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December 1895.1 PS2Th7.E. 319
amount of material in all orders, and in many unusual directions surpasses any col- lection in the country.
Among others the
following aie of especial interest :-
1st. The large collection, in all orders, of the late Dr. C. V. Riley.
ad. All of the material gathered during
the past 18 years by correspondents. field agents. and the office staff of the Division of Entomology, U. S. Department of Agri-
culture.
3d. The greater part of the collection of the late AEEI Kitch.
4th. The large collection, in all orders, of ttic late G. W. Belfrage.
5th. The collections in Lepidoptera and
Coleoptera made by Dr. john B. Smith down to 1889, together with the types of the Noc- tuidae since described by Dr. Smith.
6th. The collection of Lepidoptera of the late 0. Meske.
7th. The collection of Lepidoptera of
G. Beyer.
8th. The collection of Coleoptcra of M. L. Linelt.
9th. The bulk of the collection, in all
orders, of the late H. K. Morrison.
loth. The collection of Diptera of the late Edward Burgess.
nth. The type collection of Syrphidae
made by Dr. S. W. Williston.
12th. The collection of Ixodidae of the
late Dr. George Marx.
1~3th. The collection of Myliopoda of the late C. 1-1. Bollinan.
14th. Sets of the neo-tropical collections of Herbert Smith.
i;;th. The collection of Hymcnoptera of
Wm, J. Fox.
16th. The collection of Tineina of Wm.
Beutenm~ller.
17th. The large Japanese collection, in all orders, of Dr. K. Mitsukuri,
18th The African collections, in all ordeis, of Dr. W. S. Abbott, Win. Astoi Clianler, J. F. Brady. the laht "Eclipse" expedition to West Africa, and of several missionaries. 19th. The large collection from South
California of D. W. Coquillett, in Coleop- tera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera and Or-
thoplei a.
20th. The Townend Glover manuscripts
and plates.
In addition to this material, there are
minor collections which have been the
result of the work of government expedi- tions, or are gifts from United States consuls and many private individuals.
This enormous mass of material is being
cared for by the active and honorary force of the Department, and the perpetuity of the collection is assured. The National Museum building is fire-proof, and this, logcther with the fact that it is a national institution, ren- ders the Department of Injects perhaps the best place in this country for the permanent deposit of types by working specialists in entomology, and for the ultimate resting- place oflarge collections made by individuals. The policy of the Museum at large, with
regard to the use of its collections by stu- dents. is n broad and liberal one. Students, are welcome in all departments, and every facility is given to syslematists of recog- nized sitanding.
PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB.
11 Oct. 1895. The 188th meeting of the
Club was held at 156 Biattle St., Mr. A. G. Mayer in the chair. Mr. W. L. W Field
was chosen Secretary pro tern.
Mr. S. H. Scudder stated that lie had
recently examined a small collection of but- terflies taken by Mr. Jewell W. Sornborger on the Labrador coast at Lat. 5g0 North, being beyond the Moravian settlcmcnts and thcrcforc furthcr north than any point from which collection? ordinarily come. Although the collection contained only thirteen speci- mens, eleven species were represented, as follows ; BeuDtis freija, clariclea and fri- clans; Oeneis oefzo, juttci and &dpenes; Pwhs 7 319-124 tprc.1901). ht~g:/lpsyclirenlclub orgW7-319 html



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320 PSYCHE. [December m.
A yriades uguilo, Surymus pelidne and
nastes, Hesteria centaureae and Erynnis
comma mar. catena. A single orthoptcnin
was also brought home-MeZano-plus bore-
alis (Fieb). Specimens of the last were
shown and it was pointed out that it was dis- tinct from M&lanophis borealis Scudd. (M. fasciatm Walk.), with which he had for-
merly supposed it identical.
3Ir. Field exhibited a specimen of Basilar- &a. hyhr. arthech@pus Scudd,, he had cap.. tured in Alstead, N. 11. This is the third recorded capture of a hybrid a'l'ihemis-a~,cJiz'p- pits, the other two having been taken in Canada.
Mr. Mayer exhibited a set of drawings
illustrnting the development of color in the wings of Callosamia proinetkea and Anosia plexi$$its and explained them at length. Mr. Scudder mentioned the following
interesting captures of butterflies the past season : Basilarcfia arthemis, taken at
Hartford and at Short Beach, Conn., by
Mr. Sidney C. Carpenter; and {ĺ´'@zfn
bachmanii at the latter place, by the same; also Heodes hy$o$Jdaeas fnZZz'ola at Franklin, Penn., by Mr. W. T. Bell; and Ftniseca far- g~hzim by different persons in various local- ities about Boston- the first recorded cap- tures in eastern Massachusetts.
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December rSqj.1 SuppLEMEhT TO PSYCHE. 13 Phlepsius neornexicanus, n. sp, -Near P. s-it$erbzt-s but larger, and having the valves and pygofers in the male greatly produced. Length of male 7 mm.
Male.- Very closely resembling P. super- bus in form and coloration. except that the elytral reticulation is somewhat heavier. Differs otherwise from that species as follows. Front slightly more than one-fourth longer than hroad. Lorae as wide nnd one-fifth
longer than the clypeus. PI-onotum consid- erably less Lhan twice the length of the vertex. Plate short and broad, angular
posteriorly. Valves twice as long as broad at base, attenuate toward thc tips, outer Phlepsius inornatus, n, sp.-Differing
from all other species of the genus in being entirely destitute of elytral reticulations or other markings.
Length of inale 6 mm.
Male.- Head narrower than the pronotum.
Face a twelfth wider than long; clypeus
one-half longer than broad, somewhat con- stricted before the ba&e, basal suture strongly curved, apex slightly concave: lorae as long and two-thirds as broad as clypeus; min-gin of genae rather slightly incurved below the eye, below this strongly convex, thence
slightly incurved to tip of clypeus. Front an eleventh longer than broad, somewhat
less than twice the length of the clypeus, broad below, the sides very slightly incurved at the antennae. Disc of the vertex flat, length at middle once and a half that next the eye, width between the eves once and a tali the length. Width of the pronot~tni two and a third times the length, the length about once and two-thirds that of the vertex, curvature nearly two-fifths of the length, posteriorly irregularly transversely wrinkled. Scutellum and elytral venation normal.
Plate not visible, valves two and a half times longer than hroad at base. slightly narrowed to apex, blunt at tips, without hairs. Pygo- fers one-hnlf longer than wlves, pointed at edges provided with fine white hairs.
Pygo-
fers very long" and robust, twice the length of the valves, blunt at tips, provided on lower surface below the tips with a number of short white spines amtngcd in three
longitudinal rows,
Described from a single male from San
Augustine (Ckll. 2123'). This species be- longs in that group of Phlepsius having the head narrower than the pronotum. Its
distinct clypeus, large size. and lack of lobate commissnral line, separate it from .~$atulafits, ovafus, and excultus. From the remaining spscies, su@rbits, it is distinguished by the above described characters.
tips, their whole outline subtriangular, pro- vided on disc of lower surface with several rather long whitish spines arranged in a single longitudinal row.
Color very pale yellowish, deeper on the abdomen, Pronoturn with five very indis- tinct longitudinal whitish bands. Elytra translucent, pale milky white, with indistinct smoky clouds on the discs of some of the



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14 SUPPLEMENT TO PSYCHE. jDecemher ,895. apical and antcapical areoles.
Veins white,
clad suture brownish.
Face and legs tinged
with greenish, some of the whitc tibia1 spines brown tipped. Tarsal joints at apices dai-k. Dorsal abdominal segments except lateral and apical margins blackish.
Described from a single male taken at
San Augustinc (Ckll. 21+o).* In form, this insect very closely resembles P. suferbus and in structure is strictly congeneric with it. It differs very widely, however (and this is a generic dift'erence according to Van Duzee's synoptic table of the genera), in that it does not possess the elytral reticula- tions or other markings so characteristic of the genus. On a very superficial examina- tion it might be taken for a Cillorotetiix, but its general forn?, stronger build, and lengthened vertex are strictly Phlepsiid. VII. THE GRAPE-VISE TYPHLOCYBIDS OF THE MESILLA VALLEY, N. M. At Lias Cruces and Mesilla, N. hl., the pronoturn; color straw-yellow without dis- grape-vine suffers, as in other parts of the tinct markings, in some specimens washed U. S., from the attacks of small Typhlocy- with dilute sanguineous with light spots on bidae, in most seasons not seriously destruc- the posterior margin next tlic eyes. Pro- tire, but occasionally very abundant and noturn: The breadth is twice the length, troublesome.
Two species arc found on the
moderiitely concave behind, color like that Mission Grape (Vifiswh~ifeya) at Las Cruces of the vertex and, when washed with san- in about equal numbers, often on the same gnineous. there is a distinct whitish spot on leaves. After makingaslight study of them, the middle of the anterior margin next the I determined that they were different from vertex. Scufelhimwithoutdistinct markings the eastern forms, and apparently unde-
scribed. This October I collected a number ---
and sent them to Prof. Gillette. who reports that one is T'$ilZocybu coloradensis (Gill.), hitherto only recorded from Colorado, but perhaps properly regarded as a variety of /-
T. comes Say.
The other is a new species
of D 1 m w Icscribcdbelow. The genus,
<";7^y\-:
Prof. Gi1lett.e says, has only two hitherto- \
\ &a -
described species in U. S., one oflhesc being .,,:+-_
+ ,--.. ..
not from the U. S. proper, but from Alaska. \
T. I). A. dl[.
Fig. 4. Dtcraneui-a cockerellii X 20.
Dicraneura cockerellii, 11. sp. General
color light straw yellow, a bright red hand crossing the elytra before the middle; length, 3 mni.
Head -\:el-tex strongly produced and
almost acute in front, the angle being some- what less than a right angle, as long as the *Sari Augustinc is a branch on the east side of the Organ Mts. All the species iiLove described were taken on Aug. 28, 1894.
and agreeing with the vertex and pronotum in color. EZyLra pale straw yellow crossed by a narrow band of bright cherry red varying some in depth of color but plainly discernable in all mature specimens. The band crosses just before the middle of the ciavus, and that portion of the band that is above the clava1 suture is pushed forward &o that only about half of its width comes against that portion which is upon the corium; just beyond the cross nervures is a jet black spot lying in the



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December i~w.1 SUPPLEMENT TO PSYCHE. 1 5 inner apical cell.
The venation of the wing
This is one of the most beautifulTyphlocy- is peculiar in that the posterior apical cell bids that I have ever seen and I hike pleasure is very small.
All beneath pale yellow.
in dedicating it to its discoverer.
Described from 2.5 specimens, male and C. P. Gillettis. female, sent me by Prof. T. D. A. Cockerell Agr. College, Ft. Collins, Colo.
who took them at Las Cruces, N. M.
VIII. SOME NEW INSECTS.
BY T. D. A. COCKERELL.
Crypticerya, n. sub&- Similar to Icerya
a. str., but not forming an ovisiic, and with- out the waxy tufts of subg. Crossotosoma. Adapted for living under bark. Type, Icerya rose Riley & Howard.
Proticerya, n. subg.-Similar to Icerya
s. str., but adult 2 with only 9-jointed antennae. Ovisac large. hTo conspicuous
waxy tufts.
Type, Zcerya rileyi, n. sp.
Icerya rileyi, n. &p.- 9 dull red, covered with while and yellowish mealy powder,
a few small easily deciduous lateral waxy tufts. Ovisac 10 mm. long, j broad, white with a slight yellowish tinge, smooth, not fluted, obscurely longitudinally grooved beneath. Antenna1 formula of a specimen
from Mesquite, 9 (35) 21 (46) (78), of one from Larrea, 9321 (4578) 6. These differ- ences are not specific, the antennae are variable. Legs and auterinae black. For
the $ and larval characters see Canad.
Entomologist, 1894, p. 34. No further
description is given fit this time, as it is hoped to describe and figure the various stages from fresh material hereafter. The insect will be very easily recognized by the ch:u'acters now cited, especially if reference is also made to the descriptive notes of Prof. Townsend, Bull. 7, N. M. Agr. Exp.
Sta.,
p. 15.
//^.--Las Cruces, N. M., common on
Mesquite (Prosopis) and rather rare on
Creosote bush (Lan-ea). It is attacked by Laetilia and an appwentlj new species of Coccinellidae. This interesting species was to have been described by Dr. Riley had he lived; in his opinion, it represented a valid new genus. The ant, Dorymyrmex -pyra-
micus Rog., attends it.
Aspidiotus prosopidis, n. sp.- 9 scale
about h mm. diameter; slightly convex,
from circular to very broad pyriform,
slightly shining', pitch black; exuviile large, uncovered, ridged, black or dightly green- ish or brownish, central. The exuviae
are remarkably large for the size of the scale. Removed from the bark the scales
leave a broad whitish ring, will] no black ring.
[T scale oval, larger than that of the 9, white, with yellowish exuviae towards one end. The 8 scales are not ridged, and are of the same texture as those of the 2.
2 extremely small. after boiling in soda transparent, tinged with yellowish-brown, circular in outline, not visibly segmented, anterior end with a large rounded protub- erance such as is seen in A. ~ersum~ius. Montli-parts well-developed. Skin of fin- terior portion transversely reticnlately wrinkled. No grouped ventral glands.
Lobes extremely small, two pairs, median rounded, nearly as far apart as the dia.meter of one. Second lobes also rounded; but
broader and lower than the median, nearly as far from them as the diameter of one, A spine close to each lobe, and three on the margin beyond, a1 long intervals.




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16 SUPPLEMENT TO F'S ?TLY~?. [December ,895. Plates liardly visible. Anal orifice about as far from base of median lohes as its
longer diameter.
A 9 contains two long-oval embryos,
which are extraordinarily large, more than half as long as the diameter of the 9. The last joint of the antenna of the embryo is as long or a little longer than the three before it together.
[lab.-On Mesquite (Prosopifi), numer-
ously infesting the small twigs. Found by Prof. Tonmey about 4 miles west of Phoenix, in Salt River Valley, Arizona,
Sept. 1895.
This singular little species has the scale completely enveloping the $ , and so would fall in Signoret's subgenus Targionia. In several characters it resembles A. ĺ´personafus but it is very distinct from any species described. It might have been thought
that the specimens were not adult, had not matured embryos been found. It is found
on the leaves as well as the twigs.
Dactylopius pandani, n. sp.-- $ 3 mm.
long, I& broad, pale yellowish brown. Legs and antennae very pale yellowish brown.
Margin with stout. cottony tufts as in D. citri. Dorsurn covered with white meal.
$ turns reddish on boiling in soda, hut
gives no crimson color. It becomes almost colorless, but the contained embryos remain bright, yellow. Antennae 8-jointed, joints with whorls of hairs, joint I unnsually long, even a little longer than 2; 2 subequal with 3 ; 4 to 7 equal and shortest; 8 about 21s long as I. Formula (18) (23) (4567), but it might almost as well be written (1823) (4567.) Rostal loop reaching to level of base of second pair of legs. Legs ordinary, tibia of anterior legs about longer than tarsus, of middle legs only aboul & longer. Femur + trochanter a little longer thsin tibia + tarsus. Claw small. Digitnltis slender, those of claw with conspicuous round knobs, those of tarsus with very small knobs. Trochanter with a long bristle. Posterior tubercles hardly noticeable, each bearing a bristle only about a longer than those of he anal ring. Anal ring with the usual 6 bristles.
Eyes promi-
nent, elevated on a stout base. Six patches of small spines on cephalic margin.
Hab.-At the sheathing limes of the leaves of a yonngPandanus, from Washington
Island, Mendana or Marquesas Group.
Found by Mr. Alex. Craw in the course of his quarantine work. It has the lateral waxy tufts short and stout as is csfn, not long and slender as in Zonyis$in~s. From citri it differs by the much shorter bristles of
posterior tubercles, and in the antennae, the 5th joint being if anything slightly longer than the +th or 6th. The length of the first antenna1 joint is a noticeable feature. It is a pleasure to record the first Coccid from the Marquesas.
Sphaerophthalma cargilli, n. sp. 9.
MutilZa sp., Townsend, Journ. Instit.
Jamaica, Vol. 2, p. 168.
(1895.)
Length 10 mm. ; head rather large, rounded, cheeks unarmed ; thorax constricted at sides ; abdomen pjriform, not much longcr than
thorax, first segment broad and sessile on the second. Eyes black, prominent; head
densely clothed with silvery-white hairs, three or four long black hairs on the upper orbital margin ; antennae rufous, flagellum darker. Thorax black, with short dense
black pubescence; ~ O I X L I ~ of metathorax i-ufous, with an oval blackish central s?liade. Upper anterior corners of metathorax with a blunt tooth. Legs rufous, with very sparse