aeliyaryat tlat Wrilal ated) rai ae ’ popiye as yy A an a Abeta tate iy, 2S)! t wat Vea Oita a pen Sed yi i (ata tide Greil atah yay child ry t tine MPR TREAT | 4 ‘ }! SRA 3th fy i! fats alah SiS ones =, ed ie = pS ee pra ON ae at i anata tt QGP SLA RM ahi hae AMM Neertie od 2 Me ee ANGRY. vei ; rigs Rann town An KR ie i naged) a Te AS hae: Te e's aoe 0 a ae ore LS Re z ~ te nie aaa en 4 oH MM i ; ;' ‘ A hy ei? t ~S Saag ee > wey co. ss FLEMIMeETIO, Salisslite- (Type Myzine Savignyi, Guér.) aeeana cubital cell neither small mor petiolate... 2. 2... 2h a 7. Second cubital cell very small, longly petiolate ; hind tarsi not twice Peer Man Ener tibiceag. sis. aos oss seis ans Myzine;, Latreille: = Tachus, Jurine. = Meria, Illiger, (Type Tiphia tripunctata, Rossi.) . Second cubital cell large, longer than wide, trapezoidal, receiving the recurrent nervure far beyond the middle ; hind tarsi about twice as long as their tibiz ; cubitus in hind wings originating behind the transverse median nervure; mandibles long, _ sickel-shaped, Benito nye ae rainy ont uae . Plesia, Jurine. (Type Tiphia namea, Fabr.) Second cubital cell not so large, receiving the recurrent nervure at the middle; mandibles stout, curved, edentate. . Dimorphoptera, Smith. (Type D. scoliiformis, Smith.) . Cubitus in hind wings originating deyond the transverse median nervure ; hind tibiz elongate, triangulate ; last joint of hind tarsi not smaller than the fourth.. ..Micromeria (Westwood) Saunders. (Type Meria, Llugii, Westwood.) If. 12. 14. THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. Cubitus in hind wings originating (?) defore the transverse median nervure ; hind tibie globose; last joint of hind tarsi very MMINUEE . oc os isd arable eee Mew es Poe oe 4) 2 = fod ts ea (Type P. femorata, Guér.) Wings glabrous, zo? hairy... .2..-....5+...+- 000) Wings hairy, strongly fimbriate. Apical lobes of front wings unequal; stigma and veins absent... sce ese. ce cece ce oe MOMALOVIg. BR aOnm mene: (Type Kk. victoriosa, Radoszk.) Apex of wings bilobed, the marginal cell wanting ; ove cubital and two discoidal cells; mandibles at apex bifid; hind tibial spur moderate; straight and actite:.')>\.'.2. Seu Pseudomeria, Saunders. (Type P. graeca, Saund.) Apex of wings pointed; ove or ¢wo discoidal cells; mandibles at apex simple, edentate; hind tibial spur very long, slender, acute (Atnieal) Patras... eee .pet .. Pseudotiphia, Ashm., g. nov. Op e Tiphia ee Pasa Front wings with :7#7¢e cubital cells... . ... -23 one pre. Front wings with ¢zvo cubital cells. Second cubital cell receiving both recurrent TICKVULES be ce ee es on vs EOCENE IIE Marginal cell at apex zo? at all or only slightly separated from the costa; second cubital cell large, irregularly quadrangular, trapezoidal or pentagonal, longer than the third ..........13. Marginal cell at apex widely separated from the costa; second cubital cell small, longly petiolate............Myzine, Latreille. Marginal cell shorter, rounded or truncate at apex ; second cubital cell long, in outline triangular. se ue bg 0,6 bee! © ata ae Marginal cell long, its apex bees and with a slight curve inwards near the costa; three cubital cells, the second cell large, the second and third each receiving a recurrent nervure, or the second recurrent is interstitial with the second transverse cubitus ; cubitus in hind wings originating defore the transverse median nervure. va elevate dipllg slintaiale le, « leietaiullers! < Slay. ean Apex of Siesneateal cell narrowly rounded; second cubital cell receiving the first recurrent nervure af or a little before the middle, the second recurrent nervure received by the third cubital cell(hefore the-middley.... 55 asamen as . Micromeria, Saunders, THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 7 —_—————— == Apex of marginal cell briefly truncate ; second and third cubital cells each receiving a recurrent nervure at ora little beyond the middle; cubitus in hind wings oe a little before the transverse MIE NETVINES ieee ass ef -t >" sjo4 tris. 3 Mesa; Saussure: “lyase M. oar engaainies Sauss.) Famity XXX VI.—Scolide. This family is very closely allied to the Myzinide, but may be easily separated by having the eyes in the females distinctly emarginate within. The males also have emarginate eyes, but are more easily distinguishable by abdominal peculiarities, the tip ending in three straight spines, but never in a single upward curved aculeus as in the Myzinide. The species are parasitic upon the larvee of beetles belonging to the family Scarabaeide, and probably also upon other ground-inhabiting beetle larve. Two subfamilies may be recognized : Front wings with only ove recurrent nervure ; if with two, the second recurrent is incompletely formed, and bends backwards so as to unite with the first, the second cubital cell apes only one recurrent nervure. a Mea Mata fos- bs Pes its= aya u¥s hans .. Subfamily I.—Scoliine. Front wings an two complete recurrent nervures, both of which are received by the second cubital cell.......... Subfamily I].—Elidine. SUBFAMILY I.—Scoliine. In this subfamily the front wings have only a single complete recurrent nervure, which is received by the second cubital cell. The group is evidently an offshoot from the L/dine, which have two complete recurrent nervures. Table of Genera. 1. Front wings with four discoidal cells, the third usually triangular, often petiolate x. ...5.%. : Pa eae beer ah: 5 ARO Le a Front wings with Hee disnardah ots tape, closedeubitalicells: ". 2.6: sc pekes 2.2. Disedliay Saussure: (Type Scolia apicicornis, Guér.) Pererelosed cibttal- Cells 220. . ok +’ oe) sata ae COllas Ha bricius, = Triscolia, Sauss. = Triliacos, Sauss. (partim.) (Type S. flavifrons, Fabr.) Mere OLEMDTAl CES; y-yercte iis a vo deots Se Fae « . Diliacos, Sauss. et Sich. (Type Compsomeris violacea, Lepels. ) 8 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST, Tiieeecubitalicellsy: aan eee hh 2S coe . Liacos, Guérin. “= Maca Sangha et Sich (partim.) (Type L. dimidiata, Guérin.) SUBFAMILY II.—Elidine. This subfamily is separated from the Sco/éine by having two recurrent nervures, and both being received by the second cubital cell. It is the older type of the two subfamilies, and is clearly shown by the more numerous cells in the front wings. The present conception of the genus #//s appears to be wrong. £i/is, as established by Fabricius, was a most composite group, and some of the species originally placed in it by Fabricius did not even belong to the same family. Fabricius, when he established /7//s, placed under it seven species, viz.: (1) 2. sexcincta, (2) EF. interrupta, (3) E. seniles, (4) E. 7-cincta, (5) &. cylindrica, (6) E. volvulus and (7) E. cochleata. Subsequently, some of these were placed in other genera, and the first species, Elis sexcincta, became the type of the genus AZyzine, Latr. After going carefully over the literature, I find that the only species left to which the Fabrician name £/s may be applied is 4dis (Scolia) 7-cincta. This must now be considered the type of the genus; it will throw out the generic names, Co/pa, Lep.; Compsomeris, Lep., and Die/is, Sauss., and what we have been calling #//s becomes 7rée/is, Saussure. Table of Genera. t. Front wings with ‘tree or four cubital cells. : -1 2. ee Front wings with ¢zwo cubital cells. Three discoidal cells... 2. 6002) 0 00.2, oe, 2 nS =Compsomeris, Lep. =Colpa, Lepel. = Dielis, Sauss. (Type Scolia 7-cincta, Fabr.) 2. Front wings with ¢#ree closed cubital cells. Three discoidal cells... ........2 25.0 0 eee = Elis, Sauss. et Auc. (Type Elis consanguinea, Sauss.) Four discoidal cellsis un... .. 0: 0.0.5 ss ce oes 0 er (Type T. Saussurei, Grib.) Front wings with four closed cubital cells. .Tetrascolia, Ashm., g. nov. (Type Compsomeris Urvillii, Gueér.) THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 9 NEW NOCTUIDS FOR 1903.—No. I. BY JOHN B. SMITH, SC. D., RUTGERS COLLEGE, N. J. Feralia Columbiana, n. sp.—Ground colour a bright emerald green, the maculation black and white. Head with a black interantennal spot. Collar with a black patch at its centre and at the base of each primary: tipped with whitish. Behind the collar there is a black edging to the disc and the loose basal tuftings are black marked. The edges of the patagia are black along the disc and at the base of the wings. The thorax itself is small and quadrate, the maculation just described forming a black square in its centre. The abdomen is deep smoky brown, yellowish or whitish at tip. Primaries with all the lines black, prominent, yet fragmentary. Basal line single, accompanied by a few white scales, becoming diffuse at the inner margin. T. a. line single, followed by a white line, outcurved as a whole and irregularly bent or curved outwardly in the interspaces. It may or may not be connected with the basal line by a black bar below the median vein. T. p. line very irregularly dentate, broad, a little diffuse outwardly, preceded by a white line, the tooth on vein 4 carrying the line nearest to the outer margin. The median shade line is irregular, broken, almost upright, coming between the ordinary spots and tending to become obsolete below the middle of the wing. If complete the tendency is to a black powdering through the outer half of the median space. There is no s.t. line. The space between t. p. line and outer margin is even to a series of large black, interspacial terminal spots which are preceded by white scales. Beyond these spots the fringes are cut with blackish, the intermediate spaces whitish. Orbicular round or oval, more or less completely outlined in white and black. Reniform large, upright, a little constricted in the middle, an inner, diffuse white line to the incomplete black defining line. Claviform indicated by black scales and more or less white filled.) The secondaries may be entirely blackish with white fringes, or there may be a whitish margin and base of indefinite extent. Beneath with a geminate extra-median line on all wings ; secondaries with a large black discal spot. The primaries have the terminal space green, but within that everything is more or less black powdered to the base. A large black patch on the costa between the outer line and the terminal space. The breast is a mass of smoky blackish long fine hair. The legs are banded and ringed with black, white and green. Expands 40 mm. = 1.60 inches, 10 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. Habitat: New Westminster, British Columbia, 1896 (Fletcher) ; Northwest Territory (Ottolengui). Two males in good condition, very much alike, yet different. The specimen from Dr. Fletcher came some years ago and was associated with A/omophana Comstocki, because of the tendency to powder or darken the outer portion of the median space. It was realized that the wing form was somewhat different ; but this was not without the range of possible variation, and I had an example from Oregon that I yet believe to be Comstocki. The receipt of a fine example from Dr. Ottolengui makes clear a close relationship to Fera/ia jocosa, than which it is a much larger and more intensely coloured form. It is quite likely that the secondaries may vary to almost whitish with more or less blackish powderings. Carneades cinereopallidus, n. sp.—Ground colour a peculiar, very pale ashen gray, more or less powdered with bluish dark gray scales ; a little washed locally with luteous. Head concolorous. Collar with a blackish line across the middle, below which is a whitish line or shade which may involve the entire lower half. Tip edged with white scales, then luteous to the black line. Thorax with disc and patagia more or less whitish, the edges of the latter sometimes edged with black: more evidently so in the females. Primaries whitish powdered over the costal region; a luteous shading through the cell and in the s. t. space. A_ black, geminate basal line is obscurely marked ; most obvious on and below the median vein. Median lines practically lost: the t. a. marked by the claviform and a slight difference in shade between basal and median spaces ; t. p. a narrow paler line which is somewhat rigidly oblique. _ S. t. line narrow, whitish, preceded by black scales which may form rather vague sagittate spots. It is obviously dented by whitish rays on veins 3 and 4, which do not, however, quite reach the outer margin, Whitish rays on veins 6 and 7 do not, or only slightly, dent the line. A series of smoky, obscure, terminal lunules. A very pale yellow line at base of fringes. Claviform narrowly outlined by black scales, concolorous, usually with a paler shading above and beyond it. Orbicular oblique, oblong, varying in width, open to the costa, sometimes outlined by black scales, of the palest ground colour or a little whitish. Reniform rather narrow, kidney-shaped, pale yellowish, sometimes contrasting; not outlined except by the rather sharp colour contrast. Secondaries white, with a very narrow smoky edging in the male, a broader, variable outer THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 11 shading in the female. Fringes white. Beneath, white with a smoky disc on primaries, costal region powdered on secondaries, a smoky terminal line on all wings. Expands 28-33 mm. = 1.12-1.32 inches. Habitat: Stockton, Utah, in October. Four examples, two of each sex, and none of them good, are at hand from Mr. George Franck. The species belongs with the ¢-dentata series ; but is not especially well marked and recalls the personata form of fpitychrous. It is best placed near g-dentata, and I am not sure that some specimens so marked will not prove referable to this new form. . The antenne of the male have the lateral processes well marked and the bristle tufting long. Carneades tronellus, n. sp.—Ground colour white with a yellowish tinge, ranging from faint lemon to creamy or even very pale luteous ; the deeper shades in the females. Head and thorax concolorous, vestiture rather thin, long, patagia not marked. Primaries, in the males almost immaculate, the only obvious mark being a somewhat diffuse blackish spot at the end of the cell, representing the reniform. On close examina- tion, scattered darker scales or slight shadings indicate the maculation which is obvious in the female. In the latter sex the primaries are more or less powdery and all the normal maculation is traceable, albeit in a fragmentary fashion, nor all of it in any one specimen, Basal line marked by black scales on costa and median vein. ‘TT. a. line geminate, the inner line is usually marked on the costa only, broken into imperfect interspacial lunules, as a whole a little outcurved. TT. p. line geminate, inner line narrow, broken, feebly crenulated, blackish, outer line a vague shading: the course as a whole well curved over the cell and a little incurved below. nb alin wal aie hee eee . . Cephen. Joint 3 shorter on 4; veinaa little nefare Vy: an ill, more nar- rowed above; III,;, acute; labial palpi ordinary ; abdominal fascize, when present, continuous on segments 4-5, interrupted, re- duced or wanting on 1-3... ..... wn wid 6 ule ids “pl pre eae S: ‘aicierg chain uate tamenA >. Perret oe Joint 3 longer than 4, rarely a Little cKoriae’ ous ele V5 hs Sa 4. Head and thorax without yellow ornaments, Stage sutures, depressed and concealed portions black ; vein a interstitial with V,; apex of hind tibiz with black curved bristles; joints 3-4 subequal; abdomen red, a whitish spot on each side of segments 2-3, two subdiscal, usually cuneate, spots on 4, and a transverse spot on 5; these marks sometimes wanting on 4, rarely on 2 and 5. ........Phor. Head and thorax with yellow ornaments, usually black. . Ho/onomada. 5. Head and thorax without er ornaments ; vein a before Vien ose : wee ee de og eee 5 suet aaa ania Head and hata th ealgat ornaments’ ).-. 25/7. Senn se 6. Vein rm usually (75°4) wanting in one or both wings; largely red ; segments 2-5 with yellow fascie, sometimes interrupted GH Siew eee PE ceo, Ge MPS ef ee Vein xm present ; mesonotum witli “fois 7aline tinea segments 1-6 with yellow bands... 2.5... cee + cane oe © 0 sie elena Males. Mandibles . bidentate... «4... schaie-.c = = os 5 os bals eee Mandibles simple: «2... . 0.0. +s 15 2 swe an ose =) 1. Front coxz simple, ee on denticudata) with short, indistinct spines . pba tists a0! ve eee spats: Front coxe mettre muhesecnt spines ; ahicnen disorctta punctured. . 2. Scape ordinary ; joint 3 longer than 4; vein a beyond, or Sk eae with, V,; cell III; subquadrate, III,,. obtuse ; segment 7 DIAG. co Ss eleva tele oldie © # ec a cee ant gy eg Scape robust ; joint 4=5+ 6, 5 with a spine beneath ; flagellum usual- ly yellow beneath, middle joints short, submoniliform, the last pro- duced to) as pointe? jas. tiesiayy Mate eer os 3. Segment 7 notched ; joint 3 shorter than 4..... 9. sseeee Segment 7 entire... 55... s sans cwee cs 9 ose OW «pee THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 175 4. Joint 3 shorter than 4; vein a@ interstitial with V,; abdomen red, with whitish ornaments. nee rae Windatees Wn hors Joint 3 longer than 4 ; ipdetien Hicie ass ellog SEP 2 EV ETE C ERE SSA Oe ae eee . . Holonomada. 5. Vein rm usually wanting ; segments r- ie rich valley, Rants: that on 1 usually red.. RUE ep ckseerrn ss spinsysd ACCOsted, Ns. Spy. AA. Elytral punctuation not disposed in vittz. b. Tarsi simple. A green-bronzed species, clothed with coarse WiMLIStiiains..< supcimeliy... «semen yerl te. aes eneolus, Lec. 180 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. bb. Tarsi with third joint lobed beneath. c. Bright green or bronzed species, pubescence fine, recumbent, without intermixed bristles. d. Acuminate behind, the elytra narrowing from in front of the middle. -16inch..............acuminatus, Mann. dd. Form oblong, elytra parallel, or nearly so, to a point about one-third from tip. 18 inch. .....5 2355 2. ul ee. ce. Blackish species, metallic tinge lacking or inconspicuous. e. Pubescence extremely fine, whitish and ochreous, intermixed with conspicuous black bristle-like hairs. .17 inch.,.......... 2. s SREB MMe Uee. ee. Pubescence whitish or yellowish, not intermixed with bristle-like hairs. .16 inch. hesperus, n. sp. In a cabinet arrangement it might be better to place odlongus between acuminatus and eneolus, and to make sudcanus follow hesperus rather than precede it. This is the sequence I have adopted in the notes below. P. Lecontei, n. sp.—Oblong-ovate, very convex, bronzed, shining, with extremely fine, sparse, recumbent pubescence. Head with fine, well-separated punctures, front convex. Antenne gradually clavate, passing the base of the thorax, blackish, the intermediate portion reddish; first joint large, second subglobose, third nearly twice as long as the second, but much more slender, fourth to tenth becoming broader, but subequal in length, eleventh oval, pointed. Thorax broadest at base, strongly narrowed anteriorly, sides scarcely arcuate, a rather deep submarginal lateral impression, which curves inward at the hind angles ; posterior angles large, acute, but with somewhat irregular outline, basal marginal line distinct, fine, a small fovea in front of the scutellum ; disk finely, regularly punctured, the punctures separated by a space about equal to their own diameters. Elytra continuing the outline of the thorax, becoming slightly broader to a point about one-third from apex, thence rapidly narrowing, tips separately rounded ; an oblique impression near the apex, which renders the declivity more gibbous ; surface deeply, regularly and rather closely punctured in longitudinal bands, which leave the sutural region and four vitte on each elytron nearly smooth. Beneath rather coarsely and deeply-punctured abdominal segments becoming gradually smoother in sequence. Legs closely punctured, all the femora THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 181 grooved ; tibize finely spinulose externally ; the anterior pair somewhat enlarged towards apex, the middle and hind ones of approximately uniform width in distal two-thirds. Third tarsal joint with a long lobe. Length, 8.5 mm. This species is much larger than any of the other described North American forms, and looks very much like an Amphicyrta. The peculiar punctuation of the elytra gives a vittate effect, recalling Cytz/zs, but there is no alternation of elevation. Only the front tibize are distinctly grooved for the reception of the tarsi. The antennal club is so gradually formed that it is difficult to say where it begins ; the third and fourth joints are of nearly the same width, while in the fifth the enlargement has became apparent. Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, two specimens, taken by myself in June, under logs. A third specimen from Vernon, B. C., collected by Mr. Venables and communicated by Dr, Fletcher, is slightly smaller, more brilliant, and a trifle more coarsely punctured, the marginal line of the prothorax is less marked, and the head has a frontal transverse row of three fovez, of which the middle one is larger and deeper. These fovez are non-essential, however, since one of my specimens has the median one distinct, the other showing also traces of the lateral fovee. P. eneolus, Leconte, New Species of North American Coleoptera, Sm. Mise. Coll., No. 167, 1866, p. 74. Originally described from a specimen in the Ulke Collection, captured in Nebraska. I have a number of examples of a Pedilophorus from Kalispell, Montana, which may belong here, though I am not quite satisfied with the determination. Mr. Fall expresses himself as being in doubt as to their exact status, and neither he nor myself have seen the type, which is now presumably in the Carnegie Museum at Pittsburg. P. oblongus, Leconte, Report upon Insects collected on the Survey, Pacific R.R. Expl. and Surv., 47th and q4oth parallels, p. 39 of separate. P. acuminatust, Leconte, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phil., Vol. VII., p. 115. Oregon, Leconte. I have specimens from Seattle, Washington, collected by S. Bethel. P. acuminatus, Mannerheim (Aorychus acuminatus), Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat., Moscow, 1852, p. 341. The type specimens were collected under stones, among moss, at Sitka, Alaska, by Frankenhzeuser and Pipingskceld. Dr. Fletcher records itas being taken at Massett, Queen Charlotte Islands, under moss during the winter, by Rev. J. H. Keen, I took a single 182 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. individual at Hunter’s Bay, Alaska, from a cut place on the trunk of a conifer. Two specimens in my cabinet, collected by Rev. Geo. W. Taylor, at Nanaimo, Vancouver Island, are a little more deeply punctured. P. hesperus, n. sp.—Oblong, blackish, feebly shining, a faint zneous tinge, pubescence pale, recumbent, moderately coarse. Head deeply and densely, rather coarsely, punctured, front with a distinct median fovea, around which the punctures are less crowded. Antenne gradually clavate, about reaching the base of the thorax, piceous-red, club blackish ; first joint large and heavy, second subglobose, not quite as thick as the first, third more slender than the second but nearly as long, fourth and fifth subequal, a trifle shorter than the third, sixth broader, seventh to tenth wide, subequal in length, eleventh nearly twice as long as the tenth, oval, pointed. Thorax distinctly, finely and rather closely punctured, narrowed anteriorly, the sides not arcuate but slightly sinuate, lateral margin sharp, front and hind angles acute. Scutelluim covered with pale yellowish pubescence. Elytra continuing the outline of the thorax, finely, distinctly and fairly closely punctured and indistinctly sulcate, sides subparallel, tips conjointly rounded. Beneath rufo-piceous, thickly clothed with pale pubescence, which almost conceals the sculpture, especially on the abdomen. Legs piceous, femora paler, all grooved for the reception of the tibie. Tibize spinulose externally, front and middle pairs with exterior margin arcuate, hind pair simply broader. towards tip. Third tarsal joint lobed beneath. Length, 4 mm. Leadville, Colorado, July, taken by myself under stones on a hillside. The front tibiz alone are grooved for the reception of the tarsi. The antenne are much stouter in comparison than those of P. Lecontez. In general appearance this insect approaches P. sudcanus, but is at once distinguished by the lack of bristly hairs among the pubescence. From acuminatus it may readily be separated by colour and outline ; od/ongus differs in the bright green colour, strongly shining surface and lack of elytral sulcations, while @zeo/us should at once be separable by the simple tarsi. P. subcanus, Leconte, Coleoptera of Michigan, Proc. Am. Phil. Soc., XVIT., 1878, p. 609. Described from Escanaba, Lake Superior. I have it from Bayfield, Wisconsin, on the southern shore of the same lake, and from Leadville, Colorado. Mailed June 4th, 1903. Che Canadian ¥intomologist. Vou. XXXV. LONDON, JULY, 1903. No. 7 ~~ COLEOPTEROUS: CONUNDRUM BY ANNIE TRUMBULL SLOSSON. A year ago, May 1902, 1 hada peculiar entomological experience. I had returned from Florida to my home in New York about the middle of April, had spent two or three weeks arranging and classifying my captures of the winter, sending off duplicates and doubtful species to specialists, and preparing my collection for the summer months of my absence. A full fortnight must pass before I should leave town for my New Hampshire summer home, and I already pined for a little collecting. Suddenly I recalled the existence of some old boxes of insects which had been crowded out of my regular collection-room some years before. They were in a closet opening from a hall on the second floor. This closet had been built especially for the preservation of woollen clothing and its protection from ravages of the devouring moth, its walls, shelves and drawers being made of red cedar. But after a period of many years— nearly forty, I think—the wood has lost its protective odour, and the place is often visited by insect pests. It, however, still bears the name of the “ cedar-closet,’ and here had been stored for several years the overflow from my collection. In a leisure hour, one chilly May day, feeling a touch of the entomologist’s fitful fever, I said to a friend, in a sportive mood, “‘I am going to try the cedar-closet, who knows what discoveries I may make in those old boxes of bugs?” As unconscious of the great discovery awaiting me there as was probably Isaac Newton before that attractedly gravitating apple fell to the ground, I started on my quest. The first box I opened contained lepidoptera from Franconia, chiefly moths, taken several years before, and of little value or rarity. It was a wreck, clouds of dust rose from it as I lifted the cover, and broken bits of wings and bodies rolled about as I moved the box. Disagreeable, stealthy Anthrenus larve, of all sizes, glided about among the ruins. Of course this must be attended to, and the infested specimens thrown away ; so I carried the box with its contents to my room for further examination, Ls4 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. There was a little fire burning in a low grate, and into this I began throwing the insect debris. As I tried to pick up some of the slippery Anthrenus larve I noticed among them what seemed to be tiny brown ants. I had never seen any ants in the cedar-closet, so wetting my finger I lifted one of the little creatures and dropped it into a poison bottle. When it was quiet I took it out and examined it with my magnifying glass. It was no ant, but—what was it? I had never seen anything resembling it. Indeed, for a time I was not sure even to what order it belonged. Was it hemipterous, hymenopterous, coleopterous, or what? I put a half dozen specimens into the bottle, and a little later mounted two of them on a card triangle and sent them to Mr. Liebeck, in Philadelphia, for identification. At this juncture I felt no excitement, not much curiosity. Though quite unfamiliar to me, the species was probably well known to experienced entomologists as a museum pest; thus I thought to myself. But next day came a postal from Mr. Liebeck. He did not recognize my capture ; had seen nothing like it; had it not been introduced with some of my specimens from South Florida? he asked. “It is a very curious insect, apterous, you see. Though provided with jaws and elytra, the usual characteristics of coleoptera, its antennz seem very peculiar ones for a beetle. But I will examine it further and report.” Thus he wrote, and I began to feel the first thrill of interest. This certainly could not be a familiar museum pest if such an experienced entomologist as Mr. Liebeck failed to recognize it. I went back to my box of infested moths and sought more specimens of the cunning little pest, securing about twenty specimens. ‘These I carried with me to the mountains when I went there the latter part of May. Soon after my arrival in Franconia I sent specimens to Mr. Frederick Blanchard, and he wrote concerning them: ‘These beetles are very queer indeed; I haven’t at present the slightest idea what they are related to. They reminded me at first sight of certain small Hemiptera. I hope to send you something further about them before very long.” A fortnight later Mr. Blanchard wrote again: “ The very remarkable little beetle which you found devouring your specimens with Anthrenus is still an interrogation. I can, so far, find nothing at all like it in any of my boxes. A week ago I sent sketches with details, asking Henshaw’s aid, but I haven’t a word from him yet. The beetle is so very peculiar it should be easily identified if well known. The antennz appear to be entire and alike in both specimens, but with only nine joints, 3-5 being a THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 185 4 rather difficult to count, they are so small. One of the long joints is shorter than the others, but I don’t recall whether it is the 7th or 8th. This is a very peculiar form of antenna, and would still be so if there were the normal number of eleven joints. Your insect is furnished with a single ocellus between the eyes, which is a very rare character in beetles. Some Dermestide have one ocellus, and in the Homalini of the Staphylinide there are two somewhat distant ones. The only other instance I have been able to find is in the case of Aylotomus bucephalus, from Sierra Leone, belonging to the family Pausside, which is not represented in this country. Here there are again two ocelli. I shall probably hear from Cambridge in a day or two, and will write you again.” A few days later he wrote: ‘‘I heard from Henshaw yesterday. Like myself, he is unable to furnish any clue at all to the beetle’s relations. I think that all that can be said of it is that it is a member of the great Serricorn series, which includes such a variety of types. In the Leconte and Horn Classification this embraces families XXXIX.—LI., but Casey (Jour. N. Y. Ent. Soc., Vol. VI., p. 76) is inclined to go further and add several other groups, hitherto considered Clavicorn. Just where your beetle comes in I can’t say. The whole arrangement of the Serricornia would have to be care- fully studied first, as it does not appear that your anomaly belongs to any recognized family.” I had, in one of my letters to Mr. Blanchard, spoken of the varied contents of the cedar-closet in which the puzzling pest was found, and hinted jocosely that the presence of some ancient Egyptian relics, mummy wrappings, beads and images of Osiris, might possibly account for this strange visitant. He writes: ‘I note your playful remarks about a possible relation to ancient Egyptian dynasties, disclosed from the tombs of the Pharaohs and starting upon a new career of useless- ness, and am reminded of the stories of still fertile seeds of grain reported to have been taken from tombs in the land of the Nile.” In the meantime I had sent specimens to Messrs. Schwarz and Fall. The former was too busy just them to reply, but I heard through others that he was unable to throw any light on the matter. Mr. Fall wrote: “ T have just received your letter and the box containing specimens of that most astonishing little creature found eating your specimens in New York. I would like much to know the circumstances a little more exactly. Were the specimens attacked native or exotic? If native, were they from Florida? And how long had they been in the box? Could they have found access from any other source in the closet itself? I feel sure that 186 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. the beetle is not a member of our fauna. I saw Mr. Schwarz in Wash- ington, and asked him if he had located your find. He said he could make nothing of it. I shall at once send one, at least, of the specimens to Dr. Sharp, and will promptly report to you what he says. An attempt to place it with our classification gives only negative results, but it certainly possesses as many points in common with the Lymexylide as with any family which we have. But that frontal ocellus!! And those antenne !!! I hope to study it further soon.” A few weeks later Mr. Fall wrote again, and, referring to what he calls “‘ your conundrum which none of us can guess,” he said: ‘I sent a specimen to Dr. Sharp, of Cambridge, England, and have to-day received a letter from him, in which he admits never having seen anything like it. There is nothing at al] resembling it in the Palearctic fauna, he says. He doesn’t know what family to assign it to, but suggests that it may belong to the Dermestidz, on the strength of the frontal ocellus. The mystery deepens. The creature is such a ghostly, unsubstantial thing for a beetle—a regular coleopterous ghoul— that I almost find myself wondering if, when I look in the box again, I won’t find it vanished into thin air. Did you find it actually feeding on the specimens? Was there sign of larve? Pardon my numerous ques- tions, but the case is so remarkable that I would get all possible informa- tion. We must, perhaps, put some coleopterous Sherlock Holmes on the trail to run this fellow down.” After another letter from me he writes : “The fact that you found numerous larve of Anthrenus in your box of moths would certainly account for the damage done, but the further fact of shaking these little creatures from the bodies of the moths would indicate that they themselves were not entirely guiltless. I suppose the age and character of the box is such tnat the beetles could not possibly have come from its wood or lining? Well, I give it up.” And there my story practically ends. Before I left New York in May I had bottled all the specimens I could find in the infested box and returned it, with its debris of half-devoured insects, to the cedar-closet. There also were at least a half dozen similar boxes containing insects, all infested by Anthrenus, and possibly other pests, but not one of the little anomalous creatures could be found among these. On my return in October I at once opened the closet and examined my “ traps ” with their tempting bait. Not a sign of the curious beetle was there. Nor has it ever reappeared. My little stock obtained a year ago is much diminished, I having sent specimens to various corre- spondents. Shall I ever find more specimens of what I have sometimes, THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 187 in chat over my discovery, styled Zynotus enigmaticus? I trow not. For me—a woman, and therefore, of course, full of vain imaginings— those creatures had no beginning ; no egg, grub or pupa preceded them ; no weary, slow-paced evolutionary process developed the strange little beings. They sprang into full, perfect imago life in those May days, having no family, no relations, belonging to no class, their secret to be unlocked by no key, artificial or natural ; unfathomable mysteries, unsolv- able problems, unguessable conundrums. Was it to confound the wise they came? to fulfil a prophecy I find in a certain old book, ‘“ Then shall the seers be ashamed, and the diviners confounded ”? BUTTERFLY NOTES FROM TORONTO FOR so9e2. BY J. B. WILLIAMS, F. Z. S. On the 24th of May I went collecting, with a friend, in High Park. We each took a specimen of the Tailed-Blue (Z. comyntas), but found, as we had expected, that it was too early for Scudder’s Blue. On turning over an old boot that was lying on the grass, [ saw a chrysalis of Z. Scudderii attached to the under side ; an ant was also on the sole of the beot, and ran round and round and over the chrysalis several times before going away; being, apparently, quite agitated by the disturbance. Is it possible that this ant was keeping some sort of guard over the chrysalis, as ants are supposed to do over the larvee of Z. Scudderit? Its presence on the boot may have been merely accidental, but still, its movements gave one the impression that it was loth to leave the chrysalis, and would have liked to carry it away, if that had been possible. A slight touch removed the pupa from the boot, and I kept it until the 30th of May, when the butterfly emerged, and proved to be a female. On September 20 and 27 I collected in two places where large numbers of the Clouded Sulphur (Colas philodice) were flying about, and noticed a good many of the white female form. I took five of them, altogether, and saw several more that I did not capture. In 1901, I do not remember seeing a single white specimen. Is it right to speak of these females as albinos, at any rate, in the ordinary sense in which that word is used? Mr. Grote suggested, in the CANADIAN Entomo.ocist for April, 1902, the probability of the dark female form “olaucus” of Papilio turnus, being a recurrence of the colour of an earlier species from which it had been derived; as female butterflies generally represent the conservative element, and males the liberal or progressive side, of insect life. 188 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. The white female of PAz/odice may, therefore, be a colour survival of some whitish butterfly from which all the species of Co/zas were originally derived. Some of them have still altogether white females ; while others, like our Philodice, have the two forms—the older type being the scarcer of the two. Northern Asia seems to be the special home of the genus, so that the original P/Az/odice may have come to us from north-east Siberia, via Alaska ; and perhaps somewhat resembled the existing Arctic Sulphur (C. nastes ). There is a small opening in the woods at High Park, where Leonard’s Skipper is usually abundant, during the brief period of its existence as a butterfly. A stream runs along one side, and grass and flowers and bits of marshy ground make it an ideal home for several members of the Skipper family. On the 30th of August I found plenty of males there that had recently emerged, but none of the other sex. By the middle of September females were plentiful, but males hard to find. One wet and cloudy afternoon, when all other butterflies had disappeared, two specimens of Leonardus were seen resting on the flowering plants in this opening. I went there on September the 27th, hoping to bring home some live females and secure some eggs, but all had disappeared. So that in this locality, apparently, their butterfly existence lasts for barely one month out of the twelve. Many common butterflies were scarce last summer, owing, I suppose, to the comparatively cold and wet season; but the Skippers did not seem to be much affected thereby, and were plentiful all through the summer. TWELVE-SPOTTED ASPARAGUS BEETLE IN CONNECTICUT. Crioceris 12-punctata, Linn., is an introduced species, and has been working northward from Maryland, according to Professor J. B. Smith, who some time ago informed me that it was present in New Jersey, and would in time reach Connecticut. The first specimen recorded from the State was taken by a student assistant June, 16th, 1902, who collected a single specimen on asparagus upon the Station grounds in New Haven. On May 23rd, 1903, I took male and female specimens from the same locality. We may now expect this species to become thoroughly established here as a pest of asparagus, injuring the plants in the same manner as the common asparagus beetle, C. asparagi, Linn,—W. E. Britton, New Haven, Conn, THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 189 ASNEW CULICID GENUS RELATED TO CORETHRA. BY D. W. COQUILLETT, WASHINGTON, D. C. The genus Corethra was founded by Meigen in 1803,* on Zzpula culiciformis, De Geer, and in April, 1844, Loew erected the genus Mochlonyx,; on Corethra velutina, Ruthe, basing it on the shortened first joint of the tarsi, a character mentioned by Ruthe in his original descrip- tion. The characters of the tarsi of cudiciformis cannot be ascertained from De Geer’s description and figures.{ On page 386 of the same volume of his Memoires, which contains the account of this species, is a descrip- tion and brief account of a related species, which he named Zipula crystallina, with a reference to Reaumur’s Memoires, V., plate 6, figures 4-15, where, at 4 and 7, amore slender larva without a trace of a subanal respiratory tube is shown, contrasting with the broader larva furnished with a large respiratory tube, as represented in De Geer’s figures of culiciformis ; the descriptions and figures which these authors give of crysta//ina do not indicate the characters of the tarsal joints of the adult. Thus matters stood at the time that Loew erected his genus J/och/onyx, and continued so until the year 1883. In that year Dr. Fr. Meinert, of Copenhagen, published the results of his breeding of the adults from these two forms of larvze,$ asserting that the tubeless larva of crysta//ina produced an adult with elongated first tarsal joints as in Corethra in the sense of Loew, whereas the adult bred from the larva of cudiciformis had the very short first tarsal joints of Mochlonyx. Some of the adults last mentioned were submitted to V. von Roder, of Hoym, Germany, an experienced dipterologist, who confirmed their reference to AZoch/onyx,|| adding that, with the exception of having the hairs on the abdomen and legs shorter, they are identical with Ruthe’s species, two specimens of which were in his collection, received from Ruthe himself. It seems very certain, therefore, that the type species of *TIliger’s Magasin, II., p. 260. +Ent. Zeit. Stettin, p. 121. {Memoires, VI., p. 372, pl. 23, figs. 3-12. SOvers. Kon. Danske Vid. Selsk, Forh., pp. 1-17, and Resume, pp. 7-11. |\|Entom, Nach., July, 1885, p. 217. 190 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. Mochlonyx, if not the same, is at least congeneric with that of Corethra ; in other words, Loew applied the former name to the wrong division of Corethra, in consequence of which his proposed new generic name is a pure synonym of the latter. Owing to the mistake of Loew, it will be necessary to give a new generic name to the group representing Corethra, Loew (not Meigen), and for this genus the name Sayomy/a is proposed, in honour of the immortal Thomas Say ; it will be readily recognized among the short-beaked Culi- cidz by having the hairs of the antenne gathered into whor!s, the inter- vening spaces being almost bare, and by having the first tarsal joint longer than the second. ‘The type species 1s Corethra punctipennis, Say. The genus Corethra (= Mochlonyx) has not yet been reported from this country. Several years ago I received a specimen from Mrs. Annie T. Slosson, collected at Franconia, N. H., and later two more specimens were received from the same source, while in April of the present year the same species was detected at Mt. Vernon, Va., by Mr. W. V. Warner, of the U. S. National Museum. This species will readily be recognized by its banded legs and mottled wings, and may be characterized as follows : Corethra cinctipes, new species. Blackish brown, the apices of the antennal joints except the last joint, the halteres, bases of the segments of abdomen in the male, base and under side of femora, a broad band near four-fifths of their length, their extreme apices, bases of tibiz and a band near one-fourth of their length, also bases of the first three or four joints of the tarsi, yellow; hairs of male antenne brown, their bases yellow, those at tips of antennz almost wholly yellow ; thorax grayish pruinose, marked with four black vittz ; wings grayish hyaline, hairs of veins black and with yellow ones as follows: on the bases and apices of the veins, on the first vein where the second issues from it, on the second vein where the third issues from it and at the point where it forks, on the fourth vein at the insertion of the cross-vein and also where this vein forks, and on the fifth vein where it forks ; first sub- marginal cell nearly twice as long as its petiole, cross-vein at apex of second basal cell less than its length before the one above it; tarsal claws of male each bearing two long, slender teeth on the under side, one near the base and the other near the middle, those of the female with a single tooth near the base of each; length, 3 to 4.5 mm. Five males and one female. Type No. 6839, U. S. National Museum, EEE THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 191 SOME NEW RECORDS OF COCCIDA:. BY GEO. B. KING, LAWRENCE, MASS. The following list of Coccidee, which have been sent to me for study, adds considerably to the known range of a large number of species, while several new food-plants are indicated ; and as no records of the species herein cited have appeared, to my knowledge, other than in one or two instances in some of my published papers on the Coccid@, it seems, therefore, that these miscellaneous results should be recorded. It will also show to some extent what is being done in a private laboratory for the advancement of science. I have classified the records for my own convenience into States as follows : MAINE. These were all collected and sent to me by Mr. Oliver O. Stover, of Freeport, Maine, in 1gor ; the first two species living out of doors and the remainder being found under glass in greenhouses. Calymnatus hesperidum and Aspidiotus hedere on Hedera hybernica were associated together. Mytilaspis ulmi, 1.., on apple twigs, Portland, Me. Chionaspis furfurus, Fitch, on bark of apple, Westbrook, Me. Diaspis Loisduvali, Sign., on Latania barbarica and Livingstonta Chinensis, Portland, Me. Aspidiotus hedere, Vall., on Oleander at Westbrook, and on Japonica variegata, Portland, and on Hedera hybernica at Portland, Me. Calymnatus hesperidum, ., on Yucca, Westbrook, Me. VERMONT. These were collected by Mr. C. Abbot Davis, of Providence, R. I., in 1902, at Burlington, Vt. Eulecanium quercitronis, ¥itch., on oak. Pulvinaria innumerabilis, Rathy., on maple. CONNECTICUT. Prof. W. E. Britton, of the Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven, Conn., sent the following in 1902 : Saissetia filicum, Boisd., on fern (Hyrtominum falcatum) in Station greenhouse. Saissetia hemispherica, Targ., on fern ( Pterts trimula), and Dryop- teris mollis ? in Station greenhouse, 192 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. Lulecanium Kingti, Ckil., on sassafrass, and an Lulecanium, Sp., found on grapevine, Bristo!, Conn., which were in poor condition and undeterminable. Dr. Geo. Dimmock, of Springfield, Mass., on a short collecting trip found the following species in Conn. in 1900: Saissetia hemispherica, Targ., on two distinct species of fern in a greenhouse, Warehouse Point, Conn. Mytilaspis ulmi, L., on leather leaf (Cassandra calyculata) and on Fraxinus Americana, Milford, Conn. Chrysomphalus dictyospermi, Marg., on Ficus elastica under glass, Enfield, Conn. Asterolecanium variolosum, Ratz.—Sent to me recently by Prof. Britton ; on scarlet oak ; found by the superintendent of parks in Hartford, on a single tree in a nursery. The scales evidently had killed the tree, as the twigs sent me were dead. RHODE ISLAND. Mr. C. Abbot Davis collected and sent the following in 1902 : Eulecanium nigrofasciatum, Perg., on soft maple in Roger Williams Park, Providence, R. I., and attended by ants. Eulecanium quercitronis, Fitch., on black and white oak and white maple ; also on cork tree (imported) in Roger Williams Park, Prov., R. I. Eulecanium Fletchert, Ckll., on white cedar, Providence. Eulecanium cerasifex, Fitch., on wild black cherry, peach and pear. Eulecanium Cockerelli, on wild black cherry, Prov., R. I. Eulecanium persice, Fabr., on linden and pear, attended by Formica lasioides, var. picea, Km. Eulecanium Canadense, Ckll.. on red and white maple, tulip tree, linden and two other imported trees, species unknown, in Roger Williams Park, Providence. Eulecanium cynosbati, ¥itch., on locust, Providence. Calymnatus hesperidum,\..,on orange in a dwelling-house, Providence. Pulvinaria innumerabilis, Rathy., on an imported tree in Roger Williams Park, Prov. Pulvinaria rhois, Ehrh., on sumac, Providence. Kermes Kingit, Ckll., on black oak, in Roger Williams Park, Prov. Kermes pubescens, Bogue, on white oak in Roger Williams Park, Prov, THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 193 Gossyparia ulmi, Geoff.,on bark of elm in Roger Williams Park, Prov. Phenococcus acericola, King, on maple, Providence. Aspidiotus, sp., probably new, on white pine, Providence ; not sufficient for study. Chionaspis furfurus, Fitch., on bark of apple, Providence. Chionaspis pinifolit, Fitch., on white and Scotch pine, Roger Williams Park, Prov. Chionaspis Americana, Johns, on elm, Providence. Mytilaspis ulmi, L., on dogwood ? The following species were found associated together: &. cerasifex and £. Cockere/ii on wild cherry, Z. persice and E. Canadense on linden, EL. persica and EL. cerasifex on pear, £.cerasifex and EF. Cockerelli on elm. GEORGIA. The following were received from Prof. W. M. Scott, State Entomologist of Georgia, 1902 : Pulvinaria innumerabilis, Rathv., on pecan and black gum at Albany. Eulecanium magnoliarum, Ckll., on Magnolia grandiflora, Mar- shallville. Lulecanium tulipifere, Cook, on tulip tree. _ MISSISSIPPI. The following were received from Prof. Glenn W. Herrick, of the Mississippi Agricultural Experiment Station in 1902: Chrysomphalus tenebricosus, Comst., on maple, Vicksburg, Miss. Aspidiotus perniciosus, Comst., on peach, Deean, Miss. Aspidiotus Forbesi, Johns, on peach, Stinson, Miss. ILLINOIS. Eulecanium fraxini, King, on bark of ash, Urbana, IIl., sent in by Prof. F. M. Webster, January, 1903. Lulecanium Folsomi, Ckll. This isa small flat species found by Prof. Folsom in 1902 on paw-paw, at Urbana, Ill. Antenne 6-jointed, in p as follows : MOMS Ete 3, ken, eee AO 40) 36° 02.5 100420)" (40 408 30. O62 -eG- 2A. 6 194 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. Legs thin ; coxa, 88; femur and trochanter, 108; tibia, 92; tarsus, 76 ; claw, 16; marginal spines of two sizes, 16 and 32» long. Stigmatal spines in threes, middle one 60 p long ; laterals, 32 » long. I think the above species is yet to be published by Prof. Cockerell. Iowa. These were sent by Prof. Cockerell, collected by Prof. W. D. Hunter in 1900, now of the Dept. of Agriculture at Washington, D. C. Fulecanium Cockerelli, Hunter, Ames, Iowa. Lulecunitum Websteri, King, on Celtis occidentalis; also on Acer saccharinum, Ames, lowa. ARIZONA. Pulvinaria innumerabilis, Rathy., on Acer negundo, Prescott, Ariz.; coll. Cockereil, March 27, 1902. CALIFORNIA. The following species were collected by Prof. Cockerell while taking some students and teachers through part of California in the summer of igor, and were referred to me for study : Aspidiotus hedere, Vall., on leaves of Hucalyptus, Pasadena, Calif. Aspidiotus rapax, Comst., on /someris arborea at San Pedro, Calif. Eriococcus adenostome, Ehrh., on Adenostoma at La Jolla, Calif.; also on the same food-plant at San Pedro, Calif. Ceroplates irregnaris, on Atriplex confertifolia and A. polycarpa ? at Lone Pine, Inyo Co., Calif. They occur only near or under the ground. Dactylopius salinus, Ckll.. on grass on cliffs by the sea at La Jolla, Calif. Chionaspis pinifoliz, Fitch, on Pinus, sp. Pseudolecanium Californicum, Ehrh. Saissetia olee, Bern., was also found on this trip by Prof. Cockerell. Saissetia hemispherica, Targ., on pepper tree (Schianus malla), La Jolla, Calif. COLORADO, The following species were collected by Prof. Bethel, High School, Denver, Colorado, and sent to Prof. Cockerell, who turned them over to me : Chionaspis Lintner, Comst., on Ceanothus, Steamboat Springs, Colorado. THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 195 Phenacoccus Cockerelli, n. sp. @ Scale red-brown, resting on a small white cottony sack projecting a little behind the insect’s body. Size small ; owing to its position upon the twigs, an accurate measurement could not be obtained. Cleared and pressed under a cover glass, 2 mm. in diameter, a little narrow behind. Derm colourless, mouth-parts yellowish-brown, antennz and legs slightly tinged with yellow. Anal lobes well developed, rounded, with one long bristle and several short spear-shaped spines anda few thin hairs ; they also show several round gland pits, these due, perhaps, to some of the spines being lost in process of clearing. No spines, pits or hairs on the derm. Antenne g-jointed ; measurements in p, joints : I DMG at etme Se Ok ater GO SORES Aon son Aone 20. 200.22, | 60 Front leg coxa, 80 ; femur and trochanter, 200 ; tibia, 132; tarsus, 72; claw, 28. Hab.—On Amelanchier, Steamboat Springs, Colorado. Aspidiotus Howardi, Ckll. (var. ancylus ?), on ash (Fraxinus ), Denver, Col., July 28, 1902. ‘The scales on the under side of leaf (along the mid-rib) are very pale, while those on the upper side are dark. The leaf on both sides along the mid-rib is faded to a light yellow, due from the infestation. These were sent to Prof. Cockerell by Prof. Gillette, of the Agricul- tural Experiment Station, Fort Collins, Col. A single scale on currant twig, which proved to be Ludlecanium quercifex, Fitch. Phenacoccus Cockere(/i, on service berry (Amelanchier), at Gunnison, Col.; coll. Prof. Ball, Sept. 20, ’92. In some respects these differ from those secured from Prof. Gillette and described above. ‘They are a little larger; when boiled in liquid potash, they turn to a deep bright claret colour. The females were filled with young larvee, and this might account for the size. ‘The insect is viviparous. Pulvinaria innumerabilis, subsp., Betheli,n. subsp.— @ Scale dark brown, ovisac as in 7znumeradbilis, cleared and pressed under cover glass 4 mm. in diameter. Derm practically colourless, slightly tinged with yellow. Antennz 8-jointed ; measurements are, in pz: 5 Oa eS Gossow (SO; s72) Ags, 2b. her Naa Hsons2 B6l.68. 6oyigo +32) 48 Joints 1 Sie iy oe 196 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. Front leg coxa, 120; femur and trochanter, 220; tibia, 160; tarsus, g2. Stigmatal spines thin, sharp, 24 » long. Hab.—On birch ( BetuZa ), in Colorado ; collected by Prof. E. Bethel, sent to Prof. Cockerell by Prof. Gillette, who supposed them to be P. betule, Linn.-Signoret. In the antenne it is near to P. f#/e, King and Ckll., but this scale is much larger and of a different colour. New Mexico. These were sent by Prof. Cockerell in rgor: Chionaspis pinifoli, Fitch., on Pinus, sp., at Arroyo Pecos, East Las Vegas, N. M. Dactylopius gutieuezie, Ck\l., on Gutieuezia, at Arroyo Pecos, East Las Vegas, N. M.; coll. Mrs. W. P. Cockerell. Pseudolecanium Californicum, Ehrh., East Las Vegas, N. M. Dactylopius pseudonife, Ckll,, on house fern, East Las Vegas, N. M. Orthezta occidentalis, Dougl.; alt., 8,000 feet above the sea level ; Peulah sapeilo Canon, N. M. Eulecanium pruinosum,var, kermoides, Vyrrell, 1896. This species was described in the Annual Report of the California Experiment Station, in 1896, by Miss M.W, Tyrrell, as Lecanium pruinosum, var. kermoides, found on oak in California. In Prof. Cockerell’s Check List, p. 339, it is listed, and he states that he doubts if it belongs to prxwinosum ; in his first Sup- plement, p. 394, it is listed as a synonym of guercitronis. In October, 1902, he collected some scales infesting Quercus Emoryi (Emory’s oak), at Las Vegas, Hot Springs, N. M., at about 7,000 feet alt.; examples of these he forwarded to me, and in his note accompanying them stated that he believed them to be Z. kermoides. Vhe @ scales are red-brown, kermes-like in shape, average size 3'4 mm. in diameter and 3 mm. high. Antennz 7-jointed ; joint (1) 32, (2) 32, (3) 48, (4) 48, (5) 20, (6) 20, (7) 40; joints one and two are equal in most cases ; three and four are equal, when not, joint four seems to be the longest ; five and six are equal and shortest. Leg coxa, 96; femur and trochanter, 148; tibia, 100 ; tarsus, 68. The species in the antennae comes near to £. guercitronis, Fitch. There is no doubt that ferxmotdes is a distinct species. In a recent letter from Prof. Cockerell he says he believes Mr. Pergande holds that ermoides is a distinct species. It, however, belongs to a very puzzling group where the antenne are very variable. In guercitronis I THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 197 have found joints 3 and 4 to be equal in length, sometimes 3 longer than 4,and again 4 would be longer than 3, and in one instance joint 3 was very long, 108 » ; in this case joint 4 was only 24 » long. Pulvinaria innumerabilis, on Aesculus octandra, East Las Vegas, NM. Oct: 44,1902: A NEW SAWELY: BY R. A. COOLEY, AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, BOZEMAN, MONTANA. The Sawfly here described is a common pest on the leaves of various species of Populus in Montana, and a Bulletin dealing with its life-history and economic significance is about to be published from the Montana Experiment Station. We give here an outline of its life-history, followed by descriptions of the two sexes. The adults appear on the foliage in May and continue there for about eight weeks. The female deposits her eggs singly on the very young, tender leaves, and at the same time stings them in such a way as to cause the edge to fold under on the lower surface. The egg is found under the epidermis in the end of the fold nearer the petiole. One edge or both edges may be folded. The larva, at first, feeds in the fold, eating off the surface of the leaf, but later ventures out and eats holes in the leaves, always preserving the fold for a retreat. The cocoon is formed in the fold and drops to the earth with the leaf. This leaf, among the others on the ground, forms the hibernating place for the insect. In this paper the writer has adopted the form of description used by Mr. C. L. Marlatt in his valuable “ Revision of the Nematinze of North America.” Pontania Bozemant, n.. sp.—Ffemale.—Length 6 mm.; robust ; emargination of clypeus a semicircle; lobes of the clypeus rounded ; longest hairs of the mouth-parts about as long as the distance from lobe to lobe of the clypeus; lateral furrows of the vertex broad and rather shallow ; ocellar basin distinctly defined ; frontal crest almost absent ;_ antenne moderately slender, 4 mm. long, with joints 3 and 4 subequal, joint 5 shorter, joints 6, 7, 8 and g still shorter and subequal in length ; sheath acuminate, hairy below at the apex ; claws cleft for one-third their length. Colours principally resinous-yellow and black ; antenne, large spot on vertex, thorax above except sides of pronotum, dorsum of first abdominal segment, most of dorsum of second and spot on the next four 198 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. or five segments, glossy black ; spot under base of wings, spot at base of posterior coxa, black ; remainder of body resinous-yellow, except the sheath, which is very dark, around the mouth-parts, which is very light, and the posterior tarsi, which are darker above. Stigma light at base ; veins brownish, lighter at base of wings. Wings iridescent. Male.—Length 5.75 mm. Differs from the female in being less robust, in having the clypeus more widely excavated, in having the entire dorsal surface of the abdomen back to genital parts glossy black, and in having a larger spot of black at base of posterior coxa. EXPLANATION OF FIGURES. a.—Ege, showing the nearly mature embryo. b. c.-~Cocoon. d.—Adult female sawfly. e.—Side view of extremity of abdomen of female. f.—Egg-pocket under epidermis. g.—Leaf affected by the species. Larva. — i ial et | | THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 199 CLASSIFICATION OF THE FOSSORIAL, PREDACEOUS AND PARASITIC WASPS, OR THE SUPERFAMILY VESPOIDEA. BY WILLIAM H. ASHMEAD, A. M., SC. D., ASSISTANT CURATOR, DIVISION OF INSECTS, U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM. (Paper No. 15.—Continued from Vol. XXXV., p. 158.) Famiry XLI.—Myrmoside. 1899. Myrmoside, Family, Ashmead; Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc., VIL., p. 49 and 52. 1903. Mullide, Famille (fartim), André; Wytsman’s Gen. Ins. Fam. Mutillide. This family, as here defined, is, I think, a xatwra/ one, although some of the genera have been placed previously, by different authors, in other families, with the Scoliide, Myzinide, Mutillide, etc. The females in this family may always be easily recognized by the thorax, which is distinctly divided into ¢zwo parts, while the males, except in three or four cases, are easily distinguished by the genitalia, the hypopygium terminating in a sharp aculeus, which curves upwards, as in males in the family J/yzinzde, with which they are often confused. The males belonging to the genera d/yrmosa, Latreille; Ephutomma, Ashmead, and J/yrmosida, Smith, have, however, the hypopygium unarmed, while in the South American genus, Bradynobenus, Spinola, it is tridentate, as in some Zhynnide. The venation of the front wings in all of these genera is, however, distinctive, and no difficulty will attend their recognition, as besides venation there are other characters. The genus JZyrmosida, Smith, I know only from the description and figure ; it appears to approach nearest to Afferogyna, Latreille, although the hypopygium is apparently unarmed. It also resembles a male ant of the family fovneride, and particularly to males in the subfamily Pseudomyrmine ; if it is not an ant, then it is a Myrmosid, and it 1s placed in the subfamily Apferogynine provisionally. Three distinct subfamilies may be recognized, one, the Apterogyn- ine, first pointed out by Mr. Ernest André, as follows : Table of Subfamiiies. Abdomen normal, w7thout a constriction between segments 2 and 3, at most with a constriction between segments 1 and 2..... of tag 200 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. Abdomen wtf a strong constriction between segments 2 and 3, the first two segments being more or less nodiform............... Se 2. Thorax in female almost round, not or hardly longer than wide ; head quadrate ; mandibles falcate; maxillary palpi 3-jointed ; labial palpi 2-jointed ; ma/es winged, the front wings without a marginal and a discoidal cell ; hypopygium at apex tridentate. hie ve eee . Subfamily I.—Bradynobaenine. Thorax in feuialle not at ate much longer than wide ; head variable, the maxillary palpi more than 3-jointed, the labial palpi more than 2-jointed ; maces winged, the front wings with a marginal and a discoidal cell; hypopygium ending in a single aculeus, which curves upwards, rarely unarmed......Subfamily 1l.—Myrmosine. 3. Front wings in males (except in MZyrmosida, Smith, which has a marginal cell and two cubital cells)*zeztAout marginal and discoidal cells; hypopygium, except in J/yrmosida, Smith, ending in a single upward curved aculeus ; females readily known by the con- striction between segments 2 and 3.Subfamily I1I.—Apterogynine. SUBFAMILY I.—Bradynobaenine. This subfamily, so far as the characters of the males are concerned, approaches nearest to the Zhynnide, the hypopygium being tridentate, much as in ZAynanus, Fabr. but the venation is quite different. The marginal and the discoidal cells are absent, and thus show an affinity with the Apterogynine. ‘The female, however, is quite different from any in either the A7yrmosine or the Apterogynine, the thorax being very short in outline, almost round, while the head is quadrate, the mandibles falcate, the maxillary palpi 3-jointed, the labial palpi 2 jointed. Only one genus is known: Female, wingless.. 0.5.02... 00:20 oer ce eee cnehe opener Male, Winged... ache ee ee wee ner e eaten 1. Thorax in outline almost round; head quadrate; mandibles falcate cic c cece eee eee ve eee ee +s +s DIAG YNG Dae iia nana (Type B. Gayi, Spin.) Front wings without a marginal cell, the discoidal cells wanting ; hypopygium tridentate.................Bradynobaenus, Spinola Ny SupraMILY II.—Myrmosine. 1896. Myrmosini, Tribe I. (fartzm), Ashmead ; Trans. Am, Ent. Soc., XXII., p. 180. THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 201 1903. Methocine, Subfamily (partim), André; Wytsman’s Gen. Ins. Fam., Mutillidee, p. 6. 1903. Myrmosine, Subfamily (partim), André; Opus. Cit, p. 12. 1903. Mutilline, Subfamily (Aartim), André ; Opus Cites 13: To this subfamily belong the majority of the known genera and species falling in the family Afyrmoside. It is easily separated from the Bradynobaenine by the shape of the thorax in the females and by the armature and venation of the males. The group comes closest to André’s subfamily Apterogynine, but may be easily distinguished from it by the absence of a strong constriction between the second and third abdominal segments, and by the totally different venation of the front wings, Two distinct tribes may be recognized as follows Table of Tribes. PEM BIGS: 0) ila te eed eae a ecco cr ae a ge eR LAU ES ole tere iia SGN cies ROU AS crit PPE ok mR anf my Ocelli present : . Mine Ae SALMA.) Gases. . LTIbE=L.==Miysemosini. Ocelli absent. Paces de yeodseanes =. Uribe Li €Chyphotini: 2. Front wings ae the margin ‘i ail long, or not especially short ; . hypopygium unarmed. Tn ehh ak) Cee Tribe I.—Myrmosini. Front wings with the sibel celi usually short ; hypopygium armed with an aculeus which curves upwards....Tmbe I].—Chyphotini. Tribe [.—Myrmosini. The females in this tribe resemble those belonging to the family Mutillide, but are easily recognized by having the thorax divided into two distinct divisions, and from the tribe Chyphotini by having distinct ocelli. The males are easily distinguished by having the hypopygium unarmed. Table of Genera. Females. PE unheard eters RINT ago acta! a Males. 1. Thorax midi annniar the Seeubtaim as W a as hese meso- femthoae usually rugoso-punctate, or coarsely punctate ; maxillary palpi 6-jointed, labial palpi 4-jointed.............. Myrmosa, Latreille. (Type Mutilla melanocephala, Fabr.) Thorax not quadrangular, compressed at the sides from the meso- metathoracic angles ; mandibles strongly excised beneath, with a projection towards base........ »........Ephutomma, Ashmead. (Type Mutilla incerta, Radoszk.) 202 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 2. Marginal cell long ; four cubital cells, the second and third each receiving a- Tecurrent Mexvate --)2.).\ 2/4 ser ee Myrmosa, Latreille. Marginal cell shorter, triangular; ‘vee cubital cells, the second triangular, receiving the first recurrent nervure near its middle, the third hexagonal ; eyes large, extending to the base of the mandibles, emarsinate within sheen en 46. .6 (sees Ephutomma, Ashmead. TriseE II.—Chyphotini. 1896. Chyphotini, Tribe III., Ashmead; Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., XXIL., p. 179 (Cyphotini). 1903. Methocine, Subfamille, André; Wytsman’s Gen. Ins. Fam., Mutillide, p. 6. The absence of ocelli in the females and the armed hypopygium in the males, which terminates in a single aculeus that curves upwards, as in males in the family J/yzinide, readily separate this tribe from the Myrmosini. Table of Genera. P@MMALES oo. i. oisie espe ep ye ah 0rd eyes #6, om 06 cn Ie ye aces ola eget Malesice'c i.e oece ds cts oe ee SSS Sara ey te Oe 1. Thorax not quadrate, quite differently formed ....2. 25255 eens Thorax quadrate, the sides parallel. Head large, quadrate, wider than the thorax ; mandibles long, at apex bidentate, sinuate or subemarginate beneath ; pygidium with a. pygidial area........ 0. .200 ..uy us ss DOReC RIG Seis mere (Type B. petiolatus, Fox.) 2. Eyes round or nearly ; abdomen petiolate or subpetiolate........ 3 Eyes oval, slightly sinuate on outer margin superiorly ; abdomen nearly sessile. Pronotum transverse, a little wider than the meso-metathorax anteriorly, but not wider than the same posteriorly, the sides being compressed just behind the pronotum ({?). Milluta, André. 3. Abdomen subpetiolate, the petiole broadened towards the apex and constricted before uniting with the second segment; pronotum large, nearly obtrapezoidal, and fully as wide as the meso-meta- thorax, or a little wider.:................. Typh@etesaichmmeass (Type Mutilla peculiaris, Cresson.) Abdemen with a distinct slender petiole ; pronotum campanulate, much narrower than the meso-metathorax......Chyphotes, Blake. (Type C. elevatus, Blake.) THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 203 Peiicaie tibice with ane apical Spur: i. .0).,20ca. Ns tee bee ee oo. 5. PeMiGlertibice With zo apical Spurs’)... s0)) WRe se See es ae. 67, 5. Front wings with free cubital cells, the second and third each receiving a recurrent nervure. Cubitus in hind wings originating much éefore the transverse cubitus ; second cubital cell in front wings wo? triangular, very large, trapezoidal, not much larger than the third ; submedian and median cells equal, the transverse median nervure inter- stitial with the basal vein ; mandibles bidentate...........6. Cubitus in hind wings interstitial or nearly with the transverse cubitus, sometimes originating a little beyond it ; second cubital cell in front wings more or less triangular ; submedian cell usually a little longer than the median (rarely equal in some rachycistis), the transverse median nervure usually not interstitial with the basal vein ; mandibles bidentate. Marginal cell very short, always much shorter than the oblong stigma ; first abscissa of the radius only about one-third the length of the third cubital cell; second cubital cell triangular, usually receiving the first recurrent nervure defore the middle, not, or rarely, longer than the third ; abdomen with a more or less distinct constriction between the first and second segments ; scutellum rounded, subcomvex; ocellilarge.:........... Brachycistis, Fox. Marginal cell not short, about as long as the large oblong stigma ; first abscissa of the radius as long, or nearly, as the third cubital cell ; second cubital cell at least three times as long as the third, receiving the first recurrent nervure deyond the middle ; third cubital cell quadrate, or nearly, a little wider (higher) than long, receiving the second recurrent a little before its middle; scutellum quadrate ; ocelli large, the laterals about their width from Chee yerMarainicwnrsso. 64 ¢ Qk ch: ..Milluta, André.* (Cr ype M. chobauti, André.) 6. Marginal cell much longer than the large oblong stigma ; lanceolate ; first abscissa of the radius short, less than one-third the length of the third cubital cell; third cubital cell large, much longer than *T ami greatly indebted to Mons. Ernest Andre, for the loan of the unique type of this genus. 204 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST, wide, nearly trapezoidal, a little shorter than the second ; ocelli very large, the laterals close to the eye margin... Magrettina, Ashmead. (Type Meria nocturna, Morowitz.) 7. Front wings with ¢Aree cubital cells... .. s.-...... 2 ee Front wings with ¢wo cubital cells........... 0 ee 8. Second cubital cell receiving both recurrent nervures ; 4¥e third cubital quadrangulati# sz taesel. «boa re ..Chyphotes, Blake. 9. Zwo recurrent nervures, the SUPPOSED MIGRATION OF PIERIDA WITNESSED IN VENEZUELA IN THE SUMMER OF toot. BY AUSTIN H. CLARK, HARVARD UNIVERSITY, CAMBRIDGE, MASS. The erratic migrations of certain insects, often in countless swarms, have been noticed and put on record by many observers. Ina country where, perhaps, they are scarce, or, it may be, almost wanting ordinarily, they may suddenly put in an appearance in such numbers as to defy all attempts at computation ; or immense swarms of them may sometimes be seen far out at sea, flying steadily in a direction which may take them out so far as to effectually prevent any return. To show the frequency of this phenomenon, it is only necessary to mention a few cases. The best known, perhaps, or, at any rate, the most familiar, is that of the locust. Large areas of growing crops have been totally ruined and well-to-do people reduced to poverty through the sudden and wholly unexpected appearance of this unwelcome visitor. Many years may pass with no sign of these insects, and then they come, bringing destruction with them. Among the Neuroptera, the dragon-flies, especially the species 4schna bonariensis of southern South America, seem to be especially subject to these migrations. In these swarms, according to Hudson,* who studied them in the Argentine, all the larger species associate together, and universally fly down the wind, coming commonly from five to fifteen minutes before a burst of the cold, dry south-west ‘‘pampero.” Weissenborny describes a great migration of dragon-flies which he witnessed in Germany in the year 1839, and also mentions a similar phenomenon occurring in 1816, which extended over a large portion of Europe. But this habit seems to be of commonest occurrence among the Lepidoptera. Among others, Wallace mentions seeing a vast congregation of Pieride in the Indian Ocean, and Maynard a swarm of Danaidee ( Anosia berenice) off the coast of Florida. It is now recognized as a more or less regular proceeding on the part of some species or groups, especially among the Pieride, to congregate and perform long journeys without any apparent aim. While approaching the coast of Venezuela in the month of June, tgol, I was struck by the numbers of Pieridz passed, not in great swarms, but in numerous small loose bunches, which began to appear even before the mountainous coast could be well made out. All these insects were oo an s = > *The Naturalist on the La Plata, Chapter IX. +Loudon’s Magazine of Natural History, N. S. III. 220 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. headed toward the north-east, directly against the trades. Although I was familiar with the fact that commonly the Pieride are the first butterflies with which one meets when approaching land, and had tested the truth of it while nearing the coast of Portugal, and also off the Azores, I did not suppose that they regularly occurred in such abundance as I found them here in the Caribbean. In fact, it had been my experience to only meet with a half-dozen or so when approaching land. But here the steamer continually passed by straggling bunches of them, all flying north-east, out to sea. As we neared the shore, they became more common, and when at last I landed and looked up on the mountain-side above La Guaira, there were thousands of them. The whole mountain-side was thickly dotted with specks of yellow and orange, which kept moving steadily on, in an easterly direction, rarely pausing, following, apparently, the line of the coast, and going in the same general direction from which came the trade winds. On the next day, from the car window of the little train which runs from La Guaira to Caracas, over a roadbed from which are obtained glimpses of great gorges filled with tropical vegetation, as well as of the parched and barren mountain-sides, destitute of life save fora few gaunt post-cacti and scraggy thorn bushes, I saw thousands of butterflies of this group, all moving steadily, like the waters of a great river, toward the east. In many cases I thought I saw the insects flying in another direction. Often I was sure some were flying west, but on taking my bearings I invariably found that my calculations were at fault, and that all the butterflies were moving east. There is, perhaps, no railroad in the world on which a man is so often at a loss to know just where are the cardinal points of the compass. ‘The sun gives no clue during the hotter hours, at the season when I was there, as it is practically in the middle of the sky; and the whole journey is simply a succession of curves, this way and that, so confusing that many times I could not realize the compass had not succeeded in some way in getting out of order and reversing, or at least seriously changing its position with respect to the magnetic pole. Over the mountain-sides and across the vaileys Pieride could be seen, always near the ground, yet rarely alighting, and invariably travelling eastward. While at Caracas I made many excursions into the surrounding country for butterflies, and from the hilltops there I could watch the steady migration, although here the numbers were very much less than at La Guaira, bo — THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 2 On the way back to La Guaira, as well as while staying there, I made a careful study of the constituents of this vast throag. ‘The most notice- able fact was that practically all were males. In fact, I saw but two or three females, and these were at a little roadside station, half way between the two towns. Iam almost certain that these were not members of the general tide, for they were flitting, to all appearance, aimlessly about, and did not evince that peculiar haste to move onward so noticeable in the others. During my stay at Caracas I collected a number of Pieride of several species, and of both sexes, in the meadows near the bank of the river which flows by the city. These seemed not to be affected by the general movement, and acted just as the members of the group ordinarily do. The most abundant species by far, making up between one-half and three-quarters of the flight, was Cadlidryas eubule. Of the remainder, Phebis argante was the commonest, with a close third in Apfhrissa statira. Here and there could be seen Cadlidryas philea. Once or twice I thought I could make out C, cfrzs, but could not feel certain of the identification. I make no mention, of course, of others of the group, as Pontia monuste and Gonepteryx clorinde, which, though common, did not seem to take any part in the migration. A few days later, while coasting along to the port of Cartipano, I continually saw the butterflies singly and in Jittle bands out over the sea. From Cartipano I went to the island of Margarita, where I stayed for over three weeks. Here it was a noticeable fact that all the Pierideze were resident in the little grassy patches, in which they apparently had been bred and stayed all their lives ; and here males and females were observed in normal proportions. Without doubt, the island was receiving its share of wanderers from the mainland, but those there showed no inclina- tion to leave, and were never found outside of the restricted localities where they made their homes. When I left the island I coasted along the shore as far as Trinidad (B. W. I.), but did not observe anything of the swarms I had seen near La Guaira ; and it may be mentioned here that neither about Cartipano nor at any part of the coast were the insects found so abundantly as at and near La Guaira. There are two possible explanations of the facts just stated: Either that this is the regular habit of these butterflies, to keep constantly moving eastward during the imago state, or that it was an unusual migration. bo bo bo THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. Further observation wi!l prove which view is correct. But I have seen nothing to show that this is the ordinary mode of procedure for Pieride in this region ; and from the immense numbers observed, it seems to me that it was one of those peculiar migrations to which this group seems to be particularly subject, started, perhaps, by some chance few down toward Puerto Cabello, or, it may be, as far as Coro, which picked up more and more as they went on, until when they arrived in the vicinity of La Guaira their numbers were beyond calculation, all the later additions to the multitude taking the same direction of flight as that adopted by the originators of the movement. Perhaps the course taken was at first an expression of positive anemotaxis—a flight against the prevailing wind. But later the sense of direction seems to have become so firmly fixed that they moved east even when in the sheltered valleys or in gorges where the direction of the wind was changed. This is, in brief, what 1t was my lot to witness while in Northern Venezuela; and it is much to be hoped that others who chance to be in that locality at some future date will make notes of their experiences with the butterflies mentioned, and prove conclusively whether this was a normal condition of affairs or an extraordinary chapter in the history of insect life in this region. NEW APOIDEA FROM MONTANA. BY AUSTIN W. MORRILL, PH. D., MASSACHUSETTS AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE, AMHERST, MASS, Bombus Cooleyi, n. sp.—Q. Length, 16-17 mm. — Integument black ; clothing black, yellowish white, pale ochreous yellow and rusty yellow. Head, seen from in front, about as wide as long. Malar'space about one-sixth the length of eye. Third segment of antenna one-half longer than fourth, and scarcely longer than fifth. Face thickly clothed with pale yellowish-white hair, on the sides mixed with black. Vertex clothed with yellowish-white hair, which is fringed in front with black. Cheeks clothed with brownish-black, sometimes slightly mixed with whitish, hair. Clypeus shining, sparsely punctured, labrum fringed on free edge with rusty yellow hair. Clothing of thorax above and on sides yellowish white, mixed with black in front of insertion of wings. A broad patch of black between the wings surrounds the smooth, polished mesothoracic disc and extends back in a point over the middle of metathorax. On each side of metathorax is a tuft of yellowish white hair. THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 220 On sides of propodeum the yellowish-white hair is more or less mixed with black. Coxe, trochanters and bases of femora on inner side with ‘whitish hair. Clothing of femora elsewhere brownish black. Corbiculz rusty yellow. Integument of posterior tibiz dark brown ; of tarsi light yellowish-brown. Tarsi clothed with fine, bright yellowish-brown pubescence. Wings slightly stained with brown, nervures brown. Dorsal surface of abdomen: First segment clothed on each side with a tuft of ochreous-yellow pubescence, the space between being bare, or nearly so; second segment clothed with black, slightly mixed with yellowish, except apical sides, where pubescence is pale ochreous-yellow ; third segment clothed similarly to second segment, except on extreme sides, where the pubescence is also pale ochreous-yellow ; fourth segment entirely clothed with pale ochreous-yellow pubescence ; fifth segment clothed with black, more or less mixed with yellowish pubescence and with a yellowish fringe on apical margin ; sixth segment scantily clothed with short black and brownish hair, at apex, brownish, velvety. Ventral surface : Segments two, three, four and five are fringed apically with yellowish-white hair. Specimens from Prof. R. A. Cooley, taken at Middle Cr. Canon, Bridgen Canon and Bozeman (elev. 4,800 ft.), Mon- tana, in June and July, 1899, and July, 1901, respectively. Colour variety A. Differs from type only in following details of colour: clothing of second and third abdominal segments above, entirely black, except for a few yellow hairs on apical sides of third segment. From Prof. R. A. Cooley, taken at Bridger Mt., Montana, elev. 6,000 ft., June, 1899. Colour variety B. Differs from type only in colour of clothing of third abdominal segment above, which is entirely ochreous-yellow, except for a narrow band of black extending along the middle of the dorsum, from the anterior to posterior margin of the segment, and a few black hairs on the sides. From Prof. R. A. Cooley, taken at Bozeman, Montana, elev. 4,800 ft., June, rgor. Described from three Q specimens ; one, the type deposited in the collection of the Mass. Agric. College ; co-types deposited, one at the U. S. Nat. Museum and one in the collection of the Montana Agricultural College. Varieties A and B were described from one ? specimen of each, both in the collection of the Mass. Agric. College. I take pleasure in naming this species after my friend, Prof. R. A. Cooley, of the Montana Agric. College. Ww bo nS THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. Bombus atrifasciatus, pn. sp.—Q. Length, 17% mm. _ Black, clothed with unusually fine and long, black and pale yellowish-white hair. Head, seen from in front, considerably longer than broad.* Eyes comparatively small. Malar space about one-half the length of eye. Face broad. Third segment of antenna slightly longer than fifth; fifth a little longer than fourth. Clypeus strongly arched, shining, sparsely and rather coarsely punctured on sides. Labrum deeply cleft, sparsely clothed with brownish pubescence. Head clothed with brownish-black pubescence, mixed with whitish between bases of antennz. ‘Thorax clothed with pale yellowish-white pubescence, except a broad oval band of black between the wings. Coxe, trochanters and bases of femora of first and second pairs of legs clothed with whitish pubescence ; femora elsewhere than at base, tibiz and tarsi clothed with reddish-brown pubescence. Coxe, trochanters and femora of third pair of legs clothed with long yellowish-white hair ; corbicule rusty yellow, inner side of first tarsal seg- ment light brown, hind tarsi elsewhere clothed with very fine yellowish pubescence. Integument of legs brownish black. Wings stained with brown, nervures dark brown. Abdomen rather robust. Dorsal surface : segments one, two, four and five clothed with pale yellowish-white pubescence ; extreme sides and lateral portions of the posterior margin of segment three clothed with pale yellowish white, remainder of three clothed with brownish-black pubescence ; segment six sparsely clothed with short brownish yellow pubescence, velvety at apex. Ventral sur- face: segments two, three, four and five are fringed apically with pale yellowish-white hairs, much longer on sides than in the middle ; segment six clothed at apex with brownish-yellow, velvety pubescence. Described from one @ specimen from Prof. R. A. Cooley, taken at Gallatin Co., Montana, elev. 9,400 ft., collected in July, 1900. Deposited in collection of Mass. Agric. College. Psithyrus latitarsus, n. sp.—Q. Length 19-20 mm. Integument black, clothing black and yellow. Head seen from in front, a little longer than broad. Malar space about one-fourth the length of eye. Clypeus punctate. Third and fifth segments of antenna subequal, fourth segment about two-thirds as long as third. Clothing of head black, slightly mixed with yellow on vertex. Clothing of thorax brownish-yellow, except a narrow band of black between the wings and a little black on sides of *In the type, the length of the head, measured from vertex to base of the labrum, is 6 mm.; breadth 5 mm. THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. Der propodeum. Wings subhyaline, smoky brown, nervures brown. Legs, except tarsi, clothed with black and brownish-black pubescence. First tarsal segments clothed with brownish-black, except inner sides and tips, which with the four following tarsal segments are clothed with brownish- yellow pubescence, darkest on inner side of first tarsal segments. Length of metatarsus about two and one-half times its greatest width, posterior edge strongly arcuated. Dorsal surface of abdomen: Clothing sparse and short; black and pale lemon-yellow, the hair of the former colour usually tipped with brown- ish or yellowish, more noticeable on posterior margins of the segments. Pubescence on first segment black, sometimes mixed with yellow on the sides ; on second segment black ; on third segment black, with more or less yellow on sides posteriorly ; on fourth segment entirely yellow, except for a patch of black on middle of basal half, which may or may not extend in a point to apex of segment; on fifth segment black except extreme sides, which are yellow ; terminal segment naked except for a very fine brownish velvet-like pubescence below and on sides above ventral sur- face of abdomen ; segments one to five have an apical fringe of black hairs. From each side of apical segment below arises an angular, keel-like process, which is directed outwards and downwards, the two converging posteriorly, becoming less pronounced, and disappear near the tip of the segment. From above these keel-like processes can be plainly seen extending outwardly from the sides of the apical segment. Described from nine 9 specimens from Prof. R. A. Cooley, taken at Gallatin Co., and Bozeman, Montana. Type deposited in collection of Mass. Agric. College. Co-types at Mass. Agric. College, U. S. Nat. Museum, and at Montana Agric. College. This species in colour, general form and size resembles /. ¢vsularis, Smith ; but the two cannot be even closely related, as will be seen from the following partial description of the Jatter species : Malar space about one-third length of eye. A tuft of yellow on head just above insertion of antennze, another on vertex, and sometimes a very small one between insertion of antenne—all fringed with black. Meta- tarsus about three times as long as its greatest breadth, posterior margin nearly straight. Apical segment of abdomen below with a simple rounded swelling on each side, not projecting enough to be noticed from above. I have examined thirteen 2 specimens of P. zzsudaris from Montana and one from New Hampshire (Durham), all of which agree with Smith’s 226 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. description of the species. One of these specimens was sent to Washing- ton, D. C., where it was compared by Mr. Ashmead with a specimen of P. insularis, determined by Cresson, and was found to agree. P. latitarsus, n. sp., also resembles /?. campestris of Europe in colour, but can be readily separated from it by the broader metatarsus and the structure of the ventral side of the terminal abdominal segment. Fig. 9.—Psithyrus latitarsus, n. sp.; side view of terminal segment of abdomen. Fig. 10.—Psithyrus insularis, Smith; side view of terminal segment of abdomen. Fig. 11.—Psithyrus /atitarsus, n. sp.; tarsal segments of left hind leg. Fig. l12.—Psithyrus insularis, Smith; tarsal segments of left hind leg. bo bo ~I THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST, SOME NEW NORTH AMERICAN HOMOPTERA. BY E. B. BALL, AG. COLLEGE, LOGAN, UTAH. Philepstus collitus, n. sp.—Resembling fulvidorsum, but smaller and paler. Colour fulvous, elytra brown, with two imperfect light bands. Length, 2, 6 mm.; width 2 mm. Vertex short, obtusely rounded, but little longer on middle than against eye, three times wider than long ; disc convex ; the anterior margin distinct, but not sharply angled; elytra rather long and narrow ; venation distinct, claval veins separate, parallel. “Colour : vertex fulvous, sometimes with faint brownish . mottling ; face uniform dull brown ; pronotum fulvous, usually mottled with brown on the disc ; scutellum fulvous. Elytra pale, heavily inscribed with brown, omitting three spots on the sutural margin, an oblong area just inside the costa on the apical half, and a pair of oblique bands starting from the first and last sutural spots, which are milky white. In the lightest specimens the brown tends to run together into dark blotches on the costa and between the white spots on the suture. Genitalia, female segment twice the length of the penultimate, the lateral angles obtuse, the posterior margin roundingly produced on the median third, and strongly notched in the middle. Disc of the segment fti!vous, the posterior margin on each side of the slit black, the lateral angles light. Described from three females from Ames, Iowa. This species has long been confused with fw/vidorsum, but is readily distinguished by the shorter head and distinct genitalia. Philepsius lippulus, n. sp.—Form of fulvidorsum nearly, but slightly smaller, and with a shorter vertex. Colour milky white, with three brown bands. Length 5.5 mm.; width 1.75 mm. Vertex nearly right-angled, one-third longer on middle than against the eve, twice wider than long, acutely angled with front, the margin distinct, except near the eyes. Front rather narrow, margins straight. Pronotum long, strongly angled in front, disc convex in both diameters. Elytra rather narrow, the venation obscure. Colour: vertex pale orange, an ivory white median line on tip, with a pair of oval brownish spots adjoining it, and a pair of black dots on the margin, nearly half way to the eyes. Face pale, slightly and evenly irrorate with fulvous brown: Pronotum fulvous brown; the anterior submargin white. Scutellum fulvous brown ; the oblique margins light, interrupted with a pair of black spots. Elytra milky white, a transverse fulvous brown band across the middle of clavus, another just back of clavus and a narrow apical margin of brown. The second band 228 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. forks on the middle of corium, and begins and ends in dark spots on the margin. A round black dot in the middle of the anterior milky band against the claval suture. Genitalia: female segment moderately long, half longer than the penultimate ; posterior margin nearly straight, slightly roundingly produced on the median half. Described from two female specimens from Biscayne Bay, Fla., collected by Mrs. Annie T. Slosson. This is a beautiful and strikingly distinct species. ‘The milky-white elytra with the distinct brown bands will readily separate it from any other broad-headed species. Phlepsius pauperculus, n, sp.—Resembling albidus, but smaller and with a sharper vertex. Colour pale greenish-white ; elytra faintly fuscous marked. Length 3 mm.; width less thant mm. Vertex nearly as long as pronotum, half wider than long, nearly right-angled before ; disc flat ; anterior margin thick, slightly acutely angled with face. Face strongly convex in profile ; pronotum short, wrinkled, depressed just back of the anterior margin. Elytra short, broad; venation indistinct. Colour: pale greenish-white. Vertex sometimes pale yellowish-white. Elytra pruinose, white or greenish-white, with a very few fuscous dots. Face and beneath pale greenish-white. Genitalia: female segment rather long, over twice the width of the penultimate ; posterior margin nearly straight, the lateral angles rounding ; median fourth slightly produced and faintly notched. Described from three specimens taken at Grand Junction, Colo., by E. P. Van Duzee and the author. Phlepsius Franconiana, n. sp.—Resembling Uhéeri, but larger, with a more acutely angled vertex and a narrower head. Length, ¢, 5 mm.; width 1.4 mm. Vertex sloping in same plane as pronotum, slightly transversely depressed, subangulate, with the margins distinct ; margins subparallel. Face as in &. strodi, the front slightly more flaring above and with the base angled instead of rounding. Pronotum truncate, or very slightly emarginate, its anterior margin strongly curved. Colour: vertex and pronotum fawn colour, with light mottling. Scutellum testaceous, with four white points in a triangle at apex. Elytra brown, with brownish fuscous irrorations and reticulations, a broad, light band just back of scutellum, a narrow line just before the apex of clavus, and an irregular one just before the apex. The bands are strictly transverse, and the middle one is slightly narrower than the brown one in front of it. The reticula- tions are continued across the light areas, Face fawn colour, with THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 229 fuscous irrorations and a white mark just under the apex of vertex. Eyes red. Genitalia: male valve triangular, two-thirds the length of the ultimate segment ; plates long, triangular, their margins straight ; apices acute, two and one-half times the length of the valve, slightly exceeded by the pygofers. The margins clothed with fine silky hairs, submargins with coarse bristles arising from black spots. Described from one male from Franconia, New Hampshire, taken by Mrs. Annie T. Slosson, and kindly sent me by Mr. Van Duzee. Thamnotettix waldana, n. sp.—Form and general appearance of montana nearly, slightly larger and lacking the white markings of that species. Testaceous brown; the vertex and margins of elytra pale. Length, 9, 5.5 mm.; %, 5 mm. Vertex transversely depressed, one- fourth longer on middle than against the eye, over twice wider than long, broadly and evenly rounding to the front. Pronotum twice jionger than the vertex, rugose on the anterior submargin. Elytra rather long, narrow and closely folded behind ; venation distinct, similar to that of de//7. Colour rusty brown; the vertex pale yellow, with a trace of rusty brown near base, sometimes forming a tranverse band in the male; the tips of the claval nervures and the costal margin of the elytra, from before the middle to just before the tip, white. Face and below varying from pale to nearly all fuscous. Genitalia: female segment rather long, truncate, with a broad triangular notch containing a strap-shaped tooth as long as the segment. Male valve short, obtusely rounding ; plates three times as long as valve, rather long, spoon-shaped, the margins clothed with long hairs. Described from sixteen specimens taken in North Park and Rico, Colo., by the author. Thamnotettix orbonata, n. sp.—Resembling atridorsum and infus- cata in general form, but paler. Pale, smoky greenish, with a broad rounding vertex. Length 5.25 mm. Vertex rounding to front, half as long as its basal width, a little more than haif the length of the pronotum, one-third longer on middle than against the eye. Head slightly wider than the pronotum ; front parallel margined, narrowing to the clypeus ; clypeus narrow, constricted above the middle. Elytra much longer than the abdomen, broad and flaring slightly behind. Venation as in atridorsum. Colour pale green, slightly tinged with smoky brown. Elytra subhyaline, slightly iridescent; eyes dark; ocelli deep green, Genitalia : female segment short, over twice wider than long ; posterior 230 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. margin very slightly sinuate; ovipositor long, slightly exceeding the rather slender pygofers. Described from two females from Biscayne Bay, Fla., collected by Mrs. Slosson. Thamnotettix Shermani, n. sp.—Resembling cyferacea in general appearance. Slightly stouter, paler, with a double-lined vertex margin and a deltocephaloid venation. Length 5.25 mm.; width 1.5 mm, Vertex flat; anterior margin obtusely angular, definitely and slightly acutely angled with the front, a third longer on middle than against eye, half wider than long. Elytra rather long, but with the apex broader than in ‘cyperacea. Venation distinct, strong; two cross nervures between the sectors ; the central anteapical cell long, constricted and divided beyond the middle. Colour: pale tawny, iridescent over a subolivaceous ground. Vertex pale tawny-yellow ; anterior margin white, narrowly margined above and below with black, the black line above almost con- stricted into six dots. Elytra subhyaline with a slight tawny iridescence. Face pale tawny, below pale straw. Genitalia: female segment rather long ; posterior margin nearly straight; the lateral angles prominent. Described from one female taken at Raleigh, N. C., by Prof. Franklin Sherman, who sent a number of fine Jassidz for determination. Chlorotettix rugicollis, n. sp.—Resembling spatudatus, but with a broader vertex. Green, with a red band on the margin of vertex. Length 7mm. Vertex broad, obtusely rounding, but little longer on middle than against eye, two and one-half times longer than wide, evenly rounding to front. Elytra rather long, the veins large and distinct. Colour: pale green, a transverse red band on margin of vertex and front, sometimes extending over the eyes. The male has the elytra clouded with tawny brown. Genitalia: female segment deeply triangularly excavated, with a strap-shaped tooth, similar to that in spatudatus. Male valve nearly as wide as the ultimate segment, and about half as long; plates nearly flat, long, triangular ; the margins sparsely haired. Described from four specimens: One female from Jacksonville, Fla., from Otto Heidemann ; a pair from Woodbine, N. J., taken Aug. 2nd, 1902, by E. P. Van Duzee; and one female from Victoria, Tex., received from U.S. Nat. Museum. The remarkably broad vertex with the red margin will at once separate this from the other spatulate forms in this group. THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 231 Driotura gammeroidea, var. fulva, n. var.—Size and form of the species larger than var. fava. Entirely brownish fulvous, except the eyes, _ which are darker. Described from eight specimens from Denver, Colo., collected by the author. Driotura robusta, var. vittata, n. var.—Size and form of the species, black and white, variable. Vertex with a transverse light line on anterior margin, expanded into two spots at apex; four oblique black stripes on elytra, alternating with four light ones. A transverse light band on abdomen, and a broader one on face. Described from six examples from Southern Colorado. _ Acinopterus acuminatus, var. vartegatus, n. var.—Form and structure of the species, but much lighter coloured. Vertex, pronotum and scutellum inclined to be reddish, especially in the male. Elytra whitish pruinose, nervures greenish, not margined, except towards apex and along the sutural:margin, three fuscous points along the suture, and sometimes one on the disc of each elytron. Described from twenty-four specimens from Colorado and Arizona. A. acuminatus, var. viridis, n. var.—Form and structure of the preceding nearly; slightly smaller. Bright grass-green both above and below. Eyes and extreme tip of elytra fuscous. Described from a number of specimens from Southern Colorado and Arizona. This is the common form in Southern Colorado, where it was collected by E. P. Van Duzee and the author. A. acuminatus, var. brunneus, n. var.—Slightly larger than the pre- ceding variety. Vertex, pronotum and scutellum pale green, washed with cinnamon-brown. Elytra pale cinnamon-brown, slightly fuscous at tip. Whole insect with a slight tawny iridescence, below pale green. Described from three specimens from Rifle, Colo.; taken by the author. | Liburnia Slossoni, n. sp.—Resembling Stenocranus lautus in size and general appearance. Somewhat resembling D. maidis. Length, macropterous 2,5 mm. Face broad, strongly carinate, slightly narrow- ing above. Elytra very long and narrow, resembling a Stenocranus, the outer branch of the first and the inner branch of the third sector uniting with the cross nervure alongside the second sector. Colour: Face black, the carine light, basal compartment of vertex, pronotum and 232 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. scutelium pale creamy. A pair of parallel black stripes extending the entire length, interrupted on the sutures; a pair of black spots outside these on the posterior part of the scutellum, and a pair of black spots behind the eyes. Elytra pale creamy, subhyaline, a brownish stripe covers the outer part of the base of clavus and inner half of corium back to middle, beyond this the nervures are deep smoky-brown, except the outer fork of the outer sector, its cross vein and the outer apical nervure. Legs striped with fuscous and pale. Described from three females collected at Biscayne Bay by Mrs. Annie T. Slosson. This very large and distinct form in this group is only one of the many fine Homoptera that have come to hand from Mrs. Slosson’s collecting, and I take pleasure in naming it after her. Phyliodinus flabellatus, n. sp.—LLarger and lighter coloured than nervatus, and with a longer vertex. Testaceous brown, with the posterior half of the vertex, the scutellum and the tips of the short wing pads milky white. Length, brachypterous ¢, 3 mm., width 2mm. Head slightly narrower than pronotum, vertex nearly quadrate, rounding in front. Front parallel margined, much longer than wide. _Elytra about as long as head and pronotum, truncate behind, venation simple, indistinct. Colour : vertex and face dark brown, with about seven narrow interrupted transverse white bands. A light stripe across the apex of front, extending on across the genz to join the stripe on the reflexed portion of pronotum. Clypeus piceus, pronotum with the anterior half piceous brown, posterior half and scutellum milky white. Elytra brown, the posterior margin milky white, broadest towards the costal margin. Abdomen above brown, a median and three lateral rows of white dashes, the anterior ones reduced to dots. Below dark brown or pitchy. Two anterior pairs of femora dirty straw, their foliaceous tibiz fuscous, the tarsi white, tipped with black. Described from two females, one from Washington, D. C., from the collection of Otto Heidemann, and the other from Riverton, N. J., collected by C. W. Johnson, and sent by E. P. Van Duzee. Another female from the District of Columbia apparently belongs here, but is immature and not fully coloured. This is a pretty species, and might be mistaken for a Pissonotus but for the foliaceous tibiz. THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST, 233 TWO NEW PHYTOPHAGOUS HYMENOPTERA. BY WILLIAM H. ASHMEAD, A. M., D. SC. Xiphydria erythrogaster, sp. nov.—f. Length, 9.8 mm. Head and thorax black, marked with yellow as follows: The black of the head is confined to the occiput, a large spot on the crown is dilated on each side, but does not quite reach the eye, while the yellow is confined to the cheeks, the face to above the insertion of the antennz, the front orbits and a V-shaped mark above the eyes. Mandibles yellow, with black teeth ; prothorax yellow, with a black Jine on collar above and a black mark in the lateral depressions ; mesonotum black, with two yellow spots on the disc ; scutellum with the axille yellow; meso- and meta-sternum yellow, with black marks. The abdomen is pale ferruginous, except the first segment above, which is black ; the dorsal segments 1 to 4 have a yellow spot on each lateral margin, while the ventral segments 4 to 6 have tufts of black hairs. The antennz are 16-jointed, the first four joints pale ferruginous, the others black or blackish, joints 4 to 6 being tipped with yellow, the scape the longest joint, the third joint longer than the fourth, the following gradually shortening. Wings hyaline, faintly tinged, the veins brown. Legs pale ferruginous, the coxz and trochanters more or less yellowish, or yellow in front. Type.—Cat. No. 6844, U. S. N. M. (Ashmead collection), Hab.—Avalon, N. J. (Charles W. Johnson). Calameuta Johnsonii, sp. nov.—9?. Length, 9 mm. Black and shining ; the mandibles, except at apex, the apex of the third palpal joint, the front legs anteriorly from the middle of the femora to the fourth joint of the tarsi, a band on each side of abdomen, a spot at the apical angle of the 5th and 6th ventral segments, and the margins of the hypopygium, lemon-yellow ; wings slightly smoky, the veins blackish, the stigma brown ; antenn thickened towards apex, 21-jointed, the third joint shorter than the fourth. Type.—Cat. No. 6843, U. S. N. M. (Ashmead collection). Hab.—Riverton, N. J. (Charles W. Johnson). 234 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. QUEBEC DIPTERA. BY THOMAS W. FYLES, 54 WOLFE ST., LEVIS, QUEBEC. I have taken, in the Province of Quebec, the undermentioned species of two-winged flies, the names of which do not appear in the Toronto Check List : Culex consobrinus, Desvoidy. Chironongus teeniapennis, Cog. Tanypus hirtipennis, Loew. Diplosis grassator, /yZes. Bibio pallipes, Say. Plecia heteroptera, Say. Tipula cincta, Zoew. Pachyrrhina lugens, Zoew. Stratiomyia obesa, Zoew. Chrysopila quadrata, Say. Leptis vertebrata, Say. Leptis Boscil, AZacgwart. Dasyllis flavicollis, Say. Lampria bicolor, Wiedemann. Leptogaster histrio, Weedemann. Argyramoeba sinuosa, Wed. Thereva senex, Wadker. Pterodontia flavipes, Gray. Rhamphomyia umbrosa, Zoew. Dolichopus plumipes, Scopod7. Syrphus xanthostomus, Wed. Syrphus arcuatus, Aad/en. Sphegina rufiventris, Zoezw. Rhingia nasica, Say. Xylota curvipes, Zoew. Cistogaster immaculata, AZacg. Ocyptera Caroline, Desz. Echinomyia florum, Wadker. Gonia capitata, De Geer. Exorista vulgaris, Maden. Sarcophaga sarracenie, /z/ey. Pollenia rudis, adricius. Ophyra leucostoma, Wiedemann. Anthomyia radicum, Ziénneus. Blepharoptera lutea, Zoew. Tetanocera plebeja, Zoew. Pyrgota undata, Wiedemann. Stictocephala cribellum, Zoew. Scioptera vibrans, Zinneus. Cheetopsis enea, Wiedemann. Eutreta sparsa, Loew. Eurosta solidaginis, Fitch. Tephritis albiceps, Loew. Palloptera superba, Zoew. Heteroneura spectabilis, Zoew. ENTOMOLOGICAL RErcORD.—In the last two Annual Reports of the Entomological Society of Ontario, Dr. James Fletcher has given a very valuable and highly-interesting record of the important events in the world of Canadian Entomology noted during each year. As the prepara- tion of this record involves a large amount of labour on his part and its completeness and consequent value depends upon individual workers throughout the Dominion, it is earnestly hoped that each one will send in, without delay, notes of any remarkable captures or interesting observations that he has made, and not put off doing so to the end of the season. If received week by week, the trouble of classifying the notes and the necessary correspondence is not very great, but if allowed to accumulate it becomes most burdensome. Address (postage free), Dr. James Fletcher, Central Experimental Farm, Ottawa, THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 23 | NOTES ON THE STRIDULATION AND HABITS OF RANATRA FUSCA, PAL. B. BY J. R. DE LA TORRE BUENO, NEW YORK. Little is known regarding the sounds produced by the Rhynchota, and that little refers almost exclusively to the Cryptocerata, of which Corixa has had the most attention ; and some few observations have been made on Nepa, Sigara and Notonecta. It seems to me, therefore, that it would be well to put on record the observations and notes made by me on the stridulation of Razatra, together with a few other remarks on this insect. Ranatra fusca, Pal. B., supposed to be the common form in the north-eastern portion of America, on being removed from its natural element, gives forth a peculiar note. Recently I have had the opportunity to study this at close range, in a specimen at present living in my aquarium. On taking the Hemipteron out of the water, the stridulation can be plainly felt by the fingers, even though, as is at times the case, no sound is audible. The vibrations, when heard, produce a rasping, creaky chirp. Careful examination shows that the sound-producing apparatus of Ranatra departs somewhat from the more commonly met devices, while being similar to that in other insects in regard to the general method of producing tonal vibrations by the friction of suitably roughened surfaces in contact. The stridulatory areas in this insect are situated in the deep and elongated coxal cavities of the first pair of legs. This, as far as I have been able to learn, is.an unusual position, which is not mentioned by Packard in his ‘‘Text-book of Entomology ”; nor have I been able to find any reference to the production of sounds by Ravzatra in the literature on the subject that I have been able to consult. For the proper comprehension of the modus operandi, a brief and necessarily superficial description of that portion of the thorax in which the coxe are set is not out of place. The narrow, elongated prothorax of Ranatra is not of sufficient width to receive both coxe with any space between them. In order, therefore, to provide for this, the segment in question expands cephalad, and is provided with two deep slits extending to the anterior margin, one on each side, for the reception of the coxe. Due to the extreme shortness and transverseness of the head, the lateral processes of the cavities have the appearance of cheeks, and resemble somewhat the cheek-pieces of a Greek helmet. The coxz rub against the inner surface of the exterior walls of the cavities. Doubtless this surface 236 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. is roughened in some manner, as well as the portion of joint mentioned, on the areas of friction. This mechanism cannot be properly explained without a dissection, hence the insufficiency of the preceding. To stridulate, Ravatra holds the first pair of legs in the same plane as the body, perfectly straight, and somewhat separated at the extremities, in such a manner as to press the coxe against the inner surface of the outer wall of the coxal cavity. The insect jerks its legs while in this posi- tion back and forth, and thus causes the vibration. Both legs may be in motion at once, independently of each other ; or one only may be waved about. Each leg, therefore, stridulates without reference to the other, as Ranatra jerkily moves it about in anger or excitement. In the literature and references that I have been able to look up, no mention is made of this peculiarity of Razatra, although it cannot have passed unnoticed by students of these hemipterous groups. In his ‘‘Cafa- logus synonimicus et topographicus Rhynchotorum aquatilium hucusque in Italia repertorum,” Dr. A. Griffini gives a very full bibliography of the aquatic Rhynchota, and he records only one essay on the subject in question, “On Stridulation in the Hemiptera Heteroptera,” by O. H. Swinton, which mentions /Vega, but makes no reference to Ranatra. Mr. G. W. Kirkaldy, F.E.S., also has had a paper on ‘“ The Stridulating Organs of Water Bugs (Rhynchota), especially of Corixide,” treating principally of the last named. At some future date I shall endeavour to give a fuller account of the organs in Aanatra, together with a bibli- ography. Meantime, a few random notes on habits may not be without interest. The way in which Ranatra seizes its prey is very characteristic. I feed mine on living flies, which are presented with a forceps under water. When the fly attracts its attention, Ravzatra very slowly, almost imper- ceptibly, moves its fore-legs, with the knife-like tarsus away from the tibia, toward its prey. When the tibiz are almost, or quite, touching the victim, the movement is so sudden and quick that one is aware of it only by see- ing the prey seized. Sometimes its hold is not satisfactory, and then it will let go, first with one tarsus, get a firmer grip with that, and then do the same with the other. Once it has the fly securely held, Ranatra slowly approaches it to its extended beak, with which it seems to touch and feel it until it finds a suitable spot, and proceeds to a leisurely meal. From this it might seem that Ravatra depends for its food not on such inhabitants of the water as swim by, but on the unwary ones that come to THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 2at rest anywhere within reach of its rapacious claws, and then only for some time. This is somewhat borne out by the fact that there are two or three smaller insects in the aquarium with my specimen, which have thus far entirely eluded Razatra’s appetite. A noticeable characteristic is the exceeding slowness of this insect’s motions. They are practically imperceptible, and only the change of relative position of limbs or body makes one aware that it has moved. On occasion, Ranxatra swims, not very fast nor very gracefully, but sufficiently well to afford it more rapid transportation when it chooses to resort to this method of locomotion. ‘The fringing hairs of its long legs are of great help in this. The second and third pairs are the ones used in swimming and walking, or otherwise moving about, by this insect, the first pair being used almost exclusively for prehension. SOME CORRECTIONS TO-DR., DYAR’S LIST OF NOCTUIDS. BY A, RADCLIFFE GROTE, HILDESHEIM, GERMANY. d. In Dr. Dyar’s recent very full and careful List of North American Noctuids, Wash. Cat., pp. 98-247, are a few errors which I would briefly point out in this journal. They have mostly arisen from a neglect of a couple of papers in Can. EntT., and one in Proc. Am. Phil. Soc., 1895, as well as from a two literal following of Prof. Smith’s Washington list. With regard to the general sequence of the order adopted, I have given that preferred by myself in these pages, and can only repeat here that the Noctuid series ( Zzthosta—Voctua ) affords a paraliel to that of the blues and skippers in the butterflies, and that I should place them below the series Bombyx, Lachneis—Geometra, disturbing as little as possible the older classifications. For sequence and nomenclature see my paper, Can. Ent., XXXIIL., 116. The papers in Can. Ent. apparently neglected by Dr. Dyar are: Vol. XXV., 217, and 153. The types of the forms therein described are, I believe, in the National Museum, Washington. They were sent at the time to Prof. Riley. I shall not especially and in detail again refer to the names of Mr. Walker which incorrectly replace for the moment certain of these given by me. They have been already discussed in these pages ; all the facts with regard to the use of Hormzsa are given by mein the paper in the Am. Phil. Proceedings, above alluded to, p. 429, 1895. For Hormisa, which is a synomyn of Lpizeuxis, the term Litognatha should be substituted. 238 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. A small box was mailed to me at Bremen by the late Mr. Hill, from Albany. As I remember, it contained, among the few specimens, the types of Hepialus auratus (Sthenopis, Cat. p. 580) and Rheumaptera immediata (3404 Cat., marked with a star and type stated to be “ lost ”). The contents of the box were deposited in the Bremen Museum for preservation. In Dr. Dyar’s list of Noctuids, I notice the following double names : The specimens identified as 2249 sericea, are probably 2253 venustula. What sericea is, is not known; the erroneous determination came from Albany. No. 2134 and No. 2143 I considered identical. No. 2201 should be referred as synonymous with No. 2223. The original name was changed by the authors, 2473. Formosa is type of Chrysanympha, Grote, Proc. Am. Phil. Soc., 417, 1895. I cannot regard this as congeric with moneta, which is type of Po/ychrysta, Hubn. (Grote, id.). But I may be wrong. 2475. d£reoides, not “ eroides”; this mistake is copied from Smith, Wash. Cat. 247. 2479. Festuce is type of Chrysaspidia, Hubn. Verz. (Grote, id.), and illistris is type of Huchalcia, which latter term is therefore here wrongly employed, and should be dropped. Speyer, Staudinger and myself agree that Putnamz is not a race of festuce, but a dis- tinct species, and it appears to be also Asiatic in its range (Staud. and Rebel Cat. 2547, p. 237). 2489. Egena: the identification of this species from Florida, given in Smith’s List, p. 251, Can. Ent., XV., 26, should have been cited. 2493. The identification of frate//a with ow is incorrect, as stated by Smith, Wash. List, p. 252. The two are distinct species, in my opinion. Any confusion between them seems to arise from a wrong identification of Guenée’s species. On page 206 of Dr. Dyar’s List, the genera, Oxyct/la tripla and Zelicodes linearis, Proc. Am. Phil. Soc., l.c., 1895, are omitted. Zznearis ls wrongly cited under ‘ Hormisa,” No. 3033. Of this species Prof. Smith has written that it does not belong to Zitognatha, and is not a Deltoid at all. Types of these two species are in coll. Neumogen, where Dr. Dyar examined them for me, l.c., p. 418. Mailed August Ist, 1903. The € anatiay ¥ntomalogist. VoL. XXXV. LONDON, SEPTEMBER, 1903. No. 9 LIST OF CANADIAN COLEOPTERA. BY JOHN D. EVANS, TRENTON, ONT. The following list has been prepared from collections made in the Northwest Territories of Canada during the seasons of 1879, 1880 and 1881, by Prof. John Macoun, Botanist of the Geological Survey Depart- ment of Canada. During the summer of 1879 collecting was done, starting from Fort Ellice, thence to the head of Long Lake: thence to the elbow of the South Saskatchewan ; then after crossing the river, in an almost straight line to Battleford ; then south to the Hand Hills, and still south to Blackfoot crossing ; thence west to Calgary, and up the Bow River to the gap in the Rocky Mountains. In 1880 collecting commenced at Brandon ; thence to Moose Moun- tains, from there to Moose Jaw; thence by Swift Current Creek to the Cypress Hills and Fort Walsh; from Fort Walsh to Dunmore, and then towards the South Saskatchewan, and on to Humboldt, on the old north trail, and thence to Fort Ellice. In 1881, starting from Portage la Prairie ; thence to Lake Manitoba; then up Lake Manitoba and Lake Winnipegosis to its head; then up Red Deer River to its head ; then down Swan River to Livingstone, and across to the Assiniboine at Fort Pelly, and down it to Fort Ellice. The first two years were almost wholly on the plains, and collections made largely on mud by pools and in sand hills. The third year was almost wholly by water. The species taken during each of these seasons are indicated by the abbreviated figures ’79, 80 and ’81, respectively. An asterisk (*) before the several] names indicates a species not here- tofore recorded as having occurred in Canada, in so far as the Society’s list and lists appearing subsequently in THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST are concerned. The numbers are those of Henshaw’s List. 240 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. The compiler is very grateful to all who have assisted in determining these insects, particular mention being made of Mr. Henry Ulke, the late Dr. John Hamilton and Prof. H. F. Wickham, for their very many acts of kindness. Cicindelide. réc, Cicindela Montana, Lec., 1879. ce Pore; 25, “cc 26a, fe 30a, 32, 33: 35 *36, P55: Audubon, Lec., ’79, ’80. 1o-notata, Say, ’8o. generosa, Dej., ’80. limbata, Say, ’79, ’8o. vulgaris, Say, ’8o. repanda, Dej., 80, ’St. hirticollis, Say, ’79 cinctipennis, Lec.. ’79, ’5o. lepida, Dej., ’79. Carabide. *g2, Cychrus angusticollis, Fisch., ’79. 116, Carabus Meander, Fi:ch., ’8r. ce 119, 21, ay teedatus, Fab.. 79, ’80, ’8r. serratus, Say, ’79, ’80, ’81. *137, Calosoma obsoletum, Suy, ’79, ’80. oe 142, 1424, TTS, *148b, ee calidum, Fab., ’79, ’8o. tepidum, Lec., ’79, 80. moniliatum, Lec., ’79. Zimmermanni, Lec., ’79, ’80 153, Elaphrus cicatricosus, Lec., ’79, ’80 ee 157; 160, oe riparius, Linn., ’79, ruscarlus, Say, 80, ’81. 165, Blethisa multipunctata, Linn., ’81. 178, Notiophilus sibiricus, Mots.,’79, ’80. 180, Leistus ferruginosus, Mann, ’79, 217, Pasimachus elongatus, Lec., ’80. 225, Dyschirius nigripes, Lec., ’8o. 305, Bembidium carinula, Chd., ’79, ’8r. oe *306, 3°97) 311, ie oe Lorquinu, Chaud., ’79. littorale, Oliv., ’81. coxendix, Say, 79. THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 41 313, Bembidium nitidum, Kirby, ’79, ’8o. te © fuscicrum, Motz., ’79. 359; ‘ scopulinum, Kirby, ’8o, +208, be postremum, Say, ’79, 8r. 363, ee Grapii, Gyll., ’8o. P3795 oh viridicolle, Laf., 79, ’8c. * 380, ch variolosum, Motz. 384, ns conspersum, Chd., ’79, ’80, ’81. 386, tt patruele, Dej., “81. 389, és nigripes, Kirby, ’79, 80. * 403, oe Seudden, Lec.,.’79, 80. "420, a semistriatum, Hald., ’79. =H be timidum, Lec., ’79, ’80. s QHSPis 7G. oy 25s, (OO: 449, Tachys nanus, Gyll.,’79. 550, Pterostichus punctatissimus, Rand., ’81. Be510, e scitulus, Lec., ’79. “cGn, i corvus, Lec., "79. 565, a lucublandus, Say, ’8o, 507), y convexicollis, Say, ’8o, 583, e Lucezotii, Dej., 79, 81. 588, se femoralis, Kirby, ’8o. *628, Amara jacobine, Lec., ’8o. Gay. “=| latior,. Kirby,.°79,. *654, “ longula, Zimm., ’79, ’8o0. 657, “ impuncticollis, Say, ’79, ’80. 658, “ littoralis, Mann, ’79, ’80. 664.0-°S))) fallaxs Lec., ’795.'80, 669, ‘‘ erratica, Sturm., ’8o. 674, .“ @besa; Say, "7 9.780% mGvGer o wterrestris, Lec, 2701 *678, “ remotestriata, Dej., ’79, ’80. SP.» 79: De SDs fh We. OSs ea Spun ak S i THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 710, Diplochila laticollis, Lec., 79, 80. 711, 742; 7435 706, 7 Bi 786, 796, 800, S15, 818, $2 831, 835; 836, ce impressicollis, Dej,, ’80. Calathus gregarius, Say, ’80, ’81. “é Platynus ingratus, Dej., ’8r. sinuatus, Dej, ’79, ’81. funebris, Lec., ’79, ’80. errans;. Say, 76), 60,.01- corvus, Lec., ’79, ’8o. cupripennis, Say, ’79, ’8o. placidus, Say, ’79, "80. cupreus, Dej., ’79. obsoletus, Say, ’79. ruficornis, Lec., ’79. lutulentus, Lec., ’81-. nigriceps, Lec., ’79. Sp., 70: Sp., SO: 882a, Lebia meesta, Lec., ’8o. gtt, Blechrus nigrinus, Mann, ’79. 940, Cymindis cribricollis, Dej., 79, ’8e. *O4I, “cc planipennis, Lec., ’79, ’8o. 996, Chleenius sericeus, Forst., 80. 1021, 1028, oe ce pennsylvanicus, Say, ’80, ’8r. interruptus, Hern, ’81. 1052, Geopinus incrassatus, Dej., ’79, ’80. *1054, Nothopus zabroides, Lec., ’79, ’8o. *1057, Piosoma setosum, Lec., ’79. 1061, Agonoderus pallipes, Fab., ’79, ’8o. 1079, Harpalus erraticus, Say, ’8o. ToST, 1082, 1087, Sei e *1096, *1099, Lrox, II02, 1106, ce amputatus, Say, ’79, ’8o. viridizneus, Beauv., ’8o. Pennsylvanicus, Dej., ’8o. herbivagus, Say, 779, ’80, ventralis, Lec., 80. ellipsis, Lec., ’80. cautus, Dej., 79, 80, innocuus, Lec., ’79. Lewisil, Lec., 779. THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 243 1110, Harpalus funestus, Lec., ’79. 1 gy “i basilaris, Kirby, ’79. See ge SDs TO: 2 Sp.;, 80. 1140, Stenolophus conjunctus, Say, ’79, ’8o. 1158, Bradycellus rupestris, Say, ’80. Dytiscide. 1302, Ccelambus impressopunctatus, Sch., ’8o. 1399, Ilybiosoma bifarius, Kirby, ’So. 1425, Agabus punctulatus, Aubé, ’8o. e436; strigulosus, Cr., ’79, ’8o. i We Da infuscatus, Aubé, ’8o. 1444, erythropterus, Say, ’8o. 1466, Rhantus bistriatus, Bergst., 81. 1474, Colymbetes sculptilis, Harr., ’79. 1491, Dytiscus Harrisii, Kirby, ’81. e Sp... 79; 8G- (To be continued.) se “ec A NEW PARANOMIA FROM BRITISH COLUMBIA. BY WILLIAM H. ASHMEAD, A. M., D. SC. Faranomia Venablesii, sp. nov.—@. Length 10.5 mm. Black ; abdominal segments 1-4 at apex with bands of a golden-yellowish Z pubescence ; the head in front, the cheeks, the occiput, the thorax in front at the sides, the postscutellum, the legs, and the abdomen beneath, all clothed with a pale or whitish pubescence. Wings hyaline, fuliginous at apex, the coste and parastigma black, the stigmal and internal veins testaceous. Legs mostly black, with tarsal joints 2-5 mostly yellowish. The head is rather finely, sparsely punctate, the thorax more closely and densely punctate, but with the punctures finer on the scutellum, while the metathorax is shagreened, opaque. The abdomen has the first segment minutely punctulate, the following segments being more or less alutaceous. Type.—Cat. No. 6224, U.S. N. M. Described from a single specimen, captured July 20th, rgo2, at Vernon, B. C., by Mr. E. P. Venables. 244 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. SOME DIPTERA FROM ARIZONA. BY JAMES S. HINE, STATE UNIVERSITY, COLUMBUS, OHIO. In a collection of Diptera, taken in Arizona by J. Thomas Lloyd, of Cincinnati, Ohio, during the summer of 1902, I find some species of sufficient importance to warrant recording notes concerning them at this time. Chrysops proclivis, O. S—Specimens of this species were taken in Oak Creek Canyon, July 5th. I have not seen a record of the species from this territory heretofore. Tabanus hyalinipennis, n. sp.—Female. Eyes bare ; length 15 mm.; antennz entirely black ; proboscis black; palpi yellowish, with short white hairs; face and front brown, but this colour concealed by gray pollen ; lower part of face and cheeks clothed with long white hair ; front rather narrow, slightly narrowed below ; frontal callosity shining brown, nearly square, and as wide as the front and witha linear prolongation above it ; thorax reddish above, with four distinct black stripes, which extend back to the scutellum ; margin of scutellum reddish, with white hair, remainder blackish, with black hair ; femora black, with gray pollen and white hair; tibize reddish; apices black, or at least dark; tarsi black ; wings entirely hyaline ; veins and stigma brown, all the posterior cells wide open. Abdomen black dorsally ; first segment broadly white on each side ; posterior margin narrowly white, and a white spot beneath the scutellum ; second segment with a prominent white triangle on each side of the middle and a white hind margin, which is three or four times as wide external to the triangles as between them; third segment with a narrow white marking on each side corresponding to the lateral triangles of the previous segment and white hind margin, which expands at the middie into a prominent spot, truncate before and attaining the middle of its segment ; fourth segment with a narrow white hind margin, which ex- pands into a prominent median triangle, which attains the anterior border of its segment ; fifth, sixth and seventh segments with very narrow white hind margins. Ventrally the abdomen is dark, darkest on the middle, and clothed with gray pollen. Habitat.—Oak Creek Canyon. Several specimens, two of which are before me ; one taken July 2nd and the other July 7th. THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 245 In form and appearance the species suggests 7: ¢rimacu/atus, but the hyaline wings, the abdominal markings and smaller size are distinctive. It lacks the large median white triangle on the second segment, so conspicuous in soda/is. Leptomydus venosus, Lw.—The species of this genus seem not to be easily recognized, because the sexes of each species are widely different, and all the original descriptions were written from a single sex, some from males and some from females. In the collection before me are the sexes of a species, the male of which agrees very well with venssus. I give below the descriptions of both sexes, hoping that such may be of use to some future student of the group : Male.—Head and its appendages black ; face and front clothed with long yellowish gray pile. Thorax black, with four light-coloured stripes above ; anterior and middie legs black, with extreme bases of all the tibize yellowish ; broad bases of posterior femora and tibie yellow, other- wise these legs are black or brown; wings uniform dilute yellowish. Abdomen reddish; posterior margins or all the segments narrowly yellow, and on each side of the second segment the yellow margin surrounds a small reniform black spot ; anterior margins of all the segments black ; the first segment is wholly black, except the yellow hind margin, and on the sixth and seventh segments the black is mostly confined to the sides. Length 15 mm. Female.— Whole insect reddish-yellow ; eyes, proboscis and part of front blackish ; thorax with light yellow stripes ; abdominal segments margined behind with distinct light yellow; on each side of the second segment this yellow margin includes a small reniform black spot; spines at end of abdomen red ; wings coloured as in the male. Length 19 mm. . In both male and female the first posterior cells of the wings are wide open. Habitat.—Both sexes taken in Oak Creek Canyon, June 3oth. In the female the black proboscis, the lack of black stripes on the luteral margins of segments (two to seven) and the red spines at the end of the abdomen serve to distinguish this sex from brachyrhynchus of Osten Sacken. Myiolepta aurinota, n. sp.—Male. Length g9 mm. In general coloration the antenne are reddish, but the first two segments are darker and more shining than the third; arista at base concolorous with the 246 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. segment that bears it, at apex darker. Region surrounding the ocelli, a space above the antenne, a triangular spot on the face, including the facial callosity and cheeks, shining black ; remainder of the face and front gray pollinose, with sparse white hairs near the eyes. Mesonotum, includ- ing the scutellum, entirely densely clothed with coarse golden hair; pleura with white hair ; wings nearly hyaline, but from certain views they appear slightly clouded ; general colour of legs black, with white hair; all the tibiz yellowish at base; first two segments of each of the middle and hind tarsi yellow ; first two segments of each front tarsus dusky, but lighter in colour than the three remaining segments ; all the femora swollen, and with short black spines below on apical parts. Abdomen black, clothed on dorsum with black and golden hair, on sides with white hair ; the black hair of the dorsum is very short, and distributed as follows: the anterior half of the second segment, a rectangular patch on anterior middle of the third segment, occupying two-thirds of the length and over half of the width of this segment, and a triangular patch on the anterior third of the fourth segment. The golden hair is longer and coarser than the black, and most dense on the fourth segment. The first segment, and all the sutures between segments, are thinly gray pollinose, giving the effect to the unaided eye of gray bands. Habitat.—Pheenix, Arizona. Taken June 18th. The species has most affinities with striglata, Loew, and auri- caudata, Williston, but on comparison with the former species in the U. S. National Museum, I find the two have a very different appearance. From the latter the coloration of the abdomen and legs, the lack of ‘golden tomentum” on the frontal triangle, and the larger size are sufficient to distinguish it. In accordance with what has been observed in related species, | should expect that the vestiture of the female is paler than in the male, Milesia bella, ‘Townsend.—Several specimens of this beautiful syrphid were taken at Elden Mountain, June 17th. The black front tibiz and tarsi and the thoracic markings easily distinguish the species from ornata, Say, which is our common eastern member of the genus. A reference to Townsend’s fine description in the Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ser. 6, Vol. XIX., 142, will reveal the characters of de//a and its differences from ornata. Townsend’s types were taken in southern New Mexico. THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 247 Ay LIST, OF ‘CALIFORNIA /APAIDIDA. BY WARREN T. CLARKE, BERKELEY, CALIF. Our knowledge of the group Aphidide in California has been limited in the past to certain forms that were of economic importance in their relations to cultivated crops. No systematic list of these interesting insects has heretofore been attempted in this region, and this has not been due to any lack of material, for the varying conditions of climate here seem to be particularly favorable to them. In Hunter’s list of the Aphidide of North America (Bull. No. 60, Iowa Ag. Ex. Sta., tg01) we find nine forms that may be considered as reported from California. Only five of these forms are directly referred to this State, while the other four are stated to be found, as in the case of Nectarophora avene, Fabr., “throughout the United States.” One of the five forms directly referred to the State is Apis mali, Fabr. The writer is doubtful of the occurrence of madi here, and believes that other species have been confused with it, and therefore does not include it as a California form. With this exception the following list is made up from the reported Aphididz of California and from the writer’s own collections in the State during the past eighteen months. Forty-three species are listed, including ten new species. ‘This num- ber does not by any means exhaust the group so far as this State 1s con- cerned, as it represents but few localities, yet it is believed that the presentation of the list at this time is desirable, in that it may stimulate further study of the group by other observers. TABLE OF GENERA. Aewlinired-discoidal-vein wanting.) 00... %. . 4.5. Perea ty MOREE: age 3 Boe simples etter: dies Gia oe Eek DIG US. jeNy 8 NS 3 "¢" one-branehed sn eee . SCMIZONe Mira. ia \ia\ 2 ia i ** — two-branched. Eeexntennes ave-jomted,.. ich 2... awake tet ee 1A achnas. BB. Antenne seven-jointed. C. Style long. D. Frontal tubercles toothed internally.... .......Phorodon, DD. Frontal tubercles not toothed internally. E. Frontal tubercles approximate............Nectarophora. Hie Krontal tubercles distant. Gi a.) ies... dviv.a beMyaus. CC. Style short. 248 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. F. Honey tubes long. G. Antenne on frontal tubercles .. .....Rhopalosiphum. GG. Antenne not on frontal tubercles. H. Honey tubes clavate:.............,Sipmocoryne. HH. Honey tubes cylindrical. I. Body long .........° 22220.) pene It. Bodyshort.... 02.3.0. 2... 2 0 rr FF. Tloney tubes skort. J. Antenne shorter than body... . Chaitophorus. JJ. Antenne longer than body. K. Honey tubes longer than broad ...... +... 0... Drephanesipaem: KK. Honey tubes shorter than broad’... 2. .....¢.2 Ca PHYLLOXERA.— Vastatrix, Planchon ; Vitis vinifera ; California. PemMPHIGUS.—Sugma more than twice as long as broad, popudlicaudis ; less than twice as long as broad, dete. Populicaulis, Fitch; cottonwood and poplar; Fresno, Berkeley, Rumsey. Bete, Doane ; sugar-beet, Canaigre (Rumex hymenosepalous) ; red dock ; Berkeley, Placer County, Palo Alto. While these two forms of Pemphigus are reported as separate species, it is the opinion of the writer that it will be found that one is a migrant form of the other. I have noted Jefe to be extremely prevalent on sugar. beets planted near cottonwoods infested with popudicaudis. SCHIZONEURA —Abdomen chocolate-brown, /anigera; pale green, pintcola ; black, guerct; lilac brown, Americana. The colour effect is best obtained by bathing the fresh specimens for a short time in 95°/ alcohol. Lanigera, Haus. ; apple ; throughout the State. Pinicola, Thos. ; Pine (P. radiata) ; Berkeley, Palo Alto. Querci, Fitch ; various oaks ; Berkeley. Americana, Riley ; elm ; Berkeley, Newcastle. Lacunus.—A/nifolie, Fitch ; alder (A/nus, sp.) ; Berkeley, Colfax. CHaIropHoRuS.— Viminalis, Monell; willow ; Newcastle, Watson- ville. CALLIPTERUS. — A. Body with dorsal sete. b. Body less than twice as long as broad, THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 249 C: ae eee 5 AY es Ae eee valinus. @2~ Colour dark yellows? 22. .<.. aS Ae ee ee OLY II, BB. Body more than twice as tela. as road: D. Four rows of setiferous tubercles on back of abdomen ...... peed a. tat ehate ee CASLATES: DD. Setiferous Gabieneless MOAN FOWS = . 00.) Oe Sarumdicolens. AA. Body without dorsal sete. E. Seventh joint of antenne shorter than sixth........carye. EE. Seventh joint of antenne longer than sixth. . . betuleecolens. Cary@, Monell ; black walnut; Berkeley. Betulecolens, Fitch ; birch ; Berkeley. Castanee, Fitch ; chestnut ; Berkeley. Arunidicolens, n. sp.—Apterous viviparous female. Length of body, 1.54 mm.; width 69 mm. Length of joints of antenna: 1hL>.77 mm.; IV., .somm.; V.,.54 mm.; VI.,.27 mm.; VII., .27 mm. Body setiferous ; general colour light lemon-yellow to darker yellow. Nectarics reduced to tubercles. Cauda wart-like. Rostrum reaching to second coxe. Antennal joints III., IV. and V. black at outer ends. Tarsi dusky. Eyes red-brown. Alate viviparous female. Length of body, 2.19 mm.; width, .81 mm. Expanse of wings from tip to tip, 7.19 mm. Length of joints of antenne: III., 1.04 mm.; IV., .58 mm.; V., .61 mm.; VI., .35 mm.; VII.,.35 mm. General colour of body light lemon-yellow. Wings hyaline ; veins and stigma greenish, Cauda short, tip black. Nectaries reduced to tubercles. Tarsi dusky, Eyes red. Sixth antennal joint dusky; Vth and [Vth black at outer end; I{Ird ringed with black one-third distance from joint IT. and at outer end. Small colonies, and also distributed singly on under sides of leaves of bamboo (Arundo, sp.), Berkeley. flyalinus, Monell ; oak ( Quercus imbricata) ; Berkeley. Coryli, Goetze ; hazelnut (Corvyus, sp.) ; Berkeley. DREPHANOSIPHUM.—Acerifolii, Thos. ; live oak ; Berkeley. HvALOPTERUS.— Arundinis, Fabr. ; apricot; Berkeley. APHIS.— A. Antennz not more than half the length of body. B. Honey tubes reaching not quite half way to tip of abdomen, fe. Llomeypiibes Teq Drown... 22) sa ass oe eps. Alamedensis. GG Honey tubesivellow si... 2. aeiaaqiscte., «2 acalendulicola, CCC. Honey tubes black. 250 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. D. Body less than twice as long as broad........ persicze-niger. DD. Body more than twice as long as broad .... ....... maidis. BB. Honey tubes reaching more than half way to tip of abdomen. EK. Cauda more than twice as wide at base as at tip (conical)®. ssf, 2... 6.0.4 0g EE. Cauda about as wide at base as at ‘ae (filiform) . _ Ea are MP AA. Antenne three- fo aise or more length af body: BBB. Honey tubes reaching beyond tip of abdomen. F. Cauda inconspicuous ..°... ss. #2 = 2. 1se eee FF. Cauda evident. G. Cauda about as wide at tip as at base (filiform)... Ree rs os eg «fe EN, 12 mm.;,1V.,.o6 mm; V.,.06 mm; VI.; .n2imm.; VIL, 15 mm. Head and thorax fuscous, abdomen dark green. Nectaries fuscous, reaching to tip of abdomen. Cauda conical. Tarsi dusky, other joints of legs yellow green. A row of six dark spots extends from the nectaries to the thorax on each side of the abdomen. Rostrum extends to middle coxe. Eyes dark. Alate viviparous female. Length of body, 1.22 mm.; width, .54 mm. Expanse of wings from tip to tip, 3.77 mm. Length of joints of antenne: III., .15 mm.; IV., aeeptiiies V.,.12 mm.; VI.,.08 mm.; VII.,.23 mm: | Head and thorax greenish-black. Abdomen yellowish-green, with two black dorsal patches. Wings hyaline, veins greenish. Stigma, long, narrow, greenish. Cauda conical, dusky. Nectaries black, reaching to tip of abdomen. Legs and antennz dusky. Eyes black. Found on under sides of leaves of mulberry (Morus, sp.), appearing in enormous numbers, and giving the attacked trees a dirty, smutty appearance. 252, THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. (Enothere, Oestl.: Gnothera bectiana, Epilobium ; Berkeley. Persice-niger, Smith ; peach, plum ; Placer County. Sorbi, Kalt ; apple ; Placer County. SIPHOCORYNE.—Feniculi, Pass.; sweet fennel (#. vulgare); Berkeley, Newcastle. RuHOPALOSIPHUM.— Dianthi, Schrank ; English ivy ; Berkeley. Myzus.—Cerasi, Fabr.; Greengage ; Berkeley. PHoRODON.— Scrophularia, Thos.; Screphularia, sp.; Berkeley. Flumuli, Schrank. Reported as present on hops and Prunus domesticus, in this State. Unknown to me. NECTAROPHORA.— A. Antenne as long or longer than body. B. Honey tubes reaching beyond tip of abdomen. C. Honey tubes black... 0... c: 2540. 22 rr CC. Honey tubes clouded yellow. D. Body more than twice as long as broad. KE. Cauda more than twice as wide at base as at tip! (conteal) epee te AEE . ot TOS. EE. Cauda about as wide at base as at le ‘lito Carieaet a. DD. Body less than twice as long as broad. F, Cauda more than twice as wide at base as at tip (conical) . 20)... 0.2 5 0 ee FF. Cauda about as wide at base as at tip (filiform) 322 as BAe seas a. See BB. Honey tubes reaching to up of abiloincnt G.. Honey tubes black .... 30.25 - 2 7 GG. Honey tubes yellow... ..°~. 7 22 eres AA. Antenne shorter than body. H. Honey tubes and cauda black ........ .. citrifolii. HH. Honey tubes and cauda clouded yellow. . .jasmini. Citrifolii, Ashm.; orange ; Azusa. Jasmini, 0. sp.—Apterous viviparous female. Length of body, 1.73 mm.; width; .58 mm. Length of joints of antenne : ITI., .23 mm.; IV., .e3 mm.} V., .1r9o mm; VI. pee .38 mm. General colour yellowish-green. Nectaries reaching beyond tip of abdomen, clouded yellow in colour, with outer ends darker. ‘Tarsi dusky ; other joints of legs light yellow. Antennal joint IIT. light yellow; others dusky. Rostrum reaching to third coxze. Eyes pink. Oo THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 25 Small colonies on under sides of leaves of jasmin. No winged speci- mens found. Berkeley. Sonchella, Monell ; Sonchus, sp. (Sow thistle) ; Berkeley, Palo Alto, Newcastle. Lycopersici, n. sp.—Apterous viviparous female. Length of body, 2.31 mm. width, .58 mm, Length of joints of aabemm@ce > PEL; 65 -mm:; IV.,.54mm.; V-,.54.mm.; VI., :¥5 mm.;- V1I1., .77 mm. General colour green. Nectaries yellow, occasionally dusky at outer end, reaching to tip of abdomen. Cauda prominent, green, out- lined with black. ‘Tarsi black. ‘Tips of tibize black. Rest of tibie and femora dusky. Eyes red Alate viviparous female. Length of body, 2.50 mm.; width, .g6 mm. Expanse_ of wings from tip to tip, 8.65 mm. Length of joints of antenne: Meeeawoum. TV, .5do°mm; VV. .68.mm.; VI., .19 mm:; VIE .77 mm. General colour green. Nectaries yellow, occasionally dusky at onter end, reaching beyond tip of abdomen, Cauda prominent. ‘Tarsi black. Tip of femur and tibie black, rest of joints of legs greenish, yellow. Antenne dusky. Wings hyaline, veins and stigma yellow-green. Third discoidal vein obsolete at base. A handsome insect, found on tomato, generally on the blossoms, which they destroy. Occasionally found on tender leaves. Individuals isolated or in very small colonies. Berkeley. Valeriania, n. sp.—Apterous viviparous female. Length of body, 2.85 mm; width, 1.15 mm. Length of joints of _antenne : ITI., .81 mm.; IV., .69 mm.; V.,.58 min.; VI., .19 mm; VIL, .88 mm. General colour of body yellow-brown. Nectaries black, reach- ing beyond tip of abdomen. Cauda prominent. Antenne dusky. Tarsi and outer ends of femur and tibia black. Rest Of joints of legs yellowish. Rostrum reaching to third coxe and tipped with black. Eyes yellowish, Alate viviparous female. Length of body, 2.92 mm.; width, 1.15 mm. Expanse of wings from tip to tip, 9.61 mm. Length of joints of antenne: III, 1.00 mm.; IV., -77 mm.; V., .65 mm.; VI.,.19 mn.; VII,.96 mm. Antenne and head, back of thorax, nectaries and outer ends of femora and tibie black. General colour of rest of body and legs yellow-brown. Wings greenish- yellow, veins darker. Third discoidal vein obsolete at base. Rostrum reaching to second cox. Cauda prominent. Nectaries reaching beyond tip of abdomen. Eyes black. bo on rw THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. Small colonies cn growing tip of valerian ( Valeriana officinalis), Berkeley. Rhamani, n. sp.—Apterous viviparous female. Length of body, 1.73 mm.; width, .81 mm. Length of joints of antenne : IIL, .50 mm.; IV.,.38 mm.; V.,,.38 mm.;, V Ligue .g6 mm. General colour green. Nectaries greenish-yellow, reaching beyond tip of abdomen. Cauda prominent, conical. Legs and antenie light yellow. Rostrum reaching to middle coxee. Eyes dark red. Small colonies on under sides of leaves of Rhamnus Californica. No winged specimens found. Lander. Baccharidis, n. sp.—Apterous viviparous female. Length of body, 1.38 mm.; width, .62 mm. Length of joints of antenne: IIL, .58 mm.; 1V., .27 mm.; V., .27 mm.; VI.) eee .38 mm. General colour of body green. Nectaries clouded yellow, reaching well beyond tip of abdomen. Antenne, tibiz and tarsi dusky. Cauda prominent, filiform. Rostrum dusky, reaching to second coxe. Eyes dark red. Alate viviparous female. Length of body, 2.11 mm.; width .77 mm. Expanse of wings from tip to tip, 6.92 mm. Length of joints of antenne: III., .62 mm.; IV., 31 mm.; V.;.3r mm.; VI,:15 mm.; VIL, .38 mm: Generaiecomunee body green. Nectaries, tip of femora, tibiae and tarsi black. Wings hyaline, stigma greenish, veins dusky. Cauda prominent. Nectaries reaching much beyond tip of abdomen. Eyes dark red. Isolated individuals and small colonies on Baccharis, sp. Berkeley. Rose, Linn, Very common on rose in many parts of the State. Californica, 0. Sp.—Apterous viviparous female. Length of body, 1.92 mm.; width, .77 mm. Length of joints of antenne: III, .35 mm; IV.,.38 mm; V., .50 mm.; VI, .19 mm.; VIL, 1.08 mm. General colour green. Joints of the antenne and the tarsi black. Rostrum reaching to second coxe, tip black. Nectaries yellow- green, reaching beyond tip of abdomen. Eyes pale, Small colonies on tips of new growth of willow. No winged individuals present. Newcastle. Avene, Fabr. Present in the State, but unknown to me, and not included in synoptical table. THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST, 255 FOUR NEW SPECIES OF CULEX. BY D. W. COQUILLETT, WASHINGTON, D. C. Culex cantator, new species.—Female. Near sylvestris, but the seventh abdominal segment almost wholly yellow scaled, etc. Head black, oral margin and base of antennz yellow, remainder of antennz and the proboscis black, palpi brown, its scales chiefly concolorous, no cluster of white hairs or scales at their apices ; narrow scales of middle of occiput golden yellow, the upright ones chiefly black, sides of occiput covered with depressed whitish scales and with a small cluster of black ones ; thorax reddish brown, scales of mesonotum golden yellow, becoming pale yellow in front of the scutellum and on the pleura ; abdomen black, its scales black, except a crossband of yellowish white ones at base of each segment, the bands considerably narrowed at the middle, similar scales scattered over the sixth and nearly the whole of the seventh segment and along apices of the two preceding segments ; legs yellow basally, becom- ing brown on the tibiz and tarsi, scales of femora chiefly pale yellow, of the tibie mostly black, those on the hind side pale yellow, on the bases of the tarsal joints whitish, those on the second joint of the hind tarsi cov- ering about one-fourth the length of the joint, front tarsal ciaws toothed ; wings hyaline, lateral scales of the veins long and narrow, hind crossvein nearly its length from the small crossvein, petiole of first submarginal cell from one-half to four-fifths as long as the cell; length, 4 mm. One speci- men bred May 6, by Mr. LaRue Holmes. Habitat.—Summit, New Jersey. I have also examined 8 females and as many males, bred by Prof. J. B. Smith, from the salt-marshes of New Jersey. In the male the scales of the palpi are black, thosé of the under side and at bases of the last two joints yellowish white, no whitish band at base of the antepenult joint. Prof Smith informs me that the larva is readily separated from that of sylvestris. Culex aurifer, new species.—Female. Near friseriatus, but the scales on sides of mesonotum golden yellow instead of white, and the venter is without crossbands of black scales. Black, the halteres, coxe and femora largely yellow ; scales and hairs of palpi brown, scales of occi- put golden yellow, the upright ones brown ; scales in middle of mesono- tum brownish black, those on the sides and many in front of the scutellum golden yellow, those of pleura pale yellow ; scales of abdomen black, those on the venter pale yellow, sometimes encroaching a trifle on the dorsum, 256 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. hairs of the first segment and at the apices of the others pale yellow ; scales of femora and on posterior side of tibke pale yellow, remaining scales of tibiz and those on the tarsi black, front tarsal claws toothed ; wings hyaline, lateral scales of the veins long and narrow, hind crossvein about its length from the small crossvein, petiole of first submarginal cell three-fifths the Jength of the cell; length, 4.5 mm. Three specimens, collected June 22 and 25, by Dr. H. G. Dyar. Habitat.—Centre Harbour, N. H. I have also examined two males and two females from Lahaway, N. J., bred by Dr. J. B. Smith, who writes that the larva is very different from that of ¢réser¢atus. The adult male is similar to the female except that the hairs of the palpi are chiefly whitish, and the dorsum of the abdomen has several yellow scales on the apical half. Culex nanus, new species.—Female. Near samaicensis, but much smaller, the light-coloured scales on the tibize not collected into spots, mesonotum without round spots of yellowish scales, etc. Black, the base of the antennz except the first joint, a band at middle of proboscis, the halteres and bases of femora yellow ; scales and hairs of palpi black, appressed scales of occiput golden yellow, the upright ones black, scales of mesonotum golden yellow, those of the abdomen black and with a broad crossband of whitish ones on the hind margin of each segment, the last two segments nearly wholly whitish scaled ; scales of venter white, those of femora and tibiz mixed black and whitish, the latter forming a ring near three-fourths the length of each femur, scales of tarsi black, those at narrow bases of the joints whitish, tarsal claws simple ; wings hyaline, the scales mixed black and white, the black ones not collected into spots, lateral scales of the anterior veins narrowly lanceolate, those of the other veins almost linear ; length, 3 mm _ Four specimens collected at Key West, Florida, in August, tg01, by Mr. August Busck, and six by Mr. E. A. Schwarz, April 1 to 3, 1903. Type.— No. 6893, U. S. National Museum. Culex discolor, new species.—Female. Differs fiom the above description of zanws as follows: palpi with a cluster of white scales at the apices, upright scales of occiput yellow, whitish crossbands of abdomen prolonged forward in the middle, crossing or almost crossing the segments, scales on posterior side of front and middle tibize and on anterior side of the hind ones almost wholly pale yellow, first tarsal joint bearing many yellow scales, black and yellow scales of wings not evenly distributed, the THE GANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. PAs) / | black ones forming a distinct spot at forking of the second vein with the third, another on upper branch of fifth vein at the hind crossvein, and a third on the apical third of the last vein, remaining scales of this vein wholly yellow ; length 4 mm. A specimen from Delair, New’ Jersey, received from Prof. J. B. Smith. Type.—No. 6894. U. S. National Museum. CORRECTIONS AND’ NOTES ON DR. DYAR’S ‘LIST OF NOCTUIDS.—II. BY A. RADCLIFFE GROTE, HILDESHEIM, GERMANY. Page 99. Apatela. As might have been expected from the incon- spicuous markings and uniform gray colour of the moths, the identifications of species of Acronycta, described by Walker and Guenée, have proved difficult and often contradictory. JI am now inclined to waive all objec- tions and accept Dr. Dyar’s list as it stands. The only pvint I make is, the difficulty I have in believing that, having identified xy/niformis, Guen., already and originally for Riley, I should have redescribed specimens at a later period as pa//idicoma; it seems to me yet possible that two forms are here ‘mixed up,” although I know xyp/.mzformis to be inconstant. 106. Fragilis having been transferred to Afpatela, diphteroides becomes type of Iicrocoelia. Guenée writes Diphtera, following Ochsenheimer. Hiibner originally wrote Dzphthera, which is the correct Greek form. 107. The generic term should read ‘“‘ Cyathissa,” not ‘* Cyathisa.” 112. This genus should be called Aonodes, Guen., type nucicolora (r. nucicolor) ; the type of Olzgza being strigi/is. 113. Crasia, Auriv., 1891, Staud. and Rebel, 295, is a synonym of Hillia, Grote, 1883. According to the European catalogue 77¢s, Zett., is an older name for the variable species. 121. The genus is ‘*‘ Momaphana,” not ‘* Momophana.” 120. No. 1267. The name 7//epida should be preferred, since the type of diversilineata had patched wings and the species is irrecognizable from this description, and the identification of the type uncertain. 124. As I have shown in these pages, the citation to Psewdanarta of Hy. Edwards is spurious. There is no such name in Proc. Cal. Mead. sek, rac. Coast, Lep., Nossa to-22. THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 132. Blanda, cited, I believe, wrongly under AZeta/epsis, is repeated in the right place on page 178 under Psewdoglaea. It should be struck out here. 138. Prof. Smith is responsible for the confusion in the name of this common species. Subgothica of Stephens is = jaculifera, Guen. The original szdgothica of Haworth is claimed as British by Tutt. In the meantime Slingerland says swbgothica of Haworth 1s tricosa, Lintner. My original determination should not have been altered. But whether jacu/ifera, Guen., tricosa, Lintner, and herilis, Grote, which I still claim as the correct scientific names for the three forms (leaving out Haworth’s variously interpreted name entirely, for the sake of clearness and precision) are distinct species and not forms of one, seems not definitely known, 140. The new name faragrotis is unnecessary. Carneades being preoccupied, the genus should be called /leonectopoda, with the type Zezw/sz, which has in any way priority. In the meantime I cannot but believe the genus must be represented in Europe, and that some Hibnerian name will eventually be found for it. Others of our American names at expense of Agvotis, Lederer, may be found in the same case. 149. It should be aratrix, not “atratrix.” 150. From photographs and descriptions, I cannot believe that Prof. Smith’s profundus and obscurus are distinct species from our eastern Anytus sculptus. 154. At length the dispute as to comiés is decided in my favour, and the type is therefore not “like typical od¢vacea, but so spread that the insect appears more plump, shorter winged and differently marked”! It now appears that after having disposed of my species in this manner, Prof. Smith has redescribed the form or species five times, thus affording ample proof of the incorrectness of the original statement. ‘Time, as Mr. Strecker used to say, at length sets all things even. 157. Instead of Veuronia (preocc.) it would appear that Apineuronia, Rebel, should be used for No. 1883. 167. The term Acerra with the type zormadis should be used here as being more correct and ‘also earlier published than Sfretchia, described as a notodont, and which I regard as a synonym of THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 259 Perigrapha, Led. Iam not agreed with the reference of muricina to plusiiformis, but I have no material of the former to compare. 173. For Asteroscopus, Boisd. Lrachionycha, Hitibn., should be used ; see Staud. & Rebel, p. 181, |. ¢. 177. Xanthia. The type is paleacea. According to Staud. & Rebel, 207, the species cited as ‘“ f/avago,” No. 2199, should be called /utea, Strom.; it belongs to Cvtrza, Hiibn. From the photo- graph pulchel/a belongs to Orthosia ; this specific name is too often used. Puta is same as Orthosia euroa. 181. Morrison sent me afata as “‘G/lea, n.s.,” Bull. B.S. N.S., 201, 1875. It was not type of serzcea which I noted, Bull, Brklyn Ent. Soc., 37, 1880, but a spec. of venustu/a so named. But Morrison’s original description cannot well apply toa G/ea at all, as elsewhere shown by me. At any rate venustu/a is being called sericea. No. 2183. The authority should read Grote, not Grote & Robinson. 2197. 1 regard angulata (exprimens) as a distinct species. Page 178. It is my fault that Zy/gonophora is here used. The genus should be Hadbryntis, Lederer, 1857. I have a specimen of the green /. scita, which shows an orange-brown tinting, and recalls thus more nearly the American species. 179. For ‘‘ Cosmia, Ochs,” read Xanthia, Hiibn. No. 2222. I prefer ferruginoides for the species and Jdccolorago for the variety, since this arrangement brings the forms into corre- spondence with the original descriptions. It ought to make no difference which stands first on Guenée’s page. The important point is, that the name is sustained by the original description, which should always be looked up, and is the only basis and warrant for the application of the name. 2354. Arcifera is a dimorphic ? form of Sprague; a similar varia- tion is shown by évevis and atrites. I figure both sexes of Sprague with yellow hind wings. I wonder how many times more I must repeat this. I have never seen a male arcifera with black secondaries. 2358. I think mortua might stand as an immaculate form of Packardit; nobilis merely has the lines more distinct than the latter, better written. 260 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 2617. For “ pentia” read pentta. 2650. For “ /ixivia” read lixiva. 2696. I draw attention to my papers in Can. Ent, Vols. IX. and XI. I believe the three forms here cited to be distinct. I refer tortricina to Spragueia. Fruva fasciatella and obsoleta appear to differ in the structure of the front as well as in ornamentation. The Californian acerba is near fasciatella. I do not know who is responsible for the present jumble. If these forms are not kept separate they will inevitably be described over again. A NEW C@CANTHUS FROM ILEINGKS: BY E. S. G. TITUS, WASHINGTON, D. C. Geanthus Forbest, n. sp.— g. General colour pale yellow. Length to tip of wings 17 mm.; greatest width across closed wing-covers, 3.5 mm. Very slender, elongate in general shape, somewhat resembling Zadea bipunctata (DeG.), but the outline of the closed wing-covers is more elongate. Face rather more elongate than in other species in the C&canthine ; maxillary palpi 5-jointed, frst and second short, broadened at tips; third slender, elongate, as long as fourth and fifth united ; fourth slightly clavate, distinctly constricted at the middle ; #/fA/ shorter than fourth, elliptical, elongate, and very dark ; all the joints pubescent ; Zabial palpi with first joint short ; second V4 longer ; third slightly longer than second, obliquely truncate at tip and very slender at base. Eyes reddish-brown. Antenne filiform, almost as long as the body; all the joints except basal two alternately equal in length up to 2oth joint (except also the fifth, it being slightly elongate), 12-15th joints not elongated. First basal joint with a broad longitudinal black stripe on the inner side beneath, and a slight trace of a brownish horizontal line near the apex on the outside ; second joint with two longitudinal parallel black lines beneath. This joint and those following have each at their apex, beneath, a brown line, Thorax elongate, narrower anteriorly ; sides deflexed, with their lower margins slightly reflexed. Wing-covers flattened, very narrow; wings ™% longer than covers. Hind legs long and slender, their tibie armed with six pairs of medium spines, all tipped with black. All the tarsi and claws black. Abdomen quite dark beneath. Male cerci reaching almost to tip of the wings. Habitat.— Urbana, IIl., September ; C. H. Hart. THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 261 This differs from typical Gcanthus by not having maxillary palpi with last three joints elongate, subequal, and last joint excavated at tip beneath; from Zadea by not having fifth joint of maxillary palpi longer than third and fourth very short. It can easily be separated by the antennal characters noticed above from other species in the subfamily (@. argentinus and &. californicus not seen.) In all other species examined there were several joints between the second and twentieth of the antenne that were much elongated. This species was first noticed by the author when classifying the species of @canthine in the Ill. State Laboratory of Nat. History, for the purpose of making some food studies in the group. It is described at the request of the Director of the Laboratory, Dr. 5. H. Forbes, in whose honour I have named the species. NOTES ON CULEX KELLOGGII, THEOBALD. BY D. W COQUILLETT, WASHINGTON, D. C. In the CanabiaN Enromovocist for August, Mr. Theobald described a Culex Kelloggit as new; the description agrees well with the specimens on which I founded Culex tarsa/is*, and undoubtedly refers to the same species. My specimens were from the same lot as the one which Dr. Williston described as Culex, n. sp.f, to which description Lieut. Giles applied the name of Culex Willistoni, n. sp.t; the latter name is therefore also a synonym of farsa/ts. On page 25 of the Kansas University Science Bulletin, June, 1903, Mr. C. F. Adams described a Culex affinis, n. sp. (not of Stephens, 1825), which is evidently founded on a somewhat abraded specimen of farsadis. The synonymy at present is therefore as follows : CULEX TARSALIS, Coquillett, 1896. Culex, n. sp., Williston, 1893. Culex Williston, Giles, 1900. Culex affinis, Adams, June, 1903. Culex Kelloggii, Theobald, August, 1903. *Can. Ent., Feb., 1896, p. 43. +North American Fauna, No. 7, May 31, 1893, p. 253. +Handbook of Gnats or Mosquitoes, 1900, p. 281. 262 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. EUTHRIPS AND HEDYCHRIDIUM IN NEW MEXICO. BY T. D. A. COCKERELL, EAST LAS VEGAS, N. MEX. THRIPIDA. Euthrips tritict (Fitch.).—At Las Vegas, Hot Springs, N. M., on May 17, 1903, I found Ades cereum, Dougl., presenting numerous flower- galls of rather pumpkin-like form and greenish-white colour, about 9 mm. long and 8 broad. These consisted of the swollen and deformed flowers, the walls of the calyx being thickened and greatly inflated. I rather expected to find in them dipterous larve, but they contained nothing but thrips, which, I am sure, is responsible for the damage. After careful comparison with the published accounts, and especially that of Mr. W. E. Hinds, I am quite unabie to separate the thrips from the well-known Euthrips tritict. CHRYSIDID&. Hedychridium amabile, sp. n.—Length about 3 millim., shining-green and crimson. Head yellowish green, the vertex crimson, shading into yellow ; antenne black ; thorax green, the pro- and mesothorax mostly crimson dorsally, the crimson shading into golden at the sides ; scutellum suffused with the same colours ; sides of post-scutellum, and hind corners and narrow hind border of prothorax, more or less brilliant blue ; abdomen yellowish-green shot with crimson, Ocelii in a not far from equilateral triangle; prothorax and mesothorax, seen from above, about equal in length ; prothorax with large, close subconfluent punctures ; mesothorax with well-separated punctures of various sizes ; triangular area at base of metathorax with no median ridge, the area is minutely transversely ridged, except at the lateral corners, where the ridges run obliquely ; sides of metathorax irregularly cancellate ; abdomen very closely punctured, third segment without any fovea or peculiarity of sculpture ; legs dark, basal half of tarsi light reddish. When the abdomen is viewed laterally, the apex of the second segment is level with the base of the third. Hab.—Mesilla Park, N. M., on campus of Agricultural College, May 8, 1900. (Cockerel/). A lovely little species, known from others by its metathoracic sculpture. | will take this opportunity to record Crysis inflata, Aaron (det. du Buysson), from the Wiegand Ranch, near Las Vegas, N. M., March tr. With this the recorded New Mexico Chrysidide now number 19 species. THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 263 TWO NEW PTINID. BY C. SCHAEFFER, MUSEUM OF THE BROOKLYN INST. OF ARTS AND SCIENCES. A number of new species, either entirely new or known only from Mexico or Central America, have been brought back by me from the lower Rio Grande. The description of these new species, together with a list of the species known to occur in that region, will be published by me in the Bulletin of the Museum of the Brooklyn Inst. of Arts and Sciences. The two following species are here described in advance, in order that they may be included in the revision of the Ptinidz on which Prof. Fall is at work. The types are in the collection of the Museum of the Brooklyn Institute of Arts in Sciences. Trichodesma Texana, n. sp.—Cylindrical oblong, form of sordida, black, twice as long as wide, with white and fulvous recumbent pubescence, intermixed with longer erect hairs. Antenne brown, last three joints longer than the preceding. Head black, densely granulated, pubescence white, intermixed with fulvous. Thorax broader than long, sides arcuate in front, sinuately narrowing to the hind angles, disc gibbous, hardly sulcate at the gibbosity, surface granulate and densely clothed with white and fulvous short recumbent hairs, intermixed with longer erect hairs, gibbosity with four black spots, two at the summit and two below these, no brush-like tufts. Elytra as broad as the thorax at middle, regularly striate, with coarse, deep, closely-placed punctures, very densely clothed with white recumbent pubescence, reaching nearly to the apex, terminated by a few black spots; apex sparsely clothed with fulvous pubescence. Body beneath black, shining, with dense gray pubescence. Length, 4-5 mm. Esperanza Ranch, near Brownsville, Tex. This species seems to be very near Z: a/bina, Gorh.*, but, judging from the description and figure, is distinct from it. All the specimens I have taken are quite constant, except in the distinctness of the hind angles. These are in some specimens distinct, and the sinuation before them is very pronounced, in others the angles can be called rounded, in these the sinuation is much less pronounced. *Biol. Central. Americana, Vol. III., part 2, p. 199. 264 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. Trichodesma pulchella, n. sp.—Oblong, slightly more robust than gibbosa, black, with very short brown recumbent pubescence, intermixed with longer erect hairs, sides of thorax, base of elytra, a narrow strongly dentate median band and apex witha denser white pubescence. Antennz brownish, last three joints as long as the preceding. Head black, with not densely-placed granules, clothed with white pubescence, denser at apex. Thorax broader than long, sides arcuate in front, slightly to the hind angles, which are almost rounded. disc gibbous behind, slightly sulcate from the apical margin to the summit of gibbosity, surface distinctly granulate, clothed with dense, very short hairs, white at sides and apex, light brown at middle, without brush-like tufts at gibbosity. Elytra as wide as the thorax at middle, surface with irregular, closely- placed, coarse, deep punctures, clothed with very fine, short recumbent brownish hairs, a band at base, a narrow, sharply dentate median fascia and apex of dense white pubescence. Between the median fascia and the white apical space near the suture is a white longitudinal streak on each elytron, reaching to the apical space and terminated by a black spot. At the apex of the white basal band is also a black spot on each side. Body beneath black, shining, densely pubescent, with short, fine gray hairs. Length, 5.5-7 mm. Esperanza Ranch, near Brownsville, Tex. A number of this beautiful species I obtained by beating ebony, but it occurred on different other trees also, but rarely. A few specimens of a species which I take to be Z: sordida, Horn, were taken at the same place. CULEX CONSOBRINUS: A REJOINDER. BY J. M. ALDRICH, MOSCOW, IDAHO. In the August number of this journal, Mr. Coquillett has given his reasons for not accepting Cu/ex inornatus as the proper name for the species which he has called C. consobrinus. He bases his claim for the name cozsobrinus on a supposed error of Desvoidy’s in the indentifica- tion of pzpzens, relying on the length mentioned, 3 lines, as proof that Desvoidy’s species could not have been the real pépzens. My own article on the subject, in the July number, had intimated that Desvoidy had erred in the measurement given. Since then I find that Theobald (Mon. Culicide. II.; 135) gives 6 mm. as the maximum length of pipiens ; this, of course, is equivalent to Desvoidy’s 3 lines. ee THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 265 The locality given by Desvoidy, ‘‘ Pennsylvania,” is not of great significance, as it was not uncommon for the older entomologists to assign this locality to material received from Philadelphia, even if not collected near there. It is Osten Sacken, I think, who in one place instances a species published with the locality Philadelnhia, which has not since been taken except in Texas. Considering the facts brought outin this discussion, it is clear that nobody knows, or can know, what consobrinus is. Whether a sufficient probability has been adduced to justify the use of the name, is a question upon which entomologists may differ ; as before, I think the name should not be used. A much larger problem is involved here than the name ofa single species. ‘The use of old names which are of more or less Coubtful application has been overdone in the Diptera in recent years, in my opinion. The idea that we must “ do something” with all the old names seems to me unscientific. Rather we should try to follow the rule of not using a name unless we know that it stands for something. The difficulty of harmonizing the practice of entomologists arises from the fact that there is no definite criterion in most cases, and the decision rests on the “ ento- mological sense” of the person making it ; what is convincing to one will not be to another. I have not the slightest interest in saving the name ‘nornatus from synonymy, except from the fact that it is the only name which is positively known to apply to the species under consideration. I doubt if the species could be recognized from the description ; but in this case we have the type in the U.S. National Museum, examined by Mr. Coquillett and found to be this species. I have in my previous article explained why ¢mfatiens and pinguis cannot be used for this species. Mr. Coquillett seems to argue that either name is available unless somebody can disprove it; my position is that affirmative proof is necessary. Miss Auice L. EmMsBLeron, of Newnham College, Cambridge, Eng- Jand, has been awarded the Royal Society’s Mackinnon Studentship in Biology, the object of which is to encourage scientific research in any department in this great field of natural science. She has decided to confine her investigations to the parasites of destructive insects, in the hope that she may be rewarded with discoveries of great economic importance by finding natural enemies of greater efficiency than any artificial insecticides. It is much to be hoped that she may prove a worthy successor of the late Miss Eleanor Ormerod. 266 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. BOOK NOTICE. A CATALOGUE OF THE COCCIDZ OF THE WorRLD.—By Mrs. Maria E. Fernald, A.M., Amherst, Mass. Special Bulletin (No. 88) of the Hatch Experiment Station of the Massachusetts Agricultural College, 1903. One Vol., 8vo., pp. 360. The authoress gives us in this volume a most valuable and complete catalogue of the Coccidz of the World, the results of nearly twenty-five years of patient and careful labour. No one who has not attempted work of this kind can form any idea of the difficulties of the task, the immense number of publications to be gone over, the care and accuracy that are required and the systematic methods that must be adopted, and conse- quently few estimate as highly as they should the gratitude that is due to one who spends years of toil in making the way easy for all future students in the particular department of natural science that is taken up, The classification of the Coccide has long been in a somewhat chaotic condition; the present work will help very materially in reducing the confusion and bringing out order and system instead. Mrs. Fernald does not expect entire agree- ment with her conclusions, but we venture to think that few will endeavour to criticise her work, inasmuch as it has been done with such care and freedom from prejudice. In every case where changes in no- menclature are made the history of the genus or species is given by means of the full bibliographical references, and the evidence seems complete. No less than 1514 species are listed, and of each one bibliographical references are given, with the geographical distribution and food-plants when known. ‘The volume is well and clearly printed, and its value is much enhanced by the very fullindex to species as well as genera with which it closes. A CoLEoPpTEROUS CoNUNDRUM.—There has been so great a desire to obtain specimens of the remarkable beetle described by Mrs. Slosson in the May number of this magazine, that she 13 compelled to say that she has only a few examples left and is unable to give away any more. Dr, Dyar, in his zeal for the laws of priority, contends that the name jocularly given to the insect by Mrs. Slosson (Zenotus enigmaticus) should be taken as founding a new genus and a new species. This seems absurd, when there was no attempt made to give a scientific description of the creature, and the authoress says expressly that she merely applied the name ‘‘sometimes. in chat over her discovery !’ Mailed September 4th, 1903. The Fanadiay ¥ntomalogist. VoL. XXXV. LONDON, OCTOBER, 1903. No. 10 ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF ONTARIO. The fortieth annual meeting of the Society was held at Ottawa on the 3rd and 4th of September. On the former day a meeting of the Council for the transaction of business was held in the morning; in the afternoon reports were read from the various Branches, Sections and Officers of the Society, as well as several papers of an interesting character. In the evening a public meeting was held in the Assembly Hall of the Normal School, at which the President, Professor Lochhead, read his annual address. He was followed by Dr. L. O. Howard, of Washington, United States Entomologist, who gave a very clear and most interesting account of the transmission of yellow fever by mosquitoes. The second day was occupied with the reading and discussion of papers, the election of officers and the examination of a number of specimens brought by the members. A full account of the proceedings will be given in the Annual Report of the Society to the Legislature of Ontario. The following were elected officers for the ensuing year : Prestdent—Professor William Lochhead, B. A., M. S., Ontario Agricultural College, Guelph. Vice-Prestdent—I]. D. Evans, C. E., Trenton. Secretary—W. E. Saunders, London. Treasurer—J. A. Balkwill, London. Directors: Division No. 1—C. H. Young, Hurdman’s Bridge. Division No. 2—C. E. Grant, Orillia. Division No. 3—J. B. Williams, Toronto. Division No. 4—G. E. Fisher, Freeman. Division No. 5—R. W. Rennie, London. Directors Ex-officio (ex-Presidents of the Society) Professor William Saunders, LL.D., F.L.S., F.R.S.C., Director of the Experimental Farms, Ottawa; Rev. C. J. S. Bethune, M.A., D.C.L., F.R.S.C., London ; James Fletcher, LL.D., F.L.S.; F.R.S.C., Entomologist and Botanist of the 268 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. Experimental Farms, Ottawa; W. H. Harrington, F.R.S.C., Ottawa ; John Dearness, B.A., Vice-Principal Normal School, London ; Henry H. Lyman, M.A., F.R.G.S., F.E.S., Montreal: Rev. T. W. Fyles; 1920-1; F.L.S., South Quebec. Librarian and Curator—J. Alston Moffat, London. Auditors—W. H. Hamilton and S. B. McCready, London. Editor of the Canadian Entomologist—Rev. Dr. Bethune, London. Editing Committee — Dr. J. Fletcher, Ottawa; H. H. Lyman, Montreal; J. D. Evans, Trenton; W. H. Harrington, Ottawa ; Professor Lochhead, Guelph. Delegate to the Royal Society—Rev. Dr. Bethune, London. Delegates to the Western Fair—-J. A. Balkwill and W. E. Saunders, London. Finance Committee— Dr. Bethune, J. Dearness and the Treasurer. Committee on Field Days—The Chairmen of the Sections and Dr. Woolverton, Messrs. Balkwill, Bowman, Law, Moffat, Rennie and Saunders, London. Library and Rooms Committee—Messrs. Balkwill, Bethune, Bow- man, Dearness, Moffat and Saunders, London. A NEW BOMBUS FROM COSTA RICA. BY J. C. CRAWFORD, JR., WEST POINT, NEBR., AND MYRON H. SWENK, LINCOLN, NEBR. Bombus leucomelas, n. sp.— 2. Black, with deep black pubescence, except that on anterior half of mesothorax, which is grayish, tipped with black, and on abdominal segments 3-6, which is pure white ; clypeus arched, weakly and very sparsely punctured ; labrum basally with two widely separated tubercles ; joint 1 of flagellum equal to 2 and 3 together; wings deeply infuscated, iridescent ; basal joint of hind tarsi not pointed at apex ; pubescence of legs black. Length 21-22 mm. 2. Similar to ?, but much smaller, the third abdominal segment with black pubescence, the clypeus more strongly punctured. Length, 1ro-14 mm. &. Unknown. One ?, Cartago, June, 1903; one 9, Volcano Irazu, February 22, 1902 ; four 9%, Monte Redonda, March 3, 1902. Near to B. funebris, Sm., from which it differs in its larger size, the pubescence of the mesothorax not snow-white on the disc, and the third abdominal segment not black, THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 269 NOTES ON THE NORTH AMERICAN SPECIES OF ISODONTIA, PATTON, WITH. DESCRIPTIONS OF A NEW SPECIES AND VARIETY. BY H. T. FERNALD, PH. D., AMHERST, MASS. The North American species of Isodontia may be distinguished by means of the following table : 1. Mandible with two teeth (anterior tooth sometimes partly divided) .. 2. Rpectrrinighe: witli, three. Tee ting. 7s). cctnn c tp eae ew Se ets shee ape Se a Fe PRE Ne eo AN cots ede eV BA eco gig dg sea at sae teeta teas Petiole alee Ap LE Wate ts Cate Seer Sls co ccm om ee ONOTTULM OU. S10: 3. Third segment of antenna fener then Sev ork or eohin. eRe ie Third segment of antenna shorter than seventh or eighth ..........5. 4. Median segment above with long white hairs. Soh ty .macrocephala, var. cinerea, N. vat. Median seement hove without ae white hairs .. .macrocephala, Fox. ENNIS TAY ei etches co. ace IRS aN ed Pe Ae Go he, ee NOS POE LACK oS es. a ee ef cmos Ss 6. stan s $ASTPLO DAUSSes, Vane OmpenoumE part Or WINtS fUuSCOUS..< peti oaks wee «'s oly eee ss QSTELO) SAUSS, Wings entirely fuscous....... SSti Segteles s suNr ee OSLELA SAUSS:) Wal. ms OO aa aes aA eaten Sar ge cao et ere aoe teeta, Geta a RO Legs black. Rice Pa it eRe May ane en ae Sree ts eee 8. Abdomen black. Pes FUE aOR Soe ed = Mie Renae SAID UBLE SE ILE TS Abdomen more or PARee vallowieh.t Riou ee are nema Sane SOLER TESS SIONS I am hardly prepared at present to accept Lsodontia elegans, Smith, as a variety of Z. afica/is, Smith. The differences between the two seem to be very constant, and their distribution appears to be somewhat differ- ent, elegans being more a southern and western form, while af7ca/is occurs chiefly in the central, eastern and northern States. Patton (Proc. Ent. Soc., Wash., ILI., p. 46) regards macrocepha/a, Fox, as a synonym of azteca, Sauss. With this I am unable to agree, all the specimens of a large series of both of these species before me being distinguishable almost at a glance, The type specimen of macrocephala has the anterior tooth of the mandible with a groove dividing it into two portions, which leads me to believe that in this insect the mandible was originally three-toothed, but that the anterior two have partially fused. All my specimens of azfeca, on the other hand, indicate an originally two- toothed mandible, and though the anterior tooth is blunt in many cases, it 270 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. shows no trace of any longitudinal groove, such as is present in the type of macrocephala. However, the length of the third segment of the antenna as compared with that of the seventh or eighth in the two species should be sufficient to show that the two are not identical in any case. Tsodontia apicalis, Smith, has sometimes been considered as a synonym of Sphex philadelphica, Lep., but I regard this as based on insufficient evidence. Lepeletier’s description gives no characters which would place it in the more recent genus /sodontia, and in two points differs from what has been commonly considered that species. Lepeletier says (Histoire Naturelle des Insectes, Hymenopteres, III., p. 340): ‘Thorax niger, nigro villosus,” and ‘‘tarsorum quatuor anticorum articulo extremeo ferrugineo.” None of the many specimens of what has been considered this insect which I have examined agree in these points with this description. An attempt to locate the type in order to settle the matter has proved a failure. ‘The insect was in the Serville collection, and this is not at the Museum d’Histoire Naturelle at Paris, and Monsieur R. du Buysson writes me: “Ils ont di étre vendus et séparés dans beaucoup d’autres collections. Actuellement l’on ignore ot ils se trouvent.” Imay add that Dr. F. Fr. Kohl, of Vienna, who has given much study to this group, writes me: “ Wahrscheinlich ist Sph. philadelphicus Lepeletiers gar keine Isodontia.” Under these conditions it seems best to apply Smith’s name— apicadis—to this insect, at least until Lepeletier’s type shall be found. [sodontia exornata, n Sp. Head: clypeus somewhat arched laterally, with a faint median carina most pronounced posteriorly, sometimes not perceptible ; anterior edge slightly prolonged laterally, with a slight notch at the middle; surface covered sparsely with yellow hairs. Clypeus and frons to level of inser- tion of antennz golden pubescent. Mandibles two-toothed, black at base and tip; elsewhere ferruginous. Eyes somewhat nearer at the clypeus than at the vertex. Antenne, first six to eight segments ferruginous, terminal segments black ; scape bearing a few yellowish hairs; third segment longest. Head with scattered punctures and sparsely covered with long yellowish hairs. A narrow, yellow pubescent band just behind the eye. Thorax: collar faintly punctured, clothed with scattered yellow hairs ; its dorsal edge and the posterior edge of the prothoracic lobe golden pubescent. Mesonotum black with yellow hairs, rather coarsely / THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 271 punctured and with a short median, unpunctured groove extending about one-third its length from its anterior edge. A small, somewhat triangular spot of golden pubescence is situated on the pleuron just posterior to the prothoracic lobe, and sometimes a smaller one occurs between this and the wing attachment. Tegulz smooth, pale yellow. Mesopleura and sternum covered sparingly with long yellow hairs. Scutellum black, punctured, the punctures rather more scattered than on the mesonotum ; on each side just mesad to the attachment of the hind wings is a golden pubescent spot. Postscutellum covered by golden pubescence. Median segment coarsely punctured, on each side a golden pubescent band passes from the front edge just lateral to the edge of the pubescence on the post- scutellum backward below the stigma to the posterior coxa. Just above the base of the petiole is a golden pubescent spot. Abdomen: petiole slightly curved, ferruginous yellow, somewhat darker at the base beneath, covered with yellowish hairs; its posterior portion yellowish pubescent. Base of abdomen above, yellowish, remain- der black, the hinder edges of the segments, however, dull yellowish ; surface finely pale pubescent. A few hairs scattered over the more posterior segments. Beneath, minutely punctured, with scattered hairs in the female, in the male with a cross row of black hairs on each of the last three or four segments. Legs: cox, trochanters and proximal part of femora black, hairy, remainder ferruginous. Sometimes a yellowish pubescence is present on the coxe and trochanters. ‘Tips of claws nearly black. Spines dark ferruginous. Posterior tibie yellow pubescent behind. Wings smoky, with a slight violet reflection. Length, 16-20 mm. Wing expanse. about 30 mm. Described from five male and two female specimens from Indian River and Biscayne Bay, Fla., and from N. C.and Ga. Types have been deposited in the collections of the National Museum at Washington, American Entomological Society at Philadelphia, Massachusetts Agricul- tural College, Amherst, Mass., and of Mr. W. H. Ashmead, Washington, Dre. Lsodontia macrocephala, var. cinerea, 0. vat. This variety differs from the typical form only in the fact that the thoracic hairs are longer and whiter, giving the insect a noticeably gray appearance very different from that of the typical form, which is glossy black, the few gray hairs not modifying this, and, in fact, being generally overlooked unless the body is closely examined. a is THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. EUCORETHRA, A GENUS OF CULICIDA BY D. W. COQUILLETT, WASHINGTON, D. C. Eucorethra, Underwood.* Intermediate between Corethrel/a and Sayomyia, having the antenne 14-jointed, as in the former, but the spaces between the verticels almost bare, as in the latter; differing from each in the much shorter second joint of the antennx, which is only slightly longer than wide. Antennz of male rather robust, submoniliform on the basal half, the first six joints only slightly longer than wide, the remaining joints increasing in length and decreasing in diameter toward the apex, the antepenult about half as long as the penult, verticels composed of numerous very long bristly hairs except on the last joint ; antennze of female nearly cylindrical, the joints gradually increasing in length to the apex, scarcely thickened at the inser- tion of the verticels, which consist of a few rather short bristly hairs ; proboscis about one and one-half times as long as height of head, palpi inserted near three-fourths of its length, 4-jointed ; first tarsal joint much longer than the second; venation as in Cwlex. Type, the following species : Eucorethra Underwoodi, Underwood. Black, the bases of antennz, of wings, stems of halteres, coxz, femora except their broad apices, and tbe tibie, yellow; thorax gray pruinose and marked with three velvet black vitte, the median one extending from the front end to slightly beyond the middle, and divided lengthwise by a gray line, the lateral ones reaching from the hind end of the mesonotum nearly to the suture ; abdomen somewhat polished, its hairs yellow ; hairs of legs chiefly black, those at apices of femora and tibize golden yellow, tarsal claws of female with a single tooth near the base, those of the male with an additional tooth near the middle ; wings hyaline, a large brown cloud on veins at apices of first and second basal cells, at base of second vein, of first submarginal and second posterior cell, hairs of veins black, small and hind crossveins interstitial, petiole of first submarginal cell three-fourths as long as that cell, petiole of second posterior cell noticeably longer than the cell; length, 8mm. A specimen of each sex bred at Kaslo, British Columbia, June 23 and July 8, by Dr. H. G. Dyar. Type, No. 6925, U.S. National Museum. I have also studied a female specimen bred March 1, by Prof. W. L. Underwood, of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, after whom the species is named, in recognition of his first discovery of this interesting form. Prof. Underwood’s specimens were obtained in the woods of *Science, August 7th, 1903, page 182. THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST, 273 THE LIFE-HISTORY OF MAMESTRA LAUDABILIS, GUENEE. BY HARRISON G. DYAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. The eggs of this species were received from the Rev. R. W. Ander- son, of Wando, North Carolina. They hatched May 22, and the larve were matured by the middle of July. The lJarve are coloured to resemble a piece of wood or bark, and remain all day motionless, hidden on the ground. They are remarkably sluggish, can be handied freely for a con- siderable time without making the slightest motion. They are general feeders. £gg.—Shape of two-thirds of a sphere, somewhat flattened. About 24 sharp, vertical ribs, diminishing in number by alternation towards vertex, waved, joined in a ring around the micropyle ; cross striz distinct, about like the ribs, forming a large, coarse reticulum. Whitish, with a broad, irregular dark-red ring and vertical spot, partly confluent. Diameter .6 mm. Stage /.—Head slightly bilobed, shining brownish black, mouth broadly pale luteous, jaws red-brown; width about .3 mm. Body robust, short and stout, normal, joints 5 to 7 slightly arched, feet of 7 and 8 shorter than the others, but distinct. Pale whitish, tubercles small, black, but strongly raised. Sete long, pale and distinct. Cervical shield black, angularly shaped, containing four raised pale tubercles. Later the cervical shield and tubercles are black except a lateral pale patch; anal plate defined by black ; leg shields faintly dusky. Still later there appear narrow dorsal and subdorsal white lines. Stage //.—Head rounded, apex in joint 2, shining brownish black, mouth paler; width about.5 mm. Body robust, equal, normal, joint 12 not enlarged; shields not differentiated. Olivaceous gray, paler in curved bands in the incisures ; a faint, pale, subdorsal line edged below with blackish; stigmatal band broad, whitish. Tubercles black, moderate ; sete stiff, long, dark, curved backwards. Later brownish- gray, the dorsum checkered with blackish X-marks intersegmentally. Stage [/7.—Head pale brown on face, vertex broadly sooty black with a bar running down a little way on each lobe before ; width about .7 mm. Body robust, joint 12 not enlarged. Wood-brown, dorsal line white, narrow, subobsolete, dorsal space tessellated with intersegmental 274 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. X-marks of grayish-black, more solidly filled on thorax. Subdorsal line white, straight, distinct, filled in below with black to a waved, narrow, white, lateral line. Subventer gray shaded. ‘Tubercles black, not raised ; setae coarse, pale. Stage [V.—Head brown, obscurely mottled, a broad, curved, black band on face of lobe and spot on eye; width 1 mm. Body flattened, sluggish 1n habit, setze stiff, curving alternately forwards and backwards ; no shields ; joint 12 not enlarged. Pale wood-brown, the dorsal smoky lattice-work obscurely cut by faint, pale, broken dorsal line. Subdorsal line concolorous with the ground, narrowly edged with blackish above. Sides black shaded ; stigmatal region broadly pale; subventer and venter black shaded. ‘Tubercles small, black. Skin granular spinulose. Stage V.—Head pale brown, the clypeus and vertex darker; reticulations and curved band dull black; width 1.8 mm. Body flattened, squarish, densely papillose granular; setz short, thick, broadly clavate ; joints 12 and 13 dorsally folded, elevated. Light brown, brokenly reticulated in black, dorsal diamond-shaped lattice dark brown ; subdorsal line straight, pale, of the ground colour, edged with black, forming triangular, segmentary velvety patches on a gray-black ground laterally. Substigmatal band of ground colour, broad, sharply edged, undulate ; subventer blackish shaded. Feet pale. Tubercles small, black. Stage V7.—Head slightly bilobed, rounded, apex in joint 2; wood- brown, mottled with black and reticulate, with curved vertical bands ; width 2.3 mm. _ Body flattened, thorax depressed, subventral region prominent, joint 12 with distinct folds at tubercle ii. and 13 at tubercle i., rigid, resembling a broken piece of wood. Ground colour yellowish wood-brown, black dotted reticulate, papillose granular. Dorsal pale line edged by small black segmental lines, being the remains of the obsolete dorsal lattice marking. Joint 12 posteriorly shaded with black, behind the folded hump of tubercle ii. Subdorsal line pale, narrow, narrowly edged with black above, below with trigonate black lateral patches and traces of a lateral line; substigmatal band broad, whitish, waved, dotted with blackish. Subventer and venter gray -black, pulverulently shaded. Thoracic feet black-ringed, abdominal ones gray dotted. Tubercles small, black, iv. above the centre of the spiracle. Setze short, stout, broadly swollen at tip, compressed, dentate, somewhat like scales, pale brown. Spiracles black. — THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 273 LEPIDOPTERA IN BRITISH COLUMBIA. Successful collections of Lepidoptera were made in British Columbia this season at Kaslo by myself, with the assistance of Mr. Caudell and Mr. Currie, and under the advice of Mr. J. W. Cockle. Over 20,300 specimens rewarded our efforts. Of these a large part are Noctuide, collected at sugar, showing some very fine series. Nearly 200 larvee were observed. The material will be worked up at the U. S. National Museum. The National collection has been further enriched by the donation of 548 specimens from Messrs. Taylor, Bryant, Hanham, Bush and Harvey, whom I had the pleasure of meeting at the close of the collecting season. Harrison G. Dyar, Washington, D. C. LAE GENUS PLATYLABUS, WESMAEL, WITH DESCRIP- TIONS OF -TWO NEW SPECIES. BY J. CHESTER BRADLEY, PHILADELPHIA, PA. The table which I here present of the genus FP/aty/abus must be considered merely as a preliminary or working table of the species in the collection of the American Entomological Society, or in my own cabinet. The other species, known to me only by description, I have included for the sake of convenience, and have placed a star before their names. I cannot vouch for the correctness of these. P. thoracicus, Cresson, including Phygadeuon impressus of Provancher, which Cresson placed as a synonym of the former, var. erythropygus, Prov., of thoracicus,and P. guadricarinatus, Provaucher, I have omitted, as the metathoracic spiracles are nearly or quite circular, placing them in the tribe /Peogenini, and probably in either the genus Apeleticus, Wesmael, or Herpestomus, Wesmael. As I have not seen specimens of Ape/eticus, I cannot be sure that they belong to it, but from the descriptions it would seem probable, and it is there that I would provisionally transfer them. Mr. G. C. Davis, in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., 1894, p. 185, from examination of Provancher’s types, finds the following synonymy : crassicornis = Phygadeuon. mitralis = Phygadeuon. aciculatus = Phygadeuon. cincticornis = Cryptus. 276 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. The genus is placed by Mr. Ashmead in the Ichneumonini, and has the basal third of the petiole flattened, wider than thick dorso-ventrally, and the scutellum margined to beyond the middle. a J on a 7 [ -E | = iS 10 FIGs 13: EXPLANATION OF FIG. 13. t. Areola on metathorax of P. clarus. a “ & “ Sedat eear naa Ss: 5. Labrum, mandibles, seis I-3, sera ae eee eae: Pee TIMMY a ov Abate ces) 42) s: ofetal depletes te caste mate «6 jf ater MALUS: Labrum, mandibles, joints 1-3 ee and legs black ; SS, SUL Ee ie nce ian RG cS ee . concolor. 6. Ornaments cinereous ; fascia on geomet Ty aad sometimes on 2, interrupted ; black ; closely punctured ; 11-12 mm....donatus. Ornaments cream colour ; legs usually red. MOT Bik SHS dene ah 7. Pectus coarsely and sparsely punctured ; wunaibies, Tabi joints 1-3 and tegule sometimes tinged with red ; fascia on segment 1, and: sometimes on 2, interrupted ; 8-11 mm.. Bhs ovid sae eae PRO LONAIS: Pots vinely rand closely punctured) ) False pygidium small; apex of ventral segment 5 narrow ; black ; coxeze and front trochanters black; closely pnnctured ; fascize interrupted on segments 1-2 ; 12 mm.; sf. mov... ..micropygius. False pygidium large. ety! Aik, v6 .. 236 1S Eee: Pleura with an L- chanel patch ; riddle aa nea fcistas red ; fascize on segments 3-4, and usually on 2, continuous; 10 cam neienatns Pleura with a lunate patch; femora usually more or less black ; labrum, mandibles; scape, tubercles and tegule usually red; the legs rarely black; fascie usually interrupted on segments 1-3, usually continuous 0n 4; 8-12 mm........ 2. sa ece . Cressonil. Males. Border of segment 1 hardly broader on the sides ; mesonotum bilineate ; abdomen 6-fasciate....... ec ilaeees eS ces Border of segment 1 broad laterally, forming lunate or subquadrate patches ; ornaments cream colour.............. = iRaAelecenotepe Disc of mesonotum not enclosed by a complete border............3: Disc of mesonotum black, subcordate, with a complete border; black. 2. Abdomen 5-fasciate, rarely a faint fascia on segment 6; the bands continuous, that on 2 suddenly widened on the sides ; scutel flat, spines nearly obsolete; 13-16 mm.................Nevadensis. Abdomen 6-fasciate, bands interrupted on segments 1-2, gradually widening on sides of 2, cinereous on 6; to-r5 mm.. ..remigatus Mesonotum anteriorly with a broad band; abdomen 5-fasciate, segment 1 with fascia continuous or interrupted, 2-5 with continu- ous fascize wider on sides of 2-3; black ; 12-15 mm. ..concavus. Mesonotumm bilineate's 300.5 wip Shieh etal is ls) Bice ol She el Abdomen 5-fasciate, bands continuous or interrupted on segment 1, continuous on 2~5, cinereous on 4-5 ; black patch on segment 1 transverse subquadrate; black, labrum, mandibles, base of antennz, tegule, tibic, tarsi and pygidium more or less tinged with redis 12) mami. iicw . 2 ues « dceal. 5181S) sys Se Abdomen 6-fasciate, natls nteiranied on segments I-2, sometimes on 3, cinereous or whitish on 5-6; black patch on segment 1 usually triangular; 16-14) Mmy ta. eee Ors Labrum, mandibles, joints 1-3, eile sot fete Be ova 2 eS, Labrum, mandibles, joints 1-3, tegulz and legs black.......concolor. Ornaments cinereous; fasciz usually interrupted on segments I-2, white on 6; black; 9-12 mm...... sh! 5 ee _donatus. Ornaments cream colour ; tibiee and tarsi usually red.. Ro Bee ee THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 287 7. Middle and hind femora red ; mandibles, labrum, antenne and tegule black ; pleura with an L-shaped mark ; 10-11 mm.. ..helianthi. Middle and hind femora more or less black ; mandibies, labrum, base of antenne and tegule red; rarely entirely black; pleura commonly covered with pubescence ; fascize usually interrupted ; HUI INIAAAIAD crete ete ort eta Ore: Geiasl y's toys of sre, Cressonit. Epeolus, Latreille. Females. ‘Front with a large tubercle on each side; mesonotum not bilineate ; middle of segment 1 and apex of 2 with golden fascie ; mandibles with an internal tooth ; head and thorax coarsely, abdomen finely punctured ; pectus with coarse, sparse punctures ; labrum, joints —3, collar, tubercles, line above, tegule, scutel and axille red ; spurs black ; le fuliginous ; stigma rather large ; 7-9 mm. SE pet ae : oer eee Si . bifasciatus. Front Gaile: mesonotum Hieees Donde of doptient I, apical margins of 2—4, and lateral patches on 5 of pale pubescence.. ..1. 1. Pleura below finely and closely punctured ; scutel low ; transverse, opaque ; mandibles simple or with an indistinct internal tooth ; ABE TCCONENUOUS GLMEATlY SO %. 0s Fes als sis oo Se ee he om aes Pleura below coarsely and sparsely mane tired - scutel bilobed, shining; fasciz interrupted, that on sides of 2 projecting forward; abdomen finely punctured; tubercles, axillary spines and spurs more or less FREE ey cp cn arrears ata JE NG Le 0 2. Thorax coarsely, rather sparsely, punctured; mandibles simple ; fasciz cinereous, pointed on the disc; silvery lunule subiriangular ; jomts’ 13 more or less red ; 9mm... .. 2.2)... ..-lectoides:. Thorax rather finely and closely punctured; mandibles with an internal tooth ; fasciz club-shaped on the disc; silvery lunule transverse; joints 1-3 red; scutel usually more or less red; Pee neve 2 IS «a aetici Sic, wnt eats nao ce kas. CET TEENS. 3. Scutel quite surpassing lateral spines ; spurs red ; lateral patches of segment 5 separate ; femora more or less black ; Gere MMe ont ee eT eS a ‘ 2220... salturmnalis: Scutel hardly surpassing tateral spines ; spurs Bleek lateral patches of segment 5 connected across the disc; femora cad f= Oe AG ice AR PH Moen ot he eae 6 ows ah yy hove tleie DUSTILUG: 288 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST, Males. Front with a large tubercle on each side ; mesonotum bare ; mai) MAM ss ie warcieiaeie Ne» ante. Sane ......Dbifasciatus. Front simple; mesonotum bilineate; segments 1-6 with apical Co ey 1. Pleura below finely and densely punctured ; scutel flat............ a. Pleura below coarsely and sparsely punctured ; scutel bilobed......2. 2. Mandibles simple; thorax coarsely punctured..........-..lectoides. Mandibles with an internal tooth ; 7-9 mm............interruptus. 3. Scutel quite surpassing lateral spines ; spurs red ; 7-9 mm.autumnalis. Scutel hardly surpassing lateral spines ; spurs black ; 6-8 mm. pusillus. LIST OF CANADIAN COLEOPTERA. BY JOHN D. EVANS, TRENTON, ONT. (Continued from page 243.) Gyrinide. 1505, Gyrinus minutus, Fab., 80. Pr cad, (ee aquiris; Geese ao: oy Spi poo. Hydrophilide. 1542, Helophorus oblongus, Lec, ’79, ’80. 1543; mH lacustris, Lec., ’8o. 1546, ee linearis, Lec., ’80. 1597, Hydrocharis obtusatus, Say, ’8o. 1614, Berosus striatus, Say, ’80, ’8s. *1622, Laccobius ellipticus, Lec., ’8o. 1653. Hydrobius fuscipes, Linn., ’79, ’81. Cercyon, sp., ’81. Siuphide. 1698, Necrophorus marginatus, Fab., ’79, ’8o. 1702, < vespilloides, Hbst., ’8r. 1706, Silpha lapponica, Hbst., ’79, ’80. 1707, ‘ trituberculata, Kirby, ’8r. 1709, ‘ noveboracensis, Forst., ’81. 1710, ‘* Americana, Linn., ’81. *r711, .“ ‘kamosa, Say, 79) SO, son. THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 289 Staphylinide. 2055, Aleochara bimaculata, Grav., ’79. 2100, Quedius fulgidus, Fab., 79. 2119, Creophilus villosus, Grav., ’79, ’80, “81. 2124, Staphylinus badipes, Lec., ’81. 2149, Philonthus zneus, Rossi., ’79, ’8r. 2150, ee furvus, Nord., ’79. 2167, “s hepaticus, Er., ’79, ’80. 72233, ee Lecontei, Horn., ’79. *2303, Stenus bipunctatus, Er., ’81. 2573, Peederus littorarius, Grav., ’8r. 2732, Bledius ruficornis, Lec., ’81. Homalium, sp., ’81. Scaphidiide. 2976, Scaphium castanipes, Kirby, ’85. Phatacride. *2993, Phalacrus politus, Melsh., ’79. *2996, Olibrus vittatus, Lec., ’79, ’80. 2998,“ ‘striatultis, Lec: ’7o, ‘So. He 2 sp., 79 and ’8o. Coccinellide. *3035, Neemia episcopalis, Kirby,’ 79. 3041, Hippodamia 5-signata, Kirby, ’8r. 3043, - Lecontei, Muls, ’79. 3046, ‘: convergens, Guer., ’8o. 3050, a 13-punctata, Linn., ’79, ’8c. 3051, “4 parenthesis, Say, ’79, 80. 3058, Coccinella g-notata, Hbst., ’79. 3059, i transversoguttata, Fab., ’79,’80. 3060, 4 monticola, Muls., ’79. 3072, Harmonia 12-maculata, Gebl., ’8r. 3075, Anatis 15-punctata, Oliv., ’8o, ’81. *3095d, Brachyacantha albifrons, Say, ’79, ’80. Erotylide. 3236, Tritoma thoracica, Say, ’79. Cucuside. 3314, Pediacus fuscus, Er., ’81. 290 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. Dermestide. *3418, Dermestes marmoratus, Say, ’79, ’8o. S425, ra lardarius, Linn., ’79. 3428, 5 vulpinus, Fab., ’80. Fiisteride. 3480, Hister interruptus, Beauv., ’79. 3494, (73 depurator, Say, "9, 80, * 2583, Saprinus lugens, Er., ’79, ’8o. 3586, “i Oregonensis, Lec. 476,.00" 3586a, “« _ distinguendus, Mars., ’79. 2010; ss fimbriatus, Lec.,’79. Nitidulide. Nitidula, sp., 79. 3664, Cercus abdominalis, Er., ’79. *3734, Pocadius helvolus, Er., ’8o. *3739, Meligethes mutatus, Hor., ’79. Byrrhide. 3887, Cytilus sericus, Forst., 80. Byrrhus, sp., ’79. Fleteroceride. Heterocerus, 2 sp., ’8r. Dascyllide. 4016, Cyphon variabilis, Thunb., ’81. RRM ESO SRC o) Lilateride. *10049, Cryptohypnus nocturnus, Esch., ’79, 80. 4245, Elater apicatus, Say, ’8o. 4253, Drasterius elegans, Fab., ’79, ’80. 4287, Agriotes limosus, Lec., ’79, ’8o. 4297, Dolopius lateralis, Esch., ’79, ’80, ’81. 4322, Melanotus fissilis, Say, ’8o. *4467, Corymbites morulus, Lec., ’79, ’80. 4482, * hieroglyphicus, Say, ’81. 4484, of cruciatus, Linn., ’79. 4495, ss metallicus, Payk., 81. us Spy" 76: THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. LBuprestide. 4576, Dicerca prolongata, Lec., ’79, ’81. 4619, Melanophila longipes, Say, ’79, ’8o. 4739, Agrilus anxius, Gory., ’79. 4761, Brachys erosa, Melsh., ’80. Lampyride. 4815, Ellychnia corrusca, Linn., ’79, ’8o. 4818, Pyropyga nigricans, Say, ’79, ’80. 4824, Pyractomena borealis, Rand., ’79, ’81. 4935, Telephorus nigritulus, Lec., 81, 4939, « flavipes, Lec., ’8o. 4948. 4 Curtisit, Kirby, ’Sr. *4952, es Oregonus, Lec., ’79, ’80. % Spa 70: a 2°Spr, Ore Malachide. *4999, Collops cribrosus, Lec., 79, ’8o. 5013, ue vittatus, Say, ’79. Cleride. 5159, Trichodes Nuttalli, Kirby, ’79. 52329 Necrobia violaceus, Linn., ’79, ’8o0. Lucanide. 5419, Platycerus depressus, Lec., ’79, ’80, Scarabeide. 5435, Canthon levis, Drury, ’8o. 5444, Copris anaglypticus, Say, ’81. 5459, Onthophagus janus, Panz, ’79. 5510, Aphodius hamatus, Say, ’8o, ’81, *55 133 f occidentalis, Horn., ’79, ‘80. 5528, * granarius, Linn., ’8o. “5550; és consentaneus, Lec., ’79, ’8o. *5620, Trox sonore, Lec., ’79, ’8o. 5623, ‘‘ unistriatus, Beauv., ’8o. 5650, Hoplia trifasciata, Say, ’81. 291 292 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 5656, Dichelonycha elongata, Fab., ’79. 5659, rs testacea, Kirby, ’80. 5662, e Backii, Kirby, ’79. 5674, Serica vespertina, Gyll., ’79. “SP. "79: 10240, Lachnosterna dubia, Smith, ’79. *5822, Polyphylla decemlineata, Say, ’79. *s5925, Cremastochilus Knockii, Lec., ’79. 5939, Trichius affinis, Gory., ’79. Cerambycide. 5975, Criocephalus agrestis, Kirby, ’79. 6062, Elaphidion villosum, Fab., ’80. 6183, Xylotrechus undulatus, Say, ’79. 6248, Pachyta liturata, Kirby, ’79. 6259, Acmzops bivittata, Say, ’79, ’8o. 6273, 4 proteus, Kirby, 79. 6279, Bellamira scalaris, Say, ’8r. *6295, Typocerus balteatus, Horn., ’79. *6323a, Leptura convexa, Lec., ’79, ’80. 6207, A: mutabilis, Newm., ’79. *6369, Monilema annulatum, Say, ’79, ’8o. 6386, Monohammus maculosus, Hald., ’8o. 6387, . scutellatus, Say, ’81, (To be continued.) A RARE BUTTERFLY. On July 1st I caught a /Zypolimnas misippus, Linn., ¢, at the sugar estate ‘‘Isabel,” ten miles north-east of this town. Gundlach, in his «Entomologia Cubana,” 1881, states that he has only caught one male in 1851 at Cardenas, and two females in 1869 and 1876, respectively. I do not know of any other male having been caught in the island, and should be very glad to hear from any of your correspondents who may have caught them since 188r. My specimen is quite perfect and measures 57 mm. across the wings, and is therefore slightly smaller than the specimen illustrated in Holland’s “ Butterfly Book.” THEO. Brooks, Guantanamo, Cuba. THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 293 BOOK NOTICES. THE ORTHOPTERA OF INDIANA.—By W. S. Blatchley, State Geologist, Indianapolis, Ind. From the 27th Annual Report of the Depart- ment of Geology and Natural Resources of Indiana, 1902. One Vol., 8vo., pp. 123 to 471. No one better qualified than the author of this work could possibly be found to prepare a handbook of the Orthoptera of Indiana, and admir- ably he has performed his self-imposed task. For nearly twenty years he has been a close observer and student of the insects of this order and has published many papers of both a systematic and descriptive character upon them. Several of these have appeared from time te time in the pages of this magazine. The book contains the results of his investiga- tions and studies, and is designed to impart a full and clear knowledge of this important group of insects to school pupils and young people on the farm. Certainly anyone desiring to study the order, whether living in Indiana or Ontario, or any of the neighbouring States, will find his way made easy by this work, and will learn without much difficulty how to distinguish the species and what their life-histories and characteristics are. The opening pages of the book give a full and clear account of the external anatomy of a Locust, the natural enemies of the Orthoptera, and a bibliography of the more important books and papers on the order. The main portion of the volume is termed ‘“‘A Descriptive Catalogue of the Orthoptera Known to Occur in Indiana.” Convenient keys are given to the families, genera and species, facilitating the identification of a speci- men, and these are followed in each case by scientific descriptions, the synonymy, geographical distribution and other information ; in the case of the Locusts especially the accounts of the habits of the species are very full and interesting. The work is rendered complete by a chapter on the Life-zones of the State as illustrated by the distribution of the Orthoptera, a glossary of the terms used and a full index. There are over 120 excellent figures in the text, largely taken from Lugger’s Orthoptera of Minnesota, and a beautiful coloured plate of the remarkable pink variety of the Oblong-winged Katydid (Amblycorypha oblongifolia). 294 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. A CLASSIFICATION OF NORTH AMERICAN SPIDERS.—By Prof. John Henry Comstcck, Ithaca, N. Y. Comstock Publishing Co., 1903. Large SV0., pp. 562> (Price, so-eents.) Anyone taking up the study of Spiders will find this a useful manual, as the tables will give him a clue, without much difficulty, to the families and genera; for the determination of species he will require to have recourse to some other work, such as Emerton’s “‘ Common Spiders of the United States.” The tables require for their use some previous knowledge of the external anatomy of the Spiders and the technical terms used in their description. The author has in preparation a textbook of North American Arachnida, and publishes these tables in advance in order that they may be tested before publication of the larger work. Tue Insect Woritp: A monthly magazine, edited by Y. Nawa, Gifu, Japan. Vol. VII., 1903. Recent numbers of this remarkable magazine have contained a page or two in English, giving an illustrated description of some Sphinx Moth or other interesting insect. Hitherto one has only been able to read the English title, admire the excellent illustrations and turn over the pages with a great longing to be able to read Japanese. In the January number there was an account of a remarkable moth, whose larva lives as a parasite on certain species of Cicada; a coloured plate is given showing the different stages of the insect, the neuration of the wings of the moth and the host with parasites attached. Mr. Marlatt gave, at the meeting of Economic Entomologists, very interesting descriptions of Mr. Nawa and his entomological laboratory and museum, which he visited last year. DEATH OF PROFESSOR GROTE. It is with profound regret that we record the death of our greatly- esteemed friend, Professor AucusTuS RADCLIFFE GRoTE, A. M., the tidings of which has just reached us. The sad event occurred on Saturday, September 12th, at Hildesheim, Germany, where he had been living for the past nine years; during the previous ten or eleven his home had been at Bremen. With the exception of this last score of years, his life was spent in the United States, and was devoted almost entirely to the study of the Lepidoptera of North America, We beg to offer our deepest sympathy to his widow and children in their affliction. It may be some slight consolation to them to know that their grief is shared by many on this side of the Atlantic who were his friends and colleagues in earlier years. Mailed October 3rd, 1903. i -o ° ~~ me = ' ® - CAN. ENT., VOL. XXXV, I gsgsaad bIddld ddd ECR EREER ILS ALAM yyy v v Vv | hf THE GENUS PODISMA. The @anadiay ¥entomalogist VoL. XXXV. LONDON, NOVEMBER, 1903. No. 11 THE GENUS PODISMA IN EASTERN NORTH AMERICA. RY E. M. WALKER, B.A., M.B., TORONTO. Podisma (Latr.) is a particularly interesting genus of Melanopli, since it is the only one of that immense group that occurs in the Old World, where, indeed, it is represented by considerably more described species than it is in North America. It is also of interest from its dis- tinctly boreal and alpine distribution, being almost peculiar to high latitudes or altitudes. It is a circumpolar genus, inhabiting the mountains and boreal parts of Europe, Asia and North America, a larger number of species having been described from Europe than elsewhere. The North American species are found in two widely-separated regions : the Rocky Mountain region from Alberta to New Mexico in the west, and from North-western Ontario to Maine and south to Pennsyl- vania in the east. It is to the eastern species that tlfe reader’s attention will be directed in the present paper. Although in some cases Podisma is but narrowly separable from Melanoplus, it is on the whole a distinct type, differing from the latter chiefly in the widely-separated mesosternal lobes, the interspace in the male being transverse and as wide or nearly as wide as the lobes them- selves, and in the female strongly transverse and as wide as or wider than the lobes. The pronotum is always short and sometimes subcylindrical, with the lateral carinze poorly defined or absent, and the hind margin trun- cate or slightly emarginate, or at most obtusangulate. The tegmina are -normally abbreviate, and often entirely absent. Of the North American species, those from the east have no tegmina, while of the western forms these organs are present in all but one species. Two species of Fodisma have been described from eastern North America, P. glacialis, Scudd., from the mountains of New England, New York and Pennsylvania, and P?. vartegata, Scudd., from specimens taken at Ithaca and Enfield Falls, Tompkins Co., N. Y. Before the description of the latter was published the writer sent drawings to Mr. Scudder of specimens of Podisma taken at De Grassi Pt., Lake Simcoe, Ont., which were pronounced /. variegata, and later on specimens from the same locality were sent to him. On Sept. 12th, 1g00, while collecting at North 296 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. Bay, Lake Nipissing, 175 miles north of De Grassi Pt., a series of speci- mens of Podisma were taken, which showed features belonging to both species, but were enearer P. g/acialis. Some of these were sent to Mr. Scudder, who named them g/acia/is, “ varying slightly towards variegata, especially in the (feebly) banded hind femora.” Since then I have collected a considerable series of specimens from two localities intermediate in latitude between Lake Simcoe and Lake Nipissing, viz., at Tobermory, near Cape Hurd (Bruce Co.), and at Algonquin Park. Ihave also examined a séries of 4 ¢ g and3 ? 9 taken at several different localities in Pennsylvania, belonging to the museum of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, and kindly loaned to me through Mr. J. A.G. Rehn. To complete my collection, I have specimens of typical g/acia/zs from the following localities in New Eng- land: Mt. Washington, N. H. (3 3 6,3 % 2); Greylock Mt., Mass. (235 56,2 % 2); Speckled Mt., Stoneham, Me. (3 ¢ g,3 ? 2). A careful study of all these specimens has revealed a complete series of gradations from the typical y/aciadis of the White Mountains to the typical variegata from Pennsylvania, though these extremes are widely different, not only in structure and markings, but in habits and character of environment. The chief points of distinction between the two forms as given by Mr. Scudder may be tabulated as follows: P. glacialis. P. variegata. Eyes. | Moderately prominent. | eee oie eSEece Nias: Slightly shorter than hind | Distinctly longer than hind femora. | femora (¢@). Hind Yellowish grass-green, ob- | Flavo-testaceous, broadly fers scurely bifasciate with bifasciate With blackish fus- ~ ia dark olivaceous green. cous. Crosses basal fifth or less of | Hardly longer than last seg- Furcula. supra-anal plate. ment. . : Very long and slender; middle } > Cerci Stouter, middle breadth not breadth less than ¥%4 basal of ¢. | less than % basal breadth. | breadth A study of my series gives the following results : 1. Eyes.—Those of the N. E. specimens (typical g/acia/is) are the least prominent, the specimens from Mt. Washington having less prominent eyes than those from Speckled Mt. and Greylock Mt. Among the rest of THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 297 the series there is but little variation, the greatest degree of prominence being seen in the Pennsylvania specimens (typical varzegata) and the Lake Simcoe specimens. The eyes of some of the ¢ ¢ from North Bay approach pretty closely those of the ¢ ¢ from Speckled Mt., andthe ? @ from the latter locality are quite like those from North Bay in this respect. There is, however, very little range of variation among the Canadian specimens. An idea of the total amount of variation in the prominence of this organ can be obtained from the accompanying plate. 2. Antenne.—The variation in the length of this structure can be seen by a glance at the table of measurements. The specimens from Mt. Washington have relatively the shortest antenne, and it is plain from the measurements of the New England specimens that they average distinctly shorter than the Canadian specimens. From Algonquin Park southward to Pennsylvania, except at high altitudes, we find a gradual but steady increase in the length of the antenne, the longest ones belonging to Pennsylvania specimens. In typical varzegata the antenne of the ¢ are distinctly longer than the hind femora, in g/acia/is slightly shorter. In most of the Canadian specimens they are about equal in length, being faintly shorter in the North Bay specimens, faintly longer in those from Lake Simcoe. 3. The hind femora are relatively shortest in the N. E specimens, but are practically constant in length throughout the remainder of the series. Some of the Algonquin Park series, however, are inseparable from the N. E. specimens on this score. A more important feature is the colour and distinctness of the bands of the hind femora. In specimens from Algon- quin Park and North Bay, like those from N. E., they are uniform green, with the faintest traces of bands, but in the majority from this locality they are more or less distinctly though feebly banded, the lighter areas being yellowish green. A number of ¢ ¢, however, have the superior sulcus as conspicuously banded as in the Pennsylvania specimens. The hind femora of the latter are in the ¢ strongly fasciate with pale yellowish and dark brown or blackish, the contrast being much greater in the main than in the specimens from Lake Simcoe, which most resemble them. Every gradation is present in the series. 4. The furcula shows great diversity of size and form. As with the other characters, the most northern of the Ontario specimens are most like typical g/acia/is in the form of this structure, and it is longest in some of the North Bay and Algonquin Park specimens, shortest in the Pennsyl- 298 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. vania series. Some from North Bay, however, have the furcula as short as those from Lake Simcoe (figs. 56, 57, 58.) 5. Cerci of ¢.—Next to the furcula this structure shows the greatest range of variation. It is much stouter in typical g/acéa/is than in typical variegata, and Scudder used the character as one of the chief ones by which the two species could be distinguished. A glance at the plate, how- ever, will suffice to show that no separation into two species can be based on the form of this structure. Some of the North Bay specimens have the cerci of typical g/acia/is, but there is a perfectly gradual series of transi- tions from the stout cerci of the more northern forms to those of the Pennsylvania ones, in which they are most slender. In order to illustrate these transitions as accurately as possible, I have drawn the cerci of all the ¢ specimens, from N. E., North Bay, Algonquin Park, Tobermory and Pennsylvania, and a sufficient number from L. Simcoe.to complete the range of variation. Other variations of less importance are to be found, especially in the general colour and character of markings, but they add nothing to the facts gained from the above. From these comparisons it is readily seen that the specimens from Mt. Washington and those from Pennsylvania are the most widely sepa- rated, but that the wide gaps between them can be filled by a complete series of links represented by the Canadian specimens, the most northern of which closely approach the N. E. specimens, the most southern the Pennsylvania ones. These variations, hence, appear to be connected with differences in the climatic conditions, and it would seem that temperature is an important factor. They are also accompanied by certain changes in the insect’s habits, as evinced by some interesting facts that have been recorded on this subject. Mr. Scudder states that in the White Mts. P. glacialis “ fre- quents the close branches of the dwarf birch, and is rarely or never seen upon the ground,” while Mr. Morse found most of his specimens ‘on or among the various species of Vaccinium, characteristic of mouutain-tops and on Ascutney upon dwarf cornel” (Psyche, 1898, 273). It occurs at elevations of 2,000 to 5,400 feet, in New England, New York and Pennsylvania, but has also been taken at lower levels at Jackman, Me., on the Canadian border, “in open woods and bogs” (Harvey.—Psyche, 1897, 77). At North Bay and Algonquin Park I found the insect common in open woods on bushes, chiefly the common beaked hazel THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 299 . (Corylus rostrata) and the red raspberry. It occurs in both dry and fairly moist situations. The specimens from Tobermory were taken under similar circumstances, while at De Grassi Pt. they seem to be confined to swampy ground where the vegetation is of a boreal character. In such places I have taken them on bushes, chiefly raspberry, but have often found them on the branches and trunk of the Arbor-vite, sometimes 8 or to ft. from the ground. I have never observed this habit in the north, although the species is far more abundant there, but Mr. J. A. G. Rehn says, in an interesting article on “The Habits and Distribution of Podisma variegata” (Ent. News, XI., 630), that in Pennsylvania they occur on the branches of hemlock, and that when removed they will quickly return. From these various facts it may be inferred that P. g/acia/is is the more primitive form, especially as the genus is typically an alpine one, and that it once inhabited a much larger area. but after the retreat of the ice-sheet it disappeared from this area, except in the northern part and on the mountains farther south. Varzegata, on the other hand, may be regarded as an incipient species, the product of an effort on the part of the parent species to survive amid the altered conditions of its environ- ment. These conditions, as we go southward, diverge more and more from those to which the insect was originally adapted, and hence it is not surprising to find slight modifications of structure and colour-pattern corresponding in degree with these changes. Its occurrence in swampy stations southward is what would be expected from the fact that wet soil is a poor conductor of heat, and such places are cooler than the more open, dry country, but its fondness for hemlock in Pennsylvania seems to indicate a distinct specialization in the insect’s habits in this locality. Further observation, however, is desirable on this point. As many of my Canadian specimens can be classed equally well with glacialis or variegata, it will be necessary to give a new racial name to these forms, and I have accordingly subdivided the species as follows, though it will be understood that these different geographical races cannot be sharply separated from one another : A. Antenne distinctly shorter than hind femora ( ¢ ), nearly three-fourths as long (?). Eyes not very prominent. Hind femora nearly uniform green externally, obscurely bifasciate with darker green. Furcula crossing basal fourth or fifth of supra-anal plate. Cerci of 300 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. a ¢ rather stout, middle breadth not less than two-thirds the basal breadth. Habitat—Mountains of New England.—P. glacialis, Scudd., type. Antenne about as long (¢), about five-sixths as long (@) as the hind femora. Eyes prominent, especially in the ¢. Hind femora green externally, more or less distinctly bifasciate with darker green, especially on the superior sulcus. Furcula generally crossing less than the basal fifth of the supra-anai plate, but longer than the last segment. Cerci of ¢ about half as broad in middle as at base. Habitat—Northern Ontario.—P. glacialis Canadensis, new race. Antenne longer (4 ), faintly shorter (?), than hind femora. Eyes prominent, especially in the ¢. Hind femora pale-yellow externally, strongly bifasciate with dark-brown or blackish. Furcula about as long as the last segment. Cerci of ¢ less than half as broad in middle as at base. Habitat—New York, Pennsylvania, Ontario (L. Simcoe, Tobermory).—F. glacialis variegata, Scudd. _ Specimens from Lake Simcoe and Tobermory may be placed with variegata, but are not quite typical. I have seen no specimens of glacia/is from the mountains of New York and Pennsylvania, so that I have given them no place in the above table. They will probably fall under P. glacialis type. MEASUREMENTS. Males. Antenna. Head and Pronotum. Hind Femur. Body. mm. mm. mm, mm Mt. Wash. BISPEC Rea tee 8.1-8.2 Av. 8.15 55-58 AV. 5.53 9-5-9-7 AV. 9.57 17.0-17.5 AV. 17.3 (2 spec.) Speckled Mt. RISPEC i: Tek eens g.0-g.2 Av. g.1 5-7-5-8 Av. 5.73 g.0-9.7 Av. 9.4 17-0-18.0 Av. 17.7 (2 spec.) New England. (Morse) 48 spec. | 8.0-g.0 g.5-10.8 15-0-17.5 North Bay. SiSpece seo alee 8.5-9.0 Av. 8.8 5-4-5-8 Av. 5.62 g-5-10.3 Av. 9.9 17.0-18.0 Av, 17.27 Algong Pk. TAN SPEGs osc lesley: 8.0-10.0 Av. 8.66 4.8-5.7 Av. 5.19 8.4-10.0 Av. 8.8 15.0-17.5 Av. 16.1 Tobermory. SESPECs.. seeects 10.0-10.5 Av. 10.16 | 5.7-6.0 Av. 5.84 10.0-10.8 Av. 10.24 | 17.5-18.5 Av. 18.44 Lake Simcoe WVEJIAE Saal. Ne 10.0-11.0 Ay. 10.5 5-3-6.3 Av. 5.79 | 9.5-10.5 Av. 10.08 | 17.5-20.0 Av. 18.4 Penn’a. 4 Speer. faite 12.0 (1 spec.) 5-3-5-8 Av. 5.52 g.5-10.2 Av. 9.8 16.5-18.5 Av. 17.5 Ithaca, N. Y. (Scudder)... .... 10.5 9-25 16.5 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. Females. Antenna. Head and Pronotum. Hind Femur. Body. M Ww h mm mm. mm mm. t. ash. De STe=S abe suas 72 7.0 12.0 25.0 Speckled Mt. BISPEOe ers acteminis 8.2-9.0 Av 6.3-7-0 Av. 6.6 10.0-11.5 Av. 10.9 21.0-26.0 Av. 23.0 (2 spec.) New England. (Morse) 62 spec.| 7.0-8.5 10.0-12.0 19.0-28.0 North Bay. IRUS FIORE S nycieteta win. g.0-10.5 Av. 6.3-7.0 Av. 6.86 | 12.0-12.6 Av. 12.4 21.5-25.2 Av. 23.9 Algong Pk. AUSDOE Sis atte. ~:< g.o-g.2 Av. 6.0-6.8 Av. 6.47 | 10.2-12.0 Av. 11.2 20.0-24.0 Av. 21.7 Tobermory. SUSPGGe.. esis g.o-11.0 Av. 19.12 | 6.5-7.5 Av. 7.09 | 12.2-13.5 Av. 12.3 22.0-26.5 Av. 24.8 Lake Simcoe. SUSPECT ee. catie sto: 10.0-11.0 Av. 10.69 | 6.8-7.8 Av. 7.29 | 11.0-13.4 Av. 12.4 24.5-26.5 AV. 25.37 Penn'a BYSPEG oe ae cs 11.5 (1 spec.) 6.5-7.0 Av. 6.66 } 12.0-12.5 Av. 12.25 | 21.0-24-5 Av. 22.83 Ithaca, N. Y. (Scudder)... .... 8.5 + 12.75 23-5 Fig. EXPLANATION OF PLATE 6. 1, 2,7. Podisma glacialis, type, g cercus. Mt. Washington, N. H. Bas oy = oe os Greylock Mt., Mass. 50; 8 4 ct ss os Speckled Mt., Stoneham, Me. 9. “ ss sf From Scudder (Rev. Mel.). 48. a fs “6, head and pronotum. Mt. Washington, Nz Hi 49. 7 $ on ies oa s Speckled Mt., Me. Sa: - i ‘** _ g, supra-anal plate and furcula. Speckled Mt., Me. 61. 's S ‘© @,hind femur. Speckled Mt., Me. 10-17. 4 canadensis, 4 cercus. North Bay, Ont. 18-31. # ee if Algonquin Park, Ont. 50. & a ¢, headand pronotum. North Bay, Ont. —56. a "S a supra-anal plate and furcula. 4-5 , North Bay, Ont. 62, 63. ef ee a g,hind femur. North Bay, Ont. 2-36. Fs = variegata, 6 cercus. Tobermory, Bruce Co., Ont. S , ‘6 & “6 ‘“ 37-42. Lake Simcoe, Ont. 302 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST, 43: Podisma glacialis, variegata, § cercus. From Scudder (Rev. Mel.). 44, 45- ss “ak ie North Mt., Penn’a. 46. cE « a ff Bellasylva, Wyo. Co., Pa. 47. “ is ft ef Glen Omoko, Sull. Co., Pa. pat ‘ 3 ‘ ¢ ,head and pronotum. Lake Simcoe, Ont. ee «s Hs B aha ec ‘e North Mt., Pa. 57; 58. sf be es dg, supra-anal plate and furcula. ~ Lake Simcoe, Ont. 59, 60. e ks Y fg, supra-anal plate and furcula. North Mt., Pa. 64. ” gs es ¢ hind femur. Lake Simcoe, Ont. 65. a bs Ms cs Bellasylva, Pa. ON THE SYSTEMATIC POSITION OF THE ORTHOPTEROUS - . GENUS AULOCARA, SCUDDER. BY A. N. CAUDELL, WASHINGTON, D. C. Too late for correction, I find that in my recent paper on western Orthoptera* I have redescribed Scudder’s Axulocara rufum as a new species under the name guwanieri, placing it in the not very nearly related genus fe/iastus. This unfortunate mistake was brought about by the uncertain position of the genus Az/ocara, which possesses both tryxaline and cedipodine characters. The general aspect of the species of the genus is certainly very strongly cedipodinean and the characters of the declivate vertex, subperpendicular front, filiform antennz, small round eyes, obsolete lateral carinz, twice or thrice severed median carina, wrinkled pronotum, and of the generally present intercalary vein, all indicate close affinity to the Gidipodine. McNeill, in his revision of the Tryxalinzy, excludes this genus, but Scudder considers it to belong to that group. C@docara, Scudd., and the invalid genus Co/orade//a of Brunner von Wattenwylt, are synonyms of Awdocara, and under the former name Saussure places it in the CGidipodine§, and Co/orade//a was established as a tryxaline genus. Thus there is considerable difference of opinion among specialists as to the systematic position of Ax/ocara. Upon thoroughly studying the group characters exhibited by our species of this genus, I feel very certain that its logical position is in the (Edipodine. * Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxvi., 775-809 (1903) + Proc, Davenp. Acad. Nat. Sc., vi., 179-274 (1897). + Ann. Mus. Genoa (2) xili., 123 (1893). § Prodr, Cdipod., suppl., 15 (1888). Oo THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 30 CLASSIFICATION OF THE FOSSORIAL, PREDACEOUS AND PARASITIC WASPS, OR THE SUPERFAMILY VESPOIDEA. BY OWIbLIAM HH. ASHMEAD; M: A., D. SC., ASSISTANT CURATOR, U.S. NATIONAL MUSEUM. (Paper No. 16.—Continued from Vol. XXXV., p. 205.) Famity XLII.—Mutillide. 1830. Mutillidz, Family (partim), Leach ; Edinb. Ency., IX., p. 145. 1855. Mutillide, Family (partim), Smith; Cat. Hym. Brit. Mus., DRE CRS 1899. Mutillide, Family XLII., Ashmead ; Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc., WT Sp. 49. 1899. Mutillide, Family (partim), Fox; Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., XXV., p. 220. 1899. Mutillide, Famille (partim), André ; Spec. Hym. d’Eur. Tom. VIII., pp. 1-77. 1903. Mutillide, Famille (partim), André ; Wytsman’s Gen. Ins., Fam. Mutillide. William E. Leach, and wot Frederick Smith, as Ernest André has it, was the first to establish the family A/ufi//ide ; but none of these gentle- men correctly defined it, and all have included genera which do not belong to it. Some of the genera belong to the Bethy/ide, one belongs to the Zhiynnide, one to the Cosz/:de, and others to the A/yrmoside. The family, as here restricted, contains only wingless females, with the thorax always undivided, or without trace of the pronotal or mesonotal sutures, while the males are easily distinguished from those in other families by having the abdomen terminating in two slender, straight spines, which usually project from between the two plates of the pygidium—the epipygium and the hypopygium. All other writers on these wasps, namely, Klug, Lepeletier, Leach, Haliday, Radoszkowski, Sichel, Smith, Saussure, Blake, Cresson, Fox, Peringuey and André, have, in my opinion, included in the family genera or groups which do not belong to it, but which fall naturally into other families, as I have clearly shown in my characterization of the families. All its members are genuine parasites, and live in the nests of various bees and wasps. The family may be separated into ¢wo closely-allied subfamilies, as follows : 304 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. Table of Subfamiiies. Abdomen with the first segment droad/y sessile with the second, without a distinct constriction or furrow between, and never much narrowed or petioliform, although sometimes subnodose in some MAIS. coo Sate clare eee tee oo ee Subfamily I., Mutillinze. Abdomen with the first segment petiolate or petioliform, never broadly sessile with the second, but much narrowed at apex, and usually with a constriction or furrow between it and the SECON. oe ce sec da eis cles 8 once wed coe oon, 2169 UEP pe eg SuBFAMILY I.—Mutillinze. This group has apparently reached its highest development in Europe, Africa and Asia, the typical forms found in America being less numerous ; the others show a closer affinity with the next subfamily or the Ephutine, tribe Sphaerophthalmini. Two minor groups or tribes may be recognized by the following characters : Eyes small, rounded, hemispherical or ellipsoidal, prominently convex, smooth and highly polished, not facetted, or with the facets vaguely defined, except in ¢ Zricholabiodes, Pseudophotopsis and Alloneurion, which have large oval eyes, more or less facetted, that extend to the base of the mandibles.................+... Tribe I.,, Photopsidini. Eyes larger, not rounded or hemispherical, ovate, obovate or ellipsoidal, always distinctly facetted, and in the ¢ sometimes emarginate Within... 6.0. ded ell vies qoute sbelete eabcihiel ain |i EN an TriBeE I.—Photopsidini. The majority of the males in this group more closely resemble those in the family Myrmoside, tribe Ciyphotini, than any of the others, and this resemblance has influenced me in placing the tribe at the head of the family M/util/ide, although in cephalic characters, and particularly in the rounded eyes, they are evidently allied to the tribe Sphaerophthalmini, some of the females having been described originally in the genus Sphaerophthalma, Blake. Table of Genera. Miales'si.tensir ant eae aged een eee He Females. ..0).0 0 ois ec cael ecm mie «sesh mo ohm ate ea 1. Eyes large, oval, not hemispherical, occupying most of the sides of the head and extending to base of mandibles, usually with a feeble sinus in front and behind, delicately facetted ...........2. THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 305 byes not large: hemispherical or rounded’). £0) oi Nod deen: & 4. 2. Postscutellum armed on each side with a small erect tooth or spine; MesOnotime with, complete, fUTTOWS ox: «, s-.s,.0,0,55, see deel aeces ws 3. Postscutellum normal, unarmed. Front wings with three cubital cells, the third sometimes incom- plete, the stigma very small and indistinct; only ove recurrent nervure; mandibles strongly excised beneath, 3-dentate at apex; middle and hind tibiz armed with spines. WEN IELE A Wersteitye Racal toate «sheer de Tricholabiodes, Radoszkowski. (Type Mutilla pedunculata, Klug.) 3. Front wings with ¢zo cubital cells and only ove recurrent nervure ; both mandibles excised beneath, with a process or projection before the incision; ocelli large. (Africa, STEN Tae Ta, RO a ead 9 a Pseudophotopsis, André. (Type Agama Kamarovi, Radosz ) Front wings with ¢#ree cubital cells and with ¢wo recurrent nervures, the third cubital cell again divided by a longitudinal vein issuing from the middle of the second transverse cubitus. (AST Da) REPO ee et ee ea . Alloneurion, Ashmead. (lives Mutilla Kokpetica, Radosz.) 4. Mesosternum anteriorly normal, unarmed. exh seatgas ; aGe Mesosternum anteriorly abnormal, armed with two (or mer ooth. Head quadrate, the temples full; mandibles at apex 4-dentate ; mesosternum laterally at the middle armed with a tooth ; first joint of the flagellum as long or nearly as the second. (North AMHEeLICa.)'... 3... ...1...... 2 betraphotopsis, Ashm., gen: nov. (Type T. Hubbardi, Ashm.) Head not quadrate, the temples not full; mandibles at apex 3-dentate ; mesosternum laterally unarmed ; first joint of the flagellum shorter than the second. (North AMERICAS) lois s ss ce ost eee bs s Odontophotopsis, Viereck. (Type O. exogyrus, Viereck.) 5. Marginal cell at apex pointed or rounded, but never broadly truncate . ies : PIRES olsiahe ot ake Seen Oe Marginal celles at apex jroudiy: es PRUMCALE! sess eee as rs 6. Mandibles beneath excised, or with a sinus and usually with a tooth, or process, before the incision, or at least the left mandible excised HREM Ulta yen P-HOK verre sos. lhars eeeawee Saleial od atone 25 IR gia Fe 306 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. Mandibles beneath szmp/e, not excised =... 25% |. 205 Se eee eee 7. Mandibles acuminate, or with a tooth within before apex, never Z-GemMtate oi. 5 oie vcorereietore'e oo bilieint ole’ pee ele olate (enter Mandibles stout and strong throughout, at apex 3-dentate. Front wings with only ove recurrent nervure .............-.. 8. Front wings with ¢woe recurrent nervures -. © ~:). )-ci=)) sees 8. Ocelli large ; submedian cell a little longer than the median ; first and second joints of the flagellum cylindrical, more than twice longer than thick, and about equal in length. (North America.). @....+.-+-.--..+.-...Neophotopsis, Ashm sensmoy, (Type Photopsis pluto, Fox.) Ocelli small ; submedian cell not longer than the median ; first joint of the flagellum a little longer than thick and shorter than the second.’ (North America’), .. G25) see Bruesia, Ashm., gen. nov. (Type Mutilla harmonia, Fox.) g. Front wings with ¢#ree cubital cells, or the third partially formed. . 12. Front wings with zwo cubital cells, the third entirely absent. Mesonotum wtf distinct parapsidal furrows...............- 10. Mesonotum wzthout parapsidal furrows...................--II. 1o. Mandibles at apex 3-dentate. Front wings with two cubital cells. (North America.).............-..... Neophotopsis, Ashm. (partim). rr. Second cubital cell triangular ; ocelli large ; flagellum cylindrical, the first joint longer than wide, but shorter than the second. (North America.) ..... 0. cele e nee ve oe oe on ow » 7 MLC ROMEIIEN lta (Type Photopsis nana, Ashm.) Second cubital cell small, irregularly pentagonal ; ocelli not large, close together in a triangle. (South America.) ...3 se.s96+-+.e0700 «+s # UCAPLOMaGhylay Ean mEeIner: (Type S. heterogama, Burm.) 12. Mandibles strong, 3-dentate at apex. Front wings with only ove recurrent nervure; first abdominal segment smooth, or at most only sparsely feebly punctate ................... Neophotopsis, Ashm. (partim). Front wings with ¢wo recurrent nervures ; first abdominal segment distinctly, closely punctate..........Photopsis, Blake (partim). 15: 16. 17. 18. a 20. 21. THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 307 . Ocelli large ; submedian cell not or rarely much longer than the median ; first abdominal segment closely punctate. (North BMMROUMEAS Jt ferry octal te sno yaie la ACh cl iw: atisioce eyes Photopsis, Blake. (Type P. imperialis, Blake.) Ocelli small ; submedian cell longer than the median; first abdominal segment smooth, impunctate. (North A\TITETT Gz) AIPAC lee ena ear .. Nomizephagus, Ashmead. (lype Mutilla Sanbornii, Blake.) . Ocelli large ; submedian cell a little longer than the median ; /wo recurrent nervures, the second, however, sometimes incomplete or subobsolete at apex; first joint of the flagellum about twice as long as thick. (North America.)...........Pyrrhomutilla, Ashmead. (Type Sphzrophthalma anthophore, Ashm.) Mesonotum without parapsidal furrows :.....................16. MEsenotial7o77/e parapsidal furrows .. .i.s da ste sie seks ee ees 18. Thorax about twice as long as wide, not wider than the head..... 17. Thorax not much longer than wide, wider than the head. Submedian cell not longer than the median ; flagellum cylindrical, tapering off at apex, the fourth joint not much longer than the second ; second ventral segment more or less conically produced or elevated at basal middle. (Australia.).Eurymutilla, Ashmead. (Type Mutilla affinis, Westw.) Submedian cell longer than the median ; flagellum cylindrical, the first joint shorter than the second; second ventral segment normal. EYMStEAURA) wa. ees -css ond we as iteoees oe phmtomorpha, André. (Type Mutilla aurata, Fabr.) Basniwinesswith/zo cubital. cells. 0. 3hs.sccecscs «5 5 oe oe oe oe EQ: Front wings with ¢#ree cubital cells. Head subglobose; ocellismall. Australia. Bothriomutilla,Ashmead. (Type Mutilla rugicollis, Westw.) Head subquadrate ; ocelli small: mandibles excised beneath, 2- or 3-dentate (este André.) (South America.) ......Tallium André. (Type Mutilla tenebrosa, Gerst.) Thorax not or hardly twice as long as wide, usually narrowed posteriorly, but never very elongate .......... Diets GDI Thorax elongate, thrice as long as wide, or Retay. abogrtenae . 29. Thorax at least 1144 times as long as wide, obtrapezoidal, seach Obpyriferm; or banjo shaped, or nearly << fos. see 0. 28. 2ai 308 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. Thorax not or only a little longer than wide, quadrate or nearly, obtrapezoidal, short ovoid or otherwise shaped. Thorax obtrapezoidal or short ovoid.: : : - =: 7325-1 aaa Thorax hexagonal, a little wider than long, punctate ; head subglobose ; first and second joints of the flagellum only a little longer than thick. (Australia)..Eurymutilla, Ashmead. (Type Mutilla affinis, Westw.) 22. Thorax at least 134 times as long’as wide ..~.2 9... eee Thorax obtrapezoidal and only a little longer than wide. Mandibles. excised beneath... --.. .<\s. 2 =a oc:ecels ee Mandibles not excised beneath. Mandibles conically pointed edentate ; first and second joints of the flagellum small, not longer than wide, the third joint longer than the second .. Micromutilla, Ashmead. Mandibles falcate, but with a small tooth within before the apex; first joint of the flagellum much longer than wide and longer than the second..Neophotopsis, Ashmead. 23. Mandibles decussate, acute at apex, but with a minute tooth within before the apex.... .............-? Odontophotopsis, Viereck. 24. Thorax banjo-shaped, or nearly... ... 3... «2 2. cs mp meet eee Thorax obovoid or obpyriform. Head transverse quadrate, the temples broad; eyes oval or ellipsoidal ; highly polished. Mandibles long, acuminate decussate, edentate, first joint of the flagellum long, obconical, longer than the 2nd and 3rd united. ...? Neophotopsis, Ashm. Thorax obtrapezoidal. Head subglobose, the temples rather broad; eyes ellipsoidal or nearly round. ‘ Scape very long; first joint of flagellum very long ; mandibles long, slender, pointed at apex, with /wo teeth within........ .Scaptodactyla, Burmeister. Scape normal ; first joint of flagellum not especially long. Left mandible wtk an incision beneath toward base. THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 309 Mandibles bidentate ; first joint of the flagellum long, fully as long as 2nd and 3rd united. .? Tetraphotopsis, Ashm. Mandibles acuminate, decussate, without teeth ; first joint of the flagellum obconical, longer than thesecond..?Neophotopsis, Ashm. Left mandibles zthout an incision beneath, Simipleiwass te eke Oe Peas 24. Thorax banjo-shaped, or nearly, rae Ge ied at the Stied. erat Thorax obpyriform, obovoid or obtrapezoidal............ “255, 25. Mandibles beneath simple, not excised. Gar.) oe 520: Mandibles beneath, or at least the left Pifiadible. enced and fully with a process or projection before the incision........:...28. 26. Mandibles at apex 3-dentate. es hes S243 Mandibles at apex simple or at most witha a iia thoth ante hefare apex, or bidentate. Head rather large quadrate or subquadrate, the temples SROAGI teh ont: eects: .9plomutilla, Ashiay esau (Type Mutilla perfecta, Radoszk.) 6. Thorax oblong, but compressed medially at the sides ; head large, quadrate, the temples usually very broad, not oblique; ocelli distinct ; scuteilum indistinctly differentiated. (ACER at) 5tc ose Sane Ee p= ate earn eee .. Viereckia, Ashm., gen. nov. “(Ty pe Mutilla duyabegdli Péring.) Thorax oblong, as wide behind as before, or nearly, and only slightly compressed at the sides medially ; head obtrapezoidal, the temples oblique ; ocelli subobsolete ; scutellum entirely absent. (Africa.).. oe... 2... sa oe ee. Apteromutilla, Ashman (Type Mutilla aeda, Péring.) 7. Head large, quadrate, usually much broader than the thorax, the thorax oblong quadrate, the sides parallel, or nearly, the front angles acute ; mandibles 3-dentate. Head armed with a large tooth on each side beneath, the upper hind angles acute; scutellum present ; clypeus bidentate ; eyes oval, placed anteriorly rather close to the mandibles. CNotthyAmericas)\.6c.-oee aes .. Myrmilloides, André. ree Muti grandiceps, Blake.) Head unarmed, the upper hind angles not acute; scutellum present ; clypeus not bidentate. (Europe, Africa, ASAE) theft ne veee obese ceele oes OULD IIINI eam (Type Mutilla distincta, Lepel.) 8. Front wings with only ¢wo cubital cells.............. Os Front wings with ¢kree cubital cells, or the third catia formed, never entirely absent... ......seee0e 0 ey oc © 09 se Ee THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 325 g. Not entirely black, the thorax red ; head transverse, rounded behind, Pacem ameles MOL o LASTS ICTs geaeeamnnmenni (Type Mutilla medon, Smith.) 17, Mesonotum wéth distinct parapsidal furrows, or the furrows indicated posteriorly... 26 esis eis ae woe alee ae oe wl vee ee Mesonotum without parapsidal furrows................ ete 25. 18. Mandibles beneath, before the middle, excised or sinuated, and usually with a process or tooth before the incision............-19. Mandibles beneath simple, not excised or sinuated, and never with a process or tooth beneath... < s.c6 5 os cic ciel wins) © siete en 1g; Mandibles ‘bidentate. 2.0). 62. 2 nse: > ce a \ Mandibles tridentate. Submedian cell longer than the median, the second cubital cell more or less triangular, the third large, hexagonal ; first joint of the flagellum shorter than the second. (Europe, Africa, Asia) 60. 000. Veblue 1. fa) atin en ie soos ieee (Type M. europaea, Linné.) 20. Submedian cell longer than the median, rarely equal, the marginal cell about twice as long as wide ; first joint of the flagellum about as long as the second ; hind tibiae spinous and also with long hairs, (North and South America.).................Timulla, Ashmead. (Lype Mutilla dubitata, Smith.) Submedian and median cells equal, the marginal cell not much longer than wide ; first joint of the flagellum distinctly shorter than the second ; hind tibiz of spinous, but with long hairs, (Europes): ona ie oe ev cee oe ewe a ene os « SLC BE ee (Type Mutilla rufipes, Latr.) 21. 22. 24. 25. 26. odie THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 327 MED eS MTLGERLALE Wl 4, ciao wraps os aintedee is Se ase Macey o> qin wage aiee 22e Mandibles bidentate. Submedian cell longer than the median; disc of clypeus subconvex; first joint of the flagellum a little shorter than the second ; second ventral segment normal. (Europe.).....Ronisia, Costa. (Type Mutilla brutia, Pet.) Second ventral segment carinate, and sometimes dentate posteriorly PPR NG A RE oe ohn ire aS « ataret cae s vlc ma acto aia Oe, obs Barymutilla, André. (Type Mutilla pythia, Smith.) Submedian cell longer than the median, the third cubital cell pentagonal. (Africa.).............(?) Dolichomutilla, Ashmead. Seutellum and metathorax normal, unarmed. ........-...2<5:..025- Scutellum and metathorax abnormal, armed with teeth..........27. Thorax with the front margin slightly arcuate, the angles not acute ; front wings with ¢fwo recurrent nervures ....... ‘ ee 20: Thorax with the frontal margin slightly concave, the aniales aiuto front wings with ove recurrent nervure. Head transverse, not as wide as the thorax ; mesonotum with distinct furrows: median and submedian cells of an equal length ; abdomen with a white band. ASIAN nits. <2: seatepetiarenaie Radoszkowskius, Ashm., gen. nov. (Type Mutilla simplicifascia, Radoszk.) Head subquadrate, with two tubercles between the antenne, the temples broad; recurrent nervures converging and entering the second cubital cell close together. emcAy fy sj tad. Ses acsi- od mee laweius, Ashm., gen. Nov: (Type Mutilla bituberculata, Smith.) Head transverse, without tubercles between the antennz, the temples not broad ; recurrent nervures not converging, widely separated. (AielGa))ine os jasc... 2d. -.Mimecomutilla, Ashm.,/gen- nov. (Type Mutilla purpurata, Smith.) Scutellum transverse-quadrate, ¢ridentate posteriorly; second ventral segment armed with a tooth. (Africa.), Péringueya, Ashm., gen. nov. (Type Mutilla erynnis, Péring. Scutellum large, flat, b¢dentate posteriorly, a tooth at each hind angle that curves inwardly ; second ventral segment normal, unarmed (AIG a face te dsicl o's xislo vv ersc te vs, de OGontomutilla, Ashmead: (Type Mutilla Saussurei, Sechel.) 328 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 28. Thorax quadrangular, not much narrowed posteriorly, the sides parallel or nearly, sometimes laterally slightly sinuate or compressed medially, rarely obtrapezoidal. . od 2 ee o> ae £29. Thorax quite differently shaped, most Sr meee aerate obpyaitoan Geeebid, violin-shaped or otherwise, usually narrowed posteriorly or much contracted at the sideS .. . 0... 1606s «wes = 116) apo ny ete een 29. Pygidium not perfectly oa ai A striate, rugulose, coriaceous or punctate, and with a pygidial area, i.e. with an elevated rim at the sides. soko biel eie-te'bi a ee, pipie (wie bag 0/470 tae lalla ea Pygidium ad@tly smooth, without a distinet pygidial area, or the elevated rim is wanting or exceeding delicate......... ...... 44. 30. Thorax with the front angles rounded, zof acute...............31. Thorax with the front angles'acute”. .........) 302 =e 31. Lateral margins of the thorax and the upper margin of the metathoracic truncature dentate or denticulate..............32. Lateral margins of the thorax and the upper margin of the meta- thoracic truncature usually simple, not dentate at the most, and rarely with only the upper margin of the truncature dentate... .34. 32. Thorax with sides parallel or nearly; head subquadrate, without tubercles between the antenne ; mandibles simple, unarmed ; first joint of the flagellum obconical, about twice as long as thick, the second joint transverse. (Africa.)......(?) Trogaspidia, Ashmead. Thorax with side slightly compressed medially ; head large, quadrate, with two tubercles between the antenne; mandibles very long, tridentate (two widely-separated teeth within on inner margin) ; first joint of the flagellum very long, longer than 2 and 3 united. (South America.)..................-Euspinolia, Ashm., gen: nov. (Type Mutilla chilensis, Spin.) 33. Head quadrate, a little wider than the thorax, with fwo triangular tubercles between the antenne. (Africa.). Blakeius, Ashm., gen. nov. (Type Mutilla bituberculata, Smith.) Head transverse, not wider than the thorax, wéthout tubercles between the antenne. (Asia.)..Radoszkowskius, Ashm., gen. nov. (Type Mutilla simplicifascia, Radoszk.) 34. Upper margin of the metathoracic truncature armed with three or more teeth. CUS EY walvalele os pe oe 0 ene eh 35. Upper margin ef the Helarhireeie truncature : donee unarmed. .. 36. 35° 37: 38. oo: 40. THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 329 Thorax not twice as long as wide, the upper margin of the truncature armed with 3 to 5 teeth; head large, quadrate, the temples very Baoad. — (Airica.)=..% .. 4+... 24 «sar ermgueya, Ashm); cen. nov. (Type Mutilla euterpe, Péring.) Thorax a little more than twice longer than wide, the upper margin of the truncature armed with about 8 teeth ; head subquadrate, the temples not especially broad. PMR tery. dares aonb seis eee ee: Ss Pristomutilla, Ashm., gen. nov. ee Mutilla pectinata, Radoszk.) . Mandibles at apex of tridentate. . Ses: PHD EN aA Mandibles at apex tridentate, the outer taoth ihe Hongeer (Europe, Africa, Asia.).. baal aha eats Pees wore “Mua ane: Mandibles ot satiate beneath eawards base, Py a process Oi PLOPECHON <<< ; se Go panes ae ster Mandibles emarginate neni tons oe San a process or projection before the emargination. (Europe.)....Ronisia, Costa. (Type Mutilla brutia, Pet.) Head subquadrate or transverse, not or scarcely wider than the thorax. Mandibles bidentate ; third joint of the antennz not longer than the fourth, shorter than the fifth, or no longer. GEIOLOPE: es once oacied at ea on SOMICIOMyrMe, Ehomson, Mandibles acuminate. edentate, rarely with a slight tooth within before apex; third joint of the antennz longer than the fourth, usually as long as joints 4 and 5 united. (North and South PMI ETICAL) Pee Sint cantt seiner e A ET Ae ate Timulla, Ashmead. Head large, quadrate, wider than the thorax, the temples broad ; thorax more than twice longer than wide ; abdomen with two white dorsal spots on second segment. (Africa.)...Viereckia, Ashmead. Mncteaeemot escutcheon-shaped a. os rate cjaccgcs «621s aa ale nef Thorax somewhat escutcheon-shaped, sinuately emarginated or contracted from about the apical one-fourth, the posterior margin and angles rounded ; head transverse, as wide as the thorax ; eyes oval, (Africa.).. va .........-Mimecomutilla, Ache Thorax quite anne rently Seabed: ee a bee) tooth at the apical third . Deg eae ets: ae oa Thorax sinuate cd shane nanoned ical ay a iaeel tooth at the apical third. 330 THE CANADIAN ENTOMOLOGIST. Mandibles simple, edentate ; third joint of the antennz obconical, hardly longer than thick at apex. (Affica.).... 00.62 ae eee ess +. ess» OG ODFOR IEE. 41. Thorax not hexagonal, usually obpyriform, obovoid, obtrapezoidal or violin-shaped . 2a 8s a elles ie 2) 8 el acne 5) table of genera, 2 Epeolus, table of species, 287. Ephestia Kuehniella, 216. Epismilia = Microweisea, 35. Errata, IT0, 213. Eucorethra, a genus of Culicida, 272. as Underwoodi, 272. Eugastra epigea, n. sp., 71. Eulecanium Folsomi, 193. Eulecanium pruinosum, var. moides, 196. Eulepiste Kearfotti, n. sp., 76. Euretagrotis inattenta, 138. Euspinolia, n. gen., 325, 328. Euthrips tritici in New Mexico, 262. Evans, J. D., articles by, 239, 288, 317. 54. Ker- Feltia Hudsonii, n. sp., 130. «< obligua, n. Sp., 129. Feralia Columbiana, n. sp., 9. FERNALD, C. H., articles by, FERNALD, H. T., articles by, FERNALD, Mrs. C. go. FLETCHER, J., article by, 109. Forest-insect explorations, 59. FRENCH, G. H., article by, 343. 23, 2060. 269, 333: Eee articles by, 22, Fyues, T. W., articles by, 23, 75, 234- Gastrophilus epilepsalis, 320, 333. GIBSON, ARTHUR, articles by, 17, 111 Gnathias, n. gen., 175. os cuneatus, 1. Sp., 175, 170. ovatus, n. sp., 175, 176. table of species, 175. Grabhamia Curriei, 312. be WALA, Ney Soy Blige es SS lavas aus) (tie) GRAENICHER, S., article by, 162. GROTE, A. R., articles by, 77, 109, 139, 20750 23) 2579 S42 Grote, Professor A. R., death of, 294. Guerinius, n. gen., 100. Gynandromorphism in Lucanus elaphus, 205 (fig.). ce ee Hadena (Xylophasia) cerivana, 134. ae SOFQ, 1.aSpe,, 133° Halictoides marginatus, 334. oa maurus, 334. Halictus aberrans, 0. sp., 336. ss amicus, var., 342. ee galpinsi@, n. Sp-, 342. “ ovaliceps, 342. HARRINGTON, W. H., articles by, 15, 37) 89. fledychridium amabile, n. sp., 262. Hemaris tityus, larva, 45. Hlemithynnus, n. gen., 101, 107. Hepialus argenteomaculatus, egg and young larva of, 340. Hessian Fly reared in laboratory, 316. HINE, J. S., article by, 244. Holonomada, n. gen., 177- a table of species, 1 Homoporus Vassiliefi, 0. sp-5 33 Homoptera, new N. American, 227. Hopkins, A. D., article by, 59. Hormisa =Litognatha, 237: House-boat collecting trip in China, 79. HowarbD, L. O., article by, 138. os «« lecture at Toronto, 338. Hydreecia appassionata, 91. * purpurifascia, 92. Hyles euphorbiz larva, 45. 77° 2: 350 INDEX TO VOLUME XXXV. {{lymenoptera, new Phytophagous, 233. Hyménopteres d'Europe et d’Algerie, Les Mutillides: André, 409. Hypolepus Viereckti, n. sp., 47. Hypolimnas misippus, 292. Insect Life, Elementary Studies in: Hunter, 142. Insect World, The : Insects used medicinally in Isodontia apicalis, 269. a eciegans, 269. ss Azteca, 269. exornata, n. Sp:, 270. macrocephala, 269. Isodontia macrocephala, var. cinerea, MENS rflly Beier Isodontia tibialis, 269. ue table of species, 269. Isosoma apterum, 333- es eremitum, 333- Lsotiphia, n. gen., 43. oe nigra, 0. Sp., 43. Nawa, 294. China, 86. JOHNSON, W.G., article by, 216. Joint-worm Parasite from Russia, 332. KEEN, J. H., article by, 125. KinG, G. B., article by, 191. Alugianus, n. gen., 102. KUSNEZOV, N. J., article by, 343. Lasiocampa quercus, larva, 45. Lepidoptera of North America, List of : Dyar, 48, 140, 237, 257- Lepidoptera of N. America, List of: Smith, 321. Lepidoptera in British Columbia, 275. Lepidosaphes versus Mytilaspis, go. Leptomydas venosus, 245, Leucospilomutilla, n. gen., 310. Liburnia Slossoni, n. sp., 231. Lucanus elaphus, Gynandromorphism in, 205 (fig.). Lyczena comyntas, 187. s Scudderii, 187. Lygus Chagnoni, n. sp., 214. Lyman, H. H., article by:, 339. Mamestra laudabilis, life-history, 273. ss orida, 1. Sp., 12. MARLATT, C. L., articles by, 53, 79. Mediterranean Flour-moth, 216. Megachile frugalis, 215. 3 inimica, 215. sf mendica, 216. ae montivaga, 215. “S pruina, 215. ee relativa, 216. Melissodes brevicornis, 334. Methocinz, table of genera, 155. Microwetsea, n. nom., 38. Microweisea, N. American species of, 38. Migration of butterflies, 219. Milesia bella, 246. Mimecomutilla, n. gen., 327, 329. Miscellaneous notes, 339. Morrat, J. A., articles by, 35, 66, 108, 210, Morri_t, A. W., articles by, 25 (plate), 22m Mutillidze of André, 49. Mutillidze, table of subfamilies, 303. Mutillinze, table of tribes, 304. Mutillini, table of genera, 323. Myiolepta aurinota, n. sp., 245. Myrmosidez, table of subfamilies, 199. Myrmosinz, table of tribes, 201. Myrmosini, table of genera, 201. Myzinidz, table of genera, 4. Europe and Algiers: Natural History of the British Lepi- doptera: Tutt, 23, 44, 88. Nectarophora agrimoniella, n. sp., 168. uC baccharidis, n. sp., 254. Californica, n. sp., 254. corallorhizé, n. sp., 167. es heleniella, n. sp. 169. a aSMIN1, N. SP., 252. J , P+» 25 BC lutea, 167. o lycopersici, N. Sp., 253. oe Martini, n. sp., 169. rhamnt, n. sp., 254. as rudbeckiz, 167. rudbeckiarum, n. sp., 168. solidaginis, 167. table of species, 252. valeriani@, N. Sp., 253- NEEDHAM, J. G., article by, 36. Nemeophila Scudderi, 339. Neopasites heliopsis, 334. cs Illinoiensis, 334. Neophotopsis, n. gen., 306. Neuronia=Epineuronia, 258. Nisoniades Llano, n. sp., 78. Noctua Trumant, n. sp., 128. ai el INDEX TO VOLUME XXXV. 351 Noctuids, corrections of Dr. Dyar’s List, 237, 257. Noctuids, new, for 1903,—9, 127, (plate). Nomada grindelia, 334. ce table of species, 178. Nomadinz, synopsis of, 172. cS table of genera, 173. Oak-gall; a new, 217. Odontzeus obesus, 89. Ccanthus Forbest, n. sp., 260. Ologlyptus Texanus, 1. sp., 72. Orthoptera of Indiana: Blatchley, 293. OSTEN SACKEN, BARON C. R.: Record of my life-work in Entomology, 344. Ottawa Field Naturalists’ Club, Ento- mological branch, 89. Pachygastria trifolii iarva, 45, 88 (fig.). Pamphila Leonardus, 188. Panurginus Nebrascensis, n. sp. 335- SO SEO ACOUNE NG SP+) 335+ Papaipema, new histories in, g1. Papilio brevicauda, 340. Paranomia Venablesii, n. sp., 243. Pecos, N. Mex., Entomology of, 342. Pedilophorus acuminatus, 180, 181. zeneolus, 179, 181. ae hesperus, n. sp., 180, 182. es Lecontez, n. sp., 180. ut oblongus, 181. ee subcanus, 182. Perdita maura, 334. os zebrata, 335. Peringueya, n. gen., 329. Phenacaspis, n. gen., 48. : nysse, 48. Phenococcus Cockerelli, n. sp. 195. Phelpsius collitus, n. sp., 227. os Franconiana, n. sp., 228. os lippulus, n. sp., 227. se pauperculus, n. sp., 228. Phloeosinus punctatus, 60. Phoebis argante, 221. Phor, n. gen., 177. TLE Se tel 7/776 Photopsidini, table of genera, 304. Phyllodinus flabellatus, n. sp., 232. Physorhinus yucce, 0. sp., 67. Pieridz, migration in Venezuela, 219. Pine trees, insects injuring, 59. Platylabus, Wesmael, the genus, 275. Us table of species, 277 (figs.). es Luzernensis, n.Sp., 279, 282. | Platylabus metallicus, n. Platyphora Lubbocki, 21. Podisma, genus, in Eastern America, 295 (plate). Podisma Sica 295. Podisma glacialis Canadensis, race, 300. Podisma variegata, 295. Pontania Bozemant, n. sp., 197 (figs.). Preoccupied Names, 38, 90, 207, 213, SP., 277; North new 237250. Pristomutilla, n. gen., 329. Protandrenopsis, n. gen., 337: oe SJuscipe nntS, Ne SPp., 337 Psammothynnus, n. gen., 102, 106. Pseudelurus, n. gen., 99. Pseudanaphora mora, 76. Pseudanarta, authorship of, 257, 341. Pseudelaphroptera, n. gen., rot. Pseudotiphia, n. gen., 6. Psithyrus insularis, 225 (figs.). ol latitarsus, n. sp., 224 (figs.). Ptinidze, new species from Texas, 263. Pulvinaria innumerabilis, subsp. Bethelz, n. subsp., 195. Pycnothynnus, 0. gen., 101, 105. Pyrota Dakotana, n. sp., 73. QUAINTANCE, A. L., article by, 61. Radoszkowskius, n. gen., 327, 328. Ranatra fusca, cerdalation and habits, 226 eho Rancora albicinerea, n. sp., 137. 5 albida, 136. oe Brucez, n. sp., 136. Ot serraticornis, 135. solidaginis, 135. S strigata, 135. Reed, Edmund Baynes, biographical sketch and portrait, 51. Rhagigasterine, table of genera, 156. Rhopalosiphum Grabhami, n. sp., 342. Rhopalosoma Poeyi, 43. hi the genus, 43. Rhopalosomidz, the family, 43. ROBERTSON, C., articles by, 172, Samia Californica, ad. parvimacula, SANDERSON, E. D., article by, 158. Sapygide, table of genera, 3. Sarracenia (Pitcher-plant), found in, 91. Saunders, W. E., biographical sketch and portrait of, 1. insects Sawfly, a new, 197 (figs.). Say, Thomas, the Tomb of, 94, 138. Sayomyta, n. gen., 190. Be punctipennis, 190. Scale insects in China, 82. SCHAEFFER, C., article by, 263. SCHWARZ, E. A., article by, 54. Scoliidz, table of subfamilies, 7. Scoliinz, table of genera, 7. Scopelosoma Colorado, 138. Sesia stellatarum larva, 45. Siavana rigida, n. sp., 14. Siricoidea, Arctic, 15. Stosson, Mrs. A. T., article by, 183. Smilia, the Coccinellid genus, 38. Smilia = Microweisea, 38. SmiITH, JOHN B., articles by, 9, 127 (plate). Sphecodogastra Texana, 336. Spiders, Classification of North Ameri- can: Comstock, 294. Spilomutilla, n. gen., 324. Spilothynnus, n. gen., 103, 104. Steganoptycha pyricolana, life-history, 158 (figs.). Stelis lateralis, 334. STEVENSON, C., articles by, 89, 214. Stictococcus, n. gen., 64. a Sjostedti, n. sp., 64. Stretchia = Acerra, 258. SwENkK, M. H., article by, 268. Tabanus hyalinipennis, n. sp., 244. Tachardia aurantiaca, n. sp., 65. Telea polyphemus, ad. flava, 110. Telea polyphemus, spinning methods, 139. Tenthredinoidea, Arctic, 15. Tetraphotopsis, n. gen., 305- Tetrascolia, n. gen., 8. Thamnotettix orbonata, n. sp., 229. Ps Shermant, n. Sp., 230. ss waldana, n. sp., 229. Thecla Titus, egg of, 340. THEOBALD, F. V., articles by, 211, 311. Theobaldia incidens, 311. Thynnide, table of subfamilies, 96. Thynnidea, n. gen., 98, 104, 105. Thynnine, table of genera, 97. | INDEX TO VOLUME XXXvV. Tiyreopus latipes, aberration, 38. Tiphiide, table of genera, 39. Titus, E. S. G., articles by, 213; 260. Tosquinet, Dr. Pierre-Jules, death Ol, 22s Trichodesma pulchella, n. sp., 264. os Texana, n. sp., 263. Triepeolus, table of species, 284. ee micropygtus, . Sp., 286. Trifurcula, note on the generic title, 139. Trigonophora= Habryntis, 259. Tutt’s ‘‘ British Lepidoptera,” 23, 44, 88. Vespoidea, classification of the super- family, 3, 39) 95; 155) 199; 303; 323- Viereckia, n. gen., 324, 329. WaLkER, E. M., article by, 295 (plate). WASHBURN, F. L., articles by, 316, 320. WasManvy, E., article by, 74. Wasmann, Dr., a few last words to: Casey, 108. Wasp, male with female antenna, 37. Wasps, classification of the Fossorial, Predaceous and Parasitic, 3, 39, 95) 155) 199; 393, 323: WEBSTER, F. M., article by, 94. Weith, R. J., obituary notice, 36. WickHaM, H. F., articles by, 67, 179, 205, 207. WILLIAMS, J. B., article by, 187. Xanthidium, n. gen., 177. << dentaria, n. sp., 178. se table of species, 177. Xenomutilla, n. gen., 330: NXiphydria erythrogaster, 0. Sp., 233- Xvlophasia ferens, n. Sp. 134. Xylotrechus 4-maculatus, 240. Zaspilothynnus, N. FeN., 99, 107s ES 2cii 4 ERRATUM. 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