168 ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS | June. '22 



basal segment apparently rather heavily chitinized and distinctly infus- 

 rated, the seventh abdominal segment with irregular fuscous, mesal 

 thickenings dorsally and ventrally, the posterior margins of these dis- 

 tinctly produced laterally. 



Type Cecid. A. 3209, N. Y. State Museum. 



Described from a series of females and one broken male. 



A few Notes on Distribution (Lepid. ; Orth., Blattidae). 



By W. J. HOLLAND, Carnegie Museum, Pittsburgh, 



Pennsylvania. 



As the author of a couple of manuals, which have had wide 

 circulation, I am in constant receipt of letters from all over 

 the country informing me of the discovery of insects at places 

 beyond the limits of distribution given in The Butterfly Book 

 and The ]\loth Book. Some of these notes made by corre- 

 spondents are of interest. I regret that in past years I have 

 not always preserved them and cannot, therefore, refer to them 

 at this moment. It has occurred to me, however, that it might 

 be worth while to mention a few of those, which during the 

 past twelve months have been brought to my attention, and 

 which I find upon my desk. 



RHOPALOCERA. 



Euptoieta Claudia (Cramer) has been reported to me as found in 

 Minnesota, the Dakotas and Alberta. 



Argynnis idalia (Drury) was formerly regarded as a rarity in the 

 vicinity of Pittsburgh. The species has been taken rather commonly 

 in recent years in Allegheny and Washington Counties, in south- 

 western Pennsylvania. 



Vanessa j-album Boisduval and LeConte. This insect has recently 

 been found quite abundantly in western Pennsylvania in the vicinity 

 of Pittsburgh. 



Junonia coenia Hiibner. This species is reported, to me as occur- 

 ring as far north as Minnesota and Dakota. 



Charis borealis (Grote & Robinson). This insect has been taken 

 abundantly in the vicinity of Columbus, Ohio. It has never been 

 taken, so far as I know, in western Pennsylvania in the same lati- 

 tude as Columbus, which is rather remarkable. 



Nathalis iole Boisduval. This species ranges as far north as 

 Davenport, Iowa. 



