Biological Survey is ny ‘ ca 4 7 Wi alt : ip Arne w My ¢ i : ? A See dade hd See J SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM PROCEEDINGS OF THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM VOLUME 42 WASHINGTON GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 1912 ADVERTISEMENT. The scientific publications of the National Museum consist of two series—Proceedings and Builetins. The Proceedings, the first volume of which was issued in 1878, are intended primarily as a medium for the publication of original papers based on the collections of the National Museum, setting forth newly acquired facts in biology, anthropology, and geology derived there- from, or containing descriptions of new forms and revisions of limited groups. A volume is issued annuaily or oftener for distribution to libraries and scientific establishments, and, in view of the importance of the more prompt dissemination of new facts, a limited edition of each paper is printed in pamphlet form in advance. The dates at which these separate papers are published are recorded in the table of contents of the volume. The present volume is the forty-second of this series. The Bulletin, publication of which was begun in 1875, is a series of more elaborate papers, issued separately, and, like the Proceedings, based chiefly on the collections of the National Museum. A quarto form of the Bulletin, known as the “Special Bulletin,” has been adopted in a few instances in which a larger page was deemed indispensable. Since 1902 the volumes of the series known as ‘‘Contributions from the National Herbarium,” and containing papers relating to the botan- ical collections of the Museum, have been published as Bulletins. RicHarp RaTHBUN, Assistant Secretary, Smithsonian Institution, In charge of the United States National Museum. DeceMBER 10, 1912. Il TABLE OF CONTENTS. Bartscu, Paut. Additions to the West American Pyrami- dellid mollusk fauna, with descriptions of new species.— Page. Nos, 190d. May Ap Gil ties. vues see. 2 261-289 New species: Turbonilla (Chemnitzia) ctarinda, T. (Strioturbonilla) dinora, T. (S.) encelia, T. (S.) bakeri, T. (S.) dracona, T. (S.) cookeana, T. (Pyrgolampros) gloriosa, T. (Pyrgiscus) grippi, T. (P.) callimene, T. ( Mormula) scammonensis, Odostomia (Besla) excolpa, O. (Chrysallida) heterocincta, O. (C.) dicella, O. (C.) thalia, O. ( Menestho) gloriosa, O. (M.) excisa, O. (Hvalea) thea, O. (E.) calliope, O. (£) calcarella, O. (£.) callimene, O. (E.) baldridgex, O. (£.) skidegatensis, O. (£.) palmeri, O. (E.) cassandra, O. (Amaura) subglobosa, O. (A.) helena, O. (A.) grippiana, O. (A.) eldorana, O. (Scalenostoma) babylonia, O. (Heida) kelseyt. A zoogeographic study based on the Pyramidellid mollusks of the west coast of America.—No. 1906. June PAG ta Sabla ch acuchee wise pleh ater be evoncigs cS at Bean, Barton A., and ALrrEeDC.WeeEp. Notes on acollec- tion of fishes from Java, made by Owen Bryant and Wil- liam Palmer in 1909, with description of a new species.— Balong. Soi Orth e ee Yo OLS SS Pie ot ce New species: Agonostomus bryanti. Bravucuamp, P. pr. Instructions for collecting and fixing rotifers in bulk.—No. 1893. March 19, 1912!_________- momen, OC. V.3. Seaander Gimme, C: Hoe oe 2nd os Casanowicz, ImmanvuEL M. Model of a Brahmin temple.— eee Os, DRS coe ee at Ciark, Austin Hopart. Naumachocrinus, a new genus belonging to the crinoid family Phrynocrinidw.—No. 1895. RSE ain ef, Hote gs ot a te mata res A New genus: Nawmachocrinus. New species: Naumachocrinus hawaiiensis. CockerELL, T. D. A. Names applied to bees of the genus Osmia found in North America.—No. 1897. April 13, 297-349 587-611 181-185 351-380 649-653 195-197 Pees RASC tein an. aces < ooewts awe co ll. ~ en 1215-225 1 Date of publication. It IV TABLE OF CONTENTS. Crawrorp, J.C. Descriptions of new Hymenoptera.—No. 4 No1880, -March*6,,.1912:*. 222s ee ee New species: Telenomus comperei, T. coleman, Hadronotus fulvi- ventris, Podagrion greeni, P. koebelei, Anastatus vuilleti, A. cole- mani, Pleurotropis foveolatus, Tetrastichus colemani, T. ophiuse, Euplectrus nyctemerx, Sympiesis comperet. CusHMaN, JosepH A. New arenaceous Foraminifera from the Philippine Islands and contiguous waters.—No. 1608; Ard 16719924 Ase ioe Reon New genus: Ammosphrulina. New species: Dendrophyra ramosa, Haliphysema catenulata, Marsi- pella gigantea, Ammosphxrulina adhxrens, Reophax horrida, Hor- mosina monile. Dyar, Harrison G. Descriptions of new species and genera of Lepidoptera, chiefly from Mexico.—No. 1885. March 6, Bg he Ee ie tS Ak a a Sp ae ey eee New genera: Ardonipsa, Epicrisias, Centrochlora, Periconta, Bistica, Cirrodistis, Letaba, Hemitheinopsis, Cenosynteles, Narosopsis, Microphobetron. New species: Huptychia pertepida, Phyciodes coracara, Caria melino, C. stillaticia, Thecla primnoza, T. zenaida, T. greppa, Heter- opia cyledis, Trachides uridon, Thorybes thedea, Staphylus litus, Butleria xa, Hyloicus adumbrata, Amplypterus globifer, Rothschildia lichtenba, Agapema copaxoides, Automeris melmon, A. dandemon, A. colenon, A. thyreon, Coloradia euphrosyne, Citheronia beledonon, Adelocephala xanthochroia, Hyaleucerea agylloides, Nyctosia porcilonotus, Agylla idolon, Ardonipsa melas, Halisidota nimbifacta, H. nimbiscripta, H. carinator, H. schausi, Hypocrisias lisoma, H. berthula, Ammalo paranomon, Epicrisias eschara, Calidota momis, C. albaticosta, Euchxtias parazona, Hyphantria penthetria, Ecpan- theria euripides, Porosagrotis camalpa, Episilia cyminopristes, Lyco- photia pampolycala, L. richioides, L. triphenoides, Polia trasca, P. cleptoschema, Hyssia nephrosticta, Chabuata rectinubila, C. griseago, Eriopyga cymax, E. melanops, Pseudanarta heterochroa, Centrochlora esmeralda, Simyra unifacta, Perigea menota, P. micrippia, Apatela rapidan, Oxycnemis mexicana, Laphygma nigrescens, Monodes niveo- pis, M. cassida, Amiana endopolia, Achatodes metaleuca, Erythreecia euposis, Papaipema apicata, Ogdoconta plumbea, Periconta obliqua, Satrapodes dosca, Bistica noela, Antaplaga stigmatosa, A. hemicro- cea, A. plesioglauca, A. melanocrypta, Stibadium raglena, Emarginea nocea, Chalcopasta riandana, C. dysnoa, Cirrhophanus miaiphona, Stiria ischune, 8. sisaya, S. mouris, Stiriodes condistica, S. nepotica, Cirrodistis benedicta, Letaba noa, Gerra sophocles, Gerrodes minatzxa, Mictochroa selinitis, Eustrotia anita, E. vietrix, E. lixinites, E. melor, E. melorista, E. dissociata, E. megaplaga, E. plumbifusa, Erastria tilora, Tarache interposita, T. vittamargo, Lithacodia mustapha, Celiptera dimera, Dyops xantholepis, Casandria olivaris, Peteroma alternata, Celiptera codo, Rhzxsena defecta, Gonodonta plumbicincta, Concana leucomera, Antarchxa obliqualis, Page. 1-19) 227-230 39-106 ee PE le 1 Date of publication. TABLE OF CONTENTS. A. oma, Cerura duonumenia, Schizura dospeppa, A patelodes hiantha, A. doramia, A. lescamia, A. batima, A. bunca, A. milma, Epirrhoe caliscata, Emmiltis ordinaria, Progonodes diversata, Ischnopterix constantia, Opisthoria cassandra, O. salubxa, Phyllodonta emerita, P. peribleptaria, Digonodes gnorimaria, D. agonaria, Paragonia, tiselaaria, Apicia ischyrizoaria, Therina calidaria, Trygodes simpli- cissima, Metanema ugallia, Acanthophora muelleri, Pigia calotis, Hemitheinopsis pteroglauca, H. plerochra, Annemoria orthogramma, Blechroma tisstigmaria, Racheospila manostigma, Cxenosynteles hap- loaria, Cenocharis hoplitaria, Alcis cretafunda, A. elpidata, A. inter- brunnea, Claphe nystamma, Reselia pedanta, Euclea poasica, EF. distrahens, E. buscki, Metraga colle, M. byrne, Semyra eucharista, Narosopsis leucospila, Euprosterma hosia, Natada michorta, N. nindla, Epiperola conformis, £. paiga, Perola producta, P. brevicor- nis, Microphobetron rebella, Vipsophobetron denderia, Pseudovipsania melanois, Dichromapteryx didyma, Gingla myrla, G. astora, Adscita morelia, Harrisina auchenochrysa, H. tessacans, Acoloithus erythro- zona, Pseudotalara pseudophile, P. lateralis, Castnia thysanete, Omphisa brunnettalis, Polygrammodes hirtaloidalis, P. modestalis, Phryganodes leucophasma, P. anchoritalis, P. mostella, Pilocrocis caudatella, Pyrausta dilecticolor, Dichogama colotha, Lygropia sub- costalis, Cliniodes nomadalis, Chilo diletantellus, C. duomita, Se- matoneura denticosella, Ancylostomia roseitinctella, Acossus leuceg- chytus, Givira sandelphon. New forms: Baronia brevicornis eusemna, B. b. phronima. Newsubspecies: Halisidota schausi ruscheweyhi, H. underwoodi insta- bilis, H. u. modalis. Exuis, Max M. A new Discodrilid worm from Colorado.— Tien eet... masta. 20. 29182 oo be ee New genus: Cambarincola. New species: Cambarincola macrodonta. FERNALD, Henry T. Descriptions of certain species of wasps of the family Sphecide.—No. 1902. April 25, ey 2, Meh 28s MS MEN eth Len ayy El las gat anc tgen SE Gitpert, C. H., and C. V. Burke. New Cyclogasterid fishes from Japan.—No. 1907. July 3, 1912?__-._.-.-.-._-- New species: Cyclogaster (Neoliparis) curilensis, C. (N.) simushires C. tessellaius, C. frenatus, C. tanakx, C. ingens, Careproctus ras- trinus, C. acanthodes, C. trachysoma, C. rhodomelas, C. pellucidus, C. segaliensis, C. bathycetus, C. roseofuscus, C. sinensis, C. pycno- soma, C. curilanus, C. homopterus, C. entomelas, C. entargyreus, Paraliparis atramentatus, P. melanobranchus, P. entochloris. Har, MauriceC. See under Ransom, Brayron Howarp~ Hay, Ottver Perry. On an important species of Edestus, with description of a new species, Edestus mirus.—No. a ike ee) oe RL Wound New species: Edestus mirus. 1 Date of publication. Page. 481—486 257-259 351-380 175-179 31-38 vi TABLE OF CONTENTS. Hoven, Watrer. Censers and incense of Mexico and Cen- tral America.—No..1887. - April 7, 1912: *) one eee eee Jorpan, Davi Srarr. Note on the generic name Safole, replacing Boulengerina, for a genus of Kuhliid fishes.—No. $922.< Ausust 29; 1912547 se e8 se tee eae New name: Safole. and Cuartes Witi1am Merz. Descriptions of two new species of fishes from Honolulu, Hawaii.—No. LOTS. > RUSH SOP TOT! ees Bo a CES ee ee New species: [Holacanthus potteri, Chromis verater. Marsn, C. Dwar. Notes on fresh-water Copepoda in the United States National Museum.—No. 1901. April 25, 1D. ac eater en a a ee eR eS eee mote Sateen ON AE) Se 27 Soh Merritt, Grorer P.—A second meteoric find from Scott County, Kansas.-—No.1905:. “June 15,1912 =o ee Metz, CuarLtes Witiiam. See under Jorpan, Davin ro Ts (AA Ma ea egelgal ie RM adage af Isiah Ae 6S Ca gg MD laa 7 gto ue Miter, Gerrir §., Jr. Variation in the skull and horns of the isabella gazelle—No. 1890. April 13, 1912 1_______. A small eollection of bats from Panama.—wNo. ULE I, rd eee oe eee cnet a Re et aoe gee ee ne New species: Lonchophylla robusta, Vampyressa minuta, Chiroderma isthmicum. OsERHOLSER, Harry C. A revision of the forms of the edible-nest swiftlet, Collocalia fuciphaga (Thunberg).— No. 1881. March 6, 1912 1___- New subspecies: Collocalia fuciphaga amechana, C. f. xrophila, C. f. mearnsi, C. f. tachyptera.. A revision of the subspecies of the green heron (Butorides virescens [Linnzeus]).—No. 1916. August 29, BOTA 248 ere New subspecies: Butorides virescens eremonomus, B. v. mesatus, B.v. hypernotius, B. v. margaritophilus, B. v. cubanus, B. v. christopho- rensis, B. v. dominicanus, B. v. lucianus, B. v. barbadensis, B. v. grenadensis, B. v. tobagensis, B. v. curacensis. Pierce, W. Dwicur. Systematic notes and descriptions of some weevils of economic or biological importance.— No. 1S89:7(Margh 19-1919 44-year New genera: Ecthetopyga, Chionanthobius. New species: Hcethetopyga gossypii, Gersteckeria (Gersteckeria) tessel- lata, G. (G.) alternata, G. (Philopuntia) opuntix, G. (P.) fasciata, G. (P.) cactophaga, Anthonomus mizphonus, Chionanthobius schwarzi, Tylodes cladotrichis. New subgenera: Xenosomina, Opuntiaphila, Philopuntia. 1 Date of publication. Page. 109-137 655 525-527 245-255 295-296 525-527 VA=iwe 21-26 11-20 529-577 155-170 TABLE OF CONTENTS. Pirsspry, Henry A. Diagnoses of new barnacles from the Philippine Archipelago and China Sea.—No. 1904. May Peeer eee oe ee ee ee eres eel Ft ok New species: Alepas navigator, A. spectrum, Smilium horridum, Verruca albatrossiana, V. intexta, Pachylasma darwinianum, P. chinense, Acasta pectinipes, A. idiopoma. Ravouirre, Lewis. New pediculate fishes from the Philip- pine Islands and contiguous waters.—No. 1896. April 30, EOL AR eka OCS fab EL Ca a Ne eg OS oe a New genus: Dermatias. Newspecies: Sladenia remiger, Lophiodés olivaceus, L. infrabrunneus, Anltennarius rosaceus, A. aliipinnis, A. subieres, Dermatias platyno- gaster, Malthopsis ocellata, Halicmetus reticulatus, Halieutopsis vermicularis, Dibranchus stellifer, D. simulus Celophrys mollis, C. arca, C. brevipes, C. oblonga. RapcuiFre, Lewis. See under Smiru, HueH M.______-__-- Ransom, Brayron Howarp, and Maurice C. Hatt. A new nematode, Ostertagia bullosa, parasitic in the ali- mentary’ tract of sheep.—No. 1892. February 28, a eet eae ee ee ane ese t/a SA RE New species: Ostertagia bullosa. Rean, James A. G. Notes on African Orthoptera of the families Mantide and Phasmide in the United States National Museum, with descriptions of new species.— mee. nemsG ee POL 2 te ek ee Se Ss New species: Tarachodes pilosipes, Galepsus congicus, Hoplocorypha perplexa, H. boviformis, Calidomantis hosia, Panurgica liberiana, P. fratercula, Danuria angolensis, Gratidia pulchripes, G. crypto- cercata. es New name: Tarachodes werneri. Ricuarpson, Harrier. Description of a new isopod crus- tacean belonging to the genus Livoneca from the Altantic coast of Panama.—No. 1891. March 19, 19121_____-- New species: Livoneca longistylis. Description of a new species of isopod belonging to the genus Apseudes from Ecuador.—No. 1918. Au- ENE Riri ADR tear tia AL ee ese ath mine ne = New species: Apseudes meridionalis. ——. Description of a new species of the isopod genus Cassidinidea from Mexico.—No. 1886. March 6, 1912 ?-_ New species: Cassidinidea tuberculata. . Description of anew species of isopod of the genus Cleantis from Japan.—No. 1883. March 6, 1912'____- New species: Cleantis japonica. 1 Date of publication. VII Page. 199-214 579-581 175-179 451-475 173-174 583-585 107-108 27-29 Vill TABLE OF CONTENTS. Page. Ricuarpson, Harriet. Description of a new terrestrial isopod belonging to the genus Cubaris from Panama.— Now]. Aweust 29, 19127... 2.322. ose 477-479 New species: Cubaris longispinis. Descriptions of two new parasitic isopods belong- ing to the genera Palegyge and Probopyrus from Pan- ama.—No. 1914. August:29; 1912 42). lL . . wee —Bae New species: Palegyge meeki, Probopyrus panamensis. —. Marine and terrestrial isopods from Jamaica.— Nos 1894, . Apprilii5)« 191228 g.2u.2. acids Sek ee tee New species: Exospheroma antillense, Cubaris jamaicensis. Smiru, Hucu M. The Chimeroid fishes of the Philippine Islands, with description of a new species——No. 1899. RIAD (LONE 62 ts Shs oy Ay ee ee en i Seen a ee eee ee New species: Chimera deani. - and Lewis Rapcuirre. Description of a new family of pediculate fishes from Celebes.—-No. 1917. PEORIDG st), VO DAEs oe Bes cl oOo ae ene a oe ae New genus: Thaumatichthys. New species: Thaumatichthys pagidostomus. New family: Thawmatichthyide. SnyYDER, JOHN OrrerRBEIN. The fishes of Okinawa, one of the Riu Kiu Islands.—No. 1913. August 30, 19121. 487-519 New species: Myrichthys rupestris. Japanese shore fishes collected by the United States Bureau of Fisheries steamer ‘‘ Albatross” expe- dition of 1906.—No. 1909. August 30, 19121!________ 399-450 Viereck, H. L. Contributions to our knowledge of bees and Ichneumon-flies, including the descriptions of twenty- one new genera and fifty-seven new species of Ichneumon- Hies.— No. 1920. “August 29, 191240 00) ee Sa Roary New genera: Atanycolidea, Cantharoctonus, Digonogastra, Monogono- gastra, Zamicrodus, Anisitsia, Asternaulax, Benjaminia, Campoc- tonus, Campoplegidea, Charopsimorpha, Daictimorpha, Fiebrigia, Neogreeneia, Paracanidia, Pseudocasinaria, Trachichneumon, Xylo- phuridea, Zacharops, Zamansa, Zasternaulax. New species: Apanteles (Apanteles) aristotelix, A. (A.) braunx, A. (A. )epinotix, A.(A.) gelechix, A.(A.) lithocolletidis, A. (A.) plesius, A. (A.) polychrosidis, A. (A.) trachynotus, Ascogaster olethreuti, Can- tharoctonus stramineus, Chelonus (Chelonella) buscki, C. (C.) ruficol- lis, C. (C.) townsendi, C’. (Chelonus) chilensis, C. (C.) gossypii, Cyan- opterus depressi, C. peculiaris, C.steirastomx, Eubadizon lithocolletidis, Eutrichopsis agromyze, Habrobracon johannseni, H. tetralophe, 1 Date of publication. TABLE OF CONTENTS. Ix Page. Helcon castanex, Macrocentrus cerasivoranx, Meteorus nipponensis, Microbracon vestiticida, Perilitus epitricis, Apanteles (Protapanteles) feltiw, A. (P.) hesperidivorus, A. (P.) pyraustx, A. (Pseudapanteles) choreuti, Spathius brunneri, Triaspis pissodis, T. vestiticida, Zamicro- dus sensilis, Campoplex (Angitia) hellulx, Asternaulax jiskei, Cam- poplex (Campoletidea) caradrinx, Casinariascabriformis, Daictimor pha peruviana, Campoplex (Diadegma) japonicus, Ephialtes dolichosoma, Exeristes nubilipennis, E. hyalinipennis, Campoplex (Hypothereutes) exigux, Idechthis patulus, Mesochorus trisulcatus, Mesostenus ( Meso- stenus) versicolor, Neogreeneia picticornis, Paracanidia elyi, Stilpus anthomyidiperda, Trichomma epischnix, T. granitelle, Zasternaulax simplicicornis. New subgenera: Zelomorphidea, Campoletidea, Sesioplex. New names: Chelonus szepligetii, Andrena saundersi. New variety: Triaspis vestiticida var. minutissimus. Viereck, H.L. Descriptions of five new genera and twenty- six new species of Ichneumon-flies.—No. 1888. March eet eR ee ee ne ees eee. Se el 2, Raeados New genera: Aenoplegimorpha, Brachixiphosoma, Microtoridea, Neo- pimploides, Zamesochorus. New species: Apanteles (Apanteles) fumiferane, A.(A.) prodenix, A. (A.) taragamex, A. (A.) tischerix, Aphidius colemani, Meteorus arctii- cida, M. trachynotus, Microbracon hyslopi, M. psilocorsi, Apanteles (Protapanteles) colemani, A. (P.) creatonoti, A. (P.) cushmani, A. (P.) electre, A. (P.) papilionis, A. (P.) stauropi, A. (Pseudapanteles) sesix, Aenoplegimorpha phytonomi, Conoblasta fumiferanx, Phyga- deuon (Dirophanes) plesius, Epiurus innominatus, Mesochorus diversi- color, Microtoridea lissonota, Monoblastus calirox, Neopimploides syleptx, Pristomerus euzopherx, Zamesochorus orientalis. New names: Hymenoepimecis, Hymenosyneches. Weep, AtrrepDC. See under BEAN, Barton A.......-.-. 587-611 Witurams, Henry SHater. Some new mollusca from the Silurian formations of Washington County, Maine.—No. Beer wtih Sieh e 22) es be eee wee tenn eo BO1—-898 New genera: Eurymyella, Cliopteria. New species: Lurymyella shaleri, E. angularis, E. simulans, E. plana, E. recta, E. convexa, E. denbowensis, Cliopteria bicostata, C. uni- costa, Pterinea laxata, Streptotrochus ione, S. regularis, S. carinatus, S. sulcatus. New varieties: Hurymyella shaleri, var. breva, E. s. var. longa, E. s. var. minor. Wison, Cuarves Branou. Descriptions of new species of parasitic copepods in the collections of the United States National Museum.—No. 1900. April 30, 19121__._._... 233-243 New species: Argulus ingens, Achtheinus pinguis, Lernanthro- pus lappaceus. } 1 Date of publication. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. Facing page. PLATES. RSE RE ee ate a ee” ee ee, Sn ee oe eee DRT IEIR ape poe eS Soh ok ie watt anim oih'a = Aimishiecnialn = mya eeters Rigtel 3. Stone braziers from Mexico and Central America..............---------- 4. Stone braziers from Mexico and Central America..............-...------ ane OF DOUCET I0m! Mexico City. 6 aide in icin in oo wn Sawin en we een a Moriiary vases or braziers irom Mexico... .. .<...6.. 26 << 26~ sine swede ceciene 7. Large braziers of pottery from Mexico City.............--.-.-- S oia dey ee 8. Censers from Mexico and Central America.............--..---.--------- 9. Tripod censers from Mexico and Central America..............-..--.---- ie. Vase ane Nandle Conners Md MEXICO. | o\ 5.6. =. samen cone nine nendacwes ene RRUEAOMICE PONHCE COGHY PORMER Tee oeS ss EL aioe Sa's x aeniSa ate me ee derek es ens aye 12. Handle censers from Mexico and Central America.................------ Pee eens Fes IFOMT NOW, MOZIOO. 26 occ. te odie oaedin coal ons deste cow tt 14. Tubular pipes from Arizona and New Mexico......-.- Ressievicet Nees ite Nhe ie Deets OF GK) MOS OF Grazelia C800ENG. oe oo eos cee ie Seen pe = setae ee’ 16. 1. Sladenia remiger. 2. Lophiodes olivaceus. 3. L. infrabrunneus......-.. 17. 1. Antennarius subteres. 2. A. rosaceus; Dermatias platynogaster......... 18. 1. Malthopsis ocellata. Dorsal view. 2. M. lutea. Dorsal view. 3. M. CAE oO ONLNIOW vo ng ot dadndes 36 scent doe gon pbieenedacnn cst 19. 1. Malthopsis ocellata. Ventral view. 2. M. lutea. Ventral view. 3. M. Peet V CRIDER WIS Woon ne «SE nine Seinen Sain ah = sie's ones aoe ewee’ 20. 1. Halieutopsis vermicularis. Dorsal view. 2. Halicmetusreticulatus. Dor- SRNR Wits o> ad PRICE 7 DIOTEGE NOM Boi. re ee teak Acie Amit 21. 1. Halieutopsis vermicularis. Ventral view. 2. Halicmetus reticulatus. Ven- eee ce ee, ~~. WOUEERE NADI oo pate ost « wig ae tinn a ne cesses 22.1. Dibranchus simulus. Dorsalview. 2. D. stellifer. Dorsal view; D. nasutus. SIRE Bele eho rot 2 kee nas shin oth A sewn haem cem bades 23. 1. Dibranchus simulus. Ventralview. 2. D. stellifer. Ventralview. 3. D. NEN SEITE OMIM oS Sila aa Rael ps dara naib ai, in ane a Sint ae ee OC a 0S.) Se a ae ee ae ee Seeman HORE. 2. C. UTEVIPER oo5 cnncaasmenta cn cinekee cedex saesacia 26. 1. Celophrys micropus. Dorsal view. 2. C. brevi ea, “Tana view. 3. C. oblonga. Dorsal view. 4. C. arca. Dorsal view. 5. C. mollis. RNIN a eer SE aE ae Ft eo dhs Sad eae See ci hte 27. 1. Celophrys micropus. Ventral view. 2. C. brevipes. Ventral view. 3. C. oblonga. Ventral view. 4. C.arca. Ventral view. 5. C. mollis. DORIAN PEER Nd eto CMM Reale eA he 0 oes om Bid hte whan 3 RUIN NT a oa ie dk Saha auties bate mee nom EN NNN Se acta okies hain th a whine dd nn nbiae ent Nees eh basieen wns «x0 me anle and Temale of Argulus tngend....< . - 2s ins css econ ceca deen eccees 31. Female of Argulus ingens and male of Achtheinus pinguis........-...------ 32. Females of Achtheinus pinguis and Caligus phipsoni..............--..--- xI 38 214 214 214 214 214 214 214 214 230 232 244 244 244 XII 33. 34, 35. 36. a> ol. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42, 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49, 50. 3. 4, or ot or cr oU 56. 57. 58. 59. 60. 61. 62. 63. 64. 65. 66. 67. 68. 69. 70. ik. 72. 73. 74. 76. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. Facing page. Females of Caligus phipsoni and Parapetalus hirsutus...-.--------+-+------ 244 Male and female of Lernanthropus lappaceus....--------------++-+-++--+---- 244 West American Pyramidellid mollusks. .-..--.-------------+--+-+------+++- 290 West American Pyramidellid mollusks......-----------------+-+++-+----- 290 West American Pyramidellid mollusks. ....-.-.--------------+--+-+-+------- 290 West American Pyramidellid mollusks.......-..---------------+-+++-+--- 290 The Scott City, Kansas, meteorite. 1. Side view, showing recent fracture at bottom. 2. Opposite side from that shown in fig. 1. About half NALUPA AIZO Se oc oe cc So cee wa wie = Ge ss aie Se eee ee Faunal provinces of West America.......-.----------------++--+++-++---- . Cyclogaster curilensis. 2. C. simushirx. 3. C. tessellatus.....-.------- . Cyclogaster frenatus. 2. C. tanakx. 3. C. ochotensis......-.-.------- 2 . Cyclogaster ingens. 2. Careproctus rastrinus. 3. C. acanthodes........- . Careproctus trachysoma. 2. C. rhodomelas; C. pellucidus.-...-.-------- . Careproctus segaliensis. 2. C. bathycetus. 3. C. roseofuscus ...-.---.--- . Careproctus colletti. 2. C. sinensis. 3. Cs pycnosoma....--.-..-------- . Careproctus curilanus. 2. C. homopterus. 3. C. entomelas. 4. C. CAN OYTEUS mes = on actacen es nee ne ree naan eee ee 1. Paraliparis atramentatus. 2. P.melanobranchus. 3. P. entochloris..... Some new Silunan mollusks! Nese an eee eee ene ener eae eee Some new Silurian mollusks. - . - . ey tienes leh red a i Oy Cai a8 OD a pte 1. 1. Leptocephalus flavirostris. 2. Gymnothorax odiosus. 3. Syngathus yoshi 1. Corythroichthys quinquarius. 2. Jordanidiaraptoria. 3. Catalufa umbra. i, Pseudanthias senator. 2.° Abudefduy clark = --3- eco s ete eee aS ae 1; Lactophrys iriiropis. 2: “Sebastoues tanake 2 22 2. = oe eae ns eeeeeiee 1. Hexagrammus otakivi. 2. Cottus nozawx. 3. Myoxocephalus yesoensis... 1. Ocynectes modestus. 2. Bero zanclus. 3. Lepidotrigla kishinouyi....-.-. 1. Dachyloptenn gilderix.. 2: Podothecus xyztes 052. 3 ee ae ee 1. Hippoglossoides katakure. 2. Lepidopsetta mochigarei....---.-.-------- 1. Glyptocephalus sase. 2. Doryptena tanegasime. 3. Zonogobius boreus.. 1. Clariger enilis:> *2° Inu koma. 3. tence ees ee 1. Expedio parvulus. 2. Draculo miralibis. 3. Alticus margaritarius...... 1. Gymnothorax chlamydatus. 2. Microphis extensus. 3. Ichthyocampus TOD rh ence ska ase Coan k Hate eee See ee Ree ee 1. Microphis ocellatus. 2. Apogonichthys nafe. 3. Platynius amenus.... 1. Pentapus formosulus. 2. Abudefduf richardsoni. 3. A. ret.........---- 1, Abudefduf rhomaleus. 2. Cherodon jordani...........-.----.--+--++--- 1. Lepidaplois mirabilis. 2. Callyodon lunula. 3. C. bowersi.........-.-- 1. Callyodon edema. 2. Doryptena okinawx. 3. Hetereleotris arenarius... 1. Gnatholepis sindonis. 2. Amblygobius narahare. 3. Xenisthmus pro- INGEN Shs Sere SoS Sores go eS eee ee a Boe ae oe ee 1. Trulla itina. 2. Aspasma minima. 3. A. misakia. 4. Alticus novem- WUMMIOUE Saath ce nnc tn states one lentes nthe ee 1. Salarias muscarus. 2. S. sinuosus. 3. Enchelyurus hepburni. 1. Holacanthus potteri. 2. Chromis verater ..............-2----seee-e---- 1. Thaumatichthys pagidostomus. 2. Thaumatichtys pagidostomus. View of head from below and dorsal view of entire fish....................... Views of scales of (1) Alosa kanagurta and (2) A. SU PUAISSUME: = 22 oa ee Views of scales of (1) Pomolobus pseudoharengus and (2) Alosa sapidissima, female . Views of seales of (1) Harengula perforata, (2) Brevoortia tyrannus, and (3) Tlisha indica 296 297 380 380 380 380 380 380 380 380 398 398 450 450 450 450 450 450 450 450 450 450 450 520 520 520 520 520 520 520 520 520 528 579 612 612 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. XIII TEXT FIGURES. Page. poaagrion greens; : ANGGRU OF TeMAlE! 1 sc eee cee ducerenweene 3 oaogrion koebelei: Antenna of female... - 2-20 22. ce eee eee occ c cece 4 EE ROIRREE UE Pama hm sata vot a stn pe ee cea ebaie er schon hares oo 28 TOMER aeons shat as atc ee oan Ga int ce ake es See 107 mien (uberenines. MaINIned 2. os ee ee 108 Cassunniden tuberculata; Third pleopod:...:--. 20... cess cece etl eect eee 108 Monolithic brazier, Teotihuacan. (a) and (6), designs on sculptured knots... 1)2 Pamner OL BOUNTIAES Ton, Copia tied 20.2502. Pei le. 113 ptnad OL OLIeEy, Cope, STOHOUIE. i. 227. 0faec+ sass se essen ceicn sees enees 116 Senn reenter Uri, Tarachodes pilosipes. Ventral view of head, sterna and cephalic limb-2.-222--2 Galepsus congicus. Outline of head....-...-..--- void dahon eases Sy See ee Galepsus congicus. Dorsal outline of head and pronotum..-...--.------------- Hoplocorypha perplexa. Dorsal view of head, pronotum, and cephalic limbs .. Hoplocorypha boviformis. Dorsal outline of type......----------------------- Calidomantis hosia. Dorsal view of type....-...--.-------------------------> Panurgica liberiana. Dorsal outline of pronotum of type...--.--------------- Panurgica liberiana. Lateral outline of pronotum of type...----------------- Panurgica fratercula. Dorsal outline of pronotum of type--.-.------------------ Panurgica fratercula. Lateral outline of pronotum of type.....---------------- Danuria angolensis. Dorsal view of head and pronotum of type..-.---------- Gratidia pulchripes. Dorsal, lateral, and ventral outlines of apex of abdomen Gratidia cryptocercata. Lateral and ventral view of apex of abdomen of type- Cubaris longispiis. +. 4255.06 8 02 SS eos See eee eee eee Cubaris longispinis. Underside of first and second thoracic segments showing Cambarincola macrodonta. Outline side view of type-specimen........--.----- Cambarincola macrodonta. Dorsal dental plate, front view......-.------------ Cambarincola macrodonta. Ventral dental plate, front view......------------ Cambarincola macrodonta. Reconstruction to scale from sections of the genital tracts of segments 5 and 6 seen from the right side of the animal. .A, sperma- theca; B, accessory sperm tube; C, anterior pair of vasa deferentia; D, pos- terior pair of vasa deferentia; Z, spermatic vesicle; f, opening of the penis - - Cambarincola macrodonta. Three cocoons, showing the variation and irregu- WBRIRIOS: 2 228 ten co es oe aR ore © Peak Soa Se oe ee Palzgyge meeki. 1, iemale; 2, male; 3, sixth leg of female; 4, first incubatory plate of femalp-.- 25. 5225.22 2: . 265. ~~~ = Sek es ee eee Probopyrus panamensis. 5, female; 6, male; 7, first incubatory plate of female; B, aixth tee of temsles.. . ot oe ecee es eo eee ee Apseudes meridionalis. Posterior half of body.............00-0+-cce-eeeeaeee- Anal fin of male Dermogenys pusillus. 1, view of right side; 2, ventral view. - - Agonostomus bryuntt, NOW SPeCiOs. 25. -cie~cgacdadecedscscte Shatoeeet eae 375 374 435 453 454 456 456 460 462 465 467 467 469 469 471 473 474 478 478 482 482 482 483 484 522 523 583 596 597 DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW HYMENOPTERA, NO. 4. By J. C. Crawrorp, Associate Curator, Division of Insects, United States National Museum. Many of the new species described in this paper are from a collec- tion sent for determination by Mr. L. C. Coleman, entomologist to the Government of Mysore, India. The microhymenoptera of that region are practically unknown and most of the species sent by Mr. Coleman are new. Superfamily PROCTOTRYPOIDEA. TELENOMUS COMPEREI, new species. Female.—Length, about 0.9 mm. Black, legs fulvous, coxe black; scape and, pedicel about the color of the legs, rest of antenne dark brown; articulating joint at base of scape long, black; first joint of flagellum slightly longer than pedicel, the pedicel elongate; face finely rugulose, lower part of face finely, closely punctured; head thin anterio-posteriorly, slightly wider than thorax; mesoscutum and scutellum rather coarsely reticulately rugulose; scutellum at apex with a single row of pits; metanotum covered by a single row of pits coarser than those on scutellum; first segment of abdomen at base with a row of pits, back of these, rugule, reaching to apex of segment; second segment about twice as wide as long, basally with a row of pits and back of this (except laterad) rugule reaching almost to apex of segment; following segments only showing slightly. Male.—Length, about 0.9 mm. Similar to the female, pedicel short, antenns fulvous (the apical joints missing). Habitat.—Canton, China. Type.—Cat. No. 14338, U.S.N.M. Seven females and one male reared from the eggs of an unknown hemipteron by Mr. George Compere, after whom it is named. The coarse sculpture of the mesonotum distinguishes this species from the other species of the genus described from the Orient. Proceepinas U. S. NATIONAL Museum, VoL. 42—No. 1880. 20441°—Proc.N.M.vol.42—12——1 = 2 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. VOL. 42. oe TELENOMUS COLEMANI, new species. Female.—Length, about 1.1mm. Black, the antenne brown, the legs testaceous, the coxe black; face granular; head transverse; pedicel and first joint of funicle subequal, second joint longer than wide, the following joints subquadrate, the club six jointed; mesoscu- tum finely reticulately rugulose, scutellum indistinctly reticulated, more apparent along anterior margin, opaque; metanotum with a transverse row of pits; first abdominal segment rugose almost the entire length; second segment with a basal row of pits, back of these ruge which medially extends half the length of the segment; second segment wider than long (as 18 : 13). Male.—Length, about 1 mm., antenne about 1 mm. Similar to the female, the antennz testaceous, the pedicel almost globular, the first three segments of the funicle elongate, the following ones sub- quadrate; the apical one about as long as the first. Habitat.—Hunsmanalli, Mysore, India. Type.—Cat. No. 14339, U.S.N.M. Five females and one male reared from the eggs of Dolycoris indicus and sent by Mr. L. C. Coleman (for whom is is named) under his number 136a. HADRONOTUS FULVIVENTRIS, new species. Female.—Length, about 1 mm. Head and thorax black, abdomen ferruginous, legs reddish testaceous, the coxe and the front femora on basal two-thirds black; scape testaceous, the upper side medially brownish; rest of the antennz reddish brown, the club more brown; pedicel slightly longer than first joint of funicle, following joints of funicle subquadrate; club 6-jointed, each subquadrate; face finely reticulated; mesoscutum finely rugulose, at rear medially becoming distinctly longitudinally so; scutellum longitudinally rugulose, at apex with a row of pits; metathorax with a row of pits and medially at apex with an elevated disk which is longitudinally rugulose; truncation of propodeum with rugule diverging from the center; mesopleure with a row of pits at front and one at rear, the rest of the surface rugulose; metapleure with a row of pits at front; mar- ginal vein somewhat longer than pedicel of antenne; stigmal almost twice as long as marginal; postmarginal over twice as long to stigmal; first abdominal segment with a row of pits at base, back of these, longitudinally striate, the apical margin smooth; second segment with a row of pits at base, back of this with fine reticulations, almost ‘resembling shallow thimble-like punctures; broad apical margin of the second segment, smooth; following segments with similar punc- tures and broad smooth apical margins. Male.—Length, about 1 mm. Similar to the female, but the abdomen black; antenns, except scape, brown, the pedicel slightly no. 1880. DHSCRIPTIONS OF NEW HYMENOPTERA—CRAWFORD. 3 longer than the first joint of the funicle, the following joints sub- quadrate, the apical joint almost as long as the two preceding joints united; sculpture somewhat stronger than in female; middle and hind legs slightly suffused with brown toward base. Habitat.—Bangalore, Mysore, India. Three females and six males reared from the eggs of Clavigralla gibbosa and sent by Mr. Coleman under his number 129. Type.—Cat. No. 14340, U.S.N.M. Superfamily CHALCIDOIDEA. Family AGAONID/. Genus EISENIELLA Ashmead. Evseniella ASHMEAD, Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash., vol. 8, 1906, p. 31. (New name for Eisenia Ashmead preoccupied.) Secundeisenia Scuuuz, Spolia Hym., 1906, p. 146. Allopade Stranp, Archiv. f. Naturgesch., vol. 77, 1911, Heft 1, p. 210. Family TORYMID. Tribe MEGASTIGMINI. In the Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington (vol. 12, 1910, p. 93), I called attention to the fact that Dr. Gustav Mayr had long ago corrected the error in regard to the number of spurs on the hind tibie in this tribe, but that this correction had been ignored. A reexamination of specimens of the type-species of the genus Megastigmus determined by Doctor Mayr, as well as all other species of the genus examined by me, show two well-developed spurs on the hind tibie. As the tribe Pulvilligerini Strand was erected because of two apical spurs (and the supposed absence of one in the Megastigminz) it appears to be a synonym. Tribe PODAGRIONINI. PODAGRION GREENI, new species. Female.—Length, 4 mm.; ovipositor, 8 mm. Head and thorax green, the latter more bronzy and posteriorly more bluish, closely punctured, on the lateral areas of mesonotum and axille becoming almost transverse striw; posterior part of scutellum finely reticulated; antenpe testaceous, the club brown, without a ring joint (see fig. 1); the club gr eatly enlarge d, with a flat- Fig. at atite dates ANTENNA OF tened sensory area on one side, on the other, the sutures visible; mesepisternum above, punctured, below, together with the metapleure, reticulated; mesepimeron smooth; propodeum finely closely transversely striate, laterally 4 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. VoL. 42. becoming almost thimblelike punctures; no median nor V-shaped carina on propodeum, but just cephalad of insertion of abdomen a semicircular carina surrounding the posterior area of propodeum; wings subhyaline, with a small infuscated stigmal spot; front and | middle legs, including coxe, testaceous; posterior coxe bluish, elong- ate, subcylindrical, as long as their femora; hind femora and tibie brown, the tarsi testaceous; hind femora with about 9-10 teeth, two - or three of them being mere tubercles; abdomen petiolate, the petiole almost half the length of the hind cox; abdomen brown, the base lighter, the petiole more reddish. -Male.—Length, 4 mm. Similar to the female, the antenne entirely reddish testaceous; the thorax more greenish, the hind femora and tibiz somewhat darker, the petiole shorter, the sculpture of the propodeum more like transverse rows of punctures. Habitat.—Punduloya, Ceylon. Five females and one male reared from egg capsule of Mantis, sp. by Mr. E. Ernest Green, after whom the species is named. Type.—Cat. No. 14341, U.S.N.M. PODAGRION KOEBELEI, new species. Female.—Length, 4 mm.; ovipositor, 8 mm. Green, the venter testaceous; the antennz brown, with a ring joint, the scape at base in front testaceous, the club not enlarged (see fig. 2); head and thorax closely punctured, the punctures on the median lobe of the mesoscu- tum thimblelike; those on the apical Vooudcacot> part of the scutellum finer than in. the anterior part; lateral lobes of #1G, 2.—PODAGRION KOEBELEI. ANTENNA OF mesoscutum reticulated, along the inner margins almost transversely striate; propodeum punctured, with a median longitudinal carina which extends backward to about middle of propodeum where it divides each branch running laterad and slightly caudad; laterally these branches each join a longitudinal carina which extends from the apex of the propodeum almost to the anterior margin; back of the transverse carina are several irregular ruge; coxe, front and hind femora, except bases and apices, metallic; rest of legs reddish testaceous more or less suffused with brown; hind coxe elongate, somewhat thick- ened basally; hind femora with about six teeth; mesepisternum punc- tured, upper section of mesepimeron faintly lineolate, lower section distinctly so; metapleure reticulately rugulose; abdomen subsessile. Male.—Length about 2.5 mm. Very like the female except in secondary sexual characters. Habitat— Australia. Many specimens reared from a mantid egg mass by Mr. Koebele (after whom the species is named) and with his note number 606, the note saying they came from South Australia, no. 1880. D¥#SCRIPTIONS OF NEW HYMENOPTERA—CRAWFORD. 5 Type.—Cat. No. 14342, U.S.N.M. Differs from the description of obscurus Westwood in color and in the apex of the antenne being concolorous with the rest, in the darker legs, etc., from that of olenus Walker in the dark antennz and the color. Specimens which I consider olenus Walker are without the lateral carine on the propodeum. PODAGRION REPENS Motschulsky. Female.—Head and mesonotum with shallow almost thimblelike punctures; mesopleure with similar punctures, the posterior half with finer ones; metapleurz horizontally striate; propodeum with an inverted V-shaped carina, the surface with fine thimblelike punc- tures; posterior coxz about as long as their femora, the basal end swollen; abdomen subsessible; antennz with one ring joint and the club not greatly swollen. The type consists of about 20 specimens on one card, and the above notes are from the type-material. Family MISCOGASTERID®. Genus LELAPS (Haliday) Walker. Laelaps Datta Torre, Cat. Hym., vol. 5, 1898, p. 184. Dilaelaps Scuuuz, Spolia Hym., 1906, p. 144. Stenopisthia StRaND, Societas Ent., vol. 25, 1910, p. 25. The two original references to this genus are: Walker in Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. 12, 1843, p. 47, and Haliday in Trans. Ent. Soc. Lond., vol. 3, pt. 4, p. 299, said to have been issued in 1843. However, on page 237 of that volume, there is a footnote dated July 14, 1844, and the receipt of part 4 was acknowledged by the Entomological Society of France at the meeting of September 10, 1845, so that this part must have been issued after July, 1844, and in all probability was not published until the beginning of the year 1845. It appears that the genus should be credited to Mr. F. Walker. In both of these places the name is spelled Lelaps, and this spelling was changed to Laelaps by Dalla Torre. It is this latter spelling which is preoccupied, and the names proposed by Schulz and Strand are therefore unnecessary. Family ENCYRTID. ANASTATUS VUILLETI, new species. Female.—Length 2.25 mm. Head varying shades of blue and green, thorax very dark blue-green, in some lights appearing black, or violaceous; abdomen aeneous; apical half of scape testaceous, the basal portion metallic; pedicel metallic green, rest of antenne brown; 6 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. VOL, 42. Bs ee a se pedicel longer than joints 1-3 of funicle combined, these joints subquadrate; face as high as antennal fossa granular, above this shining, indistinctly sculptured; median lobe of mesoscutum, lateral lobes in part, axille and scutellum reticulated with fine impressed lines; scutellum at base with two triangular depressed areas (adventi- tious 2); mesopleure and prepectus finely lineolated; femora green, tibixs dark brown, anterior tibie in front and their tarsi testaceous; middle and hind tarsi at base as dark as their tibie; wings smoky, with hyaline bases and at apical half of marginal vein a hyaline area extending backward somewhat more than the length along marginal vein; on caudal margin of fore wing almost opposite this hyaline area, but slightly more toward apex of wing, another somewhat smaller hyaline spot; infuscation beyond end of marginal vein lighter than basad of this point; submarginal vein longer than the marginal and postmarginal combined; marginal vein somewhat longer than postmarginal, this in turn slightly longer than stigmal; abdomen finely reticulated with impressed lines. Male.—Length about 2mm. Similar to the female, the head and. thorax green, the scape entirely testaceous, sculpture of face stronger, that above antennal fossa almost as strong as below, but more like reticulations; sculpture of mesonotum stronger than in female; wings with an infuscated spot covering stigmal vein and extending about half way across wing; near apex of submarginal vein a small indistinct infuscated spot; front and middle legs, including apices of coxe, testaceous; front femora with a green stripe behind; front tibie, middle femora and middle tibize with a brown stripe behind; hind legs dark brown, the femora and tibize with a narrow testaceous stripe in front; first, fourth, and fifth joints of hind tarsi dark brown, joints 2 and 3, whitish. Habitat.—Koulikoro, French Soudan, Africa. Type.—Cat. No. 14343, U.S.N.M. Eight females and five males reared from the eggs of Cerina buty- rospermi Vuillet by Mr. Jean Vuillet, in whose honor the species is named ; sent by Mr. A. Vuillet of the Entomological Station of the University of Rennes, France. The species is peculiar in having the mesonotum entirely without thimble-like punctures. ANASTATUS COLEMANI, new species. Female.—Length about 3.5 mm. Head green, the face metallic reddish; punctured portion of median lobe and lateral lobes of mesoscutum bronzy, rest of median lobe bluish-green; scutellum bronzy; rest of thorax and legs varying shades of bronzy or purplish; knees, tarsi, and anterior and middle legs in front reddish testaceous the middle legs less so than the anterior ; abdomen aeneous with 4 white band near apex of first segment ; face below antenne roughened and laterad, granular; above, reticulated with impressed lines; scape no. 1880. DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW HYMENOPTERA—CRAWFORD. 7 antenns brown; pedicel hardly twice as long as broad; first joint of funicle almost twice as long as pedicel; 2-5 joints successively decreasing in length, joints 6 and 7 subquadrate; club about as long as first joint of funicle; median and lateral lobes of mesoscutum finely reticulated with impressed lines, the former at* rear with shallow crowded punctures; scutellum and axille with thimble-like punctures; mesopleurae finely striate with impressed lines; wings dusky with hyaline bases and a curved hyaline band about middle of marginal vein, this band about as wide as the length of the stigmal vein, the concave side outward; marginal vein almost as long as the submarginal, postmarginal about half as long as marginal, stigmal less than half as long as postmarginal; abdomen short, the dorsum lineolate. Male.—Unknown. Habitat.—Bangalore, Mysore, India. Two specimens reared from the eggs of Degonetus serratus and sent by Mr. L. C. Coleman (for whom the species is named) under his number 118. In size and general appearance this species resembles A. stantoni Ashmead from the Philippine Islands, but that species is much greener and has the median lobe of the mesoscutum with thimble- like punctures. Type.—Cat. No. 14344, U.S.N.M. Family EULOPHID. Subfamily HNTHDONIN &%. PLEUROTROPIS FOVEOLATUS, new species. Female—Length about 1.25 mm. Deep purplish wneous with the propodeum and the base of the abdomen green; antenne brown, more or less metallic; face above insertion of antenne, both above and below V-shaped furrow, and median lobe of mesoscutum reticu- lately rugose; lateral lobes of mesoscutum with similar but less dis- tinct sculpture and caudad, smooth; median lobe at apex longi- tudinally rugose and with two large fover; scutellum with*the basal half longitudinally rugose, the apical half with large reticulations; propodeum polished, with two well separated medial carine and the lateral carine distinct; legs metallic, in part brown, the tarsi whitish. Male.—Length about 1mm. Similar to the female, the head green, face purple; sculpture of the face not so strong as in female. Habitat—Bangalore, Mysore, India. Two females and two males reared from larvee of Epilachna vigin- tioctopunctata and sent by Mr. Coleman under his number 134. This species has the mesoscutum bifoveolate as in P. bifoveolatus Ashmead, but that species has the mesoscutum transversely rugulose. Type.—Cat. No. 14345, U.S.N.M. 8 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vou. 42. Fe eS ee Subfamily THTRASTICHIN 4. Genus TETRASTICHUS Haliday. Key for the separation of the females of some Oriental forms. 1. First joint of funicle hardly longer than the pedicel; coxze testaceous, colemani Crawford. First joint of funicle about twice as long as pedicel; coxz dark:.-¢ eee 2 2. Propodeum between lateral carine with thimblelike punctures. echthrus Crawford. Propodeum between lateral carinze without thimblelike punctures. ......- 3 3. Legs whitish testaceous.......--------+---++++++2eeeeeee ++ philippinensis Ashmead. Legs with femora brown......------------++--+++-+++-222-eeeee- ophiuse Crawford. TETRASTICHUS COLEMANI, new species. Female—Length about 1.8 mm. Green, the abdomen apically brown; scape and legs, including coxe, testaceous; rest of antenn light brown; first joint of funicle only slightly longer than pedicel, joints two and three about as long as first; club almost as long as 1-3 united; face finely, indistinctly lineolate, smoother medially and below; between eyes and mouth parts the lineolation reticulated; — along inner orbits a few scattered large punctures; mesoscutem and scutellum finely longitudinally lineolate, the furrows distinct; meta- notum a transverse strip; propodeum with the median and lateral carine strong; between them with crowded very shallow punctures; prepectus and metapleur with thimblelike punctures; mesopleure just beneath wing with a large testaceous spot; abdomen as long as head and thorax combined. Male.—Length about 1.5 mm. Similar in color and sculpture to the female; the first joint of the funicle about as long as the pedicel, the second joint distinctly longer than the first; third and fourth joints about as long as first; club slightly longer than joints three and four combined; abdomen apically zneous. Habitat—Bangalore, Mysore, India. Type.—Cat. No. 14346, U.S.N.M. Many specimens reared from the larve of Aspidomorpha miliaris together with specimens of a Tetracampe?, and sent by Mr. Coleman (for whom this species is named) under his number 181. TETRASTICHUS OPHIUSZ, new species. Female.—Length about 2.25mm. Dark blue-green, coxe metallic, trochanters and femora, except tips, brown, rest of legs testaceous; scape and pedicel brownish-testaceous, rest of antenns deep brown; joints of funicle elongate, the first about twice as long as the pedicel; club slightly longer than first joint of funicle; face finely lineolate, along inner orbits with scattered large punctures; mesoscutum and scutellum finely longitudinally lineolate, the median furrow on the former and the two furrows on the latter very distinct; metanotum no. 1880. DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW HYMENOPTERA—CRAWFORD. 9 reduced to a narrow smooth strip, propodeum with a distinct median, and lateral carine, the surface between them finely roughened; abdomen as long as the head and thorax combined. Male —Unknown. Habitat—Mysore, India. Two specimens reared from Ophiusa melicerta and sent by Mr. Cole- man under his number 37. Type—Cat. No. 14350, U.S.N.M. Subfamily HLACHHRTIN 2. EUPLECTRUS NYCTEMERZ, new species. Female.—Length 1.75 mm. Black, the scape, pedicel, and legs, including coxe, testaceous; rest of antenne light brown; pedicel about as long as joint one of funicle, the latter not distinctly longer than the second joint; third and fourth joints about as long as second; middle lobe of mesoscutum reticulately rugose, at rear medially with one or two longitudinal rugose which extend forward about one-third the length of the mesoscutum; lateral lobes finely rugulose; scutellum basally indistinctly reticulate; first joint of hind tarsi almost twice as long as second, longer spur on hind tibiae not reaching apex of second tarsal joint; abdomen with a large testaceous spot, near base. Male.—Unknown. Habitat— Bangalore, Mysore, India. Four specimens reared from the larva of Nyctemera lacticinia and sent by Mr. Coleman under his number 189. Type.—Cat. No. 14347, U.S.N.M. Easily separated from FE. manile and E. koebelei by the row of pits at the base of the metathorax being covered by the scutellum; £. manilz has the pedicel distinctly shorter than the first joint of the funicle; HE. koebelei is larger, more robust, and has the legs distinctly reddish. Subfamily HULOPHIN @. SYMPIESIS COMPEREI, new species. Female.—Length about 2 mm. Dark blue-green, the head more bluish, the abdomen basally more greenish, the apical two-thirds of abdomen aenous; legs, except coxe, scape and pedicel of antenne, testaceous; rest of antenne dark brown; face below antenne finely reticulated with impressed lines, above antennx these gradually dis- appearing; pedicel short, hardly half the length of the first joint of funicle, joints 2—4 of funicle subequal in length, slightly shorter than the first, and each about as long as the club; mesonotum, including axille and scutellum, with shallow thimblelike punctures those on the median lobe of mesoscutum coarse, those on axille finest; metanotum and propedoum smooth, the latter with a median carine 10 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vou. 42. and with curved lateral carine the anterior ends turning mward; prepectus with thimblelike punctures; mesepisternum with similar finer punctures; rest of mesopleure and the metapleure smooth; abdomen as long as the head and thorax together; sheaths of ovi- positor exserted. Male.—Length about 1.5 mm. Similar to the female, but more greenish; the funicle of antenne lght brownish, branches long, reaching beyond apex of last joint of funicle; femora except tips dark brown; abdomen with the basal half whitish and testaceous. Habitat—Manila, Philippine Islands. Three females and six males reared from a leaf miner on Ficus, species, by Mr. George Compere, for whom the species is named. Type.—Cat. No. 14348, U.S.N.M. A REVISION OF THE FORMS OF THE EDIBLE-NEST SWIFTLET, COLLOCALIA FUCIPHAGA (THUNBERG). By Harry C. OBERHOLSER, Assistant Ornithologist, United States Department of Agriculture. During the five years that have elapsed since the writer’s revision of the genus Collocalia appeared,’ the United States National Museum has acquired considerable additional material in this group. These specimens show that there are several more forms of Collocalia fuciphaga worthy of recognition, and that, in consequence, the ranges and characters of other races are more or less in need of readjustment. The following synopsis of the subspecies of Collocalia fuciphaga will, therefore, take the place of the one previously published.? In that review three forms of this species were recognized, not including Collocalia brevirostris McClelland, which was treated as a full species. The number is now raised to 10, among which are included Collocalia brevirostris and the recently discovered Collocalia fuciphaga capnitis Thayer and Bangs.® The range of Collocalia fuciphaga, as a species, is extensive. It occurs west to the Himalaya Mountains at about 76° east longitude; north to central China, the Philippine Islands, Mariana Islands, and the Caroline Islands; east to the Duke of York Island (Union Group) and the Tonga Islands; south to the Loyalty Islands, New Guinea, Java, Nias, and the Seychelles Islands. It seems to be a permanent resident throughout its range. Although the differences between the several races are apparently slight, they are reasonably constant, for individual variation is not great. As is the case with the other species of the genus, there is practically no sexual difference in either size or color, for which reason no distinction is necessary in color comparisons or measure- ment averages. All measurements are in millimeters. The writer is indebted to Dr. Charles W. Richmond for many courtesies incident to the preparation of the present paper; also to Mr. William Palmer for the use of his Javan material; and to Mr. Outram Bangs for the loan of specimens additional to the United States National Museum series. 1 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., July 26, 1906, pp. 177-212. 2Tbid. pp. 185-189. 8 Bull. Mus. Comp. Zéol., vol. 52, 1909, p. 139. PROCEEDINGS U. S. NATIONAL Museum, VOL. 42—No. 1881. 12 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vou. 42. KEY TO THE SUBSPECIES OF COLLOCALIA FUCIPHAGA. a. Wing over 210 mm. b. Rump much paler than back. c. Wing not less than 124 mm......-..-.---- Collocalia fuciphaga brevirostris. cl. Wing less than 124 mm.........----------+--+-- Collocalia fuciphaga elaphra. b!. Rump but little paler than back.....-.-------- Collocalia fuciphaga capnitis. a’, Wing under 120 mm. b. Rump decidedly paler than back. c. Smaller; lower parts more brownish; upper parts paler, more brownish. Collocalia fuciphaga fuciphaga. c!, Larger; lower parts more grayish; upper parts darker, more blackish. Collocalia fuciphaga amechana. b'. Rump not paler than back. c. Upper surface smoky clove brown....-.------ Collocalia fuctphaga tachyptera, c!, Upper surface brownish black or blackish brown. d. Lower parts decidedly paler. e. Under surface much more brownish; abdomen darker; upper surface slichtly more. brownish... .......0..22:2.+es Collocalia fuciphaga vestita. e!, Under surface much more grayish; abdomen lighter; upper surface slightly more blackish or greenish (less brownish). . Collocalia fuciphaga mearnst. d', Lower parts decidedly darker. e. Under surface more brownish; upper surface somewhat lighter and more . PCO WVTIS fete Sitesi ti oe ee 3 Collocalia fuciphaga vanikorensis. e!, Under surface more grayish; upper surface somewhat darker and less Browitlalers cc yceh geet mia ee Seca oan Collocalia fuciphaga aerophila. COLLOCALIA FUCIPHAGA FUCIPHAGA (Thunberg). Hirundo fuciphaga TuunsBmra, K. Vet. Akad. Nya Handl., vol. 33, 1812, p. 153, pl. 4 (Java). Hemiprocne salangana StREUBEL, Isis, 1848, p. 368 (East Indies). Chars. subsp.—Upper parts rather light smoky clove brown with a faint greenish sheen, the rump distinctly paler; lower parts rather deep smoky brownish gray; size small (wing about 109 mm.). Measurements.—Wing, 106-113 (average, 109.3) mm.; tail, 48.5-51 (49.9); exposed culmen, 4.5-4.9 (4.7); tarsus, 7-9.5 (8.2). Type-locality.— Java. Geographical distribution Java. More satisfactory material from Java than was previously avail- able proves that the bird inhabiting this island is one of the more brownish races, and not identical with that from the Philippine Islands or the islands of Polynesia. This race probably occurs on some of the neighboring islands, although we have seen no other than Javan specimens. Measurements of specimens of Collocalia Juciphaga fuciphaga. Museum and i . - r 3 814 aren aea Sex. Locality. Date. Collector. a | 8 é ; a {8 ms fico EF |& jaele ee : c . {rm.jmm.jmm, U.S.N.M. 219808...| Male.... a a rnkoens Nov. 15,1909 | W. Palmer... 09. 5150. 0 4. 78.0 ay, Bantam, Java. : USNM. 219811...) Female .|.....do......... Sateen Nov. 7,1909 |..... dataixe 108. 0/50. 0| 4. 6| 7.9 aoe or ant fae dose al eeee GOzas- tsetse hee Nov. 5,1909 |..... dos 106. 0/50. 0} 4.9) 8.5 L S.N. be a19510...|......--..]..-.- Gout Te 8 oe) Sas Nov. 6,1909 |..... doe ance 110. 0/48. 5} 4. 6) 7.0 we Neale: f... ci. otc BAVA sos .6 ch zoe ee ok De 113. 0/51. 0| 4.5] 9.5 xno. 1881. FORMS OF COLLOCALIA FUCIPHAGA—OBHRHOLSER. 13 COLLOCALIA FUCIPHAGA AMECHANA, new subspecies. Chars. subsp.—Similar to Collocalia fuciphaga fuciphaga, but some- what larger; lower parts more grayish; upper surface darker, more blackish. Description.—Type, adult female, No. 171072, U.S.N.M.; Pulo Jimaja, Anamba Islands, September 19, 1899; Dr. W. L. Abbott. Upper parts clove brown, with a slight metallic greenish sheen, the rump decidedly paler — dark hair brown; wings and tail blackish, with a decided metallic greenish sheen, the inner edges of the feathers lighter, more brownish; lores clove brown, the bases of the feathers pure white; cheeks, auriculars, and sides of neck deep smoky brown; lower surface grayish hair brown, darkest on chin and longest under tail-coverts, lightest on anal region; lining of wing clove brown; ‘Gris dark brown; feet dark brown.” Measurements.—Wing, 110.5'-113.5' (average, 112) mm.; tail, 51 1-51.51 (51.3); exposed culmen, 4.1—-5 (4.6); tarsus, 9-9.3 (9.2). Type-locality—Pulo Jimaja, Anamba Islands. Geographical distribution.—Pulo Jimaja and probably also other of the Anamba Islands. The birds which form the -basis of this new subspecies the writer recorded as Collocalia fuciphaga elaphra in his recent revision of the genus Collocalia,? but further material and further investigations show that they doubtless represent a local race, probably confined to the Anamba Islands. Curiously enough this new bird is nearest in color to Collocalia fuciphaga elaphra* from the Seychelles Islands, but differs from that form in less brownish, rather darker, more glossy, more uniform upper parts; darker posterior lower surface; and in probably smaller size, although the molting condition of the primaries and rectrices makes this somewhat uncertain. But, at any rate, the form may be characterized by color alone. Measurements of specimens of Collocalia fuciphaga amechana. 3 “4 ey = Sex. Locality. Date. Collector. 5 33! . . rd eb . of] 5 ie S$i/213 | |8 Pp & = & I & mm. mm. imm. 171071 | Female . Poe ae. Anamba | Sept. 19,1899 | Dr. W. L. Abbott. 127. O13. ° SL. 38 6. 0) 9.3 T1079 60. <0 »]s5-.. oe OF whe cams Sains wsdl ea aipt ¢ °C ae ey ee creas want tons ea 0} 110.5 ° ‘ 51.05 4. 1 9.0 1 Molting; full measurements are probably somewhat greater than here given. 2 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., July 26, 1906, p. 189. 3Tbid., p. 188. 4 Measured in the flesh by the collector. § Molting. 6 Type. 14 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. VOL. 42. Rie a COLLOCALIA FUCIPHAGA ELAPHRA Oberholser. Collocalia fuciphaga elaphra OBERHOLSER, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., July 26, 1906, p. 188 (Mahé Island, Seychelles Islands). Chars. subsp.—Resembling Collocalia fuciphaga amechana, but with upper surface more brownish, rather lighter, less glossy, and less uniform, the pileum more contrasted with the back; posterior lower parts paler, and with less evident dark shaft streaks; apparently also somewhat smaller. Measurements.—Wing, 120.5-121 (average, 120.8) mm.; tail, 51; exposed culmen, 4-4.5 (4.3); tarsus, 9-9.5 (9.3). Type-locality.—Mahé Island, Seychelles Islands. Geographical distribution.—Mahé Island, and probably other islands of the Seychelles group. This well-marked race is easily distinguished from the Javan Col- localia fuciphaga fuciphaga by its much greater size, lighter under parts, and rather darker upper surface. By the above separation of the Anamba Islands form it becomes confined, so far as known,’ to the Seychelles Islands. Measurements of specimens of Collocalia fuciphaga elaphra. 3 | o Museum and num-| gex. Locality. Date. Collector. 3 32 a 8b ame pee 3 EB \lg\e | & EF leala |e mm. |mm.|mm.|mmn. U.S. N.M. 119780. .| Female .| Mahé, Seychelles | Apr. 17,1890 | Dr. W. L. Ab-} 120.5] 51.0) 4.5) 9.0 Islands. bott. ea MON Okse lane eon ee s| mses dO See eee ee | eae GOnsseteelase as Go sees 121.0} 51.0) 4.0) 9.5 COLLOCALIA FUCIPHAGA BREVIROSTRIS (McClelland). Hirundo brevirostris MCCLELLAND, Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond., 1839, p. 155 (Assam). Chars. subsp.—Similar to Collocalia fuciphaga fuciphaga, including the lighter-colored rump; but much larger, and with tail somewhat less deeply emarginate. Measurements.—Wing, 124-127 mm.; tail, 55-59; exposed culmen, 5.5; tarsus, 10. Type-locality.— Assam. Geographical distribution.—Himalaya Mountains, from Dalhousie, about 76° east longitude, east through Nepal and Sikhim to Assam and Manipur. This bird the writer previously considered as a full species,” but the discovery of Collocalia fuciphaga capnitis,? which is intermediate in size between CO. f. brevirostris and CG. f. fuciphaga, indicates that the former is, as Dr. Hartert considers it,‘ only a subspecies. EE 1 Type. * Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., July 26, 1906, p. 189. 3 Thayer and Bangs, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zo6l., vol. 52, 1909. p. 139. ‘ Tierreich, Lief. 1, 1897, p. 68, no. 1881. FORMS OF COLLOCALIA FUCIPHAGA—OBERHOLSER. 15 COLLOCALIA FUCIPHAGA CAPNITIS Thayer and Bangs. Collocalia fusciphaga [sic] capnitis THAYER and Banes, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zodl., vol. 52, May, 1909, p. 189 (Wan-tao-shan, Hupeh, China). Chars. subsp.—Resembling Collocalia fuciphaga fuciphaga, but much larger; lower parts much more grayish, with dark shaft streaks more conspicuous; upper surface less brownish and more uniform— the rump, while appreciably paler than the back, being much less thus contrasted. Description.—Type, adult male, No. 50013, Museum of Compara- tive Zoology; Wan-tao-shan, Hupeh, central China, June 5, 1907; Walter R. Zappey. Upper parts clove brown, slightly greenish, the rump somewhat paler than the back, but not conspicuously so; tail clove brown, all but the outer pair very slightly glossed with greenish; exposed surface of the wing-coverts like the back; wing- quills clove brown, very slightly glossed on exterior webs with greenish, the inner webs much paler, more so basally; ear-coverts and sides of neck smoky brown; lores pure white basally, the feather tips clove brown; under surface somewhat brownish smoke gray, a little the darkest on the breast, posteriorly with very evident dark brown shaft lines, these heaviest and darkest on the lower tail-coverts. Measurements.—Wing, 122 mm.; tail, 58; exposed culmen, 5; tarsus, 10.1. ; Type-locality.—W an-tao-shan, Province of Hupeh, China. Geographical distribution.—Province of Hupeh, central China. This northern race is apparently about the size of Collocalia fuci- phaga elaphra, perhaps a little larger; but it is very much less brownish above, with a decidedly more greenish sheen, and the rump is but little paler than the back; the smoky gray of the lower surface is less brownish, and is darker posteriorly; the dark shaft streaks on the breast and abdomen are more conspicuous. Compared with Collo- calia fuciphaga amechana, of the Anamba Islands, it is larger, more brownish, somewhat more greenish-glossed on the upper parts, with the rump much less paler than the back; lower surface not so brownish, and posteriorly darker; dusky shaft streaks on breast and abdomen more evident. The type is the only specimen thus far known. COLLOCALIA FUCIPHAGA VESTITA (Lesson). Salangana vestita Lesson, 1’Echo du Monde Savant, ser. 2, vol. 8, 1843, p. 134 (Sumatra). Collocalia nidifica GRay, Genera Birds, vol. 1, 1845, p. 55 (Sumatra). Chars. subsp.—Similar to Collocalia fuciphaga fuciphaga, but apparently somewhat larger; lower surface somewhat lighter; upper parts decidedly darker, more blackish (less brownish), and almost uniform, the rump not appreciably lighter than the back, the pileum scarcely, if any, darker. 16 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. VOL. 42. Measurements.—Wing, 111-118 (average, 114.1) mm. ; tail, 48-52 (50.5); exposed culmen, 4-5 (4.6); tarsus, 9-9.5 (9.1). Type-locality.—Sumatra. Geographical distribution —Sumatra, Simalur Island, and the south- ern part of the Malay Peninsula. on : This subspecies may be distinguished from Collocalia fuciphaga amechana by its darker, more blackish (less brownish) upper parts, and its dark rump, uniform in color with the back. From Collocalia fuciphaga elaphra, its smaller size, darker, less brownish, more uni- form upper surface (the rump concolor with the back), and its darker posterior ventral surface separate it easily. It is decidedly smaller than Collocalia fuciphaga capnitis, and darker, more blackish above, with less of greenish gloss; the rump is not at all paler than the back ; the lower parts are rather more brownish, with much less conspicuous shaft-streaks posteriorly. The names for the present race and their application were discussed in my previous paper. * No specimens from either Borneo or the Natuna Islands have been available, and the form of this species occurring in these localities is therefore in doubt. Measurements of specimens of Collocalia fuciphaga vestiia. Museum and : Coll i 3 s a : Bamber Sex. Locality. Date. ollector. a d g E = 1a lee] a mm.\mm.\mm.\mm. U.S.N.M., 179170.| Male....| Simalur Island, | Dec. 7,1901 | Dr. W. L. Abbott-}111. 0/510) 5.0) 9.0 western Sumatra. U.S.N.M., 179171: | Female .|..... Cocos hoa a2 oe Gorse sesso Gone Feros 112. 5) 48.0) 4.5) 9.0 U.S.N.M., 178933. | Male....| Tanjong Silantei, | July 26,1901 |..... do ares 118. 0/ 51.0) 5.0] 9.0 eastern coast of Johore, Malay Peninsula. ANS Philaves 2 .|f sc aeee ee Sumatra tases | oe Nee eee eee eee eee 115.0) 52.0) 40) 9.0 COLLOCALIA FUCIPHAGA AEROPHILA, new subspecies. Chars. subsp.—Similar to Collocalia fuciphaga vestita, but lower parts much darker, somewhat more grayish (less brownish); upper surface darker, more blackish (less brownish). Description.—Type, adult male, No. 179737, U.S.N.M.; Siaba Bay, Nias Island, western coast of Sumatra, March 16, 1903; Dr. W. L. Abbott. Upper parts blackish clove brown, with a slight greenish gloss; wings and tail brownish black with greenish or violet reflec- tions, the inner edges of the feathers dull brown; lores clove brown, the bases of the feathers pure white; cheeks, auriculars, and sides of neck deep smoky brown; lower surface deep grayish hair brown; lining of wing clove brown. Measurements (of type).—Wing, 114.5 mm.; tail, 54; exposed culmen, 4.5; tarsus, 8. 1 Proc, Acad. Nat. Sei. Phila., July 26, 1906, p. 187. no. 1881. FORMS OF COLLOCALIA FUCIPHAGA—OBERHOLSER. 17 Type-locality.—Siaba Bay, Nias Island, western coast of Sumatra. Geographical distribution.—Island of Nias. This race differs from Collocalia fuciphaga fuciphaga in its some- what greater size; much more blackish (less brownish), more uniform upper surface, the rump not at all paler than the back; and darker, less brownish lower parts. It is much darker, less brownish (more blackish) above than Collocalia fuciphaga amechana, the rump con- color with the back, instead of decidedly paler; and the entire inferior surface is very much more deeply colored. It departs still more from Collocalia fuciphaga elaphra in its smaller size, uniform and much darker, less brownish, more greenish glossed upper surface, and much darker, less brownish under parts. Compared with Collocalia fuci- phaga capnitis, it is much smaller; is decidedly darker, more black- ish, more uniform above, and darker, with less evident dusky shaft streaks below. The single specimen on which the separation of this race is based was referred by the writer, in his previous paper,! to Collocalia fuci- phaga fuciphaga, under a mistaken conception of the characters of true Collocalia fuciphaga fuciphaga from Java, owing to imperfect and scanty material; but the acquisition of more Javan specimens proves that the Nias bird is very distinct. COLLOCALIA FUCIPHAGA MEARNSI,? new subspecies. Chars. subsp—Resembling Collocalia fuciphaga vestita, but under surface much more grayish (less brownish); abdomen usually lighter; upper parts, particularly the pileum, more blackish or greenish (less brownish). : Description.—Type, adult female, No. 208356, U.S.N.M.; Haights- in-the-Oaks, altitude 7,000 feet, near Paoay, Benguet, Luzon Island, Philippine Islands, July 28, 1907; Dr. Edgar A. Mearns. Upper parts blackish clove brown, with a slight greenish sheen; wings and tail brownish black with greenish or violet reflections, the inner edges of the feathers dull brown; lores clove brown, the bases of the feathers pure white; cheeks, auriculars, and sides of neck deep smoky brown; under surface smoke gray; lining of wing clove brown. Measurements.—Wing, 106-119.5 (average, 111.5) mm.; tail, 45-52 (49.3); exposed culmen, 3.5-5 (4); tarsus, 8.1-10 (9). Type-locality— Haights-in-the-Oaks, near Paoay, Province of Benguet, Luzon Island, Philippine Islands. Geographical distribution.—Islands of Luzon, Mindoro, Mindanao, Cebu, Negros, Panay, and Palawan, in the Philippine Archipelago. This new race may be readily distinguished from Collocalia fuci- phaga fuciphaga by its darker, less brownish, more greenish-glossed, 1 Proc, Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., July 26, 1906, pp. 186-187. 2 Dedicated to Dr. (Lieut. Col.) Edgar A, Mearns, the well-known explorer, who collected the entire series of specimens in the U. S. National Museum. 20441°—Proc.N .M. vol.42—12-——2 18 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. von. 42. Papell cp AES me Taare et SEPA ao eS ee and more uniform upper surface, the rump concolor with the back, instead of paler; lighter, and much less brownish (more grayish) lower parts. From Collocalia fuciphaga amechana it differs in its darker, more blackish (less brownish), more uniform upper surface, and lighter, less brownish ventral surface. It is still more different from Collocalia fuciphaga elaphra, by reason of its much smaller size; much darker, less brownish, and more uniform upper surface; less brownish under surface; and darker abdomen and crissum. Com- pared with Collocalia fuciphaga capnits it is much smaller, with upper surface darker, more blackish (less brownish), and rump concolor with back, lower parts less brownish, anteriorly rather lighter, and posteriorly with less well-marked dusky shaft lines. Although on the upper surface it is practically identical with Collocalia fuciphaga aero- phila of Nias Island, it is easily separable by its decidedly paler and much less brownish lower parts. A satisfactory series of 15 specimens, collected by Dr. Edgar A. Mearns on the islands of Mindanao, Mindoro, and Luzon, shows that the birds of the Philippine Islands are not identical with either the Javan race (Collocalia fuciphaga fuctphaga) or the birds of the islands in the Pacific Ocean farther eastward, as the writer formerly supposed, but have well-marked characteys of their own, as above set forth. Some of the individuals of this series are more brownish both above and below than the average, but as a whole they are very uniform in color. It is noticeable that there is considerable variation in meas- urements. Measurements of specimens of Collocalia fuciphaga mearnst. : zg ay: Ses *@® n “a Sex. Locality. Date. Collector. a oe 4 “a Bl] s|s| & D5 Flala |e mm.|mm.\mm. 191447 | Male....| Mercedes, Mindanao Island, | Dec. 19,1903 | Dr.E.A.Mearns |114.0| 50.0] 5.0] 10.0 Philippine Islands. 208354 |...do.....| Haights-in-the-Oaks (near | July 25,1907 |._... dol fee 119. 5) 52.0) 3.7] 8.1 Paoay), Benguet, Luzon Is- land, Philippine Islands. POS ash sO meena OD aan eee ay ee any Ont a. Sls ned O) seme 109. 0/ 50. 5} 4.0} 9.0 208348 |...do.....| Baguio, Benguet, Luzon Island,| Apr. 30,1907 |....- dots 112. 0) 52.0} 4.0) 9.0 Philippine Islands. PESO OLN OGaem tales ook Oee tees eee ae nee). July 12,1907 }....- Gosta-ee ae 112. 5) 51.5} 4.5) 9.5 201920 iS oo Buena Vista (Mangyan clear- | Nov. 5,1906 |....- doce ences 106. 0} 46. 5] 3.6) 9.3 ing), Mindoro Island, Philip- Pine Islands. SURG LD) ete. Sea Manay, Mindanao Island, Phil- | Oct. 6,1906 |.._.. ddan 108. 5| 45.0] 4.0] 8.9 ippine Islands. 190172 | Female..} Pantar, Mindanao Island, Phil- | Aug: 13,1903 |....- Doreen 108.0) 48.0) 4.5) 8.5 ippine Islands. 201921 |...do.....| Mangyan clearing, Aloag River, | Nov. 10,1906 |..... Gout steceees 107.0) 46.0) 3.5) 9.1 Mindoro Island, Philippine Islands. 208350 |...do..... Baguio, Benguet, Luzon Is-| May 9,1907 |..... Goss susescer 115. 0} 50. 0}.....] 9.0 land, Philippine Islands. 208355 |...do..... Haights-in-the-Oaks, Benguet, | July 25,1907 |..... dont 2.25. cule 47.0| 3.8) 9.0 Luzon Island, Philippine 208352 |...d ane rod EPdos f21Se Denese coe ec ae eee oe ec! Osscanee kee vd 0) 9.0 208570 |...do.....]..... OG een eae ee ark aie July 26,1907 1) 8.7 2083562). ..do.....|..... Oe EOI er ees eur July 28,1907 5} 9.1 1 Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., July 26, 1906, pp. 186-187. 2 Type. no. 1881. FORMS OF COLLOCALIA FUCIPHAGA—OBERHOLSER. 19 COLLOCALIA FUCIPHAGA VANIKORENSIS (Quoy and Gaimard). Hirundo vanikorensis Quoy and Gamarp, Voy. Astrolabe, Zool., vol. 1, 1830, p. 206, pl. 12, fig. 3 (Vanikoro Island, Santa Cruz Islands, Pacific Ocean). Cotyle vanicorensis Borg, Isis, 1844, p. 170 (nom. emend. pro Hirundo vanikorensis Quoy and Gaimard). Cypselus inquietus Kirriirz, Denkwurd. Reise Russ. Amer., vol. 2, 1858, p. 26 (Uala Island, Caroline Islands, Pacific Ocean). Chars. subsp.—Similar to Collocalia fuciphaga mearnsi, but upper sur- face more brownish; lower parts decidedly darker and more brownish. Measurements.—Wing, 109-114 (average, 111.5) mm.; tail, 54; exposed culmen, 4; tarsus, 9. Type-locality.—V anikoro Island, Santa Cruz Islands, Pacific Ocean. Geographical distribution.—Islands of the western Pacific Ocean: north to the Caroline Islands; west to New Guinea; south to the Loyalty Islands; and east to the Tonga Islands and the Duke of York Island (Union group). From Collocalia fuciphaga fuciphaga the present race may be sepa- rated by its much darker, more blackish (less brownish), more uniform upper surface; dark rump concolor with the back; and decidedly darker under parts. It is distinguishable from Collocalia fuciphaga amechana by its darker, more blackish upper parts, dark rump uni- form with the back, and far more deeply colored and more brownish ventral surface. Compared with Collocalia fuciphaga elaphra it is much smaller, with darker, less brownish upper surface, rump not lighter than the back, and very much more deeply colored lower parts. Itis very much smaller than Collocalia fuciphaga capnitis, and has the upper surface darker, less glossed with greenish, the rump con- color with the back, the lower parts much darker, more brownish, with scarcely appreciable darker shaft lines on the posterior portion. It may be distinguished from Collocalia fuciphaga vestita by its very much more deeply colored, more brownish lower surface, and slightly darker, less greenish upper parts. It is apparently closest in color to Collocalia fuciphaga aerophila, but differs in rather more brownish, less greenish-glossed upper surface, and in darker, decidedly more brownish lower parts. Birds from the Caroline Islands are, by the characters above given, with ease subspecifically separable from true Collocalia fuciphaga fuciphaga of Java; although the writer on a previous occasion! was not able to distinguish the present race with the material then available. Without specimens from the Santa Cruz and neighboring islands, I am now obliged to consider the birds from there the same as those from the Carolines, although they may represent an additional race. The name to be applied to the present form is, therefore, of necessity, Hirundo vanikorensis Quoy and Gaimard,? from Vanikoro Island, the 1 Proc, Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., July 26, 1906, p. 186. 2 Voy. Astrolabe, Zool.,vol. 1, 1830, p. 206, pl. 12, fig. 3, 20 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vou. 42. plate and description of which, moreover, apply very well to the Caro- line Islands bird, subsequently called Cypselus inqueetus by Kattlitz.* Measurements of specimens of Collocalia fuciphaga vanikorensis. Be : 5 38 Ara | Sex. Locality. Date. Collector. = 25| 3 ns S oe aS uw | = a 2 3S eo ala-|e | = = at a ae eee 212337 | Male..| Kusaie Island,? Caroline Islands.| Feb. 8,1900 | C. H. Townsend.|114.0) 54.0} 4.0) 9.0 Dizsahie eters Uala Island, Caroline Islands....| Feb. 16,1900 |...-. Oe see 109.0] 54.0) 4.0) 9.0 COLLOCALIA FUCIPHAGA TACHYPTERA, new subspecies. Chars. subsp.—Similar to Collocalia fuciphaga vanikorensis, but much lighter, more brownish above, and paler below. Description —Type, adult male, No. 188855, U.S.N.M.; Guam Island, Mariana Islands, July 17, 1900; A. Seale. Upper parts rather light smoky clove brown, with a slight greenish sheen, and somewhat darker on pileum; wings and tail clove brown with a slight greenish gloss; lores clove brown, the bases of the feathers pure white; sides of head and neck deep smoky brown; lower surface hair brown; lining of wing clove brown. Measurements —Wing, 110 mm.; tail, 50; exposed culmen, 3.5; tarsus, 8. Type-locality—Guam Island, Mariana Islands. Geographical distribution —Island of Guam, and probably other islands of the Mariana group. The present form is distinguishable from Collocalia fuciphaga fuciphaga chiefly by its dark-colored rump concolor with the back, and by rather lighter upper surface. From Collocalia fuciphaga amechana it differs as does Collocalia f. fuciphaga, and additionally in its lack of a pale rump. It is much smaller than Collocalia fuci- phaga elaphra, lighter, more uniform above (the rump not paler than the back), and darker below. Compared with Collocalia fuciphaga capnitis, it is decidedly smaller, rather lighter and much more brown- ish above, with the rump not even a little paler than the back; is more brownish on the lower surface, with much less evident dusky shaft lines. It is somewhat smaller than Collocalia fuciphaga vestita, and decidedly lighter, more brownish above. It may be distinguished from Collocalia fuciphaga aerophila by somewhat smaller size, much lighter, more brownish upper parts, and somewhat paler, decidedly more brownish lower surface. From Oollocalia fuciphaga mearnsi it may be separated by its much lighter, more brownish upper parts, and darker, more brownish under surface. The single specimen upon which the above description is based was recorded as Collocalia fuciphaga fuciphaga in my previous paper on Collocalia,* but judging from the material now available it must be con- sidered as belonging to a distinct race. 1 Denkwurd, Reise Russ. Amer., vol. 2, 1858, p. 26. *Inadvertently recorded (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., July 26, 1906, p. 18 ; : ores ” 7 . 187) as from Uala Island. * Proc. Acad, Nat. Sci. Phila., July 26, 1906, p. 186, y , P. 187) as from Uala Island s A SMALL COLLECTION OF BATS FROM PANAMA. By Gerrit S. Miter, Jr., Curator, Division of Mammals, United States National Museum. INTRODUCTION. Mr. August Busck, while collecting insects for the Smithsonian Biological Survey of Panama during April and May, 1911, obtained 29 bats representing 11 species. Three of these have not hitherto been described, and a fourth is exceedingly rare in collections. More than half of the specimens were taken near Alhajuela, on the Chili- brillo River, in some extensive caves, a locality so little known and so interesting that I have asked Mr. Busck to prepare for publication the following rather detailed account of his visit. THE CHILIBRILLO BAT CAVE. The large cave in which these bats were collected is formed in a broad limestone area, which crosses the Chagres River between Alhajuela and SanJuan, Panama. The cave is made by a subterra- nean stream, which empties into the Chilibrillo River about 7 to 8 miles south of Alhajuela. Neither the cave nor the Chilibrillo River (which is a tributary to the Chilibri River) is shown on the late Ameri- can map made by the Canal Commission, but was found indicated on an old French map. The region is uninhabited for many square miles and is rarely visited, even by the natives from the nearest settlements along the Chagres, none of whom knew about the cave. There are no roads or tracks leading to the cave, but it may be found by going due south from Alhajuela until reaching the Chilibrillo, which at this point runs nearly east to west, with the next turn at right angles to south. By following this river down its course for 2 or 3 miles the outlet of the subterranean stream is found in a little brook on the left, the first tributary met with on that side. At this spot the course of the Chilibrillo is southwest with the next turn to the left. The river bed of the Chilibrillo is solid limestone, and walking during the dry season is reasonably easy, wading shoe top to breast deep in PROCEEDINGS U. S. NATIONAL Museum, VoL. 42—No. 1882. 21 22 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. VOL. 42. crystal clear water, swarming with many-colored fishes. To a natu- ralist the natural highways of the small streams are extremely profit- able in the dry season, when the higher land is as dry as dust. Birds, mammals, and insect life necessarily seek the limited areas of hu- midity along the creeks. The brook leading to the cave was at the time of the visit—April 14, the very end of the dry season—a series of stagnant pools. For the first 300 or 400 feet the bed is 25 to 30 feet wide and fairly smooth limestone, with gullies and potholes a foot or two deep; then the gullies deepen and the rock is cut out in fantastic longitudinal curved and twisted shapes. Near the cave these gullies are very deep and narrow and were plainly at one time part of the cave, of which the roof now has fallen in. The gullies lead to the mouth of the cave, which is some 20 feet high and 8 feet in width, with water nearly waist deep. During the rainy season it would be impossible to enter this part of the cave. The passage soon forks and one branch runs some 200 feet straight east, with various narrow cross-passages at right angles, which are again crossed at right angles by numerous similar channels resembling the streets in a city. By keeping to the right one comes round a block, back to the starting point. There appeared to be some 20 such large blocks, but there may bemany more. Some-. times the passages are several feet in width and 20 to 30 feet or more high, with breast-deep water; other passages were narrow, low, and dry. Bats nearly everywhere, the roof either hung with them or with stalactites or covered by a delicately formed layer of lime deposit, scintillating in the light of the lantern; in two or more places, narrow chimneys leading to the green world above. The other main passage to the left from the mouth of the cave leads, after being cut by several cross alleys, through a place where the roof of thecave has fallen downsome 60 feet to another quite different part of the cave, adry long room nearly 40 feet wide and from 30 to 50 feet high. About 400 feet in from the mouth of this cave was a large, uninviting stagnant pool reeking with bat manure and too deep to cross without swimming. By the faint light of the lantern it could be seen that the cave continues on the other side of the pool to the left. The cave at this point was some 60 to 70 feet high. Thousands of bats of several species swarmed in and out, and a few samples were secured in the insect net, stunned, and placed in tight tin boxes in order to secure their numerous parasites at leisure at home. Through a very narrow and low channel to the right, about the middle of this cave, where it was necessary to crawl on all fours for some 80 or 100 feet, a third and still larger cave was reached—an enormous amphitheater some 250 feet in diameter with a low hemi- spherical roof 20 feet over the floor in the middle, hung with large and small delicate stalactites never touched by human hands. xo.1882. COLLECTION OF BATS FROM PANAMA—MILLER. 23 The floor, which consisted of soft bat manure, was studded with thousands of peculiar knob-like stalagmites. Only a few bats were seen in this cave, which, however, may well have had one or more unobserved side galleries. A long winding upwardly sloping corridor guarded by giant stalactites led to a small exit hole some 300 yards from the mouth of the first cave. The time did not permit further exploring, but it is probable that only a fraction of the cave area was inspected and that it will be found to stretch for miles along the course of the subterranean stream, toward the picturesque cliffs on the Chagres River between Alhajuela and Vijia. ANNOTATED LIST OF SPECIES. CHILONYCTERIS RUBIGINOSA Wagner. Ten adult males from the Chilibrillo cave. The length of forearm ranges from 58 to 61.5 mm. Extremes of cranial measurements: Greatest length, 21.8-22.8 mm.; condylobasal length, 20.8-21.8; mandible, 16-17; maxillary tooth row (exclusive of incisors), 9.6-10; mandibular tooth row (exclusive of incisors), 10—-10.6. LONCHORHINA AURITA Tomes. Two specimens of this very rare bat were taken in the Chilibrillo cave. Their measurements, adult male and female, are respectively: Head and body, 60 and 62 mm.; tail, 57 and 58; tibia, 21 and 20.4; foot, 12.6 and 13; forearm, 49.6 and 50; thumb, 10.6 and 10; third finger, 101 and 101; fifth finger, 70 and 70; ear from meatus, 29 and 28; width of ear, 22 and 23; posterior surface of noseleaf, 22 and 21; condylobasal length of skull, 18.4 and 19.2; zygomatic breadth, 11 and 10.8; interorbital constriction, 5 and 5; mastoid breadth, 11 and 10.6; lachrymal breadth, 6.6 and 6.4; depth of brain case at middle, 6.8 and 6.8; mandible, 13.2 and 13; maxillary tooth row, 6.6 and 6.6; mandibular tooth row, 7.2 and 7.2. PHYLLOSTOMUS HASTATUS (Pallas). Adult male, Cabima. Head and body, 128 mm.; tail, 28; tibia, 34; 3 foot, 23.6; forearm, 91; thumb, 16.4; third finger, 174; fifth finger, 116; ear from meatus, 31; width of ear, 21.4; condylobasal length of skull, 36.2; zygomatic breadth, 22.6; interorbital constriction, 7.8; mastoid breadth, 21.4; depth of brain case at middle, 12.2; mandible, 28.2; maxillary tooth row, 15; mandibular tooth row, 17. LONCHOPHYLLA ROBUSTA, new species. Type.—Adult male (in alcohol), No. 173854, U.S.N.M. Collected in cave on Chilibrillo River, Panama, Apri! 14, 1911, by August Busck. Diagnosis.—Size decidedly greater than in Lonchophylla mordaz and L. thomasi (forearm about 43 mm., condylobasal length of skull 24 PROCHEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vou. 42. about 25mm.) ; skull large and robust (not narrowed and Ohewronycteris- like, as in the equally large L. hesperia G. M. Allen*), its size and general appearance much like that of Leptonycteris nivalis; teeth peculiar in the unusual development of inner lobe of pm* and the subquadrate outline of crown in m* and m’. External characters.—Essentially like L. mordaz, apart from the larger size, but foot not so long relatively to tibia, and interfemoral membrane apparently wider. Color—Upper parts between mars-brown and raw-umber, the hairs becoming much paler (approaching ecru-drab) at base; under- parts light isabella-color tinged with raw-umber, not contrasted noticeably with back. : Skull and teeth.—Apart from its large size and robust general form the skull does not differ essentially from that of Lonchophylla mordax. Rostrum less elongate in proportion to its depth; mesopterygoid space relatively shorter and wider; basisphenoid pits with anterior border less sharply defined. Incisors and canines as in L. mordaz, except that the cutting edge of lower incisors is less distinctly trilobate. Premolars like those of the smaller animal, but small basal cusps tending to be better devel- oped, and inner root of pm* situated decidedly behind middle of tooth. Upper molars much less reduced than in ZL. mordaz, the length of the inner portion of tooth so great as to give the crown a decidedly squarish outline, especially in m' and m?; outer portion of tooth, representing the styles and commissures, unusually well developed, the margin of the ridge standing more nearly at level of points of main cusps than in the related species. Lower molars with relatively wider crowns and higher cusps than in L. mordaz, but details of their structure showing no special peculiarities. Measurements—Type and adult female: Head and body, 56 and 60 mm.; tail, 6} and 10; width of interfemoral membrane at middle, 15 and 15; tibia, 17.6 and 17; foot, 10.4 and 10.4; forearm, 43.6 and 43; thumb, 11 and 12; third finger, 88 and 86; fifth finger, 59 and 56; ear from meatus, 16 and 14; condylobasal length of skull, 25.2 and 25.4; breadth of rostrum over roots of canines, 4.2 and 4.2; interor- bital constriction, 5.2 and 5.4; breadth of brain case, 10.2 and 10; mastoid breadth, 11.2 and 11; depth of brain case at middle, 7.4 and 7.2; mandible, 18.4 and 18.8; maxillary tooth row, exclusive of ees 9.8 and 10; mandibular tooth row, exclusive of incisors, 10.2 and 10. Specimens examined.—Four, all from the Chilibrillo cave. * Through the kindness of Mr. Samuel Henshaw and Dr. Glover M. Allen I have been enabled to examine the type of this species. The animal is so different from the other known forms of Lonchophylla that it can hardly be regarded as a member of the same genus. ° y Apparently injured at tip. No. 1882. COLLECTION OF BATS FROM PANAMA—MILLER. 25 HEMIDERMA PERSPICILLATUM AZTECUM Hahn. One specimen from the Chilibrillo cave. VAMPYROPS HELLERI Peters. Two immature males from Cabima. Forearm 39 and 39.6 mm. VAMPYRESSA MINUTA, new species. Type—Immature female (permant dentition in place, but basal suture not closed and finger joints not fully formed) in alcohol, No. 173832, U.S.N.M. Collected ’ Cabima, Panama, May, 1911, by August Busck. Diagnosis.—N oticeably aguas than Vampyressa pusilla, as described and figured by Peters; skull with brain case relatively large and rostrum relatively short (this perhaps in part due to imma- turity); teeth in general as figured by Peters, but with the following peculiarities: Posterior upper premolar with postero-external cusp less developed, its base not sufficiently projecting to produce a con- cavity on hinder border of tooth; first upper molar with longitudinal diameter through protocone about equal to length of outer border; the large protocone almost isolated from inner border; second lower molar with crown more narrowed posteriorly. Color.—General color ecru-drab, clear below, overlaid with broc- coli-brown above; white face markings barely indicated, the lower stripe disappearing in certain lights. Measurements—Head and body, 44 mm.; tibia, 11; foot, 7.5 ; forearm, 31.5; third finger, 70; fifth finger, 46; ear from meatus, 12 width of ear, 8; condylobasal Tength of skull, 16.2; greatest length, 18; zygomatic breadth; 10; interorbital constriction, 4.4; mastoid didn 9.2; breadth of brant case, 8; depth of brain case, er middle, 6.8; mandible, 11.2; maxillary tooth row, 5.6; mandibular tooth row, 6. Specimen examined.—The type. CHIRODERMA ISTHMICUM, new species. Type.—Adult female (in alcohol), No. 173834, U.'S.N.M. Collected at Cabima, Panama, May, 1911, by August Busck. Diagnosis.—Similar in size and essential characters to Chiroderma villosum Peters, but ear narrower above, back with an evident whitish median stripe, and skull shorter and proportionally broader. External form.—As in C. villosum as figured by Peters, but ear narrowing gradually upward, its widest region about at level of base of anterior border. Color—Upper parts isabella-color, the individual hairs broccoli- brown (darker than that of Ridgway) through basal third, then abruptly light gray tinged with ochraceous-buff, the extreme tips 26 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vou. 42. again brown like base; in region in front of shoulders the light inter- mediate area becomes more noticeable, particularly near base of ear and behind nose leaf; a whitish dorsal line less conspicuous than in @. salvini and becoming obsolete posteriorly. Underparts ecru- drab, with a slight and very fine variegation caused by minute whitish hair tips and brownish subterminal annulation. Skull and teeth —The skull differs from that of Chiroderma villosum as figured by Peters in its broader general form due to shortening without proportional narrowing. The profile of rostrum immediately behind nasal aperture is concave, while in the related species it is represented as decidedly convex. Teeth like those of C. villosum, but incisors apparently more reduced, the outer upper tooth not nearly filling space between inner incisor and canine, the lower teeth distinctly spaced, their cutting edges scarcely bilobed. Measurements—Type: Head and body, 65 mm.; tibia, 17; foot, 10.4; forearm, 45; thumb, 10.5; third finger, 99; fifth finger, 70; ear from meatus, 18; width of ear, 12.5; condylobasal length of skull, 22 (24.4);! greatest length, 24.6 (26.8);? zygomatic breadth, 15.6 (—); postorbital constriction, 5.8 (5.8); interorbital constriction, 6.2 (6.4); mastoid breadth, 12.2 (12.8); breadth of brain case, 10.4 (10.4); depth of brain case at middle, 8.4 (—); mandible, 8.8 (10); maxillary tooth row, 8.8 (10); mandibular tooth row, 9.2 (10.6). Specumens excamined.—Two, both from the type-locality. ARTIBEUS JAMAICENSIS JAMAICENSIS (Gosse). Three adults from Taboga Island and one young (too immature to be positively identified) from the Chilibrillo cave. DESMODUS ROTUNDUS (Geoffroy). Adult female from Taboga Island. Measurements: Head and body, 82 mm.; tibia, 27.2; foot, 16; forearm, 59.6; thumb, 16.6; third finger, 98; fifth finger, 77; ear from meatus, 17.4; width of ear, 16; condylobasal length of skull, 21.4; greatest length, 24; zygomatic breadth, 12; postorbital constriction, 5.8; breadth of brain case, 11:8; depth of brain case at middle, 10.6; mandible, 15.2; maxillary tooth row (entire), 6.4; mandibular tooth row (entire), 7. EUMOPS GLAUCINUS (Wagner). Adult male, Paraiso, April 28, 1911. Measurements: Head and body, 80 mm.; tail, 48; tibia, 16.4; foot, 11; forearm, 56; thumb, 10; third finger, 114; fifth finger, 55; ear from meatus, 20; width of ear, 22; condylobasal length of skull, 21; greatest length, 23.2; zygomatic breadth, 14; interorbital constriction, 4.4; lachrymal breadth, 8; breadth of brain case, 11; depth of brain case at middle, 7 ; mandible, 16.6; maxillary tooth row, 9.2; mandibular tooth row, 10.2. Fn ee eee 1 Measurements in parenthesis are those of an adult C. salvini from Angostura, Costa Rica (No. 22849). 2In C. villoswm the greatest length is 25.7 mm.; zygomatic breadth, 16.5. DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF ISOPOD OF THE GENUS CLEANTIS FROM JAPAN. By Harriet Ricwarpson, Collaborator, Division of Marine Invertebrates, United States National Museum. The following description is of a new species of Isopod crustacean belonging to the genus Cleantis. The single specimen is part of a collection received through Dr, Edward S. Morse from the Imperial University of Tokyo. Family IDOTHEIDZ. Genus CLEANTIS Dana. CLEANTIS JAPONICA, new species. Body narrow, elongate, about four and a half times longer than its greatest width, 18}mm.:4 mm. Surface somewhat granulate; color light brown, with longitudinal stripes of dark brown, arranged in five bands, the median and the outer lateral bands being wide, and the inner lateral bands narrow. The head is 34 mm. wide and 24 mm. long; its anterior margin is excavate in the center. The eyes are much wider than long, and placed laterally, with only a portion showing in a dorsal view; they are situated on the anterior half of the lateral margin. The first antenne are composed of four articles, the terminal one of which is the flagellar article; they extend to the end of the second article of the peduncle of the second pair of antennz. The basal article is fur- nished with a small tubercle about the center. The second antenn have the first article of the peduncle short and inconspicuous in a dorsal view; the following four articles have a carinate process along the inner, ventral side. The fourth and fifth articles are subequal and are a little longer than the second and third, which are approxi- mately equal. The flagellum consists of a single clavate article, about the length of the last peduncular article, and a minute terminal one. The maxillipeds have a palp composed of five articles. PROCEEDINGS U. S. NATIONAL Museum, VOL. 42—No. 1883. 298 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. VoL. 42. A ig eg ee ee The first three and the last three segments of the thorax are sub- equal in length, each being about 14 mm. long; the fourth segment is a little longer than any of the others, being 2mm. in length. Epi- mera are present on all the segments except the first; on the second and third segments they are narrow and bilobed and extend only half the leneth of the lateral margin. They are narrow also on the fourth segment and extend three-fourths the length of the lateral margin. On the last three segments they are wide plates, with the outer post- lateral extremity acutely produced beyond the posterior margin of each segment. The abdomen is composed of four segments, or three short segments anterior to the long terminal segment. There is a suture on either side of the terminal segment indicating another partly coalesced segment. ‘The terminal segment is 6 mm. long and 34 mm. wide; it is rounded posteri- orly. On its dorsal side the posterior third portion of the segment is obliquely flattened, and has a large median boss, surmounted by a tubercle. The first three pairs of legs are prehensile, the first pair having a larger and more inflated propo- dus; they are directed anteriorly. The fourth pair of legs is much shorter than any of the others and folds back laterally. The following three pairs are ambulatory, increasing slightly in length and di- rected posteriorly. Only one specimen, a female, was collected in Japan. Cat. No. 43133. fhe Peace be In addition to the new species, two other spe- saponioa. x3, cles of Cleantis have been described from Japan, C. Danpuves.) tsopus Miers* and C. strassent Thielemann.? The present species is, however, closer to CO. occidentalis Richardson from Magdalena Bay, Lower California. It differs from C. occidentalis in lacking the groove on the posterior portion of the anterior part of the terminal abdominal segment, which is elevated above the posterior fourth part of the segment, and in the presence of a boss surmounted with a tubercle in the center of the depressed area at the posterior extremity of the terminal segment. The narrow, elongate form of the body, with sides almost parallel and the disposition of the legs would seem to place this species among the tube-dwelling forms. Cleantis tubicola Thomson was found in a tube formed of a “hollow stem of some marine or littoral plant.” 1 Journ. Linn. Soc. London, Zool., vol. 16, 1883, pp. 80-81, pl. 3, figs. 9-11. ? AbhandJungen der math.-phys. Klasse der k. Bayer. Akademie der Wissenschaften, II. Suppl., vol. 3, 1910, pp. 67-69. The type is in the United States National Museum, | no. 1883. A NEW ISOPOD FROM JAPAN—RICHARDSON. 29 Cleantis planicauda Benedict, Cleantis linearis Dana, Cleantis granulosa Heller, and Cleantis occidentalis Richardson also have the narrow body and short fourth pair of legs. The tube-dwelling habit is perhaps common to all these species. Owing to the differences in the shape of the body, which is broader and more flattened, and in the character of the legs, and to the fact that the abdomen is composed of but two segments, Cleantis isopus Miers should not be retained in this genus. I suggest a new genus for its reception, with the name Cleantiella. LIST OF REFERENCES. Miers, E.J. Revision of the Idoteide, a Family of Sessile-Eyed Crustacea. Journ. Linn. Soc. London, Zool., vol. 16, 1883. Ricwarpson, Harriet. A Monograph on the Isopods of North America. Bull. U.S. Nat. Mus., No. 54, 1905. Washington. Ricwarpson, Harrier. Isopods collected in the northwest Pacific by the U. 8S. Bureau of Fisheries steamer Albatross in 1906. Proc. U. 8S. Nat. Mus., vol. 37, 1909, pp. 75-129. Washington. THIELEMANN, Martin. Beitriige zur Kenntnis der Isopodenfauna Ostasiens, in, Bei- trige zur Naturgeschichte Ostasiens. Herausgegeben von Dr. F. Doflein. Abh. der math.-phys. Klasse der k. bayer. Akademie der Wissenschaften, II. Suppl., vol. 3. 1910. Miinchen. “Es eye) wy NEVER Aid ee Sat NA. 0. Hee OS GV ele, eee Rises 2) tied bow reilly Me Saat fo ohne ar ve" | Settee aga y a Wye tl, ¥ 1s ¥¢ —\"% ‘ ‘ bereh 3 4 OUST E Cue hae xh “adi fy . ; PRINT Ou ; . Vt! uP Me ge i. i = y P f + ay #: ic iss ‘ i, Ore se Ay tg 5 ‘ - 2 , 4 4, ‘ . Vi-itese™. > 4 Senos : ON AN IMPORTANT SPECIMEN OF EDESTUS; WITH _ DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES, EDESTUS MIRUS. By Ottver Perry Hay, Research Associate of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. The fine specimen of Hdestus here described, and now the property of the United States National Museum (Cat. No. 7255), was dis- covered about 18 years ago by a miner of coal at Lehigh, Webster County, Iowa. Through the intelligent interest of Mr. R. A. Peterson, of Lehigh, the specimen was recently sent to the United States National Museum for examination, and for this purpose it was placed’in the hands of the writer. From correspondence with Mr. Peterson it has been learned that the remains were discovered in the black shale which overlies the bed of coal that is locally known as the Tyson seam, and at a depth of 165 feet from the surface. From the coal the specimen was separated by a thin layer of sandstone. Further remarks on the geological position of this coal will be made below. The specimen so fortunately discovered represents apparently a species hitherto unknown; but what is of still greater importance is the fact that it appears to explain the relation of the objects known by the name of Edestus to the body of the animal that bore them, and we can hardly doubt that the same explanation will apply to the still more remarkable objects known as Toxoprion, Helicoprion, and Iissoprion. Among those who have occupied themselves in the study of the straight, or bent, or coiled structures which bear the names mentioned, there has been much dispute regarding the position which they had in the body, especially as to whether they belonged in the mouth or in the neighborhood of some of the fins. In a paper published not long ago’ the writer advocated the proposition that the toothed shafts of Hdestus and even the toothed whorls of Heli- coprion had been produced in front of some of the median fins of sharklike animals. In the presence of the specimen here described this fine theory vanishes, for the remains seem to indicate distinctly that the tooth-bearing shafts of Edestus belonged to the region of the mouth and nowhere else. 1 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., 1909, vol. 37, pp. 43-61. PROCEEDINGS U,. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM, VOL. 42—No. 1884. 31 82 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vou. 42. es Ne eee ee ee The remains consist, as interpreted, of two tooth shafts, one belong- ing to the upper jaw, the other to the lower; a part of the lower jaw, and the anterior end of the cranium. There seem to be few or no remains that represent the upper jaws or palato-quadrate arch. As is too often the case, the absence of parts that might have been secured is to be regretted. On the left of the block of shale, as repre- sented in plate 1, the cranium extends to the edge, and there is no doubt that it continued into the block adjacent. Probably near by, in other directions, there were scattered portions of the skull. Of less importance is the fact that the apices of some of the teeth were lost after the block was split. The parts, except the teeth and the shafts bearing them, are com- posed of calcified cartilage. The natural surface of most of this ap- pears to be somewhat regularly pitted, and this pitting is believed to be due to the presence of shagreen scales, each of which seems to have had a central depression. The shaft that belonged to the upper jaw has a greater diameter than that pertaining to the lower jaw. It is also longer and not so strongly curved. The upper shaft has a length of about 185 mm., but a portion is missing from the front and possibly a fragment is gone from the hinder end. The diameter about the middle of the length is 32 mm. The lower shaft has a length of about 150 mm. The diameter is 26 mm. In the upper shaft six teeth are distinguishable, but one is missing from the front end, while two others are seen in section on the left-hand edge of the block (pl. 1, 16, 17), but do not show in the figure. The teeth have a height of about 28 mm., in a straight line from the apex to the middle of the base. One margin, the anterior, is convex, the other concave. Each margin possesses about 25 denticulations, those of the anterior border being slightly larger. Most of the denticulations are simple, but a few of them have one or more notches near the summit. The hinder part of the lower shaft (pl. 1, 3), including two teeth, had, at the time of burial, suffered dislocation. One of these teeth is seen at 4 (pl. 1 and pl. 2, fig. 2); the other lies under the fifth tooth of the upper shaft and was found by digging through the block from the other side (pl. 2, fig. 2, 18). It is evident that the hinder segments of the shaft had not yet become thoroughly consolidated and that maceration and a slight disturbance had led some displacement. On the upper border of the shaft, behind the fifth tooth, is a groove into which the base of the displaced sixth tooth had fitted. Counting the two displaced teeth, there would be seven in the lower shaft. However, in the excavation made from the underside of the block, there is seen a tooth (pl. 2, fig. 2, 19) that is free from any part of a shaft. It appears possible that this tooth belonged behind the one indicated by the numeral 4 and had not yet no. 1884. A NEW SPECIES, EDESTUS MIRUS—HAY. 33 developed its portion of the shaft. The hinder end of the detached portion of the shaft is irregular, as if some part had been eroded away. Figure 1 of plate 2 represents the right half of the block that inclosed the specimen, while figure 2 presents a view of the teeth that were exposed by digging through from the underside of the block. In figure 1 are seen impressions of the teeth of the lower shaft and three of those (4, 6, 7) of the upper shaft. In the depression which contained the lower shaft is seen a fragment, 2, of the latter, which split off from the main portion. Behind and below this depression is seen a large mass of calcified cartilage, which evidently belonged to the lower jaw, including the symphysis. The upper and anterior part of this, 8, forms a part of the bottom of the depression mentioned and must have passed, partly at least, on the right-hand side of the shaft, which would be the upper side on plate 1. Below and behind this there is another mass, 9, which was probably in contact with the left side of the shaft, but in the fossil does not quite reach it (pl. 1) on account of some distortion or shoving before burial. At 10, plate 2, is seen another part of the lower jaw. This ascended to the point indicated by 7, as is shown by the impression on the matrix. It overlay, that is, passed to the right of, the fragment of the lower shaft and over the teeth // and 12, which point forward from the hinder edge of the block. What appears to be a continua- tion of this cartilage is seen at 13, plate 1, passing under (to the left of) the tooth 6. This cartilage does not appear to be a part of that which supports the two teeth 11 and /2, for there is a thin layer of matrix between them. Nevertheless, it seems probable that these teeth belonged to one of the jaws, upper or lower. Still another tooth resembling these and having its apex pointed in the same direction is seen at 20, plate 2, figure 2. None of these three is attached to a shaft, and they are straighter than are the teeth of the shafts. The exposed surface of the bases of these teeth is rough and appears to indicate that some part had been broken or eroded off. Returning to the lower jaw, it is to be observed that the symphysis appears to have been at least 85 mm. long, occupying the full length of the cartilage present. Since the lower shaft was developed along this symphysis, the latter, as a bed for the former, might be expected to be considerably elongated. Above the upper shaft is seen a mass of calcified cartilage, which is regarded as having belonged to the snout and extending about as far backward as the orbit. It is even possible that a part of the orbit is included. Below the numeral /4, plate 1, is a deep pit, which is thought to be the nasal pit of the right side. It is surrounded by a pavement of shagreen scales, each of which presents a central depres- sion. There seems to be a channel running forward from it to the 20441°—Proc.N.M.vol.42—12——3 34 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. VOL. 42. See Mees i cs ee pa border of the cartilage of the snout. Above this pit there was an overhanging ridge that ran forward from the pit about 15 mm. and backward from it about 35 mm. In cleaning the specimen this ridge split off and it was not replaced before photographing, in order that the pit might be more distinctly shown. It seems not improbable that the region below the hinder half of the ridge represents the orbit. The process, 15, behind the supposed nasal pit, may be the antorbital process. In the dried skull of a shark at hand the interorbital region is 50 mm. wide. What may be the corresponding region of this Edestus, possibly a still larger animal, has been compressed until it is only 10 or 15 mm. thick. Hence, the limits of the orbit may well be difficult to distinguish. Moreover, as a result of the compression suffered, the cartilage has been more or less fractured and faulted. The upper border of the cartilagious mass forms a smooth edge, except just over the nasal pit, where some of it has been broken off. Where the matrix has been removed from the left side of the upper shaft the latter is seen to be covered by a layer of cartilage. This is sup- posed to be the left side of the skull pressed against the shaft. It is possible that a part of left palato-quadrate element is included. Behind the tooth indicated by 6, plate 1, the upper shaft is covered with a mass of iron sulphide. This swelling probably does not rep- resent any element of the skull. Beneath it, 7, is the base of a tooth, the impression of whose apex is seen at 7, plate 2, figure 1. On the broken hinder border of the block, at 16 and 17, are seen cross sections of two other teeth, which seem to belong to the upper shaft. In case the relations of the shaft to the cranium are such as they were in life, the shaft must have extended far backward in the roof of the mouth. It is important to note that there is no indication of a pair of shafts in either the upper or the lower jaw. This condition is in harmony with the fact that all the tooth-bearing shafts that have been dis- covered have been bilaterally symmetrical. Nor are there in this lowa specimen any signs of wear on the teeth, such as one would expect to find. The specimen appears therefore to prove that the objects which alone have hitherto represented the genus Edestus were pro- duced in the mouth of the shark and that there was a single one above and another below and that these played the one against the other more or less closely. It is pleasant to credit Dr. C. R. Eastman with having in various papers advocated the idea that the tooth shafts of Edestus and related genera belonged in the mouth. He has been disposed, however, to believe that there was a pair of them in one jaw or the other, probably the upper. The structure of these shafts shows that each must have been produced by the consolidation of a median row of symphysial teeth. As, after the manner of sharks, younger teeth were added to the hinder end of the series the older No. 1884, A NEW SPECIES, EDESTUS MIRUS—HAY. 35 teeth were pushed forward and out of the mouth, but instead of remaining free from the adjacent teeth and falling away, their bases cohered to form a shaft. In the species before us the outer end of the lower shaft was directed forward and downward, while the upper shaft was directed forward and upward. It is entirely improbable that the tooth found at the outer end of each of these shafts was the first tooth the animal possessed. One must therefore believe that, although the outer segments of the shaft appear to be very solidly united, those of the older teeth did, in succession, lose their hold on the younger ones and become detached. This Iowa specimen enables us to determine which end of the shaft is the anterior and in what order the new segments were added, and here the opinion held by most writers is reversed. That end which in a former paper the writer regarded as the front end is in reality the hinder end. The bases of the crowns of the teeth are drawn out backward, not forward. The tooth which is seen at the left end of the figure of Hdestus crenulatus ' is not the last tooth that was formed, but the first, at least the first of those present. In his description of the type species of the genus, /. vorar, Doctor Leidy ? correctly judged which was the anterior end of the fragment that he had, but he supposed that it was a part of the maxilla of some fishlike animal. Dr. J. S. Newberry,’ in his description of FE. giganteus, stated that the teeth, or denticles, were prolonged backward and downward into a simple point. In this opinion, as shown by the specimen at hand, he was correct. However, on the preceding page Newberry writes: “Again, . heinrichsi is nearly straight, a foot long, rounded and massive at one end, thin and acute at the other; but the succession of denticles was by additions to the acute end, which must have been behind,” etc., a statement that contradicts the one just referred to regarding the direction in which the enamel is prolonged. In describing the manner of growth of the mass,‘ he said: ‘‘The numerous disconnected segments of Edestus heinrichsi, furnished me by Mr. Butts, seem to prove conclusively that the spine was elongated by the addition of a sheath, carrying a denticle, to the extremity and underside of the preexisting series.’ It is to be recollected that Doctor Newberry believed that the mass was a dorsal defensive spine. Like Newberry, the present writer held that the last-formed chan- neled tooth base was applied to the border of the shaft opposite the one bearing the teeth; but now it is necessary to believe that the newer tooth base was laid down in the trough of the one immediately 1 Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., vol. 37, 1909, pl. 12, fig. 1. 2 Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., ser. 2, vol. 3, p. 160. 8 Pal. Fishes, N. A., p. 225. ‘Idem, p. 223. 36 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. VOL. 42. preceding it. Furthermore, since the troughlike tooth bases last pro- duced are much shorter than the older ones, it must be that the latter continued for a long time to grow backward. This resulted in main- taining and increasing the size and the strength of the shaft. As stated, the base of the crown of each tooth is prolonged back- ward. Now if we apply this rule to the tooth masses of Helicoprion and Lissoprion, we are led to the absurd conclusion that the very small teeth of the innermost coil are the ones that were last formed. The same remark will apply to Toxoprion. It becomes evident, therefore, that there existed some important differences, other than that of form, between Hdestus and the genera just named. As will be seen from the figures, many small particles are scattered over the block below the lower shaft. These appear to consist mostly of particles of decayed calcified cartilage, but there appear to be occasional scales of shagreen. Here also are seen two teeth which Doctor Eastman, on examining the specimen, recognized as belong- ing to the Orodus type. It is possible, not to say probable, that these teeth were originally attached to one of the jaws of the Hdestus. © If they were a part of the armature of Hdestus, this fact would go far toward confirming Doctor Hastman’s belief that Hdestus had been derived from some form like Orodus or Campodus. It might be that from a shark having in the upper or the lower jaw two rows of symphysial teeth there might arise a form having but one row, enlarged and especially modified through the reduction of the other row of the pair. Something like this is seen in the usually unpaired and greatly developed canine tooth of Monodon. In assigning these Orodus-like teeth to the jaws we must consider the fact that the teeth- indicated on plate 1 by the numerals // and 12 probably belong on the upper jaw. The remains here described appear to represent a species hitherto unknown. It closely resembles Edestus minor Newberry. It differs from the latter in having the tooth shafts more strongly bent and in having the apices of the teeth more acuminate. In EF. minor, as in the present species, the front border of each tooth is convex, but the hinder border is either nearly straight or only slightly concave for most of the length, while near the apex it becomes convex. In the new species the whole posterior border is concave and the apex of the tooth is relatively slender. It appears also that the denticulations of the teeth of L. minor are at right angles with the border, while in the present species they are directed distinctly toward the apex. I propose to call the species represented by the above-described remains from Lehigh, Iowa, Eprestus mirvs. As already stated, this specimen was found in the black shale over- lying the Tyson seam. This seam belongs to the Des Moines stage of the “Coal Measures.” For details regarding the geology of this region Ao. 1884, A NEW SPECIES, EDESTUS MIRUS—HAY. 37 the reader may consult the report on this county made by Prof. Frank A. Wilder ? and a report on Iowa coals by Mr. Henry Hinds in volume 19 of the same survey. I am informed by Mr. David White, of the United States Geological Survey, that the Des Moines stage belongs either to the uppermost Pottsville or to the basal Allegheny. This means that the species here described lived in thé earlier part of the era during which the coal beds of the eastern half of the United States were deposited. The type of /. minor found in Parke County, Indiana, appears to have lived at about the same time. Edestus heinrichi is found in coal mines that appear to have approximately the same level as those mentioned, but are possibly a little higher in the series. It may be proper to note here that there is a specimen of F. hein- recht in the collection of the Iowa State Historical Society at Des Moines. It was found at Mystic, Appanoose County, Iowa. There seems to be no certain evidence that any species of Edestus occurs in the upper half of the ‘‘ Coal Measures.”’ The sharks that belonged to the genus Edestus must have presented a singular appearance with their straight or bent tooth shafts pro- truding from their mouths, especially the species E. vorax and F. giganteus, in which these organs attained a remarkable size. Never- theless the individuals of Helicoprion and Lissoprion were still stranger objects, since each must have carried in front of the mouth a pair of weapons resembling circular saws, each 9 or 10 inches in diameter. Karpinsky’s figure has seemed grotesque enough, but it probably tells only half the story. It remains now for some one to explain how the toothed whorls of Helicoprion were produced and attached. That of the lower jaw must have formed its segments above and in close contact with the symphysis of the lower jaw. At the same time the earlier-formed end of the last turn must have lain below the symphysis, with the apices of its teeth pointing toward this. According to Karpinsky’s figure, there was the space of only 15 mm. between the apices of these teeth and the base of the shaft. The ligaments joining the right and left members of the lower jaw may be supposed to have passed in this space, besides the skin and the tissue underlying the shaft. It is, on the other hand, possible to believe that the shaft itself formed the bond of union between the two jaws and that nothing but the skin intervened between successive turns. So - . , * . ° = 4 . * * : ' U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM PROCEEDINGS, VOL. 42 PL. c d CENSERS FROM MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA. FOR DES TIONS OF FIGURES SEE PAGES 117, 119. “Ozl “6LL INVd 39 HNO 4O SNOMLdIHOS30 HO4 ‘VOINSWY IVWHLN3D GNY OOIXSIW WOHS SH3SN3Q OOdId | - . ‘ 6 “ld tb “IOA ‘SONIAS39008d WNSSNW TIYNOILYN ‘S ‘N U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM PROCEEDINGS, VOL. 42 PL. 10 ce VASE AND HANDLE CENSERS FROM MEXico. FOR DESCRIPTIONS OF FIGURES SEE PAGES 121, 122, “+7 IOVd 398 3HNOIS 4O NOWdIv98Sa0 HO oO ‘NWdVf WOYS YSSN3O GNVH ey PS: KA Mt te i Aff men oN LL “Id %b “OA ‘SONIGARZ00Ud WN3SNW IVNOILYN ‘S “*N U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM PROCEEDINGS, VOL. 42 PL. 12 d HANDLE CENSERS FROM MEXICO AND CENTRAL AMERICA. FOR DESCRIPTIONS OF FIGURES SEE PAGES 122, 124. U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM PROCEEDINGS, VOL. 42 PL. 13 INCENSE TUBES FROM NEW MEXiICco. FOR DESCRIPTIONS OF FIGURES SEE PAGE 126. " U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM PROCEEDINGS, VOL. 42 PL. 14 TUBULAR PIPES FROM ARIZONA AND NEW MEXICO. FOR DESCRIPTIONS OF FIGURES SEE PAGES 127, 128, AND 129. 2 ; ' > . a . ‘ ’ ‘ a a , a . - es DESCRIPTIONS OF FIVE NEW GENERA AND TWENTY-SIX NEW SPECIES OF ICHNEUMON-FLIES. By H. L. Virreck, Bureau of Entomology, United States Departmeut of Agriculture. The genera and species here treated are reared parasites of which, in many cases, names are desired for use in connection with papers on their economy that are to be published in the near future. Family BRACONIDA. APANTELES (APANTELES) FUMIFERANZ, new species. Female.—Length, 2.5 mm. Related to A. edwards Riley, from which it differs in the sides of the second dorsal plate being nearly parallel and shorter than the same plate is long down the middle; in the reddish-stramineous femora, the hind pair of which is tipped with fuscous; in the hind tibiz being reddish-stramineous except at base and apex; in the blackish stigma; in the comparatively shorter ovipositor; in the black tegule and in other less important particu- lars. Male.—Sufficiently similar to the female to be readily associated therewith. Type.-—Cat. No. 14809, U.S.N.M. Ty pe-locality.—Montcalm, Quebec, Canada. Specimens that emerged June 18, 1911, at Chicoutimi, Quebec, Canada, and June 20, 1911, at the type-locality, constituting the type and paratypes, were received by the Bureau of Entomology, United States Department of Agriculture, from Dr. C. Gordon Hewitt, who reports this species as a parasite of the spruce budworm Tortrix fumiferana. APANTELES (APANTELES) PRODENI&, new species. Female.—Length, 2mm. Head apparently wider than long; black; antennx mostly dark brown, palpi pale, legs mostly stramineous, all coxe black, trochanters dark, hind tarsi and apex of hind tibiz in- fuscated, tegule blackish; scutel dullish, sparsely punctured; propo- deum with five or six areas, the areola almost quadrate; first abdom- PROCEEDINGS U. S. NATIONAL Museum, VoL. 42—No. 1888. 139 140 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. you. 42, | inal segment almost parallel sided, half again as long as wide at apex, geniculate, the apical two-thirds without a fovea, basally roughened as wide at base as long down the middle, its apical margin arched; hypopygium extending a little beyond the pygidium, sheaths of the ovipositor about as long as the first dorsal plate; wings almost color- less, costa and stigma dark brown, radius, transverse cubitus and third abscissa of cubitus rather stramineous,!most of other veins nearly colorless. Male.—Kssentially as in the female. Type.—Cat. No. 14310, U.S.N.M. Type-locality— Bangalore, Mysore, India. From larvee of Prodenia littoralis, on authority of L. C. Coleman. APANTELES (APANTELES) TARAGAMZ, new species. Female.—Length, 2 mm. Related to Apanteles tischerix Viereck, from which it can be distinguished by the first dorsal plate being hardly one and one-half times as long as wide at apex, its apical half roughened, without a fovea and nearly parallel sided; second plate at least nearly four times as wide at base as longdown the middle; wings, including the stigma, almost entirely colorless, costa tinged with brown; sheaths of the ovipositor nearly as long as the abdomen. Male.—Kssentially as in the female; apical half of first dorsal plate with converging sides, second dorsal plate narrower at base than in the female. Type.—Cat. No. 14311, U.S.N.M. Ty pe-locality.— Bangalore, Mysore, India. From larve of Taragama dorsalis, on authority of L. C. Coleman. APANTELES (APANTELES) TISCHERIZA, new species. Female.—Length, 2 mm. Agrees with the original description of Apanteles prodenizx. Viereck, except as follows: Legs mostly black or blackish, scutel polished, apparently impunctate; first dorsal plate about one and one-half times as long as wide at apex, its sides arcuate, somewhat wider at apex than at base, geniculate, its apical two- thirds roughened and with a median fovea; second plate with its apical margin virtually straight, hypopygium hardly surpassing the pygidium. Male.—Kssentially as in the female. Type.—Cat. No. 14312, U.S.N.M. Type-locality.—W oodside, Delaware, August 9, 1905. Parasite of Tischeria malifoliella. 5S. H. Darby, collector. This is the same as the MS. species of Ashmead that has appeared in the literature on economic entomology, and occurs in Connecticut and very likely elsewhere along with its host. and with a few scattered punctures; second plate nearly three times — ‘ ‘ tt aa ee i alli eat 5 NO. 1888. NEW ICHNEUMON-FLIES—VIERECK. 141 APHIDIUS COLEMANI, new species. Female.—Length, 2mm. Related to Aphidius rose Haliday, from which it may be distinguished as follows: Mostly blackish; head uniformly blackish, clypeus, edge of malar space, and mouth stramin- eous; flagel 14-jointed; mesonotum black; notauli virtually want- ing; scutel black, prothorax yellowish; propodeum black, with a diamond-shaped areola and a petiolarea, the areola adjoining four other areas; second, third, and fourth segments largely blackish, first segment partly brownish, apical half of abdomen mostly yellow- ish, sheaths pale. Male.—Flagel 17-jointed; abdomen almost entirely black, the first segment brownish; otherwise essentially as in the female. Type.—Cat. No. 14313, U.S.N.M. Type-locality.— Bangalore, Mysore, India, From Aphis sp. on tobacco, on authority of L. C. Coleman. A study of the male paratopotypes shows that the flagel may be 16 or 17 jointed with the end joint in the 16-jointed specimens nearly as long as the preceding joint or decidedly longer. Named for Mr. L. C. Coleman. METEORUS ARCTIICIDA, new species. Female.—Length, 4 mm. Related to Meteorus obfuscatus Nees, from which it differs chiefly as follows: Antenne 31-jointed, all joints of the flagel distinctly longer than wide, brownish; ocelli apparently a little nearer the eye margin than to each other; head brownish; occipital carina rather angulate in the middle and at most nearly twice as far from lateral ocelli as the latter are from each other; thorax mostly brownish-stramineous, prescutum separated from the parasides by sculpture rather than impressed notauli, prescutum with a median longitudinal line of sculpture; stigma dark throughout; propodeum almost uniformly reticulate throughout, concave posteriorly; apical third of hind tibiz and their tarsi more or less infuscated; stigma almost entirely dark, fuscous; fosse of first segment poorly developed, post petiole striate throughout, petiole stramineous, post petiole rather brownish; second and third segments mostly rather stramineous, rest of dorsum of abdomen blackish down the middle, stramineous laterally; exserted portion of ovipositor nearly as long as the abdomen. Male.—Kssentially as in the female. Type.—Cat. No. 14314, U.S.N.M. Ty pe-locality—Agumbi, Mysore, India, from Arctiid larvee, Sep- tember 14, 1910, on authority of L. C. Coleman. 142 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. Vou. 42. METEORUS TRACHYNOTUS, new species. Female.—Length, 4.5 mm. Related to Meteorus incompletus Pro-— vancher, from which it may be distinguished by the antenne, which are at least as long as the body, by all the joints of the flagel being — longer than wide; by the almost entirely yellowish head; by the nonprominent prescutum; by the coarse carine of the propodeum; by the poorly defined basal area of the dorsal aspect of the propodeum; by the poorly defined petiolarea; by the channeled posterior face of the propodeum, which channel is more or less bounded by trenchant carine; by the prothorax being stramineous; by the mesosternum and somewhat more than the lower half of the mesopleure being pale brown; by the hind tibiz and tarsi being more or less infuscated; by the second and third dorsal segments of the abdomen being pale to dark brown; by the sides and venter of apical half of abdomen being brownish; and by the exserted portion of the ovipositor being some- what shorter than the abdomen. Male.—Closely resembles the female; its propodeum hardly chan- neled; its second dorsal segment yellowish. Type.—Cat. No. 14315, U.S.N.M. Type-locality.—Maniwaki, Quebec, Canada. Type and paratypes reared June 20 and July 3, 1911, in connection with rearings of Tortrix fumiferana. Received by the Bureau of Entomology, United States Department of Agriculture, from Dr. C. Gordon Hewitt. In two female paratopotypes the mesothorax is almost entirely black or blackish; in one the prothorax is mostly blackish. MICROBRACON HYSLOPI, new species. Female.—Length, 3.5 mm. Related to Microbracon cooki (Ash- mead), from which it differs in the almost entirely black head; in the dorsulum, prothorax, and scutel being more or less reddish; in the costa of the stigma being stramineous, in the furrow of the meso- pleure being more distinct and reddish; in the legs being blackish excepting the fore femora and tibize and part of mid and hind tibie, which are more or less stramineous; in the better defined triangular area of the first segment, which is black and flanked basally by red- dish pieces; in the color pattern of the rest of the abdomen,which mimics the pattern in M. nigridorsum (Ashmead) and consists in the second segment being almost entirely reddish, in the disks of the third, fourth, and fifth segments being black, bounded laterally by reddish, rest of the abdomen above mostly reddish; in the second segment being rather rugose in the middle, elsewhere as the third, fourth, and fifth segments, delicately sculptured, rather pebbled, but still polished, and in the second suture being more distinct; oviposi- tor approximately as long as the abdomen. NO. 1888. NEW ICHNEUMON-FLIES—VIERECK. 1438 Type.—Cat. No. 14316, U.S.N.M. _ Type-locality—Pullman, Washington, reared August 10, 1909, from Ltiella zinckenella by J. A. Hyslop under Webster No. 5935, Bureau of Entomology, United States Department of Agriculture. Named for Mr. J. A. Hyslop. MICROBRACON PSILOCORSI, new species Female.—Length, 2.5 mm; ovipositer, 1 mm. May serve as typ- ical of a species group having the first dorsal segment trepezoidal _with its sides about as long as it is wide at apex, its base nearly two- thirds as wide as the apex, its spiracles on a projection which extends beyond the outside line of the segment and with a partially cireum- scribed basal medial area on the second dorsal segment defined by two oblique furrows converging from the base to. a little beyond the middle, but not uniting; the tegument is mostly smooth and polished, _ otherwise essentially as in Microbracon mellitor (Say); head mostly _ stramineous, mandibles mostly yellow, antenne dark brown to black- ish; thorax and legs to a large extent stramineous, dorsum of thorax infuscated, the parapsidal furrows and their borders as well as the scutel rather stramineous; apical tarsal joints, apex of hind tibie as well as all of hind tarsi more or less infuscated, tegule stramineous, wings brownish; propodeum translucent, infuscated; abdomen stra- mineous ventrally, dorsally fuscous bordered with stramineous. Male.—Length, 2 mm. Essentially as in the female, but con- siderably darker, the thorax mostly infuscated as are also the hind tibie. Type.—Cat. No. 14317, U.S.N.M. Type-locality.— Cuero, Texas. Bred by M. M. High from Psilocorsis November 12,1910. Received from Dr. F. H. Chittenden, Bureau of Entomology, United States _ Department of Agriculture. One male shows an extra pair of furrows on the second dorsal seg- - ment near the lateral margin or about halfway between the median furrows and the outer edges of the segment. —- oer PT , oO | Co APANTELES (PROTAPANTELES) COLEMANI, new species. Female—Length, 2 mm. Related to Protapanteles creatonoti Viereck, from the original description of which it differs as follows: Scape black, flagel blackish, labrum blackish; scutel dullish, appar- ently finely sculptured ; tegule dark brown; radius, transverse cubitus, and third abscissa of cubitus stramineous, rest of veins almost color- less; cox black, proximal trochanters dark, middle femora dark at base, hind femora with the upper edge dark; propodeum mostly smooth and shining; first dorsal plate apparently one and one-half times as long as wide at base, black throughout, mostly sculptureless ~~ ae” eee 144 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vo. 42, and polished, indefinitely sculptured at apex; second»plate apparently one and one-half times as long down the middle as wide at base, black throughout; third segment blackish throughout, part of venter stra- mineous, membranous portion of dorsum entirely blackish. Type.—Cat. No. 14318, U.S.N.M. Type-locality—Vegati, Mysore, India, September 12, 1909, from iarvee of Orgyia postica, on authority of L. C. Coleman. Named for Mr. L. C. Coleman. APANTELES (PROTAPANTELES) CREATONOTI, new species. Female.—Length, 2 mm. Black, shining; scape testaceous, flagel brownish, its joints near the apex distinctly longer than wide, labrum and palpi pale; head apparently wider than long; thorax not depressed, apparently as wide as thick dorsoventrally; scutel polished, almost impunctate; tegule stramineous; costa, stigma, radius, transverse cubitus, and third abscissa of cubitus, brownish, other veins mostly stramineous, wings transparent, with a dark tinge; legs, including cox and trochanters, almost completely stramineous, apical third of hind tibize and all of hind tarsi more or less brownish; propodeum indefinitely sculptured, without a median longitudinal carina; first dorsal plate apparently more than twice as long as wide at base and virtually twice as wide at base as at apex, punctured and black at apex, elsewhere mostly stramineous and polished; second plate appar- ently twice as wide at apex as at base, nearly as wide at base as long down the middle, polished, impunctate, testaceous to blackish; third dorsal segment apparently one and one-half times as long as the second, polished, impunctate, more or less stramineous laterally, dark down the middle; most of venter and membranous portion of abdomen stramineous; hypopygium extending a little beyond the pygidium, ovipositor a little exserted. Male.—Kssentially as in the female. Type.—Cat. No. 14319, U.S.N.M. Type-locality.—Honalli, Mysore, India, July 10, 1910, from larvee of Creatonotus albistriga, on authority of L. C. Coleman; two paratopo- types under date of September 6, 1910. Paratypes hale from Ban- galore, from Arctiid larve, on authority of L. C. Coleman. APANTELES (PROTAPANTELES) CUSHMANI, new species. Male.—Length, 2mm. Related to Apanteles (Protapanteles) pholi- sore Riley, from which it differs as follows: Scape black, tegule black, coxe black; propodeum coarsely rugose; first segment a little more than one and one-half times as long as wide at base, its apical half coarsely sculptured; second segment not much shorter than the third; the second plate transverse, nearly oblong, its sides curved, lateral edge of the membranous portion of the second segment pale; third No. 1888, NEW ICHNEUMON-FLIES—VIERECK. 145 segment black, indistinctly sculptured at base; rest of abdomen black or blackish; abdomen depressed. In having the head apparently wider than long; in the first segment being wider at apex than at base and in the second plate of the abdomen being as wide or a little nar- rower at base than long down the middle, it agrees with Apanteles (Protapanteles) pholisore Riley. Type.—Cat.. No. 14320, U.S.N.M. Type-locality.—Vienna, Virginia; bred July 31, 1911, from cocoons on grass by R. A. Cushman under Quaintance No. 7067, Bureau of Entomology, United States Department of Agriculture. Named for Mr. R. A. Cushman. APANTELES (PROTAPANTELES) ELECTRZ&, new species. Female.—Length, 2.5 mm. Related to Apanteles (Protapanteles) cushmani Viereck, from which, as originally described, it differs as follows: Hind femora blackish-brown; stigma black; propodeum pol- ished at base; first segment hardly one and one-half times as long as wide at base, its apical third punctured; second segment approxi- mately two-thirds as long as the third, its plate trapezoidal, not sculptured down the middle, and apically transversely impressed, its sides straight anteriorly; third segment not at all sculptured at base; abdomen compressed and black or blackish throughout. Male.—Essentially as in the female. Type.—Cat. No. 14321, U.S.N.M. Type-locality—San Diego, California; bred from Hemileuca electra, May 20, 1911. APANTELES (PROTAPANTELES) PAPILIONIS, new species. Female.—Length, 2 mm. Related to Protapanteles creatonoti Viereck, from the original description of which it differs as follows: Propodeum almost without sculpture, mostly smooth and polished; first dorsal plate apparently twice as long as wide at base, its basal three-fourths parallel sided or nearly, indistinctly punctured and stra- mineous at apex; second plate apparently four times as wide at apex as at base, apparently twice as long down the middle as wide at base, stramineous; third segment hardly longer than the second; hypo- pygium shorter than the pygidium. Male.—Essentially as in the female, but with the second plate mostly dark. Type.—Cat. No. 14322, U.S.N.M. Ty pe-locality.—Mysore, India, June 29, 1909, from larvee of Papilio polytes, on authority of L. C. Coleman. Paratypes hale from Bangalore, from larve of Papilio demoleus, on authority of L. C. Coleman. 20441°—Proc.N.M.vol.42—12 10 146 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. you. 42. APANTELES (PROTAPANTELES) STAUROPI, new species. Female.—Length, 2 mm. Head apparently wider than long; black, antenne brownish, palpi pale; pleurz not separated from the mesosternum by a carinate fold; scutel shining, sparsely punctured; tegule blackish, wings with a dark cast, stigma and veins more or less brownish, legs mostly stramineous, coxe black; propodeum roughened, with a more or less distinct median longitudinal carina; first dorsal plate appearing shorter than wide at apex, wider at apex than at base; its apical half mostly punctured, its basal half mostly impunctate; second plate transversely oblong, apparently two and a half times as wide at base as long down the middle, parallel sided, mostly smooth and not sculptured, with indefinite sculpture and a median welt; third dorsal plate not at all sculptured, a little longer than the second and like the latter with its lateral margins yellowish; hypopygium not surpassing the pygidium and ovipositor scarcely exserted. Type.—Cat. No. 14323, U.S.N.M. Type-locality— Bangalore, Mysore, India, from larve of Stauropus alternus, on authority of L. C. Coleman. As evidenced by one paratopotype, the sculpture of the first and second segments have a tendency to become totally effaced and the lateral edges of the second and third segments to become dark. APANTELES (PSEUDAPANTELES) SESIZ, new species. Female.—Length, 3 mm. Related to Apanteles (Pseudapanteles) consimilis Viereck, from the original description of which it differs as follows: Membranous portion of second dorsal segment blackish, hind coxe basally black, costa virtually concolorous with the stigma, all veins of fore wings brownish stramineous; propodeum mostly smooth and polished, sparsely punctured, roughened along the median carina, its lateral hind angles striate; first dorsal plate with its sides converging toward the apex, apparently wider at base than at apex, its length obviously more than twice its width at apex, the apical half with a median longitudinal furrow at base, the basal half finely sculptured and punctate, the apical half rather finely, indis- tinctly rugoso-punctate; second plate at most nearly three times as wide as long down the middle, the latter length about two-thirds its width at base, smooth and shining down the middle, roughened at base, elsewhere dullish and punctured; third segment hardly twice as wide at base as long down the middle, smooth and shining, with scattered indefinite pit-like impressions. Male.—Essentially as in the female. Type.—Cat. No. 14324, U.S.N.M. Type-locality.—Vienna, Virginia, May 20, 31, 1911, parasite of Sesia scitula, on authority of R. A. Cushman, who reared the species — NO, 1888, NEW ICHNEUMON-FLIES—VIERECK. 147 under Quaintance No. 7128, Bureau of Entomology, United States Dept. Agriculture. One female paratopotype differs i in being but 2 mm. long and in being less developed, especially in sculpture. Family ICHNEUMONIDE. AENOPLEGIMORPHA new genus. Related to Aenoplex (Foerster) Ashmead, from which it may be distinguished by the bidenticulate anterior edge of the clypeus and by the petiolate abdomen, the first segment being somewhat more _ than three times as long as wide at apex, with prominently elevated spiracles and possessed of two dorsal, parallel, longitudinal carine and by the prominent thyridia at the base of the second segment. _ Has the appearance of a Phygadeuonine with an open, Hemiteline areolet. Type.—Aenoplegimorpha phytonomi, new species. AENOPLEGIMORPHA PHYTONOMI, new species. — Male.—Length, 4.5 mm. Black and shining; face sparsely, indis- tinctly punctured, clypeus almost impunctate; flagel 20-jointed; region of malar line sculptured; mandibles black throughout, palpi _ blackish; notauli extending approximately one-fourth the distance from the anterior to the posterior margin; dorsulum indistinctly _ punctured; tegule blackish, fore and midcoxe blackish at base, _ becoming stramineous apically; distal trochanters, femora, tibiz, and metatarsi of fore and midlegs more or less stramineous; rest of tarsi infuscated, as are the apical half of hind femora and base and apex of hind tibie; rest of hind femora reddish, remainder of hind _ tibis: stramineous, hind coxe entirely black; stigma blackish, whitish at base; propodeum distinctly areolated, the areas before the apical transverse carina smooth and polished, the areas beyond sculptured ; second segment black and striate except apical fifth and the thyridia, _ which are rather smooth and reddish; third segment virtually sculp- tureless, reddish; fourth segment reddish at base; rest of dorsum of ~ abdomen black. Type.—Cat. No. 14325, U.S.N.M. Type-locality—Hoytsville, Utah. Reared from Phytonomus muri- nus, September 4, 1911, by T. H. Parks under Webster No. 5609, Bureau of Entomology, United States Department of Agriculture. BRACHIXIPHOSOMA new genus. Related to Liphosoma Cresson, from which it differs chiefly in having the malar line shorter than the mandibles are wide at base and in the propodeum extending at least to the apex of the basal third of the hind coxe. T'ype.—Eiphosoma pyralidis Ashmead, 148 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vou. 42. CONOBLASTA FUMIFERANAE, new species. Female.—Length, 7.5mm. Very similar to Glypta erratica Cresson, from the original description of which it differs as follows: Front with a scoop-shaped process; mandibles black, clypeus pale only at apex, antenne virtually black throughout; base of hind femora. not blackish, hind tibize mostly black or blackish, pale beneath except at apex and near base, where they are blackish; propodeum almost devoid of carine, distinctly punctured, the apical transverse carina developed laterally, median longitudinal carina present only at base of propodeum. Male.—Kssentially as in the female; median longitudinal carine more or less completely developed, and the apical transverse carina better defined. Type.—Cat. No. 14326, U.S.N.M. Type-locality.—Maniwaki, Quebec, Canada. Received through the same channels as the Apanteles (Apanteles) fumiferane, described on another page of this paper. Paratypes examined came from Duncans and Esquimault, British Columbia, Canada. PHYGADEUON (DIROPHANES) PLESIUS, new species. Female.—Length, 8 mm. Compared with the original description > of Phygadeuon (Bathymetis) spinicoxus Viereck, this secies differs as follows: Clypeus rather separated from the face by a shallow furrow; distance between lateral ocelli if anything a little less than that between the same and the nearest eye margin; antenne 30-jointed, second joint of flagel about as long as the first; basal area nearly crowded out, nearly three times as wide as long, areola six-sided, almost horse-hoof shaped; hind femora hardly three times as long as greatest width; second dorsal segment without a transverse impressed line in the middle and with gastrocoeli; carine of basal segment extending to the spiracles, but not beyond, black; face, excepting clypeus, which is black, and checks mostly reddish; first eight joimts of antenns brownish, the next five joints mostly or entirely yellowish, the remaining joints from brownish to blackish; mandibles stramineous tinged with reddish and tipped with black; coxe black tipped with brown, trochanters, mid and fore femora brown, more or less infuscated, hind femora black with reddish brown base and apex, tibise and tarsi more or less brownish, petiole and last three segments of abdomen more or Jess blackish. Type.—Cat. No. 14327, U.S.N.M. Type-locality —Maniwaki, Quebec, Canada. Received from the same source as Apanteles (Apanteles) fumif- erane. Bathymetis spinicozus Viereck is probably also referable to this subgenus, : r NO. 1888. NEW ICHNEUMON-FLIPS—VIEREOCK. 149 EPIURUS INNOMINATUS, new species. Female.—Length, 7.5 mm. Compared with the original descrip- tion of EF. nigrifrons Viereck, this differs as follows: Ovipositor a little shorter than the abdomen; clypeus dark throughout; third, fourth, and fifth joints of hind tarsi dark, blackish; second, third, fourth, fifth, and sixth dorsal segments mostly reddish brown with an apical black border; pedicel and first joint of the flagel rather pale yellowish beneath, scapé more or less brownish. Type.—Cat. No. 14328, U.S.N.M. Type-locality —Esquimault, British Columbia, Canada. Received through the same channels as Apanteles (Apanteles) fumiferane described on page 139 of this paper. HYMENOEPIMECIS, new name. Epimecis Brulle, 1846, not of Hubner, 1818. HYMENOSYNECHES, new name. Syneches Foerster, 1868, not of Walker, 1852. MESOCHORUS DIVERSICOLOR, new species. Female.—Length, 3.5 mm. Resembles J/. perniciosus Viereck, from which it may be distinguished as follows: Furrow between face and malar space running parallel to the anterior edge of the clypeus, lower inner orbits rather striate; inner orbits with a whitish to brownish band extending along the eye margin, malar space and most of the mandibles whitish, clypeus brown to blackish, virtually impunctate except along its periphery; rest of the face blackish, as are the antennz except the tip of the pedicel, which is yellowish; palpi stramineous, malar space whitish, rest of head mostly black or blackish; edges of prothorax more or less blackish, stigma not yel- lowish at base, areolet neither distinctly sessile nor distinctly petio- late; legs mostly stramineous, hind tibize with most of apical third fuscous; basal area longer than wide at base and triangular, costule joining the areola a little below the middle; first dorsal segment black- ish, the second brownish with pale thyridia, the third brownish with the apical third blackish, the fourth and following segments blackish. Male.—Differs from the female chiefly in the face being all whitish below the antenne, scape and pedicel yellowish beneath, prothorax mostly yellowish, basal area at least twice as wide at base as at apex, costulz joining the areola a little above the middle. Type.—Cat. No. 14329, U.S.N.M. Type-locality —Duncan, British Columbia, Canada. Reared July 18, 25, 1911, at the type-locality in connection with rearings of Tortrix fumiferana. Received by the Bureau of Ento- mology, United States Department of Agriculture, from Dr. C. Gordon Hewitt. 150 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. yor. 42, MICROTORIDEA, new genus. Presumably related to Microtorus Foerster, from which it may be separated by the 10 penultimate joints of the flagel being longer than wide and by the marginal cell being longer than the stigma. Type.— Microtoridea lissonota, new species. MICROTORIDEA LISSONOTA, new species. Female.—Length, 3mm. Head black; face including clypeus dis- tinctly pubescent, punctured, malar space smooth and polished, sepa- rated from the face by a furrow, rest of head polished; hind ocelli with a furrow between them, nearer the eye margin than to each other and apparently a little nearer to each other than to the occipital carina; malar line apparently a little longer than mandibles are wide at base; basal half of mandibles mostly yellowish, apical half mostly brownish; palpi pale; scape stramineous, pedicel and flagel more or less brownish, flagel 19-jointed; thorax black; pronotum with its transverse furrow almost crowded out in the middle by a rather broad process apparently extending back from the anterior edge; tubercles yellowish, propleure mostly polished; mesonotum polished, virtually bare, with distinct, converging notauli that extend nearly three- fourths the distance from the anterior edge and are nearly three times" as far apart anteriorly as posteriorly; upper anterior corner of meso- pleure, tegule, and wing base yellowish; mesopleure partly sculp- tureless, partly punctured, completely separated from the meso- sternum by the sinuous sternauli; veins brownish, stigma stramineous; legs almost entirely stramineous, apical joint of tarsi and claws brownish; propodeum with its basal area almost crowded out, trans- versely linear, the enternal area and spiracularea confluent, the areola hexagonal, wider anteriorly than posteriorly, its anterior edge straight, its posterior edge arched, the costula joining before the middle, areola between the costule nearly three times as wide as long down the middle, area dentipara and second pleural area separated, petiolarea nearly three-fourths the length of the propodeum, concave and at most two-thirds as wide as long down the middle, third lateral and angular areas confluent; abdomen polished, inconspicuously pubes- cent, first segment black with a poorly defined dorsal carina on each side that extends a little beyond the spiracles but not near them, petiole depressed, apparently twice as broad at base as thick dorso- ventrally; postpetiole parallel sided, approximately twice as wide at apex as long, the spiracles at the anterior lateral angles; membranous portion of first segment and all of second segment mostly stra- mineous, following segments more or less testaceous; ovipositor approximately as long as the abdomen less the first segment. Type.—Cat. No. 14330, U.S.N.M. Type-locality.—Mysore, India, September 3, 1909, from Ophiusa melicerta, on authority of L. C. Coleman. oa eee ee ee -No. 1888. NEW ICHNEUMON-FLIES—VIERBOR. 151 MONOBLASTUS CALIROZ, new species. Female.—Length, 5 mm. Related to Monoblastus punctifrons Davis, from the original description of which it differs as follows: Cox blackish or black basally, inclining to stramineous apically, trochanters stramineous, claws simple; wings blackish, stigma and veins blackish; front and elypeus rather indistinctly punctured, black. Male.—Kssentially as in the female, but with the scape pale beneath. Type.—Cat. No. 14331, U.S.N.M. Type-locality.—Vienna, Virginia, May 18, July 28, August 1, 1911, parasite of Caliroa (Eriocampoides) cerasi Linneus, the pear slug, on authority of R. A. Cushman, who reared the specimens under Quaintance No. 7148, Bureau of Entomology, United States Depart- ment of Agriculture. This species may prove to be Trematopygus fusculosus Davis. NEOPIMPLOIDES, new genus. Related to Neopimpla Ashmead, from which it may be distin- guished by the slitlike spiracles of the propodeum and by the pres- ence of an areolet; eyes distinctly emarginate above the middle. Type.— Neopimploides syleptxe, new species. NEOPIMPLOIDES SYLEPTZ, new species. Female.—Length, 8.56 mm. Mostly smooth, shining, thinly pubes- cent and yellow, ornamented with black spots; antenne 37-jointed, flagel dark brown above, reddish beneath and at tips, its first joint nearly as long as the second and third joints combined, scape and pedicel yellow beneath, dark brown above; face feebly punctured; labrum prominent, in outline almost an equilateral triangle, con- cave; ocelli inclosed by a quadrate black mark; dorsulum similar to the same in Theronia Holmgren, the prescutumeand parapsides each _. with a black mark ; scutel completely bounded laterally by a trench- ant carina, propodeum areolated, its basal area confluent with the areola, the combined area broader at apex than at base, petiolarea wider than long, hexagonal, area superoexterna open externally, with a dull blackish spot, area dentipara completely inclosed, other areas -all wanting; empodia virtually as long as the third joint of hind tarsi, claws falcate; alternate segments of the abdomen starting with the first with a black spot on each side; wings transparent with a smoky tinge. Type.—Cat. No. 14332, U.S.N.M. Type-locality.—Malebannur, Mysore, India. Reared from Sylepta derogata Fabricius, November 28, 1910, on authority of L. C. Cole- man, who furnished the type. 159 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. Vou. 42, PRISTOMERUS EUZOPHERZ, new species. Female.—Length, 7 mm. Head and thorax brownish to stramin- eous; face shining and punctured; thorax shining and punctured, parapsidal furrow represented only anteriorly by a shallow con- cavity; legs more or less stramineous, the hind tibiz infuscated at base and on the apical half, hind tarsi blackish, tooth of hind femora represented by an angulation of the tegument the point of which is directed downward and backward; carine of the propodeum poorly developed, basal area forming an acute angled triangle, areola com- pletely inclosed, more than twice as long as wide from costula to costula and punctured, basal area about twice as long as wide, paral- lel sided and striato-punctate; abdomen brownish, the membranous portion stramineous, first, second, and basal half of third dorsal seg- ments blackish, petiolar carine not sharp, not extending to the spiracles, postpetiole and second dorsal segment finely striated; Ovipositor approximately two-thirds as long as the abdomen. Type.—Cat. No. 14333, U.S.N.M. Type-locality—Bangalore, Mysore, India. Reared from larve of Euzophera perticella, on authority of L. C. Coleman, who submitted the species for study. ZAMESOCHORUS, new genus. Apparently intermediate between Plesiophthalmus (Foerster) Brischke, Astuphromma (Foerster) Brischke, and Mesochorus Graven- horst, though evidently nearest to the last-mentioned genus, from which it may be known by the malar space being almost wanting, the malar line being apparently as short or shorter than the first joint of the flagel is thick; by the malar space not being separated from the face by a furrow; by the distance between the lateral ocelli and the eye being less than the shortest diameter of the lateral ocelli; by the distance between the lateral ocelli being greater than the distance between them and the eye; by the interstitial nervulus and the obsolescent outer vein of the areolet, the latter with its lowerside approximately half the length of the upper edge, its other sides nearly equalin length. Otherwise essentially as in Mesochorus Gravenhorst. Type.—Zamesochorus orientalis, new species. ZAMESOCHORUS ORIENTALIS, new species. Female.—Length, 3.5 mm. Head shining, stramineous, more or less darkened, the ocellar region blackish; face punctured, orbits striated below; antenne brownish, flagel 33-jointed; prothorax stramineous, shining, pronotum with a median longitudinal carina parting its furrow; mesonotum shining, more or less stramineous, its prescutum and parapsides stained with fuscous; tegule and wing no. 1888. NEW ICHNEUMON-FLIES—VIERECE. 153 bases yellowish, mesopleure blackish, shining and punctured; scutel stramineous; stigma and veins mostly brownish; legs stramineous, hind tibie with the apical fourth blackish; propodeum blackish, shining, finely punctured; basal area quadrangular, wider at base than at apex; areola hexagonal, almost diamond-shaped, a little wider at apex than at base, the costulx joining it at its middle, petio- larea apparently a little longer than the areola and about twice as wide as the same, at least three times as wide at apex as at base; petiole but little longer than the postpetiole, stramineous at base, blackish beyond, gradually widened, sparsely sculptured; postpetiole blackish, longitudinally striated, a little narrower at base than at apex, distance between the spiracles approximately half the distance between them and apex; second segment proportionally similar to the postpetiole, with a triangular blackish area on each side, the short- est side of the triangle being at the base of the segment, otherwise the second segment is yellowish, the gastrocoeli oval, at base, and strami- neous; basal half of third segment yellowish; rest of abdomen infus- cated stramineous; sheaths of the ovipositor a little longer than the second segment and stramineous; hypopygium exserted beyond the pygidium. Type.—Cat. No. 14334, U.S.N.M. Type-locality.—Mysore, India, September 3, 1909, from Cyhiusa melicerta, on authority of L. C. Coleman. SYSTEMATIC NOTES AND DESCRIPTIONS OF SOME WEE- VILS OF ECONOMIC OR BIOLOGICAL IMPORTANCE. By W. Dwieur Pierce, Of the Bureau of Entomology, United States Department of Agriculture. 1. THE MORE IMPORTANT COTTON WEEVILS. The discovery of a new cotton-square weevil in Peru and of a cotton flower weevil in the Philippines makes it necessary for us to again resort to the older name of Mexican cotton-boll weevil for Anthonomus grandis Boheman. The weevil from Peru, Anthonomus vestitus Boheman, may be known as the Peruvian cotton-square weevil, and the new Philippine weevil may receive the name of Phil- ippine cotton flower weevil. ANTHONOMUS GRANDIS Boheman. The Mexican cotton-boll weevil is well known on account of the great amount of literature written upon it. It is a blackish piceous weevil with gray pubescence and without distinct patterns, except a denser band of scales on the median line of the thorax. The vestiture of the under surface is much denser than that of the upper surface. The femora have two teeth, a large one and a small one. The py- gidium is rather freely exposed. The funicle is 7-jointed, the second joint being longer than the third. The claws are armed with a long slender tooth. The ventral segments are slightly unequal, the fifth being generally longer than either the third or fourth. It varies in size from 2.5 mm to 6.7 mm., and the color of the vestiture varies from gray to brownish, while the integument varies from light piceous to black. The pupx of Anthonomus grandis are readily recognized by the quadrate tubercles on the prothorax and the shape of the caudal process. ANTHONOMUS VESTITUS Boheman. The Peruvian cotton-square weevil has just appeared in our economic literature,! and again Mr. C. H. T. Townsend is the 1 Charles H. T. Townsend. The cotton-square weevil of Peru and its bearing on the boll-weevil problem in North America. Journal of Economic Entomology, vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 241-248, April 17, 1911. PROCEEDINGS U. S. NATIONAL Museum, VOL. 42—No. 1889. 156 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. VoL, 42. first to give a preliminary treatment of its life history. His early contribution to the knowledge of the boll weevil is noted for its thoroughness, and it is therefore a matter of congratulation that Mr. Townsend is in a position to take up the study of this weevil which may have a bearing upon future work with its greater congener. A series of 67 specimens bred from cotton squares on the Hacienda Macacaraé in the Rio Chira Valley, Peru, October 8, 1910, by Mr. Townsend, and 1 specimen from San Pedro de Cumbivira, Peru, September 21, 1910, are before the writer. The series is composed of 38 females and 30 males. The males vary from 3 to 4 mm. in length, 1.4 to 1.8 mm. in width, and 1.2 to 1.5 mm. in length of beak. The females vary from 2.5 to 4 mm. in length, 1.2 to 1.75 mm. in width, and 1.2 to 1.7 mm. in length of beak. The San Pedro specimen is darker than the others and most nearly answers the description by Boheman which must have been based on a female. The followimg description is therefore based upon this specimen: Female.—Oblong-ovate, convex, blackish piceous, rather closely clothed with whitish, elongate scales, which are more piliform beneath. — Head convex, finely punctate, moderately squamose, front depressed, with medium carina between eyes extending on beak to the point opposite the attachment of the antenne. Beak slender, cylindrical, shining, finely punctato-rugulose, lightly squamose only at base, reddish piceous, lightly arcuate, slightly enlarged at tip, over one and one-half times as long as prothorax. Antennal scrobes directed at eyes; scape inserted slightly beyond the middle, slender, clavate, barely reaching the eye, reddish testaceous; funicle seven jointed, reddish testaceous, first joint as long as the two following, clavate, second joint elongate, remaining joints moniliform; club ovate, blackish piceous, with first jomt very distinct, pubescence fine. Pro- thorax transverse, apically truncate, basally bisinuate, base one-half wider than apex, sides convex, converging, impressed before apex; dorsum slightly convex, transversely impressed behind apex, densely but shallowly punctate, clad with elongate white scales. Scutellum broadly ogival, clad with very fine piliform scales. Elytra anteriorly subtruncate, about one-half wider than thorax, a little over twice as long as the thorax, sides almost parallel to posterior third, thence converging, surface convex, regularly punctato-striate, interstices sub- convex, smooth; closely covered with scaly vestiture. Body beneath of same color as above, but more densely clothed with finer vestiture. Femora clavate, unidentate, basally flavo-testaceous, the remainder infuscated, squamose; tibiz slender, flavo-testaceous, almost straight, angulate beneath before middle; tarsi elongate; claws elongate, Sy ‘ no. 1889. DESCRIPTIONS OF ECONOMIC WEEVILS—PIERCH. 157 cleft. Ventral segments subequal, the fifth slightly longer than third or fourth. Pygidium covered. This description varies in a few slight particulars from the original,' but I do not believe sufficiently to separate it as a new species. The bred specimens from Macacaraé differ considerably in superficial appearance. ‘They are all lighter in color. The median interstices of the elytra and a triangular area at the base of the elytra are black- ish piceous, and the remainder is a reddish piceous. The beak is dark; the legs have practically no infuscation. The pubescence is yellowish and a little denser because less rubbed, and there is a distinct pattern of the vestiture. The thorax has a light median band and lighter sides; the elytra have a dark triangular basal area, a triangular lateral area on each side about the middle, a small basal spot and two small subapical spots. These spots are merely due to the sparser vestiture and are indistinct on the maturer specimens. The sexes are readily distinguished. The female beak is slender, quite smooth, has very little pubescence at the base, is regularly but slightly arcuate and has the scape inserted slightly beyond the middle; the pygidium is rarely visible, apically narrowly truncate and pubescent only at apex; the posterior tibiz are almost straight, the angle opposite the femoral tooth being almost obsolete. The male beak is stouter, more strongly punctato-rugose, pubescent to the insertion of the antenne; scape inserted almost at apical third; beak arcuate at point of insertion of antenne; the pygidium is usually visible, broadly truncate at apex and pubescent except in narrow strip 1 The original description is as follows: Anthonomus vestitus Boheman. Oblongo-ovatus, convexus, nigro-piceus, squamis piliformibus, cinereis dense vestitus; antennis pedi- busque flavo-testaceis; femoribus clavatis, subtus unidentatis, apice late infuscatis; rostro prothorace fere duplo longiore, leviter arcuato; prothorace subconico, confertim punctulato; elytris ferrugineis, medio- criter punctato-striatis, interstitiis sub-convexis, levibus.—Long. 34, lat. 2 millim. Patria: Insula Puna. A. Ulmi magnitudine exqualis. Caput parvum, rotundatum, modice conyexum, nigro-piceum, sub- tiliter, crebre punctulatum, squamis setiformibus cinereis dense vestitum. Oculi parvi, rotundati, con- vexi, nigri. Rostrum prothorace fere duplo longius, tenue, cylindricum, leviter arcuatum, piceum, punctulatum, apice dilutius, basi parce cinereo-squamosum, leviter longitudinaliter carinatum. Antenne ad medium prothoracis pertingentes, tenues, pallide testacem, clava ovata, fusca, cinereo-pubescente. Prothorax latitudine postica brevior, apice truncatus, anterius angustior, pone apicem oblique, dein basin versus parum ampliatus, basi bisinuatus, superne convexiusculus, nigro-piceus, crebre punctulatus, squamis piliformibus cinereis dense vestitus. Scutellum parvum, dense cinereo-squamosum. Elytra antice subtruncata, prothorace dimidio latiora et duplo longiora, humeris parum elevatis, rotundatis; lateribus inflexa, ultra medium perparum ampliata, apice conjunctim rotundata, superne convexa, postice declivia, mediocriter, regulariter punctato-striata, interstitiis sub-convexis, levibus; ferruginea, squamis piliformibus cinereis dense obsita. Corpus subtus nigro-piceum, punctulatum, dense cinereo-squamosum. Pedes longiusculi, flavo-testacei, cinereo-squamulosi; femoribus clavatis, basi excepta, infuscatis, subtus: ante apicem dente parvo, acuto armatis; tibiis teretibus, sub-rectis. Kongliga Svenska Fregatten Eugenics Resa Omkring Jorden under befiil C. A. Virgin fren 1851-1853. Vetenskapliga iakttagelser Pa H. Maj. t Konung Oscar den Forstes befallning utgifna af K. Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademien, Zoologi, III, Text: Insekter p. 130, No. 273, Stockholm, 1859, 158 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vou. 42. at base; the posterior tibiz are straight, but imner edge is regularly emarginate in the median third. The species belongs to a group not represented in North America, but would rank near the artificial group Cnemocyllus Dietz, because of the dissimilarity of the hind tibize in the two sexes. ECTHETOPYGA, new genus. Name derived from éxetoc (exposed) + zuy} (pygidium). The following genus belongs in Lacordaire’s classification to Curcu- lionides Phanérognathes Apostasimérides, Phalange I, Section A, Tribu Ménémachides, Groupe Ménémachides vrais. In our modern classification it seems to belong to subfamily Menemachine, Tribe Menemachini. Female.—Beak ‘about as long as thorax, cylindrical, arcuate; scrobes beginning at apical fifth, arcuate and directed at eyes. Antenne moderately slender; scape attached slightly behind the mid- dle of beak, hardly reaching eyes; funicle with first joint elongate, twice as long as second joint, which is only slightly longer than the third, joints 3-7 short, obconical, increasing in breadth; club very little wider than seventh funicular joint, oblong oval, articulated, the first joint occupying about one-half of the mass, second and third very short. Eyes large, convex, almost round, separated by two- thirds the width of the beak below and by the width of the beak above. Prothorax transverse, slightly convex, sides straight to middle, then roundingly narrowed to apex, minutely constricted before apex, base outwardly convex, apex barely half as wide and truncate. Scutellum triangular, roundingly truncate at apex, inserted between the elytra. Elytra very slightly convex, oblong, about twice as long as wide, rounded at humeri, and at external, and sutural apical angles; widest near base, slightly wider than prothorax. Pygidium exposed, hori- zontal, almost flat, evenly rounded behind. Legs moderately robust; femora strongly enlarged, each armed with a large triangular tooth; tibia shorter than femora, apically enlarged, compressed, basally arcuate, apically mutic; tarsi moderate, first two joints small, trans- verse; third longer, bilobed; fourth slender, half included between the lobes of the preceding; claws basally strongly toothed, slender, diverging. Prosternum convex, long in front of coxe; coxe globular, distinctly but very narrowly separated, cavities closed behind. Meso- sternum transversely strongly depressed in front of coxe, side pieces large; coxe rather widely separated, open behind, the intercoxal pieces truncate. Metasternum flat, median longitudinal suture dis- tinct; episterna large; coxee separated by transverse arcuate piece, cavities open behind. Intercoxal process of first abdominal segment broad, convex in front. First and second abdominal segments large, ; 1 4 q 4 3 ; 4 7 4 iain tte ett Ra Me at i no. 1889. DHSCRIPTIONS OF ECONOMIC WEEVILS—PIBRCE. 159 OE ee connate, the suture slightly arcuate and indicated by a smooth line; remaining segments shorter, the fourth being shortest. Male.—The male generic characters differ as follows: Beak more robust, slightly shorter, almost straight; scrobes beginning at apical fourth, straight, and directed at eyes. Antennal scape inserted at or slightly beyond middle of beak, reaching eyes; eyes separated by about one-half the width of the beak below and by slightly less than the width of the beak above. Pygidium arcuately truncate at apex. First two abdominal segments connate, suture angulate at middle. Genotype.— Ecthetopyga gossypti, new species. ECTHETOPYGA GOSSYPII, new species. Described from three females and two males taken from a series collected by C. S. Banks on cotton plants from the island of Negros, Philippine Islands (Banks No. 883). Length, 3-3.5 mm.; breadth, 1.75 mm. Broadly oval, compressed, truncate behind. Color dark brown, with fine golden pubescence, head and beak almost black, underside lighter brown, legs and antenne still lighter. Female.—Beak evenly sculptured with oblong punctures, not pubes- cent. Front with a short longitudinal fovea; finely, evenly punctured, finely pubescent between eyes. Prothorax finely, closely, and evenly punctured and pubescent. Elytral striz consisting of deeper close-set punctures, but not depressed; intervals closely, finely, and evenly punctured. Underside lighter throughout, punctuation and pubes- cence sparser. Coxe and legs yellowish, punctured and pubescent; femoral teeth about equal; tarsi spongy underneath; tarsal claws moderately large, slender, strongly divergent, basally toothed. Male.—Beak flattened, apically enlarging, laterally and medially tricarinate, rugosely oblongo-punctate. Front foveate. In form this species resembles very much Miarus and Gymnetron, but the antennal and ungual characters readily separate it. No nearly related American species are known. Type.—Cat. No. 14469, U.S.N.M. 2. THE CACTUS WEEVILS. In view of the approaching publication of a bulletin on cactus insects by W. D. Hunter, J. D. Mitchell and the late F. C. Pratt, the writer has been requested to make a critical study of the cactus weevils formerly grouped under the genus Acalles. In view of the description of another species in the same subtribe, it is pertinent to present herewith a table of the genera of the subtribe Tylodina, in the subfamily Cryptorhynchine now known to occur in the United States, 160 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. VOL. 42. Key to genera of subtribe Tylodina. Metepisterna very small, usually invisible, not fused with metasternum. 1. Scutellum invisible. a}, Elytra without humeri; antennal funicle 7-jointed. b!. Second ventral segment at least as long as the third and fourth together. cl. Second ventral segment considerably longer than third and fourth together; femora mutic; eyes separated by at least the width of the beak; vesti- ° ture spongy; prothorax prolonged over head; ocular lobes very promi- nent, covering eyes (type, L. solitarius Boheman). . Lembodes Schénherr. c2. Second ventral segment not much longer than the third and fourth together; femora mutic; eyes separated by the width of the beak (type, T armadillo Salilberg) 2 o250 seen sere ee ae ant Noes Tylodes Schénherr. b2. Second ventral segment not as long as the third and fourth together. d'. Second ventral segment much longer than either the third or fourth; tarsal claws very small, approximate. e!, Antennal club annulated only near tip; first abdominal segment with deep, polished triangular impression; tibie straight; intercoxal process of abdomen triangular (type, EL. pyriformis LeConte). Eurhoptus LeConte. e?, Antennal club annulated; elytra 9-striate; first abdominal segment squarely truncate behind; at least front tibize bisinuate within; eyes separated at least by width of beak; intercoxal process truncate; scales intermixed with bristles (type, A. camelus Fabricius). Acalles Schénherr. d?. Second and third ventral segments subequal; femora unarmed; eyes rounded above, acute beneath, closer together than width of beak; scrobes directed at lower corners of eyes; scales not intermixed with bristles (type, G. bifasciata Gerstecker)...... Gersteckeria Champion. a?, Elytra with rectangular humeri; funicle 7-jointed. #1, Eyes separated by width of beak; femora dentate; scales inter- mixed with bristles; second ventral segment longer than either the third or fourth (type, EZ. porcellus Boheman). Euscepes Schonherr. J?. Eyes separated by less than width of beak; femora usually dentate; ventral segments 2-4 subequal; elytral vestiture not mixed with erect setze; scutellum sometimes visible (type, P. bicristatus Ohanipiom) 23 Shere eos s cons seen Pseudomopsis Champion. 2. Scutellum visible; funicle 7-jointed; ventral segments 2-4 subequal; elytra 10-striate; femora mutic; claws divergent; humeri absent (type, P. notatus Schonberr). 20.208 sive oe oh er nee ee ee ae Pseudomus Schénherr. Genus GERSTA:CKERIA Champion. All of the cactus weevils at present known belong to this genus. The type is Acalles bifasciatus Gersteecker. A close study of the material in the United States National Museum leads the writer to. divide the genus into four subgenera or species groups. Key to subgenera. 1. Elytra witha post-humeral prominence; eyes well separated; femora unarmed. a}. Antenne inserted toward the apex of the beak (type, X. inflata Champion). Xenosomina, new subgenus. a?, Antenne inserted at middle of beak; scrobes directed beneath beak; scape short, not reaching eyes; tarsal claws minute, parallel (type, O. hubbardi PBCCORUO) Vanesa s ves son cies eow obeehiewwiten esa Opuntiaphila, new subgenus. no. 1889. DESCRIPTIONS OF BCONOMIC WEEVILS—PIERCE. 161 2. Elytra without post-humeral prominence; eyes narrowly separated; femora unarmed. b'. Third tarsal joint scarcely wider than the second; alternate interspaces of elytra more densely scaly; prothorax carinate; tarsal claws large, divergent (type, G. bifasciata Gerstecker)...............-..... Gerstzxckeria, sens. str. b?, Third tarsal joint obviously wider than second; alternate interspaces not more densely scaly (type P. nobilis LeConte)......-.. Philopuntia, new subgenus. XENOSOMINA, new subgenus. Xenosomus CHampPion, Biol. Centr.-Amer., Coleoptera, vol. 4, pt. 4, p. 469. The characterization of this subgenus and designation of type are included in the table to subgenera, preceding. Key to species. 1. Elytra strongly nodulose, subglobose; prothorax strongly constricted, inflata Champion. 2. Elytra feebly nodulose, less globose; prothorax less strongly constricted, turpis Champion. GERSTZCKERIA (KENOSOMINA) INFLATA Champion. This species is recorded from San Gerénimo, Guatemala. GERSTZCKERIA (KENOSOMINA) TURPIS Champion. This species is recorded from Cerro Zunil, Guatemala. Nothing is known of the habits of these species. They were included by Champion in Fausts’ genus Xenosomus, but differ in several respects from that genus. They may possibly merit generic rank. OPUNTIAPHILA, new subgenus. The characterization of this subgenus and designation of type are included in the table to subgenera, preceding. Key to species. 1. Elytral foveae isolated and rounded .......................... hubbardi LeConte. Mie kek aM IU VCARCOMIPEOOINES. Mies oad Ose an Sl needed ocan aks ck dilatata Casey. It is the writer’s opinion that Colonel Casey’s species is merely a sculptural variant of hubbardi, which is quite variable in the develop- ment of its humeral tubercles. Both species are strongly marked with white post-humeral and post-median transverse bands. GERSTZCKERIA (OPUNTIAPHILA) HUBBARDI LeConte. This species was found by H. G. Hubbard breeding in the joints of Opuntia vulgaris’ following injury by Melitara prodenialis Walker. The species is at hand from Crescent City and Lake Worth, Florida, and from Selma, Alabama. GERSTCKERIA (OPUNTIAPHILA) DILATATA Casey, This species is described from Florida. 20441°—Proc.N.M.vol.42—12——11 162 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vou. 42. GERSTZCKERIA, sens. str. The characterization of this subgenus and designation of type are included in the table to subgenera, preceding. Key to species. 1. Elytra tessellate; body robust......-....--.--------+-+-+--- tessellata, new species. 2. Elytra fasciate. a, Elytra oval; prothorax as long as wide. b1. Femora mottled on basal two-thirds, white on apical third; elytral fascie ITOPUIAT = ees a rsa ce ae eee ee eae er ee ee ee eee oye profusa Casey. b?. Femora covered with golden white scales, the middle and hind pairs with a dark band before the apex; elytral fascie regular... .. bifasciata Gersteecker. a?, Elytra inflated; prothorax wider than long; femora covered with dark scales, speckled with white, with a white ring before the apex, apex black, alternata, new species. GERSTZCKERIA (GERSTACKERIA) TESSELLATA, new species. Cheyenne, Wyoming, April 24, Soltau collection (two specimens). Length, 7.5-8 mm. Black; legs piceous-black; scaly vestiture black and yellowish-white, tessellated. Beak long, densely rugosely punctate, carinate. Front longitudinally sulcate; eyes separated by about one-half the width of the beak. Head and basal third of beak © clothed with yellowish scales. Prothorax as long as wide, strongly carinate, widest at middle, strongly constricted at apex; strongly, reticulately or confusedly punctate, the punctures largest at base and sides, smallest at apex; vestiture extremely sparse. -Elytra wider at base than prothorax, oval; alternate elytral interspaces slightly wider and much more densely clothed; strial punctures large, quadrate, each bearing a small quadrate scale, separated by partitions not as high as the interspaces; vestiture consisting of white and black tessellations. Femora clothed with brown scales with a white band before apex; tibie clothed with white. Femora unarmed; tarsal claws widely divergent. Venter moderately punctate, clothed with light and dark scales; second ventral segment slightly longer than third or fourth. There is also at hand one specimen labeled Colorado Springs, Colorado, June 15-30, 1896, H. F. Wickham, 6,000 to 7,000 feet. Type.—Cat. No. 14470, U.S.N.M. GERSTZCKERIA (GERSTZICKERIA) PROFUSA Casey. Texas, Belfrage and Soltau collections (five specimens). No records of the habits of this species can be found. GERSTZCKERIA (GERSTZCKERIA) BIFASCIATA Gerstecker. This species was described from Mexico. It is recorded in the Biologia Centrali-Americana from Zimapan in Hidalgo. Ehrenberg found it in numbers on Cactus. Four specimens were bred November 1, 1910, from Echinocactus setispinus, collected in June at San Antonio, Texas, by F. L. Lewton. no. 1889. DESCRIPTIONS OF ECONOMIC WEEVILS—PIERCE. 163 GERSTZCKERIA (GERSTZCKERIA) ALTERNATA, new species. Fort Grant, Arizona, July 15, Hubbard and Schwarz (two speci- mens). Length, 10 mm. Black; antenne and legs piceous; scaly vesti- ture mottled black, piceous brown, and whitish. Beak long, densely rugosely punctate, carinate. Front longitudinally sulcate; eyes sep- arated by about one-half the width of the beak; head and basal fourth of beak densely clothed with creamy-white and lght-brown scales with a chocolate-brown patch over each eye. Prothorax a little wider than long, medially carinate, widest behind middle, strongly constricted at apex; strongly reticulately or confusedly punctate, the punctures becoming smaller and shallower toward apex; clothed with piceous scales with a few scattered whitish and light-brown dots. Elytra not wider at base than prothorax, but almost twice as wide as prothorax from basal fourth to apical fourth; alternate elytral interspaces slightly wider and much more densely clothed; strial punctures large, quadrate, shining, each bearing a piceous scale and separated by partitions not as high as the inter- spaces; vestiture mainly composed of tessellations of black and piceous-black scales with an occasional light-brown scale and with a definite post-humeral spot of white and brown and an irregular trans- verse white fascia just before the apical declivity; declivity more strongly marked with brownish scales. Femora strongly mottled with chocolate, brown and white, but with definite white subapical bands; tibize clothed with white, but with base and apex dark. Femora unarmed; tarsal claws long and slender and strongly diver- gent. Venter moderately punctate, clothed with chocolate-colored scales with pale longitudinal bands on each side and in the middle. Second segment slightly longer than third or fourth. Type.—Cat. No. 14471, U.S.N.M. PHILOPUNTIA, new subgenus. The characterization of this subgenus and designation of type are included in the table to subgenus, preceding. Key to species. 1. Elytra with a very evident white cruciform or T-shaped post-median fascia. a'. Prothorax carinate (see also fasciata Pierce). b'. Beak sparsely punctate, except at base; elytral intervals narrow; strial punctures coarse. Oe Berths, BIG sug owns sale wostes ones daa s oe eee os cay leseleuci Champion. c?, Length 8 mm. ste .lacti Champion. b?. Beak strongly punctate ‘throughout; elytral . intery. wails broad; femora dark, BunBUlAte WILH POWER DFOWI sick wick. cay heres de so eens nobilis LeConte. a?. Prothorax not carinate; beak closely and coarsely punctate; elytral intervals broad; femora annulate............ Piteodees arth. ....-cruciata Champion. 164 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. VoL. 42. 2. Elytra without an evident white cruciform post-median fascia. d'. Prothorax trisulcate at base. e!. Vestiture variegated with larger white scales above. curvilineata Champion. e?. Vestiture without white scales above.......-...---- tolucana Champion. d?, Prothorax not trisulcate at base. j!. Prothorax more or less transverse. gi. Elytra clothed with brown and black scales with prominent spot of black scales at middle of fourth interspace. lineatocollis Champion. g?. Elytra otherwise clothed. h!. Prothorax comparatjvely small; elytra at least one-half wider; claws at least moderately divergent. i', Elytra black with brownish basal spot and post-median vitta; sutural intervals apically brownish......... basalis LeConte. 7, Elytra without basal spots but sometimes with faint post- humeral vitta and more or less distinct post-median vitta. #8 SOD Gt Caf PANY ees ciciice ee eee ee ne cite ae porosa LeConte. 7. Length mm ee sete Seine clathrata LeConte. h?. Prothorax large, about as wide as elytra. k!, Elytral interspaces wide. l'. Claws slender and widely divergent; beak rugosely punctate and carinate; elytra with post-humeral and post-median fascize.............- opuntix, new species. _ l?. Claws small and approximate; beak rather short, very finely punctate, not carinate; elytra with post-sutural spot and post-median brownish T-shaped fascia; punctures shallow.........-.-...-fasciata, new species. . k?. Elytral interspaces rather narrow; claws moderately divergent; beak short, punctate; elytra mottled, and with strong humeral spots and post-median fascia. cactophaga, new species. f?. Prothorax distinctly longer than wide..........- turbida LeConte. GERSTZCKERIA (PHILOPUNTIA) LESELEUCI Champion. Vera Cruz, Mexico; Juquila (Oaxaca), Mexico (Champion). GERSTZCKERIA (PHILOPUNTIA) LACTI Champion. Campeche (Yucatan), Mexico (Champion). GERSTZCKERIA (PHILOPUNTIA) NOBILIS LeConte. Described from the Boll and Belfrage collections, Texas. Breeds in the lateral margins of the joints of Opuntia engelmanni and causes great masses of black excrement and gum to form on the outside of the joint. It has been taken at College Station, Victoria, Beeville, San Antonio, Floresville, Encinal, Hondo, Corpus Christi, and Live Oak County, Texas. GERSTCKERIA (PHILOPUNTIA) CRUCIATA Champion. - Toxpam (Vera Cruz) and Mexico City, Mexico (Champion). = no. 1889. DASCRIPTIONS OF RCONOMIC WEPVILS—PIPRCE. 165 GERSTAZCKERIA (PHILOPUNTIA) CURVILINEATA Champion. This species is described from Mexico (Champion). GERST#CKERIA (PHILOPUNTIA) TOLUCANA Champion. This species is described from Toluca, Mexico (Champion). GERSTACKERIA (PHILOPUNTIA) LINEATOCOLLIS Champion. This species is described from Sierra de Durango, Mexico (Cham- pion). GERSTCKERIA (PHILOPUNTIA) BASALIS LeConte. This species is described from Colorado. Specimens are at hand from Denver, Greeley, Cafion City, and Sedalia, Colorado, and Chey- enne, Wyoming. Specimens were taken on Opuntia in Sioux County, Nebraska, by Dr. R. H. Wolcott. GERSTA&CKERIA (PHILOPUNTIA) POROSA LeConte. This species is either very variable in color markings or else there is a large number of extremely closely related species, which at pres- ent the writer prefers to call geographical races. Specimens are at hand from Kansas; Denver, Colorado Springs, and Sedalia, Colo- rado; Albuquerque and Mesilla Park, New Mexico; Fort Grant, Arizona; San Diego, Floresville, Live Oak County, D’Hanis, and Hondo, Texas. The species breeds in flat cells in®the large flat- leaved Opuntias. GERSTZCKERIA (PHILOPUNTIA) CLATHRATA LeConte. This species was described from Colorado. It is at hand from Colorado Springs, Colorado; Santa Rita Mountains, Arizona; San Diego, Laredo, Hidalgo, Uvalde, and Brownsville, Texas. The spe- cies breeds in the stem of Opuntia leptocaulis and is sometimes so numerous that it causes great bunchy deformations of growth. GERSTZECKERIA (PHILOPUNTIA) OPUNTIA, new species. Encinal, Texas, April 10, 1908, under Opuntia, J. D. Mitchell (two specimens). Length, 6 mm. Black, with antenne and legs piceous-black; vestiture consisting of white, yellowish, and brownish scales. Beak shining, carinate, strongly, rugosely punctate; front suleate, eyes separated by one-half the width of the beak. Head and base of beak clothed with white scales, which are a little darker at vertex. Pro- thorax large, transverse, strongly convex, much narrowed to apex, shining, deeply and closely punctate; vestiture brown, with a few scattered paler scales. Elytra oval, barely one-third wider than pro- thorax; strial punctures large, round, squamigerous, rather shallow; 166 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. VoL. 42. interspaces wide; vestiture mainly brown, with a paler subbasal and a postmedian fascia, and with sutural interspaces lighter brown. Femora indistinctly annulate; claws slender, divergent. Venter moderately, shallowly punctate, sparsely clothed; second segment a little longer than third or fourth. Specimens are also at hand from Encinal, Texas, April 18, 1906, J. D. Mitchell. Type.—Cat. No. 14472, U.S.N.M. GERSTZCKERIA (PHILOPUNTIA) FASCIATA, new species. Buck Key, Florida, G. Brainard (one specimen). Length, 5.5 mm. Black, antenne rufous; legs piceous-black; vestiture white, golden, and brown; beak moderately long, shining, finely punctate, not carinate; front strongly foveate; eyes separated by one-half the width of the beak; head clothed with golden or cream- colored scales. Prothorax large, sides strongly convex, rather shal- lowly punctate with smooth spots on sides; median line impunctate; vestiture golden, with a few white dots. Elytra inflated at basal third, thence tapering to apex, not one-half wider than prothorax; strial punctures large, very shallow, interspaces as wide as punctures; vestiture golden, condensed at base of third interspace, also on the apical half of sutural interspace and in a transverse postmedian vitta crossing this; prominent spots of white scales behind humeri on fourth to seventh interspaces; brown scales borderingfasciv. Femora annulate; tarsal claws approximate; venter clothed with golden scales. Type.—Cat. No. 14473, U.S.N.M. GERSTCKERIA (PHILOPUNTIA) CACTOPHAGA, new species. Point Isabel (near Brownsville), Texas, May 11, 1904, H. S. Barber (four specimens). Length, 6 mm. Black, antenne brownish, legs piceous-black; vestiture whitish, yellowish, and brown. Beak short, shining, punc- tate, carinate. Front suleate; eyes separated by one-half the width of the beak. Head and basal half of beak densely clothed with whitish scales. Thorax as in preceding species, but with a median longitudinal white stripe at base and four white dots on the apical half arranged in a square in the line with the eyes. Elytra very little wider than prothorax, interspaces narrow, punctures round, moderately deep; vestiture piceous, but with large humeral brown spots more or less connected across entire base by light scales, and with a wavy white postmedian fascia and with declivity more or less marked with light scales; sutural interspace light brown. Femora annulate, mutic; tarsal claws divergent. Venter clothed with light- brown scales. Type.—Cat. No. 14474, U.S.N.M. no. 1889. DESCRIPTIONS OF BCONOMIC WEPVILS—PIBRCE. 167 GERSTZZCKERIA TURBIDA LeConte. Specimens are on hand from Tucson, Catalina Springs, and Fort Grant, Arizona, all from the Hubbard and Schwarz collection. 3. MISCELLANEOUS NEW SPECIES OF BIOLOGICAL INTEREST. The three following species are described in this paper because of their being associated with known plants, which, of course, makes them more interesting. They are also very interesting species in themselves, the last two representing new genera for our United States fauna. ANTHONOMUS MLZPHONUS, new species. Name derived from paepovoc, blood-stained. Described from a series of six specimens collected June 22, 1894, at Round Knob, North Carolina, from the Hubbard and Schwarz collection, beaten from bushes of mountain laurel (Rhododendron). This species belongs to the signatus group near sulcifrons and sez- guttatus. It is the largest member of the group. Length, 2.7 mm. Robust, oval. Black, rufo-piceous at tip of mandibles, on antennal scape and funicle, and tarsi; legs darker piceous; elytra dark red with base and suture, and sometimes denuded spot darker. Pubescence pale yellowish, very fine and scant above, except on scutellum and somewhat condensed in spots around the denuded fascia; more densely clothed beneath with fine squamiform hairs. Beak moderately slender, curved, subopaque, coarsely striato- punctate; median carina distinct to apex; female beak longer than in male. Antenne rufo-piceous or testaceous, with club dark; inserted at apical third in male and two-fifths in female; first joint elongate, as long as second and third; second joint equaling third and fourth combined; joints 3-7 globose, subequal, becoming slightly wider; club densely and finely pubescent, oval, almost equaling last six funicular joints. Eyes convex, free behind. Head convex, finely rugulose with a few remote piliferous punctures; front distinctly sulcate between the eyes, sulcus extending to base of beak. Prothorax wider than long; base one-half wider than apex; sides broadly rounded, plainly constricted before apex; transversely impressed in front, small round depression at sides of disk at basal third; coarsely, closely, and deeply punctured throughout; pubes- cence condensed along basal margin. Elytra one-third wider at base than prothorax, suboval, very convex on median line, a trifle wider posteriorly; sides almost straight to posterior third, slightly constricted behind humeri; strie impressed, punctures moderately large, round, and closely approximate; interspaces slightly convex with an irregular row of minute setigerous punctures; scutellum 168 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vou. 42. elongate oblong, densely pubescent. Legs not very slender; femora clavate, each armed with small acute tooth, and strongly constricted beyond the latter; tibiz in both sexes feebly sinuate internally. First two tarsal joints longer than wide. The species differs from sulcifrons by its larger size, coloration, coarser thoracic punctuation, pygidium freely exposed in both sexes, tarsal joints longer than wide, and by the condensed spots of pubescence on the elytra. From serguttatus it differs also by its large size and coloration, coarser thoracic punctuation, length of second funicular joint, and by the tooth on the posterior femora. It bears a superficial resemblance to virgo and rufipennis, but is separated by many characters. Type.—Cat. No. 14475, U.S.N.M. CHIONANTHOBIUS, new genus. This genus belongs to the subfamily Tychiine, tribe Plocetini, and is most nearly related to Thysanocnemis, from which it is separated by having the fourth ventral suture distinct and the beak carinate. Beak slender, cylindrical, arcuate, separated from front by a deep concavity. Antennal scrobes directed at lower portion of eyes; scape | attached beyond middle, elongate; funicle 7-jomted, joints elongate, the first longest, following jomts diminishing in size; club elongate, jointed; eyes very narrowly separated above. Prothorax strongly narrowed in front. Scutellum ogival. Elytra wider than thorax; humeri rounded. Pygidium partly exposed, vertical. Front coxe contiguous, middle coxse narrowly separated; hind coxee widely sepa- rated. Thoracic side pieces large. First ventral suture indistinct, second and third laterally angulate, but not completely covering following segments. Femora with a faint indication of a tooth; tibiz unguiculate; third tarsal joint spongy beneath; tarsal claws cleft into two strong teeth, the inner almost as long as the outer. Genotype.— Chionanthobwus schwarzi, new species. CHIONANTHOBIUS SCHWARZI, new species. This beautiful species is described from a single individual selected from a long series collected by E. A. Schwarz on Plummer’s Island, Maryland, July 6, 1906. According to Mr. Schwarz the weevils feed on the berries of the fringe tree (Chionanthus virgynica) and the larve develop in the seeds of the same tree. Length, 5.5 mm.; breadth, 2.8 mm. Robust, oval. Color black; head, beak, legs, and antenne rufous; closely covered with scales which completely hide the body. Beak only scatteringly clad with fine white pubescence; head closely squamose with white and golden scales between the eyes, and with a band of golden scales behind the eyes bordered by a band of white scales; otherwise the head is very sparsely clothed with fine golden pubescence. Prothorax evenly and densely clothed with transversely placed, longitudinal, no. 1889. DESCRIPTIONS OF ECONOMIC WEBVILS—PIERCE. 169 recumbent scales, which meet on the median line in a low crest; a few white scales occur on the posterior margin; scutellum densely clad with white scales. The elytral vestiture consists of five irregular transverse color bands, of elongated scales, described as follows: Humeral band golden, broadest over humeri, interrupted by the white scutellum and first interspace, and on the second interspace by a dark brown spot. Post-humeral band white, beginning at base of last interspace, where it narrowly interrupts humeral band; it is slightly interrupted by humeral band on sixth to eighth interspaces, mixed with a few golden scales on remaining interspaces, diagonally interrupting sutural band on first to third interspaces; it is widest on first interspace, where it reaches scutellum. Median band broad, brownish black, projected forward on second interspace into post- humeral band, interrupted on lateral margin by the junction of the white post-liumeral and post-median bands; slightly emarginate be- hind on fifth interspace, triangularly produced behind on eight middle interspaces. Post-median band white, irregular, projecting back on first, third, and fifth more than on adjoining interspaces, and from sixth to margin gradually widening. Apical band golden brown with black spots of varying length behind the white except on second interspace. Pygidium with golden pubescence. Vestiture of venter white, squamose, becoming pubescent behind and mixed with golden; legs with white pubescence. Beak longitudinally rugose and medially carinate; prothorax with sides almost straight in basal third, then strongly convexly narrowed, strongly constricted before apex. Elytra convex, depressed, about one-half wider than prothorax; striz evenly punctate, not impressed, strial punctures squamigerous; interspaces flat. Type.—Cat. No. 14476, U.S.N.M. TYLODES CLADOTRICHIS, new species. Described from four specimens bred from roots of Cladothriz lanu- ginosa collected by E. A. Schwarz at San Diego, Texas, December 13, 1895 (U.S. Bureau of Entomology No. 6937). Length, 6-7 mm.; breadth, 2.5-3 mm. Elongate oval, robust, black, covered with a thick spongy crust of scales of various sizes and shapes. Beak moderately short, robust, slightly enlarged near base, when in repose hidden in ventral canal, broadly emarginate above at apex, and with a deep emargination at sides exposing attachment ef man- dibles; longitudinally punctato-sulcate, the punctures provided with broad, erect, ovoidal, brown scales; surface closely clothed with fine _ appressed, overlapping, dirty brown or gray scales, giving a very spongy appearance; base of beak more closely punctured and brist- ling with broad rounded erect black scales. Antennal scrobes deep, diagonal, directed at Jower part of eyes, strongly constricted behind 170 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vor. 42. attachment of scape, thence widening considerably and sharply out- lined; scape attached at about apical fourth, not quite reaching eyes; funicle 7-jointed, the first elongate, about twice as long as second; second elongate, others becoming shorter and more transverse; club elliptical, jointed. Eyes separated above by width of beak, almost completely concealed by ocular lobes when beak is in repose. Head spongily squamose, deeply punctate, bristling with erect black scales. Prothorax with very uneven surface, widest at anterior third, then suddenly narrowed to apex which is one-half as wide as base; apex arcuately projecting over head, ocular lobes prominent, base shallowly concave: vestiture ruffled, with overlapping white, dirty gray or brown scales; erect larger scales of white and black in bristling patches, the black patches arranged in a square at base inclosing four small white patches; front and sides lighter with black scales scattered throughout. Scutellum concealed. Elytra oval, strongly narrowed behind with the suggestion of humeri in projections of the eighth interspaces over the basal angles of the thorax; striz: impressed with large deep punctures each bearing a large, round, concave, striate white scale; interspaces elevated, the odd intervals more so than the alternate intervals; the basal margin is also considerably elevated: vestiture of surface spongy, the odd interspaces bristling with erect scales, the even interspaces with a few; the erect scales brown, white, and black, arranged in transverse fascie across the elytra especially in the post-humeral and post-median regions; a white patch of large flat scales connecting the fifth punctures of the fourth and fifth inter- spaces is quite prominent, as are also black patches of erect scales at the base of the third interspace and on the same interspace between the white patches. : Rostral canal deep, forming an emargination and a pocket in the mesosternum. Mesocoxe less widely separated than the other pairs. Abdominal intercoxal process large, broad, angulate apically. First ventral segment at center twice as long as second; third and fourth together hardly longer than second; fifth slightly larger, the last three segments deeply inclosed by the elytra. Vestiture beneath close-set, the scales overlapping, dull in color, with larger scales in the punctures; second ventral with two black apical spots, last three seg- ments black pubescent with anterior rows of close-set brownish scales. Legs annulate with the appressed spongy pubescence and bristling with erect scales. Femora slender, mutic; tibiz basally arcuate, apically strongly unguiculate and with a strong cluster of yellow bristles just below the unguis, apical margin clad with stout black ciliz; tarsal claws strong, divergent, simple. This species bears a strong resemblence to Thecesternus albidus in form and in its peculiar vestiture. Old specimens will not display the brilliance of the black and white spots as described above. Type.—Cat. No. 14477, U.S.N.M. a VARIATION IN THE SKULL AND HORNS OF THE ISABELLA _ GAZELLE. By Gerrit S. Miter, IJr., Curator, Division of Mammals, United States National Museum. Mr. George L. Harrison, jr., has recently presented to the United States National Museum eight skulls of male Gazella isabella Gray taken during 1911 in a limited area near Jebel Bawati, Nubia. Five are fully adults of essentially uniform age, with basal suture obliter- ated, permanent dentition in place, and posterior molar moderately worn. The others, also uniform in age, are considerably younger, with basal suture open, milk dentition present though much worn, and third molar not fully in line with other teeth. The individual variations occurring in these specimens seem worthy of special note. Skull.—In general proportions the skull does not vary conspicu- ously (see table of measurements, page 172). Premaxillary in con- tact with nasal in five specimens, not in contact in two (lost in the remaining skull). The shape of its upper extremity ranges from broadly, almost spatulately, truncate to narrowly tapering. Nasals varying considerably in length (34-48) and in relative breadth (ratio of breadth to length ranging from 40 to 50), posterior termination of bones usually pointed, but broadly rounded in 173824; deepest point of emargination of anterior border lying distinctly on outer side of middle in four specimens, at middle in three (one broken). Lachrymal pits not noticeably variable in development; vacuity at least twice as large in No. 173822 as in No. 173824. On ventral aspect of skull the chief regions of variation are the auditory bull and the posterior termination of palate. The portion of bulla exposed on ventral surface of skull ranges from 23 by 12 to 27.4 by 17; height above level of basioccipital 4.6 to 6.8, least width of basi- occipital between bull 13.6 to 17. (In the skull with largest bull _ the condylobasal length is 4 mm. less than in that with the smallest.) Posterior border of palate usually with median and lateral emargina- tions extending forward to essentially the same level, but in one adult and one young the median cleft runs forward about 8 mm. beyond the lateral concayities; deepest point of lateral concavities in adults ranging from about level of posterior border of m* to middle of hinder lobe of same tooth. PROCEEDINGS U. S. NATIONAL Museum, VoL. 42—No. 1890. tio PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vou. 42. Horns.—The horns of the adults vary conspicuously in robustness, in outline of cross section, in height to which the extremities rise above skull, and in plane occupied by the abruptly curved tip.’ Most of these variations can be appreciated from the photographs in plate 15. Diameter of horn at base, 30.5 by 23.5 in No. 173819, 33 by 25.5 in No. 173822, these specimens representing the extremes. The cross section is usually flattened on the outer and posterior aspects, the region of juncture sufficiently abrupt to produce an evident angle or low rib extending from base of horn to beyond middle. In No. 173818 the flattening is very slight, while in No. 173820 it is practically absent, so that the section is broadly ovate in outline, wider posteriorly than anteriorly. The differences in the curves and general direction of the horns is sufficiently shown by the photographs of the six skulls which present the extremes of variation.’ Though the abruptness of the curve at tip is subject to little variation, the plane in which the curved portion lies may be nearly horizontal, as in No. 173821, or nearly vertical, as in No. 173818. All inter- mediate positions occur, and in this respect there is often, as in No, 173825, an appreciable difference between the horns of the same pair. Table of cranial measurements of Gazella isabella. : 3 _ oO a ro . . bo : aif ie | 8/8 aalelel gee ee q od |Q |Sat S - tos] o ao a 3 le jes] & a \e 484i q g 3 =|) 4/2sacele/sleeaig| = (|g = ,rQ Lm) oS ae Num. Sex. 21m |S iwsesic leslie ies= & |4%! Observations. ber. a q = |d o Ti Oo i= o wid| b ag = 6 ° 2 |e prkles|qg|o] 8 es] § 5 O-- S heh Blas Sls | ae ate | ees o 2 lols |s8i als |S |sel x a 0 A a |2is jf |e) S18 esl s 2 Aa oO Din A 1AlAl4a4pP [A na 4 mm.|mm.\mm|\mm\mm\mm|\mm\mm\mm\mm| mm. 173818} Male ad-...| 177.4 me) OM bey te he 12.0 x 9.0] 240; m3 moderately worn. 173819}.2-do0. 35-22 174. 6] 136. 6/68. 4/48. 6/45. 0/56. 0/52. 8/40. 0/19. 0/51. 0} 11.4 x 9.6} 220 Do. A(S820|2 edo. oss ae 178. 4| 140. 6/67. 0/46. 6/43. 2/59. 2/54. 6/41. 4/19. 6/54. 6] 12.6 x 8.8) 238 Do. 173822|0 200525 5- 176. 6] 139. 4/68. 0/48. 4/44. 2155. 4/51. 6/44. 8/18. 0/57. 6] 12.8 x 9.4] 228 Do. L73823|---dO. 5. =~ 177. 6| 136. 4167. 6)47. 4/42. 0156. 6/50. 6/39. 2/19. 0/54. 6] 12.0 x 8.8} 225 Do. 173821| Male juv.-|.-...-| 124+ 65. 0/44. 0/43. 2/55. 8/50. 0/32. 0/15. 6[57. 6] 13.0 x 8.0] 180} m3 not in plece. 173824)2 S002 22 oe 166. 4} 134. 4/62. 0/42. 0/39. 8/56. 4/51. 4/42. 0/17. 8/55. 6] 12.4 x 8.0] 168 Do. 173825|-22doe- 222 172. 6| 137. 6/66. 2/45. 0/42. 6/57. 6/53. 0/46. 8/19. 4/57. 6} 13.0 x 9.2) 197 Do. EXPLANATION OF PLATE 15. Skulls of six specimens of Gazella isabella (about x$). No. 1, Cat. No. 173822. No. 2, Cat. No. 173819. No. 3, Cat. No. 173823. No. 4, Cat. No. 173818. No. 5, Cat. No. 173825. No. 6, Cat. No. 173821. Note the progressive elevation of horns from No. 1 to No.5. Plane of terminal hook nearly vertical in No. 4, nearly horizontal in No. 6. A Ng Fae Tg ee ee 1 The abruptness of this curve, one of the main characters separating @azella isabella from G. dorcas, is perhaps the least variable feature of the horns. 2 All of the figured specimens are adult with the exception of Nos. 173821 and 173825. U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM PROCEEDINGS, VOL. 42 PL. 15 SKULLS OF SIX MALES OF GAZELLA ISABELLA. FOR EXPLANATION OF PLATE SEE PAGE 172, DESCRIPTION OF A NEW ISOPOD CRUSTACEAN BELONG- ING TO THE GENUS LIVONECA FROM THE ATLANTIC COAST OF PANAMA. By Harrier RicHarpson, Collaborator, Division of Marine Invertebrates, United States National Museum. Two specimens, representing a new species of Livoneca, were col- lected in January, 1911, by Dr. S. E. Meek, of the Field Museum of Natural History, and Mr. S. F. Hildebrand, of the United States Bureau of Fisheries, who were connected with an expedition sent out under the auspices of the Smithsonian Institution for a biological survey of the Panama Canal Zone. The description of the new species is herein given. LIVONECA LONGISTYLIS, new species. Body ovate, a little more than twice as long as wide, 13 mm.: 6mm. Color light brown, marked with numerous black dots and arborescent markings. Head a little wider than long, 2 mm.: 14 mm., subtriangular in shape with the front widely rounded. Eyes large, black, ovate, composite, situated in the post-lateral angles of the head and extend- ing from the posterior margin to the middle of the head. The first pair of antenne are composed of eight articles and extend the length of the last two articles beyond the posterior margin of the head. The second pair are composed of eight articles and are equal in length to the first. The first, fifth, and sixth segments of the thorax are of equal length, being about 1} mm. in length; the second, third, fourth, and seventh segments are subequal, being each about 1 mm. long. The epimera do not quite reach the posterior margin except in the last segment. The thorax becomes gradually wider from the first segment to the fifth, and then becomes gradually narrower again. The first five segments of the abdomen are short and subequal, each being almost one-half mm. in length, although the first is a little shorter and the fifth a little longer than the other three. The length of allfivesegmentsis2}mm. Thelateral parts of these segments are pro- PROCEEDINGS U. S, NATIONAL Museum, VoL. 42—No. 1891. 173 174 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. VOL. 42. duced into triangular processes. The sixth or terminal segment of the abdomen is as long as wide, 3 mm.: 3 mm., becoming gradually nar- rower to an obtusely rounded extremity. The color and the markings Fic. 1.—LIVONECA LONGI- STYLIS,NEW SPECIES. X 4$. (DRAWN BY Miss V. DAN- DRIDGE.) extend only about half the length of the segment, the terminal half being white and semitranslu- cent. The peduncle of the uropoda extends half the length of the terminal segment; the branches are long and narrow, with tapering extremities; the outer branch is 24 mm. long and extends 1 mm. beyond the tip of the terminal segment; the inner branch is not quite so long as the outer branch and extends only one-half mm. beyond ° the tip of the abdomen. The legs are all alike, prehensile, with long curved dactyli, the basis not furnished with any carina. Two adult females were collected at Fox Bay, Colon, Panama, by Dr. S. E. Meek and Mr. S. F. Hildebrand. They were parasitic on Anchovia brown, being attached to the abdo- men, midway between the base of the pectoral and ventral fins. This species differs from the other known species of this genus found on the Atlantic coast of North America by its larger eyes, its much longer terminal abdominal segment and much longer and differently shaped uropoda. The types are in the United States National Museum. (Cat. No. 43350.) A NEW NEMATODE, OSTERTAGIA BULLOSA, PARASITIC IN THE ALIMENTARY TRACT OF SHEEP. By Brayton Howarp Ransom, Assistant Custodian, Helminthological Collections, United States National Museum, AND Maurice C. HALL, Assistant Zoologist, Bureau of Animal Industry, United States Department of Agriculture. The nematode described in this paper was first collected by the junior author at an abattoir in Colorado Springs, Colorado, April 28, 1911. Comparison with the descriptions of species given in Ransom (1911) led to the conclusion that the species was probably new. Specimens were then sent to the senior author who also was of the opinion that it was a new species. The sheep from which this ma- terial was collected were originally from the ranch of Mr. W. H. Wells near Resolis, Colorado, and specimens of the nematode here described were collected by both of us during the summer of 1911 from sheep at Mr. Wells’s ranch. The nematode was found in nearly every sheep examined at the ranch and was the only nematode found in the stomach with the exception of the stomach worm, Hemonchus con- tortus. The new species was also found by us in sheep at the ranch of Mr. W. T. Kennedy near Amo, Colorado. A single specimen was found once in the intestine, but the occurrence of this nematode in the intestine was probably accidental, as the fourth stomach is evidently the normal location. In Colorado the greatest number of Ostertagia found in a single sheep was 73 and the greatest number of Hemonchus contortus, 537. Usually there were less than a dozen of each. This comparative freedom from infection with nematodes in Colorado sheep is to be attributed in part to the dry climate and in part to the extensive area covered in range feeding, thereby preventing concen- tration of infection. Mr. W. D. Foster of the Zoological Division, Bureau of Animal Industry, has called our attention to a single specimen of a nematode, a female, collected by him May 13, 1910, from a sheep received in PROCEEDINGS U, S. NATIONAL Museum, VoL. 42—No. 1892. 175 176 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. VOL. 42. Washington from Montana. This specimen he had been unable to identify with any described species. Examination shows that it is of the same species as that collected by us in Cohorado. Ostertagia bullosa is therefore known to occur in two of the Rocky Mountain States. Two other species of this genus have been found thus far only in the Rocky Mountain region, namely Ostertagia marshalli and O. occidentalis, these two being reported heretofore only from Montana. To these records may be added our finding, in 1911, at a Denver abattoir, of O. marshalli in sheep from Wyoming and Utah, and of O. occidentalis in sheep from Wyoming. The new species is white when freshly collected and has the usual characteristics of the genus Ostertagia, but differs from other species of the genus in that the two ventral rays of each lateral lobe of the bursa are rather widely divergent, the spicules are simple and not split into several processes posteriorly, and the gubernaculum is of the same yellow-brown color as the spicules instead of being colorless. In the key given in Ransom (1911) this species runs down to Ostertagia trifurcata of which only the male is known. In several respects, however, it differs from trifurcata. The gubernaculum in O. trifurcata is a narrow colorless structure, whereas in O. bullosa it is a yellowish-brown structure, irregularly trihedral in shape. The spicules in O. trifurcata are twisted but are not curved in theirlong axis, and are divided into 3 processes at the posterior end. The spicules in O. bullosa are narrow, curving, tubular structures, not divided at the posterior end which is acutely pointed. Each of the two terminal branches of the dorsal ray in O. trifurcata has a short process on the outer side and one on the inner. (0. bullosa has a short process on the outer side, but the process on the inner side is only sug- gested by a slight and often indistinct bifurcation at the tip. The principal characters of O. bullosa are as follows: OSTERTAGIA BULLOSA Ransom and Hall, 1912. Specific diagnosis.—Ostertagia: Male (fig. 1) about 7.3 mm. long. Maximum thickness 115 » just in front of bursa. Diameter of head 17 »; diameter of body at level of nerve ring 44 to 48 y, at base of esophagus 68 ». Esophagus 510 to 545 win length, surrounded by a nerve ring at a distance of 220 to 250 » from the anterior end. The excretory pore is situated about 270 » from the anterior end of the body. Cervical papille not evident. The esophagus increases in diameter from 16 » anteriorly to 45 or 50 » at its posterior end. The bursal membrane has a very distinct longitudinal striation. The median lobe is only slightly shorter than the laterallobes. The lateral lobes are usually partly folded over each other in their ventral por- tions. The ventro-ventral (fig. 2, v. v.) and latero-ventral (fig. 2,7. v.) ee a i a ae E ; yo, 1892. A NEW PARASITIO NEMATODE—RANSOM AND HALL. U7 rays diverge considerably, which is unusual in the genus Ostertagia, and their tips are at least half as far apart as the tips of the latero- ventral and externo-lateral rays. The distance between the tips of the externo-lateral and medio-lateral rays is much less than that between the latter and the tip of the postero-lateral ray. Of the paired rays, the latero-ventral is the thickest. Following this in the order of size are Bia ae ety Imm, Imm. Fic. 1 —OSTERTAGIA BULLOSA. MALE AND FEMALE. *VULVA. ENLARGED. the externo-lateral (fig. 2, e.1.), then the medio-lateral (fig. 2, m. l.), the postero-lateral (fig. 2, p.l.), and the externo-dorsal (fig. 2, e. d.), which are of about the same size, and lastly the ventro-ventral. The dorsal ray (fig. 2, d.) is about 140 » long and is bifurcated 25 to 40 4» 100 px. from its posterior end. The Fig. 2.—OSTERTAGIA BULLOSA. POSTERIOR END OF terminal branches have each a BODY OF MALE, VIEWED FROM LEFT SIDE. bul., PREBUR- ° SAL BULLA; d., DORSAL RAY; ¢. d., EXTERNO-DORSAL small branch, sometimes re- RAY; ¢. 1., EXTERNO-LATERAL RAY; gub., GUBERNACU- duced to a mere knob, on the LUM; l. v., LATERO-VENTRAL RAY; ™, l., MEDIO-LATERAL ° : RAY; p. l., POSTERO-LATERAL RAY; sp., LEFT spicute; OUter side. At times each of the v. U., VENTRO-VENTRAL RAY. ENLARGED. terminal branches ends ina very small fork and at times appears to end without forking. The spicules (fig. 2, sp.) are 140 to 180 » long and 15 to 20 » wide at the anterior end. They gradually narrow toward the posterior end, which is pointed, and do not fork. Usually the tips are curved but in some 20441°—Proc. N.M.vol.42—12——-12 aa 178 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. VoL. 42. specimens they appear to be straight. The gubernaculum (fig. 2, gub.) is irregularly trihedral in shape, somewhat resembling a plow- ie tl it rt ce Se ie IDO. Fig. 3.—OSTERTAGIA BULLOSA. TAIL OF FEMALE, VIEWED FROM LEFTSIDE. ENLARGED. share in outline when viewed from the side, and prolonged into a short slender process anteriorly, Measured from the side it is about 25 » wide and 65 wlong. It is of the same yellow-brown color as iii leon hy the spicules. ICQx. é C Fic. 4.—OSTERTAGIA BULLOSA. REGION OF Awell-marked character of this VULVA OF FEMALE, VIEWED FROM LEFT species Is a prominent cuticular SIDE. ¢., EGG; lab., RUDIMENTARY CUTIC- : = ULAR FLAP ANTERIOR OF VULVA; ovij. 1, swelling anterlor of the bursa oe TERMINAL PORTION OF OVIJECTOR: ovij. 2, the ventral surface (fig. 2, bul.). SPHINCTER OF OVIJECTOR; ovij. 8, NONMUS- = x CULAR PORTION OF OVIJECTOR; ut., UTERUS; For some distance anterior of the Sat, eerie ieee a swelling the cuticle on the ventral surface is somewhat thickened and at a distance of 100 to 125 in front of the bursa the cuticle splits to form this swelling. When 4 no. 1892. A NEW PARASITIC NEMATODE—RANSOM AND HALL. 179 viewed from the side, the optical section of the cuticle forming the ventral boundary of the swelling is usually oval but sometimes has a more rectangular outline, resembling somewhat the trigger guard on a rifle. The swelling is apparently filled with a clear transparent fluid. The prebursal papille are located near the lateral limits of this swelling and about 15 » in front of the anterior edge of the bursa. Female (fig. 1), 8.8 to 9.8 mm. long by about 13 » wide in the region of the vulva. The head measures 20 to 25 » in diameter. At the nerve ring the body is 50 to 60 «in thickness, at the base of the esoph- agus 70 to 80 », and at the anus 50 to 55 4. The esophagus is 580 to 620 » long and is surrounded by a nerve ring 220 to 255 » from the anterior end. The excretory pore is 265 to 320 » from the anterior end. Cervical papille not evident. The vulva (fig. 4, vul.) is trans- versely elongated, commonly presenting a crescentic outline with the convexity of the crescent directed posteriorly. At times a very small, rudimentary cuticular flap (fig. 4, lab.) is evident. The vulva is situated 1 to 1.3 mm. from the posterior end of the body. The tail (fig. 3) tapers posteriorly, always curving ventrally and usually curving more sharply near the end to form a rather open hook, which terminates in a slightly enlarged, rounded tip. The cuticle of the tail beginning in the anal region and extending to the tip is marked by very fine transverse striations close together. The anus is situated 120 to 150 » from the tip of the tail. The cuticle surrounding the anus is usually swollen so that a prominence appears at this point 25 to 35 win diameter and 5 to 8 high. The combined length of the muscular portions of the ovijectors (fig. 4, ovi7.), including the sphinc- ters, is 220 to 360 ». The maximum size of the eggs(from measure- ments of eggs observed in the ovijectors) is 85 « long by 65 » wide (fig. 4, e.). Host.—Ovis aries. Location.—Fourth stomach. Localities collected.—Colorado; Montana. Type-specimens.—Cat. No. 16083, U.S.N.M. (Bureau of Animal Industry Helminthological collection); collected July 30, 1911, at Wells’s ranch, Resolis, Colo., by B. H. Ransom from the fourth stomach of a sheep. REFERENCE. Ransom, B. H. 1911. The nematodes parasitic in the alimentary tract of cattle, sheep, and other ruminants. Bull. 127, Bureau Animal Ind., U. 8. Dep. Agr., Washington, 132 pp., figs. 1-152. INSTRUCTIONS FOR COLLECTING AND FIXING ROTIFERS IN BULK! By P. pr Breavcuanp, Préparateur & la Faculté des Sciences de Paris. A glance at the published zoological results of scientific expeditions is sufficient to show that rotifers are conspicuous by their rarity, if not by their total absence. This is accounted for by the small interest generally accorded these animals, as well as by the fact that investigators, even when devoting their attention exclusively to the fresh-water fauna, rarely procure material in such condition as to be of any use for systematic work. Rotifers are very delicate and contractile, and in collections preserved in bulk in alcohol or formalin they become as a rule unrecognizable, with the exception of those species which have the body incased in a chitinous shell or lorica; in some cases this is sufficient for specific determination. In the case of the genera Anurea and Brachionus this has become a positive misfortune, as it has resulted in an absolutely unjustifiable multiplication of species based on the excessively variable spiny pro- longations of the lorica. It may be objected that this void is of small importance, as it is generally conceded that rotifers are distributed with almost abso- lute uniformity all over the world.? But it is equally well known that there is a host of rare and local forms, often of the greatest interest to the morphologist, which can be discovered only by care- ful exploration. Asan example, it is sufficient to mention the famous genus Trochosphzra, which although widely distributed appears to be confined to subtropical latitudes. Furthermore underlying this appa- rent uniformity there is a multitude of problems relating to the means whereby it is established and maintained, and they can be solved only by an exact knowledge of the faunal development under varying conditions and in different environments. As specially important 1 Translated and adapted from Archives de zoologie expérimentale et générale, ser. 4, vol. 4, 1906, Notes et revue, pp. xxvii-xxxiii, by H. K. Harring, Bureau of Standards. 2 See on this subject: C. T. Hudson, Journ. Roy. Micr. Soc., 1891, p. 6; V. G. Thorpe, Journ. Roy. Micr. Soc., 1896, p. 485; H. S. Jennings, Bull. U. S. Fish Comm., vol. 19 (1899), 1900, p. 67. PROCEEDINGS U. S. NATIONAL Museum, VOL. 42—No, 1893. 181 182 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vou. 42. subjects for investigation may be mentioned lakes situated at great altitudes, isolated oceanic islands, unexplored and not yet colonized regions (man is probably one of the most active factors in this dis- persion), and brackish waters of varying degrees of salinity. The value of Iimnologic and hydrobiologic research in its relation to fish culture and hygiene is now universally admitted, quite apart from its theoretical interest, and every student of fresh-water biology knows that rotifers are frequently the predominant group, and always an important one, furnishing one of the most valuable char- acteristics. As an example may be cited Lauterborn’s recent work on the fauna of the Rhine, according to which a list of the rotifers from a certain body of water enables the specialist to decide whether it is pure and running, stagnant and full of vegetation, or polluted and putrid. But the determination of rotifers can not usually be made with certainty except from living or carefully prepared specimens, conditions demanding not only time and equipment usually not available on expeditions or limnologic campaigns, but an experience which few have the time to acquire. As the methods suitable for Crustacea and Planarians are useless here, I have, in order to overcome these difficulties, tried to discover, and I believe have found, a method which, without being as simple as placing the whole catch in alcohol, will allow any careful worker and especially a resident naturalist to prepare rotifers in bulk in such condition that they may be useful for subsequent study. The method now used exclusively for the preparation of rotifers as objects for the microscope is due to Rousselet;? it consists in, narcotizing the animals with a cocaine solution, followed by fixation with osmic acid and mounting in weak formalin solution. I have succeeded in reducing its application to animals in large quantities to an almost automatic process. The necessary reagents are: 1. Aconcentrated narcotizing solution (about three times as strong as Rousselet’s original formula): eee ee cg ae ae Ay sca ee Pore methyl alcohola<. . .-.ci--<- 524 soeup ise 2 aie centimeter.. 10 Distilled water. cic mbes c.oe.se sei ett. otigho clclepette WO2 8 ane DOnnpa4- 10 Instead of cocaine one may use the same amount of stovaine, or f-eucaine hydrochlorate. 2. A solution of osmic acid of 1 per cent strength, to which is added 1 per cent chloro-platinic acid, commonly known as platinic chlorid, sold either in the form of crystals or as a 10 per cent solu- tion. The latter is added to prevent reduction of the osmic acid, which in this way will keep almost indefinitely. 1 Arb, aus dem kais. Gesundheitsamte, Berlin, vol. 22, 1905, pp. 630-652. 2 Journ. Quekett Micr. Club, ser. 2, vol. 6, 1895, pp. a also Proc. 4th Int. Congr. Zool., Cambridges 1898 (published 1899), p. 197. no. 1893. DIRECTIONS FOR COLLECTING ROTIFERS—BEAUCHAMP. 188 Their use is, even though apparently complicated, in reality quite simple. It is necessary to distinguish, both in collecting and subse- quent fixation, two classes of rotifers—the purely pelagic forms, which swim without ever anchoring themselves and belong to the true plankton, and the forms which are not good swimmers, but move about among detritus and aquatic vegetation in search of sustenance, not traveling far, and frequently fixing themselves by the toes. We will treat them separately. The plankton of smaller bodies of water, ponds, pools, ditches, ete. (Heleoplankton”’ of Zacharias), is periodic, appearing and disap- pearing in a few days or a couple of weeks. The rotifers in such places generally have two periods of especial abundance, one in the spring, the other in the autumn. April-May and September-October are for the neighborhood of Washington the best times to collect these animals. This is also the time for the appearance of the males. For their capture a small net of what is known as “‘china silk”’ is very suitable. The lower end of the net should be tied around the neck of a wide-mouthed bottle. In this way the surplus water is filtered off; and the animals remain in the bottle in a small quantity of water, which is poured into a suitable bottle for transportation. If procur- able, an aluminum tube, closed at the bottom, is preferable to the wide-mouthed bottle for use with the net, as it does not break on accidental contact with stones or other hard objects. No stagnant pool should be neglected, no matter how small or apparently impure. A number of species accommodate themselves to these conditions. Water with abundant organic matter, as, for instance, farm-yard ponds, is the favorite resort of certain species like Hydatina senta, in fact, wherever microscopic alge are abundant. The plankton of swamps, lakes, and rivers may be collected by the usual methods, although the apparatus can be much simpler. This applies also to marine rotifers occasionally found in great abundance in littoral plankton. The fixation of the collected material may without detriment be deferred a few hours, according to convenience. By the aid of a strong magnifier it is ascertained whether the rotifers are present in sufficient numbers to warrant the treatment. It is well to concen- trate the animals in the smallest possible quantity of water, as the reagents are rather expensive. This is accomplished quite easily by exposing the collection in a glass jar to a one-sided illumination for half an hour. The rotifers soon assemble in a small, whitish cloud, easily visible to the naked eye, on the illuminated side, near the sur- face, and with a pipette they are transferred to a tube of 2 to 10 cubic centimeters capacity for fixation. The narcotizing operation consists in adding to this tube solution No. 1 in small portions, mixing well each time. The animals at first 1If apothecaries’ measure is used, it may be noted that 1 ee. equals } fluid dram. 184 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. VoL, 42. suspended in the water gradually sink and finally fall to the bottom, leaving the liquid clear; a sign that their cilia have ceased to move. At this moment they should be fixed, in order to retain theirform; if killed before completely narcotized, they willcontract. The doses and time intervals are: Every five minutes add from 1 to 3 drops of the cocaine solution for each cubic centimeter of water in the tube. After repeating this three times the narcotizing is usually finished. To acquire practice, it is advisable to go through the operation two or three times with a microscope at hand. Other animals, mainly Entomostraca, that may be present do not suffer at all from the narcotization, as they are also affected by the cocaine and sink to the bottom about the same time. For fixation add to the tube 1 drop of the osmic acid mixture for each cubic centimeter of its contents and mix*rapidly. This amount should not be exceeded or the animals will be strongly blackened. When they have settled to the bottom of the tube, in 5 or 10 minutes at the most, the liquid is carefully decanted and the tube refilled with water. This is repeated two or three times in a few hours at intervals according to convenience, finally filling the tube with formalin solution, 1 part commercial formalin (40 per cent formaldehyde) to 9 parts distilled water. For transporta- tion it. is well to use quite a smalltube. A slip of paper with neces- sary data should be inclosed in each. To obtain the nonpelagic forms, aquatic plants (not temporarily submerged plants), especially such as have finely divided leaves, Batrachium, Myriophyllum, Ceratophyllum, and also floating plants, as Lemna, Riccia, etc., should be brought home in a jar or tin can. They should then be put into a glass jar with sufficient water to cover them and left standing for two or three hours. All the animals gradually come to the surface and collect on the illuminated side. Direct sunlight should be avoided, as it liberates oxygen from the plants and it is the lack of this that drives them to the surface. Quite an extensive fauna is to be found in mosses, Sphagnum, etc., and as the only treatment necessary for this is simply to pick a few handfuls of it and allow it to dry naturally, it is one of the easiest to obtain. It should be collected from both wet and dry places The Bdelloida are equally at home in both, and if Hepatics, such as Jungermannia, Frullania, and others can be obtained, so much the better. The surface layer of mud in dried-up pools should be scraped off, well dried, but not heated, and finally stored in paper bags, if possible sterilized, which, when once closed, should not again be opened until arrival at the point of destination in order to avoid contamination. The samples should be guarded against too high temperature, laboratory fumes, etc., which are usually the reasons why the animals fail to revive. 1 | 3 ee see : : No. 1893. DIRECTIONS FOR COLLECTING ROTIFERS—BEAUCHAMP. 185 This method is useful not only for rotifers, but most of the accom- panying forms, Oligochetes, Planarians, Entomostraca, and even the smaller Nematodes, are obtained in good condition, as well as the majority of Infusoria, unicellular Algw, and Flagellates. If Protozoa are the main object, the narcotization may be dispensed with, as it is injurious to certain delicate species. Finally, it may be added that the method of Rousselet, that is, narcotization, followed by fixation with dilute osmic acid, and final mounting in weak formalin, is the only known method for the preservation of all the small trans- parent, vacuolate animals—in other words, the great majority of pelagic forms, marine as well as fresh water. It yields results not attainable by any other method. The usual dehydrating and clearing agents ruin nearly all these delicatc animals. *K x * * x * * The United States National Museum will be glad to receive material preserved in this manner and will arrange for its determination. MARINE AND TERRESTRIAL ISOPODS FROM JAMAICA. By Harrier Ricnarpson, Collaborator, Division of Marine Invertebrates, United States National Museum. MARINE ISOPODS. While working in the Johns Hopkins laboratory at Montego Bay, Jamaica, in 1910, Dr. C. B. Wilson and Dr. E. A. Andrews collected a large number of isopods for the United States National Museum. A list of the species is herein given with notes on the variation of Ezocorallana tricornis (Hansen) and Exocorallana quadricornis (Han- sen). The notes on the color markings were furnished by Doctor Wilson. oy 33 THIN Ty: we BN Yay Ey ans Wow ays ; xy 25 oo Say sh wk S ; . S 5 Se SY x, Y x a ~} NY ~ ~ YY WS x + y * aS es “SD ~ Wy Ay Spee SS 333 ¥ x 3, LEPIDOTRIGLA KISHINOUYI. (Pace 434.) FROM THE TYPE. U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM PROCEEDINGS, VOL. 42 PL. 57 1. DACTYLOPTENA GILBERTI. (PAGE 435.) FROM THE TYPE. PS er ee el Tae iS 3 Lek sh ee — 2. PODOTHECUS xYZTES. (PAGE 437.) FROM THE TYPE. U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM PROCEEDINGS, VOL. 42 PL. 58 1. HIPPOGLOSSOIDES KATAKURZ. (PAGE 439.) FROM THE TYPE. 2. LEPIDOPSETTA MOCHIGAREI. (PAGE 440.) FROM THE TYPE. U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM PROCEEDINGS, VOL. 42 PL. 59 1. GLYPTOCEPHALUS SASZ. (PAGE 440.) FROM THE TYPE. 2. DORYPTENA TANEGASIMAZ. (PAGE 442.) FROM THE TYPE. 3. ZONOGOBIUS BOREUS. (PAGE 442.) FROM THE TYPE. PROCEEDINGS, VOL. 42 PL. 60 U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM (Pace 444.) 1. CLARIGER EXILIS. (Pace 445.) FROM THE TYPE. 2. INU KOMA. (PAGE 445.) FROM THE TYPE. 3. INU AMA. PROCEEDINGS, VOL. 42 PL. 61 U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM 4. EXPEDIO PARVULUS. (PAGE 445.) FROM THE TYPE. 2. DRACULO MIRABILIS. (PAGE 447.) Ain. 3, ALTICUS MARGARITARIUS. (PAGE 448.) FROM THE TYPE. NOTES ON AFRICAN ORTHOPTERA OF THE FAMILIES MANTIDA AND PHASMID IN THE UNITED STATES NATIONAL MUSEUM, WITH DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES. By James A. G. Reun, Of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. The following paper is based on a portion of a series of African Orthoptera turned over to me for study several years ago by the late Dr. W. H. Ashmead, assistant curator of insects in the United States National Museum. My delay in bringing out this report has not been without its advantages, as the Berlin Museum recently placed in my hands for study its entire unworked series of material of the present families from central Africa, thus enabling me to secure a much more satisfactory knowledge of the subject. At a later date it is my intent to bring together all the records which I have published relating to the series from Liberia and Luebo, Kongo, regions of the greatest interest faunistically, but for the present it seems best to make this report cover all the African mate- rial in the United States National Museum collection belonging to the two groups here considered. For the opportunity to study this collection my thanks are due the authorities of the National Museum. Family MANTID/2. Subfamily ORTHODERIN 4. Genus THEOPOMPA Stal. THEOPOMPA NEBULOSA Bolivar. 1908. Theopompa nebulosa Borivar, Mem. R. Soc. Espaf. Hist. Nat.,vol. 1, p. 458, pl. 11, fig. 2. [Kamerun.] Luebo, Kongo. (D. W. Snyder.) One female. This specimen fully agrees with the original description except for the subconfluent character of the two proximal blackish macula- tions on the internal face of the cephalic femora, the sulcus alone dividing them. The range of the species is considerably extended by this record. PROCEEDINGS U S. NATIONAL Museum, VOL. 42—No. 1910. 451 . ! 452 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. ' von. 42. Genus TARACHODES Burmeister. TARACHODES WERNERI, new name. 1907. Tarachodes perloides WeRNER, Sitzungsb. k. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.- nat. K1., vol. 116, Abth. 1, pp. 192, 208, pl. 3, figs. 1-2. [Southwest Africa.] (Not of Burmeister, 1838.) Loanda, Angola. One male. It is evident on comparing the original description of Tarachodes perloides Burmeister 1 with Werner’s key for the species of the genus — and notes on perloides as recognized by him, that the latter is in error in the association of his specimens. Burmeister states dis- tinctly, “‘ventre rufescente, segmentis 2-punctatis,”’ while Werner in his key gives as one of the diagnostic characters of perloides ‘abdomen subtus immaculatum.” It is quite probable that true perloides is the same as either sancta Saussure or maura Stal, both of which have the abdominal segments bimaculate ventrad. With the material available at the present time we can not say which of these names should be replaced by the older perloides. Under any circumstance perloides of Werner is not perloides of Burmeister, and a new name is required for the former. I take pleasure in dedicating the species to the author of the very valuable paper in which its. characters were described and the species figured. TARACHODES DIVES (Saussure). 1869. Ch[iropus] dives Saussure, Mitth. Schw. Ent. Ges., vol. 3, p. 61. [Ben- guella.] Loanda, Angola. (H.Chatelain.) One female. Mossamedes district, Angola. One femalenymph. [Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila.]. From this material it is apparent that Werner? was mistaken in referring the female specimen of this species from Benguella described by Saussure* to T. perloides Burmeister as recognized by him.‘ The specimens before me fully agree with Saussure’s original description and figure and differ from Werner’s figure in the more elongate pronotum, which is slightly constricted caudad. The ce- phalic margin of the pronotum is also more arcuate, the lateral angles less decided, and the caudal margin more decidedly truncate mesad. The width of the head in proportion to that of the prono- tum is considerably greater in the female of dives than in Werner’s figure of the same sex of perloides (=wernerd). 1Handb. d. Entom., vol. 2, Abth. 2, pt. 1, p. 529. [Cape of Good Hope.] 2Sitzungsb. k. Akad. Wiss. Wien., Math.-nat. K1., vol. 116, 1907, Abth. 1, pp. 202 and 210. 3Mélanges Orthoptérologiques, vol. 3, 1870, p. 164, pl. 4, figs. 1, 1a. 4See 7. werneri, p. 452. C—O no. 1910. NOTES ON AFRICAN ORTHOPTERA—REHN, 453 TARACHODES PILOSIPES, new species. Type.—Male; Luebo, Kongo. (D.W. Snyder.) ([Cat. No. 14602, U.S.N.M.] Closely allied to 7. dissimulator Wood-Mason! from Kamerun, agreeing in general proportions and form, in the pale proximal area on the tegmina and in the pilosity of certain portions of the body, but differing in the arcuate instead of truncate vertex, in the nondenticulate cephalic cox, in the almost complete absence of black from the internal faces of the cephalic cox and femora, in the absence of blackish puncta caudad on the prosternum and also of a distinct maculation on the metasternum and in the less clearly defined proximal and completely absent distal pale areas on the tegmina. Size rather large; form subdepressed; limbs and ven- tral surface pilose, this strongly marked on the median and caudal limbs. Head with the greatest depth con- tained about one and one-fifth times in the greatest width; face slightly concave; occiput moderately but Wear distinctly arcuate, the juxta- SSS R Pe ocular sulci well impressed; SE EN eel ; Oo a ae ocelli moderately large, placed eee Reece SAU . . . . . s S DP Any ina triangle; facialshield with HONS eee - phi . SF OA the greatest depth contained LEST ee HARE : : : TI OA one and two-thirds times in EES, DME . QA XtkR SAP ht the greatest width, dorsal ER margin subtruncate mesad, WY KORE prea . . Y ‘ slightly oblique subtruncate ay laterad, lateral margins sub- RON . Yh parallel, ventral margin RN slightly arcuato-emarginate, Cy ‘ > surface of shield smooth; an- FIG. 1.—TARACHODES PILOSIPES. DORSAL VIEW OF tenne simple; eyes not pro- Farts Paeee jecting, their outline rounding into that of the head. Pronotum with the greatest dorsal (supra-coxal) width contained slightly less than twice in the length, the width at the cephalo-lateral angles very slightly less than that of the supra-coxal region, that at the caudo-lateral angles not more than four-fifths that of the widest portion; cephalie margin strongly arcuate, slightly sinuate laterad, with a slight median truncation, cephalo-lateral angles distinctly produced, angulate, lat- eral margins slightly pilose, bi-undulate, narrower caudad of the coxal insertion than cephalad of the same, caudo-lateral angles rounded, caudal margin rather broadly truncate mesad, obliquely truncate laterad ; surface of disk multimpressed, a more or less distinct medio- 1 Journ. Asiatic Soc. Bengal, vol. 51, pt. 2, p. 23. 454 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vou, 42. longitudinal shallow sulcus present, a well-marked transverse sulcus present at the cephalic third and subobsolete mesad, caudal third with a q-shaped area depressed below the level of the median section, a shallow transverse depression is present at the cephalic sixth, oblique paired depressions located meso-laterad and a transverse narrow rounded elevation borders the caudal margin. Tegmina decidedly exceeding the apex of the abdomen, the length slightly greater than three times that of the pronotum, broad, the greatest width contained about three and one-half times in the length of the same, hyaline; costal margin well arcuate proximad and distad, straight for the remainder of its length; sutural margin for the greater portion of its length subparallel to the straight section of the costal margin; apical margin oblique arcuato-truncate, the immediate apex costal in position and well rounded. Wings about five-sixths the length of the tegmina, the greatest width contained about twice in the length, apex rotundato-rectangulate. Supra-anal plate transverse subtrigonal, the apex rather deeply rotundato-emarginate; cerci dis- tinctly surpassing the apex of the subgenital plate, depressed, slightly tapering, moniliform; subgenital plate very ample, lateral margins mod- erately converging caudad, apical margin trun- cate, styles short, simple, free. Cephalic coxe v1. 2.—Taracnoprs vp. WO-thirds the length of the pronotum, robust, Losirrs. VENTRALVIEW unarmed; cephalic femora hardly shorter than CEPHALG LIMB. (C1, tHe pronotum, compressed, the dorsal portion strongly so, the greatest depth of the femur con- tained two and one-third times in the length of the same, dorsal margin slightly arcuate proximad, straight distad, external face broad, deplanate, with a median raised distal ridge, ventro-external margin with five short teeth, one of which is on the genicular lobe, ventro-inter- nal margin with twelve to thirteen small teeth of two, usually alternat- ing, sizes, discoidal spines four in number, placed well proximad and with the proximal one very small, the others short and robust; cephalic tibize (exclusive of apical claw) equal to slightly more than two-thirds of the femoral length, armed on the external margin with thirteen to fifteen spines, on the internal margin with fourteen spines, both series with the spines gradually increasing in length distad; cephalic tarsi subequal to the tibize in length, compressed, the metatarsi sub- lamellate disto-dorsad. Median and caudal limbs rather short, the former very robust with the femora greatly compressed, the caudal femora equal to about three-fourths of the pronotal length and the median pair slightly shorter than the caudal ones. General color buff, much of the dorsum of the pronotum washed with vinaceous-buff; the dorsal surface of head, pronotum, external face No. 1910. NOTES ON AFRICAN ORTUOPTERA—REHN, 455 of the caudal limbs and most of the median and caudal limbs more or less thickly and distinctly punctulate with vandyke brown. Tegmina hyaline, proximal portion subopaque cream-buff, obliquely delimited, embracing the concolorous stigma and all of the marginal field; veins cream-buff, the longitudinal ones with regularly placed sections of brown, varying from vandyke to seal brown, which at the intersections of cross-veins color the latter to or nearly as far as the spurious veins, the latter seal brown. Wings milky hyaline, slightly buffy along the costal margin, principal veins cream-buff, the principal veins of the discoidal field marked as on the tegmina, but in a weaker, more irregular fashion. Cephalic cox pale rose purple on the internal face, proximal extremity narrowly dark brown, the distal margin of the general color, preceded by a small brownish spot; cephalic femora weakly lined with brownish on the median keel of the internal face. Tarsi with the joints tipped with dark brown, the metasterni with three to four maculations of the same. Prosternum solidly blackish except for a short caudal unmarked section of the general color; mesosternum and metasternum non-maculate. Measurements. NURI RE TREES gee Oe tia Minh ens ce ow ey Oey Bedi UR ena PPTURI IED 3 toe ee es Se ge Ue IG oie nin ni ca «'g x's gat an RMT WREIURN GE TMOUUOUIE nw aad da Aaa stoi bicls Su tere Ste pic a= Ps evidee weesrdew sae Reapreneeda eessIenie ote ake Ape thes Pe Pe fe A SeeepOR usuaver Lerriets (ohis 2h ARN aL bee EE 2g lading ernie OL COTA NTI 8 nes Soe Pesce cme ok so web ad owcwantigecndedin The type of this beautiful species is unique. eo co porao ds onounoe® Genus GALEPSUS Stal. GALEPSUS CONGICUS, new species. Type.—Male, Luebo, Kongo. (D. W. Snyder.) [Cat. No. 14603, U.S.N.M.] Allied to G@. lenticularis (Saussure), G. capitatus (Saussure), and G. meridionalis form intermedius Werner from South and East Africa, but differing from both the latter in the distinctly narrower and proportionately much deeper head, in the somewhat more arcuate vertex and more rounded eyes. From G. lenticularis, which is apparently its closest ally, it can be separated by the absence of distinct protuberances on the vertex and by the less arcuate charac- ter of the same. The form of the head in this species is quite dis- tinctive, being distinctly narrower than deep. Size rather small; form slender and elongate, slightly depressed; surface smooth. Head slightly but distinctly deeper than wide, as is usual in the genus, flexed so that its axis is horizontal, the exposed dorsal portion of the occiput gently rounded with a pair of impressed 456 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vou. 42. juxta-ocular arcuate sulci paralleling the eyes; occipital line undulate arcuato-truncate between the sulci, subarcuate laterad; ocelli placed in a triangle, the ventral ocellus larger than the paired ones; facial shield with the greatest (median) depth about two-thirds the greatest (ventral) width, the dorsal margin gently arcuate, ventral margin moderately arcuato-emarginate, lateral margins slightly diverging ventrad, surface smooth; eyes little prominent, rotundato-obtuse cephalo-laterad, gently arcuate laterad, the greatest width of the eyes contained about one and one-half times in their length; antenne simple. Pronotum elongate rectangu- late, the greatest (supra-coxal) width contained two and one-half times in the greatest length; cephalic margin well arcuate, slightly flattened mesad, cephalo-lateral angles well rounded; lateral margins cephalad of the coxal FIG. 3.—GALEP- . 2 : susconarcus. IMsertion subequal to the supra-coxal width, caudad of OUTLINE OF the same distinctly but not greatly narrowed, caudal HEAD. (X 4.) ; : margin arcuate laterad, truncate mesad; disk of the pro- notum with the faintest possible medio-longitudinal sulcus cephalad, an equally faint median carina near the caudal extremity; transverse sulcus at the cephalic third, strongly U-shaped, the arms of the sulca- tion sightly sinuate and slightly converging cephalad; margins entire. - Tegmina with the greatest length about two and one-half times that of _ the pronotum, slightly surpassing the apex of the abdomen, apex nar- rowly rotundate. Wings with the costal margin nearly straight, apex rotundato-rectangulate. Supra-anal plate transverse trigonal, angle broadly obtuse, median carina present; cerci depressed, sublamellate, surpassing the subgenital plate, apex missing, proximal joints broader than long; subgeni- tal plate broad, proximad, lateral marginsstrongly converg- ing caudad, caudal margin very narrow, truncate, styles very short, free. Cephalic coxee equal in length to about three-fifths of the pronotal length, unarmed on the margins; cephalic femora equal to four-fifths of the pronotal length, moderately compressed, dorsal margin subarcuate prox- ““.,°— oe imad, straight distad, ventro-lateral margin with five — «icus. Dor- spines, decreasing in length distad, the distal one on the Sy aewanp genicular lobe, ventro-internal margin with 13 spines, Pronorum. more or less alternating in length, discoidal spines 4 in “ *? number; cephalic tibiz (without apical claw) about two-thirds the length of the femora, external margin armed with 10 to 11 spines, internal margin armed with 11 spines increasing in length distad; cephalic metatarsi equal to four-fifths of the tibial length, remainder of the tarsi very slightly shorter than the metatarsi. Median limbs quite short, the femora not more than three-fifths of the pronotal length. Caudal limbs longer than the median ones, the femora but slightly shorter than the pronotum. -_-No, 1910. NOTES ON AFRICAN ORTHOPTERA—REHN. 457 General color cinnamon; eyes seal brown; antenne ochraceous; pronotum clouded with chocolate and with a fine medio-longitudinal line of the same. Prosternum seal brown mesad for the greater portion of its length. Tegmina and wings very faintly infumate, the veins lined with russet and prout’s brown. ; Measurements. mim. ICU GR SIRMD nhad tahietatra ek Gin Win ee Cm Sasa hem wk A ALP a PR edie chasis om it eS YOO eeruciis OE, PON GLULEL 24 an a whe odes wees 20 mck Sb ke oa tase ete.S Wem d's 2 n'a e a'ne Sees 7.0 Seerieaty wack Of DrMAONL fo- 1k whee dam sea wie eed. ereseei eee 2.8 BRT RUM ORINON ey a oa eta lS ie ed aed ena abe Peake S n 19.2 rte OOCODOSIC TONNE. ova cancb oa ohn dada dipas ash aees Ace saps weln tngiee 5.2 The type is unique. Subfamily MANTIN 4“. Genus HAPALOMANTIS Stal. HAPALOMANTIS RHOMBOCHIR (Werner). 1908. Entella rhombochir WERNER, Ber. Senck. Naturf. Ges., p. 48, pl. 3, fig. 6. [No locality.] Loanda, Angola. One female. This specimen agrees with individuals from Kamerun. Genus STENOPYGA Karsch. STENOPYGA EXTERA Karsch. 1892. Stenopyga extera Karscu, Ent. Nach., vol. 18, p.146. [Barombi station on Elephant Lake, Kamerun. |] Mount Coffee, Liberia. March, 1897. (R.P. Currie.) One male. This specimen is inseparable from a Kamerun individual. The range of this species is by this record continued northward along the coast, as the Gold Coast was the previous northern point for the form. Genus TENODERA Burmeister. TENODERA SUPERSTITIOSA (Fabricius). 1781. [Mantis] superstitiosa Fasrictus, Spec. Ins., vol. 1, p. 348. [quinoctial Africa.] Loanda, Angola. (H. Chatelain.) One female. Luebo, Kongo. (D. W. Snyder.) One female. The measurements of these specimens are as follows: | Luebo. | Loando. | Mm. Mm. METEOR BODY as ace «ok Or gtk UR LER UY ee AR ee ke ee 92.0 95.0 PITORtAsE WIM UI OP HEAL Jose 8 fon sh, Mei ieed beet Lene cek old Ek gon vatee cece ee 7.0 8.0 Pes OF PRONOL I ceees eee es Cte Oe. eh ees ae 37.0 39.0 RCH DW LLIN OR PRONOUN weet oe ne ER CL yu ee odes su ct we ce wane oe tawecneeeteeens 5.5 5.6 Sper Gr ONCOPSOGEs LSU eRES o> CRT icon oe Sheet nace Men bus do O eek se nde tebina ve wage 61.0 63+ SMCLESD WAGON OF APINGl a sus mali cate need ken sae dveha mee oh acawecer hades coateds an 8.5 9.6 BReRebrt OL GSO DANG TOMMY. sn ife sso = oe eas ee eae ie Pe ee os oth eed 21.0 22.0 Bene oOl GINGA TOMY caw at cn ws cuUdtony cOnGatwan wddcknvueuse sas dectnebuatemanwesar 33.5 34.5 The previous exact West African records for this species are Mukin- bunga, Lower Kongo, Bibunde and Mapanja, Kamerun (Sjéstedt) and Bissau, Portuguese Guinea (Griffini). 458 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vou. 42. Genus POLYSPILOTA Burmeister. POLYSPILOTA VALIDISSIMA Gerstaecker. 1883. Polysp[ilota] validissima GERSTAECKER, Mitth. Naturw. Ver. Neu-Vor- pomm., vol. 14, p. 89. [Aburi, Gold Coast.] Mount Coffee, Liberia. (G. P. Goll.) One male. Clay Ashland, Liberia. (Mrs. J. E. D. Sharp.) One female. The specimens of this striking species agree well with the original description and vary in dimensions but a millimeter or so from the type measurements. The range of the species is extended north- westward from the Gold Coast by these records, while the most southern point from which the species is known is the Gaboon country (Westwood). The female specimen shows that there is some variation in the coloring of the internal face of the cephalic coxe, these parts being dark brown as in the male, while in the type female they were described as blackish. POLYSPILOTA CALABARICA Westwood. 1889. Polyspilota calabarica Westwoop, Rev. Mantid., p. 35, pl. 11, fig. 2. [Old Calabar.] Mount Coffee, Liberia. (G. P. Goll.) One male. This individual agrees quite well with the original description and figure except that the transverse costal tegminal bars are more regularly spaced, much as in males of P. validissima. The size is slightly less than that of the type, but this is apparently nothing more than individual variation. It is quite difficult to understand why Werner! synonymized Miomantis armicollis Karsch with this species. One of the characters of this species, mentioned by the original describer, is the unarmed condition of the basal portion of the pronotum, while armicollis, based on the same sex (male) as calabarica, has the margins of the shaft with strong teeth. The range of calabarica is considerably extended to the northwest by the Mount Coffee record, the southern limit as far as at present known being the Kamerun. POLYSPILOTA VARIEGATA (Olivier). 1792. Mantis variegata OurviER, Encycl. Meth., Ins., vol. 7, p. 638. [Angola.] Mount Coffee, Liberia. February—April, 1897, and 1897 without month. (R. P. Currie and G. P. Goll.) Six males, fifteen females, one immature male. Luebo, Kongo. (D. W. Snyder.) One male, three females. Of the Mount Coffee series of this widespread and polymorphic species four males belong to the color form pustulata, two males and 1 Ber. Senck. Naturf. Ges., 1908, p. 36. yo,,1910. NOTES ON AFRICAN ORTHOPTERA—REHN. 459 eleven females to the form striata, and four females to the form viridis.! Of the Luebo specimens the male belongs to the pustulata form and the three females to the striata type. As measurements of the above series may prove of service in studying the amount of geographic and individual variation in size in this species, I append a table of the dimensions. Greatest Length Length | Width | Lensth | width of phe ~g of body. | of head. notoin. — men. — MALES. mm mm. mm. mm. mm. | ™m PRYOR Sure, MONI Stft0le «2 sok Sw tos ocjonfocrsonakes 7.0 17.5 5.0 44.5 | 13.2 ino7, Worm pusttlata.......<-\ ..-.c cpp eembvanenavinait eeeea ae au cake ny 9.0 10.0 PeeCUOn CRUGAL TOIT Ss bofpn.so cs nein ons cice bv nle's'depinic od atu Ra Reminded ecip Abels wh ae 10.7 12.0 I have before me a female paratype, which fully agrees with the type in all important characters, allowing, of course, for sexual differ- entiation in proportions. A few notes, however, may not be amiss. 464 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vou. 42. Form less elongate than in the male. Ocelli very small; facial shield with median truncate portion of the dorsal margin broader than in the male. Pronotum with the proportions the same. Abdo- men with very small but distinct median lobes on the dorso-caudal margins of the segments, all segments multilineate; supra-anal plate similar to that of the male in form but more tectate. Color more uniform prout’s brown, washed with ashy brown ceph- alad, with almost no clear ecru drab areas; pronotum without any portions of clear prout’s brown; cephalic femora without dark areas on the internal faces; abdomen nearly uniform prout’s brown. Genus CALIDOMANTIS Rehn. CALIDOMANTIS HOSIA,! new species. Type.—Female; Luebo,Kongo. (D.W.Snyder.) [Cat. No. 14606, U.S.N.M]. - Allied to C. biitinert Giglio-Tos,? from western, central, and southern Africa, but differing in the rotundato-subconoid eyes and the shorter tegmina and wings. It is also related to minuta Giglio-Tos, from the Cape of Good Hope, but it can readily be separated by the greater size of the body and the granulate pronotum. Size rather small; form moderately elongate. Head large, the greatest width nearly twice the greatest width of the pronotum, the ereatest depth of the head contained one and one-half times in the createst width of the same; occipital outline arcuato-truncate between the juxta-ocular sulci, the portion between the sulci and the eyes distinctly arcuate declivent; ocelli small, placed in an arcuate line; facial shield strongly transverse, the greatest depth contained over three times in the width, dorsal margin narrowly truncate mesad, moderately arcuato-emarginate laterad, lateral margins arcuate, ven- tral margin subtruncate; antenne simple, equal to four-fifths the length of the pronotum; eyes moderately prominent, broadly rotun- dato-rectangulate dorso-laterad when viewed from the front, the angle equally rounded when seen from above. Pronotum with the greatest (supra-coxal) width contained about three and one-half times in the length of the same, the collar much broader than the shaft and but little narrower than the supra-coxal expansion; cephalic mar- gin strongly rounded with a slight median truncation, lateral mar- gins of collar subparallel, gently expanding to the arcuate but not strongly marked supra-coxal lobes; shaft moderately and broadly narrowed, slightly expanding cephalad and caudad; caudal margin broadly truncate mesad, strongly arcuate laterad, entire lateral mar- gins denticulate; a medio-longitudinal sulcus present for a distance 1 ‘Ooca—signifying pious, devout. 2 Bull. Soc. Ent. Ital., vol. 41, 1911, p. 181. My ‘ no. 1910. NOTES ON AFRICAN ORTHOPTERA—REHN, 465 cephalad and caudad of the transverse sulcus, which latter is well impressed; collar with a fairly complete elliptical carinate figure, which touches the transverse sulcus caudad; surface of the entire pronotum acute tuberculate. Tegmina slightly more than one and one-third times the length of the pronotum, elongate-ovate, subhya- line proximad in the sutural section, remainder opaque; costal margin broadly arcuate, slightly flattened mesad, sutural margin moderately arcuate, apex rotundato-rectangulate; costal veins numerous, stigma small, linear, placed slightly proximad of the middle. Wings about equal in length to the combined length of the head and pronotum, opaque; costal margin straight in the proximal two-thirds, strongly arcuate in the distal third, the immediate apex rounded acute- angulate, sinus distinct and mod- erately deep. Apex of abdomen missing. Cephalic coxx distinctly compressed; dorsal margin with 5 to 6 teeth, between which are in- tercalated one or more smaller den- ticles; ventral face thickly denticu- late, the denticulations adpressed ; external margins finely denticulate ; internal face of the coxee with a few tubercles: cephalic femora slightly shorter than the pronotum, the greatest depth of the femora con- tained four times in the length of the same; dorsal femoral margin straight, finely crenulato-denticu- late; external margin with 5 spines, of which the distal is very small and placed on the genicular lobe; internal margin with 14 spines, the distal one on the genicular lobe and F!4-7.—CaLipoMantTis HosIA. DORSAL VIEW OF a . « TYPE. (X 2.) the formule reading proximad being tlirlilirlilt; discoidal spines 4 in number: cephalic tibix, exclu- sive of apical claw, slightly less than half of the femoral length, armed on the external margin with 7 spines placed on the median and distal portions, internal margins with 11 spines increasing in size distad: cephalic tarsi slightly longer than the tibie, exclu- sive of claw, the metatarsi slightly more than half of the entire tarsal length. Median and caudal limbs moderately slender; median femora nearly three-fourths the length of the pronotum; median tibie slightly shorter than the femora; caudal femora but slightly shorter than the pronotum; caudal tibie slightly exceeding the femora in length. 20441°—Proc.N.M.vol.42—12——30 466 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. VoL. 42. General color wax yellow, becoming gamboge yellow on the teg- mina and wings, head inclined toward buff; eyes clay color; cephalic coxe non-maculate; cephalic femora with three points of seal brown on the internal face, one decidedly proximal, one larger one imme- diately distad of the unguinal groove and one smaller one imme- diately proximad of the same, larger spines on the internal margin of the caudal femora lined on the internal margin and spotted at the “internal base with seal brown, all the femoral and tibial spines tipped more or less broadly with the same color. Measurements. mm. Length of body (incomplete as apex of abdomen is missing).................... 25.0 Length of promot .:.).\<\1) ie apace to eine Peed a pea (a 11.0 Greatest. width: of pronotwmi. 3250.) ocemites oecto a ee es alk et ge oe ee ar 2.8 Lenetinr of Gemnien ee 55 5 5. Sk ees ahs tena tee eee eye ed a eal pen os ne 13.8 Greatest width oftermen 2.2) BF ns eee Wem omcre tetera aac samen aes me) 5.0 Length of cephalic fethurs-. 5). 5222225 oe oe eet RE Ca 9.5 eneth. of median femurs 242 2e eee on oi ee ek a a ae a a ee ae 8.0 Length of caudal femiur..: . (ga) 2)... «92.482 mes ty leer cubes aedienc at betes pls Abas 10.0 The type of this species is unique. Subfamily CRHOBOTRIN 24. Genus PANURGICA Karsch. PANURGICA LIBERIANA, new species. Type.—Male; Mount Coffee, Liberia. (G.P.Goll.) [Cat No. 14607, U.S.N.M.] Differing from P. duplex Karsch as figured by Werner‘ in having the cephalic spine shorter, the pronotum more elongate and decidedly oblique truncate lateral instead of subrectangulate and in the differ- ent shape of the lateral pronotal margin when seen from the side. Size medium; form as usual in this genus. Head with the greatest depth contained one and two-fifths times in the greatest width; occip- ital line with the portion between the sulci subtruncate, juxta-ocular lobes low, rotundato-rectangulate, the angle nearer the eye than the sulcus, subtrigonal when viewed from the side; cephalic spine trigo- nal, depressed, distal portion slightly curved dorsad, when viewed from the dorsum the apex of the spine not surpassing the ocelli; ocelli large, subcontiguous, placed in a flattened triangle; facial shield transverse, the greatest depth about one and one-half times in the greatest width, dorsal margin with a marked median arcuate emargination, which is flanked laterad by low trigonal tubercles, the margin obliquely declivent laterad, ventral margin broadly concave, lateral margins parallel, straight, surface of plate impressed with a pair of lateral carine converging ventrad; clypeus subproduced dorso- 1 Ber, Senck, Naturf. Ges., 1908, pl. 3, figs. 4a, 40. no. 1910. NOTES ON AFRICAN ORTHOPTERA—REHN, 467 mesad; antenne reaching nearly to the middle of the tegmina, moniliform; eyes strongly inflated, ovato-globose, the dorsal outline, when viewed from the lateral aspect, slightly oblique depressed. Pronotum of the usual type found in the genus, the area of greatest expansion contained about one and one-fifth times in the length; cephalic portion of margins narrowly rounded, thence laterad oblique emarginato-truncate to the portion of greatest width, caudad of this for a short distance truncate and slightly convergent, then strongly arcuato-truncate convergent to the narrowest portion, the caudal section of the pronotum with the margin broadly rounded, lateral margins serrulate; transverse sulcus strongly marked, placed very slightly before the middle, another transverse impression placed slightly caudad of the por- tion of least width; dorsal outline of the pronotum triar- cuate when seen from the side, the central portion of the sy. 5 — pay- collar strongly compressed, or rather pinched, dorsad; — vReica ume- re-entrant right angle of the lateral margins ventrad of the fy aes SAL OUTLINE supplementary transverse depression decided. Tegmina oF Pxono- very ample, nearly three and one-half times the com- (3) bined length of the head and pronotum, subhyaline; marginal field narrow, distinctly narrowed in the distal half; apex of tegmina rotundato-angulate. Wings similar in texture to the teg- mina and with their apices slightly surpassing those of the same. Abdomen with the proximal segments shallowly rotundato-lobate laterad, distal segments with their angles moderately acute-produced; supra-anal plate transverse, distal margin triarcuate, the median arcuation about twice as wide as the lateral ones; cerci subfusiform, moderately depressed, strongly hirsute; subgenital plate deplanate, moderately produced, distal margin rotundato-truncate, styles very short. Cephalic coxe subequal to the length of the ae! head and pronotum, slightly compressed; externa! mar- — gin serrulate, dorsal margin rather sparsely serrato- Fic. 9.—Panur- dentate, usually with smaller intercalated serrulations: latreat wae, cephalic femora slightly longer than the coxe, strongly LINE or Prono- Compressed, the dorsal portion sublamellate; dorsal one "re. femoral margin arcuato-truncate; ventro-lateral margin with five spines, four large, the distal one small and placed on the genicular lobe; ventro-internal margin armed with 13 spines of alternating size, the distal one of the smaller grade and placed on the genicular lobe; discoidal spines four in number: cephalic tibie slightly more than two-thirds the length of the femora, considerably arcuate ventrad in the distal section; armed on the external margin with 12 adpressed spines, increasing in length distad: internal margin armed with 11 spines, increasing in length distad: cephalic tarsi two-thirds the length of the femora, 468 PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL MUSEUM. vou. 42. metatarsi equal to half of the entire tarsal length. Median and caudal limbs with the femora lamellato-carinate on the ventro-caudal margin, this developing into a rotundato-trigonal pregenicular lobe; tibiz appreciably constricted before the apex. General color wood brown to russet, thickly washed, mottled and punctulate with mummy brown; tegmina and wings pale clay color, the former with a premedian touch of mummy brown, caused by infuscation along several contiguous veins, and a slight touch of the same at the distal third, the latter with the apices edged with mummy brown. Head with the face chiefly russet, the occiput and two more or less complete transverse lines, one at the level of the ocelli, the other at the upper line of the clypeus, mummy brown; antenne russet, becoming darker distad; eyes clove brown. Pronotum with the cephalic half of the lateral portions pale, mummy brown punctu- late, the remainder of the pronotum darkened, but similarly punc- tulate and clouded. Limbs more or less distinctly and more or less completely annulate with the two base colors, the dark areas broader than the pale areas, the latter on the cephalic limbs with dark punc- tulations; internal face of the cephalic coxe and femora nearly solid seal brown, the dorsal section of the latter with fasciz similar to those of the external face, the smaller spines on the ventro-internal margin pale, tipped with seal brown. Measurements. mm. Lenethilof, bodiyis ie 2) shih cin Ua ee ik Ua ie hk ee toval oe, oleae ee a ea Length of promotumi. 20s. j ie ie oa eek eee ho ik he ce ae 6.0 Greatest width. of pronotwunn oot) Cee Ue as oe ele 4.6 Length of tegmen . On Mar abaTer en oO eaten aos acne Ne CC es crc a 25.5 Length of cephalic femur. PIERRE re Far GRU IAN ON Re CRTC EOL Ue eee 8.3 Lenethiofinedian femur: 402 BUM See TR a Rs Se ee 6.2 Length of caudal femur. janes. ke Nos ese o 493 PUBQOOHIA cn nndacs ba easccwnws 9 igs no hot sees ee 492, 595 pterogianee . 2. ce dc acst eee 90 reticularis ............-.-..-.- 407 | Hemitripterus villosus ..............-------- 434 RR DIAS a ca ee So gordi e bene 492 | Hepatus dussumieri.................-..---+- 510 WIG CALS | con sk ens as uek awe 492 SIBUOMIOR SoG aos s Urcce cage kankGapaaen 510 Habrobracon johannseni. ........--------. 622, 623 GGveRi. 6a. i -cnc =o spennsetaeeeees 510 StAbils. ..<. 2 --hcueer esses 622 triontaqud, sec3ikud< cece. retwenwe 423,510 tetralophe .........----------- 623 | Heron, a revision of the subspecies of the Hadronotus fulviventris..............--..--- 2 BRON fis Aididetns ccbuawshtascentcetenauanan 529 Heemonchus contortus .........-------+-++-. 175 | Hetereleotris arenarius. .............-.--+- 441,513 Heemulon flavolineatum ...............--- 188, 189 Heterodontus japonicus. ...........-.----+-- 400 Heniochus acuminatus ...........-.-.------ 510 SP RORYOS I RE ER ih dade tor dhe 42 pia cyledis.. ....cnecccesessss PIPREICUS FORMS 1c neo ark a we cas cose sesntas 400 H ais ee dehaebaiad 429 Halichoeres opercularis. .............------ e007 | Sa eer ares Pay ast Sesenen peocilopterus........../002.0-202 421 | lagocephalus. .....-----+-+-- = IMIBBOIALOR ... S06 cee iee sk 421 octogrammus. .....-.----+++- 429 Halicmetus reticulatus............--.------- 208 | Otek. 2.0.2.0. cacnccccesesaes 429 SRE a5 cache ames scesans 209 | Hexanematichthys sundaicus............-.- 593 666 INDEX. Page. Page. Hippocampus cornatus.............-..------ 408 | Isopod, description of a new terrestrial, be- japonicus sess eee Meee seu 408 longing to the genus Cubaris from Panama. 477 mohnikei 2 oo. Cage Uae 408 | Isopod genus Cassidinidea from Mexico, de- ATIMACUIATIS! awe eee se 611 scription of a new species................. 107 Hippoglossoides dubius........---..-------- 439 | Isopod of the genus Cleantis from Japan, de- GlaSSOMON os NAS RAP 439 scription of a new species...........-...-- 27 Kkatakurse. Senet 439 | Isopods, marine and terrestrial, from Jamaica 187 HMirunGdovanikorensis- es jo se eejclereietele alsa ote 19 | Isopods, two new parasitic, belonging to the FISHIOP TELUS GY PUSH cis ei ase olaisteeieie yaterarela tae 416 genera Palegyge and Probopyrus from iHolacanthus'bishopis oe eee ance oe ne 422,510 Panama's 05 2s aos heen ea ie 521 lepidolepis! {uM oe aciteae sere 510) xobrychus) exilisss su {gees eae eeeey ae 537 Potteries 2s. Sie es 525 | Jamaica, marine and terrestrial isopods Holocentrus binotatus. 2.222 /00)227ieue 2. 496 Prom. Viele eee e peste eee eae eee eee 187 molanospilusse Gs eeosee seen. = 496" | Jaminea) bilirata jobs ence ae ee ace 263 punctatissimus. oo e42 2. 222-2222 496 | Japan, new cyclogasterid fishes from. .-....-..- 351 PUDONS iS ee eee 410, 496 new species of isopod of the genus samimara Ss) heey. Seay fed 410 Cleantisifrom/ 225. os aca eae ae 27 HMoplobrotula armata! 22 ye ee oe! se 450 shore fishes from, collected by the Hoplocorypha bispina..22 324.22 5222255 6 4e2 462 United States Bureau of Fisheries DOromMensist SA veMA yee ae ea 462 steamer Albatross expedition of ovitormuia jae ses eels 462 90S eet. i eae 399 perplexed ease Ses car 460 | Java, fishes from, collected by Owen Bryant Hoplostethus mediterraneus........-..------ 410 and ‘William)Palmer:: 5... 22 u eee 587 Hormosina;monile: 025.2228 Rese see 229 | Jordan, David Starr, Note on the generic Hough, Walter, Censers and incense of Mexico name Safole, re- and'CentralvAmerica: £22 Sse eee eee Se 109 placing Boulenger- Hyaleucerea agylloides. 2.2.52). 2) 22212 28 50 ina, for a genus of Hyloicusiadumbrata. 222225 282. eee 45 Kubhliid fishes. ...-.- 655 Hymenoepimecis soe iek es yo 149 and Charles William Hymenoptera, descriptions of new, No. 4...- 1 Metz, Descriptions (Ey Men OSyTeChHAS ose iece occ eee ne 149 of two new species Hyphantria penthetria.......-.. 022.0222... 56 of fishes from Hono- ityphorhamphus'sajori.ce aos 2e 409 lulu, Hawaii. ....-. 525 Hypocrisias berthuila : Se sel ee ste iste 54) \\-Jordanidiairaptoria..-0 25. 54s ye eee eee 410 MSOMAL cc Lec a Meee ee 53))| ols pulcherrimacc. ce. cosa see eee aeese 508 POUT a ae ia 54 | Kansas, A second meteoric find from Scott Ey posoter ehrysorrhoes.).... 54. nie 636 County ye a a ee 295 PaLorgyiee eee eke G38):|\ Kareius bicoloratus)¢ 252240 ease eee 440 Hypothereutes geometre..........-...------ 638 | Kelloggella cardinalis................-.------ 609 Efyssia nephrosticta sy .tt cen. eee eee see 59 SD eA ead ea a ee 609 (Ichneumon) Campoplex difformis.-.....-..-..- 634 | Kochia (Loxopteria) dispar.......--..-.----- 391 Tehneumon/confirmatus. 292.255. 0ee o--stes ee 645 lipviss sch eese se eeseee 392 Ichneumon-flies, descriptions of five new gen- Konosirus punctatus. 2.252320. tse= - mens 402 era and twenty-six new ERSTE se Re a AU Sere 655 SPeCies Of es sat HES NSS 139 | Lachnolaimus maximus.........-.-------- 188,190 descriptions of twenty-one Lactarius lactaritis: 2.22.62 ee eee 601 new genera and fifty- Hactophrys)tritropis: 2.2222 jos eeee eee ae 424 seven new species of ,.-.. 613))/|\"ampetraplaneri.. 000200 a see cee 400 Tchth yocamps! NOR. hoe ee saw anne Nets BOON) arn Oris: Peg isa SL ee oct ean een ea 412 Tdech this patulus: 22 --seaeserehaen semen a 639 | Laphygma nigrescens............----------- 63 Tlisha elongata......-....--.--+-----+---+---- ool: Miia tilus japonicus: ee sees 2 eee eae 417,513 IN GICR ER: Se oe Sek ee tag al ere 591 FAT ee SA ST a Se 417 Incense and censers of Mexico and Central Tielodon patooa! iii 2) ienenes plaster 611 ae peecadamiomidattaena sy ate i Leiognathus argentium.............--------- 412 AnTIstius: deat eee eee oe ee ee er 421, 508 Piri BS, ctu ean 604 Mnimicus/AurAntiaACUs 59 222s es eeene jae see 429 Pela SE f g Tans edentulus: Sota eee ee ease 604 japonicus.........-.--------------- 429 perronides::)/yaIiin Teta 604 PATA SAS SNe ete ere ne pein mentale 445 aa Ra TSAR NCR UALS eh pa 445 insidiator MN A See eRe teen teas 604 [Lpobracon erandiceps: = 22052222. ... 277s esis 58 flavirostris..................- 405 triphemoides.cdiavkaieiwcic acs 58 kiusiuanus..........--....... 406 | Lygropia subcostalis...........-...2..22.... 104 marginatus.................. 490 | Macrobrachium acanthurus...............- 523, 524 megastomus.........-....... 405 jamaloenne es SIG Vereen 621, 522 myriaster...................- 406 olla fovea in ee he 521, 522 nystromi..........-......+-.. 406 | Macrocentrus cerasivoran®.................. 623 retrotinctus...........-...... 405 | Macrophion ornatus...................2-00+- 640 SNEOONOLA GUD. 2... .s0ur aecdees <2. oe 187 | Maine, new mollusca from the Silurian forma- ENEOEUG = bea aan o ete seks 4 «seem 500 OFOSdl CONS ins Vadetieus wnchc de dep 441,515 Leucogobio mayads...................-.--- 404 FUSCUS. cccwab eco Kegisnhenés aehaeeee 442,515 Limanda angustirostris...................... 440 poscilichthys cakaseeckeLcuwx ooh 359, 360,361 | Mesochorus diversicolor....................-- 149 VAEONM GY 2 ai dinw a caicb win tipctian = ae moineln 367 SBCs on £4 ocala ded even wrens 640 EAI DTION sooo 515.05 5 aes aiolsiaian's tbe Hace BS 31, 36, 37 DAU NOS « 5559s ade. 25ks connec 640 BRM ITUEIR UD os) oho u coc crates ebida ce we aie 7 Pernighowus 5 sk ptied stennunene s 149 MIPStADNG 25. otenscs somes ve ee 76 GrIgULOR TRE ceeds Saas ee secs 640 Lithocolletes hamadryadella................. 622 | (Mesoleptus?) thysiotorus peregrinus........ 645 Livoneca from the Atlantic coast of Panama, Mosaopus [a DOnIONs.. ce pnns oss = saponin ore en 403 description of a new isopod crustacean be- OHGUH. 5 cidsn cnn x oie ccpen hier ea dee 403 MOREE COLDO PONUE ss cces 5 essed pbecwewems LVS: | Mesnatenus aber sc 5. cenas nahi vaccenataen 641 iatvoneca longzistylis. ..........sscceceedseess 173 TORSOIOS y 5. wiwanahnewe doe tees G41 PRIM EPINIALOCNIID « o.52i's inna chaw ana dues deeees 410 (Mesostenus) versicolor.......... G41 PROBROO UK coi clit ac ci viw ads ch Se sababs 495 TIO DADO RON S nq cy@h bod amwaduancns 41 Lonchophylla hesperia..............-...---- 24. | Motanams lgallia. <1 ota es ceneaamsaks deemspe so WIGVUAR oon oes iekee= neaeth 23,24 | Meteorite, a second find from Scott County, FORUSGH «= as eeeaeeeee es 2) 610 new pediculate fishes tetradactylus.. 233.238, 239, 240, 242, 610 from this 3 cece 199 tzidadty lus. slssa.2send2 sea nenee 610 Philopuntia sss. cesses aces eee ee see 163" Polyspilota'calabaricas:<. 425. -sa2eeeeees ee 458 Pholis'taczanowskii so. ios- aqcese sees ee 448 Validissimas./(122<- 3 sS2e eee Sse 458 Phronima, dimorphic form of Baronia brevi- Varlepatastcie] acense esa eseee eae 458 Cormisi: s2eceu det eset’ otal EE eel 45\ | Pomacentrus, ep: -o.-.: 22 52/2 coeetieeaas See 608 Phryganodes anchoritalis............-.--..-- 102 anabatoides: «2.2.0 .JUs22 325-28 608 Jenicophasmiasech es) at 102 delurus sso... ese ees 504 mostella. 22-355 22clsede beso 102 dorsalis. ...- naisiaeia se saeUe eee ee 504 omphalobasis: 22. -.ieseteean: 103 melanopterus. .-..:cs-2- <6). 504 Phrynocrinide, a new genus belonging to the mipricans:..-2ns a saee eee see 504 crinoid family osc. --)2 Gans esaeinesiin sae 195 | Pomadasis argenteus. 0/22: 529-225. 5-22 500 Phrynocrinus nuduss-2-\2. 22. s2ssee sees Bef LOT hastas.o.\ js u Se St ee eee ee 500 Phyciodes /coracara: «oi. 5 <4. cscs bomeistns A0*\) (Pomadasys nagebt si \/2.cie semen ween reat els 605 Phygadeuon (Bathymetis) spinicoxus......- 14874) Poreellio lee vyisiss 22 jose cea eet mane tees ete 192 (Dirophanes) plesius.....--..-- 148 pruinosus,. Soe ees cee 192 Phyllodonta emerita... 2202-5522 2ebeocee en = 86 | Porcellionides pruinosus..................-.. 192 periblepianiacjac. ose -eemeseaciet 86°\|\ Porosagrotis camalpa:.. ieee. ccc cases 57 Phyllostomus hastatise sq...) osscsseec cna 23°], Priacanthus hamrur, . Sacco sce cece eerae 416 PD ysicHlusiApONiCUS so-2- <0 nen seeeeeeemas 450 JADORICUN oan a eseaacsaeeeecesete 416 INDEX, 671 Page. Page. Pristomerus euzophere...............---.-- 152 | Raja meerdervoorti........................-- 401 Probopyrus and Palegyge, two new para- sitic isopods from Panama, MGRCHIDWONS Of 5 cic ct ence cok 521 TOMMGHANS cue on yclew es an ..\..-~sevclvecbaest we 414 Pseudapanteles etiellac.................%-.. 627 Re MPI BRI Reg eco inn ot cesses eee wepetet 415 IONS oe ease etc ee ee 425, 426 schlegelin. -2c28 casos eee eee 500 intronmiperc c= et eee ae 4274) (Spathivs: DRUNNEDI. casemate. ee eset see 627 MINUS: 2 -js.56 256025 2 eee eee 425 Wnifasciatus: oss’ seclcenseee 628 ITACHUGUSE oie otf Soiscisics ec tees 426 191 Sphzroma crenulatum ...-..-..--..---s---9« INDEX. 6738 Page. Page. Sphecida, descriptions of certain species of.. 257 | Tarachodes dissimulator..................... 453 Spheroides alboplumbeus.................... 424 WEEN os ccc cn ole PORE oases 452 COU GMUDS tea ae ees une sededeeedsne ss 425 DOPUNOOSS by 50s ddtbeeeie us de 452 O@XASCUIUS..........-----.---2---- 424 THIOMOGE furs x's on ov ca oy Peed ies 453 EDIE DADE a ee os sais od natal any as 425 WORTEES 5 oo 5s 5d 4 van cdaebean ee 452 PRON Gide wic's ove oe Cateeeeee wad G12 | Daragams doreails. .........022secesceabe o 140 PbO ltens Soo sct cut aetntdee sce 424 | Telenomus colemani..................... oe 2 MIEMUIOBUN fo. coe bube seca se tUw ecw 424 OOMpere so. ssa toscana 1 cil): i i a as 424 | Temple, Brahmin, model of................. 649 Sphodromantis lineola....................... 459 | Tenodera superstitiosa.....-................ 457 Sphyrsena barracuda.................0.20.0. 188 | Terapon jarbua................. tein x dais 500 RELOESOUN Soo. nena enek ws 495 | Tetracis pagonaria..................s02...-:- 88 NEPE eS oii cutaw ann acasedcn =< 409 |. Petraodon hispidus,< 3,0... sscstoaewe deewes 512 PRO Nene: bocca tar eda so hs cdels 596 TUMIGTIE 7 cn ot pene See an saa 611 RI UMEATECIED ts viele aame = cade 495, 596 ODIONGUS « 6s. 5455 seewteneeiasces 611 PREIS Sons ia tea ces pina laa 409 | Tetrastichus colemani......................- Rg PE CEURONOCN tere cannot ~ sin 40s shlewccawsen 611 CChthrus .. .«<1000en ade deeeeas ee 8 OOS a A ee le 401, 587, 611 OpHiUaG. i... tue..nswahaeeedees 8 GASH SUSE © oo oon ain oon ccniuis onace se 401 philippinensis.................. 8 PRIMM TE DOUICE <2. os Sa caincine celadewcr¥ws te 401 | Thalassoma amblycephalus................. 508 Cit NN CS ee 44 CUDIAD, -3. 2 o.ccbaiwen en deeeee en 421 ReBUrOpus ALLETHATUS.... 222... 2 see cececemenen 146 GOYSHIG. = >< a5 cosh nema eeee ue 508 Stegostoma tigrinum........................ 489 Butither .(.. i. ondevnencanc eben 508 Steirastoma depressum...................-.. 620 Jansen... <.cuhenoss ens eee eee 508 Mtenopyea extera......-.-...-..52.2..00200-- 457 JOTASOONS:« 14.00 «tas ee anna eas 508 Stereolepis ischinagi...........2..22...s.-.es 413 TORTS Dos jos eee eas setae eas 508 SRPLNOMUIARIUATIS. 22 foc0 5500 c6s.atene wes 420, 506 UMDrostigma.. oxen-nv cede wees 508 PAMOANERSIG. s.. - .occumeenweeen 606 |. Titallturus chiorurus: 12. 5420s5.csa00- cna oee 509 NERS eee ooh oe ns aes 606 |; Thaumatichthyides - 6... 2025.tb e0nn0s ---- 68 philinnia 2. sieeke so ae eee 42 Stilpus anthomyidiperda.................... 644 PriMNGs 3) wade eae tes eeapeee eect 4l SU DHE SUT Re Be Se eee cee eae 70 Primmorassiieds.:-- ncaa eeede weet 41 mouris wt eee eee eee eee eee ee eee eee 70 BONAR: ss caus dean noo ba casey aaa 42 rugifroms..........-------------+--++-+ 70 | Theopompa nebulosa...........-...-.--+---- 451 BBA Y Onn mains acm ca anne anne ann ata ewene =e 70 | Therapon jarbua.............-2.+ss-0--2+e+ 605 ‘yeh sulphurea Dee pipe oh ire tes ema Swale tS = 70 OX YIN WHOUUS 3. oc nncn cae n ea dadwen 415 Puriodes Condistica: 0.225. .5.... 2622... 0 228 71 a DOS «cts cae a ah cc oe bees 605 IGP Motte SoS ck eee oe 71 ceaere 415 Stolephorus commersonii..................-- Ook | PN Fe en ont a Cre REI ow lalt So 405 402 theraps paid nek conn ances 605 SURE Sed RNY Lee lips! Ao i) B99 | Therina ascolid. 2-2. 4-/.--<-n.55-c<@asarnus 88 RMATII. ie Hodis ihe, is tae 90s arse cal c 394 calidarla.c..% «ni, tevedsast awn aus 88 an en ee 395,396 | Thorybes thedea..........,---.-------.----- 43 DED Sia, eS i wagiekt Ls $05,896 |. Thracides uridon.....+-.....-....0cs-eeesee> 43 THGTOOUTIUS 5 o.5 2. c 55 sm omte 3 204 | ‘Dbrincs Hamiltonian. cop sccn cn deesaswne 592 POMWIALIS 5 cor ca aSeas wane 395 | Thysanophrys crocodilus................-. 434, 512 BEICAP US ets alban ac(g. wes uedhe bexunW Owais ae ; yng Ee ee 407 | Trachichneumon. ....-----.-----+--<+eee++++ 645 Synodus japonicus..................-.-.. 403,489 | Trachinocephalus myops.........--..-.+-++- 403 SMETNTTAMC ee eh ek 415 | Trachurops crumenophitralma.............. 496 EA tte 187 | Trachurus japonicus............-..+-+++--- ait SURREHETHDER PORT. micah oc we +.co Seed accnnunas 76 | Trachyrhamphus serratus...........-......+ 408 ERASE okie hand ts apwacemeras 76 | Trematopygus fusculosus...........--+++-+++ 151 20441°—Proc.N.M.vol.42—12——43 674 INDEX. Page. Page. ‘Triacanthus Dlochiie Se ose acl see eee ere 611 | Upeneus barberinoides.............--.------ 501 prewirosriss 2-5 5-5--seesee eee 423, 611 parberinus ... 2.222 s26 se ecm ees 501 MipthOMi seers eee eee ene 611 chryserydros oi J5-)s2255 erate nee 502 Siridkcis sey lines nee oe eee eae 400 eyclostomus.2 socuscsesen eee eee 502 SiTIaSpIS PISSOGIS 4/354) e—s ae seer ee =a = 628 inidiens: 62ers 502 Vestiticida ac 22 tet hae eee 629: Uipeneusimoana ss... 2 see eee sine 501 var. minutissimus......- 629 pleurospilos js. asst seeee eben ee 502 Trichiurus haumela.......-..----- 411, 496, 603, 604 pleurostigmac 36/05 (0s eee, 503 Waponicus} se eeees asses oe All plearotenian;: 2259.50 esses 501 JepbuTUShs oe oe sees earner 603, 604 sulphureuss=- 5 --5 2 seees see 607 PVE LICUS ee core en sje eee 603, 604 sundaicus 2520.50 -ceone eee eens 607 MILES ee echo oe see eee oe 604 ALAS a eee SOUR 607 Trichommia epischnice----)24 22. See 645, 646 Va Ube AS a salt oe iol ace eee ee ee ae 607 Pranitellee se. se ee ae eeeen sc 645 | Uranoscopus bicinctus..........-.---------- 446 TEWCUIaTIM ee seek eee ee aaa 645 \APOWICUS 2-4. eee ase aee 446 ‘Trichopodus trichopterus.......--.---------- 607") Urocampus rikuzeniuss!.cs-.o-ceeeeee eee a 408 ‘Tridentiger bifasciatus.........-.--.--------- A441 Urolophus, fUscus s--nse aces s2 a ae asa eee 401 UCCOL So sce Sach os Sesser bees 444.|) Vammpyressa minuta:: 022/240 Joe ee dees nae 25 AD TiSMGPASTUS,OWSLONIG =. <2 2a cene oie re 358 PUSINA Heike she eee ee 25 EErachosphserass]. 222-2 e see ee en en eee ne 1815) Vampyropsihelleris. 2202228255 aaa ee 25 "TrochuiS aNGISUS: 4.000 622-8 job ceceeeee eee ae 394 | Variola flavimarginata..............-.--.--- 498 MUNSTER se ees ee een 394 Loutie os yet soso Codes cee eee 497 Trallantinaee cas ss o- 46 oe een ee eee ens 441,517 | Vellitor centropomus......-...-.-.---------- 434 Trygodes simplicissima.......-.-.-.--------- Veraspermoseri =o s2.25. v5 ss eens siocieiee ee 439 ‘Trypon pastinacoides: -- = 5-2 .22-02--------- 588 Varnlepatisi. ieeccs ese ale eeteee 439 RIS TEACOLUGS ooo ts eo ee ene ae 688 |, Verruca albatrossiana. 5-202 22. Soe ceeee ene 292 MATH A eee ee ee beeen estaee ae 588, 611 IntOxta =< sas sascha ee eee 292 Turbonilla (Chemnitzia) clarinda..........-- 264 kosher 25 ye ene eee eee 293 (Mormula) ambusta.-...--.----- 273 MOK od oo c2 32 Aa aaa ee eRe PRE 293 scammonensis...-..-.- 272 | Viereck, H. L., Contributions to our knowl- (Pyrgiscus) callimene..........-- 271 edge of bees and Ichneu- castanella steers: 271 mon-flies, including the de- STIPPU Ae ssa cee eee 270 scriptions of twenty-one tenicwlan|s testes 272 new genera and fifty-seven (Pyrgolampros) chocolata.-...... 268 new species of Ichneumon- eloriosal-2 52. a2. 268 Pies sees eee oe eee eee ele halistrepta...... 270 Descriptions of five new ge- keepiecss2 352 269 nera and twenty-six new macouni........- 268 species of Ichneumon-flies.. 139 panels oss se ee 269 | Vipsophobetson denderia.........-...---...- 98 DESO Es suck asi 269,270 | Wasps, descriptions ofcertain speciesof...... 257 rinella ssi 5 223232: 270 | Weed, Alfred C., and Barton A. Bean, Notes talima eso se 422 267 on a collection of fishes from Java, made by taylori-s. 22222 - 267 Owen Bryant and William Palmer in 1909, (Strioturbonilla) attrita.........- 265 with description of a new species ......-..-. 587 bakeri...-.-.... 265 | Weevils, notes and descriptions of some.... 155 cookeana......- 266 | Williams, Henry Shaler, Some new mollusca dinoras22-s227-= 264 from the Silurian formations of Washing- dracona......-: 266 ton County; Maine: 52). A ae oe cece 38T encellas. 323525. 265 | Wilson, Charles Branch, Descriptions of new gracilior........ 267 species of parasitic copepods in the collec- nicholsi......... 266 tions of the United States National Museum 233 SOrre il sous ea 266 | Worm, anew discodrilid, from Colorado. .... 481 Rtedrisineer teen 965 | Xenisthmus proriger........-.-.------------ 515 Tylodes cladotrichis..................2------ dep | Semon Na nner Ore nae a Tylosurus anastomella.......--.--.--------- 409 ae Salar The asks 6) SA ael Reaiearn ee ; ylophrurides Zens galing ek Oe eee pee 600 MORIAH AUIS een. Se 647 | Zezera hilgendorfi........................... 404 simplicicornis ..........-.....: 647 | Zoarchias veneficus.......................... 449 OMAR JAPOMGNS 5.202.055 s2clacsvsecceca. 440,517 | Zonogobius boreus........................... 442 MOE swe occa eee av ecnna ch 440 Semidoliatua .......