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Edward Bruce Williamson, diligent and thoughtful as col- lector, student and author in advancing our knowledge of the Odonata, died at Ann Arbor, Michigan, on February 28, 1933, as announced in the NEWS for March of that year. He was a frequent and welcome contributor to our pages during a period of thirty-four years ; of his 103 papers and notes on insects, 57 were published here. Prof. Frederick M. Gaige. Di- rector of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan, writes that the NEWS was the journal Williamson most en- joyed. It is, therefore, appropriate that a somewhat extended biographical notice should appear in our columns. That which follows avoids, as far as possible, repetition of the accounts of his life which Prof. Gaige and Prof. J. J. Davis have respec- tively published in the Annual Report of the Director of that Museum for 1932-33 and in the Proceedings of the Indiana Academy of Science, volume 43, each accompanied by the same portrait but different from that in our present number. His father, Lent A. Williamson, was born in Fairficld County, Ohio, December 8, 1845. His mother, Dorothea Kel- lerman, a native of an adjoining county (Pickaway). of the same state, was born at Ashville, January 24, 1849. The parents went to Indiana and at Marion, in Grant County, their first child, Edward Bruce Williamson, was born July 10, 1S77. In 1879, the family moved to Bluffton, thirty miles to the north- east, and here their life was centered for fifty years. The father engaged in the hardware business with his brother, George T. Williamson, and later hcraine pre>idrnt of the WelN County Bank in that town until his death, on December 1 2 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Jan., '35 1914, in California.* Of him, Bruce wrote, January 2, 1915: "We both loved collecting [dragonflies] and he took a sincere interest in my work." A maternal uncle, William Ashbrook Kellerman (1850-1908), was Professor of Botany at the Ohio State University, at Columbus, from 1891 to 1908. Bruce's mother died at Bluffton, October 8, 1928. Bruce attendee! the Bluffton Public Grade and High Schools and in 1894 entered the Ohio State University. In a supple- mentary certificate, applying for a position as Assistant Biol- ogist, which he filled out in November, 1900, under United States Civil Service Commission rules, he wrote of himself : "I was a student at Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, for four years, receiving the degree of Bachelor of Science, June 16, 1898. For graduation usual college courses in zool- ogy, botany, geology, mineralogy, chemistry, physics and astronomy, as well as courses in English, political economy, logic and one modern language were required. Four years of Latin was one of the requirements for entrance to this course. In my senior year I took beginning Greek. As elective work I took advanced courses in invertebrate palaeontology, petro- graphy, systematic botany (grasses and sedges), food analysis in chemistry, human histology, vertebrate anatomy, inverte- brate anatomy, vertebrate embryology and vertebrate neurology. All of these were laboratory courses, running through the col- lege year, and six or ten hours per week were given to each subject. During my college course I was at different times secretary of the Biological Club and president of the Wheaton Ornithological Club. My thesis, with Mr. [later Professor] R. C. Osburn, was a descriptive list of the fishes of Franklin County, Ohio, together with secondary lists of the Astacidae, Amphibia and Reptilia." Prof. David Simons Kellicott (1842-1898), was Professor of Zoology and Entomology at Columbus from 1888 to 1898 and, at the time of his death, shortly before Williamson's grad- uation there, general secretary of the American Association for * An extended obituary notice of Lent A. Williamson is in The Eve- ning News, of Bluffton, for December 26, 1914. Other issues of the same newspaper contain accounts ofi E. B. Williamson's expedition to Barbadoes, Guiana and Trinidad (March 21, 1912), Panama and Colom- bia (March 15, 1917) and Venezuela (May 15, 1920), with many per- sonal details. i, '35] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 3 the Advancement of Science. His field studies on the Odonata of Ohio, published in the Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History (1895-1897) and by the Ohio Academy of Science in 1899, doubtless contributed to Williamson's interest in these insects if they did not originate it. In September, 1898, Williamson wrote to me : "For the past three summers I have been collecting' dragonflies whenever time permitted, about my home in northern Indiana. Sixty-one or sixty-two species have been taken." This fixes the beginning of his odonatologi- cal activity as not later than 1896. The year of his graduation from Ohio State, 1898, was also the year of his first appearance as an author, as may be seen from the bibliography accompanying Prof. Gaige's biography. Alone, or in association with R. C. Osburn. he published on fishes, crayfish, birds and dragonflies. About the end of July, or the beginning of August, 1898, he entered the Carnegie Museum, at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, as assistant curator of insects. Returning to Philadelphia on August 29, 1898, from a brief collecting trip into New Jersey, bringing with me specimens recognized as an undescribed species of Ischnuni, I found Wil- liamson's first entomological paper awaiting me three pages on "September Dragonflies of Round and Shriner Lakes Whit- ley County, Indiana," from the Report of the State Geologist of Indiana for 1897. It contained a footnote by Prof. Kelli- cott briefly describing a single female referred to "Enallagma sp (?)". The description seemed to correspond to some of my Isclinuntc from Xew Jersey. I wrote t<> Williamson about it. in the first week in September. He replied on September 9. 1898. The rest of the story may be found in the XKWS for November, 1898. So began a correspondence, for me the moM extensive car- ried on with any one person and only terminated when mv reply of February 20, 1933, to his of February n arrived loo late to find him conscious. There are 527 of Ins letters lyini: before me, 57 of them six or more pages in length, chietly con- cerned with the Odonata, but here and there touching on other 4 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Jan., '35 phases of his very active life. To no one in this field of en- tomology do I owe more than, or as much as, to these letters of Williamson. Both of us had a great interest in the tropical American Odonate fauna and each turned to the other for ad- vice, suggestions and sympathy. We met but once, when I stayed at his home in Bluffton from December 28 to 30, 1912. We were thus compelled to rely upon letters and publications for the comparison of our ideas. Looking backward, one can appreciate the amount of time which our mutual correspond- ence alone involved, and must realize that the survivor feels a very great loss in his world. Williamson was younger than I and in the natural course of events he might have been ex- pected to perform this present office for me, rather than that I should be commemorating his deeds after his passing. From July 16 to August 15, 1899, Williamson was one of a party led by Dr. W. J. Holland, Director of the Carnegie Museum, which collected chiefly vertebrates in Wyoming. In a letter written the day after his return to Pittsburgh he says : "I have been thinking a great deal about going to the Ufniver- sity] of Pennsylvania] to take a course in medicine," and again on September 29 : "I was arranging my affairs to spend this winter at Philadelphia in the medical department of the U. of P., but after my resignation at the Museum I was offered the position of teacher of science in the high school here [Salem, Ohio] , so I have taken the position for the year. Next year I hope to be able to enter the U. of P. and complete the medical course in three years." On January 24, 1900, he wrote: "In spite of plans and wishes, which have never availed anything, I guess, it will be impossible for me to take a course in medi- cine at U. of P. I am rapidly losing my hearing, due to a catarrhal affection of the middle ear." . . . "about my hearing I am afraid nothing can be done. The trouble is I think con- genital and it has been aggravated by exposure." In the first days of July, 1900, he had a week's collecting at Ohio Pyle, on the Youghiogheny River, in Fayette County, Pennsylvania "and caught enough Caloptcry.v angustipennis to supply the world have 132 good specimens besides some dam- aged ones," No other male of this species was then known to xlvi, '35J ENTOMOLOGICAL \EVVS 5 exist than that in the British Museum, sent by John Abbot, from Georgia, a century previously. Doubtless the world of his correspondents received them, for he was always most gen- erous in sharing his material with others. His letters of ibis year refer to much correspondence with the late James S. Hine at Columbus, and with Charles C. Adams. His first mention of C. H. Kennedy, now Professor at Columbus, is in connec- tion with a trip to Winona Lake, Indiana, in July, 1900, ami about the same time he appears to have begun correspondence with Prof. James G. Needham. In the summer of 1901 he was at the Winona Lake Labor- atory of Indiana University and again at Salem, Ohio, in the Fall until the Christmas holidays. Many of his letters of 1902 are on paper bearing the printed letter heads of the Wells County Bank at Bluffton, with his father's name as President, and he probably began to work there in January of this year, but his name does not appear in the list of officers thereof until a letter of March, 1903, when he is given as Assistant Cashier. On April 16, 1902, he married Miss Anna Tribolet. Slu- and three adopted daughters survive him. On October 19, 1904, he wrote: "I suppose there would be no chance at Mfuseum] C[om- parativej Z [oology] for a permanent curatorship? I am pretty well situated now as far as leisure time goes but I am al\va\> on the lookout for anything which will give me greater oppnr tunity to work on dragonflies." In his letter of September 20, 1904 (15 pages) he discussed questions of nomenclature at length, concluding: "I am in favor of giving a binomial name (and a binomial only) to every form which can be defined to cover a consider- able number of individuals, which individuals or similar ones it is to be expected other students may in time collect and study." This position he maintained to the end of his life. On December 31, 1904, Mrs. Williamson, he and four others. left Buffton on a collecting trip to Guatemala for Odonata and returned March 8, 1905. He published an Itinerary of this 6 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Jan., '35 expedition in the NEWS for November, 1905. Two days after his return, he wrote : "I think my dragonflies will enable you to formulate some such law as this : The species occurring at any locality during the dry season are those species of widest distribution. Or, in other words, local species are to be found at the height of the season. . . . From February 10 to 24, inclusive, I was practically shelved as a result of an attack of tropical fever contracted at San Jose on the Pacific." He made a second expedition to Guatemala in May and June, 1909,* and it is probably to this trip that a passage in a letter of July 13, 1910, refers: "I never made any pretensions at care of my health in Guate- mala after the first few days down there. I was especially careless about food and drink and I never found the native cooking palatable." On his return from Guatemala in 1905 he was offered the cashiership of the bank at Bluffton. "To refuse it seems to me to invite business ruin and loss of associates' respect. To accept means still less energy and time for Odonata, but possibly opportunities for greater leisure in future years. I have worked at business and at dragonflies, hoping someday to be in a position to have independent income sufficient to enable me to take some position in a museum at a small salary but with large leisure for pure science work along lines I might select." (March 10, 1905.) He accepted and the aim thus set was actually realized, al- though banking failed to afford him the means which, in 1905, he was justified in expecting. His letter of May 15, 1906, says: "Recently put the bird egg collection belonging to brother and myself in City Library. City furnished a light and dust proof case which makes the eggs accessible, however, even to little tots. We found we had 93 species and about 1200 eggs, nearly all local. Of red-shouldered hawks, 13 sets, 33 eggs, all collected by myself hawks are rare with us." * Collecting records of this expedition are cited in Ris's Libellulinen, Cat. Coll. Zool. Selys, and in Williamson's own papers, Occas. Papers No. 130 and Misc. Publ. No. 9, both of the Univ. Mich., Mus. Zool., 1923. xlvi, '35] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 7 His interest in birds' eggs, both before and after this gift is evidenced by some passages in his letters : ; 'The evening before my marriage I climbed 70 feet in one of the biggest oaks in an hundred acre woods for a set of o of red-shouldered hawks eggs and two days after my marria-/ I took another set of 2 of the same species." ( April 28. 1 'XL', i "An M.D. diagnosed my liver trouble as pleurisy. He- said calomel was alright if I had been doctoring the right organ. I le prescribed salicylate of soda and quiet. T took the medicine alright (90 grains a day for a week) and climbed 80 feet up a big sycamore for a hawk's nest, since which my recovery has been rapid and complete." (April 28, 1908.) In April, 1916, he had a corneal ulcer of which he wrote: "I carried my eye in a sling 10 days though and had to climb for a set of great horned owls with the eye bandaged and with a strip of ice and snow a foot wide up the tree from the ground to above the nest which was 55 feet high." Another interest had developed : "I have a nice lot of iris blooming in my garden and I ha\i- been spending some time since my return cross-pollinating. If weevils don't destroy all the seed, I ought to have a pretty thor- ough mix-up. Next to orchids which are undoubtedly the fin- est flowers, fad or no fad, I prefer Iris." (June 11, 1907.) In 1910 he hoped that the American Museum of Natural History could be interested in purchasing the Rene Martin Col- lection of Odonata. "If I could get in such an institution with Martin's Collec- tion and my own as a foundation to build on and work with. I might eventually evolve to a point where I could be of some real assistance in this dragonfly work. I am 33 vears old ( las; Sunday, when I worked 21 hours) and I come of long-lived stock. In the next 30 years I could do lots of work if I had a chance." He raised the question as to the American Museum again in a letter of July 11. 1914. In December 1910 he wrote that he had ordered a motor- cycle "and next summer I'm going after the local sin!!' as I never did before." In the following July he reported 8 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Jan., '35 "Four weeks ago I tumbled for the fifth time from my motor-cycle . . . and damaged one arm, both legs and made a climax by breaking a rib. So I didn't ride any more till July 2." "During the warmer months, I spend all my Sundays and holidays (3 or 4) in the woods or fields, always collecting or bluffing at it. I might stay at home and work material these days, but I am so confined during the week, I naturally break for the woods with my lunch in my pocket Sunday. On these days I want to be absolutely alone, or with some one who doesn't talk at all. The only religious sense I have is a feeling of absolute oneness with the visible world whatever of mor- tality or immortality, of chance or design belong to the wood- land swamp, to the blue iris and to the red-winged blackbirds and to the fox squirrels belong to me to an identical degree. So I want one day of the week to think it uninterruptedly. And collecting (the way I collect on Sundays) doesn't interfere." (June 14, 1912.) "I enjoy collecting better than anything else and everything else in the world. If my objective mind stops business for a minute, the subjective jumps right in with palm forests, blue, hazy, verdure-covered mountains, little gravelly brooks, muddy lagoons and me and a bug net. So why worry about un- worked material." (March 23, 1919.) But even in summer other thoughts arose : "This summer I am going to write a. scathing letter to the Editor of Science relative to the scientific (natural [science]) men of this country who annually flock to the seashore (where biological conditions are practically eternal) or to the largest freshwater lakes they can reach (where biological conditions in permanence compare favorably with 'the eternal hills') while all over this country unique biological conditions are being destroyed never to be replaced or duplicated. I have in mind just now Vanneman's swamp. (Above is half joke and half dead earnest. Really when I see that swamp going I can almost cry.)" (July 29, 1913.) A hope which he never realized but which he entertained until the day of his death was a monograph of the genus Argia. "It really 'grinds' me that my life is slipping away and I can get so little done myself. I have things in such good shape if I had only more leisure." (Oct. 8, 1913.) xlvi, '35] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 9 "It is more and more evident that if I am to get any dragon- fly work done, I shall have to get out of the bank; but 1 do not see the way. And I have things in good shape to work, too, if I could only find a little more time and strength. The little I have done has been only by the most rigorous application and self-denial in every other line." (Jan. 2, 1915.) In 1915 he wrote to Ris to learn if Menger, the artist at the Brussels Museum, could make drawings of Argia. "I want to get material together so ... can do an Argia paper some day. 1 don't know but I believe I have at least 21)00 unstudied specimens here." Menger did make the drawings and they are at Ann Arbor. "And some day some student of Argia will rise up and call me blessed ! . . . And I may fool the doctors and live to study my Argias myself. Anyway I had the joys of several exis- tences in catching them." (May 1, 1919.) His health fluctuated greatly in 1915 and 1916. "My hilarious and ungrateful amoebae, not satisfied with free board and lodging, set up some rectal trouble for which I am taking treatment here [Grand Rapids, Mich. |." (Nov. 19, 1915.) He returned to Bluffton the first week of Decem- ber. "I came away from Grand Rapids feeling fine." "Have been out of the bank about half the time the last week or ten days sick with some obscure intestinal trouble." (Jan. 13, 1916.) "The doctor here thinks I have an ulcer or ulcers in the duodenum. At times the attacks are very severe, fairly taking all the nerve I have and leaving me feeling weak and bribed for a day or two afterwards. Monday and Tuesday were bad days, finally requiring opiates and hot external treatment it got me to where I was whimpering. (Jan. 15, 1916.) ' "My health is perfect." (Jan. 29, 1916.) "My gizzard turned me on my head last Thursday. It had been good for several weeks. . . . However, for about 45 min- utes I heard the choir invisible. It's great sport." < March 4, 1916.) "I feel better this spring than I have for several years and I think my amoebae are dead and my intestines healing at la>t.' (April 11, 1916.) In late November, 1916, he started for Colombia where he and his cousin Jesse H. Williamson collected until March 12th. 10 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Jan., '35 On the return trip down the Magclalena he wrote : "We have 150 species of dragonflies and 8543 specimens in papers." Among the localities visited in Colombia was "Cristalina the best collecting spot I ever saw in my life- it was (or is) simply wonderful. It would make a beetle man dissatisfied with heaven. In fact I much prefer Cristalina my- self, from various reports I've heard." This expedition was in part financed by the Museum of Zoology of the University of Michigan and so began the con- nection which later resulted in Williamson's becoming Research Associate there. In November, 1917, he underwent an operation, and four and a half weeks later had an attack of pneumonia which "kept me flat for four weeks. . . . Now that I'm up and about again I'm about the gentlest and tamest unconverted bug hunter in captivity." (Jan. 15, 1918.) "I was looking again to-day at the little Fundacion freak [Agriogom pints liuniatiis Wllms.] ... I think I'd better get it out and prepare a little paper and some drawings. When I thought I was going to die, when I had pneumonia, the thoughts of it and a fine lot of Macrothemis we got in Colombia more than anything else made dying distasteful." (Jan. 21, 1918.) In 1918 he was elected President and a director of the Wells County Bank at Bluffton, of which he had been cashier since 1905. In 1918 also he was President of the Indiana Academy of Science. There is a gap in his letters between March 18, 1925, and February 27, 1926, on which latter date he writes: "I am just beginning to perk up a bit after having lost one year. ... I am most anxious to get 3 started papers com- pleted and then get at Gomphoides as I have borrowed mate- rial of that genus." His cousin, Jesse H. Williamson, son of George T. \Villiam- son, his father's brother, wrote on July 9, 1927: "Bruce is in better physical condition than at any time dur- ing the past three years. He resumed active duty in the bank just a year ago and has been on the job there practically every day since. Bank duties and problems have been particularly xlvi, '35] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 11 difficult and trying for the past two years in our little com- munity, as the largest bank here was in a failing condition and finally closed its doors a few months ago. \\hile its closing did not put an end to all problems by any means, it did relieve the suspense which is very trying to the nerves of a thyroid patient. Business conditions have added greatly to Bruce'> burdens and required much time that in former years would have been devoted to Odonata. The iris culture has developed from a back-yard proposition to a real business requiring lots of time, energy and correspondence particularly for several months each spring. Bruce has not the strength and endurance required to carry on banking, iris business and scientific work simultaneously, as in days gone by and hence the last has had to be neglected . . . his failure to answer welcome letters has been due to the fact that he feels that all his energy should In- devoted to his business connections in place of using even a part in riding his hobby. If he had his former strength he would still be burning the mid-night oil in the "bug room" long after a full day's work at the bank had been done. \Ye hope that conditions will change so that he can again spend time working on Odonata without feeling that he is thereby depriving his business associates of any energy that should be devoted to business matters." In 1928, his bank at Bluffton closed. On November 8, 1928, E. B. wrote: "All my dragonfly work this past season has consisted of every Sunday trips to points in northern Indiana, data (insigni- ficant) turned over to [B. E.] Montgomery to whom 1 willed the Ind|iana| dr[agon] fl[ie]s. For several years it lias xc-nned to me that the northern Ind. Aeshna fauna was not what it used to be and I spent Sundays and some other days looking diligently in many localities for them. And they 'ain't' here. Saw 2 spp.- one a pair Montgomery caught and a few Ae. mnbrosa and nothing else. And we visited dozens of lake-, completely encircling several, marshes, back-ups, cut-oft s and every kind of habitat we would find." On June 22, 1929, in answer to an inquiry he replied: "Yes, I still have my dragonflies, library and iris and the last largely explains my delinquencies as a letter writer. For I've been very busy therewith and have never felt better in my life. . . . We have all of us been working with the iri.x ;md we've been busy too. Lots of visit.. r> from all over, endlex 12 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Jan., '35 correspondence, more field work than we can do, and unfilled orders always staring us in the face. ... I have no definite future plans. If it is at all possible I hope to spend the rest of my life working with dragonflies and iris and nothing else. If I have to come to one thing it will be dragonflies, as I find they can pull me away from the iris a thing I believe nothing else could do. ... The iris business is making a little but not quite a living." The realization of his hopes was expressed in his letter of August 16, 1929: "Dr. Gaige . . . came to tell me they have made a position of research student of Odonata there [Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan] for me. The only thing is that I must be in residence 3-4 months a year otherwise I select my own problems, my own methods and do pretty much as I please, with no students unless I want them which I do I need about 4 right now. I shall store my collection at Ann Arbor. They have given me two of the large offices in the new building with all the additional storage space I need. It is just simply an ideal layout." "I am moving my collection and library to Ann Arbor." (Oct. 8, 1929.) "The past two weeks have been very busy ones but about the happiest I've ever known. I have every facility and all the room one could wish for." (Dec. 21, 1929.) "I've had a delightful winter here and got done about l /\ what I thought I could if I were free to do as I pleased as I have been here." (Mar. 31, 1930.) Many another extract from his correspondence, of interest to the student of the Odonata, must be omitted, but we shall at least quote from his last letter to me that of February 6, 1933- "Thanks for your note on Cal[optcry.v] dhnidiata and api- calis, which as I interpret it, is an apology for following Hagen, who led you astray in your callow youth into positions which you now recognize as untenable. Signs of age grow on me ; one of the most deplorable is my lack of ability to come back at you with a hot retort for your 'Great Williamson' slam. 'Plumed Leader' is hardly the term I need, so in my senility, you escape a rejoinder you so richly deserve." xlvi, '35] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 13 Of the 102 papers on ( Monata listed in Prof. Gaige's bibliog- raphy of Williamson, 11 deal with the Odonata of Indiana. 6 with those of Pennsylvania, 36 with those of other parts of the United States or are monographs of genera (Slylurus 1901. Macromia 1909, Celithanis 1922), restricted to United States species, 6 are concerned with those of Canada, 28 with those of the neotropical fauna and 3 with those of other parts of the world (Formosa, Burma and Siam). The remainder describe habits or give directions for collecting and preserving dragon- flies and one (1913) is purely morphological. In number of pages his publications on the neotropical fauna exceed those of any of the other groups enumerated, and include monographs of the genera Protoncura (1915). Xcoiicitni (1917), Uctcra- grian (1919), Triacanthagyna and Gynacantha (1923) Ery- t/ieinis (1923) and Perilcstcs (1924). as well as descriptions of new genera and species. A list of all the new genera (14) and species (92) which Williamson described accompanies Prot. Gaige's biography. Four of his papers propose rearrangements of larger taxonomic units, the Oriental Calopteryginae (1904) and Gomphinae (1907) and the Cordulinae (1908) and Gom- phinae (1920) in general. Among his observations on habits of the Odonata, the most remarkable was his discovery of the exact positions assumed by the abdominal appendages ot the males in relation to the females at copulation (1899, 1906 i. cor- recting previous statements on this subject. That which especially distinguished K. B. Williamson, it seems to me, was the combination of indefatigability as a col- lector, and minuteness of observation and of discrimination as a student and author. This resulted in bis knowing tin- < Mon- ata, both in the field and in the laboratory, with probably a greater thoroughness than any of his predecessors or contem- poraries. These qualities are especially displayed in his Note* on American Species of Triacanthagyna and Gynacantha "t 1923, which I am inclined to regard as bis greatest work, though the Notes on species of the genus Ifetemi/rion Scly.< (1919) stands not far behind. "Great Williamson" was not a mere playful jest in correspondence, but indicates the position he won in his field of entomology. The photograph from which Plak- I was inadr the autograph is from a letter of July 1, I*'-"'. 14 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Jan., '35 An Analysis of the Cicindela purpurea Group (Coleop.: Cicindelidae). By E. GRAYWOOD SMYTH, Entomologist, W. R. Grace & Co. Sugar Estates, Trujillo, Peru. In all the great variation and world wide distribution of this remarkable genus of tiger beetles, Cicindela, embracing over 700 named species and varieties, are no others which rival in exotic beauty the varieties of the purpurea group. And it is noteworthy that these varieties, in common with those of the sciitellaris, sexguttata and formosa groups, reach their highest color development and greatest diversity of pattern in certain mid-western states, notably Kansas and Colorado. Coleopter- ists residing in those states, and enjoying thereby the advan- tage of first hand acquaintance with these divergent and highly developed geographic races, are in a most favorable position to adequately appraise and evaluate them, and to render fair judg- ment on their proper classification. I have characterized this (8, p. 197) as the most difficult group in the genus Cicindela in America, and the proof of my statement lies in the fact that our two foremost authorities on the Cicindelidae, Charles W. Leng and Walther Horn, can ex- actly agree on the status of only six out of seventeen recog- nized species and varieties in the group. A recent synopsis (5), purporting to clear up the matter of their classification, has left the group in no less a state of confusion than it was. The writer disagrees, in several cases, with all of the above authorities, and bases his conclusions upon a knowledge of the living insects and their habits, and of their phylogeny and ontogeny. There will, no doulit, always be this cleavage of opinion be- tween (a) those systematists who depend wholly upon the literature and upon dried museum specimens, and (b) those who, knowing by necessity the literature and collections avail- able, believe in checking against the knowledge thus obtained the broader facts of habit, ecology, environmental factors, and all obtainable data gleaned from personal contact with the living insect. The writer has lived among, actually camped beside, the tiger beetles at every opportunity for the past thirty-odd years, from Atlantic to Pacific, from the Yellowstone to Cen- xlvi, '35] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 15 tral America, has spent long hours over large series of many species, and has chased them with net, or studied the hahits of their larvae, more days than lie has eaten apples in his lifetime. He feels, therefore, tint he almost knows the genus OV/m/<7urpurca ( Hiv. and Innbalis King may be properly treated as distinct species. Xot, indeed, from any notable dissimilarity of structure does he conclude this, but from their very different habitat, and from the fact that, even when occurring in the same locality, they show no tendency to intermingle or interbreed. This knowledge is a definite step forward, and makes very logical the writer's re- cently expressed opinion (8, p. 203) that all varieties (or so- called species and subspecies) in the group, with exception ot (Iccciunotiitii Say and f^iKjctana Casey, may be correctly classified as varieties of either piirfiureu or linihalis. There are two de- cided reasons for this point of view, which have been too otlcn overlooked or not considered. First, there are no stable mor- phological characters yet known that can be (Upended upon to separate one variety from another, all dependence being placed upon pilosity (which is very unstable'), surface' bistre, color and maculation. Secondly, the varieties (geographic races) in either species blend very gradually OIK- into another wherever the distributional boundaries separating them overlap. This applies to every one of the varieties thus far Described except propinqua Knaus, and in this case the morphological characters at once identify it as closely related to dcui'crcnsis Casey, tin- lack of intermediate forms being due solely to our failure t<> have thus far discovered them. 16 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Jan., '35 How, may we ask, can two morphologically identical varieties of exactly similar habits, differing only in color and markings, even though separated from one another in distributional limits by a considerable distance, be possibly considered distinct species when every grade of intermediate or transition form can be found between them in the intervening terraine? To pronounce them separate species (viz., limbalis King and splendida Hentz), and to associate the intermediate forms {transversa Leng; c \anoccpluila Varas) with either the one or the other, as the notion strikes one, is neither logical nor rational. It is con- trary to the facts in the case. The fallacy of this conception is proven by the following anomaly. Mr. Leng considers transversa to be a variety of splendida, and cyanoccphala a variety of limbalis. The authors of the Synopsis reverse this, and consider transversa as a vari- ety of limbalis, and cyanocephala a variety of splendida. Whom should we follow as our authority? Have the two varieties transversa and cyanoccphala .shifted their colors, or changed their allegiance, between the dates on which the two opinions were published? Plainly something is wrong, yet the answer is very simple: for splendida is not a valid species, but merely a variety of limbalis, in common with transversa and cyano- cepliala. How simple it all is, after all. And we can only marvel at the convenience of a philosophy that considers transi- tion forms in eastern Kansas between transversa and splendida, and between limbalis and cyanoccphala, as "hybrids," and cites as evidence the existence of hvbrids in fish (4, p. 131). Of the seventeen species and varieties which the writer con- siders as belonging to the two stem species, the following may be classified as varieties (geographic races) of purpurca Oliv. : (1) aitduboni Lee. 1845 (= gniwineu Schp. ex parte) ; (2) nigcrrima Leng (-- auduboni Lee. 1854) ; (3) auguralis Casey; (4) cimarrona Lee.; (5) hint a- Casey; (6) mirabUis Casey. The following may be considered varieties of limbalis Klug : (1) spreta Lee. 1848; (2) transversa Leng; (3) cyanocephala Varas; (4) splendida Hentz; (5) ludoviciana Leng; (6) dcn- verensis Casey; (7) plattcnsis Smyth (== conquisita Casey fide Nicolay) ; (8) propinqua Knaus; (9) scdalia Smyth. In either of these groups, intermediates (transition forms) xlvi, '35] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 17 may be found between any two nearest related varieties (ex- cept in prop'uiqua), definitely proving their relationships. But there is no reason whatever to confuse the varieties of the two species, even though anatomically similar, for their habits and habitat are very distinct, as the writer has previously empha- sized (8, p. 203). Contrarily, our reasons for considering decemnotata and pugctaua as distinct from all the others are that, not only are they quite unique and easily separable from all the others anatomically, but there occur no intermediate forms between either of them and any of the others named above. Intermediate forms between the two, however, may yet be found, as they seem fairly closely related. In defending his position in the placement of certain varieties, Mr. Nicolay states (4, p. 128) that the Synopsis of the Cicin- delidae has been "almost entirely a task of collecting and con- solidating the views and conclusions of our predecessors. There is very little that we have changed. . . ." By predecessors we presume that he refers to Mr. Leng and Doctor Horn. Let us examine, specifically, just how faithfully the Synopsis adheres to this principle, which, if logically carried out, might indeed be justifiable. (1) C. purpurea Oliv. All agree on this as the stem species. (2) C. aiiduboni Lee. Nicolay and Weiss agree with Mr. Leng (3, p. 40) in placing it as a variety of purpurea, but Doctor Horn (2, p. 80) does not even honor it with that dis- tinction, calling it a mere color phase of purpurea. (3) C. nigcrrima Leng. Like the preceding, Horn con- siders this a mere color phase of purpurea, though the others, we believe rightly, call it a variety. It is, apparently, merely a melanic form, yet its genetic divergence from audubom has been noted (7, p. 428) on the western prairie, where the two occurred together and it chose isolated spots of darker soil. (4) C. an f/n rails Casey. Although Leng considers this a synonym of aiitlnhoni (which is a variety of piirpurca), and Horn calls it a "larger race" of purpurea, and although Case v described it as a variety of purpurea, Xicolay, by an anamor- phosis all his own, insists that it is a variety of liinhalis. M<- bases this conclusion on the appearance of the type specimen, which to him looks like liin/xilix Inraiisr it has "the middle band 18 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Jan., '35 touching the sides and of course at right angles to them" (4, p. 130). It might profit him, we helieve, to examine the large series of mountain forms in some of our western collec- tions, showing every intermediate stage (transition form) be- tween anguralis and audnboni on the one hand, and between auguralis and cimarrona on the other, the matter depending largely upon the altitude from which the specimen was secured (8, p. 199). As a matter of fact, anguralis may itself be well considered a transition form between andnboni (and nigerrima) of the plains and cimarrona of the highest plateaus. If one were to strictly follow Mr. Nicolay's principle of not "recog- nizing the intermediates between species and varieties" ( 5, p. 343), as he interprets that phrase, there would seem little reason to continue use of the name aitguralis. Certainly it is very risky to form judgments from the superficial appearance of type specimens (as also proven by his first judgment on mirabilis) (4, p. 153). (5) C. cimarrona Lee. This is considered a valid species by Leng, and by Doctor Horn a "larger race" of f>i(rpitrca. What distinction the latter makes between a "larger race" and a vari- ety we are not in position to say, but the difference must be small, since nearly all our "varieties" in Cicindcla are, in fact, geographic races. It is very understandable why Mr. Leng considered cimarrona as worthy of specific standing, since he had not at hand the intermediate forms to show him that such was not the case. But that hardly justifies present day revision- ists in subscribing to the error (4, p. 129). (6) C. lauta Casey. Mr. Leng gave this variety the stand- ing of a species (as with the preceding, he lacked intermediate forms connecting it with auduboni), but Doctor Horn was more accurate, considering it a "larger race" of purpiirea. Re- garding this variety Horn says (1, p. 24) : "Under the name graminea the unlucky Schaupp had thrown together under one name two very different races, the flat, often large bellied form of the Pacific coast lauta of Casey, and the parallel, more arched form from Colorado." Yet the authors of the Synopsis differ from both of these authorities, and sink the name lauta to synonymy. Were they in possession of some of the large, xlvi, '35] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 19 blue-green forms from the Northwest, they might feel other- wise. (7) C. ininif'ilis Casey. Leng places this as a variety of lanta, while Horn calls it a synonym of laitta. Xicolay and Weiss sank the name (5, p. 346) as a synonym of auduboni. It is, however, an easily distinguished and well established Cali- fornian variety of pnrpnrca, and it is gratifying that Mr. Nico- lay is now willing (4, p. 154) to restore it to its legitimate standing as such. (8) C. linib'ilis King. Most of us prefer to consider this the other stem species of the group, on an equal footing with pnrpurca. Mr. Leng considers it a valid species, though Walther Horn lists it among the "larger races" of pnrpnrca, on a par with cimarrona and lanta, with neither of which it has any hut remote relationship. (It is this confused notion of compara- tive values among the races of pur pur ca and Uinbalis, shared by our best authorities, that has hampered proper arrangement of the beetles of this group for years.) Mr. Nicolay has for- tunately settled the matter (4, p. 154) by describing the exact relationship of these two stem species (purpurea and limbalis) in the East, where they most approach each other morphologi- cally and ecologically, yet are distinct in habit and do not inter- mingle. (9) C. sprcta Lee. The former confusion about this variety may be best explained by Dr. Horn's statement (1. p. 37): "C. sprcta Lee. has been twice and certainly not harmoniously described by LeConte (once as dirty dark green and once as black)." Horn gives the name no standing, placing it as a synonym of purpurea (which ignores its different habits and type of maculation), but Leng correctly places it as a variety of Huibalis. Xicolay and Weiss follow Leng in this conclusion, which they justify (5, p. 349) in order "to separate that form occurring only in the northeast which has the usual cupreous color more or less suffused with green." This makes improper the inclusion under this name of certain greenish aberrations from Colorado that have been heretofore wrongly determined as sprcta, and are, in reality, aiK/nralis (a variety of pnrpnr t \i ') . (To be continued) 20 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Jan., '35 Biological Races of Insects and their Bearing on Host Plant Resistance. By WM. P. HAYES, University of Illinois. 1 The invasion of chinch bugs in the corn fields of the mid- west during the summer of 1933 has created new interest in the matter of finding host plants that are resistant to insect attack. During the coming season, plant breeders, entomol- ogists, and growers will more thoroughly test the strains of corn that are being recommended in certain states as chinch bug resistant. Similarly, workers are looking for strains of corn resistant to European corn borer and strains of wheat resistant to Hessian fly. Such investigations may reveal lines of attack useful to the farmer whose acreage of field crops is so exten- sive that the application of physical or chemical control meas- ures is precluded because of impracticability. Plants growing in the wild state are usually less injured by insects that attack them than are cultivated plants which seem to have acquired a greater degree of susceptibility. The char- acters which produce resistance in wild plants have through time been bred out of the cultivated crops (Tmms, Recent Ad- vances in Entomology, p. 240, 1931). However, we often find certain strains or individual plants that appear resistant to the injury of a particular pest. This absence of injury does not necessarily mean that a plant is resistant to attack, because the matter of host avoidance or host selection or preference enters strongly into consideration. The attacking insect may have avoided the particular uninjured plant due to its preference for others more to its liking. Resistance usually implies a low degree of susceptibility. Very few plants are completely resistant to insect damage, so that we are usually compelled to recognize lesser degrees of resistance which we regard as either apparent resistance or par- tial resistance. Consequently, among those crops which exhibit partial resistance we have come to recognize what is now re- garded as tolerance to insect injury. For the grower, a plant that can produce a good yield in spite of insect damage is almost 1 Contribution from the Entomological Laboratories of the University of Illinois, No. 164. xlvi, '35] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 21 as valuable as an immune or resistant one. The measure of resistance in a host plant is its degree of immunity or lack of susceptibility to insect damage, while tolerance is computed on the basis of infestation and yield. In other words, a plant strain with high infestation and high yield exhibits greater tolerance than a strain with low infestation and the same hi^h o yield. It is therefore apparent that low infestation and high yield are the desired factors in a resistant strain. Unfortunately, most strains that have been bred by plant geneticists which show a high degree of resistance are low in yield and further breeding is necessary to develop the yield factor. As a result, some plant geneticists and entomologies engaged on this problem have come to regard insect tolerance in a plant as a more desirable factor than resistance and one more easily obtainable. \Yardle (Problems of Applied Entom- ology, 1929, p. 17) states that tolerance is "due possibly to strong and vigorous growth or to a reaction of the host tissues that tends to lessen the injury." If this is true, tolerant strains are more apt to be the resultant of environmental factors such as soil conditions, climate, crop nutrition, or some physiological t actor, such as vigor, or physico-chemical factors such as den- sity of cell-sap, sugar content, hydrogen ion concentration. osmotic pressure or electrical conductivity. Geneticists are of the opinion that resistance, and perhaps tolerance as well, is due to the presence of some heritable fac- tor or factors. Most work to date on this problem has been done by plant geneticists breeding for factors in plants resistant to insects. Practically, no attention has been devoted to tin- genetics of the attacking insect. It has been asserted by some workers that biological races or physiological varieties of in- sects are the products of mutant genes. It is known that among insects such as aphids and certain coccids, that alterna- tion of host plants has led to the development of biological races. In America, the European corn borer (Pyrausta nubila- lis Hbn.) has two such races which differ considerably in their feeding habits. The eastern strain is decidedly polvphagous. At least 200 larval food plants are known. It differs also in the production of two gcneiations a year. The western race is de- cidedly limited in the number of food plants, less than a dozen 22 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Jan., '35 are of any importance, and there is but one generation a year. Williston (Amer. Nat. 42:184, 1908) points out that ascend- ant phyla are more plastic than stabilized older phyla, which would indicate that the one-brooded, limited-host-plant, race of the European corn borer in the western area is more primitive than the eastern race. Wardle and Buckle (Principles of Insect Control, p. 2) assert that the polyphagous habit in insects is the more primitive. Such being the case the eastern race would be the older. Regardless of these divergent viewpoints it is clearly apparent from the two examples cited that it is the plasticity of a given insect race that must be taken into account in study- ing host-resistance or tolerance. If as stated above, plants growing in the wild state are usu- ally less injured and cultivated plants have acquired a greater degree of susceptibility, our search among plant strains for desired factors should lead us to the older and more resistant kinds. Painter, Salmon and Parker (1931) have shown the Hessian fly (PhytopJiaga destructor Say) to have two biological races. Their studies seem to show that "these biological or physiologi- cal strains are genetically distinct. The evidence available also indicates that the population of fly in any one locality consists of a mixture of two or more strains which differ in their ability to infest the several varieties of wheat." Up to the present time, most breeding work has been done on the assumption that the attacking species will react in the same manner under all conditions. If, as we maintain, re- sistance is inherited, is it not reasonable to think that various degrees of ability to injure or attack may likewise be inherited? Whether this ability is a genetic character of the species or is brought about by ecological conditions, it remains pertinent that a so-called resistant host plant will not exhibit resistance under all conditions. A strain of corn that may be resistant to the European corn borer in the western area of infestation, where the variety of host plants is limited, would scarcely be ex- pected to show as marked resistance in the eastern area of in- festation where it is subject to attack by a biological race of a different nature, whose food habits exhibit greater plasticity, xlvi, '35] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 23 and which produces more generations per year. It would seem that the problem of the corn-breeder in producing a resistant strain for the one-brooded, limited host-plant race may be mini- capable of solution than the task of producing plants resistant to the two-brooded, polyphagous eastern race. The situation, as just described, is more complicated in those areas of infestation where the two biological races of insecN overlap. This condition occurs in the case of the Hessian tlv described by Painter, Salmon, and Parker (I.e.) in which a given population of the insect in any one locality consists of a mixture of races with varying degrees of ability to inflict dam- age on the host. In this insect we have a species that di tiers from the European corn borer in being restricted to fewer fond plants, which, theoretically, should make breeding for resistance a simpler task. Inl other words, were it not for the difference^ occurring in our biological races of the attacking species, it would be a far simpler problem to breed resistant hosts. Genetic studies on insects have shown the vast number of varieties that may be bred in the laboratory. Such variations must also exist in nature and it seems imperative to know more of the genetics of our injurious species in order to assist us in breeding plants that are resistant to them. It is highly probable that we shall never be able to breed hosts that are entirely resistant against all biological races of a given specio. which, at the same time, will have desirable agronomic char- acteristics. Each biological race. must be considered as a dis- tinct unit. It would seem, also, that the subject of host toler- ance is one that must be' given deeper study. Tolerant plants may be developed by the selection and breeding of those which show some degree of resistance, tolerance, or greater recuper- ative power. Tolerance in plants may also be enhanced by giv- ing more attention to such matters as crop nutrition, better soil conditions, time of planting, and better seed, all of which can be more or less controlled by the grower. Even then, partic- ularly with insects that prefer a wide choice of food plants, our developed resistance or tolerance may not be permanent be- cause the attacking insects may be able to adapt themselves to our produced strains and accept them as new hosts. 24 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Jan., '35 Laboulbenia formicarum Thaxter, a Fungus Infest- ing some Idaho Ants, and a List of its Known North American Hosts (Hym. : Formicidae). By A. C. COLE, JR., East Lansing, Michigan. Workers of Formica sanguined subsp. puberula Emery, F. sanguined subsp. subnuda Emery and F. siibpolita var. cam- ponoticcps Whir., collected by the writer in the Snake River Plains section of Idaho, were rather prominently infested with the ant fungus, Laboulbenia formicarum Thaxter. The in- fested colonies of F. sanguinca subnuda were found beneath rocks in a subalpine meadow, while colonies of the other species nested in the open sagebrush semidesert areas. Where one oc- cupant of a colony was affected many others of the same nest were likewise diseased. Thus the spread occurred apparently within the nests. It is rather surprising that this fungus was found, inasmuch as summer temperatures of the region are so high and the relative humidity so low. The ants now known to bear the fungus are as follows : 1. FORMICA PALLIDE-FULVA subsp. SCHAUFUSSI Mayr. Forest Hills, Massachusetts (J. Bequaert). 2. F. PALLIDE-FULVA SCHAUFUSSI var. iNCERTA Emery. Sioux City, Iowa (C. N. Ainslie) ; Urbana, Illinois (M. R. Smith). 3. F. NEOGAGATES Emery. Cambridge, Massachusetts (Thax- ter) ; Urbana, Illinois (M. R. Smith). 4. F. FUSCA Linn. Sioux City, Iowa (C. N. Ainslie). 5. F. FUSCA var. ARGENTEA Whir. Urbana, Illinois (M. R. Smith). 6. F. SUBPOLITA var. CAMPONOTICEPS Whir. Hollister and Twin Falls, Idaho (Cole). 7. F. SANGUINEA subsp. SUBNUDA Emery. Rogerson and Twin Falls, Idaho (Cole). 8. F. SANGUINEA subsp. PUBERLA Emery. Nampa, Idaho (Cole). 9. LASIUS NIGER var. AMERICANUS Emery. Cambridge, Massa- chusetts (Thaxter) ; Columbus, Ohio (M. R. Smith) ; Raleigh, North Carolina (Z. P. Metcalf). 10. L. NIGER var. NEONIGER Emery. Urbana, Illinois (M. R. Smith) ; Ellisville, Massachusetts (W. M. Wheeler). xlvi, '35] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 25 The Duties of the Queen Wasp, Polistes pallipes (Hym.: Vespidae). By PHIL RAU, Kirkwood, Missouri. In reading accounts of the life history of Polistes wasps, one is led to believe that the founding queen, who when alone does all of the work of nest building and nest provisioning, ceases work when the first generation of workers appears and thereafter becomes a mere egg-laying machine. I was anxious to know just what the queen's duties are after the workers appear so I spent six hours, on July 14, 1929, on a step-ladder watching a queen and eight workers. Sometime before the emergence of the workers, this queen was marked with a drop of paint ; there is no outward differen- tiation between the queen and workers of this species so that a distinction by marking had to be made before the workers were born to set her apart. Even though this queen had eight workers on the nest, she flew off at 10 a. m., remained in the field for three minutes and returned empty handed. At 10:35 a. m. she again ventured out for three minutes, returned with a mouthful of paper pulp, and then spent five minutes applying it to an unfinished cell. She then spent some time poking her head into one or an- other of the cells, touching the larvae with her antennae, and sometimes kept it there for several minutes. This phenomenon of course is one of the little tricks practiced by wasps to get larva to spit up saliva which the adults drink. The workers practice it and so do the queens when alone on the nest. This little observation shows that the queens, or at least this queen, has not lost the desire to practice it even if the nest abounds with workers who are supposed to do all the nursing. The workers brought in caterpillar meat from time to time and fed it direct to the larvae but sometimes they turned it over to one of the workers on the nest who in turn, after chewing it for a while, would apportion it to the larvae. One worker (marked with a white dot) shared half of a ball of yellow caterpillar meat with the queen. The latter chewed it tor a 26 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Jan., '35 short while, then gave one half of it to one of the workers and the other half she fed direct to a larva; often during the day incoming workers with balls of wet paper pulp would divide it with the queen who would apply it to an unfinished portion of the cell. The third time the queen left the nest that day was 2 :47 p. m. ; then she remained out for half an hour and returned empty handed. The observations show that one queen, at least, even though she had an abundance of workers to carry on the nesting activities, did not degenerate into a mere egg-laying machine, but took an active interest in the business affairs of the colony, actually doing the same kind of work as the workers. Queens show a great deal of individuality in behavior, and I wonder if another queen under similar circumstances would behave in precisely the same way. In another nest observed later, a marked queen often relieved an incoming worker of its load of pulp and applied it herself to an unfinished cell; and another observation during the same year showed that a certain queen pallipcs spent an enormous amount of time away from the nest, and this even though she had a large number of workers. In still another nest the queen went out foraging with her previous regularity, even though she had a force of five workers. One cannot spend six hours watching a colony of wasps without noting other items of behavior that one has not espe- cially sought. I was fortunate in seeing a newly adult worker bite its way out of its cell early in the morning and remain in hiding on top of the nest nearly all day. She was shy and seemed to be afraid of the queen, since she would only venture to the active part of the nest during the queen's absence and would rush back to her hiding place the moment the queen re- turned. One of the workers (marked in blue) that was espe- cially active in bringing in loads of caterpillar flesh, singled out this shy young one, and to my amusement gave the juvenile its first lesson in nursing. "Blue Dot" came in with a big load of flesh, flew immediately to the roof, pushed the shy one out from its hiding place, thrust the entire meat market into its xlvi, '35] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 27 front legs and then flew from the nest. This shy one had a lesson to learn and she had to do it without further instruction, and this is how she handled this big mass of meat. She evi- dently did not know what to do with it, and for more than an hour turned it round and round in her forelegs, much as a squirrel would manipulate a nut, and at short intervals she would imbed her jaws into the flesh and swallow the juices until the great mass was reduced to half its original size. Then the portion that was left was separated into two parts, one going to feed a larva in one of the cells, and the other was again manipulated with the jaws until it gradually became smaller and smaller and finally the last vestige disappeared down her own gullet. The disposal of the last portion demonstrated that not only do the adults use caterpillar juice for food but also that they devour the flesh as well. The moment the food was gone this youngster made a careful toilet for several minutes, and then beat' a hasty retreat to the hiding place on top of the nest. Late in the afternoon the shy one ventured among the crowd at the open face of the nest, often poking her head into the cells with larvae, and was learning so rapidly that before I left I saw her take several loads of meat from the incoming foragers and feed them to the larvae in the approved fashion. To summarize then, the founding queens of P. frillipcs do not devolve into egg-laying machines the moment the workers appear, but continue to take an active interest in building, foraging and nursing; also the newly emerged worker remains on the nest for the first day and, in an awkward fashion, pos- sibly through imitation, learns to play nurse to the larvae. Longevity and the Moulting of the Myriapod, Spirobolus marginatus Say.* A myriapod fully five inches long and about one-fourth inch in diameter was brought to me on June 8, 1930. The animal lived quite contentedly among the rotten wood in a glas* fish globe until its death' on January 20, 1932. This made the length of life in captivity almost a year and eight months. It * Kindly idi-ntifu-d l>y C. V. Chambcrlm. 28 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Jan., '35 ate of the rotten wood, letting the frass accumulate in the jar. It also ate raw potato, but would readily leave the potato for the leaves of cabbage. The rotted wood was occasionally sprinkled with water, and remained the myriapod's main supply of food; it remained sur- prisingly free of fungus, although the cabbage was densely covered with a webby growth soon after being placed in the jar. The myriapod itself as well as the large amount of frass in the jar was immune from fungus attacks. This immunity of both the animal and its excrement was undoubtedly due to the influence of the creature's musky secretions. Sinclair (Camb. Nat. Hist., Peripatus, Myriapods & Insects, p. 36, 1895) says that the millepeds rely for protection on the fluid secreted by the stigmata repugnatoria. This fluid has been shown to con- tain prussic acid, and has a very unpleasant odor. The jar at one time was nearly full of woody pellets of excre- ment, and on July 18, 1931, I noticed that the myriapod had made its way through this mass and rested in a coiled position at the bottom of the jar. A week later when I dug down to the bottom I noticed that a brownish secretion oozed from its body at the joints of several segments. A month later, when it still remained at the bottom, I again dug down, and then found large pieces of shedding skin adhering to the body. This showed that a complete moult had occurred during the month. I replaced the frass, and on September 1st, the myriapod came to the top of its own volition, and resumed feeding on the rotten wood, and so continued until death. PHIL RAU, Kirk- wood, Missouri. Plecoptera as Food for Bank Swallows. Apropos of the recent discussion by Hamilton (The Auk, 49, No. 3, 1932, and 50, No. 3, 1933), by McAtee (Smithsonian Misc. Col. 85, No. 7, 1932) and Knappen (The Auk, 51, No. 1, 1934) it may be pertinent to record the presence of Plecoptera in the stomach contents of a Bank Swallow (Riparia r. riparia}. In the examination of more than 60 stomachs of Bank Swal- lows, both adults and young, collected in the Oneida Lake, New York region, I encountered remains of these insects in but a single bird. This swallow was an adult male taken from a burrow on the south bank of Fish Creek about eight miles northeast of Oneida Lake on May 15, 1931. The stomach of this bird was full. An examination of the content showed that the bulk of it (70 per cent) consisted of two-winged flies (Diptera) principally Muscidae, although xlvi, '35] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS crane-flies (Tipulidae) also were represented. Beetles (Cole- optera), consisting principally of small clung beetles (Aphodius: Scarabaeidae), amounted to 28 per cent. Traces of Qrthoptera (Gryllidae), Heteroptera and Homoptera ( Fulgoridae) were present while several small hymenopterous forms (Braconidae and possibly others) amounted to 1 per cent. In addition, this stomach contained two small adult stoneflies (Perlidae: Plecop- tera) comprising 1 per cent of the food eaten. These delicate in- sects had been little mangled in the act of deglutition and one of the specimens was sent to Dr. P. \V. Claassen of the De- partment of Entomology, New York State College of Agricul- ture, who determined it as Allopcrla mcdiana Banks. During the course of several seasons spent in investigating the Bank Swallow and other birds in the Oneida Lake region, I have often observed adult stoneflies clinging to the vertical sandy banks along Fish Creek where thousands of Bank Swal- lows nest. Excellent breeding places for these insects are afforded in the waters of Fish Creek and at least some of its tributaries. The comparative abundance of stoneflies can not be denied. It seems strange, therefore, that these weak-flying, soft-bodied insects do not form a greater part of the diet ot Bank Swallows in this territorv than is indicated bv our find- ings. Mr. W. L. McAtee informs me that the U. S. Biological Sur- vey has no record of the presence of stoneflies in the stomachs of Bank Swallows and, so far as I have been able to determine, this constitutes the first published record of such occur rence.- DAYTOX STOKER, Xew York State Museum. Albanv, Xe\\ York. The Sixth International Congress of Entomology. At the meeting of the Entomological Society ot America, at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, December 27-29, 1934, it was an- nounced that Prof. ( ). A. Johannsen, of Cornell University, member of the Permanent Exeailive Committee of the Inter- national Congresses of Entomology, had received a nu^-a-e from Prof. I. Holivar y Urnitia, President of the Sixth I: national Congress, that the Congress will meet at .Madrid, in ihe first half of September, 19.55. Particulars will be furnished later. The Comple Kendn of the Fifth Congres states that invitations for holding the Sixth Congres were received from Egypt. Spain and Germany. The Congres to accept the invitation of Spain for 1935 and that the Seventh Congress be held in Cermany (page 59). 30 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Jan., '35 Orthoptera New to Colorado Since the publication of Mr. Hebard's "Orthoptera of Col- orado" (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. LXXXI : 303-425, 1929), the writer has collected two species of Tettigoniidae and one of Acrididae not then recorded from the state. No one of these may be considered accidental, each species being represented by several specimens. Scudderia tc.vcnsis Saussure & Pictet is represented in the University of Colorado collection by a male taken at Boulder, Colorado, September 20, 1923, by S. Miller. Prof. F. B. Isely took the following specimens in 1931 : one male near Roggen, Colorado, August 6 ; two males at Boulder, Colorado, August 14. On August 29, 1933, I took a female of this species in a vacant lot in Boulder. It is evidently established at Boulder, at least, but is comparatively rare. Cyphodcrris monstrosa Uhler has already been recorded from Colorado, its southeastern limit, by Mr. Hebard in his recent revision of the genus (Tran. Amer. Ent. Soc. LIX : 363-375, 1934). In addition to the specimen there recorded, two other males were collected at the same time and place. All were located, while stridulating, at about 9 P. M., August 17, 1932. They were in pine forest in the mountains of the Park Range, west of Crowley, Colorado, and at an elevation of about 8,800 feet above sea-level. On September 8, 1932, I collected in the sand hills near Rog- gen, Colorado, a female of a species of Ercmiacris. Mr. Rehn, who examined the specimen, suggested an attempt to get addi- tional ones. Consequently, a trip to the same area was made on September 9, 1933, and an intensive search of several hours, chiefly in grasses of several species of Andropogon, yielded twenty-two specimens, nine males and thirteen females. Sev- eral specimens were sent to Messrs. Rehn and Hebard, who determined them as Ercmiacris pallida (Bruner), a species rather widely distributed west of the southern Rockv Moun- tains but not previously found so far to the northeast. The Rog- gen specimens, however, are shorter than the dimensions given by Rehn and Hebard in their 1909 key (Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. LXI : 133-134) to Paropomala Scudder (Ercmiacris Hebard, in part). The species cannot be confused with Ercmi- acris virgata (Scudder), which has been taken in southeastern Colorado. GORDON ALEXANDER, Department of Biology, Uni- versity of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado. List of the Titles of Periodicals and Serials Referred to by Numbers in Entomological Literature in Entomological News. 1. Transactions of The American Entomological Society. Philadelphia. 2. Entomologische Blatter, red. v. H. Eckstein etc. Berlin. 3. Annals of the Carnegie Museum. Pittsburgh, Pa. 4. Canadian Entomologist. London, Canada. 5. Pysche, A Journal of Entomology. Boston, Mass. 6. Journal of the New York Entomological Society. New York. 7. Annals of the Entomological Society of America.. Columbus, Ohio. 8. Entomologists' Monthly Magazine. London. 9. The Entomologist. London. 10. Proceedings of the Ent. Soc. of Washington. Washington, D. C. 11. Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift. Berlin. 12. Journal of Economic Entomology, Geneva, N. Y. 13. Journal of Entomology and Zoology. Claremont, Cal. 14. Entomologische Zeitschrift. Frankfurt a. M.. Germany. 15. Natural History, American Museum of Natural History. New York. 16. American Journal of Science. New Haven, Conn. 17. Entomologische Rundschau. Stuttgar', Germany. 18. Internationale entomologische Zeitschrift. Guben. Germany. 19. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society. Brooklyn, N. Y. 20. Societas entomologica. Stuttgart, Germany. 21. The Entomologists' Record and Journal of Variation. London. 22. Bulletin of Entomological Research. London. 23. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia generale e agraria della R. Scuola superiore d'Agricultura in Portici. Italy. 24. Annales de la societe entomologique de France. Paris. 25. Bulletin dc la societe entomologique de France. Paris. 26. Entomologischer Anzeiger. her.=g. ^dolf Hoffmann. Wien. Austria. 27. Bolletino della Societa Entomolorica. Genova. Ttalv. 28. Ent. Tidskrift utgifen af Ent. Foreninf^n i Stockholm. Sweden. 29. Annual Report of the Ent. Society of Ontario. Toronto, Canada. 30. The Maine Naturalist. Thornaston, Maine. 31. Nature. London. 32. Bnletim do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janiero. Brazil. 33. Bull, et Annales de la Socie f e entomologique de Belgique. Bruxelles 34. Zonlogischer Anzeiger, hr c e-. v. E. Kor=chelt. Leipzig. 35. The Annals of Applied Bioloerv. Cnmbridge, England. 36. Transactions of the Entnmolopi<"i1 Sodetv of London. England. 37. Proceedings of the Ha\vn ; ian Entomological Snne'y. Honolulu. 38. Bull, of the Southern California Ar,v'rmv of Sciences. Los Angeles. 39 The Florida Entomologist Gainesville. F'a. JO. American Museum Novitntes. New York. 41. Mitteilungen der schweiz. ent. Ge^cllschaft. Schaffhauscn. Switzerland. 42. The Journal of Experimental Zoology Philadelphia. 43. Ohio Journal of Sciences. Columbus. Ohio. 44. Revista chilena de historic m'ur-'l. Valparaiso. Chile 45. Zeitschrift f"ir wissenschpftHchp TnsektTthiolof"' 1 Berlin. 46. Zeitschrift fiir Morpholoeie und Okolotrie der Tiere. Berlin. 47. Tournal of Agricultural Research. Washington. D. C. 48. Wiener entomoloHscrip Zn'tung \\'icn. Austria. 49. Entomologische Mitteiluneen. Berl'n 50. Proceedings of the U. S. National Museum. Washington, f) C 51. Notulae entomologicae, ed. Soc. ent. Helsingfors. Helsingfors, Finland. 52. Archiv fiir Naturgeschichte, hrsg. v. E. Strand. Berlin. 53. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. London. 54. Annales de Parasitologie Humaine et Comparee. Paris. 55. Pan-Pacific Entomologist. San Francisco, Cal. 56. "Konowia". Zeit. fur systematische Insektenkunde. Wien, Austria. 57. La Feuille des Naturalistes. Paris. 58. Entomologische Berichten. Nederlandsche cut. Ver. Amsterdam. 59. Encyclopedic entomologique, ed. P. Lechevalier. Paris. 60. Stettiner entomologische Zeitung. Stettin, Germany. 61. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences. San Francisco. 62. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History. New York. 63. Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift "Iris". Berlin. 64. Zeitschrift des os err. entomologen-Vereines. Wien. 65. Zeitschrift fiir angewandte Entomologie, hrsg. K. Escherich. Berlin. 66 Report of the Proceedings of the Entomological Meeting. Pusa, India. 67. University of California Publications, Entomology. Berkeley, Cal. 68. Science. New York. 69. Comptes rendus hebdoma. des seances de 1'Academie des sciences. Paris. 70. Entomologica Americana, Brooklyn Entomological Society. Brooklyn. 71. Novitates Zoologicae. Tring, England. 72. Revue russe d'Entomologie. Leningrad, USSR. 73. Quarterly Review of Biology. Baltimore, Maryland. 74. Sbornik entomolog. narodniho musea v Praze. Prague, Czechoslavokia. 75. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. London. 76. The Scientific Monthly. New York. 77. Comptes rendus heb. des seances et memo, de la soc. de biologic. Paris. 78. Bulletin Biologique de la France et de la Belgique. Paris. 79. Koleopterologische Rundschau. Wien. 80. Lepidopterologische Rundschau, hrsg. Adolf Hoffmann. Wien. 81. Folia myrmecol. et termitol. hrsg. Anton Krausse. Bernau bei Berlin. 82. Bulletin, Division of the Natural History Survey. Urbana, Illinois. 83. Arkiv for zoologie, K. Svenska Vetenskapsakademien i. Stockholm. 84. Ecology. Brooklyn. 85. Genetics. Princeton, New Jersey. 86. Zoologica, New York Zoological Society. New York. 87. Archiv fiir Entwicklungs mechanik der Organ., hrsg. v. Roux. Leipzig. 88. Die Naturwissenschaf ten, hrsg. A. Berliner. Berlin. 89. Zoologische Jahrbiicher, hrsg. v. Spengel. Jena, Germany. 90. The American Naturalist. Garrison-on-Hudson, New York. 91. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences. Washington, D. C. 92. Biological Bulletin. Wood's Hole, Massachusetts. 93. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. England. 94. Zeitschrift fiir wissenschaftliche Zoolosrie. Leipzig. 95. Proceedings of the Biological Soc. of Washington, Washington, D. C. 96. La Cellule. Lierre, Belgium. 97. Biologisches Zentralblatt. Leipzig. 98. Le Naturaliste Canadien. Cap Rouge, Chicoutimi, Quebec. 99. Melanges exotico-entomologiques. Par Maurice Pic. Moulins, France. 100. Bulletin Intern., Academic Polonaise des Sci. et des Lett. Cra- covie, Poland. 101. Tijdschrift voor entomologie, Nederlandsche Entomol. Ver., Amsterdam. 102. Entomologiske Meddelelser, Entomologisk Forening, Copenhagen. 103. Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society, Lawrence, Kansas. 104. Revista de la Sociedad entomologica Argentina, Buenos Aires. 105. Revista Entomologia, Sao Paulo, Brazil. 106. Anales Sociedad Cientifica Argentina, Buenos Aires. 107. Stylops : a Journal of Taxonomic Entomology, London. 108. Revista. Col. Nac. Vicente Rocafuerte, Guayaquil. 109. Arbeiten uber morphologische und taxonomische entomologie aus Berlin- Dahlem. 110. Arbeiten ueber physiologische und angewandte entomologie aus Berlin- Dahlem. 111. Memorias do Institute Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro. xlvi, '35] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 31 Entomological Literature COMPILED BY LAURA S. MACKEY UNDER THE SUPERVISION OP E. T. CRESSON, JR. Under the above head it is intended to note papers received at the Academy of Natural Sciences, of Philadelphia, pertaining to the En- tomology of the Americas (North and South), including Arachnida and Myriopoda. Articles irrelevant to American entomology will not be noted; but contributions to anatomy, physiology and embryology of insects, however, whether relating to American or exotic species will be recorded. The figures within brackets [ ] refer to the journal in which the paper appeared, as numbered in the list of Periodicals and Serials published in our January and June issues. This list may be secured from the pub- lisher of ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS for lOc. The number of, or annual volume, and in some cases the part, heft, &c. the latter within ( ) follows; then the pagination follows the colon : All continued papers, with few exceptions, are recorded only at their first installments. (*) Papers containing new forms or names not so stated in titles, have an * within parentheses thus (*) following the pagination of reference to paper. (S) Papers pertaining exclusively to neotropical species, and not so indicated in the title, have the symbol (S) at the end of the title of the paper. For records of Economic Literature, see the Experiment Station Rec- ord, Office of Experiment Stations, Washington. Also Review of Applied Entomology, Series A, London. For records of papers on Medical Ento- mology, see Review of Applied Entomology, Series B. Note. Titles of papers containing new forms or new names will be indicated by an asterisk within parentheses at end of reference, (*). Papers published vn the Entomological News are nof listed. GENERAL. Fall, H. C. A choice of words. [4] 66: 233-234. Felt, E. P. Classifying- symbols for insects. [6] 42: 373-392. Coding, F. W. Obituary. By C. E. Olsen. [6] 42 : 443-449. ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, ETC. Andre. M.- L'epistome et 1'appareil buccal des Caeculus (Acariens prostigmatiques). [58] 9: 93-96, ill. Ball, E. D The num- ber of generations of the beet leafhopper under natural con- ditions. [12] 27: 945-959, ill. Bodenheimer, F. S Ueber die temperaturabhaengigkeiten der insekten. [89] 66: 113- 151, ill. da Costa Lima, A. Applicaqao de urn a technica de para a montagem da terminalia dos mosquitos. [105] 4: 499-501, ill. Eckert, J. E. A gynandromorph honeybee. [12] 27: 1079-1082. ill. Hambleton, J. I. Bee behavior. [76] 1934: 544-546, ill. Hasebrock, K. Industrie-und grosstadt als ursache des neuzeitlichen vererbbaren mel- anism us des schmetterlinge in England und Deutschland. [Forsch. u. Forsch. Berlin] 10: 307-398, ill. Herms & Ellsworth. Field tests of the efficacy of colored light in trapping insect pests. [12] 27: 1055-1067. ill. Herriot, A. D. The renewal and replacement of the stylets of sucking insects during each stadium and the method of penetra- tion. [Can. Jour. Res.] 11 : 602-612, ill. Holdaway & Mul- hearn. Sheep sweat a factor in blowfly attack of sheep. [31] 134: 813-814. Hoskins & Craig. The olfactory re- sponses of flies in a new type of insect olfactometer. [12] 32 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Jan., '35 27: 1029-1036, ill. Lebedev, A. G. Ueber den gesetzmas- sigen zusammenhang zwischen bienen und pflanzen. [56] 13: 160-170. Mayer, K. Beitrag zur sinnesphysiologie der schlupfwespe Nemeritis canescens (Ichneumonidae). [110] 1: 245-248. Moore, W. G. The production of sterility in Drosophila melanogaster by x-ray treatment. [90] 68: SOS- SIS. Norris, M. j. Contributions towards the study of insect fertility. Adult nutrition, fecundity and longevity in the genus Ephestia. |93] 1934: 333-360. Pictet, A. In- stincts et survivance. [Lambillionea] 1934: 209-219. Sen, S. K. The sucking apparatus of ticks. [31] 134: 664. Stickney, F. S. The external anatomy of the parlatoria date scale, Parlatoria blanchardi, with studies of the head skeleton and associated parts. [U. S. D. A. Tech. Bui.] 421 : 66pp., ill. Tirelli, M. Spostamento del pigmento nelle cellule della sierosa durante lo sviluppo embrionale nel Bombyx mori. [Bol. Z. Union Zol. Ital.] 5: 163-172, ill. Vansell, G. H. Relation between the nectar concentration in fruit blossoms and the visits of honeybees. [12] 27: 943- 945. Warren, E. On the male genital system and sperma- tozoa of certain millipedes. [An. Natal. Mus.] 7: 351-402, ill. Zacwilichowski, J.- Ueber die innervierung und die sinnesorgane der flugel von schabe Phyllodromie german- ica. [Bui Acad. Polonaise Sci. et. Let.] 1034, B. 2: 89- 104, ill. ARACHNIDA AND MYRIOPODA. Davis, N. W.- A revision of the gen. Leiobunum (Opiliones) of the U. S. [Am. Midi. Nat.] 15: 662-705, ill. (*). Exline & Hatch.- Note on the food of the black widow spider. [6] 42 : 449- 450. Mello-Leitao. Pequenas notas arachnologicas. Notas sobre os opilioes do Brasil. Ensaio sobre as Myrmarach- ninas do Brasil. [Bol. Mus. Nac. R. de Jan.] 8: 67-75; 9 (1): 99-114; 9 (2): 39-101, ill. (*). Schroeder, C. R.- The snake mite (Ophiomyssus serpentium). [12] 27: 1004- 1014, ill. Verhoeff, K. W. Beitrage zur systematik und geographic der Chilopoden. [89] 66: 1-112, ill. Werner, F. Scorpiones, Pedipalpi. Bronns Klass. Ordnung. Tier- reichs. V, (4) pp. 161-316, ill. THE SMALLER ORDERS OF INSECTS. Cowley, J. -The types of some genera of Odonata. [9] 67: 249-253. Friederichs, K. Das gemeinschaftsleben der Embiiden und naheres zur kenntnis der arten. [52] 3: 405-444, ill. Py- craft, W. P. Feather eaters [ Mallonhaga] . [Til. London News] 95: 806, ill. Tinkham, E. R. The dragonfly fauna xlvi, '35] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS of Presidio and Jeff Davis Counties of the Big Bend region of Trans-Pecos, Texas. [4] 66: 213-218. ORTHOPTERA. Hebard, M. The Dermaptera and Orthoptera of Illinois. [Bull. 111. Nat. Hist. Surv.] 20: 125- 279, ill. (*). HEMIPTERA. Brown, W. F. The genus Chlorotettix in America, north of Mexico. [Univ. Kans. Sc. Bui] 21 : 235-256, ill. (*). de Carlo, J. A. Familia Belostomidae. Descriciones de especies nuevas proceclentes del Brasil. [Bol. Mus. Nac. R. cl. Jan.] 9 (1): 93-98, ill. Cummings, C. The giant water bugs. (Belostomatidae). [Univ. Kans. Sc. Bull.] 21: 197-220, ill. (*). Dow, R. The periodical cicada on Martha's Vineyard. [Bull. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist.] 1934: 3-5, ill. Drake & Bondar. Concerning Bra- zilian Tingitidae. [Bol. Mus. Nac. R. cl. Jan.] 8: 87-96, ill. (*). Drake & Hambleton. Brazilian Tingitidae. [105] 4: 435-451. (*). Hungerford, H. B. The genus Notonecta of the World. [Univ. Kans. Sci. Bui.] 21 : 5-196, ill. John- ston, H. G. Lygus lucorum re-discovered in North Amer- ica (Miridae). [4] 61: 231-232, ill. Shaw, J. G. A study of the Genus Brachymetra (Gerridae). [Univ. Kans. Sc. Bui.] 21: 221-234, ill. (*). LEPIDOPTERA. d'Almeida, R. Stiulien ueber die g.'ittung Terias. [14] 48: 115-118, ill. (S*). Bell, E. L- Studies in the Pyrrhopyginae. [6] 42: 393-440, ill. Crumb, S. E. A classification of some noctuid larvae of the sub- family Hypeninae. [70] 14: 133-196, ill. Fernandez, A.- Nuevas formas de lepidopteros exoticos (S). [Bol. Soc. Espana. H. N.] 32: 453-454, ill. May, E. Prepona mean- der castorina. [Bol. Mus. Nac. R. de Jan.] 8: 64-65. (S*). Wille, J. Der "Perforador de la bellota", Mescinia peru- ella, ein wichtiger schadling der baumwolle in Peru. (Py- ralidae). [105] 4: 455-485, ill. (*). DIPTERA. da Costa Lima, A. Chave para a deter- minaqao dos Flebotomos americanos. [105] 4: 427-429. da Costa Lima, A. Moscas de frutas so gen. Anastrepha. [Mem. Ins. O. Cruz] 28: 487-576, ill. (S*). Curran, H. C. -New American Asilidae, III. [40] 752: 18pp. Reinhard, H. J. Revision of the American two-winged flies belong- ing to the genus Cuphocera. [50] 83: 45-70. (*). Scott, H. -The puparium of Nycteribia (Listropodia) pedicularia with general remarks on this stage in Nycteribiidae. [8] 70: 255-259, ill. Shaw, F. R. A new species of Sciara. [4] 66: 233, ill. Townsend, C. H. T. Mosquitoes of the Rio Tapajos. [105] 4: 486-499. 34 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Jan., '35 COLEOPTERA. Bernhauer, M. Neue Staphyliniden aus Argentinien. [105] 4: 501-517. Blaisdell, F. E. Rare North American Coleoptera. [1] 60: 317-326, ill. (*). Borg- meier, T. Uma nova tribu da subfamilia Aleocharinae (Staph.). [105] 4: 451-455. Hinton, H. E. Notes on Aphodius in the cadaverinus group with a description of a new species. (Scarabaeidae). [4] 66: 218-220. (cont.). Maydell, G. G. New species of North American Meloidae. [1] 60: 327-336. Nagel, P. Zur systematik mid biologic von Sclerostomus ruficollis, nebst beschreibung der larve. (Lucanidae). [105] 4: 429-435, ill. HYMENOPTERA. Compere & Flanders. An.irhopus sydneyensis, an encyrtid parasite of Pseudococcus longi- spinus recently introduced into California from Australia. [12] 27: 966-973, ill. Molitor, A. Beitrage zur oekologie und ethologie der Hymenopteren. ( Bol. Lab. di Ent. R. 1st. Sup. Agr. Bologna] 6: 151-163. OBITUARY The daily press announced the death of DR. THEOBALD SMITH, on December 10, 1934, at New York. While he was in charge of investigation of infectious animal diseases in the Bureau of Animal Industry, U. S. Department of Agriculture (1884-95), he and Kilborne showed that Texas fever was spread from infested to healthy cattle by the tick, Maryaropns (or Boophilns) aiunthitits, said to be the first demonstration that arthropods transmit pathogenic organisms. He was born at Albany, New York, July 31, 1859, received the degree of Ph. 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'I hev diu o o - their l)urro\vs in the hard-packed soil of the foot path as well as in the grassy plots nearby. Their nests are easily found be- cause a conspicuous ant-hill-like mound of fine dirt covers each tunnel. These mounds are as readily seen on the gray plots as on the barren foot path. The insects have been given the manuscript name of "Red- bellied bees" because of the large bright red abdomen of tin- female. This is in decided contrast to the small-sized and somber-colored male. Both males and females emerge from the ground within a period of two or three days, and then the mothers use the same nesting site from which they have emerged to do their own nesting. This of course makes this solitary bee a gregarious species, not so much because it is psychologically neighborly, but because it is far easier to nesl where it happens to be born than to seek distant sites. There is an advantage too in keeping close to home in that impregna- tion is more easily accomplished. This is an advantage to in- sects that have short adult lives. The males llv about the nests, often rest in the grass for long periods near a mound and have occasionally been seen to enter a burrow; and often too, they have been glad to make a hasty escape, when put to rout by a busy mother. The duration of adult life of this bee is short: at the most it is only from three to four weeks. Then the adults die oil and are not seen again until the new generation appears next spring. IcK-iitilk-d by 1 >r. (irare Sundliou < 35 36 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Feb., '35 I said that the bees make "ant-hill-like" mounds on top of their burrows. These are conical and roughly about one and one-half inch to two inches in diameter with an opening at the side or top. The bees themselves are seldom seen when they are making these mounds. During digging operations the soil is pushed up from below with the abdomen while the bee walks backward towards the top. The suddenness with which these mounds appear makes one suspect that the bee actually uses and enlarges the tunnel in which she has spent the winter as an immature insect. This theory is also strengthened by the fact that one seldom sees the mother bee beginning a new excavation. Of course some bees must occasionally dig new nests or the colony would not have been started in my garden. The adult length of life which is entirely devoted bv the o _/ _. mother to nesting is. as I have said, of about three to four weeks' duration, but coming as it does in April, the month of showers, their activities are much interrupted and curtailed. Sometimes when the rains are prolonged or severe the mortality is great, for often the soil of the mound is washed into the burrows and occasions much labor for the few mothers who are able to extricate themselves and often they are drowned when the rains enter the nests. It is surprising that in the face of short life and much hardship the species is able to maintain itself sufficiently to give forth a colony of offspring- year after year. The following table shows the dates when the bees first ap- peared and the approximate date when the nesting activities terminated. Activities No. of nests No. of mounds Year First seen terminated in colony counted later 1925 April 18 May 10 April 18, 20. 1926 April 19 April 19, 9. April 21, 25 1928 April 4 April 30 April 4, 3. April 8. 50 1930 April 9 May 5 April 1 1, 48. 1931 April 12 April 12, 25. April 15, 110 1932 April 14 May 8 April 14, 6. April 18, 75 Thus we see that the bees made their appearance each year between April 4th and 19th, during a period of six years when the records were kept, and lived for a period of from three to xlvi, '35 | ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS four weeks; that the number of nests reached a total of from twenty in 1925 the first year of observation to the maximum of one hundred ten in 1931. Since the bees have little difficulty in getting food for them- selves or offspring, and since no enemies in the way of para- sites were seen about the nests, the fluctuation in population numbers must be wholly due to the weather conditions at tin- time of nesting. The biggest factor influencing population is the amount of rainfall in April. For the benefit of future compilers of the relation of insects to rain, T here append the following from my note book on the havoc played by tlm element. There was much rain from April 8th to 14th. 1928. and all activity about the nests had stopped; in fact the mounds above the burrows had been beaten flat and entirely covered the open- ings; four days after the rain ceased (April 18th) only three mothers (out of fifty) were able to extricate thmselves and were again at work. Heavy rains again occurred on April 20. 21, and 22, and these three nests were covered solid with mud, and out of these three nests one mother survived and was able to continue her nesting work on April 23rd. Cool days are also a hindrance to nest building. 'I he-re are often several cool dreary days in April and then Andrcuac re- ma : n comfortably indoors, but thev are ambitious in propitious weather and often at 6 a. m. the mothers can be seen pushing no the soil in their burrows ; thev, however, do not become active among the flowers (gathering pollen) until the sun becomes warm, which, in April, is usually about '> a. m. Acridian Researches within Northeastern Texas (Orthoptera). By F. B. TSELV, Trinity I'niversity. Waxahachie, Texas. I NTKoniVTION. During the past four years, 1^31-34. the writer ha been carrying on field and experimental studie^ concerning tin- ccol- o(/\ of ortlioptcroits insects. Y ear-around field study trip^ one hundred twentv-four to date in northeaMern Texas have 38 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Feb., '35 been made, attempting as far as possible, through critical field observations, collecting and records, to check every phase of orthopteran activity. The present paper is a condensed summary of certain parts of my field data pertaining chiefly to the adult populations, seasonal range, and local distribution of the Acrididae (short- horned grasshoppers) studied. Students acquainted with soil maps, 1 floral and faunal maps of northeastern Texas, know that the area here considered may, in a general way, be subdivided into four main soil divisions and consequently four chief floral and faunal divisions : ( 1 ) the east Texas timber country including the east cross timbers, (2) the blackland prairies, (3) the grand prairies, (4) the west cross timbers. "~& NORTH EASTERN SANomoN TEXAS ^>? ^"L . STUOY STATIONS )fl *.(. 1 ----- BOONOIES 0>- [u .(, Joll ARtAS Fig. 1. Map of portion of Northeastern Texas showing number of Study Stations in the various counties and their relation to soil areas. The blackland prairie acridian fauna, as found in Ellis and Dallas counties, has been carefully studied ; the east cross tim- ber acridians have been studied in Denton, Hill, Johnson, and Tarrant counties ; the east Texas timber species have been less xlvi. '35 | KXTOMol.or.K'AL NEWS 39 thoroughly investigated in Anderson, Marion. Smith and Van- Zandt counties; only a partial check has been possihle of the grand prairie short-horned grasshoppers as found in Bosque, western Denton. Hill, Johnson, and Tarrant counties; while only a beginning has been made on the field work of the west cross timbers. However, enough data have been brought together for signi- ficant comparisons of the acridians of these several areas, together twenty northeastern Texas counties have contributed to the total of the species studied, but it is well to note that the center from which the field work has radiated has been Ellis county. With a few exceptions, all of the data herein pre- sented are based on my personal field investigations. Historically speaking this area is of considerable interest to entomologists. Dallas County was the center of the entomol- ogical studies of Jacob Boll - for the period of twelve years (1869-81), while Gustaf W. Belfrage, 8 who prodigiously col- lected Texas insects for fifteen years ( 1867-82), worked espe- cially in Bosque county. While neither of these "pioneer natu- ralists" published the results of their collecting, it is well known that both were all around entomologists. A number of type species of Orthoptera described by Scudder, Saussure. Stal and others were based on specimens and species first collected and studied by Boll or Belfrage, while many of the large museums and collections, both in Europe and America, have extensive series of orthopteran species sent in by them from Texas. Dr. S. W. Geiser has pointed out, however, that as far as specific localities are concerned. Boll's Dallas and Belfrage's Basque County, as credited and cited by entomological writers, are not always specific for these localities, as both made col- lecting forays into the "Piney Woods" of east Texas and other excursions west and southwest (San Antonio) from their home' 'Carter, W. T.. The Soils of Texas. Bull. 431, Tex. Agri. Exp. Sta. (1931). -Geiser, S. YV.. Tin- American Midland Naturalist, XI, pp. (1929) 3 Geiser, S. W., Southwest Review, XIV, pp. 381-98. (1929^. and ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS, XLIY. pp. 127-132. (1933). 40 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Feb., '35 f stations respectively. Acridian literature abounds with scat- tered references from Texas, chiefly due to the work of Boll and Belfrage. Unfortunately most of these fragmentary refer- ences are more or less inaccessable to the average worker. Re- cent papers by Hebard, 4 to 7 Morse, 14 Rehn," Little 10 and Isely 11 are helpful and suggestive, but do not apply directly to northeastern Texas. The writer is deeply indebted to Mr. Morgan Hebard, Re- search Associate of the Department of Entomology of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, for helpful sug- gestions and difficult determinations. On most of my study trips from one to three assistant col- lectors have aided me in making more complete records than would otherwise have been possible. This generous assistance was given the writer by members of his immediate family. Trinity University students and friends. My wife, Mary N. Isely, not only assisted in field work but has aided me as preparator of materials for study. In the case of a few species specific acknowledgment is given elsewhere in this paper for records obtained by other workers. DATA CONCERNING SPECIES. Some of the salient facts that have been gathered through one hundred and twenty-four year-around study trips and the rechecking of notes concerning 6287 individual specimens from my field records, representing eighty-seven species, are sum- marized below. ' Hebard, Morgan, Orthoptera of Kansas, Proc. Acad. of Nat. Sc. of Philadelphia, pp. 119-227, (1931). "' Hebard, Morgan, The Dermaptera and Orthoptera of Illinois, Div. Ent. Nat. Hist. Surv., Bull., XX, pp. 125-269, (1934). " Hebard, Morgan, Dermaptera and Orthoptera in the Kansas State College Collection, Jour. Kansas Ent. Soc., VII, pp. 25-36, (1934). 7 Hebard. Morgan, Notes on Orthoptera from Northwestern Minne- sota, EXT. NEWS, XLV, pp. 103-106, (1934). M Morse, A. P., Further Researches of North American Acrididae, Pub. No. 68, Carnegie Inst. of Washington, (1907). '' Rehn, J. A. G., A Study of the Orthopterous Genus Mermiria Stal. Proc. Acad. of Nat. Sc. of Philadelphia, 1919, pp. 55-120, (1919). '" Little, V. A , Notes of the Acrididae of Brazos County, Texas, ENT NEWS. XXXVII, pp. 316-19, (1926). 11 Isely, F. B., Field Notes on Texas Orthoptera, ENT. NEWS XLV pp. 5-8, (1934). xlvi, '35 | ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 41 In stating the relative numbers of individuals, I am employ- ing terms much used by field biologists in census and popu- lation studies; in an ascending order the series here used is as follows: rare, infrequent, occasional, frequent, common, abun- dant, very abundant, swarming. These should serve to give other interested workers comparative information at least as far as they apply to the present study. Seasonal range is indicated either in Roman notation I-X1I. (January to December) or by naming the months. For the most -part the active peak period of the annual cycle of a species is emphasized but in many cases the entire known seasonal range is given. In the case of the more populous and char- acteristic species "peak seasonal records," as shown by my held data, are given. Local regional distribution is indicated by naming the counties where species have actually been taken as checked by my own field records. To a limited extent general faunal areas are indicated and in the case of a number of well-known ubiqui- tous species the listing of counties has been omitted. LIST OF SPECIES STUDIED. ACRYDIINAE. XOMOTETTIX CRISTATUS DENTicuLATUs Morse. Bisbee, Tar- ran County, III, 31, '33, 29 ; Carter Lake, Marion Co., 111. 31, '34, 4$ , 1 ?. I'AKATETTIX CUCULLATUS CUCULLATUS (Burm.). Common to abundant in favorable habitats stream, pond, and lake mar- gins throughout the year. 107 specimens checked from Ellis. Anderson, Dallas, Harrison, Marion, Smith, Henderson, Soni- mervell, Tarrant, and Van Zandt Counties. TETTIGIDEA LATERALIS LATERALIS (Say). Common, I-X 1 1 . Kllis, Anderson, Harrison, Hill, Smith. Tarrant, and Van Zandt Counties. T. ACUTA Morse. 8 Klkhart. IX. 1. '33. 1 9 : Carter Lake, IV, 1 . '34, 24,2$. ACRIDINAE. TRYXALIS BREVICORXIS (Johann). Edom, Van Zandt d>untv. VIII, 1, '33. 1 $ ; Tyler. Smith Co., VIII. 2. '33, 7 $,3 juv. 9 Elkhart, Anderson County. IN. 1. '33. 13 6 , 59 : C. <>. olrcaccac, 26, 59." Taken in Kllis, Anderson, Bosque, Dallas, Denton ( Dr. I!. B. Harris), Henderson, Hill, Johnson, Freestone, Kaufman, I'alo I 'into, I'arker, Tarrant and Van Zandt Coun- ties. S. FUSCOVITTATA ( Thos. ) . This species has been rare with the exception of one station, Camp Wisdom, Dallas County, IX. 18, '31. 15 $ , 159 ; also taken in Ellis. Bosque and Parker ( 'ounties. ( >i-KiA OBSCCRA (Thos.). An occasional to frequent mid- summer and fall species among short mesquite grasses; KliK. Johnson, Palo Pinto, Parker and Tarrant Counties. AMPHITORNUS COLORADUS (Thos.). Only 8 <5 , 1/9 . 1 juv.. and these chiefly from the grand prairie stations; VI-YIII : Kllis, Dallas. Palo Pinto, Parker, Tarrant and Wise Counties. AMBLYTROPIDA OCCIOEXTALIS (Sauss.). A late fall and win- ter species. Locally occasional to common in east cross tim- ber and east timber open woods; X-V ; Anderson, Harrison. Johnson, Marion and Tarrant Counties; peak collection at Mansfield, Tarrant County, IV, 21. '34. 6 , 149. KKITKTTIX SIMPLEX (Sc. ). This comparatively infrequent species proved to be common in an old pasture with a heavy growth of dead prairie grass ( . linlropogou sp. ), White Rock Lake area. Dallas County. Field notes: "Four collectors work- nig over an hour secured TV. 28, '34, 18 $ , 34 9 ." Infrequent juveniles have been taken in March, June and Xovember; Kllis. Dallas and Tarrant Counties. PHLIBOSTRO.MA QUADRIMACULATUM. (Thos.). Infrequent to occasional at grand prairie stations; VI-VIII ; Kllis, Johnson. I'alo Pinto, I'arker and Tarrant ('ounties. ORPHULELLA PKLIDXA (Ihirm.). Locally common in open, sandy, oak woods; YI-1X: Anderson, Dallas, FreeMonc. John- son. Kaufman, Tarrant and Van Zandt Counties. ORPHULELLA SPECIOSA (Sc.). An abundant late summer and fall acridian found especially in short bermuda grass pas- tures. Taken at prairir.s as well as at east cross timber and easl timber stations; V-XI1: Kllis. Dallas, Freestone. Navarro. Smith, Tarrant and Y;m Zandt Counties. (To be mnlinued.) 44 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS | Feb., '35 An Analysis of the Cicindela purpurea Group (Coleop.: Cicindelidae). By E. GRAVVVOOD SMYTH. Entomologist, W. R. Grace & Co. Sugar Estates, Trujillo, Peru. (Continued from page 19.) (10) C. transrersa Leng. Mr. Leng lists this as a variety of splendida, while Dr. Horn considers it a "minor form" (what- ever that may be in American terminology) of splendida. Ni- colay and Weiss place it. correctly, among the varieties of Ihnbalis. All of this confusion arises, plainly, from the mis- taken attitude in considering splendida as a valid species, when in fact it is a geographic race of liinbalis, the varieties trans- I'crsa and cyanocephala connecting the two, the one in color, the other in maculation. This statement should not he taken as contradictory to the writer's recent quotation (8, p. 202) from an earlier writing, where he spoke of the interbreeding of this variety with splendida as "thus establishing splendida as a variety of transrcrsa, and so of purpurea." At the time that was written, in 1907, liinbalis and its varieties were considered as all belonging to the species purpurea. (11) C. cyanocephala Varas. ( - - C. ainocna Eec. of Leng). Here again we have complete confusion, from the same cause mentioned above (i.e., considering splendida as a species). Leng correctly considers this a variety of liinbalis; Horn, a "larger race" of purpurea; and the authors of the Synopsis, a variety of splendida. (12) C. splendida Hentz. Leng in his catalogue, and Xi- colay and Weiss in their Synopsis, consider this a valid species. Western collectors who know its phytogeny and habitat can- not figure this out. Horn places it as a "larger race" of pur- purea, on the mistaken assumption, it would appear, that lini- balis and purpurea are one species. The writer cannot consider splendida as other than a variety (geographic race) of liinbalis. and has no fear that Cicindelists of the Middle West will not uphold him in this view. xlvi. '35 | K\TOMOI.O<;iCAL XKVVS 45 (13) C. ludomciana Leng. Leng, Horn, and Xicolay and \\'eiss, all agree in calling this a variety (or "lesser form"- Horn) of splendid a. In the writer's eyes it is a local variety, or race, of linibalis. (14) C. dcni'crcnsis Casey. All place this as a variety, or form, of splcndida ; which makes it of course, a variety of liin- halis. Distance of separation from the stem species has no hearing on the situation, so long as there are connecting links. And there are (in splcndida and transversa). (15) C. phtttctisis Smyth (- C. coiiquisita Casey fide Xi- colay). All authorities place coiiquisita as a synonym of dcn- vcrcnsis, preferring not to consider as a distinctive character the differences of maculation. This essentially ignores Casey's description of the maculation of dcnvcrensis. And in the Xi- colay and Weiss "key" to the group, this variety would run down to puyetana or dcccnuwtata, with neither of which it hears any close relationship. If, in proposing the name plat- tensis (8, p. 202), the writer has without intention made a synonym, as Mr. Nicolay asserts (4, p. 154), it has at least accomplished the result desired, namely, the recognition by name of a western, fully maculate, all-green (or blue and green) geographic race of linibalis paralleling the maculation of linibalis and cyanocepliala. Such specimens have heretofore rested in all collections without name, or improperly under dcnz'crcnsis. Since Colonel Casey, as pointed out by Dr. Horn (2, p. 74), had the custom of describing "localities" and "indi- viduals," and in many cases sports and Mendelian forms, with- out immediate access to his types for purposes of comparison it was not possible to assign a name to this variety in other manner. (16) C. propinqua Knaus. Horn wrongly interpreted this as a variety of tranqucbarica Herb., but Leng and Mutchler in their Supplement to the Leng Catalogue of Caleoptera, 1 ( L'/, assign it a number as a variety of splcndida. Xicolay and "Weiss so consider it also. This makes of it. logically, a geo- graphic race of I'nnbalis. 46 ENTO.MOLOCICAL XKWS | Feb., '35 (17) C. dcccmnotata Say. Mr. Leng gives this. quite cor- rectly, specific standing, as do also Xicolay and Weiss. Doctor Horn considers it a "larger race" of pnrpnrca, on a par with lauta, splendida, cyanocephala, etc. He makes no discrimina- tion in the comparative values or inter-relationships of these. (18) C. put/ctana Casey. Considered by Leng a variety of purpnrca, and by Horn a "larger race" of purpitrea. Xicolay and \Yeiss differ with both, placing it as a variety of splendida. to which, in onr opinion, it bears no close relationship. This and the preceding species may be readily distinguished from all varieties of purpurca and liinhalis by the more polished sur- face texture, and by other anatomical differences. To summarize: of the above 18 species and varieties, the authors of the Synopsis agree with our two outstanding au- thorities, Charles W. Leng and Walther Horn, in only four cases (purpurca, ludoriciana, dcm'crcnsis, conquisita ) ; agree with only one of them (Leng) in eight cases (aiidnboni, nif/cr- riina, cimarrona, liinbalis, sprcta. splendida, propinqua, dcccni- notata) ; and disagree with both of them in six cases ( auguralis, lauta, inirabilis, trausi'crsa, cyanocephala, putjctana}. Plainly, where the two older authorities are not themselves in agree- ment, the authors of the Synopsis could not well agree with both of them. I'ut it is conspicuous that thev disagree with both oftener than they agree with both. This, naturally, does not convince us that there is very little that they have changed. Before closing, the writer would call attention to a few dis- crepancies in Mr. Xicolav's "answer" to his criticisms of the Synopsis. 1. The writer made no comparison of the purpurca group with the Megacephalini, as stated by Nicolay (4, p. 128), but characterized it as "the most difficult group in the genus Cicin- dela" (8, p. 197). He has not changed in that opinion. 2. Neither did he take issue with the authors of the Synopsis in their use of color and maculation in a key to separate vari- eties, for he knows as well as they that "it cannot be done" on the basis of structure, unless perhaps by the genitalia. What xlvi, '35] K. \TOMOLOGICAL NEWS 47 he objected to, and so stated clearly. \vas the exclusive use of color and maculation in a key to determine "species" ( vi/... splendida; ciwarrona), and to the hopeless mixing up <>f tin- species and varieties in a key. using color as sole criterion, in- stead of arranging them according to their genetic relationships, which would vastly simplify the matter. 3. He made no objection to their "recognizing only species and varieties;" he would certainly do the same. What he took exception to was the "elevating subspecies to specific rank," because, the term subspecies the authors use themselves as equivalent to Doctor Horn's term "larger races." and there can be no doubt that these races, by American usage, are varieties (in all cases except liinhulis and decemnotata) . 4. "When the writer slated that "those acquainted with the fini'fiiirct.1 group have decided vears ago that cimarrona is not entitled to specific standing" he referred very naturally to those who have collected and know intimately the habits of the western varieties, or who have first hand information from others who had collected them. He needs make no apology to Mr. Leng on this score. How can one who knows only museum specimens pass fair judgment on the inter-relationship of vari- eties? To use Mr. Xicolay's expression: "It cannot be done." 5. The writer, in quoting Doctor Lantz (8, p. 200) on the varieties of pnrpurcu. did so to bring out only one point : that Lantz, who had also collected cimarrona, considered it a vark-tv of piu'pnrca. The writer made no mention of, and places no importance whatever upon, the size, shape, or degree of in- clination of the median band in Cicindela, except, in rare cases, in so far as those features are relatively constant (as in dcccin- notata Say and eureka Fall). So this is not "one of the few things that we agree on" (4, p. 131 ). In cimarrona and auguralis the length and inclination of the median band is any- thing but constant; and Xicolay himself states that (4. p. 1 3< > i in the paratvpe specimens of auguralis the median band is "slightly more oblique than in typical liinbalis." One who has not material at hand might consult Shel ford ( (>. pi. 25. figs. a to d) for some idea of the variability in the markings ot 48 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Feb., '35 cimarrona and augural is (which Shelford miscalled spreta). Shelford plainly marks these "level ground inhabitants," which proves that they are not varieties of liuibalis, but rather, of purpurea. 6. Mr. Nicolay speaks of "this so-called species scdalia," which is very carelessly (if not intentionally) misquoting (4. p. 130). The writer distinctly named it as a variety of liuibalis (8, p. 200), and mentioned no "connection between this form and cimarrona." Nor is there indeed any connection, except that both occur in Colorado and both belong to the purpurea group, their habits being entirely different. Nor is it significant that Doctor Horn has not assigned a name to the variety. If Mr. Nicolay can fit "specimens from Colorado in the Horn collection . . . nicely in either liuibalis, splcndida or variety cyanocephala, and cimarrona," he may consider it clever. But who said that any such specimens were scdalia? The variety scdalia is at once distinguishable from all other varieties of liuibalis by broad markings, dilated marginally and often con- fluent on the margin as in latcsif/nata Lee. (no other variety of liuibalis develops a marginal band), by usually entire humeral and apical lunules that are quite persistent and seldom broken into dots (other varieties of liuibalis seldom if ever develop entire humeral lunule, and never in a whole series of speci- mens), and color, usually red, suggestive of the more eastern forms, that does not occur at lower altitudes on the adjoining plains, except as a rare mutation. That transition forms occur between scdalia and the neighboring named varieties of liuibalis there is abundant evidence ; but as much may be said of any other named variety of liuibalis that has been recognized in our catalogues. Like ludoviciana, scdalia is a very local and some- what sporadic race, but none the less well defined in its diver- gence from other known varieties. 7. One who owns the extensive Casey literature, who has lived some years in Washington and spent hours over the National Collection of beetles in company with our late, kindly and erudite Doctor Schwarz. and who was there when Mr. Buchanan unboxed the Casey types and transferred them to xlvi, '.351 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 49 cabinet, can perhaps afford to pass over a critic's suggest!' n' that he evidently "never looked in a Casey box." 8. Mr. Nicolay has the right to pride himself on his familiar- it}- with certain eastern collections which he enumerates, but should not consider that he monopolizes a knowledge of those collections, for that can be challenged. If he will examine again the Cicindela collection of the American Museum of Xatural History in his own Manhattan, he will find there a nice series of Cicindclu inii'ubilis Casey, properly labeled, all with cupreous head and thorax, from Dutch Flat, Placer County, California ( March) specimens identical with those that he claims to have discovered, tardily (4, p. 153), in the collection of Mr. Wood. We believe he mistakes also in presuming that tem- porary residence in Peru, "several thousand miles away from collections and literature." predisposes to senility. REFERENCES (1) HORN, WALTHER. 1903. Letters of a Traveling En- tomologist. Published by Warren Knaus, Press of Dem- ocrat-Opinion, McPherson. Kans.. pp. 44. (2) ID. 1930. Xotes on the races of Omus californicus and a list of the Cicindelidae of America North of Mexico. Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc., Phila., LVI, pp. 73-86. (3) LENG, CHARLES W. 1920. Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico. John D. Sherman, Jr.. Publ. Mount Vernon. N. Y., pp" 470. (4) NICOLAY, ALAN S. 1934. An answer to E. Graywood Smyth on "Synopsis of Cicindelidae." ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS, Phila.'. XLY, 6, pp. 127-131, and 7. pp. 153-155. ( 5) XICOLAV. ALAN S., and WEISS, HARRY B. 1932. Synop- sis of the Cicindelidae. General introduction, bibliog- raphy :md Purpurea Group. Jour. X. Y. Ent. Soc.. N. S'.. XL, 3, pp. 341-355. (6) SHELFORD, VICTOR E. 1917. Color and color-pattern mechanism of Tiger Beetles. Illinois Biological Mono- graphs (Univ. of 111.. Publ.). I'l-bana. NT. 4, pp. 134, 32 pis. (7) SMYTH, E. (',. 1905. Notes on collecting Cicindelidae. Trans. Kans. Acad. Sci., Topeka, NIX, pp. 425-432. (8) In. 1933. ( )n the Nicolay and Weiss synopsis of the Cicindelidae. ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS, Phila.. XEIY, S, pp. 197-204. 50 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Feb., '35 New Histeridae from the Nests of Ants of the Genus Atta in Mexico (Coleoptera). By HOWARD E. HINTON, Cambridge, England. While determining a collection of Histeridae taken from the nests of Atta se.i'dcus L. and A. fcrz'cus Say by the writer and others in Mexico at various times during the past few years, four new species have come to light. The Histerids described below were not taken in the actual nests of the leaf-cutting ants. but they were taken in accumulations of waste material which are deposited by the ants near the openings of the nests. Through the kindness of Dr. W. M. Mann, the Atta from the District of Temascaltepec was determined as A. se.rdcns L. The writer determined the Atta from Cuernavaca as A. fcrrrus Say. Saprinus pusio, new species. Broadly oval, rather convex, black with a slight aeneous lustre, shining; antennae, mouth-parts and legs rufo-piceous. Head without impressed lines, finely, transversely strigose anteriorly, extremely finely, sparsely punctate basally. Prothorax twice as wide as long, apical margin very finely but densely ciliate, apical and lateral marginal lines fine ; sides arcuate, converging moderately to apex; base evenly arcuate ; surface finely, evenly, moderately sparsely punctate, extreme base with moderately coarse, closely placed punctures. Elytra twice as long as prothorax, base nearly impunctate, posteriorly finely punctate, punctures becoming gradually denser apically and being moderately dense in apical one-third, extreme apex impunctate ; striae somewhat feebly, crenately punctate and extending only to about basal one-tenth and slightly unequally to apical one-third, two joined in a broad arch to sutural which gradually converges nearly to suture near apex ; humeral at base scarcely visible, short, diagonal, more longitudinal and distinctly impressed for a short distance in apical one-half ; scutellum minute, triangular. Propygidium nearly impunctate basally, moderately finely and densely punc- tate apically ; pygidium moderately finely, densely punctate, with the punctures becoming finer and sparser on disk. Prosternal striae sinuately diverging anteriorly to end in a deep pit before which the}- are contingent with carinae above antennal cavities ; mesosternnin broadly, feebly emarginate in front, moderately densely, coarsely punctate, marginal line xlvi, '35] KNTOMOl.OCK'AL NEWS feebly, broadly sinuate ; metasternum coarsely, sparsely punc- tate. Length, 1.6 mm.; breadth, 1 mm. Y'y/v: Deposited in the collection of the writer. Collected at Tejupilco, District of Temascaltepec, MEXICO, alt. 3960 ft., in July, 1933 (H. E. Hinton, R. L. Usinger). It was taken from the deposits of Atta scxdcns L. It is difficult to relate Saprinns pusio to any of the known species, for it is quite distinct. It is the smallest species recorded from this region. Its small size, head without impressed lines, pro- notum finely and evenly punctate except at extreme base, coarsely, moderately densely punctate mesosternum, and coarsely, moderately sparsely punctate metasternum should make this species an easily recognixable one. Saprinus formicus new species. Broadly oval, convex, black, strongly shining; antennal club fuscous, mouth-parts and legs piceous. Head with distinct supra-orbital striae extending to base of clvpeus, very finely, moderately densely punctate, anteriorly slightly strigose ; scape of antennae with a few long, erect, tes- taceous hairs. Prothorax one-half wider than long, feebly ciliate along apex, apical marginal line fine, lateral fine apically, more coarse bas- ally; sides converging feebly to apex, nearly straight, strongly rounding near apex ; surface finely, moderately densely punc- tate basally, elsewhere extremely finely, sparsely punctate. Elytra finely, sparsely punctate basally, with the punctures becoming coarser and denser apically, apical two-thirds coarsely, moderately densely punctate ; striae fine, finely, not closely punctate, outer humeral well impressed and extending from basal one-fourth to apical one- fourth, humeral scarcely im- pressed, short, diagonal; striae five to two slightly curved at base, fifth extending to apical one-third, fourth to second pro- gressively shorter, second extending only to apical one-half and joined in an arch at base to sutural which extends to apical one-fifth and does not converge but is parallel to suture; scutel- lum small, equilateral: Pygidium coarsely, moderately densely, evenly punctate. I'rosternal striae parallel, slightly sinuate at middle, extend- ing nearly to apex and not ending in fovea; pnisternuni slightly convex between striae; carinae above antennal cavities straight 52 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Feb., '35 and parallel with prosternal striae; inesosteniuni very coarsely. clenselv punctate; metasternuin finely, sparsely punctate except caudally where it is coarsely, densely punctate with shallow. oblong-oval punctures; extreme base of first ventral segment punctate as adjacent area of nietastenmni, apex with a row of fine, closely placed punctures. Length, 3.8 nun. : breadth, 2.5 mm. : Deposited in the collection of the writer. Collected at Tejupilco, District of Temascaltepec, MEXICO, alt. 3960 It.. June. 1933 (H. K. Hinton. R. L. Usinger). Pitnit\'f>cs: Three. Same data as above. All specimens were collected in the deposits of Alia sc.rdcns L. This is a very distinct species, and it can not be closely related to any of the previously described species of Saprinus from North America. Its most distinctive character is found in the punctation of the pronotum which is anteriorly and at sides only extremely finely and sparsely punctate without coarser punctures. In the few species of Saprinus in which the pronotum is, except at extreme base, extremely finely and sparsely punctate, there are nearly always a few coarser punc- tures apically near the sides. Epierus pubifrons new species. $ : Oblong oval, convex, dark rufo-piceous, strongly shin- ing; antennae, mouth-parts and legs paler, antennal club some- what testaceous. Head without raised or impressed lines ; front slightly con- cave, clypeus anteriorly with a semicircular area which is densely clothed with short, stiff, testaceous hairs; surface very finely, moderately densely punctate, with the punctures some- what sparser basal ly. Prothorax one-third wider than long, apical and lateral mar- ginal lines moderately fine; sides arcuate, converging moder- ately to apex; base arcuate, more strongly arcuate at middle; surface moderately finely, densely, evenly punctate and also with extremely fine punctures sparsely intermixed, base with a row of coarser, closely placed punctures and an oval impres- sion in front of scutellum. Elytra more than twice as long as prothorax, finely, moder- ately sparsely punctate throughout ; striae moderate, finer nearer suture, moderately closely, crenately punctate, all ex- xlvi, '35] KNTOMOI.OCK'AI. XKWS tending from near base to near apex with exception of sntural which does not extend so near to base; humeral (seventh) absent but humerus with a feeble, diagonal impression extend- ing only in basal one-fourth; scutellum small, equilateral. Propygidium one-third as long as pygidium, moderately densely punctate with moderately fine and extremely fine punctures in- termixed; pygidium moderately finely, moderately densely punctate and also with a few microscopical punctures sparsely intermixed. Prosternal striae moderately widely separated, diverging slightly caudally, parallel anteriorly, not attaining lobe; meso- sternum microscopically punctate, marginal striae in front pres- ent only at sides of emargination ; metasternum moderately densely, extremely finely punctate, much more coarsely punc- tate caudally ; first ventral segment finely, moderately densely punctate, more coarsely punctate at sides. Length, mm. ; breadth. 1.1 mm. 9 : Front not concave; clypeus anteriorly without hairs; slightly more coarsely punctate throughout. : Male in the collection of Mr. C. A. Ballou, Jr. Col- lected at Cuernavaca, Estado de Morelos, MEXICO, Tune, 1934. (H. E. Hinton.) Furatvpcs: One female with same data as above. Three males and three females collected at Tejupilco, District of Temascaltepec. Mexico, alt. 3960 ft., June, 1933 ( H. E. Hin- ton, R. L. Usinger). The male may readily be separated from all other North American species of the genus by the pubescence on the anterior portion of the clypeus The female resembles Epicrus intcr- iiicdius Mars., but is about one-third smaller, the head and pronotum are more densely and more coarsely punctate, and the sutural and second striae are not abbreviated. Specimens from Cuernavaca and Tejupilc<> were collected in the deposits of A. sc.rdens and A. Icrrcus respectively. Epierus singulistrius new species. Oblong oval, convex, dark rufo-piceous, strongly shining; antennal club testaceous; antennae, mouth-parts, pronotum. py- gidia. and legs paler rufo-piceous. 54 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Feb., '35 Head with supra-orbital striae curved anteriorly and ex- tending a very short distance across front ; surface extremely finely, moderately sparsely punctate. Prothorax nearly twice as wide as long, apical and lateral marginal lines moderately fine; sides nearly straight, converg- ing to apex; base evenly arcuate; surface very finely moder- ately sparsely punctate, with a few coarser punctures near sides, base with a row of closely placed punctures on middle one- third and with an oblong impression in front of scutellum. Elytra half again as long as prothorax, extremely finely, moderately sparsely punctate throughout ; striae moderate, feebly but closely, crenately punctate and with exception of second all extending from near base to near apex, second pres- ent only in apical one-half, sutural diverging from suture to- wards base and shortly curved outwardly near base; humeral absent, humerus with a short, diagonal, feeble impression in apical one-third, outer humeral well impressed, present in api- cal two-thirds; scutellum nearly equilateral. Propygidium two- thirds as long as pygidium, moderately coarsely and sparsely punctate, with extremely fine punctures intermixed ; pygidium very finely, moderately densely punctate and with a few coarser punctures basally. Prosternum between striae narrow, convex; striae diverging caudally, parallel anteriorly, not quite attaining lobe ; carinae in front of anterior coxal cavities short, nearly parallel with pro- sternal striae ; mesosternum slightly elevated above metaster- num and limited posteriorly by a strongly sinuate line, anter- iorly feebly, very broadly, arcuately emarginate, marginal stria complete, feebly sinuate in front, surface extremely finely, mod- erately sparsely punctate. Length, 2 mm.; breadth, 1.2 mm. Type: Female in the collection of Mr. C. A. 1'allou, Jr. Col- lected at Tejupilco, District of Temascaltepec, MEXICO, June, 1933, alt. 3960 ft.. ( H. F. Hinton. R. L. Usinger). Paratypcs: Two females and five males. Same data as above. All specimens were collected in the deposits of Atta se.rdens L. This species may be separated from all others by the com- plete sutural striae and very short second striae. The males have the meso-metasternum concave and more strongly punc- tate. The mesosternum is often in the males not so distinctly elevated above the metasternum, as it is in the females, but this last character is very variable. ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS PHILADELPHIA, PA., FEBRUARY, 1935. EXTO.MOUK;Y AT TIIK COXYOCATIOX \\'KKK MF.F.TINGS, DKCKMISKK 27, 1934, TO JAXTAKY 2, 1935. ( >ur annual summary of the entomological items of the pro- grams of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and Associated Societies, held at Pittsburgh, Pennsyl- vania, follows: The number of papers bearing on insects, including those in symposia and non-duplicating demonstrations, were: *Kntomological Society of America (including a joint ses- sion with the Ideological Society of America) 52 American Association of Economic Entomologists 127 American Society of Zoologists 21 American Society of Parasitologists 6 * American Phytopathological Society 4 Genetics Society of America 20 * Potato Association of America 2 Wilson ( )rnithological Club 1 American Society of Naturalists 1 Committee on Hydrobiology and Aquiculture, National Research Council 2 Section X, Medical Sciences, A. A. A. S 2 American Nature Study Society 1 Total 239 These papers were distributed in subject as follows : i Behavior 1 General Entomology 2 *Geographical Distribution. 6 *Collecting and Rearing Genetics 12 Methods 7 * Evolution 4 Entomological Instruction 1 *Taxonomy 6 Entomological Museums. . 3 Parasites and Diseases of *Cvtologv 13 Insects S' * Embryology and Life His- *( General Economic Ento- tory 11 mologv 19 Anatomy and Morphology 3 Insecticides 28 * Physiology 37 Apiculture 12 *Ecology 12 *Insects Affecting Man. . . 12 55 56 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS | Feb., '35 * do. Other Animals 6 do. Cereals and Field Crops lc> do. Truck Crops 13 * do. Ornamental & Green- house Plants 6 do. Fruits and Fruit Trees H do. Forest and Shade Trees 9 *Acarina ............... 4 Orthoptera 1 1 1 1 Homoptera ............ lo *Heteroptera ............ 5 Dermaptera Isoptera Ephemerida Odonata Thysanoptera 1 Neuroptera 1 Coleoptera ( excluding Jap- panese Beetle ) IK Japanese Beetle 2 Hymenoptera ( excluding Honey Bee and Habro- hracou ) 11 Honey Bee 9 Habrobracon 5 *Lepidoptera ( excluding Codling Moth, Oriental Fruit Moth and Corn Borers) 19 * Codling Moth 13 Oriental Fruit Moth. . . 2 Corn Borers 1 *Diptera (excluding Dros- ophila) 26 Drosophlla 13 Many of these figures are duplications, both between sections i and ii and also within each section. The total number of papers at Cleveland, 1930, was 180, at Xew Orleans, 1931, 185, at Atlantic City, 1932. 212, at Boston and Cambridge, 1933, 227. Increases in numbers of papers over the corresponding figures for 1933 are starred (*). Both entomological societies met December 27 to 29, in different rooms, mostly on the same floor, of the William Penn Hotel. This contributed to frequent visiting from one society to the other. Meetings of the other societies in the above list were held mostly in or near the University of Pittsburgh, at such a distance as to prevent the easy attendance of entomol- ogists chiefly interested in their own associations. The Entomological Society of America was presided over by Prof. C. L. Metcalf. University of Illinois, and Prof. H. B. Hungerford, University of Kansas, continued his ministrations as secretary. The annual symposium, on Improved Technique in the Study of Insects, participated in by fifteen speakers, brought out many useful suggestions on collecting equipment and field methods, museum technique, modern taxonomic methods, rearing insects of various habitats, ecological, be- havioristic, physiological, toxicological and morphological studies and those of insect-borne diseases. It is to be hoped that all these will be published and thus rendered available to all interested persons. xlvi. '35 | KXTO.MOLOGICAL NEWS Dr. E. F. Phillips. Cornell University, and Mr. \. I. Bourne, Massachusetts Stale College, were president and secretary, re- spectively, of the American Association of Economic Entomol- ogists. The President's address dealt with the Increasing Com- plexities of Economic Entomology. Instead of the usual Ento- mologists' dinner, a smoker was held on Friday evening, Decemher 2S, immediately following the annual public addres of the Entomological Societv. This address, by Dr. C. 1!. Kennedy, Ohio Stale I 'niversity. was a keen analysis of the Familv and the Societv, holh human and insectan. In the afternoon of the same day, I )r. Kennedy was elected president of the Entomological Society for 1935, a honor which he has well earned by his editorial conduct of the .Itiiictls. The Courtship and Mating of the Wasp, Monobia quadri- dens (Hymen.: Vespidae). The wasp, Monobia quad rid ens makes mud partitions in the old burrows of the carpenter bee, Xylocofa -rinjinica, and uses the rooms for her own progeny provisioning them with cater- pillars. The adult wasps make their appearance in this region about the middle of May of each year and live until about the middle of September. The males appear at the same time with the female and, unlike certain other Aculeate Hymenoptera, do not die shortly after they are born. The males go through certain courtship or sun dances in front of the boards containing the nesting females. The de- tails of this behavior is as follows : Every morning for about a week, beginning May 17th, 1932. a dozen or more male wasps were flying with fantastic motion about these boards. This started with a few individuals about 7 a. m. and by '' o'clock the number in this flight would increase to about IS, and by noon it would be reduced to a very few individuals, but by 2 o'clock the flight had completely ceased. This same behavior went on for about three weeks but mating did not occur. Sometimes a male would follow a caterpillar-laden mother into the burrow but was usually driven out; sometimes when repulsed he would quietly wait in the doorway and when an opportunity offered, would again attempt. to mate. In this case a rough and ttr.uble battle followed, with the interlocked pair dropping to the ground. By June 12th, only a few were to be seen daily in the dance. and by June 15th. (a month after the commencement of thi- behavior) the dance was completely over, although occasionally after this date a pouncing male was seen attempting to mate with an industrious mother. In spite of the daily courtship dances, actual mating escaped 58 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Feb., '35 my notice, if it occurred at all. However, later in the season, long after the dances had stopped (week of August 10th) several pairs were seen in actual copula. In every case the female was at rest on the board containing the borrows or on the vegetation nearby, while the male hung free in the air head downward while attached to the female. In one case the female made short flights from bush to bush with the male dangling free in the air beneath her. The maximum time in which any of the half dozen pairs observed remained in copula was about thirty minutes. PHIL RAU, Kirkwood, Missouri. Ovoviviparity in Colias? (Lepid. : Pieridae). Recently when making a preparation of the genitalia of a female Colias hccla Lefebre from Fort Churchill, Manitoba. I was greatly surprised to find a well-developed, apparent! v first instar larva in the oviduct. There was no trace of a chor- ion accompanying the larva, nor could any such structures be seen further up the oviduct. Kusnezov (Horae Ent. Soc. Russ. 39: 634-651. 1909-10) recorded the same phenomenon as occurring in occasional speci- mens of a large number of species of Palaearctic Colias and Euchloini. He was likewise unable to find a trace of chorion in any of the numerous specimens containing larvae that he examined. Such data are of course far from constituting proof of the occurrence of ovoviviparity in these butterflies, but are highly suggestive. The phenomenon is known to occur in the Micro- lepidoptera (Tinea viripara of New South Wales) but has not been recorded from the higher moths or the butterflies. If it should occur in these higher forms it might well be expected in Colias or in similar Arctic-inhabiting groups which, handi- capped by the very short growing season of the far North or of Alpine regions, would be benefited greatly. The habit would probably occur at first in only a small percentage of the speci- mens of a species and, if definitely beneficial, become more and more common. Moreover it would thus be more likely to be retained in the more northern or Alpine parts of a species' range, where very few specimens are collected. Collectors of Arctic butterflies should therefore keep this possibility in mind when in the field. Females seen fluttering around known or potential specimens of a food plant should not be collected immediately but observed with care; any eggs or larvae deposited should then be collected immediately and preserved. Moreover the preservation of some fresh, not dried, females for cytological examination, using a fixative such as Houin's Fluid, would be extremely useful. ALEXANDER P>. KI.OTS, College- of the City of New York. xlvi, '35 | ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS tCntomological Literature COMPILED BY LAURA S. MACKEY UNDER THE SUPERVISION OB' E. T. CRESSON, JR. Under l.he above head it is intended to note papers received at the Academy of Natural Sciences, of Philadelphia, pertaining to the En- tomology of the America* (North and South), including Arachnida and Myriopoda. 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For records of Economic Literature, see the Experiment Station Rec- ord, Office of Experiment Stations, Washington. Also Review of Applied Entomology, Series A, London. For records of papers on Medical Ento- mology, see Review of Applied Entomology, Series B. Note. Titles of papers containing new forms or new names will be indicated by an asterisk within parentheses at end of reference, (*). Papers published in the Entomological News are not listed. GENERAL. Dowden, P. B. Recently introduced para- sites of three important forest insects. [7] 27: 599-603. Engelhardt, G. P. Random notes from a home garden. 1 19] 29: 196-197. Fletcher, T. B. Names, mere names. [21] 46: 113-116. Lack, D. Some insects from the Scores- by Sound Region. East Greenland, with an account of the fauna of a Nunatak. | 75 | 14: 599-606. Mani, M. S. Dis- persal of gall mites by gall midges. [Cur. Science] 3: 208. Oudemans, J. T.- In memoriam door J. C. H. de Meijere [101] 77. 167-174. ill. Smith, R. C. Hallucinations of in- sect infestation causing annoyance to man. [19] 29: 208- 212. de la Torre-Bueno, J. R. Methods and technique. [19] 29: 213-214. Warnecke, G. Grundsatzliches zur methodik zoogeographischer untersuchungen in der En- tomologie. [18] 28: 437-441, cont. ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, ETC. Beal, J. A. Rela- tion of air and bark temperatures of infested ponderosa pines during subzero weather. [12] 27: 1132-1139. Blumen- thal, H. Untersuchungen ueber ein tarsales sinesorgan bei spinnen. 1 34 1 108: 263-266, ill. Bugnion, E. La larve du grand lampyre algerirn ilVlania mauritanica) Biologie, anatomic, physiologic. [Rev. Suisse Zool.] 41: 699-734, ill. Butt, F. H. Embryology of Sciara (Sciaridae). [7] 27: 5(>5-57 ( >, ill. Docters van Leeuwen, W. M. Die sexuelle gem-ration von Andricus solitarius. | 101 | 77: 232-234. Ful- ton, B. B. Rhythm, synchronism, and alternation in the 60 KXTOMOLOGICAL XKWS [Feb., '35 stridulation of Orthoptera. | Jour. E. Mitchell Sc. Soc.] 50: 263-267. Gaebler, H. Formveranderungen u. degeneration von Stigmen durch oelinjektion. |94J 14o: 135-152. Galli- ard, H. Notes sur la biologic et 1'anatomie de la larve de Taeniorhynchus richardii. (54) 12: 465-471, ill. Griswold, G. H. Oviposition in the columbine borer, Papaipema purpurifascia and the Iris borer, Macnmoctua onusta. |7| 27: 545-548, ill. Guhl, A. Mutations produced by x-rays in the parasitic wasp I'teroinalus puparum. |C. R. Acad. Sci. USSR. | 4: 95-102. Harm, M. Ban. funktion u. ent- wicklung des akzessorischen kopulationsorgans von Evar- cha marcgravi. [94| 146: 123-134, ill. Haug, G. W. Effect of Argentine ant poison on the ant fauna of Mississippi. [7J 27: 621-632, ill. Heldmann, G. Einiges ueber wespen- verbveitung und wespenzeichnung'. |34| 108: 266-270, ill. Henning, W. Ueber ban und verwandtschaft der Ker- guelenfliege Calycopteryx moseleyi. |34] 108: 196-201. ill. Hewer, H. R. Studies in Zygaena. II. The mechanism of copulation and the passage of the sperm in the female. [93 j 1934: 513-527, ill. Kearns, C. W. Method of wing inheri- tance in Cephalonomia gallicola ( Bethylidae). |7| 27: 533- 541, ill. Menusan, H. Effects of temperature and humid- itv on the life processes of the bean weevil, Bruchus obtec- tus. |7| 27: 515-526, ill. Pepper & Driggers. X on-econ- omic insects as intermediate hosts of parasites of the orien- tal fruit moth. [7J 27: 593-598. Pierre, C. Ailes de Tipu- lides et transformisme. | Rev. Francaise d'Ent. | 1 : 183-190, ill. Prokofjev, A. Morphologische strukture der chrom- osomen vox D. melanogaster. [C. R. Ac. Sci. USSR.] 4: 102-107, ill. Schaffner, 'j. V. Introduced parasites of the brown-tail and gipsy moths reared from native hosts. [7j 27: 585-592. Shannon & Putnam. The biology of Stego- myia under laboratory conditions. I-I1. | 10J 36: 185-242. ill. Thomas, M. L'immobilisation protectrice. Observa- tions sur Carausius morosus. |7) 27: 313-325. Thomas, M. Quelques mots sur la nature de 1'instinct. | Lambillionea | 1934: 226-231. Vachon, M. Sur la ponte et le sac ovigere d'un Pseudoscorpionide (Chelifer cancroides). | Rev. Francaise d'Ent.] 1: 174-178. Warnke, G. Die geruch- sorgane der lamellikorner. |34] 108: 217-224, ill. ARACHNIDA AND MYRIOPODA. Baerg, W. J, Some poisonous arthropods of southwestern Mexico. |7| 27: 527-532. Canals, J. Estudios aracnologicos Buenos Aires. I-III. 10 pp., 11 pp.. 4 pp. (S*). Denis, J. La chasse aux Araignees. [Rev. Francaise d'Ent. | 1: 170-174. Jackson, A. R. Notes on Arctic spiders obtained in 1933. xlvi. '35 | ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS f) l [75J 14: 611-620, ill. (*). Ran, P. A note on migrating millepeds (Parajulus venustus. | 19] 29: 199-2(30. THE SMALLER ORDERS OF INSECTS. Cowley, J. The types of some genera of ( ioinphidae. (Odonata.) [9] 67: '273-276. Keler, S. A new S. Am. Trichodectid. [An. Mus. Z. I'oloniciJ 10: 333-337. ill. Tinkham, E. R.- An addition to the Oclonatan fauna of Alberta. |4| (>(>: 241. Traver, J. R. New X. Am. sps. of mayflies < Ephemerida) [Jour. K. Mitchell So. Soc.j 50: 189-254. ill. Watts, J. G.- Chirothripoides dendropogonus. a new species of thrips of a family new to Xorth America. (Chirothripoidiclae.) [7] 27: 542-544, ill. ORTHOPTERA. Hebard, M. The Dermaptera and ( )rthoptera of Illinois. |I)iv. Xat. Hist. Surv. Illinois] 20: 125-279, ill. (*). Lahille, F. et al. Imformes de las comi- siones exploradoras. [Com. Cent. Invest. Langosta, Buenos Aires] 208 pp., ill. Lahille, F. et all. La lucha contra la langosta. [Com. Xac. Def. Contra Langosta, Buenos Aires] 134 pp., ill. HEMIPTERA. Drake, C. J. An undescribed Acalypta from New York (Tin-itidae.) [19] 29: 196. (*). Engel- hardt, G. P. Lantern fly at Sea. [19] 29: 207. Strom, L. G. Macrosiphum asterifoliae, n. sp. from aster (Aphiidae.) [7] 27: 619-620, ill. de la Torre-Bueno, J. R. A tingid new to the United States. [19] 29: 185. LEPIDOPTERA. Bird, H. Decline of the noctuid genus Papaipema. [7] 27: 551-556. Field, W. D. On the naming of "transition forms" in Lepidoptera with notes on certain forms captured near Lawrence, Kansas. [4] 66: 253- 257. (*). Hoffmann, F. Beitrage zur Lepidopterenfauna von St. Catharina (Siidbrasilien). |17] 248-251; 265-268; 272-277. (*). McDunnough, J. A new agrotid moth from southeastern California. |4] 66: 257-258, ill. Prout, L. B. Xe\v sps. and subsps. of Geometridae. [71 | 39: 99-136. (S). Reich, P. Neue sudamerikanische Arctiidae. [18] 28: 389- 391 ; 401-404, ill. Rogers, W. P. Incisalia in southern Massachusetts, 1933. |19| 29: 184-185. Wiinsche, R.- Ueber die dauer der pnppenruhe bei einigen brasilianischen Saturniiden. | 17 1 51: 253-255. DIPTERA. Edwards, F. W. Oxford University Ex- pedition to British Guiana. 1929. Diptera Xematocera. [75] 14: ()32-(>35. (*). Knowlton & Rowe.Xeu blood- sucking flies from Utah ( Simuliidae ) . |7J 27: 580-584, ill. Reinhard, H. J. New Xorth American Tachinidae. [19] 29: 186-195. 62 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS | Feb., '35 COLEOPTERA. Balfour-Browne, F. The proventri- culus iii the Dytiscidae as a taxononnc character. [107] 3: 241-244. Hinton, H. E. Xenoheptaulacus, new genus of Aphodiinae from Panama. (Scarabaeidae). [7| 27: 613-615. ill. Hinton, H. E. I'sephenus usingeri. from Mexico with notes on the regional P. palpalis (Psephenidae). |7| 27: 616-618, ill. Liebke, M. Xeue ("arabideu aus dem Deul- schen luitomologischen Institnt. [109| 1: 275-280. ill. (S). Linsley, E. G. A new species of Mallocera from the British West Indies. |1<>| 29: 198-199. de Long & Cald- well. Studies of the genus Empoasca |7| 27: 604-609. ill. (*). Marshall, G. A. K. New West Indian Curculionidae. (75) 14: ()21-C>31. Mequignon, A. Les Chelonarium d'Amerique du Deutsches Entomologisches Institut. ( Dry- opidae.) |10<;j 1:294-300. (S*). d'Orchymont, A. Notes sur (juelques Helophores palearctiques et nearctiques. |33| 74: 251-261. Valentine, J. M. Technique in the prepara- tion of Coleoptera. [Jour. K. Mitchell So. Soc.J 50: 255-262, ill. Van Dyke, E. C. The North American species of Trigonurus ( Staphylinidae ). |19| 29: 177-182. ill. (*). HYMENOPTERA. Brown, R. W. Celliforma spire- fer, the fossil larval chambers of mining bees. [91] 24: 532- 539. ill. (*). Mickel, C. E. The female sex of the genus Photomorphus (Mutillidae). [7] 27: 610-613. Roman, A. -East Greenland Ichneumonids. 1 75 1 14: 606-611. (*). Smith, M. R. Ponerine ants of the genus Euponera in the United States. |7] 27: 557-564, ill. Walley, G. S. Descrip- tions of five new species of Canadian Ichneumonidae. [4] 66: 235-241. Wells, B. W. Galls and "galls". [Jour. E. Mitchell Sci. Soc.| 50: 65-74. SPECIAL NOTICES. The Macrolepidoptera of the World. Fauna Americana, pts. 249-250. Vol. 6, pp. 1073- K.80. pis. 150, 153-156. Megalopygidae. Trosiinae. by W. Hopp. Genera: Zyzypyge, Vescoa, Microcladia, Microrape. 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A search of both morphological and purely systematic liter- ature indicates that neither morphologists nor systematists have developed any precise understanding of the homologies of the prothoracic pleurites of the Coleoptera. The systematic workers make use of traditional descriptive phrases which have no clear morphological meaning or are even morphologically untrue. The morphologists disagree sharply among themselves as to the interpretation of the various parts. It is evident that a new approach to the problem is desirable. As the guide for such an approach there is here adopted the concept of the origin and nature of the thoracic pleurites which has been so clearly elucidated by Snodgrass. 1 This concept re- gards these parts as vestiges of a primitive sub-coxal segment of the leg, which has become incorporated in the body wall with a consequent reduction and modification of its parts. These parts however great the degree of modification and re- duction must bear some relation to a definite, common plan of organization that is dependent upon this morphological origin. If morphological reasoning has any validity it may be assumed that some feature or features will persist, throughout all the changes that have taken place, to such a degree as to afford a basis for homologizing the conditions found in widely differing forms, especially if these features be sought for in a series of types leading from one extreme to another. Such is the basis for all morphological reasoning, but this fundamental doctrine appears not to have been consistently applied in connection with the structures here under consideration. It will be well to review the persistent character- or land marks that may be available in the present study, such avail- ability being determined by the experience of other morphol- 1 Snodgrass, R. K. Morphology and iiurhaniMii of the in-c-ct thorax. Smithsonian .Miscellaneous Collections, 80 (1). 1-108; lii;s. (1927). 63 64 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Mar., '35 ogists and from conclusions derived in the course of the study itself. In whatever manner the primitive sub-coxal segment of the legs may have been articulated to the body, it is clear that its articulation to the next succeeding segment was by a joint mov- ing upon two condyles, for these condyles generally remain, although probably not in their primitive positions. It may be assumed that the articulation with the body was of such a nature as to permit of a maximum of rotatory movement, but with the incorporation of the sub-coxa into the body wall this freedom would have been lost if not maintained by compen- satory changes in the next articulation. These changes have been accomplished in various ways. ( hie condyle may be com- pletely suppressed, and this appears in some cases to have hap- pened, although this is not the most favored solution. Th.- two condyles may remain as points upon a single sclerite whr h is reduced in si/e and surrounded by membranous areas such as to allow of considerable flexibility. Or the condyles may be placed upon separate pieces, one of which is reduced in size leaving the other as the major point of suspension and producing what is in effect a mono-condylar joint. Or the sub-coxa as a whole may be greatly reduced in size and the coxa retracted into a pit the walls of which function as a socket the result being virtually a ball-and-socket joint. The separation of the two condyles upon distinct pieces is a common phenomenon. The smaller piece thus produced, bear- ing what is generally the minor condyle. is the trochantin. The larger piece forms the area to which the term "pleurum" is generally applied. This area is frequently composed of two minor areas, separated by a more or less distinct furrow into an anterior piece, the "episternum," and a posterior piece, the "epimeron." This furrow is hardly a suture, in the sense that it is the meeting of two areas of sclerotization, it is more in the nature of a stiffening fold the internal aspect of which is a ridge that functions as a support for the major coxal condyle which is set at its apex. At some point along its length there is commonly a more or less tubular imagination which may ex- tend far into the body. This is the pleural process, or, as it occurs in the prothorax, the "prothoracic pleural apophysis." xlvi, '35] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 65 Of the various dements making up this primitive sub-coxal segment, four the two condyles, the pleural fold and the apophysis are of sudi a persistent nature that they may serve as the landmarks for morphological orientation in an investiga- tion of the prothoracic structures. Any one or occasionally even all of them may be suppressed or so altered as to be unrecognizable but the evidence which they present in a series of forms is so clear that in the Coleoptera a consistent and logical interpretation of the pleural structures is possible with their aid. It is desirable, as a first step in this study, to find some form in which the situation is uncomplicated by secondary develop- ments, or if none such appears to find one that comes reason- ably close to such a condition. It is a matter of dispute as to which of the groups of the Coleoptera is the most generalized. There has been a common tendency to regard some of the Adephaga as being so, but Crampton 2 has maintained that this distinction belongs to the Cantharoidea. For our purposes the (|uestion is somewhat beside the point. We need merely to find a form in which the situation in regard to the particular features in which we are interested is clear. It so happens, however, that the most suitable forms observed do occur in the Cantharoidea and we may begin with a representative of this group, although there are others -Staphylinids for example which would do almost equally well. THE PROTIIORACIC PLF.URITKS OF A LAMPYRID. Determined specimens of Pliolnris pennsylvanica (DeGeer) being available, this species has been employed. Crampton has used a species of Luinpyris which seems to agree closely. In the ventral aspect of the prothorax i Kig. I, A) the fol- lowing structures may be noted: on each side a broad /.one (;;) apparently formed by the indexed margins of the notum ; a central, broadly T-shaped plate (s). the lateral arms of which meet the lateral zones along a short suture (us), this plate being the sternum as is evidenced by those moM stable of land- marks, the furcal pits ( fp } ; the large coxae (r), set in a quite " Crampton, G. C. A comparison of tin- neck and pmthoracic sderites through the orders of in>ect> from the standpoint of phy]oeiiy. Trans- actions American Entomological Sricty 52: T'^-J-IS; pis. \-\vii. (1926). 66 ENTOMOLOGICAL NKWS [Mar., '35 extensive membranous area and showing clearly at the hase a somewhat crescent-shaped piece (ct). Dissecting off a coxa and accompanying the dissection with a manipulation of the parts, \ve find that this basal piece (Fig. I, 1>) articulates with the coxa at two points. There is no condylar articulation with the lateral thoracic margin which slightly overlaps this basal piece, there being merely a very narrow membranous connec- ns Dineutes Text Fig. I PJioturis pcnnsyli'anica (iMicer). A, ventral aspect of prothorax, one coxa removed; B, base of coxa. Dinciitcs discolor Aube. C, ventral aspect of prolhurax, one coxa removed; D, base of coxa. tion between the two parts. Upon this basal piece there is a fold or pit, leading into a short invaginated apophysis (pa}. The interpretation of these structures, in the light of our earlier discussion of landmarks, seems clear. There seems no escape from the conclusion that the basal piece, which bears three of the four pleural landmarks two condyles and an xlvi, '35J ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 67 apophysis is the pleurum. The pleural "suture" and pleural ridge alone are lacking to make the picture complete. The pleurum, therefore, in this case includes the trochantin, the re- sulting piece being what Crampton (ref. cited) has called the "eutrochantin." The lateral zones, which appear as part of the notum, are, indeed, merely the inflexed margins of this part. The situation seems perfectly clear. This is the interpretation arrived at by Crampton, although on somewhat different grounds. It is in/ sharp contrast to the view commonly held and more or less clearly expressed in various texts but which seems to have been arrived at by no definite chain of morphological reasoning that the lateral zones are composed of the fused notum and pleurum and that the basal coxal piece is merely the trochantin. THE PROTHORACIC PLEURITES OF A GYRIXID. The greater part of all published statements concerning the prothoracic structures of Coleoptera has been based upon repre- sentatives of the Carabidae or at least of Adephaga. Species of Har pains have been especially favored by American authors (Comstock, MacGillivray). Specimens of all the families of Adephaga represented in North America have been examined in this study and out of them a Gyrinid, Dineutes discolor Aube, has been selected as being the least complicated by sec- ondary developments, the coxae not being so deeply retracted into their acetabula as in the Carabids and Cicindelids. Here, examining the ventral aspect of the prothorax, we find a situation very different from that in Pholnris. There is on each side a narrow lateral zone (Fig. T, C n ) which is evidently the inflexed edge of the notum; there is a large median area, in which the acetabula of the coxae are impressed and which is accepted by all as the sternum, its landmarks, the furcae (//>) being widely separated. Forming a broad wedge between the sternum and the lateral notal /one is a large piece I/ 1 ) which is accepted by all authors except Crampton as the pleurum. It is divided in this form rather indistinctly into two pieces, one of which forms a narrow caudal border and has been in- terpreted as the epimeron, the larger being the- episternum. 68 KXTo.MOLOdiCAL NF.ws | Mar., '35 Dissecting a coxa from its acetabulmn and by manipulation observing its connections we hud imbedded in the membrane between it and the body a small piece (Fig. I D t), which articulates with the coxa by a single condyle, but has no articu- lation with the body although it is provided with muscles. This little piece is generally accepted as the trochantin. The coxa itself is articulated to the body by a very distinct condyle which lies on the so-called pleurum just at the point where the pleuro- sternal suture ( ps ) meets the acetabuium. This condyle is very distinct and constitutes the major articulation of the leg with the body. No pleural apophysis can lie found. The impressed line which is supposed to be the "pleural suture" separating epis- ternum and epimeron is possibly not homologous with the pleural fold of other forms, it being in the writer's opinion merely a surface indication of the underlying line along which the intersegmental membrane joins the prothorax. We are thus reduced to two of the four possible landmarks, but these are absolutely clear. Accepting their indications as valid, we must consider the small piece at the base of the coxa to be the trochantin and the large piece commonly regarded as the pleurum to be so in fact. Crampton ( ret. cited) has adopted the view that this larger piece is a part of the notum, second- arily cut off. There seems no reason to accept an}- such con- clusion. To do so requires a series of entirely gratuitous as- sumptions. It must be assumed that the major condyle has either moved over to the notum, with a consequent suppression of the pleurum except for the trochantin, or that the pleurum has fused with the notum. It must then be assumed that this portion of the notum has been cut off by the suture np. It should be noted that this suture is not a mere line. In speci- mens that have been properly softened by boiling in caustic potash it can be demonstrated as actually the surface indication of a quite broad membranous area. \Ye may conclude that in this case the commonly accepted interpretation is correct, with the possible exception of the application ol the terms epister- num and epimeron. (To be continued) xlvi, '35 J ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 69 Acridian Researches within Northeastern Texas (Orthoptera). I'.y F. B. ISELV, Trinity University, Waxahachie, Texas. (Continued from page 43) DICHROMORPHIA viRiois (Sc.). Locally common in woods and along streams in moist situations; VIII-X; Ellis, Ander- son, Smith, Tarrant and Van Zandt Counties. GENEOTETTIX DEOKCM (Sc.). Occasional to frequent up- land prairie species; YI-X; Ellis, Dallas, Hill, Johnson, Palo Pinto, Parker, Tarrant and Van Zandt Counties. PSOLOESSA TEXANA TEXANA (Sc.). A frequent March to April species in sand oak woods; peak collection "Tarrant county, cast cross timber open woods, III, 31. '33, 7 $ , 11 5, 3 juv., four collectors"; III-VIII; Denton, Harrison, Hill, Johnson, Marion, Palo Pinto and Tarrant Counties. BOOPEDON NUBILUM (Say). Only taken at one station in the west cross timbers, VII, 31-VIII, 2, '34, 6$, 3$, in a level pasture covered with a heavy growth of fine mesquite grass and an open growth of mesquite trees, Worth Ranch, Palo Pinto County. B. MACULATUM Caudell. Common to abundant in upland weedy pastures and virgin prairie tracts; VI-VIII, Ellis, Dal- las, Johnson, Palo Pinto, Navarro and Tarrant Counties. B. AURIVENTRIS McNEiLL. Checked as rare until VI, 19, '34. McWhorter's Ranch, May Pearl, Ellis, 12 6 , 22 $ , juv. ; only ten other individuals taken; YI-YII; Ellis and Tarrant Counties. AULOCARA ELLIOTTI (Thos.). Only a few specimens of this "great plains" acridine taken and most of these at the west cross timber and grand prairie stations; VI -IX ; Ellis, Palo Pinto and Tarrant Counties. OEDIPODINAE. ARPIIIA roxsi'KKSA Sc. This wide ranging \\otcrn species has been taken at two upland limestone prairie stations. Thir- teen juveniles taken in December, January and March, were all in the fifth instar. It reaches maturity late in March, to early April; my latest record is May 15; Dallas and Tarrant Coun- ties. At Gothic, (lunnison County, Colorado, 1 look . /. con- tpcrstt during July at 9,000-10,000 feet elevation. A. XANTHOPTERA ( Bruin. ) . A late summer species in north- eastern Texas. So far only an occasional ./r/>/;/ ( / in sandy soil open woods; YIT-XI ; Anderson, Dallas. Duiton i Dr. Harris). Johnson and Van Zandt Counties. 70 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Mar., '.^5 A. SIMPLEX Sc. An abundant and striking species in its climax habitat. The outstanding oedipodid of this area. Peak of abundance in late May and June, adults taken from April to December. Taken from every general type of soil : Chalk, Houston stony clay, Ellis clay, Houston black clay, cross tim- ber sandy loams, alluvial soils and others. Shows a strong- preference for timber margins but occasionally taken on open prairie. Unlike any other oedipodid that I have studied, it is most abundantly found in this area in a dense mat of vegeta- tion, frequently a heavy tangle of curly mesquite grass, IV- XII; generally distributed throughout this area. CHORTOPHAGA VIRIDIFASCIATA (DeGeer). Apparently a year-around breeder, juveniles taken January to December, peak of adult abundance, III-IV. Ubiquitous in its habitat throughout northeastern Texas. ENCOPTOLOPHUS SUBGRACILIS Caudell. An occasional to frequent black land, cotton field species, VI-XI ; Ellis County. E. SORDIDUS COSTALIS (Sc.). 7 Like C. z'in'difasciatits, juven- iles and adults are found the year-around. However, the adult peak for this species is X-XII ; Ellis, Bosque, Dallas, Hill, Johnson, Palo Pinto, Parker and Tarrant Counties. HIPPISCUS RUGOSUS (Sc.). An occasional to common late summer and fall species ; Ellis, Dallas, Denton, Freestone, Johnson, Palo Pinto, Parker, Smith, Tarrant and Van Zandt COunties. PARDALOPHORA PHOENICOPTERA (Burm.). An occasional open post oak, sandy soil, species; V-VI ; Dallas, Denton, John- son, Marion, Tarrant and Wise Counties. P. SAUSSUREI (Sc.). This Pardalophora also shows a pref- erence for sandy soils, but it is much more abundant and more widely distributed than P. fi/iocnicoptcni in this area. I 'c-ak of adult abundance late May and June, taken as late as September; Ellis. Dallas, Denton, Harrison, Johnson, Kauf- man, Palo Pinto, Van Zandt and Wise Counties. XANTHIPPUS CORALLIPES PANTHERINUS (Sc.). A common, \\ary, alert, strong-flying, upland limestone prairie species dur- ing May and June, infrequent in July and August; IV-VIII ; Ellis, Dallas, Denton, Hill, Parker, Tarrant and Wise Counties. DISSOSTEIRA CAROLINA ( L. ) . This well-known American grasshopper has only been taken occasionally ; V-X ; Ellis, An- derson, Dallas, Hill, Tarrant and Van Zandt Counties. SPHARAGEMON KOLI.I sc. An occasional species of sandy oak woods; VI-IX; Anderson, Dallas. Freestone, Johnson. iCaufman, Palo I 'into, Tarrant and Van Zandt Counties. xlvi, '35] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 71 S. COLLAR]-; CRISTATTM (Sc.). Common to abundant in sandy fields; YI-X ; Ellis, Dallas, Denton. Johnson, Palo Pinto, Parker, Tarrant, \'an Zandt and \\ r ise Counties. S. EQUALE (Say). Common in favorable habitats; YI-XI ; Ellis, Bosque, Denton (Dr. Harris), Johnson, Palo Pinto, Parker, Tarrant, Van Zandt and Wise Counties. PLATYLACTISTA AZTECUS (Sauss.). Fifty individuals of this elusive, low-flying, ground-hugging oedopodid have been checked in my field notes; most of these were taken IX-XII ; Kills, Dallas, Bosque, Somervell, Palo Pinto and Parker Counties (Camp Wisdom). TRACK YRHACHIS KIOWA FUSCIFRONS (Stal.). Two hun- dred eight specimens of this small, active hopper have been checked; sometimes swarming along golf fairways, adults taken IV-XII ; Ellis, Bosque, Dallas, Denton, Hill, Johnson, Palo Pinto, Parker, Somervell, Tarrant, Van Zandt and Wise Counties. "MESTOBREGMA" CAPITO (Stal.). This species has not been taken in the blackland prairie belt but at four bare, stony, localities in the grand prairie and west cross timber belts ; VI- VIII ; Johnson, Palo Pinto, Parker and Tarrant Counties. PSINIDIA FENESTRALIS FENESTRALIS Stal. One of my StU- dents, Miss Jean Wilson, has found this sandy soil species frequent at lien \Yheeler, Van Zandt County; VI-IX. TRIMEROTROPIS CITRIXA Sc. Common on sandy fiats along streams and on gravel roadways ; VI-XII ; Ellis, Bosque, Dal- las, Denton, Palo Pinto, Smith, Tarrant, Van Zandt and Wise Counties. T. PISTRINARIA Sauss. Common on "white rock" ridges and hill-sides; also taken on red-beds; VII-XII ; Ellis, Dallas, John- son, Somervell and Tarrant Counties. T. SAXATILIS McNeill. Worth Ranch, Palo Pinto County, VIII, 1, '34, 3 pcn woods, short-winged Melanoplus. Ellis, Dallas, Hill, lohnson and Tarrant Counties. M. i, i. Ai ciPES ( Sc. ). Infrequent to occasional in sandy po-! oak open woods of the east cross timbers also taken in wesl cross timbers; \T-YI 1 1, Dallas, Johnson and Palo Pinto Counties. MKLAXOPI.TS AXOTLARIS Little. A single male. Collected by Jean Wilson in June, '32, at Ben Wheeler. Yan Zandt ( 'i unity. M. niFFKRKXTiAi.is (Thos.). This yellow grasshopper is often swarming in weedv field margins, along drainage ditches, among the coarse weeds in bottom fields, and in weedy pas- tures. It is interesting to notice that it is often absent in over- 74 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Mar., '35 flow areas, although abundant on adjacent shelves above over- How; YI-XI; Ellis, Dallas. Henderson, Palo Pinto, Parker. Navarro, Smith, Tarrant and Van Zandt Counties. M. BIVITTATUS Say. This common northern "two-liner" falls into the rare class, as my records show only five indi- viduals taken at as many different stations in low lying weedy alluvial tracts during July; Ellis and Dallas Counties. M. PONDEKOSUS PONDEROSUS Sc. Common at a few upland weedy pasture stations; YI-YII. infrequent YIII-XII; Ellis, Dallas, Johnson, Palo Pinto, Parker and Tarrant Counties. AI. coNFUsrs Sc. ( )n account of its early spring maturity this species gets a more thorough checking than mid-summer forms. 258 specimens have been checked and J\I. confusns is fairly common at all blackland prairie and open woods cross timber stations, from late April through May, but becomes in- frequent in June; Ellis, Dallas, Denton, Johnson, Tarrant and Wise Counties. M. FEMi'K-Ri'RRrM (DeCieer). I have only two records of this widely distributed, economically important grasshopper; Elkhart, Anderson County, IX, 1, '33, 1 $ , 1 9 ; Palmer, Ellis County, VI, 23, '34, 1 $. M. LAKINUS (Sc.). Only one record, YYorth Ranch, Palo Pinto County, VII, 31, '34, \$ , 1 9 . M. MEXICAXUS MEXICANUS (Sauss.). This species is ubi- quitous in northern Texas. My field notes show mexicanus to have been taken on fifty-seven different study trips, although altogether only 203 individuals have been recorded, making an average of less than four for each trip. The peak record of any one day of study was Bell Branch, Ellis County, XI, 20, '33, 8 $ , 69. On most trips mexicanus falls into the occa- sional and infrequent group. M. KEELERI KEELERI (Thos.). A frequent late fall species showing preference for open alluvial woods but also occasion- ally taken in open post oak woods and weed}' pastures; Ellis, Anderson, Dallas, Denton (Dr. Harris) and Johnson Counties. AI. PACKARDII Sc. This wide-spread western and northern species is represented by only 5 $ , 29, from four localities, three in Ellis and one in Palo Pinto County. M. FOEDUS FLUVIATILIS Bruner. Only three records : low lying weedy field western Parker County, VII, 31, '34, 4 <3 , 1 9 ; Brazon river margin. Worth Ranch, Palo Pinto Count}-, VIII, 1, '34, 5 $ ; Brazos river margin Hill County. XI, 30. '33, 2$. M. ri.AV.mrs ELONGATUS Sc. Two records: western Parker xlvi. '35] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS C'otinty. associated with .17. focdits fluviaiilis \*IT. 31, '34, 1 $ . 1 9 ; Klkhart, Anderson County, IX, 1, '33, 1 , and the simple claws. A related genus, Trioiiiniata Barnes. ( Bull. Knt. Res., Pt. 2, 22: 205-207, 1931 ) likewise with divided eyes, hut with lour, instead of three or fewer, palpal segments, with the claws of the anterior legs toothed and the lobe of the basal clasp seg- ment spinose, has been erected for a species coccotroctcs Barnes, recorded as predaceous on mealybug from Xjala, Sierra Leone, Africa. Trisopsis hibisci n. sp. $ . Length .6 mm. Compound eyes three, the median some- what narrow, on the apex of the head, arcuate, the lateral ones, just above the base of the mouth parts, broadly oval. Antennae one-half longer than the body, rather thickly haired, pale yellowish; 14 segments, the first transverse, broadly cup- shaped, the second globose, the third and fourth fused, the fifth with stems each about one-half greater than its diameter, the basal enlargement subglobose, with a sparse sub-basal whorl of long, stout setae and a subapical circumfilum, the loops ex- tending a little beyond the enlargement. The distal enlarge- ment globose, with a length a little greater than its diameter, a sparse, subapical whorl of long, stout setae and sub-basal cir- cumfilum, the loops not extending to the tip of the enlargement and a subapical circumfilum, the loops extending nearly to the base of the next segment. Terminal segment, basal enlarge- ment roundly transverse, the stem slender, with a length four times its diameter, the distal enlargement broadly oval, with a length more than twice its diameter. I'alpi short, triarticulate, the first segment subquadrate, the second nearly twice the length of the first, the third longer, slender. Mesonotum light yellowish brown. Scutellum and post-scutellum pale yellowish. Abdomen fuscous yellowish. Wings hyaline, slender basally, subcosta uniting with the anterior margin just before the basal half, the third vein a little before the apex, cosla being interrupted, the fifth vein joining the posterior margin at the distal half, with a rudimentary an- terior branch extending to approximately the distal fourth. I lalteres pale yellowish. Legs pale straw, claws simple, mod- erately curved, pulvilli shorter than the claws, (icnitalia, basal clasp segment moderately stout, slightly curved, terminal clasp segment slender, curved, dorsal plate broad, roundly emarginate, the lobes broadly rounded, ventral plate broad, broadly rounded, style long, slender. $ . Length .75 mm., moderately stout. Antennae about three- xlvi. '35] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS fourths the length of the body, sparsely haired, pale yellowish; 14 segments, the fifth with a cylindrical basal enlargement about two and one-half times its diameter and a moderately stout stem of nearly equal length. Palpi, first segment trans- verse, the second snbqnadrate, with a length one-half greater than its width and almost fused with a rudimentary third seg- ment. < )vipositor short, the terminal lobes narrowly oval. Otherwise about as in the male. This speeies was reared from the seed pods of Hibiscus uiilitaris at Tallulah, LOUISIANA, in August, 1933, by Dr. \\. W. Harned and submitted for study by Dr. Harold Morrison, in charge of the Division of Insect Identification, U. S. Bureau o of Entomology and Plant Quarantine. Type: the male de- scribed above, United States National Museum, "Washington, D. C. Notes on the Taxonomic Status of Certain Species of the Genus Chlorops (Diptera, Chloropidae).* By CI-RTIS W. SABKOSKY.** Kansas State College. An examination of the cotypes of Chlorous iugrata Williston | at present placed as a synonym of Pseudogaurax anchora ( Loew)] has revealed its true status as a valid species, and has suggested a brief review of the case, with notes on the types. The bulletin of the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station for 1893 (11) contained the description of a new species, Clilorops iin/rutu, by S. \Y. \Yilliston. based on "two specimens, Ohio, Prof. V. M. Webster." In the same bulletin were two short articles by Webster (9. 10), giving the rearing records of various insects and noting that ini/nita had been bred t rom supposedly aborted galls on the grass. M itlilcnln ;-nc larva, in i)articular. * Contribution from tlu- 1 Vpartment of i ' it ** The author's thanks arc cine to Dr R H. Beamer of the Tnivcrsitv of Kansas for many onirtesie> in connection \vi;h the -tiuly of tyjics ami material in the Simu Iv.itoiiiol. .uical Collection. 78 ENTOMOLOGICAL NFAYS [Mar., '35 "\vns observed burrowing in the terminal internode of a species of grass belonging to the genus Muhlenbergia, possibly M. mexicana Trin.". and it is quite probable that this was the species later described as C. ingrata. Coquillett (6, p. 71) in 1898 gave more definite data, as follows: "On Aug. 12, iSS-k several plants of Muhlenbergia ine.vicana were received from F. M. Webster, ( )xford. Ind. At the tips of the plants were gall-like swellings, each containing a larva or puparium of this insect. The adult Mies issued Alay 12, 15, 21 and June 1 of the following year." Adams (1) included this species in his 1903 key to the genus Chlorous, and Aldrich (3, p. 633) listed it under that genus in his catalogue. In Theodor Becker's 1912 monograph of the Nearctic Chloropidae (4), however, we find it listed in a dif- ferent subfamily, as a synonym of Gaura.v ancJiora Loew, now known as I'scitdoi/aitra.r ancJiora. The synonymy is given on the authority of Coquillett and apparently accepted by Becker. The two cotypes ( neither was designated as the type ) are in the Snow Entomological Collection at the University of Kan- sas, and both agree in every detail with Williston's description. Both bear a small label, "Ohio," in addition to the type label. The fact noted by \Yilliston that in the male, the triangle is "nearly contiguous above with the eyes," is probably due solely to the condition of the specimen, which was apparently slightly teneral, and shriveled somewhat in drying. Probably as a further result of this, the front of the male projects anteriorly to a distance subequal to the length of the eye (in dorsal as- pect), whereas in the female and in compared specimens the projection is not as great. In the female type there is also a wider space between the triangle and the eyes at the vertex. Upon comparison of \Yilliston's description with a descrip- tion or specimens of Pseudogaurax ancJiora. it is difficult to believe that they could be confused. In addition to the differ- ences evident in the descriptions, there is a very distinct con- trast in the biology as thus far recorded, the Cliloro[ theory of evolution of the ventral suckers of dipterous larvae. | Rec. Indian Mns.| 35: 283-286. Koch, H. Ess:ii d'interpreta 86 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS | Mar., '35 tion de la soidisant "reduction vitale" dc sels d'argent par certains organes d'arthropodes. [An. Soc. Sc. Bruxelles) 54: 346-361, ill. Madwar, S. 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Rau, P. Be- havior notes on certain solitary wasps [4] 66: 259-261, ill. Reed, S. C. Possible polyploidy in the Hymenoptera. [5] 41 : 164-165. Stanley, J. A mathematical theory of the growth of populations of the flour beetle, Triboliurn con- fusum. [Can. Jour. Res.] 11: 728-732. Stiles, K. A. Nor- mal butyl alcohol technic for animal tissues with special reference to insects. [Stain Tech.] 9: 97-100. Thomas, M. [/Immobilisation protectrice. Observations sur Carau- sius morosus. [33] 74: 351-360. Varde, V. P. The pro- trusible vesicles in Cyrtacanthacrinae-Acridiinae. (Orth.). | Jour. Univ. Bombay] 2: 53-57, ill. Wolcott, G. N. The diapause portion of the larval period of Diaprepes abbrevi- atus. [Jour. Agric. Univ. Puerto Rico] 18: 417-428, ill. ARACHNIDA AND MYRIOPODA. Canals, J. Las Aranas del genero Mastophora en la Argentina. [An. Mus. Argentina Cien. Nat.] 37: 17-27, ill. (*). Jellison & Philip. -The biology of the black widow spider. Latrodectus mac- tans. [68] 81 : 71-72. Thompson, G. B. Records of Siphun- culata and Mallophaga from Canadian hosts. [4] 66: 279- 281. THE SMALLER ORDERS OF INSECTS. Prison, T. H. The stone-flu's or Plecoptera of Illinois. [Bull. X. H. xlvi, '35] KXTOMOLOCICAL NEWS 87 S.| XX: 471 pp., ill. (*). Light, S. F. A collection of termites from Arizona. [55| 10: 159-160. Navas, L. In- sectos Suramericanos. [Rev. Ac. Cien. Madrid] 31: 155- 184, ill. (*). Thompson, G. Notes on Mallophaga. [75] 15: 153-156. Thompson, W. L. Notes on Neotermes cas- taneus. [39] 18: 33-39. ill. Walker, E. M. The nymphs of Aeschna juncea and A. subarctica. [4] 66: 267-274. ill. Watson, J. R. Thysanoptera of the geenton. [39] 18: 44- 46, cont. (*). ORTHOPTERA. Caudell, A. N. Notes on some Tet- tigoniinae of California with descriptions of new species. [55] 10: 151-158, ill. Hebard, M. New genera and species of Melanopli found within the United States and Canada (Acriclidae). Parts V-VI. [1] 60: 337-390, ill. HEMIPTERA. Baker, J. M. Algunos afidos Mexi- canos. [112] 5: 209-222, ill. (*). Muir, F. The genus Pin- talia (Cixiidae). [36] 82: 421-441, ill. (*S). Van Duzee, E. P. A new pentatomid from Trinidad, \\'. I. [55] 10: 170. Van Duzee, E. P. An interesting new fulgorid. [55] 10: 191-192. Wymore, F. H. New California cicadas. A new variety of cicada. [55] 10: 166-169, ill., 174. LEPIDOPTERA. Cockerell, T. D. A. The western invasion of Samia cecropia. [68] 81: 97-98. Dos Passes & Grey. Additions and corrections to "A list of the butter- flies of Maine.' [4] 66: 278. Garth, J. S. Butterflies of the Boundary Hill Research Reserve, Yosemite Nat. Park, Cal. [38] 33: 131-135. Hemming, F. On the dates of pub- lication of Hewitson (\Y. C.), Illustr. diurn. Lep. Lycaeni- dae. [75 | 15: 117-120. Notes on seventeen genera of Rhop- alocera. [107] 4: 1-3. (*). The generic names of the Hoi- arctic butterflies. I. 184 pp. [Br. Mus. Pub.]. (*). Hoff- mann, C. C. Lepidopteros nuevos de Mexico. [112] 5: 201-207. ill. Kohler, P. Dos lepidopteros argentinos nuc- vos. |K)4| 6: 39-40. ill. Stichel, H. Nacharbeiten zur Re- vision dcr Riodinidae (>=Erycinidae). [18] 28: 480-4S3. cont. Vazquez, L. Contribucion al conocimiento de Ins lepidopUTos Mexicanos. [112| 5: 259-270, ill. DIPTERA. Aldrich, J. M. Diptera of Patagonia and South Chile. Tachinidae. VII. Pp. 1-170, ill. (*). Darby & Kapp. Studies on the Mexican fruit fly ( .\na>trepha 1 miens). 7 | U. S. D. A.] Tech. Bull. 444: 2()~pp. Edwards, 88 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEW.s [Alar., '35 F. W New neotropical Bibioninae. | 107] 4: 19-24. Fisher, S. Four new species of Mycetophilidae. |4] 66: 276-278. ill. Malloch, J. R. Diptera of Patagonia and South Chile. Muscidac. VII. pp. 171-346, ill. (*). Ouellet, J. Decrip- tion d'un noveaux diptere du genre Chloro]isca. |98] 61: 320-323. Prado, A. Contribuicoes ao conhecimento dos culicedeos de S. Paulo. V. Synopse das especies de Man- sonia. [Mem. Inst. Butantan, S. Paulo] 8: 1-10, ill. (*). Rees, D. M. Mosquito records from Utah. [55] 10: 161- 165. Reinhard, H. J. American muscoid flies of the gen- era Ceratomyiella and Paradidyma. (50] 83: No. 2973, 43 pp. (*). Ripstein, C. Los mosquitos del valle de Mexico. [112] 5: 249-257. ill. COLEOPTERA. Bertrand, H. Notes sur quelques larves de Coleopteres aquatiques. [24] 103: 363-382, ill. Bierig, A. Un genero y especies nuevas de los Paederinae de Cuba. [Mem. Soc. Cubana H. N.] 8: 325-330. ill. Bruner, S. C. La odisea de un picudo. [Mem. Soc. Cubana H. N.] 8: 350. Chagnon, G. On the occurrence in North Amer- ica of the European staphylinid beetle Deleaster dichrous. [4] 66: 282. Davis, A. C. A revision of the genus Pie- coma. [38] 33: 123-130, cont. Fall, H. C. A new name and other miscellaneous notes. [55] 10: 171-174. Fisher, W. S. New anobiid beetle from Canada. [4] 66: 275-276. Hinton & Ancona. Fauna de coleopteros en nidos de hor- migas (Atta), en Mexico y Centre America. [112] 5: 243- 248, ill. (*). Hopping, R. A change of name (Buprestus contortae to B. murrayanae). [55] 10: 174. Ingram, W. M. -Field notes on five species of the genus Cicindela of the family Cicindelidae from Balboa Bay, Orange County, Cali- fornia. 1 13] 26: 51-52. Jules, F. Un coleoptere nouveau pour rAmerique du Norcl. |98] 62: 5. Ochs, G. Ein weiterer beitrag zur kenntnis der gattung Gyretes. [Senck- enbergiana, Frankfurt a. M.] 16: 137-152. '(S*). Saylor, L. W. Short studies in American Scarabaeidae, No. 1. [13] 26: 49-50. (*). Uhmann, E. Hispinen-minen aus Costa-Rica. ( Chrysomelidae). [110] 1: 272-277, ill. (*). Van Dyke, E. C. Note on the Licbeck Collection. [55] 10: 158. Van Dyke, E. C. New species of North American weevils in the family Curculionidae, subfamily Brachyr- hininae. [55] 10: 175-191. Voss, E. Ueber einen bla'tt- minierenden tropischen Riissler. (Curculionidae). [110] 1: 267-271. ill. (*). xlvi, '35 J ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS HYMENOPTERA. Cockerell, T. D. A. New records of bees. [40J 766: 8 pp. (*). New bees from Trinidad. 1 107J 4: 10-13. Gallardo, A. Las hormigas de la Repub- lica Argentina subfamilia Mirmicinas. [An. Mus. Argen- tine Cien. Nat.J 37: 37-170. ill. Gemignani, E. V. La familia "Eucharidae" (Chalcidoidea) en la Republica Ar- gentina. [An. Mus. Argentine) Cien. Nat.] 37: 477-493, ill. (*). Goetsch, W. Formicidae Chilensis. [Bol. Soc. Biol. Conception] 7: 11-28, ill. Olsen, O. W. Notes on the N. Am. harvesting ants of the gen. Pogonomyrmex. [Bill. Mus. Comp. Zool.] 77: 493-514. ill. (*). Special Note. A biography of Charles Valentine Riley, eminent chief of the Division of Entomology, U. S. Depart- ment of Agriculture (1878-79, 1881-1894), by his successor, Dr. L. O. Howard, occupies a little more than one page (609- 610) of Volume XV ( Platt-Roberdeau) of the Dictionary of American Biography, which appeared January 25th, 1935. Published under the auspices of the American Council ot Learned Societies, this distinguished biographical work is fast approaching the proportions of the one definitive source of in- formation on the lives of America's great. THE COMPLETE BOOK OF BRITISH BUTTERFLIES. By F. \\ . FROHAWK, with foreword by Lord ROTHSCHILD. Ward, Lock & Co. Ltd., London and Melbourne, December, 1934. 3S4 pages, 32 colour plates and over 160 unique sketches from life. 10 shillings, 6 pence, net. This is a well printed and illustrated book, the colored plates giving excellent figures of all of the 68 British butterflies, their eggs, larvae and pupae, details of the seventh segment of the larvae, and a number of aberrations of the imagoes. There are introductory chapters on classification, a check list giving the new generic nomenclature prepared by the Committee on General Nomenclature of the Royal Entom- ological Society, on aberration and protective resemblance, migration, hints on collecting and rearing butterflies, and a list of the food plants of the species. The numerous text figures were made by the author, and are excellently reproduced, showing many phases of the habits and life histories of these insects, as well as many aberrations not previously figured. The book while intended for popular consumption, is scien- tifically accurate, and contains so much interesting information 90 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Mar., '35 about the butterflies concerned that it will be a valuable as well as a beautiful addition to the library of any lepidopterist.- R. C. WILLIAMS, JR. THE GENERIC NAMES OF THE HOLARCTIC BUTTERFLIES. Vol. I 1758-1863. By FRANCIS HEMMING. London, July, 1934. Printed by order of the Trustees of the British Museum and sold by the British Museum (Natural History), Cromwell Road, S. W. 7, and by Bernard Quaritch. ( Price not men- tioned.) 180 pages. This work has a preface by Capt. N. D. Riley, and is in two parts, the first, introductory, being an ac- count of the preparation of the work, the author's procedure, a discussion of the rules and some exceptions desired, and re- marks on some of the books consulted. The second part is a synonymic catalogue of the 500 names proposed, the type fixa- tion and the author's remarks and conclusions. This is fol- lowed by an appendix, being extracts from the code on the law of priority, and an alphabetical index. Mr. Hemming began his research in 1931. 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The printer of the "News" will furnish reprints of articles without covers over and above the twenty-five given fiee at the following rates: One or two pages, twenty-five copies, 35 cents; three or four pages, twenty-five copies, 70 cents; five to eight pages, twenty -five copies, $1.40; nine to twelve pages, twenty-five copies, $2.00; each half-tone plate, twenty-five copies, 30 cents; each plate of line cuts, twenty-five copies, 25 cents; greater numbers of copies will be at the corresponding multiples of these rates. Printed overs for 50 copies, $4.00 or more, according to number of pages bound. ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS VOL. XLVI. APRIL, 1935 No. 4 Tenodera angustipennis Saussure established in Southern New Jersey (Orthoptera: Mantidae). I'.y HKXKY Fox, Associate Entomologist. V. S. Department of Agriculture, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Ouarantine. Early in 1933 Frank Morton Jones (Exr. XKWS, KI.IV (1): 1-3) reported the presence in this country of a second species of oriental mantis, Tenodera angustipennis Saussmv. material of which he had collected at several points in Dela- ware and the adjoining section of Maryland. The earliest indication that this same species had become established in southern New Jersey came to my attention in the autumn of 1933, when Mr. Carl Ilg, of the Department of Entomology, Xew Jersey Agricultural Experiment Station. handed me several egg masses which he informed me had been collected at Cedarville, Cumberland County. These egg masse-. I subsequently placed in shrubbery growing on the grounds of an apartment in Riverton, which 1 occupied at the time. Whether the eggs hatched and gave rise to any adults at that place I am unable to say, as I vacated the apartment early in the summer of 1934, and a search made, during a visit to Rivertoii in the autumn of the same year failed to reveal a trace of the insect, although egg masses of the older established form T. sineiisis Saussure, were frequent on that and adjoining properties. During a brief sojourn in northern Cape May County in mid-September, 1934, T found clear indications that HIKJIIS! pcniiis was well established in that sen ion. adult example- being taken at Ocean View, South Seaville. and We-t Ocean Ciiy (Marmora). The greatest number was obtained in the nursery of Mr. Melvin Wills. South Seaville. where, if anything, il < rather more numerous than sincnsis. which is known to b. been present in the vicinity for many years. 91 92 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [April, '35 About two weeks after finding the species in Cape- May County I found an adult and several egg masses at Elmer, Salem County. Diligent search on several occasions in the autumn of 1934 at Moorestown, failed to reveal any evidence of the presence of aiigiistipciinis at that locality, although the other species, sincnsis, is common there. In an effort to ascertain whether there had appeared any earlier announcement of the presence of angustipennis in New Jersey, I wrote to Mr. Ilg. who informed me that, while he knew of no published record, an egg mass of the same species had been collected in an apple tree at Glassboro as far back as October, 1929. Mistaking this for an egg mass of the native 1 Stagmomantis Carolina (Johannsen), he paid no further attention to it until after the appearance of Mr. Jones' paper announcing the presence of the new form in this country, when he sent a similar egg mass to Mr. Rehn, who identified it as belonging to angustipennis. I am also informed by Mr. Ilg that, since 1929, egg masses of the newly established mantis were collected in 1931 at Ham- monton by A. J. Farley and in 1932 at Cedarville, by R. C. Burdette. In the autumn of 1933, accompanied by Burdette, Mr. Ilg visited the locality at Cedarville and there gathered about 30 egg masses. These included those presented by Mr. Ilg to me, as well as some sent to W. T. Davis, Staten Island, and to Mr. Herman Hornig, Reading, Pennsylvania. The re- mainder of the series, according to Mr. Ilg, was distributed about New Brunswick. Besides those previously mentioned, Mr. Ilg informed me that in November, 1933, Mr. E. G. Scovell sent in for identi- fication an egg mass of angustipennis collected in Salem County, along with the statement that numerous other egg masses ot the same general appearance had been seen in the county. From these various records, as well as from the observed frequency of the species in Salem, Cumberland and upper Cape May counties, it seems probable that angustipennis must be 1 That is, native to this country, but not definitely known, to occur in New Jersey. xlvi, '35] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 93 rather generally distributed throughout southern Xe\v Jersey, north, at least, to Glassboro and Hamnionton. ANo the pos- sible future development of the species in the form of local colonies may perhaps be anticipated at the localities mentioned where egg masses were noted as intentionally introduced. Since the preceding account was written, the writer, during a visit at Cape May Court House late in November, 1934. made an effort to determine the relative proportion formed by an- gustipennis in the total mantid population of that and one other nearby locality. The insects having disappeared at the time, the egg capsules were utilized for this purpose. At Court House a search on parts of two consecutive days showed that out of a total of 127 egg capsules observed, 38, or 30 percent, were of angustipennis, the remainder being sinensis. On an- other day, at Stone Harbor, during about two hours' search be- tween showers, 14 capsules, out of a total of 143. were of iiiiyustif>cniiis, indicating it as forming only about 10 percent of the mantid population of that place. A curious feature in the distribution of these egg capsules in the case of both species was their relative abundance within town limits and their apparent scarcity in open country away from the vicinity of dwellings. In view of the fact that both species of mantids now 7 estab- lished in Xew Jersey have similar habits, it would seem that they would form promising material for a study of competition in the struggle for existence. Apparently one way to get data in such a study would be to compare the relative abundance of tin- egg capsules of the two species over a series of years. The Prothoracic Pleurites of Coleoptera. By G. F. FERRIS, Stanford University, California. (Continued from page 68.) COMPARISON OK THE Two TYPES. The two forms here described may be regarded as types of the two great groups of the Coleoptera, the Adephaga and the Polyphaga. That a difference in the prothoracic pleurites of these two groups exists has long been recognized by coleopter- 94 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [April, '35 ists, hut the attempts to express these differences have been curiously unmorphological and reveal no clear understanding of the situation. Such statements in regard to the Polyphaga as "notum not separated from the pleura by distinct sutures," "prothoracic pleural sutures lacking," and "pleuron frequently undivided into sclerites and the suture between that region and the pronotum, on either side, likewise often absent," are but unsatisfactory and for that matter quite untrue descriptions of the actual morphological situation. In the light of what has been shown, supported by the study of representatives of about forty well distributed families of the Coleoptera, we may attempt to re-define the differences in the prothoracic pleural structure of Adephaga and Polyphaga. The Polyphaga always with the prothoracic pleurites much reduced in size and forming a single plate or "eutrochantin," this plate usually being partially or even entirely concealed within the coxal acetabulum ; prothoracic pleural apophysis usu- ally well developed, although rarely lacking; sides of the pro- thorax formed entirely from the notum, which meets the sternum along a noto-sternal suture anterior to the coxae or this suture suppressed by fusion of the two parts, and fre- quently meeting the sternum posterior to the coxae. The Adephaga always with the prothoracic pleurites strongly developed, forming a conspicuous part of the externally visible structure of the segment, a well defined noto-pleural, as well as a pleuro-sternal suture being present; notum meeting the sternum and forming a noto-sternal suture for at the most but a short distance near the anterior border of the segment and never meeting the sternum posterior to the coxae; trochantin present as a distinct piece ; pleural apophysis never developed. NOTES. About forty families, well distributed throughout the major groups of the Coleoptera, have been examined in the course of this study. No departures from the two types as described ap- pear to such a degree as to disturb the basic conclusion that as far as the prothoracic pleurites are concerned the beetles definitely fall into two great groups. Representatives of the xlvi, '35 | K. \TO.MOLOCICAL NEWS 95 two doubtful families Rhyssodidae and Cupesidae have been examined and as tar as these structures are concerned both these families are definitely Adephagous. The Adephaga, espe- cially, cling closely to their common type. In the Polyphaga extraordinary secondary developments oc- cur in the families Histeridae, Scarabaeidae, Lucanidae, Cur- culionidae (subfamily Calandrinae) and especially in the Tene- brionidae as represented by the genus Elcodcs. In this last named form there is a complete breakdown of the landmarks but the morphological interpretation attainable by comparison with less modified forms is clear. In spite of the modifications presented the adherence to the basic type is not disturbed. It is evident that if the interpretations of the prothoracic pleurites which are here presented are valid, the existing liter- ature contains many errors. Such, for example, is the state- ment used in some keys that in certain families of the Poly- phaga the "trochantin"- meaning what is here considered to be the entire pleurum is lacking. It is not lacking in any family that has been examined, this including some to which the quoted statement is supposed to apply. Such a statement as "pro- sternal epimera fused in the middle line behind the coxae" as applied to the weevils is obviously erroneous, it being the notum which in this group closes in behind the coxae. .And so with numerous other statements which the student who accepts the point of view herein expressed will easily detect. It would be well to call attention to certain methods which have been used in connection with this study. In order to make the necessary dissections from pinned material which is all that is usually available the tissues must be softened and in must cases bleached. The softening can be accomplished by the usual boiling in caustic potash. To render specimens trans- lucent, a bleaching medium developed by Air. Richard Black- wclder and later to be described by him in detail has been em- ployed. This fluid consists of hydrogen peroxide and am- monia and has proven splendidly effective, reducing even very black specimens to a proper state in a time frequently meas- ureable in minutes. It will constitute a notable addition to our available methods of study. 96 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [April, '35 Four New Texas Coleoptera (Buprestidae and Cerambycidae). By JOSEF N. KNULL, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio Agrilus esperanzae n. sp. (Buprestidae). Form slender, elongate, cupreous above and beneath, a dark blue area covering most of dorsal surface of pronotum, two similar areas on elytra, one back of scutellumv and a transverse band back of middle, each elytron with four white pubescent spots. Head with front convex, slight indication of a median de- pression on vertex ; antennae short, extending to middle of pronotum when laid along lateral margin, serrate from the fifth joint. Pronotum slightly wider than long, widest back of middle; sides arcuately rounded anteriorly, slightly constricted toward base, when viewed from the side the marginal and submarginal carinae are separated for their entire length ; disk convex with- out trace of median depression, lateral depressions well marked, prehumeral carinae short, straight ; surface obliquely rugose, the rugae well separated ; lateral depressions pubescent. Scu- tellum transversely carinate. Elytra wider than pronotum at^ base ; sides strongly con- stricted in middle ; apices broadly rounded, serrulate ; disk slightly flattened, sutural margins elevated posteriorly, basal depressions moderately deep ; surface imbricate punctate, sparsely clothed with short, inconspicuous hairs, each elytron ornamented with four spots of recumbent white pubescence, one in basal depression, a small round one in front of middle, an elongate patch at middle and a fourth one on apical third. Abdomen beneath sparsely punctate, clothed with short re- cumbent white hairs which are more numerous on sides of third ventral segment, first two ventrals not modified in the middle, last ventral with a deep narrow emargination ; pro- sternal lobe truncate. Tibiae slender, not mucronate. Tarsal claws similar on all feet, cleft near base, inner tooth broad, points not turned inward. Length 4.3 mm.; width 1 mm. Hololypc, probably a female, labeled Brownsville, TEXAS, June 3, 1934, J. N. Knull, collector, in collection of the writer. xlvi, '35] KXTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 97 This species would run to A. palmicollis Horn in Fisher's * key. However it can be separated from this species by its more slender form, markings on elytra and structure of the last abdominal segment. Agrilus viridescens n. sp. ( Buprestidae). Form and size of A. eye nits Gory, head bright green on front, vertex and dorsal surface cupreous with viridescent lus- ter, ventral surface shining cupreous. Head with front convex coarsely granulose, becoming rugose on vertex, no trace of median depression; antennae reaching to about middle of pronotum when laid along lateral margin, ser- rate from the fifth joint. Pronotum wider than long, slightly narrower at base than at apex, widest in the middle ; sides arcuately rounded in front, sinuate at base ; when viewed from the side the marginal and submarginal carinae are joined at basal fourth; disk convex, a lateral depression on each side, prehumeral carinae strongly elevated, a rather obscure line extending from scutellum to middle ; surface coarsely transversely rugose. Scutellum trans- versely carinate. Klytra wider than pronotum at base; sides constricted near middle, broadly expanded back of middle, tips separately rounded, finely serrulate ; disk with sutural margins strongly elevated posteriorly : surface imbricately punctate, clothed with scattered, short, recumbent pubescence. \bdomen beneath finely punctate, clothed with short pubes- cence ; first and second segments rounded, a line of longer pubescence exiending from, prosternum to first abdominal seg- ment. Prosternal lobe broadlv emarginatelv truncate. Tibiae .- on their distribution, habits and life-history" in Treubia, xiv, livr. 4. pp. 377-462, Huiten- zorg, Dec., 1934. The following numbers of species are given for the Odonate fauna of near-by areas: Malay Peninsula \^7 , Sumatra 180, Java 142, Borneo 213 (p. 381).' 102 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [April, '35 A New Species of Phyllophaga from Florida (Coleop.: Scarabaeidae). By O. L. CARTVVRIGIIT, Clemson College, South Carolina.* Phyllophaga youngi n. sp. Type : length 16.5 mm., width 8 mm. Elongate oblong. Head dark castaneous, pronotum ferruginous, elytra ferrugino- testaceous at base, shading quickly to testaceous, abdomen tes- taceous, legs ferruginous, the tibia darker. Upper surface shin- ing, glabrous. Mesosternum with sparse, fine, long, yellowish hair. Abdomen with scarcely noticeable, fine, sparse, short hair at sides, somewhat longer on penultimate. Antennae 9-jointed. club shorter than funicle, equal to scape. Clypeus moderately emarginate, sides arcuate ; margin broadly not abruptly reflexed ; rather coarsely punctate, closer at suture and middle where the punctures are separated by about their own diameters or less, gradually increasing to three or four times their diameters at the sides ; suture impressed, subangulate at middle, arcuate to sides. Frons slightly convex, punctures about equal to those of clypeus in size, sparse near suture, separated by three or four diameters, gradually closer to about their own diameters at vertex, smooth above vertex, a few scattered punctures along occipital margin and at sides ; a median longitudinal impressed line from suture almost to occiput. Pronotum one-half wider than long, a slight depression an- teriorly each side of median line; narrowed anteriorly, sides arcuate, anterior angles sharply rounded, posterior angles broadly rounded, not well defined ; lateral margins crenate, reflexed narrowly at middle, less abruptly at angles ; sub-evenly ocellately punctured, punctures somewhat finer and closer an- teriorly where they approximate in sixe the punctures of the head ; basal margin interrupted at middle. Elytra semi-transparent ; sutnral costae distinct, discal costae obliterated : punctures finer than on thorax, evenly distributed, deeper on discal area, subrugulose just back of scutellum. Scu- tellum with close punctures laterally. Metasternum closely, moderately coarsely punctured, pos- terior coxal plates less closely so, the punctures bearing fine hairs. Abdominal segments more finely and less densely punc- tured, especially at middle. Penultimate segment with close * Technical Contributions No. 39, from the South Carolina Kxpc-nment Station, Clemson College, South Carolina. xlvi. '35] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 103 mixed coarse and line punctures. Abdomen apparently con- stricted just before terminal segment. Posterior half of ter- minal segment eroded. Pvgidium evenly punctate as on elytra. Hoth spurs ol bind tibiae free, the long spur slightly longer and short spur one-third shorter than first tarsal joint. Tooth of claw median, strong, right angled. Aedeagus, Fig. 1. Genitalia of Phyllophaya yoitnyi Cartwright ; 1, 2, 3, Male aedeagus; 4, Female genitalia. 9. Allotype : length 17 mm., width 8.5 mm. Similar to male except that the short spur of the hind tibia is subequal to and the long spur one-third longer than the first tarsal joint ; the penultimate abdominal segment is but slightly constricted: the club of the antenna is much shorter than the funicle and less than the length of the scape. The typical series includes 50 males and 63 females. The males vary in length from 16.5 to 18 mm., in width from 8 to 9 mm. The females vary from 17 to 19 mm., in length, and 8.5 to 9 mm., in width. The species was found feeding upon the Florida Trema, Trcina floridana Hritton. The entire series was collected in an area of approximately one-half square mile in Brickell Hammock, Miami, FLORIDA, by Mr. Frank X. Young, for whom the species is named. Three specimens were 104 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [April, '35 collected in June, 1933, and all others between June 3 and July 17, 1934. The male holotypc and female allotypc deposited in the United States National Museum. Paralyses placed in the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University, in the Canadian National Collection, and in the private collec- tions of Mr. Young and the writer. Phyllophaga voitnc/'i keys to Horn's group XV ("Revision of the Species of Lachnosterna of America North of Mexico." -Geo. H. Horn. Trans. Am. Ent. Soc. XIV 1887 p. 215). In this group it is easily separated from P. ecostata Horn, the only other species having the hind angles of the thorax rounded. P. ccostata Horn lacks sutural costae, has the clypeus entire, and the tooth of the claws small and basal. P. \onni<.ln-ie dc^ Gastrophiles. Anatomie, physiologic, cycle cvolutif. Ann. Sci. Xat. Zool. (10) 15: 1-183, illus. 1932. xlvi, '35] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS ]Q7 rlioidalis the ventral spines on segment 3 are generally greatly reduced. The spines are broad at the base and come to a point more abruptly than in the other species of Gastcrophilus larvae found in this country. Spines are lightly pigmented, with the pigmented area limited to the tip. The adult is rather small, and densely covered with silvery to yellowish hair, contrasting with the more or less orange-colored hair in G. haemorrhoidalis, G. nasalis, and G. intcstinalis. The third trochanter is without a prominent spur, which will readily distinguish this species from G. intcstinalis. The abdomen is paler, but is somewhat mottled as in intcstinalis. Dark spots on the wings will immediately distinguish this species from G. nasalis and G. haemorrhoidalis. Small spots are also present near the apex of the wings of intcstinalis. However, there are two of these, whereas in incnnis there is only one. The eggs of G. incnnis, according to Dinulescu, are deposited on the hairs on the cheeks of the host, and upon hatching the larvae penetrate the epidermis and work their way under it until they reach the mouth. The larvae then burrow in the sub- epithelial layer of the cheek until they molt. After molting the larvae migrate to the rectum, where they remain attached until they are mature. A Veteran's Appeal. | In view of Dr. Blatchley's invaluable contributions to North American entomology, especially his manuals of Coleoptera, Rhynchophora, Orthoptera and Heteroptera, we are glad to publish the following note. EDITORS.] On account of failing eyesight and other infirmities, T am no longer able to collect or study insects. I have to have some- thing to do and part of my time is devoted to the collection and study of postage and revenue stamps, especially those of the countries of the western continent. T have hundreds of dupli- cates and will be glad to enter into exchange with any of the readers of ENTOMOLOGICAL XEWS or their friends, who are stamp collectors. If not collectors, perhaps some of the many entomologists who have used my manuals will kindly donate any old postage, cut-square envelope, or revenue stamps which they may have on hand. W. S. BLATCHLEY, Dunedin, Florida. 108 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [April, '35 Further Notes on Utah Heteroptera and Homoptera.' By GEORGE F. KNOWLTON. This report deals with additional records of Utah Het- eroptera and Homoptera, 2 the distribution of which is in- completely recorded for this inter-mountain area. The writer is indebted to Messrs. H. G. Barber and P. W. Oman, of the U. S. Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, for the identification of the material. Unless otherwise indicated local- ities are in Utah and collections (since 1923) made by the writer. Order HETEROPTERA. COREIDAE. ALYDUS PLUTO Uhl. Ft. Duchesne, Aug. 27, 1932 ( F. K. Stof- fers) ; Logan, July 10, 1933 (L. Greene). CORIOMERIS HUMILIS (Uhl.). Avon, Aug. 10, 1930 (Knowl- ton::M. J. Janes); Logan, Oct. 11, 1909; Providence Can- yon, June 7, 1933. AUFEIUS IMPRESSICOLIS Stal. Salt Lake City, Sept. 15, 1925; Taylorsville. CORIZUS HYALINUS var. SANGUINEUS (Costa). Junction, June 27, 1933. C. PARVICORNIS Sign. Alton, June 7, 1933. C. TUBERCULATUS Hambl. On Artemisia tridcntala at Keetley, April 27, 1933. ARADIDAE. ARADUS FUNESTUS Bergr. Logan, April 7, 1933 (Staffers). A. LUGUBRIS Fall. Logan, June 11, 1931 (W. L. Thomas); Salt Lake City, Sept. 6, 1932. NEIDIDAE. JALVSUS SPIXOSTS (Say). Ft. Duchesne, June 15. 1932 (Staf- fers) ; Logan; on Artemisia tridentata in Sardine Canyon, July 14, 1925. J. SPINOSUS WICKTIAMI Van D. Ft. Duchesne, May 17, 1933 (Staffers); Logan, July 4, 1907 ( E. G. Titus). LYGAEIDAE. LYCAKCS ITSIO (Stal). Logan, Oct. 11, 1909. 1 Contribution from the Department of Entomology, Utah Agricultural Experiment Station. Authorized for publication by Director. . NEWS 42: 40-43, 68-72; 44: 261-264. xlvi, '35] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 109 L. LATERALIS Dall. Troutcreek, Inly 25, 1933 (II. B. Staf- ford). NYSIUS THYMI (\VolflF). Plain City, Aug. 5, 1903. X. STRIGOSUS Uhl. Payette, Aug. 27, 1907, Idaho. N. COLORADENSIS Bak. Strawberry, Sept. 10, 1933 (E. \Y. Anthon). ARPHNUS TRISTIS Van I). Kelton, May 15, 1934. A. CORIACIPENNIS ( Stal ) . Cache Junction, June 11, 1903. GEOCORIS BULLATUS (Say). Castlegate, Uuchesne. Hoytsville, Kamas, Snowville, Strawberry, Tabiona, and Zion National Park. G. FALLENS Stal. Kanosh, Lampo, Redwood, Riverside, Snow- ville, and Thompson. G. ATRICOLOR Montcl. Deseret, Layton, Locomotive Springs, Logan, and Snowville. CROPHIUS ANGUSTATUS Van D. Gunnison. Butte, Green River, May 7, 1933 (Stafford). SPHAEROBIUS INSIGNIS (Uhl.). Brigham City, Sept. 25, 1916. LIGYROCORIS NITIDULUS (Uhl.). Kanab, June 26, 1933; Logan, July 7, 1931 (T. O. Thatcher). PERITRECHUS FRATERNUS Uhl. Logan, March 20 and April 24, 1933 (Thatcher). P. TRISTIS Van D. Logan, March 20, 1933 (Thatcher). P. SASKATCHEWANENSIS Barber. Benson, July 23, 1909 (Titus : :Hoff) ; Logan, April 15, 1909 ( J." H. Horton) ; Troutcreek (Stafford). Also Loma, Colorado, June 19, 1933. SPHRAGISTICUS NEBULOSUS (Fall.). Price, May 4, 1916; Whitney ( Horton ) . EMBLETHIS VICARIUS Horv. Logan, April 5, 1905. SCOLOPOSTETHUS THOMSONI Rent. Logan Cany., May 29, 1933; Parley's Cany. (Titus). PHYMATIDAE. PHYMATA BORICA Evans. Richfield; Snowville, Aug. 22, 1931. P. METCALFI Evans. Lucin, Aug. 11, 1931; West Jordan. P. VICINA Handl. Ft. Duchesne, June 15, 1932 (L. Cutler). Also Ft. Collins and Palmer, Colorado. P. EROSA SALICIS Ckl. ( )gden, Aug. 18, 1927; Randlett ; Ros- ette. REDUVIIDAE. REDUVIUS PERSONATUS (L.). Delta, June 26, 1930; Logan (J. H. Linford) ; Providence ( D. Hammond). Also Lor- enzo, Idaho, July 26, 1931 (Thomas). 110 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [April, '35 TRIATOMA PROTRACTA (Uhl.). Troutcreek, July 23, 1933 (Stafford). APIOMERUS SPISSIPES (Say). Logan, July 4, 1907 (Titus); Timpie, June 18, 1933/ ZELUS RENARDII Kolen. Moab, Aug. 10, 1906; St. George. July, 1928 (H. J. Pack). RHYNCORIS VENTRALIS (Say). Cache Junction, June 3, 1912 (H. R. Hagan); Farmington; Ft. Duchesne (StotTers). ACHOLLA AMPLIATA Stal. Lampo, Aug. 1, 1931 ( Kiimvlton : : Thomas ) . SINEA COMPLEXA Caud. Whitehouse, June 19, 1933. NARIDAE. NABIS INSCRIPTVIS (Kirby). Logan Canyon, May 29, 1933 Knowlton : rAnthon). N. ALTERNATA Parsh. Ft. Duchesne, May 21, 1933 (C. J. Sorenson) ; Logan (Anthon); Manti (Pack); Provo Can- yon; Stansbury Island (Knowlton: :Thomas) ; Springville; St rawberry ( Anthon ) . N. ROSEIPENNIS Rent. Logan Canyon, May 17, 1933 (Knowl- ton : : Anthon). N. RUFUSCULUS Reut. Logan, April 6, 1905. ANTHOCORIDAE. ANTHOCORIS ANTEVOLENS White. Logan Canyon. July 10, 1933. A. MELANOCERUS Reut. Found to attack potato psyllid, Para- trioza cocker clli (Sulc), when placed in a cage with them. Logan Canyon, July 16, 1933; Joseph (Titus). Order HOMOPTERA. ClCADELLIDAE. AGALLIA QUADRIPUNCTATA Prov. Providence, June 3, 1930 (Janes). A. BIGLOVIAE Bak. On beets at Delta, June 24, 1927. ACERATAGALLIA HELVEOLA Oman. Helper, June 17, 1933: Hurricane; Jensen; Orr's Ranch in Skull Valley. A. UHLERI Van D. The Delle and Grantsville, June 2, 1933; Duchesne ; La Sal ; Stansbury Island ; Torrv. IDIOCERTS AMABILIS Ball. Logan Canyon. July 31. 1933. I. DUZEEI Prov. Strawberry, Sept. 10, 1933 (Anthon). xlvi, '35 J ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS HI I. FEMORALUS Ball. Logan Canyon. March 12, 1934 ( 'Knowl- ton : : Thomas ) . I. LACHRYMALIS Fitch. Ft. Duchesne, Aug. 20. 1932 (Stof- fers) ; Salt Lake City (Stafford). I. SNOWI G. and B. Salt Lake City, July 15, 1933 ( Stafford). BYTHOSCOPUS ATER (Bak.). Indian Canyon and Willow Creek, June 12, 1933. GYPONA VERTICALIS Stal. Lehi, Sept. 10, 1931 ; Logan (Thomas); Nibley; Providence (Janes); Holliday. MESAMIA STRAMINEA (Osb.). Bountiful, Oct. 5, 1933 ( Knowl- ton::J. A. Rowe) ; Fillmore ; Hot Springs; Magna; Pro- montory ; Warren. OSBORNELLUS coNSORS ( Ulil). Sardine Canyon, Aug. 9, 1933. TWININGIA BLANDA (Ball). Trout Creek, July 25, 1933 (Stafford). PLATYMETOPIUS ACUTUS (Say). Bountiful, Oct. 5, 1933; Ft. Duchesne, June (Stoffers) ; Manti ; Price; Wellington. P. OREGONENSIS Bak. Logan and Logan Canyon, June 31. 1933; Mendon ; Sardine Canyon. P. VITELLINUS Fh. Troutcreek, July 27, 1933 (Stafford). LAEVICEPHALUS UHLERI Oman. Logan, June 13, 1933 (An- thon). L. COLLINUS Boh. Indian Canyon, June 12, 1933. DELTOCEPHALUS SONORUS Ball. Provo, May 21, 1933. ATHYSANELLA UTAHNA Osb. Flux, Aug. 28, 1933; Howell. A. TEREBRANS ( G. and B.). Grassey, June 18, 1933. ATHYSANUS ALMUS (Van D.). Xaf, Idaho, Aug. 13, 1932 ( Knowlton : : Janes ) . OPSIUS STACTOGALIS Fieb. On juniper at Grantsville, Oct. 19, 1931. O. CLARIVADUS (Van D.). Cisco, June 19, 1933; Erda ; Kanab; Locomotive Springs ; on Atriplcx at Promontory ; Thomp- son ; on Chrysothamnus at Valley Junction; Whitehouse. O. INSANUS Ball. On Russian thistle at Deseret, June 18, 1933. O. PAUPERCULUS (Ball). Delle, April 12, 1930. NOVELLINA SCITULA (Ball). On sugar-beets at Hooper, Sept. 5, 1930. N. SAUCIA (Hall). Promontory, Aug. 6, 1930. PHLEPSIUS SPATULATUS \'an D. Troutcreek, |uly 25. 1933 (Stafford). P. CUMULATUS Ball. Bountiful, Oct. 5, 1933 (Knowlton:: Rowe ) . P. EXTREMUS Ball. On Artemisia tridcntata at Curlew, April 28, 1933. 112 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [April, '35 P. OREGONUS Ball. Troutcreek, July 25, 1933 (Stafford). ACINOPTERUS VIRIDIS Ball. Lampo, Aug. 12, 1932; Thompson, June 19. 1933. THAMNOTETTIX SCHWARZI Ball. Indian Canyon, June 12, 1933; Magna ; Parowan. T. BELLI (Uhl.). Logan, July 31, 1933; Logan Canyon, Ogden. T. ATRIDORSUM Van D. Amalga, Aug. 31, 1927; Blanding; Cedar ; Cisco ; Clover ; Coyote ; Kanosh ; La Sal ; Lewiston ; Monticello ; Nephi ; Pinion Canyon ; Promontory ; Tooele, and Whitehouse. Also near K-Ranch, Colorado, June 11, 1933. EMPOASCA CEREA De L. Indian Canyon and Monticello, July 27, 1932. E. DILUDA De L. Logan Canyon, July 31, 1933. E. MALIGNA (Walsh). Mt. Pleasant', June 28, 1933; Orem. E. NIGRA G. and B. Currant Creek, June 11, 1933; Fillmore ; Indian Canyon; La Sal; Logan; Skull Valley. E. NIGRA var. NIGROSCUTA G. and B. Glendale, June 27, 1933; Logan Canyon ; Monticello. E. NIGRA var. TYPHLOCYBOIDES G. and B. Castlegate, June 12, 1933 ( Knowlton : :Thomas) ; Fillmore; Kanab; Lynndyl ; Manderfield ; Millcreek ; Snowville ; Spring City ; Strawberry (Anthon) and Verdure. E. FILAMENTA De LI. Bountiful, Oct. 5, 1933 (Knowlton:: Rowe) ; Clinton; Coalville; Harrisviiie ; Layton ; Magna; Rockville ; and Springdale. EUPTERYX MELISSAE Curtis. Logan, June 9, 1933. TYPHLOCYBA POM ARIA McA. Cornish, Sept. 11, 1930; on apple and rose, Logan; Providence (Hammond). T. ROSAE (L.). Providence, Oct. 5, 1930 (Janes) and July 18, 1931 (Hammond). Popenoe Entomological Club. A hectograph copy of a circular of fifteen sheets, dated March 28, 1933, has recently been received by the American Entomological Society, containing an account of "Entomology at the Kansas State College, Manhattan, Kansas ; of the Popenoe Entomological Club and its recent activities; a list of the Kansas State College alumini that have been and are now doing entomological work" ; and other notes on entomology at that College. The present officers of this club are : President, Merle W. Allen, Secretarv-Treasurer, Harold L. Nonamaker. xlvi, '35] KXTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 113 Entomological Literature COMPILED BY LAURA S. MACKEY UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF E. T. CRESSON, JR. Under the above head it is intended to note papers received at the Academy of Natural Sciences, of Philadelphia, pertaining to the En- tomology of the Americas (North and South), including Arachmda and Myriopoda. Articles irrelevant to American entomology will not be noted; but contributions to anatomy, physiology and embryology of insects, however, whether relating lo American or exotic species will be recorded. The figures within brackets L ] refer to the journal in which the paper appeared, as numbered in the list of Periodicals and Serials published in our January and June issues. This list may be secured from the pub- lisher of ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS for lOc. 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New Titles of Periodicals and Serials Referred to. 112. Anales del Institute de Biologia Mexico. 113. Entomologische Beihefte aus Berlin Dahlem. GENERAL. Alberti, B. --Ueber neubeschreibungen. [18J 28. 507-509. Breyer, A. Usage de la benzine en en- tomologie. [Lambillionea] 1935: 16-17. Friederichs, K.- Ueber entomologischen unterricht. [113] 1: 55. Grinnell, J. A revised life-zone map of California. [Univ. Cal. Pub. Zool.] 40: 327-330, ill. Hering, M. Probleme der minen- forschung. [113] 1: 44-47. Horn, W. -"Aus der entomol- ogischen welt." [110] 2: 23. Kiefer, O. Wintertatigkeit des entomologen. [18] 28: 513-516. Krause, E.- gische insektenaufnahmen. [113] 1: 99. Peterson, A.- manunl of entomological equipment and methods. Part 1. 1934. ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, ETC. Bess, H. A. The alimentary canal of Calosoma sycophanta. [43 1 35: 54-65, ill. von Buddenbrock, W. Eine neue methode zur erfors chung de> formcnsehens der insekten. [88] 23: 98-100. ill. Drilhon, A. La reserve alcaline an cotirs de la metamor- phose des lepidopteres. [77] 118: 131-132. Gosswald, K.- Die grundzvigc der stammesgeschichtlichen entwicklung des ameisenpnrnsitismus, neu leleuchtet (lurch die entdeck- tmg einer weiteren parasitischen ameisc. |113| Hendrickson, G. O. The effect of heavy rains on the Orth- optera population of the prairie. | Pro. Iowa Ac. Sci.| 40: 114 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [April, '35 238-239. Homann, H. Die funktion ties mannlichen spin- nentasters im versuch. [34] 109: 73-75, ill. Janisch, E. Ueber das optimum tier insekten. [113] 1: 131-136. Kel- sheimer, E. G. Response of European corn borer moths to colored lights. [43] 35: 17-27. von Lengerken, H. Beine als schwirrorgan. [97] 54: 646-650, ill. Martini, E. Ueber den salzgehalt tier gewasser mid die malarialage. [113] 1 : 28-44. Oerosi-Pal, Z. Ueber die ernahrung der Acar- apismilben der honigbienen. [113] 1: 136-138. Pflugfelder, O. Experimentelle erzeugung von chitinperlen bei insek- ten. [34] 109: 131-134, ill. Rosch, G. A. Die kunstliche begattung als grundlage fur vererbungs-und zvichtungsver- suche bei bienen. [113"] 1: 131. Schultz, V. G. M. Etwas iiber die farbenbennungen in tier Lepidopterologie. [18] 28: 509-510. Shull, A. F. Combinations of current and ante- cedent conditions in relation to wing production of aphids [92] 68: 35-50. Spann, L. Studies on the reproductive systems of Gryllus assimilis. [Trans. Kans. Ac. Sc.] 37: 299-341, ill. Stammer, H. S. Bau und bedeutung der mal- pighischen gefasse der Coleopteren. [113] 1: 118-119. Weyer, F. Ueber die technik tier bestimmung ties von stechmticken gesogenen blutes nach tier praecipitinmeth- ode. [113] 1: 76-83. Zacwilichowski, J. Ueber die inner- vierung und die sinnesorgane tier fliigel der feldheuschrecke Stauroderus biguttalus [und] tier lausfliege Oxypterum. 187-196; 251-258, ill. ARACHNIDA AND MYRIOPODA. Bishop & Cros- by. A. n. gen. and two n. sps. of Dictynidae. [95] 48: 45- 48. Hefley, H. M. A new mite from the common skunk: Mephitis nigra. [103] 8: 22-24. ill. THE SMALLER ORDERS OF INSECTS. Adams, J. A. The early instars of the firebrat Thermobia domestica (Thysanura). [Pro. Iowa Ac. Sci.] 40: 217-219. Bagnall, R. S. On the classification of the Onychiuridae (Collem- bola) with particular reference to the genus Tullbergia. 1 75] 15: 236-242. (*). Betten, C. et al. The caddis flies or Trichoptera of New York State. [N. Y. Sta. Bui.] 292: 569 pp., ill. (*). Hungerford, H. B. A termite new to Kan- sas. Reticulitermes hageni. [103] 8: 24. Kofoid, C. A. The fight against termites. [76] March 1935: 275-278. Loudon, D. Comparative list of the Odonnta known to occur in ToAva. [Pro. Iowa Ac. Sci.] 40: 213-215. Werneck, F. L.- Notas para o estudo da orclem Anopluera. [Ill] 29: 179- 187, ill. CS*). xlvi, '35] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 115 ORTHOPTERA. Giinther, K. Uebcr die variabilitat bei Phasmoiden und anderen Orthopteren und ihrc folgen fiir die systeniatik. |113| 1: 100-1U5. Schleich, E. W.- Ueber wanderheuschrecken. |113| 1: 105-107. HEMIPTERA. Abbott, C. E. Xotes on the oviposi- tion and hatching of Corythncha marmorata. |19| 30: 13. Andre, F. Notes on the biology of Oncopeltus fasciatns. | Iowa Jour. Sci.| 9: 73-86. ill.' ' Beamer & Griffith--New Krvthroneura of the obliqna grou]) (Cicadellidae). |103] 8: 17-21, ill. Blote, H. C. Catalogue of the Coreidae in the Rijksmuseum van Natuurlijke Historic. Pt. 1. Corizi- nae, Alydinae. | Zool. Meded. Rijksmus, Leiden] 17: 253- 285, ill. (S*). Borner, C. 'Ueber system und stammesge- schichte der Schnabelkerfe. |113] 'l : 138-144. DeLong & Davidson. Further studies of the genus Empoasca (Cica- dellidae). |43J 35: 29-39, ill. (*.). Drake & Harris Concern- ing Neotropical sps. of Rhagovelia. [95] 48: 33-38. (*). Hussey, R. F/ A new Anasa from Paraguay (Coreidae). 1 19] 30: 23-25. Johnston, H. G. Five n. sp. of'Miridae. [19] 30: 15-19. Oman, P. W. New North American Agallian leaf- hoppers with notes on other species. [103] 8: 9-16, ill. Thiem, H. Phanographisches zur massenverbreitung von schildlausen. (113] 1: 90-95. ill. Wehrle, L. P.- Notes on Pycnoderes quadrimaculatus (Miridae) in the vicinity of Tucson, Arizona. [19] 30: 27. LEPIDOPTERA. Bates, M. The butterflies of Cuba. [Bull. Mus. Comp. Z.] 78: 63-258, ill. Clark, B. P. Descrip- tions of 20 new Sphingidae and notes on 3 others. [Pro. N. Eng. Zool. Club] 15: 19-39. (S). Hemming, F.- Notes on certain genera and species of Papilionidae. [9] 68: 39-41. Klots, A. B. A new Colias from S. Dakota (Pieridae). [40] 767: 2 pp. Lemmer, F. New record for Xew Jersey. NToc- tuidae: Anomis flava fimbriago. [19] 30: 10. Leussler & Bryant Notes on the diurnal Lepidoptera of the Canadian Arctic collected by Owen Bryant in the summers of 1929 to 1932. [19] 30: 1-10, cont. McDunnough, J. A new race of Argynnis cybele from Nova Scotia. |4| 67: 18-19. Mell, R. Saisonwanderungen bei Sphingiden. [113] 1: 117-118 Wickwire & Calale Additional notes on Tropaea luna. [4] 67: 10. DIPTERA. Ceresa, L. Tre n. sps. di Ouichuana. (Syr- phidae) [At. Soc. Italia. Sc. Nat. Milan] (S). Curran, C. H. New species of Nycteribiidae and Streblidae. [40] 765: 15 pp.. ill. Curran, C. H.- \ T ev Amer- ican Asilidae. |4()| 752: 18 pp. Ellisor, L. O.- Notes on the biology and control of Neosciara ocellaris (Sciaridae). 116 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [April, '35 [Iowa Jour. Sci.j 9: 25-36. Felt, E. P. New species of gall midges from Texas. [103] 8: 1-8. Hearle, E. Notes on Simulium canadense and Simulium virgatum and its varieties. [4] 67: 15-18. ill. Hennig, W. Revision der Tyliden. 1. Die Taeniapterinae Amerikas. [60] 95: 294- 330. cont. (S*). Lawlor, W. K. Hibernation of Urano- taenia sapphirina (Culicidae). [19] 30: 14. Leprince, J. A. -Investigations on the malarial mosquito at the Reelfoot Lake Biological Station. [Jour. Tenn. Ac. Sci.] 10: 25. Malloch, J. R. Exotic Muscaridae (The genus Scato- phaga). [75] 15: 242-266. (*). Maughan, L. A systema- tical and morphological study of Utah Bombyliidae, with notes on species from intermountain states. [103] 8: 27-36, cont. Prebble, M. L. Actia difficlens, a parasite of Per- onea variana in Cape Breton, N. S. [Canadian Jour. Res.] 12: 216-227, ill. Rau, P. The egg-laying of the mourning horsefly, Tabanus atratus. [19] 30: 26, ill. COLEOPTERA. Beier, et al. Kiikenthal's Handbuch der Zoologie. Bd. 4. pp. 1037-1132, ill. Coleopteroidea. Brown, W. J. American species of Ludiu's ; the cruciatus and edwardsi groups. [4] 67: 1-8, ill. (*). Davis, A. C. (Myllocerus) Corigetus? castaneus. [19] 30: 19. Frost, C. A. Three species of beetles from Labrador. [4] 67: 19. Hayes, W. P. The distribution of Trichobaris insolita. [19] 30: 28. Hinton, H. E. A short review of the North American species of Pseudister (Histeridae). [4] 67: 11- 15, ill. (*). Hopping, R. New Coleoptera from western Canada. V. [4] 67: 8-9. Kessell, F. Fauna Brasiliensis Coleopterologica [By Author, Berlin-Spandau] 73-113. (*). Mimeogr. Lawson, P. B. A beetle new to Kansas. [103] 8: 26. Maydell, G. G. A n. sp. of blister beetle from Ariz- ona. [91] 25: 72. Sanderson & Griffith Monstrosities ob- served in three species of Coleoptera. [103] 8: 25-26, ill. Voss, E. Monographic der Rhynchitinen-Tribus Auletini. III. [60] 95 : 330-344, cont. Wilcox & BakerThe decidu- ous cusps of the Alophini (Cufculionidae). [19] 30: 20-21, ill. HYMENOPTERA. Abbott, C. E. Modifications in the genitalia of the male Megarhyssa lunator. [19] 30: 11- 13, ill. Eidmann, H. Die gastverhaltnisse von Atta sex- dens. [113] 1: 69-71. Smith, R. C. A summary of pub- lished information about Pharaoh's ant, with observations on the sps. in Kansas. [Trans. Kans. Ac. Sc.] 37: 139-149. Werth, E. Der generationswechscl der Hlastophagagall- wespe im zusammenhang mit der entwicklung der kultur- und wildfeige. |113| 1 : 113-117, ill. Xlvi, '35J KXTOM01.0GICAL NEWS 117 ENTOMOLOGISCHE BEIIIEKTE AUS BERLIN-DAHLEM. Organ der Wanderversammlungen Deutscher Entomologen. Herausg. von der Biologischen Reichsanslalt und clem Deutschen Ento- mologischen Institut der Kaiser Wilhelm-Gesellschaft. Band 1 (Aug. 7, 1934) contains the proceedings of the Fifth "\Yan- derversammlung" of German Entomologists, a list of the mem- bers, the speech of welcome by the President, Prof. Dr. A. Hase, and greetings by the officers, of several allied asociations. Papers on the following subjects are published : The old and the new entomology, bv Dr. A. Hase (page 19) [limited to German entomologists.] The salt-content of water and egg- laying of malarial mosquitoes. Prof. E. Martini (28). Prob- lems of research on insect miners, M. Hering (44). The new organization of the warfare against forest insects in Prussia. discussed bv H. Eidmann (47). Condition and form of hv- ^ ' gienic entomology, J. Wilhelmi (48). Importance of German entomological faunistics, F. Riischkampf [in which Titschack is quoted as stating that of the 5,732 European entomologists more than half, or 3,713, are in Germany] (53). Entomologi- cal instruction, K. Friederichs (55). Polyeder-virus in Ar- gynnis lathonia 1, \\ . A. Collier (56). The bases of the phylogenetic development of ant-parasitism newly illuminated by the discovery of an additional parasitic ant, K. Go'sswald (57). Demonstration of the bee-eater (Bienenwolf) plague on the Werra, and liability to inheritance in sour cherries of the cherry fruit-fly, H. Thiem (62). The distress of the German entomological publications, W. Horn (63). Sugarbeet injurers and landscape in Turkey, F. Eckstein (64). The guest rela- tions of Atta sexdcns, H. Eidmann (69). The ecological race group of Chrysis igniia, H. Bischoff (72). The technique of identification of blood sucked up by piercing flies by the pre- cipitin method, F. Weyer (76). Contributions to the history, distribution and ecology of insects injurious to stored products, F. Zacher (83). Genetics of the geographical variability of Epilachmi chrysomelina, K. Zimmermann (86). Phenological data on mass distribution of scale insects. H. Thiem (90, ill.). Insects injuring stored products. G. Kunike (96). Biological insect photographs, E. Krauze (99). Variability in Phasmoids and other Orthoptera and its conseuuences for classification, K. Giinther (100). Migratory grasshoppers E. W. Schleich (105). Fauna of the drug ba/.aar at Cairo. E. Zacher (107). The Apollo butterfly in the mirror of art, F. Bryk (108, ill.). Alternation of generations of the Blastophaga gall wnsp in connection with the development of cultivated and wild figs. K. \Yerth (113. ill.). Seasonal migration of Sphingidae, I\. Mell (117). Structure and significance of the tvlalphighian vessel- of Coleoptera, H. J. Stammer ( llS). Micmklimate and distri- 118 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [April, '35 bution of Lepidoptera, G. Warnecke (120, ill.). Artificial pairing as a basis for inheritance and rearing-experiments on bees (131). The optimum for insects, E. Janisch (131). The subsistance of .-Icai-apis mites of honey bees, Z. Orosi-Pal (136). Classification and phylogeny of Hemiptera, C. Bor- ner ( 138). OBITUARY. FREDERICK AUGUSTUS DIXEY, ALA., D.M., F.R.S. Tt is with profound regret that we announce the tragic death of this well-known and greatly esteemed entomologist. ( >n tin-- evening of January 14th he was knocked down by a motor-car in Park Lane, London, and sustained a fractured skull and other severe injuries ; and two days later he passed away in St. George's Hospital, whither he had been conveyed after the accident. He was born in London on December 9th, 1855, and was educated at Highgate School, whence he went up in 1874 as a scholar to Wadham College, Oxford. His active association with Wadham, except for a brief interval (1880-3), during which he was Demonstrator of Physiology at Univer- sity College, London, remained unbroken until 1928, and he held in succession the responsible offices of Junior Bursar, Bur- sar and Sub-Warden; and on his retirement was elected an Honorary Fellow of his college. [ He was] a finished classical scholar and . . . author of several memoirs on medical science of high importance. As our leading authority on the Pierine butterflies of the world, the succession of exhaustive memoirs from his pen, most of which appeared in the Transaction of the Entomological Society of London, dealing with the phy- logeny, mimetic associations, geographical distribution and general bionomics of this important section of the Lepidoptera, and more especially his elaborate researches in connection with the characteristic scent-scales or plumules and their importance in the indication of the affinities and determination of species, have taken high rank as entomological classics. He occupied the presidential chair of the Entomological Societv in 1909-10. In the latter year he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, and in 1919 he was President of the Zoological Section of the British Association. J. J. WALKER in The Entomologists' Monthly Magazine, February, 1935 (condensed). 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Casey's table was identified as clongata Casey. These were secured on Peek's ranch in the Black Lands district, midway between Stockton and Lodi, San Joaquin County, California. The two specimens male and female were taken to my laboratory and placed in a breed- ing jar. Each week the contents of the jar were poured out on paper and carefully examined. Eggs and larvae were soon found. The eggs were laid at varying intervals and the larvae varied in size, indicating differences in age. As the larvae in- creased in numbers they were divided up into smaller groups and placed in different jars to reduce the chances of cannibal- ism, and the parental adults were isolated. Sixty larvae were counted. From time to time a limited number of larvae of different ages were preserved in alcohol for study. The larvae increased in size and began t< show evidences of approaching full growth. By August ISth. 1931, many began to be listless, and finally became alternately dormant and active. Their appearance changed, becoming more opaque and filled with fatty bodies. The largest measured 3.5 cm. in length and 3 mm. in width. The larger larvae at this time excavated cells and by March. 1932. pupae were observed, a limited number of which were preserved. In about fourteen days imagos ap- peared ; others appeared in diminishing frequency up to about June 17th, 1932. In August another group of imagos emerged. The number of larvae at this time was reduced to six. these repeated the actions of the earlier larvae and became noticeably 119 120 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [May, '35 larger than any of those which had pupated. For some reason not determined, these died one by one, although apparently healthy and filled with fatty bodies. The last one was found dead May 19th, 1933. The parental adults continued to live, but produced no more larvae than those mentioned above. My object in rearing species of Tenebrionidae was to obtain larvae and pupae for specific taxonomic determinations and correlation. It must be kept in mind that the eggs were de- posited over a period of several weeks, but none after a certain time. It is not only interesting, but significant that the spring or first adults were referable to protcnsu Casey. The first, a male, was elongate, a little wider in the region of the prothorax and somewhat narrowed to elvtral apex, similar to the type which I have seen and studied ; elytra and pronotum extremely finely punctate, surface alutaceous or extremely finely reticulo- granulate; prosternal process finely margined at apex and finely punctate; abdomen sparsely punctate. Length 14 mm.; width 6 mm. The second or late summer group of emergents (August) were like the parents, clongata Casey. These were elongate oblong-oval in outline. In all probability the oldest and largest larvae that lived over into 1933, would have developed as obsidiana Casey : ''The largest species of the group," stout oblong-oval, length 15.5 mm.; width 6.6 mm. These three forms in nature inhabit the same geographical area. Now, what bearing have the above facts on the specimens collected in the field? Any coleopterist who has taken series of Coniontis in any very restricted area, could not have failed to note the differences in size, form and punctation presented by the specimens. These constitute the problem that caused Col. Casey to describe a considerable number of new species. Specimens that I have collected in the field and others that were reared, have lived from one to two years. The adults hibernate in the soil at considerable depth, during the seasons that are unfavorable to them; those in the breeding jars remain at the bottom of the soil. I have demonstrated by tin- rearing of Coniontis clongata Casey, that individuals developing from eggs laid by a single female, may develop into at least two, possibly three, forms xlvi, '35] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 121 which have been recognized as species or subspecies. It is evi- dent, therefore, that these are in the main seasonal phases of but one species. These facts account for the differences ob- served between individuals taken in the field, excepting of course the possibility of other and distinct species inhabiting the same geographical area. Adults hibernate through one or two winters and appear in the spring and summer, when they occur in vast numbers in some localities. The intermingling of the different phases, of possibly more than one species, con- stitutes the difficult problem that a taxonomist has to deal with. Coniontis viatica Esch. has been similarly reared from speci- mens collected in the suburbs of San Francisco and presents similar facts. The pupae of Coniontis are characteristic : They are clothed throughout with a soft, short pubescence, are with- out anal cerci which are so obvious in other Tenebrionid tribes. In the pupae of clonyata the pubescence is longer and shaggy on the vertex of the head and apical area of the pronotum. This is not observed in the pupa of viatica. These differences point to the probability that the two are distinct species, al- though their distributional areas may at" times overlap. In 1904, about seventy specimens of viatica were collected from an area about a quarter acre in extent, near the Russian River, on the opposite side from Duncan Mills, not far from the railroad bridge, Sonoma County, California. In this series were seen variations analogous to those observed in clongata. The different forms were separated and sent to Col. Casey for identification. He returned specimens labeled lucidula Casey and innocua Casey, leaving the bulk of the series without a name, they being distinctly more strongly punctate. Specimens of viatica from the vicinity of San Francisco, include such torms as tiuiida Casey and couicicoUis Casey. During the month of July, 1934, I collected about Bass Lake, Madera County, California, and secured a large series of a species that 1 consider to be Coniontis rotundicollis Casey. I have taken this species in Yosemite Valley, across the road directly in front of Bridal Veil Falls. They are found under pine needles and chip debris. These are quite typical and best represent the species, The. species occurs at altitudes of 4000 122 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [May, '35 to 5000 ft. ; at the latter altitude Conioutis inontanus Casey appears and ranges up to 7500 ft. elevation. Below 3000 ft. a different species occurs. Rotundicollis Casey is a distinct species and has definite and constant characters, namely : A highly polished and shining surface, very fine sparse puncta- tion, more or less rufous antennae and tarsi, the prosternal process always strongly margined throughout. Coniontis inontanits Casey is a pubescent and distinct species, constant in facies ; it evidently does not develop seasonal forms, as the altitude at which it lives is not favorable. In the ex- tremes of its distributional area north and south it passes into canonica Casey (Oregon) and perspicua Casey (Tulare County). Montanus Casey has been identified as affinis Lee. by Dr. George Horn, as observed from specimens in the British Museum, London, examined by me, the name being in Dr. Horn's handwriting. Affinis Lee. is also a sparsely pubescent species, of larger size, described from specimens collected at Benecia, California; it may also cccur in the Sacramento Valley and bordering foot hills, but not occurring at higher altitudes. Coniontis blaisdeli Casey was described from specimens col- lected at Mokelumne Hill, Calaveras County, California. I secured at one collecting a large series from an area not greater than a quarter acre on French Hill at the out-skirits of the town. The series presented an amazing degree of variation, both in form and sculpturing. I am inclined to consider that it is the species which inhabits the eastern foot hills of the great valleys in central California, up to an altitude of about 2003- 3000 ft. Coniontis sanfonfi Blais. also occurs in the vicinity of Moke- lumne Hill; it is smaller, shorter oblong-oval, with rufous an- tennae and tarsi and of different habits, lives under the leaves beneath trees in shaded localities. Specimens of a species of similar habits taken on Alt. Tatnalpais cannot be separated from those taken at the type locality, elev. 1000-2000 ft. Casey has made some very pertinent remarks regarding those phases referrable to clonyata and I'iafica, in a foot note in his Revision of the Coniontinae, ( Proc, Wash, Acad. of Sciences, vol. X, Apr. 25, 1908, p. 108). xlvi, '35] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 123 For several years I have had a Review of the Species of Coniontis in mind, and have accumulated much material for that purpose. The study has proved very unsatisfactory, as it be- came increasingly evident that the problems involved had to be solved in some other way than by the study of dried museum specimens. I decided upon rearing the species as the way out of the dilemma. Research in rearing was commenced some four years ago and the study has been most elucidative. The above facts that I have presented will show the trend of the research, and the hopes and suggestions which it offers in finally determining specific limitations where the problems have been most confusing. Another Record of the Occurrence of Strymon Ontario in Missouri, with Notes on the Larva (Lepid.: Lycaenidae). I'.y ACSTIN H. CLARK, U. S. National Museum, Washington, D. C. Mr. Harold O'Byrne's interesting discovery of Strymon on- tario in Missouri (NT. NEWS, vol. 45, 1934, p. 212) led me to investigate in detail the history of a ragged, but unworn, female that long was the sole representative of the species in the col- lection of the U. S. National Museum. This specimen was mentioned by Dr. W. J. Holland in 1931 (Butterfly Book, 2nd ed., p. 235) and was figured by myself in 1932 (Bull. 157, U. S. Nat. Mus., pi. 23, figs. 7, 8). It bears the following labels: "No. 42 L, May 31, 1872," and "Scudder writes Dec. 23, 1875, that this is autolycns Edw." The number 42 L refers to notes by Prof. C. V. Riley on file in the Bureau of Entomology, Department of Agriculture, which I have been courteously permitted to consult. These notes, headed antolycns, read: Thccla antolycns Edw. May 8, 1872. Under oak tree, be- neath stones and bricks. A rather curious conchiliform larva. Head and first segments retractile. Color dull straw yellow, variegated with pale fulvous and olive green. Minutely granu- lated with black spots, each giving rise to a short stiff hair. Dorsum narrow, flattened; sides sloping roof-fashion. Venter 124 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [May, '35 glaucous, with full complement of legs well developed. Stig- mata large, but so concolorous with body that with difficulty seen. May 9, 1872. It has changed to pupa. The butterfly emerged from the pupa on May 31, 1872. Later the butterfly was sent to Samuel H. Scudder for deter- mination, and, under date of December 23, 1875, he wrote that it was autolycus of W. H. Edwards. In notes on Strymon liparops, included under the same num- ber, frequent mention is made of "Mary" (Miss Mary E. Murtfelt). The locality where these notes were written was Kirkwood, Missouri, about thirty miles west of St. Louis, where Professor Riley and Miss Murtfelt resided at the time. This seems without doubt to be the specimen on the basis of which Scudder in 1876 added Missouri to the range of Thccla autolycus, and from which he acquired the information that the food plant of autolycus is Qucrcus obtusihba. It represents, however, not Strymon Ontario autolycus, but quite typical Stry- mon Ontario Ontario. All of the citations of autolycus from Missouri and all the references to its larva and food plant refer to this specimen of Strymon Ontario Ontario. Nothing is known of the early stages of S. o. autolycus. Note on the Occurrence of a Rare Fly (Diptera, Ccenomyidae). I wish to record the capture of a male specimen of Glutops singularis Burgess, at Amherst, Massachusetts, taken in early May, 1934, by myself. Three female specimens were taken in early May, 1931, at Orient Springs, West Pelham, Massa- chusetts, by Mr. Frank R. Shaw. At this time it may be well to make a correction in the records of the occurrence of this fly as given by Leonard (Mem. Amer. Ent. Soc., 7:51-52; 1930). The two specimens, therein stated as being collected by Doctor C. P. Alexander and as being males, are in reality females, and the present specimen constitutes the first record of the male sex in the Connecticut Valley since the original capture of the unique type of Edward Burgess at Springfield, Massachusetts, in or about 1872. HOWARD R. DOBBIE, Haverhill, Massachusetts. xlvi, '35] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 125 A New Species of Hybocoptus from New York ( A.raneae). I'.y C. R. CROSBY and S. C. BISHOP. Since the publication of our revision of the section of the Krigoneae in which the males possess cephalic pits, 1 the new species described below has been collected at a number of local- ities in Xew York State. It is closely related to H. dentipalpis Kmerton by the form of the tibia and bulb of the male palpus and the epigynum of the female. Hybocoptus cymbadentatus, n. sp. (Fig. 1-4). Male. Length, 2.3 mm. Cephalothorax smooth and shining, 1 --\ \ l ' \) // 1 Hybocoptus cymbadentatus 1. c?, cephalothorax, lateral view. 2. c?, rrphalnthcirax, dm^al vir\v. 3. J 1 , tibia, right palpus, dorsal view. ! epigynum. ' Ann. Em. Sue. Amer. 26:105-182, 1933. 126 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [May, '35 grayish yellow with the radiating lines and margin darker, cepnalic lohe lighter; viewed from ahove evenly rounded on the sides to the cervical groove, then gently converging to the broadly rounded front. Cephalic lube with the sides nearly parallel in front, slightly converging posteriorly. Cephalo- thorax viewed from the side, rather gently ascending behind, then nearly level to the cervical groove, evenly and broadly rounded over the head to the posterior median eyes, clypeus straight and nearly vertical. Cephalic pit close behind the posterior lateral eye, large, nearly round, lying in the anterior end of a groove which extends to the back of the lobe. A single row of fine hairs on the back of the lobe, a row of longer, dark curved hairs directed forward on the top of the lobe, and a cluster of shorter recurved hairs in the median ocular area, a small cluster of slender hairs below the anterior median eyes. Posterior eyes in a straight line, the median smaller than the lateral, placed on the front of the lobe, separated by the diam- eter and from the lateral by a little more than twice the diameter. Anterior eyes in a straight line, the median smaller than the lateral, separated by the radius and from the lateral by three times the radius. Sternum gray over yellow, broad, convex, smooth and shin- ing. Endites orange-yellow lighter distally. Legs and palpi orange-yellow. Abdomen mottled grayish yellow. Femur of palpus nearly straight. Patella rather stout, wid- ened distally. Ratio of length of femur to that of patella as 25 to 11. Tibia deeply hollowed out leaving a thin shell, dorsally produced into a large triangular lobe which ends in a minute incurved tooth ; on the mesal side there is another smaller pointed lobe which bears on its dorsal margin a long, slender spine-like process directed laterally. Paracymbium stout, broad at base, sharply hooked distally. Cymbium armed basally beneath the dorsal process of the tibia with a stout black tooth. The embolus is a long, slender, black style ; it arises under the edge of the cymbium near the tip on the mesal side and passes between the bulb and the cymbium, emerging on the lateral side near the tip of the paracymbium ; it then curves up along the lateral side of the bulb, crosses close to the tip of the cymbium and passes across the face of the bull) so that the tip lies near the bezel. Female. Length, 2.3 mm. Similar to the male in form and color. Head normal. Posterior eyes in a straight line, equal, the median separated by two-thirds the diameter and a little nearer to the lateral. Anterior eyes in a very slightly recurved xlvi, '35J ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 127 line, the median smaller than the lateral, subcontiguous and narrowly separated from the lateral. The epigynum is a plate, straight behind, rounded in front, the lateral margins straight, converging posteriorly, the middle lobe is fusiform in outline and is raised into a high ridge projecting backward beyond the edge of the epigynum and ends in two approximate rounded points. At the base of the middle lobe on each side there is a shallow, light colored depression. Holotyfc , allot y/tc 9 McLean, NEW YORK, Oct. 13, 1934. 2 <3 , 3 9 paratypcs with the same data. Collected by sifting in the Cornell University Wild Life Preserve. Types in Cornell University, Dept. of Entomology. New York: Wilmington Notch, Oct. 23, 1934, 1^29; Wawbeek, Oct. 23, 1934, 5 $ 4 9 ; Raquette Lake, Oct. 23, 1934, 1 $ 1 9 ; Ithaca, Oct. 14, 1934, 1 $. A New Acanthoscelides from Eastern United States (Bruchidae: Coleoptera). By L. J. BOTTIMER, Haddon Heights, New Jersey. Acanthoscelides tenuis, new species. Oblong ; black except base of antennae ; unevenly clothed with coarse appressed cinereous pubescence slightly concealing surface sculpture, that on elytral intervals interrupted by de- nudate areas ; surface with very fine and indistinct punctuation. Head moderate in length ; front not carinate ; eyes normally prominent, emarginate for nearly two thirds their length and separated by about their width. Antennae (with front of head vertical) reaching just beyond posterior angle of prothorax, segments scarcely produced apically, joints 3-11 forming a compressed club, joints 1 and 2 nearly oval, subequal in width, 1 slightly longer, 3 narrow at base, widening a little apically. as long or longer than 2, 4 nearly quadrate, as long as 3, 5-10 widening apically, outer joints strongly transverse but not at all serrate, terminal joint as wide as 10, slightly longer and obliquely pointed, joints 1-4 usually reddish especially beneath. I'rothorax slightly wider at base than long, sides slightly convexly arcuate, converging to about two thirds of width of base, hind angles acute, surface with numerous coarse shallow punctures. Scutellum subquadrate, emarginately bidentate at apex, appearing round because of dense pubescence. Elytra one quarter longer than wide, only slightly wider at base than 128 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [May, '35 thorax, widest in middle, sides slightly arcuate; striae well impressed, punctures not perceptihle, 4th and 5th abbreviated apically ; intervals nearly flat. Pygidium elongate triangular, convex, oblique at base, apex nearly vertical in female, more convex and somewhat reflected in male. Sternites not modified, not much different in sexes, male with two to five subequal in length, five not appreciably narrowed in front of pygidium, female with two to four subequal in length, five slightly longer. Hind femora rather slender, slightly narrower than hind coxae; lower margin nearly straight, armed near apex with a small tooth and two minute denticles, the latter sometimes quite rudi- mentary or absent. Hind tibiae scarcely carinate externally; mucro short, approximately as long as width of first tarsal segment. Length of type from apex of thorax to apex of elytra, 1.25 mm., total length, 1.4 mm., width, 0.7 mm. Others vary in total length from approximately 1.3 to l.X mm. Described from male type and 52 paratypes (sexes about equally divided) from four sources: 1. Ten specimens in the U. S. National Museum collection representing the following localities : Detroit, MICHIGAN; Eagle Lake, TKXAS; Columbus, TEXAS; TEXAS; Enterprise, FLORIDA; and Haw Creek, FLORIDA. 2. One specimen in the Horn collection in the .Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, labeled "LA." 3. Seven individuals given the writer by Mr. Chas. Liebeck. They are from Detroit, MICHIGAN; St. Louis, MISSOURI; TEXAS; Citronella, ALABAMA, and Enterprise, FLORIDA. 4. Thirty-five examples collected by the writer in Eastern Texas, the localities being Robstown, Pearland, Goose Creek, Liberty, and Hillsboro. The type is one of a series of ten specimens labeled "Pear- land Tx Brazoria Co 11 March '25 L J Bottimer In llower of wild blackberry." Type and five paratypes from writer's collection deposited in the U. S. National Museum with ten paratypes originally in the Museum collection (Cat. Xo. 50X60). Two paratypes, including the Horn specimen, in the Academy collection. Balance of material in the writer's collection. Ac anthosc elides tennis is easily distinguished from related 1 species by its slender form and small size. Acanthoscelides ittouiits (Fall) is slightly shorter, more robust, and has a much longer mucro. Small individuals of Acanthoscelides albosen- xlvi, '35J ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 129 iclhitiis (Horn) resemble the present species, but are more robust and have the pronotum more densely and coarsely punc- tate. From its more distant relative, Acanthoscelides scuii- niiliiin (Horn), A. tennis differs in having the 4th and 5th elytral striae abbreviated instead of the 5th and 6th, in the shorter mucro. and in the unmodified first ventral of the male. A. tennis was apparently first collected by Hubbard and Schwarz at Detroit, Mich., sometime during the period 1874 to 1877. Unfortunately, the species has not been reared, so the host plant is unknown. The adults have been taken in Texas on flowers of blackberry and red haw and by sweeping miscellaneous flowers, mainly during March and April. UrncliHs irrcscctits Fahraeus 1839 (Bnichns obtcctus Say 1831) has been- designated as genotype of Acanthoscelides Srhilsky 1905 by Bridwell 1929 (Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 31 :42). The species mentioned in the present paper are as- signed to this typically American genus, in spite of the absence of the frontal carina. Notes on the Structure and Position of Drasteriodes Hampson (Lepid.: Noctuidae). By A. GLENN RICHARDS, JR., Zoology Department, University of Rochester. Drasteriodes Hampson, Lepid. Phal., N. Gen. & Spec. Noct., p. 41. 1926. (genotype: Phothcdcs limata Christ., sole species & designated type). Through the courtesy of Capt. Riley and Mr. Tarns of the liritish Museum, 1 have had the opportunity of examining a male of I), limata (Christ.) from "Jolatan, Transcaspien," and offer the following notes on its structure. Male (ienitalia: (textfig. 1). Symmetrical. Uncus simple. \\itb feu; very short seta- scattered over its surface. Anal tube moderately long, without scaphium or subscaphium. Tegmnen moderate and rounded. Harpes simple, lightly chitinixed, with a few marginal macroseta; and many seta.- over the snrlare (omitted from drawing) ; without patch of long scales at base. Gasper a large-, strongly chitinixed, somewhat hook-shaped structure arising from a rudimentary foot-like base; the curved basal margin with a partial row of short seta-; clasper o! let! harpe slightly larger and longer than that oi right harpe. Sac 130 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [May, '35 culus weak ; clavus rounded with a few short setae near its margin. A line of membrane separates the sacculus from the costal margin of the harpe. Juxta large, not strongly chit- inized, pointed below. Transtilke absent. Penis with terminal blunt tooth, the ventral subterminal area with large patch of small spines; vesica with many cornuti plus a row of large spines (setae) almost as long as width of penis (19 in number but difficult to count accurately in the central part) and a com- pact patch of slightly smaller spines about two-thirds the dis- tance from base, the latter group directed longitudinally. Tympanum:* (textfig. 2). Hood rudimentary, entirely Drawings made by the author with the aid of a camera lucida. Textfig. ]. Male genitalia of Drastcriodcs liuiati (Christ.). All setae omitted from uncus, clavus and harpes. Textfig. 2. Internal view of tympanal frame and associated structures of D. liniata. The dotted line running from the dorsal corner of pocket IV to the center of pocket I represents the external margin of the deep and oblique tympanal frame. The Roman numerals represent pockets I -IV respectively. membranous. Alula normal. Counter-tympanal cavity large. Tympanal membrane of moderate size. Nodular sclerite pro- duced and slightly curved at both ends giving a somewhat cres- centic appearance. Scutal phragma bluntly pointed, extending well medially but only a short distance ventrally. Tympanal frame deep, the dorsal part slightly oblique in the dorso-ventral direction, produced at dorso-medial corner due to large size of the counter-tympanal cavity. Pocket I developed dorsally * For a description of the tympanal region and the nomenclature here used the reader is referred to my paper >u the Noctuoid tympanum in Entomologica Americana, vol. 13 (n.s.), pp. 1-43, pis. 1-20. 1933. 1 regret it is too lengthy to repeat here. xlvi, '35] KXTOM ((LOGICAL NEWS as an oblique, shallow but dee]) pocket, ventrally and anteriorly rudimentary or open; II moderate, asymmetrical, produced above, not quite reaching 111; III instead of being a mem- branous rounded pocket is reduced to a shallow, squarish pocket with a heavy, ridge-like wall, not fused with tympanal air-sac; IV a single, overhung pocket with a small mouth and a mod- erate flange extending slightly beyond the nodular sclerite. On a basis then of both the genitalia and the tympanal structures. Drastcriodcs Hmpsn. cannot remain between Dnis- tcria Hbn. and Syucda (in. as placed by Hampson, but must be removed from the Melipotis-Syneda group of Urcbhiac entirely. In a synopsis of the Melipotis-Syneda group soon to appear, it will be seen that Drastcriodes Hmpsn. differs from this group in practically every genitalic ( d ) and tympanal structure. There is no genus in North America with which Drastcriodcs can be profitably compared. Nor do any of the few southern palsearctic genera in my collection compare with it. Its correct placement must be deferred. It may seem a bit premature or like "rushing into print" merely to remove a genus from a group when unable to place it more correctly, but in view of my interest in and forthcoming synopsis of the Melipotis-Syneda group in which Hampson placed this genus, I feel it is not inappropriate to point out how distinct Drasteriodes Hmpsn. is from Drasteria Hbn. & Svneda Gn. and to add the above additional description and figures to Hampson's original description of the genus. Obituary Notes of Authors Whose Names Appear in Leng's Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, North of Mexico. The following data were obtained by consulting the catalogue and supplements : 693 names of authors are mentioned in the catalogue, of whom 248 have passed on. Seventeen passed away whose age is not known, and sixty-two before reaching the age of 6(1 Sixty-three between 60 and 70. Sixty-seven between 70 and SO. " Thirty-four between SO and 90. Three between 90 and 96, and two 9<) or over: these two lived to a remarkable age: L. Reiche was born in 1790 and died in IS so he was 99 or may have been 100. Fhilogene Duponchel was born in 1744^ and died January 10. 1846, at the age of 101 or 102. PHILIP LAURENT. ^ anc.\ji)r /?V7 132 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [May, '35 Notes on the Tachinid Genus Pseudotachinomyia with Descriptions of Two New Species (Diptera). By II. J. RKIMIAKD, College Station, Texas. A brief discussion of the generic characters of PscudolacJi- inomyia, with a key to species, and descriptions of two new forms are presented on the following pages. Types of the new species are in my collection. The genus was described by Smith ( Psyche, \"ol. 24, 1917, p. 54) with i^cbbcri, new, as the type and sole species. The holotype male and allotype female are in the U. S. Xational Museum. ( )ne of the outstanding characters of the genus is the peculiar structure of the genitalia. l>oth sexes of all (he species here included have the apical abdominal sternite un- usually developed and prominent. In the female it is undivided in front and deeply U-shaped, forming a sheath for the recep- tion of the short heavy piercer. In the male the sternite is deeply incised with each lobe bearing a narrowed ventral pro- jection near the middle. The inner forceps are broad, united, and strongly convex behind with the arcuate sides tapering to a short apical beak, effecting a boat-shaped structure. The outer forceps are thin and rather closely appressed to the ventral side of the second genital segment, moderately wide at base with the greatly narrowed tips beset with long hairs. Aldrich has pointed out that the only known North American species with closely similar genitalia is P/ioroccra solossoinic Townsend, which has hairy eyes. The remaining essential characters are about as in Tachino- inyni. The females of the latter genus possess no piercing organ which seemingly implies important biological differences. The host relationships of both genera, so far as known, are with lepidopterous larvae. Key to Species of Pseudotachinomyia. 1. Parafacial on narrowest part barely wider than third an- tenual segment 2 Parafacial much broader, about two-thirds the width of lacial depression; third antennal segment one and two- thirds limes length of second; front very prominent; Xlvi, '35] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 133 cheek nearly one-half eye height, female only (Wash- ington) compascita, new species. 2. Intermediate abdominal segments with discals; antennae mostly black; parafrontals blackish near vertex, clothed with fine longish hairs, more thickly so in male ( New Kngland and Xorth Carolina to Illinois) . . . u'cbbcri Smith. Intermediate abdominal segments without discals; proxi- mal antennal segments wholly red ; parafrontals with dense pollen extending to vertex, sparsely clothed with short hairs in both sexes (Texas) . . . cicqualis, new species. PSEUDOTACHINOMYIA WEBBERI Smith. Pseudotachinomyia wcbbcri Smith, Psyche, Vol. 24, pp. 54-56. Smith's description which is readily accessible, furnishes most of the essential details. The principal characters distin- guishing the species from the other members of the genus are listed in the key. Front in male 0.308. in female 0.349, of the head width. The genitalia as described above. The species ranges from New England to North Carolina and westward to Illinois. Pseudotachinomyia aequalis, new species. $ : Front 0.29 of head width (one specimen), widening rapidly downward from triangle, and projecting about three- fourths width of eye at base of antennae when viewed from the side ; parafrontal with thick grayish pollen extending to vertex, sparsely clothed with rather short black hairs ; median stripe reddish-brown, uniform in width on entire length; fron- tals in a single row descending below base of third antennal segment, uppermost two reclinate the remainder directed in- ward ; ocellar bristles large, proclinate ; inner verticals well developed, outer ones vestigial ; entire face, cheeks and pos- terior orbits covered with rather dull dense gray pollen; an- tennae reaching almost to oral margin, basal segments red, third black, about four limes longer than second; arista long. slender beyond basal third, iinelv pubescent, penultimate seg- ment hardly twice as long as thick; face receding, deeply ex- cavated, its ridges bearing rather short bristly hairs on lower half or less; vibrissae strong, situated just above mouth: para- facial bare, on lower part about as wide as third antennal nient ; eves bare; cheek clothed with line black hairs, tully one- fourth the eye height; proboscis short and thick, labella lleshy ; palpi ordinary, vellow, beset with numerous black hairs: back of head gray j>ollinosc, thickly clothed with whitish hairs. 134 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS | May, '35 Thorax black, covered with rather dense gray pollen, which is interrupted on mesonotum by four black stripes before the suture and five behind; scutellum tinged with red apically, dusted with somewhat changeable gray pollen. Chaetotaxy: Acrostichals 2, 3; dorsncentrals 3, 3; humerals 4; posthumerals notopleurals 2; presuturals 2 (inner one week); supraalars intraalars 3; postalars 2; pteropleurals 1; sternopleurals 2, scutellum with three strong marginals, besides a much smaller discal and upturned decussate apical pair: side of meta- notum beneath calypter bare; ])ostscutellum normally devel- oped, gray pollinose ; prosternum haired at sides; proplettra bare ; calypters opaque, white. Abdomen narrowed and curved downward toward apex, wholly black; last three segments entirely covered with dull gray pollen which, when viewed from behind, shows rather well defined dark reflecting spots on each side of the middle above on segments three and four ; basal segment with thinner gray pollen, bearing a pair of median marginal bristles ; second and third segments without discals, former with marginal pair and latter bearing a marginal row of about 10. large; fourth segment with a ro\v of discals situated well behind middle, besides the usual marginal row ; hairs on all segments except fourth rather short and subdepressed ; genital segments unusu- ally slender, reddish-black, gray pollinose and clothed with fine hairs behind ; forceps as in wcbbcri, but with the outer pair distinctly wider at base; fifth sternite black, each lobe with a prominent ventral projection near middle, inner margins tinged with red and clothed with soft short hairs. Legs mostly black, basal segments and tibiae with a reddish tinge; claws and pulvilli elongate; middle tibia bearing three strong bristles on outer front side: hind tibia not ciliated. Wings grayish hyaline; fourth vein with a rather angular stumnless bend, thenre concave to costa which it reaches slightly beyond apex of third vein and far before extreme wing tip; third vein with three setulae at base: hind cross vein bi- curved. joining fourth about two-fifths the distance from bend to small cross vein ; costal spine small ; epaulets black. 9 : More robust in build than male : front nt vertex 0.33 of the head width (average of three: 0.33; 0.33: 0.33): two oroclinate orbitals present; outer verticals one-half length ot inner pair: third antennal segment barely two and one-half times longer than second: abdomen thick, thinly pollinose and subshining above ; genitalia with a piercer as in tvcbbcri. Length: Male, 10 mm.; female, 11 to 12 mm. xlvi, '35] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 135 .Described from four specimens. One male (Jwlotypc) and two females, College Station, TEXAS, April 19, 1920 (H. J. Keinhard) ; and one female from the same locality, April 22, 1919 (H. J. Reinhard). Pseudotachinomyia compascua, new species. 9 : Front at vertex 0.38 of the head width (one specimen), prominent below, projecting about the width of eye as viewed from the side; antennae slender, distinctly shorter than face, third segment about one and two-thirds times length of second; facial ridges with bristly hairs extending above middle ; para- facial unusually broad, about two-thirds the maximum width of facial depression ; cheek fully two-fifths eye height. Scutel- lum wholly black. Abdomen with longish but depressed hairs on intermediate segments above; third bearing a weak recTinate pair of discals; genitalia with a piercer as in wcbbcri. Legs black; cla\vs and pulvilli moderately long. Wings gray; third vein bearing four setulae at base. Otherwise as in P. acqualis. Length, 8.5 mm. Male unknown. One specimen, Type, Moses Coulee, WASHINGTON, April 2, 1933 (J. Wilcox)/ The decidedly prominent front and wide parafacials readily distinguish the species from the others included herein. An Epidemic of the Giant Sand Wasp Sphecius speciosus (Drury) at Narrows, Virginia (Hymen.: Sphecidae). On July 23, 1934, Mr. John C. Fox, an engineer at Nar- row's, Virginia, brought to the Mt. Lake Biological Station of the University of Virginia a box of insects for identification. The insects were collected in the yards of the electric substation of the Virginian Railway Co. at Narrows, Va. The writer identified the insects as specimens of the Giant Sand Wasp Sphecius speciosus (Drury). Mr. Fox stated that the wasps were first noticed about five years ago at the electric plant. Since that time the numbers have steadily increased each year until they have attained epi- demic proportions. Although the activities of the wasp bavr caused no material loss as yet, the resident engineers feared that continued increase would lead to damage to the underground conduit ducts. In addition, the wasps were proving to be a source of much annoyance to the personnel of the station. The writer visited the substation a week later and found the situation substantially as described by Mr. Fox. The electric 136 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS | May, '35 plant is located on the banks of the New River, about one hundred yards from the water's edge and at a slight elevation. The soil is loose and sandy and comparatively dry. The bur- rows were found scattered through the yards of the plant and in the adjacent fields. The wasps were flying back and forth in considerable numbers and quite a bit of reproductive activity was observable. There were no large trees nearby to aid the insect in bringing Cicadas to the burrows, as has been described by Fuller and others. An examination of the nests revealed a considerable mound of dirt usually about a foot in diameter placed loosely about the entrance. Frequently the mound was in front of the under- ground opening. In other cases there was a trail through the ' dump heap reminding one of a groove. On excavation there \vas disclosed an underground passage about a foot long slightly enlarged at the terminus. In some of these cells a single Cicada was found, in others the cell was empty. Although there had been an extremely heavy rain the night before, the burrows seemed comparatively dry. The officials of the plant were quite anxious to know just how the wasp might be controlled. The immaculate grounds usually found around electric substations were marred by many mounds of fresh dirt. An effort was being made to iron out these mounds but evidently it was not too successful. The writer observed that a collection of old tennis racquets was kept in the building and whenever an official emerged he was armed with a racquet to strike the wasps. The habits of the wasp and occurrence of colonies have been often described in the past. This occurrence seems worth re- porting because of the long duration of the settlement at one place and the extremely large number of individuals composing the colony. An entomologist interested in the study of this species might easily have collected hundreds of specimens in a few hours" this past summer within an area of a few hundred square feet. HOMER C. WILL, Juniata College, Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. Notes on the Lists and Catalogues of the Coleoptera of the United States and America North of Mexico. The first list or catalogue was that of Fnedrich Frnst Mel- sheimer, entitled "Catalogue of the Described Coleoptera of the United States," which after being revised by S. S. Haldeman and T. L. Le Conte, was published by the Smithsonian Insti- tution in July, 1853. 4,816 species are listed. Some eight years after the publication of the Melsheimer catalogue, at the request of the Smithsonian Institution, Dr. Le Conte started xlvi, '35] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 137 on a new list of the Coleoptera of North America, only Part I, of which was ever issued (1863). Owing to his many profes- sional duties, he was unable to find time to finish the task he had started. Part I only lists the species to the end of the Flateridae. 4,017 species are listed. In 1873, G. R. Crotch published his "Check List of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico." All the species, of which there are 7,450, are numbered. A supplement to the Crotch list, by E. P. Austin, was published in 1880, bringing the total number of species up to that time to 9,704. Henshaw's "Coleoptera of America North of Mexico" was published in 1885. Three supplements by Menshaw appeared first in February, 1887, the second July, 1S89, and the third in 1895; number of species listed 11,256. The latest catalogue is the one by Charles W. Leng. "Cata- logue of the Coleoptera of America North of Mexico," pub- lished in 1920, with three supplements issued in 1927 and 1933. In the catalogue of 1920, 18,547 species are enumerated, while the three supplements contain 3,503 additional species, making a total of 22,050 species. Too much can hardly be said re- garding this, our latest catalogue ; for in addition to the species, the subspecies, synonyms, etc., are also listed. The geographi- cal distribution following the name of the species will be a great help to those \vho are interested in the study of our Coleoptera. The "Catalogue of the North American Coleoptera Described as Fossils" by H. F. Wickham, will prove of value to many. Last but not least, is the "Bibliography of Taxonomic Cole- opterology." This latter feature will save much time to one seeking for a publication relating to the Coleoptera of America Xorth of Mexico. PHILIP LAURENT. Early Publications Referring to Coleoptera. There are close to 4,000 titles of publications listed by Leng. in his "Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, North of Mexico," of which the following antedate all the others as to time of publication : Frisch Beschr. von allerley insecten in Teutschland. 1720- 1738. Catesby -The Natural History of Carolina, Florida, etc. The Natural History of Carolina. II, 1743. Keamur Mem. pour serv. -\ 1'hist. des insectes. 1734-1742 l.inne Fauna Suecica, etc. 1746 and 1761. Systema Naturae 1758-1759 and 1766-1768. De Meloe vesicatorio. 1763. .Museum S. R. M. Ludovicse Ulricse, etc. 1764. Mantissa, p. a. g. 1771. De Geer Memoires pour servir a 1'histoire des Insectes (Pait 1, 1752). 138 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [May, '35 Geoffrey Histoire abregee cles Insectes que trouvent, etc. 1762. Scopoli Entomologia Carniolica, etc. 1763. Mueller Fauna Insectorum Friedrichsdalina, etc. 1764. Manipulum Ins. Taurinesium Melanges, etc. 1766. Stroem Beskriveise over Norske Insecter, etc. 1765. Schaeffer Elementa Entomologica, Ratisbonae. 1766. Voet Cat. Syst. Col., La Have. 1766. Drury Illustrations of Natural History, etc. (Part 1, 1770.) Forster A Catalogue of the Animals of North America. 1771. Fabricius Systema Entomologia;. 1775. PHILIP LAURENT. The Bite of Melanolestes picipes, Herrick-Schaeffer (Hemip. : Reduviidae). On the evening of Friday, Oct. 16. 1934, while working at my desk I heard something strike the screen of a window at my side and turning, saw a large black reduviid crawl under it, run across the sill, and fly to my desk. I immediately caught it up by the thorax and noticed that it was Melanolestes picipcs Herrick-Schaeffer, or the Kissing Bug. While I held it, it squealed loudly by rasping its proboscis, the labium, back and forth in the ventral groove by an up and down movement of its head. In its struggles it slipped from my fingers and ran across the desk. I snatched at it and as I picked it up it drove its beak into the tip of the fourth finger of my right hand. The pain was excruciating and, as I dropped the insect, it flew and disappeared in a closet. The pain of the bite retained its severity and ran up and down the finger in throbs with each heart beat. A small red spot about the size of a common pin head showed where the insect had bitten. A sort of small blood blister formed at this point and I opened it with a sterilized needle bathed in iodine, but there was no blood present, only a spot of browned flesh. The pain continued unabated during the evening and Saturday, by the afternoon, the end of the finger was numb and it had become swollen down to the second joint. Sunday morning the entire finger was swollen and the swelling was passing into the muscles along the side of the hand. The small brown spot was still present. The family doctor was visited and he wrapped the finger in hot wet gauze and put an air tiglTt oilcloth cover over it. The finger continued to beat, throb, and have fever in it. but by Monday noon most of the fever was gone and the swelling was going down. The bandage was removed by the doctor, for he had said when he put it on that, if T took it off myself, xlvi, '35 J K; \TOMOLOGICAL NEWS 139 I needn't come back at all. By Wednesday the finger was normal si/e, hut the spot remained and the last joint was numb. This numbness remained almost a week longer and after the brown spot came away with a scab, a small dent remained in the end of the finger for nearly a month. Now, Feb., 1935, a small bit of scar tissue is all that shows. H. ELLIOTT McCujRE, Danville, Illinois. The Sixth International Congress of Entomology. The Y. International Congress of Entomology held in Paris in 1932, having acceded to the Spanish Delegates' motion, agreed to select Madrid as the seat for the following Congress in 1935, the honour of occupying the Chair at the Meeting being conferred upon the undersigned. In view of this deci- sion, the Spanish Government has given the Congress an official character and I am able to announce that the in- augural session will take place in Madrid on September 6 under the patronage of H. E. THE PRESIDENT OF THE SPAN- ISH REPUBLIC. The Spanish Government has issued invita- tions to foreign countries and is hopeful that official delegates from many countries will attend this scientific gathering in Madrid. By means of this Circular I have the honour to in- vite, in the name of the Madrid Organizing Committee, the Foreign Academies. Universities, Museums and other Scientific Institutions, including Institutes of Agricultural, Medical and Veterinary Entomology, etc., to send their respective Delegates. The undersigned likewise tenders an invitation to all investi- gators in any branch whatsoever of the extensive Science of Entomology, or any who may feel in any way attracted to it. to foregather at the Madrid Congress where they will receive a cordial welcome from their Spanish colleagues. Madrid, February. 1935. Prof. Tr.XACio P>OLIVAR. Clniirnitiii of the / 7. International Coiu/rcss of Ilntomoloy\. PROGRAMME. Ctnujrcxs Meetings: ///') Associate members, namely the persons accompanying the Regular Members. These will he admitted to receptions, festivities and excursions as well as to the Congress Sittings but will not be entitled to vote, submit papers, nor will they receive the publications issued. (Fee: Pesetas 30=: 0.15.0= RM. 10=French Francs 62.50=Liras 50=Dollars 4.) Persons desiring to attend the Congress as Members are re- quested kindly to nil in the Application Form and send it with- out delay to the Secretarial Offices of the Congress with the respective Fee in any of the currencies named. A Member's Card will be forwarded with a second circular containing full details of Congress arrangements to those registered. The VI. Internationa] Congress of Entomology has been organized under agreement with the XII. International Congress of Zoology which will meet in Lisbon from September 15-21. Travelling and hotel arrangements: The Organizing Commit- tee of the Congress has commissioned the Wagons-Lits-Cook Company to make the necessary travelling arrangements, pro- vide hotel accommodation and arrange excursions. The agents of this Company will furnish Members with all travelling in- formation. Organizing Committee of the Congress: I. Bolivar, Chair- man; M. lienlloch, J. M. Dusmet, AT. At. de la Fscalera, Vice- Chairmen: F. Bonet, J. del Canizo, G. Cehallos, J. Gil Collado, F. M. de la Kscalera, A. de Zulueta, Members of the Com- mittee; C. Bolivar y Pieltain, Secretary. .Ill correspondence, communications of a scientific nature, registration of Members, remittances, etc., should be addressed to Prof. C. BOLIVAR v PIELTAIN, Mnsco Nacional de Ciencias Natnralcs, Madrid-6 (Spain). 142 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [May, '35 Entomological Literature COMPILED BY LAURA S. MACKEY UNDER THE SUPERVISION OP E. T. CRESSON, JR. Under the above head it is intended to note papers received at the Academy of Natural Sciences, of Philadelphia, pertaining to the En- tomology of the Americas (North and South), including Arachnida and Myriopoda. Articles irrelevant to American entomology will not be noted; but contributions to anatomy, physiology and embryology of insects, however, whether relating lo American or exotic species will be recorded. The figures within brackets L ] refer to the journal in which the paper appeared, as numbered in the list of Periodicals and Serials published in our January and June issues. This list may be secured from the pub- lisher of ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS for lOc. The number of, or annual volume, and in some cases the part, heft, &c. the latter within ( ) follows; then the pagination follows the colon : All continued papers, with few exceptions, are recorded only at their first installments. (*) Papers containing new forms or names not so stated in titles, have an * within parentheses thus (*) following the pagination of reference to paper. (S) Papers pertaining exclusively to neotropical species, and not so indicated in the title, have the symbol (S) at the end of the title of the paper. For records of Economic Literature, see the Experiment Station Rec- ord, Office of Experiment Stations, Washington. Also Review of Applied Entomology, Series A, London. For records of papers on Medical Ento- mology, see Review of Applied Entomology, Series B. Note. Titles of papers containing new forms or new names will be indicated by an asterisk within parentheses at end of reference, (*). Papers published m the Entomological News are not' listed. New Titles of Periodicals and Serials Referred to. 112. Anales del Institute de Biologia Mexico. 113. Entomologische Beihefte aus Berlin Dahlem. 114. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan. GENERAL. Osborn, H. The place of entomological collections in entomological research. [7] 28: 56-59. ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, ETC. Ancona, L. His- tologia de los gusanitos de Maguey. Orugas de Aegiale hesperiaris. [An. Inst. Biol. Mexico] 5: 353-361, ill. Carter, W. The symbionts of Pseudococcus brevipes. [7] 28: 60- 71, ill. Fisher, R. A. The effect of acetic acid vapor treat- ment on blood cell counts in the cockroach, Blatta orien- talis. (Blattidae). [7] 28:146-153. Gentil, K. Die entse- hung der schillerfarben bei Morpho sulkowskyi. [17] 52: 41-44, in. Goodrich, A. L., Jr. The thoracic sclerites of a trichopterous pupa Dicosmoecus atripes (Limnophilidae). [Trans. Am. Micro. Soc.J 54: 57-64. Hafiz, H. A. The embryological development of Cheyletus eruditus (a mite). [Pro.'R. Soc. Lond.] B. 117: 174-201, ill. Harrison, J. W. H. The experimental induction of melanism and other effects, in the geometrid moth Selenia bilunaria. [Pro. R. Soc. Lond.] B. 117: 78-92, ill. Hill, R. B. Habitos alimen- tecios de algunos anofeles venezolanos. [Bol. Soc. Venez. Cien. Nat. Canacas] No. 19: 411-416. Iragorry, L. B.- Contribucion al estudio morfologico de los huevos de algu- nos Reduvideos. [Bol. Soc. Venez. Cien. Nat. Caracas] No. xlvi, '35] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 143 18: 398-400, ill. Mordvilko, A. Die blattlause mit unvoll- standigem generationszyklus uncl ihre entstehung. [Ergebn. u. Fortschr. Zool. Berlin] 8:36-328, ill. Pussard, R. Obser- vations sur la biologic di Capnodis tenebrionis et sur les methodes de lutte centre cet insecte. (Buprestidae.) [25] 40: 23-26. Rau, P. The sting of the male wasp, Monobia quadridens. [5] 41 : 245. Rau, P. A note on the attach- ment of the wasp, Bembix nubilippennis, to their nesting sites. [5] 41 : 243-244. Rau, P. Pompilid wasps and prey- transportation by water. [5] 41: 241-242. Roonwal, M. L. An abnormality in the boyau calicial (female accessory glands) of the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria. [31] 135: 394-395, ill. Sautet, J. Contribution a 1'etude du tube digestif des larves d'anopheles et de Theobaldia. [An. Para- sit. Hum. et Comp.] 13: 97-108, ill. Taylor, A. Experi- mentally induced changes in the cell complex of the blood of Periplaneta americana (Blattidae). [7] 28: 135-145, ill. Webster, W. J. Bed bugs in rarefied air. [Indian Jour. Mecl. Res.] 21: 523. ARACHNIDA AND MYRIOPODA. Crosby & Zorsch Spiders from the Lac St. Jean region of Quebec. [4] 67: 38-42, ill. Roewer, C. F. Bronns klassen und ordnungen des tierreichs. Bel. 5. Abt. 4, Buch 4, pp. 609-723. Soli- fugae, Palpigracli. THE SMALLER ORDERS OF INSECTS. Arcona, L. Contribucion al conocimiento de los pisjos de los ani- males de Mexico. Columbicola columbae. fMallophaga.) [An. Inst. Biol. Mexico] 5: 341-351, ill. Leonard, J. W.- The naiad of Celithemis monomelaena (Odonata.) [114] No 297: 5 pp., ill. Liu, C.-Y. The new bird Ceratophylli from Minnesota ( Siphonaptera). |7| 28: 121-125. ill. fill- yard, J. The evolution of the scorpion-flies and their deri- vatives (Mecoptera). [7] 28: 1-45, ill. Traver, J. R. Two n. g. of North American Heptageniidae (Ephemerida). |4| 67: 31-38, ill. Watts, J. G. Two n. sp. of Stephanothrips from South Carolina and key to the known sp. (Uroth- ripidae: Thysanoptera) . [7] 28: 126-130. ill. ORTHOPTERA. Pickett, A. D. Some observations on an outbreak of the two-striped grasshopper (Melano- plns bivittatns) in Nova Scotia. |4| 67: 24-27. HEMIPTERA. da Costa Lima, A. Sobre alguns Coc- cideos, | Arch. Inst. I'.iol. Veg. R. d. Janeiro) 1: 131-138 ill (S*). DeLong, D. M. Some n. sp. of Deltocephaloid leafhoppers (Cicadellidae). [7] 28: 154-159, ill. Drake & 144 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [May, '35 Harris. The Gerrinae of the western hemisphere. [An. Carnegie Mus.] 23: 179-240, ill. (*). Concerning neotropi- cal species of Rhagovelia (Veliidae). [Pro. Biol. Soc. Wash- ington] 48: 33-37. Janes, M. J. Oviposition studies on the chinch bug, Blissns leucopterns. [7J 28: 109-120, ill. Osborn, H. Insects of Porto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Homoptera excepting the Sternorhynchi. [Sc. Sur. P. R. & Virg. Isls.] 14: 111-260, ill. (*). LEPIDOPTERA. Bryk, F. Lepidopterorum Catalo- gus. Pars. 62. Lymantriidae. 441 pp. Busck, A. Lepidop- terorum Catalogus. Pars. 67. Stenomidae. 73 pp. Dohan- ian, S. M. The European corn borer on Long Island. [5] 41 : 214-220, ill. Hemming, F. A note on Jacob Hiibner's Verzeichniss der Fertigen Blatter und Werke of 12th March, 1814, with a facsimile. A note on Jacob Hiibner's Lrste Zutrage zur Sammlung Exotischer Schmetterlinge of 1808. 1 107] 4: 36-38; 38-46. ' Houser, J. S. Cacoecia riley- ana. An unusual occurrence (Tortricidae). [7] 28: 105-10'7, ill. Kotzsch, H. Zwei neue Morpho hecuba-formen. [14] 48: 178-180, ill. Prout, L. B. Lepidopterorum Catalogus. Pars. 63. Geometridae: Sterrhinae II. 177-432. Querci, O. An account of my studies in the biology of Pieris rapae. III. [21 | 47: 14, cont. Schiissler, H. Lepidopterorum Ca- talogus. Pars. 65: Saturniidae : 3. Ludiinae II. 485-769. Shepard, H. H. Lepidopterorum Catalogus. Pars. 64. Hes- peridae: Pyrginae II. 145-272. DIPTERA. Bromley, S. W. Notes on Texas robber- flies with the descr. of a n. sp. of Proctacanthella. (Asili- dae.) [114] No. 304: 7 pp. da Costa Lima, A. Notas sobre Tripetidas brasileiras. II-III. [Arch. Inst. Biol. Veg. R. d. Janeiro] 1: 115-130; 139-141, ill. (*). Dampf, A. Nuevos datos sobre la fauna de los mosquitos de Mexico. [Rev. Mex. Biol] 16: 1-4. Fluke, C. L. Revision of the Epis- trophe flies of America north of Mexico (Syrphidae). [70] 15: 57 pp. ill. (*). Reinhard, H. J. New gen. and sp. of American muscoid flies. ( Tachinidae.) [7] 28: 160-173. Rozeboom, L. E. A new nycteribiid from Florida. [Jour. Parasit.] 1935: 315-316, ill. ' Tulloch, G. S, Mosquito in- vestigations in Alaska. |5| 41 : 201-210. ill. Wheeler, W. M. A specimen of the Jamaican Yermileo. [5| 41: 236-237. COLEOPTERA. Blaisdell, F. E. Two n. sps. of Ele- odes from the Pacific Coast Region ( Tenebrionidae). [4] 67: 28-31. Boucomont, A. Description de trois Coprides de 1'Amerique du Sud. [Misc. Ent.j 36: 9-10. (*). Klima, Xlvi, '35 J ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 145 A. Coleopterorum Catalogus. Pars. 138. Curculionidae : Cioninae, Tychiinae. 61 pp. Coleopterorum Catalogus. Pars. 140. Curculionidae: Erirrhininae. 167 pp. Linsley, E. G. Some new longicorn beetles from British Honduras. | 5] 41: 233-235. A revision of the Pogonocherini of North America. (Cerambycidae.) [7] 28: 73-103, ill. (*). Leuder- waldt, H. Novos Passalideos americanos. [Bol. Biol. S. Paulo] 2: 19-21. (*). Revisao do genero Paxillus. Corr. e Supple, a monographia dos Passalideos do Brasil. [Rev. Alus. Paulista] 18: 357-369; 373-375. Melzer, J. Longi- corneos americanos, principalmente do Brasil, novos on pouco conhecidos. (Cerambycidae.) [Arch. Inst. Biol. Sao Paulo] 5: 213-244, ill. Park, O. Hamotus turalbus. a n. sp. Trom Costa Rica. (Pselaphidae.) [7] 28: 131-134, ill.. Pessoa, S. B. Contribuicao para o conhecimento das especies brasileiras do genero Phanaeus. [An. Fac. Med. Univ. S. Paulo] 10: 279-314, ill. (*). Pic, M. Neue Bruchidae. [26] 15: 65-66. (S). Schenkling, S. Coleopter- orum Catalogus. Pars. 141. Ectrephidae. Curculionidae; Magdalinae. 29 pp. Schenkling & Marshall Coleopter- i.rum Catalogus. Pars. 139. Curculionidae: Anthonominae, Laemosaccinae. 1-82; 1-8. Semenov-Tian-Shanskij, A. P. De tribu Necrophorini, classificande et de ejus distributione geographica (Silphidae). [Trav. Ins. Z. Ac. Sc. URSS.] 1 : 149-191. [Russian.] HYMENOPTERA. Abbott, C. E. Notes on Megar- hyssa lunator. [5] 41 : 238-240. Borgmeier, T. Contribu- cao para o conhecimento da fauna mirmecologica dos cafe- zais de Paramaribo. Guiana Holandesa (Formicidae). [Arch. Inst. Biol. Veg. R. d. Janeiro] 1: 93-112, ill. (*). Bruch, C. Las formas femeninas de Eciton descripcion y redescripcion de algunas especes de la Argentina. [An. Soc. Cien. Argen.j 118: 113-135, ill. Cockerell, T. D. A.- \ species of Epistenia (Chalcidoidea) from Colorado. [5] 41 : 228-229. (*). Notes on the first cubital cell in certain Hy- menoptera. [7] 28: 46. Cole, A. C. An annotated list of the ants of the Snake River Plains, Idaho. (Formicidae.) [5] 41 : 221-227. Creighton, W. S. Descriptions of three new North American ants with certain ecological observa- tions on previously described forms. [5] 41: 185-200. Gib- bons, H. I. The first cubital cell in certain Hymenoptera. |7| 28: 47-55, ill. Hambleton, J. I. Man's winged ally. the busy honeybee. [Nat. Geog. Mag.] 67: 401-428, ill. Hempel, A. A Prorops nasuta no IJrnsil. [Arch. Inst. liiol. S;u. Paulo] 5: 197-212, ill. Smith, M. R. Two new North American ants. [5] 41 : 211-213. Wheeler. W. M.- Some ants from the Bahama Islands. [5] 41 : 230-232. 146 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [May, '35 THE FIELD BOOK OF INSECTS. By FRANK E. LUTZ. Third Edition. 510 pp. 77 black and 23 colored plates. G. P. Putnam's Sons, New \ork, 1935. This is one of the most useful books on American Entomology, especially for the general reader. It is a textbook for the beginner and should be in every scout library and that of every institution having reference books on the natural sciences. As stated by the publisher, this ]>ook will be an indispensable guide to amateur naturalists, young or old; to the student it will supply much basic knowledge con- veniently assembled; to the general reader it will provide a revelation of the magnitude of the insect world and the close dependence of human life upon the activities of insects. This is the book I always recommend to those inquiring for one which will enable them to identify the insects they find about their homes and gardens and in the fields. Of course it does not give the means for identifying all the species, as it would be impossible to do this in a book of this nature. But it is the only one that gives this information for the most conspic- uous insects. For the specialists in butterflies and moths, we have Holland's Butterfly and Moth Books, but for the other orders, especially the Hymenoptera, Coleoptera and Diptera, there is none that covers the ground as this little book does. I am glad to see that another edition has just been printed, thus continuing its availability, and at its usual price of $3.50. The text of this third edition has been entirely reset, but with many of the headings omitted. This and the setting of the keys in "solid" has accomplished a reduction in pagination from 562 pages of the previous edition to 510 pages of the present. Much of the text has been rewritten with additions, and much of the classification as well as the definitions have been revised to bring these more in agreement with present usage. How- ever, I am glad to see that considerable conservatism in nomen- clature is maintained. We miss the bold-face type side head- ing of the previous edition, which so materially aid in locating the part of the text referrable to the insect in question ; and these omissions are to be regretted. Also the omission, in some orders, of the descriptions of and notes on these insects. 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Flight traps were also operated by the writers, in studying the pea weevil in the \Yillamette Valley, and it was thought that the record of a similar study might be of value by furnishing data on the insects occurring in the Willamette Valley, the time of their occurrence, and the effect of climatic factors on their abun- dance, as well as furnishing data for a comparison with the results obtained by Rice in a different locality. METHOD. The trap used was very similar to that designed and described by Wakeland (3) and employed by Rice (2). It was made of a vertical wire screen bordered at the sides and top by a metal frame extending out from it at right angles tor a distance of about six inches on either side of the screen and fitted with two square-topped funnels at the base, one on either side of the screen. Metal cans were tilted at the lower end> of the funnels. Insects striking the screen fell down through the funnels into the cans. No attractants or killing agents were used. The traps were held by two wooden uprights so that tin- cans would be from 3 to ( feet above the -n,und. All were on level ground, in or at the edge of cultivated fields, chielly pea fields, with the exception of Trap I. which was situated on top of a solitary hill several hundred feet above the helds. This hill was heavily wooded with oak trees on the north side, and a few firs grew on the south side. Twelve traps were set up in March, 1931, but 1 was taken down on April 29 and another on June 22. In 1'MJ there 147 148 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Jime, '35 were 11 traps in use, the one taken clown in June of the year before having been put up again. In 1931 they were visited at intervals of from 5 clays to 2 weeks from March 13 to December 9, and in 1932 from January 6 to December 3, and at somewhat longer intervals in a number of cases. There were 632 can collections made in 1931 and 524 in 1932. It was seldom that all of the traps were" visited on the same day. Usually part were examined on one day and the rest on the day following. Rainy weather interfered considerably with trap collections, especially in the spring. INSECTS COLLECTED. The insects caught in 1931 were sent to the taxonomists of the Bureau of Entomology who identified all except most of the Diptera, which were in very poor condition ; several families of Coleoptera, including the Chrysomelidae ; and the Tenth- redinidae. Those caught in 1932 were not determined by taxonomic specialists, but records were kept of their numbers, and the families to which they belonged were determined in as many cases as possible. The following tabulation shows the numbers of families, species, and specimens found in the 14 orders collected in 1931 : Insects Collected in Flight Traps in the U'illamcttc I 'alley, Oregon, in 1931. Number of Number of Number of Order Fami es Species Specimens Orthoptera 2 4 7 Isoptera 1 2 27 Neuroptera 2 5 33 Ephemerida 1 3 17 Plecoptera 1 1 7 Corrodentia 1 13 Hemiptera 15 63 1,518 Homoptera 7 49 405 Dermaptera 1 1 1 Coleoptera 39 197 4,012 Trichoptera 2 Lepidoptera 7 18 76 Diptera 32 663 Hymenoptera 25 115 768 Total 129 496 7,569 xlvi, '35] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 149 The pea aphid, Illinoia pisi (Kalt.), occurred in such large numbers that it was not included in the table. More than 3,650 individuals were counted, and there were many more. Collembola also occurred at times in large numbers. It is interesting to note the similarity between the above table and that given by Rice (2). In both Idaho and Oregon the greatest number of species were obtained in the order Coleoptera followed by the Hymenoptera, while the Hemiptera and Homoptera, each with much fewer species, ranked third and fourth respectively in both localities. In comparison with the insects obtained in Idaho 2 more orders, 21 more families and the same number of species are represented in the 1931 collections in Oregon. In 1931 the following species were obtained in numbers above 100: Illinoia pisi (Kalt.) ( Aphiidae) More than 3,650 Bruchns pisormn L. (Bruchidae) 992 Corizns scutotns Stal (Coreidae) 912 Diabrotica soror Lee. ( Chrysomelidae) 470 Hippodamia ambigua Lee. (Coccinellidae) 367 Hihio ncrvosus Loew (Bibionidae) Mcligcthcs nintatns Har. (Nitidulidae) 141 /'rcnolcpis imparts (Say) (Formicidae) 140 Plcitroplwms caesus Creutz (Scarabaeidae) l.cptocoris trivittatus (Say) (Coreidae) RliyparnclironiHS chirat/ra calif arnica VanD. (Lygaeidae) Polyamia inimica ( Say) (Cicadellidae) 116 A number of new or rare species were identified from tin- trap collections. Two specimens of a carabid beetle were marked "genus unknown" by L. L. Buchanan. Six specimens of Hymenoptera, including 3 braconicls, were found to be new species. There were 5 new species of Cicadellidae and a new species of Coriziis (Coreidae). Many of those insects not determined as to species by the taxonomists were probably also new. One andrenid was determined by C-. A. Sandhouse as a male of Ilalictns kincaidii Ckll. Only the female had been known previously. K. A. Cushman identified one ichneutnonid as rhytodictns pit mis Rohwer, and reported it to be the second 150 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [June, '35 known specimen of the species, fiitprestis t/ihbsi (Lee.) is a very rare buprestid in Oregon, yet 5 specimens of this species were taken in the traps, 3 in 1931 and 2 in 1932. In 1932 only 3,445 specimens, exclusive of 304 pea aphids, were obtained. This is less than half the number collected the year before. In 120 of the 129 families represented in the collections in 1931 there was either a decrease in numbers or a total lack of representatives in 1932. The four species caught in the greatest numbers the year before were the only ones of which more than 100 specimens were taken in 1932. These were: Bruchus pisonim, 526; Illinoia f>isi, 304; Corizus sciita- lus, 239; and Diabrotica soror, 167. Coccinellids dropped from 704 to 78, bibionids from 307 to 41, Meligethes mutatns from 141 to 20. The catch of most of the other insects dropped to from 90 to 15 percent of the number obtained the year before. REASONS FOR THE DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF INSECTS CAUGHT IN 1932. There are three reasons for the difference in the numbers caught in the two years : (1) The traps were visited somewhat less frequently in 1932 than in 1931, and in 1932 some trouble was experienced with live stock knocking the cans loose from the traps. The less frequent the visits, the greater the likelihood of some of the insects escaping, or being eaten by the predacious species caught, or decomposing owing to the collection of water in the cans. (2) In 1931 ten of the 12 traps were in or at the edge of pea fields. In 1932 most of the fields were planted to hay or grain; only 2 traps were adjoining peas, 2 were within a few hundred yards of pea fields, and 3 were in fields with quite a number of scattered volunteer peas in them. So there was much less chance in 1932 of collecting pea insects, which in 1931 constituted a large part of the catch. The pea aphid was very abundant in 1931, its presence resulting in a large popu- lation of coccinellids, cantharids, syrphids, and other predators, xlvi, '35 J ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 151 These in turn attracted insects predacious on themselves. In 1932 there were very few aphids, and this resulted in a decrease in the number of species directly or indirectly associated with them. (3) Perhaps the most important single factor causing this difference in numbers was the difference in the weather of the two years. The winter of 1930-31 was very mild. April, May. most of June, and July and August of 1931 were dry and warm. On the other hand, the winter of 1931-32 was more severe than usual, beginning with a very cold November in 1931. March, 1932, was the wettest March on record in western Oregon. April and May. 1932, were wet and very cloudy. The cold winter and the long-continued wet weather in the spring seemed to have resulted in a decrease in numbers of almost every species. The almost total absence of the pea aphid and consequent decrease in its predators was probably due to the difference in the weather of the two years. RELATION OF TRAP CATCHES TO WEATHER CONDITIONS. The fact that the trap collections were made at irregular in- tervals over only a two-year period precludes any definite con- clusions being drawn as to the effect of weather conditions on the individual collections. However, it may be of interest to mention the effects that the data seemed to indicate. During the spring and early summer trap collections ap- peared to increase after warm weather and to decrease after a rain. During the fall they apparently increased following a rain and decreased in periods of hot, dry weather. There seemed to be two peaks and two low points in tin- trap collections. The first peak occurred early in the spring, about April, when insects were leaving hibernation or emerging as adults after passing the winter in an immature stage, and seemed favored by dry, warm weather; the second came in the fall, in Sq :U'inl >er or October, when insects developed during the summer were seeking hibernation quarters or were Hying away from their food plants which had become unfit for food 152 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [June, '35 by this time, and this peak seemed favored by just the opposite conditions wet, cool weather. The two low points occurred, one in the winter when insect development and movement was retarded by cold and rain, and one in July and August when many insects were in the immature stages or may have been aestivating or keeping under cover because of high tempera- tures. FURTHER CONSIDERATIONS. The number of species, like the number of specimens, was greatest in the spring, decreasing during the summer and in- creasing again in the fall. Rice (2) reported exactly similar results. No correlation was found between the direction in which the trap was facing and the insect catch. Trap I, on top of a hill, caught twice as many insects as any other trap in 1931 and nearly twice, as many as any other in 1932. It also held more species. The other traps varied considerably in their catches and in the number caught in the two cans on each trap, but a study of the position of the traps in relation to their surround- ings failed to show why these differences occurred. Rice (2) also failed to find any consistent relationship between the loca- tion of the traps or the directions in which they were facing and the number of specimens or species caught, except that, "As a rule, more species were captured in traps on high ground than in those on low ground." Since the trap collects only those insects that fly into it and are not agile enough to escape, it is doubtful whether its catches are representative of the entire insect population in its vicinity. In 1931, as stated, 10 of the 12 traps were in or at the edge of pea fields. From July 10 to August 17 of that year 78 plats, each 10 feet square, were examined in harvested pea fields adjoining these traps, and all of the insects found on them were picked up (1). Of the 64 species obtained in this way 44 were also collected in the traps. Those not caught by the traps were obtained in numbers of from 1 to 4 specimens, except in three cases: 17 specimens each of Nabis ferns (L.), xlvi, '35] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 153 Xtihis major Costa, and Coccinclla hieroglyphica humboldtien- sis Xun. were found on the fields hut were not represented in the collections made with the traps. LITERATURE CITED. 1. LARSON, A. O., and HINMAN, F. G. Insects Found on Pea Fields in the Willamette Valley, Oregon, After Harvest. Jour. Econ. Ent. 25(5) :97 1-976. October, 1932. 2. RICE, P. L. Insects Collected in Flight Traps in the Vicin- ity of Moscow, Idaho. Jour. Econ. Ent. 26(6) :1079-1083 ( illus. December, 1933. 3. WAKELAND, CLAUDE. Flight Studies of Bruchus pisorum L. (Coleoptera, Bruchidae). Jour. Econ. Ent. 27(2) :534- 542, illus. April, 1934. The Coleoptera or Beetles of Georgia (Cicindelidae, Carabidae By P. W. FATTIG, Emory University, Georgia. Since very little has been published concerning the Coleoptera of Georgia, I am submitting a list of the beetles that I have taken in Georgia during the past eight summers. My collecting of beetles has not been very thorough, since I have always done general collecting. It is my intention to do very thorough collecting of beetles during the next few years. I will appreciate having any one send me a list of the beetles in their collection that have been taken in Georgia, giving me the date, locality and name of collector. I am greatly indebted to Drs. H. S. Barber, L. L. Buchanan, E. A. Chapin, and W. S. Fisher, of the U. S. National Museum, and to Dr. J. Chester Bradley, of Cornell University, for their identification of a large number of the beetles listed in this paper. I have compared many of the Georgia specimens with Florida specimens, which were identified by Dr. W. S. Blatch- ley of Indianapolis, Indiana. The CICINDELIDAE that I have taken belong to two genera and twenty-six species and varieties. The list follows, using the numbers of Leng's Catalog. The numbers in parenthesis refer to the number of specimens taken. 154 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [June, '35 37--TETRACHA CAROLINA Linn. Vienna VI, 17, '31 ; Bain- l.rul-e VI, IS. '31; Atlanta VII, 4 to VIII, 8 (13); Rome VIII, 16, '31. 38 T. VIRGINICA Linn. Albany VI, 1, '32 (3) ; Griffin VI, 12, '27 (2) ; Canton VII, 17, '31 '(2) ; Atlanta VII, 30 to IX, 6 (239). 44a CICINDELA SPLENDIDA TRANSVERSA Leng. Clayton V, 28, '34; Yonah Mt. V, 30, '34. 48 C. ANCOCISCONENSIS Harr. Clayton VIII, 17, '29. 49 C. DUODECIMGUTTATA Dej. Cartersville V, 23, '31 ; Marietta VI, 5, '30; Douglasville VII, 15, '27; Atlanta VIII, 25 to X, 7, '34 (17). 50 C. REPANDA Dej. Cartersville III, 23, '27; Perry IV, 13, '31 ; Atlanta IV, 18 to X. 7 (67) ; Stone Mt. IV, 19, '31 ; Conyers V, 14, '33 (20) ; Waycross V, 15, '32; Columbus V, 20, "'31 (16); Snellville VI, 12, '31 (5); Bainbridge VI, 19, '31; Cairo VI, 19, '31 (115); Thomasville VI, 19, '31 (6); Toccoa VI, 22, '31; Clayton VIII, 17, '29; Waleska VIII, 28, '28 (4). 51 C. HIRTICOLLIS Say. St. Simons Is. V, 5 to VIII, '31 (145). 53 C. TRANQUEBARICA Hbst. Tallapoosa V, 6, '28. 68e C. SCUTELLARIS UNICOLOR Dej. Cairo VI, 19, '31. 68f C. SCUTELLARIS Nic.RiOR Schaupp. Cairo VI, 19, '31. 69 C. SEXGUTTATA Fab. Stone Mt. IV, 17 to VI, 16 (9) ; Macon IV, 29, '31 (6) ; Atlanta IV, 29 to VII. 11 (36) ; Eche- connee V, 3, '33 (2) ; Hamilton V, 19, '31 (2) ; Blood Mt. V, 21 to V, 29 (54) ; Pomona VI, 5, '30; Kennesaw Mt. VI, 8, '28; Neel Gap VI, 14, '31 (9) ; Helen VII, 11, '34; Yonah Mt. VIII, 5, '34; Clayton VIII, 17, '29. 69c C. SEXGTTTATA HARRisi Leng. Clayton VIII, 17, '29. 70 C. PATRUELA Dej. Blood Mt. V, 21 to IX. 1 (24) ; Clayton V, 28, '34; Yonah Mt. V, 30, '34; Neel Gap VI. 14 to IX," 1 (5). 74 C. PUNCTTLATA Oliv, St. Simons Is. V, 30 to VI, 5 (7) ; Waycross VI, 10, '31 ; Colquit VI, 18, '31 (3) ; Stone Mt. VI, 18, '31; VI, 26. '27; VII. 10, '29; Kennesaw Mt. VI, 21. '30; Dahlonega VI, 22, '32; Tallulah Falls VI. 28, '31 ; Atlanta VII, 5 to VIII, 26 (11); Helen VII, 11, '34; Clayton VIII, 17, '29. 79 C. ABDOMINALTS Fab. Bainbridge VI, 18, '31 ; Tallulah Falls VI, 28, '31. 81 C. RITIVEXTRIS Dej. Tallulah Falls VI, 28, '31; Toc- coa VII, 3, '31 ; Yonah Mt. VII, 12 to VIII, 5 (80) ; Clarkes- ville VII, 25, '31; Clayton VIII, 17, '29; Atlanta IX, 22, '32. xlvi, '35] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 155 93 C. UNIPUNCTATA Fab. Stone Mt. IV. 27 to VI, 9 (26) ; Hlood Mt. V. 21 to V, 29 (12) ; Kennesaw Mt. VI. 8 to VII, 4 (6); Tallulah Falls VI. 28. '31; Yonah Mt. VII. 12. '34, VII. 15. '34, VII, 28. '34 (2); Clayton VIII. 17. '29. 98a C. TRIFASCIATA TORTUOSA Lee. Folkston V. 8, '32; Conyers V, 14, '33 (2) ; Bainbridge VI, 19, '31. 101 C. DORSALIS Say. St. Simons Is. V, 30 to VII, 23 (83). lOla C. DORSALIS MEDIA Lee. St. Simons Is. VI, 4. 29 (2). lOld C. DORSALIS VENUSTA Laf. Bainbridge VI, 18, '31. 104 C. MARGINATA Fab. St. Simons Is. V, 30 to VII, 23 (43). 105 C. BLANDA Dej. Swainsboro V, 31, '31 (3) ; Cairo VI, 19. '31 (2) ; Thomasville VI. 19. '31 (6). 106 C. WAPLERI Lec. Cairo VI, 19. '31 (37) ; Thomasville VI, 19. '31 (12). 112- C. GRATIOSA Guer. Cornelia VI, 28, '31. 112a C. GRATIOSA HIRTILABRIS Lec. St. Simons Is. VI, 5, '29 (33). The CARABIDAE that I have taken belong to fifty-nine genera and one hundred and thirty species and varieties. 125 SCAPHINOTUS ELEVATUS Fab. Atlanta VII, 14, '27. 125a S. ELEVATUS TENEBRICOSUS Roes. Atlanta VI, 4, '29. 127b S. UNICOLOR SHOEMAKERI Leng. Atlanta VI, 5 to XI, 2 (8) ; Yonah Mt. VIII, 5, '34. 129 S. ANDREWSI Harr. Blue Ridge VI, 14, '29. 160- SPHAERODERUS CANADENSIS Chd. Toccoa VI, 16, '29. SPHAERODERUS sp. near LECONTET Atlanta \T, 7, '28. 163 S. BICARINATUS Lec. Toccoa VI, 16, '29. 170 CARABUS SYLVOSUS Say. Clayton \TII, 17, '29; Ken- nesaw Mt. X, 24. '28. 172 C. LIMBATUS Say. Clayton VIII, 17, '29. 173 C. VINCTUS Web. Gainesville VI. 3. '29; Toccoa VI. 16. '29; Stone Mt. X, 24. '31. 176 CALOSOMA EXTERNUM Say. Cairo VI. 19, '31. 180 C. SCRUTATOR Fab. Atlanta VII. 4. '31 ; Clayton VIII. 17. '29; Waleska VIII, 28, '28. 181 C. WILLCOXI Lec. Griffin VI. 9, '28. 1S4 C. SAYI Dej. Cairo VI. 10, '31 ; Atlanta VII, 16. '31. 204 C. CALIDUM Fab. Atlanta VIII. 3 to VITI. 24 (5); Kennesaw Mt. VIII, 3. '28; Rome VIII. 16. '31 (4); Macon VIII, 19, '31. 246 XOTIOPHILUS AENEUS Hbst. Toccoa VI, 16, '29. 156 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [June, '35 251 N. NOVEMSTRIATUS Lee. Brunswick VI, 4, '29; Toccoa VIII, 16, '29. 302 PASIMACHUS SUBLAEVIS Beauv. Atlanta VII, 4, '29; Clayton VIII, 17, '29. 305 P. SUBSULCATUS Say. Macon IV, 30, '28. 307 P. MARGINATUS Fab. Stone Mt. IV, 2 to VI 2 (6) ; Atlanta IV, 23, '33, X, 13, '31 ; Blood Mt. V, 21, '33; Toccoa VI, 16, '29; Yonah Mt. VIII, 5, '34. 308 P. DEPRESSUS Fab. Jonesboro VI, 12, '27; Tallulah Falls VII, 15, '28. 308a P. DEPRESSUS MORIO Lee. Stone Mt. V, 25, '28; Macon VI, 21, '29; Kennesaw Mt. VII, 4, '28; Atlanta VIII, 17, '28. 309 P. PUNCTULATUS Hald. Stone Mt. IV, 23, '27; At- lanta V, 16, '31 ; VIII, 11, '28; Kennesaw Mt. VI, 19, '27: VI, 24, '34, VIII, 11, '28; Yonah Mt. VIII, 5, '34. 316 SCARITES SUBTERRANEUS Fab. Stone Mt. IV, 24, '32 Atlanta VI, 15, '28; Clayton VI, 16, '29; Cairo VI, 19, '31. 317 S. SUBSTRIATVS Hald. Waycross VI, 10, '31 ; Cairo VI, 19, '31. 331 DYSCHIRIUS GLOBULOSUS Say. Blue Ridge VI, 14, '29; Toccoa VIII, 16, '29. 334 D. HAEMORRHOIDALIS Dej. Gainesville VIII, 18, '28. 358 CLIVINA DENTIPES Dej. Ellijay VI, 27, '31 ; Dahlon- ega VIII, 17, '29. 361 C. PLANICOLLIS Lec. Toccoa VI, 16, '29. 369 C. AMERICANA Dej . Cornelia VI, 16, '29. 373 C. FEKREA Lec. Blood Mt/VI, 25, '31. 375 C. BIPUSTULATA Fab. Rome V, 26, '31 ; Marietta VII, 4, '28; Atlanta VIII, 1, '29. 380 ASPIDOGLOSSA SUBANGULATA Chd. Cornelia V, 16, '28; Jesup VI, 4, '29; Dalton VIII, 15, '28. 382 SCHIZOGENIUS PLANULATUS Lec. Toccoa VIII, 16, '29. 392 ARDISTOMIS OBLIOUATA Putz. Bainbridge VI, 19, '31. 395 A. VIRIDIS Say. Albany VI, 1, '32; Bainbridge VI, 19, '31. 399 PANAGAEUS FASCIATUS Say. Atlanta III, 30, '28, VII, 20, '30; Toccoa VI, 16, '29; Americus VI, 20, '31. 406 MORION MONILICORNIS Latr. Stone Mt. IV, 18 to V, 11 (13); Atlanta VI, 4, '28; Macon VI, 15, '28; Griffin VI, 26, '32. 432 BEMBIDION AMERICANUM Dej. Valdosta III, 21, '31 ; Cairo VI, 18, '31. i, '35] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 157 512 B. NIGRUM Say. Toccoa VI, 16, '29. 783 ANILLUS FORTIS Horn. Toccoa VI, 16, '29. 792 PERICOMPSUS EPHIPPIATUS Say. Rockmart VIII, 7, '28. 805 TACHYURA INCURVA Say. Jonesboro VII, 2, '29. 830 T. VIVAX Lee. Toccoa VI, 16, '29; Rockmart VIII, 7, '28. 898 TACHYMENIS FLAVICAUDA Say. Toccoa VTII, 16, '29; Rockmart VIII, 7, '28. 901 PATROBUS LONGICORNIS Say. Toccoa V, 14, '30. 929 MYAS CORACINUS Say. Macon VI, 3, '28; Atlanta IX, 16, '29; Stone Mt. X, 25, '31. 1006 PTEROSTICHUS ADOXUS Say. Atlanta VI, 29, '27; Toccoa VIII, 16, '29. 1027 GASTRELLARIUS BLANCIIARDI Horn. Clayton VIII, 16, '29. 1045 CYCLOTRACHELUS UNICOLOR Say. Atlanta VIII, 7, '34. 1047 C. SPOLIATUS Newm. Blairsville VI, 15, '29. 1048 C. VINCTUS Lee. Toccoa VI, 16, '29. 1100 REFONIA MOESTA Say. Blairsville VI, 15, '29; Clay- ton VIII, 17, '29. 1 102 ABACIDUS FALLAX Dej. Griffin V, 12, '31. 1105 A. PERMUNDUS Say. Atlanta X, 7 to X, 20, '34 (62). 1229 LOXANDRUS CRENATUS Lee. Fort Valley VI, 1, '31 ; Cairo VI, 18, '31. A MARA sp. Atlanta IV, 18, '33 (2). 1450 DICAELUS DILATATUS Say. Jonesboro VI, 12, '27; Toccoa VI, 16, '29; Yonah Mt. VIII, 5, '34; Kennesaw Mt. X, 24, '28; Stone Mt. X, 24. '31. 1454 D. PURPURATUS Bon. Neel Gap V, 21, '33; Macon VI, 21, '29; Atlanta VII, 11, '27; Albany VII . 30, '31. 1460 D. FURVUS Dej. Toccoa VI, 16, '29. 1464 D. OVALIS Lee. Blairsville VI. 15. '29; Atlanta VII, 5, '32: VIII, 26, '28. 1465 D. ELONGATUS Bon. Atlanta IV, 18 to VTII, 2 (6) ; Okefenoke Swp. V, 6, '33; Columbus V, 27. '31; Toccoa VI, 16, '29; Yonah Mt. VIII, 5, '34; Stone Mt. X, 24, '31, XI, 3. '28. 1466 D. AMBIGUUS Laf. Atlanta III, 30, '28, III, 2S. '29; Fort Valley IV, 29, '31 ; Clayton VI. 16. '29. 1467 D. TETER Bon. Toccoa VI, 16, '29. 1468 D. POLITUS Dej. Blairsville VI. 15, '29. 158 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [June, '35 1484 CALATHUS OPACULUS Lee. Brunswick VI, 5, '29. 1513 PLATYNUS DECENS Say. Neel Gap V, 29, '32; Blue Ridge VI, 14, '29; Yonah Mt. VIII, 5, '34. 1518 P. CINCTICOLLIS Say. Brunswick IV, 12. '31 ; Neel Gap V, 21. '33. 1519 P. REFLEX us Lec. Blairsville V, 14, '31 ; Blue Ridge VI, 26, '31. 1522 P. EXTENSICOLLIS Say. Cornelia VI, 16, '29. 1555 P. EXCAVATUS Dej. Gainesville VIII, 16, '29. 1556 P. FERREUS Halcl. Blue Ridge V, 14, '31. 1578 P. LIMBATUS Say. Macon VI, 3, '28. 1581 P. PUNCTIFORMIS Say. St. Simons Is. VI. 5, '29; Cairo VI, 18. '31 ; Taccoa VIII. 16, 29. 1584 P. RUFICORNIS Lec. Toccoa VI, 16, '29. ANCHOMENUS REFLEXUS Lec. Atlanta V, 16, '31 (2). CIRCIXAI.IA prxiTiFOKMis Say. Atlanta VI, 5, '3J . VI, 10.. 29. ClRCINALIA LIMBATA Say. StOHC Mt. V, 10. '?9 f?V 1595 OLISTHOPUS PARMATUS Say. Blairsville VI, 15, '29. 1612 CASNONIA PENNSYLVANICA Linn. Tocca VI, 16, '29. 1616 GALERITA JANUS Fab. Atlanta IV. 7, '30; Augusta IV, 10, '31 ; Stone Mt. IV, 13, '30, IV, 18, '32, V, 9, '31 ; Way- cross V, 8, '33; Quitman VI, 17, '31 ; Clayton VIII. 17, '29.' 1620 G. BICOLOR Drury. Atlanta IV," 16, '27; Griffin VI, 12, '27; Douglasville VII.' 15, '27. 1633 EGA SALLEI Chev. Brunswick VI, 5, '29. 1635 TETRAGONODERUS INTERSECTUS Germ. Cairo VI, 18, '31. 1641 LEBIA GRANDIS Hentz. Cornelia V, 16, '28; Atlanta VI, 29. '27. VIII, 2, '31. 1655 L. viRinis Say. Quitman VI. 18. '31 ; Atlanta VII. 9. '29 (2). 1658 L. PUMILA Dcj. Clayton V, 28, '34. 1667 L. ORNATA Say. Blairsville VI, 15, '29. 1671 L. ANALIS Dej. Americus VI, 20, '31. 1688 COPTODERA AERATA Dej. Atlanta VII, 9, '29. 1691 DROMIUS PICEUS Dej. Cornelia VI, 28, '31. 1710 CALLEIDA PUNCTATA Lec. Atlanta V, 29, '27. 1725 PFNACODERA LIMBATA Dej. Toccoa VIII, 16, '29. 1726 P. PLATICOLLIS Say. Americus VI, 20, '31. 1756 APENES SINUATA Sav. Ouitman VI. 17, '31. ~> **^r 1789 BRA<-TIINUS FUMANS Fab. Okefenoke Swp. Y, 5, '33; Cairo VI, 18, '31. xlvi, '35] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 159 1806 CHLAENIUS TOMENTOSUS Say. Blue Ridge VI. 14, '29; Valdosta VII, 24, '27; Atlanta VIII, 3 to VIII, 20 (8) ; Clayton VIII, 17, '29. 1817 C. PENNSYLVANIA'S Say. Atlanta V, 18 to VIII. S (4); Clayton V, 28, '34; Albany VII, 30, '31; Dalton VIII, 15, '28. 1822 C. NEMORALIS Say. Jonesboro VI, 14, '27. 1822( ?) C. NEMORALIS, var. Athens VI, 12, '31 ; Atlanta VI, 12, '29, VI, 19, '30, VII, 2, '31, VII, 11, '31; Americus VI, 20, '31. 1838 C. AESTIVUS Say. Valdosta VII, 24, '27. 1841 C. DIFFINIS Chd. Toccoa VI, 16, '29. 1846 C. SERICEUS Forst. Atlanta IV, 2, '33, VII, 24. '31 (2); Cleveland V, 4, '28; West Point VI, 4, '32; Bainbridge VI, 19, '31. 1856 ANOMOGLOSSUS EMARGINATUS Say. Quitman VI, 17, '31. 1878 GEOPINUS INCRASSATUS Dej. Augusta IV, 10, '31 ; Albany VI, 1, '32; Atlanta VI, 5, '32. 1886 CRATACANTHUS DUBIUS Beauv. Blue Ridge V. 14, '31 ; Augusta VI, 9, '32; Cairo VI, 19, '31 ; Stone Mt. VII, 12, '29; Atlanta VIII, 2 to IX, 5 (5). 1896 HARPALUS CALIGINOSUS Fabr. Fort Valley VI, 1, '31; Atlanta VI, 12 to X, 24 (17) ; Blue Ridge VI, 14. '29; Toccoa VII, 3, '31 ; Helen VII, 11. '34; Albany VII, 30, '31. 1897 H. ERRATICUS Say. Atlanta V, 6. '29. VI, 12, '27, VI, 21, '28; Clayton V, 28, '34; Dalton VI, 7, '31. 1910 H. ERYTHROPUS Dej. Atlanta VI, 12, '29, VII, 2. '31, VII, 8, '31 ; Blue Ridge VI, 14. '29; Americus VI, 20, '31. 1915 H. COM PAR Lee. Blue Ridge VI, 14, '29. 1925 H. PENNSYLVANIA'S DeG. Columbus V, 19, '31 ; Brunswick VI, 5, '29; Atlanta VI, 12 to IX, 8 (123) ; Cairo VI, 18, '31 ; Calhoun VI, 28, '32; Stone Mt. VII. 10, '29. 1971 H. NITIDULUS Chd. Neel Gap VI, 25. '31. 2007 H. SPADICEUS Dej. Toccoa VI, 16, '29. 2010 H. DICHROUS Dej. Cartersville V, 22, '31 ; Atlanta VI, 15, '28. 2013 SELKNOIMIORTS OPALINTS Le:. Cartersville V. '31 : Albany VI, 16. '29. 2026 S". ELLIPTICUS Dej. Jesup V, 5, '30; Toccoa VI. 1<>. '29. 2030 S. PALLIATUS Fabr. Jesup V, 5, '30; Cartersville \ '. 22, '31; Quitman VI, 17, '31. 160 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [June, '35 2039 S. PEDICULARIUS Dej. Americus VI, 20, '31. 2045 S. FATUUS Lee. Albany VI, 1, '32. 2064 DISCODERUS PARALLELUS Halcl. Perry IV, 13, '31 ; Cleveland V, 4, '28; Atlanta V, 18, 32 (2). 2079 TRIPLECTRUS DULCICOLLIS Laf. Atlanta V. 23 to XI. 18 (7) ; Rome V, 26, '31. 2088 ANISODACTYLUS NIGERRIMUS Dej. Blue Ridge V. 14, '31. 2108 A. LAETUS Dej. Baxley V, 5, '30; Atlanta VI, 12. '29. 2135 ANISOTARSUS AGILIS Dej. Baxley V, 5, '30; Ouitman VI. 17, '31. 2139 A. TERMINATUS Say. Blairsville V, 14, '31. 2218 STENOLOPHUS OCHROPEZUS Say. Cartersville V, 22, '31 ; Cornelia VI, 16, '29; Atlanta VII, "7, '31. 2246 TACHISTODES TESTACEUS Dej. Atlanta VI, 10, '27. 2251 AGONODERUS LINEOLA Fab. Cornelia VI, 16, '29. 2?54 A. INFUSCATUS Dej. Perry IV, 13. '31. 2256 A. PALLIPES Fab. Cleveland V, 4, '28; Cairo VI, 18, '31-; Atlanta VI, 19, '33 (2), VII, 7, '31 (4) ; Douglasville VII. 15, '27. Pogocolon gaurae Breeding in Missouri (Lepid.: Sphingidae). The finding of a last stage larva of Pogocolon gaurae Ab. & Sm. at Allenton, Missouri, Aug. 13, 1933, by Miss Anne A. Jones, of Webster Groves, Missouri, was an event sufficiently out of the ordinary to merit its being put on record. It was feeding on evening primrose, Oenothera bicnnis, and pupated a few days after it was found. The pupa was kept indoors all winter; a male moth emerged June 1, 1934. According to Holland (Moth Book, p. 73), the larva feeds on various species of Gaum, and the range of the species is from Georgia to Texas and as far north as southern Kansas. It does not appear to be a regular inhabitant of the region near St. Louis, since it is not represented in any collection of Lepi- doptera from this locality known to the writer. This occur- rence of the larva in this region is of unusual interest because it indicates a long flight from the proper range of the species by a female moth, which oviposited after the flight. The suc- cessful attainment of maturity by the caterpillar followed. HAROLD O'BYRNE, Webster Groves, Missouri. xlvi, '35] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS H)l Notes and Descriptions of West American Ceram- bycidae (Coleoptera). II.* By E. GORTON LINSLEY, University of California. IVoxrs LECONTEI Lamcere. P. Iccontci is not a variety or synonym of P. californicns as it has been placed by recent writers, but is a very distinct species. It differs markedly from californicns in having thir- teen-segmented rather than twelve-segmented antennae, with the external processes of segments four to eleven very strongly produced and longer than the segments to which they are at- tached ( in californicns the processes are shorter than the seg- ments on which they occur). In addition, the lobes of the third tarsal segment in Iccontci are obtuse, not acute as in californicns and its allies. These characters give Iccontci a facies quite distinct from that of any other North American species. It appears to be quite rare in collections and I have seen it only from northern California (Mendocino County). PRIONUS HORN: Lameere. I have a number of Prionns from southern Arizona which agree with Lameere's description of P. Jiorni. These differ from californicns only in their slightly smaller average size and in having the twelfth segment of the antennae appendiculate and longer than the penultimate segment. It seems probable that these are no more than a subspecies of P. californicns. XYLOTRECHUS NUNENMACHERI Van Dyke. (Figs. 1, la). In 1920, Dr. E. C. Van Dyke, basing his description on the male, described nunenmacheri as a subspecies of X. insic/nis Lee. ( Eigs. 2, 2a). Mr. G. R. Hopping, in his revision of the Clytini. 1 treats nunenmacheri somewhat questionably as a dis- tinct species, stating that "its true status cannot be determined until the female is found." Through the kindness of Mr. W. J. Buckhorn, I have recently had the opportunity of exam- ining a female of this species which was captured by him at \Yapinita, Oregon, on May 23, 1934. Mr. Ruckhorn took both sexes of nunenmacheri from pupal cells in willow. Suli.r sp. * No. I was published in FXTO.M. NEWS. 1934, 65: IM-lfo. 1S1-1S5. 1 Hopping, G. R. 1932, Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 25 :542. 162 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [June, '35 Since the female has never been described it seems worthwhile to append the following diagnosis : 9 . Black, elytra with three narrow yellow fasciae. Head moderately closely, rugosely punctured ; frontal carina not prominent ; antennae piceous. Pronotum moderately closely, rugosely punctured ; disk without fasciae ; apex feebly mar- gined with yellow. Scutellum slightly transverse, black. Elytra \) 3A 2 A 4A Fig. 1. Xylotrechns nunenmacheri Van Dyke, male. 1A, female. Fig. 2. Xylotrcchns insiynis LcContc, male. 2 A. female. Fig. 3. M cod y I its bal- tcatits LeConte, male. 3A. jcmalc. Fig. 4. Neoclytits resplendent Linsley, male. 4A. female. xlvi, '35] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 163 parallel-sided, with a small, acute, ante-median fascia, a broken U-shaped median fascia, and a narrow, transverse, post-median hand; apices hroadly rounded. Kegs piceous. Underside black; apex of ahdominal segments narrowly margined with \ ellow. The female of nunenmacheri differs from the same sex of insi-12; Twelfth /....logical. Lisbon, Sept. 14-21. For information .address Prof. j. C. Bradley, 322 E. State St., Ithaca, Xew York. ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS PHILADELPHIA, PA., JUNE, 1935. We believe that there are many entomologists who, like the writer, unconnected with Biological Abstracts, have heard with dismay of the reported decision of the Rockefeller Foundation to discontinue its support of that journal. Through a period of more than eight years we have become accustomed not only to lean heavily upon the Abstracts for information in our own fields of research, but also to use it for the revision and strengthening of our lecture notes in fields more remote. In the preparation of the latter we have become acquainted with many books and articles of which we would otherwise have remained totally ignorant. The titles of many biological publi- cations are woefully inadequate in giving a true idea of their contents and he who depends upon titles misses many sources of pertinent knowledge. The reading of the best abstract, to be sure, falls short of the gain acquired by reading the article or book abstracted, but an abstract is better than complete ignor- ance of the publication concerned. Time in which to read all the originals is lacking with most teachers who strive also to investigate. The cessation of the Abstracts would, therefore, mean loss to institutions and to their staffs in the value of both instruction given and research accomplished. We believe that the use of the Abstracts has brought home to us a realization that each volume, with all the advantages just hinted at. is really of much greater value to each of us, as individual teachers and investigators, than the nine dollars we have been paying for it each year. From the combined teacher-investigator standpoint, we, therefore, should look on the abandonment of the Abstracts as a distinctly backward step in Biology. The wider view and the co-ordination of the various fields of Biology which the Ab- stracts have made possible are indispensable. We trust that every effort will be made to secure adequate support for its continuance. We suggest that those who share our thoughts will, each, as far as his individual means allow. establish his own higher rate of subscription, thus showing, at the same time, his appreciation of the benefits which the \b- stracts confers upon him. The Abstracts exists primarily for biologists, and it is the biologists who must largely determine whether it is to be continued or not. I'. P. CALVRRT 168 List of the Titles of Periodicals and Serials Referred to by Numbers in Entomological Literature in Entomological News. 1. Transactions of The American Entomological Society. Philadelphia. 2. Entomologische Blatter, red. v. H. Eckstein etc. Berlin. 4. Canadian Entomologist. London, Canada. 5. Pysche, A Journal of Entomology. Boston, Mass. 6. Journal of the New York Entomological Society. New York. 7. Annals of the Entomological Society of America. Columbus, Ohio. 8. Entomologists' Monthly Magazine. London. 9. The Entomologist. London. 10. Proceedings of the Ent. Soc. of Washington. Washington, D. C. 11. Deutsche entomologische Zeitschrift. Berlin. 12. Journal of Economic Entomology, Geneva, N. Y. 13. Journal of Entomology and Zoology. Claremont, Cal. 14. Entomologische Zeitschrift. . Frankfurt a. M., Germany. 17. Entomologische Rundschau. Stuttgart, Germany. 18. Internationale entomologische Zeitschrift. Guben, Germany. 19. Bulletin of the Brooklyn Entomological Society. Brooklyn, N. Y. 20. Societas entomologica. Stuttgart, Germany. 21. The Entomologists' Record and Journal of Variation. London. 22. Bulletin of Entomological Research. London. 23. Bollettino del Laboratorio di Zoologia generate e agraria della R. Scuola superiore d'Agricultura in Portici. Italy. 24. Annales de la societe entomologique de France. Paris. 25. Bulletin de la societe entomologique de France. Paris. 26. Entomologischer Anzeiger, hersg. Adolf Hoffmann. Wien, Austria. 27. Bolletino della Societa Entomologica. Geneva, Italy. 28. Ent. Tidskrift utgifen af Ent. Foreningen i Stockholm. Sweden. 29. Annual Report of the Ent. Society of Ontario. Toronto, Canada. 31. Nature. London. 32. Boletim do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janiero. Brazil. 33. Bull, et Annales de la Societe entomologique de Belgique. Bruxelles. 34. Zoologischer Anzeiger, hrsg. v. E. Korschelt. Leipzig. 35. The Annals of Applied Biology. Cambridge, England. 36. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. England. 37. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society. Honolulu. 38. Bull, of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Los Angeles. 39. The Florida Entomologist. 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Arbeiten ueber physiologische und angewandte entomologie aus Berlin- Dahlem. Ill Memorias do Institute Oswaldo Cruz. Rio de Janeiro. 112. Anales del Instituto de Biulogia Mexico. 113. Entomologische I'.cilirftc aus Merlin Dahleni. 114. Occasional Papers of the Museum of Zoology, University of Michigan. 115. Memorias dc la Sociedad Cubann dc Ilistoria Natural. Havana, ( 'ubn. 116. Parasitology. Kd. Krilin and Ilindle. London. xlvi, '35] KXTOMOI.OCICAL NEWS 169 Entomological Literature COMPILED BY LAURA S. MACKEY UNDER THE SUPERVISION OF E. T. CRESSON, JR. Under t.he above head it is intended to note papers received at the Academy of Natural Sciences, of Philadelphia, pertaining to the En- tomology of the Americas (North and South), including Arachnida and Myriopoda. Articles irrelevant to American entomology will not be noted; but contributions to anatomy, physiology and embryology of insects, however, whether relating \o American or exotic species will be recorded. The figures within brackets [ ] refer to the journal in which the paper appeared, as numbered in the list of Periodicals and Serials published in our January and June issues. This list may be secured from the pub- lisher of ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS for lOc. The number of, or annual volume, and in some cases the part, heft, &c. the latter within ( ) follows; then the pagination follows the colon : All continued papers, with few exceptions, are recorded only at their first installments. (*) Papers containing new forms or names not so stated in titles, have an * within parentheses thus (*) following the pagination of reference to paper. (S) Papers pertaining exclusively to neotropical species, and not so indicated in the title, have the symbol (S) at the end of the title of the paper. For records of Economic Literature, see the Experiment Station Rec- ord, Office of Experiment Stations, Washington. Also Review of Applied Entomology, Series A, London. For records of papers on Medical Ento- mology, see Review of Applied Entomology, Series B. Note. Titles of papers containing new forms or new names will be indicated by an asterisk within parentheses at end of reference, (*). Papers published in the Entomological News are not listed. GENERAL. Gibson, A. Co-operation between the United States and Canada in Kntomological problems. |12| 28: 123-130. Harkness, W. J. K. The role of insect life in Ontario streams and lakes. [4] 67: 43-46. La\ K. B. -Insect parasites of Psyllidae. |116| 26: 325-334, ill. Michalk, O. Ueber rationalitat im sammeln. [ Knt. Jahr- bnch] 1935: 57-60. Morofsky, W. F. A preliminary sur- vey of the insect fauna of some typical Michigan trout streams. [12] 28: 82-86, ill. Phillips, E. F. The increas- ing complexities of economic entomology. |12| 28: 32-46. Putman, W. L. Notes on the native hosts of some orien- tal fruit moth parasites. |4] 67: -16-49. Schmith, K. Yogcl- schutz mid insekten. | Knt. Jahrbuch| W35: 47-51. Spacek, C. Vie des eminents connaisseurs des longicornes. De 1'activite scientifique clu Prof. X. Plavilstshikov. | Kolia Xool. et Hydrol).. Riga] 6: 24-29. Strong, L. A.- Enter national entomological problems. |12| 28: 139-142 ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, ETC. Aschner, M. Studies on the symbiosis of the body louse. |11<>| 2d : 309 314, ill. Berland, L. Premiers resultats de mes recherche en avion sur la faune et la flore atmospheriques. |24| !' ! 73- ( }(), ill. Blood, R. Tin- anatomy of Pyrota mylabrina |n| 43 : 1-16. Collins & Machado.- -Comments ui>n photo tropism in the codling moth with relcrcncc to the ph\-iol 170 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [June, '35 ogy of the compound eyes. [12] 28: 103-106, ill. Cott, H. B. -Warning colours and mimicry: a reply to Dr. McAtee. [Pro. R. Ent. Soc. London] 9: 109-119, ill. D.ebaisieux, P. Organes scolopidiaux des pattes de lepidopteres. [An. Soc. Sci. Bruxel.] B 55: 66-69. Dodson, M. E. Develop- ment of the female genital ducts in Trichoptera. [53] 77: 383-403, ill. Doner, M. H. The anatomy of the reproduc- tive system of Coleophora pruniella. [4] 67: 52-55, ill. Evans, A. C Some notes on the biology and physiology of the sheep blowfly, Lucilia sericata. [22] 26: 115-122, ill. Fernando, W. The early embryology of a viviparous pso- cid. [53] 77: 109-119, ill.' Friedl, A Beitrag zur morphol- ogic von Caliroa annulipes. [56] 14: 27-41, ill. Graham- Smith, G. S. The alimentary canal of Calliphora erythro- cephala. [116] 26: 176-248, 'ill. Gresson, R. A. R. The cytology of the mid-gut and hepatic caeca of Periplaneta orientalis. [53] 77: 317-334, ill. L'Heritier et Teissier.- Recherches stir la concurrence Vitale. Etude cle popula- tions de Drosophila. [77] 118: 1396-1398. Hingston, R. W. G. The meaning of animal coloration. ["Scientia"] 57: 130-138. Hodge, C. Growth and nutrition of Melan- opltis differentialis (Acrididae). I. [Physiol. Zool.] 6: 306- 328. Holway, R. T. Preliminary note on the structure of the pretarsus and its possible phylogenetic significance. [5] 42: 1-24, ill. Ide, F. P. Post embryological development of Ephemeroptera (Mayflies). External characters only. [Can. Jour. Res.] 12: 433-478, ill. Janisch, E. Ueber die verinehrung der bettwanze Cimex lectularis in verschie- denen temperaturen. [Zeit. f. Parasitenk.] 7: 408-439. Kaestner, A. Die funktion der sogenannten sympath- ischen ganglien und die exkretion bei den Phalangiiden. [34] 109: 273-288, ill. Komaroff & Alpator. Contribution to the study of the variation of honey bees. [Russian, Eng- lish summary.] [Rev. Zool. Russe] 12, 4: 87-95, ill. Larsen, R. S. Der flug der insekten. [Norsk Ent. Tidsskrift] 3: 306-315, ill. MacLeod, J. Ixodes ricinus in relation to its physical environment. [116] 27: 123-144. Madwar, S. The biology and morphology of the immature stages of Macrocera anglica. [5] 42: 25-34, ill. Mansour, K. On the so-called symbiotic relationship between coleopterous in- sects and intra cellular micro-organisms. [53] 77: 255-271, ill. Manunta, C. Ricerche biochimiche su du lepidotteri ki tignuola degli alveari "Galleria mellonella" e li bombice del gelso "Bombyx mori." [Mem. Sci. Fis. Ac. Naz Lincei.] xlvi, '35] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 171 (6) 6: 75-160. Mellanby, K. A comparison of the physiol- ogy of the two sps. of bed-bug which attack man. |116] 27: 111-122. Murray & Tiegs. The metamorphosis of Cal- nndra oryzae. | 53 ] 77: 405-495. ill. Orosi-Pal, Z. Die altersimmunitat der honigl)iene gegen die milbe Acarapis woodi. [Zeit. f. Parasitenk.] 7: 401-407, ill. Otter, G. W.- On the early stages of Lestodiplosis alvei ( Diptera) espe- cially in relation to the larval head capsule. |116j 26: 582- 593, ill. Rodhain et Brutsaert. L'evolution cles Trypano- soma . . . chez Melophagus ovinus. |77j 118: 1228-1231. Tischler, N. Studies on how Derris kills insects. [12| 28: 215-220, ill. Watson, J. R.- Effect of a freeze on some Citrus insects. [39J 18: 54. Whittington, F. B. The ali- mentary canal of Harpalus pennsylvanicus (Coleoptera). 1 43) 35: 131-135, ill. Wigglesworth, V. B. The physiol- ogy of ecdysis in Rhodnius prolixus (Hemiptera). [53] 77: 191-222, ill. Young, R. T. -"Sleep" aggregation in the beetle, Altica bimarginata. |68] 81: 435-439. ARACHNIDA AND MYRIOPODA. Beier, M. Four ne\v tropical Pseudoscorpionidea. [75] 15: 484-489, ill. Bishop & Crosby. American Erigoneae : the spider genera Pelecopsidis and Floricomus. [6] 43: 31-44, ill. (*). Cham- berlin, J. C. A n. sp. of false scorpion ( Hesperochernes) from a bird's nest in Montana. ( Chelonethida). [55] 11 : 37- 39, ill. Jacot, A. P. The species of Zetes (Oribatoidea- Acarina) of the northeastern United States. [6] 43: 51-94. ill. (*). Mello-Leitao. Dois novos generos de Gonylep- idae. Dois generos equatro especies de Pachylinae. [An. Ac. Brasil. Sci.] 7: 1-3, 5-8, ill. Ries, D. T. A new mite ( Xeotetranychus buxi) on boxwood. [12| 28: 55-62, ill. Sharif, H. Historical review and relationship of the genera of the family Ixodidae. [116] 26: 49-56. THE SMALLER ORDERS OF INSECTS. Banks, N. A few new North American Neuroptera. [5| 42: 53-57. Brues, C. T. A'arietal forms of Peripatus in Haiti. [5] -)_': 58-f>2. (*). Esben-Petersen, P. Xeuropterous insects from Galapagos Isl. [Mag. Naturvid. Oslo) 74: 291-294. (*). Geist, R. M. Xotes on the infestation of wild birds by Mallophaga. [43] 35: 93-100. Light, S. F. The Temple- ton ('rocker Exped. of the Cal. Acad. of Sci. 1932. Xo. _'n. The termites. (S*). |61| 21: 233-258. ill. Linn, M. G. Contribucioii al conocimiento de los piojos de los animalr^ de Mexico. | 112] (>: 53-62, ill. Peters, H. S. A new chicken louse from the Canal Zone. (Mallophaga: Philopteridae.) 172 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [June, '35 [43] 35: 101-104, ill. Van Duzee, E. P. Some recent neuropteroid papers. [55] 11: 29-30. ORTHOPTERA. Hebard, M. Orthoptera of the Gala- pagos Islands. [Mag. Naturvid. Oslo] 74: 279-280. Hebard, M. Orthoptera of the Upper Rio Grande Valley and the adjacent Mts. in northern N. Mexico. [ Pro. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila.j 87: 45-82, ill. (*). HEMIPTERA. Barber, H. G. Hemiptera-Heteroptera of the Galapagos Islands. [Mag. Naturvid. Oslo] 74: 281- 289. (*). Barber, H. G. A n. sp. of Edessa from Puerto Rico (Pentatomidae.) [90] 786: 3 pp. Drake, C. J. Amer- ican Tingitoidea in the Natural History Museum of Vienna. [56] 14: 9-20. (*). Hempel, A. Three n. sps. of Coccidae including three n. gen. and one new sub-family from Brazil. [109] 2:^56-62, ill.' Hungerford & Evans. The Hydrome- tridae of the Hungarian National Museum and other studies in the family. [An. Hist. Nat. Mus. Nat. Hungarici] 28: 31-112, ill. Jorgensen, D. D. A study of some Utah Coccidae. [Pro. Utah Ac. Sc.] 11: 273-284,' ill. Knowlton, G. F. Beet leafhopper notes. [Pro. Utah Ac. Sc.] 11 : 237- 239, ill. Tissot, A. N. A new Myzus from Florida. [39] 18: 49-52, ill. Van Duzee, E. P. Four hitherto undescribed Hemiptera [55] 11: 25-29. (*). LEPIDOPTERA. Bell, E. L. A new hesperid from Haiti. [5] 42: 63-67. Berger, E. W. Walnut caterpillars eaten by bluejays? [39] 18: 52. Braun, A. F. Notes and n. sps. of Micro'lepidoptera. [1] 61: 45-52. Clark, A. H.- The butterflies of Virginia. [ Smiths. Inst. Kxp. & Field- Work in 1934] 33-36, ill. Guedet, E. A new race of Dasy- fidonia avuncularia. [55] 11: 39-40. Hoffmann, F. Beit- rage zur Lepidopterenfauna von Sta. Catharina (Sudbras- ilien). |17| 52: 103-104. Hoffmann, F. Zur biologic der Rothschildia arethusa (Saturnidae) nebst bemerkungen tiber mimikry. | Ent. Jahrbuch] 1935: 84-87. Moss, A. M. Some details concerning the Brassolid butterfly, Dynas- tor macrosiris, its early stages, life-history and food-plants. [Pro. l\. Knt. Soc. London] 9: 97-102. "O'Byrne, H. I.- ( Observations on the life history of the "Baltimore checker- spot" butterfly, Euphydryas phaeton in Mo. [Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis] 28: 225-230. Suire, J. Remarques sur revolution des chenilles du genre Coleophora. [L'Amateur de Papillons] 7: 191-202. Zikan, J. F. Hypoleria arpi eine neue neotropide aus Brasilien. [17] 52: 66-68, 73-76, ill. xlvi, '35] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 173 DIPTERA. Bequaert, J. C. Notes on the black-flies or S'muliidae, with special reference to those of the Oncho- ccrca region of Guatemala. [Onchocerciasis] 1934: 175-^24, ill. Edwards, F. W. Diptera Nematoccra from East Greenland. (*). [75] 15: 467-473. Fairchild, G. B.~ A new Tabanus from Florida. [39] 18: 53-54. Felt, E. P. A new "all midge. A gall midge on pine cones. [6] 43: 47, 48-49. Hendel, F. Bemerkungen zu "The families and genera of North American Diptera" by C. H. Cumin. New York, 1934. |5(| 14: 51-57. Hoffmann, C. C. La formacion de razas en los Anopheles mexicanos. [112] 6: 3-22. (*). Job- ling, B. A revision of the genus Nycteribosca (Streblidae). | 116] 26: 64-97, ill. Karl, O. Aussereuropaische Musciden (Anthomyiden) aus clem Deutschen Entomologischen In- stitut. [109] 2: 29-49, ill. Knowlton & Thomas (See under Coleoptera). Macfie, J. W. S. Ceratopogonidae from the River Amazon. [107| 4: 49-56, ill. (*). 'Malloch, J. R.- The North American sps. of the dipterous genus Micro- sania. [107| 4: 65-66, ill. (*). Natvig, L. R. On some anomalities in Culicide Hypopygiae. [Norsk Ent. Tids- skrift] 3: 328-331, ill. Thompson, W. R. The tachinid parasites of woodlice. [116] 26: 378-448. ill. Thorpe, W. H. -The biology and development of Cryptochaetum grandi- corne (Diptera), an internal parasite of Guerinia serratulae (Coccidae). [53] 77: 273-304, ill. Wilcox, J. Description of the male of Willistonina bilineata together with a new form (Asilidae). [55] 11: 31-34. Will, T. I. Los mos- quitos del valle de Mexico. [112] 6: 63-70, ill. COLEOPTERA. Barrett, R. E. New sps. of North American Scarabaeidae II. [4] 67: 49-52, ill. Bernhauer, M. Xeue Staphyliniden aus Siidamerika. |107) 4: 90-96. Bernhauer, M. Neue kurzfliigler aus Brasilien (Staphylin- idae). Neue Trogophloeus-arten aus Sud-Amerika. | Folia Zool. et Hydrob ,' Riga] (: 143-146; 146-150. Bierig, A.- Especies nuevas del genero Trogophloeus de la Isla de Cuba. Pinophilini y Paederini nuevos de la Isla de Cuba. |115| 9: 9-18; 29-42. ill. Ebeling, W. A new scolytid beetle found in the bark of lemon trees ( Scolytidae). |55| 11 : 21-23, ill. Fisher, W. S. A new buprestid beetle from Cuba. [115 | 9: 51-53. Hinton, H. E. Xew American Mis leridae. |107| 4: 57-65. (S). Knowlton & Thomas.- Some Cache Valley Utah insects. [Pro. Utah Ac. So. | 11: 245- 246. Linsley, E. G. New sps. of J'leocoma with notes con- 174 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [June, '35 cerning others (Scarabaeidae). [55] 11: 11-15, ill. Linsley, E. G. On the occurrence of some California Ceramby- cidae. [55] 11: 15. Musgrave, P. N. Notes on collecting Dryopidae. [4] 67: 61-63, ill. Nichol, A. A. A study of the fig beetle, Cotinis texana. [Univ. Arizona] Tech. Bull. 55: 157-198, ill. Ochs, G. Ein neuer Gyrinus aus Guiana. [2] 31 : 34. Saylor, L. W. New California Serica (Scara- baeidae). [13] 27: 1-2, ill. Studies in American Scara- baeidae II. [55] 11 : 35-36. (*). A genus new to the United States (Ceraspis, Scarabaeidae). [55] 11 : 40. Sloop, K. D. -Three n. sps. of Plastocerinae with notes concerning others (Elateridae). [55] 11: 17-20. Notes on two rare elateroid beetles. [55] 11: 24. Tanner, V. M. Studies in the weevils of the western U. S. (*). [Pro. Utah Ac. Sc.] 1 1 : 285-288. von Tunkl, F. F. Ueber das Kantharidin in der kulturgeschichte. [Ent. Jahrbuch] 1935: 41-46. Van Dyke, E. C. New sps. of North American weevils in the fam. Curculionidae, subf. Brachythininae, II. [55] 11: 1-10. Voris, R. Biological investigations on the Staphylinidae. (Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis f 28: 233-261. HYMENOPTERA Allen, H. W. North American wasps of the genus Neophila (Tiphiidae). [1] 61: 53-65. (*). Cockerel!, T. D. A. Some California bees. [55] 11: 41-48, cont. (*). Goetsch & Menozzi. Die ameisen Chiles. [56] 14: 94-102. Kinsey, A C. The economic importance of the Cynipidae. [12] 28: 86-91. Langford & McConnell. -Biology of Tomostethus multicinctus, a sawfly attacking ash. [12] 28: 208-210, ill. Mann, W. M. Two new ants collected in quarantine. [5] 42: 35-37, ill. Michener, C. D. A note on Dianth 1 'dium singulare perluteum. [55] 11: 23-24. Mitchell, T. B, A revision of the genus Megachile in the Nearctic region. Part II. (Megachilidae.) [1] 61: 1-44, ill. (*). Rau, P. Notes on the behavior of certain ants of St. Louis Co., Mo. Notes on the behavior of certain solitary and social bees. [Trans. Ac. Sci. St. Louis] 28: 207- 224. Sorenson, C. J. Chalcis-fly infestation of alfalfa-seed and parasitism of the chalcis-fly in Utah, 1930-33. Some hyperparasites of the alfalfa weevil parasite Bathyplectes curculionis occuring in the Uintah basin of Utah. [Pro. Utah Ac. Sc.] 11: 241-244; 249-251. Walley, G. S. Five n. sps. of Braconidae w r ith host records of additional species. [4] 67: 55-61. Wheeler, W. M. Myrmecological notes. [5] 42: 68-72. EXCHANGES This column is intended only for wants and exchanges, not for advertisements of goods for sale or services rendered. Notices not exceeding three lines free to subscribers. These notices are continued as long as our limited space will allow; the new ones are added at the end of the column, and, only when necessary those at the top (being longest in) are discontinued. Exchange Will collect insects of Connecticut this season and desire to get in touch with collectors desiring this material, either in exchange or for cash. Harry L. Johnson, So. Meriden, Conn. Wanted Names and addresses of those desiring Cocoons of Actias luna and Automeris io. Exchange considered. 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To get in touch with Specialists who will make determina- tions for a share of our duplicates. We have many undetermined speci- mens from all parts of Iowa. H. E. Jaques, Iowa Insect Survey. Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. Wanted. Communication with anyone who has or is collecting' Lepi- doptera in Burlington County, New Jersev Also anyone having a micro- scope for sale. E. P. Darlington, New Lisbon, N. J. RECENT LITERATURE FOB SALH BY THE AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY 1900 RACE STREET, PHILADELPHIA, PA. These prices to DOMESTIC PURCHASERS only. Quotations to foreign purchasers will be given on application and are subject to differences in Foreign Exchange rates. COLEOPTERA 989. Blaisdell (F. E.). Studies in the genus Auchmobius. Tenebrionidae. (Trans., 60, 223-264, 3 pis., 1934) .80 993. ~~ laisdell (F. E.). Rare North American Coleoptera. (Trans., 60, 317-326. 1 pi.. 1934) .20 994. Maydell (G. G.). New species of North American Melo- idae. (Trans., 60, 327-336, 1934) .20 DIPTERA 987. 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Dammers published a very excellent account of the life history of Mc(/atliymns Stephens!. The present paper is intended to add a few facts about the habits of Stephens! and to present a brief discussion of other Meyathy- inns skippers. As Comstock and Dammers have shown, Stephens! larvae are agave (Agave desert!} feeders. Stephens!, like all other Mega- thvmis, is an exceedingly fast flyer. This adds greatly to the difficulty of capture. Fortunately, stepliensi has several un- usual habits which makes it possible to obtain good specimens without the necessity of rearing them. During the day time stcplicns! occasionally stops and rests upon its beloved agave. At this time it can be netted. How- ever as soon as it is netted, the rapid motion of its wings causes the scales and body hairs to be rubbed off. Exceedingly poor specimens result. The junior author caught 74 specimens in this way (Box Canyon, Sept. 28 and 29, 1933). Out of the lot only one or two were in fair condition. A peculiar and unusual habit of the male of this skipper is that it drinks water at a definite time of the day. About sun- down it travels to the nearest water and drinks from the nioi^t sand. Just as the shadows cover the water, the skipper flies back to the hills to its roosting place. < hi Sept. 29, 1934, the authors spent a day at San Felipe Creek. During the day only one stephcnsi appeared for water. Just before sundown they began to come to the water by the hundreds. They were light- ing on our pants, nets and jars. They were tame and bold. The mad scramble for water lasted about 45 minutes. They disappeared even (jtiicker than they came. I panned for a tew 935 176 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [July, '35 moments to empty my jar; and when I looked for more, they were gone. Not a single stcphcnsi was in sight where just a few moments before there were hundreds. It was a butterfly collector's dream a rare butterfly just waiting to be caught ! Where did they go after they left the water? Did they roost in the nearby trees or did they go back and sleep on the agave? No stcpliensi were located on the bushes (cats-claw, bean mes- quite, etc.) that were next to the creek. They must have gone back to the hills among the agave. Two hours of night search- ing at Box Canyon (about three to four miles from the water) disclosed that stephensi was not to be found on agave. They could not disappear ; they had to be somewhere but where ? Accidently it was solved. In going back to the car, the shortest, easiest way led along the bottom of the dry wash in Box Can- yon. Just after reaching the bottom of the canyon the junior author found one perched on the limb of a bean mesquite. The specimen was sound asleep and never moved. This was an ideal way of collecting them ; they did not move or flutter while being killed. Later exploring showed: (1) Stephens! sleeps on the com- mon bushes of the region and very occasionally on buckwheat, etc.; (2) it very much prefers a bush at the bottom of a can- yon to one on the side of a hill ; (3) it does not sleep on agave, its food plant; (4) it always sleeps on the outside of the bush; (5) it may be on any side or any height on the bush. So far no females have been taken in this way. At Box Canyon (Sept. 29, 1934) two hours of night work yielded us about 20 perfect specimens. Either Box Canyon itself or any of the side canyons leading into it contained speci- mens. Admittedly it was hard work: However, it is the only way in which good specimens can be caught. At the water we were able to catch them direct into a cyanide jar. However, the fluttering of their wings caused a little damage to their delicate wing scales. At sundown a week later (Oct. 6, 1934) stcpliensi were not nearly as abundant at San Felipe Creek as they were the previ- ous week. Two weeks later only one speciman showed up for water. Each time when checking at Box Canyon it was found that stephensi was just as abundant as ever. The authors have xlvi, '35] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 177 come to the conclusion that male stcplicnsi only goes for water very shortly after it emerges. As yet no method of obtaining perfect females (outside of raising them) has been found by the authors. In the day time the females fly close to the ground and flutter around the agave. Whenever they are sighted they are easier to capture than the males. However, the net causes damage to their wings. The authors believe that perfect females can be obtained by a care- ful search at night time. A reared specimen is always more perfect than one caught. Comstock, Dammers, the authors and others have succeeded in breeding and raising this species. The specimens caught at night time compare fairly closely in perfection with those raised. Apparently others when collecting Megathymis specimens have had similar troubles in obtaining good specimens. Mr. Bell, of Flushing, New York, kindly informed me that Jacob Doll, who collected the type of Mcy. ncnmocgcni, also found difficulty in obtaining good specimens. He likewise collected his specimens direct into a cyanide jar. Mr. Leusslcr. in describing the difficulty of capturing M. Icusslcri, states, "M. lensslcri is a powerful flier, particularly the males, and when alarmed by the approach of a collector, makes a bee line for the next county with the speed of an ex- press train. They are so active that after a few days on the wing they are wrecks with torn wings, fringes gone, and scales more or less rubbed off. The thing to do is to be on the ground when they first make their appearance; and that is hard to do because the season is earlier in some years than in others." Fortunately C'omstock and Dammers have now worked out the life history of Mc=tniddle right leg; pr=pronotum. * Mem. 6. Am. Ent, Soc., 1929. xlvi, '35J ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 179 "Myodites stylopides Nigra, scabra, parce pilosa; os fer- rugineum : elytrorum spices all)icli : metaloe hyalinae irides- centes ; costa f usca. "Corp. .125 unc. ; lat. .05 unc. "Inhabits North America; Mr. Doubleday took a single spe- cimen at Alton." (Xo doubt Alton, Illinois.) Rhipiphorus raisin Lee. fits in very well with this descrip- tion and I hoped the type specimen of Kli. stylopides would reveal some characteristics by which the two would be distin- guished from one another or else made synonyms of each other. It is most regrettable, however, that those organs bearing ihe identification characters such as the head, antennae, hind legs, wings, etc., are missing. Of the entire specimen only the fol- lowing organs are left: right foreleg (last three tarsal seg- ments missing) ; right half of the pronotum ; right middle leg attached to epimeron and episternum of the mesothorax ; and right elytron with apex broken off. The color of these is dark brown; there is no locality label. It is difficult to establish an identity of a species belonging to the genus Rhipiphorus on these organs alone. However, it is certain from both the original description and from the re- mains of the type specimen that RJi. stylopides Newman is very closely allied to Kli. walshi Lee., if not identical with it. Cecropia Feeding on a Peony (Lepid.: Saturniidae). In .August, 192cS, I noticed that one of my Chinese peonies ( /'. a/hi /lord var. ) was almost defoliated, and on investigating found a large Cecropia larva on it. About a week later the larva disappeared, and though there was an apple tree quite near and a lilac hedge still nearer, I could not find the cocoon on either of them, and it was certainly not on the stems of the peony plant. I do not know whether a record of this species feeding on one of the Ranunculaceae is new, but it seemed in- teresting in view of the notorious fastidiousness of caterpillars in their choice of food plants that this one should depart from the tradition of his race. I have been on the watch ever since that time for a reappear ance of a Cecropia on my peonies, but have never found an- other. A. P. SAUNDERS, Hamilton College, Clinton, X. Y. 180 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [J"Lv, '35 A New Genus and Five New Species of Leafhoppers Related to Thamnotettix (Homop. : Cicadellidae). By DWIGHT M. BELONG, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Since 1903 several species of leaf hoppers (Homoptera, Cica- dellidae) which live upon cane (Arundinaria tccta) have been described as belonging to the genus Thanuwtcttix. As these are very similar in their generic characters but differ decidedly from the members of the genus Thamnotettix, a new genus is erected at this time to include six species previously described and five species which have not previously been described or named. Genus ARUNDANUS nov. Vertex produced and bluntly angled, fiat, margin rather thick but distinct, not rounding to front. Venation strong, central anteapical cell greatly elongated constricted and divided by a cross vein at center. Outer anteapical cell usually elongated but narrow. Inner anteapical cell short and rather broad. Type of genus arundineus DeLong. The first of this group of species was described in 1903 by Dr. Ball as Thamnotettix sJicnnani (I) and was collected in North Carolina. In 1915 Crumb described nacreosus (2) from Tennessee and placed it in Chlorotettix. The other four species which have previously been named were described by the author. Flavotinctus and cntinbi (3) were described in 1916 and placed in Thamnotettix; proprius was described as a member of Tlnnnnotetti.r in 1918 (4) and anindhicns (5) as belonging to the same genus in 1926. All four of these were described from material collected in Tennessee. Five un- described forms are treated in the following pages. On the basis of form and structure the members of this genus seem to be divided into small groups of closely related species. The largest of these comprises cntinbi, flavotinctus, arundineus and f>rof>nus. Two closely related species of an- other type, carolinus and latiilcns, seem to be most closely re- lated to this group. Slicnnaiii and iiuirgincllus form another group differing considerably from the previous forms in having a much blunter and broader head. Rubralineus seems to fit most closely with this later type. Nacrcosus which has a sexu- ally dimorphic color condition (white female, and orange male) xlvi, '35 j ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 181 is most closely related to carolinus and lat id ens but is rather dis- tinct while pamilus a very small pointed headed species, prob- ably is most closely related to the carolinus type. Arundanus marginellus n. sp. In form and appearance resembling shcnnuni but with dis- tinct genitalia. Length 5-5.5 mm. Vertex flat a little more than half as long at middle as width between eyes, bluntly angled. Color: Tawny to gray, tinged with orange, a brownish waved line just above margin and a fainter one just below; margin between these two lines conspicuously white. Face dark tawny. Pronotum marked with four conspicuous longitudinal orange stripes. Elytra tawny to brownish with pale veins. Genitalia: Female last ventral segment long with prominent lateral angles, posterior margin indented either side of a broad median rounded tooth which is produced as far as the lateral angles and is bifid at apex. Male valve broad, obtusely angled. Plates long gradually tapering to narrow acute tips. Described from a large series of male and female specimens collected from cane Arundinaria tecta at Covington, Clarksville and Nashville, TENNESSEE, during June, July and August, 1915 and 1917. Holotypc female, allot yf^c male and male and female paratypcs in author's collection. Arundanus rubralineus n. sp. Resembling shcniumi and marginellus more than the others in the group but differing in color and genitalia. Length 5 mm. Vertex a little broader than long, bluntly and broadly angled. Color : Vertex creamy white without black marginal lines on margin. Two broad bright orange red stripes arise either side of vertex and extend across pronotum and basal angles of scutellum, and a short pair behind eyes on either side crossing pronotum. Flytra bright tawny, veins conspicuously white, apices smoky, veins bordered with fuscous. Genitalia : Female last ventral segment with prominent lateral angles between which the posterior margin is sinuately, shal- lowly, concavclv rounded at the center of which is a deep, nar- row incision extending two-thirds the distance to the base. Described from a single female specimen collected at Flor- ence, SOTTII CAROLINA, June 1 ( ), 1 ( M(), by < >. L. Cartu'riglu. Ilolotypc female in author's collection. Arundanus carolinus n. sp. In coloration and appearance most closely resembling //< /;'<- tinctus but smaller, more distinctly marked and with distinct genitalia. Length 5 mm. 182 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS U u l v . '^5 Vertex bluntly angled, about one-fifth wider between eyes than length at middle, pronotum a little longer than vertex. Color orange yellow, vertex with a heavy \vaved line just below and a paler waved line just above margin. Veins pale, not conspicuous. Genitalia : Female last ventral segment with broadly rounded lateral angles, posterior margin broadly shallowly concavely rounded. Male valve bluntly triangular; plates long and nar- row, gradually tapered to long acute apical portions which are exceeded by the py gofers. Described from a series of five female and two male speci- mens collected by the author at Chadburn, NORTH CAROLINA, June 26, 1928. Holot\pc female, allot yf>c male and male and female paratypcs in author's collection. Arundanus latidens n. sp. In coloration and general appearance resembling carolinus but with distinct female genitalia. Length 5 mm. Vertex as in carolimis, bluntly angled and a little wider be- tween eyes than length at middle. Color orange yellow, a black line just above and a wavy black line below margin of vertex. Genitalia: Female last ventral segment with prominent lateral angles, posterior margin concavely, broadly rounded. \\hat ap- pears to be a preceding segment arises at about half the length of the last ventral segment and is strongly produced to form a broad rounded median tooth one-third the width of the segment, which is produced beyond the lateral angles of the last ventral segment and covering its concavity. Male valve obtusely angled, plates long and narrow, gradually tapered to long acutely pointed apices. Described from a series of eight female and four male speci- mens collected by the author at Chadburn and Carolina Beach, NORTH CAROLINA, June 22 and 24, 1928. Holotvpc female, allot y pc male and male and female paralyses in author's col- lection. Arundanus parvulus n. sp. Resembling carolinus in general appearance but smaller with more pointed vertex and with distinct genitalia. Length 4.2 mm. Vertex more sharply angled than in carolinus almost as long on middle as width between the eyes, almost as long as prono- tum. Color: Yellow tinged with orange, a brownish waved line just below margin of vertex and a broken line, usually com- posed of four rather prominent linear spots just above margin. xh'i, '33| EXTOMOLOCICAL NEWS IS Veins of elytra usually paler, faintly margined with fuscous. Genitalia : Female last ventral segment with prominent rounded lateral angles, posterior margin concavely rounded. What appears to lie a preceding segment arises near the base of the last ventral segment and is produced over it, being con-- vexly rounded so that the central half extends over the con- cavity of the last ventral segment. The apex of this convex portion is broad and truncate or sinuate, sometimes appearing as three indistinct lobes. Described from a series of sixteen female specimens, one col- lected at Florence, SOUTH CAROLINA. June 29, 1930, by (). L. Carwright and the others collected at Carolina Beach, NORTH CAROLINA, June 24, 1928, by the author from Arundinaria Iccta. Holot\f>c female and female /vn//v/v.v in aiuhorV col- lection. LITERATURE QUOTED. 1. BALL, E. D. Can. Ent. 35: 230, 1903. 2. CRUMB, S. E. Anns. Ent. Soc. Amer. 8: 196, 1915. 3. DELONG, D. M. Tenn. St. Bel. Ent. Bui. 17: 82, 1916. 4. DELONG, D. M. Ohio lour. Sci. 13: 338, 1918. 5. DELONG, D. M. Trans.' Amer. Ent. Soc. 52: 91, 1926. A new record for Archilestes grandis (Odonata: Agrionidae sensu Selysii). Specimens of Archilestes grandis were collected by the writer along Long Run, a small spring-fed stream which empties into the Youghiogheny River between the towns of McKeesport and Versailles, Pennsylvania. A total of twenty-four pairs was taken on the 7. 15. 22, and 23 of September, 1934. In the majority of cases the pairs were easily netted in tandem while ovipositing in the live stems of elderberry (Scimbiicus cana- iti'iisis) and willow ( \2(); E. 1!. Williamson collected it at <>xford, < >hio, in 1927; H. (kirman captured twenty-eight specimens near Lex ington, Kentucky, in 1929. The insects collected for this record were identified by \>\\\ Curator Kahl of the Carnegie Museum of Pittsburgh, Penn- sylvania, and Dr. C. II. Kennedy of the < Miio Stair LJniversit) of Columbus, Ohio. CARSTEN AHKKNS. McKeesporl School, McKeesport, Pennsylvania. 1S4 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS |.M>. '^ Notes on the Group Gomphoceri and a Key to its Genera, including one New Genus (Orthoptera, Acrididae, Acridinae). By MORGAN HEBARD, Philadelphia, Penna. Knowing that several Old World species which had long been placed in Gomphocerus have in recent years been generi- cally separated, we have felt for some time that the relation- ships of the New World Gomphocerus clavatus Thomas should be investigated. \\"\\\\ material of the genotypic species of all the genera concerned except Dasyhippits, we are now able to state that it belongs to a new genus, nearest the Old World Aeropus. Examination of the only other New World species which has been referred to that genus, shows that the absence of antennae in the unique type misled its author and that it must be recognized as Scyllinops meridionalis (Bruner). 1 That genus, described by Rehn in 1927, has nothing to do with the present group but belongs to the Group Scyllinae. The first species of the Gomphoceri was described in 1758 and the first genus, Gomphocerus, in 1815. Additional genera were proposed by Bolivar in a very brief key, 2 those later described 3 or resurrected 4 by Uvarov having been much more satisfactorily treated. The Gomphoceri are distinguished by the following charac- ters. Lateral foveolae of vertex elongate, visible from above. Face in profile moderately convex, weakly to more strongly re- treating, never vertical. Antennae clubbed distad. Pronotal disk with lateral carinae distinct, percurrent or incomplete, more separated caudad than cephalad ; its caudal margin obtuse- angulate produced or truncate. Internal spurs of caudal tibiae not or only moderately unequal in length. The following key separates the genera which are members of this group. ' 1. Lateral foveolae of vertex strongly impressed. Pronotal disk with lateral carinae moderately to strongly constricted; its caudal margin weakly to moderately obtuse-angulate produced. 1 This female, from Cucrnavaca, Morelos, Mexico, taken January 4, W, hy C. C. Drain, is in the author's collection. 'Trail. Mus. Nac. Cienc. Nat., Ser. Zool., No. 20, p. 61, (1914). ' MI.S-V/H/'/HW. Eos, VI, p. 357, (1930). " Aeropus. Eos, VII, p. 85, (1931). xlvi, '35] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS Organs of flight fully developed to decidedly reduced but over- lapping and with dorsal and lateral fields defined. Lateral foveolae of vertex very weakly defined. Pronotal disk with lateral carinae straight or showing very weak arcuate convergence. Organs of flight represented by ovate pads (at- tingent in males, separated in females ; their costal margin slightly more strongly convex mesad than elsewhere, their vena- tion forming a quite evenly spaced network. All pronotal carinae coarse, the medio-longitudinal cut caudad of a median point by the weak principal sulcus/' Gomphoceridius Bolivar, 1914. (Genotype, by original designation, .Icridiiini brevipenne Brisout, 1848.) 2. Tegmina with costal margin straight; of males showing no fenestration. Size very small. (Organs of flight slightly re- duced [usual] to fully caudate. Pronotal carinae fine, the lat- eral strongly constricted on pro/ona and often obsolete at point of nearest approach, the medio-longitudinal cut by the principal sulcus slightly cephalad of a median point.) 6 Myrmeleotettix Bolivar, 1914. (Genotype, by monotypy, Gomphoccrus maculatns Thunber. 1815.) Tegmina with costal margin moderately to decidedly lobate just beyond base ; of males beyond showing fenestration be- tween mediastine (which is there marginal) and humeral veins. Size larger. 3. Tegmina with costal margin moderately lobate just be- yond base; of males showing weak (narrow) fenestration be- yond. (Neither pronotum nor cephalic tibiae ever inflated. ) 4. Tegmina with costal margin strongly lobate just beyond base ; of males showing strong fenestration beyond. (Prosterum with tubercle varying from prominent to obsolete.) 4. Cephalic tibiae of male normal. Prosternum not tuber- culate. (Pronotal lateral carinae moderately constricted, the medio-longitudinal carina cut by the principal sulcus at or near [rarely well caudad of J a median point. Surface, particular! v 6 The antennae are very short, scarcely longer than the combined length of the head and pronotum in males, shorter in females, hut in at least one species of the group we know the antennae to vary from elon- gate in material from temperate areas to very short in material fmm boreal areas. Added difficulty in properly distinguishing genera b. on brachypterous Aeries lies in the fact that reduction in the organ* f flight is usually accompanied ly reduction, in the degree of product' >n of the pronotal disk even in individuals of the same species. "The ovipositor in this genus, as in Dociostaitrus, is normally earn'' ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS !J U '>'. '-^ ventrud, more than normally hirsute.) Goinplioccrns Thunberg, 1815. (Genotype, indicated by Samouelle, 1819, confirmed by Kirby 1910, Gryllns Locusta ruins Linnaeus, 1758.) Cephalic til)iae of male very slightly incrassate, with long dense hairs on the ventral surface. Prosternum tuberculale ( i'ronotal lateral carinae moderately constricted, the meclio- longitudinal carina cut by the principal sulcus well caudad of a median point.) Dasyhippus Uvarov, 1930. (Genotype, by original designation, Gomphoccrus cscalcrae Bolivar, 1899.) ' 5. Fenestration of male tegmina between mediastine (mar- ginal ) and humeral veins very strong, that space much wider than that between any others of the longitudinal veins. Cephalic tibiae of male usually normal, locally faintly to strongly in- flated. Prozona of male not to distinctly inflated. (Tegmina [normally] slightly reduced to caudate in males, [normally] decidedly more reduced in females except in variegatus areli- cus.) Acropedellus, new genus. (Genotype, Aeropedellus clavaius (Thomas), originally referred to Gomphoccrus.) Fenestration of male tegmina between mediastine (marginal) and humeral veins very strong but no wider than and in most of the forms much narrower than the conspicuously defined and fenestrate intercalated area ( which lacks an intercalated vein and is crossed by numerous regular and evenly spaced cross-veinlets). Cephalic tibiae of male very strongly to strongly inflated, pear-shaped. Prozona of male very strongly to decidedly inflated. (Tegmina [normally] slightly reduced to caudate in males and showing very slightly greater reduction in females.) Aero pus Gistel. 1848. (Genotype, by monotypy, Gr \llus Locust a sibiricus Linnaeus, 1767.) The group divides naturally into three sections. The first of these includes Myrineleotettix ; the second Goinphocerus and Dasyhippus ( which without material appears to us to be very closely related); the third (probably) GomphoceHdius, (pos- sibly) Eclipophleps, Aeropedellus and Aero pus. Of these latter Gomphoceridius is known to include a single brachypterous species which is consequently more difficult to associate, as the form and venation of the tegmina are very im- ]x>rtant in distinguishing the genera of the group. The position of Eclipophleps Tarbinsky 1927 7 is so uncer- tain that without material we have considered it best to omit the genus from the above key. The unique female type of E. boydanovi Tarbinsky 1927, from Kobdo, northwestern Mon- golia, has the head short and inflated, the eyes very broad, the xlvi, '35] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 187 pronotum broad with rather strongly convergent lateral carinae, the tegmina represented by pads with rounded apex dorsad, the cephalic limbs thick and short. It is unfortunate that the male is unknown. Nearest this genus may be Aeropedellus. Comparison of the new genus Aeropedellus with Acropus shows the latter to represent only a decidedly more specialized development of the same branch, the very unusual features so highly developed in the male sex giving a very different fades, but these same features developed much more weakly locally in males of the species of the former. The very conspicuously fenestrate intercalated area of the male tegmina is, however, a striking feature peculiar to Acropus. To Gomphoceridius has been referred only Acridium brci'i- pcnnc Brisout, 1848. To M \nncleotctti.\- was referred Gomphocerus iimcnlntiis Thunberg. 1815, by Bolivar in 1914; Chorthippus anteniiatus Fieber, 1853, by Tarbinsky in 1925 ; 8 Gomphocerus pallidus Brunner, 1882. and Gomphocerus palpalis Zubovsky. 1900, by Uvarov, Bei-Bienko and Tarbinsky in 1925. In Gomphocerus remain Gryllu.\ Locusta nifits Linnaeus, 1758, and Gomphocerus d is par Fischer, 1846. To Dasyhippus Uvarov originally (1930) referred Gomplio- ccrus escalcrac Bolivar, 1899, Gomphocerus przcwalskii Zubov- sky, 1896, Chortiiippus kozJu-nikovi Turbinsky, 1925 and Chorthippus I'oh/cnsis Predtechensky (Zool. Record 1928) and in 1931 Bei-Bienko described Dasyhippits pyyiiiacus and re- ferred to this genus Chorthippus kozhcvnikovi arcnosus Bei- Bienko, 1930. To Aeropedellus we assign chrcatits (Thomas), 1873 (Syn- onyms of which are Gomphocerus carpenterii Thomas, 1874, and Gomphocerus clepsydra Scudder, 1875), raricf/afus raric- gotus (Fischer), 1846 (synonyms of which are Gomphocerus reuteri Mi ram, 1907 (here assigned) and Gomphocerus simiUi inns Ikonnikov, 1911) and z'ariei/atns arcticns here described. 9 Uvarov assigned to .-Icropus in 1931 kudia (Caudell), 1 (| _'7. sibiricus sibiricus (Linnaeus), 1767, and sibiricus caucasicns T f ' ' Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., XX, p. 495, figs. A to C. " If a member of this genus, a decidedly aberrant one in tin- nmre graceful form, very strongly knobbed antennae in males, les: convergent pronotal la'eral carinae, caudate organs of flight and decidedly mme hirsute surface. "The specie. I'drii-i/dtns and chifdhis may eventually prove to In- ( )ld and Xe\v \\"urld races of a single holarctic species. The mnditin with inflated male ce])halic tiliae has been named reuteri for the ti inner and carfTiitcrii iur the latter. Appearing locally and not (ircurriiiL; > act- extensive areas inhabited by these insects, this condition, the can-r ot which is unknown, we believe is a physiological peculiarity which should not be given nominal recognition. 188 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [J u ly> '35 (Motschulsky), 1840, and described sibiricns t/raccits, sibiricns Jiispanic'its, sibiricns pyrcnacins, sib'ricns Jicli'cficns and unn- CllidCKS. The species Gomphoccnis (Stenobothrus) ci\incsccns Stal, 1860, described from Hong Kong, and Gomphoccnis scinicnlor Burmeister, 1838, from Altona, Bra/il, are almost certainly not members of the Group Gomphoceri. ( To be continued ) Additional Trypoxylon Names in "Jungle Bees and Wasps of Barro Colorado Island" (Hymen.: Sphecidae). Significant changes and revisions have lately been made in the genus Trypo.vylon which will make necessary certain changes of specific names in Chapter Y of my "Jungle Bees and Wasps of Barro Colorado Island." Through the work of Richards,* three new species, Trypoxylon bnsckii, T. atkinsoni and T. vayulnin, are added to the list of wasp fauna of the Island. I sincerely thank Miss Grace Sandhouse for checking and rechecking the Trypo.vylon material and supplying me with in- formation necessary to make the following additions and cor- rections. Pages 151-155. The wasp whose life history is given under the name Trypoxylon nitjifrons, has been re-identified as T. fabricator Sm. | Sandhouse | . Page 156. The name T. nn'dtarsc should be changed to T. atkinsoni Richards. The name of T. cincrciini should be changed to T. fnsipcnnc Fab. [Sandhouse], but to make the list complete a paragraph should also be added to the chapter stating that two specimens of T. cincrcnin were taken on the Island in August. Page 157. The name T. leucotrichmn Rohwer, is according to Richards, a synonym of T. palliditarse Saussure. Page 158. The Trypoxylon wasp referred to under number 7S_ J( > is now known as T. bnsckii Richards and Xo. 7373 is a female of the same species. The wasp referred to as Xo. 7637 is now known as T. conin/cntin Cameron | Sandhouse]. I 'age. 169. The wasp T. sp. near aztccitin proved to be new to science and is now known as T. vagulum Richards. PHIL RAU, Kirkwood, Missouri. * The American species of the genus Trypoxylon, Trans. Ent. Soc., London 82 : 172-362, 1934. xlvi, '35] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS New Coleoptera (Cebrionidae, Buprestidae and Cerambycidae. By JOSEF N. KXUI.I,, Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Cebrio convexifrons n. sp. (Cebrionidae). Dark, brown, resembling C. inaiulilnilaris Lee. in form, only shorter, moderately pubescent. Head with front convex, densely punctured, punctures large but not deep; labrum emarginate ; mandibles prominent, when closed they leave an open space between them; antennae ex tending two joints beyond base of pronotum when laid along- side margin, scape stout, second joint about as long as broad. third joint slightly more than half the length of fourth, joints four to ten inclusive gradually decreasing in length, last joint constricted, considerably longer than teeth, joints three to eleven serrate. Pronotum slightly wider than long, convex; sides broadly rounded in front, then parallel and divergent at base; disk con- vex, a depression on each side near front margin, lateral margin evident on basal third; surface densely punctured. Scutellum small. Elytra wider than pronotum, about two and one-half times as long as broad; sides parallel, constricted in middle, apice.. acutely rounded; surface rugose, with striae rather feebly im- pressed, punctures of striae and intervals difficult to distinguish. Abdomen densely punctured, last ventral broadly rounded. Intercoxal process of prosternum very narrow. Length 13 mm. ; width 4 mm. Male type labeled Cleo Springs, OKLAHOMA, July 7, 1934, J. Stankavich, collector, in collection of the writer. Paratypes of the same locality, also Cherokee, July 3, and Yin*on, ( )kla- homa, July 7, 1934, J. Stankavitch, collector. These art- distributed in the collections of ( )klahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College, Ohio State University, Prof. H. C. Fall, and the writer. This species runs close to C. scpanitus Fall. Prof. Fall kindly compared this species with his type and state, that it differs by the strongly roughened and dull surface of the elytra. In C. scparatus Fall the elytra intervals are thickly punlate. but the punctures are simple and the surface not rugose. The punctuation of both bead and thorax is much liner and closer. The front is not so strongly inflexed over the clypeus as it is in C . conz'c.vi irons Knull. Agrilus parkeri n. sp. (Buprestidae). Form robust, cupreous above and beneath, front viridescent. Head convex, slight indication of a median depression on 190 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [J U '.V. '35 vertex ; surface finely granulose becoming strigate on vertex ; front densely pubescent ; antennae short, reaching to about middle of pronotum when laid along lateral margin, serrate from the fifth joint. Pronotum wider than long, widest in middle, slightly wider at base than at apex ; sides arcuately rounded in front, sinuate at base, when viewed from the side, marginal and submarginal carinae joined near base, disk fiat in middle, a lateral depression on each side, prehumeral carinae strongly elevated ; surface coarsely transversely rugose. Scutellum transversely carinate. j o -^ Elytra wider than pronotum at base; sides constricted near middle, expanded posteriorly, tips separately rounded, finely serrulate, disk with sutural margins strongly elevated posteri- orly ; surface imbricately punctate, recumbent pubescence short, forming an indistinct spot on basal and apical third of each elytron. Abdomen beneath finely punctate, clothed with moderately long pubescence; first segment slightly concave, granulose, sec- ond segment somewhat flattened, a line of longer pubescence extending fro