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black, somewhat darker than the primaries, with a blood-red spot near 

 the anal angle. This spot is quadrate, 4 mm. wide and is 3.5 mm. from 

 the inner margin and about the same distance from the outer margin. 

 Underside. Primaries as above but lighter in color with the crimson 

 spot repeated but somewhat smaller and rounder. Expanse (one wing) 

 23 mm. Inner margin of hind wing 21 mm. 



Type one male in the collection of The Academy of Natural 

 Sciences of Philadelphia, taken at Hacienda Cincinnati, Sierra 

 San Lorenzo, Magdalena, Colombia, July 23rd, 1920, Academy 

 Colombia Expedition, Rehn and Hebard. 



This handsome species has a superficial resemblance to creon 

 Druce but has the shape of phidlas Linn. 



Homopterological Gleanings, No. 1. 



By Z. P. METCALF. North Carolina State College and 

 Experiment Station, West Raleigh, N. C. 



INTRODUCTION. 



In this series of papers it is proposed to bring together odds 

 and ends that have accumulated in the course of our studies of 

 the Homoptera. It is our hope that these stray bits of inform- 

 ,-itinn may be as useful to others as they have been to us in the 



past. 



DATES OK BURMEISTKU'S "(/EXERA INSECTORUM." 



I have had in my possession for some years a copy of Burmeister's 

 (ieiicni Iiiscctonnn. Hefts 1 to 5 in the original covers, and believe that 

 the following notes should bo added to what Kirkaldy has already 

 written 1 in regard to the dates of publication. The dates given in each 

 case are the dates on the original covers and only the homopterous 

 genera are included. 



Heft 1, 1S3S. l.ystrd. .IcnccHnilux, ttytlinscopits, r.uryinchi. 



Heft 2. 1S3S, Selenocephalus, Coeliiiia, liupdix, Jassns. 



I I, -it 3, L839, 2 Ulopa, I ><>rydiitm. Ccp!:a!clns. l.cdra. 



I left 4, 1S3<>,- Gypona, Xcroplilnca. 



I left 5. IX-jd, /',,,-n^a. 



Until further evidence is produced it would seem that it would he 

 better to accept the dates of publication for these parts as given in the 

 parts themselves. I do not think that such acceptance would affect til-- 

 nomenclature as it no\v stands, my interest bem.f simply to pn-seiit the. 



1 The Entomologist, \\x\iii. 307 and 30S, and The 

 xli, 13. 



-Kirkaldy gives 1S3S. 



