xxxiii, '22] ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 169 



HETEROCERA. 



Erebus odora (Linnaeus). The capture of specimens of this spe- 

 cies has been reported to me from Boston, Mass.; Toronto, Ontario; 

 Central Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Alberta. 



Thysania zenobia (Cramer). The capture of this moth has been 

 reported to me recently from McPherson, Kansas. 



It is possible that the presence of these moths in northern 

 localities, far removed from their southern metropolis, may in 

 part be accounted for by transfer by railroads. The moths, 

 hiding in freight cars beginning their run in southern Texas 

 and Florida, may be carried far north, and then, escaping, be 

 captured. I have an Ercbits odora taken at Leadville, Colorado, 

 on July 4, in a snowstorm. It was sent me years ago by one 

 of my correspondents. 



ORTHOPTERA. 



Panchlora cubensis Saussure. The Green Cuban Roach has been 

 recorded from Indiana, Massachusetts, Vermont, Florida, and Texas. 

 It is well established at Brownsville, Texas. It has been reported 

 from Philadelphia (Rehn, Hebard) and Pittsburgh (Riky). It 

 appears to have been introduced with bananas and other tropical 

 fruit. My cook brought me a specimen the other day found to her 

 horror in the kitchen. It probably found its way into the house from 

 a fruit-store. This is the second record for Pittsburgh. The speci- 

 men was promptly consigned to a cyanide bottle. It is unlikely that 

 this species will become established in this locality. 



Observations on Dibelona cubensis Brunner, a little- 

 known Cuban Gryllacrid (Orth., Tettigoniidae). 



By JOSE CABRERA, Cotorro, Cuba. 



The first time I found Dibcltuia cubensis was eight years 

 ago, in Camoa, Havana Province. It was a very young speci- 

 men hidden under a leaf fastened to a palm tree trunk. Later 

 in opening some leaves fastened together, and which 1 believed 

 contained a chrysalid, I was surprised to find a cricket-like 

 insect in them. T remembered at once what Dr. Gundlacli said 

 in his work on Cuban ( )rthoptera. about a locustid he found 

 under leaves fastened to tree trunks in Yateras, < )riental De- 

 partment of the island. 



The specimens found by me were young, so 1 kept searching 

 for a while and found, in a hollow twig, a fully mature female. 



