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Psyche 8:405-406, 1897.

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September sW.1 PSYCHE. 405
Described from a single male in. the
Herbert II, Smith collection, taken at
Chapada, Brazil, in January.
Protalebra bnisiliensis n. ap.-Length 2.71, mm. Face elongale, vertex bhorter than
pronoturn and tumidly angulate. Color
sordid yellow. Vertex with three dark dots on basal margin. Pronoturn and scutel dark fusco~ib; he former with three minute light dots anteriorly find four larger in a transverse row behind; sculel with a slender median line and a dot on either side light. Elytra with large lemon yellow areas as follows : one at base, one at middle of corium, and 11 common comtniss~~ral area resting on apex of cl.zvus; the basal area is just before basal margin and extends from costa to brachial cell; both are diagonal, extending up and back. The interspace between these areas is dark smoky, becoming lighter apically, the lips hyaline. The dark interspace with hya- line spo~s, which are particularly noticeable just beyond transverse veinlets.
Described from many specimens in
the Herbert PI. Smith collection, taken
at Chapada and Commba, Brazil, from
January to April. This species has
somewhat of a resemblance in the char-
acter of the markings to certain Typh-
locybas of the comes group.
fitalebra curvilinea (Gill.)
Protaleha bifasciata (Gill.)
Protalebra trimaculuta (Gill.)
ProtizZebra robusta (Gill. )
These four species described under
Alebra by Gillette, belong in Protalebra, of which genus curvilinea may be taken
as the type. The types of all the
species discussed above are now in the
National Museum,
SOME CALIFORNIA BEES.
BY CARROLL FOWLER, DUARTE, CAL.
HERIADES Spinoln.
One specimen belonging; to this genus has been collected at Berkeley, and it represents a new species. The only other species re- corded from this State is H. albicincium Prov. from Los Angeles.
Hcriades@umnt'n. sp. - 8. Length 5.5
mm. Bluish-green, clothed with thin white pubescence. Head broader than thorax,
dark green, finely punctured, clothed with long white pubescence, dense on clypcus
and cheeks ; mandibles black. Antennae
brownish-black, reaching to the base of the abdomen. Thorax dark bluish-green, finely and densely punctured, clothed with long pubescence, denser on metathorax and pleu- ra. Wings with a brownish tinge darker
in marginal cell ; second ~~ibmarginal cell a little longer than the first, narrowed nearly one half toward the marginal and receiving the first recurrent vein one fourth its length from base and the second one fifth from tip. Legs dark green, clothed with thin white pubescence, on tarsi beneath yellow ; tibia1 spurs and claws brownish. Abdomen dark
bronze-green with bluish reflection in certain lights; densely punctured, narrow apical margins of the segments smooth and pale
brown; the whole clothed with a very short thin white pubescence longer and denser on the apical segments and venter.
Habitat. Berkeley, Cal. May I. One
specimen.




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CALLIOPSIS Smith.
The following are the California species of Calliopsis in the collection of Hie Uni- versity of Cnlifornia. All except C. at!+ ceps are new to this Slate. The synopsis will serve to separate these.
First recurrent vein uniting with the sec- ond transverso-cubit.al vein.
Cbpeus of f yellow; 9 with apical plate
narrow, veins black . . . . clypenfus.
Both f and entirely black; 2 with
apical plate fairly broad, veins pale
atriceps.
First recurrent vein received by the second s~ibmarginiil cell some distance from the second transverseo-cubitat vein.
Abdominal bands entire.
Postsc~~tellum white . . scuteZZaris f
Postscutellum black . . . . cincius.
Abdominal hands interrupted.
Abdomen with four yellow bands, the
first two broadly interrupted on the
disc . . . . . . . . vi.kzliensis $
Abdomen with five yellow bands, broadly
interrupted laterally narrowly so in the middle . . . . . . . anthidim 2
I. Calliopsfs clyfeafw Cress. - St. He-
lena, Cal., March 26.
Fourteen specimens
collected upon Brassica campestris.
The $
differs from $ in being a little larger, of a duller black color, and having no yellow on the clypeus. Previously recorded from Col- orado.
2. Calliofsis ati,ice$s Cress. -Berkeley, Cal., March and April. Many specimens
collected upon Brassica campestris and Ra- n~i~iculus californicus. The female resembles the male very closely. They vary in length from 6 to 8.5 mm.
3. Calliofsis scitfellmis n. sp. - $.
7.5
to 8 mm. Black with yellow marking's; post. scutellnm white. Head black, very finely hut not closely punctured, nniformly clothed with white pubescence; spot between antcn- nae and face beneath - except two small spots on the clypeus, one in the suture on each side of the clypeus, and one on the labrum- sides of the face extending up almost as high as the anterior ocellus, and mandibles except tipsyellozvish lukite. Antennae white with n. dark line above which toward the tips spreads out covering nearly the whole ofthe lust three joints. Thorax black, densely punctured, clothed with rather dense white pubescence, sometimes tinged with yellowish above, sparse on disc of inetathorax; tubcr- cles except sometiines a brown spot on the middle, tegulae except an irregular brown ptch near base, postscntellum and narrow line on scutelluin, while. Wings hyaline, veins pale brown. Legs yellow, coxae and trochanters except at joints, and femora :it base, and beneath except at apex, a large spot on all the tibisie beneath and a small one on the posterior tibiae above (sometimes indistinct,) and sometimes the apical joints of the posterior tarsi black; pubescence on the legs white. Abdomen black, with
broad yellowish or whitish bands on seg- ments 1-5, narrowed slightly on the middle and more or less notched with black on the lateral apical portions; pubescence thin and whitish, becoming longer and denser
toward apex. Venter black.
Habitat. Fresno, Cal. (H. 0. Wood-
worth), May 4-9. Seven males, collected
upon Melilotus indicn.
4. Calliofsis cifictits Cress. -Tehachapi, Cal. (H. 0. Woodworth), May 12. One
male. Previously recorded from Nevada.
5. CalZiopsis vtsaUeusis n. sp. - 9 . 7.5 mm. Black, abdomen with four yellow
bands, the first two broadly interrupted on disc. Head black, finely and densely punc- tured on vertex, thinly and coarsely so on clypeus; clothed with whitish pubescence, very thin on clypeus; the lower luteral COT- ners of the cljpeus, a small spot on the mid- dle near the apex, three spots just above the clypcus and the lower corners of the face yellow; mandibles black attips and brownish or yellowish at base. Antennae black, be- corning pale brown toward apex beneath.
Thorax piteous-black with'white pubescence



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September 1899.1 PSYCHE. 407
slightly tinged with yellow above, short on disc of rnesothorax and sparse on disc of mctathorax. Wings hyaline, veins brown.
Legs black, more or less brownish on tibiae and tarsi, the four anterior tibiae white at base and on the anterior pairextending down a short distance in front is a brownish-yellow line; pubescence whitish tinged with yel- low on tarsi beneath. Abdomen black, shin- ing, almost nude except at base where there are some white hairs and at apex where the pubescence is rather dense; yellow bands on segments 1-4, those on 1-2 broadly inter- rupted on the disc and on 3-4 very'siightly so; all are somewhat margined on the lateral apical portions. Venter black, apical margin of the segments brownish.
Habitat. Visalia, Cal. (H. 0. Wood-
worth), May 9. One specimen.
6. Callio-psis anfhidius n. sp. - 9. 10
mm. Black, abdomen with narrow yellow
bands broadly interrupted on the sides.
Head black, very finely and densely punc- tured on vertex; clothed with whitish pube- scence, tinged with yellow above; all of the face beneath the antennae except three small spots on clypeus near the base and one on the labrum, and mandibles except tips, yel- low; the yellow on the sides of the face ex- tends up a little higher than the antennae. Antennae black, flagellum pale yellowish beneath. Thorax entirely black, clothed
with a dense whitish pubescence which has a brownish-yellow tinge above. Wings smoky becoming darker toward apical margins;
veins black. Legs clothed with short white pubescence; black except a line on the an- terior femora and on all the tibiae in front (interrupted on middle of posterior pair) and the tarsi entirely except a narrow black line on posterior pair behind, and the claws which are more or less brownish, yellow. Abdomen black, clothed with a very short pale pubescence; segments 1-5 with narrow yellow bands each slightly interrupted on the middle and broadly so latterly forming thus four elongate spots on each segment, those on the sides being tile broadest. Venler black.
Habitat. Tulare, Cal. ('H. 0. Woodworth), May 10. One specimen.
LIFE HISTORIES OF NORTH AMERICAN GEOMETRIDAE. -1V. BY HARRISON G. DYAR, WASHINGTON, D. C.
Therina endro$iaria Grt. and Rob.-The
mature larva has been described by Gooclell (Can. ent. xi, 194). His description, though short, is correct, if the structures that he calls "tubercles" be understood to he low rounded prominences of the skin and the words 6, 8 and 7th segments be changed to 6, 8 and 9th. Further as Goodell does not count the head as joint I, his numbering of the seg- ments should be increased by one in each case to correspond with mine.
Eye: -Several together, usually in a
straight row of 5 to 9, sometimes more; ir- regularly elliptical, scarcely flattened, one end distinctly truncate, a little convex with a rounded rim. Neatly, distinctly reticulate, the cell areas resembling round pits, the pit- ting extending also over the truncate end. Slightly bluish green, shining, soon turning dull reddish with a dark spot on the truncate end. Size .6 x .4 x .3 mm.
Stage I.
Head round, pale brown; width
about .3 mm.
Body whitish translucent, a
rather broad pule cinerous subdorsal band, leaving the dorsal and latenil areas pale. Setae fine, pointed, white, obscure. Appear- ance pale grqish, obscurely marked. After eating they became translucent green, the head brown, no marks.
Stage 11.
Head round, slightly bilobed,




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