June, '08] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 259 



14. Dorsulum very closely punctured ; upper and posterior faces of meta- 



thorax indistinctly separated trifasciatus Say. 



Dorsulum not so closely punctured ; upper and posterior faces of 

 metathorax not separated 6-maculatus Say. 



15. Abdomen petiolate, petiole clavate ; coxae and trochanters yellow. 



modestum Roh. 

 Abdomen not petiolate 16. 



1 6. Anterior tibiae with a large shield 17. 



Anterior tibiae without such a shield 18. 



17. Antennae simple ; markings greenish-white . . . brachycarpae Roh. 

 Antennae beyond second joint enlarged, joints somewhat flattened, 



dentate beneath ; markings yellow latipes Sm. 



18. Ocelli in an equilateral triangle 19. 



Ocelli in a low triangle 20. 



19. Larger ; entirely black ater Cress. 



Smaller ; more or less marked with yellow cockerelli Roh. 



20. Anterior femora simple 21. 



Anterior femora produced at base beneath or spined 25. 



21. Small ; abdomen entirely black errans Fox. 



Larger ; abdomen marked with yellow 22. 



22. Abdomen distinctly punctured ; larger 23. 



Abdomen impunctate ; smaller 24. 



23. Legs below coxae ferruginous ; punctures of dorsulum larger and 



more separated ; wings darker ferrugiiieipes Roh. 



Legs black and yellow; punctures of dorsulum smaller and closer ; 

 wings dusky hyaline diiectus Cress. 



24. Pronotum rounded anteriorly, without a spine . . . trifasciatus Say. 

 Pronotum keeled anteriorly and with a lateral spine . . heraclei Roh. 



25. Larger ; punctures large and strong ; fore femora with strong spine ; 



legs largely yellow opwana Roh. 



Smaller ; punctures very fine ; fore femora produced at base beneath; 

 legs almost entirely black drymocallidis Roh. 



The types of all the new species described above are in the 

 author's collection. 



BUTTERFLY FAKERS. The butterfly was a beautiful deep blue, as 

 lustrous as satin; but, looking at it closely, the collector shook his head. 



"Another fake," he said. "See here." 



And with his finger he brushed off the glistening blue dust from the 

 insect's wings, and lo ! it was but a common brown held butterfly 

 after all. 



"As the collecting of butterflies grows more popular," he explained, 

 "more butterfly fakers turn up. These men, with various aniline dye 

 powders, color up a ten-cent insect into a good resemblance to a $10 

 one. Their work is hard to detect, for the reason that, when the dye 

 rubs off and discolors your fingers, you suspect nothing, since the 

 genuine dust belonging to every butterfly's wings would do the same 

 thing." Newspaper. 



