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sharp upper border. Dorsal space light leafgreen, an irregular, but distinct geminate,shaded greenish white dorsal band, broaden-ing out and filling in all the dorsal space onjoints 2 to 4, still obscurely darker centered.All the space below the subdorsal line like-wise completely filled in with the samegreenish white, with the paler secondarydots. Spiracles white with a median brickred band, except the one on joint 5 which iswhite with a black spot at its posterior side.The side color of the body is cut by darkergreen oblique shades which run fl’om theposterior edge of each segment on the sub-stigmatal line upward and forward (in thereverse direction from what is usual inSphingidae) each confined to a single seg-ment, on joints 5 to I. A substigmatalline is distinct from the anal feet forward tojoint I, white and yellow like the subdorsalline and also shaded with pink. Forward ofjoint I it becomes faint and is scarcelydistinguishable in front of joint 8. Hornpointed, green, with black spinules, the apexpale. Head dark green with narrow, obscure,vertical, pale bands antennae pinkish widthabout 2..5 mm. length of horn 4 mm. of thelarva 28 mm. The food plant of this tinySphinx is the "wax berry," Ckiococcaracemosa, determined for me by Mr. F’.Kinzel. The imago appeared in six weeks.Larvae from Lake Worth, Florida.

THE NEW CATALOGUE OF BEES.

Catalogus Hymenopterorum, Vol. X, Api-dae (Anthophila). By Dr. C. G. De DallaTorre, 896 pp. 643.

All students of bees must gratefully wel-come this admirable catalogue, which givesnot only the names of the species, butthe localities and all the more importantreferences. It is practically complete upto the end of 893 but various speciesdescribed in 894 fl’om America are omitted,though one would suppose that there mighthave been time to include them before print-

ing. Of course, as is inevitable in such awork, the details suggest much criticismand comment. Very strangely, Wm. Kirbyis in many places called W. F. Kirby,although the latter name is rightly theproperty of a much more recent entomolo-gist, still happily with us. Andrena ismodified to Anthrena, and Heriades toEriades, but it is questionable whethersuch changes can be accepted. Anthophorabecomes Podalirius, apparently on goodgrounds of priority. Our Colletes unc-tara Rob. (nora. preocc.) becomes C. robert-sonii D.T. Our Halictus cepltalicus Rob.(nora. preoec.) becomes H. cepkalotes D. T.,although there was already a nomen nudumH. cekaloles Schill., 839. H. distinctusProv. (preocc.) becomes distlnguendusD. T. H. gracilis Rob. (preocc.) isaltered to gracillimus, but Mr. Robertsonhad already changed the name to foxii.tI. 3aluslris Rob. is also altered to paludi-cola, in ignorance of Mr. Robertson’s sub-stitution of nymbkaearum last year. H.constrictus Prov. (preocc.) becomes "pro-vanckeri D. T. It may here be observedthat Mr. Robertson substituted It. macoui-nensis for his tt. quadrimaculatus, neeSchenk"; but it appears that Schenck’sspecies is a synonym of tt. interrutus.Our It. Julv@es Sin. (preocc.) becomesrkododactylus D. T.Our Andrena flmbriata Sin. (preoce.)

becomes americana D. T. A. simulataProv. is altered to canadensis. A. clyeataSm. becomes clykeolata D.T. A. latlce#sProv. becomes brooanckeri. A. seroNnaRob. becomes robertsonii. A. salicis Rob.was preoccupied by salicis Verhoeff butthe latter name is a synonym of albicans.A. scutellaris Rob. becomes scutellalaD. T. Nomia bunclata Fox (preoce.) isaltered to iV. foxii D. T.Eunomia is not held to be distinct from

Nomia. Cilissa is made a synonym of1V[ellitta. Eucera is made to include, assubgenera, Diadasia, Emphor, Melisodes,

lIay t896.] PSY’C 387

Synhalonia, Tetralonia, Xenoglossa, etc., It must be confessed that it is not entirelybut it seems impossible to accept such creditable toour knowledge of the literaturewholesale lumping, of our subject, that the author of this new

Melissodes tristis Ckll. is much later than catalogue has been able to supersede soEucera tristis Mor., but do not care to many names of American species onrename it until o)nvinced that it is desirable grounds of preoccupation. It is fair toto merge Melissodes in Eucera. gucera state, however, that in some instances wearctos n. n. is founded on ursna Cr., not were aware of the prior names, and changesof ltaliday, but the name is unnecessary, would have been proposed on this side ofsince ursina is a synonym of enavata, the water sooner or later. In a few casesM. 5rev/corn/s Cr. becomes /. cressoL the changes had actually been made, andM. cal(forzica Sin. becomes ’. smitkiL our author was not aware of it.

Podalirius (Anthophora) is made to in- T. Z). A. Cockerell.elude as subgenera, Clisodon, Entechnia, New MexicoAgric. Exper. Station,Habropoda, etc. ttabropoda mucida is March 3, 1896.changed to P. cressonii. Autk. carbonariaCr. becomes P. infernalis. Our Nomada CHRYSOBOTHRIS FEMORATA ANDrubra Prov. becomes iV. erythraea D. T. CLERUS 4-GUTTATUS.N. integra Rob. becomes 2V. i,tegerrimaD.T. N. unctata Cr. becomes W. ro- Wood piles are always attractive collect-vancheri b. T. Chelostoma is treated as ing spots. Ckrysobotkris femorata Fab. isa subgenus of Eriades. Osmia quadri- a frequent visitor, and runs about verydentata Cr. becomes cressonil D, T., but briskly, especially on hickory and oakthis change is unnecessary, since it is a logs. Early in June, 1894 a specimen ofsynonym of O. conjuncta Cr. O. barw, femorata was seen and heard to produceProv. becomes O. #arvula D. T. Mega- a very distinct noise by striking rapidlyckile carbonaria Cr. becomes M. cressonit’, with tile end of its abdomen on the barkMr. Fox’s three Jamaican species of Mega- of an oak log. Tapping with the fingerchile are wrongly said to be from Indiana. nail seemed to attract other ChrysobothrisM. simplex Prov. becomes 2I. simlicissima on the same log, but it may have beenD.T. Antkidium venustum Cr. becomes only a coincidence. Unfortunately thecressonii. Coelioys brevis Cr. becomes tapping specimen could not be caught toC. cressonii, but the author overlooks the determine its sex, but it was probably afact that Cresson himself long ago changed male, and the tapping a call or challenge.the name to altilis. Phileremus is changed Last summer no opportunity occurred ofto A.mmobates, which has priority of place observing Chrysobothris, but so commonon the same page of Latreille. The name a species offers a good chance for allAmmobates has been very frequently used interested to make further observations onin Europe for many years. Although the this interesting tapping habit.papers of Robertson and Coville are duly On the 6th of June, x895 on a freshquoted under Psilkyrus (or Abatkus) elatus, spruce log was noticed a specimen of Clerusthe author did not examine them sufficiently 4-guttalus Oliv. It had in its grasp ato learn that the insect in queston was a good-sized Scolytid, either Xyleborus orllombus. Trigona and Tetragona a,e given Tomicus. It held the victim with its frontas subgenera of Melipona. Trigona nigra and middle legs, and kept turning it roundCr. becomes M. cressonii D.T. Apis and round, biting at it aH the time, andmellifica L., 76, is to be called A. mellifera raising itself on its hind legs. Finally itL., x758. seized the Scolytid firmly beneath where

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