ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 



AND 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SECTION 



ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES, PHILADELPHIA. 



VOL. XXI. MAY, 1910. No. 5. 



CONTENTS: 



Davis Two Curious Species of Aphid- 



idae from Illinois 195 



Champlain and Kirk Carabidae from 

 Harrisburg and vicinity, with notes 201 



Wellman On the Classification of the 



Letter Questions and Answers from 

 a Final Examination in Entomo- 

 logy I 228 



Editorial 230 



Notes and News 231 



Lyttidae (Meloidae s. Cantharidae Entomological Literature 



auctt.) 211 I Reviews 236 



Aklrich The Genus Copestylum 222 , Doings of Societies 238 



Girault Notes on Oncideres texana Obituary George Willis Kirkaldy 240 



Horn in Georgia's Oviposition 226 



Two Curious Species of Aphididae from Illinois, 



BY JOHN J. DAVIS, 

 Office of the State Entomologist, Urbana, Illinois. 



(Plate VIII) 



The Inconspicuous Maple Aphid (Drepanaphis ? minutus n. sp.). 



This interesting little species was found rather common on 

 the under surfaces of the leaves of hard maple (Acer sacha- 

 ruin} in a natural forest two and a half miles west of Glencoe, 

 Illinois. The individuals appeared as dark specks on the 

 leaves, this because of the conspicuous dark head and thorax 

 on the pale greenish background, the abdomen being pale and 

 rather inconspicuous. They are capable of jumping, are quite 

 active when disturbed, and live sporadically. All of the adults 

 found were winged. 



This fall (1909) I had the opportunity, through the courtesy 

 of Mr. J. T. Monell, of examining some aphids collected by 

 him on a small maple (Acer nigra ?) near Mine Lamotte, Mis- 

 souri, August 13, 1890. They proved to be identical with the 

 species here described. Mr. Monell has kindly permitted me to 

 use his notes which I give in full at the end of the description. 



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