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a tree, the so-called yellow wood (Cladasln't /incloria} grow- 

 ing in the grounds ot the Department of Agriculture. At first 

 sight I thought it was the common mealy bug. Observing the 

 little insect more closely, I found it to be a young hemipterous 

 larva, belonging to the family of Capsidse. It has a striking 

 resemblance to larval forms of species of the genus Campto- 

 brochis- like those, the surface of the body is entirely covered 

 with a white powder which, perhaps, serves in some way as a 

 sort of protective agency; however, it does not save the little 

 capsid from the attack of the C/irvsopa larva. Once I had 

 occasion to observe how the voracious Neuroptera attacked 

 and devoured the helpless creature. The insect is quite slug- 

 gish in its movements and seems to prefer to rest and hide in 

 the crevices of the bark. I have not seen it feeding on the 

 foliage. Very likely the larva has predaceous habits. The 

 following year the larva appeared again in great numbers on 

 the same tree and this time it was crawling also on the bark of 

 Pninns picardi. I took advantage of this good opportunity 

 to secure quite a lot of the nymphs for the purpose of rearing 

 the adult insect. Luckily, I had a very successful result and 

 bred over a dozen adults. To my surprise, the capsid was not 

 a species of the genus Camptobrochis, although closely related 

 to it. A thorough examination of the adult insect proved 

 that these specimens evidently form a new genus and species 

 of Capsidae. In general appearance the insect looks like a 

 Camptobrochis; it differs chiefly in the shape of the head, which 

 is straight, pointed towards front, and not depressed anteriorly 

 as it is in the genus CaniptobrocJii*. This interesting capsid 

 is now described by O. M. Renter as Eurychilopterella luridula 

 n. g., n. sp. , in his paper on the Nearctic Capsida?, recently 

 published. Specimens are also recorded from the State of 

 New York." 



Sericophanes sp.? 



'Still another new capsid from our region has been found 

 at Plummer's Island by Mr. H. S. Barber. This neat little insect 

 is probably a new species of the genus Ser/cop/ianes (div. cyl- 

 /ocoraria'}, of which up to the present time only one species is 

 known. It is described by Renter, 1875, as Sericophanes ocel- 

 lalus in his publication of Capsinae ex America boreali. A 

 very interesting account of dimorphism and habits of this 

 species is given by Prof. H. Osborn, 1898, published in. the 

 Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Sciences. Our specimen 

 is considerably larger and darker in color than the species 



