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PHILADELPHIA, PA., JANUARY, 1906. 



It will be remembered that we decided to place on the cover 

 of each volume of the NEWS the most interesting, curious or 

 wonderful insect described from North America in the pre- 

 ceding year. We asked for suggestions from our subscribers 

 as to the selection of the insect, but never received any, so if 

 our selection is poor they can have no legitimate complaint. 



Our first effort resulted in a bee- 

 tle being selected (Ignotus ccnig- 

 maticus Slosson), the second was 

 a bee, and now we present a dip- 

 teron. This curious species was 

 described by Mr. D. W. Coquil- 

 lett in the Canadian Entomolo- 

 gist, p. 347, 1905- Specimens 

 were collected by Prof. Cockerell 

 on the summit of L,as Vegas 

 Mountains, New Mexico, and 

 by Mr. Henry L. Viereck on top 

 of the main range of the Rocky 

 Mountains, near Beulah, New 



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Mexico. These are probably 

 identical localities. The specimens collected by Mr. Viereck 

 are in the collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences of 

 Philadelphia. In the future we hope to have aid from our 

 subscribers in the selection of each year's insect. 



aspidobtera Coquillett. 



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