ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 



[January, 



DIPTERA. 



Bibio sp. ? 



* Chironomus sp. ? 

 Dicronomyia pudica O. S. 

 Tipula sp. ? 

 Xylophagus rufipes Loew. 



sp. ? 



Therioplectes lasiophthalmus Macq. 

 Dioctria albius Walk. 

 Cyrtopogon bimacula Say. 

 Holcocephala abdominalis Say. 

 Dasyllis flavicollis Say. 

 Symphromyia pullata Cog. 



* Laphria pubescens Willist. 



sericea Say. 



* Melanostoma obscura O. S. 

 *Syrphus contumax O. S. 



torvus O. S. 

 lesueurii Macq. 

 Eristalis compactus Walk. 

 dimidiatus Wied. 

 tenax Linn., 



Also many species of Tachinidae 

 and Muscidse not identified. 



* Xylota curvipes Loew. 

 Temnostoma bombylans Fab. 



alternans Loew. 

 Homalomyia sp. ? 



Cordylura sp. ? 



Scatophaga stercoraria Linn. 



*Tetanocera plumosa Loew. 



saratogensis Fitch. 



ORTHOPTERA. 



* Pezotettix glacialis Scud. 

 Melanoplus femur-rubrum DeC. 

 Chortophagus viridifasciata DeG. 

 Hippiscus tuberculatus P. deB. 

 Tettix granulatus Kirby. 



" ornatus Say. 

 Tettigidea polymorpha Sunn. 

 Periplaneta americana Fab. 



NEUROPTERA. 



Nehalennia irene Hag'. 

 Chrysopa oculata Say. 



Several Phryganidae, etc., 

 identified. 



un- 



Clubiona canadensis Em. 

 Pardosa brunnea Em. 



PHALANGID^. 



Oligolophus montanus Bks. tns. 



ACARIN^. 

 Rhyncolophus montanus Bks. n. sp. 



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A NOTE ON CRYPTOHYPNUS. 



By GEO. H. HORN, M.D. 



In a recent number of " Entomologische Nachrichten" (1893, 

 pp. 305-311) Mr. E. Bergroth publishes some remarks on the 

 Cat. Col. Eur. by E. Reitter, which have but little interest for 

 our fauna until Cryptohypnus is reached, concerning which he 

 says: "The genus Crytohypnus Latr. is still confounded with 

 Hypnoidus Steph. They are, however, two distinct genera stand- 

 ing well apart, as Schioedte has shown, denning them in the fol- 

 lowing manner: 



Cryptohypnus. Epimera of mesothorax reaching the coxa, 



