May, '02] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 141 



as the farmers of Washington County call them, and by digging 

 down the loose soil and small stones I took this species by 

 the dozen. This was on Oct. i3th, 1900. No doubt they 

 were preparing their habitation and winter quarters. 



Odontcens filicornis Say. 



On Oct. 30, i goo, in looking for Platynns extcnsicollis again, 

 I discovered a fine perfect female of this rare beetle. Hitherto 

 my captures of this rarity were at the electric lights ; thus by 

 finding this female in such a position I believe that they have 

 the same habits in the larva state as the Lachno sterna > vi/..: 

 feeding on the roots of grass and other vegetation. 

 Nyctobates pennsylvanicus De G. 



On Oct. 1 3th, I found a specimen of this our common tene- 

 brionid and which is oftentimes confounded with the rarer 

 Merinus Itzvus. It has a deformed middle leg on the left side. 

 The leg from the tibial joint is twisted and bent outwardly like 

 a crook or hooked walking stick, and by close examination of 

 this limb I find that this specimen was born without a foot 

 (tarsi and tarsal claws) on this deformed member. 



A New Moth from Alaska. 



BY HENRY SKINNKR. 

 P.sychophora fasciata n. sp. 



Male. Antennae bipectinate. Head, thorax, abdomen and 

 legs clothed with brown hair. Primaries light brownish gray 

 and semi-translucent, with a brown band or fascia, 4 mm. \vidi-, 

 extending from the costa to the interior margin. At the mid- 

 dle of the outer side the band is convex, almost making a point. 

 On the inner side it is correspondingly concave. The second- 

 aries are white, translucent and rounded, without spot or 

 marking. The neuration of the secondaries is brown and 

 shows distinctly. 



The undersides of primaries and secondaries are immaculate 

 and of a sordid white ; under a lens they appear to be covered 

 with an admixture of whitish and brownish scales. 



Female. Antemue, to the unaided eye, appear simple, but 

 under a lens they are shown to be made up of numerous in in- 



