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laterally, it was well-ro~incled, broadest just above the little-flattened base, with low, longitudinal, raised ribs connected by deli- cate, transverse ridges. The longitudinal ribs were sixteen in number, of which four pairs, each conbisting of two ribs uniting near the summit at a sharp angle, enclosed within the four loops thus formed from one to three shorter ribs. Diameter, 1.27 mm. Nine days after-deposition the egg began to hatch, one rainy forenoon, having become darker and finally of a brassy color, the shell being transparent between the ribs. The
lurva intermUtent1y gnawed an opening at the inicropylc. then started a second hole which at length coalesced with the first one. Although the aperture thus formed was large enough, the larva did not emerge but begtin two more openings on the side of the egg- shell. The shell had become shrunken and distorted, wean while. I watched the progress of hatching, or rather, lack of progress, for two days, at intervals. The caterpillar's method of work was to eat for ten iminntefi and then to rest for forty-five, and when I made investigations during an unusually
long rest, I found that the Inrva had died. At Prospect Hill, Walthain. Mass., June
10, 1894, I enclosed a suspicious acting T. /uvt?na?i.~ alive in a small pasteboard box in which she soon laid a single egs the hatch- ing of which I did not witness, however. This female also had been fluttering about seedling white-oaks in an inquisitive way. 7ustzii' W. Folsom ,
NOTES.-A new monthly journal of ento-
mology has appeared in Tokyo, Japan, under the title Konchii Gaku Zasslii, or Journa.1 of Insect Science. The first number mas issued i October last and is wholly in Japanese excepting an English title and the htatemeni that the plate represents insects injurious to rice and mulberry.
In the Kansas University Quarterly for
Jannay, W. A. Snow gives a list of N. A. Asilidae supplementary to Osten Ssicken's Catalogue.
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364 f s ~TLYE. [March 1806.
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black, conspicuous, exuviae marked by a
white dot surrounded by a whitish ri~i~. $ scale extremely inconspicuoiis. No groups of ventral glands. 2 pairs of lobes. On
twigs of orange seediings from Jilpan (Craw). In all its characters this is almost exactly like A. i>erniciusus, mid would hnve been assumed to he that but for the locality :ind food-plant. It is another " ph~siological species,"like A. coh'~tusor the West Indian form of A. auraiifii. The true fxrniciosus never attacks orangc trees in Califoinia, nor is it found on the deciduous fruit-tree8 fi-OIII Japan which have passed through Mr. Craw's hands, nor in Takahashi's collections.
Chionaspis difficilis, n. sp.- $ scale about 2. mm. long, irregular, from round to snbe- longate, moderately convex, white; exuviae to one side, 2nd skin black or nearly soi 1st skin pale straw yellow. 8 scale white,
tricarinate. $' orange-rufous, becoming
bluish-green when boiled in soda. 5 groups of ventral glands, caudoliiterals 43. cephalo- laterals 41-43, median aboiit 37. Median lobes large, diverging; second and third lobes notched; plates spine-like, large. On Elaeagnus from Japan (Craw). This is a
very Diaspis-like Chionaspifi.
C. latus, n. sp.-Allied to C. brazilf'ensts, with a tricarinatc white <? scale, and a broad pyriform red-brown $ scale. The broad
flat scale readily disting~iishes it. On leaves oforange, Tokio, Japan f"~akfthas11i).
C. hambusae, 11. sp.- $ scale white.
elongate-pyi'iforni, exuviae pale straw yellow, second skin with an orange spot at the tip. In size, shape tirid color it is like C. vaccinii, but it differs in the number of g-liinds in the ventral groups. etc. On leaves of bamboo, Tokio, Japan (Takahashi).
Mytilaspis carinatus, 1-1. 'ip.-- $ scales something like M. cifyicoh, but nsirrower and with a pronounced median longitudinal keel. 4 groups of ventnil glands, of about 4 orifices each. Lobes small. Some large
spine-like phites. Snccular glands along the pygidial margin. Rows of elongate pores
marking the obsolete segments. On a plant ikc Anthiirium fro111 Ccntral America
(Craw).
M. crawii, n. sp. - ? scale nmow, ahout
;$ mm. longand & mm. wide, slightly curved, pale orange yellow, exuviae concoloi-ous. Four groups of ventral glands, caudolaterals of 3, cephalolaterals of 4. Median lobes very Ixrge, rounded at ends, their edges finely serrate. Beneath the epidermis of' leaves of Klaeagnus from Japan (Craw).
Parlatoria theae, 11. sp.- $ scales on bat-k, very incoiispiciious, about '11 mm. lung, oval in outline, slightly convex, pale ochreous. with the and skin black or neai-ly so. Re- moved from the twig they leave a white ~niu'k. $ (after boiling) colorless, lobes pale ochre- s Median lobes trilobed. 4 groups or
ventral glands, with a single median one. Caudolaterais 8. cephalolaterals 20. On
tea-plant, Japan (Takal~ashi).
P. theae var. viridis v. nov. vel n. sp.- Q scale about 14 IIIITI. long, nearly circulat, but the exuviae projecting at one side. Scale white with a more or less pronounced grayish vellow tinge, exuviiie dark greenish to blacl,. $ (in soda) bluish-green with the p1gidi~i.l area pale orange and the region about the nouih suffused with bronii. Five groups of central glands, caudolaterals 16 lo 17, cepha- lolaterals 9 to 16, median I to 4. On bark of twigs of an ̤.irnamenta plant from Japan (Craw). The tips of the median lobes ale more produced than in time.
XI. SOME SPECIES OF OXYBELUS FOUND IN NEW MEXICO. BY T. D. A. COCKTIRELL AND C. I--. BAKER. Oxyhelus quadricolor, n. sp.- Female : creamy-white markings, strongly punctured. About 10 mm. long, black with red and Head rather large, somewhxt broader than



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22 S UPPL E/1IENT TO PSYCHE. [March i8@. long seen from in front, closely punctured, the punctures very fine and close on the face. Mandibles black, or so dark brown as to
seem so. Pubescence short, and inconspic- uous except on front, sordid silvery. A
tubercle on vertex. Occiput simply punctate. Antennae with flagellum becoming dark red- dish-brown. Thorax elosely punctured ; pro- thorax with two elongate marks on superior margin, and the tubercles, white; mesotho- rax with the anterior portion dull red, the red extending about as fin- backwards as the level of the tegulae in the median line, but laterally narrowly bevond the teg~lae; on the red portion with a weak median carina, Scutellum and postscutelluin each with a inedian carina, that on the former rather weak. Squamae yellowisli-white, with the external margins semi-transparent and radi- ately wrinkled, the terminal points stout and gently curved. Spine quite small, concave above, rapidly narrowed to an acute point, the sides straight. Metathorax above strongly, subreticulately, obliquely ridged; median area triiinyular, closed above, i-nicroscopi- :ally roughened within but shining and
crossed by three or four weak trnnsverse striae, acutely angled below, pasbiug into a rather short median carina; lateral faces striato-punctate, tlie striae subobsolete below, strong above. Tegulae shining orange-
brown, with an opaque whitish spot on
anterior half. Wings hyaline, nervures
piceous, marginal cell
bluntly pointed, the
apex directed away from the costal margin. Legsblack, sp?irs &irk brown ; middle femora with a white spot at tip beneath; middle and posterior tibiae with a short white streak at baseabove, anterior tibiae with a very narrow white stripe extending about two-thirds of the length from the base but sometimes obsolete. Abdomen with interrupted cream-colored
bands on segments 1-4; on tlic first segment the band is reduced to two transversely elon- gate patches, somewhat further apart than the transverse diameter of either; puncturing coarse and sparse un discs of segments, fine and close about margins. Pygidiutn rutbiis. Hub.-Santa Fe, N. M., Julv 6, 1895, on
a white flowered Umbellifer (Ckll., 3353). The specimen had previously visited an
Asclepiad, as shown by tlie pollen masses adherent to the legs. Another example
from Fort Collins, Colorado (Baker) differ: in that the spine is longer, the points of the squamae more produced, and the puncturing coamr. Another from Las Cruces, N. M.
(C. RhodL!~, 149).
Oxybelus heterolepis, n. sp.-Male : Ahour 7 mm. long, closely but rather coarsely
punctured, black with yellow markingb.
Head about as broad as long seen from in front, strongly punctured, front and face covered with silvery pile. A slight protu- berance on the vertex, but no well defined tubercle. Mandibles pale yellow except the dark tips. Antennae \\hh the lerminal half of the flagellum becoming rufous. Thorax without any red, closely punctured. Pro- thorax entirely black, except the pale yellow tubercles, in the middle of which is a dark (really hyaline) spot. Cheeks, p1eur;ie and tubercles with short silvery pubescence: vertex and thorax above with short bind-. pubescence. Sc~~tcllun~ and post-scutelluni each with a median carina, that on the Inttei somewhat prominent throughout its length Squamae with long slightly curved terminal points, semitransparent, yellowish white. separated by a distance as great as the base of either. Spine moderately elongate, nar- row, practically straight. panillel sided. grooved above, brownish, with the tip
i-onn~led and entire. 'Mettithorax i-eticnlate above; median area short. stnooth within, open above, rounded below and passing into a long median carina; lateral faces slriato- punctate. Tegulae anci extreme base of
wings rufous, the former with ;in obscure whitish spot. Wings hyaline, nervnres
dark brown, rnarginal cell obliquely truncate. Legs black, with the apices of all the femora reddish yellow, the tibiae yellow externally, and the tarsi yellow becoming rufescent at end&. The yellow of the middle tibiae is at about its middle half interrupled by a



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Starch 1S96 1 SUI'PLA7,1/KNT TO PSYCHE. 23 rounded iiic~n-sion of the hlack,
Abdomen
with weak lateral spines on segments 3-6; finely punctured, shining. Broadly inter- rupted yellow bands on segments 1-5, the interruption in each case takes the form of a broad wedge of black, su that the yellow marks come closest together at Lheir distal margins, being thence obliquely truncate; this is most perceptible 011 the first two seg- ments.
Zinb.--Albuquerque, N. M., June 30, 189.5, between the town and the University (Ckll., 3242).
Var. defectus n. var.-Ahdomin;tl bands
reduced to spots, rounded or not obliquely trnnciite inwardly. The legs Eire darker, lighter pui-tions inclining to rufescent in Eome specimens. Albuquerque (Ckll., :j231, 3243, 3229, 3239).
0. heteroZe7>is was taken at Albuquerque on June 30 in some nunihers, almost surely on flowers of Fallcsyia $wadom, though
unfortunately no record xiis kept of this. Most nearly related to $ackardii. In this species, however, the spine is not at all nar- rowed towards the tip; the IsUeral faces of inetatlwrii-x are very sparsely punctured and the striae strong. It also differs in the shape of the squnmae and the puricLuring of the abdomen. If, on the examination of larger series, the var, defectus should provedistinct, it can be separated under the varietal name. Oxybelus trifidus, n. sp. -Male: About
4.5 mm. long, bliick with dull orange nark- g s , rather finely and closely punctured. Hcac-1 about as broad as long seen from in front; front comparatively narrow, it and the face covered with silvery pile; vertex closely and roughly punctured; no tubercle.
Man-
dibles yellow except the tips; terminal half of the flagellum rnfescent. Protliornx all black, the margins of the tubercles only, slightly pallid. Mesothorax and scutellum strongly and coarsely punctured, on the
mesothorax posteriorly becoming btriato- punctate. Scutellu~n and postscutellum each with a ine<Ji;!n mi-ina.
Squamae separated
by a distance less than their breadth; large, broad, white, semitransparent, with rattier strong acute lateral points which are bent under the squamae and about equal their tips. Spine short and very broad, of the emwin- afus tvpe, but the emargination filled in by :I broad plate, so that the spine becomes xctually trifid, or one might say trunciite with two notches. Mehtliorax above with
strong oblique ridges; median ai-en ellipti- cal, scabrous within, passing below into a median carina of moderate length; lateral faces striato-rngose. Tegnlae and extreme bases of wings orange rnfous. Wings h~a- line, nervnres brown, mai-ginal cell obliquely truncate. Femora black except the orange- rufous tips beneath. Tibiae and tarsi dull orange-rufous, the middle and hind tibiae blxk on the inner side. Abdomen shining
blnclz, very closely and finely p~~nctwed, short bliint spines on lateral margins of seg- ments 5 and 6 only. Narrow, interrupted
orange hands on hegments 1-4, those on 3 and 4 being linear, and very broadly inter- r~ipted. Segments 1-2 silvery margined
posteriorly.
Hat -Santa Fe, N. M., Aug. I, 1895
(Ckll., 3997). This specics is perhaps as nearly related to woxica-fius as any. In the form of the spine and some other characters it differs from ;iny described N. A. species. Oxybelus coloradensis Baker.- A speci-
men of this species taken at Las Cmces
(Ckll., 2436), was determined us emaryin- atus by Mr. Fox.
Oxybelus packardii Rob.-One at Albu-
querque (Ckll., 4533). This mas on Cleom ,sewd~rft7, Aug. 15, 1895. At that date no hete~olepis were found.
Oxybelus cornutus Rob.-LHS Cruces,
N. M., on Soltdago canadensis Aug. 24, 1894 (Ckll., 2002) and Albuquerque, N. M., June 30, 1895, with heterolepis.
Oxybelus quadrinotatus Say.- Santa Fe,
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24 5 Uf'F'L A-MEAT TO PS2 CHIT. [March iS$ BY CARL F. BAKER.
Eutettix pulchella, n. sp.-Size and ^en- era1 appeardnce of Euteftix (PkIefsim)
strobi Fh.
Male : Face two-thirteenths wider than
long, Clypens a half longer than broad,
sides gently incurved towards the base,
broadened beyond to nearly the width at
base, tip truncate. Lorae a fifth longer and three-fourths tlic width of the clypeus. Genae broadly evenly emarginate below the eyes. Front a fourth longer than wide, two and a third Limes the lenglh of the clypeiis. Vertex rather sharply transversely depressed before the tip, the lip thus formed not
strong but very obtusely rounded as viewed from the side; very obtusely rounded in
front, length at middle hut little gi-eater than that at the eyes, width between the eyes two and an eighth tiines the length. Pronotuin two and one-sixth times wider than long, length nearly twice that of the vertex, cur- vature seven-twelfths of the length. Plate short, very obtusely angled. Valves some- what attenuate towards the tips, about four times the length of the plate, clothed on the outer edge with numerous long fine hairs and a few short wfak spines.
Color: All beneath pale yellow, with very faint indications of transverse arcs on the front. Vertex: back 'of groove, pronotuin and scutel, even shining brown, the brown being thickly covered with small pale dots. The band on vertex may send forward four short more or less distinct points which are equidistant from the eyes and each other. Elytr:~ whitish snbhyaline, with brown areas which are thickly covered with fine pale vermiculations. These areas occur as fol- lows: On all of clavns except outer margin of basal two-thirds; from apical third of clavus a clearly defined band passes to costal inargin of elytra, towards which it becomes narrower; from the middle of this band u subobsolete band extends to end of elytra, terminating in tips of two outer apical cell?. The brown areas on basal half of elytra
h:ive shin-ply defined rather heavy contours. The nervures in basal half of corium are colorless, in apical half brownish. Dorsum of abdomen broadly black. Some of the lei< spines darker. Length 4.1, nim.
Sin Augustine (Ckll., 2128, 2134, and
214+). I have also collected this species at Fort Collins, Colorado. The Colorado spe-