Vol. XXvi] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 383 



Notes on Aphidinae, with descriptions of -new species. (Bui. 

 U. S. Geol. Surv., Vol. 5, No. i, Pt. 2, 1879, pp. 18-32.) 



The following new species are described (also redescriptions and 

 notes on several other species) : Siphonophora achyrantcs. S. calcu- 

 dulella. .V. tnUpac, S. tiliac. S. liriodcndri, S. crataegi, S. sonchella, 

 Aphis lutcsccns, ,A. calcnditlicola, A. hypcrici, A. lonicerae, A. hclian- 

 thi, Rhopalosiphum salicis, R. rhols, Calliptcrus ulmifolii, C. walshii, 

 C. asclcpiadis, C. discolor, C. punctata, C. hyalinus, C. betulaecolcns, 

 C. caryae, C. (?) qucrclcola, Chaitophorus riminalis, C. sinithiac, and 

 C. qucrcicola. 



The Japan lily Aphis. (Report of the Entomologist in 

 Ann. Rept. (U. S.} Comm. Agric., f. 1879 (1880), pp. 220- 

 221. Reprinted in The Valley Naturalist, Vol. 2, No. 4, Dec. 

 1880, pp. 49-50-) 



Describes Siphonophora lilii, n. sp. 



Notes on Aphididae. Can. Ent., Vol. 14, No. i, Jan., 1882, 

 pp. 13-16. 



Notes on several species, together with descriptions of three new 

 species, Callipterus trifolii, Tetrancura graminis, and Pemphigus 

 accris. Also a synoptic table of the genus Calliptcrus. 



JOHN J. DAVIS, Lafayette, Ind. 



COVINGTON FEW SEISS died at his residence, 1338 Spring 

 Garden Street, Philadelphia, September 5, 1915. He was the 

 eldest son of the late Rev. Joseph A. Seiss, D.D., LL.D., 

 L.H.D., a prominent Lutheran clergyman, and Elizabeth 

 S. Seiss. He was elected a member of the Entomological Sec- 

 tion of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, May 

 25, 1893, of the American Entomological Society, December 

 12, 1893, and of the Feldman Collecting Social, October 8, 

 1895. At that time and for some years following, he took 

 an active part in the meetings of these bodies and in collect- 

 ing local insects, especially ( )rthoptera and Hemiptera, as 

 may be seen from the minutes published in contemporary vol- 

 umes of the News. His literary activity was never very 

 great, but Vol. VII of the News contains a paper by him 

 on "The Breeding Habits of Pcriplaneta orientalis" (pp. 148- 

 150, May, 1896), while Vol. VIII gives his brief list of Hem- 



