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BROOKLYN, APRIL, 1887. NO. 1. By the Retiring Editor. When, two years ago, I took Editorial charge of Lxéomologica Americana, it was without any knowledge or expectation that before the end of the year I should leave Brooklyn, the city of its publication. In the summer of 1885 I was appointed to the position of Assistant Curator of Entomology in the U.S. National Museum, and it was considered that it would still be possible to continue to control the publication, notwith- standing the necessary change of residence. It was at that time and for some time afterward, possible for me to get to Brooklyn for a few days every month or two, and the disadvantages resulting from a residence of the Editor outside the city of publication, were reduced to a minimum, Nevertheless some difficulties arose which induced the Editor to ask for an assistant, and Mr. Geo. D. Hulst was elected to that position by the Society. Since the summer of 1886 it has been impossible for me to get to Brooklyn, except at rare intervals, and despite the best efforts of all concerned it was found impossible to get the numbers out as promptly as theretofore. The loss of time in sending proofs twice to Washington for correction, and the consequent tendency on the part of the printer to run in notes on short pages on his own proof reading, resulted in some an- noying errors,—all of which, and some other reasons not necessary to enumerate, induced me to resign my position with the end of Vol. I, and to decline a re-election, It is not without regret that I resign the privilege of editorial communication with the Entomological World; but the good of the Journal in my opinion required it. Nevertheless, as a contributor I shall hope to keep up my interest in the Journal and its success shall be, as before, one of my most earnest efforts. It would be in poor taste for me to praise my own work, but I cannot refrain from a ENTOMOLOGICA AMERICANA. VOL, III. 1 APRIL, 1887. —2— feeling of satisfaction at the results of my efforts during the past years, and I take this opportunity of most sincerely thanking those who have by their aid, their contributions and their advice, aided me in making the Journal a success. As to my successor and whilom assistant, he is not unknown to the readers of ‘‘Enr. Am.” and he will, no doubt, succeed even better than I did in raising the character and value of the Journal. I bespeak for him the same aid from the friends of the Journal that was so liberally ac- corded me. . Joun B. Sairu. ——-— > -<___—_- By the Incoming Editor. In assuming the duties and responsibilities of my office, I have no policy to unfold or promises to make. It is a serious undertaking to try to fill the place of my predecessor, one of our ablest Entomologists and as well one of our best Systematists,, but circumstances have induced him to retire, and the Brooklyn Ent. Society has chosen me to take his place. I shall try to do my duty to it, and to the Science, in which its members are interested ; I shall be abundantly satisfied if the Journal during the year just begun maintains the character and standing which it has always had under the leadership which has just ended. I beg the assistance of those who are interested in Entomology and ask them to make it to a proper extent their medium of communicating facts and dis- coveries in the Science to the Entomological World at large. a Antennal Structure of the genus Cressonia. By Joun B. Smiru. In several communications to the Brooklyn Ent. Society and to the Ent. Society of Washington I called attention to the distinctive character of the antennz of the Sa/urnidae and Ceralocampidae, and in a Revision of the former family in the Proc. U.S, N. Mus. for 1886, I pointed out more fully of what this peculiarity consists and its systematic value. Herrich-Schaffer was the first so far as I can find, who noticed the character of the pectinations in this group in his ‘‘Europaische Schmetter- linge”, but he there considers it valueless for systematic purposes. Recently, in examining a specimen of Cressonia_Juglandis, 1 found to my surprise, that the antennz here are in the (¥\ exactly as in the Safurnudae. I had carefully examined the great majority of Bombycid genera and found the pectinations single, and the re-currence of the doubly bi-pectinate antennz mesa in this Sphimgid genus was therefore unexpected. No other American species is so distinguished, and I cannot find a note of any other species so distinguished, from other countries. In describing the genus, Messrs. Grete and Robinson (Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. V, 186) stated that the antenne were ‘‘doubly bi-pectinated” in the ) cfolelm = * oaei=:sie%ats eines <= approximatus. le} hyines) Glnovedhyy AxcEN ENS. oy aogendasodbode. wooden anaccso eno onodor balteatus. EilvinaEsepatatehys coun Ged ic « .elnya) ele tie says) hele vede = hoe ols ses oc interruptus. Thorax with many transverse rug at middle and sides, strongly elevated but more or less confused. Elytra rounded at tip. Elytral bands forming two oval marks................+--200-- conjunctus. lolhviaeaill lonnavels maceequlene (Saeed) Soseoodeagooe sooo IGo oT ...ascendens. Elytral bands forming one oval and two oblique bands............ capraea. Elytra truncate at tip. Bands angulate or arcuate. Mulnorasnvyad ereut na mull OM Deewene nats ye eyelet ceri cisvonsyereie esr eieuc\el etef=ts) tele muricatulus. Mboraxilone er tam wilde warrecry suet alates sate sty neler icte eran iets longipes. IBANEGIS Saeheles WMI. Goo boodlaceaseusonouroocumoLuc aoe torquatus. Of these species it may be noted that ascendens, approximatus, balteatus and mdlerruplus are known only by specimens in the cabinets of Dr. Horn or the late Dr Leconte. The species do not vary in marking to the extent noted in Xylofrechus. N. angulatus Fab. Ent. Syst., I, 2, p. 335: Chev., Mon., 1862,’ p. 531; rhombifer Oliv., Ent., IV, 70, p. 46, t. 4, f. 51; Lap & Gory, Mon., p. 17, t. 4, fe LOS Lec., J. A. P., ser. 2, II, p. 26; Moped Lap & Gory, Mon., p. TiS) ts Ge din Blo) Wise. Ge,» p+ 29. Length 11—15 mm. = .44—.60 ins. Hab. Jamaica, Cuba, Georgia, N. Y. feey, wr I have not been able to see this insect and am therefore unable to in- clude it in the synopsis. It is described as under : “Reddish brown, thorax longer than wide with fine short transverse ruge at ‘‘middle and two at sides somewhat longer, the sides subspinose; elytra truncate and ‘externally spinose, with the suture, basal margin, an oblique line from humerus to ‘‘suture and a small spot at middle, whitish or luteous pubescent, or with the lines *freduced to dots.”’ The posterior thighs are described as spinose by Dr. Leconte in rhombifer, not in Hofer. It is a West Indian species and apparently rare in collections here. f N. scutellaris Oliv. Encycl. Meth., V, 1790, p. 266; Ent. IV, 70, p. 51, t. 5, f. 52; Lap & Gory, Mon., p. 53, t. 11, f. 62; e/egans Melsh., i. litt.; Hald., Trans. Am. Phil., X, p. 40. Length 7—16 mm. = .28-—.64 ins. Hab. La., Ga., N. C., Va., Tex., Pa., Ohio, N. Y., Kans., Neb. Differs from the next but slightly ; the band of thorax is however always distinct, the thorax more narrowed in front, and the elytra more strongly armed at tip, generally bispinose. N. luscus Fab. Ent. Syst. Suppl., p. 152; Syst. El., II, p. 347; Lap & Gory, Mon., p. 27, t. 6, f. 32; Lec., J. A. P., ser. 2, Il, p. 26; aculeatus Dej., Cat., 3d ed:, p- 356; Aumeralis Newn., Ent. Mag., V, p. 394; maculosus Gmel., ed. Linn., I, 4, p. 1854; mucronatus Fab., Syst. Ent., p. 193; Oliv., l.c., IV, 70, p. 38, t. 3, £ 34; tricolor Megerle, i. litt. Length 7—i9 mm. = .28—.76 ins. Hab. Pa-, Ga., La., Ohio, Tex., Va., Mo., Gans, Or: Reddish brown, posterior two-thirds of elytra and parts of thorax often darker. This and the above have the markings fairly constant but sometimes partly obliterated. N. irroratus Lec. J. A. P., IV, 1, 1858, p. 26; morosus Chey., Mon., 1860, p- 501; Dej., Cat., 3d ed., p. 356. Length 1c—18 mm. = .40—.72 ins. Hab. Texas. Very distinct by the characters named in the table. Dark brown with sparse whitish pubescence. Chevrolat has based a new genus upon its characters which, as it stands alone in our fauna, it seems unnecessary to use. ‘The clubbed antennz are partly approached by other species. N. devastator Lap & Gory, Mon., p. 17, t. 4, f. 18, bis.; Chev., Mon., 1862, p. 531; avanetformis Sturm, Cat., 1826, p. 121; cordifer De}j., Cat., 3d ed., p. 357; campullipes Schiipp, Dej. Cat., 1. c.; corthurnatus Klug, De}. Cat., 1. c.3 refesceus Lap & Gory, Mon., p. 16, t. 4, f. 18. Length 5—16 mm. = .20—.64 ins. Hab. Florida. This species has been taken in great number at Key West and Indian River, Fla., also in Cuba, Color reddish brown with white pubescence. Thorax sometimes black and white markings sometimes partly obliterated. N. erythrocephalus Fab. Ent. Syst., I, 2, p. 335; Lap & Gory, Mon., p. 20, 5, f. 23; Hald., Trans. Am. Phil., X, p. 39; acuminatusFab., Spec. Ins., I, p. 234; a == ambulatory Sturm, Cat., 1826, p. 121; americanus Gmel., ed. Linn., I, 4, p. 1854; aspericollis Germ. Ins. Spec. Nov., p. 517- Length 5—18 mm. = .20—.72 ins. Hab. N. H., Mass., Can., N. Y., La., Pa., Wa, Del., N. C., N. J., Tex., Iowa, Ga., Kans., Neb. I have included this species with those having spinose femora and elytra, although in small specimens the spines are very small. The anterior ridge of pronotum very prominent in large specimens is also scarcely visible in small ones. Color reddish brown, except beneath and elytra behind first band more or less black. Elytra bands yellow. N. approximatus Lec. Proc. Ac. Phil., 1862, p. 42. Length 10 mm. = .56 ins. Hab, Kansas. I have seen only one specimen in Dr. Horn’s collection ; reddish brown with yellow bands. N. balteatus Lec. S. M. C., 1873, p. 201. Length 14 mm. = .56ins. Hab. Oregon. This I have not seen. The color is described by Dr. Leconte as fusco piceus with yellow markings. The sketch we owe to Dr. Horn’s kindness. Ni interruptus) Lec, -S: M: C , 1373, p- 201. Length 10 mm. = .40 ins. Hab. California. I have seen one specimen in Dr. Horn’s collection, reddish brown with yellow markings. The three species above named though closely resembling each other and erythrocephalus, appear to be very distinct. They appear also to be equally rare. ? N. conjunctus Lec. Ent. Rept., 1857, p. 61. Length 8—16 mm. = .32—.64 ins. Hab. Cal., Or, Black with yellow or white bands. In a large series I find no var- lation except in size. INescapraca) say. JAY By M1823, p.424> Am. Bnt., Ut, 53 Leer JieAc P., ser. 2, II, p. 26; edevatus Lap & Gory, Mon., p. 32, t. 7, f. 40; géddicollis Lap and Gory, Mon., p. 24, t. 6, f. 28. Length 12—20 mm. = .48—.80 ins. Hab. Ark., Pa., Mass., La., Va., Kans., Mo.,, N. Y., Miss., Neb., Texas. ; Black with bands of yellow or occasionally white. The thorax is usually entirely black, but in two specimens before me, from Texas, the quadrate spaces between the thoracic ridges are entirely clothed with silvery white hair. N. ascendens Lec. Bull. Geol. and Geog. Surv., IV, 1878, p. 462. Length 85 mm. = .34 ins. Hab. Colorado. This species I have not seen and our figure is copied from a sketch, made by Dr. Horn, of the only specimen known in Dr. Leconte’s col- lection. It is described as elongate and similar to muricafulus in form and sculpture, but thorax less muricate and more coarsely punctured toward b igeee sides. Elytra marked as in figure, and the posterior femora extending to tip of elytra. N. muricatulus Kirby. Fn. Bor. Am., IV, p. 177; dewcozonus Lap & Gory, Mon., p. 90, t. 17, f. 105. Length 7—10 mm. = .28—.4o ims. Hab. N. H., Cal., Utah, Wyo., H. B. T., Mass., Can., Va., Cal., Me., La. , Biack or brown with white markings, very constant in arrangement. This species varies somewhat in the form of the thorax which is usually nearly quadrate, a little wider than long, but sometimes very much wider. N. longipes Kirby. Fn. Bor. Am., IV, 1837, p. 176. Length 97—11 mm. = .36—.44 ins. Hab. Texas, Va., Can. Black with white markings as in our figure, but sometimes partly obliterated. This species runs very close to the preceding, is however more slender, especially in the form of the thorax, the legs are longer, and the tip of the elytra tends more to the acuminate form. The base of the elytra bears very much more white hair. N. torquatus Lec. S. M.C., No. 264, 1873, p. 200. Length 74—12 mm. = .3c—.48 ins. Hab. Texas. Black with yellow bands. Might be confused with ery/hrocephalus, but is easily known by the transverse yellow band at middle of prothorax. The anterior femora are finely dentate beneath, not very obviously in small specimens, EURYSCELIS, Chev. This genus was erected by Chevrolat for a few species with twelve jointed antennze, one of which has occured in the United States. E. suturalis Oliv. Ent., IV, 1795, 70, p. 62, t. 7, f. 91; Lap & Gory, Mon., p. 15, t. 4, f. 16; Chev., Mon., 1862, p. 530; /ongipes Dej. Cat., 3d ed., p. 357- Length 64—11 mm. = .26—.44 ins. Hab. St. Domingo., N. Y., Tex. I have two specimens before me, one from New York and one from Texas. Light brown with white pubescence. ‘The thorax is carinate, like Neoclytus and the femora spinose. CLYTANTHUS, 7Zzom. This genus, which has neither the frontal carina nor thoracic ridges is separated from C/yfus by the narrow episterna of the metathorax. The two species differ greatly in the elytral marking which are described below. } C. ruricola Oliv. Ent., IV, 70, p. 65, t. 8, f. 96; Lap & Gory, Mon., p. 56, t. 11, f. 65; Lec., J. A. P., ser. 2, II, p. 27; :capreolus Dej. Cat., 3d ed., p. 350; hamatus Say, J. A. P., III, 1823, p. 423; Am. Ent., III, t. 53. Length 7—12 mm. = .28—.48 ins. Hab. Canada to Virginia, Maine to Illinois. (TO BE CONTINUED.) > —Oo— Notes on some species of Geometridae. No. 3. By Rey. Gro. D, Huts. (Continued from ps 224, vol, II.} Marmopteryx gibbicostata Walk. (C. B. M. Geom., p, 1388, 1862.) This species published as Cidaria gibbicostata is declared by Dr. Packard, 5th Rept. Peab, Acad. Sci., p. 89, to be the same as Zephrina strigularia, Minot, which was described Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., XII, 170, 1869 as Anisopferyx strigularia. On p. 88, 5th Rept. Peab, Acad. Sci., Dr. Packard states ZLarentia costinotata, Walk., C. B. M. Geom.. p. 1701, 1862, is a synonym of the same species. In his Mon, Geom, p. 250, 1876, Dr. Packard creates the genus Jfarmop/eryx, but does not correct the synonomy. ‘This insect as noted by Dr. Packard was also afterwards described as Larentia anetformis by Dr. Harvey. So it has been described four times, and referred to five genera | _ Thamnonoma marcessaria tien. (Bhaley lle o25 18573) This species was afterwards re-described by Guénée as Zephrina lor- quinaria, Phal. IJ, rot. Caripeta augustioraria Walk. (C. B. M. Geom.,, p. 1524, 1862.) My material in this genus is not very large, numbering only g spe- cimens of C. augustioraria, C. latioraria and C. subochrearia, Grt., of which latter I have the types. I have also two specimens of C. e@guataria, Grt., for comparison, Four specimens from Mr. W. W. Hill of Albany, N. Y., taken in Lewis Co., N. Y., vary widely among themselves. Two are orange ochreous, two are chestnut brown, two have the central band_ broad and continuous across the wing, one has it almost, another en- tirely divided. The hind wings vary also from orange ochreous to brown, or are unicolorous light ochreous. My impression is from what material I have, that these 4 species above are only varietal forms, which may in places become races. But the amount of my material will hardly war- rant any such reference at present. The females all seem to be more diffusely marked than the males. Fidonia fimetaria Grt. and Rob, (Tr. Am. Ent. Soc., III, 182.) This species, very common in Texas and Arizona, was re-described by Mr. Grote from Arizona specimens as / partiaria (Can, Ent., XV., 130). In the types of this last species the males are exactly the same as those of #. fimetaria, while the females are somewhat lighter. Fidonia stalachtaria Streck. (Rept. Surv. Dept. Mo., p. 1863, pl. 2, f. 6, 1878.) This was re-described by Mr. Grote as & alternaria (Can, Ent. XV, 27); there is no difference of even varietal value between the two. | Stenaspilates meskearia Pack. (Mon. Geom., p. 213, pl. 13, f. 50.) Of these species I have already written (Ent. Am., II, 141-142). ENTOMOLOGICA AMERICANA. VOL. II. 2 APRIL, 1887. SS Chloraspilates bicoloraria Pack. (Mon. Geom., p. 212, pl. 13, f. 40, 1876.) Described by Mr. Grote (Pap., I], 80, 1882,) as C. arizonaria. Having his types before me I can see no reason for considering it distinct. The only difference noted is the discal ringlet. Dr. Packard had only 1 (j\ to describe from, and it happened it did not have the discal ringlet evident. In a considerable series of specimens from Texas and Arizona the majority have the annulate discal spot, the Texan specimens rather more prominently than those from Arizona; it is as a rule much less marked in the < than in the Q. At the very best, Mr. Grote’s name stands on a very frail basis as a variety, not good enough however to warrant recognition in my opinion. Aspilates liberaria Walk. (C. B. M. Geom, p. 239, 1860.) This species was described by Mr. Walker under the genus Apicia, and without knowledge of its habitat. Later (C. B. M. Geom., p. 889. 1861), he described it again as M/acaria infegraria. This same species Dr. Packard (6th Rept. Peab. Acad. Sci., p. 44, 1874,) described as Aspilates lintneraria. In his Mon. Geom., p. 297, Dr. Packard recog- nizes that his species is the same as Walker's WWacaria integraria, but does not change his own name in the description, p. 209; afterwards Mr. Goodell, writing to the Can. Ent. (vol. X, p. 40), says that Dr. Packard has for him identified specimens of “i/neraria as Walker's A. liberaria. How the Doctor came to this knowledge is not stated, but I think on the basis of it we are warranted in considering the three species one and the same. Dr. Packard figures 4. /beraria, pl. 2, f. 54, and thus prob- ably had a colored drawing of Walker's type. Aspilates coloraria Fab. (Sup. Sys. Ent., 96, 97, 1798.) This insect is extraordinarily variable in appearance, as indeed all our species of Asfilafes seem to be. Dr. Packard places the following as synonyms: accessaria Hiibn., cruenfaria Walk., and sph@romacaria Harvey. In remarks under this species (Mon, Geom.) he says: ‘‘this species is so much like A. d@ssimilarva, that I am inclined to regard it al- most as a melanized form of that species.” With a large number of, specimens to compare, I am certain that the two are forms of the same species. The name will of course stand A. colorarva. A number more of Mr. Walker's species will also be rated as synonyms or varieties; how many I do not know, but without doubt the following are: A. afro- punctaria, C. B. M. Geom., p. 1673, 1862, and A. o/enusaria, C. B. M. Geom., p. 1675, 1862. Gorytodes uncanaria Guen. (Phal. II, 180, 1857.) This species is subject to considerable variation of the cross lines. Platea californiaria H. Sch., has been regarded as a synonym, I think ah i en very rightly; and having the types before me, I also so consider G. per- sonaria Hy. Edw., the same species. Gorytodes trilinearia Pack. (Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., XVI, 24, 1874.) Having Mr. Grote’s type of G. dulcearia, (B’kl. Bull., III, 46, 1880,) before me, I am not able to separate it from Dr, Packard’s species above, Grote’s type has considerable of an ochreous coloring, but all males have more or less of that tint; the females of the species are lighter colored, with more diffuse markings, and with little or no ochreous tendency. Lepiodes scolopacinaria Guen. (Phal, IJ, 359, 360.) This inseet has since the time of Guénée remained unidentified in American collections; after a careful study of the description of the genus, I have come to the conclusion that it can be none other than ZYornos, Morrison; and after a like study of the species, I feel certain that Guénée’s insect is the species known as rvudbiginosarius Morrison, Proc. Bost. Soc. N. H., XVI, 218, 1875, typical form. Lepidopterists have undoubtedly been misled by the fact that Guénée placed the genus just after Lupithecia. Mr. Morrison in describing, placed the insect among the Noctude. Lepiodes escaria Grt. (Can. Ent., XIV, 186, 1882.) I have before me the types of all of Mr. Grote’s later species, viz.: “. escaria, interruptaria, ochrofuscaria, eupitheciaria and pygmeolaria, and these in thirty or forty specimens I have compared carefully, As a result, I am forced to the conclusion that Z. pygmeolaria is a synonym of L. escarta, differing in nothing but size. This variation is very great, from 19 to 31 mm., but the specimens before me lie indiscriminately between the two extremes. Lepiodes interruptaria Grt. (Can. Ent., XIV, 185, 1882.) This seems to be a good species, but the interrupted cross lines are not specific, as there is every intergradation. ‘The outer cross line seems however to be much more oblique than in Z. escarza, and the fore- wings are with a more rounded inner angle, and the inner margin very much more rounded. JZ. ochrofuscarta I consider a not very strongly marked color variety of this species. Lepiodes approximaria Pack. (Mon. Geom,, p. 215, pl. 9, f. 40, 1876.) Of this I consider ZL. ifuma/aria Grt., (Can. Ent., IX, go, 1877), asynonym. ‘There is, so far as 1am able to determine, no difference whatever between the two, save something more of a chocolate tint to Dr, Packard’s types. ——- +> + SSS Chionobas semidea, Say. By A. G. WEEks, JR. So little has been said regarding the collecting of our rare mountain butterfly, Cheonod.1s semidea, that a few words in that respect, noting the spots on Mt. Washington, where the insect flies, may prove of value to some of your readers. C. semidea is not found below the timber line, but inhabits the rocky barren ground, five thousand feet above sea level. Those taken by me were found eight hundred to twelve hundred feet below the summit, none being seen above or below this line. I recommend the ascent from the Crawford House, by the bridle path over Mts. Clinton, Pleasant, Franklin, and Monroe, a distance of eight or nine miles. After passing Mt. Monroe, a level area comes into view, form- ing a part of Mt. Washington, and about one thousand feet below the summit. This space is one to two miles long, running north and south, bordering Tuckerman’s Ravine, and called as it reaches the southern cliffs, Boott's Spur. The butterflies were scattered over this ‘‘field”, but most commonly in the line of the path and along the summit slope to the cliffs. As one ascends towards the summit they become scarce, and finally disappear altogether about two hundred feet above the level ground. Walking around the summit on the westerly side, none were seen. until another comparatively level area was reached, extending from the railroad track easterly to the cliffs overlooking the ravine, called the Gulf of Mexico. Here a number were found, but they were not as plentiful as on Boott’s Spur. But few more were found outside of these two spots. In its flight, C. semrdea resembles closely our small moths, when roused from their hiding places during the day. Rarely raising more than two or three feet, they drop clumsily into the grass or among the stones, perhaps twenty feet away. When they rise from the ground the wind usually takes them and carries them out of sight, rendering collecting hard and disappointing. Although clumsy and sluggish in the use of their wings, they are not so with their legs, and move about with a quick jerky motion. Although these butterflies do not gather in swarms, they nevertheless seem to seek companionship, and, one being started, another may be found some five to ten feet away. They do not stop on flowers or on grass blades. When at rest they either remain on the side of boulders or tucked away wander the grass, from which it takes them some time to free themselves. They were not seen flitting about as do their brethren in the valleys. None were seen on the wing unless aroused by some one approaching, oe Nae A few Corrections to Henshaw’s Check List. By As. SCHWARZ. Calosoma tepidum lLec., is not a variety of ca/idum but a distinct species. Tachys nigriceps Dej., is to be stricken off, — Perzgona nigri- ceps, De}. Agabus parallelus Lec., is considered by Dr. Sharp as syno- nymous with A. serzafus and, I think, quite correctly so. Agabus congener Payk. and A. ambiguus Say (ovoideus Lec.). This nomenclature adopted by Mr. Henshaw leads to confusion and is neither in accordance with that given by Dr. Sharp, nor with Dr. Horn’s subsequent remarks (Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., X, p. 278). The two species should stand as follows : A. congener fayk. ambiguus Say. A. confinis Gy//h. ovotdeus, Crotch. Moreover, A. confinis should be inserted immediately before wz/us- cafus Aub., with which it forms a well-defined group, characterized by the acute ridge on the prosternal process (cf, Sharp, On Aquat. Carniv. Col., p. 520). Scydmeznus cautus Lec. This name appears first in Dr. Le- conte’s List (Smithsn. Misc. Coll., 140), but has never been backed by a description, and is therefore to be stricken off. Gymnusa variegata Kiesenw., is to be added after G. drevicollis. Ptilium fungi Lec., appears twice in the List, once as Nanosella and a second time as Pidium. The latter reference should be stricken off. Ptenidium Ulkei Matth. This is the species formerly known to us as afomaroides Mots. With the literature at my command I fail to find a description of Motschulsky’s species, but if it is described the name has preference over Matthew’s name. If it is only a MS. species, it should be dropped from the List. Ptenidium ? lineatum Lec. I think it was for this species that the genus Mficridium was introduced in the 2nd edition of the ‘‘Classifi- cation.” Cybocephalus unicolor Mots. If this name is to be retained at all it should at least be transferred to the genus Cercyon in accordance with the author’s own opinion, regarding the lost type of his species (cf. Mannerheim, 3ter Beitrag zur Kaferfauna etc., p. 110). Cis bicarinatus Mann., read C. dzarmatus. ‘This is one of those typographical errors which are likely to be perpetuated in future editions of the List. —14— Anthonomus signatus Say, is synonymous with A. musculus Say (cf. Dr Riley, Rep. of the Comm. of Agric., 1885, p. 281). Encalus decipiens Lec. The genus Zvca/us is a synonym of Proctorus, and the species should be referred to the latter genus (cf. Dr. Leconte, Proc. Am. Philos. Soc., XVII, p. 620). Leconte’s rectification was entirely overlooked in the 2d editicn of the ‘‘Classification”, (p. 482). Pseudobaris albilata Lec., read a/bila/us. Leconte had originally given the correct name; the error was introduced by Mr. Austin in his Supplement to Crotch’s Check List. The name Liopus guerci Fitch, might also advantageously be changed to guercus. Quite a large number of species more recently described by European authors are not referred to in Mr. Henshaw’s List, but as most of these species will—so far as I am able to judge—only swell the number of synonyms, their enumeration is better deferred to a paper on Synonymy, which I hope, will ere long be written by a more competent hand than mine. ep Ecpanthera reducta, Grove. By Davin Bruce, Brockport, N. Y. I captured a female example of this species in Platte Canon, Col., last July—it was flying in the sunshine over low plants. I carefully pre- served it alive and was pleased to find next morning that it had deposited a small batch of eggs; these were firmly attached to the bottom of the box and arranged in very regular rows side by side; these resembled tiny pearls, being beautifully opalescent; in two days they turned lead colored, but still preserving the same pearly luster; they hatched on the eight and ninth day after. The larvae when first hatched were brownish black; after moulting the hairs on the three last segments were longer than the others and slightly tinged with light brown at the tips, giving a hoary appearance; at the third moult the final change in color took place, and the larva, (which hitherto could hardly be distinguished from Arctia Saunders of the same age), presented an entirely different appearance and in markings were unlike any other larva I ever saw; length, when walking extended, from 14 to 2 inches, the sexes being easily distinguished by the superior size of the females, those that produced male imagos being § inch shorter than the others; head and top of next segment pitchy black, feet and naked parts of body a livid purplish flesh color; from the usual verrucose warts on each segment arose spreading tufts of stiff glossy hairs, longer and more spreading than those on the larvee of P. /saded/a; the hairs form- —15— ing the posterior side of each tuft are cinnamon brown, the front hairs of each tuft being brownish black, thus giving a peculiar annulated appear- ance and making the larva resemble the tail of a ‘‘coon” in miniature.— These larvae are apparently gregarious when young, and are nocturnal feeders They all crept under leaves, and reposed side by side during the day. I fed them on Polygonum and Plantain, but they would eat almost any low plant; when about half grown they ceased to feed and hid under leaves and moss for several weeks, occasionally coming up at night and wandering about, but not eating. I placed them in my ‘‘Win- dow Garden” in December; after a few days they commenced feeding on Chickweed and Dandelion, and finally a few went to pupa, emerging as imago 32 days after. Some of the larvze are still feeding a little, and are large and healthy. ‘The pupa are rather more pointed than those of the genus Arcéia, and the anal spine is slightly flattened and bristly; the larval skin is firmly attached and envelops the abdominal segments of the pupa more than is usually the case. Not the slightest indication ofa web or co- coon is formed. SE ee A Field Note. An overflowing brook drove all the Cicendela sexguttala from a good locality in Malden, Mass., and since that time (June 28th), only one or two specimens have been seen. I noticed them first, resting a short distance outside the town on a sandy roadway, and when I disturbed them all flew in a certain direction and were soon lost to sight. j There is a strange scarcity—I should say absolute want—of other species of this genus here; since early in the season I have seen but two species—C. purpurea and C. punctulafa —and only one specimen of the latter; this is the more remarkable because Crcindele were very common here last year, and this season they are plenty in adjoining towns. There is a most unusual scarcity of all Coleopterous insects in this particular locality and I can see no reason why there should be, for food plants are plenty and everything seems to warrant a prolific insect life. There must be a cause for this seeming extinction of local species ; but I cannot find any adequate reason for the continued exclusion of in- sects from a small area while all around within a few miles species are as common as ever. The Diptera are very scarce, not only in Malden and other towns near Boston, but throughout all eastern Massachusetts, as far as I have collected. to As far as I have noticed, the Lepidoptera are also very scarce here, at least even the more common species have keen rarely seen by me, but as an offset for the lack of species of other orders the Hymenoptera are very plentiful. At one place, north of the town, where a swampy field is full of wild plants, scores of species could be seen flying from flower to flower in such variety that I was greatly tempted recently, to collect them, instead of - continuing in my vain search for beetles. L.. E. -Hoop: +o --- Minot has found that even a small piece of the skin of a larva will serve to identify it. In many of them the color of the skin is caused by pigment which may permeate the entire chitinous substance or be confined to the outer cuticular layer, where it is arranged, in combination with the sculpture of the surface, into pretty microscopic patterns, which are different in every species. ‘The larvae were taken from alcohol, boiled in concentrated potash and the chitinous layer mounted in balsam. In Danais archippus the dark brown transverse bands of the mature larva are caused by the coloration of the cuticle; but the color is not evenly dif fused, and is confined to small, sharply defined spaces which are elevated in the center, so that the whole has a hilly appearance. A transverse sec- tion showed that the coloring matter was contained in a very thin layer of lamella upon the base of colorless chitin. In Cyathia lavinia the fields are also papillose but grouped in small spots. In Vanessa antiopa the skin is evenly papillose; in Grapla interrogationis variably so. In Limenitis disippus dark papille are scattered among the colorless majority. In Grapta comma the papilla are acute and somewhat spiniform and very close together. In Papilio philenor this is exaggerated, so as to cause the appearance of a thick fur. In eliconia charitonia the papilla are more sparse, but unusually thick and convex in profile, while usually they are concave. A remarkable decrease in the number of papillz is found in Luptoeta claudia, while in Agraulis vanilla they are more numerous but smaller. In Papilio ajax there are neatly formed pointed papillz of variable sizes, evenly spread over the surface. In Anisofa stigma they form small hillocks without distinct apices. In Dafana ministra as well as in Cimbex americana the rounded hillock like form of the colored spaces gives a reti- culated appearance. Minot believes, that these modifications of the cuticle have some connection with unknown sensory organs, and that he has dis- covered a valuable aid to the construction, of a natural system. (Compare Charles Sedgwick Minot, Archiv fiir mikroskopische Ana- tomie, Band 28, Seite 37—48, t. 7.—-Ent. Nachrichten, XIII, 29. Joun B. Surrn. —17— Euerythra trimaculata, new species. By Joun B. Smiru. _ Head and thorax white, orbits of eyes and the vestiture of palpi bright red. Ab- domen white, the segments ringed with bright red of variable width. In the Q the red is sometimes very faint orange covered with white scales. In the <. Book Notice. Die Formiciden der Vereinigten Staaten von Nordamerica. Von Dr, Gusta\ Mayr. Verh. k. k. Zool.-Bot. Ges. in Wien, 1886, pp. 419—468. This pamphlet of 48 pages is the most important work on this group of American Insects that has ever been issued, and puts it within the power of the American Student to at least discover what is known, and to obtain a general idea of the classification of this family. Unfortunately there are no comprehensive synopses or—except in three instances— synopses of species, and the work is thus not so useful as it might be, nor are all the species described which would have greatly enhanced the value of the paper. It is a synonymical, annotated and descriptive list, and as such is a model. ‘The order of genera and the number of species in each, is as follows: Camponotus, 8; Colobopsts, 1; Mbyrmecocystus, 1; Poligerus, 1; Formica, 7 (ciliata n. sp.); Lastus, 6; Brachymyrmex, 1; Prenolepsis, 4; Lridomyrmex, 1; .Dorymyrmex, 1; Litometopum, 1; Tapinoma, 2; Dolr- choderus, 4 (pustulatus n. sp.), a table of workers being here given ; Odontomachus, 2; Proceratium, 3 ; Discothyrea, 1 ; Ponera, 2; Lobopelta, 1 (sepienirionalis n. sp.); Amblypona, 1; Lciton, 8, (subsudcatum n. sp. ); Alfa, 2; Aphcenogaster, 9, with table of workers (4revicornis, damellidens, albisetosa, Andrei and Pergandei new species); Pogonomyrmex, 5; Myr- mica, 4 ; Leptothorax, 5, with table of workers (/fortinodis n. sp.); Zetra- morium, 2; Stenamma, 1, (neoarcticum n. sp.); IZyrmecina, 1 ; Mono- morium, 2; Pheidole, 6, (commutata, n. sp.); Solenopsis, 4, (dedilis n. sp. ); Cremastogaster, 4, (Ashmeadin. sp.); Pseudomyrma, 1; Sirumigenys, 2. There are therefore 107 species distributed in 34 genera, and of these species there are 14 not heretofore described. It is almost certain that this list does not begin to represent the American Vormicid fauna, and there is plenty of chance for the enterprising collector and student. +> —27— Catocala badia, G. & R. The note on p. 3 on C marmorata Edw., I can parallel with another on C éadia, an insect more common, but withal very rare. A fmend, new in the work of collecting, was visited by me, and I spoke of the un- usually large series of C, dadia G. & R., which he had in his otherwise quite deficient collection. He told me he had obtained these on a visit to a country place near Darien, Conn. He there had his first experience in ‘‘sugaring.” ry C badia came in great quantities to the ‘“‘sugar.” He took a score or so of specimens, then knocked them away as a nuisance, for he found they would not give Drasteria erechtea, Mamestra arctica and such like any chance, and his collecting was a comparative failure be- cause C. dadia was so plentiful ! G:. DU Hurss: : ae Se eee Note on Dytiscus. There has been some doubt of the occurrence of Dytiscus hybridus in this vicinity (New York), a collector of great experience having informed me it was restricted to the Lake region. I want to state that I found last September in a little pond on Staten Island, 5 males and 2 females (smooth). Nota single specimen of /asciventris was obtained from the same pond, and only two verfcal’s were found in company with it. In addition to the diagnosis of Crotch as to form of body, form and sculpture of thorax, inner line of yellow elytral margin unbroken, Mr. Sharp points out a difference in the hind coxal plates, which are sub-parallel, while in fasciveniris they are divergent, the side angles nearly right. The prosternal carina is more compressed. In these two characters verficalis is intermediate. The color of the thoracic apex and base as well as of the underside, is very variable, even in living specimens. The size of these three species Crotch gives as follows : verticals 1.25 to 1.30 inches ;_fasciveniris 1.25 inches (should be 1.025); Aybridus 1.8 inches (should be 1.08). This may be of interest to local collectors who have no access to Sharp’s monograph. M. LG. Liner. ; Sue Catalogue of the described species of South American SYRPHID/-. Additions and Corrections. By S. W. WIL isron. Baron Osten-Sacken has kindly communicated to me the following list of additions and corrections to my Catalogue of South American Syrphidz, recently published in the Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., xili, 308. They were obtained from comparison with a catalogue of extra-European Diptera compiled by:him, which it is very much to be desired that he SSS will soon publish. Such a general catalogue of the Diptera of the world, prepared by so conscientious an authority as Baron Osten-Sacken, could not help but be of the greatest service to all students of the order, if for no other reason than that of the literature. Five of the species given be- low were ones omitted accidentally by me in the arrangement of the MSS., or by the printer; others were overlooked, or were in works to which | had no clews. I believe that the list, with these additions, is now es- sentially complete. Mr. V. v. Roeder informs me that Xylofa carulea Rondani, is the same as S/erphus anfennals Phil., which must thus give place to the earlier name. ADDITIONS. Microdon cyaneus Perty, Delectus, etc.—Brazil. Julgens Wiedemann, Auss. zw. Ins., ii, 82; Williston, Synopsis, I1 : Macquart, Dipt. Exot., ter Suppl., 122.—N. and S. America. Syrphus albitarsis, excavatus and albiventris Rondani, Dipt. Osculati.i—S. America. octoguttatus Jaennicke, Neue Exot. Dipt., 90.—Chili. similis Blanchard, in Gay’s Hist. fis. y pol. de Chile, vii, 410; Philippi, Verh. Zool.-Bot. Gesellsch., xv, 745.—Chili. ¥ TPhalacromyia ardua Wiedemann, Auss. zw. Ins., ii, 204 (Volucella); Rondani, Esame, etc., 5 (id.); Mik, Wien. Ent. Ztg. 1883, 284.—S. America. Temnocera metallorum and fulvolucus Walker, Dipt. Saund., 252.—Brazil. Lristalis decorus Perty, Delectus, ete.—Brazil. tnversus Wiedemann, Auss. zw. Ins., ii, 161.—Surinam. Juscipennis Macquart, Dipt. Exot., ter Suppl., 128, pl. xi, fig. 5.—Surinam. pygmaeus Macquart, Dipt. Exot., ii, 2, 54.—Surinam, JSunescens Rondani, Dipt. Osculati, 4.—Rio Negro. TTelophilus chilensis (Walker?) Guérin, Iconogr., 545, pl. xcix, f. 2.—Chili. Also the four following from the Galapagos Islands should be in- cluded in the South American fauna. Surphus albomaculatus Smith, Proc. Zool. Soc., Lond., 1877, 84. agonis Walker, List, etc., iii, 588. splendens Thomson, Eugenies Resa, 501. Baccha facialis Thomson, Eugenies Resa, 504. CORRECTIONS. Microdon conopsoides should be stricken out; it is Aiwogaster conopsoides wrongly placed. Microdon angustus Macq. Suppl. i, is not the same as AZ. angustus Macq., Suppl. iii. Pipiza aurantipes Bigot is from Chili, not Brazil. P. lugubris Jaenn. should read 96, not 4. Kor Volucella polorans read plorans. Syrphus elegans should have been printed in italics and indented ; it is a synonym of distinguendus. Dolichogyna nigripes Bigot, is 1883, not 1884. Stilbosoma nigrinervis, not nigricornis. Observations on some CAPSID with descriptions of a few new species. Bye Ra Re VUHLER: (No. 2.) Div. CYLLECORARIA. Pilophorus, Hahn. This genus was separated by Hahn in his Icones ad Monog. Cim. I, No. 23, to contain a European species the Capsus é7/asczafus Fab., which is also a synonym of Cymex clavafus Linn, Since then two other species have been recognized, and all three have been placed in another genus (Camaronotus) by Fieber, in his Europadischen Hemiptera. — Still later, Douglas and Scott in their British Hemiptera have gone so far as to base a family upon this genus, to which they have given the name Camaronotide. North America is not less well provided with represen- tives of this genus than is Europe, and unless we are mistaken in the value of the characters employed to separate them, the United States has more species than the old world. Dr. O. M. Reuter has recently studied the European forms of the Capsid@, and with a larger amount of material than has been before any previous Hemipterist. Accordingly, with a wider view than any of his predecessors, he has deemed it more accurate to arrange this Pulophorus, in company with JZimocoris, Myrmicomimus, Cremnocephalus, Ethelasha, Systellonotus, Lemocoris, Lroticoris, etc., in a division Pilophoraria. The genus Pilophorus has such a different facies from any of our other known Capsid@ that it would seem to be recognizable at once by the shape and adjustment of the head alone. The Ant-like form of the body, especially in the nymph, together with its habit of rapidly coursing over the bark of trees renders it liable to be mistaken for one of the small red or brown Formicide. Our American species differ much in the width of the body, the females being more robust than the males, but they are all more or less spindle-shaped, contracted across the basal half of the hemelytra. hey have a broad head which curves back beyond the sides of the swollen pronotum, sits close against it, is ofa conical form, scooped out behind and below there is a high carina connecting the eyes, and the face is very sloping anteriorly. The males usuallv have a more parallel- sided prothorax than the females. 1. P. confusus Kirschb, Rhynchot, Wiesbaden, p. 133, 9. This species agrees almost exactly with the insect so named by Kirschbaum, of which I have several examples received direct from Meyer- Dir of Bergdorf, Switzerland, and which were determined by him to be f the true P. confusus. ” ENTOMOLOGICA AMERICANA. VOL, III. 5 May, 1887. —30— In the Atlantic region this insect lives upon willow bushes, and is sometimes rather common in September. It is next to the smallest spe- cies of the genus thus far discovered in North America, and will no doubt prove to be extensively distributed on this continent when it becomes more sufficiently known. 2. P. amcenus, new sp. Piceous, opaque, highly polished beneath; aspect of P. difasciatus Fab., but with a narrower pronotum which differs but very little in the two sexes; with the second joint of antennze more strongly and abruptly clavate on the apical one-third. Head long and broad, including the eyes about as wide as the base of the pronotum, face obsoletely shagreened, transversely wrinkled, vertex with an impressed longitud- inal line running from the middle of occipital ridge, and each side of this a shorter diagonal impression connected inwardly with a depressed point. Rostrum pale rufo- piceous, darker at base, reaching to the middle coxee 2, but a little longer in the male; antennz long, reddish yellow to beyond the middle of the second joint, that joint longer than the head and pronotum united, the last two joints slender whitish, the apical one a little dusky near the tip. Pronotum blackish-piceous, more or less dull, sub-cylindrical, trapezoidal comparatively narrow, obsoletely scabrous and wrinkled, but sinuated on the sides posteriorly, which is caused by the great prominence of the postero-lateral angles ; middle line impressed, proceeding from an indentation ‘in front ; posterior-margin distinctly concave, and in front of this the surface convexly elevated ; pleural flaps transversely wrinkled. Sternum and pleural pieces highly polished, coxze piceous, anterior wide in the middle, posterior pair broadly white at tip ; femora and tibize piceous, the former usually paler at base. Hemelytra cin- namon fulvous, piceous across the apical third and including the cuneus, corium with a slender silvery band extending half-way across the middle, a band of the same color forming the basal boundary of the piceous part, and at the inner corner of the cuneus a silvery dot; membrane dusky with a darker spot at base. Scutellum black, tumid, polished, minutely scabrous, the tip much depressed. Venter piceous black, highly polished, a little rufescent when recently excluded. Length to tip of membrane 44—54 mm.; to tip of venter 33—44 mm. Width of base of pronotum 11 mm, This species closely resembles the P. 4ifascza/us Fab., Mantissa Ins. II, 305, 264; of which P. cennamopterus Kirschb., is a synonym. Our knowledge of the distribution of this species is as yet very inade- quate. It sometimes abounds on Pine trees in late June and July in Maryland. When fully matured some specimens have a faint bronze tinge upon the surface of the pronotum, which is not apparent in others. Possibly this peculiarity is due to the influence of the heat generated in their bodies at the period of mateing. 3. P. Walshii, new sp. This form has been held back for a long time in the hope that other specimens may be secured to enable a wider comparison with the European species. It is in reality much smaller than the P. clavafus Linn., to which it —3I— seems tHe most nearly allied. Its figure, however, appears broader, the general color is a dark cinnamon fulvous, more or less piceous upon the disk of the pronotum. Head rufo-fulvous, the face obsoletely transversely wrinkled, having a few im- pressed points scattered over the surface ; base of vertex witha slightly raised deltoid spot; eyes projecting a little wider than the front of the pronotum, but decidedly most prominent in the male ; antenne slender, of medium length, rufo-fulvous ; with the apical one-third of second joint fuscous, that joint graduated a little thicker to- wards the tip, and about as long as the pronotum and eye united ; third and fourth joints together shorter than the second, dusky, white at base, the third a little longer than the fourth ; rostrum rufous, reaching to the middle coxze. Pronotum trapezoidal, moderately convex, wide, the lateral margins diagonal, slightly sinuated, but a little more sinuated in the male. Legs, pectus, and basal haif of venter pale rufo-fulvous, the apical half of the latter piceous ; coxze more or less white. Scutellum dusky, moderately tumid, a little scabrous, fulvous at tip. Corium and clavus cinnamon fulvous, sometimes darker, the former with a very slender silvery band beyond the base, a second similar, dislocated one behind the middle and a silvery dot at the inner angle of the cuneus ; the cuneus and a polished spot near the apex of corium pale piceous ; the membrane dusky. Length to tip of membrane 3—3$ mm.; to end of abdomen 23 mm. Width of ° base of pronotum I mm. This form appears more flat above than is common to the species in this division of the genus. Several specimens were kindly sent to me by the late B. D. Walsh, who collected them in the neighborhood of Rock Island, III. Pamillia, new genus. Form of Prlophorus, but more close set and with a thicker abdomen. Head deeper and more convex, face narrower and more nearly vertical ; occiput with a carina between the eyes; antenne exceptionally thick, of nearly equal thickness throughout, the second joint as long as the eye and -pronotum united, third and fourth together about as long as the second, and both contracted at base, the fourth shortest, conical at tip. Pronotum trapeziform, about as wide as long, very convex, deeply sinuated each side, which causes the posterior angles to prominently project laterally. Hemelytra much widened behind the middle as far as the tip, the outer margin of corium broadly curved, widely reflexed ; the cuneus wide and short, acute at tip, feebly incised at base. Legs stout, the hind pair long, and all the tarsi slender. _P. Behrensii, new sp. Chestnut brown, moderately polished, more robust and wider posteriorly than the average species of P¢/ophorus. The pronotum also proportionately wider, with the lateral margins oblique, concave, and the disk more generally convex. Head convex, shorter, and less compressed than in /2/ophorus, polished, very minutely scabrous, transversely obsoletely wrinkled, depressed across the base, the middle line feebly impressed ; eyes pale, more prominent laterally in the male than in the female: antenne very stout, all the joints of nearly equal thickness, the second joint about as long as the eye and pronotum united, the third and fourth short, both contracted at base, the fourth shortest almost at tip ; rostrum pale rufo-piceous, reaching to tip of the middle coxa. Scutellum paler brown, yellowish at tip, moderately convex, transversely impressed before the base. Legs piceo-fulvous, a little embrowned at the points of articulation, the posterior acetabular flap white. Pleural pieces fulvous, polished. Hemelytra pale fuscous invested with erect hoary pubescence ; the clavus fulvous, a little embrowned at base, corium with a triangular white spot at base, a pale costal margin and a white oblique band across the broad apex : cuneus short, triangular, fuscous, margined exteriorly and at tip with white ; membrane dusky, darker at base, venter piceous, sericeous pubescent, fulvous in the basal angle. Length to tip of membrane 4 mm.; to end of venter 3! mm. Width of base of pronotum a little less than 1 mm. Two specimens collected in the neighborhood of San Francisco, were kindly given to me by Mr. James Behrens, to whom I desire to dedicate this species as a slight recognition of the many services he has done in several branches of Entomology. The thick texture of the integuments, besides the exceptionally stout antennz, and bent hemelytra, will abundantly separate this species from all its allies thus far recognized. Diommatus, new genus. General outline oblong elliptical. Head viewed from above nearly triangular, the face almost vertical, moderately tumid in front, longitudi- nally indented and excavated above. Superior cheeks short, tapering towards the tip, inferior cheeks wide, oblong, prominent, blunt at tip. Occipital edge carinate. Eyes large, prominent almost spherical ( the type of Acronycta afflicta, Grote. The 4. drumosa of Grote’s collection is therefore not Guénée’s species but is = A. verillii, Grote, = /fusciata, Walk., = tmpressa, Walk., as pointed out by Grote. —-36— A. hamamelis, Guén. A specimen, labelled by M. Guénée, of this species evidently re- presents a dark form of his A. clarescens (one of the types of which we also possess, as noted by him). A. clarescens is the ‘A. hamamelis’ of Grote’s collection and therefore quite distinct from A. clarescens of Grote, which belongs to another group in which the dagger mark is well defined. Acronycta noctivaga, Grote. The A. longa of Walker is a synonym of this species and quite distinct from Guénée’s insect of which, unhappily, we do not possess the type but which appears to be a form of A. drumosa = persuasa. Acronycta subochrea, G. & Rh. I cannot distinguish this from the type of A. zmplefa, Walk., which, although broken, is in perfectly recognizable condition. — Acronycta hilus, Grote. This appears to me to be a small form of A. modica, Walk.; it is however paler on the under surface and on the upper surface shows more rufous-brown in the discoidal spots of primaries. I am not usually re- garded as a lumper of species, but I should certainly hesitate to consider it distinct ; it may be. Notes on Preceding Paper. By Joun B, Smite. Acronycta hilus, Grt., does not seem to be described ; no description is known to me at least. I wrote Mr. Butler on the subject asking whether he knew of a description ; his reply is: ‘‘With regard to A. Ai/us, Grote, | know of no description of the species, but as Grote had so labelled one of his specimens I concluded that he did know of it, and that you, in America, would be likely to know of it also.” Modica, Walker, has been dropped from our Lists by Mr. Grote. Mr. Butler says further on this subject in the letter above quoted: ‘Iam very doubtful about the identity of A. exulis [qy. exilis ?| with A. modica; it is possible that they are distinct and, in any case, they represent at least two well marked types of one species; at the same time Grote did not possess A. modica and the pattern of the two forms is identical: A. exules is smaller, has paler primaries with a littke more brown suffusion within end of discal cell ; but the two specimens from Grote’s collection differ in tint of primaries, the type being paler than the second example ; therefore I say that I would not myself venture to separate it as a species.” Mr. Butler’s letter leaves it in doubt what relation Aus and exulis bear to each other ; both seem to be hardly distinct from modica. oa NORTH AMERICAN PYRALIDE. By Pror. C. H. FERnacp. co} 7 —— (Mass. AGR. COLLEGE, AMHERST, Mass.) Crambus bolterellus, n. sp. Expanse of wings, 22 mm. Palpi, head and thorax, pale ochre yellow, the palpi being touched with fuscous on the outer side. The patagize are overlaid with lead colored scales. Fore wings white, broadly edged with fuscous along the costa. Behind this edging there is a stripe extending from the basal fourth of the cell to the apex, of a dull leaden color and the remaining intervenular spaces are also of the color. An oblique reddish brown line crosses the wing a little beyond the end of the cell, with a slight inward angle near vein 2, and a pronounced outward angle beyond the end of the cell. A second line crosses the wing rather more than half way from the last to the outer margin, of similar size and color and similarly angulated below the costa but following the outline of the outer margin, below the angle. A row of six or seven black points rest on the intervenular spaces at the end of the wing. Fringes pale silvery metallic, Hind wings sordid white with a fine, pale fuscous terminal line which does net reach to the anal angle. Fringes white. Abdomen pale fuscous, darker beneath. Legs and underside of fore wings, pale fuscous. Underside of hind wings somewhat lighter. Received from Texas by Mr. A. Bolter, for whom I take great pleasure in naming this species. Crambus multilinellus, n. sp. Expanse of wings, 26 mm, Palpi, head and thorax, dull ochre yellow. Fore wings, bright ochre yellow. A costal white stripe extends nearly to the apex leaying the extreme edge of the costa fuscous, and a median white stripe extends from the base of the wing along the lower part of the cell out as far as the subterminal line, the outer part of which is separated by an oblique line. The band of yellow between the two white stripes is edged on each side with a fine line of black and metallic lead colored scales, and there are similar lines along the invenular spaces. All these lines terminate just before reaching the subterminal line. Three or four oblique yellow lines, edged on their outer side with white, cross the outer part of the costal white stripe, the third of which is overlaid with metallic lead colored scales and runs down near the outer margin of the wing where it bends and runs to the hinder margin nearly parallel with the outer margin. This is the subterminal line. There is a terminal row of five black points and the fringes are pale metallic lead colored. Hind wings and fringes, white. Abdomen above and beneath, underside of the body and the legs are dull ochre yellow. Throat and underside of the palpi, white. Habitat. —Florida, Crambus behrensellus, n. sp. Expanse of wings, 23 mm, Palpi, head, thorax and fore wings, dull ochre yellow and sprinkled with darker, brownish yellow scales. These scales are arranged on the fore wings so as to form two ill defined close bands ; the first starting from the middle of the costa extends out to the end of the cell where it forms an acute angle and then extends across the wing to the middle of the hinder margin. The second band starts from the outer fourth of the ENTOMOLOGICA AMERICANA. VOL, II. 6 May, 1887. costa and runs in a similar direction to the other but does not form so acute an angle. There is a terminal row of seven black points, and the fringes are dull golden metallic. The hind wings, abdomen above and beneath, underside of the body, legs and underside of all the wings are fuscous. The venation of this species is quite remarkable and when I take up the structural study of these insects I may find it necessary to place this species in a new genus. Habitat. —California. I have named this insect for Mr. James Behrens, who collected and sent it to me with many other exceedingly interesting things, for which I feel a keen sense of my obligations to that gentleman. I am also under obligations to Lord Walsingham for comparing these species with the Crambidee in the British Museum. Scirpophaga fasciella, n. sp. Expanse of wings, from 14 to 18 mm. Palpi and face, reddish brown. Head, thorax and fore wings, snow white and somewhat silky, the latter crossed by two orange yellow bands nearly parallel with the outer margin, the first near the middle of the wing and not reaching to the costa, the second towards the outer margin and extending entirely across the wing. At the end of the cell between the two bands and equally distant from each is a prominent spot of the same color, and in some specimens there is a more or less complete orange yellow terminal line. Fringes snow white and silky. Hind wings white, with the bands of the fore wings continued in part across the hind wings and showing more or less distinctly across the outer part of veins 2, 3 and 4, and also near the origin of vein 2 and at the anal angle. These marks are often more or less obliterated. Fringes white. Abdomen above and beneath, underside of the body and wings, middle and hind legs, white ; fore legs fuscous and the basal part of the costal edge of the fore wings is fuscous in some examples. Habitat. —Florida. Scirpophaga flavicostella, n. sp. Expanse of wings, from 12 to 16 mm. i Palpi and face, reddish brown. Head, thorax, abdomen and wings, above and beneath, snow white. The fore wings are crossed by two pale ochre yellow bands nearly parallel with the outer margin. The first band crosses the wing a little before the middle and has an outward angle on the median vein and an inward angle on the fold. The basal part of the costa from the thorax out to this band is also yellow. The outer band which crosses the wing on its outer fourth, is connected by a cross | band to the outer margin a little above the middle and has an inward angle on vein 4, which nearly connects with a quadrate spot of the same color which rests on the end of the cell. These cross bands are continued across to hind wings but more or less | broken, especially the inner one, and the outer one is connected with the outer margin | as on the fore wings. All the wings have the terminal line yellow, and all these yellow bands and spots are edged with scattered scales of a dark brown color. The basal part of the third segment of the abdomen has a yellowish spot on the upper side. The fore legs are marked with reddish brown while the other legs are white. Habitat.—Florida. A Voice from the Wilderness! Key West, Fla., April 15, 1887. “Dear Mr. Smith : I yesterday made my first excursion on this Island, and find that collecting is very troublesome here. The whole Island is covered with a dense brush, composed of numerous species, mostly entirely unknown to me, but all being of the hardest and heaviest wood, so that my knife and chisel are entirely powerless to cut out the numerous insects which live in the branches. This brush is liberally interspersed with immense Cac/ws plants so as to be impenetrable in most places. In spite of these unfavorable conditions I see that a great many interesting things can be found, and mos¢ of the small species I have found are en- tirely new to me. Of the large beetles found by Ashmead and Morrison, I have seen nothing so far except Neocly/us devasfator, Elaphidion sp., and the holes made by one of those gigantic Priomids. Chrysobothris chalcophoroides, collected by Morrison, seems to be plentiful, but it is so wild that I have not yet secured a single specimen. * * * * I have not seen a single Noctuid yet, but this section of the country with its numerous evergreen shrubs (not Conz/ers), appears to be an Eldorado for leaf- mining Tineids. ‘The weather is very pleasant, the heat by no means unbearable, though I of course got frightfully sun-burnt on my first ex- cursion. ‘There is fortunately not a drop of fresh water on this Island, but lager-beer is 20 Cents per glass.” Poor Mr. Schwarz! for itis Mr. E. A. Schwarz that writes me as above. ‘The want of water seems bearable for it is unhealthy, but other beverages to be so scare—that is a misfortune ! Mr. Schwarz writes further that he has discovered a beautiful new Thysanoes in Fig, (7. ficus Schw. MSS.), and a new Pityophthorus (man- zanite Schw. MSS.), in the bark of ‘‘Manzanita,” and no doubt other novelties will be discovered by this careful and industrious collector. Mr. Palm and Mr. Beutenmiller of our Society are also on a col- lecting trip in Florida, and no doubt will turn up some fine species. J. B. Smits. ee Se Book Notice. The Hawk Moths of North America, by A. Radcliffe Grote, A. M., 8vo., pp. 63, Bremen, 1886. Price $1.00. By the kindness of the Author, we are in possession of the above work, which, in view of its Author and subject, ought to have more than a passing interest to American Lepidopterists. The present work is very neatly printed upon good paper and con- sists in summary of three parts: rst, On Collecting and Preserving for —4o0— the Cabinet ; 2nd, The Species of N. A. Hawk Moths, and 3rd, A con- cluding Essay, entitled L’Envoi. The first part gives directions as its title makes known, ‘The classification follows largely that adopted by Prof. Fernald in his ‘‘Sphingide of New England.” Two new genera are described, Derlonche, for Cherocampa tersa Linn., and Adreus, for Sphinx plebeius Fabr. The second part concludes with a discussion of descent, distribution, and a list of genera of food plants. The third part consists in part of remarks upon the author's past work and ideas upon the Lepidoptera, and for the rest of an excursus into the neighboring realm of poetry. The poetical, which indeed colors the whole work, and inter- pentrates the hard scientific descriptions, gives a delightsomeness to the book rarely found in such works. One unfortunate addition Mr. Grote has made which is evidenced eyen in the title of the work—viz.: the in- troduction of so-called ‘‘common names.” For once the poet has gotten the better of the scientist, and the poet has made a mistake. For ‘‘Hawk Moths” and its like are rhyme only ; ‘‘Sphinx” is the poem and is science as well.—Mr. Grote in his exile does not seem to have kept up thoroughly with American Literature as he makes no reference in his Bibliography to Mr. J. B. Smith’s masterly Synopsis of the Genera of the Sphingidz of North America, for which Prof. Fernald expresses such high regard. —_—_— +#_____ The next meeting of the Am. Ass’n for the Adv. of Sci., will be held in the City of New York, on Wednesday, August 10, 1887. A special effort will be made to have full and interesting meetings of the Entomological Club on this occasion. <> « vag? * » — 7 ne” ® ong . 4 HO ee means of knowledge used by the author in his work. It does not appear that he had any personal knowledge of the insects of our fauna, or of the fact that since the publishing of Dr. Packard’s Monograph above 185 species have been described by various authors or have been found in our faunal limits. The author will without doubt be informed upon these matters in time to incorporate the most of them in his work, but it is a serious drawback to the value of the work in the eyes of American Students and gives a suspicion that sufficient personal investigation and study has not been given to that fauna which includes nearly one-third of the species of which he treats. However in its system of classification the work is a very notable one and in that respect will rank among the few great works upon this family of the Lepidoptera, even though the system must be condemned. Gro, Dy Thursr: * * * Synopsis of the North American Syrphide, by Samuel W. Williston, M. D., Ph. D. Bull. U. S, Nat’l Mus., No. 31. 8°. pp. I to XXX, and 1 to 335, pl. XII. Washington, 1886. This Bulletin has just been distributed, and is by all odds the most valuable recent contribution to American Dipterology. It contains first a “Classification,” in which a synoptic table of the subfamilies and genera are given, and second, ‘‘Descriptions,” in which all the genera and species are carefully described, the synonomy and bibliography given and all in- formation on the species collated. The best praise that can be given this book, is to say that no intelli- gent student can fail to identify his specimens from it. More such works would quickly increase the number of students and consequent knowledge of the order. Joun B. Smita. —____—_>.—_____ Epitor ExromMoLocicA AMERICANA. Dear Sir:—There are few beetles, or indeed insects of any order more beautiful than are the Buprestds of the genus Brachys. We have just reared in our Laboratory two species, B. ovafa Web., and B. erosa Mels. The former was taken last October in leaves of the Poplar (Popu- lus tremuloides) and the latter in leaves of Oak. The larvae were mining under the epidermis, and were like all the larvae of this genus. ‘The head is prominent, and the borer or miner tapers gradually to the pointed posterior end. The 2. ovafa came forth as a mature beetle the last week of April, while B. @rosa came forth from the pupa state to-day, May gth. Last year, 1886,-peach trees in portions of Michigan were seriously injured by a Longicorn borer. The twigs were cut off so as to nearly destroy some of the trees. The beetles are just now emerging from twigs kept over winter in the Laboratory. They prove to be E/aphidion farallelum Newm. A. il: Cook. “_v === The current numbers of the ‘Entomologische Nachrichten’ contain interesting reading. First Dr. Kraatz ‘‘goes for” Dr. Kolbe, proves him an ignoramus and himself the exact contrary. Then Dr. Kolbe proves Dr. Kraatz an exceedingly bad man, unworthy the confidence of his fellows, and that he not only knows nothing, but never did know anything. As said, it is interesting reading—and all this because these two gentlemen are not agreed as to the value of the genus Orinocarabus and of the position of some of the species. Joun B. Smiru. Society News. The Brooklyn Entomological Society met in its rooms Tuesday Evening, May 3rd. The President reported the following Committee to represent the Society in the Meetings of the A. A. A.S. to be held in New York, August roth,—Henry Edwards, Ed. L. Graef, Chas. S. Leng, G. W. J. Angell and Geo. D. Hulst. Mr. Weeks read a paper upon various methods of preserving duplicates of Coleoptera. In response to a question by one of the members opinions were given as to the best method of collecting Coleoptera when off on a distant collecting trip. The large majority favored the collecting of all Beetles in pure alcohol rather than in any other way. Ent. Soc. Washington, April 7th, 1887.—Mr. E. A. Schwarz read a paper, “In Memoriam of Thomas Say.’’? Tle showed two photographs of the monument erected to his memory at New Harmony, Ind., and a copy of the inscriptions on it. After describing the life of Thomas Say, Mr. Schwarz feelingly remarked, that the importance of Say’s work had never been duly recognized by the Scientific Societies of Philadelphia to which he belonged and of one of which he was one of the founders. Mr. Smith read a short paper on specific characters in the genus drctia, finding the pattern of maculation constant and reliable for specific distinction when the ten- dency or direction of variation was understood. He gave a rough outline of a scheme to distinguish the species. Mr. Ulke made some remarks on exchanging and dealing in Insects, criticising to tendency to use numbers instead of names, as a source of many erroneous deter- minations, as an error in a single figure would sometimes put the specimen in an alto- gether different family. May 6th, 1887.—Mr. Smith gave some notes on the Smerinthine—first giving a brief history of the modifications and subdivisions of the original genus Smerinthus until to-day we have seven genera for eight species. He called attention to the un- certainty which writers seemed to labor under-as to the real limits of genera, and pointed out a series of characters which will, he believes, prove satisfactory in separat- ing the forms now known to us. Dr. Marx gave some brief notes on his recent studies in Scorpionide, and also on the effects of their poison on the human system. Mr. Lugger and Mr. Smith made some remarks on the latter subject. Mr. Howard recorded the presence of //vdropsyche in all stages of grow Mh at this season, and also the presence of great swarms of S’#udium larve Mr. Lugger read a note on an Entomological curiosity.* * Which will be printed in full. — a VOL. III. BROOKLYN, JULY, 1887. NO. 4. The Scolopendridz of the United States. By Lucien M. Unprerwoop, Pu. D. Through the kindness of the curators of the U. S. National Museum I have had the opportunity to study its collection of Myriapoda! which though not a large one is especially rich in the larger centipedes of this country. Recent studies by Kohlrausch? and Meinert? have greatly modified the subject of specific determination in this family and have reduced many of the species described by Newport, Wood, Koch, Saussure and Porath so that an extensive array of synonyms stands as the result of their labors. Characters now known to be individual have been relied on hitherto as specific, and the study of larger numbers of specimens has made in some instances sweeping reductions. As an ex- ample forty specific names now stand as synonyms of Scolopendra morsitans. + 1 There is a division among Zoologists as to the orthography of this word. The orthography AZyriapoda used above is in accordance with the usage of Newport, Gervais, Lucas, Wood, Meinert, L. Koch, C. Koch, Bergsoe, Porath (earlier papers), Palmberg, Ryder, Sager, Cope, Fanzago, Saussure, Humbert, Haase and De Borre. The form AZyriopoda is used by Karsch, Latzel, Packard, Stuxberg, Butler, Harger, Peters and Porath (later papers). 2 Gattungen und Arten der Scolopendriden, in Archiv fur Naturgeschichte, 1881, 50—132. 3 Myriapoda Musei Cantabrigensis, Part I Chilopoda, in Proceedings American Phil ical Society, XXI, 161—233 (1885). 4 Ui the 38 species of Scolopendra described by Newport in his classic (Trans. Linn. Society, 1844) only eight have not yet been reduced to synonyms, Of the 25 species described by Wood, zzz7e¢feen are not now regarded as valid species and not one of the other six hy. been identified a second time. In the light of these facts it is the part of wisdc.. to move slowly in the description of new species. ENTOMOLOGICA AMERICANA. VOL III. 10 JULY, 1887. —(H2— The Scolopendridz may be readily distinguished from all other Chilopoda in the possession of either 21 or 23 pairs of legs. The body - segments being so similar the essential characters are drawn from the head and its appendages, the first body segment (das:lar segment), and the last segment with its so-called anal legs ; other characters are drawn from the spiracles, the armature of the femoral joints and of the tarsi; sexual characters have never been used in classification. A vast amount of work must be done in studying the early stages of not only this family but all other families of the Myriapoda before specific lines may be re- garded as settled. The reported occurrence of a tropical genus in the Southern States necessitates an enlargement of the synoptic table given in the first volume of this journal. ® The genera may be distinguished as follows A. —With 23 pairs of legs, all 5 —7-jointed ; ocelli wanting ; antennz 17-jointed... Scolopocryptops Newp. With 21 ipairsoflems. —s .\c./ie a arite «or ee ee eel ieee ee ae By—With nine pairsof simple stigmatalss 5.2/5) sc. ~ pated: mie eke nea ee Cc With ten pairs of stiymata, which are inclosed in a “hegre: wrinkled, gill- like integument ; antennee 17-——21-jointed ........ Branchiostoma Newp. C.—Ocelli four each side of head ; cephalic segment overlapping the first dorsal. . . Scolopendra. L. Ocellyinconspiewousior Waiting sce. eo aciel ete eee ets ene) sree ke anata ee D D.—Last dorsal scutum enlarged ; prosternal teeth present ; labrum one toothed. . Opisthemega Wood. Last dorsal scutum not larger than the others; prosternal teeth wanting ; labrum :3—5-f0Gthed ...<.<.4';. ENTOMOLOGICA AMERICANA. VOL. II. 11 JULY, 1887. Head moderately polished, obsoletely wrinkled and punctate, remotely pubescent, unevenly indented on back of vertex ; gula, rostrum, sternum and legs yellow, but posterior femora more or less piceo-rufous. Antennae flavo-testaceous, minutely hairy, the apical joint and tip of the third one commonly pale piceous. Rostrum — reaching to the tip of the intermediate coxae, with the apex piceous. Pronotum tran-- verse, moderately convex, closely set with fulvous pubescence, rugulose and obsoletely punctate, color sometimes tawny across the base. Scutellum rather flat, finely rugu- lose and obsoletely punctate basally, the apex smoother, pale tawny. Hemelytra finely yellowish pubescent, moderately polished, obsoletely punctate, usually paler on the costal margin and inner edge ; cuneus broad, deeply incised, acute at tip, the inner edge concave and the outer margin convex, with the surface highly polished, obsoletely rugulose ; membrane very pale fuliginous, with the basal edge white and the cell nervule dusky. Pectus broadly vittate with piceous on each side. Venter highly polished, paler along the middle and tip. Length to tip of venter 3—3! mm., to tip of membrane 4—44 mm. Width of base of pronotum I—I1 mm. In Maryland this species occurs abundantly in June and July, upon Crategus, and J have aiso found specimens upon Willows as late as the middle of October. Specimens have also been collected near Chicago, and at Rock Island, Ill., by B. D. Walsh. Others have been sent to me from Waco, Texas, by Mr. Belfrage, and I have captured a few others in Eastern Massachusetts. MEGACCELUM, Fieb. 1. M. grossum, new sp. Elliptical, dark brown, opaque, but conspicuously polished upon the pronotum. Head rounded, dull brown, paler before, incised on the middie line, indistinctly pubescent, the front with transverse ribs of dark brown, between which the surface ~ is minutely shagreened, tylus and lower part of the cheeks piceous-rufous, highly polished, constriction at base of head piceous, polished ; rostrum stout, reaching upon the fourth ventral segment, piceous, commonly paler at the incisures, the basal joint extending to the tip of the prosternal scutwm ; antennae stout and long, pale yellow, flecked with brown, the apical joint entirely brown, and about two-thirds as long as the third joint ; eyes brownish black, having the posterior canthus bordered with yellow. Pronotum moderately convex, a little wider than long, piceous brown, the sides rapidly obliquely narrowing anteriorly, the outer margin widely reflexed, pale, smooth, a little sinuated ; posterior lobe uneven, coarsely, remotely, in part con- fluently punctate, the callosities prominent, convex, minutely punctate and scabrous; posterior margin moderately curved, the edge ivory yellow, humeral angles almost acutely prominent ; pro-pleura polished, anteriorly minutely scabrous, posteriorly coarsely remotely punctate. Sternum, trochanters, tips of coxae, and middle line of venter testaceous, more or less tinged with rutous. Legs pale piceous, with a band of yellow near the tip of all the tibiae. Scutellum dark brown, yellow at tip, minutely transversely wrinkled. Corium pale brown or fulvo-testaceous, sometimes pale clouded with brown; the costal margin whitish, broadly recurved. Clavus and inner submargin of the corium with lines of coarse punctures, the disk of the latter with obsolete remote small punctures ; cuneus rufous brown at base interiorly and at tip, —71— margined on both sides with white ; membrane dusky, with the nervule darker, often with a whitish spot next the base and near the tip adjoining the cuneus. Abdomen dull above, polished beneath, dark piceous on the sides of venter, often tinged with rufous. Length to tip of venter 61, O 8 mm., to tip of membrane 7$—9 mm. The male in this species has the eyes very prominent and the face correspondingly narrow, forming a decided contrast to the wider and more close-set female. It is sometimes moderately common on Pine bushes in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Massachusetts, during the month of July. Specimens have also been sent to me from Texas and Florida. 2. M. pusillum, new sp. Rather narrower than the d/. tzflatum H.-Schf. of Europe. Pale tawny, or delicate rufo-testaceous. Head moderately rounded; face diagonally, obsoletely wrinkled each side of the middle impressed line; eyes brownish black ; antennae testaceous, a little sprinkled with red on the basal joint, and more or less red on the tips of the second and third joints, the apical joint nearly as long as the third, fuscous; rostrum reaching to the middle of the venter, yellowish, the basal joint red, the apical one piceous. Pronotum transverse, moderately convex, unevenly moderately coarsely punctate, the edge a little raised and white all around ; callosities less convex than in AZ, grossum, minutely scabrous ; lateral margin a little sinuated, the posterior margin moderately convex, the posterior angles nearly rectangular, with the humeri- very feebly prominent. Scutellum convexly tumid, feebly wrinkled, indented behind, acuminate at tip, tawny, or rufous. Legs honey yellow, the femora and tibiae more or less tinged with rufous. Pro-pleura yellowish, coarsely punctate ; sternum, coxae, trochanters bright yellow. Hemelytra pale yellowish testaceous, thin, obsloetely and remotely punctate, costal margin abruptly reflexed, ivory yellow ; base of corium rufescent, the apex with a broad dark red band which is protracted in a slender line across the base of cuneus ; cuneus deeply incised at base, the apex margined with red, and the inner edge ivory white to beyond the middle ; membrane a little dusky, the “nervule much darker. Venter polished, rufous each side and on the incisures of the segments. Length to tip of venter Q 5 mm., to tip of membrane 6 mm. Width of base of _ pronotum 2 mm. Collected in Arizona by Mr. H. K. Morrison. Thus far, I have examined only females. These have agreed almost exactly in color, size and form, and are about as narrow as the males of the preceding _ species. 3. M. mundum, new sp. "¢ o~<«> Larva of Aplodes rubrolinearia, Pacs. By ‘Geo, D> Hurst The larva of this Geometer I found feeding on Bayberry, (Myrica cerifera), in September 1887 (?), at the east end of Long Island. It was in general color chocolate brown, with a reddish brown line on dorsum. Head with eyes rounded, but deeply channeled between, both in front and on summit. Segments deeply indented between. On each segment, just below dorsum, on each side, was a projection, most prominent on anal segment. Below these, just above spiracles, are very large projections, pointed, turned forward a little, becoming obsolete on anal segment. A reddish ochreous sub-stigmatal line, with a furcation on each segment, running up in front of lateral projections. Body rounded below; legs 10 in number, light chocolate in color, the anal ones rather ochreous from the extension upon them of the sublateral line. The whole body, projections, head, eyes, and legs strongly rugose. The larva was, in superficial appearance, very much like the larva given in Dr, Packard’s Monograph of the Geometridae, plate XIII, fig. 23. The pupa was formed in a very slight cocoon of a few strands of silk, partly drawing together a leaf. It was dull light green in color, and having been kept in a warm room all winter, the imago emerged early in March, 1887. Studies on the North American PROCTOTRUPID&A, with Descriptions of New Species from Florida. (PART I.) By Witiiam H. Asumeap, Jacksonville, Florida. The Hymenopterous family Proctotrupide, is an extensive one, _ comprising, for the most part, parasitic species of minute size, all of the _ greatest economic importance, their natural food being ‘the eggs and and larvee of the more destructive insect pests, and to the husbandman their services are invaluable. The species composing the subfamily Be/hyline, seem to confine their attacks to Lepidopterous larvae belonging to the family Zenerde ; _ the Ceraphronine, principally to Dipterous and Hymenopterous larve, although species in the genera Lygocerus, Megaspilus, and Ceraphron are found parasitic in plant-lice, belonging to the Homopterous family Aphidide in the bodies of which they live and undergo their trans- formations. The species in the subfamily Scelvonine are almost entirely egg parasites : Sce/io is a parasite in grasshopper eggs; Ze/as and allied genera in the eggs of moths and butterflies ; while Zelenomus, Hadronotus and _. Prosacantha live parasitically in the eggs of various bugs (Hemiptera). The extensive subfamily Platygas/erine, comprises numerous genera ‘and species, generally of the smallest size, and of a black color, all of which are found parasitic in Dipterous larve, belonging principally to the families Cecedomyide and Tipulde. The Diaprine destroy fungus eating Diplera; while the subfamily Myrmarinz, among which are the smallest Hymenopters known, are egg parasites. They have been reared from the eggs of moths, butter- flies and sawflies, and a few of the species are parasitic on scale insects, belonging to the Homopterous family Coccide. Thus we see, the study of these little insects is of the greatest eco- _ nomic importance, and the species and their habits ought to be made _ known as soon as possible, so that when practicable, they may be reared in quantities, colonized, distributed and utilized for the destruction of insect pests and the benefit of man. In the following memoir, I have brought together, arranging them as far as possible in their proper genera, all the described species known to me to occur in our fauna North of Mexico, and give descriptions of _ such of those in my collection that appear to be new or unknown to Miamily. ° Subfamily HELORIN 4E, I. HELORUS Latreille. 1 1. Helorus paradoxus Prov. (Cofelus paradoxus Prov.) Petite faxne Ent. du C, II, p. 539-40. Hab.—Cap Rouge, Canada. Subfamily DRYININ ZZ. II. DRYINUS Latreille. 2 1. Dryinus atriventris Cress. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. IV, p. 193. Hab.—Texas. 3 2. Dryinus bifasciatus Say. Leconte’s Ed. Say’s Works, I, p. 384. Hab. —Indiana. 4 3. Dryinus alatus Cress. (Gonatopus alatus Cr.) Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. IV, Pp. 193. Hab.—Texas. lll, GONATOPUS Lynngh. 5 1. Gonatopus decipieus Prov, Add. et Corr. a la Faune Hym., p. 179. Hab.—Canada. 6 2. Gonatopus contortulus Patton. Can. Ent. XI, p. 65. Hab.—Connecticut. IV. LABEO Haliday. I. Labeo incertus n. sp. ~I Q. Length .o8 inch. Black, polished. Occiput deeply concave. Antenne and palpi, pale yellow. Mesothorax smooth without grooves ; metathorax rugulose. Legs, including coxze, pale yellow, middle and posterior femora and tibiae brownish. Ab- dominal petiole, long, it with most of the abdomen testaceous. Wings hyaline, veins pale, the stizma large with a clear spot at base ; no stigmal vein. Hab. —Florida. V. CHELOGYMUS Haiiday. VI. ANTEON Jurine. 8 1. Anteon tibialis Say. Leconte’s Ed, Say’s Works II, p. 730. Hab.—Indiana. VII. MYSTROPHORUS Poerster. VII. APHELOPUS Dalman. 9 1. Aphelopus americanus n. sp. ¥'. Length .c6 inch. Black, subopaque, covered with fine, whitish pubescence. Head punctate. Antennz long, scape brownish yellow, flageilum dark brown. Me- soscutum with two delicately indicated grooves and some sparse widely separated punctures. Legs, including cox, pale yellow, the posterior femora and tibize, along upper surface, and claws, brown. Abdomen black, shining. Wings hyaline, veins pale, two basal cells, stigma large, lunate, brown, stigmal vein as long as the stigma, pale. Hab.—Florida. This species approaches very closely to a European species in my collection, Aphelopus melaleucus Dalm., but the color of the legs, and wing veins easily distinguishes it. Subfamily EMBOLEMIN 2. IX. EMBOLEMUS Westwood. 10 1. Embolemus nasutus n. sp. 3. Length .o8 inch. Robust, black, subopaque. Head finely punctate ; ocelli prominent ; eyes large, arched, giving the insect a peculiar appearance, as the head is short, vertically»; the black mandibles are long, strongly curved, with a long tooth near tip. Antennze 10-jointed, black, pubescent, the first two joints short, third longest, following joints subequal. Abdomen sessile, black. Legs black, knees and tarsi, pale or whitish. Wings hyaline, veins hyaline, almost invisible ; there is one basal cell and a clear space in the stigma. Hab. —Florida. Described from one specimen taken in a low marsh. The mandibles project slightly in the form of a little snout, which suggests the name. X. PEDINONEMUS Foerster. Subfamily BETHYLIN AZ. XI. SCLEROCHROA Foerster. 1] 1. Sclerochroa gallicola n. sp. ©. Length .07 inch. Smooth, polished, honey-yellow, including legs and an- tenne. The oblong head is smooth without ocelli; the eyes smail, round, placed well forward near the anterior corners. The antennz issue from the forward part otf the head, just above the mouth, are 12-jointed and about as long as the head; the first joint long, somewhat dilated, the second much shorter, while the following joints are very small, sub-moniliform. Abdomen, pointed ovate. No wings. Hab.— Florida. Described from one specimen, reared from cynipidous oak gall Andricus foliatus Ashm. 12 2. Sclerochroa cynipsiphila n. sp. ©. This species, in size and general appearance, exactly resembles the pre- ceding, but the head, thorax, and legs are reddish or rufo-testaceous ; the metathorax waxy-white, while the abdomen is black. Hab.—Florida. Described from one specimen, reared from cynipidous oak gall Hlolcaspis omnivora Ashm. 13 3. Sclerochoa macrogaster n. sp. ©. Length .12inch. This species, which was taken at large, differs from the others, in color and in its much larger and more elongated form. The head is black, polished ; antennz honey-yellow ; metathorax, knees, and tarsi honey-yellow ; legs and thorax rufo-piceous. The abdomen, which is about two and a half times longer than the thorax, is elongate, pointed ovate, black and polished, with a few hairs at tip. Hab. —Florida. Described from one specimen. ‘This genus seems to be identical with genus JAZicrops Haliday. XII. SIEROLA Cameron. 14 1, Sierola maculipennis n. sp. ©. Length .o$ inch. Black, polished. Mesothorax without grooves. Antenne and legs honey-yellow (antennze? 15-jointed). Wings hyaline, veins brown. The radial cell is narrow, closed ; the stigma broad, thick, with a clear spot at base ; the basal nervure is strongly curved and thickened, in a dusky cloud ; there is another cloud at and below stigma and base of radial cell. Hab.—Florida. XIII. PERISEMUS Foerster. 15 1. Perisemus floridanus n. sp. 3S’, Q. Length .12 inch. Black, finely punctate. Head with some coarser, scattered punctures. The i2-jointed antennz, palpi and legs, honey-yellow. All femora and middle and posterior tibize, black. Wings hyaline, veins pale, stigma brown. The male is slightly smaller and the antennee toward apex brownish. Hab.—Florida. This species approaches quite closely to a European species in my collection, Perisemus ¢riareolatus Foerst. 16 2. Perisemus mellipes n. sp. ©, Length .13 inch. This species differs from P. foridanus in its larger size and the uniform dark honey-yellow legs. The antenne are infuscated toward tips : wings hyaline, stigma black. Hab.—Florida. XIV. GONIOZUS Foerster. 17 1. Goniozus foveolatus n. sp. ©. Length .12 inch. Black, finely punctate, with coarse, scattered fovez. Antenne 13-jointed, honey-yellow. Legs black, the knees and tarsi honey-yellow. Wings hyaline, stigma black, basal cells, two. Hab.—Florida. 18 2. Goniozus grandis n. sp. 3, Q. Length .25 inch. Black, highly polished with a few coarse, scattered punctures. Antenne and legs rufous. The head and thorax in certain lights have a bluish tinge. Wings subhyaline, veins yellowish. The < differs from Q in having a much narrower head, longer, darker antennz and clear hyaline wings. Hab.—Florida. XV. EPYRIS Westwood. 19 «&. Epyris analis Cress. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. IV,’p. 103. Hab. — Texas. . Epyris leviventris Cress. l.c. p. 190. Hab.—Texas. . Epyris rufipes Say. Bethylus rujipes Say. Leconte’s Ed. Say’s Works, I, p. 221. LEpyris rufipes Cress. 1. c. p. 194. Hab.—Missouri, Texas. XVI. ISOBRACHIUM Foerster. 22 1. Isobrachium floridanum n. sp. ©. Length .toinch. Black, subopaque, finely punctate, sparsely pubescent. Antenne and legs ferruginous, femora with a dark line above. Wings fusco-hyaiine, pubescent ; veins brown ; stigma small. Hab.—Florida. This genus is distinguished from Perzsemus and Gonitozus by the basal vein not having a backward directed branch. ho oS iS) NS) = o>) (TO BE CONTINUED.) 7 A New Species of Amphotis. By Hy. ULke. The discovery of a new species of Amphotzs induced not only a comparison of the two species now found in our country, but also of the two genera Soronia and Amphotis, which have been united by Dr. Horn under the name of the first genus. The separation of the two genera was chiefly based upon the difference in the antennal grooves, which are convergent in Soronia and parallel in Amphots. Soronta undulata however repre- sents an intermediate form and makes this character less important. The structural characters which eventually may lead to the re- EXPLANATION OF FIGURES : Upper figure: Mentum and antenna of Soronia unduata Say. establishment of Amphots are found Lower figure: Mentum and antenna of Amphotis Ulkei Lec. in the mentum, antennz and elytra. The costate opaque elytra are so characteristic, that I recognized the genus at once—when I first discovered Amphotis ulkei—by the excellent figure given by Du Val. Amphotis schwarzii, n. sp. Elongate oval, light brown, opaque. Head densely punctured and sparsely covered with short yellow setae. Antennae less slender, club abrupt. Thorax twice as wide as the length at middle, narrowed in front, apex deeply emarginate, base bi- sinuate, sides arcuate, broadly explanate and the margin slightly reflexed, hind angles rectangular, densely punctured and sparsely covered with short yellow setae. Elytra as wide at the base as the thorax, humeral angles slightly dentiform, sides broadly reflexed, disc somewhat depressed, with a sutural, a short scutellar, five discal costae and two additional smaller ones between the fifth costa and the margin. The irregular coarse punctures of the intervals and the summits of the costae bear short yellow setae. The inflexed portion of the margin is more finely punctured. Body beneath is equably punctured, punctures with short yellow setae.—Length 5—6 mm. This species is very much like A. w/kez, but the uniform, pale brown color and the additional ridges in the inflexed portion of the elytral margin will at once distinguish it. I take great pleasure in dedicating this interesting addition to our fauna to my friend, Mr. E. A. Schwarz of Washington, who is so well known to every scientific Entomologist of the country. It would be interesting to know the habits of this new species. - Mr. Schwarz collected it in numbers on the beach near Fortress Monroe, Va.. where they had been washed ashore. ENTOMOLOGICA AMERICANA. VOL, III. 12 : JULY, 1887. —78-~ Since my first discovery of Amphotts ulket I have found it every year, early in Spring, in the nests of a small black ant (Cremastogaster lineolata Say), and only this year I collected them in numbers among /ormica rufa. The only species in Europe: Amphotis marginata Fab., is said to be found on flowers, Erichson however found them abundantly in the nests of Lormica fuliginosa. ——_ - o - - — —_ Notes on Erebus odora, JZ. By'H. TS FeRnacps Bo: During a recent sojourn at Nassau, N. P., the capital of the Bahama Islands, I devoted a portion of my time to the study of the insect fauna of the island. ; At every turn strange and striking forms presented themselves, among which an occasional glimpse of a familiar species seemed like an unex- pected meeting with an old friend. This was particularly the case when on the morning of April 26th of this year a large Lredus, unfortunately somewhat battered, was shown to me. I captured it with some difficulty as it apparently flew as well as at night. Just a month later, on the evening of May 26th, I succeeded in obtaining a perfect specimen, and the next day a third was given to me. Alluding to their (to me) unusual abundance, in conversation with her Excellency, Mrs. Blake, to whom and to his Excellency, Governor H. E. Blake, I am indebted for very many favors, I learned that the ‘‘ Black Witch,” as the Erebus is there called, is quite abundant at Nassau, a season rarely passing in which a collector might not obtain a number with ease. Indeed they are attracted’ to lights in houses and fly about like bats till caught or driven out. On inquiry as to the larva, Mrs. Blake stated that she had endeavored to obtain it to add to her series of paintings of the early stages of Bahaman Lepidoptera, but that she had thus far been unsuccessful. She had been informed by the natives, however, that the larva was very large, fed on the wild fig (icus ¢rigonata), and was nocturnal in its habits, hiding in holes in the trunk during the day. She also stated that the moth was even more abundant in Jamaica than at Nassau, As the Zredus has such a powerful flight, its extended habitat (from Canada to Brazil) is not as remarkable as it would otherwise be, but the capture of fresh and perfect specimens at the extreme limits of this range would indicate that this species breeds, at least occasionally, in our North- ern States. If its food in the West Indies be indeed the fig, it may be safe to suggest that in our climate it would probably feed on some of the Urfica- ce@, that being the family to which the fig belongs. — aw, TS A New Genus and Species of Arctiidae. By Joun B, Sirs. Among material received some time since from Texas, by a number of collectors as well as myself, were quite a number of specimens of a pretty species of a Lithosiiform appearance. Its characters prevent its association with any genus heretofore described. It resembles Amydia in wing form, and Oczogyna in tibial structure, while presenting peculiarities of venation and head structure, which effectually distinguish it from either. CERATHOSIA, n. gen. Body slender, graceful, untufted. Head distinct, rather prominent ; palpi slight, reaching the middle of the front, the terminal joint minute. Tongue moderate in length. Eyes hemispherical, prominent ; ocelli distinct. Antennae simple in both sexes. Front depressed, excavated, with a circular sharp, somewhat irregular rim ; in the centre of the depression is a cylindrical projection with a truncate and somewhat cup shaped tip. Thorax ovate, with smooth, scaly vestiture. Abdomen elongate, slender, cylimdric, smooth. Legs slender, smoothly scaled, increasing in length posteriorly. Anterior tibia shortest, rather stout, with a moderately long, curved spine at tip ; middle tibia with one pair, posterior with two pairs of spurs, not spinulose. Primaries narrow, elongate, subequal, outer margin slightly oblique, arquate: 12-veined ; accessory cell present ; internal vein not furcate at base; veins 3, 4 and 5 nearly equidistant from the end of the median ; 6 from lower margin of accessory cell, 7, 8 and 9 ona short stalk from the end of accessory cell, 8 to the apex, giving off 9 at about its middle; 10 from upper angle of accessory cell. Secondaries large, rounded. Two internal veins: 2 from median at its outer third ; 3 and 4 ona short stalk from the end of the median; 5 wanting ; 6 and 7 from a short stalk at end of subcostal; the costal, (vein 8,) from the subcostal about from base. Cine Supra anal plate of -f\ triangular ; hook somewhat irregular, thickened in the middle, with a pointed tip, but little curved. Side pieces subequal, with an obliquely curved tip. C. tricolor, n. sp. Head, thorax, and primaries above, glistening pure white, spotted with black ; secondaries and abdomen uniform glistening clay yellow. Palpi black tipped ; tip of frontal projection also black ; a black spot at the inner base of antennae. Collar with a black dot each side of the middle ; thorax with four black spots, two on each side of the middle; patagiae with two black spots. Primaries with black powderings along costa, forming an elongate costal patch at outer third, in which are three white costal dots. -The black spots on primaries are rather irregularly arranged, and variable: there is a series along the median vein and another along the subcostal ; in some specimens there are two rather indistinct transverse bands formed. At outer fourth is usually a sinuate, narrow, black trans- verse line, often broken up into spots and sometimes not traceable as a line—there is some difference too in the form of the line when it is present. A series of intra venular spots parallel to and not far from outer margin always present: a series of terminal lunules : fringe white. Secondaries and abdomen immaculate. Beneath, secondaries and abdomen as above ; abdomen with a more or less complete series of narrow black spots on each side of the middle. Legs white, black marked. Tarsi black or brown, Ras ringed with white. Primaries yellow to near outer margin, where it is separated from the white terminal space by a broad blackish shading which extends inward on the costa. A series of black terminal lunules. Expands, I—1I.37 inches = 25—35 mm. Hab. Texas. Many specimens from Texas, where it seems to be not uncommon. The species is very distinctly marked and easily recognized by the pure white, spotted primaries and yellow secondaries. It has the wing form of Utetheisa, and the genus may precede it in the lists. Types in my own collection. Others in the National Museum, Coll. Graef, Tepper, Hulst, Bolter, et al. +> Se Book Notices. Synopsis of the Families and Genera of the Hymenoptera of America, North of Mexico, together with a Catalogue of described species and Bibliography. Compiled by E. T. Cresson. Part I. Families and Genera, Trans. Amer. Ento. Soc. Phil. 1887. The above work, Part I of which is completed and before us, marks an era in the mapping out of another part of the great field of American Entomology. One by one Specialists are bringing facts, which are chaos to the ignorant, into order, by the ascertaining and publishing of the rela- tions and likenesses which reveal the * ‘unity in diversity’ of Nature. And of this task, no little portion 1s set before us in the above work. Mr. Cresson is the mere worthy our thanks, as his Jabors have been in what is one of the most difficult of all suborders. With this work in the pos- session of the student, he can with little difficulty arrange his Hymenoptera in their proper families and genera. We can not too highly recommend its use to those whose taste leads them to collect and to strive after a scientific knowledge of the Hymenoptera. Gro. D. Hutst. * * * On the classification of the Pterophoridz, by E. Meyrick. Tr. Ent. Soc. London, 1886, p. I—2I. Mr. Meyrick discusses the location of the family and says on this point: ‘‘My own conclusion is that the group constitutes a family of Pyralidina, of similar value with the Bofydide, and other allied families, and that it may be placed, together with the Zimesdide and Oxychirohde. as I have elsewhere defined them, next the Crambide and Scopariade.” A synoptic table of the known genera is given, and other new genera and species are described. No American forms are treated of, but the paper is nevertheless an interesting and valuable one to the American student of the groups.—]. B.S ~~ > + SS Society News. Brooklyn Entomological Society, June 7th. Apart from the regular busi- ness, Mr. Wm. Beutenmueller gave an account of a collecting trip in Florida, from which he had just returned. He was located at Kisimmee and Enterprise. Collecting in the pine woods was very unremunerative. The hummocks gave much better re- sults, but it was evident that later in the season there would have been much greater success. Coleoptera were much more plentiful than Lepidoptera.— The next regular meeting will be in September, but the President was requested to call a special meet- ing early i in July, to arrange, if thought desirable, for the meeting of the A. A. A. S. BROOKLYN, AUGUST, 1887. NO. 5. VOL. 1. NEW NORTH AMERICAN MYRIAPODS. By Cearztes H. Boriman. The types of the following new species are deposited in the Museum of the University of Indiana. Subgenus PARAJULUS. 1. Parajulus rugosus sp. nov. Brown, segments banded with dark gray posteriorly, black dorsal line and lateral row of spots distinct, vertex black, feet banded with brown. Moderately slender, rough, not pilose. Vertex wrinkled, median sulcus plain, setigerous foveolze present. Eyes distinct, triangular, almost trapezoidal ; ocelli 50 —55, arranged in 8 or g rows. Seg- ments 5I—54. Sides of first segment only marginate, other segments moderately striate beneath, with punctations and short lines above. Last segment produced into a sharp, robust spine, projecting beyond the anal vaives, which are scarcely marginate, anal scale large, obtuse, very sparsely pilose. epugnatorial pore large, not touching the transverse suture, which is bent. Pairs of feet 96-—104, exceeding the width of body. Male: mandibulary stripes stronsly produced beneath at the anterior angle. Coxze of the second pair of feet produced as in zwpressus, Genitalia : anterior part of first plate shorter than posterior part, round, slightly bent outwards, pilose ; posterior part flat, angularly spatulate, presenting the broad side outwards : anterior division of posterior plate curvingup around in front of anterior, end bifid, slightly margined beneath ; posterior part lanceolate, slender, about as long as anterior division. Length of body, ¢{ 35 mm., width 2.2 mm.; 9 40 mm., width 3 mm, Hab. — Monongahala City, Washington Co., Pennsylvania. In the plan of the male genitalia this species is related to edlipiicus, but differs greatly from that species especially in the form of the posterior plate. This species is described from two males and two females, collected by Mr. Albert Gregg. ENTOMOLOGICA AMERICANA. VOL, II. 13 AuGuUsT, 1887. ees 2. Strongylazoma poeyi sp. nov. Dark green, lateral plates and feet pale. Robust, not smooth, shining. An- tenn subclavate, longer than the width of body. First segment rather large, con- vex, scarcely punctate. Other segment punctate, transverse suture deep, not tuberculate. Lateral plates thick and obtuse, scarcely produced, Repugnatorial pore situated on the posterior third and slightly beneath, sunken. Male: genitalia long and slender, somewhat expanded and excavated towards the end, which is bifid. Length of body 27 mm., width 2.3 mm. Hab.—Havana, Cuba, This species is described from one male and one female, both in a rather bad condition. I have named this species after its collector-—Dr. Felipe Poey,—-who also sent me in the same collection Orpheneus brazi- liensis, Mecistocephalus guildingts, Scolopendra alternans and Newparta longitarsis. 3. Geophilus salemensis sp. nov. Frontal plate present; anal pores moderate. Light red, head, antennee, last segment and feet orange. Robust, slightly attenuated anteriorly, more strongly posteriorly, moderately smooth, sparsely punctate and pilose. Prehensorial feet punctate and pilose ; sternum wider than long (8.6), anterior margin not produced ; coxz scarcely longer than wide (3,5:3), unarmed ; one small tooth. Cephalic plate longer than wide (7:5,5), suboval, sparsely punctate and pilose ; prebasal plate ex- posed ; basal plate about three times wider than long. Antennze moderate, joints rather long, two preceeding the last not noticeably shortened, Dorsal plates plainiy bisulcate ; anterior predorsal plates equal to posterior, median longest ; ventral plates with a median foveolz, sparsely punctate. Spiracles round, anterior large, median and posterior small. First pair of feet moderately short and slender, anterior and posterior subequal. Posterior coxee moderately inflated, pilose, pores few and mostly concealed by the last ventral plate, which is wide, with the sides substraight and rapidly converging. Pairs of feet of male 51—54, last strongly crassate and densely pilose, armed ; female 54 -56, last slender, armed and pilose, Length of body 35—60 mm.; width 1—2 mm. Hab.— Salem, Indiana. ] have examined five males and four females of this species. It is more related to Geophilus rubeus Say. 4. Geophilus setiger sp. nov. Frontal plate absent; anal pore large, Concealed. Orange, head and antennie brown, Slender, moderately attenuated posteriorly ; smooth, sparsely pilose. Pre- hensorial feet sparsely pilose, smooth, not punctate ; sternum wider than long (4.3), anterior margin not produced ; coxze wider than long (2:1.5), unarmed ; one single acute tooth. Cephalic plate suboval, longer than wide (4:3.5), smooth, sparsely pilose ; basal plate much wider than long (4:1.3), partly covered by cephalic plate. Antenne short, joints moderate, two preceeding last subequal. Dorsal plates distinctly bisulcate ; anterior predorsal plates short, median longer than posterior ; ventral plates with three longitudinal depressions. Spiracles round, anterior scarcely en- iarged, rest nearly equal. First pair of feet short, anterior and posterior subequal, former more robust. Posterior coxze moderately inflated, pilose, pores few (5—6), de —83-- arranged along the ventral plate, which 1s wide with the side straight and strongly converging. Pairs of feet of male 43, last moderately thickened, pilose and armed ; female 45, last rather slender, less pilose than male, armed. Length of body 18.5—21.5 mm.; width .7 —1 mm. Hab.—Salem, Indiana. I have examined a male and a female. Subgenus ARCHILITHOBIUS. Lithobius holzingeri sp. nov. Chestnut brown, head dark, antennz and feet paler. Robust, smooth, sparsely pilose ; head subrotund ; somewhat wider than long. Antennz moderately long, joints 20—28, long. Ocelli 15—20, arranged in 5 or 6 series. Prosternal teeth 4. Coxal pores 3, 4, 7, 3—5, 6, I, 5, somewhat transverse, large. Spines of first pair of feet 2, 3, 2; penultimate 3, 3, 2; last 1, 3, 2, O—1, 3, 3, 6. Posterior pair ot feet moderate, in the male the fifth joint is produced on the inner side into a short blunt pilose lobe. Claw of the female genitalia short, wide, tripartite ; spines short and stout, subequal. Length of male 16—21 mm.; female 12—18 mm. Hab.— Winona, Minnesota. This species is related to “4 Wodus, but is distinguished from it by the -greater number of antennial joints, coxal pores and the larger size. It is described from three males and nine females; I have named it in honor of its collector, Mr. J. M. Holzinger. Sg An Entomological Curiosity. By O. LuGcEr. Once upon a time—about the year 1866-—I formed the acquaintance of a rather peculiar entomologist, in the city of Detroit, Mich,. This col- lector, an Irish-man, had become aquainted with Mr. Andrews of Brook- lyn, who at that time was very anxious to bind together all American entomologists with a silken bond spun by the oak-feeding Yamat maz. Mr. Andrews’ success was only limited, but Mr. O’M. proved himself otherwise. He was an unmarried man, a painter by trade, and was living in a small house in the suburbs of Detroit. This house consisted of two rooms and a garret, that is to say, it was intended to consist of these apartments ; they were never finished. Behind the house was a rather large garden, to furnish him and his mother who kept house (?) for him, all the necessary vegetable food, if—our friend had not found another use for this garden. All kinds of plants that would furnish food for caterpil- lars were there found in dense profusion, but nary a potato, tho’ this fruit and the imported delicacy, salt-herring, were about the only food ever consumed inside the house ; however, an occasional loaf of bread brought variety into this bill of fare. Aer Mr. O'M. was the owner of a fine collection of butterflies ; he had arranged the specimens in a very unique fashion. Carefully leading you upstairs—and care was quite necessary—you would face a large case, about 4 feet long, 6 feet deep and 2 feet wide. There was a curtain over the glass ; after putting you upon a kind of spring-board in some way connected with the case, he would pull the curtain, and your amazed eyes would see a wonderful sight. ‘The background of the case showed a nicely painted landscape; on the sides of the case were artificial trees of various kinds, in full foliage ; in the front of the case was a little pond formed of glass. Ali the insects in this case were mounted in natural po- sitions, some were fastened to very long and invisible fine steel-wires, and were flying (the spring-board giving motion to them); others were resting in various positions on leaf or trunk. The caterpillars were feeding in their proper positions, and there was not a leaf upon any of the plants that did not show the effects of some insects upon them, such as leaf- miners, etc, All these leaves were cut out of paper, and they were all carefully painted from nature. Water-beetles and bugs were swimming in the pond—even the common house-fly could be seen, cleaning itself, of course, Canthon hudsonias and his ball had not been left out in this picture of still-life. A further exploration of this garrett was somewhat dangerous, owing to several large nests of hornets, which Mr. O'M. had trained as watch- men, and quite successfully so, as a large bump on my head could vouch for. House-painting occupying too much time, and preventing Mr. O'M. from feeding his various pets, the caterpillars, he had evolved a very good plan of making a living and raising butterflies at the same time. He had built himself a three wheeled hand-cart, upon which he had a photograph- ing outfit and breeding cages. According to an agreement I met him one fine morning outside the city to have a days collecting together ; he with an eye to business as well. After travelling several miles we came to a blacksmith’s shop on the road, well shaded by some beautiful old oaks. A farmer and his wife wished to have their pictures taken. Mr. O'M. put them in a graceful position against the ivy-covered wall, fixed his camera, and cried: ‘*Steady.” Then he went through the motion of looking at a watch—which he did not possess. But just at this critical moment a beautiful Papilio thoas hove in sight and—everything about the art of photography was forgotten, and Mr. O'M. was in full chase after this prize. He succeeded in this but not in the picture. The worthy old couple stood like posts, and eventually obtained a photograph, but not a likeness. NOTES ON COLEOPTERA. By Freperick BLANCHARD. Dyschirius hispidus Lec. Besides the distinctions given in the synoptic table in the Bulletin of the Brooklyn Ent. Soc., vol. II, p. 17, this species is readily known by having only the normal number of seti- gerous punctures on. the thorax, namely, an anterior and a posterior one on each side, while in se/osws and pilosus there are several intermediate ones. 4—5 in sefosus.; the other I have not seen. Stenus. Lieut. Casey has said,—Revision of Stenini, p. 5,—that the tib:ze are unarmed in this genus, or group, as he prefers to consider it. ‘Two exceptions have come under my notice: In Stenus strangulatus Casey, the hind femora of the ( are each armed with an acute tooth inside near the base. The femora are also all stouter in the ,¥. Again in Stenus erythropus Mels., the ( hind tibiz have each an obtuse tooth inside one-fourth from the apex. In this species the meso- sternum of the ,{\ is furnished with a tuft of long yellow hair. Stenus juno Fabr. This species also has in the + > —__-— Cockroaches! In ‘‘The Entomologist” Vol. XX, p. 47, appears a notice of a book by Prof. L. C. Miall & Alfred Denny on ‘‘The Cockroach: An Intro- duction to the Study of Insects,” and among the quotations from it we were interested in one from page 27, Uses: ‘‘ Of the uses to which cockroaches have been put we have little to say. They constitute a popular remedy for dropsy in Russia; and both cockroach-tea and cockroach-pills are known in medical practice in Philadelphia. Salted cockroaches are said to have an agreeable flavour, which is apparent in certain popular sauces !” May be some of our medical readers from Philadelphia will enlighten us as to the particular diseases for which these medicaments are used. Also what price they bring per thousand—though perhaps the writers of the book can give more information on that score, for it often happens that European works give startling information on American affairs of which we are here grossly ignorant. Joun B. Smiru. LS Ss pe perently New Species of Mexican HETEROCERA. By Henry Fpwarps. (No. 5.) The species described in the following paper were collected (as in- deed were the rest of the series) in the province of Vera Cruz by William Schaus, Esq., Jr.; and as I find no reference to them in any books at my disposal, I conclude them to be new, and so-describe them. The four forms of Sphingidze have been compared by Mr, Schaus himself with the collections in the B. Museum, and are undoubtedly unknown to science. In all cases; unless otherwise indicated, several specimens have been examined. Fam. SPHINGID. Chcerocampa turbata n. sp. Rather pale fawn color in the ground color of the w ings, primaries with a deep 4 brown, strongly marked, and very characteristic oblique stripe: running from the in» ternal margin near the base, quite to the apex but becoming a little fainter as it reaches that position. This stripe is geminate, united.at the internal margin. There is a small black discal spot, some darker fawn shades about the disk, and some waved dark fawn.color submarginal lines. The secondaries have their.ground color a little paler than the primaries, with a broad median shade. of brown, and the margin moderately of the same color, becoming obsolete as it reaches the anal angle. Costal marzin also shaded with brown. Beneath both wings are yellowish fawn color, covered with numerous black irrorations, and blackish shades, the margins faintly in- dicated by browni-h bands There is a submarginal row of distinct black spots, common to both wings. Thorax above olivaceous fawn color, with the sides whitish. Abdomen wholly fawn colar. Thorax, legs, and abdomen beneath, paler than above. Antennz with the shaft whitish above, pectinations fawn color. Head same color as the thorax, with the sides whitish.—No.13., Exp. wings, 68mm. Length of body, 40mm. » This appears to be aHied to C. fugax Bdv. Diludia lanuginosa n. sp. Primaries greenish drab, mottled with brown over the whole surface. There are indications of 5 slightly waved brown lines, the two nearest.the base :being only ap: parent at the costa, the remaining 3 being more distinct—the first slightly arcuate, and not reaching the internal margin, the second distinctly waved, becoming inwardly arcuate from median nervure to internal margin, the outer line more deeply tootined, and from it runs.a slightly bent brown line quite to the apex. ‘The fringe is pale drab, the intersections of the nervures marked with brown. Secondaries Very pale fawn-drab, with brown shade which resolves itself into three brownish slightly dent- ately-waved, bands, none of which reach the anal or abdominal margins.. Underside of both wings fawn-drab, with faint median band common to both wings. _Antennz fawn-drab above, brownish beneath. Thorax concolorous with primaries. Abdomen olivaceous fawn color, grizzled with black and brown, a faint brown line at the junct- ion of each segment, and triangular brown patches along the sides of the 3 basal segments these gradually becoming lines upon the posterior segments.—No. 25. Exp. wings, 85 mm. Length of body, 42 mm. Protoparce dilucida n. sp. Of the group to which Carodina and Cestri belong, but much darker than these or any other species known to me. The ground color of the primaries appears to be ENTOMOLOGIGA AMERICANA. VOL, III. 14 AUGUST, 1887. sordid white, but it is almost lost in the heaviness of the markings. These are blackish brown, which color occupies the whole of the disk, enclosing a very distinct whitish discal spot. It is bounded also behind the middle by a waved blackish, band, edged within by whitish, more especially towards the internal margin. Behind this band are some olivaceous shades, mixed with brownish, and from it proceeds a deeply dentate black line, reaching to the apex, and edged above with white. There is also a submarginal whitish dentate band cut by 3 black spots. The fringe is clear white, intersections of the nervules brownish black. Along the internal margin near the base is a whitish shade, edged with blackish, the whole surface of the wing being more or less flecked with blackish-brown scales. Secondaries blackish-brown, sordid white at base, and a rather narrow sordid white median band. Fringe clear white. Beneath both wings pale brown. with waved median pale band, surmounted above with darker shade, which is dentate, and common to both wings. Discal white spot very distinct. Secondaries whitish at base along abdominal margin. Antenne white above, pale brown beneath. Head and thorax blackish-brown, speckled with whitish, the sides clear white, and a whitish band alone base of thorax. Abdomen above, grizzled, with white band at junction of the segments. Sides with 4 subquadiate orange spots. The anal segments have these spots represented by a few orange scales. Thorax and abdomen beneath clear white, feet and legs brown, banded with white.—No. 21. Exp. wings 100 mm, Length of body, 44 mm. Isognathus inclitus n. sp. Primaries blackish with gray shades. Base of the wing, and a large space along internal margin blackish, mottled with gray scales. Beyond the base on costal half is a grayish space, enclosing 3 waved black lines. This space is limited by the median band which does not reach the internal margin, and from which proceed towards the inner margin two lines of alternate black and white following the course of the nervules to the extreme edge. Behind the median band on the costa is a sub- quadrate gray patch, beyond this a blackish shade, and this is followed by a broad oblique whitish shade, running from costa to near internal angle, through which the course of the nervules is marked by alternate black and white points. The apical region is grayish, with a bright velvet-black patch about 10 mm. from the apex, and near the middle are two very conspicuous white teeth. The edge of the wing is deeply notched, and is alternately gray and blackish. Secondaries bright orange, the margin very broadly blackish, not reaching the anal angle, and terminating in a geminate bluish gray band, which color also obtains slightly on the extreme margin. Underside of wings much paler brown with blackish irrorations. Half of the basal portion of primaries, and a still larger portion of the secondaries, pale orange at the base. There is a double waved darker band, common to both wings, but lost in the orange of the secondaries. Antenne, white above, blackish beneath. Thorax black in front, grayish black on disk, with 4 black lines. Abdomen dull black, posterior edges of the segments and the sides sombre gray. Beneath thorax and abdomen grizzled. Exp. wings, 105 mm. Length ot body, 50 mm. This species is allied to Z Laura Butler, and Z rimosus Gr. Fam. AGARISTIDZ. Eusemia Schausii n. sp. Rich velvety black. Collar, thorax beneath, and abdomen broadly at the sides bright orange. On the primaries is a basal streak of orange, extending to the ex- tremity of the cell, and an oblique sub-apical streak of the same color. In the middle of the secondaries is a broad streak of orange, almost a point at the base, but widen- WHA 2d Ay rae ing out and extending nearly to the margin of the wieg. This is of a richer shade than the patches of the superior wings. Anal tuft black. The markings are re- peated beneath. Exp. wings, 55 mm. 3 examples.—No. 59. This beautiful insect has very much the system of coloration of the species of /osiades. Fam. ZYGAZNIDA. Triprocris basalis n. sp. Head, thorax, abdomen, legs and upper surface of primaries bright brassy greenish black. Secondaries with wide dull black margins, the discal area sordid white, seemingly somewhat transparent. Under surface of both wings brassy black, the whitish patch less distinct than above.—No. 96. Exp. wings, 25 mm. Ctenucha imitata n. sp. Head black, with the front orange, with black hairs intermixed. Collar, base of palpi, pectus, base of femora, lower side of abdomen, and the last segment above, bright orange. Therest of the body and wings dull brassy black. Lower wings dull black,—No. 99. Exp. wings, 36 mm. : Nearly allied to C. modulata Hy. Edw., but abundantly distinct. Ctenucha scepsiformis np. sp. Thorax, abdomen, and lower wings, bluish black, Primaries dull black, with a greenish shade. Head with the front and base of antenne bright crimson. Base of palpi also crimson, the tips black. ° Clypeus brassy.—No. 98. Exp. wings, 28 mm. With the aspect of Sceps7s, and probably uniting that genus with Crenucha. It has however no vitreous space in the lower wings. Lycomorpha augusta n. sp. Wings a little wider than is usual in the species of Zycomorpha, the antenne are longer, and with deeper pectinations. It may thus form the type of a new genus. Head, antenne, thorax, abdomen and legs bright bluish black. Primaries very vivid crimson, with bluish black border, very broad apically, narrowing along post- erior margin, very narrow on interior margip, and a mere line on costa. Apex clear white. Below this the fringe is dusky. Secondaries dull black, costal edge crimson, apex white, and fringe dusky, The markings are repeated on the lower side. Exp. wings, 35 mm.—No. 97. A very magnificent species. Fam. ARCTIIDA. Euhalisidota lurida n. sp. Entire color very pale, testaceous, with a few faint darker dashes, obliquely from base to apex of primaries, and a dark shade on the middle abdominal segments of the <. The primaries are sharply produced at the apex in both sexes, and the lower wings are slightly hyaline. Antenne of the ¢j' dark testaceous, very long, and deeply pectinated—those of the QO are concolorous and simply serrate. Exp. wings, 52mm. Length of body, 25 mm.—No. 67. Fam. BOMBYCIDZ2. Bombyx habitus n. sp. Mouse color. Thorax whitish on the disk, and at the sides. Base of the prim- aries with a white blotch, interrupted by the ground color. The exterior line is also “white, dentate from internal angle to behind the cell, where it is lost in a whitish cloud, containing a round mouse-colored spot. The space between this and the base { ‘ : by ; ‘ : . ’ = > is darker than-the rest of the wing, especially on the costa. The posterior space «is clouded with white... Fringe concolorous. Hind wings paler than primaries, partic- ularly at the margin. . There is a slight olivaceous cast over the whole upper sur- face. Beneath, wholly mouse-drab, whitish along the internal margins of primaries. Feet and legs concolorous. Abdomen with faint traces of paler band, Exp. wings, 32 min. .—No. In color and : poueornce somewhat recalling the Europeas B. popult L. Apatelodes diffidens n. sp. co: Pale olivaceous drab, with all the marks and lines rather indistinct. There is on primaries an oblique line from near the base of costa to: near internal angle, terminating on a sinuo-dentate submarginal line which runs from costa to internal angle. Between these, there are on costa two short dashes, an apical spot, and a distinct spot near base of internal margin. ‘These marks are all light brown. The sub-basal spot on internal margin is bordered outwardly with white, and there are olivaceous cloudings over the whole surface .of the wing. The secondaries are pale drab, with a brown dash on the abdominal margin,.edged above and below with white. Underside has the apex of primaries dark brown with a white streak, and a pale submarginal line. The secondaries have the central portion much darker olivaceous brown, shading in the centre to dark brown, in the form of a broad streak, and limited by a broad and distinct submarginal pale line. Outside of this line the border has a yellowish tint. The abdominal margin is pale at the base. Thorax, antenne, legs and abdomen concolorous. ©. In this sex, the whole of the markings above and below, are more pronounces and vivid in color. Exp. wings, g 43 mm. ; 9 51 mm.—No. 72. Fam. NOCTUIDZ. Dipthera spissa n. sp. : oj. Primaries very pale greenish yellow, with the black markings in very y strong, contrast. ‘The base is pale, and contains a minute black dot. ‘T. a. line mdicated by a pale streak, suddenly dentate on internal margin, and almost obsolete on the costa. In front of the line is a dark shade, The t. p. line is oblique from the middle of internal margin, to about 5 mm. from apex, turning rather abruptly as it touches the costa, and surmounted by 3 pale oblique streaks. The median space is thickly clouded with black, leaving the orbicular mark very distinct. Submarginal line’ slightly dentate behind and also shaded with black. ‘The posterior margin has deep teeth between the nervures. Fringe black, except at the mervures, where it is cut by the ground color. Secondaries smoky, darkest along.abdominal margin. Fringe flecked with white. Head yellowish. ‘Thorax same as primaries, yellowish green, with black markings,.-those of the disk transverse, while the tegu'z bear a hinate spot, open in the centre, and showing ground color. The abdomen is smoky above, yellowish at the tip and beneath. Lower-side of wings smoky, with yellowish marks on costa, and posterior margin of primaries. Legs yellowish, ringed with black. Eyes and antenne jet-black. 9. ‘he markings of the primaries are much less pro- nounced than in the other sex, and the secondaries and abdomen are clear white, the fringe marked with black. The underside also is yellowish white throughout, the black markings of primaries being faintly shown. In one < bevond the middle. These are celiz, maiy and decorata, the two latter at least of which, are forms of the same species, whether the first is, or not, I am not cer- tain—perhaps I have mistaken its type. At all events the pattern of maculation is very distinct from that of the other species. I have no idea that the interval between this and the 7Aydiira series can be bridged. There is a sharply defined sexual difference in color and wing form in z2/s and the secondaries also vary considerably in maculation. Sometimes it is spotted only—generally in the males—at others thereisa wide black margin, ofien taking up half the wing—this is the tendency in the Q, which is also as a rule much redder than the ¢. On the primaries the tendency is to an obliteration of the outer >< and attendant marks, leaving only the and this variation is the only one shown by the species. The other species I do not know sufficiently to care about discussing them. I wiil again finally declaim the idea of making critical notes on the genus as a whole. My only idea is to call attention to some charac- | ters which do not seem to have been sufficiently emphasized heretofore, and to express my conviction that the species of Arc#a are not nearly so variable as has been supposed and that every good species is capable of accurate definition. A goodly number of species have been described from single, somewhat aberrant examples, and the names hang on in the lists, though the species may have been recognized as synonyms long since—especially is that true of the auéheola group, in which Mr, Neu- moegen has done some judicious lumping recently. submedian stripe —I113—- Notes upon some of Mr. Walker’s Species of Geometride. By Gro. D. Hutst. Not long since by the kindness of Dr. Packard, I received from him for study, some 36 colored drawings, prepared for him in London, of types of American Gevmetride in the British Museum collection. Dr. Packard had these drawings when he prepared his Monograph, and some of Walker’s species were thus made known to us, and these, with others not identified, were represented in his plates at the end of the Monograph. From a study of these drawings I make the following notes after com-. parison with material in my possession. Caberodes antidiscaria Walk. (C. B, M. Geom. p. 1513, 1862). I find, I have been mistaken in my determination of this species from the figure in Packard’s Monograph; and as a result I redescribed it, as Endrofia leniaria. The species seems to be a good one. Endropia tiviaria Walk. (C. B. M. Geom. p. 250, 1860), seems from the drawing to be a variation of 2. ob/usaria Hibn. But the drawing does not seem in coloration to agree with the description of Walker. As it stands, however, I would call it a variety of Z. od/usarta Hiibn. The description seems to be nearer than the drawing. Azelina Trectisectaria H. Sch. (Aus. Schm,, f. 325). Under this name Herrich-Schaeffer describes an insect from Brazil, which is, I think, the insect afterwards described as A. galssarta by Walker. The colored drawing does not show this insect to be so pinkish as many Q specimens from Florida. Among my -+__— Columbia, O., June, 1887. Eprror Enr. AM Dear Sir:—Would some reader of Ent. Am. be kind enough to advise me through your valuable Journal, of a way to suc- cessfully winter larvee of Czlodasys, Heterocampa, Cerura, c. The larvae of these moths complete their growth, change color and construct their cocoons inthe Fall, but do not pupate until Spring. I have found it very difficult to winter them. Yours respectfully, W. N:Tanvuant: an BROOKLYN, OCTOBER, 1887. Wot. til. Proceedings of the Entom. Club of the A. A. A.S. at the New York Meeting, August, 1887. (Continued from p. 108, vol. III.) Prof. Lintner spoke of the alarming increase of the Larch Saw-F'ly, Nematus erichsoni. He gave a history of the dates and places at which it had been heretofore observed, and the injury it had done. On July 7th it was reported to him from St Lawrence Co., N. Y.., where it appeared on three Tamaracks growing in a door-yard. About the 10th of July they appeared in countless hosts completely covering the trees so that the end of a finger could not be placed on a branch of one of them without touching one or more of the worms. ‘They also cov ered apple and maple trees and shrubbery but ate nothing but Tamarack. About the same time examples of the larva were received from Otsego Co. taken from the European Larch. The pupe were found after July 12th under moss some little distance from the trees. It has done con- siderable damage also in Hamilton County in the Adirondack region. Every Tamarack for miles around was entirely stripped, and looked as though the fire had been through it. Dr. Packard says the attack is not fatal to the trees and near Lake Pleasant early in August he observed the Tamaracks putting out new buds. The larva were attacked by a Podisus allied to modestus, and the pup were eaten by ants. In Europe the species seemed to be kept in check pretty well by its parasites and it has never been destructive there. Prof. Riley said we can hardly hope with Dr. Packard that the at- tack will not be fatal to the trees. When he went over the ground in Maine with Dr. Packard this spring, many trees were already dead. ENTOMOLOGICA AMERICANA. VOL. III. 19 OcToBER 1887. ee es Club then adjourned to Monday August 15th, at 9 A. M. In the evening a very pleasant party met at Mr, Graef’s residence in Brooklyn where the evening was spent in examining Mr. Graef’s collection and discussing the merits of the collation provided. Monday, August 15th.—Club met pursuant to adjournment, 8 mem- bers present. In the absence of Prof. Comstock, Prof. Lintner was elect- ed President pro “em. Mr Emerton read a paper by Prof. L. M. Under- wood on the literature of the North American Spiders, reviewing the work thus far done in the Arachnide.* Mr. Smith made some rémarks on the paper mentioning the work being done by students of the group and that the U. S. National Museum was accumulating a very fair collection in the class. He also defended the practice of describing species as justifiable under some circumstances in stimulating or exciting interest and claims that nothing is so discouraging to beginners as a lot of material which is unnamed and unnameable until some one monographs the whole. Mr. Emerton said that he intended to continue his work on the New England Spiders and will keep his types, at least until the work is all done. He was opposed to hasty descriptions, and to hasty identification of old species where there is nothing to identify them by. He preferred to give a new name to an insect to identifying it with an old name unless he was perfectly sure of his identification. Dr. Hoy spoke on the peculiarities of the Lepidopterous Fauna of Racine, describing the location of the place and enumerating some of the Southern butterflies and moths that have been taken there—among them Terias mexicana, Apatura celtis, Argus labrusce, Dilophonota ello and Ere- bus zenobia. Adjourned until Tuesday, August 16th, at 9 A. M. On the afternoon of the roth the Entomologists and Botanists joined in an Excursion by Steamer to Sandy Hook which proved an interesting and agreeable one. Tuesday, August 16th —Club met atg A. M. 4 persons present. In the absence of the President, Prof. Lintner was elected Chairman pro fem. It was resolved that the minutes of the meetings be published as usual in Ent. Am. and that the Secretary furnish an abstract for publica- tion in the proceedings of the A. A. S. S. Prof. Lintner spoke on the larva of Haltica alleni, Harris—now known as 77. dimarginata Say, which he found near Lake Pleasant skele- tonizing Alder, in great numbers, exhibited specimens of the larva and * This paper will appear in full in the American Naturalist. pup. The latter are found naked in Moss. It was yellow when found and not white as described by Dr. Packard. Mr. Angell stated that he had recently for the first time heard Po/- phylla stridulate. Mr. Dimmock said that Cerzxa sometimes makes quite a loud stridulating noise. Some general remarks and questions concerning captures at Sandy Hook followed, and the Club then adjourned for the session to meet again at g A. M. of the first day of the next meeting of the A. A. A. S. Joun B. Smiru, Secresary. ————— 2 a> —_—_ Cryptorynchus lapathi, Zin. By Wm. JUELICH. Early in June this year I found on one of my excursions near West Bergen in this vicinity, a large branch of a Willow tree, blown down by a recent storm. Examining it closely I found it full of holes, with fresh borings at the ends. Thinking this the work of Saperda concolor which I often found on similar occasions, I did not take the trouble to examine the larve but merely took a small piece of the branch about two feet long and an inch thick along, and placed it in a box to satisfy my- self about the inhabitant. To my surprise, I found 2 fine specimens of the European Cryplorhynchus lapathi Linné emerging on the 3d of July and succeeded in getting about 10 more since, from pieces of willow, ob- tained from the same locality—the large branch “full of them” having disappeared in the meanwhile. Five years ago I took a fine specimen of this same species on Wil- low near Williamsbridge, at least 12 miles distant from above locality, and last year, Mr. Ottomar Dietz showed me another one, taken on Staten Island. The breeding of this beautiful Cryptorhynchus—the only one found in Europe—on Willow here, is the more interesting, as it is known to occur to breed on Elder over there. I am afraid it will become a great scourge to the Willow, from what I have seen of it and there is no doubt now, that Cryplorynchus lapathi, Linné is not more an acciden- tal importation, but should have a place in our catalogue. Fortunately it appears to have found its enemy already to check its too rapid progress, for I found 3 active Ichneumon flies emerging from the same Willow branches, about a fortnight after the last beetles made their appearnace. No other larve or insects had lived in the branches as I found by cutting them open. Mr. E. T. Cresson has kindly identi- fied the Ichneumon as a small variety of Ephialtes irritator, Fab. —124— A living Ixodes said to have been four months in the ear of a man. By Dr. H. A. Hacen. I received July 16th, 1887, from Mr. John Orne Green, M. D., Chemical Instructor in Otology at the Harvard Medical School the follow- ing letter together with the specimen. “TL removed it alive from the ear of a man on Thursday last (July 14). The symptoms, only itching and obstruction of the passage, date back to a residence ona cattle ranch in Arizona in March and April last. The singular things about it were the absence of pain, usually very great from a live insect and the fact of the bug remaining alive in the ear for such a long time.” ‘The rather strange case induced me to ask if perhaps a cleri- cal error or a chance of misunderstanding could have happened. In a letter, July 23d, Dr. Green states: ‘‘ Certain is it that it came out of his ear, that it had produced no irritation and that the symptoms date back to March or April. The tenacity of life is also remarkable.” This is all I know of this very strange case ; indeed so strange, that I answered, there would be many unbelievers, and that I had not been able to find a similar case quoted in the literature. Nevertheless if somebody would peruse Dr. Dieffenbach’s article in Rust’s Magazine—corpora aliena in corpore humano—he will find reported some very strange cases. The insect is a Tick (/vodes) long, 12 mm. broad 6 mm. It arrived in my hands, not only living, but still lives to-day, Sept. 28, without having taken any food. It changed its skin in August. In Packard’s Guide p. 663 is mentioned Lvodes bovis pl. 13 f. 10 as the common cattle tick of the Western States and Central America. It lives on horned cattle, upon the Rattlesnake, the Iguana and small mammals. It was received from Mis- souri from Mr. Riley and very abundantly on horned cattle from Mr MeNiel in Nicaragua. A large number of this species with Dr. Packard’s label Lvodes bovis Riley ; Polyon, Occident. Depart. Nicaragua, McNiel coll., formerly in the Peabody Academy is before me, and they are appa- rently of the same species. I can not find the species mentioned any- where except a notice ‘“Ticks and Texas fever,” Americ. Entomol. I, p.28 where it is said that specimens sent from Illinois and St. Louis are but the common cattle tick. A description by Dr. Packard is given Rep. Peabody Acad. p. 68. This figure in the Guide has the feet too long. I do not know if the changing of the skin of /vodes is described. The skin splits alittle above the mouth transversally and then along both sides to the hind angles; both sides of the skin are connected behind, after the animal has crawled out. I have taken considerable care to find in the literature similar cases reported. The only remark I know is in Peter Kalm’s travels in N. Ameri- , ; —= 125 a; it is re-printed in the Swed. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. 1754, T. 16. Ixodes americanus Linn. is very obnoxious, when it goes in the ears of men, It is very diffcult to remove, because it fastens itself strongly and sometimes in places, where it not easy to be reached. ‘There are cases ' that the swelling of the ear has arrived to the size of a human fist. >< }>___—_- Notes on Stenus and Barinus. By T. L. Casey. In some very interesting notes on Coleoptera recently published in this journal by Mr. F. Blanchard, several subjects are touched upon which have been the subjects of more or less study on the part of the writer. Mr. Blanchard’s observations in Stenus are perfectly correct but by no means new. In the very thorough treatise on the Stenini of France by Mr. C. Rey, several forms of toothed tibize are illustrated, and in the Biologia Centrali-Americana, Dr. Sharp has described other peculiar modifications of those parts. These exceptions, however, do not invali- date the rule that in the Stenini the tibize are simple and unarmed. If my memory serves me correctly, however, the language made use of in the Revision of the Stenini has reference to the general absence of terminal spurs. I would also add that I have considered Stenus as a genus be- longing to the group Stenini ; this is so evident that the statement made by Mr. Blanchard seems quite inexplicable. With reference to Barinus, I have been much interested in the recent studies of the author quoted, but am inclined to believe that the speci- men of B. sguamolineatus, referred to by him as having been received from Mr. Webster, must be more or less rubbed and imperfect, as it is impossible to reconcile Dr. LeConte’s careful description of crzricollis with the perfect representative of sgwamolineatus which I have before me. In this description of cribricolf’s the author writes as follows : ‘‘White scales denser on the second interval for four-fifths the length; on the sixth a basal line extending to one-fourth of the length,” while in sgwamolinea- tus the white scales of the second interval extend in a broad dense line throughout the entire length of the elytra, becoming even broader and denser at the apex, and the broad line of the sixth interval extends for fully one-half the length. Without alluding to other differences such as the apparent absence of a median line of scales on the pronotum of cr7- bricollis, and the probably denser punctuation of that species, I believe that enough has been stated to show that these two species should not be uni- ted without further study of more perfect specimens, especially in con- sideration of the widely different habitats, Florida and Illinois. ——126— Method of Oviposition of Tachina. By ARCHIBALD C. WEEKS. An opportunity to observe a female Zachina in the act of oviposit- ing is, I presume, of comparitively rare occurrence and as such an oppor- tunity was vouchsafed m2, I may, perhaps, without trenching npea? what | has been previously noted, describe the process. On September 3d of this year, noticing a small Hickory almost en- tirely denuded of foliage by a brood of Datana larva, I stopped to watch the industrious feeding of a cluster of them. Upon one of the leaves near the heads of the larvae was a female Tachina standing unusually erect and regarding the larve very intently. Divining her purpose I remained quiet. After the lapse of several minutes she cautiously approached the head of the nearest and there- afier constantly adjusted her position so as to face the larva as it moved in feeding at a distance of rather less than a quarter of an inch. Seizing a moment when the head of the larva was likely to remain statio- nary the fly stealthily and rapidly bent her abdomen downward and ex- tended from the last segment what proved to be an ovipositor. This passed forward beneath her body and between the legs until it projected beyond and nearly on a level with the head of the fly and came in con- tact with the eye of the larva upon which an egg was deposited in addi- tion to five already there. So gently was this done, that the larva did not at first appear to be disturbed, but presently the adhesion of a foreign substance seemed to annoy it and it scraped its eyes against the bitter edge of the leaf in a vain effort to rub off the barnacle-like ova. The fly then proceeded to several other larva, which had been previously simi- larly stung, and repeated the process, always ovipositing on or between eyes at which place at least a dozen had been attacked, and nowhere else. The presence of other ova did not deter the fly from adding to the num- ber. The ovipositor was viscous of a pale yellow, tapering, and elastic to such a degree that the entire abdomen could hardly have contained it as expanded. It was interesting to note that the fly carefully avoided allowing her ovipositor to come in contact with the fine long hairs of the larvae which hung over the eyes, withdrawing it instantly upon their slightest move- ment. Judging from the fact that no ova appeared to have been deposited on the segments it is safe to assume that even the sparse hairs of the Da- tana larvee constitute a barrier which the moist and highly sensitive ovi- positor of the Tachina can not overcome. We have here an additional proof that even the slightest hair or spine development adds to the safety of its possessor. ‘ NORTH AMERICAN PYRALIDE. By Prov C. Hy FERNALD; AMHERST, MAss. Diathrausta octomaculalis, n. sp. Expanse of wing, 18mm. Palpi, head, thorax, abdomen and upper side of all the wings, dark brown or nearly black with greenish reflections in certain lights. There # a fine white line on each side of the face in front of the eye and three white spots on the fore wing, one across the end of cell, another on the middle of the cell and the third immediately below the last on the fold. The inner line is scarcely perceptable, nearly straight and crosses the wing quite near the base. The outer line, which is not very well defined, starts from a small white spot at the outer fourth of the costa runs down at right angles with the costa, a little outside of the outer spot, then runs nearly into the spot on the fold where it turns again and runs in a more or less wavy line to the outer third. This line is continued across the hind wings with an inward curve below the cell so that the lower part of it appears as a straight line extending from a white spot on the end of the cell to the anal angle. The fringes of the fore wings are black except at the anal angle and below the apex where they are white. The fringes of the hind wings are black at the base and white beyond. The segments of the abdomen are edged with white. The underside of the wings is somewhat paler than above with the white markings reproduced. The underside of the body and thorax are lighter than above. Pectus and base of the palpi beneath, white. Hab.—Pa., N. Y., Ontario, July 3, 1886, at electric light (H. S. Saunders). Hydrocampa nebulosalis, n. sp. Expanse of wings, from 12 to 17 mm. Face and outer end of the palpi, white. Basal part of the palpi on the outside, top of the head, thorax, abdomen and upper side of all the wings, bright ocher yellow and marked with white and sooty brown. ‘The thorax is marked with transverse streaks of white and the terminal edge of the abdominal segments is white. The fore wing is crossed by five white lines. The first is very near the base and indistinct ; the second is near the basal tourth and is zig-zag; the third starts from near the basal third of the - costa, runs nearly straight towards the anal angle as far as the median vein where it ——— _ forms an acute angle and then runs in a somewhat waved line to the basal third of the hinder margin ; the next starts from the costa a little beyond the outer fourth, runs obliquely outward for a very short distance, then forms a wide inward curve down as far as vein 3, where it turns and runs towards the base of the wing nearly to the preceding line, then turns and runs to the outer third ot the hinder margin in an outward curve. The outer line is sinuous and extends from the apex to a point near the anal angle. The three outer lines are edged or overlaid more or less with dark sooty brown ; and the whole outer part of the wing beyond the third line is more or less heavily clouded with the same, except the terminal space and an area on the costa between the third and fourth lines, which extends down across the cell. Hind wings white on the costa and base, and crossed by three wavy lines, the outer one of which is white and edged on the outside with brown, the inner ones are brown and edged on each side with white. A yellow spot sometimes edged with brown rests on the cell between these two lines and another within the inner line which does not reach the costa. The inner lines sometimes fuse together as they approach the anal angle. All the fringes are fuscous and cut with white between the veins. The underside of the wings is similar to the upperside except paler. Hab.—Florida. —r28— Tetralopha baptisiella, n. sp. Expands 21mm. Tongue gray in front. Palpi gray, fuscous brown in front. Head and thorax nearly white with intermingled russet fuscous scales. Abdomen light gray at base, beyond with segments ringed anteriorly with fuscous. Wings, ¢f light fus- cous with a slight ocher tint, heavily marked with darker fuscous on the costal region, running from a point on costa at base, along and parallel with the inner margin to outer cross line forming a triangular space, the lighter ground color showing distinctly between the veins. Inner cross line obsolete, or showing in a faint curved gray shading. A black point of raised scales at middle of basal field. Outer cross line % out ; sub-parallel with outer margin except a bend outward towards posterior angle, straight at costa, otherwise evenly dentate wavy. On the middle field just out from the first cross line is a cross line of lengthened scales whiter than the ground color. Outer field fuscous, lighter posteriorly and at veins. A marginal row of lengthened black points. Fringe grayish fuscous interlined. Hind wings fuscous with faint in- dications of outer hghter band, © with lines as in the but with basal field much lighter, the central cross band of long scales almost white, and the rest of the wing washed with russet ocher, the veins on the outer middle field blackish. A narrow gray shading next the marginal black points. Hind wings as in ¢’. Beneath, ¢, Q, fuscous on costal half of fore wings, light ocher fuscous otherwise with faint outer band on all wings. 25d, 299. Hab.—Mo., N.Y. Raised by Miss Murtfeldt on Baptisia tincloria. ; a me Description of a New Proctotrupid. By Witiiam H. AsHMEAD. JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA. _ Since the publication of my ‘‘Studies on the N. A. Proctotrupide,” in going over my Braconids, two specimens of a very remarkable form in this family were discovered belonging to a genus not yet noticed as oc- curring in the North American fauna. The genus is recognized by the brevity of the otherwise fully developed wings, the elongated prothorax and its rather prominent eyes and triangular head. ‘The species may be identified from the following description : Vil. MYSTROPHORUS, Foerster. 1. Mystrophorus americanus, n.sp. ©. Length .25 inch. Color: Head, thorax and legs, brownish-red ; head above dusky ; eyes dark or blackish ; antennz dusky toward tips, while the abdomen is polished black. The head when viewed from the front is triangular, finely, regularly punctate. The antennz are 1o-jointed, the third joint of which is as long as the 4th, 5th and 6th joints together. The pro- thorax is much elongated with parallel sides, narrower and more than thrice longer than the mesothorax, and microscopically sculptured. The short, spoon-shaped wings are hyaline, excepting a broad, smoky, transverse band across fore wings, broad enough to include stigma and stigmal vein. The venation is exactly as in the genus Goniozus. Hab.—Florida. Described from two specimens, captured in the Spring of 1886. Sa) beh) NEW SPECIES OF PYRALID. By Geo. D. Hutst. For a number of years I have been gathering material in the family Pyralide, and in Transactions of the American Entomological Soc. Vol. VIII, pp. 145-168, July 1886, published a number of new species. Since that time very much material has come to me from various sources, and again I| find myself with many insects, which neither our best speci- alists nor myself can identify ; and once more I take myself to the task of describing what seems to me to be new to science. The sub-families in which are the species described in the present paper I have for a considerable time given very dihgent study. My form- er determinations were hastily made, without opportunity to study vena- tion, and the species were by necessity in many cases incorrectly referred. Those described in the present paper, as far as genera exist for their recep- tion, are I believe correctly referred, and can be relied upon. Of the species in Grote’s Check List, I have nearly all before me. I have all the species described since the issue of the Check List. More- over Prof. C. H. Fernald and Mr. Henry Edwards, both among the most generous of Lepidopterists, have placed their entire collections at my dis- posal, so I have in material unrivalled facilities for comparison and study. And it is with all this, that I deem the following to be new species, and therefore describe them. EPIPASCHIA, Grt. Toripalpus adulatalis, Sp. nov. Expand 26 mm. Head black with light gray scales intermingled. Tongue light gray. Labial palpi black, slightly mixed with gray, extending half the length of the thorax. Antenne dark brown, strongly pubescent. Scaled process of the brown. Along the lateral region which is black, are some faint and slightly waved dull yellow lines. Under side dull slate color, feet and legs concolorous. Length, 11 mm. After this moult, there is no change in the larva except in size until it attains its mature growth which has been fully described in Proc. Cal. Acad. Sc. and Papilio by myself and Mr. R. H. Stretch. It is a question for doubt as to whether this form is, or is not, the same as the European Org. antigua L. 1 have elsewhere stated it as my opinion that the two are identical, but there is certainly a considerable difference in the larval stages. My specimens fed upon Pyrus communis and Wild Cherry, though the many ‘(J I took in Michigan were hover- ing around a species of Pimuws on which I also found several QQ. The species appears to be northern in its habitat,as I first took it inVancouver Island and have observed it also in Northern Ontario and in Quebec. —____}>+-<+____ Ed. Ent. Am. Dear Sir, In reference to the interesting contents of the last number of your Journal I would state that Mola fuscua is founded on a Colorado example which seemed to belong to a larger and paler species than the Texan minuscula in my collection. It is probable, as I at the time sus- pected, that it is only a local variety. In separating A. wrgo and Saun- derstt, 1 referred to the character of the narrower stripes and the W or M mark ; I think the x mark may be derived from the W. In my list the species are not arranged with exactitude. At that time there was no cer- tainty (nor is there now) as to their real standing. In my opinion no lumping of our Arctias can be called ‘‘good” which is not based on breeding and a knowledge of the variations of the larve. As to Mr. Walker’s names, care must be taken that we have to do with his real type and that his printed description bears the species out. Between my first and second visits to the British Museum specimens had been added. I refer to my already printed papers for instances where specimens of sev- eral species appeared under one label. A. R. Grote. —148— The Collection of Insects in National Museum. We learn that the U. S. National Museum has acquired by purchase Mr. J. B. Smith’s Collection of Native and Foreign Insects. Mr. Smith's collection of American Coleoptera contained nearly 5000 species, and was especially rich indeed almost perfect in the Cixzm- delide and Carabide and in.some families, notably the A/ordelide, it was typical. Of European and other Exotic Coleoptera there were fully 5000 species. In the Lepidoptera, while the collection was not so complete as in Coleoptera, yet in some families it was scarcely excelled by any collection. The British Museum with the possession of Mr. Grote’s collection has many more types in the Voc/wide@, but Mr. Grote’s collection was by no means so complete in species; among these of the Museum are many types and typical specimens. From what we are able to learn the collection of insects in the Na- tional Museum at Washington is rapidly and steadily becoming the best in the country. It contains the following individual collections. Collection of Prof. C. V. Riley, a statement of which was published Ento. Am. Vol. I, p. 55, consisting of 17,225 species in various orders, with 115,058 specimens. ‘This is incomparably rich in examples of lar- val development and history. Collection of Prof. C. V. Riley of adolescent stages in alcohol, and minute insects and larve in Balsam. Collection of O. Meske of Albany, at one time one of the most val- uable in the country, and containing many types. Collection of J. B. Smith above mentioned. Collection of Belfrage, contained in part in the Riley Collection, the large lot of Exotics however coming through the Department of Agricul- ture. The Burgess Collection of Diptera, also forming part of the Riley Collection. The Morrison Collection purchased from his relatives. Dr. Williston’s types of the Syrphidz are also to go to the Museum, as he states in his Monograph. To these are to be added the vast and varied accumulations of the Entomological Division of the Department of Agriculture. The Collec- tions of this Division Prof. Riley has wisely placed in the National Mu- seum. Also large increase has been made through the ordinary channels of exchange. The collection is therefore one of exceptional value and in view of the certainty that hereafter it will be in the care of some specialist as Curator or Assistant it offers itself as a safe and proper depository for the collection of specialists. | Observations on Capsidz with descriptions of new species. By P. R. Uni er. / (No. 4.) Div. BRYOCORARIA. ECCRITOTARSUS Stal. E. elegans, new sp. Elliptical with the hemelytra parallel-sided, the pronotum transverse and steeply sloping in front, the upper surface opaque, strongly pilose. General color fuscous, the head, legs, antennee, base of rostrum, most of the pectoral and ventral surfaces, and the collar of the pronotum pale rufous. Head clothed with minute pubescence, vertex very short, transverse almost horizontal, not as wide as the apex of the prono- tum, the eyes small, round, prominent. Face nearly vertical, the tylus promment. the rostrum reaching to the posterior coxze, fuscous from beyond the base to the tip. -Antennz thick, as long as the hemelytra, the basal joint about as Jong as the head, the second equally stout, curved, as long as the pronotum and head united, the third ‘slender, nearly as long as the second, the fourth equally slender, a little longer than the basal one. Pronotum transverse, gently arched transversely, a little convex, fus- “cous, clothed with fuscous erect pubescence; the collum not apparantly pubescent, rufous, acttely prominent, connected on the middle with a raised slender line that ‘runs back to base, an impressed transverse line bounding the base of the anterior lobe; lateral margin sinuated, at the humere prominent, with the angles subacuminate. Scutellum nearly equilateral, almost flat, rufous, somewhat indented near the middle. Legs long, rufous sometimes piceous on the tarsi and end of tibiae; the posterior pair very long, with the femora incurved, but not clavate. Hemelytra testaceous, or whit- ‘ish, clothed with erect slender, gray pubescence; the clavus and inner margin of the corium marked with fuscous, together forming a large suboval spot which ex- tends to behind the middle of the corium; tip of corium crossed by a band of the same color, and the apex of the cuneus is also fuscous; membrane fuscous or black. Venters short and broad, blunt at tip, but a little more than one half as long as the hemelytra, rufous marked with black, or sometimes entirely black, or fuscous. . Length to tip of venter Q 12—2 millims, +¢__—__ An interesting New Genus of South American Tachinide. By Pror. S. W. WILtrstTon. In a valuable collection of South American Diptera, received from Mr. H. H. Smith for study, I have found a very singular species of Tachinide, of sufficient interest to justify its description in advance of a more extended paper now in preparation. The species differs not much in structure from some of Furia, save in the antennze, but the structure of these, at least in the male, is the most remarkable that I have seen in the order. The peculiarity of structure is essentially sexual, though the female antennz shows a trace of the male structure, sufficiently unique in itself to distinguish the species generally with sharpness. The singular development is in the third joint alone, which as a whole is of very large size and composed of elongate slender rods enclosing a deep narrow basket-like cavity. How such a peculiarity should have arisen, and what service it can be to the male fly are speculations, which, like those on many other striking sexual peculiarities of structure so common among Diptera, must for the present remain as speculations. Here, as is so generally the rule among Diptera, and indeed among all forms of animal —152— life, the peculiarity, so far as it is sexual, is a male character; but it is’ in this family where we find more frequently than in any other, definite female sexual structural peculiarities—I mean the flattened front tarsi ; similar and striking female characters I have observed in several South American Syrphide, but I can recall few other instances in the order. The structure of the antennz in the present case, as well as I can describe it, is as follows: The first joint is short; the second stout, and about twice as long as the first, its width at the tip nearly as great as the length. ‘The third consists essentially of two very slender processes or branches, which give off twelve pairs of slender rods symmetrically. The upper branch, the shorter, extends forward parallel with the upper border of the second joint ; the other springs at a right angle from the extreme base, and descends to the oral margin, curved throughout, and forming the convex hypothenuse of the right-angled triangle, the other two sides of which are straight. From the upper branch there arise four, from the lower eight pairs of rods, which are slender, horizontal and parallel, sep- arated by about their own width from the adjoining ones on each side, and gently curved outward to enclose the deep bilaterally symmetrical cavity. They all terminate in a vertical plane, and form, in front view, an elongate elliptical figure four or five times as long as wide. The rods become successively shorter, the two last pairs being very short, and from between the branches of the upper terminal pair arises the stout, three- jointed arista. — The whole structure might be compared with the ribs and keel of a very narrow deep-ship. In the female the structure is very different, more like that of the ordinary antenna of a Yurinia, except that there is a deep fissure from the — anterior inferior margin, running parallel with the upper margin, two- thirds or more of the way to the base and dividing the joint into two un- symmetrical parts. The tendency toward the remarkable fissural struct- | ture of the male is yet further shown on one side only of one of the two females, where the upper portion has yet another, more shallow, emarg- ination, forming two points to the division, and in the other female where the lower part has two very shallow emarginations of its border. The second joint is more slender than in the male, scarcely half the length of the third. The other generic characters areas follows : Talarocera, gen. nov. Eyes small, bare. Front broad in both sexes; in the male with a single row of bristles, descending below the insertion of the antennz ; in the female with two additional bristles without, directed anteriorly. Fossulate portion of the face broad and shallow, the sides of the face rather narrow, and wholly with- out bristle ; epistoma strongly projecting forwards ; bristles confined to lowermost portion and oral margin, more on the cheeks ; a single stout one at lower end of lateral ridges. Palpi projecting beyond the oral margin, broad and flat, spatulate. Occiput thickly hairy. Second segment of the oval abdomen with two median post- erior bristles ; third segment with about eight on its posterior margin. Legs with moderately strong bristles. Neuration as in Yurizia; first posterior cell narrowly open before the tip, its posterior angle rectangular and with a minute appendiculation; posterior cross-vein oblique, its junction with the fourth vein twice as remote from the anterior cross-vein as from the angle of the first posterior cell. Talarocera Smithii, n. sp. Head yellow, the front reddish or somewhat brownish. Third joint of antennz yellowish red, in the female broadly brownish in front, the arista black. Palpi yellow ; proboscis black, its horizontal portion about as long as the front tibiz. Hair of occiput light golden yellow. Thorax deep shin- ing, somewhat bluish black, lightly pruinose and with two slender stripes in front when seen from behind. Abdomen reddish translucent black, shining, the tip tri- angularly reddish yellow. Legs deep black. Wings and tegulz deep brown. Length 14—I5 mm. Three specimens, Capada, Brazil (December and January), collected by Mr. H. H. Smith, well known as a writer on Brazil, and for his ex- tensive South American natural history collections. a 0 A NEW SPHINX. By J. B. Smira. Sphinx coloradus, sp. noy. Fuscous or ashen gray, dorsum of the thorax a little darker. A broad, deep brown band trom base of antennze forming thence a broad margin to the patagiz. This band narrowly margined with white on either side. Metathoracic tuftings blackish. Abdomen with dorsum fuscous or brownish gray, with a narrow, darker dorsal line. A broad lateral black band, interrupted by the narrow white margining of the segments forming very narrow demi-bands, Beneath, dull ashen gray. Prim- aries with a whitish shade through the center of wing from base to apex, this shade inferiorly margined by another of deeper more fuscous gray. Though this darker shade is a series of short, black, interspaced marks, the apical oblique dash formed by a somewhat incomplete union of three of these dashes. Parallel with, and rather near to the outer margin is a somewhat sinuate black line, with a paler gray shading on either side, the line attaining neither the inner margin nor the apex. Fringes pale, cut with darker gray. Secondaries brownish gray, immaculate ; fringes pale, cut with darker gray. Beneath, uniformly brownish gray, with the apical dash faintly reproduced. Expands 1.2 inch. = 28 mm.—Hab. Colorado. The type is a male in Mr. Graef’s collection. The species differs from all in this group with immaculate secondaries by the paler subcostal shade, which, with its darker inferior margining is characteristic of the species. The palpi are short and slender, hardly exceeding the front. Fore and middle tibia spinose, first joint of the tarsi with three longer, stout spines on outer side. ‘The spurs are weak and short. —154— Notes on Diludia, G. & R. By Joun B. Smiru. The genus Diludia was created by Messrs. Grote and Robinson in 1865 with Sphinx bron/es as type, and with it were associated floresfan and collaris—all West Indian or South American species (see Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil. 1865, 163 and 188). In describing the genus they say that Sphinx jJasminearum and S. leucopheata would probably be referable to the same genus when identified. The genus is said to have the ‘‘ head large and salient ; prothoracic parts well advanced before the insertion of the primaries.” In the figure of D. drontes, pl. 1, f. 5, these characters are well marked, and with the genus as based on this species I have no present quarrel, though some of the species referred to it come uncomfortably near to Pro/oparce or Macrosila. Besides the characters of dron/es noted by Messrs. Grote and Robin- son it may be stated that the eyes are not lashed, the tibiz unarmed, fore tarsi heavily spinose, but not with heavier outer armature. I have seen no specimens from the United States, nor do I believe the species properly referred as part of our fauna. In 1868 Messrs. Grote and Robinson referred to the genus Di/udia the species jasminearum and leucopheata, the latter unknown to them, and in Mr. Grote’s subsequent list of Sphingi- dze the species are—jasminearum, bronies and leucopheata. Leucopheata I have seen from Mexico, and believe its presence in Texas whence Clemens received it, was accidental. In habitus it some- what resembles dvon/es, but the head is not so prominent. The eyes are lashed, the fore tibia spinose, fore tarsi with a series of longer, stout outer spines. In structure therefore it is most like Ay/ozcus, and indeed the species is Close to /ugens, which it also resembles in type of maculation— differing however in the longer, more acute primaries. It is not congeneric with dronies, but best referable to Sphinx and associated with /ugens. Jasminearum differs from both the above species by the retracted head and the prothorax not produced before the base of the primaries. The legs are rather short and entirely unarmed; the fore tarsi have only the ordinary small spines. In habitus it certainly does not at all resemble bronites, and comes much closer to Daremma from which it differs how- ever in the lack of tarsal armature. I would propose for jasminearum the generic term Chlenogramma distinguishing it from Dzudia and Daremma by the characters above men- tioned. From Sp/mx it differs among other things in having unlashed eyes. Diludia not containing any American species must be dropped from our lists. —155— Hemipterological Contributions. By Wiriuram H. AsHMEAD. (No. 1.) Family BERYTIDA. HOPLINUS, Stal. Hoplinus multispinus, n. sp. Length .20 inch. Pale yellowish brown, tarsi and terminal antennal joint, black. Head armed with three spines, one median on a line with base of antenne, prominent but blunt, and one on each side just back of antenne. There is a prom- inent acute spine at base of scutellum, two short sharp spines at tip of abdomen, and one on each pleura, extending and slightly curving over at base of elytra. Prothorax long, narrowed before, more than twice the length of the width at base, punctured, with a slight median carina, the narrow transverse portion just before the middle im- punctured. The legs are long and thin, the posterior femora reaching beyond the tip of the abdomen. Hab,—Florida, This interesting addition to our fauna, is the first of the genus to be recognized in our fauna. The genus was erected by Prof. C. Stal to contain a Chilian species, Nedes spinosissimus Signoret, described by Dr. V. Signoret in Ann. Soc. Ent. de France, 1864, and the above is, I believe, the only other species known. Family CAPSID. RHINOCLOA, Reuter. Rhinocloa citri, n. sp. Length .o5 inch. Black, shining, sparsely covered with little clumps of silvery white hairs. Antennz long, first joint longer than head, rather stout, second joint longest, black at the base and tip, yellowish in the middle, third not quite two-thirds the length of second, yellowish, somewhat brownish or infuscated towards the tip, fourth setaceous, yellow. The thorax is trapezoidal, somewhat convex, declining be- fore. The tip of cuneus yellow, The abdomen and all the femora excepting at tips aye black, tips and anterior and middle tibiae and tarsi yellowish, posterior tibiz blatkish at base becoming a yellowish brown towards tip, tarsi yellowish. All way black. - Hab Florida. Described from many specimens. These little Capsids are very in- strumental in destroying scale insects, as I have detected them destroying various species of Aspidioti’ and Dactilopi’ on my Orange trees. The species is very closely related to Rhinocloa forticomis Reut., de- scribed from Texas; but the color of the legs and antennz will readily separate them. —156— Family TINGITIDAE. SPHZEROCYSTA Stal. Sphzrocysta Peckhami, n. sp. Length .16 inch. Head and body black. Cells large, veins brown. On the head are five long, slender, black spines ; the pronotal vesicle is very small extending but slightly over the head ; the discal vesicle very large and high spherical but divid- ed into two parts with the cells slightly clouded ; the lateral lobes are greatly dilated, arcuated and containing but four cells, the three anterior ones very large, transverse, the posterior one small. A high arched, inflated carina extends about midway between the discal vesicle posteriorly over the scutellum. The hemelytra are dilated and extend posteriorly beyond the tip of abdomen, the basal angles deeply sinuated, posterior angles rounded, outer row of cells large, transverse. Antenne and legs brownish. Hab.—Milwaukee, Wisconsin, This genus was erected by Prof. C. Stal for two South American species—S. inflata and S. glbifera Stal, from Rio Janeiro and the above is the first of the genus to be recognized in North America. Two specimens were sent to me by Prof. Geo. W. Peckham, of Mil- waukee, Wis., in honor of whom the species is named. —___—_o -<+____—_ Coleopterological Notes. By Wn. BruTTeNMUELLER. Osmoderma scabra Beauv., I found in the larval state, living socially in decayed wood of Sweet-Gum, Hickory, Poplar, Willow, Syca- more, Sassafras, Maple, Tulip-tree, Oak and Chestnut. Cucujes clavipes, Fab. This beetle was found by Mr. O. Dietz and myself at Fort Lee, New Jersey, Oct. 1887, under the bark of White Oak. About 100 specimens were taken. I have also, bred it from Wil- low, Poplar, Hickory and Chestnut. New Localities for Pterostichus tartaricus Say, (Lophilo- glossus strenus Lec.). Since the note by Mr. C. Fuchs on ‘‘a lost locality” of this beetle, published in the Bull. B’klyn Ent. Soc., Vol. V, p. 81, 1883, no specimens have been taken in the vicinity of New York, N. Y., by any of our collectors. I was fortunate enough to capture a single specimen at Astoria, Long Island, Sept. 1887. Other specimens have also been taken at the foot of the Palisades, near Hoboken, N. J. The beetle frequents damp situations. Pasimachus sublevis Beauv. At Sandy Hook, New Jersey, Aug. 15, 1887. I captured three specimens of this insect, under boards in dry sandy places, and eleven specimens were taken in similar positions on Stone Island, Lake Monroe, Florida, May 1887. —157— Food - Plants of Lepidoptera. By Wm. BEUTENMUELLER. [No. 5-] (CEDEMASIA CONCINNA, A. & S.) Rosacee. Prunus Cerasus, Juss. (Common Garden ; Crategus oxycantha. (Hawthorn.) Cherry.) Pyrus malus, Tourn. (Common Apple.) Prunus domestica, L. (Common Plum.) | Pyrus communis, L. (Common Pear.) Rubus villosus, Ait. (Blackberry.) Cornacee. Cornus florida, L. (Flowering Dogwood.) Hamamelaceze. Liquidambar styraciflua, L. (Sweet Gum.) Ebenacez. Diospyros Virginiana, L. (Persimmon.) Styracacee. Halesia tetraptera, L. (Snow-drop Tree.) Myricacez. Myrica cerifera, L. (Bayberry, Wax Myrtle.) Salicacee. Salix alba, L. (White Willow.) | Salix Babylonica, Tourn. (Weeping Salix lucida, Muhl. (Shining Willow.) Willow. ) Juglandacee. Carya alba, Nutt. (Shell-bark Hickory.) | Carya mierocarpa, Nutt. (Small Fruited Carya porcina, Nutt. (Pig-nut Hickory.) Hickory.) [No. 6.] (THYRIDOPTERYX EPHEMERAFORMIS, Haw.) Magnoliacee. Liriodendron tulipifera, L. (Tulip Tree.) Berberidacez. Berberis vularis, L. (Common Barberry.) Tiliacee. Tilia Americana, L. (Basswood.) Tilia Europe, L. (European Linden.) Tilia heterophylla, Vent. (White Bass- | Tilia alba, Waldt. & Kit. (White Lin- wood.) den.) ENTOMOLOGICA AMERICANA. VOL. III. 23 NOVEMBER 1887. 7 58— Sapindacee. Aisculus hippocastania, L. (Horse- Acer pseudo-platanus, L. (Mock Plane Chestnut.) Tree.) Acer rubrum, L. (Red Maple.) Negundo aceroides, Moen. (Box Elder.) Acer dasycarpum, Ehr. (White or Silver Maple.) Rhamnacee. Rhamnus catharticus, L. (Buck-thorn.) Leguminose. Cercis Canadensis, L. (Red-bud or Judas | Robinia pseudacacia, L. (Common Tree:) Locust. ) Gleditschia triacanthos, L. (Honey Robinia viscosa, Vent. (Clammy Locust.) Locust.) Rosacez. Prunus serotina, Ehr. (Wild Black | Pyrus communis. (Pear.) Cherry.) Cydonia vulyaris, Pers. (Quince.) Prunus Virginiana, L. (Choke Cherry.) | Spirzea opuiifolia, L. (Nine Bark. ) Prunus maritima, Wang. (Beach Plum.) | Crateegus oxycantha, L. (English Haw- Prunus Cerasus, Juss. (Common Garden thorn.) Cherry.) Amelanchier Canadensis, Tor. & Gr. Prunus domestica, L. (Plum.) (Service-berry.) Pyrus Malus, Tourn. (Common Apple.) Caprifoliacee. Viburnum Lentago, L. (Sweet Vibur- | Viburnum acerifolium, L. (Maple-leaved num.) Viburnum.) Hamamelacee. eencember styraciflua, L. (Sweet | Hamamelis Virginica, L. (Witch Hazel.) sum.) Ericacee. Gaylussacia resinosa, Torr. & Gr. (Huckleberry.) Ebenacee. Diospyros Virginiana, L. (Persimmon.) Oleacez. Fraxinus Americana, L. (White Ash.) Lauracee. j Sassafras officinale, Nees. (Sassafras.) Urticacee. Ulmus fulva, Michx. (Slippery or Red Ulmus campestris, L. (English Field E Elm. Im.) Ulmus Americana, L. (Am. Elm.) | Platanacee, Platanus occidentalis, L. (Sycamore.) | Platanus orientalis, L. (Oriental Plane.) Cupuliferz. Quercus alba, L. (White Oak. ) Castania vesca, L. (Chestnut. ) Quercus obtusiloba, Michx. (Post Oak.) | Fagus ferruginea, Ait. (Am. Beech.) Quercus macrocarpa, Michx. (Bur Oak.) | Fagus sylvatica, L. (Wood Beech.) Quercus Prinus, L. (Chestnut Oak.) Fagus vy. purpurea, Ait. (Purple Beech.) Quercus coccinea, Wang. (Scarlet Oak.) | Fagus v, laciniata, Lodd. (Cut-leaved Quercus rubra, L. (Red Oak.) Beech.) Quercus palustris, Du Roi, (Pin Oak.) | Carpinus Americana, Walt. (Hornbeam.) Betulacez. Betula alba, L. (White Birch.) Betula papyracea, Ait. (Paper Birch.) Betula v. populifolia, Spach. (American | Alnus serrulata, Ait. (Smooth Alder. ) White Birch.) | Alnus incana, Willd. (Speckled Alder.) Salicacez. Salix alba, L. (White Willow.) Populus grandidentata, Michx. (Large- Salix fragilis, L. (Brittle Willow. ) toothed Aspen.) Salix Babylomica, Tourn. (Weeping | Populus tremuloides, Michx. (American Willow.) Aspen.) Salix lucida, Muhl. (Shining Willow.) Populus angulata, Ait. (Angled Cotton- Populus alba, L. (Silver Poplar.) wood.) Coniferz. Abies Canadensis, Michx. (Hemlock | Taxodium distichum. (Bald Cypress.) Spruce. ) Thuja occidentalis, L. (Arbor Vite.) Larix Americana, Michx. (Am. Larch.) | Juniper communis, L. (Juniper. ) Cupressus thyoides, L. (White Cedar.) | Juniper Virginiana, L. (Red Cedar.) SO A Note on the European Parasites and Food-Plants of Cryptorhynchus Lapathi. By L. O. Howarp. In view of the interesting note of Mr. Jiilich in the October numher of Enromorocica AMeErIcaNa for the current year, upon the establishment of Cryptorhynchus lapathi in this country and its damage to Willows in the vicinity of New York, it may be interesting to record the European para- sites of this somewhat destructive beetle. These are, among the Ichneu- monide, J/chneumon hassicus Ratz., Pimpla cicatricosa Ratz., Limneria ruficeps Holmgr., and £phialtes tuberculatus Fourc. Among the Braconi- de, Rogas marginator Nees, Rogas sp, undet., and Bracon ummutator Nees, have been reared from this insect ; while a solitary Proctotrupid— Diapria melanocorypha Rtz. —was reared from it by Ratzeburg. But one of these parasites has been found in this country and this is Ephialtes tuberculatus Fourc., recorded by Mr. Cresson from U, S. and Can., and bred from the Crypforhynchus by Ratzeburg and by him de- scribed as Campoplex gracilis. It will be noticed that the only parasite reared by Mr. Jiilich—£p/zaltes irritator Fabr.—is congeneric with this last, and it will be interesting to observe, as the beetle becomes more thoroughly domiciled with us, whether the native parasites which will —160— attack it will all approach its European enemies in structure so closely as the one already reared. I may state also that Mr. Jiilich conveys a wrong impression in only giving ‘‘Elder’ as the European food-plant. ‘*‘Elder” is not the German ‘‘Erle,” but is applied to plants of the genus Saméucus. He undoubtedly meant ‘‘Alder” (botanical genus Admus), Kaltenbach gives as the European food-plants of the Cryp/orhynchus, Rumex hydrolapathum, Salix spp. and Adnus spp., while Ratzeburg gives both Willow and Alder, SSS SSS SSS ESS Society News. © Brooklyn Entomological Society, Sept. 6th, 1887. 12 members present. Mr. Weeks read a newspaper article upon insects attracted to the electric light, which brought forth a great deal of interesting discussion and information from various members upon the subject. The general testimony was that vast numbers of insects were attracted to these brilliant lights. That in many cases the dead insects form a bulk of quarts every night. These lights made by all odds the best of collecting places. Different persons had made arrangements with those who cleaned the lamps, and thus had been able not only to get a mass of common material, but very many rare and hitherto almost unique specimens. The Lepidoptera were apt to be worn by beating about the globes, but the Coleoptera were generally in good condition. Mr. Gade reported that in Fordham where formerly he had never failed to find good collecting, almost nothing was this year taken at ‘‘sugar” or about the gas lights owing the electric lights near by. Oct. 4th, 1887.—15 members present. Mr. Herbert H. Smith was elected a member. The Treasurers’ report showed a favorable condition of the finances of the Society owing to the liberal donations of some of the members. Mr. Neumoegen proposed, and the proposition was adopted, that the members of the Society donate to the Society some rare insects out of their personal collections to be auctioned off for the benefit of the Society on the evening of the meeting, Dec. 6th, the meeting previous to Christmas. Mr. Weeks read a paper on Conotrachelus lapathi Linn., giving an account of the first appearance of the insect in the vicinity of New York. So far as he could learn, it was first taken by Mr. S. Lowell Eliot in 1882, in the Northern part of New York City. Mr. Weeks also read a paper on the food plants of Dezlephila lineata adding to the Portulacze, Oenothera biennis. Mr. Edwards was of the opinion the larvz could be considered omnivorous. He had found them commonly on Fuchsia also on Lettuce, Amaranthus and the Cheno- podiums generally. Mr. Beutenmueller added Apple to the list. Mr. Hulst, on the authority of Mr, G. W. Wright, spoke of the fact that the larvze were very common in S. Cal., but the food plants were not given him. The larvee, eaten raw, are there esteemed a great delicacy by the Mohave Indians. ~ Mr. Hulst read a paper upon certain Pyralide, in which he described as new 38 species, principally Phycitide. Messrs. Hulst and Weeks each proposed Amendments to the Constitution, which under the rules were laid upon the table to be acted on at the next meeting. Cn BROOKLYN, DECEMBER, 1887. NO. 9. OL. PIT. EARLY STAGES OF SOME NORTH AMERICAN LEPIDOPTERA. By Henry Epwarps. With a view to the publication at an early day of a ‘‘ Catalogue of the Described Transformations of North American Lepidoftera,” which I wish to make as complete as I can, I have prepared the present paper, and I take the opportunity now presented to me, of asking my fellow entomologists throughout the country to publish as quickly as possible, any descriptions they may have of eggs, larvae or pupee, so that the references to them may be made in my forthcoming work, to save as far as may be, their future issuance in the form of an Appendix. The Catalogue up to the end of the Sphingide is now ready for the printer, but will be kept back until the close of the year, so as to embrace de- scriptions which may be given in answer to this appeal. RHOPHALOCERA. Synchloe (Coatlantona) Janais, Drury. Chrysalis. In form very much lke the chrysalis of Me/itza. It is obtusely cylindrical, swollen about the head parts, and tapering abruptly at the 4th abdominal segment, those behind being somewhat bent downwards. The color is dull sordid white, with numerous black dots and dashes. There are dorsal and sub-dorsal rows of raised black points, two raised black points on the thorax, and between and behind them are two bars of black, placed like the sides of a triangle. The sides of the thorax and head are also conspicuously marked with black irregular blotches. On the wing- cases are several long distinct black streaks, and a row of black dots marks the course of the spiracles. Underside also strongly marked with black dashes and blots. The ENTOMOLOGICA AMERICANA. VOL. III. 25 DECEMBER 1887. Shoe —= cremaster 1s rough, with 4 small winged processes, and an elevated ridge in its centre, attached as usual by fine silken threads. Length 15 mm. Width § u.m. Pieris occidentalis, Reakt. Chrysalis. Form of P. Rape and P. Protedice, and much resembling the latter. Its color is cream white, the raised margin of thorax and abdominal segments edged with yellowish brown. Head produced into a short sharp beak as in other species of fieris, On the dorsum are some small black shining points, and very fine irrioratioas of black are scattered over the whole surface. These are scarcely visible without a lens. On the wing-cases are 7 rows of black points, indicating the course of the veins. Black points also indicate the spiracles. Length 20 mm. Width 6 mm. From some specimens found in Sier. Nevada, Cal., Sept. 1884. The imagos emerged early in October. Callidryas Philea, L. Chrysalis. Color pale drab, darkest about the abdomen. The segments are marked with a series of waved fine lines, and are elevated in the middle to a sharp ridge. The centre of the body, i. e. at the junction of the thorax and abdomen is greatly depressed into a hollow. The thorax is shining, but bears a few roughened waved lines, most ap- ~ parent anteriorly. The head is produced into a very Jong (12 mm.) beak, as in Terias and other species of this genus. ‘This is smooth, subu!ate, roughened a little at the extremity, where itis dark brown in color. The wing-cases are enormously large, and very much extended above the abdomen. Looked at sideways, with the wings downward, the chrysalis bears a fancied resemblance to a hammock swung, bearing a human form. The veins of the wing are distinctly seen through the wing- cases. The anal segment is elevated on the margins, and the cremaster is rough, at- tached by a coarse, strong, silken web. Length, incl. beak, 45 mm. Width, incl. wing-cases, 20mm. Length of wing- case from base, 22 mm. Width of wing-case, 14 mm. Width of abdomen below wing- cases, 8 mm. From specimens kindly given me by my friend Wm. Schaus, Esq., Jr. Thecla halesus, Cram. Chrysalis. Broad, short and stout, abruptly narrowing towards the two posterior segments. Color snuff-brown, irregularly blotched with black over the whole surface, partic- ularly at the extremity of the wing-cases. The posterior segments bear a few short scattered hairs. ngth 18 mm. Width 6 mm. Chrysophanus xanthoides, Bois. Egg. Almost spherical, but slightly flattened at the base, cream white, delicately retic- ulated over the whole surface, the reticulations forming somewhat deep pits between. From two specimens laid in my collecting box some years since in , California. Argynnis Bellona, Fab. Chrysalis. Fawn color, with a few irregular darker lines. Thorax with 6 raised shining the posterior pair the largest. On each of the 3 middle abdominal segments ——_-—- —163— are also 3 raised points placed triangularly. The spaces between the points elevated into a ridge. Wing-cases traversed by several brown waved lines crossing each other, and giving a net-like appearance. The cast skin of the larva clings to the crema ter, and forms part of the attachment of the chry-alis. Length 15 mm = Width 5 mm. Gonepteryx Clorinde, Godt. Chrysalis. Cream white, the sides of the abdomen and the dorsum marked with a streak of pate chestnut brown. The head is continued into a short, awl-like beak, the ex- tremity of which in the < is black and bent upwards in a short hovk, while in the © it is swollen, roughened at the tip, and Jizht chestnut brown in color. The whole surface is slightly wrinkled, e-pecially on the anterior poition of the abdo ninal seg- ments. The spiracles are yellowish. The thorax above is slightly raised into a hump. The larva transforms under a leaf, attachiag its silken thread to the midrib. This is fixed around the centre of the wing-cases. The cremaster, which is slightly blotched with black, is attached also to the midrib of the leaf hy a small elevated silken button. Length 35 mm. Width 1omm. Width over wing-cases 14 mm. From several specimens sent me by Wm. Schaus, Esq., Jr. Though there is doubt as to this insect belonging to our fauna, I make no apology for introducing this description here. Pamphila Ethlius, Cram. Chrysalis. Color after exclusion pale buff, surface with a slight mealy covering. Form nearly cylindrical, tapering somewhat abruptly from the 4th abdominal segment, the anal segment being strongly pointed, triangular, margined, with a deep fovea in ‘the centre, thus elevating the sides of this segment into sharp ridges. The surface of the abdominal segments is roughened by slightly raised reticulations, and in some speci- mens, on the Ist, 2nd and 3rd segments are some faint brown shades. The wing- cases are smooth—slightly glossy. In the 21 Eighth Street, Lowell, Mass. Aug 24th, 1887. Eps. Entomotocica AMERICANA.—GENTLEMEN : I am open to criticism in saying “Ent. Am.” Vol. III, p. 85, that there are fwo exceptions to Lieut. Casey’s observation that the “de are unarmed in S/enus when I only adduce one. A pupa of Anthonomus pusillus has been discovered in the seed- vessels of Helianthemum Canadense since my notes were written, proving that the entire transformations take place within the seed vessels as I had supposed. Respectfully, FREDERICK BLANCHARD. q va ¥ } Traces of Maternal Affection in Eutilia sinuata, /adér. By Mary FE. Murrrevpr. The Membracine is one of the most attractive groups of the Homop- ny . . . . _/era on account of the singularity of form and beauty of coloring displayed hy the species composing it. Many of them are also extremely interesting im habit. Among the smaller species indigenous to this section (Central Mis- souri) the one named above is one of the prettiest and most common, It breeds chiefly on the Ragweeds (Amérosza) though it is occasionally found on other composite plants. The gregarious habit is common to many of the species, but, with the exception of the case I am about to instance, I have never found the parent insect remaining with her eggs or young. Two years ago early in August I observed a female hovering over a cluster of her eggs. I plucked the leaf, expecting of course that this usually shy and active insect would jump off at the disturbance. But to my sur- prise she did not move, not even when I touched her with my finger. I carried her openly on the leaf into the house and up-stairs to my study, but with all the shaking about and brushing against my clothing she was not dislodged. Wishing to examine the egg cluster more closely, I placed her in a small rearing jar into which I afterward put the leaf with the eggs. She immediately began crawling about over it until the eggs were found, when she stationed herself over them as before. The young hatched about two days later, and remained in a close cluster about the mother insect, who had now moved a little forward on the leaf with the instinct probably of giving them a better opportunity for feeding. As the original leaf had now withered I put in a fresh one to which after some delay and scattering the insect migrated with her entire, large family. The rearing jar did not seem to furnish an entirely congenial atmo- sphere to the young Lw//ias, as a large number died in the first moult and scarcely a moiety reached the pupa state, but through all changes the mother remained with her young and although I would not assert that she made any demonstrations of affection, she certainly seemed to enjoy having them around her. The family groups which I began to watch, out of doors, were not put to the inconvenience of changing from one leaf to another until after the pupa state was attained, when there was a disposition to migrate in small groups, the mother with part of her family remaining on the original ENTOMOLOGICA AMERICANA. VOL, III. 27 DECEMBER 1887. —178— leaf until, when all had arrived at the perfect state, she could no longer be distinguished from her progeny. I do not know that the immature stages of this insect have ever been described, and therefore subjoin a few notes concerning them. I did not have the opportunity of watching the process of oviposition, and think it takes place mostly at night. The modus operandi would seem to be as follows: The midrib of the leaf is always selected, on the under side of which the cuticle is ruptured by a series of punctures made probably with the beak. The eggs, to the number of fifty to seventy-five, are then crowded into the loose vegetable tissue in an oblique position. ‘They are some- what pear-shaped, the larger end being uppermost, and of a dingy white color varying to pale brown. As with the eggs of many other insects they seem to swell considerably before hatching. On escaping from the egg the young leaf-hoppers are rather more than 1 mm. in length, of a trans- lucent, pale, greenish-yellow color, with the head and prothoracic region ofa dark red-brown, a saddle-like spot of the same color across the middle of the body and another at the tip of the abdomen, which is al- ways held in an upward curve.’ The form from a dorsal view is some- what tad-pole like, except for the long, slender legs. The head in front is sparsely covered with hairs; the eyes are large, ruby-red, surrounded by a pale ring. The prothoracic joint is raised in front and there is a double row of hair-like papillae extending along the dorsum. These larvee grow quite rapidly and moult but twice previous to the change to pupe. In the latter the dorsai prothoracic projections characteristic of the mature insect are clearly developed, but in a soft tissue which is notched finely on the upper edge. The arrangement and color of the spots do not vary much from those of the newly hatched larvae. The period of growth from the egg to mature insect is about three weeks. Kirkwood, Mo., Nov. 1887. —— Se Life History of Euscirrhopterus Gloveri, G77, In the ‘‘Industrialist,” a paper published by the State Agricultural College Kansas, under date of Oct. 1, 1887, Prof. E. A. Popenoe gives the life history of the above insect. The larva and pupa are described as follows : *‘The egg may be found on the underside of the purslane leaf, singly or in clusters of two to five. It is a flattened hemisphere in form, about one-half millimeter in diameter, attached by its flat side to the leaf; and OM wage > at AO under the magnifier is a beautiful object, being delicately sculptured with radiating grooves, and with dots in concentric lines. The young larva is hatched two or three days after the egg is laid, and at first is light greenish, _or yellowish green, with darker shading across the middle of the body. ; The body is now thinly set with black hairs, arising from minute black points. Eight or nine days after hatching, the larva is full fed, having meanwhile moulted four times. It is now a smooth-bodied caterpillar, _ with the ground colors, a light gray or dull white, marked with black _ dashes on the sides of each segment, and with shadings of salmon pink. - The full-grown larvee enter the ground for transformation, excavating for themselves in the surface soil, to the depth of two inches, a tubular burrow, the lining layer of which is rendered firm by the application of the juices from the caterpillar’s mouth, and the opening closed by a thin layer of particles of soil united in the same manner. ‘These cases may, with moderate care, be removed entire from the soil.” ‘*The transformation to the pupal state is now effected. The insect in this state has the pointed oblong form and brown color of the pupa of moths in general, slight characteristics being found in the outlines of the apex of the head and tip of the abdomen. The exact duration of the pupal state was not observed. However, it may be said that the insect was underground about twelve days; at the end of this period appearing as a moth.” The moth also is described, but as that is comparatively well known we will not reproduce the description. Prof. Popenoe says in addition to the descriptions : ‘‘Four broods of the insect have been traced the past summer, and some of the moths of the last brood are now flying. It is not certain, however, that they will generally leave the pupa before Spring ; and further observation is needed to determine the manner of hibernation.” ‘‘The larva was seen at Manhattan in 1886, in moderate abundance, and the moth was bred that year. Previous to 1886, the writer has seen this moth only from the southwest, having collected numerous specimens at La Junta, Colorado, in 1881.” ‘Specimens are reported by collectors from Arizona and Texas, the species having been described from the last-named region by Grote and Robinson, in the transactions of the American Entomological Society, Vol. II, for 1868-65.” The article has good wood cut illustrations of the egg, the nearly emerged and the mature larva, the pupa and pupa case and also the imago. —18c— Food - Plants of Lepidoptera. By Wm. BruTENMUELLER. [No. 7.] (LAGOA CRISPATA, Pack.) Rosaceez. Pyrus malus, Tourn. (Common Apple.) | Rubus occidentalis, L. (Black Rasp- Prunus Cerasus, Juss. (Common Garden berry.) Cherry.) Rubus cuneifolius, Pursh. (Sand Rasp- Prunus domestica, L. (Plum.) berry.) Rubus villosus, Ait. (Blackberry.) Lauracee. Sassatras officinale, Nees. (Sassafras.) | Lindera Benzoin, L. (Spice-bush.) Platanacee. Platanus occidentalis, L. (Sycamore.) | Platanus orientalis, L. (Oriental Plane.) Cupulifere. Quercus alba, L. (White Oak.) | Quercus palustris, Du Roi. (Swamp or Quercus macrocarpa, Michx. (Bur Oak.) Pin Oak.) Quercus rubra, L. (Red Oak.) Corylus americana, Walt. (American Quercus coccinea, Wang. (Scarlet Oak.) Hazel.) Myricacee. Myrica cerifera, L. (Bayberry or Wax Myrtle.) ' Betulacez. Betula alba, L. (White Birch.) Alnus ineana, Willd. (Speckled or Hoary Betula var. populifolia, Spach. Alder.) Alnus serrulata, Ait. (Smooth Alder.) Salicacez. Populus tremuloides, Michx. (American | Salix alba, L. (White Willow.) Aspen.) Salix lucida, Muhl. (Shining Willow.) Populus grandidentata, Michx. (Large- toothed Aspen.) Yo} - Society Meetings. Brooklyn Entomological Society.— November rst, 1887. Thirteen members present. Dr. Geo, Marx of Washington, D. C., and Herman Meeske were elected members. The following amendments to the constitution, proposed at the last meeting of the Society, were adopted. Art. II, Section 8, to read as follows: ‘* The Executive Committee shall hold not less than one meeting each month, except during the months of July and August. Any member of the Committee absent from three consecutive meetings, without excuse satisfactory to the Committee, shall be understood thereby to have resigned his office, and at its option, the Committee shall have power to accept the resignation and to fill the vacancy.” Art. I, Section 9, to read as follows: ‘‘Members 6 months in arrears for dues, shall be debarred from all privileges of the Society, unless excused by a majority vote of those present at the next meetiny. The Treasurer shall read at each meeting, as part ot his report, a list of all members whose dues to date amount to the sum of three dollars or more, for the information of the Society.” Mr. Weeks reid an interesting note on xomias pellucidus, Boh., a beetle new to our Fauna. He had taken the beetle on Staten Island. Mr. Beutenmueller reported that he had taken it also at Astoria, Long Island. -—_ a ee ee eS ee ee pTON UC Cg AMERICANA BRODKLYN, JANUARY, 1888. NO. 10. VOL. 11. New Genera and Species of North American Moths. By Henry Epwarps. Family HETEROGYNIDA, H.-Sch. Thia, new genus. f Size small. Thorax and abdomen rather stout, the latter extending for nearly half its length behind the posterior wings. Head imbedded deeply between the eyes, which are rather large. Palpi long, slightly bent downwards, the basal article longer than the other two, the apical short, pointed. Antenne simple. Tibize and tarsi long, hind tibiae with two long spines, the tarsi also furnished with short spines and the last joint sharply hooked. (The middle and anterior pair are broken in the spe- cimen before me.) Wings short, the anterior pair only slight'y longer than the posterior. The margins of both are very distinctly rounded. Fringes long. The wings are densely covered with scales, so tbat it is impo-sible to give the neuration accurately. There is, however, apparently no costal vein to the inferior wings, and the internal vein seems to be very short. I haye no doubt whatever of the close relationship of this singular form to the European genus Adychza, Latr., which has until recently wanted a permanent resting-place. It has been placed in the Zorfricide, Timeide, and [| think by one author in the Zithosiude, but it is now by common consent agreed to belong to H.-Scheeffer’s family //e/erogynide, which comes in the system near to the #gertade and 7hyride. My Penthetria parvula may also be placed into H.-Scheeffer’s family, so that the present species will be the second of the group now known in N, America. Tha is the Goddess of Light of the Greek Mythology. Thia extranea, n. sp. Head, thorax, abdomen above and below, and upper surface of primaries greenish black, with slight metallic lustre. Fringe slightly golden. Secondaries sub-diaphanous, with the fringe golden brown, with golden scales scattered over the surface. The ENTOMOLOGICA AMERICANA. VOL. III. 28 JANUARY 1888. Si s= underside of primaries thickly, of secondaries thinly covered with golden scales. Probos-is honey-yellow. Antenne long, black, simple. Exp. wings, 15 mm, Length of body, 8 mm. 2 examples, taken by Mr. A. J. Bolter at Los Angeles, S. California, April, 1879, on flowers. This species has a strong superficial resemblance to the © of A. appendiculata, Esp. . Family BOMBYCIDZ. Halisidota significans, n. sp. Ground color of primaries, sordid white, with three dentated bands of rich brown, through which run, along the course of the nervures, streaks of dull scarlet, giving the insect a very unusual and striking appearance. The scarlet color is very apparent on the costa, and there are also faint streaks of the same shade at the base. The exterior margin is also scarlet, with the fringe dull white. Secondaries semi- transparent, sordid white, with the abdominal margin buff. Underside with the same markings, but fainter. Thorax dull scarlet, streaked with sordid while. Abdomen, rusty brown. Exp. wings, 40 mm. 1 ¢. Las’ Vegas, N. Mexico. A. J. Bolter. An entomological anecdote has to be related with reference to this ‘species. I described this and Se:rarcha Boltert when in Chicago, 3 years ago, and soon afterwards Mr. Bolter sent colored drawings of both species to Mr. R. H. Stretch. On my return home, some weeks later, I received a letter from Mr. Stretch in which he says: ‘‘ Your Ha/isidota significans isa synonym of Strecker’s 47. ambigua.” The manuscript of my paper was then in the printers hands, but I at once sent to have the description stricken out. I was in time to get this done, but it turned out, when it was too late, that Mr. Stretch meant that my Sezrarcha Bolteri was the synonym, and thus I redescribed one of Mr. Strecker’s species, and left the new one, which I*now publish, unrecorded. ‘This is one of the most beautiful of all Za/isidofas and resembles in its coloration some of the tropical forms. The unique type is in Mr. Bolter’s collection. He was good enough however, to furnish me with an exquisite drawing of the insect. Inguromorpha, new genus. A genus closely allied to Cossus, and deemed by Mr. J. B. Smith, to whom I submitted the specimen for examination, to be identical with it. He points out the distinctions, however, and they are so marked and the insect so unlike the ordinary species of Cossws in coloration and mark- ings, that I think it wise to separate it, which I do at least provisionally, under the above name, I am fortified in this course also, by the opinion of Dr. Packard, who has also seen the specimen, and who believes it to be a new genus. y c —1§3-— The head is small, not more than one-third the width of thorax. Eyes very large. Palpi barely exceeding the head, with long hairs at their base, the terminal article small, and sharply pointed. Antennze closely and deeply pectinated. Thorax densely tufied with short scale-like hairs. Abdomen cylindrical, dotted with short hairs. Feet and legs are covered with hair to the base of the tarsi, which are also sparsely clothed with hairs. Wings much narrower than usual in the genus Cossus, the secondaries being a little more than half the length of primaries. ‘Th2 median cell cf both wings is divided, and there is an accessory cell on the primaries only. The in- ternal vein of primaries is reduced to a mere fold, and there is a connecting vein between the costal and subcostal of secondaries. Otherwise, the n-uration resemblcs that of Cosszs. Inguromorpha Slossoni, n. sp. Pale gray. At base of primaries is a deep black transvers2 band, extending quite across the wing. At interval angle and apex are distinct black lines forming circles, the enclosed spaces being dotted with brownish black scales, and there are aiso several irregular black dashes.on the rest of the wing. The secondaries are pale gray, with faint black reticulations. The under side has the markings repeated, but a little more faintly. Thorax and abdomen gray, with blackish mottling. Exp. wings, 32 mm. Length of body. 15 mm. From 1 \, taken at Jacksonville, Florida, at electric light, by Mrs. A. Trumbull Slosson, to whom I respectfully dedicate it. I have taken considerable pains to compare this singular species with the descriptions of those in our lists which are unknown to the general entomologist, and cannot make it to be anything but a new species. It is certainly not C. nanus of Strecker, as that is said to resemble C. hgniperda. It is not at all like the descriptions of Walker’s C. flagiatus or C. populi, and differs also greatly in size, these two being each said to be 18 lines, or 24 inches in expanse, while the present species is only 14 inches. Lintner’s C. undosus would appear, if perfect, to be of the same size as Walker's spe- cies. The markings too, are very different from either of them, the strange circular apical blotch, and the distinct black basal transverse line being strong characters. I shall endeavour at an early day to give a figure of this very interesting species. Arctia Brucei, n. sp. <. Ground color of primaries brownish black. At the base is a rosy red patch, enclosing 3 black dashes. Cesta for its entire length, a large triangular patch in the middle, an almest straight line from costa to internal margin, fringe and internal margin all resy red. The line across the wing is slightly bent about its middle, and frem it are two slight dashes, indicating the W mark common te the genus, but in this sex there is no trace of the mark beyond these faint lines. Secondaries wholly rosy red, with broken maculate marginal band. Head chestnut brown. Shaft of antennze fawn color, Disc of thorax, upper side of abdemen, pectus, base of f2mora, and pectinations of antenne brown. Collar, tibiz, and abdomen beneath and at the sides, rosy red. Underside of wings marked as above, but more faintly. # Q. Similar to the , but the red is brighter and the mark on the outer third of the wing more distinct. It is however, more like the letter X than W, aid the ey outer branch after touching the margin, turns again to the costa, which it reaches about 3 mm. from the apex, The spots on the margin of secondaries are smaller than in the oj’, and the abdomen is wholly ro-y red, except a blackish brown dorsal line. Exp. wings, 34mm. Length of body, 15 mm. From 6 examples, J, ©, raised from larvee found near Denver, Colorado, by Mr. D. Bruce, to whom I dedicate this beautiful species. The vestiture is very long, and the wings though gaily colored, are thinly clothed with scales, giving the insect a slightly transparent look. It has a remarkable resemblance to Phragma/obia, and but for the strongly pec- tinated antennz of the -—____ Exomias pellucidus, ZBoh. By Arcuipatp C, WEEKS. (Read before the Brooklyn Entomological Society, Nov. 1, 1887.) In the Summer of 1886, while on a collecting excursion on Staten Island, I found what seemed to be an Osorhynchus of a dark piceous color, about 4 of an inch in length. The insect was found slowly crawl- ing upon stone flagging, beneath some large Elm trees. The beetles were numerous, and seemed to emerge from the grass which lined the border of the flagging. I took a number, as did also Messrs. Dietz and Beutenmueller, who were accompanying me. As none of my friends were able to identify the beetle, I wrote to Dr. Horn asking for informa- tion, and at the same time sent him specimens. Dr. Horn was unable to recognize it as belonging to our Fauna, and sent specimens to Dr. Sharp of England, and M. Bedel of Paris. In due time he heard from the latter gentleman, and I have received the following note. ‘*T have just received a letter from M. L. Bedel of Paris who pro- nounces the little Otiorrhynchide to be Zwomuas pellucidus, Boh., a spe- cies very common in the environs of Paris at the base of the cultivated Fragraria (Strawberry. ) He thinks it must have been introduced here. Yours truly, Gro. H. Horn.” From the numbers of the insect seen on Staten Island, and from the fact, that it has since been taken by Mr. Beutenmueller at Astoria, L. L., I think we must believe it is well established in this vicinity and can be now properly credited as belonging to our Fauna, As said above, the insects that were seen on Staten Island seemed to come from the grass. In the absence of knowledge of its habits, no observations were made as to the presence or absence of Strawberry plants in the vicinity —189— A Summer Trip to Southern California. By Gro. D. Hutst. It was my good fortune to be able to get away from professional duties during the last Summer. Starting from home I made my way without any but necessary stops till I reached Los Angeles, Calif. My entomological captures on the way were but few. A Syneda, which boarded the train in Arizona. A PAyced, new to Science, which I found ona R. R. lamp while we were stopping for breakfast at the Needles, but carried in my hat for a day, it lost its beauty. At the Needles a legum- inous shrub was very attractive to butterflies, and on the Mohave Desert Lycaéna exilis was very plentiful, flying in the hottest sunshine when the Thermometer ranged from 110 to 120 degrees in the shade. My first chance to do any collecting was a single day (June 22,) at San Diego. Among other captures I took Zycena Battowdes, Behr., L. Marina, Reak., Chrvsophanus Hermes, Edw., (asingle specimen), Lemonias Virgultt, Edw., LZ. australis, Edw., Chlorosea fasciolaria, Guen., and Thamnonoma Guenearia, Pack. The next opportunity I had was at San Bernardino, where I enjoyed the hospitality of Mr. W. G. Wright, who in every department of Science, but notably in Botany and Entomology has done faithful work. - Mr. Wright used his horse and wagon, his purse, and himself, to make my visit pleasant, and took any amount of trouble to show me some rarities ‘in the flesh.” First about San Bernardino we collected nearly full grown caterpillars of Heméeuca Nevadnsis, Stretch. They were very common, feeding on Cottonwood and Willow. Then in a swampy place, where knee deep in mud and water I pursued them, he showed me the haunt of Scepses Wright. The swamps of California are very different from Swamps in the East. There are no Ferns, and there is none of the prolific development of Geomeiride and Aficrolepidopira. However, | managed to get a Cramdus or two, and the rare and beautiful Orobena octonalis, Zell.. hitherto taken, so far as I know, in Texas only. Next, I was taken into the mountains to the Arrow Head Hot Springs Hotel. It was curious to note as we advanced how marked was the difference of the Lepidoptera of the plain, the foot hills, and the moun- tains. Colas Lurytheme held the plain; coming to a certain point Mr. Wright said: “ Now you will see no more Luryiheme but. Barbara takes its place,” and so it was. And here too C. Lurydice, the most beautiful of our butterflies on the wing, and perhaps also when spread, was seen. Just above the beginning of mountain rise, A/ehtiea Wrighti was taken, having a narrow range of a few hundred feet of elevation. Up at the ENTOMOLOGICA AMERICANA. VOL. III. 2 JANUARY 1888. —190— Hotel [ remained three days, taking among other things, Pzeris Beckerit, Edw., Colas Barbara, HH. Baw nAG, Hageni, Edw., Jfelitea, Gabbir, Behr, JZ Wright, Edw., Satyrus Paulus, Edw., Thecla Cavifornica, Edw., 7) adenostomatis, H. Edw., and Chrysophanus Gorgon, Bois. Another day I was taken up a canyon almost to the summit of the mountains. Here along a little stream I took 8 C. Lursdice, Bois., in one throw of the net, and 7 in another, all perfect but one! Here, well up the gorge P. Lurvmedon, Bois., and Zolcaon, Bois., flew. Here along the stream we took Limenitis Lorguinn, Bois., Heterochroa Californica, Butl., Thecla Grunus, Bois., 7: troides, Bois., and Copeodes Wrightu, Edw.. and near the summit on a projecting “bench” I saw Argynnis Semiramis, Edw. there. , though I was unable to “‘box” it. It is the only Avgynnis found One thing surprised me, and that was the rarity of all Heterocera. ‘*Sugaring” brought nothing, and light little more. Mr. Wright said this was in accord with all his experience. He never had the least success with ‘‘sugar,” and the brilliant electric lights brought very little to them. Only one Sphinx was taken, Deilephila lineata, Fabr., which is very common. Its larva, eaten from the hand, just suits the fastidious taste of the Mohave Indians. Leaving the Paradise of San Bernardino my next stopping place was Prescott, Arizona. Here, as in the main in Arizona, my visit was ento- mologically a disappointment. The people had gone into cattle raising, till at last they had overstocked the country. The cattle were dying by tens of thousands for lack of food. Grasses of every sort were as closely cropped as possible, and all shrubbery was stripped, not only of leaves, but of tender twigs as well. There was nothing for larvze to live upon, save the few trees, mostly Pine. So from Prescott I went up into the mountains, where the country was too rough for herding cattle, and where there was absolute wildness, unbroken for many miles save by a single road. Here I remained for 12 days in a miner’s hut, flourishing on a fare of Bacon, Coffee and ‘‘ Arizona Strawberries,” in other words Red Beans. Here I found Papilio Daunus, Bois., ovipositing on Populus. Here I took Zerzas Mexicana, Bois., Neonympha Henshawi, Edw., and rubricata, Edw. Also quite commonly Zhecla apama, Edw., with Lycena Marina, Reak., and our old friend Pseudargiolus. But my best capture was Argynnis Nausica, Edw., which seemed to be quite common though very local in the bottom of the canyons at the head waters of the Hassayampa River. As a White Violet was common there, its food plant is undoubtedly the same as that of its congenors in the East. The flight of the insect was rapid and the catching of it difficult, owing to the very rugged character of its —IgI— habitat. At the extreme summit of Mount Union, the highest point of this part of the Territory, I took two specimens of Pagilio Bairdit, Edw., and saw it no where else. Of all the Butterflies I saw, Hudamus Tityrus, Fab., was the most abundant. It fed on Rodinia Neo-Mexicana. Lycena Pseudargiolus, B.-L., and Lemonias Nazis, Edw., were also abundant. ~ The Coliads were rare. I took but two Luryiheme, and saw one specimen ofa yellow one which I could not capture. From what I saw of their flight, I feel pretty certain that Aspen and Willow are the food plants of Heterochroa Californica, Butl., Limenitis Lorguinu, Bois., L. Weidermeyert, Edw., L. Ursula, (which was found in the variety Arzzonensis, Edw., only), see Vanessa Californica, Bois., as well as of Papilio Daunus, Bois. As in California Heterocera were extremely scarce. ‘‘Sugaring” gave no insects whatever, and light was scarcely better. I did not see a single Cafocala where Mr. Doll found hundreds. The time of my visit was probably the worst time of the year, except Winter, for collecting Lepidoptera. It was just at the end of the dry season, and no rain having fallen for several months, the earth was hard and vegetation parched. The rainy season begins from July Ist to July 15th, and continues generally about a month. The early months of the year, say in April and May, ought to be good, but probably August and September are better, As it was however, I took 77 species of Butterflies in all, in very little more than two weeks collecting. In Coleoptera I did very little collecting, but from what I did obtain am certain that either in Southern California or Arizona one might have done very well indeed at the time of my visit. ’ ee Larva of Hemileuca Nevadensis. By Gro. D. Hutst. The larve were found full grown at San Bernardino, S. California, during the last week in June, on both Willow and Cottonwood, appar- ently to some extent favoring the former food plant. Mr. Doll has in- formed me he found the larva in the Big Chino Valley, Arizona, where only Cottonwoods were found. The full grown larva is from 24 to 35 inches in length. The head is dark reddish brown, slightly conical in shape, with a slight furrow on —19g2— summit. The body is cylindrical in shape, largest at the posterior middle, and tapering in both directions, though less posteriorly than anteriorly. It is generally of a dull clay green color, varying to nearly clay white, and to yellowish green. ‘This ground color is much taken up by broken and irregular blackish bands. One, dorsal, is narrow and generally con- tinuous ; another, subdorsal, is broader and broken; a third, supra- stigmatal, is still broader and still more broken, being composed of ir- regular short lines or striations. The portions of the ground color showing, are generally more or less oval in shape. The stigmata are clay white, oval, annulated with black. Beneath blackish, with many oval shaped spots’ of clay white. Prolegs black, ventral dull reddish, hairy, feet black. On each of the first five segments of the body and on the ninth and tenth are 8 spinous processes; the sixth, seventh and eight have 6, and the eleventh has 5. These are arranged in rows, as subdorsal, lateral and substigmatal ; where the two extra processes exist, they are supra-pedal, and where one, it is dorsal. The supra-pedal, sub- stigmatal, and lateral spinous processes consist of a number of small spines about the base of a single larger and black spine. Those about the base are black at bottom, whitish yellow towards apex, black at apex. The subdorsal processes on the first segment are like those already de- scribed. On all the other segments, except the second and eleventh, the subdorsal spinous processes consist of one main spine with many small spinules growing out of it except towards the apex. The spinules are yellow, the central spine is black. The processes on the second and eleventh are a compound of both the other forms. The larvae were very common at San Bernardino, in many cases de- nuding the trees. As has been said Mr. Doll found them in Central Arizona, In Eastern Arizona and Western New Mexico, along the A. T. and Santa Fé R. R., in many places the Cottonwoods were entirely de- nuded of leaves by some insect, very likely the larva of this species. The larvee pupated in Arizona the first week of July, and being brought to Brooklyn the imagines emerged about the middle of November. Mr. Grote in his Catalogue, 1882, puts this insect as a variety of Hemileuca Maia, Dru., which it seems to be. Mr. Stretch in his de- scription notes some differences in the color of patagiz, and the markings of the fore wings. But I have seen many 4. A/aia from Texas which showed the patagiz of the color of the typical A Nevadensis, and which varied very much in the color of the wings—some being almost immac- ulate black, and others having the white band almost covering the wing, and this too in the same sex. But in Texas as I believe in the East and North the food plant is Oak only, while in California, Nevada and Ani- zona the food plants are Willow and Poplar, and while Oak is in many places common, I am not aware, that the larva has in those places ever been found feeding upon it. The larva of H. Nevadensis was originally descnbed by Mr. Henry Edwards (Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci. Apl. 19, 1875). These described above do not differ very materially from those described by him, and yet in some respects they seem to vary. He found the food plant to be Willow. ———_—_> -<$_____—_- Larva of Chlorosea bistriaria, Pac. By Gro. D. Hutst. Head rounded, somewhat furrowed between the eyes. Color clay green, with scattered dark flecks. All parts heavily rugose. Body con- siderably swollen just behind the head, then the segments conunuing nearly of the same size to the last. Ground color of the whole, a dirty clay white ; somewhat russet anteriorly on dorsum, with dusky, irregular and broken markings below. The segments are distinctly separated from each other, and each one is very rugose and as well ridged and tubercled, First there is on each a raised ridge on each side of the dorsal line, not very distinctly marked with a small tubercle and hair point, on the anterior portion of each segment. Then a supra-lateral ridge of tubercles, one on each segment, angular, and somewhat extended backward, much after the ordinary pattern of the larvae of Aplodes. Each of these tubercles is surmounted at the point by a smaller cylindrical tubercle, somewhat spiny haired on sides, and with a single prominent spine on tie summit. Laterally there are two oblique ridges on each segment. ‘The spiracles are marked by black points. The prolegs are dusky in color, the ventral are of the color of the body. Food plant, the flowers of Golden Rod, (Solidago). The larve has a peculiar method of progression, which I have noticed in a few other Caterpillars. As it reaches forward to advance it moves the forward part of the body with a trembling palsy like motion, bobbing the head at the same time from side to side. The larva has at the same time a very remarkable habit. After eat- ing the scales of the involucre of the flowers, it places the flowers upon the spines which surmount the body on each side of the dorsum. These soon drying, become distended, and thus the larve is thoroughly hidden, as it absolutely resembles the ripening flower heads, for about all that is visible is composed of them. Mr. Bruce, to whom I am indebted for the ENTOMOLOGICA AMERICANA. VOL. II. 30 JANUARY 1888. —194— larvae, writes me: ‘‘I watched one yesterday fix the flower-buds on his spines. He carefully bit the stalk in two, ana then took the flower between the pair of front legs, sat up like a squirrel and nibbled all the outer green covering, and then turned his head around and placed the bud on the spine, pressing it down and turning it half round several times until it was well fixed, and then, seeming to be tired, took a good long rest.” He says the larvee grew very slowly, and it is likely in view of the time taken for larval development that the insect is single brooded. Those that I received were seemingly not full grown, when no longer the flowers of the Golden rod could be found to feed them; and I am_ uncertain whether they pass the winter in the larval or pupal state. Se Se Capturing Carabus serratus. By A. C. WReEks. The capture of this handsome Curd like that of its relatives of the genus Cychrus is rapidly becoming more infrequent in the vicinity of the City of New York. A specimen hibernating under a stone is occasicnally taken in the Autumn or early Spring, but otherwise except by rare chance is not I believe often met with. Yet this beetle is in my opinion not so extraordinarily rare and familiarity with the life history and habits in the case of this as of other beetles previously considered rare will supply the collector with abundant specimens. The species of this genus are chiefly nocturnal and the one in quest- ion absolutely so. The single brood attains maturity in August and the beetles emerge from their places of concealment and frequent the roots of large trees in localities somewhat moist and comparatively free from underbrush, searching there for food. They likely find enough of this for they are both carnivorous and vegetarian and when unable to inter- cept some unfortunate caterpillar on its way to or from its lunch the beetle will gorge itself with sap or other sweet juices. This latter fact can be made use of to obtain them in numbers. In sugaring after the manner of Lepidopterists brush the syrup to the roots of the trees where the beetles can readily find and follow its trail. Their fondness for the liquid makes them indifferent to danger and indeed seems to stupify them and they are easily captured. All the species of Carabus found in this vicinity can be readily and plentifully taken in this manner. Oe oe ees ——195-— “A Revision of the Genera Acrolophus, Povey, and Anaphora, Clem. By The Right Honorable Lord Walsingham, ReeAU A a. 1L.,.5., 1) Zoos Se.” By C. F. Frrnarp, Amherst, Mass. The above is the title of a very interesting and useful paper which his lordship published in the Transactions of the Entomological Society of London, and a copy of which he had the kindness to send me. These insects have been in a complete muddle in the collections and minds of our entomologists, and we owe a debt of gratitude to Lord Walsingham for this timely and carefully prepared paper. It contains descriptions of thirty-five species (eighteen of which are from the United States) and thirteen genera, forming a group which his lordship raises to the rank of a subfamily with the name Axaphorine, and _ places under the ‘‘ Z7zeide.” | The introduction of three pages is followed by the following: TABULATION OF THE GENERA OF ANAPHORINZ:. _ A. Palpi erect or slightly recurved. a. Apical vein of fore wing forked. If, PHITOth GRBCling Cee GG oro cence ok Ole aM meer oie canna mene ie we ee Eulepiste, Wlsm. iewlalpiga pressed tote headlan cee .s eels « des cs s elk Neolophus, Wlsm. 4. Apical vein of fore wing not forked. PAMteMM eID IPECHMAte) venice. sess oe eyes nei rete Sie Ankistrophorus,* Wlsm. II. Antenne simple or serrated towards the apex. tap arsal. jomts) of hind lees strongly fringed, above.) .2-..-252.46-25--: Thysanoskelis, Wlsm. 2. Tarsal joints of hind legs not strongly fringed above. AA. Palpi erect, with distinct separate tufts on each joint.../.. ......... Ortholophus, Wlsm. BB. Palpi slightly recurved, uniformly hirsute throughout. be etter crt Pseudanaphora, Wlsm., B. Palpi strongly recurved. Pe ACHLCHIMIPCM OTP ECLIMALCS 94 44 - act. lelsieles cisirietenie Gleleleiale Qutei ieee suse Felderia, Wlsm. 6. Antenne serrated throughout. Mier Aicalavermptonked) (ch). ode. Wiech ols aetelely meponten stots Cznogenes, Wlsm, HiPApicalavcia mot TOnKEd\ 2.00.05) sici.'s . We cc Bivele oe Os vices wee Anaphora, Clem. * Lord Walsingham having found that Ankistrophorus is preoccupied, has since substituted the name Homonymus for it. c. Antenne simple, compressed, or slightly serrated ot the ends. I. Apical vein forked. rs Head avith crestterect® <2... 573. stack eee ck eee Urbara, Wlk. 2. Head without erect crest....... ik Golecnee a taiie a's Hypoclopus, Wlsm. II. Apical vein not forked, I. Palpi roughly clothed throughout... . Pcs | ahem . Acrolophus, Poey. 2. Palpi not roughly clothed throughout ............. Stoeberhinus, Butl. The paper includes two plates with colored illustiations of eight species, and numerous structural details, among which the genitalia of the males are prominent. The adoption of characters taken from the. genitalia, in classification is undoubtedly a move in the right direciion. These characters have proved of great assistance to me in the study of the Zortricideé as well as to others in other families of the Lepidoptera. + A Wicked Worm. This has been discovered in Germany, and is playing havoc among the rails. An article on the subject is going the rounds in Iron trade and mining papers, and as, possibly some of our readers have discovered it in their localities we quote from the AZiming Scientific Press of August 20th, 1887. ‘‘The existence has just been discovered of a detestable microbe (sc) which feeds upon iron with as much gluttony as the PAy/- /oxera upon the vine. Some time ago the greatest consternation existed among the engineers employed on the railway at Hagen by the accidents occuring always at the same place, proving that some terrible defect must exist either in the material or the construction of the rails. The German Government directed an inquiry to be made, and a commission of sur- veillance to be found for the purpose of maintaining constant watch on the spot where the accidents had occured. It was not however, until after six months had elapsed that the discovery was made. One of the employees had observed that the surface of the rails appeared to be cor- roded, as if by acid, to the extent of 100 yards. The rail was taken up and broken, and it was perceived that it was literally hollowed out by a thin gray worm, to which the qualification of ‘raz/ovorous’ was assigned, and by which name it is to be classed in Natural history. ‘The worm is said to be two centimeters in length, and of the size of the prong of a silver fork in circumference. It is of a light gray color, and on the head carries two little glands filled with a corrosive secretion, which is ejected every ten minutes upon the iron. This liquid renders the iron soft and spongy, and of the color of rust, and it is then greedily devoured by the insect.” ‘‘There is no exaggeration,” says the official report of the eae er Te SS ee —197— calamity, ‘‘in the assertion that this creature, for its size, is one of the most voracious kind, for it has devoured 36 kilograms of rails in a fort- night!" !!! It occurs to us however, that this must be a close ally of the ‘‘Can- non worm,” a still more detestable animal, which, once upon a time at- tacked the guns of a Russian fort so viciously that they one and all burst when the attempt was made to fire them. At ees: ————__+_—~<> <>... --- ——— On Bolina fascicularis, (Hiibn.) Guenée, By H. B. Méscu er, Kronforstchen, near Bautzen. It does not seem to be generally known that Guenée in describing this species in his ‘‘ Noctuélites” III, p. 63, No. 1398, has made a very considerable mistake. The Author cites under this species, fig. 443, 444, of Hiibner’s ‘‘Zutrage zur Sammlung exotischer Schmetterlinge,” but these figures show the two sides of A/ehpotis (4dia, Hb., Bolina, Guen.) Sasciolaris, Ub. ‘To increase the confusion, Guenée also describes this latter species, (I. c., p. 69, No. 1412), and cites the same figures of Hiib- ners book! It is of course evident that there must be a mistake, as it is impossible that the same figures could show two species as different as _ fasciolaris and fascicularts must be, if Guenée’s descriptions are correct. The reader will no doubt now be not a little surprised when I tell him that Hubner never published a species of Befiwa named /ascicularis but only /asciolaris to which belong the figures of his ‘‘ Zutrige.” The spe- cies described by Guenée as /ascicudarts does not exist at all, but Guenée has mixed up two species in his description, viz: /asczo/aris, Hb., and the North American species well known as AZelipotis ochretpennis, Har- vey. He describes the fore wings of the latter, and the hind wings of the former species ; besides he attributes to it the hairy brush of the middle tibiz which shows the male of /wsciolaris, He also does not state exactly the fatherland of both species, as he says fascicudaris occurs in the ‘‘ An- tilles,” /asciodaris in ‘‘ Brazil and Honduras.” It is very difficult to believe so famous an author as Guenée could make so great a mistake, but there is no doubt he has made it; and those who compare Guenée’s descriptions of these two species, must, I am sure, agree with me. It seems that American as well as European Authors, even those most prominent, consider that the species occuring in the United States, and published by Harvey as ochreipennis is fascicularis, Guen., as I have always received Harvey's species thus named. I sent colored drawings of this species as well as of the true /ascrolaris, Hb., to Mr. J. B. Smith, and this author confirmed the opinion that /ascicu/aris is synonomous with ochreipennis, which latter however likely belongs as a variety to nigrescens. Grt. & Rob. Of course the name /ascicular’s, Guen., although published before ochreipennis or nigrescens, cannot stand, as there exists no species agree- ing with the description of it given by Guenée, and Hiibner never pub- lished a species under the name. With regard to Bolina lunearts, Guen., a species nearly allied to Sasciolaris, Hb., I am not convinced it is a good species, but am of the opinion that it is the female of fzscvolar’s. The differences between the two are the clay yellowish color of the head, thorax, and basal half of the fore wings of Zunearzs, while the color of these parts in /asctolaris is dark brown ; besides the yellow band running through the basal half of /ascz- olaris is wanting in Zunearis. But all these differences may be sexual as the sexes of ochreipennis show similar variation. The size of the wings, the disposition of the ornamentation of the fore wings, the color of the outer half, and of the hind wings, as well as of the underside, exactly correspond in Zunearts with /asciolaris. There is also a small white angular line upon the head between the antennz, and this, as it is found so far as I know in no other species of the genus, is, I think, of import- tance in establishing their identity. I have never seen a male of /umearis, nor a female of /asciolaris ; and moreover these two species occur in the same localities: for instance, I have received them from Porto Rico, and I saw only females of /unearvs, and males of fuscio/aris in the large collection of my friend Dr. Staudin- ger. Guenée himself was not convinced that éwnearts was a good species. It would be of very great interest to me to hear of any Lepidopterist who has both sexes of one or the other of these species. The fatherland of /asciolaris, Hb., is the West Indies, Columbia and Brazil; that of /wearis, Guen,, so far as I know from Guenée, and personally, is Cuba, Porto Rico, and Brazil. I do not doubt but this species will be found everywhere where fisciolaris is found to occur. Ochreipennis is found only in the United States. Mr. J. B. Smith writes me that he has never seen a true North American specimen of fasciolaris, Hb. ‘This species must therefore be stricken from the lists of North American Lepidoptera. Walker in his ‘‘ List” cites fuscecularis (Hb.) Guen., with fasczolaris, Hb., as he did not recognize the mistake made by Guenée. NS Pao | Society Meetings. Brooklyn Entomological Society. Dec. 6, 1887. Fifteen members present. John 3. Angelmann, of Newark, N. J., was elected a member of tae Society. Messrs. Graef and Hulst were appointed a Committee to see the proper authori- ties to ascertain it the Society could obtain the use of rooms for meetings in the Hoag- land addition to the Long Island Medical College. As arranged at last meeting an auction sale of presented insects was held and with only a part ot these sold the sum of $47.49 was realized. Ent. Soc. Washington. Nov. 3, 1887. Mr. Schwarz read a paper on the Insects living on Cniola paniculata, as observed by him at Cape Florida and near Lake Worth in Southern Florida. The Insects are on Oxacis and Hymenorus densus feeding on the ears of the plant ; a //eothrips living between the blades; the com- mon chinch bug, which occurs in this Southern latitude only in the brachypterous form, and develops some peculiar habits; Co//ops nigriceps, which, in the imago state frequently feeds on the pollen; Afordellistena splendens which develops within the stems of the grass, and finally a Hemiptychus which in the larva state lives in the stems vacated by the Wordellistena. A full series of specimens illustrating the life history of Mordellistena splendens was exhibited and explained. Mr. Schwarz also spoke on the periodical abundance of mosquitoes on the shores of Biscayne Bay, whenever the regular trade wind ceases to blow. At such times there is a curious correlation in the increase of the numbers of mosquitoes on the one hand, and of certain species of dragon flies on the cther. Mr. Schwarz finally called attention to a peculiar habit noted by him in Danais Berenice which congregated in great numbers on stones which had been heated by fire. Mr. Smith exhibited a specimen of Cictedela Belfragei which shows a peculiar abnormity in the shape of an acute tubercle on the left side of the prothorax. Mr. Smith further called attention to some modifications of tarsal structure among the Arctiide. He finds that some genera, as Ecpantherta and Leucarctia have the claws cleft to the base. Others, as Phragmatobia and Pirrharctia have them dentate at the tip, while in Sfé/osoma and Antarctia there is a distinct long tooth at the middle of the claw. The claws are not always alike on all feet, and where there is any difference the fore tarsal claws are the ones that are modified. What systematic value this structure has, is yet uncertain. There are two distinct series indicated in this family by the venation, by the position of vein 10. In one series it arises from the subcostal before the end of the cell, in the other it arises from a stalk with 7, 8 and 9, Dec. 8, 1887. Dr. Marx read a paper on the Morphology of the Scorpionide, illustrating the same by a series of carefully prepared drawings ot the various structural details. Mr. Schwarz made a series of smaller communications, with exhibitions of specimens. He showed specimens of the insects referred to by Mr. Smith in his paper on ‘‘Ants Nests and fheir Inhabitants’? (Amer. Nat. 1886, p. 686) viz: Tapinoma sessile, an unnamed Heteropterous larva, an undescribed Azhicus and the two species ot Teinopophus, which, all occuring under the same conditions and at the same place, exhibit a rather remarkable resemblance in general appearance. The galleries made by Pityophthorus minutissimus under bark of Red Oak branches were exhibited, and Mr. Schwarz pointed out that these galleries closely resemble those of P. guerciperda, exhibited at a former meeting. The galleries all seem to be the work of the parent beetle, and the larva probably do not make any galleries of their own. Mr. Schwarz also exhibited specimens of Otidocephalus Poeyi, Chevr., from Southern Florida, and —=200—— called attention to the remarkable character of the species, briefly mentioned by Gyllenhal. This consists of a large fovea on the upper side of the beak, which Suffrian entirely misinterprets and considers an abnormity. The fact is that this spoon-shaped fovea is a secondary male character not recurring in any other de- scribed species of the genus. Mr. Schwarz also exhibited larvae, pupee and imagines of Bonvouloiria, recently found by him at Biscayne Bay, Fla., and described the life history of the insect and more particularly the first appearance ot the snow-white efflorescence with which the thorax and a spot on the elytra of the imago is covered. Mr. Schwarz finally pointed out that Dr. Harris in his account of the Pear-blight Tomicus (Phleotribus limnaris) apparently mixed two species, the forms he mentions as living under Elm bark being in all probability Hy/esinus opaculus. Mr. Howard read a paper entitled ‘“‘A misconception regarding the Leconte edition of Say.” The title page of this edition reads ‘*The complete writings of Thomas Say on the Entomology of North America,’”’ but finding several papers not included in this edition Mr. Howard concludes from a paragraph in the pretace that the editor simply intended to bring together the descriptive papers of Say and that the title page is therefore very misleading and the cause of a very general misconcep- tion on the part of Entomologists, as to the scope of the work. Mr. Smith gave some notes on his experience with Museum pests. Psocéds he finds come universally into boxes however tight, and are readily controlled by Naphthaline. The Dermestids, Anthrenus and Alegaloma are not affected by Naphtha- line to the extent of preventing growth and transformation. It acts however as a repellant to the parent, and seems to check development of the young larva. Boxes of similar nature in similar situations always showed infection more commonly where no Naphthaline was used, while boxes with cones were as a rule free, or with a very slight infection only. Tight boxes with Naphthaline cones remained free while the cones lasted, and some time after showed young larva where it was almost impossible that the infection should come from the outside. The common pest in Washington is Anthrenus varius, A lot of boxes received from North Carolina proved invested with Attagenus \arya; those developed were killed, and the boxes were supplied with cones—for over a year no larvee developed. After the cones had evaporated, they were not immediately replaced, and in a short time when the boxes were again examined it was found that a very general development of small larvae—evidently only a very short time from the egg had taken place. As Atfagenus is not common in the Museum and as no other boxes were similarly infested, he concludes that the Naphthaline prevented the development. Other instances were mentioned showing that the eggs of these beetles may under some circumstances remain undeyeloped and sound for an indefinite time. He also finds bi-sulphide of carbon a positive destroyer of the insects in all forms save the egg. It will not however reach larvee in large beetles like Cofris or moths like the A¢tac’. Boxes exposed to the light are less affected than others. He also exhibited some cocoons of a Aftcregaster found parasitic on Anthrenus, and noted several other features in the history of the beetles, among which he mentioned that in the warmed rooms of the Museum the insects breed continually, all stages being found at all seasons. a os A Correction. On page 160 Mr. Howard corrects Mr. Julich for his use of the word Elder in his Article page 123. The mistake was an error in Proof reading. ‘The word is Alder in his manuscript. TON-UGlge AMERICANA VOL. III. BROOKLYN, FEBRUARY, 1888. NO. 11. Address of Mr. G. W. J. Angell, the Retiring President of the Brooklyn Entomological Society. ““Mr. PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN : The precedent, established by my predecessors in office, calls for an address from me, on retiring from the presidential chair. As a preface to the few remarks I have the honor to lay before you to-night, I would thank you all for the hearty support and encouragement, which have made my official duties a pleasure, not a burden. ‘To preside over a body, composed of so many different minds, such widely varying ideas, can be no easy task. Some laws are neces- sary; too many, but become a burden, and simply serve to clog the wheels in the very work they are framed to aid. I have tried to steer midway, between the rocks of rigid discipline and the hidden dangers of too great license. The past year has had its full share of cares and dis- couragements. At times we have been face to face with financial struggles it seemed hopeless to grapple with: yet you have bravely put your shoulders to the wheel and the threatened dangers disappeared. ‘1 hese trying ordeals are safely passed, all clouds of petty strife have faded, and, now to-night we meet together with one thought, one aim ; the love and advancement of our cherished Goddess, Science. Once more we stand on the threshold of a new year, with little to regret, much to congratulate ourselves upon. ‘To-night I lay aside the duties of offlcial life with mingled feelings of gratitude and regret; yet the mantle of authority has fallen on more worthy shoulders, an abler hand is at the helm; my loss has been your gain.” ENTOMOLOGICA AMERICANA. VOL. III. 31 FEBRUARY 1888. ——202— On the Position of the Genus Pleocoma, Zec., in the Lamellicorn System. By Dr. GirsTAEKER. It is sufficiently well known that those related forms termed families, as well in the Insects as in the other divisions of animal life, range them- selyes in larger, more sharply defined groups; sometimes easily, ani sometimes only with the greatest difficulty. The latter occurs naturally where al] the members of a large group have essentially the same food and life habits, while the former is more usual when differences in habit bring about modifications of structure, which afford characters valuable in systematic classification. In the Coleoptera for instance, the Lamedti- corma would be classed among those, which, sharply defined as they are from others, would admit of a much more ready and satisfactory division into naturally defined groups, than in say the families of the Zla/eride, Buprestide, or even the Carabidae, Melasomide and Cerambycide. While in the latter group the case can readily occur-—--in fact has repeatedly oc- curred—that a newly discovered genus offers so many and so variously combined characters, that the exact position and relationship will be dif- ferently determined according as the student values the often very obscure and subordinate structural characters, such doubts scarcely exist at all in a family like the Lamellicorns, or at least confine themselves to such isolated genera which as for instance Pan/odinus and Luchirus are so near to the border line between two nearly related groups, that they might with almost equal justice be referred to either. When therefore the case does exceptionally occur, that in such a family a newly discovered genus is, by an able and careful student, entirely misapprehended as to its relationships, the reason is clearly to be sought in the fact that in such a type the subordinate or habital peculiarities predominate and obscure and crowd out of view the essential characters to such an extent that they are entirely overlooked. The extraordinary genus P/eocoma, described by Leconte in 1856, became known to me in 1866 in a single example in the collection of the Berliner Entomologische Museum, and aroused in me, even at that time, the gravest doubts as to the correctness of the position assigned to it by Leconte as a near relative of the Geo/rypini; but I was unable at that time to oppose that view from the examination of a single specimen which also lacked the antennze—so highly important in classification. I might have done so successfully in 1872 or ’73 when a second, perfect example of Pleocoma fimbriata came into the possession of the Berliner Museum from the well known Californian traveler Alphons Forrer, but was pre- ented by other work from a careful study of the specimens. At the resent time, as I have also another specimen of the same species from he Greifswald Zoological Museum and three specimens from the rich ‘collection of my friend C. A. Dohrn, and as I was thus able to make not nly comparisons of superficial characters but also of those not visible in itu, I hesitate no longer in endeavoring to prove what I had long suspected—that the genus belongs to an entirely different group, remote from the Geopirypide. Leconte himself since 1856, when he first described the genus, has several times referred to the systematic position and relationships of this genus. While he at first considered it as related to the Dynastini he after- ward changed his views so that he considered it as holding a middle posi- tion between that group and the Geo/rypini and finally came to the con- clusion that it was the representative of a new group, nearly allied to the Geotrypint and which he termed Pleocomint. That he still adheres to this view seems to appear from the ‘‘ Index to the Coleoptera described by John L. Leconte” (Tr. Am. Ent. Soc., IX, p. 197-272) revised by Leconte himself and therefore authoritive, because in this publication the genus Pleocoma is (p. 233) still in the same place, between Geotrypes and Nigacus, that it occupied in Leconte’s Catalogue ‘of the Coleoptera of North America (1863). Let us however follow Le- conte a little more closely in his notes and opinions on this genus during the past nineteen years. In his ‘‘ Notice of three genera of Scarabidze found in the United States” (Proc. Ac. N. Sc. Phil. VIII, 1856, p. 24) after an enumeration of the characters which seemed to him important and peculiar to the genus P/eocoma, he says as to its relationship :—‘‘A very remarkable in- sect apparently belonging to the Dynastide, but differing from all the de- scribed genera of that tribe by the eleven-jointed antenne having a four- jointed club ; the seventh joint might almost be considered as belonging to the club, but is only half the length of the four following. The very long hairs fringing the body give a strong resemblance in appearance to Syrichthus. The anterior tibiae are somewhat as in Adhyreus ferrugineus and other Geotrupides, but the teeth are more unequal; the anteocular lateral horns are also seen in that species; the eyes are very large, and contract the mouth so much beneath that the maxillee and mandibles are invisible, or have been destroyed by insects ; the thick hair also prevents “me from seeing the form’ of the mentum. The form of the prosternum is the same as in A/hyreus ; the anterior femora are very densely clothed with hair on the anterior surface. The anterior and posterior tarsi are un- fortunately destroyed ; the middle tarsi are exactly as in A¢hyreus. Doubt must therefore be entertained whether this species should be placed with —204— the Dynastidee or Geotrypid ; the form of the antenne is equally r pugnant to each, while the irregular puncturing of the elytra finds n parallel in the latter tribe.” The only species there described, P/eocoma jimbriata, was known 1 its author only in a single, very imperfect example received from Caii fornia through Haldeman. He adds that according to Motschulsky ther were examples of this species in the Museum at St. Petersburg, also fro California, and that Motschulsky considers it as closely allied to the Geo trypid genus Cera/ophyus, Fisch. In the ‘‘ Report of Explorations and Surveys for a railroad rout from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean” Vol. XII, (Entomologica Report, page 40, pl. I, fig. 13 and 13a) Leconte gives another diag nosis of Pleocoma fimbriata based on the same specimen from which th original description was made, but in a foot note gives another character- ization of the genus differing in important particulars from that previously given, and based, not on that specimen, but on others since received, and differing also in their smaller size. While in the original description the club is said to be /our-jointed, it is now said to be seven-jointed, the entire number—eleven—remaining the same. The mandibles and maxilla are said to be ‘‘znvise, minute.” To this altered generic diagnosis, Le- conte adds that these, newly received, perfect examples of this peculiar genus, of which he could then make only a hasty examination, had not given him more definite information in reference to its relationships. AlI- though the antennz being eleven-jointed agree with those of the Geo- ‘rypide yet their structure is entirely different as well from those of the Geotrypide as from the more allied groups, and the smallness of the mouth — parts seems to indicate a new group between the Geo/rypide and the Coprint. The differences between the first specimen and those later re- ceived, in size, structure of antenna, punctuation and clothing of thorax &c., he is inclined to consider as sexual. Referring to the original, large specimen, described in the text, he says—contradicting the foot note— ‘As the oral organs and abdomen are destroyed, I cannot tell whether the genus belongs to the Dynastides or Geotrupides ; in either case the four-jointed antennal club is equally remarkable. The affinities, so far as I can understand them, seem to be rather with Geofrupes.” A further notice of this genus appears in 1859. In his “Catalogue of the Coleoptera of Fort Tejon, California,” (Pr. Ac. N. Se., Phil., XI, p. 71) Leconte gives a detailed description of the mouth parts of this in- sect from a specimen found in the stomach of a bird, and adds the fol- lowing remark :—‘‘It will thus be seen that combined with the 11-jointed — antenne with polyphyllous club, the characters above detailed are abundantly sufficient to establish this genus as a new group, related to Geolrupide and Copride, with, however, strong tendency towards the Dynastide group of Scarab. pleurostictt.” * This new group is characterized under the name Pocomind in 1861 (Classification of the Coleoptera of North America, p. 123 and 128) and in the ‘‘ List of the Coleoptera of North America,” published in 1863, at p. 37 is placed among the Scarabeid@ latarostuti between the groups ‘*Geotrupint” and ‘‘ Acanthocerini.”* At last, in 1874, (Note on the genus Pleocoma, Lec., in Tr. Am. Ent. Soc. V, p. 81-84) Leconte gives a resume of his statements made in his earlier publications on the genus mentions the two species, P/eocoma slaff, and hirtiollis, described in 1870 by Schaufuss (Nunquam otiosus II, p. 50) and now first makes known, what is of the highest importance, the true female of the genus. This is considerably larger than the male, oval and strongly convex, furnished with elytra but without wings, with stronger legs, and short tarsi, not more than one-third the length of the tibix. The prolongation of the head is short and broad, not emarginate nor bifurcate, the frontal horn is short, the thorax closely punctured, and not indented; the antennz are much smaller with smaller, rounded club. Before proceeding to a de- scription of the four species known to him (P. fimbriala %\, Behrensiti J Q, hirticolls J Q, and Edwards Y) Leconte mentions having re- ceived a larva from Mr. Behrens, found deep in the earth, and described and figured by Osten-Sacken in an appendix to this paper (Description of the larva of Pleocoma, Lec., by Baron R. Osten-Sacken). Of this larva Leconte says that it justifies the erection of a special group for this genus and that its characters fully confirm the opinion already expressed regard- ing the relations of the genus. : At all events from these five publications of Leconte it sufficiently appears that the systematic position of the genus caused him in the earlier years a considerable amount of thought. Only after he had during five years undergone considerable changes of opinion did he arrive at a defi- nite, and afterward repeatedly confirmed conclusion. The, at first, ‘‘ap- parently Dynasti-form” genus changed to him next to a middle thing between the Dynastni and Geo/rypini, then to the representative of a special group to be placed between the Coprind and Geofrypinz, and still later the Dynastint and Coprini are dropped altogether, and the special group P/eo- comini figures among the Scarabeide laparostcti between the Geolrypint and Zroginz. To the latter conclusion, which seems to have become fixed with Le- conte, it is obvious that only the following train of thought can have led him :—The Geo/rypini are the only known Lamellicornes possessing eleven jointed antennz; therefore this genus Pleocoma which also possesses * The same position is retained in the 2nd Ed. of the ‘‘Classification” 1883.—J.B.S. ENTOMOLOGICA AMERICANA. VOL. III. 32 FEBRUARY 1888. —206-— eleven-jointed antennee, is, despite the difference in the form of these an- tennz most closely allied to them. Now as the Geofrypini are laparosticti Lamellicornes I consider myself justified in placing this genus which also has but eleven antennal joints in this division. That this placing was due only to reasoning by analogy, extraordinary as it may seem, is forced upon one by the fact that he nowhere speaks of having examined the ab- domen for the position of the stigmata, and positively mentions that the specimen first described by him had had the abdomen destroyed. But what, actually, is the structure of thisabdomen? Undoubtedly, in view of the many characters contradicting the relationship with the Geotrypini, an answer to this question was of primary importance, because, pro- or con, decisive. I, therefore, with the growing conviction that P/eo- coma had nothing in common with the Geo/rypint, but despite the eleven- jointed antennz, could belong only to the JZelolonthini, did not hesitate a moment about obtaining certainty by an examination of the carefully removed abdomen of one of my specimens. ‘This examination proved positively, what I fully expected, that the large spiracles of the second and third, and the smaller ones belonging to the fourth and fifth abdominal segments, had, in Phocoma, precisely ihe same situation as in Melolontha, i, €. on the superior portion of the ventral segments, and not on the membrane connecting the corneous dorsal and ventral plates as in Geo- trypes and Copris. From this it appears at once that P/eocoma does not belong to the Scarabeide laparostict at all, and that the relationship assumed by Leconte to exist between this genus and the Geofryzini and Coprimi as at first stated, or the Geotrypint and Trogini, as finally stated, was entirely without base. Certainly he would have been much nearer right in the conviction at first forced upon him, of its relation to the Dynastini as, agreeing with them, this insect is at least a pkurostc/. But that, even disregarding the entirely different situation of the spiracles, P/eocoma shows no real relationship to the Geofrypint but only a certain habitual agreement with some of them, and an agreement in unimportant details with others is fully demonstrated by an examination of all really important characters. As to the habitus of Pleocoma, it is not to be denied that it reminds one of the females Cera/ophyus, Fish.; but of all the Geotrypid forms it reminds one of that only. As Leconte himself says a closer comparison is at once opposed by the entirely different sculpture of the elytra, and in this respect the resemblance to Syrichthus would be vastly more ob- vious. Further, as regards the agreement of the prosternum with that of A‘hyreus prominently mentioned by Leconte, I am utterly unable to discover any such ; in A/Ayreus it forms an inflated trigonate or heart shaped plate, and at this point in Péeocoma there is only a small, —207— depressed margin before the cox. With much more justice than to the prosternum, Leconte might have referred to the very obvious similarity which exists between A/Ayreus and particularly Balbocerus on the one side, and Plea.oma on the other, in the large size, great convexity, smoothness, and brightness of the eyes, though this is as little decisive, systematically, as the similarity mentioned by Leconte between the two genera in the form of the anterior tibia and middle tarsi, for this can be equalled in a still more striking manner in another group of the Lamel- licorns (Alek lonthide). Under no circumstances can these analogies, so far as they really exist, weigh against the fundamental differences, which two of the most important structures—the antennz and mouth parts—show at a glance to exist between the Geotrypimi and Pkocoma, and with perfect right did Leconte insist that on these characters it was impossible to unite Pleo- coma with that Coprophagus group. The antenne have nothing in common except the number of joints, eleven. With all the variations in form of club offered by the Geotrypid genera, it is yet constantly three- jointed, and always sharply limited from the funicle or stem, while in Pleocoma it varies from four to seven joints in the species and runs grad- ually into the funicle or stem—a peculiarity which, omitting the Lucanint and Passalini, is found only in the ALdolonthide among the Scarabeids. In like way the mouth parts are diametrically opposed in structure: in the Geo/rypini a large, transverse, horizontal labrum, broad, free, prom- inent, mandibles, well developed, in comparison with the palpi large maxillz, the inner lobe appearing furcate owing to a deep incision, and finally a large, also transversely developed mentum (compare Klug, Ueber die Gattungen Athyreus und Balboceras, Taf. II, Fig. I bis 1Va, b); in Pleocoma on the contrary a very small, rather long, deflexed labrum, en- tirely rudimentary, concealed mandibles, smail maxillz, reaching scarcely to the end of the first palpal joint, the inner not split, and a very small, oblong mentum. When therefore the genus Poccma neither in the position of the stig- mata, nor in any other important structural character agrees with the Georrypint, but is to be ranged with the Scarabeeide pleurosticti; the next question would be, whether it is, in this group, entitled to take rank as a distinct tribe (Pleocomini). This question also is to be answered by a decided negative, because those very characters used by Leconte to separate the genus from the Geo/rypini are identical with cha- racteristic peculiarities of some of the AZe/olonthide. By the structure of the antennz alone Péeocoma is at once excluded from every other group of pleurosticti Lamellicornes (Dynastini, Melitophila and Rutelin’) because in all those the club is distinctly three-jointed, and sharply defined against ——o0— the stem or funicle. Even those undeniable habitual analogies which the genus has with the Dynastini in color, sculpture of elytra, prolongation of front, horned head, indented thorax, &c., cannot obtain against this decisive character ; though it was these very points, which are not usual in the Jelolonthide, which prevented. the recognition of the genus as a member of that group and led to its association with entirely heterogenous forms. In fact Pleocoma does not only not lack any of the characteristics of a Melolonthid antenne, but even possesses all the peculiarities in the most prominent form. ‘To be sure, against this, the number of joints, eleven, might be urged, as all hitherto known genera possess only 8-, 9-, or 10- jointed antennze. But in view of the already known variability in number of antennal joints the further increase by one could be the less surprising, as eleven is evidently the original and normal number, and the decrease to 10, g and 8 can be considered only an departure from the normal structure, although it is one which among the Lamellicorns is wide- spread. At all events the P/escoma antenne show —if we ignore one of the short joints of the funicle which at any rate vary in number—entirely the structure of a Afelolontha, Rhopea, Macrophyila, or Elaphocera anten- nee: not only in the comparative difference in size of club, between and ©, but also in the more intimate connection between the funicle and club, by a gradual enlargement and unilateral broadening. Further, in this, that the joints modified into the lamellate club vary—/Rhopea to seven, five and three, JZacrophylla five and three, P/leocoma seven and four---in different species of the same genus; and that as in AZelolontha, Anoxta, Rhopea, Rhizotragus, Lachnodera et al, the lamellate joints are clothed at the edges—the first and last also at its free surface—with stiff bristles. All these are peculiarities, which, partly by themselves, partly in their combination, are characteristic of the Melolonthid antenna. Now as the situation of the stigmata in combination with the proved antennal structure, places P/eocoma primarily among the J/elolonthide, so do other of its characters, as the structure of the mouth, the attenuated tarsi, the dense woolly clothing of the breast, and the free, not connate, ventral segments, point with entire certainty to the particular systematic position which is to be occupied by this genus. By all these characters Pleocoma is referred to the group denominated Lep/opfodide by Burmeister, and more particularly to that part of it named Pachypodide by Erichson. The more comprehensive Lep/opodide which equal the Zanyprochni and Pachypodide of Erichson are characterized by Burmeister precisely by the slender tarsi and free ventral segments, and form in fact an equally natural as well defined group. Within this group appear two modifications in structure of mouth parts: on the one hand normally developed as in Leontocheta, Macrophylla, Tanyproc/us and allies ; on the other all parts except palpi aborted as in the Pachypodide. Such aborted mouth parts which agree in all essentials with those of the Pachypodide, exist, as I have satisfied myself by examination, in P/eocoma. ‘Vhey agree indeed with those of Lvaphocera and Pachypus so closely that one might feel inclined to refer the figures of the mouth parts of those two genera given by Erich- son (Entomographieen, Taf. I, Fig. a-c und g-i) to those of Pleocoma. Especially is it the small, stumpy, triangular mandibles, and the entirely rudimentary lobes of the maxilla which P/eocoma has in common with Pachypus and Llaphocera, while nowhere else, in the entire family of the Lamellicornes, rich as it is in forms do we find its equal. But also by . an entire series of other agreements or at least similarities do we find the close relationship of Preocoma with Pachypus and Elaphocera entirely con- firmed. With Pachypus, Pleocoma has in common the concave depression of the anterior part of prothorax, and the untoothed, simple, pointed claws of tarsi; with Z7aphocera the relative size, the great convexity and polish of the eyes, and the close fringing of side margin and felt like fringing of hind margin of pronotum. Despite the simple tarsal claws, and the indented prothorax, Pleaoma is much nearer to Llaphocera ; for it has in common the short, transversely developed, equally outlined pro- notum, the not dilated tibia, not shortened and broadened femora, the elytra not narrowing posteriorly, and the brilliant polish of the upper side—all this in the male. But particularly in the female, which offer precisely the same dissimilarities from the males—the greater convexity, complete elytra, but lacking wings, thicker legs with shortened tarsi, shortened antennal club, yet having the same number of joints &c., are Pleocoma and Elaphocera closely allied. The acquaintance with the female in itself, ought, in my view, to have demonstrated to Leconte the Melolonthid nature of the genus. - That, with ail its agreements with the two above mentioned Pachy- -podid genera, P/eocoma yet has several peculiarities foreign to the others in their entirety, cannot be denied. Yet even in this, it is not singular in the Pachypodide but simply enlarges the circle of aberrant unique forms: as indeed Pachypus and Evaphocera themselves are, in both sexes, as different as can be in habitus. As particular generic peculiarities of Pleocoma, beside the eleven-jointed antennz with the club varying in number of joints in the species, might be viewed, on the one hand the well developed horn of the head, especially in the male; on the other hand the strikingly dense and long woolly clothing of the breast, which reminds one of Leontocheta, Lachnodera, Anoxia et al; and lastly also various peculiarities in the form and clothing of legs. Primarily in the tarsi, there is, while equally slender, an essential difference from Pachypus in the proportion of the joints. While in the latter genus the fifth joint is but little longer than each of three preceeding joints, and is somewhat shorter than the first, it attains in P/eocoma double the length of the fourth. The tarsal joints are here also not only furnished at tip with stiff bristles but are also furnished throughout with bunches of much longer and finer hair. After having in the preceeding disproved all the grounds brought forward by Leconte to justify his placing Pieocoma with the Geotrypint, by proving its Melolonthid character—in the imago state—, it remains to examine the remark of the author that the larva described by Baron von Osten-Sacken ‘‘ fully confirms” the placing of the genus between the Geotrypini and Trogini. That the ‘‘Pleocoma-larva” made known by Osten-Sacken belongs to the Scarabzeidz laparosticti, admits indeed of no doubt, for it possesses the divided maxillary lobes, insisted on by both Erichson (Naturgesch. d. Insect. Deutschl., p. 716) and Schiodte, (Na- turh. Tidskrift 3 Raek., IX. p. 253) as characteristic of this division. But on this proof of a laparostict Lamellicorn larva, are in fact all of Von Osten-Sacken’s statements in reference to its relationship to be confined ; what goes beyond, the imagined near relationship to the larvae of the Geotrypint and Trogini may be easily proved erroneous. But must not the above proved Melolonthid nature of the imago, fail, by the fact that the larva decidedly contradicts the structure of a pleurostict Scarabeid ? If the latter were really the case, doubuess! But how is it proved that the larva described by Von Osten-Sacken is really that of P/eocoma? Certainly not through the statement of Leconte, that he received from Mr. Behrens a larva—undoubtedly Lamellicorn—found deep in the ground, alone! And nowhere is there furnished any proof of its relation to Péo- coma, which, as in California the most various Lamellicorn larva must live in the earth, seems absolutely necessary. ‘The disproportionate length alone—50 mm., or rather greater than the full grown larva of JZélolontha vulgaris—given by Osten-Sacken would seem sufficient to give rise to the gravest doubts as to its relationship to Pleocoma. The doubts must nec- essarily lead to a direct negative to the above question, if it is proveable that from the description and figures of Osten-Sacken the larva baselessly referred to P/eocoma cannot belong anywhere but to a group already well known in its early stages—i. e. the Zucamid@. I maintain therefore shortly and positively that the larva can have no possible connection with Pleocoma. That the remarks of Osten-Sacken, added to his description, in refer- ence to the relation of this larva to those of other known Lamellicorns, are particularly inclined to invite confidence, can hardly be maintained. To compare a 50 mm. long larva with Geo/rypint and Trogini is strange St _ to begin with ; but to place it as even closely related to the Geotrypini proves entire ignorance of the larva of the latter. To be sure Osten-Sacken refers only to a table by Chapuis and Candéze in their Catalogue des larves des Coléoptéres, p. 115, in which the characters of the laparostict Lamellicorn larvze are analyzed. Strangely enough, this table contains the entirely false statement that the segments of the Geotrypid larvee are furnished with transverse foldings, which is not the case; while in the same table the Lucanid larva which have these folds or wrinkles, are de- clared to be without them. As little as Frish, Mulsant and Erichson mention such wrinkles or folds, so little does Schiodte (Band IX, Taf. XVI) in the unsurpassed figures given by him. So in this direction it is impossible to speak of any relation between the smooth ringed Geotrypid larva, and the wrinkled, so called Pleocoma larva. The Trogid larvae which are still further removed by their size from this ‘* Pleocoma larva ” —seem, according to Chapuis and Candéze figures to have such wrinkles, but they seem to extend the full length of the larva, while in Osten- Sacken’s figure they do not exist on the two enlarged end segments (in Zrox these segments are narrow and tapering). In addition it appears however that this newly discovered larva does not agree with that of Zrox, either in the structure of the mouth parts, nor yet in that of the antenne: especially the latter, which by their greatly elongated basal joint prove typically different. In view of these mistaken remarks of Osten-Sacken as to the relationship with the Geo/ripini and Troginz, it seems doubly strange that in his search after the nearest allies of the supposed Piocoma larva, he failed to hit on just that group of laparostict Lamellicorns which their size and structure most indicated—i. e. the Zucanide. And that it belongs to a member of this family, an examination of the mouth parts and antennz leaves hardly doubtful. Only in the Lucanid larve, among all the laparostict or even pleurostict Lamellicornes heretofore known, do we find the characteristic slender three-jointed antenna, on which the first joint is especially noticeable from its great length, which is so well shown in the figure of the so called Pkaoma larva. That this, in my opinion, only possible view, can ‘be in any way contradicted by the statement that this larva was found deep underground—while as is well known Lucanid larva live in decaying wood—I cannot admit, in view of the fact that no details in reference to the finding of the larva are given. Note by Translator. This paper from the Stettiner Ent. Zeitschrift for 1883, pp- 436 450 has not attracted the attention it deserved from American students. Dr. Horn urged its publication long since, although he disagrees with the views of Dr. Gerstaecker. In the Classification and in Henshaw’s recent list the genus still retains its old place. Mr. Ricksecker’s notices of one of the species have added something to our knowledge of its history and others of our Pacific Cast friends should be able to complete the work by finding the real larva of some of thé species of the genus. J. B. SMITH. see 1 Pleocoma Fimbriata, /ec. By L. E. Ricksecker. Santa Rosa. Cal. A year ago I gave to the readers of ‘‘ Ent. Amer.” some notes re- garding the habits of this interesting species, and hoped to be able to ob- serve them more fully this year, but owing to my absence from home, I was prevented from doing so. However, as I had some boys watching the field, the recurrence of the brood, in great numbers, was observed by them, and under circumstances exactly similar to those recorded last year. Our October rain,—which generally falls during the first half of that month, and is of sufficient volume to soak the soil six inches or more in depth, and thus set at liberty the P/eocoma imprisoned by the hard baked crust during the Summer months,—failed altogether this — year. We had a slight shower in September but not enough to penetrate to the required depth, although I heard of Péocoma being seen, after this rain, further up the coast, showing that where sufficient rain fell the bee- tles were ready to emerge. Our first rain fell November 5th, and the boys report finding a few Pleocoma, but there was not enough rain to soak the earth thoroughly and consequently the beetles were scarce. On Nov. 28th there came a storm lasting about a week and immediately the whole brood emerged, the air being full of the black, flying males. Of the apterous females, large and brown in color, five fine specimens were secured. go ae eee Southern Form of E. scribonia, Soll. By ANNIE TRUMBALL SLOSSON. Ecpantheria denudata, n. var. I feel assured from further examination of the form of seribomia referred to in previous note (Ent. Am., Jan., ’88), and by the opinion of other Entomologists, that it deserves to be made a variety. I venture, therefore, to give it provisionally the above name. In Smith’s Abbott, Vol. I], p. 137, I find a description and figure of typical form under the name Phalena oculatissima. An. additional note says: “There is a smaller Phalana in North America, nearly allied to this in the marking of its upper wings ; but all the wings in that are naked and pellucid towards their tips, and the back almost entirely yellow. Fabricius seems by the English Museums to have confounded these two species.” In my specimens there is no more yellow on abdomen than in the ordinary form. In fact, I see no deviation from type, except in the in- variably pellucid and denuded tips of both anterior and posterior wings. I know nothing as yet of the larva, but shall endeavor to investigate the subject more thoroughly this coming Spring. New Species of Geometride.. (No. 4.) By Gra; D. Horse. Heterolocha? Snoviaria, sp. nov, Expands 28 mm. Head, thorax and abdomen ocher, the abdomen slightly lighter than the other parts. Antennze smoky ocher. Fore wings deep ocher, loosely and somewhat irregularly dusted with dark brown specks. A dark fuscous, almost black line, rather irregularly scalloped, beginning on costa just within apex and reaching the inner margin two-thirds out from base; the points of the scallops are turned outward, and each one has in its sinus a while space forming thus a broken white line. The dark scalloped line is distinct on outer edge, indistinct on inner, and fades gradually into the ground color. Discal point fine, black. Fringe whitish with indistinct smoky spaces between the veins. Hind wings white, with a faint ocher tinge, immaculate. Beneath much as above, but with surface smoother, more indistinct, the outer space on fore wings lighter, the inner more fuscous. 1 __—_- Notes on the Larve of Arctia Brucei, /7y. Hdwards. By Davip Bruce, Brockport, N. Y. I first met with this moth above timber in the Snowy Range, Park Co., Colorado, July 7th (‘87)—altitude 12,500 ft. It was sitting on a rock and was a fine female. In the course of the day she laid eggs. A few days after this I caught a perfect male as it was flying briskly in the sunshine. This was at least 13,000 ft. elevation. Archa Quenseliit was not ~—220— tincommon at the same time and place, also flying by day. From the eggs mentioned, I bred 6 perfect imagos. A pair of these also mated and gave me a small brood of eggs. The larvae from these are now hybernating about one-third grown. The eggs were waxen yellow and rather large for such an insect, They hatched in 10 days. The larvze were black at first, but became more hoary at each moult. When full grown they appear to have a broad dorsal line of light gray hairs, then a black line along the sides, and a gray line along the spiracles—in reality, they are covered with tufts of bustly hairs like the rest of the genus; these hairs are very black, but on the upper side of the top row of tufis are a few pure white ‘hairs in each tuft—and the row on each side thus meeting on the back of the larva, form the apparently gray dorsal line. ‘The same effect is repeated with the lower rows of tufts, forming the gray line about the legs. The head, feet, and the rest of the hairs or spines are black. hey fed on Polygonum and Piantago and were extremely sluggish at all times. They fed for 27 days and emerged from pupa 14 days after. In the 8 examples I have seen, scarcely any variation either in color or markings occured. —_—_-> -+<>______—__- Society News. Brooklyn Entomological Society.—Regular Monthly Meeting held Jan. 3d. 16 members present. The following were elected Officers for the year 1888 : Pres., Ed. L. Graef; Vice Pres., Ottomar Dietz; Zreas., Chris. H. Roberts ; Rec. Sec., A. C. Weeks; Cor. Sec., G. W. J. Angell; Librarian, Rich. F. Pearsall ; Curators, M. L. Linell, (Coleoptera), Wm. Beutenmiiller, (Lepidoptera), A. C. Weeks, (Other Orders); Zxecutive Committee, Gustay Beyer, F. H. Chittenden, Charles Palm, Rich. F. Pearsall, A. C. Weeks; Publication Committee, the Editors ex-officio, G. W. J. Angell, Wm. Beutenmiiller, Hy. Edwards, B. Neumoegen. The retiring President, Mr. G. W. J. Angell, read an address which was ordered to be printed in Ento. Am. The Treasurer gave his report for the year, showing receipts $584.75 with dis- bursements $574.54. There is a large amount yet owing the Society, enough to pay all obligations and leave a handsome surplus. The Librarian and Chief Curator also reported. The latter called attention to the very excellent collection of local Coleoptera in the Cabinet of the Society. Mr. Graef reported that he had seen Dr. Hoagland and that the Society had been granted the use of rooms free of rent in the Hoagland Laboratory. The building would probably be completed so we could move in for our March Meeting. Mr. Hulst proposed to make the next volume of Ento. Am. of 9 numbers only, subscribers to be charged $1.50 for that volume; the object in view which he con- sidered very important was to have the volumes correspond with the year, and after this short volume the volumes would continue of 12 numbers corresponding to the months of the year and beginning with January. The proposition was referred to Publication Committee to report at next meeting. There was an auction sale of specimens donated by members and $17.85 was realized, IC AMERIGANA VOL. Ill. ‘ BROOKLYN, MARCH, 1888, NO. 12. Catalogue of Species of the Higher Families of the North American HETEROCERA, described since Grote’s “New Check List” (1872), with those omitted from that publication. By Henry Epwarps. In my studies of late years among the Bombycidz and allied groups belonging to our fauna, I have very frequently come upon names of species, given by early authors, to which I could find no reference in any of our catalogues, or the works accessible to me, and I adopted the plan of making a card list of these for my personal use. This system enabled me to clear up many doubts and perplexities, and I have deemed that the results of my labors might prove acceptable to my entomological friends. The results I hope soon to publish under the title of ‘‘Popular Talks about the Higher Heterocera of North America.” but I find it an absolute necessity before doing so, that a full list of all our species de- scribed up to this time, should be before me, and I therefore offer the present catalogue as a contribution in that direction. It may possibly be objected, that I have introduced into my list names long consigned to oblivion, but I think it best (as they are but few) that their real meaning should be made known, and that they should find their proper place in synonymy. Among them are some of Walker’s species, and if the publi- cation of them in this list will induce Mr. Butler, Mr. Kirby, or Mr. Grote, to enlighten us upon them, their mention now will not have been made in vain. I allude more especially to species described and quoted by Walker in the ‘‘British Museum Catalogues,” and to those mentioned -ENTOMOLOGICA AMERICANA. VOL. II. 34 Manrcw# 1888. a re by Boisduval in ‘‘Species General” and ‘‘Lepidoptera de la Californie.” It is possible that not a few of these may exist with a wrong locality at- tached to the specimens, as shown by Mr. R. H. Stretch (Can. Entom. ) with regard to Lystauxes mediastina, Hiibner, and by Mr. Grote, (Ann. Lye. N. York), with reference to one of Boisduval’s species of Zhyris, and to Sph. Sirolz. If this be so, however, it is well that we should know it, in order that conflicting opinions regarding such species may be set at rest. On the other hand, it is probable that a few of the species mentioned may vet await re-discovery by our entomologists, and that they are fully entitled to a position in our lists. I may here state e. g. that Sph. Avcopersicz, Bois., is the Californian form. of Phkegethontius Carolina, L., and that it is a heavier insect, much lighter in coloration, and in every way entitled to at least a varietal name. But on this, and such subjects, I desire to speak more fully later on, and I will not therefore anticipate. Mr. Grote’s admirable ‘‘Check List” has been of immense service to all lepidopterists, and considering the great amount of labor involved, it is remarkably complete. But it is to be regretted, that though Mr. Grote did not desire to cumber his work with too great an attention to synonymy, he should have omitted some names of older authors which would have lightened the labors of the student. It was hardly possible in a list of the character to which we allude, that some omissions should not occur. These I have endeavored as far as possible to repair, and I hope that very few species (if any) accredited to North America, have been passed over by me. The present catalogue contains 13 genera new to our fauna. It enumerates 247 species and varieties of which 151 have been published since Grote’s’ list—47 were omitted by Mr. Grote, and 49 bear the names of older authors, and are among the doubts waiting to be cleared away. I desire however to state that among Mr. Grote’s omissions in the Mgeriade, I am responsible for 11 species, thus reducing those left out of the ‘‘Check List” to 36—a very small number indeed, when we take into account the volumes to be searched and the references to be made. The present catalogue com- mences with the Sphzngide and ends with the lepiahde. I have in some cases altered the names of the families and subfamilies, using those which are most popular, but have endeavored to follow closely the sequence of the genera as given by Mr. Grote, removing the genus Guophela how- ever, to what is now conceded to be its proper position, viz: near to the Archide. The references have been made with care, and I have in all cases added the year in which the species is described. As nothing human is perfect, I shall be greatly indebted to any of my friends if they will point out errors, and offer suggestions, should an appendix to this catalogue be called for. ha ae a Fam. SPHINGIDA. Lepisesia, Gr. minumessmecner. lepid. Rhopal: Heteroc., p. 135, pl. 15. 1377, Hemaris, Dalm. Metathetis, Bu/er. Revis, Sphingide, p. 519. 1876. Eiolus, Bows. Spec. Gener. Sphingide, p. 370. 1874. Pyramus, Los. os Pe 3725) 5re7a Grotei, Butler. Ann. Mag. N. History, (= axillaris, Gr.). 1874. Pseudosphinx, Burmeister, Tetrio, Z. See Hy. Edwards, Can. Entom., vol. 20, p. 20. 1888. Philampelus, Harris. Typhon, A/vug. See Hy. Ldwards, Can. Entom., vol. 20, p. 14. 1888. Smerinthus, Latr. Populicola, Bors. Spec. Gener. Sphingidz, p. 22. 1874. itonemion 1S7-eccre7.. Lepid. Rhops Heteroc., p: 125; pl. 14. 1877: 7 Astarte, Strecker. Proc. Acad. N. Sc. Philad., p: 283. 1884. Ceratomia, Harris. Ulmi, Leconée in lit. See Bois., Spec. Gener. Sphingide, p. 53. 1874. Macrosila, Walk. Collaris, Walker. Cat. B. M. Heterocera, p. 201. 1856. Protoparce, Burmeister. Dalica, Azrdy. “Trans. Entom. Soc. Boadon, p..2432) 1877. Sphinx, L. Simopi fas, Lepid. de la Californ., p: 67, 1860. Lycopersici, ozs. Spec. Gener. Sphingide, p. 71. 1874. Andromede, ozs. oS Payson 21874 Insolita, Zenimer. Papilio, vol. 4, p. 145. 1884. Separatus, euwmoegen. Papilio, vol. 1, p. 92. 1881. Sani, Secker. . Lepid. Rhop..Heteroc:, p. 118, pl. 13. 1876. Coloradus, /. B. Smith. Entom. Amer., vol. 3, p. 153. 1887. Fam. AZGERIID-E. Melittia, Hubn. Flavitibia, Walker, see Bois. Spec. Gener. Sphingide, p. 479. 1874. Ceto (var.) Westwood. See Walker, Cat. B. M. Heteroc., p. 66. 1856. Sciapteron, Staud. Erecedens, fy. Ldwards. Papilio, vol. 3, p. 155. 1883. Fatua, Hy. Edw. Palmii, Hy. Edwards. Can. Entom., vol. 19, p. 145. 1887. Saunina (sic) Walker. Uroceripennis, Bors. Spec. Gener. Sphingide, p. 465. 1874. fEgeria, Fabr., Sesia, Fabr., &c. Asilipennis, Bois. Spec. Gener. Sphingide, p. 391. 1874. Mellinipennis, Zecon/e in lit., Bors. Spec. Gen. Sphing., p. 402. 1874. Xiphizeformis, Bots. Spec. Genér. Sphingide, p. 409. 1874. Bibionipennis, ors. B- p. 421. 1874. Tipuliformis (var.) Zinn. see Walk. Cat. B. M. Heteroc., p. 30. 1856. Chrysidipennis, Bors. Lep. Californ., p. 64. 1869. Nomadepennis, Zozs. BS p. 63. 1869. Prestans, Hy. Ldwards. Papilio, vol. 2, p. 98. 1882. Quercis, ci os p: 98.. > 1882. Prosopis, :. s p: 99. 1882: Candescens, $ i: Pp 230 1882 Bolteri, et BS s vOk 2p Tees | rome Emula, ¢ Ee pi 195: 1883; Pyrrhotznia, Grote. Behrensii, Hy. Edwards. Papilio, vol. 2, p. 123. 1882. Wittfeldii, Z oo) Wok @)= ps In5 Oa aoe. Subeerea, i f p-. Thm reog Animosa, ai a p. 156. 2889: Filda, oS Entom. Amer., vol. 1, p. 49. 1885. Fam. ‘THYRIDA. Thyris, Illiger. Fenestrina, Ochsenheimer, see Bois. Sp. Gen. Sphingid., p. 488. 1874. Vitrina, Bors. Mongr. Zygenides, p. 19, pl. 1. 1829. (These two are doubtful N. A. species. See Grote, Ann. Lyc. N. Hist.) Platythyris, G. & R. Granulata, Neumoegen Papilio, vol. 3, p. 137. 1883 Floridana, Hu/st4 Entom. Amer., vol. 2, p. 182. 1886. Sagalassa, Walker. Perspicua, Walker. Cat. B. M. Heterocera, p. 7. 1856. (This genus is said by Mr. A. G. Butler to belong to the Micro-Lepidoptera.) Fam. HETEROGYNID. Thia, Hy. Edwards. Extranea, Hy. Edwards. Entom. Amer., vol. 3, p. 181. 1887. Fam. ZYGAENIDEA. Alypia, Hubn. Matuta, Hy. Edwards. Papilio, vol. 3, p. 33. 1883. Wittfeldiu, Ay. Ldwards. a D..34., 2 71883: Similis, var. conjunctad Zp, Edwards. Papilio, vol. 3, p. 34. 1883. Octomaculata, var./Hudsonica, Hy. dw. Papilio, vol. 4, p. 43. 1884. Gracilenta, Graef. Entom. Amer., vol. 3, p. 41. 1887. Alypiodes, Grote. Flavilinguis, Grofe. Trans. Kansas Acad. Sc., vol. 8, p. 46. 1883. Pseudalypia, Hy. Edwards. Crotchii, var. Atrata, Hy. Hdwards. Papilio, vol. 4, p. 14. 1884. Phegarista, Bois. (Fenaria, Gr.) SSevotsa, Grote. Papilio, vol. 2, p. 132. 1882. Dahana, Gr. Atripennis, Gro/e. Can. Entom., vol. 7, p. 175. Euchromia, Hubn. = Syntomeida, Harris. Ferox, Walker. Cat. B. Museum, vol. 1, p. 223. 1856. Epilais, Walker. See Hy. Edwards in Can, Entom., vol. 20, p. 14. 1888. . scepsis, Walker. Wrightii, Sére/ch. Entom. Amer., vol. 1, p. 101. 1885. Gravis, Hy. Edwards. Entom. Amer., vol. 2, p. 8. 1886. Fulvicollis, var. pallens, Hy. Zdw. Entom. Amer., vol. 2, p. 8. 1886. Ctenucha, Kirby. Corvina, os. Lepid. Calif, p..71. 1869. Pygoctenucha, Grote. Funerea, Grofe. Trans. Kansas Acad. Sc., vol.:8, p. 46. 1883. Harrisina, Packard. sAustralis, S/resh. Entom. Amer., vol. 1, p. 102. 1885. Metallica, Sv/re/ch. i py 102.4" 18655, Nigrina, Graef ef vol.43,p. +41. / E887. Triprocris, Grote. Martenii, French. Papilio, vol. 3, p. 191. 1883. Lycomorpha, Harris. Rata, Hy. Edwards. Papilio. vol. 2, p. 124. 1882. Latercula, Hy. Edwards. ‘‘ Pp, (£24. 2882. Coccinea, Hy. Edwards. Entom. Amer., vol. 2, p. 9. 1886. ENTOMOLOGICA AMERICANA. VOL. III. 35 Manca 1888. 220 Cydosia, Westwood. Nobilitella, Cramer. Pap. Exot., pl. 264. CEta, Grote. Aurea, fitch. 3rd Report Ins. N. Y., p. 168. 1856. — BOMBYCES. — Fam. NYCTEOLIDA, H.-Sch. Farias, H.-Sch. Obliquata, Hy. Edwards. Entom. Amer., vol. 2, p. 9. 1886. Sarrothripa, Curtis. Columbiana, Hy Edwards. Proc. Cal. Ac. Sc. 1873. Lintneriana, Speyer. Entom. Zeitschr. Stettin, p. 170. 1874. Subfamily LITHOSIIDA, H.-Sch. Nola, Leach. Anfracta, Hy. Edwards. Papilio, vol. 1, p. 12. 1881. Hyemalis, S/refch. Entom: Amer., vol. 1, p. 102. 1885. Minna, Builer. Ann. Mag. N. Hist., p. 315. 1881. Hyaloscotes, Butler. Fumosa, Builer. Ann. Mag. N. Hist., p. 314. 1881. Hypoprepia, Hubn. Plumbea, //y. Hdwards. Entom. Amer., vol. 2, p. 9g. 1886. Cisthene, Walker. Plumbea, S¢refch. Entom. Amer., vol. 1, p. 102. 1885. Lactea, Svre/ch. oe Pp 103. 1885. 7 Eulithosia, Hy. Edwards. Composita, Hy. Edwards. Papilio, vol. 4, p. 44. 1884. Thoracica, //y, Edwards. - p. 44. 1884. Lithosia, Fab. Rubropicta, Packard. Entom. Amer., vol. 3, p. 52. 1887. Eustixia, Hubn. Pupula, Hubner. Samml. Exotisch. Schmetterlinge, 224, pl. 206. Igninix, Walker. Cat. B. Museum, pl. 2, p. 527. 1854. Subfervens, Walker. ms p. 520. » 1854: (The following species is said by Walker to occur in North America. I believe it to be unknown to American entomologists. ) Comacla simplex, Walker. Cat. B. Museum, p. 1679. Subfamily PERICOPIDZ. Gnophela, Walker. Discreta, Sirefch. Lepid. Wheeler Exp., vol. 5, p. 802. 1875. Arizone, French. Papilio, vol. 4, p. 20, (= Discreta). 1884. Melanchroia, Hubn. Geometroides, Walker. See Hy. Edw., Ent. Am., vol. 2, -p. 9. 1886. Cephise, Cramer. See Hy, Edw., Re p. g. 1886. Inconstans, Walker. See Stretch, Lepid. Wheeler Exp., vol. 5, p. 802. 1875. Daritis, Walker. Thetis, var. Howardi. Hy. Edwards. Ent. Am., vol. 2, p. 165. 1886. Subfamily ARCTIIDZ. Crocota, Hubn. Belfragei, S/ech. Entom. Amer., vol. 1, p. 103. 1885. Costata, S/reich. < Pp: 103. 4188s: Obscura, Sérefch. of Ds, 1032 | ees. Diminutiva, Graef. OF VO 3 iP. 42, 1 OO me Opelloides, Graef. “ p-42e 1887 Intermedia, Graef ee p. 42. «887. Cerathosia, J. B. Smith. ditcolor, 7.28: Sut, sEntom: Amer., vol..3,.p. 79. .1887. Callimorpha, Latr. Reversa, S/refch, Entom. Amer., vol. 1, p. 104. 1885. Mactata,- 7B. Swuih. « . * WO. Di sZ5 ce soar Suffusa, 7 B. Smith. s ; Da 2Sa shoo 7. Confusa, Lyman. Canad. Entom., vol. 19, p. 185. 1887. Euprepia, Germar. Caja, var. Utahensis, Hy. Hdwards. Ent. Am., vol. 2, p. 166. 1886. Arctia, Schrank. Excelsa, Neumoegen. Papilio, vol. 3, p. 70. 1883. Incorrupta, var. ochracea, Meumoegen. Papilio, vol. 3, p. 71. 1883. Incorrupta, var. Mormonia, Neumoegen. Ent. Am., vol. 1, p. 93. 1885. ‘Approximata, S¢refch. Entom. Amer., vol. 1, p. 104. 1885. Obliterata, Svretch. ne Ps 105.) 785. Elongata, Svrefch. Sf p. 105.. , 288s. Phyllira, var. lugubris, u/s‘ Vol. 2, db > Museum, as N, American.) Apantesis radians, Walker. Pt. 2, p. 632. Cycnia dubia, Barnsfon. Pt. 2, p. 682. ‘« tenera, AYuhbner. Addenda, p. 1699. “~~ budea, “ubmer. Add., p. 178%. Subfamily LIPARIDA. Orgyia, Ochsenheimer. Leucographa, Walker. Cat. B. Museum, Addenda, p. 1724. 1856. Antiqua, Zinn. See Walker, Cat. B. Museum, Pt. 3, p. 784. 1856. Cnethocampa, Stephens. Grisea, Neumoegen. Papilio, vol. 2, p. 134. 1882. Subfamily COCHLIIDA. Euclea, Hubn. Elliotii, Pearsall, Entom. Amer., vol. 2, p. 209. 1886. Lithacodes, Packard. Laticlavia, Clemens. See Hy. Edwards, Ent. Am., vol, 2, p. 9. 1886. Grefii, Packard. Entom. Amer., vol. 3, p. 52. 1887. Limacodes, Latr. Parallela, Hy. Edwards. Entom. Amer., vol. 2, p. 10. 1886. Beutenmuelleri, Hy. Adwards. Can. Entom., vol. 19, p. 145. 1557. ENTOMOLOGICA AMERICANA. VOL. III. 36 Marcu 1888. per Monoleuca, G. & R. Obliqua, Hy. Edwards. Entom. Amer., vol. 2, p. 10. 1886. Varina, Neumoegen. Ornata, Neumoegen. Papilio, vol. 4, p. 94. 1884. Subfamily PSYCHIDZ. Psyche, Ochsenheimer. Carbonaria, Packard. Entom. Amer., vol. 3, p. 51. 1887. Pseudopsyche, Hy. Edwards. Exigua, Hy. Edwards. Papilio, vol. 2, p. 125. 1882. Subfamily NOTODONTIDZ. Ichthyura, Hubn. Apicalis, Barnston. See Walker, Cat. B. Mus., Pt. 4, p. 1058. 1856. Incarcerata, Bors. Lepid. Calif., p. 86. 1869. Inornata, Meumoegen. Papilio, vol. 2, p. 134. 1882. Brucei, Hy. Edwards. Entom. Amer., vol. 1, p. 17. 1885. Luculenta, Hy. Edwards. es vol, 2, pi 1G: TASG: Jocosa, Hy. Edwards. cs p: ro. 31ea6. Astorie, Hy. Edwards. : p. 10. 1586: Bifiria, Hy. Edwards. irs p. 167. 1886. Apatelodes, Packard. Indistincta, //y. Edwards. Entom. Amer., vol. 2, p. 13. 1886. Torrefacta, var. Floridana, Hy. Edw. Ent. Am., vol. 2, p. 13. 1886. Datana, Walker. Robusta, Svrecker. Rhopal. et Heteroc., p. 131. 1877. Drexelii, Hy. Edwards. Papilio, vol. 4, p. 24. 1884. Nadata, Walker. Doubledayi, var. Oregonensis, Buéler. Ann. Mag. N. Hist., p. 317. 1881. Behrensii, /7y. Edwards. Entom. Amer., vol. 1, p. 49. 1885. Gluphisia, Boisduvyal. Septentrionis, Walker. Cat. B. Museum, Pt. 4, p. 1038. 1856. Crenata, Esper. See Bots., Lepid. Calif., p. 87. 1869. Tearlei, Ay. Edwards. Entom. Amer., vol. 2, p. 11. 1886. Wrightii, Hy. Edwards. SF p. 11. 1886. Ridenda, Hy. Edwards. p. az, 1886; Rupta, Ay. Edwards. gi Pp. tf. i886; Albofascia, Hy. Edwards. a Dp: 12; “88h; Formosa, Hy. Edwards. KS p. 12. 19886, Severa, Hy. Edwards. p. 167. 1886. Lophopteryx, Stephens. Elegans, Strecker. Proc. Acad. N. Sc. Philad., p. 285. 1884. = 23:15 Notodonta, Ochsenheimer. Notaria, Hy. Edwards. Entom. Amer., vol. 1, p. 17. 1885. Lophodonta, Packard. Plumosa, Hy. Edwards. Entom. Amer., vol. 2, p. 14. 1886. Pheosia, Hubn. Portlandia, Hy. Ldwards. Entom. Amer., vol. 2 Edema, Walker. Producta, Walker. Cat. B. Museum, Pt. 4, p. 1031. 1856. p. 168. 1886. , CEdemasia, Packard. Perangulata, Hy. Edwards. Papilio, vol. 2, p. 125. 1882. Janassa, Walker. | Coloradensis, Hy. Edwards. Entom. Amer., vol. 1, p. 17. 1885. Heterocampa, Doubleday. Lunata, Hy. Edwards. Papilio, vol. 4, p. 44. 1884. Superba, Hy. Eazwards. ei Peta” coer Cerura, Schranck. A Bifida, Stephens. See Walker, Cat. B. Museum, Pt. 4, p. 984. 1856. Scolopendrina, Bors. Lepid. Calif., p. 86. 1869. Bicuspis, Borkhausen. See Budler. Ann. Mag. N. Hist.. p. 317. 1881. Albicoma, Szrecker. Proc. Acad. N. Sc. Philad., p. 285. 1884. Cecrita, Walker. Albiplaga, Waker. Cat. B. Museum, Pt. 7, p. 1748. 1856. Subfamily DREPANULIDZ. Drepana, Fabr. Fasciata, Stephens. See Walker, Cat. B. Mus., Pt. 4, p. 1163. 1856. Prionia, Hubn. Lacertula, Zinn. See Hy. Edw. Can. Entom., vol. 19, p. 146. 1887. Subfamily SATURNIDZ. Sericaria, Blanchard. Mori, Zin. and authors. Silkworm-moth (domesticated. ) ; Telea, Hubn. Paphia, Zinn. See Kirby, Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., p. 34. 1877. Polyphemus, var. oculea, Neumoegen. Papilio, vol. 3, p. 71. 1883. Attacus, Linnzus. Cinctus, Zipper. Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc., vol. 5, p. 65. 1883. Platysamia, Grote. Polyommata, Zipper. Bull. Brooklyn Ent. Soc., vol. 5, p. 66. 1883. Euleucopheus, Packard. Hualapai, Meumoegen. Papilio, vol. 3, p. 138. 1883. : Hemileuca, Walker. Electra, W. G. Wright. Papilio, vol. 4, p. 19. 1884. Maia, var. Lucina, Ay. Edwards. Ent. Am., vol. 2, p. 14. 1886. Hyperchiria, Hubn. Zephyrea, Grofe. Can. Entom., vol. 14, p. 215. 1882. Subfamily CERATOCAMPID. Citheronia, Hubn. Infernalis, S/recker. Papilio, vol. 4, p. 73. 1884. Sphingicampa, Walsh. Bicolor, var. immaculata, HZ. S. Fewell. Papilio, vol. 2, >< 882. Bicolor, var. Suprema, Neumoegen. Ent. Am., vol. 1, p. 94. 1885. Subfamily BOMBYCIDZE. Gastropacha, OMsenheimer. Occidentis, Warker. Cat. B. Museum, Pt. 4,.p. 1392. 1856. Gloveria, Packard. é Arizonensis, Packard. \ Hy. Edwards, Papilio, vol. 4, p. 107. 1884. Gargamelle, Sérecker. Proc. Acad. N. Sc. Philad. (as Lasiocampa), p. 286. 1884. Clisiocampa, Curtis. Incurva, Hy. Edwards. Papilio, vol. 2, p. 125. 1882. Artace, Walker. Albicans, Walker. Cat. B. Museum, Pt. 4, p. 1492. 1856. Subfamily COSSIDZ. Hypopta, Iubn. ‘ Henrici, Grote. Papilio, vol. 2, p. 131. 1882. Manfredi, Grote. ‘‘ vol. 2, pl i399, 2882: Cossus, Fabr. Nanus, Szrecker. Proc. Acad. N. Sc. Philad., p. 151. 1876. Mucidus, Hy. Ldwards. Papilio, vol. 2, p. 126. 1882. Inguromorpha, Hy. Edwards. Slossoni, Hy. Edwards. Entom. Amer., vol. 3, p. 183. 1888. Zeuzera, Latr. Pyrina, Fadricius. See Walker, Cat. B. Mus., Pt. 7, p. 1530. 1856. Esculi, Linneus. See Facob Doll, Papilio, vol. 2, p. 20. 1882. Subfamily HEPIALIDZA. Hepialus, Fabr. Carnus, Zsper. See Walker. Cat. B. Museum, Pt. 7, p. 1552. 1856. Sangaris, S/recker. Rhop. et Heteroc., p. 136. 1877. Confusus, Hy. Edwards. Papilio, vol. 4, p. 122. 1884. McGlashani, Hy. Edwards. Entom. Amer., vol. 2, p. 14. 1886. Furcatus, Gro/e. Can. Entom., vol. 15, p. 30. 1883. Pleocoma, Zec., its systematic position and indication of new species. By Grorce H. Horn, M. D. The article on Piocoma by Dr. Gerstaecker, published in the Stet- tiner Zeitung for 1883, has been well known to me, not only in the original but also in the translation prepared by Mr. John B. Smith. The volume containing the article did not reach me until the early pag, of 1884, at a time when I was busily occupied with other matters, tPwhich were superadded the unfinished scientific affairs of our lamented Leconte. The opportunity having occured for presenting to the English speaking public the translation above referred to I have carefully studied all the material accessible to me ana prepared necessary dissections and drawings which will in due time appear in the Transactions of the American Entomological Society. Sos At present I propose to give in brief the results of my studies, so that Gerstaecker’s article and my own may be read almost together. As Dr. Gerstaecker gives a resumé of the articles written by Leconte I will not recapitulate. It is true as Gerstaecker siat2s that Leconte modified his views somewhat from the first description to 1861, from which time there has been no change. This, however, is but the evolu- tion of opinion based on the gradual arrival of better material. That Leconte came so near the truth in his first essay with such a wretched specimen is one of the best evidences of his clear insight. When specimens with the necessary parts came and were studied, the characters fundamentally important in classification were observed and we see in the “Classification” of 1861 that P/eocoma takes its place among the Laparostict Lamellicorns, and the tribe instituted to receive it placed near the Geofrupint. The ‘Classification ” of 1883 appeared with P/eocoma in the same position and the space devoted to it much greater, from the more numer- ous details. Had Dr. Gerstaecker seen this volume he might have used a little more precaution before commiting himself to an opinion, or rather making the positive statement, so often repeated in his article as to have no doubt as to his full meaning. The question involved in the controversy is one of fact—is P/eocoma a Pleurostict or Laparostict Lamellicorn? Dr. Gerstaecker asserts that he has examined the stigmata and finds them exactly as in JZe/olontha, that is Pleurostict. On the other hand I assert that the stigmata are all on the connecting membrane and therefore Laparostict. To arrive at this determination with absolute certainty, I have removed the abdomen, divided it into two parts longitudinally ; after having removed the entire contents of the abdomen the segments have been spread upon a piece of glass, permitting one to see the structure absolutely. The larva described by Osten-Sacken as that of P/eocoma had been looked upon as very doubtful by me and I so expressed myself to Dr. Leconte. On reading the almost exhaustive arguments of Gerstaecker against its being the true larva I became convinced that the larva is really the larva of Pleocoma. “It is,” says Gerstaecker, ‘‘an undoubted Laparostict larva” and there is no other Lamellicorn of that series in California requiring so large a larva. Gerstaecker’s mistake regarding the stigmata of the imago probably arose from the fact that the upper inflexed portions of the ventral plates are translucent and permit the stigmata to be indistinctly seen through their walls and thus appear Pleurostict. : The systematic positions of all the ambiguous genera in our fauna were very carefully discussed by the authors of the second edition of the ‘*Classification,” and while some may be still open to discussion, P/eo- coma is not. As a result of a study of the species of P/eocoma, the following table -has been prepared : Third joint of antennz shorter and narrower than the first, the club with but four long lamella. Seventh joint of antenne merely transverse, not prolonged in a_ process ; hairs of TMGerside Dla Ckin, soca sctsrsuercen Mere er eee aren oe CTOs Rickseckeri,* Horn. Seventh joint prolonged in a process, one-third as long as the following joint; hamrsiof und ersidetyellowsaqsr eel cette eine atte eee fimbriata, Lec. Seventh joint prolonged in a process, two-thirds as Jong as the following joint ; haaysibeneathimy ello wa ravretec seth cycrettctele Gtalk eel areie pales nee Behrensii, Lec. Third joint of antennz nearly as long and as stout as the first joint. Thorax regularly convex in front, with at most a slight depression. Punctures of thorax fine, not greatly coarser in front, surface not hairy........ conjungens,* Horn. Punctures of thorax relatively coarse, very conspicuously coarser, denser and deeper in front, the surface with semi-erect hairs ....;. hirticollis, Schauf. Thorax retuse in front, that is, suddenly declivous, with a broad depression poster- iorly behind a transverse, obtuse ridge ; surface finely punctured, not hairy ; geminate striae of elytra deep and coarsely punctured. Hind angles of thorax distinct but obtuse ; fourth joint of antennz very little prolongeduntern alive. cis atwie- ciate ets eerienaetet elon etek Ulkei,* Horn. * These species are for the first time named. Hind angles of thorax very broadly rounded ; fourth joint of antenne prolonged in a process, fully half as long as the following joint......... Staff, Schauf. With the exception of U7ker, which is from Utah, all the species are from California. The females of three are known to me. In the more extensive paper which I have prepared fuller descriptions will be given together with such figures of details as may be needed to arrive at a cor- rect understanding of the systematic position of Pleocoma. WILLIAM W. HILL. At Elizabethtown, Essex County, N. Y., on January 28th, 1888, died William W. Hill of Albany, N. Y. This news will sadden all who in any way have known Mr. Hill during his life time, and among Ento- mologists there are few who do not know him or his work. Mr. Hill was born September rgth, 1833, at Pittsfield, Mass., but removed to Albany early in life, and entered the business house of Na- thaniel Wright, dealer in saddler’s hardware, at the age of fifteen. At the age of twenty he became a partner in the firm of Nathaniel Wright & Co., and on the death of the senior member of the firm the business was con- tinued under the firm name of Woodward & Hill, of which firm he re- mained an active member up to the time of his death. On April gth, 1855, he married Miss Jane Woodward of Albany who survives him. He also leaves surviving him three sons and one daughter. Mr. Hill had a common school education ; but continued his studies after entering business and was an exceedingly well mformed man and agreeable companion. Always fond of outdoor life and an ad- mirer of nature, he was an ardent fisherman and of late years spent a part of each Summer in the North Woods or in the Adirondacks—com- bining this sport with his study of nature, For many years he was more especially interested in Botany and made large collections of plants. In 1875 he became more especially interested in Insects, and collected persistently, carefully and systematic- ally—with what success all Lepidopterists know. Though more partic- ularly a Lepidopterist he collected also in other orders, to obtain a re- presentation of local species. With Messrs. Bailey, Lintner and Meske he made excursions in the vicinity of Albany and finally Centre was hit upon, as an extraordinarily productive locality and here collecting was carried on with such vim and persistency that the place became known as ‘‘ Butterfly station.” Enormous quantities of ‘‘sugar” were prepared and used, and thousands of moths paid the penalty. During his visits to the Adirondacks Mr. Hill not only sugared persistently, but every available room was lit up and windows were left open to attract the un- wary night-flyers. In an unexplored field like the Adirondacks the result was most gratifying, and many previously unknown forms were dis- covered—the types of which are all in his collection. With such a quantity of material, exchanging was very productive and the collection rapidly increased. It was his boast that he never bought an Insect, yet the col- lection contains rarities from all sources, the products of exchanges. He was extremely systematic in the arrangement and care of his collection, every species bearing a number—or rather two numbers—one sex an even, the other an odd number. Every species was registered, and the duplicates were all noted, so that it was only necessary to refer to the proper book and the exact number of specimens on hand was at once apparent. In addition to this he was very careful in labelling his Insects, every specimen containing the exact locality, date of capture and whether at light or at sugar. The collection is therefore valuable, not only as an accumulation of material, but as an accumulation of facts, of great value in fixing dates, distribution and number of broods. The work required for all this was of course enormous, and can be appreciated only by those who have attempted anything similar. Mr. Hill was not a describer, his only contributions to the literature being in the line of faunal lists in which dates and localities were care- fully noted ;—but though not a writer, he was a careful observer, and his intention was, when a sufficient material was accumulated to study some of the Heterocerous families systematically. This intention was unhappily prostrated by his untimeiy death, In September last he began to break down, and his physicians decided that the trouble was con- sumption. His death was quite unexpected and an autopsy revealed a cancer on the lungs as the true ailment. His death is a positive loss to Entomology, removing from our midst an active worker whom it will be difficult to replace. For the reasons stated his collection is peculiarly valuable, and it is to be hoped that it will not be lost. No testamentary disposition was made, but his expressed wish was that it should be dis- posed of in its entirety. The National Museum would be an excellent and appropriate place for it. Mr. Hill was President of the Albany Fiy-Casters Association ; Chair- man of the Ex. Com. of the Eastern N. Y. Fish and Game Protective Association ; Life-emember of the Albany Young Men’s Association ; Member of the Albany Institute; of the Old Guard, Albany Zouave Cadets; Masters Lodge F. & A. M., and a vestryman of St. Paul's Episcopal Church. None of his children have inherited his taste for Entomology. : J. B. Smrrn. — iio tO AUTHORS AND SUBJECTS: Angell, G. W. J. Address as retiring President 201 Ashmead, Wm. H. Notes and descriptions of Proctotrupi- dae 73 Description of a new Proctotrupid 128 Hemipterological Contributions 155 3 new Eucharids and Synopsis of Eucharinae 186 Beutenmueller, Wm. Descriptions of N, A. Tineidae 139 Coleopterological Notes 156 Food plants of Lepidoptera 157, 180 Blanchard, Frederick. Notes on Coleoptera 85 A correction and note on Anthonomus 176 Bollmann, Prof., Charles H. New genus and species of Polydesmi- dae 45 N. A. Myriapods 81 Brooklyn Ent. Soc. Meetings. 20), 40, 60, 80, 160, 180, 199, 220 Bruce, David. Ecpantheria reducta 14 Food plants of Geometridae 47 An Arctian and a History 140 Larva of Arctia Brucei 219 Butler, Arthur G. Notes on certain N. A. Lepidoptera 17, 35, 120 On Huebner’s ‘‘Tentamen,’’ 17 Casey, Le. Notes on Stenus and Barinus 125 Cook, A. J. Notes on certain Buprestidae 59 Coquillett, D. W. Synopsis of Lordotus 115 Doll, Jacob. A Hint to rearers of Lepidoptera 22 Edwards, Henry. New species of Mexican Heterocera 89 Early stages of Orgyia nova 146 Early stages of some N. A. Lepidop- tera 161 New genera and species of N.A. Moths 181 Catalogue of species of Higher Hete- rocrera not in Grote’s Check List, 1882, 221 Entomological Club A. A. A. S. Proceedings 101, 121 Fernald, Dr. C. H. N. A. Pyralidae 37, 127 Revision of Acrolophus and Anaphora by Lord Walsingham 195 Fernald, H. T. Notes on Erebus odora 78 Gerstaecker, Dr. Position of genus Pleocoma 202 Graef, Edward L. Some new Bombycidae 41 Grote, A. R. Note on Nola and Arctia 147 Hagen, Dr. H. A. Ixodes in human ear 124 An Illustration of N. A. Sphingidae 173 Hood, L. E. A Field Note 16 Horn, Dr. Geo. H. Notes on Lachnosterna 141 Position of genus Pleocoma 233 Howard, L. O. ° Notes on Parasites and food plant ot Cryptorhynchus Lapathi 159 Hulst, Rev. Geo. D. Salutatory as Editor 2 Catocala Marmorata 3 Notes on Geometridae (No. 3) 9 Notes on certain Pyralidae 21 Catocala badia 27 Book Notices 39, 57, 80, 218 Lepidopterological Notes 49, 140 Larva of Sisyrosea inornata 66 ec Aplodes rubrolineata 72 a Acidalia insularia 175 06 Hemileuca Nevadensis 191 UG Chlorosea bistriaria 193 Notes on Mr. Walker’s Geometridae 113 New species of Pyralidae 129 National Museum, Collection of In- sects 148 A Bee new to Entomologists 172 A Summer Trip to S. California 18) Correction of mistake in article by Juelich 200 New species of Geometridae No. 4. 213 American species of Callimorpha 218 Deilephila lineata 219 INDEX TO AUTHORS AND SUBJECTS Juelich, Wm. Cryptorhynchus Lapathi 123 Leng, Chas. W. Synopses of Cerambycidae 4, 23, 44 Linell, M. L. Note on Dytiscus 27 Notes on some Coleoptera 171 Lugger, O. An entomological curiosity 83 Moeschler, H. B. On Bolina fascicularis 197 Murtfeldt, Mary E. Maternal affection in Entilia 177 Packard, Dr. A. S. Certain Psychidae and descriptions of Bombycidae 51 Myriopoda or Myriapoda 120 Popenoe, Prof. E. A. Euscirrhopterus Gloveri 178 Ricksecker, L. E. Notes on Pleocoma fimbriata 212 Schwartz, E. A. Corrections of Henshaw’s List 13 Seifert, Otto. Parorgyia parallela 93 Slosson, Annie T. Note on variety of Ecpantheria scribo- Nia, var. 185 Description of Ecpantheria denudata 212. Smith, John B. Remarks as retiring Editor 1 Antennal structure of Cressonia 2 Identification by skin of larva 16 Euerythra trimaculata, n. sp. 17 Notes from Berliner Zeitschrift 18 Book Notices 19. 55, 59, 60, 80 New species of Callimorpha 25 Notes on certain Acronyctae 36 A voice from the Wilderness 39 | | Notes on Apion and New Species 56 New Genus and Species of Arctiidae 79 Callimorpha 88 Cockroaches 88 What is a Species in the Genus Arctia ? 109 A new Sphinx 153 Notes on Diludia 154 ‘A Wicked Worm 196 W. W. Hill, Obituary 235 Tallant, W.N. Inquiry about keeping Pupae 120 Townsend, C. H. T. Life History of Lygaeus Turcicus 53 Uhiler Pak Notes on Capsidae and New Species 29, 67, 149 Ulke, Hy. A new species of Amphotis 77 Underwood, Dr. L. M. The Scolopendridae of U. S. 61 Walsingham, Lord. Tabulation of Genera of Anaphorinae 195 Washington Ent. Soc. Meetings. 20, 60, 199 Weeks, A. C. Oviposition of Tachina 126 Exomias pellucidus 188 Capturing Carabus serratus 194 Weeks, A. G. Chionobas semidea 12 Werum, J. H. Notes on Pupae 26 Williston, Dr. S. W. Catalogue of N. A. Syrphidae 27 New Genus and Species of S. A. Tach- inidae 151 Wright, W. G. Deilephila lineata 219 INDEX OF SYNOPSES AND TABLES. COLEOPTERA. Ceramibycileets aio. lscss es: 4, 23, 44 Microclytus’, 0/5) tac + tree eee 23 MOMMIES eR sres Se cise hes oa be ks 8, 23 INeoc ly tuscan meintens eee eee 4 MP MIGPNOFUS fh sos oy oss oe SY 23 dillomonpliaks vere aur aa eee 24 HUGE COSM pet reore to cre a rs 24, 44 Mylotrechushy och mee Ae ee 4 MEN SECIEST ORS were sn sé sid wie Od S's eae) LEPIDOPTERA. J NTE SSUES Si ey Reale ciara EZ CREA OCIA 195 HYMENOPTERA. NCO MIS ae Eesti oe a Mele alesis 99 Elolopedinai)... eins eee ae ae eee 97 JNO» 36 6. BOO EE MIG RC RCO Cenera 74 ENGTIST Sy oyscroauee era nace ore ee eee 119 PATALCIIS EMER eet sctex sie c ichewsrs < sles Has .118 qsobrachivumee spi see ee eee 76 AOI GLO IT UL Spen Conse ch tev aafeys che 'dh ert, aieva we iciehs 74 Ma beO®, ee eaicusiste nae ieee: eee eee 74 [NWO ONES y Ga A Ae, ot a, eR 97 MEV SOCERUSEs JGeta oe a hee es rte 98 PAURIRO TUS Mee tess ae cee ea ois sates 98 Mevaspilust asnwe oe er eee 98 COM EM cunaey. eR Charan Koeln sess ate 99 IREnISEITNIS 2 tari eects cae ee 76 ABV CCUG ese way yar tlk cs Ads ae 118 Riatyoasterina cya 73 Det NOR 4 ete eerie ene Sipe 73, 75 REOC(OtRUpPESHae eae ene Seetle BEE INVIUSHR et arate ere Mises we edie 3 97 Proctotrupidae as. 92s) ose see 73 CET DINRO NS Ba Rene ely acne NCSC Nene 97 Rroctoimupimac seer eee eels) Cerejoineniness Sana gonodsy ccouse 73, 97 Prosacanthia wees selects 100, 117 Wie ulin sere dei sese eeiewie esis Be oa 73 Scelio: awit s Aen atta an en ee a 119 HOIay nano e AP mei a Seis ssis cee 74 SICA NOMIC sido dp eagomaad eos ¢ 73, 99 LOURDES i ac he en re ee 74 DOLErOChEOa 4 as Agee oss 2 ee 75 PAMDOIEMMIMI Ze cea e see Mele stecscte« 75 Sicnolae... part At a eee 75 DMO SINUS Senos sag aomc Ue se ae 79 MO PAVASION sy.) ev Spe eya de acre 118 SIDS ICS. Soy eo ROn State eStore 76 PEMCAS) 2's Ek sce espe Aen Ree 100 GEA ee ya evepeva ee oetN in ise orcas 186 Mele OUNUSH Feces this 5s ae 118 Eonanopustar eatentgecle Mecdai ees cial 2 74 ithorony = Oa Siglo Ae 99 APOTMOZUS Nees eloaericies has eee ae alice. 76 ‘Drichosteresis/2275 4. 1. eee ae 98 tadiONOtUSir sri osciea se es . 118 iRrisacantha~ 3245) S.. cane ren 117 IFICOMIOE Ets Ge arin Seo. JIG Ee Ree 74 NCENOMIEKUS 0 ho mates Tee 100 BUCLOLU Stas ys ioc tavarevoie Ra isicke ses bots. hei we 74 SCOLOPENDRIDZ. PNA GIMOSLOM A (ois ore yclelavstars steers» Bis 63 Scolopendira psgsepte orl setae 63 (CoS pVICIOS by: aeRO apa ieee 65 Scolopocnyptopsi eee eee eerie 62 SONI MOTIVE Ac jcin coat css a vs eyte 3.) ee ot 64 DIPTERA. ILO edass ROMA oun ones en 115 GENERAL INDEX. Acidalia impauperata 114 se insulata, Larva 175 ‘¢ tacturata 114 Acolus rubriclavus, n. sp. 99 Acrobasis alatella, n. sp. 135 os hystriculella, n. sp. 135 Acrolophus, Revision of, 195 s Davisellus, n. sp. 139 AG Hulstellus, n. sp. 139 x plumifrontellus, n. var. 140 wt violaceellus, n. sp. 139 peronycta brumosa 35 exulis 36 66 hamamelis 36 Es hilus 36 ee modica 36 aC noctivaga 36 ce subochrea 36 Address of G. W. J. Angell, retiring President 201 -Egerida, Catalogue of species not in Grote’s List, 1882, 2 Agabus parallelus 13 ** congener 13 Alypia gracilenta, n. sp. 41 Amphonyx Antaeus, Pupa of 164 Amphotis Schwartzii, n. sp. 77 Anaitis continuata 114 Anaphora, Revision of 195 Anaphorinae, Table of Species 195 Anceryx Edwardsii, Larva of 165 et Ello, Larva and Pupa of 166 Anerastia electella, n. sp. 137 as illibella, n. sp. 138 ee opacella, n. sp. 138 Angell, G. W. J. Remarks in A, A, A. S203 Anteon, Species of 74 Anteris elongata, n. sp. 118 Anthonomus pusilus 87, 176 pe signatus 14 Anthrenus, Note on 200 Ant Nests and their inhabitants, on 199 Apatela sancta, n. var. 185 Apetelodes diffidens, n. sp. 92 Aphelopus Americanus, n. sp. 74 Apion, Notes on species 56 ‘© lividum, n. sp. 56 Aplodes rubrolineata, Larva of 72 Arachnidae, Paper by L. M. Under- wood 122 Arctia Brucei, n. sp. 188 os ge Larva of 219 Franconia, n. var. 184 remissa, n. sp. 184 Notes on 60 : Notes ce ee Arctia, Species of the Genus 109 Ge Virgo and Saundersii 147 Arctiidae, Catalogue of Species not in Grote’s List, 1882, 227 Arctiidae, Structure oi Genera 199 Argynnis Bellona, Chrysalis of 162 ss Nausicaa, Notes on 190 Argyrophyes nigrofasciata 17 Arsilonche albivenosa 171 Aspilates accessaria 10 se atropesaria 10 oe coloraria 10 ss cruentaria 10 OG dissimilaria 10 oe liberaria 10 “ce Lintneraria 10 ee olenusaria 10 ct sphaeromacaria 10 aie unicoloraria, n. var. 217 ‘Ateleopterus nubilipennis, n. sp. 97 Atreus, A new Genus of Sphingidae 40) Atritomus rubiventris, n. sp. 98 Attacus Cecropia, Note on 26 Azelina rectisectaria 113 Baeoneura cinctiventris, n. p. 99 36 Floridana, n. sp. 99 Barinus cribicollis 87, 12 ae *¢ squamolineatus 12: Baryconus Floridarius, n. a 118 Bassett, Mr., Remarks in A.A.A.S. 104 Bee, New to Entomologists 172 Bethylinae, Genera of 75 Bethylus, Species of 97 Boarmia atrolinearia, n. sp. 214 ue Fernaldaria, n. sp. 215 Gb Floridaria, n. sp. 2 ce fuliginaria, n. sp. 215 BS furluraria, n. sp. 214 2 plumogeraria, n. sp. 216 ec Wrightiaria, n. sp. 215 Bolina fascicularis 197 “© cunearis 198 ‘* fasciolaris 197 ‘© ochreipennis 197 Bolteria, n. gen. 33 ihe amicta, n. sp. 34 Bombycidae, Catalogue of Species not in Grote’s List, 1882, 226 Bombyx habilus, n. sp. 91 Bonvouloiria, Notes on 200 Brachys ovata 59 Os: aerosa 59 ¥ Brandiostoma celer 63 Caberodes antidiscaria 113 California, A Trip to 189 GENERAL Callidryas Philea, Chrysalis of 162 Callmorpha, American species of 218 ce Notes on 88, 102 ee lactata, n. sp. 25 es Lecontei 20, 26 ce suffusa, n, sp. 25 Calosoma tepidum 13 Capsidae 27, 67 Carabus serratus 194 Caripeta angustipennis 9 | Catocala badia 27 es marmorata 3 Cautethia Grotei, Pupa of 164 Caverly, Wm., Illust. of Sphingidae 173 Cerambycidae, Synopses of 4, 23, 44 Ceraphron macroneurus, n. sp. 97 Cerathosia, n. gen. 79 3 tricolor, n. sp. 79 Ceratocampidae, Catalogue of Species not in Grote’s List, 1882, 232 Chaetaspis, n. gen. 45 oe albus, n. sp. 46 Chionobas semidea 12 Chloraspilates arizonaria 10 ; se bicoloraria 10 Chlorosea bistriaria, Larva of 193 Choerocampa tersa, Pupa of 164 fg turbata, n. sp. 89 Chrysophanus Xanthoides, Egg of 162 Cicindelae, Notes 15 Cicindela Beltragei, A monstrosity of 199 Cidaria inclinitaria 114 Cis bicarinatus 13 Citheronia sepulchralis, Larva of 168 Claypole, Prof. Remarks in A, A. A.5S. on Gasoline 106 Clemensia albata 120 Cleora atrilasciata, n. sp. 214 *¢ punctomacularia, n. sp. 214 Clytanthus albofasciatus 23 Oe ruricola 8 Cockroaches 88 Cochliidae, Catalogue of Species not in Crote’s List, 1882, 229 Collecting Notes 60, 80, 156, 160, 171, 189, 194, 199 Comstock, Prof. Address before A. A. FX. tt) 1M Remarks in A. A. A. S. 106 Cook, Prof. A. J., Remarks in A. A. A. S. 104, 105, 106 Cossidae, Species not in Grote’s List 232 Crambus Behrensellus, n. sp. 37 ae Bolterellus, n. sp. 37 Cie multilinellus, n. sp. 87 Cressonia, Antennal Structure 2, 20 Cricceris Asparagi 108 Crocota diminutiva, n. sp. 42 P-eeintermedia, ne Sp. a2 ‘« opelloides, n. sp. 42 Cryptops, Synopsis of Species 65 Cryptorhyncus Lapathi 123, 159, 160, 200 ce ce INDEX. Ctenucha imitata, n. sp. 91 ‘© — Scepsiformis, n, sp. 91 Cucujes clavipes 156 Cybocephalus unicolor 13 Cyllecoraria 29 Cyrtophorus verrucosus 23 Datana perspicua, Egg and Larva 170) Deilephila lineata 160, 219 Deilonche, New Genus Sphingidae 40 Diathrausta octomaculalis, n. sp. 127 Diludia, Notes on 154 ‘© — lanuginosa, n. sp. 89 Diommatus, n. gen. 32 sg congrex, n. sp. 33 Dioryctria bistriatella, n. sp. 136 Ge minutulella, n. sp. 136 Diphthera spissa, n. sp. 92 Drepanulidae, Species not in Grote’s List 231 Dryinus, Species of 74 Dytiscus hybridus 27 Eccritotarsus elegans, n. sp. 149 ‘Ecpantheria denudata, n, var. 212 as reducta 14 Ecpantheria Scribbonia 185 Elaphidion parallelum 59 Ellema coniferarum, Pupa of 167 Embolemus nasutus, n. sp. 75 Emerton, Mr. Remarks at A. A. A. 5. 122 Emprepes novalis 140 Encalus decipiens 14 Endropia tiviaria 113 Entilia sinuata 177 Entomologica Americana 4() Eois parvularia, n. sp. 213 ‘© scintillularia, n. sp. 213 Ephestia Ella, n. sp. 138 “ce opalescella, n. sp. 138 Epyris, Species of 76 Erastria pustulata 17 Erebus odora 78 Etiella villosella, n. sp. 133 Eucericoris guttulatus, n, sp. 150 Euchaetes immaculata, n. sp, 42 es murina, n. sp. 42 es Scepsiformis 42 Eucharinae 186 Euderces approximatus 44 ee paralellus 44 ac piciceps 24 & Pini 24 a6 Reichei 44 cr spinicornis 44 Euerythra trimaculata, n. sp. 17 kc phasma 20 Euhalesidota lurida, n. sp. 91 Euphanessa mendicata 176 Euryscelis suturalis 8 Euscirrhopterus Gloverii, Life Hist. 175 Eusemia Schausii, n. sp. 90 Exomias pellucidus 180, 188 GENERAL Fidonia alternaria 9 ‘ fimitaria 9 ‘¢ partitaria 9 ‘* stalachtaria 9 Formicidae of the U. S. 19 Geometra inclusaria 113 Geometridae, Food Plants of 47 Geophilus Salemensis, n. sp. 82 ge setiger, n. sp. 82 Glyptoteles rhypodella, n, sp. 137 Gonatopus, Species of 74 Gonepteryx Chlorinde, Chrysalis of 163 Goniozus foveolatus, n. sp. 76 Ke grandis, n. sp. 76 Gorytodes californiaria 10 ce dulcearia 11 GC incanaria 10 ye personaria 11 ce trilinearia 11 Graef, E. L., Remarks in A.A.A.S. 103 Gymnusa variegata 13 Halesidota significans, n. sp. 182 Haltica Alleni 122 Hawk Moths of N. A. 39 Helorus paradoxus 74 Heme ophila Packardiaria, n. sp. 217 Hemileuca Nevadensis, Larva of 191 ee Yavapai, Larva of 167 Hepialidae, Species not in Grote’s List, 1882, 232 Heterocampa unicolor, Larva of 168 Heterolocha Snoviaria, n. sp. 213 Hill, W. W., Obituary 235 Hister repletus 85 Holopedina nubilipennis, n. sp. 97 Hoplinus multispinus, n. sp. 155 Howard, Notes on Say’s Works 200 Hoy, Dr. Remarks in A. A, A. S. 122 Hulst, Rey. Geo. D., Remarksin A. A. A. S. 103 Hydrocampa nebulosalis, n. sp. 127 Hydronotus Floridanus, n. sp. 118 ae Species of 118 Hydropsyche, Note on 60 Hymenoptera, Synopsis by Cresson 80 Hyparpax Aurora, Larva of 169 Inguromorpha, n. gen. 182 os Slossoni, n. sp. 183 Isobrachium, Species of 76 Isognathus inclitus, n. sp. 90 Ixodes Bovis 124 Laheo, Species of 74 Lachnosterna, Notes on Species of 141 Lagoa Fioridana, n. sp. 187 Lepiodes approximaria 11 us escaria 11 es interruptaria 11 Mi scolepacinaria 11 Lintner, Prof. J. A., Remarks in A. A. AS; Ale 22 INDEX. Liparidae, Species not in Grote’s List, 1882, 229 Lithobius Holzingeri, n. sp. 83 Lophyrocera Floridana, n. sp. 187 Lordotus, Synopsis of Species 115 Be apicula, n. sp. 116 fs canalis, n. sp. 115 ae miscellus, n. sp, 116 ee zona, n. sp. 116 Lycomorpha Augusta, n. sp. 91 Lygaeus Turcicus, Life History 53 Lygocerus, Species of 98 Magdalis armicollis 86 Marmopteryx gibbocostata 9 be strigularia 9 Marx, Dr. Geo., Notes on Scorpionidae 50 Maury, Mr. Remarks in A.A.A.S. 107 Mayr, Dr. Gustav, Notice of work by 19 Mecas inornata 86 Megacoelum grossum, n. sp. 70 oe mundum, n. sp. 71 ke pusillum, n. sp. 71 Megaspilus hyalinipennis, n. sp. 98 ee Species of 98 Melinna, n. gen. 68 6 fasciata 69 Ee modesta, n. sp. 69 ss pumilla, n. sp 69 Microclytus, Synopsis of Species 23 Mordellistena splendens 199 Morris, Dr. J. G., Remarks in A. A. A. S. 105 Museum Pests 200 Myelois aliculella, n. sp. 135 ‘© Georgiella, n. sp. 136 ‘« _zelatella, n. sp. 136 Myriopoda, Note on Spelling 120 Mystrophorus Americanus, n. sp. 128 Napuca orciferaria, 114 National Museum Collection 148 Nebris pallipes 171 Nematus Erichsonii 121 Neoclytus, Species of 4 Nephopteryx amatella, n. sp. 131 ee bifasciella n. sp. 132 ks caliyinella, n, sp. 131 ye carneella, n. sp. 131 ce furlurella, n. sp. 131 se hapsella, n. sp. 132 ch odiosella, n. sp. 132 a subrufella, n. sp. 132 ce tenebrosella, n, sp. 131 Nola minuscula 120, 147 ‘© fuscula 120, 147 ‘* nigrofasciata 17 Notodontidae, Species not in Grote’s List. 1882, 230 Oedemasia concinna, Food Plants 157 Oellopus tantalus, Pupa of 163 Opisthemega, Synopsis of 64 GENERAL Orasema minuta, n. sp. 188 «¢ —_violacea, n. sp. 187 Orgyia leucostigma 56 “ nova, Larva of 146 Otidocephalus Poeyi 199 Pamillia, n. gen. 31 oo Behrensii 31 Pamphila Ethlius, Chrysalis of 163 Parajulus rugosus, n. sp. 81 Parasa fraterna, Larva of 169 Parorgyia parallela, Life History 93 Pasimachus sublaevis 156 Pempelia albipenniella, n. sp. 133 ee mulleolella, n. sp. 133 es quantulella, n. sp. 134 Pericopidae, Species not in Grote’s List, 1882,, 227 Periostichus Tartaricus 156 Perisemus, Species of 76 Phengodes, © of 107 Philampelus Vitis, Pupa of 165 Phlegethontius rusticus, Pupa of 164 Phragmatobia rubricosa, Larva of 168 Pieris occidentalis, Chrysalis 162 Pinipestis cacabella, n. sp, 133 Pityophthorus minutissimus 199 Platoeceticus Gloveri 51 Platygasterinae 73 Pleocoma, Position of the Genus 202, 233 oe fimbriata 212 Polydesmus nitidus, n. sp. 45 Prionus 85 Proctotrupes melliventris, n. sp. 99 gs Species of 98 Proctotrupidze 73, 97 Pronuba Yuccasella, Notes on 107, 108 Prosacantha Americana, n. sp. 100 os fuscipennis, n. sp. 117 gs macrocera, n. sp. 117 ab mandibularis, n. sp. 117 ee minutissima, n. sp. 117 és Species of 100, 117 Protoparce dilucida, n. sp. 89 Psallus delicatus, n. sp. 34 Pseudosphinx Tetrio, Pupa of 165 Psyche carbonaria, n. sp. 51 «* confederata, Larva and Pupa 168 Psychidae, Notes on 51 Ot Species not in Grote’s List, 1882, 230 Pterophoridae, Notice of Classification 80 Pyralidae, Synonomy of some Species 21 nS New Species 37, 127, 129 Rand, E. C. M., Coleoptera exhibited in Ve AGE AGS. LOD Repa cana 120 . Rhinocloa Citri, n. sp. 155 Raley. Wra@.V.. Remarks in A. A. A. S. 102, 103, 104, 107, 121 Saturnidae, Species not in Grote’s List, 1882, 231 INDEX. Saunders, Prot., Wm., Remarks in A. At Ach opel Oo Scelio fuscipennis, n. sp. 119 ‘« hyalinipennis, n. sp. 119 “Gm peclesiOn lv Scelionidae 73 Scepsis Edwardsii, Larva of 167 Schwartz, E. A. Note on Thos. Say 60 Scirpophaga fasciella, n. sp. 38 Be flavicostella, n. sp. 38 Scelerochroa, Species of 75 Scolopendra, Synopsis of 63 Scolopendridae of U. 5. 61 Scolopocryptops, Synopsis of f Scorpionidae, Morphology 199 Scytonotus cavernarus, n. sp. 46 Selenia aesionana 114 ‘© —alciphearia 113 Semiothisa aequiferaria 114 ee caesiaria, n. sp. 217 Sierola, Species of 75 Silvanus planatus 171 gs Surnamensis 18 Sisyrosea inornata, Larva of 66 Smith, John B., Notes by 20, 60 oS Report as Editor 40 Ot Remarks in A. A. A. 5. 102, 103, 106, 122 Sparasion, Species of 118 Sphaerocysta Peckhami, n. sp. 156 | Spermatophthora bonifatella, n. sp. 135 GC gemmatella, n. sp. 134 AQ a Graciella, n, sp. 134 “e montinatatella, n. sp. 134 se mulilineella, n.sp. 134 Sphingidae, Illustration of 173 cS Species not in Grote’s List, 1882, 223 Sphinx Coloradus, n. sp. 1538 Spilosoma nigroflava, n. sp. 43 se Virginica, Aberration of 140 Stenaspilates Meskearia 9 Stenoptycha pallulella, n. sp. 137 ee pneumatella, n. sp, 187 Stenus, Notes on 85, 125, 176 Strongylazoma Poeyi, n. sp. 82 Synchloe Janais, Chrysalis of 161 Syrphidae, Additions to Catalogue 27 ae Notice of Synopsis of 59 Tachina, Ovipositing of 126 Talocera, n. gen. 152 “ce Smithii, n. sp. 153 Tarache delecta 20 Teleas, Species of 100 *¢ — dolichocerus, n. sp. 100 ‘« infuscatipes, n. sp. 100 Telenomus, Species of 118 Teratocoris discolor, n. sp. 68 se herbaticus, n. sp. 67 Tephrosia abraxaria 114 ee carnearia, n. sp. 216 es celataria, n. sp. 216 GENERAL INDEX. Tephrosia fautaria, n..sp. 216 ve Nevadaria, n. sp. 217 f. scitularia 114 Tetralopha Baptisiella, n. sp. 128 Thamnonoma marcessaria 9 Thecla Halesus. Chrysalis 162 Thelcteria costaemaculalis 140 Thia, n. gen. 181 ‘¢ extranea, n. sp. 181 Thoron, Species of 99 <« pallipes, n, sp. 100 Thyridae, Species not in Grote’s List, 1882, 224 Thyridopteryx ephemeriformis, Food plants 157 Tillomorpha, Synopsis of Species 24 Tomoxia bidentata 171 Toripalpus adulatalis, n. sp. 129 oh lunulalis, n. sp. 130 gs incrustalis, n. sp. 130 Trichosteresis, Species of 99 Triprocris basalis, n. sp. 91 Trisacantha, n. gen. 117 Trisacantha Americana, n. sp. 117 Tychicus lineellus 87 Uniola paniculata, Insects living on 199 Ulke, Notes on Exchanges 60 Uxia albida 120 Voice from the Wilderness 39 Weeks, A. C., Note by 20 Worm, A wicked. 196 Xenomerus, Species of 100 es rubicola, n. sp. 100 Xylotrechus, Synopsis of Species 4 Yucca filimentosa, Fructification of 107, 108 Zophodia Bollii 140 ? Zygaenidae, Species not in Grote’s List, 1882, 225 ERRORS ann CORRECTIONS. Page 35, for A. G. Butler, L. W.S:, Iu. Z.S., read A. Ge Butler, Fok vou) bee ** 107, bottom line, for trusts read thrusts. ** 120, line 11, for wither read whiter., ** 134, line 11, for gemmatilla read gematella. ** 136, line 2 from bottom, for minutularia read minutulella. ** 153, line 15, for Capada read Chapada. ‘© 177, line 1 and elsewhere in article for Eutilia read Entilia. Titec ** 218, for Gallileo read Galileo. All through Mr. Moeschler’s article for Zwmeavis read cunearis. 4 } me re Nt AOS b eal tae Ot Gee i Sings nui i 3 9088 01267 9080