Article beginning on page 385.
Psyche 7:385, 1894.

Full text (searchable PDF)
Durable link: http://psyche.entclub.org/7/7-385.html

The following unprocessed text is extracted from the PDF file, and is likely to be both incomplete and full of errors. Please consult the PDF file for the complete article.

May iSy6.1 PSYCHE. 385
second subpetiolate, sparsely hairy ; third petiolate, hairy, with ten distal siibsegments, the penultimate one laterally dilated; ter- minal segment lanceolate, without snbseg- ments. Legs long, slender; tibia with
broad alternate light and dark bands.
Superior claw Ion" slender, little curved, obscurely toothed ; inner edge sinuate
basally, toothed in the middle and obscurely beyond; two obscure teeth on either side near the outer edge, dividing it into thirds; inferior claw two-thirds as Ion" stout, tuper- ing, with a short bristle inside upon a
rounded basal dilation and with it subapical bristle exceeding the other claw; tenent hairs absent. Fureulii nearly reaching the mouth; manubriiim with a few ventral
hairs; dentes tapering', with remarkably long and lnrge lateral hairs barbeilrtte basally, and four longer equidistant ventral hairs; muuones one fourth dentes, laterally linear, little-tapering, serrulate beneath, apex with three rouncled lobes bent dovrnwiird. Length, 1,s mm. Waco, Texas (Belfrage).
Smyiathttrtis jackirrdii, n. sp. Body sub- triangular, dilated broudly behind ; pale liiteous or brown, spoiled with black dots, soineliiricss coalescing; a bronc1 pale unspot- ted area on the anterior dorsum and another between the antenn~ie and down the face; ri light line along the middle of clypaus. Head, body rind legs well covered with
long, curving. white hairs, which on the vertex arise from black dots. Eyes con-
spici~ously black. Antennae long, nearly equalling body; segments not tapering 01- knotted; iis t : 2: 4: 8.5; basal segment stout cylindrical, twice as long as broad, almost naked; second and third with hairs of irregular length; terminal segment with at least twenty distinct, whorled, globular subsegments. Superior claw narrowly Ian- ceolate with slender, well-curved tip and a single tooth on the middle of l.he inside. Inferior claw two-thirds :is long, lanceolale, nearly straight, with a short bristle inside, one-third from the base, upon a gradual
dilation, also a subapical bristle not exceed- ing the other claw; tenent hairs absent. Furculn stout, extending beyond ventriil tube; mannbrinm exceeding anal tubercle; dentes with modenitely long lateral hairs and a single, long, ventral, subapical hair; inticroncs stout, one third denies in length, with straight dorsal outlinc, ventral edges irregularly undulate, and apex obliquely truncate.
Length. 1-75 mn. Waco,Texas (Belfrage).
In liaving over twenty antenna1 subseg-
merits, 5. $acki;rdIi is unapproached by any American Smynihrtrm as yet ilcscribed, with the possible exception of 5. eisenii Schott, from Cdifornia,* the two species being closely allied.
THE LARVA OF CAUTETHIA GROTEI HY. EDW.
BY IIARltISON 0. DYAR, NEW YOKK.
Larvae solitary, sitting on a small stem of which are situated in paler spots, scarcely the food plant, the feet on joints 7 and 8 not at all elevated into gianules.
A continuous
used in rest. Head retractile at apex; the subdorsal line runs from the middle of joint body widens to joint 5, then gcntlv tapers to 2 to the horn, white, shading below into the tail; joints 12 and 13 arc both small, the side side color, more or less pale yellow at its an~fles of hind feet triangular nroiectiner " u . > u
beyond anal plate. Horn long, slender,
"ScliStt, IIarald. Beit. z. Kent. Kalif. Callem. Bih. arising from an enlarged base. Allnulets Kongl. swnsk, vet. ~ k ~ d . hand^. Bd. ,7, Afd.iv, No. fine, distinct, with numerous secondary setsie s, p. 7, ~af. I. fig. 1-6. 1891.




================================================================================

386 L9s2X‰Û÷B [May 18~6.
sharp upper border.
Dorsal space light leaf
green, an irregular, but distinct geminate, shaded greenish white dorsd band, broaden- ing out and filling in all the dorsal space on joints 2 to 4, still obscurely darker centered. All the space below the subdorsal line like- wise completely filled in with the same
greenish white, with the paler secondary dots. Spiracles white with :I median brick red band, except the one on join1 ,j which is white with a black spot at it? posterior side. The side color of the body is cut by darker green oblique shades which run from the
posterior edge of each segment. on the sub- ~ti~rnata.1 line upward and forward (in the reverse direction from what is usual in
Sphingidac) each confined to a single seg- ment, on joints j to 11. A substigmatal
line is distinct from the anal feet forward to joint 11, white and yellow like the subdorsal line and also shaded with pink.
Forward of
joint 11 it becomes faint and is soured}' distinguishable in front of joint 8. Horn pointed, green, with black spinules, the apex pale. Head dark green with narrow, obscure, vertical, pale bands; antennae pinkish ; width about 2.5 mm. ; length of horn 4 mm. ; of the larva 28 mm. The food plant of this tiny Sphinx is the " wax. berry," Citiococca
racemosu, determined for me by Mr. F.
Kinzel. The imago appeared in six weeks. Larvae from Lake Worth, Florida.
THE NEW CATALOGUE OF BEES.
Catalogus Hyinenoptei-oriim, Vol. X, Api- dae (Anthophila).
By Dr. C. G. De Dalla
Torre, 1896, pp. 643.
All students of bees must gratefully wel- come this admirable catalogue, which gives not only the names of the species, but
the localities and all the more important references. It is practically con~plete up to the end of 1893, but various species
described in 1894 from America are omitted, though one would suppose that- there might have been time to include them before print- ing.
Of course, as is inevitable in such a
work, the details suggest much criticism and comment. Very strangely, Wm. Kirby
is in inany places called W. F. Kirby,
although the latter riame is rightly the property of a much more recent entomolo- gist. still happily with us. Andrena is
modified to Antlirena, and Heriades to
Eriades, but it is questionable whelher
such changes can be accepted. Anthophora becomes Podalirius, apparently on good
grounds of priority. Our Colletes 'puvic- fata Rob. (nom. preocc.) becomes C. robwt- soilif D. T. Our Halirtlis cfpliaZirns Rob. (nom. preocc.) becomes H. ce-fihalotes D.T., although there was ~ilready 'c\. nomcn nudum H. ce$italofes Kchill., 1839. H. disfificfxs Prov. (preocc.) becomes di~ti'ngitendus
D. T. H. gracilis Rob. (preocc.) is
altered to yi-aci'llimns, but Mr. Robertson had already changed the name to fox&
H. pulnsfris Rob. is also altered to $aZrvdi- cola, in ignorance of Mr. Robertson's sub- stilution of f~yvz'phaearnw last year. H. const~iciuy Prov. (preocc.) becomes Po-
voncA~t+ D. T. It maj here be observed
that Mr. Robertson substituted H. macur@i- fzensis for his K qiiadrimncuiatus, " nec Schenk"; but it appear'; that Schenck's
species is a synonym of H. {nterritps-iis. Our H. /nlvi'$es Sm. (preocc.) becomes
rfiododaciylns D. T.
Our Aiidi'ena fimbhfa Sm. (preocc.)
becomes amen'ctina D, T. A. simulata
Prov. is altered to caiicK/nisis. A, civfeata Sin. becomes clyp?olat<v 1). T. A- laficqh Prov. becomes $roverncberi. A. .wrofina
Rob. becomes robwtso-iiii. A. salicis Rob. was preoccupied by saizcis Verhoeff; hut the l~itter name is ii synonym of albicans. A. scfitellavis Rob. becomes scutullata
D. T. Num;a $uncfata Fox (preocc.) is
altered to N. foxii D. T.
Eunomia is not held to be distinct from
Nornia. Cilissa is made a synonym of
Mellitta. Eucera is made to include, as
subgenera, Diadasia, Einphor, Melissodes,



================================================================================