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Some of these represent new genera which, as well as some of the most interesting species, will be described in preliminary papers of which this is the first. CEROMETOPUM gen. nov. Suggesting Mosillus Latr. in general form, but differing mostly in the structure of the face and in the pectination of the arista. The frontal bristles are well developed, which is not the case with that genus. The face is not deeply exca- vated beneath the antennae and with no indication of a tuber- 241 242 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [June, ’14 cle in the middle, but is evenly convex, excepting the shallow antennal depression, and entirely transversely wrinkled. From this diagnosis there will be no difficulty in distinguishing the species of this genus. As Mosillus is not apparently repre- sented in South America, this genus probably takes its place there. It may be characterized as follows: Similar to Mosillus Latr. in general build. Head (Pl. X, figure 3) as broad as high; eyes large, elliptical, not promi- nent. Front broader with orbits parallel, smooth except for small distinct pits; besides the usual vertical and ocellar bris- tles there is a pro+ and a reclinate orbital present. Face gently convex, retreating, depressed at antennae; except di- rectly beneath antennae, strongly transversely sulcate, the sulci somewhat tortuous laterally, the elevations interrupted by the suggestion of orbital grooves, the entire face appearing somewhat honey-combed under moderate magnification ; facial bristles hair-like, numerous, situated in a pit in each sulcus in position to corresponding with the orbital groove. Clypeus quadrate, very prominent, usually deflexed. Proboscis and palpi small. Antennae very short, third joint quadrate, sec- ond weakly spinose, arista distinctly pectinate above. Thorax quadrate, with 1 prescutellar near roots of scutellum, 1-2 post- alars, 2 notopleurals, 1 humeral, all weak. Scutellum broad, broadly rounded apically, with 4 marginal bristles. Abdomen ovate in both sexes; genitalia inconspicuous. Legs robust; anterior femora finely ciliate beneath apically, but no spines or bristles. Genotype.—Cerometopum mosilloides n. sp. Cerometopum mosilloides n. sp. (Plate X, fig. 3). Entirely black, except palpi white or yellowish, all tarsi except api- cally, apex of middle and hind femora and their tibiae, entirely yellow; all tibiae silvery outside; anterior tibiae brown. Wings luteous, with yellow veins, but costa darker. Front shining, with no differentiated areas, but with distinct spheri- cal pits as follows: A pair behind and a pair before the line of an- terior ocellus and near anterior margin of front. Face shining, with greenish metallic reflections. Cheeks one-half eye-height with weak bristle. Antennae about one-sixth as long as face, third joint nearly Vol. xxv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 243 round, arista with five hairs. Mesonotum opake with greenish gray granular pollinose vestiture and three narrow brown vittae medianly which do not attain posterior margin. Scutellum flattened, of like color and surface. Pleurae except mesopleura polished. Abdomen pol- ished, with slight greenish tinge. Femora polished. Length, 3.0 to 3.5 mm. 4, Fourth abdominal segment equalling 2 and 3 together, fifth and second subequal. Holotype—% Baranquilla, Colombia. Collected March, 1912 (Ujhelyi), in the Hungarian National Museum Collec- tion. Paratypes—Paraguay: San Barnardino (7, Barbarczy, Feb.-Mar., 1906), Puerto Max, (1, Vezenyi, Jan.-Apr., 1905). PSILEPHYDRA Hendel.! A species was recognized from Costa Rica as belonging to a new genus, and I had drawn up a description of it as such when the Supplementa Entomologica came to hand. Hendel’s new genus, erected for a species found in Formosa, was at once recognized as being similar to, if not identical with, my new one. The drawing had been made and engraved, or I would have given figures of characters of more specific im- portance. In addition to the form of the head, there are other essential characters which make it very probable that the Costa Rican species belongs to this genus. It is extremely interesting that species from so widely separated localities should be discovered about the same time belonging to the same and a new genus. The following notes are based on the examination of the Costa Rican specimens only. This genus may be distinguished by the peculiar shield-like development of the face which extends rather low, appearing somewhat subhemispherical, being evenly and distinctly con- vex in all directions, including the cheeks. There are no in- dications of the usual parafacial grooves or areas, and the face is destitute of characteristic bristles or hairs. In general the face appears vaulted or arched, as is typical with Ephydra and Parydra, but the mouth is not proportionately so large. 1Supplementa Entomologica No. III, p. 99, 1914. iS) 44 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [ June, ’14 At the first glance its head suggests affinity to Ilythea, but on further examination it is seen to belong to an entirely differ- ent subfamily. The form of the head, thorax and abdomen, and its chaetotaxy determines its relation to Hydrina and Axysta. The abdomen suggests Gastrops, having apparently only four segments in the male and five in the female with the second and third much longer than the others. The apical margin of the third, in profile, is horizontal as in Lytogaster and A-rysta. Psilephydra nemorosa n. sp. (Plate X, fig. 4). Entirely shining black with faint submetallic lustre, or somewhat ob- scured by the sparse brown pollen and the granular or scrobiculated surface, especially of thorax and scutellum. Face greenish bronze (to whitish in immature specimens), appearing golden from the dense yel- lowish microscopic pubescence. MHalteres black. Legs black with trochanters, apices and bases of tibiae and all tarsi except apices, yel- lowish. Wings brown hyaline, immaculate. Vertex smooth, twice or more times as broad as length of front; frental orbits converging anteriorly. Face one-half as broad as vertex, nearly three times as long as broad, evenly clothed with scattered hairs and dense pubescence. Cheeks as broad as eye-height, without bristle. Antennae with second and third joints subequal, together somewhat globose; arista as long as width of vertex, thickened at extreme base, microscopically plumose. Mesonotum and scutellum minutely scrobiculate or granulate. Pleurae and abdomen more shining; segment 2 equals 2x1, 3 equals 1.5x2, 4 equals 1. Ventral lobes of dorsal plates nearly contiguous. Legs with no apparent characteristic bristles. Apical joint of fore tarsi 6 dilated, with an apical fan of eight or more long hairs, their claws long and stout, so spread laterally as to diametrically oppose each other, their pulvilli also enlarged. Wings with vein 2 as long as ulti- mate section of 3; 2, 3 and 4 straight, parallel; 5 sinuate; posterior cross vein three times penultimate section of 4. Length 1.5 mm. Holytype-—é, Juan Vifias, Costa Rica. Collected May 1, 1910, 4 p. m., (P. P. Calvert) at a forest brook, 2500 feet al- titude. No. 6065. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadel- phia. Paratypes—2 2 2 3 with same data; 1 male, Rio Siquiares, Turrucares, Costa Rica.” 2Notes on the Costa Rican localities cited in this paper will be found in Transactions, Amer. Ent. Soc., xl, pp. 1-8, 1914. Vol. xxv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 245 This species should not be confused with the Formosa spe- cies (P. cyanoprosopa Hend.) on account of the black hal- teres and the structure of the fore tarsi of the male, as well as other characters which may be gleaned from the full de- scription given above. PLANINASUS new genus. The position of this genus is doubtful. It evidently is not a typical Ephydrid, although superficially resembling some of the genera allied to Ephydra. The preapical tibial bristles are well developed as well as the second basal and anal cells. The dorsocentral bristles are in the same series as the prescutellars, and there are two distinct sternopleural bristles. It is prob- ably to a genus belonging to an independent line originating from the common ancestor of the Ephydridae and Droso- philidae. The genus may be characterized as follows: Head (Pl. X, figures 5-6) higher than long, broader than high. Eyes nearly as high as head, oblique, bare, not protruding. Occiput concave above, vertex sharp and con- cave. Front broader at antennae than at vertex; ocellar tuber- cle small, near occiput; inner and outer verticals present, no ocellars or post-verticals, 1 latero-reclinate and 1 mesally inclined orbitals with their bases close and situated opposite anterior ocellus. Antennae widely separated by an oblique flattened area limited above by the transversely straight lunu- lar ridge and extending to near middle of face. Face broad with lower part vertical, transversely convex, with strong bristles in transverse series near oral margin. Antennal foveae apparent, with parafacial groove running close to orbits. Mouth large, as broad as face above; clypeus retracted. An- tennae (as in figure 7) so articulated at first joint that the inner surface of the second is turned obliquely forward. Thorax longer than broad, obliquely as high with sterno- pleura well developed. One dorsocentral at suture with few setulae anteriorly, 1 pair of widely separated prescutellars in same series as dorsocentrals, I post-, I supra-alar, 2 noto- pleurals, 1 or more mesopleurals, 2 sternopleurals, 2 scutellars. Abdomen ovate narrower than thorax. 246 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [ June, ’14 Legs normal: fore coxae short, far from attaining base of middle pair; preapical bristles on all tibiae. Claws small cury- ed; pulvilli present. Wings elongate with costa unbroken attaining the fourth vein but with small bristles at end of first ; auxiliary vein coalescing apically with first; second basal and anal cells distinct, the latter small rounded apically. Genotype—Planinasus ambiguus n. sp. Planinasus ambiguus n. sp. (Plate X, figs. 5-7). Shining black; lunule area, halteres, coxae, basal half or two-thirds of all femora, bases of fore and hind tarsi, yellow; lower two-thirds of oblique plate metallic-tinged; lower face seen from above densely metallic pale green, becoming opake black or brown in other aspects; lower angles of front velvety black. Mesonotum and scutellum sparse- ly yellow pruinose; pleura paler more opake than mesonotum. Wings brownish, immaculate; veins black. All macrochaetae strong and black. Front twice as broad as long, with two reclinate bristles on lunule margin. Face two-thirds as broad as vertex with vertical part one- third the height of head; oblique plate half the width of face, longer than broad, with two long upcurved converging bristles on lower mar- gin; lower face with four erect bristles in transverse series near oral margin, a lateral series of two down-curved hairs near lower orbits, and a pair of erect bristles in a vertical series above the outermost bristles of transverse series. Cheeks very narrow. Antennae as in Figure 7. Abdomen (partly concealed by the somewhat mutilated wings) ap- pears grayish, opake becoming shining apically. Hypopygium com- plicated. Fore femora with 1-2 long bristles on lateral flexor margin apically. Wings with second costal section twice as long as third; veins 2, 3, 4 straight, parallel. Length 3.0 mm. Holotype-—é, Cachi, Costa Rica, Valley of Rio Naranjo. Collected March 9, 1910, by Dr. P. P. Calvert. In collection at Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, No. 6069. Philygria basalis n. sp. (Plate X, fig. 1). Opake with apex of abdomen polished. Black, with face, third an- tennal joint inferiorly, tarsi and tibiae in part, yellow. Halteres white, knob with blackish spot. Head and thorax cinereous with brown mark- ings. Abdomen with opake white spots and bands. Wings hyaline with basal infuscation as in Figure 1. Arista with long hairs above; mesonotum with two dorso-central bristles. Vol. xxv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 247 Front with a large deltoid mark laterad of antennae, a round dot be- low anterior ocellus and a dot at base of vertical bristles, black, leaving narrow orbits and oblique stripe from vertical angles to antennae cinereous; narrow facial and _ buccal orbits silvery white, complete parafacial groove narrowly brown; median area yellowish white prui- nose. Occiput black below. Antennae brown except inferior half of third joint. Mesonotum with five brown vittae; pleura sparsely cinereous above, with brown stripe across mesopleura. Scutellum brown. Abdomen with segments 1 to 3 sparsely brown pruinose; apices of 2 to 3 mar- gined with silver, broadly interrupted medianly; segments 4 to 5 pol- ished, former with four, latter with three, submarginal silvery dots; all segments with lateral margins narrowly silvery. Femora black, apices yellow; fore tibiae entirely, apices and bases of middle and hind tibiae and median ring on latter yellow; apices of tarsi black. Front hardly twice as broad as long; orbits nearly parallel. Face abruptly narrowed to about width of third antennal joint, with orbits parallel for short distance then broadening into cheeks; but little de- pressed below antennae and in profile obliquely protruding below, the prominence shining with convex margin; parafacial grooves above close and parallel, separated by an equally narrow yellow stripe which broad- ens below into the protruding median area; bristles hair-like. Cheeks hardly as broad as third antennal joint. Latter subconical with upper margin straight; arista hardly half as long as third, with 9-10 hairs. Dorso-central and intra-alar setulae discernible. Chaetotaxy as in P. calverti. Scutellum broad, flat, apex truncate. Venation as in Fig- ure 1. Length 1.5 mm. Holotype—? Tucuman, Argentina (Vezenyi). Collection of Hungarian National Museum. Paratype-—1 2 Asuncion, Paraguay. There will be no difficulty in recognizing this species from the drawing of the wing. Philygria calverti n. sp. (Plate X, fig. 2). Opake; black, head and thorax cinereous variegated with black and brown spots. Abdomen black, segments 3-5 each with four white spots. Legs brown or black becoming yellow on tarsi. Wings infuscate, with numerous clear white spots as in Figure 2. Arista long pectinate above. Mesonotum with two pairs dorso-central bristles. Front with spot at base of verticals, an elongate band from cinereous ocellar tubercle to anterior orbits, brown. Broad facial and buccal or- bits white; facial groove brown; median area ochreous to white below; lower occiput black. Antennae black with joint 3 yellow below. Meso- notum with rudiments of two approximated median more or less fused stripes, three pairs of large dorso-central spots, three lateral and one 248 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [ June, *14 notopleural spots, black or brown. Pleura black below with upper mar- gin and longitudinal stripe over mesopleura cinereous. Scutellum black with basal angles cinereous. Halteres white with apex of knob infus- cate. Abdominal spots arranged in four longitudinal series, two on dorsum and one on each ventral lobe of dorsal plate; sometimes apical margins of these segments narrowly cinereous, or the spots may be ab- sent on most segments. Apices of femora, bases and apices of tibiae, and tarsi except apices, yellow. Front convex, twice as broad as long. Face depressed above, as broad as length of third antennal joint, below strongly, obliquely pro- jecting, with about 5 hair-like side bristles; facial prominence bare, shining, in profile with straight margin. Cheeks hardly more than half as wide as third antennal joint. Antennae with joint 3 subconical, straight on upper margin; arista with 8-9 hairs which are nearly as long as width of third. Mesonotal setulae indiscernible except in post intra-alar series; no prescutellars, otherwise chaetotaxy normal. Abdominal marginal bris- tles proportionately long and suberect. Venation as in Figure 2. Length 1.5 mm. . Holotype—¢, Alajuela, Costa Rica. Collected September 15, 1909, by sweeping at 3100 feet altitude by P. P. Calvert. In collection at Philadelphia Academy of Natural Sciences. No. 6064. Paratypes—1 ¢@, Juan Vifias, Costa Rica, April, 1910, (P. P. Calvert); 1 ¢ 1 2, Asuncion, Villa Morra, Paraguay ( Vezenyi). Evidently belonging to the picta group which has long hairs on the arista and only two dorso-central bristles. It is my pleasure to name this pretty species in honor of my friend, Dr. Philip P. Calvert, who by careful collecting in Costa Rica has brought to light many new and interesting species of this family. Lytogaster pallipes n. sp. Shining black, sparingly brown pruinose; antennae except above, palpi, and legs except femora sometimes infuscate medianly, yellow; halteres whitish; face and cheeks sparingly cinereous, narrow orbits densely silvery; wings hyaline, yellowish, immaculate, with yellow veins. Smooth, except abdomen sometimes faintly sculptured especially basally. Front 1.5 times as broad as long; orbitals small. Face half the width of vertex, twice as long as broad, with weak median tuberos- ity; upper orbits parallel; bristles minute. Cheeks as wide as third an- tennal joint; latter large, as broad as long; arista short-haired above. Vol. xxv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 249 Mesonotum with dorso-central setulae weak. Scutellum convex, rounded. Abdomen elongate, weakly arched, lateral margins rounded; sparsely minute brown pubescent; segment 2 weakly flattened dorsally ; dorsal length of 4 more than total length of 1 to 3. Genital segments scarcely exserted. Wings with second costal section two-thirds as long as third; ultimate section of vein 4 two and one-half times as long as preceding. Length 1.7 mm. Holotype —82 ?, Cachi, Costa Rica. Collected March to, 1910, at stagnant pool near banks of Rio Reventazon by Dr. P. P. Calvert. In collection of Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. No. 6068. . Paratypes—t1 with same data; 14, Cartago, January to December ; 2, Brook Toyogres near Tierra Blanca, April; 1, Bonnefil Farm, Rio Surubres, October; 1, Turrucares, Decem- ber. All in Costa Rica. Distinguished by its pale yellow legs and smooth mesonotum. Lytogaster granulosus n. sp. Black, shining, sparingly brown pruinose; mesonotum and scutellum opake; antennae except above, apices of palpi, legs except apices, tawny; halteres whitish, knobs blackish; face, cheeks and pleura spar- ingly cinereous, orbits densely white; wings hyaline, yellowish, immacu- late. Front twice as broad as long, weakly punctured, opake orbits dilat- ing anteriorly. Face one-third of the width of vertex, three times as long as broad; tubercle weak; cheeks slightly broader than third an- tennal joint. Antennae elongate; third joint twice as long as broad; arista short-haired above. Entire mesonotum densely, granularly sculp- tured; acrostical and dorso-central setulae discernible. Scutellum simi- larly sculptured, quadrate, flat. Pleura sculptured as front. Abdomen finely, closely pitted, becoming more shining laterally and apically; lateral margins rounded; venter hollow; segment 4 equalling 2 plus 3. Wing: Costa with third section 1.25 times as long as second. Length 1.7 mm. Holotype-— 3? Near Guapiles, Costa Rica, June 4, 1909, 1100 feet altitude (P. P. Calvert). Collection at Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, No. 6067. Paratypes—Bonnefil Farm, Rio Surubres, 6, October ; Cachi, 1, March; Banana River, 2, November; Juan Vifas, 1, June; all collected by Dr. P. P. Calvert, in Costa Rica. Although the legs are entirely yellowish, they are darker, are more brownish than are those of pallipes, and the meso- notum is not shining. 250 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [June, *14 Gastrops willistoni n. sp. Shining to polished black, sparingly brown and gray pruinose; an- tennae except apex, clypeus, proboscis, tibiae, tarsi and wing veins, tawny; halteres, knobs black; wings yellowish-brown, immaculate. Nar- row facial orbits densely pruinose; mesonotum subopake with two com- plete median vittae sometimes more or less coalescing, another laterad interrupted at suture and extending anteriorly along lateral margin to humeral angle, grayish; abdomen bluish-black with a semi-lateral pol- ished bronze spot on segment 4. Front depressed in middle, with two orbitals. Face two-thirds as wide as vertex, I.5.times as long as wide; tuberosity above middle; lower slightly retreating part hardly as high as cheeks; five facial bris- tles with second from uppermost the longest and opposite middle of tuberosity. Clypeus distinct. Cheeks one-half of the height of head, with strong bristle. Third antennal joint twice as long as broad; arista with 12-14 hairs. i Mesonotal bristles strong, normal, scutellum flat, broadly truncate, with two elongate conical or cylindrical apical tubercles, each bearing long bristles; lateral bristles distinct. Abdomen densely scrobiculate; segment 3 1.5 times as long as 2 and equalling 4; apical margins of all smooth. Legs clothed with long hairs, Hind tibiae more or less polished, swollen and flattened apically. Sec- ond costal section twice as long as third; vein 3 sinuate so that first posterior cell is narrowed apically. Length 4.0 mm. Holotype—é Chapada, Brazil. (H. H. Smith). In the collection at Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, No. 6066. Possessed through the kindness of Prof. S. W. Willis- ton, the author of this genus, after whom I have the pleasure of naming this large and well marked species. Paratype—1 2, Bartica, British Guiana. Allied to niger Will. in its immaculate wings with sinuate second vein, but the vittate, subopake mesonotum, the flat bituberculate scutellum and larger size will separate this spe- cies. EXPLANATION OF PLATE X. Fig. 1. Philygria basalis, wing. Fig. 2. Philygria calverti, wing. Fig. 3. Cerometopum mosilloides, head in profile. Fig. 4. Psilephydra nemorosa, head in profile. Fig. 5. Planinasus ambiguus, head in full. Fig. 6. Planinasus ambiguus, head in profile. Fig. 7. Planinasus ambiguus, right antenna. Vol. xxv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 251 New Proctotrypoidea from Australia (Hym.). By Aan P. Dopp, Nelson (Cairns), Queensland. The following species have been found in a collection of Hymenoptera from North Queensland. The types are all in the collection of the South Australian Museum, Adelaide, a The magnification used was two-thirds-inch objective, one- inch optic, Bausch & Lomb. Family DRYINIDAE, Subfamily AnTEonrNae.. Genus Anteon Jurine. (1) Anteon rufiscapus Dodd. A female of this species has been received from my father, Mr. F..P. Dodd, of Kuranda, and was caught while sweeping on edge of jungle, Kuranda, near Cairns, June, 1913. (2) Anteon coriaceus Perkins. One female taken with the above species. (3) Anteon parvulus Perkins. I have a female of this species caught by Mr. A. A. Girault while sweeping in forest, Nelson, near Cairns, August, 1912. (4) Anteon giraulti sp. nov. 9 .—Length 3.50 mm. Like superbus Dodd, but the abdomen is black, a little suffused with brown; the antennae are more brown, and the metanotum is without the two grooves. é.—Unknown. Described from a single specimen caught while sweeping foliage in a jungle, December 30, 1911 (A. A. Girault). Habitat—North Queensland (Yungaburra, 2500 ft., Cairns district). Type.—A female tagmounted. This is the eighteenth spe- cies of the genus from Australia. Family SCELIONIDAE, Subfamily TeLenominar. Genus Telenomus Haliday. (1) Telenomus bicolor sp. nov. 9 —Length 0.75 mm. - Head and apical two-thirds of the abdomen black; thorax and basal third of the abdomen golden yellow; legs pale yellow; antennae pale yellow, the club light brown. 252 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [ June, ’14 Head as wide as the thorax; thorax a little longer than wide, finely polygonally sculptured; abdomen a little longer and wider than the thorax, first and second segments striate, first segment short, second segment very large. Antennae 11-jointed; scape long and slender equal to next six joints combined; pedicel slender, twice as long as wide; first funicle joint shorter and narrower than the pedicel, twice as long as wide; second and third shorter, but longer than wide; fourth as wide as long; club 5- jointed; joints 1-4 wider than long, first joint small, second the longest and widest. Forewings reaching a little beyond tip of abdomen; rather narrow; hyaline; marginal cilia moderately long; discal cilia very fine and dense; submarginal vein attaining the costa a little before the middle of the wing; marginal vein not as long as the stigmal which is rather short; postmarginal vein very long. é.—Unknown. Described from a single specimen caught while sweeping in forest, April 13, 1913 (A. P. Dodd). Habitat—North Queensland (Nelson, near Cairns). Type. —A female on a slide. (2) Telenomus otho sp. nov. 2 .—Length 1.30 mm. Like oenone Dodd, but the forewings are broader, the venation darker, the legs are darker, and the head and thorax are reticulately rugulose. é.—Unknown. Described from two specimens caught while sweeping in forest, April, 1913 (A. A. Girault). Habitat—North Queensland (Nelson, near Cairns). Type. —A female tagmounted plus a slide bearing antennae and forewings. (3) Telenomus oenone Dodd. This common species has been found in another locality, a female having been caught by Mr. A. A. Girault by sweeping grass, etc., Castle Hill, Townsville, North Queensland, 23rd January, 1913. (4) Telenomus oeta sp. nov. 9.—Length 1.00 mm. Like oenone Dodd, but the femora are black, antennae black, scarcely suffused with red; the short first abdominal segment is striate, the re- maining segments are smooth; antennal club only 5-jointed, the third joint the longest and widest; marginal vein only one-fourth as long as the stigmal. é.—Unknown. Vol. xxv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 253 Described from a single specimen caught while sweeping in an old Chinese garden, overgrown with weeds, November 3, 1912 (A. A. Girault). Habitat—North Queensland (Proserpine, near Bowen.) Type——A female on a slide. If Walker’s three species, which are doubtfully Telenomus, are included, this will be the twenty- fourth Australian species of the genus. Genus Dissolcoides Dodd. (1) Dissolcoides flavinervus sp. nov. Q.—Length 1.35 mm. Like exsertus Dodd, but the ovipositor is not exserted and the fore- wings are not so broad. $.—Unknown. Described from a single specimen caught while sweeping grass and foliage, roadside, jungle, February 28, 1913 (A. A. Girault). Habitat—North Queensland (Halifax, Herbert River). Type—A female Gemodntct plus a slide bearing antennae and forewings. Subfamily ScELIONINAE. Genus Paridris Kieffer. (1) Paridris rufiventris sp. nov. $.—Length, 1.45 mm. Like tridentata Dodd, but the metanotum and all the thorax ventrad are bright brownish yellow, the marginal vein is nearly as long as the stigmal, the discal ciliation is fine and dense, and the first funicle joint is as long and as wide as the pedicel. Parapsidal furrows absent. 2 —Unknown. Described from a single specimen caught while sweeping in forest, May 10, 1913 (A. A. Girault). Habitat—North Queensland (Nelson, near Cairns). Type. —A male tagmounted plus a slide bearing antennae and fore- wings. The sixth Australian species of the genus. ‘Genus Ceratoteleia Kieffer. This genus is synonymous with Baryconus Foerster. Genus Baryconus Foerster. (1) Baryconus (Ceratoteleia) fuscus Dodd. This species, origin- ally caught at Brisbane, has been found at Nelson, North Queens- land, a female having been caught by sweeping in forest, 26th June, 1913 (A. A. Girault). 254 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [ June, ’14 (2) Baryconus (Ceratoteleia) fasciatus Dodd. A male of this species was taken by sweeping forest, Mount Pyramid, 1000 feet, Nelson, 27th August, 1912 (A. A. Girault). The pedicel is short; the funicle joints all long and cylindrical; first funicle joint twice as long as wide; second twice as long as the first; remaining joints subequal. (3) Baryconus exsertus sp. nov. 2.—Length, 2.25 mm. (excluding the ovipositor). Black, neck of the pronotum and its centre ventrad ferruginous; abdomen a little suffused with brown; legs (including coxae) golden yellow; first four antennal joints a little suffused with red. - Head and thorax with fine dense punctures; parapsidal furrows only indicated posteriorly; postscutellum with a short spine; posterior angles oi the metanotum with a sharp spine. Abdomen a little longer than the head and thorax united; distinctly wider than the thorax; first segment with a distinct horn; first and second segments striate; ovi- positor exserted for fully the length of the body. Antennae as in pulcher Dodd. Forewings as in pulcher, but the marginal vein is one- half as long as the stigmal, and the postmarginal is a little longer than the stigmal. ¢.—Unknown. Described from a single specimen caught while sweeping in forest, Nelson, June 30, 1913 (A. P. Dodd). The fifteenth Australian species of the genus. Habitat—North Queensland (Nelson, near Cairns). Type. —A female tagmounted plus a slide bearing antennae and forewings. (4) Baryconus simplex sp. nov. 9 —Length, 1.50 mm. Black; abdomen dark brown, its base bright yellow; legs (including the coxae), and antennal scape golden yellow; rest of antennae brown. Head and thorax with very fine surface sculpture, the scutellum smooth; parapsidal furrows distinct. Abdomen petiolate; no longer than the head and thorax united; wider than the thorax; first and second segments striate; first segment as wide as long ,without a horn; cvipositor a little exserted. Antennae 12-jointed; scape long and slender; pedicel slender, twice as long as wide; first funicle joint shorter and narrower than the pedi- cel, twice as long as wide; second and third subequal, shorter; fourth as wide as long; fifth wider than long; club 5-jointed, joints 1-4 much wider than long. Forewings reaching a little beyond apex of abdomen; moderately broad; almost hyaline; discal cilia moderately coarse, not very dense; Vol. xxv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 255 marginal cilia rather long; submarginal vein attaining the costa about the middle of the wing; marginal vein nearly as long as the stigmal, which is rather short, very oblique; postmarginal vein twice as long as the marginal; basal vein obsolete. ¢.—Unknown. Described from a single specimen caught while ‘sweeping foliage in a bog, jungle, July 17, 1912 (A. A. Girault). Habitat—North Queensland (Innisfail). Type—A female tagmounted plus a slide bearing antennae and forewings with type appendages of speciosus Dodd. Genus Baeoneura Foerster. (1) Baeoneura giraulti Dodd. A female of this species was caught while sweeping in forest, Nelson, 21st March, 1913 (A. A. Girault), also another female in the same locality 30th June, 1913 (A. P. Dodd). I have verified the 11-jointed antennae. Genus Opisthacantha Ashmead. (1) Opisthacantha nigriceps Dodd. One female specimen caught while sweeping miscellaneous vegetation, Ingham, North Queens- land, February, 1913 (A. A. Girault). This is a new locality for the species. Genus Sparaison Latreille. (1) Sparaison australicum sp. nov. ¢.—Length, 2 mm. Shining black, legs (except the coxae) ferruginous; antennae black. Head transverse, a little wider than the thorax; coarsely reticulately rugulose; frontal ledge distinct; eyes large, pubescent. Thorax a little longer than wide, very coarsely rugulose; mesonotum large, without furrows; scutellum large, projecting a little over the metathorax, its posterior edge emarginate; metanotum very short. Abdomen sessile; as long as the head and thorax united; scarcely as wide as the thorax; coarsely longitudinally rugulose. Antennae 12-jointed; scape slender, equal to next three joints com- bined; pedicel slender, twice as long as wide; first funicle joint as long as the pedicel; second a little shorter; 3-9 subequal, a little longer than wide; last joint as long as the pedicel. Forewings reaching apex of abdomen, broad, hyaline; marginal cilia short; discal cilia rather coarse and dense; submarginal vein attaining the costa about the middle of the wing; stigmal vein mod- erately long, very oblique, its apex curved slightly caudad; venation dark fuscous. 9+—Unknown. Described from two specimens caught while sweeping in forest, May 9, 1913 (A. A. Girault), and June 30, 1913 (A. P. Dodd). The first species of the genus from Australia. 256 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [ June, ’14 Habitat—North Queensland (Nelson, near‘Cairns). Type. —A male tagmounted plus a slide bearing antennae and fore- wings. : Genus Cremastoscelio Dodd. (1) Cremastoscelio nigripes sp. nov. 2 .—Length, 1.25 mm. Like flavipes Dodd, but coxae and femora fuscous, tibiae suffused with yellow; forewings narrower. The mandibles of both this species and the type of the genus are broad, 4-dentate, the outer tooth the largest, the others small. ¢—Unknown. Described from a single specimen caught while sweeping in forest, May 10, 1912 (A. A. Girault). Habitat—North Queensland (Nelson, near bs Type. —A female on a slide. Genus Plastogryon Kieffer. (1) Plastogryon aureus sp. nov. $.—Length, 1.25 mm. Head black; thorax bright brownish yellow, the scutellum much darker; abdomen golden yellow, the apical third dorsad, black; legs and auierund scape golden yellow; rest of antennae brown. Head transverse, as wide as the thorax; thorax a little longer tide wide; very finely sculptured, pubescent; mesonotum without furrows. Abdomen sessile, as long as the head and thorax united, almost as wide as the thorax; first segment rather long, striate; second a little longer than the first, finely polygonally sculptured; remaining segments short. Antennae 12-jointed; scape very slender, equal to next 4 joints com- bined; pedicel slender, twice as long as wide; funicle joints filiform, all a little longer than wide; first and second funicle joints a little longer than the following ones; last joint as long as the pedicel. Forewings when closed extending well beyond apex of abdomen; moderately broad, the apex rather rounded; a little infuscated; mar- ginal cilia moderately short; discal cilia fine and dense; submarginal vein attaining the costa distinctly before the middle of the wing’; marginal vein one-half longer than the stigmal, which is rather short; postmarginal vein one-third longer than the marginal. 9?.—Unknown. Described from one specimen caught by sweeping along military road, March 3, 1912 (A. A. Girault). Habitat.—North Queensland (Thursday Is., Torres Strait). Type.—A male on a slide. Vol. xxv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 257 (2) Plastogryon niger sp. nov. ? .—Length, 1.60 mm. Coal black, tibiae and tarsi ferruginous. Structure as in aureus Dodd, but second abdominal segment is finely rugulose. Forewings reaching apex of abdomen, broad, the apex squarely rounded; venation fuscous; otherwise as in aureus. Antennae 12-jointed ; scape equal to next 5 joints combined; pedicel slender, twice as long as wide; first funicle joint shorter and narrower than the pedicel, twice as long as wide; 2-4 as wide as long; club wide, 6-jointed, second joint a little the longest and widest. ¢.—Unknown. Described from a single specimen caught by sweeping in forest, Nelson, June 30, 1913 (A. P. Dodd). The fourth Aus- tralian species of the genus. Habitat—North Queensland (Nelson, near Cairns). Type. —A female tagmounted plus a slide bearing antennae and forewings. British Guiana Heteroptera. By J. R. p— ra Torre Bueno, White Plains, N. Y. Last year’s collections of Heteroptera made by Mr. H. S. Parish in British Guiana I was fortunately able to secure, and the results are presented herewith. Only two papers on this fauna are known to me, one, published by E. P. Van Duzee in Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., XXVII, pp. 343-352, Dec., 1901, under the caption, “Notes on Some Hemiptera from British Guiana,” referring to Bartica; and the other by Prof. Herbert Osborn in Ohio Naturalist, V :I:195-204, Nov., 1904, bearing the title, “Notes on South American Hemiptera Het- eroptera,’ and dealing with Bartica material from Parish and with other South American collections otherwise secured. The former paper includes 89 species and the latter 67 species from Bartica. The lot under consideration contains 86 species, including all undetermined forms; 67 have been determined generically and specifically, 15 generically only, and four ob- scure species remain unplaced except as to family. Of the determined species and genera, 57 were not recorded by Van Duzee and 50 by Osborn; omitting older records, there are among those we are considering 27 species (33 if we include 258 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [ June, ’14 also those only generically identified) not heretofore known from this part of South America. The genera not heretofore reported including the 6 above, are 24 in number. It will be seen that in spite of the smallness of the number of forms it is not without interest as a help to the proper knowledge of the distribution of forms in the Neotropical Region. Attention is called to certain variations in classification and ir family names. This is owing to the arrangement of fami- lies being in accordance with Reuter’s masterly new system (Bemerkungen iiber mein neues Heteropterensystem,” Ofr. Finsk. Vet. Soc. Fort. Bd. liv: r911-12, afd. A, No. 6, pp. 1-62 [of separate?]), a system which, while in my opinion suscep- tible of certain modifications, is nevertheless a most distinct ad- vance on any now recognized. It is hoped that this fragment may be found of use and in- terest in a survey of the neotropical fauna. Family THYREOCORIDAE. Cydnus sp. One specimen from Mallali. Family ScuTELLERIDAE Reut. Augocoris sexpunctatus Fabr. Four specimens from Mallali. Family Crmiciae ( Kirk.) (= Pentatomidae Reut. et auctt.) Mormidea ypsilon Linneus. Mallali and Bartica in numbers. This is seemingly the most abundant Cimicid as well as one of great range in America South of the Rio Grande. It is somewhat variable in coloration, size, and form of the thoracic spines. Solubea ypsilongriseus de G. Bartica and Mallali, common. Ap- parently not heretofore recorded from British, although known from Dutch, Guiana. Sibaria armata Dallas. One only from Bartica, although both Van Duzee and Osborn have received it in abundance from the same place. Galedanta myops Fabr. One example from Mallali. Euschistus acutus Dallas. One each from Mallali and Bartica. Euschistus heros Fabr. Mallali, one only. Berecynthus delirator Fabr. Four from Bartica and one from Mallali. Taurocerus edessoides Spinola. This pretty species is repre- sented by three examples from Bartica. Arvelius albopunctatus Deg. Mallali, one specimen. Vol. xxv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 259 Brachystethus vicinus Sign. Of this species, not recorded here- tofore from British Guiana, there are one from Bartica and three from Mallali in the lot. Edessa vitulus Fabr. One example from Mallali. Edessa sp. One example of a large form from Mallali. Edessa rufomarginata De G. Mallali, two specimens. Edessa parvula Dallas. Three specimens from Bartica of a species which agrees exactly with specimens so identified by Van Duzee. Not heretofore known from the Guianas. Cataulax subvittatus Walker. This species heretofore apparently known only from Northern Brazil is now recorded from Bartica, whence one example has been received. Family ALypIpAE Reuter. (= Coreidae, Subfamily Alydinae L. & S.) Hyalymenus dentatus Fabr. One only from Bartica. Hyalymenus vespiformis Fabr. Bartica, one example. Hyalymenus tarsatus Fabr. Of this common form, there are seven from Bartica and four from Mallali. Megalotomus pallescens Stal. Of this species, apparently not yet recognized from the Guianas, there is one example from Bartica. Trachelium tesselatum Dist. Not uncommon in Bartica and Mallali. Cydamus inauratus Dist. One specimen from Bartica and one from Mallali. Bactrodosoma parallelum Stal. This species seemingly known previously only from Brazil, is represented by four specimens from Bartica. Leptocorisa tipuloides De G. Bartica and Mallali, common. Pachylis hector Stal. Mallali, four adults and one nymph. Ap- parently not previously known from British Guiana, its southern- most record being Panama. Nematopus indus Linné. Bartica and Mallali, very common. Holymenia intermedia Burmeister. One example of this un- common form from Bartica. Anisoscelis gradadia Distant. Mallali, one specimen. This form has not been previously recorded from British Guiana. Spartocera granulata Stal. One from Mallali—a new record for British Guiana. Margus obscurator Fabr. Bartica, one example. Although this species ranges from Mexico to Chile, there are apparently no records of it from the Guianas. Namacus annulicornis Stal. Two specimens from Bartica, which agree with a Mexican specimen of this species in my collection. This locality greatly extends the range of the species and is the first record from the Guianas. 260 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [ June, ’14 Hypselonotus fulvus deGeer. Fourteen specimens from Bartica and one from Mallali of this common form. Family DysopipAr Reuter. Hesus cordatus Fabr. Mallali, one specimen. This doubtfully recorded by Van Duzee (op. c.), but it is doubtless correct. Dysodius lunatus Fabr. Also from Mallali; one specimen only. Family MyopocH ar. (= Lygaeidae.) Oncopeltus fasciatus Dallas. Two examples of this species which ranges from Canada to Brazil. It does not appear to have been previously recorded from the Guianas. Ninus n. sp. One specimen from Mallali. This does not agree with the one species known from America, and as it is not in good condition, it is best left in this indeterminate state specifically, but is noted for the sake of the generic record. Micropus variegatus Sign. The two specimens from Mallali are the first recorded from British Guiana, or indeed, outside of Colombia. Oedancala notata Stal. Bartica and Mallali, very common. Clerada apicicornis Sign. One example from Bartica, an addi- tional record of this widely spread form, heretofore recorded only from Venezuela for South America. Heraeus sp. A seemingly new form, one specimen of which is from Bartica. This is not cincticornis, with the description of which which it does not agree. Pamera vincta Say. One specimen each from Mallali and Bar- tica, agreeing with specimens from the United States in my collec- tion. Pamera sp. Three examples of an undetermined form from Bartica. Ozophora gracilipes Stal. The seven specimens from Mallali constitute the first record outside of Brazil. Neocattarus parvus Dist. Heretofore known only from Guate- mala. Two specimens from Bartica and a like number from Mal- lali. Cistalia alboannulata Stal. One from Mallali, a new record for this species known only from Brazil. Gonatas divergens Distant. Bartica and Mallali, fairly com- mon. This has been recorded from the former place by Osborn (op. c.), although somewhat diffidently. My entirely independent identification without previous knowledge of this record substan- tiates it. The species is somewhat variable, and when greasy loses the distinctive light marks of the hemelytra which makes its recognition difficult, it being described by color characters mainly. Vol. xxv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 261 There are two other forms in this family not satisfactorily ac- counted for, one seemingly a new species, and the other an un- described genus. Family PyRRHOCORIDAE. Dysdercus ruficollis Linné. One only from Bartica. Family Trncrpae, Gargaphia nigrinervis Stal. Five specimens from Mallali of this species heretofore only known from Brazil. Teleonemia prolixa Stal. This form heretofore known only from Brazil and Argentine is now recorded from Mallali, whence two specimens, and Bartica one. There are two other species of this genus in the lot from Mal- lali and Bartica, not satisfactorily determined. Family MAcRocEPHALIDAE, Phymata erosa Linné. One from Mallali. Family REDUVIIDAE. Pnirontis serripes Fabr. Bartica, one. Pygolampis spurca Stal. Bartica, three. Stenopoda cana Stal. One example from Bartica. It has here- tofore been recorded only from Brazil. Rhyparoclopius annulirostris Stal. Bartica two and Mallali one example. Known previously from Brazil only. Natata fuscipennis Stal. Two specimens of this species from Bartica, making the first record for the Guianas. Hoplogenius sp. A single specimen from Bartica of a species which seems to belong to this genus, heretofore known only from Patagonia. Macrophthalmus pallens Lap. One specimen each from Bartica and Mallali. Lamus geniculatus Latr. A single specimen from Mallali. Melanolestes morio Erichson. Bartica, one example. Rasahus hamatus Fabr. Two specimens from Bartica and one from Mallali. Pothea frontalis Lep. and Serv. Bartica and Mallali, one each of this not uncommon species. Apiomerus pilipes Fabr. One specimen from Bartica. Apiomerus elatus Stal. Bartica, one only. Apparently the first South American record. Apiomerus hirtipes Hahn. One example from Bartica; the first record outside of Brazil. Micrauchenus lineola Fabr. Five specimens from Mallali and one from Bartica of this common form. Amauroclopius bispinus Stal. One example from Mallali. 262 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [ June, ’14 Calliclopius nigripes Linné. Bartica one specimen and Mallali three. A well known form. Heniartes flavicans Fabr. A common Guianan species represent- ed by three examples from Mallali and one from Bartica. Zelus (Diplodus) spp. There are six undetermined species in this lot, apparently undescribed, from Bartica and Mallali. Graptocleptes varians Champ. One specimen of this species, first described from Panama, was received from Bartica, a new record. Repipta flavicans A. & S. Two specimens from Bartica and three from Mallali. Atrachelus crassicornis Burm. Three examples from Bartica and one from Mallali. Recorded only heretofore from Uruguay and Argentine. Ricolla pallidinervis Stal. Bartica, three examples and Mallali two. Thus far known only from Venezuela. Ploeogaster mammosus A. & S. One example of this from Bartica. In addition to the species of Reduviidae above enumerated, there are an undetermined Emesine from Mallali; and three specimens from Mallali and two from Bartica of a Nabid near Carthasis and forming apparently a new genus. Family GERRIDAE. Brachymetra n. sp. Twenty-three specimens from Mallali which I am unable to satisfactorily place. Scattered Writings of Dr. H. A. Hagen. Thanks to Mr. Harry B. Weiss, of the New Jersey Agricultural Ex- periment Station, our attention has recently been called to two ar- ticles, in part by the late Dr. H. A. Hagen, which, from their place of publication, are not likely to be met with by those interested in ento- mology or in Dr. Hagen. Both appeared in the Boston Evening Tran- script for 1883. The first, entitled, “Money and What Becomes of it,” “written by Dr. H. A. Hagen, of the Agassiz Museum at Cambridge, read at a recent meeting of the Thursday Club,” was based on un- published memoirs of two students of Dr. Hagen’s father, Prof. Carl Hagen, of the University of Konigsberg, and on the father’s papers, and came out in the Transcript for February 2. It will be new to some to think of Dr. H. A. Hagen as a political economist. The other ar- ticle, “The State House in Danger” (Transcript, November 15), gives an interview of the anonymous writer with Dr. Hagen in relation to termite injuries to the Capitol at Boston, and extracts from his papers on these insects. Vol. xxv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 263 One Hundred Butterflies from the Jamez Mountains New Mexico (Lepid.), With Notes and Description of a New Species. By Roswe.y C. WILLIAMs, Jr., Philadelphia, Pa. The following list of just one hundred species and varieties of butterflies were secured during the season of 1913 by Mr. John Woodgate in the Jamez Mts. of New Mexico at an eleva- tion of from 6400 to 7000 ft. In most cases good series were forwarded and the dates of capture given below usually represent the first appearance. When no definite dates are given the butterfly was common throughout the month mentioned. Of the new species received, Pamphila margarita was described by Dr. Henry Skinner in the Canadian Entomolo- gist. This list will undoubtedly be added to in coming seasons and may be of interest as no similar lists from that part of the State have been published to my knowledge. 1. Danais plexippus L. July and Nov. 2. D. berenice strigosa Bates. July. 3. Euptoieta claudia Cr. July. 4. Argynnis bremneri Edw. Aug. 20, Sept. 3 and 20. 5. Melitaea acastus Edw. May 28 to June 15. *6. M. fulvia Edw. June 8. 7. M. minuta Edw. July 22. 8. Phyciodes ismeria Bd.-Lec. May 14-30. 9. P. tharos Dru. May 20 to June 20. 10. P. camillus Edw. May 14-29. 11. P. mylitta Edw. May-June-July. 12. P. picta Edw. June. 13. Grapta silvius Edw. July 17-31, Sept. 10. *14. G. faunus Edw. Sept. 13-21, Nov. 10. 45. Vanessa antiopa L. Sept. 11-17. 16. V. milberti Godt. June 2-6. 17. Pyrameis atalanta L. Sept. 15. 18. P. cardui L. May-June-July. 19. Limenitis weidemeyeri Edw. June 9 to July 4. 20. Neonympha henshawi Edw. June 14. 21. Coenonympha ochracea Edw. May 28-30. 22. Satyrus alope ariane Boisd. July 6 to Aug. 3. 264 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [ June, ’14 23. S. meadi Edw. One female, Aug. 22. *24. S. silvestris Edw. June 5 to July 7. 25. Chionobas chryxus Dbl.-Hew. June 30. 26. Lemonias nais. July 7. 27. Thecla crysalus Edw. July 8-12. 28. T. melinus Hiib. June 2. 29. T. itys Edw. July 4-12. 30. T. calanus Hib. June 25 to July 4. 31. T. spinetorum Boisd. Apr. 20, May 17-21. 32. T. castalis Edw. May, July 6. 33. T. behri Edw. July 6-11. 34. T. augustus Kirby. May 12-14. 35. T. eryphon Boisd. May 10-28. 36. T. apama Edw. May 14-30, July 2. 37. Chrysophanus arota virginiensis Edw. July 3-16. 38. Lycaena fulla Edw. July 3-16. 39. L. behri Edw. May 25 to June 15. 40. L. podarce Feld. June 2-7. 41. L. melissa Edw. May 13-30, June 20, July 18. 42. L. acmon Dbl.-Hew. May 10-30, June 2-6, July 8-18. 43. L. ladon cinerea Edw. May 12-14. 44. L. ladon arizonensis Edw. May 12-29. 45. L. amyntula Boisd. May-June. 46. L. isola Reak. June, Sept. 10, Oct. 14. 47, L. marina Reak. Apr. 20, May-June-July 1-15. 48. Neophasia menapia Feld. July 17-24. 49. Pieris sisymbri Boisd. Apr. 19 to May 14. 50. P. occidentalis Reak. June 8 to July 23. 51. P. occidentalis calyce Edw. Apr. 15. 52. P. napi pallida Scud. May 10 to June 16. 53. Nathalis iole Boisd. May 6, June 25 to July 12. 54. Anthocharis sara reakirti Edw. Apr. 10 to May 9. 55. Colias caesonia Stoll. July 22. ‘ 56. C. eurytheme ariadne Edw. June 2. 57. C. eurytheme keewaydin Edw. May-July. 58. C. eurytheme pallida Cockerell. May-July. 59. Terias nicippe Cramer. July 19-22. 60. Papilio polyxenes curvifascia Skinner. Sept. 13. 61. P. bairdi Edw. Aug. 3. 62. P. rutulus Boisd. May 13. 63. P. daunus Boisd. May 30, June 21, July 11. 64. P. eurymedon Boisd. May 26-28, July 4. 65. P. zelicaon Lucas. May 1-14. *66. Thymelicus garita Reak. July 1-6. Vol. xxv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 265 67. T. edwardsi Barnes. July 9. 68. Pamphila taxiles Edw. June 22 to July 9. 69. P. comma colorado Scud. Sept. 20. 70. P. juba Scud. May 19, June-July. *71. P. woodgatei n. sp. Sept. 10-21. 72. P. rhesus Edw. May 25. 73. P. uncas Edw. June 26. 74. P. morrisoni Edw. May 27 to June 30. 75. P. draco Edw. June 21. 76. P. sabuleti Boisd. June 6. 77. P. cernes Bd.-Lec. June, July 1-4. *78. P. vestris Boisd. June 25 to July 9. 79. P. phylace Edw. May 25 to June 14. 80. P. vierecki Skinner. May 28 to June 26. 81. P. python Edw. May. *82. P. margarita Skinner. May 24 to June 9. 83. P. oslari Skinner. May 21-30, June, July 1-9. 84. Amblyscirtes vialis Edw. May 13 to June 9. 85. A. aenus Edw. May 25 to June 12. 86. A. cassus Edw. May 30. 87. Pyrgus tessellata Scud. May, June, July, Sept. 10. 88. P. xanthus Edw. May 12-31. 89. Thanaos brizo Bd.-Lec. Apr. 27 to May 24. 90. T. icelus Lint. May 14-30. *91. T. persius Scud. Apr. 25-30, May, June, July 1-14, Sept. 10. 92. T. horatius Scud.-Burg. May 4-14, July 11 to Aug. 4. 93. T. propertius Lint. Apr. 20, May, June 1-6. 94, T. pacuvius Lint. June, July 1-7. 95. Pholisora catullus Fab. May 19 to June 7. 96. P. pirus Edw. June. 97. Eudamus pylades Scud. May 10 to June 13. 98. E. mexicana Herr.-Sch. June 6, June 21. 99. E. tityrus Fab. May 11-31. 100. E. dorus Edw. Apr. 19-28. and Megathymus yuccae navajo Skinner. May 8 to June 4, 1912. No individuals appeared, however, in 1913. *§. Melitaea fulvia sinefascia n. aberr. In the good series of fulvia there is a curious @ aberra- tion for which I propose this new name. It is the equivalent of var. obsoleta, Hy. Edw. of leanira, Boisd. The upper sides of the wings are of a more uniform ground color The black marginal band is present but the submarginal black band or 266 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [ June, ’14 line is entirely absent. The row of outer yellowish white spots is pres- ent. The discal yellowish white band is present, less intense, on the upper wing, but entirely absent on the lower wing. The yellow white spot in the end of cell of upper wing showing in typical examples, is in this one of the ground color. On the under side the black submarginal bands on both the upper and the lower wings are entirely absent. *14. Grapta faunus. Is perhaps a northwestern form approaching /ylas. *24. Satyrus silvestris. Dark as the Edwards figure of the type and with from o to 5 very small ocelli some pupilled with a white point. They may be separated from var. charon, from Colorado and Utah by the darker color and the more uniform dark under surface of lower wing. *66. Thymelicus garita Reak. A very dark insect, above, almost black with coppery re- flection and in appearance corresponding with the insect fig- ured by Mr. Wright, Plate xxx, No. 408-b-c, as Pholisora lena. *71. Pamphila woodgatei n. sp. é Above orange fulvous, borders brown. The border of upper wing extending in one-third of the surface, shading into the ground color and enclosing the five spots of the comma group as follows: First three of about equal size and rectangular, the fourth midway between these and the outer edge of the wing, triangular, with the base towards the border, and the fifth spot quadrate, and a trifle farther from the border than the one above. Discal dash heavy and a patch of dark scales beneath it. Base with darker scales. Lower wing—With somewhat darker ground color and border. The fulvous patch occupying about one-third of the surface of the wing and extending towards the margin below the outer angle. The border is more decided at the costal and outer margins than at the inner mar- gin. The outer row of under spots is faintly indicated on the upper side. Veins M3, Curt and Cu2 (Comstock) conspicuously black. Under side: costal margin of upper wing lighter orange fulvous, lower portion yellowish, base black with black streak following loca- tion of discal patch; border as above, the five spots as above, sil- very white. Lower wing dark olive green and of uniform color except inner border which is lighter fulvous, silvery white spots as follows: A small dash in the triangle formed by junction of veins Rr and Ra. Vol. xxv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 267 Next a larger double spot consisting of a dash parallel with vein Cu2 and connected with a V at end of cell forming together a hook-shaped spot. Then an outer row of five spots, the first the largest, quadrate, between vein R3 and Mr. The second between vein Mr and Cur and bisected by vein M3, and this followed by three spots, mere points, in the three following interspaces. The last four spots being in almost a straight line from the outer angle to the center of the inner margin. Fringes, brownish on upper wing shading to gray on lower anal angle. Body blackish above, ashy whitish below. Palpi white. Antennae, black below with black tips, gray on under side just below tips. Expanse 18 mm. center of thorax to tip of wing. Fore wing has outer margin rounded and not so produced as in comma or juba. 2 Similar in color, the spots above showing somewhat more clearly than in the ¢. Hardly any darkening of the disc at the place occupied by the discal dash in the ¢. The veins of the lower wing not showing prominently black as in the ¢. On the under side similar to the $, but spots larger and in two specimens with an additional spot near the center of the costal border, and a spur on the last spot extending out towards the anal angle. Expanse 20 mm. Differs from any butterfly I have seen of the comma-juba group in the shape of the upper wing and the color, and shape and arrangement of the spots on the lower wing surface. Named in honor of Mr. John Woodgate, the collector. From 3 males and 3 females. Types deposited in the collection of the Acad. of Nat. Sci. of Phila. *78. Pamphila vestris Boisd. The type figured by Mr. Oberthur is somewhat lighter than my specimens, but this may be due to fading of the type. It isa 2 and shows the two larger hyaline spots. The series from Jamez contains 2 2 with the two spots distinct, with the spots obsolescent, and a good percentage entirely without spots; these may be called unmaculatus n. var. I cannot however separate vestris from metacomet Harr., having a good series of the latter from my home collecting ground, Avon, Conn., and from other points in the middle Eastern states. *s2. P. margarita Skinner. This insect is distinct from pittacus Edw. The row of spots on the lower wing above and below being in pittacus 268 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [ June, ’14 constantly regular and in a straight line, while in margarita the band, while varying from a few spots to an almost con- tinuous band across the wing, is never straight, extending out almost to the outer angle, and the spots always varying in size, giving an appearance decidedly different from pittacus, and more like python, from which again it differs in size, color and shape of wing. *91. Thanaos persius Scud. Some of these, a long series, are remarkable for their very small size, a number being 16 mm. from center of thorax to tip of wing. In conclusion I wish to express my appreciation of the courtesies extended by Dr. Henry Skinner, Curator of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, and his valuable assistance and encouragement in the study of these insects. Fragments on North American Insects—VII. By A. A. Gtrautt, Nelson (Cairns), North Queensland, Australia. (Also on page 283.) Postpupal Development in Chilocorus bivulnerus Mulsant (Col.) Upon emerging from the pupal stage, the elytra of this beetle are tan-colored, with the red spots pallid, the head and thorax black; four hours later, the natural colors had developed. The pupae were numerous in the middle of June, 1900, at Annapolis, Maryland. An Ant-lion (Myrmeleonid) Without Food (Neur.) Several half-grown larvae of a common ant-lion occurring about Annapolis, Maryland, were kept in confinement (box full of sand) without feeding for twenty-five days, when they were thrown out. Culicid Pupa out of Water (Dip.) At Granite, Baltimore County, Maryland, the last of August, 1900, some mosquito pupae were found in water in a tree hollow; when transferring them to a tin can, one accidentally lodged upon the side of the can, remaining thus for about twenty hours. When it was washed down into the water it moved off at once, apparently none the worse. Vol. xxv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 269 Two Colorado Plant Lice (Hemip.-Homop.). By C. P. Gittetre, Fort Collins, Colorado. (Plate XI.) Asiphum pseudobyrsa Walsh. Byrsocrypta pseudobyrsa Walsh:—Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil., Vol. I, p. 306, 1862. Pemphigus pseudobyrsa Walsh:—Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil, Vol. VI, p. 208, 1866. Thomas:—Rept. Ent. Ill, Vol. VIII, p. 151, 1880. Oest- lund:—Aph. of Minn., p. 24, 1887. Packard:—Forest Insects, p. 434, 1890. Hunter :—Aph. of N. A., p. 79, 1901. Schizoneura populi Gill.:—Ent. News, Vol. XIX, p. 1, 1908. This species, described by Walsh more than fifty years ago, seems to have no recorded observations upon it since, except for the one which was made by the writer in ENTOMOLOGICAL News for January, 1908, where the winged migrants, found in company with an apterous form of a species of Chermes upon the bark of the Balm of Gilead, were taken to be the alate form of the same louse. Figures A and B of Plate XI were used in that paper in con- nection with the description of the supposed new species. Figures C, D and E of the same original plate (Vol. XIX, Pl. I), used to illustrate the apterous form, I still believe rep- resented a new species which we shall now have to name Chermes populi. The alate form of this species I have never seen, though the apterous lice are very common on cotton- wood bark in Colorado and especially on the western slope about Grand Junction. Asiphum pseudobyrsa has been taken several times by Mr. L. C. Bragg about Fort Collins, Boulder and Denver upon the leaves of Populus coccinea and I have also received specimens from Mr. Asa C. Maxson from the same tree at Longmont, Colorado. This species is a true Asiphum, the young lice all leaving the stem-mother gall, which is a small almond-shaped pocket about midway on the midrib of the leaf, very soon after being born, and locating on the under or ventral surface. The larvae locate along the main veins into which they insert their beaks 270 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [ June, 14 and their bodies soon become snowy white with a dense cov- ering of short wax threads. See Figure D, Plate XI. All of the second generation lice become winged. An in- fested leaf brought to the laboratory by Mr. Bragg, June 17, 1913, had one vigorous fundatrix in the gall with a few first instar young, and outside the gall a large number of second generation lice, two of which had developed wings, probably the first of the year. This leaf is shown in two views at Fig- ures C and D. Another species, gravicornis Patch, described in Bulletin 213, Maine Experiment Station, is very similar in its appear- ance upon the leaf, but is quite distinct. The Fundatrix (Plate XI, Figure E). General color a yellowish olive green, lighter over the middle por- tion of the abdomen; covered more or less heavily with white powder, and some threads about the margins of the body, especially poster-- iorly; head, eyes and tarsi blackish; legs and antennae dusky; rather broadly oval in form, when fully adult measuring about 4 by 3 milli- meters; antenna .55 mm., five-jointed, joint III longest, being a little shorter than joints IV and V together without spur, joint IV shortest, joint II one-half as long as III; permanent sensoria ciliated; beak very short; hind femur and tibia each about .50. Proportionate lengths of the joints of eight antennae of stem- mothers are as follows: Joints I II III IV V with spur 10 13 25 10 20 10 13 25 17 19 10 II 20 8 16 10 II 22 8 18 10 12 22 8 19 10 12 21 9 19 10 12 20 9 20 10 12 23 7 19 Averages 10 12 22.25 8.75 18.75 Alate Fundairigenia, Plate XI, figures A and B. The description given by the writer in Entomotocicat News referred to above was as follows: “Winged Female—tLength of fore-wing, 3.50 to 3.75 mm.; hind- wing, 2.35 to 2.75 mm. Length of body, 1%4 to 2 mm. Antennae, 6- jointed; length, .8 mm. Joints 1 and 2, short and stout, the 2nd a Vol. xxv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 271 little longer than broad; 3rd, longest, equaling 4th and 5th together; 5th, a trifle longer than 4th; and 6th distinctly longer than 5th. The proportions of the four distal joints are about as follows: 21, 9, II, 15. Total length of antenna a little less than one-half length of body. Compound eyes, ocelli, abdomen, tips of tarsi and antennae, and more or less of the thorax above, dusky to black, otherwise pale yellow. The anterior wing has a very distinct, though narrow, black line extending from the base along the subcostal nerve, but a little beneath it and terminating on the costal margin just beyond the stigma. A similar black line starts on the anal margin of the hind-wing close to the body and extends forward and outward to meet the costal nerve and then turns at an acute angle back to the costal margin close to the body. Body and wings are powdered with a white secretion and from thorax and abdomen a white waxy secretion forms in long, slender threads, nearly or quite hiding the body. Antennal spur of 6th joint not over 1-5 length of joint and with a large sensorium at its base, also large oval sensoria near distal ends of joints 4 and 5, and along the underside of joint 3, where there are about 6.” The specimens taken the past summer differ from the above by being somewhat larger, the length of body in plump specimens meas- uring 3 mm., and the antennae measuring .9o. The sensoria on joint III of the antenna are almost uniformly 5, and on joint III, 2, but in some examples they are rather difficult to see well. There is a strong spur near the base of joint III, which does not show in the original figure, but has been added on Plate XI, figure A. The permanent sensoria are ciliated. Proportionate lengths of antennal joints of 14 alate lice ran as follows: Joints I II III IV V VI with spur 10 10 34 16 19 26 10 II 35 16 20 28 10 II 36 18 19 26 10 II 35 16 2I 28 10 II 35 £7, 18 25 10 II 34 15 18 26 8 10 30 16 18 27 10 II 38 17 22 29 10 II 34 15 19 2 10 II 35 16 19 23 9 10 30 14 16 25 10 10 33 14 18 22 9 9 32 15 17 23 9 9 32 14 16 24 Averages O64: F0.43-+) 33.70') . 1564 18.57 . 25.64 272 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [ June, ’14 It is probable that this louse has an alternate host, as the alate form, the second generation, all leave the cottonwoods. Our records on this louse in Colorado are as follows: Grand Junction, June 16, 1907; Migrant; Recorded by C. P. Gillette; Host, Populus candicans. Rocky Ford, May 27, 1908; Fundatrix and 2nd generation; Recorded by L. C. Bragg; Host, Populus coccinea. Denver, June 16, 1911; Fundatrix and alate migrants; Recorded by L. C. Bragg; Host, Populus coccinea. Fort Collins, June 17, 1913; Fundatrix and alate migrants; Recorded by L. C. Bragg; Host, Populus coccinea. Longmont, June 17, 1913; Fundatrix and immature young; Recorded by Asa C. Maxson; Host, Populus coccinea. Fort, Collins, June 21, 1913; Migrants; Recorded by L. C. Bragg; Host, Populus coccinea. Phyllaphis quercifoliae n. sp. In Bulletin 31, page 116 (1895), of the Colorado Experi- ment Station, Mr. Cowen gave a brief description of a woolly plant louse found upon the under side of the leaves of scrub oaks in Colorado, which he thought to be Fitch’s Eriosoma querci, but which he placed in the genus Schizoneura. Mr. Davis in his paper in EnromorocicaL News, Volume XXII, IQII, page 242, accepts Cowen’s reference of the species, hav- ing no examples for study himself. This is a common louse, which I have often seen on oaks in the mountainous sections of Colorado. A rather careful study of the material in hand has convinced me that the Colorado form is a distinct and new species and not the species describ- ed or referred to by Fitch, Thomas, Oestlund and Davis and that it is probably distinct from the species recorded by Clarke and Davidson found on the live oaks of California. I am, therefore, offering the notes and descriptions given below. While I am referring this species to the genus Phyllaphis, it does not have the short beak, knobbed cauda, or short second antennal joint found in P. fagi, the type of the genus, and the hind wings have but one transverse vein, and any of these characters might be considered of generic rank. The specimens here described were taken at Manitou, Colo- rado, September 20, 1913, by the writer, on native scrub oak, ENT. NEWS, VOL. XXV. Plate XI. COLORADO PLANT LOUSE (ASIPHUM PSEUDOBYRSA).—GILLETTE. Vol. xxv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 273 where the species was very common, infesting, for the most part, the under (ventral) side of the leaves. The lice were readily detected by the cottony secretion which they produce in great profusion. I found very few of the summer form, but large numbers of oviparous females in all stages of de- velopment and also a large number of pupae, all of which were developing into males. A single winged male was also found. The lice seemed to prefer a folded leaf, and colonies were frequently found in folds that had been produced by leaf- rollers or other causes. The punctures of the insect do not seem to have much, if any, effect to cause the curling of the leaves. Apterous Virgogenia. This form had mostly disappeared. The examples taken were light green, the color being strongest along the lateral margins of the body; body everywhere covered more or less densely with loose cottony secretion; eyes bright red: head and thoracic segments, antennae, except the terminal segments which are somewhat dusky, and legs yellowish to yellowish brown in color; length of body, 1.10; antenna, .50; joints II, III, IV, and V vary but little in length; joint IIT is usually the longest of those mentioned, but.always shorter than joint VI with the spur; joint ITV usually shortest, and even joint II sometimes exceeds joint III in length. The only sensoria present are the permanent ones on joints V and VI. The length of the body as given above may be too little, as the specimens taken are rather old and the body segments are somewhat contracted. Oviparous Female. The color in this form varies, some examples being uniform straw yellow throughout, while others are as uniformly pink, and others are pale yellowish green. Body everywhere covered more or less densely with loose cottony secretion, the wax plates show- ing very plainly as minute dark dots upon the dorsum, there being three longitudinal rows on either side of the body, with the usual re- duction in numbers upon the thorax and terminal segments of the abdomen; two large circular wax plates of remarkable size occur on the under side of the abdomen upon joints V and VI and partially covering joint VII, each of which has two pores or clear spots in it. These plates are covered with a dense deposit of short wax threads making two very conspicuous white patches which may be seen pro- jecting beyond the lateral margins of the abdomen when viewed from above; eyes bright red; antennae, legs, head, anal plate and gland plates dusky in color; hind tibiae and antenna quite dark; hind tibiae much swollen and set with a large number of oval scent glands; beak just surpassing the second pair of coxae, the tip only being black; pores not 274 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [June, ’14 raised above the surface and indicated by a dark ring; antenna .55 to .65; joints III and VI with its spur, about equal; joints II and IV, about equal; joint IV about 80 as long as joint V; joints II and IV are about two-thirds as long as joint III or VI; spur about one-fifth as long as joint VI; body about 1.30 to 1.60; cauda broadly rounded; ventral wax plates about .25 in diameter. Male. The male is very slender compared with the forms above de- scribed and varies in general color about the same as does the oviparous female, the prevailing color being pink at first, the color changing to a brownish yellow with age; head, thorax, antennae and wing veins, blackish; eyes bright red; anal plate black; anterior wings with cubital vein twice forked; posterior wings short and narrow and with one transverse vein only, rising at a point about twice as far from the base of the wing as from the tip. Length of body, .95 to 1.05; wing, 1.40 to 1.50; hind wing, .85 to .90; antennae, 1.10; joints III, IV, V, and VI with its spur sub-equal; posterior wing .90; wing veins all heavy and with narrow dusky margins; stigma of fore-wing lanceolate, nar- row and translucent; sensoria of antenna about as follows: Joint III, 4 to 5; joints IV to VI, with 5 to 7 sensoria but usually 6; all sensoria oval or circular and the permanent ones surrounded with cilia; anten- nal joints very rough and irregular in outline; beak attaining third coxae. A day or two after becoming winged, the males have a few long, fluffy cottony threads over head, thorax, and abdomen, even the legs and antennae being more or less covered with these threads and a powdery secretion. Eggs. The eggs are deposited singly and are covered with short fragments of waxy secretion from the two large wax plates that are on the posterior ventral surface of the abdomen. The oviparous female places these broken wax threads upon the egg while she is depositing it, by means of her hind tarsi which she rubs over the dense mass of short wax threads and then over the egg. I have watched a similar process in species of Lachnus. The color of the recently laid eggs is pale green and in shape they are broad oval, being approximately .50 x .30. The eggs observed were all deposited in a breeding cage and were scattered promiscuously over either the upper or lower surface of the oak leaves. The fundatrix and alate virgogenia I have not seen. Mr. Asa C. Maxson, Longmont, Colorado, recently sent me a closely allied but apparently distinct species from the leaves of the live oak taken at Spreckels, California, June 28, 1913. In this sending there were both oviparous and viviparous fe- males but no males or other allied form. ‘These lice differ from those taken from the scrub oaks in Colorado by the more Vol. xxv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 275) slender form of the egg-laying females. The general type of antenna is the same in both species and they also have the bright red eyes. EXPLANATION OF PLATE XT. Asiphum pseudobyrsa: Figure B, Alate migrant of the second gen- eration; 4, antenna of the preceding enlarged 100 times. From Jour- nal of Economic Entomology, Jan., 1908. Drawings by Miss Miriam A. Palmer. From Entomotocicar News, Vol. XIX, Plate T. Figure C: Leaf of Populus coccinea showing the stem mother gall of Asiphum pseudobyrsa Walsh on the midrib; D, the underside of the same leaf showing the colony of young in all stages of development located along the main veins. About two-thirds natural size. Original. Figure E: Stem mother of dub pseudobyrsa Walsh, body some- what shrunken in length; enlarged about 15 diameters. Drawing by Miss Caroline M. Preston. Some Nomenclatorial Notes on the Dipterous Family Trypetidae. By E. T. Cresson, Jr. There has recently appeared in the Memoirs of the Indian Museum, Vol. III, No. 3, a paper by Prof. M. Bezzi, entitled “Indian Trypaneids (Fruit flies) in the Collection of the Indian Museum.” This paper not only treats of the Indian species but gives an entirely new classification of the genera of this family. There has long been a want of such a reor- ganization based more upon structural characters than here- tofore, and Prof. Bezzi, who has given much study to the fruit flies of the world, has certainly furnished an excellent foundation for the establishment of the genera of this family. The family is divided into two subfamilies namely, Dacinae and Trypaneinae. The latter is further divided into three tribes, Ceratitininae, Myioptininae and Trypaneininae. The subfamily Dacinae is not represented within the nearctic zone. It probably includes the remarkable Toxrotrypana Gers. of Mexi¢o. The tribe Ceratitininae is characterized by having the cilia of the posterior orbits composed of fine black bristles 276 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [June, ’14 or setulae which are rarely white; mesonotum usually with black pubescence; third vein usually setulose, at least as far as anterior cross vein. It includes the nearctic genera Acidia, Strauzia, Trypeta=(Spilographa), Zonosema, Rhagoletis, Oedaspis, Peronyma, Epochra and Aciura. The tribe Myioptininae is not represented in this zone. The tribe Trypaneininae is characterized by having the cilia of the posterior orbits composed of thickened, whitish, blunted bris- tles or setulae ; mesonotum with whitish pubescence; third vein bare; proboscis usually long and geniculated. It includes the nearctic genera Stenopa, Terellia, Tomoplagia=(Plagivtoma), Neaspilota, Eutreta, Paracantha, Ensina, Euaresta, Tephritis and Trupanea. This classification is certainly an improvement over the one now used, proposed by Loew, and divides the family into groups which are probably more natural. It was character- istic of Loew to disregard the chaetotaxy, so he had to fall back on the wing pattern in most cases. In the study of this paper of Prof. Bezzi’s and of a few others, augmented by a small collection, a few interesting problems have come up, dealing mainly with nomenclature, which have given rise to the following notes: Trypeta Meig. (Spilographa Lw.). Trypeta was first proposed by Meigen in 1803' for the species Musca arnica, M. cerasi, M. urticae, M. artemisiae. All are credited to Fabricius. Curiously enough, none of these species was included in the genus by Lrew in his Bohrfliegen, 1862, or has been since. The type species was first designated by Coquil- lett in 19107 as Musca artemisiae Fab. (1794). This species was one of those originally included under Spilographa Lw. (1862) so this designation makes the latter genus a synonym of Trypeta. This unfortunately causes some confusion in the con- ception of the two, but there is no other solution unless the other species originally included under Spilographa are not con- generic. The species heretofore known as typical Trypetae will (1) Illiger Magazin fiir Insekt. ii, 277. (2) Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxxvii, 618. Vol. xxv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 277 now go under Terellia Desv. (1830), with Musca serratulae Linn. (1758)=(Terellia palpata and T. luteola Desv.) as the type species, designated by Coquillett (1910). Mr. Coquillett in his Type Species of North American Gen- era, makes Oedaspis Lw. (1862) a synonym of Orellia Desv. (1830). For the former he designates Trypeta multifasciata Lw. (1850) ; for the latter Trypeta wiedemanni Meig. (1826) (as Orellia flavicans new species). The two species are evi- dently not congeneric, so Oedaspis may stand for our species as given in Aldrich’s catalogue. Paracantha Cog. (1899). This was proposed for Trypeta culta Lw. Wied. (1830) as distinct from Carphotricha Lw. (1862). There were three species originally included under Carphotricha, two of which were designated type species of two genera by Rondani in 1856, Trypeta guttularis Meig. (1826) type of Dithryca Rond. and Trupanea reticulata Schrank (1803) [as Tephritis pupillata Fall (1814)] type of Oplocheta Rond. This leaves only C. strigilata Lw. (1862) for its type species. Should this species be congeneric with one of the other two, then Carphotricha will have to fall. As regards Paracantha, there is a probability of its being a synonym of Oplocheta Rond., but my study of Trupanea reticulata is limited to one more or less imperfect specimen. As I am not aware that the type species of Carpho- tricha Lw. has ever been fixed, I herewith designate Carpho- tricha strigilata Loew as such. Tephritis Latreille. This genus was first proposed by Latreille in the “Nouveau Dictionnaire d’Histoire Naturelle, Tome XXIV, Tableaux Methodiques,” dated “AN XII—1804,” page 196, No. 585. The species mentioned under this reference are: Musca arnica and Musca cerasi Fab. These two species are credited to Linn. by Fabricius in his Entomologica Systematica, iv, pp. 352 and 358. Therefore one of these species is the only one available as the type species of this genus. Coquillett in 1910 quotes the genus as dating from the “Histoire Naturelle des Crustaces et Insectes 278 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [ June, ’14 Tome XIV, AN XIII,” which is equivalent to 1805. The spec- ies included under that reference is Musca solstitialis Fab. (1781) which seems to be a homonym of the present Urophora solstitialis Linn. (1758) and a synonym of the present Uro- phora aprica Fall. (1820). It will be seen that Coquillett’s designation makes Urophora Desv. (1830) a synonym of Tephritis Latr. (1805), thus confusing the present idea of the genus Tephritis. This however is happily averted as will be seen below. Prof. Bezzi in his Indian Trypetidae (1913) cites Musca leontodontis Deg. (1776) as the type species of Tephritis Latr. (1805) or, as he quotes the reference, “Hist.d.Crust.et Ins., xiv, 389, (1804).” This species was not included under the original description of Tephritis Latr., either in 1804 or 1805, and so cannot be the type species of that genus. He evidently is try- ing to retain the name for the genus as it is now or has been recognized, but his method is impossible. It is strange how the above mentioned “Dictionnaire d’Histoire Naturelle” has been repeatedly overlooked or ignored by most students. It how- ever furnishes an agreeable solution to the present confusion surrounding this genus in the fact that Musca arnica Linn. (1758) is a typical Tephritis as the genus is now known and is one of the species originally included under the first refer- ence to this name, and IJ herewith designate that species (Musca arnica Linn.) as the type species of Tephritis Latr. (1804). Tephritis platyptera Lw. (1862) is not a typical Tephritis on account of its broad wings and radiating arrangement of the marginal spots ; furthermore the foremost dorsocentral bris- tle is removed back from the sutural region to nearly opposite the supra-alar bristles. It seems to belong to Campiglossa Rond., but a study of Tephritis irrorata Fall. is necessary to make this certain. Trupanea Schrank. This name was evidently first used in 1795 in the “Briefe Donaumoor.” I have not been fortunate enough to have seen this publication and so must take the record at second-hand. The original wording is Trupanea, but Prof. Bezzi uses an Vol. xxv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 279 emended form Trypanea, which I do not think necessary. This name unfortunately must take the place of Urellia Desv. (1830). This being the oldest genus in the family has influenced Prof. Bezzi to change the family name to agree. Of course he recognizes Meigen’s 1800 genera in which case he is within his rights. I do not recognize the 1800 names and so prefer to retain Trypeta Meig. instead of Euribia Meig. The name of a family is the one first applied to it provided the genus from which it is named is included. The retention of Trypeta will necessitate the changing of Bezzi’s tribe Ceratitininae to Trype- tininae while his subfamily will be Trupaneinae with Tru- paneininae as its typical tribe. Some Facts About the Egg Nest of Paratenodera sinensis (Orth.). By Harry B. Wetss, New Brunswick, New Jersey. The egg nest of this striking and beneficial insect is peculiar in that it consists of a central, somewhat horny, core, contain- ing the eggs, surrounded by a porous rind, which undoubtedly serves to protect the eggs from moisture and sudden changes in temperature. Thermometric tests of the conductivity of this rind were made with quite a few nests, and the following tables, show- ing the temperature changes of three nests, indicate what hap- pened generally. In each case a hole was drilled in the nest and the bulb of a thermometer inserted so that it occupied the same position as the core. The nests were then placed in an oven, the temperature of which was 160 deg. F. The nest temperature at the start was 64 deg. F., and a thermometer having no nest attached and reading 64 deg. F. at the start registered the oven temperature 160 deg. F. in two minutes. Ecc NEst A. MRRPRAMSLE AE SEATEOC 2 OS, oan haan cde ead sac aM RE os 64 deg. F. enmneratire at, end Of 5, minutes’... siya «> -aieie ssle 102 deg. F. empetatare at end of 10. Minutes Wiis sjsu os sve te ae tae 148 deg. F. memeetaimee at end. OF, 12; MNGIES 4... 52034 - ty Benne 160 deg. F. Rise in 12 min., 96 deg. F. i) 80 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [ June, ’14 Ecc Nest B. Temperature. ati staft. .$t.<.evst 5 oe eee Le eee 64 deg. F Temperature at. end. of S;minutes: cee: cee eae 120 deg. F. Temperatire at end ofS -nimiutes see es cock ee 150 deg. F. Temperature at ‘end ‘of “eutmoutitess ee ee ec Cee ee 160 deg. F. Rise in 10 min., 906 deg. F. Kec Nest C. Temperature, at~- start (ope eee fees eae 64 deg. F Temperature at end ot $5 aagmmbes in. oes Se eee ee 122 deg. F Temperature at end of Toumismtes 23... «0.20 0eck- Loe 154 deg. F. ‘Temperature at. end "ot “a2 paaimpites -...2.. 4s. 42eee eee 160 deg. F Rise in 12 min., 96 deg. F. Conditions were then reversed, and the following tables show what happened when the temperature was lowered. The temperature of the nests at the start was 62 deg. F., and a check thermometer reading 62 deg. F. at the start registered 36 deg. F. in two minutes. Ecce Nest D. Température ‘at Start.