%^ C/ ?C JOURNAL OF THE NEW YORK ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY ^tvatziSi ta ^wXoxtxaXoQXi in i&znzx^l Volume XVII, 1909 Edited by William Morton Wheeler NEW YORK Published by the Society Quarterly 1909 ;i\o5i> Press of The New era printing Cohpanv Lancaster, Pa Contents of Volume XVII ARTICLES. Banks, Nathan, New Genera and Species of Tropical Myrmeleonidse . . i New Tropical Pseudoscorpions ...... 145 Brues, C. T., Some New Phoridse from the Philippines .... 5 BUENO, J. R. DE LA TORRE, The Notonectid Genus Buenoa Kirkaldy . . , -74 COCKERELL, T. D. A., AND W. W. ROBBINS, Some New and Little Known Coccidae . . . . . 104 COMSTOCK, W. P., On the Use of Coal Tar Creosote as a Preventative of Cabinet Pests ......... 73 Davis, Wm. T., Owl Pellets and Lisects 49 The Camp at Lakehurst ....... 95 A Cricket New to New Jersey 187 Dow, R. P., On the Origin of Entomological Names . . . -51 EwiNG, H. E., New American Oribatoidea . . . . . . .116 Fall, H. C, A Short Synopsis of the Species of Ochodasus Inhabiting the United States 30 GiRAULT, A. A., A New Chalcidoid Genus and Species of the Family My- maridse from Illinois, Parasitic on the Eggs of the Weevil Tyloderma foveolatum (Say) .... 167 Hayhurst, Paul, Observations on two Species of Hynlopterus . . . 107 Knaus, W., Notes on Coleoptera ........ 71 iv Contents. KUWANA, S. I., Coccidse of Japan (III). First Supplemental List of Jap- anese Coccidse, or Scale Insects, with Description of Eight New Species 150 Coccid?e of Japan (IV). A List of Coccidae from the Bonin Islands (Ogasawara-Jima), Japan . . . . 158 Leng, Chas. W., A New Clerus . . . 103 Matausch, Ignaz, Gynandromorphic Membracidae ...... 165 OsBURN, Raymond C, The Odonata of the Biologia Centrali-Americana . . 39 ROHWER, S. A., The Sawfly Genus Cryptocampus in Boreal North America 7 SCHAEFFER, ChAS., Four New Cerambycidse 99 Three Cuban Coleoptera New to the Fauna of the. United States 148 Sleight, Chas. E., Catocala Herodias Strecker, at Lakehurst, N. J. . . 166 Smith, John B., New Species of Noctuidae for 1909 57 Wheeler, W. M., A Small Collection of Ants from Victoria, Australia . . 25 A Decade of North American Formicidae . . . -77 A New Honey Ant from California 98 Observations on Some European Ants ..... 172 Proceedings 41, 90, 137, 189. Vol. XVII. No. I. JOURNAL OF THE NEW YORK Entomological Society, H)epote& to JEutomologig in (BeuevaL MARCH, 1909. Edited l)y William Morton Wheeleu. Publication Coiinitittee. E P. Felt. Charles Schaeffek. E. G. Love. W. M. Whbelek. F*iJilolishLecl Quarterly by ttie Society. L.\NC.\STER, PA. NEW YORK CITY. 1909. [Entered April 21, 1904, at Lancaster, Pa., as second-class matter, under Act of Congress o fjyViVi894.] 1 THE NEW enA PAINT. , LANCASTER . f COiYTEWTS. New Genera and Species of Tropical Myrmeleonidae. By Nathan Banks . . i Some New Phoridse from the Philippines. By Charles T. Brues . . 5 The Sawfly Genus Cryptocampus in Boreal North America. By S. A. Rohwer 7 A Small Collection of Ants from Victoria, Australia. By William Morton Wheeler . . . 25 A Short Synopsis of the Species of Ochod^eus Inhabiting the United States. By H. C. Fall 30 The Odonata of the Biologia Centrali-Americana. By Raymond C. Osburn 39 Proceedings of the New York Entomological Society 41 OF THE Published quarterly by the Society at 41 North Queen St., Lancaster, Pa., and New York City. All communications relating to the Journal should be sent to the editor, W. M. Wheeler, Bussey Institution, Forest Hills, Boston, Mass.; all subscriptions to the Treasurer, Wm. T. Davis, 46 Stuyvesant Place, New Brighton, Staten Is., New York, and all books and pamphlets to the Librarian, C. Schaeffer, Museum, Eastern Parkway, Brooklyn, N. Y. Terms for subscription, $2.00 per year, strictly in ad- vance. Please make all checks, money-orders, or drafts oayable to NEW YORK ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. Authors of each contribution to the Journal shall be entitled to 25 separates of such contribution without change of form. If a larger number be desired they will be supplied at cost provided notice is sent to the Editor before the page proof has been corrected. JOURNAL JOFtD ]9oFh €ln]^onioIogirflI %nM^. ToL. XVII. MARCH, 1909. > No. 1. NEW GENERA AND SPECIES OF TROPICAL MYRMELEONID.^. By Nathan Banks, East Falls Church, Va. Dimares pretiosa, new species. Head blackish, lower margin of labrum yellow ; vertex mostly pale, with three dark spots each side ; palpi black ; antennse black ; pronotum pale, with a large blackish spot on posterior part with three extensions forward to front margin ; thorax dull black, a pair of submedian pale spots on meso- and metanotum, and the hind border of meso- and metascutellum pale ; legs pale, femur faintly striped above near tip, and tips of tarsal joints darker ; abdomen brown to black, unmarked. Wings hyaline, with many large brown spots ; fore wings with some small basal spots, an oblique band of larger spots before middle, one beyond middle and before stigma of three large spots, one at stigma, ending in two smaller spots on the hind border ; the costal spot of this last band connects to the three connected apical spots. Hind wings with two or three small spots along radius in basal part ; a large spot in disk before middle ; an oblique band of three spots at middle, another band beyond middle ending in two spots on the hind margin ; the costal spot of this last band connects to the apical trifid spot, which, like that of the fore wing, leaves two hyaline spots, one before and one behind the tip of wing. Expanse 64 mm. Mollendo, Peru, Dec. The described species of Dimares may be separated by the follow- ing table : 1. No spots on the wings ; thorax pale in the middle, with a narrow median black stripe albidilinea Walk. Spots on the wings 2. 2. Thorax pale in middle, with a narrow median black stripe ; spots of wings nearly all separated and none forming bands across wings elegans Perty. Thorax mostly dark above ; spots forming more or less distinct bands, at least in the hind wings 3. 1 2 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xvii. 3. Hind wings with a small median spot at or before the middle 4. No such spot in hind wings ; a complete preapical band forked behind ; no spots on basal part of hind margin of hind wings venustus Bks. 4. Hind wings with three bands, partly connected together, the apical with two pale spots, fore wings with complete bands 5. Hind wings without complete bands, all more or less broken, not connected 6. 5. Hind wings with dark spots along hind margin before the middle; fore wings with apical third brown, and two bands subdolus Walk. Hind wings without spots along hind margin before middle, fore wings with three bands .formosus Bks. 6. Spots of anterior wings numerous and irregular, not forming bands, but rather along the apical and hind margin belhdus Bks. Spots of fore wings form three or four interrupted bands pretiosus Bks. Brachynemurus meridionalis, new species. Head pale, darker around bases of antennae, a brown band above antenna, rest of vertex pale ; tips of palpi dark, antennse pale, tip dark ; pronotum yellowish, a brown stripe each side; mesonotum brown, a pair of pale spots in front, and some streaks behind ; meso- and metascutellum pale, each with a pair of brown stripes ; legs pale, tips of tarsal articles darker ; abdomen blackish, pale at base. Wings hyaline ; fore wings with whitish veins ; the costa on basal half, the hind margin, and all the longi- tudinal veins are marked with small brown clouds at the end of each cross-vein ; stigma indistinct ; at end of median vein, or rather where it first forks, is a larger dark spot, and in the hind wings a much smaller one. Hind wings with dark veins, ex- cept the sub-costa and radius, which are pale and marked with dark spots ; the radia- sector at base, and the basal part of the cubitus also marked with pale. Three cross- veins before radial sector in fore wings, two in hind wings. Expanse 50 mm. From Sapucay, Paraguay, 30 Jan. Brachynemurus strigosus, new species. Head pale, a dark spot below each antenna, a median black line to labrum, a faint dark dot on each side of labrum ; palpi pale ; antennse pale at base, darker toward tip ; vertex with a median black line, a transverse black line each side in front, with an extension backward ; pronotum brown, above with three pale marks on front mar- gin, and the extreme sides pale, median lobe of mesothorax mostly brown, with three pale spots on each side, and one in middle behind ; the lateral lobes mostly pale, each with three blackish spots ; mesoscutellum pale, with a black spot each side ; lateral lobes of metathorax pale, with a transverse black mark, metascutellum blackish, with a pale median line forked behind , abdomen pale brown, darker on tip ; legs pale, tips of tibiae and of tarsal joints black ; spurs as long as first two joints. Wings hyaline ; fore wings with pale veins, mostly marked with dark brown in long patches, the cubitus has two or three especially prominent long patches of brown, the marginal veinlets are mostly brown, stigma yellowish, blackish at base. Hind wings with mostly dark veins, no spots; but the sub-costa and radius and part of radial sector are interrupted with pale. Fore wings narrow, sub-falcate at tips, three cross- veins basad of radial sector, the cubitus and median run closer together than in many forms ; hind wings more narrow, and more strongly falcate at tips ; the fork of cubitus runs parallel to anal for a long distance, two cross-veins basad of radial sec- Mar., 1909.] Banks : Tropical Myrmeleonid^. 3 tor ; in both wings the second and following branches of radial sector are bent so as to appear like one straight vein running toward the tip of wing. Expanse 48 mm. From Pedregal, Mendoza, Argentina. AustroleoD, new genus. Fore wings ; radial sector arises much before end of anal vein, the anal ends nearly as far out as first fork of radial sector ; but three cross-veins basad of radial sector. Hind wings ; the anal vein runs about one third the way to tip, bends down suddenly, and not parallel to the very short fork of cubitus, two cross-veins basad of radial sector. Legs not slender, first tarsal joint as long as next two ; spurs present, as long as first two joints. In both wings there are few, if any, costals forked before the stigma, and tips of all wings are sub-falcate. Meither of the species are heavily marked. Austroleon dispar, new species. Face pale ; a small dark mark under each antenna ; antenna pale, second joint marked with black, others with a black band, tips not very dark ; vertex with a median pale brown line, a spot in front each side, and some behind, pale brown ; palpi pale, last joint with a dark dot ; pronotum paler, the lower margin, a stripe each side, a median stripe behind, and two elongate spots in front are black ; thorax black, a submedian pair of sharply defined pale stripes, and pale stripes through bases of the wings, the anterior part of the median black stripe is divided by pale ; legs pale, femora heavily dotted with black, a few other dots; abdomen dark, with a faint pale stripe each side for one half way out. Wings hyaline ; fore wings with the costal and hind margin uniformly black, longitudinal veins pale, interrupted with black, a larger dark spot at end of the median, and at end of the anal vein before it bends to the margin ; stigma yellowish. Hind wings with mostly dark veins ; the radius, sec'or, and cubitus interrupted with pale ; stigma yellowish, the apical part of all marginal veinlets dark. Hind wings much narrower than fore wings ; both falcate at tips ; cells between branches of radial sectors elongate. Expanse 50 to 58 mm. From Pedregal, Mendoza, Argentina. Austroleon compar, new species. Face pale ; palpi pale ; a pale brown mark under each antenna, and a pale band above ; vertex with a transverse dark spot each side ; antennre pale, black toward tips ; pronotum pale, a broad black stripe each side to lower margin, leaving a very broad pale middle area ; thorax pale, a blackish stripe each side above the wings, scutellum with a faint median dark line; legs pale, femora darker each side toward tip, and tips of tarsal joints dark ; abdomen pale, blackish beyond the middle, the tips of some of the pale segments black above. Wings hyaline ; fore wings with veins interruptedly brown, the brown never extending out on the mem- brane ; a dark spot near tip of the median vein ; stigma pale, dark at base. Hind wings similar, with dark spots less distinct : the cells between the branches of the radial sector are all large, none compressed ; hind wings not so much narrower than fore wings. Expanse 32-38 mm. From Pedregal, Mendoza, Argentina. 4 Journal New York Entomological Society. [VoI. xvii. Macroleon, new genus. Fore wings ; anal vein ends before first fork of radial sector; 12 to 15 cross- veins before radial sector, many of them crossed ; cubital forks very divergent, and much before end of anal, radial sector with numerous branches. Hind wings ; the anal vein runs into the fork of cubitus, and not into margin ; 5 or 6 cross-veins before radial sector. Wings long, broad near tip, but pointed ; costal series single. Spurs not as long as first tarsal joint ; antennse long. Type Myrmeleon validus McLachl. Nesoleon, new genus. Fore wings ; the anal vein ends before the fork of radial sector ; about 9 cross- veins before radial sector ; the fork of cubitus runs parallel to anal for some distance, Hind wings ; about 8 cross-veins before radial sector ; the fork of cubitus runs parallel to anal for some distance. In both pairs the wings are short and broad, and broadly rounded at tips. Spurs not as long as first tarsal joint, and very slender and weak. Nesoleon braunsi, new species. Face black in middle, a large yellowish spot each side, clypeus pale ; palpi black at tip ; antennre black ; vertex black ; two transverse pale lines each side, connected near middle ; pronotum pale, with three broad black stripes, the lateral ones con- taining a pale streak, the median one enlarged near middle ; thorax with middle area pale, with a median black stripe through the scutelli ; the anterior lobe of mesothorax black, with a pale spot each side behind ; lateral lobes with some pale spots over bases of wings ; abdomen black. Legs pale ; femora blackish above ; tibire with two black bands ; and tips of tarsal joints black. Wings pale, or rather blackish, since this latter color occupies the greater part of the surface, especially in the male ; in the latter the fore wings are black from tip to one third near base, where the black is broken up into small spots ; the stigma is white, two white spots under radius near middle, and some small white spots along the median vein. Hind wings of male still more evenly black, the basal third pale, and stigma white. In the female the hind wings are nearly as in the male, but the pale extends farther out from base and there is a pale spot under radius near middle ; the fore wings have the brown or blackish much broken up ; thiee larger pale spots ; one near middle under radius, one at the stigma, and a third in the disc behind these ; the apical part of wing has as much pale as dark ; the hairs borne by the veins are snow-white. Spurs short and weak, very slender. Wings broad, rounded at tips ; in fore wings the anal ends before first fork of radial sector ; 9 veins before radial sector ; the fork of cubitus runs parallel to the anal for a long distance, also in the hind wings, and here there are 8 cross-veins before radial sector. Antennae very short ; abdomen of male, as well as of female, shorter than wings. Expanse 38 to 43 mm. From Willowmore, Cape Colony, Dec. (Dr. Brauns). Mar., igog.] Brues : New Phorid^ from Philippines. SOME NEW PHORIDiE FROM THE PHILIPPINES. By Charles T. Brues, Milwaukee, Wis. The following two species of Phoridae, both belonging to the genus Aphiochceta, were recently sent to me by Mr. Ernest E. Austen, of the British Museum. Both prove to be new to science, and I have his kind permission to publish descriptions of them. The types are in the British Museum, and cotypes in the collections of the Public Mu- seum of the city of Milwaukee. These are the first species to be pub- lished from the Philippines, although many others doubtless occur there, among them quite probably some of those recently described from New Guinea and the neighboring islands. The present ones were collected by C. S. Banks, of the Bureau of Science in Manila. Aphiochaeta banksi, new species. .\fale a ud female. Length 2.5-4.5 mm. Pale testaceous, the head more or less infuscated above, abdomen marked with piceous. Front as wide as long, with an ocellar tubercle and median frontal groove. Four proclinate setae, all well separated, and the lower pair strong, well developed. Bases of first row of reclinate setae forming a downwardly bowed line with the upper proclinate pair, all of these six being at about an equal distance from the lower margin of the front and equidistant from each other. Second row of reclinate setae forming a slightly curved line well above the middle of the front, the lateral ones very close to the eye-margin. Ocellar row as usual. Cheeks each with two stout, downwardly directed macrochsetce and a row of small bristles close to the eye-margin. Postocular cilia strong, slightly enlarged below. Antennae almost spherical with dorsal, nearly bare arista. Palpi comparatively large, without stout bristles. Proboscis stout and prominent, although short, of chitinous structure. Thorax rather elongate, finely hairy. One pair of dorsocentral macro- chaeta; and four strong marginal scutel- lar bristles, the lateral pair being nearly as stout as the median one. Margin of mesonotum between the base of the wing and the scutellum on each side with two very strong macrochaetae. Abdomen testaceous or pale yellow, marked with piceous as follows : a deli- cate posterior margin on the first seg- ment; abroad one on the second, which Y\G. i. — AphiocJurta banksi, n. sp. is widened laterally ; third and fourth igg and wing of female, segments entirely black, except for a median elliptical space which touches the anterior margin, but is separated from the posterior one by a narrow band of black ; fifth with a dark spot at the sides ; hypo- pygium of male also dark. In the female the dark markings tend to weaken or to become smaller. Venter pale. Legs long and stout (Fig. l), the posterior femora Hind 6 JouRNAi, New York Entomological Societv. [Voi. xvii quite noticeably thickened ; anterior and middle tibiae very weakly ciliate ; posterior ones with about 12 unusually strong setula?. I-egs pale, the tips of the hind femora infuscated. Wings (Fig. l) hyaline, with yellowish veins; costal vein reaching fully to the middle of the wing or slightly beyond, with closely-set, short, fine cilia; auxiliary vein very indistinct ; first vein ending a little nearer the tip of the third than the humeral cross-vein ; third vein acutely forked, but very near to the tip so that the cell thus formed is small ; fourth vein but little curved ; fifth weakly bent towards the middle ; sixth slightly bisinuate ; seventh faint. Halteres pale. Numerous specimens of both sexes from Manila, Philippine Islands, "found breeding in culture media in Bureau of Science." They were collected by Dr. C. S. Banks. Aphiocbaeta curtineura, new species. Length 2.5-4 mm. Brownish testaceous, more or less of the front and abdomen above infuscated. Head comparatively flat antero-posteriorly. Front about as wide as high, with ocellar tubercle and median frontal groove ; brownish or quite dark, its bristles stout. Four proclinate seix, all of them very stout ; the lower pair as strong as the upper. Lower lateral angles each with a pair, the median one of which is dis- tinctly lower than the upper proclinate seta. Middle frontal row nearly straight, slightly bowed downward. Ocellar row as usual. Cheeks each with two stout macrochsetse at the lower angle, above which are a series of very small ones anteri- orly. Postocular cilia stout. Antennae nearly spherical, with a short, very slightly pubescent arista. Palpi small, but with very stout macrochsetse. Proboscis short and fleshy. Thorax thinly hairy, testaceous, with one pair of dorsocentral macrochsetse and only one pair of strong scutellar bristles. Mesopleural bristles five, of moderate size. Abdomen testaceous, with distinct brownish bands which are nearly contiguous in fully colored specimens. Sides dark above and apically, venter very pale. Legs testaceous, stout, the hind femora considerably swollen and weakly ciliate near the tip below ; darkened at the apex. Hind tibise strongly setulose, the setulse about 12 ^^^-^ in number, about two thirds as long as the di- _Jr^>^i^,_ir "^ anieter of the tibia at their insertions. Wings (Fig. 2) hyaline, elongate, the veins pale brown ; costal veins scarcely over one third the length of the wing, its cilia rather short and closely placed ; first, second and third veins entering the costa very Fig. 2. — Aphiochceta iiirtineura , close together, the cell at the furcation of the third n. sp. Wing. extremely small, though always distinct ; third vein at the tip somewhat swollen ; fourth vein very faintly curved, ending as near the wing tip as the fifth, which is also nearly straight ; sixth very weakly sinuate ; seventh fine but distinct. Halteres pale. Described from several specimens of both sexes included in the same vial with the preceding species, from which it differs by its very short costal vein, different ch^etotaxy of front and scutellum. Mar., 1909.] RoHWER : Crytocampus in Boreal North America. 7 THE SAWFLY GENUS CRYTOCAMPUS IN BOREAL NORTH AMERICA. By S. a. Rohwer, Boulder, Colo. This paper is the result of my studies on the Nematid genus CrypiocatnpHs (= Enurd). The species of this genus resemble each other in the color very much. For example, the males of bebbiance, viacgillivrayi, salicis-ovum, salicis-nodus and propinqmis cannot be separated by any reliable color character, yet they are all very distinct. This being the case, the old descriptions, which deal almost entirely vv'ith color, are of very little value. I have found the shape of the sheath and the sculpturing of the head to be constant within each species, and very valuable in separating the various species. The fol- lowing is an explanation of the terms used in this paper. Many of them are used in Mr. C. L. Marlatt's most valuable work on the Nematin?e of North America [Tech. Ser. 3, U. S. Dept. Ag., 1896]. Middle fovea := the fovea between the bases of the antennje. Middle carina = the carina between the bases of the antennte, below the middle fovea. This is sometimes wanting and is of little value in this genus. Antennal foveae = the foveje around the bases of the antennae. Frontal crest = the part of the front between the bases of the antennae, above the middle fovea. This is best seen from above. Ocellar basin = the basin around the lower ocellus. Interocellar furrow =the transverse furrow behind the lateral ocelli. Lateral ocellar furrow = the longitudinal furrows which usually extend from the occiput to the antennal foveae. The larvae of all the known American species make galls upon the twigs of some species of willow. It seems highly probable that each species is restricted to a certain species of Salix. I have found in the mouth of Boulder Canon, Colo., bushes oi Salix hdeosericea and Salix bebbiana growing so closely together that the twigs were intermingled, but in no case did I find C. macgiUivrayi in galls on Salix bebbiatia, or C. bebbia/icB in galls on Salix luteosericea. It is at present impossible, unless the adults are reared, to deter- mine with accuracy the galls of any species, with the exception of 8 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi.xvii. the few which have been reared from willows which were specifically^ determined. The galls of C. cooperce Ckll. and C. brachycarpce Roh. look alike, but occur on different species of Salix. Cryptocampus Hartig. Cryptocampus Hartig, Aderfl., p. 221 (1837). Enura Newman, Ent. Mag., Vol. 4, p. 259 (1837). Head small, seen from the front usually rectangular. Pentagonal area variable. Antennse 9-jointed, slender, usually distinctly tapering; longer in the $ than in the 9. Fore wmgs with three cubital cells, the second transverse cubitus wanting; stigma large ; lanceolate cell petiolate. Hind wings with two discal cells which are normally equal on the outer margin ; lanceolate cell of hind wings with a long petiole. Claws cleft, or with a large subapical tooth. Sheath variable. Cerci ( 9 ) very long, slender. Procidentia ( ,J ) variable but as a rule not very large. Hypo- pygium ( (J ) large, extending beyond the procidentia. Table of the Adults. (C albiricttis and C. orbitalis v. niger have been omitted. ) Females , !► Males 13. 1. Almost entirely bright reddish-yellow (basal half of stigma pale ; ocellar basin wel 1 defi ned ) macgillivrayi Roh . Black, or at least the thorax almost entirely black 2. 2. Clypeus entirely black 3. Clypeus with at least the apical margin pale 7- 3. Legs below the coxse bright reddish-yellow (upper margin of the sheath taper- ing; middle fovea circular, small, rather indistinct) .perditus Roh. Legs below the coxse and at least the femora at the base brownish 4. 4. Ridges around the ocellar basin wanting (the basin is indicated by a shallow depression); tegulre sometimes pale 5- Ridges around the ocellar basin present, but rounded ; tegulse black 6. 5. Lateral ocellar furrow deep, distinct ; antenn?e black ; sheath slightly emargi- nate above niger Prov. Lateral ocellar furrows almost wanting ; antennse more or less pale beneath ; sheath straight above salicicolaY.. A. Sm. 6. Sheath distinctly emarginate above ; labrum and mandibles entirely black. rnaurits Roh. Sheath straight above; labrum and mandibles testaceous insularis Kincaid. 7. Walls of the ocellar basin well defined, although not always strongly so 8. Walls of the ocellar basin obsolete 12. 8. Frontal crest unbroken (inner orbits broadly pale ; venation light brown ; legs entirely bright rufo-ferruginous) orbitalis Nort. Frontal crest distinctly broken 9. 9. Abdomen above entirely black ; inner orbits black and usually the posterior ones ; frontal crest trilobate brachycarpa Roh. Abdomen at the apex above pale ; inner and outer orbits pale 10, Mar., 1909.] ROHWER : CrYTOCAMPUS IN BOREAL NoRTH AMERICA. 9 10. Stigma, except extreme base, black (venation usually normal ; apical antenna] joint slightly shorter than the preceding one) bebbiana Roh. Stigma, except apex, pale II. II Apical antennal joint gradually tapering ; ocellar basin strongly defined ; lower discal cell of hind wings shorter than upper cooperce QW\. Apical antennal joint obliquely truncate ; ocellar basin not so strongly defined ; lower discal cell of hind wings longer than upper salicis-ovzun Walsh. 12. Length 3.5 mm. ; clypeus slightly emarginate .parvus Roh. Length over 4 mm. ; clypeus rather deeply emarginate salicis-tiodus Walsh. 13. Clypeus entirely black 14. Clypeus with at least the apical margin pale 15. 14. All the femora black , tnatirus Roh. Some of the femora pale salicicola E. A. Sm. 15. Legs below the coxae marked with brown 16. Legs below the coxae entirely reddish-yellow (apex of hind tibire sometimes brownish) 1 7. 16. Stigma tapering to an acute point ; clypeus narrowly notched. .mj« Faun. Ent. Can. Hym., p. 183, 1883. Enura orbitalis Thomas, loth Rept. State Entomologist 111., p. 69, 1880-1881. Enura orbitalis Ashmead, Col. Biol. Assoc, p. 40, 1890. Cryptocampus orbitalis Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., i, p. 227, 1894. Enura orbitalis Marlett, Tech. Sr. 3, U. S. Dept. Ag., p. 20, 1896. Cryptocampus orbitalis Konow, Genera Insectorum, p. 51, 1 905. Female. — Length 5 mm. ; length of anterior wing 5 mm. Plead seen from the side narrowed toward occiput. Clypeus deeply, circularly emarginate ; lobes long and rather sharp. Middle fovea subquadrate, distinct, walls somewhat sloping. Antennal foveas distinct above the antennae. Frontal crest prominent, unbroken. Ocellar basin not well defined, but the walls are sharp on the lower margin and about anterior ocellus. Interocellar furrow very faint ; lateral ocellar furrows rather broad and shallow, hardly reaching the antennal fovese. The head around the ocelli is rather closely, finely punctured. Fourth antennal joint a very little shorter than the third ; apical joint equal in length with the preceding one. Claws deeply cleft, inner tooth shorter. Venation normal ; stigma rounded on the lower margin, obliquely subtrun- cated at apex. Sheath broad at base, obtusely rounded at apex, the upper margin is not straight. Cerci slightly longer than the sheath above. Black : head except a large spot enclosing ocelli, pronotum, tegulse, abdomen beneath and apical segments above, legs entirely except the bases of the coxas sometimes, cerci ferruginous. The color on the legs and tegulae is sometimes somewhat pallid. Apical joints of the antennae brownish. Wings clear hyaline, iridescent ; venation pale brown, basal part of costa and stigma subpallid. Male. — I have not seen the male but it is colored like the 9 • Habitat. — Conn., 111., N. Y. (Norton); Canada (Prov.); Colo- rado (Ashm.). The gall consists of a lateral enlargment of the twig and varies from 4-9 mm. in length, and 3-4 mm. in width. It is monothalamous. Walsh's species gemma has the flagellum red beneath in the c?, but otherwise agrees in color with orbitalis. A comparison of the types of Mar., ic,o9.j RoHWER : CrYTOCAMPUS IN BOREAL NORTH AMERICA. 11 these two species might prove them distinct. The r? variety recorded by Norton (p. 49, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, i, 1867) is probably a dif- ferent species. I know of no Cryptocampus which is black above and pale beneath, but there are many Pontanice colored like his variety. It is quite possible that Dr. Ashmead has mistaken behbiana Roh. for orbitalis Nort. If such is the case orbitalis does not, as far as is known at present, occur in Colorado. The above description is drawn from two females received from Dr. MacGillivray. They were collected in New York state. 2. Cryptocampus orbitalis var. niger (Norton). Enura orbitalis Nort. var. nigra Norton, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, i, 1867, p. 71. Cryptocampus orbitalis var. 7iiger Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., i, 1894, p. 277. Cryptocafupus orbitalis var. «/§" wings with veins more deeply marked, as also the stigma. Average length 6 mm." Habitat. — Peoria, 111. (E. A. Smith). I regret I am unable to get the original description as it contains a description of the gall and larva. The gall is on Salix alba.'^ Eurytotna studiosa Say is parasitic on this species. The above description of the female was drawn up from two specimens received from the U. S. National Museum. They are darker in parts than Smith's specimens but are undoubtedly the same. She describes the legs as follows : " Coxas, trochanters and basal half of femora testaceous, the remaining portions much paler." 12. Cryptocampus niger (Provancher). Enura nigra Prov., Addit. Faun. Can. Hym., p. 346, 1888. Cryptocampus niger Dalla Torre, Cat. Hym., i, p. 277, 1889. Enura nigra Marl., Tech. Ser. 3, U. S. Dept. Ag., p. 20. Cryptocampus niger Knw., Genera Insectorum, p. 51, 1905. Female. — Length 4.5 mm. ; length of anterior wing 4.5 mm. Head narrow, not strongly rounded out in front. Clypeus rather narrowly, subangularly emargi- nate ; lobes broad, rounded at the apex. Superclypeal area on each side depressed Antennal fovese inconspicuous. Middle fovea almost wanting, indicated by a narrow line. Ocellar basin bounded by rather low walls, the height of which seems to vary in different specimens. Frontal crest low, slightly broken in the middle. Inter- * Salix alba is an introduced species. Is it possible that this may be one of the European Cryptocampi, or is it an American form that has taken to this introduced willow ? 22 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xvii. ocellar furrow wanting; lateral ocellar furrows narrow, deep, extending from near occiput to antennal foveje. Third and fourth antennal joints equal. Head and dorsulum finely, closely punctured; head perhaps more closely so. Mesopleurse not as highly polished as usual. Claws cleft, teeth subequal. Venation normal except that the lower discal cell of the hind wings exceeds the upi er and in some speci- mens the intercostal vein is wanting ; stigma gradually tapering from near base to apex. Sheath elongate, straight above, regularly rounded at the apex, hairs rather long. Cerci not as long as sheath, not tapering. Black : legs below middle of femora brownish-ferruginous ; apices of tarsi dusky. Wings hyaline, iridescent; venation light brown, costa and basal half of stigma pallid. Male. — Unknown to me. Habitat. — Canada (Prov.) ; Ithaca, N. Y. The above description was drawn up from two females received from Dr. A. D. MacGillivray. C. niger resembles salicicola E. A. Sm. but is quite distinct. 13. Cryptocampus brachycarps (Rohwer). Enura brachycarpa Roh., Can. Ent., xl, No. 6, June, 1908, p. 176. Female. — Length 5-5-5 'nni. ; length of the anterior wing about 5-5 ni™- Head seen from the side not abruptly narrowed toward occiput, fvenly rounded in front. Clypeus rather deeply, subangularly emarginHte ; lobes broad, rounded at apex. Antennal foveae large, broader below antennce, middle fovea deep, elongate, open at the top. Ocellar basin bounded by sharply raised walls, the lower of which is the higher. Frontal crest rather strong, with three lobes. Interocellar furrow present, not very strong; lateral ocellar furrows broad, but still sharply defined, extending from occiput to antennal foveae. Head rather sparsely punctured. Furrow of middle lobe of mesonotum distinct but not extending more than half its length. Third and fourth antennal joints equal ; apical joint not strongly tapering, equal in length to the preceding one. Mesopleurae shining. Claws deeply cleft, the inner tooth the shorter. Venation normal. Stigma rounded on lower margin, broadest a little basad to middle. Sheath rather broad, straight on upper margin, rounded at apex, hairs dense and long. Cerci not as long as the sheath above not strongly tapering. Black : lower margin of clypeus, labrum, mandibles, except tips, which are piceous, tegulse, extreme angles of pronotum sometimes, posterior and superior orbits sometimes, legs below coxje, except line on femora beneath, and apices of tibiae and tarsi sometimes, rufo- ferruginoHs. Apex of venter is in a few cases brownish. Wings hyaline, iridescent, venation brown, costa and basal third of stigma pallid. Male. — In general the male is much like 'he female. These differences are to be noted : lateral ocellar furrows are not so strong ; the apical four joints of the an- tennse are rufo- ferruginous ; the frontal crest is not trilobate but is notched; the lower discal cell of hind wings sometimes exceeds the upper ; the stigma is elongate, ob- liquely truncate at apex ; the inner tooth of claw is shorter. Procidentia rather small, rounded at apex. Hypopygium large, rounded at apex. Length 4-5 mm. Habitat. — Florissant, Colo. (Roh.); Ute Creek, Costilla Co., Colo., July 7, 1907, alt. 9000 ft. ( R. W. Dawson). Mar., 1909.] ROHWER : CrYTOCAMPUS IN BOREAL NORTH AMERICA. 23 The supposed gall of this species is much like the gall of C. cooperce Ckll. It is on Salix brachycarpa. The adult is very different from C. cooperce, easily distinguished by being darker, the different shaped stigma, etc. In color it is much like C. albirictus Cress., but is larger. There is no testaceous spot between the eyes, etc. 14. Cryptocampus parvus (Rohwer). Eniira ininuata Waldon, Can. Ent., Sept., 1907, p. 302, xxxix. Enura parva Roll., Can. Ent., xl, No. 6, June, I907, p. 176. Female. — Length 3.5 mm. ; length of anterior wing 3.5 mm. Head seen from the side is gently rounded in front. Clypeus rather shallowly, circularly emarginate ; lobes broad, subobtuse. Antennal fovese not strong. Middle fovea rather deep, elongate. Ocellar basin wanting. Above the frontal crest there is a shallowly de- pressed area. Frontal crest rounded, very genily emarginate in the middle. Ocellar furrows not strongly defined, almost wanting. Third and fourth antennal joints equal ; apical joint tapering, equal in length with the preceding ; fourth and fifth joints with a little spine at apex above. Head and dorsulum finely, closely punc- tured. Claws minutely cleft ; teeth equal or subequal. Venation normal. Stigma rounded on lower margin, rather acuminate. Sheath straight above, parallel-sided, rounded at the apex ; hairs rather long and dense. Cerci slightly tapering, longer than the sheath above. Dark brownish-black to black ; face below frontal crest, clypeus, labrum, mandibles (apices piceous), inner orbits narrowly, posterior and superior orbits broadly, angles of pronotum, tegulse, legs entirely, abdomen except a broad brownish band above and the sheath, reddish-yellow. Antennae brownish be- neath. Wings hyaline, not strongly iridescent ; venation pale brown, costa and stigma pallid. Habitat. — Ft. Collins, Colo. (April and May). This species should be easily recognized by its small size. It is most closely related to s. -nodus Walsh, but is quite distinct from that species. 15. Cryptocampus maurus, new species. Female. — Length 4 mm. ; length of anterior wing 4 mm. Head rounded, rather small. Short, robust species. Clypeus shallowly emarginate ; lobes broad, rounded at apex. Antennal fove^ large, deep, broader above the antennae. Middle fovea distinct, elongate, open above. Ocellar basin shallow, walls low, rounded. Frontal crest deeply notched. Interocellar furrow evident ; lateral ocellar furrows distinct from level of ocelli to antennal foveas. Antennae rather short ; third and fourth joints equal ; apical joint slightly rounded beneath, equal in length to preceding ones. Head rather finely, closely punctured. Dorsulum shining. Claws deeply cleft, inner tooth shorter. Venation of fore wings normal ; upper discal cell of hind wings small, greatly exceeded by the lower one on the outer margin. Stigma broadest at base, tapering to apex. Sheath distinctly emarginate above, broad at base, long, obliquely tapering to a rounded apex. Cerci as long as sheath above, thick for basal third, thinner the rest of the way. Black : labrum, mandibles, legs below femora (tarsi in- 21 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xvn. fuscated), and trochanters ^rf7w^^>/^. Wings hyaline, somewhat iridescent; venation brown, basal half or third of stigma subpallid. Male. — Length 3.75 mm. ; length of anterior wing 4 mm. Robust. In gen- eral much like the female, but differs as follows : Antennae longer ; walls of occllar basin sharply defined ; interocellar furrow placed near occiput and stronger ; lateral ocellar furrows distinct to occiput ; head more distinctly punctured ; stigma broader and rounded on the lower margin. Procidentia rather small, truncate at apex. Hy- popygium obtusely rounded at apex, rather large. Habitat. — A (^ and '^ , Tolland, Colo., alt. 888g ft., June 7, 1908 (S. A. Rohwer). Swept from Saiix sp. A very distinct species. Type in the author's collection. 16. Cryptocampus propinquus, new species. Enura orbitalis Ckll., The Southwest, Vol. 2, 5 March, 1 900, p. 113. Male. — Length 5 mm. ; length of anterior wing 4.5 mm. Head seen from the side rounded in front. Clypeus very shallowly emarginate ; lobes low and broad. Antennal fovese large, deep. Middle fovea distinct, elongate, open at the top. Ocel- lar basin with low but sharply defined walls. Interocellar furrow distinct ; lateral ocellar furrows deep, distinct from occiput to antennal fovese. Antennae wanting in the type. Head closely and rather coarsely granular. Dorsulum not as coarsely sculp- tured as head, apparently punctured ; furrow of middle lobe of mesonotum distinct for half the length of the dorsulum. Claws not very deeply cleft ; teeth subequal. Venation normal. Stigma a little wider at base, gently tapering to the apex. Proci- dentia rather broad, rounded at angles, truncate across apex. Hypopygium rather sharper at the apex than usual. Black : lower margin of clypeus, labrum, mandibles, (apices piceous), lower inner orbits, middle carina, superior and upper posterior orbits, spot on angle of pronotum, tegula, legs below coxae (apex of posterior tibiae and their tarsi infuscated), apical part of venter of abdomen, bright rediiis/i-yelloiu. Wings hyaline, iridescent, venation brown, including the stigma. Habitat. — Near Las Vegas, N. M. (Mary Cooper). "Saiix gall 61." Gal/ an enlargement of twig, abruptly so at base. The gall before me contained two insects and is not evenly developed on both sides. It reminds me of the abnormal gall of C. bebbiance Roh. It is on Salix sp. (The bark when dry is brownish-red.) If this gall is an abnor- mal one and as a rule is an abrupt, lateral, elongate swelling, the species is most closely related to bebbiance Roh., from which it may be sepa- rated by the foregoing table. If the gall is normal it is related most closely to macgiliivrayi 'R.oh., from which it maybe known by the dark stigma, the deep lateral ocellar furrows, the more shallowly emar- ginated clypeus, etc. Type in the author's collection. 17. Cryptocampus perditus (Rohwer). Enura pei'dita Roh., Can. Ent. Mar., 1909.] Wheeler : Ants from Victoria, Australia. 25 The description of this species has been sent to the "Canadian Entomologist." The only specimen I have is a male without a head. It may be briefly characterized as follows : Black, opaque ; tegulge, extreme angles of pronotum, legs orange-color or almost that dark. Venation normal, pale brown ; stigma a little paler at base, obliquely truncate at apex with the lower margin rounded. Procidentia narrow, truncate at apex ; hypopygium obtuse at apex. Habitat. — Delta and Ft. Collins, Colo. Type in the collection of the Colorado Agricultural College. A very distinct species easily separated by the foregoing table. A SMALL COLLECTION OF ANTS FROM VIC- TORIA, AUSTRALIA. By William Morton Wheeler, Boston, Mass. The following ants were collected by Mr. Charles F. Rawsey at Camberwell, Victoria, in a "hot, fairly dry, hilly area, with sandy (granite) soil and poor, scrubby vegetation ( ' box-timber ' ) . " There are no new species in the collection, but as it comprises a few hitherto unknown sexual forms, was made in a new locality, and is accompanied by some interesting notes, it is well worth recording. PONERlNyE. I. Ectatomma (Rhytidoponera) socrus Forel. Worker. — Length II-13 mm. Head longer than broad, somewhat broader in front than behind, with straight, subparallel sides, excised posterior margin, prominent, slightly recurved infero-pos- terior angles and a prominent, transverse postocular crest, obtusely angular on the sides and interrupted in the middle. Eyes large, very prominent, hemispherical, just behind the middle of the head. Mandibles flattened, with deflected, pointed tips and straight inner borders furnished with numerous teeth of different sizes and irregular distribution. Clypeus broadly rounded in front. Frontal carinse continued back to the middle of the head. Frontal area distinct. Antennal scapes surpassing the cor- ners of the postocular crest by about one third their length. Funicular joints slender, second joint longer than first. Pronotum behind with an indistinct protuberance on each side and an acute anteriorly directed spine on its antero-inferior corner. Pro- mesonotal and mesoepinotal sutures distinct but only slightly impressed. Petiole from above one and one half times as long as broad, about twice as broad through the node as through the peduncle ; in profile with a powerful, downwardly-directed anteroven- 2() Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xvii. tral spine, and with flattened, vertical anterior and posterior surfaces and horizontal dorsal surface to the node. Seen from behind the node is evenly rounded on the sides and above. Gaster rather short, convex dorsally, with subequal first and second segments. Legs rather long. Subopaque ; mandibles densely and finely striated and sparsely punctate. Cly- peus and upper surface of head coarsely rugose and covered with gross foveae which often lie in rows between the rug?e. The latter are longitudinal on the clypeus and front, but transverse on the occiput. Cheeks opaque, granular, with smaller and more scattered fovege. Thorax and coxk granular, the former transversely rugulose with scattered fovese like those on cheeks. Petiole a little smoother and more shining, with shallower fovese. Gaster coarsely shagreened and sparsely punctate, the first segment arcuately and finely rugulose. Hairs fulvous, short, erect ; scattered on the body, somewhat more conspicuous on the legs and antennal scapes. Piceous black ; mandibles, maxillse, tip of gaster, antennse and legs, including the coxae, reddish. Alale. — Length 1 1 mm. Head, including the eyes, about as long as broad, rounded behind, without any traces of the posterior angles or postocular crest. Mandibles well-developed, similar to those of the worker. Antennae long and slender, scapes fully two thirds as long as the second funicular joint, first funicular joint as long as broad ; joints 2-12 elongate, gradually diminishing in length distally. Pronotum with prominent infero- lateral spines like the worker. Mesonotum and scutellum convex; epinotum flattened as in the worker. Petiole about two and one half times as long as broad, but little narrower in front than behind, with prominent ventral spine and anterosuperior angles and a low, rounded node. Gaster more slender than that of worker. Legs long and slender. Opaque ; mandibles finely and densely striated. Head and clypeus reticulate- rugulose throughout, the former foveolate posteriorly. Pronotal sculpture like that of the worker. Remainder of thorax more coarsely reticulate-rugose than the head, rugae on base of epinotum longitudinal. Petiole and gaster somewhat shining, shagreened. Pilosity and color as in the worker, posterior gastric segments broadly yellow at the base. Wings infuscated, with black stigma. Six workers and two males, taken from a "small, red mound in clay soil. Digging disclosed a mass of small twigs or pieces of sticks, apparently arranged in order and covered and intermixed with clay to produce a regular formation, possibly for roofing or giving stability. Slaters [land Isopods] were found in the chambers with the ants, also a few workers of white ants." This species, which is allied to E. scabriwi Mayr, 7iiayri Emery and cristatum Mayr, was based on workers from Charters Towers, Queensland (Forel, Ann. Soc. Ent. Belg., XXXVIII, 1894, p. 236). 2. Ectatomma (Rhytidoponera) metallicum F. Smith. Eight workers and a male. According to Mr. Rawsey, the sting Mar.,1909.] Wheeler: Ants from Victoria, Australia. 27 of this species, which is often found associated with Cremastogaster rufotesiacea and In'doiiiyrinex detcctus, especially in inhabited or de- serted nests of the latter species, is "followed by a slightly painful and persistent itch." 3. Myrmecia nigriceps Mayr. Four typical workers. 4. Myrmecia pyriformis F. Smith. Seven workers and two large larvae. This is the " black bull-ant " and, according to Mr. Rawsey, is much less abundant in the mountains of Victoria than the preceding species, "the red bull-ant." The larvae resemble those of M. gulosa in my collection and are shaped like the larvae of Stigmatomma pallipes. They are fully 2 cm. long, non- tuberculate and covered with short, sparse hairs. MyRMICIN/E. 5. Cremastogaster sordidula dispar Forel. Five workers, two females and three males which agree perfectly with Forel' s description. There is no trace of a longitudinal furrow in the postpetiole of the worker. The specimens were " turned up accidentally in a spadeful of earth." DOLICHODER^N^. 6. Tapinoma minutum Mayr. Several workers and two dealated females. The latter measure 4.5 mm. and are very slender, "Obtained from a mound i ft. by i^ ft. in diameter, at foot of gum-tree. " 7. Iridomyrmex detectus F. Smith. Six workers and two males. This beautifully iridescent species seems to be common in all parts of Australia and does not vary to any considerable extent. It builds large, sandy mounds, sometimes several feet in diameter. Mr. Rawsey "counted 17 such mounds connected on a hot day by one stream of ants," indicating that a single colony extends over several nests. He states that the workers are harmless, /. e., do not sting and that their bite is a " mere pinch." 8. Iridomyrmex bicknelli Emery. Nine workers without noticeable differences from the typical form of the species. Taken from nests "at roots of ' tussock ' (a poor, but clumpy grass)." 28 Journal New York Entomological Society. Voi.xvii. 9. Iridomyrmex nitidus Mayr. IVorker. — Length 4.5-5 mm. Head, excluding the mandibles, about one fourth longer than broad, narrowed posteriorly and anteriorly. Posterior margin clearly excised. Eyes distinctly in front of the middle. Mandibles with numerous teeth. Clypeus with broadly rounded anterior margin. Frontal area large, and, like the frontal groove, indistinct. Anten- nal scapes surpassing the posterior corners of the head by about one sixth their length ; joints I, 2 and II of the funiculus fully twice as long as broad, remaining joints but little longer than broad, subequal. Thorax slender, pronotum distinctly narrower than the head, somewhat protuberant but flattened, broader than long ; mesonotum regularly elliptical, one and one half times as long as broad. Mesoepinotal con- striction deep and broad, flattened at the bottom. Epinotum long, with subequal base and declivity, the former flat in profile and falling off abruptly in front, with a vertical surface as long as the length of the mesoepinotal depression with which it forms a right angle. Declivity forming a rounded, obtuse angle with the base. Petiole higher but narrower than the epinotum, with flattened posterior and slightly convex anterior surface and rounded border, slightly produced in the middle above. Legs rather long. Smooth and shining throughout ; very finely, sparsely, and indistinctly punctate ; mandibles subopaque, more densely but finely punctate. Hairs and pubescence grayish, the former short, suberect or erect and scattered longer on the trunk, inconspicuous or lacking on the antennal scapes and legs. Pubescence very sparse, most distinct on the gaster, but not concealing the shining surface. Dark chestnut brown ; mandibles, clypeus, tarsi, articulations of legs, neck, mouth-parts, lower surface of head, thorax and petiole, brownish-yellow. Female. — Length 8.5 mm. Head similar to that of worker, but with somewhat sharper posterior corners and the clypeus bluntly but distinctly carinate. Thorax long and through the wing in- sertions considerably broader than the head. Prothorax with rounded sides sloping gradually forward to the neck. Mesonotum longer than broad. Epinotum rounded, without distinct basal and declivous surfaces. Petiole thick anteroposteriorly, espe- cially at the base, but becoming suddenly more attenuated towards the apex in profile, with flattened posterior surface and faintly notched superior border. Legs long and stout. Less shining than the worker; finely and indistinctly punctate. Mandibles sub- opaque and densely punctate. Hairs and pubescence grayish, both much more abundant than in the worker and concealing the shining surface. The scapes and legs with erect hairs like those on the body. Dark chestnut brown, nearly black, mandibles, clypeus and tarsi reddish. Ante- rior half of pronotum dull orange. Wings smoky brown, with brown veins and stigma and a single cubital cell. Male. — Length 3.5 mm. Head, excluding the mandibles, a little longer than broad, subrectangular. Mandibles bidentate, the terminal tooth very long and acute; eyes in front of the middle ; cheeks short, slightly concave ; posterior corners of head rounded ; clypeus Mar., 1909.] Wheeler : Ants from Victoria, Australia, 29 like that of the worker. Antenn?e with scape nearly as long as the funicular joints I and 2 together, first funicular joint a little longer than broad, remaining joints cylin- drical, growing shorter distally. Thorax robust and very convex in the pronotal region, which is distinctly longer than broad. Scutellum projecting, nearly as long as broad. Epinotum similar to that of the female. Petiole like that of the worker^ Outer genital lamellae triangular, with broadly rounded tips, median appendages with finger-shaped process bent at a right angle, inner appendages somewhat uncinate, convex dorsally and concave ventrally. Shining, sparsely and very finely punctate, mandibles and clypeus more densely punctate. Deep black, antennae and legs piceous, wings considerably paler than in the female. Described from six workers and single male and female speci- mens, " found inside bark of dead bottle-brush; characteristic rank smell very strong." Camponotin.^.. 10. Acantholepis (Stigmacros) clivispina Forel. Six workers and a dealated female agree very well with Forel' s description of this species. They were found in the " deserted por- tion (old workings) of a white ant's nest." 11. Camponotus nigriceps F. Smith. " Several soldiers and worl^ers. This ant is the ' sugar ant ' com- monly found in houses, but it comes forth to forage in the evening. The specimens sent were found remote from towns." Among these was a female specimen of a small myrmecophilous cricket {Myrmeco- phila ^;/a//'d'//> Tepper).* 12. Camponotus testaceipes F. Smith. Soldiers, workers, males and a female from two colonies. Two Jassids (one immature) were found associated with the specimens in one of the nests. * See Tapper, Note on a Genus of Gryllidae new to South Australia, and de- scription of a new species of Myrmecophila, Trans. Roy. Soc. S. Austr., XX, 1896, pp. 149-151- 30 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xvii. A SHORT SYNOPSIS OF THE SPECIES OF OCHO- D^US INHABITING THE UNITED STATES. By H. C. Fall, Pasadena, Cm.. Including the two new species described in the present paper, the number of species of Ochodceus known from within our faunal limits is now nineteen. As the last review of the genus, that by Dr. Horn in the Transactions of the Am. Ent. Soc, 1876, dealt with only eight species a new synoptic table is believed to be opportune, and in order that the student may be for many purposes relieved of the necessity of consulting the scattered descriptions, reference is made to the principal distinguishing characters of all previously described species. In the following table I have drawn less upon the form of the mentum, and more on the cephalic armature and form of the sutural angle of the elytra, as these latter characters may be more quickly and accurately verified, the true form of the anterior portion of the mentum being frequently difficult of determination. The order of species will therefore be found to differ somewhat from that of Horn, Table of Species. 1. Elytra punctate striate , 2. Elytra not punctate striate 9. 2. Mentum elevated in the form of a transverse wedge. Presternum strongly lobed in front, external outline of mandibles broadly arcuate, sutural angle of elytra dentiform, basal joint of hind tarsi thickened, arcuate and longer than the following joints united i. pectoralis Lee. Presternum not lobed in front, external outline of mandibles ogival, sutural angles of elytra not dentiform, basal joint of hind tarsi slender and shorter than the remainder 2. gnatho Fall. Mentum flat or concave 3. 3. Front or clypeus not at all tuberculate 4. Front with a distinct more or less acute or dentiform tubercle, except in pnesidii...'] . 4. Sutural angle of elytra not dentiform 5. Sutural angle of elytra dentiform ; upper tooth of front tibiae nearer to the middle tooth than to the base 6. 5. Vertex not carinate ; mentum deeply longitudinally impressed ; elytral striae feebly impressed and finely punctured. Posterior tibiae of male with an acute tooth at middle, posterior femora of male without apical tooth 3. simplex Lee. Mar., igog.l FaLL : SYNOPSIS OF OCHODyEUS. 31 Posterior tibice of male with a more or less sharply defined tooth or angulation at apical fourth ; posterior femora with unciform tooth at apex. 4. planifrons Schaef. Posterior tibice of male "slightly dilated at middle"; posterior femora not toothed at apex 5. tilkei Horn- Vertex with more or less distinct short transverse carina ; elytral striae more deeply impressed and less finely punctured. Mentum as long as wide, rather deeply longitudinally impressed in front, more broadly so posteriorly ; posterior femora of male with apical unciform tooth ; posterior tibias of male with an acute tooth just behind the middle. 6. tnusculus Say. Mentum transverse, not impressed, posterior femora of male toothed at apex ; posterior tibiae of male simple 7. siriatus Lee. 6. Color uniform, but varying from brownish to testaceous. Vertex of male with a transverse carina, which is feebler or sometimes lacking in the female. Vertical carina short, interrupted at middle ; frontal lobe not margined. 8. inartnatus Schaef. Vertical carina longer, not interrupted at middle ; frontal lobe strongly margined 9. kansanush^. nov. Vertex not carinate in either sex. Frontal margin (male) elevated each side into a small acute tubercle ; hind femora of male toothed on lower edge at apical third.. 10. biarmatus Lee. Frontal margin and hind femora simple in both sexes. II. peninstdaris Horn. Head and thorax black, elytra dull brownish yellow, under surface and legs piceous 12. calif ornicus Horn. 7. Front not distinctly tuberculate, the upper or posterior cariniform margin of the frontal lobe merely a little more prominent at middle ; hind tibia; flattened, parallel, and about one third as wide as long (male) 13. pmsidii Bates. Front tuberculate 8. 8. Frontal lobe broad, the tubercle at the anterior margin. Hind tibse broadly flattened and compressed, about one half as wide as long (male) 14. repandus sp. nov. Hind tibae normal 15, nimius Fall. Frontal lobe more strongly advanced, the tubercle more or less remote from the margin. Mandibles almost evenly arcuate externally, frontal lobe truncate. 16. frontalis Lee. Mandibles subangulate and sinuate externally, frontal lobe arcuate. Mentum rather deeply emarginate at apex, the lateral angles acute ; frontal tubercle strongly developed, forming a short stout horn. 17. mandibidaris Linell. Mentum with a small faint emargination at apex, the lateral angles rounded; frontal tubercle small 18. sparsus Lee. 9. Form elongate; hind trochanters spined, one spur of both middle and hind tib^ pectinate 19. estriatus Schaef. 32 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xvii 1. 0. pectoralis Lee, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, 1868, p. 51. The mental wedge is in this species as wide at summit as at base, the summit not or but feebly emarginate, the front face longitudinally a little concave, the rear face nearly flat. Using the phraseology of Dr. Horn the clypeal margin is narrowly double ; that is to say, it is slightly thickened or elevated with a well defined upper margin. The head is without elevations. Length 6.5-7.5 mm. The species is rare in collections and I have seen only males. It occurs in New Mexico and Arizona. 2. 0. gnatho Fall., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, 1907, p. 247. The mental wedge is much thinner at base (from front to back) than in pec/ora/is, the summit emarginate and much narrower than the base, the front face concave from top to bottom instead of from side to side. There is a small tubercle at the middle of the clypeal margin and behind this there is a slight concavity. The extraordi- nary width of the head in conjunction with the strongly produced mandibles constitute the most striking features of this species ; the prothorax is also relatively wider as compared with the elytra than usual. The following measurements (in hundredths of an inch) ex- press these relations exactly, like measurements of my single example oi pectoralis being given for comparison. Gnatho (type). Gnatho. New Mexico. Yuma, Ariz. Pectoralis. Widthofhead 10. i 7.8 6.8 " prothorax 13-9 10.2 II-3 " elytra 13.7 10.4 13.9 " head relative to that of elytra.. .73 .73 .49 The type from Mesilla, New Mexico, and several nearly similar examples from Yuma, Arizona, are all that are known to me. The length varies from 5.5 to 7.5 mm. 3. 0. simplex Lee, Proc. Acad., 1854, p. 222. No male of this species is at hand and the tabular characters are taken from Horn's Synopsis. The propygidial carinae are said by Horn to be exactly parallel, but I find them to be a little divergent in front, though very nearly parallel posteriorly. The upper tooth of the front tibia is small and much nearer the base than to the median tooth. The elytral intervals are wide, the strise very feebly impressed and the strial punctures less conspicuously larger than those of the in- Mar., 1909.] Fall : Synopsis of Ochod.bus. 33 tervals than in the greater number of species. The length as given by LeConte is 8 mm. ; by Horn 5-6.5 mm., but it must be remem- bered that the measurements of the latter author extend from the ante- rior margin of the prothorax to the tip of the elytra only. The species is known from Texas, New Mexico, Colorado and Nevada. 4. 0. planifrons Schaef., Can. Ent., 1906, p. 269. In the single male example at hand, the elytral striae are feebly im- pressed, the intervals nearby flat and the strial punctures but little larger than those of the intervals. The mentum is deeply longitudi- nally impressed, the channel of nearly equal width throughout. Ac- cording to Schaeffer the female differs from the male in having the hind tibiae simple, the hind femora with a smaller and more obtuse apical tooth, and the clypeus slightly broader. The species is of ave- rage size ; it occurs in the Huachuca Mts. of southern Arizona. 5. 0. ulkei Horn, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, 1876, p. 182. This species was described from a single specimen from Nevada in the Ulke collection, and I have not been able to obtain an example. There is in the LeConte collection a New Mexican specimen placed beside the u//:fi label which I suspect is the real thing. It has the simple head and nearly parallel propygidial lines as described by Horn, and the hind tibiae are obtusely angulate on the lower edge behind the middle (said in the description to be slightly dilated at the middle). In common with the two preceding species, the elytral striae are feeble and unusually finely punctate. The longitudinal impression of the mentum is " very deep, the angles elevated when viewed from beneath and the tip not perceptibly emarginate." Horn gives the length as 5 mm. 6. 0- musculus Say {Ba/ioceras), Boston Jour., 1837, p. 178. Opacus Lee, 9, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, 1868, p. 51. Americanus Westw., Trans. Ent. Soc. London, Ser. II, 2, p. 66. There are no characters of importance to add to those used in the synoptic table. The species is of medium size and of a rather dark ferruginous brown color when mature. It is a well known species of more eastern range than any other — if we except the Florida record iox frontalis — and with this exception is the only species that has occurred east of the Mississippi. Horn records it from Michigan, Dakota and Nebraska ; it is known to me also from western Indiana, Illinois, Kansas and Manitoba (Winnipeg). 34 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xvii. 7. 0. striatus Lee, Proc. Acad., 1854, p. 222. Size, color and form of musculus^ the frontal lobe is not margined, however, and the elytral striae are better marked than in viusculus. The species seems to be rare in collections. There are two examples in the LeConte collection, both from Arizona. Horn gives also New Mexico, 8. 0. inarmatus Schaef., Can. Ent,, 1906, p. 270. A rather large species, though as usual variable in size, of a brownish ferruginous color as in musculus. Schaeffer describes the mentum as being "deeply longitudinally impressed from base to apex," but in my only representative of the species it would be more accurately described as flat posteriorly, deeply abruptly impressed in front, the channel narrowing and growing shallower behind, disap- pearing before reaching the basal margin. The femora and tibiae are entirely unarmed in all known specimens and Mr. Schaeffer remarks that what he takes to be the females differ from the males only in having the head less distinctly carinate and hardly at all impressed before and behind the carina. The teeth of the anterior tibiae are subequidistant, the upper tooth well developed and much more remote from the base than from the middle tooth. My single example measures 7.5 mm. in length. The species occurs in the Huachuca Mts. of Arizona. 9. 0. kansanus, new species. Oblong oval, moderately robust, testaceous, with short semi-erect pale hairs. Labrum moderately emarginate. Mentum longitudinally impressed from apex to base, the channel broader and less deep posteriorly. Frontal lobe with strong carin- iform upper margin, vertex with a smooth transverse carina which is longer and well developed in the male, shorter and less developed or subobsolete in the female, head scarcely granulose, the punctures not dense and nearly simple, at least in the male. Prothorax not quite twice as wide as long, surface moderately densely granulose, me- dian line feebly impressed in posterior half. Elytra about one eighth longer than wide, twice as long as, and not or but very slightly wider than the prothorax ; strise moderately impressed, the intervals irregularly, subtriseriately punctate, the punc- tures nearly as coarse as those of the stride ; sutural angle dentiform. Upper tooth of front tibiae strong, remote from the base, and rather nearer the middle tooth than the latter is to the apical one. Femora and tibi8e simple in both sexes. Basal joint of hind tarsus subequal in length to the three following. Length 4-6 mm. ; width 2.2- Z-i mm. Habitat. — Hamilton Co., Kansas (Snow); McPherson, Kansas (Knaus); Las Vegas, New Mexico (Fenyes). Mar., 1909.] Fall : Synopsis of OcHODiEus. 35 This species is apparently not rare in Kansas, at least it has been taken in considerable numbers both by the late Professor Snow and by Mr. Knaus. It has perhaps been confused in collections with biar- matus. I have considered the possibility of this species being the duplex of LeConte, unrecognized by Horn, who at the time of writing declared that he could find no type. The brief tabular char- acters given by LeConte constitute the only description and are as fol- lows : " Middle lobe of front scarcely or not at all margined ; elytral strice deep, strongly punctured, head with two transverse ridges." The size is given as 6 mm. and the type is said to be from Texas (Ulke Coll. ). In kansanus the front is very distinctly margined and the elytral striae are not especially strongly punctured ; there is there- fore little probability that the two are identical. I however wrote to Dr. Holland, of the Carnegie Museum, asking if the Ulke collection contained the type of duplex, but have received no answer to my communication. It is a fact worthy of remark that in all our species having the sutural angle dentiform, the upper tooth of the front tibiae is nearer to the middle tooth than to the base of the tibia. Of the other species represented before me {ulkei, striatus and estriatus lacking) this is true only oi pectoralis. 10. 0, biarmatus Lee, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, 1 868, p. 51. One of our smallest species and in my experience the one most abundantly represented in collections. Horn remarks that the sexes are alike in having a tooth on the lower edge of the hind thighs at about one third from the knee. My own observation is that this tooth is present only in the male. This species is the only one in our fauna having the frontal margin terminating each side in an acute tubercle in the male. The species occurs in Kansas, Texas and New Mexico. 11. 0. peninsularis Horn, Coleop. of BajaCal., Suppl. I, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., V, 1895, p. 224. Of this species Horn writes : " Most closely related to biarmatus and more especially to the female (of the latter) which has not the clypeal tubercles of the male. ' ' He finds no armature of either femora or tibiae, but in certain specimens which he assumes are males, the hind tibiae appear somewhat shorter and more hairy. The size given is 4.5-5 mm. Habitat. — Lower California (San Lazaro and Sierra El Taste). 36 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xvii. 12. 0. californicus Horn, Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., V, 1895, P- 224. This rare little species may be recognized instantly by its color, which is unique in the genus. The mentum is wider than long, sides parallel, apex a little emarginate, the lateral angles rounded, surface rather broadly and moderately deeply impressed in front, becoming nearly flat toward the base. The frontal lobe is distinctly margined, the vertex with a short obtuse carina, which is slightly impressed at middle. The type of the species was sent by the writer to Dr. Horn who states that it is a female, the head without ridges and the clypeal margin not reflexed. The three examples before me are perhaps all males, though there is no armature of the legs or other indications of sex. The size varies but little, the length ranging from 4 to 4.5 mm. All examples known to me have been taken either by Dr. Fenyes or the writer, and all occurred flying low over country roads by day, and their behavior and in fact the facies of the beetle strongly suggest Onthophagus. The other species of the genus so far as I am aware fly only at night and are often attracted to lights. Californicus has been taken in April and May at Pomona and Pasadena in southern California, and it, with the anomalous estriatus constitute the only representatives of the genus in the Pacific fauna. 13. 0. praesidii Bates, Biol. Cent. Am. Coleop., II, pt. 2, p. 106. This species is best recognized by the form of the hind tibiae in the male, as indicated in the table. One other species — repandiis — possesses this character in a still greater degree, but this latter has a well developed frontal tubercle. \n prcesidii the so called upper mar- gin of the frontal lobe is rather widely separated from the true margin, and might be described as a transverse frontal carina which is elevated a little at the middle and at each extremity. There is in some speci- mens a very feeble and obtuse vertical carina which is entirely lacking in others. The mentum is as long as wide, impressed only in front. The hind femora of the male have a strong unciform apical tooth. The females differ according to Schaefifer in having the hind femora and tibiae less broad, and the femoral apical tooth smaller. Occurs in the Huachuca Mts. of Arizona ; I have also a male from New Mexico. 14. 0. repandus, new species. Robust, rufo- or fulvotestaceous, clothed as usual with short erect fulvous hairs. Labrum very feebly emarginate. Mandibles feebly sinuate externally. Mentum as long as wide, narrowed in front, impressed only for a short distance at the apical Mar., 1909.] Fall : Synopsis of Ochod^eus. 37 margin which is but slightly emarginate. Frontal lobe broadly arcuate, a strong tubercle at the middle of the margin, which is not distinctly reflexed. Vertex with short transverse carina. Prothorax three fifths as long as wide, sides strongly rounded, surface moderately densely granulate-punctate, median line rather deeply impressed m basal half. Elytra about twice as long as and not appreciably wider than the prothorax ; strire well impressed, strial punetures moderate ; sutural angle not denti- form. Upper tooth of front tibia small and remote from the middle tooth. Hind thighs with an acute unciform apical tooth, and another equally acute at the apical third. Hind tibiaj broadly flattened and compressed, subparallel, nearly one half as wide as long. Basal joint of hind tarsus slender and as long as the three following. Length 7.5 mm. ; width 4 mm. Described from two males taken by Prof. F. H. Snow in Cochise Co., Arizona, one labeled "Douglass," the other "San Bernardino Ranch, 3,750 ft." This species is allied to prcesidii in the expanded hind tibia;, and Xo frontalis in the form of the mentum and armature of the posterior femora, from both of which it is easily distinguished by the tabular characters. 15. 0. nimius Fall., Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, 1907, p. 248. One of our smaller species, similar in size, form and color to biarmatus, though not closely related to that species structurally. In its strictly marginal clypeal tubercle it differs from all our species except gnatho and repaudiis, the former differing conspicuously by its remarkable mentum and broad head, the latter by its broad flattened hind tibia. By its flat and strongly transverse mentum nimius is allied to striatus and sparsus, and by its rather strongly produced mandibles with distinct external angulation and sinuation it resembles sparsus and ma7idibularis. The elytral striae are coarsely punctate, the in- tervals rather narrow with no more than two punctures in their width. The unique type was taken at light at Mesilla, New Mexico, by Pro- fessor Cockerell. 16. 0. frontalis Lee, Smith. Miscel. Coll., 1863, p. 76. Complex Lee, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, 1868, p. 51. Species of medium size. Mentum as long as wide, nearly flat, a feeble impression in front only. Frontal lobe only moderately ad- vanced, broadly truncate, the tubercle near the frontal suture ; vertex transversely carinate. In the male of this species the femoral armature reaches its maximum development, the front and middle as well as the hind thighs having an unciform tooth at apex, the hind thighs an ad- ditional acute tooth at apical third, and the front thighs a small tooth 38 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xvii. at middle, these latter lacking in some less developed specimens according to Horn. In the female the femora are unarmed. The type oi frontalis is in the Ulke collection ; it is from Texas. The type of coviplex — from New Mexico — in the LeConte col- lection bears the ladel frontalis in Horn's handwriting, and with it are three examples from Columbus, Texas, collected by Hubbard and Schwarz. According to Horn the species occurs also in Florida. 17. 0, mandibularis Linell, Proc. Nat. Mus., 1895, p. 723. Length 5.75-7.5 mm. The form of the mentum in front is apparently as described in the table, but is very difficult to see because of the numerous hairs. The tabular characters are sufficient for the recognition of this species, which is not closely related to any other except sparsits, from which — if we except the somewhat difficult mental character — there is little to depend upon. The size averages greater in mandibularis and the prothorax is a little less transverse. The type was described from Winslow, Arizona; it is also known from Las Cruces, Deming and Albuquerque, New Mexico. 18. 0. sparsus Lee, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc, 1868, p. 51. The prothorax is shorter in this species than in any other of our forms, being distinctly more than twice as wide as long. The cephalic tubercle is even a trifle more posterior in position than in mandibularis, being quite as remote from the frontal margin as from the base of the occiput. The elytral striae are finer and less impressed than in man- dibularis and the punctures of the intervals are sparse and scarcely at all asperate, not very different however from mandibularis, in this latter respect. The type — length 5 mm. — is from Caiion Blanco, New Mexico. I have a single example — length 5.3 mm. — from Thornton, New Mexico, collected by Dr. Fenyes. 19. 0. estriatus Schaef., Can. Ent., 1906, p. 271. This remarkable species is based upon a specimen taken at Mill- wood, Fresno Co., California. Mr. Schaeff'er places it provisionally in Ochodivus, stating that a new genus may yet have to be erected for it. Its peculiarities are summed up by its author as follows: "The more elongate form, the short strongly widening middle and hind tibiae, the spinous hind trochanters, the elytra without strige, and the strongly reflexed or rather strongly thickened apical margin of the clypeus will readily distinguish this from any of the described species ; it is also remarkable by having one spur of both middle and hind tibiae pectinate." Mar., 1909.] OsBURN : Odonata Biologia Centrali-americana. 39 THE ODONATA OF THE BIOLOGIA CENTRALI- AMERICANA.* By Raymond C. Osburn, New York City. The final section of this admirable work by Professor P. P. Calvert, of the University of Pennsylvania, made its appearance near the close of 1908, marking the completion of a research extending over nearly a decade for Professor Calvert, after it had been successively undertaken and abandoned by McLachlan, Hagen and Karsch. Dr. Calvert began this work in 1899, and the first section appeared in 1901. The complete work consists of an introduction of 25 pages, dealing chiefly with distribution and sources of material ; the body of the work, 325 pages, and a supplement of 68 pages, dealing with additional ma- terial received too late to be incorporated in the main part. A very complete index, including all synonymic names, follows. The nine lithographed plates include 404 figures, showing the essential features of all the new, as well as of many hitherto imperfectly known species. The region covered by this report comprises all the Central American States, with Panama on the south, and Mexico, with the immediately adjoining parts of Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and Cal- ifornia, which present the same climatic conditions as northern Mex- ico, on the north. These limits include a very natural area of distri- bution for the Odonata, plainly marked off from the West Indies also, as the analysis of the data indicates. The list for this area includes 71 genera, embracing 293 species and varieties, and of this list 18 genera are represented by species found only in this region, and 143 species, almost half the entire number, are not known to occur elsewhere. A comparison of the dragonfly fauna of this area (to which we may refer briefly as the " central " region) with that of the rest of North America ("northern" region) yields some interesting results. The number of species at present known from the two regions is approxi- mately the same, notwithstanding the much greater area of the northern region, but the number of genera in the central region is considerably in excess of that in the northern. The proportions of the species in the * A review, read before the N. Y. Ent. Soc. at its meeting on January 5, 1909. 40 Journal New York Entomological Society. fVoi. xvii. two suborders, Zygoptera 142, Anisoptera 161, are much more nearly equal than in the northern region, where the Anisoptera are in much greater excess. There are numerous interesting cases of replacement of similar genera when we compare the two faunas. Thus among the Caloptery- ginse the genus Hefcerina is represented in the central region by 17 species, while not more than 3 occur in the northern region. Calop- teryx, on the other hand, has 8 northern species, while Calvert's list contains only one. Among the Agrioninae, the genus Enallagma, with more than 20 northern species, has but 5 representatives in the central region, but this defect is more than balanced by the genus Argia, which is represented in the central region by 48 species, while but 8 occur in the rest of North America. In the Gomphinae, the genus Gomphus, with some 35 northern species, is not found in the central region, nor are the related genera, Ophiogoviphus, Dromogom- phus, Hagenius and Tachopteryx. However, there do occur Epigom- phiis and Gomphoides, not found in the northern region, and Progom- phus and Erpetogomphus, each with a single northern representative. The Corduligasteringe are scantily represented by two species, and of the Cordulinae, of which there are about 40 species in the northern region, the only undoubted record is that of a larva (species undeter- minable) of a Macromia taken in northern Mexico. The Libellulinae are, however, richly represented, with 28 genera and 97 species, of which number 18 genera and 75 species do not occur in the northern region. Our common northern genera, Celithemis (with 6 sp.) and Leucorhinia (6 sp.) have not been found in the central region, and Sympetriwi (17 sp.) and Libellula (20 sp.) are represented respec- tively by 2 and 8 species in the central region. On the other hand, Micrathyria (9 sp.) and Brecfwiorhoga (9 sp.) do not occur in the northern region, and Erythrodiplax (15 sp. and var. ) is represented scantily in southern United States, while one species {^E. berenice^ ranges coastwise as far as Massachusetts. Naturally, Calvert has found it necessary to do a great deal of revising in connection with this work, yet with commendable con- servatism, he has chosen to give us but two genera, Hesperagj-ion and Metaleptohasis, both belonging to the Agrioninse and neither of them including any northern species. It was to be expected that many new species would appear in a region so little studied previously, but one is scarcely prepared to meet with such a number, 81, until he Man.igog.J OSBURN : OdONATA BiOLOGIA CeNTRALI-AMERICANA. 41 considers the enormous amount of material from this region, nearly 11,000 specimens, which has been in Dr. Calvert's hands. As we should expect, these new species occur most frequently among the smaller Zygoptera, the genus Argia containing the surprisingly large number 22 (as against 26 species previously known). The presence of such an array of the smaller, more inconspicuous species is due not only to the very careful analysis of the material, but it is in a good measure traceable to the recent collecting trips of a number of ex- perienced odonatologists (besides Calvert himself) into this region. The collections and notes made by these gentlemen, fully accredited in the work, have added largely in many ways to the value of the paper. This work of Calvert's stands alone in American odonatology. The only paper of sufficient scope to be in any way comparable is Hagen's Synopsis of N. A. Neuroptera (1861) and that was pioneer work. But for that matter there are few works in the whole field of systematic entomology which can be compared with this when we consider the amount of material studied as well as the thoroughness, care and painstaking effort with which all the details of the material have been searched and weighed. It is a model of modern syste- matic entomology and the reviewer heartily recommends to all stu- dents of systematics a careful consideration of the methods employed by Calvert in the pursuit of this work.* The elimination of "snap " judgment, and even to a great degree, of the personal equation, by long series of measurements in the study of genera, species and variations, may not appeal strongly to some entomologists, but it is scientific and assures a safe basis for permanence of results. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NEW YORK ENTOMO- LOGICAL SOCIETY. Meeting of October 6, 1908. Held at the American Museum of Natural History, President C. W. Leng pre- siding, with eleven members and three visitors present. The librarian, Mr. Schaeffer, reported the receipt of the following exchanges since May, 1908. Bull. 46 and 48, University of Montana. Mittheil. a. d. Zool. Mus. in Berlin, IH, No. 4 ; IV, No. i. The Polymorphism of Ants, by W. M. Wheeler. * See " Science," Nov. 13, 1908, for Calvert's own account of his methods. 42 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xvii. Honey Ants with a Revision of the American Myrmecocysti, by W. M. Wheeler. Vestigial Instincts in Insects and Other Animals, by W. M. Wheeler. The Ants of Texas, New Mexico and Arizona, by \V, M. Wheeler. The Ants of Casco Bay, Maine, with Observations on Two Races of Formica ianguinea Latr., by W. M. Wheeler. Berliner Ent. Zeitschr., LII, Nos. 3 and 4; LIII, No. i. Zeitschr. f. Wiss. Ins. Biol., Ill, Nos. 1-7 ; IV, Nos. 4-7. Insect World, XII, Nos. 4-6. Canadian Ent., XL, Nos. 6-10. Wiener Ent. Zeitg., XXVII, Nos. 6-8. Deutsche Ent. Zeitschr., 1908, Nos. 3 and 4. Horae Soc. Ross. XXXVIII, No. 3. Proc. Am. Acad. Arts and Sci., XLIII, Nos. 18-22, Verhandl. d. K. K. Zool. Bot. Gesel. Wien, LVIII, Nos. 4 and 5. Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc, XLVII, No. 188. Bull, de la Soc. Ent. d' Egypt, 1908, No. I. Bull. Buffalo Soc. Nat. Hist., IX, No. I. Chicago Acad. Sci. Special Publ., No. 2, 1908. Bull, de Lab. de Zool. Gen. Agraria, Vol. II. Revue Russe d'Entomologie, VII, Nos. i, 2 and 3. Bericht iiber d. Zool. Mus. Berlin, 1908. Bull, della Soc. Ent. Italiana, XXXVIII, Nos. 3 and 4. Stett. Ent. Zeitg., LXIX, No. 12. Brooklyn Inst. Mus. Sci. Bull., I, No. 14. Mr. Davis proposed as active members of the society : Roy W. Miner, Ameri- can Museum of Natural History ; Charles L. Pollard, New Brighton, N. Y. ; Charles E. Sleight, Paterson, N. J. ; for Prof. Wheeler Mr. Davis also proposed Dr. Alex. Petrunkewitch, Short Hills, N. J. On motion of Mr. Schaeffer the by-laws were suspended and the secretary em- powered to cast a single ballot for the election of the proposed members. Mr. Davis spoke of the trip of Alanson Skinner to the Hudson Bay Wilds, and read an account of the expedition from the New York Tribune of Sept. 14. Mr. Skinner brought back with him a number of insects, mostly Coleoptera collected at James Bay, and presented to Mr. Davis. These were exhibited. Among the speci- mens shown were Cicindela hyberborea, Cicindela i2-gut(ata, Carabus mceander, Bembidium carinula, Silpha lapponica, Hippodamia falcigera, Coccinella transverso- guttata, Adelocera brevicornis, Criocephalus agrestis, Neoclytus muricatiihis, Acmaops ptoteus, Tetr opium cinnomopterum, Corymbites appressus and Adoxus vitus. Such widely distributed species as Aphodius fimetarius, Monohammus scutellattts and Dia- brotica 12-puiictata were also represented in the collections. The president called upon all of those present to give an account of their sum- mer's collecting experience. Mr. Southwick spoke of his arduous work in fighting insects in Central Park during the past summer. Dr. Dow spoke concerning the excellency of the collecting at Clairmont, New Hampshire. Dr. Zabriskie told of his trip through the Great Lakes where his collecting was incidental. Sept., 1908.1 Proceedings of the Society. 43 Mr. Barber spoke of his collecting experience in the Adirondack Mountains. Mr. Harris, Mr. Dickerson, Mr. Schaeffer spoke briefly of their summer's work. Dr. Younglove, of Elizabeth, N. J., spoke for a few minutes chiefly concerning instinct in insects. Society adjourned. Meeting of October 20, 1908. Held at the American Museum of Natural History, President C. W. Leng in the chair, with fifteen members present. The minutes of the two preceding meetings were read and approved. The librarian reported the receipt of the following exchanges : Deutsche Ent. Zeitg., 1908, No. 6. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie, 1908, No. 2. Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc, XLVII, No. 189. Mr. John W. Angell, 235 West 76th St., was proposed as an active member of the society by Mr. G. W. Angell. On motion of Dr. Zabriskie the by-laws were suspended and the secretary in- structed to cast a single ballot for the election of Mr. Angell. The president spoke of Professor Smith's fiftieth birthday and announced that at its celebration it was the intention of entomological friends to present a loving cup and requested that all so inclined contribute to raise the necessary funds. Mr. G. W. Angell moved that the president appoint a committee of one to re- ceive the contributions. Carried. The president appointed Mr. Dow. On motion of Mr. Schaeff'er a hearty vote of thanks was tendered to Mr. Miner for his efforts in securing to the society a suitable meeting room in the Museum building. Mr. J. R. de la Torre Bueno spoke concerning the life histories of some of the aquatic Hemiptera. He spoke briefly concerning the egg-laying habits and develop- ment of the following forms : Belostovia Jiumhiea, Ranatra 4-dentata, Microvelia borealis, Gerris remiges, G. marginatus, G. canicularis, Tropobates pictus, Mesoveha bisignata, Hydrometra lineata. All of these species, with most of their develop- mental stages, were exhibited. Rev. J. L. Zabriskie spoke concerning the gall-making dipteron Eurosia solida- ginis Fitch, He called attention to the definition of "ptilinum" in Williston's "North American Diptera," 3ded.,p. 22, which is as follows: "In the Cyclor- rhapha an inflatable organ capable of being thrust out through the frontal suture just above the root of the antenna;, and which is used by the imago in springing off the cap to the puparium when about to extricate itself." Words to the same effect are found in Dr. Smith's " Glossary of Entomology." Professor David Sharp gives a more extended explanation in the Cambridge Natural History, Vol. VI, p. 422. Early in the year 1878 Dr. Zabriskie was rearing some flies of this species from their galls on Solidago ca7tadensis L., and had the opportunity of observing several imagines in the act of issuing, each from its own gall. Doubtless, as is usually the case, the larva when full-fed had bored a tunnel from its central cell straight to the outer surface of the gall leaving only the thin cuticle undisturbed to act as a sealed door over its refuge, and then returned to the cell for its long rest in its forming puparium. In the house during the early spring, the imagines began to issue. They had evidently 44 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xvn. thrown oft" tlie round cap of the puparium aud had proceeded along the tunnel to the door. This is what was observed in the several instances of the actual escape from the gall ; the door was suddenly ruptured and thrust aside, and presently there ap- peared at the opening a moist, contorted, globular mass which slowly oozed through, followed by the head of the fly, and in a short time, by its entire body. This soft mass was the ptilinum, situated on the front, nearly as large as the head itself, giving the insect a very grotesque appearance. If the fly was undisturbed this was rapidly contracted, and soon entirely disappeared into the head through the suture just above the base of the antennse. After observing this action, probably in three instances, when the next opportunity occurred, as soon as the fly was free. Dr. Zabriskie dropped it into a cyanide bottle. The killing was quite rapid but not completed before about two thirds of the ptilinum had been retracted into the head. This iden- tical specimen was exhibited, with the ptilinum still further reduced in size by drying during its long stay in the cabinet. The gall of this species, together with two speci- mens of the fly, were also exhibited. Mr. Carl Schaefi'er exhibited a collection of nearly a hundred species of Alaskan beetles collected and sent to him by his brother. He remarked that only two or three of the species were rare, and spoke concerning the distribution of a few of the species. Mr. George W. Angell exhibited specimens of Lachnosterna cribrosa from Mex- ico, sent to him by Mr. Schaupp, and anew species of Tytidaris from Key West, Florida. Society adjourned. Meeting of November 3, 1908. Held at the American Museum of Natural History at 8.15 P. M., President C. W. Leng in the chair, with [six members and one visitor present. The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and approved. Mr. Barber proposed as an active member Mr. Christian E. Olsen, i Jefferson Ave., Maspeth, L. I. On motion of Mr. Davis the by-laws were suspended and the secretary instiucted to cast a single ballot for the election of Mr. Olsen. Mr. Leng exhibited specimens of Griburius scutelhwis, decorahts, larvatus, montezuma and lecontei. He quoted descriptions by Suffrian and other authors showing that decoratus should be added to our lists. In regard to G. equestfis Oliv. he remarked that no exact locality is given by Olivier or by Suff"rian ; that no insect from America corresponds to the description, and that it possibly is not from this country. As Mr. Schaeff"er was absent his paper was postponed till the next meeting. Mr. William T. Davis exhibited a collection of ten specimens of Xiphidiutn from the eastern United States, four of which are to be found in the vicinity of New York city. He called particular attention to a series X. strictum collected by him- self and Mr. L. B. Woodruff" at Arrocar, Staten Island. Most of the females found had wing pads only ; a few had long tegmina and wings extending beyond the hind femora ; but two or three examples showed wings and tegmina of intermediate length. The ovipositor, which is very long in this species, also shows some varia- tion in amount of curvature. Mr. H. G. Barber exhibited a collection of Hemiptera taken during the past summer in the vicinity of Cascade Lakes, Adirondack Mountains. He remarked Dec, 1908.] Proceedings of the Society. 45 that none of the species had been collected at any great altitude, and for the most part were not unlike what might be collected about New York city. Most of them were collected by sweeping. Mr. Dow spoke of capturing a number of specimens of Jl/alackius ceneus at Claremont, N. H., on May 30 resting on Spiraa, and other specimens were taken during the latter part of June on other plants. Meeting of November 17, 1908. Held at the American Museum of Natural History, President C. W. Leng in the chair, with sixteen members and one visitor present. The minutes of the pre- ceding meeting were read and approved. Mr. Dow reported on the dinner to be given to Professor J. B. Smith, Saturday, the twenty-first inst. Mr. Matausch exhibited a new color variety of Smilia camelus from the Catskill Mountains, and read a description of the variety. Mr. Schaefter exhibited and spoke on some new Rhynchophora, the descriptions of which were prepared for the December number of the Journal. He also showed several new species of Coleoptera from Nogales, Arizona, among which were 2 Chatdiognathiis, 2 Discoderiis, I CJuysobothrus, I Onthophagus, I Hydnocera and I Bruchus. Mr. Engelhardt exhibited five species and two nests of stingless bees from Guatemala, concerning which he made the following remarks : "The so-called stingless bees were among the most abundant of insects observed during the past summer in Guatemala. Their nests were found on numerous occasions in hollow trees, about houses and underground, but never in exposed situations. Each colony contained an immense number of individuals. The nests of those above ground, so far as noted, were all built of wax, while those underground were built of clay or earth intermixed with a gummy substance. In the character of construction all were alike, the central breeding combs being encased by a mass of irregular galleries with the round honey pots placed on the outside. The honey though sweet was found to bi inferior in flavor to that of the hive bee. The Indians are said to eat it, but the white people prefer that of the hive bee which has been successfully introduced. Some of the bees, especially those that build clay nests under ground, displayed a fierce disposition on being disturbed, attacking, seemingly with preference, eyes, ears and nose of the disturber, and even crawling under the clothing. They acted as if about ^ to sting, curling the abdomen around, and the dull pressure of it could be distinctly felt. But most annoying of all was the bite of their sharp mandibles." Mr. Beutenmiiller exhibited the nest of a stingless bee from Brazil, which had been made by a colony of live bees in the Museum. Mr. Schaeffer spoke briefly of the honey-making wasps of Brownsville, Texas. Dr. Pollard mentioned the recent death of Dr. James Fletcher, of the Central Experiment Farm, Ottawa, Ontario. Society adjourned. Meeting of December i, 1908. Held at the American Museum of Natural History, President C. W. Leng in the chair, with sixteen members present. The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and approved. 46 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xvii. Mr. Dow, of the committee that arranged the dinner in honor of the fiftieth birth- day of Professor J. B. Smith, reported that the occasion had been most successfully celebrated. The report was accepted and the committee was discharged. The librarian, Mr. Schaeffer, reported the receipt of the following exchanges : Mittheil. d. Schweiz. Ent. Gesel., XI, No. 8. Anales del Museo Nac. de Buenos Aires, IX, Ser. 3, igo8. Verhandl. d. K. K. Zool. Bot. Gesel. Wien, LVIII, Nos. 6 and 7. Verhandl. Soc. Imper. d. Naturalistes de Moscow, Nos. 1-3, 1907. Canadian Ent., XL, No. 11. Insect World, XII, Nos. 9 and 10. New Species of Noctuida; for 1908 — I, Notes on the species of Phaeocyma. Notes on the species of Rhynchagrotis, by J. B. Smith. Trans. Texas Academy of Sciences for X907. Proceed. Calif. Acad. Sciences, 4th series. III, pp. 1-40. Zeitschr. f. Wissenschaft. Insektenbiologie, IV, Nos. 8 and 9. Proc. Amer. Acad. Arts and Sciences, XLIV, Nos. 1-5. Mr. Beutenmiiller read a paper on the North American species of Amphibolips and Holcaspis illustrated by pen and ink drawings and blackboard sketches. He stated that the galls and adults of these two genera comprise the largest known species of Cynipidae, and that their galls are very characteristic. The galls of the genus AtHphibo/ips maybe divided into three groups as follows: (l) those with a spongy substance internally [A. confluenSy longicornis, carolinensis, spiftosa and acuminata^ ; (2) those with radiating fibers internally {^A. inanis, ilicifolia:, cinerea, cxlebs, citriformis, melanocera, cookz axid tinctorice) ; (3) those with a uniform pithy, compact substance internally {A. prunus, gainesi, fuliginosa, palmeri and trizonata). The galls of Holcaspis may be divided into two groups, ( i ) those with a more or less free, central, larval cell ^H. globulus, omnivora,rubens, cinerosa, divricoria, bassetti, trucksensis, silej'i, spongiosa, ficigera, succinipes, perniciosa and corallinus) ; (2) those with radiating fibers (A'! cenlricola,tnactilipennis and brevipennata). He also spoke on the subject of galls in general from the botanical and entomological stand- points, and stated that they are of considerable scientific importance in so far as their morphological structure and origin are concerned. The origin and development of insect galls, more especially on the oak, is a subject which has puzzled many eminent scientists. It was first supposed by various naturalists that theCynipids deposit simul- taneously with the egg a drop of irritating fluid which causes the sap to flow and that the formation of the gall is the result of chemical action. The two important factors, however, at work in connection with gall formation, are the activity of the vegetable sap and the influence of the animal agency. Botanically considered galls cannot arise except when the living insect is in direct contact with the living cells which exist in plants and are specially set apart for their growth and development, and in order fully to understand the formation of gall structure recourse must be had to section cutting as well as minute microscopical investigation. It has been shown that the effect on the vegetable structure of the wound made by egg-laying does not cause the gall, as that heals up and no gall formation begins till the larva is about to escape from the egg. Adler discovered that as the larva grew and fed, the gall in- creased in size, from which it may be inferred that galls (oak-galls) are the result of the excitatory action of the larva in conjunction with the vitality of the vegetable cells. Dec.,i9o8.i Proceedings of the Society. 47 In consideration of the great variety of galls and the comparative sameness of larval anatomy, it is difficult to understand what are the factors which produce variation of structure, size and color of galls that occur on the same parts of the different plants or different parts of the same plant. Mr. Harris exhibited a collection of about 200 specimens of Cicindela formosa- gonerosa and made some remarks regarding the possible derivation of the species and its dispersal in the United States and northward. The/or//iosa form, which is appa- rently a development from the older gefterosa, occupies the ground roughly described as lying between the Missouri River and the Rocky Mountains, or westward, speci- mens in the collection appearing from Idaho, and as far south as Texas. Generosa is reported from most of the states north of about 35° latitude. In this section it is abundant in the pine-belt of New Jersey, more sparingly at the western end of Long Island. It is also found in abundance on the Connecticut River flats near Windsor, on high sand hills in Litchfield Co. in the same state, and on similar ground in Saratoga Co., N. Y., on the divide between the Hudson River basin and Lake George, and in the valley of the Bouquet River west of Lake Champlain. Every- where there is practically no variation in the markings, but a great difference in size and color. In the Dominion of Canada a most interesting development has taken place, described by Mr. Leng as var. manitoba. The white markings are much broadened, in extreme cases being nearly confluent. In sharp contrast to this form, specimens from New Jersey were shown in which the middle band is interrupted, and the other markings much abbreviated. Beautiful specimens of intergrades between generosa a.nd forniosa were shown from Kansas and Iowa, illustrating the close rela- tion between the two forms of the species. Mr. William T. Davis exhibited a living specimen of JMezitim, which showed rows of stiff bristles on the elytra. These bristles fall off when the insect is dead and roughly handled, and lead to the insect being sometimes described as having smooth elytra. Mezium and Gibbiuni both occur in the tower of the New York Produce Ex- change. Mezium has been found in April and November, and Gibbium, which is more common, in March, April, June, July and September. Mr. Davis also exhibited a living larva of the 17-year cicada of the 191 1 brood on Staten Island. Mr. Engelhardt exhibited two boxes of Coleoptera collected in Guatemala on his recent visit there. He spoke concerning the difficulties under which collecting was carried on, and explained that such material as he gathered was collected rather incidentally. Society adjourned. Meeting of December 15, 1908. Held at the American Museum of Natural History, President C. W. Leng in the chair, with sixteen members present. Mr. Roberts, delegate to the Council of the New York Academy of Sciences, reported that Professor J. B. Smith had brought up the matter of a proposed lecture by Professor E. B. Poulton, of England, to be given under the auspices of the New York and Brooklyn Entomological Societies, and received the endorsement of the Council. The president appointed the following committee to nominate officers for the coming year : Messis. E. B. Southwick, J. L. Zabriskie and E. G. Love. 48 • Journal New York Entomological Society. [Volxvii. Rev. J. L. Zabriskie gave an account of his microscopical examination of the wax from nests of stingless bees, Tiigona sp. from Olas de Moka, Guatemala, and Melipona fuscipes Friese, from the Orinoco River, Venezuela, and a comparison of the same with wax produced by other hive bees. He found no microscopical fibrous structure in the wax itself, but considerable foreign matter, such as vegetable fibers, pollen grains, etc., lodged there accidentally or brushed off from the bees' bodies. He exhibited several slides of this material and explained how he had prepared the wax and mounted the specimens for examination and preservation. Mr. I. Matausch exhibited a number of species of interesting Membracida, together with some colored drawings of the species, and read a short diagnosis of some of the species. Mr. William Beutenmiiller exhibited a fine collection of Siberian butterflies which had recently been presented to the Museum. These butterflies, from Sredne Kolymsk, Province Yakutsk, collected during June and July by Dr. J. Strojetzjy, and determined by N. J. Kusnezov, of St. Petersburg, Russia, comprised the following species : Colias palcrno var. orientalis, hyperborea,, vihiensis, melmos, Alelitcea idu- nia, aurelia, var., Argynnis freyi, frigga, angarensis, aphirape var. assianus, Pieris napi, callidice, Euchloe orientalis var. infuniaia (type), Ccenonympha tiphon var. vihiensis, Lyccena optilete var. cyparissus, Pamphila palcsno, Grapta c-album, Papilio machaon, Parnassius tenedius, Erebia discoidalis, fasciata var. setno, dabaiiensis, Triphysa tsckerkii, Oneis jutta, borev&r. parsa form actteloides, and form are/husoides. Mr. G. P. Engelhardt exhibited a small collection of Hemiptera collected in Guatemala on his recent visit there and spoke briefly concerning some of the species. Mr. H. G. Barber exhibited some live specimens of a new Barce which had been given to him by Professor E, B. Wilson, who had received them from Mr. Manee of Southern Pines, North Carolina. The president appointed Messrs. G. W. Angell and Dr. Love as a committee to report on the possibility of the society's cooperation in publishing Mr. Henshaw's Bibliographical List of the Coleoptera of North America. Society adjourned. H. G. Barber, Secj'etarv- Vol. XVII. No. 2. JOUR N AL OF THE NEW YORK Entomological Society. 2)e\>oteO to lEutomoloa^ in General. JUNE, 1909. Edited by Wjujam Morton Wheeler. rtihlicatioti Cojnmittee. E P. Felt. Charles 5^chaeffer. E. G. LovK. W. M. Wheeler. Piablisbiecl Quarterly by thie Society. LANCASTER, ?A. NEW YORK CITY. 1909 [Entered April 21, 1904, at La caster. Pa., as second-class matter, under Act of Congress of July 16, 1894 ] «He HEW EtU PBIM7, . LAPiCA»T tJ '^ >;^».tci:ia .iJiM 1 COiVTEKTS. Owl Pellets and Insects. By WrLi.(AM T. Davis 4g On the Origin of Entomological Names. By Robert Percy Daw • • ■ 51 New Species of Noctuidae for 1909. By John B. Smith . 57 Notes on Coleoptera. By W. Knaus yt On the Use of Coal Tar Creosote as a Preventative of Cabinet Pests. Bv Wm. 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If a larger number be desired they will be supplied at cost provided notice is sent to the Editor before the page proof has been corrected. JOURNAL JOfId JJoph ^InJ^omoIogiral HorlFJ^g. Vol. XVII. JUNE, 1909. No. 2. OWL PELLETS AND INSECTS. By William T. Davis, New Brighton, N. Y. If the persevering naturalist desires to know what small mammals inhabit the region in which he is interested, and much else about other wild creatures, we would recommend that he inquire of the resi- dent barred owl, if any such there be. That fluffy individual sits all day on his perch, most likely in some secluded grove of cedars, and though he may close his eyes, he keeps his ears wide open, and you will probably not see him if you call. What you will find under his roost will be masses of hair, bones and the remains of various small animals of which he has eaten, and then thrown up as pellets of undi- gested material. He not only catches birds, including other owls, but also snakes, fish, frogs and insects ; but it is his gastronomic en- tomology of which we will here make record. On March 31, 1907, I was fortunate in finding under the roost of one of these owls on Staten Island, a large pellet three inches long by one inch in diameter. It consisted largely of the bones of frogs, a goodly number of feathers from a small bird, and very plainly the remains of several water beetles. Upon carefully taking the pellet apart, it was discovered that the owl had captured four female -Djfiscus fasciventris, as shown by the grooved elytra, and also what appeared to be a male of the same species. There was in addition the remains of two Hydrocharis obtusatus. In some pellets which Mr. Waldron De W.Miller, of the American Museum of Natural History, found under the roost of a barred owl near Plainfield, N. J., we discovered the remains of four Dytiscus 49 50 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xvii. verticalis, three Dytiscus fasciventris and two Hydrocharis obtusatus. While the heads of these water beetles, when found in the pellets, are usually whole, yet the owl breaks them occasionally, but the head and nearly round coxae are well preserved and are among the most con- spicuous objects when the mass is broken open. One can usually " prove " the contents of a pellet by checking off the number of heads against the wing-covers. I am also indebted to Mr. James Chapin for a number of barred owl pellets from Staten Island in which we have found the remains of insects. In one there were five Dytiscus verticalis, some of the heads being snipped in two ; in another a Dytsiscus fasciventris (?) ; in another a Dytiscus verticalis, and in still another, one female Dytiscus fasciventris and one Carabus limbatus. We have also found the remains of some grasshoppers in barred owl pellets. It will be noticed that all of the water beetles here mentioned are large insects, and it may be, we think, correctly argued from this that the owl is unable to catch in his talons any of the more numerous small species, since his claws are not adapted to picking up little things. There seem to be numerous records that some species of owls go fishing, and we have had ample proof on Staten Island that the barred owl eats catfish, many frogs and what large water beetles he can catch. Insect remains have been found in the pellets of the barn owl and in those of the long-eared owl, but not so often, and next to the barred owl the one that eats the greatest number of insects appears to be the little screech owl. We have sometimes found this bird near the elec- tric lights out in the country, where perhaps, like the bats and toads, it was attracted by the great number of insects. On one occasion we found a number of frogs arranged on the top rail of a fence near a swamp. They were found torn open, disclosing that each had swal- lowed a number of May beetles. So an owl when he swallows a frog may get some beetles at second hand. Mr. Miller has, however, found some screech owl pellets that were largely composed of May beetle remains, and the insects had evidently been captured by the birds. The remains of three specimens of Cychrus lecontei have also been identified from what appeared to be screech owl pellets, collected by Mr. Miller. In the economy of nature the pellets of hair, bones, feathers, etc., June, 1909.] Dow : Origin of Entomological Names. 51 that are thrown away by the owls are much appreciated by the species of Trox, which find therein just the food to their liking. Trox eri- naceus is most commonly found in the pellets on Staten Island, Mr. Chapinand I having secured forty-nine specimens ranging in date from February 25 to May 10. A single Trox scaber was collected in a pellet on May 16. Unless one is on the lookout these little beetles easily escape notice when the pellets are collected, for usually they are to be found beneath them and lie for some time motionless on the ground. At the meeting of the New York Entomological Society, held May 19, 1903, Rev. J. L. Zabriskie exhibited the snipped-off butt ends of hairs taken from the stomach of Trox unistriatus collected some years before about a dead horse. The hairs were placed under a microscope, and all were found to have been cut off in the same oblique manner. ON THE ORIGIN OF ENTOMOLOGICAL NAMES. By Robert Percy Dow, B.A., New York City. When Linne began his work of classifying all nature his primary source of information was the existing classification made by Aristotle. In the middle of the eighteenth century almost all so-called learning was classical. The new school of science had awakened in Europe in mathematics and mechanics, but the great chemical awakening was to come half a century later and the development of knowledge of elec- tricity came a few years later still. Linne's first effort was to identify all plants and animals mentioned in classic authors and to apply these names correctly in his new system. There is ample evidence that he made many gross blunders of translation, but there is no indisputable evidence that he altered or suppressed any existing classic names. Following him, the students of entomology plunged eagerly into the task of identifying Aristotelian species. Years later there was a re- vival of this line of study especially in Germany, but of late it has been neglected. A partial list of the important works on the origin of entomological terms is appended to this article. There does not seem, however, to be any bibliography on the subject of the derivation of names of insects mentioned in classic authors, their true meaning and 52 Journal New York Entomological Society. [VoI. xvii. the reasons for their application. There is no attempt to examine into any of these names to ascertain whether they have not an inherent meaning that might aid in identification. At all events, such an ex- amination would prove to be a pleasant side line of study. Dr. Gem- minger (Gemminger and Harold, Catalogus Coleopterum) has given remarkably complete analyses of names invented by Linne and all his successors, but concerning the earlier names he merely states the fact that they are the classic names of the insects in question. On the other hand, the lexicographers have applied their best efforts in com- parative philology but have been handicapped by gross ignorance of entomology. It is a remarkable fact that the Greeks, who, as early as pre-Homeric times, possessed a knowledge of the transformation from larva to chrysalis and from chrysalis to imago, should have had but one name for butterfly. Large, small, green, black, white or yellow — all were psyche, i. e., emblematic of the resurrection. They made a distinc- tion between butterfly and moth, the latter being called pha/ceiia. This word, which does not occur in Aristotle, is really applied to the larva and not to the imago. For the root, compare phalangis and phalanx. The earliest application of the word was to a monster that arose from the sea and devastated provinces. The primitive mind was prone to exaggeration. In Italian it became balcena. When ancient scholars sought the animal represented by this word, the only one existing was the whale, and they jumped at a conclusion. The same error occurred in Hebrew in an effort to transcribe intelli- gently the adventures of Jonah. The whale has not oesophagus enough to swallow a small piece of a man. The real phalcefia was an imper- fect prehistoric recollection of an octopus, long extinct in the Medi- terranean, but which some time caught and killed many men in its expansive arms. Qoxw^zxo. phalanges, i. e., the first ten fingers of the same general shape, which acting in common are effectual. The phalanx is a body of men similarly armed and acting in unison, thereby becoming more effectual than the same number of men acting separately. The phahena of classic times is a band of caterpillars which devastate a field, while the same number of scattered cater- pillars could do no appreciable harm. The name, then, properly applies to the cutworms, or the Noctuidge. It was applied by Linne to moths generally. Walker adopted this conception, but Packard tried to confine it to certain Geometrididae. All of these authors made mistranslations. June, tgog.] Dow : Origin OF ENTOMOLOGICAL Names. 53 The Roman word for butterfly \% papilio — a Sanskrit root. The lexicographers were wrong in comparing it \v\\h pavilio. The root is "pal," to stroke. This was duplicated like a host of other roots. Its nearest analogue is palpare. Compare the entomological term ^^ palpi,'' the organs with which an insect strokes its food into the maxillae, and again into its labial attachments. The substantive ending is common. Compare ////V, the chirping sparrow ; teuebrio, literally the doer of deeds in the dark, hence the trickster ; stellio, the newt, the name coming from the stellar shape of the five toes of each foot. In prehistoric times men were too busy in the struggle for exist- ence to notice useless insects. They named only those which bit or stung or furnished food. It was left for the children at play to ob- serve and name the rest. They saw the creature flying slowly with palpitating wing-motion clearly discernible. Thay also saw the butterfly alight and stroke its wings before becoming motionless. Virgil and the poets use the word papilio as meaning the dash of color flitting by in the sunlight and adding a charm to the landscape. We may also best consider at this juncture some of the onomato- poetic names applied by children and subsequently incorporated into the language. GryUiis {ypnlh>^") is their attempt to imitate the stridu- lation of the common cricket. Cicada, the harvest fly, if pronounced with a soft ch sound, as it undoubtedly was, has an obvious origin. The Greek re'rrtl sounds like a stick drawn along a picket fence. It describes the European equivalent to Cicada tihicen to a nicety. Homer says orators should copy this sweet sound. It offended Vir- gil's ears most horribly. Homer would be a pleasanter companion on a collecting trip than Virgil. He had a better disposition in adver- sity. Note also the poetry of Latreille — tibiceri, the flute player. Curculio, the grain weevil, occurs once only in Plautus. The duplication and termination are the same as in papilio. Compare curvtis, Latin, curve, English, coluber, the Latin for snake. The Curculio is the insect which as a larva is footless and makes a circle of itself in its home. As an adult its head and body make a pronounced curve. A large number of Greek names, similar in form, have so far de- fied analysis, for example, cimex, sphex, ciilex, pulex, sirex, etc. It might be thought that since these creatures are all biters or stingers the suffix ex had some meaning of the sort. This theory is unten- 54 Journal New York Entomological Societv. [Voi. xvn. able. The ending occurs in a host of other words and is a contrac- tion. Myrmex, the ant, is [xopul? (10,000) plus ex. It was once mi0'iamike (feminine). In Latin it became by natural transition for- niica. To the Greek mind the ant was that insect which lives in large colonies. To them, primitively, all hosts too numerous to count were '^ niyria.^' As a theory I would suggest that ex is quite like the Latin — io, meaning ' ' that which. ' ' The philologist must pursue the verb roots, ciw, sph, ail, etc. Inasmuch as the word sphex is equivalent to the Latin vespa, Ger- man IVespe, English wasp, with equivalents in other languages of Indo-European origin, it is evident that the name was applied before the great emigrations. In Greek it occurs in Herodotus. Apis was applied before the emigration to Greece and Italy, but after the North- ern emigration. The English word bee, like buzz, is purely onomato- poetic. The word formica is coeval with apis. The English " (?;//" is a contraction of emmet. The English "beetle" is the "little biter." The children named these as most others. They merely supposed that the creature bit. The primitive men had no time to investigate. They felt the sting of the sphex hundreds of generations before they discovered the beneficence of the honey-bee. Most of the other names occurring in classic literature can only be considered separately. Buprestis is from Hippocrates, meaning an insect which when eaten by cows caused swelling and generally death. Here is an obvious mistranslation by Linne. Cows cannot reach this woodborer. Possibly Hippocrates had an imperfect knowledge of the dipterous creature which develops from the egg laid on the fetlock and after being licked into the mouth passes first into the stomach and thence through the tissues to the surface. Carabus (Aristotle) has no connection with the Egyptian word rendered in Greek scarabcBus. The similarity in sound apparently deceived the lexicographers and the unobservant Greek as well. The curved mandibles of the Carabid marked it to the children's mind as differing from the branching mandibles of the staghorn beetle. Linnaeus translated correctly. The Latin for staghorn is unmistak- ably the Lucanus, as described in Pliny. The painstaking scholar who noted sadly that the Lucanus cervus is not as common in Lucania as elsewhere, should read the joke book. The predecessor of Pliny had his fling at the rural Lucanian tribe, whether the term applied to the big arms, lumbering gait, hooked noses or prognathous jaws. June, 1909.] Dow : Origin of Entomological Names. 55 Greek literature has plenty of examples of similar jests directed against the boorish Boeotians. Fabricius was responsible for an odd translation of Cossiis, Latin, meaning a wood-boring larva good to eat. The lexicographer refers this to a Prionus. It is much more likely that it refers to some scar- abseid larva which lives in rotten wood and makes its cocoon of chips. Such larvge are not only eatable but very tasty. German boys are fond of the adult Melolonilia to this day. The head is removed and the abdominal contents sucked out. The first taste is sweetish, the last is slightly bitter. Ephemeron (Aristotle) is self explanatory. Melolontha is the pollen feeder in adult form. The Chrysomelid is merely a beetle of a distinct golden color, perhaps a Scarabseid, perhaps a Coptocycla. Linne mistranslated Attelabus of Aristotle. The context indicates that it is a wingless creature with large eyes, a locust or some allied insect. Thrips is, by the context, a wood-borer. Dej-mestes, the skin- eater, is Homeric. It can only apply to the Dermestidse, or possibly a Trox. Ips is Homeric and was mistranslated by Fabricius a Nitid- ulid, and by De Geer as a Rhynchophorous insect. It is a larva which eats horn and wood, quite possibly a Ptinid, The Latin Musca does not admit of mistranslation. Staphylinus was a misconception on the part of Aristotle and a mis- translation on the part of Linne. Literally it is an insect which smells like the bruised wild carrot, and is one of the Coleoptera, as Aristotle understood that order. Hemiptera were unknown to him. The c/mex, the only Hemipteron named, is wingless. The Hom- optera he relegated to the locust group. The Coleoptera to him were the insects whose backs were covered by a sheath, no matter whether the elytra met in a straight line down the back or crossed. It is to be doubted whether he would have recognized the Staphylinid^e and Pselaphidae, with their short elytra, as beetles at all. I believe, there- fore, that Staphylinus refers to a strong-smelling Hemipteron, probably a pentatomid. So also Spondyla, a strong-smelling insect keeping close to the roots of plants, is probably a Hemipteron of some sort. Clerics (Aristotle) is a coleopterous insect noxious to bees. On this slender evidence the learned Camus argued through many dreary pages that it must be the insect now known as Clerus apivorus. The pros and cons of excited and angry German scholars over this point filled volumes from 1832 to 1849. 56 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xvii. Acariis is well-named, the mite, that insect which is so small that it cannot be cut in two or further divided. To the children who named it, it was the smallest of living creatures. Blatta is the insect best characterized by the adjective liicifuga. It is in Virgil the exact opposite of the sun-loving papilio. Linne applied it correctly, although there are a host of other insects to which it would apply just as well. To the child mind of Italy, if not of earlier peoples, it meant any creepy, crawly insect which beset folks when out in the woods or fields at night. The Syrpha of Homer was a small biting fly or gnat. Linne either mistranslated or misunderstood the habits of the Syrphidse. Lampyrus could not possibly be mistranslated. It is doubtful whether Silpha was a beetle at all. It is unlikely that Briichus was a beetle. 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Entstehung der Insecten nach Aristoteles. Isis, 1839, VII, p. 744. Lacordaire, M. Th. Introduction a I'Entomologie. Paris, 1838, pp. 619 et seq. Latreille, P. A. Des insectes peints ou sculptes sur les monuments de I'Egypte. Mem. Mus. Hist., Paris, 1819, Vol. V, pp. 249-270. Latreille, P. A. Cours d' Entomologie. Paris, 1831. Spix. Geschichte und Beurtheilung aller Systeme in der Zoologie, etc. Nuremberg, 1811. Thompson, J. Memoire pourservir a I'histoire de I'Entomologie d' Aristotle. Archiv Entom., 1857, I, pp. 90-104. June, 1909.] Smith: New Species of Noctuid.^ for 1909. 57 NEV/ SPECIES OF NOCTUID^ FOR 1909. By John B. Smith, ScD., New Brunswick, N. J. Feralia furtiva, new species. Ground color dark smoky brown; head, thorax and primaries overlaid by mossy greenish yellow. Antennre white at base. Tip of collar and edges of patagia nar- nowly black, disc of patagia with some white scales. Base marked with black and white. Primaries with all the maculation contrastingly white, edged with black scales. Basal line white, curved to the median vein at base, whence white lines ex- tend along median and submedian to t. a. line. T. a. line white, black-edged each side, strongly outcurved in the interspaces. T. p. line well removed outwardly, white, irregularly edged with black, very irregular in course, outwardly denticulate on the veins, nearest to outer margin on veins 3 and 4. A series of black terminal lunules, beyond which the white fringes are cut with black. Costa marked with alter- nate black and white areas. Claviform very large, incompletely outlined in white. Orbicular large, almost round, outlined in white. Reniform very large, incompletely defined above and below, sides white. Secondaries uniformly smoky brown, the fringes soiled whitish. Beneath very dark smoky, primaries marked with black and white along costa, and fringes alternately black and while. Secondaries with a blackish discal blotch, from which a blackish line, edged on each side by a whitish shade, extends to base : with a whitish subterminal line, beyond which the wing is paler toward hind angle. Fringes cut with white and smoky. Expands 1.40 inches == 35 mm. Habitat. — Sudbury, Ontario, 1891. A single female which has been in my collection for many years and which I have always hesitated to describe because I feared it might be a discolored y(?r(?i'«. I have recently seen over \oo jocosa how- ever, many of them discolored, and have a dozen now before me ; but in none is there any approach to the peculiarly uniform dark color of the new species, combined as it is with the strikingly clear white of the maculation. On the under side the marking of the secondaries is quite different, and on the upper side the absence of the usually con- spicuous black markings oi jocosa seem to authorize a new name. At all events I have risked it. Lupetina discors Grote. This species was described by Mr. Grote from Kansas in 1881, and in 1890 I referred it as identical with Mr. Morrison's burgessi described in 1S74 from Massachusetts examples. When I wrote I had only western examples before me ; but I had seen and had compared eastern examples. From this comparison and the descriptions, I con- 58 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xvii. eluded the species identical and so referred them. Since that time bu rges s i M.orr., has occurred in some numbers on Long Island, and on comparing these carefully with examples from Nebraska and Colo- rado, there seems to be no doubt that Mr. Grote was correct in describ- ing his species as distinct. The eastern species has the primaries comparatively shorter and broader, the ordinary spots more com- pletely outlined and relieved, the median space darker, the connect- ing bar between the lines broad and well developed, the interspaceal black marks preceding and following the s. t. line very obscure. The western form, discors Grote, is more strigate in appearance, the pri- maries have the apex distinctly drawn out, and the interspaceal lines are very conspicuous toward the margin, usually forming sagittate marks before the punctiform s. t. line. While the ground color is the same, the median space does not contrast definitely, and the connec- tion between the median lines is a narrow streak rather than a bar. With only limited material at hand the species look very much alike and are easily regarded as races or varieties : with a series for com- parison the differences are so obvious that the wonder is that they could ever have been regarded as the same. Luperina ona, new species. Ground color dark umber brown, overlaid by smoky black. Head concolorous. Collar with a narrow black median line tending to become lost. Thoracic disc lend- ing to become umber brown, the patagia with intense black submarginal lines. Pri- maries almost uniformly smoky black on perfect specimens ; but as they become flown the brown base becomes increasingly apparent, until the wing gets a streaked appear- ance which is best marked beyond the reniform and in general through thes. t. space. A slender black streak below median vein, extending to the t. a. line ; but often im- perfect in rubbed examples. Basal line black, marked by geminate costal spots and again on median vein. T. a. line black, geminate, more or less interrupted, rather evenly oblique to the angle below the sub-median : then inwardly bent to, and again outcurved below, vein I. T. p. line broken, black, more or less completely gemi- nate, very even on the whole, outcurved over cell, then parallel with outer margin. S. t. line a series of yellowish points set into black interspaceal streaks. Claviform small, pointed, black-margined, a narrow bar extending from its tip to the t. p. line. An interrupted black terminal line ; veins marked at ends by yellowish points. Sec- ondaries white, with a blackish narrow outer border which is inwardly diffuse. Be- neath white, primaries rather densely, secondaries sparsely black powdered. Expands, I.50-I.65 inches = 37-41 mm. Habitat. — Arizona: Santa Catalina Mts., September; Huachuca Mts., August (Barnes) ; Minnehaha, Yavapai Co., September (Hut- son). Two males and six females in fair or good condition. The three June, igog.] SmITH : NeW SpECIES OF NOCTUID^ FOR I909. 59 examples collected by Mr. Hutson are more flown than those from the Barnes collection and therefore seem lighter in color ; but there seems no reasonable doubt of their identity. The orbicular is almost lost in most examples, but can be traced in others by black scales and is then large, oval, oblique. The reniform is very like that in dis- cors ; large, kidney-shaped, outwardly a little relieved by pale scales- This is an ally of discors but much darker in color and easily dis. tinguished from it. Fishia hanhami, new species. Dark smoky brown overlaid by black and blackish. Head with a black frontal line. Collar with a broad black transverse line above a median whitish shade band ; a narrow blackish line just below tip. Patagia with black subniarginal line. Disc blackish powdered, the divided crest conspicuous. Abdomen more evenly smoky gray-brown, dorsal tufts prominent. Primaries with the markings conspicuous, but not well defined. There is a short black curved mark at base below median vein, and a broader, more obvious streak, which extends to the t. a. line below vein i. A somewhat diffuse, conspicuous black bar connects the median lines in the submedian interspace. T. a. line geminate, inner line tending to become lost, outer black, in- cluded space whitish or at least paler, nearly even from costa to middle, then twice outwardly angled before the inner margin. T. p. line obscurely geminate, inner line black, outwardly edged with whitish, taking the form of a double line opposite the anal angle. In course it is outwardly oblique from costa to vein 6, thence more or less lunulate and parallel with outer margin. S. t. line yellowish white, punctiform except toward apex, the spots interrupting a series of interspaceal black streaks. A yellow, narrow terminal line, preceded by small black interspaceal lunules. Clavi- form obscured in the diffuse connecting streak. Orbicular large, nearly round, in- completely defined, edged and powdered with small white scales. Reniform large, irregular, a little constricted, incompletely defined, with white powdery edging and markings. Secondaries, in the males, dirty white with a broad, somewhat lunulate black terminal line ; in the female uniform dark smoky, with a similar terminal line. Beneath, powdery; all wings with an extra-median line and roundish discal mark : in the male the ground is whitish ; in the female smoky. Expands, i. 56-1. 70 inches =_;9-42 mm. Habitat. — Victoria, British Columbia, in September. Two males and one female, from Dr. Barnes' collection, taken by M. A. W. Hanham, to whom I take pleasure in dedicating this spe- cies. It is an ally of evelina French, but smaller, darker, much more powdery, and with better marked tufting throughout. The male an- tennae are distinctly serrate and fasciculate. Hyppa spaldingi, new species. General color gray over a dirty yellowish brown. Head brown, front blackish. Thorax of the general gray, over brown ; collar yellowish at base below a black trans- verse line ; patagia with narrow black submarginal lines. Primaries with a washed-out 60 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xvii. appearance, none of the maculation complete, all the lines practically lost over the costal region. A distinct short black streak at base in the submedian interspace, ex- tending half way to t. a. line. T. a. line obvious only below median vein, whitish, with edges more or less defined by black scales, strongly curved toward base, out- wardly convex. T. p. line also whitish, with very narrow dusky defining lines, out- wardly oblique to vein 5 where it forms a distinct angle and runs obliquely inward evenly or with slight sinuations to the inner margin. The median lines are connected in the submedian interspace by a narrow black line over which is a more diffuse brown shading, which obscures the small, pointed claviforra. S. t. line whitish, best marked by dark shadings in the terminal space and more obscure preceding marks, ir- regular in course, making two conspicuous outward dents which reach the outer margin on veins 3 and 4 and extend through the fringes. A series of black terminal lunules. Orbicular very long, narrow and oblique, only partially outlined, best marked anteri- orly, most of the outline consisting of a narrow edging of white scales. Reniform rather small, obscure, kidney-shaped. Secondaries very pale smoky yellowish at base, with a broad, rather well defined smoky outer border, a terminal black line and whitish fringes. Beneath whitish gray, with black powdering over a yellowish base ; all wings with a black discal spot. Expands, 1.60 inches r= 40 mm. Habitat. — Stockton, Utah, VI, 30. A single female in good condition, which I take pleasure in nam- ing after Mr. Tom Spalding, its collector, from whom I have received many interesting and rare species as well as much material in the older forms. The new species is so altogether different from the other described species that comparisons seem unnecessary ; and yet the habitus is exactly the same, although it also recalls the yellow winged Xylophasia lunata and inordinata. Oncocnemis semicollaris, new species. Ground color powdery ash-gray. Head inferiorly brown, with black edgings above and below the band. Collar inferiorly, deep blackish brown. Thorax and primaries a very even ash gray, with minute black powderings. All the markings of primaries very fine, black and inconspicuous. Basal line just traceable. T. a. line single, slender, a little excurved, with a small outward angle at the middle, from which an equally slender black streak extends to the t. p. line. The latter is well curved over the cell, then deeply drawn inward to the point where it meets the con- necting line, then almost upright to the inner margin. There is no s. t. line and no distinct terminal line. A distinct black streak extends from the end of the cell across the t. p. line nearly to the outer margin, and small obscure blackish streaks are in the interspaces just before the outer margin. Ordinary spots wanting. Secondaries whitish at base, becoming dusky toward apex and to the middle of the outer margin ; veins also dusky. Beneath whitish, powdery; primaries darker, without markings secondaries paler, with an obvious median line and a small discal spot. Expands, 1.22 inches = 31 mm. Habitat. — Peachland, British Columbia, July 8, 1907. June, igog.l SmITH : NeW SpECIES OF NOCTUID^ FOR I909, 61 One female in rather poor condition from Dr. James Fletcher, collected by Mr. J. B. Wallis. The specimen seems to have been papered, and has the body somewhat pressed out of shape ; but the wings are not marred and the legs are present. The resemblance at first sight is to griseicollis ; but the connected median lines suggest figitrata. In the half dark head and collar the species seems to be unique. Calocampa mertena, new species. General color smoky gray over a dull rusty yellowish red. Head darker in front ; above middle and vertex, of the paler ground or tending to even more yellowish. Collar rusty reddish to yellowish, crossed by narrow darker lines, tipped with blackish. Thoracic disc varying from rusty brown to smoky gray, the contrast with collar vary- ing materially and, in the case of the single female, scarcely marked. Abdomen rather even rusty reddish in both sexes. Primaries smoky gray below the median vein, the costal area rusty reddish over luteous, varying in brilliancy with the freshness of the specimen. All the transverse maculation just traceable. At the base the pale shading is whitish above a black or dark streak, and in this pale area are loop-like brown markings in the interspaces. The t. a. line so far as it is visible has loop-like oulcurves in the interspaces. In the cell the orbicular and reniform are marked by a blackish spot in which the orbicular is completely outlined in black and the inner part of the reniform is well marked. The center of the reniform is marked by a contrast- ing pale crescent, outwardly diiifuse and shaded with reddish, and that tint usually shades into the pale area which then extends through the upper half of the wing, to the margin. T. p. line about parallel with the outer margin, usually reduced to small, punctiform venular dots, in the best cases a slender crenulate line. S. t. line marked by a more or less obvious preceding shade, quite rigidly oblique and, above vein 5, emphasized by a black somewhat lanceolate streak. There is a traceable median shade in most of the specimens. Secondaries lustrous, smoky, reddish-brown, semi- transparent. Beneath rusty brownish, varying in depth ; secondaries with an obvious outer line and discal spot, primaries with the same maculation indicated. Expands, 1.70-2.00 inches = 43-50 mm. Habitat. — Washington ; Seattle, Pullman and Olympia ; British Columbia ; Rossland and Arrowhead Lake. Eleven males and one female : all the dates for males in spring and examples somewhat flown ; the female without date, from Dr. Barnes' collection, in fresh, perfect condition. I have had this series separated in my collection for a long time ; but having only males was not certain that I did not have a race of cineritia to deal with. The receipt of the female from Dr. Barnes with his own conclusion that it was a distinct species, determines me to give it a name. It is paler throughout than cineritia, with the contrasts between costal and infra- median area much more decided, while the transverse maculation is 62 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xvii. almost entirely lost. I have well-marked cineritia from Calgary, Alberta ; Aweme, Cartwright, and Brandon, Manitoba ; and none of them is readily confused with this new form. Xylina nasar, new species. Ground color of head, thorax and primaries bright, clean bluish gray, all the raaculation cleanly and sharply defined, a distinct reddish brown shade in the reni- form and above the internal angle of primaries. Head with a black transverse line across lower part of front, below which it is brown. A black line across collar, sur- mounted by a narrow, clean-cut white line, and shading off inferiorly into the ground. Patagia with margins dusky. Primaries with the transverse lines strongly angulated, narrow, black, edged with gray, tending to become broken. There is a black longi- tudinal line at base, which extends into the outward tooth of the t. a. line, but does not reach the line, and this line is edged with whitish above and is diffuse inferiorly. The outward tooth of the t. a. line meets an inward tooth from the t. p., the connec- tion between the two formed by a black bar which is diffuse above. An oblique blackish shade extends from the middle of the costa to the t. p. line at vein 3, and this becomes outwardly diffuse and obscures the lower part of the reniform. S. t. line strongly dentate, the teeth on veins 3-4 nearly reaching the outer margin, pre- ceded by a brown and black shade, from which black streaks extend inward below vein 3 and above vein 4. There is an outer, denticulate gray line. Orbicular very large, ovate, concolorous, incompletely outlined. Reniform large, upright, centrally a little constricted, incompletely outlined, inferiorly a little obscured by the oblique dusky shading. Secondaries gray, with a coppery red shading, and the abdomen is smoky, with the same coppery overlay. Beneath whitish with smoky powdering ; a vague discal spot and outer line on all wings, tending to become lost on primaries and fairly well marked on secondaries. Expands 1.44- 1. 5 2 inches = 36-38 mm. Habitat. — Redington, Arizona (Dr. Barnes). Three males and two females in good condition from Dr. William Barnes. They are allied to the eastern lepida and thaxteri in type of maculation, but obviously distinct from both. The specific name is a suggestion from Dr. Barnes. Xylina atara, new species. Ground color of head, thorax and primaries a rather dull blue gray, all the mac- ulation diffuse, indefinite, no color in the wings at any point. Head with a black, surmounted by a white, frontal line. Collar, with a clean white median line surmount- ing a black shade which is inferiorly diffused into the ground. Median lines as in nasar ; but all vague and diffuse, the basal line being scarcely marked in some speci- mens. The connection between the median lines is a blackish shade, and the oblique shade from costa to t. p. line is just traceable in most specimens. S. t. line similar to that of its ally, without the black, well defined markings extending inwardly. Sec- ondaries whitish with a coppery tinge. Beneath whitish, powdery, all wings with a vague discal spot. Expands, 1. 52-1. 60 inches = 38 to 40 mm. June, 1909.] Smith: New Species of Noctuid/e for 1909. 63 Habitat. — Redington, Arizona (Dr. Barnes). One male and six females in good condition. I was strongly in- clined at first to consider this a washed-out form of nasar ; but the material is in too good condition to permit this belief. All the specimens of both sexes are uniformly larger, they all lack the brown and reddish scales in the primaries, and the maculation is uniformly diffuse, not rubbed nor faded. The strong inward black marks from the s. t. line are altogether lacking and, on the whole, I have no doubt we have a good species to deal with. On this point Dr. Barnes agrees with me and I have adopted his suggestion as to a specific name. CopicuUia luteodisca, new species. Ground color bright bluish gray. Head with vertex and a cross bar below an- tennas brown. Base of collar blackish, edges of patagia blackish margined, disc dusky. Abdomen yellowish, with white hair at base, dorsal tuftings small. Pri- maries with the ordinary spots distinctly outlined, sometimes tinged with yellowish ; a diffused yellowish shading in the submedian interspace between the median lines ; an obvious streak above the anal angle ; the median lines obscure. A very fine blackish line from base to t. a. line in the submedian interspace, very easily lost in a somewhat rubbed example. T. a. line very strongly dentate, irregular, single, not well defined. T. p. line barely traceable by interspaceal blackish marks to vein 2, below which it is narrow, single, blackish and cuts the outer edge of the yellowish shading. There is a traceable, somewhat paler gray s. t. shade line. A series of dusky terminal marks becoming black and continuous below vein 3. A somewhat diffuse black streak from t. p. line in submedian interspace extending obliquely up- ward to the outer margin just above vein 2. Orbicular ringed with black, broadly oval, center concolorous or tinged with yellow, and with a black dot. Reniform rather small, broad, outlined in black, the upper margin tending to become incomplete, and to a filling of yellowish scales, with blackish central line. Secondaries white with a broad smoky margin, veins smoky and fringes white. Beneath white, tending to a smoky outer margin on all wings ; breast gray. Expands, 1.60 inches =41 mm. Habitat. — Deming, New Mexico, September 1-7. Two females in good condition from Dr. Wm. Barnes. The species is allied to ajitipoda Strck., in the distinct ordinary spots, but differs in the darker coloring, the diffuse supra-anal streak, the yellow shadings on the disc of wing, and the very neatly margined white secondaries. The species seems very different from anything previ- ously described and is not included in any of the forms enumerated by Hampson. CucuUia obtusa, new species. Ground color whitish gray, streaked and powdered with black. Head gray in- feriorly, with a black frontal line, then with a brown and gray line and a brown ver- 64 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xvii. tex. Collar inferiorly brownish, limited by a black transverse line. Thoracic mark- ings broken and indefined. Primaries powdery and streaked with blackish and black, with a distinct yellowish shade in the discal cell, the ordinary spots lost and the median lines fragmentary. On the costa, oblique diffuse brown streaks mark the t. a. line and median shade, and a geminate black oblique streak marks the inception of the t. p. line. The t. a. line is just indicated by venular marks. The t. p. line may be traced as a narrow, rather even broken line from costa to vein 3. S. t. line present as a diffuse oblique whitish shade, outwardly marked by brownish patches in the interspaces, and by a subapical preceding shade. A series of black terminal dots in the interspaces, beyond which the fringes are cut with blackish. Secondaries whitish with a yellowish tinge at base and with a broad blackish outer margin in both sexes. Beneath, all wings whitish with a broad dusky outer margin. Expands, i. 50-1. 65 inches ^38-41 mm. Habitat. — Santa Catalina Mts., Arizona ; southern Arizona. Two males and one female from Dr. Barnes ; the southern Ari- zona example marked as taken by Poling. The specimens are very much alike except in size, and are altogether different from any other of our species in the more trigonate primaries ; the lanceolate form being almost lost. There is no subanal streak and the type of macu- lation becomes more like that of some of the normal hadenoid forms. Tasniocampa occluna, new species. Ground color dull grayish luteous, more or less densely powdered with smoky and blackish. Head and thorax concolorous, the patagia tending toward a blackish subniargin. Primaries with all the maculation present but broken, and so powdered with blackish or smoky scales that the ornamentation is somewhat difficult to make out. Basal line geminate, black, outwardly convex and connected with base by a short blackish streak. T. a. line geminate, rather well removed from base, very in- complete, outwardly oblique, with a very slight outcurve. T. p. line geminate, outer portion becoming punctiform, rather even in general course, outwardly curved to vein 6, then inwardly oblique and with a slight incurve to the inner margin. S. t. line yellowish, irregularly and strongly sinuate, preceded by a somewhat darker shad- ing. A series of small blackish terminal lunules separated by yellowish dots on the veins, beyond which the fring-is are narrowly cut with yellow. Claviform very small, loop-like, outlined in black ; but tending to become lost. Orbicular round or a little oval, small or moderate in size, concolorous, more or less completely outlined by black scales. Reniform large, a little oblique, somewhat constricted at the middle, the lower portion larger and broader than the upper, dark filled, incompletely outlined by black scales. Secondaries whitish at base, darkening gradually to a smoky terminal margin which is broader in the female ; veins smoky and a trace of a smoky discal lunule: fringe whitish. Beneath, powdery; all wings with a more or less obvious outer line and a discal spot : primaries gray, tending to smoky ; secondaries whitish, powdering sparse except along costal margin. Expands, .92-1.12 inches ^23-28 mm. Habitat. — Mesilla Park, New Mexico, May 9, 1900 (Cockerell), June, igog.] SmITH : NeW SpECIES OF NOCTUID^ FOR I909. 65 The single example from Prof. Cockerell has been in my collec- tion since 1900 awaiting additional material. The antennae of the male are very shortly pectinated — almost ser- rate only — and the branches are set with dense lateral cilise and furnished with a longer terminal bristle so as to give the appearance of being fasciculate or bristle-tufted. Among the species with similar structure this has no very close allies, and it resembles rather an un- dersized Perigea alfkenii Grt. — in fact I have no doubt the two are confused in collections. Taeniocampa quinque-fasciata, new species. Ground color varies from mouse-gray to fawn-gray, or even to rusty reddish. Head and thorax concolorous. Primaries more or less irrorated, but not often ob- viously strigulate ; crossed in whole or in part by five variably conspicuous lines or fascia. Basal line single, diffuse, brown, excurved, extending from costa to sub- median vein. This line, while it is always traceable, tends to become lost and is rarely conspicuous. T. a. line single, rather well removed from base, with a mode- rate outcurve, more or less drawn in on the veins. This line is less diffuse, always traceable though sometimes incomplete, and usually well defined. Median shade broad, diffuse, at or a little beyond the middle of the wing, outwardly oblique to lower part of reniform, then with an inward, obtuse angle, obliquely to the inner margin. This broad shade is usually conspicuous and always obvious. T. p. line single, oblique from costa to vein 6, there forming a rather sharp angle and becoming cren- ulated to the inner margin. This line is usually obvious and sometimes conspicuous over the costal area, but tends to become lost below the angle. S. t. line yellowish- disjunct just below the apex, thence rather even to the inner margin, preceded by a variably distinct dusky shading which may be a mere edging and may extend nearly half way across the s. t. space. A series of small, dark terminal lunules. There is a black or dusky spot in the cell between basal and t. a. line, and usually another at the anterior margin of the orbicular spot. Orbicular large, concolorous, ovate, a little oblique, defined by a narrow, pale ring and tending to become obsolete. Reniform large, broad, kidney- shaped, outlined by a pale ring, tending to become dark filled inferiorly. Secondaries dusky in both sexes, the fringes paler. Beneath whitish, powdery, with a conspicuous outer black fascia and a black discal spot on all wings. Expands, 1. 40-1. 65 inches := 35-41 mm. Habitat. — Colorado ; Glenwood Springs VII, Garfield Co., 6000 feet: Washington; Pullman, IV, 19, Seattle: Oregon, Corvallis III, 31 : Vancouver, B. C, III, 31, IV, 6: Massett, Q. C. I., IV, 28. Seven males and four females mostly in good condition, from various sources. My attention was drawn to this species by a somewhat discolored and very fully marked example received for determination from Dr. Fletcher. All the transverse maculation is practically com- plete, and the c^-fasciata application is obvious. In seeking to differ- entiate it in other respects I found among my examples of pacifica 66 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xvii. some that were almost as well if not as conspicuously marked, and I divided them into two series which stood sharply enough defined when once separated. The new species differs from both alia 2iXi^ pacific a in more even coloration ; in the obvious or even conspicuous median shade ; in the even, rather conspicuous s. t. line preceded by a distinct shade, and in the sharp angle formed by the t. p. line on vein 6. Xylomiges argus, new species. Head, thorax and primaries pale, powdery ash gray. Head and thorax with darker gray powderings, so as to give the surface a dusty appearance. Collar with a somewhat darker gray line. Abdomen yellowish. Primaries without contrasts, yet all the maculation fairly well traceable. Basal line geminate, darker gray, extended to vein i. T. a. line geminate at its inception, the inner line tending to become lost, the outer dark gray, a little diffuse, with a very long outward angle in the sub- median interspace and a smaller above the margin. T. p. line single, broken, out- wardly extended on the veins, with a long inward angle in the submedian interspace, not quite meeting that of the t. a. line. S. t. line pale, fragmentary, best marked by a series of blackish preceding spots in the interspaces. A blackish terminal line, broken by yellowish points on the veins. Claviform short but broad, obscurely out- lined by dark scales. Orbicular round or nearly so, a little paler, with a central dusky spot. Reniform moderate in size, broad, a little constricted at middle, oblique, in- completely outlined, usually with a few rusty scales outwardly. As a whole the wing is a little darker over costal region from base to t. p. line, and there is a tendency to an oblique dusky shading from lower edge of reniform to the outer margin just below apex. Secondaries white, with small dusky terminal lunules. Beneath white, pri- maries powdered with gray, all wings with a darker discal spot and a tendency to an extra-median line. Expands, 1.32- 1.42 inches = 33-35 mm. Habitat. — California : Witch Creek II, Argus Mts., V. One male and four females in good condition ; the Witch Creek examples through Mr. R. F. Pearsall, the Argus Mts. examples from Mr. . T. Kemp. This is the narrowest winged species we have and the primaries are more nearly parallel than in any other species. The markings are very obscure and at first sight the species looks only a little mottled, dusty gray. The antennae of the male are serrate and fasciculate, and the species thus belongs with indurata and curialis, while differing markedly from both. Xylomiges nicalis, new species. Head, thorax and primaries a soft bluish gray, in the males with a faint reddish tint and a somewhat glossy surface. Head and thorax without obvious maculation. June, 1909] Smith : New Species of Noctuid^ for 1909. 67 Primaries, in the male the maculation tends to become altogether lost, the t. a. and s. t. lines being most frequently defined and the reniform usually marked by a reddish cloud. In the female the primaries are more powdery, the veins tend to become darker, and most of the maculation is usually traceable, the s, t. line being always most obvious. In none of the specimens is all the maculation present, so that the description is made from several examples. B^sal line geminate, the component parts widely separated, almost crossing the wing and strongly angulated. T. a. line single, diffuse, outwardly angulated at its middle, inwardly so on the subcosta and submedian. A broad, diffuse median shade is traceable across the wing in most examples. T. p. line single, irregular, diffuse, only a little outcurved over cell, and almost less in- curved below. A series of interspaceal blackish spots mark the s. t. line. A series of blackish terminal marks, beyond which is a narrow, interrupted pale line at base of fringes. Claviform short and broad, concolorous. Orbicular round or nearly so, not outlined, a little paler than the ground, with a dusky center. Reniform large, upright, incomplete, a little constricted at middle. Secondaries white with a series of black terminal lunules and a tendency toward a series of dusky extra-median venu- lar dots. Beneath white, primaries more or less powdery ; all wings with a more or less obvious discal spot and a tendency to an extra-median line. Expands, i. 40-1. 70 inches ^= 35-42 mm. Habitat. — Pullman, Washington, April and May. Seven males and six females, all in good condition, received from the Experiment Station some years ago and but recently separated out. The antennte of the male are distinctly serrate and fasciculate and therefore this is related to indurata and curia/is. It is however a much larger species than argus, broader winged, and with quite a different appearance. The marked difference between the sexes in this species is quite characteristic, and besides the differences already pointed out, it may be added that the males run smaller, although the largest male more than equals the smallest female. Xylomiges tantiva, new species. Ground color bluish gray, powdery. Head and thorax concolorous, patagia tend- ing toward a dusky submargin. Primaries powdery, all the transverse maculation obscured, tending toward a dusky shading over costa and in the terminal space. So far as they are traceable, the median lines are much as in nicalis ; but always incom- plete and the t. p. line often altogether lost. S. t. line pale, even, preceded by a narrow dusky shade which is sometimes more or less broken ; but never forms a series of separate spots. A dusky terminal line. Fringes interlined with pale. Claviform moderate in size, quite usually traceable. Orbicular round, obscurely outlined, a little paler than the ground, with a dusky center. Reniform large, upright, a little constricted at middle, with a shading of reddish or brown scales outwardly. Sec- ondaries white, with dusky terminal lunules and a tendency to a dusky, venular extra- median line. Beneath white, more or less powdery on primaries ; all wings with a discal spot and a tendency to an extra-median dark venular line. Expands, I.40-I.60 inches -= 35-40 mm. 68 Journal New York Entomological Society. [VoI. xvii. Habitat. — Redington, Arizona. Five males and four females from Dr. Wm. Barnes, at whose sug- gestion I give the specific name. Some of the examples are marked merely southern Arizona, Poling, and were probably taken by that gentleman. This is yet another of the curiaUs-indnrata series, and differs from nicalis in the more powdery surface, the practical similarity of the sexes, the continuous s. t. shading before a definite pale line and, lastly, by the much less marked thickening of the male antennae. The joints here are much less marked than in nicalis and the bristle tufts are small and weak. Tetanolita greta, new species. A light smoky over a whitish base, the latter becoming more obvious as the speci- mens become flown. Head and thorax concolorous, the abdomen a little paler, edges of segments narrowly white. Primaries in well preserved specimens rather uniformly light smoky to the t. p. line, beyond which is a whitish or paler shade that is almost evenly oblique and outside of that the terminal area is much darker to the paler fringes. In a flown specimen the contrasts are less marked and an oblique median shade be- comes apparent, as well as a dusky t. a. line ; both of which are obscured in the full powdering when present. T. a. line vague at best, even, a little out-curved. T. p. line narrow, smoky, crenulate, somewhat irregular but, on the whole, about parallel with the outer margin. S. t. line pale, sinuate, appearing as a powdering in a dark specimen and as a well defined continuous line in a flown example. A series of black terminal lunules. Orbicular a small yellow dot. Reniform an indefined blackish line or blotch, partly outlined by yellow scales. Secondaries on the whole continuing the maculation of primaries. The base to a little beyond the middle is somewhat paler than primary, then come the continuation of the t. p. line in the form of a narrow, diff"use band, and the narrow pale shading, outside of which there is a broader dark terminal area. Through this runs a continuation of the s. t. line which is continuous, more distinct and obviously denticulate. The terminal black lunules are narrow but form an almost continuous line. Beneath, much paler and more powdery, the transverse maculation of upper surface more obvious but less definite, and all wings with a dark discal spot. Expands, .90 inch = 23 mm. Habitat. — San Diego, California IX, 23, X, 6. Two male specimens from Mr. George H. Field: one of them fully clothed with scales, the other a little flown but otherwise in equally good condition. The palpi curve well up over the vertex and the fringing is rather sparse. Antennas with conspicuous long, slen- der lateral bristles and shorter fine hair. At about one third from base is the usual little scale tuft covering only a slight distortion of the antennal joints. June, igog.] SmITH : NeW SpECIES OF NOCTUID^ FOR I909. 69 As compared with the described species, this is nearest io floridana, than which it is larger, without the slightly reddish tint, and decidedly more powdery. It is broader winged than any others of the species and the pale shade beyond the t. p. line gives the insect a character- istic appearance. The character of the sexual tufting on the legs cannot be made out for lack of material, at present. Tetanolita fulata, new species. Ground color pale, washed-out luteous, shaded with smoky and all the lines smoky. Primaries more densely scaled and a little darker than secondaries, with a broad smoky shade before the t. p. line, not contrasting, and a better marked darken- ing preceding the s. t. line and extending to the outer margin. The basal line is marked by a smoky costal dot. T. a. line single, smoky, irregular, on the whole with an even outcurve, rather close to base of wing. T. p. line single, irregular, some- what dentate on some of the veins, outwardly angulate on the costa, then as a whole almost parallel with the outer margin, well removed outwardly so as to leave a broad median space. S. t. line yellowish, well marked through the dark shading, a little irregular but, on the whole, parallel with outer margin. A series of rather well- marked, large, blackish terminal lunules. The orbicular is a small yellow dot, which is sometimes much obscured. Reniform a narrow upright yellow bar or crescent, with a little blackish dot near upper and one near lower border. Secondaries palest at base, gradually becoming smoky outwardly, interrupted at about middle by the continuation of the t. p. line of primaries which is dark, followed by a paler shading, and extends across the secondaries. The pale s. t. line is also continued across the hind wings and is broader, more even, and more conspicuous. A series of black terminal lunules. Beneath paler, more powdery, with the maculation of the upper side incompletely reproduced. Expands, .76-. 82 inch= 19-20 mm. Habitat. — Pennsylvania; New Brighton IX, 19 (Merrick), Highspire VI, 22 : Illinois : Quincy IX, 1-15 (Poling). The types are two males and two females in good or fair condi- tion, and I have had under examination 5 other examples from the Pennsylvania State collection taken at Harrisburg, at electric light, VIII, 22, 28, and Highspire, V, 26, IX, 28. The Highspire example in my collection came to me through a New Jersey correspondent, and I do not know the original collector. There is considerable variation in the specimens due mostly to the difference in amount of smoky powdering ; the markings remaining about the same. The pattern is the same as \n floridana Sm., than which this is a somewhat smaller, narrower winged, much darker and less contrastingly marked species. There are other examples in Mr. Merrick's collection I have no doubt. 70 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xvii. Renia exserta, new species. Dull smoky gray or luteous, sometimes with a reddish tint. Palpi darker at sides. Head and thorax concolorous ; abdomen scarcely paler, with narrow paler edgings to segments. Primaries rather evenly colored, the basal area on the whole a little paler. T. a. line rigidly upright, yellowish, outwardly shaded with smoky brown. T. p. line even, yellowish or whitish, with a broad outcurve over cell and a less marked incurve below, just enough dark edging to the line to make it stand out conspicuously. S. t. line broken, irregular, yellowish, marked by brownish preceding shades, of which those at about the middle of its course are best marked. A series of small black terminal lunules. Orbicular a small, indefined yellowish blotch. Reniform upright, narrow, yellowish with black dots at either end. Secondaries a little paler than primaries ; a narrow, pale, median line continuing the t. p. line of the fore wing across the hind wing ; a broken dusky terminal line ; between the median line and the margin there is another, more indefinite and fragmentary, pale line. Beneath more rusty, powdery, with extra-median and s. t. line and discal spot on all wings. Expands, I. lo-i. 12 inches i= 27-28 mm. Habitat. — Trenton, Ontario, VIII, 11, John D. Evans ; London, Ontario, without date. One male and female, in good condition. The female, from Lon- don, has been in my collection for years and I have kept it associated with flavipunctalis for lack of cornpanions to prove that it was not merely an aberration. From whom I received it I do not now remem- ber, and the label gives no indication. Recently I received a nice male from Mr. Evans, and am now convinced that the species is a good one, differing frorn all others in the genus by the very rigid t. a. line and the very even, contrasting, bi-sinuate t. p. line, which is con- tinued with equal distinctness across the secondaries. Renia tilosalis, new species. Ground color in the male blackish smoky throughout; in the female the primaries distinctly red-brown. Head and thorax concolorous with primaries in each sex. Basal line traceable across the costal area in some, specimens. T. a. line single, a little darker than the ground, often preceded by a paler or even whitish line, a little irregular, slightly excurved at the middle of its course ; but as a whole nearly upright. T. p. line single, narrow, darker than the ground, irregularly denticulate, followed by a paler shading which, in the male, is often whitish and conspicuous, and on the costa forms a distinct paler or whitish spot. S. t. line pale or whitish, very distinct and almost rigid to vein 5, then much more obscure, with an inward angle followed by an outcurve, and that in turn by a much less marked inward angle. In the female the line is more distinct and is usually preceded by a darker shade. A series of black terminal lunules, followed by a pale line at base of fringes. There is a diffuse darker, almost upright median shade crossing the wing over or just within the reniform, much more obvious in the female than in the male, in which it is often lost in the dark ground. Orbicular round, yellowish, not outlined, tending to become lost. Reni- June, 1909.] KnAUS : NOTES ON COLEOPTERA. 71 form a narrow pale or yellowish oval with a black central line ; this line often broken into two black dots and sometimes diffused so as to fill the entire spot. Secondaries blackish smoky in both sexes. The t. p. line of primaries is continued as a crenu- lated blackish line across the wing, and is outwardly bordered by a more or less well- marked diffuse whitish shading. The s. t. line of primaries also is continued across the secondaries as a narrow pale or whitish line preceded by a slightly darker shad- ing. A series of black terminal lunules followed by a pale line at base of fringes. Beneath blackish, powdery, all wings with a discal spot, the outer lines of both wings more prominently reproduced. Expands, .90-1.00 inch ^= 22-25 ^^^ Habitat. — Long Island, New York, July 24, August 11 ; Chester, N. J., August 28, Jamesburg, N. J., Oak Ridge, N. J., August 7 ; New Brighton, Penn., July 19-August 2. Nine males, six females most of them in good condition. The Long Island and Oak Ridge specimens are from Mr. E. Shoemaker ; the New Brighton specimens are from Mr. H. D. Merrick, the others are from the college collection. This species belongs vi'x'Ca. /actios alls in type of maculation ; but is much smaller, quite different in color and varies in a different direc- tion. In well marked males the tendency to a white band following the t. p. line across both wings is often conspicuously shown and on the secondaries some females are almost as well marked. This char- acter is also the most obvious distinctive feature when a series is under observation. NOTES ON COLEOPTERA. By W. Knaus, McPherson, Kansas. For the past ten or twelve years, the writer has been on the look- out for Sicyobius brousii, described by Dr. Horn in 1884. Season after season the vines of the wild gourd, Cuaimes perennis, were exam- ined for this Cerambycid, but always without success, until June 6, 1908, when I was at Lindsborg, fourteen miles north of McPherson. On that day, while waiting for a train, I went south along the Smoky Hill River, just beyond the city limits, and on examining a gourd vine was so fortumate as to find a single specimen of this modest little gray and white insect. A careful inspection of all the gourd vines in the vicinity did not disclose any further specimens. Four days later, while in Ashland, Clark County, I took this species 72 Journal New York Entomological Society. Voi.xv^ii. in numbers on the gourd vines. On the slope of the banks of Bear Creek, the wild gourds had been covered with sand, and the vines came up in bunches that had not yet begun to spread. On these bunches the beetles were numerous, and could be picked off the vines without diffi- culty. When first discovered, at about six o'clock in the evening, they were sluggish and did not attempt to fly. When disturbed they dropped to the sand, which they resembled closely in color, lay quiet for a short time, and then crawled slowly away. In the hotter parts of the day, their movements were much more rapid. Sometimes when taken hold of on a vine, they clung tightly with their feet and could with difficulty be loosened. On single vines, they would usually drop to the sand if the vine was touched. I collected some forty specimens the evening I found them, but on returning to the place the next morning to renew the harvest, I found that some vagrant cow had browsed over the spot and had eaten the bunch of vines that I was depending upon for further captures. How- ever, from the remains of the vines and others more scattered nearby, I secured some twenty additional specimens. My specimens in this catch varied in length from 7 mm. for the males to 9^ mm. for the females; the width being from 2 to 3 mm. The annulation of the antennae seemed to be more noticeable in the females. Two oblique fascia or patches of white adorn the gray elytra ; a less marked one, one third from the base, and a well de- fined one, two thirds from the base. These also seemed to be the more constant in the females than in the males. A more obscure fascia on the declivity of each elytron, running at a different angle from the other elytral fasciae, can almost always be observed. The scutellum always shows a patch of white hairs. The stems of the growing and of the decaying vines of the pre- vious year were examined for the larvae of the Sicyobius, but neither larvae nor pupae were found. The stems of the growing vines showed numerous galls or swellings, each of which contained small white larva;. A month later these larvae had reached their full growth of an inch or an inch and a quarter in length, were thick and fleshy and of a light yellowish or opalescent color. They always bored their way out of the gall and entered the ground for pupation. Not being equipped on the trip for securing and carrying the pupae, I did not collect any, and do not know what insect the final transformation disclosed. While collecting Sicyobius at Ashland, I noticed in the decaying June, 1909.] Comstock: Use of Coal Tar Creosote. 73 branches of the gourd vines a small dark brown Scolytid. The pre- ceding year's vines and even fruit, proved to be packed full of these small insects, their larvse and pupse. I collected a good series of the perfect insect, and Dr. Hopkins, of the Bureau of Entomology at Washington, D. C, pronounced them to be a species oi Xylocleptes, either cucurbitcB Lee. or a new species, probably the latter. It was the first time I had observed the species in the state, and the present season I hope to secure both the larvse and pupse of this insect. ON THE USE OF COAL TAR CREOSOTE AS A PREVENTATIVE OF CABINET PESTS. By Wm. Phillips Comstock, Newark, N. J- An article by Dr. Geo. W. Bock, entitled " An absolutely sure method of preservation of natural scientific collections against insect enemies " appeared on page 443 of the December, 1907, issue of the Entomological News. This interested me at the time and shortly after- ward I made an experiment with the method. Dr. Bock used thimbles, to which he had soldered pins, for affixing the same in cabinet ; these he filled with medicated cotton which he soaked with coal tar creosote. Not having time to prepare the thimbles, I prepared another receptacle for the creosote. I bought a box of no. o gelatine capsules — 100 cost $.10.* Throwing aside the top I used the larger bottom of the capsule as a receptacle to hold the creosote. My method of preparation was as follows : I first inserted a little tuft of common absorbent cotton into the capsule with my forceps and filled about 50 thus. To support the capsule in the box I used a common pin which I first heated slightly over a lamp and then thrust through the capsule at right angles to its vertical axis and near the top (see Fig. i). The heated pin fused itself through both sides of the gelatine capsule, fasten- ing firmly. A little practice will teach the experimenter the trick of heating the pin to the proper temperature, so that the work may be done rapidly. I used medium size common pins but a black headed steel pin, I believe, would have proved superior. The operation of filling the capsules maybe done with a medicine dropper and takes little time. * Empty gelatine capsules are manufactured by Parke, Davis & Co., Detroit, Mich, 74 Journal New York Entomological Society. fVoi. xvii. These capsules prepared thus, were used in 12" x 16" cabinet drawers, two to the drawer. They held down the pests in a very much neglected and crowded cabinet for nearly a year until I found time to work over the material. In pinning the capsules into the drawers I at first thought it necessary to pin them into the sides so as to keep them upright, but later I pinned them into the bottom in a slanting position with good results. By inserting a stout insect pin obliquely to the vertical axis of the capsule (see Fig. 2), it may be pinned in the bottom of the drawer and there is no chance of the creosote running out. This is a fault that I anticipated but it did not KSJ Fin. I. Fig. 2. occur, the cotton absorbing all the creosote. The capsules are small, not very noticeable and maintain a strong odor of the creosote in the cabinet. The drawers of the cabinet were quite tight, however, and were not opened a half dozen times in ten months. I believe that the capsules would need refilling about once in every six months where the drawers were frequently opened. It is better to use a small amount of cotton and not to pack it into the capsule. Do not use too much creosote either. Capsules in which the cotton is loose are much easier to refill. When capsules are just filled, pin them in an old box set up on end and let them remain a day, so that any creosote which may have run over on the outside will dry before putting capsules into the cabinet. THE NOTONECTID GENUS BUENOA KIRKALDY. By J. R. DE LA Torre Bueno, White Plains, N. Y. These notes by no means aim at exhaustiveness. Much is neces- sarily omitted, but as their main purpose is to unravel the tangle into which have fallen the species of the genus occurring in the eastern United States, it does not appear to be appropriate to go minutely into details best treated of in a monographic revision of the genus. June, igog.J ToRRE BUENO : ThE GeNUS BuENOA. 75 I. In 1904, in" iJber Notonectiden," * Kirkaldy separated the genus Buenoa from Anisops, to contain the American species, distin- guishable from the Old World forms by having /z£/(9-jointed anterior tarsi in the male. He lists 12 species as valid and reduces four to synonymy (not including one apparent misidentification). One spe- cies, however, is not listed but is mentioned in the text (p. 123), this being Fieber's Anisops elegans. The actual number of species is, however, much greater, as even counting synonyms, there are only seven continental Bueitoas noted for North America, whereas I am familiar with five recognized species (excluding synonyms), and pos- sess in addition some two or three undescribed forms from the west and south. The described ^species known to me are the following : Buenoa albida Champion. Texas ; Mexico. B. caritiata Champion. Mexico. B. pallipes Fabricius. Mexico. B. elegans Fieber. New Jersey. B. platycneniis Fieber. New York ; New Jersey ; Illinois. To which must be added : B. margaritacea Bueno hereafter mentioned. II. When I first began to work on the waterbugs, I named some by the fatally easy method of exclusion. If you know all the species except one for a certain locality, why, the one that was new to you must necessarily be the remaining species. Or, if only one species was given for a specific region, why, the most abundant, and in fact, the only one taken must be it. Accordingly, when I found a common and abundant bug, I looked into Uhler's Check List, and there found only one species of Anisops given as occurring in the Atlantic States ; namely, Anisops phitycnetnis Yieher. Now, whom should I follow, if not our most distinguished hemipterist ? I promptly did so, to find myself in good (if misled) company. Later, possession of Fieber's " Rhynchotographieen " gave rise to many misgivings, even though Uhler's f semi-popular description in the Standard Natural History confirmed my first idea as to A. platycneniis. Subsequently I took, although in small numbers, another species, which but served to ac- centuate my previous doubts. Within the last year another local form turned up to increase the problem. However, once a sufficiency of material was in hand, the solution of the problem was simple enough. *Wien. Ent. Zeit., XXIII, VII, 120 (Aug. 31, 1904). t 1852, Abh. bohm. Ges. Wiss. (5), 7, pp. 1-64. 76 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xvii. The Buenoa known to a generation of American entomologists as Anisops platycnemis was an undescribed species. The other two forms were readily identified by reference toFieber (op. c. , pp. 61-62), as the true Buenoa platycnemis and its close congener B. elegans. In passing it may be noted that these forms are so close that eventually a sufficiently long series may prove them cospecific, but the time is not yet for uniting them. In Standard Natural History'^ Uhler describes what he considers to be Atiisops platycnetnis Fieber, mainly by color characters (a very unreliable and misleading method in Hemiptera), but he makes the concrete statement that the length is " about \ of an inch to the tip of the wing covers." Now " about \ of an inch " may mean 6 mm. or 7 mm., each of which differs from i inch by a small fraction, the former by only i'mm., or about ^i^ in., and the latter by fmm., equivalent to -^\-^ in., which are almost negligible quantities when considering an "about" dimension. At any rate, Fieber states that \\\?, Anisops platycnemis is " 2^ lines " in length. A "line" being yV of an inch, we therefore have an insect ^^ of an inch in length, which differs but fractionally from 5 mm. (exactly .0085 in., or .21 mm.). This is one full millimeter shorter than Uhler's bug if we con- sider it just \ inch long, which in such a small insect is quite an appre- ciable measurement, and one serving to separate species. Now, in my ' ' Notes on the Notonectidse of the Vicinity of New York, " f I referred to the species in question, of course, as Anisops platycnemis, as before noted, and described it, mainly structurally, if rather briefly (p. 236). There the dimensions are given as 6.7 mm. to 8.1 mm. long, and 2 to 2, 3 mm. broad. The shorter length, of course, is " about \ " inch, and, taken in connection with Uhler's color characters with which it agrees as closely as is to be expected in a character so variable as is color in waterbugs, it is evident that the two descriptions refer to the same insect. Again, Fieber distinctly says " Augen gross," which is certainly not the case with the pseudo-platycnemis, because in this form the eyes are not noticeably larger than the average in the genus, whilst in the genuine they are. The synonymy of this species there- fore becomes : Buenoa margaritacea Bueno, 1908, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, XVI, 4, p. 238. * 1882, Vol. II, p. 253. ~ t 1902, Journ. N, Y. Ent. Soc, X, 4, pp. 230-236. June, igog.] WhEELER : NORTH AMERICAN FORMICIDiE. 77 = Anisops platyoiemis Uhler, 1882, Stand. Nat. Hist., II, 250 ; Bueno, 1902, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc, X, 236 ; 1904, Kirkaldy, Wien. Ent. Zeit., XXIII, VII, 123; and very many other authors (but not Fieber). The three descriptions cited above will enable anyone to identity this species with certainty. The three species of Buenoa thus far found in the eastern United States are, therefore : B. margar-iiacea Bueno, B. platycnemis Fieber, B. elegans Fieber, and they may be separated by the following table : 1. (2) Large species, over 6 mm. long I. f/ia rgari/acea Hueno. 2. (i) Smaller species, less than 6 mm. long. 3. (4) Eyes large and prominent ; shape slender 2. platycnemis Fieber. 4. (3) Eyes large but not prominent ; shape more convex 3. elegans Fieber. Buenoa margaritacea appears to be very widely distributed in the north and I should not be surprised if it occurred in Canada, as in the United States, as far to the west as the longitude of Illinois, at least. Beyond that, other (and undescribed) forms are apt to occur. As to B. platycynemis and B. elegans, the latter I have seen only from New Jersey, but the former is found as far to the south as Washington, D. C, and west to Illinois. In the south and west there are a number of forms very close to Buenoa fuargaritacea and naturally, some representatives of the Mexi- can fauna will be found in the border stales, but as matters stand to- day, it would be hard work for anyone to pronounce positively on any of these forms in the absence of some definite work on the genus as a whole. A monographic revision of the genus therefore becomes im- perative if we would have some fixed foundation on which to base our studies. A DECADE OF NORTH AMERICAN FORMICIDiE.* By William Morton Wheeler, y Boston, Mass. I. Myrmica bradleyi, new species. Worker. — Length 4-7 mm. Allied to J/, rubida Latreille and M. mutica Emery. Head rectangular, as broad as long, with subparallel sides and straight posterior border. Mandibles moderately convex, pointed, with minutely denticulate blades. Clypeus somewhat * Contributions from the Entomological Laboratory of the Bussey Institution, Harvard University, No. 2. 78 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xvii. convex in the middle, with nearly straight anterior border. Frontal area distinct. Antennal scapes simple, curved and feebly compressed at the base ; funicular joints all longer than broad ; club 5 -jointed. Thorax rather slender, with pronounced mesoepinotal constriction ; pro- and mesonotum evenly rounded in profile ; epinotum unarmed, base slightly convex, passing through a distinct, but obtuse angle into the somewhat shorter, straight and sloping declivity. Petiole slender, fully three times as long as broad, in profile with a well-developed, cylindrical peduncle, armed with a small, acute, antero-ventral tooth, and surmounted by a low rounded node just behind the middle. Anterior slope of node concave, posterior more convex. Post- petiole fully i^ times as long as broad, subcampanulate ; in profile with its upper surface rising in a gentle curve towards the posterior edge of the segment and then abruptly descending. Ciaster elliptical, rather large. Shining ; head and thorax subopaque, petiole, postpetiole, gaster and legs glabrous. Mandibles densely striato-punctate. Clypeus, frontal area and head finely, longitudinally rugose, the rugae somewhat curved and diverging on the front but straight on the posterior portion of the head. Cheeks and posterior corners also coarsely punctate. Thorax finely rugose like the head, the rug?e being transverse on the pronotum and base of epinotum, longitudinal on the pleurse and mesonotum. On the epinotal declivity they are faint or obsolete, and the surface is densely and finely punctate. Hairs golden yellow, long, abundant and pointed, suberect or reclinate, covering the body and appendages throughout. Mandibles, thorax, petiole and postpetiole brownish-yellow ; head, mandibular denticles, gaster, legs and antennal scapes black ; trochanters, bases of femora, knees, tips of tibiae, tarsi and antennal funiculi, except their clubs, yellow^ish-brown. In some specimens the mandibles are more or less infuscated, with paler masticatory borders ; in certain individuals, also, the coxte are more or less yellowish like the thorax. Venter and sting brown or yellowish. Described from fifteen specimens taken by Mr. J. Ciiester Bradley in Alta Meadow, Tulare County, California, at an altitude of 9,500 feet. This beautiful species may be readily distinguished from the allied M. ruhida of Europe and nmtica of the western states by its color and its glabrous and much more slender petiole and postpetiole. In both the species mentioned the postpetiole is nearly as broad as long. The epinotum of bradleyi is more angular than in mutica, and there- fore more like the epinotum of rubida. This form also resembles bradleyi in having the upper surface of the postpetiole smooth and shining. There is in my collection a pale yellow variety of mutica from Moscow, Idaho (J. M. Aldrich), with smooth and shining peti- ole and postpetiole, but these segments are much more robust than those of bradleyi. June, 1909.] Wheeler : North American Formicid^. 79 V 2. Pogonomyrmex (Ephebomyrmex) pima, new species. IVorier. — Length 3.5-4 mm. Head rectangular, a little longer than broad, with straight, subparallel sides and feebly excised posterior border. Eyes somewhat flattened, just in front of the middle of the head. Clypeus short, slightly convex in the middle, with straight, entire an- terior border and without a tooth in front of each antennal fovea. Frontal area dis- tinct. Antennal scapes reaching nearly half way between the eyes and posterior corners of the head ; funicular joints 3-7 as broad as long, remaining joints distinctly longer than broad. Thorax short, robust, broader in frpnt than behind, with rounded humeri ; dorsum in profile broadly rounded. Epinotal spines approximated, erect, compressed, rather blunt, a little longer than broad at their bases, further apart than long, connected by a prominent transverse ridge, separating the base from the declivity of the epinotum. A prominent ridge also runs down the side of the declivity from each spine and forward on each side of the base. Metasterna projecting upward as acute, compressed teeth, shorter and broader than the epinotal spines. Petiole with a narrow, laterally compressed peduncle, which is as long as the node ; the former with a blunt anteroventral tooth, the node in profile conical, with straight, subequal anterior and posterior slopes and rather angular summit ; seen from above the pos- terior slope is subelliptical, i^ times as long as broad. Postpetiole campanulate, as long as broad, in profile evenly rounded above, with its anteroventral surface convex and protruding. Gaster elliptical, rather small, formed very largely by the first seg- ment. Legs stout, with incrassated femora. Mandibles opaque, striated throughout. Head, thorax, petiole and postpetiole opaque. Head, including clypeus and frontal area, covered with coarse, longitudi- nal rugpe, which diverge somewhat behind towards the posterior corners of the head and converge on the clypeus towards the middle of its anterior border. Interrugal spaces densely and finely punctate. Thorax coarsely reticulate-rugose, the rugae being vermiculate and sublongitudinal on the pleurae and raesonotal region. Neck finely and transversely rugulose. Epinotal declivity with a single pair of coarse ridges or rugae between the pair descending from the bases of the spines. Petiolar node and postpetiole coarsely shagreened, with a few shallow and scattered punctures. Legs and gaster somewhat shining, the latter more finely shagreened than the petiole and postpetiole, with rather coarse, scattered, piligerous punctures. Antennal scapes opaque. Hairs blackish, short, erect and stubby on the body, scarcely more oblique on the legs and antennal scapes and not elongated to form ammochaetfe on the gula. Rich ferruginous red, posterior portions of thorax somewhat darker ; antennae and legs yellow ; mandibular teeth black. Described from a dozen specimens taken by myself at Tucson, Arizona, and a single specimen taken at Phoenix in the same state. This species is closely related to F. {£.) ^^^'■^// Forel from Brazil and F. (-S. ) imbe7'hiculus Wheeler from Texas, but differs from both in lacking the teeth on the clypeus in front of the antennal foveae, and in the sculpture of the head, petiole and postpetiole. In both the species mentioned the head is coarsely reticulate-rugose and in ncegeli 80 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xvii. this is true also of the petiole and postpetiole, in imberbiculiis of the petiole. From the latter species pima differs also in its much less shining gaster and somewhat smaller size. 3. Pogonomyrmex (Ephebomyrmex) townsendi, new species. lVo7-ke7\ — Length 4 mm. Head rectangular, scarcely longer than broad, with straight subparallel sides and feebly excised posterior border. Eyes moderately convex, just in front of the middle of the head. Clypeus short, convex in the middle, with straight, entire anterior bor- der, and a large, blunt, erect tooth in front of each antennal fovea. Frontal area dis- tinct, carinulate in the middle. Antennal scapes reaching a little more than half way between the eyes and the posterior corners of the head ; funicular joints 3-7 as broad as long, remainingjoints longer than broad. Thorax short, robust, broader in front than behind, with rounded humeri ; dorsum in profile broadly rounded, somewhat de- pressed in the middle. Epinotal spines erect, approximated, and rather blunt, some- what further apart than long, longer than broad at their bases, which are connected by a strong, transverse ridge and continued forward as a pair of ridges bounding the base of the epinotum and backward as another pair bounding the declivity. Meta- sternal teeth acute, laterally compressed, shorter than the epinotal spines. Petiole with a slender, laterally compressed peduncle, which has a blunt, antero-ventral tooth and is distinctly shorter than the node. In profile this has a shorter, straight and abrupt anterior, and a longer, more sloping, convex posterior declivity ; seen from above the latter is subelliptical, about \]A, times as long as broad. Postpetiole campanulate, as broad as long, in profile evenly rounded above, with a strong an- tero-ventral protuberance. Gaster small, elliptical. Legs rather stout, with incras- sated femora. Subopaque ; mandibles striated throughout ; clypeus longitudinally rugose, the rugse converging towards the middle of the anterior border. Head covered with coarse longitudinal rugae, which are straight and parallel and do not diverge towards the posterioi corners. These rugae are connected with one another by transverse rugge and the spaces between them are filled with minute, dense, shallow punctures. Thorax somewhat more coarsely reticulate-rugose than the head, the rugie distinctly longitudinal on the dorsum and pleurae. Neck and base of epinotum between the ridges punctate rugulose ; declivity with a few coarse and irregular rugae. Petiolar node coarsely reticulate-rugose; postpetiole and basal half of first gastric segment densely and finely punctate, the former with indistinct longitudinal rugae, the latter with sparse, piligerous foveolae. Remainder of gaster and the legs more shining. Antennal scapes opaque, punctate and longitudinally rugulose. Hairs rather short, abundant, pointed, yellowish in some lights, black in others, erect on the body, slightly oblique on the appendages, not elongated to form ammo- chaetse on the gula. Rich ferruginous red, thorax somewhat darker behind ; legs and antenna; yel- lowish ; mandibular teeth black. Described from a single specimen taken by Mr. C. H. Tyler Town- send at Ojo del Cerro Chilicote, Chihuahua, Mexico. This species differs from P. {E.) nc?geli in the sculpture of the base June, 1909.] Wheeler: North American Formicid^. 81 of the epinotum, postpetiole and base of the gaster. The Brazilian species has the epinotum coarsely rugose, the postpetiole reticulate- rugose and the base of the gaster longitudinally striated. From P. {jE.) hnberbicidus, fo7anseni/i differs in the sculpture of the postpetiole and gaster and the greater opacity of the whole body ; from J>ima in having prominent teeth on the clypeus, in the reticulate rugosity of the petiolar node, the sculpture of the head, etc, 4. Leptothorax melanderi, new species. IVorkef. — Length 2 mm. Head rectangular, a little longer than broad, with straight, subparallel sides, straight posterior border and eyes in the middle of the sides. Mandibles apparently 6 toothed. Clypeus moderately convex, with broadly rounded, entire anterior bor- der, not produced in the middle. Antennas i2-jointed ; scapes reaching to the pos- terior corners of the head ; first funicular joint as long as joints 2-5 together ; joints 2-8 small, subequal, decidedly broader than long; club 3-jointed, its two basal joints subequal, together shorter than the terminal joint. Thorax rather robust, with rounded humeri and without mesoepinotal suture or depression ; in profile the dorsum is uni- formly and feebly rounded. Epinotal spines stout, acute, longer than broad at their bases and nearly as long as their distance apart, directed backward and slightly out- ward and upward. Petiole about 1)4 times as long as broad, broader behind than in front, in profile conical, with rather acute apex, its anterior declivity concave and longer than the posterior declivity which is more abrupt and slightly convex ; antero- ventral tooth of peduncle prominent and acute. Postpetiole from above subrectangu- lar, about I '^ times as broad as the petiole, and l^ times as broad as long, slightly broader in front than behind, with distinct anterior angles ; in profile convex in front above, depressed behind. Gaster elliptical, rather convex, with rounded anterior corners. Legs of the usual shape. Opaque ; gaster glabrous and streak down the middle of the head and clypeus slightly shining. Mandibles coarsely striato-punctate. Clypeus and head finely, longitudinally rugose, the latter under a higher magnification also minutely reticulate. Thorax, petiole and postpetiole uniformly and densely punctate. Hairs white ; sparse, erect and clavate on the body ; slender pointed and ap- pressed on the mandibles and appendages ; longer and more oblique on the femora than on the tibire. Dark brown ; gaster black ; mandibles, clypeus, cheeks, gula, appendages, neck and articulations of pedicel brownish ; femora infuscated in the middle. Mandibu- lar teeth black. Described from a single specimen taken by Mr. A. L. Melander on Moscow Mountain, Idaho. This species is closely related to Z. nevadensis Wheeler, but differs in being more opaque, of a darker color, in having joints 2-8 of the funiculus shorter, the clypeal margin entire, the thorax less narrowed behind and the nodes of the petiole and postpetiole of a different configuration. V 82 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xvn. 5. Leptothorax furunculus, new species. Worker. — Length 2-2.6 mm. Head longer than broad, subrectangular, with very feebly emarginate posterior border and slightly convex sides, with the eyes slightly in front of their middle. Man- dibles 6-toothed. Clypeus convex, with rounded, entire, rather projecting anterior border, its disc with a longer median and a pair of shorter lateral carinae. Antennre l2-jointed; scapes not reaching the posterior corners of the head; first funicular joint as long as joints 2-5 together ; joints 2-7 narrow, subequal, broader than long, joint 8 as long as broad ; club 3-jointed, its two basal joints subequal, together shorter than the terminal joint. Thorax somewhat narrower behind than in front, with rounded humeri ; dorsum flattened, with a distinct mesoepinotal suture and impres- sion. Epinotal spines about as long as broad at their bases, rather acute, further apart than long, directed upward and slightly outward and backward. Petiole nearly twice as long as broad, slightly broader behind than in front, with straight sides; in profile with rather thick peduncle, armed with an acute antero-ventral tooth ; node high and acute, its anterior declivity concave, the posterior shorter, more abrupt and feebly convex. Postpetiole subrectangular, a little broader than the petiole and somewhat broader than long, with subparallel sides and distinct anterior angles ; in profile with low, rounded node. Gaster rather large, elliptical, with rounded anterior corners. Legs of usual shape. Mandibles opaque, indistinctly striato-punctate. Clypeus and frontal area shin- ing, sides of the former longitudinally rugulose. Head, thorax, petiole and postpeti- ole subopaque or glossy ; gaster glabrous, legs somewhat less shining. Head very finely longitudinally rugulose and reticulate. Thorax, petiole and postpetiole cov- ered with dense, shallow punctures, thoracic dorsum also very indistinctly and longi- tudinally rugulose. Hairs yellow ; on the body sparse, erect, obtuse but hardly clavate ; on the legs and scapes replaced by delicate appressed pubescence. Yellow ; thorax, petiole and postpetiole pale brown; head, excluding, the man- dibles, clypeus, cheeks and gula, dark brown ; gaster dark brown or blackish above, with the posterior edge and a broad band across the anterior portion of each segment, yellow. Antennal clubs slightly infuscated. Mandibular teeth black. Described from a number of specimens which I took from a single colony under a stone in Williams Cafion, near Manitou, Colorado, at an altitude of about 7,500 feet. This species differs from all our other North American species of Leptothorax vfhh. 12-jointed antennae (except those of the subgenus Dichothorax') in having a distinct mesoepinotal impression. It resem- bles L. tricarinatiis Emery in the structure of its clypeus, but its peti- ole and postpetiole are very diflerent, and the color of the body is much paler. The surface of the head, thorax and pedicel have a peculiar oily appearance which I have not observed in any of our other species of the genus. / ne, 1909.] Wheeler : North American Formicid.«, 83 6. Lasius (Acanthomyops) occidentalis, new species. Worker. — Length 2.5-3 nini. Head rectangular, a little longer than broad, with straight posterior border and very feebly convex, subparallel sides. Mandibles with 7 or 8 unequal teeth. Eyes small. Clypeus feebly carinate. Antennal scapes not extending beyond the posterior corners of the head. Funiculus gradually enlarging towards the tip, joints 2 and 8-10 as long as broad, joints 3-7 somewhat broader than long. Thorax of the usual shape in the subgenus. Petiole as high as the epinotum, about half as broad as high, compressed anteroposteriorly, with slightly convex anterior and flat posterior surface ; seen from behind rectangular, with the sharp transverse upper border emargi- nate in the middle. Legs rather long, feebly compressed. Surface of body shining, finely and rather sparsely punctate, head and clypeus more glabrous. Mandibles striatopunctate. Pilosity and pubescence golden yellow ; the former long, erect, obtuse, moder- ately abundant, confined to the body ; the latter more abundant, covering the body and appendages, but little longer and denser on the gaster than elsewhere. Yellow ; head slightly reddish ; borders of clypeus and mandibles dark red ; teeth of latter black. Female. — Length 4.5-5.5 mm. Head more rectangular than in the worker, distinctly longer than broad, with very straight, parallel sides and feebly excised posterior border. Eyes flattened, just behind the middle of the head. Antennal scapes reaching half way between the eyes and the posterior corners of the head, incrassated at their distal ends ; all the joints of the funiculus, except the first and last, somewhat broader than long. Thorax a little more than twice as long as broad, elliptical from above, through the wing inser- tions but little broader than the head ; mesonotum and scutellum flat ; epinotum with a short base rounding into the rather steep declivity. Petiole like that of the worker. Gaster longer than the thorax, narrow, with subparallel sides. Legs rather long, somewhat compressed laterally, but not dilated. Tarsi slender, hind metatarsus much shorter than the hind tibia. Wings long (5.5 mm.), discal cell rarely incomplete or absent. Pilosity, pubescence and sculpture like those of the worker, but the pubescence is longer and on the gaster much denser and more conspicuous, so that the segments appear subopaque. Color resembling that of the worker, but somewhat more brownish throughout. Wings yellowish hyaline, slightly infuscated towards their bases, with brown veins and stigma. Male. — Length 2.6-3 rnni. Head, excluding the mandibles, somewhat broader than long, slightly broader behind than in front, with straight posterior border. Eyes hairless, convex, in the middle of the sides of the head. Mandibles edentate. Clypeus broadly rounded in front, convex and subcarinate in the middle. Frontal furrow distinct. Antennae slender ; scapes reaching somewhat beyond the posterior corners of the head ; funiculi with cylindrical, subequal joints ; first joint feebly swollen, longer than the second. Thorax rather robust, through the wing insertions broader than the head. Declivity of epinotum more sloping than in the female. Petiole like that of the worker but more compressed anteroposteriorly. Gaster elliptical, somewhat flattened dorsoven- trally. Discal cell of wings often lacking. 84 Journal New York Entomological Society. VoL xvii. Less shining than the worker, finely and indistinctly punctate. Pilosity and pubescence grayish, much shorter and sparser than in the worker and female. Piceous ; head and in some specimens also the mandibles and clypeus black, gaster paler ; funiculi, tarsi, articulations of legs, genitalia and mouth-parts sordid yellowish. Wings grayish hyaline, scarcely infuscated towards their bases ; veins and stigma brown. Described from numerous specimens of all three phases taken by myself early in July, 1903, from several colonies under stones in various localities about Colorado Springs, Colorado (Pospect Lake, Roswell, Broadmoor and Ute Pass). There is also in my collection a dealated female taken at Pecos, New Mexico, by Professor T. D. A. Cockerell " on a stone at edge of Pecos River, July 30." This species is most closely related to L. (A.) interjectus y[.2.yx, but is much smaller in all its phases. The worker and female are, readily distinguished from those of Mayr's species by the much more rectangular and elongate head, shorter antenral scapes, less glabrous body and more abundant pile and pubescence. The male differs from that of interjectus in having edentate mandibles, a much less swollen first funicular joint, more finely punctate body, lighter color, less infuscated wings and especially in its smaller size (the male of ititer- iectus measures nearly 4 mm.). 7. Formica adamsi, new species. Worker. — Length 3.5-5 mm. Allied to F. rufa L. Head, excluding the mandibles, nearly as broad as long even in the smallest individuals, with straight posterior border, rounded posterior corners and slightly but distinctly convex sides. Eyes large. Mandibles 7-8 toothed. Clypeus prominently carinate, with broadly rounded anterior border, not produced in the middle. Palpi of moderate length. Antennse slender; scapes nearly straight at the base ; funicular joints all distinctly longer than broad, the basal somewhat more slender and longer than the apical joints. Pro- and mesonotum moderately rounded, convex, the latter elliptical and nearly twice as long as broad, the former a little broader than long. Epinotum with subequal base and declivity ; the former slightly convex, the latter flattened or even slightly concave ; the two surfaces in profile pass- ing into each other through a rounded angle. Petiole more than half as broad as the epinotum, in profile with convex anterior and flattened posterior surface and sharp upper border ; seen from behind the border is rounded and feebly or not at all pro- duced upward in the middle. Gaster and legs of the usual configuration. Opaque throughout, only the mandibles, frontal area and sides of the clypeus faintly shining or glossy. Mandibles finely and densely striated. Surface of body densely and indistinctly shagreened. Hairs and pubescence pale yellow ; the latter covering the whole body and ap- pendages, inconspicuous, except on the gaster, but even on this region not sufficiently June, 1909 ] Wheeler : North American FoRMiciDy^. 85 dense to conceal the surface sculpture. Hairs short, sparse and obtuse, in several rows on the gastric segments ; on the thorax confined to the median portions of the pro- and mesonotum, on the head to the clypeus, front and vertex. The hairs on the mandibles are appressed and pointed, on the palpi short, but numerous and conspicu- ous. Legs naked, except for a series of pointed bristles on the flexor surfaces of the tibiae and tarsi and a few bltint hairs on the anterior surfaces of the fore coxae. Sordid brownish-red ; the smaller specimens somewhat more yellowish-red. (jaster dark brown, except a large spot at the base of the first segment and the anal region, which are reddish-yellow. A large spot on the pronotum, one on the meso- notum, much of the posterior surface of the head, the distal halves of the antennal funiculi, and in many specimens also the cox?e and femora, dark brown or blackish. These dark markings are present in the largest as well as in the smallest workers. Teeth of mandibles black. Described from numerous specimens taken from a single colony on Isle Royale, Michigan, and received from Dr. C. C. Adams. A dpzen workers taken by myself on Pikes Peak, Colorado, near timber line, at an altitude of 10,500 to 11,000 feet, differ from the Isle Royale specimens only in having the frontal area smooth and shining, the middle of the petiolar border produced upward as a distinct, blunt point, and in the less extensive infuscation of the head, pro- and meso- notum. These specimens may be regarded as representing a distinct variety, which may be called alpina var. nov. Both this and the typical adamsi may be distinguished from our other North American Formicce of the rufa group by their small size, opaque surface and peculiar coloration and pilosity. The following collector's note ac- companying the Isle Royale specimens adds some ethological charac- ters which are not observed in any of the other small forms of the rufa group known to me : " The nests of this ant are one of the most con- spicuous features of the drier tamarack swamps. They are rounded- conical in shape, 3-6 dcm. high or even larger and with a diameter at the base about equalling the height. They are composed within of Sphagnum, but as would be expected with such material, without any definite system of galleries. The outer surface is thickly covered with leaves of Cassandra, probably to prevent loss of moisture by evapora- tion from the interior. They are frequently placed under or near a bush of Cassandra, but the same covering is used even if no Cassandra s near." (H. A. Gleason.) 8. Formica comata, new species. Worker. — Length 4.5-7 mm. Allied to F. ciliata Mayr. Head, excluding the mandibles, as broad as long, broader behind than in front, with rounded posterior corners, feebly excavated pos- terior margin and slightly convex sides. Eyes large. Mandibles 7 -toothed. Cly- / 86 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xvii. peus carinate, with broadly rounded, entire anterior border, not projecting in the middle. Frontal area subsemicircular, broader than long. Antennal scapes straight at the base, slightly enlarging distally ; funicular joints 1-4 somewhat more slender than the remaining joints. Thorax as usual in the rufa group of Formica, epinotum angular in profile, with subequal base and declivity, the former horizontal and slightly convex, the latter sloping and slightly concave. Petiole as high as the epinotum, in profile attenuated above, with rather sharp border ; seen from behind broadly rounded or sometimes produced upward in the middle in the form of a blunt point ; anterior sur- face convex, posterior surface flat. Gaster rather large, legs of the usual configuration. Subopaque, slightly glossy ; corners of head somewhat shining ; whole body finely and densely shagreened ; frontal area, bases of mandibles and corners of cly- peus glabrous ; mandibles finely and densely striated. Hairs yellow, short and suberect, sparse on the head, thorax and petiole, more abundant and obtuse on the gaster, absent on the antennal scapes, present in a single row on the flexor surfaces of the femora and tibias, scattered on the fore coxse, long on the venter and tip of gaster. Pubescence long, grayish, sparse on the head, thorax and petiole, dense on the gaster, where it completely conceals the surface ; somewhat conspicuous on the legs. Eyes hairless. Red ; gaster blackish-brown except a large spot at the base and the anal region, which are reddish or yellowish. Mandibles, corners of clypeus, antenna and legs reddish-brown; bases of scapes often paler ; pro- and mesonotum each with a fuscous spot, pale in the largest, somewhat larger and darker in the smallest workers ; apical half of petiolar node more or less infuscated. Small workers also with brown or black spots on the clypeus, front, occiput and epinotum and with the coxje more or less infuscated. Mandibular teeth black. Female. — Length 7.5-8 mm. Resembling the female ciliata in form. Whole body much more shining than that of the worker as the shagreening of its surface is much more delicate ; scutellum and metanotum glabrous. Pubescence like that of the worker, but longer ; pilosity grayish, resembling that of the female ciliata but less dense, and the very long hairs on the gaster are slender, less appressed, rather straight and not recurved at their tips. Color of the body dull brownish-yellow, gaster blackish-brown, except its base and anal region. Mandibles, funiculi, corners of clypeus, anterior borders of cheeks, posterior border of pronotura, a large anteromedian and two parapsidal blotches on the mesonotum, dull brown ; scutellum and metanotum chestnut-brown. Wings long (9 mm. ), uniformly smoky hyaline, with brown veins and darker stigma. Male. — Length 8-8.5 "o™- Head decidedly broader than long, narrowed in the region of the cheeks, which are short and flat ; posterior border of head straight, posterior corners broadly rounded. Eyes large, suboblong. Maxillary palpi 5-jointed. Mandibles 4-toothed. Clypeus convex, subcarinate, with entire, slightly reflected anterior border. Thorax and gaster of the usual shape, the former distinctly broader than the head. Petiole broad and low, with thick, rounded, transverse upper border. Body subopaque; pleurae, scutellum, metanotum and gaster more shining. Man- dibles striatopunctate. Head and thorax very finely and densely punctate, gaster shagreened, with rather coarse, scattered, piligerous punctures on its upper surface. Hairs and pubescence grayish, more abundant than in the worker; the hairs very June, 1909.] Wheeler : North American Formicid/E. 87 long on the epinotum, border of petiole, basal gastric segment and venter, somewhat shorter on the clypeus and pronotum and still shorter on the upper surface of the gaster. Eyes hairless. Black; borders of mandibles, tibiae, tarsi and articulations of legs brownish, or in some specimens yellowish. Genitalia sordid yellow. Wings like those of the female. Described from a dozen workers, five females and six males taken from a single colony at Manitou, Colorado (July 26, 1906). I have taken this species (four females and several workers) also in Red Rock Canon, near Colorado Springs in the same state (July 28, 1903). F. comata may represent a hybrid between F. ciliata and F. riifa obscic- ripes Forel or F. nifa rubiginosa Emery. The female, though it com- bines certain characters of all these forms, is very distinct on account of its peculiar coloration and pilosity. It is much more difficult to distinguish the workers. The legs are paler, the body more hairy and the abdomen darker than in the ciliata worker, and the larger workers of the latter species lack the dark spots on the thorax. In the worker obscuripes and rubiginosa the hairs on the head and thorax are much more abundant and more erect than in ciliata and comata and the in- fuscation of obscuripes workers of all sizes is much more pronounced and extensive. The male of comata differs from that of ciliata and obscuripes in having dentate mandibles and somewhat paler wings. The nest of co?>iata is not a mound like that of obscuripes, but is ex- cavated, like that of ciliata, under stones and these are rather heavily /banked or even covered with vegetable detritus. 9. Formica crinita, new species. JVorker. — Length 4-6.5 mm. Resembling the worker of the preceding species but averaging somewhat smaller. Head, excluding the mandibles, a little longer than broad, even in the largest workers ; narrower in front than behind, with nearly straight posterior and lateral margins. Eyes rather large. Mandibles 7-8 toothed. Clypeus carinate, with entire anterior border, slightly projecting in the middle. Frontal furrow distinct. Antennae, thorax and petiole as in comata. Palpi rather short. Gaster and legs of the usual shape. Body subopaque, very finely shagreened ; bases of mandibles, frontal area and corners of clypeus glabrous. Mandibles and clypeus finely, longitudinally striated. Hairs yellow ; absent on the head, thorax, petiole and appendages, blunt and scattered on the gaster, pointed on the clypeus, mandibles and venter. Pubescence yellowish and very short, inconspicuous on the head, thorax and petiole, somewhat longer on the legs and gaster; on the latter rather dense and nearly concealing the surface. Eyes hairless. Yellowish-red ; gaster dark reddish-brown, except the anal region and a spot at the base of the first segment, which are yellowish ; tips of antennal funiculi, middle 88 Journal New York Entomoogical Society. [Voi. xvii. portions of femora and tibiae brownish or reddish. The smallest workers have the upper surface of the thorax, especially the pro- and mesonotum, somewhat infuscated. Mandibular teeth black. Fe7nale. — Length 6.5-7 mm. Resembling the female of ciliata. Body shining throughout, very finely shagreened, without pubescence. Hairs very long, yellow, curled or hooked at their tips, con- fined to the clypeus, gasterand ventral surface of the petiole ; on the gaster appressed and arranged in two rows near the posterior border of each segment. Body and appendages yellow ; teeth of mandibles and anterior edge of clypeus black ; scutel- lum, metanotum, an antero-median and two parapsidal blotches on the mesonotum, anterior borders of cheeks and a narrow band parallel with the posterior edge of each gastric segment, brown. Antennal funiculi infuscated towards their tips. Wings grayish hyaline, with pale brown veins and darker brown stigma. Described from six mature and five callow females and eighteen workers taken by myself from a single nest near Boulder, Colorado (July 29, 1906). This species is, perhaps, a hybrid between F. oreas Wheeler and F. ciliata Mayr, but the worker differs from those of both these species in the absence of hairs on the head, thorax and petiole, and the female has much fewer hairs and these are confined to the clypeus and abdomen. The hairs are very easily rubbed off in both workers and females, but the long 'series of the former and the callows of the latter show that they cannot be more abundant than described above. The colony from which the specimens were taken was very populous. Its nest resembled very closely those of ciliata, comata and oreas which I have examined in Colorado. It was under several contiguous stones, banked with vegetable detritus and in the immediate neighborhood of flourishing colonies of F. ciliata and 7'ufa obscuripes. 10. Camponotus schaefferi, new species. Worker 7najor. — Length 9-10 mm. Head convex above, flat below, as broad as long, narrower in front than behind, with broadly and feebly excised posterior border and very copvex sides. Cheeks with a transverse impression. Mandibles rather small, very convex, 5-6-toothed. Clypeus subrectangular, ecarinate, flat, longer than broad, a Iiftle broader in front than behind, its anterior border with a small blunt tooth on each side and distinctly excised in the middle. Antennal scapes reaching to the posterior corners of the head, not compressed. Eyes rather large, flat, elliptical. Frontal area indistinct. Vertex with a small pit in the position occupied by the anterior ocellus in the female, and two smaller pits on each side further back. Thorax narrowed behind and laterally compressed, its dorsum in profile rather evenly arcuate, with a distinct meta- notal sclerite. Epinotum subrectangular in profile, with subequal base and declivity separated by a rounded angle, the base being straight, the declivity slightly concave. Petiole narrower than the epinotum, with well-developed node, which is erect, very June, 1909.] Wheeler : North American FoRMiciDy^. 89 convex in front, flat behind and has a sharp border ; seen from behind the border is rounded or slightly and bluntly acuminate in the middle. Gaster as usual. Legs rather long, femora somewhat enlarged. Shining throughout and very finely and indistinctly shagreened ; whole upper surface of head with scattered punctures, which may be slightly elongated on the occiput. Mandibles coarsely and densely punctate, scapes with coarse but scattered punctures. Mesonotum with a few piligerous foveolre. Hairs golden yellow, moderately long, suberect, sparse on all parts of the body, as long on the gula as on the upper surface of the head ; present also on the fore coxae, flexor surfaces of the fore femora and knees. Tibiae with a row of short, stiff hairs on their flexor surfaces. Scapes with a few scattered suberect hairs on their anterior surfaces and tips ; funicular joints tipped with short hairs. Pubescence sparse, absent, except on the funiculi, coxse and tibiae. Rich yellowish-red ; mandibles, clypeus and anterior portions of head, antennal scapes and sometimes also the middle and hind tibiae, darker red. Mandibular teeth, edges of clypeus and frontal carinae black. Worker media. — Length 8-9.5 nim. Resembling the worker major except that the head is smaller and the cheeks less swollen and lacking the transverse impressions. The antennal scapes are longer and the petiolar node is inclined forward and more convex on its anterior surface. Punctures absent or very faint on the head. Worker minima. — Length, 6-7.5 ™™' Head longer than broad, with parallel sides and rounded posterior border. Mandibles 5 -toothed. Clypeus broader than long, feebly carinate, without teeth and with a very faint excision in the middle of its anterior border. Antennal scapes ex- tending about half their length beyond the posterior corners of the head. Frontal area obsolete. Petiole low and thick, with rather blunt upper border. Mandibles less coarsely punctate than in the worker major ; head impunctate, glabrous. Pilos- ity like that of the major and media ; body and appendages of a paler color and more yellow throughout. Mandibles, antennae and tibiae reddish. Female. — Length, I1-11.5 mm. Resembling the worker major, but head more elongate, with longer, straight cheeks and clypeus about as broad as long, subhexagonal. Scapes reaching about % their length beyond the posterior corners of the head. Mesonotum flattened, scarcely broader than the head. Petiole high, antero- posteriorly compressed, with feebly con- vex anterior surface and acute upper border. In sculpture, pilosity and color much like the worker major. Head scarcely punctate on its upper surface. Wings long (12 mm.), yellowish hyaline, more grayish towards their tips, with yellow veins and stigma. Described from a media and minima taken by Mr. C. Schaeffer at Palmerlee, Cochise County, Arizona, a winged female taken by Mr. E. J. Oslar in the Huachuca Mountains, Arizona (Aug. 28, 1903), and a long series of females and workers of all sizes collected by Mr. C. R. Biederman in Carr Cafion, in the same mountain range (March 27, 1907). 90 Journal New York Entomological Society, [Voi. xvii. This handsome species belongs to the fallax i^marginatus^ group of Ca;//!/^//(?//and is closely related to C /^.va;//^j- Wheeler and C. sayi Emery. It differs from both of these species in its uniform yellowish- red color, somewhat smoother surface, narrower and less prominently dentate clypeus in the worker major, and from sayi also in its larger size. It might, perhaps, be regarded as a subspecies of texanus. The specimens received from Mr. Biederman were found in a " nest partly in the ground and partly in rotten wood, six inches deep, at an altitude of 5,000 feet." PROCEEDINGS OF THE NEW YORK ENTO- MOLOGICAL SOCIETY. Annual Meeting of January 5, 1909. Held at the American Museum of Natural History. President C. W. Leng in the chair, with seventeen members present. The following report was read by the Treasurer : Society's Bal. January i, 1909 ;g9i6.86 Received during 1908 for dues and interest 206.24 Disbursements 132.09 Balance ^991.01 Journal account Bal. Jan. i, 1909 $142.11 Rec'd from subscriptions and sales ,. 444.60 Disbursements 494.96 Balance 91.75 Total Balance $1082.76 Mr. E. D. Hanis, chairman of the auditing committee, reported on examina- tion and endorsement of the report and commended the watchfulness and economy of the treasurer. The librarian reported the receipt of the following exchanges : Zeitschr. f. Wiss. Insekten-biologie, IV, Nos. lo-il. Canadian Entomol., XL, No. 12. Wiener. Entom. Zeitung. , XX VH, Nos. 9 and 10. Descriptions of Some New Mosquitoes from Tropical America, by H. G. Dyar and F. Knab. A Generic Revision of American Moths of the family QEcophoridse, by A. Busck. A Revision of Some Species of Noctuidte, by J. B. Smith. Descriptions of New Species of North American Crambid Moths, by W. D. Kearfott. Two New Species of Neotropical Orthoptera of the family Acrididse, by J. A. G. Rehn. Deutsche Entomol. Zeitschr., 1908, No. 6. Jahresheft d. Vereins f. Schlesische Insektenkunde, 1908, No. 33. June, 1909.] Proceedings of the Society. 91 Dr. E. B. Southwick, chairman of the committee, read the nominations of offi- cers as follows : President — G. W. Leng. Vice President — E. B. Southwick. Treasurer — W. T. Davis. Rec. and Corr. Sec. — H. G. Barber. Librarian — C. Schaeffer. Delegate to Academy of Sciences — C. H. Roberts, Executive Committee — G. P. Engelhardt, R. C. Osborn, G. W.J. Angell, C. F. Groth, J. L. Zabriskie. Publication Committee — Wm. M. Wheeler, C. Schaeffer, E. P. Felt, F. G. Love. Auditing Committee — E. D. Harris, E. B. Southwick, E. L. Dickerson. Field Committee — W. T. Davis, R. P. Dow. On motion of Mr. Pollard, duly seconded, the secretary was instructed to cast a single ballot for the list of officers as read. Mr. Engelhardt exhibited a collection of bees which he had taken in the vicinity of Olas de Moka, Dept. of Sosola, Guatemala, in September, 1908. Most of the material had been collected at an altitude of about 300 feet. He spoke of the abun- dance of bees swarming over the mass of tree blossoms or hanging vines many feet above the ground, and thus difficult to capture. He found a number of species of boring and carpenter bees in the woodwork of various outbuildings on the plantation. Several colonies of stingless bees were also taken. Mr. Osborn, under the title of " A Review of Calvert's Odonata of the Biologia- Centrali-Americana " spoke concerning the excellency of this great work. His review is published in the body of the Journal. Dr. Charles L. Pollard read a paper entitled " Notes on Hybrids between Samia cynthia and Callosamia protnethea!' He first gave a summary of previous observa- tions as follows: (l) Cross between female Cynthia and male Promethea. Miss Caroline G. Soule obtained only two fertile eggs from this cross. The larvre were typical Cynthia in practically every respect. Mr. Joutel, working with more abundant material, succeeded in raising a number of larvae, which were typical Cynthia, and constructed Cynthia-\\V& cocoons. (2) Cross between female Promethea and male Cynthia. Both observers raised broods from the cross, and both obtained larvae par- taking of the characters of the two parents. Miss Soule' s brood, however, showed wide individual variation, while Mr. Joutel' s varied only in respect to moults, the individuals at any given stage being practically alike. Athough he had seen no published description by Mr. Joutel of the moths resulting from his crosses, Mr. Pollard had heard that interesting specimens were obtained by Mr. Joutel from female Promethea and male Cynthia. Both of these observers secured their hybrids by natural methods, but he had succeeded at no time in obtaining a natural cross. Crosses were therefore made artificially, each moth being held by the wings until union was eflected. Of all these pairings, however, only one resulted in fertile eggs. This was a cross between female Cynthia and male Promethea on June 22, 1908. The female laid 326 eggs. Of these on July 2, 102 eggs hatched and no more thereafter. The young larvie, as well as the mature larvae examined later in detail, showed no con- stant point of difference from the typical Cynthia and this fact is in agreement with 92 JouRNAT, New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xvii. previous observations. Many of the larvje died during development, but 47 of the original brood survived to form cocoons. He was fortunate in having one male and two females emerge on August 18 and on August 20, three more females. The hy- brid moths were Cynthias in every respect and if mixed with pure breed individuals could not be separated. The male mated naturally with one of the females, which oviposited normally, and these hybrids eggs of the second generation hatched on September 3. Of the 196 eggs laid practically all were fertile. Upon hatching it was noticed that these larvee were smaller than the type, and showed more variation in color during their development. Cocoons were obtained of 39 larvse between October Sand 21. In conclusion Mr. Pollard remarked that if there was any tend- ency in the hybrid to follow Mendelian principles of inheritance, the moths of this generation emerging next spring should display some interesting results. Both typi- cal and hybrid forms were exhibited. Mr. Beutenmiiller exhibited types of the following fossil Diptera from Florissant, Colorado, described by Professor T. D. A. Cockerell : Tabanus parahippi, Tabamis hipparionis, Chilosia miocenica, Psilocephala hypogeza and Lithocosmos coquilletti. Mr. Beutenmiiller also exhibited some Orthoptera collected by Mr. Webber in Sumatra, and presented to the American Museum. Among these were sixteen new species and a number of very curious mimetic forms. Society adjourned. Meeting of January 19, 1909. Held at the American Museum of Natural History. President C. W. Leng in the chair and fourteen members present. The librarian reported the receipt of the following exchanges : Bulletin Societa Entomol. Italiana, XXXIX, Nos. 1-4. Canadian Entomol., XLI, No. i. Insect World, XII, Nos. 11 and 12. Revista do Musea Paulista, Vol. VII. Zeitsch. f. Wiss. Insekten-biologie, IV, No. 12. Tijdschrift Entomol., 1908, Nos. 3 and 4. Berliner Entomol. Zeitschr., LHI, No. 2. Bull. 216 N. J. Agric. Exp. Sta. Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci., 4th Sen, III, pp. 41-48. Mr. Dickerson made a few remarks on the house mosquito, Ctilex pipiens, and commented on the bulletin concerning the insect by Professor J. B. Smith recently issued by the N. J. Experiment Station. He said that while the salt meadows in this section of New Jersey had been drained, and as a result, the salt marsh mosquitoes, Culex sollicitans and f««/rt/or, "practically suppressed, the unusual weather conditions last spring had permitted the house mosquito to become unusually abundant and troublesome. Where the authorities had oiled the sewer basins and taken other pre- cautions, there had been little trouble, and it had been shown that although this insect had to be considered in our campaign, it could be readily controlled if this sort of work was carried on by the Board of Health. Mr. Dickerson also exhibited a series of specimens of Satyrtis alope, var. mari- tinia, varying from the typical form to that closely resembling the form iiephele which was collected at one time at Chester, N. J. Messrs. Sleight and Engelhardt stated June, 1909.] Proceedings of the Society. 93 that they had taken these forms in the vicinity of Lake Hopatcong, N. J. Mr. Beuten- muller exhibited the species of Satyrus in the museum collection. Mr. Engelhardt exhibited some miscellaneous Hymenoptera which he had col- lected in Guatemala, including species of Pepsis and Polybia and several species of ants. Of Pepsis he had taken a number of males but no females at light. A nest of Polybia^ just started, was shown as well as one which had been building for two weeks. Mr. Engelhardt observed that these insects while building made a layer of cells a day, covered them towards night, and the following day destroyed the cover- ing and added another layer of cells. The leaf-cutting ants, Atta sp., were observed in considerable numbers marching in paths which in places were covered. They were so destructive in gardens that it was impossible to raise flowers. Nests of these insects were found to be very large. Ants were also noted on a species of Acacia and the thorns which they inhabited were shown. All of the ants observed were un- pleasant to handle because of their sting. Dr. Dow spoke of the habit of Eudryas unio. In a swamp on Long Island many hundred larvae of the^nsect had been observed upon the swamp Loosestrife. When full-grown, they had pupated near dead and decaying wood, some species of which> containing many pupae, were exhibited. Very few pupse were found parasitized but about 50 were attacked by a fungus. Mr. Engelhardt said he had obtained many parasites, both Hymenopteran and Dipterous, and had noted that the pupte were sometimes attacked by a bacterial disease. Mr. Olsen reported the capture of two specimens of Carabus nemoralis at Win- field, Long Island, and a specimen of Dendroides concolor at North Beach, Long Island. Mr. Angell said that Carabus nemoralis, which is a European insect, was first taken some twenty years ago by Mr. Clarence Riker, of Maplewood, N. J. Later it was found in some numbers under an old board walk at Cambridge, Mass., and last year he had reported specimens from the Bronx, New York City. The present cap- tures seemed to indicate that the insect was becoming established, although these may have been introduced with some imported plants, as the locality is not far from Floral Park. Dr. Pollard exhibited some exotic Saturniid moths, including a pair of Tagara pallida, which he had just acquired. Mr. Beutenmiiller exhibited some fine examples of exotic Mantidoe. Mr. Davis showed specimens of Orchelimum pulchellum, which he had recently described. At Dennisville, N. J., he stated he had found a specimen in a swamp while searching at night with a lantern. The following night another was captured, and the characteristic song and color were noted. Both of these specimens were males. He had also captured a male and female at Jamesburg, N. J., somewhat later. Meeting adjourned. Meeting of February 2, 1909. Held at the American Museum of Natural History. President C. W. Leng in the chair, with fifteen members present. Mr. Dow presented the resignation of Mr. F. M. Schott, which was accepted with regret by the Society. 94 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xvii. Mr. W. D. Kearfoot presented a request for a grant from the research fund of the N. Y. Academy of Sciences to carry on the work of publishing a monograph of the Tineid Moths of the world and requested the endorsement of the Society. On motion the request was endorsed. Dr. R. C. Osburn gave an illustrated lecture on the copulatory organs of dragon- flies, with an account of the egg-laying habits. Many interesting slides were exhibited. Meeting adjourned. Meeting of February i6, 1909. Held at the American Museum of Natural History. President C. W. Leng in the chair with seventeen members and five visitors present. The librarian reported the receipt of the following exchanges received since January 19 : Entomol. Tidjkrift., Vol. XXIX, Nos. 1-4. Univ. of Montana, Bulletins Nos. 50, 51 and 52. Canad. Entom., XLI, No. 2. Philos. Soc. Washington, Bull. XV, pp. 103-126. Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc, XLVII, No. 190. Dr. Zabriskie gave his fourth paper " On the Microscopical Examination of External Structures of Heteropterous Insects." It was illustrated by lantern slides from drawings made by himself to show certain structural peculiarities of Chelinidea vittigera, Catorhintha guttida and Niesthrea sidce of the family Coreidae. The fol- lowing illustrations were shown and commented upon : The antennas of the species showing differences in shape and diameter of segments and the supplementary joint appearing as a cup-like structure between the third and fourth segments ; side view of the head showing the two spines, one on either side of the groove near the base of the second segment of the rostrum, the use of which is uncertain ; the peculiar ar- rangement of hooks and clasps which hold the fore and hind wings together when spread ; the sensory hairs on the pygidium of the flea, the under side of the squash bug and the cerci of the cricket. Meeting adjourned. Vol. XVII. No. 3. JOUR N AL OF THE NEW YORK Entomological Society, H)ev>oteC> to JEntomoloa^ in 0eneraL SEPTEMBER, 1909. Edited by Wji.liam Morton Wheeler. Publication ConiHtittee. E P. Felt. Charles Schaeffer. E. G. Love. W. M. Wheeler. F*ut)listieci Quarterly by the Society. LANCASTRR, PA. NEW YORK CITY. 1909. [Entered April 21, 1904, at Lancaster, Pa., as second-class matter, under Act of Congress of July 16, fNENCWEMnWNT..ONCASTeR.M OCT 4.. COiYTEIVTS. The Camp at Lakehurst. By Wilmam T. Davis 95 A New Honey Ant from California. By William Morton Wheeler .... 98 Four New Cerambycidae. By Charles Schaeffer . . . 99 A New Clerus. By Charles W. Leng 103 Some New and Little Known Coccidae. By T D. A. Cockerell and W. W, ROBHINS 104 Observations on Two Species of Hyalopter US. By Paul Hayhurst 107 New American Oribatoidea. By H. E. Ewing 116 Proceedings of the New York Entomological Society - • • 137 OF THE Published quarterly by the Society at 41 North Queen St., Lancaster Pa. , and New York City. All communications relating to the Journal should be sent to the editor, W. M. 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The subject of a July outing to be centered about the national holiday was several times discussed at the meetings of that society of entomologists which bears a dual name, and meets oft times in New York, Brooklyn and out in the country. It was finally decided that we camp near Lakehurst, N. J., especially as Mr. Charles E. Sleight was willing to loan six tents for the occasion, which when supplied with bed-ticks stuffed with pine-needles, blankets and mosquito netting, were guaranteed to offer the comforts of home. About a large spread- ing chestnut tree that some hopeful person had imported into the pine-barrens years ago, and planted on a little farm now abandoned, we pitched our tents, and while we worked we kept an eye open for the ever-present insects. When we were raking pine-needles for beds, we uncovered a Pasimachus, and indeed this is a very good way to discover these beetles, as we have seen several others thus found while raking among the pines of Long Island. When busy with the tents we saw the tag end of a small army of the shining slave-making ant {Foh'ergus lucidus) just returning from a raid on some unfortunate colony. It may be of interest to mention that we have known of a nest of these slave makers, resident at Lakehurst under two old railroad ties lying close together, since July, 1907. They only occupy part of the space and have Formica schaufussi slaves. Under the same old ties is a nest of For- mica difficilis. Both colonies are still in a flourishing condition and apparently get along harmoniously. 95 96 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xvii. The camp was ready on the evening of July 2, and eighteen mem- bers attended,* some arriving on the following day. A long table had been arranged beneath the shade of the spreading chestnut about which our interest centered, not only at meal time, but when the lanterns were lit, for then many insects were attracted. Prof. Smith was busy identifying mosquitoes provided principally by Dr. Lutz, for the even- ing was cool and Ciilex could only be caught with bait to its liking. But if the evening of the second was cool, the evenings of the third, fourth and fifth of July were frigid by comparison. The mosquitoes forgot us entirely, and we sought the " tent flies " in which we wrapped ourselves, and we were gratefully warmed by the log fire that we built on the evening of the celebration of our national holiday. While the nights were cold the days were perfectly clear, and warm enough to coax forth the butterflies and other insects. Thus we captured several PampJiila attains and PampJiila arogos, both species being found in damp places, not far from the haunts of Neo- nympha phocioii and Chrysophamis epixaiithe. We collected several Cicindela conseiitanea, which die out in mid-summer about the time that Cicindela abdoviinnlis begins to be common. There is often a great variation in size in these latter insects, as is also the case in C. punctiilata. At Lakehurst there are very dark-colored specimens of Cicindela generosa, some of them with but narrow markings approaching a 7'tilgaris in pattern. We have not, however, found the bright purplish-colored examples occurring in parts of Staten Island and elsewhere. On the flowers of the chestnut tree that shaded our table, Lcptiira vagans abounded, varying in color from all black to elytra all brown. On the post-oaks were Goes dehilis, and on the black-jack oaks. Goes pulverulentus and Goes tessellata. Elaphidion unicolor, Cacoplia piil- lata, Oberea gfacilis, Oberea rnficollis and Schcenicus puberulus were also found. A considerable number of Clerids and Buprestids of interest were captured by Messrs. Schaeffer and Bischoff, and Mr. Barber beat from a young pine Buprestis ultramarina, a late record for this species. With the beetles that dropped into our umbrellas, there were also * Those in attendance were E. A. Bischoft", Wm. T. Davis, Jacob Doll, R, P. Dow, H. G. Barber, Geo. P. Engelhardt, Geo. Franck, W. D. Kearfott and Son, J. J. Levison, Dr. F. E. Lutz, C. L. Pollard, Roland Mcllvaine, C. E. Olsen, Chas. Schaeffer, Chas. E. Sleight, Prof. John B. Smith and S. C. Wheat. Sept., 1909.] Davis : The Camp at Lakehurst. 97 some of those curious tree-hoppers which inhabit the pine-barrens, like the ornate Heliria crista hi to be found on the post-oaks, and Glassonotus acuminatus from the black-jacks. There were likewise Thelia univitta, Smilia camehis, and the " cow-hopper " Cefitruchoides perdita. Nezara pennsylvanica, Largiis succiiictus, Chariesterus anten- nafor, Brochymena annulata and Apiomerus crassipes were also col- lected. On three separate occasions the writer has found this last mentioned bug perched on manure, as if attracted by the flies it hoped to catch in that vicinity. Aulacosteihiis marmoratus dSiA Tetyra bipimctaia were found, the latter in considerable numbers considering the lateness of the season. It is more common in spring and fall ; in July, as Mr. Barber pointed out, chiefly females are to be found. They are perched commonly on the green cones of the pitch-pine, where also some young, no doubt of this species, were found by Mr. Sleight. The little Cicada, Tettigm hieroglypJiica was in great numbers, and we noticed that they had come forth earlier in those places that had been recently burned over. Several of the females had just emerged and had not attained their full colors. Mr. Engelhardt found a few Cicada lyricen pupae skins, and two of the insects just hatching, on the old orchard trees about our camp. We did not hear the insects singing. Ant-lions came to lights, and we also found them in the day time. The following four species were collected : Ptynx appendiciilatiis, As- calaphus quadripunctatus, Myrmeleon crudelis and Cryptoleon nebtilo- sum. Mantispa brunnea was in considerable numbers. These insects have an odor like slippery-elm, and may occasionally, with the proper atmospheric conditions, be detected thereby. Mantispa interrupta was also collected, but in less numbers. We found them mostly on the post-oaks, but they are to be met with on all the trees. Of dragon flies we collected one old Anax Junius, in which the central portions of the wings had become much clouded. Also the far from common Progomphus obscurus, which is to be found in July at Lakehurst flying up and down several of the ditches near the rail- road. Four species of Chrysops flies attacked us, and many Tabanids the tame cow, that would lie patiently on the ground while Mr. Franck removed her tormentors. Through his agency they will next assail some hard working college student of our favorite science. At night, when it was not too cold, we sugared, the writer using 98 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xvii molasses flavored with fusel oil. It is very easy to carry a small bottle of fusel oil into the country, where molasses can usually be procured at the village store. Nothing has a more groggy odor, and explana- tions are to be made in prohibition communities and to one's unento- mological friends. At sugar, Mr. Pollard and the writer each caught Catocala cocci- nata, C. similis and C. gracilis. The last two were also collected on the tree trunks in the day time. Hardly any other moth came to the sugar, but the long-legged Orthopterous insect, Atlanticiis dorsalis, was in attendance. Both males and females were thus attracted. In the way of insect architecture we found several sheds made by Cremastogaster pilosa over the Coccidas on the twigs of the pitch pine, and a great many of the tubes made with silk and sand by the larvae of Frionopteryx nebulifera. These usually led from the underground chamber, where the larva was to be found, up the stem of a huckle- berry bush to the foliage. Sometimes the food plant was sand myrtle {Leiophyi/um buxifolium), and Dr. Lutz found one instance where the caterpillar had carried many of the sand myrtle leaves into its burrow. Mr. Daecke has an account of these sand-tubes and their builder in Entomological News ior January, 1905. Mr. Kearfott has also made observations upon them. Mr. Doll collected many caterpillars, Mr. Dow many beetles, Mr. Olsen a goodly number of bugs, and no doubt there were many con- spicuous finds here unnoticed. And as to all of the little things who can say, for the entomologist always dwells in the land of the unknown. J A NEW HONEY ANT FROM CALIFORNIA. By William Morton Wheeler, Boston, Mass. Myrmecocystus lugubris, new species. VVorkei-. — Length 2.5-4 mm. Head distinctly longer than broad, subrectangular, very nearly as broad in front as behind, with straight subparallel sides and rounded posterior border. Eyes some- what more than one fifth as long as the sides of the head, more convex and larger than in M. melliger Forel, smaller than in M. tnexicanus Wesmael. Ocelli very small. Mandibles 7 -toothed, the apical tooth longest and curved. Glypeus convex but not caiinate, with broadly and evenly rounded, but not projecting, anterior border. Fron- tal area obsolescent. Maxillary palpi very long and slender, their terminal joint not Sept , 1909.] SCHAEFFER : FoUR NeW CeRAMBYCID.E. 99 more than half as long as the penultimate. Antennae slender. Thorax as in J/. melli^er, pronotum nearly as broad as long ; mesoepinotal depression very shallow and rather short in profile ; epinotum rounded, with .subequal base and declivity. Petiole less than half as broad as the epinotum, slightly inclined forward, much more compressed anteroposteriorly and with much sharper border than in inellii^er and mexicamu or any of their subspecies or varieties. The posterior surface of the petiole is flat, the anterior feebly convex, the border, seen from behind, very faintly im- pressed in the middle. Gaster rather large, capable of considerable distension. Legs long and slender. Mandibles subopaque, coarsely striated. Remainder of body shining, very finely and obscurely punclate ; head more glabrous than the thorax and gaster. Hairs and pubescence white, rather long ; the former erect on the body and le^s, but not on the antennal scapes ; clypeal and gularammochaetae long and conspicuous. The hairs on the legs are much shorter than those on the body, the pubescence on the head sparser than on the thorax and gaster. Body black ; clypeus, antennae, palpi, legs and intersegmental constrictions of gaster piceous or fuscous ; mandibles and mouth sordid yellow. Described from fifteen specimens taken by Mr. J. Chester Brad- ley at Otis, in the Mojave Desert, California (Dec. i6, 1908). The two largest workers (measuring 4 mm. ) have the gaster greatly dis- tended and are evidently in a semireplete condition, showing that this species has the honey-storing habits of M. mexicanus and the typical M. i/ic/I/ger. The new species is remarkable on account of its diminutive size, the absence of erect hairs on the antennal scapes, the deep coloration of the body and the peculiar structure of the petiole, which is not thick and blunt in profile as in M. melliger or subcuneate as in M. mexicanus, but much compressed anteroposteri- orly as in certain species of Formica and Campouotus. FOUR NEW CERAMBYCIDiE. By Charles Schaeffer, Brooklyn, N. Y. Atylostagma glabrum, new species. Pale yellowish-testaceous, upper surface without pubescence, except a narrow transverse basal line of thorax and scutellum and a few scattered erect hairs on head, sides of prothorax and base of elytra. Head coarsely, not densely punctate. Eyes coarsely granulated, lower lobe extending slightly in front of antennal tubercle, the latter widely separated. Antenna; (female) extending to about apical fourth of elytra; first joint slightly clavate, about as long as second and third together ; joints serrate and bispinose, from the third gradually increasing in length, twelfth joint small, about 100 Journal New York Entomological Society, jvoi. xvii. half as long as the eleventh. Thorax scarcely wider than long; sides without spines or tubercles, nearly parallel to about middle, then obliquely narrowing to the basal constriction ; surface coarsely, densely confluently punctate, except a median basal space, extending to about middle and free from punctures ; the feeble basal impressed line pubescent with fine, short, cinereous hairs. Elytra about four times as long as the thorax ; sides gradually narrowing to apex from about middle ; apices bispinose, the outer spine longer than the sutural ; surface sparsely and not coarsely punctate, the punctures finer and sparser towards apex, near base a few scattered erect pale hairs. Anterior coxal cavities open behind, feebly angulated externally ; intermedi- ate coxal cavities nearly closed externally. Posterior femora with a short, acute spine at apex. Abdomen darker, pubescent at sides, nearly smooth at middle and very sparsely punctate. Length 26 mm. Tucson, Arizona, a single female collected by E. A. Oslar and generously given to me by my friend Mr. Chas. W. Leng. Allied to Axestimis from which the nearly closed middle coxal cavities and the scarcely exteriorly angulated front coxal cavities will distinguish Atylostagnia. The rather short description of the only known species, A. poUtiim White, fits the Arizona specimen very closely, and it is only on account of the distinct bispinose antennal joints that I have given it a new name. The antennae of politum are spined on the outside from the third joint and dilated on the inside so as to appear serrated. Brothylus subpubescens, new species. Brown, pubescence of upper surface not variegated, uniform and inconspicuous. Head short, coarsely but not densely punctate ; interantennal impression moderate ; frontal impression deep. Antennae reaching to apical fourth ; fourth joint about three fourths as long as the third ; the third joint slightly shorter than the fifth ; the follow- ing joints gradually decreasing in width ; very finely and not densely pubescent. Thorax longer than wide ; sides very feebly arcuate, lateral tubercle large, but not prominent ; basal impression broad, but rather shallow ; disk without callosities, but with a narrow longitudinal impression ; surface granulate, pubescence rather sparse, consisting of short cinereous appressed hairs with longer, semi-erect hairs intermixed. Elytra about two and a half times as long as wide at base ; apices separately rounded ; surface not coarsely punctate, punctures finer and almost obsolete towards apex, gran- ulate near base ; pubescence short, appressed and not very dense, permitting the sur- face color of elytra to be plainly seen, intermixed with longer erect or semi-erect hairs> Metasternum and abdomen finely and densely punctate, with some longer punctures intermixed; pubescence short, not very dense and appressed, intermixed with some longer, semi -erect hairs. Length 14 mm. Arizona, one specimen, which I owe to the kindness of Mr. Chas. Palm. This species is not exactly congeneric with Brothylus, but the want of sufficient material for comparison induces me to leave it in this genus for the present. ., 1909.] ScHAEFFER : FouR New Cerainibycid.'E. 101 Elaphidion (Aneflus) lengi, new species. Dark piceous, almost black, elongate; thorax and elytra clothed with short, not densely placed cinereous hairs. Head coarsely and densely punctate. Antenna slightly longer than the body in the male ; third, fourth and fifth joints distinctly cari- nate, the following joints scarcely so ; the joints from the third to the sixth spinous on one side, the spines not long and, as usual, gradually diminishing in size. Thorax slightly longer than wide ; sides feebly subangulate and slightly constricted near base ; disk coarsely and densely punctate, a narrow, elongate, smooth median space and two, more or less distinct, rounded, smooth spots on each side of middle. Elytra wider at base than the thorax and about four times as long as the thorax ; sides almost parallel ; apex emarginate-truncate ; surface moderately coarsely punctate near base, punctures, as usual, gradually finer and sparser towards apex. Metasternum coarsely punctate ; abdomen sparsely and finely punctuate. Tibire carinate. Length 12 mm. Huachuca Mts., Arizona, one male collected by E. A. Oslar, and kindly given me by Mr. Chas. W. Leng, to whom I take pleasure in dedicating this species. From the smaller species with more or less carinate antennal joints, placed at present in the genus Anefltcs, //imifera av\d Parla- toria pergandii Comstock, on orange. Pseudococcus juniperi (Ehrhorn). On Sabina vionospcnna, Canon City, Colorado (E. Bethel). Not quite typical, but evidently this species. New to Colorado. At Cafion City Mr. Bethel also collected Ceroputo calciteciiis (Cockerell) on Agropyrou ; another addition to the Colorado fauna. Chionaspis sassceri, new species. Scale 0/ female : 1. 5 mm. long, expanding posteriorly, somewhat curved; secre- tion ashy gray, smooth, not dense ; ventral scale present. Adult female : Length .5 to .8 mm., breadth at widest point about one half length. Body after boiling in KHO hyaline ; anal plate broader than long. Me- dian lobes touching at base and widely spreading toward tip ; in some specimens, however, the median lobes are more or less parallel ; tips of median lobes rounded ; inner lobe of first lateral pair less than one half width of median lobe ; outer lobe of first lateral pair very short and much smaller ; second pair of laterals represented by an inner and outer lobe, the latter being small and indistinct. No median spine-like plates ; others I, 2, 2, 2, 5-6. Spines rather large. Anal opening about one fifth of length of body from base ; about diameter of the median lobe. Paragenitals 13, 24- 106 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xvii. Fig. 2. Chionaspis sassceri, new species. Ik;. 3. Chionaspis inicropori, Marlatt. 25, 16-22. Dorsal pores elongated and much larger than paragenitals ; inner row 7 ; second row in two groups of 9 and 7 ; third row in three groups of 13, 4 and 3 ; fourth row in two groups of 1 1 and 5 ; fifth row consisting of one group of 9. Pygi- dium slightly chitinized. Sept., 1909.] Hayhurst : Two Species of Hyalopterus. 107 Txpe. — University of Colorado. Collected on orange, at Fall- brook, California, by F. Austin. (Comm. Prof. C. F. Baker.) The scales occur upon the bark in large numbers, and must be highly injurious. We had at first identified this species with C. iiii- c7-opori Marlatt, but after some correspondence with Mr. E. R. Sasscer we must follow his opinion, expressed on first seeing specimens, that it is distinct. The resemblance is certainly very close, but our insect has much larger dorsal pores, and the texture and size of the scale are dif- ferent, that of C. niicropori being very dense and chalky white. The second lateral lobe of niicropori, as in our insect, seems to be normal, with a distinct outer lobule, notwithstanding the statement to the con- trary in the original description. We are indebted to the kindness of Mr. Sasscer and Dr. Marlatt for specimens of C. niicropori, and to Mrs. Sasscer for photographs of both species. OBSERVATIONS ON TWO SPECIES OF HYALOP- TERUS (APHIDIDiE).* By Paul Hayhurst, Boston, Mass. (With Plate I,) The only species of Hyalopterus Koch hitherto recognized by American writers is, so far as I know, H. ariindiiiis Fabr. {^H. p?-uni Fabr. ). This is the well-known greenish, pulverulent aphid of an elongated form, with extremely small cornicles, which infests the under side of the leaves of plum trees. An account is here given of two other species which I believe have not been noticed before in the United States. Hyalopterus aquilegice-flavus (Kittel) which infests the columbine and rose in Europe, was found on these plants on the grounds of the Bussey Institution last fall. H. dactylidis n. sp. is an elongated yellowish aphid which I have taken on orchard grass, Dactylis glonierata, in the District of Columbia and at Forest Hills, Mass. The winged and wingless viviparas of Hyalopterus aquilegice-jiavus * Contributions from the Entomological Laboratory of the Bussey Institution, Harvard University, No. 6. 108 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xvii. were very numerous on the leaves of the garden columbine, Aquilegia 7'ulgaris L., during .September, 1908. They preferred the under sur- face of the leaves, although many individuals also occurred on the upper surface. A species of Macrosiphum was abundant on the stems of the same plants, and was also often mingled with the Hyaloptcnis in the same colonies. On separating the specimens of these two species, which had been collected together on September 25 I was struck with the similarity of the Hyalopterus to specimens taken on rose bushes September 29, which were standing within a few rods of the columbines. These winged viviparas proved to be identical in structure and markings with those from the columbines. There was one winged male of this genus among them, its conspicuous genitalia allowing no doubt of the sex. This discovery led me to suspect that the viviparse collected on the roses might be sexuparte from the Aqiiilegias. On looking up the literature I found that the migration from the rose to the columbine in May had been observed by P'rancis Walker in England fully sixty years ago. He states that it feeds " equally on the upper surface and on the under surface of the leaf, which often becomes red or purple from its injuries. It continues on that plant till the end of October." I did not notice that these aphids had any injurious effect on the leaves last fall. They are rather sluggish in their movements as compared with the active Macrosiphums. It is to this sluggishness that Walker doubt- less refers in describing the species as having ''a very quiet disposition." On May 19, 1909, I found many green, lightly pulverulent aphids of this species on the tender shoots of the cinnamon rose, Rosa cin- iiamomea L. standing near the clumps of columbines. There were a few wingless adults beginning to deposit young, but most of the aphids were well advanced larvae and these with the adults were in all probability the stem-mothers. The infested shoots and leaves did not show any injurious effect. Thorough examination was made of the columbines without finding any specimens of Hyalopterus, although there were many Macrosiplmms. It is evident then that the hiber- nating eggs had been deposited on these roses last fall, which are therefore the primary host of the insect. We may expect to see the migrants from the roses establishing their broods on the columbines in June in this latitude. Evidently the winter eggs may, under some conditions, be deposited on the columbines, for Koch (1857) ob- served the isolated adult stem-mothers depositing larvae on the leaves Sept., 1909.1 Hayhurst : Two Species of Hvalopterus. 109 of these plants in Germany towards the end of May and he noticed the winged vivipane on the same hosts early in June. From these observations Mordwilko (1907) assumes that the species is not yet fixed in its migratory habits. This would not be at all surprising, since there are other migrating species which infest the secondary host much later in the season after the fall migrants have left for the pri- mary host. The viviparte, e. g., of Aphis Inikeri Cowen remained on the secondary host, red clover, until after freezing last fall at Forest Hills, and the true sexes and a few hibernating eggs were found on this plant late in October. I have also seen the adult ovipar?e of Myzus persicce Sulz. in October on radishes in Massachusetts. The following points in the life-cycle of this species remain to be worked out. The migrations have never been actually demonstrated by artificial transfers. Mordwilko has shown that individuals from the columbines could be induced to live on the rose nine days in September, but he does not state that ovipar^e or fertilized eggs were thus produced. These females have never been described. The species according to Walker may be injurious to columbine leaves, but no one else seems to have noticed such injuries. This species is now known in the following countries : France, England, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Russia and the United States. It may be looked for anywhere in a temperate zone where the rose and columbine grow. It is most probable that it has been distributed over the world as hibernating eggs on the nursery stock of roses, which are, of course, imported during the dormant season. Hyalopterus aquilegi(z-flaviis (Kittel) was first described in the Memoires Soc. Linn. Paris for 1826 under the name Aphis Aquilegice flava in such language as to allow no doubt of its identity. Schoute- den (1906) restores Kittel's name, but dixo^)?, Aquilegice on the ground that it is "inconvenient." I prefer, however, to retain the entire name supplying a hyphen to make it binominal in effect. The Law of Priority does not permit the rejection of original names because of inappropriateness and it gives no authority for rejection on account of inconvenience. Hyphenated compounds are recognized as binominal by the A. O. U. Code, Rev. Ed., 1908, p. xxxvi, and were used by Riley, Walsh and Osten-Sacken in describing gall insects. Hyalopterus dactylidis sp. nov., as already stated, is the yellow aphid with blackish eyes which infests the blades of orchard grass. The insects arrange themselves on the dorsal surface in the furrow of 110 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xvii, the leaves in single file, most frequently with their heads directed downwards. Isolated adults may often be seen with several pale yel- lowish larvce in a row immediately behind their mothers. I have collected this species at Ft. Myer, Va., in the District of Columbia and at Forest Hills, Mass. They were common where the grass was growing rankly, but were not easy to find elsewhere. The winged viviparte were always extremely rare. Wherever I have found this species there seemed to be little need for the colonizing forms, since even the wingless viviparge were not especially ])roductive and the aphids never occurred in such numbers as to seriously injure the plants. The apical portion of many of the infested blades was yel- lowed chiefly along the midrib as if caused by an earlier attack of the insects when the leaves were more tender. This was especially notice- able on many blades which carried a long row of adults and larvae stationed below the yellowed part. But many infested leaves did not appear to be injured at all. Thus the insects always had a luxuriant growth of foliage before them and were never in danger of extermina- tion by the death of the host as are many other species which multiply so rapidly as to endanger their food supply. I observed this species at several points around Washington on orchard grass during June, July and August, 1907, all forms becoming very rare after June. Other collections were made as follows: Washington, D. C, March 27, 1908, on tall red-top, Tricuspis seslei'ioides by Mr. C. N. Ainslie, of the Bureau of Entomology ; wingless adults and well-advanced larvae. Tennallytown, D. C, March 30, 1908, orchard grass; fairly numerous, wingless adults, several pupee, larvae of all sizes. Forest Hills, Mass., September, October to November 30, 1908, orchard grass. Numerous until November. When last observed they were very rare and were still reproducing. Same locality — April 8, 1909, orchard grass, common ; wingless adults and larvae. Thorough search was made for the true sexes and eggs at Forest Hills during November and December ; none were found on any part of the plant or on the debris on the ground. This fact, together with the early collections of reproducing adults when it would seem im- possible for them to have developed from hibernating eggs, led me to suspect that Hyalopterus dactylidis winters over as viviparge. The true sexes may not exist in this species. It is possible that some other species may hibernate in the viviparous form even in Massachusetts on hardy grasses like orchard grass and quack. I have often observed Sept , i9°9] Hayhurst : Two Species of Hyalopterus. Ill that aphids can stand considerable freezing in the fall, if their host is hardy, while other individuals of the same species on tender plants perish with the death of the host. Since Dactylis glomerata is an introduced grass from Europe, the aphids must infest other grasses in this country from which they have gone over to orchard grass unless they were introduced with this plant ; but the species has apparently not been noticed by European writers. I have never seen this aphid attended by ants. Two species of hymenopterous parasites were reared from the wingless viviparje. LysipJiIebus cerasaphis Fitch turns the host brown as in most parasit- ized aphids, while the other, EpJiedrus sp., probably plagiator ( =: fiarciconiis) Nees causes the aphid to become coal black. They were collected at Forest Hills, Mass., May 22-23, 1909- I am in- debted to Mr. C. T. Brues who kindly determined these parasites for me. The wingless vivipar?e of Hyalopterus dactytidis are remarkable in possessing a pronounced outpushing of the posterior lateral angle of the prothorax (Fig. 9). I have examined many specimens both liv- ing and in formalin and find this character normal and not especi- ally variable. It is present, but less conspicuous, in the wingless vivipars, fall forms, of H. aquilegice-flavus on columbine. It is not discernible in the youngest larvae with 4-jointed antennae, but is very evident in half grown larvae (i mm. long) with 5 -jointed antennae. Judging from the few specimens of the winged viviparae which I have seen the third discoidal is apt to be very variable. I have at hand only nine specimens, three of which have the usual type of venation in the Aphidi)ice on both wings (Fig. 10). The other six are as follows : (a) One wing with unbranched third discoidal as in Ponpliigus, the other wing with irregular atrophied branches (Fig. 10, c-d). {l>) Third discoidal 2 -forked in one wing, but i -forked in the other as in Toxoptera (Fig. 10, . magnisetosus s^i. nov. Sept., 1909.1 EwiNG : New American Oribatoidea. 129 All the segments of the legs with a swollen portion ; second pair of legs subequal to the preceding or succeeding pair ; no prominent tubercle on distal end of tibia of leg I. (Subdiv. {/;).) n. wic/tae/i sp. nov. Damseus magnisetosus, new species. (Plate V, Figs. 25 and 26.) Chestnut brown. Cephalothorax large, fully two thirds as long as the abdomen and about three fourths as wide as the same. Pseudostigma cup-shaped, projecting ; pseudostig- matic organ very large and long, fully one half as long as leg II, head clavate and pectinate. Anterolateral hairs stout and very curved. There are prominent tecto- pedia for the first two pairs of legs. Abdomen as broad as long ; dorsum with a few short, stout, curved bristles. Genital covers as broad as anal covers but not so long, separated from the anal covers by a very narrow chitinous band ; anal covers situated about one third their length from the posterior margin of ventral plate. Ventral plate circular, as broad as long. First pair of legs as long as the body ; second pair about three fourths as long as the first pair; third pair equal to the first, and the last pair of legs the longest of all. Tarsus of leg I shorter than the tibia. The tibia of leg I is peculiar in this species in that it possesses a large process or tubercle at its dorsal distal aspect from which arises a large, long tactile hair. Ungues tridactyle, situated on very long and slen- der tarsal pedicels ; dactyles unequal. Length, 0.53 mm.; breadth, 0.35 mm. In moss. Collected by C. A. Hart at Pulaski, III., and by the writer at Areola, 111. This species is remarkable in possessing such large pseudostigmatic organs and the bristle bearing tubercle on the tibia of legs I, also in length of the second pair of legs which are much shorter than the other pairs. Damaeus michaeli, new species. (Plate V, Fig. 27.) Chestnut brown ; integument brittle, surface almost smooth. There is a deep constriction between the cephalothorax and the abdomen ; pseudostigmata funnel-shaped ; pseudostigmatic organ longer than the cephalothorax, pectinate and flagelliform, projecting almost at right angles to the margin of the body ; two pairs of curved rostral hairs. Abdomen globular with a curved row of large, curving, pectinate bristles on the posterior margin. Anal and genital covers subequal, separated by about one half their length. Legs stout ; femora with narrow peduncle and large clavate head ; each segment bears several stout, curved, pectinate bristles. Portions of cast skin generally carried on the dorsum of the abdomen. Length, 0.54 mm.; breadth, 0.32 mm. In moss and under bark of logs. Collected by myself, Homer, Illinois. Many specimens. 130 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xvii. Div. ir. Pseudostigmatic organ very long, filiform D. rigidiis sp. nov. Pseudostigmatic organ short, subcapitate D. inagiiipilosits sp. nov. Damaeus rigidus, new species. ( Plate V, Fig. 28. ) Reddish brown. Cephalothorax three fifths as long as the abdomen ; broadest above the attach- ment of the anterior pair of legs. Superior bristles small, straight, less than one third as long as the cephalothorax ; antero-lateral bristles slightly larger than the superior bristles, markedly curved and pectinate on the outer margin. Pseudostigmatic organ very large, long and bristle-like, pectinate, about equal to the cephalothorax in length. Abdomen oval, smooth and polished. Dorsum with a submedian row of four curved, minutely pectinate bristles on each side and also with two pairs of bristles situated laterally and a row of six very small, almost straight bristles around the pos- terior margin, the inner pair being the largest. Anterior pair of legs as long as the body. Tarsus of leg I longer than the tibia ; genual scarcely one half as long as the tibia. All the legs moniliform. Coxa of leg III much swollen. All the legs bear several stout, curved, pectinate bristles ; tibise of legs I and II each have a distal, tactile hair about as long as the segment itself. Length, 0.46 mm.; breadth, 0.26 mm. In moss. Collected by L. M. Smith at Parker, 111. Several specimens. Damaeus magnipilosus, new species. (Plate V, Fig. 29.) Olive brown ; surface of integument slightly rough. Cephalothorax slightly longer than broad ; two pairs of rostral hairs present, the anterior pair being about two thirds as long as the posterior pair, and posterior pair about three fifths as long as the femur of leg I ; two pairs of larger bristles are situ- ated on the dorso-vertex close to the pseudostigmata ; one pair just inwards to the same and the other pair just lateral to the pseudostigmata. Pseudostigmata cylindri- cal but low ; pseudostigmatic organs rather small, almost erect, with small peduncle and globose head. Abdomen oval, three fifths as broad as long; dorsum clothed with about two dozen large, curved, simple bristles, those on the posterior part smaller than those on the anterior part. At the posterior margin of the abdomen are situated two pairs of short, stout, fusiform bristles, characteristic of this species; the upper two are about twice as long as the lower two, and both pairs are inclined away from the median plane. Ventral plate shield-shaped ; genital covers contiguous with the anterior margin of the ventral plate, each being about twice as long as broad ; anal covers larger than genital covers and situated about their length from the latter, and about one third their length from the posterior margin of the ventral plate. Anterior pair of legs about as long as the entire body of the mite. In this species the segments of the legs are not swollen so much as in other species of the same genus. The femur of leg I is about equal to the cephalothorax in length ; tarsus Sept., igog.J EwiNG : NEW AMERICAN OrIBATOIDEA. 131 longer than tibia. All the legs are clothed with rather stout, slightly curved pecti- nate bristles. The posterior pair of legs are the longer. Length, 0.74 mm.; breadth, 0.42 mm. Under bark of soft maple. Collected by J. D. Hood at Urbana, Illinois. Many specimens. Genus HERMANNIA Nic. Abdomen not segmented ; dorsom of abdomen convex ; not carry- ing nymphal skins ; genital covers separate from anal covers ; ventral plate present. The single species described in this paper is one of three to pos- sess a peculiar tubular projection on each side of the abdomen, the function of which according to Michael is excretory. Hermannia subnigra, new species. (Plate V, Figs. 30 and 31. ) Dark yellowish brown ; integument thick and tuberculate. Cephalothorax pyramidal. Three pairs of bristles above ; the superior bristles, rostral bristles and antero-lateral bristles. Superior bristles very stout, recurved and pectinate ; rostral bristles similar to superior bristles ; antero-lateral bristles strongly curved but not so stout as the rostral bristles. Pseudostigma cup-shaped, projecting ; pseudostigmatic organ slightly recurved, clavate and about three fourths as long as the femur of leg I. Abdomen broadly rounded posteriorly and peculiar in possessing on each side, above the posterior pair of legs, an excretory tube. Excretory tube two thirds as broad as long and with a projecting, recurved chitinous rim around the distal margin. Dorsum of abdomen with four longitudinal rows of five bristles each and a few other bristles around the margin of abdomen. Ventral plate shield-shaped, two thirds as broad as long ; genital covers about two thirds as long as anal covers and situated one half their length from the latter ; anal covers over twice as long as broad ; both anal and genital covers tuberculate. Anterior pair of legs about as long as the abdomen ; tarsus longer than tibia ; genual one half as long as tibia and as broad as long. Ungues monodactyle. Length, 0.56 mm ; breadth, 0.38 mm. Under logs and in trash. Collected by C. R. Crosby at Columbia, Mo., and by the writer at Mahomet, 111. Many specimens. Genus NOTHRUS C. L. Koch. Abdomen not segmented ; dorsal surface of abdomen flat or con- cave, never carrying nymphal skins; without tectopedia. Nothrus quadripilus, new species. (Plate VL Fig. 32.) Uniform chestnut brown ; dorsal surface of the body reticulate, the dorsum of the abdomen being more coarsely reticulate than the dorso-vertex of cephalothorax. 132 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xvii. Cephalothorax longer than broad and very much narrowed at the insertion of the first pair of legs. Pseudostigma projecting ; pseudostigmatic organ clavate and slightly recurved, a little over one half as long as the femur of leg II. There is situated very near the pseudostigma on its inner side a very long, simple bristle, as long as the cephalothorax itself. Abdomen rectangular, but the anterior, lateral and posterior margins are all slightly convex. This species is peculiar and remarkable in possessing on its pos- terior margin four long, stout, slightly curved, simple and subequal bristles, each being almost as long as the width of the abdomen at its posterior margin. Ventral plate long and narrow, deeply emarginate just opposite the anterior end of the anal covers; genital covers when taken together are broader than long, situated approxi- mate to anal covers; anal covers very long and narrow, about one sixth as broad as long. Legs stout ; leg I three fifths as long as the body. Tarsus of leg I but slightly longer than the tibia ; tibia and genual subequal. Ungues stout, monodactyle. Length, o. S2 mm.; breadth, 0.38 mm. In trash. Collected by C. R. Crosby at Columbia, Mo. Many specimens. Genus HYPOCHTHONIUS C. L. Koch. Ventral plate anchylosed to dorsal plate ; without lamellae ; legs stout ; abdomen with a transverse suture or sutures, as if segmented. This is the first new species of this rare genus to be discovered in America. Hypochthonius crosbyi, new species. (Plate VI, Fig. 33.) Alcoholic specimens light yellowish brown. Cephalothorax one and one half times as long as broad and three fifths as long as abdomen. The cephalothorax bears dorsally two pairs of bristles, a small curved pair at the tip of the rostrum and a larger, almost straight pair between the pseu- dostigmata. Pseudostigma low, cylindrical ; pseudostigmatic organ long, flagelli- form, simple, almost as long as the cephalothorax. Palpi prominent. Abdomen with two transverse sutures. The anterior suture is situated about one fourth the length of the abdomen from the anterior margin of the same, while the posterior, which is the longest, is situated almost in the middle of the abdomen. Genital covers very large, triangular, about two thirds as long as the posterior pair of legs and one third as long again as the anal covers ; anal covers long and narrow, truncate anteriorly reaching from the genital covers to the posterior margin of abdomen, inner margins concave, outer convex. Anterior pair of legs slightly longer than the cephalothorax. Tarsus of leg I almost twice as long as tibia; tibia and genual equal. The tibia of leg I bears a very long, tactile bristle, about as long as leg I itself. Ungues monodactyle. Length, 0.38 mm.; breadth, 0.22 mm. In trash. Collected by C. R. Crosby at Columbia, Mo. Several specimens. Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc. 32 Vol. XVII. Plate VI. H.£..£^i'Vir. nov., pseudostigma and pseudostigmatic organ, X456. Fig. 29. DaiHiVits m aguipilos Its s^. now., seta from dorsum of abdomen, X4S6- Fig. 30. Hermannia subnigra sp. nov., one of the lateral excretory tubes of the abdomen, X 45^- Fig. 31. Henmumia subnigra %^. nov., pseudostigmatic organ, X 45^- Pl.vie VI. Fig. 32. IVothriis quadripinnss'p. nov., dorsum of abdomen, X ^^Z- Fig. 33- llvpochthonius crosbyi sp. nov., dorsal surface of abdomen, X I?'- Pig. 34. Phthiracarus fiilvus sp. nov., pseudostigma and pseudostigmatic organ, X 456- Fig- 35- Iloplodernta cticiillaltini sp. nov., lateral view of abdomen, >< 1 13. Fig. 36. Hoploderma haniatum sp. nov., piece of integument from abdomen, X456. Fig. 37. Hoploderma illinoisensis sp. nov., pseudostigma and pseudostigmatic organ, X 456- PROCEEDINGS OF THE NEW YORK ENTO- MOLOGICAL SOCIETY. Meeting of March 2, 1909. Held at the American Museum of Natural History. Vice-President E. B. Southwick in the chair, with fourteen members present. The librarian reported the receipt of the following exchanges : Wiener Entomol. Zeitung, XXVIII, No. i. Mittheil. Naturh. Mas. in Hamburg, XXV. Verhandl. d. k. k. Zool. Bot. Gesel. Wien, LVIII, No. 10. Societas Entomologica, XXIII, Nos. 21-22. Plans were discussed for compiling a list of the insects of New York State. It was the general opinion that it would be best to use the New Jersey List of Insects as a basis to which additions could easily be made. On motion of Dr. Love, the librarian was empowered to procure an interlinear copy of the New jersey list to be used by the members in recording data. The librarian announced that the exchange list was becoming too large and that the Society was receiving a great deal of non-entomological literature. He requested that the exchanges be more restricted. The matter was referred to the publication committee. Mr. Pollard announced that the Council of the New York Academy of Sciences had granted Mr. Kearfott's request for a grant of $400.00 to carry on the work of publishing a monograph of the Tortricidse of the World. Mr. R. P. Dow spoke on the subject of " A Side Line Study of Larvse of Several Orders" in which he detailed the work carried on by his brother and himself in de- tecting the presence of certain chemicals in the bodies of various larvae. They en- deavored to determine to what extent certain characteristic plant acids and juices could be detected mainly by taste. He proceeded to use this as a basis for a theory of classification in which he placed those insects highest which elaborated the more complex materials from their natural foods. Mr. I. Matausch exhibited several excellent colored drawings of larvte and adult stages of some Membracidae, and spoke concerning his experiences, begun during July and August, 1907, in rearing members of this group. He had succeeded in rearing Camphylenchia curvata, collected on golden rod, from a very young stage. He remarked that the moulting of this insect takes place during the early morning hours. From observations made in the field he came to the conclusion that it was rather sedentary in habit, remaining on the same stem for long periods of time. He found that ants were especially fond of the exudations of P'anduzia arcuafa, which occurs on the locust. He mentioned the food plants of many of the Membracid;^. Mr. H. G. Barber exhibited a collection of palearclic Hemiptera recently pur- chased from Staudinger and Bang-Haas. In his remarks he dealt particularly with the following species of the collection which occur both in Europe and the United 137 138 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xvn. States : Peii/atonia jtiniperina, A'ezara viridit/a, Zicrona carnlea, Coriziis a'assi- cornis, A^ysim thynii, Cymus clavicidus, Ischnorhynchiis resediz, Etnhlethis grisens. Mr. W. T. Davis exhibited two specimens of the southern moth Pygarctia abdominalis Grote, from Lakehurst, N. J. One was taken on May 29, 1905, and recorded in the proceedings of the Society for March 20, 1906. The other was col- lected while sweeping low huckleberry bushes June 13, 1908. Society adjourned. Meeting of March, 16, 1909. Held at the American Museum of Natural History, with President C. W. I.eng in the chair and eleven members present. Dr. C. L. Pollard invited the Society to participate in a joint meeting with the Brooklyn Entomological Society as guests of the Staten Island Association of Arts and Sciences on Saturday, May 8. The invitation was accepted and arrangements for an afternoon field trip were left with the Outing Committee. Mr. Engelhardt proposed as an active member Dr. F. E. Lutz, of the American Museum of Natural History. On motion of Mr. Angell the bylaws were suspended and the secretary empowered to cast a single ballot for the election of Dr. Lutz. Mr. Engelhardt exhibited an interesting series of the Bella moths — Vtetheisa bella and U. ornatrix. The former was represented by a selected number of speci- mens from the eastern United States, showing extensive local variations, besides the varieties known as hvbrida and terniinalis. The variety venusta was represented by examples from Jamaica, W. I., and Cuba. U. ornatrix was shown from Texas, Guatemala and Porto Rico. While the specimens from Texas and Guatemala indi- cate only a slight tendency to variation, those from Porto Rico were remarkable in this respect. One series, beginning with a typical U. ornatrix was arranged to show a gradual line of variations ending in a good example of U. bella. Another series ended with a specimen indistinguishable from the European species U. pulchella. h\\ of the specimens from Porto Rico were collected in a sandy region near San Juan during November and December, 1908. A discussion of climatic conditions as a factor in producing variations followed. Mr. Wm. T. Davis exhibited a great number of oak-apple galls, AmthiboUps confiiienttis, which he had found on the ground under three different oak trees on Staten Island, and which had been opened by squirrels for the larv?e within. The galls had been cut off of the trees by the squirrels and about one half of the outer shell and spongy matter in each instance had been torn away to secure the desired larvee. He also exhibited acorns, hickory and other nuts opened to secure larvK rather than the kernel itself. Dr. R. C. Osburn exhibited a collection of over 500 Syrphidre collected by two friends on the abandoned Hope Trail, British Columbia. One genus, Pyritis, de- scribed by W. D. Hunter a few years ago, was better represented in the lot than in all the other collections of the world combined. Mr. John J. Davis, field entomologist, Illinois, spoke of his economic work in the vicinity of Chicago. He mentioned Qillopistria Jloridensis as a pest in green houses. This has been reported hitherto only from Florida. Its larvre were bright green while on the ferns, but when reared in a tin box were almost black. This was attributed to the degree of moisture present. In this connection Dr. Lutz described Sept.,1909.] Proceeding of the Society. 189 his operations with the \ar\x of /sia isabella, which were influenced by change of moisture. Many in wet environment were uniformly black, whereas in dry situa- tions the many black bands failed to develop and the larvae remained unicolorous. Mr. G. W. J. Angell exhibited a series of the water beetle, Hydrobius tessellatus, taken in clear water at Westwood, N. J. These were all normal and uniform, while a single specimen taken in very dirty water was aberrant. Society adjourned. Meeting of April 6, 1909. Held at the American Museum of Natural History. President C. W. Leng in the chair with seventeen members and one visitor present. The librarian reported the receipt of the following publications since March 2 : Cold Spring Harbor Monographs, VII. Entomologiske Meddeleser, Vol. Ill, No. 4. Canadian Entomologist, Vol. XLI, No. 3. Zeitschr. f. wissenschft. Insektenbiologie, V, No. 2. Wiener Entomol. Zeitung, XXVIII, No. 2. Zoological Record, Insects, XLIV. Charles Janet. Notes extraites des Comptes Rendus des Seances de I'Academie des Sciences, Nos. 16-20. Charles Janet. Anatomic du corselet et Histolyse des Muscles Vibrateurs, apres le vol nuptial, chez la reine de la fourmi. The Insect World, XIII, Nos. I, f.. Deutsche Entomolog. Zeitschrift, 1909, No. 2. The House-fly. Ent. Circ. 25, No. C, State Dept. Agric. Mr. Leng spoke of the recent death of Mr. Wm. Edwards and read a brief notice which had appeared in the New York Sun. Dr. R. C. Osburn spoke on the " Species of the Syi'phns arciiaiusGroxy^.''' He said that this group of the Syrphidte was a very difficult one to study, but after examin- ing material from several collections, including that of the American and National Museums and representing in distribution some twenty states and several provinces of Canada, he had found certain well-marked characters by which the species of arcua- tus and the form lapponiciis might be separated. These were differences in the vena- tion, characteristic maculation on the frons and differences in coloration of the thoracic pile. The areas of enlarged eye facets in the males were also noted. The differences in coloration were found to be somewhat variable and not so constant a character as those noted above. Specimens illustrating the different forms were shown and the question of the names discussed. Dr. Osburn also discussed the intergradations of Scirva with Syrphus and said that the species //;-rt5/ri L. had been placed by Osten-Sacken in the genus Catabonia in his paper on " Western Diptera," but had previously been assigned to the genus Scceva. This species had been separated from Syrphus on the characters of the frons, the pilosity of the eyes and the venation. Dr. Osburn pointed out that various species in the genus Syrphus showed differences as marked as this species in these respects, and he did not believe that such characters could be regarded as being of specific rank, although they might be useful for grouping certain species within the genus Syrphus. 140 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xvii. Mr. Matausch exhibited some original water color drawings of Membracida; from Rincon Mts. , Arizona, collected by Mr. G. Beyer. Mr. Schaeffer exhibited and pointed out the salient characters of some twenty new species of Coleoptera, the descriptions of which will form a small paper to be published in the Bulletin of the Brooklyn Museum. He exhibited a specimen of Dytiscus verticalis with elytra expanded and called attention to the wing-like ap- pendage at the base of each elytron. He also showed specimens of Pandehletejiis ravv-ostris, rohtts/tis, subinetallicus, and Cimbocei-a conspersa in which the deciduous mandibular appendages were still present. These appendages are present in the larval stage but are lost in the early life of the imago, leaving a scar at the place where they have been attached. The presence of this scar and the form of the man- dibles, which are pincer-like and formed rather for crushing than cutting, is the important character separating the Otiorhynchidse from the rest of the Rhynchophora. He showed also a small branch of Acacia cornigera and called attention to the small appendages at the tip of the leaflets, which are called " Belt's bodies." These small appendages contain much albumen and are eaten by ants which inhabit the large, hollow thorns of several species of Acacia in tropical America. The ants also feed on the sugary fluid, secreted from extrafloral nectaries, near the base of the petioles. The ants which thus receive shelter and food from the tree are said to protect it by keeping away the leaf-cutting ants. Mr. Cook told of his experiences in searching for winter eggs of Lycsenidse and said that by carefully noting where the female oviposited in the fall, he sometimes succeeded in finding two or three eggs in a day. He had observed Lycana scudderia ovipositing on lupine. The female would work its way nervously down the stem, inserting the tip of the abdomen in the axles of the petioles as if ovipositing but actually would not lay an egg until it had reached the second or third node from the base of the stem, and in fact, would sometimes place the egg on grass or other vege- tation close by. The ovipositing of Chrysophanus thoe had also been observed, and in company with Mr. Davis, Mr. Cook had just succeeded in obtaining eggs of Epideinia epi- xanthe at Jamesburg, N. J. This species oviposits on the cranberry. In doing so the insect flutters down nervously in an open spot and places the egg low down on the plant, but never on the tips of the vine. Mr. Davis exhibited a specimen, which had been captured on Staten Island, of the recently described Plagodis schuylki/lensis Grossbeck. Dr. Zabriskie said that he had recently been in California and among other in- teresting things had observed a number of woodpeckers storing acorns in the bark of the oak trees in several localities. In the discussion Mr. Davis said it was no doubt a great help to the woodpeckers to place the acorns in the holes they made for them for the reason that they could then hold them as in a vise, and open them more easily. Society adjourned. Meetini; of April 20, 1909. Held at the American Museum of Natural History at 8.15 P. M. President C. W. Leng in the chair with twenty-one members present. The librarian reported the receipt of the following exchanges : Sept., 1909.1 Proceedings of the Society. 141 Georgia State Board of Entomology. Circulars, Nos. 6, 7, 8. Bulletins, Nos. 24, 26, 27, 28. Bulletino della See. Entomol. Italiana, XL, Nos. i, 2. Canad. Entom., XLI, No. 4. Zeitschr. f, Wissenschft. Insektenbiologie, V, No. 3. Verhandl. d. k. k. Zoolog. Bot. Gesel. Wien, LIX, Nos. i, 2. Mr. Dow, of the Field Committee, announced the outing at next Saturday's meet- ing on Staten Island, at which Mr. Davis will act as a guide. Dr. Love proposed Dr. Henry E. Crampton, of the American Museum, as an active member of the Society. On m.otion the by-laws were suspended and the sec- retary authorized to cast a single ballot for the election of Dr. Crampton. Dr. Southwick invited the members of the Society to attend an outing of the Torrey Botanical Society to be held at South Amboy, Saturday, April 24. Dr. Lutz spoke concerning " Experimental Work with Drosophila ampelophilay He remarked that this fly has proved to be excellent material for experimental investi- gation of evolution. He spoke of the method of rearing the fly on over-ripe fruit. It thrives well under laboratory conditions, the life-cycle is shoit, the number of offspring large and it can be kept breeding throughout the year. Although the present work was started less than three years ago, more than fifty pedigreed generations had been obtained. Most of the time had been spent in studying the inheritance of abnormal vena- tion. About one third of one per cent, of the flies in nature have an extra vein or partofa vein in theanterodistal portion of either one or both wings. This portion of a vein is frequently no more than a mere speck, but by selective breeding one can get a race of flies in which all of the individuals possess supernumerary veins, and in some individuals the additional vein material almost or quite equals in amount the normal. Also, one occasionally finds wild flies in which the fifth longitudinal vein does not quite reach the margin of the wing. By using these as the starting point of selection, it is possible to get a strain in which it is a common occurrence for most of the veins to stop short at that margin. Although the flies of the pedigreed strain have not been allowed to use their wings for a relatively large number of generations, there has been no degeneration due to disuse. He remarked that, curiously enough, in nterbreeding, the sexes selected normal individuals in mating. In reply to a question from Mr. Leng, Dr. Lutz explained the Mendelian theory. Mr. Matausch exhibited a number of hand-colored, original drawings of some interesting local species of Membracidas collected by Mr. Davis. Mr. Leng exhibited a collection of Brachyacantha. He sketched the history of the systematic work that has been published on the genus and described the charac- ters by which it is separated from other Coccinellidas. He referred particularly to the various modifications that are found in the ventral segments of the males, and stated that a similarity in this respect apparently accompanies a similarity in pattern of elytral maculation. He closed by describing especially the difference between the species that have been treated by Gorhara as varieties of deiitipes and expressed the opinion that some of these at least should be regarded as valid species. Mr. Dickerson exhibited two specimens of Carahiis nevioralis, which he had taken under stones in his back yard in Newark in April, remarking that this was further evidence that this European species was well established in the eastern United States. 142 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xvii. Mr. Angell remarked on the introduction and spread of this species. Mr. Pollard stated that he had collected and examined 47 cocoons of Samia ceci-opia collected near Watchogue, Staten Island, and 50 collected in the outskirts of Brooklyn, and found that of the Watchogue pupse only one was normal, three were parasitized by Ophioti, ten parasitized by Braconids, ten parasitized by other insects, nineteen destroyed by fungus, six destroyed by mice, birds, etc.; in the Brooklyn pupae none was normal, five were parasitized by Ophion, eight parasitized by Braconids, seven parasitized by other insects, eleven destroyed by fungus and nineteen eafen by mice, birds, etc. Society adjourned. Meeting of May 4, 1909. Held at the American Museum at 8.15 P. M. with President C. W. Leng in the chair and sixteen members and one visitor present. The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and approved. Mr. Pollard announced the final program of the meeting to be held at New Brighton, Staten Island, on Saturday, May 8, under the auspices of the Staten Island Society of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Lutz announced that at a conference with the librarian, Dr. Tower, he had been informed that all members of the Society would be permitted to borrow from the library any monographs and papers they desired. Mr. Southwick invited the members to attend a three days' outing, May 28-30, of the Torrey Botanical Club at New Baltimore, Green Co., N. Y. Mr. C. H. Roberts exhibited all of the known and several new species of the genus Graphoderes belonging to the family Dytiscidse, and gave some interesting notes concerning the results of his study of this genus. Among other things he said that this genus contained few species and all were of good size. He spoke of the good distinguishing characters in the differences found in the tarsal disks and cupules in the males. The check list of North American Coleoptera, he was certain, was erroneous in respect to this genus. Horn had sup- pressed fasciaticoUis Harris, making it a synonym of the European species citieietis. After examining two or three hundred specimens of this species, he had come to agree with Dr. Sharp that our fasciaticoUis is a distinct species. The structural dif- ferences were compared by Mr. Roberts. Although occidentalis from Winnipeg closely resembles austriaciis, distinct differences in the tarsal claws of the male would readily distinguish them. He had received from Mr. Leng a number of specimens of a large species of Graphoderes from Nova Scotia and New Foundland, which he had at first thought might be Dr. Sharp's elattts, but had found differences in the tarsal cupules which made it probable that this was a new species, larger than elatiis. The real elatus he had not seen. He also spoke of the progress he had been mak- ing in the study of Haliplus. He had been able to separate several new species, differentiated by good characters which had formerly been lumped with other forms. He spoke of the characters used in distinguishing members of this genus. In reply to Mr. Leng's question as to whether there were any Dytiscidae common to Europe and the United States, Mr. Roberts replied that the more thoroughly he pursued his studies the more convinced was he that none was common to both countries, with the possible exception of a few strictly boreal species which might be circumpolar. He explained his method of mounting Dytiscidre for study. Sept., 1909. Proceedings of the Society. 143 Mr. George Franck exhibited a collection of nearly all the species of Canoiiym- pha occurring in the United States, and read some remarks on the genus which are to be printed in the body of the Journal. Dr. Lutz exhibited, on behalf of Mr. Matausch, some enlarged water color drawings showing the extreme and medium forms of Alicrocentrus carycc. Mr. Wm. T. Davis exhibited an acorn of the chestnut oak, the inside of which had become a hollow chamber and enclosed eight gall-like cells, each containing a larva. The specimen was collected at Runyon, N. J., May 2. Mr. Schaeffer exhibited the nest of the Mexican honey-making wasp, Nectarina lecheguana, which he had found in Brownsville, Texas and spoke of the sweet, in- toxicating character of the honey. Mr. Angell exhibited some specimens of Carabits nemoralis collected in the Bronx and spoke of the variation in the color. Society adjourned. H. G. Barber, Secretary. Vol. XVII. No. 4. JOURNAL OF THE NEW YORK Entomological Society, H)epote& to lEntomolog^ in (Bcneral. DECEMBER, 1909. Edited liy Wii.i.iAM Morton Wheei.kr. Pu blica tioii Com inittef . E P. Felt. Chaklhs ScH.\EKFriR. E. G. Love. W. M.Wheeler. Publishieci Quarterly by the Society. LANCASTER, PA. NEW YORK CITY. 1909. Lntered ,\piil 21, 1904,11 L.ircasler, Pa., as second-class matter, under Act of Congress of July 16,1804.] f HE NEW Eft* PRINT. , LANSASTi .^^ COiMTERITS. New Tropical Pseudoscorpions. By Nathan Banks . 145 Three Cuban Coleoptera New to the Fauna of the United States. By Chas. SCHAEFFHK I48 Coccidse of Japan (III). First Supplemental List of Japanese Coccidae, or Scale Insects, with Description of Eight New Species. By S. I. Kuwana . . . 150 Coccidae of Japan (IV). A List of Coccidae from the Benin Islands (Osaga- warajima), Japan. By S. I. Kuwana 158 Gynandromorphic Membracidae, By Ignaz Matausch 165 Catocala Herodias Strecker, at Lakehurst, N. Y. By Chas. E. Sleight . . 166 A New Chalcidoid Genus and Species of the Family Mymaridae from Illinois, Parasitic on the Eggs of the Weevil Tyloderma foveolatum (Say). By A. A. GiRAUi.T 167 Observations on some European Ants. By William Morton Wheeler . . . 172 A Cricket New to New Jersey. By Wm. T. 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Vol. XVII. DECEMBEK, 1909. No. 4. NEW TROPICAL PSEUDOSCORPIONS. By Nathan Banks, East Falls Church, Va. In going through some material from Mexico and South America I find a few new species of these Arachnida, which are herewith described. Most of the specimens were collected by Mr. Baker or Dr. Moenkhaus, a few by Dr. Eisen. Of particular interest is the new Garypus which is very different from the one known South American species, which was also in the collection. I. Garypus viridans, new species. Cephalothorax, palpi and legs pale greenish, fingers more reddish, abdomen darker, probably also greenish when alive. Cephalothorax subtriangular, but longer than broad behind, front deeply emarginate in middle, 'the anterior of the two eyes each side is more distinct than the posterior ; a groove, with ends curving forward, toward the posterior end, surface finely granulate, a few very short clavate hairs in front ; stylet of mandibles long, tip outcurved, two little processes on the inner side toward the tip. Palpi long, trochanter long, slightly swollen on lower side behind, femur longer than cephalothorax, gradually enlarging from base to near tip ; tibia fully two thirds length of femur, enlarging from base to tip, but little broader than femur, inner side barely convex ; claws very long ; hand not much shorter than the tibia, more than twice as long as broad, nearly twice as broad as tibia, sides subparallel, fingers longer than hand, slender, curved, with many simple hairs, other joints with few and extremely short ones, barely visible ; surface of claw not granulate. Abdomen about one and a half times as long as broad, some of the segments divided, but not separated, their surface minutely granulate, 145 146 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xvii. no hairs visible ; legs slender, with very short hairs, except on the apical joints. Length 3.2 mm. From Santa Marta, Colombia (Baker). 2. Chelifer approximatus, new species. Cephalothorax and palpi dark yellow-brown, legs paler, dorsal scutse brown. Cephalothorax with numerous small conical tubercles, elsewhere finely granulate. Dorsal scutK long and narrow, approximate on inner edges, granulate, and with six or eight very short clavate hairs behind, and a few on the disc. Palpi very long and slender; the trochanter with short stifif hairs, a scabrous swelling behind with two tips ; femur one and a half times as long as the cephalothorax, gradually enlarging from the base to tip, densely granulate, and with many short, clavate hairs ; tibia nearly as long as the femur, slightly broader near tip, inner side straight, outer side concave at base, then convex toward the tip, the short hairs nearly simple ; claw longer than femur, very slender, the hand rather broadest near base, but the sides nearly parallel, about one and a half times as broad as tibia, nearly as long as the cephalothorax, with a few simple hairs ; fingers slender, curved, scarcely as long as hand, with few long hairs, and many shorter, simple ones. Length J' 2.5 mm. ; 5 4 mm. From Pescadero, and El Taste, Lower California. 3. Atemnus gracilis, new species. Cephalothorax pale yellowish brown, palpi reddish brown, abdomen and legs pale yellowish. Cephalothorax one and two thirds times as long as broad, broadest behind, rounded in front, an eye-spot each side, behind near tip is a transverse line, surface smooth, a few simple hairs. Basal part of mandibles rather larger, stylet forked nearly to the base. Palpi rather large ; trochanter with a small swelling behind toward the tip ; femur only a little longer than width of the cephalothorax, distinctly pedicellate, broadest near base, inner side toward tip concave ; tibia as long as femur, convex on both sides, once and a half as broad as femur ; claw very large, rather longer than the cephalo- thorax, hand very broad at base, more than once and a half as broad as tibia ; fingers about as long as hand, large and curved; all joints with rather long simple hairs ; abdomen fully three times as long as broad, narrowed at base, tip with several long simple hairs. Length 2 mm. From Sonora, Mexico. 4. Chelanops obesus, new species. Cephalothorax and palpi dark red-brown, the latter the darker ; dorsal scut?e dark brown ; legs pale reddish brown, paler at tips. Cephalothorax nearly smooth, but very finely granulate, with a few scattered very short clavate hairs. Palpi very heavy ; the trochanter globose above behind ; the femur about as long as the width of the cephalothorax, sides subparallel. Dec, 1909 ] Banks : New Tropical Pseudoscorpions. 147 rather concave near inner tip ; tibia about as long as femur, rather long pedicellate, much swollen on inner side and then almost concave, as broad as the femur ; claw much longer than cephalothorax and mandibles together, the hand nearly as long as tibia, extremely broad, about two and a half times as broad as tibia, truncate at base, tapering to the fingers, which are rather slender, curved and nearly as long as the hand ; clavate hairs on trochanter, femur and inner surfaces of tibia and hand, also clavate hairs on upper surface of legs. Stylet of mandibles short and simple. Dorsal scutse very narrow, with about eight hairs behind. Length 4 mm. From Tucson, Arizona, and Lower California, Mexico. 5. Chelanops calidus, new species. Cephalothorax yellow-brown, palpi uniform pale yellowish brown, dorsal scutse brownish. Cephalothorax finely granulate, with few clavate hairs ; stylet of mandible slender and simple. Palpi rather short ; trochanter gibbose above and also behind ; femur hardly as long as width of cephalothorax, sides nearly parallel, rather broadest near base ; tibia nearly as long as femur, evenly convex on the inner side, plainly broader than the femur ; claw longer than cephalothorax plus mandibles, hand rather heavy, about twice as broad as the tibia, broadest at base, tapering to the fingers, which are as long as hand, and rather large. A few nearly clavate hairs on the trochanter, other hairs simple, long and variable in length. Dorsal scutse short, with about five simple bristles on posterior edge ; long bristles on the last segment. Length, 5 2.5 mm. ; (^ 2 mm. From Sonora, and Lower California, Mexico. 6. Chelanops confraternus, new species. Closely related to Chelanops nitidimanus Ell. ; the proportions of parts similar to that species. The femur of palpus fully two and one half times as long as broad ; the fingers as long as hand ; the hand as described for C. nitidimanus, the hairs barely clavate. The three hairs on the posterior edge of each dorsal scutum are strongly clavate, and very short ; the cephalothorax is granulate behind, but nearly smooth in front. The cephalothorax and palpi dark red-brown, the fingers paler, the cephalothorax has a long white spot each side behind as in C. nitidimanus, and the first abdominal segment also has the same spots, while the fourth to ninth segments inclusive have at their outer tips a distinct white spot, making five white spots along each side at the middle of the abdomen. Length 2 mm. From Poco Grande, Brazil. 7. Chelanops garcianus, new species. Color pale yellowish brown. The cephalothorax with groove behind the middle, surface finely and evenly granulate ; stylet of mandibles simple, not very long, point outcurved ; palpi of moderate length, the trochanter with two 148 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi.xvii. humps behind, femur as long as width of the cephalothorax, of nearly even width throughout, the inner margin slightly concave before tip ; tibia as long as femur and as wide in the middle, strongly convex on inner side, evenly and slightly convex on outer side, claw longer than cephalothorax and man- dibles, hand one and one fourth times broader than tibia, not much swollen on either side, more so on inner side ; all the joints bear short distinctly clavate hairs, those on the outer sides of the tibia and hand are simple, and those on finger are long and simple. There are also clavate hairs on the cephalothorax and eight or nine very short clavate hairs on the posterior edge of each dorsal scutum. Length 2 mm. Havana, Cuba. 8. Olpium modestum, new species. Cephalothorax and palpi pale yellowish brown, darkest on fingers and front of cephalothorax, rest of body and legs pale yellowish. Cephalothorax one and a half times longer than broad ; palpi of moderate length ; femur nearly as long as cephalothorax, front margin slightly convex ; tibia a little shorter than femur, plainly broader ; claw as long as cephalothorax plus mandibles, hand twice as broad as femur, fingers about as long as hand ; abdomen two and one half times as long as broad, broadest in middle ; body, palpi and legs with fine hairs. Length 2 mm. From Pernambuco, Brazil. Near to O. ramicola Balzan or O. clegans Balzan, but the tibia is plainly heavier than in those species ; the hand is not as broad as in 0. cordimaniim, while femur and hand are both more slender than in O. crassichelatum. THREE CUBAN COLEOPTERA NEW TO THE FAUNA OF THE UNITED STATES. By Chas. Schaeffer, Brooklyn, N. Y. Two of the interesting additions to the coleopterous fauna of the United States, of which short descriptions are given below, were collected in Chokoloskee, southwestern Florida, and kindly given me by Mr. George Franck ; the third ; which I owe to the liberality of Mr. G. W. J. Angell, was collected at Enterprise, Florida, by C. W. Brownell. Dec, igog.] SCHAEFFER : ThREE CuBAN CoLEOPTERA. 149 1. Calosoma splendidum Mann., Dej. Spec. Gen., Vol. V, suppl., p. 558. Green, shining, without coppery or golden margin on thorax and elytra ; tibiae, tarsi, mouthparts and antennae black ; elytra crenate-striate and with three rows of small punctures. Length 20-26 mm. Habitat. — Enterprise, Florida ; S. Domingo. To be placed with scrutator, aurocinctum and wilcoxi, from which splendidum differs by the uniform green color of head, thorax and femora. 2. Alaus (Calais) patricius Cand. Monog. Elat., Vol. I, p. 242, pi. IV, fig. 8. Brown, densely covered on the upper and under side with grayish-white, squamiform hairs, but intermixed with brown on the upper side ; the latter color forms a large spot of irregular outline at sides near middle of each elytron and on the prothorax two distinct, small, eye-like spots, which are equidistant from each other and the side margin. The thorax is truncately lobed at middle of apical margin ; the hind angles are relatively strongly divergent and carinate. The striee of elytra are feebly punctate ; the apices of elytra deeply emarginate. The antennae of the male reach to the hind angles of thorax and are pectinate, those of the female are shorter and serrate. Length 30-40 mm. Habitat. — Southwest Florida ; Cuba. The figure given by Candeze lacks the eye spots, though he dis- tinctly mentions them in his short Latin diagnosis and the follow- ing fuller French description. Otto Schwarz in " Genera Insectorum " includes this species erroneously in his section " Prothorax ohne Tomentmakeln," which, though smaller than in myops, are nevertheless very apparent and distinct. From our North American species of Alans this new addition will be easily known by the deeply emarginate apices of elytra, the two very small eye-like spots of the prothorax, which are equidistant from each other and from the lateral margins, the truncately lobed apical margin of prothorax, the pectinate antennae of the male and the denser vestiture of upper and under side. 3. Strongylaspis scobinatus Thorns. Class. Ceramb., p. 313. Pale brown, dull. Head, prothorax, scutellum and elytra covered with fine granules. Third joint of antennje elongate, longer than fourth. Eyes strongly granulate. Prothorax crenulate at sides and posteriorly with a strong spine ; basal margin, on each side near the spine, arcuately emarginate ; disk slightly uneven. Scutellum rather strongly convex. Elytra as wide as the thorax at base ; humeri subspinose ; sides nearly parallel ; apices rounded 150 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xvii. at sides, spinous at suture. Prosternum arcuately convex. Femora and anterior tibiae on the inner side dentate. Length 23-31 mm. Habitat. — Southwest Florida; Cuba; Mexico; Nicaragua. This species has to be placed near Ergates. COCCID^ OF JAPAN (III). FIRST SUPPLEMENTAL LIST OF JAPANESE COCCID^, OR SCALE INSECTS, WITH DESCRIPTION OF EIGHT NEW SPECIES. By S. I. KuwANA, A.M., Imperial Agricultural Experiment Station, NiSHIGAHARA, ToKYO, JaPAN. (With Plates VII-IX.) In the present paper are listed 18 species of Coccidae, or scale insects, from Japan, which were collected by the writer and others, and studied by the writer since his last paper on " Coccidae of Japan " {Bull, of Imp. Agr. Exp. Sta., Vol. I, No. 2). Eight of these species are new to science, two species are new to Japan, while the remain- ing species have been previously recorded from Japan by various writers, although this is the first time they were actually found by the writer in his native country. The generic names employed are those that have been in general use to within the last few years. A number of very radical changes in the nomenclature have been put forward, but I prefer to retain for the present the well-known names with which we have become familiarized. The writer's thanks are due to Prof. T. D. A. Cockerell, for kindly reviewing his manuscript and specimens. I. Icerya purchasi Mask. I received specimens of this insect from Mr. I. Nitoba, Formosa Agricultural Experiment Station, and Mr. M. Hino, Formosa Horti- cultural Experiment Station, in the fall of 1908. It was probably introduced from Australia, recently, and is very destructive at Taihoku City. The host plants known in Formosa are as follows : Dec, 1909,] KuwANA : CocciD^ OF Japan. 151 Acacia richii A. Gr. Pithecolobium dulce Benth. Alhizzia lebbek Benth. A. moluccana Boio. Lespedeza cyrtobotrya Mag. Pterocarpus indicus Willd. Lespedeza juncea Pers. L. sieboldi Moq. Cassia sp. Grevillca robusta Cunning, Erythrina corallodendron L. Poinciana regia Boj. Indigofera tinctoria L. Citrus medica L. C. dccumana L. C. bigaradia Duham C. nobilis Lous. Callicarpa forniosana Rolfe. Pynis sinensis Lind. Rosa centifolia L. Bischoffia javanica Blum. Macaranga tanarius Muell. Ricinus communis L. Codiccum variegatiim Blum. Spium sebiferum Koxb. Mallotus japonicus Fr. et S. Casuarina quadrivalvis La Bill. C. cunninghaniiana Maq. C. equisetifolia Forst. C. suberosa Willd. C. forulosa Ait. C. distyla Vent. Pamaris juniperina Bge. Ficus retusa L. F. carica L. Citrus japoiiica Thunb. C. medica var. cliirocarpus Lour. Murray a exotica L. ^gle spioria Dc. Pyrus communis L. Miisa sapicntum L. Salix babylonica L. S. warburgii Seem. Artemisia vulgaris L. A. capillaris Th. Bid ens pilosa Linn. Carica papaya L. Cinnamomum camphora Nees. Trema orient alis Bl. Viburnum crosum Thunb. Durantia plumieri Jacq. Tectona grandis L. Ficus puniila L. Perilla ncukinensis Dene. Slevia coccinea. Nandina domestica Thunb. Lazvsonia incrniis L. Ecdysanthcra ufilis Hayet Kaw. Nerium odorum Soland. Thea sinensis L. Antigonon leptopus. Polygonum midtiflorum Ph. Callistemon lanceolatus Dc. Eucalyptus robusta Smith. Celtis sinensis Pers. Psychotria elliptica Ker. Magnolia longifolia. Hibiscus mufabilis L. Calophyllum luophyllum. 2. Asterolecanium bambusas Bdv. Liu-Kiu Islands, on bamboo, collected by Mr. T. Kuroiwa, 18Q7. This is the first record from Japan. 152 Journal New York Entomological Society. VoI.x\^ii. 3. Asterolecanium pasaniae, new species (Kuw. & Ckll.). (PI- VII, Figs. 1-6.) Ovisac of Female. — Glassy and semitransparent ; elongate in form, slightly narrowed toward posterior end, convex ; median longitudinal ridge distinct. General color greenish yellow, with well-developed pinkish fringes ; the anterior half is usually more or less yellowish brown. Ventral surface flat. Length about 1.5 mm. Adult Female.- — Boiled in KOH the body changes to reddish purple ; sub- circular ; margin with one row of figure-of-8 glands, and within them a single series of small simple glands. Antennae small, consisting of a single conical segment, with a strong spine. Mouth parts large, well formed. Posterior end with two lobes, each with a single long spine. Habitat.— Hachijo Jima, 611 Pasania cuspidata Oerst. Collected by the writer, September, 1905. This species has not as yet been found on the mainland. Note. — " Your coccid from Hachijo Jima is not a Lccaniodiaspis, but is a species of Asterolecanium, of the subgenus Banibusaspis Ckll. 1902. The known species of Bamhusaspis are : A. miliaris Bdv., A. bambuscc Bdv., A. dclicatum Green. A. solenophoroides Green, A. palmcE Ckll. and A. urichi Ckll. Yours is perhaps nearest to A. dclicatum, but I believe it is new." — Ckll., Oct. 2y, 1905. " I have now compared your species with A. delicatum Green. I find that the latter is quite different. A. delicatum has a much longer fringe which is entirely light yellow (not reddish). "^ — Ckll., Nov. 4, 1905. 4. Lichtensia japonica, new species. (PI. VIII, Figs. 16-27.) Ovisac of Female. — Very elongate ovate, white, covering whole body ; slightly narrowed in front, convex ; front half with many longitudinal carina;. Two long cottony filaments project anteriorly, near frontal margin. Length 7-9 mm. Adult Female. — Immediately prior to the formation of the ovisac, pale yellowish brown, with dark brown irregular marking on the dorsum. A white cottony longitudinal bar on the dorsum. Broadly oval in form, convex ; stigmatic clefts not very deep. Antennae 8-jointed, the third the longest, the first joint always widest ; formula 3, 4, 2, 8, 5, 6, 7, i, or 3, 4, 8, 2, 5, 6, 7, i ; last few joints with many long hairs; about i mm. long. Legs very large and rather stout ; trochanter very large, with one long and several small spines ; tibia much longer than tarsus ; tarsal digitules long rather stout hairs ; those of claw short and club-shaped. Claw short, stout and curved. Marginal spines very strongly formed, tips very sharply pointed. Stigmatic area with three (sometimes four) spines and a group of spinnerets ; one of these spines is very large, others much smaller and not much longer than the marginal spines. Dorsum with two longitudinal rows of short conical spines. Anal cleft not Journ. N. V. Ent. Soc Vol. XV IL Plate VII. Japanese Coccidae. Joiirn. N. Y. Ent. Sol\ Vol. Xl'Il. Plate I'll I. Japanese Coccidae. Dec, igog] KUWANA : CoCCIDyE OF JaPAN. 153 very deep. Anal plates large, outer edge rounded ; three to four spines at the apex and one at middle of the inner edge. Length 3-4 mm., width 2-3 mm. Egg.- — Oval in form, pale yellow in color. Length about .25 mm. First Larval Stage. — Elongate in form. Antennae and legs well formed ; mouth parts very large. Antenna 6-jointed ; third joint the longest, second joint the shortest; formula 3, 6, 5, 4, i, 2. Tibia and tarsus about equal in length. Anal plates prominent, with one long spiny hair at their apices. Length about .3 mm. Habitat. — Tokyo and Kanagawa, on Tlica japonica L. ; collected by the writer, May, 1905. 5. Takahashia citricola, new species. (PL VIII, Figs. 28-33.) Adult Female. — Semicircular in form ; orange in color, with dark marking on the dorsvmi. At the completion of the ovisac the body is free from the plant, resting on top of the sac as shown in the figure. Antennae and legs well formed, but rather small and stout. Antenna 8-jointed, third joint the longest, first joint broadest; formula 3, 2, (4, 8), i, 5, (6, 7) ; last few joints with many long hairs. Legs subequal ; tibia longer than tarsus, almost twice as long as the latter ; digitules of tibia long hairs, those of claw stout and short ; claw stout and curved. Marginal spines simple. Stigmatic spines three, the median one much longer than the others. Anal ring with eight strong spine-like hairs. Anal plates large, outer angle rounded, a prominent spine near the apex. Length about 4 mm. Habitat. — Kumamoto, Hukuoka and Wakayama, on Citrus. Col- lected by the writer, July, 1907. This species is allied to Takahashia japonica Ckll., but differs in having a short ovisac and a small round body. 6. Pulvinaria camellicola, Sig. Tokyo, on Eurya ochnacecc Sgysz. It is common on this plant about Tokyo City, and very destructive, but I do not find it on Thca {Camellia') japonica L. It differs somewhat from the Euro- pean form, especially in the shape of the ovisac. 7. Ceroplates rubens Mask. Nagasaki, on Diospyros kaki L. f. and orange, collected by the writer in the summer of 1907. Although long since recorded from Japan, this is the first time this species has been found by the writer. It is probably introduced from some tropical country. 8. Lecanium (Saissetia) nigrum Nietn. Liu-Kiu Island; collected by Mr. T. Taira from an unknown host, Liu-Kiu Agricultural Experiment Station, 1907. This is the first time this species has been found in Japan. 154 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xvii 9. Lecanium (Coccus) fukayai, new species. (PI. VII, Figs. 7-1 0.) Adult Female. — Irregularly deltoid, very flat. Color pale green. Anal cleft more than one third the total length of the insect. Marginal spines simple ; stigmatic spines not very long, simple. Antennae usually 6- but rarely 7-jointed ; third joint the longest ; formula 3, 6, 2, 4, 5, i. Legs well formed, but rather small ; three pairs alike ; tibia longer than tarsus ; tarsal digitules fine hairs ; those of claw unknown ; claw large, curved. Anal plates bluntly pointed, base more than twice as long as outer edge ; at the apex with four or five spiny hairs. Length about 2 mm. Ibaraki, on vine, collected by C. Fukaya, March, 1907. Named after the collector, who is now working on Japanese Coccidae under the direction of the writer. The present species is allied to Lecanium mangiferce Green, but differs markedly as follows: The antenna of L. mangiferce is 8- jointed; the second and eighth equal and longest, while that of the new species is usually 6- and rarely 7-jointed, and the third is the longest. The extremities of the marginal spines of L. mangifercu are divided into many forks, while those of the new species are simple and pointed. 10. Lecanium (Coccus) ochnacese, new species. (PI. VII, Figs. 11-15.) Adult Female. — Pale yellowish green ; oval in outline, widest at thorax, very thin, broadly flattened, with slight median longitudinal ridge; stigmatic clefts shallow. Antennas usually 8-, but rarely 7-jointed; third joint the longest; about .3 mm. long; formula 3, 8, 4, 2, 5, 6, 7, i. Legs well developed and large ; three pairs alike ; tibia much longer than tarsus ; claw large, curved ; digitules ordinary. A row of several strong, spiny hairs on the ventral aspect, between the antennae. Marginal hairs very prominent, divided at extremity ; stigmatic spines three, the median one very long and slightly curved, the other two less than half as long. Anal plates large, outer angle evenly rounded ; outer edge longer than base ; several prominent spines at the apex. Length about 2.5 mm. Tokyo, on Eurya ochnacca Szysz., collected by the writer, April, 1907. This species is allied to Lecanium viride Green, but there are many differences in the formula of the antenna. 11. Aspidiotus (Chrysomphalus) aurantii var. citrinus Coq. This species is one of the common scale insects of Citrus in Japan, but it is not very destructive. 12. Aspidiotus (Chrysomphalus) rossi Mask. Shizuoka and Chiba, on leaves and branches of Pasania ciispi- data Oerst., collected by the writer, 1907. loiirn. N. Y. Eiit. Soi\ Vol. XVIL Plate IX. Japanese Coccidae. Dec, 1909. J KUWANA : COCCID.^ OF JaPAN. 155 13. Chionaspis (Phenacaspis) aucubae Cooley. Tokyo, on Aucuba japonica Thunb., collected by the writer at Hibiya Park, Tokyo City, September, 1907. 14. Chionaspis (Phenacaspis) latissima Ckll. This species is very common all over Japan on leaves of Distyliutn raccmosiim S. et Z. 15. Chionaspis kinshinensis, new species. (PI. IX, Figs. 34-37.) Female Pitpariiiiu. — Pale straw color, opaque, rather thick in texture, very broadly and roundly dilated, so that the width usually equals the length ; slightly convex. Pellicles pale ; first exuvia oblong, segmentation distinct, last abdominal segment yellow, about .3 mm., second exuvia subcircular, about .5 mm. Ventral scale white, very thin. Size about 2 mm. Male Pitparium. — Unknown to the writer. Adult Female. — Oblong, slightly pinkish in color ; abdominal segments •distinct. Last abdominal segment presenting the following characters : The anterior group of spinnerets consists of five to eight, the anterior laterals twenty to twenty-five, posterior laterals about twenty-one. The median lobes are large, oblong, contiguous at the proximal end, and widely separated at their distal extremities ; their margins serrate ; the second lobes of each side incised near its lateral end, the mesal lobule being almost three times as large as the lateral ; third lobes well formed, with incision at middle, the mesal lobule being larger than lateral. The plates are arranged as follows : I, I, 2 ; the first one between mesal and second lobes, the second between second and third lobes and the third beyond the third. Spines as usual. Fukuoka, on the trunk of Quercus sp., collected by the writer, 1907. This species is allied to Chionaspis coleniani Kuw. in the shape of scale, color and texture, but is distinguished from the latter by the structure of the last abdominal segment. 16. Mytilaspis (Lepidosaphes) buzenensis, new species. (PI. IX, Figs. 38-40.) Female Fitparinm. — Long and narrow, straight, widening gradually toward posterior extremity. Color dark brown, opaque, with a very narrow, irregular, flattened border, which is whitish gray and transversely marked by curved lines of growth. Pallicles very pale yellow, subtransparent, occupying about one third the total length of the scale ; the first exuvia oval ; segmentation distinct ; antennal filaments well seen, about .3 mm. long ; second exuvia very much larger than the first, posterior extremity yellow, about .8 mm. Ventral scale incomplete, broadly divided. Length about 2.5-3 mm., width about .5 mm. Male Puparium. — Very much resembles that of female, but smaller ; line of 156 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xvii. growth not so pronounced ; pale brown in color ; irregular whitish flattened border almost wanting; ventral scale incomplete. Length about 1.5 mm. Adult Female. — Long elliptical, lateral margins nearly straight, slightly wider toward posterior end. The last abdominal segment presents the follow- ing characters : The anterior group of spinnerets are six ; the anterior laterals about seven, and the posterior laterals about nine. The median lobes well developed with the margins crenate, the second lobe deeply incised, the margins of the lobules crenate ; the third lobe is wanting. The plates are not very large, but prominent and simple, tapering ; there are two of them in each of the following places : between median lobes, between first and second lobes, and several more beyond the second lobes. Spines prominent, one on the base of each lobe. Length about 1.65 mm., width .5 mm. Buzen, Kiushiu, on vine, collected by the writer, June, 1907. The present species is allied to Mytilaspis gloveri Pack., but the large second exuvia and rather short scale widening gradually toward posterior extremity are good characters for separating it from the latter. 17. Mytilaspis (Lepidosaphes) uniloba, new species. (PI. IX, Figs. 42-45.) Female Pupariuiii. — Long and narrow, straight or curved ; sides almost parallel, but slightly widening toward the posterior extremity, with whitish, narrow, flattened border. Color dark brown, with pale margin ; the older specimens pale white. Pellicles pale yellow, occupying about one third the total length of the scale. The first exuvia oval, about .3 mm., cross ridges well marked ; second exuvia large, about .6 mm. Ventral scale incomplete. Length 2-3 mm., width about .5 mm. Male PitpariiDu.- — Unknown to the writer. Adult Female. — Pale yellow, with the last abdominal segment yellow ; elongate in form, lateral margin straight, and approximately parallel ; the abdominal area being wider than the anterior parts. The abdominal segments short, the lateral margins not much produced ; next to the last abdominal segment with two stout, spine-like processes and many short spines. The last abdominal segment presents the following characters : The anterior group of spinnerets four, the anterior laterals ten to twelve, and the posterior ■laterals eleven to fourteen (some specimens show three or four more groups of spinnerets above the anterior group, which is shown in the figure). There is only a single lobe which is very large and crenate ; four simple plates on each side, two of them are very large, while the other two are smaller. Length about 1.5 mm., width about .5 mm. Habitat. — Hiogo, on Osnianthus, collected by the writer, March, 1907. This species can be readily distinguished from all others in the genus by its single median lobe. The supplemental gland pores or spinnerets, shown in the figure do not appear to be constant. Dec, 1909] KUWANA : COCCID^ OF JapAN. 157 18. Mytilaspis (Lepidosaphes) machili Mask. Tokyo, on Machihis thunbergii S. et Z., collected by the writer, March, 1907. It was recorded from Japan some years ago by Maskell, but this is the first time that the writer has seen the species in his native country. EXPLANATION OF PLATES. Plate VII. Asterolecaninni pasania sp. nov. (Kuw. & Ckll.). Fig. I. Scales on leaf of Pasania cuspidata. Fig. 2. Female scale from above. Fig. 3. Female from below. Fig, 4. Antenna of the same. Fig. 5. Marginal glands of the same. Fig. 6. Abdominal end of the same. Lecaninm fnkayai sp. nov. Fig. 7. Adult female from below. Figs. 8, 8a. Antennae of the same. Figs. 9, ga. Leg of the same. Fig. 10. Anal plates of the same. Lecaninm ochracece sp. nov. • Fig. II. Female from above. Figs. 12, 12a. Antennae of the same. Figs. 13a, i3?7, 13c, 13d. Legs of the same. Fig. 14. Marginal and stigmatic spines of the same. Fig. 15. Anal plates of the same. Plate VIII. Lichtensia japonica sp. nov. Figs. i6a, 16b, 1 6c. Female, different stages prior to the formation of the ovisac. Fig. 17. Female with ovisac. Fig. 18. Female from below. Fig. 19. Antenna of the same. Figs. 20, 2oa. Leg of the same. Fig. 21. Marginal spines. Fig. 22. Stigmatic spines. Fig. 22. Spiracle. Fig. 24. Anal ring and plates. Fig. 25. Eggs. 158 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xvn. Fig. 26. Antenna of first larval stage. Fig. 2"]. Anal plates of the same. Takahashia citricola sp. nov. Fig. 28. Female, natural size. Fig. 29. The same, enlarged. Fig. 30. Antennae of the same. Fig. 31. Leg of the same. Fig. 32. Marginal and stigmatic spines of the same. Fig. 33. Anal plates. Plate IX. Chionaspis kinoshinensis sp. nov. Fig. 34. Female scale from above. Fig- 35- The same from below. Fig. 26. Female. Fig. 37. Last abdominal segment of the same. Mytilaspis busenensis sp. nov. Fig. 38. Female scale from above. Fig. 39. The same from below. Fig. 40. Male scale from above. Fig. 41. Last abdominal segment of female. Mytilaspis uniloba sp. nov. Fig. 42. Scale of female from above. Fig. 43. Female from below. Fig. 44. Antenna of the same. Figs. 45, 45a. Last abdominal segment of the same. COCCID^ OF JAPAN (IV). A LIST OF COCCID^ FROM THE BONIN ISLANDS (OGASAWARA- JIMA), JAPAN. By S. I. KuwANA, A.M., Imperial Agricultural Experiment Station, NiSHIGAHARA, ToKYO, JaPAN. (With Plates X-XII.) The following species of Coccidse or scale insects were collected by the writer in the Bonin Islands, where he was sent by the De- partment of Agriculture and Commerce for the purpose of investi- gating the migratory locust of the islands, in the summer of 1907. Dec, 1909.] KUWANA : CoCCIDiE OF JaPAN. 159 The most striking feature of the collection is the comparative cosmopolitan character of the species. Not a single species peculiar to the islands was found; even the new species described below being all closely allied to well-known and widely distributed forms. The species affecting fruit trees (Citrus, etc.) were introduced with nursery stock quite recently. The writer is under great obligation to Prof. T. D. A. Cockerell, for kindly revising his manuscript. 1. Lecanium (Saissetia) hemisphsericum L. On Coffca arabica, " Shirotsugi," " Shiroki," Boehnieria dcnsi- flora. Other Localities. — Europe, New Zealand, Australia, Mauritius, Hawaii, Galapagos, Brazil, Unijted States, Mexico, mainland of Japan. 2. Lecanium (Saissetia) nigrum Nietn. On Boehmeria densiflora, Terininalia catappa, Celtis sinensis, Solanum melongena, " Shirotsugi." Other Localities. — Ceylon, India, Demerara, Mauritius, Hawaii, Grenada, Br. Guiana, Barbados, Trinidad, Porto Rico, Australia, New Zealand, mainland of Japan. 3. Lecanium (Coccus) hesperidum L. On Ardisia sieboldi. Hibiscus tiliaceus var. glabra. Other Localities. — Europe, New Zealand, S. Africa, Hawaii, Chili, Mexico, Algeria, West Indies, United States, Canada, mainland of Japan. 4. Lecanium (Coccus) frontale Green. On " Shirotsugi." Other Localities.- — Ceylon. 5. Pulvinaria aurantii Ckll. On Citrus sp. Very badly infested by a fungus. Other Localities. — Mainland of Japan. 6. Ceroplastes floridensis Comst. On a species of willow? Not common. Other Localities. — United States, Mexico, West Indies, Hawaii, Ceylon, India, Brazil, Darjeeling, Assam, Australia, mainland of Japan. 160 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xvii. 7. Aspidiotus (Chrysomphalus) ficus Ashm. On Citrus dccumana, C. anrant'mni, Ardisia sieholdi, Artocarpus integrifolia. Citrus medica, Ligustrum medium, " yellow wood." Other Localities. — Europe, Egypt, Ceylon, India, Mauritius, Natal, Australia, Brazil, Jamaica, Barbados, United States, Mexico, main- land of Japan. 8. Aspidiotus (Chrysomphalus) aurantii Mask. On Ligustrum japonicum, Artocarpus integrifolia. Other Localities. — S. Europe, Syria, Natal, Cape Colony, Mauri- tius, Ceylon, China, Australia, New Zealand, Samoa, New Caledonia, Fiji, Hawaii, West Indies, United States, mainland of Japan. 9. Aspidiotus (Odonapis) secretus Ckll. On Arundinaria sinconi. Other Localities. — Hawaii, mainland of Japan. 10. Aspidiotus cydoniae Comst. On Pyrus sinensis, Mclia japonica. Other Localities. — United States, Mexico, West Indies, Ceylon, Samoa, mainland of Japan. It seems to the writer that the scale of the female is somewhat smaller than in the typical form, and may be it is a new variety. Owing to the very few specimens, the writer could not make any farther study. 11. Aspidiotus rapax Comst. On Celtis sinensis, Canavallia ensiformis, Syzygium cleyerccfolium, Pyrus malus, Artocarpus integrifolia? , Cinnamomum pedunculatum, Ficus variolosa. Other Localities. — United States, West Indies, Brazil, Europe, Hawaii, New Zealand, S. Africa, Australia, Natal, Yokohama, Japan. Somewhat smaller than the typical California specimens. 12. Fiorinia fioriniae? Targ. On Artocarpus integrifolia? 13. Fiorinia sp. On Pinus luchuensis. Very few specimens which could not be further studied. 14. Parlatoria proteus Curt. On Citrus sp. Other Localities. — Europe, United States, Australia, China, Brazil, Hawaii, mainland of Japan. Jouru. N. Y. Ent. Soc. Vol. XVII. Plate X. Japanese Coccidae. Dec.igog.] KUWANA : COCCID^ OF JaPAN. 161 15. Mytilaspis pallida Green. On Citrus sp. Other Localities. — Ceylon, Hawaii, mainland of Japan. 16. Howardia biclavis Comst. On Celfis si)ieiisis, Osteomeles aiitliyllidifolia, Tliea japonica, Photinia zvrightiaiia, Papaia, Olea europcca. Hibiscus tiliaccus, Trache- lospermuni jasuiinoides, " Chigi," Sideroxylon ferrugineuni, Maba buxifolia, Artocarpus intcgrifoliaf, Terminalia catappa, Diospyros kaki, Sysygium clcyerccfolium, '" Komaiki," Lagersfro'iuia iudica, Sideroxylon sp., Punica granatum. Other Localities. — United States, West Indies, Tahiti, Ceylon Hawaii, Mauritius, Europe. Although this species has been recorded from Japan and else- where, the writer has not as yet seen it in his native country. The following species are here formally described as new : 17. Ripersia agasawarensis, new species. (PI. X. Figs. 1-3.) Adult Female. — Elongate oval in form, flat ; pinkish purple in color. Antennae and legs well formed, but small. Antenna 7-jointed : joint seven the longest: formula 7, 2, (6, i), 4, 5, 3; each joint with a few hairs. Legs subequal ; tibia almost twice as long as the length of tarsus; digitules of tarsus fine hairs, those of claw stout and short ; claw slender and curved. Anal lobes with two conical spines and about three long hairs. Anal ring with six long hairs. Length about 4 mm., width about 2 mm. On Miscanthus sp. This species is allied to Ripersia japonica Kuw., but differs in having two strong conical spines on the anal lobes and in the shape of the antennae. 18. Dactylopius (Pseudococcus) boninsis, new species. (PI. X. Figs. 4-5.) Adult Female. — Elongate oval ; color reddish gray, covered with heavy white powder ; abdominal segments distinct. Antennae and legs large, well formed. Antenna 7- or 8-jointed, usually the latter; in this case, the eighth joint is the longest and the fourth the shortest, the rest of nearly equal length; formula 8, 2, 3, i, (6, 7), s, 4. Legs stout and longer than antennae. Three pairs subequal, but the first pair is much smaller than the others ; with rather fine hairs ; tibia more than twice the length of the tarsus ; digitules of tarsus fine hairs, those of claw spiny ; claw large, curved. Anal lobes normal, each with two strong spines and many long fine hairs surrounded with small spinnerets. Anal ring small, with six hairs. Dermis with minute hairs and small circular spinnerets. Length about 4.5 mm., width about 2.5 mm. On sugar cane. 162 Journal New York Entomological Society, jvoi. xvii. This species is closely allied to D. calccolaricc Mask, in general form, but differs in having long and rather slender antennae and legs. The anal ring is also much smaller than that of D. calccolaricc. 19. Dactylopius (Pseudococcus) ananassae, new species. (PI. X. Figs. 6-9.) Adult Female. — Broadly oval in form; reddish brown in color; covered with white powder ; abdominal segments distinct. Antennae very long ; 8- jointed, joint eight the longest, joint one always very broad; formula 8, 3, (i, 2), 7, 6, 5, 4; each joint with many strong hairs. Legs subequal, very stout, hairy ; tarsus much shorter than tibia ; claw large, curved ; digitules of tarsus long hairs, those of claw could not be recognized by the writer. Anal lobes distinct, each lobe with one long and a few fine hairs ; anal ring with six prominent hairs. Dorsum with fine hairs and many small circular spinnerets. Length about 3 to 4 mm., width about 2 to 2.5 mm. On pineapple. This species closely resembles in form and general characters of antennae and legs D. bromcUcc Brom., but the latter is much smaller. 20. Lecanium (Saissetia) sideroxylium, new species. (PL XL Figs. 10-17.) Adult Female. — Subovalin form, anterior edge slightly narrowed, convex. Dorsum with a slight median ridge. Color chestnut brown, almost black. Antennae usually S-, sometimes only 7-jointed; third joint the longest, fifth joint the shortest; last few joints with many long hairs; formula 3, (8, 4), 2, 6, 7, I, 5. Legs well-formed, subequal, slender; tibia and tarsus almost equal in length ; claw and digitules normal. Stigmatic cleft deep, with three spines, one long and two short ; marginal spines rather large, flattened at extremity, the flattened edge deeply emarginate. Anal cleft deep, the two edges almost united ; anal plates large, outer angle round, four large and long spines near inner angle and two short ones near apex. Derm closely covered With a conspicuous tessellation of irregularly polygonal cells, each with a median pale oval spot and a minute translucent pore in the center. Length about 4 mm. On Sideroxylon fcrntgincuni. This species is distinguished from L. iiigniJii Niatn., by a median ridge on the dorsum and by the shape of antennae. 21. Lecanium (Saissetia) pseudonigrum, new species. (PI. XL Figs. 18-22.) This species is allied to L. nigniiii, but differs in the following charac- ters : Very flat, margin sinuous, a slight median ridge and many transverse wrinkles. Length about 3.5 mm. Antennae 7-jointed; joint four the longest; formula 4, 3, 7, 5, 2, i, 6. On " Shirotsugi." 22. Lecanium (Coccus) celtium, new species. (PI. XIL Figs. 23-26.) Adult Female. — Elongate in outline, convex ; pale brown or yellowish brown in color. Antennae and legs well-formed, but small. Antenna 8-jointed: /oiini. A"^. y. Eiit. Soc. Vol. XVII. Plate XI Japanese Coccidae. Joiirn. N. Y. Ent. Soc. Vol. XVIT. Plate KIT. Japanese Coccidae. Dec, 1909.] KUWANA : COCCID.E OF JaPAN. 163 joint three the longest; formula 3, 4, (2, 5), 8, 6, 7, i. Legs subequal, tibia longer than tarsus, claw stout and curved, digitules as usual. Marginal spines simple and pointed ; stigmatic cleft not so deep, with one long and two short spines. Anal plates large, and broad ; outer edge a little longer than base ; outer angle round ; with four strong spines near apex. Length about 6. 5 mm., width about 3 mm. On Celtis sinensis. This species resembles, in general form, L. longuliiui Douglas, but differs in the formula of the antenna and in the shape of the anal plates. 23. Mytilaspis (Lepidosaphus) arii, new species. (PL XIL Figs. 27-31.) Female Scale. — Very long and narrow, straight, sides parallel, with a narrow, flattened border. Color more or less variable, but usually yellowish brown. Pellicles paler than the scale, occupying about one fourth of the total length of the scale ; first exuvia pale yellow, segmentation distinct, about .4 mm. ; second exuvia much longer, about .7 mm., posterior end yellow. Ventral scale whitish, well developed, with median longitudinal division attached a little with the margin. Length about 3.5 to 4 mm., width about .4 mm. Male Puparium. — Resembles that of female, but is much smaller ; color pale, with white, flattened border. Pellicle yellow ; ventral scale complete. Length about i mm. Adult Female. — Elongate in form, lateral margins straight and approxi- mately parallel. The last abdominal segment presents the following charac- ters. The anterior group of spinnerets consists of three, the anterior laterals of about seven to ten, and the posterior laterals of about seven to nine. The median lobes are very large and wide, with the sides nearly parallel ; the second lobe very small, sometimes wanting. The plates are well formed, simple, two between median lobes, two between first and second lobes, and two beyond the second lobe. Spines as usual, and one on the base of each lobe. Length about 1.5 mm. On Miscanthus sp. This species is allied to M. glovcri Pack, but differs in having an unusually long, filiform female scale and a small second lobe. Named after Mr. K. Ari, the governor of the islands. EXPLANATION OF PLATES. Plate X. Ripersia ogasawarensis sp. nov. 1. Abdominal end of female. 2. Antenna of the same. 3. Leg of the same. 164 Journal New York Entomological Societv, [Voi. xvil Dactylopius boninesis sp. nov. 4. Antenna of female. 5. 5a. Leg of the same. Daclylof^iiis oiianasscc sp. nov. 6. Abdominal end of female. 7. Antenna of the same. 8 A group of spines from the lateral aspect of abdominal segment. 9. Leg of the same. Plate XL Lccanhiui sideroxyliiitn sp. nov. 10. Female on the host plant (natural size). 11. The same, enlarged. 12. Antennre of the same. 13. Marginal spines of the same. 14. Marking of derm of the same. 15. Leg of the same. 16. Stigmatic spines of the same. 17. Anal plates of the same. Lecanium pscudonignim sp. nov. 18. Female on host plant (natural size). 19. Antenna of the same. 20. Marginal spines of the same. 21. Marking of derm of the same. * 22. Anal plates of the same. Plate XII. Lecaniiuu celtiuin sp. nov. 23. Antenna of female. 24. Stigmatic spines of the same. 25. 25a. Leg of the same. 26. Anal plates of the same. Mytilaspis arii sp. nov. 27. Female scale from above. 28. The same from below. 29. Male scale from above. 30. Female. 31. Last abdominal segment of the same. Joiini. N. y. Ent. Soc. Vol. XVII. Plate XI IT. oil t\.. Membracidae. Dec, 1909.] Matausch : Gynandromorphic Membracid^. 165 GYNANDROMORPHIC MEMBRACIDiE. By Ignaz Matausch, Newark, N. J. (With Plate XIII.) While sorting over some insects, I ran across a rather small ap- parently female, specimen of Telia bimaculata (Fabr.) collected two years ago by Mr. \Vm. T. Davis on Staten Island, N. Y. On closer examination I saw that it exhibited an abnormal form of the sexual organs which suggested that it might be a gynandromorphic indi- vidual. At the suggestion of Professor Wm. M. Wheeler, I studied a series of nymphs which were not fully developed and found that the insect in question was entirely similar to the young males, since the traces of the ovipositor present in the females were completely absent. Bearing this case in mind while collecting during the past season, I found the occurrence was not unique. Mr. E. A. Bischoff collected five specimens of Telia at Rahway, N. J., on August of the present year, and among them was a similar abnormality with the form and color of the prothorax modified, showing that other parts of the body may also become implicated. Among five specimens of Telamona ampclopsidis Harris, I found a sexual form of the same sort ; and in another species of Telamona, which I collected on sweet gum fully 50 per cent, of the specimens were abnormal ! They varied from the above mentioned form to ones which showed scarcely any traces of genitalia, and still others with scarcely a trace of the last abdominal segment. Figs. I and 2 on Plate XIII show the abdomen of the normal female Telia bimaculata from the left side and in ventral view. Figs. 5 and 6 the abdomen of the normal male in corresponding positions. In Fig. 5a the genitalia of this sex are represented as seen from behind. Figs. 3 and 4 show the abdomen of the gynandromorphic specimen seen from the left side and in ventral view. !166 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xvii. CATOCALA HERODIAS STRECKER, AT LAKEHURST, N. J. By Chas. E. Sleight, Ramsey, N. J. Two specimens of this species of Catocala were captured at Lake- hurst in July, 1902, by Mr. Louis H. Joutel and Mr. Wm. T. Davis, as recorded in this Journal for June, 1903, page 112. Though the insect has been much sought for at Lakehurst since that time, none has been captured. It was my good fortune to detect two larvse of this Catocala among the top-most branches of scrub oaks {Qiiercus nana) at the place above mentioned on the twenty-fourth of May, 1909. The weather was wet and cool, which may have some bearing on the larvse having been found in the position described. They so closely re- sembled in color, etc., the slender branches of the oak on which I found them that they appeared to be excrescences of the branch itself r.nd I called Mr. Davis to show him the malformation. It was not until we had touched it that we were aware we had to do with a larva. I took these larvae home and, while both reached the pupal stage, one died. The healthy one pupated June i and emerged July 6. Now that the food plant is definitely known, other specimens of this rare insect can, no doubt, be collected more easily. Dec, 1909.J GiRAULT : A NeW ChALCIDOID FROM ILLINOIS. 1G7 A NEW CHALCIDOID GENUS AND SPECIES OF THE FAMILY MYMARID^ FROM ILLINOIS, PARASITIC ON THE EGGS OF THE WEEVIL TYLODERMA FOVEOLATUM (SAY). By a. a. Girault, .Urbana, Illinois. CHALCIDOIDEA. Family MYMARID/E. Subfamily Mymarin^. Tribe Anaphirini. Anaphoidea, new genus. Type: — Anaphoidea sordidata new species, described below. Normal position. Normal for the tribe and moderate in size ; antennal club divided. Allied with and resembling the genera Anaphes Haliday, Anagrus Haliday and Paranagnis Perkins. Female. — Head (cephalic aspect) rounded, slightly wider than long, the face subquadrate and broad, concave, the eyes over half the length of the cheeks, the face on each side with a narrow sulcus running from vertex to clypeus along the inner (mesal) margins of the eyes and continued (dorsal aspect) caudad around the mesal eye margins, then laterad and ventro- cephalad following around the outer (lateral) eye margins ; the sulci of each side are joined by a similar but transverse sulcus across the cephalic margin of the vertex or just preceding that margin. Apical (ventral) margin of clypeus regularly concave, entire ; clypeai sutures obsolete. Lateral aspect of head elliptical ovate in outline, the eyes ovate ; scapes of the antennae projecting above (dorsad) the line of the vertex. Vertex wide between the eyes, rectangular, widening caudad, sloping gently cephalad ; a fourth wider than long, its cephalic margin subacute, straight, its caudal margin slightly concave, subobtuse ; plane of the vertex somewhat convex caudad, the three ocelli in a flatly curved line across the caudal third, the lateral ocelli not touching the eye margins ; head distinctly wider than the greatest width of the thorax, non-punctate, finely lined. Antennae inserted somewhat above (dorsad) the middle of the face, five-eighths the distance up the eye mar- gins, hence distinctly dorsad of an imaginary line drawn between the ventral ends of the eyes, their bulbs widely separated, near the eye margins, at least three times further from each other than each is from the respective eye margin, lo-jointed, capitate, the funicle filiform, the club 2-jointed, ovate and 168 Journal New York Entomological Society. |Vo1 xvil forming a head to the funicle, the proximal funicle joint small, distinctly shorter and narrower than the pedicel and much shorter than any of the following joints, somewhat like a ring-joint ; scape usual. Mandibles acutely tridentate, the mesal (inner) tooth shortest, the lateral two distinctly larger, the intermediate tooth slightly longer, longest of the three. Pronotum narrow, barely visible from dorsal aspect. Parapsidal furrows distinct, complete, widely separated ; axills obscure ; scutellum large, longer than the mesoscutum, peltate, non-punctate, convex ; mesopostscutellum nar- row, curved. Metanotum short at the meson, lengthening considerably laterad, the minute round spiracle borne in the center of the dorso-lateral aspect at the outer apex of a delicate V-shaped sulcus whose arms diverge caudo- mesad ; this sulcus is included within a larger V-shaped sulcus whose arms point in the same direction and whose apex is cephalo-laterad of the spiracle. (Direct dorsal aspect of metanotum hidden.) Thorax slightly shorter than the abdomen. Abdomen ovate or egg-shaped, sessile, the second segment longest, not more than a fifth of the total length of the abdomen, segments 3 and 4 sub- equal, each a fourth shorter than segment 2, the caudal end of segment 4 reaching to about the middle of the abdomen ; segment 5 still shorter ; caudal margins of segments 2-5 straight. Ovipositor issuing from the caudal tip end of the abdomen, but inserted far cephalad as in other Chalcidoidea. Legs normal; trochanters 2-jointed, tarsi 4-jointed; tibial spurs single, moderate, the anterior tibial spur longer, stronger, forked near tip, the two tines of the fork slender, acuminate. Tarsal joints subequal, longer than the tibial spurs, the proximal and distal joints more nearly equal and slightly longer than the second and third joints. The usual row of stiff bristles in juxtaposition to the cephalic tibial spur present along the ventral surface of the proximal joint of the cephalic tarsi forming with the tibial spur, the antennal comb or cleaner. Cephalic coxje more globular than the conical in- termediate coxae. Forewings normal, with discal cilia which are moderately long and coarse and with moderately long marginal cilia ; the usual dilatation or excision along the caudal margin near the base of the wing; delicately fumated ; marginal vein not lengthened, about three times longer than broad. Posterior wings delicately petiolate, feather-shaped, with complete marginal cilia ; discal cilia sparse ; delicately fumated. — From recently killed, unmounted specimens, excepting in the cases of the wings, antennae, legs and mandibles which were described from specimens mounted in xylol-balsam. (%-inch objective, i- inch optic, Bausch and Lomb.) Male. — The same as the female, excepting the more rounded abdomen and the longer, slender filiform antenns which are 12-jointed, the joints not varying much in length. Intromittent organ when exserted long, slender and curved, simple. A genus agreeing closely with Anaphcs Haliday in general habitus, wing venation and other characters, but differing from it in Dec, 1909.] GlRAULT : A NeW ChALCIDOID FROINI ILLINOIS. 169 having in the female an additional antennal joint, the club being divided obliquely ; the males are similar to the males of Anaphes. It need not be confused with either Anagrus Haliday or Paranagrus Perkins if attention is given to venation and antennal characters, the antennae of both genera being 9-jointed in the female, 13-jointed in the male and in the female of Paranagrus the proximal funicle joint is noticeably lengthened so as to be nearly equal to the others, not distinctly, abruptly shorter than the second funicle joint as in the other genera mentioned. The type species is described in following: Anaphoidea sordidata, new species. Female. — Length, 0.85 mm., average. Moderately large. Visible to naked eye. Body uniformly deep shining black with some purplish, the abdomen with some brownish, the eyes and ocelli dark garnet, not much lighter than the body, the antennse dusky black, excepting the scape and pedicel which are pallid yellowish, darker dorsad and ventrad, the funicle and club showing a light close, grayish pubescence. Coxae concolorous with the body ; trochanters pallid; the remaining portions of the legs neutral yellowish but the femora and lateral aspect of the posterior tibiae are distinctly darker to dusky ; distal tarsal joint dusky black. Venter concolorous. Face delicately irregularly longitudinally lined with fine close striae, as are also the cheeks, the striations on the vertex more regular, transverse, uniform ; the thoracic nota similarly lined, longitudinally so, more regular and uniform on the long mesoscutellum ; eyes comparatively coarse, bearing a few minute hairs. The lateral ocelli about their own width from the respective eye margins and separated from the latter by portions of a narrow sulcus ; lateral ocelli nearly twice farther apart from each other than each is from the cephalic ocellus and twice the distance from the latter than each is from the respective eye margin ; lateral ocelli about three-fourths their own width from the caudal margin of the vertex. Abdomen with polygonal sculpturing. Legs hairy ; body sparsely so. Fore wings moderately closely ciliate in the disk (about from 12 to 15 rows across the widest part), the discal cilia moderately long and coarse, but not a third as coarse as the marginal cilia, absent directly laterad of the distal end of the marginal vein for over the latter's length and also directly caudad and proximad of the marginal vein, excepting for a single row along side of the caudal edge of the marginal vein, running distad to the ciliated area and another row running obliquely (caudo-distad) across the center of the naked area caudad of the marginal vein, from the latter, including between it and the other row of cilia a V-shaped naked area whose apex points prox- imad. In this proximal, nearly naked area is also borne a single, distinct, isolated cilium about in its center but nearer the caudal wing margin. Marginal cilia of the fore wing moderate in length, extending completely around the 170 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xvii. wing from the marginal vein, but absent proximad (on the caudal margin absent for a farther distance distad) ; longest along the caudal margin at the distal fifth, shorter at the extremity of the wing and proximad on both margins and shortest proximad at the caudal margin. Fore wings broadest at the distal fifth, the usual dilatation of the caudal margin opposite to the marginal vein and merely a broad convexity ; the last, most proximal of the marginal cilia of the caudal margin about equal to the discal cilia. Fore wing oar-shaped, delicately but distinctly fumated, excepting for a single subquadrate trans- parent area caudad of the submarginal vein ; margins of the blade-shaped or main portion of the wing, distad of the venation, dusky yellowish, as is also the venation. Posterior wings delicately petiolate, feather-shaped, delicately fumated, the petiole slightly less than a fifth the total length of the wing and including most of the venation ; distad of the petiole, wing linear but curved, the cephalic margin broadly concave, the caudal margin broadly convex, the blade of the wing obliquely truncate proximad at the petiole and the marginal vein ; acuminate. Its marginal cilia complete, those of the caudal margin longest, over twice as long as the wing is wide and twice the size of the cilia of the cephalic margin ; discal absent in the proximal half of the blade, except- ing the usvial inconspicuous, longitudinal double row of them arising from near the bases of the marginal cilia and running distad ; in the distal half of the blade but a single row of about from 7-15 running along the center of the blade ; this row becomes somewhat confused at the apex. Scape slightly swollen or convex ventrad, slightly longer than the club, as long as the first and second funicle joints united, twice the length of the pedicel, its dorsal margin but very slightly convex ; pedicel obconic, three times the size of the small proximal funicle joint and not more than half the length of the second funicle joint but wider at its apex than any of the funicle joints; proximal funicle joint somewhat like a ring-joint but slightly longer than wide, minute, subglobose, about a fourth or fifth the length of the second funicle joint and somewhat narrower, the smallest antennal joint and conspicuous as such; second funicle joint abruptly longer, the longest antennal joint with the exception of the scape, very slightly longer than funicle joint 3 ; funicle joints 3 and 4 subequal, each slightly shorter than funicle joint 2 and slightly longer than funicle joints 5 and 6 which are sub- equal and about a fourth shorter than funicle joint 2; funicle cylindrical, 6-jointed ; club ovate, divided obliquely slightly distad of its center, hence 2-jointed, as a whole widest at its middle and somewhat shorter than the combined lengths of the fifth and sixth funicle joints, its greatest width about 'twice that of the joints of the funicle, its proximal joint obconic, its apex obliquely truncate, longer than the apical joint which is conic, its apex sub- obtuse and its base obliquely truncate. Distal lateral angles of joints 3-6 of the funicle, when seen in outline, slightly acute, the distal margins of these joints acute. Club joints with distinct longitudinal ridges (balsam mounts). Male.— The same, with the exception of the usual secondary characters pointed out in the generic description. •Dec, igog.] GiRAULT : A NeW ChALCIDOID FROM ILLINOIS. 171 Antenn.T 12-jointed, filiform, longer than the body, the funicle joints not differing abruptly in size, but gradually shorter distad. Pedicel smaller than in the female, obconic, its sides rounded or convex as seen in profile, wider than the proximal funicle joint and not more than half its length; joints 1-8 of the funicle subequal, long, cylindrical, longitudinally carinate, gradually becoming narrower distad, the carinations forming acute points at the distal ends ; joint 9 of the funicle slightly shorter, the same ; the distal or club joint a third shorter than either of the joints i to 8, slightly narrower, carinate and with a slight nipple at the center of its extremity. Scape slenderer than in the female. Antennas with very fine, moderately close hairs. (7<3-inch objective, i-inch optic, Bausch and Lomb.) Types:— Accession No. 41651, Illinois State Laboratory of Nat- ural History, Urbana, Illinois, i 5 in xylol-balsam (i slide), 2 J"s tagmotinted. (Centralia, Illinois, June 26, 1909.) Cotype:—No. 126SS, U. S. National Museum, Washington, D. C, i 5 in xylol- balsam. Described from 5 males and 3 females reared June 26 (2 J^'s, i 5 types), 27 (I J*, I 5), 30 (I 5) and July 4 (2 J^'s), 1909, at Centralia, Illinois, from the eggs of the common weevil Tylodcrma fovcolatum (Say) in the stems of the weed (Enothera biennis Linnreus. The parasite is solitary as shown by dissection, the body of its pupa filling nearly the entire cavity of the host Qgg. It is not rare in this vicinity. The foregoing descriptions were made from recently killed speci- mens, the coloration and sculpture, shape of the head, abdominal segments and so on from unmounted ones, the antennae, legs and wings being described from specimens mounted in balsam. It should be stated, therefore, that shortly after death, in tag-mounted speci- mens, the body begins to shrivel, the face shrinks and caves in mak- ing the vertex acute and placing the cephalic and lateral ocelli in different aspects, the thorax contracts somewhat and other parts are so warped that it is impossible to make out true relationships after they have been dead several hours. Anaphcs conotrachcli Girault, a species closely related to the type species just described, belongs to Anaphoidca. 172 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xvii. OBSERVATIONS ON SOME EUROPEAN ANTS.* By William Morton Wheeler, Boston, Mass. A sojourn of a few months during the past summer (1909) in Switzerland and Italy has enabled me to continue my observations begun in the former country during the summer of 1907.! For the past forty years the ant-fauna of these countries has been so dili- gently studied by Professors Forel and Emery, that one can expect to find little that is new except in localities which their very busy lives have prevented them from exploring. The following notes, therefore, owe their interest to the fact that I was able to visit two of the tributary valleys of the Rhone, which, I believe, have never been explored by myrmecologists. Through the courtesy of Prof. Ed. Bugnion, of Lausanne, I was asked to accompany the annual field excursion of the " Murithienne," a flourishing Valaisian natural history society, to the Turtmann Glacier (July 19-21), at the head of the stream of the same name, and later I spent a week (Aug. 10-18) collecting at Zermatt, in the adjacent valley of the Matter-Visp. Three of the following notes relate to some parasitic ants found in these localities ; the fourth relates to a diminutive, non-parasitic form that occurs on the island of Lido, near Venice. I. Formica rufa L. A few years ago:}: I predicted that this conspicuous European ant, which builds great mounds in the forests throughout the northern and central portions of the continent and above an elevation of about 1,000 m. in the Alps, would eventually be found to be a temporary parasite, during the earliest stages of its colonial life, on the common F. fnsca. I was led to make this prediction, first, because I had found some of our North American allies of F. rufa (F. consocians, * Contributions from the Entomological Laboratory of the Bussey Institu- tion, Harvard University, No. 11. t Comparative Ethology of the European and North American Ants, Journ. Psych, n. Neurol., XIII, 1908, pp. 404-435, pis. Ill and IV, 6 text figs. t A New Type of Social Parasitism among Ants, Bull. Amer. Miis. Nat. Hist., XX, Oct. II, 1904, pp. 347-375- Dec, 1909.] Wheeler: Observations on European Ants. 17.3 microgyna, dakofciisis, cxsccfoidcs, etc.) to be temporary parasites on F. inccrta and snbsericca; second, because Forel and Wasmann had recorded the occurrence of a few small, mixed colonies of fiisca with allies of nifa (F. prafciisis. tniiicicola. cxsccta and prcssilabris) ; and third, because, notwithstanding the abundance of F. rnfa in many parts of Europe, no one had ever seen one of its females in the act of establishing a colony independently. After finding F. trnucicola to be, as I had predicted, a temporary parasite on fusca, Wasmann undertook a number of experiments with a view to determining the behavior of rnfa towards this species.* He introduced recently fecundated queens of riifa into artificial nests containing fusca workers and pupae, with results that led him to infer that the adoption of the rnfa queen by the fusca workers is accom- plished with greater difficulty than that of the trnucicola queen, and that the riifa queen often behaves like the sanguinca queen under the same circumstances, /. c, kills a number of the fusca and collects and guards their pupae till the callow workers hatch and adopt her. While I was in Switzerland I did not have the facilities for per- forming experiments like those of Wasmann, but I was able to make the three following observations, which show that, under natural conditions, F. rufa is, in all probability, a typical temporary parasite like coiisociaiis and trnucicola, and does not establish her colonies after the manner first observed by myself in the American forms of sangnincaj; and subsequently confirmed for the European type of this species by Viehmeyer:}; and Wasmann. § I. Jidy 20 I found just below the lateral moraine of the Turtmann Glacier, at an altitude of about 2,000 m., a large nest of F. fusca under a small pile of flat stones. This nest contained several hundred fusca workers, several pupae and larvae, but no queen of this species. In the midst of the colony, however, there was a fine rufa queen, at once recognized by her size, red thorax and glabrous gaster. She had * Weitere Beitrage zum sozialen Parasitismus und der Sklaverei bei den Ameisen, Biol. Centralbl., XXVIII, 1908. I On the Founding of Colonies by Queen-ants, with Special Reference to the Parasitic and Slave-making Species, Bull. Aiiicr. Miis. Nat. Hist.. XXII, 1906, pp. 33-105- :j: Zur Koloniegriindung der parasitischen Ameisen, Biol. Centralbl.. 190S, pp. 18-32. § Weitere Beitrage, etc., loco citato. 174 Journal New York Entomological Society. [VoI. xvii. undoubtedly been adopted by tbe black workers and was in good standing in the community, as was shown when she was confined in a large bottle with a lot of the workers. 2. Later on the same day I found somewhat further down the Turtmann valley (alt. about 1,900 m.), between the foot of the glacier and the hamlet Gruben, a second much smaller colony, com- prising only 50-80 fusca workers, several sexual larvae of this species and a single riifa queen, which was also living on the best of terms with the workers. There was no fusca queen. Lying close together in the very center of the nest in one of the superficial chambers were four dead but perfectly fresh rufa queens, each with her body cut in two at the petiole. Apparently, therefore, five rufa queens had suc- cessively sought adoption in this nest, but four had been killed by the fusca workers (or by the mfa queen?) and only one had been able to prove her right to adoption. 3. August III found under a small flat stone a few hundred yards from the foot of the Boden Glacier near Zermatt, at an altitude of about 2,000 m., a little colony comprising only about a dozen fusca workers, two dozen very small rufa workers, a rufa queen and about 50 larv?e and pupae of the latter species. This colony resembled in every respect the small mixed colonies of F. consocians and inccrta which I have repeatedly found at Colebrook, Conn. It was un- doubtedly a colony in its second year, still containing the last sur- vivors of the original fusca colony, which were destined to die off in the course of a few months or years and leave behind a pure colony of rufa. The two mixed colonies found in the Turtmann valley had evidently just been formed. ' In all three cases the absence of the fusca queens was very striking, since in the various localities which I visited in the Turtmann and Visp valleys nearly every colony of fusca — and I examined hundreds of them at different elevations, even up to nearly 3,000 m. on the Gorner Grat — contained from two to six dealated queens. These were always enjoying the warmth of the superficial galleries, where they were at once noticed as soon as the stones covering the nests were removed. These three colonies, therefore, point to a method of colony formation by rufa quite like that of F. consocians and triincicola, and lend no support to Wasmann's view that the rufa queen, under natural conditions, behaves like sanguinca. The first observation shows, moreover, that the rufa queen may be adopted by a large Dec, 1909.] Wheeler: Observations on European Ants. 175 and vigorous fiisca colony. The presence of sexual larvae in the second colony shows that the adoption of the alien queen must have taken place a short time before I found the nest, and the presence of four dead rufa queens in this nest indicates either that the intrusion of this species must be very vigorously resisted by the fusca, or that the rufa queen after once gaining adoption violently resents the intrusion of any other queens of her own species. July 19, during my walk up through the Turtmann valley, I saw numbers of dealated rufa queens running over the ground, so that the marriage flight of this species must have occurred either on that or the immediately preced- ing days. It is not improbable, therefore, that the rufa queens which I found in nests (i) and (2) had left their parental colonies only a few days before I found them associated with the fusca workers. If my interpretation of the behavior of the rufa queen is correct, we must completely abandon Wasmann's hypothesis that dulosis is derived from temporary parasitism, since rufa no longer appears as a primitive and generalized type which could have given rise to both the passive temporary parasitism seen in F. consocians, truncicola, etc., and the aggressive, predatory parasitism of sangninea, but be- longs unequivocally to the consociaus type. I am inclined to believe that Wasmann has been unconsciously led to his view through giving undue weight to the purely taxonomic status of F. rufa in our classi- fication of the various species of Formica. As an old Linnean species it has come to be regarded as the type of a group of forms {trunci- cola, pratciisis and a long series of American subspecies and varie- ties), but this is, of course, a purely artificial assumption, and we are not to conceive the European rufa as the most primitive ant of its group. Indeed this ant is more probably to be regarded as one of the most highly specialized and recent forms in the genus. I have else- where* given my reasons for dissenting from Wasmann's opinion that the predatory instincts of sanguinca have arisen from the passive form of adoption seen in consociaus and truncicola. Very recently Emeryt has advanced arguments very similar to my own. Emery * The Ants of Casco Bay, Maine, with Observations on two Races of Formica satigniiica Latreille, Bull. Aincr. Mus. Nat. Hist.. XXXIV, 1908, p. 633 ct scq. t Intorno all' origine delle Formiche dulotiche, parassitiche a mirniecofile, Rendic. Sess. R. Accad. Sci. 1st. Bologna, 17 Gen., 1909, pp. 36-51 ; transla- tion : Ueber den Ursprung der dulotischen, parasitischen und myrmekophilen Ameisen, Biol. Centralbl., XXIX, 1909, pp. 352-362. 176 Journal New York Entomological Society, lvoi. xvii. seems, however, in his discussion of F. rnfa to have been influenced by the results of Wasmann's experiments on females of this ant placed in artificial fusca nests, for he does not see the basis of the whole matter of temporary, permanent and dulotic parasitism in the general tendency of ant-queens to court adoption by workers of their own species of the same or other colonies — a tendency which Wasmann and I have attributed to the very general or widespread formicine habit of retaining a number of queens in the same colony — but regards the founding of rnfa colonies with fusca workers as the primitive method, the founding of new nests by fission of the maternal colony and adoption of queens of the same species as a secondary development. Possibly the rnfa queen, like the queen of sangninca and of other species of Formica may be, as I have suggested,* an opportunist to the extent of regulating her behavior according to the behavior of the particular fusca colony which she enters. If the fusca are aggressive she may act more like sangninca, whereas if they are timid or indifferent she probably permits herself to be passively adopted. f II. Strongylognathus huberi Forel. This interesting parasite on the common European Tctraniorinni ccspitmn, was originally described by Forel from workers (Eig. i, A) taken from a colony which he found on a warm, rocky slope near Fully in the valley of the Rhone.:}; In 1900 he found the males and females (Fig. i, B) in another nest in the same locality§ and gave an interesting account of the behavior of the workers. August 8. 1902, Prof. Carl Escherich also succeeded in finding a large colony contain- ing many males and females in the same locality. Although I visited the place June 16, 1907, and again July 23. 1909, in company with Prof. Forel and Messrs. H. \'lehmeyer and F. Schimmer, and sought very diligently for other colonies, I was unsuccessful. I was therefore * The Ants of Casco Bay, etc., loco citato. t A recent reply by Wasmann (Ueber den Ursprung des sozialen Para- sitismus, der Sklaverei und der Myrmekophilie bei den Ameisen. Biol. Centralbl., XXIX, Oct. and Nov., 1909) to Emery's criticisms, was received too late for consideration in connection with this note on F. nifa. J Les Fourmis de la Suisse, 1874, p. 71. g Strongylognathus huberi et voisins. Bull. Soc. Eiit. Suisse, X, 7, pp. 273-380. Dec , 1909.] Wheeler : Observations on European Ants. 177 greatly pleased some weeks later to find the species at Zermatt in seven Tctramorimn colonies. The appearance of the specimens in this locality, however, struck me as being peculiar, because they seemed to differ from a series of topotypes of all three phases of huberi which had been generously given me by Professors Fore! and Escherich. The workers of the Zermatt specimens were much darker in color except for the pro- and mesonotum which were very pale and shining and enabled me to distinguish them at a glance as they moved about among the Tetramorium workers. The males and females were in the larval and pupal condition in nearly all the nests Fig. I. A, Strongylognathus huberi Forel, worker; B, head of female; C, S. huberi alpinus subsp. nov., worker; D, head of female. All the figures drawn under the same magnification. whereas the males and females of the uninfested Tetramorium colonies were either fully matured or had already celebrated their nuptial flight. Careful comparison of the Zermatt specimens with the topotypes shows that they differ sufficiently from the typical form to be regarded as a new subspecies of the same rank as the other subspecies of huberi, namely, christophi Emery of Sarepta on the Volga, ccecilice 178 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xvii, Forcl of Spain, afcr Emery of Spain and Algeria and rchhinderi Forel of the Caucasus. The new subspecies may be regarded as an alpine form of huhcri, since it occurs at a considerably greater eleva- tion (over 1,500 m.) than the type. I subjoin a brief description with some notes on the colonies which I found: Strongylognathus huberi alpinus, new subspecies. Worker. — Length 2.5-3.5 mm. (Fig. i, C). Differing from the worker of huberi as follows : Head somewhat broader and more robtist. Epinotum unarmed, the small, pointed teeth of huberi being replaced by rather blunt angles. Summit of petiolar node in profile distinctly rounder and blunter and less compressed anteroposteriorly. Postpetiole twice as broad as long (decidedly longer in proportion to its width in huberi). Whole upper surface of pro- and mesonotum smooth and shining (shining area in huberi more restricted). Coloration in general much darker; head with a larger oblong, black or dark brown spot, as broad as the distance be- tween the frontal carinse, reaching from the clypeus nearly to the occipital border and rather sharply marked off on the sides from the paler, brownish yellow color of the cheeks. In the typical huberi the front and vertex are only slightly darker than the remainder of the head or, at any rate the dark area is not distinctly marked off on the sides and behind. Epinotum of alpinus darker than the pro- and mesonotum, the petiole and postpetiole still darker. Infuscation of the gaster also decidedly deeper than in huberi, all the segments being dark brown or blackish, with yellowish bases. Legs brownish yellow, with dark brown articulations. Female. — Length 4-4.6 mm. (Fig. i, D). Differing from the female of huberi in the following particulars : Head decidedly larger and broader, rectangular, not narrowed behind, less than one and a fourth times as long as broad. Epinotum with blunt angular projections in the place of the stout teeth of huberi. Upper border of petiole sharp but not compressed at the very summit. Postpetiole trapezoidal, distinctly broader in front than behind, with broadly rounded anterior corners and straight sides. Sculpture, pilosity and color as in the typical huberi. Male. — Length 4.5-5 mm. Differs from the male of huberi only in having decidedly blunter epinotal angles. Described from numerous workers and females and two males taken from the nests described in the following notes : I. August 13. The first colony of alpinus was found less than a kilometer below Zermatt at an altitude of about 1,620 m., on the warm western slope of the Matter valley, where there was no end of Tctramorium colonies under fiat stones. The nest containing the alpinus was of small size and under a single stone. The alpinus Pec, 1909.] Wheeler : Observations on European Ants. 179 workers were fairly numerous — i 14 or 5 Tctramorinm — and there were many male and female larvae and pupae. I was unable to find a fertile queen of either species. 2. August 13. In the same locality I found a second colony of large size and extending under several contiguous stones. There was about I alpinus to every 3-5 Tetramoriimi, with many male and female larvae and pupae of the former. No fertile queens could be detected. 3. August 14. In the same locality a small Tetramorium colony was found containing a number of alpinus pupae of all three phases, but no imaginal workers. The absence of these made it seem prob- able that the pupae had been recently robbed by the Tetramorium workers from some feeble mixed colony in the neighborhood. I failed to find a mother queen of either species. 4. August 18. On the right bank of the Triftbach, about fifteen minutes' walk from Zermatt and also on the warm western slope of the valley, I found under a small stone about sixty alpinus workers with two Tetramorium workers and no larvje or pupae of either species. The whole assemblage had the appearance of being a small foraging party which had taken temporary refuge under the stone. In the immediate neighborhood, however, I failed to find any larger colony of which it could have been a part. 5. August 18. In the same locality I found a small colony con- taining about as many alpinus as Tetramorium workers, with a small number of sexual larvae and pupae of the former. This colony was under an isolated stone about 30 cm. in diameter. No queens of either species were seen. 6. August 18. In the same place I came upon an enormous Tetramorium colony — the largest I have ever seen — under two huge, contiguous, flat stones, each about 1.6 m. in diameter, and several smaller stones near by. The workers of the two species were about equally abundant, and besides many pupae of all phases of alpinus, there were many recently hatched females and a very few males of this species. I was unable to explore the nest as the large stones could not be moved. I collected in a bag a colony of Tetramorium with their brood from a point several hundred meters further up the slope and dumped it on the flat stone near one of the main entrances of the alpinus nest. These ants were slow in learning of the proximity of the aliens, but after waiting about fifteen minutes I saw the alpinus issue from their nest, move out over the earth I had dumped on the 180 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xvii. stone and fiercely attack the strange Tetramorium. The workers of the parasitic species seized the Tetramorium by the head or thorax, curled their bodies around the latter and tried to pierce their armor with the sharp, sickle-shaped mandibles. Other alpinus workers made for the strange larvae and pupae and began to carry them into the nest. This they did rather clumsily, but they showed themselves to be very familiar with the position of the nest-entrances. The strange Tetramorium that were not engaged in mortal combat with the alpinus hurried away over the stone in the opposite direction with such larvae and pupae as they could rescue. The hosts of the alpinus were not seen to throw out the strange pupae and larvae brought into the nest by their parasites, as happened in the similar experiment performed by Forel on a colony of the typical huberi. 7. August 18. In the same locality I found under a small flat stone a colony very similar to (4). It comprised about 100 alpinus workers, a very few Tetramorium and two or three larvae, presumably of the latter species. These ants, too, appeared to be merely a foraging troop hiding under a stone. Several of these observations tend to confirm Forel's belief that S. huberi is still, unlike the more degenerate 6", testaceus, able to make dulotic raids on strange Tetramorium colonies. This is indi- cated by the behavior of the huge colony (6) and by its size, which so far exceeded that of any of the Tetramorium colonies I have seen, that I can only suppose, that it had grown by repeated slave-making forays. The two isolated bands of alpinus workers (4) and (7) also point in the same direction, and suggest that the forays of this ant may be nocturnal and that the dulotic troops may hide under stones during the hot hours of the day. This may, perhaps, account for the fact that the forays of this rare and diminutive ant have hitherto failed to attract attention. III. Anergates atratulus Schenck. On finding such numbers of Tetramorium colonies on the western slopes of the Matter valley, and especially after coming upon the colo- nies containing the Strongylognathiis described in the preceding paragraphs, I naturally began to look for the extraordinary Aner- gates, which is also a parasite on Tetramorium. After much search I succeeded in finding it in the locality south of Zermatt where I first observed S. alpinus, in two nests which may be briefly described : Dec, igo9.| WhEELER : OBSERVATIONS ON EUROPEAN AnTS. 181 1. August 13. A large Teframorium colony under half a dozen rather large, flat, contiguous stones arrested my attention, because it contained several hundred larvae, all of the same size and of a peculiar gray color, unlike the gleaming white larvas so abundant in the other colonies of this ant! On scrutinizing the superficial chambers of the nest more closely, I saw four fine, dealated Anergates queens in the peculiar, obese or physogastric condition, which this alone of all European ants is able to attain. Three of these queens were close together under the center of one of the stones, the other was in a similar position under an adjacent stone. It was quite clear then that the gray larvae were the offspring of these queens, and from their size it was evident that they were mature and nearly or quite ready to pupate. Of course, there were besides only Tetra- morhnn workers in the colony and none of their larvae. I do not know whether other observers have noticed the singular uniformity in the age and development of the larvae of Anergates. It is very striking, though it is what we should expect, for the life of the Anergates colony must be of short duration, since it cannot exceed that of its sterile host, the Tetramorium workers. It is, indeed, quite possible that the whole development of the Anergates colony does not require more than a year, or, at any rate, that the queens of this species become physogastric, owing to the rapid and enormous de- velopment of their ovaries, and begin to lay within a few months after entering the Tetramorium colony, and that the brood matures by the following summer. Owing to the altitude at which this colony was found (about i,6oo m.). the maturity of the brood must have been greatly delayed and probably would not have hatched till the latter part of August or early in September. In my former paper* I described a fine Anergates colony which I found near Vaud, June 6, 1907, at a much lower elevation. This already contained the imaginal brood of the summer. 2. August 14. In the same locality but lower down the slope and less than a hundred meters from the Matter, I detected a second colony, which, however, was small and depauperate and was living under a single small stone. This colony, too, contained a number of the gray larvae, which, as in the preceding case, were all of the same size and partly adhering by means of their hooked, dorsal hairs to the lower surface of the stone. The nest also contained a number of * Comparative Ethology, etc., loco citato, p. 430. 182 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xvn. large root-aphids of both sexes and in all their developmental stages. After careful search I found the obese Ancrgates queen, but she was dead and somewhat shriveled, and her thorax had been separated from her gaster. She had probably been killed by the Tctramoruim workers, which were dividing their attention between bringing up her larvse and attending the aphids. Fig. 2. A, adult larva of Ancrgates atratiiliis ; a and b, long, serrate and short, branching hair of same, more highly magnified ; B, adult worker larva of Tefraniorium cespitnm ; c and d, long, anchor-tipped, dorsal hair and short, branching hair of same, more highly magnified. As collectors are always interested in the various parasitic ants that live with Tctramoruim, I may here introduce a few suggestions that may aid them in detecting infested colonies. In the first place, it is advisable to concentrate one's attention on a locality in which Tetramorium colonies are unusually abundant. In the second place, the collector should exainine the nests at the height of the breeding season, that is, during June and July at the lower, and early in August at the higher altitudes, when the normal colonies contain larvre and pupae of all three phases. He may safely pass over at once all colonies containing the larger male and female larvae and pupae of the Tetramorium, as such colonies do not contain Ancrgates or any of the species or subspecies of Stroiigylogiiatlius (testaceus. Jnibcri. Dec, igog.] WhEELER : OBSERVATIONS ON EUROPEAN AnTS. 183 alpinns), and concentrate his attention on the colonies which at first glance appear to contain only workers and worker brood of the Tctramoruim. If present, 5". hnberi and alpinns may be at once recog- nized by the number, size and color of their workers. .S. testaceus, the commonest species of the genus, must be sought more carefully, because its workers are small and much less abundant, though they, too, are lighter in color than the Tetramorium workers. Later in the summer, (during July and August), of course, Tetramorium colonies infested with the various Strongylognathus are easily recognized by the great numbers of small males and females of these parasites. Finally, the presence of uniformly developed, gray larvae may be taken to indicate the occurrence of Anergates, the rarest of these parasites, if its presence is not already conspicuously indicated by the numerous imaginal brood of small black females and sordid yellow, nymphoid males. With a good pocket lens the Anergates larva may also be recog- nized by its peculiar hairs. It has been briefly described, and a few of its hairs have been figured by Adlerz.* I give a figure (Fig. 2, A) oi a larva from one of the nests described above, and also of a mature worker larva of Tetramorium (Fig. 2, B) for comparison. It will be seen that though both larvae possess pairs of long anchor- tipped dorsal hairs, the head of the Anergates larva is naked, and its short dorsal and ventral hairs {h) are much more densely and com- pactly branching, while the longer hairs (a) are serrate and not branched at their tips like the homologous structures (c?) of the Tetramorium larva. The anchor-tipped hairs (c) with sigmoid basal flexure are used in both species for fastening the larvse to the lower surfaces of stones, the roots of plants and the walls of the galleries and chambers of the nest. IV. Monomorium minutum Mayr. August 27, between nine and ten A. M., while I was collecting in a field near the Jewish cemetery on the island of Lido, near Venice, I happened on a number of colonies of Monomorium minntum which were nesting in small and indistinct masonry mounds in the grass. These nests were not unlike those of the form which in the eastern * Myrmecologiska Studier — II. Svenska Myror och deras Lefnadsfor- hallanden, Bih. Svensk. Vet.-Akad. Handl., XI, 1886, p. 274, pi. VII, figs. 5 and 5(7. 184 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xvii. and southern United States has been passing under the name of M. minutum var. minimum Buckley. What attracted my attention to these nests was the great number of extremely small, jet-black workers running up and down the grass-blades around the entrances. On closer examination I found that the ants were celebrating what corresponds to the nuptial flight in other species. Among the workers were numbers of females, running up and down the grass-blades and still issuing from the galleries, but all of these females were wing- less. They moved about in great excitement behaving exactly like the winged females of other ants on such occasions, but being unable to fly, they finally crawled down to the ground and wandered away from the nests, often accompanied for a short distance by the excited workers. There were no males to be seen either outside or inside the nests. Throughout the morning I kept finding the wingless females in all parts of the field, running about singly and evidently seeking for places in which to found their formicaries. Examination of all the females I could capture — several dozens in number — showed that they were truly apterous. Their thoraces were narrow and, though queen-like in the structure of their sclerites, showed not the slightest evidence of ever having borne wings. These females were, in fact, precisely like the females of the tropical M. floricola Jerdon and M. carhonarium F. Smith subsp. ebcniiiitni Fore! described in my paper on the ants of the Bahamas.* This peculiar condition and the complete absence of males at the time of the abor- tive but unmistakable marriage-flight (sit venia vcrbo) described above, suggested the following questions : Were the ergatoid and apterous females so abundantly produced in each colony fecundated in the parental nest some weeks previously by their own brothers? Or can it be that males are very rarely or never produced by this species, and that the females lay unfertilized eggs capable of developing into workers or females? Or are there two generations of females, one winged and produced earlier in the summer at a time when males also appear, and a later ergatoid and parthenogenetic generation which perform a necessarily abortive marriage-flight in the latter part of August? It is easy to formulate these and other questions, but they are to be answered only by some resident entomologist who can devote special study to this little insect. * The Ants of the Bahamas, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., XXI, 1905, pp. 87-89, Figs. D and E. Dec. 1909.] Wheeler : Observations on European Ants. 185 The perplexity into which one is thrown by the observations above recorded is not lessened by an examination of the literature. M. minutum was first described by Mayr more than half a century ago,* and it seems to have been little studied since that time. Mayr saw only worker specimens, which he records as coming from Lombardy and from Lido, the very locality in which I happened to find the species. These specimens were taken by Prof. Strobel in sweeping, possibly in the very field in which I made my observations. Even in his later accountf Mayr cites only the worker. In 1891 Forel gave a full description of all three phases, which he cited from various parts of Africa. t He gave the length of the female as 4-4.5 mm. and says that its '' wings are unknown." Apparently he believed that his female specimens were dealated. The most recent monographer of the European ants, Emery,§ gives the length of the M. inintititm female as 3.4-3.7 mm., and states that it is "winged." There is, therefore, a discrepancy between Emery's account and my own, and we must suppose, either that M. minutum has two forms of females, or that Emery's statement refers to some other form, for I can hardly doubt that the species I observed is really the one described by Mayr, since the workers not only agree perfectly with his account, but came from the type locality. My specimens are, in fact, topo- types, owing to the very small size of Lido and the restricted area on the island which can be inhabited by these ants. Not only will it be necessary, therefore, to reexamine the material of M. minutum in our collections, but this should also be done with all the other small black species of Monomorium (ebeninum, carhonarium and minimum). I am satisfied that the American form called M. minutum var. minimum Buckley by Emery] | should be regarded as specifically distinct, as all three of its phases are not only larger (worker nearly 2 mm., female 4.5-5 mm., male 3.5-4.5 mm.) than those of minutum (worker 1.4-1.6 mm., female 3.4-3.7 mm., male * Formicina Austriaca, 1855, p. 453. t Die europaischen Formiciden, 1861, p. 72. X Formicidse, in Hist. Phys. Nat. Polit. Madagascar, par A. Grandidier, 1891, p. 165. § Beitrage zur Monographic der Formiciden des palaarktischen Faunen- gebietes, V. Deutsch. Ent. Zeitschr., 1908. pp. 666 and 680. jl Beitrage zur Kenntniss der nordamerikanischen Ameisenfauna, Zool. Jahrb. Abth. f. Syst., VIII, 1894, p. 274. 186 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xvii. 4 mm.), but the females are always winged. The form I de- scribed from Catalina Island* as M. minutum subsp. crgatogyna, which has ergatoid females like those of ebcniniim and minutum, may- prove to be the typical minutum accidentally introduced into Catalina. Its workers are, however, decidedly larger than the Venetian speci- mens, though they have the same depressed and sloping epinotum. Postscript. Since the foregoing paragraphs were sent to the printer, Pro- fessor Emery has published a revision of the genus Strongylognathus (Beitrage zur Monographic der Formiciden des palaarktischen Faunengebietes (Hym.), IX. Dcutsch. Ent. Zeitschr., 1909, pp. 695- 712, 7 figs.). He not only describes several new subspecies and varieties, but changes the status of some of those previously known. The following is a list of the , forms as they now stand, including the new subspecies described above : Strongylognathus testae eus Schenck (Central and Southern Europe ) . 5". huberi Forel, including: Subsp. huberi ]iuberi Forel (Canton Vallais, Switzerland) ; var. gallica Emery (Pyrenees) ; var. forcli Emery (Eastern Algeria) ; var. christophi Emery (Eastern and Southeastern Russia) ; Subsp. alpinus Wheeler (Zermatt, Switzerland) ; Subsp. rchbinderi Forel (Caucasus) ; var. cecconii Emery (Tremiti Islands in the Adriatic) ; « Subsp. rn::skyi Emery (Ural Mts.). 5. afcr Emery, including: Subsp. afer afcr Emery (Western Algeria) ; Subsp. ccecilicu Forel (Spain). S. alpinus resembles S. huberi var. gallica, to judge from Emery's brief description of the worker : " Kopf seite noch mehr gebogen als im Typus; Postpetiolus im Verhaltnis zum Petiolusknoten vie! kiirzer; Thoraxriicken kaum eingedriickt ; Epinotum mit schwacher Spur von Zahnen." I had originally dedicated the subspecies alpinus * Ants from Catalina Island, California, Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., XX, 1904, p. 269. Dec, igog.] Davis : A Cricket New TO New Jersey. 187 to Professor Forel, but Emery's recent description of a variety of huberi as foreli has compelled me to change the name. It is an interesting fact that nearly every form of 5". huberi has been recorded from a different locality. This seems to indicate that the species is extremely sensitive to differences in external conditions. A CRICKET NEW TO NEW JERSEY. By Wm. T. Davis, New Brighton, Staten Island, N. Y. While sitting on the ground in the pine woods at Lakehurst. N. J., on the third of October, I noticed a small female cricket, which was promptly captured. Shortly after Mr. Chas. E. Sleight called my attention to another on my shoe. This last was a male. I had been hearing an unfamiliar low sounding chink, chink, chink, which I pre- sume was made by the species of cricket under consideration. Upon further search we each captured two more specimens, making in all three males and three females. After this we were unable to find any others. In the Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History for October, 1868, Dr. Scudder describes as new the genus Cycloptilum founded on a single male cricket from Texas, which he called squamosum. The description of the genus Cycloptilum and the species squamosum as there given answers very well for the Lake- hurst specimens, but later Dr. Scudder in his " Guide to the Genera and Classification of the North American Orthoptera Found North of Mexico," 1897, following the tables given by Saussure in 1877, gives an additional character to the genus which would not readily permit of the placing therein of the Lakehurst specimens. Dr. Scudder says of Cycloptilum in 1897, " First joint of hind tarsi neither sulcate nor serrate ; pronotum produced posteriorly, con- cealing the metanotum." The males of the species from Lakehurst have the pronotum as here described, but the first joints of the hind tarsi in both sexes have each two rows of serrations on their upper sides. Saussure in 1874 in his figure of the posterior leg of Cycloptilum americanum (= C pocyi of the plates), shows that there are no 188 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xvii serrations on the upper side of the first joints of the posterior tarsi; there are only hairs shown and described. This figure clearly defines what he considered one of the chief characters of the genus, which character is adopted by Dr. Scudder as above cited. Through the courtesy of Mr. Samuel Henshaw I have examined the type of Cycloptilum squamosum in the Museum of Comparative Zo51ogy, Cambridge, Mass., and find that the hind tarsus is serrated as in the New Jersey specimens. As they also agree with the type in other particulars, we may conclude that Cycloptilum squamosum occurs in the pine barrens of New Jersey. There are authentic specimens of Nemobius palustris Blatchley in the Scudder collection, and by comparison with them we find we have that species from the lowland of Lakehurst and also from Lake Hopatcong, N. J. This insect has also been reported from Con- necticut and Massachusetts by Prof. Morse. Lastly, I wish to thank Dr. Frank E. Lutz, of the American Museum of Natural History, for much aid in the literature from the library of that institution. PROCEEDINGS OF THE NEW YORK ENTO- MOLOGICAL SOCIETY. Meeting of Tuesday, May i8, 1909. Held at the American Museum of Natural History, President C. W. Leng in the chair, with eighteen members and two visitors present. The librarian, Mr, Schaeffer, announced the receipt of the following exchanges : Science Bulletin, I, No. 15, Mus. Brooklyn Inst. Canadian Entomol., XLI, No. 5. Berlin Entomol. Zeitschrift, Vol. 53, Nos. 3 and 4. Mr. Davis, of the Field Committee, reported on the arrangements for the outing at Lakehurst, N. J., on the Fourth of July. Tents and cooking utensils had been secured through the kindness of Mr. Sleight, and arrangements had been made with a neighboring family to do most of the cooking. Although the outing was planned for three days, those who wished might make arrange- ments to stay longer. Mr. Dow, of the Field Committee, announced the partial arrangement for a Decoration Day trip to Greenwood Lake. Notice would be sent to members by postal card. On motion of the secretary the meetings of June were dispensed with. Mr. Schaeffer exhibited some new and interesting species of Buprestidse mostly from Brownsville, Texas, and from Arizona, and spoke concerning some of the important characters and habits of the forms. Mr. Davis exhibited a turtle showing several large swellings on the neck in which were the developing larvae of bot-flies. Mr. Barber stated that he had bred some of these flies from a turtle similarly affected at Cold Spring Harbor, L. I., in 1902. Mr. John Angell exhibited a specimen of Calosoma calidum which had a bright green bordering stripe on the margin of the elytra. Prof. J. B. Smith spoke of the early appearance of the elm-leaf beetles in such numbers, in certain places, as to indicate a repetition of their de- structiveness of last season. These early beetles were just out of hiberna- tion, and on a small elm near the New Jersey Experiment Station he had estimated there were eight thousand specimens. Mr. Engelhardt spoke of collecting a quantity of Callidium janthinuin in the window of a store on Fulton Street where rustic wood furniture was for sale. Mr. Roberts exhibited his collection of Dytiscidae, explained the structural characters used in differentiating the species, and mentioned the synonymy of certain forms. Mr. Comstock spoke on the systematic work he had been carrying on at 189 190 Journal New York Entomological Society. [Voi. xvii. Jamesburg in breeding Lycaenidse and in making observations and notes con- cerning the different stages of the local species. Mr. Pollard gave an account of his recent trip to Washington, where he spent some hours collecting on Plummer's Island in company with a number of Washington entomologists. He mentioned the butterflies found on the island. Dr. Zabriskie remarked that at Moriches, L. I., the flooring and wood work in a house belonging to Mr. Robert Lefferts had been badly damaged by beetles which he thought were Hylotrupes bajulus. Some of these were exhibited. Mr. Dow stated that while collecting along Rockaway Beach the previous Sunday he had picked up one hundred and ten different kinds of beetles. Mr. Lutz exhibited a beautiful Hydrachnid which he intended to send to Prof. Wolcott, of the University of Nebraska, for identification. Mr. Schaeffer auctioneered the specimens of Lepidoptera donated by Mrs. A. T. Slosson several years ago. Mr. Davis read a letter from Mrs. Slosson, and on motion Mr. Davis was requested to convey to her the good wishes of the society. Mr. Dow, on motion, was also requested to give Mr. Joutel the best wishes of the society with sincere regrets that he could not be present. Meeting of Tuesday, October 5, 1909. Held at the American Museum of Natural History, President C. W. Leng in the chair, with twenty-three members and four visitors present. The minutes of the preceding meeting were read and approved. The treasurer, Mr. Davis, reported the society's balance as $1,122.60 and that of the Journal as $122.08. The librarian reported the receipt of the following exchanges since the May 18 meeting: Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift. Revue d'Entomologie, Vol. VK, No. 4; Vol. VIII, Nos. i, 2. Horse Societatis Entomologicae Rossicse, Vol. XXXVIII, No. 4. Bull, de la Societe Imperiale de Moscow, 1907, No. 4. Boletin de Museu Goeldi, Vol. V, No. 2. Wiener Entomol. Zeitung, Vol. XVII, Nos. 3, 4, 5, 6. Zeitschrift f. Wissenschaftliche Insektenbiologie, Vol. V, Nos. 4, 8. Canad. Entomologist, Vol. XLI, Nos. 6, 7, 8, 9. Tidjschrift voor Entomologie, 1909, Nos. i, 2. Mittheilungen d. schweizerischen Entom. Gesellschaft, Vol. X, No. 9. Montana Agricultural College Exp. Stat., Bull. No. 75. Montana Agricultural College Exp. Stat., isth Ann. Report, 1908. Ants of Formosa and the Philippines, by W. M. Wheeler. The Thorax of Insects and the Articulation of the Wings, by R. E. Snodgrass. Dragon-flies of the Mississippi Valley, by Chas. B. Wilson. Descriptions of Some Bees in the U. S. Nat. Mus., by T. D. A. Cockerell. Dec, 1909.] Proceedings of the Society. 191 Verhandlungen d. K. K. Zool. Bot. Gesellschaft in Wien, LIX, Nos. 3, 4, 5. Medellander af Soc. pro Fauna et Flora Fennica, 1907, 1908. Acta Societatis pro Fauna et Flora Fennica, Nos. 29, 31. Festschrift fiir Prof. Palmen, Vols, i and 2. Science Bull. Museum Brooklyn Institute, Vol. I, No. 16. Anales del Museo Nacional de Montevideo, Vol. VII. Flora Uruguaya, Vol. IV, No. i. Bull, de la Soc. Entomologique d'figypte, 1908, Nos. 2, 3, 4, Memoirs de la Soc. Entomol. d'£gypte, Vol. I, No. i. Bull. University of Texas, No. 120. Entomologiske Middelelser, 1909, Vol. IV, No. i. The Genus Dendroctonus, by A. D. Hopkins. Societas_ Entomologica, XXIV, Nos. 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. Entomologische Berichte, Vol. II, Nos. 43-48. Anales de Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires, ser. Ill, Vol. X. Le Litige des scories et des terres cuites anthropiques par Florentine Ameghino. Monographic Revision of the Eleodini, by F. E. Blaisdell. Berliner Entomol. Zeitschrift, Vol. LIV, Nos. i, 2. Trans. Wisconsin Acad. Sci., Vol. XVI, Pt. I, Nos. 1-6. Mittheilungen Zool. Mus. Berlin, Vol. IV, No. 2. Bericht Zool. Mus. Berlin for 1908. Dr. Zabriskie read the following report : " The Executive Committee report that the American Museum of Natural History has made provision for meetings of the New York Entomological Society to be held in the hall in which the local collection of insects is stored, and has placed that collection in the custody of the society. Members of the society may have access to this collection, for the purpose of study, at any time when the museum is open. The committee hopes that each member of the society will do his part in assisting Dr. Lutz in making the local collection complete. " The Executive Committee further recommends that the high apprecia- tion of the society and its thanks be conveyed by letter to Professor H. C. Bumpus, director of the American Museum of Natural History." Dr. Lutz related what had been done by himself during the summer towards getting the local collection in order. This consisted largely in print- ing and arranging labels for all of the orders, with the exception of the Diptera and Hymenoptera. The others would be arranged as soon as pos- sible. Labels were made for all species likely to occur. Members were in- vited to cooperate and fill up gaps in the collection. On a large map drawn on the blackboard Dr. Lutz pointed out the geographical limits of the local collection. He further explained that members were invited to make free use of the room set apart for their use. It was very likely that members could use the room even at times when the museum was not open to the general public. On the motion of Mr. Angell the society voted to accept the kind offer of the custody of the local collection of insects and instructed the secretary to thank Dr. Bumpus for the interest shown in the society. 192 Journal Neav York Entomological Society. [Voi. xvii. Mr. Davis, of the Field Committee, reported concerning the very suc- cessful Fourth of July meeting at Lakehurst, which was attended by eighteen members. Mr. Schaeffer explained the delay of the September issue of the Journal. Mr. Comstock proposed as an active member Mary R. Robinson, 75^2 Broad Street, Newark, N. J. Mr. Lutz proposed Mr. Thos. Hallinan, Paterson, N. J., and Mr. Chester O. Hyde, 127 E. 93d St., New York City. On a motion of Mr. Harris the by-laws were suspended and the secre- tary cast a single ballot for the election to active membership of the three proposed members. Dr. Zabriskie presented the following : " Writ en notice, in accordance with Article XIX. of the by-laws, is hereby given f a motion to be pre- sented at the next regular meeting, to amend t" laws by adding to Article IV, after the word Librarian, the following v^ords, ' a curator,' and by adSing after Article IX the following : Article IX* Curator — " It shall be the duty of the curator to receive and take charge of all entomological speci- mens in the custody of the society and to perform such other duties as may be determined by the society." The president called upon different members to give an account of their summer's collecting experiences. Mr. Davis stated that he had visited so many places and found so many interesting things that it was difficult for him to select just what to say first, but he exhibited a live specimen of an interesting beetle, Xyloryctes satyrus, which he had bred from a grub taken in northern Georgia. He pointed out that the striation of the elytra seemed to be peculiar. He also exhibited some galls of Andricus lubricola taken at Lakehurst, N. J., October 3, occur- ring on post-oak. They are considered to be rare. Mr. Comstock gave an account of a visit which he made to the Boston Society of Natural History and the Cambridge Museum of Comparative Zoology during the past summer. He remarked that the Harris Collection was in good condition in spite of the fact that it had been stored part of the time. He referred to a number of synonyms which he noticed in the type material of Lycaenidje in both museums. Mr. Pollard exhibited a dwarf specimen of a Mexican moth, Rothschildia jorulla, which he had bred from the egg. The dwarfing, Mr. Pollard thought, might be due to a difference in food or in climatic condition. Mr. Joutel stated that, in his experience in breeding these Bombycine moths, there was no dwarfing due to change of food or climate. Mr. Schaeffer exhibited some interesting Coleoptera among which were Alaus patricius a West Indian species, Calosoma splendidmn, which Mr. Angell had obtained from Mr. Brownell, collected in Key West, Florida, and Cicindela 6-guttata form harrisii, a variety with thorax and base of elytra coppery. Mr. Leng stated that in looking over some material in the collection of Mr. Bischoff he had found the following species of Coleoptera new to the New Jersey list of insects : Dec, 1909.] Proceedings of the Society. 193 Schccnicus piibcnilus Lee, Acalles carinatus Lee, Hiniatinni crraiis Lee, Micropeplus cribratus Lee. Prof. Smith had also found a new beetle, Exochomus 4-pitnctitlatus, which was captured in a nursery on imported coniferous trees. Mr. Olsen exhibited a box of Hemiptera taken during the summer on Long Island and called attention to several specimens of Tetyra bipunctata taken at Bay Shore, L. I. Though fairly common at Lakehurst on pines it has never before been reported from Long Island. Mr. Davis reported that Mr. Silas C. Wheat had also taken this species during the summer on August 1 1 at Pine Lawn, Long Island. The young were on the green pine oones. Mr. Dickerson. e-s^ uited a live praying mantis which he had obtained in a nursery near the InciV Jersey Experiment Station. Quite a few other speci- mens were seen. The species had probably been introduced upon nursery stock. Mr. Dickerson spoke of the 'history of the introduction of this species from Asia and the efforts which had been made to acclimatize it in the United States. Mr. Philip Laurent had found a few at Germantown, Pa., in 1898. It has failed to get a permanent foothold. Mr. Lutz showed the egg cases of this species. Mr. Sleight showed a specimen of Catocala herodias the larva of which was collected at Lakehurst on Quercus nana (scrub oak), May 24. The moth emerged from the cocoon on July 6. Mr. Lutz exhibited a jar partly filled with earth in which could plainly be seen the furrows made by the cricket's ovipositor and the eggs at the bottom of each. Society adjourned. H. G. Barber, Secretary, Index to Names of Insects and Plants in Volume XVII. Generic names begin with a capital, specific names with a small letter. New genera, subgenera, species, subspecies and varieties are printed in italics. Acacia, 93, 140 cornigera, 140 richii, 151 Acalles, 193 carinatus, 193 Acantholepis, 29 clivispina, 29 Acanthomyops, 83 inter jectus, 84 occidentalis, 83 Acarus, 56 Acmaeops, 42 proteus, 42 Adelocera, 42 brevicornis, 42 Adoxus, 42 vitus, 42 ^gle, 151 spioria, 151 Agropyron, 105 Alaus, 149 myops, 149 patricius, 149, 192 Albizzia, 151 lebbek, 151 moluccana, 151 Amphibolips, 46 acuminata, 46 carolinensis, 46 cinerea, 46 citriformis, 46 coelebs, 46 confluentus, 46, 138 cooki, 46 fuliginosa, 46 gainesi, 46 ilicifolis, 46 inanis, 46 longicornis, 46 melanocera, 46 palmeri, 46 prunus, 46 spinosa, 46 tinctorise, 46 trizonata, 46 Anagrus, 167, 169 Anaphes, 167, 168, 169 conotracheli, 171 Anaphoidea, 167, 171 sordidata, 167, 169 Anax, 97 Junius, 97 Andricus, 192 lubricola, 192 Aneflus, loi lengi, 1 0 1 Anergates, 180 atratulus, 180, 181, 182, 183 Anisops, 75 elegans, 75, 76, 77 platycnemis, 75, 76, 77 Antigonon, 151 leptopus, 151 Aphiochseta, 5 banksi, 5 curtineura, 6 Aphis, 109 aquilegise-flava, 109, 112 avense, iii, 112 bakeri, 109 trirhoda, 112, 113 Aphodius, 42 fimetarius, 42 Apiomerus, 97 crassipes, 97 Apis, 54 Aquilegia, 108 vulgaris, 112, 113 Arctostaphylos, 105 viscida, 105 Ardisia, 159 sieboldi, 159, 160 Argia, 40, 41 Argynnis, 48 194 Index. 195 anagarensis, 48 aphirape, 48 assianus, 48 freyi, 48 frigga, 48 Artemisia, 151 capillaris, 151 vulgaris, 151 Artocarpus, 160 integrifolia, 160, 161 Arundinaria, 160 sineoni, 160 Ascalaphus, 97 quadri-punctatus, 97 Aspidiotus, 104 arctostaphyli, 104 aurantii, 154, 160 citrinus, 154 cydoniae, 160 densiflorse, 105 ficus, 160 perniciosus, 105 rapax, 160 rossi, 154 secretus, 160 Asterolecanium, 152 bambusse, 151, 152 ■ delicatum, 152 miliaris, 152 palmse, 152 pasaniw, 152 solenophoroides, 152 urichi, 152 Atemnus, 146 gracilis, 146 Atlanticus, 98 dorsalis, 98 Atta, 93 Attelabus, 55 Atylostagma, 100 glahrum, 99 politum, 100 Aucuba, 15s japonica, 155 Aulacostethus, 97 marmoratus, 97 Austroleon, 3 com par, 3 dispar, 3 Axestinus, 100 Bambusaspis, 152 Barce, 48 Belostoma, 43 fluminea, 43 Bembidium, 42 carinula, 42 Bidens, 151 pilosa, 151 Bischoffia, 151 javana, 151 Blatta, 56 Bcehmeria, 159 densiflora, 159 Brachyacantha, 141 dentipes, 141 Brachynemurus, 2 meridionalis, 2 strigosus, 2 Brechmorhoga, 40 Brochymena, 97 annulata, 97 Brothylus, 100 subpubescens, 100 Bruchus, 45, 56 Buenoa, 74, 75 albida, 75 carinata, 75 elegans, 75 margaritacea, 75, 76, yj pallipes, 75 platycnemis, 75, 76, 77 Buprestris, 54 ultramarina, 96 Bursera, 105 gummifera, 105 Cacoplia, 96 pullata, 96 ^ Calais, 149 my ops, 149 patricius, 149 Callicarpa, 151 formosana, 151 Callidium, 189 janthinum, 189 Callistemon, 151 lanceolatus, 151 Callopistria, 138 floridensis, 138 Callosamia, 91 promethea, 91 Calocampa, 61 cineritia, 61, 62 mertena, 61 Calophyllum, 151 luophyllum, 151 Calopteryx, 40 Calosoma, 149 aurocinctum, 149 calidum, 189 scrutator, 149 splendidum, 142, 192 wilcoxi, 149 196 Journal New York Entomological Society. Camellia, 153 japonica, 153 Camphylenchia, 137 curvata, 137 Camponotus, 29 fallax, 90 marginatus, 90 nigriceps, 29 sayi, 90 schccfferi, 88 testaceipes, 29 texanus 90 Canavallia, 160 ensiformis, 160 Carabus, 42 limbatus, 50 mseander, 42 nemoralis, 93, 141, 143 Carica, 105 papaya, 105, 151 Cassandra, 85 Cassia, 151 Casuarina, 151 cunninghamiana, 151 distyla, 151 equisitifolia, 151 quadrivalvis, 151 suberosa, 151 torulosa, 151 Catabomba, 139 pyrastri, 139 Catocala, 98 coccinata, 98 gracilis, 98 herodias, 166, 193 similis, 98 Catorhintha, 94 guttula, 94 Celithemis, 40 Celtis, 151 sinensis, 151, 159, 161. 163 Centruchoides, 97 perdita, 97 Cerambyx, loi notatus, loi Ceroplastes, 153 floridensis, 159 rubens, 153 Ceroputo, 105 calcitectus, 105 Chariesterus, 97 antennator, 97 Chauliognathus, 45 Chelanops, 146 calidus, 147 confraternns, 147 garcianus, 147 obesus, 146 Chelifer, 146 approximatus, 146 Chelinidea, 94 vittigera, 94 Chilosia, 92 miocenica, 92 Chionaspis, 105 aucubse, 155 colemani, 155 kinshinensis, 155 latissima, 155 micropori, 106, 107 sassceri, 105 Chrysobothris, 45 Chrysomphalus, 154 aurantii, 154, 160 citrinus, 154 ficus, 160 rossi, 154 Chrysophanis, 96 epixanthe, 96 thoe, 140 Chryops, 97 Cicada, 53 lyricen, 97 tibicen, 53 Cicindela, 42 abdominalis, 96 consentanea, 96 formosa, 47 formosa-generosa, 47 generosa, 47, 96 duodecim-guttata, 42 harrisii, 192 hyperborea, 42 manitoba, 47 punctulata, 96 sexguttata, 192 vulgaris, 96 Cimbocera, 140 conspersa, 140 Cinnamomum, 151 camphora, 151 pedunculatum, 160 Citrus, 154, 159, 160, 161 aurantium, 160 bigaradia, 151 chirocarpus, 151 decumana, 151, 160 japonica, 151 medica, 151, 160 nobilis, 151 Clerus, 55 apivorus, 55 jouteli, 103 sphegeus, 104 Coccinella, 42 transversoguttata, 42 Index. 197 Coccus, 154 celtium, 162 frontalis, 159 fukayai, 154 hesperidum, 159 ochnacea, 154 Ceenonympha, 48 tiphon, 48 viluensis, 48 Colias, 48 hyperborea, 48 melinos, 48 orientalis, 48 palasno, 48 viluensis, 48 Copicullia, 63 antipoda, 63 luteodisca, 63 Coptocycla, 55 Corizus, 138 crassicornis, 138 Corymbites, 42 appressus, 42 Cossus, 55 Cremastogaster, 27 dispar, 27 pilosa, 98 sordidula, 27 Criocephalus, 42 agrestis, 42 Cryptocampus, 7 albirictus, 8, 10, 14 bebbiaiicc, 7, 9, 18, 20, 24 brachycarpae, 8, 10, 22 cooperse 8, 9, 11, 23 insularis, 8, 9, 14 iiiacgtllivrayi, 7, 8, g, 16, 19, 20, 24 maurus. 8, 9, 10, 22 niger, 8, 10, 11. 21 orbitalis, 8, 9, 10, 11, 18, 20 parvus, 10, 2^ perditus, 8, 9, 10, 24 perturbans, 12 propinquus, 7, 9, 24 salicicola, 8, 9, 10, 20, 22 salicis-nodus, 7, 9, 15, 16, 18, 23 salicis-ovum, 7, 9, 10, 12, 14 Cryptoleon, 97 nehulosum, 97 Cucullia, 63 ohtiisa, 63 Cucumis, 71 perennis, 71 Culex, 92 cantator, 92 pipiens, 92 sollicitans, 92 CurcuHo, 126 Cychrus, 50 lecontei, 50 Cycloptilum, 187 americanum, 187 poeyi, 187 squamosum, 187, 188 Cymus, 138 claviculus, 138 Dactylis, 107 glomerata, 107, iii Dactylopius, 161 ananasscc, 162 honinensis, 161 calceolarise, 162 Damaeus, 128 magnipilosus, 130 magmsetosus, 128, 129 michali, 129 rigidus, 130 Dendroides, 93 concolor, 93 Dermestes, 55 Diabrotica, 42 duodecim-punctata, 42 Dichothorax, 82 Discoderus, 45 Dimares, i albidilinea, i bellulus, 2 elegans, i formosus, 2 pretiosus, i, 2 subdolus, 2 venustus, 2 Diospyros, 153 kaki, 153, 161 Distylium, 155 racemosum, 155 Dromogomphus, 40 Drosophila, 141 ampelophila, 141 Durantia, 151 plumieri, 151 Dytiscus, 49 fasciventris, 49. 50 verticalis, 50, 140 Ecdysanthera, 151 utilis, 151 Ectatomma, 25 metallicum, 26 socrus, 25 Ecyrus, loi dasycerus, loi Elaphidion, 96 lengi, 1 01 unicolor, 96 198 Journal New York Entomological Society. Emblethis, 138 griseus, 138 Enallagma, 40 Ephebomyrmex, 79 nsegeli, 79, 80 pirn a, 79 imberbiculus, 79, 80 tozvnsendi, 80 Ephedrus, iii parcicornis, iii plagiator, 11 1 Epidemia, 140 epixanthe, 140 Epigomphus 40 Erebia, 48 dabanensis, 48 discoidalis, 48 fasciata, 48 semo, 48 Ergates, 150 Erpetogomphus, 40 Erythrina, 151 corallodendron, 151 Erythrodiplax, 40 berenice, 40 Eucalyptus, 151 robusta, 151 Euchloe, 48 infumata, 48 orientalis, 48 Eudryas, 93 unio, 93 Eurosta, 43 solidaginis, 43 Eurya, 153 ochnacea, 153, 154 Eurytoma, 18 studiosa, 21 Euura, 8 albiricta, 14 brachycarpse, 22 cooperse, 1 1 minata, 23 nigra, 11, 21 orbitalis, 10, 11 ovum, 12 parva, 23 perdita, 24 perturbans, 12 salicicola, 15, 20 salicis-gemma, 10 salicis-nodus, 15 salicis-ovum, 11, 12 salicis-ovulum, 14 Ejcochomus, 193 quadripunctulatus, 193 Feralia, 57 furtiva, 57 jocosa, 57 Ficus, 151 carica, 151 pumila, 151 retusa, 151 variolosa, 160 Fiorinia, 160 fiorinise, 160 Fishia, 59 banhami, 59 evelina, 59 Formica, 176 adamsi, 84 alpina, 85 ciliata, 85, 86, 87, 88 consocians, 172, 174, 175 coinata, 85, 87, 88 crinita, 87 dakotensis, 173 difficilis, 95 exsecta, 173 exsectoides, 173 fusca, 173, 174, 175, 176 incerta, 173, 174 microgyria, 173 oreas, 88 obscuripes, 87 pratensis, 173, 175 pressilabris, 173 rubiginosa, 87 rufa, 85, 87, 172, 173, 174, 17s, i76_ sanguinea, 173, 174, 175 schaufussi, 95 subsericea, 173 truncicola, 173, 174, 175 Garypus, 145 viridans, 145 Gerris, 43 canicularis, 43 marginatus, 43 remiges, 43 Gibbium, 47 Glassonotus, 97 acuminatus, 97 Goes, 96 debilis, 96 pulverulentus, 96 tessellatus, 96 Gomphoides, 40 Gomphus, 40 Grapta, 48 c-album, 48 Graptoderes, 142 austriacus, 142 cinereus, 142 Index. 199 elatus, 142 fasciaticollis, 142 occidentalis, 142 Grevillea, 151 robusta, 151 Griburius, 44 decoratus, 44 equestris, 44 larvatus, 44 lecontei, 44 montezuma, 44 scutellaris, 44 Gryllus, 53 Hagenius, 40 Haliplus, 142 Heliria, 97 cristata, 97 Hermannia, 131 siibnigra, 131 Hesperagrion, 40 Hetasrina, 40 Hibiscus, 151 glabra, 159 mutabilis, 151 tiliaceus, 159, 161 Himatium, 193 errans, 193 Hippodamia, 42 falcigera, 42 Holcaspis, 46 bassetti, 46 brevipinnata, 46 centricola, 46 cinerosa, 46 corallina, 46 divricornia, 46 ficigera, 46 globulus, 46 maculipennis, 46 omnivora, 46 perniciosa, 46 rubens, 46 sileri, 46 spongiosa, 46 succinipes, 46 trucksensis, 46 Hoploderma, 133 cucullatum, 133 hamatum, 133, 134 illinoisense, 133, 134 Howardia, 161 biclavis, 161 Hyalopterus, 107, 108 aquilegise, 112, 113 aquilegije-flavus, 107, 112 arundinis, 107 109, dactylidis, 107, 109, no, in, IIS flavus, 112 pruni, 107 trirhoda, 112 Hydnocera, 45 Hydrobius, 139 tessejlatus, 139 Hydrocharis, 49 obtusatus, 49, 50 Hydrometra, 43 lineata, 43 Hylotrupes, 190 bajulus, 190 Hypochthonius, 132 crosbyi, 1 32 Hyppa, 59 spaldingi, 59 Icerya, 150 purchasi, 150 Indigo fera, 151 tinctoria, 151 Ipf, 55 Iridomyrmex, 27 bicknelli, 27 detectus, 27 nitidus, 28 Ischnorhynchus, 138 resedae, 138 Isia, 139 Isabella, 139 Lachnosterna, 44 cribrosa, 44 Lagerstrcemia, 161 indica, 161 Lampyrus, 56 Largus, 97 succinctus, 97 Lasius, 84 interjectus, 84 occidentalis, 83 Lawsonia, 151 inermis, 151 Lecaniodiaspis, 152 Lecanium, 153 celtiuni, 162 frontale, 159 fitkayai, 154 hemisphericum, 159 hesperidum, 159 longulum, 163 mangiferse, 154 nigrum, 153, 159, 162 ochnacece, 154 pseudonignini, 162 20O Journal New York Entomological Society. sideroxylium, 1 62 viride, 154 Leiophyllum, 98 buxifoliuin, 98 Lepidosaphes, 155 arii, 163 buzenensis, 155 mochili, 157 uniloba, 156 Leptothorax, 82 furunculns, 82 melanderi, 81 nevadensis, 81 tricarinatus, 82 Leptura, 96 vagans, 96 Lespedeza, 151 cyrtobotrya, 151 juncea, 151 sieboldi, 151 Leucorliinia, 40 Liacarus, 124 glaber, 124 latns, 124 magnilamellatus, 124, 125 Lichtensia, 152 japonica, 152 Libellula, 40 Ligustrum, 160 japonicum, 160 medium, 160 Lithocosmos, 92 coquilleti, 92 Lucanus, 54 cervus, 54 Luperina, 57 burgessi, 58 discors, 57, 58, 59 ona, 58 Lycsena, 48 cyparissus, 48 optileta, 48 scudderia, 140 Lysiphlebus, 11 1 cerasaphis, iii Maba, 161 buxifolia, 161 Macaranga, 151 tanarius, 151 Macroleon, 4 validus, 4 Macromia, 40 Macrosiphum, 108 Magnolia, 151 longifolia, 151 Malachius, 45 seneus, 45 Mallotus, 151 japonicus, 151 Mantispa, 97 brunnea, 97 interrupta, 97 Melia, 160 Melipona, 48 fuscipes, 48 Melitsea, 48 aurelia, 48 idunia, 48 Melolontha, 55 Mesovelia, 43 bisignata, 43 Metaleptobasis, 40 Mezium, 47 Micrathyria, 40 Microcentrus, 143 carya, 143 Micropeplus, 193 cribratus, 193 Microvelia, 43 borealis, 43 Miscanthus, 161, 163 Monohammus, 42 confusor, loi notatus, 1 01 scutellatus, 42 Monomorium, 183 carbonarium, 184, 185 ebeninum, 184, 185, li ergatogyna, 186 floricola, 184 minimum, 184, 185 minutum, 183, 185, i8( Murraya, 151 exotica, 151 Musa, 151 sapientum, 151 Musca, 55 Myrmecia, 27 gulosa, 27 nigriceps, 27 pyriformis, 27 Myrmecocystus, 98 Ingubris, 98 mexicanus, 99 melliger, 99 Myrmecophila, 29 australis, 29 Myrmeleon, 4 crudelis, 97 validus, 4 Myrmica, 77 bradleyi, 77, 78 mutica, 77, 78 rubida, 77, 78 Mytilaspis, 153 Index. 201 arii, 163 buzeneiisis, 155 gloveri, 156, 163 machili, 157 pallida, 161 uniloba, 156 Myzus, 109 persicse, 109 Nandina, 151 domestica, 151 Nectarina, 143 lecheguana, 143 Nemobius, 188 palustris, 188 Neonympha, 96 phocion, 96 Nerium, 151 odorum, 151 Nesoleon, 4 braunsi, 4 Nazara, 97 pennsylvanica, 97 viridula, 138 Niesthria, 94 sidffi, 94 Notaspis, 125 brevisetosa, 125, 126 depilis, 125, 126, 127 lamellata, 123, 127 minuta, 125, 128 pallida, 125, 127 texana, 125, 126 Nothrus, 131 quadripilus, 131 Nyzius, 138 thymi, 138 Oberea, 96 gracilis, 96 ruficollis, 96 Ochodaeus, 30 americanus, 33 biarmatus, 31, 35 californicus, 31, 36 complex, 37, 38 duplex, 35 estriatus, 31, 35, 36, 38 frontalis, 31, 33, 37, 38 gnatho, 30, 32, 37 inarmatus, 31, 34 kaiisamts, 31, 34 mandibularis, 31, 38 musculus, 31, 33 nimius, 31, 37 opacus, 33 pectoralis, 30, 32 peninsularis, 31, 35 planifrons, 31, 33 prsesidii, 30, 31, 36, 37 repandus, 31, 36, 37 simplex, 30, 32 sparsus, 31, 37, 38 striatus, 31, 34, 35 ulkei, 31, 33, 35 Odonaspis, 160 secretus, 160 Odonata, 39 CEnothera, 171 biennis, 171 Olea, 161 europsea, 161 Olpium, 148 modestum, 148 Oncocnemis, 60 figurata, 61 griseicollis, 61 semicollaris, 60 Oneis, 48 actseloides, 48 aretliusoides, 48 bore, 48 jutta, 48 parsa, 48 Onthophagus, 36, 45 Ophiogomphus, 40 Ophion, 142 Orchelimum, 93 pulchellum, 93 Oribata, 118 enodis, 121, 122 helvina, 121, 122 latincisa, 121 macroptera, 119, 120, 121 minuta, 119, 121 nigra, 119 quadriciispidata, 119 robusta, 121 rugosala, 119, 120 Oribatella, 123 magniseta, 123 Osmanthus, 156 Osteomeles, 161 anthyllidifolia, 161 Palseococcus, 105 rosas, 105 Pamaris, 151 juniperina, 151 Pamphila, 48 arogos, 96 attains, 96 paljeno, 48 Pandeletejus, 140 cavirostris, 140 robustus, 140 202 Journal New York Entomological Society, submetallicus, 140 Papaia, i6i Papilio, 48 machaon, 48 Paranagrus, 167, 169 Parlatoria, 105 pergandei, 105 proteus, 160 Parnassius, 48 tenedius, 48 Pasania, 152 cuspidata, 152, 154 Pasimachus, 95 Pelops, 117 bifurcatus, 117, 118 laticuspidatus, 117 Pemphigus, iii Pentatoma, 138 juniperina, 138 Pepsis, 93 Perigea, 65 alfkenii, 65 Perilla, 151 neukinensis, 151 Phenacaspis, 155 aucubse, 15s latissima, 155 Photinia, 161 wrightiana, 161 Phthiracarus, 133 fiilvus, 133 Pieris, 48 callidice, 48 napi, 48 Pinus, 160 luchuensis, 160 Pithecolobium, 151 dulce, 151 Plagodis, 140 schuylkillensis, 140 Pogonocherus, 102 alaskanus, 102, 103 arizonicus, 102 californicus, 103 concolor, 102 crinitus, 102 mixtus, 102 negundo, 103 oregonus, 103 penicillatus, 102, 103 volitans, 102, 103 Pogonomyrmex, 79 iinberbiculus, 79 naegeli, 79 pirn a, 79 toii'nsendi, 80 Poinciana, 151 regia, 151 Polybia, 93 Polyergus, 95 lucidus, 95 Polygonum, 151 multiflorum, 151 Prionopteryx, 98 nebulifera, 98 Prionus, 55 Progomphus, 40 obscurus, 97 Pseudococcus, 105 ananassce, 162 boninensis, 161 jtmiperi, 105 Pseudoparlatoria, 105 ostreata, 105 Psilocephala, 92 hypogsea, 92 Psychotria, 151 elliptica, 151 Pterocarpus, 151 indicus, 151 Ptynx, 97 appendiculatus, 97 Pulvinaria, 153 aurantii, 159 Punica, 161 granatum, 161 camellicola, 153 Pygarctia, 138 abdominalis, 138 Pyritis, 138 Pyrus, 151 communis, 151 malus, 160 sinensis, 151, 160 Quercus, 155 nana, 166, 193 Ranatra. 43 quadridentata, 43 Renia. 70 exserta, 70 factiosalis, 71 flavipunctalis, 70 tilosalis, 70 Rhytidoponera, 25 metallica, 26 socrus, 25 Ricinus, 151 communis, 151 Ripersia, 161 agasazvarensis, 161 japonica, 161 Rosa, 108 centifolia, 113, 151 cinnamomea, 108 Index. 203 gallica, 112, 113 indica, 112, 113 Rothschildia, 192 jorulla, 192 Sabina, 105 monosperma, 105 Saissetia, 153 hemispherica, 159 nigra, 153, 159 pseudonigra, 162 sideroxylium, 162 Salix, 7 alba, 10, 21 babylonica, 151 bebbiana, 7, 19 brachycarpa, 23 cordata, 13 humilis, 14 longifolia, 16 luteosericea, 7, 12, 17 warburgii, 151 Samia, 91 cecropia, 142 Cynthia, 91 Satyrus, 93 alope, 92 maritima, 92 nephele, 92 Schoenicus, 96 puberulus, 96, 193 Sicyobius, 71 brousii, 71 Sideroxylon, 161 ferrugineum 161, 162 Silpha, 56 Siphocoryne, iii avenae, iii, 112 Slevia, 151 coccinea, 151 Smilia, 45 camelus, 45, 97 Solanum, 159 melongena, 159 Solidago, 43 canadensis, 43 Sphagnum, 85 Spium, 151 sebiferum, 151 Staphylinus, 55 Stigmacros, 29 clivispina, 29 Stigmatomma, 27 pallipes, 2y Strongylaspis, 149 scobinatus, 149 Strongylognathus, 180, 183, 186 afer, 178, 186 alpinus, 177, 178, 179, 180, 182, 183, 186 caecilise, 177, 186 cecconii, 186 christophi, 177, 186 foreli, 186, 187 gallica, 186 huberi, 176, 177, 178, 183, 186, 187 rehbinderi, 178, 186 ruzskyi, 186 testaceus, 182, 183, 186 Sympetrum, 40 Syrphus, 139 arcuatus, 139 lapponicus, 139 pyrastri, 139 Syzygium, 160 cleyersefolium, 160, 161 Tabanus, 92 hipparionis, 92 parahippi, 92 Tachopteryx, 40 Tseniocampa, 64 alia, 66 occluna, 64 pacifica, 65, 66 quinquefasciata, 65 Tagara, 93 pallida, 93 Takahashia, 153 citricola, 153 japonica, 153 Tapinoma, 2y minutum, 27 Tectona, 151 grandis, 151 Telamona, 165 ampelopsidis, 165 Telia, 165 brinaculata, 165 Terminalia, 159 catappa, 159, 161 Tetanolita, 68 floridana, 69 fulata, 69 greta, 68 Tetramorium, 176 cespitum, 176-183 Tetropium, 42 cinnamopterum, 42 Tettigea, 97 hieroglyphica, 97 Tetyra, 97 bipunctata, 97, 193 Thea, 151 204 Journal New York Entomological Society. japonica, 153, 161 sinensis, 151 Thelia, 97 univittata, 97 Thrips, 55 Toxoptera, iii, 112 Trachelospermum, 161 jasminoides, 161 Trema, 151 orientalis, 151 Tricuspis, no seslerioides, no Trigona, 48 Triphysa, 48 tscherkii, 48 Tropobates, 43 pictus, 43 Trox, 51, 55 erinaceus, 51 scaber, 51 unistriatus, 51 Tyloderma, 171 foveolatum, 171 Tyndaris, 44 Utetheisa, 138 bella, 138 hybrida, 138 ornatrix, 138 pulchella, 138 terminalis, 138 Vanduzea, 137 arcuata, 137 Viburnum, 151 erosum, 151 Xiphidium, 44 strictum, 44 Xylina, 62 atara, 62 lepida, 62 nasal', 62, 63 thaxteri, 62 Xylocleptes, 73 cucurbitse, 73 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