. ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS VOLUME LXIV, 1953 PHILIP P. CALVERT, EDITOR EMERITUS R. G. SCHMIEDER, EDITOR EDITORIAL STAFF J. A. G. REHN E. F. J. MARX M. E. PHILLIPS V. S. L. PATE PUBLISHED BY THE AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, *U. S. 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To both of these men I am grateful. Class CHILOPODA Order Geophilida Mecistocephalus rubriceps Wood 1863 1 female 42 mm. in length, taken at Baquio, Mountain Prov- ince, Luzon, El. 4200^400, Nov. 3, 1945. The coxae of the anal legs have pores variable in size, the larger ones being about 20 in number, the smaller ones numerous. Order Scolopendrida Cryptops melanotypus Chamberlin 1941 1 female 15 mm. in length, taken at Mt. Maquiling, Laguna Province, Luzon, El. 1200, Nov. 25, 1945. Cryptops brunneus Chamberlin 1921 1 female 19 mm. in length, taken at Mt. Maquiling, Laguna Province, Luzon, El. 1500, Dec. 30, 1945. In the key for dis- FEB3 19TO 2 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Jan., 1953 tinguishing these two species given in The Myriapoda of the Philippine Islands (Serica, vol. 1, p. 48), there was a misprint- ing in the key of couples 4a and 4c, which should be corrected to read as follows : "4a. . . . the third tergite having the spiracles large and lon- gitudinally ellipic Cryptops brunnens. 4c. . . . the third tergite having the spiracles as usual Cryptops inelanotypus." Otostigmus astenus Kohlrausch 1881 1 female 45 mm. in length, taken at Mt. Maquiling, Laguna Province, Luzon, El. 600-1200, Oct. 1945. 1 female 36 mm. in length, taken at Baguilo, Mountain Province, Luzone, El. 4200- 4400, Nov. 3, 1945. Rhysida nuda brevicornuta Wang 1950 1 female 22 mm. in length, taken at Alabang, Rizal Province, Luzon, Dec. 1945. It was formerly found at Mindanau. The name of this species is misprinted on pages 42 and 55 respec- tively in Serica, vol. 1, as R. N. brevicornis. Scolopendra subspinipes subspinipes Leach 1815 1 female 30 mm. taken at Mt. Maquiling, Paguna Province, Luzon, El. 1100-1400, Sept. 29, 1945. Scolopendra morsitans L. 1758 1 male 50 mm. in length, taken at Ft. \V. McKinley, Jan. 10, 1946, 1 female 62 mm. in length, taken at Alabang, Sept. 1945, 2 females 55 and 65 mm. in length, taken at Alabang, July 1945, all at Rizal Province, Luzon. Order Scutigerida Parascutigera philippina Chamberlin 1921 1 male 9 mm. in length, taken at Los Banos, Laguna Prov- ince, Luzon, July 1945. Ixiv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 3 Class DIPLOPODA Order Polydesmida Chondromorpha xanthotrica (Attems) 1898 1 male 1.5 mm. in breadth, taken at San Fernando, Lu Uni Province, Luzon, Nov. 2, 1945. 1 female 2.1 mm. in breadth, taken at Alabang, Rizal Province, Luzon, Jan. 1946. This is the new record in distribution since the Genus Chrondromorpha is mainly distributed in India ; only one species has been re- corded from Upolu, New Caledonia. This species was formerly recorded from Ceylon, Kandy. Pratinus quatuor-puteus (Wang) 1950 1 male 38 mm. in length, 3.5 mm. in breadth; 1 female 31 mm. in length, 3 mm. in breadth, taken at Mt. Maquiling, Laguna Province, Luzon, El. 1100-1400, Sept. 29, 1945. This genus was first designated as Prionopeltis Pocock 1895 but was changed to Pratinus by Attems in 1937, because the former name is preoccupied by a trilobite Prionopeltis, Hawle and Corda 1847. Accordingly, mo nt anus Chamberlin and infulatus Wang are thus to be placed under the new name. Pratinus montanus (Chamberlin) 1921 5 females, 1 male 27-45 mm. in length, 2.54- mm. in breadth taken at Mt. Maquiling, Laguna Province, Luzon, El. 600- 3200, Oct., Nov., Dec. 1945 ; 1 female 41 mm. in length taken at Mariveles Res., Zambales Mts., Zambales Province, Luzon, El. 700-1000, Nov. 27, 1945. Strongylosoma philippina Chamberlin 1921 1 male taken at Mt. Maquiling, Laguna Province, Luzon, El. 1100-1400, Sept. 29, 1945. Platyrhacus margaritiferus Gervais 1847 1 male, 1 female taken at Mt. Maquiling, Laguna Province, Luzon, El. 1100-1500, Sept. 29, 1945, Jan. 13, 1946. Platyrhacus dorsalis Peters 1864 1 female from the Philippines in the University of Utah Col- lection. 4 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Jan., 1953 Order Spirobolida Trigoniulus laminifer docens Wang 1950 1 male, taken at Mt. Maquiling, Laguna Province, Luzon, El. 1500-3200, Nov. 21, 1945. Spirostrophus socius socius Chamberlin 1921 1 female each taken at Mt. Maquiling, Laguna Province, Luzon, El. 800-3000, Nov. 18, 1945, and at Dolores, Tayabas Province, Luzon, El. 1200, Nov. 13, 1945. Spirostrophus socius mindanaunus Wang 1950 1 male taken at Mt. Maquiling, Laguna Province, Luzon, El. 600-1200, Oct. 13, 1945. Spirostrophus socius sumarinus Wang 1950 2 females taken at Los Banos, Laguna Province, Luzon, Oct. 30, 1945. Improved Technique for Rearing Chigger Mites lf 2 ( Acarina : Trombiculidae) By Louis J. LIPOVSKY A culture tube and a dish for rearing chiggers have been used successfully for the past four years. The tube and dish are used without any material other than a mixture of charcoal and plaster of Paris which line the tube and dish. The tube is used primarily for engorged larvae held for transformation into nymphs ; however, rearing may be continued through the adult stage using the 3- or 5-dram vial described below. The culture dish is especially useful and convenient for observations and ease of manipulation of the post-larval stages. 1 The studies upon which this paper is based were conducted under contract, N6 ori 220 Task Order II, between the University of Kansas and the Office of Naval Research. 2 Contribution number 792 from the Department of Entomology, Uni- versity of Kansas. Ixiv | ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 5 The culture tube is a modification of the tube described by Farrell and Wharton (1948, Jour. Parasit. 34: 71) for ship- ping larval trombiculids ; however, it is made with a 3- or 5- dram, Kimble "Opticlear," plastic-stoppered vial instead of a cork-stoppered shell vial. This plastic-stoppered vial is suit- able for shipping all stages of chiggers as well as the collem- boans which are cultured as food for the nymphs and adults (Lipovsky, 1951, Jour. Parasit. 37: 324-326). The vial, 3- or 5-dram, is lined completely with a charcoal and plaster of Paris mixture. This mixture is prepared as follows : mix 600 c.c. of dry, slow-setting (common) plaster of Paris with 50 c.c. of powdered charcoal ; blend thoroughly by shak- ing in a capped jar. This amount of plaster mixture will be sufficient for many vials. The same mixture is used to make the culture dish. Seven cubic centimeters (slightly compacted) of this dry mix- ture is placed in the 3 -dram vial and to this 3 c.c. of water are added and mixed until plastic but not fluid ; if it flows add a little more dry mixture. Then the plastic stopper is placed tightly in the vial, and, holding the inverted vial between thumb and fore- finger, the stoppered end is tapped sharply 6 to 8 times on a flat, solid, wooden surface. Turned upright again, the vial is tapped 3 to 4 times (relax hold on vial during moment of impact to avoid injury if vial should break). At this point the top and sides of the vial should be lined with a thin, uniform coat and the bottom of the vial should contain about 15 mm. of wet plaster. After the plaster has set, the stopper is slowly removed. The plaster lined vial should have a thin seal at the opening of the tube, just beneath the bottom level of the plastic stopper. This seal is removed carefully and then discarded. For the admission of light within the tube, 4 or 5 longitudinal slits are made in the plaster on the sides of the tube. The culture tube is now ready for use. Stoppered tubes will maintain a uniform humidity for many months and no water need be added when chiggers are first placed in the tubes. When these tubes are used for shipping, 3 or 4 pin holes should be made in the bottom portion of the 6 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Jan., 1953 stopper ; and if the top of the cap is also solid, pin holes should be made here also to compensate for the changes in tempera- tures and pressures encountered during shipment. If a tube is opened frequently for observations, a few drops of water may be added as needed but care should be taken to avoid adding water in excess of that absorbed by the plaster. The dish is a stender dish with an inside diameter of 65 mm. and 20 mm. in depth. It is lined inside with the same plaster mixture used in making the culture tube. The wet mixture is blended and shaped against the sides of the dish up to the top edge, then the bottom of the dish is tapped until the mixture forms a level bottom with a thin plaster lining on the sides. When set, the plaster should be smooth, free of pits and cavi- ties. The upper 6 mm. of plaster lining should be removed to form a plaster-free zone. This plaster-free band must be kept clean and smooth to act as a barrier to the nymphs and adults. Coating the outside of the dish and the entire lid with paraffin as well as covering the lid with waxed paped is recommended. As the paraffin solidifies on the lid, the dish and lid are fitted to- gether tightly. The lid is then covered with a sheet of thin waxed paper by placing the waxed paper over the open dish, pressing the lid snugly to the dish, lifting the edges of the paper over the top of the lid and fusing it to the paraffin coating with a hot spatula. The inner central portion of the paper should re- main free, leaving a space between the waxed paper and the lid. Farrell and Wharton (1949, Jour. Parasit. 35: 435) recom- mend the use of vermiculite, a mica, as a "substrate" over a charcoal-plaster mixture. Hyland (1951, Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 44: 297301) reported on the use of a small stender dish as a microculture dish, with the charcoal-plaster mixture covered with a thin layer of sterilized soil. The writer has found that two grooves cut into the plaster surface about 2 mm. in depth and 2 mm. wide, in the form of a cross, and centrally located, is all that is needed. These straight grooves provide a protective niche into which nymphal and adult chiggers may crawl, where they may transform and yet be visible under the microscope. In dishes which contain both collembolans and chiggers for periods Ixiv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 7 of weeks or months, the grooves become filled with eggs, exu- viae, and some debris under which chiggers may conceal them- selves. These grooves, therefore, should be cleaned out peri- odically to avoid possible injury to specimens when trying to locate them. This culture dish is ideal for individual rearing of chiggers or for as many as 50 adults of the same species. In the latter in- stance, food must be available at all times or they may eat their own eggs for they are cannibalistic. Their own eggs are fre- quently eaten even when other food is available. In addition, this culture dish has been used successfully for rearing other small arthropods including mites of the families Oribatidae, Tyroglyphidae, Trombidiidae, Phytoseiidae, Macro- chelidae, Anoetidae, Uropodidae, and Cheyletidae as well as in- sects of the families Cryptostemmatidae (Hemiptera), Staphy- linidae and other coleopterous species, and Stratiomyiidae, Sciaridae, Mycetophylidae and other Diptera. Catches of Euplexoptera and Elateridae in Light Traps in South Dakota By H. C. SEVERIN, South Dakota State College Light traps have been operated in representative areas in South Dakota for many years and during this time much valu- able information concerning insects has been accumulated. In this article, catches dealing only with Euplexoptera and Elateri- dae will be discussed. The earwig, Labia minor (L.) is the only species of Euplex- optera that can be reported as occurring in South Dakota at the present time. This earwig is not common in South Dakota and strange to say we have been able to collect it only through light traps or from illuminated show windows of store buildings in southeastern South Dakota. Diligent search has been made for this species of earwig in what should have been very favorabU- environments, but we have not been able to collect a single 8 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Jan., 1953 specimen in such areas. However, by means of light traps, we have taken as many as fifteen specimens of this earwig in a sin- gle night. While specimens were taken from illuminated show windows of store buildings, it has not been possible for us to collect more than three of four earwigs from such windows in a single evening. The light traps, through which we collected this species of earwig, were suspended by means of wires from cross arms at- tached to posts. The bottom of each trap was about seven feet from the surface of the soil. The environment in which the largest numbers of earwigs were collected was adjacent to a cattle feeding yard which contained quite a large accumulation of cow manure. Contrary to the conclusion of S. W. Frost,* we are forced to believe that at times, at least, Labia minor (L.) is attracted through light supplied by Mazda frosted lamps of 60, 100, or 200 watts or by fluorescent day-light tubes of 15 watts. Twenty species of adult Elateridae were taken thus far in South Dakota in light traps.** The species collected are the following : 1. Conoderus vespertinus (Fab.) 2. Conoderus auritus (Hbst.) 3. Drasterius dorsalis (Say) 4. Lirnonius nr sinus (VanDyke) 5. Athous cucuUatus (Say) 6. Hemicrepidius memnonius (Hbst.) 7. Glyphonyx recticollis (Say) 8. Ampedes obliquus (Say) 9. Ampedes areolatus (Say) 10. Megapenthes stigmosis (Lee.) 11. Melanotus deciinianus (Er.)=M. canadensis (Cond.) ace. to Dietrich. 12. Melanotus ignobilis (Melsh.) 13. Melanotus connnnnis (Gyll.) Var. "A" of Dietrich 14. Melanotus communis (Gyll.) Var. "B" of Dietrich 15. Melanotus divarcarinus (Blatchley) 16. Melanotus fissilis (Say) * FROST, S. W. 1952. Unusual catches in light traps. Ent. News, 63: 151-152. ** SEVERIN, H. C. 1949. The wireworms (Elateridae) of South Dakota. S. D. Agr. Exp. Sta. Tech. Bull. 8: 18. Ixiv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 9 17. Mclanotits injanstus (Lee.) 18. Melanotus cribulosits (Lee.) 19. Cardiophonts convex u.v (Say) 20. Horistonotns uhleri (Horn-) Of the species listed, those numbered 1, 3, 6, 7, 11, 12, 13, 16, and 19 were taken in large numbers in the light traps. None of the traps were located under or in trees or under structures from which the beetles might have fallen by accident into the traps. Consequently, the conclusion must be drawn that most of the specimens taken were attracted to the traps by the light. It should be stated that the number of specimens of a particu- lar species of Elateridae that are taken in a light trap may de- pend upon many factors, only two of which will be mentioned. One of the most important factors is the effect of the ecological environment upon the abundance of the Elaterid. As an ex- ample of this Hemicrepdins memnoniits (Hbst.) may be men- tioned. In one of the traps located in a low area that was poorly drained and adjacent to a pond, it was not uncommon to take fifty to seventy-five specimens of this species every warm, rainless, calm night during the month of July. Another important factor which may determine the number of specimens of a particular species of Elaterid that may be taken in a light trap is the time of year when the traps are run. \Ye have taken specimens of Elateridae in traps from May through September, but in general, June, July, and August were the most favorable months, with July being the peak month. An Acknowledgment ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS wishes to express its thanks and ap- preciation to the ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF PHILA- DELPHIA for contributing a portion of the time of its Librarian. Mrs. Phillips, for compiling its "CURRENT ENTOMOLOGICAL LITERATURE." This generous action by the ACADEMY assures the continuance of a unique and valuable feature of the NEWS. one upon which many of its readers have come to depend for keeping abreast of current developments in entomology. 10 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Jan., 1953 Earwigs at Light The infrequency of observations and scarcity of records on the 15 or so species of Dermaptera in the United States have suggested that these insects are not attracted by light. Al- though a few collectors have taken earwigs at light,* as evi- denced by collection labels and literature notes, I submit the following cases where earwigs have definitely been attracted to light or were scavenging under lights. Doru linear e (Escholtz) has been most commonly recorded at light. Both sexes of this earwig regularly flew in to 3 Coleman lanterns set up before a sheet in many localities in Arizona and Texas, from May through September, 1948. During the same season in Mexico, from the state of Nuevo Leon south to Vera Cruz, Puebla, and Guerrero, they often came to the lights by the hundreds. Spongovosto.v apiccdcntatus (Caudell). Both sexes were taken at lights in Sabino Canyon, Santa Catalina Mts., Arizona, July, 1948. Labia minor (L). In Lexington, Mass., June, 1952, one female was caught in erratic, spiraling flight around an indoor light, similar to that shown by many moths and beetles. Labidiira riparia (Pallas). One female was observed run- ning about, probably scavenging, on a broad, well-lighted ex- panse of concrete in Dayton, Texas, September, 1949. Forficula aitricularia (L). Dr. K. A. Christiansen took sev- eral nymphs and one female in a light trap at Palouse, Wash- ington, June, 1950. The last two records are probably cases of scavenging at light, although the others indicate that certain species of ear- wigs are definitely attracted by light. Since many winged males of such photophobic insects as roaches are well known to be attracted to light, it does not seem surprising that earwigs might also be so attracted. -W. L. NUTTING, Biological Laboratories, Harvard University. * FROST, S. W. 1952. Unusual catches in light traps. Ent. News, 63: 151-152. Ixiv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 11 Current Entomological Literature Compiled by VENIA T. PHILLIPS, Librarian Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Under the above head it is intended to note papers received at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania pertaining to entomology, including all arthropods except Crustacea. Coverage will be world-wide as regards major contributions to systematics as well as for all papers on morphology, physiology, em- bryology, etc. In addition, for species from the Americas and the Pacific (Nearctic, Neotropical and Polynesian regions) all minor contributions to taxonomy, distribution, etc., will also be recorded. This list gives references of the year 1952 unless otherwise noted. Continued papers, with few exceptions, are recorded only at their first installment. For other records of general literature and for economic literature, see the Bibliog- raphy of Agriculture, Washington, and the Review of Applied Entomology, Series A, London. For records of papers on medical entomology see Review of Applied Entomology, Series B. NOTE: The figures within brackets [ ] refer to the journal in which the paper ap- peared, as numbered in the List of periodicals and serials published in our January and June issues. The number of the volume, and in some cases, the part, heft, &c. is followed by a colon (:). References to papers containing new forms or names not so stated in titles are followed by (*); if containing keys are followed by (k); papers pertaining ex- clusively to Neotropical species, and not so indicated in the title, have the symbol (S). Papers published in ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS are not listed. GENERAL Anon. Henry Jerome Turner (1856-1950). [144] 1951-52: xiii. (Obit., port.) Bernard, F. (See Hy- menoptera.) Boschma, H. Alicia Margaretha Buitendijk. [57] 13, no. 306: 177-178, 1950. (Obit., bibl.) Coiffait, H. Quelques donnees actuelles sur 1'ecologie et 1'ethologie des arthropodes cavernicoles terrestres et endoges. [135] 86: 125-130. Coquillat, M. Anthelme-Jean Range, 1896- 1950. [140] 19: 213-214, 1950. (Obit., port.) Davies, D. E. (See Orthoptera.) Davies, D. M. (See Diptera.) De- Coursey, J. D. & A. P. Webster. Inhibition of growth of a mold quantitated to demonstrate the effect in insect speci- men boxes. [101] 60: 183-188. Delamare-Deboutteville, C. (See Smaller Orders.) Docters van Leeuwen, W. M. In memoriam Karel Willem Dammerman. [57 1 14. no. 319: 1-2. Eyndhoven, G. L. van. In memoriam Dr. Don- ald MacGillavry, 21.V.1869-13.I.1951. [149] 95: 1-7, ports. Eyndhoven, G. L. van. In memoriam Prof. Dr. Ivar Tragardh 1 6-1 X-l 878-22- V-1951. [57] 13, no. 315: 335- 336.' 1951. Havelka, J. Osobni-Personalia. RNDr. Karel Pfleger. [45] 48: 141-142, 1951. (Obit., portr.) Hayrov- sky,' L. Osobni. Frantisek Sterba. [45] 48: 263, 1951. (Obit., bibl. ) Hemming, F. International code of zoologi- cal nomenclature; proposed amplification clarifications and extensions to be considered by the International Congress of Zoology. Copenhagen, 1953. (Notice.) [52] 45 : 499- 500. Hemming, F. International code of zoological no- 12 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Jan., 1953 menclature ; proposed amplification clarifications and exten- sions to be considered by the Int. Congr. Zoology, Copen- hagen, 1953. [57] 14, "no. 323: 78-79. Hulls,' L. G.- Entomology during the early years of the Royal Society, as revealed by the Philosophical Transactions. [144] 1951- 52 : 8490. Husbands, Richard C. Some techniques used in the study of Aedes eggs in irrigated pastures in Cali- fornia (Culicidae). [92] 12: 145-150, ill. John, H. Eine methode zur trockenpraparation von raupen. [28] 2: 315- 317. Jones, J. C. & J. L. Schelteme. (See Diptera.) Leefmans, S. Dr. Leland O. Howard (1857-1950). [57] 13, no. 308: 209-210, 1951. (Obit.) Leefmans, S. In me- moriam R. A. Polak. [57] 14, no. 322: 49-50. Lempke, B. J. In memoriam Cornells Doets, 10 Sept. 1893-15 June 1952. [57] 14, no. 326: 113-115. (Port., bibl.) Lempke, B. J. In memoriam Johannes Bastiaan Corporaal. [57] 14, no. 325: 97-98. (Port.) McLintock, J. Continuous laboratory rearing of Culiseta inornata (Will.) (Culicidae). [92] 12: 195-201. Maessen, Th. How I kept my butterfly collection in tropical West-Africa. [57] 13, no. 318: 379- 380, 1951. Maltais, J. B. (See Hemiptera.) Narayanan, E. S. & T. V. Venkatraman. (See Hymenoptera.) Os- born, H. A brief history of entomology including time of Demosthenes and Aristotle to modern times with over five hundred portraits. Pp. iv + 303, Columbus, Ohio, Spahr & Glenn, $4.50. (Rev. by H. B. Weiss in [101] 60: 178.) Osborn, H. In memoriam, Clarence Hamilton Kennedy, 1879-1952. [52] 45: 361-363. (Port.) Popham, E. J.- Observations on the behaviour of aquatic insects during the drying up of a small moorland pond. [60] 88: 180-181. Robinson, A. G. (See Arachnida.) Robinson, H. S. The optimum conditions for the occurrences and observation of rare insects. [144] 1951-52: 118-125. Roepke, W. In memoriam Dr. J. C. Koningsberger. [57] 13, no. 311 : 257- 258, 1951. Roepke, W. In memoriam (Heer Hendrik Lucht). [57] 13, no. 312: 286, 1951. Roepke, W. In memoriam Professor Dr. L. J. Toxopeus. [57] 13, no. 313: 289, 1951. Roepke, W. Professor Dr. L. J. Toxopeus ter nagedachtenis. [149] 95 : 9-22. (Port., bibl.) Sham- baugh, G. F. Microinjection technique in mosquitoes (Culicidae). [92] 12: 216, ill. Simmonds, F. J. Parasites of the frit-fly, Oscinella frit (L.) in eastern North America. [40] 43: 503-542, ill. (*). Slaby, O. Concerning the de- pendence of the Lepidoptera fauna of Bohemia on climatic cycles (in Bohemian, with Eng. summary). [45] 48: 242- Ixiv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 13 253, 1951. Smith, R. W. Another method of rearing grasshoppers in the laboratory. [43] 84: 269-271, ill. Starcke, A. J. A. F. Lodeizen. [57] 13, no. 309: 225-226, 1951. (Obit.) Vago, C. Le role des microbes de 1'in- terieur des oeufs d'insectes en vue de 1'emploi de ces derniers coninie milieux vivants. [135] 86: 252-258. Weber, N. A. 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Husbands, Richard C. (See General.) James, H. G. Natural control of Tabanidae in the region of Churchill, Manitoba. [54] 82: 70-74, ill. James, M. T. & H. C. Huckett. The Diptera collected by I. O. Buss in south- western Yukon Territory during the summer of 1950. [43] 84: 265-267, ill. James," M. T. & G. C. Steyskal A review of the nearctic Stratiomyini. [52] 45: 385-414, ill. (*K). Jones, J. C. Prothoracic aortic sinuses in Anopheles, Culex and Aedes (Culicidae). [56] 54: 244-246, ill. Jones, J. C. & J. L. Scheltema. A small-animal restrainer for feeding mosquitoes in small cages (Culicidae). [92] 12: 215-216. Ixiv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 21 ill. Keener, G. G. Observations on over-wintering of Culex tarsalis Coquillett (Culicidae) in western Nebraska. [92] 12: 205-209, ill. Kessel, E. L. A key to the genera of Clythiiclae. [153] 10: 201-204. Kettle," D. S. & ]. W. H. Lawson. The early stages of British biting midges Culicoides Latreille (Ceratopogonidae) and allied genera. [40] 43: 421-467, ill. (K). Lane, J. & O. P. Forattini.- New data on Sabethini (Culicidae). [56] 54: 254-257, ill. (*). Levi-Castillo, R. Wyeomia (Wyeomyia) aphobema var. aequatorialis var. n., a new sabethine mosquito from Ecuador. [125] 21: 131-133, ill. McLintock, J. (See General.) Mattingly, P. F. The sub-genus Stegomyia (Culicidae) in the Ethiopian region, Pt. 1. [35] 2: 235- 304 (K), ill. Nijveldt, W. Over de levenswijze van Phaenpbremia urticariae Kffr. (Itonididae) f. n. sp. [57] 14, no. 320: 23-29, ill. (English summary.) Poulson, D. F., V. T. Bowen, R. M. Hilse & A. C. "Rubinson. (See Anatomy.) Roth, L. M. & E. R. Willis. (See Anatomy.) Schuurmans Stekhoven, J. H., Jr. Pupiparen. [29] 3: 91 101, ill. (*S). Shambaugh, G. F. (See General.) Sim- monds, F. J. (See General.) Smith, C. C. The life-his- tory and galls of a spruce gall midge, Phytophaga piceae Felt (Cecidomyiidae). [43] 84: 272-275, ill. Snyder, F. M. New species of Pegomyia from Mexico (Muscidae). [52] 45 : 415-422. Sobels, F/H. Genetics and morphology of the genotype "Asymmetric" with special reference to its "Abnormal abdomen" character (Drosophila melanogaster). [Genetica] 26: 117-279, ill. Thienemann, A. Bestimmung- stabelle fiir die larven der mit Diamesa nachst verwandten chironomiden. ]2S] 2: 244-256, ill. Turcek, F. J. The larva of Oestromyia satyrus parasitic in the vole Micro- tus arvalis Pall. '(Hypoderm., Dipt.). [45] 48: 240-241, ill., 1951. Vaillant, F. Les larves d'Hermione d'Algerie (Stratiomyiidae). [Bull. Soc. d'Hist. Nat. Afr. nord] 43: 8-15, ill. Vockeroth, J. R. A new nearctic species of Rhaphium, with notes on other species (Dolichopodidae). [43] 84: 276-280 (K), ill. Vockeroth, J. R. The specific status of Aedes pionips Dyar (Culicidae). [43] 84: 243- 247, ill. Wirth, W. W. The genus Alluaudomyia Kieffer in North America (Heleidae | Ceratogoponidae] ). [52] 45: 423-434, ill. (*K). Wirth, W. W. The immature stages of two species of Florida salt marsh sand flies (Heleidae [Ceratopogonidae]). [64] 35: 91-100. ill. Wirth, W. W. -Three new nearctic species of Systemus with a descrip- 22 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Jan., 1953 tion of the immature stages from tree cavities (Dolicho- podidae). [56] 54: 236-244, ill. (*K). COLEOPTERA Balthasar, V. Les especes du genre Heptaulacus Muls. avec la description d'un nouveau genre et d'une espece nouvelle (Scarabaeidae). [45] 48: 145-154 (*), 1951. Banninger, M. Ozaenini und Scaritini (Carab.). [29] 3: 123-124 (S). Bertrand, H. Captures et elevages de larves de coleopteres aquatiques (15 e note). [138] 57: 91-95, ill. Besson, J. Sur la biologic de Capnodis tene- brionis dans la region Toulousaine. [135] 86: 97-101. Blake, D. H. Six new species of Megistops with keys to the known species. [115] 59: 1-12, ill. Bosq, J. M. Enumeracion de predatores observados en la Republica Argentina (Coleopteros y Hemipteros). [Argentina, Min. Agr. y Gan. Ser. A] 8, no. 54, 29 p. Cashman, E. F.- Effect of parental feeding on rate of development of off- spring of the confused flour beetle, Tribolium confusum Duv. (Tenebrionidae). [54] 82 : 74-77. Chorabik, S. (See Anatomy.) Coiffait, H. Sur la biologic des speonomus de sous-genre Phacomorphus. [135] 86: 347-348. Corporaal, J. B. Cleridae. [29] 3: 126-137 (S). Darlington, P. J., Jr. The carabid beetles of New Guinea. Part 2, Agonini. [68] 107: 89-252 (*), ill. Fiedler, C. Cryptorrhynchinae (Cure.) und gen. Piazurus (Cure., Zygop.). [29] 3: 70-90 (S). Fiedler, C. Unbeschriebene sudamerikanische Cryp- torhynchiden-arten (Curculionidae). [159] 149: 61-74 (*). Guerin, J. Contribuiqao para o conhecimento dos Cly- tridae neotropicais. [48] 3 : 203-210, ill. Guignot, F. De- scription de dystiscides inedits de la collection Regimbart et de quelques autres especes et varietes nouvelles (in- cludes neotropical). [Revue Franc. d'Ent.] 19: 166-171, ill. Guignot, F. Sur la systematique des Dineutus (Gy- rinidae). [140] 19: 124-127, 1950 (K). Hood, J. D. The story of Hartonymus hoodi Casey (Carabidae). [101] 60: 173-177, ill. Howden, H. F. & P. O. Ritcher. Biology of Deltochilum gibbosum (Fab.) with a description of the larva. [47] 6: 53-57, ill. Howe, R. W Notes on the biology of Trogoderma versicolor Creutz. (Dermestidae). [60] 88: 182-184, ill. Jedlicka, A. Chlaeniini (Carab.). [29] 3: 125 (*S). Kleine, R. Brenthidae. [29] 3: 58-61 (S). Lepesrne, P. Longicornia, v. 1, Paul Lechevalier, Paris, 1950. 3500 frs. (Rev. by J. B. Corporaal in [57] 18, no. 313: 303-304.) Lepesme, P. (See General.) Mac- Swain, J. W. A synopsis of the genus Gnathium, with de- Ixiv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 23 scription of new species (Meloiclae). [153J 10: 205-224 (K), ill. Mader, L. Erotylidae. [29] 3: 138-188 (*S). Martinez, A. Notas sobre'Meloidae II. [132] 153: 254- 258 (S*), ill. Maxwell, C. W. B. The overwintering habits of the strawberry weevil, Anthonomus signatus Say (Curculionidae) in New Brunswick. [54] 82: 25-28. Monros, F. & M. M. de Monros. Las especies Argentinas de Cupedidae. 1 132] 154: 19-41, ill. Nagel, P. Lucani- dae. [29] 3: 189-190 (S). Nunberg, M. Contribution to the knowledge of prothoracic glands of Scolytidae and Platypodidae. [93] 14: 261-265, ill. Ohaus, F. Rutelinae (Scarab.). [29] 3: 1-10 (S). Olifan, V. L (See Anat- omy.) Schedl, K. E. Bark- and ambrosia beetles from Surinam, I. (Scolytidae). [57] 13, no. 318: 376-378, ill., 1951. Schedl, K. E. Scolytoidae. [29] 3: 62-69 (*S). Smith, S. G. (See Anatomy.) Spaeth, F. Cassidinae (Chrysom.). [29] 3: 11-43 (*S). Uhmann, E. Hispinae (Chrys.). [29] 3: 44-57. ill. (*S). Walkley, L. M. Re- vision of the Lathridiini of the state of Washington (Lathridiidae). [56] 54: 217-235, ill. (*K). Warner, R. E. Another European weevil, Pentarthrum huttoni Woll. in North America. [47] 6: 51-52. Wilkinson, W. Verti- cal reduplication of a leg in Agabus bipustulatus (L.) (Dytiscidae). [60] 88: 191-192. ill. Zikan, J. F. (See Lepidoptera.) HYMENOPTERA Bernard, F. Adaptations au milieu chez les fourmis Sahariennes (Formicidae). [135] 86: 88- 96. Blanchard, E. E. Descripcion de un himenoptero (Braconidae) parasite de "Riculoides gallicola" sp. nov. [132] 154: 78-80, ill. Brown, W. L., Jr. Contributions toward a reclassification of the Formicidae, I. Tribe Platy- thyreini. [67] 6: 1-6. Brown, W. L., Jr. Heteroponera Mayr reinstated (Formicidae). [115] 59: 70. Brown, W. L., Jr. Interesting northern records for eastern Hyme- noptera (Formicidae and Embolemidae). [115] 59': 12. Burks, B. D. A ne\v mealybug parasite (Encyrtidae). [101] 60: 179-182, ill. Burks,' B. D. The North American species of Syntomosphyrum (Chalcidoidea). [56] 54: 258- 264 (*K). 'Cole, A. C. A new Pheidole (Formicidae) from Florida. [52] 45: 443-444. Cole, A. C. Notes on the Pheidole pilifera (Roger) complex and a description of a new subspecies (Formicidae). [147] 27: 278-280 (K). Creighton, W. S. Studies on Arizona ants. (3). The hab- its of Pogonomyrmex huachucanus \Yheeler and a descrip- 24 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Jan., 1953 tion of the sexual castes (Formiciclae). [115] 59: 71-81, ill. Doutt, R. L. The teratoid larva of polvembryonic Encyrtidae. [43] 84: 247-250. Eisner, T. & E.'O. Wilson. -The morphology of the proventriculus of a formicine ant (Formicidae). [115] 59: 47-60, ill. Forbes, James. The genitalia and terminal segments of the male carpenter ant, Camponotus pennsylvanicus Degeer (Formicidae). [101] 60: 157-171, ill. Gregg, R. E. The female of Formica opaciventris Emery (Formicidae). [115] 59: 13-19. Grosch, D. S. The spinning glands of impaternate (male) Habrobracon larvae: morphology and cytology (Braconi- dae). [79] 91: 221-236, ill. Headley, A. E. Colonies of ants in a locust wood (Formicidae). [52] 45: 435-442. Heron, R. J. Notes on the feeding of larvae of the larch sawrly, Pristiphora erichsonii (Htg.) (Tenthredinidae). [54] '82: 67-70. Kalmus, H. & C. R. Ribbands. The origin of the odours by which honeybees distinguish their companions. [127] 104: 50-59. Kusnezov, N. Algunos datos sobre la dispersion geografica de hormigas (Formici- dae) en la Republica Argentina. [132] 153: 230-242. Narayanan, E. S. & T. V. Venkatraman. Technique of mass multiplication of Tenobracon deesae (Cam.) Hyme- noptera: Braconidae for use against sugarcane and maize borers. [Proc. Indian Acad. Sci.] 36: 12-18, ill. Nixon, H. L. & C. R. Ribbands. Food transmission within the honeybee community. [127] 104: 43-50. Olifan, V. L- (See Anatomy.) Reinhardt, J. F. (See Anatomy.) Rib- bands, C. R. Division of labour in the honeybee commu- nity. [127] 140: 32-43. Strojny, W. Some observations on the egg-laying process of Ephialtes tuberculatus Fourcr. (Ichneumonidae) parasite of the larva of Cryptorrhynchus lapathi L. (Curcul.). (In Polish with English summary.) [114] 21: 140-144, ill., 1951. Weber, N. A. Observations on Baghdad ants, I. [Baghdad College of Arts & Science, Publication] 1, 30 p., ill. Wong, H. R. Cocoons of some sawflies that defoliate trees in Manitoba and Saskatchewan (Tenthredidae, Diprionidae, Argidae). [54] 82: 61-67 (K), ill. Zikan, J. F. O genero Mischocyttarus Saussure (Vespidae), com a descricao de 82 especies novas. [Bol. Parq. Nac. Itatiaia, Rio de Jan.] 1, 251 p., ill., 1949. l\iv| ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 25 List of Titles of Publications Referred to by Numbers in Entomological Literature in Entomological News. 1. Academia Brasileira de Ciencias, Anais. Rio de Janeiro. 2. Academie des Sciences, Comptes Rendus. Paris. 3. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Notulae Naturae. 4. Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. Proceedings. 5. Acta Biologica Venezuelica. Caracas. 6. Acta Biotheoretica. Leiden, Netherlands. 7. Acta Zoologica (Int. tidskrift for Zoologi). Stockholm. 8. Acta Zoologica Lilloana. Tucuman, Argentina. 9. American Entomological Society, Transactions. Philadelphia. 10. American Journal of Tropical Medicine & Hygiene. Baltimore, Md. 11. American Microscopical Society, Transactions. Menasha, Wise. 12. American Midland Naturalist. Notre Dame,, Ind. 13. American Museum Novitates. New York. 14. American Museum of Natural History, Bulletin. New York. 15. American Naturalist. Lancaster, Pa. 16. Anatomical Record. Philadelphia. 17. Annales de Parasitologie humaine et comparee. Paris. 18. Annales des Sciences Naturelles, Zoologie. Paris. 19. Annals and Magazine of Natural History. London. 20. Annals of Applied Biology. London. 21. Annals of Tropical Medicine and Parasitology. Liverpool. 22. Anti-locust Bulletin. London. 23. Archives de Zoologie Experimentale et Generale. Paris. 24. Archives de Zoologie Experimentale et Generale. Notes et Revue. 25. Arkiv for Zoologi. K. Svenska Vetenskapsakademien, Stockholm. 26. Arthropoda. Asoc. Argent. Artropodologia. Buenos Aires. 27. Australian Journal of Scientific Research, Ser. B. Canberra. 28. Beitrage zur Entomologie (Deutsch. Ent. Inst.) Berlin. 29. Beitrage zur Fauna Perus. Jena. 30. Biological Bulletin. Woods Hole, Mass. 31. Biological Society of Washington, Proceedings. Washington, D. C. 32. Boletin de Entomologia Venezolana. Caracas. 33. Bombay Natural History Society, Journal. 34. Bonner Zoologische Beitrage. Bonn, Germany. 35. British Museum (Nat. Hist.), Bulletin. Entomology. 36. Brooklyn Entomological Society, Bulletin. 37. Broteria, Ser. trimestral. Lisbon, Portugal. 38. Buenos Aires. Institute Nac. Investig. Ciencias Nat. Zoologica. 39. Bulletin Biologique de la France et de la Belgique. Paris. 40. Bulletin of Entomological Research. London. 41. California Insect Survey, Bulletin. Berkeley, Cal. 42. California Univ. Publications in Entomology. Berkeley. 43. Canadian Entomologist. Ottawa, Ont. 44. Canadian Journal of Zoology. Ottawa, Canada. 45. Ceskoslovenska Spolecnost Ent., Casopis. (Acta Soc. Ent.) Prague. 46. Ceylon Journal of Science, Sect. B. Colombo. 47. Coleopterists' Bulletin. Arlington, Va. 48. Dusenia. Curitiba, Parana, Brazil. 49. Ecological Monographs. Durham, N. C. 50. Ecology. Durham, N. C. 51. Entomologica Americana. Brooklyn Ent. Soc. 52. Entomological Society of America, Annals. Columbus, Ohio. 26 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Jan., 1953 53. Entomological Society of British Columbia, Proceedings. Vernon. 54. Entomological Society of Ontario, Annual Report. Guelph. 55. Entomological Society of Southern Africa, Journal. Pretoria. 56. Entomological Society of Washington, Proceedings. Washington, D. C. 57. Entomologische Berichten. (Ned. Ent. Ver.) Amsterdam. 58. The Entomologist. London. 59. L'Entomologiste. Paris. 60. Entomologist's Monthly Magazine. London. 61. Eos; Revista Espanola de Entomologia. Madrid. 62. Evolution. New York. 63. Faune de 1'Union Franchise (Formerly Faune de 1'Empire Franqais). 64. Florida Entomologist. Gainesville. 65. Folia Universitaria. Cochabamba, Bolivia. 66. Great Basin Naturalist. Provo, Utah. 67. Harvard Museum of Comparative Zool. Breviora. Cambridge, Mass. 68. Harvard Museum of Comparative Zoology, Bulletin. Cambridge, Mass. 69. Hawaiian Entomological Society, Proceedings. Honolulu. 70. Hilgardia (California Agr. Expt. Sta.). Berkeley. 71. Illinois State Academy of Sciences, Transactions. Springfield. 72. Institut Scientifique de Madagascar, Memoires, Ser. E. Tananarive. 73. Iowa State College Journal of Science. Ames. 74. Journal of Animal Ecology. London. 75. Journal of Cellular and Comparative Physiology. Philadelphia. 76. Journal of Economic Entomology. Menasha, Wisconsin. 77. Journal of Experimental Biology. London. 78. Journal of Experimental Zoology. Philadelphia. 79. Journal of Morphology. Philadelphia. 80. Journal of Parasitology. Lancaster, Pa. 81. Kansas Academy of Sciences, Transactions. Manhattan. 82. Kansas Entomological Society, Journal. Lawrence. 83. Kansas University. Science Bulletins. Lawrence. 84. Lambillionea (Union Ent. Beige). Brussels. 85. Lepidopterists' News. New Haven, Conn. 86. Louisiana Academy of Sciences, Proceedings. New Orleans. 87. Mexico. Escuela Nacional de Ciencias Biologicas, Anales. 88. Mexico Univ. Institute de Biologia, Anales. Mexico City. 89. Michigan Univ. Museum of Zoology, Occasional Papers. Ann Arbor. 90. Microentomology. Stanford University, California. 91. Mocambique; Documentario Trimestral. Lourenqo Marques. 92. Mosquito News. New Brunswick, N. J. 93. Musei Zoologici Polonici, Annales. Warsaw, Poland. 94. Musei Zoologici Polonici. Fragmenta Faunistica. Warsaw, Poland. 95. Naples Univ. Institute e Museo Zoologico, Annuario. 96. National Academy of Sciences, Proceedings. Washington, D. C. 97. Natural History Miscellanea (Chicago Academy of Sciences). 98. Nature. London. 99. Naturforschende Gesellschaft Zurich, Vierteljahrsschrift. 100. Die Naturwissenschaften. Berlin. 101. New York Entomological Society, Journal. 102. Norsk Entomologisk Tidsskrift. Oslo. 103. Notulae Entomologicae. Helsingfors, Finland. 104. Oesterreiche Zoologische Zeitschrift. Vienna. 105. Office National Anti-acridien, Bulletin. Paris. 106. Ohio Journal of Science. Columbus. 107. Oikos; Acta Ecologica Scandinavica. Copenhagen, Denmark. Ixiv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 27 108. Opuscula Entomologica. Lund, Sweden. 109. Oyo-Kontyu (Nippon Society of Applied Entomology). Tokyo. 110. Pacific Science. Honolulu. 111. Pan-Pacific Entomologist. San Francisco, Cal. 112. Parasitology. London. 113. Physiological Zoology. Chicago. 114. Polskie Pismo Entomologiczne. Wroclaw, Poland. 115. Psyche; A Journal of Entomology. Cambridge, Mass. 116. Quarterly Journal of Microscopical Science. London. 117. Revista Brasileira de Biologia. Rio de Janeiro. 118. Revista de Investigaciones Agricultura. (Argent. Min. Agr.) B. A. 119. Revue Franqaise de Lepidopterologie. Douelle, France. 120. Revue Suisse de Zoologie. Geneva, Switzerland. 121. Rio de Janeiro. Institute Oswaldo Cruz, Memorias. 122. Rio de Janeiro. Museu Nacional do Brasil, Boletim, Zool. 123. Rivista di Parassitologia. Rome, Italy. 124. Royal Entomological Society of London, Proceedings, Ser. A. 125. Royal Entomological Society of London, Proceedings, Ser. B. 126. Royal Entomological Society of London, Transactions. 127. Royal Society of London, Proceedings, Ser. B. 128. Sao Paulo, Brazil. Depart. Zool., Seer. Agr., Papeis Avulsos. 129. Sao Paulo, Brazil. Institute Biologico, Arquivos. 130. Schweizerische Entomologische Gesellschaft, Mitteilungen. Bern. 131. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections. Washington, D. C. 132. Sociedad Cientifica Argentina, Anales. Buenos Aires. 133. Sociedad Entomologica Argentina, Revista. Buenos Aires. 134. Sociedad Mexicana de Historia Natural, Revista. Mexico City. 135. Societe d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse, Bulletin. 136. Societe Entomologique de Belgique, Bulletin et Annales. Brussels. 137. Societe Entomologique de France, Annales. Paris. 138. Societe Entomologique de France, Bulletin. Paris. 139. Societe Fouad I d'Entomologie, Bulletin. Cairo, Egypt. 140. Societe Linneenne Lyon, Bulletin Mensuel. 141. Societe Zoologique de France, Bulletin. Paris. 142. Society for British Entomology, Journal. Bournemouth, England. 143. Society for British Entomology, Transactions. Bournemouth, Eng. 144. South London Entomological & Nat. Hist. Society, Proc. & Trans. 145. Southern California Academy of Sciences, Bulletin. Los Angeles. 146. Systematic Zoology. Washington, D. C. 147. Tennessee Academy of Sciences, Journal. Nashville. 148. Texas Journal of Science. College Station, Texas. 149. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. Amsterdam. 150. Tohoku University. Science Reports, Ser. 4. Tohoku, Japan. 151. U. S. National Museum, Proceedings. Washington, D. C. 152. Washington Academy of Sciences, Journal. Washington, D. 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THE LANCASTER PRESS, INC., Lancaster, I'a. ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS VOL. LXIV FEBRUARY, 1953 Xo. 2 The Wasps of Penikese Island, Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts (Hymenoptera) By KENNETH W. COOPER, University of Rochester, Rochester, N. Y. Penikese Island is a roughly L-shaped, tiny remnant of the Falmouth (or Buzzard Bay) terminal moraine, woodsless and windswept, lying in the waters of Buzzards Bay approximately one mile north of Cutty-hunk. Thus it is nearly at the end of the Elizabeth chain of islands that extends west southwest from Woods Hole, Massachusetts, and that separates the waters of Buzzards Bay from Vineyard Sound. The larger limb of Penikese runs due south and is no more than five-eighths of a mile in length and but a quarter of a mile in greatest width. The smaller limb, known as Tub Point, is joined to the main island by a barrier beach, runs to the southeast somewhat less than three-eighths of a mile, and is not quite a quarter of a mile wide at its greatest breadth. The island is low in profile, rising at no point more than 85 feet above sea level. Perhaps 80 acres of land lie above the limits of high tide, and tully half of Penikese's acreage lies between sea level and the 20-foot contour line. More or less temporary fresh-water ponds, as well as brackish ponds, stand in certain hollows of the island, and nearly two acres of marsh occupy the northeastern margin of the main body of Penikese (map in Lewis, 1924). The closest reach of the mainland of Massachusetts is Mishaum Point, south of New Bedford, approximately 4.4 miles XXW of Penikese. Further details of Penikese may be found in the accounts by Jordan (1874), Rollick (190f). Lewis (1924), Coker (1926), Fogg 30 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Feb., 1953 (1930), and Wooclworth and Wigglesworth (1934). Hollick has summed up the island's attributes, declaring Penikese to be "... about as barren and unattractive a pile of gravel and bowlders as can well be imagined." It was on Penikese, in 1873, that Louis Agassiz founded the first seaside laboratory in North America, the Anderson School of Natural History, and interest in the island and its fauna and flora stems partly from its biologically notable past. When Agassiz brought his students there, Penikese was treeless, virtu- ally shrubless, and covered with little more than common types of flowering plants and grassy pasturage for the sheep grazed there (Jordan, 1874), although when first known, at the start of the 17th Century, it appears to have been covered with woods in which a cedar predominated (v. Fogg, 1930). Since Agassiz' time the island has been employed as a turkey farm (in the early 1890s at least; see Morse, 1894), as a sheep pasturage until 1910, and from 1905-1921 a leper colony was maintained on Penikese. Not unexpectedly a sizeable floral change came about in this period, man probably being the pri- mary agent of dissemination. Shaw (in Lewis, 1924) and, especially, Fogg (1930) give valuable and detailed accounts of the flora of Penikese, and discuss in considerable detail the ex- tent and nature of the floral changes that have occurred there. Today the island has a few introduced poplars and other trees, and a fair number of shrubs are established, including staghorn sumach, scrub willows, and common elder, which provide poten- tial nesting sites for twig-dwelling wasps. As a whole the flora is still overwhelmingly an herbaceous one, and along with the large colony of common and roseate terns that nest at the north end of Penikese, common plants such as Agrostis alba. Agropyron repens, Antho.ranthum odoratum, Holcus lanatus, Plantago, Cakile, Capsella, Ritiuc.r, Nepeta and Achillca are to- day fully as typical floral elements of Penikese as they were in Agassiz' time, nearly 80 years ago. Daitcus carota, at the flowers of which so many wasps were captured in 1947, is a newcomer to Penikese since Agassiz' day. IxivJ F.NTOMOLOGICAL NK\VS 31 On August 7, 1923, biologists from Woods Hole celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of Agassiz' laboratory by undertaking a one-day biological survey of Penikese, the results of which have been brought together in interesting cata- logs of the flora (Lewis, 1924) and fauna (Coker, 1926). Again, on August 3, 1947, a similar party of biologists com- memorated (somewhat prematurely) the 75th anniversary by another collecting trip on Penikese. The day was sunny and hot but, unhappily for the hymenopterist, a stiff, unrelenting breeze made the survey of flying insects difficult, except in pro- tected hollows and lees. Collecting began at approximately 1 1 :30 AM and was over by 3 :30 PM. The wasps listed be- low were collected by Drs. C. Nelson, H. Knudsen, J. A. Moore, P. W. Whiting and myself, and remained in my possession for identification ; most specimens are now on deposit in the U. S. National Museum. The nomenclature in the following list is that of Muesebeck, Krombein and Townes (1951) for all but the ants; for the latter J have followed Creighton (1950). In each instance bracketted initials identify the collector. CHRYSIDIDAE Chrysis (Chrysogona) perpulchra Cresson. 1 J 1 (PW\Y). I have also taken this chrysid at Woods Hole in July ; the normal host is said to be Scdiphrou, a common wasp of Penikese. Chrysis (Tetrachrysis) coerulans Fabr. 1 J 1 , at flowers of Daucns carota (KWC) ; also common at Woods Hole from June through mid- September. TlPHIIDAE Tiphia intermedia Mall. 1 ?, 4 1 cf at flowers of I Caucus, as well as one female hunting at grassy margin of beach (KWC) ; very common at Woods Hole in July and August. Anoplius (Ar.) relativus (Fox). 2 J 1 J\ at flowers of . Ichillca and Dancits (KWC) ; also taken at Woods Hole in August. Anoplius (Pompilinus) marginatus (Say). 2$$, 2^ at flowers of Dancits (KWC) ; very common at Woods Hole and on Xonamesset and Naushon of the Elizabeth chain from July through mid- September. Anoplius (Lophopompilus) atrox (Dahlbom). 1 $, 1 J 1 at flowers of Daiicus (KWC) ; also taken at Woods Hole and on Xonamesset Island in August and early September. SPHECIDAE (Larrinae) Lyroda subita (Say). 6 5$, 3 J^ on sandy patch of grassy beach at northeastern end of the main body of Penikese (CX ; KAY C ) . One female wasp was captured while dragging a para- lyzed juvenile female .Veinobiiis fasciatns through a patch of of exposed grassroots. Also common on Nonamesset Island in August. Tachysphex tarsatus (Say). 1$ (KWC); also taken at \\oods Mole, Nonamesset Island, and Barnstable dunes in fuly and August. Tachysphex terminatus (Smith). 2$$, 3 g (including 1 mated pair) in company with Lyroda (KWC) ; common at \Voods Hole and on Xonamesset Island (also in the company of Lyroda) in August. 34 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Feb., 1953 (Sphecinae) Sphex (Priononyx) pubidorsus (Costa). 1 $, hunting among grassroots in protected hollow (KWC) ; I have also taken this wasp at Barnstable in August. Sphex (Sphex) ichneumoneus (Linn.). 1 5, 2 <$<$ at Daitcus and Nepcta (CX ; KWC") : common everywhere on the Cape in my experience. Podalonia violaceipennis (Lepel.). 1 , 2 J 1 ^ (CN ; HK) ; frequent at Woods Hole July through mid-September. Ammophila kennedyi (Murray). 1 < at flowers of Achillea (KWC). Ammophila placida Smith. 1 $ (CN) ; common at Woods Hole and Nonamesset Island from mid-June through mid- September. Sceliphron caementarium (Drury). 1 $, 2 J\^ at Daucus flowers, and nesting on old buildings and ruins (CN ; KWC) ; abundant at Woods Hole from June through mid-September. (Nyssoninae} Epibembix spinolae (Lepel.). 4$$, 4^^, common on all sandy patches, and at Daitcus and Nepta (CN ; HK ; KWC) ; common at Woods Hole, Nonamesset Island, Barnstable, Prov- incetown, and Acoaxet from July to September. (Philanthlnae) Philanthus gibbosus (Fabr.).- 3 5$ at Daucus flowers (KWC) ; common at Woods Hole through the summer. (Crabroninac} Lestica (Solenius) interrupta (Lepel. et Brullj)- 1 cT at flowers of Daucus (KWC) ; frequent at Woods Hole in July and August. Oxybelus emarginatus Say. 1 $ (KWC) ; also collected at Provincetown, Barnstable, and Nonamesset Island in August, as well as at Woods Hole in July and August. O. quadrinotatus Say. 1 $ (KWC) ; also occurs at Woods Hole in August. It is difficult to guess at how complete this list may be for August's wasps on Penikese. Certainly it is a complete record for every species seen by me on the island, for none was seen that was not captured. But the wind was so strong and per- ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 35 sistent that only larger wasps, or those small ones whose niches included protected hollows, were on the wing. Although the inhabitants of a small island such as Penikese are always of spe- cial interest, a glance over the list of those wasps found produces few surprises, lest it be that so many forms were found in an environment that seems so unpromising. All of the species are known from immediately adjoining localities and states, and the fauna is largely Transitional. The one genuinely surprising record is that of Anoplius ithaca which, on the basis of a very extensive collecting experience and study, had seemed to Evans (1948, 1951 ) to be a wasp of local occurrence, confined to the very special habitat of rocky stream beds (as, for example, along the Westfield River in Hampshire Co., Mass.). Now Penikese lacks streams and running water- ways but, owing to its morainal origin and the persistent harsh- ness of wave and wind action, possesses extensive rocky tracts, especially along its western margins. Perhaps, then, stretches of exposed boulders, scattered rocks and gravels provide Ithaca's special environmental needs. If this be the case, then stream- side habitats would be the most frequent mainland but inland localities of the sort Anopllns ithaca requires, for only along waterways would rocky beds and stretches commonly be found that remain uncovered by soil and organic debris. Along the coast, A. ithaca may be expected to frequent some boulder strewn, stony beaches. LITERATURE CITED COKER, R. E. (editor). 1926. Fauna of Penikese Island, 1923. Biol. Bull. 50: 17-37. COOPER, K. W. 1950. Zethus, Pachodynerus and other southern wasps from Massachusetts (Hymenoptera : Vespoidea; Sphecoidea). Ent. News 61 : 104-105. CREIGHTON, W. S. 1950. The ants of North America. Bull. M. C. Z. 104 : 1-585. EVANS, H. E. 1948. Biological notes on two species of Anoplius (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Ent. News 59: 180-184. EVANS, H. E. 1951. A taxonomic study of the nearctic spider wasps belonging to the tribe Pompilini (Hymenoptera: Pompilidae). Part II. Genus Anoplius Dufour. Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 76: 207-361. 36 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Feb., 1953 FOGG, J. M. 1930. The flora of the Elizabeth Islands, Massachusetts. Rhodora 32: 119-132, 147-161, 167-180, 208-221, 226-258, 263-281. HOLLICK, A. 1901. A reconnoissance of the Elizabeth Islands. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 13 : 387-418. JORDAN, D. S. 1874. The flora of Penikese Island. Ainer. Nat. 8: 193- 197. LEWIS, I. F. 1924. The flora of Penikese, fifty years after. Rhodora 26: 181-195, 211-219, 222-229. MATHER, K. F., R. P. GOLDTHWAIT, and L. R. THIESMEYER. 1942. Pleistocene geology of western Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Bull. Geol. Soc. Amer. 53: 1127-1174. MORSE, A. P. 1894. Notes on the Orthoptera of Penikese and Cutty- hunk. Psyche 7: 179-180. MUESEBECK, C. F. W., K. V. KROMBEIX. and II. K. TOWNES. 1951. Hymenoptera of America North of Mexico. Synoptic Catalog. U. S. Dept. Agric., Agric. Monograph No. 2, pp. 1-1420. STURTEVANT, A. H. 1931. Ants collected on Cape Cod, Massachusetts. Psyche 38 : 73-79. WHEELER, W. M. 1906. Fauna of New England. 7. List of the Formicidae. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist., Occ. Papers 7 : 1-24. WOODWORTH, J. B., and E. WIGGLESWORTH. 1934. Geography and geol- ogy of the region including Cape Cod, the Elizabeth Islands, Nan- tucket, Marthas Vinyard, No Mans Land, and Block Island. Mem. M. C. Z. 52 : 1-xvi, 1-322. Collection and Laboratory Maintenance of Dytiscidae (Coleop.) By EDWARD S. HODGSON, Department of Zoology, Barnard College, Columbia University Certain species of Dytiscidae, notably Laccophilus maculosus Germ., have recently proven to be excellent experimental ani- mals for studies on the physiology of chemoreception (Hodgson, 1951 ; Physiol. Zool. 24: 131-40). The smaller forms such as Laccophilus and Coptotomus can usually be collected in large numbers from grassy banks of permanent ponds as are usually found at fish hatcheries. They are easy to transport alive in water or in containers half filled with wet grass. Ixiv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NL\\ S 37 When the beetles are being used in tlie laboratory, it is often desirable to keep large stocks on hand, and due to the canni- balistic habits of the beetles, this poses a considerable problem. The following method has been used with success in our labo- ratory for two years. Aquaria are filled with tap water and bricks placed on the bottoms of the aquaria ; the bricks are stood on edge. The water is kept in motion by bubbling air from a compressed air line or aquarium aeration pump through the wa- ter. When the beetles are introduced into the aquarium, tlu-v cling to the bricks and move about very little. This is an im- portant factor in reducing the mortality rate in stocks over pe- riods of several weeks, since much of the mortality results from chance encounters of swimming beetles. An aquarium holding 40 gallons of water will accommodate about 1000 beetles in this fashion without overcrowding smaller aquaria holding propor- tionately less. With such an arrangement, only about 10' i of the beetles will fall victim to cannibalism each month. Care must be taken to make sure that the water is not moving so rapidly that the beetles cannot reach the surface periodically to replenish their air supplies. In our cultures, wooden floats were provided, which permitted the beetles to dry themselves at in- tervals during feeding. Wire screening must be used over the aquaria to prevent the escape of flying beetles. Meat scraps and fish food ("Tropicala Xo. 2") were fed daily, and the aeration stopped only for a feeding period of one hour. The formation of a surface film is prevented by the aeration and resulting currents of water, and any excess food accumulating on the bottom of the aquarium seems to do no particular harm. The beetles have frequently been observed mating but no larvae have been seen in the cultures ; possibly any larvae which appeared were eaten by the adults. Because of the abundance of the adults, no attempt has been made to find special methods of rearing the beetles through a complete life cycle. 38 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS | Feb., 1953 Two New Species of Milichiidae, with Miscellane- ous Notes on the Family (Diptera) By CURTIS W. SABROSKY, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, Agricultural Research Administration, U. S. Department of Agriculture In a recent study of the dipterous family Milichiidae, two new species have heen recognized and some miscellaneous notes ac- cumulated. Revisionary work is being continued on two large genera, Dcsrnoinetopa and MilicJiiclla, but the notes presented here are not relevant to that study. Eusiphona flava, new species Like the genotype, Eitsiplwna inira Coq., in habitus and struc- tural characters, but predominantly yellow. Female. Yellow to orange-yellow, only the arista, front, upper half or more of occiput, mesonotum except laterally, basal por- tion of disk of scutellum, and metanotum black in ground color ; front densely pollinose and appearing golden yellow from certain aspects ; mesonotum dull, yellowish-gray pollinose with a sug- gestion of three brown stripes, when viewed from behind ; lateral yellow areas of mesonotum include the humeri and notopleural and supra-alar areas. Head in profile as in inira (cf. Curran, 1934, "The Families and Genera of North American Diptera," p. 335, fig. 12), but the proboscis proportionately longer, each section 1.5 times the height of the head ; wing approximately as figured by Curran (I.e., fig. 5)., but the first posterior cell only slightly broadened opposite the hind crossvein, the anterior crossvein directly be- hind the junction of first vein with costa, and thus the penulti- mate section of fourth vein nearly % the length of that of the third vein. Length, 3 mm. Holotype, Kanab, UTAH, Aug.. 17, 1950 (G. F. Knowlton). Type No. 61616 in the U. S. National Museum, deposited through the courtesy of the collector. Ixiv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NK\VS 39 No other species of the genus lias been described since Coquil- lett (1897) erected it for a single species, inira. then presumed to belong to the Larvaevoridae (Tachinidae). The genotype is an entirely black fly and thus strikingly contrasted with the new species. Stomosis Melander Stomosis Melander, 1913, Jour. New York Ent. Soc. 21 : 242. Type, Desmometopa lutcola Coquillett (Monobasic.) Siphonomyiella Frey, 1919, Ofvers. finska Vetensk. Soc. Forh. 60A, no. 14, p. 16. Type, Siphonomyiella ruj'nla Frey (Monobasic). New synonymy. The description and the figures of head and wing of nomyiella, described from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, agree com- pletely with the North American Stomosis. I have seen no Brasilian material of the genus, and cannot comment on the status of Stomosis ritjula (Frey) [new combination]. The genotype, luteola (Coq.), was described from Williams, Arizona, has been recorded from Texas (Melander, 1913 ), and is known to me from Lafayette, Indiana, Falls Church and Alexandria, Virginia, and East Lansing, Michigan. At Falls Church, Vir- ginia, April 15, 1951, it was reared from debris in the crotch of a tree (W. W. Wirth). In the U. S. National Museum there is a long series from Higuito, San Mateo, Costa Rica (Pablo Schild), which was apparently correctly determined by J. M. Aldrich as lutcola. Hemeromyia washingtona ( Mel.) Paramadiza wasliiin/tdiia Melander, 1913 (Sept.), Jour. New York Ent. Soc. 21 : 246 (Washington ). Hemeromyia washingtona (Melander) Melander, 1913 (Oct.i, Psyche 20: 169. Hemeromyia iiitcns Melander, 1913 (Oct.), Psyche 20: 169. (Melander's statement that "llcmcrom\ order of The Hon. J. C. Calhoim, Secretary of H'ar, under the command oj Stephen H. Lout/ Major U. S. T. E. (Gary and Lea, Philadelphia, 1S24). pp. 303-305 (Re- printed by LeConte, 1859, in: The complete -n'ritint/s oj Tlionn/s Sa\, Vol. 1, pp. 203-205). An account of the swarming of Ephoron album appears on pp. 114-115 of the same volume. Correct citations were given by Hagen (1861 ) in his Synopsis of the Nenroptera of Xorth America, but apparently starting with Eaton (Trans. Ent. Soc. London, 1871 : 8) the citation i- given as Volume 2 of the Western Quarterly Reporter, and dated variously as 1823 or 1824. Eaton (he. eit. ) indicates that he did not see the original of Say's work and apparently has made an error in reading the LeConte reprint. The error has been faithfully repeated by numerous writers since that time. GEORGE F. Emirxns, JR., University of Utah. Pseudocneorrhinus bifasciatus Roelofs Extending Its Range in New Jersey (Col. Curculionidae) This weevil which is the P. setosits of American authors, ac- cording to the Blackwelders' "Fifth Supplement to the Lt-ng Catalogue of Coleoptera of America, North of Mexico" ( 1 C '4S). is extending its range in Xew Jersey. It is listed in the Leng ^ Mutchler "Catalogue of the Coleoptera of America, Xorth of Mexico" (1927), from Connecticut and Japan. Introduced from Japan, it was reported from Connecticut in 1 ( )23. It was first noted in Xew lersey at South Orange during September, 46 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS (Feb., 1953 1947, the adults having been taken while feeding on the leaves of privet, mimosa, Japanese barberry, rhododendron and a few other ornamental plants. Shortly afterward it was collected at West Orange, Maplewood, Orange and Newark, all in New Jersey. It has also been reported from New York City. During September, 1952, Mr. Robert J. Sim collected the species at Morrestown, N. J., where it was doing considerable damage to the foliage of azalaes and other shrubs. In spite of its injury to foliage, it does not appear at present to be an insect of prime economic importance. During the thirty years since it was reported from Connecticut, the species has no doubt invaded a larger area of New 7 Jersey than is indicated by the localities mentioned. HARRY B. WEISS. The Lone Star Tick in Staten Island, New York (Acarina: Ixodidae) By JOHN W. H. REHN, First Army Area Medical Laboratory, New York 7, N. Y. The Lone Star Tick. Amblyomum americanum (Linnaeus) is usually considered to breed as far north as southern New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The only records of this species north of this area are either very old, 1740-1830, or clearly represent acci- dental importations. 1 In May, 1952, a partially engorged female Amblyotnma ainericanus was removed from a child at Fort Wadsworth, Staten Island, and sent to this laboratory for identification. The child had not been off this island for several months and left the military installation only to go to school. Therefore, the tick was undoubtedly picked up on this island. Investigation failed to recover additional examples. However, it seems prob- able that individuals have been introduced from the south and the species may now be established on Staten Island. 1 BEQUAERT, J. C. 1946. The ticks, or Ixodoiclea, of the northeastern United States and eastern Canada. Entomologica Americana, XXV (M.S.), p. 183. Ixiv] ENTOMOLOGICAL XK\YS 47 Current Entomological Literature Compiled by VENIA T. PHILLIPS, Librarian Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Under the above head it is intended to note papers received at the Academy of Xatural Sciences of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania pertaining to entomology, including all arthropods except Crustacea. Coverage will be world-wide as regards major contributions to systematics as well as for all papers on morphology, physiology, em- bryology, etc. In addition, for species from the Americas and the Pacific (Nearctic, Neotropical and Polynesian regions) all minor contributions to taxonomy, distribution, etc., will also be recorded. This list gives references of the year 1952 unless otherwise noted. Continued papers, with few exceptions, are recorded only at their first installment. For other records of general literature and for economic literature, see the Bibliog- raphy of Agriculture, Washington, and the Review of Applied Entomology, Series A, London. For records of papers on medical entomology see Review of Applied Entomology, Series B. NOTE: The figures within brackets [ ] refer to the journal in which the paper ap- peared, as numbered in the List of periodicals and serials published in our January and June issues. The number of the volume, and in some cases, the part, heft, &c. is followed by a colon (:). References to papers containing new forms or names not so stated in titles are followed by (*); if containing keys are followed by (k); papers pertaining ex- clusively to Neotropical species, and not so indicated in the title, have the symbol (S). Papers published in ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS are not listed. GENERAL Bartlett, B. R. and J. C. Ortega. Relation between natural enemies and DDT-induced increases in frosted scale and other pests of walnuts. [76] 45: 783-784. Beard, E. The early-American silkworm. [Frontiers] 17: 35-38, 62, ill. Belkin, J. N. and W. A. McDonald. Prepar- ing Lepidoptera for class study. [85] 6: 61-63, ill. Box, H. E. Informe preliminar sobre los taladradores de la cana de azucar (Diatraea spp.) en Venezuela. [Bol. tec. Div. Ent., Inst. Nac. de Agr. Venezuela] 2: 1-72, ill. Brown, F. M. Statistics and taxonomy again. |85] 6: 67. Brues, C. T. Some evolutionary features inherent in the insect faunas of the tropics. [Quart. I., Fla. Acad. Sci.] 15: 149-154. Campbell, W. V. and R. E. Hutchins. Toxicity of insecticides to some predaceous insects on cotton. [76 1 45 : 786-789, 828-833. Corbet, P. S. (See Smaller orders.) Flanders, S. E. A method for transferring infestations of purple scale. [76] 45: 891. Fleming, W. E., H. W. Allen and F. W. Poos. Traber Norman Dobbins, 1896-1952. 1 76] 45: 903. (Obit.) Forbes, W. T. M. Footnote to Brown's Statistics. [85] 6: 67. Harris, L. Henry \Y. Eustis. [85] 6: 77. (Obit.) Jackson, W. B. Population of the w r ood-mouse (Peromyscus leucopus) subjected to the application of D.D.T. and parathion. [49] 22: 259-81. Keilbach, R. Schalenasymmetrien bei rezenten und fossi- len Ostrakoden und das Alter der asymmetrischen Fliigel- lage bei Insekten. [160] 149: 147-57. Klots, A. B.- Marguerite S. Forsyth. [85] 6: 76-77. (Obit.) Knowlton, 48 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Feb., 1953 G. F. Range entomology. | Utah Agr. Expt. Sta. Mimeo. Sheet] 391 : 1-3. Linsley", E. G., J. W. MacSwain and R. F. Smith. Outline for ecological life histories of solitary and semi-social bees. [50] 33: 558-567. Ludwig, A. Die Blattminen des Siegerlandes mid der angrenzenden gebiete. (Includes classified list of miners and a long list of host plants.) [Abhand. Landesmuseum f. Naturk. zu Minister in Westfalen | 15. heft 2. 48 pp. McGregor, S. E. and T. F. Buehrer. A nectarometer. [76] 45 : 895. Martorell, L. F. and J. Adsuar. Insects associated with papaya virus dis- eases in the Antilles and Florida. [76] 45: 863-869. R., W. A. Obituary. Keith Collingwoocl McKeown. [Aust. Mus. Mag.] 10:"371. Roan, C. C. Tagging oriental fruit flies with radioactive phosphorus for field-movement stud- ies. [76] 45 : 826-828. Rosine, W. N. Qualitative distri- bution of aquatic invertebrates among the plants in Muskee Lake. Col. [Jr. Col.-Wyo. Acad. Sci.] 4: 92 (Abstract). Schwenke, W. (See Lepidoptera.) Shoumatoff, N. Some statistical concepts in taxonomy. [85] 6: 64-66. Smith, M. V. and G. F. Townsend. A method of measuring polli- nator populations on field crops. [43] 84: 314316, ill. Stark, R. W. Analysis of a population sampling method for the lodgepole needle miner in Canadian Rocky Moun- tain parks. [43] 84: 316-321. Suomalainen, E. Harry Federley (1879-1951). [85] 6: 57-60. (Obit., port., bibl.) Swenson, L. E. Cleaning skeletal material with meal worms. | Jr. Col.-Wyo. Acad. Sci.] 4: 103. (Abstract.) Taylor, L." F., J. W. Apple and K. C. Berger. (See Anat- omy.) Vandoni, C. Augusto Molinar (1896-1952). [Na- tura, Milan] 43: 39-44. (Obit., port.) Z., E. Karl Esche- rich, 1871-1951. [Graellsia] 8: 113-115, 1950. (Obit., port.) ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, MEDICAL Applegarth, A. G. (See Arachnida.) Audy, J. R. (See Arachnida.) Barnes, H. F. Studies of fluctuations in insect populations. XII. [77] 39: 370-73. Id. XIII. Ibid. 374-78. Bartlett, B. R. and J. C. Ortega. (See General.) Beall, G. (See Lepidoptera.) Benson, A. Distribution of certain riffle insects in a foothills stream with respect to current velocity. [Jr. Col.-Wyo. Acad. Sci.] 4: 93-94 (Abstract). Brian, A. D. (See Hymenoptera.) Bruneau de Mire, P. (See Or- thoptera.) Campbell, W. V. and R. E. Hutchins. (See General.) Clark, A. M. and C. J. Mitchell. Effects of x-rays upon haploid and diploid embryos of Habrobracon. Ixiv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 4" [30| 103: 107-177. Cumber, R. A. (See Hemiptera.) Dethier, V. G. Adaptation to chemical stimulation of the tarsal receptors of the blowfly. [30] 103: 178-89. Floch, H. and E. Abonnenc. (See Diptera.) Flores, H. (See Lepidoptera.) Eraser, F. C. Methods of exophytic ovi- position in Odonata. [60] 88: 261-262. Fritsch, H. Yer- such zur Analyse des Angriffspunktes kontaktinsektizider Stoffe. [Biol. Zentralbl.] 71: 512-28. Gisin, G. (See Smaller orders.) Goodwin, T. W. The biochemistry of locust pigmentation. [Biol. Reviews] 27: 439-460. ill. Grindley, D. N. The composition of the body fat of small green chironomids. |77] 29: 440-44. Haas, A. Die Man- dibledriise als Duftorgan bei einigen Hymenopteren. [100] 39:484. Helwig, E. R. (See Orthoptera. ) Herold, W.- Beobachtungen uber die Arbeitsleistuug einiger Arbeiter von Yespa germanica F. Dolichovespula germanica (F.) (Hym, Vespidae). [Biol. Zentralbl.] 71: 461-69. Howe, R. W.---M iscellaneous experiments with grain weevils. [ Re- si>tance of adults to starvation.] [60] 88: 252-255. Hrob, H. Entwicklungsphysiologische Untersuchungen an den Speicheldrusen. clem Darmtraktus und den Tmaginal- .scheiben einer Letalrasse dgl) von Drosophila melano- gaster. [Z. Yererbungslehre] 84: 320-60. Hughes, G. M.- Differential effects of direct current on insect ganglia. [77] 29: 387-401. lilies, J. (See Smaller orders.)' Jekot, C. B. Lethal mutations produced in Drosophila melanogaster bv the auxin, gamma-indole-3-n-butyric acid. [jr. Col.- Wyo. Acad. Sci.] 4: 100 (Abstract). Jones, G. D. G. The responses of the honey bee to repellent chemicals. [77] 29: 372-86. Keler, S. v. Ueber die Wachstums-Progression bei Pseudomenopon rowanae Keler. (Mallophaga). [28] 2: 113-19. Lippert, W. und K. Gentil. Elektronenmikro- scopische Studien iiber micellare Strukturen bei Schmetter- lingsschuppen vom Morpho-Typ. [Z. AYiss. Mikroscop.] ol : 95-100. Lloyd, D. C. (See Hemiptera.) Longanecker, D. S. and A. L. Burroughs. Sylvatic plague studies. IX. Studies of the microclimate of the California ground squirrel burrow and its relation to seasonal changes in the flea popu- lation. [50] 33: 488-499. ill. Liischer! M. rntersuduin- gen iiber das individuelle Wachstum bei der Termite Kalo- termes flavicollis Fal>r. (Ein Beitrag xum Ka>tenbilduugs- problem.) | Biol. Zentralbl. | 71: 529-43. McLeod, J. H. and D. A. Chant. (See Orthoptera). Pellegrino, J. Ob- servac/'es sobre a resistencia do Triatoma infestans ao 50 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Feb.. 1953 jejum. [117] 12: 317-20. Pendergrast, J. G. (See Hemip- tera.) Pipkin, S. B. Seasonal fluctuations in Drosophila populations at different altitudes in the Lebanon Moun- tains. [Z. Vererbungslehre] 84: 270-305. Pschorn- Walcher, H. (See Arachnida.) Richards, A. G. Studies in arthropod cuticle. VIII. The antennal cuticle of honey- bees, with particular reference to the sense plates. [30] 103: 201-25. Rietschel, P. Ueber Beinautotomie bei der Blattlaus Drepanosiphon (Hemip.). [Biol. Zentralbl.] 71: 544_50, ill. Riha, G. (See Arachnida.) Sacktor, B. and D. Bodenstein. Cytochrome C oxidase activity of various tissues of the American cockroach Periplaneta americana (L.). [75] 40: 157-61. Sarles, M. P. and W. B. Vander- grift. Chronic oral toxicity and related studies on animals with the insecticide and pyrethrum synergist piperonyl butoxide. [10] 1: 862-83. Shaw, S. (See Coleoptera.) Shull, E. M. Migration of Catopsilia butterflies in India. [85] 6: 68-69. Smith, C. N., M. M. Cole, G. W. Lloyd and A. Selhime. Mosquito-repellent mixtures. [76] 45: 805- 809. Taylor, L. F., J. W. Apple and K. C. Berger. Re- sponse of certain insects to plants grown on varying fertility levels. [76] 45: 843-848. Vallentyne, J. R.' Insect re- moval of nitrogen and phosphorus compounds from lakes. [50] 33: 573-577. Willis, E. R. and L. M. Roth. Reac- tions of Aedes aegypti (L.) to carbon dioxide. [78] 121 : 149-80. Wilson, C. and Ralph L. Davis. Insect problems that develop on alfalfa following treatment with certain insecticides. [106] 52: 343-348. Woodroffe, G. E. (See Hemiptera.) ARACHNIDA AND MYRIOPODA Applegarth, A. G. -The anatomy of the cephalic region of a centipede Pseu- dolithobius megaloporus (Stuxberg) (Chilopoda). [90] 17: 127-171. ill. Audy, J. R. Trombiculid mites infesting bats in Malaya, with descriptions of three new species. [Bull. Raffles Mus.] 24: 132-159, ill. (K). Brown, J. R. C. -The feeding organs of the adult of the common "chigger." [79] 91: 15-51 (Trombicula alfreddugesi). Chamberlin, R. V. and Y. M. Wang. Some records and descriptions of chilopods from Japan and other oriental areas. [31] 65: 177-188. Chamberlin, R. V. Two Oregon millipeds of the. order Chordeumida. [97] no. 113. 3 pp.. ill. Cunliffe, F. -Biology of the cockroach parasite, Pimpeliaphilus poda- polipophagus Tragardh, with a discussion of the genera Pimeliaphilus and Hirstiella (Acarina, Pterygosomidae) . KXTOMOLOC.ICAI. XK\\ S 51 [56] 54: 153-169, ill. (*). Jeekel, C._A. W. Scolopen- dridae (Chilopoda) from Surinam. [57] 14, no. 329, p. 175. Levitt, V. Line fishing for moths (by spiders). [Aust. Mus. Mag.] 10: 361-365, ill. Pschorn-Walcher, H.- Zur biologic und systematik terricoler milben (I) Die os- talpinen arten der gattung Liacarus Mich. (Oribatei). [34] 2: 177-182. ill., 1951 (*K). Riha, G. Zur okologie der oribatiden in kalksteinboden (Acarina). [158] 80: 407-450, ill., 1951. Stahnke, H. L. Some scorpion anomalies. [Tr. Col.-Wyo. Sci.] 4: 104 (Abstract). Strandtmann, R. W.- The mesostigmatic nasal mites of birds. III. New species of Rhinoecius from owls (Acarina, Rhinonyssidae). [56] 54: 205-214, ill. Viets, K. Nachtrage zu "Die meeres- milben (Halacaridae, Acari) der fauna Antarctica." [Fur- ther zool. results, Swedish Antarctic Exped., 1901-1903] 4. no. 10, 11 pp., ill. (*). SMALLER ORDERS Benson, A. (See Anatomy, i Buchholz, K.-F. liber den hiiutungsort der larven von Aeschna cyanea Miill. (Odonata). |34] 2: 184, 1951. Cor- bet, P. S. An adult population study of Pyrrhosoma nymphula (Sulzer) (Odonata: Coenagrionidae). [J. Anim. Ecol.] 21 : 206-222. Fraser, F. C. (See Anatomy.) Gisin, G. Oekologische studien iiber die collembolen des blatt- komposts. [120] 59: 543-578. Holland, G. P. Descrip- tions of fleas from northern Canada (Siphonaptera). [43] 84: 297-308, ill. (*). Hood, J. D. Brasilian Thysanoptera. III. [31] 65: 141-176 (*). A new Frankliniella injurious to banana (Thysanoptera. Thripidae). |31] 65: 137-140. ill. Hopkins, G. H. E. Notes on synonymy in Siphonap- tera. [152] 42: 363-365. lilies, J. Eine kocherfliege im zweistockigen haus (Trichoptera ). [Mikrokosmos] 42: 1-3, ill. Keler, S. v. (See Anatomy.) Longanecker, D. S. and A. L. Burroughs. (See Anatomy.) Liischer, M. Isoptera. (See Anatomy.) ORTHOPTERA Alexander, G. The Orthoptera of Dinosaur National Monument. [Jr. Col.-Wyo. Acad. Sci.] 4: 101-102 (Abstract). Bruneau de Mire, P. Observations sur le comportement de Schistocerca Gregaria Ph. solitaria. [105 | : 3. p. 48-54. Chopard, L. Orthopteroides. (Faune de France, v. 56, 359 pp., ill.. Paris. P. Lechavelier, 1952.) (Rev. by G. R. in [138] 57: 112.) Fraser, W. R. Stridula- tion by a female Chortippus (Stauroderus) (Acrididae). [142] 4: 84. Goodwin, T. W. (See Anatomy.) Grasse, P. -P. Determinisme de la pigmentation chez Acrida turrita 52 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Feb., 1953 L. [2] 235: 1054-1055. Helwig, E. R. Chromosomal variation correlated with geographical distribution in Tri- merotropis suffusa. [Jr. Colorado-Wyo. Acad. Sci.] 4: 91 (Abstract). Keilbach, R. Blattidae. (See General.) Mc- Leod, J. H. and D. A. Chant. Notes on the parasitism and food habits of the European earwig, Forficula auricularia L. [43] 84: 343-345. HEMIPTERA Beirne, B. P. Canadian species of Oro- castus and Auridius (Cicadellidae). [43] 84: 352-355 (*). Beirne, B. P. A new species of Scaphytopius (Cloantha- nus), with a key to the Canadian species (Cicadellidae). [43] 84: 311-313. ill. Borner, C. Die Blattlausgattungen Myzus und Myzodes. [28] 2 : 122-27. Carvahlo, J. C. M.- Neotropical Miridae. LVI. Description of three new genera and five new species from Brazil and British Honduras. [117] 12: 265-72. Chandler, S. C. Life history and con- trol of pecan spittlebug in Illinois (Homoptera). |76] 45: 890. Cumber, R. A. Notes on the biology of Melampsalta cruentata Fabricius (Cicididae), with special reference to the nymphal stages. [126] 103: 219-238, ill. De Carlo, J. A. Xepidos de America (Nepidae). [38] 1: 385-421, ill.. 1951 (*K). Fennah, R. G. On the classification of the Tettigometridae (Homoptera: Fulgoroidea). | 126] 103: 239-255, ill. (*K). Flanders, S. E. (See General.) Ger- hardt, P. D. and D. L. Lindgren. Dictyospermum scale in California. [76] 45: 874-877. Heslop-Harrison, G. The genus Rhinocola Forster and associated genera of the Aphalarinae. I. [19] 5 (s.12) : 957-974. Kormilev, N. A. Phymatidae Argentinas, con observaciones sobre Phyma- tidae en general. [38] 2: 45-110, ill.. 1951 (*K). Lambers, H. R. Ueber Myzus persicae Sulzer. [28] 2: 119-121. Lloyd, D. C. Parthenogenesis in the mealybug, Phena- coccus solani Ferris. [43] 84: 308-310. Pellegrino, J.- (See Anatomy.) Pendergrast, J. G. Studies on the biol- ogy of pentatomid bugs of the genus Rhopalimorpha Dallas. [Trans. Roy. Soc. N. Z.] 80: 143-153. ill. Rietschel, P.- (See Anatomy.) Slater, J. A. and N. T. Davis. The scien- tific name of the tarnished plant bug (Miridae). [56] 54: 194-198, ill. Woodroffe, G. E. A note on the food plants of Coriomeris denticulatus (Scop.) (Coreidae). [60] 88: 255. LEPIDOPTERA Beall, G. Migration of the monarch butterfly during the winter. [85] 6: 69-70. Beard, E.- (See General.) Belkin, J. N. and W. A. McDonald. (See lxiv| K.XTOMOLOGICAI. NEWS 53 General.) Box, H. E. (See General.) Brown, F. M. (See General.) Flores, H. Acerca cle la atraccion sexual a distancia en los lepidopteros. [Graellsia] 8: 19-22, 1950. Gray, P. H. H. The weights of fresh and dried butterflies. | 85 | 6: 73. Kistner, D. H. Notes on collecting Polygonia. [85] 6: 73. Levitt, V. (See Araclmida.) Ludwig, A. (See General.) Mather, B. The names of certain butter- flies of the eastern United States. |85] 6: 74-76. Orfila, R. N. Cambios nomenclatoriales en Nymphalidae. |132| 154: 102-104 (*). Schwenke, W. Untersuchungen xuin Massenwechsel der Kiefernspanner Bupalus piniarius L. und Semiothesa liturata Cl. auf vergleichend-biozonotischer Grundlage. [28] 2: 1-55. Shoumatoff, N. (See General.) Shull, E. M. (See Anatomy.) Stark, R. W. (See Gen- eral.) Steinhaus, E. A. The susceptibility of two species of Colias to the same virus (Papilionidae). [76] 45: 897- 899. Travassos, L. Contribuiqao ao conhecimento dos Arctiidae. XXIX. Genero Nelphe H. Schaeffer, 1858. | 1 17] 12: 325-30, ill. Vazquez, G. L. Observaciones sobre Pieridos mexicanos con descripciones formas nuevas. |8S| 22:533-535, 1951. DIPTERA Barbier, J. Introduction en France d'un diptere stratiomyide americain. [138] 57: 108. Castro, M. y M. Bressanello. Revision de las especies de Taenio- rhynchus (Rhynchotaenia) (Culicidae). [117] 12: 229-46. Floch, H. and E. Abonnenc. Dipteres phlebotomes de la Guyane et des Antilles Francaises. [63] 14: 1-207. ill. (K). Fox, I. Light trap studies on Culicoides in Puerto Rico (Ceratopogonidae). [76] 45: 888-889. Grandley, D. N.- ( See Anatomy.) Hoff, C. C. Mosquitoes of dry farming and irrigated areas of southeastern Colorado and north- eastern New Mexico. |Jr. Col.-Wyo. Acad. Sci. | 4: 100- 101 (Abstract). Jekot, C. B. (See Anatomy.) Ludwig, A. (See General.) Nelson, W. A. A note on the pres- ence of first-stage larvae of Gasterophilus intestinalis (De- Geer) in the mouth of the horse. [43] 84: 356. Roan, C. C. (See General.) Roth, L. M. and E. R. Willis. Xotes on three gvnandromorphs of Aedes ac-gypti (L.) (Culicidae). [56 1 54": 189-193, ill. Silva, G. A. da e S. J. de Oliveira.- Sobre um Agromyzidae cujas larvas minam folhas de Tra- poeiraba (Commelinaceae). [117] 12: 293-99. Smith, C. N., M. M. Cole, G. W. Lloyd and A. Selhime. (See Anat- omy.) Smith, K. G. V. Observations on the prey and predaceous habits of various Kmpididae. [142] 4: 90-93. 54 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Feb., 1953 Stabler, R. M. and R. M. Fox. A new nycteribiid from a Colorado bat. [Jr. Col.-VVyo. Acad. Sci.] 4: 102 (Abstract). Willis and Roth.- (See Anatomy.) COLEOPTERA Barr, W. F. A new species of Tri- chodes from southern Oregon (Cleridae). [56] 54: 186-188. Brown, W. J. Some species of Phytophaga. [43] 84: 335- 342 (*). Howe, R. W. (See Anatomy.) Knull, J. N.- New species of North American Buprestidae. [106] 52: 349_352, ill. Two new species of North American Brachys (Buprestidae). [106] 52: 358-359, ill. Linsley, E. G., J. W. MacSwain and R. F. Smith. The life history and development of Rhipiphorus smithi with notes on their phylogenetic significance (Rhipiphoridae) . [42] 9 (4) : 291-314, ill. Ludwig, A. (See General.) Shaw, S. Some records of Laboulbeniales (Fungi) on Coleoptera. [142] 4: 116-117. Swenson, L. E. (See General.) HYMENOPTERA Bohart, G. E. and G. F. Knowlton. Yearly fluctuations of Bombus morrisoni at Fredonia, Arizona (Bombidae). [76] 45: 890-891. Brian, A. D.- Division of labour and foraging in Bombus agrorum Fabr. [J. Anim. Ecol.] 21 : 223-240. Cooper, K. W. A remark- able new species and subgenus of chrysid wasp from North America, with notes on related forms (Chrysididae). [9] 78: 137-148, ill. Grant, H. J. Some morphological aspects of the larva of Myrmica brevinodis sulcinodoides (Formi- ciclae). [Tr. Col.-Wyo. Acad. Sci.] 4: 103 (Abstract). Gregg, R. E. The ants of Colorado a progress report. [Jr. Col.-Wyo. Acad. Sci.] 4: 102 (Abstract). Gunn, W. B. and C. C. Hoff. The altitudinal distribution of ants in the Sandia Mountains of New Mexico. [Jr. Col.-Wyo. Acad. Sci.] 4: 102 (Abstract). Herold, W. (See Anatomy.) Jones, G. D. G. (See Anatomy.) Krombein, K. V. Pre- liminary annotated list of the wasps of Lost River State Park, West Virginia, with descriptions of new species and biological notes (Aculeata). [56] 54: 175-184. Linsley, E. G., J. W. MacSwain and R. F. Smith. The bionomics of Diadasia consociata Timberlake and some biological rela- tionships of Emphorine and Anthophorine bees (Anthoph.). [42] 9 (3) : 267-90. Linsley, E. G., J. W. MacSwain and R. F. Smith. (See General.) Ludwig, A. (See General.) Mickel, C. E. The Mutillidae (Wasps) of British Guiana. [154] 37: 105-150, ill. (*K). Schuster, R. M. Notes on neotropical Mutillidae. IV. Synonymy and distribution of Hoplocrates, with descriptions of new forms. [56] 54: Lxiv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NK\\ S 169-174. Stephen, W. P. A new name for Colletes al- bescens Nosk. (Apoidea). [43] 84: 355. Timberlake, P. H. New records of Perdita from the eastern United States (Apoidea). [56] 54: 199-204. Walkley, L. M. An un- usual aulacine from Xew Mexico (Gasteruptiidae). |56| 54: 185-186. Weld, L. H. Cynipoidea (Hym.) 1905-1950. 350 pp. 1952. Privatelv processed. For sale by the author, 6613 X. Washington Blvd.. Arlington, Ya. $5.00. (Rev. by O. Peck in [43] 84: 323.) FLEAS, FLUKES, AND CUCKOOS. A study of bird parasites. By Miriam Rothschild and Theresa Clay, xiv + 304 pp., 99 black and white photographs, 4 maps and 22 drawings. The Philosophical Library. Inc.. Xew York 16, X. Y. 1952. Price $8.75. This is an outstanding book dealing with the natural history of the parasites of birds. It is written by an authority on bird fleas and an authority on the feather lice, but includes an ac- count of all bird parasites : insects, mites, worms, microorgan- isms, and the skuas and cuckoos. 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Because WARD'S has long set the standard of entomological supply, you may depend on the quality of the aids available for all your needs. Send for free catalog of Entomological Supplies and Equipment to Department E 12. W A DIVC Natural Science Establishment, Inc. If Hllll O Se* 3 has shown that an abdominal shell of integu- ment from which all internal organs have been removed can com- plete development to a normal-appearing adult abdomen pro- vided that the appropriate endocrine glands are implanted into it. In other words, the pupal epidermis plus its associated somatic musculature is fully capable of forming the adult skin and scales except for needing whatever is supplied by the hormones. Per- haps the hormones supply only a stimulus to develop, perhaps they supply some necessary chemicals for the development (Wil- liams has shown that the hormones influence re-establishment of the cytochrome enzyme system but whether or not these particu- lar enzymes play an important direct role in differentiation of the integument is unknown). Whatever the endocrines supply, this plus the epidermis is adequate for adult development in- nervation and the presence of more muscles and other internal organs are needed to make a complete moth but not to make a complete moth's skin. The integument is thus shown to be an amazingly competent and independent organ system. Surgical operations such as are needed for obtaining the pre- ceding data automatically involve injury comparable to the in- jury referred to in the first paragraph. Perhaps it is not sur- prising, then, that differentiation of an isolated abdominal integu- ment does not proceed until after healing of the wounds." In other words, healing comes first whenever the injury is extensive and takes precedence over phenomena such as water absorption and differentiation (metamorphosis). 2 WILLIAMS, C. M. Biol. Bull., 93: 89-98. 1947. 3 WILLIAMS, C. M. Growth Symp., 12: 61-74. 1948. Ixiv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 75 More recently, SUSSMAN 4 found in the course of injection experiments that perforation of the integument of a cecropia pupa by a hypodermic needle caused an immediate jump in oxygen consumption (30%) and that the increased rate was maintained for several days. It is not known whether this great increase in respiration is due to the whole animal or to the integument alone. Be that as it may, obviously a small injury to the integument can call forth a large and lasting response expressed as an al- tered metabolic rate. However, this particular response does not seem to be a general phenomenon because no such increased oxygen consumption was found in fly larvae (Phormia) injected by BUCK, KEISTER, and POSNER 5 or in beemoth pupae (Gallcria) injected by Mr. JOHN HERON in this laboratory. 6 Older and therefore more generally known is the fact that specific pattern determination is at least largely under control of the individual epidermal cells. It was shown many years ago that the entire cuticle is capable of being sclerotized, and, ac- cordingly, that the sclerotization pattern must be somehow con-' trolled by the immediately underlying epidermal cells. 7 Re- cently it has been shown that this control is accomplished by the local passing out into the cuticle of substrate for sclerotization only in those areas that are to be sclerotized. 8 ' 9 In wound heal- ing the nature of the regenerating integument has also been shown to be controlled by the nature of the cells that are doing the healing. 10 In effect, these data simply push the basic devel- opmental problem back one step ; namely, to the question of why certain epidermal cells become determined to do one thing in de- velopment while nearby cells become determined to do something else. On this problem little progress has been made but the * SUSSMAN, A. S. Biol. Bull, 102: 39-47. 1952. 5 BUCK, J. B., M. L. KEISTER, and I. POSNER. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Amer., 45 : 369-384. 1952. 6 HERON, J. Unpublished thesis, Univ. Minnesota. 1949. 7 RICHARDS, A. G. The Integument of Arthropods. Univ. Minnesota Press. 1951. s RICHARDS, A. G. Biol. Bull., 103 : 201-225. 1952. 9 DENNELL, R. and MALEK. Nature (in press). 10 WIGGLESWORTH, V. B. J. Exp. Biol, 14: 364-381. 1937. 76 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Mar., 1953 importance of the individual epidermal cells in the process seems apparent. No novelty is involved in saying that the integument is an im- portant organ system of insects and other arthropods. Obviously it conditions most exchanges with the environment (notably wa- ter loss), and mosaics and gynandromorphs long since demon- strated that there must be a large degree of autonomy in its de- velopment. Novel are the facts that the epidermis can condi- tion such seemingly over-all processes as oxygen consumption and the hygroscopic uptake of water, that wound healing takes precedence over the uptake of water and over differentiation, and that the individual cells of the general epidermis have so much individuality. A. GLENN RICHARDS. Current Entomological Literature Compiled by VENIA T. PHILLIPS, Librarian Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Under the above head it is intended to note papers received at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania pertaining to entomology, including all arthropods except Crustacea. Coverage will be world-wide as regards major contributions to systematics as well as for all papers on morphology, physiology, em- bryology, etc. In addition, for species from the Americas and the Pacific (Nearctic, Neotropical and Polynesian regions) all minor contributions to taxonomy, distribution, etc., will also be recorded. This list gives references of the year 1952 unless otherwise noted. Continued papers, with few exceptions, are recorded only at their first installment. For other records of general literature and for economic literature, see the Bibliog- raphy of Agriculture, Washington, and the Review of Applied Entomology, Series A, London. For records of papers on medical entomology see Review of Applied Entomology, Series B. NOTE: The figures within brackets [ ] refer to the journal in vyhich the paper ap- peared, as numbered in the List of periodicals and serials published in our January and June issues. The number of the volume, and in some cases, the part, heft, &c. is followed by a colon (:). References to papers containing new forms or names not so stated in titles are followed by (*); if containing keys are followed by (k); papers pertaining ex- clusively to Neotropical species, and not so indicated in the title, have the symbol (S). Papers published in ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS are not listed. GENERAL Aellen, V. La faune de la grotte de Moron (Jura Suisse). [Bull. Soc. Neuchatel. Sci. Nat.] 75 : 139-51, ill. Barnes, W. B. Zoogeographic regions of Indiana. [12] 48: 694-99, map. Bishopp, F. C., H. H. Stage and H. Sellers. World wide mosquito work in 1951. [Proc. N. Y. Mosq. Ext. Assn.] 1952: 8-34. Bogush, P. P. Pri- menenie svetovykh samolovob kak metod izucheniia dina- Ixiv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 77 miki chislennosti nasekomykh. [Ent. Obozrenie] 31 : 609 28, ill., 1951. Brims, H. Die rote waldameise im einsatz gegen forstschadlinge (Formicidae). [Kosmos] 48: 563- 67, ill. \Yarn- und tarntrachten im tierreich. 76 pp., ill., Kosmos, Stuttgart. Chisholm, A. H. Strange relations of birds and insects. [Nature Mag.] 45: 526-28, 550, ill. Conci, C. Le Arene Candida N. 34 Li. Morfologia e fauna. (Cave fauna.) [Doriana] 1, no. 24, 12 pp. Dehalu, M. and J. Leclercq. Application des series logarithmiques cle Fisher-Williams a la classification des hymenopteres cra- broniens. [Ann. Soc. Roy. Zool. Belg.] 82: 67-82, 1951. D'Erasmo, G. Le date di pubblicazione della "Fauna del Regno di Napoli" di Oronzio Gabriele Costa e di Achille Costa. [Rend. Accad. Sci. Fisiche e Mat.] ser. 4, v. 16: 14-36, 1949. Fenton, F. A. and R. G. Dahms. Attempts at controlling the greenbug by the importation and release of lady beetles in Oklahoma. [Proc. Okla. Acad. Sci.] 32: 49-51. Freeman, T. N. Some problems of insect biology in the Canadian Arctic. [Arctic] 5: 175-77. Howell, D. E. Museum insect pest control with newer insecticides. [Proc. Okla. Acad. Sci.] 32: 31-3, 1951. Kullenberg, B.- Recherches sur la biologic florale des Ophrys. [Bull. Soc. d'Hist. Nat. 1'Afrique du Nord] 43: 53-63.^ (Orchid that mimics bee.) Nissen, C. Dr. Friedrich Ohaus (1864- 1946) ; a bibliography of his entomological papers. [J. Soc. Bibl. Nat. Hist.] 2: 400-6. Philip, C. B. Notes on tabanid flies and other victims caught by the carnivorous plant, Sarracenia flava. [64] 35: 151-55. Rothschild, M. and T. Clay. Fleas, flukes and cuckoos. Philosophical Library, N. Y. $8.75. xiv, 304 pp.. ill. (Rev. by G. S. Tullock in [36] 47: 137.) Smith, H. M. Definition of species. [Tur- tox News] 30: 110-12. BIOGRAPHIES, OBITUARIES Kinnmark, Folke, 1899-1951. (Obit, with port.), by C. H. Lindroth in [108] 17: 105-6. Krogerus, Rolf. (Biogr. with port.), by C. H. Lindroth in [10SJ 17: 98-99. Nordstrom, Frithiof. (Biogr. and port.), by K. Ander in [108] 17: 97. Sjostedt, Yngve, 1866-1948. (Obit, with port.), by R. Malaise in [108] 17: 103-4. Tragardh, Ivar, 1878-1951. (Obit, with port.), by O. Ahlberg in [108] 17: 100-2. Zakhvitkin, Aleksel Alek- seevich, 1906-1951. (Obit, with bibl. and port.), by K. N. Pavlovskii in [Ent. Obozrenie] 31: 629-33, 1951. ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, MEDICAL Baker, W. K. and C. W. Edington. The induction of translocations 78 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Mar., 1953 and recessive lethals in Drosophila under various oxygen concentrations. [Genetics] 37: 665-77. Berger, L. A. Remarques sur le dimorphisme saisonnier des lepidopteres du Congo Beige. [Ann. Soc. Roy. Zool. Belg.] 82: 19-22, 1951. Chumakova-Safronovich, B. M. Vliianie pitaniia na sozrevanie nasekomykh. [Ent. Obozrenie] 31: 336-48, ill., 1951. Danielevskii, A. S. Ob usloviiakh mnogoletnei dia- pauzy u cheshuekrylykh (Coccidae). [Ent. Obozrenie] 31 : 386-92, 1951. DeFalco, R. V. Serological identification of mosquito blood meals. [Proc. N. J. Mosq. Ext. Assn.] 1952: 168-69. Defretin, R. Presence possible de poly- saccharides au niveau des dictyosomes dans la glande sali- vaire de la larve de chironome. [Compt. rend. Soc. Biol. Paris] 146: 1118-19. Defretin, R. Sur la secretion sali- vaire de la larve de chironome et quelques reactions cotn- binees des polysaccharides. Presence de phosphatase alca- line. [Compt. rend. Soc. Biol. Paris] 146: 1115-17. Dob- zhansky, T., B. and N. Spassky. A comparative study of mutation rates in two ecologically diverse species of Dro- sophila. [Genetics] 37: 650-64. Edel'man, N. M. Vliianie nizkikh temperatur na zhukov iz semeistva chernotelok (Tenebrionidae). [Ent. Obozrenie] 31 : 374-85, 1951. Gaul, A. T. Additions to vespine biology X : Foraging and chemotaxis. [36] 47: 138-40. Kozhanchikov, I. V. Pish- chevaia spetsializatsiia i znachenie ee v zhizni nasekomykh. [Ent. Obozrenie] 31 : 323-35, 1951. Lucker, J. I. and M. P. Sause. The occurrence of demodectic mites, Demodex folliculorum, in the internal tissues and organs of the dog. [N. Amer. Veterinarian] 33: 787-96, ill. McClelland, R. B. and F. E. McClelland, Jr. Pneumonyssus caninum in a dog in Western New York (Acarina). [Cornell Vet.] 42: 337-38, ill. Mercer, E. H. and M. F. Day. The fine struc- ture of the peritrophic membranes of certain insects. [30] 103 : 384-94, ill. Peacock, A. D. Some problems of parthe- nogenesis. [Advancement of Sci.] 9: 134-48. Power, M. E. A quantitative study of the growth of the central ner- vous system of a holometabolous insect, Drosophila melano- gaster. [79] 91: 389-411. Proctor, N. K The effects of calcium on isolated arthropod muscles. [30] 103: 421-32. Reeves, W. C. and W. McD. Hammon. California en- cephalitis virus, a newly described agent. III. Mosquito infection and transmission. [J. Immunology] 69: 511-14. Rizki, M. T. M. Ontogenetic distribution of genetic lethal- ity in Drosophila. [78] 121 : 327-50. Shapiro, I. D. Pol' pitaiushchikh rastenii v biologii krestotsvetnykh klopov Ixiv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 79 roda Eurydema Lap. (Pentatomidae). [Ent. Obozrenie] 31 : 361-73, ill, 1951. Shteinberg, D. M. Morfogenetiches- kie osnovy raschlenennosti konechnostei nasekomykh. [Ent. Obozrenie] 31 : 450-62, ill., 1951. Tamino, G. Osser- vazioni sulle caratteristiche aerodinamiche dei ditteri e sul volo degli insetti. [Arch. Zool. Ital.] 36: 217-51, ill., 1951. Tropin, I. V. Kormovye rasteniia i morfologicheskaia kharakteristika sosnovogoklopa Aradus cinnamomeus Panz. [Ent. Obozrenie] 31 : 349-60, ill., 1951. Zumpt, F. Milben in der haut des menschen (Acarina). [Mikrokosmos] 42: 35-8, ill. ARACHNIDA AND MYRIOPODA Alfeev, N. I. Ob izmeniaemosti metamorfoza u iksodobykh kleshchei (Aca- rina). [Ent. Obozrenie] 31: 398-403/1951. Braun, R.- "Maserung" von wanden durch spinnen. [Natur u. Volk] 82: 230-3, ill. Conci, C. (See General.) Crowell, R. M. New records of rheophilic water-mites from northwestern North Carolina (Acarina). [Jr. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc.] 68: 191-94, ill. Haarl0v, N. Systematics and ecology of the genus: Tectocepheus Berlese 1896 (Acarina). [Ent. Medclel.] 26: 424-37, ill. Hammer, M. A new oribatid (Acarina) from Rocky Mountains. [Ent. Meddel.J 26: 380-83, ill. Lipovsky, L. J. A new genus and species of chigger mite (Acarina, Trombiculidae). [82] 25: 132-37, ill. Lucker and Sause. (See Anatomy.) Meyer, J. fidification de galles multiples par tine meme fondatrice et peuplement des galles d'Eriophyes macrorhynchus Nal. sur Acer Pseudoplatantis L. [2] 235 : 1428-40. Mihelcic, F.- Beitrag ztir systematik der tardigraden. [Arch. Zool. Ital.] 36: 57-103, ill., 1951 (*k). Roewer, C. F. Neotropische Arachnida Arthrogastra, zumeist aus Peru. [Sencken- bergiana] 33 : 37-58, ill. Shustrov, A. K. O reaktsii klesh- chei Ornithodorus lahorensis Neum. i Argas persicus F.-W. na nekotorye faktory vneshne! credy (Acarina). [Ent. Obozrenie] 31 : 393-97, 1951. Sorokin, S. V. Pochva polei kak biotop khlebnykh kleshchei (Acarina, Tyroglyphoidea). [Ent. Obozrenie] 31 : 411-15, 1951. Toledo Piza, Jr., S. de. Primeiras observances sobre os crommosomios do Tityus mettiendus Pocock (Scorp., Buth.). [Scientia Genetica, Torino] 4: 162-67 (Engl. summary). Tuzet, O., J.-F. Manier and M. Vogeli-Zuber. Sur quelques parasites in- testinaux de Mardonium piceus Attems 1952, Myriapode- Diplopode de Daloa (Cote d'lvoire). [Bull. Inst. Franc. d'Afr. Noire] 14: 1143-51, ill. Zumpt, F. (See Anatomy.) 80 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Mar., 1953 SMALLER ORDERS Levanidova, I. M. Lichinki Calamoceratidae (Trichoptera) dal'nego vostoka SSSR. [Ent. Obozrenie] 31: 529-37, ill., 1951. Ratcliffe, F. N., F. J. Gay and T. Greaves. Australian termites ; the biology, recognition, and economic importance of the common spe- cies. 124 pp. Melbourne : Commonwealth Sci. and Ind. Research Organ. Santis, L. de. Tres tisanopteros nuevos de la Republica Argentina. [Notas Museo La Plata] 15: sect. zool. no. 133: 59-70, ill., 1950. Schmidt, E. Fang und aufzucht der larve von Boyeria irene (Fonsc.) (Odon., Aeschnidae). [108] 17: 187-92, ill. Tapia, E. A. Dos especies de tisanopteros Argentines nuevos para la ciencia. [132] 154: 107-10, ill. ORTHOPTERA Beaudry, J. R. Additions a la faune orthopterologique de la province de Quebec ou du Canada. [Annales de L'ACFAS] 15: 100-2. Colombo, G. Brachit- terismo in Anacridium aegyptium. [Arch. Zool. Ital.] 36: 355-62, ill., 1951. Ulteriori osservazioni sulla biologia e sulla genetica dell "Anacridium aegyptium" L. [Atti Accad. Naz. Lincei] ser. 8, 12: 203-7. Griffiths, J. T.- Some biological notes on katydids in Florida citrus groves. [64] 35: 134-38, ill. Pasquier, R., X. Colonna-Cesari and J. Bonfils. Sur la determination des regions gregarigenes du criquet marocain Dociostaurus maroccanus Thunbg., en Corse. [2] 235: 1157-59. Rehn, J. A. G. The grass- hoppers and locusts (Acridoidea) of Australia. Vol. I, Tetrigidae and Eumastacidae. 326 pp., 21 pis. Melbourne : Commonw. Sci. & Ind. Res. Organization. Roth, L. M. The tergal gland of the male cockroach, Supella supellec- tilium. [79] 91: 469-74, ill. Singh, B. Observation on the biology of the cricket, Gymnogryllus humeralis Walker (Gryllidae) in the Dehra Dun insectary. [J. Zool. Soc. India] 4: 47-61, ill. Strohecker, H. F. Descriptions of new species and notes on North American Orthoptera. [12] 48: 683-88, ill. Toledo Piza, Jr., S. de. Numero e compor- tamento dos cromossomios em alguns ortopteros do Brasil. [Scientia Genetica, Torino] 4: 191-98 (Engl. summary). HEMIPTERA Boratynski, K. L. Matsucoccus pini (Green, 1925) (Coccoidea: Margarodidae) : Bionomics and external anatomy with reference to the variability of some taxonomic characters. [126] 103 : 285-326, ill. (k). Bozhko, M. P. K sravnitel'nomu izucheniiu tlei (Aphidodea) opu- shek listvennykh lesov polezashchitnykh polos. [Ent. Obozrenie] 31: 404-10, 1951. Danilevskii, A. S. (See Anatomy.) Drake, C. J. and H. C. Chapman. A new spe- Ixiv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 81 cies of Micracanthia from Florida (Saldidae). [64] 35: 147-50. Drake, C. J. and G. B. Viado. Saldoidea of the Philippines (Leptopodidae and Saldidae). [Philippine J. Sci.] 80: 339^2. Ellis, L. L The aquatic Hemiptera of southeastern Louisiana (exclusive of the Corixidae). [12] 48: 302-29, map (k). Knowlton, G. F. Bedbugs in swallow nests. [36] 47: 122. Porter, T. W. A new species of Hebridae from the Southwest. [82] 25 : 147^9, ill. Roon- wal, -M. L. The natural establishment and dispersal of an imported insect in India. The Lantana bug, Teleonemia scrupulose Stal (= lantanae Distant; Tingidae), with a description of its egg, nymphs and adult. [T- Zool. Soc. India] 4: 1-16, ill. Ruppel, R. F. and D. M. DeLong.- New species of Idona from Mexico (Cicadell.). [Lloydia] 15: 188-92. Shapiro, I. D. (See Anatomy.) Tropin, I. V. -(See Anatomy.) Wittlake, E. B. and R. H. Beamer.- A new Hebecephalus (Cicadellidae). [82] 25: 154-56, ill. LEPIDOPTERA Berger, L. A. (See Anatomy.) Franclemont, J. G. Four undescribed moths from western North America, with notes on closely related species (Pha- laenidae Olim. Noctuidae). [36] 47: 123-37, ill. Franz, E. -Typen uncl typoide des Natur-Museums Senckenberg, 5 : Papilionidae. [Senckenbergiana] 33: 23-36. Hackray, J. Les anomalies des elevages (Notodontidae). [84] 52: 57-8. Harz, K. Wanderschmetterlinge und ihre erfor- schung. [Natur u. Volk] 82: 236-37. Janmoulle, E. Note sur les moeurs des lepidopteres (Pieridae). [84] 52: 57. McElvare, R. R. Schinia saturata Grote. [36] 47: 140. Nielsen, A. and E. T. Migrations of the pieride butterfly Ascia monuste L. in Florida. [Ent. Meddel.] 26: 386-91, ill. Overlaet, F. G. La "Curiosite" chez les papillons (Satyridae). [84] 52: 55-6. Pierce, F. N. The female genitalia of the Noctuidae. 2d ed. 1952. E. W. Classey, 91 Bedford Lane, Feltham, England. (Rev. by L. A. Berger in [84] 52: 60.) Riabox, M. A. Osnovyne morfologiches- kie osobennosti zemlianykh podgryzaiushchikh sovok (Agrotidae). [Ent. Obozrenie] 31: 474-84, ill., 1951. Shvanvich, B. N. Opyty nad lokalizatsiei risunka kryla u cheshuekrylykh. [Ent. 'Obozrenie] 31: 485-94. ill., 1951. Vinogradova, V. N. ( )sobennosti zhilkovaniia zadnego kryla v semeistve Pyralidae. [Ent. Obozrenie] 31 : 495-99, ill", 1951. DIPTERA Alexander, C. P. New or insufficiently- known crane-flies from Chile (Tipulidae). [Agricultura tecnica, Santiago] 11: 99-118, ill. Baker and Edington. 82 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Mar., 1953 (See Anatomy.) Bishopp, et al. (See General.) Blickle, R. L. Notes on the mosquitoes (Culicinae) of New Hamp- shire. [Proc. N. J. Mosq. Ext. Assn.] 1952: 198-202. Car- penter, S. J. and E. L. Peyton. Mosquito studies in the Panama Canal Zone during 1949 and 1950 (Culicidae). [12] 48: 673-82. DeFalco, R. J. (See General.) Defretin, R. (See Anatomy.) Dobzhansky, Spassky and Spassky. (See Anatomy.) Frick, K. E. The status of Agromyza illinoensis Malloch, 1934, and its correct generic position (Agromyzidae). [82] 25: 150-54, ill. Grunin, K. I. O proiskhozhdenii roda Rhinoestrus Br. (Oestridae). [Ent. Obozrenie] 31: 467-73, ill., 1951 (*). Stroenie perednikh dykhalets lickinok ovodov. (Oestridae, Hypodermatidae, Gastrophilidae). [Ent. Obozrenie] 31: 463-66, ill., 1951. Hagmann, L. E. Mansonia perturbans recent studies in New Jersey. [Proc. N. J. Mosq. Ext. Assn.] 1952: 60-5, ill. Hansens, E. J. Some observations on the abundance of salt marsh greenheads. [Proc. N. J. Mosq. Ext. Assn.] 1952 : 93-8. Huckett, H. C. Males of the genus Hylemya sens. Lat. from North America, having dorsal bristles on mid metatarsus, with descriptions of new species (Musci- dae). [36] 47: 113-22 (k). James, M. T. The genera Epideisticus, Afrodontomyia, and Cyrtopus (Stratiomyi- dae). [82] 25: 125-29 (*k). Pfadt, R. E. Seasonal de- velopment of cattle grubs in Wyoming. [82] 25 : 137-43. Philip, C. B. (See General.) Power, M. E. (See Anat- omy.) Smith, M. E. Immature stages of the marine fly, Hypocharassus pruinosus Wh., with a review of the biol- ogy of immature Dolichopodidae. [12] 48: 421-32. Ta- mino, G. (See Anatomy.) Wirth, W. W. Notes on marine midges from the eastern United States (Tendipe- didae [= Chironomidae]). [Bull. Marine Sci. Gulf & Caribbean] 2: 307-12, ill. COLEOPTERA Brull, H. Uber die bedeutung der mundwerkzeuge des mannlichen imd des weiblichen hirsch- kafers (Lucanidae). [Natur und Volk] 82: 289-94, ill. Conci, C. (See General.) Dillon, L. S. The Meloidae of Texas. [12] 48: 330-420, ill. (*k). Edel'man, N. M. (See Anatomy.) Edgren, R. A. A bifurcated antenna in the soldier beetle, Chauliognathus pennsylvanicus (Canthari- dae). [97] 114: 3 pp. Fenton and Dahms. (See General.) Franciscolo, M. Sulla posizione sistematica delle Glipa americane ed africane (Mordellidae). [Doriana] 1, no. 23, 8 pp., ill. Gressitt, J. L. The tortoise beetles of China Ixiv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 83 (Chrysomelidae : Cassidinae). [Proc. Cal. Acad. Sci.] ser. 4, v. 27: 433-591, ill. (*k). Jolivet, P. Remarques pre- liminaires sur 1'ecologie de Timarcha balearica Gory (Chry- somelidae). [136] 88: 138-40. Mulnard, J. La spertna- togenese double d'Acanthoscelides obtectus Say (Bruchi- dae). [Ann. Soc. Roy. Zool. Belg.] 82: 399-445,^11. Ochs, G. Gyrinidae aus El Salvador. [Senckenbergiana] 33: 147-50, ill. (*k). Robert, F. A. Contribution a 1'etude du comportement du Neoclytus acuminatus (Fab.) et de son parasite, 1'Heliconidea ligator (Say). [Annales de 1'ACFAS] 15: 102-5. Ruschel, G. Nuevos Curculionidae de Bolivia y Peru. II. Notas a algunas especies de Brethes. [Revista Museo La Plata, Argentina] 6: Sect. Zool. no. 38: 69-116, ill., 1950. Schedl, K. E. Fauna Philippinensis, VIII. Contribution to the morphology and taxonomy of the Scolytoides. [Philippine J. Sci.] 80: 363-71, ill. (*k). Selander, R. B. New species of Meloidae from Utah. [82] 25 : 130-32, ill. Steel, W. O. A note on the habits of Vel- leius dilatatus (F.) (Staphylinidae). [60] 88: 278. Straneo, 5. L. Nuovi Pterostichini (Carabidae). [Doriana] 1; no. 8: 1-8 (S). Uhmann, E. Austral- Asiatische Hispinae, VIII, Callispini. [Phil. J. Sci.] 80: 343-63, ill. (*k). Young, F. N. A new species of Suphisellus from Florida (Noteridae). [64] 35: 157-58. HYMENOPTERA Bruns, H. (See General.) Dehalu and Leclercq. (See General.) Gaul, A. T. (See Anat- omy.) Kullenberg, B. (See General.) Neubecker, F. "Ameisen-Rauchsaulen." [Natur u. Volk] 82: 233-35, ill. Pardi, L. Studio della attivita e della divisione di lavoro in una societa di Polistes gallicus (L.) dopo la comparsa delle operaie. [Arch. Zool. Ital.] 36: 363-431, ill., 1951. Pasteels, J. 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His father, Professor Charles Henry Fernald (18381921), was an authority on various groups of Microlepidoptera, while his mother, Maria Elizabeth (Smith) Fernald (1839-1919), was similarly known for her studies on the' scale insects, particularly for her 'Catalogue of the Coccidae of the World.' His boyhood and early manhood was spent in Orono, Maine, where his father was on the staff of the Maine State College (now the University of Maine). Many of his summers were spent on Mount Desert Island, at the birthplace of his father on Fernald Point, near Southwest Harbor. The parents were active in collecting the insects of this part of Maine and it was natural that the youth should participate in these ac- tivities and gradually become interested in the science to which he later devoted his life. He received the B.S. degree from Maine in 1885, the M.S. in 1888. He then entered Johns Hop- kins University, receiving the Ph.D. degree in 1890. On June 9 of this same year he w r as married to Miss Minna R. Simon, of Baltimore, who survives. Throughout their long wedded life of more than sixty years, Mrs. Fernald was a loyal helpmate whose kindly interest and sympathy with his work undoubtedly has proved his greatest possible inspiration. Three children were born to this union : Helen Elizabeth (Professor at the Royal 1 The frontispiece, for which the NEWS is indebted to Miss Helen E. Fernald, shows Dr. Fernald at 83 years of age. ED. 86 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [April, 1953 Ontario Museum of Archaeology, Toronto, authority on Chinese art) ; Charles Henry ( who was Professor of Business Adminis- tration at the University of Arkansas at the time of his death in 1942) ; and Ruth Louise (Mrs. Carl B. Stone, of Cincinnati, Ohio). Doctor Fernald's first position was that of Professor of Zoology at the Pennsylvania State College from 1890 to 1899, where he functioned as State Entomologist, and, during the last year, as State Zoologist. In June 1899 he was called to the Massachusetts Agricultural College (now the University of Massachusetts) as Professor of Entomology in the newly estab- lished Department of Entomology. His father never held this title, having been Professor of Zoology. Doctor Fernald held his Professorship and Head of the Department for thirty-one years, retiring in 1930 because of ill health. At this time he moved permanently to Florida, first residing in Orlando, in 1938 moving to Winter Park, where he built a beautiful home at 1128 Oxford Road. Here he spent his remaining days and died on the morning of July 15, 1952, following several increas- ingly serious attacks of angina. He was buried in Palm Ceme- tery, Winter Park, beneath the palms and live oaks. Virtually all honors possible in his chosen field came to him during his lifetime. In the American Association of Economic Entomologists, which he joined as a young man, he became president in 1914, and at the time of his decease was one of only- two Honorary Members (the other being Professor Herbert Osborn who still survives). In the Entomological Society of America, he was a charter member, became a Fellow in 1914, and was chosen an Honorary Fellow in 1939. He presented the Annual Address before the 22nd meeting of the Society at Nash- ville, Tennessee, on December 27, 1927, speaking on the sub- ject "Insects, the People and the State." He was a member of the Honorary Societies of Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa Phi. On January 14, 1925, the Fernald Entomological Club was founded at the University of Massachusetts and was named in honor of Doctor Fernald. Following his retirement in 1930 he prepared an account of the work of the Department, under the Ixiv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 87 general title "The History of Entomology at the Massachusetts Agricultural College 1867-1930," which was issued in mimeo- graph form in 1938 and serves as a basic account of the founding and early work of the Department. Since 1932 the Fernald Club has sponsored an annual publication, likewise in mimeo- graphed form, entitled the "Fernald Club Yearbook" which con- tinues this record of the work of the department, staff, students, and alumni. In 1921 the McGraw-Hill Company published the first edi- tion of his "Applied Entomology," followed by later editions in 1926 and 1935. For the fourth edition (1942) Doctor Fernald chose as co-author one of his former students, Doctor Harold H. Shepard, who is now engaged in the preparation of a re- vised fifth edition. This very important college text in ento- mology was widely accepted and thousands of copies have been sold in this country and abroad. Doctor Fernald's fields of investigation and research included life-history studies of various insects, the burning of foliage by arsenicals, and, in the field of insect taxonomy, important stud- ies on the Sphecid wasps, upon which group he published various papers, particularly on the species of the New World. In 1913 he went to Europe where he visited many of the leading museums and studied the various types of Sphecidae described by earlier workers. Near the close of his active career he presented his important collection of these wasps to the United States National Museum. His manuscript notes on the various types in the European museums are in the possession of Doctor V. S. L. Pate. Doctor Fernald's breadth of knowledge in entomology and zoology and his ability to impart this to his students combined to make him one of the outstanding teachers of entomology in America. He, together with his father, belonged to a school that insisted on breadth of learning in his pupils and from his earliest days at Amherst adhered to the principle of the so-called tripartite thesis for candidates working toward the higher de- grees. This included separate studies on insect morphology, taxonomy, and biology, together with additional work on the 88 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [April, 1953 methods of control in the case of injurious species. That such a policy was sound seems to be shown by the unusually high calibre of his students, many of whom became prominent in commercial work, in the Federal service, as State entomologists, and as teachers in colleges and universities. Following his retirement from active duties at the relatively early age of 64, Doctor Fernald continued in correspondence with many of his former friends and students. That there was no decrease in the affection and respect for their beloved teacher and friend was strikingly shown on the occasion of his eightieth birthday, in 1946, when hundreds of letters, cards, and telegrams, expressing their love and appreciation, poured in from former students in this country and abroad. Mrs. Alexander and I owe a vast debt of gratitude to Doctor and Mrs. Fernald. When we first arrived in Amherst in late August 1922, they insisted that we stay at their home until we could find a house and get settled. We can never forget the hospitality shown us at that time and constantly thereafter. De- spite his busy and exacting life, Doctor Fernald insisted upon accompanying us in our work of house hunting, and in every possible way made our introduction to the town and to the de- partment a most happy and auspicious one. Doctor Fernald's life personified kindliness, patience, and understanding. His own sterling integrity and uprightness made him demand comparable characteristics in others, and he had an uncanny ability to evaluate these qualities. His manner was invariably dignified and courtly. All of these many attri- butes were briefly summarized at the end by a friend who called him "God's true gentleman." His profound love for his home and for his family, and his deep loyalty to his friends, were en- dearing qualities. We who were so fortunate as to have known him and to have been associated with him, will always remember Doctor Fernald as a great teacher, a perfect gentleman, and a true friend. CHARLES P. ALEXANDER Ixiv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 89 Glow-worms in a Marine Littoral Habitat in Jamaica (Coleoptera; Lampyridae) * By FRANK A. MCDERMOTT, Wilmington, Delaware In February 1952, during a study of the Lampyridae of Ja- maica, the larvae of an unidentified species were found crawling on wet rocks at the edge of the sea at Whitehouse Bay on the south coast. These rocks were coral limestone, much corroded and pitted, affording a very treacherous foothold ; they were so situated that at high tide the sea-water splashed over them, while at ebb tide they were merely kept wet by the spray. Three spe- cies of snails were abundant on the rocks ; these snails were kindly identified for me by Dr. C. Bernard Lewis, Director and Curator of the Museum of the Institute of Jamaica, as Littorina zicsac, Nerita peloronta, and Tectariits tuberculatns. One of the glow- worms was found half-way inside the shell of a snail of the latter species, presumably feeding on the snail. The glow-worms were 9 to 11 mm. long, greyish dorsally and white or yellow ventrally, of the general shape and appearance of the larvae of Photinus, and with the usual ventral luminous organs on the 8th abdominal segment. It was not possible to determine the spe- cies. A few adults of Photinus commissus E. Oliv. and of P. synchronans Barber were in flight in the vicinity, and the color and size of the glow-worms suggest that they may be the larvae of the former. Neither of these species is at all confined to coastal areas ; both had been taken shortly before at inland lo- calities up to 15 or 20 miles from the sea, and at altitudes up to 2,400 ft. A peculiarity of these glow-worms was the possession of four nearly parallel rows of dorsal tubercles ; this suggests the similar arrangement of tubercles on Jamphotus tuberculatns Bar- ber, but it seems very doubtful whether these littoral larvae are juvenile instars of that species, since a full-grown larva of Jamphotus had been found at Portland Gap, St. Thomas Parish, at an altitude of about 5,600 ft. on October 14, 1950. In spite of the low range of the normal tides, 12 to 15 inches, * This investigation \vas supported in part by the American Philosophi- cal Society, Grant No. 1370, Penrose Fund. 90 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [April, 1953 it appears that the glow-worms are active only during the ebb tide; first seen at 9:30 P.M. on February 21st, they did not ap- pear until an hour later successively, on the next three nights. At this tide stage the rocks are merely wet by spray, and the snails, which are firmly attached to the rocks when the water is washing over them, then crawl on the wet surface, and the glow- worms pursue them. The presence of the larvae on these par- ticular rocks can hardly be unique, but they were not found on the same dates on similar rocks a few hundred feet east of this location, nor were they found a few nights later at Bloody Bay (west end of the Island), or subsequently at St. Ann's Bay (north coast) or Port Henderson (south coast). At least two, and usually all three of the same species of snails were present at these other locations. The rock formation on which they were found is only about 15 ft. long, and spray-wet for a width of about 10 ft. Only one glow-worm was seen on a dry rock above the reach of the spray. Close search during daylight hours failed to reveal a single glow-worm, but there was abundant opportunity for them to hide in crevices and holes in the rocks. Nor were any larvae or pupae found in any of the great many snail shells examined. Moonlight may also affect the activity of the glow- worms; the time during which they were seen was moonless, while some of the later examinations were in fairly bright moon- light, although the tide stage was favorable. As far as I know, only three persons beside myself have seen the glow-worms on the rocks. Four specimens of the larvae, including the one found eating the snail, and also this snail, have been given to the Division of Insects of the U. S. National Museum ; two larvae and specimens of the snail are in the Museum of the Institute of Jamaica. Just what function, if any, the luminosity plays in the life of lampyrid larvae is obscure. Aquatic glow-worms, in fresh water, have been described by several authors ; the glow-worms found in Jamaica are not strictly aquatic, but no similar habitat appears to have been noted previously. Since the foregoing was written, information has been received that the glow-worms were still present on the rocks at White- house Bay in early September. Ixiv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 91 Concerning Rheumatobates rileyi * Bergroth (Gerridae) By H. B. HUNGERFORD - To me, Rheumatobates is the most interesting genus in the Gerridae. The bizarre modifications of the antennae and legs of the males in many species are strange indeed ! These little striders are exceedingly lively and nervous creatures and diffi- cult to keep in captivity. In 1920 3 I reported that the females are provided with an ovipositor for inserting the eggs in plant tissue and figured both the ovipositor and the fully developed ovum. I did not discover the deposited eggs either in field or laboratory. In 1923 at the University of Michigan Biological Station, I found large numbers of Rheumatobates rileyi palosi Blatchley on the slowly moving water of Bessey Creek but did not succeed in transporting many live specimens across Douglas Lake to the station laboratory. In 1927, J. K. Gwynn Silvey, at my suggestion, undertook a study of the life history of this species at the Biological Station and continued his studies during the summer of 1928. He published his results in 193 1. 4 He described the mating behavior, reported a female ovipositing in the tissues at the base of a Potamogeton leaf and figured the eggs, five nymphal instars and adults. His plate is quite satisfactory but the legend incorrect, Figure 3 being the fifth instar not the first; figure 7 the first not the fifth, etc. No precise dates are given in this paper and nothing to indicate that any specimens were reared from egg to adult. More work should be done on the biology of Rheumatobates. It may be helpful to know that the best way to bring these in- 1 Michigan specimens are R. rileyi palosi Blatchley. - Contribution from University of Michigan Biological Station and Contribution No. 817, Department of Entomology, University of Kansas. 3 HUXGERFORD, H. B. 1920. The biology and ecology of aquatic and semiaquatic Hemiptera. University of Kansas Science Bulletin, Vol. XI, P. 120, Plate XVI. 4 SILVEY, J. K. GWYNN. 1931. Observations on the life history of Rheumatobates rileyi (Bergr.). Pap. Michigan Academy of Science, Arts and Letters, Vol. XIII, pp. 433-446, Plate XL. 92 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [April, 1953 sects from field to laboratory is to place toweling paper in the bottom of a minnow bucket, moisten the paper and let the Rheumatobates drop from the dip net into the pail. Do not permit too much water to drip from the net into the pail and the insects will survive a considerable journey on the moist paper. In the laboratory, instead of using aquaria containing water I have had better success with finger bowls and large seven inch stender dishes in the bottoms of which had been placed several layers of toweling paper moistened but not too wet. The female Rheumatobates insert their eggs into and often protruding through the top layer of paper. While it is extremely difficult to locate the oviposition punctures from above, by peel- ing off the top layer of paper and examining its under side the eggs are readily found, either plainly protruding and exposed or but thinly covered by paper fibers, as shown in the text-figure. Pieces of paper containing eggs may be cut out and placed in small stenders for following the embryological development and hatching of these insects. This same technique has been used with success in rearing Mesovelia which also lays its eggs in the paper and with Microvelia, Hydrometra and other surface forms that simply attach their eggs to the paper. It is suggested, therefore, that losses from drowning that occur in aquaria may be avoided in studies of other semiaquatic Hemiptera and may facilitate the rearing of these insects. Ixiv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 93 Two New Millipeds Taken in California Caves By RALPH V. CHAMBERLIN Among millipeds taken in California and submitted to me for identification by Edward Danehy, who has been active for some years with the Stanford spelological group in the exploration of caves in that area, the two forms here described were found. Neither of these forms shows any obvious adaptive modifica- tions to cave life unless the slightness of pigmentation in the ocelli of the Striaria should be open to such interpretation. The types of the new forms are in the author's collection. Family Eurydesmidae Genus SIGMOCHEIR Chamberlin The finding of a second species referable to this genus is a matter of interest. The present form seems to be sufficiently distinct from the generotype, 5". calaveras Chamb. in coloration and the details of the gonopods of the male, although in the latter character they are obviously close. Among related genera Sigmocheir agrees with Montaphe and Orophe in having no spines on the second joint of any of the legs, such a spine being present, although sometimes considerably reduced in the west- ern genera other than these. It differs from Montaphe and even more strongly from Orophe in the smaller keels which are lo- cated higher up on the sides, with the intervening dorsum much less convex than in those genera. Generotype : Sigmocheir calaveras Chamberlin Sigmocheir dohenyi n. sp. Head finely reticulate in black above, solid black in the area between antennae, and below this except over the labral region where yellowish. Antennae yellow. Somewhat less than an- terior half of collum black, the remaining portion yellow. The immediately following tergites are black between the keels ex- cept a large sublimate median area in front of the caudal margin ; the black area extends out in a narrow stripe along anterior bor- 94 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [April, 1953 der of the keel on each side, the remaining part of which is yellow. Farther back the entire keels are yellow and the median yellow area is enlarged, transversely oblong, to occupy most of the middle part of the metatergites, on the more posterior seg- ments fusing with the yellow area of the keels. The prozonites are greenish white except the caudal portion which is black and a median tongue-like or triangular extension of the black area subdividing the light area, the black also extensing foward on each side between bases of keels. Lower part of tergites and the venter yellow. Basal part of anal tergite black, the cauda yellow. Legs yellow. Antennae slender, the second to sixth articles not much dif- fering in length, the sixth more strongly clavately widening clistad than the others. Colluni much wider than the head and than the second tergite ; anterior corners widely obliquely rounded off, the posterior cor- ners narrowly rounded ; median portion of anterior margin straight, the caudal margin subarcuate, moderately convex over middle portion and nearly straight at sides where oblique. Keels inserted rather high up on the sides, horizontal, none overlapping though some may be in contact on anterior seg- ments, well separated over most of body. Keels margined nar- rowly anteriorly and posteriorly, the lateral margining thicker, pores opening laterally through a moderate thickening of the mar- gin. Keels of anterior segments subrectangular ; farther back the anterior corners become more and more rounded off ; on last several pairs of keels the posterior corners become produced caudad, those of the 17th and 18th most strongly so, those of the 19th reduced. Cauda narrow, nearly straight ; much exceed- ing the valves. Legs with none of the joints with a distal spine. Likewise no sternal spines. Width of female holotype, 7 mm. Locality : CALIFORNIA, Tuolumme Co., Crystal Palace Cave. One female taken in twilight zone by Hal Treacy, Dec. 17, 1951. Ixiv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 95 Family Striariidae Striaria eldora new species Light horn brownish or in part somewhat dusky above from adherent fine particles of dirt, the sides and venter yellow, and legs and antennae yellow. Eyes pale, the ocelli small, compactly arranged in a triangular patch on each side, 12 or 13 in number. Antennae of moderate length, clavately thickened distad ; geniculate at end of second article ; the second and fourth articles longest. Collum resembling that of grannlosa but relatively shorter, much less than twice as long as the second tergite ; the crests unusally low, almost striaform, short, incomplete anteriorly, the surface roughened between them. The succeeding tergites with the usual twelve crests, these more elevated at their ends ; surface between crests finely granu- lar. Anal tergite with the large median lobe caudally rounded, the angle of the indentation separating off the lateral lobe on each side obtuse. Width, about 1 mm. Locality : CALIFORNIA, Eldorado Co., Crystal Cosumnes Cave. Three females taken in the cave in total darkness by Art Lang and Gill Lange, on Feb. 2, 1952. Insects of Micronesia J. LINSLEY GRESSITT has been appointed Entomologist, Ber- nice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu. He is in charge of the project "Insects of Micronesia," now being taken over by Bishop Museum from the Pacific Science Board. A grant of $15,200 has been made to Bishop Museum by the National Science Foundation to help support the project for the next 18 months. One hundred specialists of a dozen countries are now collaborat- ing on the project. J. F. GATES CLARKE, N. L. H. KRAUSS and DR. GRESSITT have been completing the field work in the Caro- line Islands during 1952-53 under the Science Board's contract with the Office of Naval Research. 96 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [April, 1953 Concerning a New Genus, Dinocryptops, and the Nomenclatorial Status of Otocryptops and Scolopocryptops (Chilopoda: Scolo- pendromorpha : Cryptopidae) By RALPH E. CRABILL, JR., Department of Entomology, Cornell University, and Ithaca College In 1844 Newport proposed a new genus, Scolopocryptops, 1 to which he referred five species : miersii sp.n. ; inclanostoma sp.n. ; ferruginea (Linne) ; se.rspinosa (Say) ; and longit arsis sp.n. He designated no type. In 1895 Pocock 2 stated that the type of this genus was miersii Newport, and subsequent authors have accepted his decision. When Erich Haase proposed Otocryptops in 1887, 3 he in- cluded a single species, rubiginosa (L. Koch), 1878, within it which, of course, established its type by monotypy. But all authors have overlooked the fact the Hippolyte Lucas had already fixed the type of Scolopocryptops in 1849 4 when he stated that its type was Scolopocryptops melanostoma Newport, 1844. Therefore, since rubiginosa, the type of Otocryptops, is congeneric with melanostoma, which is the type of Scolopo- cryptops, Otocryptops is a subjective synonym of Scolopo- cryptops. There is no available generic name for the species previously referred to Scolopocryptops; therefore, I propose the new genus Dinocryptops, for their reception. In summary, those species previously referred to Otocryptops, i.e., sexspinosus (Say), melanostomus (Newport), rubiginosus (L. Koch), etc., must be accorded the generic name Scolopo- cryptops, whereas miersii (Newport), broelemanni (Kraepelin), etc. are referred to a new genus, Dinocryptops, the type of which is Scolopocryptops miersii Newport, 1844 \--Dinocryptops miersii (Newport)]. i Trans. Linn. Soc. London, XIX, p. 275 (1844). 2Biol. Centr. Amer., Chilop. Diplop., p. 28 (1895). a Abhand. Mus. Dresden, V, p. 96 (1887). * Diet. Univ. D'Hist. Nat, XI, p. 444 (1849). Ixiv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 97 A Check List of the Trichoptera (Caddis Flies) of New Hampshire By WALLACE J. MORSE and ROBERT L. BLICKLE x> 2 (Continued from p. 73} Banksiola Martynov calva Banks, Durham (It), June 16-Aug. 9; canadensis (Banks), Durham (It), June 28-30; concatenata (Walker), Claremont, Hampton, Mt. Washington, Squam Lake (LJM), July 22; dossuaria (Say), NH (LJM, CB), Durham (It), June 16; selina Betten, Bow, Durham, Hopkinton (It), Lee (RLE; It). June 18-Aug. 26; smithi (Banks), New Durham (JGC), July 19. Ptilostomis Kolenati angustipennis (Hagen), Newfields (PRL), Aug. 22; ocel- lifera (Walker), Claremont, Franconia, Milford, Squam Lake (LJM), Barrington (WJM, JGC), Durham (It), Exeter, Lee (RLE), June 3-Aug. 13; posita (Walker), NH (LJM), New- fields, Aug. 23 ; semifasciata (Say), Squam Lake (LJM), Dur- ham (JGC), Lee (It), June 5-July 30. Phryganea Linneaus cinerea Walker, Squam Lake (LJM), Lee (It), July 13-15. LlMNEPHILIDAE Raderna Hagen incerta (Banks), Franconia (CB, LJM), Durham (CFF), May 29. Dicosmoecus McLachlen quadrinotatus (Banks), White Mountains, Randolph (NB, LJM), Sept. 23. Platycentropus Ulmer indistinctus (Walker), White Mountains (NB, LjM), July; radiatus (Say), White Mountains (LJM), Durham"(JGC; It), Lee (RLE, It), Newport (It), July 5-Aug. 24. Glyphotaelius Stephens hostilis Hagen, New London (HHR), Durham, Lee, Ply- mouth (It), May 26-Aug. 21. Astenophylax Ulmer argus (Harris), Franconia (LJM), Durham, Plymouth (It), June 13-July 3. 1 N. H. Agr. Expr. Sta. 2 Scientific Contribution No. 147. 98 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [April, 1953 Hesperophylax Banks designatus (Walker), NH (HHR). Ironoquia Banks parvula (Banks), Durham (It), Lee (RLE), June 18- Oct. 24. Limnephilus Leach bimaculatus Walker, Squam Lake, White Mountains (LJM), Durham, Lee (It), June 30-July 20; consocius Walker, NH (CB, HHR), Durham (JGC/WJM; It), Hopkinton, Lee, Newington (It), Apr. 24-Aug. 15; curtis (Banks), White Mountains (alpine) (LJM), Aug. 10; extractus Walker, Claremont (LJM), May 10; hyalinus Hagen, Claremont (NB), Rumney (It), July 30; indivisus Walker, Claremont, Hampton (LJM), Durham, Hopkinton (It), Lee (RLE; It), Plymouth (It), June 24-Sept. 6; moestus Banks, Concord, Franconia, Mt. Kingsman, Rumney, Squam Lake (LJM), Bow, Durham, Lancaster, Lee, No. Hampton (It), June 12-Sept. 17; montanus (Banks), Franconia, Mt. Washington (CB, LJM) ; ornatus Banks, Franconia (CB), Durham, Lee (It), June 20- July 17; ozburni (Milne), Lee, Plymouth (It), June 24-July 3; parvulus (Banks), Barrington, Durham, Lee (It), May 10- July 6; *plaga Walker, NH (LJM, CB) ; sericeus (Say), Claremont, Dublin, Hampton, White Mountains (LJM), Dur- ham, Plymouth (It), June 29-Aug. 24; sordidus (Hagen), Dur- ham, Lee (It), July 20-Aug. 9; submonilifer Walker, Fran- conia, Milford, Mt. Washington, Squam Lake (LJM, CB), Durham (WJM; It), Lee (RLE; It), Plymouth (It), May 1- Nov. 16; vastus Hagen, White Mountains (LJM). Pycnopsyche Banks antica (Walker), White Mountains (NB), Durham, Hopkin- ton (It), Lee (RLE; It), Plymouth (It), June 24-Sept. 14; circularis (Provancher), NH (CB), Durham (It), Sept. 28; conspersa Banks, White Mountains (NB) ; gentilis (McLach- lan), Franconia, White Mountains (LJM), Durham (It), June 10; guttifer (Walker), Franconia, Shelburne (LJM, CB), Durham (It), Lee (RLE; It), No. Hampton (It), Twin Moun- tain (CFF), June 24-Oct. 5; lepida (Hagen), Durham (It), Lee (RLE ; It), Aug. 2-Oct. 1 ; limbata (McLachlan), Hopkin- ton (It), Aug. 30; luculenta (Betten), NH (CB) ; scabri- pennis (Rambur), White Mountains (LJM), July; subfasciata (Say), White Mountains (LJM), July 26. * May be a synonym of L. sericeus. Ixiv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 99 Caborius Navas lyratus Ross, Durham, Plymouth (It), May 24-Oct. 5 ; punc- tatissimus (Walker) Hampton (LJM), Durham, Hopkinton, Lee, Newington (It), Aug. 22-Sept. 28. Frenesia Betten & Mosely difficilis (Walker), Franconia, Dublin, Mt. Monadnock, Squam Lake (LJM, CB), Durham (WJM, JGC, RLE; It), Lee (RLE), June 24-Dec. 3; missa (Milne), Mt. Monadnock (LJM), Durham (WJM, }GC; It), Lee (RLE), Oct. 24- Nov. 18. Glyphopsyche Eanks irrorata (Fabricius), NH (CB). Psychoglypha Ross subborealis (Eanks), Lee (RLE), Nov. 14-15. Phanocelia Eanks canadensis (Banks), Durham (It), Oct. 19. Drusinus Betten sparsus (Banks), White Mountains (LJM) ; uniformis Betten, Durham, Lee (It), June 16-July 15. Neophylas McLachlan aniqua Ross, White Mountains (DGD), July 2-Sept. 4; concinnus McLachlan, Dublin, Franconia (LJM) ; fuscus Banks, Franconia (CB, LJM) ; nacatus Denning, Jefferson (DGD), Sept. 16; oligius Ross, Durham, Lee (It), Aug. 25- Oct. 24; ornatus Banks, White Mts. (CB, LJM); slossonae Banks, Franconia (NB). MOLANNIDAE Molanna Curtis blenda Sibley, Lee (It), July 5; cinerea Hagen, Franconia, Squam Lake (LJM), July 29; musetta Betten, Bow, Durham, Freedom, Lee, N. Conway (It), Northwood (JGC), Plymouth (It), June 9-Aug. 30; tryphena Betten, Durham, Lee (It), June 25-Aug. 25; uniophila Vorhies, Squam Lake (LJM), Aug. 10-11. ODONTOCERIDAE Psilotreta Banks frontalis Banks, Lee (It), June 30; indecisa (Walker), Claremont, Franconia, Gorham (LJM), Colebrook (WJM, 100 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [April, 1953 RLE), June 19- July 20; labida Ross, Benton (HHR), Dur- ham, Lee (JGC; It), May 1-June 26. CALAMOCERATIDAE Ganonema McLachlan americanum (Walker), NH (LJM), Lee (WJM), June 22. LEPTOCERIDAE Leptocerus Leach americanus (Banks), Durham (WJM; It), June 18 July 23. Leptocella Banks Candida (Hagen), NH (LJM); exquisita (Walker), NH (LJM), Bow, Durham, Lee (It), June 25-July 30; pavida (Hagen), Bow, Hopkinton, Lee (It), North wood (WJM), July 3-27; uwarowii (Kolenati), NH (LJM). Athripsodes Billberg alagmus Ross, Bow, Durham, Lee (It), June 15-July 19; angustus (Banks), Bow, Hopkinton, Durham, Lee (It), June 19-Aug. 8; cancellatus (Betten), Bow, Durham, Hopkinton, Lee, Plymouth (It), June 30-Aug. 7; dilutus (Hagen), Dur- ham, Lee (It), June 19-Aug. 29; flavus (Banks), Dublin, Squam Lake (LJM), July; mentieus (Walker), Milford, Squam Lake (LJM), June 2; punctatus (Banks), Durham, Hopkinton, Lee (It), June 20-Aug. 10; resurgens (Walker), Squam Lake (LJM), Bow, Durham, Hopkinton, Lee (It), June 5-Aug. 8; tarsi-punctatus (Vorhies), Bow, Durham, Hopkinton, Lee, Plymouth (It), June 24-Aug. 7; transversus (Hagen), Squam Lake (LJM), Bow, Lee, Plymouth (It), June 24-Aug. 7. Oecetis McLachlan avara (Banks), Durham (WJM; It), Hopkinton, Lee, Rum- ney (It), June 28-Aug. 30; cinerascens (Hagen), Bow, Dur- ham, Freedom, Hopkinton, Lee, Newport, Plymouth, Rumney (It), June 9-Sept. 2; immobilis (Hagen) Durham, Plymouth (It), June 27-Sept. 2; inconspicua (Walker), NH (LJM), Bow, Durham, Freedom, Hopkinton (It), Lee, (RLE, WJM; It), Lee (RLE, WJM; It), Northwood (JGC), Plymouth, *Rye (It), June 15-Sept. 8; osteni Milne, Durham (HHR), Dur- ham, Freedom, Lee, Rumney (It), June 18-Aug. 30; persimilis (Banks), Durham, Hopkinton, Lee (It), July 3-Sept. 10; scala Milne, Hopkinton (It), July 18-Aug. 8. Ixiv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 101 Triaenodes McLachlan aba Milne, Durham (HHR). Durham, Lee, Plymouth (It), June 9-Sept. 10; baris Ross, Bow, Durham, Lee (It), June 24- Aug. 21 ; ignita (Walker), Hampton (NB) ; injusta (Hagen), Durham, Lee (It), June 20-Aug. 27; nox Ross, Durham, Lee, Plymouth (It), June 9-July 30; perna Ross, Durham, Lee (It), July 4-Aug. 27; tarda Milne, Hampton (LJM), Bow, Durham, Freedom, Lee (It), June 18-Aug. 25. Mystacides Berthold longicornis (Linnaeus), Bennington, Squam Lake (LJM), Northwood (WJM), July 11-23; sepulchralis (Walker), NH (LJM), Durham (WJM, RLE ; It), Lee (It), May 29-Aug. 24. Setodes Rambur incerta (Walker), Durham, Hopkinton (It), July 5-Aug. 8. GOERIDAE Goera Curtis calcarata Banks, Colebrook, Durham, Lee (It), July 10; stylata Ross, Plymouth (It), June 24. LEPIDOSTOMATIDAE Lepidostoma Rambur americanum (Banks), Franconia (LJM, CB) ; bryanti (Banks), Lee (It), June 22-27; costalis (Banks), White Mts. (LJM, HHR), Lee (It), Aug. 10; frosti (Milne), Gorham, Pinkham, White Mts. (LJM, HHR), July 20-26; griseum (Banks), White Mts. (LJM); latipenms (Banks), Lee (It), Aug. 21-30; lydia Ross, Mt. Washington, Warren, Woodstock (HHR). Bradford (WJM), Lee, Rye (It), June 16-Sept. 6; modestum (Banks), Franconia (LJM) ; Ontario Ross, Ben- ton, Mt. Washington, Randolph, Woodstock (HHR) ; promi- nens (Banks), Mt. Washington (DGD), July 29-Aug. 4; sackeni (Banks), N. Conway (NB), Durham, Hopkinton, Lee, Plymouth (It), Aug. 11-Sept. 19; swannanoa Ross, Benton, Mt. Washington, Woodstock (HHR); togatum (Hagen), Squam Lake, Mt. Washington (LJM), Durham, Lee (It), June 14-Sept. 7; vernalis (Banks), White Mts. (DGD), July 17. BRACK YCENTRIDAE Micrasema McLachlan wataga Ross, Bow, Durham, Hopkinton, Lee, Plymouth, Rumney (It), June 11-Aug. 30. 102 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [April, 1953 Brachycentrus Curtis americanus (Banks), Franconia (LJM, CB) ; lateralis (Say), Pinkham (LJM). SERICOSTOMATIDAE Sericostoma Berthold distinctum (Ulmer), Squam Lake, Franconia (LJM), Dur- ham (JGC; It), Hopkinton (It), Lee (RLE; It), May 1- July 30; griseum (Banks), Durham (WJM, JGC; It), Lee (RLE; It), May 1-Aug. 1. HELICOPSYCHIDAE Helicopsyche Hagen borealis (Hagen), West Milan (HHR), Durham (WJM, RLE; It), Lee (RLE; It), June 7-July 30. Current Entomological Literature Compiled by VENIA T. PHILLIPS, Librarian Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Under the above head it is intended to note papers received at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania pertaining to entomology, including all arthropods except Crustacea. Coverage will be world-wide as regards major contributions to systernatics as well as for all papers on morphology, physiology, em- bryology, etc. In addition, for species from the Americas and the Pacific (Nearctic, Neotropical and Polynesian regions) all minor contributions to taxonomy, distribution, etc., will also be recorded. This list gives references of the year 1952 unless otherwise noted. Continued papers, with few exceptions, are recorded only at their first installment. For other records of general literature and for economic literature, see the Bibliog- raphy of Agriculture, Washington, and the Review of Applied Entomology, Series A, London. For records of papers on medical entomology see Review of Applied Entomology, Series B. NOTE: The figures within brackets [ ] refer to the journal in w;hich the paper ap- peared, as numbered in the List of periodicals and serials published in our January and June issues. The number of the volume, and in some cases, the part, heft, &c. is followed by a colon (:). References to papers containing new forms or names not so stated in titles are followed by (*); if containing keys are followed by (k); papers pertaining ex- clusively to Neotropical species, and not so indicated in the title, have the symbol (S). Papers published in ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS are not listed. GENERAL Beebe. W. Introduction to the ecology of the Arima Valley, Trinidad, B. W. I. [154] 37: 157-83, ill. Butler, J. M. Improved micro-dissecting instruments for helminthological and other zoological use. [Turtox News] 31 : 2-3. Foote, R. H. A method of making whole mounts, of mosquito larvae for special study. [80] 38: 494-5. Gaufin, A. R. and C. M. Tarzwell. Aquatic invertebrates Ixiv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 103 as indicators of stream pollution. [Pub. Health Rpt.| 67: 57-64. Gaul, A. T. The wonderful world of insects. Rine- hart & Co., N. Y. $4.00, 290 pp., 1953. Gross, G. F.- Desert insects (with discussion of environmental zones within the desert). [South Austr. Nat.] 27: 21-25, ill. Hiller, R. Uber Mikroaufnahmen von Bernsteininklusen. [28] 2: 458-60. Hofender, K. Verzeichnis der Strep- siptera und ihre Wirte (Nachtrag). [25] 2 : 473-521. Kloft, W. Eine Kaferzucht im mikrokopischen Praparat. [Mi- krokosmos] 42: 71-2. ill. Kruseman, G. Consideraciones entomologicas (El Salvador). [Comunicaciones Inst. Trop. Invest. Cient.] 4: 5-10. Kullenberg, B. Ophrys insec- tifera L. et les insectes. [107] 3: 53-70, ill., 1951. Kuschel, G. Los insectos de las islas Juan Fernandez. Introduc- tion. [Rev. Chilena Ent.] 2: 3-6. Le Marchand, S. Un pen de grammaire entomologique et . . . etymologique. 1 119] 13: 247-8. Maksimovic, M. Znacaj o'dnosa broj- nosti zivotinjskih polulacija i teorije regulacije brojnosti u sumskoj biocenozi (Population studies). [Zastita bilja, Beograd] 12: 87-99. Miller, R. R. X-ray photography as a tool in systematics. (Abstract.) [146] 1: 185. Pronin, G. F. Suggestions on preventing outbreaks of bark beetles in California pine forests. [Ill] 28: 186-88. Uhler, L. D. -How to make a cyanide killing jar. [Turtox News] 31 : 30. Viette, P. Une technique de preparation des armures genitales. [119] 13 : 249-52. Williams, C. B. Some notes on killing insects for collections and for scientific research. [58] 85: 271-79. Wood, S. F. and F. D. A water cooler for transporting heat sensitive animals, especially insects. 1 145] 51: 108-11, ill. Zinn, D. J. A useful inexpensive modification of the Berlese funnel. [Turtox News] 31 : 16-18, ill. BIOGRAPHIES, OBITUARIES Corporaal, Johannes Bastiaan, 1880-1952. Gestorben. [28] 2: 527.' (Obit.) Gigoux, Enrique Ernesto, 1863-1951. (Obit.) by Gabriel Olalquiaga. [Rev. Chilena Ent.] 2: 314-5. Meyer, Paul, 1876-1951. (Obit, with port, and bibl.) by O. Scheerpeltz. [Ent. Blatter] 47/48: 113-19. Pellett, Frank C., 1879-1951. -(Obit.) by Floyd R. Paddock. [Proc. Iowa Acad. Sci.] 59: 52-3. Perez, Charles, 1873-1952. (Obit.) by A. Caquot. [2| 235: 1566-67. Schmidt, Heinrich J. C., 1863-1948.- Meinen Sammelfreunde Heinrich Schmidt zum Gedachtnis. (Obit.) by Erich Uhmann. [Ent. Blatter] 47/48: 119-20. Storch, Otto, 1886-1951. (Obit, with port, and bibl.) by 104 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [April, 1953 W. Marinelli. [104] 3: 487-93. Sulc, Karel, 1872-1952. Gestorben by Hans Sachtleben. [28] 2: 527-8. (Obit.) Wolffhiigel, Kurt Wolfgang, 1869-1951. (Obit.) by G. K. [Rev. Chilena Ent.) 2: 315-6. ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, MEDICAL Barnhart, C. S. and L. E. Chadwick A "fly factor" in attractant studies. [Science] 117:104-5,1953. Dobzhansky, T. Experimental evolution in Drosophila. [148] 4: 545-50. Eichler, W.- Behandlungstechnik parasitarer insekten. Leipzig, Akad. Verlagsgesell. Geest & Portig, 1952. 286 pp., 82 text figs. 19.60 DM. (Reviewed in [28] 2: 524-5.) Faust, R.- Untersuchungen zum Halterenproblem. [159] 63: 325-66. Ferris, G. F. On the comparative morphology of the An- nulata. A summing up. [90] 18: 2-15, 1953. Frobich, G. und K. Offhaus Ein neuer Nahrungsfaktor, der die Meta- morphose von Tribolius confusum Duv. (Tenebr., Col.) ermoglicht. [100] 39: 575. Gibson, C. L. and W. F. Ascoli. -The relation of Culicoides (Diptera : Heleiclae) to the transmission of Onchocerca volvatus. [80] 38: 315-20. Martini, E. Lehrbuch der medizinischen entomologie, 4. auflage. Mit beitragen von F. Pens und W. Reichmuth. Jena, G. Fischer, 694 pp., 318 text figs. 38 DM. 1952. (Review in [28] 2: 523-4.) Spiess, E. B., B. A. Terrile and U. Blumenheim. Physiological properties of gene arrange- ment carriers in Drosophila persimilis. II. Wing-beat fre- quency and wing dimensions. [62] 6: 421-27. Townsend, J. L, Jr. Genetics of marginal populations of Drosophila willistoni. [62] 6: 428-42. Virkki, N. Zur Zytologie eini- ger Scarabaeiden : Studien an der Spermatogenese. [Suom. Elain-ja Kasvit. Seura Vanamo, Julk.] 14, no. 3, 104 pp., ill., 1951. Vite, J. P. Temperaturversuche an Ips typo- graphus L. (Coleoptera.) [159] 149 : 195-206, ill. Wahab, A. A. Some notes on the segmentation of the scorpion, Buthus quinquestriatus (H.E.). [Egypt. Acad. Sci., Proc.] 7: 75-91, ill, 1951. ARACHNIDA AND MYRIOPODA Bolwig, N. Ob- servations on the behaviour and mode of orientation of hunting Solifugae. [55] 15: 239-40. Freeman, R. S. The biology and life history of Monoecestus Beddard, 1914 (Cestoda: Anoplocephaliclae) from the porcupine. (Aca- rina.) [80] 38: 111-29, ill. Goodnight, C. J. Speciation among the opiliones (Arachnida). (Abstract.) [146] 1: 183. Grandjean, F. Observations sur les oribates (24 ser.). (Includes preparation techniques.) [Paris. Mus. Ixiv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 105 Nat. d'Hist. Nat. Bulletin, 2d ser.] 24: 187-94. Henry, L. M. The nervous system of the Pycnogonida. [90] 18: 16-36, ill., 1953. Keegan, H. L. and R. A. Hedeen. Col- lections of ectoparasitic mites from Alaska. [80] 38: 360- 61. Liro, J. I. and H. Roivainen. Akamapunkit, Eriophyi- dae. [Suom. Elain-ja Kasvit. Seura Vanamo. Suomen Elaimet] no. 6, 281 pp., ill., 1951. Menzies, G. C. and R. W. Strandtmann. A new species of mite taken from nest of armadillo (Acarina Laelaptidae, Hypoaspinae). [56] 54: 265-73, ill. N0rgaard, E. On the ecology of two lycosid spiders (Pirata piraticus and Lycosa pullata) from a Danish sphagnum bog. [107] 3: 1-21, ill., 1951. Palmen, E. Sur- vey of the Diplopoda of Newfoundland. [Suom. Elain-ja Kasvit. Seura Vanamo, Julk.] 15, no. 1, 31 pp., ill. Pauly, F. Die "Copula" der Oribatiden (Moosmilben). [100] 39: 572-73. ill. Radford, C. D. A revision of the fur mites Myobiidae (Acarina) (suite). [Paris. Mus. Nat. d'Hist. Nat., Bull. 2d ser.] 24: 371-81, ill. (*). Roth, V. D. Notes and a new species in Cybaeina (Arachnida: Agelenidae). [Ill] 28: 195-201, ill. Strandtmann, R. W. Host-parasite relationships in avian nasal mites. (Abstract.) [146] 1: 184-5. Toumanoff, C. and C. Vago. L'effet de 1'alcalinite du milieu de culture sur la virulence de Bacillus cereus var. alesti Toum. et Vago, pour les vers a soie. [2] 235: 1715- 17. Tragardh, I. Acarina, collected by the Mangarevan expedition to southeastern Polynesia in 1934 by the Bernice P. Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii. Mesostigmata. [25] 4: 45-90, ill. (*). Vachon, M. Remarques prelimi- naires sur quelques insectes parasites (Dipteres et Hy- menopteres) des cocons et oeufs d'araignees. [Paris. Mus. Nat. d'Hist. Nat., Bull. 2d ser.] 24: 200-3. Wehr, E. E.- Dermoglyphus elongatus (Megnin, 1877), a quill mite of the house canary in the U. S. (Acarina.) [80] 38: 548-9. Young, M. D. and R. W. Burgess. Susceptibility of Anopheles quadrimaculatus to Korean vivax malaria. [Pub. Health Rpt] 67: 14-16. SMALLER ORDERS Edmunds, G. F. Convergent evolution among the nymphs of mayflies (Ephemeroptera). (Abstract.) 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Snyder, T. E. Know your termites and local incidence of infestation. [Pest Control] 21 : 27-8, 1953. A new Rugitermes from Guatemala (Isoptera, Kalotermi- tidae). [56] 54: 303-05. Stark, H. E. The possible oc- currence of random fixation in a population of fleas. (Ab- stract.) [146] 1 : 183. Traub, R. and P. T. Johnson. Four new species of fleas from Mexico (Siphonaptera). [13] no. 1598: 1-28, ill. Valle, K. J. Sudenkorennot, Odonata. [Suom. elain-ja Kasvit. Seura Vanamo. Suomen Elaimet] no. 7, 159 pp., ill. (k). Woodland, J. T. The styli of the firebrat, Thermobia domestica (Packard). (Thysanura.) [Proc. Penn. Acad. Sci.] 26: 27-32, ill. Wygodzinsky, P.- Thysanura from Juan Fernandez Island. [Rev. Chilena Ent.] 1: 199-204 (*), 1951. Yates, J. Halothrips niger Osb., the red clover thrips (includes discussion of diapause). [N. Z. J. of Sci. & Tech. Sect. B] 34: 166-72. ill. ORTHOPTERA Albrecht, F. O. The reliability of the E/F ratio, a measure of phase status, in fresh and in dried locusts. [127] 21: 167-69. Beebe, W. J. Crane and S. Hughes-Schrader. An annotated list of the mantids of Trinidad, B. W. I. [154] 37: 245-58, ill. Chapman, K.- Ecological studies on solitary Acrididae in England and South Africa. [55] 15: 165-203, ill. Crane, J. A compara- tive study of innate defensive behavior in Trinidad mantids. [154] 37: 259-93, ill. Joly, P. Production d'adultoides chez Locusta migratoria L. [2] 235: 1555-57. Manil, A. A mantis in captivity. [Jour. Bengal Nat. Hist. Soc.] 25 : 184-88, ill. Pichler,'F. Uber den Bau und Bewegungs- mechanismus der Cerci bei Calliptamus italicus L. [104] 3 : 534-45, ill. HEMIPTERA Carvalho, J. C. M. Miridae (Neotropi- cal Miridae, 54) (Islas Juan Fernandez). [Rev. Chilena Ent.] 2: 21-28, ill. (*). Cumber, R. A. Studies on Oliarus Ixiv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 107 atkinsoni Myers (Cixiidae) vector of the "Yellow-leaf" dis- ease of Phormium tenax Forst. II. 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Studies on the ecology and phenology of the leafhoppers (Homoptera) of Raisio (s.w. Finland). [Suom. Elain-ja Kasvit. Seura Vanamo, Julkais.] 14: no. 6, 32 pp. Ruckes, H. Some scutelleroid Hemiptera of the Bahama Islands, British West Indies. [13] 1591: 1-9. Sailer, R. I. -The identity of Stenocephalus mexicanus Ashmead (Corei- dae). [56] 54: 301-03. Slater, J. A. An annotated list of the Lygaeidae of Iowa and Illinois. [Proc. Iowa Acad. Sci.] 59: 521^0. Wagner, E. and J. A. Slater. Concerning some holarctic Miridae. [56] 54: 273-81, ill. (*). Wygod- zinsky, P. Contribucion al conocimiento del genero Metap- terus Costa, 1860, de las Americas y de Juan Fernandez (Reduv.). [Rev. Chilena Ent.] 1: 113-28 (k*), 1951. Re- duviidae y Cimicidae Islas Juan Fernandez). [Rev. Chilena Ent] 2: 15-19, ill. (*). LEPIDOPTERA Beebe, W. A contribution to the life history of Colobtira (Gynaecia auct.) dirce dirce (Linn.) (Butterfly). [154) 37: 199-202, ill. Constantin, C. and C. Vago. (See Anatomy.) Fleming, H. The Saturnioidea (Moths) of Rancho Grande, North-central Venezuela. [154] 37: 203-7. Forster, W. Gespinstmotten (Hypono- meuta). [Kosmos] 49: 19-20, ill., 1953. Fox, R. M". The taxonomic value of male genitalia in the Ithomiidae. (Ab- stract.) [146] 1 : 185. Franz, E. Sphingidae de El Salva- dor (Resultados del viaje de exploracion Dr. Adolf Zilch 1951 en El Salvador, no. 2). [Comunicaciones Inst. Trop. 108 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [April, 1953 Invest. Gent.] 4: 14-17. Herrera, J. Ausencia cle dimor- fismo sexual en Colias flaveola Blanchard 1852 (Pieridae). [Rev. Chilena Ent.] 2: 173-77, ill. Klots, A. B. and H. K. Clench. A new species of Strymon Huebner from Georgia. (Lycaenidae.) [13] no. 1600: 1-19, ill. McDunnough, J. H. New species and subspecies in the genus Hydriomena, Avith notes (Geometridae). [13] 1592: 1-17, ill. Marion, H. Ebouche d'une classification nouvelle des Pyraustidae. [119] 13: 260-70. Sperry, J. 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LXIV MAY, 1953 No. 5 Studies in Panama Culicoides (Diptera, Heleidae). III. A New Species Related to phlebotomus (Williston) l By WILLIS W. WIRTH 2 and FRANKLIN S. BLANTON 3 Twelve new species of Culicoides have been described in two previous papers (Jour. Wash. Acad. Sci. ; Jour. Parasit., in press) of this series, which is based primarily on material col- lected by the junior author in Panama. In this paper we wish to clarify the status of an important pest at Caribbean seaside re- sorts, Culicoides phlebotonnts (Williston), and to describe a new species closely allied to it from Panama. We are greatly indebted to Paul Freeman, of the British Mu- seum, for generously making available paratypes of Culicoides awiazonius Macfie and for critical comparisons of our specimens with the type of Ceratopogon phlebotomus Williston; to John Lane and O. P. Forattini, of the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, for critical notes and for the gift of Brazilian specimens ; to Irving Fox, of the University of Puerto Rico, for Puerto Rican material and for valuable advice and suggestions ; and to Paul Woke, of the U. S. Public Health Service, for the gift of specimens. Un- less otherwise noted, all material studied is in the collection of the U. S. National Museum, Washington, D. C. 1 Published under the auspices of the Surgeon General, U. S. Army, who does not necessarily assume responsibility for the professional opin- ions expressed by the authors. 2 Entomologist, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, Agricul- tural Research Administration, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Wash- ington, D. C. 3 Lieutenant Colonel, MSC, U. S. Army Caribbean, Fort Clayton, Canal Zone. AY 18 1953 114 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [May, 1953 Culicoides phlebotomus (Williston) (figures 1, 2) Ceratopogon phlebotomus Williston, 1896, Trans. Ent. Soc. London 3 : 281 ($; St. Vincent Island, British West Indies). Culicoides phlebotomus, Hoffman, 1925, Amer. Jour. Hyg. 5 : 285 (female redescr. ; Puerto Rico ; figure of wing) ; Painter, 1926, United Fruit Co. Med. Kept. 15:258 (Honduras; biology) ; Fox, 1942, Puerto Rico Jour. Publ. Hlth. & Trop. Med. 17:419 (pupa; Virgin Islands) ; Fox, 1946, Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 39:252 (St. Croix) ; Barbosa, 1947, An. Soc. Biol. Pernambuco 7 : 24 (Trinidad). Culicoides amasonius Macfie, 1935, Stylops 4: 52 (male, female; Tutoia, Brazil; male genitalia figured); Macfie, 1927, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. (10)20:6 (Trinidad); Costa Lima, 1937, Mem. Inst. Oswaldo Cruz 32: 414 (Para, Brazil) ; Floch and Abonnenc, 1942, Inst. Pasteur Guyane Inini Publ. 37 : 3 (Cayenne, Fr. Guiana; figure of female wing, palpus) ; Bar- bosa, 1947, An. Soc. Biol. Pernambuco 7:11 (Pernambuco, Brazil). NEW SYNONYMY. Material examined: PUERTO Rico : Fort Buchanan, May, 1951, 1. Fox (light trap), 1 female. Guanica, June 22, 1952, F. S. Blanton (light trap), 14 females. MEXICO : Salina Cruz, Oaxaca, F. Knab, 1 female. HONDURAS: Puerto Castilla, Sept. 21, 1943, K. R. Maxwell (horse trap), 12 females. NICARAGUA: Corinto, Jan. 17-23, 1943, P. A. Woke (biting man and at light), 8 males, 27 females. PANAMA: Arraijan, Panama Prov., May 21, 1951, F. S. Blanton (light trap), 9 males, 70 females. Mojinga Swamp, Fort Sherman, Canal Zone, Nov. 14, Dec. 10, 1951, F. S. Blan- ton (light trap), 2 females. Rio Hato, Code Prov., Sept. 24, 1951, F. S. Blanton (light trap), 1 female. Palm Beach near San Carlos, Panama Prov., Sept. 17, 1952, F. S. Blanton (light trap), 7 females. VENEZUELA: Puerto Cabello, Carabobo, Nov. 12, 1951, L. W. Teller (biting man at beach), 1 female. BRAZIL: Tutoia, Maranhao, 1934, E. M. Lourie, 2 females [British Museum; paratypes of amasonius; one deposited in the U. S. National Museum through the courtesy of the British Mu- seum]. Conceicao Beach, Pernambuco, April, 1944, F. Bar- bosa, 1 male. Caponga, M. Cascavel, Ceara, Nov., 1939, 2 females. Ixiv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 115 As a result of the descriptions by Hoffman (1925) and Macfie (1935), this species has been well characterized. Indeed, it is puzzling that Macfie, having access to Williston's type of phlebotomus at London, and mentioning that species in his description of amazonius, but without giving characters for their separation, could have been misled into describing the Brazilian material as new. Probably the fact that he had no male speci- mens from any known localities for phlebotomus, together with the southern distribution of his specimens, prompted him to go ahead. In the recent keys to Neotropical Ciilicoides, these two species are separated only by the cordiform fourth tarsal seg- ment of ainasoniiis, which phlebotomus is said to lack (Costa Lima, 1937; Barbosa, 1947; Macfie, 1948). Therefore a care- ful study was made of the material listed above, especially that from Puerto Rico and Venezuela, localities which are adjacent to St. Vincent and at which plilebotomus should most likely oc- cur. All specimens were found to have the fourth tarsal seg- ment cordiform, of the same shape as the paratypes of amazonius from Brazil (also as in figure 3, of ivillistoni n. sp.). Mr. Paul Freeman informs us that the same is true of Williston's type of phlebotomus in the British Museum. The only difference which could be found between the three Brazilian lots and those from farther north were that in the former the wings were not so strongly infuscated, the wing being mostly yellowish proximad of the r-m crossvein, a character obviously not of specfic value. The wing of a female from Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico (fig. 1), shows the more conspicuous extreme of markings. One of the Tutoia paratypes was found to have three, subequal, almost spherical, and rather small, spermathecae, although all the rest of the specimens examined, including the other paratype, pos- sessed the usual two oval, and rather large, spermathecae. No differences could be found in the genitalia, which are shown in figure 2. For these reasons amazonius is considered unquestion- ably a synonym of phlebotomus. 116 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [May, 1953 Culicoides willistoni Wirth and Blanton, new species (figures 3-6) Female. Length 1.2 mm., wing 1.0 mm. by 0.5 mm. Head black, the vertex grayish pruinose ; eyes contiguous, bare. Antennae with flagellar segments in proportion of 15 : 12 : 12 : 12 : 12 : 12 : 12 : 12 : 18 : 18 : 20 : 20 : 35 ; distal sensory tufts present on segments 3-10. Palpal segments in proportion of 10:25:30:10:10; third segment slightly swollen, without pit, the sensoria scattered over mesal side of distal half of seg- ment (fig. 5). Mesonotum densely bluish-gray pruinose, with prominent pattern of scattered brown dots, each dot surrounding the base of one of the stout, brown, mesonotal hairs ; the brown areas often confluent on middle of anterior margin and on sublateral areas between the suture and wing bases. Scutellum bluish-gray pruinose, dark brown in middle ; with four long hairs. Post- scutellum and pleura blackish with variable grayish pollinosity. Legs brown ; bases of femora pale and well defined, narrow, sub- apical pale rings on femora and sub-basal rings on tibiae ; apices of hind tibiae pale ; tarsi pale ; fourth tarsal segments cordiform (fig. 3). Wing (fig. 4) with anterior radial cells very narrow, the sec- ond short ; macrotrichiae confined to a few at wing tip in apices of cells R 5 and M 2 . Wing deeply infuscated with brownish, a blackish stigmal spot over second radial cell and distal half of first ; large yellowish areas at wing base and over r-m crossvein to slightly behind base of anterior media. Prominent bluish- white spots as follows : in cell R 5 , a small, round spot behind sec- ond radial cell, a second spot just past apex of costa on anterior margin, a third just past this one in middle of cell R 5 and a fourth, hourglass-shaped spot halfway between the third and wing tip with the anterior portion broadly meeting wing margin. Vein M! narowly bordered on most of its length to apex with light gray ; an elongate white spot straddling middle of vein M 2 ; an elongate white spot on mediocubitus near wing base ; an elongate white spot in cell M 2 just behind anterior media before the fork; a smaller oval spot just ahead of mediocubital fork; Ixiv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 117 2a PHLEBOTOMUS WILLISTONI EXPLANATION OF FIGURES Culicoides phlcbotomus. Fig. 1. Female wing (Fort Buchanan, Puerto Rico). 2. Male genitalia, ventral view, parameres drawn separately in 2a (Arraijan, Panama). Culicoides zvillistoni. Fig. 3. Distal tarsal segments of female, showing cordate fourth segment. 4. Female wings. 5. Female palpus. 6. Male genitalia, ventral view. 6a. Parameres drawn separately. 6b. Lateral view to show details of aedeagus and parameres. 118 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [May, 1953 small, rounded, white spots well back from wing margin in apices of cells M 1? M 2 and M 4 ; anal cell with an elongate white spot just behind mediocubital fork and a diffuse, narrow streak along wing margin in basal half of cell. Halteres white, the stems brownish. Abdomen dark brown, narrow apices of tergites with pale gray margins. Spermathecae two, slightly oval to pear-shaped, sub- equal, the bases of the ducts sclerotized a very short distance; rudimentary third spermatheca and ring present as usual. Male. Similar to the female but smaller, with the usual sex- ual differences ; antennal plumes yellowish, longer than in phi ebot omits. Genitalia (fig. 6) : Ninth sternite with shallow, rounded mesal excavation ; ninth tergite tapered, with very short apicolateral processes. Basistyles with ventral roots strongly constricted at bases, the apices broadly expanded, boathook-shaped ; dorsal roots well developed, slender ; disti- styles strongly bent a third of way to apices, the latter more slender than in phlebotomus. Aedeagus with short, broad, transverse basal arms, a short, stout, pointed median process projecting anteriorly from between them; posterior margins of basal arms with short, platelike expansions ; the aedeagus bearing posteriorly a straight, spatulate, distally truncated, dorsal blade, with a strong, ventrally curved process arising from the base with its distally pointed apex curving towards the dorsal blade and about two thirds as long. (In phlebotomus the ventral process is as long as the dorsal and is more strongly curved, with its apex often passing behind to the dorsal side of the broader, more spatu- late, dorsal blade (fig. 2).) Parameres with bases abruptly bent and bearing strong knobs, each with a distinct triangular lobe on inner side at base of stem, then slightly narrowed and bent outward a short distance, then abruptly bent ventrad with slender, simple, pointed apex. Holotype $, allotype, Rio Hato, Code Province, PANAMA, January 15, 1952, F. S. Blanton (light trap) (Type No. 61630, U.S.N.M.). Paratypes: 27 J*J\ 475$, same data as type; 6 males, 20 fe- males, Palm Beach near San Carlos, Panama Province, Panama, Ixiv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 119 September 17, 1952, F. S. Blanton (light trap); 2 1953 than the fourth; there is a small node between the second and third segments." Actually the first segment of antenna is plainly shorter than other three together (130:150+). The first segment is not four times as long as the second. In the type the first segment is to the second as 170 : 50. There is nothing in Kirkaldy's generic description to justify its separation from Brachymetra. However the species C. bakeri is considerably larger than any described Brachymetra ; the first tarsal segment of the front leg is plainly longer than the second, while in all Brachymetra it is plainly shorter; the front tibia is conspicuously expanded at its tips, which is broadly excavate on its mesal surface and sulcate on the outer surface while in Brachymetra the tibia is but little expanded ; the middle and hind femora are considerably longer than the body whereas in Brachy- metra they are but slightly, if any, longer. Therefore I am rec- ognizing Charmatometra Kirkaldy as a genus. Kirkaldy's two descriptions of C. bakeri are not quite accu- rate. The front femora are not "cylindric" but thicker in one diameter than the other. His measurements of antennal and leg segments are also misleading. There are variations to be sure but the description should agree with the type at least. The description states that the first antennal segment is four times as long as the second and in the generic description above that it is subequal to the other three segments together. Here are the relative lengths of the antennal segments of the type and seven other specimens. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Type $ 170 50 <$ 170 55 $ 150 50 $ 145 55 1953 A Second Case of Lacebug Bite (Hemiptera: Tingidae) Although numerous species of hemipterons have been re- ported to inflict bites upon human beings, most of them have been predacious forms, and only recently have the phytophagous lace- bugs been added to the list. Sailer (1945, Journ. Kansas Ent. Soc., v. 18) gives a first-hand account of having been bitten re- peatedly by Corythucha cydoniae (Fitch) at Washington, D. C. ; this seems to be the only instance in the literature relating to a member of the Tingidae. It is now possible to put on record notice of the bite of a sec- ond species of tingid, CorytJutcJia ciliata (Say), the normal host of which is the sycamore tree. On June 17, 1950, while reading on the front porch of my home at Clifton Forge, Virginia, I be- came conscious of a slight burning sensation on the back of my left hand, not dissimilar in effect to the bite of a mosquito. In- vestigation revealed the presence of a specimen of ciliata, busily engaged in sinking its beak into my skin. Curious about the outcome, and admiring the ambition of such a tiny creature, I suffered it to proceed, unmolested. After a few minutes it with- drew its beak and, just as did the specimen of cydoniae in the ac- count cited above, cast about for another likely spot to probe. Lacking Dr. Sailer's forbearance, however, I interrupted the ac- tivities and blew the lacebug away. In my case, there was no particular itching sensation rather a burning one and the bite was commemorated by a red spot which persisted for more than a week. Comparatively speaking, the lacebug bite was somewhat less painful than those inflicted by the common anthocorid Orius insidiosHS, a much smaller species. Being an entomophagous form, however, Orius is probably endowed with a much more potent salivary secretion. There remains unanswered the question of what manner of spiritual or material satisfaction rewards the lacebugs from their ventures into anthropophagism. RICHARD L. HOFFMAN Ixiv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 177 Current Entomological Literature Compiled by VENIA T. PHILLIPS, Librarian Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Under the above head it is intended to note papers received at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania pertaining to entomology, including all arthropods except Crustacea. Coverage will be world-wide as regards major contributions to systematics as well as for all papers on morphology, physiology, em- bryology, etc. In addition, for species from the Americas and the Pacific (Nearctic, Neotropical and Polynesian regions) all minor contributions to taxonomy, distribution, etc., will also be recorded. This list gives references of the year 1953 unless otherwise noted. Continued papers, with few exceptions, are recorded only at their first installment. For other records of general literature and for economic literature, see the Bibliog- raphy of Agriculture, Washington, and the Review of Applied Entomology, Series A, London. For records of papers on medical entomology see Review of Applied Entomology, Series B. NOTE: The figures within brackets [ ] refer to the journal in which the paper ap- peared, as numbered in the List of periodicals and serials published in our January and June issues. The number of the volume, and in some cases, the part, heft, &c. is followed by a colon (:). References to papers containing new forms or names not so stated in titles are followed by (*); if containing keys are followed by (k); papers pertaining ex- clusively to Neotropical species, and not so indicated in the title, have the symbol (S). Papers published in ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS are not listed. GENERAL Bergold, G. H. On the nomenclature and classification of insect viruses. [Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci.] 56: 495-516, ill. Black, L. M. Viruses that reproduce in plants and insects. [Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci.] 56: 398-413. Chabaud, A. G. and M.-T. Choquet. Allometrie des variants sexuels chez les Ixodidae. [24] 89: 140-46, ill., 1952. Chil- son, L. M. Insect records from Johnston Island. [69] 15: 81-84. Davis, C. J. New host and insect records from the Island of Hawaii. [69] 15: 85-86. Fagel, G. A propos de description. . . . [136] 88: 286-88, ill., 1952. Given, B. B. General report on a search for parasites of Melolonthinae in Australia. [New Zealand Jour. Sci. Tech., Ser. B] 34: 322-40, ill. Golbach, R. Notas sobre algunos insectos teratologicos. [8] 10: 189-98, ill., 1952. Janssens, E.- Zoogeographie et convergence. (Considers Leptogastrinae and Trechinae.) [Bull. Inst. Roy. Sci. Nat. Belg.] 28, no. 51. 21 pp., ill., 1952. Knipling, E. F. The greater hazard- insects or insecticides. [76] 46: 1-7. Knudsen, J. P. A new method for storing papered Lepidoptera. (Freezing.) 1 85] 7: 27. Krauss, N. L. H. Insects and other inverte- brates from Palmyra Atoll and Christmas Island. [69] 15: 217-20. Notes on insects associated with Lantana in Cuba. 1 69] 15 : 123-25. Lees, A. D. Resistance and susceptibility of plants to insect attack. [Science Progress] 41: 316-20. Nachtwey, R. L'instinct chez les insectes, traduit de I'allc- mand par Odette Amson. Hachette, Paris, 1952, 224 pp.. 47 figs. (Review in [Rev. franc. d'ent.J 20: 87-88.) Sabro- 178 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Jutyj 1953 sky, C. W. How many insects are there? [146] 2: 31-36. Sarma, P. S. Easy technique of dissecting the mouth-parts of sucking-lice (Anoplura). [Current Science] 22: 47. Schilder, F. A. Einftihrung in die Biotaxonomie (Formen- kreislehre) ; die Entstehung der Arten durch raumlichw Son- derung. Jena, G. Fischer, 1952, 162 pp., ill. (Review by S. G. Kiriakoff [136] 88: 316, 1952.) Steinhaus, E. A. Tax- onomy of insect viruses. [Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci.] 56: 517- 30, ill. Usinger, R. L., and I. La Rivers. The insect life of Arno Atoll, Marshall Islands. [Atoll Research Bull.] no. 15, 28 pp. Weber, P. W. Recent liberations of bene- ficial insects in Hawaii II. [69] 15 : 127-30. Weiss, H. B. -Thirteen entomological pamphlets, 1655-1846. [101] 60: 221-24, 1952. BIOGRAPHIES, OBITUARIES Alluaud, Charles, 1861-1949. (Biogr. with portrait and bibl.) by R. Jeannel. [137] 121: 1-22, 1952. Blair, Kenneth Gloyne, 1882-1952. -Obituary, with portrait, by B. M. Hobby. [142] 4: 126-27. Doets, Cornelis, 1894-1952. Obituary by A. Dia- konoff. [85] 7: 24. Hoffmann, Emil. Biographical notice, with portrait on his 75th birthday, by H. Reisser. [Zeit. Wiener Ent. Ges.] 37: 137-38, 1952. King, Joseph Lyonel, 1888-1952. (Obit, with port.) [76] 46: 189. Schaffer, Jacob Christian, 1718-1790. Biography by H. B. Weiss. [101] 60: 241-44, 1952. Talbot, George," 1882-1952. Obitu- ary by C. L. Remington. [85] 7: 24. Walton, William Randolph, 1873-1952. (Obit., with port.) by J. S. Wade, W. A. Baker and F. W. Poos. [56] 55 : 103-08. Weinman, Carl John, 1915-1952. (Obit, with port.) by H. B. Mills. [76] 46: 188. ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, MEDICAL Chadbourne, D. S. and C. F. Rainwater. Histological effects of calcium arsenates on larval tissues of the bollworm (Noctuidae). [76] 46: 44-48, ill. Christensen, P. J. H. Embryology. (See Lepidoptera.) Clark, E. W. The calcium and mag- nesium content in the hemolymph of certain insects. [113| 26: 101-07. Eassa, Y. E. E. The development of imaginal buds in the head of Pieris brassicae Linn. [126] 103 : 39-50, ill. Gebhardt, H. Die Lage der wichtigsten Thermore- zeptoren bei einigen Insekten. [159] 63: 558-92. Gilbert, I. H., M. D. Couch and W. C. McDuffie. Development of resistance to insecticides in natural populations of house flies. [76] 46: 48-50. Goldschmidt, R. Heredity within a sex-controlled structure of Drosophila. |78J 122: 53-95. Ixiv] ENTOMOLOGICAL XK\YS 179 Harnish, O. Stiulien zum Gaswechsel cler Larva von Pro- diamesa olivacea Meig. [ Riol. Zentralbl.] 72: 152-61. Holm, A. Experimentelle untersuchungen iiber die ent- wicklung und entwicklungsphysiologie des spinnenem- bryos (Araneida). [Zoologiska bidrag fran Uppsala] 29: 293-424, ill., 1952. Hsu, ^W. S. The origin of proteid yolk. (See Diptera.) Kennington, G. S. The effects of re- duced atmospheric pressure on populations of Tribolium castaneum and Tribolium confusum. [113] 26: 179-203. Lees, A. D. Xew aspects of bee behaviour. [Science Progress] 41 : 313-16. Levenbook, L. The variation in phosphorus compounds during metamorphosis of the blow- fly, Calliphora erythrocephala Meig. [75] 41 : 313-34. Lhoste, J. Donnees histo-physiologiques sur les cellules neurosecretrices cephaliques et le complexe retrocerebral de Forficula auricularia L. [24] 89: 169-83, ill.. 1952. Makino, S. and K. Saito. Results of gonadectomy and gonadal transplantation in the sex races of Lymantria dispar. [85] 7: 7-8. Nater, H. Yergleichend-morpho- logische Untersuchung des ausseren Geschlechtsapparates innerhalb cler Gattung Drosophila. [158] 81: 437-86, 1952. Petersen, B. and R. Weber, A comparison between growth ratio and geographic variation on allometry in Omocestus viridulus L. female. [Zoologiska Bidrag fran Uppsala] 29: 39-43, 1949. Pielou, D. P. and R. F. Glasser. Survival of Macrocentrus ancylivorus Rob., a parasite of the Oriental fruit moth, on different concentrations of various sugar solu- tions. [44] 31 : 121-24. Possompes, B. Recherches ex- perimentales sur le determinisme de la metamorphose de Calliphora erythrocephala .Meig. [23] 89 : 203-364, ill.. 1952. Tanada, Y. Viruses, microsporidea, and bacilli. (See Lepidoptera.) Wigglesworth, V. B. The origin of sen- sory neurones in an insect Rhodnius prolixus. |H6] 94: 93-112, ill. ARACHNIDA AND MYRIOPODA Biraben, M.- "Fernandezina," nuevo genero de Palpimanidae (Araneae). 1 8] 12: 545-49, ill.. 1951. Chaubaud and Choquet. Ixodi- dae. (See General.) Fuller, H. S. The mite larvae of the family Trombiculidae in the Oudemans collection : taxon- omy and medical importance. [Zool. Yerhand.. Leiden] No. 18. 261 pp., ill. 1952. Gering, R. L. Structure and function of the genitalia in some American agelenid spiders. [131] 121: no. 4, 84 pp., ill. Goodnight, C. J. and M. L.- The opilionid fauna of Chiapas, Mi-xico. and adjacent areas 180 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [July, 1953 (Arachnoidea, Opiliones). [13] 1610, 81 pp., ill. Green- berg, B. New Labidostommidae with keys to the New World species (Acarina). [101] 60: 195-204, ill., 1952. Hoff, C. C. Two new species of pseudoscorpions from Illinois. [71] 45: 188-95, ill. Holm, A. Araneida. (See Anatomy.) Keifer, H. H. The eriophyid mites of Cali- fornia (Acarina: Eriophyidae). [41] 2: 1-123, ill., 1952 (k). Krishnan, G. On the cuticle of the scorpion Palamneus swammerdami. [116] 94: 11-22, ill. Manglitz, G. R. and E. N. Cory. Biology and control of Brevipalpus australis (Acarina: Pseudoleptidae). [76] 46: 116-19. Mitchell, R. D. A new species of Lundbladia and remarks on the family Hydryphantidae (water mites). [12] 49: 159-70, ill. Postner, M. Das Mannchen von Parasitus americanus Berlese 1906 (Parasitidae, Acarina). [159] 150: 25-30, ill. Schubart, O. Diplopoda de Pirassununga IV. Adenda a fauna regional. [48] 3: 403-20, ill, 1952. Vachon, M.- The biology of scorpions. [Endeavor] 12: 80-89, illus. Wharton, G. W. and H. S. Fuller. A manual of the chig- gers. The biology, classification, distribution, and impor- tance to man of the larvae of the family Trombiculidae (Acarina). [Memoir, Ent. Soc. Washington] no. 4, 185 pp., illus., 1952. SMALLER ORDERS Barlet, J. Ressemblances entre le thorax de Nicoletis (Thysanoure Lepismatidae) et celui d'autres apterygotes. [Bull. Inst. Roy. Sci. Nat. Belg.] 28, no. 54, 8 pp., ill., 1952. Bianchi, F. A. Thysanoptera of Samoa. [69] 15: 93-108, ill. Buchholz, K~. F. Eine neue Antidythemis-art (Libellulinae, Odonata) mit Bemer- kungen ueber das Genus Antidythemis Kirby und A. tra- maeiformis Kirby. [Bull. Inst. Roy. Sci. Nat. Belg.] 28, no. 35, 11 pp., ill., 1952 (P). Day, W. C. A new mayfly genus from California. [HI] 29: 19-24, ill. Demoulin, G. -Les Behningia Lestage 1929, et leur position dans la classification des ephemeres. [Bull. Inst. Roy. Sci. Nat. Belg.] 28, no. 21, 15 pp., illus., 1952. Contribution a 1'etude des Ephoronidae Euthyplociinae (Ephemeropteres). [Bull. Inst. Roy. Sci. Nat. Belg.] 28, no. 45, 22 pp., ill., 1952. Essai de nouvelle cle pour la determination des Oligoneurii- dae (Ephemeropteres). [Bull. Inst. Roy. Sci. Nat. Belg.] 28, no. 43, 4 pp., 1952. Sur les affinites siphlonuridiennes du genre Metreletus Demoulin, 1938 (fiphemeropteres). [Bull. Inst. Roy. Sci. Nat. Belg.] 28, no. 31, 11 pp., ill., 1952. Friauf, J. J. Dermaptera. (See Anatomy.) Henson, H. On the external morphology of the neck and thorax of Ixiv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 181 Forficula auricularia L. (Dermaptera). [126] 104: 25-37. ill. Kimmins, D. E. New Hawaiian Coniopterygidae (Neuroptera). [69] 15: 37-39, ill. Lieftinck, M. A. The larval characters of the Protoneuridae (Odon.), with special reference to the genus Selysioneura Forster, and with notes on other Indo-Australian genera. [Treubia] 21 : 641-84, ill. Liischer, M. The termite and the cell. [Scient. Amer.] 188, no. 5 : 74-78, ill. Ross, H. H. and E. W. King. A key to the world genera of the caddisfly tribe "Hydrobiosini" (Rhyacophilidae). [8] 12: 501-08, ill., 1951 (*k). Tohm, G. L. Some Siphonaptera from Pima County, Arizona. [Ill] 29: 42. Wehrle, L. P. A host index of some Arizona fleas (Siphonaptera). [Ill] 29: 37-41. Wray, D. L. A new Prospinanura (Collembola) from North Carolina. [36] 48: 40-41. Two new North American Isotoma (Collem- bola) and key to eyeless forms. [36] 48: 54-56. Wygod- zinsky, P. Apuntes sobre "Thysanura" americanas. [8] 11: 435-58, ill, 1951 (*k). ORTHOPTERA Chopard, L. Notes sur les orthop- teroides de Madagascar. IV. Faune de la foret de mousses du Tsaratanana. [72] 1: 463-516, ill., 1952. Dresden, D. and E. D. Nijenhuis. On the anatomy and mechanism of motion of the mesothoracic leg of Periplaneta americana. [Proc. Neder. Akad. Wetens. Ser. C] 56: 39-47, ill. Ergene, S. Homochromer Farbwechsel ohne Hautung bei Heusch- recken auf schwarzem Untergrund. [158] 81: 604-09, ill. Fortescue-Foulkes, J. 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[69] 15: 87-91, ill. 182 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS u, 1953 Barber, H. G. The genus Pachybrachus in the United States and Canada with the description of two new species (Lygaeidae). [101] 60: 211-20, 1952 (k). A new sub- family, genus, and species belonging to the family Enico- cephalidae. [13] 1614, 4 pp. Bray, D. F. Life history and control of Cinara winonkae (Aphididae). [76] 46: 103-07. Cachan, P. Les Pentatomidae de Madagascar. [72] 1 : 231-462, ill., 1952. Chuchuy, M. E. Un insecto perjudicial del malvon Sibovia sagata (Sign.) (Jassidae). [8] 10: 99- 104, ill., 1952. Drake, C. J. American species of Ranatra annulipes Stal group. [152] 43: 109-17, ill. (*). The genus Parada Horvath (Tingidae). [115] 59: 143-47, 1952. Dum- bleton, L. J. A note on Aleuroplatus (Ochramus) samo- anus Laing (Aleyrodidae). [69] 15 : 21-23, ill. Essig, E. O. Aphid miscellany. [Ill] 29: 1-13. The orchard grass aphid, Hyalopteroides humilis (Walker). [Ill] 29.: 17-18. Frost, S. W Miridae from light traps. [101] 60: 237-40, 1952. Hottes, F. C. Seasonal variations in Myzocallis calif ornicus Baker (Aphididae). [Ill] 29: 43-46, ill. Hus- sey, R. F. Concerning some North American Coreidae. [36] 48: 29-34 (k). Lallemand, V. and H. Synave. Con- tribution a 1'etude des homopteres. II. Determination d'homopteres de 1'Institut royal des sciences naturelles de Belgique. [Bull. Inst. Roy' Sci. Nat. Belg.] 28, no. 29, 1952 (S). Leston, D. A note on oligomery in Lygaeidae. [Ent. Gazette] 4: 133-34, ill. Martin, B. A. Temporary elimination of the autosomes from the meiotis spindle in a halyinid pentatomid. [79] 92: 207-40, ill. Ross, H. T.- Another European cherry leafhopper in North America. [76] 46: 177, ill. Wigglesworth, V. B. The origin of sen- sory neurones in an insect Rhodnius prolixus. [116] 94: 93-112, ill. Wygodzinsky, P. Sobre algunos Cryptostem- matidae, principalmente de la Argentina. [8] 10: 51-74, ill., 1952. LEPIDOPTERA Avinoff, A. and W. R. Sweadner.- The Karanasa butterflies, a study in evolution. (Annals Carnegie Museum, v. 32, art. 1, 250 pp.. 17 pis., 1951.) (Review by E. G. Munroe [85] 7: 16-23.) Beebe, R.- Sampling Michigan Lepidoptera by the fixed light trap. [85] 7: 28. Bourquin, F. Cuatro notas sobre metamor- fosis de microlepitopteros (Aristotelia perplexa, Parastega hemisigna, Porphyrosela sp., Darlia praetexta). [8] 12: 509-18, ill., 1951. Metamorfosis de "Amastus prosenii" Kohler 1949 (Arctiidae). [8] 12: 527-32, ill., 1951. Meta- morfosis de "Megalopyge lanceolata" Dogn. 1923 (Megalo- Ixiv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 183 pygidae). [8] 12: 533-38, ill.. 1951. Notas sobre la metamorfosis de "Antispastis clarkei" Pastrana 1951 (Glyphipterygidae). [8] 12: 523-26, ill., 1951. Bradley, J. D. New microlepidoptera from Fiji. [69] 15: 109-14, ill. Chadbourne and Rainwater. (See Anatomy.) Chris- tensen, P. J. H. The embryonic development of Coch- lidion limacodes Hufn. (Fam. Cochlididae) ; a study on living dated eggs. [Biol. skr. Danske Vidensk. Selskab] 6: no. 9, 46 pp., ill. Clarke, J. F. G. The moths of the genus "Coptotelia" Zeller (Oecophoridae). [8] 11: 335-52, ill. 1951 (*). Diakonoff, A. Microlepidoptera of New Guinea ; results of the Third Archbold Expedition, 1938-39. [Verh. K. Necler. Akad. Weten. Afd. Naturk.] 2d ser. 49: no. 1, 167 pp.. ill., 1952. Eassa, Y. E. E. (See Anatomy.) Fender, K. M. and J. H. Baker. Notes on the migration of Nymphalis californica. [85] 7: 15. Fraisse, R. La croissance de la tete chez la larve du Bombyx mori L. en fonction du regime alimentaire. [2] 236: 1613-14. Franz, E. Sphingidae aus El Salvador. [Senckenbergiana] 33: 253-55, 1952. Fulton, M. Migration of the monarch but- terfly through Chicago. [85] 7: 28. Gray, P. H. H. A note on the colors of pupae of Pieris rapae developed under artificial conditions. [85] 7: 5-6. Hayward, K. J. Clave para los generos y especies argentinos de la familia Nympha- lidae. [8] 10: 401-21, 1952. Una clave para les subfamilias, generos y especies argentinos de la familia Heliconiidae. [8] 10: 311-13, 1952. Guia para le clasification de las especies y formas argentinas de la familia "Papilionidae." [8] 12: 279-330. ill.. 1951. Mas notas sobre ninfalidos Argentinos (Nymphalidae). [8] 10: 285-90. 1952. Kiria- koff, S. G. De gehoororganen en de systematick der Lepi- doptera. [57] 14: 246-50, ill. Knowlton, G. F. Observa- tions of Celerio lineata, the white-lined sphinx, in Utah. [85] 7: 11-12. Knudsen, J. P. (See General.) Kohler, P. Las Noctuidae argentinas, subfamilia "Cucullianae." [8] 12: 135-82, 1951. Komai, T. Composition of wild popula- tions in the lycaenid butterfly Neozephyrus taxila. [15] 87: 87-95. ill. Kusnezov, N. Atticonviva Busck en la Argentina (Tineidae). [8] 10: 281-82. 1952. Makino and Saito. (See Anatomy.) Mather, B. A migration of Ascia monuste in Mississippi. [85j 7: 13-14. Pastrana, J. A. Una especie -nueva de "Glyphipterygidae" de la Argentina. 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Cocoon construction by the Ce- cropia silkworm. I. The role of the external environment. [Behaviour, Leiden] 5: 141-56, ill. Whittaker, R. H.- Notes on a migration of Nymphalis californica. [85] 7: 9-10. DIPTERA Aczel, M. L. Catalogo de la subfamilia anericana "Pterocallinae" (Otitidae). [8] 11: 397-433, 1951. Further revision of the genus Xanthaciura Hendel (Trypetidae). [8] 10: 245-80, ill., 1952 (*k). Generos y species neotropicales de la tribus 'Trypetini." II. Dos generos y una especie nuevos. [8] 12: 253-78, ill., 1951. Morfologia externa y division sistematica de las "Tanype- zidiformes" con sinopsis de las especies argentinas de "Tylidae" (Micropeziclae) y "Neriidae." [8] 11: 483-589, ill., 1951. Revision parcial del genero americano Paracantha Coquillett (Trypetidae). [8] 10: 199-44, ill.. 1952 (*). Suplemento al "catalogo de la familia Trypetidae de la region neotropical.' [8] 12: 117-33, 1951. ' Adachi, M. S. -Preliminary studies in Hawaiian Dolichopodidae. Part I. 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W. and A. Wilkes. Somatic chromosomes of higher Diptera. I. Differentiation of tachinid parasites. [44] 31 : 125-65, ill. Brundin, L. Zur Kenntnis der Taxo- nomie und Metamorphose der Chironomidengattungen Pro- tanypus Kieff., Prodiamesa Kieff. und Monodiamesa Kieff. [ Rept. Institute of Freshwater Research, Drottningholm] 33: 39-53, ill., 1952. Burton, G. J. Some techniques for mounting mosquito eggs, larvae, pupae and adults on slides. [92] 13: 7-15. Dietz, R. A. Field notes on Neorhyncho- cephalus sackenni (\Yilliston) in Missouri (Nemestrinidae). [36] 48: 38-39. Dodd, A. P. Observations on the stem gall fly (Procecidochares utilus Stone) of Pamakani, Eupa- torium glandulosum. [69] 15: 41-44. Dodge, H. R. Two sarcophagid flies new to Hawaii. [69] 15: 131-34, ill. Dupuis, C. Contributions a 1'etude des Phasiinae cimico- phages (Larvaevoridae). XV. Donnees sur les Leucosto- matina et, en particulier, Leucostoma analis (Meigen) s. str. [17] 28: 64-97, ill. Fairchild, G. B. A note on Hertigia hertigi Fairchild and description of the female (Psycho- didae). [56] 55: 101-02, ill. Farr, T. H. A note on the swarming habits of Ogcodes dispar (Macq.) (Cyrtidae). [36] 48: 39-40. Fleschner, C. A. and D. W. Ricker. An empidid fly predaceous on citrus red mites. [76] 46: 155. Fluke, C. L. The genus "Dolichogyna" (Syrphidae). [8] 12: 465-78, ill., 1951 (*). Foote, R. H. The pupal mor- phology and chaetotaxy of the Culex subgenera Melano- conioi/and Mochlostryax. [56] 55: 89-100. Frick, K. E. -Further studies on Hawaiian Agromyzidae, with descrip- tions of four new species. [69] 15: 2~07-15 (k). Frohne, W. C. Another snipe fly pest in Alaska. [92] 13: 25. A factor influencing male mosquito and midge swarms. [92] 13: 27. Gilbert, Couch and McDuffie. (See Anat- omy.) Hardy, D. E. The Argentine "Biblionidae." |S| 12: 343-76, ill., 1951 (*k). New Hawaiian Tipulidae. [69] 15: 55-58, ill. Notes on the Shannon types of Dorilaidae from Argentina (Pipunculidae). 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Nuevos hechos rela- cionados con "Guimaresia romanai" (Del Ponte) (Nycteri- Ixiv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS biidae). [8] 12: 551-61, ill., 1951. Un representante raro del grupo de los dipteros pupiparos. Una especie del genero Ascodipteron, parasite de Miniopterus schreibersi Kuhl. [8] 10: 479-87, ill., 1952. Shaw, F. R. A review of some of the more important contributions to our knowledge of the systematic relationships of the Sciaridae. [69] 15: 25-32. ill. Summers, T. E. and E. W. Stafford. Diabrotica unde- cimpunctata howardi parasitized by Celatoria diabroticae (Tachinidae). [76] 46: 180. Thompson, G. A. Observa- tions of early spring activity of Culiseta inornata (Willis- ton) (Culicidae) in south central Nebraska. [92] 13: 17. Townsend, J. I. To obtain Drosophila willistoni from the Greater Antilles in order to compare the chrosomal poly- morphism with that reported from other neotropical areas. (Report on Grant.) [Yearbook, 'Amer. Phil. Soc.] 1952: 167-68. Van den Bosch and Haramoto. 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The immature stages of Ha- waiian Cerambycidae, with a key to larvae. [69] 15: 135- 58, ill. Emden, F. I. van. The larva of Morion and its systematic position (Carabidae). [69 1 15: 51-54. ill. Fisher, W. S. New cerambvcid beetles belonging to the tribe Rhinotragini. [Ill] 29: 14-17. Gardiner, P. The morphology and biology of Ernobius mollis L. (Anobiidae). 1 126] 104: 1-24, ill. Gilbert, E. E. Sexual dimorphism and synonymy in Anthonomus (Anthonomorphus) (Curculioni- dae) . ' 1 1 1 1 ] 29 : 41 . Given, B. B. (See General) Gressitt, J. L. The genus Glaucvtes in the Pacific (Cerambycidae). [69| 15: 195-99, ill. (k). Longicorn beetles of" China, j Longicornia, ed. by P. Lepesmej 2, 667 pp., ill, 1951. 188 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [J u ty> 1953 Guerin, J. Description de quatre nouvelles especes de Megalopodidae de la "Zoologische sammlung des Baye- rischen Staates," Miinchen. [48] 3: 435-42, ill., 1952 (*S). Heifer, J. R. Two new Hippomelas (Buprestidae). [Ill] 29 : 34-36. Janssens, E. (See General.) Jolivet, P. Notes biometriques stir quelques Chrysomeloidea. [Bull. Inst. Roy. Sci. Nat. Belg.] 28, no. 44, 8 pp., 1952. Kennington, G. S. (See Anatomy.) Knowlton, G. F. Dynastes Granti Horn in Utah (Scarabaeidae). [36] 48: 49. Lane, M. C. Some generic corrections in the Elateridae, IV. [56] 55: 86-89. McDermott, F. A. Further data regarding Jamai- can Lampyridae, in extension- of the work of Dr. John B. Buck. [Yearbook, Amer. Phil. Soc.] 1952: 165-67. Monros, F. Notas sobre Criocerinae (Chrysomelidae). [8] 11: 467-82, ill., 1951 (*). Revision de las especies argentinas de Chlamisinae (Chrysomelidae). [8] 10: 489-672. ill., 1952 (*k). Seis nuevas especies de Criocerine del noroeste Argentine (Chrysomelidae). [8] 10: 33-49, ill., 1952. and M. J. Viana. Las Cassidinae de la seccion "Hemisphaero- tina" con revision de las especies argentinas. [8] 11: 367- 95, ill., 1951 (*k). Papp, C. S. Netibeschreibungen iiber einige chrysomeliden aus Stidamerika. [8] 10: 291-98, ill., 1952 (k). Park, O. A new genus of pselaphid beetles from the Everglades. [97] 121, 4 pp., ill. Schedl, K. E. Fauna Argentinensis V. Contribution to the morphology and taxonomy of the Scolytoidea. [8] 12: 443-63, 1951 (*). Scolytoidea nouveaux dti Congo Beige. [Annal. Musee Roy. Congo Beige, Serie in 8, Sci. Zool.] 13, 62 pp., ill., 1952. Selander, R. B. A new species of Calospasta from Utah (Meloidae). [Ill] 29: 47-48. Summers and Stafford. (See Diptera.) Theodorides, J. Les coleopteres fos- siles. [137] 121: 23-48, ill., 1952. Tilden, J. W. Obser- vations on the biology of Psoa maculata Leconte (Psoidae). [47] 7: 9-12. Uhmann, Erich. "Hispinae" von Brasilien und Argentinien (Chrysomelidae). [8] 12: 331-41, ill., 1951 (*). Van den Bosch, R. (See Hymenoptera.) Vau- rie, P. The Gregorio Bondar types of South American weevils (Curculionidae). [13] 1615,39pp. HYMENOPTERA Ayyappa, P. K. and P. S. Cheema. An ectoparasite (Bethylidae) on the larvae of Anthrenus vorax Waterhouse. [Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. Sect. B] 36: 215-22, ill., 1952. Bohart, G. E. and G. F. Knowlton.- Notes on mating, prey provisioning and nesting of Sphex procerus (Dahlbom), Sphecidae. [56] 55: 100-01. Cole, A. C., Jr. To collect and make taxonomic and ecologic Ixivj ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 189 studies of the ants of New Mexico. (Report on Grant.) [Yearbook, Amer. Phil. Soc.j 1952: 153. Creighton, W. S. New data on the habits of the ants of the genus Veromes- sor (Formicidae). [13J 1612, 18 pp. Pseudomyrmex apache, a new species from the southwestern United States (Formicidae). [115] 59: 131-42, ill., 1952. Studies on Arizona ants (4) Camponotus (Colobopsis) papago, a new species from southern Arizona. [115] 59: 148-62, ill., 1952. Fullaway, D. T. Three new species of Eurytoma. [69] 15 : 33-36. Gaul, A. T. Additions to vespine biology. XI, Defense flight. [36] 48 : 35-37. Hagen, K. S. A premating period in certain species of the genus Opius (Braconidae). [69] 15: 115-16. Hutchins, R.' E. The amazing fungus ants. [Nature Magazine] 46: 245-46, ill. Jackson, W. B. Microclimatic factors in army ant behavior and ecology. [Amer. Phil. Soc. Yearbook] 1952: 157-61. Krombein/K. V. A note on the nesting habits of Megachile texana Cres- son. [56] 55: 84-85. Kusnezov, N. Acerca de las hor- migas simbioticas del genero Martia Forel (Formicidae). [S] 10: 717-22, 1952 (*). Die ameisenfauna Argentiniens (Formicidae). [159] 150: 15-25. Un caso de ergatandro- morfismo en Lasiophanes nigriventris Spin. (Formicidae). [8] 10: 153-62, ill., 1952. "Descolemyrma ogloblini" genero y especie nuevos de la tribu "Attini" (Formicidae). [8] 1 1 : 459-65, ill., 1951. El estado real del grupo Dorymyrmex Mayr (Formicidae). [8] 10: 427-47. ill, 1952. El genero "Camponotus" en la Argentina (Formicidae). [8] 12: 183- 252, ill., 1951. El genero Oligomyrmex Mayr en la Argen- tina (Formicidae). [8] 10: 183-87, ill., 1952. El genero "Pheidole" en la Argentina (Formicidae). |8] 12: 5-88, 1951 (k). El genero "Poponomyrmex" Mayr (Formicidae). [8] 11 : 227-333, ill, 1951 (*k). El genero Wasmannia en la Argentina (Formicidae). [8] 10: 173-82, ill.. 1952 (*). "Lasiophanes" Emery en la Patagonia (Formicidae). [8] 12: 89-100, 1951. "Myrmelachista" en la Patagonia (For- micidae). |8] 11: 353-65, ill., 1951 (*). and R. Golbach. -Lista de las especies argentinas de la tribus Dacetini, Formicidae. |S| 10: 423-26, 1952. Laidlaw, Harry H.- An anesthetization chamber for the artificial insemination of queen bees. [76] 46: 167-68, ill. Lees, A. D. (See Anatomy.) Maa, T. An inquiry into the systematics of the tribus Apidini or honeybees. [Treubia] 21 : 525-40, ill. Pielou and Glasser. (See Anatomy.) Riegel, G. T. Neo- tropical exodont Braconidae. [71]' 45: 177-81. Risbec, J. Contribution a 1'etude des chalcidoides de Madagascar. s 190 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [J u ty' 1953 [72] 2: 1-449, ill., 1952. Smith, M. R. A revision of the genus Rpmblonella W. M. Wheeler (Formicidae). [69J 15 : 75-80, ill. Van den Bosch, R. Bathyplectes curculionis (Ichneumonidae) as a parasite of Hypera brunneipennis (Curculionidae). [76] 46: 161-62. and F. H. Haramoto. Competition among parasites of the oriental fruit fly. [69] 15: 201-06. Van Pelt, A. Notes on the above-ground activity and a mating flight of Pogonomyrmex badius (Latr.). [147] 28: 164-68. Wheeler, G. C. and J. Wheeler. -The ant larvae of the myrmicine tribe Pheidolini. [56] 55 : 49-84, ill. Willink, A. Las especies argentinas y chi- lenas de "Chlorionini" (Sphecidae). [8] 11: 53-225, ill., 1951 (*k). Sphecidos neotropicales. I. [8] 10: 167-71, 1952. Los vespidos sociales argentinos, con exclusion del genero Mischocyttarus (Vespidae). [8] 10: 105-51, ill., 1952 (k). Zikan, J. F. Polymorphisms und Ethologie der sozialen Faltenwespen (Vespidae Diploptera). [8] 11: 5-51, ill., 1951. Reviews APHIDS OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN REGION. By Miriam A. Palmer. Vol. V. Thomas Say Foundation. For sale by Pro- fessor J. J. Davis, Department of Entomology, Purdue Univer- sity, Lafayette, Indiana. Price: $10.25 post paid in U. S. A.. $10.50 elsewhere. Entomologists will be pleased to learn of the publication of volume five, by the Thomas Say Foundation. This volume of four hundred fifty-two pages is by Miriam A. Palmer, who was for many years associated with C. P. Gillette, and is titled "Aphids of the Rocky Mountain Region." This work, the largest thus far published on aphids in America, brings together descriptions, illustrations, and biological notes on about 460 aphid species known to occur in Colorado, Utah, southern Wy- oming, southeastern Idaho, and northern New Mexico. Many of the species are keyed for the first time, and many have never been figured before. The work is especially noteworthy because it brings together the many species described from Utah by G. F. Knowlton. Several new species are described and one or two new names are proposed. The plan of classification fol- lowed is largely that of A. C. Baker, and is conservative as to genera and species. Following a brief introduction, the family is characterized and divided into subfamilies. The subfamilies Ixiv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 191 are characterized, keyed to tribes and subtribes, these are in turn characterized and keyed. Genera are characterized, and keyed to species. Individual species are treated after a rather fixed pattern : all known forms are described and essential char- acteristics illustrated by excellent line drawings which are grouped to make four hundred fifty-four figures, distribution is indicated within the area, and essentials of life history re- corded. The section on taxonomy of species is followed by eight colored plates. Following the colored plates there comes a section which should appeal to many entomologists ; it is a key to species infesting economic plants grouped under their re- spective hosts. These keys are brief because they involve few species and for the most part employ common, well known, easily recognized characters. Here one finds keys to such spe- cies that live on apple, aster, birch, blue spruce, currants, plum, rose and many other garden and field crops. There is a host plant index, list of literature, gazetteer, and an index to scien- tific names. Probably in deference to American economic entomologists a few well known, well established names for species are retained which are known to be synonyms. In one or two cases perhaps this is well because taxonomists in Europe do not agree as to which specific name should be used. It might, however, have been well to indicate such cases. In a work as extensive as this, it is natural that taxonomists would find points here and there to quibble over, or on which they hold honest differences of opinion concerning generic concepts, the interpretation of rules of nomenclature, and the use of specific names. These differences of opinion will vary from person to person, and need not con- cern the general user of this book. The work is not a revision. It is to be regretted that it does not cover the entire United States, or that it does not include the species described from the Pacific Coast unless they occur within the region. However, it is by no means as limited in its scope as its title indicates. It includes most economic species found in the United States. The addition of approximately a hundred species from the United States and Canada would make it practically complete. The book is excellently printed by the off-set process and well and strongly bound. For this reviewer, who more than thirty years ago received instruction and infectious enthusiasm for the study of aphids from Professor Palmer, it is a pleasure to recommend this book. F. C. HOTTES, Grand Junction, Colorado 192 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [July, 1953 PLANT DISEASES IN ORCHARD, NURSERY AND GARDEN CROPS. By Ernst Gram and Anna Weber, edited and adapted by R. W. G. Dennis. 618 pp., 350 text figs., 10 colored plates. Philo- sophical Library Inc., New York, 1953. $18.50. This elegantly printed volume has had an interesting history and one pertinent to an "understanding of its scope. Work on it was begun by the authors in 1933, but the first edition was not published until 1940, in Copenhagen, at a time when Denmark was under blockade and when it was necessary that a country in such a situation be agriculturally self-supporting. The book was so helpful that a second Danish edition was issued in 1944. The present English language edition, based on this second edition, was translated by Evelyn Ramsden and edited and abridged by Dr. Dennis of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Intended primarily as a general work for the cultivator, and seemingly popular in parts of Europe, it contains considerable technical information and more than a scattering of scientific terms. Although written in quite lucid English, a professional worker does not feel he is reading a text that has been watered- down for the amateur. Reader interest is often added by a brief history of the development of our knowledge of a disease as well as its early methods of control. Textual references are freely made to authors and a reasonable bibliography is appended. As one would suppose by the title the contents deals with the diseases of orchard, nursery and garden crops, those of the grain crops being omitted. However, the general scope is wider than the title would seem to indicate. The first section deals with "The nature of plant disease" and includes such things as en- vironmental factors (even damage by lightning), an excellent treatment of mineral deficiencies, poisoning by chemical sub- stances such as coal gas, damage by sprays, as well as a general discussion of various of the aspects of fungus, bacterial and virus disease conditions. The next three sections, "Diseases of Tree and Bush Fruit," "Diseases of Vegetables and Herbaceous Fruit," and "Diseases of Ornamental Plants and Trees" form the bulk of the text. Here the plants are listed alphabetically under their English common names, with the diseases also listed alphabetically under each, again under their English common names. The name of the causal organism (or initiating condition) is given and the disease discussed, often at considerable length under the sub- headings of Symptoms, Cause and Control. Secondary inva- sions also are considered. Ixiv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 193 For use in America general effectiveness of the present work will be lessened by several factors. As one would expect, it stresses diseases and conditions prevalent in Denmark. This has been further modified by the last editing which pointed the text toward conditions in England. This does not mean that dis- eases not present in northwestern Europe but serious elsewhere are not included ; however, the lack of emphasis of these is certain to be noted. Yet it is to be admitted that only a few serious plant diseases of temperate regions are today confined to any one area ; therefore in general the present text has wide application in America. Perhaps the greatest factor hindering the effectiveness of the book is the presence of varietal names mostly unknown to us, especially in the otherwise excellent tables of susceptibility to diseases and spray injury. In some instances the names of widespread varieties have suffered a "sea change" upon introduction into this country; in the majority of cases, especially among the fruits, we just do not grow the sorts com- monly planted in England and Denmark. This same situation holds for the names of the proprietary therapeutic products on occasion noted as being effective in the control of some particu- lar disease ; although we may be using the same basic com- pounds, we do not know them under the same trade names. The four pages on British quarantine regulations and advisory services in the present edition are, of course, only of academic interest to the American reader. Furthermore, the recent ex- pansion of plant disease control measures in America is only touched upon in the text, probably the result of the necessary time lag in production of the present edition. In fact today no book published on this side of the Atlantic can be said to be really up-to-date, so rapid is our production of new therapeutic compounds. On the whole, however, the entomologist desiring to have at hand a readable treatise on the diseases of a wide range of useful plants will find this work of considerable help. One of the major points of interest will be the "keys" to symptoms under each of the major crop plants. For example, the one on pota- toes covers nearly five pages. With an ailing plant at hand one without technical training usually can rather easily run down through the key and determine the cause by the appearance of the specimen, this applying to single element deficiencies (or excesses) and cultural troubles, as well as pathological condi- tions caused by disease-producing organisms. Fortunately the authors have "keyed-out" the same condition in several places according to its variant symptoms as exhibited under different 194 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS u' 1953 cultural situations, at different times in the plant's development, as well as in different parts of the plant. These keys also list the page where the condition is discussed at length, either under a particular plant or under some general topic. The illustrations, although not always of the best quality, serve to amplify the discussion and description of symptoms and causal organisms. Altogether, this is a useful and helpful work which should be on the shelves of those economic entomologists who, from time to time, need to ascertain the cause of some pathological condi- tion not directly attributable to insect damage. WENDELL H. CAMP Department of Experimental Botany and Horticulture The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia INSECT PHYSIOLOGY. Edited by Kenneth D. Roeder. (By R. L. Beard, D. Bodenstein, J. B. Buck, L. E. Chadwick, M. F. Day, V. G. Dethier, G. A. Edwards, D. Gilmour, S. C. Munson, R. L. Patton, A. G. Richards, K. D. Roeder, T. C. Schneirla, W. Trager, and D. F. Waterhotise.) xiv + 1100 pp., 257 figs. John Wiley and Sons, New York, Feb., 1953. Price, $15.00. This is the first American book on the physiology of insects. True, Snodgrass, in his "Principles of Insect Morphology" (1935), included a good deal of information on the functioning of the various organs that was up-to-date for its time, but the emphasis was morphological. For many years entomologists were concerned mainly with taxonomic, distributional, morpho- logical, life-history, and ecological studies, and with economic entomology. Thus, in spite of the many entomologists in Uni- versities and other institutions, physiology was neglected, and it is only in fairly recent years that we have been hearing more and more of "insect physiologists." It was the appearance of Wigglesworth's "Principles of Insect Physiology" in 1939 that brought to general notice the fact that a science of insect physiology had surely if quietly been coming into existence, and ever since then that book has accelerated the growth of the science by attracting and guiding new workers in the field. This new book, edited by Roeder, will lie valuable in the same way. Compared with Wigglesworth's (1950 edi- tion), the present volume, with 1100 pages, is slightly more than half again as large ; Wigglesworth has only 544 pages but has Ixiv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 195 60 Dr. Alan Stone states that these are probably Culex tarsalis Coquil- lett ; the larvae are very small and the adults are badly rubbed. 238 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Nov.. 1953 Canyon Village) VI 1 1-29-46, 1 spm, Sturm (GC) ; IX-14-46, 1 spm, Sturm (GC) ; NOGALES V-39, 1 spm, gwm; PRESCOTT VII-19-46, 2 spm, rsb (FSC) ; SANTA CATALINA MOUNTAINS 1-5-35, 4 spm, ob ; III-4-30, 6 R spm, Ipw; 111-15-30, 1 R spm, Ipw; SANTA RITA MOUNTAINS VII-1-36, 2 spm, raf; TEMPE 1-20-34, 1 spm, egd (B) ; II-6-34, 1 spm, egd (B) ; IV-14-33, 1 spm, egd (B) ; TUCSON 1-5-35, 2 spm, Ipw; 1-7-47, 1 spm, Ipw; 11-13^-1, 3 spm, raf; 11-26-40, 1 spm, Ipw; 111-17-17, 2 spm; IV-16-42, 2 PR spm, Ipw; V-15-40, 2 R spm, aan; VII-1-20, 2 spm; XII 13-41, 1 spm, Ipw; WHITE MOUNTAINS VII-28-26, 1 spm, rbs. Culiseta inornata (Williston), U. S. D. A. Div. Ornith. & Mam., N. Amer. Fauna 7: 253. 1893. ARIVACA 111-21-33, 7 R spm, Ipw; 111-24-33, 1 spm, Ipw; SANTA CATALINA MOUNTAINS (Bear Canyon) 111-18-39, 1 spm, tb; TEMPE XII-13-33, 8 spm, egd (B) ; TUCSON VII-1- 20, 1 spm; XII-21-46, 1 spm, Ipw. Culiseta melanura (Coquillett), Jour. N. Y. Ent. Soc. 10: 193. 1902. TEMPE II-9-34, 8 spm, egd (B). Culiseta sp. TUCSON 111-35, 2 P spm, tb. Genus PSOROPHORA Robineau-Desvoidy Psorophora confinnis (Lynch Arribalzaga), Rev. Mus. de la Plata 2: 149. 1891. TUCSON VIII-10-36, 1 spm, Ipw; IX-34, 1 spm, Ipw. Psorophora signipennis (Coquillett), Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 6: 167. 1904. TUCSON VIII-6-36, 1 spm, Ipw; IX-11-38, 1 spm. Ipw. Notes and News in Entomology Under this heading we present, from time to time, notes, ne\vs, and comments. Contributions from readers are earnestly solicited and will be acknowledged when used. A Monograph of the Orthoptera of North America The National Science Foundation has made a grant to JAMES A. G. REHN, Curator of Insects of the Academy of Natural IxivJ ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 239 Sciences of Philadelphia, as the Principal Investigator, in sup- port of the preparation of a monograph of the Orthoptera of North America. The grant covers a period of two years. This project has for a number of years been the chief long-range objective of the Department of Insects of the Academy, and toward it were directed the many seasons of field work of the recipient and his long-time colleague, the late Morgan Hebard. One half of Mr. Rehn's official time is to be allotted to the North American monograph, while the other half is assigned to his study of similar type on the Acridoidea of Australia, being pre- pared for and published by the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization of Australia, two volumes of which have already appeared. Direct preparatory work on the North American study will occupy approximately the first half year, which will be followed by the critical study of the acridoids. It is estimated completion of the work as outlined will require between eight and ten years. The Nabours Collection of Genetic Material of the Tetrigidae (Orthoptera) The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia has received as a gift the very extensive and important genetic material which resulted from the long-continued breeding experiments with grouse-locusts (Tetrigidae), carried on through a number of decades by Dr. Robert K. Nabours, Emeritus Professor of Zoology at Kansas State College at Manhattan, Kansas. This material formed the concrete evidence on which were based numerous outstanding contributions by Dr. Nabours and his associates on the inheritance of color pattern in these interesting grasshoppers, and constitutes the greatest set of controlled ge- netic breedings ever carried out with Orthoptera, and from these experiments entomology, broad biology and genetics per se have drawn important evidence and conclusions. The Nabours series is preserved in sealed vials of alcohol, all data fully noted both in the vial and in accompanying records. 240 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Nov., 1953 The number of individual vials, each containing a specific and recorded mating progeny, is in excess of 40,000, and that of individual specimens in the same between 460,000 and 500,000. -JAMES A. G. REHN. Current Entomological Literature Compiled by VENIA T. PHILLIPS, Librarian Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Under the above head it is intended to note papers received at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania pertaining to entomology, including all arthropods except Crustacea. Coverage will be world-wide as regards major contributions to systematics as well as for all papers on morphology, physiology, em- bryology, etc. In addition, for species from the Americas and the Pacific (Nearctic, Neotropical and Polynesian regions) all minor contributions to taxonomy, distribution, etc., will also be recorded. This list gives references of the year 1953 unless otherwise noted. Continued papers, with few exceptions, are recorded only at their first installment. For other records of general literature and for economic literature, see the Bibliog- raphy of Agriculture, Washington, and the Review of Applied Entomology, Series A, London. For records of papers on medical entomology see Review of Applied Entomology, Series B. NOTE: The figures within brackets [ ] refer to the journal in which the paper ap- peared, as numbered in the List of periodicals and serials published in our January and June issues. The number of the volume, and in some cases, the part, heft, &c. is followed by a colon (:). References to papers containing new forms or names not so stated in titles are followed by (*); if containing keys are followed by (k); papers pertaining ex- clusively to Neotropical species, and not so indicated in the title, have the symbol (S). Papers published in ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS are not listed. GENERAL Beier, M. Miozane mid aligozane Insek- ten aus Osterreich und den unmittelbar angrenzenden Ge- bieten. [Sitzung'sberichte, Abt. 1, Osterreich. Akad. Wissen.] 161: 129-34, ill., 1952. Blickenstaff, C. C., K. D. Arbuthnot and H. M. Harris. Parasites of the European corn borer in Iowa. [73] 27: 335-79. Bourgogne, J. Considerations theoriques et pratiques sur 1'eniploi de la lumiere pour la chasse aux insectes. [119] 14: 60-64. Forbes, W. T. M. Note on multimodal curves (Myr- mecia). [52] 46: 221-24. Hennig, W. Kritische bemer- kungen zum phylogenetischen System der Insekten. [28] 3, sonderheft : 1-86, ill. Ives, J. D. Tepee technique for collecting cave flies. [147] 28: 240-41, ill. Judd, W. W. A study of the population of insects emerging as adults from the Dundas Marsh, Hamilton, Ontario, during 1948. [12] 49 : 801-23, ill. Kevan, D. K. M. A method of mount- ing genitalia, etc. for incorporation into collections of pinned insects. [Ent. Record] 64: 195-97, 1952. Kitchen, W. H. and D. Gall. A controlled humidifier for insect Ixiv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 241 breeding rooms. [40] 44: 367-69, ill. Klock, J. W. and W. L. Bidlingmayer. An adult mosquito sampler. [92] 13: 157-58, ill. Kusnezov, N. Las formas de vida espe- cializadas y su desarrollo en diferentes partes del inundo (Formicidae). [48] 4: 85-102. Schwenke, W. Biozonotik und angewandte Entomologie. (Ein Beitrag zur Klarung der Situation der Biozobotik und zur Schaffung einer bio- zonotischen Entomologie.) [28] 3, sonderheft : 86-162. Sellers, W. F. A critique on the time factor in biological control. [40] 44: 273-89. Sevastopulo, D. G. The han- dling of "papered" insects. [Ent. Record] 65: 197-99. Smith, P. S. Wind currents and flying insects. [Ent. Record] 64: 49-50, 1952. Tonks, N. V. Annotated list of insects and mites collected on brambles in the lower Eraser Valley, British Columbia, 1951. [53] 49: 27-9. BIOGRAPHIES, OBITUARIES Hyslop, James Au- gustus, 1884-1953. Obituary notice with biography and portrait, by Helen Sollers, Fred C. Bishop and M. D. Leonard. [56] 55: 153-56. Naufock, Rudolf, 1880-1952.- Nachruf by K. Mecenovic. [Zeit. Wiener Ent. Ges.] 37: 208, 1952. Pittioni, Bruno, 1906-1952. Obituary notice signed R. [Zeit. Wiener Ent. Ges.] 37: 186, 1952. Riley, William Albert. Short biography, with port. [80] 39 : 465- 66. Sachtleben, Hans, 1893- . Hans Sachtleben zum 60. Geburtstage, port. [28] 3, sonderheft : i-ii. Singh, Sardar Mohan, 1910-1952. Obituary with port, signed M. V. V. [Indian Jour. Ent.] 15: 77-78. ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, MEDICAL Allan, P. B. M. On pupal activity. [Ent. Record] 64: 37-40, 1952. Baker, W. K. V-type position effects of a gene in Dro- sophila virilis normally located in heterochromatin. [Ge- netics] 38: 328-44, ill.' Balogh, J. and G. Gere. Uber die Ernahrtingsbiologie und Luftstickstoffbindung der Hyphan- triaraupen. [Acta Biol., Budapest] 4: 431-52. Blackith, R. E. and B. S. Gorringe. Responses of pests to fumiga- tion. 1. Toxicity of mercury vapour to the eggs of Calandra granaria (L.). ' [40] 44: 217-24. Bradley, R. H. E. and D. W. Rideout. Comparative transmission of potato virus Y by four aphid species that infest potato. [44] 31 : 333-41. Butler, C. G. ed. The behaviour of social insects (Sym- posium). [Advancement of Sci.] 10: 17-30. Carayon, J. Organe de Ribaga et fecondation chez un hemiptere cimicide du Cambodge : Aphraniola orientalis Ferris et Usinger. | Rev. Franc. d'Ent.] 20: 139-46, ill. Comfort, A. 242 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Nov., 1953 Absence of a Lansing effect in Drosophila subobscura. [98] 172, no. 4367 : 83-4. Connell, J. U. and G. D. G. Jones. Observations on the entry of dusts into the respiratory system of the adult worker honey bee, Apis mellifera L. [40] 44: 291-98, ill. Eisner, T. The histology of a sense organ in the labial palps of Neuroptera. [79] 93: 109-21, ill. Grandori, L. and E. Care. I corpi faringei (= Corpora cardiaca) in Calliphora erythrocephala Mg. adulta. [Boll. Zool. Agr. e Bach.] 19: 3-10, ill. Hadaway, A. B. and F. Barlow. Studies on aqueous suspensions of insecticides. IV. Behaviour of mosquitos in contact with insecticidal deposits. [40] 44: 255-71. Hayes, R. O. Studies on the artificial insemination of the mosquito Aedes aegypti (Lin- naeus). 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Some features of digestion in chewing lice (Mallophaga) from bird and mammalian hosts. [Austr. Jour. Biol. Sci.] 6: 257-75, ill. Wigglesworth, V. B. Motility of insect tracheoles. [98] 172: 247. Wilson, E. O. The origin and evolution of poly- morphism in ants. | Quart. Rev. Biol.] 2S : 136-56. ill. ARACHNIDA AND MYRIOPODA Baker, E. W. and A. E. Pritchard. The family categories of tetranychoid mites, with a review of the new families Linotetranidae and 244 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Nov., 1953 Tuckerellidae. [52] 46: 243-58. ill. (*k). Causey, N. B. On a Florida milliped, Siphonotus miamiensis n. sp. (Colo- bognatha: Polyzoniidae). [64] 36: 71-2, ill. Chamberlin, R. V. Six new American millipeds, with notes on several cave-dwelling species. [31] 66: 67-72, ill. Chickering, A. M. Two new species of Senoculus (Araneae, Senoculidae) from Panama. [11] 72: 281-87. Gaud, J. Sarcoptides plumicoles des oiseaux d'Afrique occidentale et centrale (Acarina). [Annales de Parasit.] 28: 193-226, ill. Greg- son, J. D. Records of the tick Otobius megnini (Duges) from British Columbia (Acarina: Argasidae). [53] 49: 30. Goodnight, C. J. and M. L, Three new cosmetids (Arach- nida : Opiliones) from western Mexico. [11] 72: 287-91, ill. Hoffman, R. L. and R. E. Crabill, Jr. C. S. Rafinesque as the real father of American myriapodology : an analysis of his hitherto unrecognized species. [64] 36: 73-82. Hughes, T. E. (See Anatomy.) Husson, R. and R. Legendre. Sur la structure et la fonction des acini gnathocoxaux chez les Tegenaria (Araneide). [2] 237: 106-8, ill. Lowrie, D. C. The orb-weaving spiders of the Chicago area (Argiopi- dae). [12] 49: 846-61 (k). Summers, F. M. Bryobia curiosa, new species from the Mojave Desert in California (Acarina: Tetranychidae). [52] 46: 290-92, ill. West, W. R., Jr. An anatomical study of the male reproductive sys- tem of a Virginia millipede. [79] 93: 123-75, ill. SMALLER ORDERS Bachmayer, F. Fossile Libel- lenlarven aus Miozanen Susswasserablagerungen. [Sit- zungsberichte, Abt. 1, Osterreich. Akad. Wissen.] 161 : 135- 40, ill., 1952. Burks, B. D. The mayflies, or Ephemeroptera of Illinois. [111. Nat. Hist. Survey, Bull.] 26: art. 1, 216 p., ill. (*k). Crabill, R. E., Jr. The Schendylidae of north- eastern North America (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha). [101] 61: 93-100. Eisner, T. Neuroptera. (See Awat- omy.) Freund, L. A bibliography of the Anoplura or sucking lice. [Sbornik Ent. Odd. Narocl. Musea v Praze] 26: no. 367, 28 pp., 1952. Hopkins, G. H. E. and M. Roths- child. An illustrated catalogue of the Rothschild collection of fleas (Siphonaptera) in the British Museum (Nat. Hist.). V. 1, Tungidae and Pulicidae. London, 361 pp.. 45 pis.. 1953, 4 4s. Pleskot, G. Zur okologie der Leptophlebiiden (Ephemeroptera). [104] 4: 45-107, ill. Strenger, A. Zur Kopf morphologic der Ephemeridenlarven. Pt. 1, Ecdyo- nurus und Rhithrogena. [104] 4: 191-228. ill. Waterhoiise, D. F. Mallophaga. (See Anatomy.) Webb, J. E. The Ixiv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 245 swarming behaviour in termites an adaptation to social life. [Adv. of Sci.] 10: 23-4. ORTHOPTERA Agarwala, S. B. D. A comparative study of the ovipositor in the Acrididae, II. [Indian Jour. Ent.] 15: 53-69, ill. Burr, M. "Burnt" grasshoppers. [Ent. Record] 65: 224-25. Ewer, D. W. The anatomy of the nervous system of the tree locust, Acanthacris ruficornis (Fab.). I. The adult metathorax. [Annals Natal Mus.] 12: 367-81, ill. Hauke, H. A. An annotated list of the Orthoptera of Nebraska. Part II, The Tettigidae and Acrididae. [Bull. Nebraska Univ., State Museum] 3, no. 9, 79 pp. Hoyle, G. (See Anatomy.) Kevan, D. K. M.- An unusual stridulatory mechanism in Xyronotus aztecus Sauss. (Acrididae). [60] 89: 169-70. ill. " Krzanowski, A. -The number of segments forming the head of the cock- roach Periplaneta orientalis L. [Ent. Mitt. Hamburg] 2: 57-75, ill. Lu and Bodine. (See Anatomy.) Okay, S. (See Anatomy.) Palmer, C. B. Crickets, nature's expert fiddlers. [Nat. Geogr. Mag.] 104: 385-94, ill. Sacktor and others. (See Anatomy.) Smart, J. A note of the wing- venation of Dissosteira Carolina (Linn.) (Acridiidae). [156] 123: 203-5, ill. On the wing venation of Physemacris variolosa (Linn.) (Pneumoridae). [156] 123: 199-202. ill. The wing-venation of the migratory locust (Locusta migra- toria Linn.) (Acridiidae). [156] 123 : 207-17, ill. HEMIPTERA Barber, H. G. A change of name in the family Reduviidae. [56] 55: 142. Black, L. M. (See Anatomy.) Bradley and Rideout. (See Anatomy.) Broadbent, L. Aphids and virus diseases in potato crops. [Biol. Reviews] 28: 350-80. Butcher, F. G. Unusual abun- dance of the tree-hopper Umbonia crassicornis A. & S. [64] 36: 57-9, ill. Carayon, J. (See Anatomy.) Drake, C. J. Catalogue of genera and species of Saldidae. [Sbor- nik Ent. Odd. Narod. Musea v Praze] 26: no. 376, 12 pp., 1952. New neogaen Rhagovelia (Veliidae). [31] 66: 145- 52. New neotropical Hydrometridae. [Sbornik Ent. Odd. Naord. Musea v Praze] 26, no. 379, 7 pp., 1952. Drake, C. J. and H. C. Chapman. Preliminary report on the Pleidae of the Americas. [31] 66: 53-60 (*). Drake, C. J. and F. C. Hottes. Notes on Microvelia flavipes (Veliidae). [31] 66: 73-4. Hottes, F. C. and G. A. Bradley. Two new species of Cinara (Aphididae) from Ontario. [31] 66: 85-8. Hussey, R. F. Two new neotropical Saicinae (Reduviidae). [64] 36: 61-5. Joseph, T. On the biology, bionomics. 246 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Nov., 1953 seasonal incidence and control of Piezodorus rubrofasciatus Fabr., a pest of linseed and lucerne at Delhi (Pentatomidae). [Indian Jour. Ent.] 15: 33-7, ill. Knight, H. K. New spe- cies of Miridae from Missouri. [73] 27: 509-18. Kormilev, N. A. The first apterous aradid from Argentina. [48] 125-26, ill. Modugno, A. Morfologia e variabilita di carat- teri in Chionaspis evonymi Comst. [Coccidae]. [Boll. Zool. Agr. e Bach.] 19: 113-35, ill. Pringle, J. W. S. (See Anat- omy.) Ruppel, R. F. and D. M. DeLong. Some new spe- cies of Protalebra from Mexico (Cicadellidae). [106] 53: 226-29, ill. Stehlik, J. Fauna heteropter Hrubeno Je- seniku (Fauna of Heteroptera of the Mountain High Je- senik). [Casopis Morav. Musea v Brne] 37: 132-248. ill., 1952. Wagner, E. Blindwanzen oder Miriden. [Dahl's Tierwelt Deutschlands] 41, 218 pp., ill.. 1952. Wilson, C. A. A new corixid from Mississippi. [64] 36: 67-9, ill. LEPIDOPTERA Allan, P. B. M. (See Anatomy.) Arthur and Coppel. (See Diptera.) Balogh and Gere. (See Anatomy.) Beall, G. Congregation of butterflies at hilltops. [85] 7: 41-3. Carpenter, G. D. H. The genus Euploea (Danaidae) in Micronesia, Melanesia, Polynesia and Australia. A zoo-geographical study. [Trans. Zool. Soc. Lond.] 28: 1-184, ill. Clarke, J. F. G. New species of Olethreutidae from Illinois. [152] 43: 226-31, ill. Far- rier, M. H. and O. E. Tauber. Dioryctria disclusa Heinrich n. sp. (Phyticidae) and its parasites in Iowa. [73] 27: 495-507, ill. Gray, P. H. H. 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Museo Nac. Hist. Nat., Santiago de Chile] 25: 73-7, ill., 1951. Voss, E. G. Butterflies and crab spiders. [85] 7: 54. Yokoyama, T. and M. L. Keister. Effects of small environmental changes on developing silkworm eggs. [52] 46: 218-20. Ziegler, J. B Notes on the life history of Incisalia augustinus and a new host plant record (Lycae- nidae). [85] 7: 33-5. DIPTERA Alexander, C. P. Notes on the Tipulidae of Ecuador, Pt. 2. [Revista Ecuatoriana Ent. Parasit.] 1 : no. 2, pp. 6-14, ill. (*)'. Arthur, A. P. and H. C. Coppel. Studies on dipterous parasites of the spruce budworm. Choristoneura fumiferana (Clem.) (Tortricidae). [44] 31: 374_403, ill. Baker, W. K. (See Anatomy.) Beckel, W. E. -Preliminary observation on a hatching stimulus for Aedes eggs (Culicidae). [Science] 118: 279-80. Bletchly, J. D. The mouth-parts of the yellow dung-fly, Scopeuma ( = Scatophaga) stercoraria (L.) (Cordyluridae). [156] 123: 143-65, ill. Brookman, B. and W. C. Reeves. 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L Ecological data es- sential to effective and economical control of littoral mos- quitoes and nuisance flies. [92] 13: 140 14, ill. Grandori and Care. (See Anatomy.) Hadaway and Barlow. (See Anatomy.) Hayes, R. O. (See Anatomy.) Hocking, B. Notes on the activities of Aedes larvae (Culicidae). [92] 13: 77-81, ill. House, V. L. (See Anatomy.) Hu, S. M. K. Mosquito survey of Guam. [92] 13: 123-25. Ives, J. D. (See General.) James, M. T. Notes on the distri- bution, systematic position and variation of some Calli- 248 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Nov., 1953 phorinae, with particular reference to the species of western North America. [56] 55: 143-48. Khan, N. H. The bio- nomics of tabanid larvae. [33] 51 : 384-92, ill. Oviposition in Tabanidae. [Indian Jour. Ent.] 15: 39-44, ill. Klock and Bidlingmayer. (See General.) Knight, K. L. Hy- bridization experiments with Culex pipiens and C. quinque- fasciatus (Culicidae). [92] 13: 110-15. Kunze, E. (See Anatomy.) Lefevre and others. (See Anatomy.) Maelzer and Kirk. (See Anatomy.) Mainx, F., E. Kunze and T. Koske. Cytologische untersuchungen an Lunzer Chirono- miden. [104] 4: 33-44, ill. Masters, C. O. The effect of contamination upon mosquito larvae in rain-water barrels. [92] 13: 152. Niblett, M. Notes on the emergence of Trypetidae. [Ent. Record] 65: 231-33. Proverbs, M. D. Note on the occurrence of Rhagoletis fausta (O.S.) (Trypetidae) in the Okanagan Valley. [53] 49: 18. Pro- vost, M. W. Motives behind mosquito flights. [92] 13 : 106-9. Rempel, J. G. The mosquitoes of Saskatchewan. [44] 31 : 433-509, ill. (k). Rodriguez, D. Notas adicionales sobre la especie ecuatoriana Phlebotomus (Pressatia) cam- posi, Rodriguez 1952 (Psychodidae). [Revista Ecuatoriana Ent. Parasit.] 1, no. 2: 91-96, ill. Ross, D. A. Key to puparia of the dipterous parasites of Malacosoma spp., in British Columbia. [53] 49: 19-23, ill. Russ, K. (See Anatomy.) Sato, S. Structure and development of the compound eye of Aedes (Finlaya) japonicus Theobald (Morphological studies of the compound eye in the mos- quito, no. 3). [150] 20: 33-44, ill. Structure and develop- ment of the compound eye of Anopheles hyrcanus sinensis Wiedemann (Morphological studies on the compound eye in the mosquito, no. 4). [150] 20: 45-53, ill. Silverman and Silverman. (See Anatomy.) Simmonds, F. J. Inter- relationships of the parasites of the frit-fly, Oscinella frit (L.), in eastern North America. [40] 44: 387-93. Steyskal, G. C. Suggested classification of the lower brachycerous Diptera. [52] 46: 237-42, ill. Stone, A. New tabanid flies of the tribe Merycomyiini. [152] 43: 255-58, ill. Van der Kuyp, E. Culicinae from the Netherlands Antilles and some other Caribbean localities. [Studies on the fauna of Curasao and other Caribbean Islands] 4: 144-48. Wallis, R. C. and A. Spielman. Laboratory rearing of Culex sali- narius. [56] 55: 140-42. COLEOPTERA Benick, G. 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Obenberger, J.- Revision du genre Colobogaster Solier (Buprestidae). [Sbornik Ent. Odd. Xarod. Musea v Praze] 26: art. 347, 43 pp., ill., 1952 (S). Poerink, W. H. J. Carribean tiger beetles of the genus Cicindela. [Studies on the fauna of Curasao and other Caribbean Islands] 4: 120-43, ill. Rob- erts, R. H. and R. O. Rilett. Silk glands of the rusty grain beetle Laemorphloeus ferrugineus (Steph.). [11] 72: 264 70, ill. Schneider, F. (See Anatomy.) Stride, G. O. On the nutrition of Carpophilus hemipterus L. (Xitiduliclae). [126] 104: 171-94, ill. Vaurie, P. and C. Collecting in Sonora, Mexico, including Tiburon Island (chiefly Cicin- dela). [101] 61 : 79-91. Villiers, A. Un nouveau Systello- deres du Venezuela (Henicocephalidae). [Bull. Mus. Nat. d'Hist. Nat., Paris] 25: 95-6, ill. Voss, E. Neue und b^ merkenswerte Curculioniden aus Colombien und Bolivien. [Ent. Mitt. Hamburg] 2: 57-84, ill. Weiss, H. B. A note on Gibbium psylloides Czemp. (Ptinidae). [101] 61: 92. HYMENOPTERA Bohart, G. E. and G. F. Knowlton. Notes on food habits of the western harvester ant. [56] 55: 151-53. Brown, W. L., Jr. The neotropical species of the ant genus strumigenys Fr. Smith : group of smithii Forel. [101] 61: 101-10. Butler, C. G. The behaviour of worker honeybees (A. mellifera) at the hive entrance. [Adv. of Sci.] 10: 27-9. Cole, A. C. Studies of New Mex- ico ants. IV. The genera Myrmica, Manisa, Aphaenogaster, and Novomessor (Formicidae). [147] 28: 242-44. Connell and Jones. (See Anatomy.) Dreisbach, R. R. New spe- cies in the genera Dipogon Fox and Minagenia Banks 250 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Nov., 1953 (Psammocharidae) with keys to species and photomicro- graphs of genital parts. [12] 49: 832-45, ill. Evans, H. E., C. S. Lin and C. M. Yoshimoto. A biological study of Anoplius apiculatus autumnalis (Banks) and its parasite, Evagetes mohave (Banks) (Pompilidae). [101] 61:61-78. ill. Forbes, W. T. M. (See General.) Holt, S. J. On the foraging activity of the wood ant (Formica rufa L.). [Adv. of Sci.] 10: 21-23. Jones, G. D. G. Chemo-reception in the worker honeybee. [Adv. of Sci.] 10:29-30. Krombein, K. V. Kill Devil Hills wasps, 1952. [56] 55: 113-35. Kullenberg, B. (See Anatomy.) Kusnezov, N. (See Gen- eral.) Marsden-Jones, E. M. A study of the life-cycle of Adleria kollari Hartig, the marble or Devonshire gall (Cynipidae). [126] 104: 195-222, ill. Moure, J. S. Notas sobre Megachilidae de Bolivia, Peru y Chile. [48] 4: 113- 22 (*). Muesebeck, C. F. W. Three new reared Braconi- dae. [56] 55: 149-51. Muldrew, J. A. (See Anatomy.) Nikol'skaia, M. N. Khal'tsidy fauny SSSR (Chalcidoidea). [Opredeliteli po faune SSSR, Zool. Inst. Akad. Nauk, Lenin- grad] 44, 574 pp., ill., 1952. Ribbands, C. R. The behaviour of Apis mellif era ; new evidence concerning the "Language" of honeybees. [Adv. of Sci.] 10: 24-7. Rockstein, M. (See Anatomy.) Ruttner, F. (See Anatomy.) Sudd, J. H. The behaviour of ants ; colony formation in Pharaoh's ant (Monomorium pharaonis L.). [Advancement of Sci.] 10: 17-18. Vowles, D. M. Individual behaviour patterns in ants. [Adv. of Sci.] 10: 18-20. Wheeler, G. C. and J.- The ant larvae of the subfamily Formicinae. Pt. II. [52] 46: 175-217, ill. Wilson, E. O^ (See Anatomy.) Reviews ATLAS OF SCALE INSECTS OF NORTH AMERICA. Vol. VI. Pseudococcidae (Part II). By G. F. Ferris. Stanford Uni- versity Press, Stanford, California, 1953. Pp. i-vi, 279-506, 85 full-page illustrations. Price, $7.50. This concludes the Pseudococcids. The first four volumes dealt with the Daspididae ; there still remain the smaller families that, it is planned, will be covered in two future volumes to com- plete the series. This work is too well known to require further comment. Lxiv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 251 In the introduction, the author states his reasons for omitting bibliographic references : "'This work is intended to facilitate identification. 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THE LANCASTER PRESS, INC., Lancaster, Pa. ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS VOL. LXIV DECEMBER, 1953 No. 10 Notes on the Zygaenid Genus Harrisina Packard, with Special Reference to Harrisina metallica Stretch By ROBERT L. LANGSTON and OWEN J. SMITH, University of California Citrus Experiment Station, Riverside Forty-five species are listed for the genus Harrisina Packard, by Bryk (1936). The type localities of all of these are in the Western Hemisphere, the total number being about equally divided north and south of Panama. The reports of Armitage (1946) and of Ebeling (1950) that Harrisina brilliaus B. & McD. occurs in Italy and was probably introduced into eastern United States from Europe appear to be in error. European literature fails to list the genus Harrisina from that continent, and Grandi * does not know of the occurrence of H, brillians in Italy. Observations on this species throughout its known range indicate that it is indigenous to the mountains of the Sonoran and Chihuahuan deserts, and that it has not spread far therefrom. The species of the genus Harrisina listed for the United States (McDunnough 1939) may be divided into two groups: the eastern group, H. amcricana (Guer.) and its two forms tc.vana Stretch and austral is Stretch, occurring from Texas to Florida and New York; and the southwestern group, H. metal- lica Stretch, H. coracina (Clem.), H. brillians B. & McD., H. litstrans (Bent.) H. c\anca B. & McD., and H. avcrsus \\\. Edw., occurring from Texas westward and, in part, southward into Mexico. * Correspondence, in 1952, with Professor Guido Grandi, Istituto di Entomologia della Universita dcgli studi di Bologna, Bologna, Italy. (253) 254 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Dec., 1953 Harrisina brillians is much the most common of the south- western group, its distribution apparently covering the range of all the other species and contacting the eastern group in Texas. With the exception of H. cyanea, which seems to have signifi- cant neurational differences, all the southwestern species are separated from brillians on more or less superficial characters of color and size. One of the apparently most distinct of this group is H, metallica, which has an orangish-red collar on the pronotum, as contrasted with the dark metallic blue of brillians. The validity of specific status for H. metallica was first ques- tioned by Cockerell (1897). He succeeded in obtaining eggs from a cross of a male of this "species" with a female of H. coracina and considered metallica to be a possible dimorphic form of coracina. It occurred to the authors that metallica might be a "red-collared" form of brillians. Data obtained from limited breeding experiments seem to confirm this opinion. RESULTS OF BREEDING EXPERIMENTS Among thousands of H. brillians moths that have emerged from larvae collected in California and Arizona, occasional H. metallica moths have appeared. Virgin moths of the two "species" were isolated, one pair to a cage. They were found to mate readily, producing viable eggs, and the offspring of each pair were reared separately. Three different wild H. brillians females were crossed with H. metallica males and produced a combined total of 280 moths in the F t generation, all of which were brillians. A second generation was not obtained from this combination. Two pairs of wild H. brillians males and H. metallica females were crossed and gave in the F t generation a total of 144 moths, again all brillians. A pair of these heterozygous brillians when mated produced 170 moths in an F 2 generation, of which 130 w r ere brillians and 40 metallica, a ratio of 13:4 (approximately 3 : 1 ) . The typical coloration of the two "species" was dis- tinct with no evidence of integration. The sex ratios were not in significant variance from the normal 1:1 of H. brillians. Ixiv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 255 It thus appeared that the red collar (metallica) was a simple recessive Mendelian character. Unexpected results were ob- tained, however, from the progeny of a pair of wild H. metal- lica. Out of a total of 117 moths of an F x generation, 77 metallica and 40 brillians \vere obtained, a ratio of approxi- mately 2:1. This indicates that either a multiple allele for red collar occurs, one dominant and one recessive to brillians, or that this experiment was accidentally contaminated with H. bril- lians larvae. The genetics of the two "species" was not pursued beyond this point. Their extreme closeness, however, is obvious. Furthermore, no difference was observed between the larvae of H. brillians and H. metallica. Population breeding of wild stock of H. brillians failed to produce a single //. metallica in 3,233 offspring. This indi- cates that a near-pure strain of brillians exists, at least in some areas. Moths emerging from field-collected larvae also showed metallica to be rare in most areas, in a ratio about 1 : 1500. In certain restricted locations the proportion was as high as 1 : 25, however, and field observations at Phoenix, Arizona, indicated that H. metallica might be predominant. The wide range in size and color observed in Harrisina bril- lians moths is, in our opinion, sufficient to cover the characters used to separate most of the other species of Harrisina of the southwestern group. A comprehensive genetic study would undoubtedly clarify the confused taxonomy of the genus Harrisina. LITERATURE CITED ARMITAGE, H. M. 1946. The grapeleaf skeletonizer in California. Blue Anchor 23(2) : p. 25. BRYK, F. 1936. In Lepidopterorum Catalogus. pars 71 : 297-301. COCKERELL, T. D. A. 1897. Note on Harrisina coracina. Psyche 8 (257) : p. 120. EBELING, W. 1950. Subtropical entomology (p. 574). Lithotype Proc- ess Co., San Francisco, Calif. McDuNNOUGH, J. 1939. A check list of Lepidoptera of Canada and the United States of America. Part II. Microlepidoptera. Southern California Acad. Sci. Memoirs 2 : p. 7. 256 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Dec., 1953 Arctic Alaskan Hymenoptera and Coleoptera By NEAL A. WEBER, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania The following records of Hymenoptera and Coleoptera are in addition to those reported previously (Weber, 1950). They were taken mostly in 1950 during field work supported by the Office of Naval Research and the Arctic Institute of North America. All are from the Arctic slope of the Brooks Range north to the Arctic Ocean. 1 The Tenthredinidae were identi- fied by Dr. R. B. Benson, the Ichneumonidae by Dr. J. F. Perkins, the Apidae by Dr. O. W. Richards, the Carabidae and several Staphylinidae by Dr. E. B. Britton and the Dytiscidae by Dr. J. Balfour-Browne, all through the courtesy of the British Museum (Natural History) ; other Coleoptera identi- fications are credited by name. ORDER HYMENOPTERA Tenthredinidae Nematus (Pteronidea) reticulatus Holmgren : Pt. Barrow, July 12-14, 1950. Females taken on undisturbed tundra south- east of village in clear, breezy, 50 F. weather and at inlet seven miles south of village near Eskimo tents in overcast, windy, 40 F. weather. This species occurs on mountain tops in Scotland. Nematus (Pteronidea) sp. : Ikakevik Lake. Nematus (Pachynematus) clibrichellus Cameron (= pnbcs- cens Marlatt) : Pt. Barrow, July 12-15, 1950. Males and fe- males taken in tundra 5-8 miles south of village in breezy to windy, overcast, 40 F. weather and again under sunnier but cool conditions. A species occurring also on mountain tops in Scotland. Amauronematus sp. : Noluk Lake. 1 The data for Noluk Lake are latitude 68 47' N., longitude 160 0' W., July 6-7, 1950, elevation 2200-2800 feet above sea level ; data for Ikakevik Lake are: latitude 68 30' N., longitude 157 08' W., July 6, 1950, eleva- tion 2000 feet; data for Oumalik : latitude 69 59' N., longitude 156 0' W., July 15, 1949. Ixiv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 257 Ichneumonidae Mesoleius sp. A : Pt. Barrow, July 12, 40 F., sky overcast, windy, near Eskimo tent and July 15, 1950 on tundra 5-8 miles back from coast. Mesoleius sp. B : Noluk Lake. Mesoleius (Spudaeus Thorns) sp. A: Noluk Lake. Mesoleius (Spudaeus Thorns) sp. B: Noluk Lake. Syndipnus sp. : Noluk Lake. Helictes sp. : Umiat. July 27, 1950, on Colville river bottom. A genus parasitic on Diptera. Orthocentrini ?Neurateles sp. Alaska: Umiat, July 25, 1950, on the Colville river bottom (D.T.). A genus parasitic on Diptera as was Atractodes and Stenomacrus of Weber, 1950. According to Dr. Perkins the Mesoleius and Syndipnus spe- cies were probably parasitic on Tenthredinidae larvae as was the Aptesis of Weber, 1950. Formicidae Formica fusca L. Under the name of Formica r ubra what is probably this ant was recorded by Parry, 1826, in the account of his third voyage to Arctic America as follows : "Abundant at the Whale-fish Islands ; it was also found, on the preceding voyage, on several parts of the Melville Peninsula." As stated in Weber, 1950, it will probably be found in Arctic Alaska and has already been taken at the mouth of the Mackenzie River in Canada. The record of Myrmica rnbra (?) (loc. cit.) should be deleted. Vespidae Vespula (Dolichovespula) norwegica albida (Sladen). Iden- tified under this name in Weber, 1949, p. 128, the species was inadvertently referred to under the generic name Vespa in 1950. It has since been identified by Dr. Richards as Dolichovespula norwef/ica uiarginata, the latter a preoccupied name, from speci- mens from Umiat, July 25, 1950. Also on this day here, four species of Dombus were collected. The reference to this wasp (Weber, 1950, p. 189) having a nest with several cells contain- ing honey erroneously implied that the wasps produced honey. Only Bombus in this area could have produced the honey, if honey it was. The nest was brought to me in a partially crushed condition by Eskimos and, while a typical wasp nest 258 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Dec., 1953 of paper cells, it did have several cells containing a liquid. Unfortunately it was not retained and the honey diagnosis had best be discarded. Apidae Bornbus alboanalis Franklin : Umiat, July 24, 1950. Taken on the crest of the Colville valley several hundred feet above the river at a temperature of 70 F. Bornbus bifarius Cress, var. vancouverensis Cress. : Umiat, July 25, 1950. Bumblebees of four species (including also sylvicola, modcratus and kirbyellus) were numerous in the lush vegetation about the ponds on the Colville valley floor. Bornbus kirbyellus (Curtis) Alaska : Umiat, July 25-27, 1950. Ikakevik Lake ; Noluk Lake. Considered by Dr. Richards a subspecies of balteatus Dahlb. See vancouverensis. This large Bombus, which appeared to be a variety with black tail and tergites 3-6 black haired (Richards), was captured as it was entering a Citellus parryi burrow at 2,500 feet elevation. At Ikakevik Lake the species occurred on a meadow near the lake covered with flowers at this time (dandelions, lupines, Stel- laria, etc.). Bornbus moderatus Cress. : Umiat, July 25, 1950. See van- couverensis. Bombus strenuus Cress. : Umiat, July 27, 1950. Bombus sylvicola Kirby: Umiat, July 24-25, 1951. See van couvcrcnsis. Taken also at Umiat on the crest of the vallev j several hundred feet above the valley floor at a temperature of 70 F. ORDER COLEOPTERA Carabidae Nebria nivalis Paykull : Ikakevik Lake. This carabid was taken at noon of a sunny day at the shore of this small, hitherto unnamed lake near Ikakevik Mountain. The species is known from the high mountains of Scotland and from Sweden, Finland and North Russia. Lindroth in his monograph of Fennoscandian Carabidae (1949) has much to say about this unusually interesting species. "Die einzige ausschliesslich in der Rcgio Alpina heimische Art ist Nebria nivalis" (p. 448) and in experiments (p. 465) it is shown to have the greatest cold tolerance of any carabid tested. He doubts, however, that my specimen is this species. Ixiv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 259 Pterostichus pinquedineum Esch. Noluk Lake. From summit of 2,800 foot mountain (600 feet above lake) among low tundra vegetation of dryish type. Dytiscidae Agabus sp. not in Brit. Mus. : Ft. Barrow, July 3, 1950. Colymbetes dolabratus Payk. : Umiat, July 5, 1950, in pond on Colville valley floor. Illybius sp. not in Brit. Mus. : Umiat, July 6, 1950, in pond on Colville valley floor. Tlybius angustior of Weber, 1950 should be Illybius anyustior. Silphidae Thanatophilus lapponica Hbst. (det. Arnett). Larvae were taken as late as August 30 at Anaktuvuk at a temperature of 30 F., snow having fallen in the night and morning. A large black larva was here taken, with many whitish mites attached to the venter, which did not seem to be hibernating although soft and pliable. Rather it appeared to be moribund since by the next day it was clearly dead. The habitat of this species and trituberciilata appears to be similar. Also, Noluk Lake, from carcass of young female caribou dying several days earlier. Staphyliniclae Arpedium n. sp. ? : Ikakevik Lake, near shore. Atanygnathus s/>. (det. Blackwelder) : Oumalik, from debris at base of Sali.v glauca var. acntifolia (Hook.) (det. Ball). Micralymna sp. (det. Blackwelder) : Ft. Barrow, July 14, 1949, from grasses, sedges, lichens, etc., much chewed by 'lemmings. Tachinus n. sp. ? : Noluk Lake. Aleocharinae Genus ? (det. Blackwelder) : Anaktuvuk Pass, July 9. 1949, from slight rise or nunatak in middle of valley floor in dryish debris. Chrysomelidae Chrysolina n. sp. (det. H. S. Barber) : Anaktuvuk Pass. August 28, 1948. Unfortunately Mr. Barber died before this was described. 260 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Dec., 1953 Chrysomela subsulcata Mann (det. Bryan) : Noluk Lake. Several specimens of variable size. The Pt. Barrow specimens of Weber, 1950, were also variable in size and iridescence. They were only found by patient searching July 3 and 4 while a cold wind blew from the polar ice. The insects moved sluggishly or remained immobile amongst the low, dryish tundra vegeta- tion consisting mostly of lichens, short sedges and grasses. Their bronze elytra reflected sunlight or they would have been particularly hard to see in the vari-colored carpet of vegetation. LITERATURE CITED WEBER, N. A. 1949. Late summer invertebrates, mostly insect, of the Arctic Alaskan slope. ENT. NEWS 50: 118-128. . 1950. A survey of the insects and related arthropods of Arctic Alaska. Part I. Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 76: 147-206. A Change of Names in the Cerambycidae, with other Notes By LAWRENCE S. DILLON and ELIZABETH S. DILLON Biology Department, A. & M College, College Station, Texas As Lamia spinosa Say (1827) is a primary homonym of Lamia spinosa Drury (1773), it is essential that a new name be found for this common species of the genus Dcctcs. Since both D. brevis Casey and D. te.ranus LeConte are valid species, no synonyms are available for use. Hence the authors propose that the form in question be known as Dectes sayi Dillon and Dillon, nom. nov. While the authors were studying over some Indo-Australian longhorns, it became apparent that the two specimens on which the description of Mengelotcs ambiguus D. and D. had been based were mislabelled as coming from Mexico. Mengelotcs D. and D. is a synonym of Diochares, and ambiguus is identical to D. ambigenus Chevrolat from the Philippine Islands. Saperda vestita Say (1827), now placed in the genus Eupogonius, is a primary homonym of Saperda vestita Say (1824), and must be renamed, as LeConte suggested more than one hundred years ago (see Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia Ixiv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 261 (2) II, 1852, p. 159). For the present the species may be called Eupogonius pauper LeConte, which name is currently listed as a synonym of the form under discussion. However, there appears to be considerable evidence supporting E. pauper as valid in its own right, in which case a new name will have to be applied here. Other names, according to Knull (Ohio Biol. Surv. Bull, xxxix, 1946, p. 264), that might be available here are E. fulvovestitus Schaef. and E. jraxini Knull, the ultimate solution depending on a revisional study of the genus. Dr. Carl Borner (1880-1953) Because he was a figure of world-wide importance, it is fitting that a brief notice be published in an American entomological journal of the death of Dr. Carl Borner, it being assumed that a definitive account of his life and work will be published in German}'. Dr. Borner was born in Bremen, May 28, 1880, and died June 14, 1953, in Naumburg/Saale (Russian Zone), Germany. Dur- ing most of his life he was director of the Imperial Biological Institution's stations for research on the grape Phylloxera, first at Villers 1'Orme-Metz, and later at the new center that he established at Naumburg. He came to recognize a number of "biotypes" or races of Phylloxera, grew and hybridized many varieties of grapes, studied the intricate problems of host-parasite relationship and the inheritance of resistance and of immunity. Using the American species, Vitis cinerea, he finally developed varieties immune to all nine biological races of Phylloxera. Older entomologists will recall Dr. Borner's monumental work- on the Chermes, published in 1908, and his subsequent papers on this group, now known as Adelgidae ; they will recall also his many contributions on the grape Phylloxera (Die Reblaus), a species that he studied and published on over a period of forty years. Aphid workers will, of course, remember him for hi- many fine contributions in their particular field, that is, if they happen to have access to his papers, some of which were pri- vately published and appear to have had a limited circulation. They will perhaps long remember him, and cause him unrest, 262 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Dec., 1953 for the paper in which he described seventy-five new species on four pages of text. It is likely that Dr. Borner will be best remembered for his contribution of a new system of generic classification in the Aphidae, for the numerous genera that he described in this group, and for over 200 new species that he described. All will be pleased that he lived to see his "Europae centralis Aphides" (Die Blattlause Mitteleuropas), a work of 484 pages, in print. Few Americans will be aware of the fact that Dr. Borner also published in the field of botany. In 1912, there appeared his "Volksflora Deutschlands," much in demand at the time ; in 1923 he published his "Tokontologie," in which he attempted to establish a theoretical basis for a natural system, particularly of the plant kingdom, based on the types of alternation of genera- tions and reproductive phenomena rather than on morphology. Nor was Dr. Borner's interest limited to the fields just enumerated. He published on insect anatomy and morphology, insect phylogeny, on the Collembola and Lepidoptera. Few, if any, will be aware of the fact that he also wrote poetry ; only his family and intimate friends will know of his interest in music. The writer never met Dr. Borner, and much to his regret only started to correspond with him in 1948, although attempts were made to do so earlier. He found him very generous and helpful. F. C. HOTTES, Grand Junction, Colorado Notes and News in Entomology Under this heading we present, from time to time, notes, news, and comments. Contributions from readers are earnestly solicited and will be acknowledged when used. More about Bees' Dances for Directing the Swarm In 1951, MARTIN LINDAUER 1 showed for the first time that bees use their remarkable "language" l not only for giving the 1 See ENT. NEWS 63 : 100-02, April, 1952. 2 See ENT. NEWS 58: 152-54, June, 1947. Ixiv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 263 location of nectar but also for directing a swarm to a new nesting site or future home. This year, 3 after another season's work, using more controlled conditions (artificially made up swarms placed at convenient eye-level, and a locale where there were no natural nesting sites available), Lindauer has been able to demonstrate that bees can discriminate between more and less desirable prospective homes and that even when several sites are discovered they are able to select the best of these. He has learned how the bees attain agreement as regards the best site, how the cluster is finally broken up, and how the flight to the new home is directed and completed. Some of this work will be described here. In the first experiment, two empty possible nesting sites were set up : "A," a light box hive 10 meters distant under a tree and covered with some brush, and "B," a ruggedly constructed hive 75 m. distant and exposed on a tree stump. Both were soon discovered by scouts from the swarm. Within 4 hours, 37 such scouts were dancing on the swarm to promote the more sheltered site "A," and making repeated return visits to the site ; for "B" there were only 3 dancers. Hive "B" was now placed on the ground beside the stump and dry brush was heaped about it to thoroughly ensconce it. The following day the number of bees frequenting "B" and dancing for it rapidly increased to 101, while site "A" gained only a few new adherents. On the third day there were again more new dancers for "B" while the dancers for "A" gradually gave up dancing entirely and made only infre- quent visits back to their site. Four of the "A" dancers even became converted and danced for site "B." At 10:55 on this day, the decision having fallen to "B," the cluster broke up and flew to take possesison of the new home. \Yhen given the choice between two straw skeps, one of which was perfumed with a few drops of melissa oil (thought by bee- keepers to be attractive), a swarm showed preference for the odorless one. Exchanging the locations of the two skeps, the bees changed their dance to the new location of the odorless one. 3 LINDAUER, M. 1953. Bienentanze in der Schwarmtraubc (II). Die Natitru>isscnschaften, 40 : 379-85. 264 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Dec., 1953 As between this skep and a wooden hive the bees preferred the hive. In one experiment with two empty hives, scout bees from a swarm were giving about equal attention to both ( 14 and 16 dancers respectively) when suddenly a single bee was seen to dance very vigorously for still a third location. Soon others were dancing in this very lively and excited fashion. Searching in the direction and at the distance indicated by the dance, Lind- auer soon found a small hole in the ground, 3 mm. across, with about 50 bees excitedly going in and out. Within another hour there were many more dancers and the swarm reached its deci- sion, broke up and flew to take possession of what proved to be a dry cavity, 1/2 m - underground, 20 cm. high, 30 cm. wide, 50 cm. deep, in a quiet sheltered corner of the woods, an ideal home indeed. In the above case, it was the liveliness and vigor of the dance that encouraged more and more new bees to visit the under- ground site and that at the same time discouraged the dancers for the other site. Apparently the bees do not compare the several sites but are able to judge a site absolutely. A 1st Class site will evoke very brisk dances, a 2nd Class site a less vigorous response, and so on. Dancers for a lower grade site when meet- ing these lively dancers of a 1st Class site at first pay little heed but after several such encounters on the surface of the swarm they gradually give up their own dancing and their visits to their site also become less frequent. In one instance, after a fourth encounter, one bee was seen later to have adopted the new style of dance, i.e., to have become converted. When only low grade sites are available a decision is reached slowly and so there is more time for the discovery of a better site. A decision and a departure of the swarm were found to be immanent when about 100 bees were frequenting a prospective home. By setting up two like empty hives at equal distances (and by making various changes during the course of the experi- ment so that the two sites remained in fact equally desirable to the bees) it was possible to have two groups of dancers in about equal strength. When each group had been built up to a him- Ixiv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 265 dred, each group, under the impression that a decision in favor of its site had been arrived at, set about to break up the cluster and to lead it off. Once in the air, however, the swarm got nowhere, and had to re-form a cluster. The liveliness of the dances depends upon the qualities of the site discovered, but it depends also upon a peculiar behavior of the bees visiting there. At the site, a bee may suddenly burst into a group of bees standing about, or even circle about a single bee, and running with extremely hurried, nervous, zig-zag strides will ram its head into one or another bee, nudging it sharply, while carrying out vibratory shaking movements in the vertical. Most striking of all is the loud buzzing of the wings at intervals during these "Schwirrlaufe," as Lindauer calls these perform- ances. Increased dancing in the swarm brings about more of this buzzing-running at the site, the buzzings at the site increase the vigor of the dances, and so on in an accelerating cycle that quickly reaches an optimum pitch of excitement and that leads to the departure of the swarm. The actual breaking up of the cluster is brought about by such buzzings performed on the swarm by the bees from the site. At such a time the bees at the site have practically all returned to the cluster and begin their excited buzzings, spreading over the surface of the swarm and boring into the cluster which begins to loosen up. As the excitement grows, 5 or ten bees fly off the cluster, then a few dozen more, then hundreds, and then within a few seconds the entire swarm is in the air and producing the familiar low, loud humming tone. R. G. SCHMIEDER 266 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Dec., 1953 Brachymyrmex depilis subsp. flavescens Grund- mann a Synonym of Brachymyrmex depilis Emery (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) * By A. C. COLE, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville Grundmann (1952) 2 described Brachymyrmex depilis fla- vescens from a series of 22 workers collected in Big Cottonwood Canyon near Salt Lake City, Utah. Dr. Grundmann has gen- erously supplied me with a series of his cotypes. I have ex- amined these specimens carefully and have compared them with series of the typical species from both the eastern and the west- ern United States including a series which I had collected in 1932 near Twin Falls, Idaho in a similar hibitat. From these studies I have reached the conclusion that flavescens is not significantly different from the typical depilis and that its struc- tural characteristics fall well within what can be expected as normal variation of populations of depilis. Furthermore there is apparently nothing significant about the station of flavescens to segregate flavescens as a subspecies. It seems very likely to me that Dr. Grundmann collected a series of callow workers which might even represent an incipient colony. If this should be true, Dr. Graundmann is not the only myrmecologist who has made such an error. The workers are smaller than those of depilis and their color is paler. Fur- thermore the integument is shriveled considerably. I propose therefore that B. depilis flavescens Grundmann be relegated to the synonymy of B. depilis Emery. 1 Contribution No. 78, Department of Zoology and Entomology, The University of Tennessee. - GRUXDMANN, A. W. 1952. A new Brachymyrmex from northern Utah (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Jour. Kansas Ent. Soc. 25: 117. Ixiv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 267 Current Entomological Literature Compiled by VENIA T. PHILLIPS, Librarian Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Under the above head it is intended to note papers received at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania pertaining to entomology, including all arthropods except Crustacea. Coverage will be world-wide as regards major contributions to systernatics as well as for all papers on morphology, physiology, em- bryology, etc. In addition, for species from the Americas and the Pacific (Nearctic, Neotropical and Polynesian regions) all minor contributions to taxonomy, distribution, etc., will also be recorded. This list gives references of the year 1953 unless otherwise noted. Continued papers, with few exceptions, are recorded only at their first installment. For other records of general literature and for economic literature, see the Bibliog- raphy of Agriculture, Washington, and the Review of Applied Entomology, Series A, London. For records of papers on medical entomology see Review of Applied Entomology, Series B. NOTE: The figures within brackets [ ] refer to the journal in which the paper ap- peared, as numbered in the List of periodicals and serials published in our January and June issues. The number of the volume, and in some cases, the part, heft, &c. is followed by a colon (:). References to papers containing new forms or names not so stated in titles are followed by (*); if containing keys are followed by (k); papers pertaining ex- clusively to Neotropical species, and not so indicated in the title, have the symbol (S). Papers published in ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS are not listed. GENERAL Finney, G. L. A technique for mass- culture of the six-spotted mite. [76] 46: 712-13. Herve, P. A propos d'un cas de mimetisme assez particulier. [59] 9 : 25-26. Michener, C. D. Life-history studies in insect sys- tematics. [146] 2: 112-18. Ristich, S. S. and D. Lockard. An aspirator modified for sampling large populations. [76] 46: 711-12, ill. Ryckman, R. E. and C. T. Ames.- Insects reared from cacti in Arizona (Dermaptera, Coleop- tera, Diptera). [Ill] 29: 163-64. Viette, P. Considera- tions sur le neotype. [59] 9: 13-20. BIOGRAPHIES, OBITUARIES Joy, Norman Hum- bert, 1874-1953. Obituary by C. MacK. J. [60] ser. 4, 89: 213. Peairs, Leonard M. -An appreciation, with short biography, by C. E. Palm and E. N. Cory. [76] 46: 717. Reichensperger, August. A tribute on his 75th birthday, by K. Gosswald, with portrait and bibliography. [Ent. Blatter] 49 : 83-89. Rocci, Ubaldo. Memorial to the lepi- dopterist who disappeared in 1943, with bibliography, by C. Taccani. [Atti Soc. Ttal. Sci. Nat., Milano] 92: 6'l-66. Sandras, Alfred, -1953. Necrology, by L. A. Berger. [84] 53: 37. Van Dyke, Edwin Cooper, 1869-1952. Biog- raphy, with portrait, by V. M. Tanner. [66] 13: 29-34. ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, MEDICAL Beckman, H. F., S. M. Bruckart and R. Reiser. Laboratory culture of the pink bollworm on chemically defined media. [76] 46: 627-30. Bodenstein, D. Studies on the humoral mech- anisms in growth and metamorphosis of the cockroach, Periplaneta americana. I. Transplantations of integumental structures and experimental parabioses. [78] 123: 189-232. 268 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Dec., 1953 Bonhag, P. F. and J. R. Wick. The functional anatomy of the male and female reproductive systems of the mild- weed bug, Oncopeltus fasciatus (Dallas) (Lygaeidae). [79] 93: 177-284, ill. Bushland, R. C. and D. E. Hopkins. Sterilization of screw-worm flies with X-rays and Gamma- rays. [76] 46: 648-56. Cloudsley-Thompson, J. L. Stud- ies in diurnal rhythms. III. Photoperiodism in the cock- roach Periplaneta americana (L.). [19] 6 (ser. 12) : 705-12, ill. de Lerma, B. Biochimica e sviluppo embrionale clegli insetti. II. Sulla natura e significato delle sostanze fluores- centi delle uova di Locusta migratoria L. [Arch. Zool. Ital.] 37: 81-91, ill., 1952. Dicke, R. J. Maggot therapy of Actinomycosis. [76] 46: 706-07. Fraenkel, G. Studies on the distribution of vitamin B t (Carnitine). [30] 104: 359-71. Harnisch, O. Untersuchungen zum gaswechsel der larve von Chaoborus crystallinus Licht. (= Corethra plumicornis). [159] 64: 97-111. Hastings, J. W., W. D. McElroy and J. Coulombre. The effect of oxygen upon the immobilization reaction in firefly luminescence. [75] 42 : 137-50. Hayes, R. O. Determination of a physiological saline solution for Aedes aegypti (L.). [76] 46: 624- 27. Homann, H. Die entwicklung der Neberaugen bei araneen. I. [Biol. Zentralblatt] 72: 373-85, ill. Lindauer, M. Bienentanze in der schwarmtraube (II). [100] 40: 379-85. Ludwig, D. The activity of cytochrome oxidase during diapause and metamorphosis of the Japanese beetle (Popillia japonica Newman). [Trans. N. Y. Acad. Sci., ser. II] 15: 243-44. Cytochrome oxidase activity during diapause and metamorphosis of the Japanese beetle (Popil- lia japonica Newm.). [Jour. Gen. Physiol.] 36: 751-57. Munson, S. C. Some effects of storage at different tem- peratures on the lipids of the American roach and on the resistance of this insect to heat. [76] 46: 657-66. Oftedal, P. The histogenesis of a new tumor in Drosophilia me- lanogaster, and a comparison with tumors in five other stocks. [Zeitschr. Vererbungslehre] 85: 408-22. Pfaff, W. -Ueber den feinbau der fibrillen aus der kutikula von Periplaneta americana L. [100] 40 : 386-87. Pratt, J. J. and F. H. Babers. Sensitivity to DDT of nerve ganglia of susceptible and resistant house flies. [76] 46: 700-02. Robinson, I. The hypopus of Hericia hericia (Kramer), Acarina, Tyroglyphidae. [156] 123 : 267-72, ill. Rodriguez, J. G. Detached leaf culture in mite nutrition studies. [76] 46: 713. Schlegel-Oprecht, E. Versuche zur auslosung von mutationen bei der zoophagen cynipide Pseudeucoila bochei Weld und Befunde iiber die stammspecifische ab- Ixiv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 269 wehrreaktion ties wirtes Drosophila melanogasler. [Zeit- schr. Vererbungslehre] 85 : 245-81. Schneider, F. Weitere untersuchungen iiber die optische orientierung der maikafer. | Verb. Schweiz. Naturf. Ges.] 132: 155-56. Selman, G. G. and S. J. Counce. Abnormal embryonic development in Drosophila induced by ultrasonic treatment. [98] 172, no. 4376: 503-04. Srivastava, M. D. L. and C. C. Das. Sex chromosomes of Ranatra elongata. [98] 172, no. 4376: 505. Sturtevant, F. M., L. D. Calvin and O. Park. The analysis of variation in a natural population of lady beetles. [Bio- metrics] 9: 117-26. Swiecimski, M. J. The significance of sight and memory in the capturing of food by the sand- beetle (Cicindela hybrida L.). [Compt. rend. Acad. Polon. Sci. Lettr., Classe Sci. Math, et Nat.] 1951, no. 5-10: 33. Watanabe, M. I. and C. M. Williams. Mitochondria in the flight muscles of insects. II. Effects of the medium on the size, form, and organization of isolated sarcosomes. [Jour. Gen. Physiol.] 37: 71-90. ARACHNIDA AND MYRIOPODA Atcheson, W. C. An ecological study of three species of mites on American linden. [76] 46: 705. Causey, N. B. On five new North American millipeds and records of some established species. [12] 50: 152-58, ill. Chamberlin, R. V. Some American millipeds of the order Spirobolida. [12] 50: 138-51, ill. (*k). Finney, G. L. Acarina. (See General.) Homann, H. (See Anatomy.) Imamura, T. Notes on the moult- ing of the adult of the water mite, Arrenurus uchidai n. sp. [Annot. Zool. Japonenses] 25: 447-51, ill., 1952. Keegan, H. L. Collections of parasitic mites from Utah. (Laelap- tidae.) [66] 13 : 35-42. Keifer, H. H.Eriophyid studies. XXI. (Includes formulae for mounting media). [Bull. Cal. Dept. Agr.] 42: 65-79 (*). Mihelcic, F. Beitrag zur kenntnis der oribatei und collembolen der humusboden. [Arch. Zool. Ital.] 37: 93-106, ill., 1952. Newell, I. M.- The natural classification of the Rhombognathinae (Acari, Halacaridae). [146] 2: 119-35, ill. Ogawa, K. Chromo- some studies in the Myriapoda. VI. A study of the sex- chromosomes in two allied species of chilopods. [Annot. Zool. Japonenses] 25: 434-40, ill., 1952. Robinson, I.- Acarina. (See Anatomy.) Rodriguez, J. G. (See Anat- omy.) Willmann, C. Tarsale sinnesorgane dei der gat- tung Rhagidia und anderen prostigmatischen milben. (Acarina, Rhagidiidae.) |159| 150: 215-23. ill. SMALLER ORDERS Denning, D. G. A new genus of Limnephilidae (Trichoptera). [Ill] 29: 165-69, ill. 270 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Dec., 1953 Ferris, G. F. Illustrations of three species of sucking lice, with notes on a fourth species (Anoplura). [90] 18: 52-53, ill. Gardner, A. E. The life-history of Libellula depressa Linn. (Odonata). [Ent. Gazette] 4: 175-201, ill. Mehelcic, F. Collembola. (See Arachnida.) Ross, H. H. Addi- tional material on the phylogeny and dispersal of Atopsyche (Trichoptera: Rhyacophilidae). [152] 43: 287-93, ill. (*). Stark, H. E. An unusual occurrence of three spermathecae in a specimen of Hystrichopsylla dippiei (Siphonaptera). [Ill] 29: 135-37, ill. Uchida, H. On three new species and a new form of Japanese Smynthuridae (Collem.), with special reference to the dental setae. [Annot. Zool. Japo- nenses] 26: 1-13, ill. Wray, D. L. and G. F. Knowlton.- Additions to the list of the Collembola of Utah. [66] 13: 43-46. ORTHOPTERA Cloudsley-Thompson, J. L. (See Anatomy.) de Lerma, B. (See Anatomy.) HEMIPTERA Bobb, M. L. Observations on the life history of Hesperocorixa interrupta (Say). (Corixidae.) [Virginia Jour. Sci., n.s.] 4: 111-15, ill. Christian, P. J.- A revision of the North American species of Typhlocyba and its allies (Cicadellidae). [83] 35: 1103-1277, ill. (*k). Dennis, C. J. and R. J. Dicke. The Membracidae of the University of Wisconsin arboretum. [Trans. Wise. Acad.] 42: 131-41, ill. Drake, C. J. New neogaean Tingidae. [66] 13: 13-16. and H. C. Chapman. Distributional data and description of a new hebrid. [66] 13: 9-11. Hoffman, R. L. The occurrence of several scarce assassin bugs in Virginia (Reduvoidea). [56] 55: 163-65. Hottes, F. C. Aphidological gleanings. [Ill] 29: 147-55. Hussey, R. F. Four new neotropical Reduviidae. [56] 55: 196-205, ill. La Rivers, I. The Ambrysus of Mexico (Naucoridae). [83] 35: 1279-1349, ill. (*k). -A new species and sub- species of Ambrysus from Guatemala (Naucoridae). [Ill] 29: 138-42, ill. McKenzie, H. L. Two new Selenaspidus scales infesting Euphorbia in California. (Diaspid.) [Bull. Cal. Dept. Agr.] 42: 53-58, ill. Maldonado Capriles, J.- Five new neotropical species of Ghilianella (Reduviidae). [56] 55: 189-95, ill. Metcalf, Z. P. Young's reclassifica- tion of western hemisphere Typhlocybinae (Cicadellidae). [56] 55: 166. Paul, A. R. Life history of the pied shield bug, Sehirus bicolor L. (Cydnidae). [60] ser. 4, 89: 210-11. Ryckman, R. E. Triatoma rubida sonoriana infected with Trypanosoma cruzi in Sonora, Mexico. [HI] 29: 143-44. Truxal, F. S. A revision of the genus Buenoa (Notonecti- Ixiv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 271 dae). [83] 35: 1351-1523, ill. (*k). Usinger, R. L. Notes on the genus Metrobates in California with description of a new subspecies (Gerridae). [HI] 29: 178-79. Yanai, T. Morphological and histological studies of the mid-intes- tine of heteropterans with special reference to binucleated epithelial cells. [Annot. Zool. Japonenses] 25: 427-33, ill., 1952. LEPIDOPTERA Allen, R. P. Occurrence of ugly-nest caterpillar in California (Archips cerasivorana). [Bull. Cal. Dept. Afg.] 42: 164-70. Beckman, H. F. and others. -(See Anatomy.) Bryk, F. Lepidoptera aus dem Ama- zonasgebiete und aus Peru gesammelt von dr. Douglas Melin und dr. Abraham Roman. [25] 5: 1-268, ill. Christie, L. Notes on rearing Lampides boeticus Linn. [Ent. Ga- zette] 4: 202-04. Gillogly, G. M. and L. R. Danaidae. (See Hymenoptera.) Kovacs, L. The Eupithecia com- munities and the problems of their evolution in our swamps and reeds. [Ann. Hist. -Nat. Musei Nat. Hungarici, n.s.] 4: 169-79. -Die wirkung der gelegentlichen gesellschaften auf die dispersion der schmetterlingsimagos. [Ann. Hist.- Nat. Musei Nat. Hungarici, n.s.] 3 : 191-201. Tanner, V. M. -Tortoise-shell butterfly in migration. [66] 13: 8. DIPTERA Ash, J. Notes on the puparial stage of some Hippoboscidae. [60] ser. 4, 89: 206-07. Bohart, R. M. A new species of Culex and notes on other species of mosquitoes from Okinawa. [56] 55: 183-88, ill. Hare, J. E. Bionomics of Lipoptena depressa (Say), the common louse fly of deer in western North America (Hippobosci- dae). [90] 18: 38-51, ill. Johnson, D. E. and L. Maughan. Studies in Great Basin Bombyliidae. [66] 13: 17-27, ill. Laurence, B. R. The larva of Ectaetia (Scatopsidae). [60] ser. 4, 89: 204-05, ill. Levi Castillo, R. A new spe- cies of Culex from Ecuador. [56] 55: 161-63, ill. Mat- tingly, P. F. The sub-genus Stegomyia in the Ethiopian region. (Part II.) Distribution of species confined to the East and South African sub-region. [35] 3: 1-65, ill. Pritchard, A. E. The white clover flower midge as differ- entiated from the red clover flower midge (Itonididae). [Ill] 29 : 128-32, ill. Ryckman, R. E. Cuterebra latifrons reared from Neotoma fuscipes macrotis. [Ill] 29: 155-56, ill. Sabrosky, C. W. Taxonomy and host relations of the tribe Ormiini in the western hemisphere (Larvaevoridae). [56] 55: 167-83 (k). Sorenson, J. and C. L. Fluke.- Stratiomyidae of Wisconsin. [Trans. Wise. Acad.| 42: 149-72, ill. (k). Tashiro, H. and H. H. Schwardt. Notes on the biology of Tabanus giganteus. [76] 46: 681-82. ill. 272 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Dec., 1953 COLEOPTERA Benesh, B. Descriptions of new ex- otic species of stag-beetles (Lucanidae). [47] 7: 25-32, ill. Fender, K. M. New species of Podabrus from western North America (Cantharidae). [Ill] 29: 170-75, ill. Heifer, J. R. A new subspecies of Trachykele blondeli (Buprestidae). [Ill] 29: 176-78. Malkin, B. Agabus vancouverensis in Alaska. [47] 7: 32. Park, O. Discrim- ination of genera of pselaphid beetles of the U. S. [Chi- cago Acad. Sci.. Bull.] 9: 299-331, ill. (k). Schneider, F. (See Anatomy.) Swiecimski, M. J. (See Anatomy.) HYMENOPTERA Benjamin, D. M. and N. B. Under- wood. Swaine jack-pine sawfly in Wisconsin. [76] 46: 703. Bliithgen, P. Zur biologic von Stephanus serrator F. [159] 150: 229-34. Brown, W. L., Jr. Characters and synonymies among the genera of ants. Part II. [67] no. 18, 8 pp. -Revisionary studies in the ant tribe Dacetini. [12] 50: 1-137, ill. (*k). Diederichs, H. Sand-wespen. [Kosmos] 49: 411-15, ill. Duncan-Weatherley, A. H.- Some aspects of the biology of the mound ant Iridomyrmex detectus (Smith). [Austr. Jour. Zool.] 1: 178-92, ill. Flanders, S. E. Predatism by the adult hymenopterous parasite and its role in biological control. [76] 46: 541-44. Gillogly, G. M. and L. R. Trichogramma minutum in monarch butterfly eggs. (Trichogrammatidae.) [Ill] 29: 111-20, ill. Lindauer, M. (See Anatomy.) Michener, C. D. Comparative morphological and systematic studies of bee larvae with a key to the families of hymenopterous larvae. [83] 35 : 987-1 102, ill. Middlekauff, W. W. A new species of web-spinning sawfly feeding upon pines (Pamphi- liidae). [Ill] 29: 133-34. Miklos, M. Magyarorszag es a kornyezo teriiletek dongomeheinek (Bombus Latr.) rendszere es okologiaja. [Ann. Hist. -Nat. Musei Nat. Hun- garici, n.s.] 4: 131-59. Ryckman, R. E. Notes on the ecology of Bombus sonorus in Orange County, California and neAV parasite records (Sarcophagidae, Conopidae, Phori- dae). [Ill] 29: 144-46, ill. Tashiro, H. and H. H. Schwardt. Some natural enemies of horse flies in New York. [76] 46: 680-81. Timberlake, P. H. Bees of the genus Perdita in the collection of the University of Kansas (Apoidea). [83] 35: 961-85 (*k). Watanabe, C. Notes on hymenopterous parasites of longicorn beetles, with de- scriptions of two new species of Braconidae. [Insecta Mat- sumurana] 18: 25-29, ill. Williams, F. X. Additions and corrections to "The wasps of the genus Solierella in Cali- fornia" (Spheciclae). [Ill] 29: 157-62, ill. INDEX TO VOLUME LXIV (* Indicates new genera, names, etc.) ALEXANDER, C. P. Henry Torsey Fernald (1866-1952) (Obituary, with portrait) 85 BICK, G. H. The occurrence of Anax longipes Hagen in Mississippi (Odonata : Aeshnidae) 230 BLANTON, F. S. (See under Wirth. \Y. W.) BLICKLE, R. L. (See under Morse, W. J.) BORROR, D. J. A migratory flight of dragonflies 204 BROWN, W. L. and E. O. WILSON. Review : The ants of California 163 CALVERT, P. P. New taxonomic entities in neotropical Aeshnas (Odonata : Aeshnidae) II 205 - and J. A. G. REHN. Samuel Nicholson Rhoads .... 125 CAMP, W. H. Review: Plant diseases in orchard, nursery, and garden crops 192 CHAMBERLIN. R. V. Two new millipeds taken in Cali- fornia caves 93 COLE, A. C. Brachymyrmex depilis subsp. flavescens Grundmann a synonym of Brachymyrmex depilis Emery (Hymenoptera : Formicidae) 266 COOK, E. F. The trichodectid of the hog-nosed skunk, Conopatus leuconotus Lichtenstein (Mallophaga: Tri- chodectidae) 60 COOPER, K. W. The wasps of Penikese Island, Buzzards Bay. Massachusetts (Hymenoptera) 29 CRABILL, R. E. Concerning a new genus, Diocryptops, and the nomenclatorial status of Otocryptops and Scolo- pocryptops (Chilopoda: Scolopendromorpha : Cryptopi- dae) 96 The genotypes of Strigamia, Linotaenia, and Scolioplanes (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha : Dignathothontidae) .... 169 DILLON, L. S. and F,. S. DILLON. A change of names in the Cerambycidae. with other notes 260 EDMUNDS, G. F. A bibliographic note on three species of Ephemeroptera described by Say 45 (273) 274 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Dec., 1953 EDMUNDS, L. R. Collecting and culturing native wood roaches in Ohio, with some additional notes on their parasites 225 FLUKE, C. L. Some syrphid fly synonomy 208 FOOTE, R. H. A new gall midge infesting holly (Diptera: Itonididae) 197 Fox, R. M. The taxonomic value of male genitalia in the Ithomiidae (Lepidoptera) 141 GURNEY, A. B. Review : The grasshoppers and locusts (Acridoidea) of Australia. Vol. 1 137 HODGSON, E. S. Collection and laboratory maintainance of Dytiscidae (Coleop.) 36 HOFFMAN, R. L. The identity of the milliped genus Camp- tomorpha Silvestri (Polydesmida : Chelodesmidae) .... 120 A second case of lacebug bite (Hemiptera: Tingidae) . . 176 HOTTES, F. C. Dr. Carl Bonier (1880-1953) 261 Review : Aphids of the Rocky Mountain region 190 HUNGERFORD, H. B. Concerning Charmatometra bakeri (Kirkaldy) (Hemiptera : Gerridae) 172 Concerning Rheumatobates lileyi Bergroth (Gerridae) . . 91 KNULL, J. N. New species of Acmaeodora from California (Coleoptera : Buprestidae) . . 144 LANGSTON, R. L. and O. J. SMITH. Notes on the Zygaenid genus Harrisina Packard, with special reference to Har- risina metallica Stretch 253 LIPOVSKY, L. J. Improved technique for rearing chigger mites (Acarina : Trombiculidae) 4 Polyvinyl alcohol with lacto-phenol, a mounting and clearing medium for chigger mites 42 McDERMOTT, F. A. Glow-worms in a marine littoral habi- tat in Jamaica (Coleoptera: Lampyridae) 89 MICHENER, C. D. A note on a subgeneric name in Saturni- idae (Lepidoptera) 124 MORSE, W. J. and R. L. BLICKLE. A check list of the Trichoptera (caddis flies) of New Hampshire 68, 97 MURPHY, D. R. Collection records of some Arizona mos- quitoes (Diptera : Culicidae) 233 IxivJ ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 275 NUTTING, W. L. Earwigs at light 10 PATE, V. S. L. Review: A textbook of arthropod anatomy 161 PHILLIPS, V. T. Current Entomological Literature 25, 55, 76, 102, 127, 149, 177, 209, 240, 265 REHN, J. A. G. The type of Forficula rehni (Dermaptera) 126 The Nabours collection of genetic material of the Tetri- gidae (Orthoptera) 239 (See also under Calvert, P. P.) REHN, J. W. H. The lone star tick in Staten Island, New York (Acarina : Ixodidae) 46 RICHARDS, A. G. Some notes on the role of epidermis in insects and ticks 73 SABROSKY, C. W. Two new species of Milichiidae. with miscellaneous notes on the family (Diptera) 38 SMITH, O. J. (See under Langston, R. L.) SCHMIEDER, R. G. More about bees' dances for directing the swarm 262 Review : Atlas of Scale Insects of North America 250 Review : Fleas, flukes and cuckoos Review : How to know the spiders 251 Review : Insects close up 251 Review : Insect Physiology 194 SEVERIN, H. C. Catches of Euplexoptera and Elateridae in light traps in South Dakota SUDIA, W. D. A taxonomic note on the larvae of Aedes schizopinax Dyar 146 WANG, Y. M. Supplement to the Myriopoda of the Philip- pine Islands WARD, R. A. Brief notes on tnallophaga. I 201 WEBER, N. A. Arctic Alaskan Hymenoptera and Coleop- tera 256 WEISS, H. B. Pseudocneorrhinus biiasciatus Roelofs ex- tending its range in New Jersey (Col. Curculionidae) . . 45 Thomas Say's home at New Harmony, Indiana WILSON, E. O. (See under Brown, W. L.) WIRTH, W. W. and F. S. BLANTON. Studies in Panama Culicoides (Diptera: Heleidae). III. A new species re- lated to phlcbotomus 113 276 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Dec., 1953 GENERAL SUBJECTS Alaskan insects 256 Bee dances direct swarm .... 262 Cave millipeds 93 Current Entomological Litera- ture 25, 55, 76, 102, 127, 149, 177, 209, 240, 265 Earwigs at light 7, 10 Epidermis, role in insects and ticks 73 Glow-worms, marine 89 Lacebug bites man 176 Light traps 7, 10 List of titles of publications in Entomological Literature 25, 165 Micronesia, insects of 95 Migratory flight of dragonflies 204 Mounting and clearing medium for chiggers 42 Nabours Collection of genetic material of Tetrigidae 239 Notice to collectors in Na- tional Parks 175 Orthoptera of North America 238 Rearing chigger mites 4 Rearing method for wood roaches 225 Rearing Rhcumabatcs 91 Thomas Say's home 57 OBITUARY NOTICES Burner, C 261 Fernald, H. T 85 Rhoads. S. N 125 PERSONALS Clarke, J. F. G 95 Gressitt, J. L 95 Krauss. N. L. H 95 Phillips, V. T 9 Rehn, J. A. G 238 REVIEWS Ants of California 163 Aphids of the Rocky Mountain region 190 Atlas of scale insects of North America 250 Bienentanze in der Schwarm- traube 262 Fleas, flukes, and cuckoos .... 55 Grasshoppers and locusts (Ac- ridoidea) of Australia. Vol. 1 137 How to know the spiders .... 251 Insect physiology 194 Insects close up 251 Plant diseases in orchard, nursery, and garden crops . 192 Textbook of arthropod an- atomy 161 GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION Brasil : Dipt 42 California : Col. 144 ; Diplop. . 95 Mexico : Mallophaga 66 Mississippi : Odon 230 Alicronesia 95 New York : Acarina 46 Panama: Dipt 42, 118 Philippines : Myriop 1 Utah : Dipt 38 Virginia : Dipt 200 COLEOPTERA Alaskan Coleoptera 256 InfasciatHS, Pscndocncorrhinus 45 Cerambycidae, name changes, synonymy in 260 conunissus. Photinus 89 Coptotomus 36 Dytiscidae, collection and main- tenance . 36 Ixiv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 277 Elateridae in South Dakota light traps 7 fattigi* Acamacodora 144 Glow-worms, marine, littoral 89 Lampyridae in marine habitat 89 inaculosus, Laccophilus 36 sayi, Dcctcs nom. nov 260 sctosus, Psciidocncorrliinus . . 45 synclironans, Plwtinus 89 DIPTERA annda, Neophyllomyza (n. comb. ) 40 bcatricca, Volucclla 209 brooksi, Lunomyia 208 Costal ima * 41 Culicoides of Panama 113 flava* Eusiphona 38 ilicicola* Asphondylia 197 lutcola, Stomosis 39 Mcsoyrapta vs Mesogramma . 208 micnira, Allograpta 209 Mosquitoes, list of Arizona . . 233 myrmicola,* Costalima * 41 neotropicum, Rhysops 208 phlcbotoiniis, Culicoides 113 rujula, Stomosis 39 schizopina.r, Acdcs, larva .... 146 Stomosis 30 Syrphid synonymy 208 washingtona, Hcmcromyia ... 39 willistoni,* Culicoides 116 HEMIPTERA bakcri, Charmatometra. descr. of 172 ciliata, Corytlnicha, biting man 176 rilcyi, Rheumabates, rearing . 91 HOMOPTERA Atlas of scale insects, review of . 250 HYMENOPTERA Alaskan Hymenoptera 256 Ants of California 163 blattac, Syntomosphyrwm .... 229 depilis, Brachymyrmex 266 hagenowii, Tetrastichus 229 harfyoidcs, Hyptia 229 oiivora, Systellogaster 230 Parasites of wood roaches (Parcoblatta) 227 thoracica, Hyptia 229 Wasps (Vespoids, Sphecoids, Formicoids) of Penikese Is- land, Mass 30 LEPIDOPTERA brillians, Harrisiana 253 Ccratcsa 124 Harrisina, breeding experi- ments 254 hcmirhodia, Adelocepliala .... 124 Ithomiidae, taxonomic value of genitalia 141 metallica, Harrisina 253 Migratory flight 204 ODONATA deccssHs* Aeshna 205 iitnin.i, Ana.r 204 lucerata, Trapczostiyina 204 I mi . odgenesis, and cleavage. 1 113] 26: 301-11, ill. Tattersfield, F., J. R. Kerridge & J. Taylor. The effects of repeated spraying of insects in increasing their resistance to insecti- cides. I. [20] 40: 498-522. H. Ibid. 523-36. Uchida, T. 20 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Jan., 1954 & S. Masaki. The effect of low temperature after high temperature treatment upon the induction of diapause in the cabbage army worm moth. (In Japanese with French resume.) [109] 8: 129-34. Ueno, H. Determination of the larval instar of the common cabbage buterfly by means of the measurement of head width. (Japanese, with Eng. sum- mary.] [109] 8: 59-62, 1952. " Watson, M. A. & H. L. Nixon. Studies on the feeding of Myzus persicae (Sulz.) on radioactive plants. [20] 40: 537-45. Wigglesworth, V. B. Hormones and the development of hybrid Lepi- doptera. [Ent. Record] 65: 244-45. Yushima, T. & S. Ishii. Hydrogen ion concentration and digestive enzymes in the digestive tract of rice stem borer. (Japanese, with Eng. summary.) [109] 8: 51-5, 1952. ARACHNI'DA AND MYRIOPODA Barnes, R. D.- The ecological distribution of spiders in non-forest mari- time communities at Beaufort, North Carolina. [49] 23: 315-37, ill. Bucherl, W. Aranhas do Rio Grande do Sul. (Arachnida.) [Mem. Inst. Butantan] 24: 127-55. Camin, J. H. Observations on the life history and sensory be- havior of the snake mite, Ophionyssus natricis (Gervais) (Acarina : Macronyssidae). [Chic. Acad. Sci., Sp. publ.] 10: 1-75. ill. Chrysanthus, Fr. Hearing and stridulation in spiders. [149] 96: 57-83. ill. Collin, j. & R. M. May.- Reactions adaptives de tardigrades a des variations de salinite. [Bull. Soc. Zool. France] 75: 184-87, 1950. Cra- bill, R. E., Jr. A new himantariid from the eastern United States (Chilopoda: Geophilomorpha : Himantariidae). [36] 48 : 85-88. ill. Habeeb, H. North American Hydrachnellae, Acari. VI. Three new r species of w r atermites belonging to the genus Aturus. [Nat. Can.] 80: 274-76. Kaston, B. J. & E. K. How to know the spiders. Pictured-keys for determining the more common spiders, with suggestions for collecting and studying them. Wm. C. Brown Co., Dubuque. 220 p., ill. $2.25 paper, $3.00 cloth bound. (Re- viewed by L. B. [64] 36: 98.) Lees, A. D. Acarina. (See Anatomy.) Munchberg, P. Vierter beitrag zur kenntnis der ini nordamerikanischen raume an odonaten parasi- tierenden Arrenurus arten (Hydracarina). [158] 82: 47- 57, ill. Pabst, W. Zur biologic der mitteleuropaischen troguliden. (Arachnida.) [158] 82: 1-46, ill. Vachon, M. Sur un cas de schistomelie ternaire d'une patte ambula- toire chez le scorpion foussieur Scorpio maurus L. [Bull. Biol. France et Belg.] 87: 218-25, ill. ENTOMOLOGICAL XK\VS 21 SMALLER ORDERS Arvy and Gabe. (See Anat- omy.) Bayard, A. & M.-L. Verrier. Note stir Ecdyonurus lateralis Curtis et la morphologic comparee des Ecdyonuri- dae (fiphemeropteres). [Bull. Soc. Zool. France] 75: 84- 90, ill., 1950. Fraser, F. C. The character of the anal vein in Lestoides Tillyard with some remarks on the position of the genus in the order Odonata. [60] 89: 227-30, ill. Hart- wig, E. K. Taxonomic studies of South African Thysanop- tera, including genitalia, statistics and a revision of Try- bom's types. [Ent. Memoirs, S. Afr. Dept. Agr.] 2 : 339-499, ill., 1952. Judd, W. W. A collection of feather lice (Mallo- phaga) from birds in Ontario. [11] 72: 349-50. Lai, R. & R. D. Menon. Isoptera. [Catalogue of Indian Insects] pt. 27, 94 p. Calcutta, Govt. pr. Mockford, E. L. Additional notes on Indiana Psocoptera. [Proc. Indiana Ac. Sci.] 62: 198-99. -Three new species of Archipsocus from Florida (Psocoptera: Archipsocidae). [64] 36: 113-24, ill. (k). Montgomery, B. E. Notes and records of Indiana Odonata, 1951-1952. [Proc. Indiana Ac. Sci.] 62: 200-02. Pratt, H. D. & H. Karp. Notes on the rat lice Polyplax spinulosa (Burmeister) and Hoplopleura oenomydis Ferris. (Ano- plura.) [80] 39: 495-504, ill. Racenis, J. Algunas notas sobre las especies venezolanas del genero Nephepeltia (Odonata: Libellulidae). [5] 1: 133-40, ill. -Una nueva especie del genero Neoneura (Odonata: Protoneuridae) de Venezuela. [5] 1 : 155-58, ill. Seshadri, A. R. Observa- tions on Trichinothrips breviceps (Bagnall), a little known predatory thrips from south India. (Thysanoptera.) [In- dian J. Agr. Sci.] 23: 27-39, ill. Srivastava and Das. Odo- nata. (See Anatomy.) Vaillant, F. Les larves de Stac- tobia MacLachlan (Trichopteres). [Bull. Soc. Zool. France] 76: 205-8, ill., 1951 (k). ORTHOPTERA Cloudsley-Thompson, J. L.--(See Anatomy.) Davey, J. T. Possibility of movements of the African migratory locust in the solitary phase and the dynamics of its outbreaks. [98] 172: 720-21. Dirsh, V. M. & B. P. Uvarov. Tree locusts of the genus Anacridium (Acrididae). [61] 29: 7-69, ill. Dupont-Raabe, M. Etude morphologique et cytologique du cerveau de (|uel<|ues phas- micles. [Bull. Soc. Zool. France] 76: 386-97. ill.. 1951. Ebner, R. Einige tettigoniiden aus Argentina und Chile. [133] 16: 9-14, ill. (*). Gurney, A. B. Recent advances in the taxonomy and distribution of Grylloblatta. [152] 43: 325-32 (*). Kevan, D. K. M. On the gender of the generic 22 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS | Jan., 1954 name Ommexecha Serville, 1831, and the correct rendering of the name Chrotogonus homalodemus (Blanchard, 1836) (Acrididae). [60] 89: 221-23. Lhost, J. (See Anatomy.) O'Farrel and Stock. (See Anatomy.) Rehn, J. A. G.- The grasshoppers and locusts (Acridoidea) of Australia. Vol. II, Acrididae (Subfamily Pyrgomorphinae). 269 p., 32 pis. Melbourne : Commonw. Sci. & Ind. Res. Organiza- tion. Slifer, E. H. (See Anatomy.) Swift and Kleinfeld. -(See Anatomy.) White, M. J.' D. Multiple sex chro- mosome mechanisms in the grasshopper genus Paratylo- tropidia. [15] 87: 237-44, ill. HEMIPTERA Baranyovits, F. Some aspects of the biology of armoured scale insects. (Coccidae.) [En- deavour] 12: 202-09, ill. Deay, H. O. The periodical Cicada Magicicada septendecim (L) in Indiana. [Pr. Ind. Ac. Sci.] 64: 203-06. Drake, C. J. & H. C. Chapman. A new species of Trepobates Uhler from Florida (Gerridae). [64] 36: 109-12. Ferris, G. F. Atlas on the scale insects of North America. Vol. VI, The Pseudococcidae (Pt. 2) p. 279-506, ill. Stanford Univ. Press (*k). Hottes, F. C. -Notes on some species of Cinara, with descriptions of two new species from Pinon pine (Aphidae). [56] 66: 153-58. - & E. O. Essig. Descriptions of new species of Cinara from western United States (Aphidae). [56] 66: 159-72. Knowlton, G. F. Aphids in lizard stomach. [36] 48: 110. Vago, C. Bacteremie de la cigale : Cicada plebeia. [Bull. Soc. Zool. France] 76: 383-86, 1951. Wat- son & Nixon. (See Anatomy.) Woodroffe, G. E. A note on the food-plants of Berytinus montivagus (Meyer-Duer) (Neididae). [60] 89: 230." LEPIDOPTERA Clarke, C. A. & P. M. Sheppard.- Further observations on hybrid swallowtails. [Ent. Rec- ord] 65 : no. 9, Suppl.. 12 p., ill. Clarke, J. F. G. Notes, new synonymy, and new assignments in American Gelechii- dae. [152] 43: 317-20. Diakonoff, A. Microlepidoptera of New Guinea; results of the Third Archbold Expedition (American-Netherlands Indian Expd. 1938-1939) Pt. 2 [Verh. K. Neder. Akad. Wetens., afd. Natuurk. 2d ser.] 49: no. 3, 166 p., ill. (*). Fukaya and others. (See Anat- omy.) Huard and Corbe. (See Anatomy.) Ito, T. (See Anatomy.) Kimball, C. P. A proposed revision of the check-list of Florida Lepidoptera. [64] 36: 103-07. Kohler, P. Nuevas especies de Heterocera. [133] 16: 15-24, ill. Matsumoto and others. (See Anatomy.) Peters, W. A Ixv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 23 provisional check-list of the butterflies of the Ethiopian region. 201 p. Feltham, Eng., E. W. Classey, 1952. Schneiderman and Wilson. (See Anatomy.) Uchida and Masaki. (See Anatomy.) Vago, C. Septicemie a spiro- chetes chez les "Vers Courts" de Bombyx mori et son role dans 1'etiologie de cette maladie. | Hull. Soc. Zool. France] 75: 201-06, 1950. Vazquez, G. L. Observaciones sobre Papilios de Mexico, con descripciones de algunas formas nuevas ; una especie nueva para Mexico y localidades nuevas de algunos otros. III. [88] 24: 171-75, ill. Wigglesworth, V. B. (See Anatomy.) DIPTERA Alexander, C. P. Undescribed species of nematocerous Diptera. Pt. III. [36] 48 : 97-103. d'Assis- Fonseca, E. C. M. (See General.) Berg, P. W. (See Anatomy.) Blakeslee, T. E. & G. S. Payne. Aedes (O) sollicitans (Walker) and Culiseta (C) morsitans (Theo- bald ) in Kentucky. (Culicidae.) [92] 13: 210. Chaudon- neret, J. -Reflexions sur les premandibules des larves de culicides. [Hull. Soc. Zool. France] 76: 399-404. ill.. 1951. De Biagi, A. M. de B. Observaciones ecologicas sobre mos- quitos de "El Ajenjibre." Pue.. Mexico. [88] 24: 177-204. Dethier, V. G. (See Anatomy.) Dobzhansky, T. (S*e Anatomy.) Grenier, P. Simuliidae de France et d'Afrique du Nord (Systematique, biologique. importance medicale). [Ency. Ent.j 29: 1-170, ill. Harnisch, O. Beobachtungen uber die schlangelbewegungen der larven von Chironomus plumosus und thummi. [159] 151 : 52-59. Hubert, A. A. Observations on the continuous rearing of Culiseta inci- dens (Thomson). (Culicid.) [92] 13 : 207-08. Huckett, H. C. A new species of the anthomyiid genus Hylemya Rob.- Desv. from Oregon, reared from fir cones (Muscidae). |.V,| 48: 107-10, 'ill. Knight, K. L. & W. B. Hull. The Aedes mosquitoes of the Philippine Islands. III. Subgenera Aedimorphus. Banksiells, Aedes and Cancraedes. [110| 7: 453-81.111. Lai, R. (See Anatomy.) Ramakrishnan, N. R. & G. K. Rathnaswamy. Some notes on sand-flies : a tech- nique for mounting specimens for examination : honey-water as sand-fly feed in cages. ( Psychodidae.) [Indian J. Ent.] 15: 79-85. Reinhard, H. J. New species of Tachinidae from Mexico. [36] 48: 89-96. Stone, A. The halteres of Anopheles walked Theobald. (Culicidae.) [92] 13: 209- 10. Stuckenberg, B. An ephydrid preying on Psychoda alternata Say. [60] 89: 230. "Travis, B. V. Laboratory studies on the hatching of marsh-mosquito eggs. [92] 13: 24 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Jan., 1954 190-98. Vaillant, F. Un empidide destructeur de simulies. [Bull. Soc. Zool. France] 76: 371-79, ill., 1951. -Notes biologiques stir quelques Tachytrechtis d'Afriqtie (Dolicho- podidae). [Bull. Soc. Zool. France] 76: 379-83, ill., 1951. -Les premiers stades de Dolichopus griseipennis Stann. [Bull. Soc. Zool. France] 75: 80-4, ill.. 1950. Weems, H. V. Jr. Notes on collecting syrphid flies. [64] 36: 91-8 COLEOPTERA Barattini, L. P. & A. C. Saenz.- Nuevos aportes para el conocimiento del desarrollo del Phanaeus milon (Blanch.) (Scarab.) [133] 16: 25-30, ill. Bertrand, H. Observations biologiques stir les larvae des hydrophilides. [Bull. Soc. Zool. France] 75: 96-103, ill., 1950. Bosq, J. M. 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ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS FEBRUARY 1954 Vol. LXV No. 2 CONTENTS Belkin Larval chaetotaxy of Melanoconium 29 Foote Nomenclature of larval hairs 32 Cook Technique for ectoparasites 35 Knull Frigartus and Erythroneura 37 Crabill Concerning Strigamia 40 Current Entomological Literature 46 Review Larval forms of Coleoptera 55 PUBLISHED MONTHLY, EXCEPT AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER, BY THE AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY PRINCE AND LEMON STS., LANCASTER, PA. AND 1900 RACE STREET, PHILADELPHIA 3, PA. Subscription, per yearly volume of ten numbers: $5.00 domestic; $5.30 foreign; $5.15 Canada. Entered as second-class matter April 19, 1943, at the post office at Lancaster, Pa., under the Act of March 3, 1879. Acceptance for mailing at the special rate of postage provided for in para- graphs (d-2). Section 34.40, P. L. & R. of 1948. authorized April 19, 1943. DIV. IBS. u.s. HAIL.. MIS. 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LXV FEBRUARY, 1954 No. 2 Remarks on the Larval Chaetotaxy of the Subgenus Melanoconion (Diptera: Culicidae) BY JOHN N. BELKIN, University of California at Los Angeles The study of the chaetotaxy of culicine mosquito larvae has not attracted many workers in the past, despite the fact that numerous investigators have utilized from time to time some of the elements of the chaetotaxy other than that of the head and distal abdominal segments for the diagnosis of species. The recent contribution (Foote, 1952) on the complete chaetotaxy of the subgenus Melanoconion of Cnlc.v is a welcome addition to the information now being gathered in this field. It is un- fortunate that Foote disregarded the earlier work (Belkin, 1951) in which an attempt was made to review the chaetotaxy of mos- quito larvae, both anophelines and culicines, and to provide criteria for establishing homologies, and where the complete chaetotaxy of a culicine mosquito was figured. As a result a number of misinterpretations were made in the case of those hairs which do not always occur in a regular numerical se- quence, although some changes in nomenclature introduced in Foote's paper were identical with those proposed by Belkin. Further work on the larval chaetotaxy and its homology with the chaetotaxy of the pupa (Belkin, 1952, 1953 ) has shown that the criteria for homologies and the interpretations proposed by me are generally consistent. Therefore, I wish to point out at this time some of the discrepancies in the interpretations of the chaetotaxy as well as some errors in observations made by Foote. My observations were made largely on Culcx (Melano- conion) crraticus (Dyar and Knaln, 1905 from Wilson Dam, Alabama. (29) 30 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Feb., 1954 It is stated by Foote that hair 2 is absent on the head capsule of the subgenus Mclanoconion. My material shows a small tubercle with a minute bristle at the level and caudad of hair 1, in a position somewhat mesad of the homologous but better de- veloped hair 2 in Citlcx quinquejasciatiis Say, 1823, in which hair 3 is also present. The thoracic chaetotaxy has not been studied comparatively in the culicines and all the present interpretations show glaring discrepancies between segments and with the abdomen, so that no comment can be made at present. On the abdomen, sev- eral discrepancies must be pointed out. Despite a statement to the contrary, hair is present in the subgenus on segments II through VIII, as it is apparently in the larvae as well as pupae of all mosquitoes. In the species examined by me it is about one-fifth the length of the pilosity and is located in the usual position. It is figured and labelled by Foote as hair 1 on Segment VIII ; on this segment it is considerably larger and more conspicuous. Hair 14 was also missed on segments III to VII and was labelled 13 (cephalic) on segment VIII, on which it is also more conspicuous. It is slightly smaller than hair on the corresponding segments and is found in the normal anterior intersegmental position. On the venter of the abdo- men, I question the interpretation of hair 13 on segments III through V. It is much more likely that the hair labelled 13 is actually 11, hair 12 is hair 13 and hair 11 is hair 12. The few pupal hairs of this group that I have seen in situ in the fourth instar larva support my interpretation; furthermore hair 13 is almost always well developed. It appears unlikely that Foote's interpretation of hairs 11 and 12 on segment I is correct for in many culicines, perhaps all, hair 11 on this seg- ment is absent in the older instars although it is usually present in the first instar, and hair 13 is always present. One would expect therefore the two hairs to be 12 and 13 on this segment. On segments VII and VIII the interpretations are confused. It appears that some of my interpretations were followed, despite a statement to the contrary, on segment VII as well as else- where, while on segment VIII reliance was placed directly on Ixv] KXTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 31 the interpretations of Root (1924), Martini (1929) and Hurlbut (1938). On segment VII, except for failure to identify hairs and 14, the interpretation appears to be correct. On my figures of this segment (Belkin, 1951, fig. 6 and 7) hairs 11 and 12 are labelled incorrectly and the terminology should be reversed. On segment VIII none of Foote's interpretations are in agreement with the preceding segment and all appear in- correct. The first pentad (7) in many sabethines has the same position, as well as degree of development, as hair I of abdomen VII and it can be interpreted as the same hair in anophelines, particularly if the first instar larva is examined (Belkin, 1953). The second pentad (6) is probably hair 5, for it is retained in the pupa and in that stage Knight and Chamberlain (1948) have homologized it with the corresponding hair on the other segments. The third pentad (9) is almost without doubt hair 7 ; the evidence from the pupal chaetotaxy is quite clear and again in the first instar anopheline larva its position is quite similar to that of the corresponding hair on segment VII. The fourth pentad (11) is in all probability hair 10 as shown by the first instar larva. Finally, the fifth pentad (caudal 13) cannot be hair 13 since it is present in the first instar larva and hair 13 is missing in this stage; it is most probably hair 12 (Belkin, 1953). Since all these homologies are not completely clear, it would be preferable to use the arbitrary terminology, such as proposed by me, particularly since it appears that the first and second pentads are reversed in the culicines as com- pared to the anophelines. The remaining two hairs on this segment are 0(1) and 14 (cephalic 13). REFERENCES BELKIN, J. N. 1951. A revised nomenclature for the chaetotaxy of the mosquito larva (Diptera, Culicidae). Amer. Midi. Natl. 44: 678- 698. . 1952. The homology of the chaetotaxy of immature mosquitoes and a revised nomenclature for the chaetotaxy of the pupa (Diptera. Culicidae). Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. 54: 115-130. . 1953. Corrected interpretations of some elements of the abdomi- nal chaetotaxy of the mosquito larva and pupa (Diptera, Culicidae). Ent. Soc. Wash., Proc. /;; Press. 32 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Feb., 1954 FOOTE, R. H. 1952. The larval morphology and chaetotaxy of the Culcx subgenus Melanoeonion (Diptera, Culicidae). Ent. Soc. Amer., Ann. 45 : 445-472. HURLBUT, H. S. 1938. A study of the larval chaetotaxy of Anopheles ivalkcri Theobald. Amer. J. Hyg. 28: 149-173. KNIGHT, K. L., and R. W. CHAMBERLAIN. 1948. A new nomenclature for the chaetotaxy of the mosquito pupa, based on a comparative study of the genera (Diptera, Culicidae). Helminth. Soc. Wash., Proc. 15: 1-10. MARTINI, E. 1923. Uber Einige fur das System bedeutungsvolle Merkmale der Steckmucken. Zool. Jahrb. Abt. f. System. 46: 517- 590. ROOT, F. M. 1924. The larval pilotaxy of Anopheles quadrimaciilatus and Anopheles pnnctipcnnis. Amer. J. Hyg. 15: 777-784. Some Observations on Stability and Uniformity in the Nomenclature of Larval Hairs (Diptera: Culicidae) By RICHARD H. FOOTE, Bureau of Entomology and Plant Quarantine, United States Department of Agriculture One of the most serious problems confronting taxonomists today is the attainment of stability and uniformity in nomen- clature. This ideal is slowly and gradually on its way toward realization, but only through a severe process of evolution in- volving the mutation of ideas and their selection and survival in the population of biologists concerned with the naming of animals. The attainment of the ideal of stability and uniform- ity in the nomenclature of the various parts of animals is just as desirable, but this must experience a similar process in which the same difficulties are inherent those of the union of mind and of opinion. This evolutionary trend has been carried a long way by those biologists who have studied, for instance, the serial homologies of the appendages of a crayfish. Though still not attaining universal acceptance of a single idea, they have agreed upon a more or less universal way of teaching and speaking about their Ixv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 33 subject. On the other hand, those of us who have been study- ing the so-called "homologies" of mosquito larval and pupal hairs stand at the threshold of a long and, to some, very dis- couraging weeding process before general acceptance will ever be attained. It is not the purpose of this contribution to discuss hair by hair the relative merits of the system of chaetotactic nomen- clature proposed by Belkin (1950, 1952, 1953 )/ nor is it nec- essarily a defense of a somewhat similar system devised by Foote (1952) for the Culc.v subgenus Melanoconion. Rather, I should like to discuss several possible pitfalls, the awareness of which should help to guide us more soundly in our choice of any such system for what we commonly term "permanent" use. We should be particularly careful in our use of the word "homology," in my opinion rather unfortunately employed in the various papers by Belkin and other authors, as well as in one by myself (1952). One of the most commonly employed criteria in the determination of the true homology of two or more structures is the similarity in their embryological and post-embryological development. Our progress in this direc- tion in the study of the larval and pupal hairs of mosquitoes has not yet attained a level where the accumulated volume of ob- servations allows us to employ any such criterion fairly. For instance, the study of first larval instars of a majority of supra- specific groups must certainly be a prerequisite for such a pro- gram. Furthermore, attempts to homologize larval with pupal hairs, as exemplified by the work of Baisas and Pagayon (1949), 2 Belkin (1952) and others, although consisting of care- fully considered- observations, really lack, basic research in re- vealing the true physical and morphogenetic relationships in- volved. These authors have compared the relative positions and degree of development of larval and pupal hairs simply by 1 For most references see paper by J. N. Belkin in this issue of ENT. NEWS. 2 BAISAS, F. E., and A. U. PAGAYON. 1949. Notes on Philippine mosquitoes. XV. The chaetotaxy of the pupae and larvae of Trip- teroides. Philippine Jour. Sci. 78: 42-72. 34 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Feb., 1954 observing the latter through the more or less transparent cuticle of the well-developed fourth larval instar. Even though this method of attack represents a distinct step forward, it is at best only suggestive, and the number of interpretations of the data thus gathered can be, and often is, as great as the number of observers. In my study of pupal chaetotaxy in two subgenera of Culex (Foote, 1953), 3 the past and current lack of uniformity in the nomenclature of hairs is reflected in a table in which 13 different systems are compared. All of these systems have been proposed since 1920. I have shown (unpublished data) that it is possible to im- mobilize mosquito larvae and alter the character of the pupal hairs developing under the larval integument by cauteriz- ing the hair-forming areas of the larval cuticle. By using pupal hairs as markers in this way, workers may well evolve data that lie beyond the bounds of dispute. Experiments such as this will place our discussions on a basis that is more than pure speculation, and only then will we begin to resolve the more serious differences of opinion among us. Those who have used the appendages of the crab and crayfish for their studies of serial homology point to the previous ex- istence of a common ancestor which possessed a long series of very similar biramous appendages. It is believed that these ap- pendages have changed in structure through mutation and selec- tion until relatively large differences in structure from segment to segment Ir.ive resulted. Again we see that our choice of the word "homology" may not be an apt one, since I believe \\e have not gone far enough back along the line of descent. In tin- end we may find an answer to this problem of hair nomen- clature in an organism distantly removed from the group rath T than in a member of the group itself. Without doubt, Dr. Belkin has been aware of these and many other pitfalls. His work shows evidence of a careful appraisal of the available information, and doubtlessly he is correct in numbering many of the hairs. The volume of information that 3 FOOTE, R. H. 1953. The pupal morphology and chaetotaxy of the Culex Subgenera Melanoconion and Mochlostyrax. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 55: 89-100. Ixv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 35 he has brought to bear on this problem is much greater than I was able to assemble during the short period of my study of Melanoconion. That study was a victim of bad timing in a way, since thesis deadlines were inflexible, and by the time Dr. Belkin's nomenclature was available for use the system that I had devised had already been applied to most of the larval de- scriptions involved in the taxonomic work. It was designed primarily for use as an urgently needed tool which could be used for these descriptions. I sincerely regret the implications of universality which I may have written into this paper; yet as a tool it served a very useful purpose to name the hairs of a restricted group of insects. However, it is my sincere hope that, as this nomenclature evolves, workers will devote more time to basic research and experimentation such as has been briefly indicated above. Facts, rather than intuition, should become the basis for our speculation. A Modification of Hopkins' Technique for Collect- ing Ectoparasites from Mammalian Skins a By EDWIN F. COOK In the course of a study on the populations of Anoplura on wild mice Hopkins' (1949)- technique of dissolving the hair of the mammalian host skins in caustic potash has been employed. By this means one can readily recover the total louse population of an individual skin. Other procedures that have been em- ployed in the past brushing, searching and the use of deter- gents were considered but discarded ; the first two procedures because too many parasites are overlooked and the latter be- cause it is too time-consuming in addition to being unlikely to yield the total population of parasites. A comparison of the searching and brushing technique with the caustic potash 1 Paper No. 2981, Scientific Journal Series, Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station. St. Paul 1, Minn. -HOPKINS, G. H. F. 1949. Host associations of the lice of mammals. Proc. Zoo. Soc. London 119: pp. 396-397. 36 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Feb., 1954 method was made by first removing those parasites that could be seen upon a careful examination and then carefully brushing the specimen to remove any additional parasites. Following both of these treatments the skins were dissolved in caustic potash, and in all instances many additional parasites were recovered. Hopkins' procedure involves initially soaking the skin of the mammalian host in cold S% KOH for 15 minutes, after which the hair is scraped from the skin and the skin discarded. This particular step is rather tedious and some parasite specimens are likely to be lost by adhering to the skin. With over 400 dried skins to examine in the investigation noted above, the amount of time spent in scraping the hair from the skin be- came excessive. The following modification was then adopted with excellent results. Further, this procedure eliminates one of the possible sources of error in sampling the population of the ectoparasites. It should be noted, of course, that these results were obtained with the dried skins of small rodents : Clothrionomys, Microtits and Peromyscus. Whether or not it would be effective with larger animals is uncertain. Dried skins are cut into small pieces (1 to 2 inches square) and placed in a 125 ml. Erlenmeyer flask with 50 ml. of 3% trypsin (4 X U. S. P. pancreatin) buffered to a pH 8.3 with .2 molar Na 2 HPO 4 . This is placed in an oven at 37 C. for 36 to 48 hrs. Following this initial digesting period, 10 gm. KOH and 50 ml. H 2 O are added, and the resulting mixture is boiled for several minutes or until all of the hair and the skin have dissolved. This liquid is then strained through an 80 mesh bronze screen (folded to a conical form). The small amount of debris remaining on the sieve is washed gently with tap water and the screen inverted into a petri dish. The speci- mens are washed off the screen into the dish by a small stream of water from a washing bottle or the tap. Any parasite speci- mens still adhering to the screen are found by examination of the screen under a dissecting microscope. The specimens, now in the dish with very little debris, can be readily discerned at 15 X with a dissecting microscope. First instar nymphs of Ixv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 37 the Anoplura as well as all larger instars are retained com- pletely by the screen. Mites are also recovered by this process ; even the Listrophoridae although these are so small that some do pass through the 80 mesh screen. With this modification 20 or 30 skins can be brought through their initial digesting with much less time and effort than that involved in skin scrap- ing, and no lice are lost in the process. The parasite specimens are largely cleared by this process, and aside from some manipulation to remove the dissolved body contents, they are ready for staining and mounting in appro- priate media. Lice and mites prepared in this fashion are un- damaged and make excellent mounts. The latter is not the case where prolonged boiling of the skins in caustic potash has been attempted nor where heat and pressure have been used to digest the skins. A Frigartus from California and an Erythroneura from South Dakota (Homoptera: Cicadellidae) By DOROTHY J. KNULL, Department of Zoology and Entomology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio Frigartus obesus n. sp. Figures 2, 3, 5, 6. Resembling Frigartus frigidus (Ball)* but longer, less robust, and with smaller median spots on vertex and dark basal angles of scutellum. Robust, cream-colored, marked with black and brown. Head broadly rounded to front, margins almost parallel, a large round spot between ocellus and eye on anterior margin, another comma-shaped, smaller spot either side on apex, small irregular spots and lines along base, eyes dark. Pronotum pale an- teriorly, with sparse transverse lines on posterior two-thirds ; scutellum pale with a black triangle in each basal angle, and *BALL, E. D., Ent. News 10: 172, 1899. 38 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Feb., 1954 small triangular spot either side below median transverse im- pressed line. Elytral veins broadly pale, cells embrowned, apical cells darker. Below, face pale with seven short arcs either side, sutures and spot above antenna dark. <$. Valve short, blunt ; plates broader than valve at base, long, narrowing gradually on sides to sharp appressed tips, covering pygofer, twice as long as valve. Inner genitalia as illustrated. $. Last ventral segment longer than preceding, margin straight, slightly excavated on median two- thirds between pro- duced sides. Length : <$ 4.1 mm. ; $ 4.5 mm. Described from specimens collected in CALIFORNIA by D. J. & J. N. Knull. holotypc and 3 J 1 paratypcs, allotype and 1 5 paratypc, Chester, July 1, 1951 ; and 1 $ paratypc. Clear Lake, June 18, 1941. Types to be deposited in the Collection of The Ohio State University. Erythroneura (Erythridula) pura n. sp. Figures 1, 4. In form of inner <$ genitalia near E. (.) nitida Beamer,f but style with a longer, narrower posterior point. Small, ground color cream on vertex, pronotum and body, of elytra white ; color markings scarlet. Vertex with inverted V not touching eyes, narrower at apex ; continued across pronotum as broad, slightly diverging irregular vittae reach- ing both margins ; scutellum white, basal angles narrowly out- lined with orange except basally, and apex orange ; claval stripe broad in basal two-thirds, narrowly following suture in apical third to apex, corial vitta narrow, costal margin orange- tinged before plaque, apices slightly smoky. Inner J 1 genitalia as illustrated. Length : $ 2.6 mm. ; 5 2.7 mm. A large series, J 1 holotypc, allotype and paratypcs of both sexes collected in SOUTH DAKOTA by Dr. H. C. Severin at Spearfish, Sept. 10, 1948. Other paratypes from Badlands, Wall, July 26, 1948 ; Elk Point, Sept. 14, 1948 ; Ft. Pierre, June fBEAMER, R. H., Journ. Kans. Ent. Soc. 8: 103, 1935. Ixv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 39 17, 1947 and Aug. 6, 1948; Hot Springs, Sept. 11, 1948; Lead, Sept. 11, 1948; Martin, Sept. 11, 1948; Springfield, Sept. 18, 1948. Holotype, allotype and paratypes in collection of writer, paratypes to be deposited in collections of Dr. Severin and The Ohio State University. FlGUKKS 1-6 1. Erythroneura (ILrythridula) pitra n. sp., lateral view of style. 2. l''rii/artus obcsits n. sp., head, pronotum, scutcllum. o. I-'rit/artns obcsus n. sp., ventral view of aedeagus. 4. Erythroneura (Erythridnla) pitra n. sp., lateral view of aedeagus. 5. Friyartits obcsus n. sp., lateral view of aedeagus. 6. Frif/artus obcsus n. sp. style. 40 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Feb., 1954 Concerning the True Identity of Strigamia fulva Sager and Strigamia bothriopa Wood (Chilo- poda : Geophilomorpha : Dignathodontidae) By RALPH E. CRABILL, Jr., Department of Entomology of Cornell University, Ithaca, New York In a way it is not surprising that fitlva has been confused with bothriopa for so many years considering the disorder that has always enveloped the genus and the nebulous beginning of fulva in 1856. In that year Sager published a very short paper wherein he described several millipedes and a single chilopod, Strigamia fulva, which he characterized very superficially even for his era. The next person to refer to fulva was H. C. Wood, who, in 1862, published a redescription of it and repeated that diagnosis in 1865. Although Wood's characterization leaves much to the imagination, he at least noted the number of legs and the distinctive prehensorial basal tooth and, like Sagar, as- signed it to Gray's Strigamia. There can be little doubt that he had examined the typical series in Philadelphia. In 1862 Wood also described another new species, Strigamia bothriopa from Philadelphia, a form which he obviously considered suf- ficiently distinct from Sager's fulva to justify his according it specific rank. He noted that it was "bright red" and robust, whereas fulva was yellowish-orange and "a graceful little animal." In 1886 Meinert, working at the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University, hesitatingly regarded the two forms as conspecific, but, surprisingly enough, his solution was to recognize bothriopa as valid and to place fulva in that species' synonymy, at the same time transferring both to Scolioplanes of which he was co-author. His action probably influenced Bollman for, when the latter's notes were published posthu- mously in 1893, he had included bothriopa in the synonymy of fulva and had referred both to Koch's 1847 genus Linotaenia. It is likely that the action taken by these two workers has in- fluenced all subsequnt investigators down to the present time. In 1896 O. F. Cook declared that he was unable to separate Ixv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 41 Meinert's robitsta from Sager's julva, but it is clear that he considered bothriopa l conspecific with julva. In the same ar- ticle he suggested that considerable intraspecific variability must be taken into account; undoubtedly he attributed the larger size, pronounced robustness, crimson color, and so on of robusta [= bothriopa] to be the normal variation one might expect in the two forms that he considered referable to julva. In 1912 Chamberlin again synonymized Wood's species with julva. He discussed and figured what he took to be the true julva, but from the information presented in the article I believe that he was actually dealing with specimens of bothriopa. The plethora of references to julva, with its supposed synonym, bothriopa, in the writings of both American and continental authors since Bollman's time, together with the apparent rarity of the true julva and its subtle but unquestionable morphologi- cal lack of conformity with those forms properly referable to bothriopa have perpetuated the erroneous Meinert-Bollman synonymical precedent. It is possible to show, however, that the two forms are by no means conspecific. I have examined the typical series of julva, which, through the faithful care accorded it by the staff of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia for nearly a century, is still in excellent condition. These specimens were found to conform to the diagnosis presented here. The most striking characteristic of julva is the presence of more than the usual four preclypeal setae, a feature detected in none of the American or European congeners that I have examined. Strigamia fulva Sager Strigamia fulva Sager, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., VIII, p. 109, (1856). Scolioplanes bothriopus (Wood), Meinert, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc., XXIII, p. 222, (1886). Strigamia bothriopa Wood, Bollman, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XI, p. 341, (1888). Linotaenia julva (Sager), Bollman, Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus., XI, p. 341, (1888). lAmer. Natural., XXX, pp. 239-242 (1896). 42 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Feb., 1954 Tomotaenia julva (Wood), Cook, Amer. Natural, XXIX, p. 866, (1895). Linotaenia bothriopa (Wood), Chamberlin, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harv., LIV, p. 409, (1912). Linotaenia robusta (Meinert), Chamberlin, Bull. Mus. Comp. Zool. Harv., LIV, p. 409, (1912). Scolio planes julvus (Sager), Attems, Tierreich, LII, p. 228, (1929). Scolioplanes bothriopus (Wood), Attems, Tierreich, LII, p. 228, (1929). This species may be readily distinguished from all other east- ern North American forms by its possession of a laterally divided ultimate pedal pretergite and by the preclypeal setae which always number more than the customary four. Specific Diagnosis. Length: to 40 mm., most specimens averaging 30-35 mm. Color: fulvous in life and in alcohol, in- frequently with a faint pinkish tinge anteriorly and posteriorly, never uniformly pinkish nor crimson. Pilosity: relatively densely pilose, reflecting the habitus characteristic, apparently, of most American, Asiatic and only a few European forms. Antennae: ultimate article distinctly longer than the penulti- mate. Preclypeal setae: 14-16 in number, approximately equi- distant and regularly disposed along the anterior margin of the clypeus, (fig. 9). Labnim: midpiece weakly sclerotized, the pale teeth detected with difficulty, (fig. 4), the whole contrast- ing noticeably with the strongly sclerotized and deeply pig- mented epipharynx. First maxillae: telopodite lappets com- pletely lacking. 2 Prehensorial segment: prosternum broad and short, uniformly or almost uniformly fulvous ; ungula rather short, weakly curved, basal tooth thumb-shaped or conical, not subquadrate, (fig. 2) ; poison calyx 3 strictly cordiform, typi- cally slightly longer than wide, (fig. 5). Ultimate pedal seg- ment: with distinct lateral sutures, each separating the pretergite - Strigamia chionophila Wood, a widespread American form, is dis- tinctive in possessing two definite pairs of lappets which often escape de- tection unless they are suitably stained. 3 The poison calyx is the expanded sclerotized proximal terminus of the poison canal ; the entire apparatus is readily seen in macerated specimens. Ixv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 43 from its pleurites, (fig. 10) ; coxopleural pores numbering some 8-12, the majority large. Pedal segments: 4753. Distribution. From the foregoing discussion it must be clear that many of the records attributed to fnlra probably were based upon specimens of bothriopa, which is by far the commoner of the two species. The following records, therefore, are only those for which I can personally vouch : CONNECTICUT : Mt. Higby Reservoir, Hartford county! NEW YORK: Ithaca! (many specimens); Watkins Glen! Elmira ! Taughannock Falls State Park ! The typical locality is unknown ; possibly it is in the state of Pennsylvania. Wood, who was familiar with the types, reported the species from Pennsylvania and Illinois, but this information should not be considered absolutely trustworthy. Strigamia bothriopa Wood Strigamia bothriopa Wood, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila. (n.s.) V, p. 46, (1862). [western Pennsylvania]. Strigamia flava Sayer [sic], Meinert, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc., XXIII, p. 222, (1886). [lapsus calami for S. julva ^ Sager]. Scolioplanes bothriopits (Wood), Meinert, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc., XXIII, p. 222, (1886). ? Scolioplanes robustus Meinert, Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc., XXIII, p. 224, (1886). Linotacnia bothriopa (Wood), Bollman, Ent. Amer., IV, p. 4, (1888). ? Lmotaenia robusta (Meinert), Bollman, Ent. Amer., IV, p. 4, (1888). Tomotaenia bothriopa (Wood), Cook, Amer. Natural., XXIX, p. 866, (1895). Unlike (it Ira. bothriopa has but four preclypeal setae and a non-suturate ultimate pedal pretergite : in addition bothriopa is sordid red in life and brilliant crimson in alcohol, whereas jnlra is usually yellowish-orange or at most faintly pinkish anteriorly and posteriorly. The southern bidens Wood pos- sesses 65-81 pairs of legs and so contrasts conveniently with bothriopa which bears fewer pairs of legs. The color of the prosternum and the shape of both the prehensorial basal tooth and of the poison calyx are also notably different in the two species. Like that of bothriopa the ultimate pedal pretergite of 44 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Feb., 1954 bidens is undivided laterally as are those of the European spe- cies acuminata (Leach) and crassipes (C. L. Koch) to which bothriopa bears a superficial resemblance. However, bothriopa lacks the conspicuous elongate sternital sulci of crassipes (best seen in cleared material), and it also differs from the evidently closely allied acuminata in a number of subtle characters. The ultimate antennal article of bothriopa is markedly broader and longer than the penultimate one, but the two are of about the same breadth and length in the Leach forms that I have ex- amined. The number of pairs of legs is higher in bothriopa (47-53) than in acuminata (33^7). The legs and sternites of bothriopa, like those of the Asiatic hirsutipes (Attems), are relatively densely clothed with long setae, whereas those of acuminata are sparsely, shortly setose. Very distinctive is the difference in labral midpieces. That of the American form is relatively weakly sclerotized ; its fimbriae appear very pale and are almost invisible unless stained with mercurochrome or acid- fuchsin. The labral midpiece of acuminata, (fig. 1), on the other hand, is well sclerotized and distinctly pigmented ; its fimbriae are relatively strong and rather short. Specific Diagnosis. Length: to 60 mm., averaging 40-50 mm. Color: in life sordid red, changing rapidly to brilliant crimson in alcohol, thereafter becoming sordid reddish-brown. Pilosity: relatively densely setose, especially the legs and ster- nites. Antennae: ultimate article much broader and consider- ably longer than the penultimate. Preclypeal setae: always four in number, medially situated, (fig. 7). Labrum: rela- EXPLANATION OF FIGURES 1. Strigamia acuminata (Leach). Labrum. A. clypeal consolidated area, B. midpiece, C. side-piece, D. epipharynx. 2. 5. julva Sager. Right prehensorial basal tooth. 3. S. bothriopa Wood. Right pre- hensorial basal tooth. 4. 6\ julva Sager. Labrum. 5. 5". julva Sager. Prehensorial poison calyx. 6. S. bothriopa Wood. Prehensorial poison calyx. 7. S. fulva Sager. Anterior margin of clypeus showing the four preclypeal setae. 8. S. bothriopa Wood. Ultimate pedal and post-pedal segments of a female (dorsal). 9. S. bothriopa Wood. Anterior margin of clypeus showing the numerous preclypeal setae. 10. S. fulva Sager. Ultimate pedal and post-pedal segments of a male. A. pleurite separated from pretergite (dorsal). Ixv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 45 FIGS. 1-10. 46 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Feb., 1954 lively weakly sclerotized, thus differing markedly from those of acuminata and crassipcs. First maxillae: telopodite lappets absent or at most represented by barely perceptible and weakly pilose swellings. Prehensorial segment: prosternum very broad and short, reddish except for an elliptical anterio-medial white area which may at times be weakly bilobed posteriorly ; ungula rather weakly curved, relatively short, evenly attenuate, basal tooth subquadrate, blunt and broad, (fig. 3) ; poison calyx very long and thin, its upper fifth abruptly expanded, (fig. 6). Ultimate pedal segment: pretergite without lateral sutures, fused completely with its pleurites, (fig. 8) ; coxopleural pores numbering some 2CM-0, all small. Pedal segments: 47-53. Distribution. Because this species has long been confused with julva I have cited only those distributional records that I con- sider reliable. MASSACHUSETTS. NEW YORK : West Danby ! Ithaca ! Robert Treman State Park ! Taughannock Falls State Park ! Slatersville ! Lloyd-Cornell Reserve ! Lisle Center ! Ring- wood Wild Flower Preserve! Steuben county! PENNSYL- VANIA: "western Pennsylvania." VIRGINIA: Clifton Forge! Yorktown ! Charlottesville ! Griffith ! Riceville ! Lowmoor ! Mt. Rogers, Grayson county ! Jordan Mines ! KENTUCKY : Louis- ville ! INDIANA : Upland ! Bloomington ; Boswell : LaFayette ; Westfield ; Greencastle ; Salem ; Brookville ; New Providence ; Wyandotte. Current Entomological Literature Compiled by VENIA T. PHILLIPS, Librarian Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Under the above head it is intended to note papers received at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania pertaining to entomology, including all arthropods except Crustacea. Coverage will be world-wide as regards major contributions to systematics as well as for all papers on morphology, physiology, em- bryology, etc. In addition, for species from the Americas and the Pacific (Nearctic, Neotropical and Polynesian regions) all minor contributions to taxonomy, distribution, etc., will also be recorded. This list gives references of the year 1953 unless otherwise noted. Continued papers, with few exceptions, are recorded only at their first installment. For other records of general literature and for economic literature, see the Bibliog- raphy of Agriculture, Washington, and the Review of Applied Entomology, Series A, London. For records of papers on medical entomology see Review of Applied Entomology, Series B. NOTE: The figures within brackets [ ] refer to the journal in which the paper ap- peared, as numbered in the List of periodicals and serials published in our January and June issues. The number of the volume, and in some cases, the part, heft, &c. is followed by a colon (:). References to papers containing new forms or names not so stated in titles are followed by (*); if containing keys are followed by (k); papers pertaining ex- clusively to Neotropical species, and not so indicated in the title, have the symbol (S). Papers published in ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS are not listed. Ixv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 47 GENERAL Argentina. Minis. Ejercito de la Nacion. Dir. General de Sanidad. Primeras jornadas entomoepi- demiologicas nacionales. [133] 16: 48. Hickin, N. E. An aquatic larva, suitable for laboratory work. [98] 172: 874. BIOGRAPHIES, OBITUARIES Attems, Carl, 1868- 1952. Obituary with biobibliography by E. Dartevelle. [Annales Mus. Roy. Congo Beige, Tervuren. Sci. zool., ser. in 8] 18: vii-xii. (1952.) 1953. Boerner, Carl, 1880-1953. -Obituary by W. Roepke. [57] 14: 381-82. Moral Romero, Jose Dario, 1885-1941. Biography by R. Levi- Castillo. [Rev. Ecuator. Ent. y Parasit.] 1 : 7-9, port. ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, MEDICAL Barber, S. B. Action potential activity of Limulus chemoreceptor nerve fibers. [16] 117: 587. (Abstract.) Bodenstein, D. Studies on the humoral mechanisms in growth and meta- morphosis of the cockroach Periplaneta americana. III. Humoral effects on metabolism. [78] 124:105-16. Bodine, J. H. & C. Norman. A quantitative study of the distribu- tion of sulphydryl groups during development. [16] 117: 519. (Abstract.) Boistel, J. & E. Coraboef. L'activite electrique dans 1'antenne isolee de lepidoptere au cours de 1'etude de 1'olfaction. [Compt. rend. Soc. Biol. Paris] 147: 1172-75. ill. Brown, F. K., E. W. Hartung & D. M. Levine The nature of so-called "melanotic tumors" in several strains of Drosophila melanogaster. [16] 117: 527. (Ab- stract.) Browning, T. O. The influence of temperature and moisture on the uptake and loss of water in the eggs of Gryllus commodus (Orthop., Gryllidae). [77] 30: 104-15. Buck, J., M. Keister & H. Specht. Discontinuous respira- tion in diapausing Agapema pupae. [16] 117: 541. (Ab- stract.) Bucklin, D. H. Termination of diapause in grass- hoppers cultured in vitro. [16] 117: 539. (Abstract.) Patterns of development in the compound eye of the grass- hopper embryo. Ibid. 573. (Abstract.) Canning, E. U. A new microsporidian. Xosema locustae n. sp., from the fat body of the African migratory locust, Locusta migratoria migratorioides R. & F. [112] '43: 287-90, ill. Clark, A. M. The mutagenic activity of dyes in Drosophila melano- gaster. [15] 87: 295-305, ill. Ellis, P. E. The gregarious behavior of marching Locusta migratoria migratorioides R. & F. hoppers. [77] 30: 214-34. Ewer, D. W. & S. H. Ripley On certain properties of the flight muscles of Orthoptera. [77] 30: 170-77. Fox, H. M. & J. Sidney- The influence of dissolved oxygen on the respiratory move- 48 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Feb., 1954 ments of caddis larvae. [77] 30: 235-37. Frobrich, G. Darstellung von konzentraten des tribolium-image-faktors (T I F) und seine vermutliche chemische natur. [100] 40: 344. Gese, E. C. Embryogeny of the Japanese beetle, Popillia japonica Newman, and a correlation of morphologi- cal events with known physiological changes. [16] 117: 572. (Abstract.) Harnisch, O. Peroxidbestimmungen an larven von Chironomus thummi in aerobiose und anaero- biose. [100] 40: 345. Hartung, E. W. Certain plant growth stimulators as causative agents in the aggregation of tumorous masses in Drosophila melanogaster. [16] 117: 626. (Abstract.) & D. Herman. Culture age as a factor influencing tumorous aggregations in Drosophila melanogaster. Ibid. 627. (Abstract) Harvey, W. R. & C. M. Williams. Changes in the cyanide sensitivity of the heart-beat of the Cecropia silkworm during the course of metamorphosis. [16] 117: 544. (Abstract.) Hovanitz, W. Natural hybridization in Eurasiatic Colias hyale and C. croceus. [16] 117: 647. (Abstract.) Hoyle/G. Po- tassium ions and insect nerve muscle. [77] 30: 121-35. Johnson, B. Flight muscle autolysis and reproduction in aphids. [98] 172: 813. Kato, M. The metabolism of nia- cin in insects. [Science] 118: 654. Ketchel, M. M. & C. M. Williams. Isolation of the intracellular symbiont of the roach. [16] 117: 650. (Abstract.) Lefevre, G., Jr. & F. J. Ratty. A constructive genetic effect of X-rays in Drosophila melanogaster. [16] 117: 647. (Abstract.) Leston, D. Phloeidae Dallas : systematics and morphology, with remarks on the phylogeny of Pentatomoidea Leach and upon the position of Serbana Distant. [117] 13: 121- 40. Liidtke, H. & H. Hopp Ueber gewebschaden bei Pediculus vestimenti nach einwirkung chlorierter kohlen- wasserstoffe (DDT, HCC, Matacid). [100] 40: 346-47. McElroy, W. D. Biochemistry of firefly luminescence. [16] 117: 593-94. (Abstract.) ' Nabours,'R. K. & F. M. Stebbins Dimorphism of wing-pronotal lengths and tera- toses in biparental and partheno-propagation of the grouse locusts (Tetrigidae). [78] 124: 1-30. Niethammer, G.- Tiergeographie (Bericht iiber die Jahre 1943 1949). [Fortschritte der Zool.] 9: 368-421, 1952. Pappenheimer, A. M., Jr. & C. M. Williams The properties of cytochrome E in the Cecropia silkworm. [16] 117: 543. (Abstract.) Ramsay, J. A. Exchanges of sodium and potassium in mosquito larvae. [77] 30: 79-89. Salkeld, E. H. & C. Pot- ter. The effect of the age and stage of development of Ixv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 49 insect eggs on their resistance to insecticides. [40] 44: 527-80. Saxena, P. N. The digestive system of the firefly, Luciola gorhami Ritsema (Lampyridae). [155] 6: 125- 29, ill. Schneiderman, H. A. The discontinuous release of carbon dioxide by diapausing pupal insects. [16] 117: 540. (Abstract.) & C. M. Williams. Metabolic effects of local- ized injury to the integument of the Cecropia silkworm. [16] 117:640. (Abstract.) Seidel, F. Entwicklungsphysi- ologie der wirbellosen. [Fortschritte der Zool.] 9: 620^99, 1952. Shappirio, D. G. & C. M. Williams. Cytochrome E in individual tissues of the Cecropia silkworm. [16] 117: 542-43. (Abstract.) Sheppard, P. M. Polymorphism, link- age and the blood groups. [15] 87: 283-94. Discussion includes Orthoptera. Slifer, E. H. The pattern of special- ized heat-sensitive areas on the surface of the body of Acrididae. Pt. 2, The females. [9] 79: 69-97, ill. Telfer, W. H. Further studies on a sex-limited blood protein of saturnid silkworms. [16] 117: 541. (Abstract.) Van der Kloot, W. G. Aberrations in the spinning behavior of the Cecropia silkworm induced by surgical injuries to the brain. [16] 117: 539-40. (Abstract) Verron, H. Action de T- environnement et de la lumiere reflechie sur le comporte- ment de Blatella germanica. [Compt. rend. Soc. Biol, Paris] 147: 968-69. Waterman, T. H. Directional sensi- tivity of single ommatidia in the compound eye of Limulus. [16] 117: 566. (Abstract.) Weber, H. Morphologic, his- tologie und entwicklungsgeschichte der articulaten. Gleich- zeitig ein bericht iiber fortschritte in der methodik der articulatenmorphologie. [Fortschr. der Zool.] 9: 18-231, 1952. Weitz, B. The rate of digestion of blood meals of various haematophagous arthropods (insects) as determined by the precipitin test. [40] 44: 445-50. Wells, P. H. & T. J. Hamilton. Photoreversal of lethal and molt retarding effects of ultraviolet radiation on milkweed bug nvmphs. [16] 117: 644. (Abstract.) Wiersma, C. A. G. Neural transmission in invertebrates. [Physiol. Reviews] 33: 326- 55. Wilson, L. P., J. Lowry & I. Down. A comparison of a tumor strain of Drosophila melanogaster with the wild type: reproduction, development, metabolism. 1 16] 117: 526-27. (Abstract.) Wolff, B. & C. M. Williams Coen- zyme A in relation to pupal diapause and adult development in the Cecropia silkworm. [16] 117: 542. (Abstract.) Young, J. H. Embryology of the mouthparts of Anoplura. [90] 18: 85-133. ill. ' 50 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Feb., 1954 ARACHNIDA AND MYRIOPODA Abdussalam, M. & M. M. Sarwar. Trees as habitats of the fowl tick, Argas persicus (Oken). [40] 44: 419-20. Arthur, D. R. The host relationships of Ixodes hexagonus Leach in Britain. (Acarina.) [112] 43: 227-38. Ixodes theileri n. sp., with observations on species confused therewith. [112] 43: 239-45, ill. Atterns, C. Neue myriopoden des belgischen Congo. [Annales Mus. Roy. Congo Beige, Tervuren, ser. in 8. Sci. zool.] 18: 1-138, ill. 1953. (1952.) (*k). Barnes, R. D. Report on a collection of spiders from the coast of North Carolina. [13] 1632, 21 p.. ill. (*). Chickering, A. M. A new species of Hypognatha from Panama. [67] no. 23, 8 p., ill. Edney, J. M. & G. W. Kelley, Jr. Some studies on Galumna virginiensis and Moniezia expansa (Acarina, Oribatoidea ; Cestoda: Anoplocephalidae). [147] 28: 287-96. ill. Gertsch, W. J. The spider genera Xysti- cus, Coriarachne, and Oxyptila (Thomisidae, Misumeninae) in North America. [14] 102: 413-82, ill. (k). Hoffman, R. L. Studies on spiroboloid millipeds. I. The genus Eurhinocricus Brolemann. [31] 66: 179-83. Kinkel, H. -Die kopulation von Blaniulus guttulatus (Diplop.). 1 100] 40: 322. Murgatroyd, J. H. Webs of the labyrinth spider (Agelena labyrinthica Clk.). [60] 89: 248. Pratt, H. D. & J. E. Lane Laelaps oryzomydis, n. sp., with a key to some American species of Laelaps (Acarina: Laelapti- dae). [152] 43: 358-60, ill. Radford, C. D. Four new species of 'harvest mite" or "chigger" and a new fur-mite (Acarina: Trombiculidae and Listrophoridae). [112] 43: 210-14, ill. Roewer, C. F. Solifuga, Opiliones. Pedipalpi und Scorpiones (Arachnoidea.) [Explor. Pare. nat. Upemba. Miss, de Witte (1946-49)] no. 5, 36 p., ill., 1952 (*). SMALLER ORDERS Copeland, T. P. Tennessee rec- ords for Zoraptera. [147] 28: 314. Desneux, J. Les con- structions hypogees des Apicotermes termites de 1'Afrique tropicale ; etude descriptive et essai de phylogenie. [An- nales Mus. Roy. Congo Beige, Tervuren, ser. in 8, Sci. Zool.] 17: 1-98. ill. 1953. (1952.) Emerson, A. E. The African genus Apicotermes (Isoptera: Termitidae). [An- nales, Mus. Roy. Congo Beige, Tervuren, ser. in 8, Sci. Zool.] 7: 99-123, ill. 1953. (1952.) (*k). Fraser, F. C.- Methods of exophytic oviposition in Odonata. [60] 89: 252-54. Heerdt, P. F. van. The variability of the forceps in the male common earwig, Forficula auricularia L. (Dermapt.). [57] 14: 383-85, ill. Hickin, N. E. Trichop- tera. (See General.) Marlier, G. fitudes hydrobiolo- Ixv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 51 giques dans les rivieres du Congo oriental. Trichopteres, A, Sericostomatidae, B, Polycentropidae. [Annales. Mus. roy. Congo Beige, Tervuren, ser. in 8, Sci. Zool.] 21 : 1-67, ill. (1952.) 1953. (*). Novaes, F. C. A new species of Neu- manniella from the tataupa tinamou. (Analgesidae). [117] 13: 203-04. Paterson, H. E. & P. M. Thompson. A key to the Ethiopian species of the genus Polyplax (Anoplura), with descriptions of two new species. [112] 43: 199-204, ill. Schmidt, E. Ueber das "Schlusslicht" am abdo- menende von libellen. [ 100] 40: 335. Smit, F. G. A. M.- Transport of Mallophaga by fleas. [112] 43: 205-06, ill. Traub, R. Hollandipsylla neali. a new genus and new species of flea from North Borneo, with comments on eye- less fleas (Siphonaptera). [152] 43: 346-53, ill. Werneck, F. L. Contribuiqao ao conhecimento clos anapluros. IV. [117] 13: 53-64. Young, J. H. Anoplura. (See Anat- omy.) ORTHOPTERA Canning, E. U. (See Anatomy.) Costa Lima, A. da & I. da Costa Leite. Um novo grilo carvernicola (Gryllidae, Phalangopsinae). [1] 25: 167- 70. Ellis, P. E. (See Anatomy.) Judd, W. W. The European praying mantis, Mantis religiosa L., at London, Ontario. [Can. Field Nat.] 67: 182. Kevan, D. K. McE. A preliminary list of the Mantodea of Trinidad, B. \Y. I. [19] 12th ser. 6: 809-16. Le Berre, J.-R. Contribution a 1'etude biologique du criquet migrateur des landes (Locusta migratoria gallica Remaudiere). [39] 87 : 227-73. Nabours & Stebbins (See Anatomy.) Nutting, W. L. (See Dip- tera.) Rehn, J. A. G. Records and descriptions of Pyrgo- morphinae (Acrididae), with critical notes on certain genera. [9] 79: 99-150, ill. (*). Richards, O. W. The st"dv of the numbers of the red locust, Nomadacris septem- f.-isciata (Serville). [22] no. 15, 30 p. Sheppard, P. M.- i Sec Anatomy.) Slifer, E. H. (See Anatomy.) Verron, H. (See Anatomy.) HEMIPTERA Carvalho, J. C. M. Neotropical Miridae, LYIII. A new genus and new species from South Amer- ica. [117] 13: 33-40. Id. LIX : New species of Resthenia ." pinola and Mimoncopeltus Kirkaldy. Ibid. 77-86. Id. LX : New species of Hyaliodes Renter and Hyaliodomiris Carvalho. Ibid. 113-19 (k). Id. LXII : New' species of Auchus Distant, Florus Distant and Rhasis Distant. Ibid. 197-201 Neotropical Miridae, LXIII : Genus Knightonia Carvalho] Drake with description of a new species. [1] 25: 171-73, ill. Hottes, F. C. Descriptions of some 52 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS I Feb., 1954 undescribed forms of Aphidae. [31] 66: 199-202. De- scriptions of the sexual forms of some species of Amphoro- phora (Aphididae). [31] 66: 195-98. Johnson, B. (See Anatomy.) Kormilev, N. A. Revision de Micrelytrinae Stal de la Argentina, con descripcion de un genero y siete especies nuevos de Argentina, Brasil y Bolivia. (Coris- cidae.) [133] 16: 49-66, ill. Lambers,' D. H. R. Contri- butions to a monograph of the Aphididae of Europe. V. The genera Rhopalosiphoninus Baker, 1920; Eucarazzia del Guercio, 1921 ; Rhopalomyzus Mordv., 1921 ; Chaetosiphon Mordv., 1914; Cryptomyzus Oestl.. 1922; Pleotrichophorus Bonier, 1930; Capitophorus V. D. Goot, 1913. [Tem- minckia] 9: 1-176, ill. (*). Lent, H. Um novo hemiptero hematofago da Venezuela. (Reduv., Triatominae). [117] 13: 169-72. Leston, D. (See Anatomy.) Wells & Hamil- ton (See Anatomy.) LEPIDOPTERA Beebe, W. A contribution to the life history of the euchromid moth, Aethria carnicauda Butler. [154] '38: 155-60, ill. Bourquin, F. Notas sobre la meta- morfosis de Paratype univitta Hamps 1900 (Lithosiidae). [133] 16:35-6, ill. Brown, F. M. The papilios of Ecuador. [Rev. Ecuat. Ent. y Parasit.] 1 : 41-60, ill. (k). Diakonoff, A. Macrolepidoptera of New Guinea. Verh. Kon. Neder- lands Akad. van Wetenschappen. Afd. Natur. Ser. 2, v. 49 : 1-167, 1952. (Review by N. S. Obraztsov [85] 7: 128.) Fragoso, S. A. Sobre Bernathonomus. (Arctiidae). [117] 13: 179-89 (*). Gray, P. H. H. Aids to distinguish be- tween females of the "winter-moths," Alsophila pometaria and Operophtera bruceata (Geometridae). [85] 7: 127-28. Hartig, F. & H. G. Amsel. Lepidoptera Sardinica. [Frag- menta Entomologica, 1st. Naz. Ent., Roma] 1 : 1-152, ill. 1951 (*). Munroe, E. G. editor. The field season sum- mary of North American Lepidoptera for 1952. [85] 7: 66- 118." (Includes 1, Southwest by L. M. Martin, 2, North- west by J. C. Hopfinger, 3, Rocky Mts. by J. D. Eff, 4, Great Plains by H. A. Freeman, 5, Central by P. S. Reming- ton, 6, Southeast by R. L. Chermock, 7, Northeast by S. A. Hessel, 8, Far North by T .N. Freeman.) Obraztsov, N. A new species of Hyalaethea Butler and a key to the species of the genus (Ctenuchidae). [13] 1630: 3 p. Randle, W. S. Observations on the life history of Ca- lephelis borealis. Parti. [85] 7 : 119-22. Smith, M. E.- More butterflies from Alaska and the Highway. [85] 7: 123-26. Van der Kloot, W. G. (See Anatomy.) DIPTERA Albuquerque, D. de O. Sobre um genero e uma especie nova de Thyreophoridae do Brasil. [117] 13: Ixv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 53 109-12. Fauna do Distrito Federal. IV. Nova especie baseada em Philornis pici (Blanchard, 1896) nee Macquart) (Muscidae). Ibid. 141-44. Alexander, C. P. Notes on the Tipulidae of Ecuador. Pt. III. [Rev. Ecuat. Ent. y Para- sit.] 1: 29-40, ill. (*k). Clark, A. M. (See Anatomy.) Costa Lima, A. da. Moscas de frutas do U. S. National Museum (Smithsonian Institution) (I II) (Trypetidae). [1] 25: 151-55, ill. (*). Fairchild, G. B. Tabanidae from the state of Chiapas, Mexico, with descriptions of two new species. [115] 60: 41-51, ill. Levi-Castillo, R. Aedes garciai n. sp., un aedino nuevo para la fauna ecuatoriana. Lanesia, nuevo subgenero de Aedes. (Culicidae.) [Rev. Ecuat. Ent. y Parasit.] 1 : 101-06, ill. Notas adicionales sobre la especie Sabethes (Sabethoides) chloropterus Hum- boldt 1820, encontrado en la costa ecuatoriana (Culicidae). [Rev. Ecuat. Ent. y Parasit.] 1: 95-100. ill. Notas sobre los mosquitos de la republica del Ecuador. Pt. 1. Introd. y descripcion geografico-ecologica, distribucion sistematica de los mosquitos Ecuatorianos, consideraciones taxonomi- cas. [Rev. Ecuat. Ent. y Parasit.] 1: 15-28. Una nue\ a especie de Culex procedente de la provincia de Los Rios, Ecuador: Culex (Carrollia) babahoyensis n. sp. [Rev. Ecuat. Ent. y Parasit.] 1 : 91-4, ill. Lopes, H. de S. Seis novos Sarcophagidae neotropicos. [117] 13: 41-45. & E. G. Vogelsang. Notochaeta bufonivora n. sp., parasita de Bufo Granulosus Spix em Venezuela (Sarcophagidae). [1] 25: 139-43, ill. Nutting, W. L. The biology of Euphasiopteryx brevicornis (Townsend) (Tachinidae), parasitic in the cone-headed grasshoppers (Copiphorinae). [115] 60: 69-81, ill. Paterson, H. E. A new species of the genus Puliciphora Dahl (Phoridae). [Rev. Ecuat. Ent. y Parasit.] 1: 61-7, ill. Pipkin, S. B. Fluctuations in Dro'- sophila populations in a tropical area. [15] 87: 317-22. Roback, S. S. 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Martinez, A.- Insectos nuevos o poco conocidos X. Algunas notas sobre lucanidos con descripcion de una especie nueva y el alotipo de Sclerostomus tucumanus Nagel (Lucanidae). [133] 16: 42-8, ill. Monros, F. Aulacoscelinae, eine neue chrysome- liden-unterfamilie, mit beschreibung einer neuen boliviani- schen gattung. [Ent. Arbeiten, Mus. G. Frey, Miinchen] 4: 19-25, ill. Ochs, G. Gyrinidae. [Explor Pare nat. Upemba. Miss, de Witte (1946-49)] no. 16, 56 p., ill. (k). Papp, C. S. The Hispinae of America. [Portugalae Acta Biologica] 4: 1-147. Sanderson, M. W. New species and a new genus of New World Elmidae with supplemental keys. [47] 7: 33-40, ill. Saxena, P. N. (See Anatomy.) Spilman, T. J. An odd case of gynandromorphism in the external genitalia of Boros discicollis (Salpingidae). [47] 7: 41-4, ill. Strohecker, H. F. Endomychidae. [Explor. Pare nat. Upemba. Miss, de Witte (1946-49)] no. 7, 22 p., ill., 1952 (*). Uhmann, E. Hispinae aus dem Britischen Museum. VII. Teil. 136. 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Gregg, R. E. Notes on the ant. Leptothorax obliquicanthus Cole (Forniicidae). [67] no. 22, 3 p., ill. Iwata, K. Biology of Eumenes in Japan (Vespidae). [Mushi] 25: 25-46, ill. Le Masne, G. Observations sur les relations entre la couvain et les adultes chez les fourmis. (Forniicidae.) [18] 15: 1-56. Morimoto, R. On the nesting sites of Polistes chinensis antennalis Perez. [Sci. bull. Kyushu univ. Fac. Agr.] 235-46, ill. English summary. Ringuelet, R. A. Opiliones de la Argentina. Rehabilita- cion de los generos Sympathica M. L. y Varinodulia C. con la descripcion de una especie nueva. [133] 16: 37-41, ill. Review An illustrated synopsis of the principal larval forms of the Order Coleoptera. By A. G. BOVING and F. C. CRAIGHEAD. REPRINT EDITION of Entomologica Americana, Vol. XI (new series) 1930-31. Reprint published by the Brooklyn Ento- mological Society, Oct., 1953. Order from R. R. McElvare, P. O. Box 386, Southern Pines, North Carolina. Price: $10; foreign, $10.50, postpaid. 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LXV MARCH, 1954 No. 3 The Distribution Centers of the Melanoplini (Orthoptera; Acrididae; Cyrtacanthacridinae) By JAMES A. G. REHN, The Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Since the days of Eduard Suess it has been orthodox to ascribe to an Angaran center the role of a locus commnnis for an overwhelming percentage of the elements of the Holarctic biota. While in many cases this may, and probably does, pro- vide an explanation of what has taken place, in others, where it has been assumed to be a basic postulate which perforce must be accepted, this theory can have value only if it is supported by the weight of known evidence. In vertebrate paleontology this type of evidence is now so increasingly comprehensive that those who consider faunistic histories or movements in any group, must acqviaint themselves with at least some of the broad conclusions which have been drawn, particularly in the past few decades, from the steadily augmenting amount of mammalian evidence. While it has long seemed fashionable to ascribe a very secondary role to the Ne- j j arctic region as a biotic evolutionary center, and to credit the Palearctic with a markedly predominating one in the evolution of the Holarctic biota, this latter is occasionally refuted by fossil evidence. The migrations of whole groups of mammals, or their regional extinction, are, as with the camels and tapirs, some- times made clearly evident by this record. Admittedly this mammalian evidence is almost entirely Caenozoic in coverage, and in considerable part late Caenozoic, but many tribes of insects are probably no older, and it is important for all ento- (57) 58 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [March, 1954 mologists who discuss faunal histories to consider what fellow- workers have ascertained in regard to other animals. Also, when we have little or no fossil evidence for the group from which to reason, we must turn to our knowledge of the existing fauna, and see what we may learn from it. To digress momentarily, however, in the constant stressing of the role of Angara in biotic history, little attention is given to that similarly ancient, and much larger, part of North America called Laurentia by geologists. To quote Suess himself : x "That vast region of North America which is formed of ancient rocks overlain by horizontal Cambrian sediments has received the name of Laurentia. It comprises the whole of the Canadian shield, but if we are to regard it as a tectonic unit, we must include the whole of the flat-bedded superstructure up to some natural boundary. Such a boundary is presented by the Rocky Mountains, the United States chain, and, for nearly their whole length, the Appalachians also. The Colorado plateau, a frag- ment of table land, bounded on the east by the southern branches of the Rocky Mountains, ought also, perhaps, be regarded as a part of Laurentia." Further (p. 257) he adds: "Laurentia extends from south Texas to the Arctic Ocean through 53 or 54 degrees of latitude, and from the mouth of the Mackenzie to the east coast of Greenland through more than 110 degrees of longitude. . . . Laurentia is a very ancient unit. It beJiaves towards all the younger jolds as a joreland [his italics]." Of the Nearctic acridid fauna the most numerous in species, and often so areally in individuals of different species as well, is the tribe to which the name Melanoplini has warrantedly been applied. 2 Long known as the Podismae (or Podismini), from one of its ( )ld World genera, which is also now found to have a single representative in the Nearctic Region (P. hesperns (Hebard) 3 ), this assemblage has, in the Old World, components distributed over Eurasia from western Europe to China, Korea and Japan, and from subarctic districts to the mountains of 1 "The Face of the Earth" (English translation of the classic "Das Antlitz der Erde"), IV, pp. 251 and 257. 2 See ROBERTS, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., XCIX, p. 202 (1947). 3 See REHN and REHN, Trans. Amer. Entom. Soc., LXV, p. 88 (1939). Ixv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 59 southern Europe, the Himalayas, Formosa and Tonkin. Within this great area it breaks up into a number of genera, although it is also unrepresented over extensive sections of the Palearctic Region, and apparently does not penetrate peninsular India, Burma or Indo-Malaya, and in Indo-China reaches only to Tonkin. All we know of the paleontological history of the tribe is that two existing species, representing two genera (Miramclla and Bohemanella), occur in the Pleistocene of Starunia, in the Polish Carpathians. 4 In the New World we find members of the Melanoplini ex- tending over a far greater extent of latitude than in the Old World, from the Arctic Circle to at least south-central Argentina and Chile, or well over one hundred degrees of latitude, reaching upwards to arctic alpine or paramo conditions in the Rocky Mountains, the Sierra Nevada, the great Mexican volcanoes, the main Andes, the Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta of Colombia and in the Venezuelan Andes. The sole area in the hemisphere, within these bounds, where they are unrepresented is the Ama- zonian lowland, an area where numerous other groups, else- where widely distributed in South America, are also absent. While as yet not critically studied and hence unreported the tribe is also represented by brachypterous material in my hands from mountain areas of certain of the Greater Antilles. This last fact, alone, is conclusive evidence that their arrival in An- tillia was by no means recent. In North .America members of the tribe are present virtually everywhere south of the Arctic barren grounds, even in the most extreme deserts and also under arctic alpine conditions, thus exhibiting in that part of the world an adaptability which predicates long association and adjustment, even where it has meant retreat and advance over the greatest area in the world now exposed which was subject to repeated Pleistocene glaciatiun. In passing it may be pointed out that no Palearctic member of the Podismini is known to occur in true deserts. The distinguished French orthopterist Dr. Lucien Chopard, in * See ZEUNKR, Starunia, 3, pp. 9-11 (1934) ; Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist. (11) VIII, p. 513 (1941). 60 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [March, 1954 his classic work on the biology of the Orthoptera, 5 dismisses the origin of Melanoplus, the dominant North American genus of the Melanoplini, with the following : "il semble certain que le premier [i.e., Melanoplus] est d'origine asiatique." In an earlier study 6 Chopard had reached certain conclusions regard- ing the development of centers of speciation of that genus in the United States which, unfortunately, do not correctly interpret the evidence he was summarizing, this latter very largely drawn from the researches of certain contemporary American orthop- terists, of whom the writer was quoted as one. This aspect of the subject will be commented upon elsewhere. In the Old World we find the Melanoplini showing marked radiative or development centers in the following areas : ( 1 ) the Pyrenees and other mountains of Spain, the Alps, the Italian mountains, the Carpathians and the mountains of all of the Balkan Peninsula and Greece; (2) the Caucasus; (3) the Amur (or Ussuri) region of eastern Siberia, the mountains of China, Japan, Formosa and the Himalayas. Glaciation was undoubt- edly a factor which made certain of these various component districts subsidiary evolutionary centers. While species occur in the intervening territories, the above mentioned units would appear to be the centers of marked diversity or most pronounced individuality of types. No member of the tribe occurs in the Palearctic portion of Africa or in Iran, while representation in Anatolia is very limited. In the New World there are three comparable major evolu- tionary centers for the Melanoplini, between each of which are areas where the tribe is sparsely represented, but, as already stated, it is absent, within the overall encompassing boundaries, only from the markedly tropical lowlands of Amazonia. The first of these evolutionary centers covers Canada (with Alaska), the United States and Mexico north of the Isthmus of Tehuan- tepec. The second is in the Venezuelan Andes and adjacent, 5 "Le Biologic des Orthopteres." By LUCIEN CHOPARD. Paris. 1938. [Reference is made to page 14.] 6 "La faune des Orthopteres des montagnes des Etats Unis et ses rap- ports avec la faune palearctique." Societe cle Biogeographie. Paris. 1928. 8 pp. Ixv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 61 chiefly montane, areas in northern and eastern Colombia. The third covers that portion of South America from approximately 15 south latitude southward to south-central Argentina and Chile, with certain elements reaching somewhat to the northward in the Peruvian and Ecuadorian Andes. But two genera bridge the gap in Central America, these being Aidemona and Trigo- nophymus, the former of which ranges from the southwestern United States to Colombia, while the latter is an intrusive type from its area of maximum development in southern South America. Our knowledge of the geological and hydrographic history of Central America makes reasonably clear why this break is present, and which Aidemona, clearly from the north, and Trigonophymus, as certainly from the south, have crossed possibly in late Caenozoic times. The geological history of northeastern Colombia and northwestern Venezuela is complex, and has been summarized by Schuchert. 7 The relative antiquity of the tableland of eastern and central Brazil is well known, and its probable role as a radiative evolutionary center for the third, more austral, aggregation is a logical conclusion. Analyzing the recognized generic components of the Melano- plini we find that 27 genera occur in Eurasia, of which one is regarded by Ramme as a synonym of another so included, and of these three, i.e., Podisma, Zubovskya and Bohcmanella, are also present in the Nearctic. while from the Nearctic and the Neotropical together we know at present 59 genera, of which but three above-mentioned also occur in the Old World. Only Aidemona, Trigonophymus (but two species outside of the most southern center 8 ) and Propedies (but one species out- side the same area 9 ) occur in more than one of the three radia- tive areas above outlined, and of these Trigonophymus is the sole one present in all three, and in the largest and most impor- 7 "Historical Geology of the Antillean-Caribbean Region." 1935. [Pages 624-695 treat of Colombia and Venezuela.] 8 T. punctnlatus and T. notatus, the former reaching northward to Costa Rica, the latter solely Mexican. 9 P. minutus Roberts, from Curasao. The latter island is regarded as part of the Coast Range or Caribbean Andes of northward Venezuela. See Schuchert, idem, p. 678. 62 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [March, 1954 tant of these it occurs only in the mountains of central and southern Mexico. Turning to the number of species and sub- species known, as a possible index to evolutionary complexity, and conservatively basing the count on those now regarded as valid by workers most familiar with the respective faunas, we find a maximum of 83 species or subspecies in the Palearctic Region, while the Nearctic and Neotropical representation com- prises at least 471 species or subspecies. In the Palearctic and impinging Oriental regions we find definite localization of most of the genera, with the largest num- bers of these found in what may roughly be termed the Medi- terranean-Alpine-Balkan montane center (6 genera), north- eastern Asia with Korea and Japan (6), southeastern Asia (exclusive of the Himalayan subregion) (6) and the Himalayas and the Caucasus each with 2 (these endemics). Those of rela- tively broad distribution in the Palearctic are few (4), and, of these, two (Podisma and Bohemanella) are shared with the Nearctic. However, there is no single area in the Palearctic Region, even of great size, which could be regarded as the out- standing evolutionary center of the Melanoplini, on the basis of number of genera or of species or subspecies there occurring at present. The greatest diversity specifically is found in the Mediterranean- Alpine-Balkan center, but the number of genera there represented is relatively low (vide supra). In the New World 40 genera occur north of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec, this total exclusive of three shared with the Old World and t\vo with areas to the southward ; the Colombian- Venezuelan center has four genera plus Properties which it shares with more austral America and Aideniona and Trigo- nophymus with more northern regions ; while the Brazilian- Argentine center holds eight peculiar genera plus Properties shared with the Colombian-Venezuelan one, and Trigonophymus with both of the other New World centers. Samplings of the number of genera present in representative areas of the North American-Mexican center alone give us the following figures : New Jersey and Pennsylvania 6, North Carolina 5, Florida 6, Montana 7, Colorado 8, Texas 13, Washington and Oregon 8, IxvJ ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 63 California 7, Arizona 7. The number of individual genera in- volved in these sample tabulations (all within the United States alone) totals 32, or rive more than all known from the entire sweep of Eurasia. It is conceivable that genera such as Podisma and Zubovskya have entered the Nearctic from the Palearctic at a relatively recent period, and the same may be true of the Nearctic Prum- nacris, Buckcllacris and Nisquallia, while Bohemanella, the sin- gle component of which was long considered a Melanoplus, may have similarly crossed the Bering land-bridge but in the reverse direction (i.e., from the Nearctic). On the other hand Zubov- skya was clearly in North America before the Pleistocene, as its present discontinuous distribution on that continent unques- tionably points to glacial ice-sheets as the agency separating the eastern and western sections of its North American distribu- tion. 10 It is also within the realms of possibility that the eastern Asiatic forms of Zubovskya (all known from the Palearctic) are not the parent stock, but instead are intrusives from the New World, where the genus is present over a far greater area. Clearly Bohemanella has been derived from one of the montane lines of the genus Melanoplus, to which it is exceedingly close if actually distinct generically. None of the other very consid- erable representation of melanoploid genera in the New World shows any very close resemblance to Old World ones, and we are forced to the conclusion that their evolution has taken place in the New World, and that while migration and counter- migration may have taken, and probably did take, place the limited Old World representation certainly cannot be considered the parent stock, or that area the evolutionary center of the whole, in view of the disparity in the development of the tribe in these two great areas. It is hardly conceivable that evolutionary centers such as that in the southern half of South America have developed in a rela- tively short period of time from a parent one as distant as east- central Asia (i.e., Angara), particularly where we consider the degree and extent in time of the isolation which tropical America 10 Sec KKIIN- and REIIX, Trans. Amcr. Entom. Soc., I.XII, p. 8 (1936). 64 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [March, 1954 (i.e., south of Tehuantepec) is known to have had. 11 Instead it seems much more logical and warranted to regard the Melano- plini as a basic New World entity, probably developing rather early in North America, where by far its greatest complexity is found today, the South American centers being established sub- sequently during certain of the periods of connection with North America. 12 The isolation of the two South American centers from one another is understandable from the viewpoint of An- dean orogeny and the development of the great Amazon basin as a barrier to certain forms of life. The presence in North Amer- ica of genera not widely removed from some of those of the Palearctic Region can as well be interpreted through a westward movement of their progenitors as the usual assumption that the reverse was true. This we know from fossil evidence has taken place in a number of the higher forms of animal life. To summarize, in the New World we have 59 genera and, conservatively evaluated, 471 species and subspecies of the Melanoplini, these found over a great range of latitude and including almost all possible conditions, or from above the Arctic Circle to about 41 south latitude, and from below sea-level (in parts of California) to arctic alpine summits sometimes border- ing perpetual snow (in Washington and Oregon), and from the Atlantic to the Pacific coasts. Three major centers of New World radiative evolution are evident, the separation of which is due to their geological backgrounds. The absence of members of the Melanoplini from areas of the Palearctic, such as North Africa, Iran and much of Anatolia, would indicate that the tribe was not present when these areas received most of their other orthopteran elements of undoubted Palearctic origin. The fact that many, in fact most, of the Palearctic Melanoplini are mon- tane does not militate against this argument, as montane areas 11 Except for Lower Oligocene times this isolation is regarded by Schuchert as having been continuous from the Upper Eocene to at least the Lower Pliocene. See SCHUCHERT, "Historical Geology of the Antillean-Caribbean Region," maps 10 to 16. 12 For a careful and critical analysis of this latter question in its Caenozoic aspect the reader is referred to SIMPSON, G. G., 1950, "History of the Fauna of Latin America," American Scientist, XXXVIII, pp. 361-389, 10 figs. Ixv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 65 are, and long have been, definite features of the apparent regional centers of the Old World, and in the Palearctic regions men- tioned where the Melanoplini are absent purely montane species represent other groups of insects. On the other hand in the Nearctic they apparently occupied, and still occupy, almost every type of environment, persisted through the sweeping Pleistocene glaciations, and there developed into one of the most highly diversified existing tribes of the Acridoidea. To disregard the evidence of an existing fauna of remarkable complexity clearly not a development of a short period of time is hardly justifiable today. Much of the manner of thought which failed to grasp the obvious conclusion here reached, has been due to an absence of first-hand acquaintance with the elements of some of the faunas involved, and a lack of knowledge of the very broad adaptability to almost all types of environments found in many of the Nearctic Melanoplini. A personal comprehension of the field conditions under which all but two of the Nearctic genera live has enabled me to approach this problem with an open mind. It has been my privilege to study either in the field or in the lab- oratory, or in both, all the genera and all but a very limited num- ber of the species or subspecies of Nearctic and Neotropical Melanoplini, and as laboratory material all but a few of the gen- era and the majority of the species of the same known from Eurasia. A New Milliped of the Genus Cylindrodesmus from Palmyra Island By RALPH V. CHAMBERLIN, University of Utah In a small but interesting collection of chilopods and diplo- pods collected in Hawaiian and other Pacific islands were specimens of a new species of the genus Cylindrodesmus taken on Palmyra Id. in 1948. These and the other specimens of the collection were made by N. L. II. Krauss, through whose courtesy I have been privileged to study the material. The- spe- cies here described makes the third to become known in Cylindrodesmus, the others being C. hirsutus Poc., the genero- 66 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [March, 1954 FIG. 1. Cylindrodesmus palmyras n. sp. Right gonopod of male, ventral aspect. type which is native to Java and other East Indian islands, and C. villosus Poc. of Rotuma. In addition Dr. Schubart records what he regards as a distinct variety of C. hirsittns from Brazil. Cylindrodesmus palmyrae new species Body moniliform, the prozonites being conspicuously less in diameter than the metazonites. The metazonites convex both antero-posteriorly and transversely. Head above and in front with the typical clothing of dense, short hairs, laterally with some longer ones. Metazonites clothed with the usual very short hairs as well as more sparsely with the typical longer setae. Cauda in dorsal view subtriangular, with the caudal end bluntly rounded. The general color of the body dull, or slightly brownish yel- low, the color uniform, the head and caudal segments not abruptly darker, chestnut, as these parts are in hirsittns; legs a brighter yellow. In contrast with the gonopods of the male in Jiirsiitns, in which the blade of the telopodite is evenly curved and gradually narrowed to the distal end, the telopodite in the present species presents a long, thicker proximal division, which in ventral view is straight, and an abruptly narrower distal portion which curves ventrad and then cephalad. For details see the accom- panying figure. Segments of the male, 19, of the female, 20. Length 5 mm., being thus smaller than the usual specimens of hirsutus. Ixv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 67 Locality. PALMYRA ISLAND. 27 specimens taken by N. L. H. Krauss in February, 1948. The types are in the author's collection. Some Notes on Preparing Whole Insects for Sectioning 1 By LAWRENCE S. DiLLON, 2 A. and M. College, College Station, Texas The ordinary run of insects have always presented many dif- ficulties in the preparation of whole specimens for sectioning. While standard procedures have yielded quite satisfactory results with such soft-bodied forms as grubs, caterpillars, plant lice, and the like, they do not do so with even those relatively pliable types, such as flies and bees, let alone bugs and beetles. Con- sequently, when it became imperative that serial sections of whole bees be prepared, special techniques had to be sought out. The author was fortunate in developing a procedure whereby bees, softer beetles like Melyrids, and even the large black horse- fly (Tabaniis atratits} could be sectioned. Nothing he could mid enabled him to section the adult weevils, dung-beetles, or the like. FIXATION Of the several fixatives tried, Gilson's fluid proved the most satisfactory. When it was employed on such insects as bees, flies, and melyrid beetles, the specimens remained pliable during the entire procedure, whereas in Bouin's, Zenker's, Hardy's, formalin, and Flemming's W.A. + 0.9^- sodium chloride, the exoskeleton tended to become quite hard or brittle. With larger specimens, fixing was quite frequently carried out in vacua with 1 This study was in part supported by a grant-in-aid from the National Science Foundation for research on honeybee nutrition under the general direction of Mr. Kevin Weaver. - The writer is indebted in many and various ways to the following persons: Dr. V. A. Little, Mr. M. Price, and Mr. N. Weaver, of the Department of Entomology, and to Dr. Sidney Brown, of the Biology Department, who made his vacuum oven and other equipment available. 68 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [March, 1954 good results. However, the longitudinal dorsal muscles of the thorax often showed a tendency to contract and break free of their anterior attachment; whether this was a result of the vacuum treatment, improper fixation, or of subsequent treatment has not been ascertained. Although Gilson's has proven most advantageous for use on adult forms, grubs, caterpillars, maggots, and similar soft-bodied creatures are best fixed in Bouin's, where the slight hardening effect aids in maintaining the exoskeleton in more nearly its original shape. Fairly high vacuum (28 inches) applied during the process aids penetration, but caution must be exercised in reducing the pressure, otherwise the specimens may explode. DEHYDRATION The attempt was made to avoid as far as possible all reagents known to have a hardening affect on chitin, such as higher con- centrations of ethanol, xylene, and the like. Consequently. Stiles' procedure, utilizing n-butanol in place of higher concen- trations of ethanol, was followed, with good results. This sub- sequently was found to be improved considerably by the addition of phenol, to the extent of 4%, to each step in the dehydration process, except the second, with which it was poorly miscible. With some considerable latitude, the following schedule was followed : 35% ethanol, 30 minutes ; 9 parts of 45% ethanol + 1 part of n-butanol, 2 hours ; 8 parts of 60% ethanol + 2 parts of n-butanol, 2 hours ; 6 parts of 80% ethanol + 4 parts of n- butanol, 4 hours; 4 parts of 95% ethanol 4- 6 parts n-butanol. 6 to 24 hours ; 2 parts of 95% ethanol + 8 parts n-butanol, 6 to 24 hours. On several occasions the procedure recommended by Murray (1937) was tried, where phenol and chloral hydrate warmed together in equal parts are used for dehydration (12-24 hours), following fixation first in \0% formalin solution + 0.8% sodium chloride and secondly in Gilson-Carnoy. However, results were disappointing as the specimens displayed considerable shrinkage and hardening ; vacuum treatment gave no improvement in these regards. Ixv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 69 CLEARING, EMBEDDING, AND SECTIONING For clearing, a-terpineol was by far the most satisfactory, showing no apparent hardening effects on the exoskeleton. Following butyl alcohol dehydration, it was employed in three mixtures with n-butanol : 1 part of n-butanol + 1 part ter- pineol ; 1 part butanol + 2 parts terpineol ; 1 part butanol + 3 parts terpineol ; and terpineol, three changes. About 1 hour was given in each step. This reagent was found, how- ever, to possess one distinct flaw ; it was difficult to remove from the body cavity. Even after embedding in melted paraffin in a vacuum oven held at 28 inches and 65 for 72 or more hours, it was found in objectionable amounts within the wax and body spaces. Consequently, toluol and toluol-wax was tried fol- lowing clearing and, proving satisfactory, was incorporated into the procedure. During the warm months in the environs of the laboratory where this study was carried out, it proved highly advantageous to employ high-melting paraffin or similar waxes ; lower melting- point waxes have shown neither advantages nor disadvantages during the cooler periods. After placement of the specimens in pure wax, however, it was found highly beneficial to maintain them at sufficiently high temperatures under vacuum, a vacuum oven being employed for the purpose. A temperature of 65 and a vacuum of 28 inches were usually maintained for at least 24 hours and sometimes somewhat longer, depending upon the size and hardness of the insect. Before embedding could be considered complete, after the wax had thoroughly hardened, it was essential that all bubbles that were present be removed by means of hot needles. Especially was it requisite to remove the film of vapor that frequently con- tinued to adhere to the exoskeleton despite the vacuum treat- ment. This was usually performed under a dissecting micro- scope so that the tiniest bubble could be detected. Likewise, when the ribbons were being prepared, if any bubbles became apparent within the insect, sectioning was discontinued until the space had been filled and the fresh paraffin had become quite hard. For it was found that a film of vapor on the body surface 70 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [March, 1954 would prevent the wax from gripping it tightly so that the tissue would tear out or drop out during or following sectioning. Cavities within the body encourage tearing in addition. When due caution had been exercised, it was possible to section down to 7 p. in thickness without undue compression. Sections of greater thinness were not at all satisfactory ; however, for general histological purposes, 7 to 10 /x seemed to serve quite well.* HYDRATION, STAINING, ETC. Following sectioning, any standard procedure served well. As the specimens cannot be freed of contamination from the fixative in the whole state, it is necessary that they be treated with iodine or lithium carbonate in appropriate solutions before staining. As Gilson's was most commonly employed, iodine was added to the 70% alcohol and sometimes also to the 50% when large numbers of slides were being handled. For staining, Mallory's gave excellent results with good con- trast between tissues. In using this stain, sections were left in solutions 1 and 2 for periods of two and four minutes respec- tively. Destaining proceeded very rapidly and had to be watched closely, for the sections became totally bleached in short order. REFERENCES LARBAUD, MLLE. 1921. Nouvelle technique pour les inclusions et les preparations microscopiques des tissus vegetaux et animaux. C. R. Acad. Sci. Paris 172: 1317-1318. MARGOLENA, L. 1932. Concerning dehydrating agents for paraffin em- bedding. Stain Tech. 7 : 25. MURRAY, J. A. 1937. Technique for paraffins sections of formol-fixed insect material. Journ. Roy. Micro. Soc. (3), 57: 15. STILES, K. A. 1934. Normal butyl alcohol technic for animal tissues with special reference to insects. Stain Tech. 9: 95-100. * ED. NOTE : Dr. A. G. Richards tells me that a static elimi- nator is most useful in facilitating thin sectioning of insects. Such eliminators remove static by bombarding the knife and specimen block with alpha particles (and are harmless to the operator). The ribbons of any usual thickness (1 to 10/0 just float down across the knife instead of crumpling at the edge or buckling. Convenient forms of alpha emitters are currently available from most of the large supply houses. R. G. S. Ixv] K. \TOMOLOGICAL NEWS 71 Herbert Osborn : A Brief History of Entomology. * A Warning It is often regretted that the U.S.A. and Europe know too little of each other. The above-mentioned book is a piece of evidence as to one side of this saying. The author shall not be blamed because to him "the origin of entomological societies is still a mystery" or for not knowing "when the teaching of Entomology began," but he certainly should have known more about his own period. I shall confine myself to a small selection of statements relating to the Scandinavian countries. p. 24-28: The Danish, the Norwegian, and the two Finnish entomological journals are missing. p. 36: "The Swedish collections . . . include probably what has been preserved of his (Linnaeus') original material, though it is said that his first private collection was sold to the British Museum." All Linnaeus' collection was sold by his widow not to the British Museum, but to a Mr. Smith from whom it came to the Linnean Society. London. In Sweden only insects determined by him in other collections exist. p. 36: "There (in Sweden) are type specimens perhaps of Fabricius, but Fabrician types are mainly in Kiel. Some said to be in Copenhagen." By far the greater part of Fabricius' types are in Kiel and Copenhagen, half at each place. None in Sweden. * ED. NOTE : The full title is : A BRIEF HISTORY OF ENTOMOLOGY, includ- ing time of Demosthenes and Aristotle to modern times, with over five hundred portraits. Pp. 1-303, pis. 1-58. The Spahr & Glenn Company, Columhus, Ohio, 1952. The first part has chapters on Entomology in Commerce and Industry, Classification, Economic Entomology, and Medi- cal Entomology. Part II, Regional Entomology, takes up 17 different countries or regions. Part III gives life sketches of many entomologist^, and portraits of 522 of them. The portraits go back as far as Redi and Malpighi hut include also many of the present-day leaders, with Americans the hest represented. R. G. S. 72 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [March. 1954 p. 114: J. C. Schiodte is mentioned only as a teacher of forest entomology. Actually, as keeper of the entomological department of the Zoological Museum, Copenhagen, his main work is taxo- nomic besides his fundamental descriptions of beetle larvae. p. 116: "Systema Naturae. The edition of 1758 is usually- taken as the date for recognition of species he described or the date on which to fix certain genera." This is a curious way of denoting the fixing point of binomial nomenclature. p. 116: "Among his (Linnaeus') students were . . . possibly Fallen." Fallen was 14 years old when Linnaeus died. p. 117: Finland. Three lines on Peter Kalm and two on E. E. Bergroth is all that is told about the country of J. R. Sahlberg, John Sahlberg, the two Reuters, Mannerheim, J. A. Palmen, Saalas, Krogerus, Linnaniemi, Frey, and a lot of younger, very fine entomologists. p. 48: A purely entomological statement : "Protura . . . have antennae, six legs and a pair of terminal appendages." They have no antennae, twelve legs (three pairs of abdominal ap- pendages) and no terminal appendages. All the "probably" and "presumably" and "I do not know" might have been checked by means of a postcard. Only once this is tried, and this is the reason why the entomology of Brazil is so extensively stated as extensively as it should have been for all countries. About 50 per cent of the names of foreign entomologists, localities or titles are misspelled. Writing history is a science demanding special ability and must not be confused with writing memoirs. It is a pity when this happens. Somebody ought to have helped the author by checking his statements or advising him to confine himself to his personal memoirs. As it is I am most unfortunately forced to warn against the use of statements from this book the heading of which entitles it to so great an interest. S. L. TUXEN Zoological Museum, Copenhagen Ixv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 73 A new name for Phytomyza subpusilla Frost (Diptera) By S. W. FROST, State College, Pa. Phytoinyza sub pus ilia Frost was described in The Journal of the New York Entomological Society, Vol. 41 : 254-266, 1943, as a miner on the leaves of certain Cruciferae and Compositae, nasturtium, plantain and fern. It appears that subpusilla Frost is a primary homonym of Mallock's Formosan species published in 1914. The writer therefore proposes a new name propepu- silla, placing the species in the genus Liriomyza according to the classification of European workers. Dicymolomia julianalis Walker (Lepidoptera : Pyralidae) and its Ichneumonid Parasite, Cremastus gracilipes Cushman, Reared from Typha latifolia at London, Ontario By W. W. JUDD, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario On June 1, 1952, heads of cat-tail, Typha latifolia. w r ere ex- amined for the presence of insects, in a swamp adjacent to the north-west corner of Huron and William Streets in London. Ontario. Heads infested with larvae of Dicymolomia julianalis Walker were on dead plants of the previous year's growth and were recognizable by their considerably fluffed out appearance caused by the loosening of the flowers from the rachis by the activity of the larvae. Claassen 1 says of these infested heads that "the seeds are kept from scattering by being tied together with silk woven by the larvae. Neither wind nor rain is able to tear apart the heads so protected. Accordingly they form a good shelter for the larvae during the winter." He reports that typically the larvae bore in and pupate in the rachis of the head 1 CI.AASSEX, P. W. 1921. Cornell Univ. Agric. Exp. Stn. Mem. 47. 74 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [March, 1954 but that many remain in the fluffy material in the heads to spin their cocoons and pupate. Cole 2 also refers to D. julianalis as being an inhabitant of Typha latijolia. One hundred of the infested heads from the swamp at London were snapped from their stalks and were examined for the pres- ence of larvae. The rachis was pulled out of each head and the felty mass of the head could then be unrolled, revealing the insects within. Of the one hundred heads examined 66 con- tained one larva, 27 contained two larvae, 4 contained three larvae, 1 contained four larvae and 2 contained one pupa each. The presence of two pupae in the large collection of larvae on June 1 is in accord with the statement of Claassen that "pupation begins about the first of June." Forty-one of the larvae were preserved in fluid and the re- maining larvae and the two pupae were placed in glass jars with ravelled heads of the cat-tail, for rearing. The length of each of the preserved larvae was measured, under a binocular micro- scope, by means of a scale graduated to 0.1 mm. The lengths varied from 6.0 to 13.5 mm. with an average of 9.9 mm., indi- cating that many of them were considerably longer than those studied by Claassen who records that full-grown larvae are from 7 to 10 mm. long. The coloration of the larvae corresponded with Claassen's description. The mass of ravelled heads in jars was examined daily for the appearance of the emerging moths. Between June 17 and July 3 fifteen moths emerged. Claassen reports that "adults emerge during the latter part of June and the first part of July." The moths were identified as Dicymolomia julianalis Walker by Mr. H. W. Capps of the U. S. National Museum, one of the speci- mens being deposited in the collections of that institution and the others in the collection of the University of Western Ontario. No further specimens emerged by July 13, when the material was discarded. On June 19 a single ichneumonid was]) emerged and was identified as Creinastus gracilipes by Dr. L. M. Walkley of the U. S. National Museum, the specimen being deposited in the collection of that institution. This species was described by 2 COLE, A. C. 1931. Ent. News 42: 6, 35. Ixv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 75 Cushman, 3 the type-host being D. julianalis. Cushman 4 also records later rearings of this wasp from the same host. Current Entomological Literature Compiled by VENIA T. PHILLIPS, Librarian Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Under the above head it is intended to note papers received at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania pertaining to entomology, including all arthropods except Crustacea. Coverage will be world-wide as regards major contributions to systematics as well as for all papers on morphology, physiology, em- bryology, etc. In addition, for species from the Americas and the Pacific (Nearctic, Neotropical and Polynesian regions) all minor contributions to taxonomy, distribution. etc., will also be recorded. This list gives references of the year 1953 unless otherwise noted. Continued papers, with few exceptions, are recorded only at their first installment. For other records of general literature and for economic literature, see the Bibliog- raphy of Agriculture, Washington, and the Review of Applied Entomology, Series A, London. For records of papers on medical entomology see Review of Applied Entomology, Series B. NOTE: The figures within brackets [ ] refer to the journal in which the paper ap- peared, as numbered in the List of periodicals and serials published in our January and June issues. The number of the volume, and in some cases, the part, heft, &c. is followed by a colon (:). References to papers containing new forms or names not so stated in titles are followed by (*); if containing keys are followed by (k); papers pertaining ex- clusively to Neotropical species, and not so indicated in the title, have the symbol (S). Papers published in ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS are not listed. GENERAL Birch, L. C. Experimental background to the study of the distribution and abundance of insects. I. The influence of temperature, moisture and food on tin- innate capacity for increase of three grain beetles. |50] 34 : 698-71 1 . Bonnet, P. Mise au point sur la lettre initiate des noms specifiques de personnes. [138] 58: 113-24. Britt, N. W. Differences between measurements of living and preserved aquatic nymphs caused by injury and pn-x/r- vation. (Ephemera.) [50] 34: 802-03. Hayward, K. J. An entomologist in Argentina. II. Buenos Aires and La Rioja. [Ent. Record] 65: 310-15. Hinton, H. E.S.. mi- adaptations of insects to environments that are alternately dry and flooded, with some notes on the habits of the Stratiomyidae. [143| 11: 209-27, ill. Kellen, W. R.- quantitative sampler for aquatic insects. [76) 46: 913-14. Kiriakoff, S. G. Zoogeographie et phylogenie. [136] 89: 126-34. Knowlton, G. F. Utah insect notes. [36] 48: 125-28. Kullenberg, B. Nouvelles observations sur les 3 CUSHMAN, R. A. 1917. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 53 : 503. * CUSHMAX, R. A. 1930. Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 76: 1. 76 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [March, 1954 rapports entre Ophrys et les insectes. [Bull. Soc. Sci. Nat. Maroc] 32: 175-79. Lindroth, C. H. Some attempts to- ward experimental zoogeography. (Carabidae.) [50] 34: 657-66, ill. Medler, J. T. & A. R. Albert. The relationship between populations of alfalfa insects and soil treatments with boron. [76] 46: 793-97. Muller, H. J. Der blatt- laus-befallsflug im bereich eines ackerbohen- mid eines kar- toffelbestandes. [28] 3 : 229-58, ill. Murgatroyd, J. H. & G. J. Kerrich. Eighth Congress of British entomologists, Leeds, 10th-13th July, 1953. (Including group picture.) [142] 4: 145-58, ill. Rawson, D. S. The bottom fauna of Great Slave Lake. [Jour. Fish. Res. Bd. Canada] 10: 486- 520. (Insects, p. 495-97.) Rendtorff, R. C. A method of exposing flies to infectious material. [80] 39: 672-73, ill. Robinson, H. S. Mercury-vapour lamp technicalities. [Ent. Gaz.] 4: 280-81. Rolston, L. H. & F. D. Miner.- A new pinning unit. [82] 26: 146-47, ill. Ullyett, G. C. -Biomathematics and insect population problems. A cri- tical review. [Memoirs, Ent. Soc. Southern Africa] no. 2, 89 pp., ill. BIOGRAPHIES, OBITUARIES Barr, Charles M., 1919-1952. Obituary with short biography, by G. B. Vogt. [47] 7: 52-55. Burgess, Albert Franklin, 1873-1953.- Obituary, with portrait, by A. I. Bourne. [76] 46: 918-20. Eldik, Henri Charles Louis van, 1890-1953. In memoriam, by M. Hardonk. [57] 14: 389-90. Port. Hyslop, James Augustus, 1884-1953. Obituary, with portrait, by H. Sel- lers. [76] 46: 920-21. Jordan, Karl H. C., 1888- Commemoration of his 65th birthday, by H. Sachtleben. [28] 3 : 357-58, port. ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, MEDICAL Acree, F., Jr. Studies on the chromatography of gyptyl azoate. (Porthetria dispar.) [76] 46: 900-02. Bauers, C. Ueber die orientierung wirbelloser tiere zum licht. [159] 64: 348- 90. Blanton, F. S. Toxicity of several new organic insec- ticides to body lice (Pediculus humanus corporis DeG.). Pt. 1. [101] 61: 169-80. Brauns, A. Beitrage zur oko- logie und wirtschaftlichen bedeutung der aphidivoren syr- phidenarten. [28] 3: 278-303, ill. Buck, J. B. & M. "L. Keister. Cutaneous and tracheal respiration in the Phormia larva. [30] 105 : 402-11. DeCoursey, J. D., A. P. Webster & others. An antibacterial agent from Tribolium casta- neum (Herbst). [52] 46: 386-92. & R. S. Leopold.- Studies on the effect of insecticides on the oviposition of Ixv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 77 Anopheles quadrimaculatus Say. [52] 46: 359-65, ill. Fraenkel, G. & V. J. Brookes. The process by which the puparia of many species of flies become fixed to the sub- strate. [30] 105: 442-49. Franklin, W. W. The effects of Nosema apis on package and overwintered honeybee colonies used for alfalfa pollination. [76] 46: 780-85. Gersch, M. Ueber die ausscheidung von farbstoffen bei der reblaus (Homop.). [160] 151: 225-36. Ghelelovitch, S. Influence de la temperature sur le developpement d'une tumeur hereditaire chez la drosophile (Drosophila melano- gaster Meig.)- [2] 237: 1445-47. Gosswald, K. & K. Bier Untersuchungen zur kastendetermination in der gattung Formica. [160] 151 : 126-34. Hafez, M. On the behavior and sensory physiology of the house fly larva, Musca domestica L. II. Prepupating stage. [78] 124: 199-225. Harnisch, O. Die rolle der analpapillen beim wasser- wechsel der larva von Chironomus plumosus. [100] 40: 537. Hopp, H.-H. Histologische veranderungen in den organen der kleiderlaus (Pediculus vestimenti N.) unter der einwirkung vom insektiziden. [159] 64: 267-72. lyen- gar, R. Un nouveau mode d'alimentation chez la larve d'Anopheles turkhudi et les caracteres morphologiques par- ticuliers a cette larve. [2] 237: 1449-51, ill. Jakovlev, V. & F. Kriiger. Vergleichende untersuchungen zur physi- ologic der transpiration der orthopteren. [159] 64: 391- 428. Jones, J. C. On the heart in relation to circulation of hemocytes in insects. [52] 46: 366-72, ill. Jordan, K. H. C. Wachsdriisen bei Odontoscelis, sowie ein beitrag zur biologic dieser gattung (Hemip., Pentatom.) [160] 151 : 186-92. Kartman, L. Comparative susceptibility of Anopheles quadrimaculatus "strains" to domestic Plasmo- dium vivax. [80] 39: 668-69. A correlation of mal- phigian tubule size with development of Dirofilaria immitis in the mosquito. [80] 39: 671-72. Keister, M. L. Some observations on pupal respiration in Phormia regina. [79] 93: 573-87, ill. Krishna, D. The lipoicl contents of the Golgi bodies in the oocytes of the Indian water spider, Lycosa birmanica. [116] 94: 315-18, ill. Legendre, R.- Le systeme sympathique stomacogastrique ("organe de Schneider") des araignees du genre Tegenaria. [2] 237: 1283-85. Ludwig, D. & A. J. Bartolotta. The effect of DDT on the composition of larval blood of the Japanese beetle ( Popilla japonica Newman). [101] 61: 119-25. McElroy, W. D., J. W. Hastings, J. Coulombre & V. Som- 78 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [March, 1954 nenfeld. The mechanism of action of pyrophosphate in firefly luminescence. [Arch. Biochem. Biophys.] 46: 399- 416. Mistric, W. J. & C. F. Rainwater. Further studies of the action of insecticides on cotton insects. [76] 46: 838-44. Munson, S. C. & M. I. Gottlier. The differ- ences between male and female American roaches in total lipid content and in susceptibility to DDT. [76] 46: 798- 802. Niiesch, H. The morphology of the thorax of Telea polyphemus. I. Skeleton and muscles. [79] 93: 589-609, ill. Ostlund, E. Adrenaline, noradrenaline and hydroxy- tyramine in extracts from insects. [98] 172: 1042 1-3, ill. Perez-Reyes, R. Anopheles aztecus (Hoffman, 1935) a new definitive host for the cyclical transmission of Plasmodium berghei Vincke and Lips, 1948. [80] 39: 603-04. Poisson, R. & P. Razet. Recherches sur la degradation de 1'acide urique chez les hemipteres aquatiques. [2] 237: 1362-63. Pratt, J. J. & F. H. Babers. The resistance of insects to insecticides. Some differences between strains of house flies. [76] 46: 864-69. Quentin, R. M. L'anophtalmie des scaritides. Note preliminaire (Caraboidea). [138] 58: 107-09, ill. Reimann, K. Untersuchungen an der thorax- druse der arbeiterin von Apis mellifica. [100] 40: 538. Rietschel, P. Die balgengelenke der durch blutdruck be- weglichen gelenke bei Lamellicorniern. [160] 151: 166- 74. Roan, C. C. & S. Maeda. The cholinesterase of the oriental fruit fly and its in vitro reactions with various in- secticidal compounds. [76] 46: 775-79. Shafiq, S. A. Cytological studies of the neurones of Locusta migratoria Part I. Cytoplasmic inclusions of the motor neurones of the adult. [116] 94: 319, ill. Sinha, R. N. The sperma- theca in the flour beetle (Tribolium castaneum Herbst). [101] 61: 131-34, ill. Steiner, G. Zur duftorientierung fliegender insekten. [100] 40: 514-15. Sturtevant, A. P. & I. L. Revell. Reduction of Bacillus larvae spores in liquid food of honey bees by action of the honey stopper, and its relation to the development of American foulbrood. [76] 46: 855-60. Tahori, A. S. & W. M. Hoskins. The absorption, distribution and metabolism of DDT in DDT- resistant house flies. [76] 46: 829-37. Vachon, M.- Commentaires a propos de la distinction des stades et des phases du developpement post-embryonnaire chez les araignees. [Bull. Mus. Nat. d'Hist. Nat. Paris] 25: 294-97. Verron, H. Sur la possibilite d'un apprentissage latent chez Blatella germanica. [2] 237: 1442-43. Voy, A. Ixv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 79 La production par "regeneration directe" des tarses hypo- typiques et des tarses pentameres an cours du developpe- ment post-embryonnaire chez le phasme femelle (Carausius morosus Br.). [2] 237: 1451-54. ARACHNIDA AND MYRIOPODA Baker, E. W. & A. E. Pritchard. A review of the false spider mite genus Tenuipalpus Donnadieu (Acarina: Phytoptipalpidae). [52J 46: 317-36, ill. (*k). Feldman-Muhsam, B. The identity of Rhipicephalus sanguineus in the U. S. A. (Acarina.) [80] 39 : 670. Goodnight, C. J. & M. L. Taxonomic recog- nition of variation in Opiliones. [146] 2: 173-79, 192, ill. Hoffman, R. L. A new Central American milliped of the genus Platyrhacus (Polydesmida, Platyrhacidae). [56] 55: 251-58 (*). Jayewickreme, S. H. & P. Antonipulle.- On the feeding habits of an adult trombidiid mite in nature. [46] 25: 157-60. Kohls, G. M. & A. J. Rogers. Note on the occurrence of the tick Ixodes affinic Neumann in the United States. [80] 39: 669. Legendre, R. (See Anatomy.) Rasmont, R. Myologie abdominale d'une theraphoside et d'une dipluride. (Araignees Mygalomorphes.) [Annales Soc. Roy. Zool. Belg.] 83: 225-42, ill., 1952. Vachon, M.- (See Anatomy.) SMALLER ORDERS Britt, N. W. Ephemera. (See General.) Carriker, M. A., Jr. Studies in neotropical Mallophaga. XII. Part I. Lice of the tinamous. [117] 13: 209-24. Chao, H.-F. The external morphology of the dragonfly Onychogomphus ardens Needham. [131] 122: no. 6, 56 pp., ill. Emerson, K. C. New North American Mallophaga. [82] 26: 132-36, ill. -A new species of Carduiceps (Mallophaga, Philopteridae). [56] 55: 209-11. ill. Gosswald, K. Der termitenstaat. [Kosmos, Stutt- gart] 50: 59-64, ill. Jellison, W. L., B. Locker & R. Bacon. A synopsis of North American fleas, north of Mexico, and notice of a supplementary index. [80] 39: 610-18. Moore, N. W. Population density in adult dragonflies (Odonata- Anisoptera). [74] 22: 344-59. ill. Morlan, H. B. Mer- ingis rectus (Siphonaptera, Hystrichopsyllidae). a new ectoparasite of Kangaroo rats. [80] 39 : 605-09, ill. Poole, V. V. & R. A. Underbill. Biology and life history of Mega- bothris clantoni clantoni (Siphonapteru : Dolichopsyllidae). [Publ. Walla Walla Coll., Dept. Biol.| no. 9, 19 pp., ill. Racenis, J. Records of Venezuelan Odonata. with a de- scri])tion of a new species. [108| 18: 180-89. ill. St. Quentin, D. Der fangapparat der Odonaten. [104] 4: 80 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [March, 1954 375-90, ill. Smit, F. G. A. M. Monstrosities in Sipho- naptera IV. More cases of castration. [57] 14: 393-400. ill. Sturm, R. Notes on some Siphonaptera of Fulton County, New York. [101] 61: 139-40. Tuleshkov, Kr. N. Pukhoiadi (Mallophaga) ektoparaziti po domashnite zhivotni v Bulgariia. (French summary.) [Bulgar. Akad. Naukite, Zool. Inst. Izvest] 2: 75-161, ill. Ward, R. A.- Additional record of phoresy of Mallophaga on Hippobo- scidae. [36] 48: 128. ORTHOPTERA Dirsh, V. M. & B. P. Uvarov. Pre- liminary diagnoses of new genera and new synonymy in Acrididae. [149] 96: 231-37. Jakovlev & Kriiger. (See Anatomy.) Verron, H. (See Anatomy.) Voy, A. (See Anatomy.) HEMIPTERA Barber, H. G. A revision of the genus Kleidocerys Stephens in the United States (Lygaeidae). [56] 55: 273-83 (*k). Boratynski, K. L. Sexual dimor- phism in the second instar of some Diaspididae (Coccoidea). [126] 104: 451-79, ill. Boyd, W. M. Holly scale Astero- lecanium puteanum Russell, in New Jersey. [101] 61 : 168. Carvalho, J. C. M. Neotropical Miridae, LXVI. New species of Clivinemini. [117] 13: 265-70. & R. I. Sailer. Neotropical Miridae, XLVII The genus Ofellus Distant, 1883, with descriptions of three new species. [56] 55: 234- 38, ill. (k). Cobben, R. H. Bemerkungen zur lebensweise einiger hollandischen wanzen. [149] 96: 169-98, ill. Cook, P. P. Jr. New distribution records for Membracidae. [82] 26: 145. Creutz, G. Heteropteren als vogelnahrung. [28] 3: 411-19. Drake, C. J. A new genus and new species of Tingidae. [31] 66: 211-23. Eastop, V. F. A study of the Tramini (Aphididae). [126] 104: 385-413, ill. "Elkins, J. C. Notes on some Texas Reduviidae. [82] 26: 137-40. Forster, H. Uber die ernahrungsweise von Aradus de- pressus F. (Aradidae). [28] 3: 395-404. Frommhold, E. Rhynchoten als froschnahrung. [28] 3 : 419-23. Hottes, F. C. & E. O. Essig. Four new species of Cinara (Aphidae). [31] 66: 205-10, ill. Jordan, K. H. C. (See Anatomy.) Leston, D. On the wing-venation, male genitalia and sper- matheca of Podops inuncta (F.), with a note on the diag- nosis of the subfamily Podopinae Dallas (Pentatomidae). [142] 4: 129-35, ill. Petzsch, H. Cimex lectularius L. als parasit verschiedener warmblutiger zoo-tiere, insbesondere von gehaltenen kleinsaugetieren. [28] 3 : 404-05. Poisson & Razet. (See Anatomy.) Schiemenz, H. Zum farb- Ixv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 81 wechsel bei heimischen heteropteren unter besonderer beriicksichtigung von Palomena Muls. & Rey. [28] 3 : 359-71, ill. Southwood, T. R. E. The morphology and taxonomy of the genus Orthotylus Fieber (Miridae), with special reference to the British species. [126] 104: 415-49, ill. Ullrich, W. Beobachtung zur frage der schutztracht der feuerwanze, Pyrrhocoris apterua L. (Pvrrochoridae). [28] 3: 406-11. Weiss, H. B. The periodical Cicada in New Jersey in 1953. [101] 61: 159-61. LEPIDOPTERA Koch, M. Zur biologic des kiefern- prozessions-spinners, Thaumatopoea pinivora Tr. [28] 3 : 423-27. Mature, F. J. S., Jr. Range extension of Rho- palocera in eastern North Carolina, a checklist of the species of Carteret County, N. C. [Jour. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc.] 69: 150-55. Niiesch, H. (See Anatomy.) Oiticica Filho, J. Nota sobre a femea de Bathvphlebia eminens (Dognin, 1891) (Citheron.). [117] 13: 271-74. Rindge, F. H.- Synonymic notes on North American Geometridae. [101] 61: 141-42. DIPTERA Alexander, C. P. Records and descriptions of neotropical crane-flies (Tipulidae), XXVII. [101] 61: 147-57. Berg, C. O. Sciomyzid larvae that feed on snails. [80] 39: 630-36. Bozhkov, 'D. Mogat li larvite na Ano- pheles maculipennis da iziazhdat iaitsa ot s'schchiia vid? (French summary.) [Bulgar. Akad. Naukite, Zool. Inst., Izvest.] 2: 163-88. Brauns, A. (See Anatomy.) Fair- child, G. B. Arboreal Tabanidae in Panama. [56] 55: 239-43. & M. Hertig. Notes on the Phlebotomus of Panama (Psychodidae). XI. The male of P. cruciatus Coq. and notes on related species. [52] 46: 373-85, ill. Fluke, C. L. New Syrphidae from North America. [82] 26: 125-29, ill. Fraenkel & Brookes. (See Anatomy.) Ghelelovitch, S. (See Anatomy.) Grundmann, A. W. & J. M. Butler. Dipterous larvae infesting the intestinal tract of the coyote, Canis latrans Say 1823. [82] 26: 129- 31. Hafez, M. (See Anatomy.) "Hinton, H. E. (See General.) lyengar, R. (See Anatomy.) Jaeger, C. P. & F. M. Salzano. Drosophila gaucha, a new species from Brasil. [117] 13 : 205-07. Kartman, L. (See Anatomy.) Keister, M. L. (See Anatomy.) Lopes, H. de Souza. Sobre Rafaela Townsend e Sarcodexia Townsend (Sar- coph.). | 117] 13: 225-33. Malogolowkin, C. Sobre e genitalia dos Drosofilideos. IV. A genitalia masculina no subgenero Drosophila. [117] 13: 245-64. Martinez Pala- 82 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [March, 1954 cios, A. Culex inflictus Theobald y Culex thriambus Dyar, Mosquitos neuvos para Mexico. [134] 13: 89-95, ill., 1952. Martinez Palacios, A. Nota sobre la distribucion de los mosquitos Culex en Mexico. [134] 13: 75-87, 1952. & L. Vargas.- -Confirmacion de la presencia de Anopheles (Ker- teszia) neivai H. D. & K. 1917, en Mexico. [134] 13: 45-6. 1952. Oliveira, S. J. de. Sobre a presenca do genero Clinotanypus Kieffer, 1913, na regiao neotropica com a descrigao de duas especies novas (Chironom.). [117] 13: 275-82. Perez-Reyes, R. (See Anatomy.) Philip, C. B. -The genus Chrysozona Meigen in North America (Taba- nidae). [56] 55 :' 247-51 (*k). Reinhard, H. J. Notes on muscoid synonymy with descriptions of three new species. [56] 55: 243-47. Schremmer, F. Die bisher unbekannte larva von Lasiopa villosa Fabr. (Stratiom.). [104] 4: 363- 74, ill. Seago, J. M. A new species of Fannia from North America (Muscidae). [82] 26: 141-42. Seguy, E. Un lycoriide nouveau du Greenland. [Ency. Ent. Ser. B, II] 11: 118. Simkover, H. G. Rhagoletis cingulata on wild and cultivated cherries in eastern Washington. [76] 46: 869-97. Sommerman, K. M. Identification of Alaskan black fly larvae (Simuliidae). [56] 55: 258-73, ill. (k). Sorenson, J. S. & C. L. Fluke. The male genitalia of the Stratiomyidae with special reference to Wisconsin species. [52] 46:'337-42, ill. (k). Stabler, N. & L. A. Terzian.- Studies in the laboratorv mating habits of Anopheles quad- rimaculatus Say. [78] 124: 317-28. Stalker, H. G. Tax- onomy and hybridization in the cardini group of Drosophila. [52] 46: 343-58, ill. (*k). Sudia, W. D. & R. H. Gogel.- The occurrence of Orthopodomyia alba Baker in Georgia (Culicidae). [36] 48: 129-31. Tashiro, H. & H. H. Schwardt. Biological studies of horse flies in New York. [76] 46: 813-22. Vargas, L. Dos nuevas especies mexi- canas de Corethrella (Culicidae). [134] 13: 57-62, ill., 1952. -Tendipes (Limnochironomus) calif ornicus y Tendipes (Limnochironomus) figueroai n. sp. (Tendipedidae). [134] 13: 47-51, ill., 1952. & A. Diaz Najera. Description de la larva de Cnephia aguirrei (Dalmat, 1949). (Simuliidae.) [134] 13: 53-6, ill., 1952. -Dos flebotomos nuevos de Mexico (Psychodidae). [134] 13: 63-74, ill., 1952. Wan- son, M. Le probleme des moustiques anversois. [Annales Soc. Roy. Zool. Belg.] 83: 339-69, 1952. Williams, R. W. Notes on the bionomics of the Alluaudomyia of Baker County, Georgia. I. Observations on breeding habitats of bella and needhami. (Heleidae.) [56] 55 : 283-85. Ixv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS COLEOPTERA Becker, E. C. & M. W. Sanderson.- Honduras Pselaphidae. [52] 46: 399-432, ill. (*k). Beck- with, L. C. Collection of European elm bark beetles in Wisconsin. [76] 46: 913. Birch, L. C. (See General.) Bosq, J. M. & A. Ruffinelli. Notas para el catalogo de los cerambicidos del Uruguay. [Comunic. Zool., Museo Hist. Xat. Montevideo] 3 : no. 62, 32 pp., 1949/51. Gressitt, J. L. -The coconut rhinoceros beetle (Oryctes rhinoceros) with particular reference to the Palau Islands. [Bull. Bern. P. Bishop Mus.] 212, 157 pp., ill. Guignot, F. Description d'un Gyretes du Venezuela. [Memoire Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat. Verona] 3: 205, 1951/52. Lindroth, C. H. (See General.) Machatschke, J. W. Zur variabilitat von Leptinotarsa de- cemlineata Say. [28] 3 : 304-11, ill. Malkin, B. Western records of Silpha surinamensis. [47] 7: 50-51. Monros, F. Some corrections in the nomenclature of Clytrinae (Chry- somelidae). [47 1 7: 45-50. Pic, M. Neue cleriden aus der sammlung des Deutschen Entomologischen Instituts. 1 28] 3: 320-22 (S). Sanderson, M. W. A revision of the nearctic genera of Elmidae. [82] 26: 148-63, ill. (k). Schilder, F. A. Nomenklatorische notizen zti Cicindela. [28] 3: 312-19. Straneo, S. L. Nuovi Pterostichini VII. (Carabidae). [Doriana, Suppl. Ann. Mus. Civ. Stor. Nat.] 1, no. 36, 12 pp., ill. (S). Tuttle, D. M. Notes on Lis- tronotus debilis Blatchley (Curculionidae). [36] 48: 123- 24. Young, F. N. A new Hydroporus from Michigan, with notes on other members of the Hydroporus vilis group (Dytiscidae). [36] 48: 116-22, ill. HYMENOPTERA Balthasar, V. Monographic des chrysidides de Palestine et des pays limitrophes. [Acta Ent. Mus. Nat. Prague] 27, suppL 2, 317 pp.. ill., 1951. Evans, H. E. Comparative ethology and the systematics of spider wasps. (Pompilidae). [146] 2: 155-72. ill. Gb'sswald & Bier. (See Anatomy.) Krombein, K. V. A note on the nesting behavior and prey of Agenioideus (Agenioideus) humilis (Cresson) (Pompilidae). [36] 48: 113-15. Smith, M. R. Dolichoderus granulatus Pergande. a synonym (Formicidae). [56] 55: 211. A new Pheidole (Subg. Ceratopheidole) from Utah (Formicidae). [101] 61 : 143-46, ill. Pogqnomyrmex salinus Olsen, a synonym of Pogonomyrmex occidentals (Cress.) (Formicidae). [36] 48: 131-32. Snelling, R. R. Notes on the hiberna- tion and nesting of the wasp Mischoc\ ttarus Havitarsi-; (De Saussure) (Vespidae). |82| 26: 143-45. This column is intended only for wants and exchanges, not for advertisements of goods for sale or services rendered. Notices not exceeding three lines free to subscribers. These notices are continued as long as our limited space will allow; the new ones are added at the end of the column, and, only when necessary those at the top (being longest in) are discontinued. American Sarcophagidae wanted for identification. H. R. Dodge, P.O. Box 185. Chamblee, Georgia. 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Write us your needs in equipment or literature. R. Iso, 141, 1-chome, Shimouma, Setagaya-Ku, Tokyo, Japan Need*. . . . BUY THE KNOWN BEST/ WARD'S equipment can be relied on to be of tested value to you. Because WARD'S has long set the standard of entomological supply, you may depend on the quality of the aids available for all your needs. Send for free catalog of Entomological Supplies and Equipment to Department E 12. W A DIVC Natural Science Establishment, Inc. If Hill/ O n>l)k'in> of biogeography it is particularly instructive to have on record distributional information relating to the estab- lishment and dispersal of Palearctic species in the New World. The suspected occurrence in the Nearctic region of Eutricharea, a suhgenus of the leaf cutting bee genus Megachile, was first mentioned by Mitchell ' (1934: 304). At that time, he believed the subgenus had not become established in the Nearctic area, though he had seen several specimens which were apparently collected in the United States. Since this material was without sufficiently conclusive data, he regarded the specimens as repre- sentatives of introduced species which had failed to become established. In this connection. Professor Mitchell remarked that the nesting habits of the group (in hollow stems and twigs) apparently made possible their wide dissemination over the earth through the 'channels of commerce. In 1937. Professor Mitchell - identified a specimen collected by P. H. Timberlake at Rosemont, Virginia, as Megachile (Eutricharea) apicalis (Spinola) and stated (p. 416) that the subgenus was present on the continent "by an introduced and apparently not overly successful species." Five additional rec- ords (2<$($, 3 $5) of M. apicalis (including the synonym, M. virginiana} are cited by him. These specimens are without specific locality data, but show that the species had been taken under natural conditions in Virginia. New Jersey (?), and Canada. Professor Mitchell further states (p. 417) that the two males recorded as M. apicalis may be M. rotundata (Fa- bricius), since the males of Eutricharcn are more difficult t<> identify than the females. 1 MITCHKLL, T. B. 1934. Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 59: 295-361. 2 MITCHELL. T. R. 1937. Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 63: 381-426. 94 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [April, 1954 Krombein :! (1948: 14) has reported the capture of two female specimens of M. rotundata in the Washington metropolitan area. One specimen was taken in an office of the U. S. National Mu- seum. The other was found in a garden at Arlington. Virginia, apparently causing damage. In a recent paper, Daly 4 (1952) has enumerated the distri- butional and floral records for specimens of .17. rotundata which were collected in Kansas, Missouri and Texas. Of particular significance are the dates of capture which cover the years 1948- 1951 and the numbers of individuals (25) reported upon. These data provide quite conclusive evidence that the species has be- come established in the Great Plains region of the United States. Floral visitations by this species are recorded for representatives of four plant families (Labiatae. Lythraceae, Plumbagenaceae and Scrophulariaceae), and of the seven plant species visited four, according to Daly, are cultivated plants of European origin. With this information in mind, it is interesting to speculate on the recent captures of two species belonging to the subgenus Eutricharca in California. As will be noted in the accompany- ing list of records, all of the California specimens have been taken during the last four or five years, and from a number of well separated localities within the State. The floral records include representatives of four plant families (Compositae, 3 ; Euphorbiaceae, 1; Leguminosae, 1; Polygonaceae, 1). Of the six plant species visited by the bees, three (Cosmos sp., Mcdi- cago sativa, Polyyonuin uuhcrtii) are introduced into this country. Megachile (Eutricharea) argentata (Fabricius) FRESNO Co.: Raisin City, <$, X-15-51, on Ccntromadia pun- gens (P. D. Kurd, Jr.). RIVERSIDE Co.: Riverside. $, IX-30- 19. on Heliotropium occidatum (P. H. Timberlake). SAN JOAQUIN Co.: Tracy, J\ VI-21-49, on Mcdicatjo satira (R. F. Smith). 3 KROMBEIN, K. V. 1948. Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 50: 14. *DALY, H. V. 1952. Ent. News 63: 210-211. Ixv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 95 Megachile (Eutricharea) rotundata (Fabricius) FRESNO Co.: Raisin City, $, X-15-51. on Centroniadia pun- gens (P. D. Kurd, Jr.), 6 $$, same data (R. F. Smith). SACRA- MENTO Co.: Sacramento, J*$, V-13-51 (H. F. Robinson). SOLANO Co.: Vallejo, $, X-l-49, on Cosmos (J. N. Simons). TEIIAMA Co. : Vina, J\ IX-22-51, on Solidago (E. I. Schlinger) . TULARE Co.: Visalia, $, VI-21-51, on Euphorbia (E. I. Schlinger). YOLO Co.: Davis, $, V-2-51 (R. C. Bechtel) ; $, VII-28-51. on Euphorbia (E. I. Schlinger); J, VIII-11-51, on Euphorbia (E. I. Schlinger) ; J 1 , VIII-15-51, on Euphorbia (E. I. Schlinger) ; J\ IX-13-51, on Polygonum aubertii (A. T. McClay) ; , X-2-51, on Polygonum aubertii (A. T. McClay) ; j r V-30-52 (A. T. McClay)"; de Janeiro) 19: 347-352. 100 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [April, 1954 Current Entomological Literature Compiled by VENIA T. PHILLIPS, Librarian Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Under the above head it is intended to note papers received at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania pertaining to entomology, including all arthropods except Crustacea. Coverage will be world-wide as regards major contributions to systematics as well as for all papers on morphology, physiology, em- bryology, etc. In addition, for species from the Americas and the Pacific (Nearctic, Neotropical and Polynesian regions) all minor contributions to taxonomy, distribution, etc., will also be recorded. This list gives references of the year 1953 unless otherwise noted. Continued papers, with few exceptions, are recorded only at their first installment. For other records of general literature and for economic literature, see the Bibliog- raphy of Agriculture, Washington, and the Review of Applied Entomology, Series A, London. For records of papers on medical entomology see Review of Applied Entomology, Series B. NOTE: The figures within brackets [ ] refer to the journal in which the paper ap- peared, as numbered in the List of periodicals and serials published in our January and June issues. The number of the volume, and in some cases, the part, heft, &c. is followed by a colon (:). References to papers containing new forms or names not so stated in titles are followed by (*); if containing keys are followed by (k); papers pertaining ex- clusively to Neotropical species, and not so indicated in the title, have the symbol (S). Papers published in ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS are not listed. Alfred, D. M. & D. E. Beck. Mite fauna of woodrat nests in Utah. [Proc. Utah Acad. Sci. ] 30: 53-6. Augustson, G. F. & S. F. Wood. Notes on California mammal ecto- parasites from the Sierra Nevada foothills of Madera County. [145] 52: 48-56. Beck, D. E. Arthropod con- sortes found in the nests of Neotoma cinerea acraia (Ord) and Neotoma lepida lepida Thomas. [Utah Acad. Sci., Proc.] 30: 43-52. A study of some consortes found at a nesting site of the northern cliff swallow, Petrochelidon albifrons albifrons (Raf.) (Fleas, mites & bugs.) [Utah Acad. Sci., Proc.] 30: 39-42. Beckel, W. E. Preparing mosquito eggs for embryological study. [92] 13: 235-37. Burnett, T. Effects of temperature and parasite density on the rate of increase of an insect parasite. [50] 34: 322-28. Burton, G. J. Photomicrography of mosquitoes with the single-lens reflex camera. [92] 13: 248-52, ill. Cloudsley- Thompson, J. L. The ecological significance of diurnal rhythms in terrestrial arthropods. [Science Progress] 42: 46-52, 1954. Crane, J. & H. Fleming. Construction and operation of butterfly insectaries in the tropics. [154] 38: 161-72, ill. Mayr, E., E. G. Linsley & R. L. Usinger.- Methods and principles of systematic zoology. McGraw- Hill, N. Y., Toronton & Lond., 328 pp. (Review by C. D. Michener [111] 29: 228.) Moore, B. P. Dilute acetic acid as a relaxing fluid. [60] ser. 4, v. 89: 277. Pennak, R. W. Fresh-water invertebrates of the United States. Ronald Press, N. Y., 769 pp., 470 figs. $14.00. (Review by R. L. IxvJ ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 101 Usinger [111] 29: 221-22.) Ross, E. S. Insects close up. Univ. Calif, press, Berkeley & Los Angeles. $1.50 (Cloth $2.25). 81 pp., 125 figs, (part col.). (Review by J. D. Lattin [111] 29: 222.) Schwenke, W. Biozonotische be- trachtungen zur biologischen bekampfung von schadin- sekten. 1 28] 3: 529-36. Thevenard, P. Emploi de la radio-cinematographie pour la recherche biologique, et ap- plication de cette methode a 1'etude de la metamorphose chez la mouche. [2] 237: 1791-93. Veiga Ferreira, G. da. Entomological exhibition, its influence on research. [South Afr. J. Sci.] 50: 140-42. Woodroffe, G. E. An ecological study of the insects and mites in the nests of certain birds in Britain. [40] 44: 739-72, ill. BIOGRAPHIES, OBITUARIES Bishopp, Fred Corry, 1884- .Portrait. [92] 13: 260, 262. Borner, Carl, 1880-1953. Obituary by J. P. Doncaster. [60] 4th ser. v. 89: 287. Comstock, Anna Botsford, 1854-1930. Autobiog- raphy with port. (See Comstock, John Henry.) Com- stock, John Henry, 1849-1931. 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Tune 1953. corrected date of issue Feb. 1954, ill. Ruppel, R. F. & D. M. DeLong. Two new unique species of Alconeura from Mexico (Cicadellidae). [106] 54: 13-14, ill., 1954. Ryckman, R. E. First report of Paratriatoma hirsuta Barber from Nevada and addi- tional collections from Arizona and California (Reduviidae). [11 Ij 29: 199-200. Sailer, R. I. The new-world distribu- tion of Alydus calcaratus (L.) with comment on the dis- posal of the name Coriscus Schrank, 1796. (Coreidae.) [56] 55: 315-18, ill. Simons, J. N. New California cicadas with taxonomic notes on other species (Cicadidae). [Ill] 29: 191-98. Wood, S. F. Conenose bug (Triatoma) an- noyance and Trypanosoma cruzi in southwestern National Monuments. [145] 52: 57-60. LEPIDOPTERA Blunk, H. Ueber die schltipfzeit der falter bei Aporia crataegi und Pieris brassicae. [160] 151: 237-52. Capps, H. W. A correction in the synonymy of the cabbage webw r orm (Hellula undalis (F.)) (Pyrausti- dae). 1 145] 52: 46-7, ill. Comstock, J. A. Collecting but- terflies in the coastal area of Mexico near Manzanillo, Colima, with notes on the life history of a rare skipper. 1 145] 52: 43-5, ill. -Life history on four southern Arizona butterflies. [145] 52: 127-36. ill'. Fraser, F. C. Fact and fiction: A note on the resting habits of Kallima. the leaf- butterfly. [60 1 ser. 4. v. 89: 278-79. Gerasimov, A. M.- Nasekomye cheshuekrylye . . . Gusenitsy. (Caterpillars.) [Fauna S'SSR] nov. ser. no. 56. 338 pp.. ill.. 1952. Kostro- wicki, A. S. Studia nad fauna motyli wzgorz kserotermicz- nych nad dolna, Studies on Lepidoptera of xerothermic hills in the valley of the lower Nida. [94] 6: 263-447. ill. Lempke, B. J. Catalogus der Nederlandse macrolepidop- tera (eerst supplement). [149] 96: 239-317. Lewis, C. B. The unpredictable butterfly Papilio sinon. [ Nat. Hist. Notes, Nat. Hist. Mus. Jamaica] nos. 62/63: 28. Tevis, Lloyd, Jr. An outbreak of Nymphalis californica near Lake Almanor, California. [HI] 29: 201-02. Wiles, A. M. 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Some biometrical constants for Anoph- eles (|uadrimaculatus Say larvae in relation to age within stadia. [92] 13: 243-47, ill. Kerrich, G. J. Report on Encyrtidae associated with mealybugs on cacao in Trini- dad, and on some other species related thereto. |40) 44: 789-810, ill. Khan, N. H. Effects of weather conditions on horsefly populations. [50] 34 : 414-15. Pechuman, L. L. A new neotropical Chrysops (Tabanidae). [115] 60: 115-18, ill. Rageau, J., J.-P. Adam & E. Rivola. Etude preliminaire sur la biologic d'Anopheles gambiae, Giles 1902 dans les regions forestieres du Sud-Cameroun. [17] 28: 425-49, ill. Rees, D. M. & F. D. Arnold. An outbreak of blowflies in Salt Lake County in 1952. [Proc. Utah Acad. Sci.j 30: 60-2. Rees, D. M'. & B. V. Peterson. The black flies (Simuliidae) in the Canyons near Salt Lake City, Utah. [Proc. Utah Acad. Sci.] 30: 57-9. Rings, R. W. & E. A. Richmond. Mosquito survey of Horn Island, Mis- sissippi. [92] 13: 252-55. Sabrosky, C. W. Taxonomy and host relations of the tribe Ormiini in the western hemi- sphere, II. (Larvaevoridae). [56] 55: 289-305 (k). Sailer, R. I. The blackfly problem in Alaska. [92] 13: 232-35. Steyskal, G. C. A new melissomimetic fly of the genus Microdon (Syrphidae). |89] no. 551, 4 pp.. ill. Sturtevant, A. H. & M. R. Wheeler. Synopses of nearctic Ephydridae. [9] 79: 151-257, 1954 (k)." Weems, H. V., Jr. Natural enemies and insecticides that are detrimental to beneficial Syrphidae. [ 106] 54 : 45-54, 1954. Yates, W. W. Notes on the ecology of Culiseta mosquitoes found in the Pacific Northwest' [92] 13: 229-32. COLEOPTERA Allen, A. A. A note on the habits of Trogophloeus arcuatus Steph. (Staphylinidae). [60] 4th ser. v. 89 : 286. Notes on the pupation-site and emergence- period of Ilybius spp. (Dytiscidae). [60] 4th ser. v. 89: 287. 108 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [April, 1954 Bose, M. Notes on life-histories of some common beetles. [Agra Univ. Jour. Res., Science] 2: 309-17, ill. Doesburg, P. H. van. On some neotropical Passalidae. [Ill] 29: 203-04 (*). Figg-Hoblyn, J. P. A new species of Acmaeo- dera from western Nevada (Buprestidae). [HI] 29: 219- 21, ill. Geiler, H. Beitrag zur biologic und phanologie von Notoxus monoceros L. (Anthicidae). [28] 3: 569-76, ill. Gressitt, J. L. Notes on nomenclature and relationships of some palearctic and nearctic Lepturinae (Cerambycidae). [Ill] 29: 207. Gridelli, E. Catalogo regionato delle specie di coleotteri tenebrionidi dell'Arabia. [Atti Mus. Civ. Storia Nat. Trieste] 19: 1-70, ill. (*). Hafez, M. & M. F. H. Osman. Notes on the biology of Bruchidius trifolii Mots, and Bruchidius alfierii Pic. [19] ser. 12, v. 7: 63-4, 1954. Knull, J. N. Five new North American species of Bupresti- dae. [106] 54: 27-30. ill., 1954. Malkin, B. New records of Oxyporus from Arizona (Staphylinidae). [HI] 29: 218. Medvedev, S. I. Lichinki plastinchatousykh zhukov fauny SSSR. Lucanidae, Trogidae & Scarabaeidae.) [Opredeli- teli po faune SSSR] 47, 342 pp., ill., 1952. Nolte, H.-W.- Beitrage zur epidemiologie und prognose des rapserdflohs (Psylliodes chrysocephala L.) [28] 3: 518-29. Ohnesorge, B. (See Anatomy.) Polivka, J. B. The seasonal be- havior of the Japanese beetle in Ohio. [106] 54: 59-62. 1954. Saxena, O. N. Musculature of Mylabris pustulata Thunb. [Agra Univ. Jour. Res. Science] 2: 285-307. ill. Stenmark, A. Myrgasternas levnadsforhallanden. [Svensk faunistisk revy] 15: 99-110, ill. Utida, S. Interspecific competition between two species of bean weevil. | 50] 34 : 301-07. Werner, F. G. Further notes on North American Epicauta, with new synonymy (Meloidae). [115] 60: 105- 14. Young, F. N. A new species of Hydrocanthus from Florida, with notes on other species of the genus (Noteri- dae). [89] no. 549, 6 pp. HYMENOPTERA Bullmann, O. Psithyrus rupestris F. als schmarotzer bei Bombus alticola Kriechb., beobachtet auf der stubalpe. [34] 4: 193-4. Esquivel, L. & L. de Santis. Descripcion de una nueva especie de cinipido galigeno de la republica Argentina (Cynipoidea). [Revista. Fac. de Agr., Buenos Aires, ser. 3] 29: 27-34, ill. Gregg, R. E. Morphological considerations affecting the taxon- omy of certain genera of ants (Formicidae). [56] 55: 32430, ill. -Taxonomic notes on the ant, Camponotus cooperi Gregg. [115] 60: 102-04. Haupt, H. Alte und Ixvj ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 109 neue Pepsis-arten (Sphecoidea) Pompilidae, olim Psammo- charidae auct. mit einem anhang : Der stachelapparat der spinnenfangenden raubwespen. [Nova Acta Leopold, n. f | 15, no. 109, p. 309-414, ill.. 1952. Kraft, K. The ants of Itasca State Park, Minnesota. [Bull. Univ. X. Dakota, Abstracts of doctoral dissertations] p. 27-8. Michener, C. D. The biology of a leafcutter bee (Megachile brevis) and its associates. [83] 35: 1659-1748, ill. Rees, D. M. & J. W. Kliewer. Xotes on the biology and control of wasps in Salt Lake City and vicinity. [Proc. Utah Acad. Sci.j 30: 114-15. (Abstract.) Santis, L. de. Adiciones a la fauna Argentina de afelinidos. II. (Chalcidoidea). [Re- vista, Fac. de Agr., Buenos Aires, ser. 3] 29: 73-84. ill. Simmonds, F. J. Observations on the biology and mass- breeding of Spalangia drosophilae Ashm. (Spalangiidae), a parasite of the frit-fly, Oscinella frit (L.). [40] 44: 773- 78. Stenmark, A. Formicidae. (See Coleoptera.) Tilden, J- W. The digging and provisioning behavior of Ammo- phila saeva Smith (Sphecidae). [Ill] 29: 211-18. Way, M. J. The relationship between certain ant species with particular reference to biological control of the coreid Theraptus sp. [40] 44: 669-91, ill. Reviews THE ODONATA OF CANADA AND ALASKA. By Edmund M. Walker, Professor Emeritus of Zoology, University of Toronto, Honorary Curator of Zoology, Royal Ontario Museum of Zool- ogy and Paleontology. Vol. One, Part I : General, Part II : The Zygoptera Damselflies. University of Toronto Press: 1953. 8 vo. Pp. xii, 292, 44 plates of many line engravings numbered separately for each plate, the plates printed through- out the text. Price, $13.00. Part I deals \\ith A, The external structure of the order Odo- nata. pp. 3-5, The external features of the adult dragonfly, pp. 5-23, pis. 1-4, The external features of the full-grown nymph, pp. 23-31, pis. 5 & 6, and B, Life history and habits of adults, pp. 32-45, pi. 7, Developmental stages, pp. 45-52, Enemies of dragonflies, pp. 52-55, Parasites, pp. 55-57. Part II is on the Zygoptera of Canada and Alaska, beginning with a key to the suborders of Odonata and a key to the families of Zygoptera, pp. 61-62, followed by a statement of the distri- 110 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [April, 1954 bution of the Zygoptera of Canada and Alaska, which are pro- visionally grouped as A, Austral or southern species (6), B, restricted eastern species (2), C, U. S. and Canadian provinces east of the Great Plains (18 spp.), D, Atlantic to Saskatchewan or foothills of the Rocky Mountains (5 spp.). E, Transcon- tinental species (10), F, British Columbia and western States, eastward to Saskatchewan and Manitoba (2 spp.), G, Species restricted in Canada to the interior, particularly the Great Plains (3), H, Southern British Columbia (5 spp.), pp. 62-65. The total is recognized as 51 species, "a number that is somewhat less than half the total number known from North America north of Mexico." The systematic account of these Zygoptera occupies pp. 65- 278. including keys to genera and species. Under each species are given descriptions of adult male and female and nymph, the habitat, range, distribution in Canada, and field notes. A se- lected bibliography, pp. 279-286. and an index, pp. 287-292. complete the volume. The excellent account of the external structure of the ( Monata is based on both the Zygoptera and the Anisoptera, as it is evi- dently designed to serve as an introduction both to this volume and to a later one on the Anisoptera. Structural details and color patterns of both adult sexes and of nymphs are given for many species ; thus the figures of the mesostigmal laminae of the females of Argia, Enallagina, Cocna- yrion, Nchalcnnia, Ischnnra, Chromagrion and Amphiagrion are novelties for most of our North American species. The author tells us (preface, p. vii) that he has "collected and studied Odo- nata for more than fifty years in every province of Canada." As one result his field notes, mentioned above, are highly inter- esting to the students of these insects, describing the habitats, pairing and flight periods, with lists of numerous geographical localities in which each species has been observed. Nor are the data of other investigators neglected. Even though realizing that the bibliography "is in no sense a complete" one. we wish that Tillyard and Eraser's "Reclassification of the Order Odo- nata,'' in the Australian Zoologist, 1938-1940, had been included. As the paper is not calendered, except for plate 8. the book is delightful reading. Our copy is bound in an attractive dark green buckram and weighs one pound, 6| ounces. This book will be of great use to entomologists working on the fauna of the United States, in spite of the limitations suggested by its title. It is a pleasure to recommend it highly to entomologists and zoologists generally, wherever they are located. PHILIP P. CALVERT. Ixv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 111 THE COMSTOCKS OK CORNELL: John Henry Comstock and Anna Botsford Comstock, 1953. Comstock Publishing Asso- ciates, Ithaca, N. Y. Pp. xi, 286. 7 halftones. Price, $4.50. This volume is more than the story of the lives of two people ; in the telling it becomes an exposition of an admirable philosophy of living, and an account of a newly developing science in Amer- ica. While it is called an autobiography, it is perhaps more about her husband than about Mrs. Comstock, though the lives of the two had a unit}' of aim and achievement seldom encoun- tered. John Henry Comstock taught the first entomology course given in an American university. He continued this teaching for 40 years, and among his students were most of the men who became early and important figures in the field. Another distin- guished scientist said of him : "He has been probably the greatest teacher of natural history that America has known." These facts, coupled with the use of his books for many years as stand- ard texts in the field, make it evident that his influence was greater than that of any other man in the development of American entomology. From this account of the events of his life there gradually emerges the picture of a young man of great determination, in- tegrity, and ability, and of much self-reliance. ( )ne wonders, had there been a G-I bill-of-rights, whether he would have taken advantage of it. and it seems quite certain that he would not have thumbed a ride. He said : "I have known lots of fellows who left college because of lack of money ; but once when I tried to leave college, I did not have enough money to get out of town ; so I stayed. ..." It is unusual that a man of Mr. Comstock's eventual accom- plishments should have married a woman who was to make so large a place for herself in the world of science, art, and writing. Though never active in politics, she was named in 1923 by the League of Women Voters a.s one of the 12 greatest women of America. This book, I feel sure, must be considered the final and defini- tive Comstock biography. It is a warm personal account of two good scientists who were also very fine people. M. E. PHILLIP- This column is intended only for wants and exchanges, not for advertisements of goods for sale or services rendered. Notices not exceeding three lines free to subscribers. These notices are continued as long as our limited space will allow; the new ones are added at the end of the column, and, only when necessary those at the top (being longest in) are discontinued. American Sarcophagidae wanted for identification. H. R. Dodge, P.O. Box 185. Chamblee, Georgia. German lepidopterist wishes to correspond and receive live material (eggs and pupae) in exchange for dried imagoes. Johannes Reichel, Koenigsberg, Krs. Wetzlar 16, Germany. For exchange The periodic Cicada, T. septendecim. Desire Lepid., espec. Papil., Sphing. & Speyeria. Also Col., espec. Ceramb. & Lucan. John W. Morris, 2704 Genesee St., Syracuse 9, N. Y. Cynipid and Itonidid galls American species wanted ; purchase or exchange for British species. Fresh or dried. D. Leatherdale, F.R.E.S., Old Woodstock, Oxford, England. Wanted Reprints or papers concerning insects taken in Alaska for inclusion in list of Alaskan insects. R. H. Washburn, Alaska Experiment Station, Palmer, Alaska. Conopidae of the World wanted. Will pay 10c, Maple River, McKinley Town- ship, Emmet County, MICHIGAN, July 8, 1952 (P. J. Spangler). 116 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [May, 1954 These will be deposited in the U. S. National Museum under type number 62208. Paratypcs: 25 females, 21 males same data as types ; 8 females. 5 males, July 7, 1952; 1 female, 3 males, June 24, 1952; 4 fe- males, 13 males, July 20, 1952; 1 female, July 23, 1952, same locality and collector; 1 male, July 23, 1952, same locality (H. B. Hungerford) ; 5 females, 2 males, August 13, 1952, same locality (Irwin Slesnick). Paratypes will be distributed to the following institutions and persons : U. S. National Museum, California Academy of Sci- ences, British Museum, Canadian National Museum, Snow Entomological Museum, University of Michigan, American Museum of Natural History, University of Missouri, Museum of Comparative Zoology, and Messrs. F. N. Young, J. B. Wallis, H. F. Howden, I. L. Slesnick and the author's collection. Variations : Although the holotype and allotype are about the same size, the females average larger than the males. The size varies considerably within each sex. The smallest specimen in the series is a male, 3.70 mm. in length and 1.90 mm. in width, while the largest is a female, 4.35 mm. in length and 2.25 mm. in width. Although the great majority of specimens are marked as described for the holotype, three were observed to have the third and fourth elytral series of punctures interrupted briefly in the middle of the elytra, and then terminating normally in the apical third as indicated in figure a. Habitat : This species was collected among plant roots under approximately two feet of water. The roots were exposed, through a gravel bottom, to a considerable current of cold water. A few exploratory collections in the west branch of Maple River and various other streams in the same general vicinity were un- fruitful. Other aquatic beetles collected in the area but from be- neath the overhanging bank were Spcrclwpsis tcssdatns (Zieg.), Hydroporus stagnalis G. & H., Deronectes depressns Fab., and Colymbctcs sculptilis Harr. Acknowledgments : The author wishes to express his grati- tude to Mr. Hugh B. Leech of the California Academy of Sci- Ixv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 117 ences for his loan of the western species of Bry chins, for sug- gestions, and verification of the determination. o REFERENCES MATHESON, R. 1912. Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc. 20: 161-162. ROBERTS, C. H. 1913. Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc. 21 : 94-95. CARR, F. S. 1928. Canad. Ent. 60: 23-26. CHANDLER, H. P. 1943. Pan-Pacific Ent. 19: 154-158. Notes on the Chilopod Genera Linotaenia and Tomotaenia with Description of a New Korynia By RALPH V. CHAMBERLIN In reviewing the representatives of the chilopod family Lino- taeniidae from the western states, it has seemed desirahle to clarify and justify the nomenclature that I believe must be ap- plied to them and to list the synonymies that seem clear together with notes on those that seem probable. The type of the new Korynia described is retained for the present in the author's collection. Genus LINOTAENIA C. L. Koch Linotaenia C. L. Koch, 1847, Rev. d. Myr., pp. 86, 188. Striyamia Sager, 1856, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 8, p. 109; Wood, 1865, Tr. Amer. Phil. Soc., ser. 2, vol. 13, p. 181 (Non Gray, 18424) ; Crabill, 1953, Ent. News, vol. 64, p. H)''. Scolio planes Bergsoe and Meinert, 1866, Naturh. Tidsskr., ser. 3, vol. 7, p. 48. Linotaenia Pocock, 1890, Ann. Mus. Civ. Genoa, ser. 2, vol. 9, p. 8; Bollman, 1893, Bull. U. S. Nat. Mus., no. 46, p. 142; Cook, 1895, Amer. Nat., vol. 29, p. 866. A genus Stritjauiia was proposed by Gray in 1842 (Cycl. Anat. and Physiol, vol. 3, p. 547) with no more than the fol- 118 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [May, 1954 lowing characterization: "Eyes none. Antennae 14 jointed, moniliform, rather elongate. Feet very numerous, 50 or more." This description is so general as to cover the entire order of Geophilida, providing neither generic nor family characters that might serve to place the genus. Since Gray neither named nor indicated any species for it, Strigamia has been quite generally ignored by European workers. However, in 1856, as indicated above, Sager in America used the name in connection with his new species julva, thus for the first time validating Strigamia as a genus. Strigamia must date from 1856, with Sager as its author, and not from 1842 with Gray as author. However, before Sager's paper of 1856, C. L. Koch had al- ready, in 1847, erected the genus Linotaenia for a group of species to which Sager's julva belongs. Strigamia thus becomes a synonym of Linotaenia* In 1866, Bergsoe and Meinert set up a new name Scolioplanes, including under it among other forms the species acuminata and crassipes which Koch had pre- viously placed in Linotaenia. It seems puzzling that European workers have continued to use Scolioplanes in spite of the fact that it is thus plainly a synonym of Linotaenia. Genus TOMOTAENIA Cook Tomotaenia Cook, 1895, Amer. Nat., vol. 29, p. 866. Paraplanes Verhoeff, 1933, Ark. Zool. (Stockholm), vol. 26, no. 10, p. 22. Generotype. T. parviceps (Wood). In 1895, Cook sought to restrict Linotaenia, not to replace it, by proposing a genus Tomotaenia to include the American species, which he suggested differed from the European forms "in details of the mouthparts" without, however, giving any hint as to what he supposed these differences to be. However, he named as type of his genus a Pacific coast species, Strigamia parviceps Wood, which does typify well a group of species ade- * If typical julva Sager proves to have the last pretergite separated from the corresponding pleurites and this character is accepted as of subgeneric significance, Strigamia would be available for the subgeneric name and Protoplanes Verhoeff would fall as a synonym to it. Ixv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 119 quately distinct from Linotacnia, a group, so far as known, not represented in the eastern state, but occurring also in Asia. For an Asiatic representative of this group, Verhoeff in 1913 proposed a genus Paraplanes, naming as its type, a new species, P. svcnhcdini. In 1938 he attributed to this genus a California species to which he gave the name P. californicus but which, as indicated above, is obviously a synonym of Wood's parviceps, the type of Tomotaenia. Tomotaenia parviceps (Wood) Strigamia parviceps Wood, 1863, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila- delphia, n. s., vol. 5, p. 49; 1865, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc., vol. 13, p. 187. Strigamia cpilcptica Wood, 1863, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila- delphia, n. s., vol. 5, p. 49; 1865, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc., vol. 13, p. 188, figs. 21, 22. Non Scolioplanes parviceps Meinert, 1886, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc., vol. 23, p. 25. Scolioplanes imperialis Brolemann, 1896, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, vol. 65, p. 60, pi. 1, figs. 1416. Linotacnia rubelliana Chamberlin, 1904, Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia, vol. 56, p. 656. Linotaenia laevipes Chamberlin (non Wood), 1912, Pomona Jour. Zool. and Ent., vol. 4, p. 659. Paraplanes californicus Verhoeff. 1938, Zool. Anz., vol. 122, p. 282. Meinert (op. cit.) described as questionably Wood's parviceps "'a specimen which was said to be a type of Dr. \Vood" and which "was labeled 'Strigamia bidens Wood' for which no more definite locality was given than" N. A.?). It seems inexplicable that Dr. Meinert should choose to ignore the original label and describe the specimen under another name without any explana- tion for doing so. His description was accepted by Attems (1929) as applicable to parviceps but not on the basis of any personal study. This identification was undoubtedly erroneous. This large form, usually of a brilliant red color in life, a color that fades in preservatives, as here conceived occurs over much of California and north as far as British Columbia. Over this range it is subject to much variation in size of the mature 120 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [May, 1954 individuals and in number of pairs of legs without, however, showing any correlation between the variations and distribution or habitat, so far as studies so far made show. The variation in number of legs is from a minimum of 61 pairs (cotype of rub el- liana from Palo Alto) to 91 pairs. A high number of legs seems to be especially common in Oregon and Washington. The maximum length so far recorded is that for the type of Wood's epileptica, 5^ in. or 140 mm. Other specimens meas- ured by the author run up to 11-110 mm. Having made notes on the type of epileptica several years ago, it seems desirable to publish a redescription with some figures of this remarkably large specimen. Tomotaenia epileptica (Wood) {-parviceps}. A very large form, strongly attenuated cephalad, more moderately caudad. (The original description gave the color as orange throughout.) The head and dorsal plates, together with the prosternum, still ex- hibit the minute white punctation noted by Wood, with the gen- eral color now faded to brownish. The cephalic plate with median length nearly equal to the greatest width (cf. Fig. 1). Frontal suture present. Antennae filiform, contiguous at base. Basal plate of form shown in the figure, somewhat overlapped by the head. Claws of prehensors when closed not attaining front margin of head ; tooth at base of claw large, obliquely sub- truncate at tip (cf. Fig. 2). Dorsal plates smooth and shining, not sulcate. Spiracles all circular, the anterior ones large, grad- ually decreasing toward posterior segments. Ventral plates with a median longitudinal sulcus sharply impressed, with a transverse sulcus more or less evident behind middle and in front of proliferous area. Last tergite broad, caudally strongly con- vex. Last intertergite fused with pleurites. Last ventral plate very broad, its sides convex and strongly converging caudad, its caudal margin incurved. Coxal pores concentrated along and beneath border of sternite, opening into a broad longitudinal channel or furrow. Anal legs slender, the last joints broken off in type. Pairs of legs, 81. Length about 140 mm. Type taken in Oregon, vicinity of Puget Sound, by Dr. Kennedy. (Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila., no. 1080.) Ixv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 121 Strigamia cpileptica Wood, holotype 1. Head and prehensorial segment, dorsal view. 2. Prehensors. 3. Sternite of third segment. 4. Caudal end, ventral view (the segments telescoped). Tomotaenia imperialis ( Urolemann) (-parviceps,var.). This was based on a female with S3 pairs of legs taken in \Yashing- ton. Its length is given as 68 mm. The one character given in Brolemann's description that might be regarded as possibly distinctive is the presence of a median longitudinal sulcus on the basal plate, not usually present or obvious in parviceps. How- ever, occasional specimens of the latter species show a median white line from beneath the surface which it is thought is what Brolemann's specimen shows. 122 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [May, 1954 Genus KORYNIA Chamberlin Korynia Chamberlin, 1941, Ann. Ent. Soc. America, vol. 34, p.' 774. This genus is closely related to Toinotacnia in having the coxal pores concentrated along and beneath the last sternite. It is known from species occurring in the Southwest from Cali- fornia to Texas. They are small, slender forms with coxal pores reduced in number, the new species described below being the largest so far known. Korynia auxa new species Color of preserved type reddish fulvous, the tergites in part with a deeper spot toward each border. Body very slender. The head small, a little narrowed cephalad, with anterior mar- gin convexly rounded ; about equal in length and breadth ; frontal line distinct. Prehensors when closed attaining anterior margin of head ; claws armed at base with a rather small, slenderly conical tooth, the other joints unarmed. Prosternum showing no chitinous lines ; anterior margin with excision acute. Dorsal plates not sulcate, the anterior ones somewhat irregu- larly rugose. Spiracles all circular. Sternites with a median sulcus ; moderately puncto-rugose. Last sternite broad, strongly narrowed caudad, trapeziform. Coxal pores few, along and beneath the sternite. Last dorsal plate shield-shaped but caudally subtruncate. Last intertergite separate from the pleurites which are well developed. Anal legs of male crassate, not compressed, the claw reduced to a mere point. Pairs of legs, 73. Length, 38 mm. Locality. CALIFORNIA, Squaw Valley. One male taken Mar. 23, 1941, by S. and D. Mulaik. Differing from previously known species in larger size and greater number of legs. Ixv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 123 Neotropical Miridae, LXIX : A Remarkable New Genus of Phylini (Hemiptera) By JOSE C. M. CARVALHO,* Museu Nacional, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Among the neotropical mirids in the collection of the U. S. National Museum, the author found a remarkable new genus of the tribe Phylini herewith described and figured. This work constitutes a portion of a study concerning Miridae in the U. S. National Museum. I am indebted to Dr. Reece I. Sailer who is in charge of the Heteroptera collection. HAMBLETONIOLA n. gen. Phylinae, Phylini. Genus of small size, body slightly ovoid, smooth, covered by very long and erect pubescence intermixed with silvery, flat and remumbent hairs. Head rounded in front, inclined, vertex smooth, convex with posterior margin straight ; eyes of median size, sessil, touching the anterior margin of pronotum and reaching distinctly beyond the lateral margins of anterior angles of pronotum, smooth posteriorly ; seen from the side, frons noticeably rounded, eyes somewhat compressed, dis- tant from gula by a space about half the height of one eye, clypeus not separated from frons by a suture, vertical ; rostrum reaching apex of hind coxae, the first joint noticeably incrassate. Antennae inserted near the anterior margin of eye, distinctly above the inferior margin of orbita, segment I short, incrassate towards the apex; segment II about three times as long as first and about as thick as the latter, narrowed at extreme apex and base, covered by long, erect and somewhat silky hairs, their length equal to or more than diameter of segment; segment III ovoid, almost globose (female) or ovoid narrowed apically (male), strongly narrowed basally and apically. beset with long, black scale-like or flattened hairs; segment IV short, laminate with a narrow cylindrical base. In the nymph this segment * John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellow 1953. Additional assist- ance was received from the Brazilian National Research Council. 124 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [May, 1954 shows remarkable variation since it assumes the color and shape which is to be found on the third segment of adults. It bears also a fossa near apex in which there can be found many very fine hairs (Figs. B, C). The third antennal segment on the adults is the thickest of all. Pronotum somewhat rectangular, without collar or calli, disc flat, posterior margin almost straight, posterior angles rounded, lateral margins blunt, narrowing towards the head, the anterior angles in contact with eyes, smooth, beset with long erect hairs and scale-like recumbent pubescence ; mesoscutum broadly un- covered ; scutellum moderately convex, provided with long hairs and scale-like pubescence. Hemelytra with clavus wider towards the apex, embolium distinct only on basal half, becoming gradually wider and less distinct towards the cuneus, cubital vein distinct on basal half of corium, cuneus about as long as wide at base, cuneal fracture- small with distinct incisure, entire surface of hemelytra covered with long erect hairs and flattened, recumbent ones showing silvery reflection under incident light ; membrane with two areolae, the apical angle or larger areola widely rounded. Legs relatively short, femora incrassate, the tibiae beset with long whitish spines, about as long as wide diameter of tibia, intermixed with short and fine hairs, tarsi long, claws with pseudarolia easily visible, reaching beyond middle of claw. Type of genus: Hainbletoniola antennata n. sp. This genus belongs to the group of Phylini with scale-like pubescence intermixed with common hairs and differs from others due to its very peculiar thickened and ovoid third antennal segment. Besides the antennae it is also characteristized by its long tibial spines, long pubescence of body and type of pseudarolia. It is with pleasure that I name this genus for Dr. E. H. Hambleton of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, who has contributed greatly to the advancement of neotropical ento- mology. Dr. Hambleton was also my first teacher in entomology and I am much indebted to him for his direction and encourage- ment. Ixv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 125 IOOM EXPLANATION OF FIGURES A. Hamblctoniola antennata n. sp., female, holotype. B. Antennal seg- ments III and IV of nymph (dorsal view). C. Antennal segment IV of nymph (front view). D. Antennal segments III and IV of male. E. Antennal segments III and IV of female. F. Phallus. G. Left paramere. 126 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [May, 1954 Hambletoniola antennata n. sp. (Figs. A, D, E) Characterized by its color, structure of antennae and male genitalia. Male: Length 2.8 mm., width 1.2 mm. Head: length 0.2 mm., width 0.8 mm., vertex 0.45 mm. Antennae: segment I, length 0.1 mm. ; II, 0.4 mm. ; III, length 0.25 mm., width 0.14 mm. ; IV, 0.2 mm. Pronotum: length 0.4 mm., width at base 1.0 mm. Rostrum: length 0.85 mm., segment I, length 0.28 mm. ; II, 0.28 mm.; Ill, 0.11 mm.; IV, 0.21 mm. Color: whitish yellow sprinkled with small roundish brown dots and silvery pubescence ; eyes brownish ; second antennal segment brownish orange to black, with dark scale-like hairs, third segment black at base; body covered by minute brown spots and silvery flat recumbent hairs, the spots are not to be seen on mesoscutum and extreme base of corium ; membrane hyaline with one roundish black spot beyond the apex of cuneus ; underside concolorous with brownish spots on the pleural region, more numerous on propleura; femora and tibiae with brown to black spots, more numerous on anterior surface of femora ; rostrum dark at apex ; base of first antennal segment and some- times antennal peduncle and portion of gena brownish to orange in color. Genitalia: Phallus (Fig. F) of the Phylini type. Left para- mere (Fig. G) also typical for the tribe, with a few dorsal setae and a somewhat two-lobed left branch. Morphological characters as given for genus. Female: Identical with male in color and dimensions. Third antennal segment more ovoid, almost globose. In the male this segment is distinctly narrowed towards the apex (Figs. D & E). Host plant: Leucophylum sp. Holotypc: male, MEXICO (Brownsville, Texas, V. 5. 39, 31903) on Leucophylum. Allotype: female. Paratypes: male, female and nymph, same data as type, in the collections of the United States National Museum and of the author (type USNM No. 61996). Ixv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 127 A New North American Eupogonius with Note (Coleoptera : Cerambycidae) By JOSEF N. KNULL, Department of Zoology and Entomology, Ohio State University In my studies of Cerambycidae, the following new species was discovered : Eupogonius arizonensis n. sp. Female. Narrow, elongate; ground color reddish brown, clothed with irregular patches of recumbent white and yellowish pubescence, longer brown hairs on dorsal surface, antennae and legs. Head convex; surface finely punctured, clothed with light colored hairs, allowing ground color to show ; eyes fringed with yellowish white recumbent pubescence, separated on vertex length of eighth antennal segment ; antennae extending to about apex of elytra when laid along side, ratio of lengths of segments 1 to 11, 26:6:34:36: 16: 16: 15: 12: 12:9: 11, segments with recumbent hairs sparse, longer dark hairs numerous. Pronotum wider than long, widest in middle, about as wide at base as at apex ; sides subparallel, lateral tubercle small, acute ; disk convex, a transverse depression at base ; surface coarsely, densely, irregularly punctured, recumbent pubescence, allowing sculpture to show. Scutellum semicircular, pubescent. Elytra at base much wider than pronotum; sides subparallel, apices separately rounded ; disk convex ; surface coarsely punc- tured, punctures becoming very fine toward apex, recumbent pubescence short, allowing sculpture to be visible. Abdomen beneath coarsely, sparsely punctured, last sternite slightly emarginate, surface clothed with recumbent short pubes- cence, longer hairs arising from punctures. Length 6 mm. ; width 2 mm. Holotypc $ and paratypc labeled Ruby, ARIZONA, Aug. 4, 1953, D. J. & J. N. Knull, collectors. In collection of author. This species is closest to E. pauperi Lee. It can be distin- 128 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [May, 1954 guished by the narrow elongate form, small lateral tubercles, coarse sculpture of pronotum and sparse pubescence of dorsal surface. Eupogonius fulvovestitus Schffr. I erroneously synonymized this species in 1946. Specimens are at hand from Hidalgo Co., Texas, March 26, 1953 and May 23, 1951, D. J. & J. N. Knull, collectors. In addition to the smooth areas on head and pronotum mentioned by SchaefTer (1905), the scutellum is glabrous, which will distinguish it from other members of the genus in our fauna. REFERENCES DILLON, L. S. and E. S. 1953. Ent. News 64: 260-261. KNULL, J. N. 1946. Ohio Biol. Sur. Bull. 39 : 1-354. SCHAEFFER, C. F. A. 1905. Brook. Inst. Arts and Sci. 1 : 124-140. Replacement of a Preoccupied Generic Name (Orthop.: Acrid.) In a recent publication (Trans. Amer. Entom. Soc., LXXIX, pp. 121, 124 (1953)) I proposed the name Loveridgca for a subgenus of African Pyrgomorphinae (Orthoptera; Acrididae). My friend Mr. Arthur Loveridge, to whom the new entity was dedicated, has advised me that Loveridgea was used in Reptiles in 1951 by Vanzolini (Herpetologica, 7, p. 114). Unfortunately the "Zoological Record" list of new generic and subgeneric names proposed in 1951 was not available until after my paper had gone to press, although a full check had been made up to and including 1950. In place of my preoccupied Loveridgca I wish to propose Loveridgacris, to retain its association with the emi- nent student of African zoology to whom it was originally dedi- cated. JAMES A. G. REHN. Ixv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 129 A European Weevil in North America By ELBERT L. SLEEPER, Department of Zoology and Entomol- ogy, Ohio State University, Columbus 10 In May, 1953, a small series of a weevil from Delaware was sent to the author. In October, 1953, three Pennsylvanian examples of this same species were sent to the author by D. G. Kissinger of Washington Missionary College, Takoma Park, Washington, D. C. At this time Mr. Kissinger stated that he believed it to be an import. Comparison of it with European material by W. J. Brown of the Division of Entomology, De- partment of Agriculture, Ottawa, Canada and the author proved this species to be Gymnaetron pascuoriiin (Gyll.). G. pascuorum may be distinguished from other North Ameri- can members of the genus as follows : smaller and narrower (length 1.6-2.2 mm., width 0.8-1.1 mm.) ; black, the antennae, elytra, legs, and tarsi reddish brown, the base of the elytra and the sutural line frequently black ; vestiture of fine, sparse, pros- trate setae, except on elytra where the setae are coarser and erect. The tibiae of both sexes are mucronate. This species is generally distributed in Europe and is re- corded as breeding in Plantago spp. The North American specimens examined were from the following localities : Van Dyke, Del, V-13-52, H. E. Milliron, on alfalfa; Newark, Del., several dates from May to August in 1952-53, on strawberry, potatoes, and alfalfa; Lebanon S. F., Del, V-9-53, C. A. Triplehorn ; New Castle Co., Del., May and July, 1952 ; and Leipsic, Del., May, 1952. Mr. Kissinger has collected this species at Stoney Creek Mills, Pennsylvania, VIII-24- 52, and Pottstown, Pennsylvania, VII-28-53. Examples of pascnormn are in the following collections : Delaware University, Ento- mological Collection, Canadian National Collection, D. G. Kis- singer Collection, and the author's collection. It is possible that this species was first introduced, in nursery stock from Europe, in the vicinity of Wilmington, Delaware. The bulk of the material examined was collected within a 40- mile radius of that city. 130 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [May, 1954 It is doubtful if this species will be of economic importance in the United States. The occurrence of it on the aforemen- tioned plants is probably accidental. It is possible that this weevil might cause some damage to alfalfa, if the female should oviposit in the blossoms. G. tetcr (Fab.) oviposits in the ovaries of mullein, Verbascum thapsus (L.). The immature stages are passed in the seed pod of mullein. Cryptophyllaspis liquidambaris Kotinsky in New Jersey (Homoptera) This species, known as the sweet gum scale, was collected during June, 1953, on sweet gum from Cape May, N. J. This insect inhabits the undersides of the leaves, the oval or circular female scale making a tiny, blunt, conical mound or gall on the upper leaf surface and living on the lower surface in the tiny open pit beneath the mound. It has been recorded from Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Louisiana, District of Columbia, Texas, Ohio and New York City, but not previously from New Jersey. Apparently this species escaped notice for years, partly because of its unimportance, but principally because collectors are getting scarcer and scarcer. H. B. WEISS. The Continuing Abundance of Lacebugs in New Jersey In ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS for July, 1952, attention was called to the unusual abundance of lacebugs in New Jersey on various host plants during the summer of 1951. During the summers of 1952 and 1953 this abundance continued, with some abatement in 1952. Stephanitis rhododendri Horv., on rhododendron, Stephanitis pyriodes Scott on azaleas, Corythucha ciliata Say on American buttonwood and European planes, Corythucha cy- doniae Fitch on Crataegus, continued to build up numerically during the summer months of 1953 until by the end of the season every leaf on many of their host plants was whitened by adult and nymphal feeding. According to U. S. Weather Bureau records, the winters of 1951-52 and 1952-53 were mild, the latter, even more so than the former. As a result the mortality Ixv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 131 among overwintering adults and eggs was reduced and the way was paved for heavy summer populations. H. B. WEISS. Records of the Order Zoraptera from South Carolina * By W. ST. AMAND In his synopsis of the order Zoraptera (Proc. Ent. Soc. Wash. 40: 57-87, 1938), Gurney states that Zorotypus hubbardi Caudell is probably abundant in the Southern States. He lists records from Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, Illinois (?), Arkansas, Louisiana and Texas. It has been reported from Alabama by Valentine and Wilson (Ent. News 60: 180-1, 1949) and from Georgia by Riegel (Ent. News 61 : 124, 1950). In addition, Copeland (in press) reports it from Kentucky, Tennessee and Mississippi. A record of the occurrence of Zorotypus hubbardi from South Carolina seems worthy of note. Collections were made at saw- dust piles at the following localities : 8 mi. N of Travelers Rest, Greenville Co. ; 4 mi. NW of Newberry County line, Laurens Co. ; Edgefield, Edgefield Co. ; and near Kirksey, Greenwood Co. At Edgefield specimens were found with termites and at Kirksey with ants but there is no evidence of more than inci- dental association. All individuals collected are wingless. Current Entomological Literature Compiled by VENIA T. PHILLIPS, Librarian Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Under the above head it is intended to note papers received at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania pertaining to entomology, including all arthropods except Crustacea. Coverage will be world-wide as regards major contributions to systematics as well as for all papers on morphology, physiology, em- bryology, etc. In addition, for species from the Americas and the Pacific (Nearctic, Neotropical and Polynesian regions) all minor contributions to taxonomy, distribution, etc., will also be recorded. 1 Contribution number 97 from the Department of Zoology and Entomology, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tenn. 132 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS Ala, 1954 This list gives references of the year 1953 unless otherwise noted. Continued papers, with few exceptions, are recorded only at their first installment. For other records of general literature and for economic literature, see the Bibliog- raphy of Agriculture, Washington, and the Review of Applied Entomology, Series A, London. For records of papers on medical entomology see Review of Applied Entomology, Series B. NOTE: The figures within brackets [ ] refer to the journal in which the paper ap- peared, as numbered in the List of periodicals and serials published in our January and June issues. The number of the volume, and in some cases, the part, heft, &c. is followed by a colon (:). References to papers containing new forms or names not so stated in titles are followed by (*); if containing keys are followed by (k); papers pertaining ex- clusively to Neotropical species, and not so indicated in the title, have the symbol (S). Papers published in ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS are not listed. This number is devoted entirely to papers appearing in the Trans- actions of the 9th International Congress of Entomology, held in Amsterdam, August 17-24, 1951. Publ. at The Hague, v. 1, 1115 pp., 1952; v. 2 (Entitled "Symposia"), 361 pp., 1953. GENERAL Atkinson, D. J. The natural control of forest insects in the tropics. 2: 220-23. Barnes, H. F. Outlines of insect phenology. 2 : 163-73, ill. Betrem, J. G. -Interrelation and interaction of biotic and abiotic factors in some tropical insects. 1: 791-94. (Repeated in 2: 278- 81.) Bishopp, F. C. Insecticide problems in the United States of America. 1 : 1023-29. Bonnet, P. Proposition d'une reglementation pour la formation des termes scien- tifiques compises (choix de la voyelle de liaison). 1 : 189-93. Box, H. E. The history and changing status of some neo- tropical insect pests of sugar cane. 2 : 254-59. Dammer- rnan, K. W. Proposals concerning the nomenclature of family names and of names of economically important in- sects, to be submitted to the IXth International Congress of Entomology at Amsterdam. 1 : 203-05. Dowden, P. B. Natural control of forest insects in the United States. 2: 215-19. Dufrenoy, J. & J. L. Plumb. A graphical calcu- lator for statistical analysis of experiments in entomology. 1 : 1068-70, ill. Dupuis, C. Donnees sur la morphogenese des genitalia males des insectes, leur importance pour une nomenclature rationnelle de ces structures. 1 : 151-54. Edney, E. B.- An electrical hygrometer suitable for micro- climatic measurements. 1 : 525-30, ill. Ferriere, C. Le fardeau des vieilles especes inconnues. 1 : 194-96. Franz, H. Die bedeutung der terricolen arthropoden fur boden- beurteilung und bodenverbesserung. 1 : 439-43. -Die be- deutung vergleichender untersuchungen an biocoenosen fin- die losung historischtiergeographischer probleme. 1 : 547- 52. Haarlpv, N. Microarthropods from some Danish soils. 1 : 424-27, ill. Hemming, F. Seven problems of zoological nomenclature awaiting decision : an appeal to specialists for advice. 2 : 37-47. Jucci, C. Simbiosi e filogenesi negli insetti. 1 : 449-53. Kangas, E. On population regulation Ixv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 133 of forest insects living- in tree rind, in Finland. 2: 224-28. Knipling, E. F. & F. C. Bishopp. Progress in medical ento- mology in the United States. 1 : 929-34. Leatherdale, D. Zoocecidia: the need for correlated study. 1: 51418. Leclercq, M. Application de 1'entomologie a la medecine legale. 1 : 920-22. Leefmans, S. Practical application of insect phenology. 2: 190-99, ill. Lindroth, C. H. Influ- ence of Pleistocene climate changes on the insect fauna of northern Europe. 2 : 145-53. Regnier, R. & B. Trouvelot. -La position de la recherche biologique en entomologie appliquee, historique, developpement, perspectives. 1 : 41- 50. Reichmuth, W. Uber biologische erscheinungen des unterschiedlichen verhaltens von insekten unter dem ein- fluss biotischer und abiotischer faktoren. 1 : 495-501, ill. Rivnay, E. The threshold of reproduction in insects and its application to agriculture. 1 : 607-10. Schneider, F. Epidemiologie einiger gambirinsekten auf Sumatra. 2 : 266-71. ill. Schwerdtfeger, F, Die naturliche regelung der populationsdichte bei den forstinsekten. 2: 203-09, ill. Shulov, A. A method for evaluation of the strength of venom of spiders. 1 : 956-58. Solomon, M. E. The popu- lation of storage pests. 2 : 235-48, ill. Stammer, H. J. Die bedeutung der insekten fiir die besiedelung kleiner lebensstatten. 1 : 535-38. Strickland, A. H. The assess- ment of insect populations in relation to crop losses. 1 : 611-18. Thalenhorst, W. Die bedeutung des einzelge- schehens in der gradologie. 1 : 531-34. Tuxen, S. L. Pro- posal for a glossary of terms used for description of geni- talia in insects. 2: 34. Varley, G. C. Ecological aspects of population regulation. 2 : 210-14. Vecht, j. Van der. On some aspects of the numerical variation of insects in the tropics. 2: 272-77. Williams, C. B. Graphical and statistical methods in the study of insect phenology. 2: 174-89, ill. -The migration and drift of insects and its international aspect. 1 : 63-68. BIOGRAPHIES, OBITUARIES Swammerdam, Jan, 1637-1680. As an entomologist by H. Engel. 1: 11-19. ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, MEDICAL Agrell, L- Mobilization of metabolic energy during insect metamor- phosis. 2: 73-77. Berre, J, R. Le. Contribution a 1'etude du phenomene de la diapause embryonnaire chez un acri- dien, Locusta migratoria gallica REM. (phasis transiens). 1 : 209-15. Bodenheimer, F. S. Arrested development and arrested activity in insect life. 1 : 21-40. Outlines of the epidemiology of agricultural pests in a subtropical climate. 134 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [May, 1954 2: 251-53. Bodenstein, D. Endocrine control of metamor- phosis with special reference to holometabola. 2 : 58-62. Bounhiol, J. J. Role du corpus allatum dans la meta- morphose des insectes. 2: 63-72, ill. Busnel, R. G. La fluorescyanine et 1'acide folique, pterines de Bombyx mori L. 1 : 356-58. Busvine, J. R. Laboratory investigations with insecticide-resistant houseflies. 2: 335-39. Buzzati- Traverso, A. & R. Scossiroli. Interspecific crosses between Drosophila species living on different continents. 1 : 246- 49. Carayon, J. Les phenomenes particuliers, qui accom- pagnent la fecondation chez certains hemipteres Nabidae. 1 : 259-62. Cloudsley-Thompson, J. L. Diurnal rhythms. 1 : 305-10. Dethier, V. G. Host plant perception in phy- tophagous insects. 2: 81-89. Dierick, G. F. E. M. Some data on the composition of the waxy layers on eggs of the European red spider in different stages of development. 1: 295-302. Dubois, K. P. The toxicology of organic phosphorus-containing insecticides. 2: 313-17. Farstad, C. W. Influence of wheat varieties on the wheat stem saw- fly, Cephus cinctus. 1 : 287-88. Fraenkel, G. The nutri- tional requirements of insects for known and unknown vitamins. 1 : 277-80. -The nutritional value of green plants for insects. 2 : 90-100. Grandori, L. Effets lethaux selectifs d'une subtance acetylcholinique sur quelques es- peces d'insectes. 1 : 269-72. Grasse, P. P. Le polymor- phisme des termites et la determination des castes. 1 : 51-62. Grison, P. A. Relations entre 1'etat physiologique de la plante-hote, Solatium tuberosum et la fecondite du doryphore, Leptinotarsa decemlineata Say- 1 : 331-37. Handschin, E. Die bedeutung der postembryonalen ent- wicklung fiir die Protomorpha (Collembolen). 1: 235-40. Hering, E. M. Probleme der xenophobic und xenophilie bei der wirtswahl phytophager insekten. 1 : 507-13. Hoist Christensen, P. The development in vivo of time-fixed eggs of Cochlidion limacodes Hufn. 1:219-22. Hopf, H. S/& W. R. Boon. Studies in the mode of action of insecticides. I. Injection experiments on the role of cholinesterase inhi- bition. 1 : 263-68. Johnson, C. G. The role of population level, flight periodicity and climate in the dispersal of aphids. 1:429-31. Jucci, C. Systematics and cytogenetics in anophelines. 1 : 232-34. Keiding, J. Development of resistance in the field and studies of inheritance. 2: 340-45. Kennedy, J. S. Host plant selection in Aphididae. 2 : 106-13. LTnidirectional movement in migrating locusts. 1 : 394-400. Ketelaar, J. A. A. Chemical structure and Ixv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 135 insecticidal activity of organic phosphorus compounds. 2: 318-27. Lees, A. D. The physiology of diapause in the fruit tree red spider mite. 1 : 351-55. Loritz, J. Sur des femelles micropteres de Thaumatopoea pityocampa Schiffm. obtenues en elevage. 1 : 241-45, ill. Lorkovic, Z. L'ac- couplement artificiel chez les lepidopteres et son application dans les recherches sur la fonction de 1'appareil genital des insectes. 1 : 223-24. Liischer, M. New evidence for an ectohormonal control of caste determination in termites. 1 : 289-94. Martin, H. The organo-phosphorus insecti- cides. 2: 303-06. Mattingly, P. F. Recent work on cycli- cal behaviour in the Nematocera. 1 : 375-79, ill. Newman, J. F. -Resistance of flies to different insecticides. 2: 331- 34. Nuorteva, P. Eine methode zur untersuchung der die nahrpflanzenwahl regulierenden stimuli bei zikaden. 1 : 273-76. Painter, R. H. The role of nutritional factors in host plant selections. 2 : 101-05. Pal, R. & M. I. D. Sharma. Laboratory studies on the development of a resistant strain of Musca nebulo. 2: 346-51. Pappenheimer, A. M., Jr. & C. M. Williams. The effects of diphtheria toxin on the Cecropia silkworm (Platysamia cecropia). 1: 338-40. Pavan, M. Attografo multiple per lo studio del comporta- mento cinetico di artropodi. 1 : 315-20, ill. "Iridomyr- mecin" as insecticide. 1 : 321-27. Possompes, B. Role du cerveau au cours de la metamorphose de Calliphora erythro- cephala Meig. 1 : 216-18. Reali, G. Effets parasympathy- colithiques de 1'atropine sur les muscles locomoteurs de chenilles de lepidopteres. 1 : 303-04. Reichmuth, W. Uber faktoren der insektiziden potenz. 1 : 1005-13, ill. Richard, G. L'emploi du bleu de methylene dans 1'etude de I'innervation et des organes sensoriels des insectes. 1 : 328- 30. Schaerffenberg, B. & E. Kupka. Orientierungsversuche an Stomoxys calcitrans und Culex pipiens mit einem blut- duftstoff. 1: 359-61. Seilkopf, H. Uber die meteoro- logischen verhiiltnisse bei falterwanderungen. 1 : 416-23, ill. Shulov, A. Studies on Krauss' organ of Tmethis pul- chripennis asiaticus Uvarov (Acrididae). 1 : 255-58. So- bels, F. H. -Genetic determination of the development of the dorsal hypoderm in Drosophila melanogaster, as studied by means of the mutant type "asymmetric." 1 : 225-31, ill. Stegwee, D. The effect of parathion and DDT on cho- linesterase activity in the roach (Periplaneta americana L.). 1 : 348-50. Stride, G. O. On the nutrition of Carpo- philus hemipterus (L.). 1: 281-86. Sweetman, H. L. The number of instars among the Thysunuvu as influenced 136 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [May, 1954 by environment. 1 : 411-15. Tiensuu, L. On the tarsal chemical sense, and its significance and distribution in the class Insecta. 1 : 253-54. Weis-Fogh, T. Weight economy of flying insects. 1 : 341-47. Wigglesworth, V. B. Hor- mones and metamorphosis, with special reference to hemi- metabolic insects. 2: 51-57. Wragge Morley, D. Some thoughts arising from the application of sociological inter- pretation to ant life. 1 : 401. Yuasa, H. Growth habit of crop plant, as an environmental factor of insect pests. 1 : 810-12. ill. ARACHNIDA AND MYRIOPODA Bonnet, P. Sur la valeur des tubercules humeraux dans le genre Araneus. 2: 355-57. Biicherl, W. Brutfiirsorge und brutpflege bei einigen brasilianischen spinnen. 1 : 1091-92. Spermio- genese bei Grammostola actaeon. 1 : 1093-94. -Revision der neu beschriebenen arten der gattung Enoploctenus Sumon 1897. (Ctenidae.) 1: 1089-90 (S). Cooreman, J. -Biologic et etudes faunistiques des acariens. 1 : 1095- 1100. Eyndhoven, G. L. van. Quelques mots sur la lit- terature acarologique. 1: 1101-02. Feldman-Muhsarn, B. Some new r taxonomic characters for specific diagnosis of Ixodidae. 1 : 947-49. Hackman, W. On the spicier fauna of Newfoundland. 1 : 1080-82. Homann, H. Der ban der nebenaugen als taxonomisches merkmal der spinnen. 2: 358-61. -Das w T achstum und die hautung von Tegenaria agrestis (Araneae). 1: 1075-79, ill. Hoogstraal, H. Bio- logical factors of ticks (Ixodoidea) of the Ethiopian faunal region in relation to human injury and disease. 1 : 959-63. Shulov, A. (See General.) Vellard, J. Les araignees dangereuses dans 1'Amerique du Sud. 1 : 1083-88. SMALLER ORDERS Barlet, J. Particularites du thorax de Nicoletia (Apterygotes, Thysanoures). 1: 169- 71, ill. Callan, E. McC. Embioptera of Trinidad with notes on their parasites. 1 : 483-89. Carpentier, F. & M. Lejeune-Carpenter. Structure du thorax des meganeurides (Protodonates). 1 : 161-64. Delamare Deboutteville, C. L'homogeneite de la morphologic sternale des blattopte- roicles ( Marty nov, 1938). 1 : 147-50, ill. -Sur 1'importance de la microfaune du sol en agrobiologie. XX (Collembola). 1 : 661-65. Dollfus, R. P. Sur 1'iconographie d'Hoplo- pleura acanthopus (H. Burmeister 1839) G. Enderlein 1904. (Anoplura.) 1 : 965-68, ill. Grasse, P. P. Termitidae. (See Anatomy.) Handschin, E. Collembola. (See Anat- omy.) Heinze, K. Ein neues einbettungsmittel fur kleine insekten. insbesondere fiir blattluuse. 1 : 177-79. Hincks, Ixv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 137 W. D. The male genital armature of some primitive ear- wigs (Dermaptera, Diplatyinae). 2: 3-6, ill. Jucci, C. & A. Springhetti. Evolution of seminal vesicles in Isoptera. 1 : 130-32. Liischer, M. Termitidae. (See Anatomy.) Sweetman, H. L. Thysanura. (See Anatomy.) Tuxen, S. L. tiber das sogenannte tentorium der proturen ; vor- laufige mitteilung. 1 : 143^6, ill. Webb, J. E. The taxon- omy of termites and its importance to agriculture. 1 : 770- 75, ill. ORTHOPTERA Berre, J. R. Le (See Anatomy.) Kennedy, J. S. (See Anatomy.) Lieftinck, M. A. Bio- logical and ecological observations on a bark haunting mantid in Java (Mantoidea). 2: 125-34, ill. Shulov, A. (See Anatomy.) Uvarov, B. P. Some effects of past cli- matic changes on the distribution of African Acrididae. 2: 156-59. HEMIPTERA Alkan, B. Biologic, schaeden und be- kaempfung von getreidewanzen (Eurygaster integriceps Put. und Aelia rostrata Boh.) in der Tiirkei. 1 : 623-26. Bonnemaison, L. Remarques sur les migrations chez les Aphidinae. 1 : 490-94. & J. Missonnier. Biologic et methodes de lutte contre le psylle du poirier (Psylla pyri L.). 1: 585-88. Broadbent, L. The epidemiology of aphid-borne virus diseases. 1 : 619-22. Carayon, J. (See Anatomy.) Carvalho, J. C. M. On the major classifica- tion of the Miridae. 1 : 133-34. Dupuis, C. Les genitalia males des hemipteres heteropteres, leur utilisation en sys- tematique. 2: 7-11. Fennah, R. G. Some aspects of the food-problem of Homoptera in the humid areas of the neotropical region. 2:260-65. Johnson, C. G. (See Anat- omy.) Kennedy, J. S. (See Anatomy.) Kontkanen, P. -Uber das holarktische, boreale und ostliche faunenelement in der zikadenfauna Finnlands (Vorlaufige mitteilung). 1 : 561-63. Ossiannilsson, F. On the music of some Euro- pean leafhoppers (Homoptera Auchenorrhyncha) and its relation to courtship. 2: 139-42. LEPIDOPTERA Altena, C. O. van R. Biogeographie du genre Xyctalemon Dalman (Uraniidae). 1 : 56468, ill. Blunck, H. Ueber die bei Pieris brassicae L., ihren para- siten und hyperparasiten schmarotzenden mikrosporidien. 1 : 432-38, ill. Diakonoff, A. Viviparity in Lepidoptera. 1: 91-6, ill. Hoist Christensen, P. (See Anatomy.) Kiriakoff, S. G. Les organes tympaniques des lepidopteres comme caractere systematique et phylogenetique. 1 : 71-75. 138 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [May, 1954 Loritz, J. (See Anatomy.) Pappenheimer & Williams. (See Anatomy.) Warnecke, G. Neuzeitliche formen unter den lepidopteren der Nordseekusten. 1 : 569-75, ill. Wohlfahrt, T. A. Untersuchungen iiber die zeitliche varia- bilitat des segelfalters (Iphiclides podalirius L.). 1: 165- 68, ill. Yagi, N. The taxonomic position of the Hesperidae as derived from the morphology of the compound eye. 1 : 76-78. Zoheiry Bey, M. S. el & M. A. Asem. The Chinese jute or hollyhock moth Crocidosema plebeiana Zell. as an anticipated pest. 1 : 472-77 ', ill. DIPTERA Borgmeier, T. Zweiteilige vordertarsen bei attaphilen phoriden-weibchen als myrmecophile anpassung (Phoridae). 1: 107-09. Brown, A/W. A. Factors in the attractiveness of bodies for mosquitoes. 1 : 895-900. Coutin, R. La cecidomyie des poirettes (Contarinia pyri- vora Riley) dans ses rapports phenologiques avec le poirier. 1 : 601-06, ill. Emden, F. I. van. The male genitalia of Diptera and their taxonomic value. 2 : 22-26. Gouin, F. Esquisse de la morphologic de la tete larvaire de Prodia- mesa olivacea MG. (Chironomidae). 1 : 110-12, ill. -Mus- culature, membrane "basale" et teguments chez la larve des dipteres Stomoxys calcitrans L. et Chironomus cingulatus M.G. 1 : 104-06, ill. Hinton, H. E. Survival of a chirono- mid larva after 20 months dehydration. 1 : 478-82. Jucci, C. (See Anatomy.) Knight, K. L. Suggestions for the measurement of variation in the Culex pipiens complex. 2 : 297-98. Levi-Castillo, R. Nota sobre la especie Aedes (Ochlerotatus) milleri Dyar, 1922, encontrada en Guenca (Azuay), Ecuador, con la redescripcion completa de la especie. 1 : 182-85, ill. Nota sobre una especie del sub- genero Phalangomyia del genero Culex encontrada en la provincia del Azuay (Ecuador) : Culex archegus Dyar 1929. 1 : 901-04, ill. Mattingly, P. F. The Culex pipiens com- plex. 2 : 285-88. -The distribution of the subgenus Stegomyia in the West African subregion. 1 : 543-46. Possompes, B. (See Anatomy.) Sabrosky, C. W. Meigen, 1800: a proposal for stability and uniformity. 1: 197-202. Sacantanis, K. L'influence de 1'humidite sur 1'incubation des oeufs de la mouche des fruits (Ceratitis capitata Wied.). (Trypeticlae.) 1: 460-64. Shute, P. G. Contribution to the Culex pipiens complex. 2: 28992. Theodor, O. On the structure of the genitalia in the Nycte- ribiidae (Pupipara). 2: 27-33, ill. COLEOPTERA d'Aguilar, J. L'activite cinesthesique des images de certains Agriotes (Elateridae). 1 : 465-71, Ixv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 139 ill. Bap Reddy, D. Observations on the weight of adult rice weevil, Sitophilus oryzae (L.). 1: 837^1-0. Bechyne, J. Notes sur le systeme actuel et sur la position syste- matique des eumolpides (Phytophaga). 1:125-26. Becker, G. De Dendroctonus-kalamitat in Guatemala. 1 : 682-87, ill. Beier, M. Ban und funktion der mundwerkzeuge bei den heloididen-larven. 1 : 135-38, ill. Bletchly, J. D. A summary of some recent work on the factors affecting egg- laying and hatching in Anobium punctatum De G. (Ano- biidae). 1: 728-34, ill. Bombosch, S. Kann die bekamp- fung des maikafers mit chemischen mitteln eine enger- lingsplage beseitigen. 1 : 638-40. Uber anderungen der ph}^siologischen leistungen von Ips typographus L. bei einer ungestort ablaufenden massenvermehrung. 1 : 675-78. Bro Larsen, E. 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THE LANCASTER PRESS, INC., Lancaster, Pa. ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS VOL. LXV JUNE, 1954 No. 6 Notes on Odonata of Surinam VI. The Nymph of Neoneura joana Will. By D. C. GEIJSKES, P. O. B. 306, Paramaribo Of the genus Neoneura the nymph of only one species (N. carnatica Selys) is described by Needham a from Cuba. I add here the description of a second species of which exuviae were found recently on rocks in the Maroni-River in Surinam. The identification of the species was secured from a female hatching from one of the cast skins. Neoneura joana has originally been described from British Guyana. 2 Although the species is not yet recorded from Surinam, it is a very common damsel fly along the rivers in this country. Their nymphs breed on the rocks in the rapids of the rivers. DESCRIPTION OF THE NYMPH Head broad and flat, quadrangular, hind angles behind the eyes prominent and spinulose. Eyes large, not bulging. Anten- nae long and slender, equally brown, paler at the articulations, seven jointed, relative length of the segments 4:5:9:7:4:3:2, segments 3-7 with an apical fringe of hairs. Mentum broad triangular, reaching backward to between the coxae of the front legs. Only one pair of mental setae present. Sides of mentum in the apical half armed with a row of about 14 short and strong spines. Median lobe prominent and rounded, 1 NEEDHAM, J. G. 1939. Nymph of the Protoneurine genus Neoneura (Odonata). Ent. News 50: 241-245. - WILLIAMSON, E. B. 1917. The genus Neoneura. Trans. Amer. Ent. Soc. 43: 215-218. (141) 142 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [June, 1954 finely denticulated. Lateral lobes with four (females) or five (males) setae; movable hook large and curved inward at the end, end hook well developed, separated by a deep cleft from the terminal border, which consists of a straight cut off tooth. Maxillae on top of lacinia with six large teeth, the third the largest, followed at the lower side by a row of 5-7 smaller ones and at the upper side by two long spines ; more below a secondary row of 8-11 smaller plumose setae each side. Galea on top beset with many long plumose setae. Mandibles with four (right side) or five (left side) stout teeth unequal in size. Right mandible on inner side with one blunt tooth, left mandible with two such teeth. Prothorax with prominent lateral lobes, the hind margin somewhat excavated. Synthorax not as broad as head, marked with three darker longitudinal bands over the sides ; the empty wing pads of the exuviae reaching to the seventh abdominal seg- ment (in the full grown nymph they may reach to the fifth segment). Legs rather long, the femora flattened to some extent, marked with two cross bands in the middle part, tibiae with one cross band in the basal half. Margins of femora and inner side of tibiae with a row of short spines. Apical inner side of tibiae armed with many short plumose setae, the joints of the tarsi along the under side with two rows of such setae. Abdomen tapering to the end, the first five segments without setae, the last five segments spinulose especially along the lateral and apical margins. Mid-dorsal line of segm. 9 and 10 without spines. Segments 4-9 marked with three to two darker longi- tudinal lateral bands, segm. 10 with the exception of the mid- dorsal stripe dark. Gonapophyses of female reaching behind end margins of segm. 10; inner and outer pair of the same length, outer pair on the EXPLANATION OF FIGURES Nymph of Neoneura joana Will, (female exuviae) A. Dorsal view. B. Right antenna. C. Mentum, inner side. D. Right mental lobe, inner side. E. Left mandible. F. Right mandible. G. Right lateral gill. H. End of female abdomen from left side. I. End of male abdomen from below. Ixv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 143 144 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [June, 1954 ventral margin with three dents, terminal spine large sharp- pointed. Gonapophyses of male with the two sharp points reaching just over the hind margin of segm. 9. Gills long lanceolate, tips acute, the sclerotized basal part reaching to the middle at the dorsal margin or farther along the ventral margin ; the margins and mid-rib armed with a row of short spines, 11 along the dorsal side, 19 along the ventral side and 10-11 along the mid-rib. Apical half of gills with simple and some branched gill-veins, the margins finely fringed with long soft hairs. Total length (exuviae) 12-15 mm., gills 4-5 mm. (Examined 2^, 8? exuviae.) Of this species only the cast skins were found attached to rocks and larger stones in the rapids of Lamake and in the Apoma falls in the Maroni River between Surinam and French Guyana (October 1953). Imagines of this species were common at that moment on the same places. This nymph differs from that of N. carnatica by the number of setae at the lateral mental lobe (45 in N. joana, 3 in N. earn.), by the less hairy legs, the longer and more spiny gills and the spinulose abd. segm. 6-10. The two species have in common : the large truncate head, one pair of mental setae, the row of marginal spines in the apical half of mentum, and the pointed abd. gills divided in a thick carinate basal part and a thin leaf-like apical portion. It may be noted that the nymph of Neoneura joana has much in common with the nymph of Aeolagrion demerarwn Will, described and figured by myself in Ann. Ent. Soc. Amer. 1941, 34: 722-24, fig. 2. Ixv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 145 Notes on the Biologies of three Species of Bom- byliidae, with a Description of one New Species By J. C. HALL, Citrus Experiment Station, Riverside, California These records on biology, while not conclusive, are published in order that more interest might be created toward studying the habits of this fascinating group of flies. Comparatively little is known about the habits of the family, and much work remains to be done in this respect. The author wishes to express his thanks to the two men, who, through their efforts, have made this paper possible : Mr. H. B. Leech of the California Academy of Sciences and Mr. R. C. Bechtel of the University of California at Davis. In December of 1952, Mr. Bechtel collected a total of 70 nests of the mud-dauber wasp, Sceliphron cacnientarium (Drury), from various areas around Davis, California. From three of these nests emerged three specimens of Toxophora virgata O.S. Of the three nests, one was from the inside wall of a small pump- house and the other two were collected from the underside of a cement bridge. The nests were kept in the laboratory until the spring of 1953. Following is a list of the hymenopterans which emerged from the three nests. From nest number 20, four Ancistrocents tuber culocephalus sutterianus (Saussure), and one Stenodynerus minimofcnis Bohart ; from nest number 24, three Rygchium foraininatmn blandinitm (Rohwer) ; and from nest number 25, three Stenodynerus uiiniinofcrus. Nothing definite can be said about the specific host of To.ro- phora virgata as all three species of hymenopterans, mentioned above, fall within the category of the hosts recorded in the literature. It is unlikely, but not an impossibility, that the fly larvae fed on the Sceliphron larvae. The genus Toxophora is found in both Europe and North America, and most of the host records are found from the former continent. Rearing and host records are not numerous 146 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [June, 1954 and are scattered, but from the information available, a good indication of the hosts of these flies may be obtained. Seguy (1926) 1 records the genus Toxophora as "Parasites des Guepes solitaires (Eumenes, Pelopaeus, Odynerus)." Osten Sacken (1877) 2 records a species of Toxophora, reared from the nest of Eunienes jraterna Say, "feeding either upon the caterpillar stored up in the nest, or upon the young larvae themselves." Austen (1937) 3 records Eunienes pomijormis Fabr. being at- tacked by the larvae of Toxophora maculata Rossi. In 1951 Mr. Leech collected a quantity of Ceanothus thrysi- florus Esch. wood, which was heavily infested with the anobiicl beetle, Ptinus acuminatus Casey. The wood was placed in a jar and kept there in an attempt to rear some of the beetles. A few months later three bombyliids emerged from the wood, along with several anobiids. The flies proved to be an unde- scribed species of the genus Eclimus. The cast pupal skins were left protruding, for most of their length, from old anobiid burrows. It was immediately assumed that the beetles served as the hosts. But, at a later date, the spring of 1952, Mr. Leech again collected some wood, this time dead chaparral pea, Pickeringia montana Nutt., which was heavily infested with another anobiid, Vriletta decorata Van D. From this wood one specimen of Anthrax oedipus Fabr. emerged. In this case, by careful tracing it was found that the fly came from a small hymenopterous cocoon in an old anobiid burrow, which had been provisioned with spiders. This later case then makes the previous assumption, that the Eclimus spe- cies came from the anobiids, open to suspicion as to the host. The author has been unable to locate any records in the lit- erature on the host, or hosts, of the genus Eclimus. He has observed E. luctifer O.S. ovipositing in an old log lying near a small stream. All attempts to recover either eggs or larvae failed, and no more information is available at this time. It was impossible to determine the hymenopteran that served as the host for Anthrax oedipus. Species of the genus Anthrax 1 SEGUY, E. Faune de France, Paris 13 : 220. 2 OSTEN-SACKEN. Bull. U. S. Geol. Geog. Survey of Terr. 3 : 265-66. 3 AUSTEN, E. E. Brit. Mus. Nat. Hist. Publ., London, p. 77. Ixv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 147 have been recorded several times as being parasitic on the larvae of solitary bees and fossorial wasps. Osten Sacken (1877) states that he has observed A. oedipus in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, persistently flying around a hole in a pine log, prob- ably containing the nest of some hymenopteran. He also records other species in the genus as being reared from Pelopoeus, Ce- monus, Chalicodoma, and probably Megachile. Brooks (1952) 4 records and describes the pupal case of A. irrorata Say, a species closely related to A. oedipus, as being reared from Megachile nivalis Fries. The following is a description of the adult and cast pupal skin of the Eclimiis species, reared from ceanothus wood. The au- thor takes pleasure in naming this fly after Mr. H. B. Leech. Eclimus leechi n. sp. Body black ; wings hyaline, subcostal, costal, marginal, and first basal cells with faint infuscations, faint spots on r-m cross- vein, base of second submarginal cell and at the bases of all the posterior cells. Female. Front gray pollinose, blackish in center from vertex to a little beyond middle, black pilose in middle, a few whitish scales present ; face gray pollinose, white pilose along oral mar- gin ; clypeus when rubbed, shining ; antennae black, segment one three times longer than second, shorter than third, third segment broadest before middle, tapering to blunt apex, style wanting, segments one and two with black hair above, white below ; pro- boscis longer than head height ; palpi half as long as proboscis, first segment twice as long as the second, slender, segment two broad, tapering to a point, with short black hair ; occiput gray pollinose on sides, black on upper one-fourth, white pilose, a few black hairs on vertex, golden-yellow tomentum on vertex, a few golden-yellow scales along hind margins of eyes. Thorax black, white pilose, dense golden-yellow tomentum overall, three, long, black bristles at root of wings ; scutellum black, thickly covered with golden-yellow tomentum, long white hair on poste- rior margin ; pleura gray pollinose, white pilose, tomentum want- 4 BROOKS, A. R. Canadian Ent. 84 : 370. 148 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [June, 1954 ing; legs black, tibiae somewhat brownish; coxae white pilose, fore and middle femora entirely white pilose, hind femora white pilose on basal half, grading to iridescent black on apical half, with two short, slender bristles on under surface ; halteres with stems whitish, knobs black ; wings hyaline, following cells faintly infuscated : subcostal, costal, marginal, first basal, area near stigma darker, faint spots on rm cross-vein, base of second submarginal cell and at bases of second, third, and fourth poste- rior cells. Abdomen black, first segment white pilose, rest of dorsum with short, black pile, sides of segments one to four white pilose, five to seven black pilose, entire dorsum golden-yellow tomentose, thicker on median line and posterior margins of each segment ; venter white pilose and tomentose, segments six and seven with black pile. Genitalia orangish, with a few golden- yellow hairs. Male unknown. Type female. Mill Valley, Marin County, CALIFORNIA, VI- 25-51 (H. B. Leech). Deposited in California Academy of Sciences. Paratypes. 2 females, same data as type. One speci- men in the California Academy of Sciences, the other in the author's collection. The following is a description of the cast pupal skin of Eclimus leechi. Light yellow, with yellow setae and reddish-brown tubercles. Head. Round in front view. Cephalic tubercles widely spaced, long, and straight, somewhat ridged near base; a small tubercle arises behind and a little inward of each large cephalic tubercle; frontal tubercle trifid, dorsal tubercle the largest, slightly proclinate, two ventral tubercles small, without long tapering point characteristic of other tubercles, ridged near base ; middle of front with lateral depressions ; a single pair of setae located behind each cephalic tubercle, about one-half as long as the tubercles ; mouth parts short, not extending length of femora ; labrum with a pair of small tubercles, a very small seta alongside each tubercle. Dorsum of thorax bare, a thin seta dorso-laterally above root of wings; wings extending to the third abdominal segment, without setae or tubercles. Segment one of abdomen Ixv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 149 with a median-dorsal row of small spines, short setae inter- spersed between each spine, lateral area bare, three short setae at union of dorsum and venter; segments two to six with a median-dorsal row of larger spines, slightly curved upward, a variable number of short setae interspersed between each spine, a pair of setae at each end of each row of spines, three setae at union of dorsum and venter ; seventh segment with a row of short spines, and interspersed setae on posterior margin ; eighth segment bare, with a pair of slightly curved terminal tubercles ; entire venter of abdomen bare. The pupal skins are attached to the type and paratype speci- mens. A Moisture Gradient Method for Rearing Diptera from Moist Humus By W. A. MCDONALD, University of California, Los Angeles A convenient rearing method has been used with great suc- cess by workers at U.C.L.A. to obtain new or little-collected Diptera, especially Nematocera, from moist humus, and to as- sociate the larval and pupal stages with the adult. The pro- cedure involves collecting damp humus or leaf mold in the field and transferring a portion or it to a can set in a pan of water and covered by a rearing cage. Thus moisture gradient is established which will permit immature forms present in the humus to develop and emerge into the cage for a considerable period following their collection. At U.C.L.A. we use discarded syrup cans 9-}-" wide by 12i" high which contain about one cubic foot of loosely-packed humus over a two-inch layer of salt-free sand. The can, with several small holes punched through its bottom, is set into a pan in which a two-inch water level is maintained. Over the humus can is placed one of our mosquito-rearing cages, measuring 15" by 15" by 36" and made of 32-mesh plastic screen stretched on a frame of J" fir, with |" masonite top ond bottom, a window of cellulose acetate film and a muslin sleeve. The screen, window and sleeve 150 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [June, 1954 are held to the frame by thin strips of masonite and small brads. A hole is cut in the cage's bottom to admit the top of the humus can. After the adult flies have emerged and hardened for a day or so, they can be collected with a 24" straight glass aspirator on a rubber mouth-suction tube which is inserted into the cage through the muslin sleeve. The flies are easily sucked from the sides of the cage where they tend to congregate, especially if the cage is placed by a window. Nematocera can be blown into an alcohol vial, other Diptera into a cyanide tube. Some of the humus should also be put into a Berlese funnel to obtain the Acarida, Apterygota and larval insects present. Our first experience with this method, using wet humus found below a perennial spring, produced a great variety of Tendi- pedidae and Heleidae, including a new species of Hclca (W. W. Wirth, personal communication to J. N. Belkin), a few fungi- vorids, sciarids, psychodids, lauxaniids, rhagionids and all stages of Tabanus nwnoensis Hine, adults of which emerged five weeks after the date of collection. From two to five minutes a day is sufficient time for aspirating the adults and replenishing the water level. Should space for the apparatus be lacking at the laboratory or university, it can be kept in the worker's garage or back porch and inspected by him each day on his way to or from work. When the humus finally ceases to yield specimens it can be examined for pupal skins, long-lived larvae, etc. The adults, in alcohol, are sorted to family and stored for eventual shipment to specialists. The little time required by the method just described should appeal to entomologists involved in insect surveys as well as Diptera specialists who must often associate immature and adult stages. Ixv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 151 Current Entomological Literature Compiled by VENIA T. PHILLIPS, Librarian Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia Under the above head it is intended to note papers received at the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania pertaining to entomology, including all arthropods except Crustacea. Coverage will be world-wide as regards major contributions to systematics as well as for al