Vol. XXlv] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 2O5 



On July 3 ist, a single specimen of Enparthenos nubilis was 

 taken in "Catocala Hollow." 



A brood of Papilio philenor larvae feeding on Aristolochia 

 sipho and serpentaria in the back yard of the senior author 

 were ready to pupate on the 4th of August. 



The first vidua of the season in the woods was taken on the 

 :6th of August. 



A full grown larva of Catocala piatrix was found feeding 

 on walnut, August the 9th. 



Sugaring on the night of the I7th of August, a number of 

 specimens of Catocala cara, vidua, habilis, retecta and residua, 

 two hawk moths and a number of Homoptera were taken by 

 the senior author and Mr. G. W. Dulany. 



On September I4th, accompanied by Prof. F. E. Alsup and 

 Harold Davenport, the senior author took one Catocala 

 robinsoni, the first of the season, battered specimens of a num- 

 ber of other Catocalae, Deiopeia bella and larvae and chrysalids 

 of Anaea andria. 



The rest of the season was spent rearing larvae of Anaea 

 andria, the last of which pupated October i8th. 



In much of the work of rearing larvae, during last summer, 

 the Senior Author was kindly assisted by Mr. G. W. Dulany. 



Seven New North American Bees of the Genus 



Halictus (Hym.). 

 By MRS. MARION DURBIN ELLIS, Boulder, Colorado. 



During the study of some material of the genus Halictus. in 

 the collection of Professor T. D. A. Cockerell, the following 

 new species were distinguished. These species all belong to 

 the sub-genus Chloral-ictus Robertson and are further charac- 

 terized by the more or less distinctly metallic, green or blue 

 abdomen. The work was done in the Zoological laboratory of 

 the University of Colorado, under the direction of Professor 

 Cockerell. 



Halictus succinipennis sp. nov. 



9 . length about seven (7) mm. Head, thorax, and abdomen, me- 

 tallic green. Face much longer than wide, slightly concave toward 



