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PSYCHE.
SOME INSECTS OF THE HUDSONIAN ZONE IN NEW MEXICO. - 11. H Y MENOPTER A PARASITICA.
BY WILLIAM H. ASHMEAD.
(I) Pseudamblyteles neomexi-
canus, new species.
f. -Length 12.5 min.
Black; scape be-
neath, the upper anterior orbits, the face be- low the antennae, the clypcus, the labrum, the mandibles, the scutellnm, the tegulae, a short line in front of same and one beneath, and the legs, except the anterior and middle coxae at base and posteriorly and the hind coxae, lemon-yellow; the extreme apex of hind tibiae fuscous. The anterior and
middle come at the base and posteriorly
and the hind come black.; palpi jellowish- white. Wings hyaline, faintly tinged, the veins except towards base of wings, dark fus- cous, the stigma within reddish brown. Ab- domen black, the basal two thirds of the second and third dorsal segments and ventral segments 2 and 3 rufous, the latter with a fold.
Type. - Cat. No. 5324, U. S. N. M.
(One f specimen.)
(2) Platylabus tibialis, new spe-
cies.
?.-Length 8 mm. Black; a narrow
stripe on hind orbits, a narrow band before base of mandibles, and the last two joints of maxillary and labial palpi, white or whitish. Mandibles black with a rufous spot near apex. Legs rufous ; the coxae, the extreme apex of hind femora the hind tibiae, except toward base. and the hind tarsi black, the hind coxae marked with rufous. Wings suhfuscous, the stigma and veins dark fuscous, almost black. Antcnnal joints 14 and 15 with a white spot above.
Type. - Cat. No. 5325, U. S. N. M.
(One 9 specimen.)
Allied to and difficult to distinguish
from Plafy/all?ts fedatorius Fabr., of
Europe.
(3) Cryptus proximus Cresson.
One $ specimen. This species is
found in Colorado, British. Columbia,
California and Alaska.
(4) Itoplectis exareolata, new spe-
cies.
9. -Length 6 mm. Black; the apex of
abdominal segments I to 3 narrowly rufous, or rufo-piceous ; the legs rufous, the anterior come basally, the hind tibiae, except a pale ,
annulus at basal third, and the hind tarsi, except joints I and 2 narrowly at base, are black or very dark fuscous; the annulus on the hind tibiae, the spurs and the annulus at base of joints I and 2 of tarsi, are whitish. ' Mandibles, antennae and tegulae wholly
black. Wings hyaline, the stigma and veins blackish, but with a white streak between the stigma and the parastigma. Metnthorax exareolated, without a trace of a carina. , Abdomen normal, punctate; the ovipositor about two thirds Hie length of abdomen.




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148 PSYCHE. [January, qoi.
Type. - Cat. No. 5326, U. S. N. M.
(One
9 specimen.)
(5) Alexeter canaliculatus Pro-
vancher.
One 8 specimen.
(6) Otlophorus affinis, new spe-
cies.
8. -Length 6 mm.
Black; the anterior
half of the clypeus, the tegulae and abdomi- nal segments 2.3 rufous ; mandibles, palpi, anterior am1 middle tibiae and tarsi, except last joint, pale yellowish, or yellowish-white; all coxae, a spot on the anterior and middle trochanters above and the hind legs, mostly black, the extreme base of the hind femora and more or less of their apices, rufous; an annulus at base of hind tibiae, the tibia1 S~LII'S and the base of the first joint of tarsi, whitish; two apical segments of the abdo- men fuscous. Wings obscure hyaline, the
stigma and veins brownish, the stigma having a whitish spot at basal third.
Type. -Cat. No. 5337, U. S. N. M.
(One 3 specimen.)
Comes nearest to Otio'phvrus kume-
rabilis Davis, but differs in color of the legs and by the disco-cubital nervure
not being broken by a stump of a vein.
(7) Limneria striatipes, new spe-
cies.
?.-Length 7 m~n. Black; mandibles,
except at base and apex, the palpi, the leg- ulac, the subcostal and the median veins to- ward base in both wings, pale yellow, or yel- lowish white, the rest of the veins black or blackish, the stigma within being feifngl- nons, the anterior femora, except a large spot at base beneath, their tibiae and tarsi, palefcr- ruginous, the middle and hind legs mostly black, their tibiae havinga long whitish stripe beneath and within ; the tibia1 spurs, as well as the extreme base of the first joint of tarsi, are whitish. Metathorax areolated, the are- a. -Length 4.5 inm. Differs from the
female in its smaller size and in the color of the legs : The anterior and middle coxae be- neath and their trochanters, except the first joint above, are yellowish-white, the anterior femora have no black spot at base beneath, the middle femora are mostly rufous, while the hind femora are rufous at base.
Type.- Cat. No. 5328, U. S. N. M.
(One 9, one if; specimen.)
(8) Cidaphurus alticola, new spe-
cies.
3. -Length 12 mm.
Black and yellow,
the ground color of the head and the thorax black; scape beneath, the posterior orbits, the anterior orbit's and the face below the antennae, except a median stripe, the malar space and the lateral incisions of the clypeus which are black, the clypeus, the mandibles except at apex and a spot at basal angle with- in, the legs except middle coxae at base and behind, the hind coxae within and at apex, a V-shaped mark at each anterior lateral angle of the niesonotum, the scntellum, ex- cept the fovea at base and the spine, the post- scutelhim, a band across the apes of the met% thorax extending as a spot on the inetapleura, the tegulae, a spot beneath a perpendicular line on the mesopleura, a spot beneath the insertion of the hind wines, two short stripes on upper margin of the pronotum,andaspot on the proslemum above the insertion of the front coxae, yellow. Wings subhyaline, the internal veins blackish, the costal vein and the stigma brown. Abdomen subcompressed, the basal two thirds of the first segment and hands at the base of the following segments black.
Type.-Cat. No. 5329, U. S. N. M.
(One if; specimen.)
Allied to Cidaphwus (Sanchs)
sfinasus Cresson, described from Col-
olalonger than wide, hexagonal. orado.




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DIPTERA. brown, stigma dark brown ; auxiliary vein curving,toward the first and ending in it BY D. W. COQUILLETT.
noticeably before base of first submarginal cUlex impiger walker. ,rhis cell, a crossvein situated con'iiderably be- fore the apex ot the auxiliary vein connects 'pecies extends Over the
it wit11 the costa; n~arginaI crossvein close North America, ranging as far
to apex of first vein and near middle of upper ward as Jamaica, VV. Ind.
branch of the second, petiole of first submar- Simulium venustum Say. Ranges
from Canada and British Columbia
southward to southern Florida and
Texas.
Rhypholophus cockerellii, sp.
nov.
Light yellow, the antennae and palpi ex- cept basal joint, brown (legs broken off in the single specimen) ; joints of flagellum of antennae elongate oval, each bearing a whorl of bristles; wings hyaline, stigma veryfaint, discal cell opens into the third posterior, aux- iliary crossvein slightly before middle of dis- tance from base of third vein to apex of the auxiliary, i~iar@nal crossvein near base of anterior branch of second vein, seventh vein diverging from the sixth on its basal three- fourths, then extending parallel with it; length, 4 nim.
A female specimen.
Type No. 53x7,
U. S. Nat. Museum.
Limnophila costata, sp. nov.
1-Iezd black, densely gray pruinose, lirst two joints of antennae black, the remainder brownish, the sutures yellow; Hagellai- joints ginal cell 'ihurtei than the great crossvein, the latter near middle of discal cell, five pas- terioi cells, the second subequal in length to it5 petiole, no supernumerary crobsveins ' length, 9 mm.
A female specimen. Type No. 5318,
U. S. Nat. Museum.
Tabanus rhombicus 0. S. This
species was originally described from
the mountains of Colorado.
Cyrtopogon callipedilus Loew.
Hitherto recorded from northern Cali-
fornia and Wyoming.
Empis poplitea Loew. Originally
described from Alaska, and also occur-
ring in Colorado.
Syrphus arcuatus Fallen. A Euro-
pean species which also occurs over the
greater part of North America north of
Virginia and Mexico.
Syrphus creper Snow. Originally
described from the mountains of Colo-
rado and New Mexico.
Chrvsotoxum derivatum Walker.
elongate vial, towards apex vf antennae be- fro,,, K~~~~~~ N~~ ~~~i~~
coming almost cylindrical, each much long- er than broad and bearing a whorl of bristles ; westward to the ocean and northward
month parts black; bo<, black, subopaque, British
thinly grayish pruinose, a spot above each V0lu~ella facialis Williston. Hith-
front coxaand the genitalia, yellowish; coxae erto known to occur in Colorado. Wasll-
and base of fernomycllow, rcmaindcr of feino- ingtoll and
ra brown; tibiae and base of tarsi yellow, apices of tarsi brown ; halteres yellow, the Arctophila flagrans Osten Sacken.
knobs brown: winirs hvaline. tile anices Occurs in New Mexico, Colorado and - "
and hind margins pale gray, costal cell Alaska.



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I50 PSYCHE. [January, qoi.
Eristalis hirtus Loew. Has been
recorded as occurring from Kansas and
New Mexico northwestwardly to Wash-
ington.
Helophilus dychei Williston. Here-
tofore recorded only from Alaska.
Gonia capitata De Geer. A Euro-
pean species which also occurs over the
greater part of this country, from Can-
ada to Mexico.
Peleteria aenea Staeger. A Europe-
an species which has also been recorded
from Greenland, Idaho, Wyoming and
Colorado.
Echinomyia hystricosa Williston.
Occurs from New Mexico and Arizona
northwardly to Idaho and Washington.
Calliphora vomitoria Linnd. A
European species which also occurs over
the greater portion of North America.
Phormia regina Meigen. Also a
European species which has about the
same distribution as the preceding spe-
cies.
Hyetodesia brunneinervis Stein.
Heretofore known only from Idaho and
Alaska.
Hyetodesia rufitibia Stein. Has
been recorded from Pennsylvania,
Georgia, Illinois and Kansas.
Pegomyia costalis Stein. De-
scribed from South Dakota, and also
occurs in Alaska.
Phorbia platura Meigen. A Euro-
pean species which has hitherto been
reported as occurring over the greater
part of the United States east of Idaho
and Kansas, and also in Canada.
COLEOPTERA.
BY H. F. WICKHAM.
Carabus taedatus Fabr. var. o~tgon-
ensis Lec. This form is tolerably com-
mon in the Rocky Mountains from Col-
orado to the British territories and
reaches the Pacific coast in the north-
ern portion of its range.
Bembidium incertum Mots. Not
uncommon in the high Rockies (Lead-
ville, the Argentine Pass road above
Georgetown, Colorado). Also from
mountains above Donald, B. C., and
from Crow's Nest Pass. It occurs in
the Lake regions at Marquette, Midi.,
and Bayfield, Wis., and in Nevada as
well as along the' Pacific coast from
Alaska to California.
Pterostichus luczotii Dej. Widely
distributed in the northern part of the
continent, common in the mountains of
Colorado.
Amara brunnipennis Dej. Found
in Labrador, the White Mountains, and
on high peaks (above timber line) in
Colorado.
Amara remotestriata Dej. Ex-
tremely abundant in the mountainous
regions of New Mexico and Colorado,
also in Eastern Washington, Idaho and
Montana, less common farther East
(Iowa, Kansas, Nebraska to Texas and
Canada). Northern portions of Europe
and of Asia.
Chlsenius sericeus Forst. " Occurs
everywhere in the United States and
Canada " (Horn).




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January, iqor.1 PSYCHE. 151
Hippodamia convergens Guer.
Also found over the greater portion of
the United States and in Canada.
Cytilus trivittatus Melsh. The
United States north of Pennsylvania,
westward to Idaho, common in Canada
and in the higher Rocky Mountains of
Colorado.
Athous cribratus Lec. Previously
known from New Mexico (Taos Peak)
and southern Colorado. A second spec-
imen, differing in form of thorax, I refer with some doubt to the 9 of the above,
the sexes of Athous often being unlike.
Aphodius anthracinus Lee. Utah
(American Fork Canon) ; Colorado
(above Ouray, 9000- ~oooo ft.).
Leptura propinqua Bland. West-
ern Canada, northern U. S. from Mon-
tana to the Pacific; Nevada, New Mex-
ico, Arizona. Common in the moun-
tains of Colorado.
Leptura nigrolineata Bland. Col-
orado (South Park, Leadville, Ouray
and the adjacent mountains up to about
10,000 feet).
Syneta carinata Mann. å´ Alaska,
Idaho, Utah " (Horn). One in 1ny
collection is from the mountains of
British Columbia, above the town of
Donald.
Diabrotica tricincta Say. Colorado
Springs and other points in Colorado,
extends southward to Mexico. Not
confined to the n~ountains.
Luperodes morrissonii Jac.
' Southern California and Arizona."
(Horn). Not quite typical, but accord-
ing to the description very nearly so.
Galeruca externa Say. " Kansas,
Utah, Nevada, Oregon, Washington,
Idaho " (Horn). In my collection
from Manitoba ; California ; Williams,
Arizona; and several points in the
mountains of Colorado (Leadville, Breck- enridge, the Argentine Road, mountains
above Ouray). I also have one from
Glenora on the Stikine River in north-
ern British Columbia.
Cantharis nuttalli Say. Winnipeg,
Manitoba ; Dakotas, Montana, various
localities in Colorado; New Mexico.
Trichalophus alternatus Say.
Not unfrequently met with in the moun-
tains of Colorado.
I have it from Breck-
enridge, Leadville, Red Cliff and the
Argentine Pass road, also from Laramie,
Wyoming.
*
Stephanocleonus cristatus Lee.
Winnipeg, Manitoba ; Leadville, Colo-
rado.
NOTES ON MACROPSIS AND AGALLIA (JASSIDAE). BY C. F. BAKER. ST. LOUIS, MO.
The article on these two genera in the
ject with great willingness, especially as November PSYCHE, calls for notice from
this case illustrates very well indeed the me and I add further notes on the
sub-
very detrimental effect of a common




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