ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS 



AND 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE ENTOMOLOGICAL SECTION 



THE ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES, PHILADELPHIA 



VOL. XXXIII 



JULY, 1922 



No. 7 



CONTENTS 



Mason Cryptothrips laureli, a New 



Tbrips from Florida (Thysatiop.) 193 



Williamson Indiana Somatochloras 

 again (Odonata, Libellulidae). 200 



Alexander Undescribed Crane-flies 

 from Argentina (Tipulidae, Dipt.). 

 Part V 207 



Lindsey Notes on the Distribution and 

 Synonymy of some Species of Ptero- 

 phoridae I l.epid. ) 211 



Prison Further Biological and Syste- 

 matic Notes Concerning Bremus 

 kincaidii Ckll. and other closely 

 related Species ( Hym., Bombidae) 214 



The University of Michigan-William- 

 son Expedition to Brazil 216 



Editorial On Firing Shot 217 



Barnes and Benjamin Correction 217 



Howard A Braconid .Feeding bv In- 

 direct Suction ( Hym. ) 218 



Khmgsu Bureau of Entomology 2iS 



Entomological Literature 219 



Review of Howard's translation of Boif- 



vier's The Psychic Life of Insects. . 222 

 Review of the Report of the Proceed- 

 ings of the Fourth Entomological 



Meeting held at Pusa 223 



Doings of Societies The American En- 

 tomological Society 224 



Cryptothrips laureli, a New Thrips from Florida 



(Thysanop.). 



By ARTHUR C. MASON, Assistant Entomologist, Fruit Insect 



Investigations, Bureau of Entomology, United States 



Department of Agriculture. 1 



(Plate IX.) 



INTRODUCTION. 



While making a survey of the native hay trees of the genus 

 Tainala (Pcrsca) in the central part of -Florida for the purpose 

 of discovering, if possible, the origin of the camphor thrips 

 (Crvrtothrips florid cnsis \Yatson), a closely related species of 

 t'rvptothrips was found. The camphor thrips has proven a 

 ^crious menace in the last few years 1o the newlv developing 

 camphor industry in the State and has heen the subject of 

 investigation by the l>ureau. Although first taken to he an 

 introduced insect peculiar to camphor, later development- 

 tended to point to the fact that it might he native on the hays 

 and had taken to the camphors because of their close botanical 



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