ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 



AND 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SECTION 



ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES, PHILADELPHIA. 



VOL. iv. NOVEMBER, 1893. No. 9. 



CONTENTS: 



Horn Amblychila cylindriformis 281 



Stromberg Field Notes 283 



Laurent Ravages of the locust-borer.. 285 

 Slosson Collecting on Mt. Washington 287 

 Fox Observations on the genus Neo- 



larra 292 



Knaus Notes on sand dune collecting. 293 

 Editorial 296 



Economic Entomology 297 



Notes and News 301 



Entomological Literature 304 



Entomological Section 308 



Ehrmann A new Hesperid from West 



Africa 309 



Dyar and Doll Lepidopterous larvae.. 310 



Amblychila cylindriformis Say. 



By GEO. H. HORN, M.D. 



" Are there three species of Amblychila, or two, or only one?" 

 The above line is the text of a short article by Mr. J. J. Rivers, 

 recently published ("Zoe," iv, p. 218, San Francisco, Sept. 19, 

 1893), in which he accepts two species, cylindriformis and picco- 

 lominii* baroni Riv. being the male of the latter. 



Some time in the decade ending 1840, Piccolomini returned 

 from a voyage, bringing a number of Coleoptera, which were 

 placed in the hands of Dupont, probably for sale. The collection 

 was visited by Chaudoir, Reiche, La Ferte and Motschulsky, 

 purchases made and species described by these entomologists 

 with the locality "California." After many of the species had 

 been identified it was found that several could not possibly have 

 been collected in California (Pastmachus and Amblychila) while 

 the aggregate indicated a locality anywhere from western Texas 

 to central Arizona. Moreover, a study of maps of the date 

 showed that the territory indicated in the acquisition after the 

 Mexican war as well as Texas, was then called California. In 



