1899] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 39 



on both sides. Tibia; of all more or less infu-cnted. Ovipositor 

 rather long and slender, as long or longer than the body, a little 

 curved near the base. Antenna- rufous, becoming inl'iiscatnl api- 

 cal ly. 



Length of body, male, -21--21 mm., female, iii-is mm.: of fasli- 

 gium, male, 1.4mm.. female. l.G mm.: of prouotnin, male. 1:1 mrn.. 

 female, G.7-7 mm.; of tegmina, male. :!;J mm., female, :>S-;;G mm.; of 

 hind femora, male. 19 mm., female. 19-21 mm.: of oyipositoi, :!-..") 

 31 mm. 



HABITAT. Xew ,lerse\, Philadelphia neck, Pa. (,!. B. 

 Smith); Maryland, Virginia (Bruner) ; Virginia (Pergaude). 



This insect approaches the C.yhH<it<- Ifedtenbacher in the 

 length of its ovipositor ami wings, but differs from it in other 

 respects. It is too small for ('. iUxximHix Sen. and has to 

 short hind legs to be placed with C. retustis Sciidder. while C. 

 obtusus Buruieister seems to beau insect with a much shorter 

 ovipositor. Described from 14 specimens. 



PHYSIOLOGICAL SPECIES AGAIN. 



JOHN H. LOVELL, Walcloboro, Maine. 



In an editorial in THK X i:\vs for November, 1S97, the editor 

 tells of a strange tune sung (?) lv a Cicada along the ,Jerse\ 

 shore, and raises the query : " Is there such a thing as ph\si 

 ological species .'" In the December number Pi'of. ( 'ockerell 

 expresses his belief in such species and advises naturalists to 

 be mi the watch for them, while in the succeeding issue Mr. 

 RobertsMii asks why the term physiological species i^ used and 

 re<|uests examples. 



Let us broaden the question to include all animal and plant 

 life, and ask: a Do systemat isls eyer constitute species on 

 physiological characters alone. 1 ' Cliques) ionably they do 

 and numerous instances can readil\ be gi\ en. Pro!'. Karlow. 

 than \vhom we can have no betteraut horit y. sa\s in his recent 

 article on " The Conception ol' Species": ct \\'e cannot fail to 

 not ice 1 he increasing tendency aniMiig cr\ ploganiic botanists to 

 give more and more weight to physiological characters in lim- 

 iting their species." ( >ne who takes up the recent deserip 

 li\ e works on I' redinacea- is surprised to see the number of 

 species which depend on physiological characters." "The 

 tendency to split up species on physiological grounds become-- 

 more and more marked." "The explanation is to be sought 

 in the fact that descriptive botany in certain groups of plants 



