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PSYCHE.
distinct species & not the female of the cristata.; I should have given an
account of it long ago if I had been sat- isfied on this point, which, however, I
do not suppose would deter the author
of the expected Fauna Americana. If
you have found a male having the
swelled tail you are perfectly safe, & I should be glad to see your account of it. It is true that the generic name is an
improper one, but I do not think it
ought to be changed ; Desmarest com-
plains of the name but he observes that
he is afraid d'introduire une nouvelle
denomination, & de contribuer ainsi
compliquer la synonymie. '
My concerns here are so numerous
that I cannot at present devote as much
time to nat. hist. as I could wish, I
must therefore defer a further answer to y'~- letter for a future opport'y.
In the cristata the hair has been incor- rectly stated to be in whorls, Desmarest notices this error. It has 22 caruncles
on the nose. This author's fig. of
cristata is very good (Tour. rle physique, for Sept'r 1819) he relies on Illiger's
acumen in placing the Talpa longicau-
data, Gmel. Long tailed mole of Pen-
nant in this genus, but that species can- not be yours.
A TACHINID PMLGITE OF THE OAK UNICORN PROMINENT, BY C. H. TYLER TOWNSEND, LAS CRUCES, N.M. The following Tachinid, which I de-
scribe from four male specimens, was
reared from ScJzizwa unicorwis Sm.
& A. by Mr. F. A. Marlatt, at Man-
hattan, Kans. It has been bred by him,
as he writes me, every year for several
years past. The specimens are labelled : "From Oak Unicorn Prominent, Ks.
Oct."
Masicera schhurae n. sp. 3. Black, ciner- eous.
Eyes brown, bare; front about one-
third the width of head, a little narrower at vertex than before, rather prominent, ciner- eous, with a brassy tinge; frontal vitta dark brown or blackish, about one-third the fron- tal width; frontal bristles descending a little or considerably below base of third antenna1 joint, some short hairs outside them and on ocellar area; sides of face silvery, bare; face receding, facial depression with a golden tinge, cinereous on the sides of depression ; facial ridges with a row of bristles extending nearly or fully half way up the face; vibricsae decussate, inserted nearly on the oral margin ; cheeks almost wholly invaded by occipital area, cinereous, black hairy, with row of bris- tles on lower border ; antennae a little shorter than the face, black, second joint not elon- gate, bristly before, third joint about four times as long as the second; arista rather long and slender, a little thickened on its proximal half, microscopically pubescent, distinctly jointed at base (in one slightly immature specimen distinctly 3-jointed un- der a high-power lens), black; proboscis short, fleshy, brownish, with large labella;



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PSYCHE.
["December 1891.
palpi well developed, club-shaped, yellow with a reddish tinge, black bristly; oc- ciput cinereous, thickly gray hairy, a bare black band extending from vertex to cen- ter, and the orbital margins with a fringe of black bristles. Thorax cinerous, with four black vittae, hairy and bristly, pleurae silvery; scutellum blackish at base, the apical portion broadly pale ocherous, some- times almost wholly ocherous, with a short apical decussate pair of bristles, a sub-apical pair of macrochaetae more or less decussate and reaching the base of third abdominal segment, a discal pair, and two lateral pairs. Abdomen rather broad, ovate, covered with short bristles; first segment black, a little abbreviated, the other segments broadly or almost wholly silvery at base with hind bor- ders and median vitta shining black, second segment more or less broadly reddish on
sides (an immature specimen has the ab-
domen almost entirely pale reddish) ; first two segments without macrochaetae, except a lateral marginal one on second segment, but sometimes a median marginal pair also on second segment; third segment with
about ten marginal, four to six of which are on upper side; anal segment armed with
marginal macrochaetae and bristles; venter largely silvery, the segments black poste- riorly. Legs black, femora and tibiae slightly silvery, femora bristly, middle tibiae with some strong bristles, the hind tibiae ciliate on outer edge with a longer bristle beyond middle and two before tip; claws and pulvilli very long, pulvilli smoky whitish. Wings much longer than abdomen, rather broad,
without costal spine, grayish hyaline, hardly brownish on costo-basal portion, third vein slightly spined at base; apical cell open, end- ing distinctly before tip of wing; fourth vein bent in a short curve, without stump or
wrinkle, apical cross-vein bowed inward ; hind cross-vein more or less curved, much nearer the bow of fourth vein; tegulae
watery-whi te, halteres fuscous.
Length 8.5 to 9 mm. ; of wing 7.5 to 8 mm. Described from four specimens.
Kans. This species would belong in
Brauer and v. Bergenstamin's genus
~.~~ro$hylax, which is separated from
Masicera almost solely on the character
of the ciliate hind tibiae.
A LIST OF SOTVIR OF THE CATALOGUES AND LOCAL LISTS OF NORTH AMERICAN COLEOPTERA.-I1 (H.-P.).
BY JOHN HAMILTON AND SAMUEL HENSHAW.
33 Haldeman, S. S. Catalogue of the
carabideous Coleoptera of southeastern Penn- sylvania. (Proc. acad. nat. sci. Phil., 1843, V. 2, p. 295-298.)
210 species are listed.
34 Harrington, W, H. List of Ottawa Co-
leoptera. (Trans. Ottawa field nat. club, 1884, v. 2, p. 67-68.)
1023 species and varieties are listed. the occurrence of about 100 additional species is noted. 35 Harrington, W. H. Additions to Cana-
dian lists of Coleoptera.
(Can. ent., 1884,
v. 16, p. 44-47 : 70-73 ; 96-98 : 117-1 19.) 122 species are listed; a few are not fully identified. 36 Harrington, W. H. On the lists of
Coleoptera published by the geological sur- vey of Canada, 1842-1888. (Can. ent., 1890, v. 22, p. 135-140: 153-160: 184-191.) Sepa- rate: 21 p.
The short lists published in the reports of the Ca- nadian geological survey are here collated; 482 spe- cies and varieties are enumerated.
fl Harris, Thaddeus William. Insects.
Hitchcock's Report on the geology, etc., of Massachusetts. Amherst, 1833. Second edi- tion ; Amherst, 1835. Separate; Amherst,. 1835-




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