342 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS [Oct., '09 



Two new Caddice Flies. 



By NATHAN BANKS. 



Macronema Carolina n. sp. 



Head brown, shining, warts dull black, circular ; antennae black- 

 ish ; palpi yellow ; legs yellow, anterior tibiae black "toward tip ; 

 prothorax yellow, thorax and abdomen black ; fore wings dark brown, 

 marked with pale patches having golden hair ; a curved oblique mark, 

 near base, an oblique costal mark, two larger costal marks 

 near the pterostigma, both triangular, a half band in middle 

 below the last of these, a larger triangular one on the posterior 

 margin beyond, a broader one before with a basal extension, 

 and a small spot in the otherwise uniformly dark apex of 

 the wing. Hind wing blackish at apex. Male antennae about twice 

 as long as wings. Expanse 23 mm. 



Two specimens from Southern Pines, N. Car., (Manee). 



Notiomyia ornata n. sp. 



Head yellow, a patch of black hair under each antennae ; a few 

 bristles in middle of front, a few on side near each eye arising from 

 a small wart, and some from the posterior depressions, rest of vertex 

 smooth, shining, and flattened as in N. mexicana; antennae widely 

 separated, black, some golden hair on the first joint beneath; palpi 

 long, black, black-haired, last joint longer than in N. mexicana, as 

 long as third joint, legs yellow, tarsi black, and apical part of middle 

 and hind tibiae black, spurs black, tarsi and tibiae very hairy; ab- 

 domen yellowish. Wings dark brown, with streaks and spots of golden 

 hair; a streak below radius, a spot at the stigma, a streak in the third 

 apical cell, with a basal extension below, a streak in the second 

 subapical cell, a spot over arculus extending above, two streaks 

 from this spot reach toward base, where they are broader. Ex- 

 panse 25 mm. 



One from Brownwood, Texas, August. 



A BLACK ARMY WORM. V. K. Chesnut, in his "Plants Used by the 

 Indians of Mendocino County, California" (Contrib. from the U. S. 

 Nat. Herb., vol. VII, No. 3, 1902), states under Fra.rinus oregana Nutt. 

 (Oregon Ash, or the Pok of the Indians; p. 378) : "The ash leaf is 

 a favorite food of a little black army worm which has white spots 

 on its back. The worm is consumed in large quantities as food by 

 several of the tribes in Round Valley." Conceding that the larva is 

 that of one of the army worm moths, entomologists should be duly 

 grateful for having had at last brought to light some practical 

 for this noxious pest. KARF, R. COOLIDGE. 



