("3 Entomological News AND PROCEEDINGS OK THE; ENTOMOLOGICAL SECTION OF THE Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. VOLUME XIII, 1902. EDITOR HENRY SKINNER, M. D. PHILIP P. CALVERT, Ph.D., Associate Editor. ADVISORY COMMI i i HE : EZRA T. CRESSON CHARLES A. BLAKK CHAKI.I-.S III ' PHILIP LAURKNT WILLIAM J. I I'llARLI-.S W. IOI1NSON HKNRY L. VIERECK I. \. ii Spilochalcis dclira 95 Trit'pcolns minimus* > s i Vespa Carolina 198, 266 Xenoglossa angelica* . .103 ,/ IV INDEX. LEPIDOPTERA. Aberrations 29, 103 Actias luna 230 Aellopo sfadus titan . . . .' . . 326 Amarynthis muscolor 235 Anartiajairophce ... . . 27 Anatole modesta* 176 Anosia berenice 125 Apodemia ochracea* 176 Argynnis 27 diana 30 Bceotis bifasciata* 177 Basilarchia arthechippus . . .331 Bembecia marginata 100 Blackberry crown borer in Ari- zona 100 Bolivia, L. from . . . 104, 293, 317 Bombycidse of New Hampshire 284 California, L. of . . . . 15, 200, 334 Callimorpha spp 31 Catocala spp 30 Cheap tropical L 238, 316 Chionobas katahdin .... 28, 328 Cobalopsis duspecca* 105 Cocoons, loose and tight . . . 232 Codling moth, Broods of ... 193 Colias philodice 103, 168 Cosmo satyrus ni/esi* 105 Deltoids new to Mass 208 Dichelia sulfur ens 168 Dynamine albidula 235 Ephestia kuhniella 159 Eriocranid larva, A 129 Euchloe sara reakirti, egg. . . 1 58 Euhagenia nebraskcz 303 Eumteus debora 35 Eurybia hari PI. xii Florida, L. of 75 Graptolitha caryana 233 Halisidota spp 29 Haploa lecontei 197 Heliconius spadacarius . . . PI. vii Hetnaris diffinis 82 tennis 82 Hemerophila unitaria , . . 230 Hermaphrodite L 28, 78 Hesperidte new to U. S. ... 183 Hymenitis andreas 235 Illinois, L. of 234 Lantern trapping 207 Leucania spp 127 Limenitis floridensis 125 Lyccsna chlorina* 15 neurona* 15 pseudargiolus .... 78 ruberrothei 104 sonorensis 32 Massachusetts, L. of . 208, 330, 331 Megathymus ursus* 97 Melanic L 103, 168 Melitcea damcetas* 304 gabbi, chrysalis . . . .158 nubigena 24 phcston 104 streckeri* 104 Mt. Washington, L. of . . .5, 319 Myscelia skinneri 321 Necyria gerhardi* 177 New Hampshire, L. of, 284, 326, 330, 331- New Jersey, L. of 265 New Mexico, L. of 24 Ocneria dispar 28 Orneodes hexadactyla . . . 89, 156 Palinda merricki* 172 Pamphila hianna 265 vierecki* 213 Papilis asterias 104 cochabamba PI. v cresph antes 27, 331 philenor 29, 326 polyxenes curvifascia* 183 tahmourath* 291 Parnassius charltonius .... 259 Pennsylvania, L. of 230 Philampt'lus vitis 331 Pieris protodice 331 Pseudohazis eglantcrina. . . . 334 Psychophorafasciata* 141, 191, 192 Sauiia cynthia, cocoon .... T32 INDEX. Schizura concinna 293 Sphinx sequoite 334 Spring L . 234 Syrichthus nigella* 107 Thecla infrequens 235 Thy r ens abbotti 196 Vanessa milberlii 330 NEUROPTERA. Agrion resoluium 145 Arizona, N. of 25 Brachynemurus cockerelli* . . 86 Celithemis fasciata 298 Dragonflies in Arizona .... 25 Erythromma conditum .... 265 Gomphus hybridus* 47 ncevius 25 ffetesrina titia 192 Lestes uncatus 88 Magdalen Is., Odonata of ... 144 Maine, Odonata 246 Mt. Washington, N. of . . .8, 321 Myrmeleon larvse 209 New Jersey, N. of 24, 197, 265, 298 New Mexico, Odonata of ... 26 Pairs of dragonflies, To collect. 59 Pennsylvania, N. of . . 25, 65, 108 Protoneura peramans* . . . .231 Sytnpetrum albifrons 24 Termites, Coleoptera associated with 186 Tetragoneura spinosa 197 ORTHOPTERA. Acrydium 102 Aptenopedes clara* 14 B acillus palmeri* 274 Blatta 101 Florida, O. of 14, 95 Leprus cyaneus* 305 spp . . 305 Mantid, A greedy 60 Mt. Washington, O. of. . New Jersey, O. of 24, 309 Nomenclatural notes 101 Nyctibora sericea 95 Pennsylvania, O. of, 95, 309, 332, 333- Phyllodromia cubensis .... 95 Phyllonotus nom. n 188 Phrixocnemis hastiferus* . . . 241 Schistocerca alutacea 89 rubiginosa ... 89 Stenopalmatus terrenus* .... 240 * New species. Tenodcra sinensis . . 24, 26, 62, 95 Trimerotropis citrina 333 AUTHORS. Aldrich, J. M 156 Ashmead, W. H 50, 318 Babb, G. F 242 Baker, C. F 98 Banks, N 86, 308 Barrett, O. W 238 Blaisdell, F. .,32, 173, 202, 265, 334 Bowditch, F. C 205 Bradley, J. C 23, 161, 307 Britton, W. E 327 Brues, C. T 184 Calvert, P. P. 23, 192, 322, and Index. Caudell, A. N 60, 94, 274 Cockerell, T. D. A. 15, 17, 24, 89, 100, 103, 182, 303, 304, 305, 318, 326. Comstock, H 75 Comstock, J. A. 75, 125, 167, 234, 258, 298, 329. Coquillett, D. W. . . 84 Denton, W. D 316 Dod, F. H. W 50 Doran, E. W 281 Dyar, H. G 192 Ehrmann, G. A 140, 291 Ellsworth, A 103 Field, W. L.W. 28, 62, 126, 197, 233, Foster, F. H. . . 293, 326 Fox, W. J. 11,40, 128, 137, 168. 199, 298, 328. Gillette, C. P 193 VI INDEX. Goodhue, C. F. . 284 Graf, J. L 113 Hall, A. P 197, 233, 276 Hancock, J. L 188 Hoag, M. C 59. 89 Holland, W. J 64, 172 Hood, L. F 83 Hornig, H 132 Houghton, C. O. . . . 89, 160. 247 Johnson, C. W 77, 143 Johnson, W. G 159 Joutel, L. H 33 Kearfoot, W. D . 129 King; G. B 41, 152, 255 Knaus, W 114, 147 Kuwana, S. I 134 Kwiat, A 234 Lidgett, J 43 Mally, C. W 223 McClendon, J. F 209 McGillivray, A 247 Melander, A. L 178 Mengel, L. W 176 Merrick, F. A 117, 330 Merrick, H. D 16 Minot, G. R 158 Montgomery, T. H., Jr 12 Murillo, L 35 Newcomb, H. H 264, 328 Oestlund, O. W 253 Osborn, H 91 Poling, O. C 97 Rehn, J. A. G. 14, 18, 55, 89, 91, 101, 1 1 8, 216, 240, 260, 294, 309, 323. Reinick, W. R. . . . 26, 61, 96, 232 Robertson, C 79 Say, T. . . . . 9, 38 Schaeffer, C 235 Skinner, H. 15, 17, 22, 27, 54, 58, 62, 88, 96, 117, 128, 141, 157, 168, 183, 188, 192, 2T3, 214, 231, 266, 304, 321, 326, 332, 333. Slosson, Mrs. A. T 4,V Smith, E. J 207, 244 Smith, J. B. 122, 1 60, 193, 223, 243, 267, 299. Smyth, E. A., Jr 82 Titus, E. S. G 169 Van Duzee, E. P 23 Viereck, H. L. 18, 55, 71, 91, 118, 216, 237, 260, 273, 275, 294, 323. Wadsworth, Miss M 246 Webster, F. M 277 Weeks, A. C 31 Weeks, A. G., Jr 104, 317 Weith, R. J 90 Williamson, E. B. 47, 60, 65, 108, 121, 144 Winn, A. F 78 ENT. NEWS, Vol. XIII. PI. I. ' , ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SECTION ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES, PHILADELPHIA. VOL. XIII. JANUARY, 1902. No. i. CONTENTS: Obituary F. H. H. Strecker Slosson Additional List of Insects taken at Mt. Washington Fox Letters from Thomas Say to John F. Melsheimer, 1816-1825. X Fox Note on the Insect Collection of Thomas Sav Montgomery List of the Hemiptera Heteroptera of the Vicinity of Wood's Hull, Massachusetts Rehn New Aptenopedes from Florida Skinner New Species of Rhopalocera Editorial 16 Entomological Literature 18 Doings ofSocieties 24 12 14 15 Ferdinand Heinrich Herman Strecker. Ferdinand Heinrich Herman Strecker died at 7.55 A.M., November 3oth, at his home, 1325 Mineral Spring Road, Reading, Pa. He was standing at 6th and Penn about 6 P.M., Friday, the previous evening, waiting for a car, when he was stricken with apoplexy and fell. Friends went to his assistance and placed him in a cab, in which he was removed to his home. He never regained consciousness. Deceased was 65 years of age. He is survived by his widow and two children, Mrs. Edwin I,. Hettiuger and Paul Strecker. He had not been in the best of health for some weeks. Dr. Strecker was of German parentage, and was born in Philadelphia, March 24, 1836. He inherited his fondness for scientific studies, and evinced this inclination at an early ?ige. On his mother's side were three naturalists of note-. They w r ere Benjamin, Edward and Richard Kern. Dr. Strecker was an architect, designer and sculptor by pro- fession. He located in Reading when a boy, having accom- panied his father, who was a prominent dealer in marble and marble worker of Reading at that time. Since then he f>l- 2 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Jan., '92 lowed the pursuit of his father. As a sculptor he gained a wide and enviable reputation, and he produced many praise- worthy works of art. He began in his twelfth year at his work as artist and sculp- tor, and labored hard since. All his literary and scientific labor, the immense correspondence attending the collecting of his butterflies, was done at night, his vocation as sculptor taking up the daylight hours. He travelled a great deal, and in 1855-56 visited the West Indies, Mexico and Central America, to examine the old Aztec monuments and add to his collection. His father, Ferdinand H. Strecker, was, during a period oi ten years from 1846, a well-known sculptor in Reading. He was a native of Germany, and had a practical experience in the business twenty-six years in Munich, Rome and other large cities in Europe, and in Philadelphia, before he came to Reading. His delicate execution and masterly treatment of marble were remarkable. He had studied ideal sculpture under Antonia Canova, the famous artist and founder of a new school of Italian sculpture, who died in Venice in 1822. Mr. Strecker came to America about 1835, and located in Philadelphia, where he carried on business until 1846, when he came to Reading. He died in 1856, and his talented son, Herman Strecker, succeeded him in business. Dr. Strecker owned the largest, most valuable, and, in every way, the most remarkable public or private collection of but- terflies and moths on the American continent. The Strecker collection comprises over 200,000 specimens, and includes butterflies and moths whose haunts in life are on every portion of the discovered globe, not excepting the regions close to the poles, the hearts of the wildest forests of Africa, India, Australia, South America, the smaller islands of the Indian and Pacific Ocean. In consideration of his scientific knowledge, Franklin and Marshall College some years ago conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Philosophy. In his earlier days, during his holiday hours, he made trips to Philadelphia, studied at the Library of the Academy of Jan., '92] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 3 Natural Sciencee all branches of natural history, birds, mam- mals, insects, plants, etc., but later devoted all his time to insects, and, finally, to lepidoptera only. He will be remembered in the entomological world by his work entitled Lepidoptera, Rhopaloceres and Heteroceres, In- digenous and Exotic, with Descriptions and Colored Illustra- tions, which was commenced in 1872. It was published and illustrated by the author, the drawings being made on stone and colored by hand. Between the years 1872 and 1878 fifteen parts, containing fifteen plates, were gotten out. There were three supplementary parts published in the years 1898, 1899 and 1900. A single sheet was also published April 21, 1900, containing the description of Neophasia cpya.\~i a third. This work is in demand at the present time, and will, doubtless, always be considered one of merit in the liter- ature of American lepidoptera. In 1878 he published his Butterflies and Moths of North America, with full instructions for collecting, breeding, pre- paring, classifying, packing for shipment, and a Complete Synonymical Catalogue of Macrolepidoptera, with a full I'.ibli- ography, to which is added a Glossary of Terms and an Alpha- betical and Descriptive List of Localities. 4 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Jan., '92 This work had a very considerable sale and evinces pains- taking and careful work in compiling the literature. It shows remarkable knowledge of specific values and was the best work of the kind in this respect. Dr. Strecker had an accurate knowledge of entomological technic, and his example should not be lost. His collection would be a marvel to many in this respect. He had an interesting and striking personality, and was cordial, affable and full of anecdote. He was frequently visited by scientific men from this country and abroad, and his correspondence was immense. In his chosen field he ranked deservedly high. He has been criticised by some on account of his more than great desire to add to his collec- tion, but this may be ascribed to the fact that his love and enthusiasm for the study were intense and never flagged for a moment, and obscured every other thought. Two of his favor- ite expressions were that "It is human nature, you know, to think of ourselves first, last and always," and ' I never let the right hand know what the left hand does." Had it not been for such traits, many fine things in the collection would have been converted into Anthrenus ere this, and their value to the world would have been lost and scattered. He was a remarkable man, and will be greatly missed by his entomological friends. The final disposition of his won- derful collection is not at present known. Additional List of Insects Taken in Alpine Region of Mt. Washington. By ANNIE; TRUMBULL SLOSSON. I was unable to visit Mt. Washington in 1900 and my usual list of captures published annually since 1893 was omitted. But in this last summer, 1901, I again made two visits to the Summit, one in early July and one in August. The list of insects taken, and not included in former lists, follows : There are nearly 250 species, several of these and at least one genus new to science. I acknowledge gratefully the assistance, in the preparation ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. of this list, of Messrs. Coquillett, Ashmead, L,iebeck, Van Duzee, Fernald, Banks and Scudder. LEPIDOPTERA. Arctia parthenice Kirby. Lophodonta ferruginea Pack. Cosmia paleacea Esp. Ypsia undularis Dm. Teras variana Fern. Gelechia lugubrella Fab. Choreutis marginella. Clem. HYMENOPTERA. Teuthredindae. Cephaleia sp. Fenusa rubi Forbes. Pteronus ventralis Say. sp. sp. Strongylogaster sp. Macrophya externa Say. pannosa Say. albomaculatus Nort. Tenthredopsis i4-punctata Nort. sp. Tenthredo sp. sp. Apoidea. Osmia simillima Sm. Sphecoidea. Crabro maculatus Fab. Xylocrabro slossonae AsJnn. n. sp. Stigmus americanus Pack. Proctotrypoidea. Chelogynus henshawi Ashm. Pantoclis n. sp. ? Aclesta rugosopetiolata Aslnn. Paramesius terminatus Say. Hemilexodes rotundiceps Aslnn. n. sp. Galesus coxalis Ashm. n. sp. Diapria erythropus Ashm. Megaspilus alticola Ashm. n. sp. Cynipoidea. Periclistidea monticola Ashm. n. g. n. sp. Andricussp. Chalcidoidea. Monodontomerus eutechnise Ashm. Ormyrus ventricosus Aslnn. Chalcis tarsalis D. T. Bruchophagus funebris Ha;. . Homalotylus slossonae Ashm. n. sp. Roptrocerus xylophagorum Ratz. Pteromalus fuscipes Prov. Catolaccus tyloderma Ashm. Cirrospilus immaculatus Ashm. n. sp. Aprostocerus americanus Ashm. Iclmeumonioidea. Trogus bolteri Cr. Cratichneumon sp. sp. Amblyteles suturalis Say. Notosemus sp. sp. Atractodes serpedontes Aslnn. Bathymetis sp. sp. Ephialtes gigas Walsh. Glypta varipes Cr. Exochus propinquus Cr. Pammacra pallipes Ashm. Scorpiorus flavopictus . Islnn n. sp. Hadrodactylus affinis Ashm. n. sp. Scopasis monticola , Islnn. n. sp. Agrypon paedisae As fun. Atrometus flavifrons . Is/nn. n. sp. Aperileptus clypeatus Aslnn. n. sp. Braconoidea. Ph:cnocarpa slosson.r . \slnn. n. sp. Aphrereta pallipes S'. Simulidae. Simulium venestum Say. Bibionidae. Bibio gracilis \\'alk. Plecia heteroptera Say. Culicidae. Corethra plurmcornis Fab. Chironomidae. Chironomus modestus Say. Orthocladius nivoriundus Fitch. Tipulidae. Dicranomyia n. sp. ? Dicranomyia hseretica O. S. Trichobola argus Say. Linnophila adusta O. S. Cylindrotoma americana O. .V. Tipula suspecta Lzv . Pachyrrhina nobilis Lw. Stratiomyidae. Sargus decorus Say. Dolichopodidae. Dolichopus calcaratus Aid. cuprinas Wied. n. sp. ? n. sp. ? Gymnopternus phyllophorus Lw. Neurigona floridula Wheeler. rubella Lw. Hydrophorus glaber Walk. Syrphidae. Rhingia nasica Say. Pipunculidae. Pipunculus fuscus Lw. nigripes Lw. Chalarus spurius Walk. Tabanidae. Tabanus astutus O. S. microcephalus O. S. Asilidae. Leptogaster badius Lw. 8 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Jan., '92 Bombylidae. Anthrax lateralis Say. Empidae. Euhybus subjectus Walk. Empis varipes Lw. Rhamphomyia gilvipes Lw. Hilara gracilis Lit'. femorata Lw. Leptopeza flavipes Meig. Platypezidae. Platypeza n. sp. n. sp ? Tachinidae. Masicera chaetoneura Cog. Winthemia 4-pustulata Fab. Anthomyidae. Phaonia sp. : Vp. Gordylnridae. Scatophaga nana Lw. Helomyzridae. Leria fraterna Lw. Psilidae. Psila frontalis Cog. Trypetidae. Tephritis albiceps Lw. Lonchoedae. Palloptera superba Lw. Heteronenridae. Heteroneura melanostoma Lw. Clusia spectabilis Lit>. Sepsidae. Themira putris Linn. Ephydridae. Dichaeta caudata Fall. Hydrellia obscuriceps Lw. Hydrina debilis Lw. fuscicornis Lw. Oeomyzidae. Anthomyza terminalis Liv. Drosophilidae. Drosophila amoena Lw. Scaptomyza apicata Thorn. Scinidae. Oscinis dorsalis Lw. Chlorops procera Lw. Phoridae. Phora fungicola Coq. HEMIPTERA. Heteroptera. Geocoris borealis Dallas. Crophius disconotus Say. Trapezonotus n. sp. ? Megalonotus unus Say. Lopidea marginala Uhl. Lygus pabulinus Linn. invitus Say. sp. ? Orthops scuttellatus Uhl. Aradus sp. Nabis ferus Linn. Salda humilis Say. reperta Uhl. Homoptera. Gypona striata Burnt. NEUROPTERA. Ephemerella sp. ? Anabolia bimaculata Walk. Agapetus obscura Walk. Mystacides nigra Linn. ORTHOPTERA. Nemobius fasciatus Scuddcr. Jan., '92] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 9 Letters from Thomas Say to John F. Melsheimer, 1816-1825. X. Philad 3 . May 9 th 1822- Dear Sir ! Your much esteemed letter came duly to hand, S: afforded me much pleasure I assure you ; communications respecting the insects the United States yield me the highest gratification &' therefore your letters are more acceptable than those of any of my correspondents. I should have reciprocated that letter long since, had I not been busily occupied with a portion of the labour of compiling the narrative of our journey to the Rocky Mountains. In addition to contributing my aid in the ordinary diatribe of the work, it falls to my lot to describe the new Quadripeds, birds & reptiles which we met with, as well as to give an account, both moral and physical, of the natives of the country through which we passed. The arranging and recording of the Meteorological observations, made chiefly by myself, also falls to my share of the duties, though the general narrative is written by our companion Dr. James. It will occupy two octavo volumes.* The description of Brcntus dispar as recorded in the books, corresponds very well with our species, when we take into view your excellent observations on the thoracic colour of the latter ; but notwithstanding this coincidence, I am still per- plexed with doubt as to their specific identity for the following reasons, viz. The B. dispar has been always acknowledged (I mean in the books), to be a South American insect, & I do not know that it has been, by any European Author, ex- pressly stated to have been received from N. Amer* . L/atreille particularizes its native country to be Cayenne. Now Cayenne lies in the 4th or 5th degree of N. latitude, which is 36 * Account of an expedition from Pittsburgh to the Rocky Mountains ..... under the command of Major Stephen II. I.ii^. I'roui the notes of Major Long, Mr. T. Say, ..... compiled by /."., /."/' rhitadel phia, by W. S. Ib. Ruschenberger. i,^ 12 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Jan., '92 the collection should not be placed with the Academy at least from the facts now at hand. There is now but one insect type of Say's in the collection of the Academy, a specimen of Chionobas son idea [=- Hipparchia scmidea Say], being the one from which the illustration (Plate 50) of the American Entomology w r as made by T. R. Peale. With the specimen is this inscription : ' Hipparchia scmidea Say, Am. Ent. v. 3, No. 5. The sp" is the one drawn for my friend T. Say. 1828 T. R. Peale." W. J. F. A List of the Hemiptera Heteroptera of the Vicinity of Wood's Holl, Massachusetts. By THOS. H. MONTGOMERY, JR. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. The following list is based upon a collection made by the author from the middle of July to the middle of August, 1900. All the collecting was done upon the mainland within a two- mile radius of the town of Wood's Holl. Wood's Holl is situated at the most southern point of the peninsula of Cape Cod, at the point of union of Buzzard's Bay and Vineyard Sound. I am indebted to Dr. Philip R. Uhler of Baltimore and Mr. Charles W. Johnson of Philadelphia for aid in the determina- tion of a number of the species ; indeed, without the help of these entomologists I could not have determined all the spe- cies, since my own interest in the collection lay in the anatomi- cal rather than the faunistic standpoint. The list is probably very far from being a complete one, yet I believe it will be found to contain all the commoner species found during the time when the collection was made, so that it may be of some value to students of the geographical distri- bution of the group, particularly since to my knowledge no list has been published for this region. SCUTELLERIDyE. Mormidea lugens Fal: Eurygaster alternatus Say. Euchistus tristigmus Say. E. variolarius Pal. Beauv. PENTATOMID-aS. Coenus delius Say. Perillus confluens //. 6". Trichopepla semivittata Say. Podisus spinosus Dall. Pentatoma saucia Say. Jan., '92] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. COREID/E. Corynocoris distinctus Da/I. Anasa tristis DeG. Aldyus eurinus Say. A. pilosulus H. S. Protencr belfragei Hagl. Harmostes reflexulus Stal. var. Corizus alternates Say. C. lateralis Say var. BERYTIM. Jalysus spinosus Say. Belonochilus numericus Say. Ischnorhynchus didymus Zett. Cymus luridus Stal. C. angustaUis Stal. Ischnodemus falicus Say. Blissus leucopterus Say. Geocoris fuliginosus Say. CEdancala dorsalis Say. Ligyrocoris silvestris Linn. L. constrictus Say. Myodocha serripes Oliv. Ptochiomera nodosa Say. Cnemodus mavortius Say. Eremocoris ferus Say. Peliopelta abbreviata Thl. Lygseus turcicus Fabr. Lygaeosoma parvula Uhl. CAPSIDyE. Brachytropis calcarata Fait, Trigonotylus ruficornis Fall. Leptopterna dolabrata Linn. Collaria meilleurii Prov. oculata Kent. Resthenia insignis Say. Lopidea media Say. Phytocoris eximins Rent. Compsocerocoris annulicornis Ren. Calocoris rapidus Say. Lygus pratensis Linn. Lygus sp. Poeciloscytus basalis Rent. Hyaliodes vitripennis Say. Diommatus congrex Uhl. Oncotylus decolor Fall. Macrotylus n. sp. ? Plagiognathus politus I 'lit. Coquillettia amoena Uhl. Tuponia n. sp. ? Sericoplanes occulatus Rent. ACANTHIID^E. Triphleps insidiosus Say. Acanthia lectularia Linn. TINGITIDJS. Tingis clavata Stal. Corythuca fnssigera Stal. Leptostyla oblonga Say. PHYMATIDB. Phymata sp. NABID^E. Coriscus ferus Linn. var. annulatus Rent. LIMNOBATID^E. Limnobates lineata Say. HYDROBATID^E. Limnotrechus marginatus Say. NAUCORID/E. Pelocoris femorata Pal. Beauv. BELOSTOMATIDyE. Zaitha aurantiacum Leidy (fresh- water pond near Falmouth). NEPID.1-. Kanatra fusca Pal. Beaitr. NOTONECTID.1-. Notonecta undulata Say. CORISID^E. Corisa verticalis Fieb. harrisii Uhl. signata /'/ are obliged to take measures for its destruction. T. I). A. COCKEREI i . ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [The Conductors of ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS solicit and will thankfully receive items of news likely to interest its readers from any source. The author's name will be given in each case, for the information of cataloguers and bibliographers.] To Contributors. All contributions will be considered and passed upon at our earliest convenience, and, as far as may be, will be published according to date of recep- tion. ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS has reached a circulation, both in numbers and circumfer- ence, as to make it necessary to put " copy " into the hands of the printer, for each num- ber, three weeks before date of issue. This should be remembered in sending special or important matter for a certain issue. Twenty-five "extras," without change in form, will be given free, when they are wanted ; and this should be so stated on the MS., along with the number desired. The receipt of all papers will be acknowledged. ED. PHILADELPHIA, PA., JANUARY, 1902. Editor ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS : I have been much interested in your numerous articles in regard to the importance and scientific value of exact locality and date labels on specimens, and heartily endorse your efforts to persuade collectors to be more careful in this direction ; but are yoU, not aware that there is more than carelessness at the bottom of this matter in some, if not a great many, cases ? I have specimens that I had sent out with printed New Brighton, Pa., labels on them, come back to me later with West Pa., and others with simply Pa. written on them. As it requires more carefulness to exchange the labels than it does to let them alone, I fear you must look for some other cause than carelessness to account for some, at least, of these indefinite labels. Can it be possible that we have some among us who are so selfish, so illiberal, so small that they fear their correspondent will ascertain by whom the specimen was taken, and go direct to headquarters for such species in future, cutting out his small ness as a stand behveen, collecting toll from both parties? I sincerely hope not, yet the mutilated labels on exchange specimens would indicate that such there be. Liberality in dealing in our beautiful and most fascinating study, as well as all other pursuits in life, is the "winning card." Let us hope it will in the near future be universally followed. HARRY D. MERRICK. 16 Jan., '92] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 17 It seems incredible that people calling themselves entomolo- gists should be guilty of such a crime against science. This thing is practiced to prevent their entomological friends from knowing whence the specimens come. We sincerely hope that the people who adopt such methods will give up natural his- tory and collect old shoes and hats, as they are certainly not interested in the advancement of entomology. A knowledge of the exact spot where an insect is found and the date of cap- ture are most important and absolutely essential for the eluci- dation of many entomological problems. We are glad to say that in Philadelphia, when an entomolo- gist discovers a new or interesting locality or takes an unre- corded species, his first impulse is to make it known to his fellow-students and collectors. We are sorry to say this is not the case in some other places. We may also say, in passing, that we have coined a new \vord, " Sloppy doptera," which has reference to specimens captured with a baseball bat or tempo- rarily loaned to the new baby as playthings before being " sent out. ' ' NOTICE. If you find a subscription blank in your NEWS and you have not paid your subscription for 1902, use the blank at once, or else write us that you do not care to continue your subscription. If you have already paid your subscription give or send the blank to some friend interested in entomology. MR. WM. J. Fox, librarian of the American Entomological Society, re- ports that the library contains 3,160 volumes. This does not include the fine entomological library of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Phila- delphia. These libraries, in the same building, contain the best and most complete collection of entomological works on this continent. MYTILASPIS BECKII IN CALIFORNIA. Last July, at Downey, Los An- geles County, California, I had an opportunity to examine an orange orchard. I was greatly interested to find My(i/asf>is bt \ -kii (which, it used to be said, would not live in California) excessively abundant and inju- rious on the leaves and fruit. On the same trees the old California pests Saissctia olece, Aspidiotus aurantii and /eery a piurhasi were also prt-M-nt. but in such insignificant numbers that all three combined would not do any appreciable damage. I had difficulty in getting enough of the- /, < > i a for certain identification. I do not know how widespread this condition of affairs may be ; Dr. Howard, to whom I mentioned it. told me it u new to him. T. D. A. COCKKRELL. 18 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Jan., '92 EC ntorrao logical Literature. COMPILED BY HENRY L. VIERECK AND JAMES A. G. REHN. Under the above head it is intended to mention papers received at the Academy o' Natural Sciences of Philadelphia pertaining to the Entomology of the Americas (North and South). Articles irrelevant to American entomology will not be noted. Contribu- tions to the anatomy, physiology and embryology of insects, however, relating to Ameri- can or exotic species, will be recorded. The numbers in HEAVY-FACED TYPE refer to the journals, as numbered in the following list, in which the papers are published ; * denotes that the paper in question contains descriptions of new North American forms. Titles of all articles in foreign languages are translated into English; usually such articles are written in the same language as the title of thejournal containing them, but when such articles are in other languages than English, French, German or Italian, this fact is indicated in brackets. 3. The American Naturalist, Cambridge, Mass., '01. 4. The Canadian Entomologist, London, Ont., Nov., '01. 5. Psyche, Cambridge, Mass., Nov., '01. 8. Entomologists' Monthly Magazine, London (2), xii, '01. 9. The Entomologist, London, xxxiv, '01.- 11. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, London, '01. 14. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 'or, pt. 2. 21. The Entomologists' Record and Journal of Variation, London, xiii, '01. 22. Zoologischer Anzeiger, Leipsic, '01. 25. Bolletino dei Musei di Zoologica ed Anatomia Comparata d. R. Uni- versita di Torino, xvi, '01. 50. Proceedings of the United States National Museum, Washington, xxiv. 55. Le Naturaliste, Paris (2). xxiii, '01. 58. Revista Chilena de Historia Natural, Valparaiso, v, 'or. 62. Kong- like Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens : Handlingar, Stockholm, xxxiv. 68. Science, New York (new series), xiv, '01. 81. Biologisches Central- blatt, Erlangen, xxi, '01. 89a. Zoologische Jahrbiicher, Abtheilung fiir Anatomie, Jena, Bd. xv, Heft 3, '01. 97. Zeitschift fiir Wissenschafliche Zoologie, Leipsig, Bd. Ixx, Heft 2, '01. 103p. Occasional Papers of the California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, viii, '01. 112. Bulletin of the New York State Museum, Albany, ix, '01. 125. The British Bee Journal, London, xxix, '01. 132. Popular Science, New York, '01. 140. Proceedings of the Washington Academy of Sciences, iii, '01. 152. Bulletin of the Agricultural Experiment Station of the University of Cali- fornia, Sacremento, Bull. 135, '01. 153. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History, New York, xiv, '01. 154. Annual report of the Smith- sonian Institution, Washington, '01. 155. Nova Acta Academise Caesareas Leopoldius Carolina; Germanicae Naturae Curiosorum, Halle, Ixxvii, '01. THE GENERAL SUBJECT. Brunetti, E. On labelling insects, 25, no. 386. Burr, M. Afaunistic island Orthoptera at Oberweiden, 21, Nov. Cock- erell, T. D. A. Some insects of the Hudsonian Zone in New Mexico, 5, Dec. Comstock and Kellocjrj. Elements of Insect Anatomy. Third Edition, Revised. See Review Post. Curreri, G. Upon the respiration in some aquatic insects. Bollettino Societa Zoologica Italiana, Rome, ser. 2, vol. II, fasc 2. Hertwig, 0. The growth of Biology in the nineteenth Jan., '92] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 19 century, 154. Linden, Grafin von. The Wing Markings of Insects, 81, no. 22. Marshall, Guy A. K. Some Experiments in Seasonal Dimorphism, 11, Nov. Needham, J. J. and Betten, C. Aquatic insects in the Adirondacks, pis., 112. Radl, Em. Researches in the light-reaction of Arthropods. Archiv fiir die gesammte Physiologic der mensche und derThiere, Bonn, Nov. i, 1901. Shelford, R. Exhibition of a series of lantern-slides illus- trative of mimicry amongst Bornean insects, 14. Wasmau, E. Are there matter of fact species which at the present time are still in the grasp of the line of development? Conjointly with general remarks on the de- velopment of Mymerophilida; and Termitophilidaj and on the existence of Symphilidae, 81, no. 22. ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY. Fletcher, J. Farm Pests Fodder Grasses. Select Standing Committee on Agriculture and Colonization, Ottawa, '01. Advance sheet Committee's Final Report. Fletcher, F. Report of the Entomologist and Botanist. Canada Dept. of Agric. Central Ex- perimental Farm, from Ann. Rep. on Experimental Farms for the year 1901, Ottawa, '01. Gillette, C. P. Report of the Entomologist for 1900. Thirteenth Annual Report of the Colorado Agricultural Experiment Sta- tion, Fort Collins. Henshaw. S. Report on the Entomological Depart- ment, Annual Report, Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard Col- lege, 1900-1901, Cambridge, Mass. ARACHNID A. Banks, N. Some spiders and other Arachnida from Porto Rico, * i pi., 50. Cambridge, F. 0. P. A Revision of the Genera of the Araneae or Spiders, with reference to their Type Species, 11, Nov. Peckham, G. W. On spiders of the family Attidte found in Jamaica, 14. Pocock, R. T. Exhibition of, and remarks upon, nest of a tree Trap door Spider from Rio Janeiro, 14. MYRIOPODA. Chamherlin, R. V. List of the Myriopcd family Lilhobiidce of Salt Lake County, Utah, 50. Richardson, H. Papers from the Hopkins Stanford Galapagos Expedition, 1898-1899. Entomological Results (6). The Isopods, 140. Verhoeff, K. W. Contributions to a knowledge of the Palaearctic Myriopoda, xvi. Essay on comparative Morphology S\stcm and Geography of Chilopoda, PI., 155. Verhoeff, K. W. Upon the occur- rence of the skin in Diplopods, 155. THYSANURA. Banks, N. Papers from the Hopkins Stanford Galapagos Expedition, 1898-1899. Entomological Results (5). Thysanur.i and Ter- mititla-, 140. EPHEMERIDA. Needham, J. G. Ephemerida in Adirondacks. See General Subject, 112. ODONATA. Needham, J. G. Odonata in Adirondacks. See (".t-ix.-r.il Subject, 112. ORTHOPTERA. Scudder, S. H. Distribution of Oy/>tocen-iis pi<>ictn- latits, 5, Dec., 1901. Terry, F. W. Daplication of the auditory organs in Thamuotri/con cinereus L., 21, Nov. NEUROPTERA -Bank, N. A new genus of Myrmeleonidce, Dec., 4. 20 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Jan., '92 Banks, N. Neuropteroid insects. See General Subject Needham. J. G. Neuroptera in Adirondacks. See General Subject, 211. PLECOPTERA. Needham, J. G. Plecoptera in Adirondacks. See General Subject, 112. ISOPTERA. Sjostedt, Y. Monograph of the African Termites. Pis., 62. Banks, N. Papers from the Hopkins Stanford Galapagos Expedi- tion, 1898-1899, v. Entomological Results (5). Thysanura and Termitidae, 140. PHYSOPOD A. Webster, F. M. The Onion Thrips. Journal of the Columbus Horticultural Society, Vol xvi, No. 3, Nov., 1901. HEMIPTERA. Cockerell, T. D. A. A new Mealy-bug on grass-roots, 4, Dec. Conradi, Albert F. Toads killed by Squash-Bugs, 68. Felt, E. P. Scale insects of importance and list of the species in New York State, 112. Foex, J. The Phylloxera (in Spanish), 58, no. 10. Hempel, Adolph. A Preliminary Report on some new Brazilian Hemiptera, 11, Nov. Iinhof, 0. E. Anatomy of Cicada, 81, no. 22. King, G. B. The Coccidae of British North America,* 4, Dec. Kirkaldy, G. W. Notes on the Di- vision Veliiaria (= Subfam. Velidae, Leth. and Sev.), 9, Nov. Verrill, A. H. The birth of a Cicada figs, 132, Dec. Webster, F. M. An eight year study of Chinch bug outbreaks in Ohio. Proc. Twenty-second An- nual Meeting of Soc. for Promotion Agric. Sci., Nov., 1901. TRICHOPTERA. Betten, C. Trichoptera in Adirondacks. See General Subject, 112. Zander, Von Enoch. Contribution to the morphology of the male genitalia of Trichoptera, 97. COLEOPTERA. Aaron, S. F. The cadelle beetle ( Tenebrioides mauri- ianiais), 132, Oct. Davis, C. A. Insects of Rhode Island (Coleoptera), 1901. Fall, H. C. List of the Coleoptera of Southern California, with Notes on Habits and Distribution and Descriptions of New Species,* 03p. Fall, H. C. A change of name, 4, Dec. Lewis, G. On New Species of Histeridoe,* 11, Nov.- Tournier, G. Leg and antennae regeneration by beetles, and their attendant appearances, 22. Tutt, J. W. Migration and dispersal of Insects : Coleoptera, 11, Nov. DIPTERA. Coquillett, D. W. Original descriptions of new Diptera, 112. Escherich, K. Concerning the formation of " Keimblatter," in the Mus- cidse, 155. Needham, J. G. Diptera in Adirondacks. See General Sub- ject, 112. Osten Sacken, C. R. Mosquito swarms responsive to sound, 8, Dec. Osteu Sacken, C. R. The two methods of determining Diptera, 8, Dec. Sternberg, Geo. M. Transmission of yellow fever by mosquitoes, 154. Wahl, Von Bruno. Upon the development of the " hypodermalen Imaginalscheiben " in the thorax and abdomen of the larva of Eristalis Latr., 97. Wasman, S. J. Termittoxenia, a new wingless Diptera genus from Termite nests. Part II, 97. Winn, A. F. Attack of Asilus fly on Colias philodice 4, Dec. LEPIDOPTERA. Beutenmuller, W. Descriptive Catalogue of the Noc- tuickc found within fifty miles of New York City, 153. Butler, Arthur G. Jan., '92] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 21 On Names Applied to Certain Species of the Pierid Genus Catasticfa, 9, Nov. Clarke, W. T. The Potato Worm in California, Celechia opcr- culella Zell., 152. Dognin, Paul. Description of New South American Lepidoptera, 55, Nov. i. Dyar, H. G. Life Histories of North American Geometridce, xxvii, 5, Dec. Gibson, A. Life History of Arctia virguncula, 4, Dec. Gillette, C. P. How to Fight the Codling Moth. Press Bulletin, No. ii, Colorado Agric. Exper. Station, Fort Collins, Apr. 1901. Grote, A. R. Note on the generic title Burtia, 4, Dec. Lymau, H. H. A new Gortyna, a'nd notes on the Genus, Dec. 4. Packerd, A. S. On the larval forms of several exotic Ceratocampid Moths, 5, Dec. Pagenstecher, A. Lepidoptera Rhopalocera family Libytheidae. Specimen Sheet Genera Insectorum. Stitz, K. The Genital apparatus of Microlepidoptera. 89a. Weeks, A. G. Description of seven new butterflies from Bolivia. Proc. of the New England Zool. Club, vol. ii, Nov. 22, 1901. Weeks, A. G. New diurnal Lepidoptera from South America, 4, Dec. HYMENOPTERA. Anon. Why it must be dark in the bee-hive, 84, no. 46. Ashmead, W. H. Description of five new Parasitic Hymenoptera, 112. Brice, H. W. Bees, Wasps and Bacilli. Some notes, 125. Cockerell, T. D. A. Species of Brachycistis from S. California. Apoidea.* See General Subject, 4, Dec. Correspondence. The brains of the bee, 125. Correspondence. Wasps and their nests. American Bee-Keeping, 125. Hamlyn- Harris, R. Biology of the honey-bee, 125. Hamlyn-Harris, R. Biology of the honey-bee; its development during the Nineteenth Cen- tury, 125. Harrington, W. H. Note on Bacus, 4, Dec. MacGillivray. List and two new species of saw flies, 125. Sladen, F. W. L. Bee-Keeping in America. The Pan-American Expositon at Buffalo, 125. Wheeler, W. M. The Parasitic Origin of Macroergates among Ants, 3, Nov. The Elements of Insect Anatomy. An Outline for the Use of Students in Entomological Laboratories. By John Henry Comstock, Professor of General Invertebrate Zoology in Cornell University, and Vernon L. Kel- logg, Professor of Entomology in Leland Stanford, Jr., University. Third Edition, Revised. Comstock Publisbing Co., Ithaca., N. Y., 1901. This is a work of 139 pages and index. The fact that two editions have been exhausted speaks well for the value of the book. The modern terms used for denoting the position of various parts are a decided advance over the former ambiguous terms, and we hope all entomologists will adopt the newer system. The external anatomy of a common locust is given in detail. The cockroach is also used to illustrate the external parts. Cory da Us cornuta is used as an example in studying the internal anatomy of an insect. A valuable feature is the using for study insects that have a wide distribution, or in some cases species are selected from both the eastern and western parts of the United States. There is an important chapter on insect histology which gives methods of staining and imbedding for sections. The work is evidently the outcome of a 22 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Jan., ' 9 2 ripe experience in teaching this part of anatomy and we can heartily recommend it. More text illustrations would be useful for beginners who take up the work without the aid of a teacher. H. S. In the December NEWS we noticed an important paper on one of the chief groups of aquatic insects, the Odonata Anisoptera of Illinois. Now a still more extensive article, dealing with these and other fresh-water hexapods, is presented to us in Bulletin 47 of the New York State Mu- seum, under the title "Aquatic Insects in the Adirondacks, a study conducted at the Entomologic Field Station, Saranac Inn, N. Y., under the direction of E. P. Felt, State Entomologist," by James G. Needham and Cornelius Batten. Albany, 1901. Pp. 383-596, 42 text figures, 36 plates, 6 of them colored. In partial fulfillment of instructions " To collect and study the habits of aquatic insects, paying special attention to the conditions necessary for the existence of the various species, their relative value as food for fishes, the relations of the forms to each other, and their life histories," the authors report that they have added extensive and important collec- tions, especially of life-history material, to the State Museum at Albany ; made some study of the place of aquatic insects in natural societies by application of qualitative and quantitative methods (Part II, pp. 400-410) ; gathered a few data on the reproductive capacity of insects (p. 394) and on the food relations of insects and fishes (pp. 395-6). But their print cipal achievement has been the working out, by rearings. with more or less completeness, of the life histories of about one hundred species of aquatic insects, the immature stages of most of which are described in Part III (pp. 410-589), viz., 2 stone-flies (Perlidae, pp. 412-418), 7 may-flies (Ephemeridae, pp. 418-429) representing all the genera found in New York, 62 dragonflies (Odonata Anisoptera, pp. 429-540), 4 Neuroptera (2 Sialidae, 2 Hemerobiidae, pp. 540-561), 4 caddis-flies (Trichoptera, pp. 561-573), 5 Diptera, (pp. 573-582) and 2 beetles. There are keys to orders of aquatic insect larvae, to genera of nymphs of Ephemerida, to families, subfamilies, genera and species of images and nymphs of Odonata Ani- soptera and Neuroptera, and to families of larvae of Trichoptera. In the Odonata one new variety ( Gomphus descriptus borealis) and two new genera (Helocorduiia for Cordiilia uhleri Selys and selysii Uhler, Doro- cordulia for C. libcra Selys, lepida Selys and lintncri Hagen), in the Neuroptera two new species (Sisyra umbrata, Cliinacia diciyona) are founded by Prof. Needham, the characters of both images and nymphs or larvae being given. Messrs. Macgillivray, Coquillett and Ashmead furnish descriptions of new species of saw-flies (Tenthredinidae), Diptera and Hymenoptera, respectively, based on imagos (pp. 54-5 s 9) ; Mr - Betten wrote the chapter on Trichoptera ; all the rest of the bulletin is by the senior author. The figures are mostly very good and useful, but either artist or lithographer is inexcusable for the wretched reproduction of the venation on Plate 10. Jan., '92] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 23 As will be seen from the above summary, the largest part of the work deals with the Odonata Anisoptera. This is the only part which the writer is able to discuss, but space forbids more than pointing out these features ; Nymphs representing every genus, excepting Gomphaschna and Nicra- t/iyria, and of 62* out of So species occurring in New York are described. New characters are used in many instances to define the various groups. Considerable differences exist between the terminology of the larger groups and the keys here used and those employed in the Illinois bul- letin ; thus, Macromiinae here apparently corresponds to Synthemiinas there. All these innovations must be studied by comparison with mate- rial from other regions and of other groups. Prof. Needham has unquestionably done more for the knowledge of the early stages of the Odonata than any other who has ever paid atten- tion to this subject. May he succeed in a like treatment of the Odonata Zygoptera ! P. P. CALVERT. NOTE ON ARADUS NIGER STAL. On September 226, 1901, while col- lecting in the woods about ten miles south of Buffalo, I came across a little colony of a small black Aradus under the loose bark of a partially rotten log of the white pine. As the species seemed a little different from any Aradus ordinarily found here, I searched the whole log, and took two adults and about half a dozen young in various stages of develop- ment. On reaching home I looked up the identity of my capture, and w^as surprised to find that the species was Aradus (Oinlnus] wzg-^rStal. This species was described by Stal in the Enumeratio Hemipterorum about twenty-five years ago, and, as I could find no mention of its having been observed by later students, I thought it an interesting capture, and made a few notes for future publication ; but on receipt of the October ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS, I saw that Mr. Otto Heidemann had just pub- lished a notice of this insect in the Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. This paper probably gives all I had intended to say in regard to the species ; so I will merely add the present note, be- lieving it may be of interest as extending the known range of the species well to the north of its recorded habitat. It may be added to the list of Aradidte taken about Buffalo, published in the Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences, Vol. V, p. iSi. E. P. Van DUZEE. I HAVE to record the capture of Hydrobius tessellatusTXe^.. at Roberts, Chester Co.. Pa., on June 19, 1901. I secured one specimen in a rapidly running stream. This interesting beetle, rare at all places, has not before been recorded from this region, so far as I know. J. CHESTER BRADLI v. * It is but fair to state that 18 of these were previously made known l>v Hagen and Cabot. 24 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Jan., '92 Aspidiotus sacchari in Java. This sugar-cane scale insect was de- scribed from Jamaica in 1893. In 1897 (Bull. 6, Tech. Ser., Div. Ent.) I expressed the opinion that that it was introduced from the tropics of the old world, though it has never been found there. I have just received from Dr. L. Zehntner a pamplet entitled De Plantenluizen van het Sui- kerriet op Java." in which is a full description, with beautiful figures, of Aspidotus sp. found on sugar cane on that island. It is with much interest I recognize in this Aspidiotus sacchari, now for the first time reported from the eastern hemisphere. I may add that the insect described and figured in the same paper as Planchonia sp. is, in reality, a species of Antonina, apparently distinct from the species found on bamboo. T. D. A. COCKERELL. Doings of Societies. A regular stated meeting of the Feldtnah Collecting Social was held November 2oth, 1901, at the residence of Mr. H. W. Wenzel, 1523 S. 1 3th Street, Philadelphia. Twelve members present. Visitors : Mr. Stewardson Brown, of this city, and Mr. E. A. Schwar/c, of Washington. The president, Mr. Charles W. Johnson, in the chair. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. Professor Smith recorded Tenodera sinensis from Elizabeth, N. J., but could not find any egg masses. Mr. Laurent stated that last year all the female Tenodera which he had seen had green wings, but this year he had found a number with the wings shaded brown like those of the males. Dr. Skinner stated that the eggs of Tenodera hatch in June and the young mature in the latter part of September or the early part of October. He also exhibited a butterfly which he had captured in Sapello Canon, New Mexico, he was inclined to consider it only an aberation of Mzlihra nubigena. Mr. Seiss exhibited four new species of Hemiptera which Mr. Laurent had taken at South Jacksonville during his last trip in Florida. Mr. Daecke exhibited a specimen of an undescribed species of Somatochlora which had been taken July i6th at Dacosta, N. J. This is the second specimen known, the first having been taken by Dr. Calvert in 1892. He also records .SYw/V- trum albifrons taken at Belleplain, N., September i6th, 1901. Previous records were from Massachusetts, Georgia, Missouri, Jan., '92] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 25 Texas, Illinois and Indiana. He also exhibited a specimen of Gomplnis lucvius from Castle Rock, Delaware County, Pa., which has never before been taken in the vicinity of Phila- delphia. Mr. Schwarz spoke of the abundance of dragon flies in Ari- zona around the water which was obtained from artesian wells, and wherever there was a little pool of water it teemed with insect life. He stated that at the top of the Grand Canon the fauna was boreal and ended abruptly at the brink ; at the bot- tom were large forests and a great deal of vegetation existed and the fauna was tropical. The dragouflies seemed to be the only insects flying from the bottom to the top of the canon, which is about forty miles wide and one mile deep. Professor Smith stated that the species which he had re- corded from New Jersey as Epicauta callosa was F.picauta batcsii. Mr. L/aurent stated that owing to the fact that the streets and roads in the vicinity of Miami, Florida, were constructed of the white coral formation that underlies this part of Florida, if was very tr5'ing on the eyes when the sun shines, and to get relief he generally wore smoked glasses while travelling on the roads. He exhibited a large series of photographs which he had taken around Miami, and showed the wood from which he had raised specimens of Lagochints mn<-iformis Linn., a rare Cerambycid. Mr. Schwarz said he thought longicorns laid their eggs singly, but recently received them in large clusters. He also stated that in Arizona a party made a collection of micro-lepi- doptera, and, not having the necessary small pins, they sub- stituted the spines of a cactus which was growing in the vicin- ity, he thought they might turn out to be better than insert pins, because they do not corrode. Mr. Johnson exhibited specimens of Apoccplialns pcrgandci, the fly found in the ant's nest, and mentioned at the last meet- ing. The ant proved to be Camponotus ferruginea. A resolution was passed and seconded to hold the minute> over for publication until they had been read at the next meet- ing, for further correction. Passed. Mr. Wen /.el moved that 26 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Jan., '92 a vote of thanks be given to the secretary for the able manner in which he entertained the members of the social at the last meeting. Passed. WM. R. REINICK, Secretary. A meeting of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia was held November 2ist, Mr. Philip Laurent, Director, in the chair. Fifteen members and associates were present. Mr. Herman Horing presented a collection of blown larvae, Mrs. Chas. Schaffer a small collection of insects from Glacier, B. C., and Mr. Lancaster Thomas a number of insects from Tennessee and North Carolina. Dr. Philip P. Calvert exhibited the dragonflies collected by Dr. Skinner in Sapello Canon, New Mexico. The species are mostly of wide distribution. Lcstcs disjundns extends from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Enallagma calverti is also rather widely distributed. Ischnura verticailis is a common eastern species. sEschna clepsydra is a circumpolar species and New Mexico is the southernmost place from from which it has been recorded. s^Eschna multicolor is a common western species. There was a species of Argia which is probably new. Mr. Seiss said he had been presented with a specimen of Anasa armigera which had an abnormal, peculiarly spiked antennae, but in other respects the specimen was normal. Mr. Viereck showed specimens exhibiting remarkable resem- blance between some Braconids and certain Hemiptera from British Guiana. Mr. Huntington remarked that the specimen of Sphyracc- phala brevicornis exhibited at the last meeting came from Ithaca, New York, a locality with no skunk cabbage near by. It usually occurs about this plant. Mr. Laurent exhibited alcoholic specimens of the early stages of Tenodera sinensis and also some spread specimens of the adults. Dr. Calvert spoke of the classification of the smaller dragon- flies. He thought that they should be arranged in families according to their evolutionary development. Caloptcry.\ rep- resents the oldest type and the Agrions probably come next. The venation was considered the best guide for this purpose. Jan., '92] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 27 The venation in the legions proposed by Dr. Selys was ex- plained and illustrated. The speaker also called attention to the wings of the nymph of Tcnodcra sifiois/s, which he com- pared to those of an Odonat, and pointed out the differences. Carl \V. Fenninger, George M. Greene and Dr. \V. M. Van Atter were elected associates of the section. HENRY SKIXXKR, Recorder. The nineteenth regular meeting of the Harris Club was held at 35 Court St., Boston, on the evening of September 20, 1901. President Newcomb presided, and sixteen persons were present. Mr. Harry Mitchell was unanimously elected to membership. Mr. Newcomb entertained the club with an account of the discovery and capture of Chionobas katahdin n. sp. in June last, and later exhibited some interesting portions of the col- ectiou of Lepidoptera made by the late A. F. Chatfield. On behalf of Mr. A. H. Clark, Mr. Newcomb reported the occurrence of Papilio crcsphontes in Newtonville, Mass. , Septem- ber 1 3th. Mr. Low exhibited a fine specimen of Anartia jatropha cap- tured on Atlantic Ave., Boston, near the fruit wharves, June The twentieth regular meeting was held on the evening of October 18, 1901. President Newcomb presided, and nineteen persons were present. Messrs. Oliver B. Coe and C. L. Schwartz were unanimously elected to membership. It was voted that hereafter the regular meetings should be held on the second Tuesday of each month. Butterflies of the genus Argynnis were exhil>iu- made the nineteenth century unparalleled in history. This was particularly in the growth and general diffusion of ento- mological learning and literature, the improvement in system- 3O ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Jan., '$2 atic investigation and the establishment of experiment stations. The demand for skilled entomologists was for a time greater than the supply, and the enormous increase in the number of well-identified and more or less extensive collections both public and private made the work of professional and amateur much easier. February 7, ipof. - - Twenty persons present. President Smith in the chair. Messrs. W. D. Kearfoot and F. E. Wat- son were elected members. Letter from Prof. F. G. Schaupp, a former member of the society, relating the collecting experiences of his boyhood days in Germany, and the nomenclature adopted by himself and his companions to distinguish some of the familiar forms. Paper by Mr. Geo. Franck upon collecting Catocala and and Argynnis diana at Evansville, S. Ind. Despite a brief but violent storm which ditched his horse and wagon, scattering his implements and thoroughly drenching him, he captured in a piece of virgin forest, in a few hours, hundreds of speci- mens of Catocala embracing 38 species, many of them rare, with fine variations. Near the same locality, on the following day, he took 20 9 Argynnis diana. They were readily taken, being sluggish in flight and not easily disturbed. Mr. Jacob Doll recalled his finding Catocala; so numerous at Bayonne, N. J., that in a short time he took 187 specimens, 5 of w r hich were mannorata, and including in all 27 species. Also a similar instance in Arizona, where hundreds of speci- mens clustered on sugar upon 5 or 6 trees, but including only two species, verriliana and chelidonia. In none of the instances above related were any of the insects to be seen upon the fol- lowing day, and in subsequent years they were found but rarely in these localities. Dr. Meeske related his finding these insects fairly plentiful in one piece of woods in Cypress Hills, L. I., upon one day, their total absence the next, and his subsequent discovery of them in a wood at some little distance. Mr. Weeks suggested that these disappearances might be explained in one case by the fact that these insects are strong and rapid in flight, and probably migrate from place to place, Jan., '92] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 31 and in the other that an inordinate multiplication of any one species almost invariably creates a corresponding in- crease of its parasitic foes, which not only check any surplus production, but may render any species unusually rare for a number of j-ears. Allowances must also be made for climatic influences, and probably not one season in ten was wholly favorable to insect life. Prof. Smith displayed some Scolytids, including specimens of Dendrodonus n. sp. , T. Calligraphus and cacographus, Gnatho- trichus materarius and Crypturgus ahitaccus, taken in or under pine bark at L,ahaway, N. J., on November 21, 1900, also por- tions of the burrowed bark showing that it was possible to identify the species by the larval galleries. Whenever a pitch patch appeared on the exterior, Dendrodonus in the last three stages would generally be found. Gnathotrichus uiatcrariiis did not tunnel in the bark, but made deep and intricate galle- ries in the wood. Mr. Franck exhibited a fine series of Callimonpha Iccotitci and confusa showing gradations which seemed to prove beyond question the identity of the species. March 7, 1901. Twenty-five persons present. President Smith in the chair. Mrs. Annie Trumbull Slosson was rein- stated as a member, and Dr. R. Ellsworth Call and Mr. John Frederick Steinbrecher were elected members. Mr. Wm. Beutenmuller, President of the New York Ento- mological Society, exhibited some interesting colored lantern slides of local lepidoptera with larvae photog'raphed in natural positions upon their respective food plants. Discussion appro- bative of this method by Messrs. Call, Smith, Frank and Weeks. ARCHIBALD C. WEEKS, Recording Secretary. The regular quarterly meeting of the California Entomo- logical Club was held on the evening of November 15, 1901, at the residence of the President, Chas. Fuchs, 212 Kearney St., the members being his guests. The meeting was called to order at 8 o'clock by President Fuchs. The minutes of the last meeting were read and approved. The reading of Prof. H. C. Fall's paper on the Coleoptera 32 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Jan., '$2 of Southern California then followed. It was discussed by Messrs. Letcher, Ehrhorn, Grundel, Fuchs and Blaisdell. It was agreed that an iuterfaunal line should be decided upon, separating Northern and Central California. The mi- gration of insects was discussed by Messrs. Letcher and Ehr- horn in particular. It was finally agreed that each member of the club should consider himself a member of a committee to look up and report on the distribution of insects, especially the order in which he is interested, for the purpose of correlating such distribution with certain geographical boundaries, as may be best for on interfauual line, and to report at the next meeting of the club. Mr. Letcher then presented the following resolution, which was read and unanimously accepted : Resolved: That the California Entomological Club recog- nizes the value of Prof. H. C. Fall's contribution to our knowledge of the Coleoptera of California, and that, on behalf of the entomologists of the State, our thanks for his work are extended. Dr. Blaisdell then read a paper on the Frons in Bembidhun, with descriptions of five new species from California. F. E. Clark exhibited a block of Hymenoptera and Diptera collected about Napa, Cal.; Edward Ehrhorn, three large pho- tographs of Exotic Scarabseidse ; Dr. Blaisdell, ink drawings of Bcmbidium in&qualc, littorale and punctatostriatum , of the larva and pupa of Cicindela i2-guttata, pupa of Eleodes clari- conu's and mouth parts of PI a ty mis brunneomarginatus ; Mr. Fuchs, two boxes of Scarabseidae ; Mr. Nunenmacher, a box of native and exotic Coccinellidse, and Mr. Grundel a specimen of Lyceena sonorensis collected near Alma, Santa Clara County, California. Then followed a debate by Messrs. Letcher and Ehrhorn on the effect of altitude on the variation of species. Eleven members and three visitors present. Seven new members were elected. Social discourse. Adjournment. F. E. BLAISDELL, M.D., K.vr. XKWS, Vol. XIII. PI. II. r V SAPERDA (JOUTEL). ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SECTION ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES, PHILADELPHIA. VOL. XIII. FEBRUARY, 1902. No. 2. CONTENTS: Joutel New Species of Saperda 33 phus (Odonata) related to G. fra- Murillo The Eumaeus Debora 35 ternus 47 Fox Letters from Thomas Say to John Ashmead A New Bumble Bee from F. Melsheimer, 1816-1825. X, XI. 38 j Colorado 50 King Some New Coccidae 41 Dod Pests and Grease 50 Lidgett Aspidiotus Hederae in Aus- Editorial 54 tralia 43 Photographs of Entomologists 45 Williamson A New Species of Goni- Entomological Literature 55 Notes and News 59 Doings ofSocieties 60 A New Species of Saperda. By Louis H. JOUTEL. On a recent visit to Philadelphia to examine and study the material in the collections of the late Dr. G. H. Horn and the American Entomological Society, for a forthcoming paper on the genus Saperda by Dr. E. P. Felt and myself, I found in the collection of Dr. Horn several females of an unclescribed species having characters of both calcaiata and uinffca, but specifically distinct from either. The specimens in the Horn collection were isolated by Dr. Horn who evidently considered them as different. Since then I have received material from the National Mu- seum, Washington, D. C., and found in it a fresh male of the same species. I take pleasure in naming it in memory of Dr. Horn. Saperda hornii, sp. nov. Black ; shining, entirely covered with a dense layer of light yellowish gray hair lighter beneath and diversified above with irregular Mot. IKS and streaks of dark yellow, arranged on the elytra in broken and irn-gnlar longitudinal lines; the line nearest the outer margin and just below the 34 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Feb., 'o2 humeral angle unbroken, except by the punctures, and continuing nearly to the tip. Elytron obliquely narrowed at apex. Thorax cylindrical with a longitudinal stripe of dark yellow hair on each side and on top, under- side yellow. In the male the thorax is very long, being about one-third longer than wide ; in the female as long as wide. Scutellum yellow. Entire insect covered by rather large and deep glabrous punctures slightly smaller beneath ; they are much larger than those of mutica and only about one-half as numerous. Head ; hairs yellow, changing to gray at the lab- rum. Legs and underside of body light yellowish gray, with glabrous punctures ; antennas annulate except the first joint, which is entirely covered with light gray hairs, and is moderate in thickness, not being enlarged as in obliqua and miitica, rest of antennae quite robust with basil two-thirds of each joint covered with light gray hair, remainder black. The pygidium of female has a deep longitudinal depression along the median line, dividing it into two lobes, tip also bilobed. Eyes nearly divided. Size, $ 16 mm. 9 20 mm - Types, oue female (Calif.) collection Dr. Horn. One alem (Yosemite, Calif.), collection Coquillett, National Museum. Male and female coucolorous. This insect can be readily separated from mutica by the bi- lobed last dorsal segment (Figs. 2 and 3), which in mutica is very convex (Figs. za and 3) and, therefore, highest in the middle ; also by the first joint of the antennae being gray and moderate in thickness, while in mutica the joint is swollen and black, the rest of the antennae in mutica is also thinner and shorter (Figs 4 and 4*7). The eyes are much more divided than in mutica (Figs, i and ia) ; the thorax is about as wide in front as back, but in mutica the front is narrowed (Figs. 5 and 5#). It is very desirable for the monograph on Saperda by Dr. Felt and myself mentioned above, that we see more material in the genus from all parts of the West, and all material sent me for study will be returned. EXPLANATION OF FIGS. Fig. i. Eye of hornii, showing degree of divison compared with Fig. id, eye of mutica. Fig. 2 and 2a. Transverse section of last dorsal segments of hornii and mutica at dotted line shown in Fig. 3 and 3. Fig. 4. Antennae of hornii; Fig. 40. Of mutica. Fig. 5. Head and thorax of hornii ; Fig. 5. Of mutica, All figures greatly enlarged. Feb., '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 35 The Eumaeus Debora. By PROF. Luis MURILLO, Jalapa, Mexico. The beautiful Mexican L/epidopteron, known here under the name of Guinea butterfly, visits us nearly every season even in winter, always in the afternoon and never in the morning. Its flying is apparently very slow and it seems not to rest on any plant. But if in our garden there is a Dioon editle, or Macroza- nn'a, or the graceful and worthy Japanese specimen called Cjtrus revolutci, then it hastens its flying around a plant until it sits on the reverse of its tender leaves. The cycads to which the mentioned vegetable belongs are very interesting plants. They form a link between the mono- .cotyledones and the dicotyledones. They are like conifers, and they are considered by some botanists as a subdivision of the same family, but their features are so clear that there is no doubt but that the Gymnosperma class can be divided into three families Cycadea, Conifercc and Gnetea. The flora prior to ours exhibited giantlike specimens of Cycadea, as testified by the 250 species of fossils that have already been classified. They appear in the pit-coal terrane represented by the Nceggerathia and the Pterop/iyllnin, but the}* are yet rare in the beginning of the Trias. At the end of the Triassic epoch they are plentiful ; however, in the middle of the Jurassic period is w T hen they reach their largest development. Once these have been classified : in the Kinetic about fifteen species, in the Lias seventeen, in the Oolite sixty-three, in the Superior Jurassic sixteen, in the Wealdian thirty ; then they diminish sensibly in the Cretaceous, and increase as we ascend in the Tertiary layers. At present this family has been reduced, and its representatives live preferably in tropical climates. Perhaps the EUNUCHS dcbora guest of the actual Cycadea is one of the most ancient Lepidoptera. Now I just remark that in the same way these plants have a great vitality, for if a trunk of one of them is got without leaves and roots, and left abandoned for one year, it is m.t a long time before it is covered with tufts of leaves, and in a few years the plant recovers its ancient vigor. So the /-'.nnnrns 36 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Feb., '02 debora is shown to have great vitality, for if it is kept in a dark box some hours after being born, it can remain even for twenty- six days without taking any food, and, if left free at the end of this time, flies swiftly without showing any exhaustion. I do not know any L/epidoptera that can bear so many days of cap- tivity and abstinence. Is there any relation between the vitality of the insect and the vegetable it feeds on ? I do not know it. When the female of the Eumczus debora has already chosen the tender leaf of a Cycad, it lays, one by one, on the under side of one of the most tender small leaves about 50 or 60 spherical eggs, with half-millimetre diameters, of white color, covered by a resistant skin and invested by a sticky substance that makes them adhere to the surface of the leaf. If time is propitious I mean if days are warm after a while' and by sunlight action the shells are broken, and some small worms of reddish color appear, which begin to gnaw the tender part of the leaf nearest them. Thirty or forty days after, the caterpillars have reached their full development. The cater- pillar presents an elongated body, half-cylindrical, with the flat part toward the extremities, 20 millimetres long by 5 in di- ameter, divided transversely by nine red bands that are white- striped on their superior part. All the skin is full of short and sparse hairs. The caterpillar has sixteen legs disposed in pairs, being the three forelegs, real ones and the others false. The first three segments of the caterpillar's body present greater consistence than the others. The real legs are the ones which the animal will conserve at last. The false legs are short and fleshy processes which in their apex contain a cavity that, acting as an air-tight cell, assists the animal admirably with its locomotion movements. It has a dark-gray head and is endowed with great mobility ; eyes are small and simple. The mouth is provided with powerful jaws with which it cuts the strong leaves of the plant it lives on. The caterpillar undergoes during life even three changes, and, to leave its old tegument, remains inactive without taking any food until two or three days. At the end of forty-five days the caterpillar loses its bright- ness of color and associates with its neighbors to seek for the Feb., '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 37 reverse of a hard and strong leaf, that can keep it from the rains and its enemies, which are chiefly the birds. Having chosen the spot, they lay a long silk net, made by themselves. This being finished, they each choose a place side by side and remain very quiet, without taking food, about two days, and the third day they are suspended vertically from the extremity of the abdomen, and then, by means of the belt which they make with very fine threads, become suspended horizontally. Once the insect is in this position, it removes its caterpillar garment and begins its chrysalis life. The chrysalis is about 1 8 millimetres in size, of a dark-red color, black-spotted. Two or three months, according to the time of the year, the l-'.itniu-n* dcbora remains in a chrysalis state, and when this time is up, on a warm morning, between nine and ten, it breaks the antero-superior part of the cover in which it was closed, and the butterfly comes out in such a state of weakness that it can hardly stand. At this moment the colors of the butterflies are opaque and the wings are folded against the body. The animal gets a very bright aspect by the action of the sunbeams, spreads its wings and commences to fly slowly. Two hours after, it enjoys full movements, expelling through the anus a yellowish liquid of a particular odor, and rushes into the world of adventures. The male, after accomplishing the copulations, flies about for a time, and the female, once fecundated, hunts anxiously for a Cycad to deposit its eggs in, dying some hours after. The Eumtzus debora, in its perfect state, is a L,epidopteron, 30 millimetres long, with its four round wings of velvet aspect, bright black color, full of numerous and symmetrical golden spots, on its inferior side, and blue and green, with metallic reflections, on the superior part. The posterior borders <>!" tin wings are fringed with a very fine white flounce that takes a tint intensely black on the abdominal region. This is also of a very black color and is covered with thin filiform scales. The thorax shows on the back, a blue spot, with golden re- flections. The head shows two great compound eyes bordered by a circle of white, and small scales and two soft and tk\il>k antennae. The palpi (lips) arc prominent, 38 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Feb., '02 The Eumceus debora in its perfect state, feeds on sticky sub- stances which flow from the trunks, leaves and fruits of the Cycadea, > i Letters from Thomas Say to John F. Melsheimer, 1816-1825. X, XL Philad? April a6 11 ? 1823 My Dear Sir ! I duly received yT excellent letter & more recently the valu- able box of insects you were so good as to send me. I beg you to accept my most sincere and hearty thanks for them, as well as for the excellent remarks with which they were accompanied. Most interesting as they truly are, I have to regret to say that I have not yet had leisure to examine them as closely & atten- tively as I w r ish to do. My time has recently been fully occu- pied with preparations for another western Exped? under the orders of the Secretary of War, for the exploration of the St. Peter's river & the 49 of lattitude. We expect to depart on that service on tuesday next, & if our estimate of distance & time is accurate, we shall return here next autumn, if no unfore- seen casualty occurs. I am sorry that our correspondence which is so interesting to me, is thus so much & so frequently inter- rupted, but we must endeavour, by & by, to compensate for the hiatus by longer and more frequent letters. I have begun to publish pretty largely on insects, & shall endeavour to send you the commencement of a paper on the Carabii, now print- ing for our Philosophical Transactions ; you will observe that I have taken the liberty to mention your name not unfrequently in that paper as well as elsewhere, as in duty bound as well as inclination & justice. I have also quoted your catalogue for every species that I could identify, that is, for every species you or your father sent me. I have also appropriated Mss. enough to supply our Journal during my absence, this little work I have directed to be regularly sent to you. It will afford me great pleasure to learn that these several essays interest you, In the mean time I remain as ever truly & affectionately your triend Thomas Say Feb., '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 39 Philad? Novemb r 30''? 1823. My Dear friend ! In my last letter I informed you of the reception of the very valuable box of insects with which you favoured me, & stated at the same time that my haste of preparation for another journey through the wilderness prevented my making any re- marks at that time upon the interesting individuals it contains. I am happy to say that this journey has been successfully per- formed, & we have all returned to our families & friends. Our rout was as follows, viz. We departed from this place arrived at Wheeling by way of the great national road ; thence to Co- lumbus, Fort Wayne, & Chicago at the southern extremity of Lake Michigan ; making another outfit at that place, we struck across the country by rout till then untravelled excepting by Indians & their associates to Prairie des Chiens on the Missis- sippi. We then ascended the Mississippi to the Falls of St. Anthony, thence along the St. Peters to its source ; thence di- rectly north, by way of Sioux river Red river to Pembinaxv, a settlement formed by Lord Selkirk ; there we established the north boundary line of the United States & took possession of that part of the country with the customary military ceremonies. We then descended the river into the British territories, passed through the lower portion of Lake Winnepec, through the Lake of the woods which is thickly studded with charming island^, through Rainy lake cS: Dog river to Lake Superior. Within about fifty miles of this lake the whole river is precipitated over a ledge of rock into a rocky chasm to the depth of 130 feet, the concussion of the water is terrific causes a very sensible trembling of the earth around. We were under the necessity of crossing Lake Superior from West to East in an open flat bottomed batteau during the equinoctial storm. This we accomplished in fifteen days. We then went to Mackinaw, then passed through Lakes Huron & Erie, & visited the falls of Niagara ; at the Genesee river we entered Clinton's grand Canal & after a voyage through it of the most agreeable kind, at the rate of four miles an hour night day, we arrived at Albany. On this extensive round we suffered but little for want cf 40 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Feb., 'O2 food, & our dangers from Indian hostility were far less than those of our former expedition. We passed over that immense country in six months so that you will be well aware that we had not much leisure to make very abundant collections ; never- theless I obtained some insects that are of some interest. You will observe by the number of the Journal that I now send, my commencement to describe our Coleopterous insects. This paper is to include such as were obtained during our ex- pedition to the Rocky mountains. It will be succeeded by a description of the insects of this country generally. You will observe that I have carefully quoted your " Catalogue" for all such species as I have been favoured with from you & from your father. I hope to send you soon an extensive paper on the families of Carabus, Dytiscus & Gyrinus ; it is already printed off. Also a paper on the Hymenoptera, & another on the Neuroptera which I have had published and of which I expect soon to have some extra copies. Whatever I publish shall be submitted to your inspection & I beg in return your candid opinion and usual critical observations upon them. I have the ambition to do as much as possible & to perform my work as well as I can, I must therefore task the acumen of my friend to correct my errors when he perceives them, & to teach me to do better when he perceives the way open to amendment. I remain truly & cordially ytmr friend & Obd' Serv 1 . Thomas Say [NoTE. In a footnote appended to the first of these letters, F. E. Melsheimer is said to have probably represented the third generation of the family in America. I now learn that he was the brother of J. F. Melsheimer. This last letter brings this series to a close, as the following two or three letters, dated 1824-25, are not thought of sufficient general interest to justify their publication here. W. J. F.] MR. S. H. HAMILTON of the Academy of Natural Sciences, of Philadel- phia, is about to visit Cuba on a collecting trip. He will be pleased to hear from any one wishing Cuban insects. His address will be Santiago, care of " General Delivery," Feb., '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 4! Some New Coccidae. By GEO. B. KING, Lawrence, Mass. To-day, April nth, I have just received a very pretty and distinct ant-nest species of coccid from Prof. Cockerell, for which he suggests the name AV/V/.svV? fuubriatula, giving also some descriptive names. Ripersia fimbriatula n. sp. Ckll and King. ?. Small, oval, \ l / 2 mm. long, i broad, of a light yellow color, with a marginal fringe of cottony filaments and the entire body coated with white powder. Placed in alcohol, they are light, delicate yellow tinged with green. Boiled in caustic potash, they turn to a bright red-brown color. The internal juice being removed, the derm is colorless ; mouth- parts, antennae and legs light yellow. Antenna six jointed, with the sixth longest, then three. One 4- two next and equal. Five is a little longer than four, which is the shortest. Formula, 63(12)54. Measure- ments of the several joints: (i) 40, (2) 40, (3) 56, (4) 20, (5) 32, (6) 76. All of the joints have short, thin hairs, those on the sixth being somewhat longest. Legs stout, quite bristly ; middle leg, coxa 48 long. Femur, with trochanter, 160; tibia, 88; tarsus, 76; claw 20, broad; coxa, 100; trochanter, 60 ; tibia, 36 ; tarsus, 28. Claw thin, sharp, not much curved. Digitules of tarsus and claw minute, indistinct, with small knobbed ends. Anal ring normal, with the usual six but thin bristles. Caudal tubercles small, with one short hair. Hab. Las Vegas, New Mexico, April 7, 1901, in nest of Lasius americana Em. under rocks ; collected by Mrs. YVil- matte P. Cockerell. Also found last year at Santa Fe, N. M., by Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell, but the material too scanty for description. This species is quite different from a yellow spe- cies found in ant nests in Massachusetts, Ripersia fla-fola Ckll., which has practically seven jointed antennae and is larger, although we find some individuals with only six joints, measuring as follows : joint ( i) 40, ( 2) 44, (3 ) 44, < 4) 36, (5) 28, (6) 72. R. Jimbriatula seems to be nearer to a species with six jointed antennae, which was mixed with a lot of coccids from ants' nests in Massachusetts found by me and described by Prof. Cockerell in Can. Entom., 1896, p. 223, as A'. Arv/7, the latter having jointed antennae. I propose to call this six jointed form, which is certainly distinct, /\Y/vv\/W candidata King. Although the antennal formula of this -p(.virs is nearly the same as that of /\V/Vv'anl>y, \V. H. Banks, Nathan. Bruce, David. Davis, G. C. Bang Haas, A. Burrison, H. K. Davis, John. Barrett, O. W. Calder, E. E. De Vesey, J. Bassett, H. F. Calverley, Stephen. Dietz, VV. G. Beales, E. V. Calvert, P. P. Dyar, H. G. 4 6 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Feb., '02 Edwards, Henry. Edwards, W. H. Ehrhorn, E. M. Ehrmann, G. A. Elrod, M. J. Evans, J. D. Evett, Wm. Fall, H. C. Fay , H. T. Feldman, Henry. Felt, E. P. Fenyes, Adelbert. Fernald, C. H. Field, W. L. W. Fitch, Asa. Fox, W. J. French, G. H. Fuchs, Charles. Fyles, T. W. Gerhard, W. J. Gillette, C. P. Goding, F. W. Goodhue, C. F. Grey, Wm. Grote, A. R. Gundlach, Juan. Hagen, H. A. Haldeman, S. S. Hamilton, John. Hancock, J. L. Harris, T. W. Harvey, F. L. Heiligbrodt, L. Helmuth, C. A. Hill, George. Hillman, F. H. Holland, W. J. Hopkins, A. D. Horn, G. H. Hornig, Herman. Huard, V. A. Hubbard, H. G. Hudson, G. H. Hulst, G. D. Huntington, W. S. Johnson, C. W. Kayser, Wm. Kellicott, D. S. Kincaid, Trevor. King, G. B. Kirtland, J. P. Klages, E. A. Knaus, W. Knight, J. F. Kraft, L. Kunze, R. E. Laurent, Philip. Le Baron, Wm. Le Conte, John. Le Conte, J. L. Lembert, J. B. Lewis, Samuel. Loew, H. Longley, W. E. Linne,Carl von. Lintner, J. A. Lyman, H. H. Martindale, I. C. Mengel, L. M. McKnight, C. S. McAllister, J. W. Michel, John. Moffat, J. A. Monell, J. T. Morgan, H. A. Morris, J. G. Muller, A. Nason, W. A. Nell, Philip. Newcomb, H. H. Neumoegen, B. Newman, Edw. Norton, Edw. Orne, John. Osburn, Wm. Osborn, Herbert. Oslar, E. J. Osten Sacken, Baron. Owen, E. T. Patton, W. H. Peale, T. R. Pearsall, R. F. Pergande, Theo. Pilate, G. R. Pine, W. S. Piper, C. V. Poey, F. Pool, Isaac. Popenoe, E. A. Provancher, L. Putnam, J. D. Radaszkowski, - Rathvon, S. V. Rauterberg, F. Reakirt, Tryon. Reinick, W. R. Ricksecker, L. E. Ridings, J. Ridings,]. H. Riley, C. V. Roberts, C. H. Robertson, Charles. Robinson, C. T. Say, Lucy W. Say, Thomas. Sanborn, F. G. Sartorius, C. W. Saunders, Wm. Schafhirt, F. Schneider, Louis. Scudder, S. H. Seiss, C. F. Sharp, Alda M. Sheriff, F. A. Shinier, Henry. Skinner, Henry. Slingerland, M. V. Slossons. A. T. Smith, Emily A. Smith, Frederick. Smith, J. B. Smyth, E. A. Snyder, A. J. Sonne, C. Southwick, E. B. Stainton, H. T. Studinger, Otto. Stauffer, Jacob. Feb., '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 47 Strecker, Herman. Walsingham, Lord. Westwood, J. O. Stromberg, C. W. Walton, L. B. Wickham, H. F. Sumichrast, F. Watson, John. Wilson, T. B. Tourney, J. W. Webster, F. M. Williston, S. \V. Townsend, C. H. Weed, C. M. Wilt, Charles. Twogood, F. D. Weed, H. E. Wingate, J. D. Ulke, Henry. Weidmeyer, J. W. Wolloston, - Van Duzee, E. P. Welles, C. S. Wood, W. C. Wadsworth, Miss M. Wenzel, H. W. Wood, W. H. Walker, Francis. Wenzel, W: F. Young, D. B. Walsh, B. D. Westcott, O. S. A New Species of Gomphus (Odonata) related to G. fraternus. BY E. B. WILLIAMSON. In eastern North America the hitherto recognized species extcrnus, fraternus, crassus, dilatatus and vast u *' constitute a group of the genus Gomphus characterized by the form of the postanal cells, the color pattern of the thorax, and especi- ally by the abdominal appendages of the males. Dilatatus and vastus have the fronto-nasal sature black, and the eighth ab- dominal segment immaculate above, the face being unmarked and segment eight having a basal yellow or yellowish spot in externus, fraternus and crassus. The following species which appears new finds its nearest ally in fraternus. Dr. Cal vert's recent critical study of fraternus, c.\tcrnus and crassus (ENT. NEWS, March, 1901, pp. 65-73, P 1 - ni . l8 figures) makes it possible to describe this species without indicating at length points of difference and similarity. What is here said con- stitutes a, fourth vertical column as an addition to the three vertical columns of descriptive matter in Dr. Calvert's paper. Gomphus hybridus n. sp. Abd. d\ 35-37 ; ?, 35-36. H. w. d\ 27-8 ; ?. 29. (i). Superior abdominal appendages viewed from above not as robust as fraternus and crassus, with the apices slenderer, separated by a dis- tance greater than the length of one appendage ; (2). inner edge of each appendage concave in general direction, straight *I know ventricosus and consannis only from descriptions. They seem to be most closely related to vas/us and di/aialus. 48 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Feb., ! O2 or slightly convex from about its middle to near the apex ; the outer edge straighter than mfraternus, particularly at base, not angulate ; (3). in profile upper edge convex ; ' (4). the lower edge tapering to the apex in its apical fourth or fifth, a small tubercle (larger than in fraternus or crassus) where the tapering begins, at which point the appendage is hardly thicker than elsewhere in its post-basal portion ; between this tubercle and the apex the edge is concave without a convexity as mfraternus ; (5). viewed obliquely from above at 45 with the horizontal plane the appendage shows no tubercle basally to the one seen in profile. (6). Branches of inferior appendage with the apices barely outside of or just at the outer edge of the superior appendages ; (7). undivided portion when viewed from below with the edge be- tween the branches forming an undulating curve, less than a semicircle, or with a short portion at the middle straight, in either case a distinct con- cavity before the apex of each branch. (8). Vulvar lamina less than half as long as the sternum of the ninth segment, widened at its base as in fraternus ; from this widened portion the sides extend parallel to the apices of the two contiguous branches, the incision between which has usually an angle of almost 90, with the sides straight or slightly convex. (9). Third femora of female without external yellow stripe. (10). Dark stripe on first lateral suture in both sexes not interrupted. (n). Vertex of female with a brown or whitish spine at either end of the transverse ridge. (12) In both sexes tibiae black, the superior surface with a pale yellow stripe, usually extending from the base to about the middle, rarely to the apex, and rarely reduced to a basal spot or streak. (13). Dorsal spot on seventh abdominal segment of male one-half to three-fifths as long as the segment. (14). Second femora of female beneath dull brownish, obscure green towards apex. (15). In both sexes the tenth abdominal segment is obscure brown, paler than segments eight and nine, with a round, yellow, median, dorsal spot, which may be so obscured as to be almost invisible. (16 and 17). Segments seven, eight, nine and ten are obscurely marked and shaded with black, brown and yellow, their general color being lighter than the segments before them, ten being the palest one; the color pattern on these segments is not as sharply defined as in related species, being in general, like fraternus. (18). Margin of occiput similar in outline in both sexes ; slightly- higher in the female, high, uniformly convex or, more rarely, with the sides straightened or very slightly concave. (19, 20 and 21) See (16 and 17) above. Suture between nasus and frons obscure, slightly darker than the ad- jacent parts, best shown in very teneral individuals which also show Feb., '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 49 the same dusky color on the anteclypeus. Prothorax largely yellowish. United mid-dorsal thoracic stripes wider than in fratermis, widening be- low, as in vastus, to a greater or less extent, so that the pale area between the antehumeraland median stripes is greatly reduced, as compared with fraternus ; humeral and antehumeral distinct, rarely fused for a short distance above ; stripes of lateral sutures complete, the area between more or less obscured. Femora reddish brown, paler below ; second tarsal joint yellowish dorsally, most distinct and sometimes evident only on last tarsi, rarely obscured throughout. Abdominal segments two to six black, marked with yellow and green. Accessory genitalia of male pale brown ; the hook of the second hamule, bounded apically and bas- ally by a small black tooth, shorter and weaker than in fratermis and crassus. Referring again to the items in the description above, num- bered (i) to (12), hybridus is separated from fraternus by (4), (7), (8), (9), (10) and (12) ; from cxtcnnts by ( i '), (2), (3), (4), (6) and (7) ; from crassus by (2), (4), (5), (8), (9), (10), (ii) and (12). Or fraternus and hybridus are alike, with possible slight differences, in (i;, (2), (3), (5), (6) and (n) ; extcrnus and hybridus in (5), (8), (9), (10), (n) and (12) ; crassus and hybridus in (i), (3), (6) and (7). Hybri- dus differs most widely from crassus ; the male is very closely related to fraternus, while the female has more resemblances to cxternus a condition which justifies the specific name proposed. Described from 32 specimens 15 $ and 17 9 : Cumberland River, Nashville, Tennessee, below the State Penitentiary: May 12, 1901, i ; May 15, 1901, i $ ( i 9; May 19, 1901, i $, i 9; May 22, 1901, i S, 39; May 23, 1901, 6^,59; May 30, 1901, i 9 ; June 2, 1901, i S ; June 6, 1901, i 9 ; June 7, 1901, 2 $ , 29. Cumberland River, above mouth of Stone River : May 16, 1901, i S , 39. Stone River, near Cumberland River : May 16, 1901, i $ . Unfortunately much of this material is so teneral as to be of little or no value, and for this reason doubtless some variations have been overlooked. Exuvuu of the species were collected. Specimens of these have been sent to Prof. Needham. The types of the species are placed in the Museum of Compara- tive Zoology, Cambridge, Mass. 50 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Feb., '02 A New Bumble Bee from Colorado. By WM. H. ASHMEAD. Bombus titusi n. sp. cT- Length 17 mm. Black and clothed with a black pubescence, the thorax anteriorly with a pale yellowish pubescence, the abdomen above clothed with a dense, dark sulphur yellow pubescence, with a slight greenish tinge, the two terminal segments reddish, mixed with a few black hairs, the fringe on the ventral segments black mixed with pale hairs, the middle and hind femora with whitish or pale yellowish hairs. The head, seen from in front, is a little longer than wide, clothed with black hairs intermixed with a few pale hairs and with some moderately coarse, sparse punctures above and below the ocelli ; the malar space smooth, a little longer than wide, less than one-third the length of the eye. The first and second joints of the flagellum are sub-equal, united about as long as the third, the latter being a little shorter than the fourth. Type. Cat. No. 5784, U. S. N.'M. Hab. L/amar, Colorado, September 10, 1898. Taken by Prof. E. G. Titus. Pests and Grease. By F. H. WOLLEY DOD. I trust I may be excused for raking up such an old and somewhat hackneyed subject as the treatment of cabinet pests and grease, but there are, doubtless, many entomologists who, like myself, are still unable to cope with them to their entire satisfaction. Of all the acknowledged common enemies to a collection of L,epidoptera, grease is the only one which has ever been a serious nuisance to me amongst the boxes. I am not sure that I have ever been troubled at all with mites on verdi- gris nor with mould, except such as has appeared on speci- mens whilst in the relaxing time. The larger insect pests Dermestidae (?) and Tineidse have sometimes troubled me a little, chiefly amongst papered specimens. One hairy-looking wriggly creature, which has never told me his name nor even made mention of his family, and which, like most insects in the larval stage, appears to divide his time between eating and changeing his skin, is an old enemy of mine who has a habit ot boring an almost completely round hole through the paper, and, visiting papered specimen after specimen, has sometimes continued in his wickedness for \vivks without discovery. Feb., '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 51 A pinful of butterflies transfixed sideways is another favorite point of attack of this brute's, and though he used often to bother pinned and set specimens when I employed short Eng- lish pins, on long Carlsbad pins they seem to be out of his reach, as the grapes were from .Bsop's fox in the fable. I never use naphthaline now in my store boxes, as high setting seems to render it unnecessary except, perhaps, with some of the larger moths, whose bodies or wing tips cannot be kept entirely off the cork. I find naphthaline, however, almost indispensable amongst papered specimens. Another difficulty I have never been able to overcome- though it scarcely comes under the head of cabinet pests is the persistent and unsightly way specimens have of springing after being set. I refer to those that have dried unset, and then been relaxed and set, as those set fresh are undoubtedly far less liable to spring, provided they are given time to thor- oughly dry before being removed from the boards. But I find, even in this so-called dry atmosphere of Alberta, that a very large percentage of insects which have been relaxed will spring sooner or later upwards, downwards or backwards as often one way as another, though presumably they have a tendency to reassume the position they had previous to the relaxing. It is true that a slight deviation from the conven- tionally orthodox style of setting does not in the least detract from its scientific value, which is, of course, the most import- ant point to be considered ; but still, if some way could be discovered of preventing the springing which did not involve a large amount of labor (as does applying cement to the ba-e- of wings beneath, which does not increase the value of the specimen), I think a great many collectors would gladly em- ploy it. As to mould in the relaxing tins, a few drops of car- bolic acid will usually prevent it, though I am always afraid of its acting on the colors of the specimens, especially in the case of non-metallic greens. Some of these, indeed, are so fleeting that it is absolutely impossible (so far as I know) to relax them at all without completely ruining the colors. As an instance of such species I may mention that pretty little r.eometrid, Eucrostismridipennata. 1 have seen this fact mentioned before in these pages with reference to the -ame specie-. 52 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Feb., *O2 But " grease " is my great bugbear of all. It was from the Rev. Joseph Greene's Insect Hunter's Companion (first pub- lished in England over thirty years ago) that I originally learned my method of treating against this nuisance. I be- lieve that the methods advised by Dr. Greene were at the time entirely original. He used to remove the contents of the ab- domen from the under side, by means of a sharp penknife, as soon as they were firm, but before they were hard and dry. Not only is that a most unnecessary amount of labor, but it entails the necessity of treating each specimen within a fixed time after killing, which in my own case, at least is rarely convenient. It may be a good thing in the case of the very largest insects, but the only advantage I can see is that it uses up less of the grease-absorbing agent used afterwards, as it seems impossible to remove all trace of grease without soaking in benzine, naphtha, ether or something such. Amongst the moths the most persistent greasers seem to be the internal feeders, and many of these I find almost certain to become saturated to the wing tips in a marvellously short space of time. These I usually treat as soon as possible, whether they have begun to show signs of greasing or not, but the majority I leave until signs of exudation become evident. Of all the preparations I have ever tried for the extraction of grease from the bodies ether has certainly given the best results, though, of course, the vessel used must be as nearly air-tight as possible. After removing the abdomen of course carefully labeled, with corresponding labels on the owners I usually soak in ether for two or three days, and in clean ether again for two or three more, and with the Sphinges, Bombyces, Geometridse and Butterflies this is usuall}- suffi- cient. With many of the Noctuidae, however, especially if taken at treacle, in particular, the Cucullias and Plusias, which in this district do not come to treacle, no amount of ether will completely prevent or remove all the discolora- tion due to internal juices. The bodies of these I usually soak previously once or twice for 12 or 24 hours in clean warm water ; distilled water would doubtless be the best. These genera are, it seems, particularly heavy feeders, and the Feb., '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 53 substances with which the bodies must be filled are not soluble in ether. Ordinary brown shellac is the handiest thing I know for refixing the bodies. In the case of a badly-greased speci- men total immersion is the only remedy I have seen tried. Though I always clean a greasy abdomen of a good specimen in my series, however common or ordinary in type, it is hardly worth while treating any but really valuable forms if the grease has once extended to the wings, except, of course, as an experiment. The most successful result of total immersion, in my experience, was in a unique Cossus. It had greased, to use a vulgar expression, "from its teeth to its toe nails;' but after repeated and lengthy baths in methylated ether I really forget how often I changed the ether became as clean and fresh-looking as the day it was taken. It still remains a unique, and really no one not in the swim would ever suspect it had been soaked. I recently removed grease completely from the wings of a dozen or more specimens of .h^v/n/is cduwdsii and A. halcyone by merely dipping them (after re- moving the abdomen) for a few seconds only in ether, and then waving them through the air till dry. In some species, how- ever, notably in Cm 11 Ilia and its allied genus Rancora, once the grease has extended to the wings, I am baffled. There seems to be carried with the grease that sticky substance pre- viously mentioned, insoluble in ether. I have tried total im- mersion first in warm water " an original method," I thought to myself. It seems likely to remain original, as the result is scarcely to be recommended. It certainly removes the trouble, but the cure is every bit as bad and more " widely distributed ' than the disease, and subsequent ether baths completely fail to renovate the specimen, which has evermore a plastered and crumpled appearance. The day may come when I may wi^h to clean a particularly valuable though badly-greased specimen, and I cannot help thinking that there must be some more suc- cessful method than the above. Pure distilled water might meet with good results ; I have never tried it. I write to learn rather than to teach, and trust sonic one will come forward and tell us, through UK- pages of tin- tfEWS, "t some better method of renovating greased specimens, and also of their experience with cabinet i ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [The Conductors of ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS solicit and will thankfully receive items of news likely to interest its readers from any source. The author's name will be given in each case, for the information of cataloguers and bibliographers.] To Contributors. All contributions will be considered and passed upon at our earliest convenience, and, as far as may be, will be published according to date of recep- tion. ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS has reached a circulation, both in numbers and circumfer- ence, as to make it necessary to put " copy " into the hands of the printer, for each num- ber, three weeks before date of issue. This should be remembered in sending special or important matter for a certain issue. Twenty-five "extras," without change in form, will be given free, when they are wanted ; and this should be so stated on the MS., along with the number desired. The receipt of all papers will be acknowledged. ED. PHILADELPHIA, PA., FEBRUARY, 1902. With the advent of the New Year I looked hopefully for the first issue of the new volume of the NEWS. I little expected to be jarred by the unseemly figure which adorns the first page of the cover of the January issue, bearing the absurd name of Quisnam sexcaudatus ? Of course, Mr. Editor, if the NEWS intends to supersede some of our comic weeklies, I suppose my protest, for such this is, is out of place. But for an ento- mological journal, whose aim should be not to cast ridicule on the study but to frown down such, to present an absurdity on its front page is too much for my dignity. But if I am mis- taken in the object of this levity, pray pardon me. Perhaps the figure has been adopted as a sort of trade-mark of your otherwise excellent journal. But, if you will allow me, the anal aspect of even a dipterous larva is far from being an edi- sight. SUBSCRIBER. This note was received from a distinguished Hymenopterist, and of course merits our attention. If he were " jarred by the unseemly figure," it was because it was not a hymenopterous insect, and the more chagrined because he evidently took it to be a " fake" insect, which it is not. He was evidently jarred when he found out that what he took for a [name] , ' ' Quisnavi , ' ' means what is it? and " sexcaudatus," six tailed. Now, inas- much as the figure is not a fake, it is not out of place in a dig- nified entomological journal, and therefore a comic weekly would not want it. It is an interesting and valuable study in 54 Feb., '03] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 55 comparative anatomy and cannot, therefore, be an " absurdity" in any sense of the word. Our object in putting a fanciful name on the figure was to lead people to find out for themselves what it is. The figure on the cover of the NEWS is merely to desig- nate the volume and is not permanent, and is destroyed when the ten numbers are bound. Our friend, the Hymenopterist, was informed what the figure is by an Orthopterist. If the anal aspect of a dipterous larva is not an edifying sight, we must warn all our writers against sending us any figures of geni- talia, especially those of the Hymenoptera ; but perhaps our Hymenopterist excepts these. This gentleman's remarks also apply to Bulletin 47, New York State Museum. The Regents of the University of the State of New York, Prof. Needham and Dr. Felt will please take notice. Entomological Literature. COMPILED HY HENRY L. VIERECK AND JAMES A. G. REHN. Under the above head it is intended to note such papers received at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia pertaining to the Entomology of the Americas (North and South). Articles irrelevant to American entomology, unless monographs, will not be noted. Contributions to the anatomy, physiology and embryology of inserts, however, whether relating to American or exotic species, will be recorded. The numbers in heavy- faced type refer to the journals, as numbered in the following list, in which the papers are published ; * denotes that the paper in question contains descriptions of new North American forms. The titles of all papers will be quoted in the original and not translated. 2. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, Philadelphia. 3. The American Naturalist, Cambridge, Mass. -4. The Canadian En- tomologist, London, Out. 5. Psyche, Cambridge, Mass. 6. Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 11. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, London. 15. Biologia Centrali-Americana, London. 22. Zoologischer Anzeiger, Leipsic. 35. Annales Societe Entomologique de Belgique, Brussels. 53. Transactions and Proceedings of the New Zealand Institute, Wellington. 55. Le Naturaliste, Paris. 61c. Comuni- caciones del Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires. 68. Science, New York. 81. Biologisches Centralblatt, Krlangen. 82. Centralblatt fiir Bakteri- ologie, Jena. 84. Insekten Borse, Leipsic. 89. Zoologische Jahrlnicln-r, Jena. 104. Mittheilungen Naturhistorisches Museum, Hamburg.- 119. Ar- chiv fiir Naturgeschichte, Berlin. 136. Stettiner Entoir.ologisc In- /t-Uur.-. THE GENERAL SUBJECT. Anon. Proceedings of the New York Ento- mological Society. Jour. N. Y. Ent. Soc , ix, N. Y. , Dec., 1901. Anon. Thierischer Kampher. 84, Dec., 'ot. Ball, F. Notes r.- Comstock, J. H., and Kochi, 56 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Feb., *O2 C. The skeleton of the head of insects, 3, Jan., '02. Coupiu, H. Le Chant des Insects. Revue Scientifique, Paris, 46 ser., xvi, Dec. 21, 1900. L'in- dustrie des Insectes, 55, Dec. i, 'or. Hine, J. S. Observations on insects. The Ohio Naturalist, vol. ii, Dec., 1901. Kraepelin, K. Uber die durch den Schiffsverkehr in Hamburg eingeschlepten Tiere, 104, xvii, 'or. Leggett, F. W. Insect Vision. Journal of the New York Microscopical So- ciety, July, 1901. Linden, Dr. G. Die flugelzeichnung der Insekten, ii, Concl., 81, Dec., 1901. Morgan, T. H. Regeneration in the Egg, Embryo and Adult, 3, Dec., 'or. Sen., S. Insekten als lebenden Nahrboden fiir Ziichtung von Krankheitskeimen, 84, Dec., 'or. Van Dyke, E. J. Obser- vations upon the faunal regions of California from the standpoint of a Coleopterist (abstract), 6, Dec., 1901. Wasman, S. J. Giebt es thatsach- lichen Arten die heute noch in der stammesentwicklung begriffen sind ? Zugleich mit allgemeinen bemerkungen iiber die entwicklung der Myr- mekophile und Termitophile und iiber das Wesen der Symphilie (rrS). Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Myrmekophilen und Termitophilen, iii, concl., 81, Dec., '91. Zimmermann, A. Sammelreferate iiber die tierischen und pflanzlichen Parasiten der tropischen Kultur pflanzen, ii, Die Parasiten des Kakaos, 82, Dec., 'or. ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY. Anon. Catalogue of collections of Pests and Insecticides. Commission of Agricultural Parasitology of the secre- tary for public promotion, Mexico, rgor. Britton, W. E. The San Jose" scale insect ; its appearance and spread in Connecticut, Connecticut Agric. Experim. Sta., New Haven, Conn., Bull., r35, Dec., rgoi. Eysell, A. Der Malaria parasit und seine Ubertragungauf den Menschen, figs., Ab- hanlungen und Bericht des Vereins fiir Naturkunde zu Kassel, xlvi, igor. Slingerland, M. V. The scientific name of the cherry fruit-fly, 4, Jan., '02. Smith, J. B. Concerning Certain Mosquitoes, 68, Jan. 3, r902. Underwood, W. L. Goldfish as destroyers of mosquito larvae, 68, Dec. 27, '02. ARACHNIDA. Banks, N. Notes on some spiders of Walkenaer, Koch and others, 6, Dec. rgor. Cambridge, F. 0. P. Arachnida Araneidea (Mexico and Central America), 2 pis , 15, Arachnida Araneidea, ii. Ro- bert, Dr. R. Beitrag zur Kentniss der gift-spinnen, Stuttgart, rgor. Leonardi, A. B. G. Acari sud americani, 22, Dec. 'or. Pocock, R. I. Some new and old Genera of S. American Aviculariidas,* 11, Dec. '01. Soar, C. D. Larval Water-mites on Aquatic Animals. The American Monthly Microscopical Journal, xxii, no. r2, Dec. rgor. MYRIOPODA. Attem, C. F. Neue Polydesmiden des Hamburger Mu- seums, 104, xvii, 'or. Attem, C. F. Neue, durch den Scheffsverkehr in Hamburg eingeschleppte Myriopoden, 104, xvii, 'or. PLATYPTERA. Enderlein, G. Neue deutsche und exotische Psociden, sowie Bemerkungen zur Systematik, 89, 'or. ODONATA. Calvert, P. P. Neuroptera (Odonata), (Mexico and Central America),* 15, Neuroptera, Feb., '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 57 ORTHOPTERA. Anon. The Destructive Migratory Locust of the Ar- gentine Republic. The Agricultural Journal, Cape Town, Nov. 7, 1901. McNary, J. Variability of the Venation in Grasshoppers, 68, Dec. 27, '01. Rehn, J. A. G. Random Notes on North American Orthoptera, 2, xxvii. Scudder, S. H. The species of Gryllus found in the United States east of the Sierra Nevadas,* 5, i, Jan., 1902. Waker, E. M. The Can- adian species of Trimerotropis,* 4, Jan. '02. HEMIPTERA - Ball, E. D. West Coast and other Jassidae (Homoptera),* 4, Jan. '02 Buckton, G. B. A Monograph of the Membracidae, ii,* Mono- graphiae Entomologicse, Part ii, London. Distant, W. L. Rhynchotal Notes, xi, Heteroptera : Fam. Lygseidce, 11, Dec. '01. King, G. B. A new species of Saissetia (Coccidse) with notes on some of the species of the genus not well understood (ill.), 5, i, Jan., 1902. Kirkaldy, G. W. Some systematic work published during the last five years upon North American Auchenorrhynchus Homoptera (Rhynchota), The Entomologist, xxxiv, Dec. 1901. Lyman, H. H. Eulecanium Lymani, 4, Jan , '02. Newstead, R. Monograph of the Coccidae of the British Isles, vol. i, London. COLEOPTERA. -Berg, C. Silfidos Argentines, 61c, i, No. 9 Bern - hauer, M. Neue exotische Arten der gattung Alcochara Gravh., 136, No. 7-12, '01. Clouet des Pesmches, L. Essai monographique sur le genre Rhyssemus (Coleopteres lamellicornes-Tribu des Aphodiides). Memoires de la Societe Entomologique de Belgique, viii, Bruxelles, '01. Ender lein, G. Meropathus chiini nov. gen., nov.'spec., eine neue Helephori- nengattung von der KerguelenTnsel., 22, xxiv, Mar., '01. Klages, H. Supplement to Dr. John Hamilton's List of the Coleoptera of Southwest- ern Pennsylvania. Annals of the Carnegie Museum, i. No. i, Oct., 1901. Knaus, Warren. Additions to the list of Kansas Coleoptera for the years 1899 and 1900. Trans. Kans. Acad. Science, xvii, 1899, 1900. Lyman, H. H. Synonymic notes, 4, Jan . '02 . Ohaus, Fr. Revision der Heterosterniden,* 136, No. 7-12, 'or. Pic, M. Descriptions de Coleop- teres Nouveaux del "Amerique M^ridionale, 55, Dec. i, '01. Tutt, J. W. Migration and dispersal of insects : Coleoptera. The Ent. Record and Jour, of Variation, xiii, Dec., 1901. Van Dyke, E. J. Faunistic studies in the Coleoptera of California (Abstract). See General Subject. DIPTERA. Anon. Eristalis tenax, Longitudinal Section of Halter. Sarcophaga carnaria, Longitudinal Section of Halter. Anterior Thoracic Spiracle of Blow-fly. The American Monthly Microscopical Journal, xxii, No. ir, Nov., 1901. Chagnon, G. The Syrphidre of the Province of Quebec. Le Naturaliste Canadian, Nov. 1901. Dyar, H. G. Descrip- tions of the larvae of three mosquitoes. The life-history of Uranohenia sapphirina, 6, Dec., 1901. Enderlein, G. Xur kenntniss drr FK'.he und Sand flohe, Neue und wenig bekannte 1'ii/icidt'n und Sarc<>f>.\\llidcn, 89, '01. Hine, J. S. Collecting Tabanidae. The Ohio Naturalist, vol. ii, Dec., 1901. Wheeler, W. M. An Extraordinary Ant Guest, 3, Dec., '01. LEPIDOPTERA. Berg, C. Namensiinderung zweier Lepidopten-Gat- 58 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Feb., '02 ttingen, 61c, i, No. 9. Bentenmuller, W. The larva of Catocala illecta. The larva of Homoptera edusa, 6, ix, Dec., 1901. Dyar, H. G. Life His- tories of North American Geometridae, xxix, 5, ix, Jan., 1902. Ghidini, A. Le Ver a soie de 1'Ailante daus le Tessin (Attacus cynthia}. Bulletin de la Soci^te Nationale d'Acclimatation de France, xlviii, Nov., 1901. Gibson, A. Notes on the larvae of Arctia virgo L., 4, Jan., '02. Godmaii, F. D. Lepidoptera Rhopalocera (Mexico and Central America),* 15, Lepid. Rhopal., ii. Joutel, L. H. Note on'Sesia sigmoidea. Larva of Isochcetes beutenmillleri on Staten Island, N. Y. A self-decorating Geo- metrid larva, 6, ix, Dec., 1901. Lymaii, H. H. Synonymic notes, 4, Jan., '02. Major, W. Proboscis of Butterfly. The American Monthly Micro- scopical Journal, xxii, No. n, Nov., 190:. Quail, A. Embryological structure of New Zealand Lepidoptera, 53, Part i, July, '01. Soule, C. G. The hatching of Eacles imperialis. 5, Jan., 1902. Weeks, A. G. Descrip- tions of ten new butterflies of the genus Pamphila. Proc. N. E. Zoologi- cal Club, ii, Dec. 23, 1901. Slingerland, M. V. The scientific name of the cherry fruit-fly, 4, Jan., '02. HYMENOPTERA. Cockerell, T. D. A. Catalogo de las Abejas de Mexico, Biblioteca Agricola de la Secretaria de Fomento. Dickel. Ferd. Uber Petrunkewitsch's Untersuchungs ergebnisse von Bieneneiern, 22, Dec., 1901. Enderlein, G. Neue Evaniiden, Stephaniden Muti/liden (Aptero- gyna), Proctotrupiden und Chalcididen, mit einer bestimmungstabelle der Afrikanischen Stephaniden, 119, 'or. Forel, A. Varietes Myrmecologi- ques,* 35, Dec. '01. Forel, A. Nouvelles especes de Ponerince (Avec un nouveau sous genre et une espece nouvelle d' Ecitou), Revue Suisse de Zoologie, Annales de la Societe Zoologique Suisse et du Musse D'Hist. Natur. de Geneve, Geneva, Dec., 1901. Forel, A. Formiciden des Natur- historischen Museums zu Hamburg, Neue Calyptomyrmex, Dacryon, Podomyrma und Echinopla arten, 104, xvii, '01. Forel, A. Fourmis ter- mitophages, Lestobiose Atta tardigrada, sous-genres d' Euponera,* 35, Dec , '01 Harrington, W. H. Fauna Ottawaensis. Hymenoptera (Sphe- goidea), The Ottawa Naturalist, xv, no. 10, Jan., 1902. Viereck, H. L. New species of the subfamily Pseninae,* 2, xxvii. Wheeler, W. M. An Extraordinary Ant-Guest, 3, Dec., 01. Insects Injurious to Staple Crops. By E. Dwight Sanderson, B. S. Agr., Entomologist, Delaware College Agric. Exper. Station ; Assoc. Prof, of Zoology, Delaware College. John Wiley and Sons, New York. Price, $1.50. This is a work of 295 pages devoted to economic entomo- logy. Its author has had a considerable experience as a practical ento- mologist, and has designed a work of reference for the farmer or others who do not have access to the scattered literature of this branch of ento- mology. The work has a distinct reason for its production, and can't fail to be of direct value to those for whom it is intended. The illustrations are numerous and the treatment non-technical, and a farmer of ordinary intelligence should have no difficulty in understanding it. H. S. Feb., '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 59 Notes and. News. ENTOMOLOGICAL GLEANINGS FROM ALL QUARTERS OP THE GLOBE. In the June NEWS I note an article on the collecting regions around Las Vegas, N. M., and would like to add a few remarks with regard to the regions which lie to the west of Springer, and are known as the Moreno Valley and Ute Creek districts. In the month of February I made a visit to Elizabethtown, and, judging from the indications at that time, and from information gathered from the natives, I believe these regions will prove very rich in new material. Elizabethtown is situated near the head of the Moreno Valley, at an elevation of over 8000 feet, and is practically surrounded by mountains that range in height from 10,000 to 14,000 feet. The only way of access to this valley that I know of is through a narrow canon some 15 miles in length. This valley is so completely shut off from the surrounding country that a great deal of the fauna of the adjacent district is not represented here. The railroad journey ends at Springer, on the Atcheson, Topeka & Santa Fe R. R. From here you begin a stage journey of 57 miles to Elizabethtown. The first 21 miles is from Springer to Cimarron, and passes through a rolling country consisting of meadows, irrigated lands and one or two small lakes. At Cimarron you will have to stop over night, and the first place will be at Mr. Hawkins', the owner of the stage line. From Cimarron to Ute Creek (12 miles) the road begins to enter the foothills ; from Ute Creek to EUzabethtown (20 miles) then entering the canon shortly after leaving Ute Creek and emerging into a beautiful valley about five eighths of a mile from Elizabethtown. The elevations of the posts on this trip are : Springer, 5800 feet ; Cimar- ron, 6500 feet ; Ute Creek, 7500 feet ; Elizabethtown, 8500 feet. So you see that there is considerable altitude. The snows are never very heavy at Elizabethtown; when I left, the last of February, there was about six inches on the level, and at Springer none at all. At Elizabethtown there is a family from Philadelphia by the name of Lynch, and I feel sure that one could get accommodations here ; for they are very pleasant, and are always glad to receive strangers. They have been here for years, and are well acquainted with the country. M. C. HOAG, Maxwell, Iowa. To COLLECT PAIRS OF DRAGONFLIES. POISONING SPECIMENS. - Pairs of dragonflies, papered with a single pair in an envelope, are often valuable in rendering the specific determination of the female certain, and such material may have a further value for the student of variation. If a vial of small inst-ct pins is carried into the field, each pair, as it is taken, may be impaled on a pin and dropped into the cyanide jar. cyanide jars may be used, and a distinction made between those pairs 60 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Feb., 'O2 taken in copulation and those in which the female was being only held by the male. In papering material this should be noted on the envelope, and when a male and female, taken separately, are placed in the same envelope, it should be clearly indicated that they were not associated at the time of capture. At times it may be a convenient way of placing naphthaline in insect boxes to dissolve the crystals or moth balls in gasoline or carbon bisul- phide, and pour the solution in the box. The gas poisons the contents thoroughly, and the naphthaline is left in the box in a form which cannot injure the specimens, as sometimes happens when cones or crystals are used. E. B. WILLIAMSON, Bluffton, Ind. A GREEDY INSECT. While collecting insects on the Prairie near Golden, Colorado, on the 27th of July I caught a half-grown female Mantid. I put it in a glass jar, and left it without food till noon the next day, when I gave it eight living house flies. Then did it not only demonstrate that it was hungry, but also illustrated the proverb that "He who grasps too much looses all." It immediately seized a fly with each foreleg, and, transferring one to its mouth, caught the third. Still unsatisfied, it, with inexcusable greediness, attempted to seize a fourth fly. But it was a disastrous attempt ; for, instead of getting the coveted fly, it lost one of those already captured. With a disgusted look, it then gave up the attempt to catch more than it could handle, and went to eating ravenously. Within an hour it caught and devoured seven of the flies and tried to catch the eighth. A. N. CAUDELL, Washington, D. C. " REPORTS from the orange country say that the imported lady bugs are still running up and down the San Jose scale in a manner that threatens to drive that pest on the high C." I send the above clipping from the Minneapolis Journal, which I think is worthy of a place in the "funny column" of the NEWS. RAYMOND OSBURN, Fargo, N. D. < Doings of Societies. A regular stated meeting of the Feldman Collecting Social was held December 18, 1901, at the residence of Mr. H. W. Wenzel, 1523 S. i3th St. Eleven persons present. Visitors, Messrs. Joutel and Schaeffer of New York. President Charles W. Johnson in the Chair. Prof. Smith said that he had taken some very fine photo- graphs of the mouth and anal parts of mosquito larvae. These parts of the larvae can be used in their determination. A specimen of the larva of Culc\ .vrA-v.sYr/.v which he had ex- amined had the breathing tubes which are found in the pupa Feb., '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 61 state. This seems to indicate that the tubes are formed in the larvae before transforming ; the connection between the tracheae and the breathing tubes was severed, showing that the larvae use these tubes before changing. Mr. Schaeffer spoke of Europs pallipennis taken at Fort Lee, N. J., some years ago, but of which he has since found quite a number of specimens in June, on the gummy excretion of hickory. Specimens were submitted to Mr. Schwarz, who considered it very strange to find this species so far north, which before had not been recorded north of Florida. Mr. Daecke exhibited a specimen of Polyplenrus perforatus taken at Manumuskiu, N. J., April 24, 1901, as a species new to New Jersey. Dr. Castle exhibited some specimens w r hich he had collected in the Blue Mountains, Pennsylvania, among which was a spe- cimen of Lebasiclla pallipes Klug, of which there are only two specimens in this city, the other being in the collection of Dr. Horn, from Texas. Mr. Joutel stated that Dr. Felt and himself were working upon Saperda, and made the following remarks upon the genus : He said that they divided the larvae into two groups one living in the dead wood and the other in the living trees and that the larvae of each species had a different way of working in the wood by which means they could be separated better than by any characters of the larvae themselves, as they seemed to be very much alike. They have found two new species, one related to Saperda tridaitata and the other to S. calcarata. Mr. Johnson exhibited a specimen of Dasyllis taken by Mr. Daecke at Mamumuskin, N. J. The specimen agrees well with Macquart's description of ajjinis. WILLIAM R. REIXICK, The twenty-second regular meeting of the Harris Club wa^ held at 35 Court Street, on the evening of December 10, 1901. President Newcomb presided ; twelve persons being present. Exhibits of Graptas were made by Messrs. Newcomb, I,o\\ and Rogers. There was a general discussion of dimorphism 62 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Feb., *O2 as exhibited in this genus. Mr. Field showed a few Geome- tridae taken on Mt. Katahdin. Several members commented on the unusual abundance of cocoons of the Saturuiidae this year. W. L. W. FIELD, Secretary. A meeting of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, was held December 26, 1901, at which the following officers were elected : Director, Philip Laurent ; Vice- Director, H. W. Wenzel ; Treasurer, E. T. Cresson ; Recorder, Henry Skinner ; Conser- vator, Henry Skinner ; Publication Committee, J. H. Ridings, C. W. Johnson ; Secretary, C. W. Johnson. HENRY SKINNER, Recorder. A meeting of the American Entomological Society was held December 26, 1901, at which the following officers were elected : President, Philip P. Calvert ; Vice-President, H. W. Wenzel ; Treasurer, E. T. Cresson ; Rec. Secretary, Henry Skinner ; Corres. Secretary, C. W. Johnson ; Curator, Henry Skinner ; Librarian, W. J. Fox. Publication Committee. E. T. Cresson, C. F. Seiss, B. H. Smith. Executive Committee. P. Laurent, Charles Liebeck, H. W. Wenzel. Finance Committee. J. W. McAllister, C. C. Cresson, C. S. Welles. Mr. Laurent said Tenodcra sincnsis seems to be holding its own at Mt. Airy, Philadelphia. He had gathered about half a barrel of egg masses. The species likes blackberry and briar bushes as a place of abode and avoids low ground with low herbage. Dr. Calvert stated that he had distributed some egg masses at the Botanical Garden of the University of Pennsyl- vania, but had seen no result. The difference in the character of the vegetation in the Botanical Garden would probably ac- count for their absence. The Curator reported that the Society and the Entomological Section of the Academy had received 103,988 insects during 1901. HKNRY SKINNER, Secretary. Feb., '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 63 OBITUARY THE DEATH OF T\VO EMINENT LEPIDOPTERISTS. The sad intelligence has just reached me of the death of Lionel de Niceville, of Calcutta, who fell a victim on the third of December to malarial fever. Mr. de Niceville was the fore- most lepidopterist of India. His great work on the Butterflies of India, Burmah and Ceylon, three volumes of which have been published, will constitute an enduring monument to his learning. The fourth volume has engaged his time and thought for many years past, and lepidopterists have been earnestly look- ing for its appearance. It is to be hoped that his untimely death will not prevent its publication. Mr. de Niceville had endeared himself greatly to all those who came into relations with him as a friend or as a corre- spondent. The science of entomology has lost in him one of its brightest ornaments. The death of Mr. William Doherty in Uganda, where he was engaged in collecting for the Hon. Walter Rothschild and the writer, has created another great vacancy in the ranks of those who have been occupied during the last twenty years in foster- ing biological research. Details as to Mr. Doherty's death are not as yet available. All that is known is that he was seized with a fatal illness when in camp, was taken by his faithful lepchas, whom he brought with him from Darjeeling, and who had been the companions of his wanderings for many years in the islands of the Indo-Malayan Archipelago, to the nearest military station, where he could receive medical attention, and there died. The vast collections which he made throughout India, Burmah and the islands of the East as far south as Xe\\ Guinea are distributed in many hands, but the bulk of them are in the possession of the Hon. Walter Rothschild and the writer of these lines. The story of his life, if it could be told, would furnish one of the most fascinating and-brilliant chapters in the annals of scientific exploration. The writer hopes to be able to furnish material enough from lettters and other sources of information to give a picture of his long-continued and earnest labors in behalf of scientific research. It is probable that no 64 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Feb , *O2 man during the past century has traveled more widely in little known parts of the Orient than Mr. Doherty, and no man has discovered more species new to science than he within the last two decades. His death has brought a keen sense of personal affliction and of loss to those who knew him and respected him for his magnificent attainments as well as for his intrepid cour- age. W. J. HOLLAND, Carnegie Museum, January 7, 1902. Mr. Ottomar Dietz, of New York City, died on Wednesday, December 25, 1901, at his house, 679 East 14 ist Street. He had been ill only twelve days and only six days confined to his bed. The first signs of his illness were noticeable on December 1 2th, which were considered an attack of malaria. L,ater, the physicians found some heart trouble, and during the last two days typhoid pneumonia set in. A hemorrhage of the lungs brought the sudden end at 5.30 A.M. He leaves a widow and a daughter. Born in Bremen, Germany, April 21, 1854, his parents later removed to Konigsberg where he received his early education. He came to America in 1880, living in Mil- waukee and Cincinnati and later settled in New York, where he was engaged in the newspaper advertising business. In Milwaukee he made the acquaintance of Mr. F. Rauterberg, and seeing his collection became so much interested that he decided to form a collection for himself. As a collector of Coleoptera he was well known, was one of the founders of the New York Entomological Society and member of same. He left a large and valuable collection of Coleoptera, on which he had worked for many years, and in regard to neatness in mount- ing and arrangement it is one of the best. His last collecting trip in June, 1901, took him to Brownsville, Texas, and in previous years he had visited Virginia and Florida for the same purpose. He was a very enthusiastic collector and had a large circle of entomological friends who will deeply regret his sudden and untimely end. Charles Caleb Cresson, for many years a member of the Am- erican Entomological Society, and one of its Finance Committee, died January gih in his eighty-sixth year. ENT. NEWS, Vol. XIII. PI. 111. FlG. 1. GOMPHUS VIRIDIFRONS HlNE. FIG. 2. PINNULE OF OSMUNDA REGALIS WITH EGGS OF ARGIA PUTRIDA. FIGS. 3-5. OPHIOGOMPHUS JOHANNUS NEEDHAM. ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SECTION ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES, PHILADELPHIA. VOL. XIII. MARCH, 1902. No. 3- CONTENTS: Williamson A List of the Dragon- flies Observed in Western Penn- sylvania 65 Viereck The Home of some Aculeate Hymenoptera with Descriptions of Two New Species 71 Comstock A Trip to Lake Josephine, Florida 75 Johnson On the Validity of Dasyllis Affinis Macquart 77 Robertson Some New or Li i tie Known Bees 79 Smyth Identity of Hemaris Tenuis and H. Diffinis Hood Notes on Certain Coleoptera.. Coquillett Three New Species of Ne- matocerous Diptera Banks A New Species of Brachyne- murus Viereck A New Species of Cratich- neumon 7 Editorial Notes and News Entomological Literature 9' Doings of Societies 94 82 83 84 86 A List of the Dragonflies Observed in Western Pennsylvania. (Plate III.) BY E. B WILLIAMSON. The following list of 68 species is certainly not a complete one for the region considered, but may serve as a basis for further work by other collectors. The unlikelihood that the writer will do any more field work in western Pennsylvania justifies the publication of the following notes. I have given various collectors credit for their records throughout the paper. Mr. J. L,. Graf, Mr. D. A. Atkinson and the writer usually collected in company, and nearly all of the records to which no collector is ascribed were established by this collecting party. Mr. H. D. Merrick has done some collecting in Beaver County ; Mr. Atkinson collected at Couneaut Lake ; the other records come from Alleghany, Westmoreland, Fayette and counties. Dr. Calvert writes me that (ioin/>fms albistvlits been taken at Lehigh Gap. With the exception of this record and the record of Pantala Havescens I have examined the spi mens in every case. The first male of (,\>H//>/I/(.< parv N taken by Mr. Graf was identified by Dr. Calvert, who lias also with the determination of (io/^/n/s />/v:v\. 66 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [March, '02 LOCALITIES MENTIONED. Aspinwall, a suburb of Allegheny City, on the Alleghany River. Chartiers Creek, a tributary of the Ohio, Alleghany County. Confluence, Somerset County ; the Yough, Castleman and Laurel Hill Creek join here to form the Youghiogheny River. Idlewild, Westmoreland County, on the Loyalhannah Creek. New Brighton, Beaver County. Ohio Pyle, Fayette County, on the Youghiogheny River. Pine Creek, a tributary of the Allegheny River in Alleghany County. Rockwood, Somerset County on the Castleman River. Schenley Park, Pittsburg. Silver Lake, a pond within the city limits of Pittsburg. Squaw Run, a tributary of the Allegheny River in Alle- ghauy County. Turtle Swamp, along the Ohio River near Pittsburg, almost filled at the present time. i Calopteryx maculata Beauvois. Alleghany County, June and July (C. Daggette, A. S. Brent, J. L. Graf, R. F. Foerster, and D. A. Atkinson) ; Chartiers Creek, May 28, 1899; Squaw Run, August 28, 1898; New Brighton, May 28, 1899 (H. D. Merrick) ; Couneaut Lake, August 6, 1899 (D. A. Atkinson) ; Idlewild, May 30, 1899, and July 10, 1900 (D. A. Atkinson) ; Ohio Pyle, June 18, 1899, an d June 25, 1900 ; Rockwood, June 29, 1900 ; Con- fluence, June 30, 1900. A widespread species but less com- mon in Fayette and Somerset counties, at least along the streams, than the next. 2. Calopteryx angustipennis Selys. Ohio Pyle, June 18 and July 2, 1899, and June 24-July i, 1900 ; Confluence, June 30, 1900 ; Rockwood, June 29, 1900. A female of this species was taken feeding on a teneral male of Enallagi/ta e.vsnlans, On two occasions males were seen to seize females by the prothorax. Each male after alighting and resting for a few seconds, still holding the female, then pro- ceeded to fill the seminal vesicle, an operation requiring ten or March, '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 67 fifteen seconds. In the case also of Calof>ft-r\'\- war/data, Ar^ia pntrida, and EnaUagiua cxsulans about the same time was re- quired for the transfer of sperm. 3. Hetaerina americana Fahricius. Alleghany County, July (J. L. Graf and D. A. Atkinson : Couneaut Lake, August 6, 1899 ( D. A. Atkinson); Alle- ghany County, August 8 and September 12, 1898 ; Ohio Pyle, June 28, 1900. 4. Lestes unguiculatus Hngen. Alleghany County, July, 1899 (D. A. Atkinson): Turtle Swamp, July 31 and Aug. 21, 1898 ; Couneaut Lake, August 6, 1899 (D. A. Atkinson). 5. Lestes forcipatus Rambur. Turtle Swamp, June 3, 1899 ; Boston, Alleghany County, May 7, 1899 ; Pine Creek, May 21, 1899. 6 Lestes rectangtilaris Say. Alleghany County, July (R. F. Foerster and D. A. Atkin- son ) ; Turtle Swamp, July 31, 1898, and June 3, 1899 ; Idle- wild, July 10, 1900 (D. A. Atkinson). 7. Argia putrida Hagen. Beaver County, May 25, 1899 ; Couneaut Lake, August 6, 1899 (D. A. Atkinson) ; Idlewild, July 10, 1900 (I). A. At- kinson) ; Alleghany County, August 28, 1898, and July, 1899; Chartiers Creek, May 28, 1899; Ohio Pyle, June 18, 1899, and June 24, July i, 1900; Confluence, June 30, 1900. A male of this species was taken at Ohio Pyle in the act of devouring a large Mayfly. Males were seen on several occa- sions in the act of filling the seminal vesicle. They do this immediately after seizing the females. As has often been ob- served pairs will congregate about the same spot for the females to oviposit. On a frond ot the royal fern, (hnnuidn /v^/V.v, which trailed in the waters of the Youghioghcny River at Ohio Pyle, fourteen couples were counted at one lime. The pinnules of the fern were found to be literally packed with the eggs (PL III, fig. 2). The males are often drawn beneath the 68 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [March, '02 water, apparently against their wills, by the females. Fre- quently a male will release himself from the prothorax of the female, and numbers of such males may be resting motionless above the water's surface on the very vegetation in which the females are ovipositing beneath the surface. 8. Argia violacea Hagen. Alleghany County, July, 1899 (D. A. Atkinson) ; Couneaut Lake, August 6, 1899 (D. A. Atkinson) ; Ohio Pyle, June 28, 1900 ; Idlewild, July 7, 1900 (D. A. Atkinson). 9. Argia apicalis Say. Ohio River, Alleghany County, August 21, 1898; Monon- gohela River, Alleghany County, July 30, 1898 ; Allegheny River, Alleghany County, September 18, 1898. 10. Erythromma conditum Hagen. Idlewild, May 30, 1899 ; Pine Creek, May 21 and June 4, 1900. Taken especially along low sedgy streams, usually among trees or underbrush. 11. Nehalennia Irene Hagen. Alleghany County, July, 1899 (D. A. Atkinson). 12. Nehalennia posita Hagen. Pine Creek, June 4, 1899 ; Alleghany County, July, 1899 (D. A. Atkinson) ; Couneaut Lake, August 6, 1899 ( D. A. Atkinson). 13. Amphiagrion saucium Burmeister. Alleghany County, July (A. S. Brent and D. A. Atkinson) ; Turtle Swamp, June 3, 1899 ; Pine Creek, May 21 and June 4, 1899 ; Idlewild, July 10, 1900 (D. A. Atkinson). 14. Enallagma Hageni Walsh. Idlewild, July 10, 1900 (D. A. Atkinson). At Idlewild there are a number of ponds along the railroad track near the Loyalhannah. Probably this species was taken about these ponds and not along the creek. 15. Enallagma civile Hagen. Alleghany County, July ( J. I y . Graf and D. A. Atkinson) ; March, '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 69 Silver Lake, August 8 and 27, 1898 ; Schenley Park, 26 and 31 and September 6, 1898 ; Allegheny River, Alleglmny County, August 9 and September 12, 1898; Turtle Swamp. August 21, 1898 ; Chartiers Creek, May 28, 1899 ; Pine Creek, June 4, 1899 ; Couneaut Lake, August 6, 1899 (D. A. Atkin- son ) ; Idlewild, July 10, 1900 (D. A. Atkinson i. 16. Enallagma canmculatum Morse. Schenley Park, August 29, 1898. 17. Enallagma aspersum Hagen. Couneaut Lake, August 6, 1899 (D. A. Atkinson I. 18 Enallagma geminatum Kellicott. Chartiers Creek, May 28, 1899 ; Couneaut Lake, August 6, 1899 (D. A. Atkinson). 19. Enallagma exsulans Hagen. Beaver County, May 25, 1899 ; Alleghany County ( C. I'a-- gette) ; Monongohela River, Alleghany County, July 30, 1X98 ; Silver Lake, August 14, 1898 ; Aspimvall, September 12, 1898 ; Chartiers Creek, May 28, 1899 ; Ohio Pyle, June iS, 1899, and June 24~July i, 1900; Idlewild, July 10, 1900 (D. A. Atkin- son. A pair of this species was observed of which, after man}- ineffectual attempts at copulation, the male dropped the female, who lay as though dead for some minutes before flying away , the male meanwhile clinging motionless to a grass stem* 2 >. Enallagma antennatum Say. Silver Lake, August 27, 1898 ; Chartiers Creek, May 28, 1899. 2[. Enallagma signatnm Hagen. Couneaut Lake, August 6, 1899 (D. A. Atkinson . 22. Enallagma pollntum Hagen. Couneaut Lake, August 6, 1899 (D. A. Atkinson i. 23 Ischnura verticalis Say. Schenley Park, July 30, 1898, and May i, is^ij : Moii<>n-o- hela River, Alleghany County, July 30, i8<;S : Turtle S\v:mi]>, July 31 and August 21, 1898, and May 3 and June 3, t8 yo ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [March, '02 Allegheny River, Alleghany County, August 9 and September 12, 1898; Silver Lake, August 18 and 27, 1898; Alleghany County, May, June and July (J. L. Graf and D. A. Atkinson ) ; Beaver county, May 25, 1899; Idlewild, May 30, 1899, and July 10, 1900 (D. A. Atkinson) ; Couneaut Lake, August 6, 1899 (D. A. Atkinson) ; Ohio Pyle, June 18, 1899. 24. Anomalagrion liastatum Say. Turtle Swamp, July 31, 1898, and May 3, 1899; Schenley Park, September 2, 1898; Pine Creek, May 21, 1899; Alle- ghany County, July, 1899 ( D - A - Atkinson) ; Idlewild, May 30, 1899 ; Couneaut Lake, August 6, 1899(0. A. Atkin- son). 25. Ophiogomphus rupinsulensis Walsh. Ohio River, Alleghany County, May 14, 1899. A single teneral male. 26. Ophiogomphus johannus Needham. Rockwood, June 29, 1900 ; one male. The specimen was referred to Professor Needham, who has identified it as his species johan nus. It is clearly distinct from Ophiogomphus caro- limis Hagen, as figured by Needham (Can. Ent. xxxi, 9), by the form of the superior abdominal appendages seen from above, but seemed to differ from johannus in the form of the inferior appendage and slightly in the genital hamules. (See Plate III, figs. 3-5). Moreover, the humeral and ante- humeral stripes are separated and not largely joined as de- scribed for johanmis. Professor Needham writes that since the species was described he has examined a number of both sexes, and that the distinctness of the humeral and ante- humeral stripes is a variable character, though the Pennsyl- vania specimen has them more widely separated man any other specimen he has seen. Moreover, the form of the inferior ab- dominal appendage has not been accurately described and figured, as the original material was a single teneral male with this part badly shrunken. The inferior appendages in O. jolian- niis and O carolinus are very similar. Professor Needham says also that the accessory genital organs of the second abdominal March, '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 71 segment vary in the same species to an unusual degree in this genus. . . The Pennsylvania specimen was talcen along the Castleman River, near a very swift ripple about a mile above Rock wood. It was resting on a large boulder at the water's edge. As I approached it flew away. Half an hour later, when I again visited the spot, it (presumably the same one) was resting on the identical rock where I had seen it before. It was the only one of the species observed. The ground color of the thorax was a beautiful dark grass green. About the ripple where it was found, Gomphus brevis and G. albistylu* were common. (To ba Continued.) The Home of Some Aculeate Hymenoptera with Descriptions of Two New Species. By H. L,. VIERECK. For the entomologist there can hardly be a more enticing field to collect in than the wilds of southern New Jersey. The place is a favorite among the nearby collectors, the abundant and peculiar fauna is enough to draw Pennsylvanians from their native heath and make them forget that there are insert-* in their own State. It is only necesary to go eight or twelve miles from Philadelphia to find excellent places to work in with the net. This part of the State abounds in barren areas which afford no temptation to the grasping agriculturalist, and have consequently lapsed into grand reserves, blessed with an absence of fences and trespass signs, a delight for the free. The flora is rich, as varied and peculiar as the insect world, which in great part it supplies. Here we find endless variety of land, woods, bogs, wastes, clearings, each of which affords some specialties in the entomological line. Sand clearings with a few scattered plants, here and there a short pine tree, form the asylums of Fossorial Hymenoptera and yield Fine thing the one who. hunts. Near to the Delaware and Big Timber Creek, here a rounty boundry, in the corner of Gloucester Count\ such a sandy 72 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [March, 'O2 place as has been described ; here was found the type of Misco- phus americanus Fox, by the describer himself, on September 9, 1890. In a somewhat similar place, no more than two miles farther east, and near North Woodbury in the same county, were collected some interesting aculeate species, two of which proved to be new. Here Jlfiscophus americanus makes its home. This species still remains the only representative of the genus in America it has not been recorded from any other State. Three trips were made to this locality, June 13, 22 and August i, 1901. In this sandy area bounded by woods, roads, waste field and feeble run, were noticed numerous aculeates, so many indeed as to require constant vigilance to detect and capture them as they emerged from or arrived at their nests. The days were bright and sunny, the heat almost uncomfortable as the rays were reflected from the hot surface of the sand. Afis- cophus americanus was not taken in departing or returning to the nest, but sometimes on a dead twig or sporting on the sand. Tachina flies were noticed evidently waiting their chance to lay an egg in one of the tunnels. Plenoculus in New Jersey. This genus had never been re- corded any further east than Agricultural College, Michigan, type locality of P. davisii the type of the genus, but here in New Jersey were two species, evidently new to science. They have been named P. atlanticus and P.foxii; both were captured while resting on the sand. Atlanticus was at first thought to be identi- cal with davisii, but closer study convinces one that it is distinct; its identity will no doubt be more firmly established when the female is found. P. fo.vii is a handsome neat species, both sexes of it being taken. The Mutillidse were also well repre- sented here, males and females in three genera were about. Methoca bicolor were running on the sand with M. stygia hover- ing over them ; though not noticed in coitu, they must be sexes of one species, and HI. stygia will hold as the name, as its description comes before bicolor; I\fyrmosa unicolor Say and .!/. thoracica Blake were found the same way, and with Mr. Ash- mead I believe them to be sexes of one species. Sphu-roph- thalma canclla Blake was here hovering over the sand above 6". rugulosa Fox ; here again it is believed we have to deal with March, '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 73 sexes of one species canclla. There is no good reason why it should not be so. The following are the descriptions of the new species. Plenocolus foxii, n sp.* Clypeus produced, like a blunt beak, dorsulum closely punctured espe- cially medially, enclosure of metanotum longitudinally striate, pygidium almost impunctate. 9. Length 5 mm. Clypeus longitudinally raised medially with a tri- angular smooth to polished area, from the apex of which there extends back on the front, terminating before its middle a longitudinal sort of carina. Front convex, very finely punctate or rugulose. Space between posterior ocelli distinctly greater than that between them and nearest eye margin, cheeks indistinctly sculptured, dullish, finely silvery sericeous, the raised portion of the front (which extends down to a point meeting the supraclypeal carina) indistinctly sericeous, almost bare, the depression on each side of the raised space satiny, the clypeus less so. First flagel- lar joint longer than the second, but not as long as the second and third joints united. Pronotum very finely sculptured. Dorsulum slightly im- pressed medially where it is closely finely punctured, there is a slight indication of a line to each side of this median impression, beyond which the dorsulum is provided with separated and more distinct punctures and also a faint impression. Mesapleurae with a longitudinal impressed line, the sculpture obscured by a silvery appressed very short pubescence. Scutellum uniformly finely sculptured. Disc of metathorax finely rugu- lose, with separated imperfectly formed longitudinal striae. The sides of the metathorax finely indistinctly striate, silvery sericeous. Dorsally the thorax is no more pubescent than the front. Second recurrent nervure received by the second submarginal cell a little beyond the middle. Ab- domen subopaque, finely indistinctly sculptured, the segments with a transverse apical impression, partly sericeous, more conspicuous and silvery on the sides. Pygidial area shining. Black ; mandibles whitish on basal half, ferruginous to brown on apical half A line on pronotum with a broad interruption medially, the tubercles and tegulae partly, postscutellum, the four anterior femora apirally and all the tibiae above primrose yellow, the tibia? beneath and the tarsi entirely, brown or brownish. .Length 4 mm. Differs from the female in having tin- rlypeus pi- duced into a truncate production with a median tooth, and in tin- indis- tinctly finely sculptured sides of the metathorax. hi color it (lifters by the markings being more lemon yellow, the tarsi in part unicolorous with the markings. The tibia; pale brown beneath, and the flag. -Hum \\itli a brown space taking in about all of joints three, four and live. * Dedicated to William J. Fox, author of this interesting genus 74 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [March, '02 Type coll. H. L,. Viereck. Co-type coll. Acad. Nat. Sci., Philadelphia. Type, locality North Woodbury, Gloucester Co., N. J., June 22 and August i, 1901 (H. L. V.). Two females, one male. This species is maculated like P. albipcs Ashm., but is evidently distinct from that species. Plenoculus atlanticus, n. sp. Clypeus narrow, broadly truncate with a blunt corner, front with a longitudinal line running from the fore ocellus. Dorsulum uniformly sculptured, metanotum transversely striate. Apical dorsal segment with with a few indistinct punctures. ^ Length 4.5 mm. -Clypeus with the truncation as broad as its length, shining and sparsely puncttired. Front slightly convex, not distinctly im- pressed laterally, very minutely and uniformly sculptured, opaque, a shin- ing impressed line running from the anterior ocellus down on the face to near the insertion of antennae, cheeks more shining almost similarly sculptured. No part of the head thickly sericeous, the pubescence heaviest on face ; excepting on cheeks, where it is silvery, the pubesence is golden. First joint of the flagellum about as long as the second, man- dibles internally with a distinct tooth near the middle. Dorsulum finely uniformly sculptured with two parallel shining lines medially, not extend- ing to the middle. A line starting before the middle laterally extending almost to the posterior border, mesopleurae with a curved impressed line anteriorly, microscopically, uniformly sculptured. Metanotum longitudi- nally impressed medially, with tranaverse fine striae, some of which origi- nate on the anterior border and radiate off to the sides, the small triangular polished impression on the superior half of the metathoracic truncation distinct, the base of the truncation and the metapleurae sculptured much like mesopleurae. Second recurrent nervure received by the second submarginal cell distinctly beyond the middle. Abdomen dull, apical segments becoming shining, the apical segment with sparse ill defined punctures. Black ; clypeus ochre yellow, mandibles, exceping brown apices, lemon yellow, part of scape, anterior femora beneath, the apices of all the femora and all tibiae and tarsi more or less tawny ochraceous. Type coll. H. L,. Viereck. Co-type coll. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila. Type, locality North Woodbury, Gloucester Co., N. J., June 13, 1901 (H. L,. V.). In the co-type the striae of metanotum are almost entirely missing. This species is closely related to P. davisii Fox, from which it can be distinguished by the clypeus, the finer sculpture, and quite readily by the coloration. March, '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 75 A Trip to Lake Josephine, Fla. BY JOHN AND KURD COMSTOCK, Kvanston, 111. We were tired of the collecting around Avon Park, not because there were no insects to be found but for the reason that we had become familiar with the country. The scenery on the sand hills is not as tropical as one coming from the North might wish. Having heard of a picturesque " flatwoods " lake some twenty miles south we decided to take a camping trip to this place. So after securing our outfit, which consisted of a mule and wagon, blankets, guns, a frying pan and provisions for four days, also the ever necessary compass and map, my brother Hurd and I started southward. The way- led through country in which no sign of human existence would be met for miles except the dimmest and roughest of roads. The sun beat down on the sandlike soil, causing the heat to radiate from it in waves. We found pleasure in keeping as quiet as possible, and so did the mule which caused me some exercise. All morning we travelled through a barren waste, overrun with scrub oak and saw pal- metto, and without once seeing a man or dwelling of any kind. At noon we entered a stretch of saw-grass prairie where we kept the road with difficulty. After passing this open land the aspect of the country changed. The pines became larger and dwarf oaks vanished. In low places cabbage palms reared their lofty heads, and along waterways cypress were in abund- ance. The magnolia bay, food plant of Fapilio pulanicdfs was commonly met with. Soon we came to a cattle pen where we ate lunch and feel our animal. A log hut stood at one end o| the pen and an old woman, who seemed to be the sole occupant, told us the way to Lake Josephine. She was a typical South Florida 'cracker,' dirty and snuff besmeared, but hospitable to a degree, as is the case with most of these solitary people. I left her in a state of wonderment by the information that we had come to hunt butterflies. I can imagine her remarking in the peculiar Southern drawl, "them there Yankee^ shnre are purty big fools," and strengthening the opinion with a lil portion of snuff. This, of course, after we had left 76 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [March, '02 L,ate in the day we came in view of the lake, and what a beautiful sight met our eyes. The blazing tropical sun was just sinking in the west, silhouetting the grand palms and live oaks and doubling itself in the still waters of the lake. On a half submerged log sat a water turkey, who did not move when we approached. He seemed conscious of a truce, for it was the hour of peace and quietude, when mother nature's children cease their killing and prepare for another night. A solitary hut stood near one end of the lake, and toward this we directed our steps. After being welcomed by the usual crowd of barking dogs and staring children, we received per- mission from the owner to camp a short distance from his cabin. Our evening meal disposed of by the light of a camp fire, we rolled ourselves in blankets and were soon fast asleep. No cov- ering was needed to guard against mosquitoes as, strange to say, there were few of these pests. Whether it was too early in the year for them or not I do not know, but I presume this was the reason. The nights are quite cool in the beginning of May. Next morning we awoke with the birds, in time to see the glorious sunrise, and also to catch a nice string of fish. After a hearty meal we started out in search of Rhopalocera. Then began the finest collecting day of our Florida trip. But- terflies fairly swarmed. The most numerous was Thcclafavonius, which we took plentifully all around the lake. A T convn/f>ha phocion hovered over every swamp, and sosybius was plentiful in the woods. Anosia bcrcnice, Papilio aja.v, Meganostoma acsonia and many others were abundant. In a hummock at the north end of the lake we took Chlo rippe flora and one alicia. All the very common species, such as Junonia ctznia, Papilio philenor and Dione vanilla;, were as plentiful as at Avon Park. Only one thing marred our happiness. We could not get enough paper with which to put the specimens up in shape for transporta- tion. Our 'cracker' friend could not read, consequently he had no use for paper, and we had thoughtlessly neglected to bring a supply with us. Partly on this account and partly be- cause we only stayed two days we did not secure a very large supply. Fishing was excellent. Catfish fairly longed to be out of the March, '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 77 water, and bass were quite plentiful. We had the good fortune to see a large 'gator' on the second day of our stay. The woods were full of small game, such as squirrel, rabbit and quail. The latter, however, we could not shoot as it was out of season. The time of departure came all too soon. On the morning of the fourth day we pulled up stakes and turned our faces towards Avon Park. We both agreed that should we ever again visit Florida more time would be spent at Lake Josephine. Those who wish to find this lake must take a large scale map of DeSoto County and look for Lake Kuhlman. Josephine is the name by which it is known to those who live near it, and should you ask the way to Kuhlman most of them could not tell you. Fifty-four species of Rhopalocera were taken at Avon Park unless otherwise stated. The following were the most inter- esting captures : Phyciodes phaon. Fairly plentiful in May. 7'iinetes petreus. One only, May. Linienitis floridensis. Four, April and May. Chlorippe alicia. One, Lake Josephine. Chlorippe flora. Lake Josephnie. Nconympha phocion. Very common over marshes in April and May, both at Avon Park and Lake Josephine. Calephelis ccznius. Not very common. Thecla M. album. More often met with than the preceding species. Terias elathea. One in February. Terias jucunda. Quite common in May. Terias delia. Fairly common in February only. Papilio palainedes. Quite common from February 2oth to March 25th. Taken occasionally after that time. Pamphila palatka. Megathymus yuccce. On the Validity of Dasyllis Affinis Macquart. BY CHAS. W. JOHNSON. In the catalogue of described Diptera of North America (2nd Edition), page 233, note 114, Baron ( >sten Sac-ken says : "Laphria ajjinis Macq., the type of which I saw in Mr. Bigot's collection, looks very much like /.. tlioracica in the variety with 78 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [March, 'O2 altogether black abdominal pile. The description speaks of white hairs about the head which do not exist in L. thoracica, but does not shake my belief in the synonymy." For some time I have had in my collection two specimens, one ( S ) collected at Jackson, Alabama, Oct. 23, '94 ; the other, ( 9 ) from Dr. G. de N. Hough, was collected by Mr. G. R. Pilate at Tifton, Georgia, Oct. 10, '98. Last year (Oct. 21, '01) Mr. E. Daecke obtained a male of the same species at Manu- muskiu, N. J., and on Oct. 2oth I was fortunate enough to capture a female at Riverton, N. J. The above measure re- spectively 20, 14, 20 and 19 mm. Macquart's description was based on a male, and the two specimens before me agree with it in all of the more important features : palpi black with black pile, beard white, pile on the sides of the face white, mystax black with some intermingling white hairs, pile on the front black and on the sides of the head white ; abdomen narrow, with black pile ; femora and tibia with yellow hair which, on the under side of the posterior legs, is black, In the females there seems to be considerable variation, the pile on the face (includ- ing the mystax), the beard and inferior orbits is entirely black, while the specimen from Riverton has only a small upper portion of the orbits slightly white pilose. In general appearance it more closel}' resembles D. flavicollis than D. thoracica. From the former it is readily separated by its black mystax, the pile on the thorax is noticeably thinner and entirely erect, the shining, glaucous ground color showing clearly. From thoracica it differs in being much narrower, the head proportionately larger and nearly as wide as the thorax ; the hair on the front and vertex black, and the pile on the thorax shorter, more sparse and of a dull, not a bright yellow. This seems to be an autumnal species. Of the other four species found in this section I have no records of capture later than the middle of July. A HERMAPHRODITE LYC^NA. On July i4tli, 1901, I was fortunate enough to capture, at Fortune's Rock, near Biddeford, Me., a specimen of Lye fen a pseudargiolus, summer form neg/ecfa, whose wings on n^ht side are typical male, while those on the left are heavily bordered with black, equally typical of the female sex. A. F. WINN, Westmount, Que. March, '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 79 Some New or Little Known Bees. BY CHARLES ROBKRTSON, CARLINYILLK, ILLINOIS. Osmia cobalt ina Cr. Osmia cobaltina Cresson, Trans. Am. F'nt. Soc. vn. 104, ?, iSj.s. Osnna f/linofiisis Robertson, Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis vii, 347, C?, 1897- Osmia atriventris Cr. Osmia atriventris Cresson, Proc. Ent. Soc. Phil, iii, 29, V, 1864. Osmia proximo.^ Cresson, ibid. 32, , 1863. Nomada maculata Cresson, ibid. 303, $ . Nomada maculata Robertson, Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. xx, 275, d\ 1893- I have examined all except one of the type specimens. The mandibles are bidentate. In the original description of N. maculata were included some doubtful males and some appar- ently doubtful varieties. Nomada simplex sp. nov. Nomada bella Robertson (not Cresson), Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis vii, 340, 9, 1897. - chanters, especially of hind legs, more or less blackish ; middle of face, collar, border of mesonotum and two lines on anterior middle, border c.t tubercles, posterior margin of scutellnm, postscutellum, sides of meta- thorax, base of abdomen and apical margins of segments 1-4 with yellow- ish cinereous appressed pubescence, the fasciae more or less notched or interrupted ; segment 5 has a large patch on each side, the extreme apex showing a lunate p Uch of silvery pubescence ; wings subfuscous, the apical margins darker, the nervures and stigma fuscous. Length 10 mm. t the Butterfly Hook, is actively engaged in the preparation <>f a work on the Moths, to be profusely illustrated by the three color proi 82 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [March, 'O2 Identity of Hemaris Tenuis and H. Diffinis. By ELLISON A. SMYTH, JR., Blacksburg, Va. I received additional confirmation this spring, that Hemaris tennis and H. dijjinis were seasonal forms of one species, and that the effect of winter upon either form in the pupa state, is to produce //. tennis. Temiis is the spring form, and diffinis the late summer form from eggs of either form. In my article of the same caption as this, which appeared in the ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS for November, 1900, on page 585, I spoke of obtaining eggs from a captive female tennis on June i, 1900, from which about thirty dijfinis emerged by July 2oth. I ended the paragraph as follows : ' The balance of these pupae at this writing (Sept. i3th) seem inclined to winter. Whether they will emerge in the spring as H. tennis or H. diffmis remains to be seen." I carefully kept to themselves these pupae of tennis parent- age, the bulk of which had emerged as dijfinis, and on Ma)' 25, 1901, they commenced to emerge. Eighteen imagines ap- peared : Of these, thirteen are small typical, light yellow, even margined H. tennis ; two are buff yellow like dijfinis, with, however, very slight emargination ; three have slight but dis- tinct emargination and are white yellow like tennis. All were, of course, smoky when they emerged, and those killed at once retain the cloudy areas. Thus, early summer eggs from H. tennis produced //. dijfinis later the same summer and pupae from the same brood, lasting over the winter produced //. tennis, the parent form, the fol- lowing spring. 1 have already abundantly shown that eggs of //. diffmis, hibernating as pupae, produce H. tennis the following spring. The question of identity needs no further proof, though it will be interesting to try the effect of artifficial cold on pupae from tennis eggs, which normally produce dijfinis, to see if tennis will result. This I have not done yet. The above specimens and the others illustrating my breed- ing experiments are all in my collection carefully labelled. March, '02] K_\TOMOI.<><;ICAL NKVVS. 83 Notes on Certain Coleoptera. By L. E. HOOD. At the request of an entomological friend, and armed with a sketch map of the Harvard College grounds giving the localities of certain trees that, in the years ago, were sadly infested with C/irvso/i/c/a sett/tin's Lee. in all its stages, I made repeated visits to Cambridge this season, hoping to secure living larv;e and images for scientific study. I searched carefully both on the college grounds and in the vicinity without success. Not a single specimen was to l>e seen, and seeing the futility of further search in this locality, I next went to the Old Roxbury Cemetary in Koxbury, Ma^-., where I have seen both the larva' and imagos of this Chrvso- melid so numerous that they were absolutely a nuisance. Here I only secured a single adult, no signs of larva- being visible. Other localities in Medford, Maiden and Braintree, were visited without success. I only know of a single larva, that a local collector found in Roxbury, having been seen this season in this neighborhood, and I can only understand this remarkable scarcity of a species usually so common, but as being the result of our cold wet spring. All species of Coleoptera, with a few exceptions, have been scarce this year, and in general the season is a failure as far as collecting goes. Among other leaf-feeding beetles the same scarcity was ob- servable, the only locality where I have met with any real success in beating was in a swampy field near Braintree, Mass., where I collected the first week in July. In Mordellidee only two species were at all common, and these not in the same proportion as in recent years All species of khynchophora were rare, only half a do/en species having been collected during the year, one of these, rymyder fasdata Oliv., I find high up on trees among fungus. In Cerambycidire I have secured but fev the spring catch of Carabida- was a total failure. The only species of (*inci>itt,-/n each side ol this band strongly tinged with golden yellow, fringe white, marked with a brown spot at posterior end of each crossband and on cither side of the extreme wing tip ; length, 1.5 mm. One male and three females, bred jointly, August uth to 1 4th, by Mr. J. T. Brakely and Prof. J. 1'. Smith. Type. Cat. No. 6086, U. S. National Museum. Hab. L/ahavvay, N. J. * 86 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [March, '02 I A New Species of Brachynemurus. BY NATHAN BANKS. In a small collection of Neuroptera recently sent me for de- termination by Prof. Cockerell, I find a species of ant-lion fly not hitherto described. It belongs to the large genus, Brachy- uonurns, and is allied to our common B '. abdominalis Say. Brachynemurus cockerelli n. sp. Face yellow; a large dark brown spot around and between the antennae, lower each side, but with a faint median line toward the clypeus ; vertex yellow, with a brown line each side; antennce brown, moderately long; palpi yellow, last joint partly brown. Prolhorax pale yellow, with four narrow brown lines from base to tip, all of equal width and at equal distances apart ; rest of thorax mostly brown, with yellow spots and lines, two small spots on each anterior lobe of the mesothorax, metathorax pale in the middle ; pleura brown, with yellow spots most numerous on the posterior part of meta- thorax. Legs pale yellow, dotted with black, quite thickly above on hind and middle femora ; tips of tarsal joints brown ; legs with many black bristles, and some white ones on the femora ; spurs as long as the first two tarsal joints. Abdomen yellow, striped with brown, venter mostly brown ; above each segment has a median and a lateral stripe, leaving considerable yellow between them ; the abdomen is clothed with many black and a few white hairs ; in the $ with the third segment nearly twice as long as the fourth. Wings faintly flavescent ; all the longitudinal veins interruptedly brown and white, many cross-veins brown at bases ; no brown on the membrane save a small brown dot at the end of the median in fore wings ; pterostigma yellowish, small and not promi- nent ; wings moderately narrow, hind ones acute at tips ; four cross-veins before origin of the radial sector in fore wings, between anal and cubital veins but one series of cells, few of the costals forked before pterostigma, in fore wing the cubital forks directly below the first fork of the radial sector. Length 31 mm., expanse 62 mm. One female from L,one Mountain, New Mexico, July (Cock- erell). Easily separated from B. abdominalis, by the four lines on prothorax, by the dotted median vein in fore wings, and by the lack of spots on the membrane. From //. hubbardi it is distinct by the yellow color, markings of head, etc. MR. S. N. DUNNING, of Hartford, Conn., has presented his valuable collection of Hymenoptera to the American Entomological Society. It includes a number of Mr. Dunning's types in this order of insects. March, '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 87 A New Species of Cratichneumon. BY HENRY L. VIERECK. Cratichneumon artemis n. sp . $. Length 9.5 mm. Head and thorax black, abdomen bluish, femora and tibia- fulvous. Clypeus truncate, polished, with a few punctures posteriorly, the rest of the head polished, sparsely punctured, the cheeks especially so. Ocelli in a low triangle, the space between posterior ones greater than that between them and nearest eye margin ; lirst joint of flagellum distinctly longer than the second, scape globose, punctured. Prothorax strongly incurved, the su- perior half longitudinally striate. Dorsulum with separated punctures, parapsidal grooves not extending to the middle. Scutellum convex, punctures deep and well separated. Mesopleura separately and deeply punctured anteriorly, posteriorly clo9er.:yH]y5Qpiewhat*UiAte. Areolse of metanotum not strongly defined, they are minutely roughened, lateral superior margins of metathorax rather strongly margined, the rest of of metathorax confluently punctured ; posterior coxa: closely, strongly punctured. Post-petiole indistinctly striate, becoming sparsely punc- tured posteriorly ; the second dorsal abdominal segment closely and deeply punctured, the following sfgiinMits less so, the apical ones almost impunctate. Head and thorax sparsely pubescent, abdomen apparently bare dorsally, indistinctly pubescent ventrally. Black ; Mandibles, except apex and base, all of four anterior legs, ex- cept coxse and trochanters, and posterior femora and tibia: fulvous, like legs of C. pedalis ; tarsi of posterior legs less brown, abdomen ventrally testaceous, dorsally purplish to bluish ; wings subhyaline, nervures and stigma dark brown. Type Coll. Am. Ent. Soc. Type locality, Colorado. One female. Cratichneumon pedalis pallidipennis n. var.- $, Length s mm. Differs from the typical form in the subhyaline not deeply fuscous wings, and usually paler legs. Type Coll. Am. Ent. Soc. Type locality, Colorado. Four females, four males, one specimen from Nevada. Cratichneneumon pedalis varitarsis n. var. , Length 11.5 mm. Dis- tinguished by the uniformly black antenna-, the darker wings, and by the posterior tibia: and tarsi being almost entirely black. Type Coll. Am. Ent. Soc. Type locality, Colorado Six female specimens. ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 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From time to time questions of nomenclature arise in ento- mology about which there is considerable diversity of opinion, and it is thought by some that entomologists should adopt an authoritative code which all might follow. There is also dif- ference of opinion as to the advisability of considering one or more specimens as types. This question is easier to decide than some of the nomenclatural ones, as the logical deduction ap- pears to be that there should be but one type. It is no uncom- mon thing to find two good species among a number of speci- mens all labelled type. We have already advocated a national association of entomologists which should be made up of State associations. To accomplish this it will be necessary for some one person to take interest in the matter and get others inter- ested. When this is done the decision on such questions could be left to the national association. Notes and. Ne\vs. ENTOMOLOGICAL GLEANINGS FROM ALL QUARTERS OF THE GLOBE. I WISH to report the capture of specimens of Lestes uncafiis Kirby. 2 June 2d and 3<.l, Nevada, Iowa, i $, i 9> June 3d, Maxwell, la. The specimens from Maxwell were taken on grass along small creek. The specimens from Nevada I know nothing of as they were taken by another 88 March, '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 89 party, and no data given. From Prof. F.lrod's list, ENT. NEWS, January, 1898, you will note this as new to Iowa. I wish to thank Dr. Calvert for identifying and pointing out these facts. -M. E. HOAG. ASPIDIOTUS HEDER/E IN AUSTRALIA. Mr. James Lidgett was in too much of a hurry when he wrote his article (p. 43) on this subject, or he would have noticed : (i.) That A. hedertc is the same as A. nerii, which has long been known from various localities in Australia (see Maskell, Trans. N. Z. Inst., xxvii, p. 4.) (2.) That the synonyms of A. hedercz in the Suppl. to Check-List of Coccidae are on the authority of Berlese and Leonard!, as is stated in a footnote. Moreover, I add, "The names cited as synonymous doubtless represent at least several good varieties." (3.) That Pandelon is a place, and not a plant. T. D. A. COCKERKU.. MRS. C. E. GRESHAM, of Lynn, Mass., sends us the following account of an observation made by her deceased father, Alfred F. Chatfield. "A pebble brought out of a hole by an ant in an ant hill, weighed one-half a carat or two grains. Nine of the ants from the hill weighed only one-half a grain. Thus it is shown that one ant can lift thirty-six times its own weight." ORNEODES HEXADACTYLA, LINN. On April 23, 1900, I took a single specimen of this species at this place. Prof. C. H. Fernald, in his " Ptero phoridac of North America," says that this species occurs in the western part of this country, and gives as its habitat Europe, Missouri, California, Oregon, Canada, Manitoba. Has it been taken before so far east ? C. O. HOUGHTON, Ithaca, N. Y. SCHISTOCERCA ALUTACEA AND RuiUGiNosA. On September 2, 1901, while collecting between Atsion and Quaker Bridge, Burlington County, New Jersey, the writer secured specimens of Schistocerca alutacca and rubi%inosa. The most interesting thing in connection with the captures was the finding of one sex of one form paired with the opposite sex of the other form. This evidence, together with the close relationship of the forms, leads one to question the absolute distinctness of the two. Specimens in the collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Phila- delphia, taken on the above-mentioned date, are perfectly typical of the two forms, and the two would be flushed from the same bush, but others are an apparently intermediate phase, in which the dorsal stripe does not extend beyond the tip of the pronotum to any marked degree. The last-mentioned specimens would possibly be considered representative <.! the brown phase of 6". a/utacea, but the whole matter seems deserving <>t' more attention, as apparently too much stress has been laid <>n vari.il>l<- or uncertain color characters. JAMES A. G. RKIIN. go ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [March, '02 MYSTERIOUS TITLES. " I understand, Mrs. Grassey, that your son has become quite an eminent lepidopterist." " Mercy on us ! It ain't nothing like a kleptomaniac, is it?" LAKE LABORATORY, of the Ohio University, located at Sandusky, on Lake Erie. Six weeks' instruction in a field and laboratory course in en- tomology will be given, including instruction in collecting, mounting and identifying, in connection with studies on life history and anatomy. Course begins July yth. For particulars, apply to Prof. Herbert Osborn, Ohio State University, Columbus. CURIOUS HABITS OF CERTAIN HYMENOPTERA. In the fall of 1901, I received from Mr. F. S. Daggett, Pasadena, Cal., a lot of Hymenoptera, collected under rather peculiar circumstances, which are worthy of note and of biological importance. The lot received consisted of Pompilus fernigineus, Odyuerus sii/phnreus and Chalybion coenileum, collected while in quest of Coleoptera and Lepidoptera, Mr. Daggett's specialty, he kindly remembering me by collecting these purposely for me. A peculiarity of these flies aroused my interest, and, asking Mr. Daggett for further particulars, he kindly furnished me with the following notes : In stopping at a water-trough [Los Angeles Co., Calif.], these insects did not come in a regular line of flight, but came pretty steadily. I was at the water-trough about three-fourths of an hour when I commenced to pick them up with the forceps. There were about fifty, and about the same number left when I quit. Three-fourths of them alighted on the sur- face of the water with legs outstretched, just the same as the "skaters" do, leaving little depressions about each foot. Little puffs of wind would reach the surface, when the flies would be swept six to eight inches, sometimes sideways, on the surface. In picking them up with the for- ceps, some would be knocked under water ; they at once paddled away like flies, and had no difficulty in reaching the sides and crawling out. The metallic blue Chalybion did not alight on the water, but on the edge or sides, working down with short, jerky movements. All the others except Chalybion rested on the water, and came in about even numbers ; the large, darker ones (Poinpilns) were more alert and harder to pick up than their companions of a more yellow cast (Ocfynerus.) The honey bees gathered in clusters about the dripping pipe, but did not alight on the water. The weather was extremely hot (106), and a hot, but not very strong, wind blew up the dry wash. It was at noon when we stopped to feed our horses, and there was no other water for several miles. There were a few flowers of desert-like growth, bnt nothing that these insects were working on. In collecting and observing Hymenoptera under various conditions and situations for a number of years, I have never seen or heard of a like occurrence, and would like to know if any similar actions of Hymenop- tera have been observed by some one else. R. J. WEITH, Elkliart, Ind. March, '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 91 5-24 1899 PROF. H. OSBORN Dersir I take the privalige to write to you for to se if I can get any infermation as to how to destroy aunts I hav a lot in the cemetry that they are on that I hav tried coaloil on Tortentine but to no purpos and hav tried pound the surface with a heatle and that only set them to work moar they are working in a great many places in the cemetry I thought perhaps you might give us som plan to destroy shem pleas answer as soon as convenient Yours truly I presume every entomologist, especially every one who has had the privilege of serving on a station staff, has had enough experience to become hardened to the amusing efforts of some of their correspondents. However, here is one that may bring a smile and I reproduce it verbatim et literatim, all except the chirography which needs zinc etching to do it justice. HERBERT OSBORN. Entomological Literature. COMPILED I!Y HENRY L. VIERECK AND JAMES A. G. REHN. Under the above head it is intended to note such papers received at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia pertaining to the Entomology of the Americas (Nortli and South). Articles irrelevant to American entomology, unless monographs, will not be noted. Contributions to the anatomy, physiology and embryology of inserts, however, whether relating to American or exotic species, will be recorded. The numbers in heavy- faced type refer to the journals, as numbered in the following list, in which the papers are published ; * denotes that the paper in question contains descriptions of new North American forms. The titles of all papers will be quoted in the original and not translated. 2. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, Philadelphia. 4. The Canadian Entomologist, London, Ontario. 5. Psyche, Cam- bridge, Mass 11. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, London. 15. Biologia Central! Americana, London. 22. /.uologischer Anzeiger, Leipsic. 32. Bulletin du Museum d'HistoireNaturelle, Paris. 33. Sit/- zungsberichte der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathema- tisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe, Vienna 35. Annales, Societe En- tomologique de Belgique, Brussels. 44. Verhandlungen der K. K. Zoologische-Botanische Gesellschaft, Vienna. 143. Ohio State University Naturalist, Columbus. 158. Zeitsclirift fiir systematise-he I Ivmenopter- ologie und Dipterologie, Teschendorf. THE GENERAL SUBJECT. Anon. Les Entomologistes a Montreal. Le Naturaliste Canadien, Chicoutimi, xxix, Jan., '02. Brauer, F. Ueber die von Prof. O. Simony auf den Canaren gefundenen Neuroptera und Pseudoneuroptera (Odonata, Corrodentia et Ephemeridre), 33, ix Band, vii Heft, 1900. Iches, L. Les Insects des violettes, La Nature, Paris, xxx, Jan. 25, '02. Mobius, K. Einleitung zu ciiu-r Bi-sprrrhung iilu-r drn Artbegriff. Gesellschaft Nafnrforschender Freunde zu Berlin. Dec., 'oi. Q2 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [March, 'O2 Pilcher, J. G. On methods used to preserve color in relaxing entomo- logical specimens. The Entomologist, London, Feb., '02. Rossi, G. Blnmen und Insekten. Insekten Borse, Leipsic, Jan., '02. ECONO V1IC ENTOMOLOGY. -Alwood, W. B. San Jose Scale and the Ad- ministration of the Crop Pest Laws of Virginia. Third Report of the State Entomologist and Pathologist. Richmond. 1900-01. Compere, G. Some Results of the Introduction of Parasites and Predaceous Insects into California. The Agricultural Journal, Cape Town, xx, No. i. Lavergne, G. La Filoxera (concl.). Revista Chilena, Santiago, Dec., '01. Sanderson, E. D. Three orchard pests. I. The apple bud borer. II. The fruit-tree bark-borer. III. The periodical cicada. Bulletin 53, Delaware College, Agric. Expm't Station, Newark, Del., Dec., 1901. Weed, C. M. Remedies for the Canker-worm. Bull. 85, New Hampshire College, Agric. Expm't Station, Durham, Oct., 1901. Zimmerman, A. Sammelreferate iiber die tierischen und pflanzlichen Parasiten der Trop- ischen Kulturpflanzen III. Die Parasiten des Thees. Centralb. fiir Bact. Paras, u. Inf , Jena, xxxi, i, Jan., '02. ARACHNIDA. Cambridge, F. 0. P. A Revision of the Genera of the Aranea; or Spiders with reference to their Type Species, 11, jth ser., ix, Jan., 1902. Arachnida Araneidea (Mexico and Central America), 15, Arachnida Araneidea, portions- of vol. I and II. Dahl, F. Die Seltenheit gewisser Spinnen arten. Gesell. Natur. f. Freunde zu Berlin, Dec , '01. Hansen, H. J. On Six Species of Koenenia, with remarks on the order Palpigradi.* Entomologische Tidschrift., xxii, haft 4, Stockholm. - Kraepeliu, K. Catalogue des Scorpions des collections du Museum d'His- toire Naturelle de Paris. Catalogue des Pedipalpes des collections du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle de Paris, 32. Rydall, E. H. Tarantula hunting. Popular Science News, New York, Jan. '02. Tragardh. Re- vision der von Thorell aus Gronland Spitzbergen und der Buren Insel und von L. Koch aus Sibirien und Novaja Semlja beschriebenen Acari- clen, 22, xxv, Band 30, Dec., 'or. Wasman, E. Zur Kenntniss der myr- mecophiler, Antennophorus und anderer auf Ameisen und Termiten reitender Acarinen, 22, Jan., '02. MYRIOPODA. Morse, M. Myriopods from Vinton, Ohio, 143, Jan., '02. COLLEMBOLA. Lecaillon, A. Recherches sur 1'ovaire des Collemboles (PI. xiii a xvi.) Archives d' Anatomic Microscopique, Paris, 1901. EPHEMERIDA. Brauer, F. Ephemeridse of the Canaries. See gen- eral subject. ODONATA. Brauer, F. Odonata of the Canaries. See general sub- ject. Needham, J. G., and Hart, C. A. The Dragon-flies (Odonata} of Illinois, Part I. Petaluridce, Acschnidte, and GomphidtP. Bull. 111. State Labor. Nat. Hist., vol. vi., Sept., 1901. CORRODENTIA. Brauer, F. Corrodentia of the Canaries. See Gen- eral Subject. MALLOPHAGA. Osborn, H. Mallophagan records and descriptions,* 143, Jan., '02. March, '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 93 ORTHOPTERA. Giardina Andrea. Funzionamento dell' armatura geni- tale femminile e considerazioni intorno alle ooteche degli Acridii. Gior- nale di Scienze Natural! ed Economiche. Palermo, 1901. Morse, A. P., and Bruner, L. Orthoptera (Mexico and Central America), 15, Orthop- tera, vol. ii. i portion). Scudder, S. H. On the United States ( hthopter.i which have been referred to the genus Tridactyfns, 5, Feb., '02. HEMIPTERA. -Cockerell, T. D. A. New Genera and Species of Cocridse, with Notes on known Species,* 11, 7th ser., ix, Jan. 1902 Distant, W. L. Rhynchotal Notes xii. Heteroptera: Fam. Pyrrhocoridx, 11, ;th ser., ix, Jan., 1902. Hunter, S. J. Coccidae of Kansas, iv. The Kansas Univ. Quarterly, Lawrence, July, 'or. Martin, J., Coutiere, H. Sur nn nouvel Hemiptere halophile (Herinatobatoides marchci, n. g. n. sp ), 32, 1901. NEUROPTERA. Brauer, F. Neuroptera and Pseudoneuroptera of the Canaries. See General Subject. Hine, J. S. Notes on Neuropteroid in- sects, 143, |an., '02. LEPIDOPTERA. Bachmetjew, P. Ein neu-entdecktes Schutzmittel bei Schmetterlings-puppen gegen Kiilte. Societas Entomologica, Ziirich- Hottingen, Feb , '02. Dyar, H. G. Life histories of North American Geometridre, xxx. 5, Feb., '02. The United States National Museum (Lepidoptera), 4, Feb., '02. Gibson, A. Additional notes on the life-his- tory of Arctia phalerata, 4. Godman, F. D., and Salvin, 0. Lepidoptera Rhopalocera (Mexico and Central America), 15, Lepidoptera Rhopalocera, portions of vols. i, ii and iii. Grote, R. Fossile Schmetterlinge und der Schmetterlingsfliigel, 44, Dec., '01. Heath, E. F. Notes on the Lepidop- tera of 1901 in Southern Manitoba, 4. Lyman, H. H. A correction, 4, Feb., '02. Packard, A. S. A preliminary sketch of theSphingicampidae, a new group of Protosphingine Lepidoptera. with its subdivisions, i, 5. Smith, J. B. Three new Noctuids from Britisli North America,- 4, Feb., '02. Hydroecia Americana, Speyer, or Ilydroeiia Atlantica, Smith, 4, Feb., '02. Tallant, W. N. An >r.v//.v xn>initiea Fabr., a species occurring in Spain, and new to the European list, 36, part iv. Dec, 1901. Fall, H. C. Some Insects of the 1 1 ueriesof the adults and larvae of the genus Hydrcecia which he had taken around his 96 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [March, '02 district and raised. He spoke upon their life habits and food plants. The following officers were elected to serve for the year 1902 : President, Mr. Charles W. Johnson ; Vice President, Mr. Charles Boerner ; Treasurer, Mr. H. W. Wenzel ; Secretary, Mr. Wm. J. Fox. W. R. REINICK, Secretary. A meeting of the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences was held January 23d, with Mr. H. W. Wenzel, Vice Director, presiding. Fifteen persons were pres- ent, including Mr. Denton, of Massachusetts, and Dr. Van Dyke, of California. Dr. Van Dyke said he noticed that the entomologists of the East have not adopted any general plan for their government in regard to types and co-types and nomen- clature. He thought some movement toward an authorita- tive method should be arranged. He also spoke of the value of exact data in use at the present time. The value of the knowledge of distribution and biological studies was dwelt on. Mr. Vierick said he thought the one-type method should be adopted. Mr. Rehn stated that the Novitates Zoologies at- tempted to form a code with the term variety omitted. He considered this term a rather plastic one. The speaker also described the procedure of the American Ornithologists' Union in regard to questions of nomenclature. Mr. Rehn exhibited pictures of the barren plains of Ocean and Burlington Counties, New Jersey. These plains cover an area of six thousand and seven thousand acres respectively, divided by the Wading river. They are covered by stunted pines and oakes. Fire may have something to do with the curious conditions found. The dis- tribution of the animals and plants of the region was mentioned. Mr. Wenzel said that in certain districts in South Jersey this coleopterological fauna was typically Southern in character. Dr. Skinner exhibited specimens of Lyccoia nciirona and chlorina recently described. Mr. Rehu read a report on the Hymenoptera collected by Dr. Skinner in New Mexico. There were about forty species new to science. HENRY SKINNER, Recorder, ENT. NEWS, Vol. XIII. PL IV. A NEW MEGATHYMUS FROM ARIZONA ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SECTION ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES, PHILADELPHIA. VOL, XIII. APRIL, 1902. No. 4. CONTENTS: Poling Megathymus from Arizona 97 Baker Lost Knowledge 98 Cockerell Blackberry Crown-borer in New Mexico 100 Rehn Nomenclatural Notes on Two Genera of Orthoptera 101 Cockerell Xenoglossa in California.... 103 Ellsworth Notes on Butterflies and Description of an aberration 103 Weeks Butterflies from Bolivia 104 Williamson A List of the Dragotiflies Observed in Western Pennsylvania 108 Knaus Collecting Coleoptera in Wyo- ming and Utah 114 Editorial 116 Entomological Literature n^ Notes and News 121 Economic Entomology 122 Doings of Societies 124 A New Megathymus from Arizona. By OTHO C. POLING. See Plate IV. Large objects are usually first to be discovered, even by a casual observer, so it would seem the more remarkable that our most robust and heavily constructed North American di- urnal should have, until the present year, escaped observation. Megathymus ursus n. sp. female. Expanse, $ l / 2 inches. Colors and markings above and below are correctly repro- duced by the accompanying plate. Type, one female in the collection of the author. Habitat, Final County, Ari/.ona. When both sexes of the described species in this genus are known, the specific name which I have used in presenting this insect may become synonymous. This, however, is not ad- mitted by any of 'several well-known entomologists who have seen the insect or its likeness, and my own opinion that it may be the female uciuiio^cnii is not shared by anyone whom I have 98 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [April, *O2 so far consulted. In Biol. Cent. Am. Het. 2, 320, pi. 69, fig. 3 and 4, the male and female neumoegenii are figured. Whether fig. 4 is in reality the female neumoegenii may be considered doubtful when it is known that a structural examination of my series of over one hundred examples taken through three sea- seasons fails to reveal a single female of this species. It is therefore, my conviction that the female Megathynnis neumoe- genii remains unknown. The reference of nrsus, an insect of more than twice the average size of neumoegenii, with body half an inch in thickness and more massive than any diurnal known to our fauna as the female of the smallest species in the genus to which it belongs is, however, too radical to be accepted without positive proof, and it is for this reason that I bestow a specific name on what I consider a described species. Lost Knowledge. BY C. F. BAKER. The recent death of Dr. Lugger again calls attention to a matter which has been discussed in various journals before. Dr. L,ugger was a special student of the Coleoptera and had a very fine collection. He also studied Minnesota moths and had started a valuable collection when I visited him years ago. It was most interesting to go over the beetles with him and listen to his discussions of habits and obscure points in classification; main 1 facts concern ing which, according to his ozcn statement, wrc unpublished. He has departed to the "bourne from which no traveller returns," and all that interesting array of knowledge the gatherings of many, many years of patient and scholarly investigation have gone with him ; for Dr. L,ugger published very little. Not long ago I reported on what I considered the solution of a very vexing problem one that had long puzzled me and one that had consumed much time and thought. Soon after, I received a letter from one of our old-time authorities, in which he says : "What is all this fuss about? You are right, but I have known all this for many, many years." He had known April, '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 99 it all long before, but he had allowed an error to be perpetuated in our literature and he had allowed the younger students to flounder on through the same morass he had successfully breasted years before, and which a word from him would have- saved them from. All of our greater authorities should be constant contributors to our magazines. Most of them are not. They are to say why. Most of them are more or less concentrated on great works, but they owe it to us to report on the very numerous secondary results that have always come as a by-product- results often of greatest interest and value. Talk with any of them and you will find them perfect storehouses of knowledge which ought not to remain buried and die with them. They may consider it undignified to publish detached results, but I am sure it is not so. Over and above this consideration, we need, secondarily, their criticism. Our journals are full of the work of younger students and it all passes current without remark. Incomplete work or er- roneous conclusions, often known to be such by the older authorities, frequently receive no further attention than a shrug of the shoulders. They might give us what we need while they dispose of the after-dinner cigar. We need criticism- honest, kindly criticism that hews clean to the line. There are fifteen or twenty men in this country who might raise our standard in connection with entomological work far above what it is with very little cost to themselves, but to the very material enrichment of our entomological literature. And yet there are others who will pass from us, carrying with them many of their hard-earned results, which they might just as well receive credit for, which would be of inestimable working value to younger students, and which the bury in- of will but leave to be all done over again. I might refer, for one instance, to the matter of secondary sexual characters. It is a subject of the very highest biological interest and importance, yet the facts concerning it, as relate to American insects, are almost wholly buried either in technical descriptions or the minds of the older authorities who h. studied special groups for many years. I wish a book mi-lit 100 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [April, *O2 be written on this subject and it would make a big book- composed of contributions from all the older authorities on their special groups. If as complete as possible and fully illus- trated it would make one of the most important entomological and biological contributions of the era, and would be an indis- pensable work of reference to every entomological student on earth. And this they have to give. Will they give it ? The Blackberry Crown-borer in New Mexico. Notes from the New Mexico Biological Station 3. BY T. D. A. COCKERELL. Dr. J. B. Smith, in his little work on Economic Entomology, writes : ' ' Blackberries are often attacked by a larva at the surface of the ground or a little below it, boring sometimes a little distance up or down the cane or completely around it, for which reason it has been called the blackberry crown-borer. Signs of its presence are the sudden wilting and rapid death of new shoots, and it comes to maturity in early September of the second year of its life, forming a pupa in the stalk itself. The resulting moth, Bcmbecia marginata, is black, very little marked with yellow, and the only satisfactory remedy is cutting out and destroying the larva as soon as its presence is indicated by the wilting leaves. ' ' This pest has never been observed in New Mexico until I took some of the moths at Beulah, Sapello Canon, July 25 to 31, 1900. This locality is about 8,000 feet above the sea, in what is called the Canadian Zone. Two native plants of the blackberry genus, Rubus strigostis and Rnbus delitiosus, were common at the locality, and it was doubtless in these that the moths passed their early stages. It is quite to be expected that they will attack the cultivated canes, when these are more generally grown. The moths appear to differ somewhat from the eastern ex- amples, being perhaps rather smaller, with dark scales blue- black ; antennae, sides of thorax and dark parts of legs quite strongly purple ; collar almost white ; longitudinal marks on anterior part of thorax almost obsolete ; basal two- thirds of April, '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. IOI four hind femora black ; middle tibiae above with the basal half and the apical fourth black; legs (except the black j orange fulvous ; wing-veins beyond the cell on both wings covered with black scales. It seems to me that this Xew Mexico insect might fairly be given a distinctive name, but Mr. Beutenmuller, who is the principal authority on this group of moths, has examined a specimen and states that it must be regarded as true Bcnibccia marginata. Nomenclatural Notes on Two Genera of Orthoptera. BY JAMES A. G. REHN. BLATTA. The genus Blatta L/innaeus (Syst. Nat., X ed., p. 424, 17 ^s ' has been subjected to considerable dividing, as has been the case with almost all Linnean genera, but the fact remains that to-day we hardly know to what to apply the name. An ex- amination of the originally included species reveals the fact that the matter can be quickly settled. As the name />'/<'//.' :: * Kirby (Proc. Royal Dublin Soc. (n. s.), vi., p. 562) gives the original spelling as Steleopyya, citing Bull. Mosc., vi, p. 356, as the reference. I am unable to examine this work, so I use the generally ao epted form in the paper. 102 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [April, *O2 lapponica Ectobius Westwood (Ectobia auct.), 1835. oblongata Pseudomops Serville, 1 83 1 . By considering the only two non-exotic species, orientalis and lapponica, the name Stylopyga is seen to be a synonym of Blatta, as Ectobius was instituted eleven years previous. An examination has shown that Pseudomops antedates Thyrsoccra 1838, by seven years, as pointed out by Kirby (Proc. Royal Dublin (n. s. ), vi, p. 561). The name Kakerlac Latreille (L,e Regne Animal, v, p. 175, 1829), has often been associated with several of the species mentioned above, but on examination it is apparent that but one was so associated by the describer of the genus. Three species, orientalis, limbata and dccipiens, were included under L/atreille's name ; the first being removed to Stylopyga in 1846, while the last two were not removed until 1865, when Brunner placed them in his genus Loboptera* The name Kakerlac thus replaces Brunner' s genus. ACRYDIUM. The genus Acrydium Geoffrey (Hist. Abr. Ins., i, p. 390, 1762) as asserted by Kirby (Proc. Royal Dublin Soc. (n. s.), vi, p. 592) and Kircaldy (The Entomologist, xxxiv, pp. 241- 243), should replace the name Tetrix L/atreille (Tcttix auct.)' the types being bipunctatum L/. , and sitbnlatnm L/.f I 11 this case the use of the name in connection with the large species allied to Schistocerca is not allowable, Cyrtacanthacris Walker, 1870, being the next name used for the same. In a recent study of the L/innaean genus Locusta (Canad. Ent., xxxiii, p. 121) the author gave L/atreille, 1804, as the authority and data of Acridium (an emendation of Acrydium ), but the proper adjustment of the name, as above, will cause the name Locusta to fall on those insects formerly known as Acridium or Cyrtacanthacris, the latter being sixteen years later than Fischer's genus Stenobothrus. * B'irmeister placed these in his genus Polyzosteria, but that genus was considerably divided by Brunner. t To those who would not accept Geoffrey's genera because that author was not consistently binomial, it might be said that Fabricius (the next author to use the name) included, but the two above-mentioned species in the genus (vide Syst. Ent., p. 278, 1775). April, '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 103 The Bee-genus Xenoglossa in California. BY T. D. A. COCKERELL. In Canadian Entomologist, August, 1896, is described the. finding of three species of Xenoglossa in the flowers of L'ncur- bita in New Mexico. Since that time, wherever I have found Ciicurhita I have also found at least one species of X<->mglossa. Therefore, when I observed quantities of Cucurbita foetidissima in the city of Los Angeles last July, I lost no time in looking for Xenoglossa, and was duly rewarded by the capture of two species in numbers. (i.) Xenoglossa patricia angitstior, Ckll., Entom., March, 1900, p. 64. Described from one example taken at Buckeye, Arizonia. Five taken at Los Angeles, California, in flowers of Cucur- bitafoetidissima> July 22, 1901. (2.) Xenoglossa angelica, n. sp. ^, ?, about 13 mm. long. Similar to the eastern A' pruinosa Say, but conspicuously differing in the velvety pubescence of the abdomen, which is orange-golden instead of silvery- wliite, especially bright and beautiful in the 9, covering the apical half. Structurally, the insects agree in all essential particulars, and one would not regard them as distinct species, were it not that the color-difference is conspicuous and perfectly consistent in long series of each, and tli<-\ inhabit entirely different regions. Hab. Los Angeles, California, in flowers of Cucurbita foeti- dissima, July 22, 3 9 , 8 ; County Farm, Los Angeles Co., at flowers of Ipoimca, 3 1 , July 15. Also a male taken by my wife at San Diego, Calif., August 10, at flowers of Iponiirz.. Xenoglossa ipomcea" Rob , from Illinois, seems to be hardly distinct from X. pruinosa. Notes on Butterflies and Description of an Aberration. BY ADDISON KIJ.SWORTII. I see by your April, 1901, issue that Mr. Harvey Mitchell, at a meeting of the Harris Club of Boston, exhibited a nielanic male Colias philodicc from Medford, Mass. I would state that I have a melanic male of Colias />////< >e- low this in next two interspaces are two white spots, the lower resting on submedian nervure and nearer base. The hind marginal fringe is very pronounced, narrower at apex than at lower angle and of pure white. Inner margin edged with white. Upper side of hind wing of same ground color. Running from centre of costa across centre of wing and ending at submedian nervure i> a broad band of white with irregular edges. At its central portion it broadens or suffuses strongly towards the base through the discoidal space. Outside of this band the area to hind margin is nearly black with a line of interspacial white dots. The marginal fringe is very heavy and pure white. Inner margin edged with white. The spots and white markings of upper surface are very distinctly marked showing scarcely any suffusion. The general color of the under surface is white with black or dark markings. On forewing the white spots of upper surface are repeated. The costa midway to apex is distinctly white. The area near costa between the two rows of white spots is dark brownish, the darkest portion of tin- wing. The space below lower submedian nervule to inner margin is grayish white. The hind margin is touched slightly witli brownish. Tin- fringe is white. Under side of hind wing white. Across apical area is a dash ni Mark. There is a prominent dash of black running from nu-di.iii nervure near the hind margin across to submedian nervure. Above this and parallt 1 IO8 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [April. 'O2 to it, in centre of the wing, is a short black dash. In subcostal area over the discoidal space are two black spots, and another at the base. Inner marginal area tends to grayish. Expanse .So inches. Hab. Sicasica, Bolivia. Taken in October, 1899. A List of the Dragonflies Observed in Western Pennsylvania. BY E. B. WILLIAMSON. (Continued from page 71.) 27. Dromogomphus spinosus Selys. Alleghany County (G. A. L,ink) ; Alleghany County, May 3, 1899 ; Ohio Pyle, June 25-30, 1900. The Ohio Pyle speci- mens have the humeral and antehumeral stripes and the stripe on either side of the mid-dorsal thoracic carina wider than in Indiana specimens ; the humeral and antehumeral are continu- ous for almost their entire lengths, and the stripe on either side of the mid-dorsal carina passes over the antealar sinus, joining with the antehumeral stripe. 28. Gomphus villosipes Selys. Turtle Swamp, June 3, 1899. In the spring of 1900 I found this species in Mahoning County, Ohio, one of the eastern tier of counties in Ohio, very abundant about ponds which had been formed by a small stream changing its course from time to time in a broad valley. The dragonflies spent much of their time at rest on the spatterdock leaves with which these ponds were filled. 29. Gomphus sordidus Hagen. New Brighton, Beaver County, May 28, 1899 (H. D. Mer- rick) ; Idlewild, May 30, 1899. In eastern Ohio, Columbiana County, I observed a couple of this species pairing at rest, clinging to the leaf of a blackberry bush. The male held the female by the head with his abdominal appendages. 30. Gomphus exilis Selys. Ohio Pyle, June 28, 1900 ; Confluence, June 30, 1900. Taken along the Youghiogheny River only at its more sluggish parts where the banks are muddy. April, '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 109 31. Gomphus spiniceps Walsh. Allegheny River, Alleghany County, July 4, iX<;o, males and females were emerging in numbers. 32. Gomphus parvulus Self's. Allegheny River, Alleghany County, May 13, 1899, an< ' June 10, 1900, a single male on each date (J. L. Oral" . 33. Gomphus albistylus Hagen. L,ehigh Gap, June 30, 1897, one female (testc Calvert); Idle- wild, May 30, 1899, one female ; Ohio Pyle, June 24, 1900 ; Rockwood, June 29, 1900. I follow Dr. Calvert and Professor Harvey in regarding G. nacvius Hagen as a synonym of (,'. albistylus Hagen. I have a male from Professor Harvey which is identical with the Pennsylvania species. 34 Gomphus brevis Hagen. Ohio Pyle, June 24, 25 and 27, 1900 ; Rockwood, June 29, 1900 ; Confluence, June 30, 1900. During a week's collecting in June about Ohio Pyle this seemed to be the most abundant Gomphine. It is not infrequently met with in some sheltered, bush-skirted meadow, attracted there probably from its native ripples by the wealth of insect prey which the more retired retreat harbors. 35. Gomphus viridiirons Hine. Ohio Pyle, June 25, 1900, two males ; June 28, 1900, one female ; Ohio River, May 3, 1899, a single teneral female. [A drawing plate 3, fig. i accompanying this paper made by Mr. Williamson before those of Mr. Hine in the Ohio Naturalist, vol i, pi. 5, were published, shows the tips of the vulvar lamina to extend slightly be- yond the hind margin of IX, while in Mr. Hines' figures the tips do not reach as far as that hind margin. P. P. CALVEKT.] 36. Gomphus vastus Walsh. Beaver County, May 25, 1899; Alleghany County, May. June and July (J. L,. Graf and D. A. Atkinson I. 37. Gomphus fraternus Say. Alleghany County, May (R. F. Foerster and J. I,. C.raf); Ohio Pyle, June 28, 1900, a female, taken while eating a mature male of Argia putrida. I 10 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [April, *O2 38. Progomphus obscurtis Rambur. Alleghany County, May (J. L. Graf) ; Ohio Pyle, June 18, 1899. 39 Hagenius brevistylus Selys. Ohio Pyle, June 18, 1899, one male taken, several seen. 40. Tachopteryx thoreyi Hagen. Alleghany County, June i to July 16, 1899, and July 15 and 21, 1900 (J. L,. Graf) ; New Brighton, June n, 1900 (H. D. Merrick) ; Ohio Pyle, June 18, 1899 and June 23-30, 1900. 41. Cordulegaster maculatus Selys. Ohio Pyle, June 25, 1900, a single male, flying along the ditch at the side of the railroad track. 42. Cordulegaster erroneus Hagen. Westmoreland County, July, a single female in the collection of the Carnegie Museum. 43. Cordulegaster obliquus Say. Alleghauy County, one female (A. S. Brent). A species of Cordulegaster, which seemed to be this one, was observed a few times along Squaw Run during the spring of 1899, but none were captured. 44. Boyeria vinosa Say. Ohio Pyle, June 18, 1899, several tenerals were taken. 45. Gomphaeschna furcillata Say, form an/Hope Hagen. Pittsburg, May, 1899 (J. L,. Graf ), one female which entered Mr. Graf's home. 46. Epiaeschna heros Fabricius. Beaver County, May 25 and 28, 1899 (H. D. Merrick) ; Alleghany County, May, June, July, 1899 (E. Frost, J. L,. Graf and D. A. Atkinson). 47. Hschna constricta Say. Alleghany County (C. Daggette) ; Schenley Park, August 13, 1898 ; Silver Lake, August 27, 1898 ; Squaw Run, Septem- ber 12 and 18, and October 16, 1898 (J. L. Graf) ; McKees- port, July 22, 1900 (D. A. Atkinson.) April, '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. Ill 48. Anaxjunius Drury. Beaver County, May 25, 1899; Silver L/ake, August 14, 1898 ; Schenley Park, August 31, 1898 ; Squaw Run, Septem- ber 12, 1898 ; Alleghany County, April 12, May 3, 23 and 28, and June 3 and 4, 1899 ; Idlewild, May 30, 1899, and July 10, 1900 (D. A. Atkinson) ; Coiincaut Lake, August 6, 1899 (D. A. Atkinson i. 49. Didymops transversa Say. Ohio Pyle, June 18, 1899, and June 25, 1900. 50. Macromia illinoiensis Walsh. Alleghany County, May, 1899, (J. L. Graf) ; Ohio Pyle, June 18, 1899, and June 23-30, 1900; Rockwood, June 29, 1900; Confluence, June 30, 1900. 51. Tetragoneuria cynosura Say. Idlewild, Ma}- 30, 1899. 52. Neurocordnlia uhleri Selys. Ohio Pyle, June 25, 1900, one male ; Rockwood, June 29, 1900, two males. The internal triangle is present in the hind wings in every case excepting the left w T ing of one specimen. The wings are tinged with dull brown throughout, and there is a distinct brown spot in the posterior corner of the anal tri- angles of the hind wings. 53. Somatochlora tenebrosa Say(?) A female, Westmoreland County, July, in the Carnegie Museum, is probably this species. 54. Pantala flavescens Fahricius. Allegheny River, Alleghany County, August 20, igooQ. L. Graf). 55. Tramea lacerata Ha;en. Pittsburg, August 30, 1898; Turtle Swamp, May 3, [899; Idlewild, July 10, 1900 (D. A. Atkinson ). On May 3, 1899, another species, probably Tramca Carolina, was flying al><>ut Turtle Swamp, but none were captured. '/'. lacerata when ovipositing goes through the same actions as 7". Carolina, accur- ately described by Davis in fonrn. \. ). I : .ul. Soc. / <>/. 17, 112 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [April, 'o2 p. 197, 1898, excepting, of course, that the female is held by the head and not by the neck. The pair fly along near the surface of the water ; the male drops the female, the female strikes the tip of her abdomen to the water, and as she rises is again deftly seized by the male. 56. Perithemis domitia Drury. Turtle Swamp, June, 1899. 57. Celithemis eponina Drury. Icllewild, July 10, 1900 (D. A. Atkinson). 58. Leucoruinia Intacta Hagen. Idlewild, May 30, 1899. 59 Sympetrum rubicundulum Say. Alleghany County, July (R. F. Foerster and D. A. Atkin- son) ; Schenley Park, July 30 and August 30, 1898; Turtle Swamp, July 31 and August 21, 1898; Silver Lake, August 14 and 27, 1898 ; Squaw Run, September 4, 12 and 18, 1898 (]. L. Graf) ; Couneaut Lake, August 6, 1898 (D. A. Atkin- son); Idlew 7 ild, July 10, 1900 (D. A. Atkinson). 60. Sympetrum obtrusum Hagen. Alleghany County, July (D. A. Atkinson and C. Daggette); Silver Lake, August 27, 1898 ; Couneaut Lake, August 6, 1899 (D. A. Atkinson). 61. Sympetrum vicinum Hagen. Couneaut Lake, August 6, 1899 (D. A. Atkinson). 62. Sympetrum semicinctum Say. Alleghany County, July (D. A. Atkinson and C. Daggette); Couneaut Lake, August 6, 1899 (D. A. Atkinson); Idlewild, July 10, 1900 (D. A. Atkinson). 63. Mesothemis simplicicollis Say. Alleghany County, July, 1899 (D. A. Atkinson); Turtle Swamp, July 31 and August 21, 1898, and June 3, 1899; Couneaut Lake, August 6, 1899 (D. A. Atkinson); Idlewild, July 10, 1900 (D. A. Atkinson). 64. Pachydiplax longipennis Burmeister. Turtle Swamp, August 21, 1898 and May 3, 1899 ; April, '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 113 Creek, June 4, 1899; Alleghany County, May 23 and July, 1899 (D. A. Atkinson); Couneaut Lake, August 6, 1899 i I>. A. Atkinson); Idlewild, May 30, 1899, and July 10, 1900 < I> A. Atkinson). 65 Libellula basalis Say. Alleghany County, July, 1899 (D. A. Atkinson); Allegheny River, Alleghany County, August 5 and 18, 1900 (J. L. Graf); Couueaut Lake, August 6, 1899 (D. A. Atkinson); Idlewild, July 10, 1900 (D. A. Atkinson). 66. Libellula semifasciata Burmeister. Beaver County, May 14 and 25, 1899 (H. D. Merrick >; Alleghany County, April 30, May 3, 7, 21, 23 and 28, June 4, and July, 1899 (J. L- Graf and D. A. Atkinson); Couneaut Lake, August 6, 1899 ( D. A. Atkinson); Idlewild, May 30, 1899. 67. Libellula pulchella Drury. Beaver County, May 25, 1899; Alleghany County, July 30 and 3r, August 14, 21 and 30, and September 4, 1898, and May 21, 23 and 28, June 3 and 4, and July 1899 (J. L, Grat, D. A. Atkinson, A. S. Brent, R. F. Foerster and C. Daggette); Idle- wild, May 30, 1899, and July 10, 1900 (D. A. Atkinson); Couneaut Lake, August 6, 1899 (D. A. Atkinson); Ohio Pyle, June 1 8, 1899, and June 25, 1900. 68. Plathemis lydia Drury. Beaver County, May 9, 25 and 28 (H. D. Merrick); Alle- ghany County, July 30 and 31, and August 14, 21 and 27, 1898, and May 4, 7, 23, 28 and 30, June 3 and 4, and July, 1899 (D. A. Atkinson, J. L- Graf and C. Daggette); Idk-wild, May 30, 1899, and July 10, 1900 (D. A. Atkinson'; Couneaut Lake, August 6, 1899 (D. A. Atkinson); Ohio Pyle, June 18, 1899, and June 26, 1900. ADDITIONS TO THE ABOVE LIST. ByJ. L. GRAF. i. Argia translata Hagen. Youghiogheny River, just above Ohio Pyle, September 2, 1901. Identified by Dr. Calvert. Both sexes and several specimens were taken. 114 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [April, 'O2 2. Hetaerina tricolor Burmeister. Youghiogheny River, just above Ohio Pyle, September 2, 1901. Seven specimens were taken. They are more wary and stronger of flight than H. americana. They were usually found resting on bushes overhanging rapids. During the day when the two above records were made I took 29 specimens of Boycria vinosa. Most of these were males. This species flies very low, just along the water's edge, stopping to inspect every nook and crevice among the rocks. I found it only along the ripples. It is not very wary, but its irregular flight makes its capture rather difficult. Notes on Collecting Coleoptera in Wyoming and Utah. Bv W. KNAUS, McPherson, Kansas. A ten days' trip along the Union Pacific and Oregon Short Ivine railways through Wyoming and Utah, as far as Salt L,ake City, last June, yielded results in an entomological way that may prove of" interest to workers in this line of Natural History, and will thus serve as an excuse for presenting these observa- tions to the public. I left McPherson June igth, and on the 2ist, in the afternoon, was in L/aramie, Wyo., situated in the beautiful valley of the same name. It would seeem almost a misnomer to speak of it as a "valley" as the elevation is quite seven thousand feet; but the snow capped mountains looming up to the southeast, south and southwest, serve to remind one that ,he may be seven thousand feet high and still be in a valley. A day at Laramie was spent in collecting Coleoptera and mosquito bites along the L,aramie River, from a point south of the city to the soda works a mile and a half north, and at, and near two alkali ponds northeastward, and near the edge of the city. Over all this territory the grass was full of mosquitoes of large size, having an appetite most voracious. While col- lecting a half do/en Coleoptera you would be forced to kill, in self defence, from twenty-five to fifty mosquitoes ; thus making April, '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 115 collecting, outside of rare captures, a most active and interesting experience. I took but one Cicindelid at Laramie, a fine specimen of /'///- gida Say, on red soil without vegetation, a short distance north of the larger alkali pond. Around the edges of these ponds Hciiibidiinn was fairly plentiful. Those taken June 2ist were, hcnsJuuci Haywd., >//o-ripcs Kirby, r/ib/o-iiwsu/ii Lee., ephifypiger Lee., and a new species. A species of Amara also occurred in this locality as well as Amara scitula Lee., a Pacific coast species. Harpd/ns amputatus Say, and ellipsis Lee. , were fairly numerous along the Laramie River, but only a single specimen of basilaris Kirby was found. Three species of Staphylinida were also taken near the alkali ponds ; Alcocharini, genera and species dubious, /'/i/'/oi/f/iiis au- rulcntns Horn, and Blediiis armatns Er. One Hister, Saprinns orcgoncnsis Lee., was common under cow chips, and an E/ater, Drastcrins elcgans Fab., was beaten from wallows. The Scarabaeidse w^ere represented by Canthon praticola Lee., not uncommon in the river valley, and Aphodins coloradcnti* Horn. Chrysomclida- were represented by a few specimens of a species of Pachybrachys and Chysomela verrucosa Suffr. Jilt-odt-s tricostata Say, cxtricata Say and opaca Say, were somewhat plentiful representatives of the Tenebrionidse. Anthiciis californicus Laf. was taken on the beach near tin alkali ponds. Curculionidae were better represented at Laramie than any family of Coleoptera. Macrops vitticollis Kirby, occurred on alkali flats under cow chips, and Li\us lanimicnsis Case\\ were numerous on a species of thistle on the flats northward. They were feeding on the thistle leaves, and when disturbed would drop down among the spines where they were with difiirulty dislodged. A species of Smicronv.\' was also takrn hetv. as well as Ty chins tcctns Lee. Under cow chi]>s on the alkali Hats an occasional Spkenopkorus romen'mts Lee. was found, while in the same situation Sp/iciiop/ionis ulkci Horn was rather coninx >n . It is a striking species, easily recognized. (To be continued) ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [The Conductors of ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS solicit and will thankfully receive items of news likely to interest its readers from any source. The author's name will be given in each case, for the information of cataloguers and bibliographers.] To Contributors. All contributions will be considered and passed upon at our earliest convenience, and, as far as may be, will be published according to date of recep- tion. ENTOMOLOGICAL NKWS has reached a circulation, both in numbers and circumfer- ence, as to make it necessary to put " copy " into the hands of the printer, for each num- ber, three weeks before date of issue. This should be remembered in sending special or important matter for a certain issue. Twenty-five " extras," without change in form, will be given free, when they are wanted ; and this should be so stated on the MS., along with the number desired. The receipt of all papers will be acknowledged. ED. PHILADELPHIA, PA., APRIL, 1902. Would it be practicable to get the concerted action of the numerous societies of the country to publish a periodical (say monthly) to be supported by all entomologists. The thought was suggested to me by reading this morning in the last issue of the Bulletin of the Brooklyn Ent. Soc. (1884-5) the follow- ing: 'The unanimous expression of the desirability of a union of Entomological journals that might secure the support of all interested in Entomology led to the merging of the Bulletin and Papilio under the name of Entomologica Americana, etc." I believe it is now in contemplation to renew the publication of the Bulletin. In the same periodical, in connection with the death of Dr. Le Conte, was a proposition to try to secure a full set of his writings to be published, but the fact that they were so widely scattered, many of them out of print, made it an im- possible undertaking. The question at once arose in my mind, Will this ahvays be so? If not, what is being done to remedy the evil ? As I understand the present situation, a number of our societies publish (intermittently) their proceedings. Why should not all the societies of the country unite to support one monthly periodical that should publish the proceedings of CYCTX society in the U. S. (and Canada as well) and for this receive their united moral and financial support? In such a publica- tion should be published every description of a new species of 116 April, '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. II 7 all orders. Such a periodical would be an absolute necessity to both collectors and entomologists of high and low degree. I see "original descriptions" are first shown the light by out- leading scientists, one month in the XK\VS, the next in the Can- adian Entomologist and the next in some "proceedings." A resolution covering the main idea submitted to the entomolog- ical societies of the country for discussion and action would very quickly determine the pulse in this matter. Or would rivalry, jealousy, etc., block such a move? Or am I in error in assuming that such a move would be "in the interest of science," which seems to be the sole object of all the brethren of the net. ' ' F. A. MKRRICK. There is no doubt but that a single publication covering the field of American Entomology would be an ideal thing, but while we recognize the difficulties in bringing about such a result, we do not think it impossible. It would centralize the labor which is now being done, mostly without compensation, in a number of cities or by a number of societies. It would become essential to find First, someone sufficiently interested to push the matter; second, someone to shoulder the great amount of work that such a publication would make necessary. GETTING INTO TIBET. Mount Everest, the highest mountain in tin- world, presents to the adventurous explorer the same fascination as the north pole. No one has ever reached the summit of this pinnacle of the earth, but mountain climbers constantly are trying to do so. To re.n h the eastern side of the Everest, the side from which the ascent is must feasible, the explorer has to pass into Tibetan territory. This may be done with perfect safety, as the Tibetans have come to the conclusion that any one who wotiUl risk his life to try to reach a place where it must of necessity be exceedingly uncomfortable must be crazy. As crazy men are regarded as holy men in Tibet, the mountain climbers are pei milted to pass through Tibetan territory unmolested, receiving, on the contrary, many marks of respect from the natives. The class of explorer whom the ungentle Tibetan turns out of his << mntrv with more asperity than any other is the naturalist. Before Sikkim was annexed a man of science had been through the country collecting speci- mens of the animal and vegetable life of the little kingdom, and the Ti- betans now are convinced firmly that any man who collects moths is re.ilh trying to grab territory. It is safer to cross into Tibet with a drawn sword in one's hand than with a butterlly net. C/i/>/>i w.v- Il8 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [April, '02 Entomological Liter attire. COMPILED BY HENRY L. VIERECK AND JAMES A. G. REHN. Under the above head it is intended to note such papers received at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia pertaining to the Entomology of the Americas (North and South). Articles irrelevant to American entomology, unless monographs, will not be noted. Contributions to the anatomy, physiology and embryology of insects, however, whether relating to American or exotic species, will be recorded. The numbers in heavy- faced type refer to the journals, as numbered in the following list, in which the papers are published ; * denotes that the paper in question contains descriptions of new North American forms. The titles of all papers will be quoted in the original and not translated. 2. Transactions of the American Entomological Society, Philadelphia. 4. The Canadian Entomologist, London, Ontario. 5. Psyche, Cam- bridge. Mass 7. United States Department of Agriculture, Washington. 10. Nature, London. 11. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, London. 22. Zoologischer Anzeiger, Leipsig. 38. Wiener Entomo- logische Zeitung, Vienna. 49. Termeszetrajzi Fiizetek, Budapest. 51. Novitates Zoologicae, Tring. 156. Zeitschrift fur systematische Hymen- opterologie und Dipterologie, Teschendorf. 157. The Ohio Naturalist, Cleveland. THE GENERAL SUBJECT. Anon. An Insect Destroying Fungus. Bulle- tin of Miscellaneous Information, No. 32, Botanical Department, Port of Spain, Trinidad, Jan., '02. Brokenshire, F. R. Preparing Insect Eggs. The American Monthly Microscopical Journal, xxiii, No. 2, Feb., '02. Brtmetti, E. Ueber das Etiquettiren der Insekten. 38, xx Jahrgang, x Heft. p. 231, Dec., 1901. Calvert. P. P. A hint for the Pieparation of In- ternal Organs of Dried Insects. Journal of Applied Microscopy and Laboratory Methods, Rochester, v, No. 2. Dewitz, J, Der Apterismus bei Insekten, seine kiinstliche Erzeugung und seine physiologische Erk- liirung. Archiv. fiir Anatomic und Physiologie, I and II heft, p. 61, Leipzig, 1902. Forel, A. Les facultes Psychiques des insects. Revue generale des Sciences pures et appliques, 13 Annee No. 3, p. 120, Feb., '02. Holmgren, N. Ueber das Verhalten des Chitins and Epithels zu den unterliegenden gewebearten bei Insekten figs. Anatomischer Anzeiger xx Band, Nos. 19, 20, Jan. '02. Lutz, F. E. The Ecology of Insect Sounds. 4, xxxiv, p. 64, March, '02. Webster, F. M. Changes in Entomological Fauna of N. Illinois, 4, xxxiv, p. 76, March, '02. ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY. Anon. Proceedings of the Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the Association of Economic Entomologists. 7, Bulletin No. 31, New Series. Fernald, H. T. The Imported Elm-Leaf Beetle. Bull. Hatch Experiment Station of the Mass. Agricultural College, No. 76. Haywood, J. K. Insecticides and Fungicides. 7, Farmer's Bulletin, No. 146. Hinds, W. E. Carbon Bisulphid as an insecticide, 7, Farmers Bulletin, No. 145. Kumm. Einige wichtige bei uns eingeschleppte Pflanxenschad- linge aus der Klasse der Insekten. Schriften der Naturforschenden Ges- ellschaft in Danzig, 10 Band, 2-3 heft, '01. Sherman, F. Injurious insects. The Bulletin North Carolina State Board of Agric., Raleigh, June, 1901. April, '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 119 Smith, J. B. The Entomologist's Experiment Orchard. New Jersey Agricultural Experiment Stations, Bulletin 155, Jan., 1902 Zimmerman, A. Sammelreferate u'ber die tierischen nnd pflanzlichen Parasiten der tropischen Kulturpflanzen. Centralb. fur Bakt. Parasit. n Inset. Kr. viii Band, No 2, *Jan., '02. ARACHNIDA. Cambridge, F. 0. P. Arachnida Araneidea (Mexico and Central America). Biol. Cent -Amer., Arachnida Araneidea, vol. I, pi. xxxviii ; vol. II, pp. 297-312*, pis. xxix and xxx Michael, A. D. British Tyroglyphidae. Vol. I, London, Ray Society. Simon, E. Arachnida (Hawaiian Islands). Fauna Hawaiiensis, ii, pt. v, 1900. ODONATA. Calvert, P. P. Odonata (Mexico and Central America). Biol. Cent. -Amer.. Odonata*, pp. 49-72, pi. IV. COLLEMBOLA. Bbrner, C. Uber das Antennalorgan 1 1 1 der Collembolen und die systematise-lie Stellung der Gattungen Tetracanthclla Schott nnd Actalctcs Giard, 22, xxv Hand, No. 662, Jan.. '02. MALLOPHAGA. Osborn, H. Mallophagan records and descriptions, 157, Vol. II, No. 4, p. 201. Feb., '02. HEMIPTERA. Ball, E. D. The genus Cochlorhimis and its allies (Jass- Uke , 4, xxxiv, p. 53. March, '02. Cockerell, T. D. A. A new gall-making Coccid, 4, xxxiv, p. 75, March, '02 King, G. B. Further notes on Massa- chusetts Coccidae, 4, xxxiv, p. 59, March, '02. Van Duzee, E. P. Notes on some Hemiptera from British Guiana, 2, xxvii, No. 4, p. 343, Sept , 1901. NEUROPTERA. -Banks, N. A list of Neuropteroid Insects from Mexico, *2, xxvii, No. 4, p. 361, Sept., 1901. LEPIDOPTERA. Anon. The Colors of Wings of Butterflies, 10, l.\v. No. 1685. February 13, 1902. Croft, W. B. The Colours of Wings in Butter- flies. 10, l.xv, p. 39r. Cezard, L. Educations de Bombyciens Sericigeiu s. Bulletin de la Societe Nationale D'Acclimatation de France (Revue des Sciences naturelles appliques), Pans, 49 Annee, Jan., '02. Grote, A. R. An aberration of Aclias luna, 4, xxxiv, p. 70, March, '02. Supplementary note on Burtia, 4, xxxiv, p. 66. Notes on Mr. Lyman's papers, 4, xxxiv, p. 75 Kunze, R. E. Larva of Datana (species unknown i. 4, xxxiv, p. 74, March, '02. Lower, 0. B. Descriptions of New (ienera and Species of Australian Lepidoptera. Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Soc. of South Australia, Vol. xxv, part II, p. 53, Adelaide, Dec., '01. Packard, A. S. On the limits of the family Satiirniichf, with a note on the genus Rothschildia, 5, Vol. 9, No. 311, p. 321, March, '02. Poulton, E. B. Birds attacking Butterflies, 10, No. 1685, February 13. 1902. Rothschild, W, and Jordan, K. On some Lepidopu-ra, 51, viii, No 4, Dec., '01. Schaus, W. New species of Geometridre from Tropical Amer- ica, *part ii, 2, xxvii, No. 3, p. 241, May, 1901. Descriptions of New American Butterflies, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., xxiv, p. 3X3.- Smith, J. B. Notes on Manii-slra olivacca Morr. and its allies, *2, .xxvii, No. 3, p. 2 May, 1901. Warren, W. New American Moths, 51, viii, NO i, he. , '01. 120 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [April, 'o2 -Weeks, A. G., Jr. Descriptions of nine new Bolivian Butterflies, 2, xxvii, No. 4, p. 353, Sept., 1901. Veley, L. J. Birds attacking Butterflies and Moths, 10, Ixv, p. 392. DIPTERA. Anon. The Maggot Fly: Myiasis. The Agricultural Journal, Cape Town, xx, No. 2, Jan. 16, '02. Folsom, J. W. The identity of the Snow-flea (Achorutes nivicola Fitch), 5, Vol. 9, No. 31 1, p. 315, March, '02. Kertesz, K. Neoglaphyroptera intcrrupta, n. sp., 49, xxiv, p. 495-- Neue und bekannte Dipteren in der Sammlung desUngarischen National Museums (Tab. xx), xxiv, p. 403, Oct., 1901. Meijere, J. C. H. Ueber die Prothorakalstigmen der Dipteren-pnppen, Zoologische Jahrbiicher, xv Band, iv heft, p. 623, Jena, Jan., 1902. Schnabl, J. Ein neues Diptera genus, 156, 2, p. 94, March i, '02. Williston, S. W., Aldrich, J. M ^heel- er, W. M., and Melander, A. L. Diptera (Mexico and Central America), Biol. Cent.-Amer, I, pp. i-viii and 329-378, pi. vi. COLEOPTERA. Arrow, G. J. On Rutelid and Melolonthid Beetles from Mashonaland and East Africa, 11, (7), Feb., '02. Bubna, M. Coleoptera of Cuyahoga County, Ohio, 157, Vol. ii, No. 4, p. 193, Feb., '02. Everts, J. E. Coleoptera Neerlandica, Tweede Deel, Sgravenhage, 1901. Fall, H. C. Notes on Dichelonycha and Cantharis, with descriptions of new species in other genera, *2, xxvii, No. 4, P- 277, Sept., 1901. Fernald, H. T. The Imported Elm-Leaf Beetle. See Economic. Harrington, W. H. Note on Pityophthorus coniperda Schwarz, 4, xxxiv, p. 72, March, '02. Reitter, E. Ein neues Coleopteren-genus aus Mittel-Europa, 38, xx Jahrgang, x heft, p. 229, Dec., 1901. Scudder, S. H. Adephagous and Clavicorn Coleoptera from the Tertiary Deposits at Florissant, Colorado, with descriptions of a few other forms and a systematic list of the non- Rhynchophorous Tertiary Coleoptera of North America. Monographs of the United States Geological Survey, Ix. HYMENOPTERA. Ashmead, W. H. A new Bruchophagus from Mexico, 5, Vol. ix, No. 311, p. 324, March, '02. Hymenoptera Parasitica (.Hawaiian Islands), Fauna Hawaiiensis, i, part Hi, 1901. Cameron, P. Descriptions of new genera and species of Hymenoptera from the Oriental Zoological region (Ichneumonidae, Fossores and Anthophila), 11, ix (7), Feb., '02. Description of a new genus and five new species of Aculeate Hymenop- tera from the Sante Fe Mountains, New Mexico, *2, xxvii, No. 4, p. 311, Sept., 1901 Cockerell, T. D. A. North American Bees of the genus Andrena, *11, Feb., '02. Cockerell, T. D. A., and McNary, J. The mouth parts of BombHS, 4, xxxiv, p. 71, March, '02. Cresson, E. T. Descriptions of some Brazilian Mutilla, 2, Vol. xxviii, p. i, March 8, '02. Dalla Torre, C. G. Catalogus Hymenopterorum, part i, vol. iii, Trigonalidte, Megal- yridje, Stephanidce, Ichneumonidae (part). Catalogus Hymenopterorum Lipsiee, 1901. Ducke, A. Eine neue siid amerikanische C/fptcs Art. 156, 2, p. 91, March i, '02. Neue siid amerikanische Chrysididen, 156, 2, p. 97. Ein neues subgenus von Ha/ictus Latr., 156, 2, p. 102. Konow, F. W. Ein neuer Haplostegus Knw., 156, 2, p. 103, March, 02. Systematise!)*- zusam/neustellungder bisher bekannt gewordenen Chalastogastra (cont.) April, '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 121 156, 2, p. 113. Robertson, C. Some new Aculeate Hymenoptera from Illi- nois and Florida, *2, No. 3, p. 195, May, 1901. Sladen, F. W. L. Can bees hear? The new scent organ. The British Bee Journal, vol. x.xx, p. 61, Lon- don, Feb., 02. Szepligeti, Gy. Tropische Cenocoelioniclen und Braconiden aus der sammlung des Ungarischen National Museums, 49, xxiv Kotet, P- 353. Oct., 1901. Viereck, H. L. Some new parasitic Hymenoptera, 4, xxxiv, p. 67, March, '02. Wheeler, W. M. A new Agricultural Ant from Texas, with remarks on the known North American species. American Naturalist, Cambridge, xxxvi, February, 1902. Notes and News. ENTOMOLOGICAL GLEANINGS FROM ALL QUARTERS OF THE GLOBE. EDITOR ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS : Dear Sir. The prostitution of the office of State Entomologist has become notorious. Professionalism, or attempts at it, in other lines, a small library, a few " bugs," a college education, any of these, or not even as much as one of these, may be the excuse offered by some official in appointing a favorite to fill this position. Recently the governor of one of our commonwealths has been called upon to appoint a StaU- euto mologist. One is surprised to find that the appointee's name is not found in the Entomologists' Directory, in the International Zoologists' Directory, or on the membership roll of the A. A. A. S. He is not a subscriber to any entomological publication, to the best of my knowledge he never published an entomological article in his life, and to my certain knowledge he cannot distinguish the orders of insects. Now he is State entomologist in a State with a population of more than two millions, and the Entomologists' Direc- tory gives the names and addresses of five entomologists in this Common- wealth. The present incumbent will do wonders when he grapples with C/iiii- aspis fiirfiu'K.\ 'and Carpocapsa '. proinonella. Indeed, I have been informed by an entomologist in a neighboring State that 1000 buckled pecan plants, passed by the appointee mentioned above as free from San Jose scale, were all infested with the scale, and not a plant of the lot was budded >toek. The mass of easily accessible entomological literature at the present time makes the compiling of an annual report an easv matter. This annual report is often the only evidence required to substantiate the ento- mologist's claim to efficiency. It would seem that officials, vested with appointing power, would do well to consult well-known entomologists as to the scientific attainments of possible appointees for this much aluiM-d office of State entomologist. Economic entomologists in adjoining State-, ought not be compelled to accept the bungling reports < f some ,nnat< m or worse. The position of State entomologist is too impoitant, M i< utih cally and economically, at once and in its future- effects, to !>< the pla\- thing of politicians and demagogues. Yours truly, E. l>. WILLIAMSON. 122 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [April, '02 DEPARTMENT OF ESONOM1E ENTOMOLOGY Edited by Prof, JOHN B. SMITH, Sc. D., New Brunswick, N. J, Papers for this department are solicited. They should be sent to the editor, Prof. John B. Smith, Sc.D., New Brunswick, N. J. In a previous communication in this Department I called attention to the work done at the Station fur Pflanzenschutz at Hamburg. There is now at hand a series of papers by Dr. Brick the Director, by Dr. Reh the Entomologist in charge, co-operating also with Mr. G. B. King and by Dr. Karl Kraepelin. Dr. Brick gives a very interesting account of the Station, its methods of inspection, and the new quarters occupied by it. As compared with figures previously given, Canada now leads in the number of scaly apples sent from the Atlantic coast ; but nothing like as bad as from the Pacific coast. The percentages given are, for Canadian apples, 4.19 per cent, infested ; for the eastern United States, 0.29 per cent, infested ; for Cali- fornia, 64 10 per cent, infested ; for Oregon, 79 73 per cent, infested. In the total, 31,533 shipments, i 24 per cent, proved to be infested by the San Jose or pernicious scale* Japan now comes well to the front as an exporter of scaly plants, and the regulations previously applying only against American nursery stock are now extended to that coming from Japan. Dr. Kraepelin enumerates 490 species of animals ranging from verte- brates to worms that were found as introductions at the Port of Hamburg, coming from all parts of the world. Thirteen of these are vertebrates, twenty-two are worms and 294 are hexapods or true insects. The Cole- optera are far in the lead ; the Hemiptera come next and the Hymenop- tera make a good third. The Orthoptera make a fair showing and the other orders follow a long way behind. After reading over the list of species the only surprising feature is that so few of the introduced species manage to establish themselves. And when we read of the places in which these were found and consider how many must have escaped notice, we wonder indeed that "introduced species" are of so little comparative importance. We have them "from wood," " on Cacti," in the " roots of Orchids," " on decaying Bromelien," "from Cacao bags," "among plants," "with tobacco," "in flour," "on board a steamer," " in a lemon box," " in an oil cake," etc. In fact, only he who has done inspection work, and who has sifted in- sects has any fair idea of the multiplicity of ways in which specimens may be transported and how closely they can hide. It gives one an increased appreciation of the geographical barrier to find how few species succeed in passing it. * * * * * * # April, '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 123 Lists of species are sometimes of great value and sometimes do not tell very much. This observation is apropos of the list of species taken in Georgia while jarring peach trees to capture plum curculio. The list, .by Messrs. W. M. Scott and W. F. Fiske, is a very careful and conscientious one ; yet no Coleopterist can look it over without the feeling that a large percentage of the captures are casuals that might have been found in beat- ing almost any kind of tree or shrub. As a contribution to the fauna of the peach the list must be carefully scrutinized, for many of the species if they found food there at all found it on the fungi on dead wood or in de- caying conditions, or in the dead wood itself. It would have added materially to the list had there been some indica- tion as to what was and what was not a peach insect. ********** Prof. E. Dwight Sanderson of the Delaware College and Experiment Station has given us a book on " Insects Injurious to Staple Crops," pub- lished by John Wiley and Sons, New York. The "staple crops" are grains and grasses, Indian corn, clover, cotton, tobacco, potato, sugar beet, and hop. Under each heading the principal injurious species are grouped, somewhat on the plan of Saunders' Fruit Insects, and in each case, after a brief description, the most practical remedial measures are given. There is a short general discussion of the injury done by insects, some notes are given on the structure, principally of the mouth parts, and a discussion is presented concerning beneficial insects and the effect of fa/m practice on the injurious species. No originality is claimed for the contents of the book and it is, in reality, merely a compilation of well known facts and methods in convenient form. The discussion of insecticides is all too brief from the farmer's standpoint and, if it was deemed desirable to give any instruction concerning mouth structures, surely better pictures could have been obtained than the obscure half tones on pp. 12, 13 and 14. So, for all the practical information it con- veys, figure 10, on p. 18, might just as well have been omitted. But the book is a handy one and it fills a place heretofore not occupied. ****** * A new book on Invertebrate Zoology comes from Henry S. Pratt, Ph.D., of Haverford, in which the insects receive an unusual amount of recogni- tion. Quite unlike many other "Courses," Dr. Pratt begins with the highest type, a wasp or other Hymenopterous insect, but confines it to external characters until he reaches the grasshopper, when the internal structure is taken up and the mouth parts are described. There is nothing especially new in either the method or the facts brought out; but it is encouraging to find in a general "Course" of iiiv< rtfln.itr zoology a fair share of time devoted to a study of the leading insert onK-rs. The book is published by Ginn & Co., and is unusually well made and printed. 124 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [, April 'O2 One of the worries of the economic entomologist comes in the selection of the names by which the insects are to be known in his bulletins and to his constituents. Sometimes the matter is easy ; as when some striking color or other habital character exists, or when the scientific name lends itself to ready translation. But sometimes these things fail and practically it remains to make the scientific name the popular one, in whole or in part, e.g., the cranberry Teras, the apple Buccnlatrix, the Petilia misella, etc. I have found in my experience that it is not much more difficult to get a farmer to use a reasonably short scientific name than a clumsy " popular" one. But when once a scientific name has come into popular use, that name should be continued as such, even if the scientific name is changed, in whole or in part. A dozen years ago or more, when I first began work in New Jersey, I studied the pests of a special crop and, for three years in succession, re- ported progress to an Association of the growers of that crop. It was my misfortune to find in one of the leading pests one whose generic position fluctuated abominably. I tried conscientiously to keep up with the changes and every time I talked to my constituents referred to it by a new generic name. Finally, one of the growers remarked, rather sarcastically, that there seemed to be very little certainty in entomolgy when even the names of the insects changed every year ! I took the suggestion to heart, and now-a-days when I have once used a name in a "popular" way, that "popular" use of the term continues, no matter what change the syste- matist makes, and no matter how well the change may be based from his standpoint. <* Doings of Societies. A regular meeting of the Chicago Entomological Society was held in the John Crerar Library, Thursday evening, February 20, 1902, at 8 o'clock. Eight members present. President W. E. Longley in the chair. Visitors Mr. C. Schwartz and Miss Spitler, of Wellesley, Mass. Mr. Wm. J. Gerhard was elected a member of the Society by unanimous vote. The topic, Mimetic Forms and Protective Coloring, was then discussed. Mr. C. C. Adams read an interesting paper. Among other things he showed how the coloring matter in the intes- tines of some insects helped to give them the color of the food plant, and also that the color alone was often not so important a factor in mimetic protection as the shape. Some specimens of flies were then shown that mimicked certain bees and wasps. Mr. A. Kwiat also exhibited some L,epidoptera. April, '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 125 President Longley read the opinions of authors as to the cause of mimicry. Messrs. Comstock exhibited specimens of Limcntis /loridcnsis and pointed out the fact that this insect took the color of .-hiosia berenice which seems to be the com- monest Anosia in Florida during the summer. Some protected exotic butterflies, such as Hebomoia glaucippe, Hypolimnas nii- sippi/s, A'nosia c/irysippits, etc., were also shown. Mr. Schwart/, exhibited some interesting L,epidoptera mounted on plaster of paris casts. He showed a specimen of Pliyllinni scylhc from Ceylon that resembled a clump of guava leaves. These speci- mens were from the exhibit of Dentori Bros. The meeting adjourned at 9.35 P. M., after which the members viewed the different exhibits. JOHN COMSTOCK, Secretary. The twenty-third regular meeting of the Harris Club was held at 35 Court Street, Boston, on the evening of January 14, 1902. President Newcomb in the Chair. Dr. L. O. Howard spoke informally on opportunities for useful work in Entomo- logy. Mr. Kirkland told of the damage done to willows and poplars in the vicinity of Boston by Saperda co>/ro/<>r, and showed a photograph illustrating the work of this insect in Populus trcmnloides, with punctures made by downy wood- peckers in their search for the borers. The work of this insect differs from that of Cimbc.\ in that the slit made in the bark by the ovipositing ? is not straight, but horse-shoe shaped. In the discussion which followed, Dr. Howard called attention to the symbiotic relation between this Cimbcx and the willow- shoot horn tail, rhylloccus integer. The latter, preferring dy- ing stalks to healthy ones, oviposits by preference in shoots already injured by the attack of Cimbe.\-. The genus Tl, was discussed by various members, who exhibited specimens. Officers were elected for the ensuing year as follows Presi- dent, P. G. Bolster ; ist Vice President, \V. !'. Low ; 2cl Vice President, \V. D. Denton ; Secretary and Treasurer, \Y. I,. \Y. Field. 126 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [April, *O2 Unanimous votes of thanks were passed to Dr. Howard, for his suggestive remarks, and to the retiring President, for his ceaseless efforts to promote the Club's welfare. The meeting was then adjourned. W. L. W. FIELD, Scn-cfurr. Preliminary steps to organize The Entomological Society of Western Pennsylvania were taken on the evening of Saturday, March 8th, 1902. A general invitation to all persons inter- ested in entomology in any of its branches had been extended by the Director of the Carnegie Museum to the public to meet in the Botanical laboratory of the Museum on that date at 8 P. M. In response to the invitation twenty-three persons were present at the meeting in person or by letter signifying their desire to participate in the formation of such a society. A preliminary organization was effected with Dr. D. A. Atkin- son, of Pittsburgh, in the Chair, and Mr. F. A. Merrick, of New Brighton, Pa., as Secretary. A general discussion took place, the result being the final adoption for the association of the name above given. W. J. Holland, L,L,.D., the Director of the Carnegie Museum, was chosen as the first President of the Society, Mr. F. A. Merrick was elected as Secretary, and Dr. D. A. Atkinson as Treasurer. It was resolved to hold monthly meetings on the evening of the first Saturday of each month. A committee, consisting of Mr. Herbert H. Smith, Dr. D. A. Atkinson and Mr. Henry Engel, was appointed to prepare a preliminary draft of a constitution and by-laws. The persons who have thus signified their intention to become members of the Society are the following: Dr. D. A. Atkinson, Pittsburgh; Hon. Frank Cowan, Greens- burg, Pa.; George D. Ehrman, Pittsburgh; Henry Engel, Pittsburg ; Ellis M. Frost, Pittsburgh ; Robert H. Foerster, Pittsburgh; W. J. Holland, Pittsburgh; F. Knechtel, Swiss- vale, Pa.; Henry G. Klages, Jeannette, Pa.; George T. Kraut - wurm, Pittsburg; B. J. Krautwurm, Pittsburgh ; H. L,ippold, Allegheny, Pa.; C. Maier, Allegheny, Pa.; Frederick Marloff, Oak Station P. O., Allegheny Co., Pa.; F. A. Merrick, New April, '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL XKWS. I2J Brighton, Pa.; B. A. Overbeck, Allegheny, Pa.; Geo. X. 1'ohl, Newcastle, Pa.; J. Reitlechner, Allegheny, Pa.; Rev. Jerome Schmitt, Beatty, Pa.; Herbert H. Smith, Pittsburgh; Mrs. Herbert H. Smith, Pittsburgh ; Frederick Somers, Allegheny, Pa.; E. J. Voegtly, Pittsburgh ; V. J. Zarobsky, \Vilmerding, Pa. After the transaction of business the President of the Society placed on exhibition for the members who were present the collection of Cicindelidse contained in the Ulke collection, some thirty species of the Genus Morpho, including a remark- ably fine pair of Morpho liecitbn, and a large series of specimens representing various species of the Genus Tronics, (Ornithop- tera ai/ct.) and its allies, among them .SV//iiuin liisticliutn. ,'. Dorsal as|.. ( t nt the last seg- ment of female. f. Ventral aspect of the fust larval stage g. Antenna of the same. /;. Leg nt the same. /. Posterior abdominal segments oi the same. 1. Pseudolecanium tokionis Ckll. Tokyo, Gifu in Japan ; and Stanford I'lmvrsity campus, California. 2. Pseudolecanium californicum Khr. Mountain View, California; Manhattan and St. George, Kansas. 136 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [May, '02 3. Pseudolecanium obscurum Parratt. L/ost Springs, Parsons, Fredouia and Green Mound, all in Kansas. The following measurements and formulae of larval antennae will assist in the recognition of the known species of the genus : MEASUREMENTS OF L-ARVAL ANTENNA. SEGMENTS OF ANTENNAE. i 2 3 4 5 6 Pseudolecanium iokionis. . . . 28 14 33 22 30 3 2 I'si-iidolecaniiim californicum . 16 IO 22 17 J7 28 Pseudolecanium obscurum . . . H 7 2O 15 14 21 Pseudolecanium disticlium. . . 17 16 14 IO 10 22 FORMULAE OF L/ARVAL ANTENNAE. Pseudolecanium tokionis, 3, 6, 5, i, 4, 2. Californicum, 6, 3, (4,5) i, 2. obscurum, 6, 3, 4, (1,5 ) 2. disticlium, 6, i, 2, 3, (4,5). BIBLIOGRAPHY OF THE GENUS PSEUDOLECANIUM. Pseudolecanium tokionis Ckll. 1896. Cockerell U. S. Dept. Agr. Div. Ent. Bui. N. S. No. 4, pp. 49-50. 1896. Cockerell Psyche Supp., p. 19. 1896. Cockerell A Check-list of the Coccidae, Bui. 111. State Lab. Nat. Hist., Vol. IV, p. 329. 1900. Cockerell Psyche, Vol. IX, No. 290, p. 71. 1900. Kuwana Cont. Biology, Hopkins Seaside Lab., Stanford Univ., XXV, p. 403-4. Pseudolecanium (Niderlaria) californicum Ehr. 1899. Ehr. Can. Ent., Vol. XXXI, No. 5, p. 103. 1900. Parratt Kans. Agr. Exp. Station, Bui. No. 98, p. 145. Pseudolecanium obscurum Parratt. 1900. Parratt Kans. Agr. Exp. Station, Bui. No. 98, p. 144. ALSTEAD SCHOOL OK NATURAL HISTORY, SESSION OF 1902. A course in Zoology, with special reference to Entomology, will be given by Mr. W. L. W. Field. Session opens Tuesday, July ist, and closes August 4th. The fee, covering board, tuition and excursions, will be $150. The session will be held at Alstead Centre, New Hampshire. Apply to W. L. W. Field, at Milton, Mass. May, '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 137 Lithurgopsis, a New Genus of Bees. By WILLIAM J. Fox. A recent letter from Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell suggested that I.ithurgus oblongus Fox, described from Lower California, was possibly not a Lithurgus, but a species of Megachile. I find on examining the type that, while having a strong superficial resemblance to species of Lithurgus, i.e., in the laminate, or projecting face, oblong us is really a Megachile, the first hind tarsal joint being flattened as in the latter genus and not cylin- drical as in L/ithurgus, and its labial palpi are 4-jointed. As the name oblonga is preoccupied in Megachile it is necessary to propose a new name for MegachiJc (=Li(hnrgi(s) oblonga Fox and I herewith suggest the term long it lu. Historically, the genus [.itlutrgit* is not without interest. Latreille, 1 825, * indicates Ccntris corniita Fab. (=Mcgachilc cor- /////n /)/-. .In/. .It/. Hcrlhold, W'cimar, 1827. * Annales de la Socielc Entomol. de /'> ii/t, c \ T., Ill, 138 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [May, 'O2 Genera Crust, et Insect., II, p. 350, 1809. In this work, volume 2 does not at all relate to Hymenoptera and is dated 1807. Dalla Torre, 1896, while giving the proper reference, queries the page, as though the work had not been consulted by him. Now comes another question of importance. Freise, 1899, says under Lithurgus, "An den einfachen Beinen fehlt das Pulvillum," presumably referring to both sexes. Mr. Wm. H. Ashmead writes me that no pulvillus exists in either sex of two genuine species of European Lithurgus, although he does not indicate which species; and Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell informs me that he has examined a male specimen of Lithurgus atratns from India, and failed to find a pulvillus. It is well known that two of our species, [Lithurgus} gibbosits and apicalis have in the male a distinct pulvillus ; so from the evidence at hand it is clear that these species cannot be included under Lithurgus Berth. According to Ashmead' s classifica- tion of the bees they would not come under the same subfamily as Lithurgus, or the two sexes would fall into different sub- families, which, it seems to me, is evidence of the instability of classificatorial schemes whose main virtue seems to be conveni- ence, or an artificial rather than a natural arrangement. The new genus may be characterized as follows : LITHDRGOPSIS gen. nov. General appearance of Lithurgus and Megachile. Maxillary palpi 3- jointed, the joints of almost equal length, the first sub- triangular, or in other words, much widened apically. L/abial palpi 3-jointed, the first joint broad, about \ the length of the the second, which at base is of equal width to the first, but tapers to a slender apex, the terminal joint minute and clavate. In the male sex is a distinct pulvillus, which is absent in the female. Tarsal claws in male cleft ; in the female squarely toothed within basally. Type \Lithurgus\ apicalis Cresson. This is selected as tin- type because I have dissected the mouth parts, which a limited series of gibbosus, the older species, did not permit me to do. Our species of L/ithurgopsis may be tabulated as follows : 5 Die Bienen Europes, Thcil V, p. 6. May. '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 139 FEMALES. Facial prominence entire ; pubescence of sixth dorsal abdominal segnn-nt black gibbosus. Facial prominence not entire, consisting of two widely divergent teetli or prongs. Pubescence of sixth dorsal segment fulvous brown, varying to purplish black ; ventral scopa yellowish apicalis. Pubescence of sixth dorsal segment black ; ventral scopa whit- ish ecbinocacti. MALES. Face and clypeus closely punctured ; sixth abdominal segment with black pubescence (except the apical white margin) . . gibbosus. Face and clypeus sparsely punctured ; sixth abdominal segment with yellowish white pubescence apicalis. From the material at hand I am not able to satisfy myself that the several forms or varieties mentioned are really such or distinct species. A large series from various localities i> needed to settle this matter. 1. Lithurgopsis apicalis (Cresson). Lithurgus apicalis Cresson, Rep't Expl. and Surveys \V. of looth Merid. (Wheeler), Vol. V, p. 724, 1875. ?. Lithiirgus apicalis Cockerell, Amer. Naturalist, Vol. XXXIX'. p. 488, 1900. 9 $. Lit/i urgus gibbosus Cockerell (non Smith), ibid, p. 487, $ (c??)- Colorado ; New Mexico ; Arizona. The Arizona examples have the pubescence of sixth dorsal segment blackish, but a tendency to blackness is also shown in some Colorado example--. Mr. Cockerell' & gibbosus is not the same as Smith's, and is what I consider a form of afiiai/is. This form with dark pubescence on sixth dorsal abdominal segment varies within itself; otherwise I would be inclined to regard it as distinet. Whether the male of this form, called co/i/ptrssits v Smilh, by Cockerell, is really coinprcssits or not I cannot say, not having seen specimens. A series of three males, from Colorado, are more hirsute, the pubescence pertaining more to yellowish than to grayish, as in the typical form, and the fulvous-brown pubescence of sixth segment is replaced by light yellow or grayish yellow. 2. Lithurgopsis echinocacti (Cockerell). Li (hut-gits echinocacti Cockerell, Ann. Mag. N.it. Hist., \*. 453, December, 1898, $. 140 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [May, 'O2 New Mexico. Mr. Cockerell has sent me a single specimen of this species. The specimen is slenderer than most apicalis, the ventral scopa is white and the wings clear, not margined apically with fuscous, though in other respects approaching the form of apicalis with darkly haired sixth segment. Mr. Cockerell describes this pubescence as "purplish-ferruginous," but in the specimen he sends me it is quite black, perhaps somewhat purplish, which may indicate that here also, as in apicalis, there may be considerable variation. 3 Lithurgopsis gibbosus (Smith). Lithurgus gibbosus Smith, Catal. of Hymen. Insects in British Museum, Part i, p. 147, 1853. 9- lAtlnirgus coinpressus Smith, ibid $ . Georgia ; Florida ; Texas. Mr. Cockerell's record of gibbosus in New Mexico is erroneous, as I have shown elsewhere. The author desires to express his thanks to Messrs. Hen- shaw, Ashmead and Cockerell for favors received in connection with the present paper. Notes on Coleoptera No. 2. By GEORGE A. EHRMAN, Pittsburg, Pa. Cychrus andrewsii Harr. Some time ago I captured a large female of this handsome as w 7 ell as rare species in Brown's woods, which is very peculiar. The striae of the elytra are replaced by an interrupted, uneven and semi-tuberculate surface, very similar to Carabus intricatiis of Europe, otherwise it is the same as the regular Pennsylvania form of this species. Pterostichus vinctus Lee. On Sept. 24th, 1900, I captured a very interesting example of this species at Baldwin Station ; the specimen is a female in the genitalia, but the right tarsal joints are male on the fore foot, while the left fore foot tarsal joints are female in character. Platynus extensicollis Say. Of this, though not rare, yet a very pretty carabid, I took quite a number in damp localities in dried-up creeks, but by chance I came onto a little sunny embankment, or "wash-out," May, '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 141 as the farmers of Washington County call them, and by digging down the loose soil and small stones I took this species by the dozen. This was on Oct. i3th, 1900. No doubt they were preparing their habitation and winter quarters. Odontcens filicornis Say. On Oct. 30, i goo, in looking for Platynns extcnsicollis again, I discovered a fine perfect female of this rare beetle. Hitherto my captures of this rarity were at the electric lights ; thus by finding this female in such a position I believe that they have the same habits in the larva state as the Lachno sterna > vi/..: feeding on the roots of grass and other vegetation. Nyctobates pennsylvanicus De G. On Oct. 1 3th, I found a specimen of this our common tene- brionid and which is oftentimes confounded with the rarer Merinus Itzvus. It has a deformed middle leg on the left side. The leg from the tibial joint is twisted and bent outwardly like a crook or hooked walking stick, and by close examination of this limb I find that this specimen was born without a foot (tarsi and tarsal claws) on this deformed member. A New Moth from Alaska. BY HENRY SKINNKR. P.sychophora fasciata n. sp. Male. Antennae bipectinate. Head, thorax, abdomen and legs clothed with brown hair. Primaries light brownish gray and semi-translucent, with a brown band or fascia, 4 mm. \vidi-, extending from the costa to the interior margin. At the mid- dle of the outer side the band is convex, almost making a point. On the inner side it is correspondingly concave. The second- aries are white, translucent and rounded, without spot or marking. The neuration of the secondaries is brown and shows distinctly. The undersides of primaries and secondaries are immaculate and of a sordid white ; under a lens they appear to be covered with an admixture of whitish and brownish scales. Female. Antemue, to the unaided eye, appear simple, but under a lens they are shown to be made up of numerous in in- 142 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [May, *O2 ute joints partly covered by hair. Moniliform would express their character if it were not for the fact that they are not round. Primaries narrow as compared with those of the male and more produced at the apex. In color they are light brown- ish gray. The darker fascia crosses the wing as in the male, but it is far less distinct or differentiated from the remainder of the wing. The secondaries are small and almost quadrate in shape, the square narrowing as the body is approached. The undersides are immaculate, with the neuration more dis- tinctly shown than above. Expands 26 mm. 9 Expands 20 mm. Described from quite a number of males and one female taken at Point Barrow, Alaska, July 13, 1898. The genus Psychophora was proposed by Kirby (A Supple- ment to the Appendix of Captain Parry's Voyage for the Dis- covery of a Northwest Passage in the years 1819-20. London, 1824), who placed the species described, sabini, in the genus Bowby.v Fab., but suggested the genus Psychophora for the species. The species sabini is again referred to by Curtis (Appendix to the Narrative of a Second Voyage in Search of a Northwest Passage, etc., by Sir John Ross. London, 1835) who redescribes the genus and species. Sabini is figured by Curtis on Plate A, fig. 12. Curtis says : "Mr. Kirby 's descrip- tion being incomplete, from his want of perfect specimens, I have endeavored to supply the deficiency by giving the generic characters." Dr. Packard in his Geometrid Moths places sabini in the genus Glancoptcryx, but this species seems to have little if any relationship to the other species he includes in Glaucoptcry.v. The late Dr. Hulst placed the genus Psychophora in the Geometridse, subfamily Hydriominae.* Staudinger and Rebel, in their recent catalogue of the palse- arctic fauna, place sabini as a variety of Larentia frigidaria Gn. This seems very curious, as sabini was published in 1824 and frigidaria in 1857. Dr. Hulst cites P. phocata Moschler as a synonym of sabini Curtis. Phocata is figured in the Wien Mts. , 1862, p. 137, T. i, f. 8, but this fig. does not seem to show *Trans. Am. Km. Sue. XXIII, p. 290. May, '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 143 that the species belongs to' Psychophora, but is geometric! in character. Specimens of Psychophora J\i.> and the- latter Xoctuids. From some recent correspondence with Dr. Smith it would appear that what Dr. Hulst had under Psychophora were all true Geometridae, as Dr. Smith says: 'There is no specimen in the Hulst collection that agrees with the insect that you gave me." The genus l''syclwphora was proposed and described by Kirby, and later more fully described by Curtis, and there is no doubt about the genus or what insects were meant, as they are ven characteristic generically, at least. I am inclined to agree with Dr. Smith that Psvchofrhora represents a Bombycid genus and that all the mix-up in the liter- ature has been brought about by considering Psychophora sabini a geometric! moth. See Pagenstecher, Fauna Arctica, Bd. II, p. 323, 1901. Remarks on Tephronota Ruficeps and Description of a New Species. BY CHAS. W. JOHNSON. Tephronota ruficeps van der VVulp. Hernia ruficeps v. d. Wtilp, Tijdschr. v. Ent. IX, 156, pi. Y, fo. ii. Tephronota hiiinilis Loew, nionogr. etc., Ill, i2r, pi. YIII, f. 24, 1873- In his monograph Loew did not adopt van der \Yulp' s name because it was preoccupied by Fabricius. But as Baron < )sten Sacken has stated: "This cannot be sustained, as neither of the two genera named J/cniin or Tcphnniola existed at the time of Fabricius." Nor is there an older ruficeps referable to this genus. The species seems to be confined to the States bordering on the Atlantic from New York to Florida. It has also been collected by Belfrage in Texa-. Specimens were taken at Georgetown, Kla., May 9, [6 ; Tit'ton, Ga., June i i. Pilate >: Boykins, \"a., June 10 ; Jamcsburg, July 4, and Bucna X'ista, 144 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [May, '02 N. J. , July 10. It is usually captured in beating the shrubbery on low sandy ground. Tephronota canadensis n. sp. Front and vertex bright yellow, bordered with white pollen or sheen, which in certain lights seems to extend around the entire margin of the eye ; face and antennae yellow, the third joint above slightly brownish ; occiput black and covered with a grayish pollen. The entire thorax black and covered with a grayish pollen, showing slight indica- tions of two dorsal stripes ; scutellum brownish black ; abdomen a shining black ; legs blackish, the ends of the femora and tibia slightly yellowish, the amount of yellow on the tibiae often varying considerably; tarsi yellow, the terminal joints somewhat darker ; wings white hj^aline, marked with three black bands as shown in figure. L/ength 3 mm. Six specimens collected by Mr. G. Chagnon, at Rigaud, Prov. Quebec, Canada, July 28, 1901. This species is readily distinguished from the preceeding by its blackish legs, and greater extent of the third or outer band on the wing. In working over the Ortalidse I find that the genus Sf/c/o- ccphala L,oew, 1873, is preoccuped in Homoptera (1869), I therefore propose the name Pscudotephritis. Dragonflies (Odonata) from the Magdalen Islands. E. B. WILLIAMSON. On June 23 and June 30, 1901, Dr. D. A. Atkinson collected 167 dragonflies at Grand Entry, Magdalen Islands, Quebec. Six species are represented in the collection. The cosmopolitan character of the Odonatological fauna of these islands as shown by Dr. Atkinson's collecting justifies the publication of this brief list. The Magdalen Islands are between 47 and 48 N. Lat. and 61 and 62 W. Long., near the middle of the Gulf of St. L/awreuce, about 54 miles from Cape Breton Island and only a few miles farther from Prince Edward Island. They form an May, '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 145 elongated C with the open side slightly south of east, the maximum length in a straight line being about 40 miles. Grand Entry, where Dr. Atkinson collected, is at the terminus of the upper curve of the C- (i.) Enallagma liageni U'alsh. Grand Entry, June 30, 1901, 41 . This species ranges ap- proximately between 40 and 47 N. Lai. and 60 and 100 \\". Long. Specimens from Grand Entry average larger than Indiana and Ohio specimens. (2.) Enallagma cyatliigerum Charp. Grand Entry, June 23, 1901, 5 $ ; June 30, 14^. This species, with its races, is known from Northern Asia, Europe and North America. How definitely the races may be red nized I do not know. Hagcni, cyailii^criun and nUrcrti are a group of very closely allied species. In North American an- nexum, as identified by authors, occurs with hagon and cal- rcrti in Maine and Massachusetts. Cali'crfi appears east of the Great Plains in one other State, Indiana, in which /ia^<->ii has also been taken. Annex nm and hageui are reported for New Hampshire. Hageni has not been taken west of the Great Plains. Calverti and anncxuni are reported for Washington and Wyoming. Ainicx/un is also recorded for California. In North America north of Lat. 45 anncxnni has been reported generally, calverti only in the extreme wc^t, while hagcui is known only from Quebec. It may be that annexnni and enlrcrti have been confused by earlier authors. Twenty-two female Enallagmas, not specifically determined, were taken at Grand Entry, June 30. (3) Agrion resolutum Hagen. Grand Entry. June 23, 1901, 4 f the differences pointed out by Selys between n^oltilnni and the European A. liastulatuni, the coloration of the rear of the- head and the shape of the hind lobe of the prothorax - are much smaller than those of hastul- atum 1 not concealing the lower branch of the upper append- ages, apex distinctly bifid, the two branches equal in length , in hastidatuni $ not so distinctly bifid, the upper branch the longer. [The hind margin of the prothorax is rounded in both sexes of resolutum, angulate in the middle in both sexes of has- tulatnm , a small pale streak on each side of the dorsal black of the prothorax of resolutum is absent in hastulatum. I take ad- vantage of this opportunity to add a new locality for resolutum, viz. : Volga, South Dakota, whence I have a male taken June 26, 1889, and sent me by the late Judge P. C. Truman. P. P. CALVKRT.] (4.) schna juncea L. Grand Entry, June 30, 1901, 2^,59, 4 of the females teneral, one reared. This species occurs over northern por- tions of Europe, Asia and North America. (5.) Leucorhinia hudsonica Selys. Grand Entry, June 30, 1901, n S , 4 9 . Canada ; Massa- chusetts. (6.) Libellula quadrimaculata L. Grand Entry, June 30, 1901, 12 , 2 9 . Northern Hemis- phere, northern. May, '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 147 Notes on Collecting Coleoptera in Wyoming and Utah. BY W. KNAIS, Mel'herson, Kansas. (Continued I'min paur ll">.) My next stop was at Medicine Bow, fifty miles northwest of L,aramie. This station was my closest railway point t<> the- old station of Aurora, on the edge of Lake Como, where I wished to look for Cici)idcla icillistoiii Lee. From Lookout to Medicine Bow the old railway line was abandoned and taken up, and one must walk back east eight miles from Medicine Bow to reach Lake Como, situated in a small mountain basin. In the eight miles walk you do not see a single habited house, but at Lake Como is the Berry ranch, near the abandoned station site. A brisk walk from Medicine Bow, Sunday morning, June 2^rd, with a few stops to look for insects under the old ties alon- the dismantled road-bed, brought me about eleven o'clock to the southwest point of the mountain lake, covering something near one hundred and sixty acres. On the maps the lake is nameless, but is known locally as Lake Como. The water is charged with alkali and has a soapy appearance. From tlr old road-bed a small rivulet leads into the lake some seventy- five yards away, and the alkali wash towards the lake is either bare of vegetation or scantily covered. On this alkali soil near the edge of the lake, S.W.Williston, the latter part of June, is;;, while hunting fossils in the adjacent mountains for Yale Col- lege, accidentally found a species of Cicindelid;e that was unde- scribed. Dr. Leconte described the species as n is his favorite collecting ground for Lepidoplera and he is familiar with its every curve and physical feature for miles. As in Ogden Canyon, Philonthns fnrrns Nord. was the c<>mnn>iK-si Staphylinid, occurring under stones at the edge of the stream. I5O ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [May, *O2 Phalacrus simplex L,ec. was taken by beating shrubbery. The Coccinellidise were well represented. Cocdnclla g-notata Hbst. , transversalis Melsh., sanguinca Linn, and Brachycantlia dentipes Fab., were common. Of the Histers only one species was found, Saprinus hibricus Lee. Of Nitidnlids, two specimens of Cercus pennatus Murr. and numbers of Meligethcs /nntatits^^rr. were found on thistle heads and other flowering plants. The common Elatcr, Dolopius lateralis Esch. , was taken, and a single specimen of a Corymbitcs very near hieroglyphicus. Aautcodera variegata Lee. was the common Bitprestid on thistle heads and other flowers. Ellychnia californica Mots, and Podo- brns tomcntosus Say were taken by beating. Collops insnlatus Lee. and Trichochrous seriellus Csy. were found abundantly on thistle heads. Trichodes ornatus Say is not uncommon, feeding on flowers. Aphodius granarius Linn, was fairly common, but only a single specimen of Toxotus vcstitus Hald. was taken on flowers. Of the Chrysomelida>, Cosdnoptcra axillaris Lee. Sa\i- nis sancia Lee., Lina scripta Fab., Disonvcha collaris Fab. and Lupcrodes morrisoni Csy. were easily taken by beating. Of Cryptoccphalus ^-macnJota Say, Diachus auratus, Fab., Scelo- lypcrus longulns Lee. and Haltica tombacina Mann, but a single specimen of each was found. Of the Tcncbrios a single speci- . men of Coniontes robusta Horn, was picked up high on the side of the canyon. Nearby were found Eleodes extricata Say, and hispilabris Say. Of Anaspis rufa Say, three specimens were taken, but only a single specimen of Mordella scuicllaris Fab. A single specimen of Lappus cursor Csy. and a species of Lapp/is were also taken. My/acus saccatus L,ec. was rather common on flowers, while only one Apion proclive L,ec. and a Smicronix sp. were found. High up on the side of the canyon and just above the city several specimens of an Acant/ioscc/is were beaten from flowers. The popular resort for Salt Lake City people is Saltair, an immense pavilion built on piles in the lake, near its southern extremity, fourteen miles southwest of the city. Excursion trains run out almost every hour during the day with thousands of pleasure seekers, who go to dance and dip in the salt-charged waters of the lake. About a quarter of a mile east of the pa- May, '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 151 vilion is the power house, situated south of the track some five hundred feet. The space between the track and this power house was the scene of my collecting on the afternoons of June 26th, 2yth and 2Qth. It is a flat saline beach with pools of salt water near the railroad embankment, with two rivulets running from a pipe line south to the pools. On the afternoon of the 26th I found Cicindcla hcemorrhagica Lee. in large numbers along the bed and banks of the westernmost of the rivulets, and extending down to and along the edge of the pools. They were shy and active and were not easily taken on an uneven surface. The Utah forms vary in elytral markings vary slightly from the California coast specimens. None of the black variety, paci/'icti , found with the typical species in California, occur here. J list east of the rivulet I took a single specimen of Cicindcla tcnuicincta Sell. I had had since 1893 a single specimen of this species given me by E. A. Schwarz, who had taken several specimens June i5th at Garfield Beach, then the popular Salt Lake resort. Later in the afternoon I worked over to the other rivulet about three hundred feet east and was gratified to find a half do/en of Icmticincta. On the 2jth my entire time was devoted to the east rivulet and I found this to be the almost exclusive haunt of tcnuicincta, Jucmorrhagica frequenting it only in scattering numbers. It was apparently the height of the season iovtcnid- ciiicta, as two at a time, and occasionally three specimens were taken at a single cast of the net. The males were smaller and more active than the females, and were not averse to fierce en- counters to secure favor in the female regard. They apparently fed on a small Dipteron which bred by the millions in the slug- gish salt streams and pools. Tcnuiciucta is a strong runner and flyer, but not very shy. It is placed as a variety of the Cali- fornian lalcsi^iitila Lee., but from its elytral markings, shape <>f thorax and elytra and punctuation, I am convinced that it is a separate and distinct species. I took a single belated specimen of Cicindcla m lean's Say, its season having been over for several weeks. \ -oriated with tcnnicincta and hiniwrrlni^ica I took about a do/en sped mensof Casey's echo. They are shy, active runner^ and quick flyers, and will escape from the net if possible. It was evidently 152 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [May, '02 late in the season for them, as my friend Browning took them as early as the latter part of April, and in numbers the middle of May. They were found on the salt flats from Saltair to within three or four miles of the city. Under pieces of lumber and other drift-wood along the beach were found numbers of Bcmbidnm /icnshawi, Haywd. approx- imation Lee. , and epkippiger Lee. A single specimen each of Tacky s cora.v Lee,, Pogomis planatus Horn and Amara sp. were found. Agabns disintegratus Cr. had been washed ashore by the waves of the lake. A species of Philontkns was taken on the lake shore. Under drift on the beach, and near the edge of salt pools were found Dermestes marnwrctfusSay and fa/pin us Mann. Three species of Histcrs were taken under drift : Sa- priinis hibricus Lee., contractits Csy. and cstriatus Lee. A few specimens of Aplwdius iiiquinatns Hbst. were picked up here and a single specimen of the Tenebrionid genus, Blapstinits was taken. Tanarthus salicola Lee. was rather common under drift. On my return a few hours stop at Cheyenne, Wyo., per- mitted me to collect a short time north of the city limits, but with poor return. Trickodcs oniatit s Say was found on thistles, and Canthon praticola Lee. and Aphodiits coloradensis Horn occurred under cow-chips. Acmcrops pratensis Laich was found on sunflowers ; Brnckits paupcrcitlns Lee. was common on thistle flowers. The Greenhouse Coccidae, II. By GEORGE B. KING, Lawrence, Mass. (Continued from Vol XII, No. 10, page 314 ) DlASPIN/E. 34. Aspidiotus spinosus Comst. 1883. This is found only in greenhouses in the United States. Its native home is unknown, and has only been found in green- houses thus far. 33. Aspidiotus lataniae Sign. 1869. Syn. A. greenii Ckll. A. cydonia; Green. Has been found on Cycas revoluta at Savannah, Ga. ( W. M. Scott), in New York May, '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 153 on palms in greenhouses, and on palm (//cr.vvf bchnorcana) at Lawrence, Kansas (S. J. Hunter) ; on ivy i //,,/,>,! > at Law- rence, Mass. (King). It is a greenhouse species in Europe (Signoret). Introduced. 34. Aspidiotus hederae Vail. 1829. Usually cited as A. ncrii, is found on Oleander and Drac- :ena in the College Greenhouse in Colorado (Baker) ; a green- house pest in New Mexico (Cockerell); on lace fern, . IS/HI n^us pl/nnosits, and Hcdcra in the University greenhouse at Ithaca, N. Y.; on Hedera and China tree in Ohio; on Cycas rci'olttla. Jasminum grandiflorum and orange in Georgia (W. M. Scott); on Asparagus plumosus in the University greenhouse in Illinois < \\'. G. Johnson); on a palm in a dwelling house at London, Out., Canada (King); on Oleander ?& \Vestl >rook and Jledera hibernica at Portland, Maine (O. O. Stover). It is a common European species and found out of doors in California and Georgia. 35. Aspidiotus hederae var. ericae Boisd. Found in a greenhouse at Lawrence, Mass., on lieather (Erica'} King. A European species (Signoret). Introduced. 36. Aspidiotus myrsinae Sign. A species allied to hedene found on Myrsina rc/i/sa in the hot- house of the Luxembourg, Paris (Signoret). Introduced. 37. Aspidiotus rapax Comst. 1881. In Colorado on Japan quince, Aralia and J'"/cns f/cisf/en ( Baker) ; on house plants in New Mexico (Cockerell) ; in College greenhouse at Amherst, Mass., and is found on Camellia in greenhouses in France. Introduced. 38 Aspidiotus cyanophylli Sign. 1860. In the Harvard botanical greenhouse at Cambridge, Mass. ( King); in greenhouses at Lawrence, Mass, i King i; on I-'icns s]>ecies (Comstock); on ('vniit^Jiyllinn and Cycat in Ceylon (E. E. Green) and in greenhouses in Framv (Signer Introduced. 39. Aspidiotus personatus Comst. 1882. lias been found on plants under glass at the Ke\v I'.otaiiical Gardens, England. 154 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [May, '02 40. Aspidiotus aurantii Mask. 1878. Found on an orange in a greenhouse at San Francisco, Ca1. Introduced. 41. Aspidiotus aurantii var. citrinns Coquill. On olive in the conservatory of the U. S. department of Agr, at Washington, D. C. (Marlatt). Introduced. 42 Aspidiotus buddeiae Sign. This was found on Buddcia salicina in a greenhouse of the Luxembourg, Paris (Signoret). 43. Chrysomphalus aonidum L. Syn. Aspidiotus ficus Ashm. Originally described as Coccus aonidum; is found at Santa Fe, New Mexico (Cockerell); at Gorvallis, Oregon (A. B. Cordley); on Phormium tcnax \\\ Colorado (Gillette); in greenhouses in Florida; on palms at Gloversville, N. Y. (G. W. Pool): on palms, Cycas revoluta and ferns in Georgia (W. M. Scott); in the department greenhouses, Washington, D. C., on .[Ha manda, at Bangor, Maine (O. O. Stover). A common species in green- houses in Mass. (King), and a frequently found species in Eu- rope in greenhouses. Introduced. 44. Chrysomphalus dictyospermi Morg. 1889. Described as an Aspidiotus: is found at Santa Fe, New Mex- ico, on Pandamts (Cockerell); on Chamccrops dedans in green- houses in Colorado (Baker); on Arcca lutcsccns at Columbus, Ohio (J. S. Hine). I have received it on Cinnamon from a greenhouse at Ottawa, Canada, Coll. Fletcher, and from Dr. Dimmock, found on Ficus clastica at Enfield, Conn. It is found in Trinidad on Areca catechu (Hart). Introduced. 45. Disapis cacti var. calyptroides Casta. Was first described from a greenhouse and found on Cactus in Georgia (W. M. Scott); iu the college greenhouse at Am- herst, Mass, on Cactus (D. H. Hemenway). It lives out of doors on wild Cactaccc at Tucson, Arizona. It is recorded from pineapple in Georgia. This seems to be an error ; it must have been an Aulacaspis species, bromcli/s, ( iiiii/in ' \/w- plex and ivy at Plum Island and Aniherst, Mas^. ; in the Botan- ical greenhouse at Cambridge, Mass. Introduced. 48 Aulacaspis boisduvalii Sign. 1869. On palm in Colorado (Gillette); also on palms in greenhou Lawrence, Mass. (King). It is recorded as being found out of doors on apple and peach, but this seems very unlikely, as it is a tropical species. Introduced. 49. Parlatoria proteus var. pergandei Comst. 1880. In a miscellaneous lot of scale insects sent to me by Prof. Cockerell for study, one on Ficits Sp., collected by P. J. Par- rott, at Manhattan, Kansas, proved to be the above species. Introduced. 50. Parlatoria proteus var. crotinis Douglas 1887. Was found on Croton under glass at Columbus, ( )hio. Coll. Bogue (Cockerell). Introduced. 51. Mytilaspis gloverii Pack. 1860. On orange and lemon in a greenhouse in New York ; on orange at Marshallville, Georgia; also on Magnolia fuscata (W. M. Scott). A very common species on orange and lemon out of doors. Nativity uncertain, probably introduced. 52. Mytilaspis beckii K. Newman, 1869. Described as Coccus beckii Syn. J/. citricolii Pack. Found on dwarf orange at Thomasville, Georgia; on ("//;- sp. in a greenhouse at Manhattan, Kansas, Coll. P. J. ParroU, 1898. Very common out of doors on orange and lemon: also found in a greenhouse near Moscow, Russia, on lemon. 156 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. May, '02] 53 Pinnaspis pandani Comst. iSSr. Found in Mass, under glass (Cockerell). Originally de- scribed under the name Mytilaspis. Introduced. 54. Hemichionaspis aspidistra Sign. 1869. Described as a Chionaspis; was found on fern in the depart- ment greenhouse of Washington, D. C. (Cooley): on fern {Pteris serrulatd) received from Dr. Fletcher; in a greenhouse at Ottawa, Canada, 1900, also received on Cycas sp. from Orono, Maine, Coll. O. O. Stover, and found on fern (Davallia moorei} in the Harvard botanical greenhouse, Cambridge, Mass. (King). It is also a common greenhouse pest in Europe (E. E. Green) and lives out of doors on several food plants. Cited by Signoret. Introduced. 55- Ischnaspis longirostris Sign. 1882, filiformis Dougl. On palm in department greenhouse at Washington, D. C. (Howard) ; on palms, Cycas and Aroids in Trinidad, and Strychnos myristica and other plants in the Royal Botanical Garden greenhouse, London, England. It is very common on cultivated plants in the West Indies and in Australia, on palms in greenhouses (Maskell), also found at Atlanta, Georgia, on a palm, Kent ia belmoriana (W. M. Scott), and in a greenhouse at Boston, Mass., on Monstcra sp. Coll. S. Henshaw. Introduced. 56. Fiorinia fioriniae Targ. 1869. This is recorded under several names, e.g., F. camcllitr, I '/i/cria camellicc, Diaspis jjoriniie, Fiorinia pellucida and Chcrmcs arecec. It has been found at Washington, D. C., on Camellia, Cycas reroluta and palm Kcntia belmoriana (Comst.); on Camellia at Baltimore, Maryland ; on Camellia japonica and Cycas revoluta in Georgia (W. M. Scott); on Kentia belmoriana in conservatories at Kew, England (C. F. Morgan) and in greenhouses in France (Signoret). It is found out of doors in Europe and America. (To be continued.) Ortieodes hexadactyla. This species occurs also at Moscow, Idaho, where I have taken three specimens in nine years. A fourth was seen on the outside of a window, with its wings spread so as to display the pecu- liar structure ; but when I came around to the place it had disappeared. -J. M. Aldrich. ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [The Conductors of ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS solicit and will thankfully receive items of news likely to interest its readers from any source. The author's name will be given in each case, for the information of cataloguers and bibliographers.] To Contributors. All contributions will be considered and passed upon at our earliest convenience, and, as far as may be, will be published according to date of recep- tion. ENTOMOLOGICAL NHVVS has reached a circulation, both in numbers and circumfer- ence, as to make it necessary to put " copy " into the hands of the printer, for each num- ber, three weeks before date of issue. This should be remembered in sending special or important matter for a certain issue. Twenty-five "extras," without change in form, will be given free, when they are wanted ; and this should be so stated on the MS., along with the number desired. The receipt of all papers will be acknowledged. ED. PHILADELPHIA, PA., MAY, 1902. The preliminary report of the Secretary of Agriculture of Pennsylvania for 1901 contains the following statement : "Div- ision of Economic Zoology. This division is in charge of a commissioner who is known as the Economic Zoologist, whose duties are to make examination and investigations into the insect enemies of crops and report upon their ravages and give suggestions for their control or eradication." There is also incorporated the report of the work done in the Division of Zoology for the year ending December 31, 1901, and signed by the Economic Zoologist. Seven pages of the report of the Zoologist consist of the copy of an act passed at the last session of the Legislature. This act related to the protection of trees, shrubs, nursery stock, etc., against destructive insects. There is a half page devoted to other matters, in which it is stated that the "tent caterpillar was abundant" and that the "Angu- niois grain moth was again troublesome in the Eastern section. " "The office work of the division has been extensive. Hun- dreds of letters have been received and answered." The Keo- nomic Zoologist receives a salary of S-, SOD and has an assistant who receives $ i, 800 per annum, making in all $4,300, \\liieli does not include the expenses of the department. \Ve leave our readers to judge whether the people of Pennsylvania receive an adequate return for the money expended. The Act of Assembly was probably not copied by the Zoolo^i-4, ], u t if it were, that work can be done at 25 cents an hour, and it could be done in two or three hours. We consider the report from the standpoint of Economic Entomology very unsatis- factory. 158 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [May, 'O2 Notes and Ne\vs. ENTOMOLOGICAL GLEANINGS FROM ALL QUARTERS OP THE GLOBE. CHRYSALIS OF Melitcea gabbi. On April 5, 1901, I found a chrysalis of Melitesa gabbi hung to a cover of a paste board box, which was lying be- side the road on the top of the Casitas Pass, which is 1200 feet above sea level and is about eighteen miles from Santa Barbara, California. The chrysalis is half an inch long and was fastened at the anal extrem- ity and with a girdle around the middle. It was of a brownish color all over, but when I found it you could see the spots of the wings very plainly. The shape of the chrysalis is more like the chrysalis of the genus Thecla or Lycczna than like Melitesa and strongly resembles the chrysalis of titus, only the anal extremity is pointed more and the other end is rounded more, otherwise it is the same. The chrysalid hatched April 9, 1901. The spots of the wings grew much plainer as the days went by. EGG OF Euchlce sara VARIETY rcakirti. On April 9, 1901, at Monte- cito, Santa Barbara, California, I watched a Euchlce sara variety reakirli deposit an egg. It was about ten in the morning, when I noticed this butterfly hovering round some of the common mustard ; suddenly it alighted on a leaf and curving abdomen round the leaf deposited an egg on the under side near the point ; then it flew off to some wild turnip to feed. The egg was shaped like a spindle and was marked with lateral lines with raised vertical edges and of a yellow-white, green color. Upon looking at it April loth the green color was gone and it was slightly brown. On looking at it April i ith, at nine o'clock in the morning it was the same as before, but when I went to look for it at half past eleven to take it into the house I found the whole field of grain had been cut and the mustard plant, too, much to my sorrow. GEORGE R. MINOT. Fumigation Methods, a Practical Treatise for Farmers, Fruit Growers, Nurserymen, Gardeners, Florists, Millers, Grain Dealers, Transportation Companies, Colleges and Experiment Station Workers, etc. By Willis G. Johnson. Orange Judd Company, New York. This is a work of 313 pages, and is profusely illustrated by "half-tones" and line engraving cuts. Prof. Johnson has produced a very valuable work on an important eco- nomic subject, and treats it in a thorough manner. Hydrocyanic acid gas and carbon bisulphide are among the most valuable insecticides known, and we feel sure that persons interested in Economic Entomo- logy will find this work invaluable, as its author is an authority on the subject. H. S. THE entomologists of the experiment stations of Montana, Idaho, Wash- ington and Oregon met for conference at Moscow, Idaho, March 14, con- tinuing in session through the following day. The principal insect pests of the section are the San Jose Scale and the Codling Moth, which were fully discussed. Many other insects were more briefly taken up. The May, '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 159 relation of station entomologists to the state horticultural inspection work was one of the topics considered, the unanimous opinion being that the entomologist should keep in touch with this for the sake of the assistance it would give him in arranging his experimental work, but that he should not act as an inspection or quarantine officer. The most threatening insect pests at present are the Hessian Flv, already introduced about Portland, Ore., and the Plum Curculio. which are reported on good authority as existing in the Bitter Root Valley of western Montana, on the west side of the continental divide. Plans were made for the coming season, involving among other things a fuller study of the Codling Moth at all the stations, to determine the number of broods and to test the efficacy of sprays. It was voted to hold an annual meeting, and the name "Pacific North- west Economic Entomologists" was adopted. The membership being necessarily small, a secretary was the only officer elected, J. M. Aldrich, of Idaho, being chosen to this position. THE ANNUAL DINNER of the New York Entomological Society was held at the Hotel Endicott on April ist at 7 P. M. It was a success in every way and clearly demonstrated the increased interest in entomology. The following members and guests of the Society were present : C. F. Groth, Wm. Beutenmuller, Chas. Palm, E. L. Graef, E. P. Felt, E. B. Southwick, W. I). Kearfoot, L. T. Munch, Jr., G Franck, F. Fillion, L. Riederer, W. T. Davis, R. L. Ditmars, F. E. Watson, E. A. Bremser, H. F. Kudlich, G. Englehardt, J. I). Sherman, Jr., C. H. Roberts, C. \V. Leng, L. H. Joutel, H. G. Barber, G. Schaeffer, G. Beyer, E. G. Love, C. H. Sunderland, F. V. Green, W. G. Johnson, A. C. Weeks, R. Otto- lengui, j. B. Smith, E. C. Van Dyke, W. J. Holland, Henry Skinner. NEW LOCATION FOR MEDITERRANEAN FLOUR MOTH. The writer is in receipt of a sample of flour badly matted and webbed together by the Mediterranean flour moth, Ephestia kiichniclla, taken from a mill in White County, Indiana. This, so far as the writer's records and knowledge of the distribution of this pest goes, is the first appearance of this destructive insect in Indiana. PROF. W. G. JOHNSON, New York. "THE Cow PEA" is the title of the latest publication issued by the Ex- periment Farm of the North Carolina State Horticultural Society at Southern Pines, N. C. This book, neatly bound and illustrated, in plain and concise manner discusses the value and lists of this important crop. the Cow Pea. Every reader can get a copy free by writing to the Super- intendent of Experiment Farm, Southern Pines, N. C. CONCERNING MOSQUITOES. It is always interesting to tin- entomolog- ist to learn what other people think of him, his methods and proceedings. It is also a matter of importance that the student of economic problems should get the experience of others, especially if based upon observation. The mosquito problem in the State of New Jersey is far from solved ; Imt l6o ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [May, '02 we do still have the voluntary assistant with us. He writes under date of April gth, 1902, as follows: "Dear Sir: As I red in your Experiment Station about a Man wanting ten thousand Dollars to kil those Miskatoes Now if you will take and fill a barrel half full of water in hot weather and let it stand till it stagnated and then take your glasses and look careful in the water and you will see the Logerhead those turns to Muskatoes after a few days you can see them crawling up the barrel. If that Man will stop its raining so there is no stagnated water, I think their would be No Musketoes." The advice is good, no doubt; but there is just a little difficulty in getting it carried out ! J. B. SMITH. Sphyracephala brevicornis SAY. In the January NEWS, in the report of the meeting on November 2istof the Entomological Section of the Academy of Natural Sciences, I noticed a reference to this species, or the "hammer-headed fly," as it is sometimes termed here, and the state- ment that Ithaca is a "locality with no skunk cabbage nearby." Evident- ly Mr. Huntingdon was misinformed in regard to this, for there is cer- tainly an abundance of Symptocarpus here, even within the city limits. The "Renwick flats" are thickly covered in places with skunk cabbage, and there is also a good supply of it in places along Fall Creek. How- ever, one often takes these peculiar little flies at some distances from the skunk cabbage tracts. This last summer scores of them were swept from bushes and herbage along Fall Creek, down near the water, at points where there was none of this plant to be seen, but there was an abundance of it to be found higher up on the banks, at the top of the gorge. C. O. HOUGHTON. THE SHARON SUMMER SCHOOL, conducted by the Instructing Staff of the Biological Department of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, will have a centre for outdoor work at the Sharon Biological Observatory, Sharon, Mass. Various courses will be given including Entomology. Opens July gth and extends over four months. Fees $30, payable in ad- vance. For particulars, address C. E. A. Winslow, Mass. Inst. Tech- nology at Boston. PRIZES FOR COLLECTIONS OF BEETLES. In pursuing its purpose to encourage the study of local natural history the Science Museum of Springfield, Mass., offers two cash prizes for the collection of beetles. These prizes are open to children who are pupils below High School grade in any Springfield school. The prizes will be one of ten dollars and one of five dollars for the two best collections. FOURTH ANNUAL SESSION, UNIVERSITY OF MONTANA BIOLOGICAL STATION, Flathead Lake, Montana. A field and laboratory comsf in Entomology will be given. Instruction in collecting, preserving and label- ling insects; dissection and. study of typical specimens. The facilities for excursions and collecting are excellent and the country interesting and beautiful. Begins July i4th. No fees. Board $5.00 per week. For in- formation apply to Prof. M. J. Elrod, Missoula, Montana. May, '02) ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. l6l Knto mo logical Literature. COMPILED BY J. CHESTER BRADLEY. 1'n.k-r the above head it is intended to note papers received at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia pertaining to the Entomology of the Americas (North and South). Articles irrelevant to American entomology, unless monographs, will not be noted. Contributions to the anatomy, physiology and embryology of inserts, however, whether relating to American or exotic species, will be recorded. The numbers in heavy- faced type refer to the journals, as numbered in the following list, in which the papers are published ; * denotes that the paper in question contains descriptions of new North American forms. The titles of all papers will be quoted in the original and not translated. 3. American Naturalist. 4. The Canadian Entomologist, London, Ontario, Canada. 5. Psyche, Cambridge, Mass. 6. Journal of the New York Entomological Society. 9. The Entomologist. 10. Nature, London. 11. The Annals and Magazine of Natural History, London. 15. Biologia Centrali Americana. 19. Hone Societatis Entomologica Rossicse, St. Petersburg. 21. The Entomologists' Record and Journal of Variation, London. 22. Zoologischer Anzeiger, Leipsig. 35. Annales Societe Entomologique de Belgique, Brussels. 38. Wiener Entomolo- gische Zeitung. 43. La Cellule, Lierre et Louvain. 44. Verhandlungen der K. K. Zoologische Botanische Gesellschaft, Wien. 45. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, Berlin. 55. Le Naturaliste, Paris. 59. Sitzungsberichte, Gesellschaft der Naturforschenden Freunde, Berlin. - 86. Naturwissenschaftliche Rundschau, Braunschweig. 86a. Annales Soc. Ent. de France, Paris. 86b. Bulletin Soc. Ent. de France, Paris. - 119. Archiv fiir Naturgeschichte, Berlin. 140. Proc. Washington Academy Sciences. 148. Bull. New York Agric. Exper. Station. Geneva. 157. Ohio Naturalist. 156. Meddelanden af Societas Pro Fauna et Flora Fennica, Helsingfors. THE GENERAL SUBJECT. Bashmetlew, P. Die Abhangigkeit des Krit- ischen Ptinkts bei Insecten von der Abkiihlungs-geschwindigkeit. Insi < - ten : Warum fliegen die Tagschmetterlinge nur am Tage und die mt-isten Nachtschmetterlinge nur in der Nacht? Experimented Entomologische Studien von physikalisch-chemischen Standpuncte aus. I. Temperature- verhaltnisse bei Insekten, 86. Braunschweig, xvii, p. 122, Mar., '02.- Bataillon, E. La theorie des metamorphoses de M. Ch. Perez, 86b, 1900, p. 58. Bourgeois, J. Sur un mode particulier de progression souterraine chez (inelques larves d' Insectes, 86b, 1900, p. 261. Giard, A. Cils vibra- tiles et prolongements ciliformes chez les Arthropodes, 86b, 1900, p. 27. Id. La Metamorphose est-elle une crise de maturiU' gvnitale? 86b, 1900, p. 54. Lutz, F. E. Labels, 4, xxxiv, p. 102.- Peyerinihoff, P. de. Sur 1' application de la loi phylogc'nique de Brauer, 86b, 1900, p. 219. Sharp, D. Insecta, Zoological Record, xxxvii, 1900. Standfuss, M. Zur Frage der Untersclieidung der Arten bei den Insekten. Entomologische Zeitschrift, xvi, p. i. Terre, L. Contribution a 1' etude de 1' histolyse du corps acli- 162 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [May, '02 peux chez 1' Abeille, 86b, 1900, p. 62. Verhoeff. Ueber Dermapteren Auf- satz : Versuch eines neuen, natiirlicheren Systems auf vergleichend morphologischer Grundlage und iiber den Mikrothorax der Insecten,* 22, xxv, p. i8r. ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY. Britton, W. E. Preliminary Experiments in Spraying to kill the San Jose Scale-insect. Connecticut Expmt. Sta. Bull., 136, Feb., '02, New Haven, Conn. Cordley, A. B. Codling Moth and late spraying in Oregon. Bull. 69, Oreg. Agric. Exp. Stat. Felt, E. P. Insects injurious to Elm trees. Fifth Annual Report Fisheries, Game and Forest Commission, State of New York. Johnson, W. G. Fumigation methods. Orange Judd, Co., New York, 1902. Lowe, V. H. & Parrott, P. J. San Jose Scale Investigations, iii, 148, No. 202, Dec., '01. Noel, P. Les Ennemis des Abeilles, 55, Mar. 15, '02, p. 70. Quaintance, A. S. Re- port of the State Entomologist of Maryland, 1901. Renter, E. Physopus tt'}iuicornis\Jze\ als Erzeuger totaler Weissahrigheit bei Hafer, 158, 27, p. 115. Id. Rhizoglyphus echinopus (Fum. et. Rob. Murray) ein neuer Schadiger des Hafers, 158, 27, p. 121. Stephens, J. W. W. & Christophers, S. R. Relation of malarial endemicity to "species" of Anopheles. Royal Society London, Reports to the Malarial Committee, Mar. 6, '02. ARACHNIDA. Banks, N. Field notes by Snodgrass, R. E. Papers from the Hopkins Stanford Galapagos Expedition, 1898 -9. Entomologi- cal Results (b), Arachnida,* 140, iv, p. 49 Rosenberg, W. Die Spinnen Deutschlands II, Zoologica ; Original Abhandlungen aus dem Gesammt- gebiete der Zoologie, Stuttgart, 1902. Cambridge, 0. P. Arachnida Ara- neidea, 15, Vol. i, PI. xxxix ; Vol. ii, pp. 313-336, PI. xxxi. Dahl, F. Ueber abgebrochene Copulationsorgane mannlicher Spinnen im Korper der Weibchen, Uebersicht der Latrodectus Arten,* 59, 18, p. 36. Gongh, L. H. The developement of Admetus pumilio Koch, a contrib. to the em- bryol. of the Pedipalps. The Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science, N. S , 180, p. 595, London, 1902. Laniy, E. Note sur 1' appareil respira- toire tracheen des AraneMdes, 86b, 1900, p, 267. Oudemans, A. C. Ueber eine sonderbare Art von Ueberwinterung einer Milbe, 22, xxv, 218, 10 Mar., '02. Peckham, G. W. & E. G. Some new genera and species of Attidte from South Africa, 5, 9, p. 330. Pocock, R. I. A Contribution to the Systematico of the Pedipalpi, 11, 9, p. 157. Simon, E. Etudes arachno- logiques. Descr. d'especes nouvelles de la famille des Attidae,* 86a, Ixix, x, p. 27. Id. Descriptions d'Arachnides nouveaux de la famille des Salticidae (Attidce), 35, Tome 46, ii, p. 24, Feb., '02. Trotter, A. Descrip- tion d'une espece nouvelle d'Eriophyes de PAme"rique du sud, 86b, 1900, p. 224. MYRIOPODA, Etc. Bouvier, E. J. Observations nouvelles sur les Pa i- patus, 86b, 1900, p. 396. Lucas, R. Myropoda, 119i, ii, p. 1029 Lucas, R. Prototracheata, 119, ii, p. 1206. Hansen, H. J. On the genera and species of the Order Pauropoda, x " Videnskabelige Meddelelser fra den natur- hisloriske Forening, Copenhagen, 1901, p. 323. Verhoeff, K. W. Heitragr May, '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 163 zur Kenntniss palaarktischer Myriopoden, xix, Aufsatz. Diplopoden aus Herzegowina, Ungarn und Baiern, 119, i, p. 221. xx, Aufsatz. Diplopoden des ostlichen Mittelnieergebietes, 119, i, p. 241. THYSANURA. Folsom, J. W. Papers from the Harriman Alaska Expe- dition, xvii, Apterygota, 140, iv, p. 87. Lecaillon, A. Recherches sur la structure et le developpement postembryonnaire de 1" ovaire des Insectes, ii, Canipodea staphylinus West\v., 861), 1900, p. 152 ; iii, Machilis mari- tiiiia Latr., 86b, 1900, p. 205. Lucas, R. Apterygogenea, 119, ii, p. 1016 Skorikow, A. S. Einige Beobachtungen iiber die Hautung der Collem- bola, 19, T. xxxv, No. 2, p. 156, St. Petersburg. Willem, V. La position des Anurophoriens dans la classification des Collemboles, 35, Tome 46, ii, p. 21, Feb., '02. ODONATA. Calvert, P. P. Neuroptera (Odonata)*, 15, pp. 73-96. Lucas, R. Odonata, 119, ii, p. 1000. CORRODENTIA. Lucas, R. Corrodentia, 119, ii, p. 901. MALLOPHAGA. Kellogg, V. L. Mallophaga from Birds of the Pacific Coast of N. America,* 6, x, p. 20. Lucas. R. Parasitica (Mallophaga), 119, ii, p. 900. ORTHOPTERA. Bordas, L. See Hymenoptera. Brunei, L. Orthoptera, 15, ii, pp. 25-32. Caudell, A. N. The Dectinean genus Eremopodes,* 4, xxxiv, p. 98. Kuhlgatz, Th. Orthoptera, 119, ii, p. 917. Sinety, R. de. Les tubes de Malpighi chez les Phasmes, 86b, 1900, p. 333. Id. Homo- logation du testicule chez les Phasmes, 86b, 1900, p. 350. Id. Recherches sur la Biologic et 1' Anatomic des Phasmes, 43, xix, p. 119. THYSANOPTERA. - Lucas, R. Thysanoptera. 119, ii, p. 900. Reuter, 0. M. Thysanoptera tria mediterranea* Ofversigt af Finska Yetenskaps- societetens Forhandlingar Helsingfors, xliii, p. 214. HEMIPTERA. Breddin, G. Neue neotropische VVanzen und Zirpen,* Societas Entomologica, xvii, p. i. Cockerell, T. D. A- The Coccid genus Aulacaspis, 9, Mar., '02, xxxv, p. 58. Id. New Coccidrefrom the Argen- tine Republic and Paraguay, 4, xxxiv, p. 88. Kuwana, S. T. Coccidse (Scale Insects) of Japan. Proc. Calif. Acad. of Sciences, vol. iii, No. 2, p. i, San Francisco. Id. Coccida? from the Galapagos Islands,* 6, x, p. 28. Lucas, R. Rhynchota, 119, ii, p. 822. Osborn, H. Remarks on the study of leaf hoppers, 157, ii, p. 224 Reuter, 0. M. Monog. generis Tarisa Am. et Serv.* Ofversigt af Finska Vetenskaps, Societ. Forhand- lingar, xliii, p. 25. NEUROPTERA. Lucas, R. Neuroptera (Planipennia), 119, ii, p. 820. MECOPTERA. Lucas, R. Panorpata , 119, ii, p. 819. ISOPTERA. Gounelle, E. See Hymenoptera. PLECOPrERA. Lucas, R. Plecoptera, 119, ii, p. 999. EPHEMERIDA. Lucas, R. Agnatha, 119, ii, p. 1013. TRICHOPTERA. Lucas, R. Trichoptera. 119, ii, p. 815. LEPIDOPTERA. Aro, J. E. Ueber Iladena maillardi var. Kunsamocnsis Staud., 158, 27, p. 46, 1901. Bordage, E. Sur les diflV-ii-nU-s colorations 164 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [May, '02 des chrysalides de Papilio demoJeus et de Danais chrysippus, 86b, 1900, p. 234.. Chapman, T. A. Classification of GracHaria and allied genera, 9, xxxv, p. 8r. Dofld.F. P. Scent Organs of Hepialidas, 9, Mar., '02, p. 73. Dyar, H. G. Descr. of a new Noctuid,* 4, xxxiv, p. 105. Id. Life His- tories of North Amer. Gsornetridae, xxxi, 5, vol. 9, p. 336. Id. The larva of Carama cretata, 6, x, p. 54. Finn, F. Birds attacking Butterflies and Moths, 10, Ixv, p. 415. French, G. H. The yellow-winged Catocalae, 4, xxxiv, p. 95. Fruhstorfer, H. Eine neue Lokalform der seltenen Ag. amydonius Stclgr., 45, xiv, p. 327, March, 1902. Id. Eine neue Agrias,* 45, xiv, p. 351, Mar., '02 Grote, A. R. Changes in the color of butter- flies, 4, xxxiv, p. 94 Id. Note on Ctenucha Cressonana, 4, xxxiv, p. 104. Id. On the use of Eupethecia, 4, xxxiv, p. 104. Joannis, J. de. Descrip- tion de trois Lepidopteres de Cav-Bang (Tonkin), 86b, 1900, p. 280. Linden, M. Von. Le dessin des ailes des Lepidopteres, Annales des Sci. Natur. Zoolog. and Paleont., Paris, p. r, 1902. Lucas, R. Lepidoptera, 119, ii, p. 451. Mabille, R. Descr. d" une Hesperide nouvelle (Costa Rica),* 86b, 1900, p. 230 Quail, A. Formation of pattern on eggshell of a species of Lepidoptera, 9, Mar., '02, xxxv, p. 57. Poulton, E. B. Birds attacking butterflies and moths, 10, 65, p. 465, Mar. 20, '02. Sahlberg, J. Triid- gardsnunnen (Ocneria dispar F. ) funnen i Finland, 158, 27, p. 94. Schaus, W. A new species of Dirphia, 6, x, p. 54. Seifert, 0. Contributions to the knowledge of N. American Arctiidae i, ii, 6, x, p. i. Smith, G. Varia- tion in the germs Erebia, 9, Mar., '02, xxxv, pp. 69, 89. Smith, J. B. New species Noctuidae for 1901,* 6, x, p. 33. South, R. Gynandrous examples of Amphidasys betularia, 9, Mar., '02, xxxv, p. 72. Standfuss, M. Etudes zoologiques experimentales sur les Lepidopteres, re"sultats principaux obtenus jusqu' a la fin de 1898 (pi. i - 3), 86a, 1900, p. 82. Thoiiiami, H. Schmetterlinge und Ameisen. Beobachtungen einer Symbiose zwischen Lyctzna argus L., und Formica cinerea Mayr., Jahresbericht der Natur- forschenden Gesellschaft Graubiindens, xliv, ii, p. i. Woodworth, C. W. Butterflies. Nature Study Bulletins, University of California. DIPTERA. Bergroth. Uber eine auf Eulen schmarotzende Hippobosi- cide, 158, 27, p. 146 Corti. Di un nuovo nematode parasita in larva di Chironomus. Reale Istituto Lombardo di Scienze E Lettere Rendiconti, Serie II, Vol. xxxv, Fasc. II-III, Milano 1902. Escherich, K. Ueber den sogen. "Mittelstrang" der Insekten. Biol. Centralblatt, Leipsig, 15 Mar. '02, 179. Hine, J. S. New or little known Diptera.* 157, II, p. 228, Mar '02. Keiffer, J. J. Monog. des Cecidomyides d'Europeet d'Algerie, 86a, l.xix, p. 181. Laveran. Dequelques parasites des Culicides. Comptes Rend. Soci. de Biologic, Paris, liv, 233, March 7, '02. Lecaillon, A. Recherches sur la structure et le developpement postembryomiaire de 1'ovaire des insectes. i Culcx pipiens L 86b. 1900, p. 96 Pantel. J. Sur le vaisseau dorsal des larves des Tachinaires, 86b, 1900, p. 258. Needham, J. G. A remarkable occurrance of the fly, Bibiofraternus, Loew, 3, xxxvi, p. iSt. Smith, J. B. Life history of sEdes smithii, 6, x, p. 10. May, '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 165 Stein, P. Die Zetterstedt'schen, Holmgren'schen u. Boheman'schen An- thomyidentypen des Stockholmen Museums, 38, xxi, p. 29. Vaney, C. Note sur les tubes de Malpighi des larves de Stralioniys, 86b, 1900, p. 360. Villeneuve, J. Observations sur quelques types de Meigen, 86b, 1900, pp. 157, 341, 363, 380, 402. Wandolleck, B. Diptera, 119, II, p. 759. SIPHONAPTERA. Rothschild, N. C. Some new nearctic fleas. ; 21, xiv, p. 62, March 15, '02. COLEOPTERA. Allnand, Ch. Contributions a la faune entomologique de la Region malgache, 861), 1900, p. 18 Bedel, L. Notes synonymiques d'apres les types de la collection R. Oberthur, 86b, 1900, p. 247. Bernhauer, M. Zur Staphylinidenfauna von Madagascar, 45, 1901, II, p. 161. Bourgeois, J. Descr. de deux Malacodermes nouveaux de 1'Ameri- que meridionale,* 86b, 1900, p. 118. Croissandeau, J. Monographic des Scydmoenid&e, 86a, Ixix, p. 116. Dierckz, F. Lesglandes pygidiennes des cole'opte'res (2nd memoire), Carabides (Bombardiers, etc.), Paussides. Cincindelides, Staphylinides, 43, xviii, p. 255. Fairmaire, L. Descr. d'un nouveau genre de Coleopteres du groupe des Rhysopaussides 86b, 1900, p. 45. Id. Descr. de Cole"opteres recueillis par M. H. Perner de la Bathie a Madagascar, 86b, 1900, p. 85. Id. Descr. de quelques Coleoptc-res mal- gaches, 86b, 1900, p. 134. Ganglbauer, L. Die generische Zerlegung der Byrrhiden, Gattung Pedilophorus, 44, Hi, p, 92, Jan. '02. Heller, K. M. Russelkafer aus Ceylon gesammelt von Dr. W. Horn, 45, 1901, II, p. 337, Herrick, G. W. Notes on the life history and habits of Oncideres texaua, 6, x, p. 15. Horn,W. Ueber Hrn. Prof. Kolbe's neues Coleopteren System, 45, 1901, II, p. 13. Id. De 7 novis Cicindelidis, 45, 1901, II, p. 353.- Jacob- son, G. Chrysomelidse Sibirse occidentalis, 19, T. xxxv, No. 2, p. 73, St. Petersburg. Kerville, H. G. de. L'accouplement des Cole'opteres, 86b, 1900, p. 101. Lesne, P. Revision des Coleopteres de la famille des Bos- trychides,* 86a, Ixix, 473. Id. Notes synonymiques et rectificatives sur quelques Bostrychides; 86b, 1900, p. 46. Leveille, A. Catalogus Temno- chilidum (seu Trogositidum) inter annos 1758-1900 editorum, 86a, Ixix. p. i. Meinert, Fr. Vandkalvelarverne (Larva? Dytiscidarum), Memoires de l'Acade"mie Royale des Sciences et des Lettres de Danemark, Copen- hagen, 1901. Melander. A. L. A new Silphid beetle from a simple insect trap, 5, vol. 9, p. 328. Minister, Ths. Die norwegischen Arten der Fam- jlie Byrrhidae (Cistelidae Reitter) nebst Beschreibung eines neuen Genus und zweier Arten, 44, lii, p. 87, Jan. '02. Ohaus, F. Beitrag zur Kenntnifs der afrikanischen Popillien, 45, 1901, ii, p. 257. Olivier, E. Voyage de M. E. Simon au Venezuela (decembre i887-aoiit iSSSj Lampyrides, 86a, Ixix, p. 62. Peringuey, L. Notes sur certaines Cetoines (Cremastochilides) recontnSes dans des fourmilieres on termitieres avec description d'espece . novelles, 86a, Ixix, p. 66. Pesrnches, L. C. des. Description d'un nouveau genre et d'une espece nouvelle d' Aphocliide et note sur le genre Epi/iss/is, 86b, 1900, p. 122. Peyerimhoff, P. de. Sur la valeur phylogenique et le nombre primitif des tubes de Malpighi chez les Coleopteres, 86b, 1900, p. 166 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [May, 'O2 295. Pic, M. Diagnosis de Cole'opteres nouveaux 55, Mar. 15, '02, p. 68 Id. Description du Bruchus scapularis (Reiche), du Rresil, 86b, 1900, p. 29. Id. Notes synonymiques, 86b. 1900, p 230. Id. Descr. d'un nou- veau genre d'Elmides, de Tunisia, 86b, 1900, p. 266. Poppius, B. Ueber die Entwickelung von Phyllotrcta ainoracics Koch , 158, 27, p. 106. Raffray, A. Descr. de deux Pselaphides nouveaux, 86b, 1900, p. 305 - Reitter, E. Verschiedenes iiber die Coleopteren derTenebrioniden Ab- theilung Helopina, 45, 1901, ii, p. 209. Sahlberg, J. Coleoptera i Polar- trakterna, 158, 27, p. 96. Schilsky, J. Synonymische und andere Bemer- kungen zur Gattung Apion, 45, igor, ii, 365. Schwartz, 0. Cremnostethus und Meiriaulacus nov. gen. Elateridarum. Ein Beitrag zur Kenntniss der Elateriden Gattung JHelanotus Eschs.* 45, 1901, ii, p. 197. Id. Neue Elateriden,* 45, i9or, ii, p. 311. Sharp, D. Coleoptera,* 15, Vol. ii, pt. i, pp. 625-632. Tschltschirine, T. Observations sur quelques types de Stockholm (Coleoptera Carabidas), 19, T. xxxv, No. 2, p. 160, St. Peters- burg. Id. Description de quelques nouvelles especes de la tribu des Platysmatini, 19, T. xxxv, No. 2, p. i, St. Petersburg. Id. Note sur quel- ques Platysmatini nouveaux on peu connus, 19, T. xxxv, No. 2, p. 49, St. Petersburg. Id. Genera des Harpalini des regions palearctique et pale- anarctique, 19, xxxv, No. 2, p. 217, St. Petersburg. Tutt, J W. Migration and Dispersal of Insects: Coleoptera, 21, xiv, p. 73, Mar. 15, '02. Weise, J. Afrikanische Hispinen, 45, 1901, ii, p. 225. Xambeu. Mceurs et meta- morphoses du Telephones obscurus L. Coleoptera du groupe des Molli- pennes, 55, Mar. 15, '02, p. 69. HYMENOPTERA. Ashmead, W. H. Classification of the Fossorial, Pre- daceous and Parasitic Wasps, or the superfamily Vespoidea (iv), 4, xxxiv, p. 79. Bordas, L. Sur le revetement epithelial cilie de 1'intestin moyen et des cascums intestinaux chez les insectes (Hym. Ortliop.), 86b, 1900, p. 25. Buysson, R. Du. Sur quelques Hymenopteres de Madagascar, 86a, Ixix, p. 177. Cameron, P. On some new genera and species of Hymen. (Ichneumonidse, Chrysididce, Fossores and Apitlce), 9, xxxv. p. ioS. Cockerell, T. D. A. and Atkins, E. XXXIX. Contributions from the New Mexico Biological Station. XII. On some genera of Bees, 11, (7) 9, p. 230. Gounelle, E. Sur des bruits produits par deux especes ameVicaines de Fourmis et de Termites, 86b, 1900, p. 1 68. Harrington, W. H. A Can- adian Anoplonyx.* 4, xxxiv, p. 93. Keiffer, J. J. Note .^ur le genre Prist- auiacus, 86b, 1900, p. 338 Kokujew, N. Color semenowi, gen. et sp. nov. (Hymenoptera Ichneumonida? 1 ), 19, T. xxxv. No. 2, p. 210, St. Petersburg. Lucas, R. Hymenoptera, 119, ii, p. 321 Marchal. P. Sur un nouvel Hymfa/ti messatina. JOHN ADAMS COMSTOCK, Scorfarv. At the March meeting of the Feldman Collecting Social held at the residence of Dr. Henry Skinner, 716 North 2oth Street, eleven persons were present. Prof. Smith reported some investigations on a scale insect infesting rose, blackberry and raspberry bushes, known as f~)iaspis rostr. This insect winters in all stages of growth, an unusual condition in the insecta. In January were found stages from half grown to fully developed males and females, the latter with embryos. The anatomy of the piercing mouth parts, consisting of three lancets, was described. Mr. H. Wenzel exhibited fifteen specimens of Cychrus, in- cluding stcnostomns, canadensis, LcContci and bicarinatus, in order to illustrate the intergradation of these forms, which showed to his satisfaction that the whole series represented but one species. He also referred to specimens of Cicimlcla collected at Vowells Mills, Louisiana, all of which are immaculate forms of several known species. Variation and geographical forms were discussed by Messrs. Wenzel, Smith and Skinner. Dr. Skinner referred to the diffi- culty of studying Argynnis from our present knowledge and spoke of the necessity of biological data in this connection. Mr. Laurent stated that the true Cichidcla lo)igilabris and the variety lauirnti do not seem to commingle, the variety keeping to the woods, whereas the typical form occurs along roadwavs. 1 68 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [M:iv, '02 Mr. Daecke exhibited a specimen of Dic/ic/ia sn/f /tints which he had found on Lemonium Carolinianum. Also a specimen of Crabro trifasciatns, which had tunneled into a sumach stem. In the same tunnel he had found a dipterous pupa. Dr. Skinner exhibited a drawer of Pamphila containing five or six named species which he believed to be only varieties of one form, belonging to the BMeistr-l 111 HELICONIUS SPADICARIUS, AG. weeks, Jr. ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SECTION ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES, PHILADELPHIA. VOL. XIII. JUNE, 1902. No. 6. CONTENTS: Titus Atithidiinae from Colorado 169 Holland New Species of Palindia 172 Blaisdell The Three Californias 173 Mengel Butterflies from So. America 176 Melander Notes on the Acroceridse .. 178 Hancock The Genus Phyllonotus 182 Skinner A New Papilio 183 Brues Two new Texan Ant and Ter- mite Guests 184 Editorial 189 Entomological Literature 190 Notes and News 191 Economic Entomology 193 Dojngs of Societies 196 Our plate (VII) represents a species from Bolivia, described by Mr. Weeks in the Proceedings New England Zoological Club, Vol. 2, p. 72, 1901. Three New Anthidiinae from Colorado. BY E. vS. G. TITUS, Urbana, Illinios. Anthidium pondreum n. sp. $ . -Form and general appearance of atrifrons Say; black with deep yellow markings ; closely punctured ; pubescence white, very dense on face and pleura, sparse on cheeks and basal segments of abdomen, tufted at sides of other segments ; venter polished, but segments narrowly pubescent at sides ; fe- mora, tibue, and first joint of tarsi anteriorly, thorax above and occiput with sparse ochraceous pubescence ; ferruginous pubescence on inside of tarsi; the clypeus (except two black dots at base), anterior orbits of eyes half way up, spot behind summit of eyes, mandibles except ferruginous tips, anterior half of tegulae, line beneath, spot on each side of anterior portion of mesothorax, line and before it a dot on each side of scutellum, 169 iyo ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [June, '02 spots on posterior femora, tibiae and first joint of tarsi anteriorly, bands on dorsal abdominal segments i 6, interrupted in middle on 1-5, notched anteriorly on each side are all yellow; last seg- ment with two large yellow spots, first segment notched sub- laterally behind, sixth segment with a spine on each side, last segment deeply notched with a blunt black tooth in the center. Length 1 1 mm . Described from two males, June 16, on Astralagus sp., at Fort Collins, Colorado. Differs from atrifrons Say by the yellow markings, scape entirely black and different shape of last ab- dominal segment. Protanthidium cockerelli n. sp. $ . Large, broad, robust ; in general appearance resembles some Anthophora ; clypeus, face on each side narrowly con- tinued above the base of the clypeus, mandibles, except tips, white : a line behind upper part of eye, two spots on scutellum posteriorly, ends of four anterior tibiae on the outside, outer edge of posterior tibiae, line on inside of anterior femora, first joint of tarsi, segments 1-6 of abdomen, dorsally with continu- ous bands slightly notched anteriorly in center of five and six, band broad on sixth segment, last segment with a small spot at tip; all dark yellow ; rather coarsely and deeply punctured; pubescence dull ochraceous, sparse; scutellum slightly produced behind and somewhat bilobed ; last dorsal segment of abdomen truncate, excepting a short obtuse tooth in the middle ; labial palpi with second joint scarcely longer than first; maxillary palpi distinctly three-jointed ; venation as in Anthidium s. str. Length 16 mm. Described from two males ; Rocky Ford, August 10, 1897 (Gillette); and Virginia Dale, Colo., (alt. 8000 ft.), Sept. 3, 1899 (Titus), on Rudbeckia hirta L- The types are in the Colo. Agr. College Museum at Fort Collins, Colo. This species is somewhat related to occidentalis as determined by Prof. Cockerell ; differs in color of pubescence and mark- ings, and in position of markings on abdomen, is also broader and larger generally. The peculiar bilobate scutellum distin- guishes this from any species I have seen. Though Prothan- thidium Ckll. has for its type a bee from India, P. stcloidcs June '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 171 (Bing. ), the species above described seems to answer all the generic characters given by the authors of the genus. I take pleasure in dedicating this species to Prof. T. D. A. Cockerell. Dianthidium balli n. sp. 9 . Black ; with dark rich yellow markings, head and thorax densely uniformly punctured, abdomen with punctures of apical margins of segments dorsally smaller and denser than on basal margins ; the clypeus, excepting an inverted T in the middle, anterior orbits of eyes narrowed at tip above and line leaning away from eye ; wide line continuous over occiput and extending down about half way on each side ; spot on posterior orbit about half way up from end of line to base of eye ; line on each side of mesothorax, tegulse anteriorly, spot below, four short lines at scutellum, apical ends of posterior and middle femora, tibiae and first joint of tarsi anteriorly, all dark yellow ; remainder of tarsi ferruginous ; tip of tibiae exteriorly with a ferruginous spot on the middle, anterior tarsi strongly ferru- ginous, a short blunt spine at apex of first segment ; claws partly black ; bands on segments 1-5 narrowly interrupted in the middle and that on first segment notched laterally behind, on last segment broadly interrupted in the middle, yellow ; last segment deeply notched behind with a shallower notch on each side ; pubescence on face, cheeks, occiput and thorax above, ochraccous; pleura densely, base and venter of abdomen and legs, except tarsi, with white pubescence ; tarsi ferruginously haired ; dorsal abdominal segments above with scattered white pubes- cence ; wings smoky, tips less densely so ; second recurrent nervure entering close behind end of second submarginal cell. L/ength 14 mm. Described from one female specimen taken at Ridgeway, Colo., July 31, by Prof. E. D. Ball, after whom I have named it. This species is quite close to venustum, but differs in color, mark- ings and their positions and is larger. The labial and maxil- lary palpi show this to belong to the genus Dianthidiiuu Ckll. NOTE The above descriptions are extracted from an unpublished thesis of the author's deposited with Sec'y State Board of Agriculture of Colorado, May i, 1901. 172 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [June, 'O2 Description of an Apparently New Species of Palindia. By W. J. HOLLAND. Through the kindness of Mr. H. D. Merrick of New Bright- ton, Pa., I have been permitted to carefully examine a speci- men of the genus Palindia captured by him last year fly- ing among low herbage in the outskirts of the town of New Brighton. I have carefully examined the literature of the sub- ject and am inclined to believe that we are dealing with a new .species of the genus, although the specimen in certain respects comes very near to Palindia mabis Guenee, which is a synonym for Palindia fumata of Felder and Rogenhofer. There is no traffic between New Brighton and tropical America, so far as is known, unless it be in tropical fruits. There is a bare possi- bility that the insect may have been imported from the South, but the specimen presents the appearance of having freshly emerged and is in good condition. It is altogether improbable that so frail a creature should have, by the action of the wind, and by the powers of flight, been transported from the tro- pics to the locality where it was captured. Palindia merricki sp. nov. Front, palpi, collar, thorax and tegulae dark wood brown ; upper side of abdomen paler wood brown ; lower side of thorax and abdomen ashen gray. Legs concolorous, the tarsi white, ringed with black. The primaries are brown, more or less irro- ated with purplish scales, clouded near the middle with a dark purplish shade and laved on the outer margin with the same color. There is a dark basal line which extends from the costa to the median vein. The transverse anterior and median lines run obliquely from the costa to the inner margin, very nearly parallel to each other, the transverse anterior terminating about the middle of the inner margin, the median line termi- nating just before the inner angle. The median line is defined externally by a pale yellow line running from the lower margin of the cell toward the inner angle, and this line is in turn defined externally by a narrow dark brown line. At the end of the cell there is a large pale reniform spot surrounded by a dark brown line. The transverse posterior line is sharply angulated below the costa and then runs from the costa to the inner angle, constantly diminishing in width. Between this and the sub- terminal line are some reddish shades. The subterminal line is more or less obscure, angulated inwardly just below the costa and on vein 2. At the points where this line is bent inwardly, and half way between these points, are dark brown shades produced inwardly. The marginal line is June, '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 173 black, relieved by a series of bright yellow dots at the extremity of each of the veins. The fringes are dark wood brown. The posterior wing on the upper side is dark wood brown. The wing is sharply produced at the extremity of vein 3. About the middle of the wing below the cell a series of pale blue parallel lines, succeeded by an irregular median line, which does not run to the costa, but originates beyond the cell, curves first downwardly and then outwardly to vein 3. Between veins 3 and 2 it forms an angle with its point directed towards the base, and then sweeps, by a regular curve, inwardly to the inner margin. This line is defined outwardly and inwardly by fine pale yellow lines. In the angle between veins 2 and 3 is a dark black triangular spot defined externally by a white patch and irrorated with bluish scales. This patch is suc- ceeded by two small black points connected by a fine silvery white bar which is a portion of the submarginal line, which is interrupted with a dark shade at the point where the wing is externally produced at the extremity of vein 3. The marginal line is very fine, silvery white. The fringes are of the same color as on the upper wing. Moth wings on the under side are gray clouded outwardly with dark fuscous. In both tilt- dark transverse posterior lines of the upper surface are reprodin . ,1 faintly, most conspicuously on the lower side of the secondaries, where the line is crenulate. There are a few minute white spots at the exremity of the subcostal nervures on this side. Expanse 34 mm. Type in collection of H. D. Merrick, New Brighton, Pa. The Three Californias. BY F. E. BLAISDELL, M.D. To Prof. H. C. Fall is due the credit of the awakening that has taken place among the California!! Entomologists. In his recent and excellent effort* he has shown how interesting and stimulating a preliminary list may be, and besides he has ex- posed the inaccuracy of much of the previous work that has been done within the State. Knowledge to be useful must be accurate ; it necessarily follows that observers and recorders of biological data must be painstaking, and endeavor to eliminate error in order to place such data upon the altar of scientific perfection. Unfortunately we have to attain precision it is not burn List of the Coleoptera ot Southern California, with notes on ll.ibits and Distribution (^occasional papers of tin- Cal, Ar.ui. Nat. Sci. i. 174 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [June, 'O2 with us. Careful work bears a stamp that is unmistakable ; carelessness sees the fruits of its labors relegated to the last page of a memoir, reserved for doubtful data and unrecognized species. Earlier observers lacked the facilities and modes of research that now smooth and render comparatively easy, the work that was once achieved by overcoming apparently insurmount- able obstacles, that met the pioneers in our favorite field of research. Who will say that the pleasure they enjoyed in opening up new faunas did not repay them ten-fold for their privations ? In those days it was sufficient to label a specimen Calif. Times are changed. California was as large a State then as now, stretching north and south for the distance of 700 miles, and as Dr. Edw. C. Van Dyke has said : "It is a land of many climates and faunas." It is cold and damp in the north ; hot and dry in the south, with an intermediate or middle portion partaking of both of its extremes. Thus it is customary to speak of Northern, South- ern and Central California. The question has recently been raised, where does the one begin and where does the other leave off ? The locality labelling of most any collection that contains California!! specimens will be mute evidence that this question has never been answered. There being no definite boundaries to the three divisions of California just mentioned, we do not know positively what part of the State is really meant when a specimen is labelled Central Calif. How is this to be remedied? How are past errors to be corrected ? Prof. Fall partially gave an answer when he said : "Briefly described, the term Southern California includes that part of the State lying to the south and east of a line drawn from Point Conception eastward along the Santa Inez Mount- ains, then curving to the north and east around the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley, and along the desert slopes of the Sierra Nevada Mountains through Kern and Inyo Counties to the Nevada State line." The author realized that it was impossible to draw a true June, '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 175 iuterfaimal line, it is an effort at approximation. It fills a long-felt want, whether it was ever before realized or not it gives definite boundaries to Southern California, and is a step towards more recent knowledge. To a most worthy veteran in the field of entomology Mr. Chas. Fuchs belongs the honor of giving the impetus that completed the answer to the above question ; that brought about a discussion of the distribution of insects at the second regular meeting of the Calif. Ent. Club, which resulted in the reading of able papers at its third regular meeting on February 22nd. As a result it was unanimously agreed to accept the divisional line suggested by Mr. Ralph Hopping for defining the bound- ary line between Northern and Central California, namely : The term Northern California includes that part of the State lying to the north of a line drawn from the Golden Gate, fol- lowing the Bay of San Francisco to the mouth of the San Joa- qtiin River, thence along the northern boundaries of San Joa- quin, Calaveras and Alpine Counties, to the Nevada State line ; that the term Central California includes the intermediate part of the State lying between Hopping' s line on the north, and Fall's line on the south. By this act the boundary lines of Northern, Central and Southern California are definitely fixed. The State faunal areas are unaffected by this division, and acquire new relatives, which will be ably treated at a later date. Mr. Fuchs recommended that the Secretary of the Club pub- lish an article calling the attention of entomologists at large to the fixing of definite boundaries for the three Californias, and that collectors and writers upon California!! entomology be urged to conform their future observations and writings to these the latest efforts at accuracy in the study of geographi- cal distribution and intra-State faunas. This act and article are approved by the following members present at the third regular meeting of the California Ento- mological Club, held on the evening of February 22, 1902. Chas. Fuchs (President}, IvKv. Ehrhorn, Beverly Letcher, J. C. Huguenin, James \V. Cottle, F. 1C. I'.laisdell (Secretary} 176 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [June, 'O2 Four New Species of Butterflies From South America. By L,EVI W. MENGEL, Reading, Pa. (See Plate VIII) Anatole modesta sp. nov. Upper surface of fore wings generally white and variable shades of brown. The costal edge is very light brown, ter- minating half-way to the apex ; broadest at the base. A patch of the same color, edged with white toward the exterior margin, appears three-quarters the distance to the apex. A row of spots, a shade darker, extends along the exterior margin, almost to the inner angle. The exterior edge is tipped at several places with white. A silver gray col- oration appears at the base of the wing and extends along the interior margin half-way to the angle. A row of small, well marked light brown spots, white in color, extends across the the wing just within the marginal light brown spots from the costa to the interior margin. All the white and light brown markings are surrounded with very dark brown, except at the interior margin, where the white marks reach the edge and spread toward the angle. The same colors prevail on the posterior wings, whh the white predominating. From the base a dark brown band extends half- way to the apex. Towards the base and adjoining the dark band the same silvery gray color as in the fore wing appears, spreading toward the inner margin, but fading to white. The white extends two-thirds across the wing from the anterior margin to the inner margin. The remaining portion of the wing is dark brown, darkest at the angle and fading toward the anal angle to very light/brown. White and light brown spots are scat- tered through the dark marginal bands. Wings emarginate, tipped here and there with white. Undersides in both sexes, tawny and white. The dark brown and lighter color being replaced with tawny. Abdomen and thorax very dark above ; white underneath. Markings of the female very much like male. The brown and light colors being replaced by a gray- black, almost uniform. There are but very few pale brown spots. The white band is more decided in the female. Female is one-eighth inch larger than the male. Expanse, one and three-eighths inch. Habitat. Sapucay, Paraguay. Apodemia ocbracea sp. nov. General colors, black and ochreous yel- low, marked with white spots. Uppersides, base of fore wings uniformly ochreous ; the color extending one-third along the anterior margin to the apex and half-way to the inner angle, along the inner margin. A black patch somewhat quadrangular in shape almost surrounded by ochreous is observed on the anterior margin. A well marked white spot appears in the black patch. A broad band of the ochreous color reaches almost from the anterior margin to the color of the base witli a single white spot close to the margin. The inner edge of this band forms the ENT. NEWS. Vol. XIII. PI. VIII. FOUR NEW SPECIES OF BUTTERFLIES FROM SOUTH AMERICA (MENGEL). ANATOLE MODESTA. ANATOLE MODESTA. APODEMIA OCHRACEA. B/EOTI8 BIFASCIATA. NECYRIA GERHARDI. June, '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 177 boundary of the black patch above mentioned. Balance of wing black marked along the outer margin by a band of ochreous spots. A row of white well defined spots extends from the outer portion of the anterior margin almost to the inner margin. This band begins three-quarters the distance from the base towards the apex. Inferior wings, black, marked by a well defined ochreous band beginning almost at the anterior margin and extending in a curve to the inner margin. There is a marginal hand of ochreous color extending along the lower half of the exterior margin to the apex. Undersides very much lighter. The ochreous of the uppersides replaced by much lighter color, almost light yellow. The row of white spots of upper sides larger and better defined as is also the marginal band. Two black spots are seen in the yellow near the base. Posterior wings marked by a band of very pale yellow, extending across the middle of the wing from the anterior margin curving to the inner margin. Base black, variously marked with white spots. A row of white spots is seen in the black, reaching from the apex to the inner margin just above the margin. There is a marginal band of yellow spots along the outer margin. The yellow band in the posterior wings is broken by the nervules, which are black. Thorax and abdomen black. Abdomen marked by a vellow stripe along the sides. Collar yellow. Expanse, one and three-eighths inch. Habitat Sapucay, Paraguay. Baeotis bifasciata sp. nov. Color above uniformly black with buff bars and spots, well marked. Extending from the interior margin, one-third to the inner angle from the base, a diagonal narrow bar of buff extends to the costa, not quite reaching ihe margin. Three-quarters the distance from the base to the apex, a narrow bar passes from the costa toward the inner angle, stopping half way across the wing. Two-thirds the distance from the base to the angle a small narrow bar extends from the inner margin towards the apex, one-fourth the distance to the apex. A small well defined spot appears at the inner angle ; also one in the middle of the exterior margin. Lower wings. One third the distance from the base to the apex, a bar extends from the anterior margin to the inner margin. Two-thirds the distance from the base to the apex, another bar passes parallel to the first from the anterior to the inner margin. Anal angle marked with a well defined spot. Another spot appears in the middle of the exterior margin. Female like male, bun" markings stronger. Undersides same as above. Body uniformly dark approaching black. Expanse i inch. Habitat. Sapucay, Paraguay. Necyria gerhardi, sp. nov. Superiors black, with a bar of metallic green, extending from the costa to the inner angle. Mar begins half way from the base to the apex. Inferiors black with a liar of the same metal- lic green extending from the apex almost to the inner angle. A large 178 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [June, '02 bright red spot appears at the inner angle. The bars on both the super- ior and inferior wings are interrupted by the nervules, which are black. The undersides of the superiors uniform dark iridescent blue, covering the entire wing, except the apex and the exterior margin, which is black. Inferiors iridescent purple almost to the margins. A row of arrow shaped metallic green spots extends from the apex to almost the inner angle. The red spot seen on the upper side is larger and much more intensified. Thorax and abdomen black above, abdomen red beneath. Expanse, one and five-eighths inch. This species is nearest to N. diva Stgr., but differs from it entirely. Habitat. Chauchamayo, Peru. Named in honor of Wm. J. Gerhard, Chicago, 111. Notes on the Acroceridae.* BY A. LEONARD MELANDER. Because of their brilliant color, anomalous structure and rare occurrence, the flies of the family Acroceridse have gener- ally been considered the rare? avcs of the insect world. As but few collections in this country contain over a half dozen species, and scarcely any more individuals, the advent of a new form is heralded with interest. The following notes are made from specimens in the collections of Dr. Wheeler and myself. 1. Oncodes costatus Loew. This seems to be the only representative of the family that occurs at all commonly in the northern States. It is readily recognized by the broad pale yellow bands extending across the fuscous abdomen. Specimens from Wisconsin and Ontario are in the collection. 2. Oiicodes sp. indeterm. An apparently undescribed species of Oncodes occurs in Penn- sylvania. This form, which was taken by Mr. H. G. Klages, differs from the preceding in the wholly yellow color of the body. 3. Oncodes eugonatus Loew. A specimen from Austin, Texas, taken in grass-sweepings, * Contrib. from the Zool. Lab., Univ. of Texas, No. 31. June, '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 179 differs from the specimen Dr. Loew received from Mr. Belfrage, and taken some hundred miles north of here. The differences, however, do not seem to be of specific importance. In the Austin form the white bands of the abdomen are narrow, but clear cut, of uniform width, and only one-tenth as wide as the remaining shining black of the segments. The venter is simi- larly colored, although from the convexity of the abdomen, the white bands seem comparatively wider ; the first ventral seg- ment is black, with the narrow apical margin whitish. The knees, tibiae and base of the tarsi are almost wholly pale fus- cous, the darker coloration of the upper side of the tibiae appar- ently less evident than in Mr. Belf rage's specimen. Instead of possessing a black margin the tegulae are w r holly translucent whitish. The base of the wings is lightly infumated. 4. Acrocera sp. A very beautiful and brightly marked, but undetermined species was taken by Mr. F. Rauterberg at Rochester, Wiscon- sin. Although it agrees in part with A. litnrata Williston from Washington, I prefer to pass this species by, as I have access to but a portion of the literature on. this genus. PTERODONTIA Gray. Scutellum wholly testaceous flavipes Gray. Scutellum wholly or largely black 2. 2. Discal cell closed ; larger species (5 mm.) misella O. S. Discal cell open ; species measuring 4 mm analis \Vestw. 5. Pterodontia analis West wood. Several specimens of this species were taken on leaves of low trees in the damp woods about Wood's Hole, Massachusetts. The determination is doubtless correct, although the northern specimens disagree with the description in that they have wholly black eyes, almost blue-black, tegulce with the disc but little translucent, and black femora. Pt. /vW;v/v.v is said to be commoner in the Eastern States, but we have never met with it. 6. Pterodontia misella Osten Sacken. . *' A typical specimen from Alameda Co., California. l8o ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [June, 'O2 OPSEBIUS Costa. Wings with a prominent tooth ; anal cell widely open . agelenae sp. nov. Costa nowheres projecting 2. 2. Wings with a blackish tinge 3. Wings with a testaceous tinge 4. 3. Anal cell open ; third posterior cell longer than the fourth. sulphuripes Loew. Anal cell closed ; third posterior cell shorter than fourth. gagatinus Loew. 4. Wings pale at base and tip diligens O. S. Wings unicolorous paucus O. S. 7 Opsebius sulphuripes Loew. One specimen, Alameda Co., Calif. Although from a State so distant from the locality type (New York), this specimen shows no important differences. The antennae are piceous, however, the hind margin of the wing is scarcely paler, and the anterior (smaller) cross-vein is oblique ; but aside from these, the form seems to be identical with L,oew's species. 8. Opsebius agelenae sp. nov. tf. Length 6 mm. Of a shining semi- metallic, bronzed, blackish brown ground color, densely clothed with long fulvous pubescence, excepting (in the Texan form) the eyes, which are clothed with black hairs. Antennae short, consisting of two minute oval fuscous joints, the outer smaller, the terminal slender, fuscous arista three times as long as the antenna. The hairs of the abdomen become a little sparser apically, but are still uniformly fulvous. Tegulae translucent hyaline, the narrow margin testaceous. Halteres tes- taceous. Coxse concolorous with the body, legs uniformly testaceous, the tips of the claws black. Wings clear hyaline ; the marginal and first submarginal cells tinged with yellowish, veins pale yellow ; the costa strongly thickened, angulate at the mid- dle of the marginal cell and there bearing a large blunt projection ; two submarginal cells and four posterior cells, the first posterior cell divided in two beyond the discal cell, but the position of the cross- vein inconstant ; anal cell of even breath toward the tip, broadly open. June, '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. l8l Described from two male specimens from Austin, Texas, and one male from Rochester, Wisconsin. One of the Texas specimens was found under a stone, entan- gled in the web of the southwestern variety of Agelena navia Bosc., apparently just after issuing from the body of the spi- der. The shrivelled spider was lying close by, with a round perforation near the base of the under side of the abdomen. Were it not for the great variability in the neuration of the members of this family, this species might be thought out of place in Opsebius. As it, however, presents the characteristic habitus, the discrepancies in the costal tooth and widely open anal cell are insufficient to exclude it from the genus. More- over, we may recall that in sulphuripes the anal cell is narrowly open, showing a trend in the direction of agclenfe, while in Pterodontia the costal projection is quite variable in size, and even in Opsebius diligens the costa shows a thickening beyond the first vein. 9. Ealonchus smaragdinus Gerstaecker. Two green females, measuring 8 and 10 mm., were taken in Marion Co., Calif. 10. Eulonchus sapphirinus Osten Sacken. One male from Marion Co., Calif. 11. Ealonchus tristis Loew. As this species seems to be relatively common in Idaho, ac- cording to Prof. Aldrich, Eulonchus can no longer be regarded as exclusively a Californian genus. The males have the third joint of the antennae sharp at the apex ; in the female it is scarcely attenuate and rather blunt. One female from Marion Co., California, has the abdomen brassy green; a pair from Idaho (Juliaetta and Craig's Mt.) are blue-black. There is a great inconstancy in the juncture of the veins beyond the tip of the discal cell. In the California specimen the vein separa- ting off the second submarginal cell is angulated near its base, and bears a short spur at the angulation ; while in the Idaho specimens this vein is evenly bisinuate, although it bears a similarly-placed short spur. The males have the second sub- marginal cell petiolate at the base ; in the female it is pointed l82 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [June, O2 but nearly sessile, the very short petiole thickened ; while out- wardly the bounding veins of this cell diverge rather promi- nently, not being parallel as in the male. 12. Ocnaea helluo Osten Sacken. A specimen of this large species was taken entangled in a small spider-web at Marble Falls, Texas. As it presents the same differences in neuration as does the specimen mentioned by Dr. S. W. Williston (Trans. Am. Ent. Soc., XIII, p. 294), in that the outer first posterior cell is but slightly narrowed towards the margin, we are led to believe that Osten Sacken' s specimen was a sport. The blue-black body, black coxae, and shortened abdominal fasciae are but a slight variation from the type which I have examined, and which otherwise is quite similar. As nearly all the foregoing insects differ from the types, we are brought to realize the instability of characters in this family, and to notice that individual variation is strikingly prominent. THE GENUS Lilhurgopsis. I would add two remarks to the interesting; paper by Mr. Fox in your May number : (i) L. echinocacti is best distin- guished in the $ from apicalis by the face being more narrowed below and the distance between the prongs of the facial prominence less. (2) I will accept Mr. Fox's identification of L. gibbosus, although Smith's descrip- tion appears to agree equally well with my insect. The form I called gibbosus, with the dark hair on end of abdomen, may stand as L. apicalis var. opuntice, since it is a fairly distinct geographical race. 1 may also note that Mr. E. E. Green has discovered that Pseudole- caniuni is a synonyn of Aclerda, so Mr.- Kuwana's species (p 134) becomes Aclerda disticlium. T. D. A. COCKERELL. NOTE ON LITHURGOPSIS. Since my article on Lithurgopsis appeared in the May issue of ENT. NEWS, Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell has written to me saying that the labial palpi of that genus are 4-jointed, and not 3- jointed as stated by me. 1 have examined these palpi again and concur with Mr. Cockerell's statement. The third joint is easily missed, appear- ing in line with the second, but if the specimen is carefully examined the two joints are seen to be well differentiated. WILLIAM J. Fox. June, '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 183 A New Papilio. BY HENRY SKINNER. P. polyxenes Fa.hr. var. curvifascia n. var. Primaries of the male on the upper and under surfaces practically identical with po/y.i' cues, except that the spots are larger and have more of an orange tinge. Secondaries above as in polyxenes, except that the orange spots of the mesial band are practically all of the same size and shape. The first three are nearly round and the next three slightly ovoid ; the last one, preceding a mere line, is quadrate. There is an entire absence of any spot in the discal cell. The band of spots crossing the centre of the wing forms a distinct curve, with the concavity inward, while in polyxenes the band makes a straight line, and the inner edge of the spots makes a straight line. This band is the same on the underside of the wing, except that the spots are washed with a brick-red color. The female is exactly like the male in markings, except that the spots on the primaries are lighter in color. The tails to the hind wings are shorter than in polyxenes, and the tails of seven specimens measure in length 5.5, 6, 6.6, 7, 9 mm. respectively.* Described from six males and one female from Rincou, New Mexico, taken June i, 1898, and kindly submitted for exami- nation by Mr. Geo. Franck, of Brooklyn, N. Y. Mr. Franck said some of them suggested Papilio indra, but others had longer tails. They are very close to brevicauda found in Anti- cos ti and Newfoundland, and show the same likeness of the sexes. It may be of interest to state that Godman and Salvin in the Biologia Centrali-A^nericana put asteroidcs Reakirt as a synonym of poly.\~cucs Fabr. and properly so. The type (so marked) is in the collection of the American Entomological Society, and agrees perfectly with Reakirt's description. Strecker's figure does not Represent this insect. The type specimen of asteroidcs in siyiply an inconstant and accidental variation, and a collector could take a dozen equally as aber- rant wherever the species is c^timon. I HAVE seen lately in the collection of Mr. George Franck, the follow- ing species of Hesperida; caught within the limits of the United States and heretofore unrecorded. Thespieus macarcus Herr. Schiiff. From Marco Island, Florida. Prenes Nero Fabr. Marco Island, Florida. Prenes ares Feld. Cochise Co., Arizona. Epargyreus exadens Cramer. San Luis Obispo, California. HENRY SKINNER. * Measured from tip of tail to end of nearest marginal lunule. 184 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [J 11116 . >o2 Two New Texan Ant and Termite Guests.* BY CHARLES THOMAS BRUES. (See Plate IX.) Scarcely any method of entomological collecting yields a more varied and remarkable harvest of insects than the exami- nation of ants' nests and their contents. As this is especially true of the warmer regions of our country, Texas is not with- out its full share of strange Myrmecophiles and Termitophiles. The two remarkable species herein described, which were collected in the vicinity of Austin, Texas, add two genera to our fauna and serve well to indicate what a wealth of interest- ing forms we may expect to unearth in the future in similar locations. STAPHYUNID^E. ECITOXENIA Wasmann. A beetle referable to this genus was collected in considerable numbers by Mr. A. L,. Melander and the present writer in a nest of Eciton schmiffi Em. On one of our entomological ex- cursions, one afternoon during the past winter (January, 1902), we chanced upon a large colony of the Ecitou clustered beneath a flat stone. On examining the nest more closely, we suc- ceeded in discovering at least four different species of Myrme- cophiles which we had previously seen,f besides one which was unfamiliar to us. The latter was quite agile in its move- ments, although, unlike most Kcitophiles, it possesses ex- tremely short legs. Its flat body seemed almost to glide along on the surface of the stone, as it picked its way among the ex- cited groups of ants. In its general habitus this beetle greatly resembles the Bra- zilian Edtoxcnla niirabi/is, described by Wasmann. "{" It is seen to differ considerably in detail however, and I should feel * Contributions from the Zoological Laboratory of the University of Texas. No. 32. f These were Ecitonidia wheeleri Wasm., E. tcnclla Wasm., two Staphylinid beetles ; Auil/ns ajfahi/is Brues, a blind Carabid beetle ; and Xanionotinn hystrix Brues, a wingless Phorid fly. % Neue Dorylinengseste aus dern neotropischen und dem aethiopischen Faunengebiet, Zool. Jahrb. Abth. f. Syst, Bd. 4, Heft 3, 1900. p z m m X z H > Z o H m 33 H m o c m CO CO c m H X - "*" "S. June, '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 185 constrained to consider it as the type of another genus, were it not for the already large number of monotypical genera of Myrmecophiles and Termitophiles already described. As such is the case, I think \ve must broaden our conception of genera in these groups where remarkable forms are of common occur- rence. I can see no reason why this should not be done, for who would for a moment assert that the distinction between two genera of primitive insects like Orthoptera should be madr as fine and delicate as between two genera of specialized Mus- cidse, where the parts of the body have become so absolutely fixed ? This tendency to produce strange forms in Myrmeco- philes is so evident that it ought not to be ignored in our classification of them. Following is the description of the new species ; Ecitoxenia brevipes sp. nov. (figs, i and 2). Body broad, elongate- oval. Head and thorax carinated, as well as lateral margin of elytra. Abdomen very widely margined. Antenna? n-jointed, reaching to the apices of the elytra, very stout, gradually and weakly clavate from the base of the second joint. First joint stout, as long as the two following, enlarged at apex, second small, triangular, third larger and less triangu- lar, fourth to tenth quadrate, but little longer than wide, eleventh obtusely conical, one and one-third as long as the tenth. Head about as wide as long, rather acutely prolonged between the antennae, this prolongation continuing back as a high carina, which extends to the middle of the head. Anterior angles also produced and elevatec, forming an oval de- pression on each side of the median carina. Posterior angles raised and produced ; two other oblique carinse on posterior portion of head, form- ing with the median one a A. Eyes moderately finely granulated, not visible from above, being sunk in broad lateral depressions at about their own diameter behind the insertion of the antenna?. Mandibles simple, acute at apex. Labium wide, rounded truncate. Outer arm of maxilla about one-fourth longer than the inner ; both densely ciliated, the outer one only for a short distance. Maxillary palpi 4-jointed, second and third joints about equal, the third broader, fourth very slender and obtusely pointed, half as long as the third. Ligula broad, bilobed at base, lobes broad and rounded at apex. Paragloss^e long, slender. Labial palpi 3- jointed, second joint twice as wide as long, slightly shorter than the first or third. Prothorax oval, nearly twice as wide as the head, transverse, with three hollow depressions separated by two high sinuous loiigitiulin.il carime. Lateral margin also carinated. Thorax sparsely hairy, as are also the head and elytra. Elytra about as long as the thorax, their lateral margins broadly turned up, truncate at apex, except for an emargination near the posterior angles, which are bluntly toothed. Abdomen com- 186 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [June, *O2 posed of seven segments, somewhat concave above and widely margined along the sides. Each segment somewhat dentate and bearing a short spine at the posterior angles. More or less clothed with short stiff hairs which become more delicate apically. Legs very short, tarsi 5-jointed, joints about equal on the four anterior feet, posterior pair with first joint the longest. Length 3 mm. Head, thorax, two or three apical segments of abdo- men, elytra, legs and venter reddish fuscous. Abdomen piceous. An- tennae fuscous. Body opaque, except the abdomen, which is shining and sparsely punctured. The hairs on the head, thorax and abdomen sparse, brassy on head and thorax, yellowish on abdomen. Described from numerous individuals collected at Austin, Texas, in a nest of Eciton schmitti Emery. The hairs upon the head and thorax are similar to the com- plex hairs seen on Ulkeus intricatns Horn, another Eciton Myr- mecophile. In this case each hair is composed of about four slender barbs, which are separate to the base, where they unite. TERMITOGASTER Casey. Up to the present time there seem to have been no truly Physogastric Termitophilous Staphylinids discovered in North America. Such species have been found in other parts of the world, and since the first discovery of Corotoca and Spirachtha by Schioedte in 1854 their number has increased considerably, until at the present time some fourteen or fifteen genera are recognized from various parts of the world. All of them seem to occur only in the nests of various species of termites. In 1889 Casey described Termitog aster insolcns* from Panama, but all the remaining genera are represented by forms from Madagascar, Africa and South America. The new form there- fore adds considerably to the range of such genera, and it is interesting to note in this connection that the species of Ter- mite, with which it lives (Eutermcs cincreus Buckley), is a truly tropical form occurring at Cuernavaca, Mexico, from which locality I have also seen specimens. Eutermes is rather rare at Austin, as we have seen only three or four nests of it during the several years which we have spent in this region. In two of these nests specimens of the new Termitophile were found. It resembles the queen of * Annals of the N. Y. Acacl. of Sci., vol. iv, p. 384. June, '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 187 the termite somewhat in color and shape, although it is very much smaller and can hardly be considered mimetic of it. It is quite conspicuous when seen running about in the galleries constructed by the l-'.ut, riuct, which always nest in the ground under stones. It presents a very grotesque appearance, often carrying its abdomen flexed so far dorsally as to be directed straight forwards over the thorax much in the same way as has been figured by Schioedte for Corotom. Termitogaster texana sp. nov. (Figs. 3, 4 and 5). Female. Length (with the abdomen held horizontally) 2 mm. Head rounded, much widened behind the eyes, broadly rounded behind. Eyes moderately large, but slightly convex, coarsely facetted, oval, more or less pointed posteriorly. Antennae situated in cavities just above and in front of the eyes, somewhat attenuated towards the apex, n-jointed, not geniculate, first joint very slightly longer than the second and third taken together, second short, hardly more than half as long and considerably narrower than the third, third slightly wider than the first, following joints narrower and very slightly shorter. Front very short. Labrum transverse, rounded anteriorly. Ligula considerably produced, extending to beyond the tips of the mandibles, thick and membranous as in T. insolens Cas. Palpi 3- jointed, more slender than in the male, and with the second joint only half as long as the basal one. Maxillary palpi 4-jointed, first joint very short, second and third equal, the third stouter, fourth one-half as long as the third and very slender. Mandibles rather slender and arcuate at tips. Prothorax considerably wider than the head, slightly wider than long, its angles rounded. Scutellum indistinguishable. Elytra not connate, about as long as the prothorax, with a few short bristles on the lateral margin. Wings well developed. Abdomen capable of being bent up over the elytra and prothorax, greatly swollen, almost circular when seen from above ; the dorsal segments not separated. Abdomen widely margined on the sides, this margin being raised rather sharply and then widely swollen out on the sides so that the swollen part is as wide as the margin when seen from above. The sclerites covering the margins and lateral surfaces of the segments are separated by white membrane. Abdomen everywhere sparsely short, bristly. First four dorsal segments gradually increasing in length, the fifth and sixth much longer. Sixth segment much narrower than the basal portion of the abdomen, appearing almost as an appendage to the circular part. Venter strongly convex and sparely setose, dorsum flat, except for the raised lateral margins. Legs moderately long, the anterior coxa? as long as the femora, and widely- separated at their bases ; middle coxae shorter and but slightly separated, posterior ones transverse, slightly separated. Femora and til-i.t moder- ately stout, tibial spurs extremely small. Tarsi with the first joint long- est, fourth minute on the fore and hind feet. Claws edentate. Entire l88 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [June, '02 body testaceous, except the elytra, which are more or less blackened apically ; abdomen, and especially the venier, still paler, except for a fuscous spot at the base of the first segment on each side below. Male. Length i 45 mm. Differs from the female in having the an- tennae more slender and with the second joint nearly as long as the third, and the eleventh nearly one-third longer than the tenth. Mandibles stouter, the left one with a small median tooth. Ligula much shorter and bilobed (see fig.) Maxillae with the inner lobe spinose and hooked at tip, the outer lobe longer and very finely ciliate at the apex. Prothorax as wide as the elytra and bearing three lateral and six anterior strong mar- ginal bristles. Elytra also strongly trisetose laterally. Abdomen only slightly swollen and widened, scarcely one and one-half times as wide as the prothorax. Broadly margined above on the sides and very strongly but sparsely setose, composed of seven segments. The abdomen has a tendency to be elevated as in the female, although not nearly to so great an extent. Elytra fuscous on apical half, and first ventral segment not maculate, Described from one female and two male specimens collected in the nests of Eutcrmcs cinereus Buckley, at Austin, Texas. As may be gleaned from the description, this form is quite different from the Panama Termitog aster insolcns Casey, but I have refrained from establishing another genus for its recep- tion. The two sexes are seen to differ, especially in the struc- ture of the mouth-parts and form of the abdomen ; but as they are the only Termitophilous Staphylinidae common in the nests of Eutermes at Austin, I think they must undoubtedly be the sexes of a single species. The mouth parts of the female are probably modified to conform with the method the Termites have of feeding one another upon regurgitated food, a share of which the Termitogaster doubtless begs from its hosts. The Genus Phyllonotus. I have received a communication from Prof. Theo. D. A. Cockerell in which he calls my attention to the fact that the name Phyllonotus is preoccupied. Swainson (according to Scudder's Nomenclator Zoologicus, p. 246) gave the name to a genus of mollusca, consequently my use of the term as ap- plied to a genus of Tettigidse, in my recent monograph ' ' The Tettigidse of North America," p. 45, necessitates a substitu- tion. The name Pliyllotcfti.v is here proposed in the place of Phyllonotus. J. L,. HANCOCK. ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [The Conductors of ENTOMOLOGICAL NKWS solicit and will thankfully receive items of news likely to interest its readers from any source. The author's name will be given in each case, for the information of cataloguers and bibliographers.] To Contributors. All contributions will be considered and passed upon at our earliest convenience, and, as far as may be, will be published according to date of recep- tion. ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS has reached a circulation, both in numbers and circumfer- ence, as to make it necessary to put " copy " into the hands of the printer, for each num- ber, three weeks before date of issue. This should be remembered in sending special or important matter for a certain issue. Twenty-five " extras," without change in form, will be given free, when they are wanted ; and this should be so stated on the MS., along with the number desired. The receipt of all papers will be acknowledged. ED. PHILADELPHIA, PA., JUNE, 1902. The " Canadian Entomologist " has been indulging in some interesting discussion apropos of " Ecological labels." Much of this is ancient history, as one of our most esteemed dead and departed entomolgists used color labels long ago and some of us are still trying to translate them. It is said that an assist- ant who was color-blind put many of these labels on the pins. We hold that an insect pin should have on it the exact locality and date of capture. If individual opinion demands more than this we can offer no objection, but words fail to express our opinion of the individual who has nothing on the pin. pie w/io sends insects here please take tiotiee.'} We object to all systems which string a multitude of labels on the pin, especi- ally if a key is needed to translate them. We object to big bill posters on the pin to be read without a key or to have certain parts underscored. We do not deny that it may lie important to know more about an insect than where and when it was cap- tured, and advocate in such cases \\\^ printed pin numbers be used corresponding with printed numbers in a record book. Then it is possible to write anything desired about a species The caution in this case- is that it should be seen to tliat th book is part and par,, 1 ^f the ee>lleelion, H. S. 189 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [June, 'O2 Entomological Literatim re.* Under the above head it is intended to note papers received at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia pertaining to the Entomology of the Americas (North and South). Articles irrelevant to American entomology, unless monographs, will not be noted. Contributions to the anatomy, physiology and embryology of inserts, however, whether relating to American or exotic species, will be recorded.- The numbers in heavy- faced type refer to the journals, as numbered in the following list, in which the papers are published ; * denotes that the paper in question contains descriptions of new North American forms. The titles of all papers will be quoted in the original and not translated. 1. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, liii, pt. 3, 1902. 35. Annales, Socie'te' Entomologique de Belgique, xlvi, Brussels, 1902. 68. Science, xv, New York, 1902. THE GENERAL SUBJECT. -Anglas, J. Nouvelles observations sur les metamorphoses internes, i pi., Archives d' Anatomic Microscopique, v, i, Paris, April 20, 1902. Davis, C. A. See Coleoptera. ECONOMIC ENTOMOLOGY Beebe, C. W. Preliminary observations on a sub-dermal mite, 68, p. 754. Clarke, W. T. The Californian vine hop- per ( Typhlocyba comes Say), Report, Agricultural Exper. Station, Uni- versity of Colorado, 1897-98, p. 179, 1900. Thiele, R. Der Kampf gegen die Blutlaus, Gartenflora, Berlin, May i, 1902. Woodworth, C. W. Sprays and washes, Rep't. Agr. Exper. Stat. Univ. Colo., 1897-98, p. i8r, 1900. ARACHNIDA. Banks, N. Some Arachnida from New Mexico,* 1, p. 568. Beebe, C. W. See Economic Entomology. Brucker, E. A. Mono- graphic de Pediculoides ventricosus Newport et Theorie des pieces buccales des Acariens, 4 pis. Bulletin Scientifique de la France et de la Belgique, xxxv, Paris, 1901. Michael, A. D. Nomenclature of genera, etc., in the Oribatidse, Annals and Magazine of Natural History, ix, p. 309, London, 1902. ORTHOPTERA. Hancock, J. L. The Tettigidse of North America.* Chicago, 1902. Scudder, S. H., and Cockerell, T. D. A. A first list of the Orthoptera of New Mexico, Proceedings, Davenport Academy of Scien- ces, ix, p. i. 1902. ODONATA. Calvert, P. P. On the systematic position of Thauuiato- neura inopinata McLach., with some remarks on the classification of the suborder Zygoptera, Entomologist's Monthly Magazine, London, Feb., 1902. HEMIPTERA. Cockerell, T. D. A. The monophlebine Coccidte, 68, p. 717, 1902; Id. Aspidiotus ancylus Putnam, Proc. Davenport Acad. Sci., ix, 1902. COLEOPTERA. Davis, C. A. Instructions for collecting and mounting insects. A check list of the Coleoptera of the State of Rhode Island, 2d edition, Pilgrim Press, Providence, R. I. Deegener, P. Bemerkungen * Owing to the absence of Messrs. Viereck and Rehn and the fortu- nately now past illness of Mr. Bradley, the larger part of the list of ento- mological publications received must be deferred until the next issue of the NEWS. June, '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. iiber dem Bau der Regenerationskrypten des Mitteldnrms von IIydrof>hi- /us, Zoologischer Anzeiger, Leipzig, April 7, 1902. Lameere, A. Revi- sion des Prionides, ler memoir, Parandrines,* 35, pp. 59-111. Lea, A. M. List of Australian and Tasmanian MordellidtC, etc. Transactions, Knto- mological Society of London, 1902, pt. i, p. i. Pic, M. Addenda aux Xyletini du Brdsil, 35, pp. 130-1 ; Id. Essai dichotomique sur le genre Gibboxyletinus Pic, 35, pp. 132-3. DIPTERA Grimshaw, P. H. Fauna Hawaiiensis, iii, pt. i. Diptera. Cambridge (England). Theobald, F. V. A monograph of the Culicidae or Mosquitoes, London, 1901. Published under authority of the Trustees of the British Museum. Two volumes text, one volume plates. Wesche, W. Modifications of the legs in some dipterous flies, Journal, Ouekett Micro- scopical Club, April, 1902, p. 245. LEPIDOPTERA. Busck, A. A review of the American moths of the genus Depressaria Haw., with descriptions of new species,* Proceedings, U. S. Nat. Museum, xxiv, pp. 731-749. Hampson, G. F. Catalogue of the Lepidoptera Phalsenaj, vol. iii, London, 1901. Published under the authority of the Trustees of the British Museum. von Linden, M. Le dessin des ailes des Lepidopteres (fin), Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie, xiv, Nos. 4-6, Paris. Pagenstecher, A. Callidulidre, 19 ligs. Das Thierreich, 17 Lieferung, Berlin, March, 1902. HYMENOPTERA. Bethe, A. Die Heimkehrfahigkeit der Ameisen und Bienen, zum Teil nach neuen Versuchen. 1 ine Erwiederung auf die Angriffe von v. Biittel-Reupen und von Forel, Biologisches Centralblatt, Leipzig, April i and 15, 1902. Cockerell, T. D. A. A gall-making Cynipul fly in Jamaica, Nature, London, April 17, 1902. Dominique, J. Descrip- tion d'un Harpactes nouveau. i pi., Bulletin de la Societe" des Sciences Naturelles de 1'Ouest de la France (2) i, 3-4, Nantes, Dec. 31, igor. Field, A. M. Further study of an ant, 1, p. 521. Plateau, F. Observations sur les erreurs commises par les Hymenopteres visitant les fleurs, 35, pp. 113-129. Notes and. News. ENTOMOLOGICAL, GLEANINGS FROM ALL QUARTERS OF THE GLOBE. WE understand that the Entomological Societies of Philadelphia, N\ u York, Brooklyn and Newark, will hold a field meeting at Jamesburg, New Jersey, on July the 4th, and that all entomologists are cordially inviti-d to be present. THE PSYCHOPHORA MIX-UP. I. Dr. Skinner approvingly quotes Dr. Smith's opinion faakPsyckophorafasciataSVimner (ENT. NKWS, xiii, 141) is a Bombycid. If this means anything, it means that the species belongs to the family Bombycida:-. As I do not suppose that either of the ;_M-ml,-- men hold this opinion, the deduction is obvious that the opinion quoted means nothing. IQ2 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [June, '02 I also am quoted as referring the insect to the Noctuidae. I did so because the first specimen that Dr. Skinner sent me had vein 5 of the fore wings nearer to 4 than to 6 ; in the hind wings, vein 8 remote from 7, anastomosing with the cell shortly near the base. A second specimen, however, had vein 5 from the middle of the discocellulars, and is, there- fore, a Geometrid, considering the other characters, tongue present, antennas not clubbed nor dilated, hind wings with vein ic absent. The position of vein 5 of the fore wings is not usually variable, but here it cer- tainly is. A knowledge of the larva would be useful. I think that the best place for the species, at present, is in the Geometridae. Later I expect to remark further on the subject and shall refer to Dr. Skinner's identification of the genus Psychophora, with which I am now inclined to agree. HARRISON G. DYAR. I AM not sufficiently interested in the Heterocera to try and establish the position of Psychophora in the classification of the moths, and now leave it to others. Dr. Dyar is correct in saying that this genus does not belong to the family Bombycidae as at present restricted, but does it belong to the Geometridae or Noctuidae? Would it not be logical to infer that the first specimen Dr. Dyar examined belonged to the Noctuidae ; the second specimen to the Geometridae, and a possible third to some- thing else? If he is satisfied with his examination of the neuration, why does he say "A knowledge of the larvae would be useful"? I have relaunched the genus and added a new species and now wish them a pleasant voyage to the land of species and synonyms. HENRY SKINNER. VARIATION IN HET^RINA TITIA DRURY (ODONATA). In my work on the Odonata in the Biologia Centrali-Americana, I have grouped the species of Hetczrina according to the number of rows of cells on the hind wings lying between the lower sector of the triangle and the hind margin. In this scheme H. titia is placed among those species having " two rows of cells (not more) in a considerable part of the area mentioned." Since the publication of this work, Mr. Banks has sent me a male and a female of titia from Laredo, Texas, both of which have three rows of cells in this area for a length of seven cells (or five cells in the left wing of the male). This has caused me to re-examine the material enumerated in the Biol. C.-Am. consisting of 54 cT, 31 $, to determine the exact proportion of individuals in which three rows exist. As the result I find frequently a single line of three cells, between the sector and the margin (and a single line of three cells does not of course constitute three rows), while in 18 wings of 9 rT and 2 Q are three rows. This means that in the 85 individ- uals, 10% per cent, of the hing wings have three rows ; or, to separate the sexes, 14.8 per cent, of the hind wings of the males and 3 per cent, of the hind wings of the females have three rows. These three rows extend for a distance of only two cells in 9 wings of males, and for a distance of from 3 to 6 cells in the remaining 9 wings, male and female. June, '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. IQ3 It is further of interest to note that the individuals having three rows are thus distributed: Florida i r?, Texas (probably near the Nueces River) 4 J 1 , Nuevo Laredo (Tamaulipas) 3 J\ 2 $, Teleman (Vera Paz, Guatemala) i <^. Undoubtedly the existence of this amount of variation in this character in titia impairs the value of the classification which I have employed. I have, however, implied its not infallible nature (/. c., p. 20, lines 14-17), have cited some exceptions (/. c., p. 22, foot-note), and am still unaware that a better character exists. PHILIP P. CALVERT. DEPARTMENT OF EGONOMlg ENTOMOLOGY Edited by Prof. JOHN B. SMITH, Sc. D., New Brunswick, N. J, Papers for this department are solicited. They should be sent to the editor, Prof. John B. Smith, Sc.D., New Brunswick, N. J. NUMBER OF BROODS OF THE CODLING MOTH AS INDICA- TED BY PUBLISHED DATA. By C. P. GILLETTE, Fort Collins, Col. It seems as if the economic entomologists of the apple-growing sections of the United States should have determined, before this, the number of annual broods of the codling moth in their respective districts. Opinions as to the number are common enough, but these seem largely to be with- out definite data to rest upon. Some of the conclusions drawn from pub- lished records are plainly in error as I shall show. The writer read a paper before the Association of Economic Entomolo- gists in Denver last summer in which it was shown that the codling moth is quite definitely two-brooded in Colorado, both at the northern limit of successful apple-growing in Larimer County, and in the warm valleys of the south-west where the tender stone fruits are grown to perfection. Letters from Mr. Munson of the Maine Experiment Station and from Dr. Smith, of N. J. Experiment Station, were also quoted, stating that there were, at least, partial second boods in both those States the past sum- mer, and the suggestion was made that perhaps we shall find, after all, that the codling moth is definitely two-brooded throughout its range. Dr. Smith expressed his opinion, however, that it was only a partial second brood that was appearing at New Brunswick. If the moth passes annu- ally through one, or two, or one and a partial second broods in a locality, the fact could be easily determined. To determine with certainty, a par- tial third brood would not be easy, and it would require a large amount of very careful breeding-cage work to determine a partial fourth brood with any certainty at all. In spite of the opinion of many entomological friends that there are IQ4 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [June, '02 more than two broods of the codling moth in many parts of United States, I must say that I am unable to find any records published that tend strongly to prove such an opinion, to say nothing about an indication of even a partial fourth brood. In Bulletin 25 of the Oregon Experiment Station, 1893, p. 5, Mr. Wash- burn gives a table and records which he considers to be "convincing proofs that the moth is at least four-brooded in Oregon." In Mr. Washburn's table he places the beginning of egg-hatching for the first brood of moths June 2ist, of the second brood Aug. 29th, and of the third Nov. 6th. The fourth he does not give, but figured like the others, it would come Jan. isth, and the larvae would not mature before the first week in Feb. As these dates were to mark the beginnings of the brood the last of each brood would come much later. This, of course, is quite absurd, but I think Mr. Washburn counted the fall bood in the fall and again in the spring and so increased the number of generations that appear during a year by one. This being true, it would cut his num- ber to three broods as he estimated them. But with three broods the hatching of the first eggs for the third brood would come on Nov. 6th. Egg-laying would probably continue for fully six weeks which would carry it to December i8th. To this we should have to add fully three weeks for the development of the larvae, which would take us to Jan. 8th, which surely is very much too late. If so, this would reduce the number of broods to two, unless there existed a partial brood, which I think it is best to doubt for almost any insect with an abundant food-supply until its presence is thoroughly proven. Mr. A. B. Cordley, of the Oregon Experiment Station, has recently written me that during four years' work with the codling moth in that State he has never been able to rear a moth later than Sept. isth. This corresponds almost exactly with our records for northern Colorado, and it means that the larvae of the codling moth began to hibernate in Oregon as early as the first week in August, and almost certainly cuts the number of broods to two, as they occur in Colorado. In Bulletin 21 of the Idaho Experiment Station, 1900, p. lor, Mr. Aid- rich announces three broods and a partial fourth for that State in the vicinity of Boise, but gives no data to support such a conclusion. If records proving this number of broods are in existence, they should be published in full for the benefit of entomological workers and fruit growers. Another published record given to prove three broods in Idaho appears in Bulletin 30, New Series, U. S. Dep. of Agr., Division of Ento- mology, p. 56. The record is by Mr. C. B. Simpson, agent of the divis- ion. An orchard of 140 trees was banded and the bands removed at intervals of a few days and the larvae taken. A complete record of the captures was taken and is given to show the rise and fall in numbers cor- responding to the rise and fall of the different broods. If we take the number given for each date in Mr. Simpson's record and divide it by the June, 'O2J ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 195 number of days the bands were on since being last removed, we shall have a proper set of figures to show the rise and fall of the broods and the results will be as follows : In 1897 the first brood gradually increased in numbers until a maximum of 181 larvae per day was attained in the period closing July i6th ; then there was a rapid falling off to a minimum of 41 per day in the period closing August gth. A gradual increase than began which gave a second maximum of 191 per day in the period closing Sept. ad, and then a decline, at first slow and then rapid, to a minimum of 52 per day in the period closing Oct. igth. As the last period was a long one 15 days it is probable that the larvae had almost ceased to come to the bands on the date of their removal. Figures could hardly have been made to order that would better serve to indicate just two broods of this insect. The maximum of the first brood July i6th, and of the second brood Sept. 2d, compare remarkably well with our records for northern Colorado, and gives 48 days as the average time for the complete round of development. In my paper above referred to I gave 49 days, or seven weeks, as the average time in Colorado. The records given by Mr. Simpson for 1898 are similar, except that the broods are both later, probably on account of a later spring, and the time elapsing between the two maxima is a little greater. Both records are strong proofs of just two broods and yet the writer says " From these records, supplemented by observation, I can say defi- nitely that there are three broods in the vicinity of Boise and the greater part of the Snake River Valley." I can only account for such a state- ment on the supposition that Mr. Simpson had a pre-formed opinion that he must make out, at least, three broods, and he did not have the courage to announce less. Pre-formed opinions are dangerous things when carrying on an experiment. The data given by Mr. Cockerell in Bulletin 25, pp. 48-50, of the N. M. Experiment Station, 1898, indicate that there may be more than two broods of the codling moth in that State, but the evidence is not at all conclusive, particularly when we notice that on Sep. 3rd there were 53 larvae taken, from which only three moths hatched. At Fort Collins we have hatched late moths of the second brood as late as Sept. i6th. Is it not possible, yes probable, that many errors have been made and are being made by entomologists who announce an insect as varying in its number of generations in a locality or in different localities? It is cer- tain that such announcements are repeatedly made in entomological literature without accompanying data to support them. Too often the the time required for the life cycle is estimated in days, and then the duration of the insect's occurrence in the year is estimated in days, and the latter number divided by the former to determine the number of broods. Such an estimate I believe will usually be erroneous if the num- ber of broods is more than one or two. The codling moth requires, on an average, about seven weeks to pass through its transformations. This 196 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [June, 'O2 would enable us to figure fully three and a half broods for Fort Collins, where we know there are but two broods. In working to determine broods there are two factors that should be kept in mind. In the first place, the individuals of a brood do not all appear at one time but are usually distributed over many days, often several weeks. We have had the first brood of the codling moth appear- ing in our cages for over two months. And then the early individuals of the last brood of an insect begin to hibernate or otherwise prepare to go over winter long before the late individuals of the brood. Citing the cod- ling moth again as an instance, the larvae of the early part of the second brood begin to spin up to pass the winter as larvae early in August at Fort Collins but the late members of the brood are in apples till winter. Doings of Societies. A- regular meeting of the Chicago Entomological Society was held in the John Crerar Library April ijih. Seven members were present. President L,ongley in the chair. Mr. Healy gave an interesting talk on edible insects. Among other things he spoke of the Digger Indians eating grasshoppers. He also said he had heard his father tell of the troops in the Mexican war eating ants on their hardtack when food was scarce. Prof. Westcott told of an experiment which C. V. Riley had made on baked grasshoppers. It was suggested that the Society indulge in grasshopper cakes in the coming season. Mr. L,ongley spoke of a Mexican delicacy -the bottle ant. Many other instances of insects being eaten were dis- cussed. A meeting of the American Entomological Society was held April 24th. Dr. Calvert, President, in the chair. Fourteen persons were present. Dr. Skinner exhibited a new variety of Papilio polyxenes Fab. Mr. Laurent said he had had a speci- men of Thyreus abbotti emerge to-day. The pupa was kept outside all winter. He attributed the early emergence to the warm spell. Mr. Wenzel said he and Prof. Smith had recently visited Anglesea, N. J., and had examined the ponds and found multitudes of mosquito larvae. Mr. Wenzel predicted a large crop of the images this summer. Mr. Wenzel also reported the capture of both sexes of Batrisus ione at Angle- June, '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. sea, on April 2oth. Mr. Huntington exhibited some Diptera which had been sent in butterfly papers and had arrived in good condition. Dr. Calvert advocated a separate cyanide jar for collecting Odonata. Otherwise the dragouflies were covered with scales of other insects which had to be removed. Mr. Daecke reported the capture of Tetragoneura f>inosa ? April 2ist, at Laurel Springs, N. J. Also took a pair Xylop- hagus perseqims in coitu. Some Pentatomids were found feed- ing on a larva of Haploa lecontei and eight living larva? of this moth were taken. Mr. J. Chester Bradley was elected a mem- ber. HENRY SKINNER, Secretary. The twenty-fourth regular meeting of the Harris Club was held at 35 Court Street, Boston, on the evening of February n, 1902, President Bolster in the chair. Fourteen persons were present. Dr. L. O. Howard was unanimously elected to honorary membership. Extensive exhibits of butterflies of the genus Colias were made by various members, and Mr. Field gave a talk upon the traits of C. philodice. Mr. Burri- son gave an account of a recent visit to Mr. Thomas Bean, at Laggan. A communication from Mr. George B. King, deal- ing with myrmecophilous insects, was read. W. L,. W. FIELD, Secretary. The twenty-fifth regular meeting of the Harris Club was held at 35 Court Street, Boston, March n, 1902. Vice Presi- dent Low presided. Sixteen members were present. Mr. Newcomb gave a few notes on April captures of LepidopU-rn during the past three years. Mr. Kirkland spoke of the inter- esting captures to be made of early predaceous insects in the webs of the tent-caterpillar, C. americana. Exhibits of early spring Lepidoptera were made by Messrs. Newcomb, Rogers and Hall. Mr. Kirkland presented each of the members attending with a copy of his pamphlet, " The Shade Tree In- sect Problem," containing accounts of the elm leaf beetle, gypsy moth, brown tail moth, etc., and methods of fighting them. A. P. HALL, Secretary pro tun. IQ8 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [June, '02 At the April meeting of the Feldman Collecting Social held at the residence of Mr. H. W. Wenzel, 1523 South i3th Street, Philadelphia, ten persons were present. Prof. Smith exhibited portions of branches of elm showing the work of Anthaxia ridifrons. Associated with it were the burrows of a large unidentified Buprestid, and of N'eoclvtus erythrocephahis ; the borings of the latter are round and quite deep as compared with the others. The borings of a probable Scolytid were also present. Mr. Daecke reported the capture of I'espa Carolina at Lucastown, N. J., on April i4th, and asked concerning its building habits. Discussed by Messrs. Fox, Johnson and Smith. Mr. H. Wenzel reported the capture of Adranes LcContei near Woodbury, N. J., April i3th, and of an interesting Sta- phylinid from a colony of termites. Prof. Smith exhibited pieces of an old railway tie from Anglesea, N. J., by Mr. E. L,. Dickeson with masses of eggs of some large orthopterous insect. They were unknown to the members, but Mr. Johnson and Mr. Seiss reported the finding of similar pods. Mr. H. Wenzel exhibited immaculate forms of Cidndela pundulata, splendida, cumati/is, and sexgnttata fron: VowelPs Mills, La. Mr. Fox spoke on a new genus of bees, Lithurgopsis to replace Lithurgus as a name for the American species which had been referred to that genus. Mr. Johnson exhibited specimens of Phylloscelis pallescens and atra and a mottled form, and spoke of the difference of opinion as to whether this latter form represented a distinct species or was the same as atra. He also showed living larvae of Ste- gomyia fasdata from Cuba, which he had raised from eggs carried to him in a dry state by Mr. John Taylor, of Havana. Prof. Smith stated that the eggs of sEdes Smithii are laid in dry pitcher-plants, and hatch only when these are filled with water. Culex canad^nsis and triseriata hibernate apparently in larval stage. Although Anopheles niactdipennis and Culex pungcns were found in early April of this year in cellars at June, '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 1Q9 Anglesea, N. J., no specimens of Culex sollicitans had been encountered. On April nth larvae of Culex cantans had been found but no sollicitans. WILLIAM J. Fox, The third regular quarterly meeting of the California Ento- mological Club was held on the evening of February 22, 1902, at the residence of Mr. Beverly Letcher, 2701 L/aguna Street, San Francisco. President Fuchs in the chair. A paper by Dr. Edw. C. Van Dyke on " The Faunal Areas in California as seen by a Field Coleopterist " was then read. The Doctor divided the State Faunal Areas into two divi- sions the Boreal and the Sonoran, as indicative of their mode of origin. The Boreal was subdivided into the Maritime and the Sierran ; the Sonoran into Southern California, Great Ba- sin and the Sonoran proper. He named the following species of Coleoptera as most typical of the several faunas : Of the Maritime, among the Carabidae, Pemphus angusticollis with its races ; Brennus crisfafns and its more southern relative retiadatus, Elaphrns pallipcs, I.orieem lo-punctata, Leistus ferrnginosns, Promccognathus hei'isshntts, Bembidiutn crasuin, B. g-foveolatum, B. spectabile, Pterostie/nis crcnicollis, Pt. ainet/iysfim/s, Pt. longicollis, and Pt. rieiin/s several species of Aviara, Platynns, Tachyeellus nigrinns; Hali- plidcc, Brvcliins Jwrnii ; Dj'tiscidae, Dytiscus marginalis; several Silphides ; Byrrhidae, Simplocaria nitida, two species of Pedilo- p/ionts ; L/ucauidae, Ccruchns striatus ; Scarabaeidae, Aplwdiiis ursinus ; Cerambycidae, Opsimns ^.-liiicatiis, Lcptalia niacilcnta, etc.; more southern species which, at one time, belonged to this fauna ; Bcmbidium laficcps, Trcchns barbarce, Ptcrostichus n-ni'ti'i(sii, Pt. Isabella- and Pt. congcstns. Of the Sierran, the genus Owns, Cidndela perwridis, C.gra- minca, most Brennus, Pterostiehus atcr, species of Benibidinni, JVdh'Hits, llarf)alns, Nebria, 2\oti\>p/iilns, Tree/ins c/ia/yl>eus, Pafrobus scptcntrionis, Pleoeoma, lloplia, Dichelonyclia , conifer- ous wood-boring beetles in part, as also many of the Dy tiscidae, Mycetophagidae, Endomychidae and Coccinellidae. Of the Sonoran, i-'.d rotes ren/rieosns, Trioroplius lnL , dron californicnm and Cfanot///is :/ ///t/>iu$ find their southern limit. These are all species most abundant and characteristic in the north. On the latter mountain Piuus torrcvana aiul . \rctottaplivlos glauca find their most northern home, and these species are characteristic of the flora of the southern coast mountains. "In the Sierra Nevada the line reaches the Yosemite or some point north of it, perhaps the Calaveras grove of Sajuoiu. It is in this region that Arbutus i(->/-.i t -*ii ceases to grow, that the Douglas spruce finds its southern home." 202 ENTOMOLOGICAL NFWS. [June, *O2 After discussion by Messrs. L/etcher, Fuchs, Huguenin, Ehrhorn, Cottle and Blaisdell, it was decided by vote that a line of convenience should be drawn across the State as sug- gested by Mr. Ralph Hopping, as follows : Beginning at the Golden Gate, following the Bay of San Francisco to the mouth of the San Joaquin River, thence along the northern boundaries of San Joaquin, Calaveras and Alpine Counties to the Nevada State line. By this act the boundary lines of Northern, Cen- tral and Southern California (Fall's line) are definitely fixed. Notes on Acmceodera mariposa by Ralph Hopping were then read. He stated that " this rare species distributed in collec- tions as follows : i specimen, Mokelumne Hill, Calaveras Co., Blaisdell coll. i San Mateo Co., Van Dyke coll. i Tuolumne Co., Fuchs coll. i Horn coll. i Kaweah, Tulare Co., Daggett coll. 3 Tulare Co., Hopping coll. Mr. Fall seems to think that Ac. dohrnii may possibly not be distinct from mariposa. At present we have the latter from Calaveras to Tulare County, while the former extends from Mariposa County to Los Angeles." Notes on L/epidoptera and two specimens of CycJinis were received from the Grattum Naturalists' Club, El Dorado County. An anonymous and humorous communication was received from the U. S. Agric. Dept. A vote of thanks was extended to Miss Eastwood for her interesting talk. Mr. Edw. Ehrhorn exhibited an interesting collection of scale insects, explaining their beneficial and injurious proper- ties, also their distribution by a map, stating that they follow their food plants, and that in 1875 there were only 570 species known, while at the present time over 1500 species are de. Scribed. Six members and two visitors were present. One new mem- ber elected. Adjournment. F. E. BLAISDELL, Secretary. ENT. NEWS, VOL. XIII. PI. X. HOMER FRANKLIN BASSETT. ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SECTION ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES, PHILADELPHIA. VOL. XIII. SEPTEMBER, 1902. No. 7. CONTENTS: Obituary H. F. Bassett 203 Kowditch Notes on Casey's Revision of the American Cocci n ell id ae 205 Smith, E.J. Lantern Trapping 207 McClendon The Larvae of Myrmeleon texanus Banks and M. rusticus Hagen 209 Skinner A New Hesperid 213 Editorial 215 Entomological Literature 216 Notes and News 222 Economic Entomology 223 Doings of Societies 230 OBITUARY. Homer Franklin Bassett died at his home 120 Cooke Street, Waterbury, Conn., 4.20 A.M., June 28th. He was afflicted with disease of the heart and kidneys. ' Mr. Bassett was the eldest sou of Ezra and Keziah Bas- sett ; he was born in Florida, Mass., September 2, 1826. At an early age his parents removed to the Middle West, and he studied at Berea (Ohio) University and at Oberlin College. From 1837 to 1850 he resided at Rockport, Ohio, and from 1850 to 1858 spent his winters teaching in Ohio and Connecti- cut, returning for the summer months to his farm at Rockport. He taught during the winters of 1851, '52, '53 in \Volcott ; in '56 and '57 at Berea, and in '58 and '59 in Waterbury. It \va-. thus that he first became identified with Waterbury and its interests. He spent part of the year 1858 in Kansas, but in the spring of 1859 he opened a private school' in Waterbury with quarters on the second floor of the building. He was obliged to discontinue this school eight years after its start, however, because of ill health. "In 1871 he started an insurance agency in connection with 204 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Sept., 'o2 a real estate business. In 1872 he was appointed librarian of the Bronson Library, which place he held until his resignation because of age and ill health on March i, 1901. During this long term of service Mr. Bassett became well known to a large part of Waterbury's population. He was happy among the books which he knew and loved. His storehouse of informa- tion, acquired with much study and thought, w r as always at the disposal of those who sought his aid, and although he sometimes seemed stern and unapproachable he was at heart kindly and sympathetic. As a result of his love for natural history the library is the richer by many rare and valuable sci- entific works brought to the shelves during his administration. 'The Brouson Library has hundreds of standard works on natural history that a less practical librarian would not have thought essential in a manufacturing city. It has three valu- able collections: a botanical collection of about 1,500 speci- mens collected, classified and donated by him ; a geological collection of several thousand specimens ; the Anderson collec- tions of Indian relics. While he did not pay for the last two, his interest and enthusiasm induced others to. "He has done even more ; he has in his own quiet, earnest way succeeded in making hundreds of men and women believe that their eyes were made to see, that nature was an open book, that they must, to enjoy the full measure of life, be students of nature. "He believed that there were Tongues in trees, Books in the running brooks, Sermons in stones and good in every ////;/<,>, "Mr. Bassett was a rarely developed man. He was a born teacher. He possessed that rare faculty of imparting knowl- edge to others and of unconsciously teaching men to teach themselves to be studious, to be thoughtful. He was keen and vigorous of intellect. He was tender and true of heart. His counsel, his knowledge, his advice will long be missed in this community." He acquired an enviable position in American entomology through his studies of galls and gall flies, and \va as pioneer in Sept., '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 205 this branch of the subject. His writings form most valuable contributions, and he described many species new to science. A short time ago his superb collection of Cynipida.-, including the types, was presented to the American Entomological Society of which he was a corresponding member. This col- lection is to be kept intact under the name of the Bassett col- lection. His loss will be keenly felt in the entomological world. He leaves a widow and two daughters. Notes on Casey's Revision of the American Coccinelltdae. BY F. C. BOWDITCH. Mr. Casey's change of our well-known ^feg^^a macnlata D. G. \afuscilabris Muls. seems to be doubtful even on his own show- ing, as he speaks of them ' ' as in all probability distinct. ' ' Such changes should only be made on a certainty. Meg ilia stn-nua from Brownsville, Tex. --maculata D. G.; beyond any reason- able question, his J7. wfdialis is probably also a synonym (see also Biolog. VII, p. 151 ). In Hippodaniia my specimens, which agree with his descriptions of puncticollis and dispar and come from the same localities, I call ^-signata Kby. ; several of his other species I fail to identify with certainty, but they seem to be mere variations of established forms. l-'.riopsis conncxia Germ., he states should be stricken from our lists as not occurring in the United States, though Crotch says it does. I have a specimen from Texas. Cocci ncl In h>if)>r*sa Casey and alittacea Casey = = ^-notata Kby. , or transrt > so^ntta Fab., whichever of these latter names stands. I tail to separate /V//>/V.w Muls., Juliana Muls. and / /tgi'nii Muls. from our well-known trifasciata I v inn.; a form of which I have three examples from Colorado and one from Kansas is at present labelled a variety of the last, it lias the black part of the thorax continued to the front margin. It is possible this form may tend to di/iicHis Cr. ; C. di^i >/< r Casey - q-iiotata. I think the validity of C. ticradica Casey is very dubious, as I have a men which shows traces of the spots of g-notutit . C '\cloiifda iniiiiacii/alii Fabr. , I'lthripi-nnh Casey, 2O6 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Sept., *O2 Casey, munda Say and polita Casey. I have many specimens including ones from the exact localities these forms are said to come from, and I confess to a total inability to separate them from sanguinea Say (see Biolog. VII, p. 170-71). Cleis w/;w and hudsonica Case} 7 are varieties of C. picta Rand. I find it impossible to separate my series of Analis i^-pnnctata Oliv. and mali Say ; the latter is undoubtedly a synonym. Ncomysia interrupta Casey seems the same as Iwrni Cr. my specimens indicate that raudalli Case} 7 is a variety of pullata Say. I am unable to trace the differences of his new species ot Psyllobora. In E.voc/iomns, p. 109, speaking of the forms cliildrcni to crfhiops, it is said they may be regarded as derivatives of the marginipennis type but specifically distinct. I have the three forms childreni, latiusculus andfasriatus ; then I have an example from Yuma, California, which has the elytra of childreni sanA. the thorax of fasriatns, except that in one the anterior black elytral markings are connected with the posterior, bringing up against specimens of marginipennis from St. Louis and Florida. Chilocorus biinilncrns Muls. is said to occur as far west as Iowa, and there are three new California species. I have examples from California, Oregon and Colorado, which I cannot call anything but bivulnerus, and the specimens which I have marked off as the new species seem to be rather shadowy. Cacti Linn, is spoken of as from Honduras, but Texan specimens seem plenty. Gorham in Biolog. VII, p. 175, gives California and Texas as localities. Axion pilatci Muls. is noted as probably distinct from pla^ i- alion Lee. because of its red abdomen. I have an example of pilatei from Texas which has a red abdomen with a central black cloud. C. $-pustulatuni D. G. I have from Missouri, Texas, Wisconsin, New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Rrachyacantha illustris Casey -- alb ifron s Say ; decora Casey - crythrocephala Muls. I have a pair of this species from Orizaba, Mexico, in cop., which has the "confluent pale spots" entirely separate in the ih Casey ; icickhami Casey -- caitnil/s Muls. ; t^lolndu Casey extends into Mexico (Vera Cruz) ; 6-rcrnicn(//ts is a wilderness, though I have the benefit of all Mr. Wickham's material, most of which was worked over by Dr. Horn ; I am lost in Mr. Casey's windings bnini/cscci/s Casey was apparently thought by Horn to be a variety of tcr- minatus Say, subtropicus Case}' = collaris Mels., Tcxanus Casey -fratcrnns Lee., rcnoicus Casey and calairras Casey : = tactts- fris Lee. * Lantern Trapping. BY E. J. SMITH, Natick, Mass. For the past two seasons I have been using a moth trap, and had such good luck with it that I would like to tell your readers about it. The trap I used was designed by Mr. A. P. Morse of Wellesley College, who kindly lent it to me. It consists of a box of wood having glass on each of its four sides, and a cover with arrangement for outlet of heat and smoke similar to ordinary old style street lanterns. At the bottom are holes for ingress of air. The box is large enough to contain an ordinary kerosene lain]) with chimney, and is supported over a wooden box about is inches square, which in turn contains a zinc pan about 2 inches deep, and as large as will go in the box. At the base of each pane of glass is a slot the whole width of the glass and about one inch wide which opens directly into the pan below. The pan is filled about half full of water, and then about a pint of kerosene is poured on top. The moth strikes the glass and falls through the slot and is killed by the oil. I have taken hundreds of moths in a single night, and for many weeks in succession. I let it burn until it goes out, putting enough oil in the lamp to last until towards 208 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Sept., '02 morning. In the morning I take a good sized pasteboard box, in the bottom of which is about a dozen thicknesses of old newspaper, and with a slender pair of forceps I pick the moths out by the legs and lay them on the paper. I let them lie there about two hours to get rid of most of the oil and water, then I put them in a large shallow pan of gasoline and cover with a pane of glass and leave for some hours, frequently over night. Then pick them out and lay on blotting paper and the gasoline soon evaporates, leaving the moths as clean and bright as though never wet. The greatest drawback to this method is the " dor bugs" (Lachnosterna) , which in May and June will swarm into the pan and, of course, damage some of the moths. But in spite of that I have taken many very fine specimens for my cabinet that I never should have seen otherwise. I have used the trap in my orchard about a dozen rods from my door and have taken about 500 different species and varieties. Among them are three species of Deltoids which are, so far as I can learn, not heretofore recorded from this State. They are Hor- inisa orciferalis, H. litophora and ZandognatJia pedipilalis. I also took H. bivittata and Salia interpunctata. Besides the above I took Paonias astylus, Hydmccia speciosissima , H. iinpc- cuniosa, Hyparpax aurora and Pcrophoni melsheimerii, besides others too numerous to mention. In using the trap care must be taken to add more oil every night, and in the hottest weather the water should be changed twice a week. If in very hot weather a tendency to sliminess appears, it can be prevented by the addition of a spoonful or two of saturated solution of alum in water to the contents of the pan. If too much is added it will form a precipitate, which, however, does no harm. It keeps the water clear much longer than it would otherwise be, but if too strong will corrode the zinc somewhat. And now a word about the economic side of the question. A firm is advertising a cheap form of trap among farmers and in seed catalogues, and claiming that by using their trap that all insects which are injurious to garden products will be attracted and destroyed, and that it is moiv effectual and much cheaper than spraying. I think my experience has Sept., '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 209 fully proved that trapping is worse than useless. I had t\v<> traps in my orchard all last season, from March to Novem- ber, and one the previous season, and last season my apples were so wormy and knotty that I got absolutely no good fruit, while men half a mile away who sprayed got a good crop of fair, fine marketable apples. Great stress is laid on the cap- ture of "coddling" moths in the circulars, meaning, I suppose, ( \^ pomonella. Although I carefully examined all that I caught, I have a record of only one specimen of that species in the two seasons! Of course, it gets a good many "dor bugs," but I think they are largely males, and at any rate there were more last season than the previous one. It catches also many ant lions, Carabidae, ichneumons, and species which do not eat anything that is of any use to tanners, and I really think that the destruction of beneficial insects more than bal- ances any good that may be done. But ' the fool and his money are soon parted," and farmers are always an easy prey for bunko men and land sharks, so I suppose that many tni] ^ will be sold, and many orchards unsprayed in consequence. I find that the great majority of specimens caught are males, and, of course, as they don't lay eggs, their capture is of no value to the farmer. Of several very common things I have never taken a 9 , though I have carefully examined all, hoping to get specimens for my collection. The Larvae of Myrmeleon texanus Banks and M. rusticus Hagen. (See Plate XI.) J. F. McCLENDON. (Contributions from the Zoological Laboratory of the University of Texas, No. 33 ) In addition to the technical description of the larvae of J/iv- Diclcon tc.\a>ins Banks, and M. ntslicns Hagen, the following paper includes a few paragraphs on the homologies between the external anatomy of the larva and imago. This subject has received some attention from Hagen, Redtenbacher and other entomologists, but their work was of a general nature. In the present paper I have carefully compared the larva with 210 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Sept., 'O2 the imago, and with the larvae and imagines of Corydalis cor- unta and some other Neuroptera. The two myrmeleon larvae differ but slightly in form, so that the following description will apply to both. The epicranial suture is obsolete, so the two genae are fused above (Fig. 2, g} but the forked portion remains, and sep- arates the front (Fig. 2,f) from the geuae. The suture be- tween the front and the clypeus (Fig. 2, r) is obsolete. The middle portion of the clypeus is produced downward in front and meets the palpiger of the labium. The labrum and ligula (Fig. 2, /) are small and infolded into the mouth, the two adhering together and closing the oral orifice in front. The eye is represented by a conical peduncle (Fig. 4, o) bearing six simple eyes. The antenna (Fig. 4, a) arises from the gena, close to the postero-lateral edge of the clypeus. The mandible (Fig. 3, w) articulates with the clypeus above and apparently with the gena below ; it is grooved beneath, and the maxilla (Fig. 3, ;;/), which is devoid of a lacinia, galea or palpus, fits in the groove, the two forming a duct leading to the pharynx. The remainder of the head is more difficult of analysis. Between the head proper and the prothorax there are two segments (Fig. 2, pg and ). The posterior represents the neck of the imago, the ventral portion being the gula, or a part of it. The dorsal portion of the anterior represents the occiput ; and the lateral portions the postgenae, or rather a part of them, for the postgenae of the imago extend forward and articulate with the mandibles. The ventral portion of this segment probably represents part of the gula. The gence are separated below by a narrow strip of thinner chitin, which pro- bably represents the submentum (Fig. 2, sm}. The mentum is probably represented by a triangular piece (Fig. 2, ;;/.) par- tially fused with the palpiger. The palpiger (Fig. 2,/>) bears, on each side, a lobe (Fig. 2, r, .r) formed of two triangular pieces. The palpus consists of a large flat basal joint (Fig. 2, />*) and three small joints. The ligula is infolded into the mouth as stated above. The pronotum is divided transversely into two pieces ( Fig. 2, pn, fin 1 '), but these apparently do not represent the scutum ENX. NEWS, VOL. XIII. PI. XI. FIG 4. LARV>4E OF MYRMELEON TEXANUS BANKS AND M. RUSTICUS HAGEN. Sept., '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 211 and scutellum. Between the pro- and mesothorax is an inter- segmental piece Fig. 2, z) which bears the mesothoracic stig- mata (Fig. 2, s/}. The metathoracic stigmata are closed. The mesonotum and metanotum are each divided into a prescutum, scutum, scutellum and post-scutellum (Fig. 2, ps, s, s/, psl). Each scutum is represented by two widely separated oval pieces. The thoracic pleurites are so modified as to bear Iktle resem- blance to those of the imago. Each leg ( Fig. 4, C ) consists of a coxa, trochanter, femur, tibia and tarsus. The coxa has not a meron, this being represented by the elevated portion of the thorax to which the coxa is attached. A comparison of the larva and imago of Corydalis shows how the meron has been separated from the thorax and united to the coxa. The abdo- men consists of nine segments, the ninth representing the fusion of the ninth, tenth and eleventh of the insect embryo. The first pair of abdominal stigmata are above (Fig. 2, 5/ 1 ), the remaining seven pairs are on the midlateral line. The anus, which functions as an opening for the extrusion of the spinneret when the cocoon is woven, is minute, and lies on the upper side of the last segment near the posterior border. Myrmeleon texanus, Banks. Larva Length including mandibles, 12 mm. (my specimens are not apparently full grown). Head somewhat rectangular, suddenly narrowed behind, emarginated in front, thicker behind than in front. Ocular ped- uncles (Fig. 4, o) short, conoid, each with six eyes, three of which are in a row on the end of the peduncle, two more in line behind the middle one of the first three, and the sixth near the outer margin. The antenna (Fig. 4, 'a) reaches the first mandibnlar tooth, and consists of a variable number of segments, from twelve to fourteen, first segment large, thn < and one half times as long as broad, second more slender bul of about the same length ; remainder of antenna tapering toward the tip and com- posed of short segments; terminal segment as long as preceding two, ending in a small hair. Mandible (Fig. 3, in] stout, distal tooth longest, proximal shortest. First joint of palpus (Fig. 4, A) a little longer than broad and about twice as long as the three remaining joints together ; sec- ond joint slender ; third about half as long as second ; fourth nearly as long as second and third together, pointed at tip, swollen on anterior side. The abdomen varies in size and shape according to condition of the larva. Eighth abdominal segment with a pair of short horn-shaped projections on posterior border below (Fig. 6, .r). The whole body clothed \\itli stiff hairs. Hair mi lateral and anterior margins of head very long ; sub- 212 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Sept., 'O2 mentum (Fig. 2, B, snt) devoid of hair. Hairs on lateral margins of man- dibles quite long and stiff ; one spine in front of distal mandibular tooth, from two to four spines in each space between consecutive teeth, most often three, least often four. A villosity on each anterior lateral margin of the mesothorax above, inward from which is a smaller one. A villosity on each posterior lateral corner of metathorax above. A row of villosities on each side of the ventral surface of the abdomen, parallel with the margin. Two parallel rows of villosities (or rather tufts of bristles) on each side of abdomen. There is a transverse row of spines on upper sur- face of last abdominal segment ; on the ventral surface a row of spines near the free border each side, the anterior spine longest, each succeed- ing one shorter ; another row of three spines each side, parallel to the preceeding ; a pair of smaller spines near the anterior border ; a row of six stout cylindrical spines on posterior border, preceded by a row of four similar spines. The larva is yellow with brown spots and markings; all hairs are black. Five spots on dorsal surface of head ; one larger spot on anterior border, behind which is a pair of triangular ones, suc- ceeded by a pair of elongate spots reaching from the middle of the head to the posterior border, nearly touching behind, and diverging in front. Two pairs of large spots on ventral surface of head, set far apart ; anterior pair narrow, diverging in front ; posterior pair larger, nearly circular. Two elongate spots on each side of head, one near the middle, one near posterior border. Ocular peduncles and eyes black. Antenna yellow, shaded into fuscous toward tip. Curved portion of mandible and tips of teeth ferruginous. Terminal segment of palpus brown. The thorax has on upper surface a mid-dorsal broken stripe and two longitudinal rows of spots which diverge behind ; thorax is spotted below. The metathorax has a black spot near each anterior lateral border above. The metathorax, coxae and femurs are sometimes striped longitudinally ; all the ungues are fuscous. The abdomen has a mid-dorsal broken stripe, on each side of which are two longitudinal rows of spots curving inwards behind, the inner one of smaller spots ; first and second segments each having a black spot near each lateral border above ; a mid-ventral row of minute spots, on each side of which are two rows of spots curving inwards behind. Six specimens from Galveston, Texas, June, 1900. Myrmeleon rusticus Hagen. Larva. Length, including mandibles, 14 mm. Similar to the pre- ceeding (I will describe this larva by comparing it with the preceding). Head slightly variable in shape, generally narrower behind. Antenna of thirteen to fifteen segments. From two to three spines between each two consecutive madibular teeth, more often two. Markings variable in si/e and shape in individuals of the same locality and to a greater extent in in- dividuals of different localities. Specimens from I. art-do, Texas, an- not very different from J\L texanus in marking, while the markings on speci- mens from Austin, Texas, are larger and darker, being fuscous or black. Sept., '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 213 Anterior pair of spots on lower surface of head nearly touch on the median line ; posterior pair are elongate, wider apart and diverge behind. There are several additional spots on upper side of thorax. There are many additional minute spots on abdomen. In darker specimens the two rows of spots each side of mid-dorsal stripe have united to form a broken stripe. Habitat. Texas, New Mexico. A New Hesperid. BY HENRY SKINNER. Pamphila vierecki n. sp. Male. Expands 43 mm. Primaries. Upper side. Light grayish brown in color. There are three small sub-apical spots on the costa ; an hour-glass shaped spot at the end of the discal cell. This spot may be nearly or quite divided into two by a central constriction. There is a small spot at the origin of the upper median interspace and a larger sub- rectangular spot in the second median interspace. These two in conjunc- tion with the spot in the cell make a triangle. In all but one specimen there is an additional spot above the last median nervure. Secondaries. The color immaculate. Fringes cinereous. The spots of the primaries are white and translucent. Underside. Primaries : Lighter in color with the spots repeated excepting the one near the interior margin. Secondaries : Light gray with a brown line near center of the wing, 5 mm. in length and parallel with marginal curve of the wing. Female. Expanse 46 mm. Marked like the male but with the spots larger. Described from 6 2 species in question may be separated at a glance by the differ- 214 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Sept., 'O2 ence in color alone. Dcva is the larger and more robust species of the two. Mr. W. H. Edwards has evidently described vicrccki in mistake for dcra, in Papilio ii, 138, 1882. I have a very large series of dcva in my own collection and one female of vierecki, which I have had without a name for many years. The type of dcva came from Prescott, Arizona, and most of the specimens I have are from Mt. Graham, Arizona. Godman and Salvin, in the Biologia Centrali Americana, Rhop. ii, 492, 1900, erect the genus Atrytonopsis for dcva. What they figure as A. python 9 is pittacus 9 . They suggest the possibility of this error. DR. M. E. HOAG, of Maxwell, Iowa, contemplates making a change in his business affairs, and will be unable to negotiate any new exchanges for the present. Part of his time will probably be spent abroad. Corres- pondents will please take notice. " LAST summer I was coming across the meadows this side of Atlantic City N. J. , on my wheel, when my attention was attracted by the sound of a cow bell. It had such a strange, unusual sound that 1 dismounted to investigate, and soon encountered a huge mosquito. She had eaten the cow and was ringing the bell to attract the calf, that she might devour that also." Referred to the State Entomologist to establish the truth of this. A MT. AIRY girl sat on the porch steps and watched the fireflies Hitting about through the trees. " I wonder if it is true that they get into hay- mows of barns and set fire to them," she remarked. The other people on the porch laughed with scorn. "Well, I read about it in the paper," said the girl, waxing indignant. " Only yesterday there was a piece that was headed : 'Work ot Firebugs,' and then went on to tell how a barn had been set on fire and was totally destroyed." And after this explan- ation she still continued to wonder why the other people laughed. Animal Activities. A First Book in Zoology. By Nathaniel S. French, Ph. D. Longmans, Green & Co. , 91 Fifth Avenue, New York. This is a work of 262 pages and 205 illustrations. Directions are given for col- lecting and preserving the material needed for study. An excellent feature is a vocabulary of the terms used at the end of each chapter. The system of questions is also a very valuable means of imparting infor- mation when the student is expected to answer them from an examination of the actual specimens. Insects receive considerable attention from the standpoint of anatomy and physiology. We think the work will prove useful as an elementary guide and we can recommend it. H. S. ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [The Conductors of ENTOMOLOGICAL NKVVS solicit and will thankfully receive items of news likely to interest its readers from any source. The author's name will be given in each case, for the information of cataloguers and bibliographers.] To Contributors. All contributions will be considered and passed upon at our earliest convenience, and, as far as may be, will be published according to date of recep- tion. ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS has reached a circulation, both in numbers and circumfer- ence, as to make it necessary to put " copy " into the hands of the printer, for each num- ber, three weeks before date of issue. This should be remembered in sending special or important matter for a certain issue. Twenty-five "extras," without change in form, will be given free, when they are wanted ; and this should be so stated on the MS., along with the number desired. The receipt of all papers will be acknowledged. ED. PHILADELPHIA, PA., SEPTEMBER, 1902. Not infrequently we have sent to us copy for plates that is not suitable because some authors do not know anything about the methods of reproduction of plate copy. Copy for "line engraving' 1 should be drawn in lines, and all figures, etc., should be distinct and done in ink. Never have on one plate drawings for " half-tone " and "line work" as it is impossible to reproduce both by one process. Never send a series of small cuts to be reproduced in reductions of different sizes, as they must be blocked separately, which adds enormously to the expense. If you make separate sketches on small cards, have in view the possibility of aggregating them on a single card so that one plate ma}- be made with a line-form reduction. Always remember that everything shows in a "half-tone," unless the figures are "outlined" (routed). In some cases outlining is impossible. It is always best to have the draw- ings larger than they are to appear in the finished plate. The NKWS has always endeavored to have the best illus- trations possible. To keep up our record it is necessary to have the proper kind of copy. Otherwise it is like a good collector finding in the field a flown or aborted specimen you can't remedy the trouble. 215 2l6 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [Sept., '02 Entomological Literature. COMPILED BY H. L. VIERECK AND J. A. G. REHN. I'nJer the above head it is intended to note papers received at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia pertaining to the Entomology of the Americas (North and South). Articles irrelevant to American entomology, unless monographs, will not be noted. Contributions to the anatomy, physiology and embr