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this branch of the subject. His writings form most valuable 

 contributions, and he described many species new to science. 

 A short time ago his superb collection of Cynipida.-, including 

 the types, was presented to the American Entomological 

 Society of which he was a corresponding member. This col- 

 lection is to be kept intact under the name of the Bassett col- 

 lection. His loss will be keenly felt in the entomological 

 world. He leaves a widow and two daughters. 



Notes on Casey's Revision of the American 



Coccinelltdae. 

 BY F. C. BOWDITCH. 



Mr. Casey's change of our well-known ^feg^^a macnlata D. G. 

 \afuscilabris Muls. seems to be doubtful even on his own show- 

 ing, as he speaks of them ' ' as in all probability distinct. ' ' Such 

 changes should only be made on a certainty. Meg ilia stn-nua 

 from Brownsville, Tex. --maculata D. G.; beyond any reason- 

 able question, his J7. wfdialis is probably also a synonym (see 

 also Biolog. VII, p. 151 ). In Hippodaniia my specimens, which 

 agree with his descriptions of puncticollis and dispar and come 

 from the same localities, I call ^-signata Kby. ; several of his 

 other species I fail to identify with certainty, but they seem 

 to be mere variations of established forms. 



l-'.riopsis conncxia Germ., he states should be stricken from 

 our lists as not occurring in the United States, though Crotch 

 says it does. I have a specimen from Texas. 



Cocci ncl In h>if)>r*sa Casey and alittacea Casey = = ^-notata Kby. , 

 or transrt > so^ntta Fab., whichever of these latter names stands. 

 I tail to separate /V//>/V.w Muls., Juliana Muls. and / /tgi'nii Muls. 

 from our well-known trifasciata I v inn.; a form of which I have 

 three examples from Colorado and one from Kansas is at present 

 labelled a variety of the last, it lias the black part of the thorax 

 continued to the front margin. It is possible this form may 

 tend to di/iicHis Cr. ; C. di^i >/< r Casey - q-iiotata. I think the 

 validity of C. ticradica Casey is very dubious, as I have a 

 men which shows traces of the spots of g-notutit . 



C '\cloiifda iniiiiacii/alii Fabr. , I'lthripi-nnh Casey, 



