  will  I  fear  never  have 
^S^in  many  of  the  things  that  some  of  us  knew  it  possessed. 

The  conditions  now  are  somewhat  like  those  in  a  bristling  frontier  sct- 

^'cinent.      The  streets  in  the  unburned  districts  are  crowded,  signs  are 

Everywhere,  big  firms  doing  business  from  stores  that  were  formerly 

**»iall  stock  ones,  from  private  residences,  or  from  counters  in  vacant 

'^ts;  troops  patrolling  all  districts  night  and  day.  while  all  cooking  has 

*^Ul  to  be  done  in  the  streets,  all  of  our  chimneys  being  injured  to  such  an 

Extent  as  to  make  it  dangerous  to  make  a  fire  indoors.-    Many  are  being 

^Ven  care  of  by  our  outlying  cities  and  towns,  and  many  have  gone  to 

^^stant  relatives  or  locations.      There  are,  however,  a  sufficient  number 

^hose  interests  or  whose  love  is  too  great  to  allow  of  iheir  leaving  the 

*^Hckcn  city.    The  blow,  while  falling  heavily  upon  the  wealthy,  will 

^Qse  most  suffering  among  the  small  clerks,  and  next  among  the  pro* 


224  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Tune,  *o6 

fessional  people.  Nfany  of  the  latter  lost  their  all  and  have  been  obliged 
to  leave  town.  The  mechanics  and  laborers  will  have  more  work  than 
they  can  attend  to.  In  fact,  many  of  the  laborers  are  better  cared  for 
than  they  have  ever  been  before.  This  is  due  to  the  generosity  of  oar 
good  friends  throughout  the  world.  It  enabled  the  rest  of  us  to  get  our 
breath.  Now  retail  stores  are  open,  and  we  can  begin  to  live  somewhat 
as  we  could  before. 

Dr.  Blaisdell  will,  I  think,  be  able  to  remain  in  town  and  to  continue 
his  work  as  before.  Mr.  Fuchs  cannot  expect  any  work  for  some  time  to 
come  from  the  Academy,  but  fortunately  has  his  craft  to  rely  upon.  He 
saved  his  tools  and  is  already,  so  I  am  informed,  hard  at  work.  He  is 
still  cheerful.  For  the  benefit  of  those  who  wish  to  communicate  with 
the  burned-out  ones,  I  will  give  the  addresses  that  I  have  procured  :  Mr. 
Charles  Fuchs,  2322  Bank  St.,  Alameda,  Cal.;  Dr.  F.  E.  Blaisdell,  1800 
0*Farrell  St.,  San  Francisco;  Mr.  James  Cottle,  2ii7>^  Bush  St.,  San 
Francisco  ;  California  Academy  of  Sciences,  1806  Post  St.,  San  Francisco. 

None  of  our  entomologists  were  injured  and  all  hopeful  for  the  future. 
To  all  good  friends  and  well-wishers,  please  give  our  most  heartfelt 
thanks.— Edwin  C.  Van  Dyke,  21 12  Steiner  St ,  San  Francisco,  Cal. 

Dr.   Dvar's  Square  Dealing. — Readers  of  Ent.  News  who  have 
seen  a  copy  of  the  remarkable  paper  reviewed  in  the  May  number  (page 
181)  will  no  doubt  be  interested  to  learn  something  about  the  circumstan- 
ces which  preceded  its  preparation  and  hurried  publication.      As  soon  as 
Mr.  Busck  returned  from  his  collecting  trip  to  the  West  Indies  last  fall, 
and  turned  over  to  me  the  specimens  of  mosquitoes  collected,  I  at  once 
began  separating  the  larvae  and  larval  skins  into  species,  intending  after- 
ward to  associate  them  with  the  bred  adults  and  then  definitely  identify 
the  various  species  ;  in  this  way  both  the  larvae  and  the  adults  would  have 
been  identified  with  reasonable  certainty.      Dr.  H.  G.  Dyar,  however,  to 
whom  had  been  promised  the  immature  stages  of  the  mosquitoes  for 
writing  up  for  the  Carnegie  monograph,  began  to  clamor  for  these,  de- 
manding that  they  be  turned  over  to  him  at  once,  and  so  persistent  and 
vehement  was  he  in  his  demands  that  an  order  was  issued  directing  me 
to  immediately  place  this  material   in   his  possession.     I   was  further 
instructed  to  prepare  a  provisional  list  of  the  bred  adults,  which  I  did, 
marking  with  a  query  those  species  that  I  was  not  certain  of,  and  Dyar 
was  instructed  to  correct  this  list,  indicating  those  cases,  if  there  were 
any,  where  I  had  confused  two  species  under  one  name,  etc.,  but  this  he 
refused  to  do.      Instead,  he  prepared  and  hurriedly  published  the  paper 
referred  to,  giving  my  tentative  names  but  without  a  word  of  explanation 
in  regard  to  their  being  only  provisional,  although  well  aware  of  the  fact 
that  they  were  so.      Moreover,  in  several  cases  he  has  omitted  the  mark 
of  interrogation,  while  in  others  he  has  craftily  transferred  it  from  the 
name  of  the  species  to  that  of  the  genus,  thus  intentionally  giving  the 
false  impression  that  it  was  the  genus  and  not  the  species  that  I  was  in 
doubt  about. — D.  W.  Coquillett. 


June,  *o6]  entomological  news.  225 

A  New  Entomological  Society. — The  Hawaiian  Entomological 
Society  was  formed  December  15,  1904.  and  the  first  meeting  held  Janu- 
ary 26,  1905.  The  present  officers  are :  President,  R.  C.  L.  Perkins ; 
Vice-President,  G.  W.  Kirkaldy ;  Secretary-Treasurer,  Jacob  Kotinsky ; 
Executive  Committee,  Otto  H.  Swezey  and  D.  L.  Van  Dine ;  Editors  of 
the  Proceedings,  G.  W.  Kirkaldy  and  Otto  H.  Swezey.  Volume  I  of  the 
Proceedings  (for  the  year  1905)  has  been  issued.  It  contains  important 
and  interesting  articles,  mostly  relating  to  the  local  fauna.  We  wish  the 
new  Society  great  success  and  prosperity. 

As  STEMMED  polyphemus  cocoons  are  in  order,  your  readers  may  be 
interested  in  my  experience.  I  have  been  collecting  about  seven  winters 
in  Worcester  and  Amherst,  Mass.,  and  in  that  time  have  found  on  the 
average  about  two  attached  cocoons  each  season.  All  these,  except  one, 
were  on  white  birches  {alba,  weeping,  popuHfolia  and  papyraced).  That 
one  was  on  a  swamp  maple.  Of  these  all,  except  one  on  B.  popuHfolia, 
were  accidentally  attached,  but  that  one  had  a  regular  stem  like  2^  prome- 
thean but  very  weak  and  short.  This  experience  seems  just  the  reverse 
of  Dr.  Kunze's.  as  not  one  attached  cocoon  was  on  oak,  or  overhanging 
a  street.  On  the  other  hand  I  have  found  caterpillars  as  common  on 
such  trees  as  the  others.  A  few  weeks  ago  I  found  a  promethea  on  some 
cultivated  bush  with  sessile  leaves,  which  was  made  without  a  stem,  but 
attached  directly. — Wm.  T.  M.  Forbes. 

All  the  material  for  my  book  '*The  Butterflies  of  the  West  Coast" 
in  the  hands  of  the  publishers,  including  finished  books,  plates,  stereo- 
type plates,  etc.,  all  is  doubtless  gone  up  in  smoke,  and  nothing  saved 
except  a  few  copies  in  my  hands  here.  I  have  not  yet  had  positive  infor- 
mation from  them,  but  as  they  were  in  the  centre  of  the  burnt  district  I 
have  no  hope  of  anything  having  been  saved.  The  stereotype  plates 
being  lost,  the  book  will  not  be  reprinted. — W.  G.  Wright. 

Dr.  McCook's  health  is  so  far  restored  as  to  permit  him  to  resume 
pulpit  and  platform  duty.  He  therefor  announces  that  he  will  accept 
engagements  for  special  lectures,  singly  or  in  courses,  in  theological 
seminaries,  universities,  colleges,  academies,  private  schools,  scientific 
clubs  and  literary  associations. 

A  list  of  subjects  is  appended  for  selection.  An  early  correspondence  is 
invited,  which  may  be  addressed  to  Dr.  Henry  C.  McCook,  Devon,  Pa. : 
I.  The  Home  and  Habits  of  American  Ants.  A  general  view  of  ant  life 
(illustrated) ;  2.  Mound-making  Ants  of  the  Alleghenies  (illustrated) ;  3. 
Agricultural  and  Harvesting  Ants  (illustrated) ;  4.  The  Honey  Ants  of 
the  Garden-of-the-gods  (illustrated)  ;  5.  Carpenter,  Cutting  and  Slave- 
holding  Ants  (illustrated)  ;  6.  Maternal  Industry  and  Baby-life  of  Spiders 
(illustrated) ;  7.  Trap-door  Spiders — their  Architecture  and  Enemies 
(illustrated). 


226  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [June,  'o6 

Doings  of  Societies. 

The  1 8th  regular  quarterly  meeting  of  the  Pacific  Coast 
Entomological  Society  was  held  on  November  i8,  1905,  at  the 
residence  of  E.  M.  Ehrhorn,  2524  Filbert  Street,  San  Fran- 
cisco. President  Fuchs  in  the  chair.  Fifteen  members  were 
present. 

Prof.  J.  J.  Rivers  reported  the  taking  of  Eudamus  proteus  at 
Santa  Monica,  California. 

Prof.  J.  M.  Aldrich  gave  an  interesting  talk  on  Diptera. 

Mr.  J.  G.  Grundel  reported  a  trip  to  the  Santa  Lucia  Mts., 
in  San  Luis  Obispo  Co.  He  found  that  the  Catocalae  about 
willows  varied  greatly  in  color  and  selected  spots  resembling 
their  coloration  ;  he  wondered  whether  they  were  conscious  of 
their  color. 

Mr.  Fuchs  determined  some  Coleoptera  taken  by  Mr.  Grun- 
del, namely:  Cychrus  convergens  var.,  Cicindela  oregona^  and 
Pterostichus  castaneipes.  He  exhibited  some  Sesiidae  bred  from 
blackberry,  peach  and  wild  cherry,  and  a  species  of  Satyrus 
from  San  Luis  Obispo  County,  a  Hepialus  sp.,  and  Catocalae 
from  Alma,  Santa  Clara  County. 

Miss  Julia  Wright  a  box  of  exotic  Coleoptera  from  Ceylon. 

Prof.  J.  M.  Aldrich  a  Calotarsa  n.  sp.  from  near  Palo  Alto, 
California. 

The  19th  regular  quarterly  meeting  of  the  Pacific  Coast 
Entomological  Society  was  held  at  the  Cafe  Odeon,  February 
17th,  1906,  No.  8  O'Farrell  Street,  San  Francisco.  President 
Fuchs  in  the  chair.     Twelve  members  were  present. 

Prof.  J.  M.  Aldrich  gave  an  interesting  talk  on  collecting 
and  mounting  Diptera.  He  advised  the  use  of  the  black 
Klaeger  pins,  especially  size  No.  i,  also  No.  2  for  the  larger 
specimens,  too  large  pins  should  not  be  used.  The  pin  should 
be  passed  through  tlie  thorax  at  centre  or  to  one  side,  accord- 
ing to  the  value  of  the  median  bristles  in  classification.  The 
cyanide  bottle  should  always  be  kept  dry  within,  and  speci- 
mens should  be  collected  singly  and  closely  watched  at  the 
time  for  the  purpose  of  learning  their  habits. 

Dr.  E.  C.  Van  Dyke  read  two  papers  that  may  be  epito- 


June,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  227 

mized  as  follows  :  He  first  dealt  with  the  genus  Leptura,  par- 
ticular reference  being  made  to  the  species  found  in  North 
America.  He  spoke  of  the  fact  that  this,  a  Palsearctic  and 
N^earctic  genus  of  about  175  species,  was  represented  in  this 
country  by  about  75  species,  several  being  undescribed,  or 
about  three  times  the  number  found  in  Europe. 

Two  exceptions  to  the  general  northern  distribution  men- 
tioned were  the  two  species  from  the  highlands  of  Central 
M^exico.  Mention  was  then  made  of  the  distribution  of  var- 
ious groups  of  these  and  the  relationship  that  the  various 
members  bore  to  each  other.  A  careful  study  of  the  species 
he  said  brought  out  many  interesting  facts,  one  being  that  the 
Rocky  Mountains  alone  supported  no  well-marked  species — 
^^/>tura  nigrolineata  being  considered  at  most  a  very  weak 
one,  though  they  did  harbor  several  rather  interesting  varieties. 
The  Sierras,  the  humid  coast  belt  of  the  Pacific  and  the  Alle- 
grhanies,  each  claimed  one  or  more  very  distinct  species.  The 
I^^octor  considered  that  L,  quadrillum  was  closely  related  to  L, 
"^^^atriXy  and  that  cubitalis  was  not  a  Leptura  at  all  but  an 
^cnusops  and  closely  related  to  basalts, 

I#ater  on  in  the  evening  he  went  over  the  species,  and  with 
the  aid  of  the  specimens  from  his  collection  and  a  number 
loaned  by  Mr.  Fuchs  to  make  the  series  more  complete, 
pointed  out  many  peculiarities.  Of  47  West  Coast  species 
*ooi^n  to  him,  all  but  three  were  shown. 

^Tx  the  second  paper  an  effort  was  made  to  show  wherein  the 

^^tti^a  of  the  West  Coast  more  closely  resembled  that  of  Europe 

and      North  Asia,  than  did  that  to  the  east  of  the  Rocky  Mts. 

•^^^^tion  was  made  of  the  statement  made  many  years  ago  by 

^^^^ .  Asa  Gray,  that  the  flora  of  Eastern  North  America  as  a 

^*^^^^le  was  more  closely  related  to  that  of  the  Japano-Manchur- 

'*°     '^"egion  than  was  that  of  the  west  coast. 

*^le  insect  fauna  of  the  same  regions  was  also  found  to  bear 

*  s%  ^milar  relationship.     The  reason  the  Doctor  gave  for  this, 

wa^    that  the  parts  of  the  flora  and  fauna,  which  bore  this  close 

tei^^ionship,  were  as  a  rule  restricted  to  low  levels,  where 

^^^''^e  was  both  plenty  of  sun  and  moisture.     In  past  geologi- 

caV    ages  there  was  at  northern  latitudes  a  great  area  of  com- 

^^^tively  low  land  which  made  it  possible  for  both  these  areas 


228  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  [June,  'o6 

to  gain  their  species  from  the  same  source.  The  West  Coast 
could  not  get  this  fauna,  because  at  that  period  it  was  barri- 
caded at  the  north  by  great  highlands,  or  else  densely  forested 
and  quite  cool  lowlands,  districts  which  the  more  sun-loving 
species  would  not  penetrate.  The  mountains  and  cool-loving 
species  of  the  Eastern  Continent  would  here,  however,  find  a 
congenial  home,  and  as  much  as  the  mountain  systems  of  the 
two  Continents  there  came  in  close  touch  with  each  other,  it 
was  a  simple  matter  that  there  should  result  a  settlement  of  both 
regions  with  a  related  fauna.  This  is  what  no  doubt  occurred 
and  it  is  with  regard  to  this  fauna — the  fauna  of  the  mount- 
ains and  the  cool  lowlands,  that  the  West  Coast  is  more  closely 
related  to  the  Palsearctic  than  is  that  of  the  eastern  part  of  this 
country. 

In  order  to  bring  out  this  point  the  more  forcibly,  he  gave 
the  distribution  of  all  the  known  species  of  certain  genera  of 
the  Silphidae,  the  list  including  the  following :  Necrophihis, 
Hadrame,  Pelates,  Pteroloma,  Agyrtes^  Sphcerites  (one  of  the 
Nitidulidfe,  according  to  Ganglbauer),  Lyrosoma,  Pinodytes, 
Platycholeus.  Later  on,  a  box  containing  all  of  the  American 
species  of  this  group  with  the  exception  of  Pinodytes  hamiltoni 
was  shown,  a  new  species  of  Pteroloma  among  the  number. 

Dr.  F.  E.  Blaisdell  stated  that  considerable  time  had  been 
spent  on  the  Gyrinidse,  and  that  they  needed  revision.  He 
also  stated  that  he  had  taken  a  large  series  of  Gyrinus  parens  at 
San  Diego,  California,  a  species  heretofore  not  credited  to  the 
State,  but  from  Texas. 

Mr.  F.  W.  Nunenmacher  stated  that  he  had  for  exhibition  a 
box  of  Hyperaspis  arranged  according  to  Casey's  classification. 
H,  4'Oadaia  appears  as  the  western  form  of  undulata, 

Mr.  Chas.  Fuchs  read  a  paper  on  a  trip  to  the  Fort  Tejon 
region. 

Mr.  Nunenmacher  exhibited  two  new  species  of  Hyperaspis, 
and  a  series  of  H.  dissoluta  Cr.  as  an  extreme  form  of  undu/aia. 

Dr.  Van  Dyke  the  Lepturae  of  the  U.  S.  illustrating  distri- 
butional areas. 

Miss  Julia  Wright  a  box  of  exotic  Coleoptera. 

Dr.  Blaisdell  a  box  of  Californian  Gyrinidae. 

F.  E.  Blaisdell,  M.D.,  Sceretary, 


June,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  229 

A  meeting  of  the  American  Entomological  Society  was  held 
April  26,  1906.  Dr.  Philip  P.  Calvert,  President,  in  the  chair. 
Thirteen  persons  present. 

H.  W.  Wenzel  donated  a  collection  of  blind  Carabidae  from 
caves  in  Austria. 

A  letter  was  read  from  Dr.  C.  Brunner  von  Wattenwyl, 
acknowledging  his  election  as  a  corresponding  member. 

Mr.  Henry  L.  Viereck  made  a  communication  on  the  nestsi 
of  wild  digger-bees.  Dr.  McCook  found  about  two  hundred 
such  nests  on  his  place  at  Devon,  and  Mr.  Viereck  made  casts 
of  about  a  dozen  of  these.  They  ranged  from  eleven  to  twelve 
inches  in  depth,  and  were  mostly  straight,  with  a  lateral  at  the 
end.  A  cast  and  entrance  of  nest  were  exhibited  and  the 
method  of  making  the  former  explained. 

Mr.  Rehn  exhibited  some  new  or  rare  Orthoptera,  among 
them  a  new  and  large  Phasmid  from  Tonkin,  and  a  new  Man- 
tis from  the  Huachuca  Mts. 

Mr.  Ilg  exhibited  a  specimen  of  Biston  ur sarins  new  to  him 
and  taken  at  Philadelphia. 

Dr.  Skinner  exhibited  a  new  Aanaodera  from  the  Huachuca 
Mts.,  Arizona. 

Mr.  Rehn  spoke  of  the  collection  of  Orthoptera  made  by 
Prof.  Snow  at  San  Bernardino  Ranch,  Arizona,  and  the  inter- 
esting species  found.  Stagmamantis  limbata  and  Carolina  were 
mentioned  and  the  differences  in  their  anatomy  pointed  out. 

Dr.  Calvert  exhibited  a  section  of  a  grass-hopper  in  which  a 
malphigian  tube  passed  into  the  dorsal  blood  vessel  or  heart. 
He  also  said  he  had  kept  a  lubber  grass-hopper  {Dictyophorus 
reticulatis)  alive  in  captivity  for  four  months  and  two  weeks. 
Mr.  Rehn  said  the  species  had  been  found  as  far  north  as 
South  Carolina.  Henry  Skinner,  Secretary, 


Prof.  M.  J.  Elrod,  in  studying  the  Hesperidae  for  his  interesting  work 
on  the  Butterflies  of  Montana  (Bulletin  No.  30,  University  of  Montana), 
evidently  used  a  revision  based  on  male  secondary  sexual  characters,  as 
the  figure  called  Ochiodes  sassacus  9  on  page  156  is  a  Noctuid,  Melic- 
leptria  sueta  Grote.  No  doubt  the  table  he  followed  ran  out  quite  natu- 
rally to  this  moth. — Henry  Skinner. 


230  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [June,  '06 

Mr.  Roland  Hayward* 

Mr.  Roland  Hay  ward  died  suddenly  at  his  home  on  Brush  Hill 
Road,  in  Milton,  Mass.,  on  April  nth.  He  was  bom  March  7, 
1865,  *u^  was  the  son  of  Isaac  Davenport  and  Mary  Bartlett 
(Vose)  Hayward,  and  was  bom  and  died,  as  did  his  father  be- 
fore him,  in  the  house  on  the  estate  that  had  been  owned  by 
his  family  for  eight  generations.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Harvard  Class  of  1886,  though  ill  health  in  his  senior  year  pre- 
vented him  from  taking  the  examinations  for  his  degree. 

He  was  for  fifteen  years  a  member  of  the  Boston  Stock  Ex- 
change, and  senior  partner  of  the  firm  of  Hayward  &  Town- 
send,  bankers  and  brokers,  but  a  few  years  ago  retired  from 
active  business,  as  his  health  was  never  robust  and  he  wished 
to  devote  himself  to  scientific  pursuits. 

He  was  an  ardent  entomologist  and  possessed  a  fine  collec- 
tion of  Coleoptera  and  an  excellent  scientific  library.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  Boston  Society  of  Natural  History,  which 
he  joined  when  a  boy,  and  was  treasurer  of  the  Cambridge 
Entomological  Club. 

He  was  a  lover  of  nature  and  delighted  in  long  walks  in  the 
woods  and  pastures  about  his  old  home.  He  was  a  man  of  the 
strictest  integrity,  and  generous  and  loyal  to  his  friends.  He 
was  not  married,  and  leaves  one  brother.  Dr.  George  G.  Hay- 
ward, and  one  sister,  Mrs.  Henry  W.  Cunningham. 

Mr.  Hayward  was  particularly  interested  in  the  Carabidse, 
and  did  important  work  in  that  family.  His  studies  of  Bern- 
bid  ium  and  Tachys  are  well  known.  He  was  a  careful  and 
conscientious  worker.  An  important  work  on  the  genus 
Amara  was  just  finished  before  he  died.  His  large  collection 
has  been  bequeathed  to  the  Museum  of  Comparative  Zoology, 
at  Harvard  College.  His  library  will  go  to  the  Public  Library, 
in  the  town  of  Milton,  Massachusetts. 


<— 


Wanted. — Help  in  procuring  Pennsylvania  insects  and  data  or  data 
alone  of  correctly  determined  species  of  Pennsylvania  insects  of  all  kinds. 
I  desire  name  and  locality  and  notes  on  food,  enemies,  habits  and  haunts, 
if  possible,  for  publishing  in  a  full  list  of  the  insects  of  Pennsylvania.— 
Address  H.  A.  Surface,  Economic  Zoologist,  Harrisburg,  Pa. 


June]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS. 


Not  Ezeeedlnf^  Three  Lines  Free  to  Snbserlben. 


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,  for  cash  or  exchange,  Bulletins  U.  S.  Bureau  of  Entomology. 
Old  series  1-5,  7-15,  18,  20.  21,  26,  27,  30,  33.  New  series  8,  39,  Tech- 
nical series,  i,  3,  5,  6,  7.  Bib.  Econ.  Ent.,  parts  4,  5,  6.— Albert  V.  Tay- 
lor, Bedford,  Ohio. 

Wanted. — Bibionidse  of  North  America  for  which  I  will  pay  cash,  also 
Entomological  News,  Vol.  XV,  No.  ^— W.  A.  Hooker,  Bureau  of 
Entomology,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Exchanges  solicited  from  all  sections  of  the  country.  Have  hundreds 
of  duplicates.  Moths  or  butterflies.  Send  lists  to  Joseph  H.  Reading, 
775  N.  Rockwell  St.,  Chicago,  III. 

Cicindelidae. — C  celeripes  and  other  Nebraska  and  Iowa  species  to 
exchange  for  Cicindelidae  —Frank  H.  Shoemaker,  2960  Dewey  Ave., 
Omaha,  Neb. 

Wanted.— LeConte's  "Revision  of  the  Elateridae  ;'*  also  North  Am- 
erican species  of  Corymbites  and  other  Elateridae  and  Buprestidae. — C.  O. 
Houghton,  Del.  Col.  Ag^ic.  Expt.  Sta.,  Newark,  Delaware. 

Wanted.— Vol.  Ill,  No.  i  "  Papilio"  and  Vols.  VIII  and  IX,  Jour. 
N.  Y.  Ent.  Soc.,  also  Danaidae  of  the  world.— C.  V.  Blackburn,  loi  Pine 
St.,  Woburn,  Mass.     (See  Label  adv.) 

Wanted. — North  American  Philanthidae  for  study.  Will  determine 
fossorial  Hymenoptera  for  the  privilege  of  retaining  desirable  material. — 
|.  C.  Bridwell,  Baker  University,  Baldwin,  Kansas. 

Wanted. — Orchids  plants  or  roots  of  them  for  cash  or  in  exchange  for 
brilliant  exotic  Leptdoptera,  such  as  Ornithoptera  Urania  crcesus^  riph- 
eus,  tnorpho  and  rare  native  species. — Chas.  F.  Timm,  170  Bleeker  St., 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Wanted. — Microlepidiptera,  especially  Tineina  of  North  America. 
Will  give  named  material  in  return ;  also  Microlepidoptera  and  Coleop- 
tera.    Will  buy  desirable  material.— Dr.  W.  G.  Dietz,  Hazleton,  Pa. 

Samia  cynthia  Cocoons  to  exchange  for  live  pupae  and  cocoons  of 
Hyperchiria  io,  Telea  polyf>hemus,  Triptogon  modestay  Philimpelus 
achenion  or  P.pandorus.—]on\\  H.  Matthews,  3219  N.  Thirteenth  Street, 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Wanted  eggs  of  Anasia  archippus^  living  preferred,  for  the  purpose  of 
making  photographs  for  J.  W.  Tutt's  British  Butterflies.— A.  E.  Tonge, 
Reigate,  Surrey,  England. 

Wanted. — Cicindela  trilunaris,  C.  campestris,  and  Omus,  matured 
insects.  Also  pupae,  larvae  and  eggs  of  North  America  Cicindela. — F. 
H.  Goodfellow,  Room  611,  42  Broadway,  New  York  City. 

Indian  Insects  in  all  orders  with  full  data  and  in  thoroughly  good 
condition,  chiefly  from  Andaman  Island,  Assam  &  Darjeeling.  Address 
A.  Meik.  4,  Convent  Rd.,  Entally,  Calcutta,  India. 

Duplicates. — Perfect  diurnals  from  Celebes;  Paps.  Blutnei  Androcles, 
Sataspes.  gig  on  Veioms^  Asdalaphus,  etc.,  Pap  Backus,  Zagrens^  Pem^ 
omith,  P  Miranda  £(rookiana,  and  enor.  Wanted— Diurnals  from  Am- 
azon River  and  Philippines  and  offers.  W.  Dannett,  care  A.  P.  Soyer, 
141S  Tribune  Building,  Chicago. 

Wanted. — A  number  of  Experiment  Station  Records  to  complete  my 
file.  Have  considerable  number  of  duplicates  to  offer  in  exchange. 
Send  for  list— Wilmon  Newell,  Baton  Rouge,  La. 


ii  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  [l906- 

Before  the  season  opens,  I  wish  to  arrange  with  parties  in  the  south- 
ern United  States  and  Mexico  for  the  collecting  of  Buprestidae  and 
Phanceus,    Good  exchange  given. — E.  A.  Klages,  Crafton,  Pa. 

Lycsena  exilis  wanted  in  exchange  for  foreign  Lepidoptera,  or  for 
cash.     Will  take  a  large  number.— Denton  Bros.,  Wellesley,  Mass. 

Wanted  for  Cash.— Transactions  of  the  American  Entomological  So- 
ciety, Vol.  Ill  (3).  Will  pay  a  fair  price  for  a  copy  in  g:ood  condition. 
W.  C.  Wood,  51  Fifth  Avenue,  New  York. 

Wanted. — For  cash  or  exchange  in  any  Order,  specimens  (living  pre- 
fered)  of  any  species  of  CenthopiluSy  also  of  any  species  of  Demurs 
(living  prefered)  —Frank  E.  Lutz,  Cold  Spring  Harbor,  L-  I.,  N.  Y. 

Wanted. — Geometridae  from  all  parts  of  the  United  States.  Will  ac- 
cept unidentified  material.  Will  exchange  or  give  cash  for  desirable 
specimens.  Write  first.— Wm.  H.  Broadwell,  209  Plane  Street,  Newark, 
New  Jersey. 

Will  contract  to  collect  any  Order  or  Group  of  insects  this  season  for 
private  collections,  museums,  colleges  or  any  public  institutions.  Dupli- 
cates for  sale  of  all  Orders  from  Colorado,  New  Mexico  and  Arizona.— 
Ernest  J.  Oslar,  Alcott  P.  O.,  Denver,  Colorado. 

Specimens  of  the  genus  Arctia  (Apantesis  Walk.)  desired  from  all 
parts  of  North  America,  also  fertile  eggs  on  larva.  Good  exchange 
given. — E.  Denny,  200  Mitcheson,  Montreal,  Canada. 

Wanted. — Neuropteroid  insects,  especially  Perlidae  and  Trichoptera ; 
will  name  or  exchange. — Nathan  Banks,  East  Falls  Church,  Va. 

Donaclie  of  North  America. — World's  Cicindelidae  wanted  in  exchange 
for  Coleoptera  or  Lepidoptera ;  will  collect  in  others  Orders  the  coming 
season.  LeConte  and  Horn's  Classification  of  Coleoptera  wanted.  Revi- 
sion of  Deltoids  for  sale. — C.  A.  Frost,  40  Grant  St.,  South  Framingham, 
Mass. 

Chiienlus.— Specimens  of  this  genus  wanted  in  numbers  for  a  foreign 
correspondent.  Beetles  or  other  Orders  in  exchange.  C.  T.  Brues,  Pub- 
lic Museum,  Milwaukee,  Wisconsin. 

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Before  the  season  opens,  I  wish  to  arrange  with  parties  in  the  south- 
ern United  States  and  Mexico  for  the  collecting  of  Buprestidae  and 
Pharueus.    Good  exchange  given. — E.  A.  Klages,  Crafton.  Pa. 

Lycsena  exllis  wanted  in  exchange  for  foreign  Lepidoptera,  or  for 
cash.     Will  take  a  large  number.— Denton  Bros..  Wellesley,  Mass. 

Wanted  for  Cash.— Transactions  of  the  American  Entomological  So- 
ciety, Vol.  Ill  (3).  Will  pay  a  fair  price  for  a  copy  in  good  condition. 
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fered)  of  any  species  of  CenthopiluSy  also  of  any  species  of  DertnesUs 
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Wanted. — Geometridse  from  all  parts  of  the  United  States.  Will  ac- 
cept unidentified  material.  Will  exchange  or  give  cash  for  desirable 
specimens.  Write  first. — Wm.  H.  Broadwell,  209  Plane  Street,  Newark, 
New  Jersey. 

Will  contract  to  collect  any  Order  or  Group  of  insects  this  season  for 
private  collections,  museums,  colleges  or  any  public  institutions.  Dupli- 
cates for  sale  of  all  Orders  from  Colorado,  New  Mexico  and  Arizona. — 
Ernest  J.  Oslar,  Alcott  P.  O.,  Denver,  Colorado. 

Specimens  of  the  genus  Arciia  {Apantesis  Walk.)  desired  from  all 
parts  of  North  America,  also  fertile  eggs  on  larva.  Good  exchange 
given. — E.  Denny,  200  Mitcheson,  Montreal,  Canada. 

Wanted. — Neuropteroid  insects,  especially  Perlidae  and  Trichoptera ; 
will  name  or  exchange. — Nathan  Banks,  East  Falls  Church,  Va. 

Donaclie  of  North  America. — World's  Cicindelidae  wanted  in  exchange 
for  Coleoptera  or  Lepidoptera  ;  will  collect  in  others  Orders  the  coming 
season.  LeConte  and  Horn's  Classification  of  Coleoptera  wanted.  Revi- 
sion of  Deltoids  for  sale. — C.  A.  Frost,  40  Grant  St.,  South  Framingham, 
Mass. 

Chiaenlus. — Specimens  of  this  genus  wanted  in  numbers  for  a  foreign 
correspondent.  Beetles  or  other  Orders  in  exchange.  C.  T.  Brues,  Pub- 
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CONTENTS: 


Rowley— Hunting  Catocalse  in  daylight  231 
Refan — ^A  new  species  of  Eotettix  (Acrid  i- 

dae)  from  Georgia 254 

Davis  and  Joutel— Observations  on  Ci- 
cada tibicen  L.  and  allied  forms. . .  2^7 
Cockerell— Preoccupied  generic  names 

of  Coleoptera 240 

Mhcbcll— Notes  on  Tanypusd>*ari....  244 
Smith— Some  new  Larridsc  from  Neb.  246 


Nason— Parasitic  Hymenoptera  of   Al- 
gonquin, Illinois — V 249 

Hancock— On  the  Orthopteran  genus 
Ageneotettix,  with  a  description  of 

a  new  species  from  Illinois 251 

Swenk — New  bees  of  the  genus  Colletes  257 

Editorial 261 

Entomological  Literature 262 

Notes  and  News  263 

Doings  of  Societies 265 


Htsnting  Catocalae  by  Daylight* 

By  R.  R.  Rowley,  Louisiana,  Mo. 

From  the  standpoint  of  a  laborer,  chasing  Catocalae  through 
the  tangled  shrubs  and  vines  of  a  valley,  up  the  hillside,  over 
logs  and  stamps,  under  a  noonday  sun  of  mid-July,  protected 
only  by  the  friendly  shade  of  the  dense  foliage,  is  an  exercise 
that  the  most  energetic  might  not  despise. 

Divested  of  coat  and  vest,  we  had  scarcely  entered  the  little 
valley  before  we  were  dripping  wet  with  perspiration. 

Blinded  by  sweat  and  attacked  by  gnats  and  mosquitoes,  the 
chase  was  anything  but  pleasant,  and  to  add  to  our  disconiRt- 
ure,  swarms  of  bloodthirsty  Chrysops  pursued  us  relentlessly. 
These  villainous  little  dipters,  bolder  than  our  other  torment- 
ors, feared  neither  the  hand  nor  the  hat,  and  desisted  only  in 
death. 

Up  the  little  dry  run,  beneath  the  naked  roots  of  a  venera- 
ble elm,  we  first  came  upon  the  quarry. 

The  net  had  been  discarded,  and  with  cyanide  jar  alone  the 
shadowy  nooks  were  closely  scanned  for  the  'color-protected 


231 


^3^  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Sept,  'o6 

prey.  In  a  particularly  dark  comer,  fast  asleep,  a  handsome 
specimen  of  Catocala  cara  was  trapped.  His  flutterings  in  the 
jar  was  of  short  duration  and  how  our  hearts  beat  a  tattoo  as 
we  made  him  a  prisoner.  The  beauty  of  his  under  wings  was 
a  balm  for  all  our  suflFerings.  A  few  specimens  of  C  innuhem 
were  taken  at  the  same  rendezvous,  and  we  moved  on  up  the 
valley,  poking  under  overhanging  banks  and  among  the  roots 
of  trees  half  undermined. 

Turning  our  course  np  the  side  of  the  hill  we  scrutinized  the 
bark  of  trees  for  the  black-hind-winged  species  and  took  C. 
epione  and  C  retecta  on  hickory.  Other  trees  g:ave  us  the 
lordly  neogama. 

As  the  July  days  waned  and  August  suns  scorched  the 
droughty  hill  sides,  other  species  were  added  to  the  list; 
palaogama,  habilis  and  residua  on  hickory  and  hidden  away 
in  the  foliage  of  the  Virginia  creeper. 

Arnica  was  abundant  on  oak  in  early  July,  and  judith  spar- 
ingly on  hickory,  residua  and  lucetta  scarce  at  all  times.  An 
occasional  specimen  of  piatrix  on  walnut,  and  the  gaudy  ama- 
trix  on  bark  of  like  color  to  his  own  upper  wings. 

The  first  cara  did  not  furnish  us  greater  delight  than  the 
first  vidua  that  flew  at  our  approach  across  a  little  ravine  and 
folded  his  wings  against  the  bark  of  a  hickory  sapling.  His 
capture  was  comparatively  easy,  and  such  a  choice  fellow  he 
was,  **  without  spot  or  blemish.** 

Mr.  E.  Dodge  slipped  away  to  a  particularly  dense  wood  and 
took  lachrymosa,  but  the  writer  never  caught  sight  of  that 
species,  though  he  afterward  tramped  through  its  haunts  again 
and  again. 

On  the  first  day  of  September  we  were  fortunate  enough  to 
take  two  fine  specimens  of  robinsoni  on  butternut  and  hickory. 
These  were  the  last  of  our  catches  as  the  weather  was  never 
favorable  after  that  date. 

Hidden  in  the  cracks  of  the  bark  and  the  irregularities  near 
the  base  of  one  grizzled  old  elm,  at  least  a  dozen  specimens  of 
neogama  and  innubeiis  were  routed  out  of  their  lurking  places 
on  several  different  occasions.  The  hollows  of  old  stumps  and 
often  the  loose  bark  of  dead  trees  furnished  many  specimens  of 
innubens  and  its  variety  scintillans. 


Sept.,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  233 

Alone,  one  hot  day  in  August,  we  were  tramping  along  the 
south  hillside,  when  a  large  moth  flew  from  the  very  base  of  a 
hickory,  straight  down  the  hill  toward  the  bottom.  So  yellow 
did  he  look  at  the  first  glance  that  we  decided  it  must  be  an  io. 
He  was  so  suspicious  of  our  actions  that  he  would  not  allow  a 
near  approach,  but  a  second  glimpse  convinced  us  that  he  was 
a  Catocala,  but  we  could  not  determine  him  specifically.  To 
follow  him  was  an  easy  matter,  both  because  of  his  size  and 
bright  color  when  on  the  wing.  We  were  so  near  him  once 
that  we  had  the  top  of  the  cyanide  jar  off  and  were  about  ready 
to  make  a  final  move  when  he  was  off  again  like  an  arrow. 

After  that,  though  we  followed  him  to  the  head  of  the  hol- 
low, we  were  unable  to  get  near  him,  and  finally  darting  away 
with  several  innubens^  he  was  lost  altogether.  It  was  the 
bitterest  disappointment  of  the  season,  and  even  now  it  makes 
us  sick  at  heart  to  think  what  a  treasure  was  almost  in  our 
grasp  only  to  slip  away.  If  we  had  been  nervous  when  we 
trapped  a  cara  or  a  vidua,  we  had  a  real  spell  of  "buck  ager*' 
when  the  great  yellow  moth  led  us  the  chase  up  the  little  val- 
ley.    It  was  the  most  conspicuous  Catocola  we  ever  saw. 

At  one  particularly  dark  spot  beneath  a  half  up-rooted  tree 
base,  on  the  bank  of  the  little  brook,  we  always  found  a  fine 
cara  awaiting  us.  Day  after  day  we  took  a  fresh  one  there. 
Once  two  were  within  three  inches  of  each  other,  but  the  cap- 
ture of  one  frightened  away  the  other,  so  our  faithful  old  tree 
could  never  promise  us  more  than  one  a  trip. 

A  single  specimen  of  C  uxor  was  taken  on  an  oak  trunk  by 
our  companion,  Mr.  Ralph  Rowley,  on  one  August  trip. 

Anyone  who  has  collected  Catocala  by  daylight  knows  that 
the  insect  rests  with  its  head  down  on  the  bark,  the  front  wings 
entirely  covering  the  treacherously  colored  hind  ones. 

With  wings  half  erect,  exposing  the  highly  colored  second- 
aries and  head  up  instead  of  down  when  he  is  on  the  alert  or 
frightened,  the  chances  of  placing  the  mouth  of  the  cyanide 
bottle  over  the  wary  moth  are  few.  Once  thoroughly  fright- 
ened a  Catocala  is  hard  to  catch. 

The  tree  trunks  should  be  closely  inspected  before  using  a 
stick  to  dislodge  any  unobserved  moths,  as  chases  after  fright- 


^34  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Sq)t/o6 

ened  specimens  are  often  fruitless,  besides  rubbing  the  stick  up 
and  down  the  bark  may  strike  the  moth  and  ruin  it  for  cabiiKt 
purposes.  However,  a  **  rousting*'  stick  is  indispensable,  as 
the  moths  are  sometimes  out  of  the  reach  of  the  jar.  Climbing 
may  be  resorted  to  in  such  cases  where  possible.  Hot  days  are 
the  best  for  Catocalse  hunting,  but  not  necessarily  sunshiny 
days. 

It  has  been  a  puzzle  to  us  to  know  just  what  elements  of 
weather  constitute  a  Catocala  day.  A  sultry,  sunshiny  day 
was  our  first  impression,  but  we  sometimes  found  hot  cloudy 
days  just  as  good. 

It  is  quite  probable  that  after  a  night  of  rain  the  moths  take 
refuge  nearer  the  ground  than  at  other  times. 

Often,  unaccountably,  there  was  a  scarcity  when  we  expec- 
ted an  abundance,  and  again  when  we  expected  little  we  reaped 
a  real  harvest,  still  on  hot,  bright  days  there  were  always 
moths  to  be  found,  high  or  low. 

About  dead  stumps  and  old  logs  we  never  took  other  than 
inmihens  and  scintillans,  with  an  occasional  neog^ama. 

White-barked  trees,  like  butternut  and  hickory,  shelter  the 
species  with  light  colored  upper  wings,  while  the  dark-barked 
trees  furnish  protection  to  the  species  with  darker  upper  wings. 
As  a  matter  of  fact,  each  moth  seeks  the  shelter  that  makes 
his  color  inconspicuous.  So  nearly  are  the  bark  and  the  closed 
upper  wings  of  the  moth  alike  in  color  that  even  a  trained  eye 
is  often  deceived,  a  most  interesting  case  of  protective  colora- 
tion. 


•«•»• 


A  new  species  of  Eotettix  (Acrididae)  from  Georgia. 

By  J.  A.  G.  Rehn. 

On  January  6,  1906,  Mr.  Morgan  Hebard  took  a  male  indi- 
vidual of  this  genus  at  Tyty  Plantation,  south  of  Thomasville 
and  immediately  north  of  the  Florida  line,  in  Thomas  County, 
Georgia.  The  specimen  proved  to  represent  a  very  distinct 
new  species,  which  I  take  great  pleasure  in  dedicating  to  Mr. 
Hebard. 


Sept,  '06]  ENTOHOLOGICAL  NEWS.  23j 

BaWUz  kabudl  n.  sp. 

Type.— I .  Tyty  Plantation,  Thomas  Co.,  Georgia,  Janu- 
ary 6,  1906.     Hebard  collection. 

Allied  to  E.  signatus  Scudder,  but  differing  in  the  narrower 
interspace  between  the  eyes,  the  broad  frontal  costa,  the  ab- 
sence of  distinct  lateral  carinje  on  the  cephalic  section  of  the 
prozona,  the  rounded  caudal   margin  of  the  metazona,   the 


slightly  broader  interspace  between  the  mesosternal  lobes,  the 
shorter  and  more  rounded  tegmina,  the  shorter  furcula,  the 
clavate  cerci  and  less  distinct  tubercle  of  the  subgenital  plate, 
as  well  as  some  details  of  the  coloration. 

The  form  of  the  tegmina  resembles  E.  pu- 
sillus  Morse,  but  hebardi  is  separated  from  that 
species  by  the  size  and  the  form  of  the  frontal 
costa.  From  E.  palustris  Morse  the  new  form 
1  can  be  separated  by  the  shape  of  the  supra- 
anal  plate  and  cerci  and  by  numerous  color 
characters. 

The  shape  of  the  cerci,  the  rather  thick 
blunt  form  of  the  prostemal  spine  and  the 
lack  of  distinct  lateral  carinse,  as  well  as  the 
luiiardi^.  sp.  Dor-  broad  frontal  costa  seen  in  this  species  are  at 
maieLbdomcM*  8.)  variance  with  Scudder's  generic  description, 
but  this  probably  requires  modification  as  Scudder  knew  but 
one  of  the  four  species  now  credited  to  the  genus. 


236  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Sep 

Form  slender,  slightly  compressed.  Head  with  the  occiput  di 
arched  dorsad  of  the  level  of  the  pronotum  ;  interocniar  spa* 
rower  than  any  portion  of  the  frontal  costa  ;  fastig^um  distinc 
not  strongly  declivent,  sulcate ;  face  considerably  retreating ; 
costa  broad,  slightly  but  regularly  expanding  ventrad,  not  s 
eyes  large,  moderately  prominent  when  viewed  dorsad,  subo' 
outline,  the  cephalic  margin  somewhat  flattened,  length  abon 
that  of  the  infra-ocular  sulcus  ;  antennae  slightly  longer  than  th< 
pronotum  and  tegmina  united,  proximal  joint  narrower  than  the 
section  of  the  frontal  costa.  Pronotum  slightly  tectate,  the  dorsu 
row,  the  greatest  width  contained  nearly  twice  in  the  length  ;  c 
margin  arcuatotruncate,  with  a  very  slight  median  emarg^natioo : 
zona  very  closely  and  deeply  punctate ;  median  carina  distinct  1 
high,  lateral  carina  indicated  only  by  a  blunt  angle  on  both  tl 
zona  and  metazona,  and  a  line  of  coarse  punctures  on  the  otl 
smooth  prozona  ;  principal  tranverse  sulcus  distinct,  cutting  the  1 
carina  at  a  point  distant  from  the  caudal  margin  about  two-fifths  ti 
notal  length  ;  lateral  lobes  very  considerably  longer  than  deep,  tfa( 
alic  and  caudal  margins  oblique,  ventral  margin  obtuse-an^late. 
mina  about  four-fifths  the  length  of  the  pronotum,  subovate,  the  g 
width  about  two-thirds  the  length,  apical  section  rounded,  subtn 
veins  moderately  distinct  and  closely  placed,  the  sutural  margins 
tegmina  separated  by  a  space  as  wide  as  the  frontal  costa.  Pro 
spine  erect,  slightly  retrorse,  thick,  blunt.  Interspace  between  the 
sternal  lobes  nearly  twice  as  long  as  broad  ;  metasternal  lobes  sul 
gent.  Abdomen  distinctly  compressed,  except  caudad,  the  extreni 
ing  but  slightly  upturned.  Furcula  as  long  as  the  segment  from  whi< 
arise,  flattened,  tips  divergent.  Supra-anal  plate  elongate-trigonal, 
sulcate  mesad,  broadly  and  rather  shallowly  sulcate  laterad.  Cei 
ering  in  the  proximal  half,  slender  mesad,  distinctly  expanded 
.U  rounded  dorsad,  and  with  a  rectangulate  lobule  ventrad,  the  dist 

If  distinctly  bent  mesad,  and  falling  slightly  short  of  the  tip  of  the 

I  anal  plate.     Subgenital  plate  with  the  apical  margin  strongly  curv< 

^  apical  tubercle  thick,  blunt  and  separated  dorsad  from  the  apical  i 

jr  by  a  depression.     Cephalic  and  median  femora  robust,  inflated,  th< 

t\  ji  alic  subfusiform.     Caudal  femora  moderately  slender;  caudal  tibi 

,  fifteen  spines  on  the  external  margins. 

N  General  color  raw  umber.     Head  with  two  widening  patches  < 

I;}  J  brown  on  the  occiput,  postocular  bars  distinct  and  moderately  w 

shining  black  ;  eyes  burnt  umber.     Pronotum  touched  with  burnt 
dorsad  ;  postocular  bar  present  on  the  prozona,  slightly  broade 
i  "  on  the  head  and  with  the  ventral  border  more  undulate  than  the  d 

'.\  shining  black.     Tegmina  near  Prout's  brown.     Abdomen  with  a 

i ,  bar  of  blackish   on   the   lateral  face,  broken  on  most  of  the  seg 

[  . ''  into  a  blackish  suffusion  or  blackish  spots  on  the  caudal  margins 

segment    Caudal  femora  touched  with  russet,  the  genicular  archi 

•li. 


, 


Sept,  'o6]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  237 

the  greater  portion  of  the  lobes  on  both  faces  blackish  ;  caudal  tibiae  very 
dull  olive-yellow,  marked  with  blackish  proximad  and  the  spines  of  the 
same  color. 

Measurements  : 

Length  of  body 22.  mm. 

Length  of  pronotum 5-    '* 

Length  of  tegmen 3.6  ** 

Length  of  caudal  femur 12.5  " 

Mr.  Hebard  has  kindly  furnished  the  following  note  on  the 
capture  of  the  type  :  *•  The  specimen  was  taken  in  the  long- 
leaf  pine  {Pinus  palustris)  woods  on  ^a  very  cold  day.  All 
other  forms  of  insect  life  seemed  absent,  but  I  noticed  this 
individual  springing  about  in  the  jasmine  and  wire  grass  with 
great  alacrity.  It  spite  of  the  cold  it  appeared  vigorous,  and 
when  released  from  my  pocket  in  a  warm  room,  sprang  about 
rapidly,  jumping  several  feet  at  each  spring. 


%m 


Observations  on  Cicada  tibicen  L«  and  allied  forms* 

By  Wm.  T.  Davis  and  Louis  H.  Joutel. 

Dr.  Harris  in  his  "Insects  Injurious  to  Vegetation"  de- 
scribes Cicada  canicularis,  which  he  compares  with  Cicada 
P^inosa  of  Say.  He  also  mentions  in  a  foot-note  Cicada  Hbi- 
^^  of  Linnaeus,  which  he  states  is  even  quite  common  within 
^e  b'mits  of  the  City  of  New  York.  Prof.  Uhler  commenting 
on  canicularis  in  another  foot-note  says  :  **this  is  nothing  more 
than  a  local  variety  of  C  pruinosa  Say  ;  there  is  no  persistency 
^  the  form  and  length  of  the  abdominal  valves,  and  the  color- 
ation and  extent  of  pruinescence  upon  the  insect  depend  upon 
various  contingencies  to  which  it  is  liable." 

Mr.  Chas.  William  Woodworth  in  his  '*  Synopsis  of  North 
American  Cicadidae,"  published  in  Psyche,  in  June,  1888,  fol- 
Ws  the  lead  of  Prof.  Uhler,  and  under  Cicada  tibicen  Linn., 
places  as  synonyms  both  Cicada  pruinosa  and  Cicada  canicularis, 
^^t  authors  have,  since  Prof.  Uhler's  note,  classed  the  three 
^P^cies  mentioned  by  Dr.  Harris  as  one,  or  at  most  have  con- 

*^4ered  that  Cicada  canicularis  might  be  entitled  to  specific 
Tank. 


238 


ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS. 


[Sept,  '06 


To  this  view  the  authors  of  the  present  paper  cannot  sub- 
scribe, and  after  having  examined  about  one  hundred  individ- 
uals of  what  Mr.  Woodworth  would  call  tihicen^  we  are  strongly 
of  the  opinion  that  there  are  three  species.  We  ^ere  first  led 
to  this  view  by  observing  the  songs  and  distribution  of  the 
Cicadas  about  New  York  City,  and  later  we  found  that  the 
specimens  could  be  easily  separated  into  three  series. 


TABLE   FOR  SEPARATING  THE  MALES. 


NAMU 


AVKKAOK 
SIZE 


VALVKS 

OR 

OPKKCUI-A 


Cpruinosa 


31-33  mm. 


C.  tibicen 


30-32  mm. 


Longer  than 

broad. 

8-10  mm.  long 


As  broad  as 


LAST 
VENTRAL 
SEGMENT 


Nearly 
V-shaped 


COLOR,   ETC. 


More 


,  ^®"^,         U-shaped 
5-6  mm.  long  ^ 


C.  canicuiaris 


25-30  mm. 


Broader  than 
long 


More 


Thorax  with  few  greesv 
brownish  marks. 

White  s|>ots  at  base  of  a^ 
domen  conspicuons. 

Abdomen  light  colored aii 
pniinose  beneath. 

Thorax  with  many  grea 
or  brownish  marks. 

White  spots  at  base  ol  ^ 
domen  rarely  conspictK^B 
most  often  absent. 

Abdomen  pniinose  benead 
on  sides  ;  central  portki 
shining  black. 

Markings  similar  to  \\ 
last,  with  spots  at  base  of  a! 
domen  rarely  present ;  001 


3-4  mm.  long  i    "    ^^     ; pubescent  than  either  pn 

nosa  or  tibicen. 


The  description  of  Cicada  tibicen  by  Linnaeus  would  do 
equally  well  for  the  other  two  species  considered  below,  but 
we  have  confined  it  to  what,  in  our  opinion,  was  the  insect 
Dr.  Harris  had  in  mind  from  Manhattan  Island,  in  New  York 
City.  In  addition,  there  is  no  doubt  as  to  tbe  insect  Dr.  Har- 
ris described  as  canicuiaris ^  and  the  pruinosa  of  Say  is  nearly 
as  well  characterized. 

What  we  have  called  the  last  ventral  segment  in  the  follow- 


Sept.,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  239 

ing  table  is  the  gouge-shaped  piece  which  terminated  the  abdo- 
men of  the  male  Cicada  on  the  under  side. 

The  females  of  Cicada  pruinosa  are,  as  a  rule,  larger  than  the 
other  two  species,  and  the  colors  are  as  given  for  the  males. 
Cicada  tibicen  females  have  the  many  green  or  brownish  mark- 
ings on  the  thorax,  and  the  abdomen  beneath  with  the  central 
portion  shining  black.  Cicada  caniailaris  is  the  smallest  of  the 
three,  and  the  females,  as  well  as  the  males,  are  more  nearly 
covered  with  a  fine  pubescence,  which  is  often  quite  conspicu- 
ous on  the  dorsal  surface  of  the  abdomen. 

It  will  be  observed  from  the  characters  mentioned,  and  much 
more  markedly  from  a  series  of  specimens,  that  Cicada  tibicen 
and  Cicada  caniailaris  are  more  nearly  related  to  each  other 
than  to  Cicada  pruinosa. 

Cicada  pruinosa  is  abundant  on  Staten  Island,  where  its 
energetic  song  forms  a  conspicuous  part  of  the  insect  melody 
of  mid-summer.  In  the  collection  of  New  Jersey  Cicadas  ex- 
amined by  us  through  the  courtesy  of  Prof.  J.  B.  Smith  and 
Mr.  Edgar  L.  Dickerson,  there  are  specimens  from  New  Bruns- 
wick and  the  Orange  Mountains. 

Cicaden  tibicen  is  not  so  common  as  the  last  species  on  Staten 
Island,  but  is  more  abundant  on  Manhattan  Island,  as  at  Mt. 
Morris  Park  for  instance.  It  is  also  to  be  found  on  top  of  the 
Palisades  at  Fort  Lee.  Other  localities  are  New  Brunswick, 
Bay  side  and  near  Nomianock  in  New  Jersey.  Its  song  is  not 
so  energetic  or  loud  as  that  of  pruinosa. 

Cicada  caniailaris  is  more  especially  to  be  found  on  some  of 
the  sandy  portions  of  Staten  Island,  and  is  otherwise  widely 
distributed.  We  have  seen  specimens  from  Lakehurst,  Sparta 
and  Chester  in  New  Jersey ;  from  Sullivan  Co. ,  New  York  ; 
Thousand  Islands  in  the  St.  Lawrence  River,  and  Lake  St. 
Joseph,  Quebec.  Its  song  is  quite  different  in  tone  from  that 
of  the  other  two  species,  and  it  may  be  told  by  it  alone. 


f» 


Mr.  Cockroach,— **  The  doctor  tells  me  that  I  have  one  foot  in  the 
grave."* 
Mr.  Centipede. — "  Oh,  I  wouldn't  let  a  little  thing  like  that  worry  me." 


240  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Sept,  '06 

Preoccupied  Generic  names  of  Coleoptera. 

By  T.  D.  a.  Cockerell. 

In  the  course  of  my  work  on  the  list  of  Coleoptera  of  New 
Mexico,  I  have  been  struck  by  the  number  of  preoccupied 
generic  names  which  are  still  allowed  to  stand  in  our  cata- 
logues. It  occurred  to  me  that  it  would  be  a  useful  service  to 
make  a  complete  list  of  these,  and  to  this  end  I  have  examined 
every  name  given  as  valid  in  Henshaw's  list,  with  respect  to 
homonomy.  As  a  result,  I  find  nearly  fifty  names  which  are 
absolute  homonyms,  and  a  large  number  which  diflFer  from 
earlier  named  only  in  some  minor  feature  (^.  g.  termination 
indicating  gender),  and  would  be  considered  homonyms  by 
many.  These  latter  should  not,  I  think,  be  disturbed.  I 
have  not  examined  the  names  of  the  numerous  genera  described 
in  recent  years,  since  the  publication  of  Henshaw's  catalogue. 
In  my  manuscript,  I  have  provided  substitute  names  for  nearly 
all  the  homonyms,  but  only  part  of  them  are  g^ven  here,  as 
although  I  have  made  much  search  for  available  synonyms 
myself,  and  the  list  has  been  kindly  looked  over  by  Mr.  Fall, 
there  is  still  a  probability  that  several  available  substitute 
names  will  be  discovered  in  the  older  literature.  It  is  hoped 
that  those  who  are  aware  of  such  will  record  them. 

CARABID^. 

1.  Diphchelia  Brull6,  1835  {Diplochila  of  our  lists),  is  Rembus,  Latr.» 

18 1 7.    The  latter  name  was  alleged  to  be  preoccupied,  but  ap- 
parently in  error ;  hence  it  should  be  used  for  our  species. 

2.  Diaphorus  Dej.,  1831  (not  Meig.,  1824). 

3.  EiiprociusSoX.,  1851  (not  Gen^.,  1840). 

4.  Nothopus  Lee,  1852,  is  Euryderus  Lee,  1848,  not  Eurydera  Lap.     1 

do  not  consider  these  names  the  same,  and  think  that  Eury- 
derus should  be  restored. 

HYDROPHILID^. 

5.  Helopeltis  Horn,  1873  (not  Signoret,  1858)  =  Helopeltina  n.  n.;  spe- 

cies Helopeltina  larvalis  (Horn). 

SILPHID^. 

6.  Pelates  Horn,  1880  (not  Fisch,  not  Cuvier)  =  Pelatines  n.n.;  spe- 

cies Pelaiines  latus  (Mann.). 

7.  Aglyptus  Lee,  1866  (not  Foerst,  1856)  =  Agiypfinus  n.  n.;  species 

Agiypiinus  Icsvis  {L^c). 


Sept.,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  24I 

STAPH  YLINIDiE. 

8.    Pofystoma  Steph.,  1835  (not  Zed.,  1800) ;  EmpUnota  Casey,  1884,  is 

available. 
8.     Tanygnathus  Er.,  1837  (not  Wagl.,  1832). 

10.  7 rigonophorus  Nordm.,  1837  (not  Hope,  183 1,  not  Steph.,  1829). 

11.  Megalops  Er.  (not  Lac^p.,  1803). 

12.  Ephelis  Fauvel,  1883  (not  Lederer,  i^-^  —  EpheUnus  n.  n.;  species 

Ephelinius  guttatus  (Lee),   E,  pallidus  (Lee),   E.  noiatus 
(Lee). 

TRICHOPTERYGID^. 

13.  Trichopteryx  Kirby,  1826  (not  Huebner,  1816). 

COCCI  NELLID.^!:. 

14.  Megilla  Mulsant,  1851  (not  Fabr.,  for  a  genus  of  bees).    Paratuxmia 

Casey,  1899,  includes  our  M,  vittigera. 

15.  Mysia  Mulsant,  1846  (not  Gray,  1840,  or  Brown,  1827).     Neotnysia 

Casey,  1888  (not  Neatnysis  Czem.,  1887),  is  available. 

ENDOMYCHID^. 

16.  Syfnbiotes  Redt.,  1858  (not  Gerl.,  1857).    Eponotnastus  Buysson, 

1 89 1,  is  available ;  species  Eponofnaslus  ulkei  (Cr.),  E,  minor 
(Cr.). 

COLYDIID^. 

17.  Eudesma  Lee,  1863  (not  Ehr.,  1838)  =  Eudesmula  n.  n.  ;  species 

Eudesmula  undulata  (Melsh.). 

CUCUJID^. 

18.  Ino  Lap.,  1835  (not  Leach,  1819,  not  Oken,  181 5). 

CRYPTOPHAGID^. 

19.  Totnarus  Lee,  1861  (not  Erichs,  1847). 

DERMESTIDiE. 

20.  Acolpus  Jayne  (not  Brandt,  1835). 

DASCYLLlDiE. 

21.  Allopogon  Horn.,    1880  (not  Schiner,    jS66)  =  A/hpogonia  n.  n.; 

species  Aliopogonia  villosa  (Horn). 

22.  Araopus  Lee,  1874  (not  Spinola).     I  have  not  the  exact  date  of  the 

Spinolian  name,  but  it  is  certainly  older.    The  beetle-genus 
may  be  Arccopidius  n.  n. ;  species  Arceopidius  monachus  (Lee). 

ELATERID^. 

23.  Thar  ops  Lap.,  1835  (not  Huebner,  1816). 

24.  Crypiostofna  Latr.,  1825  (not  Blainv.,  1818)  =  Palccoxenus  Horn. 

25.  Asaphes  Kirby,  1837  (not  Walker,  1834)  =  Hemicrepidius  Germ. 


242  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Sept.,  'o6 

THROSCIDiE. 

26.  DrapeUs  Redt,  1849  (not  Meg.,  1821).    There  is  also  Drapetis 

Meig.,  1822. 

LAMPYRID^. 

27.  Cccnia  Newman,  1838  (not  Desv.,  1830)  =  Ccntiella  n.  n.;  species 

Cccnieila  dimidiata  (Fabr.),  C,  ampiicomis  (Lee.). 

CLERIDiE. 

28.  Elasmocerus  Lee,  1849,  is  Monophylla  Spin.,  1841  (not  Monophyllus 

Leach).  If  we  accept  the  **one-letter  rule"  Afonophylla  should 
be  restored. 

PTlNIDv*:. 

29.  Thcca  Muls.,  i860  (not  Sowerby,  1845).    Stagetus  VVoll.,  1861,  is 

available;  species  Stagetus  profundus  (Lee). 

SCARABiEID^. 

30.  Bradycinetus  Horn.,  1871  (not  Sars,  1865)  =  Bradycinetutus  n.  n.  ; 

species  Bradycinetutus  ferrugineus  (Beauv.),  B,  fossa  tor 
(Hald.),  B,  serratus  Lee),  B.  homi  (Rivers). 

CERAMBYCID^. 

31.  Eustrcrma  Lee,  1873  (not  Hubner)  =  Eustromuta  n.  n.  ;  sjjecies 

Eustrotnuta  vatida  (Lee). 

32.  yEthecerus  Che\T.t  1862  (not  Wesm.,  1845). 

CHRYSOMELID.^. 

33.  Monachus  Chevr.,  1834  (not  Kaup,  1829). 

TENEBRIONID^. 

34.  Cnemodus  Horn.,  1870  (not  Schaeff.,   1850)  =  Cnemodinus  n.  n.; 

species  Cnemodinus  testae eus  (Horn). 

35.  Noserus  Lee.,  1862  (not  Foerst,  1862  ;  not  Noserius  Pascoe,  1857.) 

36.  Eupsophus   Horn.,  1870  (not  Fitzinger,  date  uncertain,  but  much 

earlier)  =  Eupsophulus  n.  n.  ;  species  Eupsophulus  castaneus 
(Horn). 

37.  Aphanotus  Lee,  1862  (not  Lowe,  doubtless  earlier). 

^GIALITID^. 

38.  yEgiatites  Mann,  (not  Boie,  1822). 

OTHNIID/E. 

39.  Othnius  Lee,  1861,  is  Elacatis  Pascoe,  i860.    The  latter  was  **  pre- 

occupied" by  Elacate  Cuvier,  and  should  I  think  be  restored. 
The  family,  however,  cannot  be  called  Elacatidae,  because 
Elacate  is  the  type  of  a  family  Elacatidae,  in  fishes. 


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243 


40. 


41. 


42. 
43. 


44- 
45. 


46. 


47. 


48. 


MELANDRYIDyE. 

Carebara  Lee.,    1862  (not  Westw.,  1841) 
species  Rushia  longula  (Lee). 


Rushia  Forel,   1893 ; 


MELOID^. 

Zonoitaides  Fairm.,  1883  (not  American)  is  a  homonym  of  Zonitoides 
Lehm.,  1862. 

OTIORHYNCHID^. 

Rhypodes  Horn,  1876  (not  Stal,  1874)  =  Rhypodillus  n.  n. ;  species 
Rhypodillus  dilaiatus  (Horn),  R,  brevicoUis  (Horn). 

CURCULIONID^. 

Trigfyphus  Lee.  1876  (not  Loew,  1840)  =  Trigfyphuins  n.  n.;  spe- 
cies Triglyphulus  aier  (l^cc), 

Macrops  Kirby,  1837  (not  Burm.,  1835,  or  Wagl.,  1830)  =  Hypero- 
des  Jek.,  1864;  species  Hyperodes  vittaticollis  (Kirby),  H. 
humilis  (Gyll.),  H,  hirtellus  (Dietz),  H,  wickhami  (Dietz),  H, 
sparsus  (Say),  etc. 

Eudocitnus  Schonh.,  1836  (not  Wagl.,  1832). 

Coelogaster  Schonh.,  1837  (not  Schrank,  1780).  Two  other  homo- 
nyms are  Coelog aster  h!^v[i^?i^^  i.*<93,  and  Coelogaster  SxihviXz't, 
1896. 

Plocamus  Lee.,  1876  (not  Dejean,  1834). 

CALANDRID^E. 

Himatium  WoU.,  1873  (not  Clark,  i860)  =  Hitnatinum  n.  n.;  spe- 
cies HimaHnum  errans  (Lee),  H.  conicum  (Lee),  //.  nigri- 
tulum  (Casey). 

IVollasiania  Horn,  1872  (not  Heer,  1852)  =  Wollastoniella  n.  n.; 
species  Wollastoniella  quercicola  (Boh.). 


ANTHRIBIDyF.. 

49.  Ischnocerus  1839  (i^^^  Grav.,  1829). 

50.  PkopftuodMS  Lee,  1876  (not  Morch,  1852)  =  Phasnicobiella  n.  n. ; 

species  Phcenicobiella  chanurropis  (Lee). 

It  is  greatly  to  be  hoped  that  the  * 'one-letter  rule**  will  pre- 
vail ;  that  is  to  say,  that  no  name  will  be  considered  a  homo- 
nym unless  preoccupied  by  one  spelled  in  exactly  the  same 
way.  It  necessarily  goes  with  this,  that  the  spelling  of  names 
must  never  be  changed  from  the  original,  except  in  the  case  of 
a  misprint.  There  are  many  names  in  our  list  of  Coleoptera 
which  have  been  so  changed,  and  they  should,  I  believe,  all 


244  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Sept,  'o6 

be  restored  to  the  original  form.  To  give  some  idea  of  the 
disaster  that  will  result  from  the  interpretation  of  homonymy 
which  is  prevalent  in  certain  quarters,*  I  will  cite  some  of  the 
Coleopterous  names  which  would  fall. 

Agraphus  Schonh,  1834,  not  Agrapha  Hubn.,  1816. 

Amblychelia  Say,  1834,  **  Amblychilus  Fisch.,  1813. 

Atnphicerus  Lee,  i86r,  '*  Amphiceras  Gray,  1847. 

Aphorista  Gohr.,  1873,  '*  Aphoristia  Kaup.,  1858. 

Aplastus  Lee,  1859,  '*  Aplasia  Hubn.,  1816,  or  Schaum,  1844. 

Arhopalus  Serv.,  1834,  '*  Arhopala  Boisd.,  1832. 

Asetnum  Esch.,  1830,  *'  Asemus  Ranz.,  1820. 

Alimia  Hald.,  1847,  **  Alitnus  Dejean. 

OtrotnaHa  Lee,  1862,  **  Chromalium  Perty,  1852. 

Chrysophana  Lee,  1859,  **  Chrysophanus  Hubn.,  1816. 

Coenonycha  Horn.,  1876,  '*  Coenonica  Kraatz,  1857. 

Colaslus  Erichs,  1843,  *'  Colasles  Hal.,  1833. 

Conoecus  Horn,  '*  Conoeca  Scott,  1865. 

Dromius  Bon.,  181 3,  *'  Drotnia  Fabr.,  1798. 

Euphoria  Burm.,  1842,  **  Euphorua  Nees,  1834. 

Polyphylla  Harr.,  1841,  **  Polyphyllia,  2  and  9,  1833. 

In  the  case  of  the  following,  I  do  not  know  which  has  priority : 

Aforio  Latr.,  1810  (Coleop.)  and  Morio  Month,  1810  (Mollusca). 
Cyllene  Newman,  1840  (Coleop.)  and  Cyllene  Gray,  1840  (Mollusca). 


Notes  on  Tanypus  dyari« 

By  Evelyn  Groesbeeck  Mitchell,  Washington,  D.  C. 

This  species  evidently  winters  in  the  larval  stage.  The 
earliest  larvae  which  I  have  found  were  taken  on  March  4th 
from  a  drinking  tank  for  horses  in  Rock  Creek  Park,  Washing- 
ton, D.  C.  The  tank  consists  of  an  iron  pipe  about  three  feet 
in  diameter  and  four  deep,  into  which  falls  a  stream  of  clear 
spring  water,  continually  running  from  a  tap.  The  inside  of 
the  tap  was  overgrown  with  a  green  alga  in  which  the  larvae 
hide  and  on  which  they  also  feed.  The  larvae  pupated  the 
evening  of  March  4th,  and  the  imagos  emerged  on  the  6th. 
April  1 2th  two  batches  of  eggs  were  found  at  the  tank. 

The  larvae  of  this  species  are  easily  raised  so  long  as  there 
are  algae  and  euglena  in  the  bottle  and  they  are  not  in  too  light 

•  I'^or  a  discussion  of  this  nialter,  see  Talmer.  Index  Generuin  Mammalium,  pp.  34-37. 


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245 


a  place.  Eggs  laid  June  15th  by  a 
captured  adult  hatched  the  17th,  the 
larvfe  pupated  the  night  of  July  ist, 
and  the  imagos  emerged  on  the  3rd. 

If  there  is  not  enough  food  the  lar- 
vsE  are  prone  to  eat  each  other.  This 
happened  in  the  case  of  eggs  laid  May 
17th,  which  hatched  the  20th,  and  by 
June  nth  the  larvae  had  all  disap- 
peared. 

On  June  22nd  larvse  were  found  to 
be  abundant  in  a  rain  puddle  situated 
in  a  back  yard  in  this  city.  The  pud- 
dle was  about  four  feet  in  diameter, 
the  water  perfectly  clear,  with  a  soft, 
muddy  bottom.  The  whole  bottom 
seem  alive  with  the  moving  heads  of 
the  larvK,  which  were  about  thirty  to 
the  square  inch.  There  were  a  few 
red  larva;  of  Chironomus  cristaia  in  the 
same  pool.  The  dyari  from  the  tank 
often  construct  "  houses  "  in  the  form 
of  tubes  in  the  alga,  fastening  together 
bits  of  alga  and  excreta  with  silk. 
There  evidently  ^annot  be  much  silk 
for  the  tubes  crumble  easily,  unlike 
those  of  many  gnats.  The  larvse  in 
the  puddle  did  not  spin  at  all,  they 
simply  waved  about  on  the  surface  of 
the  soft  mud  until  they  made  a  hollow, 
which  on  deepening  allowed  the  mud 
lo  silt  in  on  their  backs;  or  they  shove 
head  first  into  the  mud,  in  either  case 
making  a  slightly  arcuate  tube  open- 
ing at  the  surface  at  both  ends.  In 
this  tube  they  stay,  head  and  thorax 
,^  protruded,  keeping  up  a  constant  wav- 
?^ing  motion.  They  almost  never  come 
'  out  and  swim  about.    The  food  in  the 


246  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  fScpt,  '06 

puddle  could  not  have  been  algae,  it  might  have  been  bacteria 
or  protozoa. 

The  larvae  (see  fig.),  are  remarkably  hairy,  the  first  not  so 
much  so  as  the  later  stage.  I  think  that  they  molt  three  times 
but  am  not  sure,  as  they  molt  in  their  houses  and  eat  their 
shed  skins. 

The  adults  emerge  from  the  pupa  case  rather  slowly  as  com- 
pared with  some  of  the  other  gnats,  which  come  out  like  a  flash. 

The  eggs  are  in  a  slightly  irregular,  rounded  mass  of  gelatin, 
with  a  thread  of  gelatin  attached.  The  mass  is  about  one-quar- 
ter inch  in  diameter.  The  eggs  are  about  200  in  number  and 
do  not  seem  to  have  any  regular  arrangement  in  lines.  They 
lie  mostly  with  the  small  ends  turned  toward  the  centre  of  the 
mass,  the  outer  ends  being  about  one-quarter  the  distance  from 
periphery  to  center  of  mass.. 


Some  new  Larridae  from  Nebraska. 

By  Harry  S.  Smith,  Lincoln,  Neb. 

Tachysphex  pnnctolttiis  n.  sp. 

9.— Length  7  mm. — Anterior  margin  of  clypeus  very  slightly  curved 
outward,  a  blunt,  obtuse  tooth  at  each  side,  which  is  scarcely  noticeable : 
clypeus,  excepting  the  margin,  very  strongly  convex,  and  with  a  few 
large,  widely  separated  punctures,  shining ;  sides  of  face  and  front  with 
medium  sized  shallow  punctures,  the  spaces  between  them  with  exceed- 
ingly fine  ones  ;  vertex  with  punctures  a  little  more  widely  separated  ;  a 
narrow  impunctate  depression  or  line  extending  from  middle  ocellum  to 
the  two  supra-antennal  tubercles  ;  depression  behind  ocelli  deep,  some- 
what linear ;  space  between  eyes  above  at  closest  place  about  equal  to 
antennal  joints  2  and  3  ;  second  joint  of  fiagellum  about  one-fifth  longer 
than  first,  remaining  joints  gradually  shorter  ;  mandibles  medially  and 
spot  on  scape  beneath,  rufous  ;  sides  of  face  with  silvery  pubescence. 
Dorsulum  finely  punctured,  depressed  anteriorly,  punctures  becoming 
more  sparse  posteriorly  ;  scutellum  convex,  sparsely  and  distinctly  punc- 
tured, shining  ;  postscutellum  with  punctures  closer,  metanotum  finely 
granulated,  metapleura  minutely  indistinctly  striate ;  posterior  face  of 
metathorax  with  very  fine  striae  and  a  longitudinal  balloon-shaped  depres- 
sion, point  downward,  over  which  a  narrow  transverse  carina,  on  a  level 
with  the  upper  surface  of  the  metanotum,  projects.  Leg^  black,  apical 
joints  of  tarsi  testaceous  ;  comb  of  anterior  tarsi  with  the  bristles  arranged 
in  groups  near  the  apices  of  the  joints,  one  group  for  each  joint,  about  16 
bristles  altogether  ;  tibiae  and  tarsi  spinose,  middle  ones  most  strongly  so. 
Abdomen  dark  red,  apical  segments  almost  black,  broadly  margined  with 


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testaoeous ;  ventral  segments  finely  punctured  basally,  with  a  few  large 
punctures  interspersed ;  pygidial  area  sparsely  punctured,  slightly  con- 
cave and  surrounded  by  a  narrow  raised  margin.  Wings  smoky,  outer 
edges  and  base  lighter,  iridescent ;  marginal  cell  truncate ;  second  and 
third  submarginal  cells  equal  at  top ;  third  submarginal  cell  extending 
soine\what  beyond  marginal. 

r>escribed  from  one  9  specimen,  Sioux  County,  Neb.,  May. 

S€^ems  to  be  most  nearly  related  to  71  iarsaius  Say,  from 

wliicb  it  is  easily  distinguished  by  the  peculiar  punctuation  of 

the  front,  by  its  smaller  size,  and  by  the  sculpture  of  the  meta- 

thorax.     In  the  punctuation  of  the  anterior  portion  of  the 

^^sothorax  this  species  approaches  T,  semirufus  Cresson,  from 

^'hich  it  may  readily  be   distinguished  by  its  much  darker 

wingrs  and  punctuation. 

^dstromma  teridfrons  n.  sp. 

c?. — Length  6  mm.— Anterior  margin  of  clypeus  slightly  emarginate 

"^^cJially,  outer  angles  acute ;  clypeus  rather  finely  punctured,  shining  ; 

"  oiit  coarse  granulate,  becoming  gradually  finer  toward  the  lateral  ocelli; 

^^■"tex  finely  and  closely  punctured,  the  depression  behind  the  ocelli  quite 

strong  ;  face  clothed  with  a  dense  mat  of  short  silvery-white  pubescence  ; 

^J^-^ce  between  eyes  at  top  slightly  less  than  length  of  antennal  joints  2 

fj^^^  3  united  ;  joints  i  and  2  of  flagellum  about  equal ;  mandibles  dark 

^^^^Uy,  rufous  apically.     Mesonotum  finely  punctured  anteriorly,  the 

J^^nctures  becoming  coarser  on  the  disk  ;  scutellum  and  postscutellum 

^^**rsely  punctured,  entire  mesonotum  clothed  with  a  thin  yellowish 

■^*t^  pubescence ;  upper  face  of  metathorax  comparatively  very  small, 

^•cirjg  (lie  shape  of  a  shield,  this  face  being  strongly  longitudinally  striate, 

^  striae  not  curving  outward  as  in  distincta  ;  a  median  longitudinal  ridge 

^'crli  is  broad  basally  and  gradually  narrowed  posteriorly,  separates  the 

""■^  ;  posterior  face  transversely  striate,  with  a  median  depression,  and 

^^Hcd  with  a  silvery  pubescence,  as  are  also  the  metapleura,  which  are 

**^vitely  striate.    Legs  black,  strongly  spinose,  the  tarsi  reddish.    Abdo- 

^^^1   bright  red,  apical  segments  black,  each  segment  with  a  narrow  band 

F^vinclures,  these  bands  becoming  wider  on  apical  segments.     Pygidial 

*"^*^  coarsely  punctured,  ventral  segments  finely  punctured,  apical  plate 

-  ^***^ded.     Wings  hyaline,  stroqgly  iridescent ;  the  2n'^'  recurrent  nervure 

■"^^^etvcd  by  the  2nd  submarginal  cell  at  the  middle,  the  ist  is  received 

*^^**^  to  the  ist  cubital  nervure  ;  marginal  cell  truncate. 


t>escribed  from  one  %  specimen,  Glen,  Sioux  County,  Neb., 

^^^^^USt  22,   1905. 

1*his  is  a  very  distinct  and  remarkably  pretty  little  species. 
^     Fox's  table  it  will  run  to  A.  aurantia  Fox,  from  which  it 


248  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Sept,  '06 

may  be  readily  separated  by  the  sculpture  of  the  metathorax, 
color  and  punctuation  of  the  abdomen,  wing  venation  and  size. 

Andstroiiiiiui  Innneri  n.  sp. 

c?. — Length  8-9  mm. — Anterior  margin  of  clypeus  strongly  rounded 
out,  the  outer  angles  obtuse ;  clypeus  with  medium  sized  punctures,  the 
distance  between  them  variable  ;  sides  of  face  closely  punctured,  the  front 
more  sparsely  so ;  vertex  punctured  as  front ;  a  shining  space  in  the  pit 
behind  the  ocelli ;  face  with  sparse  silvery  pubescence  ;  mandibles  apicallr 
and  under  side  of  style  ferruginous ;  space  between  eyes  at  top  greater 
than  antennal  joints  2  and  3,  almost  as  great  as  2-4  united  ;  first  and  sec- 
ond joints  of  flagellum  subequal.  Thorax  with  very  sparse  pale  pubes- 
cence, anterior  portion  of  mesonotum  finely  punctured,  depressed  in  front 
and  with  two  distinct  parapsidal  grooves .  scutellum  medially  impressed, 
shining,  punctures  a  little  more  distant ;  postscutellum  closely  punctured; 
upper  face  of  metathorax  finely  granulate,  with  a  strong  median  furrow 
of  uniform  width  running  the  entire  length  and  connecting  with  the  de- 
pression of  the  posterior  face,  which  is  also  granulate,  more  coarsely  so 
below  ;  metapleura  with  medium  sized  punctures.  Legs  black,  apical 
joints  of  tarsi  reddish,  feebly  spinose,  longer  spur  of  posterior  tibia  tw-o- 
thirds  the  length  of  basal  joint  of  tarsus.  Abdomen  black,  dorsal  seg- 
ments indistinctly  punctured,  excepting  narrow  apical  margins  of  s^- 
ments,  which  are  impunctate  and  sometimes  testaceous ;  pygidial  area 
well  defined,  coarsely  punctured  ;  ventral  segments  distinctly  finely  punc- 
tured, apices  of  segments  impunctate,  8th  ventral  plate  rounded.  Wings 
subhyaline,  strongly  iridescent,  second  recurrent  nervure  received  before 
the  middle  of  second  submarginal  cell ;  marginal  cell  truncate,  appendi- 
culation  short 

Described  from  five  %  specimens,  West  Point,  Neb.,  June 
(L.  Bruner). 

Most  closely  related  to  A,  confer ta  Fox,  from  which  it  differs 
in  the  comparative  length  of  antennal  joints,  punctuation  of 
front  and  vertex,  sculpture  of  metanotum  and  color  of  abdo- 
men. Dedicated  to  Prof.  Lawrence  Bruner,  who  collected  the 
specimens. 


^•»>- 


Thk  Remains  of  Thomas  Say. — Under  date  of  May  28,  1906,  Mr.  E 
B.  Williamson  wrote  :  "Mr.  C.  C.  Deam  has  just  retumedfrom  New  Har- 
mony, Indiana,  where  he  attended  a  meeting  of  the  Indiana  Academy  of 
Sciences  You  may  be  interested  to  know  that  Say's  body  is  buried 
in  a  brick  sepulcher  or  vault  in  the  garden  of  Mr.  John  Corbin.  Some 
lime  ago  portions  of  the  vault  which  were  made  of  wood  fell  down,  and 
in  repairing  the  damage  the  opportunity  was  taken  of  examining  the  re- 
mains. The  original  coffins  are  gone,  but  the  bones  are  well  preserved 
in  natural  positions.  The  vault  has  been  resealed  with  concrete  to  re- 
place the  limbers." 

[A  description  and  a  picture  of  Say's  tomb,  by  Prof.  F.  M.  Webster, 
were  published  in  the  News,  vol.  vi,  p.  loi,  for  April,  1895. — Eds.] 


Sef>r.  ,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEIVS.  249 

.Tasitic  Hymcnoptcra  of  Algonquin  Illinois. — ^V, 

By  Wm.  a.  Nason,  M.D. 

le  present  paper  concludes  the  series  cataloguing  the 
PsLT-sLsitic  Hymenoptera  of  Algonquin,  Illinois.  Altogether, 
tti.^ire  have  been  listed  608  species  and  10  varieties,  under  252 
g^^^^eric  names.  The  following  table  shows  the  number  of 
g^^:aeTa,  species  and  varieties  belonging  to  each  family  : 


Families, 

Genera, 

Species, 

Varieties, 

Cynipidae 

18 

29 

Evaniidse 

2 

2 

Ichneumonidap 

82 

271 

10 

Alysiidse 

II 

15 

Braconidse 

55 

156 

Chalcididse 

51 

84 

Proctotrypidse 

30 

47 

Mymaridse 

2 

3 

Pelecinidae 

I 

I 

252  608  10 

These  parasitic  forms  of  insect  life  are  all  dependent  upon 

*^^ir  hosts  for  maintainance  and  perpetuation,  and  this  point 

^*     view  opens  up  a  most  interesting  subject  of  study.     The 

5^^ts  are  largely  vegetable  feeders,  and  consequently  the  flora 

toe  regions  they  inhabit  must  of  necessity,  to  a  great  ex- 

^t,  be  made  up  of  the  plants  which  furnish  them  suitable 

All  plants  and  plant  societies  are  dependent  upon  the 

istence  of  suitable  soil,  and  climatic  conditions  for  their 

O^wth  and  continuance.      Hence,  we  must  consider,  in  order 

arrive  at  an  intelligent  idea  of  the  origin  and  distribution  of 

parasitic  forms,  what  are  the  ecological  relations  of  the 

ions  which  control  the  vegetation  necessary  to  perpetuate 

hosts, 
o  do  this  it  is  best  to  first  consider  the  geographical  rela- 
5^mis  of  these  insect  forms,  and  then  the  ecological  conditions 
the  fauna  and  flora  of  the  regions  occupied  by  them.      The 
^^^t  object  may  be  first  attained  by  consulting  lists  of  species 


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ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS. 


[Sept..  '6tl 


which  give  definite  localities  where  the  species  have  been 
found  to  exist.  The  most  available  records  in  this  line  an 
to  be  found  in  the  two  following  publications:  "Catalogue 
of  Described  Hyraenoptera  of  America  North  of  Mexico,"  bv 
E.  T.  Cresson,  published  in  1887,  which  gives  the  localities 
whence  the  species  listed  were  originally  described  ;  "A 
Monograph  of  the  North  American  Proctotrypidae, "  by  Wm. 
H.  Ashmead,  published  in  1893,  enumerates  in  like  manner, 
with  descriptions,  the  species  of  that  family. 

An  examination  of  these  two  lists  enables  us  to  locate  Ibe 
geographic  affinities  of  371,  or  over  61  per  cent,  of  the  spe- 
cies embraced  in  the  Algonquin  list.  They  are  distributed  as 
follows : 


LOCALITIES 


Canada    

New  Hampshire  .  .  . 
Massachusetts  .  .  .  . 
Connecijcut  .  .   ,   .   . 

New  York 

New  Jersey 

Pennsylvania 

Delaware 

District  of  Columbia  , 
Virginia  


Floi 

Texas 

Ohio 

Indiana   ,    .    .    , 

Illinois 

Missouri  .       .    . 

Kansas  .... 
Nebraska  .  .  . 
Colorado.  .  .  . 
California  .  .  . 
British  Cotumbiu 
Vancouver  .  .  . 
t^ludson  Bay  .  . 
United  Stales . 


i\i\i' 


Total,  each  family i  25     a    193  70    33    48 


Sept.,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  25I 

Now  if  we  can  find  some  factors  which  these  regions,  from 

which  the  species  tabulated  above  are  derived,  have  in  common. 

It  may  be  possible  to  reach  some  conclusions  in  regard  to  the 

influences  which  have  made  the  fauna  of  northern  Illinois 

w^hat  it  is. 

Mr.  Edgar  N.  Transeau  in  a  paper  on  **  Forest  Centres  of 
Eastern  America."  published  in  the  American  Naturalist,  vol. 
^^xix,  p.  885,  fig.  6,  1905,  gives  a  map  which  is  most  sugges- 
tive in  this  connection.  This  map  shows  graphically  the  ratio 
^^  rainfall  to  evaporation  in  the  eastern  United  States  and 
Caria^la^  expressed  in  percentages. 

-A.  very  interesting  fact  is  disclosed  on  comparing  the  distri- 
^utic^n  of  the  species  of  insects  as  enumerated  in  the  table, 
^'*^^  the  distribution  of  rainfall  and  evaporation,  given  by 
'"^^seau  in  the  map  quoted  above.  For  we  find  the  species 
^^^^ily  divide  into  two  series,  whose  food  plants  pertain  to 
'^^^^Qns  of  very  different  humidity,  and  consequently  of  dif- 
^^^^t  vegetal  growth. 

^lie  first  series  embraces  the  species  from  Canadian  sources, 

^^^     all  fall  into  zones  in  which  the  percentage  of  rainfall  to 

^^^p^oration  is  i  lo  per  cent,  or  more.     The  second  series  em- 

^^Oes  all  the  species  described  from  regions  east  of  the  great 

.    ^^tern  plains,  and  south  of  the  Canadian  sources,  and  fall 

^^^    zones  whose  percentage  of  rainfall  to  evaporation  ranges 

^^^xi  80  to  1 10  per  cent. 

I^  the  first  series  from  Canada  and  the  north  east  are  201 

*^^c^ies,  which  is  54  per  cent,  of  the  species  given  by  Cresson 

^^    Ashmead,  and  33  per  cent,  of  all  the  Algonquin  species. 

^^    t:lie  second  series  from  regions  east  of  the  great  plains  and 

^^^th  of  the  Canadian  region  there  are  153  species,  or  41  per 

^^^^.  of  the  species  given  by  Cresson  and  Ashmead,  and  25  per 

^^^t:.  of  all  in  the  Algonquin  list.    This  leaves  only  17  species. 

^    less  than  5  per  cent,  of  the  species  given  by  Cresson  and 

^^limead  from  other  areas. 

T^aken  altogether,  this  gives  95  per  cent,  of  the  species 
L  ^igned  by  Cresson  and  Ashmead  to  definite  habitats,  as  orig- 
k  ^^^ting  in  or  inhabiting  the  two  zones  or  areas  described.  This 
M        ^*    a  sufficiently  large  percentage  to  warrant  conclusions  of 


252  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Sept, 'o6 

some  value,  for  it  embraces  58  per  cent,  of  all  the  Algonqnia 
species. 

These  are  exceedingly  interesting  facts,  and  although  the 
data  are  far  from  complete,  it  is  evident  that  they  point  deci- 
sively toward  the  solution  of  the  problem  of  the  origin  of  the 
Algonquin  insect  fauna  we  are  considering.  For  the  Canadian 
series  come  from  what  Transeau  describes  (pp.  884,  885),  as 
the  *  *  northeastern  conifer  forest  centre, ' '  with  a  ratio  of  1 10 
or  more  percentage  of  humidity,  and  the  second  series  from  the 
regions  he  describes  as  **open  forests,'*  **oak  openings/*  **dense 
forests  on  low  grounds**  and  the  **decidious  forest  centre'*  hav- 
ing a  ratio  of  less  than  no  per  cent,  of  rainfall  to  evaporation. 

The  situation  of  Algonquin  in  northern  Illinois,  as  situated 
on  the  map  given  by  Transeau,  confirms  the  ideas  stated  above. 
For  the  locality  is  near  the  northern  edge  of  the  *  *  deddions 
forest  centre,'*  and  also  near  the  southern  edge  of  the  "north- 
eastern conifer  forest  **  in  Wisconsin.  This  statement  is 
emphasized  by  the  fact  that  a  genuine  cedar  swamp  exists  ten 
miles  south  of  Algonquin,  near  Elgin,  which  is  as  characteris- 
tic as  are  the  cedar  swamps  of  northern  Michigan  or  Wisconsin. 

The  views  of  Transeau,  as  given  above,  confirm  the  ideas 
earlier  advanced  by  Mr.  Chas.  C.  Adams,  in  a  very  interesting 
and  valuable  paper,  **  On  Post  Glacial  Dispersal  of  the  North 
American  Biota,**  published  in  the  Biological  Bulletin  in  1905; 
a  map  on  page  57  of  that  paper  very  clearly  shows  how  his 
second  biotic  type  from  the  north,  and  the  fourth  biotic  type 
from  the  south  of  the  Ohio  River,  on  the  retreat  of  the  Wis- 
consin glacial  ice  sheet,  would  naturally  meet  in  the  region  of 
northern  Illinois,  and  establish  a  fauna  and  flora,  having  many 
characters  in  common  with  those  of  the  northeast  and  south- 
east. The  boreal  and  austral  types  would  mingle  and  find  in 
northern  Illinois  a  common  ground,  and  the  fauna  and  flora 
would  necessarily  show  evidences  of  this  double  derivation. 

It  is  to  be  hoped  that  sufficient  data  will  be  accumulated  in 
a  few  years  to  enable  the  conclusions  arrived  at  in  this  paper 
to  be  thoroughly  investigated.  A  list  of  the  hosts  of  the 
Algonquin  parasitic  insects  given  in  this  series  of  papers,  and 
of  the  food  plants  of  these  hosts,  would  enable  us  to  clear  up 
some  of  the  points  at  issue.     This,  and  the  analysis  of  many 


Sept.,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  253 

local  lists  of  both  insects  and  plants,  would  be  steps  in  the 
right  direction.  For  this  study  involves  such  a  variety  of 
elements  which  go  to  determine  the  ecological  relations  of  the 
plant  and  insect  life — the  fauna  and  flora — of  the  regions  we 
are  considering,  that  much  time  and  study  will  be  necessary. 
But  the  results  will  be  commeasurate  with  the  labor,  for  they 
will  not  only  add  greatly  to  our  knowledge,  but  also  clear  up 
some  of  the  most  interesting  of  the  unsettled  problems  of  biology. 


^it^ » 


On  the  Orthoptcran  Genus  Ageneotettix,  with  a 
description  of  a  new  species  from  Illinois* 

By  Dr.  J.  L.  Hancock,  F.E.S. 

A  study  of  a  series  of  specimens  of  the  genus  Ageneoietiix 
from  Illinois  has  given  rise  to  the  question  whether  there  has 
not  been  discrepencies,  by  authors,  in  the  identity  of  the  de- 
scribed species  of  this  genus.  This  refers  especially  to  the 
species  found  in  the  region  about  Chicago,  which  is  evidently 
undescribed,  or  more  properly  has  been  mistaken  for  another 
species.  But  before  further  discussing  this  phase  of  the  sub- 
ject it  may  be  well  first  to  give  a  brief  resume  of  the  literature. 
In  1898,  Dr.  S.  H.  Scudder*  published  **A  Preliminary  Clas- 
sification of  the  Tryxalinse  of  the  United  States,'*  wherein  is 
noted  the  following  definition  of  the  genus  Ageneotettix  : 
**  Pronotum  not  constricted  in  the  middle,  the  prozona  slightly 
the  longer,  lateral  carinae  obsolete  on  the  prozona.'*  Scud- 
der f  again  describes  the  genus  as  follows  :  ''Generally  smaller 
forms.  Median  carina  of  prozona  not  cut  by  the  transverse 
sulci,  foveolae  of  male  subequal,  rhomboidal ;  hind  tibiae  red, 
lower  apical  spur  of  inner  side  of  same  fully  half  as  long  again 
as  upper  spur." 

McNeill  X  first  proposed  the  present  accepted  name  Ageneo- 
tettix^ substituting  this  name  for  Eretnnus  which  was  preoccu- 
pied. In  his  key  to  the  genera  of  Tryxalince^  we  find  his 
genus  distinguished  as  follows :  "Median  carina  of  the  prono- 
tum cut  behind  the  middle  of  the  pronotum.  Vertex  of  the 
head  destitute  of  a  median  carina.  Posterior  margin  of  the 
metazone  very  obtusely  angulate.*'    According  to  this  author, 

•  P8)rche,  viii,  No.  267,  p.  231. 

i  Guide  to  the  Genera  and  Classification  of  the  North  American  Orthoptera,  p.  31, 1897. 
Psyche,  viii,  p.  71. 
Revisiofn  of  the  Tmxalins  of  North  America,  Proc.  Daven.  Acad.  Nat.  Sci.,  vi.  1897. 


254  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Scpt/o6 

there  are  two  species  of  Ageneotettix^  namely  :  deorum  Scod- 
der,  and  scudderi  Bruner.  But  McNeill  further  states  in  his 
Revision,  p.  269,  that  it  is  quite  probable  that  the  former  spe- 
cies is  identical  with  the  latter,  implying  thereby  that  scuddm 
is  the  only  representative  valid  species.  In  another  place  he 
mentions  also  under  E.  scudderi  Bruner,  that  *  *  One  variety  of 
this  species  has  the  vertex  usually  broad  between  the  eyes, 
with  the  anterior  margins  bounded  by  carinae,  which  meet  at 
an  angle  much  greater  than  a  right  angle  even  in  the  male." 
This  variety,  McNeill  adds,  was  received  from  Prof.  Gillette 
under  the  name  of  Aulocara  scudderi  Bruner,  and  another  form 
with  narrower  vertex  under  the  appelation  Dociostatirus  colora- 
densis.  **  Both  forms  being  named  by  comparison  with  speci- 
mens determined  by  Prof.  Bruner." 

The  present  status  of  the  described  species  according  to 
Scudder's  Alphabetical  Index  to  North  American  Orthoptera 
is  that  the  two  species  deorum  and  scudderi  are  the  only  ones 
retained.  Scudder  and  Cockerell  *  noted  both  species  as  ocair- 
ing  in  New  Mexico,  a  third  species  which  was  not  described  is 
also  mentioned  by  them. 

As  intimated  in  the  beginning  of  this  paper  my  present  con- 
tention is  that  still  another  species  occurs  in  Illinois.  Its 
identity  becoming  evident  after  study  of  a  series  of  sp>eciniens 
from  Chicago.  The  confirmation  of  this  species  was  made 
possible  by  comparison  with  a  type  specimen  of  saidderi  which 
Prof.  Bruner  kindly  presented  to  me.  The  difference  be- 
tween scudderi  and  the  Illinois  form,  which  for  convenience  is 
called  arenosus,  is  very  marked,  yet  this  latter  species  has 
probably  been  confused  by  Lugger  and  Blatchley  as  scitdderi. 
Both  of  these  writers  described  and  figured  it  under  the  latter 
name  in  each  of  their  State  catalogues  of  Orthoptera.  More- 
over, McNeill  probably  also  refers  to  it  in  part,  in  his  Revision 
under  scudderi,  as  occuring  in  a  few  localities  near  Moliue,  Illi- 
nois. Though  the  description  given  by  Blatchley  f  under  A. 
scudderi  fits  arcnosus  quite  accurately,  I  have  drawn  up  the 
following  comparisons  of  the  two  species  side  by  side,  that  they 
may  be  readily  recognized  : 

•  A  first  list  of  the  Orthoptera  of  New  Mexico,  Proc.  Daven.  Acad.  Sci.,  ix,  p.  27,  1902. 
t  Orthoptera  of  Indiana,  p.  24S,  1902. 


Sept.,  '06] 


ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS. 


255 


scudderi  Bruner. 

9  type  specimen  from  Lincoln, 
Nebraska. 

Body  of  moderate  size. 

Vertex  distinctly  produced,  the 
anterior  carinas  meeting  at  an  an- 
gle slightly  less  than  a  right  angle, 
the  foveolae  but  lightly  impressed. 


Pronotum  with  the  posterior  bor- 
der distinctly  obtuse  angulate. 

Tegmina  nearly  reaching  to  the 
tips  of  the  knees  of  hind  femora. 

Hind  femora  incrassate. 

Color  grayish,  tegmina  marked 
by  more  or  less  numerous  subquad- 
rate  dark  spots,  hind  femora 
marked  by  three  obscure  blackish 
bands,  the  middle  one  more  evi- 
dent than  the  rest,  the  knees  out- 
wardly blackish,  variegated  with 
gray,  deeper  black  on  the  inside  ; 
tibiae  coral  red,  with  whitish  annula 
at  the  base ;  under  surface  of  the 
body  yellowish  white. 


Measurements :  length  of  body, 
female,  22  mm.;  pronot.;  3.9  mm.; 
tegmina,  14  mm.  ;  post,  femora, 
12.5  mm. 


arenosus  sp.  nov. 
Type  from  Chicago,  Illinois. 

Body  small,  rather  slender. 

Vertex  very  little  produced,  the 
prominent  carinas  formed  ante- 
riorly into  a  distinct  right  an^le, 
enclosing  a  deep  crescentic  im- 
pression, the  foveolae  deeply  im- 
pressed. 

Pronotum  with  the  posterior  bor- 
der convexo-subangulate. 

Tegmina  not  reaching  to  the 
knees  of  the  hind  femora.* 

Hind  femora  slender. 

Color  dull  brownish  or  purplish- 
brown,  the  tegmina  marked  by 
numerous,  small,  dark,  quadrate 
spots.  Very  frequently  a  median 
light  testaceous  band  extends  from 
the  vertex  backwards  on  the  mid- 
dle of  the  head,  pronotum  and  the 
tegmina  to  the  tips ;  this  band 
slightly  darker  forwards  on  the 
head  and  pronotum,  here  enclosed 
on  either  side  by  a  black  line  which 
widens  into  triangular  spots  at  the 
distal  half  of  pronotal  disk  ;  hind 
femora  marked  by  three  obscure 
blackish  bands,  the  posterior  one 
broader  and  more  evident,  the 
knees  deep  black  ;  tibiae  coral  red. 
with  a  whitish  basal  annulus,  rarely 
immediately  followed  by  a  second 
dusky  anulus  or  minute  pigmented 
sppts  ;  ventral  surface  of  the  body 
light  or  darker  yellowish  brown 

Measurements:  length  of  bo<ly, 
female,  19.5-20  mm.;  pronot,  2.9 
mm.;  tegmina,  11  mm.;  post,  fem- 
ora. 1 1.5  mm.  Male  measured  to 
end  of  tegmina,  15  mm. ;  pronotum, 
2.7  mm.  ;  tegmina,  9-95  mm.  ; 
post,  femora,  10.5  mm. 


•  The  fif^ure  of  scuddfti  Bruiier,  jjivcn  by  Lugger,  and  later  copied  by  Blatchley  appears 
to  be  the  long-wing  form  of  aretwsus. 


256  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Sept, '06 

Habits. — This  small  locust  seems  to  be  quite  local  in  distri- 
bution, having  been  taken  only  at  Cheltenham  (Chicago). 
Here  I  found  the  entire  series  of  eighteen  specimens,  living 
within  an  area  of  twenty  yards,  on  light  sandy  ground,  sixty 
yards  from  the  lake  shore.  All  the  mature  specimens  were 
found  during  July  and  August.  In  the  afternoon  of  August 
26,  1 90 1,  a  number  of  this  species  were  discovered  at  the  point 
above  mentioned  secreted  on  the  ground  among  the  accumu- 
lated remains  of  dried  twigs  and  leaves,  fallen  from  the  weeds. 
Individuals  with  the  light  dorsal  stripes  were  especially  well 
protected  against  this  background.  Out  of  six  specimens 
taken  on  the  above  date,  one  was  a  dull  brown,  without  the 
median  stripe.  In  fact,  the  striped  form  of  coloring^  is  the 
prevailing  one.  When  an  attempt  was  made  to  capture  these 
shy  little  insects  with  the  unaided  hand,  they  jumped  ener- 
getically, using  their  wings  rather  sparingly  in  their  attempts 
to  escape. 


••••> 


SPRAY,  O.  SPRAY. 

(K.  G.  Packard  in  Fruitraan's  Guide.) 

Spray,  farmers,  spray  with  care, 
Spray  the  apple,  peach  and  pear ; 
Spray  for  scab,  and  spray  for  blight, 
Spray,  O  spray,  and  do  it  right 

Spray  the  scale  that's  hiding  there. 
Give  the  insects  all  a  share  ; 
Let  your  fruit  be  smooth  and  bright, 
Spray,  O  spray,  and  do  it  right. 

Spray  your  grapes,  spray  them  well, 
Make  first  class  what  you've  to  sell. 
The  very  best  is  none  too  good, 
You  can  have  it,  if  you  would. 

Spray  your  roses,  for  the  slug. 

Spray  the  fat  potato  bug  ; 

Spray  your  cantaloupes,  spray  them  thin. 

You  must  fight  if  you  would  win. 

Spray  for  blight,  and  spray  for  rot, 
Take  good  care  of  what  you've  got ; 
Spray  farmers,  spray  with  care. 
Spray,  O  spray  the  buglets  there. 


Sept.,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  257 

New  Bees  of  the  genus  CoIIetes. 

By  M.  H.  SwENK,  Dept.  Ent.,  Univ.  of  Neb. 
GoUeteg  hesperlus  n.  sp. 

9.  Length  14  mm.— Agrees  with  C.  compactus,  to  which  it  is  closely 
allied,  except  as  follows :  Pubescence  much  paler  and  more  abundant, 
the  hairs  of  the^ar^,  vertex  and  occiput  all  pale  ^  or  at  most  a  few  brown- 
ish hairs  on  sides  of  vertex,  the  pubescence  of  thoracic  dorsum  pale  dull 
gray,  with  the  black  hairs  comparatively  few,  sparse  on  the  disk  and 
forming  a  ratlier  thin  scutellar  fringe ;  malar  space  nearly  one-third  as 
long  as  broad  ;  joint  3  of  antennae  a  shade  longer ;  first  abdominal  seg- 
ment unifortnly  very  finely ^  closely  aiid  weakly  punctured  (as  different 
as  possible  from  the  heavy,  close  double-sized  punctuation  of  compactus), 
the  second  segment  minutely  and  indistinctly  punctured  ;  abdominal  fas- 
ciae much  broader  and  denser. 

(^.  Length  11  mm. — Sculptured  much  like  cotnpactus  c?,  but  easily 
distinguished  by  having  the  pubescence  entirely  grayish  white,  a  very  few 
pale  brownish  hairs  on  scutellum,  but  no  black  ones  anywhere^  the  abdo- 
minal fasciae  much  broader. 

Described  from  a  9  and  a  %  type,  both  taken  by  Mr.  C.  V. 
Piper  at  Almota,  Whitman  County,  in  western  "^yashington 
State.     Types  in  author's  collection. 

CoUetes  crawfordi  n.  sp. 

9 .  Length  8  mm. — Like  C.  intermixtus,  but  smaller  and  less  robust ; 
pubescence  paler,  that  on  vertex  without  any  dark  hairs  ivhatever,  that 
of  thorax  nearly  all  pale,  the  dark  hairs  confined  to  a  few,  scattered  ones 
on  disk  and  the  usual  scutellar  fringe ;  supraclypeal  area  dullish,  more 
punctured  ;  mesothorax  similarly  but  much  more  coarsely  punctured  ; 
those  on  mesopleura  shallower  and  more  irregular ;  scutellum  with  only 
a  narrow  basal  impunctate  line  ;  areas  surrounding  enclosure  less  coarsely 
punctured  ;  first  abdominal  segment  finely ^  closely  and  distinctly  but  not 
deeply  punctured  (subimpunctate  in  intemtixtus),  following  segments 
finely,  indistinctly  punctured  ;  basal  segment  with  short,  sparse  hair,  the 
venter  densely  fringed  as  in  texanus  ;  outer  spur  of  hind  tibia  distinctly 
pectinate  with  about  a  dozen  long  teeth  ;  antennal  joint  3  decidedly  ex- 
ceeding 4  ;  legs  with  black  hair  as  in  intermixtus,  but  also  on  upper  sur- 
face of  posterior  tibiae  ;  the  basal  tarsal  joint  fully  three  times  as  long  as 
broad. 

Described  from  a  single  female  specimen  taken  at  Dallas, 
Texas,  October  8,  1905,  on  Physalis.  This  species  is  close  to 
C.  latatarsis  Rob. ,  which  also  visits  Physalis,  but  diflFers  in  the 
sparsely  punctured  clypeus,  slender  hind  metatarsi  and  other 
minor  characters.     From  C.  intermixtus  Swenk  it  diflFers  as 


258  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Sept. ,  '06 

above,  and  moreover  flies  in  the  fall  while  intermixtus  is  a 
vernal  species.  I  dedicate  this  species  to  Mr.  J.  C.  Crawford, 
from  whom  the  type  was  received,  in  recognition  of  his  most 
meritorious  work  on  our  bees.     Type  in  author's  collection. 

GoUetes  lacnstris  n.  sp. 

9 .  Leng^th  9  mm. — Clypcus  shining,  long  and  prominent, yfa//^«^^  but 
not  suicate^  its  punctures  coarse  but  widely  separated  and  not  at  all  stri- 
ate^ the  subapical  transverse  depression  very  deep.  Supraclypeal  area 
shining,  coarsely  punctured.  Face  roughened  by  excessively  small  can- 
cellate  punctures,  dull,  its  pubescence  short,  sparse  and  pale.  Sides  of 
vertex  densely,  finely,  indistinctly  punctured,  the  iqterocellar  tuft  and 
occipital  fringe  sparse,  black,  with  some  pale  hairs  intermixed.  Cheeks 
with  sparse,  shallow  punctures  and  short,  thin,  white  hair.  Antennae 
short,  black,  7V?m/ J  longer  than  4,  flagellar  joints  about  as  long  as  wide. 
Malar  space  about  as  long  as  ztnde.  Prothoracic  spine  very  short,  blunt. 
Punctures  of  mesothorax  fairly  large,  rounded  and  distinct,  very  close 
along  anterior  margin,  medially  and  posteriorly  widely  separated  and  less 
distinct  on  a  shining  surface,  this  shading  further  into  a  large  polished 
impunctate  spot  on  the  disk.  Mesopleura  with  distinct  well  separated 
punctures.  Scutellum  with  a  wide  basal  polished  impunctate  space  fol- 
lowed by  a  densely,  striately,  shallowly  punctured  surface.  Postscutellum 
minutely  roughened,  opaque.  Superior  face  of  metathorax  poorly  de- 
fined, its  pits  rather  irregular,  longer  than  broad.  Enclosure  funnel 
shaped,  the  bowl  coarsely  irregularly  rugose,  the  neck  concave,  smooth 
and  somewhat  shining.  Sides  of  posterior  face  subopaque,  densely  shal- 
lowly rugose,  tuberculate.  Tegula?  large,  shining  black.  Wings  clouded 
by  a  moderate  infuscation,  nervures  and  stigma  black.  Thoracic  dorsum 
with  sparse,  erect,  black  pubescence  densest  on  scutellum  and  thinnest 
on  disk  where  pale  hairs  are  intermixed.  Postscutellum,  metathorax, 
pleura  and  below  with  thin  grayish  white  pubescence.  Legs  moderately 
stout,  black,  their  pubescence  pale  and  thin.  Anterior  coxae  with  very 
short  inconspicuous  blunt  spines.  Tibial  spurs  dark  testaceous,  not  pec- 
tinate. Claws  rufous,  deeply  medially  toothed.  Abdomen  stout,  sub- 
oval,  almost  bare,  very  polished,  two  basal  segments  practically  impunc- 
tate^ following  segments  very  minutely  and  indistinctly  punctured.  Api- 
cal margins  of  segments  not  at  all  depressed,  the  fascise  on  2-5  reduced 
to  mere  fringes,  easily  worn  off.  The  extreme  lateral  base  of  segment  i 
has  some  sparse  white  hair,  and  the  disks  of  segments  3-6  have  scattered, 
short  fuscous  hairs. 

c?.  Length  8  mm.— Differs  from  the  9 :  Pubescence  of  vertex  and 
thoracic  dorsum  largely  pale,  well  mixed  with  black  on  scutellum  ;  cly- 
peus  basally  finely,  closely  punctured,  apically  polished  and  impunctate ; 
antennae  black,  the  flagellum  brown  beneath,  joint  3  nearly  equals  4, 
taken  with  2  much  longer  than  4,  following  joints  one  and  one-half  times 
as  long  as  broad  ,  malar  space  a  shade  longer  than  broad  ;  punctures  of 


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tnesopleura  sparse,  shallow  and  indistinct ;  basal  two  segments  scatter- 
ingly,  feebly  punctured,  2-5  with  more  decided  apical  fringes,  the  seg- 
ments abundantly  provided  with  long,  erect,  pale  hairs. 

Described  from  i  9  and  8  %  co-types,  taken  by  Mr.  Mor- 
gan Hebard  in  northern  Michigan  (Baraga  County),  along  the 
shores  of  Lake  Superior,  as  follows  :  Baraga  County,  '  *  barrens 
near  marsh."  July  i8,  1903,  i  9 ;  July  20,  2  J'.  Pequaming, 
**in  meadow,"  July  2,  i  S  ;  July  15,  2  S  .  Point  Abbaye, 
*'in  huckleberry  barrens,"  July  10,  i  %;  July  24,  i  %. 
Apparently  the  species  flies  principally  during  July. 

CoUetes  plenralU  n.  sp. 

?.  Length  9  mm. — Very  close  to  C.  cali/omicus^  but  differing  as  fol- 
lows :  Hind  tarsi  more  slender,  the  basal  joint  three  times  as  long  as 
wide,  the  inner  surface  with  the  hairs  mostly  pale  brownish  instead  of  all 
black ;  basal  abdominal  segment  with  long,  sparse,  pale  hair,  2  and  3 
with  shorter  pale  hairs  ;  first  recurrent  nervure  entering  second  submar- 
ginal  cell  basad  of  middle  as  in  californicus^  but  third  submarginal  less 
narrowed  above  so  that  its  upper  length  is  more  than  twice  as  long  as 
that  part  of  the  lower  length  distad  of  the  junction  with  the  second  recur- 
rent nervure ;  malar  space  slightly  longer,  about  one-third  as  long  as 
broad  ;  entire  bowl  of  enclosure  tranversely  ridged,  the  surrounding  sides 
opaque,  minutely  reticulated ;  vertex  subuniformly  more  coarsely  punc- 
tured. 

c^.  Length  8  mm. — Much  like  cali/ornicus  c?,  but  easily  distinguished 
by  having  the  pubescence  of  abdomen  wholly  or  mostly  pale,  forming 
apical  fringes  to  the  segments,  much  as  in  pascoensis,  the  black  hairs  be- 
ing much  reduced,  very  different  from  the  uniform  jet-black  abdominal 
pubescence  of  cali/ornicus ;  malar  space  decidedly  longer,  about  one- 
half  as  long  as  broad. 

Described  from  a  pair  collected  in  Gallatin  County  Montana 
(6,800  feet),  June  27,  1900,  by  Prof.  Cooley.  I  have  also  two 
males  collected  in  the  same  county  at  an  elevation  of  8000  ft. , 
July  22,  1900,  by  Mr.  E.  Koch.     Types  in  author's  collection. 

OoUetes  birkmaimi  n.  sp. 

9.  Length  11  mm. — Stoutly  built.  Clypeus  coarsely  striate-punctate,i 
depressed  before  the  transverse  apex,  supraclypeal  area  sparsely  punc- 
tured. Malar  space  one-fourth  as  long  as  broad.  Vertex  with  a  few  scat- 
tered course  punctures,  otherwise  shining,  subimpunctate.  Cheeks  finely 
closely  punctured.  Antennae  black,  joint  3  equals  4.  Face  with  distinct 
deep  close  punctures,  its  pubescence  short,  rather  sparse,  silvery,  intero- 
cellar  tuft  and  occipital  hairs  tinged  with  yellowish.  Pubescence  of  thora- 
cic dorsum  pale  ochraceous,  very  slightly  fulvescent,  that  on  metathorax, 


26o  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Sept,  *o6 

pleura  and  below  pure  white.     Prothoracic  spine  large^  fong^  sharp  a*d 
rather  conspicuous.     Punctures  of  mesothorax  coarse,  round  and  deep, 
crowded  anteriorly,  more  separated  posteriorly,  on  a  large  disk  few  or 
none.     Punctures  of  scutellum  like  those  on  anterior   mesothorax  only 
slightly  coarser,  anteriorly  a  shining  less  punctured  line,  postscutellum 
rough.    Superior  face  unusually  well  defined  on  metathorax,  the  pits  very 
regular,  polished,  longer  than  broad.     Enclosure  subtriangular,  the  neck 
and  lateral  extensions  of  the  bowl  about  equal,  the  whole  very  smooth 
and  polished.    Surrounding  sides  shining,  feebly  punctured  and  with 
broken  feeble  reticulations.     Mesopleura  punctured  like  anterior  meso- 
thorax.    Tegulae  dark  testaceous.    Wings  perfectly  clear,  nervures  and 
stigma  blackish  brown.     Anterior  coxae  with  very  short,    rudimentary 
spines.    Outer  tibial  spur  not  pectinate.    Claw  rufous,  medially  toothed. 
Pubescence  of  legs  white,  except  for  golden  inner  tarsal   apical  tufts. 
Abdomen  elongate-conical,  segment  i  polished,  with  a  very  few  scattered 
very  feeble  punctures,  segment  2  also  polished,  sparsely  indistinctly  punc- 
tured, following  segments  duller,  with  coarse  but  indistinct  close  punc- 
tures.   Basal  segment  with  long  white  hair  at  sides,  its  apex  with  a  widely 
interrupted  loose  white  fascia  connecting  with  a  broad  fascia  cm  base  of  2, 
which  with  3-5  is  provided  with  broad,  white,  apical  fasciae,  their  disks 
with  longer  white  bristles.     Margins  of  segments  not  depressed. 

%.  Length  10  mm. — Differs  from  the  J  as  follows:  Form  very  slen- 
der; clypeus  less  striately  punctured,  covered  with  dense  white  hair; 
pubescence  of  thoracic  dorsum  dull  yellowish  gray  paling  to  white  on 
sides  and  below  ;  malar  space  two-thirds  as  long  as  broad  ;  antennal  joint 
3  shorter  than  4,  taken  with  2  subequal  to  4.  flagellar  joints  over  twice  as 
long  as  broad  ;  punctures  of  mesothorax  much  much  separate  ;  those  on 
mesopleura  coarse  and  crowded ;  abdomen  longer  and  narrower,  basal 
and  following  segments  more  distinctly  punctured,  more  hairy,  apices  of 
segments  1-5  distinctly  depressed  and  fasciate,  apex  with  fine  brownish 
red  hairs  ;  claws  subapically  cleft. 

This  species  is  described  from  a  ^  and  a  9  type  taken  April 
5,  1904,  at  Fedor,  Texas,  by  Rev.  G.  Birkman,  to  whom,  in 
in  recognition  of  his  extensive  collecting  in  that  locality,  I  have 
dedicated  it.  I  have  also  four  9  paratypes  taken  May  5,  1901, 
May  7,  1 90 1,  May  i,  1898,  and  November  10,  1897,  thus  show- 
ing the  species  to  be  double  brooded  in  that  region  as  is  also  C. 
americanus ,  though  the  spring  brood,  flying  in  April  and  May 
is  evidently  the  principal  one.  I  have  also  a  9  paratype  (No. 
308)  from  Hamilton  County,  Kansas,  3,500  feet,  collected  by 
Prof.  F.  H.  Snow.  The  species  seems  to  come  nearest  to  the 
thoracicits  group,  but  has  several  characteristics  of  C,  ameri- 
camcs.     Types  in  author's  collection. 


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Many  types  were  destroyed  by  the  earthquake  in  San  Fran- 
cisco, including  Dr.  Behr's  types  of  Lepidoptera.  This  sug- 
gests the  great  advantage  to  be  derived  from  the  wide  distri- 
bution of  cotypes  or  paratypes  in  various  institutions,  as  it  is 
not  likely  that  all  will  be  destroyed  at  one  fell  swoop  if  they 
are  widely  distributed.  It  is  fortunate  that  typical  examples 
of  Dr.  Behr's  species  are  in  the  Strecker  collection.  In 
In  Strecker's  Lep.  Rhop.  and  Het.,  suppl.  3,  a  list  of  Behr's 
types  in  the  Strecker  collection  is  given.  While  they  are 
called  types  they  should  probably  be  called  metatypes  accord- 
ing to  more  modem  views.  It  is  likely  that  typical  examples 
of  Dr.  Behr's  species  are  also  in  the  W.  H.  Edward's  collec- 
tion now  in  the  Carnegie  Museum  in  Pittsburgh.  Accurate 
figures  of  the  types  of  American  butterflies  described  by  Dr. 
Boisduval  would  be  very  valuable,  and  it  is  to  be  hoped  that 
some  day  American  Lepidopterists  will  supply  the  funds  neces- 
sary for  the  purpose.  Modern  building  construction  will  do 
away  with  the  danger  of  fire,  but  it  is  questionable  whether 
buildings  will  ever  be  made  earthquake  proof.  We  suggest  to 
all  authors  of  new  species  that  they  supply  our  large  institu- 
tions with  cotypes  or  paratypes,  or  at  least  with  metatypes  so 
as  to  prevent  entire  destruction  and  lessen  the  distance  to  be 
traversed  by  those  wishing  to  study  type  material. 

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262  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [SepL,  'o6 

Entomological   Llteratvire. 

Entomology  with  Special  Reference  to  its  Biological  and 
Economic  Aspects.— By  Justus  Watson  Folsom,  So.  D.  (Harvard), 
Instructor  in  Entomology  at  the  University  of  Illinois.  With  five  plates 
(one  colored)  and  300  text-figures.  Philadelphia  :  P.  Blakiston's  Son  & 
Co.,  1012  Walnut  Street    1906.    Octavo.    Cloth,  I3.00  net.    Pp.  vii,  485. 

The  preface  states:  **This  book  gives  a  comprehensive  and  concise 
account  of  insects.  Though  planned  primarily  for  the  student,  it  is 
intended  also  for  the  general  reader.  The  book  was  written  in  an  effort 
to  meet  the  growing  demand  for  a  biological  treatment  of  entomology. 
The  existence  of  several  excellent  works  on  the  classification  of  insects 
(notably  Comstock*s  Manual,  Kellogg*s  American  Insects  and  Sharp's 
Insects)  has  enabled  the  author  to  omit  the  multitudinous  details  of  clas- 
sification and  to  introduce  much  material  that  has  hitherto  not  appeared 
in  text  books." 

It  may  be  added  that  this  work  is  also  utterly  different  from  Packard's 
Text  Book  of  Entomology ;  perhaps  it  most  resembles  Carpenter's  In- 
sects, Their  Structure  and  Life,  among  recent  books  in  this  field,  but  it 
devotes  still  less  space  to  taxonomy,  for  Carpenter  gives  us  the  charac- 
ters of  all  the  principal  families  of  insects  while  Dr.  Folsom  descends  to 
no  lower  category  than  that  of  the  suborders. 

The  effort  to  meet  the  demand  for  a  biological  treatment  is  shown  by 
the  list  of  chapters  and  their  relative  length.  Chapters  I.  Classification, 
26  pp.,  II.  Anatomy  and  Physiology,  119  pp.,  and  III.  Development,  38 
pp.,  form  about  44%  of  the  reading  matter  of  the  volume.  The  remain- 
ing Chapters,  IV-XllI.  are  ecological  and  are  the  more  interesting, 
partly  by  virtue  of  the  merit  claimed  for  them  in  that  their  matter,  in 
large  part,  has  not  hitherto  appeared  in  text  books.  Their  titles  are 
worth  quoting  to  give  the  reader  an  idea  of  their  nature :  IV.  Adaptations 
of  Aquatic  Insects  ;  V.  Color  and  Coloration  (based  largely  on  the  works 
of  Mayer,  Tower,  Edwards,  Pictet  and  Poulton)  ;  VI.  Adaptive  Colora- 
tion (with  the  whole  subject  of  Protective  Resemblance,  Warning  Color- 
ation and  Protective  Mimicry,  as  interpreted  in  the  light  of  the  results  of 
Finn,  Judd,  Bates,  Wallace,  F.  Miiller,  Dixey  and  Marshall  and  Poulton, 
and  illustrated  by  the  colored  frontispiece  of  protective  mimicry  among 
butterflies,  including  that  wonderful  Papilio  merope  and  its  mimicking 
harem)  ;  VII.  Origin  of  Adaptations  and  of  Species  (general  and  theo- 
retical with  little  direct  discussion  of  insects) ;  VIII.  Insects  in  relation  to 
Plants  (foods,  galls,  plant-enemies  of  insects,  pollination,  structural  mod- 
ifications in  relation  to  plants,  ant-plants)  ;  IX.  Insects  in  relation  to 
other  Animals  (as  predaceous,  parasitic,  food,  disease-transmitters)  ;  X. 
Interrelations  of  Insects  (parasites  and  hyperparasites,  social  life)  ;  XI. 
Insect  Behavior  (tropisms,  instinct,  intelligence) ;  XII.  Distribution  (geo- 
graphical and  geological) ;  XIII.  Insects  in  relation  to  Man  (as  injurious 
and  beneficial,  with  an  historical  sketch  of  early  economic  entomology  in 
America  based  on  Howard's  writings). 


Sept.,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  263 

Following  is  a  selected,  classified  literature  list  of  1050-1100  titles, 
occupying  57  pages,  and  an  18  page  index  completes  the  volume. 

The  illustrations  deserve  especial  mention  for  their  clearness  and  clean- 
ness ;  many  of  them  are  entirely  new  and  based  on  original  drawings  or 
photographs. 

The  book  seems  to  us  to  be  excellently  adapted  as  a  text-book  in  zoo- 
logical courses  in  which  the  aim  is  to  understand  insects  as  a  whole  with- 
out laying  especial  emphasis  on  the  taxonomy,  or  the  special  morphology 
or  embryology  of  any  particular  group  or  set  of  structures,  nor  will  the 
general  reader  or  naturalist  regret  pjacing  the  volume  on  his  own  shelves. 

A  few  errors  or  debatable  statements  have  been  noticed  in  a  first  read- 
ing. On  page  18,  "About  fifteen  thousand  species"  of  Coleoptera  is 
probably  a  slip  of  the  pen  for  one  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  ;  p.  70,  the 
view  "that  the  gonapophyses  belong  to  the  segmental  series  of  paired 
appendages — are  homodynamous  with  limbs — "  is  accepted,  although  not 
stated  as  an  unquestioned  dogma  ;  p.  72,  the  claspers  ("superior  append- 
ages", of  the  male  Odonata  are  termed  cerci,  in  spite  of  Heymon*s  recent 
paper. — P.  P.  C. 

The  Butter fliss  of  Montana,  Bull.  30  of  the  Univ.  of  Montana 
Biological  Station,  is  a  welcome  addition  to  our  literature.  The  Bulletin 
was  primarily  intended  by  the  author.  Prof.  M.  J.  Elrod,  for  popular  use 
for  teachers  and  students  of  nature  study,  but  it  is  of  much  value  scien- 
tifically, as  accurate  data  are  given  and  our  knowledge  of  geographical  dis- 
tribution will  be  extended.  It  is  illustrated  by  an  excellent  colored  plate, 
twelve  plates  in  black  and  white,  and  one  hundred  and  twenty-five  fig- 
ures. As  a  rule  the  figures  are  clear,  but  in  a  few  cases,  and  especially 
in  the  Agapetinae,  they  are  somewhat  obscure.  There  are  no  serious 
errors,  only  a  few  trivial  mistakes,  which  always  occur  in  scientific  publi- 
cations[!],  such  as  figuring  the  var.  subpallida  for  Aglais  milberti.  There 
are  good  generic  and  specific  descriptions,  and  in  a  number  of  cases  the 
original  descriptions  are  given.  The  preparatory  stages,  when  known, 
are  described.  A  number  of  articles  and  photographs,  for  the  most  part 
relating  to  collecting  in  Montana,  will  prove  interesting.  The  nomencla- 
ture is  that  of  Dyar's  list.  There  is  a  good  glossary  and  a  map  of  Mon- 
tana showing  the  localities  where  the  specimens  were  collected. — Carl 

R.   COOLIDGB. 

■  ♦  ■ 

Notes   and    Ne^?^^s. 

BNTOMOLOGICAL  OLEANINOS  FROM  ALL  QUABTBRS 

OP    THE   GLOBE. 

After  strenuous  eflTort  and  much  correspondence  Messrs.  A.  E.  Lister 
of  Scranton,  and  W.  D.  Kearfott  of  Montclair,  N.  J.,  arranged  a  collect- 
ing trip  to  the  mountainous  wilds  of  Pennsylvania.  On  the  eve  of  June 
15th,  the  above  mentioned,  with  H.  W.  and   H.  A.  Wenzel  and  Dr. 


264  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  [Sept.,  '06 

Henry  Skinner  met  at  Wilkes-Barre.  The  following  morning  was  spent 
at  Harvey's  Lake,  where  some  fair  collecting  was  had.  In  the  afternoon 
it  rained,  and  from  that  time  on  we  lived  in  hope  that  sometime  it  would 
stop.  Sunday  and  Monday  were  spent  at  Ricketts,  North  Mountain, 
Wyoming  Co.  Monday  morning  we  went  to  Ganoga  Lake  and  managed 
to  pick  up  a  few  insects  between  the  showers.  At  Harvey's  Lake  we 
had  the  pleasure  of  having  with  us  Prof.  C.  O.  Thurston  of  Kingston. 
We  left  North  Mountain  Tuesday  morning.  In  spite  of  the  continuous 
rain  some  nice  things  were  taken,  especially  by  the  Micro-Lepidopterists, 
who  will  doubtless  report  later.  The  locality  is  in  the  boreal  life  zone. 
A  pleasant  feature  of  the  trip  was  the  warm  hospitality  of  Colonel  R. 
Bruce  Ricketts. 

Dr.  Dvar's  Square  Dealing.— Under  the  above  caption  Mr.  D.  W. 
Coquillett  refers  to  a  paper  published  by  Mr.  Knab  and  myself  on  March 
14,  1906,  as  an  advance  separate  from  the  Journal  of  the  New  York  Ento- 
mological Society.      We  were  obliged  to  criticize  very   severely  Mr. 
Coquillett's  work  on  mosquitoes,  and  it  is  therefore,  perhaps,  pardonable 
that  he  shows  some  rancor  in  his  reply.      I  should  allow  him  the  fullest 
latitude  and  withhold  any  response,  except  that  his  statement  of  the  cir- 
cumstances is  faulty,  and  clearly  calls  for  correction.    The  work  on  the 
Carnegie  Monograph  was  divided,   the  adults  being  assigned   to  Mr. 
Coquillett,  the  larvae  to  me.     In  accordance  with  this  arrangement,  Mr. 
Busck  gave  me  his  larvae  on  his  return  from  the  West  Indies.     Mr. 
Coquillett  asked  to  examine  them,  and  I  allowed  him  to  study  them  until 
I  found  that,  in  an  access  of  overzeal,  he  was  attempting  to  do  my  work 
to  the  neglect  of  his  own.     I  then  demanded  the  return  of  the  material. 
This  small  difficulty  was  not,  as  implied  by  Mr.  Coquillett,  the  cause  of 
the  preparation  of  our  paper.     That  is  explained  in  its  own  introduction. 
It  only  remains  to  add  that  its  hasty  publication  was  secured  to  anticipate 
Mr.  Coquillett's  names,  which  it  was  expected  he  would  publish  on  infor- 
mation secured  from  me,  and  on  larval  characters,  with  which  I  consider 
he  is  not  prepared  to  deal.     In  regard  to  his  names  being  **  tentative," 
they  were  so  only  as  subject  to  my  revision  on  larval  characters.     They 
were  the  best  he  could  do  with  the  adults  alone.    The  matter  had  con- 
centrated to  a  study  of  the  larvae  as  independent  organisms,  and,  as  such, 
I  considered  the  field  preeminently  my  own,  includmg  the  baptism  of  the 
new  forms. 

I  was  quite  unaware  that  I  had  changed  Mr.  Coquillett's  marks  of  doubt 
from  species  to  genus,  and,  if  so,  it  was  purely  by  inadvertence  and  with- 
out any  such  object  as  I  am  charged  with.  I  have  tried  to  deal  with  Mr. 
Coquillett's  work  as  squarely  as  possible,  and  if  I  am  obliged  to  condemn 
it  unreservedly,  it  is  without  any  personal  animosity. 

As  far  as  the  Carnegie  Monograph  is  concerned,  the  situation  has  been 
finally  clarified  by  removing  Mr.  Coquillett  from  any  connection  with  it, 
which  is  now  in  my  hands. — Harrison  G.  Dvar. 


Sept.,  'o6j  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  265 

Concerning  Monomorium  destructor  Jerdon. — In  a  brief  paper  on  cer- 
tain tropical  ants  introduced  into  the  United  States,  published  in  the  Janu- 
ary number  of  the  Ent.  News,  T  recorded  the  occurrence  of  a  well-known 
Indian  ant.  Monomorium  destructor ^  in  Alabama  and  Florida.  The 
specimens  from  which  this  record  was  made  were  collected  by  Mr.  Clar- 
ence B.  Moore  and  sent  to  the  Philadelphia  Academy  of  Sciences.  From 
the  occurrence  of  the  ants  in  two  such  widely  separated  localities,  I  in- 
ferred that  these  insects  must  have  been  recently  introduced  at  different 
points  on  the  Gulf  Coast  or  were  already  widely  distributed  through  the 
Southern  States. 

Since  the  publication  of  my  paper.  Dr.  Skinner  has  kindly  called  my 
attention  to  certain  facts  which  put  the  matter  in  a  different  light.  He 
writes  me  that  Mr.  Moore  frequently  sends  to  the  Academy  sacks  of  earth 
from  various  localities  in  the  Southern  States.  This  earth  is  sorted  over 
fo**  small  snails,  and  it  was  from  such  earth  from  Black  Warrior  River, 
Alabama,  and  Seminole  Point,  Florida,  that  the  specimens  of  M.  destruc- 
tor were  taken.  The  following  letter  from  Mr.  Moore  to  Dr.  Skinner 
gives  an  interesting  and  satisfactory  explanation  of  their  supposed  occur- 
rence in  the  two  localities :  '*  I  am  inclined  to  think  that  the  tropical  ants 
are  not  found  in  the  localities  named  in  the  article  describing  the  ants. 
My  boat  is  infested  by  myriads  of  these  ants,  and.  no  doubt,  they  got  into 
packages  of  snails  from  the  places  named,  after  the  snails  had  been 
brought  aboad  the  steamer. 

These  ants  do  not  make  their  appearance  in  cool  weather,  but  appear 
in  myriads  when  the  hot  weather  sets  in.  They  are  fierce  little  chaps. 
One  night  I  awoke  with  my  legs  stinging  all  over.  I  found  the  ants  had 
swarmed  into  my  bed  and  had  been  biting  my  legs.  I  found  them  with 
their  noses  buried  in  the  skin. 

No  doubt  the  ants  got  aboard  originally  at  some  shipping  centre,  prob- 
ably Jacksonville  or  Savannah." 

It  is  probable  that  M.  destructor  has  reached  the  ports  mentioned  by 
Mr.  Moore  or  other  ports  in  the  Southern  States,  from  the  We.st  Indies. 
Ernest  Andr<»  recorded  its  occurrence  in  Jamaica  (Revue  d'Entomol., 
1893,  p.  152,)  and  I  recently  saw  a  colony  ne.stingat  the  foot  of  a  tree  near 
Tallaboa  on  the  southern  coast  of  Porto  Rico. — Wm.  M.  Wheeler. 


Doings  of  Societies. 

A  meeting  of  the  Feldman  Collecting  Social  was  held  at  the 
residence  of  Dr.  Henry  Skinner,  716  N.  20th  Street,  Philadel- 
phia, on  April  18,  1906.  Mr.  Erich  Daecke,  President,  in  the 
chair.  Nine  members  were  present,  and  Mr.  H.  A.  Wenzel, 
visitor. 


266  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NE^S.  [Sept.,  'o6 

Mr.  H.  W.  Wenzel  exhibited  a  box  of  Coleoptera  captured 
April  1 8,  1906,  by  Elmer  Wenzel  at  Swarthmore  ;  the  follow- 
ing four  species  were  represented  :  Cychrus  viduus  and  stenosto- 
muSf  Dictelus  politus  and  ambiguus,  f 

Mr.  Haimbach  read  an  article  from  a  local  newspaper  refer- 
ring to  the  African  sleeping  sickness.  Dr.  Skinner  remarked 
that  the  Tsetse  fly,  Glossina  viorsiians,  or  other  species  of 
Glossina  are  probably  responsible  for  transmitting^  the  said 
disease. 

Mr.  H.  W.  Wenzel  said  that  he  had  observed  larvae  of 
Xylota  pigra  actively  feeding  all  winter  under  pine  bark,  also 
the  pupae  were  present,  and  on  April  8th  the  fly  made  its  ap- 
pearance at  Grenlock. 

Frank  Haimbach,  Secretary, 


A  meeting  of  the  Feldman  Collecting  Social  was  held  on 
May  16,  1906,  at  the  residence  of  Mr.  H.  W.  Wenzel,  1523  S. 
13th  St.,  Philadelphia.  President  Daecke  in  the  chair.  Ten 
members  present,  and  Mr.  Henry  L.  Viereck,  visitor. 

A  letter  from  Professor  Smith  was  read,  in  which  he  called 
attention  to  the  fact  that  the  periodical  Cicada  is  due  this  year 
in  the  State  of  New  Jersey,  and  asked  Mr.  Daecke  to  look  out 
same  and  bring  same  to  attention  of  members  and  ask  them  to 
collect  and  also  try  find  its  limitations. 

Mr.  Harbeck  exhibited  a  box  of  Diptera  and  Coleoptera  ;  of 
the  the  latter,  one  was  Corymbites  hamatus^  taken  at  German- 
town,  Philadelphia,  May  12,  1906;  another  was  Limonius 
stig?na,  taken  at  Germantown,  Philadelphia,  April  13,  1906. 

Mr.  Viereck  spoke  about  the  bees  which  occur  around  Devon, 
and  said  there  were  probably  260  species  to  be  found  there. 
He  did  not  find  any  nests,  but  four  species  of  Andrena  were 
taken  along  the  roads  sunning  themselves.  Mr.  Viereck  stated 
that  in  a  letter  from  Dr.  McCook  the  latter  wrote  that  he  had 
located  no  less  than  two  hundred  bee  burrows  in  a  lot  about 
forty  feet  square.  Nests  of  CoUctes  inaqualis  were  found  in 
the  earth  about  12  inches  deep,  and  of  them  Mr.  Viereck 
stated  that  he  had  made  successfully  casts  of  plaster  of  paris. 


Sept.,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  267 

Dr.  Skinner  exhibited  two  species  of  Coleoptera  appar- 
ently new  to  science,  one  a  Cantharis,  the  other  near  to  Elap- 
hidion, 

Mr.  Wenzel  exhibited  a  box  of  Coleoptera,  captured  since 
the  last  meeting  ;  series  of  the  following  species  were  shown  : 
Cychrus  lecontei^  Phymatodes  ater,  Callidium  janthinum  ^  Neocly- 
tus  capraa  and  Tillomorpha  geminata.  The  speaker  said  that 
he  had  cut  the  specimens  of  Phymatodes  from  oak  branches,  the 
same  species  taken  on  Five-Mile  Beach  are  unicolored  black, 
only  one  specimen  having  a  white  humeral  band,  the  specimens 
cut  out  of  oak  in  Gloucester  County,  New  Jersey,  are  all 
banded,  some  having  two  white  bands.  Tillomorpha  geminata 
and  a  species  of  Agrilus  in  the  pupae  state  were  cut  from  the 
same  branches. 

Dr.  Castle  sai^  that  he  had  gathered  a  number  of  acorns  last 
fall  with  Balaninus  larvae  in  them,  with  a  view  of  rearing  the 
said  larvae.  He  buried  them  in  a  flower  pot  in  the  garden,  ap- 
parently well  secured,  but  when  he  looked  for  the  larvae  this 
spring  they  had  all  disappeared. 

Dr.  Skinner  reported  the  death  on  April  ii,  1906,  of  Mr. 
Roland  Hayward,  of  Milton,  Mass. 

Mr.  Daecke  exhibited  specimens  of  of  Rhyphus  pundatus, 
Tenthredinidae  sp.  ?  Leptidae  sp.  ?  probably  Xylophagus  abdo- 
minaliSy  the  latter  species  no  doubt  predatory  on  larvae  of  Sco- 
lytidae.  Mr.  Daecke  also  exhibited  a  nest  of  Vespa  maculata,\ 
which  had  layers  of  two  distinct  positions,  due  to  the  breaking 
of  the  limb  upon  which  it  was  built. 

A  vote  of  thanks  was  extended  to  Dr.  Skinner  for  the  man- 
ner in  which  he  entertained  the  Social  at  the  last  meeting. 

Frank  Haimbach,  Secretary. 


Minutes  of  meetings  of  Brooklyn  Entomological  Society, 
at  the  residence  of  Mr.  George  Franck,  1040  DeKalb  Avenue, 
Brooklyn,  New  York. 

January  ^,  iqo6. — Twenty-two  persons  present,  the  Presi- 
dent in  the  chair. 

Prof.  Smith  reported  that  the  manuscript  of  the  *  *  Glossary 


268  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Scpt,  '06 

of  Entomological  Terms*'  was  ready  for  the  printer,  and  Mr. 
Franck  that  $710.  had  been  subscribed  toward  the  cost  of  the 
publication.     The  price  per  copy  was  fixed  at  $2.00. 

Dr.  Wm.  Barnes,  of  Decatur,  Illinois,  was  elected  a  member. 

The  following  officers  for  the  ensuing  year  were  then  elec- 
ted :  President,  Rev.  J.  L.  Zabriskie ;  Vice-President,  Edward 
L.  Graef ;  Treasurer,  Christopher  H.  Roberts  ;  Corresponding 
Secretary,  Archibald  C.  Weeks  ;  Recording  Secretary,  George 
P.  Engelhardt ;  Librarian,  Roy  S.  Richardson ;  Curator,  Geo. 
Franck  ;  Executive  Committee,  the  officers  above  named  and 
Carl  Schaeffer  and  Frank  E.  Watson  ;  Program  Committee, 
George  Franck,  Carl  Schaeffer  and  Roy  S.  Richardson  ;  Dele- 
gates to  Scientific  Alliance,  of  New  York  City,  the  President 
ex-offido,  Richard  F.  Pearsall  and  Archibald  C.  Weeks. 

February  /,  iqo6, — Sixteen  persons  present,  the  President 
in  the  chair.  Mr.  Weeks  acted  as  Recording  Secretary  in  the 
absence  of  Mr.  Engelhardt. 

Mr.  Edgar  L.  Dickerson  gave  an  outline  of  the  scope  and 
character  of  the  work  carried  on  in  the  entomological  labora- 
tory of  the  New  Jersey  Agricultural  Experiment  Station  since 
1 889,  embracing  special  investigations  and  methods  of  control 
of  the  mosquito  and  San  Jose  scale  and  insects  infesting  the 
the  cranberry,  squash,  blackberry,  etc.,  instruction  in  elemen- 
tary entomology,  formation  of  collections  for  the  use  of  the 
Station  and  the  State  Museum,  and  the  preparation  aud  distri- 
bution of  bulletins,  reports,  lists  of  insects  and  other  entomo- 
logical information. 

Mr.  William  C.  Wood  exhibited  some  microscopical  slides 
showing  examples  of  the  pollen  of  a  species  of  Asclepias  having 
two  small  pinions  with  oddily  jointed  ribs  attached  to  a  neuc- 
leus  which  was  cleft  sufficiently  to  admit  of  the  insertion  of  the 
legs  and  feet  of  butterflies  visiting  the  plant  and  to  which  the 
pollen  adhered  firmly  and  thus  promoted  fertilization  as  the 
insect  flitted  from  flower  to  flower.  Specimens  oij.  ccrnia,  P. 
troilus,  C.  euhule  and  A.  cyhelc,  collected  at  Miami,  Florida,  in 
June  and  July,  with  pollen  clinging  to  their  tibiae  and  tarsi, 
were  shown. 

Archibald  C.  Weeks,  Secretary. 


June,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  209 

of  the  insect ;  joints  3  and  6,  including  the  spur,  longest  and  subequal  in 
length,  each  of  them  about  as  long  as  joints  4  and  5  combined  ;  the  fifth 
slightly  longer  than  the  fourth  ;  all,  except  the  spur,  are  provided  with  a 
few  long  stiff  hairs  or  bristles.  Tail  and  end  of  body  as  in  the  migrant ; 
nectaries  much  shorter  than  in  either  the  migrant  or  pupa,  or  only  about 
one-fourth  the  length  of  the  body,  rather  stout  near  the  middle,  tapering 
toward  each  end  and  curved  outwards.  Abdomen  without  spots,  the 
whole  body,  including  the  nectaries  and  legs,  profusely  provided  with 
stiff  hairs  or  bristles,  similar  to  those  of  Chaitophorus,  Length  about  1.4 
mm.;  diameter  across  the  abdomen  about  0.8  mm. 

Trichosiphnm  knwanai  n.  sp. 

Among  the  material  of  aphids  sent  by  Mr.  S.  I.  Kuwana,  of 
the  Imperial  Agricultural  Experiment  Station,  Nishigahara, 
Tokio,  Japan,  were  found  three  parcels  of  alcoholic  specimens 
of  apterous  females,  larvae  and  a  few  pupae  of  this  species, 
though  none  of  the  migrants.  All  were  found  living  upon 
Quercus  serrata  on  the  27th  and  29th  of  June,  and  on  the  2nd 
of  August,  1905.  Those  taken  in  June  are  stated  to  be  of  a 
deep  black  color,  whereas  those  obtained  in  August  are  said 
to  be  reddish  brown.  An  examination  of  the  entire  material 
convinces  the  writer  that  all  of  them  belong  to  the  same  spe- 
cies, which  he  herewith  takes  pleasure  in  dedicating  to  Mr. 
Kuwana. 

This  is,  therefore,  the  second  female,  in  which  the  nectaries 
of  the  apterous  females  are  short,  stout  and  fusiform. 

Apterous  Fefnale. — Antennae  about  one-half  the  length  of  the  body; 
joints  3-6,  including  the  spur,  varying  more  or  less  in  length  in  different 
specimens  and  frequently  in  the  same  individual ;  the  third  joint  as  usual 
is  longer  than  the  two  following  joints  combined,  the  latter  subequal  in 
length.  All  of  the  joints,  excepting  the  spur,  are  provided  with  long, 
stiff  bristles.  Front  of  head  broad  and  quite  straight.  Eyes  large,  their 
posterior  tubercle  much  elongated  and  bearing  three  large  ocelli  at  the 
end;  sides  of  the  thorax  quite  straight,  broadening  more  or  less  distinctly 
posteriorly,  while  the  abdomen  is  almost  circular  in  outline.  The  legs 
are  rather  long  and  stout,  and  like  the  rest  of  the  insect,  profusely  cov- 
ered with  stout  stiff  bristles.  Nectaries  usually  somewhat  longer  than 
the  third  antennal  joint,  or  about  one-half  as  long  as  the  abdomen,  stout, 
tapering  toward  each  end  and  curved  outwardly,  covered  with  numerous 
long  bristles  and  minute  spines. 

Tail  short,  broadly  triangular,  bearing  a  short  triangular  point  at  the 
centre  of  the  posterior  edge,  densely  covered  with  minute  sharp  points 
and  furnished  on  each  side  with  three  or  more  long  stout  bristles.     Last 


2IO  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  Qune,  'o6 

ventral  segment  broadly  emarginate.  In  the  older  specimens  the  color- 
ation appears  to  be  quite  uniform,  whereas  in  younger  females,  there  are 
six  irregular  rows  of  large,  oval  or  roundish  dusky  or  brownish  spots  on 
the  abdomen,  interspersed  with  numerous  smaller  spots  of  two  sizes,  each 
of  the  latter  bearing  a  slender  black  hair;  there  are  also  four  large  lateral 
spots  in  front  of  the  nectaries,  while  the  head  and  thorax  are  entirely  of  a 
dark  color;  there  are  also  two  pairs  of  dark  spots  on  the  meso-  and  meta- 
thorax,  the  anterior  pair  on  each  of  these  segments  being  much  the 
smaller  and  transversely  linear. 

The  larvae  are  very  much  elongated,  their  lateral  margins  quite  paral- 
lel :  the  body  is  also  more  or  less  distinctly  spotted,  and  the  hairs  of  the 
abdomen  are  rather  long  and  slender.  Nectaries  short,  about  the  length 
of  the  posterior  tarsi,  stout  at  base,  elongate-conical,  not  reaching  to  the 
end  of  the  abdomen  ;  just  behind  each  of  them  is  a  stout  and  conical 
lateral  tubercle,  about  one-half  the  length  of  the  nectaries,  bearing  at  the 
apex  a  long,  slender,  backwardly  directed  bristle,  while  a  similar  though 
smaller  pair  of  tubercles  is  situated  at  the  posterior  margin  of  the  follow- 
ing segment.     The  last  dorsal  segment  is  broadly  triangular. 

The  pupae  are  spotted  similarly  to  the  younger  apterous  females,  and 
are  also  very  hairy,  though  the  nectaries  are  longer,  quite  slender,  though 
still  somewhat  fusiform. 


<■» 


Texas  Notes — I. 

By  E.  D wight  Sanderson. 

I. — Oinileus  epicteroides  Lee. — A  snout  weevil  injurious  to 
peach  foliage.  Injury  by  this  species  to  peach  foliage  was 
first  called  to  our  attention  by  two  correspondents  in  East 
Texas  early  in  March,  1904.  The  beetles  were  reported  as 
seriously  injuring  the  foliage  of  young  peach  trees.  The  same 
insect  had  done  similar  injury  the  year  previous.  Examina- 
tion showed  them  to  be  wingless,  and  their  control  therefore 
appeared  simple.  The  insects  seemed  most  numerous  during 
the  first  ten  days  of  April.  Visiting  Dialville,  in  the  heart  of 
the  peach  belt,  on  April  29th,  we  found  them  still  abundant. 
The  foliage  had  been  eaten  much  as  by  Lachfiostema,  The 
sexes  had  been  mating  for  some  time.  The  beetles  were 
shaken  from  the  trees  with  great  difficulty  so  that  jarring  was 
not  feasible.  They  were  noticed  most  commonly  on  tender 
sprouts  from  oak  stumps.  It  developed  that  they  were  injur- 
ious almost  entirely  on  or  adjoining  newly  planted  orchards  on 
land  just  cleared  off  and  surrounded  by  oak.     It  seems  to  us 


Sept.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS. 


Not  Kxo«edlDg  Three  Lines  Free  to  Babsorlberfl. 


45^*  These  notices  are  continued  as  long  as  oar  limited  space  will  allow ;  the  new 
ones  are  added  at  the  end  of  the  column,  and  only  when  necessary  tbote  at  the  top 
(being  longest  in)  are  discontinued. 


Wanted,  for  cash  or  exchange.  Bulletins  U.  S.  Bureau  of  Entomology. 
Old  series  1-5,  7-15,  18,  20,  21,  26,  27,  30,  33.  New  series  8.  39,  Tech- 
nical series,  i,  3,  5.  6,  7.  Bib.  Econ.  Ent.,  parts  4,  5,  6.— Albert  V.  Tay- 
lor. Bedford,  Ohio. 

Wanted. — Bibionidae  of  North  America  for  which  I  will  pay  cash,  also 
Entomological  News,  Vol.  XV,  No.  9— W.  A.  Hooker,  Bureau  of 
Entomology,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Exchans^es  solicited  from  all  sections  of  the  country.  Have  hundreds 
of  duplicates.  Moths  or  butterflies.  Send  lists  to  Joseph  H.  Reading, 
775  N.  Rockwell  St.,  Chicago,  111. 

Cicindelidae. — C  celeripes  and  other  Nebraska  and  Iowa  species  to 
exchange  for  Cicindelidae  — Frank  H.  Shoemaker,  2960  Dewey  Ave., 
Omaha,  Neb. 

Wanted.— LeConte's  '*  Revision  of  the  Elateridx  ;**  also  North  Am- 
erican species  of  Corytnhites  and  other  Elateridxand  Buprestidae. — C.  O. 
Houghton,  Del.  Col.  Agric.  Expt.  Sta.,  Newark,  Delaware. 

Wanted.— Vol.  Ill,  No.  i  *' Papilio"  and  Vols.  VIII  and  IX,  Jour. 
N.  Y.  Ent.  Soc,  also  Danaidae  of  the  world.— C.  V.  Blackburn,  loi  Pine 
St..  Wobum,  Mass.     (See  Label  adv.) 

Wanted. — North  American  Philanthidae  for  study.  Will  determine 
fossorial  Hymenoptera  for  the  privilege  of  retaining  desirable  material.— 
J.  C.  Bridwell,  Baker  University,  Baldwin,  Kansas. 

Wanted. — Orchids  plants  or  roots  of  them  for  cash  or  in  exchange  for 
brilliant  exotic  Lepidoptera,  such  as  Omithoptera^  Urania  crcesus,  rtph- 
eus,  Morpho  and  rare  native  species. — Chas.  F.  Timm,  170  Bleeker  St., 
Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 

Wanted.— Microlepidiptera,  especially  Tineina  of  North  America. 
Will  give  named  material  in  return  ;  also  Microlepidoptera  and  Coleop- 
tera.    Will  buy  desirable  material. — Dr.  W.  G.  Dietz,  Hazleton,  Pa. 

Samia  cyntnia  Cocoons  to  exchange  for  live  pupae  and  cocoons  of 
Hyperchiria  to,  TeUa  pofyphemus,  Triptogon  modesta,  Phiiimpelus 
achemon  or  P.  pandorus. ~-]onn  H.  Matthews,  3219  N.  Thirteenth  Street, 
Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Wanted  eggs  of  Anosia  archippusy  living  preferred,  for  the  purpose  of 
making  photographs  for  J.  W.  Tutt*s  British  Butterflies.— A.  E.  Tonge, 
Reigate,  Surrey,  England. 

Wanted. — Cicindela  trilunaris,  C.  campesiris,  and  Omus,  matured 
insects.  Also  pupae,  larvae  and  eggs  of  North  America  Cicindela. — F. 
H.  Goodfellow,  Room  611,  42  Broadway,  New  York  City. 

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CONTENTS: 


Aldrich—Baron  Osten  Sacken 369 

Johnson— Baron  Osten  Sacken 273 

Crawford — ^A  new  Halictus  from  Nebr.  275 
Skinner— Studies  of  Pyr^^us  syriditus, 
tessetlata,  occidental  is  and  monti- 

vaiptt. ....••..•.... 277 

Wdxr— Notes  on  Mosquitoes 279 

Rehn— Some  Utah  Orthoptera 284 

GnMBbedc— A  new  Limacodid 289 


Sanborn— Macrosiphum  granaria 290 

Howard — Diaspis  pentagona 291 

Wellman— Glossina  palpalis  wellmani  294 
Viereck— Vespoidae  from  Connecticut  302 
Busck — Notes  on  Tortricid  j^nera  ....  305 
Girault- A  new  species  of  Eulophidae  305 

Editorial 308 

Notes  and  News  309 

Doings  of  Societies 311 


Baron  Osten  Sacken. 

By  J.  M.  Aldrich. 

(Plate  XI) 

Karl  Robert  Romanovicb,  Baron  von  der  Osten  Sacken, 
commonly  known  among  entomologists  as  C.  R.  Osten  Sacken, 
was  bom  in  St.  Petersburg,  August  21,  1828,  and  died  at  bis 
borne  in  Heidelberg,  Germany,  on  May  20,  1906. 

*In  1849  young  Osten  Sacken  entered  the  service  of  tbe  Rus- 
sian Imperial  Foreign  Office.  After  some  years  of  apprentice- 
ship in  diplomacy,  be  was  in  1856  appointed  Secretary  of  Le- 
gation in  Washington.  In  1862  be  was  made  Consul  General 
for  Rnaaia  in  New  York  City,  and  held  the  position  until  1871, 
when  he  retired  from  tbe  diplomatic  service.  After  several 
joumesrs  to  Europe  and  back,  be  again  settled  in  the  United 
States,  this  time  as  a  private  citizen,  and  remained  until  1877  ; 
in  this  year  be  returned  to  Europe,  making  his  home  in 
Heidelberg  tbe  remainder  of  his  life. 

From  1856  to  1877,  it  will  be  seen,  Osten  Sacken  was  almost 
continuously  a  resident  of  the  United  States.  Before  this  he 
bad  begun  to  work  on  Diptera,  especially  Tipulidae.     Imme- 

Wc  have  received  two  interesting  accounts  of  the  life  of  Baron 
Osten  Sacken,  who  may  almost  be  called  an  American  entomologist. 
These  are  by  two  eminent  dipterists,  and,  not  caring  to  discriminate,  we 
decided  to  publish  both. — Eds. 

269 


270  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Oct.,  '06 

diately  on  getting  settled  in  this  country  he  began  to  organize 
things  for  extensive  dipterological  research.     He  published  (in 
1859)  a  catalogue  of  the  described  North  American  Diptera; 
he  collected  a  large  amount  of  material  in  the  order ;  he  made 
the  acquaintance  of  most  of  the  collectors  in  various  parts  of 
the  country,  and  had  them  send  him  their  Diptera  ;  most  of 
his  accumulations  he  sent  to  Loew  in  Guben,  Prussia,  for  de- 
scription, reserving  only  a  few  families,  principally  the  Tipu- 
lidae  and  Tabanidae,  for  himself;  he  also  established  relations 
with  the  Smithsonian  Institution  which  resulted  in  the  publi- 
cation of  a  large  part  of  the  descriptive  matter  prepared  by 
Loew  and  himself  in  the  four  volumes  called  by  the  general 
title  of  **  Monographs  of  North  American  Diptera  "  ;  in  short, 
it  may  be  said  that  for  some  twenty-one  years  nearly  all  the 
work  done  on  the  order  was  directly  due  to  the  tremendous 
energy  of  Osten  Sacken.      Toward  the  close  of  the  period, 
after   visiting   the   principal   type   collections   of    Diptera  in 
Europe,  he  published  a  second  catalogue  of  North  American 
Diptera,   this   time  critical   in  character  and  exhibiting  the 
actual  status  of  the  order  in  a  manner  which  for  clearness, 
completeness,  and  absolute  mastery  of  the  subject  must  for- 
ever remain  an  unapproachable  model  for  later  workers  in  the 
order.     Osten  Sacken  had  practically  created  himself  all  the 
main  subject  matter  of  the  catalogue ;  hence  the  impossibility 
of  any  later  entomologist  ever  occupying  a  similar  position 
with  regard  to  it. 

In  addition  to  the  Smithsonian  monographs  and  his  two 
catalogues,  Osten  Sacken' s  Prodrome  to  a  Monograph  of 
North  American  Tabanidae,  published  by  the  Boston  Society 
of  Natural  History,  and  Loew's  Centuries  of  North  American 
Diptera  (one  thousand  new  species,  published  in  Germany), 
embody  the  principal  results  of  his  labors. 

As  a  fitting  climax  to  his  achievements,  Osten  Sacken  suc- 
cessfully conducted  a  rather  diflScult  and  delicate  negotiation, 
by  which  Loew  was  reimbursed  for  his  labors  on  the  North 
American  material,  and  surrendered  it  all  to  the  Museum  of 
Comparative  Zoology  at  Harvard,  at  that  time  much  the  best 
depository  in   the  United   States  for  such  material.      Osten 


Oct.,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  27 1 

Sacken  donated  all  his  own  material  to  the  same  institution, 
and  the  Loew-Osten  Sacken  type  collection  of  Diptera  was 
thus  established ;  it  still  remains  in  good  condition,  and  we 
may  expect  will  continue  to  be  useful  for  many  years  to  come. 

After  returning  to  Europe,  Osten  Sacken  felt  that  his  labors 
in  descriptive  entomology  were  practically  at  an  end.  He 
continued  to  publish  papers  on  the  larger  phases  of  classifica- 
tion, on  insect  habits,  historical  researches  on  entomology,  etc., 
up  to  a  few  years  before  his  death.  In  1886-87  he  published 
216  pages  of  Vol.  I.  of  the  Diptera  in  the  Biologia  Centrali- 
Americana.  In  1903  and  1904  he  published  his  **  Record  of 
My  Life  Work  in  Entomology"  (parts  I  and  II  printed  in 
Cambridge,  Mass. ;  part  III  in  Heidelberg),  which  gives  not 
onl}'^  a  review  of  his  own  activity,  but  includes  critical  esti- 
mates of  several  contemporary  entomologists,  and  much  his- 
torical matter  on  dipterology  in  general. 

Osten  Sacken *s  entomological  work  was  almost  completed 
twenty-eight  years  ago,  hence  he  seems  to  belong  to  a  genera- 
tion that  has  long  passed  away.  Only  one  living  dipterist  of 
this  country,  so  far  as  I  know,  had  a  personal  acquaintance 
with  him — I  allude  to  S.  W.  Williston,  who  met  him  on  his 
last  trip  to  this  country. 

Osten  Sacken  wrote  in  Russian,  German,  French,  Italian, 
English,  and  on  occasion  in  Latin  ;  he  preferred  English,  in 
which  he  had  a  literary  style  distinguished  for  clearness,  force 
and  accuracy.  The  striking  qualities  of  his  character  were 
energy,  farsightedness,  persistence,  keen  discrimination,  and 
conscientiousness.  No  pecuniary  consideration  ever  lessened 
the  completeness  of  his  devotion  to  the  Diptera.  He  always 
sought  to  be  impartial,  but  the  bent  of  his  mind  was  such  that 
he  could  never  appreciate  the  argument  of  a  man.  who  dis- 
agreed with  him.  Such  people  seemed  to  him  either  mildly 
insane,  or  else  animated  with  a  personal  animosity  towards 
himself.  In  a  letter  to  the  writer,  he  says  in  regard  to  Loew, 
*'  I  am  conscious  of  having  been  perfectly  fair  towards  him  in 
my  Record.  I  never  doubted  for  an  instant  that  he  was  a 
perfectly  honest  and  veracious  man.  His  idiosyncrasies  I 
incline  to  ascribe  to  a  congenital  defect  of  the  brain  which 


272  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Oct,  'o6 

disturbed  its  normal  fuDction  and  finally  culminated  in  the 
brain  disease  to  which  he  succumbed.  Every  one  of  us,  very 
probably,  is  afflicted  with  some  malformation  of  this  kind 
which  more  or  less  impairs  his  mental  vision."  May  we  be 
as  charitable  with  Osten  Sacken  in  regard  to  the  two  or  three 
animosities  which  he  especially  cherished. 

As  a  correspondent,  he  was  delightful.  During  his  Ameri- 
can residence  he  accumulated  large  numbers  of  letters  from 
entomologists  in  various  parts  of  the  country,  which  it  seems 
from  his  Record  he  faithfully  preserved  till  his  death.  This 
material  would  be  of  great  value  if  ultimately  acquired  by 
some  American  institution  ;  the  history  of  American  ento- 
mology during  the  *50*s,  *6o*s  and  '70's  is  largely  embalmed 
therein. 

Two  years  ago  he  wrote,  **  As  the  Grandfather  of  American 
Dipterology,  I  am  very  much  interested  in  the  prog^ress  of  my 
descendants.  * ' 

On  another  occasion,  **  At  my  age  a  man  does  well,  when 
he  is  able  to  do  so,  to  withdraw  from  his  usual  occupation  or 
profession,  and  to  leave  the  field  for  a  younger  generation. 
For  about  fifty  years  I  have  worked  hard  in  my  science  and 
have  reason  to  be  content  with  the  result.  My  Record  I  hope 
to  have  published  bye  and  bye,  and  shall  allow  myself  from 
time  to  time  to  publish  **  obiter  dicta' *  on  dipterology,  like  the 
short  articles  which  have  appeared  in  the  Ent.  M.  M.,  London, 
recently.  But,  with  these  exceptions,  I  give  up  entomology, 
and  shall  not  take  any  part  in  discussions.  In  many  points 
my  opinions  are  peculiar.  I  have  explained  them  distinctly 
enough  in  my  writings,  and  posterity  will  pronounce  upon 
them.  For  this  reason  I  do  not  enter  into  any  further  discus- 
sion about  *  *  *,  the  result  of  which  is,  for  me,  of  sovereign 
indifference.  *  * 

And  yet  again,  **  My  health  is  excellent,  but  my  brain  is 
easily  tired  and  my  working  power  has  much  diminished.  I 
am  in  the  position  of  a  traveler  at  a  railway  station,  waiting 
for  a  train  to  depart  with.  This  departure  I  expect  without 
the  slightest  apprehension.*' 

He  was  a  man,  take  him  for  all  in  all, 
I  shall  not  look  upon  his  like  again. 


Oct.,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  273 

Charles  Robert  v.  d.  Osten  Sacken. 

By  C.  W.  Johnson. 
ron  Osten  Sacken  was  born  in  St.  Petersburg,  Russia, 


Au^fust  21,  1828,  and  died  at  Heidelberg,  Germany,  May  20, 
ipo6.  Educated  in  St.  Petersburg,  he  entered  into  the  service 
of  the  Imperial  Office  in  1849.  ^^  1856  he  was  appointed 
Socri-etary  of  Legation  in  Washington,  and  in  1862  Consul 
Gex^eral  of  Russia  in  New  York.  Resigning  in  1871,  he 
^^tiuinied  to  Europe,  and  in  the  autumn  of  1873  revisited  the 
^*^it:ed  States,  remaining  until  1877,  having  been  a  resident  of 
^^is   country  for  twenty-one  years. 

the  early  age  of  eleven  he  began  to  take  an  interest  in 
lology,  his  first  paper  appearing  in  1854,  "Proposal  for  a 
classification  of  the  Tipulidae  brevipalpi,"  based  upon  a 
^^t:a.iled  study  of  their  male  genital  organs."  These  ideas  were 
^^'t^r  incorporated  in  his  paper  on  "New  genera  and  species  of 
^^<^rth  American  Tipulidae/'  etc.,  in  i860,  and  in  his  "Mono- 
^^^ph  on  the  North  American  Tipulidae,"  in  1869.  Additional 
^^^t:es  on  this  family  appeared  in  1886-87  under  the  title 
Studies  on  Tipulidae."  In  1858  Osten  Sacken  published  the 
*^''st  catalogue  of  North  American  Diptera.  This  work  was  fol- 
^^'^^ed  by  that  laborious  and  thankless  task,  the  translating  and 
^^iting  of  Loew's  manuscript  of  his  three  monographs;  the 
*^*"st  appearing  in  1862,  the  second  in  1864,  and  the  third,  after 
^'^  Unaccountable  delay  on  Loew's  part,  in  1872.  Before  the 
^^l^lication  of  his  own  monograph  on  the  tipulidae  (part  iv) 
^^  original  manuscript  was  destroyed  by  a  fire  which  occurred 


Smithsonian  Institution,  January  24,  1865,  and  had  to  be 

ritten,  the  volume  not  appearing  until  January,  1869.     In 

-ntly  referring  to  this  matter,  which  is  not  mentioned  in  the 

*^^^^^ograph,  he  says:    "The  loss  did  not,  in  the  end,  turn  out 

^^    l>^  a  loss  to  science.    During  a  journey  to  Europe  which  I 

^^^^^rtook  soon  after  it  had  happened,  I  gained  a  great  deal 

^iformation  in  the  museums  I  visited  that  proved  a  benefit 

-  iie  work  when  I  reproduced  it."    Following  the  work  on 

^      monographs,  his  principal  publications  were:  "Prodrome 

^^  Monograph  of  the  North  American  Tabanidae,"   1875; 


274  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Oct.,  *o6 

"Western  Diptera/'  1877,  and  "Catalogue  of  North  American 
Diptera/'  1878. 

It  is  indeed  fortunate  that  such  an  able,  generous,  self-sacri- 
ficing man,  having  always  the  interest  of  American  Dipterology 
at  heart,  should  have  taken  up  the  study  of  this  neglected  order. 
In  his  co-operation  with  Loew  he  had  an  understanding  that  all 
species  described  by  him  should  eventually  be  returned  to  the 
United  States.  This  scheme,  he  says,  "enabled  me  to  receive 
without  stint  the  numerous  contributions  in  collections  and 
specimens  which  were  most  generously  put  at  my  disposal  by 
different  collectors  during  my  long  residence  in  the  United 
States."  In  1877,  owing  to  Loew's  rapidly  declining  health, 
Osten  Sacken  attended  personally  to  the  transfer  of  the  col- 
lection to  Cambridge.  This  collection  contained  about  1300 
species  described  by  Loew,  330  identified  by  him,  and  about 
1200  unidentified  species;  combined  with  Osten  Sacken's  col- 
lection, which  comprises  his  types  of  Tipulidae,  the  entire  col- 
lection of  Tabanidae,  Western  Diptera,  etc.,  makes  a  total  of 
about  1800  determined  species. 

Since  1877  Baron  Osten  Sacken  made  his  home  in  Heidel- 
berg and   continued   his   studies   of   the   Diptera,   publishing 
numerous  papers,  including  "Enumeration  of  the  Diptera  of  the 
Malay  Archipelago,"  etc.,  1881 ;  "An  Essay  of  Comparative 
Chaetotaxy,"  etc.,   1881,  revised  in  1884;  "Diptera  from   the 
Philippine  Islands,"  etc.,  1882;  "The  Diptera  Orthorrhapha" 
in  "Biologia  Centrali- Americana,"  1886;  "Studies  on  TipulidcC," 
pt.  I,  1886,  pt.  2,  1887;  On  the  Characters  of  the  Three  Divis- 
ions of  Diptera :  Nemocera  vera,  Nemocera  anomala  and  Ere-    - 
mochaeta,  1892;  On  the  so-called  "Bugonia"  of  the  Ancients,    .,, 
1893,  revised  in  1894,  with  additional  notes  in  1895 ;  "Record  J 
of  my  Life-work  in  Entomology,"  pts.  i,  2,  1903,  pt.  3,  1904.  • 
His   entomological   publications   in   all   number    179,   and   he^^i: 
described  over  360  species  of  North  American  Diptera,  and 
about  100  from  the  Malay  Archipelago,  Philippines,  etc. 

Baron  Osten  Sacken  possessed  what  is  so  frequently  wantin 
in  scientific  men,  a  thorough  mastery  of  details,  undoubtedly 
inborn  characteristic,  which  stood  by  him  to  the  last  and  enable(fc:» 


Oct.,  *o6]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  275 

him  to  produce  that  wonderfully  concise  book,  "Record  of  my 
Life-work  in  Entomology,"  a  volume  which  so  fittingly  rounds 
out  the  life-work  of  this  remarkable  man.     This  fascinating 
book  tells,  among  other  things,  the  many  differences  existing 
among  the  contemporaneous  dipterologists — a  personal  bibliog- 
raphy, as  it  were,  in  which  the  one  at  fault  is  always  severely 
criticised.     On  the  other  hand,  meritorious  works  and  deeds 
are  extolled  in  terms  of  true  and  lasting  friendship.    His  man- 
ner of  criticism  is  perhaps  best  shown  in  the  following  para- 
graph :  "In  regard  to  Loew  I  state  here  once  for  all  that,  while 
condemning  his  injustice   in  the  strongest  terms,   I  do   not 
moan  to  impugn  his  personal  character  as  a  man  of  truth  and 
honor.    Loew,  without  any  question,  was  a. very  superior  man, 
/^^  superior  to  me  in  natural  ability,  as  well  as  learning.     His 
^c>IossaK labors  stand  for  him;  what  I  have  done  has  been  to 
pI3.ce  his  work  in  a  better  light  and  to  give  it  a  more  distinct 
^efi tuition,  which  was  due  to  history." 

XJsually  he  wrote  his  name  C.  R.  Osten  Sacken.  In  some  of 
trio  library  catalogues  in  which  they  have  endeavored  to  give 
lull  names,  it  is  Karl  Robert  Romanovich  baron  von  Osten 
^^clcen.  I  have  adopted  the  name  as  it  appears  in  his  last 
P^t^lication,  printed  below  his  portrait  accompanying  part  3 
^*    his  life-work  in  entomology. 


>  <» 


A  new  Halictus  {rom  Nebraska. 
By  J.  C.  Crawford. 

ifstng  gwenkl  n.  sp.— 9. 
^Orm  rather  slender,  head  and  thorax  black,  segments  1-3  of  abdomen 
segment  i  with  a  blotch  of  black  at  base,  segments  4  and  5  black; 
'^^1  margins  of  segments  lighter,  of  4  almost  hyaline. 
*^acial  quadrangle  slightly  longer  than  broad,  hardly  narrowed  below, 
^^"aclypeal  area  and  base  of  clypeus  finely  lineolate  and  finely  sparsely 
-.^'^cnured,  clypeus  apically  shiny  and  with  sparse  larger  punctures; 
.  ^^  above  antennae  shiny,  somewhat  roughened  and  with  fine  shallow 
^^stinct  punctures;  the  whole  face  almost  concealed  by  white  appresed 
y^'^^scencc;  flagellum  beneath,  except  2  or  3  basal  segments,  red; 
^^^Sothorax  with  rather  abundant  whitish  pubescence,  finely  lineolate, 


276  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Oct.,  '06 

slightly  shiny,  with  very  fine  rather  close  punctures;  median  groove 
well  impressed,  parapsidal  grooves  not  very  plain;  truncation  of  meta- 
thorax  not  surrounded  by  a  salient  rim,  its  surface  reticulately  lineolate 
and  with  a  few  oblique  punctures  and  from  center  of  base  a  few  short 
radiating  striae;  base  of  metathorax  finely  reticulately  lineolate,  dull, 
with  a  few  irregularly  longitudinal  strise  reaching  about  half  way  to 
apex  except  occasionally  two  or  three  medial  ones  which  reach  almost 
to  apex;  mesopleurae  roughened,  vertically  striate,  with  oblique  punc- 
tures, more  apparent  anteriorly;  metapleurae  finely  lineolate,  slightly 
vertically  striate,  with  a  few  scattered  punctures  more  numerous  at  the 
upper  posteiror  angles;  wings  hyaline,  nervures  and  stigma  light  honey- 
color,  third  submarginal  about  one-third  longer  than  second,  narrowed 
about  one-third  to  marginal;  tegulae  largely  testaceous;  legs  black, 
anterior  and  middle  knees,  a  stripe  on  front  of  anterior  tibiae  and  apical 
joints  of  tarsi  reddish;  hind  inner  spur  with  about  four  long  teeth; 
abdomen  transversely  lineolate,  closely  and  minutely  punctured,  segment 
I  almost  impunctate;  bases  of  segments  2  and  3  with  indistinct  lateral 
hair  patches;  segments  4  and  5  covered  with  thin  whitish  pubescence; 
venter  with  segments  1-3  red,  rest  black. 
Length  about  7H-8  mm. 

Six  specimens  from  West  Point,  Nebraska,  June  15,  1905; 
on  Rosa  arkensena  (Prof.  L.  Bruner  and  Harry  Smith). 

This  species  is  named  after  Mr.  Myron  H.  Swenk,  from 
whom  I  first  received  the  species,  in  recognition  of  his  excel- 
lent work  on  the  bees  of  Nebraska. 

In  general  form  this  is  like  H.  galpinsiae  Ckll.,  but  that 
species  has  the  head  strongly  punctured,  the  mesothorax  much 
more  closely  punctured,  the  first  segment  of  abdomen  not 
transversely  lineolate,  as  well  as  having  the  entire  abdomen 
black.  H.  ovaliceps  Qcll.,  the  only  described  species  from  the 
United  States  with  a  red  abdomen,  has  the  face  much  longer 
and  the  punctures  of  the  mesothorax  much  closer  and  stronger, 
nervures  dark,  etc. 

This  species  has  a  most  remarkable  resemblance  in  its 
general  form  and  color  to  Sphecodogastra  texana  Cress.,  which, 
in  addition  to  its  generic  diflferences,  also  differs  in  the  strong 
punctures  of  the  head,  larger  size,  first  segment  of  abdomen 
not  transversely  lineolate,  etc. 

The  type  has  been  deposited  in  the  National  Museum  and 
paratypes  in  the  collections  of  the  American  Entomological 
Society  and  the  University  of  Nebraska. 


Oct.,  '06]  EKTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  277 

Studies  of  Pyrgfus   syrichtus^  tessellata^  occidentalis 

and  montivagus. 

By  Henry  Skinner. 

(PUte  XII) 

There  has  always  been  much  confusion  in  the  literature  in 
regard  to  syrichtus,  tessellata  and  montivagus.  W.  H.  Ed- 
wards placed  the  latter  as  a  variety  of  tessellata,  Scudder  put 
his  tessellata  as  a  synonym  of  montivagus,  Godman  and  Sal- 
vin  in  the  Biologia  also  place  tessellata  under  montivagus. 
Reakirt's  original  description  gives  the  locality  of  montivagus 
as  Rocky  Mountains,  Colorado  Territory.  (Coll.  Tryon  Rea- 
kirt,  "Mexico,  near  Vera  Cruz.") 

The  Reakirt  collection  was  purchased  by  Herman  Strecker, 
and  in  the  third  supplement  to  his  Rhop.  et  Het.  he  says  he 
possesses  the  types  of  montivagus,  "one  S ,  one  9 ,  Rocky 
Mts.,  Colorado." 

Some  years  ago  I  examined  these  types,  and  they  are 
syrichtus  Fab.  The  original  description  also  applies  better  to 
syrichtus  than  to  tessellcUa,  and  I  quote  as  follows:  "Hind 
unngs  zvith  a  marginal  afid  submarginal  row  of  rounded 
spots/' — secondaries  (below)  "two  transverse  white  maculate 
bands;  one  near  the  base  of  three  spots,  edged  posteriorly  with 
brown  lines,  the  other  is  mesial,  of  irregular  outline,  and  bor- 
dered with  black  lines  on  both  sides."  The  maculate  bands  in 
tessellata  are  of  a  light  greenish  color,  and  in  syrichtus  there  are 
no  real  mocular  bands  except  as  an  outline  in  black.*  I  have 
never  seen  syrichtus  from  Colorado,  and  it  is  possible  there 
may  be  an  error  in  regard  to  Reakirt's  locality,  such  mistakes 
being  common  enough  in  those  days.  I  have  a  syrichtus  from 
southwestern  Texas  and  Key  West,  Fla.,  but  from  no  other 
places  in  the  United  States.  There  can  be  no  question  as  to 
what  is  means  by  tessellata.  The  original  description  says 
"marginal  row  of  spots  on  upper  side  of  hind  wing  reduced  to 

♦In  some  specimens  the  inferiors  below  are  light  brown  as  though 
covered  with  a  thin  wash  of  this  color,  and  the  bands  are  more  or  less 
distinct,  but  hardly  as  well  marked  as  in  tessellata  and  not  greenish  in 
color. 


278  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Oct,  '06 

a  row  of  mere  points  or  obsolete.    Two  pale  greenish  mocular 
bands  on  secondaries  below." 

Syrichtiis  S  has  the  inner  half  of  the  wings  covered  by  long 
white  downy  hairs.  The  females  differ  in  maculation  as  do  the 
males  of  the  two  species,  but  the  differences  are  not  as  well 
marked.  Syrichtus  9  is  more  brown  than  black.  They  may 
be  separated  from  tessellata  9  at  a  glance.  In  the  News,  vol. 
xvii,  page  96,  I  indicated  a  new  form  under  the  name  Pyrgus 
occidentalis.  This  is  not  a  species,  but  only  a  form  or  geograph- 
ical race  of  tessellata.  It  has  bothered  me  for  a  long  time  and 
has  frequently  been  sent  to  me  to  name.  It  is  smaller  than 
tessellata  and  whiter  in  color,  and  the  spots  are  larger  in  pro- 
portion to  the  ground  color.  It  expands  in  the  ^  25  mm.; 
whereas  tessellata  expands  32  mm.  This  is  an  average  size  for 
the  two. 

I  have  specimens  from  Northwest  Territory  (Geddes),  Cali- 
fornia, Arizona,  and  Texas. 

Syrichtus  and  tessellata  may  be  compared  as  follows : 


on  upper  side  of  inferiors. 


Syrichtus  <f  |  Tessellata  cf. 

A  marginal  row  of  white  spots       A  marginal   row  of   white   pin 

points  on  upper  side  of  inferiors  or 
obsolete. 

Macular  bands  on  inferiors  be- 
low white  or  brownish. 
No  such  hair. 


Macular  bands  on  inferiors  be- 
low pale  greenish. 

Long  white  downy  hair  on  inner 
half  of  wings.  I 

The  females  may  be  separated  in  the  same  way,  except  that 
the  white  hair  is  lacking  in  this  sex.  According  to  Godman  and 
Salvin  the  genitalia  of  the  two  are  different.  The  distribution  of 
the  species  outside  of  the  United  States  is  given  in  the  Biologia. 


I  HAVE  been  getting  a  considerable  number  of  Hcsperidae  to  name 
and  I  am  glad  to  see  such  an  interest  in  these  little  butterflies,  which 
have  been  so  much  neglected.  Outside  of  the  comma  variations  they 
have  splendid  specific  characters,  and  with  so  many  recent  figures  it 
seems  strange  that  they  prove  so  difficult  to  collectors.  I  am  always 
willing  to  name  spread  specimens  in  this  family.  Mr.  J.  H.  Cook  (Sept. 
Jour.,  N.  Y.  Ent.  Soc.)  is  to  be  congratulated  on  telling  us  what 
Thafiaos  ausonius  really  is. — Henry  Skinner. 


Oct.,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  279 

Notes  on  Mosquitoes* 

By  Dr.  S.  E.  Webbr,  Lancaster,  Pa. 

(Continued  from  p.  ai7,  Vol.  xvii.  No.  6.) 

DAY  MOSQUITOES. 
Cnllcada  Felt  (Colez)  r^t^fl^^uMf  Theobald. 

This  species  I  have  found  to  be  distinctively  a  day  mosquito. 
Its  peculiar  habits  are  somewhat  modified  according  to  the 
stage  of  the  season.  Observations  were  made  in  1901  on  this 
form  in  southwestern  Pennsylvania,  along  the  Susquehanna 
River,  where  it  was  found  in  abundance  breeding  in  the  waters 
of  the  old  abandoned  tide-water  canal.  The  adults  made  their 
first  appearance  May  23rd,  when  at  10  a.  m.  a  specimen  was 
captured  in  the  act  of  probing  the  point  of  my  finger  for  blood. 
The  last  one  of  the  season  was  seen  October  29th  in  the  after- 
noon. 

Their  attacks  in  the  early  part  of  the  season  were  invaribly 
made  from  10  a.m.  until  noon,  and  in  the  gloaming  of  the 
evening,  and  by  the  latter  part  of  September  they  were  noticed 
during  the  middle  of  the  day  only,  and  not  in  the  evening,  for 
it  seemed  now  too  cool  for  this  species  to  fly.  In  October  they 
were  numerous  in  the  afternoon,  more  so  between  2  and  3 
o'clock,  and  on  warm  days  were  very  annoying  at  that  time. 
In  a  bark-pile,  about  500  yards  away  from  a  breeding  place, 
they  seemed  to  have  their  abode,  since  they  were  intolerable 
at  that  place.  Aside  from  the  Anopheles  this  was  the  common 
species  found  in  the  immediately  locality  of  Shenk's  Ferry, 
Penna. 

That  the  day-time  habit  is  not  only  confined  to  this  species 
is  shown  by  the  fact  that  C  triseriatus  Say  will  also  make  her 
attacks  in  day  time.  In  the  handling  of  thousands  of  Culex 
pipiens  none  has  ever  effered  to  bite  me,  but  Culicada  triseria- 
tus have  alighted  directly  from  the  vessel  where  they  were  bred 
on  my  hand  for  the  first  sip  of  blood. 

The  same  peculiarity  may  also  be  noted  in  other  genera, 
notably  in  Anopheles,  but  in  these  species  the  day-time  habit 
was  only  noticed  in  their  first  appearance  in  the  spring. 


28o  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [OcL,  'o6 

A10PHELB8. 

The  species  of  this  genus  most  common  in  the  lower  Sus- 
quehanna River  breeding  district  .are  A,  macuiipennis  Meig. 
and  A,  puncHpennis  Say,  where  I  have  taken  the  larvae  from 
the  standing  waters  in  the  bed  of  the  tide-water  canal. 

Day  Habits. 

Adults  of  both  these  species  were  taken  from  the  windows  in 
houses  (on  damp  days)  in  March,  1901.  In  April  they  be- 
come active  outdoors,  more  particularly  in  a  garden  where  the 
shrubbery  seemed  to  be  full  of  them.  In  an  old  shop,  close  to 
this  garden,  they  were  also  numerous,  and  at  these  two  places 
the  attacks  from  these  insects  were  fierce  and  persistent  in  day 
time  during  the  month  ol  April.  On  the  17th,  a  warm  day, 
were  very  numerous  and  seemed  determined  for  blood.  They 
appeared  in  the  garden  mostly  in  the  afternoon  and  allowed 
themselves  to  be  pushed  from  place  to  place  on  the  back  of 
one's  hand.  A  member  of  the  family  while  at  repose  in  the 
middle  of  the  day  was  bitten  on  her  arm  by  an  /i.  pun/Hpennis 
in  five  places,  which  was  caused  by  the  victim  in  her  sleep  push- 
ing the  mosquito  around  until  five  rosy  spots  with  pale  centres 
were  left  on  her  arm.  This  demonstrates*  the  persistence  in 
getting  the  first  sop  after  a  season  of  rest.  The  more  persist- 
ent specimens  seem  to  have  been  the  gravid  females.  And  this 
peculiarity  attending  the  day  habit  of  these  species  I  have  only 
observed  with  their  first  appearance  in  the  spring. 

A.  viaculipeiinis  is  the  most  common  in  breeding  district  of 
the  Susquehanna  River,  where  it  was  found  in  such  abundance 
that  the  people  living  in  certain  localities  were  obliged  to  kill 
numbers  every  evening  before  retiring.  In  small  sleeping 
rooms  in  some  dwellings  gravid  females,  in  some  instances  of 
unusual  size,  even  without  charge  of  ova  and  blood,  were 
taken  from  rooms  where  the  blood  was  often  extracted  from 
small  children.  Mosquitoes  and  malaria  in  this,  like  other 
localities,  even  these  days  of  better  knowledge,  is  still  tolera- 
ted. From  summer  cottages  on  the  banks  of  the  Susquehanna 
I  have  known  whole  families  to  return  home  with  malarial 
fever,  and  numerous  individual  cases  whose  infection  was  re- 
ceived from  a  visit  along  the  river. 


Oct.,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  281 

The  periodic  visits  in  houses  some  distance  away  from  the 
canal  bed  was  a  peculiarity  observed  in  this  species  ;  these  were 
more  prevalent  for  a  few  days  or  a  week,  and  more  particularly 
so  on  some  days  just  before  rain,  when  they  seemed  more 
active  in  their  efiForts  in  trying  to  get  into  the  houses.  Their 
hibernating  as  well  as  abode  during  activity  was  found  in  old 
shops,  pig  stables,  spring  houses,  bams,  etc. 

In  the  breeding  and  hibernating  place  reproduction  (see  PI. 
IX),  we  find  A,  punctipennis  ih^  most  common  species  of  the 
Anopheles,  which  I  have  found  breeding  in  rain  barrels.  From 
observations  in  neglected  yards  I  infer  that  these  forms  breed 
more  in  such  places  than  is  generally  admitted.  In  the  yard 
illustrated  they  were  found  in  rain  barrels  and  began  to  breed 
in  July,  lasting  until  the  end  of  September,  being  most  prolific 
during  the  month  of  August,  e.g,  in  1904,  the  highest  number 
in  a  single  barrel  was  four  generations,  aggregating  upwards 
of  200  A,  pundipennis  larvae.  The  ^%%  deposits  have  been 
from  six  to  fifty  and  upward  of  sixty. 

The  Natural  Enemy. 

The  dragonflies  I  have  noticed  as  one  of  the  most  import- 
ant factors  in  the  destruction  of  mosquitoes  in  rural  districts, 
but  not  in  cities.  I  have  found  several  species  of  mites  on  the 
Anopheles  mentioned,  as  well  as  Chelanops  sanbomi  and  other 
pseudoscorpions.  In  the  larvae  the  protozoa  were  of  much 
annoyance  in  the  rain  barrel  generations,  some  of  them  being 
literally  covered  with  Vorticella  so  that  their  movements  were 
much  checked.  They  were  most  numerous  on  the  first  three 
abdominal  segments  where  they  were  out  of  reach  from  the 
larva's  mouth  brushes,  and  it  required  quite  an  effort  for  the 
larvae  to  keep  them  from  occluding  the  air  tube.  The  beauti- 
ful flower-like  clusters  of  Vorticella  are  not  the  only  infusor- 
ians,  since  numbers  of  Paramacia  and  other  animalcules  were 
constantly  hovering  around  them,  and  even  at  their  mouth 
with  safety,  when  particles  of  dust,  etc.,  were  eaten  with  dis- 
patch by  the  larvae. 

One  of  the  most  important  points  in  control  work  on  mos- 
quitoes is  to  distinguish  between  the  various  species  of  larvae, 


282  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Oct,  '06 

which  are  the  principal  factors  with  which  the  sanitarian  has 
to  deal.  Since  the  young  larvae  of  Anopheles  and  that  of  Culex 
territans  resemble  one  another  in  general  app)earance,  and  both 
possess  the  same  food  habit  and  remain  at  the  surface  of  the 
water  up  to  the  4th  or  5th  day,  we  may  briefly  compare  the 
two  forms,  for  it  is  not  within  the  limits  of  these  notes  to  give 
an  account  of  the  interesting  life  history  of  C.  territans,  which 
has  not  been  treated  completely. 

The  ^gg  laying  process  of  C.  territans  is  somewhat  similar 
to  that  of  C  pipiens,  the  mass  is  built  on  the  same  geometrical 
plan,  but  the  eggs  are  smaller  and  the  process  of  color  trans- 
formations are  different.  The  mass  usually  contains  about  1 50 
eggs,  and  are  of  a  canary-yellow  color  when  deposited ;  the 
usual  color  changes  taking  place  in  about  10  hours  when  they 
may  be  found  changed  to  a  polished  black  color.  The  egg 
state  in  May  and  early  part  of  June  is  about  38  hours.  The 
young  larvae  when  first  hatched  differ  from  those  of  C  pipiens 
in  many  respects.  Up  to  about  4  or  5  days  old  they  are  of  a 
brown  color.  The  thorax  is  of  a  pale  or  whitish  color  ante- 
riorly, while  the  posterior  part  is  brown.  The  first  3  abdom- 
inal segments  are  of  a  brown  color,  but  the  4th  abdominal  seg- 
ment is  colorless,  and  the  5th,  6th  and  7th  are  dark  brown. 
The  general  shape  is  more  slender  than  that  of  C,  pipiefis  of 
the  same  age,  which  renders  it  a  different  picture  from  the 
latter  when  seen  on  the  water.  It  seems  more  pointed  towards 
the  end  or  wedge  shaped  like  that  of  A.  punctipennis  of  same 
age,  when  seen  with  the  naked  eye.  It  requires  close  obser- 
vation to  recognize  the  difference  from  the  latter  since  they  are 
often  found  of  about  the  same  color  and  both  spotted  black  and 
white.  In  A,  punctipennis  the  3rd  abdominal  segment  is  white; 
in  C  territans  the  4th  segment  is  white  at  the  same  age.  The 
larvae  of  C,  territans  at  this  period  of  its  life  seems  to  lie  hori- 
zontally at  the  surface  of  the  water  like  Anopheles,  but  virtu- 
ally it  is  below  the  surface,  generally  to  the  depth  of  the  length 
of  its  breathing  tube. 

Like  the  larvae  of  A,  punctipennis  those  of  C,  territaris,  when 
disturbed,  will  remain  on  the  surface  of  the  water,  dart  away 
in  different  directions  in  short  jerky  interruptions  of  move- 


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ment.  The  larvae  of  C  pipiens  when  disturbed  will  immedi- 
ately take  a  drop  downward  in  the  water  and  often  a  whole 
gregation  will  descend  in  the  unison  of  a  single  larva  upon 
the  slightest  disturbance. 

In  my  observation  on  the  first  generation  of  C  territans  lar- 
vae I  was  surprised  on  morning  of  the  sixth  day  of  the  larva 
on  seeing  apparently  no  larvae  in  the  vessel.  They  now 
changed  their  habit  of  remaining  on  the  surface  of  the  water 
and  descended  when  the  vessel  was  touched,  but  did  not  stay 
down  as  long  as  other  allied  species,  and  on  the  whole  fed 
more  at  the  surface  than  at  the  bottom.  The  wide  difiFerence 
psychologicallv  removes  C,  territans  from  the  pipUns  group, 
and  is  an  example  of  physical  expression  or  actions,  etc. ,  in 
animal  life  corresponding  with  anatomical  structure.  One  of 
the  most  marked  difiFerences  is  found  in  the  tracheal  system. 
In  the  larvae  of  the  stage  above  mentioned  we  find  very  little 
more  in  the  development  than  is  present  in  A,  punctipennis 
larvae  at  the  same  stage  of  life.  The  main  tube  of  the  respira- 
tory system  does  not  contain  any  dilatation  and  is  of  uniform 
calibre  from  its  opening  at  the  apex  of  the  air  tube  to  its  rami- 
fications in  the  thorax.  The  system  is  constructed  so  widely 
different  from  that  of  C,  pipiens  in  the  same  stage  that  they 
may  be  termed  incomparable,  but  are  similar  to  Anopheles, 
The  transformations  in  the  life  history  of  C,  territans  are  made 
with  more  dispatch  than  in  some  other  forms,  whole  genera- 
tions will  pupate  inside  of  24  hours,  and  one  of  the  most  inter- 
esting actions  is  the  quick  moulting  process ;  when  they  have 
arrived  at  that  period  they  may  be  scared  out  of  their  skin 
upon  the  least  provocation.  If  one  of  these  larvae  is  picked 
up  with  a  pipette  it  may  come  out  a  pupae,  so  quick  is  their 
transformation.  The  life  cycle  of  this  species  occupies  gener- 
ally about  16  days,  more  or  less,  according  to  conditions. 
Breeding  is  continuous.  Winter  is  probably  passed,  as  adults 
which  make  their  appearance  the  latter  part  of  May. 


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I  HAVE  had  occasion  to  look  into  the  validity  of  Thecla  edwardsii 
Saunders  as  a  species,  which  stands  in  our  lists.  I  have  been  unable 
to  find  any  good  reason  to  separate  it  from  calanus  Hubn.  I  will  be 
pleased  to  have  specimens  of  what  is  called  edwardsii  and  gladly  cor- 
respond with  anyone  interested  in  the  subject — Henry  Skinnkr. 


284  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Oct ,  '06 

Some  Utah  Orthoptera. 

By  James  A.  G.  Rehn. 

The  Brooklyn  Institute  of  Arts  and  Sciences  having  received 
a  small  but  very  interesting  collection  of  Orthoptera,  col- 
lected by  one  of  its  expeditions  into  southwestern  Utah,  turned 
the  material  over  to  the  author  for  study.  The  localities  repre- 
sented are  all  in  Iron,  Beaver  and  Piute  0>unties,  except  a  few 
specimens  from  Salt  Lake  City,  and  as  the  region  has  been  little 
visited  the  records  are  of  considerable  interest  and  value,  A 
new  species  of  the  genus  Platybothrus,  was  collected  and  is 
described  herein. 

Aerydliim  incnnrttimi  (Hancock). 

Beaver  Creek  Hills,  Beaver  County. 

These  specimens  are  perfectly  typical  of  this  form,  which 
has  been  recorded  from  Washington,  New  Mexico  and 
Colorado. 

Oordfllaeris  affinls  Morse. 

Buckskin  Valley,  Iron  County;  Beaver  Creek  Hills,  Beaver 
County. 

One  specimen  has  the  longitudinal  bar  on  the  caudal  femora 
as  present  in  C,  occipitalis  in  addition  to  the  transverse  blotches. 

PUtybothms  alticoU  n.  sp. 

Type. —  S  ;  Beaver  Range  Mountains,  8y00O-io,ooo  feet, 
Beaver  and  Piute  Counties,  Utah.  [Brooklyn  Inst.  Arts  and 
Sciences.] 

Differing  from  P,  brunneus  (Thomas)  in  the  considerably 
smaller  size,  the  slightly  more  angulate  fastigium,  the  more 
inflated  tegmina  and  more  robust  caudal  femora.  From  P, 
sordidus  (McNeill)  it  differs  in  the  tegmina  being  hardly 
shorter  than  the  tip  of  the  abdomen,  in  the  pronotum  being 
divided  about  in  the  middle  and  in  the  smaller  size. 

Size  small ;  form  robust.  Head  with  the  occiput  moderately  inflated, 
the  vertex  gently  declivent  to  the  fastigium,  which,  when  viewed 
dorsad,  is  rectangulate  with  the  margins  very  slightly  concave;  foveolz 
strongly  oblong,  nearly  three  times  as  long  as  the  greatest  width, 
strongly    impressed;    face    slightly    retreating,    arcuate;    frontal    costa 


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^*x>skd,  slightly  narrowing  dorsad,  failing  to  reach  the  clypeal  sulcus  by 
A  oonsiderable  distance,  biseriate  and  irregularly  punctate,  not  sulcate; 
^y^^  but  little  longer  than  broad,  in  length  very  slightly  greater  than 
the  infra-ocular  sulcus;  antennae  in  length  somewhat  greater  than  the 
^^"^Kth  of  the  head  and  pronotum  together,  depressed,  blunt.  Pronotum 
^^■^rlitly  longer  than  the  head,  carinae  distinct,  the  lateral  subparallel  to 
first  transverse  sulcus,  slightly  and  regularly  expanding  to  the  caudal 
rgin ;  cephalic  and  caudal  margins  broadly  obtuse-angulate,  that  of  the 
<lal  margin  more  marked  than  of  the  cephalic,  principal  trans- 
^^*^se  sulcus .  cutting  the  median  carina  about  in  the  middle;  lateral 
_^-^^^^s  regularly  but  not  greatly  narrowed  ventrad,  the  ventral  width 
tained  about  once  and  a  half  in  the  depth.  Interspace  between 
mesostemal  lobes  nearly  twice  as  broad  as  long;  interspace  between 
metasternal  lobes  cuneiform.  Tegmina  reaching  to  the  tips 
the  cerci,  inflated  the  broad  costal  field  extending  practically 
the  apex,  which  is  narrowly  rounded  and  nearer  the  sutural 
n  the  costal  margin;  anal  field  with  its  margin  gently  arcuate. 
^  — ngs  considerably  shorter  than  the  tegmina.  Cephalic  and  median 
*^~^*^bs  not  inflated.  Caudal  femora  slightly  longer  than  the  tegmina,  the 
neatest  width  contained  about  three  and  a  half  times  in  the  length; 
Xjdal  tibiae  with  thirteen  spines  on  the  external  margin. 
Ceneral  color  ecru  drab  marked  with  seal  brown.  Head  with  a  line 
-^trad  of  the  foveolae,  the  infra-ocular  sulcus  and  a  line  behind  the 
'"^^s  seal  brown,  while  the  dorsal  aspect  of  the  head  is  broccoli  brown; 
tennae  drab  except  proximad  where  the  general  color  is  present 
r*onotum  with  the  maculations  on  the  lateral  lobes  usually  found  in 
is  genus  seal  brown,  with  a  general  tone  of  broccoli  brown  dorsad, 
^rked  mes^d  of  the  lateral  lobes  with  clove  brown,  which  fades  toward 
«  median  carina.  Tegmina  wood  brown  with  a  number  of  irregularly 
aced  faint  maculations.  Abdomen  marked  with  clove  brown  as 
^ual  in  the  genus.  Caudal  femur  with  three  oblique  fasciae  on  the 
^Drsal  half  of  the  lateral  face,  seal  brown  in  color,  a  cloud  of  the  same 
^^^CDlor  is  present  at  the  base  of  the  ventral  section  of  the  genicular  lobes 
^id  the  genicular  arches  are  clove  brown;  caudal  tibiae  vermilion,  pale 
Toximad  and  distad,  spines  black  in  their  apical  half. 

Measurement. 

Length  of  body    14.5  mm. 

Length  of  pronotum   3     mm. 

Length  of  tegmen   8.5  mm. 

Length  of  caudal  femur 9.6  mm. 

A  paratypic  male  has  also  been  examined. 

^liraplava  iMusata  Scudder. 

South  Creek,  Beaver  County;  Beaver  Creek  Hills,  Beaver 
County. 


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This  species  presents  a  great  amount  of  color  variation, 
some  individuals  being  quite  dull  and  unicolor,  except  for  the 
markings  on  the  tegmina  and  limbs,  while  others  have  the  head 
and  pronotum  strikingly  marked  with  dark  brown. 

Sttrapleara  deUcatoU  (Scudder). 

Buckskin  Valley,  Iron  County;  Beaver  Creek  Hills,  Beaver 
County. 
These  fully  agree  with  a  Kansas  specimen. 

Anlocart  01110111  (Thomas). 

Beaver  Creek  Hills,  Beaver  County. 

Arphla  caiiora  Rehn. 

Beaver  Creek  Hills,  Beaver  County. 

This  specimen  has  the  fastigium  slightly  thicker  than  in 
typical  canora,  while  the  general  size  is  slightly  less,  but  other- 
wise it  is  inseparable. 

Arphla  teportta  Scudder. 

Beaver  Creek  Hills,  Beaver  County. 

The  specimens  examined  possess  red  wings  and  agree  fairly 
well  with  representatives  from  Otero  County,  New  Mexico. 

Chortophaga  TlrldlbBClata  (De  Geer). 
Buckskin  Valley,  Iron  County. 

CanumUi  peUndda  (Scudder). 

Beaver  Canyon  and  Beaver  Valley,  Beaver  County;  Beaver 
Creek  Hills,  Beaver  County. 

Hlpplscns  coralllpM  (Haldeman). 

Beaver  Creek  Hills,  Beaver  County;  South  Creek,  Beaver 
County. 

Specimens  with  the  disk  of  the  wings  both  red  and  greenish- 
yellow  have  been  examined. 

Hlpplscns  neglectas  (Thomas). 

Beaver  Creek  Hills,  Beaver  County;  South  Creek,  Beaver 
County. 

Considerable  variation  is  noticed  in  this  species,  some  indi- 
viduals being  decidedly  blackish,  others  have  the  arcuate  band 


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of  the  wings  faint  and  one  has  the  caudal  margin  of  the 
pronotum  distinctly  marked  with  pale  buff,  which  strongly  con- 
trasts with  the  blackish-brown  of  the  pronotum. 

HippiBCiui  calttmlns  (Saussure). 

Beaver  Creek  Hills,  Beaver  County. 

These  specimens  (  ^  and  9  )  do  not  wholly  agree  with 
Saussure's  description,  but  are  no  doubt  nearer  this  species 
than  H,  lateritiiis  (Saussure),  which  has  the  internal  face  of  the 
caudal  femora  unicolor  instead  of  fasciate  and  the  metazona 
transversely  plicato-rugose  cephalad.  The  wings  in  the  speci- 
mens examined  are  red. 

DlBMMteira  spnroiU  Saussure. 

Salt  Lake  City. 

Three  males  and  one  female  of  this  species  constitute  the 
first  record  outside  of  California  and  Oregon. 

Derotmema  cnpidiiieiim  Scudder. 

Beaver  Creek  Hills,  Beaver  County. 

Derotmema  rUeyannm  Saussure. 

South  Creek,  Beaver  County. 

A  specimen  from  Salt  Lake  City  is  also  doubtfully  assigned 
to  this  species. 

TrimerotropU  lerraginea  McNeill. 

Beaver  Creek  Hills  and  Beaver  Canyon,  Beaver  County. 

One  specimen  of  this  species  is  quite  hoary,  but  is  otherwise 
inseparable  from  a  normal  dull  ferruginous  male  from  the  same 
locality. 

Trimerotropifl  Uticincta  Saussure. 

Beaver  Creek  Hills,  Beaver  County. 

This  species  has  been  recorded  from  Colorado,  New  Mexico, 
Texas  and  Nebraska. 

Trimerotropia  strenna  McNeill. 

Beaver  Creek  Hills,  Beaver  County ;  Salt  Lake  City. 

TrlmerotropU  Ylneincnlata  Scudder. 

Beaver  Creek  Hills,  Beaver  County. 

Trimerotnq^  eyaneipeiiiiia  Bruner. 
South  Creek,  Beaver  County. 


288  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Oct,  'o6 

Olrcotettlz  eirilnlamift  (Thomas). 
Beaver  Valley,  Beaver  County. 

CSircotettiz  rafftuiis  (Scudder). 

Beaver  Canyon,  Beaver  County. 

Circotettlz  nndiilttiii  (Thomas). 

Beaver  Creek  Hills,  Beaver  County. 

HeUastns  aridns  (Bruner). 

Beaver  Creek  Hills,  Beaver  County;  South  Creek,  Beaver 
County ;  St.  George,  Washington  County. 

Schlstocerca  Yennsta  Scudder. 

Beaver  Canyon,  Beaver  County. 

MeUnopliui  oiBtreiis  Scudder. 
Salt  Lake  City. 

MeUnopliui  ttUuds  (Riley). 

Beaver  Creek  Hills,  Beaver  County. 

Melanoplns  ftmnr-nilimm  (De  Geer). 
Beaver  Canyon,  Beaver  County. 

MeUnopliui  ptckahUi  Scudder. 

Salt  Lake  City ;  Beaver  Creek  Hills,  Beaver  County ;  Beaver 
Range  Mountains,  8,000-10,000  feet. 

The  single  female  from  Salt  Lake  City  is  considerably  larger 
than  the  two  males  from  southwestern  Utah,  and  slightly 
larger  than  the  Beaver  Range  Mountains  female. 

MeUnoplns  blYltUtni  (Say). 
Beaver  Valley. 

ScndderU  furcate  Brunner. 

Beaver  City,  Beaver  County. 
Anabms  simplex  Haldeman. 

Wildcat  Valley,  Beaver  County. 

Steirozys  pallidipalpiui  (Thomas). 
Beaver  Canyon,  Beaver  County. 

(Ecanthns  nivens  (De  Geer). 

Beaver  Creek  Hills,  Beaver  County. 


Oct,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  289 

A  New  Limaccxlici. 

By  John  A.  Grossbeck. 

Monolenca  gpadicte  n.  sp. 

c?. — Expanse,  22  mm. — Head  and  thorax  bright  cinnamon-brown; 
abdomen  buff,  reddish  at  the  apex  of  the  segments.  Primaries  light 
cinnamon-brown,  the  outer  half  somewhat  paler;  fringe  partially  dark 
like  basal  half.  A  narrow  sinuous  white  line  begins  one-third  from 
the  base  a  little  below  cubitus  and  extends  inwardly  obliquely  to  the 
inner  margin,  but  does  not  cross  the  fringe.  A  few  white  scales  forming 
an  indistinct  broken  line  on  the  outer  fourth  of  the  wing  can  also  be 
made  out ;  this  begins  at  the  costa  and  extends  but  a  short  distance  into 
the  wing.  Secondaries  uniformly  concolorous  with  the  outer  portion  of 
the  primaries.  Beneath  both  wings  are  reddish  buff,  darker  on  the 
<rostaI  area. 

Habitat: — Minnehaha,  Ariz.,  August  26.  One  specimen  in 
good  condition  from  Mr.  Hutson. 

Type: — Col.  J.  A.  Grossbeck. 

This  is  the  only  western  species  of  the  genus  so  far  known. 
It  is  a  close  ally  to  subdentosa  Dyar,  but  in  that  species  the 
transverse  band  is  upright  and  sharply  angulate. 

Pyrgni  centanrea  Ramb. 

Occasionally,  a  particular  insect  is  brought  to  the  notice  of 
entomologists  in  "Notes  and  News,"  or  otherwise  by  a  record 
of  a  capture,  a  new  locality,  or  by  an  unusually  late  or  early 
appearance,  and  though  some  of  us  have  had  experiences  with 
the  same  insect  we  rarely  bring  out  our  own  observations  until 
we  see  that  some  one  else  has  begun.  Then  not  infrequently 
a  general  interest  is  aroused  and  the  notes  resulting  form  a 
really  valuable  contribution  to  our  knowledge  of  the  species. 
I  saw  Dr.  Skinner's  note  on  the  above  species  in  the  June, 
1905,  number  of  the  "News,"  and  that  by  Mr.  Cook  in  the 
March,  1906,  issue,  and  I  thought  perhaps  a  note  of  mine  might 
not  be  devoid  of  interest  since  it  appears  that  the  species  is 
usually  taken  in  single  examples  only  or  in  threes  or  fours  at 
most.  I  have  collected  on  the  Garret  Mountain,  at  Paterson, 
N.  J.,  every  spring  for  the  past  five  years,  and  find  centaureae 
on  the  wing  sparingly  about  April  25 ;  in  the  first  days  of  May 
it  is  fairly  abundant  and  is  then  in  a  very  fresh  condition.  I 
have  taken  a  dozen  in  a  walk  of  a  few  hours  and  have  seen 


290  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Oct,  *o6 

Others,  when  the  species  was  not  the  special  object  of  my 
search.    May  14  is  the  date  of  my  latest  capture,  but  the  speci- 
mens at  this  time  are  very  worn,  for  their  period  of  flight  is 
short.     They  are  found  almost  always  in  open   spaces  sur- 
rounded by  trees,  where  the  sun  shines  hottest,  skipping  around 
the   bluets    (Houstonia   caerulea),    which    often    carpet    the 
ground  in  these  places.    They  are  very  wary  and  most  easily 
lost  sight  of  on  account  of  their  manner  of  flight  and  their 
sombre  color.    To  go  after  these  insects  on  a  cloudy  day  would 
be  quite  useless,  for  they  seem  to  prefer  nooks  where  scarcely  a 
breeze  blows,  and  disappear  among  the  grass  even  while  the 
sun  is  obscured  by  a  passing  cloud. 


^m^ 


Aacrosiphum  g^ranaria  Buckton. 

By  C.  E;  Sanborn. 

Winged  viviparous  fefnale. 

Head  yellowish  green;  antennae;  first  and  second  segments  also  base 
of  third  concolorous,  remainder  black.  Length  of  segments,  i,  0.13 
mm.;  2,  0.08  mm.;  3,  0.56  mm.:  4»  0.48  mm.;  5,  0.39  mm.;  6,  o.ii  mm.; 
7,  0.67  mm.  Total  length  2.49  mm.  The  sixth  segment  extends  to  the 
caudal  end  of  the  style.  Sensoria  circular,  seven  to  ten  on  the  thirds 
nearly  in  a  straight  row,  none  on  the  fourth,  the  usual  distal  one  on 
the  fifth,  and  a  group  of  seven  or  eight  small  ones  at  the  distal  end 
of  the  sixth  segment.  Eyes  dark  red,  occular  tubercles  prominent 
ocelli  prominent.  Beak,  first  segment  concolorous,  second  and  third 
dark,  0.58  mm.  long,  extending  to  the  meta-coxae. 

Prothorax  yellowish  green.  Thoracic  lobes  dark,  insertions  yel- 
lowish ;  wings  dcflexcd  and  normal,  veins  brownish,  stigma  smoky  gray, 
0.83  mm.  long  by  0.15  mm.  broad.  Total  wing  expansion  7.3  mm. 
Femora  yellowish  green  proximally.  and  dark  distally.  Tibia  yellowish 
green  except  distals,  which  are  dark.     Tarsi  black. 

Abdomen  glabrous,  3'ellowish  green.  Honey  tubes  cylindrical,  black, 
strongly  reticulated,  0.41  mm.  long,  extending  a  little  caudad  the  base 
of  the  style.  Latter  yellowish  green,  halbert  shaped,  with  a  few 
setaceous  hairs.  0.33  mm.  long. 

This  form  was  found  colonizing  the  leaves  and  stalks  of  oats 
June  3,  1904,  at  College  Station,  Texas. 

What  is  apparently  the  same  species  was  sent  from  the 
Naturhistorisches  Museum  zu  Hamburg,  by  Dr.  L.  Rep,  col- 
lected February  10,  1904,  on  oats,  at  Boemsen,  Germany. 


Oct.,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  29I 

On  the  parasites  of  Diaspis  pentagona* 

By  L.  O.  Howard,  Washington,  D.  C. 

Diaspis  pentagona  has  long  been  a  resident  of  the  District  of 
Columbia,  surely  since  1892,  when  it  was  discovered  on  the 
grounds  of  the  U.  S.  Department  of  Agriculture  (Insect  Life, 
vi,  287).     Its  prevalence  in  Italy  upon  the  mulberry  tree  ren- 
ders it  a  very  dangerous  enemy  of  the  silk  industry  in  that 
country,  and  Italian  entomologists,  notably  the  late  Professor 
Targioni  Tozzetti  and  Professor  Antonio  Berlese,  have  long 
sought  means  of  eradicating  it.    In  the  absence  of  records  of 
parasitism  it  was  not  at  first  thought  to  be  at  all  feasible  to 
utilize  its  natural  enemies.    In  the  summer  of  1905,  however. 
Professor  Berlese  urged  the  writer,  in  Florence,  to  send  to 
Italy  branches  of  trees  infested  by  the  Diaspis  from  America 
in  the  hope  that  parasites  might  be  reared.    Curiously  enough, 
this  scale  does  not  seem  to  attack  mulberry  in  the  United  States, 
and  on  the  grounds  of  the  Department  of  Agriculture  there 
existed,  until  within  a  short  time,  a  peach  tree  literally  covered 
with  the  scale,  within  a  hundred  yards  of  mulberry  trees  which 
did  not  become  infested.     In  the  spring  of  1906,  during  the 
writer's  absence  on  a   second   trip  to  Europe,   Mr.   Marlatt 
secured  a  number  of  branches  of  lilac  from  the  District  of 
Columbia  all  abundantly  infested  by  the  scale,  and  sent  them, 
carefully  packed,  to  Professor  Berlese.    From  these  scales  were 
bred  in  Florence  three  species  of  parasites:  the  first,  Tetra- 
stichus  canadensis  Ashmead ;  the  second,  ProspaUa  murtfeldtii 
Howard,  and  the  third,  a  new  species  of  Prospalta,    On  the 
writer's    return   to   Washington    at   the   end   of    May   other 
branches  were  taken  from  the  same  tree,  and  rearing  experi- 
ments were  begun  here.    More  than  200  specimens  of  the  new 
species  of  Prospalta  have  been  reared,  25  to  50  specimens  of 
Ablerus  clisiocampae  Ashmead,  and  two  specimens  of  Peris- 
sopterus  pulchellus  Howard.    We  have,  then,  four  species  of 
primary  parasites  of  Diaspis  pentagona  to  place  on  record,  as 
follows : 

( I )  Prospalta  berlesei  n.  sp.    One  specimen  reared  in  Flor- 
ence by  Professor  Antonio  Berlese  from  scales  sent  from  Wash- 


292  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Oct.,  'o6 

ington,  and  more  than  200  specimens  reared  at  Washingfton 
from  June  20  to  July  5,  from  scales  taken  from  the  same  tree. 

(2)  Ablerus  clisiocampae  Ashmead.  Originally  supposed  to 
have  been  reared  from  the  eggs  of  Clisiocampa,  but,  with  little 
doubt,  in  reality  reared  from  some  Diaspine  scale  covered  by 
Clisiocampa  egg-mass.  Subsequently  reared  from  Chionaspis 
furfurus,  in  the  District  of  Columbia,  and  from  Aspidiotus 
forbesi  on  pear  and  apple,  from  Champaign,  III.,  the  latter 
rearing  by  Mr.  W.  G.  Johnson. 

(3)  Pcrissopterus  pulchellus  Howard.  Originally  reared 
from  a  Lecaniodiaspis  on  linden  in  the  District  of  Columbia 
in  1879 ;  later  from  a  Lecaniodiaspis  from  East  Atchison,  Mo. ; 
from  Chionaspis  pinifoliae  from  Providence,  R.  I.,  and  from 
Aspidiotiis  forbesi  on  currant  at  Champaign,  111.,  the  latter 
rearing  having  been  made  by  Mr.  W.  G.  Johnson ;  now  reared 
in  two  specimens  from  Diaspis  pentagona  at  Washington. 

(4)  Prospalta  murtfeldtii  Howard.  Originally  reared  from 
Aspidiotus  uvae  by  Miss  Mary  E.  Murtfeldt  at  Kirkwood,  Mo., 
in  1888 ;  later  from  Aspidiotus  forbesi  on  cherry  and  currant 
by  Mr.  W.  G.  Johnson  at  Champaign,  111.,  and  now  reared  by 
Professor  Antonio  Berlese  from  Diaspis  pentagona  at  Florence, 
Italy,  received  from  Washington,  D.  C. 

(5)  There  is  also  one,  presumably  hyperparasitic,  reared  by 
Professor  Berlese  at  Florence  from  Diaspis  pentagona  received 
from  Washington,  D.  C.  This  is  Tetrastichus  canadensis  Ash- 
mead. 

It  now  only  remains  to  describe  the  new  Prospalta,  remarking 
upon  the  strange  fact  that  this  presumably  American  species 
should  have  first  been  reared  by  Professor  Berlese  in  Florence. 

Prospalta  berleaei  n.  sp. 

Female. — Length,  0.73  mm.;  expanse,  1.47  mm;  greatest  width  of  fore- 
wing,  0.19  mm.  Comes  close  to  P.  aurantU,  Joint  one  of  funiclc  about 
as  long  as  pedicel,  but  slightly  narrower;  joint  two  rather  shorter  than 
joint  one;  joint  three  longer  than  joint  one,  and  a  little  broader;  club 
joints  subequal  in  length,  and  each  about  as  long  as  joint  three  of 
funicle;  the  basal  joint  very  slightly  wider  than  joint  three  of  funicle, 
and  the  terminal  joint  tapering  from  near  base  to  its  pointed  tip.  In 
general  effect  the  flagellum  is  longer  and  more  filiform  than  in  P.  auran- 
tii.    Surface  of  thorax  smooth.    General  color,  a  bright  straw-yellow; 


Oct,  'o6j  BMTOlfOLOGICAI.  NEWS.  293 

ocdii  coral-red,  eyes  black;  mesoscutellar  parapstdes  black;  abdomen 
fuscoas,  with  narrow,  ligjit  yellow  bands  between  the  seifments ;  meta- 
notum  fuscous;  anteniue  light  jrellow-brown ;  legs  yellowish;  wings  hya- 
line, with  a  very  slight  dusky  shade  on  disc;  veins  yellowish;  forewings 


*^     with  P.  aurantU,  but  proportionately  slightly  longer  and  broader; 
^■•sc  densely,  uniformly  covered  with  very  short  cilia;  marginal  cilia 
'^*'    both  wings  as  with  P.  mtrantii. 
Jfij/*.— Unknown. 
Described  from  many  specimens  reared  from  Diaspis  penta- 
•S"«3)uj^  Washington,  D.  C,  June,  igo6. 

Type  No.  9943,  U.  S.  National  Museum. 


»^  ^  AODrnoNAL  Species  of  Minnesota  Diptera. — Since  the  printing  of 
^■~*e  Tenth  Annual  Report  of  the  Minnesota  Entomologist,  in  December, 
^^^05,  about  75  additional  species  of  Diotera,  captured  in  that  State,  have 
^^^en  named,  representing  the  following  families: 

^.^^  Agromyitdfe.  Anthomyidae.  Bibionidse,  Cecidomvidse,  Chiromonidae, 
^^^  nlicida.  Dolichopodidfe.  Drosophilidae,  Empidi,  Ephydridie,  Geomy- 
■^^dae,  Helomyzidx,  Leptid*.  Lonchopterid;c,  Muscidx,  Mycetophilidi, 
^^Irtalidz.  Oscinidx.  Pipunculidx.  Psilids,  Sapromyzidi.  Sealophagidx. 
^^ciomyzidae,  Sepsid*,  Simuliidi,  Syrphidac.  Tachinidi.  Trypetidae. 
^^  These  species  have  been  listed,  and  a  copy  of  the  list  mailed  to  each 
^^tation  Entomologist  and  others  known  to  be  interested.  Any  one 
bailing  to  receive  a  copy,  and  desiring  one.  can  obtain  it  by  writmg  to 
-^r.  F.  L.  Washburn,  Experiment  Station,  St.  Anthony  Park,  Minn. 


294  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Oct.,  'o6 

Glossina  palpalis  wcllmani:  a  new  Tsc-Tsc  Fly 
which  disseminates  human  trypanosomiasis. 

By  F.  C.  Wellman. 

Published  under  the  imprimatur  of  the  Amer.  Soc  Tropical  Medicine. 

(Plate  XII) 

introduction. 
When  in  London  last  year  I  was  asked  by  the  Dipterologist 
of  the  British  Museum,  Mr.  E.  E.  Austen,  to  see  if  I  could 
establish  the  presence  of  Tsc-tse  flics  in  southern  Angola,  from 
whence  no  specimens  had  up  to  that  time  been  received.  On 
arriving  at  Benguella  I  accordingly  made  a  short  journey  up 
the  Katumbela  River  for  this  purpose,  and  succeeded  in  taking 
a  number  of  specimens  of  a  fly,  some  of  which  I  sent  to  Mr. 
Austen  for  determination.  I  then  supposed  from  my  amateur 
examination  of  the  flies  that  they  were  Gl.  palpalis  Rob.-Des., 
as  I  knew  that  this  fly  is  the  principal  Tse-tse  fly  of  the  west 
coast,*  although  I  had  received  some  specimens  of  what  I 
believed  to  be  Gl.  morsitans  from  the  interior  to  the  east.t  I 
have  since  received  a  letter  from  Mr.  Austen,  however,  con- 
cerning them,  in  which  he  writes  as  follows:  "The  present 
specimens  show  that  the  form  of  Glossina  palpalis  found  in 
Benguella  represents  a  new  subspecies,  distinct  from  the  typical 
form.  I  have  therefore  named  it  in  your  honor — Glossina  pal- 
polls  wcllmani,"  Although  Mr.  Austen's  systematic  descrip- 
tion of  the  flyt  is  available,  yet  in  view  of  the  probable  future 
importance  of  the  animal  to  medical  men  practicing  in  south- 
west Africa,  I  have  thought  it  worth  while  to  in  these  columns 
call  further  attention  to  this  new  subspecies. 

Qlossina  palpalis  weUmanl  Austen  (1905),  Ann.  and  Mag.  Nat.  Hist,  ser. 
7,  vol.  XV,  April,  1905,  p.  390. 
c?,  9. — Frontal  stripe  pale  ochraceous;  thoracic  markings  much   re- 
duced, so  that  the  thorax  in  a  well-preserved  specimen  appears  spotted, 
the  antero-lateral  markings  taking  the  form  of  spots  or  blotches;  the 

*Vide  Austen,  A  Monograph  of  the  Tse-tse  Flies,  1903,  p.  75. 

"fVide  New  York  Medical  Journal,  August  12.  1905,  p.  329.  This 
collection  was  accidentally  destroyed  but  I  have  sent  to  the  same  district 
for  more. 

^Annals  and  Magazine  of  National  History,  Ser.  7,  Vol.  xv,  April, 
1905.  p.  390. 


Oct.,  '06]  BNTOKOLOGICAL  KEWS.  295 

tpol  immediately  behind  the  inner  extremity  of  the  humeral  catlui  on 
each  side  small,  ovoid,  or  nearly  circular,  and  especially  conspicuous 
when  the  insect  is  viewed  from  above  and  slightly  from  behind;  femora 
pale,  the  dark  blotches  much  reduced. 


Clossina  wellmani. 

Katumbela  River,  Angola,  W.  Africa;  November,  1904  {Dr. 
F.  C.  Wcilman).  Six  specimens  (i  a,  5  9).  Types  in 
British  Museum. 

Remarks.  In  the  paper  containing  his  description  just 
quoted  Mr.  Austen  says.  "The  British  Museum  possess  two 
females  of  Gl.  palpalis  from  the  Gambia  {Dr.  !.  E.  Dutton) 
belonging  to  a  form  somewhat  similar  to  weilmani;  in  the 
Gambian  form,  however,  the  ground-color  of  the  abdomen  is 
paler  and  the  thorax  is  less  conspicuously  spotted." 


296  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Oct,  *o6 

HABITAT. 

My  Specimens  were  taken  in  a  small  district  lying  Hofog 
both  banks  of  the  lower  stretches  of  the  Katumbela  River, 
which  empties  into  the  sea  near  the  port  of  Benguella,  Portu- 
guese West  Africa.     Mr.  Austen  writes  *  "The  above  speci- 
mens are  of  especial  interest  as  being  the  first  recorded  ex- 
amples of  any  form  cf  Gl.  palpalis  from  Portuguese  West 
Africa,  and  as  showing  that  the  range  of  the  species  in  ques- 
tion, which  has  recently  been  stated  by  Laverant  to  occur  at 
Sengaleam   (about  thirty  miles  from  Cape  Verde),   extends 
at  least  as  far  south  as  12°  30'  S.  lat.    In  all  probability  Glos- 
sina  palpalis  ivelhnani  will  eventually  be  proved  to  exist  right 
down  to  the  Cunene  River,  the  southern  border  of  Angola,  if 
not  further."     Mr.  Austen  also  wrote  me  suggesting  that  I 
try  to  establish  the  southern  limit  of  the  new  fly.  I  have  accord- 
ingly kept  a  sharp  lookout  for  it  and  have  made  further  in- 
quiries concerning  it  with  the  meager  result  that  I  have  received 
a  single  badly-damaged  specimen  of  a  Tse-tse  fly  purporting 
to  come  from  the  lower  Kukema  River,  a  couple  of  hundred 
miles  to  the  east  of  the  place  where  I  found  the  subspecies 
under  discussion,  and  a  native  report  to  the  effect  that  a  "fly 
belt''  is  known  to  exist  on  the  upper  Coanza  still  further  inland. 
In  view  of  Mr.  Austen's  belief  that  Gl,  palpalis  wellmani 
extends  to  the  Cunene  River  I  have  visited  the  upper  Cunene 
but  failed  to  find  any  Tse-tse  flies,  and  now,  in  accordance  with 
his  suggestion,  written  me  when  the  flies  were  first  discovered, 
I  hope  to,  before  long,  visit  the  lower  river  with  this  object 
in  view.J    At  least  one  species  of  Tse-tse  is  common  in  north- 
ern Angola  and  along  the  lower  Coanza.    This  may  very  pos- 
sibly be  wcllniani.     The  distribution  of  the  species   palpalis 
(with  its  subspecies  and  varieties)   is  now  known  to  extend 
practically  from  Cape  Verde  to  Damara  Land.§ 

♦Ann.  and  Mag.  Nat.  Hist.  toe.  cit. 

fComptes  Rendus  des  stances  de  f  Academic  des  Sciences,  t  cxxxix, 
p.  659. 

X  Mr.  Ralstone,  of  the  Benguella  Railroad,  has  recently  informed  me 
that  a  Tse-tse  fly  is  found  lower  down  on  the  Cunene  River.  This  is 
very  probably  Gl.  palpalis  wellmani. 

?  Austen,  Reports  of  the  Sleeping  Sickness  Commission  of  the  Royal 
Society,  No.  vi.  August,  1905.  pp.  279-80. 


Oct,  '06]  KNTOMOLOCaCAL  NEWS.  297 

NOTE  ON  BIONOMICS. 

I  can  offer  no  extensive  contribution  to  our  knowledge  of  the 

habits  of  the  subspecies.    I  present  here  a  few  special  notes 

made  at  the  time  of  collecting.    "Although  the  district  in  which 

the  flies  were  taken   contains   some  game,   including  eland 

iOreas  canna  UzHngstonei),  kudu  (Strepsiceros  kudu),  roan 

antelope  {Hippotragus  equinus),  the  duyker  (Cephalolophus 

J^rimnti)  and  Speke's  tragelaph  (Litnnotragus  spekei),  yet  I 

believe  that  human  blood  forms  the  greaiter  part  of  their  food. 

This  is  undoubtedly  true  over  at  least  a  part  of  the  'belt.'  Along 

the  right  bank  of  the  lower  Katumbela  from  a  place  called 

Esupua  to  a  point  half  a  day's  march  up  the  river  there  lies  the 

grreat  Benguella  caravan  route  near  which  there  is  little  or  no 

t^igr  game  and  over  which  constantly  pass  great  caravans  of 

'^^If-naked  Bantu  rubber,  slave  and  ivory  traders.    At  Esupua 

may  see  half  a  dozen  of  these  large  caravans  camping  in 

place.    It  is  here  that  the  flies  are  most  plentiful.    They 

*^icle  in  the  tall  grass  and  sedges  near  the  river,  also  on  stones, 

^^^■xiiiks  of  trees  and  vines,  and  among  the  leaves  of  the  low  trees 

the  bank.    When  a  native  is  sent  to  the  river  for  water  the 

rise  from  their  resting  places  as  he  passes  and  follow 

J^n  seeking  for  an  opportunity  to  bite.    On  several  different 

sions  I  followed  natives  going  to  the  river  to  fetch  water. 

e  of  these  was  bitten  twice,  three  were  bitten  once  each,  and 

^"Ven  were  not  bitten  at  all.    The  Bantus  say  the  bite  is  pain- 

'^^,  and  I  noticed  that  if  a  fly  settled  on  a  porter's  back  the  man 

I'^ays  slapped  himself  as  it  began  to  insert  its  probosces. 

Ome  of  the  specimens  I  took  had  abdomens  greatly  distended 

ith  blood.    The  flies  do  not  always  remain  so  close  to  the  river. 

e  first  one  I  saw  was  between  three  and  four  hundred  yards 

'^^om  the  river  in  thin  'desert'  bush,  consisting  of  Acacia 

^^^^ciens  and  other  thorny  shrubs  which  afford  practically  no 

^^ade.    I  do  not  believe  Gl.  palpalis  wellmani  shares  the  dislike 

^^^r  human  ordure  which  has  been  ascribed  to  its  congeners.    I 

*^^ve  frequently  seen  it  in  and  around  the  filthiest  native  camps 

some  distance  from  the  river  where  it  had  evidently  gone  for 

c  purpose  of  sucking  human  blood.    I  have  made  no  observa- 

^ons  on  the  life  history.    I  dissected  an  incomplete  larva  out 


298  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Oct.,  '06 

of  the  abdomen  of  a  female.  It  was,  I  judge,  rather  more  than 
2.0  mm.  long  and  of  a  light  dirty  yellow  color.  I  have  sent 
to  Esupua  to  procure  if  possible  some  living  flies  and  also  some 
in  alcohol  so  as  to  be  able  to  send  Mr.  Austen  a  series  of  larvae 
The  pupa  I  have  not  seen." 

THE  NEW  FLY  AND  TBYPANOSOMIASIS. 

I  have  lately  seen  three  cases  of  human  trypanosomiasis,  all 
of  whom  had  been  frequently  in  the  "fly  belt"  at  Esupua. 
About  500  blood  examinations  were  made,  so  that  about  three 


c 


Fig.  i.~7>.  f  gambiense  Duttcm. 

out  of  every  500  natives  living  in  the  districts  adjacent  to  the 
Esupua  "fly  belt"  harbor  trypanosomes  in  their  blood.  The  try- 
panosome  found  seems  to  be  morphologically  identical  with  Tr. 
gambiense  Button.  The  shape  of  the  posterior  end,  the  ar- 
rangement of  the  controsome,  nucleus  and  flagellum,  as  well 
as  the  "set"  of  the  organism  on  the  slide,  correspond  with  the 
same  points  in  Tr,  gambiense.  The  protoplasm  stains  some- 
what irregularly  with  Romanowsky,  taking  on  a  basophilic 
reaction.  The  centrosome  stains  a  dark  purple,  and  the  flagel- 
lum, which  stains  pink,  seems  to  rise  from  or  near  it.  The 
nucleus  lies  near  the  middle  of  the  body  and  often  occupies  more 
than  two-thirds  the  width  of  the  parasite.  It  is  oval  in  shape 
and  stains  red  like  other  chromatin  material.  Following  are 
measurements  of  a  stained  specimen  of  the  parasite : 

Length  (about)  24 

Greatest  width   3.5 

Distance  of  centrosome  from  posterior  end 3 

Length  of  free  flagellum (about)     9 

Largest  diameter  of  nucleus 4 


Oct,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  299 

I  have  described  and  figured  this  parasite  in  another  com- 
munication to  which  I  refer  the  reader.*  While  sleeping  sick- 
ness does  not  seem  to  be  endemic  as  yet  in  the  districts  adja- 
cent to  the  Esupua  "fly  belt,"t  yet  it  is  endemic  in  many  situa- 
tions in  Angola  from  the  north  bank  of  the  Coanza  River  clear 
to  the  Congo.  As  the  country  is  being  opened  up  it  is  inevi- 
table that  cases  will  from  time  to  time  be  brought  from  the 
northern  sleeping  sickness  centers  to  districts  in  the  south, 
since  many  firms  have  trading  posts  and  the  Government  has 
forts  in  both  districts  between  which  native  soldiers  and 
laborers  are  constantly  being  transferred.  More  forts  are  con- 
stantly being  planted  and  trading  posts  established.  The 
Umbundo-speaking  Bantus,  who  number  about  200,000,  live  to 
the  east  of  the  belt  infested  by  the  fly,  and  most  of  the  males  of 
these  tribes  are  porters  and  rubber  traders  and  constantly  pass 
through  the  Esupua  "fly  belt,"  through  which  such  occasional 
cases  of  trypanosomiasis!  from  Malange,  Cazengo,  Ambaca, 
Dondo  and  other  points  in  the  sleeping  sickness  districts  north 
of  the  Coanza,  to  which  I  have  above  referred,  are  carried  by 
the  activities  just  mentioned.  Thus,  the  flies  have  and  will 
have  more  and  more  favorable  opportunities  to  become  infected 
and  to  infect  the  Umbundos  among  whom  I  have  recently 
demonstrated  the  occasional  presence  of  trypanosomiasis.  I 
believe  for  several  reasons  that  this  presence  of  trypanosomiasis 
among  the  natives  of  south  Angola  is  a  recent  development. 
Some  of  these  reasons  are : 

(i)  Two  years  ago  I  examined  a  series  of  nearly  400  of 
these  natives  with  a  negative  result. t 

(2)  Recently  about  500  examined  by  me  revealed  three 
infected  individuals  in  practically  the  same  district. 

(3)  No  cases  of  sleeping  sickness  originating  in  the  dis- 
trict have  yet  been  seen. 

♦Interim  Report  on  Trypanosomiasis  in  Portuguese  Southwest  Africa. 

-fVide  Wellman,  Notes  from  Angola  (Note  X,  Jour.  Trop.  Med., 
November  15.  1905,  p.  327.. 

JAs  sleeping  sickness  cases  are  occasionally  transported,  those  in 
the  earlier  stages  of  trypanosomiasis  are  undoubtedly  also  brought  south. 

fyide  Jour.  Trop.  Med.,  February  15,  1904,  p.  53. 


300  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Oct.,  'o6 

(4)  Sleeping  sickness  is  reported  to  be  spreading  southward 
through  Angola. 

In  view  of  the  considerations  brought  forward  under  this 
head,  we  need  not  be  surprised  (if  we  remember  the  history 
of  the  spread  of  scourges  of  Uganda  and  the  Congo)  if  Gl. 
palpalis  wellmani  play  in  the  near  future  a  leading  role  in  West 
African  Medical  History. 

RELATION  OF  QL.  PALPALIS  WBLLMANI  TO  OTHER  T8E-T8B 

FLIES. 

The  Tse-flies  are  known  from  other  members  of  the  same 
family  by  the  palpi  forming  a  complete  sheath  for  the  proboscis, 
by  the  peculiar  antennae  with 
branched  hairs  on  the  upper  surface 
only  of  the  arista,  by  the  character- 
istic wing  venation,  by  the  wings 
closing  over  one  another  like  scis- 
sors, by  the  grooved  wing  mem- 
brane and  by  the  peculiar  hypopy- 
gium  of  the  $  .    Following  are  brief  ^.        ^  ^     , 

**  ,        ,  °  .  .  ,     Fig.  2.— Proboscis  and  |Mi1pi  of  67. 

notes    on    the    known    species     with  palfaHs  weUmani  separated 

'^  and  magnified. 

some  Special  remarks  on  the  par- 
ticular species  to  which  belongs  the  fly  we  have  been  discussing. 

Genus  OLOSSDIA  Wiedemann. 

(i)  Glossina  tachinoides  Westwood. — ^Described  in  1850. 
Carries  Trypanosoma  brucei  of  nagana,  the  Tse-tse  fly  disease 
of  game  and  domestic  animals  in  Africa.  Hind  tarsi  dark; 
abdomen  buff  with  dark  transverse  bands,  oblong  pale  area  in 
center  of  second  segment.    Small  species.    Length  8  mm. 

(2)  GL  palpalis,  Robineau-Desvoidy. — ^Described  in  1830. 
Carries  Tr,  gambiense,  the  parasite  of  human  trypanosomiasis, 
which  is  considered  to  be  the  chief  factor  in  sleeping  sickness, 
and  also  Tr.  brucei.  Abdomen  brown  with  triangular  pale 
area  in  center  of  second  segment.  Darker  than  preceding  and 
a  larger  species.  Third  joint  of  antennae  dark.  Length  8-9  mm. 

It  is  a  variable  species  and  under  it  falls  the  subspecies  above 
considered : 


Ear.  ItBwa,  Vol.  XVII. 


Oct.,  *o6]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  3OI 

Gi  palpaJis  7velh)mni  Austen. — Described  in  1905.  Differs 
from  type  by  having  the  frontal  stripe  pale  ochraceous ;  thoracic 
markings  much  reduced,  presenting  a  spotted  appearance ;  spot 
behind  humeral  callus  small,  avoid  or  nearly  circular;  femora 
pale,  the  dark  blotches  much  reduced. 

There  is  also  an  unnamed  variety  which  was  at  first  desig- 
nated Gl.  palpalis  var.  tachinoides  Westw.,  and  was  thought  to 
represent  a  fly  which,  when  true  specimens  were  obtained,  was 
recognized  by  Mr.  Austen  to  be  of  specific  rank  {Gl,  tachinoides 
Westw.  [vide  supra]),  the  variation  from  GL  palpalis  remain- 
ing unnamed  at  last  accounts  received  here,  and  I  therefore  set 
it  down  for  the  purposes  of  this  paper  as 

Gl,  palpalis  var.  a. — It  is  distinguished  from  Gl,  palpalis 
principally  by  its  pale  femora  and  a  yellow  median  stripe  on 
the  abdomen.*  There  is  also  another  variation  from  the  typical 
Gl.  palpalis  which  may  be  differentiated  as  follows : 

Gl.  palpalis  var.  b. — Femora  still  paler  than  foregoing ;  palpi 
pale  except  at  tips ;  abdomen  reddish  brown  with  the  pale  area 
on  second  segment  oblong,  f 

(3)  Gl-  pallicera  Bigot. — Described  in  1891.  Color  brown 
to  mouse  grey.  Resembles  Gl,  palpalis  except  that  third  joint 
of  antennae  is  pale  (orange  buff).    Length  8  mm. 

(4)  Gl.  pallidipes  Austen. — Described  in  1903.  Carries  Tr, 
brucei.  Mouse  brown  with  longitudinal  markings.  Front  and 
middle  tarsi  generally  tipped  with  pale  brown  or  yellow. 
Large  species.    Length  about  1 1  mm. 

(5)  Gl.  longipalpis  Wiedemann. — Described  in  1830.  Dif- 
fers from  preceding  in  having  black  tips  to  last  two  joints  of 
front  and  mid  tarsi.  Thorax  olive  grey ;  head  broad ;  hypopy- 
gium  in  3  smaller,  darker  and  more  hairy  than  in  foregoing 
species.    Length  9-1 1  mm. 

(6)  Gl.  morsitans  Westwood. — Described  in  1850.  Carries 
Tr.  brucei.  Smaller  and  head  narrower ;  hypopygium  of  $  also 
larger  and  paler  than  in  foreging.  Thorax  pale  in  front  with 
brownish  longitudinal  markings.  Eyes  in  both  $  and  9  con- 
verge towards  vertex.  Tips  of  last  two  joints  of  tarsi  dark, 
Resembles  67.  pallidipes.    Length  7-9  mm. 

*Brit.  Med.  Jour.,  he.  cit, 
Ubid. 


302  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Oct,  'o6 

(7)  Gl.  longipennis  Corti. — Described  in  1895.  Carries  Tr. 
hrucei  and  probably  another  trypanosome  of  camels  and  mules. 
Brownish ;  dorsum  of  thorax  with  four  sharp,  dark  oval  spots 
in  form  of  parallelogram,  two  in  front  and  two  behind  trans- 
verse suture.  Bulb  of  proboscis  brown  at  tip.  Large  species. 
Length  10- 11  mm. 

(8)  G/.  fusca  Walker. — Described  in  1849.  Thorax  drab. 
No  spots  on  dorsum  of  thorax  as  in  preceding ;  bulb  at  base  of 
proboscis  not  brown  at  tip  (pale  yellow)  ;  abdomen  russet 
brown.    Large  pale  species.    Length  11-12  mm. 

In  conclusion,  I  wish  to  thank  Mr.  Austen,  the  well-known 
authority  on  Tse-tse  flies,  who  kindly  examined  and  described 
my  collections  and  suggested  to  me  the  study  of  the  distribution 
and  pathological  importance  of  the  subspecies  discussed  in  this 

paper. 

■  »  ■ 

'New  species  of  Vespoidea  from  G>nnecticut. 

^  By  H.  L.  Viereck. 

^phia  wawaii  n.  sp. 

Related  to  floridana,  from  which  it  is  readily  distinguish^ 
by  its  structure  and  the  color  of  the  wings. 

J  8  mm. — Color  black.  Face  shining  in  part,  largely  opaque,  ani 
mostly  closely  punctured,  the  punctures  adjoining  and  sufficiently  coars 
to  give  a  rugulose  appearance.  The  portion  of  the  face  immediatel 
anterior  to  the  anterior  ocellus  is  shining  and  has  well  separated  pun< 
tures.  The  vertex  is  sculptured  in  the  same  way  as  the  preceding  arc: 
The  distance  between  the  posterior  ocelli  is'  not  quite  as  great  as  »**  ^^at 

between  them  and  the  nearest  eye  margin.     The  second  joint  of  tb^AJETJie 
antennae  nearly  as  thick  as  the  third  and  of  the  same  length  or  a  trifli^Br   _fle 
shorter.    Excepting  the  first  joint,  the  joints  of  the  antennae  are  su^^m^m^^b- 
equal.    Pronotum  distinctly  margined  anteriorly.    The  pronotum,  mes^^^^^so- 
notum  and  scutellum  punctured  in  much  the  same  way  as  the  vert^^^^^aex. 

The  postscutellum  reticulate.    The  metanotum  with  two  oblong  arc as, 

that  are  adjoining  and  approximately  three  times  as  long  as  wide  at 

base,  being  a  little  narrower  at  the  apex  than  at  the  base.    These  an^^H^^as 
are  formed  by  rather  distinct  raised  lines,  and  the  spaces  themsel  '^es 

are  somewhat  shining  and  somewhat  roughened.    The  first  abdoi 
segment  approximately  as  in  Horidana.     The  median  tuberculate 
punctate  at  apex  of  first  dorsal  abdominal  segment  extending  to 
apical  margin.     The  succeeding  abdominal  segments  all  punctured, 
apical  more  closely  than  the  basal  segments.    The  wings  are  hyaL 


Oct.,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  303 

cloudy  shade.     The  stigma  very  dark  brown,  the  nervurc  brownish 

testaceous.    The  third  abscissa  of  the  radius  with  the  second  transverse 

culbitus  forming  an  obtuse  angle.    The  tubercuiate  process  on  the  first 

abdominal  segment  is  apparently  not  normal,  as  in  the  paratype  it  is 

absent 

Type  locality, — New  Haven,  Conn. 

One  male  collected  by  B.  H.  Waldon,  August  i6,  1904. 
F^a.rat>'pe  male  from  North  Haven,  Conn.,  by  the  same  col- 
lector, August  3,  1905. 

VlpiUa  bnumeiconili  n.  sp. 

In    many   respects   this   answers  the   unsatisfactorily   brief  u 
description  of  tarda  (say).     From  the  same,  however,  it  dif- 
fers in  having  the  stigma  brown  instead  of  black.    Color  black, 
^^ce  mostly  shining,  with  close  and  with  greater  part  almost 
^^ joining  punctures. 

<^  7  mm. — ^The  vertex  polished  and  with  the  punctures  quite  separate. 

*  He   distance  between  the  posterior  ocelli  approximately  a  little  greater 

^"an    that  between  them  and  the  nearest  eye  margin.     The   relation 

^^^tMreen  the  antennae  joints  practically  as  in  waldonii.    The  pronotum, 

'^esonotum  and  scutellum  bearing  the  same  relation  to  the  vertex  as  in 

"^   preceding  species.     The  postscutellum  closely  punctured,  having  a 

■^^eulose  appearance.    The  enclosure  on  the  metanotum  in  the  form  of  a 

''^Pezium,  forming  but  a  single  area,  with  the  basal  and  apical  sides 

I'allel,  the  apical  side  being  a  little  shorter  than  the  basal  side.    The 

""^a    shining    and    finely    roughened.      The    wings    practically    as    in 

onii,  but  the  etoid  abscissa  of  the  radius  forming  with  the  second 

'^nsversc  cubitus  a  reversed  figure  "3."    Abdomen  polished  with  the 

^^st  and  second  segments  sparsely,  finely  punctured,  the  punctures  on 

^^^h  succeeding  segment  becoming  closer  and  more  distinct.    The  first 

^*^<lominal  segment  with  a  median  transverse  groove  as  in  waldonii 

Type  locality, — New  Haven,  Conn. 

One  male  collected  by  H.  L.  Viereck,  July  6,  1904. 

^*WiUi  ejregia  n.  sp. 

^  <J  6  mm. — Head  and  thorax  approximately  as  in  the  preceding  speciesi 
^•^ings  as  in  waldonii.  Abdomen  as  in  brunneicornis,  but  there  is  no 
*"^nsverse  median  groove  on  the  first  abdominal  segment.  The  mandibles 


triost  entirely  blackish.    The  antennae  brownish  beneath,  and  the  tarsi 
_ '"^Vmish.    The  area  of  the  metanotum  partially  bisected  by  a  median 
^^ed  line.    Inclosure  is  nearly  smooth,  being  finely  roughened. 

I^ype  locality. — New  Haven,  Conn. 


304  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Oct,  'o6 

One  male  collected  August  3,  1905,  by  H.  L,  Viereck.  Para- 
t}'pe  male,  collected  at  West  Rock,  New  Haven,  Conn.,  August 
13,  1905,  by  the  same  collector. 

^phia  relativa  n.  sp. 

In  structure  and  sculpture  approximately  like  the  preceding  species. 
The  antennae  entirely  black  and  the  tarsi  more  blackish  than  brownish. 
The  inclosure  is  rather  coarsely  rugulose  with  no  trace  of  a  bisecting 
line.  In  the  paratype  the  inclosure  is  more  or  less  completely  bisected. 
The  t>'pical  form  has  the  wings  colorless,  excepting  the  nervures  and  the 
stigma.    Four  of  the  paratypes  belong  to  a  variety  with  brownish  w^ings. 

Type  locality, — North  Haven,  August  3,  1905  (B.  H.  W.). 
The  var.  from  E.  Hartford,  August  2,  and  Scotland. 

'Odynerns  (Ancistrocerns)  wald^  n.  sp. 

Closely  related  to  bircnimaculatus,  but  with'  ornaments  white 
as  in  alhophaleratus. 

9  13  mm. — In  most  respects  like  birenimaculatus.     The  metathorax, 
however,  different  in  that  the  ridges  bordering  the  posterior  aspect  arc 
not  very  transient  and  lacking  two  sharp  teeth  at  the   summit.     The 
maculation  differs  as  has  already  been  pointed  out    In  addition  to  the 
difference  in  color,  there  is  a  difference  in  extent  and   pattern.     For 
example,    the    scape,    postscutellum    and    metathorax    are    immaculate, 
excepting  four  small  dots  on  the  postscutellum.     The   second   dorsal 
abdominal    segment    is    immaculate,   except   the   apical    marg^in.      The 
clypeus  has  two  brown  dots,  one  a  short  distance  on  either  side  of  the 
center  or  near  the  center.    There  is  a  median  longitudinal  brown  hne  on 
the  posterior  fourth  of  the  clypeus,  extending  to  the  superior  margin  of 
the  clypeus.     On  the  anterior  third  of  the  clypeus,  extending  to  the 
anterior  margin,  there  is  a  brown  funnel-shaped  mark,  terminating  in  a 
brown  line.    There  arc  no  two  lateral  oblique  spots  on  the  first  abdo- 
minal segment.    The  coxae  are  immaculate,  as  are  the  femora,  except  a 
yellow  spot  at  apex  of  the  anterior  femora,  and  more  or  less  brownish 
at  anterior  aspect  of  the  anterior  femora,  and  a  narrow  brownish  margin 
at  apex  of  middle  and  posterior  femora.     The  tibiae  on  the  anterior 
aspect  and  outer  aspect  mostly  yellow,  brown  posteriorily  and  at  apex. 
Tarsi  entirely  brown. 

Type  locality. — New  Haven,  Conn. 

One  female  taken  May  15,  1903,  by  B.  H.  Waldon. 

Anoplins  hnmilis  Cress. 

Previously  known  only  in  the  $  sex.  The  $  differs  from 
the  $  in  the  usual  way  and  in  having  nearly  all  of  the  basal 
half  of  the  posterior  aspect  of  the  posterior  tibiae  and  the  dorsal 
apical  abdominal  segments  whitish. 

One  $  ,  New  Haven,  June  9,  1905  (B.  H.  Waldon). 


Oct.,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NE\VS.  305 

Notes  on  some  Tortricid  genera. 

By  August  Busck. 

In  his  Handbook  British  Lepidoptera  (1895)  Meyrick  in- 
cludes Clemens'  genus  Exartema  in  the  European  fauna  on  the 
mistaken  supposition  that  it  is  equivalent  to  Lederer's  idea  of 
Eccopsis  Zeller,  and  continental  authors  (Rebel  &  Baron  de 
Crombrugghe  de  Picquendaele)  have  adopted  this  synonomy. 

Meyrick  defines  Clemens'  genus  correctly,  though  not  ex- 
haustively, but  the  single  European  species  included,  lati- 
fasciana  Haworth,  does  not  answer  to  this  description,  having 
veins  3  and  4  in  the  hind  wings  distinctly  separate,  not  con- 
nate or  short-stalked  as  in  the  type  and  in  the  other  American 
species  of  the  genus.  Moreover,  the  hind  wings  in  latifasciana 
are  narrower  than  the  forewings  instead  of  broader,  as  in 
Clemens'  genus,  and  the  form  of  the  hind  wings  is  quite  dif- 
ferent, termen  being  very  oblique  and  nearly  straight,  while 
in  the  American  forms  it  is  less  oblique,  sinuate  below  apex  and 
bulging  out  at  veins  3,  4  and  5 ;  and  the  dorsal  edge  is  evenly 
rounded  in  latifasciana,  not  sharply  incised  at  vein  as  is  char- 
acteristic of  the  genus  Exartema. 

There  is,  however,  another  European  species,  which  is  in 
every  respect  identical  in  structure  with  Exartema,  namely 
Hartigiana  Ratzeburg,  and  Lederer's  genus  Cymolomia  pre- 
cedes and  must  therefore  supplant  Clemens'  genus. 

No  existing  generic  name  seems  applicable  to  the  genus  with 
latifasciana  as  type  and  it  may  be  known  as  Loxoterma,  which 
name  thus  stands  for  Eccopsis  Lederer  (non  Zeller),  and 
Exartema  Meyrick  (non  Clemens). 


-•-♦-•- 


A  new  species  of  Eulophidae. 

By  a.  Arsene  Girault. 

^Enlophns  gntttventrig  sp.  nov. 

Male. — ^Length,  1.45-1.58  mm.;  1.54  mm.,  average. — Body  brilliant 
metallic  green,  with  the  following  exceptions;  legs  pale  straw-yellow, 
excepting  portions,  or  most  of  all  of  the  coxae,  and  the  dusky  apical 
tarsal  joints;  antennae  uniformly  dusky,  excepting  the  fulvous  pedicel, 


306  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [OcL,  *o6 

and  the  metallic-blue  scape;  mandibles  fuscous;  venation  concoloroas 
with  the  legs;  ventral  surface  of  the  petiole  pale;  win^  clear,  irride- 
scent;  eyes  garnet-red;  a  large  portion  of  the  ventum  of  the  basal  half 
of  abdomen,  pale,  forming  a  whitish  area;  face  metallic-blue;  tibiae  of 
the  posterior  legs  more  dusky.    Head  rounded,  at  least  three  times  wider 
than  long  (dorsal  aspect),  the  whole  of  the  face  concaved  and  mar- 
ginate,  shagreened  with  sparse  whitish  hairs;  eyes  large,  subreniform, 
with  minute  hairs.     Head  wider  than  thorax.    Thorax  longer  than  head 
and  abdomen  combined,  shagreened,  pilose;  mesothorax   with  a  deep 
femoral   furrow;   on  each   side,  just  caudad  of  the   insertion   of  the 
posterior  wings,  a  conspicuous  tuft  of  stiff  hairs.    Portions  of  the  pleurx 
and   the  metathorax   glabrous.     Abdomen  ovate,   broadest    at   caudal 
fourth,  pilose,  the  color  somewhat  variable  in  intensity.     Segment  two 
longest,  twice  longer  than  3;  3  and  4  equal;  5,  6  and  7  equal,  one-third 
smaller  than  3;  the  remaining  segments  abruptly  narrowed,  the   anal 
segment  acute.     Submarginal  vein  slightly  longer  than   the  marginal; 
postmarginal  vein  more  than  one-half  as  long  as  the  mar^nal ;  stigmal 
vein  distinct.    Wings  normal.    Antennae  Q-jointed,  hispid,  3-branched,  a 
branch  arising  from  the  side  of  the  base  of  each  of  the  three  proximal 
funicle  joints,   the  proximal   branch   the   longest;    ring- joints    absent; 
ramifications  of  the  antennae  more  hispid.     Scape  nearly  club-shaped, 
thickest  at  its  middle,  nearly  as  long  as  the  next  three  joints   com- 
bined; pedicel  globate,  about  one-half  the  length,  or  more,  of  the  first 
funicle    joint.      Joint    I    of    funicle    cylindrical,    about    one-third    the 
length  of  the  scape  and  slightly  over  half  the  length  of  the   following 
joint,  its  ramification  more  slender,  and  at  least  six   times    its   own 
length;  joint  2,  the  same,  nearly  twice  the  length  of  joint    r,   inter- 
mediate in  length  between  i  and  3,  its  ramification  slenderer  than  itself, 
and  at  least  three  times  longer;  funicle  joint  3  twice  the  length  of  joint 
I.  slenderer,  its  ramification  about  equal  to  it  in  width,  and  at  least  twice 
its  own  length.     Funicle  joints  4  and  5  slender,  equal  in  width  to  the 
ramification  of  the   second   funicle  joint,  about  equal   in   length,   both 
slightly  shorter  than  the  scape,  and  one-third  longer  than  joint  3.     Club 
abruptly  thicker,  about  equal  in  length  to  joint  3  of  the  funicle,  com- 
posed of  two  closely  united  and  unequal  joints. 

From  three  specimens. 

Female. — Length,  2.2  mm.,  average. — The  same;  larger.  Color  of. 
the  ventum  of  the  abdomen  more  uniform,  the  large  whitish  spot  more 
or  less  indistinct;  the  thorax  and  scutcllum  more  strongly  shagreened, 
in  fact  punctate,  the  reticulations  forming  pentagons.  Abdomen  ovate, 
wider,  broadest  at  the  middle,  or  at  the  third  segment;  second  abdo- 
minal segment  much  the  longest.  Scape  of  antennae  pale,  the  remaining 
joints  dusky.  Antennae  9-jointed,  including  a  single  ring-joint,  cylindri- 
cal, pilose.     Scape  long  and  cylindrical,  longer  than  the  first  funicle 


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joint,  but  much  shorter  than  the  pedicel,  ring-joint  and  first  funicle 
joints  combined;  pedicel  cuneate,  about  the  shortest  joint,  about  one- 
third  the  length  of  the  first  funicle  joint;  joint  i  of  funicle  the  longest 
joint  of  the  flagellum,  nearly  as  long  as  the  scape,  and  twice  the  length 
of  joint  3  of  funicle;  funicle  joint  2  over  one-half  the  length  of  joint  i 
of  funicle,  and  one-half  longer  than  the  following  joint;  funicle  joint 
3  shorter,  oval,  slightly  longer  than  the  two  distal  joints  of  the  antennae; 
crlub  3-jointed,  not  very  distinct  from  the  funicle,  its  basal  joint  widely 
separated  and  truncate  cephalad   and   with  somewhat  pointed   lateral 
<^:iigles;  its  two  distal  joints  closely  united,  unequal  in  size;  joint  i  of 
^lub  slightly  shorter  than  joint  3  of  funicle,  joint  2  of  club  slightly 
^liorter  than  joint  i  of  club,  ovate;  the  final  joint  small,  about  equal 
"^^3  the  pedicel. 

From  two  specimens. 

f Described  from  three  males  and  two  females  reared  from  the 
^^trvae  of  Tischeria  malifoliclla  Clemens,  Washington,  D.  C, 
une  14-20,  August  5  and  22  (Quaintance),  and  October  30, 
905,  and  Newark,  Delaware,  August  22,  1905  (C.  P.  Close), 
m  apple  foliage,  in  connection  with  the  Deciduous-fruit  Insect 
investigations,  Bureau  of  Entomology,  U.  S.  Department  of 
-Agriculture. 

Type: — No.  9640,  United  States  National  Museum,  1^,29. 
This  species  was  pronounced  new  by  Dr.  William  H.  Ash- 
^nead.  United  States  National  Museum,  Washington,  D.  C, 
'^o  whom  the  writer  acknowledges  his  indebtedness. 

The  editor  of  the  News  went  to  southeastern  Idaho,  in  the  sage 
1)nish  desert,  during  July,  with  the  intention  of  doing  some  collecting 
there  and  in  the  Yellowstone  Park,  but  had  the  misfortune  to  be  taken 
sick  in  the  sage  brush  desert,  the  heat  in  the  west  being  unusually  great 
during  the  past  summer.  Whether  the  illness  was  due  to  the  local  con- 
ditions or  to  the  physical  condition  of  the  individual  he  does  not  care  to 
discuss,  but  he  can't  help  thinking  of  the  following : 

Going  west  on  the  Union  Pacific,  through  the  southern  portion  of 
Wyoming,  the  view  is  one  of  continuous  sand  and  sage  brush,  a  veritable 
desert.  It  is  told  that  Mark  Twain  was  going  through,  one  time,  and 
in  the  dining  car  his  eye  spied  "Sage  chicken"  on  the  bill  of  fare.  He 
called  the  waiter  and  asked  what  that  was. 

"It's  chicken,  sah,  raised  right  through  here,  sah." 

"Can  they  fly?"  asked  the  humorist. 

"Yes,  sah,  they  can  fly,  sah." 

"WcH  then,  I  don't  want  any.  Anything  that  can  fly  and  stays  in  this 
country  long  enough  to  be  killed  can't  be  much  good.    None  for  me." 


ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS. 


[The  Conductors  of  Entomological  News  solicit  and  will  thankfully  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  Oontribatora. — All  contributions  will  be  considered  and  passed  upon  at  oui 
earliest  convenience,  and,  as  far  as  may  be,  will  be  published  according  to  date  of  recep- 
tion. Entomological  News  has  reached  a  circulation,  both  in  numbers  and  circumfer- 
ence, as  to  make  it  necessary  to  put  *'  copy  "  into  the  hands  of  the  printer,  for  each  num- 
ber, three  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, 
will  be  given  free,  when  they  are  wanted  ;  and  this  should  be  so  stated  on  the  MS.,  alon; 
with  the  number  desired.    The  receipt  of  all  papers  will  be  acknowledged. — Ed. 


Philadelphia,  Pa.,  October,  1906. 


The  editorial  department  of  the  News  has  its  trials  and  tribi 
lations  as  well  as  its  joys,  and  it  may  do  some  good  to  tell  01 
readers  of  both.    We  are  in  danger  of  ruining  our  bank  ba!" 
ance  tr>'ing  to  accommodate  the  people  who  wish  to  get  in  tlmr^^  ^S> 
next  number,  and  in  endeavoring  to  please  them  this  issue  cor^  '^       n 
tains  forty  pages.    Much  of  the  manuscript  we  receive  is  typ»^  ^         4H 
written,  but  some  received  is  a  disgrace  to  the  authors,  nece- 
sitating  the  looking  up  of  scientific  names  in  the  literatui 
which  can  only  be  guessed  at  from  the  writing.    We  don't  knc 
all  the  names  of  insects  and  plants,  and  don't  wish  to.  but  soir 
authors  appear  to  overestimate  our  knowledge.     Then,  sorr 
names  are  proposed  for  the  first  time.    Of  course,  the  auth. 
knows  what  they  are,  but  others  can  only  guess.    One  of 
joys  is  the  fact  that  we  get  many  letters  in  praise  of  the  Nev 
and  if  it  did  not  please,  it  could  not  have  the  phenomenal  a 
steady  growth  which  is  continuously  maintained.     We  regr- — '        ret 
to  say  that  some  subscribers  fail  to  appreciate  it  a  dolh 
worth,  and  we  have  decided  in  future  to  make  prepaym< 
compulsory. 

Mr.  G.  W.  Kirkaldy,  in  the  September,  1906,  number  of  The  E 
MOLOGisT,  gives  a  list  of  papers  of  special  interest  to  the  British  e 
mologists    (1905-06) ;  he  says,  "There  are  many  papers  publishe 
America  of  great  value  to  British  workers,  although  dealing  exclusi 
with   American   forms."     Of   fourteen   titles,   five   were   published 
Entomological  News. 

308 


Octt. ,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  309 

Notes   and    News. 

ENTOMOLOOICAL  GLEANINGS  FROM   ALL  QUARTERS 

OP    THE    GLOBE. 


Dr.  John  B.  Smith  is  spending  the  summer  in  Europe.     We  hope 
may  return  greatly  benefited. 

E.    C.   Cotton   has  been   appointed   Assistant   Entomologist   at   the 
Tinessee  Agricultural  Experiment  Station. 

Dr.  Philip  P.  Calvert  has  been  in  the  western  United  States  and 
^xico,  and  will  attend  the  International  Geological  Congress  in  the 
*t:y    of  Mexico. 

Otho  C.  Poling  and  Karl  Mueschen  of  Quincy,  111.,  have  been  on  a 

5^11ecting  trip  in  the  southwest.    We  learn  from  a  newspaper  account 

they  did  some  work  near  Silver  City  and  Deming  in  New  Mexico, 

*^^   at  the  latter  place  took  a  specimen  of  Sphinx  elsa.     We  will  be 

td  to  hear  more  in  regard  to  what  they  did. 

Prof.  F.  H.  Snow,  of  the  University  of  Kansas,  has  returned  from  a 
lecting  trip  to  the  Baboquivari  Mountains  in  southern  Arizona.  He 
■^ ''ought  back  a  large  collection  of  insects,  including  Amblychila  baroni. 
^^''of.  Snow  has  made  many  trips  to  the  southwest  on  collecting  expedi- 
_>c>ns  and  has  turned  up  many  new  and  rare  species  in  the  past  twenty- 
'«  years. 

"It  is  probable  that  we  are  aware  of  more  imperfections  in  the  sys- 
*^»^  than  Dr.  Skinner  is.  owing  to  his  lack  of  critical  study  of  genera." 
vl^r.  Dyar  on  his  classification  of  the  Hesperidae.) 

The  gods  forbid  that  Dr.  Dyar  publish  any  more  of  the  imperfec- 
^'^>ns  he  knows,  as  the  thing  is  wretched  enough  as  it  stands. — Henry 

^^CIMNER. 

BIxplanation  of  Terms  Used  in  Entomology.  This  very  important 
^''Orlc,  published  by  the  Brooklyn  Entomological  Society,  and  prepared 
y  Dr.  J.  B.  Smith,  is  now  on  sale.  It  is  a  publication  that  was  badly 
"^^^ded  and  the  author  and  the  Brooklyn  Society  are  to  be  compli- 
'^^^ited  on  its  completion.  We  do  not  see  how  any  working  entomolo- 
gist can  possibly  get  along  without  a  copy. 

^Entomological  News   has   never  been   published   during   July   and 

^Sfust,  and  it  is  so  stated  on  the  second  cover  page.     This  is  a  time 

^    irear  when  nearly  everyone  is  devoting  some  time  to  collecting,  and 

^^<^st  persons  take  their  vacation,  so  the  journal  is  not  as  much  needed 

^i^ing  the  two  months  mentioned.      Moreover,  the  editors   require  a 


from  their  laborious  duties  and  prefer  to  take  it  during  the  hottest 
^^^^mcr  weather.— Eds. 


3  TO  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Oct.,  *o6 

The  September  issue  of  the  News  contains  an  article  by  Mr.  T.  D.  A, 
Cockercll  on  preoccupied  generic  names  of  Colcoptera.  No.  8  of  this 
article  reads :  "Polystotna  Steph.,  1835  (not  Led.,  1800)  ;  EmpUnota 
Casey.  1884,  is  available." 

I    have    no    means    to    verify    whether   Lederstrocm's     (I    believe) 
Polystoma  in  Vermes  is  still  a  valid  generic  name;  if  so,  Polystoma 
Steph.  must  fall,  and  Casey's  Emplenota  takes  its  place.     Polystoma 
Steph.,  however,  has  been  lately  universally  assigned  only  a  subgeneric 
rank  of  Alcochara.   On  page  244  of  the  same  article  the  parallel  between 
Coenonycha  Horn,  1876,  not  Coenonica  Kraats,   1857,    is   not  a  good 
illustration  of  the  subject  in  discussion,  as  Coenonycha  is  derived  from 
the  Greek  roinos   (common)   and  onyx   (nail),  whereas   Coenonica  is 
composed  of  the  words  roinos  and  oikos  {hotise). — A.  Fenyes. 

Tachyris  Ilaire  in  West  Virginia. — On  June  12,  1906,  while  walk- 
ing through  a  grassy  orchard  at  French  Creek,  West  Virginia,  a  large 
white  butterfly  of  unfamiliar  appearance  flew  leisurely  toward  me  and 
alighted  upon  a  red  clover  blossom.  Calling  to  my  little  son,  who  was 
chasing  fritillaries  near  by,  I  took  his  net  and  caught  the  stranger.  An 
examination  of  the  butterfly  showed  it  to  be  a  very  well  preserved  male 
of  Tachyris  ilaire.  The  specimen  is  marked  like  those  from  Florida 
described  by  Dr.  Henry  Skinner  in  Ent.  News,  May  10,  1894,  and  for 
which  he  proposed  the  varietal  name  neumoegenii.  The  wings  above 
are  white,  without  the  dark  tips  seen  in  the  examples  from  Central 
America.  Beneath,  the  primaries  show  at  the  base  distinct  markings 
of  orange,  and  the  secondaries  are  pale  lemon-yellow. 

This  butterfly  was  taken  within  fifty  yards  of  the  spot  where  on 
October  15th,  1905,  I  caught  a  Vanncssa  j-album  as  it  fluttered  about 
beneath  the  clap-board  roof  of  an  old  wagon-shed.  So  far  as  my 
knowledge  extends,  these  are  the  only  specimens  of  the  two  species  that 
have  been  collected  in  West  Virginia,  and  they  probably  represent  two  of 
the  most  extreme  southern  and  northern  forms  which  visit  this  locality. — 
Fred  E.  Brooks. 

Prof.  H.  A.  Surface,  Economic  Zoologist  of  Pennsylvania,  states 
that  his  present  scientific  assistants  are  A.  F.  Satterthwaith,  Qerk; 
N.  G.  Miller,  Assistant,  with  the  degree  of  Master  of  Sciences  from 
the  Pennsylvania  State  College,;  L.  R.  White,  Bachelor  of  Sciences, 
Pennsylvania  State  College ;  T.  C.  LeFevre,  Bachelor  of  Science,  Penn- 
sylvania State  College;  D.  K.  McMillan,  Bachelor  of  Science,  Dickinson 
College;  Chas.  F.  Noll,  Bachelor  of  Science  in  Agriculture,  Pennsyl- 
vania State  College;  W.  H.  Wolff.  Bachelor  of  Science  in  Agriculture, 
Pennsylvania  State  College;  P.  H.  Hertzog,  Bachelor  of  Pedagogy; 
F.  Z.  Hartzell,  Bachelor  of  Science  in  Biology,  Lafayette  College,  and 
W.  R.  McConnell,  Bachelor  of  Sciences  in  Biology,  Pennsylvania  State 
College.    Some  of  these  men  are  in  the  field  as  inspectors  and  others 


Oct.,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  3II 

are  assisting  in  the  office.  There  are  other  assistants  besides  those 
who  are  college  graduates,  but  who  are  doing  most  excellent  work 
in  a  line  that  is  greatly  needed  in  this  State  at  the  present  time. 
The  entomologists  to  the  Board  of  Agriculture  of  the  State  are  Frank- 
lin Menges,  York  County,  and  D.  J.  Waller,  Indiana  County. 

Taught  by  an  Insect. — Brunei,  the  famous  engineer,  was  indebted 
to  an  insect  for  a  great  and  useful  invention.  He  was  in  a  shipyard  one 
day  watching  the  movements  of  an  insect  known  in  English  as  the 
naval  woodworm,  when  a  brilliant  thought  suddenly  occurred  to  him. 
He  saw  that  this  creature  bored  its  way  into  a  large  piece  of  wood  upon 
which  it  was  operating  by  means  of  a  very  extraordinary  mechanical 
apparatus. 

Looking  at  the  animal  attentively  through  a  microscope,  he  found 
that  it  was  covered  in  front  with  a  pair  of  valvular  shells ;  that  with  its 
/oot  as   a   purchase   it  communicated    rotary  motion   and   a   forward 
impulse  to  the  valves,  which,  acting  upon  the  wood  like  a  gimlet,  pene- 
trated its  substance,  and  that  as  the  particles  of  wood  loosened  they 
I>a.ssed  through  a  fissure  in  the  feet  and  thence  through  the  body  of  the 
lx>rer  to  its  mouth,  where  they  were  soon  expelled. 

"Here,"  said  Brunei  to  himself,  "is  the  sort  of  thing  I  want.  Can  I 
""^produce  it  in  an  artificial  form?"  He  forthwith  set  to  work,  and  the 
^nal  result  of  his  labors,  after  many  failures,  was  the  famous  boring 
^^iield  with  which  the  Thames  tunnel  was  excavated. — Newspaper. 


Doings  of  Societies. 

The  postponed  meeting  of  the  Feldman  Collecting  Social  of 

June  20,   1906,  was  held  on  the  evening  of  June  27,   1906, 

^t  the  residence  of  Mr.  H.  W.  Wenzel,  1523  S.  13th  Street, 

Philadelphia.    The  meeting  was  called  to  order  at  9.10  P.  M., 

l^resident  Daecke  presiding.    Eight  members  were  present. 

Mr.  Harbeck  called  attention  to  an  omission  in  the  com- 
niunication  of  Mr.  Daecke  of  last  meeting,  regarding  the  raising 
^f  Balinimis  larvae.  From  ten  chestnuts  twenty-five  larvae  had 
emerged,  which  were  found  this  spring,  dead  and  dried  up  in 
the  hatching  jars. 

Mr.  Seiss  spoke  of  some  tgg  masses  of  Tcnodera  sinensis 
lie  had  received  from  Mr.  Laurent,  October  5.  He  had  first 
observed  the  young  on  May  18,  1906,  when  batch  one  was 
hatched,  batch  two  was  found  May  20,  while  three  was  ob- 
served May  24.    He  stated  that  when  first  hatched,  they  were 


312  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  [Oct,  *o6 

of  a  pale  cream  color,  but  changed  to  a  light  brown  after  a  few 
hours  exposure  in  the  sun.  Later  they  entirely  disappeared 
from  view. 

Mr.  Schmitz,  who  had  also  received  egg  masses  of  the  same 
species  from  Mr.  Laurent  on  the  same  date,  reported  having 
first  noticed  the  young  on  June  9,  1906,  stating  they  ranged 
from  about  ^  inch  to  1%  inches  in  length,  the  smaller  ones 
being  of  a  light  chocolate  hue,  while  the  largest  were  a  pale 
green,  they  seemed  to  be  thriving,  as  they  were  observed  at 
different  times  catching  their  food;  from  15  to  20  specimens 
were  seen  scattered  about. 

Dr.  Castle  spoke  of  his  trip  with  Mr.  Daecke,  May  27,  1906, 
to  Forked  River  Mountains,  N.  J.  They  camped  on  the  summit 
the  first  night ;  he  stated  that  the  hill  is  composed  of  sandstone, 
covered  with  gravel  and  large  pebbles.  The  vegetation  consists 
of  pine,  oak  and  the  average  vegetation  usually  found  in  pine 
barrens. 

Mr.  Harbeck  stated  that  Dr.  M.  Swenk,  of  Nebraska  Uni- 
versity, had  determined  a  lot  of  Collet es  for  him,  and  said  that 
among  them  was  a  new  species  taken  at  Clementon,  N.  J. 

Mr.  Daecke  mentioned  some  of  the  material  collected  on  his 
trip  with  Dr.  Castle  on  May  2y,  1906,  among  which  Chrysops 
excitans  appeared,  this  species  being  new  to  the  State ;  the  same 
species  was  taken  by  Mr.  H.  W.  Wenzel  one  week  later  at 
the  same  place.  Continuing,  the  speaker  said  he  had  received 
Chryops  sordidus  from  Mr.  Weidt,  collected  in  the  Orange 
Mountains  last  May,  this  species  also  being  new  to  the  State. 
Mr.  Daecke  further  reported  Tephritis  platyptera  from  Mer- 
chantville,  N.  J.,  May  26,  1906,  and  Castle  Rock,  Pa.,  June 
3,  1906. 

Mr.  H.  W.  Wenzel  spoke  of  his  recent  trip  to  North  Moun- 
tain, Pa.,  June  16,  1906,  which  is  situated  in  the  Allegheny 
Mountains.  The  speaker  said  where  formerly  the  spruce  was 
found,  the  lumbermen  have  completely  denuded  the  moun- 
tains, not  one  spruce  being  left  to  tell  the  tale  of  the  destruc- 
tion of  this  virgin  forest.  The  speaker  exhibited  some  (about 
eighty)  species  of  Colcoptera  taken  on  this  trip,  a  number  of 
the  species  belonging  to  the  Canadian  fauna. 


Oct]  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS. 


Not  Ezo««dlng  Three  Lines  Free  to  8ubsorlt>«rs. 


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. — Micro-lepidiptera,  especially  Tineina  of  North  America. 
Will  give  named  material  in  return  ;  also  Microlepidoptera  and  Coleop- 
tera.     Will  buy  desirable  material. — Dr.  W.  G.  Dietz,  Hazleton,  Pa. 

Wanted  eggs  of  Anosia  archippus^  living  preferred,  for  the  purpose  of 
making  photographs  for  J.  W.  Tutt's  British  Butterflies.— A.  E.  Tonge, 
Reigate,  Surrey,  England. 

Wanted. — Cicindela  trilunaris^  C,  campestris,  and  Omus,  matured 
instcts.  Also  pupae,  larvae  and  eggs  of  North  America  Cicindela. — F. 
H.  Goodfellow,  Room  6ii,  42  Broadway,  New  York  City. 

Indian  Insects  in  all  orders  with  full  data  and  in  thoroughly  good 
Condition,  chiefly  from  Andaman  Island,  Assam  &  Darjeeling.  Address 
A..  Meik,  4,  Convent  Rd.,  Entally,  Calcutta,  India. 

Duplicates. — Perfect  diurnals  from  Celebes;  Paps.  Blumei  Androcles, 
•Satospes,  f^igan  Veiovis^  Asdalaphus,  etc..  Pap  Bachus,  Zagrens^  Peru^ 
o^nith^  P.  Miranda  Braokiana^  and  enor.  Wanted — Diurnals  from  Am- 
^^2on  River  and  Philippines  and  oflFers.  W.  Dannett,  care  A.  P.  Soyer, 
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file.  Have  considerable  number  of  duplicates  to  offer  in  exchange. 
Send  for  list. — Wilmon  Newell,  Baton  Rouge,  La. 

Before  the  season  opens*  I  uish  to  arrange  with  parties  in  the  south- 
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^^hanceus.    Good  exchange  given. — E.  A.  Klages,  Crafton.  Pa. 

Lyccena  exilis  wanted  in  exchange  for  foreign  Lepidoptera,  or  for 
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Donacte  of  North  America. — World's  Cicindelida?  wanted  in  exchange 
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season.  LeConte  and  Horn's  Classification  of  Coleoptera  wanted.  Revi- 
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APTERA 

A  Reviidoa  of  the  hloutli-paiis  oi  Die  Coirodeoiia  ind  the  Mallopbaxa, 
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NOVEMBER,  1906. 


No.  9. 


CONTENTS: 


Brttton— The  Maple  Leaf-Stem  Bnrer 
or  Sawily 313 

Osboni— The  species  of  Cicada  related 
to  tiMcen 391 

Sloasoa — Additional  list  of  insects  taken 
in  alpine  region  of  Mt. Washington  323 

Saadersoti— Texas  Notes— II 327 

Knans— Coleoptera  ol  the  Sacramento 
MU.  of  New  Mcsico-III 329 

Rdin— A  new  species  of  Proscopid 
(AcrJdidse)  from  the  Amazon  Re- 
jioo 33a 


BergToth — A  new  genus  of  L>'gaeidae 

from  Japan 335 

Banks— Two  new  Termites 336 

Moore— Notes  on  habits  of  Cicindela..  338 
Grabham— A  new  Corethrella  from  Ja- 
maica  343 

Editorial 346 

Notes  and  News  347 

On  the  formation  of  an  Entomological 
Society  of  America 352 


The  Maple  Leaf-Stem  Borer  or  Sawfly. 

Priopkms  aecrioaiUs  MacGilHvray. 
A  NEW  Enemy  op  the  Sugar  Maple. 

(Plate  XIW) 

By  W.  E.  Britton. 

History  in  Connecticut. 

For  the  past  seven  years  sugar  maples  in  certain  localities  in 
Connecticut  have  been  attacked  by  some  insect  which  tunnels 
in  the  leaf  stem  or  petiole  during  the  month  of  May.  The  mat- 
ter was  first  brought  to  my  attention  June  3d,  1899,  by  the  fol- 
lowing letter  from  Mr.  W.  S.  White,  of  Danbury :  "I  enclose 
some  leaf  stems  from  a  sugar  maple  in  my  front  yard.  In  these 
stems  is  a  small  worm  which,  when  matured,  is  about  one-half 

inch  long At  first,  about  four  or  five  years  ago,  they  were 

confined  to  one  tree ;  now  they  have  gone  to  all  the  surrounding 
maples.  They  seem  now  to  be  confined  to  this  one  locality. 
People  about  here  are  considerably  disturbed  about  it,  as  it 
seems  now  like  a  serious  matter.  I  can  hear  of  nothing  like  it 
from  any  other  quarter.  Destroying  the  foliage  at  this  time  of 
the  year,  will  it  sooner  or  later  kill  the  trees,  and  is  there  any 
way  of  destroying  the  worm  or  insect?    Is  it  found  in  other 


314 


ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Nov.,  * 


sections,  and  what  is  its  name?    Something  should  be  done,  a 
done  quickly." 

The  specimens  received  consisted  of  injured  stems,  the  i 
sects  not  being  present.    Not  being  familiar  with  this  form 
injury  to  the  msq)le,  the  literature  of  economic  entomolo: 


was  searched  without  finding  descriptions  of  the  damage  or  tT 
insect  causing  it.  This  was  stated  in  replying  to  Mr.  Whiti 
letter,  and  he  was  requested  to  send  more  material,  and  if 
sible  to  send  stems  containing  living  larvae,  so  that  we  mig^Xnt 
rear  the  adults.  Under  date  of  June  13th  Mr.  White  wrote  ^s 
follows  : 

"At  your  request  I  send  you  more  stems  and  worms  in  a  l>cz>x 
containing  soil  in  which  they  have  buried  themselves.     Tlrr^y 
are  now  falling  from  the  trees,  and  they  soon  disappear  in   ti'Sne 
g^und,  where  I  have  reason  to  believe  they  remain  in  a  cix-w^y- 
salis  state  until  another  spring,  when  they  come  up  to  do  tla^ir 
destructive  work,  by  laying  their  eggs  in  the  stem  of  the  yoii  'mng 
and  tender  leaf. . .  .If  these  pests  increase  as  they  have  done   ^or 
two  or  three  years  past,  the  early  foliage  will  be  destroyed,  a^^Mid 
I  am  afraid  the  trees  likewise.    It  certainly  is  a  new  things      in 
these  parts.    Perhaps  nothing  can  be  done  until  the  habits       of 
the  insect  are  determined." 

The  material  contained  one  living  larvae  in  a  stem,  others  in 
the  stem  having  been  crushed.  In  the  soil  there  were  thi  '^^ 
larvae,  only  five  of  which  were  alive.  The  soil  was  a  trifle  "^^  00 
wet,  and  they  had  died  in  transit.    The  others  soon  died. 

No  observations  were  made  in  1900,  but  early  in  June,  i^^i* 
I  noticed  that  maple  trees  along  the  east  side  of  Whitney  A  ^^e- 
nue,  New  Haven,  between  Sachem  and  Humphrey  Stre^^ts, 
were  attacked  by  this  insect.     I  made  several  trips  to  tK^e 
trees,  and  gathered  fallen  leaves  and  stems,  the  latter  cont^  Jn- 
ing  a  number  of  larvae.    These  were  placed  in  a  glass  dish  fil-  ^ed 
with  sand,  which  had  previously  been  sterilized  by  heating.  I^he 
larvae  at  once  went  into  the  sand,  which  was  only  two  indues 
deep,  and  at  the  bottom  made  little  cells  as  if  to  pupate.    W*^cn 
examined,  a  few  days  later,  all  had  died  without  having  re^^y 
transformed  to  pupae. 

The  same  year  Mr.  Thomas  G.  Bennett,  of  Prospect  Str-eet, 


Nov.,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  315 

reported  that  his  maple  trees  were  being  defoliated  by  some 
insect  which,  from  his  description  of  the  injury,  was  probably 
the  same  pest. 

During  the  seasons  of  1902  and  1903  stems  were  gathered 
and  placed  in  breeding  cages,  but  all  larvae  failed  to  transform. 
In  1904  material  was  scarce.  A  few  fallen  stems  were  placed 
in  a  box  having  fine  wire  netting  top  and  bottom.  This  was 
filled  with  sterilized  soil,  the  stems  laid  upon  the  surface  of  the 
soil,  and  the  box  buried  level  with  the  ground  in  a  shady  spot 
in  a  group  of  shrubbery.  Before  planting  the  cage,  one  para- 
site emerged.  When  the  box  was  unearthed  in  1905  no  living 
insects  came  from  it. 

In  1905  we  continued  our  observations  on  the  Whitney  Ave- 
nue trees,  and  it  was  noticed  that  the  stems  falling  to  the 
ground  were  often  found  empty  or  with  parasitized  borers  in 
them.  Some  of  the  larvae  had  evidently  died  before  reaching 
maturity,  as  the  burrow  was  abnormally  small  or  only  partially 
excavated.  One  stem  had  a  hymenopterous  cocoon  in  the 
burrow. .  Another  contained  a  dipterous  larva,  feeding  upon 
the  borer.  Some  of  the  stems,  however,  showed  the  exit  holes 
where  the  adults  had  emerged.  It  was  suggested  that  all  stems 
dropping  early  might  be  either  diseased  or  parasitized.  We 
therefore  climbed  the  trees  and  gathered  stems  which  had  not 
fallen.  In  these  stems  we  found  larvae  that  seemed  to  be  vigor- 
ous and  healthy.  Two  cages  like  the  one  used  in  1904,  and 
measuring  6j4  x  4  inches  inside  and  3  inches  deep,  were  buried 
in  the  soil  June  20th,  1905,  immediately  after  placing  the 
infested  stems  in  them.  The  cages  were  dug  up  May  3d,  1906, 
and  contained  a  number  of  adult  sawflies  which  had  already 
emerged  from  their  cocoons,  although  the  leaves  of  the  sugar 
maples  were  but  just  unfolding. 

In  1905,  Dr.  Francis  Bacon,  of  32  High  Street,  New  Haven, 
reported  that  some  insect  was  defoliating  his  trees.  My  assist- 
ant, Mr.  Walden,  examined  the  trees  and  found  the  same  insect 
at  work  on  them,  and  a  large  proportion  of  the  leaves  had 
fallen  and  covered  the  ground. 

Under  date  of  May  14th,  1906,  in  response  to  a  letter  of 
inquiry  from  me,  Mr.  White  wrote  that  the  insect  was  on  the 


3l6  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Nov.,  '( 

increase  in  Danbury,  and  that  he  noticed  it  last  year  abo" 
one-half  mile  distant  from  the  infested  tree  first  noticed. 

From  letters  of  May  28th  and  30th,   from  Hamden  ai 
Hartford,  this  insect  is  apparently  causing  the  leaves  to  dr 
from  maple  trees  in  these  localities.     Mr.  C.  D.  Jarvis, 
Storrs,  Conn.,  informs  me  that  he  has  observed  in  Canada 
injury  to  maples,  presumably  caused  by  this  insect.     I  h« 
observed  its  work  on  many  of  the  streets  of  New  Haven, 
Westville,  and  in  Stonington.     Mr.  Walden  reports  it  fr 
Southington.    Thus  it  seems  to  be  on  the  increase  in  Conne 
cut,  and  in  a  few  years  will  perhaps  be  generally  found  atta-< 
ing  the  sugar  maple. 

Characteristic  Injxjry. 

The  leaves  beg^n  to  fall  late  in  May  or  early  in  June,  N^tay 
27th  being  the  earliest  date  on  which  I  have  observed  tln^sm 
falling  in  noticeable  numbers.    It  is  only  the  blades  that  f  2ft- 11; 
most  of  these  have  a  piece  of  stem  from  one-fourth  to  one-W  ^f 
of  an  inch  long,  being  eaten  nearly  off  at  this  point.       TT^he 
remaining  portion  of  the  stem  or  petiole  remains  upon  the  ti^^e, 
and  is  not  shed  until  ten  days  or  two  weeks  later,  wher»-     it 
ripens  at  the  base  and  falls  to  the  ground.    In  the  worst  ca.  ^es 
that  have  come  under  our  observation  about  one-third  of    ^*^he 
leaves  have  dropped  from  the  tree,  and  this  is  the  proport  ion 
mentioned  by  Mr.  White  in  his  letter. 

The  larva  tunnels  in  the  stem,  and  as  it  approaches  matu^^J^y 
eats  out  the  entire  inside,  leaving  the  cylindrical  epiderr'^fi^J 
layer.  The  burrow  is  packed  with  the  particles  of  woody  r'^tna- 
terial  which  the  larva  has  eaten  and  voided.  This  is  o^^^^ 
packed  so  closely  that  the  stem  keeps  its  shape  or  may  ^^ 
somewhat  swollen  on  account  of  it,  though  it  is  lackia^  ^^ 
strength.  On  small  maple  trees  in  the  insectary,  which  \^r^^^ 
attacked  by  the  adults,  collected  and  reared,  the  leaf  bl^-^^^ 
wilted  slightly  and  drooped  before  breaking  off ;  but  the  se'^^^''" 
ing  point  could  be  seen  distinctly  as  a  line  around  the  s^^^^ 
where  the  larva  had  eaten  it  nearly  off.  'Below  this  line  ^^^ 
stem  was  fresh ;  above  it  both  stem  and  leaf  blade  wilted  ^^^ 
drooped.    In  one  case  the  blade  did  not  drop,  but  still  remat  ^^^^^ 


Nov.,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  317 

a 

on  the  tree,  but  out  of  doors  and  exposed  to  the  winds  all 
infested  leaves  fall.  A  storm  on  May  28th,  1906,  caused  a  great 
many  leaves  to  fall  from  the  maple  trees,  and  most  of  them 
were  cut  nearly  off  by  this  stem  borer. 

Either  before  or  after  the  petioles  fall  to  the  ground,  the 
larvae  eat  their  way  out,  leaving  small  circular  holes  in  the 
stems,  usually  near  the  middle.  These  holes  may  be  seen  in 
the  accompanying  illustrations. 

Life  History  of  the  Insect. 

The  eggs  are  laid  by  the  females  about  the  first  week  in  May, 
but  it  is  believed  that  oviposition  may  be  kept  up  for  some 
time.  The  eggs  soon  hatch,  but  it  is  not  known  how  long  a 
time  is  required.  The  larvae  tunnel  in  the  stems  for  about  one 
month,  causing  the  leaf  blades  to  fall  in  about  three  weeks  and 
the  stems  to  drop  from  ten  days  to  two  weeks  later.  On  or 
before  the  dropping  of  the  stems  the  larvae  go  into  the  ground 
and  make  cells  in  which  they  pass  the  pupa  stage.  Our  cages 
were  three  inches  deep,  and  the  pupa  cases  were  found  at  the 
bottom.  It  is  not  known  whether  the  pupa  stage  is  s^ssumed 
at  once  or  not  until  the  following  spring.  Adults  emerge 
about  May  ist,  and  soon  begin  to  lay  eggs. 

The   difficulty   encountered   in   rearing  the   adults   of   this 

species,  and  their  great  mortality  in  the  breeding  cages,  show 

the  insect  to  be  extremely  delicate  after  passing  the  larval 

stage. 

Where  the  Eggs  are  Laid. 

The  eggs  are  laid  at  the  distal  end  of  the  stem  or  base  of 
the  blade,  at  the  point  where  the  chief  veins  branch  from  the 
stem.  The  process  of  egg  laying  has  been  observed,  and  the 
scars  may  be  found  on  many  of  the  leaves.  It  seems  strange 
that  the  egg  should  be  deposited  in  a  portion  of  the  host  plant, 
which  is  later  severed  from  the  burrow  containing  the  larva. 
Nineteen  eggs  were  found  in  the  abdomen  of  the  female  ex- 
amined. 

Food  Plants. 

The  insect  has  been  observed  as  attacking  the  leaf  stems  of 
the  sugar,  Norway  and  sycamore  maples.     From  time  to  time 


31^  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Nov.,  'o6 

we  have  examined  red  and  silver  maples,  but  have  no*  found 
them  attacked.  The  sugar  maple  is  by  far  the  most  important 
host. 

Description. 

Egg. — The  egg  is  colorless,  more  than  five  times  as  long  as 
thick  (length  975  p.  or  about  i  mm. ;  thickness  186  /» ) ,  falcate 
or  curved,  with  ends  rather  blunt  and  rounded.  One  end  is 
slightly  thicker  than  the  other,  but  the  egg  is  nearly  uniform 
in  thickness,  and  is  shown  in  Fig.  3. 

Lorva. — The  larva,  when  full-grown,  is  about  8  mm.  or 
one-third  of  an  inch  in  length  and  about  1,5  mm.  or  one-six- 
teenth of  an  inch  in  thickness.  Head  dark-yellow  or  light- 
brown,  with  mandibles  black  or  dark-brown.  Body  and  legs 
uniformly  buff  or  straw-yellow,  lighter  than  the  head.  Spiracles 
dark.    See  Fig.  i. 


Pupa. — The  pupa  cast  is  an  earthen  cell  about  5  rrmi.  long, 
and  greatly  resembling  that  of  the  common  currant  worm. 

Adult. — Female;  length  from  front  of  head  to  tip  of  abdo- 
■  men,  4  mm.  Tip  of  antennie  to  tip  of  abdomen,  6  mm.  From 
tip  to  tip  of  forenings,  10  mm. 

Head  and  thorax  shining  black  above.  ARtenme  black. 
Abdomen  and  under  side  of  thorax,  including  I^s,  honey-yel- 
low.   Tip  of  abdomen  dark. 

The  male  is  unknown. 


Nov.,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  319 

Identity  of  the  Insect. 

Previous  to  May  3d,  1906,  I  expected  that  the  adult  of  the 
maple  leaf  stem  borer  would  prove  to  be  either  a  beetle  or  a 
small  moth, — probably  a  beetle, — and  this  expectation  was 
shared  by  Prof.  J.  B.  Smith,  who  has  evidently  observed  the 
same  insect  in  New  Jersey,  for  he  writes:*  "A  small  lot  of 
leaves  sent  in  at  my  request  showed  what  was,  apparently,  a 
small  coleopterous  or  beetle  larva,  boring*  in  the  leaf  stalk 
....  From  the  observations  made,  it  seems  that  the  parent, 
which  is  assumed  to  be  a  curculio  or  snout  beetle,  gnaws  into 
the  stalks  of  the  most  vigorous  leaves  at  a  little  beyond  the 
middle,  and  there  lays  an  egg." 

That  it  might  be  a  small  moth  or  lepidoperous  larva  I  was 
led  to  believe,  not  only  from  its  structure,  but  on  account  of  the 
fact  that  many  of  the  microlepidoptera  are  leaf  miners,  and 
that  two  of  them,  Proteoteras  aesculana  Riley  and  Steganop- 
tycha  clavpolimta  Riley,  are  borers  in  the  stems  of  the  com- 
pound leaves  of  the  horse  chestnut,  the  latter  having  been 
recorded  as  attacking  the  maple  by  Dr.  J.  A.  Lintner.t 

The  large  number  of  sawflies  obtained  soon  removed  any 
doubts  as  to  the  insect  causing  the  injury,  and  observations 
of  egg-laying  have  confirmed  the  proof. 

Specimens  were  sent  to  Dr.  Alexander  D.  MacGillivray,  of 
Cornell  University,  who  reported  it  as  a  new  species  belonging 
to  the  genus  Priophorus.  Dr.  MacGillivray  has  recently  de- 
scribed this  species  under  the  name  of  P.  acericauKs.t 

Literature. 

This  insect  seems  to  have  attracted  little  attention,  and  very 
little  has  been  written  about  it.  At  a  meeting  of  the  New  York 
Entomological  Society,  June  4th,  1895,  Rev.  J.  L.  Zabriskie 
stated  that  the  stems  of  maple  leaves  at  Flatbush,  Long  Island, 
were  injured  by  some  insect  which  caused  them  to  fall.g  The 
species  was  not  identified,  and  may  have  been  our  Priophorus, 

♦Report  New  Jersey  Agr.  Expt.  Station  for  1901,  p.  481. 
tTwcIfth  Report  New  York  State  Entomologist,  1896,  p.  214. 
tCanadian  Entomologist,  Vol.  38,  p.  305,  1906. 
{Journal  N.  Y.  Entomological  Society,  Vol.  Ill,  p.  144, 


320  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Nov.,  'o6 

but  Dr.  Lintner  considered  it  to  be  the  work  of  Steganoptycha 
claypoliana,  which  he  reported  as  attacking^  maples  in  Penn- 
sylvania, from  specimens  sent  to  The  Country  Gentleman  in 
1895.*  From  the  account  of  the  correspondent  I  should  pro- 
nounce the  injury  that  of  the  maple  leaf  stem  borer  or  sa>\-fly, 
but  if  Dr.  Lintner  really  obtained  the  adult  and  found  it  a 
moth,  the  report  must  be  accepted  as  authentic. 

In  corresponding  about  the  matter,  Dr.  E.  P.  Felt  states 
that  he  finds  no  records  or  specimens  in  the  New  York  State 
Museum,  which  indicate  that  adults  were  actually  reared  from 
the  leaves  by  Dr.  Lintner. 

It  is  quite  certain  that  Prof.  J.  B.  Smith  observed  the  same 

insect  in  New  Jersey  in  1901,^  or  two  years  after  it  was  first 

noticed  in  Connecticut,  but  had  not  been  able  to  obtain  the 

adults  in  1903.1 

Parasites. 

It  has  been  mentioned  that  parasites  were  reared  from  this 
sawfly.  Several  specimens  of  Anoplius  canadensis  Ashm.  were 
obtained  from  the  breeding  cages.  At  first  these  were  thought 
to  be  parasitic  upon  the  sawfly,  but  as  the  insects  of  this  genus 
parasitize  diptera  only,  so  far  as  is  known,  they  may  have 
attacked  a  dipterous  parasite  of  the  Priorphorus.  A  dipterous 
larva  was  noticed,  and  doubtless  many  more  occurred  in  the 
material.  A  chalcidid  parasite  resembling  Pteromalus  was 
reared  from  the  breeding  cages,  one  specimen  only  being  ob- 
tained. 

Remedies. 

No  experiments  have  been  made  with  remedies  against  this 
insect,  but  a  knowledge  of  its  life  history  enables  one  to  sug- 
gest a  possible  treatment.  Spraying  the  ground  under  the 
tree  with  kerosene  emulsion  about  June  15th,  when  the  insects 
are  going  into  the  soil,  will  doubtless  destroy  the  larvae ;  or  if 
the  land  be  not  in  turf,  cultivation  of  the  ground  at  this  time 
is  certain  to  kill  many  of  them.  As  the  insect  is  so  hard  to  rear, 
there  should  be  no  difficulty  in  controlling  it. 

tTwelfth  Report  N.  Y.  State  Entomologist,  p.  214. 
^Report  N.  J.  Agr.  Expt.  Station  for  1901,  p.  481. 
§  Report  N.  J.  Agr.  Exp.  Station  for  1903,  p.  557. 


Nov.,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  32 1 

I  here  wish  to  give  due  credit  to  my  assistant,  Mr.  B.  H. 
Walden,  who  has  assisted  in  gathering  material  and  in  caring 
for  the  breeding  cages.  The  photographs  Nos.  i,  2  and  3  of 
the  plate  were  also  made  by  Mr.  Walden. 

DESCRIPTION  OF  PLATE  XIV. 

1.  Longitudinal  section  of  maple  leaf  stem,  showing  larva  in  burrow, 

and  empty  burrow  partly  filled  with  castings.    Greatly  enlarged. 

2.  Priophorus  acericaulis  MacGillivray.    Adult  female.    About  three 

times  natural  size. 

3.  Leaf  stem  showing  exit  hole  of  larva. 

4.  Stems  which  have  dropped  from  the  tree. 

5.  Leaves  with  stems  severed  by  the  borer. 


I  <» 


The  Species  of  Cicada  related  to  tibicen. 

By  Herbert  Osborn. 

The  September  number  of  Entomological  News  contains 
an  interesting  article  by  Messrs.  Davis  and  Joutel  on  Cicada 
tibicen  and  allied  forms,  and  I  can  cordially  agree  with  the 
authors  in  their  conclusion  regarding  the  separation  of  the 
three  forms  and  also  agree  that  they  are  probably  correct  in 
placing  the  names  as  they  do.  though  it  is  a  difficult  matter  to 
determine  just  what  Say  had  in  hand  for  the  description  of 
pruinosa.  The  authors,  however,  seem  to  have  overlooked  two 
papers  in  which  the  separation  of  these  species  has  been  defi- 
nitely indicated.  The  first  article  is  by  Professor  P.  R.  Uhler, 
in  the  Maryland  Academy  of  Science,  Volume  "i,"  page  151, 
where  carticularis  Harris  is  definitely  separated  from  tibicen, 
but  in  which  pruinosa  is  still  retained  as  a  synonym  of  tibicen. 
The  other  paper  is  by  Professor  H.  Garman.  in  bulletin  107, 
Kentucky  Experiment  Station,  entitled  "17- Year  Locusts  in 
Kentucky,"  and  in  which  he  includes  reference  to  tibicen,  page 
89,  and  pruinosa,  page  91,  definitely  separating  these  forms 
and  giving  full  details  of  characters  by  which  to  differentiate 
them.  He  also  gives  photographic  figures  illustrating  both 
species.  Both  of  these  papers  it  must  be  admitted  are  rather 
inaccessible  and  easily  overlooked,  but  the  former  is  referred 
to  and  closely   followed   in    Prof.   MacGillivray *s   article  on 


322  ENTOMOLOGICAL  MEWS.  [Nov.,  *o6 

"Cicadidae-American  genera  and  species,"  Canadian  Entomo- 
logist, volume  33,  page  74  (1901). 

I  have  had  these  forms  separated  in  my  collection  for  several 
years  and  have  representatives  of  the  species  from  several  dif- 
ferent localities,  tihicen  having  a  somewhat  wider  range,  but 
examples  of  canicularis  from  Ohio  and  of  pruinosa  from  Ohio 
and  District  of  Columbia. 

In  this  connection  I  may  call  attention  to  another  form  which 
is  closely  related  to  ttbicen,  and  may  very  likely  have  been  con- 
fused with  it,  although  it  seems  to  be  of  rather  rare  occurrence. 
The  only  specimens  of  which  I  know  are  from  Ohio  and 
Indiana,  and  what  is  probably  the  male,  from  Florida.  I  have 
described  it  in  a  forthcoming  paper  on  the  Homoptera  of 
Ohio,  but  the  following  diagnosis  may  be  presented  in  this 
connection : 

Glcada  folTiiUi  n.  sp. 

Size  and  form  of  tibicen  and  closely  resembles  that  species, 
but  the  coloration  of  thorax  is  different,  the  light  part  being 
fulvous  and  the  hind  border  of  prothorax  black.  Length  of 
female,  32  mm. :  to  tip  of  wing,  51  mm.  Male,  32  mm. ;  to  tip 
of  wing,  50  mm. 

Head  black  with  narrow  tawny  stripe  on  middle  of  vertex.  Front 
black  proboscis  fulvous;  prothorax  black  and  greenish  fulvous,  the 
fulvous  occupying  a  central  patch  in  discal  portions  of  each  side.  The 
broad  hind  border  and  narrower  lateral  border  black.  Mesothorax 
fulvous  and  black,  the  black  occupying  the  central  area  and  irregular 
lines  at  margin.  The  elytra  transparent,  faintly  smoky,  veins  at  base 
green,  on  apical  portion  black.  Abdomen  black  above,  with  narrow 
pruinose  line  at  base.  Beneath  with  broad  central  polished  black  stripe 
and  at  each  side  is  a  broad  lateral  pruinose  border.  Legs  greenish  or 
olivaceous  fulvous.  The  last  ventral  segment  of  female  is  broadly  "V*- 
shaped. 

In  what  appears  to  be  the  male  of  this  species  the  opercula  are  of  very 
different  shape  from  those  of  tibicen  or  pruinosa,  being  rounded  or 
eHiptical  posteriorly  and  with  a  distinct  reflexed  border,  highly  polished, 
length,  9  mm.,  width,  6mm.,  distinctly  overlapping  on  inner  margin. 


mm   ■ 


Mr.  J.  A.  G.  Rrhn,  the  well-known  orthopterest,  was  married  to  Miss 
Dorothy  D.  Holmanof  West  Creek,  N.  J.,  on  October  24th. 


Nov.,  '06] 


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323 


Additional  List  of  Insects  Taken  in  Alpine  Regfion 

of  Mt.  Washington. 

By  Annie  Trumbull  Slosson. 

In  1894  I  printed  my  first  list  of  this  series.  Since  that 
time  I  have  published  eight  additional  lists,  nine  in  all,  and 
herewith  append  my  tenth.  This  one  includes  the  insects 
taken  by  me  during  summers  of  1905  and  1906  and  contains 
about  200  species,  many  of  them  new  to  science,  as  are  also 
two  or  three  genera.  As  usual  I  have  depended  much  upon 
speciali.stsin  the  different  groups  for  identifications  and  have 
received  very  kind  and  cheerfully-given  assistance  from  all. 


LBPIDOPTERA. 

HETEROCERA. 

Catocala  unijuga  IVa/Jt. 
Olethreutes  coruscana  C/em. 
"  fuscalbana  Zf//. 

Epinotia  pinicolana  Ze//. 
Alceris  hastiana  Linn. 
Tortrix  argentana  Clerck. 
Platynota  sentana  Clem. 
Phalonia  vitellinana  ZelL 
Gelechia  vernella  Murtf. 
Mompha  ?  sp  ? 
Micropteryx  griseocostelia  ?  IVa/sm. 

HTHENOFTBRA. 

BOMBIDvF.. 
Bombus  vagus  Sm. 

PROSOPIDIDiE. 
Prosopis  affinis  Sm. 

EUMENID^. 
Ancistrocerus  tigris  Sauss. 

BELYTID^. 
Psilomma  slossonse  Ashm.  n.  sp. 

DIAPRIID/^.. 
Trichopria  alticola  Ashm.  n.  sp. 


SCALIONIDif-. 

Hoplogryon      washingtonensis 
Ashm.  n.  sp. 

PLAT  YG  ASTER  IDiE. 
Polymecus  slossonse  Ashm.  n.  sp. 

FIGITID^. 

Aegilips  tnonticola  Ashm.  n.  sp. 
Anacharis  slossonae  Ashm.  s.  np. 

TORYMIDiE. 

Syntomospis  politse  Ashm.  n.  sp. 
Torymus  bedeguaris  Linn. 

MISCOGASTERID^. 
Latnprotatiis  nionticolay^.fAfif.  n.sp. 

CLEONYMID^. 
Mesostenus  montieola  Ashm.  n.  sp. 

ENCYRTID^. 

Cerchysius  maculipennis  Ashm. 
Blastothrix  sericeus  Daim. 
Encyrtid  gen.  ?  sp. 

PTEROMALID^.. 
Asaphes  vulgaris  Walk. 

EULOPHTD/f^. 
Aphelinus  bicolor  Ashm.  n.  sp. 
Sympiesis  sp.  ? 


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[Nov.,  '06 


ICHNEUMONID^. 

Ichneumon  jucundus  BrulU, 
Melophron     abdominalis     Ashm. 

n.  sp. 
Bathymetis  slossonae  Ashm.  n.  sp. 
Bathymetis  washingtonensis  Ashm, 
Adiostola  testaceipes  Ashm,  n.  sp. 
Ichyracis  americana  Ashm.  n.  sp. 
Stiboscopus      washingtonensis 

Ashm,  n.  sp. 
Pimpline  n.  gen.  et  n.  sp. 
Ephialteas  sp.  ? 
Ephialtomorpha   slossonae  Ashm, 

n.  gen.  et  n.  sp. 
Erigloea  longitarsis  Ashm.  n.  sp. 
Promethes  albicoxis  Ashm.  n.  sp. 
Triclastus  pygmseus  Cr. 
Amerolytus  flavifrons  Ashm. 
Orthocentrus  canadensis  P^ov, 
Hypolepus  alticola  Ashm. 
Deleter    washingtonensis    Ashm. 

n.  sp. 
Phcenosemus  alticola  Ashm.  n.  sp. 
Atmetus  pectoralis  Ashm.  n.  sp. 
Zaporus  alticola  Ashm.  n.  sp. 
Barycnemis  slossonae  Ashm.  n.  sp. 

ALYSIID^.. 
Mesocrina  sp. 

BRACONIDyE. 

Aphidius  phorodontis  Ashm. 
Lysiphiebus  slossonse  Ashm.  n.  sp. 
Macrocentrus  rufopleuralis  Ashm. 

n.  sp. 
Urogaster  camasis  Ashm. 
Glyptapanteles  alticola  ^^^#11.  n.sp. 
Habrobracon  pampeliae  Ashm. 

FORMICIDyE. 

Camponotus  herculeanus  ligniper- 
diis  Latr.  var.  pictus  Forel. 

Formica  sanguinea  aserva  Forel. 

Formica  fusca  subpolita  var.  iieoga- 
gates  Emery. 


Lasias  niger  Linn^  var.  americanus 

Emery, 
Lasius  umbratus  mixtus  Nyl.  var. 

aphidicola  Walsh, 
Dolichoderus     taschenbergi     var . 

gagates  Wheeler, 
Leptothorax  acerverum  canadensis; 

Ftov. 
Leptothorax  emersoni  Wheeler. 
Myrmica  rubra  scabrinodis  Nyl. 
Myrmica   rubra   scabrinodis  Ny^ , 

var.  schenki  Mein. 

OOUOPTBRA. 

CARABID^. 

Cychrus  lecontei  Dej, 
Amara  polita  Lee. 

**      si  mills  A^iV^^. 
Bembidium  nitidum  Kirby, 
Bradycellus  rupestris  Say, 

DYTISCID.i!:. 

Agabus  obtusatus  Say. 
Copelatus  glyphicus  Say. 

HYDROPHILID.t. 
Laccobius  agilis  Rand. 

SILPHID^. 

Anistoma  collaris  Lee. 
*•         strigata  ? 

STAPHYLINID^. 

Aleochara  fuscipes  Grav. 
Tachinus  repandus  Horn. 
Philonthus  quadricollis  Horn. 


ti 


? 


Syntomium  confragosum  Makl. 
Arpedium  sp. 
Micropeplus  tesserula  Curt. 

COCCINELLID.ii:. 
Mysia  pullata  Say. 

CUCUJIDvF.. 
Laemophlacus  convexulus  Lee. 


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325 


CRYPTOPHAGIDiE. 

Coenoscelis  sp. 


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Crosfmus  hirtus  Casey, 
Cryptophagus  sp. 

MYCETOPHAGID^. 

Litargus  6-punctatus  Say. 
Typhcea  fumata  Linn. 

DERMESTID^. 

Trogoderma  tarsale  Melsh, 
Dermestes  vulpinus  Fab, 

NITIDULIDiE. 

Stelidota  geminata  Say, 
Rhizophagus  bninneus  Horn. 

LATRIDIIDiC. 

Corticaria  ferruginea  Gyll. 
Latridius  breviclavus  Fall. 

PARNID^. 
Dryops  striatus  Lee. 

DASCYLLID.?!:. 
Ptilodactyla  serricollis  Say, 

ELATERIDiE. 
Corymbites  metallicus  Payk. 

LAMPYRID.?^. 

Podabrus  piniphilus  Esch, 
Telephorus  fraxini  Say. 
Malthodes  niger  Lee, 
Ditemnus  bidentatus  Say. 

PTINID^. 

Ccenocara  sp. 

Dinoderus  substriatus  Payk, 

SCARAB^ID^. 
Odontsus  cornigerus  Melsh, 

CERAMBYCID^.. 
Leptura  nigrella  Say, 


CHRYSOMELIDiE. 

Donacia  aequalis  Say. 
Phyllotreta  vittata  Fab. 
Diabrotica  12-punctata  Oliv. 
Haltica  torquata  Lee, 

TENEBRIONID^. 
Xylopinus  saperdioides  Oliv. 

MELANDRYIDiE. 
Serropalpus  striatus  Helw. 

CEPHALOID^-. 
Cephaloon  ungulare  Lee, 

MORDELLIDif^:. 
Mordella  boreal  is  Lee, 

ANTHICID^. 
Anthicus  floralis  Linn, 

Epicauta  pennsylvanica  DeG, 

RHINOMACERID^. 
Rhinomacer  elongatus  Lee, 

CURCULIONIDvE. 

Phytonomus  nigrirostris  Fab, 
Hylobius  pales  Hbst. 
Dorytomus  brevicollis  Lee. 
Elleschus  scanicus  Payk. 
Centrinus  denticornis  Casey, 

SCOLYTID^.. 

Pityophthorus  sparsus  Lee. 
Xyleborus  caelatus  Eich. 
Hylesinus  aculeatus  Say, 

DIPTBRA. 

Bibio  longipes  Loew. 
Culex  sylvestris  Theo. 
Chasmatonotus  bimaculatus  O,  S, 
Ceratopogon  specularis  Coq, 
Camptocladius  minimus  Meig. 
Tipula  serta  Loew, 


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Psychoda  slossoni  H^//. 

Hemerodromia  superstitiosa  Say, 

Leucostola  slossonae  John.  n.  sp. 

Dolichopus  acutninatus  Loew, 

Pelastoneura  vagans  Loew. 

Sympycnus  lineatus  Loew, 

Chrysotus  sp.  ? 

Hydrophorus  parvus  Loew. 

'*  pirata  Loew, 

Lonchoptera  lacustris  Meig. 

Syrphus  ribesii  Linn. 

Helophilus  glacialis  Loew. 

Neoascia  distincta  Will. 

Caricea  antica  Walk, 

Coenosia  nana  Zelt, 

"        n.  sp.  ? 

Cordylura  lutea  Loew. 

Tephronota  narytia  Walk, 

Urellia  Solaris  Loew. 

Sapromyza  4-lineata  Loew, 

Psilopa  similis  Coq. 

Hydrellia  hypoleuca  Loew, 

Hydrina  picta  Fall. 

**        debilis  Loew. 
Drosophila  imersa  Walk. 
Scaptomyza  adusta  Loew. 
Siphonella  cinerea  Loew, 
Chloropssp.  ? 
Oscinis  carbonaria  Loew. 
Agromyza  longipennis  Loew, 

HBMIPTERA. 

HETEROPTERA. 

Euschistus  variolaris  P,  B. 
'*  tristigmus  ^>/. 

fissilis  Uhl. 
Belonichilus  numenius  Say. 
Geocoris  griscus  Dall. 
Crophius  n.  sp. 
Pamera  n.  sp. 
Ptochiomcra  n.  sp 
Ligyrocoris  constrictus  Say. 
Trapezonatus  rufipes  Stal. 
Trapezonatus  n.  sp. 
Spragisticus  nebulosus  Fall, 
Drymus  (Megalonotus)  n.  sp. 
Rhyparochromus  com  pact  us  Uhl. 
Lygus  n.  sp. 
Lygus  belfragii  Reul. 
Camptobrochis  n.  sp. 


Pycnoderus  insignis  Rent, 
Neoborus  n.  sp.  ? 
Capsid  n.  gen.  n.  sp. 
Ilnacora  n.  sp. 
Mecomma  sp.  ? 
Dicyphus  californicus  Slal. 

veslitus  Uhl, 
Plagiognathus  sp.  ? 
Capsid  n.  gen.  n.  sp. 
Tetraphelps  n  sp. 
Xylocoris  americanus  Dull, 

HOHOPTBRA. 

Cyrtolobus  van  Say, 
Alymna  castanea  Fitch, 

**       querci  FUch, 
Ophiderma  flavoguttata  Gvdg, 
Telamona  monticola  Fab, 
Libiimia  pellucida  Fab, 
lutulenta  V,  D, 


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n.  sp.  ? 

Stenocranus  dorsalis  Fitch, 
Helicoptera  sp. 
Philaenus     spumarius     piistulatus 

Fall, 
Clastoptera  obtusa  Say, 

Idiocerus  productus  G.  &  B. 

*•         formosus  Ball, 

*'         suturalis  var,  vagus  Ball, 
Acocephalus  albifrons  Linn, 
Deltocephalus  minki  Fieb, 
Platymetopius  acutus  Say. 
Strongylocephalus  agrestis  Fall. 
Chlorotettix  lusoria  O.  &  B. 
Typhlocyba  nitidula  Fab. 

NEUROPTBRA. 

Aeschna  juncea  IJnn. 
Psocus  confralernus  Bks, 

**      moestus  Hag, 
Mesopsocus  unipunctatus  Muell. 
Peripsocus  madidus  Hag, 
Hemerobius  humili  Linn, 
Boriomyia  longifrons  Walk. 
Limnephilus  dispectus  Walk. 
Heteroplectron  boreale  Prozf. 

ARACHNIDA. 

Erigone  dentigera  Cambr, 
Thanatus  n.  sp. 


Nov.,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  327 

Texas  Notes* — II. 

By  E.  DwiGHT  Sanderson. 

The  En^tith  Grain  Lome 

Maerottj^aa  gnaarla  Buckton. 

This  species  was  found  common  in  the  grain  fields  of  north 
and  central  Texas.  The  species  was  first  sent  us  from  North 
Texas,  January  20,  1903,  where  it  had  been  mistaken  for  the 
southern  grain  louse  ( Toxoptera  graminum) ,  other  specimens 
were  similarly  received  during  February  and  March. 

Colonies  were  started  in  tubes  in  the  laboratory  January 
21,  1903,  and  progeny  from  them  were  maintained  until  about 
May  1st.  Conditions  were  hardly  favorable  for  the  maximum 
reproduction  in  the  tubes,  but  ten  females  whose  record  was 
kept  produced  an  average  of  31  young  each  in  17.4  days,  or  an 
average  of  1.7  each  per  day.  All  of  these  females  were 
winged  but  two,  whose  rate  averaged  2.2  young  per  day.  The 
time  required  for  the  development  of  the  individual  was  ob- 
served in  fifteen  cases  and  was  found  to  average  12  days, 
ranging  from  8  to  17  days. 

Young  born  January  20,  matured  and  reproduced  February 
3,  which  reproduced  February  11,  which  young  reproduced 
March  2,  which  became  mature  March  17  and  bore  young  of 
record  March  31,  which  became  mature  and  reproduced  young 
April  15,  which  became  adult  April  26.  Thus,  there  were  six 
generations  in  96  days,  the  young  of  one  generation  not  having 
been  isolated  until  15  days  after  reproduction  commenced,  so 
that  the  minimum  time  for  the  six  generations  would  have  been 
about  80  days. 

Of  the  young  bom  March  31,  part  developed  into  the 
winged  males  and  apterous  oviparous  females,  while  others 
became  viviparous  females,  which  gave  birth  to  young  which 
became  sexual.  The  young  stages  of  the  sexual  individuals 
Were  noticeably  pinkish  in  contrast  to  the  usual  yellowish- 
g^reen.  The  sexes  differ  from  the  viviparous  form  in  the  usual 
manner. 

^pierous  oviparous  fentaU, 

One  specimen,  1.9  mm.  long  by  i  mm.  wide ;  antenme  ^  mm.,  seg- 
ments, 3,  aso  mm.;  4,  0.35  mm.;  5,  0.30  mm.;  6,  o.io  mm.;  7,  0.50  mm.; 


328  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Nov.,  *o6 

cornicle,  0.43  mm. ;  cauda,  0.21  mm.  Somewhat  smaller  than  viviparous 
form.  At  first  yellow,  then  turning  green  and  darker  green.  Head  light 
brown.  Distal  two-thirds  of  femora,  tip  of  tibia,  tarsi  and  cornicles 
black,  antennae  black.  Conspicuous  horizontal  black  marking  in  pit  of 
connexivum  on  either  side,  these  being  more  or  less  connected  by  black 
lines  on  the  sutures  of  the  first  six  abdominal  segments  and  coalescing 
to  form  a  faint  but  distinct  black  spot  on  abdominal  segments  4-6. 
Meta-tibia  with  numerous  pores. 

Winged  male. — Antennae,  2.8  mm.;  segments,  3,  0.68  mm.;  4,  0.50 
mm.;  5,  0.46  mm.;  6,  0.14  mm.;  7,  0.78  mm.;  cornicle,  0,14  mm.;  cauda, 
0.14  mm.;  wing  3.35  mm.  long.  The  third  antennal  segment  with  35  to 
50  sensoria,  the  fourth  segment  with  a  row  of  10  to  12  on  basal  two- 
thirds,  about  10  large  sensoria  on  distal  two-thirds  of  fifth  segment,  and 
usual  large  sensoria  at  tip  of  sixth  and  seventh  segments.  Similar  to 
winged  viviparous  female,  but  reddish  to  reddish-brown,  with  black 
markings  on  either  side  of  dorso-meson  of  abdominal  segments, 
especially  on  the  seventh  segment  where  the  marking  converges  on 
the  meson. 

The  sexual  forms  were  not  found  in  the  field  nor  were  we 
able  to  secure  them  from  viviparous  females  in  May.  Whether 
this  is  the  normal  time  for  the  appearance  of  the  sexes  in 
Texas,  and  where  they  occur  in  nature,  or  whether  their  ap- 
pearance was  due  to  the  rearing  in  confinement  for  several 
generations,  are  open  questions.  We  know  of  no  previous 
record  of  the  sexes,  though  Prof.  F.  M.  Webster  informs 
us  that  he  secured  them  many  years  ago. 

Mr.  Th.  Pergande  has  given  very  complete  descriptions  of 
the  viviparous  forms  (Bulletin  44,  Division  of  Entomology, 
U.  S.  Dept.  Agr.,  pg.  14).  Mr.  C.  E.  Sanborn  has  kindly 
drawn  up  a  description  of  the  form  common  in  Texas.  Seem- 
ingly the  only  difference  between  this  species  and  Macrosiphum 
cerealis  Kalt.  is  in  the  latter  species  lacking  the  black  markings 
of  the  abdomen  of  the  former.  The  sizes  as  given  by  Pergande 
are  so  variable  that  it  would  be  impossible  to  distinguish  the 
species  by  size.  Unfortunately,  when  specimens  are  mounted  in 
balsam,  it  is  sometimes  extremely  difficult  to  distinguish  the 
black  maculations  on  the  abdomen.  Specimens  should  there- 
fore always  be  described  as  to  color  before  mounting  or  pre- 
serving.  Some  further  distinction  for  mounted  specimens  is- 
therefore  a  desideratum,  as  unfortunately  the  two  species  have^ 
been  inextricably  confused  in  the  economic  literature  of  this- 
country  and  will  probably  continue  to  be  unless  clearly  dis- 
tinguished. 


Nov.,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  329 

Coleoptera  of  the  Sacramento  Mountains  of  New 

Aexico. — III. 

By  W.  Knaus^  McPherson,  Kansas. 

June  12  to  18,  1905,  were  spent  in  collecting  Coleoptera  at  or 
near  Cloudcroft,  New  Mexico.  Of  this  time  a  part  of  a  day 
was  spent  at  Alamogordo,  at  the  foot  of  the  Sacramento 
Mountains,  and  one  day  at  Santa  Rosa,  at  the  crossing  of  the 
Pecos  River.  I  had  collected  over  the  same  region  in  1902 ;  and 
at  the  same  season,  but  of  the  seventy  species  here  listed,  at 
least  sixty-five  of  them  did  not  occur  or  were  not  seen  at  the 
time  covered  by  these  dates. 

Of  the  species  here  listed,  seventeen  are  new  to  New  Mexico. 
Fourteen  are  new  to  southern  New  Mexico,  five  genera  are  new 
to  the  territory  and  one  family  is  also  new  to  the  territory. 

Most  of  the  species  have  been  identified  by  Mr.  H.  C.  Fall, 
of  Pasadena,  Cal.,  to  whom  thanks  are  due.  The  localities  for 
species  other  than  Cloudcroft,  Wootens,  Alamogordo,  Conant 
and  Santa  Rosa  should  be  credited  to  the  "Coleoptera  of  New 
Mexico,"  unpublished,  by  Messrs.  H.  C.  Fall  and  T.  D.  A. 
Cockerell,  the  latter  gentleman  having  kindly  given  the 
localities. 

1  20    Cicindela  nigrocaerulea  Lee.     On  flats  east  of  Alamogordo, 

along  streams  from  overflow  of  irrigation  ditch.  In 
numbers,  varying  from  the  typical  blue-black  through 
various  shades  of  green  to  black.  Also  known  from 
Deming  and  Luna. 

2  38    Cicindela  Havo punctata  Chevr.     One  specimen,  same  locality 

as  above.    New  to  New  Mexico. 

3  39    Cicindela  tenuisignata  Lee.    Common,  same  locality  as  above. 

Also  from  Mesilla  Park. 

4    Dyschirius  sp.     One  specimen,  Cloudcroft. 

5  936    Finacodera  puncHgera  Lee     One  specimen,  Cloudcroft,  also 

from  the  Organ  Mountains. 

6    Tachycellus  turbatus  Fall.     Common  in  canons  surrounding 

Cloudcroft. 

7  1 221    Halyplus  triopsis  Say.    One  specimen,  Wootens,  previously 

recorded  from  Albuquerque. 

8  1297    Coelambus  nubilis  Lee.     One  specimen,  Fresnal  Creek,  also 

from  Mesilla  Valley. 


330  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  [Nov.,  'o6 

9     1613    Bcrosus  infuscatus  Lee.     One   specimen,   Alamogordo.  also 

recorded   from  Roswell. 
ID    Homalota  sp.    One  specimen,  Cloudcroft. 

11    Staphylinus  modestus  Fall.     One  specimen,    Fresnal  CancKi 

near  Cloudcroft. 

12  2170    Philonthus  Havolimbatus   Erichson.      One    specimen,   Cloud- 

croft.    Recorded  from  numerous  other   localities. 

13  2182    Philonthus    alumnus    Er.      One    female     specimen,    Qoud- 

croft.     Also  from  Mesilla  Park  and   Thornton. 

14  9858    Baeocera  texana  Csy.    Two  specimens,  Cloudcroft.     New  to 

New  Mexico. 

15    Neomedon   sp.    Not    described    from    United    States.     One 

specimen,  Cloudcroft.    Genus  new  to  New  Mexico. 

16    Siagonum  sp.    One  specimen,  Santa  Rosa. 

17  2980    Scaphisoma  castaneum  Mots.     Two  specimens,    Cloudcroft 

New  to  New  Mexico. 

18  9873    Phalacrus  sayi  Csy.    One  specimen,  Wootens.     New  to  south- 

ern New  Mexico. 

19    Eustilbus  sp.     One  specimen,  Wootens. 

20  3160    Scymnus   coniferarium  Cr.     One   specimen    on    young  pine 

shoot,  Cloudcroft    New  to  southern  Neiv  Mexico. 

21  3173    Epilachna  corrupta  Muls.     Common,  damaging  potato  vines 

and  beans,  near  Wootens. 

22    Agathengis  sp.    One  specimen,  Wootens. 

23  3466    Hister   subopacus    Lee.      One    soecimen    under    pine    bark, 

Cloudcroft.     New  to  New  Mexico. 

24  3497    Hister  militaris  Horn.     Three  specimens.     Santa   Rosa  and 

Alamogordo.    New  to  southern  New  Mexico. 

25  3637    Plegederus    nitidus   var.    Horn.      Common    in     channels    of 

Scolytus   under   pine   bark,    Cloudcroft      New    to    New 
Mexico. 

26  3699    Epurae  ambigua  Mann.     One  specimen  at  Cloudcroft.      New 

to  New  Mexico. 

27  3760    Ips  cylindricus  Lee.    A  broken  specimen,  Cloudcroft.     New  to 

New   Mexico. 

28  3833     Trogosita  virescetis  Feb.     One  specimen,  Wootens.      New  to 

southern  New  Mexico. 

29  3848    Pcltis  pippingskoeldi  Mann.    One  specimen,  Cloudcroft.     New 

to  southern   New   Mexico. 

30  3849    Peltis  ferruginea  Linn.     Two   specimens,   Cloudcroft.      New 

to  New  Mexico. 

31     Melanotes  sp.     One  specimen,  Cloudcroft. 

32  4641     Chrysobothrns   cuprascens  Lee.     One   specimen,    Cloudcroft 

New  to  southern  New  Mexico. 

33 Agrilus  sp.     One  specimen,   Wootens. 


Nov.,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  33I 

34  4943    Telephorus  ruHcoUis  Lcc.     Four  specimens,  Cloudcroft  and 

Wootens.    New  to  southern  New  Mexico, 

35    Coelestethus  alternatus   Fall.     Two   specimens,   Cloudcroft. 

Recorded  from  Wootens. 

36  5430    Canthon  puncticollis  Lee.    Two  specimens,  male  and  female, 

Alamogordo.     Also  from  Deming  and  other  points. 
Z7    5458    Onthophagus  hecate  Panz.    Alamogordo  and  Fresnal  Canon. 

Also  from  Rio  Ruidoso  and  other  points. 

37  5481    Rhyssemus  califomicus  Horn.     One  specimen,  Santa  Rosa. 

New  to  New  Mexico. 

39  5533    Aphodius  lividus  Oliv.     Common  at  Santa  Rosa,  occasion- 

ally found  at  Alamogordo  and  Wootens.    Other  records 
are  Albuauerque  and  Thornton. 

40    Aphodius   n.    sp.    near   crassulus    Horn.     Common,    Qoud- 

croft  to  Wootens. 

41  10203    Aphodius   pumilus   Horn.     Common    at   Alamogordo,    also 

from  Astex  and  Santa  Fe. 

42    Dichelonycha  n.  sp.    Occurs  on  scrub  oak,  young  pines,  wild 

roses   and  willows   from  Cloudcroft   summit  9,200  feet 
down  to  Wootens  7,000  feet.     New  to  New  Mexico. 

43  6240    Toxotus   trivitiatus   var.   Say.     On   scrub   oak,   Cloudcroft 

New   to   New   Mexico. 

44  6273    Acmaeops  proteus  Kirby,  var.     Two  specimens,  Cloudcroft. 

New  to  southern  New  Mexico. 

45  6332    Leptura  canadensis  Fab.  var.    One  elytron  under  bark.  Cloud- 

croft. 

46  6655    Pachybrachys  morosus  Hald.      Cloudcroft.     New  to  south- 

ern  New  Mexico. 

47    Pachybrachys  morosus  Hald.  var.    Cloudcroft 

48    Pachybrachys  sp.  near  lus trans  Lee.    Cloudcroft 

49  6720    Xanthonia  jo-notata  Say.     On  pines,   Qoudcroft     New  to 

southern  New  Mexico. 

50  10370    Colaspoidea  viridimicans  Horn.    Several  specimens  at  Conant. 

51  6915    Monoxia   puncticollis    Say.     Four   specimens,    Santa    Rosa, 

reported  from  Roswell  and  other  points. 
57    6918    Monoxia    sordida    Say.      One    specimen,    Wootens.       Also 

Mesilla  Valley. 

53    Monoxia  new  sp.    On  heads  of  young  balsam  fir,  Cloudcroft. 

54  6962    Haltica  carinata  Germ.     Wootens.     New  to  southern  New 

Mexico. 

55  7046    Chaetocnema  subviridis  Lee.    Several  specimens,  Santa  Rosa. 

Also  near  Silver  City. 

56    Araeoschizus    sp.    possibly    fimbratus    Csy.      One    specimen, 

Santa  Rosa. 

57 Fmbaphion  n.  sp.     Several  specimens  under  pine  bark  and 

chips,  Cloudcroft.    New  to  New  Mexico. 


332  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Nov..  'o6 

58    Conibius  n.  sp.     One  specimen,  Santa  Rosa,  Genus  new  to 

New  Mexico. 

59  7519    Platydema  oregonensis  Lcc.    One  specimen,  Cloudcroft.  New 

to  southern  New  Mexico. 

60  7704    Mycterus  concolor  Lee.    Several  specimens,  Wootens.    Kcw 

to  southern  New  Mexico. 

61  7707    Lecontia  discicollis  Lee.  var.    One  specimen  under  pine  bark, 

Cloudcroft.     New  to  southern  New  Mexico. 

62  7717    Salpingus  virescens  Lee.     One  specimen,  Wootens.     New  to 

southern  New  Mexico. 

63    Epicauta  n.  sp.    Four  specimens,  Wootens. 

64  8198    Rhinomacer  comptus  Lee.    One  specimen,  Cloudcroft.    Fam- 

ily, genus  and  species  new  to  New  Mexico. 

65  8342    Sitones  lineellus  Gyll.     One  specimen,  Cloudcroft.     New  to 

New  Mexico. 

66    Apion  disparipes  Fall.    One  female  specimen,  Wootens.    Also 

from  Las  Cruces. 

67    Macrops  sp.    One  specimen,  Santa  Rosa. 

68  10923    Smicronyx  spretus  Dietz.    One  specimen,  Wootens.     New  to 

New  Mexico. 

69    Sphenophorus  sp.    One  specimen,  Santa  Rosa. 

70  9224    Brachytarsus  griseus  Lee.     One  specimen,  Wootens.     Genus 

and  species  new  to  New  Mexico. 

A  New  Species  of  Proscopid  (Acrididae)   from  the 

Amazon  Regfion. 

By  James  A.  G.  Rehn. 
Taziarchns  paraeniis  n.  sp. 

Types: —  S  and  $  ;  Obidos,  State  of  Para,  Amazonian 
Brazil.    A.  N.  S.  Philadelphia. 

Allied  to  T.  superbus  Brunner  from  Upper  Amazonia,  but 
differing  in  the  slenderer  body,  the  very  much  long^er  and 
slenderer  pronotum,  the  absence  of  distinct  denticles  on  the 
mesopleura,  which  are  somewhat  constricted  cephalad,  and  in 
the  more  subequal  rostrum.  From  T.  septentrionalis  Bruner,* 
from  Costa  Rica,  it  differs  in  the  slightly  smaller  general  size 
and  the  much  shorter  limbs  of  the  female,  while  the  male  has 
the  pronotum  longer  than  in  the  Costa  Rican  species,  and  the 
number  of  spines  on  the  external  margins  of  the  caudal  tibiae 
is  at  least  four  less  than  in  septentrionalis. 

♦Ent.  News,  xvi,  p.  314, 


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334  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Nov., 'o6 

Size  rather  large;  cephalic  and  thoracic  regions  thickly  but  bluntly 
tuberculate.     Head  greatly  prolonged,  particularly  in  the  male,  the  por- 
tion immediately  caudad  of  the  eyes  strongly  and  roundly  constnaed 
in  the  male;  the  length  considerably  more  than  half  the  length  of  the 
prothorax  in  the  female,  very  slightly  more  in  the  male ;  vertex  in  the 
male  a  quadrate  peg-like  process,  shorter  than  the   length  of  the  c}^ 
slightly  tapering  and  with  the  apex  truncate,  in  the    female  quadrate 
with  the  angles  more  acute,  equal  to  the  length  of  the  eye,  hardly  taper- 
ing, the  apex  bluntly  rounded;   antennae  very   short,    about   tw^ice  the 
length  of  the  rostrum  in  the  male,  very  slightly  longer  in  the  female; 
eyes  very  prominent  in  the  male,  ovate  in  outline  when  viewed  laierad. 
approaching  closer  cephalid  than  caudad,  in  the  female  moderately  promi- 
nent.     Prothorax  elongate,  the  greatest  width   (inter-coxaH   coniained 
nearly  nine  times  in  the  length  in  the  male  and  about  five  and  a  half 
times  in  the  female,  cylindrical  in  the  male,  somewhat  depressed  in  the 
female:  cephalic  margin  subtruncate  mesad,  slightly  expanded  laterad; 
caudal  margin  sinuato-truncate,  very  slightly  expanded  in  the  male  and 
not  appreciably  so  in  the  female;  no  median  carina  present   in  the  male,  a 
very  blunt  and  low  one  present  in  the  female,  weak  mesad ;  prostemum 
separated  from  the  pronotum  by  a  distinct  sulcus,  rounded  in  the  male, 
tectate  in  the  female  with  the  central  ridge  bearing  a    slight  shallow 
median  sulcus;  coxae  shielded  cephalad  by  a  rounded  projecting  plate, 
more  prominent  in  the  female  than  in  the  male.    Mesothorax  consider- 
ably depressed,  the  pronotal  carina  continued  caudad  on  the  mesonotum 
in  the  female;  mesopleura  tuberculate,  not  spined.     Metathorax  about 
equal  to  the  mesothorax  in  width,  somewhat  depressed  caudad  in  the 
female.    Abdomen  very  considerably  longer  than  the  head  and  thorax, 
cylindrical  m  the  male,  with  a  median  carina  in  the  female;  supra-ana! 
plate  of  the  male  half  ovate,  cerci  very  short    Cephalic  femora  about 
half  the  length  of  the  pronotum  in  both  sexes,  very  slightly  enlarged 
distad,  tibiae  about  equal  to  th^  femora  in  length.     Median  femora  and 
tibiae  about  equal  in  size  and  form  to  the  cephalic  in  the    female  but 
more  robust,  in  the  male  distinctly  shorter  than  the  cephalic.     Caudal 
femora  about  equal  to  the  prothorax  and  mesothorax  in   length,  very 
slightly  longer  than  the  same  segments  in  the  female,  slightly  inflated 
in  the  proximal  half,  dorsal  margin  of  the  genicular  region  with  a  spine 
on  each  side;  caudal  tibiae  very  slightly  longer  than  the   femora,  sub- 
quadrate   in   section,   slightly   but  distinctly  arcuate,    the    outer    dorsal 
margins  with  thirteen  to  sixteen  spines,  the  inner  dorsal  margins  with 
six  to  nine  spines. 

General  color  olivaceous  brown,  mixed  with  tawny-olive,  particularly 
in  the  male  and  on  the  pronotum  in  the  female.  Eyes  clove-brown  in 
the  male,  of  the  general  color  in  the  female. 

Measurements,     cf  ? 

Length  of  body 84.5  mm.  129.5  mm. 

Length  of  head  (dorsal) 10    mm.  16.5  mm. 

Length  of  vertex 1.8  mm.  4.    mm. 

Length  of  prothorax  24,5  mm.  31.    mm. 

Length  of  meso  and  metathorax....  6.5mm.  11.    mm. 

Length  of  caudal  femur 27.   mm.  39.    mm. 

Length  of  caudal  tibia 27.5  mm.  41.5  mm. 

The  typical  pair  are  the  only  specimens  available  for  exam- 
ination. 


Nov.,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  335 

A  new  genus  of  Lygaeidae  from  Japan. 

By  Dr.  E.  Bergroth,  Duluth,  Minn. 

Togo  n.  gen. 

Body  elongate.  Head  exserted,  nearly  as  broad  as  long  and 
broader  than  apex  of  pronotum,  narrowing  behind  the  eyes, 
postociilar  lateral  margins  as  long  as  the  eyes,  which  are  of 
moderate  size,  a  little  prominent,  obliquely  oval  seen  in  pro- 
file, ocelli  twice  as  far  separated  from  each  other  as  from 
the  eyes,  tylus  somewhat  produced  beyond  the  juga,  the  throat 
a  little  longitudinally  convex,  first  antennal  joint  passing  the 
apex  of  the  head  by  half  its  length,  first  joint  of  rostrum  not 
reaching  the  posterior  margins  of  the  eyes,  second  joint  as  long 
as  first,  passing  the  apex  of  the  prosternum  by  about  half  its 
length  (remaining  joints  not  clearly  seen,  owing  to  specimen 
being  carded).  Pronotum  constricted  far  behind  the  middle, 
anterior  lobe  nearly  four  times  as  long  as  posterior  lobe,  its 
sides  broadly  convex,  rounded,  almost  imperceptibly  carinated, 
collar  distinct  with  a  transverse  row  of  punctures,  posterior 
lobe  with  basal  margin  almost  straight,  lateral  angles  rounded, 
not  prominent.  Scutellum  about  as  long  as  broad.  Metaster- 
num  with  acutely  produced  posterior  angles.  Hemelytra  ab- 
breviated, reaching  a  little  beyond  the  middle  of  the  penulti- 
mate abdominal  segment,  clavus  with  three  rows  of  punctures, 
the  external  row  straight  and  regular,  the  two  inner  rows 
somewhat  irregular  and  confused,  claval  suture  more  than 
twice  as  long  as  the  straight  apical  margin  of  the  corium,  claval 
commissure  nearly  as  long  as  the  scutellum,  membrane  very 
short,  appearing  as  a  rounded  border  to  the  apical  margin  of 
the  cordium.  Abdomen  a  trifle  narrower  than  the  hemelytra, 
the  last  dorsal  segment  in  the  male  rounded  at  apex  and  pass- 
ing the  apex  of  the  connexivum.  Anterior  femora  strongly 
incrassated  with  some  larger  and  smaller  spines  on  the  under- 
side from  the  apex  to  not  far  from  the  base;  anterior  tibiae  a 
little  shorter  than  the  femora,  strongly  curved  towards  the 
base,  in  the  male  with  a  strong  tooth  just  behind  the  middle. 
First  joint  of  posterior  tarsi  not  quite  twice  as  long  as  the 
two  apical  joints  together. 

Allied  to  the  Indian  genus  Fontejanus  Bredd.  and  very  simi- 
lar to  it  in  facies.  In  both  these  genera  the  anterior  lobe  of  the 
pronotum  is  so  considerably  elongated  that  the  forelegs  are 
inserted  but  little  before  the  middle  of  the  body.  The  new 
genus  is,  however,  easily  distinguished  from  Fontejanus  by  the 
exserted  head,  the  less  separated  ocelli,  the  much  shorter  basal 
joint  of  the  rostrum,  the  longer  hemelytra  (these  particularly 
having  the  claval  suture  and  commissure  much  longer)  and  the 
unarmed  middle  femora.     The  anterior  male  tibiae,  too,  are 


336  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Nov.,  'o6 

toothed  much  nearer  to  the  middle  and  the  basal  joint  of  the 

hind  tarsi  is  shorter. 

Togo  Tlctor  n.  sp. 

Dull  black,  antennae,  first  and  second  joint  of  rostrum,  apical  margin 
of  prothorax  (narrowly)  and  lateral  margins  of  abdomen  tawny,  first 
antennal  joint  towards  the  base  and  extreme  apex  of  second  joint 
fuscous,  apex  of  third  joint  and  the  whole  fourth  joint  blackish,  basal 
border  of  pronotum,  corium,  clavus.  extreme  apex  of  scutellum,  aceta- 
bular margins  (obscurely)  and  posterior  angles  of  metastemum  whit- 
ish, some  small  spots  to  hemelytra  fuscous,  apical  margin  of  corium 
fuscous,  more  broadly  so  towards  the  apical  angle,  legs  pale  yellow, 
anterior  femora  (except  base  and  extreme  apex)  and  apical  halves  of 
middle  and  posterior  femora  black,  extreme  apex  of  tibiae  and  the 
whole  last  joint  of  tarsi  fuscous.  Head  very  thickly  and  finely 
punctured,  second  antennal  joint  more  than  twice  as  long  as  first,  third 
joint  somewhat  shorter  than  second,  fourth  about  as  long  as  second. 
Pronotum  not  fully  twice  as  long  as  the  head,  a  little  broader  at  the 
base  than  half  the  length,  finely  punctured  but  less  thickly  so  than  the 
head,  anterior  lobe  moderately  convex  with  its  greatest  width  a  little 
behind  the  middle,  where  it  is  distinctly  broader  than  the  head,  posterior 
lobe  slightly  narrower  than  the  anterior  lobe.  The  breast  finely  moder- 
ately thickly  punctured.  Hemelytra  one  fourth  longer  than  the  pro- 
notum, corium  rather  finely  and  thinly  punctured  with  brown,  lateral 
border  impunctate,  membrane  blackish.  Abdomen  clothed  with  very 
fine  and  short  yellowish  sericeous  pubescence.    Length,  cf  6.5  mm. 

Japan  (Tokyo)  ;  found  by  Mr.  Kuwana. — Col.  C.  F.  Baker. 


Two  new  Termites* 

By  Nathan  Banks. 

There  has  recently  been  a  great  awakening  in  the  collection 
and  study  of  termites.  Our  forms  are  not  numerous,  so  that 
there  is  not  the  stimulating  prize  of  new  species  to  quicken  the 
student,  yet  we  have  some  very  interesting  genera.  Among 
them  is  Termopsis,  a  new  species  of  which  I  describe  from 
Arizona,  and  a  most  curious  form  from  Florida.  So  striking 
is  the  soldier  of  this  species  that  I  do  not  hesitate  to  consider  it 
a  new  genus.  These  two  new  species,  together  with  two 
recently  described  by  Desneux,  make  about  twelve  species  of 
termites  from  our  country. 

CRTPT0TEBHE8  n.  gen. 
No  ocelli  in  any  stage ;  no  plantula  to  tarsi ;  only  costal  vena- 
tion to  wings  distinct,  this  consistitig  of  a  subcostal  vein  along 
the  margin  to  tip  and  a  closely  parallel  radius  with  three 
branches  runnng  into  the  subcosta.  There  are  two  spurs  at 
apex  of  all  tibiae :  four  tarsal  joints,  the  last  much  the  longest, 
with  a  lobe  at  base,  claws  are  verv  stout  on  base,  faintly 
toothed  at  middle,  and  then  very  slender.  The  soldier  has  the 
'•^ad  enlarged  in  front,  with  a  great  cavity  on  the  face,  evi- 
dently used  to  close  passages  of  nest. 


Nov.,  '06] 


ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS. 


337 


GryptotiniM  ctTiironi  n.  sp. 

Soldier. — Yellowish  brown  abdomen  whitish,  antennae  white,  ante- 
rior part  of  head  and  the  mandibles  jet  black.  Head  greatly  enlarged  in 
front  so  that  seen  from  above  it  is  nearly  square,  constricted  sides,  and 
an  emarginate  front-line,  in  front  there  is  a  great,  broad  cavity  from 
antennae  and  mandibles  up  to  vertex,  the  mandibles  are  larjjc  and  long, 
and  much  curved;  the  antennae  are  about  as  long  as  head,  with  13  joints. 
The  pronotum  is  broader  than  long,  with  slightly  convex  sides.  The 
eyes  are  distinct,  a  little  behind  antennae. 

Winged  male. — Pale  yellowish  brown,  legs  and  antennae  paler;  wings 
hyaline,  the  costal  veins  yellowish;  a  black  dot  each  side  on  front  of 


a,  side  of  bead. 

A,  top  of  bead  and  prothorax. 

c,  prothorax  of  winged  male. 

d,  tarsus. 

E>ronotum.  Eyes  large,  nearly  reaching  antennal  sockets.  Wings  quite 
^ong.  a  subcostal  vein  to  tip,  a  radius  with  branches  ending  at  same 
E>1ace  as  subcosta;  in  fore-wings  the  radius  has  three  oblique  branches, 
Running  into  subcosta,  the  first  arising  beyond  middle  of  wing,  the  second 
before  end  of  first,  the  third  opposite  end  of  second;  in  hind-wings 
tlicrc  is  also  a  cross-vein  beyond  the  third  branch.  Antennae  with  six- 
teen joints;  pronotum  broader  than  long,  corners  rounded. 

Worker. — Pale  whitish  or  yellowish.  Antennae  eleven  or  twelve- 
jointed. 

Several  specimens  from  Kissimmee,  Florida,  in  rotten  wood. 
Viemioptii  Uticops  n.  sp. 

Soldier. — Head  bright  red-brown,  darkest  in  front;  mandibles  shin- 
ingf  black;  pronotum  reddish  yellow:  abdomen  and  legs  pale  yellowish; 
antennae  yellowish  brown.  Similar  in  most  respects  to  T.  angusticollis, 
but  the  head  is  much  broader,  especially  behind,  than  in  that  species; 
the  pronotum,  however,  is  not  broader,  so  that  the  head  behind  is  twice 
as  wide  as  the  pronotum;  antennae  about  twenty-two- jointed. 

Winged  male. — Similar  to  T.  angusticollis.  but  with  a  slightly  broader 
liead;  the  eyes  much  larger  than  in  that  species;  their  anterior  edge 
reaching  the  antennal  <;ockets.  The  costal  margin  of  the  wings  is  much 
paler  than  in  T.  angusticollis,  but  the  venation  is  similar  to  that  species. 

Several  from  Florence  and  Douglas,  Arizona,  August  (Snow 
and  Biederman). 


338  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Nov.,  'o6 

Notes  on  the  Habits  of  Cicindela. 

By  Richard  Moore,  M.  D.,  Rochester,  N.  Y. 

The  following  notes  were  made  during  a  term  of  enforced 
idleness,  and  although  these  observations  on  the  habits  of 
Cicindela  repanda  and  purpurea  may  be  common  knowledge  to 
most  entomologists,  I  have  never  seen  them  in  print  and  they 
may  be  new  to  some. 

Their  habits  were  studied  both  in  the  field  with  the  use  of  an 
opera  glass,  and  while  they  were  confined  in  a  box  with  glass 
sides.  This  cage  was  placed  on  a  table  and  allowed  the  observa- 
tion of  their  actions  to  be  made  with  the  greatest  ease. 

Besides  the  usual  habitat  of  dirt  roads,  paths  in  grass}- 
swards  and  bare  places  generally,  C  purpurea  was  found  in 
fields  where  the  g^ass  was  short  and  sparse,  with  small  open 
places  the  size  of  one's  hand.    In  such  places  they  do  not  flushi 
easily,  and  instead  of  flying  when  disturbed  made  their  escape 
by  running  in  and  out  of  the  grass,  hiding  under  a  tuft  o€ 
grass,  more  like  a  carabid  than  a  cicindelid.     In  the  earlv 
spring,  on  hot  days,  they  were  found   in  numbers   in   suchi. 
places,  very  lively  and  active.    In  August  and  September  they 
were  found  only  in  roadways  and  lanes  where  the  grass  has 
been  worn  away  by  travel,  disporting  themselves  more  soberly 
than  their  spring  brethren.    They  are  strong  fliers,  but  usually 
content  themselves  with  short  excursions,  unless  persistently 
pursued.    When  pursued  they  fly  a  few  feet  farther  down  the 
path,  then  alight;  this  will  be  repeated  once  or  twice,  but  if 
still  disturbed,  they  turn  from  the  path  and  alight  in  the  grass 
alongside  of  it.    They  are  strong  and  rapid  runners,  and  aftef 
dropping  in  the  grass,  run  with  great  rapidity  towards   an 
open  space  and  either  take  flight  immediately  or  lie  crouched 
to  the  ground,  ready  to  take  wing  if  further  disturbed.     They 
are  diurnal  in  habit,  but  in  the  early  spring  and  summer,  if  the 
day  was  hot,  they  remained  active  until  late  in  the  evening" 
and  then  retired  for  the  night  under  a  chip  of  wood  or  stone. 
In  late  summer  and  fall  they  were  found  on  cloudy  and  cool 
days,  in  small  burrows,  dug  at  the  foot  of  clayey  banks  or  even 
in  the  sides  of  a  wac^oii  rut,  lying  in  wait  for  any  small  insect 
that  may  come  near,  rushing  out  at  these,  and,  if  making  a  cap- 


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ture,  retiring  to  the  burrow  to  eat.  These  burrows  were  readily 
found,  as  the  little  pile  of  freshly  dug  pellets  of  earth  betrayed 
the  insects'  hiding  place.  Their  gait,  when  undisturbed,  is 
rather  deliberate  for  jtnembers  of  this  genus,  they  walk  slowly, 
exploring  their  feeding  ground  with  great  thoroughness,  mak- 
ing dashes  at  any  small  insect  that  comes  WTthki  range  of  their 
vision.  One  that  was  watched,  traversed  a  lane  twice  in  an 
hour  without  taking  wing.  The  distance  traveled  was  about 
one  hundred  and  twenty  feet,  without  counting  the  zig-zags 
from  side  to  side,  made  in  quartering  the  ground  in  search  of 
food. 

In  captivity  they  were  voracious  eaters,  feeding  on  flies 
and  other  soft-bodied  insects  that  were  killed  and  placed 
in  their  cage.  Eight  or  ten  flies  were  none  too  much 
for  a  single  beetle.  They  were  particularly  fond  of 
ants,  a  small  black  variety  being  their  favorite.  C.  pur- 
purea is  the  only  Cicindela  that  was  observed  that  would 
capture  and  eat  ants,  in  fact  they  seemed  to  prefer  them  to  any 
other  food  offered.  They  were  able  to  see  the  ants  at  about 
four  or  five  inches  away ;  when  seen  the  ant  was  rushed,  bitten 
once  and  given  a  toss,  as  a  terrier  does  when  he  catches  a  rat, 
rushed  again  and  bitten,  this  being  repeated  until  the  ant 
showed  little  or  no  signs  of  life,  when  it  was  very  deliberately 
chewed  and  swallowed.  While  hunting,  they  stand  very  high ; 
when  biting  their  prey  they  have  a  queer  see-saw  motion  of 
their  body,  bobbing  their  head  up  and  down  and  standing  very 
high  on  their  hind  legs.  When  disturbed  they  squat  instantly 
and  remain  motionless,  if  the  danger  becomes  more  threaten- 
ing, they  spring  into  the  air  and  take  wing.    That  they  have 

this  power  of  springing  into  the  air,  and  to  which  perhaps  is 
due  their  ability  to  take  wing  so  readily,  is  seen  in  those  who 

from  anchyloses  of  the  elytra  are  unable  to  fly.  One  of  these 
deformed  beetles  that  was  under  observation  was  able  to  jump 
clear  from  the  ground  a  little  over  an  inch.  They  may  hiber- 
nate, as  they  were  found  late  in  October  buried  to  the  depth  of 
eighteen  inches  very  much  alive.  One  that  was  kept  in  cap- 
tivity, captured  late  in  the  fall,  was  alive  in  its  burrow  at 
Christmas  time.  It  died  shortly  afterwards,  due  probably  to 
neglect  to  keep  the  earth  in  its  cage  moist. 


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Cicindela  repanda  was  found  everywhere  during  the  summer. 
They  began  to  make  their  appearance  here  the  last  of  April  or 
the  first  of  May,  in  sandcuts,  roadways  and  railroad  cuttings. 
They  were  gregarious,  one  portion  of  the  sandcut  swarming 
with  them  and  none  to  be  found  a  hundred  feet  away.  Later 
in  the  summer  thev  were  found  on  the  shores  of  the  lake  and 
river,  where  every  sandspit  was  covered  with  them  on  a  hot 
day.  When  flushed  they  flew  but  a  short  distance,  then 
alighted;  if  persistent  pursuit  was  made  of  an  individual,  it 
would  fly  some  fifty  or  more  feet  before  alighting,  or  what  is 
more  likely,  would  circle  around  the  pursuer  and  alight  at  some 
distance  behind  him.  The  insect  usually  squats  as  closely  to 
the  ground  as  it  can  after  alighting  and  remains  motionless.  If 
the  pursuer  remains  absolutely  stationary  after  the  insect 
alights,  in  a  short  time,  two  or  three  minutes,  it  will  raise  up 
from  its  squatting  position  and  begin  to  look  for  food,  running 
rapidly,  stopping  every  foot  or  so,  zig-zagging  so  as  to  quarter 
the  ground  thoroughly.  In  only  a  small  per  cent,  of  those 
watched  did  they  turn  just  as  they  alighted  to  face  the  pursuer. 
This  manoeuvre  was  more  apt  to  occur  if  they  were  flying  with 
the  wind,  and  was  probably  to  enable  them  to  alight  easily. 
Cicindela  repanda  stands  very  high  on  its  feet  in  walking,  rest- 
ing upon  the  outer  joints  of  the  tarsi.  If  disturbed  it  squats 
close  to  the  ground  ;  if  further  frightened,  jumps  a  little  into  the 
air,  unfurls  its  wincfs  and  is  away.  They  would  usually  flush 
when  one  is  about  four  to  six  feet  from  them,  especially  if  one 
is  walking  with  the  wind  or  his  shadow  is  cast  before  him ;  if 
great  care  is  taken  in  moving,  walking  very  slowly  and  quietly, 
they  did  not  take  alarm  until  one  approached  within  two  feet 
or  less.  Their  vision  seems  limited  to  four  or  six  inches ;  a  stick 
could  be  pointed  towards  them  until  it  reached  within  seven 
inches,  without  frightening  them,  a  further  approach  was  apt 
to  start  them  oflF.  None  were  seen  to  take  notice  of  insects 
that  passed  them  at  a  further  distance  than  four  inches.  In 
captivity  they  eat  flies,  preferably  the  ordinary  house-fly.  After 
seizing  the  fly  they  run  a  short  distance  with  it  before  beginning 
to  eat.  During  the  time  of  eating  they  were  very  timid,  run- 
ning if  another  beetle  comes  near  them.    It  took  one  four  or 


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five  minutes  to  devour  a  house-fly,  and  for  several  minutes  after 
the  fly  had  disappeared  the  beetle  stood,  chewing  and  chewing 
like  a  cow  with  a  cud.  Small  beetles  like  a  Bembidium  for 
instance,  when  put  in  the  cage,  would  be  chased  and  bitten,  but 
no  harm  done  them.  They  seemed  in  mortal  fear  of  ants,  run- 
ning away  from  them  and  never  offering  to  bite  or  chase  them. 
They  are  very  thirsty  beings,  those  kept  in  captivity  drank  after 
every  feeding;  the  first  thing  they  did  in  the  morning  after 
emerging  from  their  burrows  was  to  drink,  and  also  at  various 
other  times  during  the  day.  Their  method  of  drinking  is  to 
seize  a  morsel  of  moist  sand  with  their  mandibles,  and  with  the 
head  thrown  back  hold  it  free  from  the  ground  and  suck  the 
water  from  it.  If  the  sand  was  quite  wet  they  would  bury 
their  jaws  into  it  almost  as  deep  as  their  eyes,  with  the 
mandibles  spread  far  apart,  and  drink  in  that  way.  A  saucer 
was  sunk  in  the  sand  in  the  cage  to  imitate  a  pond;  at  no 
time  was  one  seen  to  drink  from  it.  As  an  experiment  one 
of  the  beetles  was  placed  in  a  separate  cage  where  the  sand 
in  it  had  been  baked  dry,  a  small  glass  receptacle  easy  to  drink 
from  and  full  of  water  was  put  on  the  bottom  of  the  cage,  great 
care  being  taken  that  no  water  was  spilled  on  the  sand.  The 
beetle  did  not  drink  from  it,  and  died,  probably  from  thirst. 
The  males  are  very  amorous,  copulating  while  in  captivity 
almost  constantly.  The  manner  of  accomplishing  the  copulatory 
act  is  as  follows:  The  male  seizes  the  female  with  his 
mandibles  around  the  lower  segment  of  the  thorax,  and  thrust- 
ing out  his  penis,  which  is  exceedingly  long  for  the  size  of  the 
insect,  of  a  brown  color  and  curved  upwards,  tries  to  coax 
open  the  female's  receptacle.  If  she  is  willing,  this  is  a  short  pro- 
cess and  the  penis  was  thrust  in  with  the  utmost  vigor  its  whole 
length.  A  few  thrusts  are  followed  by  a  period  of  rest,  during 
which  the  penis  is  partially  withdrawn.  This  period  of  rest  is  fol- 
lowed by  another  one  of  activity,  to  be  again  followed  by  a  rest ; 
this  continues  for  about  ten  minutes,  when  the  female  makes 
her  escape.  When  the  female  is  not  so  complacent,  she  thrusts 
the  end  of  her  abdomen  down  against  the  ground  to  prevent 
the  entrance  of  the  male  organ.     Then  b^ins  a  series  of 


342  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Nov.,  *o6 

manoeuvres  on  the  part  of  the  male ;  he  hugs  her  more  closely, 
and  standing  high  on  his  hind  legs,  with  his  middle  legs  lifts 
her  abdomen  from  the  ground,  which  she  is  pressing  all  the 
time,  coaxing  with  the  end  of  his  penis,  endeavoring  to  effect 
an  entrance.  Usually  he  succeeds,  though  sometimes  the  female 
is  adroit  as  well  as  obdurate,  and  after  some  minutes  spent  in 
this  amorous  struggle  his  passion  is  gone,  and  the  female  releases 
herself  from  his  embrace.  One  of  the  beetles  was  more  pas- 
sionate than  his  fellows,  going  without  food,  riding  one  female 
several  hours,  though  unable  to  effect  an  entrance,  and  finally 
copulating  with  a  dead  female  that  lay  in  a  corner  of  the  cage. 

Each  afternoon,  about  five  o'clock  on  ordinary  days,  about 
seven  when  the  weather  was  extremely  warm,  they  would  retire 
to  a  shallow  burrow  dug  in  the  sand.  This  burrow  was  dug 
near  the  edge  of  some  object,  like  a  stone  or  small  block  of 
wood.  In  this  burrow  the  beetle  stayed  until  eight  or  nine  in 
the  morning,  and  on  days  that  were  extremely  warm  they  would 
emerge  somewhat  earlier,  but,  as  a  rule,  they  were  late  risers. 
These  burrows  were  made  by  loosening  the  sand  with  the 
mandibles,  then  pushing  it  back,  first  with  the  fore  legs,  then 
with  the  middle  legs,  and  then  with  the  hind  legs.  The  legs 
are  used  alternately,  all  on  one  side,  then  all  on  the  other  side. 
These  burrows  were  one-half  to  one  inch  deep  and  opened  out 
at  the  bottom  into  a  chamber  about  one-half  inch  in  diameter, 
enabling  the  beetle  to  turn  around  at  the  bottom  of  the  burrow 
and  face  the  entrance.  Sometimes  the  burrow  was  made  larger 
and  two  or  more  inhabited  it.  On  rainy  or  cold  days  the 
beetles  remained  in  their  burrows.  During  one  rainy  spell  they 
kept  hidden  for  three  days,  then  emerged  as  lively  as  ever. 

There  was  frequently  observed  certain  actions  of  the  insects 
confined  in  the  cage,  which  simulated  play.  These  same  actions 
were  observed  twice  in  the  late  summer  among  some  beetles 
that  crowded  a  little  sandspit  on  the  banks  of  the  river.  This 
play,  if  it  can  be  called  such,  consisted  in  a  cicindelid  rushing 
at  a  fellow,  either  snapping  at  him  with  his  mandibles  or  merely 
bumping  against  him  and  then  running  off,  when  the  jostled 
one  would  give  chase  and  they  would  run  around  the  cage 
after  one  another.     Sometimes  a  beetle  would  jostle  another 


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several  times  before  the  jostled  one  would  give  chase.    While 
watching  them  do  this  one  was  reminded  of  boys  at  play. 

In  captivity  they  lived  about  two  months;  towards  the  end 
they  became  cripples,  legs  and  antennae  were  lost,  the  struggle 
for  existence  became  more  arduous  and  they  finally  succumbed. 

Twice  I  had  the  good  fortune  to  see  C  repanda  ovipositing. 
The  female,  after  several  attempts,  succeeded  in  forcing  the  end 
of  the  abdomen,  or  an  extruded  portion  which  acted  as  an 
ovipositor,  through  the  hard  crust  of  sand.  The  hind  legs  were 
wide  apart,  the  middle  and  front  legs  were  extended  to  their 
full  extent,  just  touching  the  ground.  Her  position  was  that 
of  sitting  on  the  end  of  the  abdomen.  The  act  lasted  about 
ten  minutes,  and  during  that  time  she  showed  no  alarm  at  a 
stick  pointed  at  and  almost  touching  her.  How  many  eggs 
were  laid  was  not  ascertained.  Two  eggs  were  obtained,  one 
was  a  straw-yellow,  the  other  a  pearl-gray.  The  yellow  one 
was  0.50  mm.  wide,  0.78  mm.  long,  the  gray  one  0.45  mm.  wide, 
0.75  mm.  long.  Their  shape  was  a  short  oval,  with  corrugated 
surface  of  a  triangular  pattern.  At  one  pole  there  was  a  well- 
defined  ridge,  above  which  the  ^g  was  flattened  and  slightly 
lower  than  the  surrounding  portion  of  the  egg.  They  were  held 
together  and  also  adhered  to  the  sand  by  a  few  adhesive  fila- 
ments. 

mm* 

A  new  Corethrella  from  Jamaica* 

By  M.  Grabham. 
Corethrella  appendiciilata  n.  sp. 

Female, — Head  black,  covered  sparingly  with  very  small  yellow  hairs ; 
a  few  long  yellow  hairs  along  the  borders  above  the  eyes.  Eyes  black, 
kidney-shaped.  Proboscis  and  palpi  yellow.  Atitenna:  basal  joint 
nearly  globular,  a  few  fine  golden  hairs  on  its  upper  surface  and  around 
the  point  of  articulation  of  the  second  joint  there  is  a  sculptured  radiat- 
ing pattern;  second  joint  densely  covered  with  hairs;  each  of  the  fol- 
lowing joints  except  the  apical  one  has  a  band  of  long  hairs  above  the 
middle,  as  well  as  the  longer  basal  verticel;  apical  joint  narrow,  longer 
than  the  penultimate.  Mesothorax  black,  with  many  fine  yellow  hairs 
on  lis  surface  as  well  as  a  few  long  black  ones.  Scutellum  narrow,  with 
a  few  long  yellow  hairs  on  its  border.  Metathorax  black,  nude.  Abdo- 
men densely  covered  with  long  golden-yellow  hairs.    Venter  black. 

Wings  pale  yellow,  densely  scaled  with  hair-like  scales  on  the  veins; 
outer  and  inner  margins  with  a  heavy  fringe  of  coarse,  long  scales.    A 


344  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Nov.,  'o6 

broad  curved  dark  band  across  each  wing  beyond  the  middle,  including 
a  portion  of  the  fringe  but  broken  by  the  absence  of  dark  scales  on  the 
third  long  vein.  The  band  is  darkest  on  the  costal  and  first  long  veins. 
There  is  also  a  triangular  dark  area  with  its  base  on  the  lower  quarter 
of  the  costal  vein  and  its  apex  on  the  fourth  long  vein.  The  space  be- 
tween these  two  dark  areas  is  of  a  richer  golden-yellow  than  the  rest  of 
the  wing.  A  small  black  spot  at  the  extreme  base  of  the  wing  near  the 
origin  of  the  long  veins.  Halteres  pale  yellow.  Legs  black,  very  hairy, 
with  apical  bands  of  bright  yelow  hairs  on  all  the  joints.  Many  yellow 
hairs  interspread  with  the  black  ones,  especially  on  the  feet.  Femora 
slightly  swollen.    Ungues  much  curved,  simple  and  equal. 

Male. — Antennae  pale  yellow;  basal  and  second  joints  as  in  the 
female;  all  the  following  joints,  including  the  swollen  terminal  one, 
with  well-developed  basal  verticels  of  long  hairs;  there  are  also  many 
long  fine  hairs  arising  along  each  joint;  on  the  last  three  joints  these 
are  much  shorter.  Ungues  equal  and  simple.  Length:  One  and  one- 
half  mm. 

Adult  larva. — Head  pale  yellow,  compressed  antero-posteriorly.  An- 
tennae inserted  close  together  at  the  front  of  the  head,  folded  back  and 
hidden  along  the  anterior  border,  only  the  three  apical  spines  projecting 
forward;  apical  spines  slender,  curved,  the  longest  nearly  half  as  long 
as  the  shaft,  the  other  two  slightly  shorter;  inserted  with  them  a  short 
comb-like  appendage.  Spines  of  the  lateral  scl^rite  about  fifteen,  stout, 
not  inserted  upon  a  ridge,  the  larger  obsoletely  serrate  along  their  con- 


il/0\ 


CORETHRELLA   APPENDICULATA   (larva). 

I. — Labium. 

a. — Process  from  appendage  of  9th  segment. 

cave  borders.  Labium  with  thirteen  teeth;  the  outermost  pair  very 
small,  the  next  four  pairs  progressively  larger;  central  tooth  as  long 
as  the  longest  of  this  series;  tooth  on  each  side  of  the  central  one  only 
half  its  length.  Mandibles  with  seven  stout  teeth,  the  two  innermost 
largest.  Thorax  and  abdomen  glabrous;  colored  a  pale  purple,  rather 
darker  laterally.  Eighth  and  ninth  segments  not  pigmented.  Thorax 
elliptical,  broader  than  the  head.  First  abdominal  segment  very  short, 
second  widest,  seventh  and  eighth  segments  much  attenuated.  Three 
large  simple  setae  on  each  side  of  the  two  first  abdominal  segments; 
a  pair  on  each  of  the  following  to  the  seventh,  which  has  no  long 
lateral  setae.  A  stout  subventral  hair  on  each  segment  from  the  third 
to  the  sixth,  arising  near  the  posterior  border.  Subdorsal  hairs  appar- 
ently absent.  A  group  of  several  stout  branched  hairs  at  the  posterior 
lateral  border  of  the  eighth  segment.  Tube  stout,  compressed,  about 
half  as  long  again  as  wide;  a  pair  of  branched  hairs  at  the  back  below 
the  middle,  not  reaching  to  the  top  of  the  tube;  at  the  posterior  aspect 
of  the  summit  there  is  a  small  simple  straight  hair  on  each  side;  in  front 
of  this  nearer  the  side  is  a  stout  spine,  arising  from  a  prominent 
tubercle,  and  curved  inwards  at  its  apex;  a  little  in  front  of  this  again 
a  large  pyramidal  tubercle  with  a  thorn-like  apex  and  a  conspicuous 
black  pigment  spot  near  the  top,  it  has  also  a  long  and  stout  subapical 


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spine  which  curves  outwards  at  its  point.  Ninth  segment  strongly 
curved  downwards ;  the  dorsal  tuft  of  two  pairs  of  very  long  double 
setae  rather  widely  separated;  a  little  lateral  to  these  a  single  long  stout 
spine  arises  from  a  prominent  tubercle  on  each  side.  Ventral  tuft  of 
four  pairs  of  long  simple  setae  arising  close  together.  Anal  gills 
four,  fleshy,  equal,  shortly  subcorneal  with  rounded  apices.  Between  the 
ventral  tuft  and  the  lower  pair  of  anal  gills  there  is  a  small  lateral 
prominence  on  each  side  bearing  four  blade-like  plates  serrated  along 
their  anterior  borders  with  a  number  of  progressively  larger  recurved 
serrations,  and  with  two  much  longer  pointed  processes  near  their 
bases. 

Note  on  the  pupa. — Pale  purple  in  color;  thorax  and  abdomen  in  the 
same  straight  line;  floating  vertically  when  at  rest  at  the  surface  of 
the  water.  Each  pointed  process  on  the  terminal  segment  has  two  short 
spines  at  the  apex,  one-half  the  length  of  the  other;  there  is  another 
short  spine  on  the  outer  border  at  the  apical  third.  Penultimate  seg- 
ment with  one  small  lateral  hair;  antepenultimate  segment  with  four 

short  lateral  hairs  on  each  side.  Lateral  margin  serrate,  devoid  of  a 
fringe. 

Type  No.  9960,  U.  S.  N.  M. 

Notes  on  the  habits. — ^A  few  larvae  were  found  in  a  hollow 
tree  in  Kingston,  Jamaica,  about  the  middle  of  May,  1906.  No 
young  larvae  were  found.  The  water  was  brown  and  thick, 
and  contained  numerous  minute  crustaceans,  upon  which  they 
feed.  Observed  in  a  breeding  jar  they  only  occasionally  came 
to  the  surface  and  then  lay  horizontally  like  anopheline  larvae. 
Usually  they  remained  at  the  bottom  and  displayed  marked 
activity,  the  head  and  anterior  part  of  the  body  being  now  and 
then  rapidly  jerked  from  side  to  side  in  their  efforts  to  capture 
crustaceans.  No  visible  movements,  creating  currents  such  as 
are  seen  in  many  culicid  larvae  in  the  organs  surrounding  the 
mouth,  were  noticed.  The  hinder  part  of  the  body  was  ap- 
parently kept  anchored  by  the  appendages  on  the  terminal 
segment.  The  larvae  were  often  seen  to  suspend  themselves  by 
these  appendages  to  the  side  of  the  jar.  When  disturbed  they 
wriggled  with  quick  lateral  movements  in  a  backward  direc- 
tion; this  appeared  to  be  their  normal  method  of  progression. 
They  differ  from  the  larvae  of  C  brakeleyi  in  the  different  shape 
of  the  head  and  arrangement  of  setae  and  in  the  absence  of  the 
chitinous  plates  on  the  seventh  and  eighth  segments.  The 
pupa  stage  lasted  about  three  weeks. 


ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS. 


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earliest  convenience,  and,  as  far  as  may  be,  will  be  published  according  to  date  of  recep* 
tion.  Entomological  Nbws  has  reached  a  circulation,  both  in  numbers  and  circumfer- 
ence, as  to  make  it  necessary  to  put  *'  copy  "  into  the  hands  of  the  printer,  for  each  num- 
ber, three  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, 
will  be  given  free,  when  they  are  wanted  ;  and  this  sho.uld  be  so  stated  on  the  MS.,  along 
with  the  number  desired.    The  receipt  of  all  papers  will  be  acknowledged.— Ed. 

Philadelphia,  Pa.,  November,  1906. 


The   great  value  of    the   study  of   entomology   from    an 

economic  standpoint,  not  only  in  relation  to  agriculture  and 

horticulture  but  in  regard  to  many  products  useful  to  man, 

makes  it  a  pursuit  of  the  utmost  importance.      The  silk  and 

honey  industries  may  be  particularly  mentioned  as  being  of 

much  interest  and  value,  and  bring  in  a  large  revenue,  and 

produce   both   apparel    and   food.      While    much    has    been 

accomplished  in  advancing  knowledge  of  insects  as  carriers 

of  disease-producing  organisms,  this  study  is  probably  only 

in  its  infancy,  and  while  this  knowledge  is  of   incalculable 

benefit  there  is  much  more  to  be  learned.      The   value  of 

products  annually  destroyed  by  insects  in  the  United  States 

has  been  placed  as  high  as  $1 ,000,000,000.      In  view  of  all 

this  it  is  probable  we  do  not  as  individuals  do  as  much  as  we 

should  to  create  an  interest  in  this  subject  among  the  masses 

of  the  people,  and  try  and  enlighten  them  in  regard  to  simple 

truths.     It  sounds  very  curious  for  an  otherwise  intelligent 

person  to  say  that  the  house-flies  come  down  from  the  sky 

with  the  spring   rains.      Still   another   individual  said   that 

mosquito  eggs  were  laid  by  house-flies.      An  officer  of  the 

State  Board  of  Health  of  Pennsylvania  thought  that  Balaninus 

prohoscoidais,  the  beetle  produced  from  the  chestnut  worm  was 

poisonous  and  capable  of  harming  human  beings  by  means  of 

its  long  proboscis.     Is  there  not  some  means  by  which  we  can 

do  more  to  enlighten  the  public  and  advance  the  interests  of 

entomology  ? 

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Nov.,  'o6j  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  347 

Notes   and    News, 

BNTOMOLOGICAL  GLBANINGS  FROM  ALL  QUARTBBB 

OF   THB   GLOBE. 

The  Association  of  Official  Entomologists  of  the  Cotton  Belt  will  meet 
at  Baton  Rouge,  Louisiana,  November  13th  and  14th.  Members  of  the 
Association  of  Economic  Entomologists,  as  well  as  others  who  may  be 
interested  in  entomological  work  in  the  South  are  cordially  invited  to 
attend  and  participate  in  the  meetings.  Interesting  and  valuable  papers 
will  be  read. 

An  Appeal  for  Instant  Aid. — The  last  installment  of  manuscript  of 
the  Odonate  part  of  the  Biologia  Centrali-Afnericana  will  be  forwarded 
to  the  printer  within  a  few  weeks.  The  immediate  loan  of  any  Odonata 
from  any  point  in  Mexico  or  Central  America  will  be  greatly  appreciated. 
Please  send  such  material  to  me  at  the  Academy  of  Natural  Sciences, 
Logan  Square,  Philadelphia,  Pa.  1  will  pay  the  cost  of  transportation. — 
Philip  P.  Calvbrt. 

Mydas  Fulvifrons  Illiger. — Mydas  fulvifrons  at  last  has  a  female. 
The  male  has  been  known  since  1802,  when  Illiger  described  it  from 
Georgia.  In  later  years  it  was  also  recorded  from  Florida.  It  hap- 
pened that  Ostcn  Sacken  described  a  female  Mydas  from  Texas  in 
1874,  under  the  name  of  chrysostoma.  Mr.  Chas.  W.  Johnson  has 
taken  both  "species"  at  Sea  Isle  City,  N.  J.,  and  Anglesea,  N.  J.  The 
male  of  chrysostoma,  as  well  as  the  female  of  fulvifrons,  travelled 
incognito  until  now,  and  alas,  the  secret  is  out.  Mydas  fulvifrons  i 
and  M.  chrysostoma  ?  are  one.  I  have  taken  them  in  coitu  at  Stone 
Harbor,  N.  J.,  July  29th,  1906,  and  Miss  M.  chrysostoma  should  hence- 
forth be  Mrs.  Mydas  fulvifrons. — Erich  Daecke. 

Rhopalocera  in  the  Vicinity  of  Ft.  Arena,  Mendocino  County, 
Cal. — While  camping  in  a  canyon  in  Mendocino  County,  near  Ft. 
Arena,  during  the  months  of  July  and  August,  I  had  a  good  chance  to 
collect  most  of  the  species  of  Rhopalocera  found  there.  This  canyon  is 
about  a  hundred  miles  northwest  of  San  Francisco.  The  stream  which 
runs  through  it  empties  directly  into  the  Pacific.  Along  the  coast  the 
country  is  rather  level,  becoming  hilly  and  mountainous  farther  up 
stream.  Most  of  this  coast  land  is  cultivated,  and  there  are  almost  no 
trees  except  a  few  pines  on  the  hilltops.  It  was  among  these  pines, 
where  wild  violets  were  plentiful,  that  Brenthis  epithore  was  found. 

The  canyon  proper  begins  about  four  miles  back  from  the  ocean.  Its 
sides  were  covered  with  underbrush,  including  several  species  of  Rubus 
and  many  ferns.  Redwoods,  tan-bark  oaks  (Quercus  densiAora),  alders, 
bay  trees,  ciders,  wild  lilacs  (Ceanothus  thyrsiHorus) ,  etc.,  were  found 
here.     At  one   spot  in  the   canyon   there   is   an  abandoned   tie-camp. 


348  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Nov.,  'o6 

around  which  thistles  and  nettles  grew  abundantly.  Graptas  were 
found  around  the  nettles,  and  most  of  the  other  butterflies  were  found 
on  the  thistles,  especially  on  a  species  which  blossomed  late  in  August 
VV.  J.  Holland  ("The  Butterfly  Book,"  1898)  says  that  Pyrameis 
huntera  "ranges  from  Nova  Scotia  to  Mexico  east  of  the  Sierras."  W. 
G.  Wright  ("Butterflies  of  the  West  Coast,"  1905)  states  that  "huntera 
flies  over  the  whole  of  the  United  States,"  but  he  also  says  that  "it  is 
very  wary,  and  not  easily  caught."  I  found  huntera  on  the  last  men- 
tioned species  of  thistle  and  it  was  very  easily  caught 

The  following  is  a  list  of  the  Rhopalocera  collected  either  in  the 
canyon  or  in  the  nearby  flelds: 

Anosia  plexippus  Linn;  Argynnis  coronis  Behr;  Brenthis  epithore 
Boisd;  Melitaea  chalcedon  Dbl.  &  Hew;  Phyciodes  mylitta  Edw; 
P.  pratensis  Behr;  Grapta  satyrus  Edw;  G.  satyrus  var.  marsyas  Edw; 
Vanessa  calif ornica  Boisd;  Pyrameis  atalanta  Linn;  P.  huntera  Fabr; 
P.  cardui  Linn;  P.  caryae  Hiibn;  Junonia  coenia  Hubn;  Basilarchia 
lorquini  Boisd;  Adelpha  calif  ornica  Butl;  Coenonympha  California  Dbl. 
&  Hew;  Thecla  grunus  Boisd;  Chrysophanus  helloides  Boisd;  Lycacna 
acmon  Dbl.  &  Hew;  Pieris  napi,  var.  pallida  Scudd;  P.  rapae  Linn; 
Anthocharis  sara,  var.  Hora  Wright ;  Colias  eurydice  Boisd ;  C.  keeway- 
din  Edw;  Papilio  rutulus  Boisd;  P.  eurymedon  Boisd;  Pyrgus  tessel- 
lata;  P.  montivagus  Reakirt. — Erval  J.  Newcomer,  Palo  Alto,  Cal. 

The  Kansas  University  Collection. — Stored  in  the  topmost  story 
of  the  new  Natural  History  Museum  building,  where  it  is  almost 
invariably  overlooked  by  the  casual  visitor,  is  the  entomological  col- 
lection of  the  University  of  Kansas.  Here  200,000  specimens,  repre- 
senting more  than  21,000  species,  are  carefully  preserved  and  neatly 
classified  in  the  fifteen  cabinets  especially  arranged  for  them,  all  col- 
lected somewhere  in  the  United  States. 

Dr.  F.  H.  Snow,  the  curator,  has  estimated  the  value  of  the  collec- 
tion at  $50,000,  but  it  probably  could  not  be  anywhere  near  replaced  for 
that  sum.    The  beetle  collection  is  especially  fine. 

Valuable  as  the  collection  is,  it  has  cost  the  State  of  Kansas  hardly 
a  fraction  of  its  real  value,  as  it  represents  the  work  of  Dr.  Snow,  who 
started  and  has  fostered  the  collection  in  all  the  forty  years  he  has 
been  with  the  university.  In  early  days,  when  the  university  was  small 
and  had  no  money  to  spend  on  scientific  expeditions  of  any  kind,  the 
collection  was  started  by  Dr.  Snow,  who  made  the  collecting  trips 
entirely  at  his  own  expense,  roughing  it  just  the  same  as  a  prospector 
would  do,  but  always  bringing  back  several  thousand  specimens  to  add 
to  the  university  collection.  In  all  he  has  made  twenty-four  such  col- 
lecting trips,  but  of  late  years  the  expenses  have  been  paid  by  the 
university. 

Dr.  Snow  is  generaly  accompanied  on  these  expeditions  by  students 
in  the  entomological  department,  who  wish  to  get  the  practical  experi- 


Nov.,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  349 

ence  in  collecting  and  classifying  specimens.  Only  the  barest  necessi- 
ties of  life  are  taken  along. 

All  the  many  thousand  specimens  in  the  University  of  Kansas  col- 
lection have  not  been  the  direct  result  of  Dr.  Snow's  expeditions.  Some 
have  been  obtained  by  trading  duplicate  specimens.  Especially  is  this 
true  in  the  beetle  collection.  In  one  of  his  earliest  expeditions  in  Logan 
County  in  the  summer  of  1877,  Dr.  Snow  made  a  genuine  find,  a  giant 
tiger  beetle.  Amblycheiia  cylindriformis,  then  an  extremely  rare  species 
and  valued  at  $25.  Early  in  the  morning  was  the  best  time  to  capture 
these  valuable  specimens,  so  every  day  the  entire  party  would  be  up 
before  sunrise  and  off  to  the  haunts  of  the  tiger  beetle  at  the  foot  of 
some  cliffs  nearby.  Down  on  their  hands  and  knees  they  would  go  and 
the  active  search  for  the  $25  specimens  would  begin. 

In  all  a  thousand  specimens  were  obtained  of  this  valuable  beetle, 
and  it  was  by  trading  these  that  the  foundation  of  the  beetle  collection 
was  made.  Twenty-five  dollars'  worth  of  the  insects  for  each  giant  tiger 
beetle  soon  caused  the  collection  to  swell  wonderfully  in  proportions, 
but  in  time  the  market  became  flooded  with  the  beetles  and  their 
value  depreciated  accordingly. 

Names  of  Coleoptera. — I  am  greatly  indebted  to  Mr.  E.  Bergroth  for 
some  corrections  to  my  paper  in  the  September  News.  Helopeltis 
Horn,  is  Helobata  Bergroth,  Deutsche  Ent.  Zeitschr.,  1888,  p.  222,  and 
our  species  will  be  Helobata  larvalis.  Ino.  Lap.  is  Inoplectus  Smith, 
1 85 1.  Our  species  will  be  Inoplectus  reclusus  (Lee.)  and  /.  immundus 
(Reit).  Drapetes  Redt.  stands  as  Drape tes  Meg.  "is  not  a  published 
name."  Wollastoniella  was  used  by  Renter  in  Hemiptera  in  1884  (it  is 
not  in  the  Index  Zoologicus)  ;  Wollastonia  Horn  may  become  Para- 
hornia  n.  n. ;  type  Parahornia  quercicola  (Boh.). 

A  few  misprints  are  confusing  enough  to  be  worth  correcting:  p.  240, 
for  Diplochelia  read  Diplocheila;  p.  244,  for  Amblychelia  read  Ambly- 
cheila;  for  month,  read  Montf. ;  for  2  and  9  read  Q.  and  G.  (Quoy  and 
Gaimard). — T.  D.  A.  Cockerell. 

A  Few  Corrections. — "On  some  new  species  of  Geometrid  Moths 
from  Arizona  and  California,"  described  by  Rev.  George  W.  Taylor  in 
the  June  issue  of  the  Entomological  News,  Vol.  xvii.  No.  6,  the  follow- 
ing errors  in  spelling  should  be  corrected:  Page  188,  description  i, 
should  read  Melemaea  instead  of  Meleniaca  virgata,  according  to  the 
original  description  by  Mr.  Hulst  in  the  "Trans  Am.  Ent.  Soc.,"  xxiii, 
September,  1896,  page  340. 

Description  No.  5,  page  190,  should  read  Euemera  instead  of 
Enemcra  simularia,  as  both  Mr.  Dyar  and  Mr.  Smith  are  incorrect 
according  to  the  original  descriptions  by  Mr.  Hulst  in  the  "Trans.  Am. 
Ent.  Soc,"  Vol.  xxiii,  page  368.— Louis  W.  Swett. 


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Some  Arachnida  from  Washington  State. — Among  a  small  num- 
ber of  Arachnida  collected  by  mc  in  the  vicinity  of  Seattle  I  think  it 
worth  recording  the  following  species,  as  I  believe  most  of  them  are 
hitherto  known  only  from  more  southern  or  eastern  localities :  Philaeus 
militaris  Hentz;  Cybaeus  reticulatus  Sim;  Amaurohis  pictus  Sim; 
Theridium  sexpunctatum  Em;  Lepthyphautes  arcuatus  Keys;  Ideobis- 
ium  theveneti  Sim.  They  have  kindly  been  determined  by  Mr.  N. 
Banks. — E.    Bergroth. 

Corrections  Vol.  XVII. 

Page  302,  line  iS—wa/donii  to  waldenii. 

38— insert  **arca"  between  •'punctate"  and  *'at.** 
303,    *'      3— culbitus  to  cubitus. 

7,  19,  26,  30,  35 — waldanii  to  waldenii  and  Waldon  to 
Walden. 
•«      **    12— say  to  Say. 
•*       *•      '*    26— etoid  to  third. 
**       **      **    33 — eyregia  to  egregia. 

**     304,    **    13,  37,  43— ze/aA^»M  to  ze/a/^/^fffV  and  Waldon  to  Walden. 
'*       '•       '*    18— transient  to  trenchant. 

Tenacity  of  Acanthia  Lectularia  Linn. — In  1902  I  bought  a 
new  willow  rocking  chair  from  a  Cincinnati  furniture  dealer.  It  had 
arms  made  of  plaited  willow;  whenever  I  sat  in  this  chair,  with  shirt 
sleeves  rolled  up,  my  right  arm,  which  rested  on  the  chair  arm, 
would  be  bitten  and  swollen.  I  soon  came  to  the  conclusion  there 
was  "something  doing"  in  the  arm  of  the  chair,  so  I  laid  it  over  a 
large  sheet  of  paper  and  poured  gasoline  over  it.  Out  of  the  arm 
of  the  chair  I  jarred  150  (actual  count)  fiendish  "bed  bugs."  This  was 
the  same  year  I  bought  the  chair.  Since  then,  every  summer,  there 
have  been  bugs  in  that  chair.  I  have  poured  boiling  water  over  it,  and 
drenched  it  with  gasoline,  but  enough  eggs  have  always  escaped  destruc- 
tion to  keep  things  going.  I  am  ready  to  present  this  Hemiptera  incu- 
bator to  any  Hemipterist  who  will  take  it. 

— Charles  Dury,  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

On  the  night  of  September  20th  my  wife  was  greatly  annoyed  by  the 
persistency  and  ferocity  of  a  mosquito,  and  was  obliged  to  get  up  and 
apply  oil  of  citronella  to  be  able  to  sleep.  In  the  morning  the  mosquito 
was  located  in  the  room,  but  efforts  to  catch  it  failed,  as  it  flew  when- 
ever approach,  and  a  net  was  not  at  hand.  When  I  returned  in  the 
evening  my  wife  said  she  had  succeeded  in  getting  it  into  a  cyanide  tube. 
T  did  not  know  the  species  at  sight  and  a  table  for  determination  I  con- 
sulted did  not  list  it.  Finally,  I  found  it  to  be  Janthinosoma  musica 
Say.  I  imagine  the  second  story  of  a  house  in  the  heart  of  a  large 
city  (Philadelphia)  where  there  is  nothing  but  bricks  and  mortar  and 
paved  streets  for  miles  is  a  rather  unusual  place  for  this  species.— 
Henry  Skinner. 


Nov..  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  35 1 

Plathemis  subornata  (Odonata). — Among  some  dragonfiies  recently 
received  from  Ernest  Oslar  are  specimens  of  the  above  species.  Refer- 
ences to  this  species  are  rare;  in  fact  in  addition  to  Hagen*s  notes,  I 
know  of  only  one  other,  a  passing  reference  by  Ris,*  excepting,  of 
course,  its  occurrence  in  catalogues  (Kirby  and  Banks).    For  this  reason 

a  brief  note  on  characters  and  distribu- 
tion as  shown  by  Oslar*s  material  may 
not  be  out  of  place.       In  fully  adult 
.,»,.r»«  -  I  males  the  wing  coloration,  by  the  in- 

crease  m  density  of  color  between  the 
two  wing  bands,  becomes  almost  indis- 
tinguishable from  Plathemis  lydia.  The 
most  reliable  character  I  have  found  for 
separating  the  two  species  in  such  a 
p  SUBORNATA  p  suBOBv ATA  '      casc  is  the  form  of  the  bifid  ventral  tu- 

bercle on  the  first  abdominal  segment,  as  shown  in  the  accompanying 
figures.  As  shown,  subornata  is  somewhat  variable,  but  can  never  be 
mistaken  for  lydia,  I  cannot  detect  any  structural  character  for  separa- 
ting the  females  of  the  two  species.  Other  characters  separating  them 
are  :  subornata^  9 «  abdominal  segments  9  and  10  largely  black  ;  5-8  with 
lateral  spots  continuing  the  direction  of  spots  anterior  to  them,  not 
lowered  to  the  lateral  carina ;  antehumeral  stripe  or  vestiges  present ; 
wing  apices  not  dark ;  lydia^  9  •  abdominal  segments  9  and  10  largely 
pale  brown;  5-8  with  lateral  spots  touching  lateral  carina,  not  in  line 
with  spots  anterior  to  them ;  antehumeral  stripe  wanting ;  wing  apices 
dark. 

One  9 1  Albuquerque,  New  Mexico,  July,  21,  1902,  is  like  lydia  in  all 
characters,  excepting  that  the  wings  lack  the  apical  dark  area.  This 
specimen  lacks  any  hint  of  the  second  or  distal  wing  band  present  in  sub- 
ornata. In  fact  its  wing  markings  rather  suggest  Libellula  forensis,  I 
regard  it,  however,  as  certainly  lydia.  Another  9  of  lydia  (Albuquer- 
que, New  Mexico)  has  a  trace  of  a  subapical  brown  spot  behind  the 
stigma,  as  in  subornata.  This  gives  each  wing  4  spots.  Oslar*s  collect- 
ing contains  specimens  from  the  following  localities  : — subornata  :  Albu- 
querque, New  Mexico,  July  17,  1902,  and  without  date  labels ;  Gallinas 
Canon,  New  Mexico,  July  23,  1902 ;  Rio  Grande,  New  Mexico,  July  12, 
1902,  and  without  date  labels  ;  Pagosa  Springs,  Colorado,  June  30,  1899 ; 
Berkeley  Lake,  Colorado,  June  15,  1898,  and  without  date  labels ;  lydia  c 
Albuquerque,  New  Mexico,  July  17,  21  and  27,  1902 ;  Rio  Grande,  New 
Mexico,  July  12  and  27,  1902,  and  without  date  labels ;  Arroyo,  Pecos 
River,  New  Mexico,  July  12  and  17, 1902,  and  without  date  labels ;  Berke- 
ley Lake,  Colorado,  June  15  and  30,  1898,  and  July  23,  1901  ;  Sloans 
Lake,  Denver,  Colorado,  June  1,  1898. — E.  B.  Williamson. 

*  And  Needham  and  Cockerell,  Psyche,  iqo3,  p.  135.  After  writing  the  above  I  notice 
that  Dr.  Calvert  has  made  use  of  the  same  characters  of  the  bifid  tubercle  in  treat  inf(  of 
subornata  in  Biol.  Centr.-Amer.  Neur.  p.  205.  Oct.,  1905. 


352  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Nov.,  'o6 

On  the  Formation  of  an  EntomoIog:icaI  Society  of 

America. 

To  All  Interested  in  Entomology. 

The  initial  meeting  of  The  Entomological  Society  of 
America  will  be  held  in  New  York  Citv  in  connection  with  the 
mid-winter  meetings  of  the  American  Association  for  the  Ad- 
vancement of  Science. 

This  society  has  been  organized  to  meet  the  need  of  a 
national  entomological  society,  which  shall  represent  all  de- 
partments of  entomology,  and  which  shall  hold  a  place  in 
American  entomology  similar  to  that  held  in  their  respective 
countries  by  the  great  foreign  entomological  societies. 

It  is  hoped  that  this  movement  will  have  the  co-operation 
of  all  of  the  existing  entomological  societies  in  this  country, 
and  that  it  will  in  no  way  interfere  with  the  success  of  any  of 
them.  It  is  believed  that  a  strong  national  society,  which  shall 
bring  together  workers  in  all  fields  of  entomology,  will  tend 
to  broaden  the  interests  of  each,  and  to  strengthen  the  more 
special  or  local  societies. 

The  amount  of  entomological  work  that  is  being  done  in 
the  United  States  and  Canada  is  great  compared  with  what  is 
being  done  in  any  other  country ;  it  is  fitting,  therefore,  that  the 
workers  in  this  field  should  be  united  in  a  national  society. 

On  another  page  there  is  given  the  report  of  the  Committee 
on  Organization,  and  an  invitation  is  hereby  extended  to 
every  one  interested  in  entomology  to  join  the  society.  Ap- 
plications for  membership  may  be  addressed  to  J.  H.  Corn- 
stock,  Ithaca,  New  York. 

The  Entomological  Society  of  America. 

A  meeting  of  the  committee  to  organize  a  national  ento- 
mological society,  for  which  provision  was  made  at  the  Phila- 
delphia meeting  of  the  Entomological  Club  of  the  A.  A.  A.  S., 
was  held  June  28,  1906,  in  the  entomological  laboratory  of 
Cornell  University.  The  New  York  Entomological  Society 
was  represented  by  Mr.  Carl  Schaeffer;  the  Chicago  Entomo- 


Nov.,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  353 

logical  Society,  by  Dr.  James  G.  Needham;  the  Jugatse  (the 
Ithaca  Society),  by  Professor  J.  H.  Comstock;  the  Newark 
Entomological  Society,  by  Mr.  J.  A.  Grossbeck;  the  Entomo- 
logical Society  of  Ontario,  by  Rev.  Professor  C.  J.  S.  Bethune, 
and  the  American  Entomological  Society,  by  Mr.  J.  Chester 
Bradley.  At  an  adjourned  meeting  the  Washington  Entomo- 
logical Society  was  represented  by  Mr.  E.  S.  G.  Titus. 

The  committee  was  organized  by  the  appointment  of  Pro- 
fessor Comstock  as  chairman,  and  Mr.  Bradley  as  secretary. 

The  Secretary  then  stated  in  brief  the  history  of  the  pres- 
ent movement  for  the  organization  of  a  national  entomological 
society.  The  parts  of  Mr.  Lyman's  two  presidential  addresses 
dealing  with  the  organization  of  an  entomological  union  were 
read  and  discussed.  Discussion  then  followed  as  to  the  pur- 
poses for  which  such  a  society  should  exist  and  as  to  whether 
there  was  need  for  one.  The  opinion  that  there  was  such  a 
need  seemed  to  prevail,  but  it  was  urged  that  if  the  society 
be  formed  it  should  be  based  on  broad  and  comprehensive 
grounds.  It  was  then  moved  that  it  is  the  sense  of  this  com- 
mittee that  the  organization  of  a  national  entomological  society 
is  desirable.  Every  member  in  turn  was  called  upon  for  an 
expression  of  opinion,  and  every  one  spoke  in  favor  of  the 
organization ;  but  it  was  the  feeling  of  the  committee  that  the 
success  of  such  a  society  would  depend  on  the  securing  of 
co-operation  of  other  societies  like  the  Association  of  Economic 
Entomologists  and  the  Entomological  Club  of  the  A.  A.  A.  S. 

It  was  suggested  that  provision  might  advantageously  be 
made  for  committees  on  policy,  as  on  education,  on  legislation, 
on  museum  methods,  and  on  nomenclature. 

Strong  opposition  was  made  to  the  formation  of  any  inde- 
pendent code  for  entomologists;  but  it  was  believed  that  a 
committee  on  nomenclature  might  have  legitimate  ground  for 
existence  in  voicing  the  peculiar  needs  of  entomology  in  mat- 
ters of  nomenclature  and  in  securing  their  adequate  repre- 
sentation in  the  International  Zoological  Congress. 

A  sub-committee  was  appointed  to  draft  a  Constitution  and 
By-Laws,  which  should  embody  the  decisions  reached  by  the 
committee,  and  to  report  them  at  an  adjourned  meeting. 


The  Entomological  Society  of  America. 

CONSTITUTION. 

ARTICLE  I. 

NAME. 

Section  i. — This  organization  shall  be  known  as  The 
Entomological  Society  of  America. 

ARTICLE  II. 

objects. 

Section  i. — It  shall  be  the  purpose  of  this  society  to  pro- 
mote the  science  of  entomology  in  all  its  branches,  to  secure 
co-operation  in  all  measures  tending  to  that  end,  and  to  facili- 
tate personal  intercourse  between  entomologists. 


354  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NBWS.  [Nov.,  '06 

The  committee  then  discussed  membership,  dues,  officers, 
elections  and  other  matters.  The  decisioos  concerning  these 
were  subsequently  embodied  in  the  Constitution  and  By-Laws. 
The  committee  then  adjourned  until  the  folowing  day. 

At  an  adjourned  meeting,  held  Jtmc  29,  1906,  the  report  of 
the  Sub-Committee  on  Constitution  and  By-Laws  was  read 
and  discussed.  After  the  making  of  some  chang^es  the  report 
i\'as  adopted,  and  the  sub-committee  was  authorized  to  pre- 
pare and  have  printed  a  report  of  the  committee,  tc^ethcr  with 
the  Constitution  and  By-Laws,  and  to  send  them,  with  an  invita- 
tion to  be  present  at  the  initial  meeting  of  the  society,  to  even 
entomologist  in  the  country  whose  address  could  be  learned, 
and  to  have  them  published  in  the  entomolog-ical  journals.  The 
sub-committee  was  also  authorized  to  call  an  initial  meetii^ 
in  New  York  City  in  connection  with  the  midw^inter  meeting? 
of  the  A.  A.  A.  S.,  to  make  arrangements  for  that  meeting, 
and  to  transact  such  other  business  as  may  be  necessai^'. 

At  a  second  adjourned  meeting,  held  June  30,  1906,  it  was 
decided  to  apply  at  once  for  affiliation  with  the  American  Asso- 
ciation for  the  Advancement  of  Science,  and  such  application 
was  subsequently  made. 

J.  Chester  Bradley.  Secretary. 


Nov.,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  355 

ARTICLE  III. 

MEMBERSHIP. 

Section  i. — ^The  active  membership  of  this  society  shall 
consist  of  two  classes :  members  and  felloivs. 

Sec.  2. — All  persons  interested  in  entomology  shall  be 
eligible  to  membership. 

Sec.  3. — Members  who  have  contributed  to  the  science  of 
entomology  in  some  important  way  may  be  elected  fellows  of 
the  society.  The  number  of  fellows  shall  not  exceed  fifty  at 
any  time. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

OFFICERS. 

Section  i. — ^The  officers  of  the  society  shall  be  a  President, 
two  Vice-Presidents  and  a  Secretary-Treasurer.  The  duty  of 
these  officers  shall  be  those  usually  pertaining  to  their  respec- 
tive offices. 

Sec.  2. — ^The  business  of  the  society  not  otherwise  pro- 
vided for  shall  be  in  the  hands  of  an  Executive  Committee, 
consisting  of  the  officers  named  in  Section  i,  and  six  addi- 
tional members,  who  shall  be  elected  by  the  society.  Four 
members  of  the  committee  shall  constitute  a  quorum. 

Sec.  3. — The  President  shall  represent  the  society  upon 
the  Council  of  the  American  Association  for  the  Advancement 
of  Science.* 

Sec.  3. — All  officers  shall  be  elected  by  ballot  at  the  annual 
meeting,  for  a  term  of  one  year,  and  shall  be  eligible  for  re- 
election. 

ARTICLE  V. 

elections. 

Section  i. — Election  of  Members.  Nominations  for  mem- 
bership may  be  made  by  any  two  members,  and  election  shall 
be  by  Executive  Committee. 

Sec.  2. — Election  of  Fellows.  All  nominations  for  fellows 
shall  be  signed  by  three  or  more  members  or  fellows,  and  each 
nomination  shall  be  accompanied  by  the  following  information 

♦This  section  was  adopted  provisionally;  it  is  to  be  included  if 
affiliation  with  A.  A.  A.  S.  be  granted. 


356  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Nov.,  'o6 

concerning  the  nominee:  name,  address,  occupation,  branches 
of  entomology  engaged  in,  positions  held  involving  entomologi- 
cal experience,  entomological  work  done,  and  list  of  publica- 
tions. 

Election  shall  be  by  ballot  at  the  annual  meeting,  upon 
nominations  approved  by  the  Executive  Committee.  Ballot 
may  also  be  taken  upon  such  other  nominations,  previously  sent 
to  the  Executive  Committee,  as  may  be  demanded  by  any  five 
members  or  fellows.  All  elections  of  fellows  shall  require  a 
two-thirds  vote  of  the  members  present. 

ARTICLE  VI. 

MEETINGS. 

Section  i. — An  annual  meeting  shall  be  held  at  such  time 
and  place  as  the  Executive  Committee  each  year  may  select. 

ARTICLE  VII. 

AMENDMENTS. 

Section  i  . — This  Constitution  may  be  altered  or  amended  at 
any  annual  meeting  by  a  two-thirds  vote  of  the  members  pres- 
ent, a  copy  of  each  amendment  proposed  having  been  sent  to 
members  and  fellows  at  least  one  month  in  advance  of  the 
meeting. 

BY-LAWS. 

1.  The  annual  dues  for  members  and  fellows  shall  be  one 
dollar. 

2.  A  majority  of  the  members  present  at  an  annual  meeting 
shall  constitute  a  quorum  for  the  transaction  of  business. 

3.  Notice  of  all  meetings  of  the  society  shall  be  sent  to 
members  at  least  one  month  in  advance. 

4.  The  Executive  Committee  shall  provide  a  program  for 
all  meetings,  including,  at  the  annual  meeting,  a  popular  lec- 
ture, and  a  technical  entomological  exhibit  of  material  and 
methods. 

5.  The  time  of  the  business  meeting  shall  be  published  prior 
to  the  opening  session  of  the  annual  meeting. 


Nov.]  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS. 


Not  Kxoeedlnif  Three  Lines  Free  to  Subiorlbers. 


49*  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 
(beinK  longest  in)  are  discontinued. 


Wanted. — Mtcro-leptdiptera,  especially  Tintina  of  North  America. 
Will  give  named  material  in  return ;  also  Microlepidoptera  and  Coleop- 
tera.     Will  buy  desirable  material. — Dr.  W.  G.  Dietz,  Hazleton,  Pa. 

Indian  Insects  in  all  orders  with  full  data  and  in  thoroughly  good 
condition,  chiefly  from  Andaman  Island,  Assam  &  Daijeeling.  Address 
A.  Meik,  4,  Convent  Rd.,  Enially,  Calcutta,  India. 

Duplicates. — Perfect  diurnals  from  Celebes;  Paps,  Blumei  Androcles, 
Sataspes.  f^if^on  Veiovis^  Asdalaphus^  etc.,  Pap  Backus,  Zagrens,  PerUy 
omith,  P.  Miranda  Brookiana^  and  enor.  Wanted — Diurnals  from  Am- 
azon River  and  Philippines  and  offers.  W.  Dannett,  care  A.  P.  Soyer, 
141 8  Tribune  Building,  Chicago. 

Wanted. — A  number  of  Experiment  Station  Records  to  complete  my 
file.  Have  considerable  number  of  duplicates  to  offer  in  exchange. 
Send  for  list. — Wilmon  Newell,  Baton  Rouge,  La. 

Before  the  season  opens,  I  wish  to  arrange  with  parties  in  the  south- 
ern United  States  and  Mexico  for  the  collecting  of  Buprestidae  and 
Phancpus.    Good  exchange  given. — E.  A.  Klages,  Crafton.  Pa. 

Wanted. — For  ca.sh  or  exchange  in  any  Order,  specimens  (living  pre- 
fered)  of  any  species  of  Ceuthophilus^  also  of  any  species  of  Dermesfes 
(living  prefered)  —Frank  E.  Lutz,  Cold  Spring  Harbor,  L.  I.,  N.  Y. 

Wanted. — Geometridae  from  all  parts  of  the  United  States.  Will  ac- 
cept unidentiBed  material.  Will*  exchange  or  give  cash  for  desirable 
specimens.  Write  first  —Wm.  H.  Broadwell^  209  Plane  Street,  Newark, 
New  Jersey. 

Specimens  of  the  genus  Arctia  {Apantesis  Walk.)  desired  from  all 
parts  of  North  America,  also  fertile  eggs  on  larva.  Good  exchange 
given.— E.  Denny,  200  Mitcheson,  Montreal,  Canada. 

Wanted. — Neuropteroid  insects,  especially  Perlidae  and  Trichoptera  ; 
will  name  or  exchange. — Nathan  Banks,  East  Falls  Church,  Va. 

Donaciss  of  North  America. — World's  Cicindelidas  wanted  in  exchange 
for  Coleoptera  or  Lepidoptera ;  will  collect  in  others  Orders  the  coming 
season.  LeConte  and  Horh's  Classification  of  Coleoptera  wanted.  Revi- 
sion of  Deltoids  for  sale. — C.  A.  Frost,  40  Grant  St.,  South  Framingham, 
Mass. 

Chlaenius. — Specimens  of  this  genus  wanted  in  numbers  for  a  foreign 
correspondent.  Beetles  or  other  Orders  in  exchange.  C.  T.  Brues,  Pub- 
lic Museum,  Milwaukee,  Wisconsin. 

Will  contract  to  collect  any  Order  or  Group  of  insects  this  sea.«on  for 
private  collections,  museums,  colleges  or  any  public  institutions  Dupli- 
cates for  sale  of  all  Orders  from  Colorado,  New  Mexico  and  Arizona. — 
Ernest  J.  Oslar,  Alcott  P.  O.,  Denver,  Colorado. 

Wanted  for  cash.— Perfect  imagos  in  papers  or  pinned  of  Tabanus 
atratus,  Corydalus  comuta,  Myrmeleon  fomicarius  and  large  specimens 
of  Caddice  Fly.  Send  list  and  price  to  John  H.  Matthews,  3219  N.  13th 
St..  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

I  solicit  correspondence  with  those  interested  in  the  life  histories  of 
of  North  American  Catocalse. — R.  R.  Rowley,  Louisiana,  Mo. 


ii  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NBWS.  L^906. 

Coleoptem* — DynasUs  /ifyms  anil  other  desirable  species  in  excbangv 
for  Coleoptera  new  to  my  collection. — H.  P.  Loding,  911  Palmetto  St. » 
Mobile,  Ala. 

Wanted. — Inflated  larvae,  dead  pupse  and  imagines  of  our  common 
and  larger  butterflies  and  moths,  alto  insects  injunous  and  beneficial  to 
agriculture,  horticulture,  etc.  Larger  and  common  insects  of  all  orders. 
For  cash  or  in  exchange  for  rare  <K>mestic  or  exotic  insects. — The  Kny- 
Scheerer  Co.,  Deptartment  of  Natural  Science,  225-233  Fourth  Avenue, 
New  York. 

Qeometridfls. — Will  name  and  return  North  American  species  of  this 
family  for  privilege  of  examination  and  rctcords.  Hulst*s  species  com- 
pared with  his  tvpes.  Please  send  series  of  each  species  if  possible.— J. 
A.  Grossbeck,  N.  J.  Agr.  Exper  Sta.,  New  Brunswick,  N.  J. 

BxchftOiee  or  cajli. — Offered  for  ova  of  Hemileuca  nevadensis  and 
pupse  of  chersis,  modesta^  drupiferarum  and  other  sphinges  and  large 
moths.— J.  L.  Mitchell,  212  Indiana  Trust  Building,  Indianapolis,  Ind. 

Wanted  for  cash  or  mfctoago*— Perfect  mounted  specimens  (ex- 
larvae)  of  our  common  North  American  Butterflies  and  Moths,  also  nox- 
ious and  beneficial  insects,  and  inaeds  illustrating  mimicry,  protective 
coloration,  etc. — The  Kny-Scheerer  Co.,  Dept.  of  Nat.  Sciences,  225-233 
Fourth  Ave.,  New  York. 

Butterflies  wanted  in  perfect  condidon  witll  eccurate  data.  Liberal 
exchange.  Spread  butterflies  named  free  of  rhii|je  Henry  Skinner, 
1900  Race  St.,  Phila.,  Pa. 

Dlptera — Tabantdae  from  the  West  wanted  in  exchange  for  Eastern 
Diptera.— H.  S.  Harbeck,  1728  N.  Fifteenth  Street,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Cocoods  of  S,  cyntkia^  A,  promethea^  A.  cecrapia  and  T.  pofyphemus 
to  exchan$i:e  for  other  North  American  pupflc  or  Lepidoptera  m  papers.— 
John  H.  West,  2235  E.  Letterly  St. 

CIclndelldae  of  the  entire  globe  desired.  Good  exchanfie  in  this  ami 
other  families  desired. — H.  F.  Wickham,  Iowa  City,  Iowa. 

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CONTENTS: 


Miller— Some  notes  on  the  Dragonflies 

of  Waterloo,  Iowa 557 

Sanderson— Texas  Notes— III 361 

Rehn — Conocephailus  lyristes 366 

Davis— Number  of  eg:gs  of  Samia  ce- 
cropia,    Pulvtnaria   innumerabilis, 

anaCulex  pipiens 368 

Icelander— Some  new  or  little-known 

genera  of  Empididae 370 

Skinner — A  new  variety  of  Papilio  ni- 

tulus  Boisd 379 

Skinner— A  new  Syntomeida 379 

Weber— The  song  of  the  Mosquito  .... 


Girault— The  method  of  feeding  in  Lep- 

toelossus 382 

Van     Uuzee— New    North    American 

Heteroptera 384 

Jones — A  new  Cuterebra  from  Nebraska  391 
Fall— A  new  Platycerus  and  a  new  Ple- 

ocoma 393 

Soule — Notes  on  Moths 39s 

Editorial 398 

Notes  and  News  399 

Entomological  Literature  .• 400 

Doings  of  Societies 403 


Some  notes  on  the  Dragonflies  of  Waterloo^  Iowa. 

By  Newton  Miller,  Thorntown,  Iowa. 

Waterloo  is  situated  in  the  northeastern  part  of  Iowa  on  the 
Red  Cedar  River.  This  region  in  general  is  level  and  dotted 
with  ponds  and  sloughs.  One  of  these  sloughs  extends  along 
the  northern  edge  of  Waterloo  around  in  a  northwesterly 
direction  for  about  a  half  mile,  with  a  maximum  width  of 
about  175  or  200  yards.  Its  southern  end  communicates  with 
the  river,  and  its  northern  end  terminates  in  more  or  less  iso- 
lated ponds  which  extend  almost  to  the  river.  During  high 
water  a  large  quantity  of  water  from  the  river  finds  its  way 
through  this  slough.  Entering  the  slough,  near  town  from 
the  east,  is  a  small  stream  six  or  eight  feet  wide.  In  and 
about  this  slough  is  a  rank  growth  of  wild  rice,  flags,  cattails 
and  smaller  species.  Around  the  northern  end  is  a  grove  of 
small  trees. 

Such  conditions  are  typical  of  a  great  number  of  places 
within  a  radius  of  a  few  miles  of  Waterloo.  Those  farther 
away  from  the  river  have  in  most  cases  no  trees  about  them. 

Red  Cedar  River,  where  it  flows  through  Waterloo,  is  about 
75  yards  wide  and  is  shallow  for  a  river  of  its  width.     In  the 


357 


358  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [DeC,  'o6 

vicinity  of  Waterloo  its  banks  usually  have  an  abundance  of 
willows,  while  its  course  is  narrowly  margined  by  small  timber. 
Dragonflies  were  very  scarce  along  the  river,  but  I  was  told 
they  became  abundant  later  in  the  summer. 

South  of  Waterloo  is  Elk  Run,  a  small  stream  some  20  to 
30  feet  wide,  which  empties  into  Red  Cedar  River  about  six 
miles  below  the  town.  Some  trees  grow  along  its  course,  and 
my  collection  along  it  was  made  in  an  open  woods.  Its  bed  is 
composed  mostly  of  sand. 

A  short  distance  to  the  northeast  of  the  mouth  of  Elk  Run 
is  a  slough  that  has  no  trees  or  shrubs  about  it.  This  slough 
is  in  a  pasture  tract  of  land  and  the  cattle  keep  the  vegetation 
well  eaten  off,  especially  during  the  dry  summer  months,  when 
a  large  portion  of  the  slough  goes  dry  leaving  only  a  string  of 
isolated  ponds. 

The  dragonfly  season  did  not  open  in  the  locality  of  Water- 
loo until  after  June  ist.  However,  a  very  few  specimens  of 
Aiiax  Junius  and  Ischnura  verticalis  were  seen  as  early  as  May 
20th.  By  the  time  dragonflies  began  to  fly  I  had  only  one  day 
and  parts  of  two  more  to  devote  to  the  collection  of  Odonata. 
There  had  been  four  consecutive  warm  days  previous  to  June 
7th,  on  the  afternoon  of  which  I  made  my  first  collection. 
This  hot,  clear  afternoon  I  collected  about  the  slough  north 
of  Waterloo,  especially  that  portion  near  the  edge  of  town. 
Seventy-eight  specimens  were  taken.  The  next  morning,  June 
8th,  which  was  hot  and  clear,  I  collected  about  the  northern 
portion  of  the  same  slough,  taking  between  170  and  180  speci- 
mens. 

The  following  day  collections  were  made  along  Elk  Run  in 
the  morning  and  about  the  slough  near  the  mouth  of  Elk  Run 
in  the  afternoon.  The  morning  for  the  most  part  was  clear, 
but  shortly  before  noon  it  clouded  up  and  by  2.30  o'clock  it 
was  so  cloudy  and  windy  that  I  had  to  give  up  my  collecting. 
The  high  winds  of  this  region  are  no  little  handicap  to  the 
insect  collector.  The  result  of  my  morning's  work  along  Elk 
Run  was  more  than  120  specimens.  Calopteryx  cBquabilis  was 
abundant  along  the  banks  in  shady  places.  Those  taken  in 
the  afternoon  around  the  slough  were  for  the  most  part  small 


Dec,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  359 

species  which  had  taken  shelter  iu  the  grass  from  the  wind  and 
which  I  bagged  by  walking  against  the  wind,  dragging  my 
net  through  the  grass.  Ischnura  verticalis^  Nehalennia  irene 
and  Enallagma  hageni  were  abundant  here. 

Many  of  my  specimens  are  tenerals.  which  were  very  abund- 
ant around  the  sloughs.  The  rapidity  with  which  three  or 
four  warm  days  were  bringing  out  the  dragonflies  would  indi- 
cate that  these  sloughs  would  be  teeming  with  dragonfly  life 
in  a  week  or  so  of  warm  weather. 

The  following  is  a  list  of  the  species  of  my  collection  as 
determined  by  Mr.  E.  B.  Williamson : 

Calopieryx  maculaia  Beauvois.  Nine  males,  seven  females, 
open  woods  along  Elk  Run  ;  quite  abundant. 

Calopieryx  aquabilis  Say.  Twenty-five  males,  23  females  ; 
open  woods  along  Elk  Run  in  shady  places.  These  48  speci- 
mens were  taken  in  less  than  two  hours. 

Hetarina  americana  Fabricius.  One  male  from  the  slough 
near  the  mouth  of  Elk  Run. 

Lesies  unguiculaius  Hagen.  Ten  males,  nineteen  females ; 
abundant  about  slough  near  mouth  of  Elk  Run. 

Lestes  forcipaius  Rambur.     Two  males. 

Lestes  rectangularis  Say.  Five  males,  i  female  ;  scarce,  just 
emerging  ;  slough  north  of  Waterloo. 

Lestes  uncatus  Kirby.  Thirteen  males  ;  14  females  ;  abund- 
ant about  slough  near  mouth  of  Elk  Run. 

Nehalennia  irene  Hagen.  Twenty-one  males;  15  females; 
.  very  abundant  about  slough  near  Elk  Run.  This  species  was 
found  near  the  ground  or  water  in  the  grass  where  it  had 
probably  taken  shelter  from  the  wind. 

Atnphiagrion  saucium  Burmeister.  Two  males  from  the 
slough  at  north  edge  of  Waterloo. 

Enallagma  hageni  Walsh.  Ninety-five  males  ;  15  females  ; 
individuals  of  this  species  more  numerous  than  any  of  the 
other  27  species  ;  most  abundant  about  slough  near  mouth  of 
Elk  Run. 

Enallagma  ebrium  Hagen.  Six  males  from  the  slough  north 
of  Waterloo. 

Enallagma   aniennatum   Say.     Thirteen   males ;    seven   fe- 


360  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Dec,  *o6 

males ;  common  about  slough  north  of  Waterloo  and  the  one 
near  mouth  of  Elk  Run. 

Ischnura  verticalis  Say.  Twenty -eight  males;  21  females; 
abundant  about  the  sloughs  at  Elk  Run  and  north  of  Water- 
loo. This  was  one  of  the  earliest  species  out.  A  few  individ- 
uals were  seen  at  least  two  weeks  before  oth^r  species,  except 
Anax  Junius,  appeared  in  any  numbers. 

Anomalafrrion  hustatum  Say.     One  male. 

Gomphus  fratemus  Say.     Two  females. 

Gomphus  comutus  Tough.  One  female  in  poor  condition, 
not  fit  for  description,  probably  belongs  here  though  the 
female  has  not  been  described. 

Gomphus  sp,  f  Two  females.  These  are  teneral,  and  Mr. 
Williamson  hesitates  to  give  them  a  specific  name. 

Anax  Junius  Drury.  Two  males ;  2  females ;  common  about 
woods  and  slough  north  of  Waterloo.  One  of  the  earliest, 
species  out  in  the  spring.  As  many  were  seen  patroling  the 
open  woods  as  about  the  water. 

NasuBschna  peniacantha  Rambur.  A  male  and  a  female  from 
slough  north  of  Waterloo. 

Macromia  illinoiaisis  Walsh.  Three  males  and  one  female, 
from  slough  north  of  Waterloo. 

Teiragoneuria  cyyiosura  Say.  Nine  males,  three  females ; 
taken  late  in  the  afternoon  along  the  bank  over  the  water  in 
the  shade  near  the  edge  of  Waterloo. 

Epicordulia  princeps  Hagen.  Fifteen  males,  22  females; 
found  in  great  numbers  at  north  end  of  slough  at  Waterloo. 
They  were  perched  lengthwise  on  branches  and  twigs  in  the 
sun.  Frequently  several  would  be  strung  along  on  a  drooping 
twig  close  together  so  that  three  to  five  could  be  taken  with  a 
sing:le  stroke  of  the  net.     All  were  recently  emerged. 

Leucorhinia  intacta  Hagen.     Five  males,  2  females. 

Mesothemis  simplicicollis  Say.     A  male  and  a  female. 

Pachydiplax  /ong^ipennis  Burmeister.  Nineteen  males,  seven 
females;  very  abundant  about  slough  north  of  Waterloo. 
Found  perched  above  the  water  with  wings  drooped,  getting 
the  full  benefit  of  the  sun. 

LibelluJa  basalts  Say.    Scarce  ;  two  males,  taken  from  weeds 


Dec.,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  361 

a  short  distance  from  the  water's  edge  at  the  slough  north  of 
Waterloo. 

Libellula  pulchella  Drury.  Sixteen  males ;  four  females ; 
abundant  about  sloughs  at  Elk  Run  and  north  of  Waterloo. 
Females  found  about  the  water  only  when  they  came  to 
oviposit. 

Platheniis  lydia  Drury.  Nine  males,  four  females  ;  common 
about  the  mouth  of  the  little  stream  in  slough  near  edge  of 
Waterloo. 


.    Texas  Notes. — III. 

By  E.  Dwight  Sanderson. 

The  Chinch  Bug  in  Texas* 

But  little  has  been  written  concerning  the  common  chinch 
bug  (Blissus  leucopterus)  in  the  Gulf  States.  In  endeavoring 
to  devise  means  for  its  control  in  Texas  several  notes  of  gen- 
eral interest  were  made. 

The  region  affected  by  the  chinch  bug  in  Texas  is  largely 
coextensive  with  the  grain  belt,  but  injury  occurs  south  into  the 
central  part  of  the  State  as  far  as  Brazos  County,  about  125 
miles  north  of  the  Gulf.  South  of  this  we  received  no  com- 
plaint of  damage.  The  adult  bugs  hibernate  over  winter  in 
fields  of  small  grain,  in  the  stalks  and  stubble  of  com,  under 
bark  of  logs,  and  seemingly  in  any  sheltered  situation.  We 
have  found  them  numerous  in  the  hollows  made  in  the  stem  of 
the  bull  nettle  (Solanum  rostratum)  by  the  little  beetle  Tricho- 
baris  texana.  They  emerge  in  March  or  April  according  to 
the  season.  In  1903  they  were  first  noticed  in  north  Texas 
the  second  week  in  April.  At  College  Station  they  were 
numerous  on  the  20th,  but  oviposition  did  not  take  place  until 
about  May  i.  In  1904,  the  season  being  unusually  early, 
straggling  specimens  were  observed  at  College  Station  March 
7th.  On  March  30th  they  were  common  on  volunteer  sorghum, 
though  none  on  corn,  and  first  copulation  was  observed.  In 
1903  the  first  young  nymphs  were  observed  May  8.  On  May 
21  the  first  instar  was  still  most  abundant,  though  a  few  in  the 
second   instar  were   found.     June  4   some  had   reached   the 


362  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Dcc.,  '06 

so-called  pupa  stage,  though  a  large  proportion  were  still  in 
the  first  instar. 

June  II,  1903,  the  first  adults  of  the  new  brood  were  found 
and  most  of  the  nymphs  were  ready  to  transform.  The  first 
eggs  were  laid  April  2,  1904,  as  far  as  observed  in  the  field. 
On  April  23  a  few  nymphs  in  the  second  instar  were  observed. 
Nymphs  in  all  instars  were  secured  April  28,  but  no  eggs.  On 
May  14-  nymphs  in  the  second  and  fourth  instars  were  observed 
and  hibernated  adults  were  very  scarce.  The  spring  rains 
caused  a  high  mortality  this  season  and  further  observations 
are  lacking.  Prof.  Webster  (Bulletin  15,  Bureau  Entomolog}% 
Pg^-  19)  quotes  Dr.  Shimer  as  stating  that  the  adult  develops 
57  to  60  days  after  the  deposition  of  the  eggs.  Though  the 
above  data  are  not  conclusive,  yet  from  the  field  observations 
it  is  evident  that  the  development  from  oviposition  takes  place 
in  at  least  45  days  and  possibly  less.  A  second  generation 
seriously  damages  sorghum  and  late  planted  Mexican  June 
corn  in  July  and  August.  I  have  no  recorded  observations 
concerning  a  third  brood,  but  am  quite  certain  that  a  third 
generation  is  developed  before  hibernating  for  the  winter. 

The  habits  and  injury  done  by  the  bugs  are  quite  variable, 
making  their  control  much  more  difficult  than  further  north. 
When  the  adults  emerge  from  hibernation  in  March  or  April 
they  may  fly  directly  to  the  young  com  just  appearing  above 
the  ground.  They  are  frequently  observed  flying  or  alighting 
on  horses  at  this  season.  Furthermore,  they  will  often  be  found 
in  spots  here  and  there  over  a  large  field  of  com.  In  other 
instances,  however,  they  seem  to  remain  mostly  on  oats  and 
wheat,  so  that  when  the  latter  are  cut  in  June  they  migrate  to 
corn  as  further  north. 

Upon  the  young  corn  from  a  half  dozen  to  as  many  as  thirty 
will  be  found  on  a  hill  in  which  the  plants  are  not  three  inches 
high.  In  many  cases  replanting  in  spots  is  necessary.  The 
most  serious  injury  is  done  by  the  adults  of  the  next  genera- 
tion late  in  May  or  early  June,  when  the  com  is  about  knee  or 
waist-high.  Having  bred  in  the  corn  field  and  not  migrating 
to  it,  as  a  rule,  as  in  the  North,  the  bugs  are  very  abundant 
over  the  entire  corn  field.    The  usual  methods  of  control  prac- 


Dec,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  363 

tised  in  the  North  to  prevent  migration  are  therefore  inappli- 
cable. In  other  cases,  however,  the  first  generation  develops 
on  small  grains,  more  particularly  spring  oats,  and  migrates 
when  they  are  cut  to  corn,  which  is  then  badly  injured.  Millet 
and  sorghum  seem  to  be  favorite  food  plants,  and  we  believe 
if  properly  handled  might  be  used  as  catch  or  trap  crops,  as 
some  preliminary  experiments  made  in  1904  and  the  experi- 
ence of  practical  farmers  indicated. 

Needless  to  state,  in  Texas  as  elsewhere,  injury  is  the  worst 
in  dry  seasons.  In  1901  and  1902  the  drouth  and  chinch  bugs 
caused  a  well-nigh  total  failure  of  the  corn  crop  of  northern 
Texas.  Old  residents  who  moved  to  Texas  from  Illinois  where 
they  had  known  the  chinch  bug  have  stated  that  the  pest  was 
injurious  forty  years  ago,  though  possibly  more  so,  as  the  land 
has  been  brought  entirely  under  cultivation. 

Although  no  entirely  successful  remedial  measures  were  dis- 
covered for  the  control  of  the  first  generation  on  corn  in  the 
spring,  some  proved  so  promising  that  they  are  worthy  of 
record. 

Both  young  com  plants  but  a  few  inches  high,  and  those 
nearly  ready  to  tassel,  were  sprayed  with  an  emulsion  made 
with  three  gallons  of  crude  Beaumont  oil,  ij4  pounds  of  soap, 
emulsified  and  diluted  with  a  barrel  of  water,  thus  giving  about 
6.6  per  cent,  of  oil.  This  was  fatal  to  all  bugs  hit  and  did  no 
injury  to  the  plants.  As  Beaumont  oil  is  very  much  cheaper 
than  kerosene,  emulsions  made  with  it  are  worthy  of  trial  for 
other  purposes  in  the  southwest.  Though  all  the  bugs  upon 
the  young  plants  might  be  killed  by  the  spraying,  yet  in  a  day 
or  two  others  would  arrive  and  thus  to  be  efTectual  the  spray- 
ing would  need  to  be  repeated,  which  is  hardly  possible  on 
large  acreages.  For  the  older  corn  the  spraying,  if  the  bugs 
are  abundant  enough  to  threaten  serious  injury,  is  more  feasible 
and  profitable. 

It  was  noticed  that  when  the  hibernated  bugs  migrated  to 
com  in  the  early  spring  they  were  much  more  abundant 
upon  fields  which  had  been  cultivated  and  the  earth  was  in 
clods.  Where  the  soil  had  been  packed  tightly  around  the 
plants  by  rains  and  had  not  been  loosened  there  were  few  bugs. 


364  BN.TOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Dec.,  '06 

This  was  also  true  to  a  certain  extent  in  oat  fields.  Qearly  the 
bugs  preferred  a  soil  with  numerous  cracks  in  which  they 
might  hide  and  oviposit.  This  being  the  case,  it  seemed  prob- 
able that  if  a  liberal  application  of  tobacco  dust  were  applied 
to  each  hill  of  corn  they  might  be  driven  off.  Field  experi- 
ments were  therefore  instituted  to  test  the  value  of  this  remedy. 
It  was  found  that  where  strong  winds  did  not  blow  the  dust 
away  the  bugs  were  almost  entirely  killed  by  it,  a  dozen  or 
so  being  found  dead  at  each  hill.  Usually  in  about  an  hour 
after  application  the  bugs  remaining  at  the  hill  were  stupefied. 
The  action  of  the  tobacco  dust  on  tliese  insects  is  rather 
unique,  being  comparable  to  a  moth  flying  to  its  death  in  a 
flame,  for  both  are  the  result  of  tropisms. 

The  chinch  bug  seems  to  be  very  clearly  and  decidedly 
stereotropic,  to  use  the  term  coined,  I  believe,  by  Prof.  Jacques 
Loeb.  Possibly  they  are  also  geotropic,  but  this  is  not  so  clear. 
In  other  words,  the  chinch  bug  has  an  instinctive  attraction  for 
a  crevice  or  coarse  loose  soil.  This  is  incidental  with  the  ovipo- 
sition  of  the  hibernated  brood.  Neither  geotropism  or  nega- 
tive heliotropism  seefm  to  explain  the  phenomena.  That  an 
insect  should  so  instinctively  remain  in  a  substance  which 
soon  causes  its  death,  and  the  odor  of  which  is  enough  to  drive 
many  insects  from  plants,  seemed  so  unusual  that  some  labora- 
tory experiments  were  made  to  further  show  this  point.  May  3, 
1903,  Mr.  Wilmon  Newell  placed  27  adult  bugs  in  a  box  and 
covered  with  tobacco  dust.  After  two  and  one-half  hours  the 
dust  was  removed,  none  having  escaped,  though  they  might 
easily  have  done  so,  the  box  being  uncovered  and  the  dust 
shallow ;  of  the  2^  but  7  revived.  Thirty  bugs  were  similarly 
placed  under  tobacco  dust  the  same  day  for  three  hours,  but  one 
of  them  reviving.  Twenty-one  bugs  were  placed  in  a  small  box 
and  covered  a  half  inch  deep  with  tobacco  dust.  Three  crawled 
out.  Four  others  crawled  to  the  surface,  two  remaining  upon 
it  and  two  crawling  back  in  the  dust.  At  fifteen  minutes  all 
were  stupefied.  At  end  of  seventeen  minutes  three  bugs  were 
removed  from  the  box  and  placed  on  the  table.  In  sixty 
minutes  one  crawled  off,  and  in  eighty  minutes  another  revived. 
Twenty-two  minutes  after  the  experiment  was  started,  five 


Dec.,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  365 

were  removed;  eighty  minutes  later  two  crawled  off:  twelve 
hours  later  all  had  revived,  though  some  were  still  stupid.  At 
the  end  of  thirty-two  minutes,  five  more  were  taken  from  the 
box ;  one  hour  later  one  crawled  off,  and  thirty-six  hours  later 
two  were  found  dead;  at  forty-seven  minutes  six  were  re- 
moved.   Four  of  these  were  dead  thirty-six  hours  later. 

Again,  to  show  the  attraction  of  the  loose  dust  or  soil  for  the 
bugs,  for  they  would  undoubtedly  crawl  into  sawdust  equally 
readily,  ten  bugs  were  placed  on  the  surface  of  a  half  inch  of 
tobacco  dust.  All  crawled  into  it  at  once.  Three  subsequently 
crawled  out  and  away.  None  remained  on  the  surface,  though 
near- it.  In  ten  minutes  all  were  stupefied  and  were  removed 
and  exposed  to  air.  Some  of  these  had  recovered  ninety  min- 
utes later  and  all  revived  in  a  few  hours. 

Thus  the  bugs  crawl  into  the  tobacco  and  remain  there, 
where  they  are  stupefied  by  its  fumes  sometimes  in  ten  minutes. 
If  allowed  to  remain  forty-4ive  minutes,  two-thirds  at  least  are 
killed.  As  a  matter  of  fact,  where  a  pile  of  tobacco  dust  re- 
mained undisturbed  around  a  plant  the  mortality  would  be 
almost  entire,  for  as  soon  as  stupefied  the  bugs  would  remain 
in  it  undisturbed.  However  theoretically  plausible  the  method 
may  seem,  it  will  not  be  practicable  in  Texas  owing  to  the  con- 
stant strong  winds,  which  soon  scatter  the  dust.  Its  action  on 
the  bugs  is,  however,  of  interest,  and  might  be  put  to  practical 
use  in  the  case  of  the  false  chinch  bug,  which  has  very  similar 
habits  when  working  on  garden  vegetables. 

The  best  means  of  control  for  the  chinch  bug  in  Texas,  and 
one  which  practical  farmers  have  found  satisfactory  through 
their  own  experiments,  is  the  destruction  of  all  com  and 
sorghum  stalks  or  stubble  left  in  the  field  and  the  general  clean- 
ing up  of  all  places  favorable  for  hibernation  as  far  as  possible. 
Sorghum  stubble  seems  a  particularly  favored  place  of  hiber- 
nators.  Especially  is  this  necessary  where  sorghum  and  June 
corn  are  grown  late  in  the  summer  and  early  fall,  thus  furnish- 
ing abundant  succulent  food  for  the  later  generations,  and  the 
volunteer  plants  forming  food  in  early  spring.  Indeed,  to 
these  late  fodder  plants  may  be  largely  attributed  the  destruc- 
tive numbers  of  the  chinch  bug  in  early  spring  upon  young 


366  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [DeC.,  'o6 

corn,  and  injury  seems  to  be  the  more  general  where  they  are 
most  grown.  The  practical  control  of  this  pest  in  Texas  offers 
one  of  the  most  interesting  and  valuable  problems  to  the 
economic  entomologist,  which  must  be  solved  by  demonstrat- 
ing the  general  methods  of  culture  which  will  control  the  pest 
as  has  been  done  so  effectively  with  tlie  cotton  pests. 


<•» 


Conocephalus  lyristes.. 

By  James  A.  G.  Reiin. 

Early  in  the  year  1905  the  author  described  this  species  on 
the  basis  of  a  single  male  individual  from  Chokoloskee,  Mon- 
roe County,  Fla.*  During  the  summer  of  1905  a  number  of 
specimens  of  this  genus  came  into  my  hands  for  study,  among 
them  being  six  specimens  which  closely  resembled  the  Florida 
form,  the  type  of  which  was  at  that  time  not  accessible.  In  the 
meantime,  Mr.  William  T.  Davis  had  published  a  record  of 
Conocephalus  ncbrascensis  Bruner,  from  Lakehurst,  N.  J.,  the 
determination  having  been  made  by  Mr.  Caudell,t  and  to  fully 
determine  the  relationship  of  the  latter  species  to  the  indi- 
viduals in  hand,  I  secured,  through  the  kindness  of  Prof. 
Bruner,  an  individual  of  his  species.  This,  with  the  type  of 
lyristes  now  available,  shows  my  seven  specimens  to  be  true 
lyristcs,  which  is  not  closelv  related  to  C  ncbrascensis,  the  latter 
being  a  species  of  no  greater  size  but  of  a  more  robust  build, 
with  broader  tegmina,  wider  and  more  arcuate  tympanum,  more 
expanded  caudal  section  of  the  pronotum,  and  deeper  lateral 
lobes  of  the  same. 

The  specimens  of  lyristes  mentioned  above,  in  addition  to  the 
type,  arc  as  follows : 

Ocean  City,  Worcester  County,  Md.,  July  21,  1905.  Col- 
lected by  E.  Daecke.     I    ^  ,  I    $  . 

Stafford's  I^^orge,  Ocean  County.  N.  J.,  September  16,  1905. 
Collected  by  Morgan  Hcbard.    3^,1$. 

♦Proc.  Acad.  Nat.  Sci..  Phila.,  1905,  p.  45,  pi.  I,  figs.  8  and  9. 
tCanad.  Enloni.,  xxxvii,  p.  289. 


Dec.,  '06]  ENTOHOLOGICAL  NEWS. 


Measurements  (in  mm.)  of  the  specimens  examined  are  as 
follows : 


^ 

s 

'oi 

&^ 

Es 

Sy 

PV 

t 
5 

i 

Si 

§1 

|i 

§1 

■^ 

" 

5 

30-5 

3- 

8.J 

5.5 

37-2 

5.7 

30- S 

.1-1 

76 

n 

39  a 

5- 

30s 

5-4 

3'7 

3. 

7-5 

4-5 

43- 

4.5 

305 

31 

7.7 

4.6 

40. 

5.  a 

30-5 

35 

8. 

4.8 

38.1 

5-5 

J9. 

3-1 

8. 

4.6 

394 

54 

aS.a 

3-4 

67 

.(8 

42- 

s-i 

C.  nebrastensii  Bru- 
ner,  Molinc.  Ill.,cf 

Conocephalus  lyrisUs 
Rehn,  Chokoloskee, 
Fla.  (typei.  ^     .   . 

Ocean  City,  Md,  rj 

StaffortTs  Forge,  New 

Jersey,  ^ 

Sia6Ford's  Forge,  New 

Jersey.  <? 

Stafford's  Forge,  New 

Jersey.  0" 

Stafford's  Forge,  New 

Jersey,  9 


The  tympanum  of  the  type  of  C.  lyristes  measures  7.5  mm.  long 
by  4.8  mm.  in  greatest  width;  in  the  specimen  of  C.  nebras- 
ccnsis  it  is  7  long  by  5.6  in  greatest  width. 


Please  read  the  editorial  notice  in  this  issue  in  regard  to  subscribers. 

On  Pronunciation  op  Entomological  Names.— i.  Has  any  code 
or  organization  fixed  the  pronunciation  of  scientific  names,  e.g.  the 
A.O.U.  code,  or  the  International  Congress  of  Zoology? 

1.  How  should  entomological  names  be  pronounced?  Bylherulesof 
what  language  ?  Can  any  one  reconcile  the  fact  thai  English-speaking 
botanists  use  the  Continental  pronunciation  and  English-speaking  ento- 
mologists use  the  American  method  or  a  hybrid  ? 

3.  Why  do  American  scientists  insist  that  the  English  system  should  be 
used,  when  they  are  vastly  in  the  minority,  when  the  world's  scientists 
are  concerned. 

More  in  detail :  a.  when  is  the  penult  long,  when  short?  b.  is  the 
antepenult  always  accented  ?  c.  bow  should  the  vowels  be  pronounced  ? 
how  should  ch,  ae,  cc,  j,  g ;  C  followed  by  a,  u,  o ;  C  followed  t>y  i,  e,  y 
be  pronounced? — Anonvmous. 

•Not  complete. 


368 


ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS. 


[Dec,  '06 


Number  of  Egg&  of  Samia  cecropia,  Pulvinaria 
innumerabilis,  and  Culex  pipiens* 

John  J.  Davis,  Urbana,  111. 

Samia  cecropia  Linn. 

The  following  table  gives  the  number  of  eggs  laid  by  in- 
dividual females  of  Samia  cecropia.  As  is  shown  in  the  table 
there  is  a  wide  range  in  the  number  of  eggs  laid  by  diflFerent 
individuals,  this  varying  from  119  to  366,  but  these  are  appa- 
rently exceptions  to  the  rule  as  most  of  the  counts  range 
between  two  and  three  hundred.  The  cecropia  cocoons  were 
kept  in  the  laboratory  for  part  of  the  winter  and  for  this 
reason  the  dates  of  emergence  are  earlier  than  they  would  be 
normally. 


NUMBBR. 

Date  when  first 
Mating. 

FOUND 

Date  when  Egg-laying 

BEGAN. 

Number  of 
Egos  pbr 
Femalb. 

I 

8  A.  M.,  May  10, 

1905. 

Evening  of  May  11, 

1905. 

161 

2 

(<             If 

»( 

<t         ««          It 

«l 

213 

3 

**                12 

(< 

I3» 

II 

220 

4 

*< 

l< 

238 

5 

*« 

II 

236 

6 

0 

It 

II 

207 

7 

(< 

II 

293 

8 

ti 

II 

267 

9 

14 

<« 

"         -            16, 

II 

355 

10 

t< 

II 

219 

II 

(( 

II 

240 

12 

16 

<t 

17, 

II 

284 

13 

<( 

II 

239 

14 

II 

II 

209 

15 

(( 

II 

119 

16 

<( 

II 

238 

17 

10  A.M.,  Apr.  17, 

1906. 

**         **  Apr.  18, 

1906. 

298 

18 

A.M.,      •*      17, 

<( 

II         II      (1      II 

II 

366 

^9 

10  A. M,      **      I4i 

<t 

"    "   "  16. 

II 

200 

20 

"       18, 

Total    .   .    . 

<< 

'9. 

II 

276 

.   4878 

—     — 

Average  per  1 

female 

- 

■              •              • 

.  243.9 

PnlYinarla  innnmerabUlB  Rath. 

In  the  proceedings  of  the  Davenport  Academy  of  Natural 
Sciences,  Vol.  II.,  p.  331,  Mr.  J.  D.  Putnam  says,  *•  The  entire 


Dec.,  *o6] 


ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS. 


369 


number  of  egg&  laid  in  each  nest  is  rarely  if  ever  less  than 
500,  and  must  often  exceed  2000,  though  as  I  have  not  at- 
tempted to  count  the  number  in  the  larger  nests  this  is  only 
an  estimate."  *  *  *  **Dr.  S.  S.  Rath  von  states,  in  his  paper 
in  Pennsylvania  Farm  Journal,  1854,  that  he  counted  in  one 
of  these  nests  564  living  insects  and  over  300  eggs  not  hatched. ' ' 
Mr.  S.  A.  Johnson,  in  Bulletin  116,  of  The  Colorado  Agri. 
Kxp.  Sta.,  says,  "The  number  as  given  by  the  older  ento- 
mologists is  from  one  to  two  thousand.  These  figures  are 
probably  somewhat  too  large  and  more  recent  writers  have 
reduced  the  estimate.  Cotton  mentions  from  three  hundred 
to  one  thousand  and  Sanders  says  that  the  number  may  reach 
fifteen  hundred." 

The  Qgg  masses  counted  were  from  individual  females  and 
no  choice  was  made  as  to  the  size.  They  were  taken  at 
random  and  are  examples  of  the  average-sized  nests.  All 
were  collected  June  19,  1906,  at  Lincoln  Park,  Chicago,  111. 

The  following  table  shows  the  number  of  eggs  per  nest : 


Number 

I 

2 

3 

4 

5 

6 

7 

8 

9 

1 
1 

10 

Number 
OF  Eggs 
PER  Nest 

3863 

3814 

3279 

3674 

3024 

2856 

3200 

3286 

3345 

3761 

Total 


34102 


Average  per  nest  3410.2. 

Oolez  pipieiu  Linn. 

The  following  table  shows  the  number  of  eggs  in  single  egg 
masses  of  the  common  house  mosquito,  Culex  pipiens^  the 
average  of  the  ten  masses  being  178.4  eggs  per  mass. 


Number 


Number 
OF  Eggs 
FKR  Mass 


162     228 


4  5 


8 


10 


Total 


257     309 


120 


149 


121 


136 \  143 


159    1784 


Average  per  mass  178.4. 


370  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [DeC.,  'o6 

Some  New  or  Little-known  Genera  of  Empididae** 

A.  L.  Melander,  Pullman,  Washington. 

In  the  following  pages  are  noted  the  occurrence  in  North 
America  of  several  genera  of  the  dipterous  family  Empidids, 
that  are  not  given  in  our  publications.  Their  publication  is 
given  at  the  present  time  in  order  to  explain  more  fully  tlie 
citations  that  will  appear  in  the  forthcoming  edition  of  Dr. 
Williston's  Manual. 

TACHYDROMIINiE. 
GHERSODROHIi  Walker.f 

This  genus  is  known  from  six  European  species  and  one 
from  Australia.  We  have  one  described  species  in  our  fauna 
that  belongs  to  this  genus.  It  is  Stilpon  houghii  Melander, 
placed  in  Professor  Aldrich's  Catalogue  of  the  North  American 
Diptera  in  the  genus  Coloboneura, 

THDIODROMIi  gen.  nov. 
Thinodromia  inchoatt  spec.  nov. 

Thick-set,  black,  pniinose,  black-brisdy  little  species  with  dorsal 
arista  and  a])orte(l  wings.  Eyes  deeply  emarginate  at  the  antennae,  the 
facets  uniformly  large:  face  and  front  of  male  and  female  similar,  of 

equal  length  and  uniform  breadth,gray  pruinose ; 
the  hollowed  vertex  also  gray  pruinose,  with 
three  large  ocelli,  and  strong  ocellar  bristles; 
occiput  gray  pruinose,  the  occipital  bristles 
moderate;  palpi  large,  flat,  elongate-ovate, 
white  pruinose,  with  a  few  black  hairs,  over- 
lapping the  proboscis;  proboscis  very  stout, 
pointed,  bent  back;  antennae  three-jointed, 
^g-^  though  the  first  joint  minute,  the  third  joint 

/^  short-ovate   with    a   long   arista   arising   from 

_, .     .  ,     .  near  the  middle  of  its  dorsal  side,  the  basal 

Thitiodromta    inrhoata — a,     .    .  ^     ,  .  ,  , 

antenna.  jouit  of  the  arista  short,  the  outer  long  and 

microscopically  plumose. 
The  pollen  covering  of  the  dorsum  of  the  thorax  more  or  less  golden; 
mesopleura  with  a  polished  black  area  not  pruinose;  humeri  not  con- 
stricted; humeral  and  supra-alar  bristles  large,  acrostichal  and  dorso- 

♦Contributions  from  the  Zoological  Laboratory  of  the  State  Col- 
lege of  Washington. 

t(Ins.  Brit.  I.  xx.,  p.  137,  1851.) 


Dec.,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  371 

central  rows  small,  between  the  dorsocentrals  and  the  pleura  are  a  few 
irregular  bristles ;  scutellum  with  two  long  and  two  outer  short  bristles ; 
pleura  without  bristles. 

Abdomen  short-cylindrical,  but  very  robust,  in  the  male,  the  bristles 
becoming  longer  posteriorly,  those  of  the  seventh  segment  nearly  as 
long  as  the  last  four  segments ;  each  segment  with  a  single  large  lateral 
pit;  h>'popygium  large,  globose,  closed,  somewhat  asymmetrical  and 
twisted  to  the  right,  the  small  apical  organs  nearly  dorsal,  the  hypopy- 
gium  is  less  pruinose  than  the  anterior  portions  of  the  body,  posteriorly 
with  long  black  bristles. 

Legs  short,  robust,  piceous-black,  rather  closely  covered  with  short 
black  bristles,  those  of  under  side  of  front  femora  and  of  outer  apical 
side  of  hind  femora  more  prominent,  all  the  femora  moderately  thick- 
ened, the  tarsi   somewhat  flattened  distally. 

Wings  vestigeal,  more  or  less  triangular  in  outline,  horizontally 
extended  over  the  abdomen,  though  reaching  only  to  the  third  segment, 
opalescent  gray,  a  spot  including  the  marginal  cell  and  another  around 
the  posterior  cross  vein  infumated;  veins  yellowish,  costal  cell  and  the 
first  two  basal  cells  distinct,  marginal  cell  much  shortened,  humeral 
cross  vein  distinct,  no  trace  of  anal  veins,  costa  bristly. 

Length,  1.25  to  1.50  mm. 

This  species  was  collected  in  some  numbers  at  Monterey, 
California,  by  Professor  J.  M.  Aldrich,  in  May  of  this  year. 
The  flics  were  running  over  the  hot  dry  sands  above  the  sea 
beach  in  company  with  Parathcdassiiis  aldrichi,  hereinafter  de- 
scribed. Professor  Aldrich  states  that  the  species  could  be 
easily  caught  by  scooping  an  individual,  sand  and  all,  in  one's 
hand.  The  insect  would  run  to  the  edge  of  the  hand  and 
could  be  readily  dropped  in  the  collecting  bottle.  It  is  rather 
strange  that  the  swarms  of  these  two  interesting  species  should 
have  been  overlooked  by  the  previous  collectors  in  that  neigh- 
borhood. 

Professor  Mario  Bezzi  in  his  paper,  "La  Riduzione  delle  Ali 
nei  Ditteri,''*  mentions  but  two  species  of  Empididae  with 
shortened  wings.  Both  belong  to  the  same  sub-family  as  the 
present  form.  Tachista  microptcra  Loew  lives  about  stones 
in  the  inland ;  Chersodromia  arctiaria  Haliday  is  from  the  sea- 
shore. 


♦Rendiconti  d.  R.  Inst.  Lomb.,  Vol.  xxxiii,  1900. 


372  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [DeC., 'o6 

gTUiUiC^STHAUniS  Becker.* 

But  one  species,  5*.  dissimilis  Fallen  from  Europe,  has  been 
included  in  this  genus.  Elaphropeza  montana  Melander  is  a 
slender  species  much  like  dissimilis  which  may  well  be  placed 
in  the  genus  Symballophthalmus,  There  are  also  certain  species 
described  as  Platypalpus,  e.  g.  canus,  inops,  hians,  which  agree 
better  with  Symballophthalmus  in  that  they  lack  the  spur  of  the 
middle  tibiae  and  have  the  two  basal  cells  of  the  wings  equal. 

It  may  be  stated  in  this  connection  that  Elaphropesa  can  be 
considered  but  as  a  subgenus  of  Drapeiis,  The  type  (£. 
ephippiata)y  which  is  the  only  European  species,  and  the  seven 
other  species,  all  exotic,  differ  from  Drapctis  only  in  ,a  com- 
parative lengthening  of  the  last  antennal  joint.  Throughout 
the  western  United  States  we  have  a  very  common  species  of 
Drapetis  {D,  unipila  Loew),  which  naturally  shows  some  varia- 
tion. An  extreme  form,  which  I  reluctantly  described  as 
ffiedetera,  for  I  hesitated  a  long  time  before  concluding  it  to 
be  specifically  distinct,  has  the  third  antennal  joint  twice  the 
normal  length.  Inasmuch  as  there  are  intergrades  it  is  unwise 
to  give  this  single  character  generic  value;  cf,  D.  W.  Coquil- 
lett,  Proc.  ent.  soc.  Wash.,  1903,  p.  265. 

HYBOTIN^. 
PRORATES  gen.  nov. 

Head  globular  but  depressed,  the  face  extremely  short.  Eyes 
contiguous  on  front  in  the  male,  the  facets  of  the  upper  two- 
thirds  enlarged:  antennae  two-jointed,  the  first  joint  minute, 
the  second  compressed,  conical,  without  a  style  or  arista:  pro- 
boscis rigid,  shorter  than  height  of  head,  projecting  hori- 
zontally forward. 

Thorax  but  little  convex,  one  prealar,  one  supra-alar,  and 
two  scutellar,  but  no  other  bristles  present:  tegulae  minute, 
with  white  cilia.  Legs  slender,  nowhere  thickened,  devoid  of 
bristles,  pulvilli  minute.  Abdomen  slender;  genitalia  blunt, 
conical,  not  enlarging  the  diameter  of  the  abdomen,  entirely 
inchided    within    two    lateral    valves,    no    projecting    parts. 

♦Wien.  ent.  Zeitg.,  viii,  285,  1889. 


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Dec,  'o6j  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  373 

Wings  broad,  anal  angle  rectangular,  auxiliary  vein 
ending  in  the  costa  at  the  middle  of  the  wing,  the 
costa  extends  to  the  third  longitudinal  vein;  a  black  ellipti- 
cal stigma  surrounding  the  tip  of  the  first  vein ;  joint  origin  of 
the  second  and  third  veins  arising  nearer  the  humeral  than  the 
anterior  cross  vein;  third  longitudinal  vein  furcate  before  the 
'middle  of  the  first  posterior  cell :  discal  cell  pentagonal,  emit- 
ting two  posterior  veins  of  which  the  anterior  is  furcate ;  none 
of  the  posterior  veins  attain  the  wing  margin;  all  the  basal 
cells  large,  the  discal  cell  small ;  anal  cell  longer  than  the  second 
basal,  its  outer  angle  acute,  anal  vein  reaching  the  wing 
margin. 

Prorates  cUuripeimis  nov.  spec. 

Male. — Length,  3  mm. — Black  over  all,  dorsum  of  thorax  olivaceous, 

with  two  fuscous  vittae,  pleura  and  occiput  lightly 
cinereous,  abdomen  not  dusted.     Occiput  and  ab- 
<d33       n  (//)[      ^°"^*^"  w'^h  very  fine  pale  scattered  hairs.     Legs 

entirely  black.     Wings  pure  hyaline,  the  stigma 
and  veins  blackish.     Halteres  black. 

Two  males,  collected  by  Mr.  H.  L. 
Viereck,  at  Highrolls,  New  Mexico,  June 
12  and  13,  1902. 

OCYDROMIIN^. 

PARATHALASSIUS  Mik. 

Prorates  ciaripennis-9..       The  gcuus  Parothalossius  was  crcctcd  by 
antenna.  Profcssor  Joscph  Mik*  for  a  small  silvery- 

gray  species  collected  on  the  sands  near  Venice,  in  May. 
The  species  was  found  in  a  search  for  the  Dolichopodid 
Epithalassius,  but  it  was  not  discovered  until  the  col- 
lected material  was  worked  over,  owing  to  a  remarkable 
resemblance  between  the  two  species.  Only  females  of  the 
Empidid  were  taken,  although  apparently  the  species  was  very 
common. 

In  May  of  this  year  Professor  J.  M.  Aldrich  chanced  on  a 
similar  silvery-gray  form  sporting  on  the  arid  sands  at  Mon- 
terey, California.     Although  no  specimens  of  the  European 

♦Wiener  Entomologische  Zeitung,  X  Jahrg.,  p.  216,  1891. 


374  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [DeC.,  'o6 

species  are  at  hand  for  comparison,  the  agreement  of  our  form 
with  Professor  Mik's  description  makes  us  believe  the  two 
forms  to  be  congeneric.  Like  so  many  of  the  other  Diptera 
living  on  the  sand,*  Paratltalassius  is  conspicuous  by  its  dense 
coating  of  pollen.  Even  the  hairs  and  bristles  are  glistening 
white,  so  that  the  males  especially,  when  viewed  from  in  front, 
are  ornate  with  a  silvery  sheen. 

The  European  species  (P.  blasigii)  possesses  several  con- 
spicuous white  hairs  on  the  under  side  of  the  hind  femora,  and 
these  are  lacking  in  the  California  form.  Moreover,  in  bl(LHgii 
the  first  posterior  cell  is  narrowed  at  its  apex.  Otherwise,  our 
species  tallies  well  with  Mik*s  description. 

Parathalassiiu  aldrichi  sp.  nov. 

Male. — Length,    2.75    mm. — Entirely    silvery-gray   pruinose,    all   the 

bristles  white.     Vertex  broad,  concave,  silvery  pruinose:  ocelli  widely 

separated;  one  pair  each  of  vertical,  frontal, 
and  ocellar  bristles ;  face  very  narrow  below  the 
antennae,  concave,  broadening  at  the  convex 
clypeus,  closely  covered  with  short  silvery- 
white  pubescence,  lower  facets  of  eyes  large, 
those  of  the  lowermost  third  concealed  by  a 
dense  covering  of  silvery-white  scale-like  hairs. 
Eyes  not  at  all  emarginate  at  antennae.  Antennae 
black,  three-jointed,  though  the  first  two  joints 
arc  minute,  third  joint  short-oval,  pointed,  with 
a  long  tenninal  bristle-like  arista.  Occiput  sil- 
very-gray pruinose,  occipital  bristles  seriately 
arranged  below,  and  forming  a  ciliate  fringe 
Paraihaiassius  aldrichi        to    the    eycs.       Proboscis    and    palpi    minute, 

and  face  of  male.  Mackish. 

Thorax  silvery-gray  pruinose,  the  dorsum  with  scattered  short  white 
hairs,  and  with  eleven  pairs  of  short  achrosticals,  six  pairs  of  long 
dorsocentrals,  three  pairs  of  supra-alar  and  three  long  humeral  and 
posthumeral  bristles:  scutellum  with  four  marginal  bristles,  no  pleural 
bristles. 

Abdomen  short,  with  numerous  white  hairs,  when  viewed  from  alK)ve 
or  the  right,  with  but  four  visible  segments,  the  second  segment  longest 
and  bearing  a  basal  transverse  row  of  black  pores.  Hypopygium  very 
large  and  globular,  comparativey  bare  though  pruinose,  asymmetrical, 

*c.  g.  LipocJtacta,  Thinophila,  Thcrcva,  Stichopogon,  etc.,  and  the 
Empidid  genera  Schistostoma,  Coloboneura,  Halsanalotes,  and  Cherso- 
dromia. 


Dec,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  375 

attached  to  the  left  side  of  the  body  and  bent  forward  and  to  the  right, 
thereby  crowding  the  small  fifth,  sixth  and  seventh  segments  to  the  left 
of  the  median  line. 

Legs  slender,  white  bristly,  middle  tibiae  with  small  white  apical 
spurs,  the  joints  of  the  middle  tarsi  with  small  black  apical  spurs,  under 
side  of  front  femora  and  sides  of  hind  femora  ciliate  with  longer  white 
bristles;  pulvilli  broad,  empodium  hair-like. 

Halteres  white.  Wings  whitish,  veins  strong,  blackish,  less  dark 
basally,  base  of  costa  with  a  few  white  bristles,  third  longitudinal  vein 
simple,  four  posterior  cells,  anal  cross  vein  perpendicular  to  the  anal 
vein. 

Female. — Differs  from  the  male  as  follows :  Facets  of  eyes  uniform, 
nowhere  concealed  by  pubescence.  Abdomen  with  five  dorsal  flattened 
segments,  its  apex  jet  black. 

Over  two  dozen  specimens  of  this  species  were  saved  by  its 
collector.  The  type  locality  is  the  dry  sands  in  back  of  the 
beach  at  Monterey,  California.  It  gives  me  much  pleasure  to 
be  able  to  dedicate  this  species  to  my  dear  friend  and  neighbor, 
Professor  J.  M.  Aldrich,  who  discovered  this  interesting  fly, 
and  to  whom  we  are  indebted  for  a  large  proportion  of  what 
we  know  of  the  species  of  this  family. 

ParathalagsinB  candidatns  sp.  nov. 

After  the  description  of  Paratlialassius  was  sent  to  the 
Entomological  News,  Professor  Aldrich  discovered  among 
his  collections  another  specimen  of  the  genus,  but  which,  on 
account  of  its  larger  size  and  more  bristly  appearance,  is  dis- 
tinct from  the  Californian  form.  This  individual,  a  female, 
was  collected  at  Friday  Harbor,  San  Juan  Co.,  Washington, 
during  the  summer  of  1905.  Professor  Aldrich  is  its  dis- 
coverer also. 

Female. — Length  3  mm.,  length  of  wing  3.25  mm. — This  species 
differs  from  the  preceding  only  as  follows:  Face  slightly  broader;  hairs 
of  occiput  more  dense.  Dorsum  of  thorax  with  two  narrow  black  vittae, 
each  of  which  is  bounded  by  rows  of  bristles,  so  that  there  are  four 
rows  of  dorsocentrals,  with  about  fourteen  bristles  to  each  row. 
Between  the  acrostichal  bristles  and  the  humeri  is  a  close  aggregation 
of  short  bristles,  which  are  represented  in  P.  aldrichi  by  a  few  bristles 
only.  Scutellum  with  six  marginal  bristles.  The  three  black  pits  along 
the  lower  edge  of  each  abdominal  tergite  are  large  and  conspicuous. 
Ovipositor  large,  trough-like,  exserted  backwards  from  under  the  last 
segment.    Bristles  of  legs  stronger,  not  recumbent  but  projecting;  spurs 


376 


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of  middle  tibix  much  reduced;  hind  metatarsi  aomewhat  compressed; 

tarsi  entirely  black.  In  aldricki  the  base  of  the  metatarsi  is  somewhat 
yellowish.  Anal  vein  three  times  the  length  of  the  anal  cross-vein,  in 
aldrichi  it  is  less  than  twice  as  long  as  the  cross-vein. 

EMPIDIN^. 
rOKEDB  gen.  nov. 

Male. — Entirely  devoid  of  bristles. 
I  Eyes  broadly  separated,  the  lower 
facets  larger:  basal  joint  of  antennae 
small,  last  joint  twice  as  long  as  the 
basal  joints  t(^ether,  compressed 
conical,  rather  blunt;  die  style  one- 
eighth  the  length  of  the  third  joint. 
.  Proboscis  three  times  the  length  of  the 
head,  the  rigid  rostrum  three-fifths  the 
length  of  the  labella:  palpi  short  and 
incumbent.  The  proboscis  extends 
downward  and  somewhat  forward, 
and  not  backward,  in  the  dried  speci- 
men. 

Thorax  entirely  without  bristles,  no 
'■  metapleural  setffi.  Abdomen  robust, 
cylindrical,  somewhat  depressed  apically,  consisting  of  but 
six  segments,  the  seventh  forming  a  horizontal  inverted 
hood-like  peduncle  to  the  hj-popygium ;  no  pits  visible 
on  any  segment :  hypopygium  consisting  of  two  triangular 
chitinoiis  lateral  clasping  valves,  which  enclose  a  pair  of  upright 
decussating  flattened  filaments;  intromittent  organ  curved  and 
pointed,  projecting  downward  from  between  the  bases  of  the 
lateral  valves ;  arising  from  the  inner  base  of  the  hypopygium 
are  a  pair  of  curved  slender  diverging  filamentous  appendages 
which  project  above  the  height  of  the  hypopygium. 

Legs  not  long,  without  bristles,  but  with  fine  hairs,  without 
apophyses  or  thickenings,  front  metatarsi  two-fifths  the  length 
of  the  hind  ones,  hind  tibiae  bent  outwardly  at  their  middle, 
pul villi  small. 

Wings  rather  broad,  anal  angle  broadly  rounded,  costa  en- 
compassing the  entire  wing,  anal  vein  not  or  but  little  continued 


Dec,  *06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  377 

beyond  the  anal  cell,  auxiliary  vein  straight,  vanishing  at  the 
middle  of  the  wing,  remaining  veins  attaining  the  wing  margin, 
the  two  basal  cells  equal  in  length,  the  anterior  branch  of  the 
third  vein  sinuous,  rather  long,  the  second  submarginal  cell 
but  slightly  longer  than  the  first  along  the  costa. 
Type :    Empis  neomexicana  Melander. 

A1ITHBPI8G0PU8  Becker.* 
Becker  has  described  two  European  species  of  Anthepisco- 
pus,  caelebs  and  ribesii,  and  there  is  one  from  New  South 
Wales  (antipodalis  Bezzi).  We  have  a  species  collected  at 
Seattle,  Washington,  which  agrees  with  the  description  and 
figure  of  ribesii,  but  in  the  absence  of  typical  specimens  for 
comparison  I  hesitate  before  deciding  as  to  its  specific  identity. 

HB8PERBMPI8  gen.  nov. 
Male. — Eyes  separated,  broadly  above  and  narrowly  below 
the  antennae,  the  facets  uniform  in  size.  Antennae  inserted 
high,  the  triangular  front  therefore  short,  three-jointed,  the 
first  two  joints  together  as  long  as  the  third,  the  third  joint 
conical,  compressed,  with  a  short  two-jointed  style.  The  first 
joint  of  the  style  is  thick,  the  second  very  slender.  Proboscis 
very  short,  sharp  and  incurved,  as  in  Hormopeza,  etc.  Palpi 
broad,  slightly  longer  than  the  proboscis,  and  recumbent  upon 
it,  the  upper  surface  with  a  few  fine  hairs.  Ocellar  triangle 
without  bristles,  occiput  with  a  few  fine  short  hairs,  face  bare. 

Thorax  entirely  without  bristles,  scu- 
tellum  with  six  fine  marginal  hairs,  meta- 
pleura  bare.  Abdomen  slender,  provided 
with  few  fine  marginal  hairs  only;  a 
transverse  series  of  minute  pits  present 
at  the  base  of  the  second  abdominal  seg- 
ment: hypopygium  terminal,  flattened 
above,  globular  otherwise,  not  enlarged, 
entirely  enclosed  in  a  pair  of  convex 
H^sperrZph  mahriae  Mel.-  lateral  picccs,  with  uo  dorsal  or  terminal 
a.atiienna.  proccsses.     Lcgs  slcudcr,  siiiiplc,  rather 

sparsely  provided  with  fine  pubescence,  but  entirely  devoid  of 
bristles;  pulvilli  small,  empodium  microscopic. 

*Wien.  ent  Zeitg.,  X.,  281,  1891. 


378  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [DeC.,  'o6 

Wings  long  slender,  anal  angle  obtuse,  not  prominent,  costal 
vein  encompassing  the  entire  wing,  auxiliary  vein  straight, 
vanishing  at  the  middle  of  the  wing,  stigmal  spot  faint,  elong- 
ate, third  vein  branched,  the  anterior  branch  long,  as  in  Hilara, 
discal  cell  narrow,  acuminate  apically,  second  posterior  cell 
narrowed  at  the  base,  the  contact  of  the  third  and  fourth  pos- 
terior cells  with  the  discal  cell  equal,  anal  vein  shortened,  anal 
cross  vein  recurved  and  fused  with  the  anal  vein. 

This  description  is  drawn  from  an  enigmatical  little  fly  de- 
scribed as  Rhagas  mabelae.  The  insect  is  evidently  an  Em- 
pidine,  but  can  not  be  assigned  to  any  genus  hitherto  described. 
Its  nearest  relatives  are  Rhagas,  Haploniera,  Hilarefnpis  and 
HUara, 

The  main  characters  by  which  these  genera  differ  from 
Hesperempis  are  herewith  given : 

Rhagas:  Eyes  of  male  contiguous;  body  with  macrochsetae; 
anal  angle  of  wing  rectangular. 

Haplomera:  Femora  thickened;  third  antennal  joint  long 
and  nearly  cylindrical. 

Hilarempis:     Body   and   legs   with   macrochsetae ;   anterior 

branch  of  third  vein  short. 

HUara:    Auxiliary  vein  short  and  bent  forward  at  tip. 

In  the  Transactions  of  the  American  Entomological  Society 

for  1902,  page  277,  I  associated  Empis  conjuncta  Coquillett 

with  the  present  species  as  the  American  species  of  the  genus 

Rhagas    Walker.       Mr.     Coquillett*     subsequently    assigned 

Synamphotera   Loew,    which    is   a   genus   of   the   sub-family 

Hemerodromiinae,  as  a  synonym  of  Rhagas,  and  in  his  table 

stated  that  Rhagas  has  the  anal  cross  vein  perpendicular  to  the 

wing  axis.     In  this  he  was  in  error:  both  forms  are  valid 

genera,  in  no  ways  related,  for  RItagas  is  clearly  an  Empidine. 

I  have  since  seen  Empis  conjuncta.     It  and  Empis  triangula 

Coquillett  are  normal  species  of  the  genus  Iteaphila. 

Through  the  kindness  of  Dr.  K.  Kertesz,  of  the  Hungarian 

National  Museum,  I  have  been  put  in  possession  of  both  sexes 

of  Rhagas  nnica  Walker,  the  type  species  of  the  genus.     It  is 

quite  a  different  form  from  mabelae.    Its  salient  characteristics 

*Proc.  Ent.  Soc,  Wash.,  1903,  p.  257. 


Dec,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  379 

are  the  following :  Wings  broad,  anal  angle  strongly  rectangu- 
lar. Eyes  of  male  contiguous.  Arista,  nearly  one-half  the 
length  of  the  third  antennal  joint,  its  basal  segment  much 
thickened  and  many  times  longer  than  the  minute,  bristle-like 
apical  portion.  Dorsum  of  thorax  with  the  usual  rows  of  small 
but  distinct  macrochaitae ;  those  of  the  scutellar  margin  larger 
and  six  in  number.  Hypopygium  terminal,  small,  but  open, 
consisting  of  a  pair  of  lateral  slender  curved  and  pointed  valves, 
surrounding  the  sharp  penis,  and  a  basal  dorsal  pair  of  erect 
prongs,  like  those  of  Iteaphila,  etc. 


A  new  variety  of  Papilio  rutulus  Boisd* 

By  Henry  Skinner. 

Papilio  ratnliu  arcttcos. 

Smaller  than  rutuluSy  expanding  from  the  centre  of  the  thorax  to  the 
tip  of  the  primary  wing  43  mm.  Orange  spot  at  angle  of  secondaries 
large  and  distinct,  generally  absent  in  rutulus.  Marginal  lunules  of  sec- 
ondaries wider  and  not  so  elongate  as  in  rutulus.  Blue  bands  of  second- 
aries below  narrower  and  more  distinct.  Marginal  lunules  of  secondar- 
ies below  orange,  an  orange  wash  running  to  the  cell. 

Described  from  six  males  and  one  female.  Five  males  and 
one  female  from  Eagle  City,  Alaska,  June  ist  to  15th.  One 
male  from  Athabasca  River,  Canada. 


A  New  Syntomeida* 

By  Hknry  Skinner. 
8.  befana  n.  sp. 

Antenna;  blue-black,  outer  third  edged  with  white.  Head  and  thorax 
blue-black  ;  vertex  of  head  with  metallic-blue  patch  ;  tegulse  and  patagia 
orange-yellow,  edged  with  black  ;  fore  coxae  orange ;  legs  blue-black, 
with  tarsi  streaked  with  white ;  abdomen  black  and  metallic-blue  ;  oval, 
orange  subdorsal  patches  on  the  second  to  the  last  segment,  those  on 
first  segment  being  quadrate ;  on  abdomen  below  are  orange  bands  on 
segments  three  to  six.  Forewing  with  an  orange  patch  in  and  below 
middle  of  cell  and  a  patch  beyond  the  cell.  Hindwing  with  a  basal 
orange  patch  and  a  round  patch  in  centre  of  wing. 

From  one  specimen  taken  by  Prof.  F.  H.  Snow  in  the  Babo- 
quivari  Mountains,  Arizona.  The  species  is  related  to  joda 
Druce. 


38o 


ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS. 


[Dec,  '06 


The  Song  of  the  Mosquito. 

By  Samuel  E.  Weber. 

When  we  know  the  voice  and  song  of  the  birds  we  are  en- 
abled to  distinguish  the  particular  species  whose  song  we  may 
hear  without  seeing  it.  Likewise  in  entomology,  insects  need 
not  be  seen  to  know  their  species  if  one  knows  their  voice  and 
song. 

Most  species  which  we  have  studied  may  be  known  psycho- 
logically by  their  song,  their  movements  and  physical  expres- 
sion. Insect  sound  is  in  large  measure  as  true  to  structure  as 
is  physical  expression  in  various  other  forms  of  animal  life. 

As  an  example  in  physical  expression  and  structure,  take 
the  larva  of  the  Anopheles  mosquito  which  has  been  designated 

as  *  *  a  lazy  larva.  * '  Some 
of  their  slow  movements 
on  the  surface  of  the 
water  are  apparently 
caused  by  the  arrange- 
ment of  the  mechanical 
structure  which  retains 
them  there.  When  the 
larva  turns  its  head  to 
the  caudal  extremity  to 
remove  foreign  particles 
which  have  collected 
about  the  air-tube,  it 
does  the  act  as  gingerly 
as  though  it  were  afraid 
its  body  might  break  in 
twain.  The  reason  for 
the  slow  turning  is  ex- 
plained by  its  attach- 
ment to  the  waterfilm 
through  the  means  of  fan-like  bodies  on  the  dorsum  of  the 
abdomen.  These  organs  after  piercing  the  waterfilm  open  out 
forming  a  palmate  clinch  by  means  of  which  the  larva  is  re- 
tained at  the  surface.     The  slow  movement  is  necessary  so  it 


Anophelfs  maculipennis  Metjf. 
Anopheles punctiprnnis  Say. 
( 'ule.r  canadensis  Theob. 
Culex  pipiens  Liiin. 


Dec,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  38 1 

may  retain  its  hold  in  the  act  of  arranging  the  toilet  at  its 
caudal  end.  If  the  turning  or  any  other  larval  movements 
are  made  too  quickly  the  hold  is  lost  and  the  larva  will  sink. 

By  the  expression  of  sound,  studied  at  the  keyboard,  I  have 
determined,  without  seeing  them,  some  of  the  more  important 
species  of  mosquitoes  by  their  song  or  note.  These  observa- 
tions were  made  in  the  eastern  section  of  Pennsylvania. 

The  note  of  Anopheles  maculipennis  (Meig.)  is  D,  virtually 
the  first  degree  to  the  right  of  middle  C,  on  the  keyboard, 
which  is  one  octave  lower  than  the  notes  on  Staff  No.  i. 
When  confined  in  a  bottle  and  darting  against  the  glass  it  will 
sing  a  note  higher,  and  when  alighting  on  the  glass  to  rest,  it 
will  do  so,  at  a  staccato  stop  at  one  degree  below.  It  seems 
to  produce  the  same  song  in  distress  as  in  pleasure,  for  the 
same  may  be  heard  in  confinement,  as  that  when  about  to 
fathom  one's  blood.  The  ordinary  hum  of  this  species  may 
be  expressed  by  the  thirty-second  notes  on  Staff  i.  The 
second  part  of  the  song  may  be  termed  as  one  of  condition 
(in  distinction  from  the  love  songs  of  insects),  since  the  eight 
note  at  E,  is  sung  only  when  darting  against  any  object  such 
as  the  glass  mentioned  or  a  person's  neck  or  face.  The  part 
indicated  by  the  eight  notes  may  be  continued  much  longer 
than  the  time  here  represented,  and  the  finale  or  sudden  stop 
when  alighting  is  expressed  by  the  staccato  thirty-second  note 
at  the  end  of  Staff  i . 

The  note  of  Anopheles punctipennis  (Say)  is  B,  virtually  the 
first  to  the  left  of  middle  C,  on  the  keyboard,  as  indicated  by 
Staff  2,  written  in  the  F  clef. 

Staff  3  in  the  treble  clef  indicates  the  note  of  Culicada 
{Culex)  canadefisis  (Theo.).  The  smaller  variety,  the  most 
common,  sing  high  C.  Some  of  the  larger  forms  of  this 
species  sing  from  F  to  F  sharp  and  to  G  sharp.  When  the 
range  of  the  note,  in  the  same  species,  varies  as  is  shown  on 
this  staff,  then  intonation  or  the  peculiarity  of  voice  plays  the 
part  of  differentiation.  This  must  be  admitted,  however,  as 
a  high  state  of  the  perceptive  powers  of  man,  which  is  pos- 
sessed by  very  few  persons.  In  the  range  of  sound  produced 
by  the  various  species  from  the  giant  culicid  Fsorophora  ciliata 


382  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [DcC,  '06 

to  the  smaller  species  approaching  high  C  we  have  some  species 
which  come  close  to  one  another  in  their  note  when  heard 
flying  close  to  the  ear.  C  canadensis  and  C.  sollicitans  in 
some  instances  come  closely,  but  the  latter  may  be  easily 
distinguished  by  its  peculiar  beautiful  quality  of  tone. 

Culex  pipiejis  (Linn.)  (No.  4)  sings  in  F,  as  a  rule,  but 
some  specimens  may  vary  a  note  higher  or  lower  and  may 
then  be  distinguished  by  the  same  method  mentioned.  While 
these  observations  may  not  be  of  any  practical  value  they  are 
nevertheless  of  interest  in  a  certain  direction.  The  trained 
ear  at  least  may  distinguish  the  more  dangerous  species  of 
mosquitoes  from  the  harmless  by  their  notes. 


i«a» 


The  Method  of  Feeding  in  Leptoglossus. 

By  a.  Arsene  Girault. 

The  following  observations  on  the  feeding-habit  of  Lepto- 
fllossus  phyllopus  Linnccus  appear  to  be  worthy  of  publication : 

On  the  morning  of  July  19th,  1906,  at  Myrtle,  Ga.,  while 
examining  some  clusters  of  Niagara  grapes,  attention  was  at- 
tracted to  an  adult  male  of  this  species,  clinging  to  some  of  the 
nearly  ripe  fruit.  It  had  apparently  just  finished  feeding,  but 
closer  notice  showed  that  it  was  just  on  the  point  of  making 
a  puncture.  The  insect  was  clinging  head  toward  the  ground, 
and  for  ten  or  fifteen  seconds  examined  the  surface  of  the 
fruit  with  the  tip  of  the  rostrum,  with  rapid,  nervous  move- 
ments. Locating  a  suitable  spot,  the  movements  of  the  ros- 
trum stopped,  and  it  was  then  applied  and  straightened,  neces- 
sarily causing  an  upward  inclination  of  the  body.  Pressure  was 
then  brought  to  bear,  and  the  rostrum  was  pushed  into  the  fruit 
for  a  distance  of  about  one-half  the  length  of  the  distal  joint 
of  the  labium.  When  about  this  far  in,  the  labium  commenced 
to  bend  caudad  at  the  first  articulation,  exposing  basal  por- 
tions of  the  inclosed  seta?,  the  mandibles  and  maxillse.  Pres- 
sure was  continued,  and  the  body  was  gradually  brought  back- 
ward and  downward,  causing  the  bending  of  the  labium  to  in- 
crease, until  its  basal  joint  became  applied  to  the  ventum  of 


Dec,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  3^3 

thorax,  followed  by  the  second  joint,  which  was  applied  to  the 
first.  The  labium  was  then  released  from  the  puncture,  by 
further  backward  movements  of  the  body,  straightened,  and 
borne  in  its  natural  position  along  the  venter.  This  left  the 
long,  slender  mandibles  about  one-third  their  length  within 
the  fruit.  Pressure  was  again  brought  to  bear  as  at  first,  and 
the  ever-bending  sctse  were  pushed  in  quite  rapidly  for  over 
half  their  length,  when  they  suddenly  stopped,  as  if  by  sonic 
obstruction,  were  partly  redrawn,  and  again  inserted  for  the 
same  distance.  This  was  repeated  several  times  before  a 
cause  for  such  actions  presented  itself.  After  the  fifth  attempt 
to  push  the  mandibles  within  for  most  of  their  length,  it  was 
noticed  that  the  much  shorter  maxillae,  closely  applied  to  the 
mandibles  so  as  to  be  inconspicuous,  struck  the  surface  of  the 
fruit,  whenever  the  setae  were  inserted  for  more  than  half  their 
length,  and  stopped  further  insertion.  Each  time  that  the 
progress  of  insertion  was  thus  stopped  the  mandibles  were 
slightly,  redrawn,  or  sometimes  nearly  entirely  so,  and  then 
reinserted  until  again  stopped  by  the  catching  of  the  maxillae. 
These  movements  were  repeated  twelve  or  more  times,  and 
then  the  attempt  abandoned.  Upon  withdrawing  the  mandibles, 
the  labium  was  raised  and  the  setae  replaced  within  it  by  means 
of  the  aid  of  one  or  both  of  the  fore  tarsi. 

These  actions  in  feeding  were  repeated  three  times  in  suc- 
cession on  the  same  fruit.  At  the  end  of  the  second  attempt 
the  wound  made  by  the  setae  exuded  a  drop  of  clear  fluid,  and 
through  this  the  insect  attempted  to  reinsert  the  rostrum  into 
that  same  wound :  the  fluid,  however,  interfered  to  such  an  ex- 
tent as  to  cause  an  abandonment  of  the  attempt. 

This  method  of  feeding,  having  the  setae  entirely  free,  is  dif- 
ferent from  any  hitherto  observed  by  the  writer  in  the  Heterop- 
tera.  To  what  extent  feeding  is  interrupted  by  the  apparent 
frequent  inability  to  insert  the  maxillae  is  not  known. 

The  feeding-habit  described  in  foregoing  is  also  present  in 
/Inasa  tristis  DeGeer,  as  found  by  observations  made  on  the 
nymphs  feeding  on  grass  in  a  squash  patch.  The  method  of 
insertion  is  almost  identically  the  same,  though  the  movements 
are  much  quicker. 


384  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [DeC.,  '06 

New  North  American  Heteroptera. 

By  E.  p.  Van  Duzee,  Buffalo,  N.  Y. 

The  species  described  below  have  come  into  my  hands  for 
study  from  collectors  in  various  parts  of  the  country  during 
the  past  five  years.  It  is  often  annoying  and  undesirable  to 
have  species  sent  out  under  MS.  names,  especially  if  the  pub- 
lication of  the  descriptions  is  long  delayed,  and  this  is  my  ex" 
cuse  for  the  perpetration  of  a  fragmentary  paper  such  as  this. 
All  of  these  are  interesting  additions  to  our  fauna,  and  in  each 
case  were  received  from  well  known  and  experienced  students 
of  our  insects. 

Hamia  snowi  n.  sp. 

Broader  and  less  narrowed  posteriorly  than  femorata  and  its  allies. 
Pale  ferruginous  testaceous  ;  head,  front  of  the  prothorax,  deflected  base 
of  the  pronotum,  scutellum,  elytra,  pectus,  meso-  and  metapleura  and 
the  dilatation  of  the  posterior  tibiae  black  or  dark  fuscous.  Head  with 
the  apex  and  a  longitudinal  line  each  side  both  above  and  below  the  base 
of  the  antennae  ferruginous.  Prothorax  and  pale  hind  margin  of  the 
metapleura  coarsely,  the  scutellum  and  hemelytra  finely  and  closely 
punctured  ;  extreme  tip  of  the  scutellum  and  costa  of  the  elytra  ferrugin- 
ous, the  middle  of  the  corium  with  a  transverse  linear  white  band,  not 
attaining  the  costal  margin.  Hind  femora  becoming  piceous  toward  the 
apex,  the  spines  and  tubercules  black  ;  dilatation  of  the  hind  tibiae  rather 
broad,  inner  margin  about  twice  the  width  of  the  outer  and  marked  with 
a  white  sub-basal  spot,  the  edge  beyond  the  middle  and  along  the  undi- 
lated  apical  one-third  sparsely  spinose.  Venter  more  or  less  mottled  and 
infuscated,  with  a  strong  sulcus  reaching  the  apex  of  the  5th  segment. 
Rostrum  passing  the  middle  of  the  fourth  ventral  segment,  blackish,  with 
the  basal  joint  pale.  Antennae  substantially  as  in  femorata.  Length 
16  mm. 

Described  from  one  female  specimen  received  from  Prof.  F.  H. 
Snow  and  captured  by  him  at  Douglas,  Arizona,  in  August. 

I  have  before  me  three  male  and  two  female  examples  of  a 
Narnia  that  I  take  to  be  femorata.  In  these,  however,  the 
basal  joint  of  the  antennae  is  scarcely  darker  than  the  others, 
the  humeral  angles  are  not  "  acute  "  although  more  prominent 
than  in  the  allied  forms,  and  the  transverse  white  vitta  on  the 
corium  is  indicated  only  by  an  obscure  band  of  white  hairs  that 
may  be  almost  obsolete  in  some  examples  ;  the  form  of  the  dila- 
tation of  the  hind  tibiae  is,  however,  exactly  as  described  by 


Dec,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  385 

Stal,  and  for  the  present  I  prefer  to  place  it  as  the  northern 
form  of  his  species.  Two  of  my  specimens  were  taken  at 
Tucson,  Arizona,  by  Prof.  E.  B.  Wilson,  two  were  captured  in 
Yuma  Co.,  Arizona,  by  Prof.  Snow  in  June,  and  one  was  taken 
at  Congress  Junction,  Arizona,  in  July  by  Prof.  Snow.  Prof. 
Wilson  has  also  sent  me  two  examples  of  a  smaller  paler  species 
from  La  Jolla,  California,  that  I  place  as  StaPs  pallidicornis. 
They  answer  to  his  description  in  everything  except  that  the 
head  is  almost  entirely  black  and  the  rostrum  is  longer,  attain- 
ing the  apex  of  the  fifth  segment.  This  species  has  the  apical 
notch  of  the  male  genital  segment  deeper  and  narrower  than 
m  femorata. 

Harnla  wllsonl  n.  sp. 

Deep  piceous  black  ;  lower  surface  of  the  head,  antennae,  base  of  the 
rostrum,  bucculse  and  legs  bright  ferruginous ;  abdomen  testaceous  ;  ex- 
treme tip  of  the  scutelhim  and  a  transverse  linear  band  on  the  middle  of 
the  corium,  not  attaining  the  costa,  white.  Antennae  shorter  and  thicker 
than  in  any  of  our  other  described  species,  the  basal  joint  scarcely  sur- 
passing the  apex  of  the  head.  Pronotuni  and  scutellum  closely  punctate. 
Elytra  deep  velvety  black,  with  the  costa  slenderly  pale ;  membrane  fus- 
cous black,  the  nervures  undulating  and  here  and  there  anastomosing. 
Hind  legs  piceous-black,  becoming  ferruginous  on  the  base  and  outer 
side  of  the  femora  and  knees;  simple  apex  of  the  tibiae  and  the  tarsi ^ 
bright  ferruginous,  tibial  dilatation  about  as  in  snout,  almost  linear  with- 
out, within  about  twice  wider,  with  a  few  strong  teeth  from  near  the  base 
to  the  apex  of  the  tibia,  and  showing  no  indication  of  the  white  mark 
found  in  our  other  species.  Rostrum  short,  scarcely  surpassing  the  base 
of  the  fourth  ventral  segment.  Venter  covered  with  a  white  mealy  pubes- 
cence which  omits  the  rather  broad  median  sulcus.     Length  12  mm. 

Described  from  two  female  examples  taken  at  La  Jolla, 
California,  in  August,  by  Prof.  E.  B.  Wilson. 

This  is  a  very  distinct  and  striking  species.  With  snoTvi  it 
forms  a  group  for  which  I  would  suggest  the  subgeneric  name 
of  Xerocoris,  which  with  the  study  of  more  extensive  material 
may  be  raised  to  generic  value.  It  may  be  characterized  by  a 
broader  form,  wider  connexivum,  more  strongly  depressed  pos- 
terior margin  of  the  pronotum,  a  proportionately  shorter  head, 
shorter  and  stouter  antennae,  a  shorter  rostrum  and  a  different 
vestiture.  In  both  these  species  the  disk  of  the  pronotum  is 
flatter  with  a  distinct  median  carina  which  is  scarcely  indicated 


386  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Dec,  *o6 

in  Narfiia  proper,  and  the  lateral  margins  are  much  more  dis- 
tinctly carinated,  the  surface  of  the  body,  also,  is  not  covered 
with  a  close  grayish  mottled  pubescence,  as  in  femoraia  and 
pallidicomis,  but  the  head,  pronotum,  antennae  and  legs  are 
well  covered  with  stiff  blackish  hairs  that  become  concolorous 
on  the  pale  disk  of  the  pronotum  in  snowi. 

The  shorter  basal  and  fourth  joints  of  the  antennae  and  the 
less  dilated  hind  tibiae  seem  to  be  the  best  characters  for  sepa- 
rating Namia  from  Leptoglossus ,  The  length  of  the  rostrum 
is  variable,  and  while  distinctly  longer  in  Namia  proper,  in 
Xerocoris  it  is  scarcely  longer  than  in  Leptoglossus,  In  Namia 
proper  the  vestiture  is  quite  distinct. 

Alydos  setosos  n.  sp. 

Allied  to  eurinus  in  form  but  pale  greyish,  marked  with  fuscous  some- 
what as  in  Stachyocnemis  apicalis.  Whole  body  except  the  elytra  clothed 
with  scattering  black  setae  and  in  places  with  a  matted  greyish  pubes- 
cence. Postocular  portion  of  the  head  longer  and  more  narrowed  pos- 
teriorly and  the  vertex  more  convex  than  in  eurinus.  Apical  joint  of  the 
antennae  strongly  thickened  hardly  as  long  as  the  two  preceding  united. 
Pronotum  a  little  narrower  anteriorly  than  in  eurinus^  the  latero-posterior 
margins  broadly  depressed  and  a  little  reflexed.  Rostrum  attaining  the 
intermediate  coxae.  Posterior  femora  longer  and  stouter  than  in  eurimis 
with  from  three  to  five  long  teeth  and  several  smaller  ones  near  the  apex. 
Posterior  coxx  placed  farther  apart  than  in  eurinus,  Claspers  of  the 
male  approximate,  thick,  spindle-shaped,  their  divergent  apices  some- 
what flattened  and  obtusely  pointed. 

Color  testaceous  grey.  Head  paler  beneath  ;  the  gula,  a  broad  vitta 
on  each  side  beneath  the  antennae,  and  a  still  broader  dorsal  vitta  black- 
ish, the  latter  narrowed  and  intensified  on  the  base  of  the  head  and 
bisected  by  a  median  longitudinal  pale  line.  Antennae  pale  brownish, 
apical  joint  a  little  darker,  the  outside  of  the  basal  joint  with  a  dark  line  ; 
all  but  the  apical  joint  black-setose.  Pronotum  with  a  broad  blackish 
median  ray  which  becomes  evanescent  posteriorly  and  is  bisected  by  a 
conspicuous  whitish  median  line ;  pale  areas  with  scattering  fuscous 
punctures.  In  some  examples  there  is  a  faint  blackish  submarginal  ray 
anteriorly.  Scutellum  a  little  dusky  on  the  sides  and  base  and  with  a 
pale  median  line  continuing  the  white  calloused  and  slender  apex.  Elytra 
punctured  with  pale  brown,  especially  toward  their  inner  margin  and  apex, 
their  extreme  tip  and  the  inner  field  blackish  ;  nervures  pale ;  apical 
margin  narrowly  white  and  calloused.  Membrane  brownish  pellucid  with 
the  nervures  but  little  branched.  Beneath  paler,  sternum  and  a  double 
lateral  vitta  on  the  pleural  pieces  fuscous,  venter  dusky  on  the  base  and 
sides,  separated  by  a  lateral  pale  vitta,  edge  of  the  connexivum  and  pos- 


Dec. ,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  387 

terior  margin  of  the  ventral  segments  more  or  less  broadly  pale  ;  stigmata, 
disk  of  the  genital  pieces  of  the  female,  and  the  latero-apical  margin  of 
the  pygofers  of  the  male  black.  Claspers  of  the  male  whitish.  Legs 
dotted  and  more  or  less  clouded  on  the  femora  with  fuscous,  clothed  with 
stiff  black  hairs ;  femoral  spines  black. 

Described  from  four  examples  taken  by  Prof.  F.  H.  Snow  on 
the  Baboquivari  Mountains,  Arizona,  one  male  taken  in  Gal- 
latin Co.,  Montana,  at  an  elevation  of  7500  feet,  by  M.  R. 
Benton  and  kindly  sent  to  me  by  Prof.  R.  A.  Cooley,  and  one 
female  taken  in  Big  Canon,  Davis  Co.,  Utah,  in  August  by 
Mr.  G.  W.  Browning.  The  two  latter  specimens  are  darker 
in  their  general  color  with  the  elytra  quite  uniformly  punctured 
with  fuscous  and  the  pale  rays  on  the  base  of  the  vertex  and 
anterior  margin  of  the  pronotum  tinged  with  pink.  All  these 
specimens  show  a  row  of  black  or  piceous  polished  spots  on 
either  side  of  the  venter  beneath  the  stigmata.  This  strongly 
marked  species  exhibits  a  certain  transition  toward  genus 
Siachyoaiemis,  It  has  the  color  markings  of  the  latter  genus 
and  the  form  and  proportions  of  the  former,  but  the  forip  of 
the  apical  joint  of  the  antennae  and  the  spacing  of  the  posterior 
coxae  approach  that  found  in  Stachyocnemis ,  The  thick  ap- 
proximate claspers  of  the  male  will  distinguish  this  form  from 
any  previously-described  North  American  species. 

Jalysus  wickhami  n.  sp. 

Closely  allied  to  spinosus  Say,  but  smaller  and  more  slender  with  the 
second  joint  of  the  antennae  and  the  basal  joint  of  the  rostrum  propor- 
tionately shorter.  Color  fulvo-testaceous,  paler  on  the  elytra,  base  of  the 
legs  and  pronotal  carinse.  Eyes,  fourth  antennal  joint,  extreme  tip  of  the 
corium,  apex  of  the  tibiae,  the  tarsi  except  at  base  and  the  rostrum  toward 
its  apex,  black ;  venter  rufo-testaceous,  sternum  obscured  or  brownish. 
Metapleural  and  scutellar  spines  distinctly  shorter  than  in  spinosus ;  pos- 
terior lobe  of  the  pronotum  strongly  punctured,  the  sides  and  middle  line 
distinctly  carinate,  the  lateral  carinae  continued  almost  to  the  humeral 
angles,  not  strongly  abbreviated  as  is  usually  the  case  in  spinosus  ;  apex 
ot  the  fourth  antennal  joint  white.     Length  6-6%  mm. 

Described  from  two  males  taken  by  Prof  H.  F.  Wick  ham  at 
an  altitude  of  over  7000  feet  on  the  Inyo  Mountains,  California, 
in  July,  and  one  female  taken  at  Tucson,  Arizona,  by  Prof.  F. 
H.  Snow. 

This  species  might  readily  be  mistaken  for  our  common 


3^8  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [DeC.,  'c6 

spinosus.  It  may  most  readily  be  distinguished  by  its  slighter 
form,  shorter  second  antennal  joint,  the  more  distinct  lateral 
carinae  of  the  pronotum  and  the  less  conspicuous  metapleural 
spines.  In  this  species  there  is  an  obvious  elongated  callous 
above  the  eyes  and  anterior  to  the  ocelli,  which  is  much  less 
conspicuous  in  spinosus, 

Pwitreclms  trlitis  n.  sp. 

Form  of  fratemus  but  smaller,  black,  opaque,  scarcely  covered  with 
minute  golden  pubescence  which  is  much  longer  and  closer  on  the  venter. 
Vertex,  pronotum  and  scutellum  coarsely  punctate.  Pronotum  a  little 
wider  before  than  in  fratemus^  the  sides  more  nearly  parallel ;  posterior 
lobe  but  very  feebly  depressed  and  more  closely  punctured  than  the  an- 
terior, very  obscurely  touched  with  castaneous,  particularly  near  the  hind 
edge.  Scutellum  obscurely  bordered  with  castaneous  posteriorly.  Elytra 
testaceous  brown  or  blackish,  the  nervures  pale.  There  is  a  smooth 
whitish  spot  near  the  inner  angle  and  about  three  irregular  ones  in  a  lon- 
gitudinal row  exterior  to  this.  Membrane  blackish,  nervures  and  a  spot 
at  base,  more  or  less  distinct,  pale.  Beneath  black  touched  with  testa- 
ceous next  the  coxse.  Throat  and  pleural  pieces  opaque,  coarsely  punc- 
tate ;  hind  edge  of  the  metapleura  and  the  venter  impunctate,  the  latter 
polished  and  golden  pubescent  Legs  piceous  black,  polished,  paler  on 
the  tibiae  and  tarsi ;  knees  and  base  of  the  femora  testaceous.  Antennae 
fuscous,  hairy  ;  basal  joint  a  little  exceeding  the  apex  of  the  head,  second 
longest,  third  shorter  than  the  fourth  but  considerably  longer  than  the 
first.  Rostrum  reaching  to  the  intermediate  coxae,  piceous,  paler  on  the 
second  joint  and  tip  of  the  first. 

Described  from  six  specimens  collected  about  Victoria  and 
Wellington,  Vancouver  Island,  by  Rev.  Geo.  W.  Taylor  during 
March,  April  and  October.  This  is  a  smaller  and  darker  spe- 
cies than  our  ^d^sX^rn  fraiemus,  the  elytra  are  darker  and  more 
mottled,  and  the  posterior  lobe  of  the  pronotum  is  not  pale  as 
in  that  species.  The  European  Stygnus  arenarius  bears  a  close 
resemblance  to  the  present  species  but  is  only  about  one  half 
its  size. 

Eremocorls  obscnras  n.  sp. 

Allied  X.oferus  but  darker  in  color  with  the  pronotum  a  little  wider  pos- 
teriorly and  the  abdomen  proportionately  broader  behind  the  middle. 
Color  black,  opaque,  head  finely  chagrined,  tip  of  the  tylus  tinged  with 
castaneous.  Antennae  piceous  black,  the  incisures  pale,  basal  joint 
shortest,  second  a  little  longer  than  either  of  the  others  which  are  sub- 
equal.     Rostrum  testaceous,  basal  joint  piceous  reaching  almost  to  the 


Dec,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  389 

base  of  the  head,  second  longest  reaching  the  anterior  coxae,  third  attain- 
ing the  intermediate  coxae.  Pronotum,  anterior  lobe  a  httle  more  convex 
than  mferus^  feebly  impressed  on  the  middle  with  a  few  minute  scattering 
punctures ;  posterior  lobe  narrow,  coarsely  punctured,  but  feebly  differ- 
entiated from  the  anterior  lobe.  Scutellum  coarsely  punctured,  depressed 
anteriorly  and  posteriorly  with  a  feeble  longitudinal  carina.  Elytra 
blackish  fuscous  inclined  to  castaneous  on  the  clavus  and  disk  of  the 
corium  posteriorly  ;  basal  third  of  the  corium  testaceous ;  this  pale  color 
shows  a  tendency  to  invade  the  outer  margin  of  the  clavus  and  extends 
more  or  less  obviously  along  the  costa.  Membrane  black,  when  fully 
developed  attaining  the  tip  of  the  abdomen,  and  marked  with  a  small 
pale  spot  at  the  basal  and  each  lateral  angle,  the  nervures  distinct  but 
scarcely  paler  as  mferus.  Beneath  black  marked  with  castaneous  against 
the  coxae.  Legs  piceous  black,  polished,  becoming  paler  on  the  tibiae, 
tarsi  and  base  of  the  femora ;  the  anterior  femora  have  two  large  and 
several  minute  teeth  beneath  ;  intermediate  and  posterior  femora  a  little 
more  thickened  than  mjerus.  In  the  male  the  colors  are  somewhat  paler 
than  in  the  female.     Length  6-6 >^  mm. 

Described  from  one  male  and  two  female  examples  taken  at 
Wellington,  Vancouver  Island,  during  March  and  April  by 
Rev.  Geo.  W.  Taylor,  an  enthusiastic  and  successful  collector 
from  whom  I  have  received  some  interesting  Hemiptera.  In 
this  species  the  pronotum  is  wider  on  the  anterior  lobe  than  in 
ferns,  the  abdomen  is  proportionately  broader  behind  the  middle, 
the  intermediate  and  posterior  femora  are  thicker,  and  in  the 
specimens  before  me  the  body  wants  the  ciliae  of  soft  hairs  that 
are  present  in  that  species. 

Zeitocoris  n.  gen. 

Ovate  oblong,  widest  across  the  apex  of  the  clavus ;  polished.  Head 
about  two-thirds  the  length  of  the  pronotum,  subcylindric,  horizontal, 
triangularly  narrowed  before ;  clypeus  prominent ;  bucculae  but  little 
elevated,  forming  a  distinct  lobe  either  side  of  the  base  of  the  rostrum. 
Ocelli  placed  much  nearer  to  the  eyes  than  to  the  middle  line  of  the 
vertex.  Rostrum  passing  the  intermediate  coxae,  first  joint  reaching  the 
base  of  the  head,  second  distinctly  longer  than  the  third,  fourth  shortest. 
Antennae  stout,  first  joint  surpassing  the  apex  of  the  head  by  about  one- 
half  its  length,  second  and  fourth  subequal,  third  shortest.  Pronotum 
broad,  length  to  humeral  width  as  about  5:8,  sides  feebly  carinate,  dis- 
tinctly rounded  to  the  head  anteriorly,  transverse  impression  feeble, 
placed  close  to  the  posterior  margin,  the  humeri  prominent  and  angular. 
Scutellum  depressed,  to  the  level  of  the  clavus.  Clavus  triseriate  punc- 
tate. Third  ventral  suture  strongly  curved  forward.  Stigmata  of  the 
apical  segments  minute,  placed  at  about  their  middle.    Sides  of  the  fourth 


390  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.         '  [Dec.,  'o6 

ventral  segment  with  three  small  opaque  spots  two  of  which  are  approxi- 
mate and  placed  anteriorly.  Anterior  femora  incrassated,  armed  with 
about  four  minute  teeth  one  of  which  is  longer  and  stouter. 

In  StaPs  synopsis  of  the  extra-European  genera  of  the 
LethcEria,  to  which  subfamily  this  genus  pertains,  it  would  run 
nearest  to  section  '*  14  (ii)  '*  but  it  is  quite  distinct  from  the 
African  genus  Androgaus  there  defined.  I  can  find  no 
European  genus  in  which  it  can  be  placed. 

Zestocoris  nitens  n.  sp. 

Piceous  black,  highly  polished  ;  above  long  setose ;  basal  two  joints  of 
the  antennae,  rostrum,  clypeus,  anterior  and  posterior  margins  and  very 
slender  lateral  carinas  of  the  pronotum,  clavus,  corium,  legs,  and  apex  of 
the  abdomen,  testaceous  oc  rufo-testaceous ;  coxae  and  narrow  margins 
of  the  pleural  pieces  more  or  less  rufous.  Humeri  prominent,  rectan- 
gular, pale.  Head  and  anterior  lobe  of  the  pronotum  impunctate,  the 
narrow  hind  margin  of  the  pronotum,  the  scutellum,  and  the  elytra  with 
coarse  scattering  punctures  which  form  a  single  line  on  either  margin  of 
the  scutellum,  three  on  the  clavus,  and  about  three  imperfect  rows  on  the 
disk  of  the  corium  and  one  on  the  inner  edge  of  the  broad  costal  area. 
Membrane  short,  the  nervures  nearly  obsolete.  Venter  piceous  or  black. 
Eyes  rufous.  In  the  specimens  before  me  there  are  a  few  coarse  punc- 
tures close  to  the  anterior  margin  of  the  pronotum  and  a  little  group  near 
the  centre  of  its  disk,  and  in  some  the  disk  of  the  corium  is  embrowned. 
By  oblique  light  and  under  a  lense  the  dark  surfaces  exhibit  very  beautiful 
metallic  blue  reflections.     Length  3-3!^  mm. 

Described  from  nine  examples  representing  both  sexes. 
Eight  of  these  were  taken  by  me  at  Colden,  near  Buffalo,  New 
York,  in  August ;  the  other  specimen  was  taken  by  Mr.  Philip 
Fischer  at  Buffalo  in  March. 

Redavlas  (OpsicoBtns)  senilis  n.  sp. 

Much  smaller  and  paler  in  color  than  personatus.  Pale  testaceous  brown 
inclining  to  piceous  on  the  head,  pronotum  and  scutellum  ;  hemelytra 
clouded  with  brown  with  an  indefinite  spot  behind  the  scutellum,  the  base 
of  the  costa  and  the  apex  of  the  corium  whitish  ;  whole  surface  covered 
with  rather  long  hairs.  Head  more  tumid  behind  the  eyes,  a  little  nar- 
rower and  more  deflexed  before  the  eyes  than  in  personatus ;  eyes  and 
vertex  about  the  ocelli  black  ;  anterior  lobe  of  the  pronotum  strongly 
convex  and  polished,  with  a  deep  median  sulcus ;  posterior  lobe  rather 
stronjjiy  rastrate-punctate,  the  collar  of  the  anterior  lobe  shorter  than  in 
personatus.  Scutellum  shorter  with  the  apical  spine  less  developed  than 
in  the  allied  species.  Beneajh  paler  with  the  sides  and  apex  of  the  venter 
in  some  individuals  suffused  with  blackish  ;  the  metapleura  and  venter 


Dec.,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  39I 

sharply  keeled  throug^b  their  whole  length,  the  extreme  edge  of  this  keel 
piceous.     Length  10  mm. 

Described  from  three  specimens  taken  by  Prof.  F.  H.  Snow 
in  the  Baboquivari  Mountains,  Arizona. 

Reduvius  personatus,  the  so-called  ** kissing- bug,*'  is  the  only 
species  of  this  large  genus  heretofore  recorded  from  America. 
Most  of  the  known  species  have  their  home  in  the  palaearctic 
region  but  a  few  are  found  in  the  tropical  portions  of  Asia  and 
Africa.  The  species  here  described  is  but  one  of  the  interest- 
ing Hemiptera  discovered  by  Prof.  Snow  in  his  entomological 
explorations  in  the  far  southwest. 


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A  New  Cuterebra  from  Nebraska. 

By  Paul  R.  Jones,  Lincoln,  Neb. 

While  on  a  collecting  expedition  near  Glen,  Sioux  County, 
Nebraska,  during  the  summer  of  1906,  two  specimens  of  Cute- 
rebra were  captured  by  Mr.  Harry  S.  Smith.  In  determining 
them  one  was  found  to  be  C.  tenebrosa  Coquillett,  and  the  other 
appeared  to  be  new,  the  description  of  which  is  submitted  below. 

Cuterebra  cyafiella  n.  sp.  9  .  Head  black,  front  at  narrow- 
est point  seven  times  as  wide  as  the  distance  between  the  two 
posterior  ocelli.  Front  on  each  side  provided  with  two  small, 
yellowish-gray  triangular  spots,  one  on  the  inner  margin  of 
the  eye,  and  the  other  between  it  and  the  base  of  the  antennae. 
In  addition  to  these  there  is  another  pollinose  spot  of  similar 
size  on  the  eye-margin  of  the  face  just  below  the  lateral  one 
of  the  front.  Face  black,  sub-shining,  destitute  of  pollen  ex- 
cept for  the  spot  mentioned,  and  a  faint  crescent- shaped  mark 
on  the  lateral  edges  of  the  antennary  pit.  Antennary  pit 
black,  shining,  pollinose  behind  the  antenna.  Antennae  black, 
third  joint  pollinose.  Arista  longer  than  the  antennae,  loosely 
plumose,  black  at  the  base,  yellow  at  apex.  Thorax  black, 
with  a  slight  bluish  cast,  sub-shining,  covered  with  fine  black 
hairs,  pleura  with  longer  hair  of  similar  color,  and  destitute 
of  any  oblique  tuft  of  yellow  pile  in  front  of  the  base  of  the 
wings.  Scutellum  of  same  color,  but  the  hair  longer  than 
that  of  the  thorax.  Abdomen  shining  steel-blue,  anterior  lat- 
eral margin  of  third,  fourth  and  fifth  segments  pollinose  be- 


392  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Dec.,  'o6 

coming  greater  in  width  until  the  whole  venter  is  poUinose. 
Band  of  the  third  overlaps  the  posterior  margin  of  the  second 
segment  underneath.  Legs  black,  on  the  outer  part  of  the 
basal  half  of  the  hind  femora,  and  of  all  the  tibiae  gray  polli- 
nose.  Hair  everywhere  black.  Halteres  and  calypteres  dark 
brown,  wings  light  brown,  veins  at  base  tinged  with  yellow. 
Length  of  the  body  17.5  mm.  Length  of  wings  14.5  mm. 
Width  of  head  7  mm.     Width  of  front  at  vertex  2^  mm. 

This  species  belongs  to  the  fontinella  group,  and  is  closely 
allied  to  C  similis  Johnson,  C  atrox  Clark,  and  C  tenebrosa 
Coquillett.  It  differs  from  C  similis  Johnson,  and  C.  atrox 
Clark  in  not  having  the  oblique  tuft  of  yellow  pile  in  front  of 
the  wings,  and  the  face  is  without  the  two  large  pollinose  spots 
at  the  lower  margin  of  the  eye.  It  can  be  separated  from  C. 
tenebrosa  Coquillett  by  the  pollinosity  of  the  abdomen,  and  th^ 
fissure  on  each  side  of  the  antennary  pit  being  narrower  and 
more  shallow  than  in  C,  tenebrosa, 

Mr.  Swenk's  table  of  the  genus  Cuterebra,  which  appeared 
in  The  Journal  of  the  New  York  Entomological  Society,  pages 
181-185,  December,  1905,  may  be  amended  to  read  as  follows : 

5.   Pleura  mostly  yellow  or  white 6. 

5.   Pleura  wholly  black  or  at  most  with  a  small  tuft  of  yellow  pile  in 
front  of  the  base  of  wing 15. 

15.   Pleura  with  a  tuft  of  yellow  pile  in  front  of  the  base  of  wings  ;  lower 
margin  of  the  eye  with  two  large  pollinose  spots 16. 

15.  Pleura  without  such  tuft  of  pile,  lower  margin  of  eye  without  the 

large  pollinose  spots 17. 

16.  Last  abdominal  segment  more  or  less  pollinose  (Mexico). 

(terrisona  Walker)  atroz  Clark. 

16.  Last  abdominal  segment  entirely  steel  blue,  not  pollinose  (N.  M.). 

similis  Johnson 

17.  Abdomen  destitute  of  pollen  (Gal.,  Ore.,  Col.,  Wyo.,  S.  I).,  Nebr.). 

•  tenebrosa  Coq. 

17.    Abdominal  segments  ?  pollinose  ventrally  and  laterally  (Northwest 

Nebr. ) cyanells  Jones. 

— <•»   

A  CORRECTION. — Dr.  Dyar  has  kindly  called  my  attention  to  the  fact 
that  the  insect  I  described  in  tltt  October  News  as  Mofioleuca  spadicis  is 
the  same  as  his  Euciea  dolliana  (Proc.  U.  S.  Nat.  Mus.,  xxix,  369,  1906).— 
John  A.  Grossbeck. 


Dec,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  393 

A  new  Platyccrus,  and  a  new  Pleocoma. 

By  H.  C.  Fall,  Pasadena,  Cal. 

The  following  fine  species  of  Platycerus  and  Pleocoma  are 
somewhat  recent  discoveries  of  Mr.  Ralph  Hopping,  of 
Kaweah,  California.  They  are  quite  distinct  from  all  pre- 
viously-described forms  as  will  be  seen  from  the  following 
descriptions  and  comparisons : 

PlatyceniB  opacos  n.  sp. 

Male. — Moderately  convex,  black,  entire  surface  finely  alutaceous  and 
dull,  the  head  and  prothorax  a  little  less  so  than  the  elytra.  Scape  o^ 
antennse  very  nearly  twice  as  long  as  the  funicle,  the  latter  %  as  long  as 
the  club ;  first  funicular  joint  as  long  as  the  next  two,  sixth  slightly  acutely 
produced  inward  ;  first  two  joints  of  club  subequal  and  about  twice  as 
wide  as  long,  last  joint  nearly  as  long  as  wide.  Mandibles  small.  Head 
coarsely  densely  punctured  and  sparsely  hairy.  Prothorax  %  wider  than 
long,  widest  at  or  just  before  the  basal  third,  where  it  is  strongly  rounded 
but  not  angulate  ;  sides  feebly  arcuate  and  strongly  convergent  anteriorly, 
still  more  rapidly  converging  to  the  deep  sinuation  before  the  basal  angles, 
which  are  sharply  defined,  a  little  acute  and  everted  ;  surface  densely  but 
not  coarsely  punctate  laterally,  less  densely  but  still  closely  and  a  little 
irregularly  toward  the  middle,  a  narrow  median  incomplete  impunctate 
line ;  lateral  margin  flattened  at  the  point  of  greatest  width,  narrowing 
before  and  behind.  Elytra  very  little  wider  than,  and  not  quite  twice  as 
long  as  the  prothorax,  1%  times  as  long  as  wide,  subparallel,  striae  repre- 
sented by  unimpressed  series  of  very  fine  punctures,  which  are  scarcely 
distinguishable  from  those  of  the  intervals  and  are  in  great  part  confused 
with  them.  Legs  rather  slender,  the  hind  tarsi  about  \  as  long  as  the 
tibiae. 

Female. — I^rge  and  more  convex  than  the  male,  the  elytra  a  little 
more  arcuate  at  sides ;  antennal  funicle  very  slightly  shorter  than  the 
club,  the  first  two  joints  of  the  latter  more  strongly  transverse ;  hind 
tarsi  %  the  length  of  the  tibiae. 

Length  J^,  8.5-10  mm.;  9i  10.5-12.5  mm.  Width  J^,  3.5-4.1  mm.; 
?,  48-5-5  mm. 

Described  from  a  series  of  4  ^  *s  and  3  9  *s  taken  by  Mr. 
Hopping  at  Clear  Creek  (June  5-12)  and  South  Fork  of 
Kaweah  River  (Jan.  28-30),  California.  **Both  the.se  locali- 
ties"— writes  Mr.  Hopping — "are  in  the  Sequoia  National 
Park,  and  the  beetles  occur  in  the  Black  Oak  or  Upper  Cha- 
parral belt,  at  an  elevation  of  4000  to  5000  feet,  and  so  far 
have  only  been  found  by  digging,  or  where  earth  was  being 
removed  from  the  upper  roadbank.'' 


394  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [DeC,  *o6 

Opacus  is  to  be  associated  with  ihoracicus  Csy.  and  laius  Fall, 
by  its  form  and  tarsal  structure,  but  is  very  different  from 
either  in  its  subopaque  surface  and  fine  sculpture. 

Ptoocoma  hopplngi  n.  sp. 

Male. — Oblong  oval,  sides  of  elytra  nearly  parallel,  color  above  and 
beneath  bright  reddish  brown,  shining,  head  prothorax  and  underbody 
densely  clothed  with  long  fulvous  hair.  Antennae  very  nearly  as  in  hirti- 
collis,  clypeal  horn  deeply  triangularly  notched,  lateral  ante-ocular  pro- 
cesses subquadrate,  their  outer  edge  parallel  with  the  axis  of  the  body 
(triangular  in  hirticoUis^  the  external  edge  strongly  oblique) ;  vertical 
horn  emarginate  at  tip.  Prothorax  not  quite  twice  as  wide  as  long,  hind 
angles  obtuse  but  fairly  distinct,  sides  before  thera  very  slightly  convergent 
and  just  perceptibly  sinuate,  then  rounded  and  strongly  convergent  to 
apex ;  basal  margin  evenly  arcuate  from  side  to  side ;  disk  evenly  con- 
vex, only  slightly  flattened  anteriorly,  surface  rather  densely  coarsely 
punctate  at  the  middle  in  front,  less  densely  and  somewhat  more  finely 
at  sides  and  posteriorly,  a  small  subimpunctate  area  each  side  of  the 
middle  of  the  disk.  Elytra  barely  f  as  wide  as  long,  sutural  stria  deep, 
geminate  striae  feeble,  punctuation  fine  and  sparse,  sides  almost  smooth. 
The  female  differs  as  usual  in  its  larger  size  and  stouter  form  which  is 
wider  behind ;  the  prothorax  is  glabrous  and  nearly  uniformly  punctate 
throughout ;  the  elytra  are  more  closely  and  strongly  punctate  than  in 
the  male,  being  virtually  as  closely  and  strongly  so  as  the  prothorax  ;  the 
clypeal  notch  is  small,  the  sides  obtusely  rounded ;  the  ante-ocular 
processes  formed  as  in  the  male. 

Length  (j^,  23-26  mm.  ;  ?,  30  mfti.     Width  (j^,  13-14  mm.  ;  9  20  mm. 

Described  from  a  series  taken  by  Mr.  Ralph  Hopping  on  the 
South  Fork  of  the  Kaweah  River,  Cal.,  and  bearing  dates 
Jan.  25  and  Feb.  4. 

Because  of  its  octo-lamellate  antennae,  and  closely  punctate 
and  hairy  prothorax,  this  species  is  comparable  only  with 
hirticollis.  The  latter,  as  we  understand,  is  a  distinctly  smaller 
and  stouter  species,  the  male  always  black  or  nearly  so  when 
mature,  the  hair  of  a  paler  yellow,  prothorax  declivous  and 
plainly  flattened  in  front,  the  posterior  margin  bisinuate,  the 
elytra  more  strongly  punctured.  There  are  some  discrepancies 
between  the  original  description  of  Schaufuss  and  the  later 
ones  of  LeConte  and  Horn,  and  there  is  therefore  a  possibility 
that  our  interpretation  of  hirticollis  is  erroneous.  In  Schau- 
fuss's  description  the  prothorax  is  .said  to  be  almost  three 
times  as  wide  as  long,  while  Horn  says  **  more  than  twice  as 


Dec,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  395 

wide  as  long."  As  a  matter  of  fact  the  width  is  barely  twice 
the  length  in  both  hirticollis  and  hoppingi,  and  it  is  probable 
that  both  authors  have  given  the  relative  dimensions  from  a 
vertical  view  point,  in  which  case  there  would  be  considerable 
fore-shortening.  I  take  pleasure  in  dedicating  this  fine  species 
to  friend  Hopping,  whose  explorations  in  the  Californiau 
Sierras  have  brought  to  light  not  a  few  new  and  interesting 
species. 


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Notes  on  Moths. 

By  Caroline  Gray  Soule. 

At  one  time  there  was  some  discussion  of  the  cause  of  dif- 
ference in  the  forms  of  cocoons  of  Aitaais  cecropia,  and  some 
very  positive  statement  that  the  baggy  cocoon  was  always 
found  low  on  the  shrub  or  tree  and  in  damp  lowland  places. 

Last  September  I  found  three  huge  cecropia  larvae  feeding  on 
red-berried  elder  by  the  roadside,  in  a  dry,  sunny  place.  They 
were  so  large  that  I  took  them,  put  them  in  a  large  box  with 
twigs  fastened  vertically  and  horizontally,  and  the  larvae  spun 
the  next  day. 

One  made  a  normal,  slender  cocoon  on  a  horizontal  twig : 
another  made  a  very  baggy  cocoon  on  a  vertical  twig ;  the 
third  made  a  rather  baggy  one,  of  a  green  color  except  on  one 
side  where  the  normal  brown  predominated.  This  cocoon  was 
on  a  horizontal  twig,  and  against  the  side  of  the  box. 

On  June  9th  were  laid  eggs  of  Hemiletua  budleyi  from  moths 
descended  from  two  pairs  of  moths  received  in  1903. 

Their  egg-period  was  36  days  ;  ist  stage,  7  days  ;  2d  stage, 
5  days  ;  3rd  stage,  8  days ;  4th  stage,  7  days  ;  5th  stage,  10 
days  ;  6th  stage,  10  days  ;  7th  stage,  16  days,  making  63  days 
from  ^%%  to  cocoon,  and  a  sixth  moult,  which  had  not  occurred 
in  any  former  brood.  Although  **  bred  in  '*  for  three  genera- 
tions they  were  very  large,  fine  specimens,  but  very  slow  in  all 
their  stages.  One  correspondent,  to  whom  I  had  sent  eggs, 
wrote  that  his  brood  left  the  wild  cherry  tree  on  which  he  had 
placed  them,  and  marched  eight  or  ten  feet  to  a  small  apple 
tree  where  he  found  them  feeding  and  thriving. 


39^  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [DeC,  'o6 

.  Two  9  Samia  cynthia  moths  mated  with  ^  A.  promethea, 
and  both  sets  of  eggs  hatched.  The  larvae  throve  on  wild 
cherry,  preferring  it  to  any  of  the  leaves  which  cynthia  prefers 
to  cherry — in  my  experience — yet  there  was  no  trace  of  pro- 
methea  in  their  appearance.  Their  cocoons  are  more  like  those 
of  pro7nethea,  being  smaller,  browner,  and  more  slender  in 
.shape  than  the  usual  cynthia  cocoon. 

When  a  cocoon  was  nearly  finished  the  larva  would  crawl 
to  the  upper  end,  seize  a  bunch  of  the  loose  threads,  at  the 
open  end,  in  its  mandibles,  and,  letting  go  all  hold  with  legs 
and  props,  **  pounce  down"  violently,  pulling  the  bunch  of 
threads  in  and  down.  Then  the  larva  let  go  the  threads,  which 
remained  drawn  toward  the  back,  or  **  stem**-side,  of  the 
cocoon,  crawled  up  to  the  top  and  repeated  the  process  until 
all  the  loose  threads  had  been  gathered  close  to  the  back, of 
the  cocoon,  and  its  mouth  was  closed.  I  have  never  seen  any 
cyrithia  larva  do  this,  but  I  have  seen  promethea  do  it. 

Three  of  the  larvae  spun  cocoons  so  small  that  they  could 
not  turn  in  them,  so  backed  out,  deserted  them,  and  tried 
again.  Their  silk  gave  out  and  they  pupated  without  any 
cocoon,  but  not  perfectly. 

In  my  experience  cynthia  larvae  will  not  eat  wild  cherry  if 
they  can  get  anything  else,  and  I  have  had  whole  broods  starve 
rather  than  eat  it.  These  hybrids  preferred  it  to  everything 
else,  except  some  of  Miss  Eliot's  lot,  which  took  sassafras. 
Ailanthus  I  did  not  have  to  offer  them. 

One  9  cyjithia  mated  ^  proviethea  but  laid  no  eggs  until 
mated  with  ^  cynthia  after  which  she  oviposited  abundantly. 
The  larvae  were  typical  cynthia  in  appearance,  but  chose  wild 
cherry  for  food  and  spun  small,  slender  cocoons  like  promethea. 

Accidentally  three  boxes  containing  these  larvae,  just  ready 
to  spin,  were  put  aside  reversed,  so  that  the  twigs  and  leaves 
arranged  for  normal  spinning  were  upside  down.  Each  of  the 
six  larvae  spun  a  normal  cocoon,  fastening  the  leaf-stem  to  the 
twig  as  if  the  twig  were  uppermost,  and  wrapping  the  leaf 
around  the  cocoon  as  usual.  Yet  the  spinning  had  not  begun 
when  the  boxes  were  set  aside. 

Early  in  August  I  found  hundreds  of  Dryocampa  riibiainda 


Dec,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  397 

larvae  crawling,  for  pupation,  on  a  wooded  road.  Of  the  fifty- 
one  which  I  took  and  which  pupated,  thirteen  gave  the  moths 
on  August  22d-25th.  These  moths  mated  and  their  eggs 
hatched  in  due  time.  The  other  pupae  are  alive  and  in  good 
condition,  but  seem  to  be  waiting  for  another  summer  before 
giving  the  moths,  a  new  experience  to  me. 


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Names  of  Coleoptera. — In  the  News  of  last  September  I  cited 
Aphanotus  Lee.  as  a  homonym  of  Aphattotus  Lowe,  but  did  not  propose 
a  substitute.  I  am  indebted  to  Dr.  D.  S.  Jordan  for  the  information  that 
Lowe's  genus  was  really  AphanopuSy  and  ^^AphanoiuSy^'  as  given  in  the 
Nomenclator  Zoologicus,  is  a  mistake. — T.  D.  A.  Cockerell. 

Remedy  for  Mosquitoes. — A  Memphis  (Mo.)  man  has  discovered 
a  new  way  to  get  rid  of  mosquitoes.  He  says  to  rub  alum  on  your  face 
and  hands.  When  the  mosquito  takes  a  bite  it  puckers  his  buzzer  so  it 
can't  sting.  It  sits  down  in  a  damp  place,  tries  to  dig  the  pucker  loose, 
catches  its  death  of  cold,  and  dies  of  pneumonia. — Newspaper, 

Twenty-one  Million  Butterflies  Caught. — Belgrade,  Sept.  8. — 
Owing  to  the  damage  done  to  crops  by  butterflies,  the  Servian  Minister 
of  the  Interior  offered  four  cents  for  e\'cry  500  captured.  Although  the 
amount  appears  small,  the  pursuit  of  butterflies  is  profitable,  as  already 
21.000,000  of  them  have  been  tendered  for  reward.  The  minister  says 
it  is  cheap  to  get  rid  of  these  millions  at  a  cost  of  $4.250. — Newspaper. 

Cerceris  deserta  Say. — New  Haven,  9,  June  27,  1902  (E.  J.  SJ 
Moore)  ;  c?,  August  16,  1904  (O.  H.  Walden).  Only  the  c?  has  hereto- 
fore been  known  to  science.  The  9  here  cited  differs  from  the  (^  of  the 
same  place  as  follows :  clypeus  produced,  the  production  a  little  wider 
than  long,  nearly  quadrate,  planate,  projecting  downward  and  outward 
and  forming  with  the  face  an  angle  of  about  45°,  the  anterior  margin  of 
the  projection  slightly  broadly  produced  in  the  middle,  clypeal  projection 
with  a  broad  transverse  yellow  band  leaving  an  anterior  and  posterior 
band  of  black  about  half  as  broad  as  the  yellow  lateral  face  marks,  nearly 
an  obtuse  angled  triangle  adjoining  the  eyes,  with  a  rather  broad  black 
space  between  them  and  the  yellow  clypeal  mark  and  a  narrower  black 
space  between  them  and  the  insertion  of  the  antenutTe  ;  greater  part  of 
first  dorsal  abdominal  segment  covered  with  almost  semicircular  yellow 
marks  that  almost  attain  the  posterior  margin  of  the  segment  along  their 
diameter  and  that  are  separated  from  each  other  along  the  middle  line  by 
a  dark  line  narrower  than  the  width  of  the  pedicellum  ;  dorsal  abdominal 
bands  broader,  venter  entirely  black  ;  coxa?  and  trochanters  almost  en- 
tirely black,  anterior  and  middle  femora  black,  tipped  with  yellowish 
brown,  posterior  femora  pale  and  dark  brown,  posterior  tibia'  yellow, 
with  the  apiccil  third  of  the  posterior  aspect  brown. — H.  L.  Viekeck. 


ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS. 


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Rhabdopuaga  rigidae. — I  am  much  pleased  to  see  the  excellent  de- 
scriptions and  figures  of  Cecidomyiidae  in  Dr.  Felt's  report  for  1905, 
just  issued.  I  notice  on  p.  122  that  Rhabdophaga  rigidae  appears  as  a 
**new  species,"  on  the  ground  that  Osten  Sacken  knew  only  the  gall. 
It  may  be  as  well  to  state,  therefore,  that  in  Entomologist,  1890,  pp. 
278-279,  the  gall,  larva,  pupa-shell  and  imago  are  briefly  characterized. — 

T.    D.    A.    COCKERELL. 

*Sincc  the  bc^'iiiiiin^  of  llic  Journal  no  numbers  for  July  and  August  have  been  published. 

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Dec,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  399 

Notes   and    News. 

ENTOMOLOGICAL  GLEANINGS  FROM   ALL  QUARTERS 

OP    THE    GLOBE. 

Dr.  p.  p.  Calvert  secured  a  valuable  lot  of  insects  on  his  recent  trip 
to  Mexico.  These  are  in  addition  to  the  Odonata  to  which  he  gave  espe- 
cial attention. 

Wk  have  recently  had  a  pleasant  visit  from  Mr.  T.  N.  Willing  of  Re- 
gina,  Saskatchewan,  Canada.  He  is  doing  good  work  in  creating  an 
interest  in  entomology  in  his  district,  and  is  an  enthusiastic  collector,  par- 
ticularly in  Lepidoptera  and  Coleoptera. 

Higher  Criticism. — Ascum — "So  you  don't  believe  the  story  of  the 
fall  of  man  ?"  Doubter — "Not  altogether.  I  don't  believe  there  was  any 
serpent,  although  Eve  may  have  honestly  thought  so.  It  was  probably 
just  an  apple  worm  which  her  fear  magnified." 

"Chiggers."  Leptus  Irritans  at  Cincinnati,  Ohio. — ^Ten  years 
ago  these  pests  were  imknown  to  me  in  this  locality.  Now  they  have 
become  numerous  and  exceedingly  aggressive.  While  at  work  in  a 
thicket,  June  30th,  digging  up  an  ant  hill  and  sifting  it,  I  secured  a  fine 
collection  of  them,  without  any  eflPort  on  my  part.  I  find  a  preparation 
called  "Libradol,"  made  by  Lloyd  Bros.,  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  a  very  effec- 
tive and  instant  relief  from  the  irritation,  while  a  little  carbolated 
vaseline  quickly  heals  the  pustule  which  they  cause. 

"Here's  to  the  'chigger,'  who  grows  no  bigger 

Than  the  point  of  a  pin. 
The  lump  that  he  raises,  itches  like  blazes. 
And  there's  where  the  rub  comes  in!" 

— Charles  Dury. 

Preliminary  Announcement  of  Annual  Meeting  of  Associa- 
tion OF  Economic  Entomologists. — The  Nineteenth  Annual  Meeting 
of  the  Association  of  Economic  Entomologists  will  be  held  in  New  York 
City  on  Friday  and  Saturday,  December  28  and  29,  1906.  More  details 
concerning  the  exact  place  of  meeting,  hotel  accommodations  and  rail- 
way rates  will  be  given  at  a  later  date. 

It  is  desired  to  make  this  meeting  the  best  in  the  history  of  the  Asso- 
ciation, both  as  to  attendence  and  number  and  quality  of  the  papers  pre- 
sented. 

Reports  of  the  Committees  on  Nomenclature,  Testing  of  Proprietary 
Insecticides  and  on  the  National  Control  of  Introduced  Pests  will  be  pre- 
sented for  the  consideration  of  the  Association.  If  possible,  a  symposium 
will  be  arranged  on  Insect  Legislation. 

Kindly  forward  at  once  the  titles  of  papers  you  may  wish  to  present. 
It  is  suggested  that  a  brief  abstract  of  each  paper  be  sent  to  the  Secre- 
tary, as  this  can  be  used  by  the  press  and  will  make  the  reports  of  the 
meeting  more  valuable. — A.  H.  Kirkland,  President,  No.  6  Beacon  St., 
Boston,  Mass.;  A.  F.  Burgess,  Secretary,  Capitol  Bid.,  Columbus,  O. 


400  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [DeC.,  'o6 

Under  the  name  Eurypodea  fredeHcki  Edw.  A.  Klages  has  described 
a  remarkable  beetle  from  Suapure,  Caura  Valley,  Venezuela,  belonging 
to  the  group  Copres.  The  single  sheet  description  was  published  by  the 
author. 


Entomological    Literature. 

Tenth  Annual  Report  of  the  State  Entomologist  of  Minnesota. 
— Fourth  Annual  Report  of  F.  L.  Washburn.  The  Diptera  of  Minne- 
sota. This  is  a  work  of  one  hundred  and  fifty-five  pages  and  contains 
two  plates  in  color;  the  second  plate  is  appropriately  numbered  as  to  the 
names  of  the  species  and  the  first  is  not.  There  are  also  one  hundred 
and  sixt>'-three  line  and  half  tone  cuts,  which  are  mostly  very  good. 
The  first  fourteen  pages  are  devoted  to  an  account  of  the  Diptera,  their 
economic  importance  and  their  anatomy.  Then  follows  a  synopsis, 
after  which  the  body  of  the  work  is  made  up  of  an  account  of  the 
families  and  species  inhabiting  Minnesota.  The  work  will  be  very 
valuable  to  the  people  of  the  State  who  care  to  use  it.  As  a  popular 
treatise  on  the  subject  it  will  also  be  useful  to  the  many  entomologists 
who  do  not  make  a  special  study  of  the  Order. 

A  Revision  of  the  American  Papilios.* — By  the  Hon.  Walter  Roths- 
child, Ph.D.,  and  Karl  Jordan,  Ph.D. 
This  is  a  work  of  333  pages,  with  six  plates  and  fifty-nine  figures, 
and  covers  North  and  South  America  and  the  adjacent  islands.  It 
shows  very  great  reseach  into  the  literature  of  the  subject  and  we 
presume  the  nomenclatural  opinions  of  the  authors  will  be  largely 
followed.  There  has  been  no  attempt  to  divide  the  species  into  **  up-to- 
date"  genera,  although  this  is  promised  later.  We  believe  the  authors 
are  unusually  qualified  to  do  this  in  a  scientific  way  as  they  say  **  classifi- 
cation has  always  suffered  from  the  habit  of  systematists  of  studying  the 
systematics  of  a  district  rather  than  concentrating  their  labors  on  certain 
families  taking  into  account  all  the  species  of  the  globe.*'  We  again 
quote  as  follows  :  '*  The  most  interesting  general  result  of  our  researches 
is  perhaps  the  demonstration  of  geographical  variability  in  secondary 
sexual  characters  apart  from  the  genitalia.  The  occurrence  of  such 
variability  is  of  great  bearing  on  systematics,  since  many  authors  con- 
sider secondary  sexual  differences  to  be  of  generic  value.*'  It  should 
not  be  forgotten  that  there  are  two  sexes  in  insects  and  the  student  is 
not  unlikely  to  have  or  obtain  but  one  and  a  unisexual  classification 
won't  help  him  materially,  especially  in  families  where  there  is  consider- 
able antigeny.  There  is  much  food  for  thought  of  very  considerable 
interest  in  the  preface.  The  work  as  a  whole  is  excellent,  and  while  it 
is  quite  possible  to  take  exception  to  the  standing  accorded  a  number  of 
forms,  the  siil)ject  is  one  of  great  difficulty  and  our  knowledge  at  present 
too  limited  to  speak  dogmatically  on  the  subject.     Trinomials  are  used 

•  Novitates  Zoologicae,  xiii.,  No.  3,"August,  1906. 


Dec.,  *o6]  ENTOMOLOGICAL   NEWS.  4OI 

and  varieties  are  divided  into  three  categories ;  the  geographical,  the 
seasonal  and  the  individual  variety.  Subspecies  is  used  in  the  sense  of 
essential  variety,  incipient  species  or  geographical  race.  It  is  just  here 
that  the  personal  equation  comes  in  and  we  are  of  the  opinion  that  this 
work  expresses  fairly  well  the  relative  value  of  these  forms,  or  as  well 
as  may  be  at  the  present  time,  with  the  knowledge  at  hand.  It  will 
probably  be  of  interest  to  our  readers  to  speak  of  the  treatment  of  the 
species  found  from  Mexico  northward.  The  name  ajax  is  dropped  and 
our  species  becomes  tnarcellus  marcellus  Cram.  ;  tnarce/lus  floridensis 
Holland  ;  tnarcellus  telamonides  Feld.  ;  tnarcellus  lecontei  Rothschild  and 
]oTd3.n\  philenor  philenor  L.  and  philenor  or  sua  Godman  and  Salvin. 
Machaon  aliaska  Scudder,  does  not  differ  in  any  essential  way  from  the 
Asiatic  specimens.  We  have  examples  from  Eagle  City,  Alaska,  and 
Sikhim  that  are  identical.  P.  polygenes  becomes  polyxenes  slabilis 
Rothschild  and  Jordan  ;  polyxenes  asterius  Cram. ;  polyxenes  polyxenes 
Fab.,  and  polyxenes  brevicauda  Saund.  ;  pergamus  is  given  subspecific 
rank.  Cresphontes  is  considered  distinct  from  thoas^  and  the  latter 
becomes  thoas  antocles  Rothschild  and  Jordan.  Troilus  is  divided  into 
iroilus  troilus  L.,  and  troilus  texanus  Ehrm.  Glaucus  becomes  glaucus 
glaucus  L.  and  glaucus  canadensis  Rothschild  and  Jordan.  We  may 
mention  a  few  cases  where  there  is  much  warrant  for  a  difference  of 
opinion  in  regard  to  the  standing  of  varieties.  P.  glaucus  might  be 
more  logically  divided  into  three  forms,  the  very  large  and  dark  Florida 
form  being  of  equal  value  to  the  boreal.  The  Cuban  polyxenes  shows 
almost  no  difference  of  moment  from  specimens  found  in  the  United 
States,  the  latter  varying  to  a  wonderful  degree.  Variety  curvifascia  is 
said  by  the  authors  to  occur  from  New  Mexico,  to  Vera  Cruz,  Guatemala, 
and  West  Mexico,  a  topomorph  covering  a  great  extent  of  territory,  yet 
it  is  not  given  subspecific  value.  It  seems  to  differ  to  a  greater  degree 
from  asterius  than  does  the  Cuban  polyxenes,  Papilio  bairdi  is  given 
specific  rank  which  is  very  doubtfully  the  case.  It  seems  much  more 
nearly  related  to  polyxettes  than  is  atnericus  Kollar.  Variation  has  not 
been  sufficiently  studied  to  permit  of  an  exact  nomenclature,  and  ihe 
values  of  varieties  are  by  no  means  parallel,  and  at  present  it  is  psycho- 
logical so  far  as  the  individual  observer  is  concerned.  The  authors  had 
a  wealth  of  material  for  study,  and  the  work  shows  the  general  result  of 
this  in  its  broad  treatment.  The  thoas  group  represents  a  special  study 
and  a  rather  large  number  of  names  are  proposed.  We  are  inclined  to 
think  many  more  names  could  be  applied  to  some  of  the  other  species 
on  the  same  principles.  Perhaps  this  would  invalidate  the  argument  on 
page  429  in  favor  of  trinomials  in  preference  to  citing  localities,  as  the 
locality  would  be  more  indicative  of  what  is  meant  than  a  name,  which 
often  indicates  an  inappreciable  difference,  difficult  or  almost  impossible 
to  express  in  words.  Such  works  undoubtedly  cause  an  increased  inter- 
est in  the  group  or  groups  treated  and  mooted  points  are  more  likely  to 
be  elucidated  thereby. — H.  S. 


402  KMTOlfOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [Dec.,  'o6 

'Gli  Insetti,  loro  organizzazione,  svilcppo,  abitudini  e  rapporti 
coLL'coiio.*-By  Pral.  Antoaio  Berlese,  Director  <^  the  Royal  Sta- 
tion for  Agricultural  Eotomology  in  Florence.  Milan,  Societa 
Editrice  Libraria,  1906.     Published  in  parts  at  one  lira  each. 

With  such  excellent  recent  general  American  books  on  insects  as  those 
of  Kellogg  and  of  Folsom,  it  would  seem  difficult  for  a  book  in  a  foreign 
language  to  meet  any  great  demand  in  this  country,  yet  the  admirable 
work  of  Professor  Berlese,  of  whidi  seventeen  parts  have  already  been 
published,  will  undoubtedly  prove  a  very  important  addition  to  the  libra- 
ries of  all  institutions  in  which  advanced  morphology  is  being  studied  and 
in  all  laboratories  in  which  the  study  of  insects  is  undertaken  from  any 
point  of  view. 

Berlese  is  a  master,  a  man  of  broad  ideas,  thorough  training,  admirable 
in  technic,  clear  in  demonstration,  an  excellent  writer,  and  a  capable 
draftsman.  His  work  when  completed  will  be  both  sound  and  compre- 
hensive. It  will  comprise  two  volumes,  of  which  the  first  will  in  a  general 
way  contain  the  anatomy,  and  the  second  the  biology  of  insects.  The 
first  volume  will  consist  of  from  seven  to  eight  hundred  pages,  and  mill 
be  accompanied  by  about  one  thousand  6gures.  Of  these,  550  pages 
have  been  published  in  seventeen  parts,  and  the  printed  parts  contain  six 
hundred  figures  and  four  plates. 

The  subjects  considered  in  the  first  volume,  by  chapters,  are  :  I.  Brief 
history  of  entomology  ;  II.  Size  <^  insects  ;  III.  Plan  of  the  insect  struc- 
ture; IV.  Embryology  in  general;  V.  Morphology  in  general:  VI. 
Exoskeleton  ;  VII.  Endoskeleton  ;  VIII.  Muscular  system  ;  IX.  Integ- 
ument and  its  structure  ;  X.     Glands. 

There  still  remain  to  be  published  chapters  on  the  nervous  system  and 
organs  of  sense,  organs  of  digestion,  organs  of  circulation,  organs  of  res- 
piration, organs  of  secretion,  and  sexual  organs.  In  the  part  already 
completed,  the  chapters  on  morpholog>'  are  marvels  of  detail  and  thor- 
oughness. The  work  itself  is  a  large  octavo,  and  more  than  ninety  pages 
are  devoted,  for  example,  to  the  study  of  exoskeleton  of  the  head,  while 
nearly  eighty  pages  are  occupied  with  the  treatment  of  the  muscular  sys- 
tem. Nearly  all  of  the  numerous  and  strikingly  apt  illustrations  are 
original,  having  been  drawn  by  Dr.  Berlese  himself.  Each  section  of  the 
work  is  followed  by  a  ver>'  complete  bibliography,  and  the  author  has 
shown  a  perfect  knowledge  of  the  work  of  other  men,  the  publications  of 
American  authors  having  been  considered  and  studied  with  a  thorough- 
ness quite  unusual  among  European  authors. 

The  second  volume,  which  has  been  reser\'ed  for  the  treatment  of 
biology  of  insects,  will  contain  a  careful  consideration  of  all  questions  of 
economic  importance,  and  it  will  undoubtedly  be  of  interest  to  learn  from 
this  work  Berlese's  final  views  on  the  subject  of  parasitism,  and  espe- 
cially the  relations  of  insects  and  birds,  upon  which  point  he  has  long  been 
at  odds  with  other  Italian  zoologists. — I^  O.  Howard. 


Dec,  '06]  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  403 

Doings  of  Societies. 

At  the  meeting  of  the  Feldmau  Collecting  Social  held  Sep- 
tember 19,  1906,  eight  members  were  present  and  Mr.  Harry 
Kaeber  visitor.     President  Daecke  in  the  chair. 

Mr.  Wenzel  stated  that  he  had  received  a  postal  card  from 
Professor  Smith  from  Brussels  wishing  to  be  remembered  to 
the  boys. 

Mr.  Harbeck  spoke  of  Tenodera  sinensis  having  been  raised 
at  Logan.  Mr.  Schmitz  remarked  that  he  also  raised  the  said 
species  at  West  Philadelphia,  and  that  he  saw  imagos  in  his 
yard  up  to,about  September  ist. 

The  insects  exhibited  by  Mr.  Schmitz  at  the  last  meeting 
were  identified  as  Aleurodes  vaporarioruni  Westwood.  They 
were  found  on  scarlet  sage,  of  which  they  had  entirely  denuded 
the  foliage. 

Mr.  Wenzel  exhibited  work  in  white  pine  of  Tomicus  pini 
and  Pityophthorus  sparsus,  collected  by  H.  Wenzel,  Jr.,  at 
Pocono  Mountain. 

Mr.  Harbeck  reported  that  the  collecting  season  was  very 
promising  up  to  July  15th,  since  which  time  it  has  been  poor. 

Mr.  Daecke  exhibited  a  specimen  of  Evetria  comstockiana 
which  he  bred  from  a  pine  rosin  tube.  He  also  exhibited  a 
specimen  of  a  Pimpla  (^Calliephialies)  n.  sp.,  bred  from  a 
similar  rosin  tube  which  is  evidently  parasitic  upon  Evetria 
comstockiana, 

Mr.  Daecke  exhibited  specimens  of  Rhicnoessa  albula  taken 

at  Stone  Harbor,  N.  J.  ;  one  specimen  was  mounted  on  white 

ocean  sand,  from  which  it  was  difficult  to  distinguish  with  the 

naked  eye. 

Frank  Haimbach,  Secretary, 


At  the  meeting  of  the  Feldman  Collecting  Social  held 
October  17,  1906,  at  the  residence  of  Mr.  H.  W.  Wenzel,  1523 
South  13th  Street,  Philadelphia,  there  were  eight  members 
present.     President  Daecke  in  the  chair. 

Mr.  Haimbach  read  an  extract  from  a  letter  received  by  him 
from  Miss  Annette  F.  Braun,  of  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  referring  to 
her  observations  of  the  Life  History  of   Tetiodera  sinensis. 


ii  ENTOMOLOGICAL  NEWS.  [1906. 

Butterflies  wanted  in  perfect  condition  wtth  accurate  data.  Liberal 
exchange.  Spread  butterflies  named  free  of  charge.— Henry  Skinner, 
1900  Race  St.,  Phila.,  Pa. 

Cocoons  of  S.  cynthia,  A.  profnethea,  A.  cecropia  and  T,  f>olyphentus 
to  exchange  for  other  North  American  pupae  or  Leoidoptera  m  papers. — 
John  H.  West,  2235  E.  Letterly  St.,  Philadelphia,  Pa. 

Cidndelids  of  the  entire  globe  desired.  Good  exchanfle  in  this  and 
other  families  desired. — H.  F.  Wickham,  Iowa  City,  Iowa. 

Wanted.— For  cash  or  exchange,  Bulletins  U.  S.  Bureau  of  Ento- 
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Missouri  Reports  No.  4.  7.  8,  9 ;  Illinois  Reports  No.  2,  4,  5,  20.— E.  F. 
Hitchings,  Waterville,  Maine. 

Lepldoptera. — Pupae  of  P.  zolicaon  and  cocoons  for  exchange. — Fred. 
Bums,  No.  5  E.  7th  St.  Reno,  Nevada. 

Pupae  of  Hyl.  chersis,  luscitiosa  and  Pach.  modesta  to  exchange  for 
other  cocoons  and  pupae  of  North  American  moths.— V.  Musil,  in8  S. 
Trumbull  Ave.,  Chicago,  111. 

Lepldoptera  in  papers  for  exchange.  Would  like  to  exchange  with 
collectors  in  Mexico,  South  America,  Europe,  Japan  and  Australasia. — J. 
Russell,  Digby.  Nova  Scotia,  Canada. 

Wanted. — Elaterida  and  Buprestida  from  all  parts  of  North  America. 
Many  common  species,  especially  from  the  West,  desired.  Will  give 
Coleoptera  in  exchange  or  cash  for  special  desiderata. — C.  O.  Houghton, 
£>e]aware  College,  Newark,  Del. 

Wanted  for  exchange.— Pupae  of  the  following  Sphinges  :  T.  modesta, 
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ce/eus  and  Carolina. — Joseph  N.  Lang,  104  Bunker  St..  Chicago,  111. 

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