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THE PARASITE OF PHYLLOXERA VASTATRIX, AND THE GALL INSECT OF THE NETTLE TREE
Authors: Fyles Thomas W. 
Published: February 2010

Upon request, I sent to Dr. H. A. Hagen specimens of the parasite of the Phylloxera, Diplosis (?) grassator. At the same time I sent him specimens of the Psylla described on page 198 of vol. xiv. Dr. Hagen favored me with information as follows:—“The fly is a Cecidomyia; I think it is not sure that it belongs to Diplosis. At least the reticulation of the wing differs in having the median vein straight, and the fork at the hind margin wanting. You will see in Osten Sacken's Catalogue that the museums do not possess this type for Cecidomyia. I have gone through the literature, and find till now your species is not described. The larva is shrivelled up, therefore the trophi are not visible.
NEW SPECIES AND NOTES ON STRUCTURE OF MOTHS AND GENERA
Authors: Grote A. R. 
Published: February 2010

Vanessodes fuscipes, n. s.♂. Allied to Clarus, but the body entirely griseous, concolorous with the fuscous gray wings, which are sub-diaphanous and differ only from those of Clarus by being a little wider, more irrorate and dusted by dark scales. Same size as Clarus, but easily separated by the abdomen not being yellow. One specimen. Coll. B. Neumoegen, Esq. Arizona. The antennæ are not so heavily pectinated. There are no perceptible marks on the wings, which are not exactly of the same shade as those of Clarus, being more grayish.
PAPILIO WALSHII AND ABBOTII, Edw.
Authors: Mundt A. H. 
Published: February 2010

There seems to be a great lack of historical knowledge about the above insects in this State, at least as far as my observations are concerned. In several collections, even in that of the State Normal, have I found Papilio telamonides labeled Walshii; this, however, was in the year 1878 and '79.Subsequent observations will show that it is no wonder that this insect has escaped the notice of many of our best collectors.
NOTES ON THE EARLY STAGES OF CALOPTERON RETICULATUM, Fabr.
Authors: Coquillett D. W. 
Published: February 2010

On the 10th of July I found a pupa of this species suspended by the hind end of its body beneath a log. The 1arval skin was rent and worked backward, but still retained nearly its original shape and color, and by comparing it with certain larvæ which I have frequently met with in similar situations, there is no doubt in my mind but that these latter belong to the above species.These larvæ very closely resemble that figured by Packard on page 465 of his “Guide” (fig. 432), which in the text on the succeeding page is referred to Photuris. The dried specimens now before me measure about 12 mm., and are of a dull purplish-brown color; venter pale yellow, tinged with pink and marked with a brownish stripe on each outer edge, and with two rows of brown spots, these not extending upon the first three segments; head retractile, dull blackish, the region of the jaws polished brown, and furnished with four black prickles, the upper two of which are placed transversely, the lower two longitudinally.
THE PARASITISM OF EUPELMUS ALLYNII, French
Authors: French G. H. 
Published: February 2010

The fact that this species is a parasite in its larval state does not seem to be questioned, but that it is a parasite on one or more species of Isosoma is, I understand, doubted by some entomologists. For the past two years the writer has had no doubt that such was the case; but it is possible the evidence upon which such a conclusion is based may not be generally known. For this reason a brief summary of observations may not be out of place.That it is a parasite on Isosoma hordei seems evident from the following: A single joint of rye containing several galls formed by Isosoma hordei was put into a bottle and corked up so that no insects could get out or in. In due course of time a specimen of E. Allynii was found in the bottle, and the hole from which it had gnawed its way out of one of the galls was plainly to be seen. Afterward the other galls gave forth I. hordei. In this case there could be no question but that the specimen of E. Allynii came from the gall made by I. hordei. If no hordei had hatched from the other galls, this would have been evident, for the galls made by this species are too characteristic to be mistaken by any one at all familiar with their work.
NORTH AMERICAN TORTRICIDÆ, BY LORD WALSINGHAM, M. A., F. L. S., &c.
Authors: Fernald C. H. 
Published: February 2010

The above is the title of a very interesting paper which his Lordship had the kindness to send to me, and which was published in the Transactions of the Entomological Society of London for April, 1884.This paper of 27 pages and one colored plate contains descriptions of 24 new species and one new genus (Pseudoconchylis), with copious notes on others. These insects were collected by Mr. H. K. Morrison in Mexico, Atizona, Montana, Wisconsin, North Carolina and Florida, and the paper is also of value in giving the distribution of many well known species.His Lordship calls attention to the fact that Conchylis bimaculana Robs. is distinct from Hübner's Pharmacis sartana, although placed as a synonym in my Catalogue of the Tortricidæ. I had already reached the same conclusion from material which I received from Florida, but had not published the fact.
NOTES ON SPHINGIDÆ CAPTURED AT ORONO, MAINE, AND VICINITY
Authors: Fernald C. H. 
Published: February 2010

Lepisesia flavofasciata, Barnst.—Very rare, taken in the hottest part of the day, on lilac and apple blossoms; also on Amelanchier Canadensis.Hemaris diffinis, Boisd.—Common on Tartarian honeysuckle and lilac, in the middle of the day.Hemaris gracilis, G. & R.—Quite rare, found on the same flowers and at the same time as H. diffinis, and also flies about sunset.Hemaris thysbe, Fabr.—Very common, flying in company with H. diffinis.Amphion nessus, Cram.—Quite common in company with the last named species.
THE CRANBERRY FRUIT WORM. (Acrobasis vaccinii. N. sp.)
Authors: Riley C. V. 
Published: February 2010

Acrobasis vaccinii, n. s.—General color and appearance of A. indiginella Zell. (nebulo Walsh) but a somewhat smaller species, with primaries usually narrower. It may be distinguished by the following differences as compared with indiginella:Average expanse, 15 mm. Colors of a colder gray with less reddishbrown or tawny on the inner portions of primaries, and with the pale costal parts nearly pure white, so as to contrast more fully with the dark shades, and to more fully relieve the basal branch of the forked shade on inner part of first or basal line, this basal branch being also usually darker than the outer or posterior branch. The triangular costal patch from the basal line is obsolete. The transverse pale lines are less clearly defined and the terminal is nearer the posterior border of the wing, i. e., the median field is wider. The geminate discal dots are always well separated and the inner one well relieved by the white which extends around it on the darker ground and often forms an annulus. The oblique shade from apex is less clearly defined.
THE ENTOMOLOGY OF VANCOUVER ISLAND: Notes on Eighty Species of Hymenoptera Collected near Victoria, Vancouver Island, in 1882
Authors: Taylor George W. 
Published: February 2010

A11 the insects mentioned in the following notes were captured by myself during the season of 1882, which was my first year in this island, and were taken for the most part on flowers in the course of my rambles. Some of the Ichneumons, however, were bred from the pupæ of Lepidoptera, and a few species were taken at rest, at light, or in other more or less usual ways.The eighty species here enumerated have been examined and determined for me by Mr. W. Brodie, of Toronto (to whom I am much indebted for this and other kindnesses), and they are therefore nearly all of them included in the check list issued last year by the Natural History Society of Toronto. In fact, the only names that I do not find in that list are Halictus lœvipennis and Eurra albitarsis, but they may perhaps be there under other names which in my ignorance of synonymy I fail to recognise.
THECLA NIPHON
Authors: Fletcher James 
Published: February 2010

About the middle of May, 1883, Mr. A. W. Hanham took a ♀ T. Niphon a few miles from the City of Ottawa. This was the only specimen at that time seen.On the 4th May last, when walking along the Chelsea Road, near the village of Chelsea, P. Q., with Mr. Harrington, he called my attention to a small butterfly which had just alighted on the bare road in front of us. This I was delighted to recognise as Niphon. Having no nets with us, a too near approach was only rewarded with the mortification of seeing the coveted prize flit lightly up to the top of some high pine trees. Subsequent to this date the weather was cold aud wet for some time, and I had no opportunity to visit the locality until the 22nd of the month.
NOTES AND DESCRIPTIONS OF NORTH AMERICAN XYLOPHAGIDÆ AND STRATIOMYIDÆ
Authors: Williston S. W. 
Published: February 2010

Xylophagus decorus, n. sp.♀. Length 13 mm. Black, legs yellow. Front convex, but little shining, thinly brownish dusted. Antennæ black, the tip of first joint and the second more reddish brown; elongate, the first joint rather longer than the distance from the insertion to the ocelli. Proboscis black Dorsum of thorax shining on the sides, in the middle with two broad brownish pollinose stripes, separated by a shining linear space. Pleuræ shining black. Abdomen blackish brown, shining. Legs, including the coxæ, reddish yellow, the tips of all the tarsi black. Wings nearly hyaline, a broad brownish band, near the middle, narrowed and evanescent posteriorly, the outer cross-veins clouded and the outer part of the wing cinereous.One specimen, Washington Territory (H. K. Morrison). The abdomen probably varies in depth of color.
ON THE HESSIAN FLY IN ITALY
Authors: Hagen H. A. 
Published: February 2010

As I have stated (p. 90, May, 1885), I had made inquiry of Dr. Anton Dohrn about the existence of the Hessian Fly around Naples, Italy. His kind answer, together with interesting notes by Dr. Paul Mayer, gives the following information.From the two old books quoted by Sir J. Banks (p. 88), Corti is not represented in the library at Naples. Ginnani (Dr. Giuseppe Fatta writes Giannini), Part ii., cap. lx., p. 127-209, gives: “Osservazioni ed esperienze particolari intorno all'infestamente degli insetti.” He speaks in this chapter on several flies which attack the grain, among them one which attacks the roots, but his statements do not allow us to decide with certainty whether some of the flies belong to Cecidomyia. Dr. P. Mayer draws my attention to another work which was entirely unknown to me; the copies published are all lithographed: “A. Costa.—Lezioni di Entomologia agraria precedute da un quadro generale della classi del regno animale raccolte ed autografate degli alumni M. Pilato e M. Montanari. Portici R. Scuola Superiore d'Agricoltura 1880, 4to., pg. 528, pl. 9.”
BIOGRAPHICAL NOTICE OF REV. D. ZIEGLER
Authors: Hagen H. A. 
Published: February 2010

As I have stated in my notice on Melsheimer, nothing is known of his friend, Rev. D. Ziegler, except the publication of a paper on Coleoptera. Again I am indebted for a large part of the notice now given to the untiring kindness of Rev. J. G. Morris, of Baltimore, for many years a friend and correspondent of Rev. D. Ziegler. Nevertheless, desiring to find out something more of this father of American Entomology, I decided to go to York, Pa., and had the pleasure of seeing his wife, Mrs. Ziegler, his son, Dr. H. A. Ziegler, and the brother of Rev. D. Ziegler.Daniel Ziegler was born June 11th, 1804, in Reading, Berks Co., Pa. His father, and probably his grandfather, were born in America. There is nothing known by the family as to when their ancestors came to America. After he became of age he studied at the University of Pennsylvania for some time. Later he studied Theology at York, Pa., at the German Reformed Seminary, under the presidency of Dr. Mayer.
DESCRIPTION OF TWO NEW VARIETIES OF CATOCALA CEROGAMA, Guen., WITH NOTE ON A THIRD
Authors: Fischer Ph. 
Published: February 2010

C. aurella, ♀, new var.Primaries and thorax light gray, strongly shaded with yellow; h. p. and t. p. line with t. a. line very distinct; teeth below U somewhat rounded; reniform indistinct; subreniform distinct; a broad, pale, tancolored line (outside of white shading of t. p. line) running parallel with t. p. line.Secondaries bright yellow; median band black, narrow, even, not reaching inner margin, marginal band broad, black with a slight yellow tinge; fringes dirty white; abdomen ochre-yellow.
MONOGRAPH OF THE EMBIDINA
Authors: Hagen H. A. 
Published: February 2010

6. Oligotoma Westwoodi, n. sp.O. Westwoodi Hag., Synops. Embid., p. 222 (no description, not named.)Length of body 4½ mill.; exp. of wings 7 mill.Male: As the specimen is enclosed in copal (Gummi anime), the colours are not certain, but the head, with antennæ and palpi, the thorax and the legs in part, seem to have been blackish-fuscous; head more Raphidia-like than in any other species; more than half longer than broad; the rounded sides sloping down, the occiput less than half as broad as the front part with the eyes; head above slightly convex, epistom large, convex; eyes large, prominent, about orbicular, with a small excision for the insertion of the antennæ; facets large, globose; antennæ long, reaching the end of the metathorax, inserted in a longer socket, 15-jointed; 1st joint a little thicker, cylindrical, half as broad as long; 2nd as long as broad; all others obclavate, to three times longer than broad, but the 3rd to 5th a little shorter than the rest, the last one more ovoid, with tip rounded; there seems not to be wanting any joint more. Labrum large, rounded, a little darker in middle; max. palpi 5-jointed, the three basals alike, short, as broad as long; 4th a little longer,5th longer, ovoid; labial palpi 3-jointed, apical joint longer, ovoid.
MONOGRAPH OF THE EMBIDINA
Authors: Hagen H. A. 
Published: February 2010

10. Embia Mauritanica.E. Mauritanica Lucas, Explor. Alger., vol. iii., p. 111-114; Neur. pl. 3, f. 2, a-n. Cuvier, Edit. Masson, Neur., pl. 106, f. 8 (copy of Lucas' figure).E. Mauritanica Lucas, Ann. Ent. Soc. Fr., 1859, ser. iii.' vol. vii., p. 440-444.I have never seen this species, and give the substance of the very detailed description of Mr. Lucas.
MONOGRAPH OF THE EMBIDINA
Authors: Hagen H. A. 
Published: February 2010

17. Embia (Olyntha) Mülleri, n. sp.Wingless form, female? dry. Length of body 12 mill.Body large, stout, black, very sparingly clothed with yellow hairs; shining, the head alone semi-opaque. Head large, flat, scarcely longer than broad, a little narrowed to the occiput; hind angles rounded; a shallow impression above with a short longitudinal engraved line; eyes black, small, not prominent; antennae only 21 joints present, which are as long as head, pro- and mesothorax; black, with yellow hairs, the 10 last joints strongly polished; 1st stouter, cylindrical; 2nd short, annular; 3rd cylindrical, as long as first; 4th and fifth very short; the rest successively longer, nearly pyriform, the last ones about ovoid. Epistom half as long as broad, sides rounded, front margin widely notched; labrum large, a little narrower at base, front margin rounded and a little yellowish, as well as the sides of the epistom; max palpi dark brown, villous, stout, compressed, the three basal joints short, equal, 4th longer, obliquely truncated at tip, 5th a little longer and larger, ovoid; labial palpi compressed, broad, 1st very short, 2nd about as long as broad, 3rd longer, the broad apex rounded.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREPARATORY STAGES OF PHOLISORA CATULLUS, Faericius
Authors: Edwards W. H. 
Published: February 2010

EGG.—Conical, the base flat, the top truncated, rounded, and divided from centre outward into eight or nine rounded, nearly equal, smooth lobes; at the micropyle a deep depression; sides marked by about 15 vertical ribs, low, rounded; the spaces between the ribs a little excavated, and crossed horizontally by many fine striæ; color pale yellow-brown, or luteous. Duration of this stage about five days.YOUNG LARVÆ.—At 12 hours from egg, length .04 inch; slender, the middle segments somewhat thickest; color green-orange, under side green-yellow, as are the feet and legs; segment 2 is whitish, with a black chitinous dorsal collar in front; head sub-globose, black-brown, shining. Duration of this stage three days.
ENTOMOLOGICAL NOTES
Authors: Jack J. G. 
Published: February 2010

The following notes on the habits of several insects are from a record of entomological observations kept during the past four years, and although imperfect, they may serve as a hint to others to pursue observations in the directions indicated.During the past season few unusual specimens were taken and very few notes made. Diurnal Lepidoptera (with the single exception of P. cardui, which had been rare for some years) were unusually scarce. Pieris rapœ is becoming less numerous every year, owing, probably, to its many parasites. Moths were not so abundant as usual, and the only capture worthy of notice was the re-occurrence of Aletia xylina Say (the cotton-worm moth), a single good fresh specimen of which was taken October 26th, in the woods, among leaves near a butternut tree.
SPECIES, VARIETIES AND RACES
Authors: Smith John B. 
Published: February 2010

At the recent meeting of the Entomological Club of the A. A. A. S., Dr. Horn found occasion to say that “natule has no genera, but species only”—genera are mere artificial aids to classification, are seldom sharply defined, and are of very unequal value, according as the student is inclined to value characters; nor are the same characters useful in all the orders, nor indeed in the several families in the same order.The important part of Dr. Horn's remarks, for the present purpose, is the assertion that “nature has no genera.” That Dr. Horn has an experience in American Coleoptera large enongh to render such an observation from him of great weight, no one will dispute, and taking the Lepidoptera into consideration I am led by my studies to agree with him thoroughly.
PREPARATORY STAGES OF ICTHYURA PALLA, French, WITH NOTES ON THE SPECIES
Authors: French G. H. 
Published: February 2010

Egg.—Globular, a little flattened at base, smooth; color orange yellow. Duration of this period, 24 days.Young Larva.—Length .08 of an inch. Color pale brownish green. Head and a small cervical shield jet black. Each segment has about six blackish tubercles from which arise rather long gray hairs, the dorsal tubercles on segments 5 and 12 a little more prominent than the others. Duration of this period, 3 days.After First Moult.—Length .14 of an inch. Color pale yellowish green. Head black, as also a plate and a small spot on the top of the second segment. To each segment six purplish black slightly tubercular spots; those on the dorsum faint except those on 5 and 12, which are prominent, each pair confluent; a few hairs from each spot. Thoracic feet black. Duration of this period, 4 days.
LIST OF DIPTERA TAKEN IN THE VICINITY OF PHILADELPHIA FROM 1882 TO 1884, INCLUSIVE
Authors: Keen E. L. 
Published: February 2010

The object of giving this list in its present imperfect form is to call the attention of our Entomologists to this greatly neglected order of insects, and as most of the families are still in an unworked condition, to call especial attention to them; of course, the named species represent only about one fourth of all the species taken by me during my three years collecting, and were mostly taken in Fairmount Park, and a few at Delanco, N. J.If a few of our many Entomologists would turn their attention to the Diptera, they would be sure to find an interesting and very wide field, in fact there would be room enough for nearly a dozen systematic workers in this order.
DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF CHIONOBAS FROM BRITISH AMERICA
Authors: Edwards W. H. 
Published: February 2010

MALE.—Expands 2.2 to 2.4 inches.Upper side brown-orange, color of C. Californica Boisd.; occasional examples are dark, a dead-leaf-brown over whole surface; hind margins edged by a blackish border, of nearly equal width throughout, and extending to apex of primaries; but sometimes this border is widest on primaries; costa of primaries dark brown; in some examples this shade scarcely if at all crosses costal nervure, in others it encroaches on the cell more or less, and occasionally covers the whole cell; but in nearly all examples under view the cell is concolored with rest of wing; the oblique discal brown band, which is a conspicuous feature in the males of the allied species, does not appear in the present one, so far as the examples show; the coloration of the upper surface resembles that of the female of Californica; on secondaries, the costal margin is edged with brown, and just outside the end of cell is an expansion of this, which forms a large elongated patch, convex on interior side—not at all like the sub-triangular and small patch seen in Californica and Iduna; primaries have a black ocellus, rounded or oval, with white pupil on upper discoidal interspace, and a second on second median interspace, the last one usually blind, but sometimes pupillated; generally the lower ocellus is smallest, but occasionally is equal to the upper; one example under view has two additional black spots, as large as the ocellus on secondaries, one on the interspace next above each ocellus; another has mere points on these interspaces; secondaries have a small ocellus, either blind or with white pupil, in second median interspace; fringes of both wings alternately yellow white and brown-black.
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE NORTH TRANS-CONTINENTAL SURVEY
Authors: Bruner Lawrence 
Published: February 2010

Herewith is presented for publication a partial list of the Orthoptera collected by Dr. H. A. Hagen and Samuel Henshaw during the summer of 1882, along the line of the Northern Pacific Railway. The collection, although not an extensive one, contains some new forms, as well as several interesting varieties of well known species. The collection is also of much interest in extending the range of quite a number of species heretofore recorded as occurring only on the eastern slope of the continental divide, or at the extreme eastern edge of the great interior basin, to the western slope.Taken as a whole, this collection of Orthoptera is very complete for the regions in which it was made, and shows careful work both in its formation and preservation. It is to be regretted, however, that so few specimens of some of the more interesting forms were taken, a feature which, no doubt, might have been remedied to some extent had their value been known at the proper time.
PREPARATORY STAGES OF TETRACIS TRIANGULIFERATA, Pack
Authors: French G. H. 
Published: February 2010

Egg.—Elongate or oval, .03 of an inch long by .025 of an inch wide, ribbed longitudinally like a muskmelon by about 15 ribs; color pale yellowish green. Duration of this period 8 days.Young Larva.—Length .10 of an inch; cylindrical, with 10 legs; grayish white, without marks except a bright scarlet transverse line across the posterior part of joint 2, jaws the same color, legs concolorous, the six thoracic slightly pink tinted. Duration of this period 6 to 7 days.
ON WILLOW AS FOOD-PLANT OF P. TURNUS
Authors: Edwards W. H. 
Published: February 2010

In Nov. No., 1885, I asked if readers of this magazine had ever found. the larva of Turnus feeding on willow, etc., to which I have had several replies.Mr. W. Brodie, Toronto, Can., wrote that on Sept. 10, 1885, Thos. Parks, of Toronto, found three larvæ in bis garden under a peach tree, and he put them in a box and fed on peach leaves for several days, and till pupation. So far as I know, the peach has not before been observed to be a plant of Turnus.