June, '08] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 26l 



breed occasionally in the northern localities where they are 

 found is an interesting one, and has been discussed pro and con 

 for many years. 



Erebus odoratus (L) has been taken 150 miles at sea, off the 

 coast of Brazil, as stated by Walker in his Catalogue of Lepi- 

 doptera Heterocera, Part XIV, Noctuidas, page 1290, 1858, 

 and in this case there is little doubt that the insect in question 

 was blown off the coast by the wind and alighted on a ship 

 at the above named distance from the shore. 



Julian P. Thomas, in an article entitled "Ballooning as a 

 Sport," published in Appleton's Magazine for November, 1906, 

 states that "as high as 2,000 feet there are still frequently seen 

 butterflies, mosquitos, and other insects." We are further in- 

 formed that in the upper currents of air, even in strong winds, 

 while the balloon is carried along at a rate of 50 or 75 miles an 

 hour, or even more, everything seems as quiet to the occupants 

 of the car as would be the case in a calm. Under such cir- 

 cumstances, may not moths, even as large as Erebus odoratus, 

 be swept in the strong upper currents of the air from the 

 Bahama Islands where they breed, as far north as Orono, a dis- 

 tance of about 1400 miles? Such a flight in a 50 mile breeze 

 would require but 28 hours. 



The Green Aphis of the Chrysanthemum Aphis 

 rufomaculata n. sp. 



BY H. F. WILSON, Urbana, Illinois. 



The specific name of this louse was suggested by the bright 

 red spots which seem always to be present upon the abdomens 

 of the viviparous females. 



Apterous viviparous. ? . 



General color green, head somewhat dusky on vertex, eyes light 

 red, prominent, thorax green, abdomen green with about 2 to 4 little 

 red dots cys \ the embryos showing on both the dor:il :md ventral 

 sides, and a slight yellow discoloration at. bases of cornicles. The 

 antennae are light green at the base shading to blackish at the distal 

 ends, femora pale green, tibiae very pale green, dusky at the distal 



