Nov., '08] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 435 



long apical spine and proximad to this one smaller on upper and one 

 on under surface. Sub stylar flat with about seven bristles on margins. 

 Three antipygidial bristles on each side, the middle one in each group 

 the longest. Below pygidium on each side are two bristles. 



No minute teeth on inner side of hind coxae. Six hairs on lateral 

 aspect of hind femur. Five spines all in line on each side of fifth 

 tarsal joint. Arrangement of spines on fore tibia as usual in Cera- 

 tophyllus. Apical spines on second tarsal joint not longer than third 

 joint. Length of joints of hind tarsi: 20-15-10-5-10. 



Color, very dark brown. Length, 3.5 mm. 



Male. Head more abruptly rounded. Two small bristles above 

 upper genal row along anterior margin of antennal groove. About 

 six minute hairs above eye. Third abdominal segment with one tooth, 

 fourth and fifth with two teeth on each side. One antipygidial bristle 

 on each side. Lateral portion of ninth tergite expanded into a rather 

 broad lobe, with a somewhat flattened top, and springing from this top 

 is a long bristle. Two long bristles arise just above the insertion of 

 claspers. Upper claspers large with a stout pedicle, and with the 

 pedicle might be described very well as gourd-shaped. On the upper 

 rounded posterior angle and extending on to the posterior surface are 

 five slender bristles. The anterior surface of claspers contains a large 

 shallow notch and along the margin of this notch are four minute 

 hairs. 



The ventral style is long, becoming more narrow toward the tip which 

 contains four long bristles. Length, 2.5 mm. 



Six specimens three females and two males from Man : 

 one male from Mus decumanus. 



IN THE October issue of the ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS, on page 385, I find 

 myself charged by one signing himself "H. S." with a serious, but obvi- 

 ously foolish, thing that of putting my name to a piece of work (Kansas 

 Station Bulletin, No. 154) with the preparation of which I had nothing 

 to do. I beg to call the attention of "H. S." to the fact that his quota- 

 tion of the footnote, occurring on page 165 of that bulletin, upon which 

 he bases his charge of suicidal misconduct, is an incorrect quotation. 

 "H. S." quotes as follows: "The work on this bulletin as printed was 

 independently planned and executed by Mr. Dean, who also made the 

 photographs for illustrations." The original footnote reads: "The 

 work upon which this bulletin is founded was independently planned 

 and executed by Mr. Dean, who also made the photographs for illus- 

 trations." The "H. S." version is a misstatement of facts. The data 

 were collected by Mr. Dean and partly published by him in 1903 (see 

 pages 164-170, "Transactions of the Kansas Academy of Science"). 

 Kansas Station, Bulletin No. 154 was planned and written by me. In my 

 desire to give Mr. Dean full credit for his work, I inserted the footnote 

 which "H. S." has misquoted and used as a basis for his most unjust 

 accusation. T. J. HEADLEE. 



