3$ ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [February 



large, very long, black spines on posterior border, which surpass 

 apex of abdomen. Bristles on joint 2 of antennae exceeding joint 3 

 in length. All tibiae heavily armed on posterior margins with very 

 numerous, long, stout, black spines. Tarsi slender: proportional 

 lengths of tarsal joints as iu o/////.w'<v//.v. The posterior apical spines 

 on hind tibiae and first and second joints of hind tarsi are in each 

 case longer than the succeeding joint. 



Described from u single female received from Prof. F. L. 

 Harvey and taken on .Vt'otomi/x at Orono, Me. The specimen 

 may not be quire mature. 



I have seen a flea from lluplodon of remarkable structure 

 and great size, which may ha\e been an Hystrichopsylla, The 

 single specimen which came into my hands \vas destroyed by 

 an accident in the laboratory. 



The occurrence of this peculiar genus in America is a matter 

 of the greatest interest. The fact of its coming from an animal 

 that has lived beside walks trodden by our entomologists for 

 many years shows how the Siphonaptera have been neglected, 

 and indicates the fertility o I' a Held easily worked. An op- 

 portunity for a piece of splendid work is open to collectors of 

 mammals and those interested in hunting. Such persons 

 could easily do more than any others towards building up our 

 knowledge of the Siphonaptera of America, and that b\ 

 simply saving what actually passes tli rough their hands. The 

 only apparatus needed is small vials of alcohol and tweezers. 

 It should be borne in mind that all species should be col 

 lected in !)</<' series, and everything must be carefully labeled. 



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A NEW CONOCLPHALUS. 



I>y LANVKKNCK I>i;rM:i;. 



Conocephalus aUanticus n. sp. 



Grass green, very rarely flecked with dusky spots, moderately 

 slender, with rather short wings and long ovipositor. 



Fastigium oithe vertex short, a trifle longer than bioad. rounded 

 in front and furnished below with a blunt tooth at base. It i,- hor 

 dered above at sides and in front by a yellowish line, below Avhicli 

 it is more or less heavily marked in iron! by a transverse line of 

 black. Prcnotum usually with lateral cnrin:;- yellowish, the disk 

 flattened, quite coarsely punctate and granulate; the lateral lol.<- 

 with anterior and posterior angles rounded. Tegmiua extending 

 beyond the apex of the hind femora from one-fi ft h to one-third 

 their length, their tips acuminateh rounded. Femora of front and 

 middle legs below with 0-3 spines, those of hidd legs with spines 



