ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. QI 



ON September 6, 1900, I captured a l-Aiptoicla Claudia in Bloomfield, 

 near Hartford city line. SIDNEY C. CARPENTER, Hartford, Conn. 



DR. A. D. HOPKINS is about completing a monograph of the genus 

 Dendroctonus, which which will make one hundred pages. Dr. Hopkins 

 is an authority on the Scolytidee from both a systematic and economic 

 standpoint. 



MR. W. H. ASHMEAD, Assistant Curator of the U. S. National Museum, 

 is studying the Hymenoptera collected by Prof. Kincaid of the Harriman 

 Alaska Expedition. Before this expedition only 30 species were reported 

 from Alaska. Mr. Ashmead will include in his paper over 250 species, 

 three or four being common European species, and will be reported lor 

 the first time from America. 



CAPTURES OF 1900. July 3d,, two Papilio aja.v -? ; July 4th, three 

 Papilio aja.v, 2 ^, i 9 (feeding on milkweed). Aug. iyth, Papilio 1 1 > ^ 

 phonies 9- Sept. 3d, ^Ellopos tantulas <$. Sept. nth, Erebus Odora 

 Sept. igth, Erebus odora 9- Nov. iyth (a cold day), Protoparce cin^n- 

 lata 9 (sitting on the stem of a tree). As much as I know, tantalus, cin- 

 gulata and aja.v were never captured here before. They are all, with ex- 

 ception of Erebus odora 9, in good condition. PROF. HENRY WORMS- 

 BACHER, Jersey City, N. J. 



ASAPHES A SYNONYM. In looking over W. H. Ashmead's " Classifica- 

 tion of the Ichneumon Flies" I came across the name Asaphesior a genus 

 of Pteromalidce, erected by Walker in 1834. Kirby first applied the name 

 Asaphes to a genus of Elalerida: in 1837, and it should therefore be re- 

 moved from the catalogues of Coleoptera. Possibly Hcinicrepidius of 

 Germar should be used in its stead, but I will leave this question to some 

 Coleopterist who has access to the requisite literature FREDERICK 

 KNAB. 



WHILE visiting a friend of mine at his work in a coal mine I was sur- 

 prised to see several moths sitting on the roof or ceiling of the mine, but 

 having no means to secure them I left them till later. On Jan. 19 I took 

 a lantern and cyanide jar and made a thorough examination of the mine, 

 and in a short time secured 25 fine, perfect specimens of Sco/iop/t'ry.i 

 libatri.v. Some were found as far in as 75 yards from the entrance of the 

 mine. Some were very wet, but there was not a torn or rubbed specimen 

 among them. FRED. MARLOFF, Oak Station, Pa. 



" Beware the bad mosquito, 

 It is a dangerous thing ; 

 It carries 'round malaria. 

 And it has a spotted wing. 



"The Culc.v wears his whiskers long, 

 . Inaphelcs wears his short ; 

 But are their voices just the same, 

 When on bare legs they sport?" 



