596 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. [November, 



whether Pulmnaria phaice, Lull, ENT. NEWS, Oct., 1899, p- 

 237, is not identical with P. brassice, Ckll., Can. Ent., 1895, p. 

 135, found in the orchid Brassia. The slight difference appar- 

 ent in the antennae is hardly likely to be of specific value. It 

 is further possible, to say the least, that both insects may be 

 identical with P. floccifera, Westwood, as interpreted by Green 

 in Ent. Mo. A fag., 1897, p. 73. 



A New Species of Myrmeleon from Texas. 



By NATHAN BANKS. 



Recently Mr. McClendon sent me for determination some 

 Myrmeleoiiidae from Texas, among which is a new 7 species of 

 the genus Myrmeleon, as restricted. Doubtless there are sev- 

 eral species in this genus yet to be separated out from the com- 

 mon M. rusticum Hag. This form, however, is very distinct 

 by several points of coloration, so that there is no chance of its 

 being confused with M. rusticum, which is in the same region. 



Myrmeleon texanum n. sp. 



Head yellowish, with a large, shining black spot in front, reaching from 

 the antennae to the clypeus, vertex more reddish, unspotted ; pronotum 

 pale yellowish, with a broad central brown stripe, broadest behind, and 

 in front of the furrow much narrowed and divided by a pale line ; meso 

 and metathorax dull yellow-brown, not distinctly marked, but with a 

 broad yellow stripe each side through the bases of the wings ; thorax 

 clothed with white hair ; abdomen dark brown ; legs pale, somewhat 

 reddish, without dark stripes, with black bristles and reddish spurs. 

 Wings hyaline, the extreme bases somewhat flavescent ; venation yel- 

 lowish, without dark interruptions ; above eight cross-veins before the 

 origin of the radial sector, two cross-veins connecting the cubital fork to 

 the anal vein ; pterostigma rather whitish, not distinct ; tips of wings 

 acute, and the hind margin near tip is slightly sinuate. 



Length 30 mm.; expanse 54 mm. 



Galveston, Texas, June, 1900. Readily known from the 

 other species by its wholly pale legs, pale promotum, mark- 

 ings of head, and pale, uninterrupted venation of wings. 



Muggins "Animal training has gotten down to a pretty fine point when 

 we hear of educated fleas." Buggins "Why, years ago, when I was a 

 boy, we used to have spelling bees." 



