' t ttt,, (' A N A I,IA N

N l'.\\' NI'-AI{('l l(( lt,\N 1,.I l.ll..\ ('l'll'trl.ll),,1,.,I)tt,'t'tr-t{,\). I,AIt't' \.
rOrmo si a fr is oni, s p. n.
closest to o. me'igen, (o. s.) ; inner pleural appendageof thc rriak, lrvpopr-gium with a conspicuouslateral spine; all four gonapophysesof a1>pr,,*iiriatei-v
cqual size and shape.
'Male.-Length
3-3.5 mm.; w-ing4-4.5 rnm.
Female.-Length 3.8-4 mm.; u,-ing4-4.8 mm.
Rostrum and palpi dark brown. Antennee brow'ish brack; flagellar segments oval, provided with a densewhite pubescenceand rather elongate verticils.
Head yellowish grey.

October, 1920' ),r.

Walker. 'l'he flies were generally obser.vedin small swarms among ir rlt.rr,,
growth of Equisetum hiemale that covered the embankment.

j:)ii'.,i,,i",1;t;,,",,
S,(,:,.,,,,;;.il;,,^i;
l:;];);),
rinoisPronotum brou,'n, the scutellum pale whitish vellow. Mesonotum uniformly brownish gra-"-with a sparse yellowish bloom; pseudosutural fovea
conspicuously oval, black; tuberculate pits conspicuous. separated from one
another by a distance a little greater than the diameter of one. Plelra lightplumbeous. Halteres whitish.
Legs with the coxe plumbeous; trochanterslight brown; femora brownish yellow, the tips broadly clarkened; tibiae andtarsi dark brown. wings with a strong brownish gray tinge; stigma darker
briown; conspicuous whitish areas before and beyond the stigma: basal cells
Iargely whitish: veins dark brown. Venation: cell -lsf Mz open by the atrophyof the outer deflection of Mt; anal .,'eins convergent.
Abdomen dark brown, including the hypopygium. Male hypopygiumwith the inner pleural appendage smaller than the outer, before the tip with
am acute black spine set at a right angle to the appendage; outer appendage
strongly curved, the tip acute. Gonapophysesfour in number, black, of app.o"imately equal size and shape, the inner pair a little more slender than the outerpair; outer apophyses with a tiny tooth at about two-thirds the length on the
inner face; inner apophyseswith the basal half flattened, the distal half strongll,
narrowed; penis-guard slender, pale in colour. Ninth sternite u.ith a spatulate. l o be a s i n th e gr oup.
Habitot.-Illinois.
Holotype.-cl , Muncie, May 15, 1920, (Alexander).
Allotopoi.ltl>e.- I , (Frison).
Paratopotyl>es.-l l, May 8, 192(), (Frison) ; 32 c/ g 's, May 1b, 1g20,(Alexander & Frison).
Type in the collection of the Illinois State Natural Historv Survey.
I
ormos'ia frison'i bea.rsa consiclerableresemblance to o. meigenr,i(o. S.) but
f.is readily told by the smaller size, differently coloured wings anrl, especially,i by the structure of the male hypopygium. rn o. me,igenii the innei pleuralf'appendage has the tip narrowed into a chitinized point that isin a siraightline with the.axis of the appendage; of the four gonapophyses,the,inner pair$.
are approximately one-half longer than the outer pair. This interestins new"i speciesis dedicated to the collector, my friend, Mr. Theodore H. Frison.
This species occured near the margin of a prairie cat-tail swamp where
it was associated with Pseudolimnophi.ta l,uteipennis (o. s.) and ribula d.eiecta

ti \.t.()-\t0l -oc l s ' [,Ormosia notmani,

sp. n.

General coloration dark brown, the praescutum without stripes; rvirrq.
e;rayish subh-valine,the stigma slightly darker brown;cell 7.szMz open by. ti,,
atrophy of the outer cleflcction of Ma; basal cleflection of Cut very obliqut,ir,
position, inscrterl lrcyond thc fork of M: ?nd. Anat vein bent toward
thc /,iA nal on it s or t t er enr l only; nr ale hypopygiur - ncom plicat ed; out er pleur al lr 1,' pendage a black, t hr ee- spinedst r uct ur e; inncr pleur alappendageslender ,de, , 1,, ibifid; gonapophvses slender, the distal end slightly wiclened, each apophr:ri
r.ri th a long, pou'er f r r spinelat r he base.
Male.-Length

about 8.8 mm.; 4.4 mm.

Rostrttm and palpi dark brown. Antennae slightly elongatecl,clark br61 rr.
the scapal segments a little paler; flagelrar segments long-oval, provided r,irl,a dense, erect, white pubescence. Head brownish gray, provicled with 16rrr.
l,ellow bristles.

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Pronotum brown, the scutellurn obscure yellow. Mesonoturn dark brolr,rr,
sparsely dusted with a gravish yellow pollen; pseudosutural foveae conspicious.
oval, black. Pleura brown, sparsely dusted with gray. Halteres light yellou.
I-egs with the coxa and trochanters light yellow; femora light brown, b.ight",
basally;remainder of the legs darker brown. wings grayish subhyaline;.Jig,r,,,slightly darker, brown ; wing-basea little brighter; veins dark brown. Venatior-r: r
less than its own length beyond the fork of R2l_ron R2; cell
-1sl Mzopen by tht
atrophy of the outer deflection of Ms; basal deflection of Cut a short disianct,
beyond the fork of M, very oblique in position, the branches ol Cu. forming arr
angle of about 100";?nd Anal. vein with the extreme outer end bent toward tht.
1st A nal.
Abdomen dark brown, the hypopygium a little brighter. Male hypopygiurrr
somewhat as in O. bil'ineata Dietz and O. subcornwtaAlexander but very ai.i;n.'in the details of structure. Outer pleural appendagea short, squat, chitinizctl
structure that terminates in three acute blackeneclpoints, the two outer ont,sshort and sub-equal, the inner spine much longer, acute; inner pleural a1rpendage lcng and slender, almost straight, profoundly bifid, thetwo arms
lving generally parallel, the one arm appearing as a long, blackened spinewiththe proximal face microscopicallv serrulate, the other, more dorsal, arm sligirtl,,
paler, sparselv setigerous. Gonapophyses shaped as slender blades, theouttjr.
ends a little flattened and expanded, at the base of each with a powerful, senrierect spine that is about one-third the length of the apophysis. Ninth sternilc
with a conspicuous fleshy spatulate lobe as in the me,l,ginii,group of species,
Ifabitat.-New York.
Holotype.-C, Keene Valley, Essex Co., May 26, 1920, (Notman).
Type in the collection of the author.
This remarkably distinct speciesis dedicated to the collector, Mr. Hewiy.,lNotman, rvhoseconscientiousand capable efforts have adcled numerous spccir,:,
in many ordefs, to the list of New york insects.

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imbecilla illinoiensis, subsp' n'(Eulimnophila)
Limnophila)[ale.-Length 6 mm.; wing 6-6.5 mm.
Very similai to typical imbecilta Osten Sacken but wery much smaller(in imbici.tla. the wing of the male measures 8.2-8.5 mm.). Head )'ellowish
with scarcely any gray pruinosity. Wings grayish yellow'

Habitat.-illinois.
Hototype.-d, Homer Park, June 13, 1920(Frison).
Paratopotypes.-Two d's'Type in the collection of the Illinois State Natural History Survey'
Paratypes in the collection of Mr. Frison and the writer.
tennessa, sp. n'
Allied to T. ultim,o Alexander; wings brownish vellow, the dusky spot at
the end of the vein 2nd,A small; abdominal tergites with a narrow' dark brown
median line; male hypopygium with the ninth tergite small, the caudal margin
rvith a broad, U-shaped median notch, the lateral lobes obtusely roundecl r'vith
the margins smooth, on the ventral face with a sharp chitinized spine'
Male.-L'ength about 16.5 mm.; wing 18.5 mm'
Generally similal tct Tipula ultima, differing as follows:with the basal flagellar segments distinctly bicolorous, the basal
Antenne.
ofeach segment dark brorvn, the remainder of each segment paler
enlargement
yellowish brown, the distal flagellar segments more uniformly brown'
Coloration of the thorax identical in the two species. Wings with a deep,r2ndA
brownish yellow suffusion, as it otltima, the dusky spot at the tip of veinvery restricted but evident. Venation: cell Rz more acutely pointed at base;cell -/sr Mzlong and narrow; petiole of cell :1'Irshorter than m'
Abclominal tergites dull yellow with a distinct but narrow median vitta ofdark brow-n; lateral margins of the tergites less distinctly darkened; sternites
ygllow. Male hypopygium with the sclerites flsed into a continuous ring as
in ufuima. Ninth tergite small, the caudal margin with a broad, IJ-shaped
median notch, the lateral lobes thus formed broadly and obtusely rounded, their
margins unarmed; on the ventral face of each of these lobes a conspicuous,chitinized spine directed ventrad and slightly caudad and proximad; on the
middle line beneath a narrow chitinized riclge that is slightly bifid at the cephalicend. Inner pleural appendage small, flattened, the clistal end curved into aspoon-shaped structure. Ninth sternite profoundly notched, at the base of theincision with a flattened, recurved lobe that is sparsely provided with shorthairs; on either side of this rectangular lobe, a somewhat similar lobe whose
inner or proximal margin is provided with numerous, long, yellow bristles that
become more elongated near the distal end; from the base of each of these
subtending lobes, a flattened digitiform lobe extends dorsad; from the region of
the pleurite a similar lobe is found, lying parallel to the last, the notch between
Tipulathem very narrow.
Habitat.-lennessee.
Hototype.-cl, Knoxville, May 17, 1915, (G. M' Bentley)'
Type in the collection of the Department of Entomology, University ofTennessee.
It ryill be seen from the above characterization that the hypopygium is very

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distinct from that of. Tipula ultima, where the ninth tergite is deeply notched,
the lateral lobes very large, flattened, directed proximad and with the margins
provided with numerous tiny chitinized denticles; all the other lobes and appendages of the hypopygium are much smaller and less complicated than in L
ultima. It should be noted that the present species is on the wing during May
whereas T. ultima is a characteristic autumnal species.
Tipulalygropis, sp. n.
Allied to T. occidentalis Doane;general coloration dark yellowish gray, themesonotal prescutum with four brownish gray stripes;wings with a very strong
brown suffusion, the obliterative streak unusuallv broad and conspicuous;
ab omen'obscure brown;male hypopygium with the ninth tergite with a deep,
V-shaped notch; eighth sternite with two submedian pencils of long )'ellow
hairs.
Mo.le.-Length about 20 mm.; wing 21 mm.
Frontal prolongation of head dark brown, still darker laterally; no evident
nasus, only a tuft of long hairs at this point; palpi brown, the basal t\r'o segments lighter in colour. Antenna dark brown, the scapal segments slightly
paler brown. Head brownish gray, the occiput darker; the vertex with indistinct lines that are concentric from the occiput.
Mesonotal praescutum yellowish gray with four brownish gral' stripes,
the intermediate pair narrowly separated for most of their length by a line of
the ground colour, the ends contiguous; scutum light gray, the lobes largely darkgray; scutellum pale yellowish gray with a capillar-v brown median line, thelateral portions dark; postnotum yellowish gray, the posterior margins darker.
Pleura dull gray, more yellorvish gray before the base of the halteres. Halteresdark brown, the base of the stem brighter. Legs with the coxa dull gral', theouter face sparseiy yellow pollinose;femora and tibie reddish brown, narrowly
tipped with dark brown: tarsi brown. Wings with a verv strong brorvnish
tinge;cells C and Sc more yellowish brown;cells M and Cu adjoining vein Ctt.
more yellowish; a conspicuousbrown spot at the end of Sc and another including
the stigma; a paler brown seam at the origin of Rs, along the cord and at the
tip of vein Cuz;a very conspicuouswhite obliterative streak extending from cell
C acrosscells 7sl Rr, the end of R, the basal two-fifths of cell 7st M* into the baseol cell Ms. Venation: R2+rshorter than the distal section of Rz; petiole of cell
Mz a little more than one-half. of m.
Abdomen obscure .brownish, the tergites very indistinctly trivittate withstill darker brown, the distal segments more uniformly darkened; sternites
brownish gray. Male hypopygium moderately large. Ninth tergite with avery deep V-shaped median notch that extends almost back to the eighth segment; the lateral lobes have the ventral edge produced into a flattened, chitinized
blade, the tips running out into small, chitinized points. Ninth pleurite rather
conspicuous, conical, the apex obtusely rounded but flattened; outer pleuralappendage conspicuous, rather stout, dark brown, clothed with long, darkhairs. Ninth sternite with a profound notch that is narrowly margined withpale, from its dorsal proximal angle hang two long, pendulous lobes. Eighthsternite with a broad, U-shaped notch, on either side of the median line of thebase of the notch, a pencil of very long yellow bristles; lateral lobes produced

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proximad into .very broad-based triangular lobes that are directed proximad,
the proximal margin sparsely provided with bristles, the tip narrowed.
Hab it at . . - ( ' al i fo rni a .
Holol' 1t pe. -c / , Sa n ta C ru z Is l a n d , Ma y 1 6 , 1919, (E .P .V an D uzee).
Ty'pe in the collection of the California Academy of Sciences
pseudotruncorum,
sp. n.
General coloration iight gral'; antennec short, dark brown; head with alinear brown mark;mesonotal praescutum rvith five more or less distinct broll.t-l
lirtes; a capillary brow'n median line extending from the suture to the base of
the abdomen;wings pale brown, variegated with dark brown and subhyaline
blotches;abclomen buffy brown, the tergum u-ith three conspicuousdark brou'n
l o n g it uc linal s t r ipe s .
M ale. I . eng th 1 5 n rm.; w i n g 1 6 mm.
Female.-:Length 20 mm.; u'ing 17.5 mm,
Frontal prolor.rgationof the head long and slender, light gray; palpi dark
brorvn. Antenna short, the first segrnent elongate, dusted with gray; second
scapal segment brownish; flagellum black, the segments short with the basal
swelling indistinct. Head light gray with a conspicuous elongate brown maik.
Mesonotal praescutum light gray, conspicuously marked with dark brown;
median stripe light gray, split by a capillary brown line, the lateral margins of
the stripe more broadly dark brown; all three of these lines are confluent before
the suture; lateral praescutal stripes dark, the area between them and the
median stripe infuscated; scutum light gray with two isolated grayish brownmarks on each lobe;remainder of the mesonotum light gtay, a capillary brownline extending from the suture to the base of the abdomen. Pleura light gray.
Halteres brownish vellow, the knobs dark brown. Legs with the cox;e light
gray; trochanters grayish brown; femora black, more reddish basally; remaindero f the legs blac k . Wi n g s b ro rv n ;s ti g m a d a rk brow n;a smal l , dark brow n spotat the origin of Rs; membrane conspicuouslyvariegated with subhyaline areas,
the more conspicuous situated before and beyond the stigma, immediately
before the origin of Rs,' a conspicuouswhite blotch at the base of cell ,41and
another at about two-thirds the length of the cell ; indistinct whitish areas ince lls Cu and ls t A . \' e n a ti o n : R s l o n g ;c e l l ./sl Mzl ong and narrow ;peti ol e ofceil Mr shorter than m,.
,\bdomen with'the first tergite iight gray; remaining tergites buffy brown,v-ith three broad dark brown stripes that are narrowly interrupted at the baseand apex of each segment; lateral margins of the tergites broadly light gray;sternites dustccl with gray. Male h1'popygium rather large. Ninth tergite
with a broad, U-shaped notch, the lateral lobes indistinct, obtusely rounded;deep median incision that extencls back to beyond midJength of the tergite,
the margins being practically contiguous. Ninth pleurite complete; outerthe apex. Ninth sternite,pleural appendage tumid, gradually narrowed toproximad into fleshy
producedwith a deep \'-shaped notch, the lateral angles
conspicuouslong
line,
at
the
tip
with
lobes that are contiguous on the median
Eighthsternite withthesternite.
yellow hairs that largely fill the notch oflobes,
eachtippedwitha penciltumid
the lateral angles produced into slightline'
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presur.nably belongs to
The allotype female is much paler throughout but
are very pale but
wings
the
as
this species; t-hl markings on the bocly as wellindicated.
Habitat.-Northwestern United States'
2,500
Holotype.-d, LongmireSprings,Mt' Rainier, Washington,altitude
feet,July 18, 1919,(Dr. C. L. Fox')'feet,
Allotype.-9, Paradise Valley, Mt' Rainier, altitude 6,000-8,000
August5, 1919,(Dr. C' L. Fox')'ParatyPes-4wo d's, Moscow, Idaho'
Tvpe'in the collection of the california Academy of sciences'
T. truncorum
Tiputa pseu.d.otrtmcorumbearsa resemblance to the European
Doane' What is apMeigen, u.ti tu, distributed under this name by Prof'p a l i e l i , t ly t his s am es p e c i e s h a s b e e n re c o rd e d b y S nodgrass(Trans.A m.E nt.
with authenbo.., Vot. 30, pp. 2ll, 212; 1904) as T' truncorum' A comparison
shows
Riedel'P'M'
tic specimen,r^oftrunrorum received'from my friend' Herrthat the two species are abundantly distinct'

NOTESoNTHECOLEOPTERAWITHDESCRIPTIONSoF
NEW SPECIES.
BY

C. A.

F ROST .

Framingham,Mass.

prepared a note on the
Cicindela spfeta Lec. Several years ago I
with the latecorrespondence
some
after
but
Maine,
capture of this form inregardingfactsinteresting
Furtheraside.
laid
itwasMr. Edu,.ard D. Harris
should correct
which
letters
his
in
noted
were
insectthis much misunderstood
related to purpurea
the impression given by several authors that it is closely
Ol i v.His f at her , T . W .H a rri s ,s o m e ti me p ri o rto 1 8 4 8' sentD r' LeC ontea
to Mr. Harris, is the
specimen taken at Eastport, Maine, and which, according
Mass'' and bears,.riqu" type now in the LeConte collection at Cambridge'
his father's labet.
Theor iginaldes c ri p ti o n i n th e ..C a ta l o g u e o f theGeodephagousC ol e.
"Obscure nigro-aeneasuboptera" (Ann. Lyc. Nat' Hist., 1848, p' 177) begins'in the LeConte
virid,escens,-", and was probably made from the specimenof those green {orms ofcollection, as it is . g.""., irr.eci of about the shadepass for spreta, but having the complete limbalis
purpurea which .o-"fi.rr".
work
The figured sprito on the coloured plate XIII of the above*uit i'gr.
Cicindelaeof theis a black insect, and it is referred to in the LeConte Revision(as a varietl' of sqlendida)
tirubatis
p.
under
37)
XI.,
soc.
Phil.
Am.
of 1g56 (Trans.
7", and in a {ew lines
as,,,Nigra. C. spreta Lec. Ann. Lyc.,4,177;tab. 13, fig.
,;Eastporl, Maine, Dr. Harris." In the Harris collection, Boston Museumb"io*,
Me.," Iabel and theof Natural History, i. o." specimen bearing an "Eastport,
is referred to in the Harris manuscript catalogue
manuscript'^";;iir4"arlanumber 1502, whlch
Eastport,
Raiana H. ms. spreta Lec. Ann. Lyc. N.y. Iv. 177.
HarrisD'E'
to by Mr'
Me., Dr. J.Ray, 1836." Thisis the specimen referredcolthe
LeConteinin a letter to me as the "companion'specimen" to the one
the
bears
still
which
lection. I examined this (Harrip collection) specimen,
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old Harris label, and found it much darker than the type at Cambridge. It isan almost black insect with the faintest traces of green. It is marked like thetype. and is almost exactly as the figure on Plate XIII of the work of 1848.
Does it not seem probable that Dr. LeConte made the description from hisgreen specimen, and in some way the figure was made from the black specimenof the Harris collection? This supposition will at least account for the dual
colour r6le of spreta,
In correspondencewith Dr. LeConte, T. W. Harris expressedthe opinion
that spreta was much nearer limbalis Klug. than purpurea, and that Dr. LeConte v'as in accord with him is shown by the Revision of 1856.
In 1900, Mr. E. D. Harris took a large series (about 100 specimens) of
l'imbalis at Mt. Desert, Me., and, discovering several dark green ones among
them, took one to Cambridge and placed it beside the type, and then to theHarris collection where he made a comparison with the "companion specimen."His conclusionwas, "It is, to all intents, exactly the srme thing. ItisI'imbal'is."
On June 24, 1909, I took a specimen of spreta at Monmouth, Me., in :rsparsely wooded pasture on the west shore of Lake Cobbosseecontee. It has
been placed beside the type and found to be the same in every respect. Another specimen from Wales, Me., June 15, 1909, is very much like Mt. Desertl,imbalis, r.ith reddish-cupreous shading and silky lustre. A specimen from
Monmouth, June 25, 1905, is nearlf intermediate between the other two, beinga more clear greenat the baseof elytra and becoming gradually cupreoustowards
the apex, but u'ithout definite silky lustre.
From the above u'e have sufficient proof that spreta Lec., a rather darkgreen insect (of about the shade of the green forms of purpurea) with I'imbolis
markings, (humeral, post-humeral and ante-apical dots, sinuate median fasci:e,and apical lunules) is but a colour variation of limbal.is Klug. as represented b1'
the Mt. Desert specimens. Therefore, Dr. Walther Horn is in error in the
Genera Insectorum in placing "sprela I-ec., 1848" as a "senile form" and spreta
Lec,, 1856, as a "black form" of purpurea Oliv.
Cicindelalnentzi Dej., var. niveihamata, n. var. This interesting variation was taken at the Middlesex Fells Reservation in a road near the shoreof Spot
Pond in the tou'n of Stoneham, Mass., July 26, 1903. It vias found somewhat
remote from the usual haunts of the species,although they frequently scatterfrom the ledges to the neighboring roads. The markings of this unique areformed by the extension of the apical lunules along the margin, including theante-api'calmarginal spots, to and joining with the obliquely transverse medianfascie; the result is a broad marginal band with sinuate inner edge terminating
in a hook at the middle of each elytron. The median ante-apical dot has almost
vanished and the humeral lunule is representedby a small humeral dot and avery faint sub-humeral one. The markings resemble those of the posterior
half of the elytra of. C. schauppi with the transverse fasciaemore oblique. In
order to stimulate ambition and anticipation among those collectorswho delightin aberrant forms this handsome little insect is dull-' christened as above.
Pterostichus corusculus Lec. This species, which has hitherto beentaken rarely along a railroad embankment through a swamp, was found inlarge numbers (over 100) under stones, logs and in debris along the shores ot