Vol. XXVlii | ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 461 



York, all collected by the writer. $ July 13, 9 July 14, 9 July 19, 

 29 Aug. 9, Plummers Island, Maryland; $ Aug. 2, Scott's Run, 

 Virginia (W. L. McAtee). 2$ June 27, Great Falls, Virginia; 9 

 June 23, $ July i, High Island, (Virginia?), (Nathan Hanks). 



This interesting species was found breeding on the Ameri- 

 can Bladder nut (Staphylca tri folia) from which its name i^ 

 derived. The nymphs were found feeding on the tender foli- 

 age during July, 1916, north of Batavia, New York, the first 

 adults maturing on July 18. The nymphs are bright orange 

 yellow with legs and antennae black, being very large and ro- 

 bust in the fifth instar. It was noted that many of the adults 

 left the host plant shortly after maturing and were found con- 

 gregating on nearby hickory trees where several pairs were 

 taken in copulation. 



Lopidea staphyleae var. sanguinea new variety. 



Male genital claspers not differing from the typical stafihv- 

 Icac but the yellow color replaced by bright red ; much resem- 

 bling rcutcri and cacsar, but differing in the thickness of the 

 antennae. 



$ . Size, structure of the antennae and male genital claspers not 

 differing noticeably from the typical staphyleae, but the yellow colora- 

 tion replaced by bright red. 



9. Similar to the male in structure and coloration; very much re- 

 sembling the females of rcutcri and caesar, but the more slender form 

 of the antennae will serve to distinguish this variety. 



Holotypc : $ , July 4, Brookline, Massachusetts ; author's 

 collection. 



Allotypc : July 24, Mt. Carmel, Connecticut (W. E. Brit- 

 ton). 



Paratypcx: $, topotypic; 9 July 14, Mt. Tom, Massachusetts. 



Changes of Address. 



G. W. Barber to U. S. Ent. Laboratory, Hagerstown, Md. 



J. E. Hallinen, Cooperton, Kiowa Co., Okla. 



Dr. H. M. Parshley to Biological Hall, Smith College, Northampton, 

 Mass. 



M. R. Smith to Care of Truck Crop Insect Division, Bureau of 

 Entomology, U. S. Dept. Agric., Washington, D. C. 



