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(Coleop.)...... 422 Sasscer—Erium lichtensioides Ckll. vs. Thomas—The Splitting of Insect Tra- Eriococcus artemisiae Kuw.(Hem ) 396 Gite (nods ode oat panonuaosoooBOrUEL 422 Girault—Fragments on North Ameri- Additional votes on Priority in Nomen- can Insects—I (Lep., Col., Hym.) 399 Clatnret melee iiss clectalecteletafeverslel> 423 Rehn and Hebard—On the Genus An- Townsend—Strict Priority Throughout axipha (Orthoptera, Gryllidae).... 411 Taxonomic Nomenclature......... 423 Knab and Malloch—A Borborid from Skinner—A Senator on Medical Ento- an Epiphytic Bromeliad (Diptera; MO LOL Wate cine iastetlaaiescistslels siere(eisiale 425 PATE EONDOLIGAC)) co siecnc0.0 «eens s esis 413 Entomological Literature ............. 425 Alexander—A _ Bromeliad-Inhabiting Review of Sanderson & Jackson: Ele- Crane-flv (Tipulidae, Dipt.) ....... 415 mentary Entomology......--.--++-- 432 A School of Entomology in N. Y. City 417 Doingsiok Societies) 4 Vi. ~ Y) Ny, MN Mt) ij, iy ow BEDE iT yssatey eryvapep nner Npvapon veg eyyy?? uy yore Wing of Limosina bromeliarum K. and M.,, n. sp. Limosina bromeliarum n. sp. Male and female: Black, subshining; frons opaque except on stripes on which frontal bristles are situated, the central rows nearly parallel and not strongly incurved; face very distinctly produced, shin- ing, concave in centre, one large and 3-4 smaller bristles on. cheeks close to mouth edge, jowls bare; second antennal joint with numerous bristles and nearly as long as the somewhat triangular third joint, arista twice as long as breadth of frons, very thin, with long pubescence; dorsum of thorax with regular rows (10) of short bristles, one pair of prescutellar dorsal and one much weaker and widely separated pair of dorso-central bristles; scutellum with four marginal bristles; abdomen short and broad, especially in ¢, the second segment elongated i oth sexes, numerous strong lateral hairs in both sexes, ¢ hypopygium large, slightly asymmetrical, with a large central depression and numerous short hairs; legs piceous, fore femora with a series of bristles on ventral surface, the apical three of which are strongest, fore tibie slightly dilated towards apex covered with short hairs, basal joint of fore tarsi nearly as long as nex: three, mid tibia with a regular series of three bristles nearly on the dorsal surfece and one on postero-dorsal surface at same length from apex as lowes: of the other three, hind femora with two Vol. xxiii] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 415 preapical ventral bristles, hinc tibie dilated towards apices, with numerous short hairs but no distinct bricties, b2sal jomt of hind tarsus distinctly thicker and shorter than seconé joini: wings yel- lowish, costa very much short of apex of wing, first section ionger than second, second nearly twice as long as sections I to 3, third longitudinal vein very obtusely bent at turn and joining costa at nearly a right angle, costa not extending beyond end of third vein, both cross veins very close together, fourth vein obsolete beyond cross vein, fifth barely traceable; halteres brown. Length %-34 mm. Resembles in some particulars perparva Will., but very dif- ferent in venation of wings. Seven specimens, males and fe- males, reared from arboreal bromeliads, March 17-21, 1908. Cérdoba, Mexico. (F. Knab). , Type.—Cat. No. 14,913, U. S. Nat. Mus. A Bromeliad-Inhabiting Crane-fly (Tipulidae, Dipt.) By Cuas. P. ALEXANDER, Ithaca, N. Y.* To the rather long list of inhabitants of the Neotropical epi- phytic, water-bearing Bromeliaceous plants, (as given by Dr. Calvert in ENtomoLocicaL News, Nov., IQII, pp. 402-411), there should be added the family Tipulidae. I have recently re- ceived specimens of a Costa Rican Mongoma that were bred from Bromeliads by Sr. C. Picado. I am indebted to Mr. Fred- erick Knab, of the U. S. National Museum, for the privilege of examining these specimens. Mongoma bromeliadicola sp. n. Brown; thorax indistinctly striped; femora with a subapical black ring; apices of femora and tibie and bases of the tibize, white. Length, ¢, 7.4 mm.; 92, 8.4-9.2 mm. Wing, ¢, 76 mm.; 92, 8.5-9.2 mm. Legs all detached and almost impossible to separate; femora, 8.4- 9.8 mm.; tibia, 7.6-10.1 mm.; tarsus, 7.2-8.9 mm. What is probably the fore-leg measures, femora, 8.4 mm.; tibia, Io.1 mm.; tarsus, 8.9 mm. Middle leg: supp. 9-9 mm., tibia 7.6-8.1 mm., tarsus 7.2-7.3 mm. Hind leg, supp., femora 9.6-9.8 mm., tibia 9.8-9.4 mm. Head: rostrum and palpi yellowish-brown; antenne dark brown the basal segments rather paler; front vertex and occiput light brown- versity. 416 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Nov., 712 ish yellow; a brown stripe along the inner margin of the eye, run- ning from the narrowest portion of the front back to the gene. Thorax: mesothoracic prescutum light yellowish-brown with brown longitudinal stripes on either side of the narrow middle line; these stripes begin as two dark dots at a considerable distance caudad of the anterior margin of the sclerite, running backward to the suture and becoming more distinct behind; outer caudal margins of the sclerite rather dark brown, which color is continued backward onto R Giz Wing of Mongoma bromeliadicola n. sp. the sides of the scutum; middle line of the scutum yellowish-white; scutellum purplish-brown with a broad pallid caudal edge; post-notum deep purplish-brown; pleure dull pale whitish-brown; sclerite just anterior to the wing-basis darker, brownish. Halteres pale, whitish, throughout. Legs: coxe and trochanters light brown; femora light yellowish-brown, darkening abruptly to form a sub-apical blackish ring; extreme tip abruptly cream-white in color; tibia: extreme base and tips, whitish, the tip being the broader; remainder of the tibiz and the tarsi, dark brown. Wings faintly tinged with yellow; veins C, Sc and R brownish-yellow; remaining veins, brown; stigma somewhat triangular, dark brown; a distinct brown cloud at the ori- gin of Rs; tip of wing indistinctly darker. Venation (See Figure). R* longer than that portion of R*+* between cross-vein r and the fork of R’+*; cross-vein r longer than that portion of R*+* beyond it; basal deflection of Cu’ before the fork of M; Cu’ close to Ist A at their tips, the distance separating the two veins at the wing margin being only about as great as Sc’. Abdomen: tergum brown, the lateral and caudal margins of the two basal and the apical segments paler, yellow; in the ¢, the 8th and oth segments are darker, blackish; the hypopygium brown. In the @, the last two segments of the abdomen are narrow, tubular with the valves of the ovipositor very long, slender, acicular. Sternum brown; the margins of the sclerites light colored. The data for the specimens is a trifle confusing; the follow- ing localities were given by Sr. Picado: Cartago, Costa Rica—1500 meters—Nov.-Feb.; Estrella, Vol. xxiii] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 417 Costa Rica—2000 meters—Sept. ; Orosi, Costa Rica—1200 me- ters—Nov.-Feb. It is difficult to say just where the specimens were taken. Holotype, ¢— Costa Rica (Sr. Picado, coll.) Allotype, ?— with the type. Paratypes, 4 9 ’s—with the type. All of the types in U. S. Nat. Mus. Coll. (Type No. 14,957). The species is conspicuously different from the six Neotropical species of Mongoma that are known to me in its striking leg- pattern. Whether or not the long ovipositor has a significance in the manner of egg-deposition is a question for the collector to verify; a similar condition exists in the females of other species and it is possible that these may, likewise, have this pe- culiar larval habitat. But one Mongoma has ever been reared hitherto. De Meijere has recently! described the larva and pupa of the East Indian M. pennipes O. S. (l.c.; p. 50, 51; fig. 41, pupa). He states that Mr. Jacobson found the larve at Semarang (Java), Jan., 1906, in decaying plant-stems. In conclusion, I would mention the rearing from Bromeliads of one of the “false crane-flies” by Sr. Picado. an4 its recent characterization as Amisopus picturatus? by Mr. Knab. ———__> -«»______ A School of Entomology in New York City. ParRK COMMISSIONER STOVER, of New York City, has decided to es- tablish a school of entomology in Central Park, so that old and young nature lovers may take a practical course in the study of butterflies, bumble bees, dragon flies, beetles and other insects. The place of study is to be in the Swedish schoolhouse. This build- ing was prepared in Sweden for the Centennial Exhibition at Phila- delphia in 1876, as a model of the national schools of that country. After the exhibition the park board bought this building and trans- ferred it to Central Park. The building will immediately be fitted up. Dr. Edmund B. South- wick, the entomologist of the park department, will be in charge.— The North American. Studien iiber sudostasiatische Dipteren. Pt. 5. Ostindische ‘Tip- ulide, von Dr. J. C. H. De Meijere. Tijd. von Ent. Apr., 1911; p. 21-79; pl. 4; f. 1-40. * New Species of Anisopide (Rhyphide) from Tropical America (Diptera; Nemocera), by Frederick Knab. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. ; Vol. 25, p. I1I-114; reprint dated June 29, 1912. 418 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Nov.,. 712 A new Tropical Gonomyia (Tipulidae, Dipt.). By CuHarLes P. ALEXANDER, Ithaca, N. Y.* The species described herein is referable to the manca group of Gonomyia Meigen, which, in a more extensive dis- cussion of the genus published elsewhere, I have recognized as belonging to the subgenus Leiponeura Skuse. This subgenus is represented in America by the following species: manca O. S.; pleuralis Will. (Atarba) ; puella Will. (Atarba) ; alexan- deri Johns. (Elliptera), and the present species. This form is closest to pleuralis,t from which it differs in coloration and, fundamentally, in hypopygial characters. Gonomyia (Leipcneura) amazona sp. n. Wings with cord margined with brown; legs black. 9—Length, 5.4-5.5 mm.; wing, 3.8-3.9 mm. Fore leg, femur, 2.4-2.65 mm.; tibia, 4.2 mm. Hind leg, femur, 3-3.2 mm.; tibia, 4-4.05 mm. $ 9~Head—Rostrum ‘and palpi dark brownish-black; antenne, basal segments greatly swollen, orange; flagellum with the three or four basal segments almost white, apical flagellar segments dark brownish-black. Front, vertex and occiput, pale yellowish white. Wing of Gonomyia (Letponeura) amazona, n. sp. Thorax.—Mesonotum, prescutum very light yellowish orange; the lateral margins of the sclerite broadly whitish, separated from the bright color of the dorsum by an indistinct brownish line; scutum brownish-orange, almost concolorous with the prescutum, scutellum and postnotum very pale, almost white. Pleure almost white; a broad band extending across the pleural sclerites, beginning on the gene of of the head, continuing back to the abdomen; the dorsal and ventral margins of this band are darker, deep brown; the ventral mark runs through the halteres, the rest of the band suffusing the mesonotal prescutum with light brown; a narrow, more or less dark colored, g Bee osha Laboratory, Cornell University. a “< Fj 7 Williston, Trans. Ent. Soc., Lond. (1896); p. 280; pl. 10; fig. 61. Vol. xxiii] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 419 brown band running across the pleure just over the bases of the coxe; it is only about one-third as wide as the broad pale band separating the two dark pleural stripes. Halteres, basal half of the stem brown: remainder, including the knob, light yellow. Legs: coxe white; tro- chanters and femora dark brownish-black, the extreme apices of the latter white; tibiae and tarsi dark brownish-black; the tarsi rather lighter. Wings clear bluish-hyaline; veins light brown, C. and Sc. more yel- lowish; stigma large, rounded oval, dark brown; components of the cord and the outer end of cell 1st M* black, the membrane adjoining suffused with darker. All of the longitudinal veins are faintly mar- gined with very pale brown. Venation as in pleuralis. (See fig. 1.) Abdomen.—Tergum, light yellowish, especially bright on the lateral margins of the sclerites; apices of the sclerites dark brownish-black; sternum dull yellow, apices and lateral margins of the sclerites brown Hypopygium (see fig. 2), described below, in key. Holotype, male, Igarape-assu, Para, Brazil; February 1, 1912 (H. S. Parish). Allotype, female, Igarape-assu, Para, Brazil; February 7, 1912 (EP S: Parish). Paratype, 18 females, 2 males, Igarape-assu, Para, Brazil; Jan- uary 25 to February 7, 1912 (H. S. Parish). Types in Cornell University, except 5 female paratypes in au- thor’s collection and two in Coll. U. S. National Museum. Two females, in poor condition, are referred to this new _ species. They are from Paramaribo, Hypopygium of Gonomyia (Leipo- Dutch Guiana (H. Polah, Coll.), Reina Bee nial ana. and are in the U. S. Nat. Mu- dage; c, ventral apical appendage; d, Bigs reaual conor } ule hyse; g, guard of the penis. The following comparison will point out the differences between the species: pleuralis Will. (Antilles). Trochanter and femur light yellow, femur light yellowish, sub- apically brown, tip light yellow. Lower pleural stripe broad, more than one-half as wide as the pale one above it. Pleural stripe very dark brown, clear cut. Wings with uniform veins; cord not seamed with darker. Base of flagellum dark. Hypopygium: (See figs. 3, 4.) the eighth sternite convex; ninth sternite with each of the lateral 420 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Nov., ’12 pieces triangular, almost or entirely united on the ventral aspect; pleu- ral pieces elongate-cylindrical, bearing two appendages, the lower one (c), a long, chitinized hook bent strongly ventrad near its middle; the dorsal appendage (b), long, slender, fleshy, projecting caudad. Viewed from beneath, a short rectangular organ (f), ending in two short sharp-pointed, chitinized teeth which are curved ventrad; the or- gan rather chitinized basally and on the sides; behind the above de- scribed apophyse, an elongate subchitinized organ (g), undoubtedly the penis guard; it is elongate-cylindrical and directed caudad; above this, a pair of sharp pointed chitinized teeth (e), directed caudad and slightly upward, their base thickened and with a dorsal notch. 4, Baracoa, Cuba; Sept., 1901; Aug. Busch. (In Coll. U. S. Nat. Mus.) Hypopygium of Gonomyia (Letponeura) pleuralis Will. Fig. 3. Lateral aspect ; Fig. 4. Ventral aspect. Lettering as in Fig. 2. amazona sp. n. (Surinam, E. Brazil). Trochanter and femur dark brownish-black, extreme tip of latter white. Lower pleural stripe narrow, only about one-third as wide as the pale one above it. Pleural stripes usually light brown, not clear cut. Wings with cord and outer end of cell Ist M” dark brown, narrowly seamed with darker. Base of flagellum pale. Hypopygium - (see fig. 2): the eighth sternite convex, basal piece of ninth ster- nite triangular; pleural pieces (a), cylindrical, with a_ short, fleshy dorsal lobe (b), clothed with long hairs at the tip; ventral lobe reduced to two blunt chitinized teeth (c); behind this a broad, less chitinized organ (d). Viewed from beneath, a short, broad, rectangular organ bearing at its apex at either angle, long curved horns (e), shaped like steer’s horns, chitinized at the tip; ventrad of this organ, close to its lower face, two sharp needle-like appendages (f), and a sharp-pointed median organ which is presumably the guard of the penis (g). 8; Igarape-assu, Brazil, Jan. 26, 1912; H. S. Parish. (In Cornell Uni- versity.) ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [The Conductors of ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS solicit and will thank- fully receive items of news likely to interest its readers from any source. The author’s name will be given in each case, for the information of ecataloguers and bibliographers.] TO CONTRIBUTORS.—AIl contributions will be considered and passed upon at our earliest convenience, and, as far as may be, will be published according to date of reception. ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS has reached a circulation, both in numbers and circumference, as to make it neces- sary to put “‘copy” into the hands of the printer, for each number, four weeks before date of issue. This should be remembered in sending special or important matter for a certain issue. Twenty-five ‘‘extras,’’ without change in form and without covers, will be given free, when they are wanted; if more than twenty-five copies are desired, this should be stated on the MS. The receipt of all papers will be acknowledged. Proof will be sent to authors for correction only when specially requested.—Ed. PHILADELPHIA, PA., NOVEMBER, I9QI2. At this season of the year when the collections of the past summer are being labeled, when material is being received from and sent to others, when papers based in part or in whole on insects gathered not by the author are being prepared, forget not the collector or the credit due him or her! See that his or her name appears on the pin-label and in the “copy” for the printer. As a well-known entomologist writes: “This is not wholly a matter of personal credit or sentiment. A specimen is worth more for scientific purposes if we know who obtained it and can raise questions concerning it in the right quarter when necessary. I am always indignant when I see a man cite new material and give no credit to the collector; but col- lectors are largely to blame if they do not put their names on the labels.” An interesting illustration of the value of citing the collec- tor’s name is afforded by Dr. Skinner’s article on the redis- covery of the longtime rare beetle, Plusiotis woodii Horn, in the News for October, 1911, page 356. Horn’s citation of of Dr. H. C. Wood as collector enabled Dr. Skinner to write te that veteran and ascertain the probable localities at which the types of the species had been taken. 421 422 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Nov., ’12 Notes and News. ENTOMOLOGICAL GLEANINGS FROM ALL QUARTERS OF THE GLOBE. Note on Anatis 15-punctata and A. caseyi n. sp. (Coleop.). The varied marking of A. 15-punctata is no new thing. Say’s mali with ocellated spots is as frequent in this vicinity as the typical form. All shades of red and yellow are found and many which are so dark that the spots are, as commonly stated, very “indistinct.” However, I have recently taken one which is entirely outside of any description I remember to have seen. It is jet black, with abso- lutely no discernible spots, indistinct or otherwise. The thoracic markings are pure white, while on all my other varieties the thor- acic markings are invariably some shade of yellow. To speak of this insect as 15-punctata is so flagrant a misnomer that I venture to suggest that this variety be called Anatis caseyi, in memory of the fact that at least one coccinellid appears to have succeeded in es- caping the notice of so indefatigable an investigator—O. S. West- corr, Oak Park, Ill., June 29, 1912. The Splitting of Insect Tracheae. In studying the tracheae of mosquito larvae, I found the following method to be very useful. This method consists in flattening the tracheal tubes between a glass slide and a cover glass and then split- ting the tubes in half longitudinally. The technic is carried out as follows: First, the tracheal tubes are dissected from the insect and are then transferred to a clean glass slide. The tracheae should remain free from any torn tissue and if possible a small quantity of blood should remain on the tracheae. If there is not sufficient blood, a drop of water will answer fairly well. A clean cover glass should then be put on, pressed down lightly, and the excess of water wiped off to allow the cover glass to fit closely. In working with very small tubes, the success of the operation de- pends upon the care exercised in causing as close a contact as possible between the cover glass and the glass slide. After thorough drying, which usually takes a day, the cover glass can either be lifted off or shifted a little to the side so as to uncover the lower half of the tube. If the cover glass is not removed, it should be securely attached to the glass slide in order to prevent fur- ther shifting, which may injure the specimen. Prepared in this way the tracheae are ready for microscopic examination. Vol. xxiii] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 423 The advantages of this technic are: First, the whole field can be brought into focus at the same time avoiding the rounding along the edges which is so noticeable in the examination of a whole tube; sec- ond, the shape and size of the taenidis, their method of branching, and other minute details can be made out very distinctly, particularly the complicated structures at the juncture of one tube with another; third, all the optical effects due to superimposed striations are wholly avoided. The optical effects just referred to result in the production of a remarkably complicated pattern in the large longitudinal tracheae of mosquito larvae and which has not been noticed in the tracheae of other insects. By this technic tubes of nearly any diameter from about twenty micromillimeters and upwards can be split in half—W. W. Tuomas, University of California, Berkeley, Calif. Additional Votes on Priority in Nomenclature. The following additional votes have been received (see the NEws for July, 1912, pages 300-304) : Messrs. E. A. Back, R. A. Vickery and C. H. T. Townsend vote (A) that the law of priority should be strictly applied in all cases. Messrs. H. A. Ballou, H. M. Bower, C. B. Davenport, A. G. Ruggles, H. H. Severin and J. F. Tristan vote (B) against the strict applica- tion of the law of priority in all cases and express tne desire that the most important and generally used names should be protected against any change on nomenclatural grounds. The vote taken by the News now stands 98 for A and 197 for B. Strict Priority Throughout Taxonomic Nomenclature. I wish to record my vote for strict priority in taxonomic nomenclature, and this includes not only specific names, but generic, tribal, sub- family, family, superfamily and all other group names used in tax- onomy, with the self-evident and obligatory qualification that the synonymy of those names above generic up to superfamily shall follow the synonymy of the generic names from which they are formed. I vote thus because I am fully convinced that no other course can secure as great a degree of final nomenclatural fixity. Fixity in this matter here and hereafter is what we all desire. The question is how to secure it now in the highest degree. Fixity depends upon absolute and undivided co-operation, else it is only comparative. In order to se- cure it now as well as ultimately we must not only have fixed rules for our guidance, which will be generally accepted and acted upon 424 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Nov., ’12 both now and in the future, but we must all adhere strictly to these fixed rules. If exceptions are admitted today by a majority vote, they establish a precedent. Who can foretell the end of the influence of such a precedent? Where will the line be drawn? Future genera- tions of biologists still unborn have no present voice in this matter, but their voice will be heard in time. Can we speak for them now and say that these exceptions will appeal to the majority of them? They may easily create a commission in the future to overthrow our entire system of nomenclature if we ever begin making exceptions, for exceptions have no end and will undermine any system ever cre- ated. It is evident that the salvation of nomenclatural fixity is the pur- suance of a course which will by its very simplicity appeal to human nature at once and forever. The fewer the exceptions the stronger the rule is always true. The stronger the rule the more surely will it stand the test of time is equally true. If the highest possible degree of fixity for the present which will last into the future is what we want, it seems clear how to get it. If strict priority will not get it, nothing will. If we grant exceptions we are weakening the founda- tion upon which we stand. The International Zoological Congress most wisely framed its rules so as to make the granting of exceptions next to impossible, and I trust that not one exception will ever be granted by it. As to Meigen’s 1800 generic names and all others of like nature, I agree with Hendel, Bezzi and Coquillett that they are valid. The test of a generic name is our ability to place the type species whence it or- iginated. This is the sense of the International Code. According to this, those of Meigen’s 1800 genera of which we know the type species must be accepted. His later genera with the same types are certainly synonyms of the earlier ones. The hardship in accepting such changes falls more heavily on the systematist than on any other person. Mei- gen’s 1800 names were highly distasteful to me personally in the be- ginning and I doubt if I shall ever be able to accept them with com- plete satisfaction, but their acceptance means to me simply a step in securing final nomenclatural fixity. If they are not generally ac- cepted now, they will be so at some future time. If changes of this nature are inevitable, the sooner they are effected the better it will be for all concerned. Postponement is the enemy of progress. The large majority votes against strict priority, among zoologists in both Europe and North America, seem to me an exhibition of a desire for past and present fixity at the sacrifice of future and final fixity. Such postponement of change can not result in good.—CHARLEs H. T. Townsenp, Lima, Peru, July 11, 1912. Vol. xxiii] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 425 A Senator on Medical Entomology. Tue Hon. John D. Works uses 78 pages of fine print to try to convince the people of the United States that the bill to establish an independent Health Service would be a pernicious thing. He is the spokesman for all kinds of practitioners of medicine who fear the nation may become too healthy, if the bill becomes a law. He says, “it is claimed to have been discovered that the sting of the mosquito causes yellow fever, the bite of the fly typhoid fever, and that the ground squirrel is the carrier of bubonic plague.” We are not aware of the fact that mosquitoes sting, being under the impres- sion from actual experience that they bite. We did not know that the bite of the mosquito is the cause of yellow fever, being under the impression that the cause of yellow fever is unknown. Some flies bite, but we suppose he refers to Musca domestica which only tickles. We were ignorant of the fact that the bite of any fly causes typhoid fever as we were taught that the cause of the diseases is the Bacillus typhosus. His argument is based on the supposition that such a department would control “methods of healing” or thera- peutics, whereas it would have nothing to do with the practice of medicine and should not. (Speech of the Hon. John D. Works, of California, in the Senate of the United States, April 20th & 30th, 1912) HENRY SKINNER. Entomological Literature. COMPILED BY E. T. CRESSON, JR., AND J. A. G. REHN. Under the above head it is intended to note papers received at the Academy of Natural Sciences, of Philadelphia, pertaining to the En- tomology of the Americas (North and South), excluding Arachnida and Myriapoda. Articles irrelevant to American entomology will not be noted; but contributions to anatomy, physiology and embryology of insects, how- ever, whether relating to American or exotic species, will be recorded. The numbers in Heavy-Faced Type refer to the journals, as numbered in the following list, in which the papers are published, and are all dated the current year unless otherwise noted. This (*) following a record, denotes that the paper in question contains description of a new North American form. For record of Economic Literature, see the Experiment Station Record, Office of Experiment Stations, Washington. 4—The Canadian Entomologist. 5—Psyche, Cambridge, Mass. 6—Journal, New York Entomological Society. 7 — Ue Ss Wepare= ment of Agriculture, Bureau of Entomology. 8—The Entomolo- gist’s Monthly Magazine, London. 9—The Entomologist, London. 426 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Nov., *12 10—Nature, London. 11—Annals and Magazine of Natural His- tory, London. 14~—Proceedings, Zoological Society of London. 21—The Entomologist’s Record, London. 22—Zoologischer An- zeiger, Leipzig. 35—Annales, Societe Entomologique de Belgique. 38—Wiener Entomologische Zeitung. 40—Societas Entomologica, Zurich. 48—La Cellule. 44—Verhandlungen, k. k. zoologisch-bota- nischen Gesellschaft in Wien. 46—Tuijdschrift voor Entomologie. 50—Proceedings, U. S. National Museum. 77—The National Geo- graphical Magazine, Washington, D. C. 84—Entomologische Rundschau. 85—Bulletin, Societe des Sciences Naturelles de l’Ouest de la France, Nantes. 119—Archiv fur Naturgeschichte, Berlin. 123—Bulletin, Wisconsin Natural History Society, Milwaukee. 153 —Bulletin, American Museum of Natural History, New York. 155—Nova Acta Academiae Caesareae Leopoldius Carolinae Ger- manicae Naturae Curiosorum, Halle. 161—Proceedings, Biological Society of Washington. 166—Internationale Entomologische Zeit- schrift, Guben. 169—‘‘Redia,’ R. Stazione di entomologia Agraria Firenze. 179—Journal of Economic Entomology. 182—Revue Russe d’Entomologie, St. Petersburg. 190—Deutsche Entomologi- sche Zeitschrift “Iris,” Dresden. 193—Entomologische Blatter, Cassel. 194—Genera Insectorum, Diriges par P. Wytsman, Bru- xelles. 198—Biological Bulletin, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Mass. 199—Bulletin, Societe Scientifique et Medi- cale de l'Ouest, Rennes. 201—Memoires, Societe Entomologique de Belgique. 204—New York State Museum Bulletin. 209—Trans- actions, Zoological Society of London. 239—Annales, Biologie La- custre, Brussels. 240—Maine Agricultural Experiment Station, Orono. 277—Victorian Naturalist, Melbourne. 284—Bulletin, Mu- seum National d’Histoire Naturelle, Reunion Mensuelle des Natu- ralistes du. Museum. Paris. 285—Nature-Study Review, Urbana, Illinois. 820—Der Tropenpflanzer, Berlin. 324—Journal of Animal Behavior, Cambridge, Mass. 885—Smithsonian Miscellaneous Col- lections. 859—Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, New Haven. 365—Collections Zoologiques du Baron Edm. de Selys Longchamps, Bruxelles. 367—International Entomological Con- gress. 868—The Monthly Bulletin of the State Commission of Horticulture, Sacramento, Cal. 869—Entomologische Mitteilungen, Berlin-Dahlen. 392—The Irish Naturalist, Dublin. 393—‘Scientia,” Bologna. 394—‘“Timehri,” The Journal of the Royal Agricultural and Commercial Society of British Guiana, Demarara. 395—Revue Mensuelle de la Societe Entomologique Namuroise, Namur. GENERAL SUBJECT. Anon.—The second international con- gress of entomology, 8, 1912, 204-207. Anon,—Der II. internatio- Vol. xxiii] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 427 nale Entomologenkongress zu Oxford, 84, xxix, 113-114 (cont.). Ballou, H. A.—Insect pests of the Lesser Antilles. Issued by the Commissioner of Agriculture of the West Indies, Pamphlet Series No. 71, 210 pp. Brues & Sheppard.—The possible etiological rela- tion of certain biting insects to the spread of infantile paralysis, 179, vi, 305-324. Chapman, F.—What are type specimens? How should they be named? 277, xxix, 59-64. Criddle, N.—Injurious in- sects of 1911 at Treesbank, Manitoba, 179, v, 248-252. Davis and Leng.—Insects on a recently felled tree, 6, xx, 119-121. Doane, R. W.—An annotated list of the literature on insects and disease for the year 1911, 179, v, 268-285. Some insect pests of the Califor- nia live oaks, 179, vi, 346-348. Fernald, H. T.—Insects of the year 1911 in Massachusetts, 179, v, 245-248. Grossbeck, J. A.—List of insects collected in Lower California by the “Albatross” expedition in 1911, 158, xxxi, 323-326 (*). Hendel, F—Ein wort ueber die antrage der Deutschen Zoologischen Gesellschaft, die das Priori- tatsgesetz einschranken sollen, 369, i, 225-226. Herms, W. B.— Economic entomology from the viewpoint of the sanitarian, 179, vi, 355-357. Netolitzky, F.—Ueber fundortsangeben, 369, i, 273-275. Pentland, G. H.—Note on the increase and decrease of some.... insects in the County of Louth during the last 50 years (Sirex and Rhyssa), 392, 1912, 147-148. Rosenfeld, A. H.—Insects and spiders in Spanish moss (some additional data), 179, vi, 338-339. Rowland- Brown, H.—The second international congress of entomology, Ox- ford, August, 1912, 9, 1912, 268-275. Sanderson & Jackson.—Ele- mentary entomology, Ginn & Co., 1912, 372 pp. Severin, G. (et al.). —Historique et proces-verbaux, 367, Vol. I, 276 pp. Snellen, P. C. T.—In memoriam....door M. C. Piepers, 46, lv, 1-8. Turner, H. J. —Nomenclature, 21, 1912, 178-181. Welch, P. §.—The insect life of pond and stream, Part III, 285, viii, 221-225. Zacher, F—Notizen ueber schadlinge tropischer kulturen, 320, xvi, 484-493. APTERA AND NEUROPTERA. Bagnall, R. S—Some con- siderations in regard to the classification of the order Thysanop- tera, 11, x, 220-222. Cholodkovsky, N. A.—Contribution a l’ana- tomie du testicule ches des Trichopteres (Russian), 182, xi, 422- 424. Emerton, J. H.—Note on “Myrmeleon immaculatus,” 5, xix, 134. Hewitt, C. G—Walker’s “North American dragon flies of the genus Aeshna,” 4, 1912, 242-244. Hood, J. D—A n. gen. and 3 n. sp. of No. American Thysanoptera, 5, xix, 113-118 (*). Jacobson, E.—Biological notes on some Planipennia from Java, 46, lv, 97-193. Klapalek, F.—Perlodidae, Monographische revision, 365, Fasc. IV, NOs 712.) G6) pp: Korsakow, R—Zur geographischen ver- breitung und biologie der “Proturen.” 182, xi. 411-418, Pet- ersen, E.—A few new Neuroptera Planipennia, 869, i, 267-273. 428 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Nov., ’12 Ris, F.—Ueber einige Gomphinen von Sudbrasilien und Argentina, 201, xix, 101-120. Root, F. M.—Dragonflies collected at Point Pelee and Pelee Island, Ontario, in the summer of 1910-11, 4, xliv, 208-209. Wilson, C. B—Dragonflies of the Cumberland Valley in Kentucky and Tennessee, 50, xliii, 189-200. ORTHOPTERA. Burr, M.—Dermaptera, 194, fasc. 122, 112 pp. Davis, W. T.—Three n. sp. of Belocephalus from Florida, 6, xx, 122-125 (*). Meissner, O.—Ueber allmahliche farbungsonderung bei “Dixippus morosus” (Stabheuschrecke), 40, xxvii, 79-80. Die Zucht der nordamerikanischen stabheuschrecke (Diapheromera femora- tus), 166, vi, 154-155. Shelford, R—Mimicry amongst the Blatti- dae; with a revision of the genus “Prosoplecta,”’ and the description of a n. gen., 14, 1912, 358-376. On a collection of Blattidae made in Central Peru...., 182, xii, 27-34. HEMIPTERA. Barber, H. G.—Distribution of (some) Hemip- tera, 6, xx, 134-135. Cockerell, T. D. A.—“Eriococcus borealis” in Colorado, 179, v, 295. Ewing & Webster—Mites associated with the oyster shell scale (Lepidosaphes ulmi), 5, xix, 121-134. Ma- tausch, I—Observations on some N. Am. Membracidae in their last nymphal stages, 158, xxxi, 331-336. Peneau, J—DLe genre “Eurygaster.” Etude monographique, 85, i, 157-194. Samsonoff, C. —The activity of “Prospaltella berlesei” against “Diaspis penta- gona” in Italy (translated by L. O. Howard), 179, vi, 325-328. Spooner, C. S.—Some n. sp. of Delphacidae, 4, 1912, 233-242 (*). Teodoro, G.—Le glandule laccipare o ceripare del “Lecanium oleae,” 169, viii, 312-320. de la Tarre Bueno, J. R—Three days in the pines of Yaphank. Records of captures of Hemiptera Heteroptera, 4, xliv, 209-213. Townsend, C. H. T.—The work in Peru against the white scale of cotton, 179, v, 256-263. Wilson, H. F.—Notes on the aphid genus “Eriosoma,” 4, xliv, 219-220. LEPIDOPTERA. Barnes & McDunnough.—New Noctuid spe- cies, 4, xliv, 216-216 (*). Britton, W. E.—Spread of the leopard moth in Connecticut and its injury to shade trees, 179, v, 241-243. Bruhn, S.—Farbenanderungen bei raupen infolge verschiedenfarbi- gen futters, 166, vi, 98-99. Byrd, H.—Bats vs. mosquitoes, 4, 1912, 231-232. Le Cerf, F.—Descriptions d’Aegeriidae nouvelles, 284, 1911, 297-307. Dognin, P.—Heteroceres nouveaux de l’Amerique du Sud, 201, xix, 121-178. Ehrmann, G. A.—A new Papilio from Cen- tral America, 4, 1912, 224. Fassl, A. H.—“Anaea ludmilla” eine neue form aus der Panaristegruppe, 84, xxix, 85-86. Neue papilioniden aus sudamerika, 84, xxix, 103-104. Felt, E. P—The white-marked tussock moth (Hemerocampa leucostigma), 204, No. 156, 14-17. Fleutiaux, E— Descriptions de Metasidae nouveaux, 35, lvi, 296-304. Vol. xxiii] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 429 Frohawk & Rothschild—Some notes on the life-history of “Mela- Nargia japygia subsp. survarovius,” 9, 1912, 238-241. On the egg- laying and early stages of “Hesperia linea,” 9, 1912, 253-256 (cont.). Fruhstorfer, H.—Die grossschmetterlinge der erde. Fauna ameri- cana. Lief. 137-139. Hammar, A. G.—Life-history studies on the codling moth in Michigan, 7, Bul. No. 115, 1-86. Lambillion, L. J. L.—Quelques remarques biologiques sur la Sesie du groseillier (Sesia tipuliformis), 395, 1912, 62-63. Lehr, W.—Zur schmetter- lingsfauna der pampas, 166, vi, 146-147. v. Linstow, Prof.—Duft- organe der schmetterlinge und ein neuer duftapparat bei einem mannlichen spanner, 166, vi, 139-141. Manders, N.—The value of protective resemblance in moths, 21, 1912, 174-176. Maskew, F.— A serious walnut pest (Ephestia elutella), 368, i, 366-371. Meyrick, E.—Family Gracilariadae, 194, fasc. 128, 36 pp. Moore, H. W. B.— Ways and habits of caterpillars, 394, ii, 197-206. Moss, A——On the Sphingidae of Peru, with a preface by K. Jordan, 209, xx, 73-134. Peairs, L. M.—A third brood of codling moth in Kansas in 1911, 179, v, 243-245. Petry, A——Zur biologie der “Lita vicinella” Frey, non Dougl, 190, xxvi, 115-118. Poulton, E. B—Polymorphism in a group of mimetic butterflies of the Ethiopian nymphaline genus “Pseudacraea,” 10, xc, 36. Prout, L. B—Family Geometridae, sub- fam. Hemitheinae, 194, fasc. 129, 274 pp. Ribbe, C.—Anleitung zum sammeln von schmetterlingen in tropischen landern, 84, xxix, 107- 108 (cont.). Schrader, W.—Inzuch bei “Junonia coenia” unter hoher temperatur durch zweiundzwanzig generationen in ununter- brochener folge, 84, xxix, 109-112. Swett, L. W.—Revision of the genus “Hydriomena,” group with moderate palpi, 4, xliv, 225-231. Vuillet, A—Les parasites de “Liparis dispar” et “L. chrysorrhoea” en Amerique, 199, xx, 226-227. Webster, R. L.—Some further notes on the wheat-head army-worm (Meliana albilinea), 179, vi, 335-336. Winn, A. F.—L. from Yukon territory, 4, xliv, 213-216. Notes on the life history of “Estigmene prima,” 4, xliv, 221-223. Zerny, H.—Neue Heteroceren aus der sammlung des k. k. Naturhist. Hofmus. in Wien, 190, xxvi, 119-124. DIPTERA. Aldrich, J. M.—The biology of some western spe- cies of the dipterous genus Ephydra. ‘Two western species of Ephydra, 6, xx, 77-102 (*). Britton, W. E.—The mosquito plague of the Connecticut coast region and how to control it, 359, Bul. No. 173, 14 pp. Brues, C. T.—Synonymical notes on Phoridae, 5, xix, 135-136. Dexter, J. S—On coupling of certain sex-linked characters in Drosophila, 198, xxii, 183-194. Edwards, F. W.—‘“Lygistorrhina urichi,” a new Mycetophilid from Trinidad, 11, x, 203-204. Ender- lein, G—Rothschildella, eine neue Aphanipterengattung vom 430 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Nov., ’12 Aguti, 22, xl, 72-76. Felt, E. P.—New Itonididae, 6, xx, 102-107 (*). Observations on the identity of the wheat midge, 179, v, 286- 289 (*). “Itonida inopis” O. S., 179, vi, 368-369. Johannsen, O. A. —The fungus gnats of N. A. Part IV (conclus.), Mycetophilinae, 240, Bul. No. 200, 57-146 (*). Knab, F.—N. sp. of Anisopidae (Rhyphidae) from tropical America, 161, xxv, 111-114. Malloch, J. R—New D. from Panama, 335, lix, No. 17, Pub. No. 2133, 8 pp. Morgan & Lynch.—The linkage of two factors in Drosophila that are not sex-linked, 198, xxii, 174-182. Schmiedeknecht, O.— Opuscula ichneumonologica, Fasc. xxxi, Tryphoninae (cont.), p. 2403-2482. Schnabl & Dziedzicki— Die Anthomyiden, 155, xcv, 56-358. Townsend, C. H. T.—Foundation of some new genera and species of muscoid flies mainly on reproductive and early- stage characters, 6, xx, 107-119 (*). COLEOPTERA. Benick, L.—Zur biologie des ‘‘Necrophorus vestigator” nebst beschreibung der larve und nymphe, 198, viii, 197-203. Brocher, K.—Observations biologiques sur quelques Cur- culionides aquatiques, 239, v, 180-186. Chittenden, F. H.—The broad-bean weevil (Laria rufimana), 7, Bul. No. 96, 59-82. Dalla Torre, K. W.—Family Cebrionidae, 194, fasc. 127, 17 pp. Dupuis, P. —Family Carabidae, subfam. Psydrinae, Opisthiinae, 194, fasc. 123, 2 pp., fasc. 126, 2 pp. Felt, E. P.—The elm leaf beetle (Galerucella luteola), 204, No. 156, 6-14. Frost, C. A—New sp. of C. of the genus “Agrilus,” 4, 1912, 245-252 (*). Gee, W. P.—Notes on “Saperda calcarata” in So. Carolina, 179, vi, 336-337. Gillette, C. P.—‘Dia- brotica virgifera” as a corn root-worm. ‘“‘Cleonus canescens” as a fruit tree pest, 179, vi, 364-367. Heikertinger, F.—Zur praxis des kaeferfanges mit dem kaetscher. III. Die standpflanze, 38, xxxi, 195-223. Hunter & Pierce.——Mexican cotton-boll weevil, 7, Bul. No. 114, 188 pp. Kleine, R.—Die geographische verbreitung der Ipiden, 198, viii, 160-163. Kuntzen, H.—Einige bemerkungen im anschluss an den Lampyriden-teil des Junk-Schenklingschen Cole- opterorum catalogus, 84, xix, 86-87. Lameere, A.—Revision des Prionides. Prionines VII. Gen. Prionus, 35, lvi, 195-260. Lewis, G. —On n. sps. of Histeridae and notices of others, 11, x, 250-260. Mann, W. M.—List of Histeridae and Buprestidae collected by the Stanford expedition to Brazil, 1911, 5, xix, 11-121. Marshall, G. A. K.—Three n. sp. of neotropical Coccinellidae, 11, x, 320-322. Mast, S. O.—Behavior of fire-flies (Photinus pyralis) ? with special ref- erence to the problem of orientation, $24, ii, 256-272. d’Orchymont, A.—Contribution a l’etude des genres “Sternolophus,” ‘“Hydro- philus,” ‘““Hydrous” (Fam. Hydrophilidae), 201, xix, 53-72. Pic, M. —Trois nouveaux “Discodon” de l’Amerique Meridionale, 35, lvi, Vol. xxiii] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 431 305-306. Prell, H.—Beitrage zur kenntnis der Dynastinen. Neue formen aus Amerika...., 193, viii, 179-187. Quaintance & Jenne.— The plum curculio (Conotrachelus nenuphar), 7, Bul. No. 103, 250 pp. Sampson, W.—Some n. sp. of Ipidae and Platypodidae in the Br. Museum, 11, x, 245-250. Sharp, D.—The larva of “Cardiophorus asellus,” 9, 1912, 189-191. Strohmeyer, H.—Coleopterorum catalo- gus, Pars 44: Platypodidae, 26 pp. Townsend, C. H. T.—The cot- ton square-weevil of Peru and its parasites, 179, v, 252-256. Tucker, E. S.—The rice water-weevil (Lissorhoptrus simplex) and methods for its control, 7, Circ. No. 152, 20 pp. Wagner, H.—Family Cur- culionidae, subfam. Apioninae, 194, fasc. 130, 109 pp. Beitrag zur kenntnis der Apion-fauna Central- und Sud-Amerikas, 201, xix, 1-32. Webb, J. L.—A preliminary synopsis of Cerambycoid larvae, 7, Tech. S. No. 20, 149-155. Weise, J—Family Chrysomelidae sub- fam. Hispinae, 194, fasc. 125, 123 pp. HYMENOPTERA. Banks, N.—New Scolioidae, 4, xliv, 197-203 (*). Cameron, P.—The H. of the Georgetown Museum, Part III, 394, ii, 207-231 (cont.). Cockerell, T. D. A.—Descriptions and rec- ords of bees, 11, x, 311-320. Crawford, J. C.—Descriptions of new H. No. 5, 50, xliii, 163-188 (*). Emery, C.—Les especes-type des genres et sous-genres de la famille des formicides, 35, lvi, 271-273. Le piante formicaire, 398, 1912, 48-62. Forel, A.—Formicides neo- tropiques, Part II-III, 201, xix, 179-237. Girault, A. A.—Recon- struction of the chalcid genus “Hypopteromalus” of the family Pteromalidae, 128, x, 24-46. The chalcidoid family Trichogram- matidae (Tables and Catalogue), 128, x, 81-100. Grossbeck, S. A.— Habits of ‘“Cerceris fumipennis,” 6, xx, 135. v. Ihering, H.—Biolo- gie und verbreitung der brasilianischen arten von “Eciton,” 369, i, 226-235. Kieffer, J. J—-Family Diapriidae, 194, fasc. 124, 75 pp. Maidl, F.—Ueber einen fall von lateraler gynandromorphie bei einer holzbiene (Xylocopa micans), 44, Ixii, 19-26. Rixford, G. P.— Fructification of the fig by Blastophaga, 179, vi, 349-355. Turner, C. H.—The copulation of “Ammophila abbreviata,’ 5, xix, 137. Viehmeyer, H.—Ueber die verbreitung und die geflugelten weib- chen von “Harpagoxenus sublevis,” 369, i, 193-197. Viereck, H. L. —Contributions to our knowledge of bees and ichneumon-flies, including the descriptions of 21 n. gen. and 57 n. sp. of ichneumon- flies, 50, xlii, 613-648 (*). Webster, R. L—The number of moults of the pear-slug “Caliroa cerasi,” 6, xx, 125-130 Wheeler, W. M.— Notes on a mistletoe ant, 6, xx, 130-134 (*). Notes about ants and their resemblance to man, 77, xxiii, 731-766. Zavattari, E—Mater- ialien fur eine monographie der neotropischen Eumeniden, 119, 1912, Ab. A, Heft 4, 1-272. 432 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Nov., 712 ELEMENTARY Envtomoriocy, By E. DwicHt SaNnperson, Dean of the College of Agriculture, West Virginia University, Director West Vir- ginia Agricultural Experiment Station, and C. F. Jackson, Professor of Zoology and Entomology, New Hampshire College. Ginn & Co., Boston. New York, Chicago, London. 8vo, cloth, pp. vii, 372, 496 figs., price $2. Not dated on the title-page. - Copyrighted 1912 by the authors. This is intended by the authors as a text for beginners and “is con- fessedly very largely a compilation from the works of others.” The right and proper ground is taken that general entomology is the founda- tion upon which economic entomology is to “be erected, and without a knowledge of the elements of entomology a course in economic ento- mology will have but little meaning to the average student, whereas if the more general knowledge of the subject has been mastered, the study of the various insect pests may be profitably pursued by the indi- vidual, even if he has not been able to take a systematic course in that phase of the subject.” After an Introduction of four pages, in which the pathologic and economic importance of insects to man is briefly stated, the book is divided into three parts. Parts I, The Structure and Growth of Insects, (pp. 5-66) and II., The Classes of Insects, (pp. 67-274) are by the senior author; Part III., Laboratory Exercises, (pp. 275-358) by the junior. In comparison with some other text-books of about the same size, Part I. is much less detailed than the corresponding parts of the well- known texts of Folsom and of Carpenter, but of nearly the same length as that of Smith. Part II. is much longer than Folsom’s treat- ment of the same topic, but not more extended than those of Smith and of Carpenter. There is but little, and that incidental, in this new book corresponding to Carpenter’s chapters on Insects and Their Sur- roundings, and The Pedigree of Insects, or to Chapters IV to XIII of Folsom. A strictly economic section, which might perhaps have in- cluded some of the material of Smith’s Part III. (Insecticides, Preven- tives and Machinery), has been intentionally emitted by Messrs. Sander- son and Jackson, as tending to make the book “too cumbersome; in- deed, it is usually not possible to cover both elementary and economic entomology in a single course.” From the three older texts this work differs in giving Laboratory Exercises (Part III.), which are a less usual feature in entomological manuals. ‘These exercises deal with the External anatomy of the locust (i. e. grasshopper), A comparison of the different types of Arthropoda, A comparison of different types of insects: bee. fly and beetle, The internal anatomy of the locust, The mouth-parts of insects, The life-history of insects, and The classification of insects. Sixty-seven Vol. xxiii] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 433 exercises on these subjects are arranged for, following which are two chapters on Methods of collecting insects, and Methods of preserv- ing and studying insects. For exercises 59-67 on classification, a com- pact series of keys to the orders and many families of insects is pro- vided (pp. 303-320). A list of books for the reference library, pp. 360-361, is decidedly one-sided, as no other order than the Lepidoptera is represented. As indicated above, there are many figures; they are both old and new; figure 53 would seem to be that of a male, rather than of a female, mosquito.—P. P. C. Doimes of Societies. ENTOMOLOGICAL CLUB, LOS ANGELES, CAL. At an informal meeting and banquet held on Thursday even- ing, May 2, 1912, at Christopher’s Broadway Café, the follow- ing thirteen men were present: A. Davidson, J. R. Haskin, Ee H. Newcomb, R. L. Beardsley, H. B. Dixon, C. O. Esterly, V. W. Owen, John Comstock, C. A. Whiting, F. C. Clark, E. Nichols, G. C. Davis and F. Grinnell, Jr. Prof. C. O. Esterly, of Occidental College, gave a talk, illus- trated with living specimens, and drawings, of the Oil Fly. Psilopa petrolet Coq., the larvae of which live in great numbers in the pools of crude petroleum near Los Angeles. Dr. David- son told of the first discovery of this insect about 1895: Co- auillett described it in T8099, but its full biology had not been studied till this year. The larve have a special interest for the student of animal behavior, reactions to external stimuli, etc., which were especially touched on by Prof. Esterly. Mr. H. H. Newcomb eave a short account of the nroblems presented in the genus Limenitis, of which he has made a spe- cial study; he exhibited enlarged photographs of the snecies. Mr. Grinnell exhibited a box of specimens of the interesting Noctuid genus Tarache, which is extensively represented in the Southwest. Also specimens of Ephydra tarsata from Owen’s Lake, adults, larve and pupze; and Ephydra sp. from a salt pool near Santa Monica, and specimens of species of 434 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Nov., ’12 Hippoboscidz and Nycteribiide from a bat, a deer and speci- mens of an unknown species caught flying in the bright sun- shine. Enthusiastic discussion followed the communications and exhibitions; the meeting finally adjourning at 11 P. M. THe Crus met in the office of Dr. A. Davidson, in the Wilcox Building, Los Angeles, Cal., on Thursday evening, June 6, 1912, at 8 o'clock, with the following persons in attendance: H. H. Newcomb, A. Davidson, A. G. Smith, K. R. Coolidge, W. Bollerman, H. Hehre, R. M. Caldwell, Mrs. E. P. Van Duzee, E. H. Van Duzee, V. W. Owen, H. B. Dixon, R. L. Beardsley and F. Grinnell, Jr. Mr. F. Grinnell, Jr., read an account of the pioneer ento- mologists of California, illustrating with photos, maps, black- board outline, letters and books. He divided the history of entomological study in California into five periods, as follows: 1791-1848 coinciding with the Spanish Colonial period in Cali- fornia, and marked especially by the activities of Russian Naturalists, and various scientific expeditions ; 1849-1850, peri- od of the Mexican Boundary Survey and Pacific Railroad Sur- vey, founding of the California Academy of Sciences and the activities of Behr and Lorquin; 1860-1870, the period of the State Geological Survey and J. D. Whitney; 1870-1890, after the opening of the Pacific Railroads many new collectors came in, Stretch, Rivers, Henry Edwards, etc., 1890- to the present time, the period of the two universities. Mr. H. H. Newcomb gave an account of his methods of collecting and preserving insects; exhibited a copy of Week's Illustrations of Diurnal Lepidoptera, a nicely printed and illu- strated work; a specimen of a Belostomid with the usual mass of eggs on the wing covers. Mr. Grinnell exhibited a box of Noctuids, including some rare species, and a specimen of Lycaena exites mounted as a novelty by the Denton Bros., for a necklace. Mr. Owen showed specimens of a Neophasia, probably Men- apia from the South central Sierras; and species of Gloveria from Arizona. Vol. xxii] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 435 Mr. Coolidge presented descriptions of the early stages of some butterflies; Lycaena sonorensis, Thecla dumetorum, and Lycaena acmon. Meeting adjourned at 10.30. The Entomological Club met on Thursday evening, August 1, in Dr. Davidson’s office in the Wilcox Building, Los An- geles. The following were present: H. H. Newcomb, J. R. Haskin, A. Davidson, F. Grinnell, Jr., H. Hehre, Ralph Benton, P. H. Timberlake, J. C. Bridwell, C. L. Edwards, F. C. Bene- dict, H. W. Allin, Mrs. S. P. Wheeler and some visitors. Mr. J. C. Bridwell gave a very interesting and lengthy ac- count of the bees and wasps of California, referring to their possible past origin and distribution, and the lifezones as studi- ed on the San Jacinto Mountains where he spent a month. He exhibited a large collection of these insects, including a new genus of Scoliidae, five specimens of which have been so far taken in this vicinity, with nearest relatives in South America, Australia and Madagascar. He referred to the mimetic rela- tions of these insects, showing some mimics in various or- ders. Dr. Davidson described the habits of the parasite of the trapdoor spider, with blackboard sketches. Dr. F. C. Clark, not able to be present, sent some boxes of Hymenoptera and Diptera for exhibition. General discussion. Adjourned at 10.30—F. GRINNELL, Jx., Acting Secretary. OBITUARY. Lupwic GANGLBAUER, the eminent Coleopterist, died on June 5, 1912. He was born in Vienna, October 1, 1856, stud- ied in the University of his native city and, in October, 1880, was appointed to succeed Dr. H. Krauss as custodian of Col- eoptera in the Imperial “Hofcabinet,’ with the rank of As- sistant. He became Custos in 1893 and Director of the Zoo- 436 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Nov., ’12 logical Department of the Imperial & Royal Museum, in suc- cession to F. M. Brauer, in 1906. His chief work is the Kafer Mitteleuropas, 1892-1904, in four volumes. He sug- gested many improvements in the classification of the beetles, and a critical synopsis of his views was recently given by Mr. C. J. Gahan in the Entomologist (London), April- December, 1911. He was one of the founders of the Wiener Entomologische Zeitung, and was elected an Honorary Mem- ber of the Entomological Society of London in 1806. (Abridged in part from the notice, accompanied by a portrait, in the Entom. Month. Mag., Sept., 1912.) THE Rev. THomaAs BLACKBURN, who died at Adelaide, South Australia, May 19, 1912, at the age of more than 70 years, was of English birth. His residence in the Hawatian Islands in 1876-1882 gave him opportunities for collecting in- sects there and he published on the Coleoptera of that fauna. A few years later he removed to Australia, where he like- wise devoted himself to the beetles, publishing a number of memoirs on them in Australian journals. His types have been acquired for the British Museum of Natural History. (Ent. Mo. Mag., Sept., 1912.) GrEOoRGE M'astTers, a native of Kent, England, who went to Australia about 1860, collected and catalogued Australian Coleoptera, and became, in 1874, curator of insects in the Macleay Museum, University of Sydney, died in Sydney, June 26, 1912, aged 75. (Ent. Mo. Mag., Sept. 1912.) We regret also to have to record the death of G. H. Gros- VENoR, of Jesus College, Oxford, whose kindly services at the recent International Congress of Entomology in that city will be remembered by all who were present. He spent some time in the United States in entomological study about a year ago. He was drowned off the Cornish coast, on Sep- tember 4, when trying to save the life of another. KXCHANGES. Not Exceeding Three Lines Free to Subscribers. 4as- These notices are continued as long as our limited space will allow; the new ones are added at the end of the column, and only when necessary those at the top (being longest in) are discontinued Lepidoptera for exchange—A number of butterflies from the south- west, such as A. strigosa, Synchloe california, Melitaea neumoegeni, M. guino, L. mormo, C. australis. Correspondence desired on special ma- terial desired from this section.—J. R. Haskin, 936 Manhattan Place, Los Angeles, Cal. Tom Spalding will collect 1912 Utah Lepidoptera, Coleoptera, etc., particularly Papilionidae, Catocalae, Cicindelidae.—Provo, Utah. Wanted—Tipulidae (Craneflies) from any part of the Globe, but especially of North America. Will buy for cash or give exchanges in Coleoptera, Lepidoptera or Coleoptera.—Dr. W. G. Dietz, Hazleton, Pa. The Entomological Exchange—For the exchange of Lepidoptera amongst reliable collectors in all parts of the world. For further infor- mation, address with return postage, Rudolf C. B. Bartsch, Secretary, 46 Guernsey St., Roslindale, Boston, Mass. Rare Saturnidae and Parnassiinae as Act. selene, Callandra (new), Sat. pyretorum, pearsoni (new), Hemileuca burnsi (new), and 60 other species to exchange for American Saturnids and Parnassids, Cad/eta and eversmanni.—]. Henry Watson, 70 Ashford Road, Withington, Man- chester, England. For Exchange—Have for exchange Cicindelidae in sets; also other Coleoptera for Cicindelidae and Cychrus not in my collection.—Adolph Mares, 2517 Homan Ave., Chicago, III. Chrysochus cobaltinus Lec. for exchange.—R. J. Smith, Milpitas, Santa Clara, Co,;, Cal. Wanted for exchange—Coleoptera for native or exotic specimens— Cicindelidae. Carabus, Cychrus, Calosoma, Lucanidae, etc. List on application —Frank Psota, 1142 S. Whipple St., Chicago, IIl. Dynastes hercules beetles direct from the original collector. Two new localities, namely St. Lucia and British Guiana, also from Dominica; for sale or exchange.—A. F. Porter, Decorah, Jowa. Wanted—Living pupae of Saturnid moths. State quantity and price. Phil. Rau, 4932 Botanical Ave., St. Louis, Mo. Change of Address—F. H. Wolley Dod, Millarville, Alta, to Midna- pore, Alta. : s For Exchange—Qychrus andrewsii and Cychrus ridingsii with full data.--T. N. Brown, 71 Highland Ave., Uniontown, Pa. 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