1892.] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. Ill 



This species is very near to variegata Sign, from Calabar, both 

 having a prominent lobe on the prothorax anteriorly, which may 

 place them in a new genus. In atlas the tegmina are not vitreous, 

 and have a whitish band near the base; also smaller. 



Duplicates of all the new species described in the foregoing 

 paper, excepting Stictocephala riridis, may be examined under 

 the above names in the National collection. I am deeply indebted 

 to Dr. Riley for his kindness in allowing me the privilege of 

 studying the duplicate material in the National collection. 



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ENTOMOLOGIZING IN MEXICO. 



By W. S. BLATCHLEY, Terre Haute, Ind. 



He who would see in the shortest possible time insect life in all 

 its phases, from the few depauperate forms which dwell in the 

 barren regions bordering the realms of perpetual snow to the 

 countless thousands which bask in the genial warmth and amidst 

 the luxurious vegetation of a tropical clime, should visit Mexico. 



In less than a week one can pass on foot from the summit of 

 Pico Orizaba, 18,000 and better feet in air, where the mercury 

 marks daily throughout the year many degrees below the freezing 

 point, to the level of the sea at Vera Cruz, where the mean an- 

 nual temperature is above 80 degrees. In this journey the num- 

 ber and size of the insects met with would be increasing at every 

 onward step, and, if carefully collected, the series would at the 

 end represent forms from every zone on earth. 



It was not my good fortune, while a member of the recent 

 Scoville expedition to Mexico, to make this journey, but I col- 

 lected in various localities from the height of 2500 feet at Cordoba 

 to the lower limit of snow on the mountain. On account of a 

 press of other duties no special work has as yet been done with 

 the insects taken, and, in the present article, I propose to give 

 some of my experience while collecting; to mention some of the 

 most pecular and bizarre forms taken, and to note in a general 

 way the results of the trip. 



In the beginning, let me say that, whoever visits Mexico to 

 collect insects should, unless he be a millionaire, take all necessary 

 material with him, for, in the town of 15,000 inhabitants where 

 we made our headquarters for two weeks, chloroform was one 



